Land Use (News)
Hunters Point Shipyard SEIS - Public Scoping Meeting a ploy to decieve the Bayview in SF.
Dateline:
09/25/2008
A Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) has been prepared by the United States Navy to supplement the already existing 2000 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Navy purports that the proposed building of a brand new stadium and other drastic changes - forces the United States Navy to come out with with new ploy. Behind all this nonsense - the Pacific Heights Mafia, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Senator Diane Feinstein, Congressperson Nancy Pelosi, and the many local sell outs the likes of Supervisor Sophina Maxwell and others like Aurelious Walker.
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American-Indians walk across U.S. for cause 8,300-mile trek to draw attention to environmental effects on tribes
Dateline:
07/01/2008
RICHMOND, Va. - With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway.
Sweat beaded at his temples and dampened the seat of his cargo shorts.
The Tigua Indian man walked and searched for litter — a feathered staff in the crook of his right arm — in honor of Mother Earth.
"There may be a lot of people who don't even care," he said. "But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out."
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Let's Revisit the CyberTran Plan
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09/18/2008By Jeffrey R. Smith
As many local residents know: Alameda is an island. But that could change: it may become an atoll, a shoal or an oyster bed. Many residents are also aware that fuel prices are rapidly catching up to the prices of table wines: a gallon of the carbonated pink Catawba currently sells for less than $5!
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Chevron refinery project approved - concerns raised about health risks
Dateline:
07/18/2008
Chevron's contentious plan to replace decades-old equipment at its Richmond refinery was approved early Thursday by city leaders and denounced later that day by opponents.
A divided Richmond City Council approved Chevron's bid to replace its power plant, hydrogen plant and reformer so it can refine a wider range of crude with higher sulfur content, and produce 6 percent more California-grade gasoline. In addition, the council approved a separate agreement in which the oil company will give the city $61.6 million for more police officers, job training and other programs.
Opponents shouted "Shame on you!" and "Sell-out!" from the audience.
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Try community input
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08/21/2008WE ARE PLEASED that Chevron is making a major financial contribution to the Richmond community where it operates the Bay Area's largest refinery. But the way the company struck it's $61.6 million community benefits deal smells — and the stink is coming from both sides of the table.
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Opponents sue Richmond, Chevron
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09/04/2008The lawsuit comes six weeks after a sharply divided City Council approved the contentious project, along with a $61 million community benefits agreement for Chevron to give funds for public safety, job training, health care and local groups. Officials drew more public criticism July 29 after council members Nat Bates, Ludmyrna Lopez, John Marquez, Harpreet Sandhu and Maria Viramontes appointed Bates, Lopez and Sandhu — with Marquez as an alternate — to a committee that would disperse $10 million from Chevron to local groups.
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Teens show their urban planning prowess
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09/01/2008DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS, city officials and community members have tried for years to devise a cohesive and appealing plan for the area along San Pablo Avenue at the Del Norte BART station in El Cerrito. Now, 10 students from Kennedy High School in Richmond have come up with their own ideas for the area as the culmination of their summer internship in a program sponsored by the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee.
This is the second year WCCTAC has held the program, which focused "on transportation and urban planning, with an added emphasis encouraging students to examine and explore their own local environment."
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Eliminating California's suburban sprawl
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08/26/2008For 30 years, as California's growing population led to sprawling suburbs, traffic jams and fewer farms, attempts to craft statewide laws to stop it have failed again and again.
City councils worried about losing local control. Property rights advocates bristled. And the ranch house with a backyard — the centerpiece of Sunset magazine and the Brady Bunch lifestyle — proved a powerful symbol.
But now, in what many observers are calling the most significant environmental bill of this year's state legislative session, builders and environmentalists have found common ground on a compromise they hope will limit global warming by changing where homes are built.
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08/21/2008WE ARE PLEASED that Chevron is making a major financial contribution to the Richmond community where it operates the Bay Area's largest refinery. But the way the company struck it's $61.6 million community benefits deal smells — and the stink is coming from both sides of the table.
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El Cerrito to purchase furniture store site
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08/21/2008After 72 years on San Pablo Avenue, the owner of Tradeway Furniture said the store will be closing its doors in about a year, after agreeing to sell its buildings to the City of El Cerrito.
"It's an emotional thing," said owner Joseph Conwill. "We'll certainly miss all of our friends and customers. But the time has come."
The sale of 10860 and 10848 San Pablo Ave. — at $4.05 million — was approved by the City Council earlier this week. The city used money from its low-moderate income housing fund for the purchase, and is obligated to use the property for low and moderate income housing. The details of the project have not been nailed down.
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