Text of Legal Action against Presidio Trust Filed February 2, 2012

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Issues Archive

January 21, 2011
Presidio Historical Association's final letter concerning the future of Main Post >>

November 29, 2010
SF Presidio's Controversial Hotel Proposal Topic of Dec. 8th Meeting >>

September 13, 2010
Major Concerns and Issues: Presidio Trust Draft Programmatic Agreement and Main Post Update, both of August, 2010 >>

July 29, 2009
John J. Reynolds has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior >>

July 3, 2009
Fisher Withdraws His Art Museaum From the Presidio Main Post >>

June 17, 2009
National Park Service Again Warns that Trust Proposals Are Illegal and Threaten National Landmark Protections >>

June 1, 2009
Comments of the SF City Council >>

June 5, 2009
Comments of the Presidio Historical Association (PHA) >>

April 15, 2009
National Park Service Again Declares the Status of the Presidio National Historic Landmark to Be Threatened by Trust Construction Plans >>

March 17, 2009
New Press Release: "Facing A Renewed Challenge To The Historic Presidio" >>

March 3, 2009
New Press Release: The Next Phase to Protect Our National Heritage at the Presidio has Begun -- The Power of the Public Opinion will decide >>

February 1, 2009
New Press Release: Historical Association Reacts to Presidio Trust Actions >>

December 2, 2008
New Fisher museum plans as objectionable as the old >>

Write or e-mail your comments to mainpost@presidiotrust.gov or
Presidio Trust Compliance Officer
34 Graham St.
P.O. Box 29052
San Francisco, CA 94129.

Send your vision of what the Presidio Park should and should not be to: Nancy Pelosi by e-mail and by letter to:
Raul Grijalva, Chair
House Subcommittee on Parks
Natural Resources and Public Land 1440
Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Numbers of communications count!

September 19, 2008
Presidio Historical Association Specific Comments On Sec. 106 Process >>

September 19, 2008
Presidio Historical Association General Comments on Sec. 106 Process and on Untitled, Unsigned Presidio Trust Document of 5/27/08 >>

August 22, 2008
Letter of San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board >>

July 17, 2008
HR 6305 Markup of Pelosi Amendments to Original Legislation >>
Pelosi introduces "technical" amendments to the Presidio Trust Act in H.R. 6305 that deceptively increase the Trust's independence from oversight by the Park Service or Department of the Interior. PHA and the National Parks Conservation Association are working to preserve NPS involvement in bringing the Presidio back to National Park standards.

July 17, 2008
This legal advisory has been submitted to the Trust by Earth Justice and the National Parks Conservation Organization
Earth Justice Presidio letter >>

July 9, 2008
Fundamental Flaws In The Presidio Main Post Update SEIS
(in addition to its contradictions with the National Historic Preservation Act)> >>

July 9, 2008
"Talking Points" >>

June 20, 2008
Stanford Archeologist Barbara Voss Opposes Presidio Desecration >>

May 19, 2008
Nation's Leading Historic Preservation Organization Opposes Modern Construction in the Presidio's HIstoric Center >>

May 9, 2008
San Francisco Neighborhoods Oppose Threats to Presidio's Historic Heart >>

April 4, 2008
National Park Service Opposition to New Construction in a National Historic Landmark District:
Raises Threat of Delisting the Presidio as a National HIstoric Landmark >>

March 14, 2008
Presidio Trust considers new movie multiplex though public opposes urbanizing historic national park >>

March 12, 2008
Letter from Cow Hollow Association:
Proposed Fisher Contemporary Art Museum on the Main Post of the Presidio >>

February 1, 2008
Presidio Historical Association Responds to Trust Announcement >>

January 30, 2008
The Presidio Trust Press Release:
History Center vs. Art Museum >>

January 7, 2008
Press release: Presidio Nominated as Endangered Historic Place >>
Most Endangered Historic Place Nomination >>
Photos supplemental to Nomination >>

December 28, 2007
Read the latest letters to the Presidio Trust:
Respect for Due Process >>
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation >>
Re-interpreting the Presidio Trust >>
From: Gary Widman President, Presidio Historical Association >>
Meaning of a "Trust" >>

December 17, 2007
Presidio Historical Association Formal Response for a New Environmental Study of Main Post >>

December 17, 2007
Requested Scoping Comments on NEPA and Other Processes >>

November 14, 2007
Press Release Announcing History Center at the Golden Gate Proposal >>

November 9, 2007
Cover Letter for Proposal concerning the History Center at the Golden Gate >>

November 8, 2007
Supporting Statements for History Center Proposal by I. Michael Heyman Past President of the Smithsonian Institution and Amy Meyer, "Mother of he Golden Gate National Recreation Area >>