2/12/25 Make Polluters Pay
BIG PUSH this year to enact this bill. We need to make the oil companies pay for fires and other climate crises. Details here.
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2022
Link to SC4B recommendations on propositions in our local ballots
Link to complete list of Climate related bills passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor in 2022
9/24/21 Action Plan
8/13/21 LINE 3 DIVESTMENT ACTION
a group of 25-30 marched and enacted a skit involving pipelines and an oil spill. We were protesting Line 3, a toxic tar sand carrying pipeline through indigenous land in Minnesota.
Shelter in Place Activism
Ideas from 350.org
- VIRTUAL ART BUILD BANNERS FOR CLIMATE STRIKES during COVID April 2020
How it works – Great ideas from David Solnit 350
- Each person volunteers for a letter
- They make their letter on a double sheet of paper (2 (8.5×11) = 11×17)
- They take a photo of themselves holding the letter
- Email photo to organizer who prints and maybe mounts them
- Complete details and video
Our currently active campaigns include
Requests to County and City Detailed document with many categories – Spring 2020
City of Santa Cruz AND Co. of Santa cruz Emergency Climate resolutions 2018/9
Public Banking – new group “People for Public Banking”
Divestment – how to make sure your money is NOT helping BIG OIL
City of Santa Cruz Climate Adaptation Plan – not perfect but will help raise public and civic awareness
Education – lots of local work in this area – see Education page
Fight the Parking Garage – see Transportation Page and link to Campaign for Sensible Transportation
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network 