League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Francisco County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Proposition I Renovation of Playgrounds, Walking Trails, and Athletic Fields City of San Francisco Majority Approval Required Pass: 120,884 / 55.21% Yes votes ...... 98,057 / 44.79% No votes See Also: Index of all Propositions

Arguments For Proposition I	Arguments Against Proposition I
Yes on I + Expand Recreation in City Parks Proposition I will get more people into San Francisco parks to play, walk and exercise. Please join me in votingYes on I. During the past 15 years, San Francisco has recreated our park system. As a City, we have invested in new playgrounds and recreation centers. We have rebuilt playgrounds, created skate parks, added dog play areas, repaired recreation centers, renovated sports fields and reopened park bathrooms.These efforts have been tremendously successful and, today, more than 400,000 people visit our parks each week + more than any time in our city's history. Still, some of San Francisco's most popular park facilities remain out-of-date, unsafe and under used. Our older playgrounds sit empty and idle while our new playgrounds are bustling with children. We don't have enough sports fields for everyone who wants to play and children are turned away. Many of our walking trails remain hidden beneath overgrowth and inaccessible to the public. We can do better. Proposition I is a simple solution to restore, improve and expand play in our parks. Proposition I ensures that playground, athletic field and walking trail renovations will proceed if an environmental impact report documents that the project will double the public's use of that facility.This mea- sure will get more San Franciscans into our park to recreate, relax and unwind. Prop I will not cost the city a dime and does not limit one's ability to question, appeal or offer improvements to proposed projects.The measure just prevents new laws from being passed that would stop the renovation of certain playgrounds, athletic fields and walking trails after they have been approved. Proposition I is smart planning for our city's health and future.	VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION I At first glance, "I" appears to be nothing more than a thinly disguised "poison pill" designed to confuse voters and defeat Proposition "H." BUT WHAT DOES "I" REALLY DO? "I" states that it "authorizes renovation" of parks. But the San Francisco Charter already grants broad powers to the Recreation and Park Commission to approve projects.These extensive powers are subject to a limited set of checks and balances, one of which is the ballot initiative process. However, "I" implements a procedural trigger -- if the Recreation and Park Department forecasts that a project would double the usage of fields, trails, or play- grounds, and if that estimate is cited in a Certified EIR, then the "... the City shall allow ..." the renovations. In a legal context, the word "shall" generally means a compulsion to perform an act.