In this Metaphor, the Mayor is Jafar, and the Proposed Events Office is the Lamp, and Halloween is Aladdin (and Bevan is Jasmine)

The Office of the Controller and the Office of the Legislative Analysit want to know: what's up with special events? Apparently, Bevan Dufty's been poking around, asking questions; and at his behest, a couple of government-types banged out a report about how the city could do a better job of managing events. The report asks, and we paraphrase: could SF make itself more attractive by attracting more attractions? Can events be improved by fixing the setup process? Can the city do a better job of getting and spending events-money? The answers may surprise you!

And those answers are: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Oh, you're not surprised? Well excuuuuse us, Amazing Kreskin. Anyway, the report has a whole slew of very specific instructions (but they're barricaded behind a stupid PDF, argh). Basically, they boil down to: create a single big office for special events instead of a bunch of tiny ones; create useful tools, hire experienced staff, and use private contractors with proven experience; and don't make it so hard to get the paperwork done.

Well, yes. The one weird thing about the report is that it's very gung-ho about the Mayor's Office overseeing everything. Wait, the who's office? Aren't those the people trying to cancel every holiday on the calendar?