Act Now to Stop the Rape of Golden Gate Park!

Rather than wait for Superior Court Judge James Warren to rule on the legality of his garage project, Republican financier and Wells-Fargo heir, Warren Hellman and the Trustees of the Big deYoung Museum began demolishing this historic tunnel on April 22nd - Earth Day.

Hellman promised the Court of Appeals to avoid doing any irreversible damage to the Music Concourse. They illegally fenced off OUR PARK and chain sawed mature Japanese cherry trees that were a gift to San Francisco from Japan. They demolished the 108-year-old northeast pedestrian tunnel in about five days. They didnt even have a legal DPT permit to close the concourse roads on the days they did the most destruction. One was fraudulently issued retroactively.

Now they threaten to destroy the southeastern tunnel beginning Monday, June 14th. The southern perimeter of the Music Concourse, including the southwest and the SouthEast Tunnels, the two closest to the Academy of Sciences, will be completely vulnerable to drilling and demolition activities. The court may not act in time to stop this. But maybe you can.

It is highly likely that only a civil direct action and occupation of the tunnels could stop their destruction in the event the court does not rule in time. There is a real need to build a public presence of concerned citizens in the Park, at the JFK Bridge near 10th Avenue, just inside the northern edge of the Park off of Fulton, beginning Monday at 8 AM.

Warren Hellman and the various City agencies involved, do not want any publicity, but we need to highlight their continued destruction of the Music Concourse, as well as their lack of funds for restoration when they lose in court. How do they plan on undoing the existing damage??

Contact Mayor Newsom at (415) 554-6141, and ask him to protect the Music Concourse while Judge Warren takes the time needed to rule in the matter. Call your Supervisor for the same.

Write: Mayor Gavin Newsom / 1Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102

Request that they stop Hellman's wave of destruction and protect the Commons until the Superior Court rules.

Demand equal access to the Courts. Take Back The Park!

Save Golden Gate Park! P.O. Box 170051 San Francisco, CA 94117 621-3090

* Save Golden Gate Park! is the legal defense committee created to support litigation filed by the Alliance for Golden Gate Park to stop the illegal garage. Our campaign has been endorsed by the San Francisco Green Party and the San Francisco Group of the Sierra Club.