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SBPC President Bill Brand regularly sends out Email Updates to SBPC members and others on our Email list to keep them informed as to current events and activities.

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EMail Updates and Attachments:

October 19, 2008 - Measure DD Would Help Advance Park Plan
    Bill Brand's Editorial in the Daily Breeze (web-page)

October 4, 2008 - Governor Signs AB31 Into Law - Redondo Needs Park Space
    AB 31 Text (pdf)

August 25, 2008 - Prop 84 monies ($2.5 Bil), "Evolution of a Ballona Friendship"

July 20, 2008 - Vista Hermosa Park in Downtown Los Angeles Opens
    Related Article (pdf)

July 9, 2008 - Sierra Club's South Bay Open Space Task Force, Redondo/AES Tax Fight Settled
    Sierra Club Flyer With AES Power Plant Park Opportunity (pdf)

June 22, 2008 - Many Thanks To All Who Assisted With The Riviera Village Fair
    New Signups (photo), Crowd at Booth (photo), Much Public Interest (photo)

June 8, 2008 - RPV City Council Votes to Acquire 192 Acres - and Has Over Time Raised $30+M From Outside the City

June, 2008 - Special Flyer Denoting Sierra Club Task Force Support for Park at AES Site

April 12, 2008 - Offshore Oil Drilling for Land Swap, Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969

April 8, 2008 - Upcoming Presentation: SBPC to Recreation and Parks Commission, and State Coastal Conservancy Presentation Working for Park, Teaching Green
    Photo of Earth Day at Sea Lab in 2005 (photo)

February 17, 2008 - Newport Beach Takes Steps to Procure 400-Acre Banning Rance For Recreation
    Map of Banning Ranch Location (picture)

January 22, 2008 - CA State Water Resources Control Board Symposium Indicates AES Not Suitable for Retrofitting nor Repowering

October 10, 2007 - Tomorrow's Event At Veteran's Park Library With Peter Brand of the California Coastal Conservancy

September 27, 2007 - State Senator Oropeza is for Parks, Coastal Conservancy at Veterans Park Library on Oct 11th, 7p

August 23, 2007 - California Coastal Conservance and State Coastal Convervancy both Start Efforts In Support of Heart Park
    Wall Street Journal Article of June, 2007 on the "Focused Group Park" (pdf)

July 22, 2007 - Bill Brand Talks With Hermosa Beach City Council, They Support Heart Park

June 8, 2007 - Breeze Article - "Redondo's Park Has a Shot" - by Bill Brand

May 10, 2007 - Beach Bluff Restoration project, Sierra Club's "South Bay Open Space" Taskforce
    Group at Beach Bluff Restoration (photo)

March 25, 2007 - Harmon's Environmental Record Lauded
    Toyota "Clean Energy Expo" Flyer (pdf)

February 22, 2007 - Old Redondo Photos, Machado Lake to get cleaned up
    Salt Lake Landmark (WinWord doc)
    Picture of the Old Salt Lake (photo)
    Redondo Beach in 1908 (photo)
    View from Hotel Redondo (photo)

January 19, 2007 - "Green Visions Plan" says only East LA worse than South Bay re: park space
    Green Visions Plan for the 21st Centrury... (link)

December 19, 2006 - "Political Will", George Skelton article on Leadership

November 8, 2006 - Prop 84 passage approves $5.4 Billion that can help parklands

October 16, 2006 - YES on Prop 84, NO on Prop 90
    Bill Brand "YES on 84" Op-Ed to the Daily Breeze (link)
        (click here if above link does not work)
    LA Times Endorsement AGAINST Prop 90 (link)
        (click here if above link does not work)
    YES on Prop 84 Website (link)
    NO on Prop 90 Website (link)
    California programs for Props 40 and 50 Website (link)

September 16, 2006 - Reports on DeSal Pow-Wow
    DeSal Pow-Wow (photo)

September 2, 2006 - Progress at Bolsa Chica Wetlands

August 31, 2006 - Upcoming DeSal Pow-Wow
    DeSal Pow-Wow Flyer (pdf)

July 16, 2006 - AES Site: Energy Producer or Potential Park?

June 23, 2006 - Madrona Marsh: Local Effort - Regional Gem
    Earth Day at Sea Lab in 2005 (photo)

May 14, 2006 - New Park Bond Qualifies for November Ballot

April 25, 2006 - Jane Harman Interested in SBPC Efforts
    Jane Harmon Visit on Earth Day (photo)

March 22, 2006 - Oil Tanks Removed from AES Site
    AES: Deteriorating Tank (photo)
    AES Tank Farm (photo)

March 21, 2006 - RPV Councilman & CCC-Commissioner Larry Clark to Speak

March 18, 2006 - Working to Support Public Pro-Park Vote

March 05, 2006 - Pro-Park Activities, Bowen & Lieu Supporting

February 25, 2006 - AES Tanks to be in Background for AMGEN Riders
    AES Tank Farm (photo)

January 27, 2006 - Parks Need Fair Share of $100B+ Funding

January 16, 2006 - Thanks, and Forward Moving Activities
    Bowen letter to California Coastal Conservancy
    View of El Segundo Power Plant (photo)

December 05, 2005 - Recent Accomplishments

October 19, 2005 - Flossie Horgan to Speak, Other Areas of Progress
    Flossie Horgan's Accomplishments

September 12, 2005 - Malibu Effort, SBPC Support for PVPLC

August 23, 2005 - We Are Not Alone: PVPLC Just Another of Many

July 10, 2005 - HT Grill Donates Space for SBPC Event, City Council Considers Re-Zoning

June 14, 2005 - Planning Commission Considers Re-Zoning
    SBPC Brochure

May 13, 2005 - Vote! Salt Marsh, Pending Bond, and Other Progress.
    Earth Day at Sea Lab (photo)

April 10, 2005 - Two Critical Tasks Completed, AES Owns Site Cleanup
    AES Tank Farm (photo)

Feburary 24, 2005 - Roundtable Report, Pre-Election Activities
    Sen. Wesley Chesbro proposes $3B Bond

January 05, 2005 - K. Spitz Drawings, Sierra Club Supports Upcoming Park Vote
    Katherine Spitz Associates 'Active' Concept (drawing)
    Katherine Spitz Associates 'Active' Concept (drawing)

December 15, 2005 - Upcoming election, Zoning, 'Aesthetic' Interview
    AES Plant Redondo December, 2004 (photo)
    AES Plant Redondo looking West (photo)

November 01, 2004 - Meeting with CA Coastal Conservancy, Sierra Club Support, More...

October 11, 2004 - City Study Expected to Slam Park Idea, Bolsa Chica Successes

August 27, 2004 - Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Successes

July 22, 2004 - City Moves Park Vote to Next March, Other Related City Activities



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