SF Rec and Parks Chief Phil Ginsburg Stepping Down After 16 Years

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/22/sf-rec-and-parks-chief-phil-ginsburg-stepping-down-after-16-years/The head of the SF Rec and Park Department Phil Ginsburg announced his departure Monday, amid controversies over the car-free Great Highway and the finances of the SF Park Alliance, though it appears he just got a better-paying job. At about 11 am Monday morning, the SF Rec and Park Department sent out a very newsworthy email. But the subject line of the email didn’t sound very newsworthy at all, it just said “Rec and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg Named President of the Resources Legacy Fund,” a reference to Rec and Park general manager Phil Ginsburg.  But the bomb was buried in the second sentence of the email, which said that “Ginsburg will leave the