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Today, San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Department announced that its long-time manager, Phil Ginsburg, will be leaving his role at the end of the year. KALW’s Wren Farrell has more.

Phil Ginsburg started working for the Parks and Rec Department 25 years ago. In 2009, he was appointed as General Manager by then-mayor Gavin Newsom.

Ginsburg is credited with turning San Francisco’s park system into what it is today. During his tenure, San Francisco became the first city in the country where every resident lives within a 10-minute walk of a park or open space.

Over the last year, Ginsburg has faced a number of challenges. SF’s Parks Alliance, a non-profit that he worked with, was recently embroiled in a financial scandal, after misspending millions o

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