Yerba Buena Gardens
Named in the records1984–2024
316 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1984–2024: 25 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 291 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 316: 25 Board decisions, 291 facts from city reports
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- 1984–2024
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The 60 most telling of its 316 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Yerba Buena Gardens · floor area sqft: 1.8 million square feet planned | project | City report: Downtown : proposal as adopted by the City Planning Commission as a part of the master plan scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-11-26 | Environmental findings under California law for the Yerba Buena Gardens redevelopment project were adopted as amended. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-11-26 | Supervisor Silver proposed an amendment to findings resolution on Yerba Buena Gardens environmental approvals; final vote not printed on this page. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985 | Yerba Buena Center and Yerba Buena Gardens (YBC) · other: assumed developed as described in the YBC Plan and YBC Supplemental EIR | project | City report: South of Market rezoning study : housing, business activity, neighborhood livability, research findings scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Yerba Buena Gardens · other: office and housing developments proposed | project | City report: Legal effect of Proposition M scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Yerba Buena Gardens · other: land disposition agreement executed with Olympia and York | project | City report: Legal effect of Proposition M scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Center for the Arts · event: Board incorporated in 1986; project went forward only in the last year | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-07-21 | Supervisor Silver, for Kopp, urges the Redevelopment Agency to end its Yerba Buena Gardens agreement with YBG Associates; referred to committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988 | Center for the Arts campaign goal · cost usd: campaign goal $1.9 million | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1989 | Center for the Arts campaign goal · cost usd: campaign goal $6.9 million | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Blocks south of Market Street and east of Yerba Buena Gardens · other: Intended under the Downtown Plan to accommodate the largest scale of new development | finding | City report: Seismic retrofitting alternatives for San Francisco's unreinforced masonry buildings : socioeconomic and land use implications of alternative requirements scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Feasibility study of the Center for the Arts campaign · finding: a target of $6.9 million would be difficult to achieve | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Center for the Arts Visual Arts Center · cost usd: $1.9 million shortfall to complete the project | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens fundraising campaign · cost usd: $6.9 million campaign goal (later $10.6 million) | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Center for the Arts development department · cost usd: $20,000 spent on outside-firm Case Statement that was never used | action | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Yerba Buena Gardens · other: Redevelopment Agency project cited as a notable exception to agencies lacking arts-use policies | project | City report: Proposed arts policy for the city and county of San Francisco : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: lack of an adequate, computerized accounting system had still not been addressed | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Center for the Arts campaign goal · cost usd: campaign goal $10.6 million | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · event: plan must be submitted to the Redevelopment Agency twelve months prior to completion of the building | event | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Redevelopment Agency · event: Held up hiring of Program Directors; most desirable candidates took other positions and search restarted a year later | agency | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens (CFA) · finding: CFA funding from the Redevelopment Agency is intertwined with the City budgeting process, which is highly politicized | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · recommendation: Do not open the buildings until fully equipped and paid for, ideally by the Redevelopment Agency | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts theater equipment · recommendation: Redevelopment Agency should deliver the state-of-the-art facility promised to the community, whether or not funds are raised | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | San Francisco Redevelopment Agency · finding: would not be able to fund the buildings as planned | agency | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · other: Redevelopment Agency bylaws restrict CFA operations, including Agency approval of CFA's budget and bylaw changes | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Admissions capacity sold, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: Percentage capacity sold for admissions quite high; does not reflect Bay Area attendance environment | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · recommendation: Start slow and small; do a few things very well and build a positive reputation | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts visual arts galleries · recommendation: Reexamine the Center's budgeted volume of visual arts programming to build impact rather than overwhelm the Bay Area | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens (CFA) · recommendation: first season could provide residencies for established events such as the Black Choreographers Festival and the Ethnic Dance Festival | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Festival 2000 · finding: serious implications for the viability of CFA's venture | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · other: goal of 1/3 of the organization funded by contributed income | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: Board and staff percentage of people of color grew from 24% six years ago to nearly 50% today | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: Organization is too fragile at this point in its development to lose its institutional memory | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts Board · recommendation: Board should do a functional needs analysis of its membership and add members with needed expertise | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts Board · recommendation: Board should consider a by-law change so members do not cycle off after six years | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts Board · recommendation: Board-level conflict-of-interest policy to be developed, discussed and implemented | recommendation | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts by-laws · other: By-laws allow the master developer to appoint two board positions | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts by-laws · other: Olympia and York is no longer the master developer; Center may change board appointment arrangement | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: no evidence of a leadership team | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: no evidence of a strategy for incremental growth | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Strategic Plan · finding: contains no goals, no objectives, no budget, no timeline and no workplan | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · finding: current staff has too many people, yet not enough functions covered | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens staff structure · finding: staff structure is bloated in relation to current programmatic activity | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Yerba Buena project · event: Nearly 30 years since project inception; more than 12 years since active planning on the arts component | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts · finding: Extended time lag in commitment and action by the Agency and the Master Developer has put the project at risk | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts staff salary scales · finding: salary scales well-above the aforementioned positions | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts staff benefits · other: very generous benefits (23% of salaries) | finding | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-10-12 | Resolution celebrating the opening of the Center of the Arts and the [name withheld]. Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-07-01 | Ordinance approving a rooftop surface lease on Central Block Three in Yerba Buena Gardens passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-07-01 | Environmental findings for the Yerba Buena Gardens rooftop surface lease were reaffirmed by Resolution 621-96. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Yerba Buena Gardens · owned by city: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency | site | City report: Draft environmental impact statement/draft environmental impact report for the Third Street light rail project in the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square · finding: Not displaced and no land acquired for the New Central Subway | finding | City report: Draft environmental impact statement/draft environmental impact report for the Third Street light rail project in the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-03-27 | Beer license granted to [name withheld] for Mo's Grill at 750 Folsom Street, [name withheld] Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2016-11-01 | Nonprofit conservancy formally acknowledged as Yerba Buena Gardens manager | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2018-05-22 | Yerba Buena Gardens approved for transfer to city ownership | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2024-07-30 | A resident appointed to Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy board | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2024-09-24 | Proposal to allow dogs and some sports in Yerba Buena Gardens; amended, no final vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Center for the Arts campaign · other: $1.9 million must be collected or pledged by January 1, 1991 | agency | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1992 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · other: Earned income projections assume about one event per week in each venue, sold at 60% capacity on average | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens · other: $30,553 received in contributions since founding in 1986 | project | City report: A management audit of the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens scanned page ↗ |
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