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Supervisors hear hours of testimony as debate over San Francisco municipal golf courses continues
Summary
Supervisors held an extended public hearing on possible management changes for six municipal golf courses, with Rec & Park staff outlining five policy goals and options and dozens of residents, labor representatives and environmentalists urging caution, more study and alternatives to outright privatization.
Supervisor Jake McGoldrick opened a hearing on the future of San Francisco’s municipal golf courses, saying he was “essentially very concerned” that earlier assumptions tied to investments at Harding Park had not produced the projected revenues and that the city now faces a growing general-fund subsidy. McGoldrick said the city must explore “creative solutions” before giving public land to private managers.
Dawn, a planning director with the Recreation and Park Department, told the committee the golf fund was created in February 2002 to segregate course revenues and that revenues have fallen while costs have risen. Staff identified five policy goals: eliminate the general-fund subsidy, steward public open space, ensure livable wages and benefits for course workers, keep golf affordable for residents, and provide a high-quality golf…
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