Basic Courtroom Etiquette The Superior Court is a solemn place of justice within the San Diego Hall of Justice. Audiences for court hearings must remain absolutely silent, in and immediately outside the Court. Clapping, or even whispering during a court hearing are strictly prohibited and could result in forcible removal by the Bailiff. In the upcoming hearing, our attorneys may have only minutes to make their arguments before the…
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WHAT: San Diego Water Protectors – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Call Swarm WHY: To put the issue of San Onofre Nuclear Waste on the San Diego Board of Supervisors’ meeting Agenda WHO: Dianne Jacob and Ron Roberts; Co-Chairs of San Diego Board of Supervisors Sub-Committee on San Onofre WHERE: Any Telephone WHEN: Monday, March 13th, 2017 – 8 AM to 5 PM HOW: Call Dianne Jacob at…
Public Watchdogs’ geologist just gave Southern California a jolt. He predicted a 100% chance of a nuclear disaster at San Onofre (get the video “100% Chance” here). If you haven’t heard, Edison is about to bury tons of radioactive nuclear waste from San Onofre on our State Beach. If you have heard, then it’s probably because of the hard work of Public Watchdogs. Incorporated as an…
How safe is the nuclear waste at San Onofre? Test your knowledge and level of safety now by taking our 1-minute “San Onofre Radioactive Waste I.Q. test.” Take the I.Q. Test here.
This three-page letter articulates grave concerns about the nature of emergency planning at the new defunct SONGS, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. It was written by the Chair of the California Energy Commission. It contains strong objections to Southern California Edison’s plans to completely eliminate funding and offsite response capabilities to a radioactive nuclear waste disaster. (Get the full story and additional background here).
CEP Presentation 11-10-16 (visuals embedded into document) from http://www.sanclementegreen.org/ Gary Headricks was unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to an emergency eye surgery and asked me to take his place. I am glad to have this opportunity to participate in your panel discussion to consider the CEP’s performance for the past three years and to give constructive criticism and make suggestions for where to go…
11 reasons why storing nuclear waste 108 feet from San Onofre State Beach is a bad idea To get a copy of this document as a print-friendly pdf, click here Situation Analysis: Southern California Edison has completed the burial of 73 gigantic cans of deadly radioactive nuclear waste from the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The waste is being stored 108 feet from the…
Getting to Know Your Elected Officials The first in a series on how to put your elected officials to work for you. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board of Directors This is your jumping off point – This series of three short articles to show you how to take one bite at a time out of the “elected official elephant.” The first step in kicking butt is taking names…
THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING By Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member If you want a face-to-face meeting with an elected official then I highly recommend that you read the previous articles in this series and implement at least some of the suggestions about developing a relationship with their office, staff and the elected official first. If you haven’t then I can pretty much guarantee that you will…
How to initiate communication. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member In our first article I showed you how to identify and contact your elected officials. Depending on where you live you can Google your District for a link to your various elected officials to identify their websites. If you save the websites for your convenience as a ‘Favorites’ in your browser, it will increase your accessibility and get you into the…
Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants in USA Sorted by Mwe – Megawatts of Energy from largest to smallest Updated 9-29-16 This table shows that as of this writing, SONGS, the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is the largest privately owned beachfront nuclear waste dump in the USA. The power plant had three nuclear generators with a total capacity of 2,800 MWe, creating many millions of pounds of radioactive waste…
Before her coronation to the United States Senate for California, Kamala Harris allowed the statute of limitations to expire for prosecuting alleged crimes committed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and top managers at Southern California Edison (SCE) involving the ratepayer-funded bailout of SCE’s failed SONGS nuclear facility.
This sworn affidavit documents allegations of criminal activities by top Southern California Edison executives and the president of the California Public Utilities Commission. Although the alleged criminal activities are well-documented, California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has allowed the statute of limitations to expire. The scandal implicates the Office of Governor Jerry Brown who recently endorsed Harris in her bid for the U.S. Senate.