SAN FRANCISCO PARKS RANK HIGH AMONG CITIES, BUT EQUITY NEEDS WORK

Every year, the national nonprofit Trust for Public Land evaluates the public park systems of the 100 most populous U.S. cities. Its annual ParkScore report was released Wednesday, and San Francisco ranked seventh out of the pack. The city earned high points for having parks close to every household, but it earned low points for inequitable distribution of park size. The city's Recreation and Park Department hopes to better the city's equity score with its new India Basin Waterfront Park.

San Francisco's total ParkScore was 76.5 out of 100 points, based on five main criteria -- investment, access, acreage, amenities and equity.  It is second in the nation for investment in parks, spending $546 per resident on parks. That's far above the national average of $124.

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