Call for more Tenderloin open space

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Supervisor Chris Daly; District Six
Supervisor Maxwell; Chair, Land Use & Economic Development Committee
Supervisor Sandoval; Vice Chair, Land Use & Economic Development Committee
Supervisor McGoldrick; Member, Land Use & Economic Development Committee
Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee
Park & Recreation Commission


Dear Public Officials:

San Francisco's Sustainability Plan and the City's General Plan call for
Open Space Standards for every neighborhood in the City. Then the Tenderloin, with its 1.29 acres of open space, falls well short of the 7.8 acres per 1,000 residents as mandated by the San Francisco Sustainability Plan and the Citys General Plan. The Tenderloin's 30,000 residents require a minimum of 234acres. Please sign this petition and support the movement to halt all development on the remaining open lots in the Tenderloin and support their conversion to open space.

Facts
Current Open Space in the Tenderloin:
.97 acres at Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park Jones @ Eddy
.21 acres at Sgt. John Macaulay Park Larkin @ O'Farrell
.11 acres at Turk/Hyde Mini Park Turk @ Hyde

Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,

76 Signatures

  • Michael Nulty
    • Comments
    • We must ask ourselves how will our neighborhoods future be if we have no trees, grass, or places for our children and seniors to visit.
  • Jessie Low
    • Comments
    • Developers are turning our neighborhood into a concrete jungle
  • Mark
  • Susan Bryan
    • Comments
    • In addition to more open space, we will need innovations like roof gardens.
  • David Baker
    • Comments
    • The issue of open space in the Tenderloin needs focused attention. Population density is increasing in the area with little thought be given to a concomitant increase in amenities. Population pressures are sure to negatively affect an already tenuous qualify of life .
  • Elaine Zamora
    • Comments
    • Streets like the unit block of Jones and unit block of Turk are good candidates for vacating the street for open space, as well as the many open parking lots in the Tenderloin
  • Anthony Barilari
  • Mark Ellinger
  • Jill Jarvie
  • Roderick Kiracofe
  • Lindsay Wilson
    • Comments
    • The Tenderloin needs deep, physical changes so that positive street energy can take place to replace negative street behavior. More public space is an excellent way to bring children, youth, families, and the elderly out into the community. The Tenderloin needs places of community, recreation, and connection. Let's start with open spaces -- now.
  • Deanna Sverdlov
  • Kay Weber
  • IVAN EDGAR PRATT
  • Vanessa Volkman
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  • c. larsen
    • Comments
    • Grammercy Park in New York would be a good model for an open space that makes an extraordinary impact upon the neighborhood in which it sits.
  • Daniel O'Connor
  • Mindy Schweitzer
  • Dina Hilliard
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  • MichaelN
    • Comments
    • Open Space is very much Needed
  • Eric Barnes
    • Comments
    • We need green there more than anywhere
  • Alison Covarrubias
  • Peggy Einzig
    • Comments
    • pjeinzig@yahoo.com
  • Robert l. Jordan, Jr.
    • Comments
    • This is a very neat way of petitioning
  • Ken Werner, Trinity Plaza Tenants Association (TPTA)
    • Comments
    • We all need outdoor space to enjoy, to relieve stress, to be part of and to interact in our community. The Trinity Plaza rebuild will have 63,000 square feet of open space on a little over 4 acres, and the TL deserves the same kind of treatment. After all, it's for the emotional health of our citizenry.
  • George Dias
  • Ann Garrison
    • Comments
    • We all need more open space, and more commons, but especially the Tenderloin, and BVHP.
  • Jeoflin D. Roh
    • Comments
    • It's a no-brainer that the several thousand children need park-space in the TL. A no-brainer.
  • jack hirschman, agneta falk
  • Sarah Menefee
  • Meital Amitai
  • Luisa Balatbat
  • Jerry Jarvis
  • Evelyn Jarvis
  • Betty L. Traynor
    • Comments
    • Coordinator, Friends of Boeddeker Park
  • daniel stein
  • Kay Holley
    • Comments
    • if we can find room for more office and business space, surley we ahould be able to find room for open space our souls to catch up with our bodies.
  • anthony faber
  • Merlin Willis
    • Comments
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  • Alan Peebles
    • Comments
    • Remember we are dust
  • Aron Michalski
  • Elizabeth Berle
    • Comments
    • Keep our city green!
  • Michelle Sinton
  • crisostomo esquivel
    • Comments
    • more public space now!
  • Steve Conley
    • Comments
    • Open spaces open skies
  • Natasha Wheat