Synthetic turf

She criticized the new Crown Heights Community Center's plastic turf, saying the city should follow the same landscaping rules it imposes on developers.

Speaking for the Sierra Club, she opposed plastic turf as toxic, hot, non-recyclable and in conflict with the city's climate and zero-waste plans.

A Safe Healthy Playing Fields board member supported youth sports but called the turf study a thinly veiled push for plastic turf and cited the city's own environmental commitments.

Cited the Coastal Commission's plastic pollution policy and warned against synthetic turf at Crown Heights, citing microplastics, runoff, and health risks.