Bad Government

Attack on UGB and Community Separators: AB 1322 authorizes city councils and county boards of supervisors to unilaterally decline to enforce an adopted ballot initiative

Bad Government, Community Rights / June 6, 2021

Undermining the will of the voters is bad government….. Attack on UGB and Community Separators: AB 1322 authorizes city councils and county boards of supervisors to unilaterally decline to enforce an adopted ballot initiative…… Greenbelt Alliance and other concerned groups/individuals, and we really need your help to defeat AB 1322, which would set a dangerous …

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Drought: How bad is it? ‘This has never happened’: California’s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery

Bad Government, Climate, Groundwater, News / April 14, 2021

As Sonoma County supervisors prepare to allow 65,000 acres of water thirsty crops (Gore/Hopkins co-chair cannabis committee), push biomass energy dirtier than coal (Hopkins), allow the wine industry to continue to suck up water unfettered at expense of homeowners which dries up the environment making fires more severe…..scientists say buckle up for severe fire season.   ‘This …

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Let the Public Speak: Bad Medicine

Bad Government, Cannabis Issues, Community Rights / March 9, 2021

Let the Public Speak: Bad Medicine LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK Bad medicine EDITOR: In spite of the city’s commitment to approving marijuana dispensaries only in industrial and commercial areas, away from residential areas, the Santa Rosa Planning Commission came perilously close to approving one in the middle of a quiet, densely populated, residential area in …

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No one is happy with county: The LCP remote workshop was entirely too remote

Bad Government, Big Wine, Community Rights, News / February 28, 2021

To whom it may concern, The LCP remote workshop was entirely too remote and not an adequate substitute for citizen input. People need to see who is in attendance, speakers need to be announced by full name and affiliation. Not only that, but of course it is still impossible to comment on a document that …

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