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Mayor urges continued talks on Golden Gate Park Saturday park road closure

By Pat Murphy

July 18, 2006

Mayor Newsom yesterday urged continued dialogue with proponents for closing sections of John F. Kennedy Drive in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to vehicle traffic on Saturdays.

Proponents met Sunday to consider their next course of action following mayoral veto of Kennedy Drive closure legislation passed by the Board of Supervisors.

Consideration included an altered plan keeping car access open to the Conservatory of Flowers which Newsom prefers, and possibility of a ballot measure.

"We're hoping to avoid putting it on the ballot," Newsom told the Sentinel.

"I think it would be a big mistake to put it on the ballot. I think it would be premature.

"I think for the Park advocates if they put it on and it doesn't succeed it pushes their agenda back substantially.

"I just think everybody of good will should come together patiently to try to forge some consensus. Look at some alternative closures. Look at the study we're currently conducting."

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