The Controversy Over Richmond's Point Molate
Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) Executive
Director Robert Cheasty speaks at the League
of Women Voters of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville

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Saving Point Molate: A Letter from CESP
Executive Director Robert Cheasty

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Point Molate Photo by Roberta Wyn

Albany Shoreline at 2 meter sea rise, at King Tide.
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CESP is the driving force behind the local shoreline
park movement, involving thousands of
community residents over three decades.

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Citizens for East Shore Parks mission is to create
a necklace of shoreline parks from the Oakland
Estuary to the Carquinez Strait.

About Us

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CESP Accomplishments

  • Acres Protected - 1800
  • Miles of Shoreline Park Created - 8.5
  • Years of leadership - 34
  • Park named after CESP Co-Founder Sylvia McLaughlin - 2012

Bay Nature: How the Eastshore State Park Became a Park for the People

Bay Nature article from 2017 celebrates the history of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. Click here to read the article.

Creating The Eastshore State Park An Activist History By Norman La Force

Click here to download or order the complete history of the Citizens for East Shore Parks and the founding of the Eastshore State Park.

Our Mission

The mission of Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) is to create a necklace of shoreline parks from the Oakland Estuary to the Carquinez Strait.

CESP works to conserve natural resources and wildlife habitat and to secure public access to shoreline open space along our magnificent East Bay shoreline.

Our Resilient Shoreline Program addressing sea rise and the effects of climate change is a natural extension of our mission.

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NBC Bay Area: Groups Fight Over New Richmond Housing Project Near Contaminated Site, CESP Executive Director Robert Cheasty interviewed in story


Our Programs

Establishing a Resilient Shoreline

We are working with people, elected officials and other organizations to inform the public about sea-level rise and to find practical green infrastructure solutions that will prevent destruction to homes and businesses in communities along the East Shore of the Bay. Learn what we've done in the cities of Oakland, Richmond and Berkeley, and what we are planning to do in Albany.

Point Molate Update

We rarely are presented with an opportunity to both undo shoreline damage and simultaneously preserve magnificent shoreline habitat and recreation plus California history. Point Molate is such an opportunity.

Completing McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

CESP continues to work to complete MESP as outlined in the General Plan for this magnificent waterfront park.

Expanding the Park through Richmond

Richmond is home to 32 miles of shoreline, the most of any city in the San Francisco Bay Area. CESP continues to play an active role in what is being planned for Pt. Molate, and the south and north shoreline, and to monitor the identified toxic sites and the critical Breuner Marsh area.
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Our Mission

The mission of Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) is to create a necklace of shoreline parks from the Oakland Estuary to the Carquinez Strait.

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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6087
Albany CA 94706

Office Address
1604 Solano Avenue
Albany, CA 94707

(510) 524 – 5000 (office)
(510) 526 – 3672 (fax)