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Board adopts updated Recreation and Open Space element amid concerns over private‑land inventory language
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted the updated Recreation and Open Space Element (ROSE) of the General Plan after extended debate centered on Policy 4.2, the section that calls for an inventory of natural areas and a management plan.
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to adopt an updated Recreation and Open Space Element (the ROSE) of the city’s General Plan after several hours of public testimony and extended debate over language in Policy 4.2. The policy’s provisions on an inventory of natural areas and a potential future management plan prompted concern from supervisors and residents who feared the inventory could be used to restrict private‑property uses.
Supporters, including several supervisors and planning staff, said the policy is a broad, nonbinding framework that strengthens community engagement and sets goals for biodiversity and natural-area management. They stressed that any specific property changes would require separate public processes, environmental review under CEQA and approvals by relevant public…
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