Our Mission

SFSOS was formed to give a unified voice to concerned citizens and a vehicle for positive change in the City. This formal, non-partisan coalition is comprised of individuals, not companies or associations. SFSOS and its members want to put our city back on the right track.

We've seen the runaway increase of litter, panhandlers, and homelessness on our streets. We've witnessed the deterioration of schools and business climate, and the steep drop off of tourism. We've been frustrated as certain Supervisors put the interests of the few over the good of all. We've watched families leave the city in dismay. And we've felt powerless to do anything about it.

We aren't going to allow the degradation of San Francisco to continue. As concerned San Franciscans, we're going to fight to restore the quality and vitality of our great city.
SFSOS will build an army of thousands of engaged citizens, and keep them well-informed through regular newsletters and action alerts. We will let our members know which politicians stand with them, and which choose to engage in narrow politics-as-usual. SFSOS will affect change through lobbying, ballot initiatives, issue campaigns and grassroots activism.

SFSOS will organize and leverage the passions of all San Franciscans who want a better city tomorrow than the one they live in today and are willing to do something about it. By joining together, we will reclaim the City's promise.

SFSOS is dedicated to the return of clean, safe neighborhoods, protecting the rights of the ignored, while moving toward a vibrant economy, improved public services and greater opportunity for all.

Please, help us save our city.


IN THE NEWS

March 8, 2008 - SF Chronicle - Political Image Obscures the War on Emissions

If Newsom wants to curb carbon emissions, he could stop jetting around the globe, limit city employee travel, and turn down the bright lights. Or better yet, as former supporter Wade Randlett told The Chronicle, Newsom could fix Muni so that more San Franciscans would want to use public transit.

But fixing Muni won't win Newsom a starring role on the green stage. What will turn heads more at the Davos Economic Forum - improving public transit or trumpeting that Newsom and his small army are riding the wave of water power? Heeding the PUC study isn't going to get Newsom in a photo next to Virgin's Richard Branson.


February 20, 2008 - SF Chronicle - Mayor's Climate Aide Gets $160,000 a Year

Wade Randlett, a local Democratic fundraiser and president of the business lobby group SFSOS, said Newsom's administration should concentrate on solving the city's most pressing problems, like getting Muni to run on time, repairing potholes and stopping homicides.

"If you fix Muni, then more people will ride it, and then you will have actually done something for the environment," Randlett said. "It's about the right allocation of attention and resources."


December 17, 2007 - ABC7News.com - San Francisco May Be Forced to Downsize

Wade Randlett is head of the Non Partisan Taxpayer Association. He believes that San Francisco's government is living beyond its means.

"The $229 million dollar deficit, all one-hundred percent of that comes from excess spending. Taxpayers are paying enough for the city services, but the size of city government and its demands on taxpayers is what's out of control."


November 7, 2007 - SF Examiner - Battle for Board of Supes Underway

More moderate supervisors, it is surmised, will consistently back Mayor Gavin Newsom, who frequently battles with the board, and sometimes loses when an 8-3 progressive supermajority passes veto-proof legislation.

Wade Randlett, president of SFSOS, a group focused on "quality of life" issues such as crime and public schools, said they’ll be working to elect supervisors that are more moderate than Newsom. They’ll be doing it to tackle the issues he hasn’t already tackled," Randlett said. "Real moderates that are not waiting for the mayor’s lead."