As federal support for climate action and resilience recedes, state and local governments must step up. This program will explore how SPUR and partners are responding, the policies and coalitions emerging, and how we can all help advance climate action, resilience, and equity.

Join SPUR for an insider’s tour of Genentech’s South San Francisco campus, the birthplace of biotech. Explore the company’s history and future while learning how it’s advancing sustainability, reducing transportation impacts, and strengthening community connections. Get a preview of Genentech’s long-term plans — including its upcoming 50th anniversary — and its vision for a more sustainable and connected Bay Area.

The City and County of San Francisco faces increasingly complex challenges, from housing affordability to public safety to climate resilience, that demand effective and responsive governance. Yet the San Francisco City Charter, the foundational legal document meant to serve as the city's local "constitution," constrains rather than enables effective governance.In this panel, we'll sit down with experts to explore SPUR's recommendations in Charter for Change: Empowering San Francisco's government through charter reform that modernize the city charter, creating a governance framework that empowers leadership, ensures accountability, and allows the city to address its challenges.

Join SPUR for a guided tour of San Francisco’s District 5 with Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, representing neighborhoods including the Tenderloin, Hayes Valley, Lower Haight, Western Addition, Fillmore, Alamo Square, Japantown, NoPA, and Haight-Ashbury. The tour will begin at Tenderloin Family Housing, pass through Civic Center, and conclude in Hayes Valley. Along the way, Supervisor Mahmood will share updates on projects underway in the district, discuss his vision for the future, and answer questions from attendees.