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We believe that California can become much more prepared for earthquakes- and be ready to recover quickly. The ShakeOut has been created to help people and organizations get better prepared for major earthquakes, and practice how to be protected when they happen.

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Pets, kids, dignitaries and animal lovers will join for the Eighteenth Annual Pet Pride Day, presented by San Francisco Animal Care & Control and sponsored by Pet Food Express and Camp Bow Wow Home Buddies.  This festive and free even, hosted by Doug McConnell of ‘Bay Area Backroads’, fame features the always popular and famous Halloween pet costume contest, pet trick competitions, demonstrations by working animals, activities for kids, awesome goody bags and substantial raffle prizes. October 30th will be a great day for our City's animals!

Pet Pride Day is an annual event presented by San Francisco Animal Care & Control – San Francisco’s open-door city animal shelter - to raise public awareness of its services.  Animal Care & Control is dedicated to sheltering lost, abandoned, orphaned, injured, ill, neglected or mistreated animals; adopting out cats, dogs, small and exotic animals, birds and reptiles; responding to animal emergencies 24 hours a day year round; enforcing animal welfare laws; and investigating complaints of animal abuse. San Francisco Animal Care & Control is proud to have been the location for Animal Planet’s hit TV series, ‘Animal Cops’. Donations and other funds raised will benefit The Friends of San Francisco Animal Care & Control (FSFACC).  FSFACC is a nonprofit support organization for Animal Care & Control that raises funds to help the shelter’s animals in need.

For more information, please visit http://sfgov.org/acc

New September Sunday Streets Event Focused on Walking & Citywide Ping Pong Tournament.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced the first Sunday Streets “Walking Street” on Grant Avenue through Chinatown and North Beach on Sunday, September 18th. The event will include a commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy with the first citywide Ping Pong Tournament.

“It’s great to have Sunday Streets back in Chinatown and North Beach after a three-year hiatus, and we’re especially excited to present an activity that symbolized the beginning of friendly relations between the United States and China,” said Mayor Lee. “As we remember the historic Ping Pong Diplomacy tournament that took place 40 years ago this year, we are celebrating community-building programs, such as Sunday Streets, that bring our communities together.” Read more.

Just One Year After Lifting of Court Injunction, City’s Expansion of Bike Network is Ahead of Schedule & Testing of Innovative Features Continues

Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced the completed installation of 50 percent of the bike network expansion, including the completion of 17 bike lane projects, since last August when the four-year Superior Court injunction of the Bicycle Plan was lifted. Numerous innovative projects have been installed and planning continues to make San Francisco a world-class bicycling city.
 
“Whether commuting to work, running errands or taking a family outing, more and more San Franciscans are choosing to bicycle,” said Mayor Lee. “With more than 50 percent of the bike network expansion completed, I want to encourage those who have yet to try it to experience for themselves the benefits of this healthy, fun, low-cost transportation option.” Read more.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected San Francisco’s HOPE SF transformation plan for Alice Griffith Public Housing Development and the surrounding Bayview neighborhood as a finalist in its Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant competition.  The Alice Griffith Plan was one of 42 plans submitted by communities nationwide competing for the $61 million in total funding and one of six finalists to enter the second application round.

“Revitalizing Alice Griffith Public Housing Development and the surrounding Bayview neighborhood is the type of investment our City needs to build better public housing, create jobs, support sustainable communities, provide educational opportunities and promote economic development in a community where we need it most,” said Mayor Lee. “I am thrilled that HUD has chosen the Alice Griffith community and the larger Bayview neighborhood as a finalist in the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Grant.” Read more