January 2018

Sierra Club action alert: Protect the Pacific

“One hearing is proposed in each coastal state — all sited in state capitals, and away from the coastal communities where massive attendance from an outraged public would be likely. California’s hearing will be held on Feb. 8 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the obscure Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 “I” Street, Sacramento.” From our friends at the …

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Notes from planning commission hearing on Freestone

February 1, 2018 Planning Commissioners Meeting Summary – Freestone To Freestone Stakeholders The Planning Commissioners’ public hearing took place today to consider the PRMD staff report with which you are all familiar. Your written and public comments were noted by the Commissioners and extremely supportive to the cause; and they demonstrate that we are informed …

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Once Pot Friendly Northern California County Bans Marijuana

With income equality at all time high in our country, struggling residents thought growing cannabis would pull their communities from growing poverty. As the California law did NOT set a small footprint (one acre or less, law allows for massive plantings) people came from all over the country to buy property and cultivate. The “green …

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California needs smart solutions to dead trees

California needs smart solutions to dead trees by Daniel Barad Sacramento Bee OPINION January 17, 2018 Last month the U.S. Forest Service released astonishing estimates that the number of trees killed by drought and pine beetles in California has risen to 129 million in the past five years. Rather than respond in a way driven …

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Current administration Wants To Bring in More Migrant Guest Workers—But For Much Lower Pay

“……Others have blasted the program, saying it will strip away worker protections and substantially lower wages. Adrienne DerVartanian, director of immigration and labor policy at Farmworker Justice, called the bill “a recipe for worker exploitation.”  “The proposed legislation would slash workers’ wages; eliminate key wage protections; order employers to withhold 10 percent of workers’ wages …

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For a living wage

It has been well documented that low wage industries are subsidized by our government which costs taxpayers and takes away services and quality of life to help the poverty wage workers. In wine country, low wages have many families working 2-3 jobs to pay for unaffordable housing leaving little left for health needs and food. 96% …

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