News & Updates

  • Join presentation about our public lands, including Tesla Nov. 16, 2025, 1:00 pm

    Join Livermore Indivisible’s Virtual November meeting on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm for updates on threats to our Federal and State Public Lands, and what we can do to help protect them. A presentation on Tesla will be part of the program. What’s Going Down on Our Public Lands Sunday, November 16, 2025, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm…

  • State Parks concept plans for Tesla do NOT protect its irreplaceable resources

    In late September, State Parks held 2 workshops to present their concept plans for Tesla. Unfortunately, neither plan protects Tesla’s outstanding natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources of statewide significance, and nor do they ensure effective and lasting protection. Both plans include high-intensity recreation, such as vehicular travel, bikes/e-bikes, and camping and associated facilities development throughout almost all of Tesla’s…

  • “The State Parks Department Is Not Being Honest About the Uses It Intends for the Future Tesla Park”

    The Livermore Independent News published an editorial on October 16, 2025 following the September workshops in which State Parks’ presented their concept plans for Tesla. As the editorial points out, State Parks’ plans miss the mark on protecting Tesla. Read the editorial here “The State Parks Department Is Not Being Honest About the Uses It Intends for the Future Tesla…

  • State Parks’ plans do not protect Tesla’s outstanding natural and cultural resources

    In September, State Parks presented two Concept Plans for Tesla. The two concept plans, which were were essentially the same, do not protect Tesla’s outstanding natural and cultural resources of statewide significance. Instead they both include high-intensity uses, such as vehicular travel, bikes/e-bikes, camping and associated facilities development throughout almost all of Tesla’s 3,100 acres. Neither plan ensures protection for…

  • Scientists affirm Tesla’s Statewide Biological Significance

    The Tesla Scientist Consensus Statement for Tesla has been released. The Statement affirms Tesla’s exceptional biodiversity and natural resources of statewide significance, supported buy the Tesla Biological Assessment (“Reserve Classification of  California State Parks Alameda-Tesla Property, Alameda County, California based on an Assessment of Biological Resources and the Effects of Recreational Activities on those Resources ). Over forty scientists have…

  • Updated Bioassessment reconfirms Tesla’s irreplaceable natural resources requiring protection as a State Reserve

    The comprehensive report, Reserve Classification of  California State Parks Alameda-Tesla Property, Alameda County, California based on an Assessment of Biological Resources and the Effects of Recreational Activities on those Resources was updated September 1, 2025. The report documents why Tesla is not just like any other place and cannot just be replaced or substituted with other land. Some Key Findings:…