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As oil drilling expands, Newsom pledges to 'conserve' 30% of land and coastal waters by 2030 
Food & Water Action California State Director Alexandra Nagy criticized Newsom for failing to deliver on climate change while his administration has issued over 2,600 oil and gas drilling permits this year so far.
“Governor Newsom needs to go back to the drawing board and tackle the state’s biggest polluters head-on," said Nagy. "We’re losing patience with his lack of meaningful action."...
Posted: Thu, Oct 8, 2020 1:02pm PDT
SEIU1021 AHS Highland Hospital Workers Strike for PPE/To Stop Contracting Out & Privatization 
Over 3500 workers from SEIU 1021 and CNA struck the Alameda Heath System on October 7, 2020. This agency set up by the Alameda Board Of Supervisors has been attacking health and safety conditions in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, contracting out and union busting. Workers discussed the destruction of the healthcare system and demanded that this company be removed from management of public health in Alameda County....
Posted: Wed, Oct 7, 2020 4:01pm PDT
CPVAW Calls on Santa Cruz City Leaders to Assist Domestic Violence Victims as Part of COVID-19 Response 
The City of Santa Cruz Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW) is calling on the city to assist victims of domestic violence as part of its COVID-19 response. The issue will be discussed tonight (October 7) during the monthly CPVAW meeting, which begins online at 6:30 pm. "Chair Simonton and Vice-Chair Burns have drafted a statement to share with the City Council requesting their support in helping share resources vital to assisting domestic violence victims with the c...
Posted: Wed, Oct 7, 2020 2:04pm PDT
A Plea for Help from the County's Benchland Containment Camp I received the following letter earlier this week immediately before our Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom (Greg's a member). I'm forwarding it for community info and in response to his wishes....
Posted: Fri, Oct 2, 2020 11:11am PDT
Growing Resistance to City Manager's Camp & FNB Sweep Threats 
Dozens of activists and volunteers gathered at 8 AM Monday morning in Parking Lot #27 on the 200th day of a SC Homeless Union COVID-19 Relief Center--created back in March at the Town Clock by the Union, Food Not Bombs [FNB], and Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom [HUFF] ....
Posted: Wed, Sep 30, 2020 4:16am PDT
San Francisco Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People's Campaign 
San Francisco: Car caravan & socially distanced protest, please RSVP for meet-up location...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2020 11:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 29, 2020 10:40am PDT
Santa Cruz City Officials to evict Food Not Bombs, the Homeless Union COVID -19 Relief Center 
Santa Cruz City Officials to evict Food Not Bombs, the Homeless Union COVID -19 Relief Center, and sweep those without housing....
Posted: Sun, Sep 27, 2020 8:06pm PDT
Stop Murders At Foster Farms Factory! Workers/Community Demand "Lives Over Profit" 
A rally was held at the Foster Farms chicken factory plant in Livingston plant in Livingston to protest the murders of 9 workers and the contamination of hundreds of workers, their families and members of the community. Speakers demanded the criminal prosecution of Foster Farms CEO and executives....
Posted: Fri, Sep 25, 2020 4:29pm PDT
More Punches at the Poor on Today's Council Agenda A recent letter I sent to Mayor Justin Cummings remains largely unanswered. I include some selections as well as a few additional comments bearing on today's agenda at the "public" meeting--largely a rubberstamp of the City Manager's latest decrees and the unelected city staff's priorities....
Posted: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 8:42am PDT
The library/parking garage project is a litmus test for the future of Santa Cruz 
The Santa Cruz City Council, paired with City Manager Martin Bernal, are passing construction projects that nobody needs and under false pretenses. How we vote in November will determine the future of our town...
Posted: Mon, Sep 21, 2020 1:42pm PDT
Global March for Universal Basic Income 2020 
Car Caravan and Demonstration in Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Sep 19, 2020 8:32pm PDT
Alicia Kuhl - Interview with Santa Cruz City Council Candidate (audio/mpeg 68.1MB) Audio interview with Alicia Kuhl, candidate for city council in Santa Cruz, California....
Posted: Sat, Sep 19, 2020 1:22pm PDT
Karuk Tribe Declares State of Emergency due to Deadly Slater Fire 
The Karuk Tribe today declared a state of emergency in the wake of the deadly Slater Fire that has burned many homes of Karuk Tribe members in the Klamath River community of Happy Camp....
Posted: Fri, Sep 18, 2020 1:34pm PDT
“These Are Climate Fires”: Oregon Firefighter Ecologist Says Devastating Blazes Are a Wake-Up Call 
President Trump has said little about the wildfires raging in California, Oregon and Washington for three weeks, other than to suggest poor forest management was primarily to blame. But the states’ governors are pushing back and directly linking the fires to the climate crisis. “These are climate fires,” says Timothy Ingalsbee, an Oregon-based wildland fire ecologist and former wildland firefighter who now directs Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology. “Though some scientists he...
Posted: Thu, Sep 17, 2020 6:04pm PDT
Labor Day Unite Here 2 & SEIU 87 Protest Lyft Union Busting & For Healthcare 
On Labor Day 2020 September 7, 2020, SEIU Local 87 and Unite Here Local 2 protested union busting by the hotels, Lyft and Giants....
Posted: Mon, Sep 7, 2020 11:44pm PDT
Covid, Death & Capitalist Crimes In California's Central Valley 
The growing pandemic in California's Central Valley including the eight deaths at Foster Farms is the focus of this program. Despite the fact that Governor Newsom and companies like Foster Farms were aware of the threat of the virus they refused protect the workers and their families. Cal-OSHA has less than 200 health and safety inspectors for California's 18 million workers....
Posted: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 10:25pm PDT
Tenant Rights Groups Bracing for Flood of Questions Around New State Law 
Eviction Protections During The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic...
Posted: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 3:08pm PDT
CDC is ordering a ban on some residential evictions till December, 31, 2020 
CDC Eviction Ban Order That Goes Into Effect on 9/4/2020:...
Posted: Wed, Sep 2, 2020 6:00am PDT
The 8-30 Edition of Bathrobespierre's Broadsides Free Radio Santa Cruz show (audio/mpeg 24.7MB) The regular Free Radio Santa Cruz twice-weekly Bathrobespierre's Broadsides show usually airs on the net at freakradio.org Thursdays 6-8 PM and Sundays 9:30 AM to 3 PM. However, FRSC-on-the-net is recovering of fire evacuation right now. Meanwhile the show is archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html . This is another on-the-road collection of interviews, downloaded songs, and my commentary from the last few days in downtown Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, Aug 30, 2020 9:57pm PDT
Regarding Postmaster General DeJoy Temporarily Suspending Some Recent Policy Decisions 
Despite limited concessions by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after a public outcry against mail delaying tactics, community members and postal workers rallied to demand that Congress save the US Postal Service in protests across the US. Of course the San Francisco Bay Area was no exception. On August 19, APWU National President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement saying why concessions made to assuage concerned Americans are not enough....
Posted: Sat, Aug 29, 2020 3:38pm PDT
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