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California Pursues New Health Protections on Chlorpyrifos  The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced today that both the California Department of Pesticide Regulations and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment are pursuing health protections on one of the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the nation, chlorpyrifos.... Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:45AM
Outing the Bay Area campaign contributors of KKK fascist David Duke  Some have suggested that the best way to fight back against all the hate being spread around by the Trump regime, the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists, is by exposing the supporters of hate and violence in the good old U.S.A.... Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:57PM
Air Testing Shows Unsafe Levels of Brain-Harming Pesticide in Kern County  Chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to IQ loss and autism, has been found in the air in Kern County in amounts far in excess of the level of concern established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for pregnant women, according to 2016 air monitoring data released Thursday by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).... Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:39PM
ACLU of California Statement: White Supremacist Violence is Not Free Speech  The First Amendment should never be used as a shield or sword to justify violence.... Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:20PM
167th California Admission Day Celebration ~ African Heritage Month  2017 California Admission Day we will honor William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. and share the historical designation of a portion of State Highway Route 50 from Bradshaw Road to the Eastern Sacramento County Line as the William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. Memorial Highway in honor of the late William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., an individual of African descent whom historians note as a leading civic figure in the northern California region and one of the key architects of California statehood.... Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:36PM
Court Rules Monterey County's Federal Animal-killing Contract Violates Law  Decision Likely Halts Program That Kills Coyotes, Bobcats, Mountain Lions... Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:45AM
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Strong rent control laws will slow rent hikes & homelessness A recent report on rent increases by Zillow reveals that rising rents create more homelessness!... Posted: Fri Aug 4, 2017 8:55PM 
Our Lives on the Line: Rallies for Healthcare Cities throughout California... Event Date: Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:00AM Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:52PM
Rallies in the Bay Area and across the nation to save affordable housing  During July 22 through July 29, there will be rallies in support of affordable housing in San Francisco, San Rafael, and across the nation!... Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:13PM
The Fix Is In: Brown administration approves environmental documents for Delta Tunnels  Adam Scow, California Director of Food & Water Watch, said the certification “is very troubling, though hardly surprising, for Governor Brown to approve of building massive new tunnels that won’t fix any of California’s water problems.”
“This project would waste $25 to $67 billion, with interest, of taxpayer money and devastate the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. It would unfairly burden Southern Californians with higher water bills at a time when we must repair the aging and crumbling pipes ... Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:32PM
ILWU Dockworkers squeezed by automation, abandoned by politicians; 8-Year Contract A Threat  A conference on technology and longshore workers was held in San Francisco at ILWU Local 10. Retired ILWU Local 10 member and chair of the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee wrote an editorial about the effort of the bosses and top union officials to push an 8 year contract.... Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:04AM
The Fight For Mexican San Quintin Farm Workers & Driscoll's with Al Rojas At San Francisco  President of LCLAA Sacramento chapter and a founder of the UFWA talks about the role of pesticides in agriculture and the struggle of the 80,000 farmworkers and their families for a union and decent living and working conditions. This presentation was made at ILWU Local 10 in San Francisco.... Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:03PM
Farmworker communities from Monterey Bay Area call on California to ban brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos  Residents from all over California converge on Sacramento to deliver over 100,000 petition signatures demanding state action after U.S. EPA failed to implement a ban... Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:09AM
California Scheming: Democrats Betray Single-Payer Again  Nothing better illustrates the political bankruptcy of the Democratic Party—for all progressive intents and purposes—than California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s announcement on Friday afternoon that he was going to put a “hold” on the single-payer health care bill (SB 562) for the state, effectively killing its passage for at least the year.... Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:06PM
Jerry Brown Announces Global Climate Action Summit As He Promotes Fracking, Delta Tunnels  The New York Times didn’t mention that “America's de facto leader on climate change” received $9.8 million from oil, gas and utility companies, often within days of winning big favors, since he ran for Governor, according to a report released by the the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog last August: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/dirtyhands
Photo: Governor Brown and President Xi of the People's Republic of China meet on Day 3, June 6, of Brown's trip to China. Photo courtesy of Govern... Posted: Sat Jul 8, 2017 11:56AM
Projections against Twitter HQ  Last night we projected against Twitter headquarters in protest of Donald's tweet that incited violence against the free press.... Posted: Mon Jul 3, 2017 7:04AM
Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue to Block Delta Tunnels Project  “This version of the tunnels will wipe out California’s salmon fishery and the families and communities that rely on salmon,” said John McManus, executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association. “The problem is the state basically allowed the water users to design the tunnels and they’re so huge that the federal fish and wildlife agencies are basically throwing up their hands. It’s like they let the fox design the hen house so of course he made it easy to rob.”... Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 2:04PM
The links between Delta Tunnels and faux "marine protected areas" are deep & alarming  If you haven't read this article already, I urge you to do so. It is one of the most important pieces on water, the Delta and coastal protection that you will ever read. Everybody who cares about stopping the Delta Tunnels and restoring our salmon and other fish populations MUST read this article and share it with others. You will rarely find deep investigative journalism like this in the mainstream media or most "alternative" media.
The deep relationship between the MLPA Initiative and ... Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:47AM
Legislature Advances Bill To Stop Secret Surveillance In California  Senator Jerry Hill, author of a statewide surveillance equipment transparency initiative said, “the bill creates public disclosure and legislative oversight and changes a status quo where law enforcement agencies deploy multiple kinds of tracking equipment and technologies with no public review at all.”... Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:41PM |