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Popular Deep-Cleaning Operation Set to Expand with Focus on S.F Neighborhood Corridors

This week’s operation will put 15 Public Works street cleaners on Fillmore Street on Thursday, between McAllister and Pine streets. CleanCorridorsSF crews will be on the ground once a week, rotating through neighborhoods across the City, including the Castro, the South of Market, West Portal, Ingleside, North Beach and the Haight.

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August 7, 2021

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San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed welcomed the kickoff on August 4 of an expanded CleanCorridorsSF operation that deploys a large, coordinated team of Public Works street cleaners to different neighborhood commercial corridors to power wash and sweep the sidewalks, flush down the roads, dig out weeds and wipe out graffiti.

The program was tested over the last year as a pilot with crews providing intensive cleaning in a different neighborhood commercial corridor every week, focusing on five blocks over four hours. Starting August 4, the operation will expand to eight hours a week and allow crews to deep clean at least 10 blocks – double the coverage as before.

The City’s new budget included $2.1 million for the expanded CleanCorridorsSF program. A companion workforce development operation, the Power Wash Mobile Team, received $140,000 for a 6-month pilot that employs immigrants with barriers to employment to provide monthly steam cleaning services in Chinatown, the Bayview, Visitacion Valley, Richmond, Sunset, Excelsior, Mission andFillmore. The stepped-up street cleaning efforts fall under Shine On SF, a new public-private recovery initiative that aims to rekindle civic pride and improve the condition of San Francisco’s streets and public spaces.

“These investments will go a long way in making sure that San Francisco shines,” said Breed. “Keeping our neighborhoods clean creates a more inviting environment for our residents, visitors and businesses, and is especially important now as we’re reopening and welcoming more people back. But we know that the City and our nonprofit partners cannot do the job alone.

“It requires all of us to do our part. If you are able, volunteer at a neighborhood cleanup, contact 311 to report illegal dumping so we can clean it up quickly and, perhaps most importantly, help us get to a place where people won’t feel it’s OK to mess up our beautiful city in the first place,” she said.

San Francisco Public Works has street cleaning crews on the job around the clock. CleanCorridorsSF provides the department another tool to perform more intensive, proactive cleanups. In addition to the cleaning crews, Public Works will deploy outreach staff to let property owners, residents and merchants know how they can help keep their neighborhood clean.

“We saw firsthand through the pilot that CleanCorridorsSF gets welcome results,” said Acting Public Works Director Alaric Degrafinried. “Now that we have additional resources to expand the operation, thanks to support from Mayor Breed, the Board of Supervisors and our community partners, we expect greater success in addressing the challenges of keeping San Francisco looking good.”

The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Communications provided this report.

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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DIVISION NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR ANNUAL STREET OVERLAY/REHABILITATION 2019-21 – PHASE III

WORK DESCRIPTION: The work to be done consists of roadway paving, base cement stabilization, concrete curb ramps, driveways, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, traffic detection loops and pavement striping, and doing all appurtenant work in place and ready for use, all as shown on the plans and described in the specifications with the title indicated in Paragraph 1 above, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. Reference to said plans and specifications is hereby made for further particulars.

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PROJECT NO. 2020.0050

BID NO. 25-26.011

BID OPENING: The bidder shall complete the “Proposal to the City of San Leandro” form contained in the Contract Book. The proposal shall be submitted in its entirety. Incomplete proposals will be considered non-responsive. Sealed bids containing the completed Proposal Section subject to the conditions named herein and in the specifications for ANNUAL STREET OVERLAY/REHABILITATION 2019-21 – PHASE III/PROJECT NO. 2020.0050 addressed to the City of San Leandro will be received at City Hall, 835 East 14^th Street, 2^nd Floor San Leandro at the office of the City Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
WORK DESCRIPTION: The work to be done consists of roadway paving, base cement stabilization, concrete curb ramps, driveways, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, traffic detection loops and pavement striping, and doing all appurtenant work in place and ready for use, all as shown on the plans and described in the specifications with the title indicated in Paragraph 1 above, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. Reference to said plans and specifications is hereby made for further particulars.
OBTAINING THE PROJECT PLANS AND CONTRACT BOOK: The project plans and Contract Book may be obtained free of charge from the City’s website at:https://www.sanleandro.org/Bids.aspx Bidders who download the plans are encouraged to contact the City of San Leandro Public Works Department Engineering division at 510-577-3428 to be placed on the project planholder’s list to receive courtesy notifications of addenda and other project information. Project addenda, if any, will be posted on the website. A bidder who fails to address all project addenda in its proposal may be deemed non-responsive.Bidders may also purchase the Project Plans and Contract Book from East Bay Blueprint & Supply Co., at 1745 14^th Street, Oakland, CA 94606; Phone Number: (510) 261-2990 or email: ebbp@eastbayblueprint.com.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM and on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM as follows:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM
Zoom Meeting ID: 883 8752 6074
Passcode: 502955
Zoom Link: https://sanleandro-org.zoom.us/j/88387526074?pwd=hZ5rjB8AWdLAUem3CtByFiZxqKarHj.1
And
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM
Zoom Meeting ID: 898 2672 0472
Passcode: 091848
Zoom Link: https://sanleandro-org.zoom.us/j/89826720472?pwd=JgZX2nXMpLSRM5xDPr7EJUxl7QIznr.1The information presented at the conferences will be identical, all bidders must attend one of the pre-bid conference and sign the attendance sheet. A firm that didn’t attend the pre-bid conference isn’t qualified to bid on the project.Questions regarding the plans and specifications may be submitted in writing to the project engineer until 5:00 p.m. five (5) days before, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, bids must be received by the City. The City will not respond to oral questions outside of the pre-bid conference. The response, if any, will be by written addendum only. Oral responses do not constitute a revision to these plans or specifications.
VALUE OF WORK: The Engineer has estimated that the value of work is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
SAN LEANDRO BUSINESS PREFERENCE AND PARTICIPATION GOALS: The work performed under this contract is subject to Section 1-6-225 of the San Leandro Municipal Code regarding local business preference and participation. A list of companies that hold a San Leandro business license is located on the City webpage under the finance department, here: https://www.sanleandro.org/340/Business-License
SAN LEANDRO COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT: The work performed under this contract is subject to the Community Workforce Agreement adopted by City Council Resolution 2015-104. Contractors attention is directed to Section 10.