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Land Use committee backs naming Mission Rock streets for Maya Angelou and Toni Stone
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Jan. 25 recommended that two new streets in the Mission Rock/Pier 48 development be named for Dr. Maya Angelou and Toni Stone. Port officials said the Port Commission has approved the names and the mixed-use project includes 40% inclusionary housing.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Jan. 25 to recommend that two new streets in the Port of San Francisco’s Mission Rock development be officially named for Dr. Maya Angelou and Toni Stone.
Vice Chair Dean Preston framed the proposal as a chance to "recognize the contributions of trailblazing Black San Franciscans," saying the renaming would respond to recent calls for racial-justice recognition in the city. Port Executive Director Elaine Forbes thanked community partners and families for participating in the outreach.
Rebecca Benesini, identified at the hearing as the Port’s acting director of real estate and development, described the Mission Rock project as a four-phase mixed-use development with roughly 2,800,000 total square feet at buildout, a 40% inclusionary housing target supported by office fees, and Phase 1 work that includes site infrastructure and a planned five-acre China Basin Park. She told the committee the Department of Public Works confirmed the names are compliant and unique, and that the Port Commission approved the names in December.
Roscoe Mapp, representing the development team and the San Francisco Giants partnership, summarized the community process and the biographical ties of the honorees. Mapp described Toni Stone’s career as one of the first Black women to play professional baseball with men and recounted Maya Angelou’s literary and civic achievements, noting Angelou’s national recognition and longstanding ties to the city.
Members of the public, including Samaya Tutt of the Dr. Maya Angelou Foundation and family members of Toni Stone, spoke in support. Speakers emphasized the names’ symbolic value for young people, the project’s location amid new housing, and the role of naming in preserving local history.
Supervisor Dean Preston moved to send the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Dean Preston and Myrna Melgar voted "aye," and the committee approved the recommendation. The clerk noted items acted upon would appear on the Feb. 2 Board of Supervisors agenda.
