Support the Santa Cruz Chemical Trespass Ordinance

WE THE PEOPLE OF SANTA CRUZ%uFFFDARE COMING TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE BACK LOCAL CONTROL OF PESTICIDE USE!
In the fall of 2007, the State of California, under Federal mandate, aerial sprayed pesticides over the Monterey Bay Area in an attempt to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). As a result, 643 people reported illnesses, thousands of seabirds died, countless household pets were sickened, and bees disappeared. With the guidance of Global Exchange and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), we have written an ordinance that will keep the City of Santa Cruz safe from future pesticide assaults forever:
Help support THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ LOCAL CONTROL, PESTICIDE and CHEMICAL TRESPASS ORDINANCE, which bans corporations from engaging in the bulk application of pesticides, establishes strict liability and burden of proof%uFFFD standards for chemical trespass, asserts the right of the community to make decisions regarding the use of pesticides, and recognizes the rights of natural communities and ecosystems not to be poisoned.