SCCA is pleased to award Marylee Guinon the Leadership & Sustainability Award for her tireless work on fire safe roads. The Threat The State Board of Forestry’s Fire Safe Regulations have long required safe concurrent firefighter access and civilian evacuation for all new development in the fire-prone Wildland Urban Interface […]
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Please join us at the November 4th Planning Commission Meeting to demand stronger protection against Oak and Forest Land conversion in the county. Scientists agree, protecting existing forests is the best low-cost approach for immediately sequestering large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, ultimately reducing our adverse impacts on the […]
Dear Commissioners, Thank you for your continued dedication to California and for the hours of testimony and input you have collated and guided over the past year. As you continue to look beyond visualizations and begin to craft, tweak, and adopt final boundaries for California’s state representatives, Sonoma County Conservation […]
SCCA joins the Sonoma County Democratic Party, Wine Country Young Democrats, North Bay Labor Council, President Joe Biden and many, many others in endorsing a ‘No’ on the upcoming Gavin Newsom recall. The recall is powered by a partisan, Republican coalition of national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, QAnon conspiracy theorists, anti-immigrant activists and Trump supporters. They want […]
Fight back against big money in local politics and help STOP a BULLY District Attorney Jill Ravitch is under attack and nothing short of the independence of the Sonoma County’s DA’s office is at stake. Recall Ravitch, the “organization” behind this petition has just one funding source: millionaire developer […]
Recently SCCA’s Aja Henry was featured on KCBS radio with Megan Goldsby! Listen to SCCA make a case for stronger tree and forest land protects for our county “A group of conservationists in Sonoma County are looking to put a halt on developers cutting down oak trees. As KCBS’ Megan Goldsby […]
SB 467 Oil well setbacks, fracking ban SB 467 would put a stop to new hydraulic drilling and other enhanced oil recovery techniques. Senators Wiener and Limon, along with Senator Allen and Assembly Members Stone and Kalra, have introduced the bill to ramp up the fight to protect the public […]
Conservation Action is shocked and horrified reading the credible accusations of sexual assault made against Dominic Foppoli by multiple women in the San Francisco Chronicle story today. We absolutely condemn such behavior, and call on Mr. Foppoli to resign immediately as Mayor of Windsor. Our endorsement of Mr. Foppoli in […]
Sonoma County’s native oak forests and woodlands are under attack and we have a great opportunity to make a real impact in our county’s future. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is currently formulating their 5-year strategic plan and they must include real oak and forest land protections. For decades […]