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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Caitlin Brune" <<a href="mailto:cmbrune@gmail.com">cmbrune@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 19, 2008 11:52:56 AM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:scpel@panna.org">scpel@panna.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[SCPEL] for listserv posting, a May 22nd event</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Santa Cruz Progressive Email List (SCPEL)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----------------------------------------------</div> An event co-sponsored by People Power, IF, and the Campaign for Sensible Transportation.<br clear="all"><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">The social inequity consequences of our past land use development (sprawl) are becoming more severe as gas prices go up and up. This forum represents a convergence of social justice folks with the folks who have worked on growth and environmental issues. The latter are now coming to the conclusion that the people who work in our urban centers need to live there. That means affordable housing is on the environmentalist agenda.<br> Best,<br>Rick<br><b><i><br>Designs for a Green Future: The Transportation---Land Use Connection</i></b><i>. <br></i></span></font><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Thursday, May 22. 6:45 refreshments, 7:05-9 Forum<br> @ Live Oak Grange Hall, 1900 17th Ave., corner of Capitola Rd.<br></i></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><br>Global Climate Change and Peak Oil provide compelling urgency to transform society's dependency on automobile transportation. To do that, we need to transform our land use planning to create communities where people live close to work, school, shopping and recreation. <br> These speakers will outline the principles of land-use design that make for walk-able and transit-friendly communities. They will describe what communities like ours are already doing to create a sustainable and socially equitable future.<br> <br></span></font><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Elizabeth Deakin</b> is Director of the University of California Transportation Center and Co-Director of the Global Metropolitan Studies Program at UC Berkeley. She has authored many books and articles, including <i>Equity and Environmental Justice in Sustainable Transportation </i></span></font></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Amanda Eaken </b>is on staff with the Natural Resources Defense Council, working to enact SB 375 in the state legislature. SB 375 is designed to implement California's landmark <i>Global Warming Solutions Act</i>. It would require that state transportation funding be limited to projects that are consistent with plans to reduce automobile dependency.</span></font></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Moderator, Tom Burns, </b>Planning Director for Santa Cruz County</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "> <font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">unconfirmed: a speaker from Transportation and Land Use Coalition of the Bay Area</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">unconfirmed: Joe DiStefano, a planner with Calthorpe Associates<br> </span></font></li></ul><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><br><br><b>Initiators:</b> The Campaign for Sensible Transportation,<font color="#0000FE"><u><a href="http://sensibletransportation.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://sensibletransportation.org/</a></u></font> and People Power of Santa Cruz County, <font color="#0000FE"><u><a href="http://www.peoplepowersc.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://www.peoplepowersc.org/</a></u></font>. <br> <b>Contact:<br></b>People Power:<b> </b>Micah Posner, <font color="#0000FE"><u><a href="mailto:micah@peoplepowersc.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">micah@peoplepowersc.org</a></u></font>, 831 425-8665<br> Rick Longinotti <font color="#0000FE"><u><a href="mailto:longinotti@baymoon.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">longinotti@baymoon.com</a></u></font> 425-0341</span></font></span></blockquote></blockquote> -- <br>Caitlin Brune<br>414 Rigg Street<br>Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5322<br>(c) 831-325-3521 </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scpel mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:scpel@panna.org">scpel@panna.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.panna.org/mailman/listinfo/scpel">http://lists.panna.org/mailman/listinfo/scpel</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Summary of criteria for posts:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Posts have some explicit Santa Cruz area connection</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Commercial posts are fundraisers, donation requested, activist discount, no one turned away for lack of funds or for events put on by a non-profit organization or organized for a no-profit effort</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Posts are of an announcement or low-periodic nature (e.g., no weekly commentaries or campaign updates)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">More complete information is here: <a href="http://members.cruzio.com/~spitzer/scpel.html">http://members.cruzio.com/~spitzer/scpel.html</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>