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Neighbors, nonprofits press Rec and Park over prolonged Golden Gate Park concert closures
Summary
Residents and community groups urged the Recreation and Park Commission to limit multi‑week ticketed concerts in Golden Gate Park and improve transparency about permits after recent months of closures that they say have blocked park access for school groups and neighbors.
Multiple residents, nonprofit leaders and park users used public comment at the Oct. 16 Recreation and Park Commission meeting to criticize the department's permitting of several weeks of ticketed concerts in Golden Gate Park, saying prolonged closures have disrupted neighborhood life, blocked school programs and strained local parking and traffic.
Speakers cited this year's concert schedule — which included multiple large events — and asked the commission and staff to require earlier community notices, provide impact reports to the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee (ProSAC) and consider alternatives to repeatedly closing the same park areas.
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