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San Francisco Rec & Park proposes $11.4 million cuts; directors and programs draw widespread public outcry
Summary
Facing an $11.4 million midyear gap, Rec & Park proposed revenue measures, position eliminations and 65.5 FTE in layoffs; residents and staff warned closures and privatization would erase services for children, seniors and neighborhoods.
San Francisco's Recreation & Park Department told the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee on March 11 that it must close an $11.4 million shortfall this fiscal year and proposed a mix of new revenues, administrative reductions and staff layoffs that would affect recreation directors citywide.
General Manager Jerry Blumenfeld said the department's plan combines revenue-generation (special-event and parking fees, facility rentals, modest program-rate increases) with cuts in administrative positions and layoffs that would total about 65.5 full-time equivalents, mostly in recreation programming. "The parks will all remain open through this budget crisis," Blumenfeld said, while also acknowledging that the…
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