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Committee backs amended $487.5 million health, parks and streets bond; Japantown activists press for $25 million Peace Plaza
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to send amended bond measures to the full Board, increasing the November bond program to $487.5 million with $207 million for mental health and homelessness, $239 million for parks and $41.5 million for streets. Dozens of callers urged full funding of a $25 million Peace Plaza renovation in Japantown.
The Budget and Finance Committee on a remote call voted to forward amended bond measures to the full San Francisco Board of Supervisors that would raise the proposed November general-obligation bond program to $487,500,000 and set specific allocations for behavioral-health, parks and street projects.
The committee approved a motion to send items 1 and 2 to the Board with a positive recommendation; the roll call recorded three ayes from Supervisor Walton, Supervisor Mandelmann and Chair Sandra Lee Feuer. The amendments increase the November bond total to $487,500,000 and align the capital-plan changes before the Board.
The committee heard that the revised allocation splits the total roughly as follows: $207,000,000 designated for…
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