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Xa umsebenzi wonyaka usondela ekufezekiseni isiqhamo ngexesha elifutshane kangako, kuba nzima ukuthabatha ixesha uze uphulaphule iindaba ezilungileyo. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi xa ingcono kunokuba bekulindelwe.
Nangona kunjalo, yiloo nto ebesijongene nayo ekupheleni kweveki yokuqala epheleleyo ngoJanuwari, 2014. Kwaye ngeCawa emva kwemini kwiofisi yam ezolileyo kumbindi wedolophu yaseSacramento, ndingqongwe zintlobo zemithi ngaphezu kokuba ndiyazi ngamagama, ndithatha. ixesha kunye nokufumana iindaba ezilungileyo.
Ndikholelwa ukuba yayinguLawrence Welk okanye uPink owakha wathi “Masiyithathe phezulu.”
NgoLwesithathu, nge-8 kaJanuwari ngo-9:00 kusasa – Isaziso sadanyaza nge-imeyile yam sokuba i-Assembly Bill 1331 izilungiso zikwi-intanethi. Olu luguqulelo lweLungu leNdibano u-Anthony Rendon lokuba ibhondi yamanzi ehlaziyiweyo ka-2014 inokubonakala njani. Ukusukela ngoSeptemba ka-2013, i-California ReLeaf, ngokubambisana ne-California Urban Forest Council kunye nezinye ii-nonprofits, baye baxoxa ukuba amahlathi asezidolophini ngawo omabini lo mthetho oyilwayo kunye nesithuthi seSenethi sebhondi yamanzi ehlaziyiweyo - SB 42 (Wolk). Siye sathumela iileta, saba neentlanganiso eSacramento, kwaye sasebenza neThe Nature Conservancy kunye namaLungu eNethiwekhi yeReLeaf kutyelelo lwezithili. Sibacelile ukuba bobabini ababhali bandise ulwimi olusele lukhona olunxulumene neendlela zepaki kunye nemisinga yasezidolophini ukuba iquke namahlathi asezidolophini. Kodwa ngentsasa yangoLwesithathu, izilungiso zika-AB 1331 zihamba ngcono – ukunika amahlathi asezidolophini into yomgca eyahlukileyo ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
Ukukhuthaza amahlathi asezidolophini ngokoMthetho wamaHlathi aseDolophini ka-1978...
Hayi indlela embi yokuqalisa kusasa.
NgoLwesithathu emini emaqanda – Ukuvuza kaninzi kuHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lukaRhulumente luka-2014-15 olucetywayo yiRhuluneli iye yabetha amaphepha, kwaye abalingane abaninzi babloga malunga nesicwangciso esicetywayo senkcitho yengeniso kunye norhwebo, kunye nokubandakanywa kwamahlathi asezidolophini. Kodwa akukho zinkcukacha. Yimalini, kwaye ihamba kuMlilo weCAL? Ithemba liyakha malunga nento eza kwenzeka ngoLwesihlanu.
NgoLwesithathu ngo-5:00 emva kwemini – IsiShwankathelo seRhuluneli esiPheleleyo soHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali njengoko sicetywa ngo-2014-15 sivuzwa yiSacramento Bee. Ukuvuyisa wonke umntu eCalifornia ReLeaf, isishwankathelo sigxininisa ulwabiwo olucetywayo lwe-50 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-CAL FIRE ngeenjongo ezahlukeneyo ezinxulumene namahlathi, kubandakanywa amahlathi asezidolophini. Nangona kungekacaci ukuba yimalini kwi-50 yezigidi zeerandi eza kuya kumahlathi asezidolophini, ngoku kukho isiqinisekiso sokuba, ukuba lo mba woHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lukaRhulumente uqhuba ngoJuni, iNkqubo yamaHlathi eDolophini kunye noLuntu iya kuxhaswa kwakhona.
Ezi ziindaba ebesisebenzela kuzo kangangeenyanga ezili-12. Kwaye hayi thina kuphela. INethiwekhi yeReleaf. Zihlobo zethu zomanyano lolondolozo. Amaqabane ethu oluntu oluzinzileyo. Kunye noogxa bethu bobulungisa bokusingqongileyo. Kangangonyaka, bonke baye bawolana, kwaye akukho namnye kubo owasilelayo, kumyalezo ocacileyo, owahlukileyo nomanyeneyo wokuxhasa amahlathi asezidolophini kunye nengeniso yefandesi ye-cap-and-trade ngeNkqubo ye-CAL FIRE's Urban and Community Forestry.
NgoLwesine, nge-9 kaJanuwari ngo-9:00 kusasa – IRhuluneli ityhila ngokusesikweni isiShwankathelo soHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwayo kusuku oluphambi kwexesha, kwaye ishedyuli yabachaphazelekayo ifowuna iqala ngeMini ukuxoxa ngolwabiwo lwecandelo elithile ukusuka kuthutho ukuya kukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo. Nangona le minxeba ingavezi nto ingako, ngoku siyazi ukuba ulwabiwo lwamahlathi asezidolophini kufanele ukuba lubalulekile, kwaye imali-mboleko yeminyaka emi-5 yezigidi ezi-5 zeedola ngokuchasene neNkqubo yoPhuculo lweNdalo nokuNcitshiswa iya kuhlawulwa ngo-2014. Iindaba ezimnandi ezingakumbi ebezingalindelekanga.
NgoLwesine, nge-9 kaJanuwari ngo-4: 00 emva kwemini - Inkcazo ecacileyo ye-2014-15 yeBhajethi ye-State Budget iya kwi-intanethi kwaye ityhila ukuba i-EEMP icetywayo ukuba ixhaswe ngemali kwirekhodi eliphezulu le-17.8 yezigidi zeedola ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kweziganeko ezibandakanya ukubuyiswa kwemali mboleko kunye nokulibaziseka ekufumaneni imali ye-2013 eyabiwe. ngenxa yotshintsho lwenkqubo ngomthetho osayinwe ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo yiRhuluneli uBrown. Ngelixa iindaba zichulumancisa ngokwazo, siyaqonda ukuba ezo dola ngoku ziya kusetyenziselwa ukuxhasa kuphela imihlaba yemithombo kunye namahlathi asezidolophini, njengoko iindledlana kunye neepaki ziya kunyanyekelwa ngeNkqubo entsha yoThutho oluSebenzayo. Ixesha lokungena kwabantu abaninzi kangaka alinakuba ngcono.
Iinkcukacha kwiidola zamahlathi asezidolophini ngokusebenzisa i-cap-and-trade iya kuza kamva, kodwa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olucetywayo lukwabonisa i-355 yezigidi zeedola kwizikolo nakwiikholeji zoluntu zokuphunyezwa kweSindululo 39, kunye ne-9 yezigidi zeedola ezingazange ziphume kunyaka ophelileyo kwimisinga yasezidolophini.
Akukho zivumelwano zenziwe apha. Yaye usemkhulu umsebenzi omele wenziwe. Kodwa ngeli xesha ngo-2013, kwakungekho nkxaso-mali yamahlathi asezidolophini, iRhuluneli yenza isindululo sokuphelisa i-EEMP, kwaye amahlathi asezidolophini ayengekho nakwi-radar yebhondi yamanzi. Onjani umahluko unyaka owenzayo.
I-California ReLeaf iqhwabela izandla iRhuluneli uBrown ngezi zindululo zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, kunye neLungu leNdibano u-Rendon ngombono wakhe webhondi yamanzi eqaphela amahlathi asezidolophini njengento ebalulekileyo ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zamanzi zaseCalifornia.
Kwaye ukuba ungomnye wamaqabane ethu amaninzi e-NGO ancedise ukuqhuba lo loliwe ukuya kwindawo akuyo ngoku, thatha ixesha lokwamkela iindaba ezilungileyo. Kukangaphi kulunge ngokwenene kunoko bekulindelwe?