Welcome to Citizens for Smart Lighting - San Francisco.

We're grassroots environmentalists advocating for the reduction of light pollution and the promotion of well designed and appropriate outdoor lighting in both the public and private sector.

Currently, we are focused on getting a major public education program going to teach light pollution awareness and reduction coinciding with IYA 2009, and on establishing urban dark sky preserves along the ocean coast of the city. Eventually we hope to see some real outdoor lighting reforms enacted here in the Bay Area.

Many many cities (and whole countries) worldwide are coming to grips with the problems of artificial sky glow, glare, light trespass, light clutter, etc. Even in 'red states', civic leaders and the public at large are tired of decades of wasteful and thoughtless outdoor lighting practices and they're changing how they use light at night. Why does San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area lag so far behind on this issue?

Although centered in San Francisco, we are concerned about the ever-increasing light pollution throughout the bay area (and California) - so people from everywhere are welcome to join the group.