October 2002
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| Loma Prieta Election Endorsements
by Rafael Reyes It's election time again and there are some hot local races with many open seats to keep an eye on. The Chapter has endorsed candidates in Daly City, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Milpitas, Mountain View, Pacifica, San Jose (District 7), Santa Clara, and Saratoga. |
| Sierra Club California Endorsements
Sierra Club California supports Proposition 46, 50, 51, and Gray Davis for Governor, and opposes Pacifica Measure E and Santa Clara County Measure B. |
| San Mateo Coastline Threatened by Development Proposals
by Mark Massara With miles of undeveloped coastline, the San Mateo coast is more threatened by development than ever before. Now is the time to join Sierra Club's Great Coastal Places Campaign and the Loma Prieta Chapter's Coastal Protection Committee. |
| Menlo Park Weighs in on Proposed SFO Expansion
by Dan Kalb, Chapter Director On Tuesday, September 17, the Menlo Park City Council, under the leadership of outgoing Mayor Steve Schmidt, passed a resolution favoring alternatives to SFO Airport's proposed runway expansion out into San Francisco Bay. |
| Southern San Mateo County Members to Affiliate with BMG
In order to better support members from San Mateo County, the Loma Prieta Chapter has transferred responsibility for portions of the former San Mateo Group to the Black Mountain Group. |
| Fighting Sprawl & Supporting Infill: Hyatt Rickey's Endorsement
by Irvin Dawid and Rafael Reyes To help ease housing pressure in the Bay Area, the Chapter endorses the redevelopment of the 16-acre Hyatt Rickey's Hotel on El Camino Real in south Palo Alto. The existing 1950s 300-unit hotel property has been proposed to be redeveloped into a 300-unit hotel and 300-unit apartment project. |
| Sprawl: San Benito County Style
by Mandy Rose San Benito County has ended up reproducing the same kinds of sprawl as our neighboring county to the north, and in much of the United States. We have plenty of the traffic congestion, air pollution, water quality problems, loss of agricultural land and open space, and sewage overflow problems to prove it. |
| The Truth About Measure B
by Irvin Dawid To put it quite simply, Measure B is bad for the environment, bad for a balanced transportation system, and perhaps most importantly, bad for effective government. |
| Cooking Green: Cooking Green: Black-Eyed Peas: A Humble but Great Legume
by Kay Bushnell Black-eyed peas are a versatile, attractive food for indoor and outdoor feasts. Enjoy this month's recipe for Black-Eyed Pea and Green Pea Salad. |
| Meandering
by John Maybury Rogue drogue, E-co buzz, locust stir fry, killer trees, and other items of interest. |