Development Dreams to Parkland Reality

Point Molate: A Triumph of Community, Conservation, & Resilience

Sometimes you save the world 413 acres at a time. In our latest Rising Tide Ocean Podcast Vicki asks some probing questions of David and former guest Andres Soto, a longtime Richmond California activist, musician and radio host recently relocated to Portugal. They talk about their years of work helping to establish Point Molate Park which will soon be dedicated as the next green Jewel and public headland on San Francisco Bay.

They recount two decades of grassroots bottom-up organizing that helped save this unique habitat. In explaining how the Point Molate Alliance led a successful campaign to stop developer schemes for a mega-casino and luxury housing estate they discuss how other low-income waterfront communities can win similar climate justice battles while protecting biologically rich lands and waters.