The fight against desalination in Santa Cruz, 2010 til today.
Posts Tagged: Measure P
Santa Cruz City Council Holds Back on Desal
Call it another, smaller victory for opponents of the $120-plus million desal plant project in Santa Cruz, in the wake of Measure P’s success. The Santa Cruz City Council voted last week to approve some—but not all—of the $390,000 the water department requested for the project’s next steps.
Local Desal Opponents Get Ambitious After Victory
As it became clear on election night that Measure P would win by a landslide, Rick Longinotti spelled out a new agenda for desal opponents: “This changes everything,” he said. “City council will know they can’t win a vote on desalination.”
Scenes From Election Night in Santa Cruz
Election night in Santa Cruz County this year was nothing like the scene in 2008—no celebrations in the streets, no climbing on cars, and a foggy stillness had set into downtown Santa Cruz by the time newly re-elected President Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech. But Democrats and Republicans did gather last night around the county to watch the results,
