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Committee forwards renaming of Willow Street to honor Earl Gage Jr.
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The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted 3-0 to forward a resolution to the full Board recommending renaming the section of Willow Street between Buchanan and Laguna to Earl Gage Jr. Street, honoring the first Black firefighter in San Francisco and his role advancing diversity in emergency services.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee on Monday voted to forward to the full Board a resolution to rename a block of Willow Street in honor of Earl Gage Jr.
Supervisor Dean Preston, the item’s sponsor, said the renamed stretch — between Buchanan and Laguna, bordering Rosa Parks Elementary School — recognizes Gage’s role as a pioneer and his decades-long impact on the city’s firefighting community. “We…
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