Posted by Roger Mammon
on 9/3/2008, 8:02 pm
75.17.118.206
"What Can I Do To Restore The Delta?"
Please mark your calendars and attend this fund raiser. Instrutions are listed below for this event and how to reserve your seat. CSBA is a member of Restore The Delta and two CSBA members sit on the Board of Directors.
Featuring: Congressman George Miller and Senator Mike Machado
Sunday, September 14, 2008, 12 to 3 p.m.
Alder Market and Bistro, 151 W Alder, Stockton, CA
Restore the Delta is launching its first annual Delta Restoration Award. The Golden Delta Award will be given to four recipients for their work on behalf of the Delta either through legislative and policy efforts, or through advocacy efforts.
Our first recipient, Congressman George Miller, is chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. He is a leading advocate in Congress on education, labor, the economy, and the environment. He has represented the 7th District of California in the East Bay of San Francisco since 1975. His district includes portions of Contra Costa and Solano counties, including Richmond, Concord, Martinez, Pittsburg, Vallejo, Benicia and Vacaville.
Congressman Miller is an expert on California water issues. In 1992,he passed and enacted into law the historic California water reform law, known as the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. More importantly, he has been a long time advocate for protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
A spate of reports on the Bay-Delta prompted five Democratic members of Congress, including Congressman Miller, to reiterate their calls for prompt and aggressive steps to protect the health of the Bay- Delta ecosystem, restore the state's salmon fisheries, and avoid being sidetracked by the politically divisive peripheral canal.
Like Congressman Miller, our second recipient, Senator Mike Machado, has been a leader in water legislation for California, and a strong advocate for the Delta. In 2004, Senator Machado was re-elected to represent the Fifth Senate District, which includes the cities of Tracy, Manteca and Stockton in San Joaquin County; Suisun City, Fairfield, Dixon and Vacaville in Solano County; Davis, West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland in Yolo County; as well as Walnut Grove and a portion of Elk Grove in Sacramento County.
Two of the Senator's most notable accomplishments have been authoring Proposition 13, the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Act, and assisting in the passage of Proposition 50, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002.
Awards for Detla activists will be announced next week.
To reserve a spot, fill out and return this form by September 11, 2008. Each ticket is $50.00. Name:_____________________________________ ____________________________ Address: __________________________________________ ____________________ Email:_____________________________________ _________________________________ Phone: __________________________________________ ______________________ Lunch selection: Chicken________________ Vegetarian______________________ Ticket stub with payment needs to be returned to Restore the Delta by September 11, 2008. Restore the Delta, PO Box 691088, Stockton, Ca 95296.
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