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The Recreation and Park Department is authorized to approve, or enter into, an agreement for the naming of the City-owned sports stadium located at Candlestick Point, at Jamestown Street and Harney Way, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. It shall be City policy, subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the San Francisco Charter, that not less than fifty percent (50%) of the revenue received by the City from any such agreement shall be used to fund Recreation and Park Department Recreation Center Directors.
(Added by Proposition H, 11/2/2004; amended by Proposition C, App. 11/5/2009)
Each department shall prepare and submit by April 15th of each year a report to the Board of Supervisors and the Controller that identifies for the previous three fiscal years: 1) the value of any damage sustained to City real and personal property under the control of the department; 2) the amount billed or requested; 3) the amount of revenue recovered by the department, or other City department or agency on behalf of that department, from those responsible for the damage to City property; (4) amount outstanding and 5) number of claims sent to the City Attorney's Office.
(Added by Ord. 277-05, File No. 051285, App. 12/16/2005)
(a) Policy Goal. It shall be the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to endeavor to ensure that at least 30% of nonfictional persons in each of the following categories on property owned by the City be women: (1) depictions of historical figures in statues, monuments, memorials, plaques, and similar objects publicly recognizing historical figures; (2) names of City streets for historical figures; (3) names of City-owned buildings or designated rooms or spaces in those buildings for historical figures; and, (4) depictions of historical figures in other works of public art. This policy shall apply to City-owned streets and right-of-ways, parks, and other City-owned public open spaces, and areas of City buildings open to the public without an admission fee, but shall not apply to permanent or temporary collections of artwork displayed in City museums listed in Charter Section 5.102.
(b) Department Reports.
(1) By no later than October 1, 2019, the Arts Commission shall post on its website a list of all statues, monuments, memorials, plaques, similar objects, and other works of art described in subsection (a) that depict publicly recognizing historical figures; the Department of Public Works shall post on its website a list of all City streets named for historical figures; the City Administrator’s Office shall post on its website a list of all City-owned buildings or designated rooms or spaces in those buildings named for historical figures; and the Recreation and Park Department shall post on its website a list of all parks named for historical figures. After October 1, 2019, each of these departments shall update these lists on a quarterly basis.
(2) By no later than December 31, 2019, the Department on the Status of Women shall submit a written report to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor regarding the proportion of women in each of the categories described in subsection (a). The Department on the Status of Women shall submit subsequent written reports by no later than December 31, 2020, and by December 31 every two years thereafter.
(Added by Ord. 243-18, File No. 170781, App. 10/26/2018, Eff. 11/26/2018)
(a) Findings.
Barbara Ann Taylor served as San Francisco City Hall bureau chief for KCBS Radio for more than 30 years, covering City Hall politics across seven different mayoral administrations, until her retirement in 2015, which earned her the title of “Dean of the City Hall Press Corps.” Taylor leveraged her experience as a political reporter to also co-write the Insider column and opinion pieces for the Hearst-owned San Francisco Examiner and to serve as on-air host for the televised weekly City Desk News.
Taylor adeptly and incisively covered the biggest news stories of her time, including the shocking assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk; the Jonestown massacre, which changed the course of politics in San Francisco; the Loma Prieta earthquake, the largest natural disaster to strike the City in over 80 years; and San Francisco’s groundbreaking and revolutionary issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, paving the way for legalizing gay marriage. Taylor covered these events and many others, large and small, with a skilled professionalism that set the standard for countless other journalists.
Utilizing her fearlessness, tenacity, street smarts, and gut instincts, Taylor ferreted out stories and cut through the codswallop, providing her listeners with news stories that were relevant, accurate, balanced, and timely, earning her numerous awards for her news coverage, both as an individual reporter and as a member of a team unit, including the Peabody and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards and six national Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) “Edward R. Murrow” awards for overall excellence.
At once empathetic and hard-hitting in her beat reporting, Taylor threaded her stories with human interest, fairness, and profound integrity, earning the respect of her subjects and colleagues alike, and becoming a role model and subject matter expert even to those competitors wise enough to watch and learn from the best in the business.
Accompanied by her canine companion, Tanner, Taylor often held court in her City Hall press room office and recording studio, hosting a steady stream of elected officials, legislative aides, City Hall flaks, lobbyists, activists, political gadflies, and bureaucrats eager to get their say on the stories she was working on.
When politicians tried to avoid being peppered with her pointed questions or her dogged inquiries, Taylor knew where to track them down, lying in wait with microphone in hand by their parked car, on a back staircase, or at their favorite after-hours (or occasional lunchtime) watering hole.
A consummate beat reporter, Taylor knew when to hold tight to information given to her in confidence, when to use it for background, and when to roll it out, earning her the trust of valuable sources, which ultimately benefited her listeners, viewers, and readers, who came to depend on her ability to competently and confidently report the news with context and authority, often in real time.
After diligently reporting on the work and words of seven mayors and dozens of members of the Board of Supervisors, as well as covering tens of thousands of hours of public meetings, thousands of press conferences, and hundreds of public protests, Taylor had one of the longest tenures of any individual consistently working under the City Hall dome and recording history as it unfolded.
(b) Barbara A. Taylor Press Room. The City Hall Press Room is named the Barbara A. Taylor Press Room.
(c) Signage. By no later than February 1, 2022, the City Administrator shall install lettering on the glass portion of the door to the City Hall Press Room identifying the room as the Barbara A. Taylor Press Room. The size and style of the lettering shall be consistent with the size and style of lettering used on doors throughout City Hall.
(Added by Ord. 215-21, File No. 211029, App. 11/26/2021, Eff. 12/25/2021)
(a) Findings. Burk E. Delventhal, known to all as Buck, joined the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office as a Deputy City Attorney in June 1970, and faithfully served the City and County of San Francisco in that capacity for more than 49 years, until October 2019, when he retired due to a sudden illness and tragically passed away shortly after. During his storied career, Buck served under four City Attorneys and provided legal advice to 10 Mayors, 93 members of the Board of Supervisors, and countless other City officers, employees, commissions, departments and City-related agencies.
Buck was a bastion of the City Attorney’s Office and a central figure in City government for nearly half a century – almost half the time City Hall itself has stood on this site. Buck, who was regarded as the oracle of the City Charter, played a critical role in nearly every major legal issue to face San Francisco during that time. Wrestling with the impacts of Proposition 13 on local government, working through the complicated issues surrounding Supervisor Dan White’s resignation and the tragic assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, aiding in the desegregation of the Police and Fire Departments, drafting the City’s domestic partnership ordinance and helping shape the equal benefits ordinance, helping (twice) to keep the San Francisco Giants from leaving town, advising on the legal issues involved in becoming a sanctuary city — Buck’s deft legal and personal touch steered all of these matters, and many more.
Buck’s keen intellect, legal acumen, and encyclopedic knowledge of municipal law and state and local history were complemented by a host of personal qualities that in part explained his reputation as a legal lion in the public realm and his stature as the go-to lawyer for the City’s toughest legal questions. He was a beacon of integrity and honesty, with no personal agenda beyond his commitment to principles of fair play and democratic self-governance and providing the best possible objective legal advice, which has become a hallmark of the City Attorney’s Office. His unassuming grace, easy smile, eternal optimism, and boundless energy – along with his simple, bedrock humanity – endeared him to his colleagues, his clients, and the public alike. He was beloved by many, and respected by all.
Buck was the consummate teacher, willing to share his knowledge, experience, and insights at every opportunity. As the City Attorney’s Office’s representative, he played a key role for many years in the work of the City Attorneys’ Department of the League of California Cities, the County Counsels Association of California and the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and was widely sought after and recognized throughout California and the country for his expertise in municipal law. During his decades of public service for the City, Buck was an inspiring and treasured mentor for generations of lawyers in the City Attorney’s Office, and for aspiring lawyers at the University of California Hastings College of Law, where he was an adjunct professor for many years. In addition to his love of the law, Buck was widely known for regaling colleagues, clients, and anyone else willing to listen with tales of his City Hall experiences, arcane details about San Francisco history and its neighborhoods, book recommendations on every imaginable topic, speaking many languages fluently, and, as a long-time member of the South End Rowing Club, extolling the benefits of early morning Bay swimming and luring as many colleagues as possible into the cold waters.
In 2013, the International Municipal Lawyers Association awarded Buck its highest honor, the Charles S. Rhyne Lifetime Achievement Award. That same year, the California State Bar’s Public Law Section awarded Buck the Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year Award, regarded as the highest honor a governmental lawyer in California can receive. In 2000, and again in 2013, in Resolution Nos. 560-00 and 407-13, the Board of Supervisors honored Buck’s extraordinary achievements and service to the City by designating a day as Buck Delventhal Day in San Francisco.
The rotunda on the second floor of City Hall is an appropriate location to honor Buck Delventhal’s legacy. The second-floor rotunda stands between the Board of Supervisors legislative chamber and the Mayor’s Office, symbolically bridging the two centers of power in City government, and is often at the center of activity in City Hall, just as Buck so often was in his years of service to the City.
(b) Buck Delventhal Rotunda. The rotunda on the second floor of City Hall, between the elevator bank to the south, the staircase to the east, the former telephone alcove to the north, and the Board of Supervisors legislative chamber to the west, is named the Buck Delventhal Rotunda.
(c) Signage. By no later than June 30, 2020, the City Administrator shall erect a plaque in or around the Buck Delventhal Rotunda stating the name of the rotunda, with a brief description appropriately recognizing Buck Delventhal’s contributions to the City. The City Administrator shall have discretion to determine the precise location of the plaque, and its size, design and content.
(Added by Ord. 34-20, File No. 191256, App. 2/21/2020, Eff. 3/23/2020)
(a) Findings.
Margot Antonetty devoted her 30-year career as a respected public health leader and advocate, helping those who have experienced mental illness, HIV, and homelessness. From the late 1980s through the early 1990s, Antonetty was an AIDS activist and worked at Baker Places, a nonprofit treatment center that has since merged with PRC. She later began a decades-long career with the City and County of San Francisco, joining the Department of Public Health (DPH) in 1998 as Director of Programs, overseeing funding received under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program.
From 2007 to 2012, Antonetty served as the Deputy Director of Housing and Urban Health, and in that role, she is credited with creating permanent supportive housing as it is known in San Francisco. Antonetty helped to establish the Direct Access to Housing Program (DAH) -- the City’s nationally recognized permanent supportive housing program for people experiencing homelessness who have complex medical, mental health, and/or substance use diagnoses. Today, DAH houses over 1,700 individuals across 38 sites in the City. In her role, Antonetty served as the community liaison for DPH’s permanent supportive housing program, building the Department’s most trusted relationships with providers and clients.
Antonetty was a champion for housing with as few barriers to entry and as many supports as possible, and was firmly committed to ensuring that people thrived in supportive housing. She was committed to welcoming into such housing the most vulnerable among us, who often fell through the many cracks in the safety net of City services, and providing stability, care, and dignity to as many people as possible.
In 2022, the City purchased the property at 1321 Mission Street for use as permanent supportive housing for adults and families exiting homelessness. The 1321 Mission Street development includes services, programs, and amenities inspired by the work of the late Margot Antonetty.
(b) The Margot.
The permanent supportive housing development located at 1321 Mission Street is named “The Margot,” in recognition of Margot Antonetty’s invaluable contributions to the City of San Francisco.
(c) Signage.
By no later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing shall install signage identifying the permanent supportive housing development located at 1321 Mission Street as “The Margot.” In addition, by that date, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing shall erect a plaque on or inside of the building with a brief description recognizing Margot Antonetty’s contributions to the City. The Department shall have discretion to determine the precise location of the plaque, and its size, design, and content.
(Added by Ord. 221-22, File No. 220874, App. 11/4/2022, Eff. 12/5/2022)