Save The Bay Blog

Saying, “It’s about the 99% fighting back against the 1%,” a new group was formed this week by members of Redwood City’s local chapter of the Occupy movement. Calling themselves “Occupy Saltworks,” the residents have issued a 12-point statement opposing agribusiness giant Cargill’s massive bayfill development project on the grounds that it would, amongst other [...]

“The San Francisco Bay salt ponds in which Cargill’s proposed new city would be built was once wetlands, and could still be turned into around 1,400 acres of wetlands,” writes Henry Ruehl, as he lists many critiques of Cargill’s development in The Daily Journal. Plus, Hermosa Beach passes a polystyrene ban. And as San Francisco [...]

In the news this week, Redwood City residents are demanding changes to ensure a fair and transparent environmental review process for the controversial and increasingly troubled Cargill/DMB bay fill scheme (Critics question why Redwood City lets developer control environmental studies of Saltworks project). When Redwood City Neighbors United learned recently that all but two of the more [...]

Cargill & DMB developed a very big headache at the Planning Commission meeting in Redwood City last Tuesday night. Redwood City asked for their residents’ input on the proposed salt pond development, and that is exactly what they got – over three hours of it. The overflow crowd lined the walls, sat on the floors [...]

Sign the petition to stop Cargill and help us meet the goal to get 5,000 signatures by spreading the word to your friends! Things keep getting worse and worse for Cargill and their Arizona-based luxury homes developer in their attempt to fill in 1,436 acres of San Francisco Bay salt ponds. Not only have more [...]