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Striking Back at Brutal Bullies: Russell Files Claims Against the City 
Barton Russell Jackson recently filed two Claims against the City for sweeps resulting in property destruction and false arrest. The claims were heard behind closed doors last Tuesday. Since the City Administrator/Clerk suppressed the language of the claims, I present then here in his own words....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 3:44pm PDT
Napa County to Decide Fate of Controversial Vineyard Project 
Le Colline Would Block Wildlife Corridor, Threaten Water Supply...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2023 9:36pm PDT
No Robo Taxis In San Francico! Labor & Public Rally At Newsom Controlled CPUC 
A rally was held at the California Public Utility Commission against allowing 200 robo taxis to operate 24 hours a day in San Francisco. It would destroy the taxi industry and put thousands out of work for the profit of google which owns Waymo and GM which own Cruise....
Posted: Mon, Aug 7, 2023 9:49pm PDT
Initiative for March Ballot Needs Signatures and Signature Gatherers 
Over the last year many of you have asked what you can do to help citizens regain a voice and some control over the massive developments planned for our town in the next few months and years. Well, here it is: WE HAVE A PETITION ON THE STREETS right now called Housing For People - Not Unaffordable Luxury Towers....
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2023 10:04am PDT
London Breed's Corrupt PUC Led By Dennis J. Herrera Paying Large Fines 
SF Mayor London Breed's corrupt PUC led By Dennis J. Herrera is paying large fines for violation of pollution violations....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2023 1:09pm PDT
Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed 
Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:09pm PDT
Big Oil's outsize influence on CA and US politics expands to journalism dinners and awards 
The following is a speech I gave at a climate rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 10 sponsored by the Sacramento Climate Coalition, Sacramento 350, Third Act Sacramento, Oil and Gas Network and other climate groups. The event was part of a national week of action June 8 to 11 sponsored by People vs Fossil Fuels, Fridays For Future U.S., and more. The organizations demanded that President Biden use his executive powers to end the era of fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2023 12:46pm PDT
Concerns Raised Over Proposed Districting Ordinance in Pleasant Hill 
The City of Pleasant Hill is developing a districting ordinance that would leave the door open to the adoption of district maps that divide neighborhoods and communities....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2023 11:31am PDT
Facebook and Instagram Threaten to Block News Stories in California If AB-886 Passes Update June 1: A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay news agencies for using their content passed its first big test in the California state legislature. Meta, based in Menlo Park, has threatened to block news articles in California if AB-886 passes into law....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2023 7:58pm PDT
California Senate Committee Blocks Governor's Plan to Gut Environmental Law 
Representatives of environmental groups spoke out against the legislation at the hearing, supporting the staff recommendations to move the trailer bills to the regular policy process and to reject the flood and drought trailer bill language....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2023 10:02pm PDT
Governor guts landmark environmental law to expedite the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel 
Advocates for fish, water and environmental justice are outraged over Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to gut the California Environmental Quality Act in order to construct the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other destructive infrastructure projects....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:52pm PDT
SF City Politicians Outsource Police Oversight To Non-profit HealthRight 360 The murders by police and recently by the Walgreen's security guard Banko Brown have exposed the role of Mayor London Breed and the rest of the Democratic Party politicians to allow the police and company police to have free hand.
Diana Aroche started with Coleman Advocates, then worked for Maria Su at the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Families, then for Mayor Edwin Mah Lee - who outsourced Violence Intervention and Prevention to HealthRight 360 - and now works at the SF Police De...
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 1:56pm PDT
The Population of Santa Cruz Declined, According to State Report 
The population of Santa Cruz County shrank in 2022, according to a report released by the State of California Department of Finance on Monday. The total population of the county dropped to an estimated 262,051 at the beginning of 2023, down from 264,912 at the beginning of 2022, which is a loss of 2,861 people, or a 1.1% decline. County by county, Santa Cruz experienced the fourth largest population decrease in the state in 2022. The report also included housing stock data. In 2022, Santa Cru...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2023 8:27am PDT
Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards for CA journalists as part of greenwashing campaign 
Big Oil’s campaign to influence the political system and the journalists that cover it has real world consequences in California, where oil drilling permits have skyrocketed in recent weeks....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2023 1:53pm PDT
CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year 
A total of 14,374 new and reworked oil drilling permits have been approved by CalGEM under Governor Newsom since Jan. 2019. ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 1:06pm PDT
The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton 
PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2023 7:56pm PDT
State Water Board Reverses Emergency Order As Feds Cancel Salmon Season Openers 
Fish advocates note that because of the poor management of Sacramento and Klamath rivers by the state and federal governments during the recent drought, fall-run Chinook, spring-run Chinook and Sacramento River winter-run Chinook populations have collapsed, prompting the closure of ocean and river salmon fisheries this year....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:41am PDT
Nearly 200 oil drilling permits approved in CA since Jan. 1, bringing total to over 13,900 
"CalGEM issuing hundreds of permits to negligent oil companies so they can continue drilling in our communities just months after they released an emergency rule to block neighborhood drilling is exactly why we don't trust them,” said Cesar Aguirre, organizer with Central California Environmental Justice Network. “This is exactly the free-for-all that California's oil industry wanted when they bought their way onto the ballot and forced the stay of SB 1137."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:18am PDT
Delta group files opposition to TUCP waiving environmental laws protecting the Bay-Delta Estuary 
“The TUCP is not in the public interest because it stampedes the State Water Board for water that is meant rightly to serve public trust resources of aquatic estuarine food webs and species in the Delta that further support migratory salmon and steelhead runs that benefits Northern California Indian Tribes (whose cultures are salmon-dependent), commercial and sport fishing interests, and the community of subsistence anglers residing in communities adjacent to Delta rivers and sloughs where th...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2023 8:33am PST
State Senator David Min Introduces Bill to Ban Offshore Drilling in California Waters 
Senator Dave Min announced the introduction of SB 559, legislation that would end offshore oil drilling under existing leases in California state waters....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:05pm PST
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