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§ To educate communities on issues
of equal protection, environmental justice, regulatory compliance, and
methods to achieve clean water.
§ To provide information and
support to communities facing regulatory enforcement that may deprive
them of property and civil rights.
§ To assist in funding, as
possible, legal actions that help protect and defend citizens’ property
and civil rights.
§ To advance pollution
control, clean water management, and basin planning for sustainable
water supplies.
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 P.O. Box 6095
Los Osos, CA 93412
805-534-1913
info@pzldf.org
Officers
Executive Director: Gail McPherson
Sec/Treasurer: Robyn Hayhurst
Directors
Director Paula McMahon
Director Steve Paige
Director Norman Risch
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First called the Prohibition
Legal Defense Fund, volunteers assisted in the defense of the Los Osos enforcement
actions imposed by the Central
Coast Regional
Water Quality Control Board.
In 2007, a formal organization was created with the name Citizens for Clean Water to provide support and public information
concerning clean water, pollution control, and water management planning.
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"You are exposed to accumulation of daily penalties while such
discharges continue."
-Harvey
Packard, CCRWQCB Enforcement Staff Member
June 1, 2007 letter to property owners
(Use links to Central Coast Regional Water Board video files on SLO-SPAN
and CAL-SPAN government access television networks.)
CCW
Comments on Proposed Amendment to the Water Quality.pdf
Listing
& Links to Proposed Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Onsite
Wastewater System Discharges, Resolution No. R3-2008-0006
VIDEO
of December 7, 2007 (Comments by Attorney Shaunna Sullivan)
VIDEO
of Sept 7, 2007 County led project-detailed presentation- The last 12
minutes is the board discussion for setting a hearing for vacation of 46
individual orders (CDO and CAO-settlements)
VIDEO
of Jan. 22, 2007 hearing re Wilkersons and Moylans
VIDEO
of Dec. 15, 2006 Hearing and continued to 1-22-07
VIDEO
of Dec.14, 2006 Hearings and Settlement Proceedings
VIDEO of June 7, 2006 Based on concern for Biased Water Board Hearing
process -Restarting prosecution proceedings based on bias
Part
1
Part
2
Part
3
VIDEO of May 11, 2006 progress conference
Part
1
Part
2
Part
3
VIDEO of April 28, 2006 Hearing
VIDEO of Feb.15, 2006 RWQCB Prosecution Staff Informational Meeting
September
2007 county letter to the regional water board.
Video of Design-Build-Private Financing
workshop presented by Citizens for Clean Water (PZLDF) on Oct.10, 2007. See
homepage of SLO-SPAN under "Recent Local Meetings."
Summary of
Design-Build-Workshop of Oct. 10, 2007.
Description of cluster systems proposed by
Lombardo Associates.
About Malibu's decentralized wastewater
project.
Comments for Submission Into
Administrative Record
May 10,2007 RWQCB Hearing
FAQ - Frequently
Asked Questions
Staff report
for May 10, 2007 RWQCB meeting discussing enforcement alternatives and
the Prosecution Team's proposed action
Proposed cleanup and
abatement order (CAO)
Proposed
settlement agreement-(SAME AS THE CAO but deprives owner of appeals)
May 10, 2007 Enforcement
Outcome
Although
the County Board of Supervisors’ letter, the
May 10th meeting, and The Tribune
article seems to offer a ray of hope, CCW-PZLDF learned the following:
§ Individuals’ homes and
businesses still face a significant threat of enforcement.
§ The clock is ticking on
filing appeals for those with enforcement.
§ There was no stand down on
the first 45 enforcement actions.
§ There was no stand down for
orders issued on May 10th to the Moylans and Wilkersons.
§ The Board thinks that $30 per
day or $900 per month is better than $5,000 per day, but it did not
change the previous orders.
§ There are 25 or more clean up
and abatement orders called "settlements" that are in full
force, too.
§ All orders still contain reference
to the 218 vote that was used to force people to pass the assessment.
§ Property owners in the
Prohibition Zone are liable for fines all the way back to 1988, in
addition to prior orders.
§ That retroactive fine applies
to the Los Osos CSD and to ALL the property in Los Osos Prohibition Zone.
§ The RWQCB Executive Director
or Harvey Packard has the power to issue all new orders without a Board
involvement or a meeting.
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Deadline looms in Los Osos sewer lawsuit
Tues., Nov. 6, 2007
Adversaries must refile an action to stop water board orders that would
bar the use of septic tanks after 2011.
News release on individual
enforcement
Fri., Sept. 21, 2007
Osos
residents win in court
Thurs, Aug. 23, 2007
A Superior Court judge Wednesday ruled that some Los Osos residents can
continue their high-stakes legal battle against the state. Judge Barry
LaBarbera ruled that residents’ lawsuit against the state Regional Water
Quality Control Board could proceed. He denied a motion filed by the
state Attorney General’s Office that said the case was weak and should be
thrown out of court.
Latest
Los Osos lawsuit: residents vs. regional water board
Sat, May 26, 2007
Property owners who have already received threats of fines want the board
to rescind the septic stop orders.
County
hoping progress on Osos sewer will mean no stop orders for residents
Mon, May 21, 2007
Supervisors aim to forestall stop orders against residents, an action
favored by water board staff.
Los Osos
sewer alternatives subject of public meeting tonight
Tue, May 15, 2007
San Luis Obispo County staff responsible for design and construction of a
sewer in Los Osos will ask for public input tonight on project
alternatives.
Water
board will hold off on septic stop mandates in Los Osos
Fri, May 11, 2007
Citing progress on a sewer project, the regional water board makes the
decision in an unusually calm meeting.
Supervisors
stand up for Osos owners
Wed, May 9, 2007
Letter asks regional officials to back off because septic stop orders may
compromise a vote on a tax to pay for the sewer, a project the county now
leads.
County may
ask state to give Osos a break
Sun, May 6, 2007
Supervisors are set to vote on a letter asking the regional water board
to hold off on septic stop orders because sewer design is under way.
New septic
orders may loom for Los Osos
Thu, May 3, 2007
‘Clean up and abate’ mandate on agenda as water board meets.
Are You After Our Blood?
Thurs., Jan. 25, 2007A second volley of due process objections rocks the
water board cease-and-desist hearings.
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Use your
credit card or checking account to donate to PZLDF.
We accept safe & secure donations via PayPal.
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Your
continued contributions – in any
amount – are needed to support the ongoing appeal. Give what you can
and encourage your friends and neighbors to join in your efforts.
And consider helping organize a fundraiser. It not only maximizes our
individual efforts, it reflects community unity. Fundraisers come in all
shapes and sizes – garage sales, coffees, wine gatherings, music events
and more.
Call (805)
534-1913 with or for ideas and resources.
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Enforcement
Petition Information
This is the process to
get the case to court. It is not a hearing of the evidence or the actual
case, but an effort by the State to deny the petitioners the very right
to the appeal and to present the evidence against the State. The State
Attorney General, on behalf of the Central Coast Regional Water Board, is
trying to deny the parties the rights to present its case.
PZLDF attorney, Shaunna
Sullivan, Esq., prepared the issues in a revised (4th petition) that
put forth for reasons the Court should hear the case. This kind of preliminary
fight was expected, since the agencies of the State employ this method to
deny justice and to seek to “bleed” the (citizen) petitioners before
getting the case before a judge for the actual hearing.
CCW-PZLDF has the evidence
to prove the case, and we encourage you to read through the petitions
linked below.
CCW-PZLDF is
also listing all the documents that are missing from
administrative record that was prepared by the Regional Water
Board. (at a cost to the Petitioners of approximately $5000.00.
Our Executive Director is
working on the preparing the Record with other parties, and if other want
to help or have documents they submitted that are not in the record,
please contact CCW Executive Director Gail McPherson at 805-459-4535
(email gail.mcpherson@pzldf.org)
or attorney Shaunna Sullivan's office at 805-528-3355.
May
21, 2008 - Second Amended Petition for Writ of Mandate.
May
21, 2008 - Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Second
Amended Petition for Writ of Mandate.
May
21, 2008 - Exhibits to Second Amended Petition for Writ of
Mandate/Prohibition.
May
21, 2008 - [Proposed] Alternative Writ of Mandate and Order Directing
Issuance.
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U.
S. Congress Member Lois Capps
Send an
e-mail
Local Office
1411 Marsh Street, Suite 205
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-546-8348
Fax: 805-546-8368
U. S. Senator Barbara Boxer
Send an e-mail
U. S. Senator Diane Feinstein
Send
an e-mail
Local Office
2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4290
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: 559-485-7430
Fax: 559-485-9689
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Send an e-mail
State Senator Abel Maldonado
Send
an e-mail
Local Office
1356 Marsh Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-549-3784
Fax: 805-549-3779
State Assembly Member Sam Blakeslee
Send
an e-mail
Local Office
1104 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-549-3381
Fax: 805-549-3400
County Board of Supervisors Representative Bruce Gibson
Send an e-mail
Room D-430, County Government Center
San Luis Obispo, California 93408
Phone: 805-781-5450
Fax: 805-781-1350
Los Osos Community Services District (CSD)
Office: 2122 9th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402
Mailing: P.O. Box 6064, Los Osos, CA 93412
Phone: 805-528-9370
Fax: 805-528-9377
Los Osos Community Advisory Council (LOCAC)
Send an e-mail
P.O. Box 7170
Los Osos, CA 93412-7170
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Sullivan & Associates, a Law Corporation
Shaunna Sullivan, Attorney at Law
2238 Bayview Heights Drive, Suite C
Los Osos, California 93402
Phone: 805-528-3355
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
of Southern California
Ramona Ripston, Executive Director
1616 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone: 213-977-9500
Pacific Legal Foundation
Send an e-mail
3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: 916-419-7111
Fax: 916-419-7747
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State Water Resources Control Board
Central Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board
SLO County - Los Osos
Wastewater Project Website
Los Osos Community Services District
www.slo-span.org
www.cal-span.org
Calhoun's Cannons
Author of Calhoun's Can(n)ons, a column in local news media. Ms.
Calhoun lives in Los Osos, and has many ties to the community. She has
been writing her opinion column since 1991. It runs bi-weekly in The
Bay News, which is now part of the local newsgroup, Tolosa Press, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Ron Crawford's SewerWatch
Author of:
Three Blocks Upwind of
Downtown (The New Times cover story 9/23/04)
Ron Crawford's Note: “When The New Times published this story on
their web site, they left out some punctuation, so it reads a little
rough at times. Please excuse the rough spots.
“Problems With The Solution (New Times cover
story 7/6/2000).
“Before
my two New Times cover stories, I was editor of The Bay Breeze
in Los Osos from 1996 - 1999, where I started the original SewerWatch (blog) and [was a] reporter for the
The Bay News in Los Osos from 1990 - 1992. I do not live in Los Osos,
and have few, if any, ties to the community”.
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