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We’re counting down the days to November 5th, when California voters will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 4, also known as California’s climate bond. Prop. 4 is a…

Few laws in California are as important for conservation as the California Environmental Quality Act.  “The Act has saved critical natural resources, protected public health, averted public safety disasters, provided…

Almost despite itself, San Ramon is rich in open spaces, far beyond most cities its size. Beginning in the 1970s, Save Mount Diablo began working the on the Black Hills…

Thank You to the Three Councilmembers Who Voted with Their Constituents We have achieved another HUGE victory! In a three-to-two vote, the Concord City Council dropped Seeno/Discovery Builders as Master…

This year we’ve been celebrating a historic milestone in Save Mount Diablo history, we turned 50 on December 7, 2021! To commemorate our big anniversary, we celebrated for an entire…

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been working with UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library to create a series of oral histories of the empowering…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On February 10, 2022, the Contra Costa County Superior Court handed Save Mount Diablo a major victory in its legal challenge to the City of Pittsburg’s approval of…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On February 10, 2022, the Contra Costa County Superior Court handed Save Mount Diablo a major victory in its legal challenge to the City of Pittsburg’s approval of…

In March, Save Mount Diablo filed a lawsuit challenging the City of Pittsburg’s approval of Seeno’s bad 1,650-house Faria/Southwest Hills Annexation project. Aside from all the negative impacts to open…

Developing the former Concord Naval Weapons Station will be a huge project in Concord, with more than 2,300 acres at stake. The project has the potential to be the city’s…