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Veterans Building (Herbst Theatre)

401 Van Ness Ave · City-owned · 247,500 sq ft · District 5

Veterans Building (Herbst Theatre)CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sanfranman59

One of 95 places

Contracts and bonds

No payment, contract or bond in the City’s files names this place.

The City's War Memorial and Performing Arts Center department runs it with the War Memorial Opera House and the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall: $30.2M adopted budget and 103 people paid $10.7M in FY2025.

Board of Supervisors decisions

8 decisions about this place, 1999–2015.

2015Approved the preliminary sale document for certificates of participation funding the War Memorial Veterans Building seismic upgrade.Resolution · File 150469The Board’s file ↗
2014Set aside an additional $14,496,012 for the Veterans Building seismic upgrade project, held on the Controller's reserve.Ordinance · File 140640The Board’s file ↗
2012Set aside $155,000,000 from certificates of participation for the Veterans Building seismic upgrade project.Ordinance · File 120487The Board’s file ↗
2012Authorized raising the Veterans Building seismic upgrade engineering contract limit from $2,758,445 to $11,621,721.Resolution · File 120255The Board’s file ↗
2011Authorized certificates of participation of up to $170,000,000 to finance the Veterans Building seismic upgrade and improvements.Ordinance · File 110750The Board’s file ↗
3 earlier decisions, 1999–2002
2002Called a November 5, 2002 election on a $122,755,000 bond for rehabilitating the War Memorial Veterans Building.Ordinance · File 021170The Board’s file ↗
2002Declared that improvements to the War Memorial Veterans Building, estimated at $122,755,000, are needed and require bonded debt.Resolution · File 020853The Board’s file ↗
1999Urged the War Memorial board to end its food concession contract with Restaurant Associates, including at Herbst Theatre.Resolution · File 982050The Board’s file ↗

Older papers, at the Internet Archive: 1994 (1) · 1994 (2) · 1987

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