the stipulation that it never leave the city limits of San Francisco, filling his desire to provide the city with a public research library. It was formally given to California State Library in 1913, and opened to the public in 1917. Notably, half of the Sutro collection survived the "Great Fire" after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Collection highlights include 125,000 rare books, antiquarian maps, and archival collections, as well as a genealogical library.
=== Associated Students ===
The student government is known as Associated Students Inc. of SF State. Associated Students provides funding for student organizations and operates the Cesar Chavez Student Center, the Early Childhood Education Center, two food pantry programs, a book loan program, a weekly farmers' market, and many other programs and events.
==== Cesar Chavez Student Center ====
The Cesar Chavez Student Center was completed in 1975 with a capacity of 12,000 students. Around 2002, it was renovated and expanded to 142,160 square feet …
