HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/21/2018 Item 15, Veium
Christian, Kevin
From:eric@slocleanenergy.org on behalf of Eric Veium <eric@carbonfreeslo.org>
Sent:Monday, August 20, 2018 9:24 AM
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Kristen Hazard; Barry Rands; Justin Bradshaw; Lauren Rueda; John Smigelski; Erik
Steeb; June Cochran; Read, Chris; Hill, Robert
Subject:RE: Consent Agenda Item 15 - Support for Yes on Measure G
Attachments:APPROVED - SLO Climate Coalition Resolution Supporting YES on Measure G - Ban
Oil and Gas.pdf
Honorable Mayor and Council,
Please see attached a resolution by the SLO Climate Coalition Task Force supporting Yes on Measure G in the November
2018 General Election.
We strongly encourage your adoption of the proposed resolution to support Yes on Measure G on your council's consent
agenda tomorrow night and also encourage you to be outspoken in your support of Measure G in the run-up to the
election in November.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Highest regards,
Eric Veium
Task Force Chair
SLO Climate Coalition
(805) 835-3669
eric@carbonfreeslo.org
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A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO CLIMATE COALITION TASK FORCE
SUPPORTING MEASURE G ON THE NOVEMBER 2018 BALLOT TO BAN NEW OIL
WELLS, PREVENT FRACKING, AND PROTECT GROUNDWATER QUANTITY AND
QUALITY.
The mission of the San Luis Obispo (SLO) Climate Coalition Task Force is to leverage
community expertise, creativity, and resources in order to multiply San Luis Obispo’s
efforts to become carbon free.
The Coalition promotes deep energy efficiency and conservation, full electrification of
homes, businesses, and transportation, using carbon free electricity, reducing waste,
and leaving carbon in the ground.
Measure G supports the Coalition’s mission by prohibiting future petroleum extraction in
San Luis Obispo County. Measure G allows existing operations to continue as
nonconforming uses that cannot be expanded or intensified.
Expansion of oil extraction across the county is proposed in the form of hundreds of
new steam injection production wells, fracking operations, and toxic wastewater
injection wells that pose a significant threat to groundwater, human health, and the
climate.
Oil and gas are major contributors to the global climate crisis. The extraction,
processing, and use of oil and gas unequally impacts underrepresented communities
and communities of color. Climate change as a whole adversely impacts those with the
least among us. We believe at this late hour, we as a community, a country, and a
planet need to do everything in our power to make sure that oil and gas is left in the
ground.
Climate change poses serious risks to coastal San Luis Obispo County including
changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, fire risks, and water availability, as well
as rising sea levels and altered coastal conditions. Rising ocean levels and increasing
storm surges threaten San Luis Obispo’s coastal communities and infrastructure. Rising
temperatures and droughts will have significant impacts on the county’s water supply
and agricultural economy. The length of the fire season and area burned in wildfires are
predicted to increase putting our homes and health at risk. Greatly intensified storms
and flooding, also predicted as a result of climate change, will harm the entire county.
San Luis Obispo County residents want to lead efforts to slow climate change by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing a clean energy economy.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the SLO Climate Coalition Task Force supports YES
on Measure G in the November 2018 General Election.