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Board approves charter amendment to guarantee decades of baseline funding for parks
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 9–2 to place a charter amendment on the June ballot that would set an annual baseline appropriation for the Recreation and Park Department and require equity analysis and new oversight measures for spending.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9–2 on Feb. 23 to place a charter amendment on the June ballot that would require a baseline appropriation for the Recreation and Park Department and add new equity, oversight, and audit requirements for park planning and spending.
Supervisor Mark Farrell, who introduced the measure, told colleagues the amendment would guarantee “just over a billion in new funding” for parks over the next 30 years and asked the board to support the item so voters could decide in June. He said the change would require the department and Rec and Park Commission to develop equity metrics, submit capital and strategic plans for…
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