San Francisco's inaugural One City Day of Service on July 11 brought 3,500 volunteers to 183 project sites across all 11 supervisorial districts, from Islais Creek to the Tenderloin to the Fisherman's Wharf waterfront.
On Saturday, July 11, approximately 3,500 volunteers spread across San Francisco for One City Day of Service, a citywide initiative organized by Mayor Daniel Lurie and First Lady Becca Prowda. Across all 11 supervisorial districts, crews worked at 183 project sites — neighborhood cleanups, park gardening, donation packing, back-to-school supply drives, shelter meal service, and art installations.
Confirmed sites included Islais Creek (District 10), Bayfront Park (District 6), the Fisherman's Wharf corridor from Pier 39 to Beach and Stockton streets (District 3), and the Tenderloin, where volunteers joined St. Anthony Foundation. Eight city departments — Public Works, Recreation and Parks, Public Library, Public Health, Fire, Police, MTA, and the Environment Department — coordinated alongside nonprofit partners including Glide, Compass Family Services, and Refuse Refuse San Francisco.
"For me, a day of service is a platform to remind people to not forget," St. Anthony Foundation CEO Larry Kwan told CBS News Bay Area. "To not forget those who may not be part of the thriving." The Tenderloin logged 919 311 requests in the past seven days and 52 eviction notices over the past 90, per city data — the baseline the volunteers worked against.
"One City Day is meant to be something that everyone can be part of," Lurie told the San Francisco Chronicle. Lowell High School student Levi Myers, 16, put it plainly at one of the park sites: "Taking care of a place is just as important as enjoying it," he told the Chronicle.
The city released no comprehensive map of all 183 locations and no public accounting of departmental costs. At Islais Creek and along the Fisherman's Wharf waterfront, what's visible today is a cleared shoreline and a swept corridor running from Pier 39 to Stockton.

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