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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
260393
Name:
Loan Agreement - San Francisco Zoological Society
- Operations and Long-Term Financial Sustainability
- Up to $8,500,000
Status:
Type:
Resolution
Passed
File created:
In control:
4/21/2026
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
4/21/2026
5/21/2026
Enactment date:
5/21/2026
290-26
Enactment #:
Title:
Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to enter into an agreement to loan up to
$8,500,000 to the San Francisco Zoological Society (“SFZS”) to support the operations and long-term
financial sustainability of the San Francisco Zoo contingent on various milestones and terms and
conditions effective upon approval of this Resolution, to be repaid over 10 years in the form of
deductions from the SFZS’s Management Fee; allowing for the City to terminate the Lease and
Management Agreement with the SFZS in the event the loan is not timely repaid or if the conditions in
the loan agreement are otherwise not met; and authorizing the Recreation and Park Department
General Manager to enter into amendments or modifications to the loan agreement that do not
materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the
purposes of the permit or this Resolution.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. DRAFT Loan Terms, 3. DRAFT Repayment Agmt2, 4. Lease 070193, 5. RPD Memo
041026, 6. Form 126, 7. BLA Performance Audit 050126, 8. BLA Rpt 050626, 9. REC Presentation
050626, 10. SFZS Presentation 050626, 11. Cmte Pkt 050626, 12. BLA Rpt 051326, 13. Cmte Pkt
051326, 14. REC SFZS Ltr 051126, 15. Board Pkt 051926, 16. Public Correspondence, 17. Leg Final,
18. Form 126 Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
4/10/2026
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
4/21/2026
1
CONTINUED
Budget and Finance Committee
5/6/2026
1
Pass
RECOMMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee
5/13/2026
1
Pass
ADOPTED
Board of Supervisors
5/19/2026
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
5/21/2026
1