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Rules Committee advances Castro LGBTQ Cultural District ordinance with minor amendments
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to create the Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Cultural District, adopting two minor amendments and hearing residents urge that hotel-tax funds prioritize small cultural grants over a large salaried position; the item will go to the Board on June 25.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on June 17 advanced an ordinance to establish the Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Cultural District, approving two author-proposed amendments and clearing the item to appear on the full Board agenda on June 25.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, the ordinance’s author, told the committee the district is meant to preserve the Castro’s queer cultural history and to allow the neighborhood to access funding created by a recent ballot measure. "With the passage of Prop E last year and its $3,000,000 in dedicated funding for Cultural District, this ordinance will allow the Castro to access critical resources to support the small businesses, nonprofits, cultural…
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