City and County of San Francisco
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C
Shall the City be permitted to enter into a new naming rights contract for Candlestick Park, and shall it be City policy that fifty percent of any City revenue from the sale of those naming rights be used to fund directors of City recreation centers?
VOTE YES ON “C”. Since 1996 the Recreation and Park Department made millions from naming rights for Candlestick. Your YES vote on “C” will again allow the city to receive funds from a stadium name agreement, restoring recreation programs and funding stadium maintenance.
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
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Prop C will restore and enhance the ability of the San Francisco 49ers to sell naming rights to Candlestick Park. Proceeds will help improve the condition of the stadium as well as fund directors at the City's recreation centers. Prop C may also help encourage the 49ers to stay in San Francisco.
Vote Yes on Prop C!
Citizens for a Better San Francisco
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Edward Poole
Michael Antonini
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Neighborhood Parks Council supports Proposition C
Please help safeguard San Francisco's parks and keep recreation centers staffed by voting YES on Proposition C.
Meredith Thomas, Executive Director, Neighborhood Parks Council
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City Parks Advocate Says YES on C!
Proposition C is a sensible, cost-effective solution that will help keep our recreation centers open during a time of severe budget crisis. Through bonds and community support, San Francisco is investing in the physical upgrade of these facilities. This measure provides a creative stream of funding for staff. Please join me in voting Yes on Prop C.
Karen Kidwell
Executive Director
San Francisco Parks Trust
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VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION C
Proposition C is smart legislation for San Francisco. The sale of new naming rights to Candlestick Park will generate revenue for the City to fund the salaries of playground directors and may help keep the 49ers in town.
San Francisco Republican Party
Officers
Howard Epstein, Chairman
Walter Armer, VC - Political Affairs
Brooke Chappell, VC - Special Events
Richard Worner, Treasurer
Members
12th Assembly District
Michael Antonini
Rita O'Hara
13th Assembly District
John Brunello
Alisa Farenzena
Guy Vaillancourt
Sue C. Woods
Ex-Offico Members
Dana Walsh
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San Francisco voters in 2004 officially designated our City-owned stadium as Candlestick Park, thus preventing any future sale of so-called naming rights. San Franciscans had clearly expressed their resistance to increased corporatization and commercialization of everyday life.
Former naming rights deals at Candlestick have generated trivial sums -- about $700,000 annually (enough money to run the City for one hour per year).
With economically desperate times upon us, there will be greater pressure to commercialize our public assets. The Golden Gate Bridge authority seriously considered a “proud sponsors” scheme with corporate advertisers, but it backed off following local and international protests. New York City recently sold naming rights to a subway station. Other cities are home to “Taco Bell Arena,” “Coors Field,” and for a time Houston had the embarrassment of “Enron Field.” Isn’t that enough?
Ironically, the sale of naming rights feeds the illusion of fixing budgetary woes. Usually it delays the true structural reforms that are needed to sustain a city. Rather than rely upon selling naming rights to corporations, government ought to make the hard choices necessary to function within its budget.
Defeating Proposition C would not affect any new privately-owned stadium or one built mostly with private funds such as AT&T Park (built in accordance with voter-approved Props D and F, passed in 1997).
Candlestick Park is unique in that it was built and paid for by the public, unlike other stadiums, including AT&T Park, which was heavily subsidized by corporations. We already have one corporate-named stadium. Our remaining stadium should be named after a San Francisco sports player, a SF legacy that we all admire. (Legendary 49ers coach Bill Walsh would be one such example.)
For now, it should remain “The ‘stick,” that is, “Candlestick Park.” Vote no on Proposition C!
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