Moving forward our open data agenda. Secondly, were going to require every department in the city to have a representative who is responsible for data so you can go to our transit agency, our police department, any of our 50 plus departments and know who can help you get the data that we need. Thirdly, we need to make sure that we have common standards so that as this data is presented, all of us can know how to use it, how to play with it and move things forward. Now, i want to take this moment to issue a challenge to the smartest and the brightest in San Francisco here in this room. There are three ideas that have been working on for the last year that i would love to see potentially in hackathon to help move our city forward. The first has to do with a favorite topic of san franciscans. How many of you have had your car towed in San Francisco . How many of you have not been as happy as you wanted to be about that experience . So, last year i had hundreds of residents who were unhapp
With a lack of publicly available bathrooms in Seattle, many City employees, delivery drivers, and service workers use Volunteer Park restrooms. Unfortunately, sometimes Volunteer Park completely closes all bathrooms and doesn’t provide any other restroom service to replace it. This can be hard on many workers who use the park as a rest stop. Are we supposed to pee in bottles because the City can’t keep restrooms open for the public?.
There is something hopeful about Volunteer Park being able to host thousands of people to kick off the city's 50th Pride festivities while also making space for a coyote or three. Recent appearances by a young coyote in the popular Capitol Hill park have officials hopeful that visitors will take care and keep their pets…