On September 4, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) and Green Foothills celebrated the dedication of the future Lennie Roberts Trail in Midpen’s Miramontes Ridge Open Space Preserve outside Half Moon Bay. The event honored Green Foothills advocate Lennie Roberts’ 55+ years of advocacy for local nature and farmland. The recognition could not be...
Earlier this summer, in an unprecedented rollback to California’s fundamental environmental and community protections, the California legislature passed a deeply unpopular, flawed bill called SB 131. At the time, progressive leadership promised to clean up some of SB 131’s most damaging provisions. Now we must hold them to those promises and demand the legislature pass...
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Green Foothills 2025 Photo Contest! Many outstanding entries were submitted this year and it was, as usual, difficult for the judges to choose. Congratulations to Amanda Newlove, Leslie Cavaliere, and Janet Rae-Dupree – this year’s winners! Thank you to everyone who entered the contest for sharing...
Green Foothills was founded by people who were alarmed by the rapid destruction of nature that occurred in the Bay Area in the 1960s. At the time, there were plans to fill in much of the Bay, run freeways over mountain ranges, and destroy natural areas along the coast to accommodate auto-centric sprawl. While many...
Update: We’re pleased to report that on August 28, the Planning Commission voted 4-3 to deny the appeal of this project. We’d like to thank Commissioners Cohen, Escobar, Hetterly and Levy for their vote to uphold the proper process and deny the appeal. On Thursday, August 28, the Santa Clara County Planning Commission will consider...
Congratulations to the Green Foothills Leadership Program 2025 participants, who graduated on August 10. Each participant in this year’s class of 22 local changemakers used what they learned in the Leadership Program to design a capstone project focused on environmental justice and/or conservation. They worked individually or in small groups, and the projects were presented...
On Tuesday, August 5, there will be a public meeting about the environmental impacts of a proposed new energy facility in south San Jose. The project could be built in one of two places: on an orchard in Coyote Valley, or at an existing PG&E substation. According to the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC)’s environmental...
A massive industrial development has been proposed in the heart of San Bruno Mountain—a regional jewel known for its natural beauty. The area is home to a diverse collection of plants and wildlife, including three federally endangered butterflies. Please use the form below to email the Brisbane City Council and tell them San Bruno Mountain...
We’re excited to report that San Jose has dropped a potential plan that could have greatly increased the amount of development along Monterey Road in Coyote Valley. Development in this area could have severely harmed the entire Coyote Valley landscape, since Coyote Creek, which runs alongside Monterey Road, is the most important wildlife corridor through...
On June 30, through a rushed last-minute process, the California Legislature approved one of the most devastating rollbacks ever of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) – the state’s signature environmental law. Green Foothills is working with a coalition of over 130 nonprofit organizations to urge the Legislature to fix the worst issues with this...
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