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Commission approves one-year extension for front‑yard stormwater garden grant amid workforce linkage debate
Summary
The commission approved an $80,000, one‑year amendment to a Friends of the Urban Forest grant that funds sidewalk/front‑yard conversions to reduce impervious surface, while commissioners debated how to better link volunteer projects to workforce development and labor standards.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted 3‑1 to authorize Amendment No. 2 to agreement CS1010G, increasing the grant by $80,000 and extending it one year to continue the Front Yard Ambassadors sidewalk‑garden program.
Yolanda Manzoni, environmental justice and land‑use program manager in External Affairs, said the program — conducted in partnership with Supervisor Katie Tang's office and Friends of the Urban Forest — has removed roughly 6,000 square feet of…
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