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Budget panel advances three bond sales, places $7.7 million parks playfields appropriation in reserve
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to recommend sales of three general‑obligation bond series for parks, earthquake safety and road repaving, but placed $7,700,000 of the Clean & Safe parks playfields appropriation on committee reserve pending further project details and CEQA review.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee on Tuesday recommended that the full Board approve the sale and appropriation of three general‑obligation bond series — Clean & Safe Neighborhood Parks (2008), Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (2010) and Road Repaving and Street Safety (2011) — but voted to hold $7,700,000 of the parks playfields appropriation in a committee reserve.
Chair Carmen Chu opened the presentation and asked Brian Strong, director of the Capital Planning Program, to summarize the proposals. Strong said the combined sale would raise roughly $331 million for park projects, public‑safety facilities and street improvements and estimated the packages would support “about 2,100” local construction and indirect jobs.
The committee heard detailed project lists from Recreation & Park staff for the parks bond, including roughly $63 million for twelve named park reconstructions…
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