From Peninsula News of PLA
This pocket park — once called Canon Park – has a bit of history and controversy. Here is some background:
- Peninsula Community Planning Board: Cañon Street Pocket Park Controversy Continues – 2015
- Peninsula Community Planners: City Puts the Kibosh on Cañon Pocket Park – 2015
- City Council Votes to Finance Point Loma Pocket Park
- What will the park be called?
- Peninsula Planners: Tiny Cañon Street Pocket Park to Come In Near $3 Million – 3 and Half Times Original Budget – July 2022
- Questions Raised about the Cañon Street Pocket Park: Way Over Budget and Not Even Built Yet – August 2022
A colossal waste of taxpayer money.
Will OddTodd be christening this “pocket park” in yet another photo op?
I have been jogging and cycling through this site for over 30 years. It is a pleasant (and safe) link between residential Roseville to the trail and sidewalk parallel to Canon St.
In my opinion it is 95% a proper park as is. Add some lighting, a few benches, trim some of the existing vegetation and print up a sign. The amount the city is budgeting to make it a “park” is outrageous. I wish they would shift those funds over to repaving Bacon St!