PRESS RELEASE - SF’s Arbor Day Festivities Kick Off with Big Community Tree Planting on Saturday And The City’s Signature Tree Planting on Monday to Honor Lawrence Ferlinghetti - 3/14/2019

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March 14, 2019
Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045
 
SF’s Arbor Day Festivities Kick Off with Big Community Tree Planting on Saturday And The City’s Signature Tree Planting on Monday to Honor Lawrence Ferlinghetti
 
San Francisco, CA – Public Works will kick off the 2019 Arbor Day celebrations on Saturday, March 16, 2019, with a Community Clean Team event where volunteers will join Supervisor Ahsha Safaí and City crews to plant 140 street trees in the Excelsior,

Community Clean Team Kicks Off Milestone 20th Anniversary Season on Saturday

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For immediate release:  Jan. 9, 2020
Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045
 
Community Clean Team Kicks Off Milestone 20th Anniversary Season on Saturday
Volunteers Join Mayor Breed and Supervisor Peskin to Beautify District 3 Neighborhoods
 
San Francisco, CA – Community Clean Team, which this year marks two decades of keeping San Francisco’s diverse neighborhoods clean and green through a spirited partnership involving volunteers and City work crews, kicks off the 2020 season this Saturday, Jan.

Help Improve San Francisco’s Neighborhood Cleanliness During Shelter in Place

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For immediate release: April 28, 2020
 
Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045
 
 
Help Improve San Francisco’s Neighborhood Cleanliness During Shelter in Place
 
Just Say No to Littering and Yes to Picking Up After Your Dog and Moving Your Car
 
 
San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Public Works crews remain on the job 24/7 cleaning City streets and other public spaces during this unprecedented COVID-19 public health emergency.

Final Design for San Francisco’s New Public Trash Cans Narrowed to Three Concepts

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September 11, 2020
Contact: Beth Rubenstein, beth.rubenstein@sfdpw.org
 
 
Final Design for San Francisco’s New Public Trash Cans Narrowed to Three Concepts
Members of the Public Have an Opportunity to Weigh in on the Proposals Online
 
San Francisco, CA – Public Works, in collaboration with the industrial designers at the Institute for Creative Integration (ICI), has narrowed the design of the City’s new public trash cans to three final co

San Francisco’s New Floating Fireboat Station Set to Arrive at Pier 22½ on Thursday

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San Francisco’s New Floating Fireboat Station Set to Arrive at Pier 22½ on Thursday
Tugboats to Guide the State-of-the-Art Structure from Treasure Island Before Dawn
 
San Francisco, CA – San Francisco will wake up on Thursday morning to an innovative new floating fire station berthed at Pier 22½ just north of the Bay Bridge after tugboats escorted it across the water from Treasure Island in the pre-dawn hours.
 
The new Fireboat Station 35 started to come to life in Shanghai, China, where t

Global Pandemic Won’t Stop San Francisco From Staying Green and Clean this Holiday Season

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December 28, 2020

Contact: San Francisco Department of the Environment, envcommunications@sfgov.org

Global Pandemic Won’t Stop San Francisco From Staying Green and Clean this Holiday Season

Continuing the annual tradition in its 34th year, City residents can place unflocked Christmas trees curbside the night before their collection day to ensure trees are recycled.

San Francisco Public Works Launches Annual Surface-Sealing Pavement Preservation Work in Neighborhoods Across the City

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a Public Works engineer oversees slurry seal work

 

San Francisco, CA – Today marks the start of a specialized roadway improvement operation to resurface 84 blocks over the next two months in neighborhoods throughout the City.

Crews will be in Hunters Point, Russian Hill, Chinatown, the Bayview, Visitacion Valley, Balboa Park, South of Market, North Beach and the Western Addition, among other neighborhoods. Work is scheduled to wrap up by the end of May.

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