We desperately need a no-kill animal shelter in our City. You can help make this happen. Sign this petition to encourage Santa Clarita Council Members to build an animal shelter, right here within the City of Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita has over 211,000 residents, but we do not have a City animal shelter. There is only one LA County animal shelter in our area, and it is in Castaic. It is small, with only one row of dog kennels. People are regularly asked by the shelter to house found animals. Also, County shelters are currently sheltering no adult stray or feral cats. Sadly, the average euthanasia rate for all seven LA County Animal Care Centers so far this fiscal year is 26%. Tragically, the euthanasia rate for Castaic Animal Care Center is 31%. The Castaic shelter has euthanatized more animals this year than the other County shelters in Downey, Carson, Baldwin Park, Lancaster, Agoura and Pamdale. Within the City of Santa Clarita there are many soccer fields, baseball and softball fields, community centers, auditoriums, hiking trails, and recreation centers. We have a new large, beautiful senior center, a new Downtown Newhall theater and parking structure, and a new City-owned ice skating rink but there is no city animal shelter. It only takes a minute for you to help save and protect our local homeless animals. Please share this petition with your email and social media contacts, to help get the word out that we need a City shelter. Together we can make a difference in the lives of pets in need in Santa Clarita. Thank you for signing and sharing this petition today!

Honorable Attorney General Merrick Garland: Whereas the former President Donald J. Trump knowingly planned, implemented, and called out his supporters to criminally interfere with the peaceful transfer of power to the winner of the 2020 Presidential election, President Joe Biden on January 6, 2021, Whereas the former President Donald J. Trump made fraudulent claims that the election was stolen and raised funds from his supporters for the purpose of fighting the election results, Whereas the former President Donald J. Trump dishonored the office of the United States Presidency, Whereas the former President Donald J. Trump did not honor his oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, Be it resolved that he should suffer the consequences and the Department of Justice should prosecute him for the above crimes and all other relevant crimes that he has committed. Sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-13/trump-raised-millions-citing-fraud-that-aides-told-him-was-false, retrieved 6/14/22 https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/politics/jan-6-hearing-cheney-trump-overturn-election-plan/index.html, retrieved 6/14/22 https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/matters-trumps-election-defense-fund-didnt-exist-rcna33326, retrieved 6/14/22 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-scam-jan-6-hearing-1367359/, retrieved 6/14/22 https://www.usa.gov/inauguration, retrieved 6/14/22 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/14/kimberly-guilfoyle-january-6-zoe-lofgren/7621494001/, retrieved 6/14/22

Join the investigation of the Bayer-Monsanto merger.

A lack of affordable housing for middle and low incomes impacts the financial and social fabric of the community. This is not being addressed at the local level. We need planning and support.

History-lovers, preservationists and the Staten Island community want the much beloved circa 1853 Stone Gatehouse to receive the protections afforded by individual landmark designation.

Section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2011) criminalised squatting in residential properties in England and Wales, changing squatting from a civil to a criminal matter. The law has proven to be Undemocratic, Unjust, Unnecessary and Unaffordable.

We will not stand for bigotry and ignorance in our city.

Rockettes' producers and union: take back your threat to fire Rockettes whom refuse to perform during the inauguration.

Before the Obama administration ends, please open a pen pal exchange where students in red and blue states can send and receive emails or letters. Teachers all across the country could use this opportunity to engage their students in learning about how people in communities all across this nation live and think.

Dear Mr. McMullen, I’m deeply concerned that Kroger has not made a commitment to eliminate toxic pesticides, including neonicotinoids, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate, in its supply chain. These pesticides are highly toxic and I urge your company to take these actions for the sake of my health, the health of your customers and the environment. I also urge Kroger to increase USDA-certified organic food and beverages to 15 percent of overall offerings by 2025, prioritizing domestic, regional and local producers. Bees and other pollinators are essential to the production of one out of every three bites of food we eat, but they’re dying at alarming rates. This year’s newly-released bee die-off numbers show that they’re declining unsustainably. This should be of urgent concern to you and your business -- without bees, your store would run short of many of the products it sells including nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and dairy, and more. Globally, between $235 billion and $577 billion worth of annual global food production relies on direct contributions by pollinators. Pesticides are key drivers in the decline of invertebrate pollinating species, 40 percent of which are on the brink of extinction. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated over 80 pesticides as toxic to pollinators. A report by Friends of the Earth, "Swarming the Aisles II: Rating top retailers on bee-friendly and organic food," grades 25 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pesticides, organic offerings and transparency. Of the top food retailers, 20 received an “F” for failing to have a publicly available policy to reduce or eliminate pesticide use to protect pollinators. Kroger received an “F” in this category too. Kroger faces both supply chain and reputational risks for failing to reduce the use of pollinator-toxic pesticides in its supply chain and phase out neonicotinoids, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. Pesticides have “catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health and society as a whole,” according to a recent UN report. At the end of February, the European Food Safety Authority updated its 2013 risk assessments of neonics, which examined impacts on wild bees, bumblebees, solitary bees and honeybees and concluded neonics pose risks to bees. In response, the European Union recently voted to ban all outdoor uses of neonicotinoids. Further, the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, a global body of independent scientists, recently published a new report that analyzed thousands of studies and concluded that neonicotinoids represent a major worldwide threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. The report called for an immediate stop to agricultural uses of systemic pesticides. Additionally, the Task Force released another new study which reviewed 200 studies to assess mass use of systemic insecticides in agriculture, focusing on their effects on crop yields and the development of pest resistance to these compounds after two decades. The study notes an overreliance on insecticides including neonicotinoids and the authors identified a diverse range of alternative pest-management strategies available for large-scale crop production. Chlorpyrifos is a toxic, nerve agent pesticide proven to cause brain damage in children and known to harm the environment and wildlife. It is found in air, water and people’s bodies. People come in contact with the chemical through residues on food, drinking water contamination and toxic drift from pesticide application. In 2015, after extensive study, EPA scientists recommended that the pesticide be banned for all uses. Despite EPA scientists' recommendation to ban this toxic pesticide, Scott Pruitt -- the head of the EPA appointed by President Trump -- overrode the recommendations and reversed the decision to ban chlorpyrifos. The science is clear that chlorpyrifos is unsafe and food retailers should stop selling food grown with this pesticide. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It is leading to the decline of monarch butterflies. Plus, glyphosate is linked to adverse health impacts. In 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared glyphosate a probable human carcinogen. Organic farms -- farms that have eliminated all synthetic pesticides -- have been shown to support 50 percent more pollinator species than conventional farms, while also protecting and regenerating the water, soil and other resources that we need to produce healthy food for generations to come. As the second largest food retailer in the U.S., I urge Kroger to be a leader on this issue to protect human health and the environment. I call on your company to adopt formal policies to stop selling food grown with neonicotinoids, glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and other pollinator-toxic pesticides and significantly increase your USDA organic offerings, prioritizing local, regional and domestic suppliers. Thank you,