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Thursday, November 30, 2006
San Francisco Residents Concerned About Deteriorating Parks
By gmontefusco @ 9:06 AM :: 2783 Views :: 0 Comments :: General News About Play

From the Examiner: 

Miguel Abril said he dreams of the day he walks onto the soccer field at Dolores Park and has lush green grass under his sneakers.

The Mission resident is just one of many soccer players who have complained to The City about the brown, muddy blades that make up the pitch at Dolores Park. A Web site run by the Neighborhood Park Council, a nonprofit park advocacy group, allows residents such as Abril to file their complaints directly to city staff.

Every quarter, the council compiles a list of park complaints and ranks The City’s “top problem parks,” hoping that the Recreation and Park Department, which oversees the 225 parks and community centers in San Francisco’s city limits, will be able to address the problems.

In the past two years, residents have complained about issues such as mounting graffiti on park walls, stumbling over human feces at playgrounds and finding homeless encampments at Golden Gate Park.

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