Save The Bay Blog

When I came to Save The Bay in 2007, I spent some time getting up to speed on SF Bay history. I was born in San Francisco in 1965, and graduated from San Francisco’s Hastings Law School about 30 years later. Yet it was news to me that back in the 1960s, a salt company [...]

What would you do if your most cherished childhood place was at risk of being destroyed forever by a multi-billion dollar company?  Would you stand up to those high-powered execs and their slick PR flacks or would you shy away from a fight? If you were Gail Raabe or her husband Matt Leddy you would [...]

In today’s Weekly Roundup, Cargill/DMB seek to avoid federal environmental protections after facing widespread opposition and rejection of their development plan by Redwood City.  Cargill/DMB are “just not listening or not liking the answers.” In other news, a recent study shows that wildlife refuges raise nearby property values. Plus, do you want to use less plastic? Beth [...]

We have reached a huge milestone today in our campaign to stop Cargill’s development in Redwood City. Cargill/DMB’s enormously controversial and misguided plan to build thousands of houses in San Francisco Bay is dead! Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that the Redwood City City Council will consider a recommendation to terminate Cargill/DMB’s massive bay fill development, [...]

We are excited to introduce a new feature — Weekly Roundup — where we will post news stories from the week related to Save The Bay’s work. We’ll continue to post breaking news on Facebook and Twitter, so connect with us to stay informed. And come back here every Friday to peruse the week’s news [...]