POLICY, PROGRAM AND PROGRESS OF SAN FRANCISCO PARKING AUTHORITY

Abstract

The San Francisco Parking Authority was created in 1949. The Authority is responsible for providing off-street parking facilities in the city and county of San Francisco. This article discusses the powers given to the Parking Authority and relates the observation that many more parking facilities are needed in the city center. It notes that decentralization has effected the city of San Francisco's business sales and it discusses the decision to build more underground parking facilities. It describes the financing of this underground parking, mostly by private business, with little or no cost to the taxpayers. The article ends with a discussion of the attack plan.