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Lawsuit Hearing to Stop Santa Cruz Desal Project Set
On Thursday, July 25 8:30 AM environmental, ratepayer; and First Amendment activist Mike Boyd will appear at a hearing in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Room #5 to seek to amend his complaint to halt the regional desal project by seeking to add additional supporting exhibits and two Declarations.
Lawsuit Hearing to Stop Santa Cruz Desal Project Set for Thurs., July 25 8:30 AM. Mike Boyd’s Legal Challenge Linked to the Overwhelming Passage of Measure P.
On Thursday, July 25 8:30 AM environmental, ratepayer; and First Amendment activist Mike Boyd will appear at a hearing in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Room #5 to seek to amend his complaint to halt the regional desal project by seeking to add additional supporting exhibits and two Declarations.
One Declaration is from Paul Gratz, a co-author of the City of Santa Cruz right to vote of desal Measure P, approved by over 72% in the November 2012 election. The other Declaration is from William Smallman, a Lompico Water District board member and professional engineer; who offers several viable alternatives to seawater desal is his "Santa Cruz County Water Conservation, Storage, and Pollution Control Improvement Plan". Also, the plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint to add two additional claims dealing with the California Public Records Act and the Ralph M. Brown Open Meeting Act. Members of the community and news media representatives may attend the court session.
On March 1, Mr. Boyd, a Soquel Creek Water District ratepayer, filed a lawsuit to stop water rate and service charge increases previously authorized as well as any further expenditures for the proposed seawater desal project and related bonds approved on that basis until water district and city residents vote. The lawsuit challenges the ongoing use of public funds to pursue desal and claims elected officials are violating the law. More: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_22726243/soquel-man-files-lawsuit-halt-desal-funding-rate
As a result of the passage of Measure the City Charter was amended to add Section 1431 “Voter Approval for Desalination Projects” prohibiting expenditures authorized subsequent to July 2, 2012 for project implementation without first obtaining voter approval.
Boyd is President of the non-profit corporation CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE) and former Director of the Goleta West Sanitary District and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District in Santa Barbara . He is knowledgeable about Santa Barbara’s desal plant boondoggle (http://scwd2desal.org/In_the_News_10-06-12a.php) and has an extensive background in protecting free speech, civil rights, environmental defense, social justice, transparency in government, and ratepayer rights.
Michael Boyd can be contacted at michaelboyd [at] sbcglobal.net
On Thursday, July 25 8:30 AM environmental, ratepayer; and First Amendment activist Mike Boyd will appear at a hearing in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Room #5 to seek to amend his complaint to halt the regional desal project by seeking to add additional supporting exhibits and two Declarations.
One Declaration is from Paul Gratz, a co-author of the City of Santa Cruz right to vote of desal Measure P, approved by over 72% in the November 2012 election. The other Declaration is from William Smallman, a Lompico Water District board member and professional engineer; who offers several viable alternatives to seawater desal is his "Santa Cruz County Water Conservation, Storage, and Pollution Control Improvement Plan". Also, the plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint to add two additional claims dealing with the California Public Records Act and the Ralph M. Brown Open Meeting Act. Members of the community and news media representatives may attend the court session.
On March 1, Mr. Boyd, a Soquel Creek Water District ratepayer, filed a lawsuit to stop water rate and service charge increases previously authorized as well as any further expenditures for the proposed seawater desal project and related bonds approved on that basis until water district and city residents vote. The lawsuit challenges the ongoing use of public funds to pursue desal and claims elected officials are violating the law. More: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_22726243/soquel-man-files-lawsuit-halt-desal-funding-rate
As a result of the passage of Measure the City Charter was amended to add Section 1431 “Voter Approval for Desalination Projects” prohibiting expenditures authorized subsequent to July 2, 2012 for project implementation without first obtaining voter approval.
Boyd is President of the non-profit corporation CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE) and former Director of the Goleta West Sanitary District and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District in Santa Barbara . He is knowledgeable about Santa Barbara’s desal plant boondoggle (http://scwd2desal.org/In_the_News_10-06-12a.php) and has an extensive background in protecting free speech, civil rights, environmental defense, social justice, transparency in government, and ratepayer rights.
Michael Boyd can be contacted at michaelboyd [at] sbcglobal.net
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I'm partial to Desal criminal trials myself but this is nice to see.
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