Amahora angama-36 eSacramento
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Lapho umsebenzi wonyaka wonke usondela ekuphumeleleni esikhathini esifushane kangaka, kuba nzima ukuthatha isikhathi nokuzwa izindaba ezinhle. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi uma kungcono kunokulindelekile.
Noma kunjalo, yilokho esabhekana nakho engxenyeni yokugcina yesonto lokuqala eligcwele ngoJanuwari, 2014. Futhi ngeSonto ntambama ehhovisi lami elithule edolobheni laseSacramento, ngizungezwe izinhlobo zezihlahla ezingaphezu kwalokho engizazi ngamagama, ngithatha isikhathi nokwamukela izindaba ezinhle.
Ngikholwa ukuthi kwakunguLawrence Welk noma uPink owake wathi “Asiyithathe phezulu.”
NgoLwesithathu, Januwari 8 ngo-9:00 ekuseni – Isaziso sivele nge-imeyili yami sokuthi izichibiyelo zoMthethosivivinywa Womhlangano 1331 seziku-inthanethi. Lena inguqulo yeLungu Lomhlangano u-Anthony Rendon yokuthi ibhondi yamanzi ebuyekeziwe ka-2014 ingabukeka kanjani. Kusukela ngo-September 2013, i-California ReLeaf, ngokubambisana ne-California Urban Forest Council kanye nezinye izinhlangano ezingenzi inzuzo, baphikisene ngokuthi amahlathi asemadolobheni awokubili lo mthethosivivinywa kanye nemoto yeSigele yebhondi yamanzi ebuyekeziwe - SB 42 (Wolk). Sithumele izincwadi, saba nemihlangano e-Sacramento, futhi sasebenza ne-The Nature Conservancy kanye namalungu e-ReLeaf Network lapho sivakashela izifunda. Sicele ukuthi bobabili ababhali bandise ulimi olukhona lwezikweletu oluhlobene nezindawo zamapaki nemifula yasemadolobheni ukuze bafake namahlathi asemadolobheni. Kodwa ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, izichibiyelo ze-AB 1331 zihamba kangcono - ukunikeza amahlathi asemadolobheni into ehlukile yomugqa ngale ndlela elandelayo:
Ukukhuthaza amahlathi asemadolobheni ngokususelwe ku-Urban Forest Act ka-1978…
Akuyona indlela embi yokuqala ekuseni.
NgoLwesithathu emini – Ukuputshuka okuningi kwesabelomali soMbuso sika-2014-15 esihlongozwayo soMbusi sekufinyelele emaphepheni, futhi ozakwabo abambalwa babhala amabhulogi mayelana nohlelo oluhlongozwayo lwezindleko zemali engenayo kanye nohwebo, kanye nokufakwa kwalo kwezamahlathi emadolobheni. Kodwa ayikho eminye imininingwane. Yimalini, futhi idlula UMLILO WE-CAL? Ithemba liyakhula kulokho okuzokwenzeka ngoLwesihlanu.
NgoLwesithathu ngo-5:00 ntambama – Isifinyezo Sesabelomali Esigcwele Sombusi njengoba sihlongozwe ngowezi-2014-15 siputshuzwe yiNyosi ye-Sacramento. Ukuze kujabulise wonke umuntu e-California ReLeaf, isifinyezo sigqamisa ukunikezwa okuhlongozwayo kwezigidi ezingu-$50 ku-CAL FIRE ngezinjongo ezihlukahlukene ezihlobene namahlathi, okuhlanganisa namahlathi asemadolobheni. Yize kungakabi bikho ukuhlukaniswa kokuthi yimalini ezigidigidi ezingama-R50 ezoya emahlathini asemadolobheni, manje sekunesiqiniseko sokuthi, uma le ngxenye yeSabelomali Sombuso iqhubeka kuze kube uJuni, Uhlelo Lwezamahlathi Emadolobha Nomphakathi luzophinde luxhaswe ngezimali.
Lezi yizindaba osekuphele izinyanga eziyi-12 sisebenzela kuzo. Futhi hhayi thina kuphela. Inethiwekhi ye-ReLeaf. Abangane bethu bomfelandawonye wezokongiwa kwemvelo. Imiphakathi yethu esimeme ibambisene. Kanye nozakwethu bobulungiswa bezemvelo. Isikhathi esingangonyaka, bonke bamukela, futhi akekho kubo owahlubuka, emlayezweni ocacile, ocacile nonobunye wokuxhasa amahlathi asemadolobheni ngemali engenayo yendali nendali ngohlelo lwe-CAL FIRE lwe-Urban and Community Forestry.
NgoLwesine, ngoJanuwari 9 ngo-9:00 ekuseni - UMbusi wethula ngokusemthethweni Isifinyezo Sesabelomali sakhe kusasele usuku, futhi uhlela izingcingo zabathintekayo kusukela Emini ukuze kuxoxwe ngezabelo ezithile zomkhakha kusukela kwezokuthutha ukuya ekuvikelweni kwemvelo. Yize lezi zingcingo zingavezi okuningi, manje sesiyazi ukuthi isabelo samahlathi asemadolobheni kufanele sibe sikhulu, futhi imalimboleko yeminyaka engu-5 yamadola ayizigidi ezingu-5 ngokumelene Nohlelo Lokuthuthukisa Imvelo Nokunciphisa izokhokhwa ngo-2014. Ezinye izindaba ezinhle ezingalindelekile.
NgoLwesine, ngoJanuwari 9 ngo-4:00 ntambama - Uhlaka oluningiliziwe lweSabelomali Sombuso sowezi-2014-15 lungena ku-inthanethi futhi luveza ukuthi i-EEMP ihlongozwa ukuthi ixhaswe ngezinga eliphezulu lamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-17.8 ngenxa yenhlanganisela yezehlakalo ezihlanganisa ukukhokhwa kwemali mboleko kanye nokubambezeleka ekutholeni izimali zika-2013. ngenxa yezinguquko zezinhlelo ngomthetho osayinwe ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule nguMbusi uBrown. Nakuba lezi zindaba zijabulisa ngokwazo, siyaqaphela futhi ukuthi lawo madola manje asezosetshenziselwa ukuxhasa kuphela izindawo zezinsiza namahlathi asemadolobheni, njengoba kuzonakekelwa imizila namapaki ngoHlelo olusha Lwezokuthutha olusebenzayo. Isikhathi sokungena kwabantu abaningi kangaka asikwazi ukuba ngcono.
Ukucaciswa kwamadola amahlathi asemadolobheni ngokusebenzisa i-cap-and-trade kuzoza ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa isabelomali esihlongozwayo siphinde siveze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-355 ezikoleni nasemakolishi omphakathi ukuze kusetshenziswe i-Proposition 39, kanye nezigidi ezingu-9 zamaRandi ezingaphumanga ngonyaka odlule emifudlaneni yasemadolobheni.
Awekho amadili enziwe lapha. Futhi mkhulu umsebenzi osazokwenziwa. Kodwa ngalesi sikhathi ngo-2013, kwakungekho zimali zokuxhasa amahlathi asemadolobheni, uMbusi wahlongoza ukuqeda i-EEMP, futhi amahlathi asemadolobheni ayengekho ngisho naku-radar yebhondi yamanzi. Yeka umehluko owenzayo unyaka.
I-California ReLeaf ishayela ihlombe uMbusi uBrown ngalezi ziphakamiso zebhajethi, kanye neLungu Lomhlangano u-Rendon ngombono wakhe webhondi yamanzi ebona amahlathi asemadolobheni njengento ebalulekile ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo zamanzi zase-California.
Futhi uma ungomunye wozakwethu abaningi be-NGO abasize ukushayela lesi sitimela endaweni yaso yamanje, thatha isikhathi sokwamukela izindaba ezinhle. Kukangaki ngempela kuba ngcono kunokulindelekile?