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Rec and Park approves commemorative 'Claude The Alligator Way' at Music Concourse Drive

San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission · January 15, 2026
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The Recreation and Park Commission voted to add a commemorative street name honoring Claude the alligator at Music Concourse Drive after outreach that included a Mission Local poll; commissioners debated commemorative vs. legal naming and poll integrity before a 5–2 roll call approval.

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission voted to commemoratively name Music Concourse Drive "Claude The Alligator Way," endorsing a supervisors' resolution and public outreach that favored placing the sign in front of the California Academy of Sciences.

The motion, made during the commission's Jan. 8 meeting, followed presentations by Emma Hare, a legislative aide to Supervisor Mirna Melgar, and Emily Abraham of the California Academy of Sciences, who said the academy and the supervisor’s office had engaged Mission Local to poll the…

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