Sunset Boulevard Greenbelt Heads Off Drinking Water With $1M State Grant
Mayor's Press Conference • San FranciscoSeptember 30, 2026
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San Francisco is moving to stop watering roughly 60 acres of Sunset Boulevard's medians and roadside green space with drinking water. At a Sept. 30, 2026, press conference, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor, District 4 Alan Wong, State Senator Scott Wiener and Public Works Director Carla Short celebrated a newly signed resolution that lets the city accept up to $1M in state funds to switch the greenbelt to recycled water. The money is approved, but the shovels aren't scheduled yet.
- $1M state grant will convert Sunset Boulevard irrigation from drinking water to recycled water
- Project expected to save about 40 million gallons of drinking water a year
- Resolution approved and signed, and it now heads to the State Water Resources Control Board
- No construction date yet, and Public Works says one is coming "shortly"
- Officials frame the westside project as drought prep and neighborhood-level climate action
The basics: The Sunset Boulevard greenbelt runs between Golden Gate Park and Lake Merced. It covers about 60 acres of landscaped medians and roadside green space, and it has long been irrigated with potable (drinking) water.
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