and obviously, golden gate park in john mclaren park. i think that we should maybe have a short discussion, sheer or some other time, to assure the public that those trees that were identified in past programs have been worked on, so that this way it would give us peace of mind so that we do not have another unfortunate lawsuit. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name this [unintelligible] and i would like to urge you to release the community opportunity funds at this point. our organization, as well as different fund best groups out there have been working in support of the opportunity fund for the last year. the first round was immensely successful. what this grant does is allow people to get excited about their parts, even though they may not have received grant funds through a total renovation funds. communities are coming out of the works. every workshop we have held, community members that have never been a part of the parks system in a formal way are coming out and offering additional money. it is a very e

john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim. it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in parks. we have 317 acres and god knows there's plenty of room for both of us. man and his best friend. early in the morning people before they go to work will walk their dogs or go on a jog themselves with their dogs. joggers love the park, there's 7 miles of hiking trails and there's off trail paths that hikers can take. all the recreational areas are heavily used on weekends. we have th