Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.

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News

Climate Change is Front and Center

Action Alert

Action Alerts

Your help is needed to advocate for a buffer ordinance that will best protect our waterways. Please attend the public meeting on 2/22 at 10:30am or contact your Councilperson and ask that they pass a strong buffer ordinance. Please click on Read More for the details. Let us join with the Delaware Center for Inland Bays, the Clean Water Alliance, and SARG in this effort.

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Event Date: 
Feb 17 2022 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Event location: 

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

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Blog Post

Dear Members,
I sincerely hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with family, relaxation, and enjoyment. Now the new year has begun. The legislative session began on the 12th, and it is time to jump back into action as there are so many issues that are of great importance to the League.

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These are highlights from the January 2022 Action-Advocacy Committee Meeting.

Online Speakers Series: What are we putting in our green bins now?
Event Date: 
Feb 17 2022 06:30 pm

CR&R Environmental Services will explain Senate Bill 1383, which requires that we put kitchen waste in our green garden trash bins. Learn why we are doing this and what happens to that waste.  

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

 League of Women Voters Policies and Positions

Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.

As citizens of the world we must protect our planet from the physical, economic and public health effects of climate change while also providing pathways to economic prosperity.

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The League of Women Voters Observer Corps attend public council, commission, and committee meetings and submit findings to the Action Committee, so they may develop informed advocacy positions and plan for direct action. Summaries from the previous month's report are now available to you as the Corps Report. This installment includes reports on: Alameda County Transportation Commission, Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Oakland Life Enrichment Committee, Oakland Police Commission. 

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