By Marilyn Bardet, December 12, 2023 At the Dec 19th’s council meeting, the mayor and city council members will be making a watershed decision in the two-step agenda process begun in September, whether to move to direct staff to prepare a model industrial safety ordinance for Benicia [“ISO”] for future consideration. I am urging a … Continue reading We’re asking City Council to take the “second step” toward adopting an ISO in Benicia. Here’s how you can help →
A Letter to the Editor by Vicki Dennis, December 11, 2023 Other writers before me have outlined the reasons why Benicia needs and deserves an Industrial Safety and Health Ordinance in place. I agree completely. For me, it is very simple and personal: I want to know that the air I am breathing in my … Continue reading How to write City Council TODAY to ask that they take the “second step” toward an ISO and a safer, healthier Benicia →
A Crucial Dec. 19 City Council Meeting on an ISO to Protect Ourselves Against Valero’s Toxic Emissions and Potential Explosions By Stephen Golub, first published in the Benicia Herald on December 9, 2023 A Seat at the Table Benicia is the only refinery town in the Bay Area that lacks an industrial safety ordinance (ISO), … Continue reading Before Dec. 19, Join the Movement to Hold Valero Accountable and Keep Benicians Safe and Healthy →
School system honors Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend whites-only school in 1960 Vallejo Times-Herald, by Thomas Gase, November 14, 2023 In 1960 Ruby Bridges became the first African-American child to attend formerly Whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis. Today — 63 years later … Continue reading Benicia marches for Ruby Bridges →
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