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President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday to eliminate
the Presidio Trust, which operates and protects one of San Francisco's
most iconic landmarks.
According to the order, the Presidio Trust should be eliminated because
it’s “unnecessary.” The Presidio Trust is the federal agency charged with running and protecting Presidio of San Francisco, which was designated a national historic landmark in 1962.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued a statement Wednesday night in
response to the executive order.
“In 1996, the Presidio Trust Act was passed in a bipartisan way when Republicans held the majority in Congress and has retained bipartisan
support ever since. The Presidio Trust is statutory, and it has been
protected from assaults over time by its statutory strength. We will be carefully reviewing the language of the President’s executive order and
its purpose.”
In 2023, Pelosi announced $200 million from the federal government would
be heading to the Presidio.
There are four federally funded entities targeted by Trump’s executive
order as part of its Commencing the Reduction of Federal Bureaucracy
executive order: the Presidio Trust, the Inter-American Foundation, the
United States African Development Foundation and the United States
Institute of Peace.
The Presidio Trust issued a statement Thursday, saying in part: "The
Presidio Trust has not received regular annual appropriations from
Congress since 2013, instead relying on the funds earned by leasing the historic buildings that the Trust has renovated. We will present a report
on our activities to the Office of Management and Budget, as required by
the order, in two weeks. We are confident that our activities are all statutorily-based. The Presidio ... will continue to operate as normal, welcoming visitors and serving all who live and work here."
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/president-trump-san-francisco- presidio-trust-executive-order/3797695/
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