Mountain View and Palo Alto Join the Network — and Where City Status Lives Now

Greenspaces Bay Area is a network, not a single organization — our mission is only as strong as the number of cities and counties where a local affiliate is actively organizing on legislation, research, planting and landscape advice, and demonstration projects. We used to keep the city-by-city rundown here in this post, as a static snapshot. Not anymore.

That status — which cities have an active affiliate, and where each stands on biodiversity ordinances and dark-skies ordinances — is now real, queryable site data instead of blog text: see the City-by-City Status section on our Home page, always current, covering all 101 incorporated Bay Area cities.

Two pieces of real news to kick it off: Mountain View now has an active affiliate, Mountain View Greenspaces, which helped pass a local ordinance requiring native-plant biodiversity standards in new development landscaping. And Palo Alto now has an active affiliate, Palo Alto Greenspaces, which helped pass an outdoor lighting ordinance limiting light trespass and requiring shielded fixtures to reduce light pollution — our first two verified ordinance wins.

Want to start a Greenspaces chapter in your city?

Every active affiliate started with one person deciding their city needed one. Check the City-by-City Status table for cities not yet covered, then reach out through our contact page — we'll walk you through what it takes to join the network. And if you know a city's real biodiversity or dark-skies ordinance status, tell us that too.