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San Francisco Launches New ‘Power Washing' Street Cleaning Initiative

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has announced a new initiative to increase neighborhood street cleaning through a 'power washing program' in high-traffic commercial areas. The plan is in partnership with and backed by $3 million in funding from Avenue Greenlight, a new philanthropically funded community-driven 'It's one of the several public-private partnerships we're launching to help clean our streets, support our neighborhoods, and prioritize the long-term economic growth of our city, and it works with what we've already put into motion,' Lurie said at a May 22 announcing the partnership. Trucks and manual street cleaners will target the Mission, Sunset, Tenderloin, Richmond, Chinatown, North Beach, and Fillmore neighborhoods, and provide additional cleaning during critical afternoon hours. 'We have to take care of the basics. That means clean and safe streets,' the mayor said at the press conference. 'If our neighborhoods feel dirty or neglected, people spend less time there. But when our streets are clean, when they are vibrant and cared for, people come out, they stay, they shop, they believe in the city again.' According to a , the partnership will be developed with support from the San Francisco Department of Public Works. It will expand on the department's existing street cleaning operations, which currently include a weekly deep-clean that power washes sidewalks, removes graffiti, and flushes roadways. Related Stories 5/9/2025 4/21/2025 Additionally, Public Works' Block Sweepers initiative employs street cleaners to clean more than 700 blocks in busy commercial areas and mechanical street sweepers that cover a collective 150,000 miles of curbside lanes annually. Avenue Greenlight President Maryo Mogannam said at the press conference that while San Francisco and Avenue Greenlight can come in and clean the streets, he really wants to inspire the citizens of the city to help keep the streets clean. 'It's easier to keep the garbage off the street than it is for us to come clean up after you,' he said.