Our Work
San Francisco Parks Alliance partners with communities and public agencies to create, sustain, and improve parks and public spaces that welcome and belong to everyone.
Our work across San Francisco’s many parks and public spaces is vast and varied, but can best be broken out into four categories:
- Initiatives & Projects
- Programming & Events
- Community Building
- Advocacy Efforts
Learn more about our work within each of these categories below, and discover how our efforts are shaping the future of San Francisco’s diverse parks and public spaces.
Initiatives & Projects
SF Parks Alliance partners with neighbors, community partners, and public agencies to make permanent improvements across every corner of San Francisco. Our staff works hard to ensure that each of these projects is shaped by extensive community engagement and sustained through long-term maintenance plans.
SPOTLIGHT
India Basin Waterfront Park
San Francisco’s newest waterfront park, India Basin Waterfront Park, is one of the most significant park projects in San Francisco history. Once complete, it will combine the renovated India Basin Shoreline Park and the 900 Innes property into one grand 10-acre waterfront park, complete with a new playground, amphitheater, and more.
Let’sPlaySF!
Let’sPlaySF! is a partnership between the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department and SF Parks Alliance to transform 13 of San Francisco’s most timeworn playgrounds into dynamic hubs for creativity and family life. Public funds, combined with contributions from generous donors, will ensure that this initiative transforms all 13 playgrounds by the end of 2024.
Slow Streets, Fast Friends Murals
We’re installing ground murals on Slow Streets across the city to connect people with their neighbors and their public spaces.
Programming & Events
Our goal is to activate San Francisco parks and encourage people to get out and explore them. Over the years, we’ve found that one of the best ways to achieve this goal is through event programming. Check out some of our events, which take place all across the city!
SPOTLIGHT
Sundown Cinema
Sundown Cinema is a free outdoor movie series that visits parks around the city. Keep an eye out for the 2024 schedule!
The Park Market at Crane Cove
The Park Market is a recurring market that features local makers, food and drinks, activities, and musicians, all nestled in Dogpatch’s waterfront park, Crane Cove.
Party for the Parks
Each year, SF Parks Alliance hosts a gala like no other. Complete with a cocktail reception, buffet dinner, and live auction, Party for the Parks raises critical funds for important civic projects. The party is held in a different location each fall, join our newsletter to be first to know where and when tickets go on sale!
Community Partners
SF Parks Alliance fiscally sponsors over 85 community partners across San Francisco, allowing these groups to focus on their mission work. From tiled staircases to playground renovations to fundraising efforts, the work of our partners is diverse but united by a commitment to improving our city. Find a community partner near you to get involved, meet your neighbors, and make a tangible difference in your neighborhood!
SPOTLIGHT
Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza
This group aims to reimagine Harvey Milk Plaza as a welcoming, vibrant public space that honors Harvey’s life and legacy, celebrates his enduring importance to the LGBTQ+ community, and acts as a beacon of hope to marginalized communities worldwide.
Sutro Stewards
Sutro Stewards works to conserve and expand the wildlife habitat and trail system on Mount Sutro, allowing the community to enjoy the incredible biodiversity, vistas and peace that Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve has to offer.
SF Porchfest
SF Porchfest hosts events that reflect the creativity and diversity of San Francisco through afternoons of music on the porches, backyards, and stoops of the Mission District.
Advocacy
Through taking stances on local policies and supporting local community-based efforts, our advocacy work strives to ensure that every park and public space in San Francisco is welcoming and vibrant, strengthens community connections, and belongs to everyone.
SPOTLIGHT
JFK Promenade
SF Parks Alliance supports a car-free JFK Promenade. SF Parks Alliance is committed to expanding the public realm and ensuring that San Francisco’s parks and public spaces welcome and belong […]
The People’s Slow Streets
SF Parks Alliance supports a permanent and expanded citywide network of Slow Streets. In the early days of the pandemic, San Franciscans needed more space for safe recreation. Sandbags and […]