SEC. 5.100. GENERAL.
§ 5.100
The Arts Commission, Asian Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums, and War Memorial and Performing Arts Center are designated as the City's arts and culture departments within the executive branch. Trustee and commissioner terms continue unchanged, vacancies must be filled within 90 days, and these boards may accept donations of art and assets without Board of Supervisors approval as long as no unusual expenses are incurred.
San Francisco has four official arts and culture departments: the Arts Commission, the Asian Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums, and the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. These are part of City government. The people who run these departments keep their jobs under the same terms they had before this rule took effect. If someone leaves, a replacement must be hired within 90 days. These departments can accept donations of artwork and other items without asking the Board of Supervisors for permission, but only if accepting the gift doesn't cost the City money beyond normal upkeep.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'entails no expense for the City and County beyond ordinary care and maintenance' is vague and could benefit from clearer definition of what constitutes 'ordinary' versus extraordinary costs.
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Official text
The arts and culture departments of the City and County shall be the Arts Commission, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. These departments shall be a part of the executive branch of City and County government.
The terms of office of all trustees and commissioners shall continue as they existed on the effective date of this Charter. All vacancies shall be filled within 90 days.
The governing boards of the arts and culture departments may accept and shall comply with the terms and conditions of loans, gifts, devises, bequests or agreements donating works of art or other assets to their department without action of the Board of Supervisors so long as acceptance of the same entails no expense for the City and County beyond ordinary care and maintenance.