San Francisco Climate Action Plan2026 plan · progress dashboard

Implementation reporting

Progress on the plan

Each January, the departments leading actions report status for the previous calendar year through the City's monitoring, evaluation, and reporting cycle. SF Environment reviews the returns and publishes them here, with an annual summary to the Mayor and a formal report to the Board of Supervisors at the midpoint and end of the plan.

2026 plan · first report

January 2027

Covers calendar year 2026 for all 183 actions. Until then, action pages show the plan as adopted.

Status vocabulary

Complete
Implementation is complete and operational.
On track
Development or implementation is progressing on schedule.
Delayed
Moderate delay of not more than one year.
Major barriers
Significant challenges resulting in delays of more than one year.
Not started
Just beginning the planning phase, or not yet started.
Not reported
No information was reported for this action in the period.

Previous plan

The 2021 plan closed with 20 actions complete and 92 on track

Final status of the 2021 Climate Action Plan's 34 strategies and 187 actions and sub-actions, as reported for calendar year 2023 in the City's Progress Report. Many of these commitments carry forward into the 2026 plan.

All 2021 plan actions187 actions · 60% complete or on track
  • Complete
  • On track
  • Delayed
  • Major barriers
  • Not started
  • Not reported

By sector

Energy Supply22 actions · 77% complete or on track
Building Operations20 actions · 25% complete or on track
Transportation and Land Use57 actions · 56% complete or on track
Housing18 actions · 78% complete or on track
Responsible Production and Consumption23 actions · 61% complete or on track
Healthy Ecosystems32 actions · 53% complete or on track
Water Supply15 actions · 87% complete or on track

By action type

Program62 actions · 63% complete or on track
Capital project30 actions · 57% complete or on track
Ordinance / policy30 actions · 53% complete or on track
Plan25 actions · 60% complete or on track
Partnership15 actions · 60% complete or on track
Monitoring system13 actions · 69% complete or on track
Education / technical assistance12 actions · 58% complete or on track

Year over year

Status202120222023
Complete1520
On track728692
Delayed91523
Major barriers0311
Not started443037
Not reported41264

Table 1 of the 2023 Progress Report; the report counts 174 actions, this page lists 187 rows because lettered sub-actions are shown separately. Housing actions were not reported in 2021 or 2022.

All actions and their final status

Energy Supply5 strategies · 22 actions · now Energy Supply

ES 1 Supply 100% renewable electricity to residents and businesses.

  • 1.1Provide 100% renewable electricity at affordable rates.Ordinance / policyComplete
  • 1.2Promote early adoption of 100% renewable electricity products to all San Franciscans, with a preference for City programs.Education / technical assistanceComplete
  • 1.3Ensure 100% renewable electricity is the only option for San Francisco residents and businesses by 2025, by supporting state or local regulatory requirements and/or acquiring PG&E’s grid assets serving San Francisco.PlanOn track
  • 1.4Continue to expand programs and rates that provide low-income customers with renewable electricity and ensure community and stakeholder engagement in program development and rate-setting.ProgramComplete

ES 2 Invest in local renewable energy and energy resilience projects.

  • 2.1Assist affordable housing developments with installing on-site solar and battery storage and meeting City energy efficiency and solar energy requirements.ProgramComplete
  • 2.2Continue to develop onsite solar on City-owned buildings and reservoirs based on emerging opportunities and SFPUC feasibility analysis.Capital projectComplete
  • 2.3Explore developing grid-independent solar and storage at critical municipal facilities and other critical or vulnerable community sites.Capital projectOn track
  • 2.4Support the development of local renewable electricity production by scaling up programs such as net metering, community solar, feed-in tariffs, and battery storage.ProgramComplete
  • 2.5Ensure SFPUC customer programs center equity in their design and metrics.ProgramComplete
  • 2.6Continue to encourage private sector investment in local renewable energy solutions by engaging in public advocacy, educating consumers about their options (such as financing), and serving as a strategic partner.Education / technical assistanceComplete

ES 3 Design and develop the reliable and flexible grid of the future.

  • 3.1Plan for the change in electricity demand and usage due to electrification of transportation and buildings through efforts such as the SFPUC's Integrated Resource Plans and ensure community engagement in these efforts.PlanOn track
  • 3.2By 2023, evaluate the rate and program options to facilitate an affordable transition to all-electric buildings.ProgramOn track
  • 3.3Invest in distribution infrastructure (including acquisition of PG&E assets) and smart-grid technologies, such as advanced metering infrastructure, demand response, and distribution automation.Capital projectOn track

ES 4 Develop workforce capacity to deliver clean energy resources.

  • 4.1Continue to champion clean energy installers participating in City- funded incentive programs that engage in workforce development.PartnershipComplete
  • 4.2Utilize workforce development programs, such as Project Pull Internship and CityBuild, and education programs, such as Project Learning Grants and the Teacher Externship Program, to expose youth to clean energy related jobs and careers and diversify the workforce.ProgramOn track
  • 4.3Include community benefits criteria for renewable energy and other contracts of $5 million or more, giving preference to contracts that demonstrate a commitment to community benefits and environmental justice.PartnershipComplete
  • 4.4Engage in analysis to identify opportunities to meet diversity and workforce goals in the procurement of clean energy resources.PlanOn track

ES 5 Plan for the equitable decommissioning of the city’s natural gas system.

  • 5.1By 2023, assemble data to inform strategic and equitable planning for geographically focused electrification and gas decommissioning plans. Develop metrics to inform prioritization and implementation, including cost, equity, safety, climate and just transition.PlanNot started
  • 5.2By 2025, report annually on the status of gas decommissioning, including reduction of methane leakage in San Francisco attributable to decommissioning or removal of gas distribution, along with cost, equity, safety, and just transition.Monitoring systemNot started
  • 5.3By 2025, publish a Decarbonization Masterplan documenting the systematic approach to decommissioning natural gas distribution and transmission in San Francisco. Specify difficult-to-address loads/uses that are likely to remain "residual" in 2040. Provide neighborhood groups and business districts with interactive planning mechanisms to empower coordination of electrification, and to set localized goals and priorities.PlanNot started
  • 5.4By 2026, establish memorandum of understanding between the City, state regulators, and utilities stating mutual intent to de-commission natural gas transmission and distribution in San Francisco.PartnershipNot started
  • 5.5By 2030, transition the district system steam loop serving downtown and Civic Center to renewable energy.Capital projectNot started
Building Operations4 strategies · 20 actions · now Building Operations

BO 1 Eliminate fossil fuel use in new construction.

  • 1.1By 2021, require newly constructed buildings to be efficient and all- electric with no on-site carbon emissions.Ordinance / policyComplete

BO 2 Eliminate fossil fuel use in existing buildings by tailoring solutions to different building ownership, systems, and use types.

  • 2.1By 2023, develop a system to monitor the replacement rate of existing private sector natural gas-fueled equipment with all-electric. Annually report to BOS whether fossil-fuel using equipment is being switched at a rate sufficient to meet climate goals, including access to electrification by BIPOC and low- income communities.Monitoring systemDelayed
  • 2.10By 2024, pass a residential time-of-sale policy that requires an electrification plan, prioritizing water and space heating, indoor air quality, electric safety, how to access emergency response information, and recording of the presence or absence of gas service for each property.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 2.11By 2024, develop and implement prescriptive criteria and permit & inspection processes for residential heat pump water heaters to be installed with a single integrated permit.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 2.12Explore the creation of a revolving decarbonization fund by developing a virtual power plant (VPP) or other district scale solutions that monetizes the benefits derived from energy efficiency, demand response, and energy storage systems.ProgramNot started
  • 2.2By 2023, develop a time-of-replacement policy that phases in requirements that all newly installed residential and other small building equipment be efficient and all-electric. The policy should customize requirements for simple equipment replacements to full renovations.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 2.3By 2024, begin recording decarbonization status for each property at time of sale and permit review to ensure compliance with time of replacement policy.Monitoring systemNot started
  • 2.4By 2023, perform an inventory of natural gas-fueled equipment in municipal buildings.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 2.5By 2024, ensure the City's Capital Plan is updated to reflect the need to replace gas-fueled equipment, in alignment with the City’s 2040 net-zero goal.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 2.6SFO will a) evaluate an efficient, all-electric Terminal Central Utility Plant that would reduce total direct (Scope 1) airport emissions by approximately 80% by 2030, and b) prioritize all-electric equipment replacements throughout campus buildings, including terminal and non- terminal spaces that are occupied by tenants and the Airport Commission.Capital projectOn track
  • 2.7Adopt a building performance policy requiring large commercial buildings to: a) completely transition to efficient and all-electric equipment no later than 2035 b) in 2025, begin regular disclosure of progress toward goal c) allow payment of annual fees in lieu of electrification, which must be invested into decarbonization of low-income and affordable housing.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 2.8By 2023, develop and adopt tenant protection and anti-displacement policies for renters in buildings transitioning to efficient and all-electric systems.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 2.9By 2023, begin offering targeted technical assistance for BIPOC and low-income owners and tenants including information about incentives, rebates, and public and private financing options.Education / technical assistanceDelayed

BO 3 Expand the building decarbonization workforce, with targeted support for disadvantaged workers.

  • 3.1Partner with workforce development entities, labor unions, and apprenticeship programs to align with and disseminate regional and statewide building electrification training, funding and project financing opportunities, prioritizing those transitioning from fossil-fuel dependent trades.PartnershipOn track
  • 3.2Partner with affordable housing providers, equipment vendors, subject matter experts, utilities and CleanPowerSF, CBO's and others to create a Clean Energy Buildings Hub to connect building owners and other customers with high-road service providers and installers, rebates and financing, and case studies.PartnershipDelayed
  • 3.3By 2023, define goals and create policies for professional and workforce development building upon CityBuild Pro to ensure equitable access to building decarbonization jobs for BIPOC and low-income communities, from design to installation to business operations.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 3.4By 2025, create a Public-Private facilities managers and building operators roundtable to support peer-to-peer learning on fuel switching.ProgramNot started

BO 4 Transition to low-global warming potential refrigerants.

  • 4.1By 2023, publish guidelines for refrigerant management best practices for selection of lowest-GWP refrigerants in new and replacement equipment, and collection and recovery of refrigerants from existing equipment to enhance compliance with state regulations.Education / technical assistanceNot started
  • 4.2Support the adoption of more stringent state and federal regulations to reduce refrigerant GWP.PartnershipNot started
  • 4.3By 2023, support City departments' transition away from high-GWP refrigerants, by providing guidelines and specifications for future purchases of products containing refrigerants.Education / technical assistanceNot started
Transportation and Land Use7 strategies · 57 actions · now Transportation

TLU 1 Build a fast and reliable transit system that will be everyone’s preferred way to get around.

  • 1.1aFund and implement the recommendations of the ConnectSF Transit Corridors Study and Muni Forward Plan, including taking steps to: Identify and implement key transit corridors for service every 5 minutes or better all day long.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.1bEnsure transit on frequent corridors is not delayed by recurring congestion by investing in transit-only lanes, signal management, queue-jump lanes and other transit priority treatments.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.1cRetime traffic lights to minimize signal delay for frequent lines.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.1dOptimize stop spacing on frequent lines to maximize transit ridership.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.1eAdvance major transit capital projects, including a new Westside Subway along 19th Avenue and Geary, the Caltrain Downtown Extension, Central Subway extension, and the Link21 new transbay tubeCapital projectOn track
  • 1.2Improve transit reliability by bringing infrastructure into a state of good repair. Adequately fund State of Good Repair with at least $300 million annually.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.3Greatly improve rider comfort, safety, and experience on transit across age, gender, race, and ability to encourage more people to ride transit. Example activities include data collection, reporting, sensitivity training of fare inspectors, and expanding the Muni Transit Assistance Program.ProgramOn track
  • 1.4Implement Phase One of SFMTA's Racial Equity Action Plan to improve working conditions and initiate the development of Phase Two in 2021 and then implement Phase Two in 2022 to improve safety, access, and opportunities for the public.ProgramOn track
  • 1.5While meeting transit ridership goals, prioritize services and reduce obstacles for more vulnerable populations, neighborhoods with fewest mobility options, and populations that have faced historic disinvestment.ProgramOn track
  • 1.6By 2025, implement 50 miles of Muni Forward transit priority improvements, including 30 miles of new transit-only lanes to increase reliability, frequency and safety for riders.Capital projectOn track
  • 1.7By 2022, study the role of Muni fare programs on equity, climate, and mobility goals and adopt recommendations.PlanOn track
  • 1.8aImprove connectivity between regional and local transit service by:Capital projectNot started
  • 1.8bFunding targeted projects that improve physical connections and make transfers seamless between local and regional transit systemsPlanNot started

TLU 2 Create a complete and connected active transportation network that shifts trips from automobiles to walking, biking, and other active transportation modes.

  • 2.1Continue to expand programs that provide corridors that are attractive to all demographics for walking, biking, and using scooters, wheelchairs, and other small mobility devices. Connect the Slow Streets network, car-free roads in parks, and the protected bikeway network to neighborhoods in San Francisco.ProgramOn track
  • 2.2Expand community programs and partnerships to make biking more accessible, via safety and maintenance classes, community parking, and subsidies for electric bikes for low-income residents.ProgramOn track
  • 2.3By 2022, establish a modal planning framework, placing transit and active modes at the forefront, that will guide decisions about design and utilization of the City's rights-of-way.PlanComplete
  • 2.4Expand the protected bikeway network by at least 20 miles by 2025.Capital projectOn track
  • 2.5Establish and utilize design guidelines to improve connectivity and access to active transportation options at major transit stops.PlanOn track
  • 2.6Update San Francisco’s Bike Plan by 2023 to improve and expand the active transportation network with robust community input.PlanDelayed
  • 2.7aEncourage employers to further reduce auto commutes through incentives such as transit benefits and universal passes, e-bike incentives, active transportation support, telework policies, and carpool programs. a) Continue promoting Transit First initiatives and incentives for all City employeesProgramOn track
  • 2.7bIntegrate existing SFO Employee and Airline Employee BART Discount ProgramsProgramOn track

TLU 3 Develop pricing and financing of mobility that reflect the carbon cost and efficiency of different modes and projects and correct for inequities of past investments and priorities.

  • 3.1By 2022, develop recommendations for programs and policies that will advance equity (e.g., provide discounts and exemptions for low-income individuals), reduce vehicle traffic, and increase transit service to downtown. For example, complete the Downtown San Francisco Congestion Pricing Study recommendations, and by 2026, study and implement the appropriate pricing policies.PlanMajor barriers
  • 3.2aAdvance local, regional, state, and federal opportunities to transition away from fossil fuels by increasing fees to drive. By 2022, identify and consider pricing mechanisms that can be implemented locally (e.g., vehicle license fee).Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.2bBy 2022, establish priorities to advocate for regional, state and federal legislation (e.g. increase gas tax, application of road user charges).Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.3By 2023, introduce new tools to manage short-term curb uses, such as flexible regulations and pricing.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.4Develop and take all necessary steps to implement an integrated system of tolling for bridges and freeways and on Treasure Island to prioritize transit and higher occupancy vehicles.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 3.5Implement the Treasure Island Mobility Management Program including new ferry service, East Bay bus service, and island tolling.ProgramMajor barriers
  • 3.6Apply policy tools to reduce impacts on low-income and historically marginalized communities and ensure that money generated from pricing programs is invested in transportation improvements, especially for those communities.Monitoring systemOn track

TLU 4 Manage parking resources more efficiently.

  • 4.1Prioritize enforcement of parking and curb regulations that impact street safety and efficiencyProgramDelayed
  • 4.2aExpand paid parking citywide, where appropriate. Set prices at a level that reduces demand for parking so that drivers can always find a parking space near their destination. Reinvent and expand the Residential Parking Permit program.ProgramDelayed
  • 4.2bExpand paid hourly parking to Sundays and evenings, where appropriate.ProgramDelayed
  • 4.3Steadily reduce the City’s overall parking supply in keeping with traffic reduction and emissions reduction goals, and convert underutilized public and private parking lots, parking spaces, and garages to more productive uses, such as housing and car-free roads in parks.ProgramOn track
  • 4.3cExpand demand-responsive parking meter and garage pricing.ProgramDelayed
  • 4.4Reinvent and expand the parking tax on private parking to reduce congestion, air pollution and emissions.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 4.5While using pricing to balance parking supply and demand, develop programs to reduce impact on low-income, auto-dependent people and ensure net benefit to low-income individuals.ProgramNot started
  • 4.6Implement a program to prioritize access and parking for people-with- disability parking placards.ProgramNot started

TLU 5 Promote job growth, housing, and other development along transit corridors.

  • 5.1Expand housing capacity (for example, by increasing heights and removing restrictions on density) in areas where existing or new high-capacity transit is planned.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 5.2Locate jobs close to existing or new high-capacity transit corridors.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 5.3Use streamlined approval processes, such as Housing Sustainability Districts, in the 1/4-mile areas around major transit stations to build housing and mixed-use developments more quickly.ProgramOn track

TLU 6 Strengthen and reconnect communities by increasing density, diversity of land uses, and location efficiency.

  • 6.1Facilitate the development of neighborhoods where people live within an easy walk or roll of their daily needs. Create a working group of City agencies and residents to plan and design for such neighborhoods.PlanNot started
  • 6.2Examine rezoning to allow for multi-family housing throughout San Francisco.PlanOn track
  • 6.3By 2023, increase the types of home-based businesses allowed in residential districts.ProgramNot started
  • 6.4Identify and reimagine under-utilized publicly owned land and roadways that could be transformed or repurposed.ProgramOn track
  • 6.5Design public space and the transportation system (including roadways) to advance racial and social equity by co-developing plans and projects with BIPOC community members and understanding their needs before designing the space.ProgramOn track
  • 6.6Update the Transportation Element of the City's General Plan.Capital projectMajor barriers
  • 6.7Design public space and the transportation system to advance disability justice by co-developing plans and projects with diverse elements of the disability community and understanding their needs before designs are complete.PartnershipNot started

TLU 7 Where motor vehicle use or travel is necessary, accelerate the adoption of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) and other electric mobility options.

  • 7.1By 2023, launch a public awareness campaign, including messaging tailored to specific communities, with the goal of educating residents about the health, economic, and environmental benefits of transit, active transportation, and electric vehicles.Education / technical assistanceNot started
  • 7.2Expand publicly available EV charging across the city that is financially and geographically accessible to low-income households and renters. By 2022, complete an evaluation framework to develop curbside charging pilots.PlanMajor barriers
  • 7.2bBy 2023, expand charging to 10% of spaces in municipally owned parking lotsCapital projectMajor barriers
  • 7.2cBy 2023, expand charging to 10% of spaces within privately owned large commercial garagesCapital projectDelayed
  • 7.2dBy 2023, create three “fast-charging hubs" with one serving a disadvantaged community within San Francisco.Capital projectMajor barriers
  • 7.2eBy 2025, install charging to 10% of SFO-owned parking stalls supported by load management software.Capital projectMajor barriers
  • 7.3By 2024, develop a plan to help the City’s non-revenue fleet and small and locally owned businesses build infrastructure that allows for zero emission delivery, drayage, and longer haul trucks.PlanOn track
  • 7.4By 2023, establish a pathway to incentivize Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) for passenger service vehicles operating at the airport.ProgramDelayed
  • 7.5By 2024, launch a pilot to advance the use of ZEVs, e-bikes, and other low-carbon modes for door-to-door goods and meal delivery services.ProgramComplete
  • 7.6By 2030, create incentives for the use of renewable diesel and emerging zero-emission technologies to reduce emissions from construction equipment at least 50% from 2020 levels.ProgramNot started
  • 7.7Design by 2023 and launch by 2024 a pilot project to test the use of accessible bicycles, e-bicycles and e-scooters for commuting, as well as recreation.ProgramComplete
Housing4 strategies · 18 actions · now Housing and Land Use

H 1 Anchor and advance the return of families of color.

  • 1.1Leverage every housing action and investment to help reverse historic dispossession based on race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status, and enable housing security for affected communities.ProgramOn track
  • 1.2Prioritize affordable housing investment in cultural districts and Priority Geographies with historically marginalized racial or ethnic communities to encourage their stabilization and return.PlanOn track
  • 1.3Expand tenant services including education, outreach, counseling, and legal and rent assistance to keep local residents and workers housed in SF.ProgramOn track
  • 1.4Increase housing production, particularly affordable housing, in higher opportunity neighborhoods that historically have been racially and economically exclusive.ProgramOn track

H 2 Protect vulnerable populations.

  • 2.1Provide funding and resources to help people who are unhoused or without stable housing be and stay safely housed.ProgramOn track
  • 2.2Subsidize and develop incentives for building housing targeted towards vulnerable populations in higher opportunity areas, especially along transit corridors with concentrations of commercial and social services.ProgramOn track
  • 2.3Provide funding to acquire and rehabilitate at least 400 units of existing, affordable multi-family housing each year, to preserve affordable units while improving energy efficiency and indoor air quality.ProgramOn track
  • 2.4Secure federal, state, and local resources for energy efficiency, decarbonization, and resilience retrofits that serve vulnerable populations and communities in cultural districts and priority geographies.PartnershipOn track

H 3 Meet housing production targets while expanding housing opportunities for low, moderate, and middle-income families.

  • 3.1Increase capacity for multifamily housing in higher opportunity neighborhoods especially near transit, services, and other amenities.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.2Implement additional approval and permit streamlining for new housing that exceeds inclusionary and sustainability requirements.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.3Provide financial assistance and education to lower income, small property owners to add housing (such as ADUs) and rehabilitate existing units that are healthy and resource efficient.ProgramNot started
  • 3.4By 2025 establish codes and regulations that facilitate use of new materials (e.g. cross-laminated-timber) and new technology (e.g. modular housing) to lower costs and increase resource efficiency of construction.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 3.5Expand green construction training and apprenticeship programs to grow the local pool of skilled labor and reduce construction costs.PartnershipOn track

H 4 Meet the needs of people and families with high housing cost burdens.

  • 4.1Expand production of subsidized affordable housing, particularly for families with children and other vulnerable groups, in both higher opportunity areas and priority geographies.ProgramDelayed
  • 4.2By 2025 renew and increase public and private funding for affordable housing as one-time bond funds and ERAF allocations are depleted.ProgramOn track
  • 4.3Advocate for increased regional, state, and federal funding for affordable and green housing.PartnershipOn track
  • 4.4Identify cost cutting measures to make affordable housing developments in San Francisco more competitive for regional, state, and federal funding.PlanDelayed
  • 4.5Continue to prioritize surplus City, enterprise agency, and other public land for affordable housing based on timing and financial feasibility.ProgramOn track
Responsible Production and Consumption4 strategies · 23 actions · now Circular Economy

RPC 1 Achieve total carbon balance across the buildings and infrastructure sectors.

  • 1.1Between 2024-2026, phase in policies to reduce embodied carbon more than 10% per project by addressing at least three product categories or building assembly types.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 1.2By 2025, develop a suite of incentives, policies, and/or guidelines for adaptive reuse of existing buildings, as well as the design and procurement of low-carbon structural materials for new construction.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 1.3By 2025, establish a maximum allowance for embodied carbon of buildings, to be adjusted at regular intervals.Ordinance / policyNot started
  • 1.4By 2025, amend existing policies to require deconstruction of buildings and increase the source separation of specific materials.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 1.5By 2025, engage with designers, landlords, and lessees to develop guidelines for tenant improvement projects that reduce excess material purchases and support reuse distribution channels.Education / technical assistanceOn track
  • 1.6By 2025, create a policy framework to expand and cultivate regional building material reuse markets that support workforce development, small business enterprises, and entrepreneurial innovation.ProgramDelayed
  • 1.7By 2030, advance best practices for “Design for Disassembly” and “Buildings As Material Banks” by creating implementation resources in partnership with global cities, and pilot at least one municipal project to maximize the value of carbon already invested in buildings.Education / technical assistanceOn track

RPC 2 Reduce the carbon footprint of the food system by reducing waste, promoting climate friendly diets, and getting excess food to communities in need.

  • 2.1By 2030, reduce food waste by 50% in alignment with the City’s voluntary commitment to the Pacific Coast Collaborative initiative by implementing food waste reduction guidelines and recommendations in partnership with food retail, distributors, and manufacturers.PlanOn track
  • 2.2By 2022, continue implementing and scale the Kitchen Zero SF pilot program, which reduces food waste by tracking over-purchasing by food generators, and redirects otherwise wasted food to communities in need, including providing recovered fresh produce to communities with limited access.ProgramOn track
  • 2.3By 2024, adopt a Food Waste Prevention and Edible Food Recovery policy and develop a program and incentives structure for compliance and monitoring in alignment with California’s State Bill 1383 food recovery regulations.Ordinance / policyComplete
  • 2.4By 2023, form strategic partnerships between SF Environment’s Green Business Program, City agencies, and hospitality and food industry organizations to reduce over-purchasing of food and encourage lower- carbon intense menu choices.ProgramComplete
  • 2.5By 2024, develop guidance in partnership with other municipal agencies to implement city procurement of food in alignment with the five core values put forth by the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP): developing local economies, improving health, valuing the workforce, considering animal welfare, and environmental sustainability, including regenerative agriculture.ProgramOn track
  • 2.6By 2025, San Francisco Department of Public Health will ensure the Zuckerberg San Francisco General and Laguna Honda Hospitals meet a 20% reduction in carbon and water footprints by implementing sustainable food purchasing standards that ensure food procurement aligns with the core values of the GFPP.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 2.7By 2030, San Francisco Unified School District will continue to build upon its adopted resolution to participate in the GFPP, aiming to procure food locally and from minority owned businesses and farms, switch entrees to lower-emissions alternatives, reduce over-purchasing of food, and donate meals to communities in need.Monitoring systemDelayed

RPC 3 Promote reduction, reuse, repair, and recovery of goods and materials.

  • 3.1By 2023, reduce use of non-reusable foodware by requiring, incentivizing, supporting and/or promoting reusables for on and off-site dining (to-go or delivery).Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 3.2By 2023, reduce, reuse, and repair, by requiring take-back and resale of used clothing, and promoting donation and longevity of used apparel and textiles.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 3.3By 2024, encourage or facilitate inclusive and networked neighborhood-scale projects such as lending libraries, repair clinics, and reuse exchanges for tools, equipment, electronics, furniture and other goods that reduce production and consumption of goods.ProgramOn track
  • 3.4By 2024, expand outreach, education, and incentives for paper and plastic use reduction by supporting businesses and institutions in their transition to more reusable and plastic-free packaging and digital forms of communication; support policies to extend producer responsibility to reduce and recover packaging.Education / technical assistanceNot started
  • 3.5Increase compliance with mandatory construction and demolition debris recovery (newly amended Environment Code Chapter 14) and mandatory recycling and composting (Environment Code Chapter 19) to increase recovery and reduce disposal while providing economic and social benefits such as local jobs and reduced illegal dumping.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 3.6By 2025, advance opportunities, programs and policies within the city, neighborhoods, industrial and corporate campuses, and SFO airport to maximize material recovery.PlanOn track

RPC 4 Lead the aviation sector by reducing emissions across the airline passenger journey.

  • 4.1SFO will encourage and incentivize, where viable, switching aviation sector fuel to low carbon sources for both air and ground fleets.ProgramNot started
  • 4.2SFO will continue its leadership and partnership with airlines to work to replace up to 50% of its fuel supply with Sustainable Aviation Fuels by 2050.PartnershipMajor barriers
  • 4.3SFO will explore how to expand its Scope 1 and 2 carbon mitigation and offset program, to also consider qualified soil carbon sequestration as well as other sequestration projects where viable and as an accepted best practice.ProgramNot started
Healthy Ecosystems7 strategies · 32 actions · now Healthy Ecosystems

HE 1 Advance citywide collaboration to continually refine nature-based climate solutions that sequester carbon, restore ecosystems and conserve biodiversity.

  • 1.1By 2022, complete the Alameda watershed carbon case study and quantify the value of carbon storage provided by protecting this natural area.Education / technical assistanceComplete
  • 1.2By 2022, launch the municipal soil calculator and initiate an assessment of the potential for all City owned lands to sequester carbon while maximizing indigenous biodiversity.PlanOn track
  • 1.3By 2023, City departments should develop their own policies and procedures for capital projects to assess carbon sequestration opportunities, prioritize biodiversity and green infrastructure, and maximize local native plants. Departments should work together in the Biodiversity Interagency Working Group to create shared policies and procedures where possible.Ordinance / policyOn track
  • 1.4By 2025, develop best practice guidelines for improving or maintaining carbon sequestration and retention in soils, plants and natural habitats, while preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services.Education / technical assistanceOn track
  • 1.5By 2025, incorporate carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation findings into a Carbon Sequestration and Ecosystem Restoration Strategy for City land and watershed management, consistent with agencies' existing plans and policies.PlanOn track

HE 2 Increase equitable community participation and perspectives in nature-based climate solutions, including meaningful efforts to prioritize Indigenous science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

  • 2.1The City will engage American Indian tribes, cultural bearers, neighborhood organizations, local businesses, the San Francisco Unified School District, and non-profit organizations during the planning and implementation of greening projects, including for the purpose of local hiring and workforce development.PartnershipOn track
  • 2.2By 2022, establish an inter-jurisdictional working group of American Indian representation, federal and state parks agencies, cultural districts, local non-profits, and educational and research institutions, dedicated to nature- based solutions, focused on resilience and biodiversity conservation.PartnershipNot started
  • 2.3The City will honor Indigenous knowledge from the original stewards of these lands (Yelamu) and create strong partnerships through meaningful engagement with the Ramaytush Ohlone and the American Indian community to participate in stewardship of lands managed by San Francisco.PartnershipOn track

HE 3 Restore and enhance parks, natural lands and large open spaces.

  • 3.1By 2030, explore expansion of the City’s natural areas preservation system through land transfers and acquisitions of undeveloped/unprotected private and public lands.Capital projectOn track
  • 3.2By 2030, continue improving management of existing salt marshes and explore expanding restoration acreage of degraded Bayshore properties owned by the Port and Recreation and Parks at India Basin and at Candlestick State Recreation Area.Capital projectNot reported
  • 3.3By 2025, create a 3-acre horizontal levee at Heron’s Head Park.Capital projectComplete
  • 3.4By 2030, restore and create 173 acres of natural ecological parkland on Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, including implementing the Yerba Buena Island Habitat Management Plan.Capital projectOn track
  • 3.5By 2030, restore 100+ acres of upland and wetland habitats at the San Bruno Jail and SFO West of Bayshore Properties.Capital projectMajor barriers

HE 4 Optimize management of the city's entire urban forest system.

  • 4.1By 2023, encourage City agencies to develop guidelines for tree species selection and management procedures that incorporate community resilience, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem services and biodiversity, consistent with City agencies’ strategic plans and goals.Ordinance / policyDelayed
  • 4.2By 2023, pending availability of resources, standardize urban forestry and greening data collection (including street tree census and canopy coverage), and complete the Urban Forest Master Plan Phases 2 (Parks and Open Space) and Phase 3 (Private Lands and Backyards).PlanMajor barriers
  • 4.3By 2023, continue and, if applicable, expand urban wood waste diversion to maximize carbon sequestration and conserve landfill space.ProgramOn track

HE 5 Maximize trees throughout the public realm.

  • 5.1By 2040, plant 30,000 street trees in the sidewalk tree wells, approximately a 25% increase, to complete the street tree network.Capital projectDelayed
  • 5.2By 2030, maximize, where woody vegetation is appropriate, planting coast live oak and other native trees and arborescent shrubs throughout the entire public realm.Capital projectNot started
  • 5.3By 2023, create a City-managed and -dedicated street tree nursery.Capital projectComplete
  • 5.4By 2023, create a policy to require preservation of mature trees during development or infrastructure modifications and for planting of basal area equivalent of mature trees whose removal is unavoidable.Ordinance / policyComplete

HE 6 Maximize greening and integration of local biodiversity into the built environment.

  • 6.1By 2023, establish a measurable and geographically specific target for daylighting San Francisco creeks.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 6.2By 2023, create permanent code and financial incentives for nurseries to sell local natives and for private property owners to preserve green space, protect existing mature trees and shrubs, plant local natives, and install living roofs and walls.Ordinance / policyMajor barriers
  • 6.3By 2026, maximize revegetation of degraded City and State major expressway, highway and rail corridors with hardy, low-maintenance trees and shrubs.PartnershipOn track
  • 6.4By 2025, create a City-owned and managed local native plant nursery that supplies plants annually to City agencies that do not currently have access to local native plants.ProgramNot started
  • 6.5By 2030, maximize replacing concrete to create more biodiverse green space on public land.PlanNot started
  • 6.6By 2030, build 10 pollinator habitat landscapes at public housing sites.Capital projectNot started
  • 6.7By 2030, fully implement the Sunset Boulevard Biodiversity Master Plan by planting native grasses, trees and shrubs for habitat and climate resilience.Capital projectDelayed
  • 6.8By 2030, develop and implement science-based recommendations for creating ecological corridors where feasible.ProgramOn track

HE 7 Conduct carbon sequestration farming pilot projects and research

  • 7.1By 2024, apply approximately 500 wet tons of biosolids per year as a soil amendment and to sequester carbon on newly identified sites such as mine reclamation projects in Northern California.ProgramNot started
  • 7.2Improve compliance with Mandatory Composting (Environment Code Chapter 19 and SB 1383) and optimize organics processing to increase the quantity and quality of compost produced to support soil carbon sequestration activities.ProgramOn track
  • 7.3By 2030, pilot appropriate carbon sequestration techniques as part of ongoing ecological restoration of degraded habitats within SFPUC lands.ProgramNot started
  • 7.4By 2025, SFO will expand its carbon mitigation and offset program to include soil carbon sequestration projects, where viable.ProgramNot started
Water Supply3 strategies · 15 actions · now Water Supply

WS 1 Invest and implement demand management programs

  • 1.1Continue to implement current conservation measures noted in the SFPUC’s 2020 Retail Water Conservation Plan, and on our website at www. sfpuc.org/savewater.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 1.2Continue to implement current conservation measures and upcoming new measures noted in the SFPUC’s 2020 Retail Water Conservation Plan.Monitoring systemOn track
  • 1.3Prepare updated 2025 Retail Water Conservation Plan and implement current conservation assistance measures noted in the planPlanOn track
  • 1.4Continue to implement conservation assistance measures outlined in 2025 and future-year Water Conservation PlansMonitoring systemOn track

WS 2 Invest and implement innovative programs to reduce water use and develop new water supplies.

  • 2.1Continue to implement the pilot atmospheric water generation project to test the viability of the technology to produce water for irrigation in a community garden setting.ProgramOn track
  • 2.2Continue to encourage breweries to reuse process water onsite via SFPUC’s Onsite Water Reuse Grant Program.ProgramOn track
  • 2.3Continue to encourage the integration of heat recovery in onsite water reuse systems Explore opportunities for other pilot atmospheric water generation projects.Education / technical assistanceOn track
  • 2.4Continue to implement the Innovations ProgramProgramOn track
  • 2.5Implement demonstration facilities for purified water.ProgramNot started

WS 3 Invest and implement supply augmentation programs.

  • 3.1Continue to implement the San Francisco Groundwater Supply Project, which allows the SFPUC to supplement drinking water sources by blending a small amount of groundwater with water from the San Francisco RWS.ProgramOn track
  • 3.2Continue to implement San Francisco’s Onsite Water Reuse Program, which requires new development projects of 100,000 gross square feet or more to install and operate an onsite water reuse system.ProgramOn track
  • 3.3Continue planning, evaluation of technical viability, energy efficiency, and future climate scenarios.PlanOn track
  • 3.4Implement demonstration facilities for purified waterProgramNot started
  • 3.5Design and construction of alternative water supply projects.Capital projectOn track
  • 3.6Continue to operate and monitor groundwater projects for maximum benefit and sustainability.Monitoring systemOn track

Source: San Francisco Environment Department, Climate Action Plan Progress Report, January 2022 – December 2023, Appendix A.