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Linda Piera-Avila for Santa Monica City Council on issues Linda Piera-Avila, candidate for Santa Monica City Council and Green Party member endorsed by the Santa Monica and LA Greens, speaks on development, traffic, homelessness, the environment, global warming and peak oil. Interview portion by Sandy Jacobsen and Jorge Casuso. Filmed by Santa Monica CityTV. www.linda-piera-avila.org. Tags: traffic development linda piera avila justice green party angeles economy homeless sustain open space park urban food |
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Stephen Luntz, Elections Analyst, Australian Greens Victoria Stephen Luntz, Elections Analyst for the Australian Greens Victoria talks Green Party strategy in Australia's proportional representation voting system (above the line and below the line voting), why the number of elected Greens is growing, how the Greens select their candidates, how the Greens do under Labour and Liberal governments and how the Greens are financed. Interviewed by Mike Feinstein (GPUS International Committee). October 25th, 2008. Santa Monica Beach, California. www.vic.greens.org.au www.greens.org.au Tags: australia green party victoria stephen luntz election candidate proportional representation elected state federal vote |
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Linda Piera-Avila for Santa Monica City Council, SMDP forum Linda Piera-Avila, candidate for Santa Monica City Council and Green Party member endorsed by the Santa Monica and LA Greens, appears at a candidate forum co-sponsored by the Santa Monica Daily Press, the Ocean Park Association and the North of Montana Association. Santa Monica Library, October 22nd, 2008. Tags: linda piera avila green party santa monica city council candidate development justice environment rent control diversity affordable housing trees peak oil global warming climate change permaculture |
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Interview w/Santa Monica Planning Director on the LUCE (2) Part two of a two part interview with Santa Monica Planning Director Eileen Fogarty on the city's draft Land Use & Circulation Element, the first update since 1984. www.shapethefuture2025.net. Interviewed by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein in August 2008, with the following questions: Weve talked a bit about creating a new zone around Bergamot Station. What other areas of the city are slated for change and new districts? What do you mean by activity center in the LUCE? What kind of phasing connections would there be between the development that happens and the public transit infrastructure? If youre considering greater heights in that immediate area around Bergamot, would that mean if somebody was coming to propose a project that they literally couldnt be approved until you were sure that the rail line would be built till ground was broken? How would there be a connection in that way? In terms of phasing on Wilshire, it seems from what youre saying that density around activity centers wouldnt necessarily need to be as predicated on having regional transit there as, say, maybe the downtown would be an expansion at the proposed light rail stop around 4th and Colorado. If you are saying you don't expect new regionally-oriented commercial development, does that mean that there currently arent a lot of buildings with a floor plate that large or that youd be preventing future consolidation or simply new buildings wouldnt be allowed to be that big? Youve talked about wanting to conserve and protect neighborhood character, and theres a goal of having adaptive re-use not necessarily tear down yet the land prices are so expensive that there is an incentive to tear down and build anew. How does how do we get to adaptive re-use compared to tear-down and build anew with the cost of land? If the Council approves the general framework for the Land Use and Circulation Element what kind of decisions will happen in the ordinances? And between now and when that happens how does the vision of the Plan either be implemented or not implemented? Should there be a moratorium of sorts or something else? Are the existing rules in place until everything is changed? Is there a rush to develop before the LUCE process is complete? Are small portions of Santa Monica Boulevard to be conceived of differently? What is the philosophy behind the idea of public benefits on the widespread scale that underlies this plan? Why are they justified? And is this the kind of approach that only communities that are as situated as favorably as Santa Monica can undertake? If which public benefits are required is in part based upon public input, how do you get the vast majority of residents involved in that process? How long do you anticipate it will take for area plans to be developed given the backlog in the Planning Department? How long will it take for the LUCE to be implemented? The implementation of the 1984 LUC was affected by macroeconomic trends. What would be a new variable this time that would lead to unexpected results with this versin of the LUCE? What tools do we have to ensure that people who work here actually live here, particularly in the moderate, middle-income ranges, and then specifically both in terms of the health care district and for the education community and teachers? Will you would be cracking new legal ground in terms of trying to truly dedicate this workforce housing to specifically the people who are already in the city? What is being conceptually contemplated for the area around Lincoln and Ocean Park Boulevard? How would it be implemented? How does the LUCE help Santa Monica comply with AB32 and deal with climate change? Tags: santa monica development land use urban traffic circulation general plan eileen fogarty mike feinstein |
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Interview w/Santa Monica Planning Director on the LUCE (1) Part one of a two part interview with Santa Monica Planning Director Eileen Fogarty on the city's draft Land Use & Circulation Element, the first update since 1984. www.shapethefuture2025.net. Interviewed by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein in August 2008, with the following questions: Why does Santa Monica need a new Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE)? What were the economic forces since the last LUCE that shaped what development actually occcured, leading to some development that was anticipated in the plan and some that was not? Its not legal to do spot-zoning, we know community wants input, developers want predictabilty.... if someone wants to develop, how will the community ascertain what kind of uses fit down to intersections and the neighborhood level? Do you anticipate breaking up the zoning on Santa Monica's East/West corridors to define the permitted uses on a more local level? What kind of parking standards are contemplated near public transit? The City's economic health has long been based on having a variety of income streams. How does the new plan for the Olympic corridor affect the city's diversity of income streams? How will changes in the Olympic corridor affect pass-through traffic in Sunset Park? How does the creation of new zoning districts reduce car trips? A skeptic might argue that you can make these infrastructure changes without new developement and also that the idea of more development leading to less traffic is counter-intuitive. Is development funneled in different ways in this plan than previously that would promote less traffic...and not just compared to what would have happened otherwise if development were allowed to continue under current zoning, but also compared to if nothing happened? Could Santa Monica say we are shutting down the doors and almost no new development is going to happen from here on in? Is that legally a possibility? Is there a role for increased density to help reduce traffic? Tags: santa monica development land use urban traffic circulation general plan eileen fogarty mike feinstein |
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Santa Monica Airport Issues City Council candidate forum (3) Santa Monica City Council candidate forum (part 3), sponsored by Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution. Featuring candidates Michael Kovac, Herbert Silverstein, Ken Genser, Ted Winterer, Jerry Rubin, Jonathan Mann, Susan Hartley, Linda Piera-Avila, Richard Bloom and Herb Katz. Moderated by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein. Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution www.jetairpollution.com. October 6th, 2008. Tags: santa monica city council candidate airport pollution genser katz winterer hartley piera avila bloom kovac mann rubin jet aircraft california |
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Santa Monica Airport Issues City Council candidate forum (2) Santa Monica City Council candidate forum, sponsored by Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution (part 2). Featuring candidates Michael Kovacs, Herbert Silverstein, Ken Genser, Ted Winterer, Jerry Rubin, Jonathan Mann, Susan Hartley, Linda Piera-Avila, Richard Bloom and Herb Katz. Moderated by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein. Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution www.jetairpollution.com. October 6th, 2008. Tags: santa monica city council candidate airport pollution genser katz winterer hartley piera avila bloom kovac mann rubin jet neighborhood california |
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Santa Monica Airport Issues City Council candidate forum (1) Santa Monica City Council candidate forum, sponsored by Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution. Introductory comments by Ted Lieu, member, California State Assembly (D-53) and Norman Kulla, Northern District Director for Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl. Introduced by Martin Rubin, Director, Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution www.jetairpollution.com. October 6th, 2008. Tags: santa monica city council candidate airport jet pollution ted lieu assembly california norman kulla bill rosendahl aircraft los angeles |
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Santa Monica Treesavers City Council candidate forum, part 2 Santa Monica City Council candidate forum, sponsored by Treesavers. Featuring candidates Herbert Silverstein, Ken Genser, Ted Winterer, Jerry Rubin, Jonathan Mann, Linda Armstrong, Susan Hartley, Linda Piera-Avila, Richard Bloom and Herb Katz. Moderated by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein. Audience questions and closing statements. August 14th, 2008. Ken Edwards Center, Santa Monica. Tags: santa monica city council candidate tree forest silverstein genser winterer mann hartley piera-avila bloom katz urban |
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Santa Monica Treesavers City Council candidate forum, part 1 Santa Monica City Council candidate forum, sponsored by Treesavers. Featuring Herbert Silverstein, Ken Genser, Ted Winterer, Jerry Rubin, Linda Armstrong, Susan Hartley, Linda Piera-Avila, Richard Bloom and Herb Katz. Moderated by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein. August 14th, 2008. Ken Edwards Center, Santa Monica. www.treesavers.blogspot.com Questions: 1) What does Urban Forest mean to you in the context of Santa Monica? 2)Recently the removal of trees in downtown Santa Monica generated a great deal of controversy within the community. If you are an incumbent, how did you vote on the issue and why, and if you are not an incumbent, how would you have handled the issue and why? 3) What factors would you weigh in deciding which streets and neighborhoods would have their existing trees removed in order to renew and regenerate Santa Monicas urban forest; or if you would not remove them, why not; and do you support establishment of a Santa Monica Tree Commission as part of this process? Tags: santa monica city council candidate tree forest silverstein genser winterer mann hartley piera-avila bloom katz urban |
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Tips on Grassroots Organizing - Joe Louis Wildman (1992) 1992 video by then Green Party organizer Joe Louis Hoffman (who later changed his last name to Wildman) on how to support Kent Smith's 1992 Green State Senate campaign. Tags: green party california nevada county kent smith joe louis hoffman wildman campaign grassroots ecology justice peace candidate |
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Ralph Nader's message to Swedish Greens, April 30th, 2002 Ralph Nader's message to Swedish Greens, before he visits Sweden in May, 2002. April 30th, 2002. Tags: ralph nader president green sweden miljo justice democracy party ecology peace europe |
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Cynthia McKinney Speaks to Green Party of California 8/23/08 2008 Green Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney speaks to the General Assembly of the Green Party of California. Dana Point, California August 23rd, 2008. McKinney for President - www.votetruth08.com, Green Party of California - www.cagreens.org, Green Party of the United States - www.gp.org Tags: green party california president cynthia mckinney justice ecology peace democracy iraq civil liberty rights FISA |
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Cynthia McKinney 4 President - KPFK interview, 8/23/08 2008 Green Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney interviewed by Gabriel San Romain of KPFK Pacific radio, Los Angeles, at the General Assembly of the Green Party of California. Dana Point, California August 23rd, 2008. McKinney for President - www.votetruth08.com, Green Party of California - www.cagreens.org, Green Party of the United States - www.gp.org Tags: green party california president cynthia mckinney justice ecology peace democracy iraq civil liberty rights FISA pacifica |
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South Central Farm - Piera-Avila opposes warehouse at Farm Linda Piera-Avila (County Councilmember, Green Party of Los Angeles County) speaks against approving a warehouse on the land of the South Central Farm, and the negative air quality impacts it would have, at the City of Los Angeles Hearing Agenda - Subdivisions, July 2nd, 2008. www.southcentralfarmers.com Tags: south central farm linda piera avila justice green party angeles economy development sustain open space park urban food |
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South Central Farm - Feinstein opposes warehouse at Farm Former Santa Monica Green Mayor Mike Feinstein speaks against approving a warehouse on the land of the South Central Farm, and the conflict such approval would have with the Los Angeles General Plan Framework, at the City of Los Angeles Hearing Agenda - Subdivisions, July 2nd, 2008. www.feinstein.org www.southcentralfarmers.com Tags: south central farm mike feinstein justice green party angeles economy development sustain open space park urban food |
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Los Verdes de Bolivia - Luis Ernesto Espinoza Entrevista en Río Luis Ernesto Espinoza del Movimiento Los Verdes de Bolivia, entrevisitado en Playa Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil con Mike Feinstein, Green Party of California. 8 de Mayo, 2008. www.losverdesdebolivia.com www.feinstein.org Tags: Movimiento Los Verdes Bolivia partido luis ernesto ecologia espiritual justicia educacion cooperativo comunidad |
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Global Greens 2008 - Tsewang Phuntso (Tibet) Tsewang Phuntso, Liaison Officer for Latin America, Office of Tibet in New York. Speaks to closing ceremony. Global Greens Second Congress 2008. May 1-4, 2008. Fundacao Memorial da America Latina. São Paulo, Brasil. www.tibetoffice.org www.globalgreens.org Tags: global green party Tsewang Phuntso dalai lama tibet china human rights peace non violence |
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Global Greens 2008 - Closing Ceremony and Thanks Closing ceremony. Moderated by Margaret Blakers, Global Green Coordination, Australia and Marco Antonio Mroz, Secretária Internacional, Partido Verde do Brasil e também Jose Luiz de França Penna, Presidente Nacional, Partido Verde do Brasil. Second Global Greens Congress. May 1st-4th, 2008. Fundacao Memorial da America Latina. São Paulo, Brazil. www.globalgreens.org Tags: global green party climate change crisis margaret blakers marco mroz penna brazil brasil |
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Global Greens 2008 - Ralf Fücks (Germany) Ralf Fücks, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, presents the draft declaration "Sustainable Cities." Global Greens Second Congress 2008. May 1-4, 2008. Fundacao Memorial da America Latina. São Paulo, Brasil. www.boell.de www.gruene.de www.globalgreens.org Tags: global greens party fuecks heinrich boell sustainable city urban planning population housing transit |