Mayor sizes up campaign pledges with his performance

From the Mayor's Office of Communications

January 20, 2006

Marking the mid-way point of his administration which officially fell on January 8, Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday released an index of all policy pledges he has made both as a candidate for mayor and as mayor.

The index provides a comprehensive summary and the current status of the administration's policy pledges. It identifies 327 policy promises, of which 54% are done and ongoing, meaning a policy has been created and is being implemented , 42% in progress, and 4% have been reconsidered, having proven unworkable.

Updated on a weekly basis, the policy index is a working document that the Mayor uses to manage departments and to measure results. It tracks the status of policy pledges, like the Mayor's pledge to create universal affordable WiFi, remove all seniors from the homeless shelter system and establish a local Earned Income Tax Credit.

The matrix also identifies pledges the administration is still working to implement, like instituting a more equitable payroll tax system.

Mayor Newsom who reviews an updated index on a regular basis, called it "an essential tool for accountability and management - one that ensures transparency."

The Mayor continued saying, "It's not enough to say we are going to do something - we need to measure results and hold ourselves accountable to the outcome. That's the only we can know if a policy is working - or not."

Newsom policy index documents:

Newsom Policy Index summary

Newsom Policy Index detail

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