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Renaming SFO after Harvey Milk might be less pricey than thought

By Maria L. La GangaStaff Writer 
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The effort to rename San Francisco International Airport after slain civil rights hero Harvey Milk got a little wind under its wings this week, when the city’s legislative analyst reported that the cost would be just a fraction of earlier estimates.

After Supervisor David Campos announced that he wanted to name SFO in honor of Milk, airport officials said the price tag would be around $4.1 million, including the cost of changing freeway signs leading up to the busy hub.

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Campos had long disagreed with the airport’s figures, arguing that they were too high. According to SFGate.com, the new analyst report said the name change cost ‘could end up being as little as $355,000 if only the signature name sign on the International Terminal is changed.’

As SFGate reported:

“This shows that the numbers put out by the airport are definitely exaggerated,” Campos said. “It’s disappointing that the airport estimated the cost without actually calling Caltrans.”

Airport spokesman Doug Yakel said the airport did not have a comment on the report until officials had a chance to review it.

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Maria L. La Ganga

Maria L. La Ganga is the deputy managing editor for California and Metro, overseeing the Los Angeles Times’ largest editorial department. She joined The Times in 1981 as an academic intern, splitting her time between the former Metro section and National Dragster, the official publication of the National Hot Rod Assn. She has served as Seattle bureau chief, San Francisco bureau chief, edited in the Business section and pitched in on six presidential elections, five for The Times and one for the Guardian. La Ganga left The Times in 2015 and returned in 2018 after a brief hiatus during which she wrote for the Guardian and the Idaho Statesman. She was named city editor in 2022 and promoted to her current role in 2024. La Ganga graduated from Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley and Cal State Northridge, where she studied English literature and journalism.

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