The prospect of turning the Sharp Park Golf Course into national park property is dead for now. On Monday, Mayor Ed Lee vetoed legislation that opened the door for the links to come under the tutelage of federal managers.
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My fascination with watching politics is a constant source of amusement for my family and friends. They don’t see what is so interesting about televised sausage-making, but I think there are gems in every Board of Supervisors agenda. For example, here are some items that are going before the board today.
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Legislation setting the stage for closure of the 400-acre Sharp Park Golf Course was approved by the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee of the Board of Supervisors on Monday. The proposal would direct the head of The City’s Recreation and Park Department to create a long-term management plan with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which would then manage the Pacifica park.
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A federal judge in San Francisco has denied an effort to temporarily halt maintenance activities at Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica, which environmental groups say are putting endangered snakes and threatened frogs at risk.
Judge Susan Illston ruled Tuesday that the plaintiffs failed to show that there would be "irreparable harm" to the threatened California red-legged frog and the endangered San Francisco garter snake if she ordered San Francisco Recreation a
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In the ever-evolving environmental battle over Pacifica’s Sharp Park Golf Course, San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos recently requested to draft legislation that would close the sporting facility for the sake of two endangered species.
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By:
Brent Plater and Jeff Miller
03/10/11 11:01 PM
The City’s Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica has been studied in depth by scientific experts with unparalleled expertise in aquatic ecology and wildlife, hydrology, coastal engineering and ecosystem restoration.
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Even as a multitude of complications continues to delay restoration of the troubled Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica, golfers, environmentalists and officials finally agree on one thing: Instead of using pristine Hetch Hetchy Reservoir snowmelt to sprinkle the course, The City should irrigate it with recycled water. The project could save up to 50 million gallons of potable water a year, but it has been highly controversial because of animal-welfare issues.
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