By:
Scott Wiener
09/26/12 6:35 PM
Neighborhood parks are among San Francisco’s great equalizers. Rich and poor, gay and straight, young and old, and all ethnicities converge in these beautiful spaces to play, exercise, learn, swim, meet up or simply hang out.
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A slew of park advocates have a bone to pick with the Recreation and Park Department for using Golden Gate Park as a revenue source during harsh budget times. For example, Rec and Park has imposed a $7, nonresident Botanical Garden fee, welcomed $70 Segway tours, and has plans for a new manager to build a cafe in the Stow Lake Boathouse.
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The executive director of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society after 11 years has resigned, just days after a controversial $7 fee for nonresidents to visit the garden was secured.
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Out-of-towners will have to continue to pay to enter the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park after money won out Tuesday over concerns the charge was ruining one of San Francisco’s jewels.
A fee of $7 for a nonresident to enter the garden was imposed about eight months ago to generate revenue for the Recreation and Park Department as it struggles, along with other city departments, to fund its operations during years of budget deficits.
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It’s nice that Supervisor Jane Kim was gung-ho to have Twitter move to the Tenderloin. Why didn’t she move Twitter to Sixth or Seventh streets? Didn’t she want them to enjoy the view of all the hot mess the Tenderloin has to offer?
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By:
Jim Lazarus
04/10/11 4:23 PM
One would think that city residents are smart enough to understand the nature of the budget crisis that is confronting every level of government, including the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.
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The fight over whether to continue charging out-of-towners a fee to enter San Francisco’s beloved Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park is set to be decided Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The first-ever $7 fee to enter the 55-acre garden went into effect on Aug. 7, but eight months later critics are blaming the charge for declining attendance and have characterized it as an overall wrong-headed approach to the public gem.
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Four months away from expiration, the $7 fee for nonresidents at the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park will go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who will decide whether it will remain permanently or be eliminated early.
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Rec and Park established a $7 nonresident fee for visitors of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden to help close a budget deficit. But Supervisor John Avalos says its time to eliminate it.
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