The organization aims to protect the bay from development and landfill and to oppose redevelopment of salt flats; it instead encourages their restoration to a natural state.
The organization was founded in 1961 as the Save San Francisco Bay Association by three women, Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr and Esther Gulick. It began as a lobby group.
In 1965, state legislation established the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission as a state agency, which the organization deemed a grave success.
The organization still works to protect the wildlife of the Bay Area and water quality of the large inland body of water.[1][4] Save The Bay worked to prevent the destruction of San Bruno Mountain to fill 27 miles (44km) of the San Mateo County shoreline.[1] Their efforts have been noted as the first successful conservation efforts in an urban area.[1]
The organization has also pushed for plastic bag bans throughout the entire region. It includes strong support for strengthening the San Francisco plastic bag ban in 2011, which banned all retailers from giving out bags made of non-biodegradable materials.[5] Save The Bay supported the 2012 San Jose, California, ban on plastic bags.[6]
^ abcdefTaugher, Mike (2011-11-05). "A pioneer remembers how she and friends saved the bay". Contra Costa Times. from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
^ abc"Our History". Save The Bay. 2012. from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
^Lewis, David; Russ Juskalian (2012). "Message from the Executive Director". Save The Bay. from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
^Sylvia McLaughlin, Save the Bay founder, fights on, Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 31-10-2011, access date 10-01-2012
^Let's make all S.F. retailers comply with bag ban, David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle, 05-12-2011, access date 10-01-2012
^Attention, shoppers: Get ready to BYOB (bring your own bag) in San Jose stores, Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News, 25-12-2011, access date 08-01-2012
Further readingedit
Gilliam, Harold (1969). Between the devil & the deep blue bay: the struggle to save San Francisco Bay. Chronicle Books.
External linksedit
Save The Bay
USGS factsheet on the Bay
"Saving San Francisco Bay", essay
A history of the organization's efforts
April 10, 2024
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