San Francisco voters approved a $628.5 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESER) bond during the March 2020 election. The bond, which is the third installment of the ESER program, will fund upgrades and much-needed improvements to capital infrastructure that will allow San Francisco to quickly respond to a major earthquake or other disaster and recover from its aftermath.

Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESER) is San Francisco's bond program to strategically address critical public safety needs in the City. The program identifies seismic improvements and upgrades to City-owned facilities that are needed to help safeguard San Francisco.

The third phase of the ESER bond program was approved by voters with 82 percent approval during the March 2020 election. ESER 2020 will continue the work of the previous two ESER bonds that were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2010 and 2014.

Alemany Boulevard, located beneath the Highway 280 and 101 interchange, is a heavily trafficked, auto-dominated corridor associated with freeway on- and off-ramps. The Alemany Interchange Improvement Project will deliver critical upgrades to improve safety, accessibility, and the overall appearance of the area. Pedestrians frequently travel between San Bruno Avenue and the northern side of Alemany, home to the Alemany Farmers Market.

Construction Update November to December 2023
 

Wetmore and Clay St. Intersection 

Japantown’s Buchanan Mall is the pedestrian portion of Buchanan Street that runs for one block between Post and Sutter streets. Along with Peace Plaza, it’s the geographic and cultural heart of the neighborhood. The Mall is paved with a river of cobblestones, connecting two fountain installations, consisting of origami flower forms designed by renowned artist Ruth Asawa, and surrounded by low, circular stone walls.

Project Update (May 2024)
All work on this contract is almost complete. The contractor continues punch list work on this project. We anticipate the punch list work to be complete in June 2024.
 

San Francisco Public Works hired Hernandez Engineering to complete the Fern Street West Improvements Project. The project limits were Fern Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue. Construction began in April 2022 and was completed in October 2022.
 

Project Description

San Francisco Public Works and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have partnered to complete infrastructure improvements on several blocks in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. Our partnership allows us to minimize impacts to the public by consolidating our work whenever possible. This project will include sewer main replacement/rehabilitation, curb ramp installation, street base repairs, grinding (removal of existing asphalt) and repaving and concrete street reconstruction.

Project Description