Besig v. Friend

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Ernest Besig, Preston Cook, and Lidia La Garda residents of the City and County of San Francisco, brought this suit against the St. Francis Yacht Club and various other clubs leasing property from the City and County of San Francisco, claiming that they had been denied access to “public park property.” 1 The suit was filed in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as plaintiffs assert that defendants acted under color of state law to deprive them of their constitutional rights. They argue that conditioning access to public park…