The San Francisco Zoo and Gardens is a 100-acre zoo located on the West Side of San Francisco, in the southwestern corner of the city between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean along the Great Highway. Wikipedia ↗
CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brocken InagloryContracts and bonds
No payment, contract or bond in the City’s files names this place.
Staff and upkeep come from the Recreation and Park Department budget ($250.4M in FY2025).
Board of Supervisors decisions
9 decisions about this place, 1999–2026.
2026Authorized a loan of up to $8,500,000 to the San Francisco Zoological Society to support Zoo operations.
Resolution · File 260393The Board’s file ↗2023Accepted a grant of up to $538,051 from the California Department of Water Resources for the Zoo's recycled water pipeline.
Resolution · File 230816The Board’s file ↗2022Designated the Mother's Building at the San Francisco Zoo as a city landmark.
Ordinance · File 220757The Board’s file ↗2022Started the process of designating the Mother's Building at the San Francisco Zoo as a landmark.
Resolution · File 220275The Board’s file ↗2010Banned entering animal enclosures and taunting or feeding animals at the Zoo, and raised Park Code penalties.
Ordinance · File 091441The Board’s file ↗4 earlier decisions, 1999–2005
2005Approved spending $7,505,000 of bond money on San Francisco Zoo facilities, properties and other works for 2004-05.
Ordinance · File 050736The Board’s file ↗2005Approved settling Teri Smith's lawsuit by spending up to $1,100,000.00 on disability access improvements at the Zoo.
Ordinance · File 050571The Board’s file ↗2004Required City departments or contractors to finish Zoo improvements before requesting to keep elephants, with yearly progress updates.
Ordinance · File 041461The Board’s file ↗1999Authorized Public Works to hire the Zoological Society's staff for Zoo repair and replacement construction without competitive bidding.
Ordinance · File 991913The Board’s file ↗Older papers, at the Internet Archive: 2000 · 1998 · 1995 · 1965
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