California

We Need Publicly Owned Utilities

November 1, 2019 By Jill Richardson, Otherwords.org Create! California, Utilities, Wildfires

Right now, thousands of Californians are fleeing raging wildfires, while millions sit in the dark. And for-profit utilities may be to blame. Pacific Gas & Electric — a private, for-profit utility in the state — has admitted that its equipment likely caused 10 wildfires this year alone. To avoid further damage, the utility has been shutting off its customers’ power when weather conditions cause increased fire danger. Will this lower the risk of wildfires? Maybe. It will also leave blacked out hospitals choosing whether to refrigerate their vaccines or keep their medical records online.

Efforts To Claw Back Stolen Wages Painfully Slow, As California Employers Who Cheat Workers Often Get Away With It

October 16, 2019 By Eli Wolfe, Fairwarning.org Educate! California, Exploitation, Wages, Workers

In February, when California labor officials announced the biggest wage theft case against a private company in state history, they made sure to include a warning for all bosses: “Stealing earned wages from workers’ pockets is illegal in California and this case shows that employers who steal from their workers will end up paying for it in the end,” said Labor Secretary Julie Su in a press release announcing nearly $12 million in citations against RDV Construction, Inc. RDV has appealed the penalties.

Historic Breakthrough: Gov. Newsom Signs The Public Banking Act Into California Law

October 3, 2019 The Public Banking Institute Create! California, Public Banking, Wall Streer

Public Banking in California is a fantastic and historic breakthrough. This has been a longtime struggle of thousands of activists in California and throughout the country. Many cities and states have been making progress and this will the first breakthrough of many. Of course, we should expect Wall Street to respond aggressively, so let's escalate our organizing and seize this opportunity. If we increase our efforts on this critical issue we can open the floodgates to democratized banking and take control of finance from Wall Street and give it to the people.

Gentrification vs. Revitalization: The Fight For Affordable Housing In San Francisco

September 12, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Affordable Housing, California, Gentrification

A close up look at the epicenter of the nation's affordable housing crisis: San Francisco. We sit down with local residents and activists to hear about the manifold problems that gave rise to this crisis, and the creative ways in which folks are fighting for their human rights.

Victory! California’s Legislature Pulls AT&T And Comcast Bill That Protected Their Monopolies

September 12, 2019 Ernesto Falcon, Eff.org Educate! California, Reform, Telecommunications

AT&T and Comcast lobbyists fought hard this year to pass A.B. 1366, a bill that would have protected their broadband monopolies. Thanks to your support, that bill will not move forward this year. The California legislature in 2012 decided to eliminate the authority of its own telecom regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) through the end of 2019—on the promise that such a move would produce an affordable, widely available, high-speed broadband network.

Apartment Complex Built Exclusively For The Homeless Opens In San Jose

September 9, 2019 By John Vibes, Truth Theory Create! California, Homelessness, Housing, New Economy

A new apartment complex built exclusively for the homeless was recently opened in San Jose, California. The development is called Second Street Studios, and it is the first property of its kind in the city. The unprecedented effort is in response to a growing homeless population across the bay area. According to CBS, a recent survey suggested that there was a 42% increase in homelessness in San Jose in the past two years, with an estimated 6,000 people living without shelter in the city.

Shell To Pay Up For Contaminating Groundwater In California

September 3, 2019 Ruth Milka, Nationofchange.org Resist! California, Contamination, Shell Oil, Water

Shell Oil Company was ordered this week to pay $63 million in damages for polluting groundwater in the city of Atwater, California. A jury this week found the corporation liable in the four-month trial over a lawsuit filed against the company for their role in releasing the highly toxic chemical 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) into the groundwater. Shell was accused of marketing a nematicide, a chemical used by farmers to kill worms in the soil, to the public without revealing that it contained TCP. The nematicide was widely used by farmers in Atwater on agricultural lands, leading to contaminated groundwater.

Fighting Back: Six States Sue The EPA Over Its Approval Of Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage

August 19, 2019 By Alexandra Jacobo, Nationofchange.org Resist! California, Courts, EPA, Lawsuit, Pesticides

Last month the EPA announced that despite urging from the scientific community, it will not ban the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos. Now six states are fighting back against the decision. California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland and Vermont have filed a lawsuit against the EPA arguing the chloypyrifos poses a significant danger to human health and should be banned. A similar lawsuit has been filed by Earthjustice on behalf of the environmental and health groups that advocate for environmentalists, farmworkers, and people with learning disabilities. The EPA argues that environmental groups do not have enough data to determine that chlorpyrifos isn’t safe. “Registration review is a comprehensive, scientific and transparent process that will further evaluate the potential effects of chlorpyrifos.

EPA Refuses To Allow Warning Labels For Glyphosate

August 17, 2019 By Alexandra Jacobo, Nationofchange.org Educate! California, EPA, glyphosate, Labeling

The Environmental Protection Agency is protecting Monsanto by refusing to approve warning labels for products that contain glyphosate. Although the Internation Agency for Research on Cancer has labeled glyphosate – the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup – as a “probable carcinogen”, the EPA is adamant the research has failed to prove a significant public risk to human health. The EPA’s decision is in response to a court order obtained by Monsanto against the state of California.

Study: Enactment Of California’s Medical Marijuana Law Associated With Sustained Decline In Traffic Fatalities

August 16, 2019 Staff, Norml.org Educate! California, Medical Marijuana, Public safety, Reform, Transportation

Irvine, CA: The enactment of California's 1996 medical cannabis access law is associated with a significant and a sustained decline in motor vehicle fatalities, according to data published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology. A team of investigators from the University of California at Irvine assessed the relationship between the enactment of California's medical cannabis law and statewide traffic fatalities. They estimated that California experienced a greater decline in fatal accidents compared to synthetic controls.

California: Appeal Upheld In Challenge To Oil Drilling

August 11, 2019 Los Padres Forest Watch, edhat.com. Resist! California, climate crisis, Environment, Oil and Gas

The California Bureau of Land Management has agreed with conservation groups that plans for a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument failed to comply with federal environmental laws. The July 12 decision, announced [Tuesday], said the local BLM office must consider potential harm to California condors, other imperiled wildlife and the climate. The decision sends the BLM’s environmental review back to the agency’s Bakersfield Field Office for a new analysis, including a consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “The Carrizo Plain National Monument is one of California’s iconic landscapes and we’re relieved that the BLM will reconsider its decision to allow a new oil well and pipeline on this treasured landscape,” said ForestWatch Executive Director Jeff Kuyper.

Woosley Fire: Sampling In The Wake Of Disaster

August 3, 2019 Staff, Fairewinds.org Create! California, Natural Disasters, Wildfires

During 2018, California was racked by the most devastating series of deadly forest fires in its history. While each of these events led to a tragic loss of lives, wildlife, homes, and entire communities, the Woolsey Fire is of particular interest and concern to Fairewinds Energy Education. The Woolsey fire burned nearly one hundred thousand acres across Los Angeles and Ventura counties during the month of November. While the fire is now out, people all over California have contacted us to ask questions and express concerns about the possible migration of radioactivity from the Woolsey Fire.

Following Berkeley’s Natural Gas Ban, More California Cities Look To All-Electric Future

July 27, 2019 Phil McKenna, Insideclimatenews.org Create! Ban, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels

Berkeley has become the first city in the United States to ban the use of natural gas in new low-rise buildings, and it isn't the only California community looking for ways to shift its buildings away from burning fossil fuels. Cities and towns across the state are considering measures to encourage developers to use only electric appliances in new buildings—and skip installing natural gas lines for stoves, furnaces and water heaters. Ken Davies, interim deputy director of Climate Smart San Jose, a unit within the city of San Jose's environmental services department, estimates about 60 cities and towns across the state—including San Jose...

Climate Shenanigans At The California Democratic Convention In San Francisco

June 3, 2019 Diablo Rising Tide, Indybay.org Resist! California, Climate Change, Electoral Politics

Climate Shenanigans at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco. California's biggest secret is that Big Oil continues to dominate the conversation on fossil fuels and climate change in the largest Democratic controlled state in the country. Our goal is to fuck with that. Friday night, a small, but mighty, group of climate trouble-makers put out a whole lot of guerrilla advertising [banners, wheatpastes, projections] calling out California’s Democratic leadership at its convention about its complicity with Big Oil, perpetuating the climate crisis.

Human Rights Outlaws Defending An Ancient Forest’

April 27, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Activism, California, Environment

There is precious little ancient forest left in this world – and a patch in Northern California is quite literally on the chop block. A forest defender with Save the Mattole's Ancient Forest sits down with us to discuss their work,the disgusting tactics of the logging industry, the decades-long fight to protect Rainbow Ridge and the wooded road ahead.

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