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Supervisor Marr seeks National Park Service guidelines to preserve Ocean Beach bonfires
Summary
Supervisor Marr introduced a resolution urging the National Park Service to adopt fair, accessible guidelines for family and community bonfires at Ocean Beach and noted the city allocated $50,000 to Recreation and Parks for outreach and education on bonfire compliance.
Supervisor Marr introduced a resolution on Feb. 10 urging the National Park Service to establish guidelines that preserve San Francisco27s long-standing tradition of family and community bonfires at Ocean Beach while protecting sensitive natural areas.
Marr described the bonfire tradition as more than a century old in sections of Ocean Beach and said past efforts, like installing fire pits in 2007, "successfully kept the beach fires to a controlled area near the foot of Fulton Street," limiting environmental impacts and easing cleanups. He said the city allocated $50,000 to the Recreation and Parks Department for outreach and education to improve compliance and help sustain access.
Marr asked the National Park Service to listen to beachgoers and to craft "fair and effective guidelines for bonfires at Ocean Beach that maintain the level of access San Franciscans are acclimated to." He said the city is working with Samantha Polak of the National Park Service and community groups such as Surfrider Foundation and Burners Without Borders.
The resolution was introduced for future consideration and will return to the Board for a vote after outreach and coordination noted in the text.
