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TIDA board backs extending San Francisco park code to Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island parks
Summary
The board voted to recommend that the Recreation and Park Department and the Board of Supervisors amend the San Francisco park code to apply Articles 3–6 to Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island parks; staff said jurisdiction and ownership remain with TIDA and Article 7 event permitting will remain with the authority for now.
The Treasure Island Development Authority board on Jan. 8 voted to forward a resolution recommending that the Recreation and Park Department and the Board of Supervisors amend the San Francisco park code to apply specified park regulations to parks and open spaces on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.
Peter Somerville of TIDA staff told the board the change would "extend the park code to properties owned and managed by the Recreation and Park Department and to include under that the TIYBI parks," clarifying that the action would not reassign ownership: "What it does not do is define TIYBI spaces as a park under the jurisdiction and control of the Recreation and Park Commission within the meaning of San Francisco Charter Section 4.113, and it does not remove ownership or jurisdiction over the TIYBI parks and open space from the…
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