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Supervisors approve new park hours, department estimates $200–$250 per sign to be paid from open‑space contingency fund
Summary
The Board approved an ordinance setting city park hours from 5 a.m. to midnight with exceptions. Recreation and Park staff estimated signage will cost about $200–$250 per sign and that funding would come from the department’s open‑space contingency reserve.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6–5 to adopt an ordinance amending the park code to set hours of operation for city parks from 5 a.m. to midnight with certain exceptions and to make related environmental findings.
Supervisor Breed asked Recreation and Park Department staff how much posting signage would cost and where the money would come from. A department representative, identified in the record as Sarah Ballard, said the department expects signs to cost between $200 and $250 each and that, if the legislation passes, the department would use funds from the department’s open‑space contingency reserve fund — a portion of the department’s property tax set‑aside that is earmarked for unexpected but necessary projects. Ballard said she believed the contingency deposit to be about 2 percent of that set‑aside but offered to double‑check the precise percentage.
During roll call, supervisors split along these lines: Avalos, Breed, Campos and Kim voted no; Chu, Cohen, Farrell, Tang, Wiener and Ye voted yes. The ordinance was declared finally passed following the roll call.
Ending
The ordinance directs Recreation and Park to post hours signage. The estimated per‑sign cost and the department’s plan to use the open‑space contingency reserve were stated on the record; Ballard said she would confirm the exact contingency percentage in department accounts. Any additional operational costs or programmatic exceptions were not resolved at the hearing.
