Sam Spade's San Francisco

On June 3 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced a proposed ballot measure for a charter amendment to change the make-up of the Recreation and Park Commission. Co-sponsors are Supervisors Avalos, Campos, Daly, and Mar.

Currently, all seven commissioners are appointed by the mayor, as is the general manager of the Recreation and Park Department (RPD), which the Commission oversees. The amendment would divide appointments to the commission, with the mayor appointing three commissioners, the Board of Supervisors appointing three, and the mayor together with the president of the Board of Supervisors appointing one.

The proposed amendment would allow more public leverage on the RPD, whose direction is now sometimes biased towards the mayor's directives and at odds with members of the public.

WhatYouCanDo

To place this measure on the November ballot, the Board of Supervisors must act by July 30. Urge your supervisor to put the Recreation and Park Commission charter amendment on the November ballot. For contact information, see below

Reprinted from the Sierra Club Yodeler, official publication of the SF Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club. Post written by Pinky Kushner, Sierra Club San Francisco Group ExComm

Learn more:

SF Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club

San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi

SF Parks and Recreation Dept

Contact your supervisor at:

City Hall, Room 2244
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102.

Eric Mar (District 1)
(415)554-7410

fax: (415)554-7415;

Michela Alioto-Pier (District 2)
(415)554-7752

fax: (415)554-7843;

David Chiu (District 3)
(415)554-7450

fax: (415)554-7454;

Carmen Chu (District 4)
(415)554-7460

fax: (415)554-7432;

Ross Mirkarimi (District 5)
(415)554-7630

fax: (415)554-7634;

Chris Daly (District 6)
(415)554-7970

fax: (415)554-7974;

Sean Elsbernd (District 7)
(415)554-6516

fax: (415)554-6546;

Bevan Dufty (District 8)
(415)554-6968

fax: (415)554-6909;

David Campos (District 9)
(415)554-5144

fax: (415)554-6255;

Sophie Maxwell (District 10)
(415)554-7670

fax: (415)554-7674;

John Avalos (District 11)
(415)554-6975

fax: (415)554-6979.

About the photo:

San Francisco City Hall. Click to enlarge in a separate window or tab. Sorry, I don't know who the photographer is to give proper credit, but it is a great photo of a spectacular building.