Board upholds CEQA emergency exemption for Vaillancourt Fountain removal, 10-1
After a lengthy public hearing, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to uphold the Planning Department's finding that removal and off-site storage of the Vaillancourt Fountain qualifies for a statutory emergency CEQA exemption; opponents urged full environmental review, calling the removal a pretext for plaza renovation.
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San Francisco ' After several hours of public comment and testimony from city staff and engineers, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 upheld the Planning Department's determination that disassembling and placing the Vaillancourt Fountain into storage qualifies for a statutory emergency exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act. The motion to affirm the exemption (item 21) passed on a 10-1 roll call, with Supervisor Fielder the lone no vote.
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