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East Bay | San Francisco | Santa Cruz Indymedia | Environment & Forest Defense | Government & Elections | Health, Housing, and Public ServicesBay Area CDFA "Scoping" Meetings Soliciting Public Comment on Aerial Spraying
The CDFA will be holding "scoping" meetings to hear public comments regarding their Environmental Impact Review (EIR) process. Please be aware that the spraying is not dependent on completion of such a review, because they have declared a "State of Emergency", which gives them the right to overrule other regulations, such as local pesticide ordinances, private property laws, and health, safety, and environmental protection. You can demonstrate your concerns at the following meetings, which the CDFA is expected to attend. More meetings, organized by the CDFA, various city and county officials, and grassroots activists, in various communities are being added all the time. Please keep updated by checking out the calendar at http://www.lbamspray.com/calendar.htm
If you haven't done so already, please scroll down to the links on the bottom of this mail to sign the petition opposed to aerial spraying, and vote in the polls. CDFA "scoping" meetings: Monterey Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 980 Fremont Street Monterey, CA 93940 Santa Cruz Thursday, February 21, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. University Inn & Conference Center Sierra & Dawn Room 611 Ocean Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 San Francisco Monday, February 25, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. San Francisco County Fair Building Auditorium Golden Gate Park 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way San Francisco, CA 94122 Oakland Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Ellis M Harris State Building Auditorium 1515 Clay St. Oakland, CA 94612 Oral and written comments will be accepted. The deadline for written comments is March 20, 2008. They may be sent to: Jim Rains, Staff Environmental Scientist CA Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services 1220 N Street, Room A-316 Sacramento, CA 95814 To prepare for talking with the CDFA, and to hear from grassroots opposition to the pesticide program: San Leandro East Bay Pesticide Alert/Don't Spray California presents: Who's afraid of the Light Brown Apple Moth? Sunday, February 24, 2008, 1:30-3:30pm Zocalo Coffeehouse 645 Bancroft Ave @ Dutton, San Leandro *(scent-free please) http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org/ Have you signed the petition against the spraying? http://www.stopthespray.org/ Voted in the poll in the Marin Independent Journal? http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_8257611 And the one on About.com? http://sanfrancisco.about.com/b/2008/02/16/aerial-spraying-over-san-francisco-bay-area.htm |
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