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SCCA 2022 Endorsements
May 16, 2022
SCCA Endorsements 2022 State Legislature US Congress County Supervisor District Attorney Sherriff Related
SCCA Endorses Blake Hooper for District 2 Supervisor
May 16, 2022
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report tells us what we already know: our climate is changing, and local communities like ours are already feeling the sting. We must continue to elect leaders who won’t just play lip service to environmental concerns, but can push past tired excuses to support the… Read more »
New Board of Forestry Regulations Put Housing Over Safety
April 5, 2022
By Eve Kahn, Gary Margadant and Michael Allen Last December the California Board of Forestry gutted California’s fire safe road regulations, leaving already vulnerable communities at-risk for future destruction. Perhaps most problematic is the significant reduction in the minimum width of roads. Existing standards require twenty-foot width, while the newly adopted regulations require only… Read more »
SCCA Honors Dr. Jane Nielson, Scientist & Environmental Champion
December 16, 2021
SCCA is pleased to honor the outstanding record of recent SCCA Board member Dr. Jane Nielson Ph.D geologist, Jane impressively served on the SCCA Board for seven years. She still loves Sonoma County, but is relocating to Portland to be near family Rigorous Scientist Jane brings scientific integrity and logical consistency to all her projects. She… Read more »
SCCA Award – When Wildfire Comes, Fire Safe Roads Are Vital!
December 15, 2021
SCCA is pleased to award Marylee Guinon the Leadership & Sustainability Award for her tireless work on fire safe roads. The Threat The State Board of Forestry’s Fire Safe Regulations have long required safe concurrent firefighter access and civilian evacuation for all new development in the fire-prone Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). These Regulations require minimum… Read more »