Example Work:
San Francisco, California

Name of Project: Sustainable City Project: The Sustainability Plan for San Francisco

Objectives: To produce and implement a community strategic plan containing goals, 5-year and sustainability objectives, proposed actions and indicators for the City and County of San Francisco in the following topic areas: air quality; biodiversity; energy, climate change, and ozone depletion; food and agriculture; hazardous materials; human health; parks, open spaces and streetscapes; solid waste, transportation; water and wastewater; economy and economic development; environmental justice; municipal expenditures; public information and education; risk management.

Framework for Indicator Set: Approximately 50 indicators in topic areas described above. (The indicators and actions in the plan were not adopted by the local municipal council; though the goals and objectives of the plan were.)

Partnerships and Stakeholder Consultations: City staff in environmental-related departments, environmental advocacy community, local universities, local businesses, individuals.

Progress: In 1993, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors established the Commission on San Francisco's Environment which was charged with, among other things, drafting and implementing a sustainability action plan for the City of San Francisco. Community meetings took place through the winter of 1995 - 1996, and parts of the plan were adopted by the city's Board of Supervisors in 1997. Legislation that has resulted from the plan includes the strongest integrated pest management (IPM) program in the country to reduce pesticide use on municipal property, a resource-efficient building program for municipal buildings, and air quality legislation that includes public electric charging stations, conversion of the municipal fleet to low-emission vehicles, and other legislation. More information on the IPM program and the resource efficient building program can be found on the City's Department of the Environment web site at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/environment.

Timeframe: The plan was passed in 1997; 5-year objectives are due in 2002.

Publication: The Sustainability Plan for the City of San Francisco. October, 1996. Available on the web at http//www.sustainable-city.org or hard copy from the Department fo the Environment, 1540 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102, USA.

Contact Person:
Beryl Magilavy, President
Sustainable City Project
433 Linden Street,
San Francisco, California 94102
Telephone: (415) 552-7732
Email: sustainable@igc.org

Website: http://www.sustainable-city.org/

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