This article is part of I Love San Francisco, a feature series of essays that highlight what makes San Francisco iconic and irreplaceable. Last summer alone, skaters launched themselves off a floating barge in McCovey Cove (because land-based tricks are so last decade), a free concert turned China Basin Park into an unofficial outdoor club, and kayakers in Giants gear bobbed along the water, proving that the best baseball seats are technically free if you own a paddle. Mission Bay is my favorite part of San Francisco, but let’s be real: It’s also a rental Hunger Games.