23-05-2025
Power washing initiative targets dirty San Francisco sidewalks
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — With hopes of transforming San Francisco into a 'cleaner, more welcoming environment,' Mayor Daniel Lurie launched an initiative pledging to power wash more city sidewalks along busy commercial corridors, city leaders announced.
The new power-washing program will cover the Mission, Sunset, Tenderloin, Richmond, Chinatown, North Beach, and Fillmore neighborhoods, city leaders said.
Lurie said Thursday, 'Clean streets are key to our comeback. When our streets are cared for and vibrant, people come out and spend time in their neighborhoods. Investment in street cleanliness will help us continue to breathe life into our commercial corridors.'
The anti-grime initiative was backed by $3 million in funding from Avenue Greenlight and developed with San Francisco Public Works.
The mayor's office wrote, 'Each neighborhood will receive a tailored cleaning plan implemented by Civic Method, including deep steam sanitation, recurring maintenance, and real-time community reporting. The new power washing program will add coverage during critical afternoon and early evening hours, which is consistently requested by local merchants.'
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San Francisco Supervisor Danny Sauter said entrepreneurs and small business owners work hard to take care of their stores, restaurants, and offices.
'They deserve that same level of care on the sidewalks and streets that surround them. This program from Avenue Greenlight will be transformative in making our neighborhoods sparkle and creating clean, welcoming corridors for businesses to thrive and shoppers to enjoy,' Sauter wrote.
Currently, the city's public works department operates several other street cleaning programs. They include CleanCorridorsSF, a weekly deep-cleaning operation that dispatches cleanings crews to commercial corridors across the city to power wash sidewalks, remove graffiti, flush roadways, and engage with local businesses to promote ongoing cleanliness.
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