john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away.e 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 the

are watching them go ask the park manor when it was small and before the concert began, remember john mclarenho brought in the sand. fix it up, and land use, today, today ♪ and ♪ if i were a park carpenter, and you did a concert with wavy gravy, would you fix it up anyway? would you fix it up maybe? save my part through everything, save the park through soros, so will you not fix it up, fix it up for tomorrow? ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. [applause] from the carpenters. >> good afternoon, chairman, and supervisors. the carpenters' local 22. our part in this is for economic reasons. all of these events, which are monarch -- one more reason why people from all over the world come from san francisco, are set up and taken down by carpenters. this is our work. this provides thousands of hours in set up and take down for each one of these events. to take this away is to take away jobs from the brothers and sisters of mind right here, right before you. we ask that you keep these jobs in san francisco -- that you keep these events in san francisco, in golden gate park. we think it is a good thing. we