{"id":2772,"date":"2011-04-12T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T19:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2011-04-12T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T01:54:01","slug":"peskin-makes-plea-to-keep-golden-gate-park-arboretum-entrance-fee-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2772\/peskin-makes-plea-to-keep-golden-gate-park-arboretum-entrance-fee-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Peskin Makes Plea for Fee-Less Entrance <br>to Golden Gate Park Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_J-vVfmQIU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 12, 2011<\/p>\n<p>DCCC Chair and former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin made an impassioned plea last week calling on the present Board of Supervisors to vote against an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbos.org\/ftp\/uploadedfiles\/bdsupvrs\/bosagendas\/materials\/bag041211_110225.pdf\">ordinance on today&#8217;s Board agenda<\/a> that seeks to extend the charging of non-resident entrance fees to the Golden Gate Park Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance, sponsored by Mayor Ed Lee, seeks to close a funding shortfall due to a mandated 20 percent budget cut to the Department of Parks and Recreation. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me the money isn&#8217;t there,&#8221; Peskin said during a rally held last week in Golden Gate Park.  &#8220;How is it that we can find $47 million in tax breaks for Twitter but we cannot keep the Arboretum free.&#8221; Peksin also cited $37 million the City will spend in preparation for the 2013 America&#8217;s Cup and $1 million allocated to make the president&#8217;s dais in Board chambers wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Arboretum needs $195 thousand to keep the 71-year-old institution free of entrance fees, according to Peskin. If it passes, the ordinance requires non-resident adults to pay a $7 entrance fee; non-resident youths aged between 12 and 17 would be charged a $5 entrance fee; and children aged between 5 and 11 would be charged a $2 entrance fee.  Non-resident senior citizens would be charged a $5 entrance fee.<\/p>\n<p>In what is expected to a close vote, Peskin said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve got five votes. 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