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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments to the State Water Resources Control Board: Felicia Marcus, 56, of Emeryville, has been appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board. Marcus has been western director at the Natural Resources Defense Council since 2008 and was executive vice president and chief operating [.....] Continue reading Governor Brown Announces Appointments to State Water Resources Control Board, etc PLEA FOR THE PORTS: PORTS Caucus co-founder Janice Hahn is urging the transportation conference not to forget the role ports play in moving goods. She’s sending a letter to the group calling for a national freight policy. “In order to grow our economy,” she writes, “it is essential that we have a national plan on [.....] Continue reading Ports & Highway Bill via Beacon Economics May 10, 2012 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - California exporters posted another profitable month in March, continuing an unbroken streak of year-over-year increases in the state’s merchandise export trade going back to November 2009. The value of goods shipped abroad by California businesses in March reached $14.62 billion, a nominal gain of [.....] Continue reading California Trade Report – Beacon Economics South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Notice of a meeting of the Alviso Ponds/Santa Clara Working Group on the evening of Thursday, June 21, for a briefing on the Shoreline Study partners’ selected plan for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration in the Alviso area, which incorporates input received from area stakeholders. Information will be provided on the plan’s costs, [.....] Continue reading Alviso Working Group – June 21 @ 6pm Call to Action! Contact Senator Boxer to urge her, as a cosponsor of S 412, the Harbor Maintenance Act, to support inclusion of the enforcement provisions included in both of the original Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund bills that involve maintenance of our federal harbors. Sample letter can be found here: Senate [.....]
Continue reading URGENT! Contact Sen Boxer to pass S 412 for Harbor Maintenance Tax Fund provisions The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has recently released a Draft California Eelgrass Mitigation Policy for public review. The Federal Register Notice containing information about the review is online at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-09/pdf/2012-5811.pdf, and the public comment period is open through May 8. The policy applies to all projects in the vicinity of eelgrass beds [.....] Continue reading Draft California Eelgrass Mitigation Policy for Public Review – due May 8
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