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and her power to fire many of the de Young's most experienced curators, to force it to mount an exhibition of photographs owned by one of her sons and to appropriate some of its staff to tend to her personal collection. Her discharge of her duties attracted further controversy when she authorized a payment to a former employee of the
Museums which their chief financial officer thought to be improper. The whistle-blower was dismissed, but she was subsequently awarded a $ 2 million settlement to compensate her for her firing and the payment which had triggered the scandal was refunded. In July 2016, it was reported that Wilsey was relinquishing her position as the Museums' lifetime president. In 2022, the Museums' official website described her as their Chair Emerita.
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in favor of the
Promenade's pedestrianization led to a Board of Supervisors decision to keep the Promenade free from traffic permanently. In 2022, Wilsey and the Museums promoted a ballot that invited San Franciscans to reopen the Promenade to cars, but 61% of voters chose to preserve the status quo.
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pandemic led to a greater need for recreational spaces, the city decided to ban traffic from the
Promenade altogether. Wilsey and the Fine Arts Museums were opposed to the city's measure because it made access to the de Young less convenient, but a citywide consultation that revealed a supermajority
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After the
Museums' long-serving director, John Buchanan, died in 2011, Wilsey assumed his executive responsibilities herself, but her management of the Museums' affairs was not universally applauded. In March 2013, she was accused of creating turmoil. It was alleged that she had exploited her wealth
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The garage is underutilized: According to their own IRS filings and pricing history, on average the garage was 28% full in the 5 years prior to the pandemic. In its best year (2010) the garage had average utilization of 39%. On weekdays, according to a 2019 Rec & Park study, the garage is less
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Wilsey also serves on the board of the Museum
Concourse Community Partnership that owns and manages the 800-car underground garage which is the most convenient place for visitors to the de Young to park. According to both IRS filings and a 2019 Recreation & Parks study, the garage is usually
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in particular. Seven years after being elected president of the
Museums' board of trustees in 1998, Wilsey led a campaign which raised $ 208 million to repair the damage to the de Young that had been inflicted by the
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based on the books as the "boozy art-patron friend" of the show's protagonist, is allegedly a "thinly-veiled portrayal" of Wilsey.
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