When it comes to celebrating Latino values and food, La Palma Mexicatessan knows how to do it! Since 1953, this hybrid of a grocery store, tortilla factory, and restaurant has been serving its community as the longest standing Latino owned business in the Mission. Calle 24 Latino Cultural District runs from Mission Street to Potrero Avenue includes specialty stores, taquerias, Mexican bakeries, grocers and art galleries, as well as the greatest concentration of murals and Latino businesses in the City. Mission Street to Potrero Avenue includes specialty stores, taquerias, Mexican bakeries, grocers and art galleries, as well as the greatest concentration of murals and Latino businesses in the City.

The roots of San Francisco are deeply connected to Latino heritage, and today Latinos make up nearly 16% of the city’s population. As we close out Latino Heritage Month, we celebrate small business owners like Diana Medina, who runs a jewelry store in the Mission district and is a CleanPowerSF customer.

Join CleanPowerSF and community organizations for an upcoming Community Workshop and learn how to get up to a 35% off your electricity bill every month. Get help completing your application and receive a free tote bag! 

On August 26, SFPUC’s Power Enterprise hosted a public webinar titled “Powering Tomorrow, Together: CleanPowerSF Integrated Resource Plan.” The free, one-hour event allowed CleanPowerSF staff to share updates on its clean energy roadmap, also known as the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), and to hear directly from the community. The event featured expert panelists, including Firas Abu-Sneneh, Acting Manager, Resource Planning and Compliance from CleanPowerSF and Justin Chebahtah, Resource Planning Specialist from CleanPowerSF. Here are some key takeaways attendees learned about the challenges and opportunities ahead.

More San Franciscans are pedaling towards a greener future thanks to the return of the SFPUC’s popular Electrify My Ride program, which offers eligible customers a $1,000 coupon for a new electric bike. When we launched this rebate program this year on August 18, all 1,000 rebates were claimed within three hours. The response was electric! 

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is bringing back its popular $1,000 e-bike rebate program -- and making it available to more than twice as many customers. Beginning Monday, August 18, 2025, some 55,000 income-qualified customers will be eligible for $1,000 off a new e-bike through the Electrify My Ride rebate program at participating San Francisco bicycle shops. That’s up from 25,000 eligible customers last year.

As your local clean electricity provider, CleanPowerSF is helping to deliver on the City’s goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity. We do that in part by having a roadmap, called an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), to guide our way.  We are in the process of updating that plan and want to hear from you. 

At the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society in San Francisco, Pride is not just a month – it’s a year-round commitment to honoring and preserving LGBTQ+ history. Home to the world’s largest archive of LGBTQ+ historical materials and the first museum of its kind in the United States, the Society is also proud to be powered by 100% clean energy as a CleanPowerSF customer.  

As summer heats up and wildfire season approaches, it’s important to be ready for potential power-related events like Flex Alerts, PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), and rotating power outages. While these events are rare in San Francisco, being prepared can make all the difference.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has awarded San Francisco its top national climate honor in the 2025 Climate Protection Awards. San Francisco received first place in the Large City category for cutting emissions, delivering 100% renewable electricity, and expanding access to clean affordable energy through its CleanPowerSF local electricity program.