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Supervisors recommend Civic Center and Tenderloin CBD renewals, move Tenderloin hearing to June 25
Summary
The committee recommended renewing and expanding two community benefit districts—Civic Center CBD and North of Market/Tenderloin CBD—after presentations from OEWD and district executives. The committee amended the Committee-of-the-Whole hearing date for the Tenderloin CBD to June 25 to meet election timing requirements.
Supervisor Gordon Marr, chair of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, and office staff advanced two linked resolutions on April 18 that would renew and expand the Civic Center and North of Market/Tenderloin community benefit districts (CBDs).
Chris Gorgas, senior program manager with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, told the committee the Civic Center proposal would cover roughly 43 whole or partial blocks and about 773 parcels within a boundary roughly bounded by Golden Gate Avenue/Turk Street to the north, Market Street to the south, Seventh Street to the east and Goff Street to the west. Gorgas said publicly owned parcels would bear about 62 percent of the district—s assessments, with approximately 42 percent coming from the city and county of San Francisco.
Tracy Everwein, executive director of the Civic Center CBD, described a proposed $3.2 million budget focused on expanded cleaning, ambassador services and public programming in plazas that run from City Hall toward Market Street. Simon Bertrain, executive director of the Tenderloin CBD, described a separate renewal and expansion for the Tenderloin that would raise assessments to fund expanded cleaning, a seven-day micro-neighborhood cleaning program, a Safe Passage program for seniors and children, a camera stewardship program and neighborhood-pride activities.
Speakers from local merchants, property owners and community organizations including UC Hastings and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic urged the committee to support the renewals, saying the districts have delivered visible cleaning and safety benefits and that expanded, coordinated services would protect past investments in park and plaza improvements.
The committee amended the Tenderloin item to move the Committee-of-the-Whole hearing from June 18 to June 25, 2019 to comply with state rules for a 45-day special assessment election, and recommended both items to the full Board of Supervisors without objection. If approved after the special election or Board action, assessments would begin July 1, 2019 and service changes would take effect January 1, 2020.
The committee record shows the mayor would be authorized to sign petitions on behalf of the Civic Center CBD to help the district reach the weighted-assessment threshold needed to hold a special election. The committee did not take a final Board vote; both items will return to the full board as committee reports.
