Southeast San Francisco Shoreline Stewards Project
Southeast San Francisco Shoreline, City and County of San Francisco; Measure AA Region: West Bay
Safe, Clean Water and Pollution Prevention Program; Vital Fish, Bird and Wildlife Habitat Program; Shoreline Public Access Program.
This Community Grant funds Literacy for Environmental Justice to implement the Southeast San Francisco Shoreline Stewards Project, consisting of shoreline stewardship capacity building, habitat enhancement, climate adaptation planning, and workforce development in San Francisco.
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is a community-based organization serving the Bayview Hunters Point community, located along the southeast shoreline of San Francisco. In recent years, there have been large investments along the shoreline to complete a network of parks and open spaces that connect people to the waterfront and prepare the shoreline for impacts of climate change via native habitat restoration and other nature-based adaptations. The project area spans the southeast San Francisco Shoreline from the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area’s (CPSRA) Last Port to the south to Pier 94 wetlands to the north. Multiple projects along the shoreline are taking place simultaneously and are in varying stages of planning, construction, and maintenance with varying levels of community engagement.
This project will help develop a unified community-led approach to participating in multiple shoreline projects. The project will build capacity for LEJ to implement community stewardship days to enhance habitat and educate and engage the community in discussions about local restoration and climate adaptation projects that will occur at these sites.
