–Last week, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Ca) announced the introduction of a bill that will protect special places in the Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument for their ecological, cultural, and recreational values. The bill also prohibits future oil drilling in certain places, improves equitable access to the outdoors, and benefits local and statewide economies.
The bill is a companion to Representative Salud Carbajal’s Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which passed the House of Representatives in February. It designates more than 245,000 acres of wilderness and 400 miles of the Condor National Scenic Trail, and creates two scenic areas encompassing 34,500 acres and safeguards about 159 miles of wild and scenic rivers.
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Local non-profits are rallying together to advocate for better wages and working conditions for Santa Maria immigrant workers.
Community members organized a car caravan Saturday afternoon to uplift essential workers who have been serving the city since before the pandemic.
The route began at CAUSE office on E Jones St. and drivers stopped at the fields on Suey Road to cheer on farmworkers.
Advocates decorated cars with flags, signs and artwork to bring awareness. We are here for their cause that we see our essential workers aren t treated essential that they are not as paid as essential and its something that matters to us, that above everything our workers are seen as people and not just profit, caravan organizer Rebeca Garcia said.
Alexandra Allen, owner of Main Street Produce and Freshway Farms, has operated her Santa Maria-based businesses alongside her husband since the '70s. Only in the.
58:51 Scientists around the world agree that pollution, habitat destruction, and over-exploitation of natural resources have created a climate emergency that threatens great harm to human health, wellbeing, and livelihoods. Here at home in California and on the Central Coast, we are experiencing those effects first hand. The U.S. drought monitor reports approximately more than half of California is already experiencing a severe drought, and that we are primed for a severe 2021 fire season. And while climate change is a threat to everyone’s health and well-being, some groups socially and economically disadvantaged ones face the greatest risks. So, what can we do?
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