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Protect Open Space and Prevent Sprawl – Vote Yes on W in Sonoma

Protect Open Space and Prevent Sprawl – Vote Yes on W in Sonoma If you love our City of Sonoma as much as we do, we encourage you to Vote Yes on Measure W to renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary in the November 3, 2020, General Election to:  – Protect open space …

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Fire Safe Roads, public speaks out against County’s plan for exemption

  “Please…protect us. Our own county isn’t doing so.” “Any relaxation of code restrictions that permits development without safe, adequate access for fire apparatus is simply a disaster waiting to happen.” Dear Board of Forestry, For 20 years, I have owned a ranch property in rural, unincorporated Sonoma County.  My single access route is a …

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Protect Open Space and Prevent Sprawl – Vote Yes on W in Sonoma

Protect Open Space and Prevent Sprawl – Vote Yes on W in Sonoma If you love our City of Sonoma as much as we do, we encourage you to Vote Yes on Measure W to renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary in the November 3, 2020, General Election to:  – Protect open space …

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Update: NO ACTION BY COUNTY: Environmental Groups Call on District Attorney to Prosecute Vineyard Developer

Remember this unpermitted destruction?  We are still waiting for resolution from the DA’s office Groups ask DA Ravich to prosecute Reimers for environmental destruction connected to vineyard. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2019 For more information, contact: Anna Ransome, Friends of Atascadero Wetlands Phone: 707-829-2781; Email: ransome@sonic.net Environmental Groups Call on District Attorney to Prosecute Vineyard …

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Sonoma County winery faces record $172,000 fine for alleged vineyard work violations

Environmental fines are written off as just the cost of doing business…..We are still waiting for the Reimers decision from the DA…….over a year and nothing.  Sonoma County winery faces record $172,000 fine for alleged vineyard work violations In this June 9, 2020, photo, included in a notice of violation issued by Sonoma County Department …

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Oil companies are profiting from illegal spills — and California is letting them – Alternet.org

When was the last time you saw a solar or windmill spill? “Along with being a global leader on addressing climate change, California is the seventh-largest producer of oil in the nation. And across some of its largest oil fields, companies have for decades turned spills into profits, garnering millions of dollars from surface expressions …

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