Ibhalwe nguChuck Mills
Ngomhla ziyi-15 kuJuni 2014, isiShayamthetho saphasisa umthethosivivinywa wesabelomali sikahulumeni ohlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-17.8 woHlelo lwe-CAL FIRE lwe-Urban and Community Forestry (U&CF). UMbusi uBrown kulindeleke ukuthi asayine lesi sivumelwano.
Ngolwazi lwethu olungcono kakhulu, lesi isabelo sonyaka sesifunda esisodwa esikhulu kunazo zonke samahlathi asemadolobheni Emlandweni wase-US.
Imininingwane eyengeziwe izolandela, kodwa lokhu kuqinisekile:
- U-$15.7 wezigidi zamaphrojekthi kanye nezibonelelo ngoHlelo lwe-U&CF, no-$2.1 million wokuxhasa abasebenzi nokuphatha.
- Ngokwezidingo ezingokomthetho zoMthethosivivinywa weSigele 535, iningi lalezi zimali lizozuzisa imiphakathi entulayo.
- Njengoba izimali zivela emalini yendali ye-cap-and-trade, amaphrojekthi kumele ehlise ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa futhi ahlangabezane nezinjongo ze-AB 32.
Lokhu ukunqoba okukhulu kwe-ReLeaf Network kanye nozakwethu abaningi bomfelandawonye. Kuwo wonke u-2013 no-2014, izinhlangano ezifana I-Coalition for Clean Air, Izindlu zaseCalifornia, Ukulondolozwa Kwemvelo, I-TransForm, Kanye I-Asian Pacific Environmental Network ihlanganiswe ne-California ReLeaf kanye neNethiwekhi yethu emyalezweni owodwa omfishane oya kuMbusi kanye nesiShayamthetho lapho esingazange siphambuke khona: yabelana ngengxenye yemali ye-cap-and-trade ngqo ukuze CAL FIRE for the Urban and Community Forestry Programme. Nakuba ezinye i-ajenda zazikhona ku-State Capitol ezaziqhudelana nomlayezo wethu, le ndlela eqondile, engenambudane yanqoba, futhi isibeke inkundla kahle ekwabelweni kwekusasa Lohlelo.
Lokhu kube yinto ehamba phambili yenqubomgomo yomphakathi ye-California ReLeaf kusukela ngo-2012, ngakho-ke kufanele sibonge ubuholi boMbusi uBrown, UMongameli weSenethi u-Pro Tempore Okhethiwe uKevin DeLeón, USomlomo woMkhandlu u-Tem Nora Campos, CAL UMLILO, CAL EPA, kanye ne ICalifornia Air Resources Board ekwenzeni lokhu kwenzeke.
Ekugcineni, ozakwethu abamangalisayo bemifelandawonye engenzi nzuzo babe nesandla ekusifikiseni lapho sikhona namuhla. Siyabonga kanye nokubonga okusuka enhliziyweni kuwo wonke amalungu e-Natural and Working Lands Coalition, 535 Quad, kanye neSustainable Communities for All Coalition.
Bheka imininingwane eyengeziwe kuSabelomali Sesifundazwe sika-2014-15 maduzane futhi uqiniseke ukuthi uya ku-California Urban & Community Forests Conference e-San Diego ukuze uthole umbiko ogcwele ovela ku-CAL FIRE State Urban Forester John Melvin.
IMIHLANGANO!
U-Chuck Mills unguMphathi Wohlelo Lwesibonelelo Se-California ReLeaf.