The State of California very recently reported that our County experienced a 40% increase in Hate Crimes in 2017 as compared to 2016! The Commission on Human Rights for Sonoma County, California is a strong advocate for the most basic rights of our most marginalized and needy residents. The Commissioners are appointed and volunteer. The most likely county residents who need their help are......all people of color, the Homeless, disabled, LGBT, Indigenous Peoples, etc. etc.. Our County Government Budget for 2018-2019 eliminated the measly 12 hours a week, of staff support, the meeting room for the Commission to meet residents, and the emergency phone line which needy residents use in an emergency to contact the Commission when they are desperate! The County Government says that the issue is "money." The total cost to the County is only $26,432.60, including benefits, for the measly twelve hours a week of staff support!...out of a 2018-2019 Budget of more than $1.8 billion! No way.... the county's motives are 100% political!! A move right out of the Trump-Playbook. I am a white male. I am a "Senior Citizen." I am not in the demographics which so desperately need our Commission on Human Rights.... but, I do have morality and I care deeply. Please help. Thank you very much.

The Berkeley Flea Market is the living legacy of historic South Berkeley's greatest strengths: the ethnic diversity, cultural creativity, and economic entrepreneurialism that has made it a distinctive and vital community since World War II. It continues the legacy of the South Berkeley Square district, beginning at Adeline and Woolsey, which was long the throbbing heart of non-white businesses before the BART station destroyed and scattered them. It is the cultural hub of South Berkeley for African Americans and others who come from around the region to shop, sell, and socialize. This location may be threatened by the city’s plans for development of the Adeline corridor. The loss of this site would spell the loss of a unique multicultural community, the livelihoods it supports, and the legacy it continues – gone forever. Please sign the petition to show your support of the Berkeley Flea Market in the Adeline corridor plan and any plans involving the Ashby BART station. We will also keep you informed of community meetings and gatherings.

The anticipated sweep that will move the Waimanalo Beach Park houseless residents out of the area will not resolve the situation and will only make matters worse, pushing them into the residential areas or further out in the restricted beach areas. As community outreach providers in Waimanalo have seen – the displacement of houseless individuals and families leads to further stress and chaotic responses that may result in more serious consequences. We are asking that the state and county hold off on any sweep of the area as the community works toward solutions to identify a more permanent solution. The Waimanalo community supports the Ohana Zones concept and it is a project we would like to see started in Waimanalo. A safe area designated for residents that understand rules and oversight will allow a place where houseless residents of our community can stay without being "swept." Now with Act 209 (2018) becoming law, Waimanalo would like to be the first community to pilot a program that allows a safe area for our Waimanalo ohana to thrive towards independence and eventually permanent housing.

My husband died recently and his social security income was cut off immediately, reducing my household income in half and leaving me with a 3,000 a month mortgage. I was informed that I am not eligible for his social security survivor's benefits because I receive teacher's retirement. Others who receive retirement benefits from other sources are entitled to social security, but not public servants. The rules should apply to everyone. State, County, Federal, and railroad retirees deserve better. Sign up to change this pernicious policy implemented by Pres. Reagan.

My friend is disabled and has to deal with this problem.

Cape Ann Community Boating is a non-profit working closely with the City of Gloucester and private donors to create a public boating center on Cape Ann. The plan is to provide small watercraft, such as sailboats and rowboats, so that residents of our area can have affordable access. Membership is designed to be available to anyone who is interested. It is our belief that through working with individuals and families in Cape Ann, we can promote environmental stewardship and healthy living by helping people stay active and connected with their community and surroundings. Cape Ann is known for its heritage, vibrant communities and devotion to the sea. Cape Ann Community Boating will help preserve this great tradition. Contact [email protected]

I am tired of trying to work from home with an unstable signal while rates keep increasing. 90 days ago, I paid $10 to increase the speed on internet service and 60 days ago Suddenlink decided to implement a rate increase of $8.25 per line. The signal jumps in and out; technicians have been to our home and say everything is fine at the pole; it took 2 weeks for a service call in June so I was without broadband for those 2 weeks. I do not receive a paper statement so was unaware of the latest increase until it took place. Funny, they could send me an email to increase the overall speed of my internet but when it came to a rate increase it was my responsibility to read my statement online since it was on page 3 of the paper billing. I know from Facebook postings in my community that this is not just "my" issue.

I have lived on Ellis Place for nearly five years in a house built during the 1860s. This old house is not energy efficient and requires ongoing expensive maintenance and repairs, therefore costs are higher than more modern houses. Now the Historical Preservation Committee wants to designate this as a historic district which would impose additional expense and time burdens which would slow my ability to make improvements. Ellis Place is not inhabited by wealthy owners. We will be harder pressed to maintain much less improve our holdings.

We are concerned the City of Decatur and Atlanta are not aware of the people of Winter Avenues concern regarding making Winter Avenue a through street to College Avenue. We are seeking to stop this action by getting everybody on the block to sign.

I have been stuck in a crap hole apartment for 6 years due to medical bills and unfair reletting fee from Spanish Oaks Apts who has fought me whole time from removeing from my credit, it doesn't look like a reletting fee so no one even with empicable work and renters history will rent to me asept one which crap hole is putting it nicely!! The living conditions have been hazardous to our health and has only added more health issues. If any one would take the time to leave there office and come see for themselves the condition of this property and do there job it would probably be comdemed!! From lies,false advertising, constant revolving door of unqualified manager s and maittance,to a owner transfer of one slum loard to another! Raw sewage every where that isn't properly cleaned or maitained to over flowing dumpsters, no working pool! Most apartments don't have A.C 's or heat, no hot water for weeks or months at a time. Broken or cracked windows and unsecured doors. Mold and foundation issues. Some people go week's and months without stoves and referators. Then if that's not enough than let's talk about how some people are nickled and dimed with high utilities bill that cost more than a 3 bedroom house and based off of lieing about sqft. and chargeing for minor's who are occiopent s. ( They should not be allowed to charge for anyone under 16) cause so have adults who aren't on the lease and don't get charged but, then you have a single mom with two kids trying to get by and by the time you pay 150 to 200 water bill there is nothing left to feed your kids!! I also believe that if people haft to go with out basics like hot water, electrical shorts , ac,heat,stove, referators,then they should get a discount for every month they went without! At this point they owe me a years rent for sure! No security lights, broken fence's, and broken security gates and no security which are all falsely advertised!!

My birthday wish as I enter my 62nd year takes one click but will have tremendous impact if enough of us follow through. I am asking my friends and family in Santa Fe, in New Mexico and around the world to send a strong message to the Mayor of Santa Fe and the City Councilors. The message is simple and universal. Support local youth, families and public institutions. Specifically, there are three policy areas that are of critical concern, and that will be voted on or addressed by council action as early as July 25th. Here is a little background. 1. The city council may be voting as soon as July 25th to move forward with a plan for developing the taxpayer owned property formerly known as the College of Santa Fe, which was also leased for a time to pricey, private, for-profit design colleges that failed and served very few local students. Despite the city’s claims of massive public participation in the planning process, only about 1200 people responded to their surveys. Of those only 17% were Hispanos, and only 6 or so were in Spanish. These were mostly the same people that attended the three public forums, and several dozen Spanish speaking families and children from a local soccer league that uses the facilities had to demand a space at one of the forums to even be heard. So the city is trying to move forward with less than 1% of the population participating in any meaningful way. This is not equitable, not democratic and not acceptable. The most important questions have not been addressed nor even asked. We demand that the process be stopped and a new one, led by community, be supported that first addresses the most critical questions. 2. Most of the new housing development that is being built is not affordable, is concentrated in district 3 and is devouring available open space without any plan for parks, recreation, commercial or civic spaces. There is also little thought to the impact on local schools, traffic, infrastructure and existing communities. We demand that new developments be accompanied by plans, developed by local communities, for all the areas of concern mentioned. 3. A common refrain in this administration's marketing of their plans, especially around housing and economic development, is that we need to “attract and retain” talented young people to Santa Fe. We find this insulting and dismissive of local youth, their families and the educational institutions, both public and private, that help to educate and prepare them. In fact, one of the most common suggestions for the College of Santa Fe property is to “attract” an institution of higher learning, preferably from California, to locate there. They have totally ignored and insulted our own Santa Fe Community College, which is actually already there, and the partnerships with New Mexican institutions represented by the Higher Education Center. This is part of a broader dismissing of local cultures and populations, except as objects for tourists to stare at or purchase, and will not be tolerated. We demand that the city invest in and support local youth, families and institutions. By clicking on the following link you will help send a message that local youth, families and communities should be the priority, that local wisdom should lead and inform decision making, and that we need to make decisions based on equity and inclusion. Thank you for helping with my birthday wish and please share with all your networks. Miguel Acosta

Mayor Rico Medina and Council Member Irene O'Connell have not acknowledge the need to review the TCP parking requirements. They have been asked by the public to take action. Without revisions our neighborhoods will become parking for future development projects. Council member Salazar asked the council to review the TCP at the last city council meeting. Council member Marty Medina and Laura Davis supported Mr. Salazar's request. The more support we get for this petition the more likely they will be to make the revisions. The TCP requires new development to provide 0.75 parking spaces for a studio apartment, 1 parking space for a 1 bedroom and 1 or 2 parking spaces for a 2 bedroom. The new construction at 406 -418 San Mateo Ave was approved and is being built with 86 apartments and 106 parking spaces. There are (2) studios, (43) 1 bedroom, (30) 2 bedroom, (3) 3 bedroom apartments and (5) retail spaces. The city waived the parking requirements for the retail. As a result, more than 30 cars will likely park on Taylor and Mastick Ave. The TCP calls for 1610 new residential units. If they do not revise the TCP, our neighborhoods will become the parking lots for the new development. Where will you park? Please email Mayor Rico Medina, Vice Mayor Laura Davis, and Council members Iren O'Connoll, Marty Medina, and Michael Salazar, at [email protected]. Ask them to listen to their constituents, not the wealthy developers. We must make them hear us. Please sign our petition. Please share our petition with 5 neighbors, asking them to share with 5 more. Thank you.