Editing Golden Gate Bridge (section)

===Finance===
The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, authorized by an act of the [[California Legislature]], was incorporated in 1928 as the official entity to design, construct, and finance the Golden Gate Bridge.<ref name=Sigmund/> However, after the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]], the District was unable to raise the construction funds, so it lobbied for a $30&nbsp;million [[bond measure]] (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|30|1929|r=0|fmt=c}} million today). The bonds were approved in November 1930,<ref name="experience"/> by votes in the counties affected by the bridge.<ref>Jackson, Donald C. (1995) "Great American Bridges and Dams" ''John Wiley and Sons'', {{ISBN|0-471-14385-5}}</ref> The construction budget at the time of approval was $27&nbsp;million (${{inflation|US|27|1930|r=0|fmt=c}} million today). However, the District was unable to sell the bonds until 1932, when [[Amadeo Giannini]], the founder of San Francisco–based [[Bank of America]], agreed on behalf of his bank to buy the entire issue in order to help the local economy.<ref name="two"/>