From noreply at newsmemory.com Wed Jan 4 05:50:14 2017 From: noreply at newsmemory.com (The Mercury News EE) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] The Mercury News eEdition Article Message-ID: <20170104135014.977F934008@ussrv15.newsmemory.com> wrolley at charter.net sent you this article. Comment: Paul Rogers has a good analysis on the impact that the current rain storms are having on the CA Drought. He will also be on KQED Forum at 10:00 this AM. The Mercury News 01/04/2017 - Page A01 ?Cautiously optimistic? A DENT IN THE DROUGHT Wet relief: State?s five-year dry spell beginning to show signs of letting up Stormy week: Bay Area can expect heavy rainfall; Sierra to get blanketed By Paul Rogers progers at bayareanewsgroup.com A series of powerful storms is set to soak California over the next week, bringing heavy rains, flooding risk in some creeks and 10 feet or more of new snow to the Sierra Nevada ? the latest sign that the stranglehold of the state?s five-year drought is significantly weakening. At least three storms are forecast to crash in from the Pacific Ocean, weather forecasters said Tuesday, dumping 3 to 4 inches of rain on most Bay Area cities by next Monday, and 8 to 10 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Marin hills and Big Sur coast. Friday may provide one dry day, but otherwise, every day this week should be wet, with the hardest rain on Saturday, forecasters said. "It?s not a lot of little storms," said Jan Null, a meteorologist Pedestrians toting umbrellas will be a common sight this week in Berkeley, above, and throughout the rest of the Bay Area. KRISTOPHER SKINNER/STAFF with Golden Gate Weather Services in Saratoga. "These are significant rain producers." Steady rains since October, combined with nearnormal rainfall last winter, have all but ended the drought in some Northern California areas, particularly on the coast. As of last Thursday, 58 percent of California was classified as being in "severe drought," down from 88 percent a year ago, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Nebraska. Two Californias Much of Northern California, including San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin and every coastal county to the Oregon border, along with northern Santa Clara and northern Santa Cruz counties, are no longer classified as being in drought conditions at all for the first time in four years, according to the Drought Monitor, which analyzes precipitation, soil moisture and other factors. But other parts of California, notably Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and the southern San Joaquin Valley, which have not seen consistent rain in recent years, are still classified as being in exceptional or extreme drought. How stark is the difference? All seven reservoirs owned by the Marin Municipal Water District were full to the top Tuesday. But 350 miles to the south, Lake Cachuma, a primary source of water for the city of Santa Barbara, was only 8 percent full. On Jan. 1, the Santa Barbara City Council imposed a ban on all lawn watering to conserve dwindling supplies, even after residents cut water use 35 percent last year. Construction to reopen Santa Barbara?s ocean desalination plant, which closed 25 years ago after the last severe drought ended and its water costs were too high, is set to be complete by March, which will help boost the city?s perilous water outlook. The northern part of the state is in much better shape. As of Tuesday afternoon, San Francisco was at 102 percent of the historic average rainfall for this date, with Sacramento at 150 percent, Eureka at 163 and Oakland at 110 percent. San Jose was still at 84 percent, after missing some of the big October storm action. On Tuesday, the heaviest rains were in the North Bay, where many communities received an inch or more. Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains received up to 2 inches. All the rain has boosted reservoir levels. The 154 reservoirs tracked by the State Department of Water Resources held 21.5 million acre-feet of water at the end of December ? 98 percent of their historic average for Dec. 31. "Precipitation and storage are doing quite well compared to the past five years of historic drought conditions," said Bill Croyle, acting director of the state Department of Water Resources. "That makes us cautiously optimistic about water conditions, although some areas in California are still hit hard by the drought and require a response." The turnaround from a year ago is breathtaking. Lake Shasta, California?s biggest reservoir, near Redding, is at 118 percent of its historic average, up from 50 percent this time last year. And Lake Oroville in Butte County, the second largest in the state, is at 91 percent of historic capacity, up from 47 percent a year ago. Brown?s glass half full Because of the significantly different conditions around the state, the administration of Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to ease drought rules in the next two weeks, releasing new rules that will assign a water conservation target to each city, water company and water district, based on the amount of rainfall it has received, along with other factors, such as groundwater and reservoir levels. "We?re seeing vast improvement in water supply conditions over much of the state this winter," said Max Gomberg, a climate and conservation manager for the state Water Resources Control Board. "It?s a really promising sign of recovery from this drought. However, there are parts of the state that are still feeling the effects of the drought, and are still short of water." Gomberg said that it?s likely the new rules, which the state water board is scheduled to vote on Feb. 7, will permanently lock in some conservation measures that grew out of the drought. Those likely will include a requirement that the 410 largest cities, water companies and water districts in California continue to publicly report their water use to the state every month, and that wasteful water practices, such as hosing down sidewalks or washing cars without nozzles on the hose, are permanently banned. Some cities with ample water supplies will have no numerical conservation target from the state, he said, while others in drier areas will. This week?s rainy weather is already affecting the Sierra Nevada, where the snowpack makes up about one-third of California?s water supply. Between Sunday and Tuesday afternoon, 3 feet of new snow fell at Squaw Valley ski area near Lake Tahoe, and 2 feet had blanketed the ground at Sugar Bowl and Heavenly resorts. State officials held their first manual snow survey of the year on Tuesday. And although the snowpack in the Sierra totaled just 70 percent of the historic average for Jan. 3 ? due to warm storms in weeks past ? those totals are expected to jump significantly in the days ahead as the new storms dump up to 4 feet of snow by Thursday at higher elevations and perhaps 5 more feet over the weekend. "It?s early days. We still have three really solid months of winter remaining and a wet prognosis for at least a week," said Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources. Staff writer Mark Gomez contributed to this report. Contact Paul Rogers at 408-920-5045. Frank Gehrke, right, of the Department of Water Resources, checks the snowpack with John Paasche during the first manual snow survey of the season at Echo Summit. RICH PEDRONCELLI/ASSOCIATED PRESS Josue Ruiz, of Monterey, tries to stay warm and dry at the San Jose Diridon Transit Center. 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It is just too expensive relative to competing technologies: natural gas, wind, solar. In the meantime, China has put in place a plan to invest $360 Billion in renewable energy by 2020. That is the year of the next presidential election in the US. It is clear that China is betting on the future while Trump would have the US clinging to the past. Rather than making American great again, he would destroy our competitive advantage in an increasingly technology based economy. -- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Jan 8 15:41:49 2017 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 15:41:49 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Jill Stein Recount In-Reply-To: <5872CD6E.7040002@earthlink.net> References: <5872CD6E.7040002@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <5872CE3D.3060505@earthlink.net> I think this is a very interesting article about Jill Stein's recount effort: "The Real Story of the Recount" http://columbusfreepress.com/article/real-story-recount Bob Fitrakis is a political science professor and has been a Green Party candidate for office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fitrakis I found out about this from Shane Que Hee on the gpca-forum list. Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jan 12 18:06:48 2017 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:06:48 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bernie Dems win in California? In-Reply-To: <587835F0.8000805@earthlink.net> References: <587835F0.8000805@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <58783638.2010607@earthlink.net> FYI, ""When Progressives Show Up, We Win": Berniecrats Make Huge Gains in California" http://commondreams.org/views/2017/01/12/when-progressives-show-we-win-berniecrats-make-huge-gains-california "Over the weekend, thousands endured a bout of unfriendly weather to vote in their state's Assembly District Election Meetings, oft-neglected elections that determine who will serve as delegates to the party's yearly state convention, elect party officers, and represent their communities in the process of shaping the party's platform." ... ""Quite simply, the old guard didn't expect to be so thoroughly out-organized, and it cost them big time," notes Ryan Skolnick, who was elected as a delegate over the weekend. "There were around 1100 or so delegate spots...over 600 of them were taken by Bernie Sanders supporters and progressive activists."" Gerry From noreply at newsmemory.com Mon Jan 16 07:47:18 2017 From: noreply at newsmemory.com (The Mercury News EE) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:47:18 GMT Subject: [GPSCC-chat] The Mercury News eEdition Article Message-ID: <201701161547.v0GFlIJ1027761@ussrv25.newsmemory.com> wrolley at charter.net sent you this article. Comment: Peter Gleick is mandatory reading for issues about water. Since we are in N Cal, it is important that we put the current rainy weather in the proper perspective, which he does. The Mercury News 01/16/2017 - Page A11 Is the drought over? Sorry, wrong question By Peter Gleick Given the massive storms bringing water to California over the past month, people are asking, "Is the drought finally over?" The term "drought" means different things to different people, but let me suggest this is the wrong question. The end of the drought does not mean the end to California?s water problems. Here are some more appropriate questions and answers. Is California having a wet year? So far, yes. Precipitation, especially in Northern California, is far above average ? indeed, California is swinging from the extreme of drought to the risk of flood. But the wet season doesn?t end until April, and we don?t know if storms will continue to blow in from the Pacific. How does the snowpack look? After a weak start, recent storms have brought large amounts of snow to the Sierra Nevada for the first time in five years. This is great news, but again, the year is young. Prolonged warm weather could quickly melt mountain snow, as it has in recent years because of rising temperatures from climate change. If temperatures stay warm, our "snow drought" may continue. Are the reservoirs filling up? Yes, so far California?s big reservoirs are filling rapidly. Indeed, now managers must carefully balance the need to store water for the dry periods while maintaining space in storage to hold back damaging floods. As with the snowpack, we don?t yet know how full they?ll be at the end of the wet season, but so far so good. Will this year?s rains refill overdrafted Central Valley groundwater basins? No. This may be California?s biggest water problem: Our groundwater use exceeds natural recharge. It?s like a bank account in perpetual overdraft, and the problem worsened during the drought. This year should see a drop in groundwater pumping, but even a wet year won?t prevent continued groundwater overdraft, refill the aquifers, or help thousands of people in disadvantaged communities whose wells have run dry. Will this year?s rains reverse the damage to California forests? No. More than 100 million trees have died from drought, temperature stress and insect infestation. It will take decades for Sierra forests to regenerate, and dead trees and damaged soils will pose forest fire and landslide risks for years. Will farmers finally get all the water they want? No. Deliveries to farmers this year will certainly be the highest in several years ? great news for farmers who have fallowed land or cut back on irrigation because of drought. But agricultural (and urban) water users will never get all the water they want because formal water rights claims are many times larger than actual water availability. Will a wet year help endangered salmon? Lots of water in rivers and reservoirs will help them, but the real problem for the past few years hasn?t been too little water, it?s been water that is too warm. A good snowpack and cold river flows in the spring and summer should help, but if water remains too warm, pressures on salmon will continue. Will the official state drought declaration be canceled? Gov. Jerry Brown?s executive drought orders remain in place for the moment. The governor?s office and State Water Board will decide what actions should be taken later in the spring when we have a clearer picture. Can I stop conserving water at home now and water my lawn, wash my car and take long showers? You can, but you shouldn?t. The efficient use of water should be a way of life, not a temporary reaction to crisis. Every gallon of water you don?t use saves money, leaves water in reservoirs and underground, reduces energy use and protects ecosystems. Californians conserved water during the drought without serious hardship. We should keep up those efforts, even when it?s wet. Ultimately, "Is the drought over" is the wrong question. We should ask, "Are we managing water in a sustainable manner, for the long haul"? The answer to that is still "no." John Steinbeck wrote in East of Eden: "And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way." Let?s prove him wrong. Peter Gleick is a hydroclimatologist and chief scientist at the Pacific Institute, Oakland. 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Gerry From JamBoi at riseup.net Wed Jan 18 05:36:45 2017 From: JamBoi at riseup.net (Dru) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 07:36:45 -0600 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Counter-Inaugural Convergence In-Reply-To: References: <1483049245.2006.452.camel@electric-bikes.com> Message-ID: <837F39C3-FB2A-4043-AD49-B43985F3CF92@riseup.net> I will take it a step beyond that -- I have come to the conclusion that the for-profit model in ANY KIND of business threatens humanity, all living beings on Earth (ie. Earth?s biosphere) and the physical Earth itself. Capitalism and life on Earth look to be mutually exclusive choices. As it is currently practised "capitalism" is an enormous engine of destruction. Unless we can alter the concept and corporate charter of what constitutes the corporate "bottom line" to focus on social benefit to humanity, Earth and her inhabitants, I am doubtful that capitalism can continue to be tolerated on Earth. I don't believe in capital punishment -- except in the case of murderous corporations such as BP and Haliburton, etc. If humanity and Earth were our priority (as they must become) these entities would not be tolerated. As MLK put it "Capitalism is a failed system." It's long past time for humanity to take the reins back from corporations,, governments and other forms of organized crime, and evolve our governance away from our Sociopathocracy to the Beloved Community model MLK and the Fellowship of Reconciliation envision. Green is GO! Dru On December 29, 2016 4:17:38 PM CST, Spencer Graves wrote: > I believe that for-profit journalism model threatens humanity: >Robert McChesney and others have proposed citizen-directed subsidies >for >non-commercial investigative journalism with transparent funding that >puts everything they produce on the web in the public domain. > > > My prospectus on this is available at >"EndowmentForJournalism.org". I'm looking for collaborators to hep >launch this initiative. > > > What do you think? > Thanks, > Spencer Graves > > >On 2016-12-29 4:07 PM, Rob Means wrote: >> >> Compatriots and Justice Lovers, >> >> >> We are planning a January 20th Counter-Inaugural action. Called ?Rise > >> Up for Justice? (#RU4Justice), we want as many collaborating >> organizations as possible to make this a major cooperative statement >> from the South Bay area. >> >> >> Current plans call for encircling the Federal Building, with >> additional actions before and after to fulfill the potential of our >> message: Rise Up for Justice. Our convergence isa show of solidarity, > >> and defense of people, planet, and peace over profit. The diversity >> and resistance of this event complements the Women's March happening >> the next day (Jan. 21). That event is about unity and creating the >> future we want. Both events will be included in our flyers and other >> announcements. >> >> >> J20-participating groups and organizations are encouraged to express >> their diverse set of concerns with placards/signs and by using colors > >> if they choose. We are calling for a convergence on the event by >other >> groups marching or demonstrating on Inauguration Day. Attendees will >> be urged to join the J21 Women's March and visit "action ally" ? a >> tabling area where they can learn about organizations already working > >> on various issues. If your organization wants to table at "action >> ally", visit https://womensmarchbayarea.org/san-jose-march/. >> >> >> Please confirm your co-sponsorship in the J20 Rise Up for Justice >> Convergence, noon, at the San Jose Federal Building at 280 S. 1st >> Street (cross-street San Carlos). *Reply by January 5th, 2017*. To >> ensure your organization is properly credited in event flyers and >> other announcements, please include a note saying something like >?List >> our organization co-sponsorship as ?[/insert the organization name or > >> other phrase/].? >> >> >> Additionally, please let us know if you want to participate more >> deeply. You can plug into active teams, ongoing meetings, and the >> notes and materials we have already generated. >> >> >> We are asking that co-sponsoring organizations also contribute >> financially to help cover expenses (permits, printing, etc.). >Although >> we recommend a minimum $50 tax-deductible donation from each >> organization, any amount at $10 or more will help ? including >> individual donations. Send checks to the San Jose Peace and Justice >> Center, 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112 with a memo/reference of > >> ?RU4Justice?. You can also contribute online at >http://bit.ly/2hth8y3. >> Under ?Program? select ?Other?, and enter ?Rise Up for Justice?. If >> you have any questions about making a donation, feel free to call the > >> San Jose Peace and Justice Center coordinator Michele Mashburn after >> January 3rd at (408) 297-2299 or via email anytime at >> _coordinator at sanjosepeace.org _. > >> The Center?s hours are 4 to 7 pm Monday through Friday. >> >> >> Thank you, and we look forward to working with Green Party of Santa >> Clara County as we Rise Up for Justice on January 20th with this >> collaborative action. >> >> -- >> Rob Means, Action Role: Outreach >> Santa Clara County MoveToAmend, http://scc-mta.org/ >> 1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913 >> 408-262-0420h, 408-262-8975w, Rob at MeansForDemocracy.org >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at lists.cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at lists.cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jan 19 12:38:49 2017 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:38:49 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Lakoff on how Dems helped Trump win In-Reply-To: <58812376.4000007@earthlink.net> References: <58812376.4000007@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <588123D9.3050709@earthlink.net> FYI, "Don?t think of a rampaging elephant: Linguist George Lakoff explains how the Democrats helped elect Trump" "Democrats played into Trump's hands, Lakoff says ? and they won't win until they learn how to frame the debate" http://www.salon.com/2017/01/15/dont-think-of-a-rampaging-elephant-linguist-george-lakoff-explains-how-the-democrats-helped-elect-trump/ Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 19 17:05:42 2017 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (JAMES DOYLE) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 01:05:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Upcoming events In-Reply-To: <188450811.103978.1484872576566@mail.yahoo.com> References: <188450811.103978.1484872576566.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <188450811.103978.1484872576566@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <231755731.109165.1484874342660@mail.yahoo.com> blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad Begin forwarded message: On Thursday, January 19, 2017, 4:36 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: If you are not fixed up for something to do on Friday, there will be a Rise Up For Justice rally at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 11:00. At noon the groups will walk to the federal building, and at 1:00 they will go to speak at City Hall. Bring signs.On Saturday Jan 21, Women's March is happening all over the country. They will meet here at 10:00 at City Hall and march to Cesar Chavez Plaza. Rally will last until 3:00. There will be an Action Alley with dozens of tables highlighting action issues, including LISHC and the Single Payer Coalition. Friday Jan. 27. California Day of Action to protect, improve, and expand Medicare and Medicaid. In Bakersfield. For transport info, contact Greg at brogregm at sbcglobal.net or 408-834-9165. Wed. Feb. 1--Where Did Your Raise Go?In SF> For carpool info contact Greg, ?see above. ?I would appreciate someone to put this on the current Green discuss list. Caroline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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California Day of Action to protect, improve, and expand Medicare and Medicaid. In Bakersfield. For transport info, contact Greg at brogregm at sbcglobal.net or 408-834-9165. Wed. Feb. 1--Where Did Your Raise Go? In SF> For carpool info contact Greg, see above. I would appreciate someone to put this on the current Green discuss list. Caroline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Entire Senior Staff at Trump's State Dept. 'Unexpectedly' Resigns" http://commondreams.org/news/2017/01/26/exodus-de-resistance-entire-senior-staff-trumps-state-dept-unexpectedly-resigns Gerry From tnharter at aceweb.com Fri Jan 27 10:13:16 2017 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:13:16 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] State Department Resignations In-Reply-To: <588A4FFC.4070702@earthlink.net> References: <588A4FCB.70604@earthlink.net> <588A4FFC.4070702@earthlink.net> Message-ID: The update to the article makes it sound like business as usual. Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added pictures from that womans march in San Jose. There's a forging onward pin on a Virginia quarter in my home. ---------------------------------------- From: "Gerry Gras" Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:38 AM To: "GPSCC" Subject: [GPSCC-chat] State Department Resignations FYI, "Exodus de R?sistance? Entire Senior Staff at Trump's State Dept. 'Unexpectedly' Resigns" http://commondreams.org/news/2017/01/26/exodus-de-resistance-entire-senior-staff-trumps-state-dept-unexpectedly-resigns Gerry _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at lists.cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Jan 27 15:41:05 2017 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:41:05 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "The Peaceful Revolutionary Party" In-Reply-To: <588BDA65.5090700@earthlink.net> References: <588BDA65.5090700@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <588BDA91.8030803@earthlink.net> FYI, James Hansen, climate scientist, talks about the need for a third party. And he specifies some aspects he would like to see. "The Peaceful Revolutionary Party" http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2017/20170127_PeacefulParty.pdf His website is at: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Jan 30 13:08:02 2017 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:08:02 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Constitutional Crisis? In-Reply-To: <588FAAF4.9010702@earthlink.net> References: <588FAAF4.9010702@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <588FAB32.2060903@earthlink.net> FYI, "Trump Creates 'Constitutional Crisis' as Travel Ban Enforced in Defiance of Court Orders" "'We have a constitutional crisis today'" http://commondreams.org/news/2017/01/30/trump-creates-constitutional-crisis-travel-ban-enforced-defiance-court-orders Gerry