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On February 7, 2012, Naomi M. Kelly was sworn in by Mayor Edwin M. Lee to serve as the City Administrator for a five year term. Ms. Kelly is the first woman and African American to serve as City Administrator.
During the past 10 years, she has served as Deputy City Administrator under Mayor Lee; City Purchaser and the Director of the Office of Contract Administration under Mayor Gavin Newsom; and Executive Director of the Taxicab Commission, and Special Assistant in the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services under Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. The General Services Agency, headed by the City Administrator consists of 20 departments, divisions, offices and programs, with an annual budget of $450 million and over 2,100 employees.
During the past year, Ms. Kelly's primary focus has been creating jobs for San Franciscans. She facilitated the implementation of the City's mandatory local hiring ordinance in a simple, fair and transparent manner. She engaged all stakeholders from the public works departments, the workforce development's community based organizations, the unions, and the vendor community. In addition to creating jobs, her objective as City Administrator is to ensure responsible fiscal management and accountability to those who pay taxes for our local government to provide essential services.
Her focus is on:
- Improving Government Efficiency and Streamlining;
- Assisting in the capital planning process with vital infrastructure and projects;
- Embracing innovation and creativity, particularly technological innovations; and
- Strengthening the City's emergency preparedness programs.
Pursuant to the 1996 Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, the City Administrator serves a term of five years and has overall responsibility for the management and implementation of policies, rules and regulations promulgated by the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors and the voters.
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