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Letter to the Editor: Offshore wind power
We are the ancient people of the California Central Coast. No other tribe nor the Northern Chumash Council, which is a non-profit organization, speaks for us. We speak on behalf of the ancestors.
Posts Tagged: Sanctuary
News
California sanctuary law draws fire
Road sign illustration by Rex Wholster, via ShutterstockLos Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar never imagined that the city’s action to exempt itself from California’s controversial sanctuary law would spark a movement. But that’s what has happened. Following a March vote by the city council, at least six counties and numerous other cities across the state — all with strong Republican registration — have announced opposition to Senate Bill 54, the California Values Act.
News
Oakland’s Libby Schaaf vs. the Feds
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. (Photo: Ben Margot)Does Libby Schaaf have a political future outside of Oakland? Since her inauguration in 2015, Oakland Mayor Schaaf has worked assiduously on (and bragged about) programs aimed at reducing crime, improving transit and a host of other causes dear to the hearts of big-city mayors. Then came Saturday, Feb. 24.
Opinion
Closing a Sanctuary Act loophole
An oil-drilling platform off California's southern coast. (Photo: Theo Fitzhugh)OPINION: The California legislature passed the Coastal Sanctuary Act, which banned offshore drilling in state waters in most of the state. But the way the Act was drafted, it created a loophole that makes it possible to start new offshore drilling in one place only in California: Tranquillion Ridge in Santa Barbara County.