San Francisco’s development tax, which is designed to take a 1% fee from new real estate developments in order to fund public art, is not living up to potential, the SF Examiner reports, as developers are using a loophole merely to place art on the premises of their new buildings. “The Department has limited documentation on the installation of public art in private downtown developments,†a city report reads. “Without public information and documentation the public does not know where all of the art is located and the department does not have a way to evaluate overall if the 1 Percent for Art program is achieving its goals.â€
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