Westpoint Harbor Update

Latitude 38 reader and Westpoint Harbor supporter Bob Wilson wrote to remind us about the next BCDC meeting concerning West Point Harbor. "Thank you again for helping to inform your readers of the overreach of the BCDC. The readers of Latitude 38 are certainly among the best-informed members of our community regarding the San Francisco Bay and the most passionate when it comes to protecting it for future generations."

"There is another important BCDC meeting in San Francisco scheduled on March 15 (Thursday) at 1 p.m. The full BCDC Board is set to meet and consider a "Cease and Desist Order" that threatens the very existence of Westpoint Harbor. The meeting will be held at:  Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street Yerba Buena, First Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

Can’t make the meeting? Bob also asked that emails supporting Westpoint Harbor be sent to Marc Zeppetello at [email protected].

The Friends of Westpoint Harbor have put together their analysis of the BCDC allegations and also created an online petition that now has almost 5,000 signatures. The BCDC has also replied with their perspective on our March editorial along with the rest of the meeting agenda here.

Bob continues, "All of Bay Area boating and those concerned with the environment appreciate your continued support of the San Francisco Bay, the boating community and especially Westpoint Harbor!" Like the BCDC and Westpoint Harbor tenants, we’d like to sail on a clean, environmentally sustainable Bay and, like the tenants, we’d like to find a way to improve Bay access with sustainable marina businesses. And while we’ve asked this question many times before, we’d like to hear your thoughts.

CORRECTION: This story originally said that the upcoming BCDC meeting in San Francisco was "scheduled on March 15 (Wednesday) at 1 p.m." The meeting is on Thursday, which is the 15th of March. We apologize for the error.