Why does San Francisco have an Open Space Fund? Let's spend it on open space
Only a few of San Francisco's natural areas remain in private hands, but as time passes they become increasingly precious.

Natural areas need management plan
Activists in Albany and Fremont have turned in enough signatures to qualify ballot measures for the November ballot.

San Francisco news briefs
Parking perks for professors, Too much parking elsewhere, Transbay Terminal, Treasure Island wetlands, Treasure Island transportation, Banning disposable food-service-ware waste, Heritage Trees.

Hetch Hetchy - is the reservoir half-emptied or half-full?
Report shows restoration feasible, but opponents desperately spinning it the other way.

Planning for Bolinas Lagoon - does it need a shovel or a life jacket?
It's folly to prepare action plan before setting goals.

One more sensitive Arctic area threatened by Bush administration
Teshekpuk Lake an internationally significant wildlife spot.

Richmond General Plan will determine future of shoreline
The Oakland City Council is moving closer to a fateful decision.

Help keep a container port off Richmond's marshes
Extensive marshes line Richmond's northern shore around the mouth of Wildcat Creek.

Help Berkeley save centuries-old oak trees
UC Berkeley plans to clear-cut a grove of coast live oaks, some centuries old, nestled just west of California Memorial Stadium.

Will governor sign vehicle-fee bill?
The Sierra Club is worried that the governor may veto AB 2444.

Oakland urban-environment news briefs
Oak-to-Ninth Project, Temescal neighborhood, Opening Golden Gate park to pedestrians,

Opening Golden Gate park to pedestrians
In July, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the Supervisors' proposed ordinance to open John F. Kennedy Drive (JFK) in Golden Gate Park to pedestrians.

 

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