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City's Inaugural Economic Development Plan 12 Months Out

SAN FRANCISCO-One year after voters called for it by approving Measure I, the City of San Francisco is finalizing a contract with ICF Consulting to direct the creation of an economic development plan. The intent is to attract and retain businesses and grow employment.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on November 20, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO-About one year from now, the City of San Francisco supervisors will be reviewing the city’s first-ever plan for attracting and retaining businesses. Voters called for the economic development plan last November by approving Measure I, which also created an Economic Analysis Office that reviews legislation to assess its potential impact on the city’s business environment.

The City of San Francisco is close to signing off on a contract for the creation of the plan. The work will go to ICF Consulting, a Fairfax, VA-based management, technology, and policy consulting firm that opened its West Coast headquarters in San Francisco in 2000. The dollar value of the contract and the expected approval rate was not available. The director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce and Economic Development did not return a phone call seeking comment.

ICF director of analysis Ted Egan, who is also a professor at UC Berkeley, tells GlobeSt.com that work will probably get under way next week, even before the contract is signed. There will be much public involvement throughout the process of assessing the city’s economic development needs, identifying specific economic development activities, and deciding on a policy agenda for how the activities may be implemented.

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