There's a recently created Facebook group for Friends of Dolores Park who are responsible for handing out trash bags the last couple of weekends at the park, as well as advocating for an increase in the number of trashcans and port potties provided by Phil Ginsburg, the General Manager at Rec and Park.

The group recently posted this template for an email to Ginsburg, in hopes of pressuring Rec and Park to improve services for the park:

"Hi everyone, we need your help, and it only takes 10 seconds to do it!

Please email Adrian Field of SF Recs and Park asking to provide more trash cans and toilets for park goers in Dolores Park. We've already written the email for you, just copy and paste! How easy is that?? Most importantly, get your friends to send this too!!

To: [email protected], [email protected]

Subject: Request for adequate Dolores Park Toilets and Trash

Hello Adrian Field and Phil Ginsburg,

On average, Dolores Park sees 5000 - 10000 people on a given weekend, and the Recs and Park department of San Francisco needs to add additional toilet and trash facilities to support this many people. Ten toilets and 15 garbage cans are simply not enough, and it's become an obvious problem. I urge you the Recs and Park Department of San Francisco to:

Provide at minimum 30 toilet facilities for Dolores Park on weekends At minimum, double the amount of trash cans on the weekends and make them more available to park goers.

These additional resources will help alleviate problems that have arisen in Dolores Park such as littering and public urination. As we saw this past weekend, when the Friends of Dolores Park community group provided free trash bags for park goers, virtually all of the trash was cleaned up and packed out. The city needs to make these changes to provide an enjoyable, safe, and healthy experience for the thousands of people that visit the park each weekend.

Thank you,

Concerned citizen who enjoys going to Dolores Park"