Category: Action Alert

Protect Nature at Bedwell Bayfront Park
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Protect Nature at Bedwell Bayfront Park

Please join me in asking Menlo Park’s Parks and Recreation Commissioners to recommend to the city council the banning of drones and remote-controlled aircraft at Bedwell Bayfront Park. What You Can Do  1.Email Parks and Recreation Commissioners by Wed. evening (emails and sample text below) 2. Join me at the Parks and Rec Commission meeting Wednesday, Sept....

Speak up for Martin’s Beach 7/20
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Speak up for Martin’s Beach 7/20

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...

Action Alert: Speak up for San Jose Creeks
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Action Alert: Speak up for San Jose Creeks

Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23, San Jose city councilmembers will vote to determine which issues to prioritize over the coming year. Please join me and urge them to vote for the riparian corridor ordinance. What You Can Do Email city councilmembers Sample email: Dear Mayor Liccardo and City Councilmembers, Please vote for the riparian corridor ordinance...

Urge Caltrans to Stop Broadcast Spraying
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Urge Caltrans to Stop Broadcast Spraying

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...

Cargill update: thank you Bay Area Members of Congress!
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Cargill update: thank you Bay Area Members of Congress!

Have you heard the latest on the Redwood City salt ponds? After Cargill and developer DMB Associates spent years lobbying the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA has stepped up and will take over the jurisdictional determination of the site. This is good news and our local representatives played...

Speak Up 4 Native Habitat in Cupertino
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Speak Up 4 Native Habitat in Cupertino

Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3, Cupertino City Councilmembers will vote to decide which of three proposed alternatives to pursue with regard to the Stevens Creek Corridor Master Plan. Please tell the City Council to protect the existing nature preserve and habitat by approving Alternative C with the environmental groups’ modifications (“Modified Alternative C”). What You Can...

Tell Cupertino to Protect Native Habitat
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Tell Cupertino to Protect Native Habitat

Action Alert! On Tuesday, December 16, Cupertino City Councilmembers will hold a study session to discuss three options for increased use and development in the Stevens Creek corridor area. Please join me and tell the City Council to reject the three proposed alternatives, since all would have significant impacts on valuable habitat and the McClellan...

Good news for Santa Clara Parks
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Good news for Santa Clara Parks

On Monday (10/27/14) I sent an email asking residents in the City of Santa Clara to speak up and urge the city not to reconsider its development impact fee to fund city parks. A huge thank you to everyone who contacted the Santa Clara City Council. I’m please to have good news to share! At...

Tell Santa Clara to uphold parks funding
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Tell Santa Clara to uphold parks funding

Tomorrow, Tuesday October 28, the Santa Clara City Council may vote on a motion to reconsider its recent decision regarding the city’s new parks funding ordinance. Please tell the City Council NOT to reconsider its vote, and to keep the parks funding ordinance at 100% of cost recovery. What You Can Do 1. Come to...

We’re on Change.org!
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We’re on Change.org!

Committee for Green Foothills is a champion of Measure Q to protect local open space for future generations. Our petition on Change.org is just one of the many ways we are working to get our the vote for this crucial ballot measure. It’s pretty exciting. And, we just hit 1,500 signatures! Can you help us...

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