Golden Gate Fields closed June 2024

CESP Executive Director Robert Cheasty quoted in San Francisco Chronicle article: “There are great organizations that will be willing to purchase the property and complete the park — and that’s what should happen,” he said. “Anything else, people will fight to stop it.” Click the image below to read the article: "Golden Gate Fields is closed. So what’s next for this bayside property with panoramic views?" San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2024

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CITIZENS FOR EAST SHORE PARKS: Who we are | What we do


Transform Golden Gate Fields into part of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.


View stunning photographs of Point Molate by local photographers.


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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State Sued Over Inadequate Cleanup Plans for Richmond Toxic Waste Site Groups claim analysis ignored data on sea-level rise, pollutants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                             Date: August 4, 2021   PRESS CONTACTS Attorney for Richmond Shoreline Alliance, et al.: Stuart Flashman: stu@stuflash.com  510-652-5373 Attorney for Citizens for East Shore Parks and Mothers Against Toxic Housing: Robert Cheasty: rcheasty@cheastylaw.com  510-701-4321 Attorney for Sierra Club and SPRAWLDEF: Norman La Force: n.laforce@comcast.net  510-295-7...

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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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