Author: Mark Farrell

Supervisor Mark Farrell was elected in 2010 to represent San Francisco’s District 2 on the Board of Supervisors after his first campaign for elected office. Prior to being elected Supervisor, Mark was an investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners on their Internet & Digital Media Team, and is currently also a Managing Partner at Quest Hospitality Ventures – a San Francisco based venture capital firm focused on the hospitality and travel sector, which he co-founded.

Port of San Francisco (Photo: Luke Fretwell)

Continuing San Francisco’s national leadership on open data

Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will take its final vote to approve my update to our city’s groundbreaking open data law. My open data ordinance, in its simplest terms, standardizes and sets timelines for the release of appropriate city government data.