There is not enough park land allotted for downtown residents.

The amount of useable park land specified in the Plan does not meet San Diego's standards or needs. 

• The existing General Plan standards include a range of 2.8 to 4.0 acres of park land per 1000 residents for neighborhood and community parks.
  
• The City Planning and Development Services Departments consistently use the low end figure, and sometimes reduce it further to 2.4 acres.  Do they have the legal authority to do so?
  
  
• The Park and Recreation Department states they would need 249.5 acres for the proposed population of 89,100, using current standards.
  
  
• The Downtown Plan proposes a total of 130.8 acres of park land, which includes many sites that do not meet the city's definition of useable park land.

• Park and Recreation's figures show only 76.88 acres of the proposed land is usable park land. 
  THIS IS A SHORTFALL OF 172.62 ACRES!