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LGC, ILG, and ICLEI are Hiring: Statewide Local Government Energy Efficiency Best Practices Coordinator

Posted on August 23, 2013 Written by

For infor­ma­tion on part­ner­ships between Cal­i­for­nia pub­lic util­i­ty com­pa­nies and inter­na­tion­al NGOs, read more here and see pow­er­point of ABAG newslet­ter here. For the most recent job open­ing, read below:

Filed Under: Climate Change, ICLEI, Sustainable Development Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Citizen Letter to CA Senator DeSaulnier regarding SB375 and SB1

Posted on July 18, 2013 Written by

Let­ter sent via email to Cal­i­for­nia State Sen­a­tor Mark DeSaulnier (7th Dis­trict) regard­ing SB375 and SB1, July 17, 2013: Sen­a­tor DeSaulnier, As co-author of both of these hor­ren­dous bills you should be ashamed of your­self. Why are you attack­ing sub­ur­ban and rur­al pri­vate prop­er­ty own­ers? Why are you push­ing for unelect­ed, unac­count­able region­al bod­ies to dictate […]

Filed Under: Property Rights, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Action Alert! Stop SB 1 — Eminent Domain Abuse and Bond Debt Without Voter Approval

Posted on July 18, 2013 Written by

Cal­i­for­nia Sen­ate Bill 1 (SB 1):  Sus­tain­able Com­mu­ni­ties Invest­ment Author­i­ty Sum­ma­ry of SB 1 If Stein­berg’s SB 1 (Stein­berg’s Sus­tain­able Com­mu­ni­ties Invest­ment Author­i­ty) becomes law, what will the cost be to you and each and every­one of us who own pri­vate prop­er­ty parcels? I believe this is one of the most dan­ger­ous bills and will be […]

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United Nations – Agenda 21 – Sustainable Development and the Regional One Bay Area Plan

Posted on February 4, 2013 Written by

Over the past few years I and many oth­ers in the Bay Area have been fight­ing against a plan that will social­ly re-engi­neer our lives referred to as the One Bay Area Plan. It will trans­form the lives of over 9 mil­lion peo­ple and towns in 9 coun­ties over the next 25 to 30 years […]

Filed Under: ICLEI, Property Rights, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Transportation, United Nations, Wildlands Network Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Battle To Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm

Posted on December 14, 2012 Written by

This is the sto­ry of Drakes Bay Oys­ter Farm, locat­ed on the Pacif­ic coast just north of San Fran­cis­co, and Inte­ri­or Sec­re­tary Ken Salazar’s Novem­ber 29th deci­sion to destroy jobs, destroy 40% of Cal­i­for­ni­a’s oys­ter pro­duc­tion, exter­mi­nate mil­lions of oys­ters, ter­mi­nate a beloved busi­ness that has been in oper­a­tion since 1934, and make fam­i­lies that […]

Filed Under: Oceans - Coasts, Property Rights, Sustainable Development, Wildlands Network Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Court Insider Exposes Judicial Treachery

Posted on December 10, 2012 Written by

Allan Para­chi­ni served for eight years as the Pub­lic Infor­ma­tion Offi­cer for the Los Ange­les Supe­ri­or Court. He was there dur­ing the incred­i­ble per­se­cu­tion of Dr. Richard Fine, who served eigh­teen months in soli­tary coer­cive confinement.

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U.N. Agenda 21 being implemented in Solano County, CA

Posted on November 26, 2012 Written by

Opin­ion Let­ter:  U.N. Agen­da 21 being imple­ment­ed in Solano Coun­ty Pub­lished by The Reporter Regard­ing a news arti­cle (“Vacav­ille works to meet hous­ing require­ments,” Nov. 15):  This is Unit­ed Nations Agen­da 21 being imple­ment­ed in our own back yard. So just who is ABAG? The Asso­ci­a­tion of Bay Area Gov­ern­ments is an unelect­ed body that, in […]

Filed Under: ICLEI, Property Rights, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Transportation, United Nations Tagged: , , , , , ,

California’s Awful Prop. 31: Is This Your Future?

Posted on September 10, 2012 Written by

Wake up Cal­i­for­nia. You are per­ilous­ly close to rat­i­fy­ing Propo­si­tion 31, a sweep­ing­ly redis­tri­b­u­tion­ist and pro­found­ly unde­mo­c­ra­t­ic trans­for­ma­tion of your way of life, and you don’t even know what’s at stake. Sub­ur­ban­ites of Cal­i­for­nia, you are the spe­cial tar­gets of Prop. 31. Act now, or be turned into sec­ond-class cit­i­zens in your own state. Wake up […]

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