S.F. supes committee votes to take down Golden Gate Park Ferris wheel in a year FacebookTwitterEmail Backers of keeping the Ferris wheel longer say the city needs family-friendly recreation. Opponents worry about the impact on birds and wildlife.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2020 Whether the much-loved and much-hated SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park will keep turning for one year or for four years was to be determined by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday meeting. By a 3-0 vote, the board’s Rules Committee on Monday referred the big wheel’s fate to the full 11-member board, thereby undercutting earlier recommendations of the Recreation and Park Commission that the 150-foot lighted amusement in the Music Concourse be extended for four years in the interest of economic recovery from the pandemic.