By Ted Goldberg

The unofficial marijuana celebration in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park last month cost the city more than $100,000, officials say.
Eric Andersen, the park’s superintendent, said at least 15,000 people attended the this year’s 420 event — the local version of a national pot-smoking observance held each April 20. Pot fans in Golden Gate Park saw a heavy response by police officers, park crews, and transportation staffers.
The extra police staffing cost the San Francisco police department $43,547, said spokesman officer Albie Esparza.
The Municipal Transportation Agency deployed more transit staff, fare inspectors, and parking control officers in Golden Gate Park as well as the surrounding streets in the city’s Richmond, Sunset and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods. That cost the SFMTA $36,000, according to agency spokesman Paul Rose.