Soma West Community Benefit District

SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICTS PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD, GENERAL WELFARE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL SAN FRANCISCANS AND VISITORS TO SAN FRANCISCO BY ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND BEAUTY IN THE DISTRICT, AND... (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

CLEAN, SAFE, AND BEAUTIFUL (7/1/21-6/30/22): SOMA WEST CBD WAS BUSY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 6/30/22. INITIATIVES INCLUDE: PURCHASED A NEW STREET VACUUM, NEW SIDEWALK GARDENS+HANGING BASKETS, ROLLED OUT AND MAINTAINED OVER 150 PLANTERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BRINGING MORE GREEN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A DIVERSE CLEAN TEAM CONSISTING OF 21 AMBASSADORS, SIX TRUCKS, A PURPOSE-BUILT PRESSURE WASHING RIG, AND MORE. DURING FY22 WE HAD PICKED UP 1,083,525 POUNDS OF TRASH, COMPLETED 101,447 SWEEPING TASKS, 64,318 HAZARDOUS TASKS, REMOVED 82,443 BAGS OF TRASH, COMPLETED 16,985 LANDSCAPING TASKS, 18,198 GRAFFITI TASKS, 11,150 BULK REMOVAL TASKS. SOMA WEST CBD CONTINUED TO RAMP UP NEW NIGHT SHIFT NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

MARKETING AND ADVOCACY (7/1/21-6/30/22): SWCBD CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SCORES OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, SUCH AS THE LEATHER & LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT, TO HOLD DIVERSE AND WELCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVATE STREETS IN THE DISTRICT. EARLIER THIS YEAR WE JOINED NEIGHBORS AT THE SF PARKS ALLIANCE, TOGETHER SF, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY. ADDITIONALLY, SWCBD STARTED A WEEKEND FARMERS MARKET IN EAGLE PLAZA THAT OPERATED FROM JULY 7TH THROUGH OCTOBER 29TH 2022. SWCBD BECAME A KEY SPONSOR OF LIGHTING PROJECT GLIMMER AND OF SOMA PHILIPINAS PARTNERSHIPS RUSS STREET SOMA SANG! (A HOLIDAY EVENT TOOK PLACE ON RUSS STREET AT FOLSOM AND INCLUDED THE TNT TRAYSIKEL SIDECARAOKE). WE LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE AND THE SOMA SAPIENS PROJECT TO DOCUMENT STORIES OF THE DISTRICTS RESIDENTS AND MERCHANTS.