Committee for Green Foothills and our Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts were in the news this weekend. This time the topic was our work, along with other community members and environmentalists, to urge Caltrans to stop broadcast spraying herbicides along San Mateo County highways. The article also explains Caltrans’ response and decision to try a pilot...
Please join me at a public workshop on restoring access at Martin’s Beach next Monday, July 20, hosted by our friends at the Surfrider Foundation. This meeting will help inform the State Lands Commission’s negotiations with property owner Vinod Khosla, as they work to restore long-term public access to this popular beach. What You Can...
Our very own legislative advocate Lennie Roberts, along with Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society’s environmental advocate Shani Kleinhaus, recently wrote a guest opinion article for the Palo Alto Weekly. Their article, Keeping Searsville Dam in place is a good solution: Cautious path forward provides opportunity to assess impact, risks (5/29/15), looks at the recently decision...
After years of appeals, meetings, research, and advocacy by Committee for Green Foothills and others, the final Big Wave project was approved by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. While we do not believe a development of this size is appropriate for this area, the final project is a...
Jerry Hearn has been a member, volunteer, supporter, and friend of Committee for Green Foothills for over 20 years. In addition, Jerry was a founder of the San Francisquito Creek Watershed Council, a founder and board member of the environmental nonprofit Acterra, and has been a teacher, mentor, community leader, and advocate for as long...
On April 4, 2015, several Committee for Green Foothills board and staff members, along with Ollie Mayer’s family, the San Mateo County Parks Department, the California Coastal Conservancy, Caltrans, San Mateo County Supervisors Carole Groom, Don Horsley, and Dave Pine, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, and many other local leaders, came together at Devil’s Slide to pay...
Just last week our Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts shared an action alert, asking people to urge Caltrans to stop broadcast spraying herbicides along state highways in San Mateo County. Her letter to Caltrans was quoted in the article Opposition grows to herbicide spraying (4/2/15) by Barbara Wood in the Almanac. The article explained how we called on Caltrans to...
Last week I sent a letter to Caltrans District 4 urging the agency to stop broadcast spraying herbicides along state highways in San Mateo County to control weeds. San Mateo County’s natural habitats are home to over 40 endangered or threatened species, or species of special concern. We must protect them. Please join me and...
Advocate Lennie Roberts is currently entrenched in the City of Half Moon Bay’s Local Coastal Program and general plan update process. She is speaking up to ensure the plans protect the city’s endangered species, fertile farms, coastal bluffs and beaches. Recently, thanks to Lennie’s efforts and the outpouring of public comment, the city council directed...
With only 14 hours left until the clock strikes midnight, I hope you will join me and finish 2014 off right. Sign up to make a recurring gift to Committee for Green Foothills today. I’ve been a Legislative Advocate with Committee for Green Foothills for more years than I’d want to count! I’ve had my share...
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