SF Chronicle opinion: Mayors urge governor to end fossil fuel production in California

Repost from The San Francisco Chronicle Mayors urge governor to end fossil fuel production in California By Elizabeth Patterson and Melvin Willis, Aug. 24, 2018 3:31 p.m. As San Francisco prepares to host Gov. Jerry Brown’s historic Global Climate Action Summit in September, we, the San Francisco Bay Area mayors of cities impacted by the toxic … Continue reading SF Chronicle opinion: Mayors urge governor to end fossil fuel production in California

Benicia Mayor Patterson on State decision not to penalize PG&E

From Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson’s E-ALERT [See also: KQED NEWS, California Report.] From: Mayor Elizabeth Patterson Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 9:32 AM Subject: State Decides Not to Penalize PG&E for Major Valero Outage My full statement to KQED was: Without an Industrial Safety Ordinance residents and workers in Benicia are at risk because the CPUC … Continue reading Benicia Mayor Patterson on State decision not to penalize PG&E

ISO Working Group – reflections on Council’s NO vote… and WHERE from here?

Benicia City Council: 3 to 2 against Industrial Safety Ordinance By Benicia’s ISO Working Group, submitted by Ralph Dennis [See also Video: Benicia Council votes NO.] Another 3-2 vote. Very disappointing, again. The Council majority voted again, 3-2, not to consider an industrial safety ordinance for Benicia. Now, we wait for a yet-to-be determined date in … Continue reading ISO Working Group – reflections on Council’s NO vote… and WHERE from here?

Video: Benicia Council votes NO – ISO does not move forward

With thanks, from YouTube by Constance Beutel Below are four videos documenting the Benicia City Council’s July 17 vote to REJECT Mayor Patterson’s request for reconsideration of Council’s June 19 vote on Industrial Safety Ordinance. Rationale for rehearing (40 minutes) Valero Opposition (39.5 minutes) Support for rehearing (32 minutes) Council debate and vote to deny … Continue reading Video: Benicia Council votes NO – ISO does not move forward