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Join us and other concerned park goers in shaping the plan that San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is developing for Crocker Amazon Park. The current plan is to cut down all of the large trees and replace the grass fields with five artificial turf baseball fields closed to the public by chainlink fence.
Before the next meeting, we must formally register our opposition. Please feel free to use the text below in your own message and add anything else that matters to you.
To take action, you can send an email to:
Recreation & Parks Commission recpark.commission@sfgov.org
District 11 Supervisor Chyanne Chen Chyanne.Chen@sfgov.org
Parks Commission Chair Kat Anderson kat.anderson@sfgov.org
SFRPD Project Manager Dan Mauer dan.mauer@sfgov.org
SFRPD Interim General Manager Sarah Madland sarah.madland@sfgov.org
Mayor Dan Lurie daniel.lurie@sfgov.org
Chief of Infrastructure, Climate and Mobility Alicia Jean-Baptiste a.john-baptiste@sfgov.org
Giants Foundation Liaison for Crocker Amazon crocker@sfgiants.com
SF Public Utilities Commission General Manager Dennis Herrera DHerrera@sfwater.org
SF Public Utilities Commission commission@sfwater.org
Comment at a Commission Meeting
Showing up to be seen and heard at City meetings is a very powerful way to get the attention of the decision makers in power. Members of the public are allowed two minutes to make a statement about anything in the purview of the Commission. Always confirm the date and time on the Commission's web page -- sometimes they are rescheduled.
Recreations & Parks Commission
This commission must approve the Crocker Amazon Renovation Project. We must convince them to demand revisions that include the entire community in the planning process.
The full Commission meets on the third Thursday of every month at City Hall, Room 416 at 10:00am. Rec Park Commission website
Upcoming meetings: January 15 at noon, February 19 at 10:00am.
Public Utilities Commission (PUC Commission)
The PUC is responsible for the safety of our water — the water we drink, the wastewater we dump into the ocean and Bay, and the toxic runoff from plastic grass fields. They are not doing enough to protect our water. Our drinking was has groundwater from under the west side of the City in it. Rain from RPD's plastic fields at Beach Chalet, Minnie & Lovie Ward and South Sunset is not permitted to drain into the ground because they have found toxins in it that must stay out of our drinking water. This means that all of the fields are releasing toxins, and the Crocker Amazon baseball complex will be the worst of them all.
The PUC must intervene to force Rec Park to install only real grass at all parks. They can make a difference at Crocker Amazon because they own that land.
The Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at City Hall, Room 400 at 1:30pm. PUC Commission website
Upcoming meetings: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24 at 1:30pm.
Sample Email to Commissioners and City Leaders
Subject: Opposition to Artificial Turf for Crocker Amazon Ball Field Renovation
To: recpark.commission@sfgov.org
Cc: Chyanne.Chen@sfgov.org, dan.mauer@sfgov.org, kat.anderson@sfgov.org
Bcc: hello@keepcrockerreal.com
Dear Commissioners,
As someone who treasures San Francisco's city parks, I'm upset by plans to cover 75% of Crocker Amazon Park with artificial turf. This plastic carpet will pollute our water with microplastics and toxic "forever chemicals," destroy trees and habitat, fence off open space, and cost millions to replace every decade.
San Francisco deserves environmental justice—real green space that welcomes families for gatherings, play, and cultural events. We should be investing in modern natural grass fields, not suffocating a beloved park under plastic.
Crocker Amazon is one of the city's great community parks. Don't turn it into a toxic, lifeless field. Keep it real, keep it grass.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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