Great news for wildlife in Menlo Park! The Menlo Park City Council voted to ban the use of drones in Bedwell Bayfront Park due to the impacts on wildlife, hazards to planes, and inconsistency with the park’s Master Plan. Committee for Green Foothills and other groups have been advocating with Menlo Park to ban drones and...
After many years of advocacy, this week the San Jose City Council approved new policy and code amendments that will provide greater protection to creeks and riparian corridors, and also voted to study a city-wide bird-safe design program. The 1999 Riparian Corridor Policy Study, which established a 100-foot setback from riparian corridors as the general...
By: Ron Erskine, Board President You have surely driven past the site of this year’s Nature’s Inspiration celebration many times, yet you may not know it is there. Just outside your car window on I-280 north of Woodside, Runnymede Sculpture Farm is home to a 120-acre open air sculpture museum. Nestled quietly in the oaks...
On Tuesday, August 23, the Menlo Park City Council will consider a ban on drones in Bedwell Bayfront Park. Drone flights in this park pose a hazard to birds at the adjacent Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge, as well as to planes flying overhead to San Carlos and Palo Alto Airports. Please join me in urging...
On Tuesday afternoon I sent an e-mail to Morgan Hill residents asking them to join me in requesting City Council remove their plans for the Southeast Quadrant (SEQ) from the draft 2035 General Plan and to work with the community to come up with a better plan. Within 24 hours, over 35 people responded to our...
This Wednesday, July 27, the Morgan Hill City Council will vote to approve the Morgan Hill 2035 General Plan which includes 400 acres of Southeast Quadrant (SEQ) development plans and two new potential school sites. All this after public outcry to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to deny their proposal for sprawl into the...
by Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate In a time when our region is worrying about protecting homes and businesses from rising seas, one would think that cities would not want to add to the amount of development in the path of sea level rise. But in Redwood City, the Inner Harbor Specific Plan would change the...
By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate In June, voters in all nine Bay Area counties will vote on the Clean and Healthy Bay ballot measure, which would authorize a $12 parcel tax to restore and protect the Bay. Committee for Green Foothills has endorsed this ballot measure, and we hope all our supporters will encourage everyone...
You are leaving the Green Foothills website to go to our Protect Coyote Valley website.
