SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
Promoting sound environmental policy, leadership and responsibility
in the San Diego County Democratic Party since 2014.
in the San Diego County Democratic Party since 2014.
Tuesday, June 27th – Club Meeting and District 4 Supervisor Candidate Forum
As the club pivots away from Zoom-only meetings and returns to a hybrid of in-person gatherings with a Zoom presence, we'll meet at SEIU 1000 in Mission Valley for our June club meeting on Tuesday, June 27th, at 6:30 p.m. for what should be an important meeting for all San Diego Democratic voters as we host a forum between Democratic candidates Monica Montgomery Steppe and Janessa Goldbeck.
As the club pivots away from Zoom-only meetings and returns to a hybrid of in-person gatherings with a Zoom presence, we'll meet at SEIU 1000 in Mission Valley for our June club meeting on Tuesday, June 27th, at 6:30 p.m. for what should be an important meeting for all San Diego Democratic voters as we host a forum between Democratic candidates Monica Montgomery Steppe and Janessa Goldbeck.
Sunday, June 4th – Club Hike at Los Peñasquitos Canyon
Lace up your hiking boots and join us for a club hike along the Peñasquitos Falls Loop at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve on Saturday, June 4th. We'll meet at 9 a.m. along the western end of the preserve in Carmel Valley at the trailhead located off Timber Brook Lane south of Carmel Valley Rd. Dogs may come along, but must be kept on a leash at all times. All club members and guests will need to sign a waiver. Visit our club Facebook page for more.
Lace up your hiking boots and join us for a club hike along the Peñasquitos Falls Loop at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve on Saturday, June 4th. We'll meet at 9 a.m. along the western end of the preserve in Carmel Valley at the trailhead located off Timber Brook Lane south of Carmel Valley Rd. Dogs may come along, but must be kept on a leash at all times. All club members and guests will need to sign a waiver. Visit our club Facebook page for more.
Monday, June 12th – San Diego County's Energy Future Forum
Register now for a special on-line community forum presented by the Protect Our Communities Foundation along with the Environmental Center of San Diego (ECSD), San Diego UCAN and the Anza-Borrego Foundation as the panel considers clean energy approaches in conjunction with growing backcountry communities like Borrego Springs, Valley Center, Jacumba Hot Springs and Boulevard.
Register now for a special on-line community forum presented by the Protect Our Communities Foundation along with the Environmental Center of San Diego (ECSD), San Diego UCAN and the Anza-Borrego Foundation as the panel considers clean energy approaches in conjunction with growing backcountry communities like Borrego Springs, Valley Center, Jacumba Hot Springs and Boulevard.
Opinion: The Temptation to Trade Away Effective Environmental Policy
In the midst of an extinction crisis the likes of which the world hasn't seen in centuries, driven in no small part by the impact of humans, deforestation, overdevelopment and our warming climate, it would be an abomination for Democrats to trade away the rules by which the survival of human-impacted endangered species may hinge like political currency.
In the midst of an extinction crisis the likes of which the world hasn't seen in centuries, driven in no small part by the impact of humans, deforestation, overdevelopment and our warming climate, it would be an abomination for Democrats to trade away the rules by which the survival of human-impacted endangered species may hinge like political currency.
Newsom Declares War on California Enviro. Quality Act
In a press conference, the governor said he wants to "build, build, build faster" in expressing impatience with the state's long-standing regulatory process known as CEQA, or the California Environmental Quality Act, and pledged to use a "strike team" to gut it. Republican Senate Minority Leader Bryan Jones said the state GOP is "eager to collaborate" on Newsom's proposal.
In a press conference, the governor said he wants to "build, build, build faster" in expressing impatience with the state's long-standing regulatory process known as CEQA, or the California Environmental Quality Act, and pledged to use a "strike team" to gut it. Republican Senate Minority Leader Bryan Jones said the state GOP is "eager to collaborate" on Newsom's proposal.
The Toll on California Deserts and Biodiversity
Friend of the club Chris Clarke of the National Parks Conservation Association and the 90 Miles to Needles podcast was quoted in this article in The Guardian on the impact of giant solar arrays on desert habitat and biodiversity: "The conversion of intact wildlife habitat should be the absolute last resort, but it's become our first resort because it's the easy fix."
Friend of the club Chris Clarke of the National Parks Conservation Association and the 90 Miles to Needles podcast was quoted in this article in The Guardian on the impact of giant solar arrays on desert habitat and biodiversity: "The conversion of intact wildlife habitat should be the absolute last resort, but it's become our first resort because it's the easy fix."
