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SC City County vs
CDFA "LBAM
lawsuit hearing delayed"- "The hearing, originally set for
March 6 before Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick, has been postponed
until April 24 because of a delay in getting the appropriate paperwork together."
BRIAN SEALS - Santa Cruz Sentinel.(source)
No Spray
Rally Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:30am
- 1:00pmDowntown Monterey at the Monterey Conference Center
(Map)
Breaking: SCR 87, INTRODUCED BY Senator
Migden "Light brown apple moth. This measure would request
the Department of Food and Agriculture to impose a moratorium on any aerial spraying
that may be a part of the department's eradication campaign of the light brown
apple moth until the department can demonstrate that the pheromone compound it
intends to use is both safe to humans and effective at eradicating the light brown
apple moth." -------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 28, 2008 - SC City School Board meeting, SC High School, 6:30
p.m. Go speak during Oral Communication, 3-min slots. Talk about the Town Hall
Meeting (fliers available at Greenspace; good to unobtrusively hand them out to
the audience).
Feb. 28, 2008 - Pajaro Valley Unified School District
(PVUSD) School Board meeting, 7:00 p.m., at the District Office, 294 Green Valley
Rd., between Freedom Blvd. & Hoolihan. Oral communication will be after the student
awards. Talk about the Town Hall Meeting, take fliers (from Greenspace).Print
Flyers from our data base.
"Berkeley
may file lawsuit in attempt to stop moth spraying"- San Jose Mercury
News - CA, USA "The Berkeley City Council has voted to oppose the spraying
and told California's secretary of agriculture A. G.. Kawamura on Tuesday that
it is considering filing a lawsuit to stop it."
Wandering
and Wondering: Feb. 27, 2008 "The state Department of Food and Agriculture,
which oversees the spraying, received hundreds of reports from people who said
they felt sick after the spraying." -Pacifica Tribune - By John Maybury,
Pacifica,CA,USA(source)
"Berkeley
may sue over moth spraying" -By Doug Oakley STAFF WRITER Mercury News
"Department of Public Health who said he could not be certain there would
be no ill health effects from the spraying for the light brown apple moth."(source)
"Starting
Monday officials with the California Department of Food and Agricultures will
hang a series of red “twist ties”
coated with the pheromone in trees along parts of Pescadero and Half Moon Bay"
-Coastsider News - San Mateo,CA,USA (source)
"Moth
bills would restore balance between public, bureaucracy" THE HERALD'S
VIEW The Monterey County Herald- "it is the responsibility of the government
to demonstrate that its actions are necessary, appropriate, and do not compromise
health or the environment. It is not the responsibility of citizens to demonstrate
the reverse." (source)
"Bay
Area begins moth eradication Officials' plan faces growing public concern
over use of pheromones- Officials' plan faces growing public concern over use
of pheromones, By Julia Scott, Inside Bay Area(source)
"The president
requested $330 million to deal with plant pests like the emerald ash borer, the
light brown apple moth" - By ROBERT PEAR, New
York Times (source)
"In addition, the
2009 Budget includes increases related to pests and diseases for a number
of programs... light brown apple moth," page92
EIR Comments
Deadline: They must be received by the close of business on Thursday, March
20, 2008,regarding the CFDA's Environmental Impact Report
(EIR). The Form to submit
comments / questions.
Mail to: Jim Rains, California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health
and Pest Prevention Services, 1220 N St., Room A-316, Sacramento, CA 95814. Send emails to jrains@cdfa.ca.gov IMPORTANT:Please send a copy of your submission to eir@lbamspray.com --------------------------------------------------------------
USDA
Emergency Programs Manual see page 91 "Sociopolitical opposition
prevents emergency action. The plant pest is reclassified, so that it is
no longer an actionable pest."
Attend: The Berkeley Town Hall Meeting Panel of Experts Discuss
LBAM When: Sun Feb 24, 5-7pm Where: 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA (MAP)
The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar, between Spruce and Arch, Berkeley, CA FLYER
-------------------------------------------------------------- Other event on Sunday as well . Please
check our Calendar
SACRAMENTO—Assemblymembers John Laird (D-Santa
Cruz), Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley/Oakland), Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Jared
Huffman (D-San Rafael) today introduced a 4-bill legislative
package to address the eradication effort for the Light Brown Apple Moth
and other invasive species. In addition, Assemblymember Laird released draft language
for a joint resolution to be introduced next week.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Twist-Tie
Treatments Scheduled-"The treatments are scheduled to begin February
19 in San Rafael and on February 25 in San Mateo County. Residents in these areas
will receive notices by mail detailing the treatment schedule and inviting them
to upcoming informational open houses to discuss the program." Please
let us know if they have started in your area.
Robert
(Bob) Dowel,l CDFA's light brown apple moth program
director. Jim Rains, CDFA Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, 1220 N St., Room
A-316, Sacramento, CA 95814
Ms. Sue Hootkins (bio)
and her company, ENTRIX
has been hired by CDFA to do the EIR.
IMPORTANT EVENT: CDFAScoping and public comments for Environmental Impact Report (EIR) - Thursday,
Feb 21, 6pm to 8pm -611 Ocean Street Santa Cruz, CA More
info
Feb. 21, 11:45am- 4:30 CDFA Enviro Advisory Task Force Meeting
in Monterey, CA Agenda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 20, 2008
CDFAScoping and public comments for
Environmental Impact Report - EIR Wednesday, February 20, 2008,
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monterey Peninsula College Lecture, Forum 103, 980 Fremont Street
Monterey, CA 93940 Title 14. California Code of Regulations Chapter 3. Guidelines
for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act - CEQA Article
7. EIR Process / Dates and Deadlines see our CEQA page
KRON News at 5pm today. ListenFebruary 20, 2008 Flyer
- GROUND PESTICIDE TREATMENT COMING IN MARCH, 2008 FACT
SHEET
Listen
to Forum discusses the proposal with advocates and critics. Host: Michael Krasny
Guests: A.G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture
Jane Kay, environment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle John Connell, director
of Plant Health and Test Prevention Services for the California Department of
Food and Agriculture Paul Schramski, state director of Pesticide Watch, a statewide
public health and environmental group
Status Conference of the City and County CEQA lawsuit against
CDFA: Wednesday, Feb 27th 8:30 AM Department 8 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz
CA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments
of Mayor Robert S. Lieber, City of Albany for Assembly Committee on Environmental
Safety and Toxic Materials Informational Hearing on Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication
Strategy in the San Francisco Bay Area February 14, 2008
Listen
to how little our US Congress Rep. Sam Farr knows about the LBAM issue. The audio
clip is from the Telephone Town Hall on February 13. the clip was edited so only
the LBAM comments will be heard. Is
Sam Farr Pro Spray?. Santa Cruz Office, Contact
Sam Farr, 701 Ocean Street, Room 318, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-429-1976.
February 26th is Sam Farr's next Telephone Town Hall Sign
up to ask a question.
Santa Cruz County School Board Meeting
Dates, and info Feb 19 Live Oak Dist. Office (7:30pm)
984-1 Bostwick Ln Call re: speaking 475-6333 lodo.santacruz.k12.ca.us
Marilyn Garret is the contact person for outreach to the school board meetings
688-4603
"Growth
and Survival of Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) After Exposure
to Permethrin Barrier Treatments" K. S. OBERHAUSER, S. J. BRINDA, S. WEAVER,
R. D. MOON, S. A. MANWEILER, AND N. READ
Scoping and public comments for Environmental Impact Report - EIR
Title 14. California Code of Regulations Chapter 3. Guidelines for Implementation
of the California Environmental Quality Act - CEQA Article
7. EIR Process Dates and Deadlines see our CEQA page ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
EAST BAY PESTICIDE ALERT / DON’T SPRAY CALIFORNIA PRESENTS: Who’s
Afraid of the Light Brown Apple Moth? Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 1:30-3:30pm
Flyer & Map ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 15, 2008
Watch:
The Thursday, February 14, 2008 Marin Hearing with Assemblymember Jared Huffman,
On Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Strategy (listen
to backup)
Non Native
Wasp Release Map -1 million wasps per square mile will be release starting
Spring 2008 in areas that there have more than 50 LBAM found. So Downtown Santa
Cruz will have about 30 million non native wasps released.
Monterey
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monterey Peninsula College
Lecture Forum 103 980 Fremont Street Monterey , CA 93940 Santa Cruz Thursday,
February 21, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. University Inn & Conference Center Sierra
& Dawn Room 611 Ocean Street Santa Cruz , CA 95060 San Francisco Monday,
February 25, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. San Francisco County Fair Building Auditorium
Golden Gate Park 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way San Francisco , CA 94122 Oakland
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Ellis M Harris State Building
Auditorium 1515 Clay St . Oakland , CA 94612
The deadline for written
comments is March 20, 2008 Mail to: Jim Rains, California Department
of Food and Agriculture Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, 1220 N St.,
Room A-316, Sacramento, CA 95814
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.
"CDFA
Hiding Evidence from Courts" -Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE)
Carmel, California. In a media release issued today David Dilworth added "In my
20 years of CEQA experience, this is the first time I've ever heard of an agency
withholding evidence for a CEQA case, literally all of the evidence [is being
withheld]." Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE)
Court Date is March 7, 2008
Governor
Schwarzenegger Backed Immoral Sex Pheromone Spraying Continues... by Rami
Nagel "Did you know that each aerial application of Checkmate OLR-F and Checkmate
LBAM-F costs approximately $3.5 million and that $3 million is paid directly to
the manufacturer Suterra, LLC of Bend, Oregon?"
February
14,
2 pm in
San Rafael, CA - Assemblymember Jared Huffman will hold an informational hearing
of the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee regarding the
California Department of Food and Agriculture’s proposed strategy to eradicate
the Light Brown Apple Moth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Location: 3501 Civic
Center Dr San Rafael, CAMAP
LBAM Community Discussion Panel, Marin
March 3, 2008 100 Corte Madera Town Ctr, Corte Madera, CA Flyer -----------------------------------------------------------------
February 13, 2008
CONFIRMED!
- In 2008, the CDFA will aerial spray yet another brand "new" pesticide
on the people and onto the environment.
CDFA Press Release "Aerial
treatments are expected to begin June 1 in the infested areas of Monterey and
Santa Cruz counties, with subsequent aerial treatments
expected to begin August 1 in San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, Oakland,
Piedmont, Emeryville, Albany, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Tiburon and Belvedere.
The treatments in these areas are designed to be reapplied at 30- to 90-day
intervals while the moths are active.
" - CDFA
and USDA Spray Plans. "The
wasps would be released in Spring 2008 and would be used in conjunction with aerial
treatments – most likely in San Francisco, Santa Cruz County, and on the Monterey
Peninsula." CDFA
and USDA Spray Plans. /
CDFA Press Release
1 million wasps per square miles will be release starting Spring 2008 in
areas that there have more than 50 LBAM found. ---------------------------------------------------------------
February 12, 2008
Breaking News: Santa Cruz City Council
Passed the Resolutionopposing aerial spraying.Councilmember Lynn Robinson made a point
of saying she opposed the resolution, but chose not to pull it from the consent
agenda, so it passed.
The Santa Cruz City Council will
consider a resolution opposing aerial spraying Tuesday, February 12th, shortly
after 3:00 PM in the Santa Cruz City Council Chambers. Santa Cruz City Council
will consider a resolution based on the resolution passed unanimously by the Albany
City Council on Jan. 22, 2008. The resolution opposes aerial spraying and
delineates a long list of concerns about such spraying. See the Santa
Cruz City Council Agenda Report using this link: The text of the full
resolution.
"HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY "STOP THE SPRAY" Leading Statewide Environmental
Groups Call on the California Department of Food and Agriculture to Stop Aerial
Pesticide Spraying for Apple Moth. Environmental Group's
Press
Release / Letter
to Secretary A.G. Kawamura ----------------------------------------------------------------
Light Brown Apple Moth Informational
Meeting in San Francisco: Get Informed, Get Active! Monday, February
11, 7:30pm The Women’s Building, 3543
18th Street, #8, Room A, San Francisco, CA Map Speakers: John
Russo, CASS/StoptheSpray.org Paul Schramski, CASS/Pesticide Watch Education
Fund Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health Shannon Biggs, Global
Exchange
To help with tabling please contact: elizabeth@cassonline.org
City Council Member Tony Madrigal (above) and City Council Member Ed Porter
(below) helps to get the word out about the aerial spraying.
Watch "You Will Be Sprayed Again" Thanks
Waxfoot videos for documenting the event!
This aerial crime will be televised!Comcast 25/Charter 71 Sat 9th
11:30 pm Sunday 10 6pm-
The following is the preliminary schedule for airtimes of the Dr.
Doris Rapp Rio event. 1 hour 44 minutes Comcast 25/Charter 71 2/11
@ 12:30 pm 2/14 @ 9:00 pm 2/17 @ 7:00 pm 2/19 @ 6:00 pm
Please call
Senator Boxer's office TODAY, Monday or Tuesday.
Her staffers in SF will be meeting with the CDFA some time this week to get their
story. Jennifer Tang is the main staffer who will attend the meeting. Boxer will
not. Jennifer's direct line - 415-403-0129. 415-403-0100
- main office Senator Barbara Boxer 1700 Montgomery St. #240 San
Francisco, CA 94111 http://www.barbaraboxer.com/home
The County Board of Supervisors is tomorrow
considering lifting the ban on the spraying of pesticides on our roadways. SC
Board Meeting agenda. The
plan under consideration.
Lifting the ban on spraying our roadways
with pesticides will further put at risk our fragile environment. This action
may seriously compound the health conditions of those are ready suffering as a
result of the aerial pesticide spraying in 2007. The spraying our roadways with
pesticides may create an unforeseen crisis as the roadway pesticides mixes with
the CDFA's new untested pesticides. Furthermore the use of roadways pesticides
could negate CDFA's release of millions of Trichogramma wasps, which feeds on
LBAM.Email
the Board your thoughts. Or call them at 454-2200.
"MARKETING
OF MOTH SPRAYING " "California Department of Food and Agriculture
spokesman Steve Lyle confirmed on Friday that a contract for almost $500,000 has
been signed with public relations powerhouse Porter
Novelli." -By JULIA REYNOLDS Herald
Staff Writer
January 23, 2008 "Albany
Stands Up Against Spray,..." "The council passed a strongly
worded resolution opposing CDFA plans for aerial spraying to eradicate the light
brown apple moth (LBAM)." - By Judith Scherr, The Berkeley Daily Planet. CASS
Press Release in response to CDFA's new aerial spray plan.
CALL to
ACTION Tonight 1Hope.org
is having a "Rally for Safe Air - CCOF get on Board." Rally at the Gates
to 800 Asilomar 5:00 pm Bring Signs! map
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) are on the wrong side of the Aerial
Pesticide Spraying of our cities issue. CCOF officially SUPPORTs spraying us !!!
Tonight CCOF is holding a their annual meeting in PACIFIC GROVE at ASILOMAR.
A representative from CDFA will be speaking tonight to CCOF.
____________________________________________________ "Light
Brown Apple Moth Spraying Schedule Halted for Now. Number of Residents Complaining
of Health Problems Sharply Rises" By Linda Fridy The
Mid-County Post ___________________________________________________
"LBAM,
YOU'RE DEAD" is a set of photos is based on the controversy over the
aerial spraying. The showing will be in the Blue Room at Caffe Pergolesi, 418
Cedar St, Santa Cruz, from February 2 to 28. 100% of the proceeds from the sale
of the photos will go to help stop this aerial spray operation. ___________________________________________________
Below is a posting from StoptheSpray.org: If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to support the resolution
and Albany's leadership in opposing the spraying, you can write the Mayor, Robert
S. Lieber, and Councilmembers at: cityhall@albanyca.org.
This is the first resolution against the spraying to be introduced by a local
government agency in the SF Bay Area. We hope it will be a model for other local
governments to follow. Thanks StoptheSpray.org ____________________________________________________
John Laird
is currently considering a legislative proposal to end aerial spray without consent.
He has been reviewing this proposal since November 27th, and a deadline on January
25th to submit his proposal to legislative counsel. You
must take action!!
The following counties are designated as quarantined areas in the State
of California; Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Solano.
January 15, 2008
Many thanks to The Connection for their relentless coverage of aerial spray
operations! "Stop the Spray . January Update 2008" page 19- www.theConnect.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
This is a short video showing the difference in Australia's
control costs as opposed to their actual crop loss caused by LBAM. The
CDFA reports that over 600 million dollars in damages could result here from
LBAM if they don't conduct their aerial spray operations. They say they've
come to that conclusion by evaluating Australia's costs. Watch the video to
see those costs.
January 14, 2008
On October 16, 2007 Jim Warren with the USDA told
the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors and the rest of the community not to worry
because the number of microcapsules / microspheres per square foot would be an
average of 33. However, Duane Schnabel, primary biologist for the CDFA, collected
and analyzed the collection cards from the October, 2007 spraying in Monterey
and found that in spray zones, there were cards that had 809 microcapsules / microspheres
per square foot. We cannot trust their assurances of safety and estimated
exposure levels!
Today four reps from CASS met for approximately an hour and a half with
an aide to Barbara Boxer regarding the federal issues involved in the spraying.
The staffer is looking into their concerns and the group will follow up to make
sure they get responses.
January 12, 2008 "The
Sick List " Metro Santa Cruz/ Nuz (source) "Namkung also says that
with 11 more counties scheduled for spraying next spring, the issue has become
a regional one."(source) ---------------------------------------------------------------
Listen
to Dr Rapp at the Rio Theater on 01/10/2008
part
1/
part
2 /
part
3 /
part
4 /
part
5 / part
6 ----------------------------------------------------------------
January 11, 2008 9:20 pm update:
Today's Action was a Huge Sucess~
The motion passed by a unanimous vote of the City Council!! Aerial
Spraying Motion: Sponsor or support legislation that grants and confers the power
to declare a State emergency requiring aerial spraying of any chemical exclusively
to the Governor of the State of California, and that in doing so, require that
the Governor must make certain minimum mandatory findings.Read
the entire update!
HOPE's website went down again yesterday for 24 hours and their ISP (Pacific
Coast Wireless) had no idea when their computers will be back up. To access a
complete (and continually updated) backup of HOPE's website use -- www.InspiringLandscapes.com/hope/ ----------------------------------------------------------------
January 11, 2008
01/11/08
Friday 3pm SC City Council meets with State Senator Joe
Simitian and Assemblymember John Laird to discuss legislative priorities for 2008.
Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History at the McPherson Center, 705
Front St, Santa Cruz Bring signs!
"Author
and toxic chemical specialist trains doctors, nurses" "Steve
Lyle, a spokesman with the state Department of Food and Agriculture, said an announcement
would be made soon, possibly next week." (about future spraying)-TOM RAGAN
SENTINEL STAFF WRITER (source) ----------------------------------------------------------------
January 10, 2008
Tonight Thursday
Dr Rapp MD author of Your Toxic World: A Wake-up Call speaking at the Rio Theater
7-9PM Dr Rapp books will be avaiable for purchase. Admission
free donations accepted. 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz map
"Dragonfly
or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs." "In one
approach, researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) are inserting computer chips into moth pupae -- the intermediate stage
between a caterpillar and a flying adult -- and hatching them into healthy "cyborg
moths." - By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer (source)
The trip to Sacramentso was great! 17 packages of
205 pages of health complaints and analysis with recommendations were hand delivered
to our public servants by citizens/their employers spanning the Central Cost,
Central Valley, and representing the world our common goal to STOP AERIAL
SPRAYING! -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. A Review of 643
Documented Complaints of Adverse Reactions Following the CDFA’s Aerial Spraying
of two Pesticides based on Pheromones over Densely Populated Neighborhoods in
Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in September, October and November 2007 By Mike
Lynberg and HOPE.org
"Godzilla
versus Mothra - How monumental estimates of a tiny invasive moth's economic
and environmental impacts are threatening San Francisco with aerial spraying"
By Sarah Phelan for The SF Guardian (source)
-" USDA public affairs specialist Larry Hawkins says "Since LBAM has been
found in San Francisco proper and in the East Bay, these areas are likely to be
treated in 2008," "Moth
spray complaints detailed in report Collection to be sent to state legislators"
By JULIA REYNOLDS Herald Salinas Bureau(source)
The Press Conference was a big success!
The passion of the community is unstoppable even in near gale winds, power outages,
heavy rain and road closures about 50-75 concerned citizens showed up with about
8 reporters. It was a great turnout! - Thank You!
New health reports: 1. A Review of 643 Documented
Complaints of Adverse Reactions Following the CDFA’s Aerial Spraying of two Pesticides
based on Pheromones over Densely Populated Neighborhoods in Santa Cruz and Monterey
Counties in September, October and November 2007 By Mike Lynberg EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY OF COMPLAINTS and RECOMMENDATIONS a.
APPENDIX
Available at the press conference to answer questions will be CASS representative
Roy Upton and author of the "Public Health Report" and Santa Cruz City
Council Members Tony Madrigal and Ed Porter. CASS will also have available copies
of the HOPE new health report and the CASSPublic Health Report. Read
more click
here
These 2 new health reports are so important that CASS
will be hand delivering these reports to The Capitol in Sacramento Tuesday morning.
Meet 6:20 AM at 317 Potrero St (corner of River St) Please Park on Potrero St
- not in parking lot. Return to Central Coast 4:30 +/-. To reserve a seat in the
van Contact
Sebastian
