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Board committee hears civil grand jury critique of Arts Commission, adopts amended response
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee received a civil grand jury report that found governance gaps, an incomplete inventory and insufficient maintenance for the city—s civic art collection and urged changes to the Arts Commission; the committee accepted a resolution responding to the report and asked the Arts Commission director to return in six months with implementation details.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Tuesday took testimony on a civil grand jury report that concluded San Francisco—s Arts Commission has governance and stewardship problems and recommended a range of changes, from a charter amendment to new funding for the civic art collection.
Mort Raphael, chair of the grand jury—s investigative committee, told supervisors the jury—s review found an Arts Commission that often prioritizes the interests of arts organizations over broader public stewardship and has repeatedly failed to carry out charter duties. "We recommend that a charter amendment be made," Raphael said, urging either an expansion of the commission—s membership or creation of advisory bodies to broaden community oversight.
The grand jury described the city—s civic art collection as a roughly $90,000,000 asset of about 4,000 objects…
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