SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Newsom announced today that San Francisco has secured nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds to offset the cost of residential and commercial energy and water efficiency projects. This new funding adds additional incentives to the GreenFinanceSF program, which will allow property owners to fund environmental improvements, with the financing [...]

San Francisco, CA - Mayor Newsom used his YouTube update this week to highlight the success of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in creating 2,910 jobs for San Franciscans on its One-Year Anniversary. Earlier this week, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) stated that stimulus program has “completely failed to create jobs.” Sen. Scott Brown [...]

San Francisco, CA – In his weekly YouTube update, Mayor Newsom applauded President Obama for including an extension of the program that funds San Francisco’s JobsNow initiative in his proposed budget.
“This is a huge win – a big deal,” said Mayor Newsom.
The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund (TANF-ECF) which funds the JobsNow [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Today, Mayor Newsom announced $19.2 million in funding for energy efficiency programs through the San Francisco Energy Watch program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Newsom also highlighted the creation of new local jobs through the programs and outlined the total energy and financial savings from the City’s energy efficiency work [...]

To date, the City and County of San Francisco has received over $323 million in direct source funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The programs and projects funded through the Federal stimulus have resulted in the creation of 422 full time jobs for San Francisco residents. For a list of grants awarded [...]