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Mayor Lee announces $5.58 million purchase to preserve Mission Childcare Consortium site and pledges multi‑year investments for children
Summary
Mayor Edwin Lee told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 13 the city secured $5,580,000 to buy the building housing the Mission Childcare Consortium in the Excelsior to preserve long‑running childcare services. The mayor also described a broader two‑year investment plan for children, youth and families.
Mayor Edwin Lee used the board’s Sept. 13 meeting to highlight city measures aimed at protecting bilingual early‑education capacity and recruiting a language‑diverse public workforce. In prepared remarks the mayor announced the city and its nonprofit partners had secured $5,580,000 to purchase the building that houses the Mission Childcare Consortium, a long‑standing bilingual childcare provider in the Excelsior neighborhood.
"We were able to secure $5,580,000 to purchase the building," Mayor Lee said, adding the acquisition is intended to preserve daily early‑education services for the center’s children and reduce risk of displacement for the nonprofit operator and bilingual families it serves.
The mayor framed the purchase as part of a larger children‑and‑family strategy: "This new partnership is part of my larger investment to contribute $720,000,000 in programs for children, youth, and families over the next 2 years," he said, calling for cooperation with the board during budget implementation.
On workforce language capacity, Mayor Lee and later board members described existing bilingual staffing and recruitment efforts within public safety and city departments. The mayor cited department figures (as presented to the board) for bilingual employees and described ongoing recruitment outreach, bilingual premium pay, LanguageLine services for 911 calls and an in‑house language services team in the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs that provides citywide interpretation and translation support.
Why it matters Preserving a physical site for a long‑running bilingual childcare provider addresses neighborhood continuity and accessibility for families who rely on subsidized, bilingual early childhood care. The mayor's announcement signals city willingness to use public funds — together with nonprofit partner support — to protect service providers facing displacement pressure in high‑cost neighborhoods.
