Fighting food insecurity: Community grocery store may be built in East Gainesville following City Commission vote
Policy experts and activists say the store would help strengthen food security in the area Photo by Shannon Ahern | The Independent Florida Alligator
Some East Gainesville residents may no longer have to travel across the city to shop at a grocery store thanks to a newly approved city initiative.
On Thursday, Commissioner Gail Johnson, policy experts and community activists proposed a plan for the city to look into creating a community grocery store in East Gainesville, where several neighborhoods qualify as food deserts. The commission unanimously passed the plan.
Deadline to submit an application for consideration is February 26, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
In accordance with current health and safety guidelines, applications will only be accepted via email to [email protected] or via mail to: Cypress City Hall, Office of the City Clerk, 5275 Orange Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630.
The City Council will evaluate submitted applications, conduct virtual interviews and appoint applicants to fill the following vacancies:
Recreation & Community Services Commission
One Seat – Term of April 2021 through June 30, 2024
One Seat – Term of April 2021 through June 30, 2025
Senior Citizens Commission
One Seat – Term of April 2021 through June 30, 2024
One Seat – Term of April 2021 through June 30, 2025
Traffic Commission
New report focuses on San Luis Obispo Police Department s use of tear gas to disperse BLM protest
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San Luis Obispo Police declared a gathering of protesters at the corner of Santa Rosa and Walnut Street an unlawful gathering on June 1, 2020.
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The San Luis Obispo Police Department is changing the way it responds to peaceful protests after a review of a Black Lives Matter rally that ended in violence.
A nearly 100-page report, called an After-Action Review (AAR), includes 10 action items for the San Luis Obispo Police Department after tear gas was used to disperse a Black Lives Matter protest on June 1, 2020.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Fossil-based natural gas may be headed for a reckoning, at least in Washington State. Not long ago, natural gas was seen by many as the key “bridge fuel” necessary to transition our society away from oil and coal. Natural gas has its upsides; most significantly, it burns more efficiently and emits fewer pollutants than coal.
1 Yet burning natural gas still emits greenhouse gases (GHG), including methane, a potent climate pollutant. According to EPA, methane accounts for approximately 10% of the GHG emissions in the United States.
2 That is a problem for states like Washington that have called for zero carbon emissions in the power sector by 2045 and have also enacted laws aimed at reducing GHG emissions throughout other sectors.
City of South Bend looking to fill Director of Community Police Review Office role By: Mathew Quijano
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The City of South Bend is looking to fill their Director of Community Police Review office, which has oversight of the review office and facilitates the work of the citizen volunteers in the Community Review Board.
Supervised by the direction of the city clerk, the director will also be responsible for, among many responsibilities:
Overseeing the intake and classification of any complaint against an officer of the department
Enhances communications and good will between the police and residents
Maintains records, confidential or otherwise, of all complaints, proceedings thereon and dispositions thereof, in the Office of the City Clerk with the clerk providing necessary administrative support