50 Years of Better Public Spaces 2020 Impact Report Staff San Francisco Parks Megan April, Mark Hennon, Alliance champions, Manager, Senior Project Membership & Manager, Special Events Parks & Place transforms, and activates Thaïs Arjo, Leigh Hiura, parks and public spaces Manager, Grants Manager, Revenue Development Operations throughout the City. Sonia Gonzalez Banks, Director, Sarah Katz-Hyman, External Affairs, Southwest Area Development & Manager, Marketing Parks & Place Drew Becher, Rachel Kovinsky, Chief Executive Associate, Officer External Affairs Mark Bonsignore, Kearstin Krehbiel, Project Manager, Director, Research & Parks & Place Development Deanne Bray, Rebecca Liang, Controller Staff Accountant Aimee Callander, Paula Martin, Intern Program Manager, Benches Danyce Camp, Project Coordinator, Charlie McCone, Parks & Place Manager, Marketing & Communications Camilla Cavallini, Accounting Specialist Thomas Namara, Southeast Area Susanna Fraker, Manager, Project Manager, Parks & Place Parks & Place Justin Probert, Steve Fredericks, Director, Finance & Deputy Director, Administration Development Luke Spray, Oscar Garcia, Associate Associate, Director, Strategic Development Partnerships Philip Winn, Director, Parks & Place

Board

Brian Baker, Christopher Guillard Board Vice-Chair; Development Thomas Gump Committee Chair Rick Hutchinson, Lateefah Gainey Treasurer; Finance Baxter & Investment Committee Chair Shon Buford L. Jasmine Kim Caroline Hayward Brinckerhoff Courtney Klinge Juliana Bunim, Brook Mebrahtu Marketing & Louise Mozingo, Communications Parks & Place Committee Chair Committee Chair Rosemary Cameron Kelly Nice, Ari Daman Governance Committee Chair Carolyn Feinstein Edwards Jonathan Rewers Martha Ehrenfeld Melanie Sengupta, Audit Committee Oz Erickson Chair Cobie Everdell Tim Seufert Liz Farrell, John Ware Board Chair Lee Anne Weldon Sarah Gallo Michael Yarne, Bob Gamble Secretary; Innovation & Advocacy Mollie Gardner Committee Chair Hector Dear SF Parks Alliance community, CONTENTS This year, San Francisco Parks Alliance celebrates 50 years of improving public spaces. In that time, we’ve learned that the best ideas PARKS IN A PANDEMIC 2 come from passionate neighbors with a collective vision and a love Heart Your Parks for their city. Golden Gate Park 150

Today, the value of parks and public spaces has never been more LET’SPLAYSF! 6 clear. As we watched the world shut down and the country become Panhandle increasingly divided, our parks served in stark contrast. In 2020, Redwood Grove park use reached an all-time high, as many were reminded Alice Chalmers Merced Heights of the reasons why SF Parks Alliance does the work that we do: West Portal Sergeant John Macaulay Parks create and foster community. When a park is created or a street slows down, communities BUILDING ROUTES FOR 10 COMMUNITY CONNECTION grow stronger as neighbors gather to eat, play, and socialize— Hickory Alley and local businesses benefit from this increased activity. Stevenson Alley Miraloma Steps Parks are essential to our physical and mental health. Ridge Lane In urban settings, parks are one of the few lifelines to the natural CELEBRATING 50 YEARS 14 world. They nurture and strengthen our well-being by serving as a safe space to exercise, get together, and find peace. 2021 AND BEYOND 20

Not all parks are created equal. PARTNERS 24 Access to a park does not always mean that everyone feels welcome SUPPORTERS 26 in the space or that it serves them well. Neighborhoods with a sense of ownership and connection to their local parks have a much FINANCIALS 29 greater opportunity to thrive than those who do not.

In 2021, we are evaluating the nature and impact of our work. As the needs of our city’s public spaces have evolved, so has our organization. In the years leading up to our 50th anniversary, our focus and programming have expanded beyond parks to also include public spaces. In effect, our reach and impact have grown— and our new logo and brand, introduced during this milestone, aspire to reflect this evolution. Last year, we celebrated how lucky we are to benefit from the leadership that built San Francisco’s incredible park system. Great parks cannot exist without great people—and we are grateful that you are one of them. Thank you for investing in your city when San Franciscans needed their parks the most.

With gratitude,

Drew Becher Chief Executive Officer

THE GREAT HIGHWAY BECAME THE “GREAT WALKWAY” [INSIDE FRONT COVER]: Shalaco Parks in a pandemic— where would we be without them?

Throughout 2020, San Francisco’s parks served as a refuge and a lifeline to a semblance of normalcy. Parks worked overtime, adapting programming and serving as a constant amid a changing and challenging year.

2 “San Francisco parks Heart Your Parks While 2020 has changed our lives in many ways, it has also proved give us so much, freely and one thing undeniably: your parks are essential. fantastically, especially in During the pandemic, parks have served as a source of comfort these dark times.” for families, communities, and residents across San Francisco. Parks have become our schools, DON REUTER, SUPPORTER our gyms, and our communal backyards. They are places where we can enjoy a meal, relax in nature, safely visit with friends and family. In many ways, parks have become our homes. SF Parks Alliance typically raises critical funds for San Francisco’s parks through the annual gala, Party for the Parks. Although we could not hold this vital fundraiser in September of 2020, we replaced it with a celebration that reached far more people: the citywide Heart Your Parks campaign. SF Parks Alliance partnered with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to install physical-distanced hearts in seven local parks. We also asked residents to share why they ‘heart their parks,’ and to consider donating to support these wonderful resources. During a difficult year, this joy-inducing campaign raised necessary revenue for the organization and broadened our base of supporters.

HEART YOUR PARKS AT DOLORES PARK: Sand Crain 3 Golden Gate Park 150 Although the celebration for Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary didn’t happen quite as planned, the park served the City like never before. Throughout 2020, Golden Gate Park saw unprecedented usage and received deep gratitude from San Franciscans. In retrospect, we can’t think of a better way to honor a park that means so much to so many. Near the end of the year, when restrictions on the city lessened, we opened the long-awaited SkyStar Wheel and welcomed Entwined, an enchanting public art installation by local artist Charles Gadeken.

THE SKYSTAR WHEEL: Melissa Lim | ENTWINED: Moy Chiu | SIXTH AVENUE SKATIN’ PLACE (PAGE 5): Andrew Ross-Perry 4 *SOURCE (PAGE 5): Park Management: Data Captures Increased Visits to Secure More Resources “A ride through Golden Gate Park got me thinking that even though this 150th birthday party hasn’t been the celebration that park leaders wanted, it’s hard to imagine the park being more utilized or appreciated than in this moment”

LUKE SPRAY, SF PARKS ALLIANCE

GOLDEN GATE PARK USAGE UP 600% IN 2020*

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Let’sPlaySF!— seven playgrounds now complete!

In 2014, SF Parks Alliance partnered with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to transform SF’s 13 highest-need playgrounds through the Let’sPlaySF! Campaign. Since 2019, we have opened seven playgrounds and continue to be deeply involved in community engagement, playground design, and fundraising for the remaining six playgrounds.

BEFORE

Panhandle Inspired by San Francisco’s natural and cultural environment, the design for this playground takes full advantage of the space, and allows for diverse types of play and interaction.

6 PANHANDLE: Jim Watkins Redwood Grove Nestled in the redwoods of McLaren Park, this incredible new playground revolves around natural elements such as boulders, timbers, and native plantings. A large net structure even allows children to climb to the top, where they can reach stunning views of the city.

BEFORE

Alice Chalmers A defining element of this LET’SPLAYSF! WILL CHANGE playground, the concrete climbing THE LIVES OF blocks take inspiration from the rock outcroppings that define the coast. Meanwhile, the playground’s chunky 20,000 benches are symbolic of the wood flotsam that often washes up on CHILDREN THROUGHOUT the beach, and the three-story slide SAN FRANCISCO* delights the children that dare to brave it!

BEFORE

REDWOOD GROVE: Jim Watkins | ALICE CHALMERS: Groundworks Office | * SOURCE: Failing Playgrounds Task Force, youth density data compiled from 2010 Census 7 “The best thing that happens on a playground is that the neighbors get to know each other. The children are making friends and the parents are talking to each other. A new playground shows that people care and are willing to invest in a community and make it better.”

EDNA JAMES, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Merced Heights Located in the Oceanview- Merced Heights-Ingleside (OMI) THE FIRST COMPLETED neighborhood, this playground PLAYGROUND EXPERIENCED A features entirely new equipment, including a massive timber play structure, climbers, a spinner, and 586% a bowl swing. Other upgrades INCREASE IN WEEKDAY USE include lighting, fencing, sport courts, the clubhouse, and FOLLOWING THE RENOVATION* important ADA improvements.

BEFORE

8 MERCED HEIGHTS: Jim Watkins | *SOURCE: Washington Square SOPARC data BEFORE

West Portal Renovations to this playground involved the addition of new, vibrant, and inclusive play equipment. The renovation also included various amenity upgrades to the park, such as a nature nook, new plantings, seating, and paving.

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Sergeant John Macaulay Extensive involvement by community groups and local residents guided the redesign of this playground in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. The final playground design was inspired by nature and includes unique structures, family gathering areas, additional seating and an elevated area to increase visibility and variation in the terrain.

SERGEANT JOHN MACAULAY AND WEST PORTAL: Jim Watkins 9 Building Routes for Community Connection

SF Parks Alliance helps neighbors and local businesses turn their forgotten and unsightly pathways into beautiful and inspiring thoroughfares.

Hickory Alley In February 2020, SF Parks Alliance hosted the second annual Hickory Alley Block Party to showcase the recently installed string lighting. This lovely addition illuminates the alley’s iconic mural, which was completed in 2019 in partnership with Artspan and local artist, Hueman.

10 Stevenson Alley Skybridge on Stevenson is a community-led effort to revitalize the 500 block of Stevenson Street, transforming the alley into a vibrant hub for local arts, commerce and activity. This year, SF Parks Alliance adapted its programming to better serve the surrounding businesses and residents through weekly pop- up events featuring outdoor dining, live music, and socially-distanced entertainment.

“SF Parks Alliance has brought life and joy back to the hard-hit neighborhood. It helped us change the way people look at the street, and gave a new perspective to both the people who live in the area and those who come from other parts of the city.”

GIANLUCA LEGROTTAGLIE, MONTESACRO RESTAURANT OWNER

LOCAL BUSINESS SALES INCREASED 100% ON AVERAGE, DURING THESE WEEKLY EVENTS*

DANCERS ON STEVENSON ALLEY: Marina Eybelman / Waiting for the Cake Photography | STEVENSON ALLEY: Danyce Camp | *SOURCE: Local business sales records 11 BEFORE

Miraloma Steps The Dragon’s Tale stairway was a joint effort between celebrated mosaic artist, Aileen Barr, SFUSD’s Miraloma Elementary School, and SF Parks Alliance. The Miraloma Arts Council decided on the staircase’s final design, inspired by Miraloma Elementary’s dragon mascot. Students participated in classroom tile creations, teachers added imagery ideas, and the surrounding community participated in public tile-making events. The project was completed in July of 2020.

12 MIRALOMA STEPS: Ryan Silvers Ridge Lane In 2013, a group of Ingleside residents formed Ridge Lane Neighbors with the vision of transforming an abandoned five- block stretch into a beautiful and safe neighborhood corridor. The group finished the first block in 2017, and with help from SF Parks Alliance and city partners, they completed the second stretch in the summer of 2020. Once all five blocks are finished, Ridge Lane will connect the neighborhood to BART and Muni, while also providing gorgeous views of the Bay and San Bruno mountains.

BEFORE

“SF Parks Alliance has been a tremendous help to Ridge Lane Neighbors throughout the complex process of managing contracts, grants, and other funds. This allows our group members to focus more on fundraising, neighborhood outreach, and community clean-up efforts.”

WARREN LONGMIRE, RIDGE LANE NEIGHBORS

RIDGE LANE: Warren Longmire Celebrating 50 Years of Better Public Spaces

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HISTORIC IMAGES: OpenSFHistory 1971 1971 Friends of Recreation Friends of and Parks Recreation and Parks A group of visionary San Franciscans came together with hopes of cultivating community involvement and investment in local parks, especially Golden Gate Park.

1996 1996 Neighborhood Neighborhood Parks Council Parks Council Isabel Wade formed a non-profit coalition of neighbors committed to improving parks across San Francisco. 2004 San Francisco 2004 Parks Trust San Francisco Parks Trust Following the success of the campaign to save the Conservatory of Flowers, Friends of Recreation and Parks formally changed its name to the San Francisco Parks Trust, revitalizing the group’s larger commitment to parks.

2011 2011 San Francisco San Francisco Parks Alliance Parks Alliance The Neighborhood Parks Council and the San Francisco Parks Trust merged to form the San Francisco Parks Alliance, a non-profit with a renewed focus on parks and public space across all of San Francisco.

2021 Celebrating 50 Years of Better Public Spaces This year, San Francisco Parks Aliiance 50 reflects on the history of the organization and its predecessors, whose work has benefited people and places in every corner of San Francisco.

2021 1970s 1980s 1990s Friends of Recreation and Parks (FRP) A creative board of directors and Significantly increasing its budget and emerges to bring more resources a staff member give the organization membership, Friends of Recreation and attention to San Francisco parks. staying power. With administrative and Parks demonstrates its capacity Their primary function is to serve as support of over $1 million, Friends as a catalyst for positive change. the philanthropic partner and fiscal of Recreation and Parks become The Lila Wallace Grant allows for a agent for the San Francisco Recreation a community change-maker. remarkable partnership between the and Park Department (SF Rec & Parks). San Francisco Recreation and Park During this decade, FRP raises 1980 Department and local residents. $50,000 for the Children’s Playground, Friends of Recreation and Throughout this decade, FRP $3,000 for a bench program, collaborates with other park groups, and installs maps throughout Golden Parks welcomes its first paid further engages with local politics, Gate Park. staff member. and expands its programming for at-risk children. Undertaking 1971 1981 its largest project to date, FRP also $117,000 is raised to refurbish Golden launches the Campaign to Restore Friends of Recreation and Parks is the Conservatory of Flowers. founded by a group of visionary Gate Park’s Dutch Windmill. San Franciscans and a $50,000 1990 grant from the philanthropist Walter Shorenstein. Together, they hope Friends of Recreation and Parks to cultivate community involvement helps renovate Golden Gate Park’s and investment in the city’s parks. Shakespeare Garden.

1972 First membership drive yields 350 members.

1974 The Open Space Tax is established, enabling SF Rec & Parks to purchase open 1992 1984 space and spend money on Advocacy for the Golden Gate park improvements. Golden Gate Park Carousel is renovated Park Bond raises over $76 and reopened to the public. 1978 million for the park. Friends of Recreation and Parks 1986 creates the Golden Gate Park Guides The inaugural San Francisco Landscape program to share the Park’s history Garden Show takes place. General with visitors. admission is $5 and $135,000 is raised from over 20,000 visitors.

1987 $50,000 is raised to renovate the Sixth Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park, 1994 now known as the iconic Sixth Avenue Friends of Recreation and Parks helps Skatin’ Place. repair the Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon.

HISTORIC IMAGES: OpenSFHistory SKATIN’ PLACE: Gary Fong, SF Chronicle 2000s Public support for parks and 1995 recognition of their vital role in 2005 A windstorm causes $3.5 million in maintaining healthy communities is A team of volunteers, led by Jessie damages to the Conservatory solidified across the U.S. with bond Audetter and Alice Xavier, raise money of Flowers. legislation and dedicated taxes. to beautify a trail on 16th Avenue Friends of Recreation and Parks in Golden Gate Heights known as the collaborates with various groups Tiled Steps Project. on the local and national levels to ensure focus and funding in support of urban parks.

2000 The Campaign for the Neighborhood Park Improvement Bond passes, raising 1996 $110 million for neighborhood parks.

The Neighborhood Parks Council, 2001 Golden Gate Park’s Marx Meadow a non-profit coalition of neighbors opens a 12-hole Disc Golf Course. involved in improving their parks, The Neighborhood Park Grants program is founded by Isabel Wade. awards approximately $256,000 Mayor Gavin Newsom to over 65 community organizations. launches the Blue Greenway 1997 Task Force, responsible for 2003 The Neighborhood Parks envisioning the 13-mile The Conservatory of Flowers reopens Grants Program is established continuous public waterfront after the fundraising campaign to trail along San Francisco’s and over the next five years, rehabilitate the Conservatory raises the program awards 93 grants $25 million, thanks in part to FRP. Southeastern waterfront. totaling nearly $400,000 for community-led park projects. Friends of Recreation and Parks raises over $3 million to renovate the Alvord Lake area of Golden Gate Park.

2007 The Koret Children’s Quarter, which was built in 1888 and is considered to be the first public playground in the US, reopens after renovation.

1998 2004 Hillary Clinton visits the Conservatory Street Parks Program is formed of Flowers to announce a $5 million in partnership with the Department grant to launch the Campaign to of Public Works. The program turns Restore the Conservatory of Flowers. unused city land into small parks, New dog drinking fountains are installed gardens and neighborhood throughout city parks. gathering spaces. Following the Conservatory Campaign’s great success, FRP changes its name to the San Francisco Parks Trust and revitalizes its commitment to parks.

CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS AFTER WINDSTORM: 16TH AVENUE TILED STEPS: Jack Chen Brant Ward, SF Chronicle | ALVORD LAKE: Chris Carlsson 2010s The 2010s brought a merger, 2008 a greater appreciation for parks as 2014 San Francisco Parks Trust critical for mental and physical health, SF Parks Alliance and SF Rec & expanded programming, and an helps lead the 2008 Parks increased emphasis on all public Parks launch the Let’sPlaySF! Bond, securing $185 million spaces to receive the same attention Campaign to raise $13.3 for the city’s local parks as urban green spaces. million to transform 13 of and public spaces. San Francisco’s highest-need 2011 Neighborhood Parks Council and SF playgrounds. Rec & Parks announce The Playgrounds The growing need for a citywide Initiative, intended to improve 10 of parks non-profit leads to the merger the city’s worst playgrounds, including: of San Francisco Parks Trust and Dolores Park, Hunters Point Recreation Neighborhoods Parks Council, creating Center, Palega, and South Park. the San Francisco Parks Alliance.

2009 SF Parks Alliance poll finds: 65% of residents use their The parklet at 17th and Market parks at least once a week, becomes the first GroundPlay project, a partnership with SF Planning to build 91% say parks are very 2015 temporary installations that transform important to quality of life, Lincoln Park Steps, located near the underused public spaces into engaging and 89% say parks are a Lands End trail, is completed by the community places. significant contributor to the Friends of Lincoln Park Steps and City’s beauty and a reason SF Parks Alliance. why they live here. SF Parks Alliance hosts the 10th The Street Parks program completes its Annual Party for the Parks, raising over 100th project—Hidden Garden Steps, $500,000 for the city’s parks. a beautiful tiled stairway located at SF Parks Alliance publishes Still Seeking 16th Avenue and Judah Street. Green, a report that ultimately inspires the drafting of Measure B. 2012 SF Parks Alliance leads the campaign 2016 for the 2012 Parks Bond, securing $195 SF Parks Alliance initiates and leads million in funding for the improvement the campaign for Measure B, which of local parks, playgrounds and passes and provides a critical baseline recreation centers. of future funding for SF Rec & Parks.

San Francisco Parks Trust raises 2014 Noe Valley Town Square is created, $325,000 towards Project Recreation, a major undertaking in a neighborhood an initiative to renovate recreation SF Parks Alliance partners with limited open space. centers, including: Hamilton Recreation with the Trust for Public Land San Francisco becomes Center, Harvey Milk Recreation to quantify the impact of Center, Midtown Terrace Playground, the first U.S. city where SF parks on the local economy. Sunnyside Conservatory and every resident lives within a The report, The Economic Sunnyside Playground & Clubhouse. 10-minute walk of a park, Benefits of San Francisco’s a new gold standard for cities Park and Recreation System, across the country. found that SF parks generate tax revenues and business activity approaching $1 billion, annually. Together, SPUR and SF Parks Alliance advance the Blue Greenway Task Force directive by launching a two-year master plan.

REDWOOD GROVE PLAYGROUND: Earthscapes 2020 The Tennis Coalition, SF Rec & Local music lovers enjoy Due South While this year brought many Parks, and SF Parks Alliance initiate in McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia unexpected challenges, SF Parks a campaign to upgrade Golden Gate Amphitheater. Launched by SF Parks Alliance still found ways to bring art, Park’s legacy tennis courts. Alliance, this free concert series joy and funding to the city’s parks welcomes celebrated artists and and public spaces—many of which 2017 draws new people to an amazing and saw record levels of use throughout underutilized local park. the COVID-19 pandemic. Athens Avalon Greenspace, a hillside garden located in the Excelsior, January is completed with a stunning tiled staircase created by artist Iran Narge. Golden Gate Park celebrates its 150th anniversary. Although the celebration South Park, SF’s oldest park, is fully did not go as planned, the park saw renovated. a 600% increase in usage throughout Mountain Lake Park Playground reopens the year. after a major multi-year renovation. March The Conservatory of Flowers Five baby bison were added to the is lit up for the Summer of Golden Gate Park herd including Sesqui, Love’s 50th anniversary. named for the park’s sesquicentennial. The popular floral-themed light show extends its illumination with seasonal SF Parks Alliance launches the Citywide themes, indefinitely. Public Space Initiative in partnership with the Office of Economic and 2018 Workforce Development to supplement City services with community- SF Parks Alliance launches Sundown driven activation and public space Cinema, an outdoor movie series beautification. that reaches over 10,000 residents September across iconic SF parks, and features The Phil Arnold Trail, a scenic path films that celebrate each location’s that cuts through the eastern corner of The Heart Your Parks campaign is unique character. Golden Gate Park, is built in partnership launched in place of the annual Party with Friends of Oak Woodlands. for the Parks gala. The campaign The trail is dedicated to Phil Arnold, celebrates and raises critical support a longtime city park and trail advocate for parks across the city. and founding SF Parks Alliance Board member.

SF Parks Alliance merges with Place Lab, a non-profit that uses innovative ways to maintain and fund public space. December 2019 San Francisco’s Crosstown Entwined, an art installation by local SF Parks Alliance celebrates Trail, a 17-mile hike cutting artist Charlies Gadeken, transforms its expanded work with Golden Gate Park’s Peacock Meadow diagonally across the city into an enchanted forest of lights. a new mission statement: and connecting a network of San Francisco Parks Alliance existing trails, is completed. champions, transforms, and activates parks and public Eagle Plaza, a new public gathering space in SoMa that transforms an spaces throughout the City. underutilized street into a plaza that celebrates leather culture and the LGBTQ community, breaks ground.

BABY BISON: Jim Watkins | HEART YOUR PARKS: Leila Mohaddes | ENTWINED: Tree Twins In 2021, we will continue to champion, transform, and activate parks and public spaces.

In the coming year, our work will continue Lisa & Douglas Goldman across San Francisco, focusing on the city’s highest Tennis Center need neighborhoods and benefiting the local SF Parks Alliance, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, businesses that depend on people coming together and the Tennis Coalition of SF have in these spaces. been working since March of 2016 to upgrade the legacy tennis courts in Golden Gate Park. Completed in 2021, the new tennis center includes 17 tennis courts, an expanded clubhouse, a garden and patio, and lighting to allow for 20,000 additional hours of annual play.

Moss Metamorphosis SF Parks Alliance has received funding from the City Administrator’s Office and the SF Public Utilities Commission to improve Moss Street, the alley located outside our SoMa office. In the coming months, neighbors and local businesses will guide these efforts to create a safe and welcoming habitat for local plants, animals, and humans.

OF SF PARKS ALLIANCE PROJECTS 71% ARE IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS*

MOSS METAMORPHOSIS: CAMO Design Studio | TENNIS CENTER: Maurice Chee *SOURCE: Criteria using American Community Survey 2010--2014, San Francisco Neighborhoods, Socio-Economic Profiles “Crane Cove is our new favorite family park. We go every week!”

ALEXANDRA KENIN, URBAN HIKER SF

Campaign for India Basin Park Project Let’sPlaySF! Campaign Crane Cove Park This project will transform a post- In 2021, the playgrounds at Juri industrial site into one of SF’s largest Commons and Golden Gate This $6.8M campaign will ensure waterfront parks. Trust for Public Land, Heights will open. The remaining that Crane Cove Park is built to SF Rec & Parks, A. Philip Randolph four playgrounds are currently in completion. The campaign will Institute, and SF Parks Alliance are either the community engagement raise critical funds for components currently working on an Equitable or concept design phase, and all of the park specifically requested Park Development Plan to ensure that playgrounds are slated to be open by the community, including a dog the park’s revitalization benefits the by 2023. run, two playgrounds, and the surrounding community, which has been historic preservation of the two historically underserved. This project Visit sfparksalliance.org to learn more iconic cranes, lovingly named Nick will prioritize environmental health, and Nora by the community. about the work that we’re doing to make economic opportunity, and cultural San Francisco a better place to work, identity for existing Bayview residents. live, and play.

CRANE COVE: AECOM 21 “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

JANE JACOBS, URBAN WRITER & ACTIVIST

BY 2050 68% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO LIVE IN CITIES*

22 For 50 years, we’ve worked to create and improve parks in every corner of San Francisco. In 2017 our city was recognized as the first in the country where every resident lives within a 10-minute walk of a park. And yet, we know that proximity to parks is not enough. There are still critical gaps in the quality, accessibility, and inclusiveness of our City’s parks. Over the next 50 years, we will focus on all of the public spaces that encourage community: parks, plazas, parklets, alleyways, staircases, and community gardens. We will work to ensure that every neighborhood has a nearby park that is safe, beautiful, and welcoming to all—from the Bayview to the Marina, from Land’s End to Little Hollywood.

23 Partners San Francisco Parks Alliance is grateful for our network of nearly 100 community groups whom we partner with to beautify and activate every corner of our City!

If you’re interested in becoming a fiscally sponsored community partner or joining one near you, visit sfparksalliance.org.

24 Community Partner Network

22nd Street Jungle Stairs Friends of Grattan Playground Pioneer Park Project Friends of Alemany Farm The Greenhouse Project Friends of Playland at 43rd Avenue Friends of Alta Plaza Park GreenTrust SF Friends of Polo Cycling Track Friends of Amphitheater at McLaren Park Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza Friends of Potrero Hill Recreation Center Athens Avalon Greenspace Help McLaren Park Potrero Sustainable Living Group Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Howard Langton Community Garden Precita Valley Neighbors Buena Vista Neighborhood Association Friends of Japanese Tea Garden Ridge Lane Neighbors Friends of Cabrillo Playground Friends of Joe Dimaggio Playground Friends of Rossi Playground Carolina Greenspace Friends of Jose Coronado Playground San Bruno Avenue Neighbors Friends of Christopher Park Playground Friends of Kenny Alley SF Bee Cause City Guides Friends of Kezar Triangle SF Tennis Coalition College Hill Neighborhood Association Kids in Parks SF Urban Riders (Bernal Cut Path) La Placita Shared Schoolyards Project Connecticut Friendship Garden La Playa Park Coalition South Park Improvement Association Conservatory of Flowers Friends of Lafayette Park Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory Corbett Heights Neighbors Friends of Lakeside Village Sutro Stewards Dahlia Society of California Lakeview Summit Steps Tompkins Stairway Garden DeHaro Street Community Project Friends of Larsen Playground Tunnel Top Park Detroit Steps Project Friends of Lincoln Park Steps Friends of Upper Douglass Dog Park Diamond Heights Blvd Median Project Literacy for Environmental Justice Urban Alchemy Dolores Park Ambassadors Marina Earthquake Monument Group Urban Sprouts Friends of Dolores Park Playground McLaren Bike Park Founders Friends of Victoria Manalo Draves Park/ ECOS SF Minnie and Lovie Ward Community Gene Friend Rec Center Far Out West Community Garden Recreational Council Visitacion Valley Agricultural Garden Fay Park Citizens Advisory Committee Miraloma Southern Gateway Tile Project Visitacion Valley Greenway (GOAL) Friends of Franklin Square Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground Friends of Washington Square Park Garden for the Environment Friends of Noe Valley Rec Center Friends of West Portal Playground Geneva Community Garden Northridge CommUNITY Garden Wilder Community Garden Glen Park Greenway Friends of Oak Woodlands With Honey in the Heart Goettingen Neighbors Group Pennsylvania Street Gardens Friends of Golden Gate Park Band Friends of Penny Lane Friends of Golden Gate Park Dog Parks Friends of Persia Triangle Golden Gate Park Handball Club Peru Avenue Stairs

City Partners We are deeply grateful to our partners across many city agencies who help make all of our work possible.

*SOURCE (PAGE 20): 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects | PHOTO (PAGE 21): Lei A. Fesaitu | REDWOOD GROVE PLAYGROUND [PAGE 24]: Earthscapes 25 $100,000 and up Supporters Kaiser Permanente Northern California Paul Simon Community Benefit Programs Target Corporation Here’s to you—the public space Barbara A. Kozlowski Trust Anonymous advocates and park lovers who Outside Lands / OSL Guide, LLC make all our work possible! $50,000 to $99,999 Listed contributions were made between Brian and Leslie Baker Koret Foundation July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Contributions between $500--$1,000 Hannah Kellogg S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation are at sfparksalliance.org. While we strive to be as accurate as possible, please $25,000 to $49,999 contact [email protected] City and County of San Francisco Bernard and Barbro Osher with any corrections or omissions. Dagmar Dolby P & J Builders, LLC Martha Ehrenfeld and Carla McKay Recology San Francisco Dana and Robert Emery REI Oz Erickson and Rina Alcalay Janet and Clint Reilly “From playgrounds to Christine and Curtis Gardner San Francisco Giants Hanson Bridgett, LLP The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation sports courts, gardens John and Marcia Goldman Foundation Mary Warner Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Wells Fargo Bank to trails, picnic spots Alexandra and Kevin Marchetti Diane B. Wilsey Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Monique J. Zmuda to dog runs, our family Susan and Bill Oberndorf is so grateful for $10,000 to $24,999 the countless activities Nancy and Joachim Bechtle Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Benton-Yang Foundation Morrison & Foerster that we can do in Tom and Linda Coates Marianne H. Peterson our city parks, and it is D.N. & E. Walter & Co. Pisces Inc. Dale Stancliff Fund Dr. Kathleen Welsh and Dr. Bill Plautz our pleasure to give Ari and Srinivas Daman Sports Basement Laura and John Fisher Lisa Stone Pritzker back to these spaces Sarah and Joseph Gallo The Rock Foundation Chris Guillard and Heather Guillard Twitter, Inc. by supporting SF Parks The Karp-Haahr Family Eve Zaritsky Alliance!” Ian Laurin Anonymous (3) Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation

CHRISTINE GARDNER, $5,000 to $9,999 DONOR & FORMER BOARD MEMBER Marina and Vad Adler Tamsin Kendall Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Grace K. Kim Another Planet Entertainment Lesbians for Good of Horizons Foundation Ballast Investments Anna Liang Dennis Biroscak Kathleen Linburn British Motor Car Distributors Erin and JD Lumpkin Terence Byrnes Renee Michelis Hellman Rosemary Cameron and David Perper Nibbi Brothers General Contractors Lauryn Coit Kelly Nice and Maureen Holt Conger Moss Guillard Architecture Paul S. Nadler Family Charitable Trust Conservatory of Flowers Margaret and Vic Quattrin Curt and Debi Cournale San Francisco Botanical Garden John and Andre Cuff Shorenstein Realty Services, LP David Curran Claire and Holden Spaht Nancy Destafanis Cissie Swig Margarete Devlin The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation Dodge & Cox The Friend Family Foundation Cheryl Frank and Michael Linn The Green Cross Jaclyn and Chris Gallo The Humanist Fund Mollie Gardner Hector and Bill Hector The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Judith Giampaoli Leslie and Raymond Tonsing Golden State Warriors Wells Fargo Foundation Sara G. Griffith Heidi J. Yamaguchi Charity Navigator and GuideStar Guy Hollins Heidi Zak have given SF Parks Alliance four International Brotherhood of Lee and Peggy Zeigler star and gold ratings, respectively. Electrical Workers, Local #6 Elizabeth M. Zimpel

26 $2,500 to $4,999 Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation Asiff Hirji and Sarah Wigglesworth St. Francis Yacht Club Apple, Inc. Jaime Jones Sasson and David Sasson Betsy Strausberg Dale E. Baker and Linda R. Baker Diana Kapp and David Singer Swinerton Builders, Inc. Constance Bernstein L. Jasmine Kim and Paul M. Banas The Prado Group, Inc. Brookfield Properties Mary Koppes The Justin and Michelle Hughes Foundation Lesley Bunim and Michael Jensen Randall Laroche and David Laudon Theatrical Stage Employees Union Local 16 Letty and Jim Callinan Ann and Jim Lazarus Verde Design, Inc. Ed and Nancy Conner Meagan Levitan and Dale Carlson John and Margaret Ware Erin D. Ebeling March Conservation Fund Webcor Construction, LP Liz and Mark Farrell Bob and Joan McGrath Lee Anne and Christopher Weldon Douglas Hanks Reuben, Junius & Rose LLP Anonymous Commissioner Tom Harrison Salesforce Sophie Middlebrook Hayward and Glenn Snyder and Catherine Allman Boe Hayward

$1,000 to $2,499 Rob Adams Maureen Flaherty The Purple Lady / Barbara J. Meislin Fund Adobe Systems Incorporated Minna and Nathan Folkman Theodore R. Meyer Rosemary Akey Thomas and Mary Foote Veronika Mitchell and John Mitchell Katharine Albright and Jacob Schatz Jennifer Fowler Louise Mozingo Kathleen and David Anderson Jennifer and Zachary Friedland Sonja Moelleken and Kevin O’Brien Architectural Resources Group Erik Gaensler and Shelley Marks Shannon and Shawn O’Neill Nicole Avril and Daniel Gelfand Jane and Mike Gaito Richard and Susan Olness Melissa and Patrick Barber Robert and Carol Gamble Barbara and John Osterweis Thomas and Lily Beischer Mariana Gantus Rajiv and Kaylene Patel Dan Berthiaume Besse Gardner and Michael Gross Amy Rabbino and Neal Rubin Ron and Emerald Blatman Gretchen and Robert Gardner Melissa Reyna and Justin Reyna Kristine and Chad Boeding Darby Gaynor Glickman and Helen and Thomas Merigan Charitable Trust Jenny and Travis Bogard Andrew Glickman Shelagh and Tom Rohlen Arielle Bosch Joel Giullian and Michael Ramirez Emilie and Andrew Rosenfeld Kelly Bourke Google, Inc. San Francisco Association of Realtors Shelley Bransten Steve and Mary Gorski John M. Sanger Mark and Susie Buell Will and Felicia Hall Kate Sanger and Brandon Yoder Build Inc. Brian Hamilton Ludwika Schein Juliana Bunim and Jeffrey Cretan Maria and Chris Hemphill Sue Ann Schiff Mary Burns Anne and Dennis Herrera Kate and Ted Smith Amy Busch and Kevin Cameron Helen Hilton Raiser Helene Soutou Jennifer A. Buttimer and Nicholas M. Scharf Andrew and Mairead Homan Laura and Greg Spivy Alston and Tony Calabrese Hospital Council of Northern and Sprinkler Fitters Local No. 483 Central California California Pacific Medical Center Joyce and Jay Strauss Nora L. Gibson and William L. Hudson John Cavanaugh and Julie Look Marcia and Richard Swain Rick and Carolyn Hutchinson Eunice Chee T. B. Walker Foundation Melissa and Matthew Ippolito City Gardens 333, LLC Frederick and Beth Thurber Wendy and Ken Jones Noa Clark and Rob Schult Erica and Clayton Timbrell Nicole and Mark Karvosky Kate and Timothy Clem Steven Traykovski Margaret and Edmond Kavounas Lindsay Cohen Trust For Public Land Samantha and Mark Keene Katherine and Jeffrey Congdon Turner Construction Company Stephen Kempainen Katy Congdon Williams and Union Square Business Improvement Dist. The Ketcham Family Michael Williams Karen and Anthony Varnhagen Rachel E. Kish Carla and David Crane Dr. Elizabeth Vasievich and Casey Roche Stuart Kogod and Denise Garone Martha and Jesse Cuevas David Wessel Vivian Kremer William and Lisa Dana Annette Wild Todd and Jacquelyn Krieger Cathy and Sandy Dean Robyn J. Wilkinson and Steven Linde Katherine Kriken Courtney and Owen DeHoff Jennifer and Marcel Wilson Laura and Sloan Larsen Caroline and Michael Donohue Lara K. Witter and Curt Sigfstead Robert Lawrence Kendel and Brian Duford Barbara and Howard Wollner Michelle S. Leighton Elizabeth Everdell Garden Design Kathryn and Matt Wyndowe Linda and Joe Litehiser Joseph Ellin and Jacqueline Aiken Anonymous [4] Kimberly Ellis and Campbell Judge Live Nation Joannie and Evan Ericson Dan Loomis Cobie and Lillian Everdell Diane and Dave Luders Carolyn Feinstein Edwards and David and Alexandra Lyon Braden Edwards Mackenzie & Albritton LLP Priya and Justin Femmer Karen Mauney-Brodek First Republic Bank Brook Mebrahtu Jessica and Andrew Fishman Erin Medlin and Andrew Miklas

27 The Evergreen Circle As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we honor the members of the Evergreen Circle who generously leave legacy gifts in their estate plans.

Incorporating a gift to SF Parks Alliance into your estate, will, living trust, retirement plan, or other financial asset is a powerful way to impact the future of your city’s parks and public spaces. Join the Evergreen Circle and give the gift of parks for generations to come. For more information, please email [email protected] or visit sfparksalliance.org.

“My family and I would like to pay the joy of our parks forward to future generations with a bequest to SF Parks Alliance.”

KELLY NICE, SF PARKS ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBER & EVERGREEN CIRCLE MEMBER

Benches Honor a loved one with a commemorative bench in one of San Francisco’s beautiful parks.

Commemorative plaques will be installed for a 10-year period, at which point donors will have the first right of refusal to renew their contract with a new donation. Email [email protected] for more information.

28 Financials Fiscal Year July 1, 2019--June 30, 2020

How is SF Parks Alliance Total Revenue funded? Contributions 11,989,961 40% Expected Incoming 10,975,484 36% Contributions were the primary Pledged Contributions source of funding, comprising 90% Capital Campaign 4,128,075 14% of the overall revenue. We rely Contributions* on the generosity of people like you Program and 1,467,392 5% to make an impact across the city. Administrative Fees Investment and 770,494 3% Other Income Revenue from 520,547 2% Special Events Total $29,851,953 100%

40+3614532C Total Expenses How is SF Parks Alliance funding spent? Capital Campaign 15,683,133 55% Projects SF Parks Alliance spent 55% Partner Support 7,971,160 28% on permanent capital projects Fund Development 2,917,632 10% and 28% supporting nearly 100 and Communication community groups and other Administration 1,965,797 7% partners. The rest, 17% of expenses, Total $28,537,722 100% were the administration and fundraising costs that made this work possible.

55+28107C Contributed and What is the breakdown of SF Parks Alliance’s Capital Campaign Income contributed funding? Breakdown Individual 3,508,230 22% SF Parks Alliance leveraged Corporate and 6,606,999 41% public and private support from Foundation Giving the generosity of our diverse funding Government Grants** 6,002,806 37% sources to execute our mission. Total $16,118,036 100%

* Tennis Center, Let’sPlaySF!, Dogpatch Arts Plaza, 22+4137C Eagle Plaza Conservatory of Flowers ** Includes a loan from the Payroll Protection Plan Due to the COVID-19 Shelter in Place Total Revenue 2,356,309 county ordinance, the Conservatory’s budget experienced an unprecedented Program Expense 3,593,761 decrease in ticket sales and event Net Deficit -1,237,452 These are unaudited financials. revenue during fiscal year 2020. For audited financials and other financial reports, visit sfparksalliance.org.

SUTRO FOREST [PAGE 28]: Hao Wang Be part of the community that loves this city as much as you do!

Join as a SF Parks Alliance member to receive access to special benefits, including discounts at local retailers, tickets to the Conservatory of Flowers, and more! Become a Park Sustainer and celebrate our 50th anniversary with a monthly gift, protecting your parks for the next 50 years.

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MOUNT DAVIDSON [COVER]: Ethan Flaegar | DOLORES PARK BLACK LIVES MATTER: Ben Ng DESIGN: Public