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Committee forwards Yerba Buena Community Benefit District resolution of intent after extensive community support
Summary
The committee moved a resolution of intent to create a Yerba Buena Community Benefit District—an 18‑block plan with a first-year budget of roughly $2.5 million and 35.5% weighted petition support—after presenters and many neighborhood, cultural and business groups endorsed the plan.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee on June 9 forwarded to the full Board a resolution of intent to establish the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District (CBD), a proposed 18‑block district designed to provide cleaning, greening, safety ambassadors, marketing and community grants.
Heather Hale, executive director of the Yerba Buena Alliance, told the committee a 26‑member steering committee spent 18 months and extensive outreach crafting the management plan; she reported petitions representing $844,140—35.5% of the weighted assessment—had been submitted as of June 4. The management plan proposes a first‑year budget of roughly $2.5 million, a seven‑year term and a governing board with up to 28 members and representation for non‑property-owning stakeholders.
Dozens of cultural institutions, hotels, property owners, business groups and neighborhood organizations testified in support, including representatives from the California Historical Society, SFMOMA, the Union Square Association, the Hotel Council and the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. Speakers emphasized improved cleanliness, pedestrian safety, ambassadors to assist visitors, marketing and grant opportunities for cultural programming.
The committee adopted the amendments of the whole and forwarded the resolution of intent to the full Board as a committee report with recommendation, without objection.
