 A leading commercial center, San Francisco is one of 10 Beta World Cities as ranked by Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network. Tourism is a mainstay of San Francisco's economy as it is one of the top ten tourist destinations in the United States and one of the top 50 in the world. The Department of Commerce has recently reported that San Francisco is the third most visited city in United States by foreign tourists after New York and Los Angeles(Information provided by Wikipedia .)
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Bay Area to Receive 37 Million in Homeland Security Grant Funding |
Bay Area to Receive $37 Million in Homeland Security Grant Funding
Region to Receive Additional $6 Million for Catastrophic Preparedness
07/28/08 - Mayor Newsom today commended the federal Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that the Bay Area will receive $37.1 million in homeland security grant funding, as part of the 2008 Super Urban Area Security Initiative (SUASI) program. This represents an 8.9 percent increase from the 2007 grant.
"San Francisco and the Bay Area owe thanks to our congressional delegation for their leadership in securing $37.1 million in disaster funding for the region," said Mayor Newsom. "These funds give our city and region a substantial boost in becoming better prepared for disaster mitigation and recovery."
"The homeland security grant program enables us to strengthen our regional partnerships and enhance our capabilities for disaster preparedness and response throughout the Bay Area," said Vicki Hennessy, Acting Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.
The Department of Homeland Security utilizes a tiered system for categorizing urban areas based on highest risk. The Bay Area SUASI is in the top tier, along with New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Chicago, Houston and the National Capitol Region. Together, this group competed for $429 million (55% of the total amount available for this grant program). |
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Mayor Newsom Announces New Funding to House Homeless Veterans |
San Francisco Housing Authority to receive $1.5 million in federal funding
07/22/08 - Joined by the Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Philip Mangano, today Mayor Gavin Newsom announced new federal funding to assist homeless veterans in San Francisco find housing. The funding will be targeted toward providing homeless veterans with support services and the opportunity to obtain permanent housing.
"Every veteran deserves a home that he or she can afford," said Mayor Newsom. "This funding will serve a vital need by making sure veterans have an affordable place to live, with the support services they need to live independently."
The award of 105 vouchers representing $1.5 million to the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) is part of $75 million announced nationally for 10,000 new vouchers for the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program as the result of Congressional support in the FY2008 budget.
SFHA will receive the funding in portions as the agency leases units to veterans. The funding will go toward housing assistance and administration fees to administer the vouchers given to veterans. The "wait list" for housing units will be monitored by the San Francisco VA Medical Center which has been working to put a selection and placement process in place. The VA Center will identify the candidates and determine eligibility. Veterans will then be referred to the SFHA for an intake for the assistance program and given the necessary paperwork to find a unit. Once a veteran finds a unit, SFHA will inspect the unit and facilitate the lease for them. There will be housing search assistance offered by the VA Center’s staff as well as SFHA resources to ensure maximum success for the veterans. |
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