Presidio Trust: Difference between revisions

|OrganizationName=Presidio Trust

|OrganizationType=Government Corporations

|Mission=The Presidio Trust's mission is to preserve and enhance the Presidio as an enduring resource for the American public. It collaborates with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to steward this unique national park site, focusing on sustainability, history, and public access.

|Employees=200

|Budget=$100M (FY 2024, estimated)

|Services=Park management; Historic preservation; Public programs; Leasing and property management; Environmental stewardship

|HeadquartersAddress=103 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

}}

After a hard-fought battle, the Presidio averted being sold at auction and came under the management of the Presidio Trust, a U.S. [[State-owned enterprise|government corporation]] established by an act of Congress in 1996.<ref name="sfc1" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Title unknown|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|url=http://www.realestatejournal.com/regionalnews/west/20020510-grid.html}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2012}}

The Presidio Trust now manages most of the park in partnership with the National Park Service. The trust has jurisdiction over the interior of 80 percent of the Presidio, including nearly all its historic structures. The National Park Service manages coastal areas. Primary law enforcement throughout the Presidio is the jurisdiction of the [[United States Park Police]].

One of the main objectives of the Presidio Trust's program was achieving financial self-sufficiency by fiscal year 2013, which was reached in 2006. Immediately after its inception, the trust began preparing rehabilitation plans for the park. Many areas had to be decontaminated before being prepared for public use.

The Presidio Trust Act calls for the "preservation of the cultural and historic integrity of the Presidio for public use." The Act also requires that the Presidio Trust be financially self-sufficient by 2013. These imperatives have resulted in numerous conflicts between the need to maximize income by leasing historic buildings and permitting public use despite most structures being rented privately. Further differences have arisen from the divergent needs to preserve the integrity of the National Historic Landmark District in the face of new construction, competing pressures for natural habitat restoration, and requirements for commercial purposes that impede public access.

Crissy Field, a former airfield, has undergone extensive restoration and is now a popular recreational area. It borders on the San Francisco [[Marina District, San Francisco|Marina]] in the east and on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in the west.

The Presidio has four creeks that park stewards and volunteers are restoring to expand their riparian habitats' former extents. The creeks are [[Lobos Creek|Lobos]] and [[Dragonfly Creek|Dragonfly]] creeks, [[El Polin Spring]], and [[Coyote Gulch (California)|Coyote Gulch]].