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Committee recommends renewal and small expansion of Castro Community Benefit District
Summary
The committee voted to send a resolution renewing and slightly expanding the Castro Community Benefit District for a new 15-year term; OEWD and the district—s executive director presented year-one budgets (assessment $819,403; total ~$866,275) and service plans including zone-based cleaning, graffiti removal, and public-space activation.
Supervisor Mandelman introduced a resolution on May 7 to renew and modestly expand the Castro Community Benefit District (CBD) for a second 15-year term. Chris Korgas of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development said the renewal would initiate ballot proceedings under the City—s Business and Tax Regulations Code (Article 15) and cited a year-one assessment budget of $819,403.41 and a total year-one budget of $866,274.97.
Andrea Aiello, executive director of the Castro CBD, summarized 15 years of district activity and fundraising, saying the CBD has directly raised about $9.2 million for services in the Castro and Upper Market neighborhoods. She described core services the renewal would fund, including seven-day-a-week cleaning (average ~7,860 pounds of trash per month), steam cleaning each parcel every other month, graffiti removal within 24 hours of notification, a patrol special-police presence focused on quality-of-life enforcement, public-space management and activation (notably Jane Warner Plaza), and a volunteer "Castro Ambassadors" program for visitor outreach.
Aiello explained the renewal would use three service zones with cleaning levels matched to need, and she presented a year-one budget breakdown: cleaning $582,483; landscaping $2,500; marketing $9,000; contingency and administration approximately $272,349; total approximately $866,275. The renewal would collect assessments from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2035, with expenditures continuing up to six months after assessment collection ends.
With no callers in the public-comment queue, the committee voted to send the resolution to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
