San Francisco Recreation and Park Department staff and India Basin managers reported on Oct. 16 that India Basin Waterfront Park has hosted more than 19,000 visitors and over 50 events in its first year, and that construction is underway on the northern sections of a larger 1.7‑mile shoreline park.

Larry Berry, India Basin campus manager, told the commission that the site has launched recurring community programs — including "First Saturdays" family days, a summer camp for fourth‑to‑sixth graders and a rotating chef program in an on‑site food pavilion — and that roughly 60% of permit activity since opening has advanced elements of the site's equitable development plan. The park received an international Neighborhood Park Award from the World Urban Parks Foundation, Berry and staff noted.

General Manager Phil Ginsburg described India Basin as the department's most expensive park project to date, referencing a $225 million investment for the broader India Basin Waterfront scope and the recently opened 900 Innis portion. Ginsburg also highlighted work in other neighborhoods: a Tenderloin playground ribbon cutting and a multi‑partner renovation of an early childhood site that will include natural play features intended to boost nature access for young children.

The department said construction is underway to rebuild Lincoln Park playground following an arson in May and that completion is targeted for December, and that the Tenderloin Children's Center playground renovation is expected to finish by 2026. Ginsburg and staff also credited multiple private partners who provided philanthropic support for India Basin features and programming.

Berry said workforce development activities, youth programs and food pavilion partners have drawn local participation and that a number of culinary and entrepreneurship stories have emerged from the site: staff recounted one vendor's transition from informal sidewalk barbecue into a licensed pavilion operator who now earns more revenue from the permitted space than previously.

Staff said further design and construction on the broader India Basin Waterfront Park will continue in phased segments, with the department coordinating with community groups, funders and private partners as elements are queued for future construction.