Earlier this week, we joined Mayor Lurie, City officials and community members to break ground on a major modernization of the Chinatown Public Health Center, a project that will deliver significant clinical improvements and important seismic upgrades at SF's most seismically vulnerable clinic.

Happy Fourth of July weekend from the team at Public Works! 🗽🦅🎆❤️🤍💙 #SFPublicWorks #IndependenceDay #America #Celebration

Public Works not only met but exceeded our paving goal for the fiscal year that ended on June 30. Over the past year, our in-house and contractor crews resurfaced 563 blocks — 63 more than our target — in neighborhoods across SF. More on our strategic program: sfpublicworks.org/street-resur...

🗣 Our latest newsletter edition is out: 🌈 Pride cleanup 🌱 Tenderloin tree-planting 🏗️ Transforming Portsmouth Square 🏖️ Annual sand-moving operation 🏙️ Public-private partnership to enliven downtown 🚨 A tragic reminder of SF’s seismic risks 💚 Volunteer day 🔗 www.sanfranciscopublicworks.org/june2026

With today's Pride Parade drawing large crowds to Market Street, Public Works street cleaners with rakes, brooms, shovels and blowers, as well as mechanical sweepers and flusher trucks, jumped into action to get the streets and sidewalks along the 1.5-mile parade route back in shape by Sunday night.

This month, contractor crews have been hard at work atop the historic War Memorial Opera House, replacing the existing roof to match the adjacent Veterans Building, which had its roof rehabilitated in 2015.   🔊 Sound up! 🔊 (Video credit: Pioneer Contractors Inc.)

Hey San Francisco! Join us Saturday, July 11, for One City Day, a citywide day of service championed by First Lady Becca Prowda and Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Floating above the Heron’s Head Park EcoCenter in the Bayview, Damon Louie dove into a vast sea of colorful dots. As he descended deeper, olive green spots slowly grew into shrubs, bright beige flecks rolled out walkways and peach-colored specks assembled the center’s walls.

Earlier today, Public Works joined Mayor Daniel Lurie, City officials and community members to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Portsmouth Square Improvement Project.

Neighborhood Beautification Day this past Saturday brought dozens of volunteers out to the Sunset, Parkside and other District 4 neighborhoods to clean and green.

Public Works staff and volunteers helped plant 6 street trees along Turk St., near Jones and Leavenworth, yesterday to commemorate Pride Month and the 60th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, which occurred in Aug. 1966 in the Tenderloin, marking the beginning of transgender activism in SF.

We held our fifth annual flag raising event at our Operations Yard today to officially kick off our Pride Month celebrations. Raising the flag, a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community, provides us an opportunity to join together in celebration and remembrance.

🧵 Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 2, Public Works will begin its annual sand maintenance activities at Ocean Beach. City crews will redistribute approximately 24,000 pounds of sand over the next two weeks.

🗣 Our latest newsletter edition is out: 💡 LiDAR, camera, action: New tool helps level up surveying 🏗️ A concrete way to build greener 🚴 City rolls out traffic-safety upgrades on waterfront 🫧 UN Plaza fountain scrub-down 💚 Neighborhood Beautification Day 🔗 www.sanfranciscopublicworks.org/may2026

A sunny day brought out spirited volunteers to tend to the pollinator garden on the Dolores Street median. Public Works partners with residents across the City to steward public spaces like this one. Interested in getting involved? Learn more here: sfpublicworks.org/streetparks #LoveOurCity

Crews were out this morning reconstructing parking strips along Turk Street, between Divisadero and Buchanan streets.

Our Bureau of Urban Forestry crews were out in force across the City yesterday, cleaning and greening and repairing damaged curbs and sidewalks from the Marina District to Noe Valley and Ingleside.

Ugh: Big litter mess at 15th and South Van Ness in the Mission this morning. 😒 Ahh: Public Works crews swooped in promptly and cleaned up the mess. 🙂 But what would be better? If people didn't trash our streets in the first place. ❤️#LoveOurCity

After roughly 30,000 participants ran, walked and ambled across the City, and once tens of thousands of cheering spectators left their posts along the race route, scores of Public Works crews got to work, cleaning up after the iconic Bay to Breakers festivities this past Sunday.

Happy #ThrowbackThursday! As one of SF's oldest City departments, we've been stewards of the public right of way for more than a century. In the photo on the left a street flusher makes its way down Polk St. in front of City Hall in 1916. Pictured on the right is a 2,500-gallon flusher in 1958.

Scores of volunteers joined forces with Public Works crews today for our monthly Love Our City: Neighborhood Beautification Day workday, cleaning and greening the Mission, Portola and other District 9 neighborhoods.

“The city has made strides in making this kind of project possible,” Reder told @sfgate.com. “Everyone wants neighborhoods to feel wonderful.” www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

A first-of-its-kind tiled bridge comes to San Francisco.

Today we joined Mayor Lurie, Supervisor Dorsey, Port of SF, SFMTA, SF Giants and neighbors to celebrate completion of street safety improvements along Terry Francois Boulevard that create a safer route for people biking, walking & rolling in the Mission Rock neighborhood: www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...

Across San Francisco, more than 100 odd-shaped parcels of land in the City’s public right of way – once dormant or neglected – have blossomed into lovingly tended gardens and welcoming community spaces under a partnership between neighborhood volunteers and Public Works.

Want the word on San Francisco street parks? Check out our latest episode of Public Works TV with street parks manager Tanika Gaines! youtu.be/83tSUo6G_Pk

🗣 Extra! Extra! Our latest newsletter edition is out. In this issue: 🌳 Street parks build community, green SF 🚒 New Fire Department training campus breaks ground in Bayview-Hunters Point 💙 Public Works Week 2026 🌱 Love Our City volunteer workday 🔗 www.sanfranciscopublicworks.org/april2026

Our Bureau of Urban Forestry landscape crews teamed up today with an incredible group of 30 volunteers—neighbors, SOMA West CBD, & SOMA Pilipinas—to plant 15 new street trees, among them eastern redbuds & jacarandas, along Columbia Square and Russ Street to green & beautify the South of Market.

📢 Folsom Streetscape Project Update: Paving is underway from Fifth Street to Eight Street! As we wrap up this major milestone, you may experience minor delays during extended work hours (7 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Thank you for your patience. Lean more: sfpublicworks.org/FolsomSOMA

Earlier today, crews from the Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry Cement Shop continued their work replacing aging and worn concrete panels on Montgomery Street near Filbert Street. The work is expected to be completed next month.

We hosted our inaugural Street Park Summit this past Saturday, bringing together dedicated residents who steward odd-shaped parcels of land in the public right of way (and those interested in getting involved).

Tomorrow marks 120 years since the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 forever changed San Francisco, not only leaving death and destruction in its wake but serving as a grim annual reminder that the next major temblor can happen at any moment.

For 120 years, @sfgov.sf.gov has turned the lessons of the 1906 earthquake into real action. We’ve strengthened emergency facilities, retrofitted thousands of vulnerable buildings, and more! We’re committed to keeping our city safe, strong, and resilient. Learn more at sf.gov/earthquakeprograms

Today, the City broke ground on a new, seismically safe Fire Department Division of Training facility. Soon, this campus will support firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics, making sure they are equipped to handle emergencies in San Francisco.

Earlier today, Public Works joined Mayor Lurie, Supervisor Walton, City Administrator Chu, SFFD Chief Crispen, IAFF Local 798 President Sam Gebler, community members and others to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new cutting-edge training campus for SFFD first responders in Bayview-Hunters Point.

During #AAG2026, geographers learned about the operational challenges and opportunities of @sfpublicworks.bsky.social’s StreetTreeSF initiative – one of the only fully funded municipal tree maintenance programs in the country (with over 125,000 trees!). 🌳 Check out their blog post: buff.ly/9KUCJwW

Today, Sisterhood Gardens at Arch Street & Brotherhood Way got an extra dose of tender loving care, as community volunteers joined Public Works crews to mulch & weed garden beds for our Neighborhood Beautification Day workday in District 11. Great things happen when we work together to #LoveOurCity!

Today’s rains did not deter an enthusiastic group of volunteers to join us at this month’s Neighborhood Beautification Day in District 11 for cleaning and greening projects, including planting trees on Naples Street and sprucing up Sisterhood Gardens on Brotherhood Way. #LoveOurCity

Have you ever wondered how Public Works pulls off one of its biggest cleaning missions of the year – the Lunar New Year Parade cleanup? Then check out @sfgovtv.sf.gov's behind-the-scenes look at a Herculean effort to make sure the 1.3-mile parade route sparkles again after the annual festivities 👇

The majestic Nieuw Amsterdam is the first large cruise ship to dock at Pier 35, just months after we replaced the mooring bollards. The terminal is one of two cruise ship facilities — along with Pier 27 — that accommodate arriving vessels, each visit generating ~$500K in economic activity for SF.

📢 Join us for Neighborhood Beautification Day this Saturday! We are cleaning and greening the Outer Mission, Crocker-Amazon and other District 11 neighborhoods. 📅 Saturday, April 11 ⏰ 8:30 a.m. - noon 📍 Balboa Pool Grass Lawn, 51 Havelock St. 📋 Sign up: www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco...

SFFD and Public Works staff picked up litter on Carroll Ave. today ahead of the start of construction on a new SFFD training facility. They collected 20+ bags of litter and debris! Interested in sprucing up your neighborhood? Check out our next volunteer opportunities: sfpublicworks.org/volunteer

🗣 Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our latest newsletter edition is out. In this (new-look) issue: 🌱 Young Trees and Community Spirit Take Root on Arbor Day 🌎 SF Street Trees: A Hot Topography at Geography Conference 🐴 Back in the Saddle: SFPD Celebrates Improved Space for Mounted Unit (cont.)

Some more snapshots from this month's Arbor Day festivities and tree-planting initiative in District 3. 📸💚🙌 You can sign up for our next Neighborhood Beautification Day volunteer workday here: www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco...

Happy Opening Day, San Francisco! ⚾ Did you know? Public Works oversaw improvements and the expansion to Candlestick Park, including the installation of artificial turf and more seats. Here's the ballpark circa 1969.

HSH is activating a Hot Weather Protocol from March 17–20 due to forecasted high temperatures. SFHOT will increase wellness checks, share weather and shelter information, and distribute supplies to help people stay safe. More info: www.sf.gov/inclement-we...

🌳🌳🌳 Arbor Day was tree-mendous! Yesterday, Public Works crews worked alongside 250 community volunteers to plant 100 trees in North Beach, Lower Nob Hill, Chinatown and other District 3 neighborhoods.

Crews were working on new ADA-compliant curb ramps this morning at Alabama and Norwich streets in Bernal Heights, pouring and forming concrete. Work in the area is expected to end late next week before they head to the Duboce neighborhood.

📣 Our biggest volunteer event of the year is just three days away: Join us for our annual tree planting effort to celebrate Arbor Day this Saturday! 💚 Preparations for the big day are in full swing with Public Works staff readying trees and prepping planting locations.

Heads up SF! Our 1235 Mission St. office is closing soon and we'll be opening a new office at 1460 Mission St. 📅 March 20: 1235 Mission St. office will close permanently at 5pm ⚠️ March 23: 1235 Mission St. & 1460 Mission St. offices will be closed 👋 March 24: 1460 Mission St. office opens at 8am