.Oakland Zoo Expansion Opponents File New Legal Appeal

If you thought the Oakland Zoo had cleared the legal and environmental hurdles impeding its controversial expansion, you were mistaken. As you may remember from our first story on the conflict, opponents (including both neighbors and members of regional environmental groups) have argued since February, when the zoo released its mitigated negative declaration report, that the project’s environmental impacts were unacceptable and illegally accounted for under the California Environmental Quality Act.