SF Gov't InAction: 2,400 Square Feet in SF Renting for only $200. WHAT?
There’s so much government happening this week that it can be seen from space. Seriously: check it out on Google Earth. That thing you thought was a hole in the ozone layer? That’s government.
Is it … laughing at us?
Must be my imagination. Anyway …
You can learn a lot from looking carefully at big things. This week’s massive set of meetings, for example, demonstrates a very important lesson: it’s harder for a good idea to get passed by the Board of Supervisors than a bad one.
Think I’m kidding? Read on.
Monday, May 12
10 a.m. – Government Audit & Oversight Committee
The week starts on a high note with the best … news … ever … for reporters. City Hall’s getting a café. This will make it SO much easier to sneak food into government meetings. This is also the best … news … ever for the Mayor’s Press Office, since they’ll now presumably have a way to give reporters food poisoning (I know you hate me, David Miree).
According to an agreement to be voted on at this meeting, Juma Ventures … the same people who provide ice cream and coffee during Giants and 49ers games … will be renting out 2400 square feet of primo city hall space on the ground floor (the “North Light Court” for those of you who have been there) to operate a café that will “deliver fresh, nutritious, wholesome foods for breakfast, lunch and a full coffee and tea bar to City Hall.” No liquor license is mentioned, so apparently it will remain difficult as ever to sneak booze into government meetings (damn you, city hall’s crack security staff!)
Here’s the kicker: Juma will get to do this while paying only $200 per month in rent.
Yah - $200 a month for 2400 square feet in San Francisco: dreams really do come true.









