by Rachel Diaz-Bastin, Bay Nature
Just two years ago, Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, San Francisco’s only state park, was slated for closure. Vandals had caused $15,000 in damage to a community garden on site. It seemed that this rare example of an urban California state park was falling by the wayside.
But Candlestick Point may be seeing brighter days soon. A recent infusion of a $1 million dollar grant from California’s Strategic Growth Council will allow Literacy for Environmental Justice, a nonprofit environmental and community stewardship program in Southeast San Francisco, to fulfill its vision for the park.
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