Daly City Housing Development Plans Squeezing Out Beloved Community Garden
“I would describe the garden, first and foremost as a community space, a green space, just a space that is necessary for mental health – especially for adolescents growing up here,” she said.
By Max Darrow
CBS San Francisco
February 15, 2022
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Daly City’s Serramonte Del Rey neighborhood is about to undergo a major change.
The Jefferson Union High School District is updating outdated facilities and will be replacing them with faculty and staff apartment housing, and will also eventually develop the site into a neighborhood with 6 buildings, including a 14-story building.
“The community meetings that we have had, the people who live right here, are I think, largely in favor of this,” said JUHSD Superintendent Toni Presta.
The site is located at 699 Serramonte Boulevard in Daly City.
But there’s a group of people who are not pleased with the move, as it means a garden that’s been in Daly City for around 20 years will have to go.
“We’ve been calling it Mystic Garden. This is Daly City’s only community garden. It’s been here for more than 20 years,” said Hibba, an advocate for keeping the garden. “It’s a community site, a community space. A green space.”
The garden was originally built to be used as an instructional garden for the school district. However, it has since become more of a community garden.
