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San Francisco Department of the Environment unveils five-year strategic plan focused on climate protection, resilience and community action
Summary
The Department of the Environment presented a proposed five-year strategic plan to the Commission on the Environment that centers on five cross-cutting pathways, a simplified mission and a set of performance measures; commissioners pressed staff on funding, prioritization and how the plan will be used to guide resource decisions, while members of the public urged stricter herbicide limits.
At a meeting of the San Francisco Commission on the Environment, department staff presented a proposed five-year strategic plan, describing a streamlined mission and five cross-cutting pathways intended to guide the department’s work and engagement through 2020.
The proposed mission, as explained by Donnie Olivera, reads: “The Department of the Environment provides solutions that advance climate protection and enhanced quality of life for all San Franciscans.” Olivera said the plan is meant to be a “living document” with direction and boundaries and to be updated as technologies and city needs evolve.
The plan outlines five pathways: promoting healthy communities and ecosystems; achieving a carbon‑free future; strengthening community resilience; eliminating waste; and amplifying community action. Presenters said each goal contains up to seven objectives and several measurable indicators. As one example of an aspirational target discussed in the presentation, staff cited a 40…
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