Showing posts with label public policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public policy. Show all posts
2020-04-02

Engagement and being a citizen

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As I write this, (April 2, 2020) we are in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, which seems like to disrupt the normal course of our l...
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2019-08-25

Miss Rhumphius

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I received a recommendation for a children's book the other day.  Miss Rhumphius is a woman who scatters lupine seed all around town. ...
2018-11-19

Comment on LA Times article "Deadly California fires prompt bold thinking about prevention: Shelters, strict zoning, buyouts"

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Comment on the LA Times, " Deadly California fires prompt bold thinking about prevention: Shelters, strict zoning, buyouts " The ...
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2017-12-14

Water consumption in the presence of leaks

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water consumption The whole house was replumbed Oct 28-30 due to numerous obvious leaks that I found and plugged.  From the data I con...
2016-12-12

Doomed to failure

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Of course I signed up, since there's no down side.  However, I think it's doomed to failure. I received the following offer from m...
2016-12-03

"clean-coast economy"

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An apt phrase, but new to me.  I'm just taking note of it here since it seems to capture a lot of ideas in a simple phrase. As seen in...
2016-06-17

Colorado rain barrels

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Bad Mom Good Mom sent me a link to an article on rain barrel legislation in Colorado. It's a quick but balanced perspective. Full URL b...
2015-12-01

You can have good policy or you can have good customer service

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I live in a community that was given a 36% water use reduction target by the state.  Since I've always been careful with my water I thou...
2015-04-10

California Native Plant Week and the long game

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California Native Plant Week (CNPW) is upon us, but it always seems like it's late to me.  In northern California where winter seems to...
2014-10-29

I'm voting no on Proposition 1, California's $7+ billion water bond

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Some good might come of the bond, but I'm willing to wait until policy makers have it right, or at least better, before I say yes.  Here...
2014-09-29

"...endangered by climate change and manly and shit"

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On The Public Record is back with a three part commentary on California water issues.  Recommended reading. Are farmers in the SJV more de...
2012-11-02

It's Global Warming, Stupid

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It's Global Warming, Stupid is the title of a November 01, 2012, article by Paul M. Barrett in Bloomberg Businessweek magazine . Bar...
2012-03-16

Water Reliability 2020 - desal is alive and well

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At the recent SCESC informational meeting I was given a little information on Water Reliability 2020 , a program sponsored by the West Basin...
2012-02-29

Could AB 1881 be made retroactive?

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Over at On The Public Record , there's some freewheeling conceptual thoughts about the impending drought situation in California.  In c...
2012-02-16

Naomi Klein on climate change public policy

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Here's an article on climate change policy and politics that appeared in the November 28th edition of The Nation . My friend Mark drew ...
2011-04-14

Bee road?

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An astute observer on my native plant garden list suggests that this is a concept useful in the U.S. 'Bee road' plans to save key ...
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2010-04-15

City of Los Angeles low impact development

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LA Team Effort is the blog site that serves as community outreach and a focal point for to City of LA's effort to publicize best practi...
2009-11-30

Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance

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Barbara posts about water use that she observes in Pasadena over on Weeding Wild Suburbia. In the comments is reference to the California ...
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