SF Supervisors Narrowly Vote to turn over Sharp Park Golf Course to golf-hostile NPS

In a close vote with potentially disastrous consequences for affordable public golf, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 on December 6  to order the Rec & Park Department to work with the National Park Service toward turning over to the NPS the 400-acre Sharp Park property, including its 80 year old Alister MacKenzie-designed golf course. This would effectively mean the end of the golf course, because the NPS issued a statement on September 21 that it will not operate or manage any property at Sharp Park with a golf course on it.   The Supervisors adopted the controversial ordinance on "first reading" December 6; the matter will return to the Board for final "second reading" December 13. After that, the ordinance will pass into law unless Mayor Ed Lee vetoes it within 10 days.  If golfers want to preserve Sharp Park Golf Course,  they must immediately email and call San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, requesting a veto of  the Avalos anti-golf Ordinance, which passed narrowly on December 6 at the Board of Supervisors.   You can send an email to Mayor Lee by clicking here. Please send thank you emails to the Supervisors who voted to keep the golf course: their contact information can be found by clicking here.    Thank you for your support!  Save Sharp Park! Donations are greatly appreciated. To donate, please visit our website: Donations Page

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