BK In The News: March 29, 2024
From "A Rude Awakening": On today’s show, I speak to San Francisco Baykeepers executive director Sejal Choksi Chugh about the raw sewage the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City of San Francisco are allowing to be dumped into the bay. There is an intent to sue in the works. We...
Press Release: December 12, 2023
Court Rules Bay Waters Remain Protected Under Clean Water Act
Baykeeper Defends Clean Water Act Against Attack by South Bay Cities
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order late yesterday denying an effort by the cities of Mountain View and...
BK In The News: May 11, 2023
Full of cold, fresh rainwater and snowmelt from the Sierra, the San Francisco Bay is in a strikingly different place than it was last summer. Water gushing out of the delta is flushing out pollutants and contaminants and giving endangered baby salmon a helpful push into the ocean. Longfin smelt and...
BK In The News: December 14, 2022
Letter to the Editor:
Regarding “S.F. Bay can become a truly healthy body of water. But it’s going to take work” (Open Forum, Dec. 2): The recent Open Forum by two members of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board celebrates that the Bay isn’t as polluted as it was 50 years ago...
Press Release: October 28, 2022
SF Baykeeper is a longstanding protector of San Francisco Bay. Our approach of hardhitting advocacy and cutting-edge litigation has always required us to work within the entirety of the Bay's watershed, because a healthy Bay depends on the health of the tributary waters that flow into it.
Over...
Press Release: June 21, 2022
San Francisco Baykeeper submitted a letter in support of a petition filed last month with the California Water Resources Control Board by the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta. The petitioners have asked...
Press Release: May 11, 2022
Today, the SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board approved its Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit, which is supposed to reduce the trash, metals, and bacteria that Bay Area cities discharge into the Bay from city streets every time it rains. Unfortunately, the agency's plan is deeply flawed...
Column: May 11, 2022
Protecting the health of San Francisco Bay is a team effort. That's why it's a special treat for us every spring to recognize Baykeeper’s Blue Rivet award winners. It's our opportunity to celebrate the community members who have stood by our side to fight for a healthier Bay. Just like the rivets...
BK In The News: April 22, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO - People who make their livings fighting to protect the Bay Area say the region is a lot healthier than it was when Earth Day began in the 1970s.
"But it is still not as clean as it could be. It is not in great shape right now," said Cole Burchiel, field investigator for San Francisco...
Blog Post: April 16, 2021
Nicole Sasaki, an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, was watching the news one day in 2007 when she learned about Baykeeper. A cargo ship named Cosco Busan had spilled more than 53,000 gallons of oil into the Bay, killing wildlife and closing beaches. Nicole was impressed by Baykeeper’s immediate...