Levka"Opposition is heating up in southern San Francisco over a plan to turn an open meadow at Crocker Amazon Playground into part of a youth baseball and softball complex, with critics warning it would reduce shared green space and reshape how the park is used.
Supervisor Chyanne Chen is now pushing for more community input before the $50 million proposal moves forward.
In a social media post this week, Chen said she had the backing of Mayor Daniel Lurie to revisit the project, funded jointly by the San Francisco Giants Community Fund and the city’s Recreation and Parks Department.
'We know that the renovation project will transform Crocker into even more of a citywide asset than it is today, but that can’t come at the expense of the needs of our neighborhood park users,' Chen said in a statement to the Chronicle. 'As currently designed, the renovation plan would convert a shared, multi-generational and multi-ethnic public space into a specialized fenced-in facility serving a specific user group.'"