The board heard impassioned testimony during a committee meeting last week from those who want Stow's name gone from the Golden Gate Park gem.
Golden Gate Park's Stow Lake is named after an unapologetic antisemite — but it might not be for long.
"I have no sympathy with the Jews, and would it were in my power to enforce a regulation that would eliminate them from not only our county but from the entire state," the resolution adopted by supervisors quotes Stow saying in 1855."I am for a Jew tax that is so high that would not be able to operate any more shops. They are a class of people here only to make money and who leave the country as soon as they make money.
The resolution was sponsored by Supervisor Myrna Melgar, whose district includes the section of Golden Gate Park where Stow Lake sits. It was adopted unanimously adopted by supervisors on Tuesday and calls for the lake, adjacent boathouse, and road that rings the lake to be renamed in a way"that reflects San Francisco's expressed values of celebrating diversity."
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