The Board of Supervisors this week unanimously passed a resolution that endorses the Declaration of a Climate Emergency in Contra Costa County.
The resolution “demands accelerated actions on the climate crisis and calls on local and regional partners to join together to address climate change.”
The resolution states: ”WHEREAS, the COVID-19 crisis could mark a turning point in progress on climate change and there will be a need for a resilient recovery after the pandemic, and Contra Costa County’s capacity to act depends largely on our ability to work together in solidarity to build the bridge between fighting COVID-19, biodiversity loss, and climate change.”
“It is our hope and vision that Contra Costa County dedicates itself to making important and significant progress to address climate change now and in the years ahead,” said Board Chair, Supervisor Candace Andersen. “We must continue our work to be good stewards of the environment for future generations.”
The Declaration of a Climate Emergency resolves to achieve a range of initiatives, including:
- Contra Costa County establishes an interdepartmental task force to focus on urgent implementation of the Climate Action Plan.
- The County considers its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and can incorporate the County’s climate goals.
- The County seeks input from the community (with a special focus on highly impacted Environmental Justice communities), workers, and business/industry to help the County plan for a “Just Transition” away from a fossil-fuel dependent economy.
- The County will prioritize the implementation of its Climate Action Plan in order to achieve greenhouse gas reductions.
- The County considers impacts on residents, especially the young, the elderly, low-income or communities of color, and other vulnerable populations.
The Climate Emergency resolution further calls for “a unified Countywide voice around climate change and strengthen the call for state and federal actions and funds to address the economic, social, public health, and national security threats posed by the climate crisis.”
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What a load of malarkey.
WHEREAS we the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors have lost our collective minds, we will be issuing an edict requiring all county citizens to trade in their cars for bicycles.
There is no such thing as global warming. Climate change has always existed. There has been a drastic reduction in traffick. Arsonists are the reason for the smoke. This is a hoax.
Bantha Fodder
They care more about global warming than they do opening schools.
VOTE THEM OUT!
I’d really like to know if there is a way to throw them out rather than wait for a vote. There has to be a no-confidence option.
they aborted their own children so they don’t need to think about that kind of stuff
Regarding the climate plan, I have little trust in the established leadership at county level or at city level to do much of anything, without intense pressure for the public. Certainly Concord city council has shown no interest in developing a climate resilience strategy, and climate change is never a topic during council meetings.
Regarding schools, there are some private schools that have reopened. The county also has a process to allow public schools to reopen. If the Covid numbers continue to decline like they have been, school districts could allow students back sometime this current semester. However, school districts won’t be required to reopen if they don’t want to, and some schools might only partially reopen. Part of the criteria will be for schools to break classes in half. Instead of 30 students per teacher on average, there will be 15 students on average per teacher. Districts will need to hire new teachers and new substitute teachers.
The Ice Age is over baby!
The Earth has been getting warmer ever since and you can’t do a damned thing about it!
It is what it is and that’s how it must be…. besides, it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature… she’ll fudge your ship up!
(yes…..saying it nicely, but you know!).
Cool, so civic administrators feel they have time and money to allocate to a plan that can’t yet prove will actually fix the identified problem. Rather than putting those resources into getting our kids in school. Makes sense.
Your tax dollars go to new programs like this. A money pit. Creating cushy new jobs for privileged bureaucrats.
how else has joe, nancy, kalama and the rest got rich? they have never run a business, nancys grapes being the exception i guess, i hear she gets free rides in military helicopters because she is the third most powerful person in the country… for now… fingers crossed that changes soon 🙂
It sounds like an attempt to shut down the refineries is coming up. We could be seeing gas at $20+/gallon in a few years.
They better shut down the gravel pits, too. So greater source of pollution in the Clayton/Concord area.
Where the F are all the lawyers? These idiots are following a global script. Vote them out now or prepare to fully submit your children’s lives to the beast system they have created.
The plan is to get everyone out of their cars and into the bus. It is why they aren’t fixing the roads, and have the purchase of additional buses their top priority. It is why they presented the voters with the extensive tax increase in March from the Transportation Authority. They have recycled it and are putting in on the ballot again in November. The only way to defeat this is to vote “No” on any tax measures presented in November.
The Board of Supervisors seem to think we are in a perpetual state of crisis…God help us all!
Is this from The Onion???
Here we go again. Wasting more money so they can try and raise taxes because we have no money. Woo is me
All of you who voted for these idiots, go look in the mirror and start slapping yourself to try to knock some sense into your addled brain.
oh for hell sakes…
Preparing the next emergency to control our lives once Covid fades.
THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.
Tell us all….How did “covid” make things worse for the climate when Only 25% were driving????
sorry friend, you are applying logic to those who are without it.
good luck to us all!
Plausible, however I think when we dismiss them as illogical, we remove the sick and twisted plan that we all know about to do exactly what they are doing. The Strong Cities Network is part of the UN AGENDA 2021 and AGENDA 2030. If you think this is bad going into 2021 just wait till the 2030 AGENDA kicks in. If people really want to take our locals to task we would demand immediate withdrawal from the STRONG CITIES NETWORK and any other treasonous agreements made by the city, state and county.
This is Agenda 2030. Agenda 21 was non-binding but they were disappointed that cities didn’t adopt their recommendations so they created Agenda 2030. There is a YouTube video interviewing one of the 2030 authors (from Denmark I think) explaining this.
These emergency declarations have become the new tactic to circumvent the democratic process.
Excellent- I looked up and learned the meaning of two new terms from these posts- Bantha fodder and Environmental Justice Community. If these supervisors want to start somewhere, I would suggest they ban or limit the use of gas powered blowers. I had 3 different clowns blowing exhaust and ash into the air on my street at 8am this morning. They were successful in re coating my vehicles and yard with a nice layer of ashes after cleaning up yesterday. Almost came unhinged and went into whirling dervish mode on them but decided to save it for another day.
don’t these idiots have anything better to do?
wait,democrats/progressives… answered my own question
I don’t believe you have the power to do such a thing if you were going to declare anything you should declare a progressive liberal emergency that’s what we need to get rid of. These people are well on their way to destroying this county and state I don’t believe for a minute it has anything to do with the climate it’s all about control of the people they’re gearing up for a biden win. They’re going to be very upset when he loses in a historic way.
Emergency resolutions and orders are what politicians do when they don’t want to have public debate about their actions. We are already subject to rolling blackouts and flex alerts because the state has forced public utilities to abandon perfectly good power plants using clean burning natural gas and nuclear, which emits no CO2 at all. The only thing this resolution will generate is more emergencies!
https://recallgavin2020.com/
If I didn’t know better, I would be laughing at these clowns. What other crap can they keep coming up with? I think mental illness might be a catching disease because it sure runs rampant in California. Good lord, try to save us from all of this…please!!
Amen!
Too late! California has gone over the cliff and is about to dive into the lake of insanity. Escape is the best option if it is available to you.
Sell your house and move while you can.
We just did!
Me too! It’s like Green Acres out here….. the folks are kinda laid back and not protesting anything, but cause any fuss in this neighborhood & do you know what they will call you?
“An Ambulance” that’s what.
No more Spare the Air Days, no more power outages or planned shut downs, no more wild land fires, no more ash and smoky skies, no more lousy CA politics, no more Gavin NewScum, no more traffic.
Blue skies, green trees, fresh air. What’s the choice again?
Mark my words: They are going to say that the “covid” boogie man is being spread by our cars.
Check out Ice Age Farmer on YT, he has been spot on regarding what’s coming.
But now these UNELECTED COWARDS can hide with their addresses being hidden, eventually they’re going to be given body guards.
They can’t consistently provide electricity to our homes yet we’re going to eliminate fossil fuels? There are a lot of emergent problems in the county but climate isn’t one of them. And what the hell does climate change have to do with Covid 19 which they are doing an incredibly poor job of handling.
Another waste of money. Remember this on election day. Put the money in the schools. And teach our kids to be proud of themselves and country.
They’ll have to start with a diplomatic trip to China to request China limit their manufacturing which is causing pollution to drift across the Pacific into California. Of course, we know the Chinese will be more than willing to cooperate because they have always had our best interests at heart. My question is, however, are they using this “emergency” to build more and more densely located housing which they feel will help with climate change? Because we all know that’s how it works.
What does Covid-19 have to do with our weather? NOTHING. Never waste an opportunity. Sounds like a Demo plan. Spend your time and our $$$$ on getting our kids back in school. We can shop side by side but our kids can’t do the same things in order to get back in class. Two hours a day on the computer is NOT a good education. We need to never vote for an incumbent in our next city election. Vote them all out and start all over. We need new blood, New leadership!! I VOTE!
Currently my 2 year old has been going to preschool 3 hours a day, 5 days a week for the past 3 months. Not one case of COVID at the school of 2, 3, 4 year olds. However, my 8 year old cannot attend school due to COVID. If you can get 2 year olds to social distance, wash their hands and avoid this virus, why can’t our schools do the same? My 2 year old is getting a better education!
Chen,
Apparently 2-year-olds have a better sense of the facts than politicians….
It’s a good time to be a retired teacher. I don’t have to get COVID and teach fake history..
Thank you for publicly stating that fake history is being taught in our Public schools. This is a travesty that has gone on for far too long. Not teaching our high school graduates Civics, but requiring Kindergarten age children to learn, “I Have Two Daddies”. Vote Democrats out if you can’t leave Cali.
I second that thank you. We need to hear more first person accounts from teachers. We know people in various CA MT areas who give us news regarding their children’s education. So least one in every school was fearful of losing job. They thought escape to rural area would eliminate fake education. Not so. And yes. The children were indoctrinated about I have two mommies. We will be paying for transgender mutilation soon. Leave those kids aLONE!
Kids are doing better at home. Kids don’t have all the social issues along with learning. Way more gooder for them.
Obviously spoken by an educated individual. 🙂
Ban GAS powered leaf blowers that spew GAS in your neighborhoods and downtown everyday, multiple times a day.. Only second grade level mentality cannot see this as a pollution problem and I’ won’;t even go into the noise they create.
Other cities are smarter than ours AND BANNED THEM LONG AGO.
Newsom should be banning them for all of California instead of talking about electric cars years from now., Using his head for something other than a gel magnet,.
If you don’t like the leaf blowers get some ear plugs. Your feelings don’t overrule others.
@AuntBarbara…Don’t you get tired of spouting off about gas leaf blowers?…seriously. Now, back to my “Fun with Dick and Jane” book.
@Aunt Barbara….Ohhhh, now I understand. It’s not really the fumes and noise you hate. “Very interesting”-Arte Johnson
It’s not just the hair gel. Newsom lost a lot of critical brain cells during his cocaine-fueled mayoral terms. It’s called “Post-Cocaine Syndrome”
It’s marked by idiotic and reprehensible decision making. We know, of course, Newsom clearly wasn’t very good at that even to begin with.
That’s IT, vote these KNEE JERK follow the leaders OUT of office.
I think it’s funny how they “…’DEMAND”(s) accelerated actions…” when they are a part of a bureaucracy that is slow as molasses on a cold winter day.
It’s all about control.
They will never relinquish the power they have assumed because of the virus panic.
Voting them out of office is the best thing we can do. Replace them with new people who will rescind these power-grabbing proclamations.
The people have the power, use it.
BTW, we’re in a solar minimum. When these occur there is generally global cooling not global warming. You’ll probably still get some occasional little heat waves but over all the planet will be cooling. Remember the longer than usual cooler temps we had starting last fall and way into spring? It happened in other countries too. Longer cold spells mean long flu and cold seasons. I think the Sups are stuck in global warming mode.
If you think I’m making this up go check the NASA site. They’ve been studying these since 1989. The big one known in history was in the mid 1600s and lasted about 50 years.
The Sups were never educated on the subject in the first place. They vote with feelings and empty heads on everything. A bunch of goons that choose to be ignorant only by laziness. Remind me again why we have a BOS? They don’t seem to represent the public in any way.
DEMAND IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE STRONG CITIES NETWORK. ITS THE UNITED NATIONS PLAN TO TAKE OVER YOUR COUNTRY
Expect similar nonsense across the state. Under the guise of Covid and Climate they hope to justify additional legislative crap designed to cost working people money. Look for a push on a wealth tax soon, to steal from people leaving the state.
It’s all about money folks…….
Meanwhile, California closes another prison….
watch how the legislators refer to us as “general population” which is a term used in prison. so maybe for them we are all in a prison already.
Yes, it is all about control. The fools in charge are preparing for the transition from Covid-19 control to the next issue. Folks, you and I will never get our freedom back unless we rise up and stop this one way or another.
You’re right. Discussing COVID control when our children are missing a second school year because of it is beyond ridiculous.
Tax measures haven’t even been voted on yet, and they are already spending the money.
It’s like Clinton and the news telling Biden not to concede under any circumstances. They plan on rigging the vote like they always do.
As always. California… 54+ billion in debt. Nancy trying to bail her pathetic nephew Gav out on our Federal tax dollars… pft.
Ever notice how all these “leaders” are the kids in high school way back when, with their noses in everyone’s business, thinking they were so important, and running for class president and such? Basically, they are all as useless now as they were then.
Will the voters who keep electing these people please stop before it’s to late!
Absolutley not!
You would think they supervisors would be concerned about the economy and the education of our children. Crime is up in the County. Homelessness everywhere, and trash lines the county everywhere you turn your head. Our beautiful Contra Costa is no longer a beautiful and safe place to live. WE have effectively moved into the third world county culture. Need to vote these tyrannical supervisors out and replace them with people who actually are capable and care for the community.
But anyone who would try to push back would immediately be called a racist colonizer who rejects the need to embrace intersectionality.
The question is who is there to run against these goons? No sane people seem to be running anymore.
Remember folks this isnt about anything but CONTROL!
One of the best comments above is questioning if this is from The Onion. This Declaration is such a mishmash potato salad mess it looks like satire. Its got global warming, Covid-19, biodiversity, the economy and social justice all thrown into a mixing bowl. What a mess and the overuse of political poster words like vision, solidarity, urgent, impact and so on make me wonder if some lower level bureaucrat author purposely wrote up “The Onion” version for fun that these dolts could not even recognize as satire as they voted on it.
It’s all because they’re unable and unwilling to tackle the more immediate problems facing us. It’s easier to do something that might or might not happen in 20-30 years, as everyone will have forgotten about it.
Especially given the microsecond-long attention span of today’s voters.
“The County seeks input from the community (with a special focus on highly impacted Environmental Justice communities), workers, and business/industry to help the County plan for a “Just Transition” away from a fossil-fuel dependent economy.”
I wonder if these comments were the input they were hoping for.
Comments such as I see here will be filed in the circular bin with the Trump votes.
Kudos CCC!
They’ve got their fingers on the pulse of self-interest!
Same thing happens in Concord, where Concord only made a resolution to fix the roads and is in the process of settling up a task force to decide on which pot holes to fix.
Made my month to see the comments here! Who are all the stupid people following Dems anymore? I’m so glad they aren’t as overwhelming in numbers as our media would like us to believe. And as far as the CoCo BOS… what a joke! Haven’t had a good Board since the 80’s!
Keep living in that bubble.
Wow…. can’t imagine who moderates comments here? Not really. It’s pretty obvious by what doesn’t stick.
What are you going on about?
How about pollution? Why don’t they enforce the laws we already have. We have cars and trucks and motorcycles with modified mufflers. The louder the vehicle the more pollution they spew. It’s both air and noise pollution. Let’s see them tackle that first. They can’t tackle vechile polluters but they are gonna take on the climate. Good luck.
it certainly is encouraging as I read all the many comments…to know that my family is not the only one who feels this way. It has never been more important to vote.But then who is running against these people who have put us in this predicament…Where are they? I do suppose that getting right with God and praying would be the thing to do at this time. This is like a runaway train. Our hope is in the Almighty who gave us such a wonderful country.
Time to vote Supervisor Federal Glover out this November
This state can’t manage it’s power grid worth a s**t and they want to transition to electric vehicles. Hmm…
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