By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocacy Director and Dan Ponti, President of Redwood City Neighbors United This article originally appeared as an op-ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 11/13/17. In July of this year, the Redwood City Council overruled its own Planning Commission and voted to initiate proceedings to amend the General Plan for...
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Helen’s LTE on Offshore Oil Drilling
Editor, Thank you for the recent op-ed, “Expanded offshore drilling terrible for state,” from Supervisors Don Horsley and David Canepa (in the Jan. 24 edition of the Daily Journal) on the county ban on all offshore oil and gas drilling, fracking and other well stimulation in federal and state waters off of San Mateo County...
Big Wave Project Approved
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...
In the News: Protecting Hills & Creeks in Redwood City
Our Legislative Advocate Alice Kaufman was in the news again this week. This time she was in Redwood City advocating that city planning commissioners protect the hillsides. She also spoke up for creeks when a commissioner proposed that property lots near creeks (which in many cases are on flat land but designated “hillside” due to...
CGF in the news: Speaking Up in Foster City
Committee for Green Foothills was mentioned in yesterday’s article Sixth attempt at Foster City marina quashed (2/25/15) as one of the many environmental groups taking a stand against a proposal to develop the bayfront in Foster City. There are many environmental issues with the proposed project. Sea level rise alone makes it pretty absurd. Kudos to city...