Noe Valley public toilet

The Noe Valley public toilet is a planned public toilet in the San Francisco neighborhood Noe Valley. It is planned to occupy approximately 10 by 15 feet (3.0 m × 4.6 m) and to be funded by the State of California to address open defecation in the city.[1][2] The responsible government agency, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, held a press conference in October 2020 in which the department projected its construction to cost $1.7 million.[1][3] A celebration the city government had planned for the toilet was canceled due to public dissatisfaction with the price and the two year construction timeline.[4] California State Assembly member Matt Haney, representing part of San Francisco, was one of the critics, and stated it showed the city had a "dysfunctional bureaucracy".[5]

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  1. Nathan Solis (October 20, 2022). "San Francisco plans to spend 2 years, $1.7 million to build single-toilet public restroom". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  2. Lyanne Melendez (October 19, 2022). "SF is in need of public restrooms, but is $1.7M too much for a 150-square-foot facility?". San Francisco: KGO-TV. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  3. "San Francisco is spending $1.7 million to build a single public toilet". Boing Boing. October 20, 2022. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022. How on earth could a public toilet cost $1.7 million and take three years to build? The short answer is 'San Francisco' and its 'maze of planning, permitting, reviews, and public outreach' to get anything done.
  4. Tori Gaines (October 19, 2022). "Celebration for SF public toilet canceled amid backlash over $1.7M price tag". San Francisco: KRON-TV. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  5. Keiran Southern (October 20, 2022). "San Francisco is building a $1.7m loo where you can spend a penny ... in 2025". The Times. London. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022. Haney, a member of the California State Assembly, said families had long called for a lavatory in the Noe Valley town square, opened in 2016. However, as critics denounced the plan, he said it was the latest example of San Francisco's dysfunctional bureaucracy.

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