Our Burlingame Shoreline Park petition signature gathering got a big boost this month with the help of Verona Teo, Mia Jerphagnon, and Jackson Boro. These three summer interns have been instrumental in our community outreach efforts to send a strong message to Governor Newsom, the Burlingame City Council, and the State Lands Commission that a...
Speak up to preserve this unique publicly owned 9-acre bayfront site as a nature park that would improve public access to the Bay, restore wildlife habitat, and create a more flood resilient shoreline. The State Lands Commission will decide between a nature park for the public or a hotel. There are already 14 hotels nearby...
The phone call came from a resident of Half Moon Bay with one magical word: monarchs. Monarch butterflies in flight at the Sweetwood Group Camp, adjacent to the Dunes Beach parcel where we have marshalled community support against a proposed hotel and luxury RV park. Monarch butterflies have been in the news recently as their...
As the Half Moon Bay City Council gathered for its first meeting of 2019, council chambers began to fill… and kept filling. Residents opposing Dunes Beach arrived by the dozen, many carrying homemade signs featuring the snowy plover. The spherical bird has been an emblem for the campaign against hotel and RV park development adjacent...
At the recent State Lands Commission (SLC) meeting, Committee for Green Foothills and other environmental groups made the case for open space in the face of sea level rise on the San Francisco Bay, particularly along the Burlingame Baylands, where requests for proposals have attracted the interest of several hotel developers as well as environmental...
We often take coastal views for granted until it’s too late. Now, a proposed 200-unit luxury hotel/conference center and a high-end 170-space RV Park are threatening one of the remaining coastal views in Half Moon Bay. In Half Moon Bay, drivers already experience significant delays on Highway 1, especially on weekends. Traffic would be exacerbated...
Dunes Beach is at risk of development! This 50-acre open space parcel along the Half Moon Bay Coastal Trail allows for ocean views from Highway 1, prime agriculture land, equestrian uses, and animal habitat. The proposed 200-room hotel and 170-site luxury RV park at Dunes Beach will: Exacerbate traffic problems on Highway 1 Cause the...
Join us on October 18th for a complimentary bus ride to Sacramento to speak up for Bayfront open space and habitat restoration! Details: This State Lands Commission hearing will decide the implementation of the Public Trust DoctrineThe public’s right to use California’s waterways is protected by the common law doctrine of the Public Trust. Today...
On August 8, the East Palo Alto City Council voted to adopt stronger requirements for parkland dedication in the Development Code. We’re glad that residents of East Palo Alto will benefit from the stronger communities and improved physical and mental health that access to parks brings! East Palo Alto has suffered from a lack of...
As Stanford requests a substantial expansion of its academic development, activists and students are sharing their concerns about inadequate housing and the worsening of traffic and sprawl. On the other side of El Camino Real, however, Palo Alto just took a small but significant step to reigning in the explosive office development that has produced...
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