[calcowgirl]

Ping - Sierra Nevada Conservancy Update - Hearing on Wednesday 8/04/04

Time for more phone calls - tell them to vote NO!

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CURRENT BILL STATUS

MEASURE:               A.B. No. 2600
AUTHOR(S):             Laird.
TOPIC:                 Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
HOUSE LOCATION:        SEN
+LAST AMENDED DATE:    05/20/2004


TYPE OF BILL:   Active
                Non-Urgency
                Non-Appropriations
                Majority Vote Required
                Non-State-Mandated Local Program
                Fiscal
                Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE:  06/30/2004
LAST HIST. ACTION:     From committee:  Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on  APPR.
                       Re-referred.  (Ayes  6. Noes  3.).
COMM. LOCATION:        SEN APPROPRIATIONS
HEARING DATE:          08/04/2004

TITLE:   An act to add Division 23.3 (commencing with Section
         33300) to the Public Resources Code, relating to the
         Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

AB 2600

HISTORY

STATUS

[NormsRevenge]

Whack-a-mole Bump

[calcowgirl]

For anyone who doesn't understand why this is an issue, there are some great articles at the Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. (prfamerica.org)

Here's a snip from one:

Nationalization of Land — A Wake-Up Call

An article in the March 2002 issue of PERC Reports by Matt Ridley, entitled “Controlling the British Countryside,” should serve as a wake-up call for those in the U.S. of A. who might be concerned about the erosion of freedom and private property rights, and the gross nationalization of lands that is pervasive in this great country. It would appear that the citizenry is in a deep sleep or spend too much time at the cabaret.

Mr. Ridley, incidentally, is a well-known British author who is obviously concerned about further liberal invasions in an already socialistic society. Many would say that such intrusive behavior is foreign to America, but they had better reconsider when they hear the sequence of events that produced the current degree of land nationalization in England. The reader will undoubtedly repeatedly say “my gosh, that sounds familiar.”

According to Ridley, the process is not, of course, called nationalization, but rather it usually goes under the name of environmental policy. The effect is to remove, one by one, the property rights of landowners. It proceeds with virtually no interruption. Unfortunately, only a few people, like the author, think it is a bad thing. Obviously, they do not get it, anymore than the bulk of U.S. citizens.

(snip)

WAKE UP Everyone. Speak out now!