Project summaries | civic innovation

The Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation Blog:

June 21, 2017

~~Hiring two Fellows to join our team!~~

~~We are opening a call for two new Mayor’s Innovation Fellows to join us for a one-year fellowship embedded in City government.~~

We are looking for two Fellows to support our mission to help government become more collaborative, inventive, and responsive to San Franciscans. Fellows will work with changemakers and innovators in City Departments to support our team’s work on Mayor Lee’s priority to improve the safety, cleanliness, and livability of San Francisco. Fellowship is targeted to start September 13, 2017.

December 15, 2015

~~We’re hiring two civic innovators~~

Calling all civic technologists and change makers! The Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation (MOCI) is opening a call for two new Mayor’s Innovation Fellows to join us for a one-year fellowship embedded in City government.

July 23, 2015

~~Exhibition and Design Prototyping at the Asian Art Museum~~

The Asian Art Museum seeks to provide an even deeper and more enjoyable visitor experience through prototyping exhibition elements and inviting visitor feedback as part of our exhibition interpretation planning and design process.

July 13, 2015

~~Energy Benchmarking of San Francisco Municipal Buildings~~

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is the municipal water, power and sewer services provider for the City and County of San Francisco. We generate and deliver power to hundreds of municipal buildings in San Francisco, including libraries, schools, fire stations, recreation centers, and office buildings. While this power is 100% greenhouse gas-free, the City’s large facility inventory brings with it a responsibility to use this energy as efficiently as possible. San Francisco has invested for many years in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in these public buildings, and the City is saving over $5 million each year in energy costs as a result.

June 29, 2015

~~Car sharing to save money and the environment just got easier with SFMTA’s convenient On-Street Car Share Pilot~~

Car sharing is a simple idea that’s already helping San Francisco achieve environmental and transportation system goals as it provides residents and businesses a way to reduce their parking headaches and transportation expenses while maintaining access to “just enough car” for errands and other trips. Research has repeatedly shown that every shared vehicle available to users results in private cars being taken off the road, with conservative estimates of from 7 to 15 vehicles taken off the streets for every shared vehicle.

April 24, 2015

~~Water Conservation can be Smart AND Sexy~~

On January 31, 2014, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) asked its customers to voluntarily curtail water consumption by 10%. To facilitate achieving this goal, the SFPUC Communications Division developed a multi-lingual and edgy public education campaign that successfully promoted water conservation through behavioral changes and plumbing upgrades for residents and businesses.

March 24, 2015

~~Meet our 2015 Civic Innovation Fellows~~

The Mayor’s Innovation Fellowship in the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation (MOCI) is a novel one-year program that looks to utilize entrepreneurial minds from all sectors to help San Francisco tackle challenging civic issues and be more accountable, accessible and responsive to residents. Meet our 2015 Fellows!

July 11, 2014

~~Calling All Civic Innovators~~

The Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation (MOCI) is opening a call for two new Mayor’s Innovation Fellows. MOCI champions new ideas and approaches that make our City government more accountable, accessible and responsive to the residents of San Francisco. This novel one-year program looks to utilize entrepreneurial minds from all sectors to help San Francisco tackle challenging civic issues, including open data standards for social services, entrepreneurship in residence, workforce innovation, and much more.

November 20, 2013

~~See the 11 Companies Who Made it to Our EIR Semi-Finalist Round~~

In October, we announced the opening of applications for our firstEntrepreneurship-in-Residence program. We received hundreds of applications from an impressive group of world-class startups. After reviewing the teams and applications, we were able to narrow them down to 11 semi-finalists.

October 12, 2013

~~Announcing the First-Ever San Francisco Datapalooza~~

A new platform for civic innovation has arrived. The City and County of San Francisco is proud to announce that it will be hosting a feature event — called a “Datapalooza” — on October 17th to highlight local innovators that are transforming open data into valuable new products and services. This celebratory showcase will include ten entrepreneurs that answered a call-to-action from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, the California Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development, and the San Francisco Office of Civic Innovation.

September 06, 2013

~~Mayor Ed Lee Announces San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program~~

Mayor Edwin M. Lee, in collaboration with the White House and other strategic partners, today announced San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence (EIR) program. “We need the top entrepreneurs to work with us on opportunities that are actual pain points and needs of government. San Francisco’s EIR program advances our role and vision as the Innovation Capital of the World,” said Mayor Ed Lee.

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Project Summaries

2019-10-01 Fall Resolution No. 433-19

Adobe (Office of Civic Innovation): Adobe has partnered with The Office of Civic Innovation, where they will provide consulting services valued at $76,800. Such services include creating a repeatable process to share and replicate innovations developed through OCI programs.

Adobe (DataSF): Adobe has partned with DataSF, where they will provide services valued at $76,800. Such services include improving the department’s approach to data sharing, providing case studies, and suggesting architectural principles for data infrastructure.

Civic Consulting USA (Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development): Civic Consulting USA has partnered with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, where they will provide services valued at $80,000. Such services include assisting in determining how to ensure that all tenants receive free legal counsel in accordance with the “No Eviction Without Representation Act” of 2018, through the co-design of a referral system.

Civic Consulting USA (Office of Transgender Initiatives): Civic Consulting USA has partnered with the Office of Transgender Initiatives, where they will provide services valued at $80,000. Such services include improving access to services by helping create a more user-centric manual, translating that manual into four languages, and furthering a digital outreach.

Cosine Collective (Marty Low Associates) (Dept. of Emergency Management): Cosine Collective has partnered with the Dept. of Emergency Management, where they will provide services valued at $80,000. Such services include determining the viability of the nurse-triage concept to more effectively and efficiently handle medical calls that do not require ambulance assistance.

Digitalist (Public Works Pit Stop Program): Digitalist has partned with the Public Works Pit Stop Program, where they will provide services valued at $80,000. Such services include developing operating procedures, establish locations, and collect and present data that will enable the program to expand efficiently and effectively.

fuseproject (Dept. of Public Health Street Medicine Program): fuseproject has partnered with the Dept. of Public Health’s Street Medicine Program, where they will provide services valued at $76,800. Such services include sharing the program’s learnings with a larger community of public health providers looking for innovative harm reduction programs to address the opioid epidemic.

Harvard Business School (Dept. of Public Works): Harvard Business School has partnered with the Dept. of Public Works, where they will provide services valued at $80,000. Such services include analyzing peer cities and developing recommendations for improving street cleanliness.

Slalom LLC (Dept. of Police Accountability): Slalom, LLC has partnered with the Dept. of Police Accountability, where they will provide services valued at $120,000. Such services include defining the process for filing and processing citizen complaints, exchanging information, and tracking cases.

2019-12-17 Fall Resolution No. 548-19

Google (Planning Dept. & Dept. of Building Inspection): Google, Inc., has partned with The Planning Department and Department of Building Inspection, where they will provide consulting services valued at $750,000 for the 12/20/2019 for one year. Such services include analyzing the City’s pre-approval, permitting, and development processes, and recommending business process improvements to accelerate the production of housing in San Francisco.

2020-xx-xx Spring Resolution No. xx

Not introduced to Board, as of 1/26/2021

Adobe (Dept. of Homelessness and Supportive Housing): Adobe has partnered with the Dept. of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, where they will provide services valued at $76,800. Such services include developing a public messaging campaign to educate San Franciscans about the crisis of homelessness and the solutions.

Civic Consulting USA (Office of Economic and Workforce Development): Civic Consulting USA has partnered with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, where they will provide services valued at $100,000. Such services include developing and implementing a Small Business Agenda (Vision and Mission).

Civic Consulting USA (Rent Board): Civic Consulting USA has partnered with the Rent Board, where they will provide services valued at $76,800. Such services include conducting user research, and creating a communications and content strategy to help make services more user-friendly and accessible for residents.

fuseproject (The Recreation and Parks Dept.): fuseproject has partnered with the Recreation and Parks Dept., where they will provide services valued at $96,800. Such services include developing a Smart Parks Strategic Plan to declare priorities, focus its efforts, and engage its stakeholders.

M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. (Treasure Island Development Authority): Gensler has partnered with the Treasure Island Development Authority, where they will provide services valued at $76,800. Such services include developing a programming and design space tailored to replace current residential treatment beds and transitional housing, as provided by HealthRIGHT360, on one of TISDA’s affordable housing parcels.

2019-04-16 Spring Resolution No. 185-19

City Innovate (Dept. of Technology): City Innovate, a project of The Giving Back Fund, has partnered with the Department of Technology, where they will provide consulting services valued at $125,000 for the time period of 2018-2023.