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Here’s Every Street SF Will “Deep Clean” Through June 2022

SF now has street cleaners power wash 10 blocks in a different neighborhood every Thursday
By - posted 8/10/2021 No Comment

Popular Deep-Cleaning Operation Set to Expand with Intensive Focus on San Francisco’s Neighborhood Corridors

San Francisco Public Works CleanCorridorsSF street cleaning crews will begin deploying on Thursday to a different commercial district weekly, tackling grime and graffiti to create a more welcoming environment

San Francisco last week kicked off 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.

Learn more at SF Public Works

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 last Thursday the operation expanded to eight hours a week and allow crews to deep clean at least 10 blocks – double the coverage as before.

Last week’s operation 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, the Ingleside, North Beach and the Haight.

Upcoming CleanCorridorsSF Schedule

Note that the schedule is subject to change – see the latest updates.

CleanCorridorsSF is a special operation that deploys a large contingent of San Francisco Public Works street cleaners to a different neighborhood commercial district every Thursday morning to power wash and sweep the sidewalks, flush down the roadway and wipe out graffiti – a coordinated deep-cleaning blitz resulting in noticeable improvements to the cleanliness of the targeted area.

  • August 5, 2021: Fillmore from Pine to McAllister
  • August 12, 2021: Larkin from Post to McAllister
  • August 19, 2021: West Portal from Ulloa to St. Francis
  • August 26, 2021: Castro from 19th Street to Market, 18th Street from Noe to Diamond, and Market from Castro to Dolores
  • September 2, 2021: Mission from 15th Street to 24th Street
  • September 7, 2021 (Tuesday): Market to Folsom, Market from 4th Street to 2nd Street (including side streets)
  • September 16, 2021: Mission from Geneva to Silver, Excelsior from Mission to Paris
  • September 23, 2021: Clement from Arguello to Funston
  • September 30, 2021: Union from Gough to Steiner, Fillmore from Union to Chestnut
  • October 7, 2021: Polk from Union to Geary (including side streets)
  • October 14, 2021: Taraval from 40th Avenue to 48th Avenue
  • October 21, 2021: Gough from Hayes to Haight, Hayes from Laguna to Gough
  • October 28, 2021: Third Street from Van Dyke to Hudson
  • November 4, 2021: Sloat and Wawona from 43rd Avenue to Great Highway
  • November 11, 2021: Veterans Day holiday, no operation
  • November 18, 2021: Valencia from 22nd Street to 18th Street, 18th Street from Valencia to Dolores
  • November 25, 2021: Thanksgiving holiday, no operation
  • December 2, 2021: Valencia from 22nd Street to Cesar Chavez, additional scope to be determined
  • December 9, 2021: Leland from Bayshore to Delta, Bayshore from Leland to Sunnydale
  • December 16, 2021: Broad from Plymouth to Orizaba, Randolph from Orizaba to 19th Avenue
  • December 23, 2021: Balboa from 34th Avenue to 45th Avenue
  • December 30, 2021: Chestnut and Lombard (westbound) from Fillmore to Divisadero (including side streets)
  • January 6, 2022: Columbus from Washington to Lombard
  • January 13, 2022: Irving from 19th Avenue to 27th Avenue
  • January 20, 2022: Divisadero from Golden Gate to Haight
  • January 27, 2022: Mission from 2nd Street to 11th Street
  • February 3, 2022: Ocean from Victoria to Frida Kahlo
  • February 10, 2022: 24th Street from Douglass to Valencia
  • February 17, 2022: 24th Street from Valencia to Potrero
  • February 24, 2022: 22nd Street from Indiana to Third Street, Third Street from 22nd Street to Mariposa
  • March 3, 2022: Geneva from Naples to Mission, Mission from Geneva to Silver
  • March 10, 2022: Geary from Arguello to Park Presidio
  • March 17, 2022: Fillmore from Pacific to California, California from Fillmore to Steiner
  • March 24, 2022: Stockton from Sacramento to Broadway, Grant from Bush to Broadway (including side streets)
  • March 31, 2022: Judah and Irving from 40th to La Playa
  • April 7, 2022: Haight from Divisadero to Laguna
  • April 14, 2022: Folsom from Second Street to 11th Street
  • April 21, 2022: Taraval from 19th Avenue to Funston, West Portal from Ulloa to St. Francis
  • April 28, 2022: 16th Street from Noe to Guerrero, Church and Sanchez from Market to 17th Street
  • May 5, 2022: San Bruno from Silver to Olmstead
  • May 12, 2022: Bayshore from Jerrold to Industrial
  • May 19, 2022: Mission from Geneva to Sickles
  • May 26, 2022: Geary from Park Presidio to 28th Avenue
  • June 2, 2022: California and Sacramento from Lyon to Maple
  • June 9, 2022: Hyde from Union to Geary
  • June 16, 2022: Taraval from 19th Avenue to 30th Avenue
  • June 23, 2022: Haight from Central to Stanyan
  • June 20, 2022: Ninth Street and 10th Street from Bryant to Market

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, the Richmond, the Sunset, the Excelsior, the Mission and the Fillmore. 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.

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.