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City Approves Zoo Permit to Destroy Oaks – SKP Files Appeal

By admin on August 10, 2015 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics

Despite our letter of objections that we submitted 6-23-2015 during public comment period, plus over 600 emails from the community asking for permit denial, the Oakland Tree Services division has approved the Zoo’s application to cut down 55 protected Coast live oaks and risk damage to an additional 424 protected trees “within 10 feet of construction” to make way for its planned “California Trail” exhibit in the upper highlands of western Knowland Park. Continue Reading →

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Update: Letter of Protest over Oakland Zoo’s Plan to Destroy Park’s Trees

By admin on July 10, 2015 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics

One of the doomed trees

Wow. THANK YOU to everyone who sent in a letter to the Tree Services Division to protest the Oakland Zoo’s permit application to cut down over 50 protected oak trees in the heart of Knowland Park.

Over 600 letters (and additional phone calls) were sent to the Tree Reviewer by the June 23 deadline, with copies to the Mayor, City Council, and Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission (PRAC).

Here’s the letter we sent to Tree Services with our objections and questions. Continue Reading →

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REFERENDUM Campaign – The Results!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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