“The coast is never saved. It is always being saved.” – Peter Douglas, past Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission WHAT’S HAPPENING? Threats to the California coast are nothing new. For over 40 years, California’s 1976 Coastal Act has held back a steady stream of development threats – successfully preserving sweeping coastlines, protecting sensitive...
I’m a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. I want to thank Committee for Green Foothills for bringing our community together to stop billboards from popping up along highways on San Mateo County land. P.S.S.: Thanks to the Committee for Green Foothills board, all gifts made before May 1 will be doubled...
Dear Friends, As I look back on 2016, I am in awe by all that we have accomplished together. The good work you make possible never ceases to amaze me. Let’s take pause to celebrate the many wins for local open space that you made possible in 2016: Gilroy: Citizen-led Measure H, urban growth boundary...
This November, voters will decide on a large number of ballot measures and propositions. To help you make sense of this crowded ballot, Committee for Green Foothills offers our recommendations for several local ballot measures. Please vote YES on Measure K in San Mateo County, Measure H in Gilroy, Measure I, J, and K in...
by Lennie Roberts, Legislative Advocate “THE COAST IS NEVER SAVED, IT IS ALWAYS BEING SAVED.” – Peter Douglas Former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission, 1942-2012 It seems that every few years it’s necessary to “save” the California coast — over and over again. With astonishing effectiveness, the people of this great state have...
Thanks to all of you who joined me and spoke up for our county parks, highways, and scenic vistas. Thanks to you, San Mateo County Supervisors have received over 200 emails against billboards being considered on county lands along highways 101 and 92. We have also been getting a lot of press coverage on the...
We’re shakin’ things up with a new weekly contest on Facebook! Announcing our new “Where Am I?” game. Every Thursday during lunch we’ll share a photo on Facebook taken of an open space in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties. Participants will be asked to guess where the photo was taken. Whoever gets the closest to guessing the exact location...
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will soon decide whether or not to allow an assessment of county-owned property along highways 101 and 92 to identify potential sites for billboards. Please join us in urging supervisors to stop this before it starts, and reject the proposal to do an assessment. We are no longer asking people...
Please join me in speaking up for public access at Martin’s Beach by this Friday, December 18. On this date the State Lands Commission will be meeting in Sacramento to hear an update on negotiations with Vinod Khosla to reopen access. What You Can Do Email the State Lands Commissioners ([email protected]) include “Item #124 – Martin’s Beach”...
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...
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