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Paul Cohen, executive director of Legal Aid of Marin, says there’s a federal act that should provide financial help for the workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are innocent parties who are going to be displaced, and they are going to be able to seek benefits under the act,\" Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen worked on a similar case years ago when BART expanded into Millbrae, displacing 200 families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lunny told the Journal he will have to dump thousands of oysters in Drakes Estero into a landfill. \"This is all pretty tragic for West Marin,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The farm's closure should prove to be the end of a long-running dispute that for some became a proxy battle pitting the federal government and environmentalists against those defending property rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue in the case was the conflict between Lunny’s decade-old campaign to win an extension to the oyster company’s lease and National Park Service plans to designate Drakes Estero, the operation’s site, as wilderness. \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/November-2008/The-Oyster-War/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunny long maintained \u003c/a>that the park service not only could but should extend the 40-year “reservation of use and occupancy” first granted in 1972 when the government bought the property from the operation’s previous owner. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Dan Brekke and Alex Emslie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141513\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/RS9516_Chevron032714-JoshC-5177-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-141513\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/RS9516_Chevron032714-JoshC-5177-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"A section of Chevron’s Richmond oil refinery. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A section of Chevron’s Richmond oil refinery. (Josh Cassidy/KQED) \u003ccite>(Josh Cassidy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Friday July 11: \u003c/strong>The Richmond Planning Commission voted to allow Chevron to go ahead with a proposed $1 billion upgrade of its massive East Bay refinery — but with conditions the company says it has \"grave concerns\" about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In approving \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/chevron/Final+EIR/Volume+3_Final+EIR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the refinery project's environmental impact report\u003c/a> and sending it to the Richmond City Council for a final decision, the commission added three proposals from environmental justice activists. One condition would require stricter pollution emission standards, the second would require a more thorough upgrade of parts of the refinery that handle highly corrosive high-sulfur crude oil, and the third would require the company to participate in \"climate justice mitigation,\" reportedly including a clean-energy jobs program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communities for a Better Environment, the group that put forward the conditions, said after Thursday night's vote that the Chevron EIR is still flawed. But in a statement, Greg Karras, senior scientist for the group, said: “Our vision is to build our long-term clean energy jobs future with the safest least emitting refinery that we can have while it’s still here. The victory tonight is a huge step towards reaching that goal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Planning Commission also selected an alternative operating scenario listed in the environmental impact report that would limit the scope of the refinery upgrade and its future operations. Under the chosen alternative, the facility would handle less high-sulfur crude oil than Chevron has suggested, and the expansion of a unit that processes the high-sulfur oil would be dropped from the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron officials said Friday they're studying the Planning Commission's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're looking into all those things, understanding what impacts those conditions have on our operation as well as the impacts on the community,\" Chevron spokeswoman Nicole Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron says the revised project would result in a “newer, safer, cleaner refinery” that upgrades old equipment and brings 1,000 construction jobs to a community with 12 percent unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Richmond City Council gets the final say on the project in hearings that begin July 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's safe to say that we'll be working with city staff and City Council members in preparation for the meeting,\" Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Thursday, July 10):\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A day after hearing from dozens of people about Chevron's $1 billion proposal to upgrade its refinery in Richmond, the city's Planning Commission \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5956\" target=\"_blank\">is meeting again Thursday evening\u003c/a> to hear more comment. Then it's expected to vote on whether to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/chevron/Final+EIR/Volume+3_Final+EIR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2,500-page environmental impact report\u003c/a> and grant a permit to allow the project to go ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 130 people signed up to speak at Wednesday night's meeting at the John F. Kennedy High School cafeteria — both supporters of the company's refinery plan and critics who say the plan doesn't adequately address pollution and public health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before last night's meeting, Chevron employees passed out hundreds of blue-and-white T-shirts that said, \"A modernized refinery. Another reason to be Richmond proud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think that the modernization project reflects a win-win-win,\" Chevron Richmond Refinery spokeswoman Nicole Barber said. \"A win for Chevron, a win for our workforce and win for the community.\" The company says the project will create 1,000 construction jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said the plan includes $30 million to mitigate greenhouse gases in Richmond, which, along with cap and trade credits, would result in no net increase of greenhouse gases. And Richmond wouldn't see any increase in toxic air particles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many Richmond residents say that doesn't go far enough and continue to push for changes in the project to restrict the amount of higher-sulfur crude oil the refinery will handle, and thus reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The baseline that they're using is already lethal to our community,\" said Andrés Soto, an organizer with Richmond Communities for a Better Environment. \"We want to see actual reductions over time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond mayoral candidate Mike Parker told the Planning Commission that there is broad agreement that upgrades to the refinery should go forward. But Parker says there's room to improve Chevron's proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Richmond has dangerous air quality and high cancer rates and is designated as an impacted community,\" Parker said. \"This is a chance to do something about that. 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Then it's expected to vote on whether to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/chevron/Final+EIR/Volume+3_Final+EIR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2,500-page environmental impact report\u003c/a> and grant a permit to allow the project to go ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 130 people signed up to speak at Wednesday night's meeting at the John F. Kennedy High School cafeteria — both supporters of the company's refinery plan and critics who say the plan doesn't adequately address pollution and public health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before last night's meeting, Chevron employees passed out hundreds of blue-and-white T-shirts that said, \"A modernized refinery. Another reason to be Richmond proud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think that the modernization project reflects a win-win-win,\" Chevron Richmond Refinery spokeswoman Nicole Barber said. \"A win for Chevron, a win for our workforce and win for the community.\" The company says the project will create 1,000 construction jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said the plan includes $30 million to mitigate greenhouse gases in Richmond, which, along with cap and trade credits, would result in no net increase of greenhouse gases. And Richmond wouldn't see any increase in toxic air particles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many Richmond residents say that doesn't go far enough and continue to push for changes in the project to restrict the amount of higher-sulfur crude oil the refinery will handle, and thus reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The baseline that they're using is already lethal to our community,\" said Andrés Soto, an organizer with Richmond Communities for a Better Environment. \"We want to see actual reductions over time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond mayoral candidate Mike Parker told the Planning Commission that there is broad agreement that upgrades to the refinery should go forward. But Parker says there's room to improve Chevron's proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Richmond has dangerous air quality and high cancer rates and is designated as an impacted community,\" Parker said. \"This is a chance to do something about that. Modernization should mean a reduction of toxic air contaminants, period.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EIR includes a legally required \"environmentally superior alternative\" to the company's proposal. The alternative would reduce the amount of high-sulfur crude to be processed at the facility, as community activists want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Hernandez, an attorney retained by the city to work on the environmental impact report, said adopting the alternative would decrease pollutants, both greenhouse gas emissions and toxic particles, compared with Chevron's preferred plan. But either way, she said the plant would become much safer with the upgrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are getting a safer refinery from this project,\" she said. \"There are 17 piping circuits in the crude unit that are being replaced with higher-caliber metal. There are lots more sensors. There are lots more inspection programs. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13037\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/01/Sprinkler.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13037\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/01/Sprinkler.jpg\" alt=\"Proposed rules from state water regulators would limit outdoor watering by homeowners. (Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposed rules from state water regulators would limit outdoor watering by homeowners. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California water officials, confronting the possibility that the state’s drought will continue into a fourth year, are proposing a strict set of new regulations that would bar residential water users from hosing down sidewalks and overwatering their lawns. Violation of the new rules could carry penalties of $500 per violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulations were unveiled Wednesday in Sacramento by Felicia Marcus, chair of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a>. She said the severity of the current drought, now in its third year, makes it imperative to crack down on wasteful water use.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_18562\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/233265512/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=false\" width=\"60%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" align=\"alignright\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see hundreds of thousands of acres of field fallowed this year,” Marcus said during a conference call with reporters. “Thousands of people out of work. We have communities struggling for water, and bathing out of buckets. We have creeks and rivers running dry. And fish and wildlife is also going to be suffering. We also don’t know when it’s going to rain again.. but it’s prudent to act as if it won’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board could adopt the new rules as early as next week. Under \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/drought/docs/emergency_regulations/proposed_emergency_regulations_urban_water_conservation_drought.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the proposed regulations\u003c/a>, each of the following actions would be prohibited:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(1) The application of water to outdoor landscapes in a manner that causes runoff\u003cbr>\nsuch that water flows onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public\u003cbr>\nwalkways, roadways, parking lots, or structures;\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(2) The use of a hose to wash an automobile, except where the hose is fitted with\u003cbr>\na shut-off nozzle or device attached to it that causes it to cease dispensing water\u003cbr>\nimmediately when not in use;\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(3) The application of water to any hard surface, including but not limited to\u003cbr>\ndriveways, sidewalks, and asphalt; and\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(4) The use of potable water in a fountain or other decorative water feature,\u003cbr>\nexcept where the water is part of a recirculating system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(b) The taking of any action prohibited in subdivision (a) of this section is an\u003cbr>\ninfraction, punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each day in which\u003cbr>\nthe violation occurs\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The water board’s proposal gives local water agencies — for instance, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission — leeway to impose and enforce their own water-conservation rules. Urbandistricts would get 30 days to impose outdoor irrigation restrictions, either limiting outside watering to two days a week or taking “comparable measures.” The districts would also be required to file monthly reports on per capita water use among customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to take the lightest touch we can to get the point across,” Marcus said. She added that the water board wants to give “direction to the public about what we as members of the community really ought to be doing to help our fellows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steven Ritchie, assistant general manager of the SFPUC’s water operation, told KQED’s Mina Kim that the state’s proposed restrictions “are good things to do” given the severity of the drought and that they’re similar to measures the agency has already considered. He said his agency will weigh how to enforce the new rules and could adopt a system in which customers get warnings for first violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be consistent with a lot of other things, even regular police and speeding,” Ritchie said. “Lots of times warnings are given instead of actual penalties. I think we’ll want to be sure the punishment fits the crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus said the state is acting now because the voluntary cuts that Gov. Jerry Brown and local water districts have called for have fallen far short of their goals. Brown called for a 20 percent reduction target earlier this year. But a water board report last month said that actual water savings over the previous three years have ranged from 10 percent in the Sacramento region to 2 percent in the Bay Area to 0 percent on the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco water system has set a 10 percent voluntary conservation target for the 2.5 million people it serves, which include residents of the city, most of the Peninsula and parts of southern Alameda County. The SFPUC’s Ritchie says customers are starting to conserve more. He said systemwide water use last week was 234 million gallons, down from 272 million gallons a year ago — a 16 percent reduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are starting to get the message,” Ritchie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim spoke to Paul Rogers, managing editor of KQED Science, about the emergency regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158036788&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Associated Press’s Thursday night report on the state water board’s proposal: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Don Thompson\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wasting water outdoors amid the state’s drought will begin hitting Californians in the wallet under get-tough restrictions being proposed by state regulators, with fines of up to $500 a day for overwatering front lawns or washing a car without a shut-off nozzle on the hose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a> next week is scheduled to consider draft emergency regulations made public Tuesday. The rules are intended to put teeth into conservation efforts that so far have produced disappointing results.\u003cbr>\nMost of the regulations are aimed at reducing outdoor water use in cities and towns, which the board said accounts in some areas for more than half of residents’ daily water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulations would prohibit overwatering of lawns and landscaping that causes runoff onto sidewalks or streets, washing sidewalks, driveways and other hard surfaces, using a hose to wash a vehicle unless the hose has a shut-off nozzle and using drinking water in a fountain or decorative water feature unless the water is recirculated.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘We’re not doing standards here that say you have to kill your lawn. … It just means, think about it.’\u003ccite>— Felicia Marcus,\u003cbr>\nWater Resources Control Board\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Violations would be infractions punishable by fines of up to $500 a day, and tickets could be written by any public employee empowered to enforce laws. While $500 is the daily maximum, most cities are likely to have a sliding scale that starts with a warning and builds for repeat violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a drought of historic proportions,” board Chairwoman Felicia Marcus said. “Many urban water users don’t realize how bad this drought is. They’re not seeing the communities that are actually running out of water. … They don’t see the streams and creeks running dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the board adopts the regulations after hearing comments during a July 15 public meeting in Sacramento, the rules would take effect immediately and remain in effect for nine months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They do not target indoor water use, such as doing the laundry or dishes, although some individual cities and water districts have asked or required their users to reduce overall water consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus said the restrictions to be considered next week represent what the water board considers the minimal level of conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not doing standards here that say you have to kill your lawn,” Marcus said. “It doesn’t mean you can’t take a shower. … It just means, think about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the board might consider additional steps as the drought continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposed rules, urban water agencies would have to implement their water-shortage contingency plans to require mandatory restrictions on outdoor water use, if they have not done so already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water agencies without such a plan would have to act within 30 days to require their residents to restrict outdoor irrigation to no more than two days each week or take other mandatory steps to conserve the same amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water agencies that do not comply could face fines up to $10,000 each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The generally obscure State Water Resources Control Board is assuming a more high-profile role during California’s drought, which has left some communities scrambling for drinking water and led to thousands of farm acres being fallowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board usually regulates such things as wastewater and irrigation discharges to rivers and the ocean, as well as any activity that changes a waterway or harms water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board’s five members, who are appointed by the governor, are acting under Gov. Jerry Brown’s emergency drought proclamation in January and a related executive order in April, as well as drought legislation he signed in March. Last week, for example, the board adopted a different set of emergency regulations that will accelerate enforcement of orders prohibiting some junior water rights holders from diverting water from rivers and streams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The additional restrictions the board will consider next week were proposed after a recent survey of water suppliers serving 25 million Californians showed that current voluntary and mandatory conservation efforts had resulted in just a 5 percent decline in use through May. Brown is seeking a 20 percent reduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found 30 percent of water suppliers had imposed mandatory restrictions that include limits on outdoor irrigation, washing vehicles and filling ornamental fountains and swimming pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water use already was down the last three years because of dry conditions and poor economic conditions, and the survey found a significant reduction this May compared with the previous three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all those who responded said they had increased their conservation outreach, while 40 percent had increased their enforcement and monitoring. Two-thirds of the suppliers are requesting 20 percent water conservation, and 7 percent changed their water rates in response to the drought.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to take the lightest touch we can to get the point across,” Marcus said. She added that the water board wants to give “direction to the public about what we as members of the community really ought to be doing to help our fellows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steven Ritchie, assistant general manager of the SFPUC’s water operation, told KQED’s Mina Kim that the state’s proposed restrictions “are good things to do” given the severity of the drought and that they’re similar to measures the agency has already considered. He said his agency will weigh how to enforce the new rules and could adopt a system in which customers get warnings for first violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be consistent with a lot of other things, even regular police and speeding,” Ritchie said. “Lots of times warnings are given instead of actual penalties. I think we’ll want to be sure the punishment fits the crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus said the state is acting now because the voluntary cuts that Gov. Jerry Brown and local water districts have called for have fallen far short of their goals. Brown called for a 20 percent reduction target earlier this year. But a water board report last month said that actual water savings over the previous three years have ranged from 10 percent in the Sacramento region to 2 percent in the Bay Area to 0 percent on the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco water system has set a 10 percent voluntary conservation target for the 2.5 million people it serves, which include residents of the city, most of the Peninsula and parts of southern Alameda County. The SFPUC’s Ritchie says customers are starting to conserve more. He said systemwide water use last week was 234 million gallons, down from 272 million gallons a year ago — a 16 percent reduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are starting to get the message,” Ritchie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim spoke to Paul Rogers, managing editor of KQED Science, about the emergency regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158036788&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Associated Press’s Thursday night report on the state water board’s proposal: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Don Thompson\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wasting water outdoors amid the state’s drought will begin hitting Californians in the wallet under get-tough restrictions being proposed by state regulators, with fines of up to $500 a day for overwatering front lawns or washing a car without a shut-off nozzle on the hose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a> next week is scheduled to consider draft emergency regulations made public Tuesday. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/drew/\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Jaffe\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Green-Schools-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141165\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Green-Schools-640.jpg\" alt=\"Students at John Muir Elementary sort for composting and recycling, but more Berkeley residents need to recycle in order for the city to meet its 2020 zero waste goal. Photo: Green Schools Initiative\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at John Muir Elementary sort for composting and recycling, but more Berkeley residents need to recycle in order for the city to meet its 2020 zero waste goal. (Green Schools Initiative)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Auditor/Level_3_-_General/A%202_RPTwithCouncilRpt_Zero%20Waste_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recent audit\u003c/a> of several City of Berkeley departments has revealed that the city is in jeopardy of not meeting its zero waste goal by 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution to divert all waste from landfills was adopted by the Berkeley City Council in 2005. According to the city auditor report, the city met the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Auditor/Level_3_-_General/A%202_RPTwithCouncilRpt_Zero%20Waste_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">requirement by Alameda County\u003c/a> to divert 75 percent of readily recyclable materials from landfills in 2010, and it has doubled its waste diversion rate since 1995. But the audit reveals several setbacks, and potential solutions, to achieving the 100 percent goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Auditor Ann-Marie Hogan said getting more Berkeley residents on board with waste reduction will be key to meeting the objectives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Waste-initial-dumping-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141162\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Waste-initial-dumping-640.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley’s recycling of green waste, here being dumped at a Central Valley sorting site, has helped it achieve a waste diversion rate of around 74 percent. Photo: Sean Gin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley’s recycling of green waste, here being dumped at a Central Valley sorting site, has helped it achieve a waste diversion rate of around 74 percent. Photo: Sean Gin\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The auditor’s report offers several recommendations to bolster the city’s progress, and emphasizes the need to create a strategic plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Public Works has already made progress in achieving zero waste, but needs a plan that more clearly identifies short-term goals, who is responsible for these goals, the resources needed to achieve these goals and how to determine if these goals have been met, the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report does not provide an explicit time frame for when such a plan should be developed, but Hogan said that the existence of an overall objective — zero waste by 2020 — will facilitate the process of creating one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s simpler to do a strategic plan for something where you already know what the goal is. Once you know where you want to go, you can concentrate on how you are going to get there and how you are going to be accountable and transparent about your progress,” Hogan said.\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-118795\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Berkeleyside-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo\" width=\"290\" height=\"60\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To achieve zero waste, however, each goal must be customized to the city’s specific needs. According to the report, the city can be most effective by tailoring education, outreach, compliance and enforcement policies to areas with the most room for improvement. This includes targeting certain materials to increase their waste diversion rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report singled out education as one of the most effective instruments in increasing these rates. Campaigns informing residents of the benefits of recycling and composting can significantly reduce unsustainable waste disposal habits, the report said. And, while many people are already on board with waste reduction, Hogan said there are many who have yet to join the movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of people in Berkeley who aren’t recycling yet, and studies in other cities have shown that you get to a certain point of getting people on board with recycling and then it will level off a bit. To reach people who aren’t true believers, you need to do more outreach,” Hogan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan mentioned better labeling, brochures, presentations and email campaigns as potential forms of outreach. If necessary, the city could also provide incentives for citizens to engage in more sustainable practices, either in the form of penalties or prizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141163\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/recycling-cart-320.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141163\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/recycling-cart-320.jpg\" alt=\"The city auditor says there are a lot of people in Berkeley who aren’t recycling yet. Photo: Tracey Taylor\" width=\"320\" height=\"410\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city auditor says there are a lot of people in Berkeley who aren’t recycling yet. Photo: Tracey Taylor\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But none of these initiatives are cheap. A national zero waste summit referenced in the audit suggests that a minimum of $3 per person be spent on education to push waste diversion rates from 70 percent to 100 percent. The city currently has a diversion rate of around 74 percent, and the report recommends that the city should investigate whether more funds for education are needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the potential cost of education and the cost of implementing other Public Works initiatives — like rebuilding the dilapidated transfer station and materials recovery facility — would likely exceed funding allocated to Public Works, which is already operating with a deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/27/berkeley-council-votes-to-increase-garbage-fees-by-25/\" target=\"_blank\">change in the way residents are charged for waste services\u003c/a>, Public Works will have a balanced budget by 2016, according to the report. But council may need to levy additional fees to fund all of the zero waste efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other efforts recommended by the report include biweekly garbage pickup, and greater collaboration with the Department of Information Technology to improve responses to customer complaints and collect more detailed data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Hogan, the auditor’s office began looking into the city’s zero waste goal after a request from Public Works Director Andrew Clough. He wanted to know if data collected by Public Works could be used to better manage operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2013, the audit office began collecting information from Public Works, the city manager, and the Department of Information Technology, Hogan said. Over the next six months, Hogan and her colleagues investigated, researched and came up with preliminary findings. They then received feedback from the audited departments. A finalized report was submitted to the city clerk’s agenda review system in June. The City Council will review the audit on July 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan hopes the council will implement her office’s recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re hoping that this report will help Berkeley make it to the next step,” Hogan said. “[The city] has a lot to be proud of in terms of what they’ve done in achieving their zero waste goal, and this will be a roadmap for how they can accelerate that progress.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Once you know where you want to go, you can concentrate on how you are going to get there and how you are going to be accountable and transparent about your progress,” Hogan said.\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-118795\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Berkeleyside-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo\" width=\"290\" height=\"60\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To achieve zero waste, however, each goal must be customized to the city’s specific needs. According to the report, the city can be most effective by tailoring education, outreach, compliance and enforcement policies to areas with the most room for improvement. This includes targeting certain materials to increase their waste diversion rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report singled out education as one of the most effective instruments in increasing these rates. 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Thousands of repair bills were paid even though they were meritless and based on “false statements, inflated bills … and other red flags,” Hoeper contends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, while her probe was underway, Hoeper says in her claim that Herrera demoted her and shut down the investigation, and then fired her earlier this year. She contends that her demotion and firing were in retaliation for what she said were her efforts to expose financial improprieties — including her suspicion that someone was receiving kickbacks — in the city attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera is out of town and unavailable for comment. In an email, his spokesman, Matt Dorsey, said the claim reflected “baseless allegations of wrongdoing from a disgruntled former employee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we generally cannot discuss personnel issues, the circumstances of Ms. Hoeper’s separation were thoroughly reviewed by outside counsel,” he continued, “and we’re confident that the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office will be vindicated when the case is adjudicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haase declined to comment, and Rothschild didn’t respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tree Roots and Sewer Lines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoeper’s allegations concern several small plumbing companies whose activities have prompted a flurry of homeowners’ complaints to police, city officials and even the FBI, according to documents and interviews. For years, salesmen for the companies went door to door in residential districts, claiming the roots of city street trees were damaging homeowners’ sewer lines and offering to replace them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get the work done, homeowners were told to file legal claims for as much as $10,000 with the city attorney’s office. After the claims were paid, the homeowners were supposed to pay the money to the plumbing contractors, who replaced the sewer lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people who encountered the salesmen suspected a scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Zack and Odilon Vasconcelos, former operators of a hair salon on Guerrero Street, said in interviews that in 2011, a salesman for a plumbing company called Drainbusters Plumbing had obtained their signatures under false pretenses and used them to file a $10,000 claim for a new sewer line for their salon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The claim was “ridiculous,” Zack said, because nothing was wrong with the salon’s plumbing, and the nearest street tree was a sapling so far down the block that its roots couldn’t possibly have extended to the salon. Besides, the men didn’t own the building and thus legally couldn’t file a claim for the repair, he said. Nevertheless, the city attorney’s office approved the claim, court records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suspicious, Zack emailed Mayor Ed Lee and other officials and ultimately called Haase in the city attorney’s claims bureau. Zack said the official told him that the salesman’s conduct was “unethical but not illegal” and told Zack to turn over to the plumbing salesman the $10,000 claim settlement the city had issued to him and Vasconcelos.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> A review of public records shows that from 2009 to 2011, San Francisco paid $8.9 million on about 1,100 claims in these cases. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At first, Zack and Vasconcelos balked, but ultimately they paid the claim money to the plumbing company after being ordered to do so by a judge in small claims court, records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, the owner of a Mission District restaurant called police on a Drainbusters salesman in 2012, after he allegedly pried open a sewer cleanout without permission, according to a police report. The salesman apparently was hoping to convince property owners that tree roots were damaging their sewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riad Khano, owner of Drainbusters, said his company did only necessary, city-authorized sewer line repairs. The city saved significant money by paying private plumbing companies for the work, he claimed, calling Department of Public Works crews notoriously inefficient. The city stopped paying for repairs to private sewer lines because of budget problems, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few people had complained about his salesmen, Khano said, but the complaints were unfounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claim That FBI Tipped Her Off\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her claim, Hoeper says the FBI tipped her to the suspected billing scam in 2011, after agents received a series of complaints from homeowners. Hoeper assigned two investigators to the probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She concluded that the city had no legal responsibility to pay any of the claims. No city in California routinely pays for tree root damage to private sewer lines, she said in her claim, and for most of its history, San Francisco didn’t either. But starting in 2002, the city attorney’s office began approving those claims, sometimes within days after they were submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She contended that her probe found case after case in which sewer lines were being replaced, even though there was no evidence of damage or bills obviously were padded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, six months after it began, Hoeper said she told Herrera of her investigation. Herrera asked her for a written report, she said. Soon after reviewing it, by her account, he removed her as chief trial deputy and transferred her to the district attorney’s office. She said she was fired last January, on the day Herrera was sworn in for his fourth term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A review of public records shows that from 2009 to 2011, San Francisco paid $8.9 million on about 1,100 claims for what the city described as sewer property damage or tree maintenance issues, categories that could include root damage to private sewer lines. The average payout was about $8,000. About 140 claims were rejected. In a handful of cases, payments went to plumbing companies. Usually, payment went to property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public records also show the city stopped paying for private sewer repairs soon after Hoeper says she made her report to Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 20, 2012, city records show that Edward Harrington, then the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, issued a memo saying no claims for “tree root intrusion” should be paid unless he or the city’s public works director personally approved them in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, court records show the city attorney’s office has successfully defended several small claims lawsuits brought by homeowners seeking compensation for tree root damage to their sewer lines. In court, the city’s lawyers contend that the city never has been responsible for paying for such repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera, the city’s top legal officer since 2001, has cultivated an image as a champion of good government and consumer protection. For years, Hoeper was one of Herrera’s closest aides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2003, when a legal newspaper named Hoeper one of the “top 50 women litigators”in California, Herrera issued a news release praising Hoeper for her efforts to stamp out public corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoeper’s claim says Rothschild, the claims bureau chief, was outraged by her investigation of his unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By her account, Rothschild confronted her, angrily declaring, “I will not stand for this.” In another encounter before she was demoted, Hoeper asserted that Rothschild accused her of “picking on” his assistant and threatened a “hunger strike if she persisted with the investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her claim, Hoeper asks to be reinstated and awarded back pay and other damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was edited by Amy Pyle and copy edited by Christine Lee and Nikki Frick. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This story was produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting, an independent, nonprofit newsroom based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 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In an email, his spokesman, Matt Dorsey, said the claim reflected “baseless allegations of wrongdoing from a disgruntled former employee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we generally cannot discuss personnel issues, the circumstances of Ms. Hoeper’s separation were thoroughly reviewed by outside counsel,” he continued, “and we’re confident that the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office will be vindicated when the case is adjudicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haase declined to comment, and Rothschild didn’t respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tree Roots and Sewer Lines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoeper’s allegations concern several small plumbing companies whose activities have prompted a flurry of homeowners’ complaints to police, city officials and even the FBI, according to documents and interviews. For years, salesmen for the companies went door to door in residential districts, claiming the roots of city street trees were damaging homeowners’ sewer lines and offering to replace them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get the work done, homeowners were told to file legal claims for as much as $10,000 with the city attorney’s office. After the claims were paid, the homeowners were supposed to pay the money to the plumbing contractors, who replaced the sewer lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people who encountered the salesmen suspected a scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Zack and Odilon Vasconcelos, former operators of a hair salon on Guerrero Street, said in interviews that in 2011, a salesman for a plumbing company called Drainbusters Plumbing had obtained their signatures under false pretenses and used them to file a $10,000 claim for a new sewer line for their salon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The claim was “ridiculous,” Zack said, because nothing was wrong with the salon’s plumbing, and the nearest street tree was a sapling so far down the block that its roots couldn’t possibly have extended to the salon. Besides, the men didn’t own the building and thus legally couldn’t file a claim for the repair, he said. Nevertheless, the city attorney’s office approved the claim, court records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suspicious, Zack emailed Mayor Ed Lee and other officials and ultimately called Haase in the city attorney’s claims bureau. Zack said the official told him that the salesman’s conduct was “unethical but not illegal” and told Zack to turn over to the plumbing salesman the $10,000 claim settlement the city had issued to him and Vasconcelos.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> A review of public records shows that from 2009 to 2011, San Francisco paid $8.9 million on about 1,100 claims in these cases. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At first, Zack and Vasconcelos balked, but ultimately they paid the claim money to the plumbing company after being ordered to do so by a judge in small claims court, records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, the owner of a Mission District restaurant called police on a Drainbusters salesman in 2012, after he allegedly pried open a sewer cleanout without permission, according to a police report. 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