Yerba Buena becomes San Francisco
“AN ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the local name of Yerba Buena, as applied to the settlement or town of San Francisco, is unknown beyond the district; and has been applied from the local name of the cove, on which the town is built: Therefore, to prevent confusion and mistakes in public documents, and that the town may have the advantage of the name given on the public map;
“IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED, that the name of SAN FRANCISCO shall hereafter be used in all official communications and public documents, or records appertaining to the town.”
– Washington Bartlett, Chief magistrate
January 30, 1847
Yerba Buena
“Yerba Buena is a creeping perennial herb that grows primarily in northern and central California, barely extending into southern California and the Channel Islands. It tends to grow at elevations below 3000 feet. It was formerly so common in the Bay Area that San Francisco was initially called Yerba Buena. The plant's appearance could best be described as delicate, with tiny leaves on very slender stems that creep along the ground. It does not have rhizomes but roots itself as it spreads. The leaves and flowers have a lovely fragrance and are both edible. The leaves make a great tea.”
— https://calscape.org/Clinopodium-douglasii-(Yerba-Buena)?srchcr=sc5826b12a4f1ff
Saint Francis of the Guns, by Benny Bufano (1968)
“After the 1968 assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, San Francisco held a voluntary gun turn-in program. Bufano was tapped to sculpt something with the melted gun metal. He created this a nearly 9-ft tall figure of St. Francis, on whose robe Bufano created a mural showing the glowing heads of four of America's greatest assassinated leaders: Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy.” — Wikipedia
