San Francisco residents will now get in free at the Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park following a vote Tuesday by the city’s Board of Supervisors.

The board’s vote on a proposal made in January by Mayor London Breed was to eliminate the $7 resident fees — the cost is $10 for non-residents — for the two gardens for residents of San Francisco. The San Francisco Botanical Garden, the third garden in Golden Gate Park, is already free to residents.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.