·       BAD NEWS - WE LOST OUR APPEAL   :(

·       GOOD NEWS - LET'S PARTY TO CELEBRATE YOUR EFFORTS!   May 25th, 2:00 p.m.  :)

 THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION  HAS

REJECTED YOUR APPEALS

OF THE

BEACH CHALET SOCCER COMPLEX!

On May 9th, the California Coastal Commission made an astonishing decision to ignore the Coastal Act.  This was despite the presence of over 60 of our supporters, who took the time off from work to travel to Marin, despite a Staff Report recommending NO ARTIFICIAL TURF in Golden Gate Park,  despite a report from the leading expert on the impacts of night lighting detailing the negative effects that this project will have on wildlife, despite a report from the Chair of the United States Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on the destruction of the naturalistic character of the western end of Golden Gate Park, despite all of this  -- the California Coastal Commission rejected over 200 appeals of the Beach Chalet project.   We will have more to say about this in the future.  But right now --

YOU WERE ALL GREAT!  YOUR LETTERS, YOUR EMAILS,

YOUR PRESENCE AT THE HEARING WERE AWESOME AND INSPIRING!

SO

LET'S PARTY!

Terry Baum

Former Green Party Candidate for Mayor

invites you to

A Celebration of Grassroots Activism

and

a thank-you party for all your hard work

WHAT :              Garden Party and Potluck

DATE:                 Saturday, May 25th, 2013

TIME:                  2:00 P.M. TO ???

LOCATION:        547 Douglass St., between 21st and 22nd St., Noe Valley

BRING:               Your favorite dish and/or drinks, but don't worry - we'll bring                food and drink, too

ALSO:                 This may be Noe Valley, but this is also San Francisco - dress in              layers . .

RSVP:                Let us know that you will be there, so that we can plan the number of  champagne glasses!  RSVP here or reply to this message.  But even if you don't  RSVP, come!