Keep Crocker Real is holding a protest at Oracle Park. The city and the San Francisco Giants organization are trying to install 20 acres of toxic artificial turf at Amazon Crocker Park. Not only is this a danger to human health, but it requires cutting down 100+ trees and displacing the resident vulnerable wildlife.

Background

Last year, San Francisco Recreation and Parks partnered with the San Francisco Giants on a $45 million plan to renovate Crocker Amazon Park, which they would split 50/50. As Mission Local reported last month, Rec and Parks’ portion would come from the city’s 2020 Health and Recovery bond — once the plan is approved. As the Chronicle reports, the project, which is currently in the environmental review process, still needs approval from the Recreation and Park Commission, followed by the Board of Supervisors. The prospective start date for the project is listed on the project website as 2027/2028 with the launch of the new park scheduled for some point in 2028. According to Tamara Barak Aparton, spokesperson for SF Rec and Park, per KGO, the project would transform the park “into one of the premier baseball and softball complexes in the Bay Area."  (Reference this news article here.)

What you need to do

Please help show Giants execs and city officials that we won’t tolerate this!

Bring your own sign or use ours.

Questions? Visit KeepCrockerReal.com

Relevant references

• Group to Protest Over Plan to Install 20 Acres of Astroturf at Crocker Amazon Park

• It’s a (plastic) turf war at Crocker Amazon, and Chyanne Chen is caught in the middle

• 2020 Health and Recovery Bond | San Francisco Recreation and Parks, CA

• Nature lovers unite to save trees and sod fields in S.F. park: ‘This is the last stand’

• Tell SF Rec and Park and Your Supervisor to Reject Artificial Turf