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Supervisors continue Esprit Park item amid questions about Dogpatch Green Benefit District reporting and UCSF funds
Summary
Supervisor Peskin pressed Rec and Park and Public Works on transparency after an in‑kind $835,000 design-services grant for Esprit Park from the Dogpatch Green Benefit District (GBD). Rec and Park staff said UCSF is the source of the funds; supervisors voted to continue the item to May 18 for further review.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin asked detailed questions about a retroactive acceptance of an in‑kind grant worth about $835,000 from the Dogpatch Green Benefit District (GBD) for design services on the Esprit Park renovation. Peskin said the board’s recent transparency resolution requires community benefit districts and similar entities to disclose private contributions over $100 as part of annual reporting and to decline anonymous contributions.
Peskin noted Public Works had not submitted the GBD’s required annual reports for several years, making it “virtually impossible to ascertain the…
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