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Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East
November 4, 2023 - We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 10:28am PST
Stop Cop Campus Coalition Protests Planned Police Facility in San Pablo
The city of San Pablo is a small town in the northern East Bay that loves its police and borrowing lots of money to build itself shiny new things. The Stop Cop Campus Coalition intends to prevent a planned new police facility from being constructed, arguing such huge amounts of money would be better spent meeting the needs of city residents rather than policing them....
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2023 10:38pm PDT
Protests Planned in Advance of Ron DeSantis Visit to Salinas
Florida Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will be visiting Salinas on September 28 to attend a high-price fundraiser hosted by Salinas ag-industry leaders at an undisclosed location. In response, community members have planned protests to occur on September 24 at 3pm and September 27 at 5pm. Both protests will start at the Salinas Amtrak Station off Market St. (11 Station Pl.). Community members will then make their way down Main St. and stop in front of Taylor Farms...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2023 8:25am PDT
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