The New Oligarchy: ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The Town Hall was well attended, with hundreds of people participating in-person and on Zoom. Key takeaways:
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ
77 property owners control over 50% of the acreage. The structure of this plan gives landowners one vote per acre. The largest property owner, a corporation based in Salt Lake City, controls 11,817 acres. This means ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ
Decisions will take place in secrecy. According to their own documents, one of the stated objectives is "๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐." The structure of the district means it will not be covered by the Brown Act, so there will be no opportunity to attend meetings, give public input, or even know what has gone on or been decided.
๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ฒ: ๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ
about how the aquifer is managed and used. The richest landowners, many of whom don't even live in the North State, will have near total control of the aquifer, a public resource on which we all depend.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐.
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The most important thing we can do right now is contact the decision makers. Follow this link for a list of the organizations and individuals to contact.
If you'd like to learn more, review all the slides from last night's meeting, or watch the video of the meeting.
Read the article on the proposed district in the Chico ER
Read Jim Brobeck's guest commentary about it from Chico News & Review
Listen to the recording of the 8/25 edition of The Real Issue on KZFR Radio 90.1FM to hear Sue Hilderbrand interview Jim McCabe, one of the Town Hall speakers, and Jim Brobeck from Aqua Alliance about this issue.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ
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