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Street Parks Program

 

The Street Parks Program is a partnership involving Public Works, the San Francisco Parks Alliance and the residents of San Francisco, with the common goal of creating community-managed spaces on City-owned land.  The Street Parks program transforms Public Works-owned parcels into green open space, gardens, neighborhood gathering spaces and more.  Since the program’s inception in 2004, more than 100 Street Parks have been developed and more are in progress.

Green Benefit District Formation Process

The Green Benefit District formation process is broken into three phases, which includes Phase 1: District Feasibility, Outreach, and Planning , Phase 2: Legal Review and Legislative Process, and Phase 3: District Establishment.

 

Phase 1: District Feasibility, Outreach, and Planning

  1. Convene Meeting of interested property owners 

  2. Form Steering Committee representative of the neighborhood 

  3. Hold an initial Steering Committee meeting to set vision and elect leadership 

Green Benefit Districts

The Green Benefit District program seeks to improve the quality of the public realm – the City’s streets, sidewalks, parks and open spaces – within residential and mixed-use neighborhoods. 

San Francisco’s first Green Benefit District, the Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District was approved by 76% of property owners in July 2015. 

 

What is a Green Benefit District?

Grants

Our partnerships with community organizations provide job training and workforce development to youth and San Francisco residents while also keeping San Francisco clean, green and beautiful.

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