According the SF Chronicle, the majority of the cost is in preparing the required environmental impact report: "Painting over the mural would cost at least $60

According the SF Chronicle, the majority of the cost is in preparing the required environmental impact report: "Painting over the mural would cost at least $600,000, with the majority of the cost in producing an environmental impact report. In addition, supporters of the mural have vowed to sue if the board voted to destroy it and legal costs could add to the cost, district officials said." It's a little hard to square this with their other numbers, though: "Other options included covering the mural with panels, which would cost up to $825,000, or obscuring it with curtains, which would have cost up to $375,000." Maybe there is still small tiny amount of sanity left in San Francisco, and adding curtains doesn't require a full environmental impact statement? Otherwise it means that 1600 sf of paint costs the city at least $225,000. But if no EIS is required, it's hard to imagine spending that much on curtains --- or twice that on panels, for that matter. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-sc...