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S.F.’s newest — and most controversial — park fina...
Greg Quist

INTEL Museum, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025


Dumb name and dumb idea.


By Sam Whiting, Reporter April 9, 2025 - San Francisco Chronicle


One of the most controversial parks in San Francisco history finally has a name: Sunset Dunes.


The name for the city park that will open along the Upper Great Highway at Ocean Beach on Saturday was selected from among 4,200 entries submitted in a naming contest. That list was reduced to five finalists through an online survey with the winner awarded through a simple up-and-down vote by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission at a meeting Wednesday. Sunset Dunes gathered four votes.


S.F.’s newest — and most controversial — park finally has a name



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