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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What’s New?
- Join CESP, Richmond Shoreline Alliance, and over 20 organizations at the Environmental Justice Protest Against DTSC & California EPA
- State Sued Over Inadequate Cleanup Plans for Richmond Toxic Waste Site Groups claim analysis ignored data on sea-level rise, pollutants
- Point Molate is the feature article in Golden Gate Audubon Society’s The Gull newsletter Summer 2021
NBC Bay Area: Groups Fight Over New Richmond Housing Project Near Contaminated Site, CESP Executive Director Robert Cheasty interviewed in story
East Bay Express: Whose Richmond? New city council may re-examine shoreline development decisions
Both Point Molate and the AstraZeneca site represent Richmond’s history—and its potential future. Click here to read the East Bay Express article.AstraZeneca Toxic Waste Site
CESP and other environmental and community groups filed a CEQA suit against Richmond over plan to develop housing on toxic waste site. Click here to read the press release.Click here to read the SF Chronicle article, and here to read the East Bay Times article.
CESP comments on Richmond's Campus Bay Mixed-Use project Click here to read the letter from Shirley Dean, President of CESP Board, on City of Richmond's attempts to fast track approval of large mixed-use development (Campus Bay) on AstraZeneca toxic site.
Point Molate
On Friday, October 9, 2020 Citizens for East Shore Parks and other environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the decision by the City of Richmond to approve a proposed 2,000-unit luxury housing project at Point Molate, a biologically, culturally, and historically rich part of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Click here to read the full press release.Financial analysis was commissioned by CESP and Point Molate Alliance. The Report shows the City will lose tens of millions of dollars from the proposed project. The project will at best be revenue neutral at buildout, which will take 20 years. Click here to view report.
Saving Point Molate: A Letter from CESP Executive Director, Robert Cheasty
Tell the City of Richmond: The Community Plan is the best alternative to the Mayor/SunCal’s plan for Point Molate. The Community Plan creates playing fields, recreational open space, and habitat protection. Read The Community Plan here.
