{"id":51425,"date":"2021-07-24T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T22:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/?p=51425"},"modified":"2024-10-10T22:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:44:12","slug":"minutes-from-the-350-humboldt-general-meeting-letters-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/minutes-from-the-350-humboldt-general-meeting-letters-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes from the 350 Humboldt General Meeting \/ Letters to Write"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENERAL MEETING MINUTES<\/h2>\n

Minutes from our General Meeting on July 22, are appended to this email.<\/h2>\n

WRITE LETTERS TO VOTERS<\/h2>\n

Write letters and sign petitions on your own or join the 350 Humboldt \u201cchat and write\u201d letter-writing group Sunday evenings at 7pm. Here is the zoom link:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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POSTCARD WRITING TO VOTERS ORGANIZED BY HUMBOLDT ACTIVIST FREDERICA AALTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here is Frederica describes what they are doing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am administering a postcarding network in Humboldt County (presently over 300 writers) and we supply postcards and stamps to writers, which are available for cost at several convenient pickup locations. At present, we have just finished postcarding Wisconsin, so are at a lull, but new campaigns will be starting soon for several states. Have anyone interested in joining us contact me. We mostly postcard for ROV (Reclaim Our Vote), which is non-partisan, but have also postcarded for Activate America (which used to be called Flip the West), which is partisan.<\/p>\n

She can be reached at: faalto@sitestar.net<\/p>\n

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VOTING \u2013 VOTE FORWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/votefwd.org\/campaigns<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sending letters to voters thanking them for voting in last election and encouraging them to vote again in upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

VOTING \u2013 POSTCARDS TO SWING STATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please SIGN UP<\/a> to write postcards to make sure Democrats come out and vote. We\u2019ll send you the postcards, addresses and instructions for free. You provide $0.36 stamps and mail the cards. \u00a0A number of campaigns are available on the website.<\/p>\n

With the help of volunteers like you, we wrote 21 million postcards in 2020, and we saw incredible results! Voters who receive handwritten postcards are significantly more likely to vote. You can help us keep New Jersey and Virginia blue!<\/p>\n

Visit our website to learn more about Postcards to Swing States<\/a> and get answers to our frequently asked questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SIERRA CLUB VOTER REGISTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Only 63% of Arizona voters are registered. Send a blank registration form and a letter to unregistered voters:<\/p>\n

Print copies of this<\/strong> blank voter registration form<\/a> and include a blank form with each letter you send. Please do not write on the voter registration forms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These letters should be put in the mail as soon as you have completed them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please follow the instructions here to complete and send your letters: sc.org\/LetterWritingInstructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you are ready for your next batch of letters, please request more at sc.org\/RequestLetters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OTHER LETTERS\/PETITIONS<\/h2>\n

350 Humboldt Rooftop Solar Supporters<\/h2>\n

Diane Ryerson, a member of the 350 Humboldt Steering Committee, wrote the following letter. If you are a rooftop solar owner or supporter please write or call Governor Newsom. You can send either snail mail or use his email contact. The essential message is to void the recent PUC decision on solar.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom
\n1303 10th Street, Suite 1173
\nSacramento, CA 95814<\/p>\n

Phone: (916) 445-2841<\/p>\n

https:\/\/govapps.gov.ca.gov\/gov40mail\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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As a retired rooftop solar home owner served by Redwood Coast Energy Authority CCA and the for-profit investor owned (IOU) PG&E utility, I request your help\/influence with the CPUC. Despite receiving 7,000 comments from rate payers not to adopt a new system calculator sought by the IOUs, the CPUC made this adoption in June and PG&E is now positioned to increase my added transmission cost from $10\/month to $50-$90\/month and reduce my net metering credit by 80% as well as being granted an 18% rate increase.<\/p>\n

Question: Do you have the power in some form to require the CPUC to conduct a thorough comparative analysis of energy production\/demand\/distribution modeling applications before the CPUC can change our monthly transmission fees, net metering credit, and rate increases?<\/p>\n

A new study was done using WIS:dom-P Total System Planning Tool that optimizes and coordinates the utility-scale electricity grid with the distribution electricity grid and finds rooftop solar and battery storage will save rate payers money, grow more jobs, and avoid increasing CO2 emissions. Specifically, the study states: IF California grows local solar to 65 GW by 2050 and pairs it with distributed storage, THEN (1) all California rate payers save $120 billion over an all-utility scale future; (2) distributed storage will grow by over 60 GW; (3) more CO2 emissions will be avoided; (4) more than 374,000 jobs will be created [including more than 7,500 jobs in Humboldt County where I live.].<\/p>\n

Please answer my question in second paragraph above. Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n

SIERRA CLUB<\/h2>\n

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has the opportunity to ensure that 100% of trucks on California\u2019s roads are zero emission vehicles and we need your help to make sure this happens.<\/p>\n

Join us to protect our communities, climate and lungs from toxic pollution! Tell the CARB to develop a plan that will get us to 100% clean and electric truck sales by 2035.<\/a><\/p>\n

California’s heavy-duty trucks produce roughly 40% of the nitrogen oxides that are a principal component of California’s smog. They also emit significant amounts of particulate pollution which causes and exacerbates heart and lung disease.<\/p>\n

350 Bay Area Action<\/h2>\n

Last Wednesday the White House and top Democrats agreed in principle on a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that includes many critical climate provisions. This could be our last chance to pass climate legislation before it\u2019s too late for our planet, if we soar past 1.5 degrees Celsius in a decade. Now is the time to ensure the passage of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill in the House and Senate.<\/p>\n

Help us send a strong message to Congress to fight for climate actions we need to protect vulnerable populations and future generations and build a 21st century green economy for all.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sierra Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on new safeguards to tackle methane and associated pollution from new and existing oil and gas operations, but we only have one week, until July 30, to submit official public comments<\/strong> telling them to implement the strongest rules possible, capturing at least 65% of this potent greenhouse gas by 2025.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Sierra Club<\/h2>\n

Over the past year, I’ve had the honor of leading an incredible group of volunteers who have made phone calls and written letters to support the freedom to vote and the power of people to make the change they want to see in the world. Our next letter writing task is to call on President Biden to continue to increase his leadership on passing the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — two critical bills that will expand and protect the freedom to vote for all.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our letters will thank White House leaders for their support of democracy reform, and ask for them to keep it up. Nothing can substitute for the direct engagement and leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris in our efforts to secure the passage of these critical voting rights bills.<\/p>\n