Late this afternoon, a part of a eucalyptus tree in the Park Presidio greenbelt fell across the 200 block of Funston near Clement.
Reader Ronald H. sent us the above photo that his wife took while picking up their son from nearby Sutro Elementary School.
We haven’t been on scene so we don’t know if there was any damage to parked vehicles on the west side of Funston (but probably likely).
UPDATE: Reader Kira B. tells us that “one car got spared by 2 inches, not a scratch. No houses got hit since those houses are set back from the street. That fence is pretty damaged and the top of the tree came down so don’t know how that car [parked behind the fence] fared.”
That same block of Funston also lost a tree last summer.
Sarah B.
Photo by Jill W.
Photo by Kira B.
Photo by Jill W.
Photo by Kira B.
Photo by Kira B.
For @richmondsfblog a shot of the unfortunate crash of a tree into a car & structure on Funston just north of Clement pic.twitter.com/zr71ZJgbsI
— Megan Prelinger (@MeganPrelinger) March 25, 2015
Who would be responsible for the damages? I just tried to google the subject, but there are way too many different answers out there.
@Jenn – It’s a good question. The park land is maintained by SF Rec & Park so I imagine that ultimately, they would be responsible for any greenery that is on that land. It is federal land technically but the federal government does not maintain it. Car owners and homeowners should also have insurance to cover their damages.
Sarah B.
The park land is “maintained” by SF Rec & Park.
FTFY!
How is it federal land? Park Presidio is a state highway, and my understanding is that the verges themselves are city property.
Our years of insufficient Rec & Park budgets are – literally – impacting us. Some portions of Park Presidio (particulary on the west side) can hardly be called a ‘greenbelt’ any more, there are wide-open views (and noise impacts) from Park Presidio to both Funston and 14th.
Sierrajeff, In order to fund the 1400+ City Hall partnered non-profits using taxpayer money, all City departments servicing infrastructure have had their budgets systematically slashed to the bone for the past 20+ years. That’s why basic street maintenance ended up turning into a $30 Billion Bond issue (debt that will continue to be paid for nearly three times the average lifetime of the actual repairs), and non-tourism destinations in parks are minimally maintained. Take a good look at precisely where regular lawn mowing ends in Golden Gate Park; not too far from the concourse. The greenbelt used to get weekly maintenance many years ago, now we’re fortunate if attention is paid once a month.
Woke up, walked around the block to hop in my truck and run some errands……. And got quite a surprise.
@Alex – Condolences on your poor truck 🙁 That must have been quite a shock.
Sarah B.