Board approves $641.7 million in bond appropriations as supervisors condemn Parks Alliance letter to colleague

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 8 unanimously approved appropriations from three 2021 general obligation bond series to pay for street, parks, housing and emergency projects, votes that followed an extended debate about a private letter from the Parks Alliance that several supervisors described as a threat to an elected official.

The ordinance (item 7) passed with 11 ayes. It appropriates $122,700,000 from Series 2021C transportation and road improvement GO bonds to the Municipal Transportation Agency for street and transit projects; $428,000,000 from Series 2021D health and recovery GO bonds to the Recreation and Park Department, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Department of Public Health and Department of Public Works for parks, recreation facilities and permanent supportive housing; and $90,000,000 from Series 2021E earthquake safety and emergency response GO bonds to Public Works for fire facilities and emergency firefighting water system improvements.

Why it matters: The bond funds will finance a broad set of capital projects across San…