Supervisors continue debate on Rec and Park golf-course task force, send matter back for one week

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors continued for one week an ordinance to create a Rec and Park golf-course task force after nearly two hours of debate over membership, timeline and whether the new body is necessary.

Supporters said a task force would provide a structured review of golf-course operations and options for fiscal sustainability; opponents called the panel duplicative and urged immediate action to stop further decline at courses such as Lincoln Park.

Supervisor McGoldrick moved amendments to the ordinance to add two task-force members — one a public-golf-course gardener with at least five years’ experience, another a resident of Pacifica who uses Sharp Park — and to shorten the proposed task-force term. McGoldrick said adding…