November 4, 2014 Initiative! Get out the VOTE!
We did it! With your help San Benito Rising was able to gather more than twice the signatures required to place an initiative on this November’s ballot that protects our water and air, ensures a brighter sustainable future, encourages organic agriculture, renewable energy, viticulture and eco-tourism. The choice is now officially yours, not the politicians, not the multinational corporations or their lobbyists, but ours. Do you want to encourage fracking and the enhanced oil extraction methods jeopardizing our environment OR the promising future that is rightfully ours? The voice is ours. The choice is ours. Join with us and vote in November!
On Feb 27, 2014, San Benito Rising filed an initiative to ban fracking and other high intensity petroleum operations in San Benito County. The Freelance Newspaper published, on March 21, 2014, the Title and Summary as well as the Notice of Intent for the ballot initiative.
Signature collection for this ballot intiative began on March 22, 2014.
Below are the documents that form the ballot initiative. Also below is a white paper that lays out the legal case for why local governments can ban fracking and other high intensity petroleum operations.
Signature collection for this ballot intiative began on March 22, 2014.
Below are the documents that form the ballot initiative. Also below is a white paper that lays out the legal case for why local governments can ban fracking and other high intensity petroleum operations.