tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20870100757853865272024-03-23T23:32:20.066-07:00Desktop Activist Tucson In these changing times it has become so important to remain politically active, stay informed, hold our politicians and corporations accountable, and keep on top of our representatives to make sure they are representing our best interests. Please, support the actions and issues that matter to YOU.
I will do my best to keep up with what is happening in our government and post the latest petitions and calls to action. Please, check in daily. Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.comBlogger1359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-91745605718877734602024-03-23T23:31:00.000-07:002024-03-23T23:31:33.308-07:00Sign petitions to your legislators on bad bills for the environment<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;">For this legislative update we are focusing more on some bills that we think might come to the floor next week, especially two referrals. The referrals cannot be vetoed, so need special attention. Please, sign these petitions from the Sierra Club to urge your legislators to vote "no" on these terrible bills.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><br />Please take action and <b>tell your representatives to oppose SB1221</b>. It sets up an impossible process for establishing basin management areas and codifies current overpumping of rural groundwater.</span></span></span><br style="outline: none;" /> <div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0428467" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Learn more and take action here.">Learn more and take action here.</a></b></span></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border-color: transparent; border-image: initial; height: auto; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-align: -webkit-center;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=a3ec173dacafbd96e4a58449f80f84571b1e7262df705c797cf2de536f77baeadc6617f96d5edfeba7d592c0ad466b9b9c2f70eef01062fb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: -webkit-center;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Save Water, Save Life with cracked soil and then lush desert vegetation in a water drop" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.emails.sierraclub.org%2Flib%2Ffe8913727761037b7c%2Fm%2F1%2F5a93cf41-782f-423d-8c6e-adb31897c9d2.png&t=1711257821&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c5f-0b0055016400&sig=f_kc6kbFNFzUladBdaAz7A--~D" style="border: 0px solid transparent; display: block; height: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 580px;" width="700" /></a></span></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2040H.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures">HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures </a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Smith: Biasiucci, Carbone, et al.) is one of those referrals. It would place a measure on the 2024 ballot to prohibit the state or any political subdivision, including universities, to do anything to help reduce global temperatures, have a climate action plan, participate in anything related to reducing meat consumption, etc. It wraps this up with a bow related to prohibiting "furthering Marxist ideologies." It is clearly intended to connect all of these issues and motivate voters who fear that there is a vast conspiracy to make this a better world. </span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"> <div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><b style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0428462" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Tell your senator to vote no on HCR2040!">Tell your senator to vote no on HCR2040!</a></span></b></div> </div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><hr style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2050H.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2050 energy source; restriction; prohibition">HCR2050 energy source; restriction; prohibition </a>(Griffin: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al) passed out of the Senate Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee along party lines on Thursday. It would put on the 2024 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit a city, town, county or any other political subdivision of the state from restricting the manufacture, use or sale of a device based on the energy source that is either used to power the device or consumed by the device. Device is not defined, but this is clearly intended to preclude any limits on fossil fuel "devices," including gas. This will make it harder to protect our air, our water, our health, and our communities. </span></span><br style="outline: none;" /> <div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0426423" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Please send a message to your senator asking them to oppose HCR2050">Please send a message to your senator asking them to oppose HCR2050</a><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=a3ec173dacafbd9616dd373a7ebec33ed3c63a025261f8b9426de5084fc3b101bb7e33dd7737e31c343dece54173ddc5c4a73df48fb7d84b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Please send a message to your senator asking them to oppose it.">.</a></b></span></span><br style="outline: none;" /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=a3ec173dacafbd96a3326636f93d79b0d9f775e2955fd0e0daccbdbde1b6daf3a767cc81da3a58d4a456a527ceeac24069dda60ee206298c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Oppose HCR2050"><img alt="Oppose HCR2050 AZ, any city, town, county is prohibited from restricting any device based on energy source" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.emails.sierraclub.org%2Flib%2Ffe8913727761037b7c%2Fm%2F1%2Fff7df0d2-bc79-4080-aa0b-f9010e1d1e38.jpeg&t=1711257821&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c5f-0b0055016400&sig=7ITH_MVXeSrbGV1G8BbROg--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 580px;" width="700" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><hr style="outline: none;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: #196ad4;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; height: auto; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;"><br /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=a3ec173dacafbd969a35b09c8c37c3b8942badf7214006ea4278b2878eca689e6cc595fefda9ea5a98e59f869049e99f761a030b908502a0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Protect Public Lands"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.emails.sierraclub.org%2Flib%2Ffe8913727761037b7c%2Fm%2F1%2F0e4fac0b-09da-48b1-bd57-a64961a0e496.png&t=1711257821&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c5f-0b0055016400&sig=j5G95xtN42sRXuU.W_JIWg--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 580px;" width="700" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><br style="outline: none;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">Arizona has roughly 28 million acres of federal public lands. These places provide extensive opportunities for recreation and key habitat and corridors for numerous animal species. Public lands provide us with clean air and clean water, and they, like other lands in our state, are all Indigenous lands -- that should be part of the context of what happens with them.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />The AZ Legislature has frequently sought more control of our federal public lands, attempting to privatize and eliminate or weaken protections for the land, water, and wildlife. These bills have been vetoed by Republican governors and also defeated overwhelmingly on the ballot. Arizonans love our public lands. Please tell your senator to vote no on bills that seek to hinder protection of public lands and waters. Read more about them and take action here.<br /><br />Take action to protect public lands:<br /><br /><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0426717" style="color: #1155cc;">https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0426717</a><br /></span></span></span><hr style="outline: none;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv8217309545stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv8217309545camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-53018915309475355192024-03-18T04:22:00.000-07:002024-03-18T09:45:47.475-07:00Sneaky strike-everything amendments reword approved bills and other bad bills prohibit environmental actions @ AZ Legislature <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyaQhlJpWhtP9l5jIRQSu2QMQIbOiwDQmZ8TEcpqi5khNNAXdEpdv6ZTDSqfrtT8YzZ5CCVXvWy-sg6tsyFslhdmZYLF6owh8HbImEkFIP0UTiablc-Ihx89yUmrv4Bd986ROYbWPrnlWVdtl3GVFHGycA_8IldJrmTL_6HcqjexnFwrPVIbkhsQqyqI/s318/griffin%20ripping%20up%20bill.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="318" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyaQhlJpWhtP9l5jIRQSu2QMQIbOiwDQmZ8TEcpqi5khNNAXdEpdv6ZTDSqfrtT8YzZ5CCVXvWy-sg6tsyFslhdmZYLF6owh8HbImEkFIP0UTiablc-Ihx89yUmrv4Bd986ROYbWPrnlWVdtl3GVFHGycA_8IldJrmTL_6HcqjexnFwrPVIbkhsQqyqI/s1600/griffin%20ripping%20up%20bill.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strike-everything sneaks in new bills</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span><span style="color: black;">This week there are several strike-everything amendments. (Basically, a strike-everything is a bizarre rule in the state legislature that allows replacing all of the text of a bill that has gone through committee with completely new - and often unrelated - text.) This means you may need to change a previous RTS comment to reflect the new bill.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: black; outline: none;">This week the Senate continued to advance many bad policies, including HCR2040, which passed along party lines.<br /><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=894813ff2d658672465d2eff05741c1af730b599fb5c4db924c05eb72f7d11b589583f1358ef1fa2195b60c24391315a2d9ed9b8b3d51af1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures">HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures</a> (Smith: Biasiucci, Carbone, et al.) would place a measure on the 2024 ballot to prohibit the state or any political subdivision, including universities, to do anything to help reduce global temperatures, have a climate action plan, participate in anything related to reducing meat consumption, etc. It wraps this up with a bow related to prohibiting "furthering Marxist ideologies."</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none;" /><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">Tell your senator to vote no on HCR2040! You can find their phone number<a href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/?body=S" style="color: #1155cc;"> here.</a></span></b><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span>Request to Speak on the following bills before they are heard in their respective committees.</span></span><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span><br /><b style="outline: none;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Sign onto the RTS app:</span></span><br style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a></b></span></div><b style="color: #339900; font-size: 16px;"><br />Monday, March 18th</b></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Transportation, Technology, and Missing Children Committee at 2:00 PM </b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">HCR2049 ballot measures; challenges (Carter) will have a <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/proposed/S.HCR2049WADSACK.pdf" rel="noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="strike-everything amendment on freedom to move">strike-everything amendment on freedom to move</a> would put on the 2024 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit limits on vehicle miles travelled or having any fee based on vehicle miles traveled. The latter is one of the ways to fund roads as gas taxes continue to dwindle. Limiting traffic can improve our air quality is part of the clean air plans. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Finance and Commerce Committee at 2:00PM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">HB2734 affordable housing; parking requirements; prohibition (now: public hearings; voting) (Ortiz: Biasiucci, Peña) will have a <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/adopted/H.2734COMMERCE.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="strike-everything amendment on the same subject">strike-everything amendment </a>to limit public hearings on zoning ordinances. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Wednesday, March 20th</b></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><br /></span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at 2:00 PM </b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SB1052S.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1052 all-terrain vehicles; definition">SB1052 all-terrain vehicles; definition</a> (Carroll: Farnsworth, Cook) increases the allowable weight for all-terrain vehicles from 2500 to 3000. Heavier vehicles do more damage and kick up more dust in unpaved areas. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Municipal Oversight and Elections Committee at 2:00 PM</b><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?clientID=6361162879&eventID=2024031075" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span></span></span><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SCR1041S.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SCR1041 ballot measures; challenges">SCR1041 ballot measures; challenges</a> (Mesnard) refers a measure that allows challenges to proposed ballot measures by any person and earlier in the process -even before the election. Just another way to keep citizens' initiatives from getting on the ballot. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Thursday, March 21st</b></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">NOTE: There are a bunch of strike everything amendments that haven't been posted yet, Please check back later in the week.</span>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-12100642846638388262024-03-09T23:14:00.000-08:002024-03-09T23:30:28.574-08:00Easy week for Requests to Speak!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1qeiaTPggVEQspJl9ruUOzasPc1DqW2N5rJ3zmur6qbUGYcsi9mmWrFlaPUqj9RVUIIRvpkgKHQ4jen8qGwuAFj1roBX9fS8LB2SWRzaShAMtsJ6xTtL1F3mTKCcBK1fZH-516yQ6gAl1hyphenhyphenpAjkFaCVTHJMoOT2d7wuA5RuTep6b1YofkZfc1DS2Q3I/s1000/1000_F_217790159_gNSxc5GX7QIWrPThC2P3OarTG3i6UNc1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1qeiaTPggVEQspJl9ruUOzasPc1DqW2N5rJ3zmur6qbUGYcsi9mmWrFlaPUqj9RVUIIRvpkgKHQ4jen8qGwuAFj1roBX9fS8LB2SWRzaShAMtsJ6xTtL1F3mTKCcBK1fZH-516yQ6gAl1hyphenhyphenpAjkFaCVTHJMoOT2d7wuA5RuTep6b1YofkZfc1DS2Q3I/s320/1000_F_217790159_gNSxc5GX7QIWrPThC2P3OarTG3i6UNc1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WHEW! Easy week...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There aren't many Request to Speak actions this week because most of these bills were previously in the other chamber of the legislature and we commented on them there.</p>Enjoy Wednesday's presentation on state parks, if you choose to view that!<br /><br />Request to Speak on the following bills before they are heard in their respective committees.<div><br /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Sign onto the RTS app:</span></span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a></b><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Monday, March 11th</b></span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"> </b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b style="color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">Senate Elections Committee at 2:00 PM </b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9859ae66ee96f30d98feed61adc1f2af5957b608315c475b3beebb7a0f2a41536a5c2bf0e8bbecb236464f7c7a7f05c813516677cd70bd55" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2058 legislative districts; population; census; citizenship">HCR2058 legislative districts; population; census; citizenship </a>(Heap: Chaplik, Gillette, et al) would put a measure on the 2024 ballot to require a state census that the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) must use to determine legislative districts based on citizenship population. This is a direct attack on the IRC and would subvert US census data to dilute and attack communities.<b style="outline: none;"> OPPOSE</b> </span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Wednesday, March 13th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Government Committee at 9:00 AM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e250d056081197ee0c8f8e712c7850aa11ad846fbdffd7346b9d14dad441dc062250e3e1e26f72fda959346d9dbf6bd63b7a8ef71634eb06" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2056 preferential treatment; discrimination; prohibition">HCR2056 preferential treatment; discrimination; prohibition</a> <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">(Montenegro: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al) prohibits addressing the impacts of racism and discrimination by prohibiting any actions based on race or ethnicity. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Government Committee at 10:00 AM </b><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e250d056081197ee5b3065a2b8cf6d0dfb6e0ecba7b43976ef11660f86689513a78d686d699481b5a93335409176a4f8e56c60a31811470d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">Presentation on State Parks</span></span></span> </li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Thursday, March 14th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Natural Resources, Energy, & Water Committee at 9:00 AM</b><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e250d056081197ee0d84dfb5e8ac02116cc8b8a38bbf773a5eb99f62d4037409aa0b5ad47f9c5a5795d540a112e701dae0b1f9c44abfbffd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e250d056081197eea2169ac7079b5eb083c53d8a0fd61da6c0c0ad9685ccd404abfe6935174e745036c4a2f4dba3b447fc6d280bb848e380" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2022 conservation easements; maintenance; weeds">HB2022 conservation easements; maintenance; weeds</a> (Griffin) requires the holder of a conservation easement to maintain the property when this is the responsibility of the property owner. This bill would discourage conservation easements. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-2855503332713652862024-03-02T15:46:00.000-08:002024-03-02T15:46:43.598-08:00Request to Speak actions for week of March 2nd... and one last chance to contact your legislators on bad energy bill (HCR 2050)<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzHFm2SzEnaPioAyPje77YrNAq5ijZK6I20D9dKTdp0YSQSmnK6pk9bjaF8XucfYOR5XxpPjehjJAUTcwaoUAfK9m3eCQcS9TMJGOsQzeXFL7Ge-BQf9n0Dgeum0d3NGUk0RyG9QoYDQTtP19QlrzW0hUs__DicCEpAXGcOJAClgyNjj-fkdzdIA1IAg/s416/voter%20flipping%20a%20coin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="416" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzHFm2SzEnaPioAyPje77YrNAq5ijZK6I20D9dKTdp0YSQSmnK6pk9bjaF8XucfYOR5XxpPjehjJAUTcwaoUAfK9m3eCQcS9TMJGOsQzeXFL7Ge-BQf9n0Dgeum0d3NGUk0RyG9QoYDQTtP19QlrzW0hUs__DicCEpAXGcOJAClgyNjj-fkdzdIA1IAg/s320/voter%20flipping%20a%20coin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Environmental actions on the ballot?! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">f you have been keeping up with our Request to Speak actions, you should have already weighed in on most of the bills that are now being heard in the other house. So, our list is shorter this week. (See RTS actions below). If you haven’t, you can find previous RTS actions on the <a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/">Desktop Activist Tucson website</a> and still weigh in on them. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This week I have included some bad voting bills because it makes it difficult to advocate for the environment if we can’t vote.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unfortunately, HCR 2050 made it through committee and awaits a Third Read vote in the house. If it passes it will put this horrific bill on the ballot. Governor Hobbs won't be able to veto it! If you haven't already, please, reach out to your legislators using the Sierra Club’s petition (link below).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2050H.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;">HCR2050 energy source; restriction; prohibition </a></span>(Griffin: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al) would put on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit a city, town, county or any other political subdivision of the state from restricting the manufacture, use or sale of a device based on the energy source that is either used to power the device or consumed by the device. Device is not defined, but this is clearly intended to preclude any limits on fossil fuels, including gas. This will make it harder to protect our air, our water, our health, and our communities.</span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0421292" style="color: #1155cc;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Take action against HCR2050 here</span></span></b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.</span></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #339900; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Request to Speak on the following bills before they are heard in their respective committees.<br /></span><br /></span></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Sign onto the RTS app:</span></span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Review RTS directions:</span></span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #339900;">Monday, March 4th</span></span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />Senate Elections Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2404H.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;">HB2404 voter registration cards; mailing limitation</a></span> (Gillette: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al) prohibits the county recorder from providing an initial or updated voter registration card to a person whose mailing address is outside of Arizona except for active military members and those for whom there is no Arizona mail address. This would exclude students. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2482H.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;">HB2482 voter registration changes; text notice</a></span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(Parker B) requires county recorders to notify people either via text or in writing if they make any changes to their voting records and provide them with information on how they can check their record and make any changes needed. This is a good transparency measure and a service to voters. <b>SUPPORT</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2852H.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: blue;">HB2852 voter registrations; organizations; prohibition</span> </a>(Heap: Chaplik, Gillette, et al) prohibits the state and any city, town, county or political subdivision from participating as a member of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). The state can’t provide information to ERIC (a trusted non-profit organization that makes sure people don’t register to vote in more than one state). Instead, they must hire a third-party contractor. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Senate Finance and Commerce Committee at 2:00PM</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2007H.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: blue;">HB2007 subdivided lands; civil penalties</span> </a>(Griffin) says a civil penalty for a subdivider or agent who engages in unlawful practice with respect to the sale or lease of subdivided lands applies to each lot where a violation occurs rather than all of the lots combined. This is positive because it increases the penalty for unscrupulous developers. <b>SUPPORT</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">House Municipal Affairs and Public Safety at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SCR1042S.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: blue;">SCR1042 support; Texas; southern border</span> </a>(Bolick: Bennett, Borrelli, et al) supports Texas's unlawful and harmful activities along its border with Mexico that have resulted in the deaths of immigrants. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></li></ul>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-83585011155248087652024-02-24T21:08:00.000-08:002024-02-27T11:45:44.384-08:00Urge your legislators to vote NO on bills that attack environmental actions, water protections and a few innocent bystanders <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEivTdxn29CFZNMaBZo5f0Q8ghq5AjxPzgE3NEeinEJGamDfeYPu36ksnyVBZ-HMGLKzHRqhUv6QrTBa1PNw6UpExagZnn66zBbzK6mhyphenhyphenzUHXxA4MxUmxo-iFscitOVrRkUAUu0XLpZ1ZlZzk-7ULhpj68huZjuoNR9QzZrgYcab0XTZMl0MZTsQ3bo5w/s1132/HCR%202050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1132" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEivTdxn29CFZNMaBZo5f0Q8ghq5AjxPzgE3NEeinEJGamDfeYPu36ksnyVBZ-HMGLKzHRqhUv6QrTBa1PNw6UpExagZnn66zBbzK6mhyphenhyphenzUHXxA4MxUmxo-iFscitOVrRkUAUu0XLpZ1ZlZzk-7ULhpj68huZjuoNR9QzZrgYcab0XTZMl0MZTsQ3bo5w/w400-h399/HCR%202050.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">Brace yourself. There are so many bad bills advancing at our state legislature that I am including the Sierra Club's recommended actions in this post.</span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br /><br />Next week, the House will start hearing Senate bills and the Senate will start hearing House bills. They will continue to vote on the hundreds of bills on the Floor of each house, too.</span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">No new Request to Speak actions this week - if you've been keeping up. If you haven't, please, check last week's post for the bill numbers. </span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><br /><b>See the Call-in and Petition actions from the Sierra Club below... </b><br /><br />The "Billapalooza" of bad policy advanced an incredible number of bad bills on multiple levels, including racist measures, prohibitions and preemptions on climate action, anti-democracy bills, and a plethora of harmful water bills. In addition to all of that, they advanced the bills to try and remove protections from public lands and objected to sustainability goals such as ending poverty. <br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2788P.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw1Z1HQoaLkVEZlHMtSu4-ou" href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2788P.pdf" target="_blank">HB2788 United Nations; sustainable development; prohibition</a> (Jones: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al.) prohibiting Arizona or any of its political subdivisions from adopting the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations, which means they are objecting to support for ending poverty, support for achieving food security, ensuring healthy lives, achieving gender equality, and protecting the planet and our ability to live on it by objecting to action on climate change and promoting water sustainability. <b style="outline: none;">Passed House Committee of the Whole (COW) and awaits a Third Read vote.</b></span><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2040H.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw2w1PeaVMOuMk0W4fUn9E-Z" href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2040H.pdf" target="_blank">HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures</a> (Smith: Biasiucci, Carbone, et al.) was amended in House COW to add a prohibition on the floor to add prohibitions on any kind of affirmative action in hiring. HCR2040 refers to the ballot a measure to prohibit the state or any political subdivision, including universities, to do anything to help reduce global temperatures, have a climate action plan, participate in anything related to reducing meat consumption, etc. It wraps this up with a bow related to prohibiting "furthering Marxist ideologies." It is clearly intended to connect all of these issues and motivate voters who fear that there is a vast conspiracy to make this a better world. <b style="outline: none;">It awaits a Third Read vote. </b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black;">Two comparable measures, SCR1015 and SB1195 are on the Senate COW calendar for </span><span style="color: red;">Monday</span><span style="color: black;">. </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/">Call your representative</a>s and ask them to oppose HB2788 and HCR2040 and <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/?body=S">call your Senators</a> and ask them to oppose SCR1015 and SB1195.</b></span><br style="outline: none;" /> </div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;">Speaker Toma's anti-immigrant measure, <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2060P.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2L4LKzFdrNvcnzYNml9ICXTl2UO6pwUHpFsatdn4_wSevpui07eAOm3ps">HCR2060</a>, which expands the provisions of the horribly racist <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SB1070P.pdf">SB1070</a>, passed out of the House along party lines. You can read more about it <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://azmirror.com/2024/02/22/gop-ballot-measure-to-harshly-punish-businesses-for-hiring-undocumented-clears-house/?emci%3D737f0e39-05d2-ee11-85f9-002248223794%26emdi%3D24bf8ad5-53d2-ee11-85f9-002248223794%26ceid%3D70742&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw3xsK2hCfXvwTshscm013-0" href="https://azmirror.com/2024/02/22/gop-ballot-measure-to-harshly-punish-businesses-for-hiring-undocumented-clears-house/?emci=737f0e39-05d2-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=24bf8ad5-53d2-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=70742" target="_blank">here</a>. It sure would be nice if some of those businesses would speak out against this.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Please also ask your representatives to vote no on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2050H.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw3saHWio4nFq8NV6Dhn9aV1" href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HCR2050H.pdf" target="_blank">HCR2050 energy source; restriction; prohibition</a> (Griffin: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al). It refers to the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit a city, town, county or any other political subdivision of the state from restricting the manufacture, use or sale of a device based on the energy source that is either used to power the device or consumed by the device. Device is not defined, but this is clearly intended to preclude any limits on fossil fuels, including gas. This will make it harder to protect our air, our water, our health, and our communities. Thank you to Representative Oscar de los Santos for speaking up against this bad policy. You can hear his remarks and the ridiculous response to them <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID%3D2024021127%26startStreamAt%3D13506&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw1Nd_ekDM43vk5xlObVTx8O" href="https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID=2024021127&startStreamAt=13506" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br style="outline: none;" /> </div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId%3DAR0421292&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw1Q9Dmz7a4ti5GQRRlz2rGC" href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0421292" target="_blank"><b style="outline: none;">Take action against HCR2050 here</b>.</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;">You can find contact information for all legislators <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw34tO366AyHJwF9XFQ4RQ_0" href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: center;"> </div><hr style="outline: none;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006633; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 20px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Protect Public Lands and Waters</b></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId%3DAR0421094&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw11xtQTbMpmARj5TIGhk2CM" href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0421094" target="_blank">https://act.sierraclub.org/<wbr></wbr>actions/Arizona?actionId=<wbr></wbr>AR0421094</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><br style="outline: none;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">The Arizona Legislature is again launching an attack on public lands and waters via a series of bills and memorials (messages to Congress and the President) asking that no more lands or waters be protected and that current protections be rescinded, and seeking to require legislative permission to protect any additional federal public land.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><b style="outline: none;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId%3DAR0421094&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw11xtQTbMpmARj5TIGhk2CM" href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0421094" target="_blank">Please send a message to your Arizona Representatives asking them to vote NO on all of these bills!</a></b><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />The Arizona Legislature also has a large number of bills that weaken water protections. Please send your representatives a message to oppose bills that create more loopholes and that allow for more pumping of precious groundwater.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><b style="outline: none;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId%3DAR0420277&source=gmail&ust=1708921468753000&usg=AOvVaw0As8RmD8WyccEVSmEvE593" href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0420277" target="_blank">Ask your representatives to vote NO on harmful water bills.</a></b></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-59283008831461958042024-02-17T16:25:00.000-08:002024-02-17T16:40:33.558-08:00Urge your Reps to vote "No" on bills that hurt public lands <div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLZ4TXPwqZ_n5vg4IZNJEEON02c5nH0JCCC-9ozJIFy_Vo5NJFDq52bJ3YF4AOGdNiljo6Xk-_cB7j4sEcbms17ROIspOHWyU2ndTpnySBqXJZaown9dOcSWRZ-oWurjefl46uFbJJdOwSVX9OcRlJJuRjWBPg9ZRUho7iNKVRCHOxF6Fh6MPp-fskZc/s580/villain%20bill%20from%20School%20House%20Rock%20%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="580" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLZ4TXPwqZ_n5vg4IZNJEEON02c5nH0JCCC-9ozJIFy_Vo5NJFDq52bJ3YF4AOGdNiljo6Xk-_cB7j4sEcbms17ROIspOHWyU2ndTpnySBqXJZaown9dOcSWRZ-oWurjefl46uFbJJdOwSVX9OcRlJJuRjWBPg9ZRUho7iNKVRCHOxF6Fh6MPp-fskZc/w400-h304/villain%20bill%20from%20School%20House%20Rock%20%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Bad bill from AZ heading to Washington?! </div><br />After the super long list of bad bills last week, this week's <b>Call to Action</b> is much easier! We've earned it. <br /><br />I've included a condensed update taken from the Sierra Club (below) on what went on in the Arizona Legislature last week. But our Call to Action consists of signing the Sierra Club's petition and s<u>upporting</u> one bill on the Request to Speak system.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv5409313319camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">The Arizona Legislature is again launching an attack on public lands and waters via a series of bills and memorials (messages to Congress and the President) asking that no more lands or waters be protected and that current protections be rescinded, and seeking to require legislative permission to protect any additional federal public land.</span><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0419791">Please send a message to your Arizona Representatives asking them to vote NO on all of these bills!</a></b></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <br /><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0419791">https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0419791</a><br /><br />If you would <b>also</b> like to contact your Representative personally, you can find their contact information here: <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/">https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">NOTE: Your Reps should be indicated on the petition. But you can look up your </span>district<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> here: </span><a href="https://irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=424810a4667049388ef6df4f0c73098b"> https://irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=424810a4667049388ef6df4f0c73098b<br /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>Sign in on the Request to Speak System to support SCR1038.</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2087010075785386527/5928300883146195804#">SCR1038 Arizona state parks heritage fund </a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(Kerr: Shope, Carbone, et al) refers to </span>the ballot a<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> measure to fund the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund from the state lottery for $10 million per year. This basically is reinstating the original funding for this program.</span><br /><b style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Sign onto the RTS app:</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Review RTS directions:</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a></b><br /><br /></div><div><b>LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: </b><br /><br />This week was challenging as the Arizona Legislature advanced an incredible list of truly awful legislation, targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion; objecting to sustainability in all forms; undermining clean energy; sending messages to repeal a national monument and the law that allows them -- the Antiquities Act; and advancing bills to weaken our water laws.<br /><br />On Thursday, the House Government Committee passed <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2788P.pdf">HB2788 United Nations; sustainable development; prohibition </a>(Jones: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al.) prohibiting Arizona or any of its political subdivisions from adopting the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations, listed above, which means they are objecting to support for ending poverty, support for achieving food security, ensuring healthy lives, achieving gender equality, and protecting the planet and our ability to live on it by objecting to action on climate change and promoting water sustainability. FYI see UN Sustainable Development Goals (below.) <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv5409313319camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img alt="People holding a long banner that says Keep it Grand" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.emails.sierraclub.org%2Flib%2Ffe8913727761037b7c%2Fm%2F1%2F731b31a7-351f-40dc-af76-15988d86c4fd.jpg&t=1708205363&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c58-13005401d700&sig=v6sGo6oisCM10KfsYQtOTA--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 580px;" width="700" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div>They also advanced SB1195, SCR1015, and HCR2040 to prohibit spending dollars on climate, reducing traffic, and a lot more. SCR1015 and HCR2040 would go to the ballot..</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="gmail-yiv5409313319stylingblock-content-wrapper gmail-yiv5409313319camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">Three exceptions to this bad policy blitz, include the following good bills that passed in committee:</span><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SCR1038P.pdf">SCR1038 Arizona state parks heritage fund </a>(Kerr: Shope, Carbone, et al) refers to the ballot a measure to fund the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund from the state lottery for $10 million per year. This basically is reinstating the original funding for this program.</li><li><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/SB1346P.pdf">SB1346 appropriation; schools; trees</a> (Epstein: Alston, Bravo, et al.) appropriates $400,000 to the Arizona Department of Education for trees to distribute to public schools.</li><li><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2367P.pdf">HB2367 solid waste; fees; rules</a> (Griffin) authorizes the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to establish various solid waste fees via rulemaking. The current fees in statute are far too low and don't properly fund the programs.</li></ul></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-56125736440912401972024-02-12T13:33:00.000-08:002024-02-12T13:33:02.987-08:00 New Transit Schedules for Sun Tran, Sun Express & Sun Shuttle <p>Resharing City of Tucson post...</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208layout yiv0507602208layout--heading yiv0507602208layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208column yiv0507602208column--1 yiv0507602208scale yiv0507602208stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 680px; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208image_container yiv0507602208content-padding-horizontal" style="outline: none !important; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv0507602208image_content" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2F5254b59c501%2F8fd300bc-5cbe-4a91-95a2-f3ea550511f4.jpg&t=1707770817&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ccf-5e004101b400&sig=FA9SJjhDuvOQ2uLigUCQuA--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px;" width="548" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208layout yiv0507602208layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208column yiv0507602208column--1 yiv0507602208scale yiv0507602208stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 680px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208text yiv0507602208text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv0507602208text_content-cell yiv0507602208content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #3e3e3e; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Sun Tran, Sun Express and Sun Shuttle are rolling out new transit schedules beginning </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Sunday, February 25</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;">All Sun Tran and Sun Express routes will have schedule changes.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Sun Tran Route 3 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">will have a routing change:</span></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><li style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none !important;">Routing change from 4th Avenue to Stone Avenue and Toole Avenue</span></li><li style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none !important;">Stops added: Northwest 6th Street/Herbert Avenue, and North East and South East of Toole Avenue/7th Avenue</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;">Sun Shuttle</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span class="yiv0507602208ql-cursor" style="outline: none !important;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">The following Sun Shuttle routes will have schedule changes: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">413, 421X, 440, 450</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Sun Shuttle has added a new trip, also known as timepoint, to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Route 413</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> at Ina Road/La Cholla Boulevard, and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Route 440</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> for the northbound Wednesday schedule.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Sun Shuttle </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Route 486 Ajo</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> is now Operated by National Express, including Dial-a-Ride services. Dial-a-Ride customers can call </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">(520) 441-6545 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">or </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">1(800) 242-9483</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> to schedule services. This change will </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;">NOT </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">affect any service schedules.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">You can find all schedule changes and download routes </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xPE6ZeeW9YdfugYEEw-ohynM1E4UlSJ8vSMkncK05l0iRRNgctJyllQDpOQ9Wm2r-ysvQZOP0TMeShgq9rjdPMOCPji52YsjTrgMcO7sBICW9WC0ocfNhMzgmOoakOlYogP2ZAwgG9qaunZHCdTbbTEGboROsiW56E5Vm5d_nz_0dhWHln5xi-_pnRv5tBw_&c=EAVCmAw_EP1kejmu3fW8-R4LoXP_t5izu90uZob7UgCLGyoDCZiW8A==&ch=u8zeAFpNmSFu0KGMBoHJD8keBfgh5Nzjboi5Tx713FcrFlIWv7OmbA==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2c74ff; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; outline: none !important;">! Need help trip planning? Call Customer Service (520) 792-9222. Translation Assistance is available by calling Customer Service, pression 03 and saying what language you need in English.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208image yiv0507602208image--mobile-scale yiv0507602208image--mobile-center" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208image_container yiv0507602208content-padding-horizontal" style="outline: none !important; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv0507602208image_content" height="640" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2F5254b59c501%2Fc57a6d97-0239-42ec-b031-ce9d94dcb34e.jpg&t=1707770817&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ccf-5e004101b400&sig=k6fEuvaZ4z6PqwOHEQCVCA--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px;" width="421" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208layout yiv0507602208layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208column yiv0507602208column--1 yiv0507602208scale yiv0507602208stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 680px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div class="yiv0507602208spacer" style="line-height: 26px; min-height: 26px; outline: none !important;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208layout yiv0507602208layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv0507602208column yiv0507602208column--1 yiv0507602208scale yiv0507602208stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 680px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0507602208text yiv0507602208text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv0507602208text_content-cell yiv0507602208content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #3e3e3e; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Nuevos horarios de tránsito para Sun Tran, Sun Express y Sun Shuttle</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Sun Tran, Sun Express y Sun Shuttle implementarán nuevos horarios de tránsito a partir del </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">domingo 25 de febrero</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;">Todas las rutas de Sun Tran y Sun Express tendrán cambios de horario.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">La </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Ruta 3 de Sun Tran</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> tendrá un cambio de ruta:</span></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Cambio de ruta de Avenida 4to a Avenida Stone y Avenida Toole</li><li style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">Paradas agregadas: Noroeste de la calle 6to/Avenida Herbert, noreste y sureste de la Avenida Toole/7mo Avenida</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Sun Shuttle</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Las siguientes rutas de Sun Shuttle tendrán cambios de horario: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">413, 421X, 440, 450</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Sun Shuttle ha agregado un nuevo viaje, también conocido como punto de tiempo, a la</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;"> Ruta 413</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> en el camino de Ina/La Cholla Bulevar, y a la </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Ruta 440</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> para el horario del miércoles en dirección norte.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">La </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">Ruta 486</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> de Sun Shuttle Ajo ahora es operada por National Express, incluidos los servicios Dial-a-Ride. Los clientes del Dial-a-Ride pueden llamar al </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">(520) 441-6545</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> o al </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important;">1(800) 242-9483</span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> para programar servicios. Este cambion </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: underline;">NO </span><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">afectará ningún horario de servicio.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">¡Puedes encontrar todos los cambios de horarios y descargar rutas </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xPE6ZeeW9YdfugYEEw-ohynM1E4UlSJ8vSMkncK05l0iRRNgctJyllQDpOQ9Wm2r-ysvQZOP0TMeShgq9rjdPMOCPji52YsjTrgMcO7sBICW9WC0ocfNhMzgmOoakOlYogP2ZAwgG9qaunZHCdTbbTEGboROsiW56E5Vm5d_nz_0dhWHln5xi-_pnRv5tBw_&c=EAVCmAw_EP1kejmu3fW8-R4LoXP_t5izu90uZob7UgCLGyoDCZiW8A==&ch=u8zeAFpNmSFu0KGMBoHJD8keBfgh5Nzjboi5Tx713FcrFlIWv7OmbA==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2c74ff; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">AQUÍ</a><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">! ¿Necesita ayuda para planificar su viaje? Llame a Servicio al Cliente (520) 792-9222. La asistencia de traducción está disponible llamando a Servicio al Cliente, presionando 03 y diciendo qué idioma necesita en inglés.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-25564359220091829102024-02-10T23:41:00.000-08:002024-02-19T10:28:16.085-08:00Another week, another batch of bad bills to oppose on RTS <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqgOeLHcU-nuCJ5IoG6U3Cy8UFHeLbw6QIhNHTP79lCgdF28hk7b5_dIfyww5dNuDPrlCRHNkbvBWoFCKaJSJsHI84zN44mY38tK0Ckmq_gvupFx1K5NLgYd8uat99KEdUb-lXZlOx3293SygY36lwdJ_pc-McVAtVdjEu7JlvHr4IuEqfJSi-3skUzU/s396/Villain%20with%20bad%20bill%20cropped%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="396" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqgOeLHcU-nuCJ5IoG6U3Cy8UFHeLbw6QIhNHTP79lCgdF28hk7b5_dIfyww5dNuDPrlCRHNkbvBWoFCKaJSJsHI84zN44mY38tK0Ckmq_gvupFx1K5NLgYd8uat99KEdUb-lXZlOx3293SygY36lwdJ_pc-McVAtVdjEu7JlvHr4IuEqfJSi-3skUzU/s320/Villain%20with%20bad%20bill%20cropped%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">This week there are even more bad bills than last week. Please, push back by weighing in on as many as you can using the Request to Speak system. There are bad water bills, measures to undermine wind and solar, and bills to try to limit land conservation. There is even a message bill to repeal the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, a widely and strongly supported designation that protects lands around the Grand Canyon from future uranium mining and development. I know it’s a lot. Please, do what you can. You might want to do the bills being heard in committee on Monday and Tuesday first and then do the bills for Wednesday and Thursday in a second pass.<br />
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<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Sign onto the RTS app:</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</span><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #1177cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Review RTS directions:</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</span><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #1177cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</span></a><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
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Monday, February 12th</span></b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
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</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Committee at 2 p.m. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04b1078fc092631b842e1763a5abfbc6a6fd3918d2f124a3ed887065dd6da0378d3db298c0bba57aba2fdcf8f695e73302" target="_blank" title="HB2865 natural resource conservation districts; board">HB2865
natural resource conservation districts; board </a>(Griffin: Diaz,
Dunn) establishes the State Natural Resource Conservation Board and
transfers oversight of natural resource conservation districts from the
State Land Commissioner to a board of district officials and citizens that
will make all the decisions regarding natural resource conservation. While
it sounds like a good way to ensure local input in practice it will create
more bureaucracy that will prevent effective action to protect natural
resources. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04ca7a8051bc0419c7baa007b7f6413b1b54c6ea9e7f0b6870123b782675e0c70d31ecfcea41c2a76b554366059d239959" target="_blank" title="HCM2004 federal land acquisition; acreage return">HCM2004
federal land acquisition; acreage return</a> (Smith: Biasiucci,
Carbone, et al) is a message to Congress and the President, asking them to</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">enact
legislation that requires the federal government to give to a state or
county one acre of federal land for every acre the federal government
reserves from the respective state or county. This is an anti-public lands
protection message. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04ccf3a97547a9924f52db495c99bef65aaa71dad04e990c34c34ea068df4f9403171fd1e693f16589f9d5b5d414e9cb28" target="_blank" title="HCM2005 federal lands; transfer to states">HCM2005
federal lands; transfer to states</a> (Smith: Biasiucci, Carbone, et
al) asks the Congress and President to pass legislation to convey 30
percent of public lands to the states. Arizona has 9.2 million acres of
state trust land that it cannot seem to manage properly -- it is not
equipped to do so. Besides, it's pretty clear the intent with this is to
have more land to exploit. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04e95e08c859eab0e20301bcb4c1ef8e7416c9174bd7a24b814be7f0e8cb1a83fc375e484107a101e87daeddffdadaa579" target="_blank" title="HCM2006 federal lands; natural resources; permission">HCM2006
federal lands; natural resources; permission </a>(Griffin) asks
Congress to enact legislation to prohibit the federal government from
establishing, authorizing or declaring any new national monument, national
park, wildlife refuge, conservation area, area of critical environmental
concern, wild and scenic river, wilderness, wilderness characteristic area
or any other federal reservation or special use designation in Arizona and
from withdrawing or reserving any additional federal mineral, land, water
or other national resource rights within Arizona's border. This is just
more anti-conservation propaganda. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d041b4a54e1e77dd8876b37cdb15cd69341ba581d49068990c138959f0ec539e9203bc8e68890a072e42436ce5b8aad72eb" target="_blank" title="HCM2007 Grand Canyon Footprints monument; repeal">HCM2007
Grand Canyon Footprints monument; repeal</a>(Biasiucci: Carter, Chaplik,
et al) asks the President to rescind or revoke the designation of the Baaj
Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National
Monument and not to do any more monuments or special protections unless
the legislature agrees to it. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04beb34b37b743b79cdb5696dc8323c3b538bfa4d7972a2d0d76ad8f762a46cee3d827152cbb9f62f434d2b1ae7dced1a6" target="_blank" title="HCM2008 urging Congress; Antiquities Act; repeal">HCM2008
urging Congress; Antiquities Act; repeal</a> (Gillette: Biasiucci,
Cook, et al) asks the Congress and the President to repeal the Antiquities
Act, which is the act that authorizes the President to establish national
monuments. <b>OPPOSE</b> </span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Transportation, Technology, & Missing Children Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04eccdfe78d39dca27eea47a4e2e951f26115241867121fb88e4dd1d89d65d2822580f682ee0eeb742d34a447e9c163fd9" target="_blank" title="SB1282 highways; bicycle paths; walkways; prohibition"><span style="color: #1010ee;">SB1282 highways; bicycle paths; walkways;
prohibition</span></a> (Hoffman: Wadsack, Chaplik, et al) prohibits
the Arizona Department of Transportation from accepting federal monies
conditioned on, planning, designing or constructing bicycle paths or
pedestrian walkways that are parallel to and separate from a highway or
state route. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Finance and Commerce Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04f09473a94b542594c0998fcc604c7c3b670be98fb88cd42c7d9fe0a9df54f5cc5095d71bdcf828967e9c80cc9a823c42" target="_blank" title="SB1665 municipal development; permits; review">SB1665
municipal development; permits; review</a> (Gowan) allows for private
review of building permits if the city does not act in 15 days. Makes it
much easier for developers to push through permits without adequate review
by municipalities. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tuesday, February 13th</span></b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
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</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and
Water Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d040bc064bf15b7f8bb4204f5caf5e65232c8a207f41f3abc4f5e692a97d236aec8b233f13ec294ca44053e63775ae196dc" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members
of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04b416a6f46cd2ed4ece37c77ec397cdf6e2a0126db5a6cf8cd0ed9c419660c37e0781d493030153bc99a7667fb899f266" target="_blank" title="HB2018 subsequent irrigation non-expansion area; removal">HB2018
subsequent irrigation non-expansion area; removal </a>(Griffin) requires
the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director to review all
subsequent irrigation non-expansion areas (INA) periodically to determine
whether the areas continue to meet the criteria for INA designation and to
remove the subsequent INA designation if the ADWR determines the area no
longer meets specified criteria. INAs limit additional agricultural
acreage from being irrigated. This bill raises the bar for establishing a
new INA by petition, requiring it be signed by 10% of the voters in the
area who also receive their drinking water from that basin. The problem
with this is that it disenfranchises those who have already been harmed by
over pumping of groundwater, whose wells may have dried up, and who are
hauling water to meet their drinking water needs. It allows the big
pumpers to petition for removal of an INA, requiring just 25 irrigation
users to petition. This bill is clearly intended to make it more difficult
to establish additional INAs and to also make it easier to remove
them. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04e43cb9a98dc76e158abfe5245d6b82502d4b4eb0372e8fd29b74dfba52d9aa0c8170e18101d406fb2e23ffed9b6257a5" target="_blank" title="HB2030 cities; towns; water service; audit">HB2030
cities; towns; water service; audit</a> (Griffin) This is an anti-Tucson
bill. It is requiring Tucson Water to be audited by a third party as a
result of their conservation measures. The city must pay for an audit that
will tie up city staff to answer these unnecessary questions. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04a1d86da498c4b4aca1ef1691ce05706be135143f34b2711b9527c0bb4c45f82dfe53bcb41c1ad4d25b12c338c03f0ac4" target="_blank" title="HB2061 subsequent active management area; removal">HB2061
subsequent active management area; removal</a> (Griffin) It makes it
way too easy for a small percentage of people to petition for removal of AMA
protection. You only have to get 10 percent of the voters to go for it.
They could easily reverse the new Douglas AMA. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d04de46c882463f27413256232027f726f1d78d86e95a1c583b869b9282a48e613bf2b9e26e515ddb6b5ee75c1234545555" target="_blank" title="HB2127 assured water supply certificate; effluent">HB2127
assured water supply certificate; effluent</a> (Griffin) allows a
subdivision in an AMA to use effluent from the subdivision to meet its
assured water supply designation. The problem is that effluent can’t
completely replace the amount of water withdrawn, so it’s not an assured
water supply. <b>OPPOSE </b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=789d643073f14d046680e9c4706f482dab714daea0930ef36aa83742d7b83286518fff02109c823dd9dc070be1412111502511a8e2e0d9a9" target="_blank" title="HB2646 power plants; public service corporations">HB2646
power plants; public service corporations</a> (Bliss) Includes
unworkable requirements for closing fossil fuel power plants and requires
the attorney general to be engaged in opposing any federal rules that
expedite the closure of fossil fuels plants. <b>OPPOSE </b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">HCR2003 groundwater management; technical
correction (Griffin) <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8eac50b4adc8d9869b97327bfe604fcd94ae90a62b588c7f8def5e808b8e6761381f133c1ea5d360e3ce71efa8e5fee951" target="_blank" title="S/E: sale housing">Strike everything: sale housing</a>.
This is asking for a ballot initiative to gut the management requirements for
an AMA. They are allowing developers to build without having enough groundwater.
<b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8ec70b006afa9d0736d499d58b4b4f159970656367b39e4b722adf94c709f97bd921ca4e066e9e04e091630c85114a6d4b" target="_blank" title="HCR2050 energy source; restriction; prohibition">HCR2050
energy source; restriction; prohibition</a> (Griffin: Biasiucci,
Bliss, et al) refers to the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to
prohibit a city, town, county or any other political subdivision of the
state from restricting the use of any source of energy. This is a fossil
fuels protection act. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e7b3bb01a8ea63041ccaa29531187a0afe979eca08abe70ce2ad3c8611d913339911ca5d3676616eda9654200e583937e" target="_blank" title="HCR2051 rural communities; groundwater; tools">HCR2051
rural communities; groundwater; tools</a> (Griffin) resolves that the
legislature will continue to provide rural Arizona with an "abundance
of tools" to manage groundwater. Except they aren't. This is pure
propaganda and misinformation. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wednesday, February 14th - Happy Statehood Day!</span></b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate Committee on Government at 9:00
AM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8eed2aaab862836f1468c42c7cbb94abd69636a8e3f214de3079b36a736b87a0c0ac133082aa08b5f640367d7bc85c245b" target="_blank" title="SB1472 prohibited uses; public monies"><span style="color: #1010ee;">SB1472 prohibited uses; public monies</span></a> (Kern)
prohibits using any public money on diversity, equity, and
inclusion. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House Government Committee at 9:00 AM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8eb63eba3a82b3d5c487b5fdd3575d0cc20a10515128f4a7ee019c58aca99d54c039ecf1b55cc8e304b07e5d56f5174423" target="_blank" title="HB2788 United Nations; sustainable development: Prohibition">HB2788
United Nations; sustainable development: prohibition</a> (Jones:
Biasiucci, Bliss et al.) prohibits cities, towns, and counties or the
state or any political subdivision of the state from spending funding on
adopting or implementing any of the sustainability goals included in the
United Nations 2030 Goals for Sustainable Development. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8ef45522233969499c2552c304c1d5e809eac6255c72083b4f34ba3971192d73e1d645e1a5700adf12b6ff5cd9288cddcd" target="_blank" title="HCM2002 national guard; mobilization; border">HCM2002
national guard; mobilization; border</a> (Montenegro) asks the
governor to deploy national guard to the border, promoting militarization
of the border. <b>OPPOSE </b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee at 1:30 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e8fd3e1fa4926635050185860f45f26d34d166584c699873b01b479f171300d00bb29e8b0a291056a488813e551d6f987" target="_blank" title="HB2866 electric vehicles; registration fee">HB2866
electric vehicles; registration fee</a> (Cook) imposes a $135
registration fee on electric vehicles. This is an excessive fee. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House Regulatory Affairs Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e5a6180cbecb28f7ca7c5193f64b947c95aa067970cd83058b5062f1967ab413377f1454becb0f072d6087fb2cf8cead4" target="_blank" title="HCR2052 rulemaking; legislative approval">HCR2052
rulemaking; legislative approval</a></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">(McGarr:
Gillette, Griffin, et al.) refers to the ballot a measure that would
require the legislature to approve any rulemaking. This is an attempt to
impede efforts by the governor. It also has some separation of powers
issue. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thursday, February 15th</span></b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate Natural Resources. Energy,
Water Committee.</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e549b5401ec2181abff9aac4ae90ef2dfd03dc9245583c49e3edef97592f7a243631220552e456cfc5fca7da357203bd4" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members
of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e11620362337a415ebcf871856c516c7d579e65cff24ff49b5ca5e3e7f837e0b78cacf93e8b267a2c3509113711c023f4" target="_blank" title="SB1041 groundwater savings certificate; assured water">SB1041
groundwater savings certificate; assured water</a> (Hoffman: Kern,
Wadsack, et al) appears to be another way around the assured water supply
requirements. It requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources to
issue a groundwater savings certificate for development with a gray water
system. The bill does not require the savings from gray water to be equal
to the groundwater extraction. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e5da73b28e221e7df176b16e71f795c0d3a26629ab3460c921168c2b0b9c3d8aac08a77251fc0ffa70bd61000be9dea60" target="_blank" title="SB1241 tax credit; gray water systems">SB1241 tax
credit; gray water systems</a> (Shope: Kerr) establishes a tax credit
of up to $5,000 for installation of a gray water system. It caps total tax
credits for this program at $25 million per year. <b>SUPPORT</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e4f8ae048e7c8f2c6c47d2fa0adb3fc500c4c2498936c1a732819ab93a99fa24798ed0ba7c0033db286c1d33e5175ed20" target="_blank" title="SB1243 groundwater sales; online exchange">SB1243
groundwater sales; online exchange </a>(Wadsack: Bolick, Hoffman, et
al) allows those in the Phoenix, Pinal, and Tucson active management areas
who have grandfathered water rights to sell, lease, or convey the water or
the rights to others in any of these active management areas. It requires a
cut to the aquifer of 35 percent. There are several issues with this bill.
It could exacerbate over pumping in certain areas and could result in
increased pumping. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8e34fef408a7162264d5250c38371ea21390649f4e47e53b7506c14607834a8a140be5c3011024d877be80076b2a24b382" target="_blank" title="SB1430 wind farms; location limits">SB1430 wind
farms; location limits</a> (Rogers) prohibits wind farms from being
located within six miles of property that is not owned by the entity that
owns the land on which the wind farm is being erected unless the property
owner gives their permission. This is just a measure to stop wind power
generation. There is no such requirement for polluting gas and coal
plants. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8ede7af5203c2da60ead57f8824f11e97836c531ea536cf5b5c9aae09a6d004dfd63feafe3a066aff333bf4e83580544cc" target="_blank" title="SB1649 misbranding; misrepresenting; food products">SB1649
misbranding; misrepresenting; food products</a> (Bennett) limits
labeling products as "meat" if they don't come from
animals. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=947309406903fc8ee2dde4e5da72018d8f7509f2c4032f71a2537e962f6f209037e1c76078cc5962c796c9f69587a53ba0e98d15eea28b9e" target="_blank" title="SCR1038 Arizona state parks heritage fund">SCR1038
Arizona state parks heritage fund</a> (Kerr: Shope, Carbone, et al)
refers to the ballot a measure to fund the Arizona State Parks Heritage
Fund from the state lottery for $10 million per year. This basically is
reinstating the original funding for this program. <b>SUPPORT</b></span></li></ul><p></p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-66137131405202478202024-02-07T09:25:00.000-08:002024-02-07T09:25:19.187-08:00Urgent Action on SB1221: Basin Management Areas will make water shortages worse in rural Arizona<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORVW1Cdkbb9LD-otCFGPbyOyrYNz_l87bMozXZebGtk15vzBOWUYkPH5T4fWSDGCLIdNHQjVApYURU9ScMdgxyNu5xTS5U4vc1GFSaJfAtiiaGN7Rfvy_yMvjTFTMPka6B2-jsKmM-3bcIfRqGJMa7t6ms-7gEUkzJTYNWLSrUVl6rOWuBVpT6SBeH18/s2400/Sink%20hole%20in%20Willcox.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORVW1Cdkbb9LD-otCFGPbyOyrYNz_l87bMozXZebGtk15vzBOWUYkPH5T4fWSDGCLIdNHQjVApYURU9ScMdgxyNu5xTS5U4vc1GFSaJfAtiiaGN7Rfvy_yMvjTFTMPka6B2-jsKmM-3bcIfRqGJMa7t6ms-7gEUkzJTYNWLSrUVl6rOWuBVpT6SBeH18/w640-h480/Sink%20hole%20in%20Willcox.webp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sink hole in Willcox area</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I just got an email from Sandy Bahr at the Sierra Club: <span style="color: #1d2228;">SB1221 regarding Basin Management Areas will hurt rural Arizona. (See her comment below.) Included are </span>2 documents that explain how bad this bill is.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628ceb8b90e5e230e23794e4881fd50b8de4965a8582242dda82450ff03d0839bef40b27b58a4d1a810d7da3d47a567fe6a" style="color: #1177cc; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1221 basin management areas; appropriation"><span style="color: blue;">SB1221 basin management areas; appropriation</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Kerr: Griffin) establishes a process for creating basin management areas via a petition with signatures from 15 percent of the registered voters that live in the basin and receive their drinking water from the basin. These can only be established if land subsidence is endangering property or affecting water storage, and there is an accelerated decline in groundwater levels. This would be too difficult to pass until it is too late. Why wait until the situation is critical?</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />If you haven't already, please sign onto the Request to Speak and oppose SB1221.<br /><br />Sign onto the RTS app:<br /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br /><br />Review RTS directions:<br /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #1177cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>If you already weighed in on RTS</b>, consider contacting the members of the Senate Natural Resources. Energy, Water Committee before the bill goes for a vote in the committee at 9:00 AM and urge them to vote NO on <span style="color: #1d2228;">SB1221 to protect rural groundwater. If the committee member is the representative of your district, please, mention that you are their constituent and from (city). </span><br /><br />Sen. Frank Carroll (Republican, District 28): FCARROLL@azleg.gov, 602-926-3374</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Sen. Brian Fernandez (Democrat, District 23): BFERNANDEZ@azleg.gov, 602-926-3098</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. David Gowan (Republican, District 19): DGOWAN@azleg.gov, 602-926-5154</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Chairman Sine Kerr </b>(Majority Whip, Rep, District 25): SKERR@azleg.gov , 602-926-5955</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. Juan Mendez (Dem, Assist. Minority Leader, Dist. 8): JMENDEZ@azleg.gov , 620-926-4124</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Vice-Chairman Thomas "T.J." Shope (Rep. President Pro Tempore, D 16) TSHOPE@azleg.gov, 602-926-3012</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sen. Priya Sundareshan (Democrat, District 18) PSUNDARESHAN@azleg.gov, 602-926-3437 (Priya is an Environmental Lawyer, UA professor and champion for water.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Email from Sandy Bahr:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #1d2228;">I wanted to give you a heads up that this bill is being heard on Thursday and would have negative implications for Oak Flat as it locks in groundwater mining outside of AMAs. Attached are some info sheets on the process. If you can sign in against it, we encourage you to do so. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><br /></span><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/RequestToSpeak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://apps.azleg.gov/RequestToSpeak</a><span style="color: #1d2228;"> </span></span><div style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">SB1221 would create new rules for groundwater basins (the geographic areas overlying water-storing aquifers). Under SB1221, “Basin Management Areas” or “BMAs” could be created and would bring new groundwater laws for communities in the basin. But these new laws would not require a stop to groundwater overpumping. Instead, they would lock overpumping in place (pages 4-5) and make it nearly impossible to stop the decline. While the bill would require a cut to the aquifer for transfers or changes to groundwater certificates (page 5), the only way to require a reduction across a BMA would be to upgrade the BMA to an “Active” BMA. Even then, an Active BMA could only reduce pumping by 2% per year, capped at a total of 10% reduction—and only if the Active BMA council unanimously agrees to require that reduction. (Page 10).</span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">See materials prepared by the counties and the Water for AZ Coalition.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #1d2228;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/janas/OneDrive/Pictures/Trees%20and%20Poppies/BMAs%20Hurt%20Rural%20AZ_1%20pager_2-02-2024_w%20index%20well%20diagram.pdf">file:///C:/Users/janas/OneDrive/Pictures/Trees%20and%20Poppies/BMAs%20Hurt%20Rural%20AZ_1%20pager_2-02-2024_w%20index%20well%20diagram.pdf</a><br /></span><br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/janas/OneDrive/Pictures/Trees%20and%20Poppies/SB%201221_Problems%20Step%20By%20Step_2-5-2024%20(1).pdf">file:///C:/Users/janas/OneDrive/Pictures/Trees%20and%20Poppies/SB%201221_Problems%20Step%20By%20Step_2-5-2024%20(1).pdf</a><br /></span></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-19230386448151384062024-02-03T22:44:00.000-08:002024-02-03T22:44:18.230-08:00Request to Speak on Crazy Bills at the State Legislature <p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRRehAFwbaRaiFe1Pfo_xJTSPelzi1EuTZJHs4fKc3u4bu_4EOH3YZ11Q7Eu8szBOBwOY9qTmbawnORqs7XI2I4x01LqFmP-FUGrUhxRJ-Hnsm4gQJZg6W7uVgvd5PDodkdNGapTJmBmckTy6NwLfzyNP9JN1OI6nLQ6gqDuO4OiZVihSzcB5_9pKvFU/s500/What-If-Its-A-Hoax-Tucson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="500" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRRehAFwbaRaiFe1Pfo_xJTSPelzi1EuTZJHs4fKc3u4bu_4EOH3YZ11Q7Eu8szBOBwOY9qTmbawnORqs7XI2I4x01LqFmP-FUGrUhxRJ-Hnsm4gQJZg6W7uVgvd5PDodkdNGapTJmBmckTy6NwLfzyNP9JN1OI6nLQ6gqDuO4OiZVihSzcB5_9pKvFU/w400-h268/What-If-Its-A-Hoax-Tucson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy legislator making trouble for Tucson</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This week there are 20 bad bills to weigh in on the Request to Speak system. I
understand that is a lot. You might want to complete the ones being heard in
committee during the first half of the week first and come back to do the rest
later. Or maybe you want to prioritize doing all the water bills now to make
sure you don’t forget. (The water bills are being heard on Tuesday and
Thursday.)<br />
<br />
On Wednesday there are 4 bad voting bills (in addition to some crazy bills that
don’t allow agencies or universities to work on climate solutions.) The reason
I include the voting bills is because if we can’t vote, we can’t advocate for the
environment.<br />
<br />
Maybe you have other priorities. Please, do what you can. There are some crazy politicians
out there that are proposing some crazy bills and have lots of crazy followers
who are supporting their bills. We need to show Governor Hobbs that we support
her vetoes if it comes to that. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sign onto the RTS app:<br />
<a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</span></a><br />
<br />
Review RTS directions:<br />
<a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</span></a><br />
<br />
Register for the RTS system here:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #339900; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Monday,
February 5th</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee at 2:00PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056280ee59f32aef3722d8be507d99cc35ab3c118bb79a6440dd0f5aabd5b1d189e71849670ef4188a1faf69b08ad10453e8f" target="_blank" title="HB2121 cell-cultured animal product; prohibition "><span style="color: blue;">HB2121 cell-cultured animal product; prohibition</span></a> (Marshall:
Bliss, Cook, et al) prohibits and establishes penalties for selling a
cell-cultured animal product for human or animal consumption to protect
the livestock industry. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate
Elections Committee at 2:00PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e0186180230562825a4866272bb71ccbe90a7b7f5f8555b86e35ef84242038e5b8553983f63c714e532e140f48fabcb745fb5ea97abfc15" target="_blank" title="SB1131 low voter turnout elections; repeat"><span style="color: blue;">SB1131 low voter turnout elections; repeat</span></a> (Kavanagh)
requires local elections in which less than 25 percent of eligible
registered voters vote to be repeated on the next statewide or federal
election ballot. This will cause huge issues for local government and
leave things in limbo as they await the do over. It also costs more money
and disenfranchises the people who did vote in the election. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #339900; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tuesday,
February 6th</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee at
2:00 PM</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628ef5dfe1ca109b63d2fdbcae8e8c9803df5ba30ff280dfc7a56b5a401947fd8a532cc6c0865d370ab7ac23a94fddad7a4" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: #1010ee;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the
meeting here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e0186180230562856ab6585a5350edc2467464666349cb469f63c9a5d23b8ed568bc31760243f023a97637f6268f5ff5d580fba70aec944" target="_blank" title="HB2020 long-term storage; stormwater; rainwater; rules"><span style="color: blue;">HB2020 long-term storage; stormwater; rainwater; rules</span></a> (Griffin)
It allows developers to receive credit for putting in infrastructure (even
roads) that they project will recharge stormwater. That infrastructure is
exempt from the management requirements of an AMA. The developer doesn’t
have to demonstrate that recharge occurs. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056284e2fbb724f599bd18a3d7b71a4c5988ecf390b48987c59a39333eb490ee4c18a905e56528f04b933f7c1e90191c1236d" target="_blank" title="HB2060 irrigation non-expansion area; substitution; acres"><span style="color: blue;">HB2060 irrigation non-expansion area; substitution;
acres</span></a> (Griffin</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">) </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In an Irrigation Non-expansion
Area (INA) an owner can retire irrigated acres and substitute them for
others and then use the water for any purpose including putting in a
development. This goes against the spirit and intent of the INAs. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628598f3c832bdd527759cb3c48218924f9481d01d75d9443969edba7b3d5b17aa4aa2237d666ba5cfd93d8fbaa21ee248b" target="_blank" title="HB2063 exempt wells; certificate; groundwater use"><span style="color: blue;">HB2063 exempt wells; certificate; groundwater use</span></a> (Griffin)
requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to issue a
certificate of water rights to those with exempt wells (35 gallons per
minute or less) that register the well with ADWR. This appears to be another
loophole in AMA management. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056281bb07b3a843816925c7670e5285245aa36994cfd9add76ebd6bb1d3bbe04ed527d729a7ceebd5668a615c0fb0eba46d3" target="_blank" title="HB2545 annual vehicle emissions testing; exemption"><span style="color: blue;">HB2545 annual vehicle emissions testing; exemption</span></a> (Jones:
Gillette, Kolodin, et al) says that vehicles manufactured after 2018 are
exempt from emissions testing.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">There is no way to see if someone has modified the
new car to have more emissions and there is no expiration date so eventually
the new cars will be old cars. Basically, they are saying that no car on the
road requires emissions testing. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">OPPOSE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056284bd79a454a96b5d6e14618f6dd467aa7c71e50e7c98492a1020bee3c56994f7203961ca124d1ce5c5907614c9de04bcd" target="_blank" title="HB2546 vehicle emissions; exemption"><span style="color: blue;">HB2546 vehicle emissions; exemption</span></a> (Jones:
Gillette, Kolodin, et al) Essentially from 2018 on no car will be subject
to emissions testing. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628f5b3fdf83fecc05eb9afb3c056aaa46b835159370cd12bfdc4ae93a5eb50325c0c94cc5615384c8a22bee15f8b0bf4bb" target="_blank" title="HB2647 physical availability credits; water supply"><span style="color: blue;">HB2647 physical availability credits; water
supply </span></a>(Smith: Griffin) allows a landowner who has an
irrigation grandfathered right in an active management area to retire the
land from irrigation but retain a physical availability credit to
non-irrigation use of the land. This specifically gets around assured
water supply requirements for subdivisions in AMAs and allows continued
groundwater mining without any replenishment. There must be replenishment
when the irrigation grandfathered right is converted to a new credit as
merely slowing the rate of groundwater depletion is not enough. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House
Commerce Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628eee5d2b617ffbfcd73c8237424c2aa9bc30aeba9b5b3f9496c7e0632da8677ea3c6eb2271a3855f919bd181883a94f0e" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: #1010ee;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the
meeting here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">HB2297
adaptive reuse; commercial buildings; zoning (Biasiucci: Bliss, Carbone,
et al) <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056284fa9810dd1db02b8212fe4e07bb846669a5cb6e991a0b302b4f0f1b497aa2af65440cd2cf3d8ae302dc0422a1d6e2f1a" target="_blank" title="S/E: same subject"><span style="color: blue;">S/E:
same subject</span></a>. This strike everything amendment allows the construction
of multi-family dwellings that doesn’t comply with local zoning requirements. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628dfc8b24eda00e4194b86bf9b052de293b1e7fb1b2d6e2a81843ece083e0697eb6601ecdd04d05e75a5c52023088bd16e" target="_blank" title="HCM2001 reevaluate restrictions; chemical industry"><span style="color: #1010ee;">HCM2001 reevaluate restrictions; chemical industry</span></a> (Willoughby)
objects to new regulations on the chemical industry. It's unclear just
which regulations they are including in their objections, but one area the
Biden Administration has been taking action on is relative to per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as "forever
chemicals" that cause harmful health impacts. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #339900; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wednesday,
February 7th</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate Committee on Government at 9:00 AM</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628135920ee904393971fde11f20ef1ab71448301cb410ad2fae0426308c274e8fedbed06eeec7a43a3e4fa659369ec6046" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628bd6e26abf57917468f8bcd8cf6bb66db5064709f1d6bb9b0096fff6c396bdb4c969e039cc5f92fa45619c60fde8e9431" target="_blank" title="SB1195 public monies; prohibited uses "><span style="color: blue;">SB1195 public monies; prohibited uses </span></a> (Kern) is
a wacky bill. It says no public entity -- this would include any agencies,
universities, etc. -- can promote, advocate, or plan for or belong to an
organization that does anything relating to reducing meat and dairy
consumption, reducing or replacing vehicle travel with walking, biking, or
public transit, reusing water for human consumption that has touched human
feces (note that would eliminate the Colorado River), reducing
greenhouse gas emissions or tracking any information to determine
consumption based emissions, limiting the increase of the average
global temperature or producing a climate action plan, and a bunch
more ridiculous provisions. In addition to being really wacky, if passed,
it would tie the hands of agencies, cities, and universities relative to
doing anything about climate change or doing things to clean up our air by
reducing vehicle travel. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628deb7853ca23e0ba24acbdba8fbf5321f28fcd914d3ba1340112da8e4bd0fa161cf98eac50f53d5a4cf413fb7d9eebd26" target="_blank" title="SCR1015 public monies; prohibited expenditures"><span style="color: blue;">SCR1015 public monies; prohibited expenditures</span></a> (Kern)
refers to the ballot the provisions of the bill above, SB1195. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House
Committee on Government at 9:00 AM </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e0186180230562891de8cd994a05e7493251ff6648c1e0d3b5fcc26a105acb2c002c08248e4c6b59218c619218f48554fe5e2f3c97371eb" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056283f96cc366cfdcf08da49f00236d8071f5ed7622f59771433df45755260cd75cfd5fa0c35764246f6bd6d55679acd4ae3" target="_blank" title="HB2457 government investments; plans; fiduciaries; products"><span style="color: blue;">HB2457 government investments; plans; fiduciaries;
products</span></a> (Montenegro) prohibits any investments by the
state that consider any environmental, social, or governance goals. This
is to prevent the state from divesting from fossil fuels or otherwise
being a responsible investor. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">House
Municipal Oversight & Elections at 2:00 PM in HHR4</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628cf6c959e04e8898473d3df44e1e528cf85827c06842db47e7ec6ade5ed31e5f092c5716d7e69e66285c8c01f631a1176" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056281baf305c0d6e42cd999c8416a60578346e098c6156bd4a64002d48a6b6ac8692d09d6bc8fa50aab27a3250e73221b103" target="_blank" title="HB2405 voter registrations; recorder; inactive status"><span style="color: blue;">HB2405 voter registrations; recorder; inactive status</span></a> (Gillette:
Biasiucci, Bliss, et al) allows a county recorder to declare a
person's voter registration status as inactive, disenfranchising more
voters. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056283375b18696c0ab5a7c29c3797f725e7660e17d951c853c824bd9731855c0930d191ed28da78529fea2f2c0a1d6e74439" target="_blank" title="HB2719 bond elections; date; voter turnout"><span style="color: blue;">HB2719 bond elections; date; voter turnout</span></a> (Carbone:
Biasiucci, Dunn, et al) requires a number of things relative to bond
elections, including that there must at least be a 60 percent turnout for
the bond to be issued. Currently, less than 50% of registered voters
participate in Arizona elections, so this would make it impossible for cities
to pass any bonds It also says that elections can only be held on even
years and Tucson holds elections on odd and even years, so this seems to
be an attack on Tucson. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e0186180230562849afa885ef761f1706598cdfc7e8187cd271b67a927691e345f2ff623afe1229937ea385fbc1c44ebafcebfabc747bb6" target="_blank" title="HCR2028 elections; signature verification process"><span style="color: blue;">HCR2028 elections; signature verification process</span></a> (Kolodin:
McGarr, Rogers) refers to the ballot a signature verification process that
can result in disqualifying more voters. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628d3b26f503fc69f9389136f888e06f3ee3bb74244109b5a5b8beae699fc2309ed45315b206f22a85f4e59cd9171ccb50b" target="_blank" title="HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures"><span style="color: blue;">HCR2040 public monies; prohibited expenditures</span></a> (Smith:
Biasiucci, Carbone, et al) is the same as SCR1015 (see above). <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><b><span style="color: #339900; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thursday,
February 8th</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate Natural Resources. Energy, Water Committee at 9:00
AM</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e0186180230562847d6b75e3b889497a1f0e5395a03926e104043a0fe03a3f237d4f4c57752789b7eca4034c6963f0977e13874862384e9" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Presentations</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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of CAP - Brenda Burman, General Manager of Central Arizona Project</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Golf Water Stewardship - Rob Collins, Chairman of Arizona Alliance for
Golf Water Committee</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628ceb8b90e5e230e23794e4881fd50b8de4965a8582242dda82450ff03d0839bef40b27b58a4d1a810d7da3d47a567fe6a" target="_blank" title="SB1221 basin management areas; appropriation"><span style="color: blue;">SB1221 basin management areas; appropriation</span></a> (Kerr:
Griffin) establishes a process for creating basin management areas via a
petition with signatures from 15 percent of the registered voters that
live in the basin and receive their drinking water from the basin. These
can only be established if land subsidence is endangering property or
affecting water storage, and there is an accelerated decline in
groundwater levels. This would be too difficult to pass until is too late.
Why wait until the situation is critical? . <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e01861802305628e57a6d09eac98104a6a95b03e86de19e1cbd60646918103dc760b681764abf22a50ba36c943da562ca9c2389d85aeb6e" target="_blank" title="SB1242 ADWR; application; review; time frames"><span style="color: blue;">SB1242 ADWR; application; review; time frames</span></a> (Shope:
Kerr) Cuts the time frame for ADWR to review applications for assured
water supply certificates nearly in half. This doesn’t allow enough time
for ADWR to do a thorough review. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5e018618023056284a01c7a3ac749661a4fbd66e719e1a2187bbfdcb2d375ae1887a56f295554fe8b3ce23d388561dbb055738be1670809e" target="_blank" title="SB1289 DWR; hydrology reports"><span style="color: blue;">SB1289 DWR; hydrology reports</span></a> (Hoffman)
requires the Governor and the Department of Water Resources to provide a
report on the hydrology of an active management area to the House and
Senate Natural Resource, Energy, and Water committees 30 days before it is
issued. There is no reason that the legislature should be reviewing the
hydrology report before it is published. Are they hydrologists? <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><br /><p></p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-92075484899086262812024-01-29T22:00:00.000-08:002024-02-01T06:45:14.045-08:00Request to Speak on bills that weaken AMAs, water protections and state agencies <p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_ISWyyINWvsYaNeKC050m7GfgLDcP_pOzwDN3ypxN_C349lU5Ws6mX_qmMZgkKwahUCxkkfpzsXX_hzqdsfk_49XGrEZaITeTSkoSd_85hVtJOdsWIcAdqgnKI1mfCfYRCs9gV9Oy4OXWfEBd2SRi-QS-wsLF2m3LRkHaiCSbBPySaBXC-EJhb7kIZA/s6000/Water%20truck%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_ISWyyINWvsYaNeKC050m7GfgLDcP_pOzwDN3ypxN_C349lU5Ws6mX_qmMZgkKwahUCxkkfpzsXX_hzqdsfk_49XGrEZaITeTSkoSd_85hVtJOdsWIcAdqgnKI1mfCfYRCs9gV9Oy4OXWfEBd2SRi-QS-wsLF2m3LRkHaiCSbBPySaBXC-EJhb7kIZA/w400-h266/Water%20truck%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228;">Here are the rest of our Request to Speak actions for this week. Apologies for this
being so late when there are so many bills. But there are some really
destructive bills that will make it impossible for state agencies to do their
job to protect our environment. You might want to weigh in on Tuesday's bills right away because there are several bad water bills mostly
sponsored by realtor Gail Griffin and farmer Dunn. They are really trying to
neuter</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
who shared his concerns about some bad bills that Griffin was pushing through
last week. In fact, they are trying to take rule making power away from all the
state agencies and putting it in the hands of people who aren’t experts – our legislators.
They are especially targeting environmental agencies.</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228;"><br />
<br />
Several of the water bills weaken the rules of the Active Management Areas (AMA).
Here is the Sierra Club’s video with more information on AMAs:</span> <span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcmZn5oyIXE" style="color: #467886;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcmZn5oyIXE</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please, sign into the Request to Speak system and weigh in
on these bills before they are heard in committee. </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Sign onto the RTS app:<br />
<a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #467886;"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</span></a><br />
<br />
Review RTS directions:<br />
<a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #467886;"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</span></a><br />
<br />
Register for the RTS system here:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform" style="color: #467886;"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</span></a></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday, January 30th</span></b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and
Water Committee at 2:00 PM </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e7728796082780d3f6e8d28e47e61e8b8c4aa1b3eeb88c0ad4789c20b1d5faa68066cd14d0d4f1245d92475571f7e60af1a122aed6df2" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e77287960827897e1605ca857c01307aaa0b0994871660db08f965d790342df1ecba67084aa650976b89383861008d0856cd84e1ed52c" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2008 commercial; industrial; conservation requirements; rules"><span style="color: blue;">HB2008 commercial; industrial; conservation
requirements; rules </span></a>(Griffin) requires the Arizona
Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director to adopt rules by January 1,
2025, for active management areas (AMA) for commercial and industrial
water users that provide for greater water efficiency, conservation and
on-site water reuse and recycling. However, it prohibits the rules from
requiring them to obtain a certificate of assured water supply or
otherwise meet a statutory replenishment obligation. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e77287960827858df65c7aefd8d2476401ced4c27f4a2fe9f7959243e87bfbc456a81e8aaa89f7ed6ccbce8c500cb1cb9686103b934b4" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2015 subsequent water management areas; basins"><span style="color: blue;">HB2015 subsequent water management areas; basins</span></a> (Griffin)
says a groundwater basin or subbasin may be designated as an Active
Management Area (AMA) or Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA) upon petition
by 10% of registered voters who receive their drinking water from that
groundwater basin or subbasin. The change in the bill is that the only
people who can petition for an AMA are residents who receive their drinking
water from that basin. This would make it more difficult to establish AMAs. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e77287960827823bad64530c558e44d85b7170b8345af407b4ddb4714538263b84468bf9e4e8528328957b405585a10be65c1e8f2fb99" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2062 assured water supply; certificate; model"><span style="color: #1010ee;">HB2062 assured water supply; certificate; model</span></a> (Griffin) This
bill gives applicants that have already been denied a certificate of assured
water supply a second chance by using an outdated water model. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278d67fe06fcbd98fbd769b1dc9efaf3729997ad4f1b23340f886d82e6066603c602ef744b9da2a06d8cb3ebddc74e5851b" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2200 groundwater transportation; Harquahala nonexpansion area"><span style="color: blue;">HB2200 groundwater transportation; Harquahala
nonexpansion area</span></a> (Dunn: Griffin) allows ACC regulated private
entities to import water from the Harquahala Irrigation Nonexpansion Area
into the Phoenix and Pinal AMAs. The issue is Section 2 that gives a 1-year
exemption from the rule making requirement of the law which means that there
is no requirement for public input or review. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278469029fbcd40fbc816c8036915e14d4aa7fd855f0cc55fb7f5d9d0eac1039b83c360647c958e4a5c7798d6cd7d2506f7" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2201 Harquahala non-expansion area; groundwatertransportation"><span style="color: blue;">HB2201 Harquahala non-expansion area; groundwater
transportation</span></a> (Dunn: Griffin) The problem is that it
allows water to be transported from Harquahala IMA to the unregulated portions
of La Paz County. Also, Section 2 gives a 1 year exemption from the rule
making requirement of the law which means that there is no requirement for
public input or review. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e7728796082782c08674946212d16f07e36a3ba134accd7665e41df0d85f4bf8dc6a84b81b36fa21a443ece4579ad63b6fab2f8b179d9" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2281 solar royalties fund; county residents"><span style="color: blue;">HB2281 solar royalties fund; county residents</span></a> (Biasiucci:
Dunn, Gillette, et al)</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Imposes a 12½% tax on energy generated
by any non-utility solar panel. It doesn’t apply to rooftop solar. This bill could be used to prevent community solar. </span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;">OPPOSE</span></b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278b7d11540841da1dd05b49ee8b9acf0ce4297d404a948a9a91b35ec57766b656371b928e6bad2a289af5f2b7ae1e6f504" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2366 physical availability; review; designated providers"><span style="color: blue;">HB2366 physical availability; review; designated
providers </span></a>(Griffin) Requires the director of the Arizona
Department of Water Resources to review the physical availability of
groundwater and stored water of each municipality in the Phoenix AMA with
an assured water supply designation. This is unnecessary interference with
the powers of the director of the ADWR.</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">OPPOSE</span></b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278f58fd32c9b6cfe7618ebbf140f4847ef979f6a1e9f2f49adb67645db01d5ef00735ef6d587948c362431e0f7082545e4" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2368 transportation; groundwater; Douglas AMA"><span style="color: blue;">HB2368 transportation; groundwater; Douglas AMA</span></a> (Griffin)
Yet another loophole grandfathering private water suppliers pumping water
outside of the AMA to send to Douglas. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e7728796082783eb9cbeded23d480f7c2c8011097d912ca8e587b3b07941c8132b86b1ac4ea6790eee55b7ea802622c6978376f117bd9" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2589 assured water supply; analysis; availability"><span style="color: blue;">HB2589 assured water supply; analysis; availability</span></a> (Dunn)
establishes criteria for the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR)
Director to accept an analysis of assured water supply as a valid
demonstration of physical availability of groundwater to meet the
estimated demand of a proposed development. This pokes more holes in the
groundwater management act and assured water supply requirements. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt;">Wednesday, January 31st</span></b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Senate Committee on Government at 9:00
AM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278eec68b8619a2e66c66d903141ee6a92fa9e8bc53035424f00ec9c93dba72908e955e0224ce648388e1b804ccb9161b5c" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="SB1153 regulatory costs; rulemaking; legislativeratification"><span style="color: #1010ee;">SB1153 regulatory costs; rulemaking; legislative
ratification</span></a> (Kern: Hoffman, Rogers, et al) This bill sets
a really low cap for the regulatory cost of a rule by state agencies and requires
the legislature to approve any rule above the threshold. It will make it impossible
for agencies to do any rulemaking in the future. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278f1090ccc2df8767567d6bd78f802ba3ff377f8f7dac6316c5fc034e960bb14b73494747226b2eb9d4d0cbfa25b08e18b" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="SCR1012 rulemaking; legislative ratification; regulatorycosts"><span style="color: blue;">SCR1012 rulemaking; legislative ratification;
regulatory costs</span></a> (Kern: Hoffman, Rogers, et al) refers the
provisions of SB1153 to the ballot. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc">
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">House Regulatory Affairs Committee at 2:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e7728796082782f2d60b2139d1fac2b98770fcd7397918ef8db7989100dcb36050ff0b93c0ce32b2c89a77ad01b0cd506ff6abf89bbb9" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="HB2471 rulemaking; legislative approval"><span style="color: blue;">HB2471 rulemaking; legislative approval</span></a> (McGarr:
Chaplik, Hendrix, et al) requires all rules to be approved by a majority
of each House of the Arizona Legislature. If they are not, the rules are
invalid. This is another measure to tie the hands of agencies and would
affect important rules regarding air, water, wildlife, and more. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #339900; font-size: 12pt;">Thursday, February 1st</span></b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Senate Natural Resources. Energy,
Water Committee at 9:00 AM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p>
</p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278b736f9080ca0123f45207b3369259f6ee6f8746a2c345a11be9c6d2778944c4318f9d775bd4544a2c590d32aea58354a" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="SB1172 physical availability credits; water supply"><span style="color: blue;">SB1172 physical availability credits; water supply</span></a> (Shope) This
is just a loophole that allows for development of prior farmland in an AMA
to be developed without meeting the ground water management requirements. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2228; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e7728796082781b0a78d5b2f2557e62332c285c69648051fe55e834f89e0cdcc545e7266e67b59f04a3cc9254318915364480d9096101" style="color: #467886;" target="_blank" title="SB1181 groundwater replenishment; member lands; areas"><span style="color: blue;">SB1181 groundwater replenishment; member lands; areas</span></a> (Petersen)
relates to replenishment obligations on Central Arizona Groundwater
District member lands. It appears to create a loophole that allows
municipal water suppliers to exclude some lands from replenishment
requirements in the groundwater replenishment district by designating them
as non-member lands. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></li></ul>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-659493853273813182024-01-28T23:57:00.000-08:002024-01-28T23:57:43.136-08:00Oppose bills w/ loopholes for developers to skirt subdivision laws <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsX_IbGGYhxOP7umyXwos3GqHmMzpTGDoubH_HJAl222sClsJnQ3luEd1jxagoM8FBawk59-HSqr6wTYePoDTq0eZgZI2vcbj7MHCU3YEsLp7HlyatcGmrMwzMXxsiI420L97DX2jMpAwd572JgdAxmVD7KC_M2PcdHMLOpBv_G2eZCl7cAVpMzngcrA/s1918/development%20being%20built.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsX_IbGGYhxOP7umyXwos3GqHmMzpTGDoubH_HJAl222sClsJnQ3luEd1jxagoM8FBawk59-HSqr6wTYePoDTq0eZgZI2vcbj7MHCU3YEsLp7HlyatcGmrMwzMXxsiI420L97DX2jMpAwd572JgdAxmVD7KC_M2PcdHMLOpBv_G2eZCl7cAVpMzngcrA/w640-h266/development%20being%20built.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">This Monday in the </span><span style="background: white;">Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee<b> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">there are three bills that provide loopholes so developers can skirt the state subdivision laws. This means more unsustainable development! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Please, weigh in on the bills below before they
are heard in committee. Some committee members check the RTS comments before
deciding on how to vote on the bills. We have had some influence on how they vote.
Unfortunately, there are some bills that pass anyway. Our RTS positions support
the Governor when she vetoes those bills.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sign onto the RTS app:<br />
<a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</span></a><br />
<br />
Review RTS directions:<br />
<a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</span></a><br />
<br />
Register for the RTS system here:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform"><span style="color: #1177cc;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #339900; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Monday, January 29th</span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
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</span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Committee at 2:00PM</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278a834e79632dbc3c3659a7e50cb0fbc332b3a8e82088db65a7ce7d2cbce756badaefb50ba8da6e2398ddfcc9b2c325114" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278d79e89b629f4ad572c6ac81309606f466918fdacb85478310ec2ee9e9a4c43a052e70b476cd11ca906965429f3002306" target="_blank" title="HB2006 real estate; acting in concert"><span style="color: #1010ee;">HB2006 real estate; acting in concert</span></a> (Griffin)
weakens the provisions for demonstrating that someone is acting in concert
to avoid being regulated as a subdivision and having to do things such as
providing an assured or adequate water supply. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278bbc66ad23cf10e4f39ac7699adcb3408e6477b7d1348440ccfed302abf827f1fa53bffa542b5c13f7fbda053e449ce3a" target="_blank" title="HB2009 subdivisions; acting in concert"><span style="color: blue;">HB2009 subdivisions; acting in concert</span></a> (Griffin)
says it's unlawful for a person to attempt to avoid statutory requirements
related to subdivision of lands by acting in concert to divide within a <b>10-year
period</b> a parcel of land or lease or sell six or more subdivision lots
by using a series of owners or any other methods. Adding an unnecessary 10-year
time period seems to create a loophole that allows persons to act in
concert to avoid the current subdivision laws of the state. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <b>OPPOSE </b></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278e15211f3668530f21979869e2a0dbb7dcf71378f26a448743360c64bc2b5dbeaaa4dd83dcdc3184c7055642f9e1b8ab2" target="_blank" title="HB2101 land division; applicant submissions; review"><span style="color: #1010ee;">HB2101 land division; applicant submissions; review</span></a> (Griffin)
requires an application to split a parcel of land to be approved if the
applicant provides ANY answer to two questions regarding the applicant's
ownership in the application. This will result in approval of more lot
splits and more infrastructure issues. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Senate Committee on Finance & Commerce at 2:05 PM</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e772879608278d43f18f0375aac20a27095c61c7be6be126446c6183a7a5d4fa497f24c864f04cf86a2f0a046c10a853404f7870986b5" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here"><span style="color: blue;">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e60e77287960827873cb2cc858c161797e41049082d6c5068ab243622b982bd6c245d375799a35a06776f852fbc668d32823ec0b54a2c7e9" target="_blank" title="SB1167 social credit; discrimination; financial services"><span style="color: blue;">SB1167 social credit; discrimination; financial
services</span></a> (Kavanagh) prohibits financial institutions such
as banks from using a social credit score to make determinations about
services. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></li></ul><p></p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-66673724933491460532024-01-22T09:14:00.000-08:002024-01-22T09:14:26.304-08:00Let's get the Watershed Health Bill a hearing! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhburbw8Nb365ketNps0PQvLdKy5XKp7fnRgVZgFKw0pauIGUtIELlsm-tSlzS5KOrNL8YZ4yRKhZr6Ck91Y9oqieugt4tkN5oLrVTcxmbi4nRWXVJZn_n1zb8wIONOKlt9CZNptlLaLdGOiqOWy7ouR0tQpZO9OrSdZRWnSiZowGjmA7jZb_KIf7IhGTo/s1049/Santa%20Cruz%20River%20by%20A%20mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1049" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhburbw8Nb365ketNps0PQvLdKy5XKp7fnRgVZgFKw0pauIGUtIELlsm-tSlzS5KOrNL8YZ4yRKhZr6Ck91Y9oqieugt4tkN5oLrVTcxmbi4nRWXVJZn_n1zb8wIONOKlt9CZNptlLaLdGOiqOWy7ouR0tQpZO9OrSdZRWnSiZowGjmA7jZb_KIf7IhGTo/w640-h376/Santa%20Cruz%20River%20by%20A%20mountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />Once again, the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f69ff; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">AZ Sustainable Water Coalition</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> is trying to get the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Watershed Health Bill </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a hearing.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Bill is </span><b style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://legiscan.com/AZ/text/HB2357/2024">HB2357</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><i style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Watershed health; use; survey</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> (introduced by Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton). This bill defines ecological water needs as "water sufficient to sustain freshwater ecosystems that includes the wildlife habitat and human livelihoods and well-being that depend on these ecosystems." The bill recognizes watershed-health uses as a "beneficial use", allowing severance and transfer of water to the environment, and directs the Department of Water Resources to assess surface waters.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">1. <b style="outline: none !important;">Please contact Rep.Gail Griffin</b> (chair of the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee) and ask her to give this bill a hearing. Ggriffin@azleg.gov</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">2. <b style="outline: none !important;">Please contact Speaker of the House- Ben Toma,</b> and ask him to ask Rep. Griffin to hear the bill or assign it to a different committee. Btoma@azleg.gov</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">3. <b style="outline: none !important;">Please contact Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton </b>and thank her for introducing this bill (again) sstahlhamilton@azleg.gov</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">You can also email them thru this az legislature website: <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/?body=H">https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster/?body=H</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Sierra Club's <a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparing-for-environmental-day-at.html">Enviro Day at the Capitol</a> is this Thursday 1/25 (8:30am-2pm) "Save Water, Save Life" is the theme.<b> I</b><b style="outline: none !important;">f you're in the area - stop by the Sustainable Water Network table and Sustainable Tucson's water committee table. </b></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-22290630704065278092024-01-21T00:50:00.000-08:002024-01-22T08:26:31.078-08:00Advocate for Water (and other concerns) at the AZ Legislature or on the Request to Speak app<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiNluahpvNEeufq4x9XOXe0AU3T4F08zMqZ9_WdUQnOu50Z4s6m_bast2bPXK0MM9uX4NPvPtXaJe6O5tIIGWQjdyyw5tY9vBFrd0X9OYtBU-HhhhyjVeEoGDUFafdkfFL4F83YqWoEJJryXhOD8I-vFpoKKuSBxoZno8AqAZZaS0if9ZxxrZ6p40sX8/s600/450px-Ilmpegel_Ilmenau.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiNluahpvNEeufq4x9XOXe0AU3T4F08zMqZ9_WdUQnOu50Z4s6m_bast2bPXK0MM9uX4NPvPtXaJe6O5tIIGWQjdyyw5tY9vBFrd0X9OYtBU-HhhhyjVeEoGDUFafdkfFL4F83YqWoEJJryXhOD8I-vFpoKKuSBxoZno8AqAZZaS0if9ZxxrZ6p40sX8/w300-h400/450px-Ilmpegel_Ilmenau.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><br />I hope to see some of you at Environmental Day at the Capitol Thursday. Sustainable Tucson's water committee will be there tabling and advocating for water. Dan Stormont will be there to answer your questions about rainwater harvesting! You can listen to a recording of his Sierra Club presentation here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb6famFFKg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb6famFFKg</a><p></p>The prospects for positive water legislation are not looking good as no good water bills have yet been scheduled for a hearing (because the majority party will only schedule their own bills). Representative Gail Griffin, the chair of the House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee, did hear more of her bad water bills, including bills to skew groundwater modeling in the Phoenix Active Management Area. All of these bills were introduced for development interests. Interestingly enough, several were held as they failed to gain enough support to make it out of the committee. That is unusual and a bit of good news.<br /><br />Scroll down to find more bad water bills (and two good bills). Please, weigh in on them before they are heard in committee. Maybe we can stop some more bad bills. <div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Sign onto the RTS app:<br /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1177cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br /><br />Review RTS directions:<br /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #1177cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a><br /><br />There are more bad bills to come. If you haven't already, please, register for the RTS system here:<br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform" style="color: #1177cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</a></p><b><span style="color: black;">Helpful Hint: Try entering just the number in the RTS search box if it doesn't go through. Example: 2244 </span></b></span></span></span></span><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><br />Monday, January 22nd</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee at 2:00PM</b></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b09fd7631ba7dfecb086873f74220879c61c0d4e18711c43c0ac038a3622d5419b7a1d36439faea0d07d7f0db268491d97b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2244 misbranding; misrepresenting; food products">HB2244 misbranding; misrepresenting; food products</a> (Nyguyen: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al.) prohibits intentionally misbranding a product that is not derived from livestock or poultry as meat or poultry. This is targeting cell cultured and veggie derived "meat" products.<b style="outline: none;"> OPPOSE </b></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b09da11c4de3c54da5e43c392d18377dbc976a30b556f4897019a55f9584126a481dc86d5419e0cb2607d17f7fa24785576" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2406 agricultural vaccinations; disclosure">HB2406 agricultural vaccinations; disclosure</a> (Gillette: Biasiucci, Bliss, et al.) This allows the livestock producers to put a label on their product that states that it is vaccine free. The most concerning thing is that it prevents the state veterinarian from requiring or administering a vaccine that has only received emergency approval. <b>OPPOSE</b></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b097a4634f4c170990035320b3c199e87ba07f1749895e9f0968151ec465129bf670b1ed7b18a15542088a38ee55f8440a3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2002 supporting Arizona's beef producers">HCR2002 supporting Arizona's beef producers</a> (Smith: Shamp) includes a lot of misinformation about cattle and expresses the legislature's support for the industry. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Elections Committee at 2:00 PM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b091102c980b35b2776c0bc42a5480dadc37a6129dffa8d8a08a3b30e2ddaee082317948a3effb1a8ecbad45bbc83a332d8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1008 voter registration events; posting">SB1008 voter registration events; posting</a> (Hoffman) requires the Secretary of State and county recorders to post a list of events where they do voter registration. This is a bill to facilitate intimidation. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Tuesday, January 23rd</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee at 2:00 PM </b><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b0950c0f4d6032725fc6c881a84f2602f5aa08c6464d83f7e96b6eea6b780b7722bd7ce7deb3578fedfa24409cfca67d05b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.</span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b0985314f083f3ae1c271555de467e379673c0eed1665ff4d917bfda721204684e5eb12fef8e3633bcff2882ee77eca097a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2013 water improvements program; nonprofit corporations">HB2013 water improvements program; nonprofit corporations</a> (Griffin) includes non-profits for eligibility for these grants. <b>SUPPORT</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b097ffb25f31181334671f10f433a800944bea62e7313e523c4daca6204300400e100edd46f7c827d0832b3c79c7faff1b1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none 0px;" target="_blank" title="HB2096 tiny homes; construction; requirements; exemptions">HB2096 tiny homes; construction; requirements; exemptions</a> (B Parker) </span></span></span>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Out on rural land counties can't require building permits for tiny homes, accessory dwelling units, detached garages or green houses. Also, no permits required for solar power or wind equipment. </span><b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">SUPPORT</b></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b099bef6cab20f3e32d22ab554808d1641ca72478b89fa73dea30cf888e512b4af5d7ab4dad480f02fb0b44d4e9259a82cd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2097 gray water; definition; residential standards">HB2097 gray water; definition; residential standards</a> (B Parker) includes requirements for the use of gray water. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality already has rules for gray water. This bill would appear to prevent counties and municipalities from restricting gray water use where there's potential for contamination of ground water. <b>OPPOSE </b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b09fce47df773d8b33ffa3c6ceb1b06576f31c838bf146fc2be6227a940068aa623e0530ba0f7793956cbc70f9c18f67dc3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2123 wells; water measuring devices; prohibition">HB2123 wells; water measuring devices; prohibition</a> (Smith) prohibits the state or any political subdivisions from requiring water measuring devices on wells in areas where there are rivers. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Wednesday, January 24th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Municipal Oversight & Elections at 2:00 PM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b09bab8c8d09c667c717be1dccb81c7ae618c74580e257f927c03740df1ab1b16f0da33e1c5af4afe57c87c4594d026ae55" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2547 voting centers ban; precinct size">HB2547 voting centers ban; precinct size</a> (Jones: Gillette, Kolodin, et al.) prohibits boards of supervisors from establishing voting centers to accommodate additional voting for a specific election as needed. This will limit access to voting. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b0985b1edaf5bee2da7372236bf6e4434c0ccaaa0ed818b6fb66021274e2f6970a5ca9307d755b664d5a70642b41599047b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1010ee; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HCR2032 voting centers; precinct voting">HCR2032 voting centers; precinct voting</a> (Jones: B Parker, Smith, et al.) refers the provisions of HB2547 to the ballot. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"></span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Thursday, January 25th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Environmental Day at the Capitol!</b></span></span></span><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparing-for-environmental-day-at.html">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparing-for-environmental-day-at.html</a><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Senate Natural Resources, Energy, Water Committee at 9:00 AM in SHR2.</b><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Presentations:<br style="outline: none;" />Driving Efficient Water Use in Industry, Supporting Arizona's Economic Growth - Jessica Hancock, Director of Sustainability - Ecolab<br style="outline: none;" />WIFA Overview and Outlook - Chuck Podolak, Director, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority</span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b0942a4f0b983a8b9eb8c48d5b9eb0193afa999ea07ee76cc5c6b4c297d519e0878ad7bb949adf082ff96eb76e1c49ebefb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1081 exemption area; assured water supply">SB1081 exemption area; assured water supply</a> (Kerr: Carbone, Dunn) says an area in the Phoenix Active Management Area that is also within an irrigation and water conservation district is deemed to have an assured water supply. This seems like another loophole. </span></span></span>
<b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">OPPOSE</b></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Judiciary Committee at 9:00 AM in SHR1</b></span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1e4c405ff04e1b0901e1d997299a8e0b84c504818af305ed3579247ffdb168b9671bbb5e38d49e75bac904567e57ef99de40f26b09a0f7ab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1073 obstruction highway; large event; classification">SB1073 obstruction highway; large event; classification</a> (Kavanagh) includes provisions relating to obstruction of a roadway which really means making a protest where you stop traffic a felony.<b> OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-14866591832183481422024-01-13T18:48:00.000-08:002024-01-14T08:27:07.780-08:00AZ legislature loves traffic and unsustainable development<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozYHuxr2OP8OFdEsjxVHbzGP8X_O5ej3bMwXa6Z3kfvmqvWaRxnxHqThSloZTSu5rkT2VPdo9tS3duEJ1NCoPXgTmPha3U9PhhTB8_xfdoIkmaYmKYCS4hIioYaGtHUm83WnhY83A0eMCfM2hXlDdeU1PyBuCUyuy9btWyeKNz26sFLUwY1PVMmiZvtE/s800/Traffic%20jam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozYHuxr2OP8OFdEsjxVHbzGP8X_O5ej3bMwXa6Z3kfvmqvWaRxnxHqThSloZTSu5rkT2VPdo9tS3duEJ1NCoPXgTmPha3U9PhhTB8_xfdoIkmaYmKYCS4hIioYaGtHUm83WnhY83A0eMCfM2hXlDdeU1PyBuCUyuy9btWyeKNz26sFLUwY1PVMmiZvtE/w400-h250/Traffic%20jam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />The Arizona Legislature is back in session and those in power are up to their old tricks. This week several bills are being proposed that weaken environmental protections for some state utilities and departments. There is even a bill, <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf78011b7cee418328e8cb2a17ba0f49362c07af384beffb7c62a68b010dd6838db7837c77be17ec5b5d60f38dbdc7298245a74" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1013 government investments; products; fiduciaries; plans">SB1013</a>, that prohibits the state treasurer from considering any social or environmental factor when investing state dollars.</div><br /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf7801164b0623864f75a5feb05749581a4ad305fccc805aa288ce6be3174d6c8df48e4ab1e7b71267c60d974568e2639927702" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1014 business; discrimination prohibition; social criteria">SB1014</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span>goes even farther. It prohibits a financial institution, insurer or credit reporting agency from considering an environmental, social, or governmental score or similar values-based or impact criteria in their decisions. This would include not being able to divest from fossil fuels.<br /><br />Rep. Gail Griffin (District 14) is wielding her power as the chair of the House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee to push through some bad bills that benefit her personally as a realtor. <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095faa8f163ad743b2de5bde8075f0f9406c46af2b00b33a7c0ae1353edd07768631dee0054490f6b73d7495f0ff623aeb900">HB2028 </a>requires Arizona Department of Water Resources to assume that unpledged long-term storage credits (paper water) are available for use in a groundwater model and relative to evaluating whether or not there is an assured water supply. This is another way to allow for unsustainable development in areas that really do not have an assured water supply.<br /><br />These bills must be approved in committees before going to a vote on the floor. You can weigh in on the bills (listed below) by using the Request to Speak (RTS) app any time before they are heard in committee.<p>Sign onto the RTS app:<br /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br /><br />Review RTS directions:<br /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a><br /><br />There are more bad bills to come. If you haven't already, please, register for the RTS system here:<br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</a><br /><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Tuesday, January 16th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Transportation, Technology, and Missing Children Committee at 9:00 AM</b></span></span></span></p><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=de7eba015b32697a113f00c92ac26831eac128467ebb0131bf95df0433acd18c5b6e01ec4a46242471bc3d3ffb5123a0f5614922682ad3f7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1012 transportation system performance; ADOT">SB1012 transportation system performance; ADOT</a>(Hoffman: Wadsack, Heap, et al) Redefines all the transportation performance factors to emphasize automobile traffic over other modes of transit. Also, prohibits ADOT from considering any plans that would reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=de7eba015b32697a2b1f380a30e442793a749eabb69e4d1f5351ef709d792cbfa57a975612b266133a5633daf1549813a32fa7f4584a8e4c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SCR1002 prohibit tax; monitoring; vehicle mileage">SCR1002 prohibit tax; monitoring; vehicle mileage</a> (Hoffman: Kern, Petersen, et al) refers to the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit fees based on vehicle miles traveled, an alternative to gas tax or other fees to pay for roads. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Joint House and Senate Appropriations Committees at 10:00 AM</b><br style="outline: none;" />Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095fa76d4c22702f111c90a35c4caf95be77d8b4a26081f31e67c1e9d1adb97709cc5e7735ba8b7a113958637a3396c4164a1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="here">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">Presentation</span></span></span><ul style="outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">Executive Budget Proposal by Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting - Sarah Brown, Director</span></span></span></li></ul></li></ul><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee at 2:00 PM</b></span></span></span></p><div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095fa4110f9fbdd8bd133fa2a50e4bd8a88c4cac4dd28c8879be22baa426fd30eed63897ffb4e365c1433ee5c5b4503a567fb" target="_blank" title="HB2002 power plants; transmission lines; definition"><span style="color: blue;">HB2002 power plants; transmission lines; definition</span></a> (Griffin) excludes switchyards and substations from review by the AZ Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee. This is one of the few entities that considers environmental factors relative to siting. We're concerned that they are adding even more exemptions to siting after exempting some lines in 2023. <b>OPPOSE</b></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li></ul><div><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095fa8cc1590114c4aac75d49c09f241e8f5b2c2724e0c19795023d4f1265ef041189aefa8da4a2664d2ac5ace7dcb4c9bae0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2003 replacement lines; structures; commission hearings">HB2003 replacement lines; structures; commission hearings</a> (Griffin) allows utilities to replace structures on a transmission line without pursuing a new or amended certificate of environmental compatibility. This could mean replacing a low voltage pole with a much higher one and with significantly more impact. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095fad01f727c180bf29a5a19033b4e942795f6cd5230577926504d635dd8b4229614aaf50ad94743ed50cdb7abe703afddc0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2004 utilities; electronic filings; corporation commission">HB2004 utilities; electronic filings; corporation commission</a> (Griffin) allows a utility to submit an application for a certificate of environmental compatibility for a power plant, transmission line, etc. in an electronic format. This would save a lot of paper! <b style="outline: none;">SUPPORT</b></span></span></span></li><li style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ed11c2d44af095faa8f163ad743b2de5bde8075f0f9406c46af2b00b33a7c0ae1353edd07768631dee0054490f6b73d7495f0ff623aeb900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2028 groundwater model; unpledged storage credits">HB2028 groundwater model; unpledged storage credits</a> (Griffin) requires Arizona Department of Water Resources to assume that unpledged long-term storage credits are available for use in a groundwater model and relative to evaluating whether or not there is an assured water supply. This is another way to allow for unsustainable development in areas that really do not have an assured water supply. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf78011ef5110e91a2f26ac720e7870a8fd6b5116f7dcb3f8870928db46fb362626a0adde0e3654f73898c5b69948487df12fb6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2057 appropriation; long-term water augmentation fund">HB2057 appropriation; long-term water augmentation fund</a> (Dunn) appropriates an additional $143,800,000 to the water augmentation fund, which is for augmentation projects outside Arizona. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Appropriations Committee at 2:00 PM</b><br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf78011a774fa629b96052b3ccb942c86530111bf48d2a09ffc363c2550ef236a07bd7472ece3b583b73ac9e7588f2636442977" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here">Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here</a>.<br style="outline: none;" />Presentation<br style="outline: none;" />• Joint Legislative Budget Committee – Baseline</span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Wednesday, January 17th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Government Committee at 9:00 AM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf780113f27f33d0d1d30c784e2f865ed0689fad7d9028dac8aab710e19f2fffa9b5bc56149447cf0eac73fa223aa4c019d9253" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2100 administrative completeness review; licensing">HB2100 administrative completeness review; licensing</a> (Griffin) adds a sentence that directly contradicts the other sentence currently in the law, essentially saying that if an agency notifies an applicant that there are significant deficiencies in their license application, it will be marked complete. That makes absolutely no sense and contradicts the previous sentence that says when an agency provides notice that an application has defects it will not be marked complete. It goes on to add a paragraph that seems to say that an agency can't provide the status of an application during the review period - also contradicting the previous paragraphs. <b>OPPOSE</b> </span></span></li></ul><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Senate Committee on Government at 10:00 AM</b><br /></span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf780113d9bb88066c2e38108c1fb9d50c3cfa67f4d2a6660ccce73adf5f8b786dca132fb64d1da3c870324f0227e40cef75533" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1005 public monies; ideology training; prohibition">SB1005 public monies; ideology training; prohibition</a> (Hoffman: Wadsack, Chaplik, et al) prohibits public entities from requiring or spending public monies on a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf78011b7cee418328e8cb2a17ba0f49362c07af384beffb7c62a68b010dd6838db7837c77be17ec5b5d60f38dbdc7298245a74" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1013 government investments; products; fiduciaries; plans">SB1013 government investments; products; fiduciaries; plans</a> (Hoffman: Wadsack, Heap, et al) prohibits the state treasurer from considering any social or environmental factors when investing state dollars. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9f87f0feadf7801164b0623864f75a5feb05749581a4ad305fccc805aa288ce6be3174d6c8df48e4ab1e7b71267c60d974568e2639927702" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="SB1014 business; discrimination prohibition; social criteria">SB1014 business; discrimination prohibition; social criteria</a> (Hoffman: Wadsack, Chaplik, et al) prohibits a financial institution, insurer or credit reporting agency from considering political affiliation, or social credit, environmental, social, or governmental score or similar values-based or impact criteria in their decisions. This would include not being able to divest from fossil fuels. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-39412635849045846422024-01-10T09:47:00.000-08:002024-01-10T09:47:27.457-08:00Help "Plan Tucson" at Community Forums <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFnI5Sij2dmDV8JbY4mFauaLyriU_c6yuaybaZbeiXc8TDz3V-ENGe3WdHp7RiUIinFkm9MUq61Ed2K7BA93yDpau73_GvXg2x4iXzms68TuoR8BJNaRJP-lPYsyEPdBjQgMS4-ac39Ztet-_D3FUwRmN7YVa6swgLsRQYP7oBMSAMWX4rMa2jKK0htk/s570/Plan%20Tucson%202023%20banner%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="570" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFnI5Sij2dmDV8JbY4mFauaLyriU_c6yuaybaZbeiXc8TDz3V-ENGe3WdHp7RiUIinFkm9MUq61Ed2K7BA93yDpau73_GvXg2x4iXzms68TuoR8BJNaRJP-lPYsyEPdBjQgMS4-ac39Ztet-_D3FUwRmN7YVa6swgLsRQYP7oBMSAMWX4rMa2jKK0htk/w640-h148/Plan%20Tucson%202023%20banner%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><h2 align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">PLAN TUCSON COMMUNITY FORUMS:<br style="outline: none !important;" />SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY</strong></h2><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Plan Tucson invites all community members to participate in our upcoming Community Forums, a crucial step in updating the City’s General Plan. This long-range policy document is central to defining the future of Tucson, addressing vital areas such as housing, transportation, climate action, and growth.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Event Details:</p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none !important;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Virtual Forum:</strong> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">In-Person Forum</strong>: Saturday, January 20, 2024, from 10 a.m. -12 p.m. at the new Ward 2 office, <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdvb2dsZS5jb20vbWFwcy9wbGFjZS83ODIwK0UrQnJvYWR3YXkrQmx2ZCslMjMxMDAsK1R1Y3NvbiwrQVorODU3MTAvQDMyLjIyMDA1MiwtMTEwLjgyNTM4NDMsMTd6L2RhdGE9ITNtMSE0YjEhNG01ITNtNCExczB4ODZkNjZmNDQwOWVhOWVlNToweGNhOTMxM2JlZmVhMzc1ZGEhOG0yITNkMzIuMjIwMDUyITRkLTExMC44MjUzODQzP2VudHJ5PXR0dSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTEwLjg4MzAyODQxIn0.IJFUIibtzyvfWViHc-rXacYBFVIb1NjCvRQLjzuhcsA/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">7820 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 100</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0904238646govd_button" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 15px; word-break: normal;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none !important;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="#0C77CF" class="yiv0904238646govd_button" style="background-color: #0c77cf; border-radius: 5px; border: none; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZG9jcy5nb29nbGUuY29tL2Zvcm1zL2QvZS8xRkFJcFFMU2NfOVIwWWFlbU1PSEh3OFUwY3pTalpVNDBCNWhxbVY5cTlQTDh2MEZKVkZiU3pxUS92aWV3Zm9ybT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTEwLjg4MzAyODQxIn0.1Xwn_DxpOIKt_r9mvToV0_eZbazxUC6z2Kr2Bz8-cyM/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;" target="_blank"><strong style="color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; outline: none !important;">REGISTER HERE</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_9R0YaemMOHHw8U0czSjZU40B5hqmV9q9PL8v0FJVFbSzqQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_9R0YaemMOHHw8U0czSjZU40B5hqmV9q9PL8v0FJVFbSzqQ/viewform</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Both events will have prizes, and the in-person event will have food and family-friendly activities.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">These forums are an opportunity for residents to provide feedback on the draft goals and strategies impacting both current and future plans and developments in Tucson. Your input will also help update our Future Growth Map, guiding where and what type of development is encouraged across the city.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">The Plan Tucson Community Forums aren’t just about shaping policy - they’re about building a community vision. The more feedback we receive, the better the plan reflects our shared values and aspirations.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">For more information and to register, visit <a class="yiv0904238646fui-Link yiv0904238646___10kug0w yiv0904238646f3rmtva yiv0904238646f1ewtqcl yiv0904238646fyind8e yiv0904238646f1k6fduh yiv0904238646f1w7gpdv yiv0904238646fk6fouc yiv0904238646fjoy568 yiv0904238646figsok6 yiv0904238646f1hu3pq6 yiv0904238646f11qmguv yiv0904238646f19f4twv yiv0904238646f1tyq0we yiv0904238646f1g0x7ka yiv0904238646fhxju0i yiv0904238646f1qch9an yiv0904238646f1cnd47f yiv0904238646fqv5qza yiv0904238646f1vmzxwi yiv0904238646f1o700av yiv0904238646f13mvf36 yiv0904238646f1cmlufx yiv0904238646f9n3di6 yiv0904238646f1ids18y yiv0904238646f1tx3yz7 yiv0904238646f1deo86v yiv0904238646f1eh06m1 yiv0904238646f1iescvh yiv0904238646fhgqx19 yiv0904238646f1olyrje yiv0904238646f1p93eir yiv0904238646f1nev41a yiv0904238646f1h8hb77 yiv0904238646f1lqvz6u yiv0904238646f10aw75t yiv0904238646fsle3fq yiv0904238646f17ae5zn" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBsYW50dWNzb24ub3JnL2NvbW11bml0eS1mb3J1bXM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExMC44ODMwMjg0MSJ9.1IzoqqfVcibrmHJ8G2tJWzDderECA4v2LHzeHIQZmL4/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank" title="https://www.plantucson.org">plantucson.tucsonaz.gov</a>.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;"> </p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Your Voice Matters in the Future Growth Scenario<br style="outline: none !important;" />Community Mapping Activity</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">As we update Plan Tucson, a key question is: How can we best plan for the city's growth and evolution? The Future Growth Scenario Map is a vital tool for this purpose. Your input is essential in updating the map to reflect our community’s vision.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Have ideas about where to encourage new homes, retail, or employment centers? Want a store or a new sports stadium in your neighborhood? Your preferences for housing and development are crucial.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Join the conversation and show us your vision in our <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBsYW50dWNzb24ub3JnL2Z1dHVyZS1ncm93dGg_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExMC44ODMwMjg0MSJ9.WcfRJ5CcWkrx94jE2u372kHee965blyMnePKvfDUgjo/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Mapping Activity on the Plan Tucson website</a>. The survey closes on Monday, February 5, 2024.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Together, let's shape the Tucson of tomorrow.</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0904238646govd_hr" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr class="yiv0904238646govd_hr_inner" style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" width="100%"><hr style="outline: none !important;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.83em 0px 20px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;">FOROS COMUNITARIOS DE PLAN TUCSON:<br style="outline: none !important;" />DANDO FORMA AL FUTURO DE NUESTRA CIUDAD</h2><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Plan Tucson invita a todos los miembros de la comunidad a participar en nuestros próximos Foros Comunitarios, un paso crucial en la actualización del Plan General de la Ciudad. Este documento es fundamental para definir el futuro de Tucson, abordando áreas vitales como vivienda, transporte, acción climática y crecimiento.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Detalles del evento:</p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none !important;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Foro Virtual:</strong> miércoles 17 de enero de 2024 de 17:30 a 20:30 horas. - 7 p.m.</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Foro presencial:</strong> sábado 20 de enero de 2024, de 10 a. m. a 12 p. m. en la nueva oficina del Distrito 2, <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdvb2dsZS5jb20vbWFwcy9wbGFjZS83ODIwK0UrQnJvYWR3YXkrQmx2ZCslMjMxMDAsK1R1Y3NvbiwrQVorODU3MTAvQDMyLjIyMDA1MiwtMTEwLjgyNTM4NDMsMTd6L2RhdGE9ITNtMSE0YjEhNG01ITNtNCExczB4ODZkNjZmNDQwOWVhOWVlNToweGNhOTMxM2JlZmVhMzc1ZGEhOG0yITNkMzIuMjIwMDUyITRkLTExMC44MjUzODQzP2VudHJ5PXR0dSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTEwLjg4MzAyODQxIn0.HTKen45cS5P4yqyOJbi55v44vUbqfOL9_awQMlXJkO0/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">7820 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 100</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0904238646govd_button" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 15px; word-break: normal;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none !important;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="#0C77CF" class="yiv0904238646govd_button" style="background-color: #0c77cf; border-radius: 5px; border: none; display: inline-block; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZG9jcy5nb29nbGUuY29tL2Zvcm1zL2QvZS8xRkFJcFFMU2NfOVIwWWFlbU1PSEh3OFUwY3pTalpVNDBCNWhxbVY5cTlQTDh2MEZKVkZiU3pxUS92aWV3Zm9ybT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTEwLjg4MzAyODQxIn0.E1JGYqdZPAb8s-vhytt1Ij9wCAv0gTR52IkOkhG9hlw/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;" target="_blank"><strong style="color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; outline: none !important;">REGISTRAR AQUI</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Los dos eventos tendrán premios y el evento presencial contará con comida y actividades familiares.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Estos foros son una oportunidad para que los residentes proporcionen comentarios sobre los borradores de metas y estrategias que impactan los planes y desarrollos actuales y futuros en Tucson. Sus comentarios también ayudarán a actualizar nuestro Mapa de Crecimiento Futuro, guiando dónde y qué tipo de desarrollo se fomenta en toda la ciudad.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Los Foros Comunitarios de Plan Tucson no solo tratan de dar forma a políticas, sino que también tratan de construir una visión comunitaria. Cuantos más comentarios recibamos, mejor reflejará el plan nuestros valores y aspiraciones compartidos.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Para obtener más información y registrarse, visite <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBsYW50dWNzb24ub3JnL2NvbW11bml0eS1mb3J1bXM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExMC44ODMwMjg0MSJ9.cqnW9TMdONcf6LrKjUXFJinbaWbxhJ_ZZEuFAhblD-w/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">plantucson.tucsonaz.gov</a>.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;"> </p><h3 align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Su voz es importante en el mapa de escenarios de crecimiento futuro</strong><br style="outline: none !important;" /><strong style="outline: none !important;">Actividad de mapeo comunitario</strong></h3><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">A medida que actualizamos el Plan Tucson, una pregunta clave es: ¿Cómo podemos planificar mejor el crecimiento y la evolución de la ciudad? El Mapa de Escenarios de Crecimiento Futuro es una herramienta vital para este propósito. Su opinión es esencial para actualizar el mapa para reflejar la visión de nuestra comunidad.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">¿Tiene ideas sobre dónde fomentar nuevas viviendas, comercios minoristas o centros de empleo? ¿Quieres una tienda o un nuevo estadio deportivo en tu barrio? Sus preferencias de vivienda y desarrollo son cruciales.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Únase a la conversación y muéstrenos su visión en nuestra <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBsYW50dWNzb24ub3JnL2Z1dHVyZS1ncm93dGg_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExMC44ODMwMjg0MSJ9.47mcHZ7ydQtUg5HICo-bg6B4VlFxcQqm3vSvtOvWzbg/s/1172398298/br/234644050662-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Actividad de mapeo en el sitio web de Plan Tucson</a>. La encuesta cierra el lunes 5 de febrero de 2024.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important;">Juntos, demos forma al Tucson del mañana.</p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-68435499607482833662024-01-07T07:16:00.000-08:002024-01-24T15:01:16.978-08:00AZ Legislative Update and Request to Speak Action, 1/7/2024 <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSNY1yVFTeHDglVvAu75qgoHNTNu40Ajx06g7DyGlDoRQQtGYKAvOF_Oe6GyF5KRM2yHLowkh_94tnX-MBLnR60G7vItJutSQRxVaM92SrfoHSmR83GCwHK2hFYDP48Dgd9m7DmJ861EimrfWMRG5x5HAdK2oUYURCrBmBE2AW0tI9_DmO4KkF7DvQPo/s605/State%20Legilslature%20house.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="605" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSNY1yVFTeHDglVvAu75qgoHNTNu40Ajx06g7DyGlDoRQQtGYKAvOF_Oe6GyF5KRM2yHLowkh_94tnX-MBLnR60G7vItJutSQRxVaM92SrfoHSmR83GCwHK2hFYDP48Dgd9m7DmJ861EimrfWMRG5x5HAdK2oUYURCrBmBE2AW0tI9_DmO4KkF7DvQPo/w640-h240/State%20Legilslature%20house.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">On Monday, the Arizona Legislature will start its 2024 session, kicking off with the live S</span><a href="https://www.azleg.gov/actvlive/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">tate of the State address</a><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">from Governor Hobbs.</span><p></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://sustainabletucson.org/our-mission/">Sustainable Tucson</a> joined the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations in signing onto the priorities for the Arizona Legislature and Governor at the Capitol. The focus of the priorities is water, but climate/clean energy, democracy, and environmental justice are also included. You can read the </span><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=6a168c1dafa3d0e7a934219b16f101cf6e61b6ae0357096859f9bb9e2f6915dc314e1a84f4f5be1bb81048d93132e8c2b14a5b79a3119801" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="priorities here">priorities here</a><span style="color: black;">.<br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">On Tuesday, legislators will start hearing bills in committees. P</span>lease, look out for weekly REQUEST TO SPEAK actions. You can weigh in on bills (listed below) by using the RTS app anytime before they are heard in committee.<br /><br />Sign onto the RTS app: <br /><br /><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon" style="color: #1155cc;">https://apps.azleg.gov/account/signon</a><br /><br />Review Request to Speak directions:<br /><br /><a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html" style="color: #1155cc;">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2018/03/request-to-speak-time.html</a><br /><br />If you haven't already, register for the RTS system here:<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform" style="color: #1155cc;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform</a></span><br /><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Monday, January 8th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">First Day of the 2024 Legislative Session.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Governor Hobbs's State of the State address at 2:00 PM. You can view it live <a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=6a168c1dafa3d0e78946872fd3426315098c79b4cad98dd2fdbef2e8b6f83c7ffbc44e862f65f94e6b59884e8d649b502d30f74a0d10ba79" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="here">here</a>.</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #339900; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Tuesday, January 9th</b></span></span></span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">House Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee at 2:00 PM in House Hearing Room (HHR) 1 </b><br style="outline: none;" /><b style="outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6d784ad312be373ab1d7f916a80f02eb5f44ef9cabccd8e4d88a6487d644170aa1f989237d47adf2df2f7046236053648f25f94915b3e60" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="View a livestream of the committee here.">View a livestream of the committee here.</a></b><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Presentations:</span></span></span><ul style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">“Overview of the Central Arizona Project," Brenda Burman, General Manager of the Central Arizona Project</span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">“Overview of the Salt River Project,” Kyle Tilghman, Director of Water Strategy and Bill McClellan, Manager of Resource Development</span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">“Overview of the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority,” Chuck Podolak, Executive Director of the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority</span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><br /></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6d784ad312be373686829ec77dd692873b79c879d269be1997f9a12c8b7bc7155706ede574ad580a51443a37916457eea824f2c2f1b2f01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2016 grandfathered right; subsequent AMA; extension">HB2016 grandfathered right; subsequent AMA; extension</a> (Griffin) is an emergency measure, meaning it will become law immediately if the Governor signs it. The bill extends the deadline for a person to claim a grandfathered right to withdraw or receive and use groundwater in the Douglas active management area<br style="outline: none;" />(AMA)*. This will further delay getting this AMA on track to limiting groundwater pumping. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6d784ad312be373543f383eaa0abf09cce9a9c18805bc3c4383652bd599ccf171d7637d391eefff546fad822caee8ea9156f663188e5349" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2027 subsequent AMAs; assured water supply">HB2027 subsequent AMAs; assured water supply</a> (Griffin) exempts proposed subdivisions from the requirements of an ordinance that has been adopted by either a municipality or a county if the proposed subdivision is included within the boundaries of a subsequent active management area (AMA)*. This would affect counties such as Cochise and Yuma and would give subdivisions an automatic assured water supply if there was an adequate water supply. This is a loophole to weaken the requirements for Assured Water Supply in a newly approved Active Management Area. <span style="outline: none;"><b>OPPOSE</b></span></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6d784ad312be373b5f5ff43862cdb56375fe5c4c0f3813f1e1dea334a31f7bb9af2377ab9a56e8aba22a8b95c3cc399cf838053b0329bde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="HB2099 active management area; groundwater right">HB2099 active management area; groundwater right</a> (Griffin) </span></span></span>allows a groundwater user located in an area previously designated as an irrigation non-expansion area (INA) that becomes designated as an AMA* to receive a water duty (maximum amount of water per acre) based on the groundwater user's highest annual withdrawal since the INA was established. This will maximize rather than minimize groundwater pumping in this new AMA. It also has an emergency clause on it. <b style="outline: none;">OPPOSE<br /></b></span></span></span></li></ul></div><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">*For more information on the <b style="outline: none;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">Arizona Groundwater Management Act, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cviFTa-nSE">here </a>is the recording of the workshop. </span></span></strong></span></b></span></span></strong></b>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-66731964005891654452024-01-02T23:47:00.000-08:002024-01-02T23:59:20.197-08:00Water Outlook - by council member Steve Kovacik<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCMKZPJ2XP6PKUc61vVX626IZP-vB_mLiQpkD4OBuCLGmriu56BXsSBpKsOQPfcJpv2kF6Z_CK_4uzTub-BLPgF2-XBzkXQ5T9HKif7yK4kvcI8pToPWH7FTi5W8PhWKuiQBrXnpvYKi2t1qYOgYD4kNBD6vc3MRiSRaG4qTvTqfds7wdsr946uBPk8E/s3456/Hoover_Dam_08sept09_showing_water_elevation_of_Lake_Mead.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCMKZPJ2XP6PKUc61vVX626IZP-vB_mLiQpkD4OBuCLGmriu56BXsSBpKsOQPfcJpv2kF6Z_CK_4uzTub-BLPgF2-XBzkXQ5T9HKif7yK4kvcI8pToPWH7FTi5W8PhWKuiQBrXnpvYKi2t1qYOgYD4kNBD6vc3MRiSRaG4qTvTqfds7wdsr946uBPk8E/w400-h300/Hoover_Dam_08sept09_showing_water_elevation_of_Lake_Mead.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoover Dam and Lake Mead</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><br />"I believe there’s no more important way to begin our ‘24 newsletters than with a comment/projection about our local and regional water future. The folks over at Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona (Water Casa) do a deep dive into all-things-water and this piece is a compilation of some of their material. Plus, some editorial input that I can’t resist. For example – water is the number one issue we have a part in at the council. Our water staff and city manager’s office are heavily involved in water issues ranging from PFAS remediation to how Tucson is impacted by and responds to the challenges on the Colorado River and CAP generally. Without a clean and available water supply nothing else matters.</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">2024 starts with a more hopeful outlook than what had been predicted early last year. The reason? A larger than anticipated snowpack in the Rockies. That’s the glass half full perspective. In January of ‘23 Lake Mead was at just under 1045 feet in water elevation. The lowest it has ever been is about 1040 feet. And in January Bureau of Reclamation was predicting that by April Mead would be at a new historic low of around 1036 feet. But in the spring the water levels began to rise and in September they were at 1066 feet. That’s a lot of numbers but the trend throughout 2023 turned out to be positive for Lake Mead, the Colorado and our own allocations of CAP deliveries.</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">So, we have a very wet winter last year to thank for the current levels on Lake’s Powell and Mead. The glass half empty perspective though is that they’re both still more than half empty. </span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Lake Mead’s level is what determines our CAP allocation. It’s fed through the Colorado River, which in turn is largely fed by snowpack running down to it from the Rockies. In an average year about 8.25-million-acre feet of water flows down from Lake Powell into Lake Mead. Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico typically use about 10-million-acre feet. That structural deficit has been larger during the multi-year drought we’re in – which is why the Lakes are less than half full. The wet winter was a welcome surprise.</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">This chart was provided by Water Casa – it shows that even with the wet winter we’re still in a Tier 1 shortage. That means the various water users taking CAP supplies are having allocations reduced. It’s less than what had been anticipated prior to the record setting snow in the Rockies, but it’s still impacting those who rely on CAP water. </span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Chart shows Lake Mead Surface Elevation and CAP Supply" class="yiv5428148617govd_template_image" height="323" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2024%2F01%2F8756436%2Fimage006_original.png&t=1704265617&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c7f-040006011300&sig=z86aqJKKGUTkqUMpovBY0Q--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span class="yiv5428148617TextRun yiv5428148617SCXW39117644 yiv5428148617BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Here’s a chart that shows the various water users and how their allocations are being reduced under the Tier 1 shortage declaration. We’ve already agreed to voluntarily reduce our own allocation as a way of helping to avoid further cuts down the road.</span><span class="yiv5428148617EOP yiv5428148617SCXW39117644 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Chart shows 2024 Reductions to CAP Contract Categories" class="yiv5428148617govd_template_image" height="785" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2024%2F01%2F8756443%2Fimage008_original.png&t=1704265617&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c7f-040006011300&sig=k8FOl54Iifz2IvIfY0bxDA--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 450px;" width="450" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span class="yiv5428148617TextRun yiv5428148617SCXW185517514 yiv5428148617BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW185517514 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">The National Weather Service prediction center says that due to the expected El Nino weather pattern that’s coming (warmer-than-usual water in the Pacific) the first quarter of the year should see slightly above average precipitation in most of the Rockies. Stream flows don’t </span><span class="yiv5428148617ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError yiv5428148617SCXW185517514 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">peak</span><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW185517514 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> out until about May, so it won’t be until then that we really know how Lake Mead will fare. But check out these two predictive maps, also poached from Water Casa material. The first one confirms the slightly wetter first quarter, but look at what’s anticipated for our region the rest of the year. Lots of dry.</span></span><span class="yiv5428148617EOP yiv5428148617SCXW185517514 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Seasonal Precipitation Outlook in 2024 and January through March in 2025" class="yiv5428148617govd_template_image" height="453" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2024%2F01%2F8756451%2Fimage010_original.png&t=1704265617&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c7f-040006011300&sig=fkn0Ey7F8UgDwMJHtbICjw--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none;"><span class="yiv5428148617TextRun yiv5428148617SCXW97151759 yiv5428148617BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">And compare that with this temperature map – we will also get lots of hot.</span><span class="yiv5428148617EOP yiv5428148617SCXW97151759 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Seasonal Temperature Outlook in 2024 and January through March 2025" class="yiv5428148617govd_template_image" height="448" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2024%2F01%2F8756480%2Fimage012_original.png&t=1704265617&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1c7f-040006011300&sig=X4YrTQTfxmESoDdxm.9oFQ--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span class="yiv5428148617TextRun yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Overlaying </span><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">all of</span><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> that information and the conclusion is ‘24 is going to be hot, dry, and we cannot let our water conservation guard down a bit. One wet winter in the Rockies is nice – but it’s not nearly enough to make up for the drought that has emptied our water source, Lake Mead. In the spring of last </span><span class="yiv5428148617ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">year,</span><span class="yiv5428148617NormalTextRun yiv5428148617SCXW38255472 yiv5428148617BCX0" style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> the Bureau of Reclamation was calling on the CAP users to come up with significant voluntary reductions – or they’d impose their own. We all got a bit of a temporary reprieve with the snow of ‘23. The operative word though is ‘temporary.’ Please continue to consider water one of our most scarce and important commodities. Conservation at the personal level is something we can all participate in."</span></span></p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-20894008985039248492024-01-01T09:41:00.000-08:002024-01-22T23:23:41.549-08:00Learn More About Rainwater Harvesting - Zoom presentation <p><span color="var(--nd-color-fgPrimary)" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5e7PGiEwahUrySIH8mdZ_HsZjX_eRPO83Ludeys-DdGua5gYAZh5zrtL9eF93T0RHy_828NY3GTuWAKaU1hdRAys7THmzlthJJueEGxVsIVHzASmqZX4aqC_E5ijIeFNEfVwgfoVkQ_ewxwaOMZXSJwdayQL9DpXUUtgrOOUnIYixE3oQkQMuyVeFUs/s1000/Emma%20hooking%20up%20cistern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5e7PGiEwahUrySIH8mdZ_HsZjX_eRPO83Ludeys-DdGua5gYAZh5zrtL9eF93T0RHy_828NY3GTuWAKaU1hdRAys7THmzlthJJueEGxVsIVHzASmqZX4aqC_E5ijIeFNEfVwgfoVkQ_ewxwaOMZXSJwdayQL9DpXUUtgrOOUnIYixE3oQkQMuyVeFUs/w400-h300/Emma%20hooking%20up%20cistern.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Learn More About Rainwater Harvesting - Zoom presentation hosted by the Sierra Club Grand Canyon chapter <p></p><span color="var(--nd-color-fgPrimary)" data-testid="styled-text" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; line-height: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Linkify" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb6famFFKg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb6famFFKg</a>
Dan Stormont, a certified water harvesting practitioner and member of the Sustainable Tucson Water Committee, gives a presentation about the current water situation in Arizona, likely future trends, and the resources available in your home, like rainwater and greywater harvesting, to create a lush landscape without relying on tap water.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhoau-zjvz0w2OgAmeRK-9QMgUB90JqFZ0plsC3ukcRO-OjV4nL-zbXxNNopfnhW92ZwM74pxaOhDBlQ6ErCmtwFIc_XV6WqJIKqxo9QntQDwtTQfjuYI3vqU3R7vl9jTd33ARWxzHnC4CerNQj7nFEEz-jONzBhcj-iy_whMY6w7kRQpBFXW0Uv23Gc/s600/Dan%20at%20Family%20Saturday%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhoau-zjvz0w2OgAmeRK-9QMgUB90JqFZ0plsC3ukcRO-OjV4nL-zbXxNNopfnhW92ZwM74pxaOhDBlQ6ErCmtwFIc_XV6WqJIKqxo9QntQDwtTQfjuYI3vqU3R7vl9jTd33ARWxzHnC4CerNQj7nFEEz-jONzBhcj-iy_whMY6w7kRQpBFXW0Uv23Gc/s320/Dan%20at%20Family%20Saturday%202022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dan Stormont is a computer engineer by training who has a passion for the intersection of technology and sustainability. Dan has been active in the Tucson community as an organizer for several tech meetups, but also as a docent with Watershed Management Group, a certified water harvesting practitioner, and as a member of the Sustainable Tucson Water Committee. He also teaches rainwater and greywater harvesting rebate classes for Tucson Water.</span></span><div class="blocks-14g7ys" role="button" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; line-height: 20px; margin-block: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0"><span color="var(--nd-color-fgBlue)" data-testid="styled-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">
Other Sierra Club Zoom lectures on water and advocating for the environment here: </span></div><div><div class="blocks-14g7ys" role="button" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; line-height: 20px; margin-block: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0"><span color="var(--nd-color-fgBlue)" data-testid="styled-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">
<a href="https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparing-for-environmental-day-at.html">https://desktopactivisttucson.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparing-for-environmental-day-at.html</a>
</span></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-5394166930445585332023-12-31T13:01:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:01:51.264-08:00Last Day to Take the Pima County Climate Pollution Survey<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVviN9eNNiLLYjk1j1Ga9rJi5KV5K5tv4cGaqq6yOeb_-08MEqMzR0PQt5ugO7X9_GpVTJLyaQlcXvezlhPsG4jtOW9KlKBGubzBaSJiB0oo3xhwcrA3YAmFrddtXlhaFO_RBmtWubo8ESPXSrtCveBo7phO2KleQhvSaxaIEV0p8HOKny3DL46KAuDg/s900/pima-county-logo-vector.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="900" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVviN9eNNiLLYjk1j1Ga9rJi5KV5K5tv4cGaqq6yOeb_-08MEqMzR0PQt5ugO7X9_GpVTJLyaQlcXvezlhPsG4jtOW9KlKBGubzBaSJiB0oo3xhwcrA3YAmFrddtXlhaFO_RBmtWubo8ESPXSrtCveBo7phO2KleQhvSaxaIEV0p8HOKny3DL46KAuDg/s320/pima-county-logo-vector.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Make climate activism (yes, activism) one of your resolutions as we head into 2024. And start now by taking time before 11:59 p.m. tonight—just before the taco drops—to let Pima County know your thoughts, ideas, and concerns about our region and the city's future as we face down a hotter, drier future.</span><p></p><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Earlier this year, the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality received $1 million as part of the EPA's four-year Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG). The goal of the grant is to develop strategies on how to reduce GHG and other toxic emissions, all of which are harmful to the climate, the environment, and people. Children especially.</span><br style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The county, in turn, is looking to the public for help with this all-important task, just as the City of Tucson has been doing since it declared a climate emergency in 2020.</span><br style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Start the survey! <a href="https://climatetucson.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a9aacfe932411f99e4ffdc7c4&id=e94ac807f3&e=6c633fbba2" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Pima County Climate Pollution Reduction Plan and Survey</a></strong></span><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Thanks to Karen Peterson from Climate Action for sharing this action. <br /></span><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-85025173056880716902023-11-28T08:06:00.000-08:002024-01-23T15:39:54.267-08:00Preparing for Environmental Day at the (State) Capitol <div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9niZsyWS4rc_KQXQmcrUWp4TS9Kg-Ix4lkbkv16lXtauHuVe_UpgAKjl7nkoQC3nPHfHHDB5HUPvO9JLPbPgBAP5MD3iQJdWFp6jaknXBMR5W7ggIjdD_ASih61rEkGZrQ1yWvj5fORL_Onyi845JUEDTSCJNmiUWZzGT1oEoT3JZO-mBKbHOf-BXopY/s1140/az-legislation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1140" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9niZsyWS4rc_KQXQmcrUWp4TS9Kg-Ix4lkbkv16lXtauHuVe_UpgAKjl7nkoQC3nPHfHHDB5HUPvO9JLPbPgBAP5MD3iQJdWFp6jaknXBMR5W7ggIjdD_ASih61rEkGZrQ1yWvj5fORL_Onyi845JUEDTSCJNmiUWZzGT1oEoT3JZO-mBKbHOf-BXopY/w400-h266/az-legislation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark your calendar for Environmental Day at the Capitol on <b>January 25th from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM.</b> Sign up now so you get all of the important preparation information leading up to the day - including one-sheets about the bills that the Sierra Club is advocating for this session. </span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />We will be hearing from some great speakers, learning about what advocates from around the state are working on, and meeting with our legislators. You can come for all or part of the day. We hope you can make it, but if you cannot, we will be livestreaming portions of the program to YouTube so you can view it there. This year, our theme is <b>Save Water, Save Life</b>. We will be focusing our lobbying efforts on water, although we will also include a few other issues, including key democracy bills.<br /><br />Also, sign up for the <b>free bus</b> from Tucson to the Capitol in Phoenix!</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Environmental Day at the Capitol<br style="outline: none;" />Thursday, January 25th<br style="outline: none;" />8:30 AM - 2:00 PM<br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=fe0e0574852278024855437869ec38a277e34acd109311571cb376fe1dc6e154393ad261deebfb3f3f3ef10de219306229d5e5dc660491e2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="RSVP for Environmental Day at the Capitol here">RSVP for Environmental Day at the Capitol here</a>. </b></span></div><div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><a href="goog_1527572489"><br /></a></b></span></div><div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><b><a href="https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000001rlIlAAI">https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000001rlIlAAI</a><br /><br />====</b></span></span></div><div style="outline: none; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Leading up to the day, the Sierra Club will be hosting workshops. See details on that below.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtqnT-2nTk7RGuMggL_Qf5vJxfrP9u6rmsbL_0LQCSSKeGKCXfbcg6XvmH9E37uorTmMEGbfqGaiMVomg7vvJop_XVn085Jx13sNJ8YkhrkXY_zJLBkfgrA91zlLFhGOf2l8wAOzxx88OJPp2G29hBlipN2qYx794HV-joQDX_ezQsMDsKq_6DbVsbqA/s597/Sandy%20talking%20at%20a%20committee%20meeting%20at%20State%20Legislature%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="597" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtqnT-2nTk7RGuMggL_Qf5vJxfrP9u6rmsbL_0LQCSSKeGKCXfbcg6XvmH9E37uorTmMEGbfqGaiMVomg7vvJop_XVn085Jx13sNJ8YkhrkXY_zJLBkfgrA91zlLFhGOf2l8wAOzxx88OJPp2G29hBlipN2qYx794HV-joQDX_ezQsMDsKq_6DbVsbqA/w400-h184/Sandy%20talking%20at%20a%20committee%20meeting%20at%20State%20Legislature%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sandy Bahr lobbying at the committee meeting </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Start the Year Off Right with Water </b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Overview on Arizona Water</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; min-width: 100%; outline: none; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This workshop is intended
to give you some of the basics about water in Arizona and help you prepare for meetings with
policy makers. We will have a panel of water experts to share information and there will be
time for questions. <br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="left" class="yiv5110377156drop" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5110377156stylingblock-content-wrapper" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td class="yiv5110377156stylingblock-content-wrapper yiv5110377156camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; outline: none; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">Informational Workshops to Prep for Environmental Day</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span><ul style="outline: none;"><li style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">Recording of the Volunteer Lobby Workshop is </span></span></strong></span><a href="https://youtu.be/dn8TKhalCsc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0563c1; outline: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="outline: none;">here</span></span></span></span></span></strong></a><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">.</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="color: blue; line-height: 11.75pt; outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;"><b>Recording of “Start the Year Off Right with Water</b><b style="text-align: center;">" is </b></span><u style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; outline: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/IcmZn5oyIXE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank"><b>here.</b></a></span></u></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">Recording</span><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;"> for the Arizona Groundwater and the Arizona Groundwater Management Act workshop is https: <a href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cviFTa-nSE">here</a>. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">Recording of Democracy and the Arizona Legislature with All Voting is Local <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwajxama7I">here</a>. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">Recording of Learn about Rainwater Harvesting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHb6famFFKg">here</a>.</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #222222; outline: none;">Recording of Bills! Bills! Bills! -- An Overview, Questions & Answers on Key Legislation<a href="https://youtu.be/gJAKvYpHt4s"> here</a>.</span></span></strong></span> </span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 12pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations presented a statement of priorities for the Arizona Legislature and Governor at the Capitol. The focus of the priorities is water, but climate/clean energy, democracy, and environmental justice are also included. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">To view the priorities, please go </span></span></span></span><a href="https://forms.gle/Q4X1LDenE4AGoS1T8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0563c1; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="outline: none;">here</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="outline: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-34939171766912189032023-11-27T07:53:00.000-08:002023-11-27T08:23:33.763-08:00Housing Affordable Strategy (HAST) and Housing First in Tucson <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkUetEnW4GaAE90CYClFkezRAYyTyXnkBanHZhnmahX2BWSqYVE7riAUbhZ2TPIJ6jVBX0TTFpVL5gDBD1EoxzWTiRiUjeIgbKrK66az8F5gSuGIVe7G72MbijXjr4fCPs2_7YShM3OznbgNN9g8L0kseWelgFk1DT8RnFhvaDSj9qFb9zTeBErJyeXQ/s570/Aerial%20veiw%20of%20homeless%20housing%20in%20Oracle%202023%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="570" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkUetEnW4GaAE90CYClFkezRAYyTyXnkBanHZhnmahX2BWSqYVE7riAUbhZ2TPIJ6jVBX0TTFpVL5gDBD1EoxzWTiRiUjeIgbKrK66az8F5gSuGIVe7G72MbijXjr4fCPs2_7YShM3OznbgNN9g8L0kseWelgFk1DT8RnFhvaDSj9qFb9zTeBErJyeXQ/w400-h266/Aerial%20veiw%20of%20homeless%20housing%20in%20Oracle%202023%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bird's eye view of the Milagro on Oracle site</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Glimpse into the future of the Milagro on Oracle site! Once complete, Milagro on Oracle will house Tucsonans 55+ and individuals experiencing homelessness.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none;">The project is part of the City’s 10-point <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaG91c2luZ2FmZm9yZGFiaWxpdHkudHVjc29uYXouZ292Lz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTI3Ljg2MTk1OTQxIn0.ps-1rHuE4fT5cnxMBzdwjGDMGvALZ-s45xXWR4Y8fDw/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank">Housing Affordable Strategy for Tucson</a> (HAST), which calls for creation of more affordable housing. Additionally, this project is the City of Tucson's first Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) project in 10 years and first LIHTC project developed under El Pueblo Housing Development, a newly formed non-profit.</p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Affordable Housing Strategy for Tucson</span><br style="color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica;" /><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><a href=" https://housingaffordability.tucsonaz.gov/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"> https://housingaffordability.tucsonaz.gov/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The local news has been highlighting the work of Housing First and recent Thrive in the 05 projects, such as a new mural going up at Bailey's Fabrics, Tucson House history before rehabilitation, and the purchase of Stone and Speedway for future affordable housing!</span></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmtvbGQuY29tLzIwMjMvMTEvMDIvdmFjYW50LWxvdC1idXN5LXR1Y3Nvbi1zdHJlZXQtY29ybmVyLW5vdy1oYXMtcGF0aC1mb3J3YXJkLz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTI3Ljg2MTk1OTQxIn0.uDKMInW0FGmnNsjTRCB5boQ2VTWqkR0sgbj5SHL6IVs/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Vacant lot on busy </span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Tucson street</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> corner now has a path forward</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> (13 News)</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> – November 2, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF6Y2VudHJhbC5jb20vc3RvcnkvbmV3cy9sb2NhbC9hcml6b25hLzIwMjMvMTEvMDIvdWEtcmVwb3J0LWZpbmRzLWhvbWVsZXNzLXBlb3BsZS1pbi10dWNzb24tc3RydWdnbGUtdG8tZ2V0LXNlcnZpY2VzLzcxNDAwOTE5MDA3Lz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTI3Ljg2MTk1OTQxIn0._9uvcZH3j3GzNngU2BhtLKLao7-wlVjATxrKBc-D97c/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Homeless people in Tucson are struggling to get services. The city wants to change that (AZ Central)</span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> - November 2, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmtndW45LmNvbS9uZXdzL2xvY2FsLW5ld3MvbWlkdG93bi1uZXdzL3R1Y3Nvbi1ob3VzZS1yaWNoLWhpc3RvcnktZnJvbnQtYW5kLWNlbnRlci1mb3ItZnV0dXJlLXBsYW5zP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzExMjcuODYxOTU5NDEifQ.gSYKilSKjtU-0QhuqcUXdSRUAQWb2yeZqVzBVUuudcs/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Tucson House: Rich history front and center for </span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">future plans</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> (KGUN)</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> - October 26, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmtndW45LmNvbS9uZXdzL2xvY2FsLW5ld3MvbWlkdG93bi1uZXdzL2NpdHktb2YtdHVjc29uLXB1cmNoYXNlcy1sYW5kLWZvci1hZmZvcmRhYmxlLWhvdXNpbmctd2hvLWlzLXRoaXMtaG91c2luZy1mb3I_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEyNy44NjE5NTk0MSJ9.tZdV23lIEpyt5eFqq6DBPGbehhBBy5nlpZb6waGmZLo/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">City of Tucson purchases land for affordable housing: Who is this housing for?</span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> (KGUN) - October 25, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmtndW45LmNvbS9uZXdzL2xvY2FsL25vcnRoc2lkZS1uZXdzL25ldy1tdXJhbC1pbi10dWNzb24tYWltcy10by10ZWxsLXRoZS1jb21tdW5pdHlzLXN0b3J5P2ZiY2xpZD1Jd0FSMmVQWU15STJUOFRDeHpwZ0U4SjRvWjJobTJZaTRicjBBLWNsVklCcWV0RzZRX044R1RjamM3X2c4JnJlZ2ZkPSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTI3Ljg2MTk1OTQxIn0.h5kWokeamYkIvatuP8pwZbQtH7fw4HD-JfWRBo5O36k/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">New mural in Tucson aims to tell the community's story (KGUN)</span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> - October 20, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: none;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmt2b2EuY29tL3ZpZGVvL3R1Y3NvbnMtaG91c2luZy1maXJzdC10ZWFtLXByZXBhcmVzLWtpdHMtdG8taGVscC1ob21lbGVzcy92aWRlb184ZmE0ODQzNy1iNDM5LTU1OTAtYWQ5YS1iZDBmNjQ0ODA4NDQuaHRtbD91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTI3Ljg2MTk1OTQxIn0.Dv0nVbwO8i-sky-ZaWaZkHy-6qxxVAygWE2BN_afU2U/s/1172398298/br/231602629357-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1d5782; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Tucson's Housing First team prepares kits to help homeless (KVOA)</span></a><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> - October 20, 2023</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span></li><li style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: none;">City of Tucson's Housing and Community Development Department announcement </li></ul>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-53691592087965834892023-11-25T16:49:00.000-08:002023-12-01T13:16:01.828-08:00 City Compost Pilot Program - FoodCycle<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">Roughly a third of what ends up in the landfill is food waste. Think of every restaurant – and every home – and the food that doesn’t get eaten. When I was in Africa some of the lodges out in the outback fed the waste to hyena’s. We toss it into the landfill.</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9856645916gd_combo_table" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none; vertical-align: top;"><td style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img align="left" alt="Food Cycle at Home Logo" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="191" hspace="7" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8555599%2Fimage015_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=T6Rx2N33sAKy5YAtHGcu0A--~D" style="border: none; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 182px;" width="182" /><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">Starting right after the first of the year our Environmental Services folks will be starting a food scrap drop-off pilot project. Similar to how we tested the plastics program before jumping in with both feet, the food waste pilot will test to see if the public will support the program sufficiently enough to make it a permanent thing. Based on the comments I get from hanging around our plastic and glass roll offs I’m betting on you supporting the program.</p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">We will be putting out food scrap collection bins at 6 locations scattered around the city. Here’s a map showing where they’ll be located (No, ward 6 is not adding food to our already large array of bins.)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Tucson map of the locations where the receptacles will sit for the compostable sites" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="337" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8555556%2Fimage016_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=RTUGzk7jJYPl44cqYq2FfA--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">The ward 6 bin will be located in the Highland Vista community garden. In fact, 4 of the locations will be at one of the existing community gardens we have through a partnership in this program with The Community Gardens of Tucson (CGT.) Environmental Services will host the other two sites. </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9856645916gd_combo_table" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none; vertical-align: top;"><td style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img align="left" alt="Picture of a black garbage can on wheels with a yellow lid" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="245" hspace="7" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8554390%2Fimage018_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=7fr7Ug5cLpjR_MceaTsgng--~D" style="border: none; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 172px;" width="172" /><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none;"> </p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">We’ve been partnering with local restaurants and grocers through our FoodCycle program and since April 2021 we’ve gathered over 1,400 tons of food and green waste, all diverted from the landfill and used to make composting material. We’re partnered with the UA CompostCats. You’ve met some of them here at ward 6 office during some of our plastics/recycle events.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Picture of about 1,400 tons of compostables" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="225" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8555450%2Fimage020_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=gBV.4iliyzRkWjDZXCvJJQ--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">In order to control contamination, the 4 CGT sites will have scheduled hours, will have someone on site to monitor what’s being tossed into the bin and will be locked after hours. The two ES sites will be available 24/7 but will be padlocked. The pass code for the lock will be made available to people who have gone through the city-run training that will begin in December. All the controls are to assure the organics that are being collected are not contaminated.</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none;"><td align="center" style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img alt="Flyer that shows what's Compostable and what is not" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="351" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8555438%2Fimage022_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=H2ZKjb19O1GKpbCqubCVSw--~D" style="border: none; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 570px;" width="570" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">In addition to the 6 sites, through a grant ES received from the Arizona Recycling Coalition they’ve purchased 150 compost tumblers. The pilot program will also include distributing 25 tumblers to residents in each ward of the city that they can use in their own yards. Each resident using a tumbler will control the contaminants, and they can use the compost material they produce. Here’s an example of one of the tumblers.</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9856645916gd_combo_table" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr style="outline: none; vertical-align: top;"><td style="outline: none; word-break: normal;"><img align="left" alt="Picture of a a compost tumbler" class="yiv9856645916govd_template_image" height="184" hspace="7" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2Ffancy_images%2FAZTUCSON%2F2023%2F11%2F8554423%2Fimage024_original.png&t=1700959229&ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1ce8-2c003b016a00&sig=GoZddEIMod78E_OMJoRcpw--~D" style="border: none; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 142px;" width="142" /><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;">In order to be eligible for a tumbler homeowners will be required to downsize their trash container since all of your food and yard waste should now go into the tumbler. There will be training offered for the recipients of the tumblers – that will be scheduled to begin in January and the tumblers will be distributed in February. Thanks are due to Carlos DeLaTorre and his team at Environmental Services for putting the logistics of this program together. My hunch is that it will be well-received by Tucson residents and that it will serve as a model for other jurisdictions to follow – just as the plastics and glass programs have become.<br /><br />- Reposted from City Council member Steve Kozachik's Nov. 20, 2023 newsletter.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">More Information: </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Environmental-and-General-Services/Los-Reales-Sustainability-Campus/FoodCycle/FoodCycle-At-Home?fbclid=IwAR2ldrh74frMPSwVhQ2e7JkCYMkvn7zWluylBw0icnvLd3OLPPOS7AOijEM&transfer=4d681a43-0207-425f-948b-9073727e3ad2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery">https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Environmental-and-General-Services/Los-Reales-Sustainability-Campus/FoodCycle/FoodCycle-At-Home?fbclid=IwAR2ldrh74frMPSwVhQ2e7JkCYMkvn7zWluylBw0icnvLd3OLPPOS7AOijEM&transfer=4d681a43-0207-425f-948b-9073727e3ad2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-51895481376536068522023-11-21T08:37:00.000-08:002023-11-21T08:37:59.024-08:00Help Pima County & the UA develop Climate Action Plans <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qxf3iiwgcGPb2sXZjn1U_GAPyx-97T6AWkQFv_tH_11Pmtq3b0aHPKhNJiyAgjA07oXP0OPqlVHibdaVRogeiQo429qY99snZHOrtUcCePLCs0VvYAQXogortE7s85DFmQlSBGFbkpez0V7L55GykmRPrbU8YRimhmZ5Jh1YvPzv1MRzmXvKKiBqQgE/s640/climate%20strike%20photo%20from%20Youth%20Climate%20Coalition%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="640" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qxf3iiwgcGPb2sXZjn1U_GAPyx-97T6AWkQFv_tH_11Pmtq3b0aHPKhNJiyAgjA07oXP0OPqlVHibdaVRogeiQo429qY99snZHOrtUcCePLCs0VvYAQXogortE7s85DFmQlSBGFbkpez0V7L55GykmRPrbU8YRimhmZ5Jh1YvPzv1MRzmXvKKiBqQgE/w640-h416/climate%20strike%20photo%20from%20Youth%20Climate%20Coalition%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In line w<span style="color: #222222;">ith</span><span style="color: #222222;"> the urgency of climate change effects, key regional entities are adopting ambitious, actionable climate plans. In May of 2022, Pima Community College approved their Climate Action & Sustainability Plan, and the City of Tucson approved Tucson Resilient Together on March 7, 2023</span><span style="color: #222222;">. </span></span></p><div class="gmail-" style="color: #222222;"><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" id="gmail-:m6" style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" id="gmail-:m5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The University of Arizona and Pima County have been at work, too, and wish feedback on their respective plans, aiming for completion in early 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with both institutions:<br /></span></div><div></div><ul><li class="gmail_default" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">UA's plan & survey are found at: <span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="https://sustainability.arizona.edu/projects/sustainability-climate-action-plan/recommendations" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://sustainability.<wbr></wbr>arizona.edu/projects/<wbr></wbr>sustainability-climate-action-<wbr></wbr>plan/recommendations</a>.</span> <b>Respond by Nov 30.</b></span></li><li class="gmail_default" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pima County's survey is reached via the headline below. The estimated time to complete is 16 minutes. <b>Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. </b><u><br /></u></span></li></ul><div><h2><a href="https://engagepimacounty.civilspace.io/en/projects/climate-pollution-reduction-plan/engagements/climate-pollution-reduction-plan-survey" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Climate Pollution Reduction Plan Survey</span></a></h2><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) is seeking input from Pima County residents on priorities that can strengthen our clean energy economy, enhance workforce training opportunities, and effectively reduce greenhouse gases while also addressing environmental injustices in disadvantaged communities. Please take this survey to help develop the Pima County Climate Pollution Reduction Plan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Survey here: </b><br /><a href="https://engagepimacounty.civilspace.io/en/projects/climate-pollution-reduction-plan/engagements/climate-pollution-reduction-plan-survey/sections/1" style="color: #1155cc;">https://engagepimacounty.civilspace.io/en/projects/climate-pollution-reduction-plan/engagements/climate-pollution-reduction-plan-survey/sections/1</a></span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail_default"><b>More info from PDEQ</b></span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You may have seen in the news (10/16/23: <a href="https://www.kold.com/2023/10/17/pima-county-wants-public-input-fighting-climate-change/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.kold.com/2023/10/<wbr></wbr>17/pima-county-wants-public-<wbr></wbr>input-fighting-climate-change/</a><wbr></wbr>) that Pima County DEQ has accepted a $1 million non-competitive grant from the U.S. EPA to develop plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and other harmful air pollution in our region.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The goal is to develop a durable and ambitious plan with community leaders that is reflective of our communities’ needs, will strengthen our clean energy economy, enhance workforce training opportunities, and effectively reduce greenhouse gases while addressing environmental injustices in disadvantaged communities.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Please, take the Climate Pollution Reduction Plan Survey </b><b><i>and spread the word to others</i></b>. They would like to learn from the people within Pima County borders<i> </i>including the most vulnerable and underserved communities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i> <a href="http://www.pima.gov/ClimatePlan" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.pima.gov/ClimatePlan</a> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087010075785386527.post-90853131914137928582023-11-20T09:02:00.000-08:002023-11-20T14:36:10.451-08:00Help plan for the future of Tucson<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwlXr8hWnKNrkWY3gtOAv2ZfozH5si5yh958n1QDNI_LORW1j0EXHjaCpNsTdrSJpH0l2MRRf0bmjDhg8zzz_PMxc77uqtBNYyMd06cE23tswfr2GvMtlPGDan1G5mtYoSeEFz1zFudXqs_12UEFZpjs3ac3omZcdNJMv2iuNQyv9h4m3KrMQ8n0iVFI/s570/Plan%20Tucson%202023%20banner%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="570" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwlXr8hWnKNrkWY3gtOAv2ZfozH5si5yh958n1QDNI_LORW1j0EXHjaCpNsTdrSJpH0l2MRRf0bmjDhg8zzz_PMxc77uqtBNYyMd06cE23tswfr2GvMtlPGDan1G5mtYoSeEFz1zFudXqs_12UEFZpjs3ac3omZcdNJMv2iuNQyv9h4m3KrMQ8n0iVFI/w640-h148/Plan%20Tucson%202023%20banner%20.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><h2 align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; text-align: center;">SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND GET INVOLVED:<br style="outline: none;" />JOIN PLAN TUCSON FOR A COMMUNITY FORUM</h2><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">As Planning and Development Service continues to actively seek input from Tucson in shaping the City's general plan, the Plan Tucson team will be hosting two community forums in the coming weeks. Both events allow the public with the opportunity to offer their opinions and help guide the development of future goals and policies.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">To best accommodate the needs of the community, there will be both virtual and in-person gatherings:</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Virtual Community Forum</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Date:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> November 30, 2023</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Time:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Location:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> Online via Zoom</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Register:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span><a class="yiv0922626307editor-rtfLink" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvd--srjoqHdd7s8xwzVBZ43xvCHmjk2ok?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">Virtual Community Forum</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">In-person Community Forum</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Date:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> December 2, 2023</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Time:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Location:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> Fred Archer Center, 1665 S La Cholla Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85713</span></li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; text-align: left;"><strong style="outline: none;">Register:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;"> </span><a class="yiv0922626307editor-rtfLink" href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7Fke0gjC60Oq8c8G2aGW4FbkVjrUkWdLkmhHTSbOHx1UMTk3SjVWWlZUWkZVMU5UR09ZRzNOQ1hTVS4u&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">In-Person Community Forum</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">These forums are more than a platform for feedback; they are a way to celebrate community spirit. Those participating in the virtual forum may win one of several prizes. Attendees of the in-person Community Forum will have the opportunity to enjoy local food, participate in raffles, and engage in activities like Ready Set Rec and nature walks.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">The virtual and in-person meetings come near the midway point of Plan Tucson's Phase Two, which is expected to wrap up next spring. Another round of community forums is being planned for early 2024.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.4; outline: none;">Visit the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cucGxhbnR1Y3Nvbi5vcmcvcmVzb3VyY2VzP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzExMjAuODU5MTY0ODEifQ.Cm6BuytGz_eVaHjNxBfA-fHQD1LeVDoVUDSxCi32CvQ/s/1172398298/br/231229345901-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">Plan Tucson Update page</a> to view the Phase One Community Engagement Summary and to learn more about the Plan Tucson Update.</span></p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv0922626307govd_hr" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none;"><tr class="yiv0922626307govd_hr_inner" style="outline: none;"><td style="outline: none; word-break: normal;" width="100%"><hr style="outline: none;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 align="center" class="yiv0922626307tw-data-text yiv0922626307tw-text-large yiv0922626307tw-ta" dir="ltr" id="yiv0922626307tw-target-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.83em 0px 20px; outline: none; text-align: center;">COMPARTE SUS IDEAS Y PARTICIPA:<br style="outline: none;" />ÚNETE CON PLAN TUCSON EN UN FORO COMUNITARIO</h2><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;">A medida que el Servicio de Planificación y Desarrollo continúa buscando activamente la retroalimentación de Tucson para dar forma al plan general de la ciudad, el equipo de Plan Tucson organizará dos foros comunitarios en las próximas semanas. Ambos eventos brindarán a la comunidad la oportunidad de expresar sus opiniones y contribuir a la formulación de los objetivos y políticas futuras.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;">Para adaptarse mejor a las necesidades de la comunidad, habrá reuniones tanto virtuales como presenciales:</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Foro de la comunidad virtual:</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; text-align: left;">Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 2023</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;">Hora: 17:30 - 19:00</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;">Ubicación: En línea a través de Zoom</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; text-align: left;">Regístrate: <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vdXMwMndlYi56b29tLnVzL21lZXRpbmcvcmVnaXN0ZXIvdFpjdmQtLXNyam9xSGRkN3M4eHd6VkJaNDN4dkNIbWprMm9rP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzExMjAuODU5MTY0ODEifQ.8B1hQ19E9TTTZsXOJHxnXeC2jxEPmVfG9hAGoYPVDcg/s/1172398298/br/231229345901-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">Foro Comunitario Virtual</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Fiesta de retroalimentación en persona:</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none;"><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; text-align: left;">Fecha: 2 de diciembre de 2023</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;">Hora: 10:00 a. m. - 1:00 p. m.</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; outline: none; text-align: left;">Ubicación: Fred Archer Center, 1665 S La Cholla Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85713</li><li style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; text-align: left;">Regístrate: <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZm9ybXMub2ZmaWNlLmNvbS9nL3hTSHZlOHZ5ZGc_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEyMC44NTkxNjQ4MSJ9.EH535PIrnnekK8yMmUicMHRP-pVIj2YhpIXgnUFRliY/s/1172398298/br/231229345901-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">Foro Comunitario</a></li></ul><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;">Estos foros son más que una plataforma para recibir comentarios; son una forma de celebrar el espíritu comunitario. Quienes participen en el foro virtual podrán ganar uno de varios premios. Los asistentes al Foro Comunitario presencial tendrán la oportunidad de disfrutar de comida local, participar en rifas y participar en actividades como Ready Set Rec y caminatas por la naturaleza.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;">Las reuniones virtuales y en persona se acercan a la mitad de la Fase Dos del Plan Tucson, que se espera concluya la próxima primavera. Se está planificando otra ronda de foros comunitarios para principios de 2024.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;">Visite la página de <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cucGxhbnR1Y3Nvbi5vcmcvcmVzb3VyY2VzP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzExMjAuODU5MTY0ODEifQ.j0VudpEibfpsBO7BP2L_9kAfy2uD2V0QKPYhirnvhZ0/s/1172398298/br/231229345901-l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d3e78; outline: none;" target="_blank">Actualización del Plan Tucson</a> para ver el Resumen de participación comunitaria de la Fase Uno y obtener más información sobre la Actualización del Plan Tucson.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"> </p>Jana Segalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252133604991768897noreply@blogger.com0