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Committee backs park-code change to let Recreation & Parks manage Treasure Island, other agency-owned parks
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted unanimously to recommend an ordinance that would let the Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) apply the city park code to certain parks on Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island and other properties it will manage on behalf of other city agencies.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee recommended on a 3-0 vote that the Board of Supervisors approve an ordinance amending the San Francisco Park Code to allow application of park rules to certain parks RPD manages but does not own, including Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) open space and Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) properties.
The measure would let the Recreation and Parks Commission, after a public hearing, authorize application of the Park Code to specified properties that RPD leases, operates or manages so those sites can be maintained under the same rules used across RPD-managed parks.
"RPD and TIDA are working together on a plan for RPD to take over the maintenance responsibilities for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island parks starting 07/01/2026," Yael Golan, deputy director of planning for the Recreation and Parks Department, told the committee. She said RPD already assumed maintenance of OCII's Mission Bay parks in July 2023 and would begin managing Hunters Point Shipyard parks on July 1, with jurisdictional transfers to follow in fiscal year 2025–26.
Golan said the Park Code sets rules for park operations, permits, enforcement and public-safety provisions; applying it to agency-owned properties RPD manages would allow the department to keep those sites "clean, safe, and well managed as our other parks." She said the ordinance requires the Recreation and Parks Commission to review and authorize application of the code for each property at a public hearing.
Committee Chair Supervisor Mirna Melgar said she was "very much looking forward to this wonderful new space on Treasure Island." The committee heard that TIDA director Bob Beck had sent a letter supporting the amendment.
There was no public comment on the item. Vice Chair Supervisor Cheyenne Chen moved the committee recommendation; the motion carried with Chen, Supervisor Bilal Mahmood and Chair Melgar voting aye.
If adopted by the full Board, the ordinance would take effect following the Board process. The file is expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on 07/08/2025 unless otherwise stated.
