“It all began with a call,” said Oscar Miron. “And from there, it’s become my full time job.” Since San Francisco activated its emergency operations center (EOC) earlier this year, Miron, SFPUC Emergency Planning and Operations Lead, has been a part of the City’s response to COVID-19. As part of the SFPUC’s emergency planning and…
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How Wastewater Enterprise’s Douglas Lipps is Embracing Change
While the entire country battles with COVID-19, Douglas Lipps a mechanical engineer says he has learned in his nearly 42-year career in wastewater that, with change comes new opportunity. “Developments in technology is allowing us to continue operating even with the coronavirus,” explained Lipps. “The computer technology allows humans to do their jobs under ever-changing conditions.” Lipps explains that in the last couple of years, the wastewater industry has been changing at a rapid speed with…
How the Current Health Crisis is Connecting Sheena Johnson to People in New Ways
Being in a crisis response role has been challenging, but fun for Sheena Johnson. In the 12 years Johnson has been working for the City and County of San Francisco, she never expected to have something like COVID-19 happen so unexpectedly. “San Francisco has a history of earthquakes so I always figured it would be…
How SFPUC’s Payroll Team Helps Employees Feel More “Normal”
COVID-19 has paused the world for many people. Milestones, celebrations, education, and work have all become a bit different these last few months. Through it all, there are individuals at the SFPUC who have tried to make it more “normal” for their colleagues. The SFPUC’s Payroll Team has supported COVID-19 response by making sure the…
How Tran Nguyen’s First Six Months at the SFPUC Have Been Full of Purpose and Mission
It had been less than three months since Tran Nguyen’s first day at the SFPUC when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Bay Area. Nguyen, SFPUC Internal Communications Specialist, has always seen her professional journey as one with mission and purpose. When the shelter-in-place order went into effect, Nguyen wondered if her years of experience in healthcare and employee communications…
What Ani Baghdassarian’s Disaster Service Worker Assignment at a City Hotel Site Was Like
Ani Baghdassarian has long mastered the art of project management. Throughout her career, Baghdassarian has helped her teams secure the resources they need for projects. Recently, Baghdassarian served as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW) at one of the City’s hotel sites. In some ways, her temporary DSW role was similar to her normal job, an…