CDFA Attorney Warns: Don't Attend Senate LBAM Hearing on 8/25/09
Concerns about potential litigation" and worries about "self incrimination". -
- California Legislature Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture,
Senator Dean Florez, Chairman. "Evaluating the Sufficiency
of CDFA's LBAM
Environmental Impact Report
Thanks EON
CDFA'S 2008 Report To The Legislature This is where the CDFA admits they cannot even
positively
identify
LBAM with their DNA tests!!!
Last line on pdf page 14 (doc page 12)
LBAM
Eradication Program is Not Safe, Not Effective, and Not Necessary!
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November 26, 2009
Santa Cruz sees drastic decline in the Monarch Butterfly. Sentinel reports.
Humm.. Wonder if the aerial pesticide spray for LBAM hurts butterflies? - Read reports on that issue.
"FRAUD AND DECEPTION:
THE CDFA LBAM ERADICATION PROGRAM A Detailed Description of Management Strategy Fraud"
Prepared For The People by Professor Glen Chase
SECOND EDITION, OCTOBER 9, 2008"
ONE-DAY DEMOCRACY SCHOOL: stand up for your rights. San Francisco Sat., Nov. 7
contact: shannon@globalexchange.org - 415-575-5540
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Watch the Watsonville PEIR Hearing
airtimes on Channel 27 and 73:
10/26/2009 at 2:00 PM
Santa Cruz Community TV
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October 20. 2009
Sonoma Action
Tuesday's Sonoma Farmers' Market (Plaza on the Square, intersection of Broadway and E. Napa Street) on October 20, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 pm. to demonstrate against the LBAM eradication program and show support for farmers. Tabling and leafleting throughout the Plaza will also be going on then and after 6:15pm...
Signs and banners will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Please RSVP if you need a sign at yphillips@comcast.net
October 1, 2009
Thank you everyone for submitting comments
and questions to the
CDFA's EIR Draft!
September 28, 2009
Deadline Submit questions for the Draft EIR
Monday, Sept 28, 2009 - 5pm
email submissions to: LBAM_EIR@cdfa.ca.gov
and a copy to:eir@lbamspray.com
September 25, 2009
Deadline Submit questions for the Draft EIR
Monday, Sept 28, 2009 - 5pm
email submissions to: LBAM_EIR@cdfa.ca.gov
and a copy to:eir@lbamspray.com
Watch Watsonville CDFA's Draft EIR
Public Comment session.
September 18, 2009
Legal Action Fundraiser September 19, 2009
Food, Music, and Special Guests
This legal team has had some of the best
success in stopping the CDFA
National Research Council gives F to the USDA LBAM eradication program!
National Academy of Science via National Research Council reviews USDA's
response to the reclassification petitions.Press Release and then Read their full review.
Pesticide Watch & Stop the Spray East Bay Response Press Release to the National Research Council evualation of the USDA - APHIS denying the reclassification petition.
FYI - The USDA told all of us they hired the NAS to review the reclassification petition when in fact the USDA actually told the NAS to review the USDA’s response to the petition and to NOT review the scientific merits of reclassifying LBAM.
Monterey was attacked with undisclosed
biochemical from the CDFA
on this date in 2007.
It started on the 9/9 and ended on 9/11/07
September 10, 2009 Whitewashing the Moth?- Opponents of the government's war on the light brown apple moth are worried that the National Academy of Sciences may effectively endorse more aerial spraying. (backup)
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"potential health effects associated with the use of (1) five different LBAM-specific pheromone treatment formulations for aerial or ground treatment: HERCON Disrupt Bio-Flake® LBAM (HERCON), SPLAT LBAM™ (SPLAT), and Isomate®-LBAM Plus (Isomate) as the three proposed pheromone formulations of primary interest for the eradication Program, as well as two microcapsule formulations CheckMate®" pg 24 they claim they don't plan on using it but they evualate it so if they change their mind they can or change the formula.
Dibromals known as Nale "Toxicity to humans, including carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, and acute toxicity." August 27, 2009 Santa Cruz, Ca USA
CALL TO ACTION: Today!! Monday, August 31
CDFA will be holding
public hearings
for the EIR from 5:30-7:30pm on: Monday, August 31, Watsonville (Map)
Ask our reps. to ask the CDFA to ADD a Draft EIR comment hearing in Santa Cruz, a location which was sprayed in 2007. Watsonville was not sprayed!
Senator Simitian's Sac. : 916-651-4011 (most likely to have the power to get hearing in SC)
Assemblymember Monning : 916-319-2027
Senator Maldonado: 916- 651-4015
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
Mark W. Stone: (831) 454-2200 e-mail: mark.stone@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Neal Coonerty : (831) 454-2200 e-mail: bds031@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Ellen Pirie: (831) 454-2200 e-mail: ellen.pirie@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
John Leopold:(831) 454-2200 e-mail: john.leopold@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Santa Cruz City Council: (831) 420-5020 e-mail: citycouncil@ci.santa-cruz.ca.us
CDFA TOO SCARED TO SHOW UP TO THEIR OWN HEARING on 8/25/09 WITH THE GOOD SENATOR FLOREZ AND BE CONFRONTED ABOUT THE
LIES AND MISINFORMATION AROUND THEIR ERADICATION PROGRAM.
Rumor has that the CDFA lawyers had advised them not to speak for fear of self incrimination. You know a program is so bad when the CDFA attorney has to advise the CDFA not to speak and plead the fifth!! THE PRESS DEMOCRAT reports "Department officials didn’t attend, saying in a statement that testifying “could pre-judge the issues” before the completion of the environmental reporting process."
As part of the EIR process, CDFA will also be holding "public listening sessions" on the following days, in the following locations, from 5:30-7:30pm.
August 19, Long Beach/
August 20, Carpenteria/
August 24, Fresno
August 25, Sacramento/
August 26, Sonoma/
August 31, Watsonville
September 1, Oakland
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"Apple moth plan up in the air" Herald Staff Writer By JULIA REYNOLDS- Pay special attention the comments below the article.
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July 30/31, 2009 CDFA's Environmental Impact Report will be released tomorrow 7/31/09 and to no surprise, they concluded that their LBAM eradication program including the aerial spraying that made so many sick and killed so many birds, had no negative impacts.Listen to 8 minute audio of the CDFA's statements about how great their program is.
--- We need you to sign up and be a part of the EIR Action Team. We will need to organize so we can challenge their negative impact declaration.
--- EIR Overview Process
Title
14. California Code of Regulations Chapter 3. Guidelines for Implementation of
the California Environmental Quality Act Article
7. EIR Process Scoping and public comments.
"National Academy of Sciences is finally reviewing LBAM reclassification, though it looks like they may only be reviewing the "response" by USDA-APHIS to the petition, but not the petition itself.
Below are the details about the project, followed by the list of people to be on the review committee (for which there are 12 days left to give feedback), followed by information about their second meeting on July 23. The first meeting was apparently yesterday, July 9. Feedback on the project itself is open for the duration of the review, which is supposed to continue for 3 months." by Isis - Thanks Isis!
Letter to National Academy of Sciences by
Roy Upton, Registered Herbalist
Executive Director, American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Vice-President, American Herbalists Guild
June 9, 2009
Agricultural officials strongly recommend local farmers attend one of two remaining meetings this month that address the growing number of list until the state completes an environmental review, which is expected in June.
The treasons
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors signors the US and CA constitution and actually
issues a letter to the state begging them to hurry up and spray them! Read the letter that they was sent to CDFA.
You’re invited to Sen. Joe Simitian’s 5th annual Open House and Ice Cream Social to discuss issues of concern to the community. Join the conversation on
legislation that affects you.
Thursday, May 21st
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Santa Cruz County Government Center
701 Ocean Street, Room 318A in Santa Cruz
The treasonist
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors ignors the US and CA constitution and actually
issues a letter to the state begging them to hurry up and spray them! Let them know
how you feel about them spitting on the US Constitution and all the laws
they have voilated.
Take Action write a
letter ASAP in support of SB 759 (Leno). Not a perfect bill to stop spraying,
but starts lifting the veil off "inert" ingredients--everyone
deserves to know what is in aerial pesticides!
More Info. Here Sample Letter Here
April
15, 2009
The actual
warrent used to spray people' homes and private property on March 27, 2009
for the Gypsy Moth.
The West Marin Mosquito Control
Coordinating Council (WMMCCC) discussed the letter that the Mosquito Control District
sent out to everyone about their plans to spray people and their private property
for Mosquito Control. WARNING - DO NOT SIGN THE LETTER, you may be signing your
rights away- if we have any rights left!
"West
Nile virus cases were overstated across the U.S. in 2008" in some cases more
than 35%.
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Roy
Upton on the Damage from CDFA's LBAM spraying. What happened during the first
spraying upto the current petitions to stop the LBAM Program.
Tom
Kerns PhD, international expert on human rights volations from aerial spraying
speaks on the CDFA's LBAM program.
Part 1 of 2
Part
1 of 2
March
28, 2009
CDFA spits on our US Constitutional Saturday March 28th, and
got a court order and forced residents to have their properties sprayed with Btk. Pesticide
Free Ojai Valley youtube links concerning the spraying of Dipel in the Ojai Valley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5QEgAzBFzk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjFVm66Oexs
Documents
from Stephen Volker vs Steven L. Johnson, Administrator, United States Environmental
Protectinve Agency AND United States Environmental Protectinve Agency Court Case:
Plaintiffs'
Supplemental Opposition to Defendants' Administrative Motion to File Under Seal
Limited Portions of the Answer; Declaration of Counsel read
Plaintiffs'
Motion to File Supplemental Opposition to Defendants' Administrative Motion to
File Under Seal Limited Portions of the Answer; Declaration of Counsel and Proposed
Order read
Joint
Case Management Conference Statement and Proposed Order read
Plaintiffs'
Opposition to Defendants' Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Limited Portions
of Answer read
LBAM
Eradication Program is
Not Safe, Not Effective, and Not Necessary!
Moss
Landing scientists ready for their moths
By KELLY NIX IN
Carmel Pine Cone
of Friday, Feb. 27
A new effort to eradicate the invasive light brown apple
moth with- out the use of pesticides, state and fed- eral agriculture workers
are gearing up for the arrival of thousands of the insects at a brand new facility
in Moss Landing.
In a building across the street from the Dynegy power plant,
researchers will raise male apple moths so they can be sterilized and released.
The hope is that, with thousands of sterile moths distracting the females moths
in agri- cultural areas of Monterey, Santa Cruz and other counties, the LBAM popula-
tion will shrink, if not disappear. Six people who will work on the apple-moth-rearing
operation are already at the facility. And in about two weeks, after securing
a state permit to raise the insects, thousands of moths will be moved there.
"We
have started to move in," said U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman Larry
Hawkins. The insects, which will arrive in their larval stage, will be placed
in sealed chambers where they will be raised to adulthood.
"The chambers allow
us to control the temperature, light and humidity for the moths," Simmons said.
Workers will then collect the moths with a vacuum hose and transfer them to refrigerated
boxes.
The cold will put the insects into hibernation, in which they will
remain during the sterilization process and until they are released.
-------------------- Debunking
UCSC's Associate Professor Raphael Kudela theory. by Roy Upton
Supporting
documents: Die-off
of Seabirds After Aerial Spraying
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ASKS
COURT TO SUPPRESS IDENTITY OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS USED IN APPLE MOTH SPRAY - EPA
has requested Judge Armstrong to prevent disclosure of the chemicals in the spray,
claiming the manufacturer’s proprietary interest outweighs the public’s right
to know. Press
Release EPA's
Administrative Motion to File Under Seal COMPLAINT
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Read
Lawsuit filed challenging EPA's unlawful exemption of the CheckMate pesticides
from registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. PRESS
RELEASE / COMPLAINT
New
ABC TV-Show highlights invasive pests. The program, “Homeland Security
USA,” premieres on Tuesday, January 6 at 8 p.m. on ABC stations...Episodes
will feature California’s airports and the measures taken by Customs and Border
Protection officials to protect the state’s agriculture and commerce from invasive
pests and diseases.
“This series is an important reminder of the risk we
face from invasive species introduced each day in California,” said CDFA Secretary
A.G. Kawamura. “Whether it’s bats, exotic insects..."------
Janurary
7, 2009
Town Hall Meeting;
Chemical Tresspass Ordinance Meeting Jan. 12th, 2009, 7:30pm Veterans Hall, Santa
Cruz, CA
AGRICULTURE
ALERT – ACTION ITEM WEATHER MODIFICATION & MITIGATION BILLS SET FOR PASSAGE
EARLY IN 2009
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Monterey was attacked with undisclosed 
CDFA TOO SCARED TO SHOW UP TO THEIR OWN HEARING on 8/25/09 WITH THE GOOD SENATOR FLOREZ AND BE CONFRONTED ABOUT THE
LIES AND MISINFORMATION AROUND THEIR ERADICATION PROGRAM. 
