BRATTON…Cotoni Coast National Monument/park disaster, save the trees, save Santa Cruz, Paul Lee tribute. GREENSITE…will return next week. KROHN…top city bureaucrat rakes it in. STEINBRUNER…City water rates rising, new water treatment plant $$, Ryan Coonerty and fire costs, Aptos historic homes, climate change. HAYES…on a brief vacation. PATTON…”Me Inc.”. MATLOCK… smelling rich on that midnight train to Georgia. EAGAN…Subconscious Comics and Deep Cover WEBMISTRESS’…pick of the week: another famous Swede… QUOTES…”Traffic”.
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DATELINE December 12
COTONI COAST NATIONAL MONUMENT /PARK ISSUES. Now that we (well most of us) have elected Justin Cummings as our new Third District Supervisor there may be hope that some of the issues connected with the soon to be opened Cotoni Coast National Monument Park can be handled with more focus, interest and determination than County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty ever gave this onslaught. The lack of direction from the Bureau of Land Management, no news to Davenport residents about the 500 car parking lot or the much needed answer to their local water supply, and on and on. Of course there’s the 50 to 100,000 visitors that will jam our narrow Highway One (Cabrilho Highway). Time’s a wastin’ and hordes are coming.
SAVING THOSE SPECIAL TREES. So many of our active locals are working hard to save those trees that border the proposed new library/parking garage. It is a perfect example of just how far removed our present City Council is from the wishes of the people they are supposed to represent. Pauline Seales led the following 12 organizations to jointly file this appeal on October 27th.Santa Cruz Climate Action Network, The Sierra Club Santa Cruz, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Santa Cruz., Yes on Measure O for Our Downtown, Our Future, Campaign for Sustainable Transportation, Downtown Commons Advocates, Youth for Climate Justice, Santa Cruz for Bernie, People’s Democratic Club of Santa Cruz County, Eat for the Earth, Ecosystem Restoration Communities, Electric Vehicle Assn CA Central Coast Chapter.
SAVING SANTA CRUZ. As we look over our shoulders or even stare straight ahead we see and live with homelessness, never-ending high rise monstrous high priced apartment buildings, ever growing traffic jams, over dosing drug addictions, guns, violence and murders and still more. As we face the New Year we should also take a broader view and ask ourselves what cities or towns in the USA aren’t facing the very same issues? Has any government anywhere solved these problems? Think again while we continue to suffer under an abysmal city government what possible solutions exist anywhere? Santa Cruz still has very special somethings, and we shouldn’t forget it!
PAUL LEE TRIBUTE. Manuel Zavala was one of Paul Lee’s good friends and a caretaker/scribe for Paul’s Penny University. He sent out announcement stating a memorial celebration of the life of Paul Lee will take place at the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Soquel on Dec. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. You can reach Manuel at wizofmoz@cruzio.com
I search and critique a variety of movies only from those that are newly released. Choosing from the thousands of classics and older releases would take way too long. And be sure to tune in to those very newest movie reviews live on KZSC 88.1 fm every Friday from about 8:10 – 8:30 am. on the Bushwhackers Breakfast Club program hosted by Dangerous Dan Orange.
WHITE NOISE. (DEL MAR THEATRE). (6.6 IMDB). Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig along with Don Cheadle lead the cast of this so called comedy. It has laughs but at our expense while the director makes great fun of our consumerism, our fear of death, our politics, and our family issues. It is also sad, tragic, and bitter and it’s from a book that I haven’t read. It’s hard to follow the varying numbered parts but you’ll stay with it just to see how it ends. The institution that Driver teaches at is called “College on the Hill” which of course reminds us locals of “City on the Hill”. Go for it, you’ll be puzzled, curious, and dubious.
HARRY & MEGHAN. (NETFLIX SERIES) (3.2 IMDB). As one observer said, the Brits pay taxes to keep the Royal Family in their castles and lives. So that justifies why the British press has the privilege of maintaining the paparazzi attacks on their lives. Netflix paid $100 million for the filming rights to this series! These six documentary episodes give us Harry and Meghan Markle’s view of their lives on and under the throne. Meghan the Duchess of Sussex was born August 4, 1981 in Canoga Park, California. Yes, there’s quite a bit of Harry’s mom Diana AND the paparazzi.
TELL ME LIES. (HULU SERIES) (6.7 IMDB). A very silly movie about a group of college freshmen girls and how they handle the foolish sorority rules and just why they band together at all. Their names are Pippa, Bree, Macy and so forth. Macy dies in the first episode and the series gets more ridiculous after that.
INSIDE MAN. (NETFLIX SERIES) (6.6 IMDB). Stanley Tucci and David Tennant star in this tricky and complex drama. Tucci is a former professor of criminology who is on death row in an Arizona prison because he strangled his wife. But he’s so good a crime investigator that all kinds of people come to him for advice while he’s on death row. There’s even some laughs and centers on examining why we do the seemingly strange things we do.
SPECIAL NOTE….Don’t forget that when you’re not too sure of a plot or need any info on a movie to go to Wikipedia. It lays out the straight/non hype story plus all the details you’ll need including which server (Netflix, Hulu, or PBS) you can find it on. You can also go to Brattononline.com and punch in the movie title and read my take on the much more than 100 movies.
PINOCCHIO by GUILLERMO del TORO. (DEL MAR THEATRE). (8.1 IMDB). No laughs, no cartoons, just perfect stop motion serious action during Benito Mussolini’s reign in Italy. Voices by Ewan McGregor, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton and more. War, bloodshed, death and dying…this is no Disney version. del Toro is a serious director and his interpretation will make you dig deep and think through every frame of this two hour treatise.
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER. (NETFLIX MOVIE) (6.8 IMDB). This ancient shocking outré sex book was written in 1928 but no English versions appeared in the USA until 1960 and it hit thee fan and more than 3 million fans. Many filmed versions have lit up our screens and this one is super good. It’s a period piece taking place on a huge estate complete with a grounds keeper who is seduced by the Lady of the manor. Excellent sex scenes, super costumes, fine acting, even what are now common swear words, no big star names, and you won’t take your eyes off the screen for a second.
THE NOEL DIARY. (NETFLIX MOVIE) (6.2 IMDB). This is a futile attempt to create another big deal, feel good Holiday movie. It’s Chicago, the authors mother dies, he has been separated from his dad and will they get back together again…I’m sure no one cares. It’s corny, stilted, forced, and just plain bad acting too.
THE SWIMMERS. NETFLIX SERIES. (7.5IMDB). Two sisters who are Olympic swimmers lead this true story of their escape from Damacus in Syria in 2016 where the war rages on while they work to stay in athletic shape. Their goal is Rio and the 2016 Olympics. It gives us a small picture of what life in like as a refugee and what inhuman ways our fellow humans take advantage of people trying to find a better life. It’s excellent, heartfelt, sincere, well-acted…don’t miss it.
THE WONDER. NETFLIX MOVIE. (6.7 IMDB). This saga and I mean saga is the story of an English nurse who was sent to a small town in Ireland in 1862. Her job is to watch full time a young 14 year old girl who hasn’t eaten any food for four months. It’s a mystery we don’t find out the answer to for ¾ of the movie. It’s tight, mysterious, and also stars movie favorites like Ciaran Hinds and Toby Jones. It’s very serious but gripping, watch it.
FIRST LOVE. HULU MOVIE. (4.7 IMDB). This is a story focusing on two youngsters and their first loves. It’s more about middle class values and how finances separate us. The two leads are not convincing, the story is too superficial and there are no reasons to watch this fatal family drivel.
THE FABLEMANS. DEL MAR THEATRE. (8.3 IMDB) This is the heavily publicized half true biography of famed director Stephen Spielberg‘s life up to the point he starts making movies. It goes from Cincinnati to Phoenix, Arizona and even to his brief time in Saratoga before going to Hollywood and meeting John Ford who is played by David Lynch. Michelle Williams and Paul Dano are his parents and much of the plot centers on the Jewish aspect of his life. Its
2 1/2 hours long and feels like it at times but it’s a fine film.
WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES. HULU SERIES. (7.4 IMDB). It’s the back stage story of how the once famous nightclubs called Chippendales got its start. One very open minded smart promoter tried many versions of nightclubs that failed until some friends suggested he try a club with male strippers and even a male chorus line. Juliette Lewis is back onscreen again as another advisor who helps the club succeed. It all depends on how much you like watching male strippers, and you’re on your own.
GOODNIGHT OPPY. PRIME. (7.8 IMDB). Angela Bassett narrates this documentary featuring the twin robots that were sent to Mars starting back in 2003. The rockets roamed and stuttered around part of Mars for nearly 15 years and this movie treats them like childlike human beings. The entire experiment was to learn if there was water now or ever on Mars which would have allowed life to exist there. It’s a cute, human, unforgettable look at the humans at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Lab who created it. It’s also mildly diverting.
Gillian will return next week.
| Gillian Greensite is a long time local activist, a member of Save Our Big Trees and the Santa Cruz chapter of IDA, International Dark Sky Association http://darksky.org Plus she’s an avid ocean swimmer, hiker and lover of all things wild. |
December 12
TOP CITY BUREAUCRAT RAKES IT IN.
Note to reader
With picketers at UCSC hoping to see a fair and just contract offered to their membership, and in light of the miserly wage increase earned by the city’s lowest paid workers this past October, city management continues to secure large pay increases. Here is a BrattonOnline column that ran in May of 2021 and reflects how city tax-payer money continues to flow towards the top.
Hey City Manager, Can You Spare a Dime?
In 2019, Santa Cruz City Manager, Martin Bernal, was paid $233,628 in salary and $284,868 when benefits were added. In the years 2015-19, $1,347,498 changed hands between Santa Cruz tax payers and the chief city decision-maker. It is so much money that middle-aged Bernal can now finally retire as he will be receiving around $250k each year for the rest of his life…for a job well done? Meh. If it was well-done, then the past three city councils would not have created the soft ramp for his ever-so soft exit from the city’s base salary top-earner spot. The city of Santa Cruz had an “adopted budget” for 2021 of $323,190,000, and around 800 employees. Bernal’s job was to manage all of that. Now, compare his salary and responsibilities with that of Governor Gavin Newsom. In the same year that Bernal received $284k, the governor was paid $191k in salary and a total of $270k in salary and benefits. By the way, the governor of California manages a budget in excess of $267 billion with 237,826 active employees. So, along comes item #20 on this past Tuesday’s city council agenda, “Resolution amending the Classification and Compensation Plan for the City Manager classification.” Seems like $284k just ain’t enough for the next city manager. Not competitive enough, avers Bernal’s own appointed Human Resources Director, Lisa Murphy. She concocted a resolution that somehow maintains the next city manager ought to be paid $28k more in salary and benefits, sending the position to a $300k stratospheric place in the salary universe. Murphy’s prepared city council resolution reads: “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Cruz, that the City Council hereby approves increasing the City Manager salary range by 10% effective upon the appointment of a new City Manager which is anticipated to occur in August 2021.”
Is Lee Butler Qualified?
Oh, yes, administrator insiders will argue that we must be competitive. Other cities will steal away “highly qualified” future managers, like Bernal I guess, and we will have to live with the dregs of city CEOs. Heaven forbid, does this mean the door is open for current Planning Director and likely Bernal’s fave choice to succeed him, Lee Butler? Butler has never been a city manager before, but that did not stop him from becoming a planning director with no planning director experience. And why not appoint Butler, he’ll take the “low” pay and city admin people would argue, no one would come to Santa Cruz because of the abysmal city manager salary. Just ask the two planning director candidates before Butler. They told the city it was too expensive to live in Surf City, so Butler was chosen instead. He already had a house on the upper Westside. Now, the time looks ripe for him to swoop in and claim the city manager mantle because the advertisements in Western City magazine (ever hear of that one? It circulates among the city administrator glitterati the world over, a very miniscule readership.) aren’t bringing in enough qualified candidates. Why not advertise in the New York Times, or on university job boards like Harvard, UCSC, and UC Berkeley? What about not hiring someone who went to city manager school, someone who might bring a fresh perspective to local government, has expertise working with homeless populations and managing budgets, a people person with a sense of humor, and an advocate for open and transparent government? What about just placing an ad in the Santa Cruz Sentinel? Ever see a want-ad in the Sentinel for a city manager? That’s because the city manager handles the outreach. He uses city funds, usually totaling around $25-$30k, to advertise the job to people like himself, people who will want (demand!?) over $300k in salary and benefits, or they will say the job simply isn’t worth it. The beach, the redwoods, a vibrant downtown, a diversifying population that is politically engaged and environmentally-minded, a city with its own fire, police, and water departments, and a cute Monterey Colonial Revival-style city hall office. Who wouldn’t want to lead this community? Let’s limit compensation to $200k, which is more than double the median income in Santa Cruz county, because if someone cannot live on that, they will have really lost touch with the people who live here. Oh god, I can see city administrators everywhere furrowing their collective $brow, squinching up their noses, and puckering their lips before asking: Why would someone ever want to run a city on $200k per year, which is about 10% more than the state’s governor is paid? Who indeed!
Addendum
Well, it is now nearing the end of 2022 and yes, an inside baseball city manager was in fact, chosen to lead Santa Cruz. Do you know his name? It’s Matt Huffaker. And last week, he was just given yet another raise, which sends the city manager salary ever higher into the stratosphere, way past $300k in salary and benefits. Guess what? Not only was it higher than what SEIU city workers received in percentage, but in sheer dollars it was ginormous. To see where the bulk of Santa Cruz tax-payer dollars go, just click HERE, or Google Transparent California. I think you may be surprised dear reader that there is a certain Santa Cruz chief of police in total salary and benefits received $423,084 in tax-payer money in 2021. Where does the buck$ stop? I guess in the bank accounts of some heavily compensated city employees.
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The numbers of strikers are holding on the picket line at High and Bay streets while the salary numbers the UC negotiators offer continues to be pitiful. Is there an end in sight? Will fall grades be turned in before a contract is ratified by UAW strikers? Will UCSC winter quarter classes be disrupted?
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Chris Krohn is a father, writer, activist, and a Santa Cruz City Council member from 1998-2002 and from 2017-2020. Krohn was Mayor in 2001-2002. He’s been running the Environmental Studies Internship program at UC Santa Cruz for the past 16 years. On Tuesday evenings at 5pm, Krohn hosts of “Talk of the Bay,” on KSQD 90.7 and KSQD.org His Twitter handle at SCpolitics is @ChrisKrohnSC Chris can be reached at ckrohn@cruzio.com
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SANTA CRUZ CITY WATER RATES GOING UP…WITH GREAT FINANCIAL BURDEN TO MANY
The City Water Commission heard some very grim news last week with analysis showing that by 2026 when the rates have significantly increased, the number of households that will struggle to pay their water bills will nearly double (Item 5 on the agenda).
Take a look at the maps showing the stark news (pages 56 through 58 in the packet)
Note the increasingly large areas of red, orange and yellow…people who will struggle to pay their water bills.
Look at the maps on pages 73-79 for some real eye-opening data of low income areas that are struggling now.
Write the City of Santa Cruz Council with your thoughts: citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com
NEW TOOL TO COMPARE COST OF WATER BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS
One presentation to the Santa Cruz City Water Commission last week was from David Mitchell of Oakland’s M. Cubed Consulting, who described the looming economic burden rising water rates (and other utilities) will bring, citing a new nationwide data dashboard tool for comparing affordability among areas. Oddly, the City of Santa Cruz data is not included in the dashboard, but Watsonville and Scotts Valley are, as well as Soquel Creek Water District.
Duke University created the website tool that allows comparison by adding in filters for jurisdiction and size. If you hover your mouse over the various census blocks that are color-coded for level of economic burden, you see information about number of households and average income levels.
Do you see that areas of Soquel Creek Water District (with about 14,000 customers) are already highly burdened or moderately burdened? Their rates will go up 9% on January 1, 2023, the fifth consecutive rate increase the Board approved in order to help pay for the bloated PureWater Soquel Project cost. The Board has discussed selecting a new Rate Increase Ad Hoc Committee next year to shove yet another rate increase through next year.
Write the Soquel Creek Water District Board with your thoughts: Board of Directors bod@soquelcreekwater.org and copy Administrative Clerk Emma Western emmaw@soquelcreekwater.org
NEWS ABOUT ISSUES WITH PUREWATER SOQUEL PROJECT
While the Soquel Creek Water District Board of Directors prefers to remain publicly silent regarding the expensive modified PureWater Soquel Project to inject treated sewage water into the aquifer, last week’s Santa Cruz City Water Commission agenda documents provided some interesting updates on the Project:
Construction of the Pure Water Soquel (PWS) project is progressing with installation of the City’s new tertiary treatment system and conveyance pipeline at the WWTF, and the advanced purification treatment facility at the Chanticleer site shown below. 6″ RW pipeline at WWTF
Next Steps:
Staff and Kennedy Jenks to revisit alternatives and portfolios for WSAIP.
- Work with Soquel Creek Water District to define groundwater modeling scenarios. Contract Update(s): Consultant: Kennedy Jenks, Recycled Water Feasibility Study – Phase 2
- Contract Signed: December 20, 2019
- Project Partners: City Public Works 4.7
- Engaged Stakeholders: Scotts Valley Water District, Soquel Creek Water District, County of Santa Cruz
- Original Contract Amount: $260,000
- Contract Amendment No. 1: $496,205
- Contract Amendment No. 2: Administrative only
- Contract Amendment No. 3: $350,000
- Contract Amendment No. 4: $358,282
- Amount Spent: $627,323
- Amount Remaining: $837,165
- Schedule: Contract is seeing an ongoing delay due to issues related to groundwater modeling, and overall alignment of all components of the supply augmentation analysis.
CITY WILL SPEND $153 MILLION ON NEW GRAHAM HILL WATER TREATMENT PLANT, DOUBLING TREATMENT CAPACITY
The City Water Commission heard a thorough presentation from the engineer, Mr. Matt Zenar, about the plans for the new enlarged Water Treatment Plant on Graham Hill. The $153 million project will have a Final EIR complete early next year, and construction will begin in 2024 New treatment processes, such as centrifuges to remove sediment from San Lorenzo River during storm events, will not only enable the City to treat more water when it is readily available, but also reduce the amount of chlorine used that causes disinfection by-product water quality problems.
The new large pumps, ozonation type Beltz wells santa Cruzand future UV treatment will really increase the energy demand of the treatment facility. There will be a new very large (8200SF) covered building over the settling basins to prevent outside contamination.
I asked if there could be solar panels placed on the roof areas, with potential lithium-iron-phosphate battery banks for energy storage and use at night? No answer. No one bothered to answer my question about any laboratory upgrades either, even though there had been mention of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC’s) and the fact that the staff report stated Giardia and Cryptosporidium are not effectively treated with chlorine and would require the new treatment processes of Granular Activated Charcoal (GAC), Ozone and later, UV light. Will their new lab be able to test and determine whether those organisms are present in the water?
With the new treatment plant on board, the City will be able to send water to inject in the Live Oak area Beltz Wells to recharge the aquifer. Also, once the new Water Rights to the San Lorenzo River are approved by the State Water Board, the City can sell potable water to Soquel Creek Water District in a more regional water sharing scenario.
NEWS ABOUT WATER RIGHTS CHANGES FOR THE SAN LORENZO RIVER TO SUPPORT REGIONAL WATER SHARING WHEN WATER IS AVAILABLE
Until the City’s Water Rights to the San Lorenzo River are changed, the City of Santa Cruz can only sell water taken from the River to customers in its service boundaries. However, that will change soon, with the actions described below, and support regional water sharing when there are wet winters and water is abundant.
Santa Cruz Water Rights Project. The Santa Cruz Water Rights Project Final Environmental Impact Report was certified by City Council on December 14, 2021, concluding the City’s CEQA process. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) process to amend the City’s post-1914 water rights has not been completed, although recent communications indicate a draft Order could be out the first of the new calendar year.
UPGRADING THE WATER PIPE ROUTE BETWEEN LOCH LOMOND RESERVOIR AND THE CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Many thanks to a reader who pointed out that on Tuesday (12/13), the Santa Cruz City Council will consider Closed Session discussion to negotiate easement agreements on 28 parcels to help improve the pathway for the new 24″ pipeline from the intake in Felton, traveling along areas of the Big Trees Railroad: [Agenda Packet]
Here is a link to the Newell Creek Pipeline Replacement Project
Santa Cruz City Water Dept. Manager Rosemary Menard kindly answered my question e-mailed to her about the easements and whether the new pipeline would be buried:
Hi Becky, there are two segments of the Newell Creek Pipeline involved. The segment from Newell Creek Dam to the Felton Booster is not in a public right of way but is in an alignment that goes through multiple properties from Glen Arbor to the Felton Booster. We’re replacing that segment with a directional drilled pipeline that is designed specifically to address the earthquake hazard/fault situation in that area. Hence, many easements over private properties, although realistically little to no surface disturbance will occur.
The second segment is from the Felton Booster (corner of Graham Hill Road and E. Zayante Road) to the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant. This segment is currently in Pipeline Road in Henry Cowell State Park for much of its alignment and is being moved to Graham Hill Road due to the difficulty of maintaining the pipeline in its current alignment. Fewer easements are required for this segment due to it being in a public right of way for much of its length.
All segments of the Newell Creek Pipeline, with the current exception of stream crossing segments on Pipeline Road, are buried.
Rosemary
This cleared thing up for me, but if you have questions, write to Rosemary Menard rmenard@cityofsantacruz.com
CHANGING THE RULES OF THE COUNTY FIRE ADVISORY COMMISSION WILL HARM THOSE WHO PAY FOR THE FIRE SERVICE
…AND SUPERVISOR RYAN COONERTY JUST DOESN’T CARE
The Board of Supervisors changed the rules so that Fire Dept. Advisory Commissioners no longer have to live in the area served by County Fire, and in fact, don’t have to be in the Supervisorial District they represent. This was done to allow Mr. Carey Pico, an appointee of Second District Supervisor Zach Friend, to continue to serve on the Commission, even though he lives in Rio del Mar (served by Central Fire District) and not in the boundary of County Fire. He is clueless about what rural residents need in local emergency response, but it doesn’t matter because he is a close friend of Supervisor Zach Friend.
The item was the final matter to be considered on the December 6 Regular Agenda. I sat through the Flood Control Board meeting, and two proclamations presentations, and the County Green Business Awards, waiting to address the Board on the Fire Dept. Commission Ordinance matter. Even though I was the only person left in the Board chambers, and no one else wanted to speak on the item, Chairman Manu Koenig refused my request for one additional minute past the two-minute restriction.
After the meeting, I saw Supervisor Ryan Coonerty in the hallway. I reminded him that the Fire Dept. Commissioners make crucial recommendations to the Board about financial matters, and it was the Commissioners who did the heavy lifting to get a Special Benefit Assessment tax for emergency response in the County Fire Dept. area, and that those Commissioners need to live in the service boundaries and pay those taxes, too.
“Becky, you are just one person, and you think everything has to be your way.” he said.
“So, you don’t think it matters that a Commissioner can make financial recommendations to the Board and not live in the tax district?”
“NOPE!”
“You don’t think it would better serve the people in County Fire area to have a representative that also lives in the rural area and understands what County Fire Dept. actually is?”
“NOPE!” he replied as he ducked into his secured office doorway.
“Well, in that case, I guess I am glad you are leaving.” I said, shocked that an elected Supervisor really doesn’t care about the people he serves, and as a lame duck, has finally admitted it.
RTC MAY PURCHASE HISTORIC HOMES ADJACENT TO RAILROAD IN APTOS
Maybe this will be the passenger rail station area? Dec. 1 added this to the Closed Session meeting:
Home built in 1916.
- Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8) Property: 7992 Soquel Drive 7992 Soquel Drive (APN 039-232-03), 7994 Soquel Drive (039-232-02), 7996 Soquel Drive (APN 039-232-01) Aptos, CA 95003 Agency Negotiators: Guy Preston, Luis Mendez and Sarah Christensen Negotiating Parties: SCCRTC and The Oak, LLC, Dennis and Julie Ann Jacobsen Under negotiations: Price and terms for acquisition of property
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CLIMATE CHANGE OR CHANGING THE CLIMATE?
I am concerned about the federal government’s 5-year Plan to shade the Earth with aerosols that would cloud things, with the idea of reducing global warming. [White House is pushing ahead research to cool Earth by reflecting back sunlight]
But will it have other impacts?
WRITE ONE LETTER. MAKE ONE CALL. ATTEND A PUBLIC MEETING. GO VISIT A GOOD FRIEND.
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE THIS WEEK AND JUST DO SOMETHING.
Cheers, Becky
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Becky Steinbruner is a 30+ year resident of Aptos. She has fought for water, fire, emergency preparedness, and for road repair. She ran for Second District County Supervisor in 2016 on a shoestring and got nearly 20% of the votes. She ran again in 2020 on a slightly bigger shoestring and got 1/3 of the votes.
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“TRAFFIC”
