About admin

admin is the main administrative authority for this web and blog site. All generic items, such as press releases and newspaper articles will be published under this name.
Author Archive | admin

Protest Destruction of Knowland Park’s Protected Oak Trees

By on June 10, 2015 in Featured on Homepage

RedTag-3The Oakland Zoo has applied for a permit to cut down 57 California live oaks and other native trees in the heart of Knowland Park. This is the public notice. Red tags are now attached to trees that would be destroyed.

Click here to protest the “tree removal” permit application. Or send your own letter to gluster@oaklandnet.com or by postal mail to Tree Services Division, 7101 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA 94621.

Deadline for public comments is Tues, June 23.

Please help save these protected trees from the chainsaw!

Click NOW to send your objection, then share the link

Email, RSS Follow
Comments are closed

REFERENDUM Campaign – The Results!

By on January 12, 2015 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Oakland Politics

a942cb52-0c8a-4782-8279-c577ff0f336f

A little less than a month ago, the Friends of Knowland Park launched a referendum campaign to overturn a City Council ordinance that took away 53 acres of the heart of Knowland Park from public access forever.

Continue Reading →

Email, RSS Follow
Comments are closed

Referendum: Let the People of Oakland Decide How Their Public Parkland Is Used!

By on December 16, 2014 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Oakland Politics
CombinedPosters2small

These poster images above were created by young artist Kaley Bales inspired by Knowland Park.

Friends of Knowland Park held a press conference at Oakland City Hall Tuesday, December 16 to kick off a 30-day referendum petition drive. The group seeks a public vote on whether to reverse a recent City Council decision that paved the way for a controversial Oakland Zoo expansion above the ridge in the heart of Knowland Park. Click here to see video.

Continue Reading →

Email, RSS Follow
Comments are closed

One-click action request ASAP

By on December 3, 2014 in Campaign Updates, Oakland Politics

City Council to finalize their vote on Tues, Dec 9 — Send NEW ONE-CLICK letter to City Council now!

Continue Reading →

Email, RSS Follow
Comments are closed

Save Knowland Park – The City Council voted…

By on November 22, 2014 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics

By now most of you have probably heard that the vote did not go our way at the Oakland City Council on Tuesday night, with a 6–2 vote to pass the “conservation easement” ordinance, moving the zoo one step closer to breaking ground. However, two courageous Councilmembers did stand with the public and voted against approving this fake “conservation easement” that will smooth the way for the razing of the heart of Knowland Park: Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan. Continue Reading →
Email, RSS Follow
Comments are closed