MOU extending the Sister City Partnership between San Francisco and Zürich by Mayors London Breed and Corine Mauch.

We are inviting drug policy experts and practitioners from Zurich and San Francisco to share more about their experiences and learnings from decades of drug policy work, with an open panel where the public can engage with questions.

20 years of building bridges between San Francisco and Zurich.

Swiss drug policy aims to reduce drug use and its negative consequences for users and society. It is based on the four pillars of prevention, therapy, harm reduction and repression.

San Francisco is unique in all the US cities to have a flag raising on the national day of its sister city partners

Transformative journey of the heroin-dependent community in Zurich, Switzerland, during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 90ies.

The "Zurich meets San Francisco" festival successfully connected the two cities through various cultural, culinary, economic, and educational events, attracting around 2,500 participants and reaching an additional 7 million people online. The festival featured experimental performances, fusion cuisine, scientific exchange on future challenges, discussions on digitization's impact on democracy, and seminars on labor market-oriented training. This event marks another milestone in Zurich's ongoing international outreach, fostering exchange and networking with global cities.