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Save Candlestick Point--Sign a Petition & Contact Your Legislators Today!

As most of you know, Governor Schwarzenegger's FY 08-09 state budget proposes to close 48 state parks. The list includes Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, one of the very few flat open spaces in Bayview/Hunters Point, and a critical wetland and wildlife habitat. Candlestick is in the midst of a multi-year remediation and restoration project addressing acute contamination from industrial and military pollution.

Join the Coalition to Save Candlestick Point State Recreation Area* to fight against the closure.
  • Sign the online petition by clicking here. Email it to your friends, family and neighbors.
  • Get your friends, neighbors, community groups and family to sign a petition. To print it out, please click here. Send your signed petitions by snail mail to: Literacy for Environmental Justice, 800 Innes Avenue #11, San Francisco, CA 94124.

Park Advocacy Day: April 7th

The Coalition to Save Candlestick recently coordinated a delegation for Park Advocacy Day in Sacramento on Monday, April 7th, to advocate for the protection of Candlestick State Park. We are happy to report that the day was a great success! The Coalition was 60 people strong, and we joined hundreds of other supporters from across the state on the steps of the state Capitol for a rally to save all 48 state parks that are threatened by closure. For more information and photos from Park Advocacy Day, please click here.

Campaign Update:
On March 11th, Supervisor Maxwell introduced a resolution urging the state legislature to oppose the closure of Candlestick State Recreation Area.

The Coalition to Save Candlestick presented the collected petition signatures to Assemblyman Mark Leno’s office on March 11th, when we met to discuss the potential closure and other development based threats Candlestick faces.

Recent News:

April 28th: Chronicle Open Forum article by La Constance Shahid on the Bayview neighborhood and the work of Literacy for Environmental Justice, member of the Coalition to Save Candlestick.

April 7th: CBS-Channel 5 news coverage on The Coalition to Save Candlestick at Park Advocacy Day

March 22nd: Group wants probe into governor's removal of Eastwood, Shriver from State Park and Recreation Commission

March 9th: think.MTV.com video report on the work of Literacy for Environmental Justice at Candlestick Park.

February 27th: SF Bayview News article by Claude Everhart, founder, Friends of Candlestick Point State Recreation Area.


*The Coalition to Save Candlestick Point State Recreation Area includes:

Friends of Candlestick Point, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Literacy for Environmental Justice, Nature in the City, San Francisco Boardsailing Association, Noteware Development, San Francisco Executive Park Advisory Committee, The Yerby Corporation, Universal Paragon Corporation, Candlestick Neighborhood Association, S.R. Martin Preparatory School, the Young Community Developers, and NPC!