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Trump fired all six Biden-appointed Presidio trust board members last Wednesday, acting on a year-old executive order targeting the agency.
But that order never took effect.
The trust argued it had no federal budget to cut and kept operating.
San Francisco Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, whose district includes the Presidio, says he's watching closely for who comes next.
No replacements have been named yet.
For NPR News, I'm Aya Ali Ahmad in San Francisco.
Several Iranian missiles were intercepted over the skies of Dubai, causing loud booms overhead Tuesday morning.
Iran says it's targeting U.S.
Marines in the United Arab Emirates in an area outside a military base.
has deployed thousands more forces, including Marines, to the region.
Dubai has also long served as a port of call for the U.S.
Meanwhile, Iran's judiciary says it's revoking the residency of 1,200 Emirati citizens.
It says this is in response to the UAE revoking the residencies of some Iranians.
The UAE has shut down a large Iranian hospital and a social club in Dubai, as well as five Iranian schools.
The UAE's foreign ministry told NPR certain institutions directly linked to the Iranian regime and its Revolutionary Guard will be closed after being found to have been misused.
Ayyab Al-Trawi, NPR News, Dubai.
Thousands of educators marched through the heart of the city, demanding the district fully cover family health care in one of the nation's most expensive regions.
The district has offered to cover 80 percent of those premiums, but union leader Natalie Horizzi says that's not enough.