Category: Letters

Dear PG&E, You turned our power off today (Tuesday, 6/14/22), and yesterday for a total of 6 hours. Last summer, you turned off our power for 10 days, and 200 hours with the excuse that your new “smart” sensor detected that something touched the power line feeding the San Lorenzo Valley.  We waited as your crews did an 8-hour walk… Read More

Well, this is awkward. You know that thing a group of us said about the San Lorenzo Valley needing a community council?   It seems that quite a few of you agree. More than 200 of our friends and neighbors have already signed a petition supporting the formation of a San Lorenzo Valley Community Council. More than 50 of those signers… Read More

An Open Letter to All Members of the San Lorenzo Valley Community Dear SLV Community Members, There are severe problems with the recent proposal for a “San Lorenzo Valley Community Council” that may well undermine the very community involvement it wants to provide. As a group of concerned San Lorenzo Valley residents, we are urging our neighbors to not support… Read More

Antonia Bradford’s comments to the Board of Supervisors during their August 10 meeting regarding agenda item #9 Hello, my name is Antonia Bradford. Before I begin, I would like to thank the offices of Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty for hearing the needs of their constituents and putting this crucial item on the agenda. On August 20, 2020 my family… Read More

Dear County Supervisors, State Representatives, and associated staff: I am writing today as your constituent and copying representatives of local media to express my support of CZU fire home loss victims in their rebuilding — and frankly survival — process. The County of Santa Cruz has not lived up to its promise to expedite and streamline the permitting process and… Read More