SAVE Tesla Park

SB 1316 (Glazer) will change state law to allow the State Parks Department to dispose of the 3,100 acre Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area (also known locally as “Tesla Park”) in order to permanently preserve the land if it is determined by the Department to be in the public interest. Proceeds from any such sale would be returned to the OHMVR Division.

SB 1316 does not require that the Department make a determination to dispose of the Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area, but it permits it.  Then, in the future, there could be a decision that disposal of the Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area is in the public interest.

SB 1316 provides a path forward to resolve this long standing local controversy in a way that is wise and fair – by recognizing the preference for local control to preserve an irreplaceable natural and cultural native landscape in Alameda County as a legacy for future generations, by using local open space mitigation funds to purchase the land to ensure preservation, and by returning proceeds from any sale to the OHMVR Division for use in another area that wants OHV recreation.

Please support SB 1316.  Go to your State Senator’s and Assembly Member’s legislative web site and enter your support for SB 1316 on line.  

 

 

Based on recent amendments to SB 249 in the Assembly, Friends of Tesla Park determined that on balance we could not longer support of the bill.

Our work to Save Tesla Park continues undeterred through our litigation challenging the the EIR and General Plan and continued advocacy with policy makers, including through the purchase opportunity presented by the Altamont Landfill Open Space Committee.

Help protect the vital Tesla wildlife corridor and reform the State off-highway vehicle program 

Tell your Legislator to support SB 249 by Tuesday May 30, 3017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Support SB 249?

Our work to preserve Tesla Park from the expansion of damaging off-road vehicle use at Carnegie SVRA proves how critical it is to reform the State Parks OHMVR program. SB 249 will provide: improved environmental protections; appropriate oversight and accountability through the State Parks Department; and fairer and more transparent allocation of fuel tax transfers.

For more information on SB 249 (Allen):

• From the Legislature
• California Native Plant Society web site

Call or email your State Senator by Tuesday May 30, 2017 and urge them to support for SB 249.

EMAIL OR CALL your State Senator by Tuesday, May 30, 2017 to support SB 249 – click here for sample email

Contact information for some local area State Senators:

• Senator Steve Glazer, 7^th District, Senator.Glazer@senate.ca.gov; (916) 651-4007
• Senator Bob Wieckowski, 10^th District, mailto:Senator.Wieckowski@senate.ca.gov; (916) 651-4010
• Senator Nancy Skinner, 9^th District, mailto:Senator.Skinner@senate.ca.gov; (916) 651-4009
• Senator Cathleen Galgiani, 5^th District, mailto:Senator.Galgiani@senate.ca.gov; (916) 651-4005

If you don’t know who your state senator is, look it up here: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

Please call or email your State Senator by Tuesday, May 30, 3017 and urge them to support SB 249.

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