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On May 25, Mayor Lee spoke at the Green Economic Forum about San Francisco’s climate action plan and accepted letters from five community advisory panels. Each of the five panels met for three months to discuss opportunities for public and private organizations to work together to address climate change. Each panel summarized their findings and presented their recommendations with letters delivered to Mayor Lee.
During his remarks, Mayor Lee expressed his support for the initiatives that each panel created and encouraged the groups to continue working together to develop climate plans for the city. He noted that the economic recession presents an opportunity to "green" the city's infrastructure. The mayor also stressed the need to include the entire community in this process; he plans to convene with mayors throughout the Bay Area to exchange ideas and compare each city’s Climate Action Plans. Here we list each of the panels and their letters of support for climate action. Business Advisory Panel
 From left: Melanie Nutter, Director Department of Environment; San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee; Melissa Fifield, GAP; Christina Page, Yahoo. The business panel worked to solicit recommendations from Bay Area business leaders on the climate actions proposed in the revised Climate Action Plan. The 15-company Advisory Panel was composed of representatives from a diverse range of companies (full list below). At the Green Economic Forum, representatives from Yahoo, Gap, Hilton, and Safeway presented on their climate goals and discussed why they found participating on the panel valuable. Speakers stressed the importance of public-private partnerships in addressing climate change.
Stephanie Glazer, Arup Adrian Laekas, Bentley Prince Street Nancy Shaw, Blue Shield of California Jamie Owen, Clorox Julia Strzesieski, Cole Hardware Melissa Fifield, Gap, Inc. Sam Arons, Google Inc. Jo Licata & Brian Mork, Hilton San Francisco Union Square Bill Peterson, New Resource Bank Valerie Winn & Matthew Sturm, Pacific Gas & Electric Fiona Berry and Melissa Capria, SAIC (chairs) Cathy Ikeuchi, Safeway Elliot Hoffman, True Market Solutions Stephanie Rico, Wells Fargo Christina Page, Yahoo!, Inc. New Century Transportation
 Emma Pickering of ICLEI California delivers the New Century Transportation Panel's endorsement of SFMTA's new Climate Action Strategy The New Century Transportation Panel recognizes that approximately 35% of San Francisco carbon footprint is from automobile emissions. Transportation Organizations from SF Bike Coalition, SF Walk, City Car Share to CalTrans contributed their ideas for making carpooling, biking, walking and public transit more accessible to San Francisco residents. The group endorsed SFMTA's Climate Action Strategy for the Transportation Sector. When presenting to Mayor Lee, speakers from this panel also noted that the alternative transportation sector is an important provider of local blue collar jobs.
Marc Caswell, San Francisco Bike Coalition Gary Bauer, Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation Marc Geller, Plug In America Rick Hutchinson, City CarShare Laura Schewel, UC Berkeley Energy and Resource Group Elizabeth Stampe, Walk SF Gray-to-Green Advisory Panel Julia Brashares, San Francisco Parks Trust delivers the Gray to Green recommendations to Mayor Ed Lee The "Gray to Green" panel focused on the role of green infrastructure and valuing the climate benefits of San Francisco's urban ecosystems. The panel suggested that the city consider the ecosystem services generated by green spaces along side traditional "gray" or built infrastructure when planning for climate change and long term public health. The important role community groups and neighborhoods play as stewards of their local green spaces was also emphasized.
Ana Alvarez , San Francisco Department of Recreation and Park (chair) Laura Tam, SPUR Karen Kidwell & Julia Brashares, San Francisco Parks Trust Casey Allen, SF Landscapes Victoria Bell, Neighborhood Parks Council John Bela, REBAR Arden Bucklin-Sporer, SFUSD Green Schoolyard Alliance Jeffrey Betcher, Quesada Gardens Initiative Peter Brastow, Nature in the City Dan Flanagan & Doug Wildman, Friends of the Urban Forest Economic Prosperity and
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