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City administrator details $412 million earthquake safety bond to shore up water system and justice facilities
Summary
City Administrator Ed Lee and capital planners outlined a proposed $412 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response bond to fund Hall of Justice replacement, a $104 million auxiliary water supply system (AWSS) upgrade including 28–32 new cisterns, and seismic work on fire and police facilities.
City Administrator Ed Lee presented a proposed $412,000,000 Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (EASER) bond to the San Francisco Disaster Council on Feb. 19, outlining plans to fund replacement of the seismically vulnerable Hall of Justice and upgrades to the city’s auxiliary water supply system (AWSS).
“Those are the two main features for this $412,000,000 bond,” Ed Lee said, noting the Board of Supervisors was still deliberating on timing. The bond program would also fund a Public Safety Building — a police command center that includes a relocated Southern Station and a Mission Bay fire station — and seismic and health-and-safety upgrades to neighborhood fire stations.
Brian Strong, director of the capital planning program, said the bond…
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