INVITATION to Bid for the Yerba Buena Island Treasure Island
Road Improvement Project (25/26-08)
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (Transportation Authority) will receive sealed construction bids for the TREASURE ISLAND ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. The Bid Submission Deadline is Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. (PDT). Paper bids will not be acceptable. Electronic bids shall be submitted through www.bidexpress.com.
All bidders must register on www.bidexpress.com and create Digital ID through Bid Express to submit a bid.Contract Documents will be available from www.bidexpress.com/solicitations/46499. Any addenda issued for this project will also be available at this website. Bid forms for this work will be found and completed at www.bidexpress.com/solicitations/46499. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting for the project will be held electronically on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. (PDT) at the virtual meeting platform Zoom. Attendees can register by visiting www.sfcta.org/TIRI-prebid. Bidder inquiries are due Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) at the Transportation Authority's solicitation page at www.bidexpress.com/solicitations/46499, under the section titled "Q&A."
Bids will be opened electronically and read aloud on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) at the virtual meeting platform Zoom. Attendees can register by visiting www.sfcta.org/TIRI-bid-opening. The project consists of reconstruction of Treasure Island Road on Yerba Buena Island, in the City and County of San Francisco. Work includes a new soil nail retaining wall, demolition of existing crib walls and roadway grading, paving, drainage, signing, pavement delineation, street lighting, and concrete barrier. The Engineer's cost estimate is approximately $25,900,000. Work shall be completed within 310 working days. A Class A Contractor's license is required and the successful bidder must pay prevailing wages. Project funding includes Federal, State and Local sources. Show more »
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
DISTRICT REGULATION 3: FEES
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) will conduct a public hearing on June 3, 2026, at 10:00 am or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider adoption of proposed amendments to Regulation 3: Fees.
At the public hearing on June 3, 2026, the Board of Directors will consider adopting proposed amendments to Regulation 3 fee schedules A, E, F, G-1 through G-5, H, I, K, M, P, S, V and W, and other related changes. These proposed amendments would increase fees between 2.3% and 15%, depending on the fee schedule, and would (1) reduce fees in Schedule R by 20%, (2) increase the base Risk Assessment fee in Schedules B and C by 2.3%, (3) increase the Risk Assessment fee for existing gas stations by 15% in Schedule D.A, (4) increase administrative fees in Section 300 by 2.3% (5) add a new fee for Emission Reduction Credit Reissuance (6) remove the delinquent fee for permit and registration renewals, (7) reclassify gasification/pyrolysis sources to Schedule G-1, (8) delete obsolete citations, and (9) clean up the general formatting and text of the regulation.
The Board of Directors will also hold a public hearing on April 29, 2026, at 11:00 or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider and receive testimony on the proposed amendments. This will be an informational hearing only; the Board of Directors will not take action on any of the proposed amendments at the April 29, 2026, hearing.
Public hearings will be held at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Information on the meetings will be available by visiting the Air District's homepage at www.baaqmd.gov. Meeting materials will be available at least 72 hours before the meeting and a link to attend virtually via web browser will be active 5 minutes before meeting time. Verbal comments are welcome up to the day of and during the Public Hearings.
Copies of the proposed amendments and associated documents may be viewed on the Air District's website at http://www.baaqmd.gov/reg3. Copies are also available by calling Air District staff at (415) 749-4990. Staff will accept written comments on the proposed amendments until May 15, 2026. Please direct comments or questions to Mark Gage, Principal Air Quality Engineer, 375 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, 94105, (415) 749-8705, or electronically at MGage@baaqmd.gov (preferred).
Philip M. Fine, Ph.D.
Air Pollution Control Officer
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
4/18/26
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE INITIATIVE PETITION
Notice is hereby given by the person whose name appears hereon of their intention to circulate a petition within the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of placing on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot a measure to improve accountability within the executive branch and allow the Mayor to reorganize certain functions among city departments.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
San Francisco's Charter now spans 548 pages, making it the longest of any major American city. More than 90 percent of City departments are embedded in the Charter itself, meaning even modest organizational improvements require voter approval. Department heads oversee 99 percent of City staff and resources, yet the Mayor has direct hire-and-removal authority over only a small fraction of them. In recent instances involving serious ethical lapses, the Mayor lacked authority to immediately remove department heads. The Charter also requires the Mayor to directly supervise nearly 50 department heads—an impractical structure for a government with more than 30,000 employees. This structure diffuses responsibility and makes it difficult for voters to know who is accountable when services fall short.
The proposed measure restores clear lines of accountability within the executive branch while preserving oversight by the Board of Supervisors. These changes ensure that when San Franciscans elect a Mayor, they know who is responsible for delivering results.
_/s/________________
Daniel Lurie
Proponent of the Initiative
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:
CHANGES TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH MANAGEMENT
The Way It Is Now
The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City and is responsible for oversight of all departments and governmental units in the executive branch, which includes most City departments.
The Mayor has authority to transfer functions and reorganize executive branch departments created by ordinance, subject to rejection by the Board of Supervisors. The Mayor may not transfer functions or reorganize department powers and duties established in the City's Charter. Those functions, powers, and duties may be changed only by an amendment to the Charter approved by the voters.
The Mayor may not hire deputy mayors who supervise most departments created in the Charter.
When a department operates under a board or commission established in the Charter, the Mayor typically must select a department head from a list of candidates recommended by the board or commission. For most of those departments, the board or commission may fire the department head but the Mayor may not.
The Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and other elected officials have authority to appoint certain members to the boards and commissions established in the Charter. In most cases, an appointed member may only be suspended or removed for cause, after a process to determine that the member engaged in official misconduct or committed a felony involving moral turpitude.
The Proposal
The proposed measure would allow the Mayor to reorganize executive branch departments that exist under the Charter, with certain exceptions. The Mayor could transfer powers and duties set forth in the Charter, consolidate one or more departments together under a single department head, and assign the oversight of transferred functions to a different commission. The Mayor could not reorganize the functions assigned to the following departments: the City Administrator, Controller, Board of Appeals, Port, Airport, Asian Art Museum, Fine Art Museums, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Public Utilities Commission, Civil Service Commission, Department of Human Resources, Retirement Board, Health Service System, Department of Elections, Ethics Commission, or departments headed by other elected officials. The duties of the Department of Police Accountability could not be transferred to the Police Department, nor could the duties of the Sheriff's Inspector General be transferred to the Sheriff.
The proposed measure would allow the Mayor to hire deputy mayors.
The proposed measure would expand the Mayor's authority to hire certain department heads without board or commission involvement, and would authorize the Mayor to fire most department heads without board or commission involvement.
The proposed measure would authorize appointing authorities to remove their appointees to most boards and commissions without cause. The following boards and commissions would not be impacted by this change: Board of Appeals, Civil Service Commission, and Ethics Commission. Show more »
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE INITIATIVE PETITION
Notice is hereby given by the person whose name appears hereon of their intention to circulate a petition within the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of placing on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot a measure to reform how measures are placed on the ballot in San Francisco.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
The proposed measure reforms how measures are placed on the ballot in San Francisco to better align with the standards in other California cities. San Francisco's ballot qualification rules are far looser than those of any other major California city. The result is bloated and confusing ballots. In November 2024, voters faced 15 separate measures, compared to one in San Jose and three in Oakland.
Over the past 30 years, 74 percent of ordinances on the ballot were placed before voters by a minority of supervisors, the Mayor, or through signature drives rather than through a transparent and accountable legislative process. 44 percent did not legally require voter approval.
San Francisco is the only major city that allows a minority of supervisors to place measures directly on the ballot. It also has by far the lowest signature threshold in California—just 2 percent of registered voters. Additionally, it is the only city that allows the mayor to unliterally place measures on the ballot. Together, the status quo incentivizes special interests and politicians to weaponize the system against each other. Measures are often filled with complicated legal jargon meant to confuse voters. So-called poison pill ballot measures are more and more common, and measures can mislead voters or lead to unintended consequences. In 2022, for example, a ballot measure intended to tax Amazon was later discovered to unintentionally tax hundreds of small businesses and could only be removed through court action, despite conflicting with the drafters' intentions.
The proposed measure aligns San Francisco more closely with other California cities while preserving voters' ability to participate directly in lawmaking. These commonsense reforms encourage coalition-building, deliberation, and higher-quality measures for voters to consider while reducing confusion and unintended consequences.
_/s/________________
Daniel Lurie
Proponent of the Initiative
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:
CHANGES TO BALLOT MEASURE PROCESS
The Way It Is Now
Under the City Charter, an ordinance or declaration of policy (measure) may be placed on the ballot in several ways, including:
• By a six-member majority vote of the Board of Supervisors (Board);
• By four or more members of the Board submitting the measure without a vote of the Board;
• By the Mayor submitting the measure without a vote of the Board; or
• By registered voters submitting an initiative petition to the Department of Elections (signature initiative) containing signatures of at least 2% of the registered voters in San Francisco, which currently is approximately 10,600 signatures.
A signature initiative generally appears on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled municipal or statewide election. Signature initiatives that propose an ordinance may call for an earlier election, known as a special election, if the petition contains signatures of voters equal in number to at least 10% of the votes cast for all candidates for Mayor in the last mayoral election. The threshold for a signature initiative to call a special election currently is approximately 39,000 signatures.
Once a signature initiative is submitted to the Department of Elections, it cannot be withdrawn.
The Proposal
The proposal would amend the Charter to eliminate the ability of the Mayor or four or more members of the Board to place a measure on the ballot without a vote of the Board. The Board could still place measures on the ballot by a six-member majority vote.
The proposal would change the way the voters may place a signature initiative on the ballot by increasing the required number of voter signatures to 8% of the registered voters in San Francisco, or approximately 42,500 signatures. The proposed measure would also increase the required number of voter signatures to call a special election on an initiative ordinance to 10% of the registered voters in San Francisco (instead of 10% of votes cast for all candidates for Mayor in the last mayoral election), or approximately 53,100 signatures.
The proposal would allow the proponents of a signature initiative to withdraw the signature initiative from the ballot up to 102 days before the election. Show more »
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE INITIATIVE PETITION
Notice is hereby given by the person whose name appears hereon of their intention to circulate a petition within the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of placing on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot a measure to make City contracting more efficient and professional by centralizing contracting oversight with the City Administrator, and giving the City Administrator authority to set citywide standards while preserving appropriate safeguards.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
San Francisco's contracting system has become overly complex, politicized, and inefficient. The status quo rewards insiders and special interests, and, at its worst, it breeds corruption. Over $5 billion in annual contracts are governed by a maze of rules scattered across more than 100 sections of code. "Procurement" and "contracting" appear more than 9,000 times in City law, and the Board of Supervisors has adopted 21 procurement-related ordinances in the last five years alone.
The result is a system so complicated that the City has created 39 waivers just to allow essential purchases to move forward. It costs roughly $25,000 to conduct a single procurement process—even if the total value of the contract itself is only $25,000—and many contracts take six to twelve months to complete. More than 14 departments can be involved in approving a single contract. In extreme cases, overlapping approvals and layered rules have driven up costs dramatically, as illustrated by the widely cited $1.7 million Noe Valley public restroom.
This fragmentation also extends to technology purchasing, where departments operate redundant systems—five separate Microsoft contracts, 20 training systems, and 14 document management platforms—driving up costs and weakening efficiency. As we stare down a historic budget deficit, we must move urgently to be better stewards of taxpayer dollars and protect the core services that San Franciscans rely on.
To address these challenges, the proposed measure will get politics out of contracting by moving more contracting authority from the Board of Supervisors to the City Administrator while preserving appropriate checks and balances from the elected leaders entrusted to serve San Francisco. The improvements to the current system outlined in this measure will restore professionalism to contracting, ensure taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and transparently, and strengthen the independence of the City Administrator to implement these changes.
_/s/________________
Daniel Lurie
Proponent of the Initiative
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:
EXTENDING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S DUTIES AND CHANGING CITY CONTRACTING
The Way It is Now
Ordinances Regulating Contracts: The Board of Supervisors (Board) may adopt ordinances that set rules about how the City selects vendors and enters into contracts for the purchase of commodities and services, public works, and grantmaking (collectively, Procurement).
Board Approval of Contracts: With some exceptions, the City's Charter requires the Board to approve contracts for all City departments in three categories: (1) contracts that generate anticipated revenue of $1,000,000 or more for the City, and any amendments to those contracts; (2) contracts that will last more than ten years or cost the City $10,000,000 or more, and amendments to those contracts costing $500,000 or more; and (3) real property leases for ten years or more or that generate $1,000,000 or more, and amendments to those agreements.
City Administrator's Authority Over Contracts and Technology: Under the Charter, the City Administrator acquires commodities and services for City departments, except for the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA), Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Airport Commission (Airport), Port Commission (Port), and some arts departments (Charitable Trust Departments), and as limited by other City laws. The City Administrator also has authority to dispose of City personal property.
The City Administrator also oversees and adopts policies regarding certain aspects of City technology by serving as chair of the Committee on Information Technology and by appointing and managing the City's Chief Information Officer.
City Administrator's Term: The City Administrator is appointed by the Mayor to a five-year term, subject to confirmation by the Board.
The Proposal
Ordinances Regulating Contracts: The measure would give the City Administrator exclusive authority to propose ordinances to the Board governing most aspects of Procurement. Procurement ordinances proposed by the City Administrator would pass unless the Board or the Mayor rejects them within 60 days. The Board could not amend these ordinances.
Board Approval of Contracts: The measure would raise the threshold for Board approval of contracts and amendments to those contracts. For revenue-generating contracts and leases, the threshold would increase from $1,000,000 to $4,500,000. For expenditure contracts, the threshold would increase from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. Beginning in 2032, the City's Controller would adjust these thresholds every five years for inflation. The Board would also approve amendments to contracts meeting these thresholds where the amendment would result in a cumulative increase of 50% or more of the original contract or lease amount over the amount last approved by the Board.
City Administrator's Authority Over Contracts and Technology: The measure would authorize the City Administrator to adopt Procurement rules and regulations that supersede conflicting department rules, and to establish and implement citywide policy for use of technology.
The MTA, PUC, Airport, Port, and Charitable Trust Departments would be subject to the City Administrator's authority regarding Procurement ordinances and rules, direct acquisition of commodities and services, technology, and disposal of personal property, with some exceptions.
City Administrator's Term: The measure would extend the City Administrator's term from five years to ten years. Show more »
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District) seeks bids for Contract No. 2026-D-003, Window Washing Services. Interested Bidders must submit bids by way of upload to the District's Procurement Portal: https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com by Friday, May 8, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., PT, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read.
A non-mandatory site visit will be held at the Golden Gate Bridge Administration Building, (1 Toll Plaza, San Francisco 94129) on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT. Attendees should meet in the small parking lot adjacent to building.
Requests for approved equals, modifications or clarifications of any requirement must be submitted in writing by Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. PT.
The Bid Documents are available for download on the District's Procurement Portal. To download and respond to posted solicitations, Proposers will need to register. Once registered, to view and download documents:
1. Go to the District's Procurement Portal: https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com.
2. Under "Action" column of "Open Public Opportunities" page, click on "View Opportunity" next to desired Project.
3. Scroll down to "Supporting Documentation" section to download documents.
For general questions regarding this Contract, please contact Senior Buyer, Dodie Goldberg at dgoldberg@goldengate.org.
/s/ Dodie Goldberg, Senior Buyer
Dated: April 2, 2026
4/8/26
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT (BART)
NOTICE TO PROPOSERS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR BREATH AND URINE COLLECTION SERVICES
RFP NO. 6M4916
BART is now accepting proposals from breath and urine collection contractors. Interested firms must register on BART's Procurement Portal at https://suppliers.bart.gov
All solicitation documents, including the RFP, must be downloaded directly from the Portal. A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on April 17, 2026 at 2:30PM, local time via Zoom – registration is required and instructions are included within the RFP. The District's Equity Program(s) will be explained, and participants can share contact details to network with other firms. The due date for submission of proposals for this RFP is 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Proposals shall be submitted to the following address:
Attn: District Secretary's Office
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
4/4/26
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT REVISED NOTICE TO PROPOSERS – GENERAL INFORMATION March 19, 2026 GRANTS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION PLATFORM SERVICES RFP NO. 6M4905 The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART") intends to engage the services of up to ONE
* Contractor (CONTRACTOR) to provide Grants Management Solution as indicated within the Request for Proposals ("RFP").
* Accordingly and on behalf of both agencies, BART will be accepting proposals ("Proposals") from proposers ("Proposers") for consideration for the selection of CONSULTANTS to perform the scope of services specified in this RFP. Proposals must be received by BART by 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 . Proposals shall be submitted to the following address: District Secretary's Office San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District 2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 REQUIRED REGISTRATION ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL In order for prospective Proposers to be eligible for award of an Agreement being solicited on the BART Procurement Portal, such Proposers are required to be currently registered to do business with BART on the BART Procurement Portal online at https://suppliers.bart.gov and have obtained Solicitation Documents, updates, and any Addenda issued online so as to be added to the Online Planholders List for this solicitation. If a prospective Proposer is a joint venture or partnership, such entity may register on the BART Procurement Portal with the entity's tax identification number (TIN) and download the Solicitation Documents so as to be listed as an online planholder under the entity's name prior to submitting its Proposal. If such entity has not registered on BART Procurement Portal in the name of the joint venture or partnership prior to submitting its Proposal, provided that at least one of the joint venturers or partners registered online on the BART Procurement Portal and downloaded the Solicitation Documents so as to be added to the Online Planholders List for this solicitation, such entity will be required to register with the entity's TIN as an online planholder following the submittal of Proposals, in order for the entity to be eligible for award of this Agreement. PROPOSERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL, (OR FOR A JOINT VENTURE OR PARTNERSHIP AS DESCRIBED ABOVE PRIOR TO AWARD) AND DID NOT DOWNLOAD THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION ONLINE SO AS TO BE LISTED AS AN ONLINE PLANHOLDER FOR THIS SOLICITATION, MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS AGREEMENT. PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. local time via Zoom presentation . All interested parties must RSVP via registering with the Zoom link included within the RFP document in order to participate in this Pre-Proposal Meeting. Should there be difficulties in registering, please contact rae.liu@bart.gov. Instructions on attending the Zoom Presentation are included within the RFP. At the Pre-Proposal Meeting, the District's Equity Program(s) will be explained. Prospective Proposers are requested to make every effort to participate in this only scheduled Pre-Proposal Meeting. At the conclusion of the Pre-Proposal Meeting, participants will be given the opportunity to share their contact information to facilitate networking offline.
3/26/26
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