Conclusion
Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr and Esther Gulick's
stand in history resulted in the restoration of
San Francisco Bay, revolutionary new
legal protections, and a paradigm shift in citizens' aspirations for their urban environments.
Save San Francisco Bay Association's crusade
was crucial to the future of the Bay and
Urban Conservation across the globe.
stand in history resulted in the restoration of
San Francisco Bay, revolutionary new
legal protections, and a paradigm shift in citizens' aspirations for their urban environments.
Save San Francisco Bay Association's crusade
was crucial to the future of the Bay and
Urban Conservation across the globe.
"Three years after the "Save-The-Bay" act was passed by the California Legislature, the United Nations held its Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, and the Save-The-Bay campaign
was cited as an example of the power of ordinary citizens
working together to exert control over the forces shaping their lives.
The global environmental movement cannot all be traced to the bay battle, but the improbable effort begun by the three women...
must be counted as a major starting point for the ongoing revolutionary change in human attitudes toward the planet on which we live."
-Howard Gilliam,
in an Interview with Sylvia McLaughlin for California Land-Use Planning Series
(National Park Service, 1992)
"Change only happens when ordinary people
get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it."
-Barack Obama,
January 10, 2017