Charles Kretchmer Lutvak

Your Golden State Valkyries are WNBA Champions! In just their second season EVER, the @valkyries have taken the sports world by storm. They’ve made history and given San Francisco another team to love. Every player showed up for their teammates, their fans, and the Bay Area. And our fans sold out Ballhalla every single night, backing the Valks every step of the way. Congratulations to the players, the coaches, the staff, and the entire Valkyries organization on this historic victory—we’re so excited to celebrate this incredible team. Let’s go, Valks!

Every San Franciscan living in supportive housing deserves a home and community that is actually supportive. So when we hear serious concerns about residents’ safety and care, we have a responsibility to act quickly—for the residents, the neighbors, and the taxpayers. Following HomeRise’s decision, our administration will go through a process to identify capable providers who can deliver on the promise of supportive housing for these San Franciscans. We will work across departments and with HomeRise and their financing partners to ensure every client has safe, affordable housing with minimal disruption. And we will always protect residents’ rights so every person who has moved off the street can continue on their journey to stability. San Francisco works with nonprofit partners to deliver all kinds of critical services, and many of them do extraordinary and difficult work. We have a responsibility to support the organizations delivering strong results, while holding every provider to high standards. We owe that accountability to the people receiving services and to every San Franciscan whose dollars fund them. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

Arts and culture are driving San Francisco's recovery, and the work of the artists and staff at our cultural institutions make that possible. And as the cost of living rises, we are working to build a city where those artists, workers, and families can put down roots. I am grateful to the musicians of Local 6 for their constant commitment to reaching an agreement, and I want to thank Matthew Shilvock and the San Francisco Opera leadership for their hard work throughout the process. We would not have an agreement without the dedication of Matthew Goudeau, our executive director of arts and culture, who spent night after night in City Hall and the War Memorial, working to get the opera started again. San Francisco invests in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center so it can be filled with the arts and culture that are driving our recovery. Performances at the Opera House support artists and staff, draw residents and visitors to small businesses in Hayes Valley, and bring people together to enjoy amazing music. That should have been on full display through the last week and at the free performance in Golden Gate Park last weekend, which was cancelled. Finally, we are getting those performances started again. sfchronicle.com/entertainmen…

San Francisco’s permitting system was broken. Since I took office, we’ve been working to fix it.   Since launching PermitSF last February, we’ve eliminated unnecessary permits, created an online permitting portal, and made it easier to get projects moving without waiting in line at the Permit Center.    Thanks to our partnership with the Board of Supervisors, we have come together on a contract extension that supports our online PermitSF Portal, which will help us build on this progress and deliver even better results for San Franciscans.    Government should make it easier to build, open a business, and get things done. That’s what we’re working to deliver for San Francisco.

We’re expanding capacity in San Francisco Recreation and Parks’ after-school programs by more than 20% across 19 sites—giving more kids a safe and welcoming place to go when the school day ends. At recreation centers and clubhouses near their schools, students can get homework help and take part in sports, STEM, and the arts. This expansion builds on our broader investments in after-school care, including more than $30 million from the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for over 60 out-of-school-time programs serving more than 17,000 students. We want San Francisco to be a city where kids and families can thrive. Through our Family Opportunity Agenda, we are expanding after-school care, making childcare more affordable, and driving new housing so families can put down roots in San Francisco.  When we make parents’ lives easier, we help our kids learn and grow, and we build a stronger future for our city. – at San Francisco, CA