Esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule, i-California ReLeaf ibambe iqhaza ku-100% we-ajenda yayo yenqubomgomo yomphakathi ngombono wokuthi imali etholwayo kanye nendali yezohwebo yayiyithuba elingcono kakhulu lokuphefumula impilo entsha ohlelweni lwe-CAL FIRE's Urban and Community Forestry Program, olwabe izimali zalo zokugcina zamabhondi ephrojekthi ngoMashi.
2013. Ngamanye amazwi, sangena “konke” nge-cap nokuhweba.
Namuhla, uMbusi uBrown ukhiphe Isabelomali Sombuso sika-2014-15 esihlongozwayo esiqondisa izigidi ezingama-R50 emalini engenayo endalini ku-CAL FIRE ngengxenye ebalulekile eqondiswe ukusekela amaphrojekthi amahlathi asemadolobheni asiza ukuhlangabezana nomgomo wombuso wokunciphisa amagesi abamba ukushisa. Lolu xhaso lwezimali oluhlongozwayo lubonisa ukuqashelwa kwamaphrojekthi amahlathi asemadolobheni njengengxenye ebalulekile yohlelo lwaseCalifornia lokuqhubekisela phambili ukuncishiswa kwe-GHG, ukuqinisa imiphakathi - ikakhulukazi leyo ethinteke kakhulu ngenxa yokukhipha umoya, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi, kanye nokukhuthaza ukusungulwa kwezinto ezintsha.
Le ndlela ibuye ituswe ngamalungu eSigele Sombuso kanye neSishayamthetho. USenator Lois Wolk (D – 3rd District) uthe namhlanje ekuseni, “Amahlathi asemadolobheni kufanele abe ingxenye ebalulekile yesu laseCalifornia lokunciphisa ama-GHG nokwakha imiphakathi enempilo. Ukusebenzisa i-cap ne-trade funds ukusiza ukufeza lo mgomo kumelela utshalomali oluzwakalayo, olufanele. "
Imininingwane yalesi siphakamiso izocaca kakhudlwana emasontweni azayo, kodwa kucatshangwa ukuthi ingxenye enhle yalezi zimali izophinde isetshenziselwe ukuhlangabezana nemigomo ye-SB 535 kusukela ngo-2012, egunyaza ukuthi okungenani ama-25% azo zonke izikhwama ze-cap nezokuhwebelana kumele zihlomulise imiphakathi entulayo.
“Isiphakamiso sesabelomali sikaMbusi senza ukutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile kwezamahlathi emadolobheni okuzosiza imiphakathi entulayo ukuthi ihlale inempilo, isebenzise amandla amancane, futhi ichume. Imiphakathi yethu ihlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yeziqhingi zokushisa zasemadolobheni aseCalifornia, futhi lesi isinyathelo esisodwa sokuxazulula leyo nkinga,” kusho u-Vien Truong, uMqondisi Wokulingana Kwezemvelo we-The Greenlining Institute.
I-California ReLeaf yasebenza ngokuqondile nabagqugquzeli be-SB 535 ngo-2013 ukuze babonise ukuxhumana okuqinile phakathi kwamahlathi asemadolobheni nobulungiswa bezemvelo, futhi siyishayela ihlombe leyo mfelandawonye ngokufaka phakathi amahlathi asemadolobheni njengenye yezinto ezinhlanu eziza kuqala ekuphileni kwawo kanye noxhaso lwezimali lohwebo kulo nyaka wezimali. Amahlathi asemadolobheni nawo amukelwa njengento ebaluleke kakhulu kuMfelandawonye Wezemvelo Nezokusebenza Kwemihlaba, kanye Nemiphakathi Eqhubekayo Yawo Yonke Umfelandawonye, egxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izimali ezisetshenziswayo kanye nezohwebo zisetshenziselwa amaphrojekthi aphinde aqhubekisele phambili imigomo ye-SB 375.
U-Mari Rose Taruc, Umqondisi Wokuhlela Wesifunda We-Asian Pacific Environmental Network uyaphawula “ukubona amahlathi asemadolobheni exhaswa njengengxenye yohlelo lokuqala lweSikhwama Sokunciphisa Igesi Elibamba Ukushisa kube yinto ehamba phambili ku-SB 535 Coalition. Ibeka izihlahla ezindaweni ezingcoliswe kakhulu zombuso ezidinga umoya ohlanzekile.”
Siyaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye yala madlelandawonye, futhi siyababonga bobabili ngokwamukela lolu daba olubucayi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, i-CAL FIRE cishe izolungisa izici zezinhlelo zayo ezikhona zosizo lwendawo emahlathini asemadolobheni ukuze ihlangabezane nezimfuneko ezengeziwe eziza nokusetshenziswa kwalezi zimali. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-California ReLeaf, i-Network, kanye nozakwethu bazoba nesibopho sokuxhasa lesi sabelo esihlongozwayo, esizobuyekezwa futhi sivotelwe yisiShayamthetho ngamakomiti amancane esabelomali. Uma leli zinga elinconyiwe loxhaso ligcinwa, amadola azotholakala ku-CAL FIRE maduze nje ngemva kokusayinwa kwesabelomali sombuso ngoJulayi 2014 futhi, ekugcineni, emiphakathini yase-California ngendlela yezibonelelo zosizo zasendaweni.
Siyajabula ukuba nawe uhlanganyele nathi ekugubheni lokho esithemba ukuthi kuzoba ukunqoba kokuqala kokuningi kwezamahlathi e-California kulo nyaka!