SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Conservation groups are calling on city leaders to improve plans for lessening the environmental impact of the America’s Cup in 2013, when the world’s fastest yachts will race on San Francisco Bay.
City planners were set to hear public comments Thursday on their draft environmental impact report outlining city plans to protect water, air and land from pollution during the event’s 50 days of racing.
The America’s Cup is expected to draw 500,000 people a day.
Officials plan to open to spectators environmentally sensitive parks such as Crissy Field, the Marina Green and Aquatic Park.
San Francisco Baykeeper’s Deb Self says 30 environmental groups came together to advise planners on ways to comply with state environmental laws, but so far the input has fallen on deaf ears.
