Priorities 2009

"San Francisco maintains seven golf courses covering 700 acres of parkland--20% of our total open space. By comparison, we have only 25 acres of soccer fields. The Sharp Park golf course loses money and regularly requires repairs caused by flooding and erosion. The City is also preparing to spend $8 million to deliver recycled water to Sharp Park for the sole purpose of watering the golf course. Closing the golf course would likely eliminate the need for this project."*

I support the conversion of the Sharp Park (Pacifica) golf course to other uses which help preserve the natural environment and are compatible with multiple types of simultaneous use, a category in which golf generally does not fall.

In addition, I think as a general rule municipalities should bias their parks & recreation spending toward those public uses which do not require special or expensive equipment to enjoy them.


*from Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's newsletter.

Comments

Priorities

"San Francisco maintains seven golf courses covering 700 acres of parkland--20% of our total open space. By comparison, we have only 25 acres of soccer fields. The Sharp Park golf course loses money and regularly requires repairs caused by flooding and erosion. The City is also preparing to spend $8 million to deliver recycled water to Sharp Park for the sole purpose of watering the golf course. Closing the golf course would likely eliminate the need for this project."*

I support the conversion of the Sharp Park (Pacifica) golf course to other uses which help preserve the natural environment and are compatible with multiple types of simultaneous use, a category in which golf generally does not fall.

In addition, I think as a general rule municipalities should bias their parks & recreation spending toward those public uses which do not require special or expensive equipment to enjoy them.


*from Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's newsletter.

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