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Executive director outlines 2025 priorities: resilience, equity, offshore wind and ARPA delivery
Summary
Executive Director Elaine Forbes told the Port Commission the agency will prioritize economic vibrancy, racial equity, waterfront resilience projects working with the U.S. Army Corps, offshore wind site readiness, and timely delivery of ARPA-funded capital projects by November 2026 amid a citywide hiring and contracting freeze.
Executive Director Elaine Forbes presented the Ports annual priorities at the Jan. 14 commission meeting, framing 2025 around economic vibrancy, equity, resilience and capital delivery.
Forbes told commissioners the Port must tighten priorities in light of a citywide hiring and contracting freeze tied to a projected $1 billion general-fund shortfall. "The mayor did recently announce a citywide hiring freeze and a contracting freeze," Forbes said, and staff are working with the…
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