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Land use and the Bay Chapter - Part I
A large portion of the Bay Chapter's work, and the work of the whole Sierra Club, concerns protecting land.
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Possible futures for San Francisco's southeast shoreline
The Lennar Corporation's proposed redevelopment of Hunters Point/Candlestick Point, as it is currently envisioned, would transfer existing city and state
park land to developers to build mostly market-rate housing along the waterfront.
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Strybing Arboretum - free and open to all
With the help of the Sierra Club, access to San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum will continue to be free, with no fees, no identification checks, and no gates, at
least for this year and hopefully forever.
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Presidio watch
More than 50% of Presidio traffic consists of drivers cutting through without any destination in the park.
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A neighborhood defends its turf - literally
How a park controversy has brought the Potrero Hill neighborhood together with the Sierra Club.
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Redeveloping Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands - can 10,000 cars be called sustainable?
The redevelopment of Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands can be a model of sustainable development, or it can have lots of parking - but not both.
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Park District plan could deal well with both vegetation and fire
With a few significant but straightforward changes, the East Bay Regional Park District's new draft East Bay Hills Wildfire Hazard Reduction And
Resource Management Plan could set a healthy course for the next 50 - 100 years...
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Emeryville Crescent trail would crush wildlife
For the fourth time, the city of Emeryville is trying to route a bicycle and pedestrian trail along the Emeryville Crescent.
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Union City hill lands may go on ballot
Should 71 acres of prime agricultural land along a scenic one-mile stretch of Mission Boulevard be developed into 1,570 high-density housing units and 100,000
square-feet of commercial space?
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Antioch's transit-village vision at risk
Will CCTA and BART derail Antioch's plan to build a transit village around a future eBART station?
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Residents appeal Rancho Laguna creek and ridgeline development in Moraga
In the latest of Moraga's ongoing threats to open space, the Planning Commission recently approved the 27-home Rancho Laguna development.
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Pittsburg hills update
On July 8 the Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission voted 4 - 3 to expand the Spheres of Influence of the city of Pittsburg, Delta Diablo Sanitary
District, and Contra Costa Water District to be coterminous with the Urban Limit Line.
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Marin Sierra Club works for strong coastal policies
The Sierra Club Marin Group continues to advocate for strong conservation policies in Marin County's revised Local Coastal Program, along with Community
Marin, an organization of major environmental groups.
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Richmond Plan update needs to protect shoreline
As Richmond completes the updating of its General Plan, the Sierra Club is pleased with many elements of the plan, in particular its call for mixed-use
redevelopment of the city's urban core.
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Club praises Coastal Commission appointees
On Aug. 21 Assembly Speaker Karen Bass made two strong appointments to the state Coastal Commission.
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Fighting impacts of off-road recreation on communities and health
The dust that binds
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Should Walnut Creek renew telecom leases for peak of Lime Ridge?
Walnut Creek is considering a proposal to grant a new lease to Nextel to expand communications facilities on the peak of Lime Ridge, in the heart of the city's
Lime Ridge Open Space.
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