California

Judge Halts Further Fracking Off Coast Of Southern California Until A Full Review Is Complete

November 14, 2018 Ashley Curtin, Nationofchange.org Resist! California, Courts, Fracking

"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast." A federal judge puts a halt to the Trump administration’s push to expand oil off the cost of Southern California until a full review is completed. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez of Los Angeles ruled that a review assessing the impact of fracking on endangered species and coastal resources must be done first. “We just won a crucial victory in our lawsuit to stop offshore fracking!” the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) said in a tweet. “A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.”

Workers Find Their Power On The Picket Line

November 5, 2018 By Kathryn Lybarger, Socialistworker.org Resist! California, Class Struggle, Picketing, Workers

Some 24,000 members of AFSCME Local 3299, which represents support staff and patient care staff in the University of California (UC) medical and school systems, took to the picket lines on October 23-25 for the second three-day strike of this year. The 15,000 members of University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) Local 9119 workers at UC also went on strike and were out on the picket lines with AFSCME. The picket lines last week were lively, with strikers stopping several scab deliveries at various campuses. On the second day of the walkout, members of UNITE HERE on strike at Marriott hotels in the Bay Area joined UC strikers from other campuses in converging on UC San Francisco for a rally of more than 1,000 people.

Union Shuts Down Three-Day Strike By California Health Care And Service Workers

October 29, 2018 Evelyn Rios, Wsws.org Resist! California, Health Care, Strikes, Unions, Workers Rights and Jobs

A three-day strike by service and patient tech workers at the University of California ended on Thursday, despite the fact that nothing has been won for the workers, who are the lowest paid in the public institution of higher learning. Nearly 24,000 workers are in the union that organized the strike, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). This includes over 8,000 service workers (custodians, food and hospital service workers, and shuttle bus drivers) and 13,000 patient care workers, such as operation room specialists, respiratory therapists, patient care assistants, pharmacy technicians, hospital lab techs, phlebotomists.

California Judge Blocks Trump Administration Effort To End Protections For Some Immigrants

October 5, 2018 Robert Jablon and Sudhin Thanawala, AP.org Resist! California, Courts, Immigrants, Trump Administration

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending protections that allowed immigrants from four countries to live and work legally in the United States, saying the move would cause “irreparable harm and great hardship.” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the administration’s decision to discontinue temporary protected status for people from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador. The judge said there is evidence that “President Trump harbors an animus against non-white, non-European aliens which influenced his ... decision to end the TPS designation.”

Four Men Arrested Over Unrest During 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally

October 4, 2018 By Rahima Nasa, Propublica.org Resist! AltRight, California, Racism, White Nationalism

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested four members or associates of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group, over their alleged role in the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The four men were charged with having traveled to Charlottesville with the aim of inciting a riot and conspiracy to incite a riot, and prosecutors submitted an array of photographs and videos capturing the men pummeling and choking protesters over two days. If convicted, the men — Benjamin Drake Daley, 25, of Redondo Beach, California; Thomas Walter Gillen, 34, of Redondo Beach; Michael Paul Miselis, 29, of Lawndale, California; and Cole Evan White, 24, of Clayton, California — could face five years in prison for each of two federal riot charges. White has been described as an associate of the group, not a member.

Governor Brown Vetoes Supervised Consumption Bill Despite Evidence It Works

October 2, 2018 Staff, Drugpolicy.org Resist! California, Drug use, Electoral Politics

Late last night California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 186 which would have allowed San Francisco to open overdose prevention services that would let drug users use controlled substances under the supervision of staff trained to treat and prevent drug overdose and link people to drug treatment, housing and other services. AB 186, authored by Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) and co-authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) passed the California Assembly and Senate earlier this year. “I am shocked that the Governor turned his back on the science and the experts and instead used outdated drug war ideology to justify his veto,” said Laura Thomas, Interim State Director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

California Governor Signs Nations Toughest Net Neutrality Law

October 1, 2018 Staff, Tumblr.fightforthefuture.org Create! California, Legislation, Net Neutrality

“This victory in California is a testament to the power of the free and open Internet to defend itself. And it’s a beacon of hope for Internet users everywhere who are fighting for the basic right to express themselves and access information without cable and phone companies controlling what they can see and do online.” said Evan Greer (pronouns: she/her), deputy director of Fight for the Future, the digital rights group that played a leading role in passing SB 822 and bringing national attention to the bill. “Despite their army of lobbyists and millions spent lining the pockets of legislators, these companies continue to lose ground in the face of overwhelming cross-partisan opposition to their greedy attacks on our Internet freedom.

Can California Utilities Burn Down The State And Make The Public Pay For It?

September 18, 2018 Matt Stannard, Occupy.com Educate! California, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Utilities

The fossil fuel industry knowingly alters the climate, exacerbating fire risks in the American West, including massive wildfires across California. Energy utilities (presently private corporations) play a more immediate role in sparking fires that, thanks to climate volatility, rage out of control. Then, these private corporations dodge strict liability regulations by getting the California legislature to allow them to charge customers for that liability. The lesson is clear: Oil companies heat and dry up the planet, power companies start fires on the dried up land, and we pay the bills. Once it is signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown – who is fresh off the successful Global Climate Action Summit, held last week in San Francisco – that is exactly what new state legislation will do.

California’s Road To Carbon Neutrality Runs Through The State’s Buildings

September 18, 2018 Justin Gerdes, Greentechmedia.com Create! California, Carbon, Climate Change

California must build housing closer to transit and jobs, and wring carbon from new and existing buildings, if the state is to meet its ambitious climate targets. That was the message delivered by a high-level panel at a Global Climate Action Summit side event convened in San Francisco on Wednesday by Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit. Top of mind for the panel was California Governor Jerry Brown’s signatures earlier in the week on SB 100, requiring the state to achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity, and an executive order establishing a carbon neutrality target, both by 2045. The message for California policymakers is clear: Carbon reduction is the end goal. “We’re focused on carbon,” said Andrew McAllister, commissioner with the California Energy Commission.

Protests Disrupt Global Climate Action Summit

September 14, 2018 By Joe Kukura, SF Weekly Resist! California, Climate Change, Climate Justice

Political leaders and delegates attending Gov. Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit had a difficult time getting in to the conference Thursday morning. That’s because several hundred protesters successfully blockaded the summit’s main Moscone Center entrance, decrying what they call “Jerry Brown’s hypocrisy on climate change.” While conference attendees could still use other Moscone Center entrances, the demonstration did block the main Howard and Third Street entrance to the event.

Open Letter From The Indigenous Peoples Of The World

September 12, 2018 Staff, Ienearth.org Resist! California, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples

Original peoples and Indigenous nations of the world gathered on the Ramaytush and the greater Ohlone territory in California supported by ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (1989) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) to protest the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) hosted by Governor Jerry Brown and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF). The GCAS and GCF must not place a market value on the carbon sequestration capacity of our forests in the Global South and North. You cannot commodify the Sacred — we reject these market based climate change solutions and projects such as the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program (REDD+)...

Victory In California Assembly Brings State One Vote Away From Strong Net Neutrality Law

September 1, 2018 By Jacob Kastrenakes, Theverge.com Create! California, Legislation, Net Neutrality

California’s state Assembly has approved a bill that would not just restore the net neutrality protections enacted under President Obama, but go beyond them, potentially creating the strictest rules in the country. The bill now heads back to the Senate for a final vote. But that needs to happen soon, or advocates will have to keep waiting: tomorrow is the last day for either chamber to pass legislation until next year. The bill, passed in a 58-17 vote today, prohibits internet providers from blocking or throttling any legal apps, websites, or other services and bans the paid prioritization of data. That’s where the Obama-era rules left off.

California Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote

August 30, 2018 Marianne Lavelle, Insideclimatenews.org Create! California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Legislation

In a move to solidify California's role as a world leader on climate action, state lawmakers voted this week to shift their state—the world's fifth-largest economy—to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature. Brown hasn't commented on it but is widely expected to sign the legislation as one of the crowning environmental achievements of his administration, which ends in January. The renewable energy commitment also comes on the cusp of a Global Climate Action Summit that Brown is hosting in San Francisco beginning Sept.12. In a summer when California has been fighting record wildfires while facing off against the Trump administration's attempts to rollback climate policies, the state's Democratic-controlled legislature sought to double down on its commitment to shift away from fossil fuels.

Fire Dept. Rejects Verizon’s “Customer Support Mistake” Excuse For Throttling

August 25, 2018 Jon Brodkin, Arstechnica.com Educate! California, Net Neutrality, Verizon

A fire department whose data was throttled by Verizon Wireless while it was fighting California's largest-ever wildfire has rejected Verizon's claim that the throttling was just a customer service error and "has nothing to do with net neutrality." The throttling "has everything to do with net neutrality," a Santa Clara County official said. Verizon yesterday acknowledged that it shouldn't have continued throttling Santa Clara County Fire Department's "unlimited" data service while the department was battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. Verizon said the department had chosen an unlimited data plan that gets throttled to speeds of 200kbps or 600kbps after using 25GB a month but that Verizon failed to follow its policy of "remov[ing] data speed restrictions when contacted in emergency situations."

With Crucial California Bill Back In Play, California Lawmakers Warned: Back Net Neutrality Or “Feel Constituents’ Wrath”

August 11, 2018 By Julia Conley, Commondreams.org Resist! California, Legislation, Net Neutrality

"California assemblymembers won't get a second chance and they need to decide immediately to either side with the public or be willing to pay the price for catering to big telecoms." With the latest version of California's net neutrality bill unveiled by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener this week, open internet defenders are prepared to publicly pressure and shame state lawmakers who plan to appease powerful internet service providers (ISPs) by voting against the proposal instead of standing with their constituents. The advocacy group Fight for the Future urged Californians to demand that their representatives vote in favor of SB 822, which will be considered by the state Assembly's Communications and Conveyance Committee before going the Assembly votes on it later this month. Noting that ISPs like AT&T and Comcast have poured millions of dollars into their campaign to defeat SB 822...

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