ReWild Mission Bay
In a letter to Councilmember Jennifer Campbell (D-2) in support of the ReWild Mission Bay campaign, San Diego Natural History Museum president and CEO Judy Gradwohl shared her concern regarding water quality in Mission Bay, expected sea level rise in relation to areas of wetland already lost to development, and the value wetlands posses in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2019 San Diego, Calif. – Two San Diego-based environmental organizations, San Diego Coastkeeper and Climate Action Campaign, have signed onto the ReWild Mission Bay letter of opposition to a pair of proposed leases for Campland On the Bay in the northeast corner of Mission Bay. Approval of the leases will […]
On Monday, the full San Diego City Council will consider two lease proposals in the northeast corner of Mission Bay that could preclude meaningful wetland restoration for years to come. If there was a single day the ReWild Mission Bay campaign needed your presence more than any other, this Monday is it. We need you beginning at 12:30 […]
We wanted to extend a special thanks to Councilmember Vivian Moreno (D-8), chair of the Land Use and Housing Committee, who was the lone, courageous vote of dissent in the committee’s 3-1 decision on June 12 to approve the proposed De Anza lease recommendations in northeast Mission Bay. Let Councilmember Moreno know you appreciate her vote by sending […]
With last week’s vote by the city’s Land Use and Housing Committee to recommend new Campland leases in the northeast corner of Mission Bay, ReWild Mission Bay supporters have been asking, “What can I do?” The answer is – a lot. We need you. Here are three things you can do to help ReWild Mission Bay, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2019 San Diego, Calif. – Members of the ReWild Mission Bay coalition continue to note their disappointment with the City of San Diego’s Land Use and Housing Committee recommendation to extend the lease of the current Campland site in the northeast corner of Mission Bay by five years, thereby precluding […]
By Chris Redfern From remarks before the Land Use and Housing Committee meeting on June 12, 2019. On behalf of my organization and the ReWild Mission Bay coalition, we urge you to NOT approve these lease agreements, and instead slow this process down and provide the community and stakeholders the opportunity to participate in decisions […]
By Tommy Hough From remarks prepared for testimony before the Land Use and Housing Committee meeting on June 12, 2019. In politics there are often no easy options, but that’s also part of the reason we step up as leaders. And while the dilemmas we face are often complicated with shades of gray, we shouldn’t […]
This isn’t just a big week for the ReWild Mission Bay campaign, it’s THE week, and we need your help on several fronts – now. We need you at several key San Diego City Council meetings this week, including the council meeting ahead of the closed door session on Tuesday the 11th, and the Land […]
Things are moving quickly as our ReWild campaign for Mission Bay ramps up. As indicated in Thursday’s e-mail, we need to turn community members and stakeholders out in force for tomorrow’s Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C3) topic discussion on ReWild, which will be held at the Mission Bay High School library from 1 to […]