Letter: MBCA Joins Protest Against Increased Utility Tax

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MBCA Joins Protest Against Increased Utility Tax

In a letter to the California Legislature and Governor, MBCA joined 127 organizations and community leaders requesting they repeal Public Utilities Code Section 739.9 that requires public utilities to add a fixed charge to electricity bills based on customer income. “That would be three to twelve times the national average for such a fixed charge.” While the premise of income-based charges sounds positive, the letter includes a link to a study that demonstrates how such action will have negative financial consequences over time for many in the population it allegedly would aid. In addition, this provision of the Budget Bill was enacted without any public hearings or discussion. The short letter provides background information and links to helpful documents explaining the position of the signers.

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Eblast August 13, 2023

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  • Short-Term Rentals Community Meetings
  • Mojave Air Quality Management District Community Meeting
  • Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Information Event
  • County Land Use Services Open House
  • Pioneertown and Land Use in The Morongo Basin Item 1
 
 
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MBCA Director David Fick Receives Minerva Hoyt Desert Conservation Award

The Joshua Tree National Park Association announced Idavid Graficks as recipient of the 2022 Minerva Hoyt Desert Conservation Award, honoring both owner David Fick and the late Ida Foreman Fick, partners in life, business, and an unending commitment to environmental preservation. David has been an MBCA Director for more than two decades. He joins previous recipients affiliated with MBCA including the original award recipient and MBCA's founder Susan Lucky Reilly (2004), Ruth and Steve Rieman (2012), and Pat Flanagan (2017). The Association's Press Release details David's long-time dedicated advocacy that we within MBCA know so well. An award ceremony is expected to be held in late September. 
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Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Recommendations Sent

MBCA is among four regional conservation non-profits recommending together in this letter that the draft of the San Bernardino County Regional Conservation Investment Strategy be edited to meet statute requirements regarding quantifiable goals and gap analysis. In addition, MBCA along with Mojave Desert Land Trust, California Desert Coalition, and The Wildlands Conservancy suggest the use of the 2012 Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Report to enrich the evaluative data for habitat value. 
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Letter: Group Comments on San Bernardino County Regional Conservation Investment Strategy

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MBCA Joins Appeal to BLM to Stop Cadiz Water Project

Once again MBCA and many other concerned organizations have made an appeal to prevent the export of precious desert water by Cadiz, Inc. They have again requested permission from the Bureau of Land Management for right-of-way access to an existing pipeline. The letter signed by MBCA and 45 other groups summarizes the harm that would be caused and notes a previous denial of permission that had been granted under the Trump administration and requests another denial. (You can read a number of prior MBCA News posts about Cadiz by using our SEARCH function.)
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Letter: Group Opposing Cadiz Water Project

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Letter: MBCA Supports Sensible Power Plant Emissions Controls

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MBCA Supports Sensible Power Plant Emissions Controls

MBCA has joined clean energy supporters across the country in requesting that their local utility (Southern California Edison in our case) clarify their commitment to decarbonization of power plants. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the industry’s trade organization, is planning to oppose some of the sensible emission control standards of the Biden administration’s climate legislation. Read the Los Angeles Times editorial that has many helpful links, and the national letter MBCA signed for more details.  

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