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Mayor Edwin Lee outlines economic, transit and neighborhood priorities in formal policy session
Summary
Mayor Edwin Lee told the Board of Supervisors he will continue targeted economic development to attract biotech and clean tech firms, pressed priorities for the next Municipal Transportation Agency director and described neighborhood job and facade programs, including hires tied to new Bayview retail openings.
Mayor Edwin Lee used a scheduled formal policy discussion with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to outline economic development strategies, priorities for the city’s transit agency and neighborhood-level workforce and facade programs.
Lee told the board that city economic development will “continue to focus on sector based strategies” to attract industries including biotech and clean tech, and highlighted international recruitment efforts and payroll tax incentives. “With the passage of the central market payroll tax exclusion, we have focused an effort on promoting opportunities in central market,” Lee said.
The mayor also told supervisors he supports expanding neighborhood programs such as the Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative, the Revolving Loan Program and the San…
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