URGENT CALL FOR ACTION: Stop Fracking on California Coast

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FRIDAY, APRIL 11
10:00 AM

Informational Hearing
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FRACKING ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room
Santa Barbara County Administration Building
105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay), Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Coastal Protection, will be joined by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblymember Das Williams. The hearing includes a discussion of current oversight and regulations in California and federal waters. Panelists will come from the state government, the oil and gas industry, and environmental stakeholders.

The public is invited to comment.
PLEASE ATTEND.
This is the first committee hearing on Fracking at the Senate Natural Resources committee.

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Last year the California Legislature failed to pass a moratorium on fracking and other forms of well stimulation, but did take an important step forward with SB 4 (Fran Pavley D. Agoura Hills) that brought disclosure, water monitoring and other safeguards to the extreme extraction methods that were already underway and unregulated.

Since then, public support for a moratorium has risen to counter the influence of the oil industry and new legislation has been introduced. Over the last six months more concerns have come up about chemicals, induced earthquakes, water contamination, air quality,climate change, oil train transportation and a host of other problems connected with shale oil recovery.

SB 1132, jointly authored by Senator Holly Mitchell (D. Culver City) and Senator Mark Leno (D. San Francisco), will impose a moratorium on extreme oil extraction methods in California both on-shore and off-shore, until the state study on the threats and impacts is completed and measures are in place to protect against harm. PETITION

• We urge you to contact Senator Fran Pavley (Chair) and Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson thanking them for a yes vote to move SB 1132 forward.

• For more information on the CFROG Board of Directors’ unanimous vote to endorse SB 1132, contact CFROG.

• See Fracking Wells in Ventura County map: http://www.cfrog.org/maps

• Oil and Gas Fields & Earthquake Faults – California
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=fb95d4a570a54d37afb0c494c7d48fdf&extent=-120.9665,33.2962,-115.8414,35.3287

*There are more maps here: http://www.cfrog.org/maps

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—Thanks To Grant Marcus for the info.

World-Wide Wave of Action April 4-July 4

The Worldwide #WaveOfAction begins April 4th and runs through July 4th. During this three-month cycle, people throughout the world will be protesting corruption, rallying around solutions and taking part in alternative systems. The new paradigm will be on full display. Studies have proven that it only takes 3.5% of the population taking nonviolent action to create meaningful and positive change. The #WaveOfAction gives all of us who want change a powerful opportunity to #EvolveSociety. Change-makers all over the world will be engaged at the same time in an unprecedented wave of transformation.

More information, Videos, + Art. Find out what is going on in Ventura, Los Angeles and all over the world. Start something!
GET INVOLVED!!!! https://waveofaction.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Worldwide-Wave-of-Action/176294759231015

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.522118721238321.1073741846.405414422908752&type=1

Los Angeles: https://www.facebook.com/events/1413346825582931/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

 

Supreme Court Decision: Single contributors are no longer capped on how many candidates and party committees they can give to

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THIS JUST IN FROM . . .

The Supreme Court just ruled on a case that’s been referred to as Citizens United 2: McCutcheon vs. FEC.
They ruled to decimate the overall limits that the uber-rich can spend on our elections. It pretty much does for individuals what Citizens United did for corporations. Specifically, those who can afford to do so could directly contribute nearly $6 million per election cycle to a single party and its candidates. — FROM http://other98.com/

“The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 40-year-old ban on aggregate contributions that a single donor can give to candidates and party committees.” — FROM The Washington Post

“The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.”
— FROM The Huffington Post

 

Get Big Money Out of Politics!
Attend an Event on TODAY Against this Ruling!

Help make history by attending a rapid response event to take place within a few hours of this McCutcheon ruling. 

Find protests in your area
http://action.citizen.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/search.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=706

Los Angeles Protests Today
http://action.citizen.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/search.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=706&postal_code=90232&radius=30&start=&end=&city=&state=&Country=

More Info. here: https://occupyventura805.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/just-say-no-to-citizens-united-2-0/

Rally in Sacramento to Ban Fracking March 15

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There is a big rally in Sacramento March 15. Food and Water Watch is chartering buses from around the state, including Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Check the Ride Board: http://dontfrackcalifornia.org/rideboard/
More information: http://dontfrackcalifornia.org/therally/
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/fracking-action-center/

https://www.facebook.com/events/727804507253568/?ref=22

What: Don’t Frack California
Where: The Capitol Lawn, Sacramento, CA
When: Saturday, March 15th, 2014, 1pm

The Plan: Our plan so far is to get as many voices as we can to Sacramento to make it loud and clear to Governor Brown and his administration that Californians want an end to fracking in our state. We’ll be hearing from voices from all over the state who are witnessing fracking in their own communities and organizing against it. Our goal, is to show the overwhelming number of Californians who will take the long trek to Sacramento to make it clear that climate leader’s don’t frack.

Local Bus Pick Up Time & Locations
Tickets are $25
Buy Tickets Here: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=111821&view=Detail
Questions? maxgolding1@gmail.com

VENTURA 
5:00 a.m: County Government Center, 800 Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA

SANTA BARBARA
6:15 a.m: Chapala Street Bus Stop one block North from MTD Transit Center  (In front of city parking lot across from Santa Barbara Foundation Building 1111 Chapala Street), Santa Barbara, CA

SANTA MARIA
7:30 a.m: Santa Maria Airport’s Radison Hotel, 3455 Airpark Dr.,  Santa Maria, CA

The bus will return to the pick-up locations by 11:50 p.m.

Please spread the word on this.

Fracking FAQs

Feb 11 – The Day We Fight Back

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In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.

In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of protest against mass surveillance, to take placethis February 11th.
*Press Release

Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action. Together, we will make it clear that such behavior is not compatible with democratic governance. Together, if we persist, we will win this fight.

WHAT WE’LL DO ON FEBRUARY 11th:
Thousands of websites will host banners urging people to call/email Congress. We’ll ask legislators to oppose the FISA Improvements Act, support the USA Freedom Act, and enact protections for non-Americans.
Find out More and Contact Your Legislators