Wikimedia Commons · Asamudra (talk) · CC BY 3.0The Japanese Tea Garden appears chiefly in Golden Gate Park planning documents. A 2002 EIR for the Concourse Authority projects lists the garden as a contributing feature of the proposed park historic district and notes it "has been determined eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources," concluding the project would not materially alter it. Revisions to the New de Young Museum EIR (2000-2001) confirm the garden is "individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places" and analyze the museum's effect on it, including a proposed tower visible from the garden. It is operated by the Recreation and Park Department, whose FY2025 budget line is about $250M; no contract in the data names it.
Archive coverage for this place is limited — only 3 matched documents so far, so this summary stays short rather than padded.
City Facilities registry · 5 buildings on site · parcel 1263011 · Supervisor District 7
Operated by the Recreation & Parks — department budget $250.4M, 2,161 staff citywide (FY2025), not this place’s own.
The 3 documents behind the summary above, held at the Internet Archive — Democracy’s Library plus IA’s San Francisco Public Library partnership scans. Every link opens the scanned page with the match highlighted.
- Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority projects : draft environmental impact report · 2002 ↗
A 2002 Concourse EIR listing the garden as a contributing historic-district feature, eligible for the California Register, and unaltered by the project.
San Francisco (Calif.). Planning DeptInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans - New de Young Museum : revisions to final environmental impact report · 2001 ↗
2001 de Young Museum EIR revisions confirming the garden's individual National Register eligibility and its position bounding the museum site.
San Francisco (Calif.). Planning DeptInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans - New de Young Museum project : environmental impact report : draft summary of comments and responses · 2000 ↗
The 2000 de Young Museum EIR summary analyzing how the proposed museum tower would be visible from the garden.
San Francisco (Calif.). Planning DeptInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
City budget & payments: SF Controller open data (budget, vouchers, contracts) · Historical documents: Internet Archive — SFPL partnership scans + Democracy's Library
