Support for Off-Leash Access at Albany Landfill
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OFF-LEASH DOG ACCESS TO BE BANNED AT THE ALBANY LANDFILL
There is a concerted effort to take away off-leash access in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now California State Park officials have ordered to ban off-leash access at the beloved Albany Landfill. The Albany Landfill has provided off-leash access, even to disabled users, for its entire history since dumping stopped in the mid 1980s. Plants, birds, reptiles and mammals have increased and thrived throughout that time. It exemplifies compatible activities and an evolving, thriving urban ecology in a densely populated urban area.
The presence of dog owners and dogs has kept this area safe from crime and free of debris. Volunteers have pulled star thistle, cleaned up trash, put up bag dispensers, donated garbage cans, and self-regulated for 20 years.
The Albany Landfill is scheduled to become part of the future Eastshore State Park. In December 2002, the State Parks Commission agreed that the issue of off-leash dogs (as well as the issue of public art) would have to be resolved through detailed park planning with public input before final decisions are made.
Now Citizens for East Shore State Park (CESP) and the local Sierra Club chapter have pressured the State Parks administration to install Dogs On Leash Only signs. We MUST protest this move.
This is a local issue for those of us who live in the Bay Area. It is also a state-wide issue, as it threatens off-leash access in public space, regardless of location, historical use, or public input.
WE SUPPORT OFF-LEASH DOG ACCESS AT THE ALBANY LANDFILL.
There is a concerted effort to take away off-leash access in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now California State Park officials have ordered to ban off-leash access at the beloved Albany Landfill. The Albany Landfill has provided off-leash access, even to disabled users, for its entire history since dumping stopped in the mid 1980s. Plants, birds, reptiles and mammals have increased and thrived throughout that time. It exemplifies compatible activities and an evolving, thriving urban ecology in a densely populated urban area.
The presence of dog owners and dogs has kept this area safe from crime and free of debris. Volunteers have pulled star thistle, cleaned up trash, put up bag dispensers, donated garbage cans, and self-regulated for 20 years.
The Albany Landfill is scheduled to become part of the future Eastshore State Park. In December 2002, the State Parks Commission agreed that the issue of off-leash dogs (as well as the issue of public art) would have to be resolved through detailed park planning with public input before final decisions are made.
Now Citizens for East Shore State Park (CESP) and the local Sierra Club chapter have pressured the State Parks administration to install Dogs On Leash Only signs. We MUST protest this move.
This is a local issue for those of us who live in the Bay Area. It is also a state-wide issue, as it threatens off-leash access in public space, regardless of location, historical use, or public input.
WE SUPPORT OFF-LEASH DOG ACCESS AT THE ALBANY LANDFILL.
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750 signatures
Goal: 1,000
Latest Signatures
15 December 2015
4 December 2015
25 November 2015
748.
Jan Kh
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City, State and Country if not USA
Oakland, CA
California Voter?
Yes
This is an important peaceful place for people with dogs and people without dogs. Let's keep it that way!
18 November 2015
16 November 2015
15 November 2015
2 November 2015
19 October 2015
7 October 2015
742.
Julia Butterflyh
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City, State and Country if not USA
Oakland, California
California Voter?
Absolutely YES!
Animals deserve to be free!
29 September 2015
24 September 2015
17 September 2015
739.
Melissa B
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City, State and Country if not USA
newark,ca
California Voter?
yes
if their on a leash 24-7 isn't that promoting cruelty as well.
16 September 2015
5 September 2015
737.
Sarah B
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City, State and Country if not USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
California Voter?
Yes
Please consider the East Bay dog-owning community. We're responsible, organized, and we vote! Dogs need places to run off-leash in order to remain physically fit, happy, and non-a
3 September 2015
29 August 2015
20 August 2015
15 August 2015
10 August 2015
25 July 2015
16 June 2015
730.
Ashley D
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City, State and Country if not USA
Oakland, CA
California Voter?
yes
I strongly support maintaining off-leash sites for our dogs to get the exercise they (and their owners) need.
28 May 2015
28 May 2015
21 May 2015
18 May 2015
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Manuel Parsons
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Petition target:
CA State Park Comissioners, CA State Legislators, CA State Park Operations
CA State Park Comissioners, CA State Legislators, CA State Park Operations
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