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The Committee is Watching...
Committee for Green Foothills' Legislative Advocates and
volunteers juggle multiple projects to protect the environment in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. In addition to those projects described in this issue's articles, the Committee is watching:
... CalTrans, anticipating
the Record of Decision this fall on the Devil's Slide tunnel.
... Coastal land owners who propose monster homes and overbuilding substandard lots.
... County, State and Federal parklands, where encroachments such as
the recent illegal tree cutting in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area threaten public resources.
... Esther Clark Park in Palo Alto, where the owners of the historic Juana Briones House propose to swap their developed
land for parkland.
 ... Mission College Board of Trustees, whom we've asked to protect the last
few remaining burrowing owls on campus.
... Midcoast review of the Local Coastal Plan in San Mateo County, to ensure coastal protections.
... Pilarcitos Creek, where we're working with the City of Half
Moon Bay to modify a proposed trail and bridges to protect riparian areas.
... Stanford Universityand Santa Clara County, to ensure timely and effective implementation of environmental protections
established by the Stanford Community Plan and General Use Permit.
... Vallemar Bluffsin Moss Beach, where development proposals are threatening open space.
... Water rightsapplications, to ensure that fishery resources are protected.
... Cellular antennaesite proposals, to minimize visual impacts in unincorporated San Mateo County.
Published August 2001 in Green Footnotes.
Page last updated September 3, 2001. |
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