Palo Alto Mayor Judy Kleinberg hosted other South Bay mayors and officials at the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve in launching the Clean Bay Campaign. Pictured with Larry Moody, Director, East Palo Alto Sanitary District.

Palo Alto, CA, March 1, 2006 – Palo Alto Mayor Judy Kleinberg hosted other South Bay mayors and officials here today in launching the Clean Bay Campaign. "Our biggest concerns for the health of San Francisco Bay are the day-to-day actions of the many people living in our Bay watershed," Mayor Kleinberg said. "Every single individual can – and must – take actions that keep pollutants out of local waterways. Our campaign tells you how."

Save The Bay staff brief mayors and officials before they launched canoes into the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve

City officials, environmental educators, and media launched canoes provided by Save The Bay into San Francisco Bay from the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve here this morning. The water was surprisingly tranquil, the temperature mild, and skies clear. Staff from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant provided an update on Bay health, including the challenge of keeping household pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, kitchen oils and grease, and pesticides out of waterways.

RWQCP mayors and officials paddle in the Baylands Nature Preserve.

Participants included: Mayor Judy Kleinberg and Councilmembers Yoriko Kishimoto and Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto; Mayor Nick Galiotto and Councilmember Michael Kazperzak, Mountain View; East Palo Alto Sanitary District President Joan Sykes-Miessi and Board Director Larry Moody; Marty Laporte, Water and Environment Manager and Matthew Bahls, Assistant Community Director, Stanford University; Environmental Commission representatives Linda Demichiel and Joceyln Orr, Los Altos.

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