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SFPUC approves amended lease with Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) for Sonoma farmland
Summary
The SFPUC approved an amendment to the San Francisco agriculture lease with SAGE to expand leased acreage, raise the baseline water‑use allowance, grant limited tenant credits and additional funding for educational programming.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted May 10 to authorize amendments to its lease with Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) for agricultural and education activities on city‑owned land. The amendment deletes a roughly 0.65‑acre area at the south end of the premises and adds approximately 1.5 acres at the north end (a persimmon orchard). It also increases the baseline annual water usage allowance from 12,000 units to 22,400 units, provides tenant credit for accrued water bills not to exceed $6,262,544, allows additional tenant alterations, and allocates $332,500 to support a water‑related education curriculum plus a one‑time payment of $70,095 for stakeholder outreach and an Alameda Watershed Center report.
Tim Ramirez, Natural Resources Division manager, described the amendment as the result of a multi‑year pilot and community partnerships. Cybella Krause, SAGE president, outlined the farm’s operations, student curricula and stewardship work and invited commissioners to visit the site. Commissioners moved and adopted the lease amendment by unanimous voice vote.
