Action Alert: Alameda-Tesla Park
Updated Nov 6, 2025
DEADLINE TO COMMENT EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 30.
Speak up to ensure that Alameda-Tesla Park is available for the broadest base of visitors and residents of the Central Valley.
California State Parks (CSP) is currently accepting public comments on the Alameda-Tesla Park draft vision statement, unit classification, and general plan, as well as the two park concepts recently shared at the in-person and virtual planning meetings.
Take Action
Use our online platform to send comments to the CA State Parks Leadership, to the CA State Parks & Recreation Commission, and to your State and Senate District Representatives. It only takes a few minutes!
Deadline: Submit your comments by Nov 30, 2025.
What’s the Ask?
CAMTB encourages you to express your support for classifying Alameda-Tesla Park as a State Park with sub-unit classifications where needed to protect sensitive natural and cultural resources.
We believe that this two-tiered approach balances conservation and recreation goals, and it aligns with the mission of California State Parks:
“To provide for the health, inspiration, and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation.”
CAMTB opposes classifying the park unit as a Reserve, as it unnecessarily places restrictions across the entirety of the park, limiting much-needed outdoor opportunities. Help ensure that California’s public lands welcome the broadest base of users, while protecting our natural, cultural, and recreational resources for generations to come.
Recommended Comments
- Unit Classification & General Plan: Classify Alameda-Tesla as a State Park to accommodate a wide range of users and uses, and better balance recreation and resource protection.
- Purpose & Vision: Update the Declaration of Purpose and Vision to equally prioritize high-quality outdoor recreation opportunities and resource protection.
- Trails & Trail Access: Allow hikers, bikers, runners, and equestrians access to all current and proposed roads and trails. Include at least one designated, permit-free route through cultural preserves. Add two key route connections to help disperse users, to create more loop opportunities, and to provide better access from the campgrounds. Prioritize a Road and Trail Management Plan to identify additional trail opportunities and determine appropriate access.
- Camping: Include drive-in and walk-in dispersed camping opportunities, similar to other State Parks, in the designated Concept 2 area. This will provide varied experiences and introduce camping to many Central Valley residents.
- Equestrian Infrastructure: Provide a suitable staging area for equestrians, recognizing them as legitimate trail users.
Map depicting bike-legal trails in the Tracy, Modesto, Livermore, and Stockton areas
To learn more, visit the Alameda-Tesla Plan website:
