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Speaking UP for Point Molate Video Series

Check out Speaking UP for Point Molate to watch this new series on all things Point Molate. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCWg3-3wrgguS02lbt5wO_Qw

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

Friends, I want to update you on Point Molate. You may have heard the announcement by Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia that the state allocated $36 million to East Bay Regional Park District for acquisition and cleanup of Point Molate. Click here to read the full letter.

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Richmond Community News – May 15, 2022: See the May Issue put out by the Richmond Community News. It includes an article about Bald Eagles by Robert Cheasty.

Bald eagles at Point Molate!! Our national bird, the bald eagle, only eagle unique to North America, is flying above Point Molate!  Read More In a unanimous vote on March 18, 2022 the Richmond City Council refused to risk the city's finances to back a plan for a mixed commercial and luxury housing development at Point Molate as proposed by SunCal Inc. and its derivative  corporation, Winehaven Legacy LLC ("Developers"). Read More See the text of resolution passed by the City Council on March 18, 2022. By passing ...

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Join CESP, Richmond Shoreline Alliance, and over 20 organizations at the Environmental Justice Protest Against DTSC & California EPA

Join CESP, Richmond Shoreline Alliance, and over 20 organizations at the Environmental Justice Protest to hold CalEPA and DTSC accountable to their promises to protect us from toxic contamination, regardless of our skin color or socioeconomic status. Monday, August 30 at 12:00 pm 1001 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814 Click link to learn more and register: www.ej-ca.com Connect on social media: CalEnvironmentalJustice (@CAEJprotest) / Twitter Ca-EJ Protest 2021 | Facebook CA-EJ Protest 2021 (@calenviornmentaljustice) • Instagram photos and videos   ...

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Point Molate is the feature article in Golden Gate Audubon Society’s The Gull newsletter Summer 2021

Click here to read the latest issue of Golden Gate Audubon Society's The Gull newsletter featuring Point Molate.  

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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 former Zeneca toxic site.

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Press Release: Richmond Slammed in Lawsuit for Trying to Turn Native Sacred Places, Public Beach, Rare Habitat and Public Lands into a Luxury Housing Enclave at Point Molate

Tuesday, October 13, 2020   Richmond Slammed in Lawsuit for Trying to Turn Native Sacred Places, Public Beach, Rare Habitat and Public Lands into a Luxury Housing Enclave at Point Molate Project Approval Violated CEQA, California Planning and Zoning Law   Richmond, CA – On Friday, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the decision last month 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 ...

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