PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GAINS INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL THROUGH A GUIDED TOUR
Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes (7th from the left), Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil (6th from the left), Consul Marc Benigno (8th from the left), Vice Consul Glaiza Quarteros (5th from the left), PTIC-Silicon Valley Trade Commissioner Anne Marie Kristine Umali (9th from left) and consulate personnel at the balcony of the City Hall (San Francisco PCG photo)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – As part of its community immersion initiative, a delegation from the Philippine Consulate General led by Deputy Consul General Maria Paz G. Cortes visited the San Francisco City Hall on 18 September 2025.
Through the guided tour conducted by Ms. Ellen Schumer, City Hall Historian and Docent Program Manager, tour participants were provided with significant information regarding the city hall’s rich history, heritage, and notable architecture.
The San Francisco City Hall or the “People’s Palace” is the seat of government of the City and County of San Francisco. Part of the Civic Center, it is a historic landmark popular with tourists and organized private events.
The latest collaboration of the Consulate with the City Hall was on 12 June 2025, when the City Hall facade was lit in Philippine national colors in celebration of Philippine Independence Day.
Consulate personnel and Ms. Schumer in front of the memorabilia of Dr. Carlton B. Goodlet, a renowned physician and civil rights leader, whose name became the official street address of the San Francisco City Hall since 1999 (San Francisco PCG photo)
View from the the balcony of the upper Rotunda (San Francisco PCG photo)
Participants looking at a photo of past assemblies of the Board of Supervisors (San Francisco PCG photo)
Philippine Consulate delegation with Ms. Ellen Schumer (7th from left) at the Legislative Chamber (San Francisco PCG photo)