Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Improvement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026070922
Public Agency
City and County of San Francisco
Document Title
Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Improvement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/23/2026
Document Description
The Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park Renovation Project (Project) would unify two adjacent public spaces into a single, approximately five-acre park at the foot of Market Street, framed by The Embarcadero, Drumm, Washington, and Market Streets. Situated at the city's waterfront gateway near the Ferry Building, Hyatt Regency, and Embarcadero Center, the site has long served as a central civic
gathering place. The Project would enhance accessibility, safety, and programming while reconnecting
the park to the Bay. The Project would improve the park with a multi-purpose event lawn and performance stage, an enclosed dog play area, outdoor fitness stations, stormwater gardens, expanded seating and picnic areas, interpretive signage, and improved circulation. The existing playground would remain. Landscaping with native and adaptive plantings would strengthen ecological resilience and stormwater management.
Contact Information
Name
Kei Zushi
Agency Name
San Francisco Planning Department
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Eoanna Harrison Goodwin
Agency Name
Recreation and Park Department
Job Title
Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Francisco
Counties
San Francisco
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
The Embarcadero, Drumm, Washington, and Market Streets
Zip
94111
Total Acres
89,118 sq ft
Parcel #
0202/006, 0202/015, 0202/018, 0202/019, 0202/020, 0233/035, and 3714/018
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Classes 1 and 3, Sections 15301 and 15303
Reasons for Exemption
This project in its approved form has been determined to be exempt
from environmental review because it fits the definition of the above-stated classes of categorical exemption. If categorically exempt, the project would not trigger any of the exceptions to the issuance of a categorical exemption.
County Clerk
San Francisco
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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