04/06/09 - Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom launched RecoverySF.org (www.recoverysf.org) to highlight the progress of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF). The site allows the public to track grants that San Francisco has applied for and won, view official correspondence to and from Washington D.C. on matters related to federal stimulus and keep up to date on upcoming public meetings regarding the ARRA.

“It is our goal to keep all of San Francisco informed about the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act signed into law by President Obama,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom. “With an emphasis on transparency, this web site will be a clearinghouse of information on all stimulus matters relating to the City and County of San Francisco.”

Mayor Newsom has directed City agencies to work quickly to seek and secure funding for city projects and programs to maximize the benefits to the City’s workforce and regional economy.

“This web site is an element of our many transparency efforts,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom. “I am holding our departments and partners to the highest possible accountability standard to ensure that we meet, and exceed where possible, the reporting standards.”

Unique to the CCSF site is a public meetings page which includes materials and supporting documents from recent public meetings where the ARRA was discussed, as well as notices of upcoming meetings where ARRA items are to be considered. To date, there have been almost a dozen public meetings with another half dozen scheduled for the coming months.

Ideas can be submitted at http://www.RecoverySF.org.