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Board upholds Glen Canyon recreation permit despite protests over tree removals and CEQA review
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 4–0 on Nov. 14, 2012 to uphold a Department of Public Works/Rec & Park building permit for Glen Canyon Recreation Center improvements after residents urged rescission over tree removals and alleged inadequate CEQA review. Commissioners said the permit is code‑compliant; CEQA appeals must go to the Board of Supervisors.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Nov. 14 upheld a building permit allowing upgrades at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center, rejecting an appeal that argued the project’s tree removals and hillside work were improperly exempted from a broader environmental review.
Appellant Anastasia Glickstern and neighborhood speakers told the board the renovation plan would remove dozens of mature eucalyptus and other trees and “dramatically change” the canyon’s character. “This project will be wasting taxpayers’ money” and is “being done without environmental review,” Glickstern said during public comment,…
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