The Free Farm Stand and its supporters won.
The stand will continue to give away free food to the community on Sundays from noon to 3:30 p.m. in Parque Niños Unidos. At the same time, it will coordinate with the Department of Public Health to obtain a health permit, Connie Chan, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, wrote in an e-mail.
Rec and Park has issued a temporary permit for the stand to operate for the next six months. After that, it will re-evaluate the permit based on community feedback.
The turnabout came after Rec and Park officials informed the Free Food Stand last month that it would have to leave the park at 23rd and Treat Avenue by mid-October.
The department reported receiving four official complaints regarding the food give-away, one by phone and three by e-mail.
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