Governance
We believe: The public sector can and should serve the collective good.
鈥 Improve government鈥檚 capacity to provide services and address challenges effectively.
鈥 Support voter engagement.
Our Goals
黑料传送门Report
Designed to Serve
San Francisco鈥檚 governance structure has evolved to distribute authority and maximize oversight. As a result, policies don鈥檛 always meet the needs of the people they intend to serve. 黑料传送门outlines how San Francisco can choose to design a better system.
黑料传送门Report
Designed to Serve
San Francisco鈥檚 governance structure has evolved to distribute authority and maximize oversight. As a result, policies don鈥檛 always meet the needs of the people they intend to serve. 黑料传送门outlines how San Francisco can choose to design a better system.
黑料传送门Voter Guide
The 黑料传送门Voter Guide
The 黑料传送门Voter Guide helps voters understand the issues they will face in the voting booth. We focus on outcomes, not ideology, providing objective analysis on which measures will deliver real solutions.
黑料传送门Voter Guide
The 黑料传送门Voter Guide
The 黑料传送门Voter Guide helps voters understand the issues they will face in the voting booth. We focus on outcomes, not ideology, providing objective analysis on which measures will deliver real solutions.
黑料传送门Report
Making Government Work
Many of the challenges Oakland faces are worsened by its unusual government structure, which makes it harder for the mayor and other officials to do their jobs well. 黑料传送门explores how the city can adapt its governance structure to better serve Oaklanders.
黑料传送门Report
Making Government Work
Many of the challenges Oakland faces are worsened by its unusual government structure, which makes it harder for the mayor and other officials to do their jobs well. 黑料传送门explores how the city can adapt its governance structure to better serve Oaklanders.
Updates and Events
黑料传送门Impact Awards 2019: Better BikewaySJ Transforms City Streets into a Network of Bike Lanes
News / The 2019 黑料传送门Impact Awards, held on March 22, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving San Jose and the neighboring communities. The ceremony honored Better BikewaySJ for allowing hundreds of thousands of people to safely bike (or scoot) for their daily transportation needs, and transforming the role of San Jose streets into public spaces.
Good Government Awards 2019: SF Prepared Team Keeps Disaster Support Services Running
News / The 2019 Good Government Awards, held on March 6, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving the City and County of San Francisco. The event honored the SF Prepared team for executing complex but essential finance and administrative projects and a 鈥淒isaster Academy鈥 curriculum to prepare city finance and admin staff to respond in an emergency.
Good Government Awards 2019: Child Support Services Team Pilots a New Approach to Collecting Child Support
News / The 2019 Good Government Awards, held on March 6, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving the City and County of San Francisco. The ceremony honored The Child Support Services team for piloting a new approach to address delinquent child support so that parents can focus their financial attention on their children.
Good Government Awards 2019: Gigi Whitley Transforms San Francisco's Approach to Homelessness
News / The 2019 Good Government Awards, held on March 6, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving the City and County of San Francisco. The ceremony honored Gigi Whitley for building a new Department of Homelessness from the ground up and creating tools and systems that are radically transforming how San Francisco approaches homelessness.
Good Government Awards 2019: Diane Oshima Helps Transform San Francisco's Waterfront
News / The 2019 Good Government Awards, held on March 6, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving the City and County of San Francisco. The ceremony honored Diane Oshima for leading the process to build a world-class public waterfront.
Good Government Awards 2019: Kate Conner Creates Innovative Ways to Approve Housing
News / The 2019 Good Government Awards, held on March 6, recognized outstanding job performance of those serving the City and County of San Francisco. The ceremony honored Kate Conner for creating innovative new avenues to approve housing with unprecedented speed and certainty.