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International Travel Health Insurance - Pharmacy Rx Drugs Claim Process
Q: Are prescription drugs covered in the visitors insurance? How much is the co pay?
A: Visitors insurance covers prescription drugs just like any other medical expense. In fixed coverage plans, just like any other eligible expense, there is a sub-limit for prescription drugs as well. In comprehensive coverage plans, just like other medical expenses, there is no sub-limit for prescription drugs.
There is no concept of co pay in short term plans. Please refer to the plan brochure or the policy wording for the coverage amounts and your responsibility.
Q: Are over the counter medicines, blood pressure machine, birth control pills etc. covered in visitors insurance?
A: No, for all covered expenses, you pay one deductible cumulative. If you have already specified your deductible visiting a doctor's office, for example, as long as you have already specified your deductible, you don't have to pay separate deductible again for the prescription drugs, .
A: You can go to any pharmacy you like. There is no PPO network in any of the visitors insurance plans.
A: Some of the IMG visitors insurance plans provide a prescription drug discount card. When you go to the participating pharmacies, for covered drugs, they give you a certain amount of discount. You will have to pay the rest of the amount and file for reimbursement. The insurance company will pay according to the terms of the particular plan.
E.g., if you have purchased Patriot America from IMG. Lets assume that your total Rx cost is $100. And they give you the discount of $30. You pay $70 and file a claim. As long as it is covered expense, and assuming that you have already met your deductible, IMG will pay you 80% of $70 back if the total expenses so far are below $5,000 or 100% of $70 back if the total expenses so far are above $5,000.
For those plans that don't provide a prescription drug discount card, it does not mean that prescription drugs are not covered. It just means that you don't get an additional discount.
Q: When I went to the pharmacy, they didn't accept the insurance. How does it work? I had to pay up front, how do I get it reimbursed?
A: There is no PPO network for pharmacy in any of the visitors insurance. Pharmacies do not have the set up with the visitors insurance companies for billing them directly. You will have to first pay and file for reimbursement.
For all the plans, present the original prescription from the provider to the pharmacy. In order to get prescription drugs from the pharmacy in the U.S., make sure that you have the prescription from the provider licensed to practice medicine in the U.S., as they don't accept foreign prescriptions.
In case of eligible IMG plans, additionally present the Rx discount card and they will give you an instant discount. Pay to the pharmacy as if you have no insurance. You can file a claim for eligible expenses.
Follow the claims submission process for reimbursement. In addition to the documents mentioned there, you must also send the copy of the prescription and the documents given by the pharmacy for each drug.
A: The card you received after you purchased the insurance is for availing health services and is not a prescription card. Pay the pharmacy as if you have no insurance and file for reimbursement as described above.
Q: I ran out of my regular prescription drugs supply that I brought with me from my home country. Can I get it refilled in the U.S.?
A: In order to get prescription drugs from a U.S. pharmacy, you will need a prescription from a doctor licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. Therefore, you will have to visit the doctor, get an appropriate prescription and get it filled at the pharmacy of your choice.
However, none of the above expenses would be covered by any of the visitors insurance plans as they are not meant to cover pre-existing conditions. As you brought the medicines from your home country, the problem you have is obviously a pre-existing condition. Even any plan that covers any acute onset of a pre-existing condition would not cover such expenses as they are routine expenses and not really an acute onset of a pre-existing condition.
Disclaimer: The information within this article is intended as a broad summary of benefits and services and is meant for informational purposes only. The information does not describe all scenarios, coverages or exclusions of any insurance plan. The benefits and services of an insurance plan are subject to change. This is not your policy/certificate of insurance. If there is any discrepancy between the information in this article and the language of your policy/certificate wording, the language of the policy/certificate wording will prevail.


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Skip to comments.Vanity: National Agricultural Classification Survey - WTF?!
Posted on 01/10/2012 7:54:43 PM PST by dagogo redux
Well, heres the totalitarian state, right before my eyes!
Today in the mail came a largish envelop for me from The National Agricultural Statistics Service, postage and fees paid by USDA Permit No. G-38.
A prominant blocked off area on the envelop front stated in large bold letters, YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
Also on the envelop and several places inside I find Obama-style logos for the USDA, and one with AGRICULTURE COUNTS around the outside, and at the base of the rolling landscape NASS, which stands for National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Thats right: now we have a National Agricultural Classification Survey, aka U.S. Census of Agriculture Report, aka NACS_01 (10/20/11) Project 633.
Its a 4 page census form wanting to know all manner of info about myself and my 1.35 acres, including exquisit details about Acres Operated, Cropland, Grain Storage, Livestock, Poultry, Aquaculture, and Bees, as well as business details such as Production Contracts, Labor, Sales, Federal Farm Program Payments and Expenses. We have some vegetable and flower gardens and a few fruit trees - all for our own enjoyment and consumption. 1.35 acres.
We then have a full page chock full of nosey little questions about the Internet Access of The Operation, and about the personal info of The Operator(s), any Change of Operator, Possible Duplication or Other Names of the operator or operations.
An accompanying letter with the Obama logos of two types at the top has the following instructions:
If you do not have any agricultural activity, or believe that you have received this in error, please indicate that on the form and return it so we can update our records.
This is followed - in HUGE, BOLD font inside a bold, three-edged window - by the heart of the matter:
The National Agricultural Classification Survey (NACS) is required by law. If you do not reply, you may be personally visited or you may receive a telephone call.
Besides a letter or two and some phone calls to Congress critters, I think I will make the non-answering of this crap my first official act of civil disobedience.
I understand I may risk being personally visited, or may receive a phone call, but Ill just have to deal somehow with those important matters if/ when they arise.
Tell them that you are growing marijuana and they'll send you a subsidy check and a government contract to supply the schools in urban areas as part of a cultural development project to encourage the next generation of rap stars.
You tell them about that and you will never get any visits!
I received one this year, as I have several times in the past. Just shred the damn thing - I have never sent one back. Only once did a contract worker knock on my door - they were promptly told to leave immediately, which they did.
The maximum fine for non-compliance is $100.00. I have never been fined. If I were, I would etch "kiss my a$$" on 10,000 pennies and hand deliver the bag.
Shredder. That was easy!
Are you new to agriculture?
I explained the last time this was raised, this survey is related to the Census of Agriculture, which is done every 5 years. Farmers have responded to it for decades, and don't make a big deal of it. Rather than complain to those who can't help you, you'd be better served by contacting the agency who sent the survey, especially if you're not engaged in agriculture.
Guess it's here.
As I keep saying, voting won't get us back our freedom. Only hard measures can do that.
Sorry - didn't see that, and didn't pick it up with a search.
Thanks for that link.
What they really want to know if how many sheep you have! :-)
You must obey the public serpents.
This is the second post I've seen. There was another FReeper, I believe, that posted about this. I wish i could remember his/her monicker.....but I can't. Scary.
I suggest you put up a very large sign, warning trespassers of the presence of self defense weapons on your property, and indicate that in your response.
Fill in that you are a Hobby Farm and raise Free Range Rattlesnakes, stop by for a visit any time.
Its real and has been discussed here.
My suggestions:
Do not fill out the form.
On a separate sheet of paper write.
You have no jurisdiction over my family garden.
Upon your arrival, please read my Trespass warnings.
This kind of crap is why the USDA is closing 249 offices.
That's it, tw! Thanks!
Just another step in the war on "survivors".
My response should perhaps be modeled on those great burn-a-Koran YouTube videos, only I would not burn the thing, but use the survey, letter and envelop to demonstrate composting for home gardeners.
To heck with delivering. Go to their website http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/index.asp and email them.
"It is on the front porch. If you hustle you might beat the local neighborhood kids to it."
Then I would set up a camera to get the video of them trying to make off with a pile of pennies.
Oh, I didn't mention the "no bag" part? Sorry `bout that!
I haven't looked at the gardening thread yet - is this stuff in there? I'll ping you to another thread on this momentarily.
Tell them to pound it.
I got one, too. Not sure what to do with it yet.
"If you do not reply, you may be personally visited or you may receive a telephone call."
Oooh! The dreaded phone call. You are required by law to answer your phone and/or the front door. Not!!
Personally given the times we live in and the new FEMA camps with all the vacancies still available I would make a notation that there are no agricultural activities going on at the site and you must have received the survey in error and just send it back.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
-Samuel Adams
If the envelope wasn't sent certified mail requiring you to sign for it, you never received it.
Toss it in the shredder or woodstove. At least in the woodstove you will get some heat for your trouble, and burning worthless government documents is carbon neutral, so it is kinda green if you think about it that way.
Just say, "NO HABLO INGLES" and they'll leave you alone.
You have to prohibit these federal agencies from having enforcement authority on their regulations.
That is the only thing that will stop it.
When a globalist is given a position in the federal bureaucracy they begin to implement international law in their regulations. With their own police authority the become a rogue government and they can do anything they wish to do.
So you get these socialist dictator rulings from the executive branch that mirror all the edicts coming down from the G20, and the nefarious UN subsidiaries.
Because we have no penalties as citizens we can enforce on them when they violate the Constitution, we are powerless.
Just because the survey is required by law, it does not mean that you are required to answer. It does mean that they have to conduct the survey and ask you the questions.
If they have their own police force, like NOAA and the Department of Education, they'll enforce it themselves. That corruption of the US Constitution effectively creates a rogue government that is a law unto itself.
There's no protection if they come after you.
Citizens must demand penalties on these rogue agencies and individual bureaucrats for violating the Constitution and then ensure that they are enforced.
Are they going to send the Crop Cops to arrest you?
If you're a farmer you've seen these before and it's no big deal. If you aren't, answer "no" to the first four questions and send it back.
There is a section to fill out if you are no longer farming and they won't send it to you anymore.
The USDA Ag Statistics branch keeps track of deaths of livestock by predators among many, many other things.
If later down the line a cougar or a wolf eats your dog, you can join with livestock producers against the folks who would rather see wolves than cattle on the prairie and prefer to buy "sustainable" bamboo fiber (aka nylon - an extruded, chemically processed product) rather than wool.
Throw it in the trash. You will not be visited.
Thanks for the ping. This stuff is garbage. I don't know whether the USDA computer burped and spit out a bunch of new addresses, or if they are trolling for info. Either way, the surveys can be trashed. I do it every year and we have a farm.
Did you fill out the census forms? Talk about an invasion of privacy.
No I did not, and will not. We are not "Farming" or running a "Farming Operation" on our 1.35 acres, and it is none of the Federal government's business if we were.
If we build a dog house or a bird feeder on our property, do we need to justify that we are not a "Construction Operation" that the Feds need to be aware of? If I sit outside and read a book on my property, do I need to fill out a census form about a possible "Proof Reading Operation" that the Feds need to be aware of?
I draw the line here: my first, but probably not my last act of civil disobedience. So it begins, at least for me.
I didn't make it clear—I was referring to filling out the human population census back in 2009 or so. We didn't fill out the mailed form and were visited by some serf with a scanner and GPS unit. There is no privacy, there is no free speech, there is no escape as far as I can see.
first 'forwarding service requested' is only good for first class mail.
second google pobox 5115 jeffersonville IN leads to an online mailing service.
third google National Agriculture——etc has an address in washington d.c. their website also states only businesses of 1,000 dollars or more and that their agricultural survey will be conducted in the 'latter part of 2012'
my suggestion is stuff the business reply mail envelope with local farmers market ads and mail back-—free to you, cost to them.
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However, there is no doubt that if an initiative solely requiring a public vote on the Delta Tunnels had been on the ballot, it would have been decisively approved.]]> 2016-12-16T04:03:23Z 2016-12-16T04:03:23Z en-US Dan Bacher writes: About 90 percent of the anglers, grassroots environmentalists and Tribal leaders that I discussed Proposition 53 with voted "Yes" on the measure because it would require a vote on the Delta Tunnels and other huge projects that pose significant threats to the environment. The results of the Proposition 53 vote are disappointing for those who care about salmon, the Delta and the public trust. However, there is no doubt that if an initiative solely requiring a public vote on the Delta Tunnels had been on the ballot, it would have been decisively approved by the voters. Read More ]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/12/10/18794572.php Disastrous New City at Tejon Ranch Approved for Kern County Kern County Supervisors Green-light Sprawling 8,000-acre Grapevine Development 2016-12-10T21:50:57Z 2016-12-10T21:50:57Z en-US Center for Biological Diversity about the harm the project will do to wildlife and nearby communities. The 8,000-acre development will straddle the San Joaquin Valley and Tehachapi Mountains and create a new city of up to 12,000 dwelling units and up to 5.1 million square feet of commercial real estate. The project will destroy habitat for the endangered San Joaquin kit fox, blunt-nosed leopard lizard and threatened San Joaquin antelope squirrel, along with up to 36 other rare and imperiled species. "The blunt-nosed leopard lizard and San Joaquin antelope squirrel are teetering on the brink of extinction," said Ileene Anderson, a biologist with the Center. "It's tragic that the county's willing to sacrifice these species on the altar of an unsustainable sprawl development." Read More]]> Animal Liberation California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/12/03/18794346.php The Unseen Power of Big Oil in California Western States Petroleum Association: The Biggest Lobby Group You've Never Heard Of 2016-12-03T20:37:50Z 2016-12-03T20:37:50Z en-US While the mainstream and alternative media have published articles about aspects of WSPA's enormous influence over politics in the West, they haven't looked at the overall strategy of how WSPA and Big Oil exert their power and influence. Indybay contributor Dan Bacher explores how WSPA and Big Oil use their money and power in 5 ways: through lobbying; campaign spending; getting appointed to positions on and influencing regulatory panels; creating Astroturf groups; and working in collaboration with media. Big Oil is the most powerful lobby in the West. However, action by committed activists can defeat Big Oil in spite of its money and power, as in the case of the Richmond City Council elections and the passage of anti-fracking ordinances in San Benito County in 2014 and Monterey County in 2016. Read More See also: WSPA tops lobbyist spending with $16.6 million this session | Big Oil Money Gushes Over Sacramento, LA Times & Brown's Dirty Hands | Consumer Watchdog slams Jerry Brown over receiving $9.8 million in fossil fuel donations Related features: Ventura Oil Spill is No Surprise | California Governor Signs Climate Bill Gutted by Big Oil | 3 Billion Gallons of Oil Industry Wastewater Illegally Dumped into Central Valley Aquifers | California's Big Oil Dirty Dozen]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/27/18794179.php Standing Rock Solidarity in Northern California Nationwide Solidarity as Police Escalate Violence Against Water Protectors 2016-11-27T08:27:36Z 2016-11-27T08:27:36Z en-US Courts have issued injunctions but overall have not been sympathetic to the cause of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. Since federal agencies blocked construction under the Missouri River in early September, police have greatly increased the violence unleashed against the Water Protectors. Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested and injured by police weaponry including projectiles, tear gas, and water canons used in below freezing temperatures. Now, federal authorities are threatening to close the NoDAPL camp by December 5, but protesters promise continued resistance. Solidarity Actions: Standing Rock #NoDAPL March on Washington (11/27) | Demand CitiBank Stop Funding the DAPL (11/25) | Fresno: Standing Rock Sioux Support Protest (11/17) | Over 500 people in Sacramento stand in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux (11/15) | Santa Cruz Stands With Standing Rock (11/15) | #NoDAPL Day of Action In solidarity With Standing Rock Santa Cruz, Ca (11/15) | Mountain View: No Dakota Pipeline & Trump Protest (11/15) | Photos from Dakota Pipeline Protest in San Francisco (11/15) | Thousands United Nationally to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline (11/15) | San Francisco: Bay Area Stands with Standing Rock: March on Army Corps of Engineers (11/15) | NoDAPL National Call to Action at UCSC (11/15) | Peninsula: Activists Protest at Banks in Solidarity with Standing Rock (11/3) | Berkeley: Solidarity March w Standing Rock: Bay Area Against the Black Snake (11/4) | Sacramento Area Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with Standing Rock (10/24) | Davis City Council Passes Resolution Backing Standing Rock | KPFA Solidarity With Amy Goodman & Journalists At Standing Rock Sioux Tribe In N. Dakota (10/18) | Berkeley: Rally/Action To Support Amy Goodman and other courageous journalists At Standing Rock (10/18) | Indigenous People's Day: Zachary Runningwolf's statement from Santa Rita Jail | 2016 Indigenous Peoples' Day Sunrise Gathering | Alcatraz Island (10/10) | No DAPL Call for Support! Help Luta today! | We Stand with Standing Rock (9/18) | Mni Wiconi/Water Is Life, Food Not Bombs, Come-Unity Gathering | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Responds to Oil Pipeline Builders | Santa Cruz Residents Rally to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline | Pennsylvanians: No Tax Dollars for Dakota Access Pipeline | National day of action against the Dakota Access Pipeline (9/13) | Santa Cruz Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline | Sacramento Area Residents Hold Protest Against Dakota Access Pipeline Outside Citibank | Santa Cruz Solidarity with Standing Rock Water Protectors to Oppose Dakota Oil Pipeline Statements of Solidarity: Thanksgiving Decorations for the Manhattan Bridge | New Orleans Stands with Standing Rock | ACLU of Northern Californin Stands with Standing Rock | Solidarity with Standing Rock from New Orleans | CFA Stands in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Protestors | Two Spirit Society of Indian Canyon stands with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sacred Stone Camp | Karuk Tribe Stands in Support of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation | Stanford American Indian Organization Letter of Solidarity with the Standing Rock Lakota and Dakota Peoples Reports from Standing Rock: Army Corp Closes Public Access to Oceti Sakowin Camp on Dec. 5th | Oceti Sakowin Camp Calls for Immediate Federal Protection for Peaceful Occupation of 1851 Treaty Land | Standing Rock Elder Protector Speaks at a March Against DAPL in North Dakota | Woman severely injured when concussion grenade thrown by police at Standing Rock explodes on her arm | Army Corp Closes Public Access to Oceti Sakowin Camp on Dec. 5th | Tribes call on President Obama to deny easement, investigate pipeline safety and protect tribal sovereignty | Police Attack Unarmed Standing Rock Water Protectors in Freezing Temperatures with Water Cannons and Other Weapons in 5-Hour Standoff | Militarized Police Endanger Lives of Standing Rock Water Protectors With Water Cannon Attack in Freezing Overnight Conditions | Native-led Copwatch forms at Standing Rock | Excessive Force by Police Injures 300 Water Protectors at Standing Rock | Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit reveals desperation to finish troubled DAPL project | U.S. Army Corp of Engineers delays DAPL easement and calls for further environmental review | U.S. Army Corp of Engineers delays DAPL easement and calls for further environmental review | Police Must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest After Army Announces Delay of Dakota Pipeline Construction | Pipeline Expert: Government Underestimated Risk of an Oil Spill from Dakota Access Pipeline | Registered Nurse Response Network Sends Nurse Volunteers on Second Deployment to Standing Rock | Standing Rock Water Protectors Report Escalating Surveillance, Civil Rights and Privacy Violations | ACLU Urges Justice Department to Investigate Militarized Response at Standing Rock Protest | Violent police attack on anti-oil pipeline protest in North Dakota | Nurses Condemn Attacks on Water Protectors Opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline Project | Amnesty International USA to Monitor North Dakota Pipeline Protests | Police from 5 States Escalate Violence, Shoot Horses to Clear 1851 Treaty Camp | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe responds to today's law enforcement escalation | 141 Water Protectors Arrested as Police Escalate Violent Militarized Response | BRAVE Environmental Lawyer Explains Standing Rock Legal Issues | ACLU of North Dakota Files Open Record Requests Regarding Policing Practices at Site of DAPL Protests | Journalist Amy Goodman to Turn Herself in to North Dakota Authorities | Law Enforcement Arrest 29 Water Protectors on Indigenous Peoples' Day, Continue to Target Journalists Covering DAPL | The Surveillance State Descends on the Dakota Access Pipeline Spirit Camp | Registered Nurse Response Network Sends Nurse Volunteers to Assist With First Aid at Standing Rock | IEN responds to U.S. Court of Appeals Injunction Denial to Halt DAPL Construction within 20 Miles of Missouri River | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue fight against pipeline despite court setback | Standing Rock Sioux Chairman's Statement Following U.S. Court of Appeals Hearing | Dakota Access Pipeline and the Future of American Labor | Water Protectors Across Midwest Continue to Stop Active Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline | Company Behind Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage | Federal Judge Dissolves DAPL's Injunction Against Water Protectors | North Dakota's Governor Declared a State of Emergency to Deal With Peaceful Oil Pipeline Protesters | Riot Police Begin Mass-Arrests at Dakota Access Pipeline, FB Censors Video | Call in the National Guard to Protect Against Native American People in North Dakota? Related Features: Three Federal Agencies Block Dakota Access Pipeline | Protection of Sacred Sites Leads to Clash with Dakota Access Pipeline Security | No Dakota Access Pipeline]]> Central Valley City of San Francisco East Bay Area Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Government & Elections Peninsula Police State Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/14/18793616.php We've Got a Bigger Problem Now With Election of Trump as Next US President, Cities Across the Country Rise Up in Protest 2016-11-15T06:20:23Z 2016-11-15T06:20:23Z en-US By the evening of November 9, protesters poured into the streets across the country. Even as they rallied and marched in defiance of a Trump presidency, demonstrators were still processing the reality that the next president of the United States will be a narcissistic demagogue who bragged he sexually assaulted women, called for the deportation of millions of immigrants, and proposed banning Muslims from entering the country. Trump's campaign was built on white supremacist and nativist tropes, and he won the election by dominating the white vote, primarily white men. People are pissed — and people of color especially are worried about what is to come. In many cities, demonstrations continue on a daily or near-daily basis. There is no end in sight as Trump assembles his administration Calls have gone out to disrupt inaugural events on January 20 and for a Women's March on Washington on January 21. Publish your Trump protest photos and video to Indybay! Oakland: Update on Oakland Anti-Trump Protest Arrests and Support Work | Fuck Trump: Protesters Defy More Aggressive Police, Take Freeway on Day Two Occupy 2.0: Resistance and Transformation in the Age of Trump (Nov 20) | Hundreds of Oakland High Schoolers Walk Out of Class to Protest Trump | Fuck Trump: Oakland Police Lose Control of the Streets on Day One | Davey D Street Interviews at Oakland Anti-Trump Protest After Election | Oakland School for the Arts: No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA | March to Stop Trump's attacks on immigrants, democracy, equality | March to Stop Trump's Attacks on Equality (Oakland) | Peaceful Trump Response: Join Hands Around Lake Merritt | Protest Trump in Oakand | Fuck Trump: Resistance begins with pre-dawn graffiti Berkeley: Thousands protest in Berkeley in wake of Trump election | Anti Donald Trump March Against White Supremacy San Francisco: SF Protest Against Trump on Inauguration Day: Fight Racism, Defend Immigrants! (1/20/17) | This is Not Normal: Anti-Trump March in San Francisco (12/10) | Fuck Trump March and Sit in at 555 California | Spontaneous anti-Trump post-it protest | Citing Climate Crisis, Trump Presidency, San Francisco Supervisors Ban Fossil Fuel Extraction on City-owned Lands | SF Dump Trump Rally & March (Nov 19) | Post Election Protests | Post-Election Political Roundtable (Nov 19) | Emergency Protest: Trump Says Get Back, We Say Fight Back! Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Residents Begin Organizing for a General Strike on Inauguration Day | March Against Trump Oppose Xenophobia and Racism in Santa Cruz | Fighting Trumpism Against the Homeless in Santa Cruz: Freedom SleepOut #71 (Nov 15) | Santa Cruz High School Students Walk Out to Protest Donald Trump | UCSC Students Organize Third Anti-Trump Demonstration Since Presidential Election | Massive Protest at UC Santa Cruz as Trump is Elected Salinas: Fuck Trump Rally | Fuck Trump protest in Salinas! Hollister: San Benito High School Students Walkout Declaring "Not My Prez" Palo Alto: No to Grabbing/You are Not My President San José: Post-Election Rally: We the People Demand Action! Santa Rosa: Solidarity with Marginalized Communities Fresno: March and Rally Against Trump | Fresno Rejects Hate! Washington D.C.: #DisruptJ20: Call for a bold mobilization against the inauguration of Donald Trump | Women's March on Washington - January 21, 2017 See Also: Fuck Trump, But Fuck You Too: No Unity With Liberals | Trump: What How What | Meet Your New Overlord! | Secession | The Electoral College Giveth, And The Electoral College Can Taketh Away | U.S. Electile Dysfunction--A Tyranny of the Minority | Exit polls suggest that Trump's big "victory" was stolen (just like Hillary's nomination) | A Trump administration will probably be hostile to affordable housing programs | New Site to Make Donations to Great Orgs for People Raging About Trump | Trump appoints enemies of salmon, Delta and environment to transition team | #DisruptJ20: trump supporter voicemail to Indybay | ACLU of Northern California Condemns Anti-Muslim Attack in San Jose | Many of us woke up confused, scared, shocked and traumatized Related Features: History Teacher Suspended for Comparing Rise of Trump and Hitler | Long National Nightmare of the 2016 Election Is Almost Over | Trump Forced to Sneak Through Fence to Reach California GOP Convention in Burlingame]]> California Central Valley City of San Francisco East Bay Area Front Page Government & Elections Immigrant Rights North Bay / Marin Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area South Bay Area U.S. Womyn image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/10/18792103.php White Supremacist Nathan Damigo Exposed Identity Evropa Leader Operating Out Of CSU Stanislaus, Spreading Fascist Propaganda 2016-10-11T03:53:19Z 2016-10-11T03:53:19Z en-US On October 4, anti-fascists answered the call for Project Siege in the form of 300 posters that went up at CSU Stanislaus. The posters detailed Damigo's hidden past as a convicted felon in a violent hate crime, as well as his involvement in a string of hate groups before attempting to rebrand himself with Identity Evropa. Northern California Anti-Racist Action (NoCARA) is calling on anti-fascists to take action against Identity Evropa and Project Siege by contacting CSU Stanislaus, removing IE propaganda, printing out informational flyers about Nathan Damigo, and patrolling CSU Stanislaus for IE posters and stickers. Read More | Neo-Nazi Group 'Identity Evropa' Continues to Plaster SF with Posters Related Features: Fascists Organizing and Spreading Propaganda in Berkeley and at UCB | Anti-Fascists Shut Down Nazi Rally at California State Capitol]]> Arts + Action California Central Valley City of San Francisco Education & Student Activism Front Page Racial Justice U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/01/18791830.php Judge Halts Federal Plan for Massive California Fracking Legal Victory Overturns Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of California Public Land to Fracking 2016-10-02T04:56:21Z 2016-10-02T04:56:21Z en-US The court ruled that the Bureau of Land Management failed to analyze the risks of fracking and other dangerous oil and gas extraction techniques when preparing a resource management plan that would have allowed drilling on vast stretches of land in California's Central Valley, the southern Sierra Nevada, and in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties. The ruling notes that BLM officials estimate that oil companies would frack 25 percent of new wells drilled on these lands. Yet the bureau's 1,073-page management plan contained just three brief mentions of fracking and offered no analysis of fracking pollution's threats to endangered species or California's water supplies. Fracking blasts huge amounts of water mixed with toxic chemicals underground to release oil and gas. Read More ]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/10/18791059.php Three Federal Agencies Block Dakota Access Pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Temporarily Halted by Obama Administration 2016-09-10T22:30:38Z 2016-09-10T22:30:38Z en-US The three government agencies said in their joint statement that, "important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain". The statement went on to say that no construction on the Dakota Access pipeline will be authorized until it can be determined whether there need be reconsideration of any of previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe site under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws. In a nod to future decisions the statement said, "this case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes' views on these types of infrastructure projects". Actions in support of the Water protectors continue to be held across California in response to the global call for solidarity by the Standing Rock protest camps for September 3-17. In Sacramento activists demonstrated outside of Citibank because it is one of the financial institutions whose loans have funded the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Groups in Santa Cruz County are planning trips out to Standing Rock to support the Water protectors. The Stanford University American Indian Organization said that the Dakota Access Pipeline is the epitome of modern-day colonization, terrorism, and genocide. Read More: Obama Administration Steps Up: Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Temporarily Halted | Chief Baker issues statement on Standing Rock ruling | Authorities Must Protect Peaceful Protest Following Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe calls for peace in advance of court ruling | Nurses Applaud Federal Move to Halt Dakota Pipeline, Call for Permanent End to Project See Also: Sacramento Area Residents Hold Protest Against Dakota Access Pipeline Outside Citibank | Two Spirit Society of Indian Canyon stands with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sacred Stone Camp | Karuk Tribe Stands in Support of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation | Santa Cruz Solidarity with Standing Rock Water Protectors to Oppose Dakota Oil Pipeline | Stanford American Indian Organization Letter of Solidarity with the Standing Rock Lakota and Dakota Peoples | Center for Biological Diversity Stands With Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Opposing Dakota Oil Pipeline Related Features: Protection of Sacred Sites Leads to Clash with Dakota Access Pipeline Security | No Dakota Access Pipeline]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Government & Elections North Coast Peninsula Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/05/18790819.php Protection of Sacred Sites Leads to Clash with Dakota Access Pipeline Security Water Protectors Call for Additional Supporters, Global Solidarity Actions September 3-17 September 7 and San Francisco on September 8.]]> 2016-09-05T10:06:14Z 2016-09-05T10:06:14Z en-US September 7 and San Francisco on Thursday, September 8. "On Saturday, Dakota Access Pipeline and Energy Transfer Partners brazenly used bulldozers to destroy our burial sites, prayer sites and culturally significant artifacts," Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault II said. "They did this on a holiday weekend, one day after we filed court papers identifying these sacred sites. The desecration of these ancient places has already caused the Standing Rock Sioux irreparable harm. We're asking the court to halt this path of destruction." After the initial destruction Saturday, Dakota Access Pipeline returned to the area and dug up additional grounds in the pre-dawn hours Sunday, Archambault said. The motion seeks to prevent additional construction work on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, and within 20 miles of Lake Oahe until a judge rules on the Tribe's previous motion to stop construction. That motion is based on the Standing Rock Sioux's assertion that it was not properly consulted before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fast-tracked approval of the pipeline project. A decision on the case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is expected by Sept. 9. Red Warrior Camp and Sacred Stone Camp write: We are calling for ALL water warriors around the world to come stand with us. If you are not able to join us physically, we ask that you join us in prayer and commit to our Weeks of Global Solidarity Actions from September 3-17, 2016. Read More: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe seeks temporary restraining order against Dakota Access Pipeline | Statement from Standing Rock Sioux chairman on temporary restraining order ruling | Who's Banking on the Dakota Access Pipeline? | New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline | ACLU of North Dakota Statement on Excessive Use of Force Against Pipeline Protesters | Protection of Sacred Sites Leads to Clash with Dakota Access Private Security | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe demands answers from North Dakota state leadership after attack on peaceful protesters | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe condemns destruction and desecration of burial grounds by Energy Transfer Partners | Water protectors successfully stop pipeline construction, call for additional supporters Wednesday, September 7: Dakota Access Citibank Protest (Sacramento) Thursday, September 8: No DAPL Press Conference (San Francisco) | NoDAPL Solidarity Rally/March - No Pipelines (San Francisco) Related Coverage: No Dakota Access Pipeline]]> Central Valley City of San Francisco Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Police State Racial Justice U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/08/20/18790279.php No Dakota Access Pipeline Tribes Push Back Against Yet Another Threat to Clean Water 2016-08-21T01:55:45Z 2016-08-21T01:55:45Z en-US Corina Roberts writes: The Standing Rock Sioux Nation is calling out to all indigenous nations of the world to stand in solidarity with them as they fight yet another pipeline on tribal lands. Some 250 supporters are camped along the reservation border, tribal youth have completed a run to Washington with petitions against the pipeline, and the battle against Bakken Oil has drawn the attention of environmental groups, tribal people and individuals from across the country. In California, the Winnemem Wintu, Yurok, and Klamath Tribes issued letters of support for the Standing Rock Protectors, and a demonstration of solidarity took place in San Francisco on August 24. Still, one of the hardest parts of this battle is getting the world out. Local news sources and independent media have covered the story since roughly February, but to date, it has escaped the attention of major news coverage. That's the problem with being peaceful. It's hard to get big media attention without some sort of casualty and drama. On July 27, the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the US Army Corps of Engineers for violating the National Historic Preservation Act as well as other laws. The Corps issued the final permits for the construction of a large crude oil pipeline spanning from North Dakota to Illinois. Read More | Rezpect Our Water See Also: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest in San Francisco Boosts Movement Forward Pt. II | Dakota Access Pipeline Protest in San Francisco Boosts Movement Forward Pt. I | Aug. 24 in SF: Protest Dakota Access Pipeline | ACLU of North Dakota Statement on First Amendment Violations at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest | NLG Statement of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux | Winnemem Wintu Tribe supports the Standing Rock Sioux Protectors | Yurok Tribe stands in strong support of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation | Klamath Tribes Support Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Their Opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline Related Features: Bay Area Cities Join Nationwide Vigils to Protest Keystone XL Pipeline | Ritzy Obama Fundraisers Bring Protests Against XL Pipeline in San Francisco, Atherton | Bay Area Activists Prepare for Direct Action to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline]]> California Central Valley City of San Francisco Environment & Forest Defense Front Page North Coast Racial Justice U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/07/22/18789359.php Oil Train Opponents Demonstrate in Cities Across the Country Sacramento Activists Hold Vigil to Remember 47 Killed in Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster 2016-07-23T06:00:09Z 2016-07-23T06:00:09Z en-US Valerie Williams, a South Sacramento homeowner and student at California State University Sacramento (CSUS), noted that both Sacramento City College and CSUS are located within the blast zones of the oil trains. Railroad cars filled with crude oil have been moving through Sacramento over the past several years as they head south to a transfer station outside Bakersfield and west to refineries in Richmond. Williams said her husband had recently witnessed a train with 30 cars carrying crude oil move through Sacramento. The Valero Refining Company, a subsidiary of the San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation, has applied to run two trains daily through Sacramento to its plant in Benicia. The Benicia City Planning Commission rejected Valero's request this February, but the company has appealed the decision. Read More | Governor Jerry Brown in talks with Big Oil over carbon trading program See Also: Arrests in Martinez as Californians demonstrate against oil trains (2015) | Benicians win first victory in opposition to crude-by-rail 'bomb trains' (2014)]]> California Central Valley East Bay Area Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/29/18788329.php Anti-Fascists Shut Down Nazi Rally at California State Capitol Six Stabbed, Three Suffer Blunt Force Trauma Repelling Nazis from Capitol Grounds 2016-06-29T18:46:35Z 2016-06-29T18:46:35Z en-US Anti-Fascist Action Sacramento issued a call-out to "confront these bigots, deny them a platform to promote hate and to make sure they know they are not welcome on our streets or in our communities." A diverse showing from across Northern California and the West Coast came out in solidarity. A militant antifa force of anarchists, punks, anti-racist skinheads, white, Black, Latino, Asian, cisgender, queer, and trans folks set out to deny the Nazis their rally — and they succeeded. The success of preventing the Nazis from having their moment in the sun came at a steep price, however, when the largest group of perhaps ten or so Nazis arrived at once on the southeast corner of the main Capitol grounds with shields and knives. According to the antifa medical fundraising site, six anti-fascists were stabbed and three others suffered blunt force trauma during a clash with Nazis. At least three of those stabbed were African American. White Supremacy Grows in Northern California | Sacramento protest: Victory over fascism | No "Free Speech" for Fascists: Neo-Nazis Shut Down in Sacramento | Anti-Fascists Shut Down Nazi Rally at California State Capitol | Nazi rally | Antifa Sacramento's Fundraiser for Medical and Legal Support | Remember Your Rights — Message from the NLG After Sacramento Antifa Protest See Also: Anti-Fascist No Platform Victory: ABC10 Pulls Sacramento Nazi Interview After Complaints | Total Solidarity with the Anti-Fascist Struggle | Solidaridad Total con la Lucha Antifascista | Sacramento Nazi Derik Punneo of BAC Local 3 | Traditionalist Youth Network Gets Fundraising Blocked By PayPal Related Features: Antifa Sacramento Calls for Shut Down of June 26 Nazi Rally | Fascists Organizing and Spreading Propaganda in Berkeley and at UCB]]> California Central Valley Front Page Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism Immigrant Rights LGBTI / Queer Police State Racial Justice Womyn image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/28/18788265.php Ventura Oil Spill is No Surprise Crimson Pipeline Has Long History of Spills 2016-06-29T00:28:18Z 2016-06-29T00:28:18Z en-US According to information released by the Center for Biological Diversity, the company responsible for the Ventura oil spill, Crimson Pipeline, has a decade-long history of oil spills in California. The latest oil spill is no surprise in a state that prides itself on being a "green leader," but is in fact the third largest oil producer in the country. The oil industry is the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in California — and the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), headquartered in Sacramento, is the largest and most powerful lobbying organization. Read More See Also: Big Oil treated legislators to $13,000 dinner before fracking bill vote | Oil Lobby spending in California increases by 400 percent | Big Oil money defeated bill to ban drilling in marine protected area | Brown signs two oil spill bills, but marine protected areas aren't fully protected | WSPA Spent Record $6.75 Million In 3 Months | Biggest-Ever Gusher of Oil Lobby Money Devastates California | Protesters Rally Against WSPA, Oil Caucus | Offshore fracking moratorium off California Coast spurred by lawsuits Related Features: Marine Life Still Vulnerable Despite Senate Bills 295 and 414 | Governor Jerry Brown Appoints Big Oil Executive as Industry Regulator | California Governor Signs Climate Bill Gutted by Big Oil]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/01/18787168.php Racial Injustice Persists in Marijuana Enforcement Marijuana Infractions Unfairly Enforced Against People of Color in California 2016-06-02T06:20:38Z 2016-06-02T06:20:38Z en-US Drug Policy Alliance and ACLU of California find that racial disparities in marijuana policing have persisted, following the reduction of low-level marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction in 2011. Possession of under an ounce of marijuana is punishable in California by a base fine up to $100, plus substantial fees. Despite marijuana usage rates being similar across racial and ethnic lines, data provided by the Los Angeles and Fresno Police Departments show that black and Latino people in those cities were issued marijuana possession citations at higher rates than white people in the years immediately following the penalty change from misdemeanor to infraction. The data also reveal that marijuana possession enforcement falls mostly on young people. In both cities, the majority of infractions were issued to persons 29 years of age and younger. In November 2016, Californians will have the chance to vote for the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA). Voting for the AUMA will not only regulate the marijuana industry in the state but will also remove marijuana possession penalties both prospectively and retroactively for adults. Read More See Also: Pathways Report: Policy Options for Regulating Marijuana in California]]> California Central Valley Drug War Front Page Government & Elections Police State Racial Justice image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/21/18786638.php Antifa Sacramento Calls for Shut Down of June 26 Nazi Rally Nazis From All Over the West Coast to Rally at California State Capitol UPDATE: The Nazis were prevented from holding their rally, although there are numerous serious injuries. Nine comrades were hospitalized, six with stab wounds and three with blunt-force trauma to the head. The anti-fascist bail fund has been converted into a medical fund. On June 26, members of the Traditionalist Workers Party, Golden State Skinheads, Blood & Honor, National Socialist Movement and Ku Klux Klan are holding a rally at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Although it is shaping up to be the largest white power rally on the west coast in some time, antifascists are determined to shut them down.]]> 2016-05-22T00:20:03Z 2016-05-22T00:20:03Z en-US UPDATE: The Nazis were prevented from holding their rally, although there are numerous serious injuries. Nine comrades were hospitalized, six with stab wounds and three with blunt-force trauma to the head. The anti-fascist bail fund has been converted into a medical fund. On June 26, members of the Traditionalist Workers Party, Golden State Skinheads, Blood & Honor, National Socialist Movement and Ku Klux Klan are holding a rally at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Although it is shaping up to be the largest white power rally on the west coast in some time, antifascists are determined to shut them down. Anti-Fascist Action Sacramento "is organizing a direct action to confront these bigots, deny them a platform to promote hate and to make sure they know they are not welcome on out streets or in our communities." Antifa Sacramento continues "We are calling to everyone, young and old, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or identity, religion or lack of to unite. Fighting fascism is a moral duty, not a political one! Ignoring them only perpetuates white supremacy!" 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CRPE's Right without a Remedy discloses for the first time internal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents that reveal EPA's persistent unwillingness to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, regarding Latino schoolchildren's exposure to dangerous pesticides. The report shows through emails and internal memoranda how EPA allowed its Office of Pesticide Programs to limit EPA's enforcement of the Civil Rights Act and denied the children relief from on-going pesticide exposures. "The CRPE report provides further evidence that regulators have known about the greater pesticide health threats Latino children face, yet have done nothing to protect them at the same level as white children. This is environmental racism. It's illegal. It's outrageous," said Dr. Ann Lopez, Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families. Read More and Download the Reports Previous Coverage: Agricultural Pesticide Use Up 10% in Monterey, 9.4% in Santa Cruz || Fumigant Pesticides Put Central Coast Communities At Risk || California's New "Recommended Restrictions" for Chloropicrin are Inadequate || Groundbreaking Report Finds High Rates of Pesticide Use Near Monterey County Schools]]> California Central Valley Education & Student Activism Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services Racial Justice Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area U.S. image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/29/18785773.php New Fees to Be Charged to Subsidize Delta Tunnels Santa Clara Valley Water Rates to Increase Without a Public Vote to Support "Cal WaterFix" 2016-04-29T20:00:07Z 2016-04-29T20:00:07Z en-US Several users of small private residential water systems complained bitterly about the cost of the current groundwater charges on top of the cost of pumping and maintenance of their wells. They were unanimous in stating that they could not afford the proposed increase for FY 2017. The groundwater charges are also paid by the cities and passed on to customers. "Well owners and residential customers will now be paying to support the Delta Tunnels through their water bills. No wonder people are upset," explained Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta. "This rate increase will happen, without a vote, for a project without permits, for water they will never receive." Read More | Controversy erupts over Santa Clara Water District's groundwater charges | Restore the Delta Recent Articles on Delta Tunnels: State Water Board Schedules Closed Meetings on Delta Tunnels || Groups Support Bill Calling For Public Vote On Delta Tunnels || Bill Forcing Public Vote on Delta Tunnels Passes Key Committee || State Water Board denies dismissal request for Delta Tunnels petition]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections Health, Housing, and Public Services South Bay Area image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/27/18784549.php Killing of Freddy Centeno Caught on Fresno PD Body Cameras Family of Freddy Centeno Files Lawsuit Against Fresno Police for Wrongful Death 2016-03-28T00:38:56Z 2016-03-28T00:38:56Z en-US Read More with Video ]]> Central Valley Front Page Police State Racial Justice image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/15/18784074.php Students Occupying Katehi's Office at UC Davis Refuse to Back Down Growing Number Call for UC Davis Chancellor Katehi to Resign, Including Assembly Members UPDATE: On April 15, UC Davis students ended their sit-in, saying they had accomplished their goal of bringing attention to the need to fire Katehi. On April 27, Katehi was placed on leave while the university investigates her misconduct. Students at UC Davis have been occupying Chancellor Linda Katehi's office and holding tight since Friday, March 11, demanding that Katehi resign or be fired. Administrators escalated their response with threats of suspension and even expulsion if occupiers do not vacate the building. Demonstrators are also calling for the hiring process to be redesigned "so that UC Davis students and workers are not only a part of this process, but a major deciding body in the selection and confirmation of a new Chancellor."]]> 2016-03-15T21:52:45Z 2016-03-15T21:52:45Z en-US UPDATE: On April 15, UC Davis students ended their sit-in, saying they had accomplished their goal of bringing attention to the need to fire Katehi. On April 27, Katehi was placed on leave while the university investigates her misconduct. Students at UC Davis have been occupying Chancellor Linda Katehi's office and holding tight since Friday, March 11, demanding that Katehi resign or be fired. Administrators escalated their response with threats of suspension and even expulsion if occupiers do not vacate the building. Public Wi-Fi has now been turned off, making it more difficult for students to communicate with the outside world. The students camped out on the fifth floor of Mrak Hall, however, are holding strong, refusing to budge until Katehi is gone. Demonstrators say they are, "occupying the fifth floor of Mrak Hall in order to demand that Chancellor Linda Katehi resigns or is fired, and that the hiring process is redesigned so that UC Davis students and workers are not only a part of this process, but a major deciding body in the selection and confirmation of a new Chancellor. " In a statement of solidarity, the Portland State University Student Union writes, "Our struggles are inextricably linked. Our own university president Wim Wiewel has literally written the book on 'The University as Urban Developer'. His own consulting business overlapping with university affairs has been hotly publicized in the news. So has his salary and luxury benefits package. Low wage workers and students of color have long spoken out against budgetary priorities and campus militarization." Prior to the occupation, California Assemblymember Kevin McCarty also called for Katehi's resignation. Occupy UC Davis Chancellor's Office Video | Fire Katehi: Students occupying UC Davis refuse to back down after 5 days | Students Occupying UC Davis Issue Press Release | California Assemblymember Jose Medina Meets with UC Davis Protestors | Assemblymember McCarty Calls for UC Davis Chancellor Katehi's Resignation | FireKatehiblog.wordpress.com ]]> Central Valley Education & Student Activism Front Page Health, Housing, and Public Services image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/05/18781523.php Sacramento County Sheriffs Kill Adriene Ludd, Refuse to Release Dash-Cam Footage ACLU Joins Black Lives Matter in Calling for Transparency after Shooting of Adriene Ludd 2016-01-05T10:18:18Z 2016-01-05T10:18:18Z en-US Micaela Davis, Criminal Justice & Drug Policy Attorney with the ACLU of Northern California writes: Friends, family, and neighbors of Mr. Ludd deserve the full story on this tragedy. The public also has a right to know what happened in a critical incident like this one. In the aftermath of a shooting, law enforcement should prioritize transparency and accountability. The Sheriff has the authority to release the documents and the footage that Black Lives Matter is demanding. So far, he is choosing not to. Law enforcement across the country is over-policing, over-criminalizing, and using excessive force against communities of color, and it has to stop. The deaths of Laquan McDonald, Eric Garner, Aiyana Jones, and far too many others, have brought national attention to the excessive use of force against black people in particular. 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The Center for Biological Diversity's Hollin Kretzmann criticized the appointment, stating, "Governor Brown's administration has shown a blatant disregard for the law, and time after time it has sacrificed California's water and public health in favor of oil industry profits. Hiring an oil executive to run one of the state's most captured agencies is completely inappropriate and only adds insult to injury." Read More]]> California Central Valley Environment & Forest Defense Front Page Government & Elections image/jpeg https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/04/18778402.php Battle to Prevent Crystal Geyser Bottling Plant in Mt. Shasta Winnemem Wintu Chief Leads 'Water. Every Drop Is Sacred' Rally and March 2015-10-04T22:25:36Z 2015-10-04T22:25:36Z en-US On September 26, as people hiked to and relaxed besides Big Springs, Caleen Sisk, Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, and hundreds of environmentalists and activists from all over California and Oregon held a rally, the "Water Every Drop Sacred" event, in the scenic park at the Sacramento River headwaters. After the rally ended, Sisk and tribal members led a march and protest of 160 people to the water bottling plant. The Tribe is opposed to the planned opening of the plant, closed after it was operated by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company and other corporations for years, in accordance with its commitment to protect and preserve the Headwaters of the river, the Mount Shasta watershed and sacred tribal lands. 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Stock is up 20% year to date after falling 12% in 2015
Santam Ltd., South Africa's largest property and casualty insurer, gained the most in almost 10 years as a stronger rand and advances in local equity markets provide a better outlook for its business.
The stock gained 12 percent, the most since August 2006, to 241.32 rand by the close in Johanesburg. That's the highests since February 2015, valuing the company at about 27.8 billion rand ($1.82 billion). Santam has risen 27 percent this year after dropping 12 percent in 2015. Volumes surged with 533,465 shares traded, or 7.5 times the three-month daily average.
The rand, after sliding 26 percent against the dollar last year, has gained 1.2 percent in 2016. The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index has climbed 6.2 percent this year, outstripping the 4.1 percent gain in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The benchmark has advanced 16 percent from its January lows, boosting Santam's income from investing premium revenue in the stock market.
"With the strengthening rand, there's less likely to be upward pressure on the cost of vehicle parts and repairs, which form a meaningful part of their motor-claims costs," Nico Smuts, an analyst at 36One Asset Management, said Friday by phone from Johannesburg. "Markets are recovering and Santam has a fairly significant part of their earnings coming from their float. When the markets go up, the investment return on the float goes up as well."


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If the financial crisis had not come last fall, IAC would be in a bad way right now.
In its earnings report this week, the search and online media firm, whose properties include Ask.com, blamed a combination of factors, both external and "self-inflicted," for a steep decline in its fourth quarter ad revenue. One of those factors was Google's decision to stop serving AdSense for Search ads to some Ask partner sites, decimating its network revenue. Another was the search engine's internal search quality efforts, which reduced ad impressions. "We got less queries because we were making the product more efficient," said CEO and Chairman Barry Diller.
A third whammy was the failure of Ask's costly consumer advertising initiatives. "In spite of the large increases that we got in queries from large marketing efforts, they failed to retain users and they failed to increase frequency of use," Diller added.
As a result, Q4 media and advertising revenues fell 19 percent, a steeper drop than was experienced by any other publicly traded Internet search provider. Additionally, the company said search ad prices dropped 8 to 12 percent during the period, and it expects media and ad revenue to decline by more than 20 percent this quarter. Only Time Warner's AOL ad unit came close to matching the abysmal performance, reporting an 18 percent drop of its own Q4 ad revenue.
Having learned from its failed ad campaigns, Diller said IAC is rejiggering its growth strategy to focus more on vertical audiences. One example of that priority is a recent partnership with NASCAR. Under that deal Ask will power the search experience on NASCAR.com, provide a NASCAR toolbar, and sponsor the stock car racing body's No. 96 car driven by Bobby Labonte.
The goal is replace consumer advertising with specialized deals in a variety of verticals. "The strategy for Ask is…to not go frontally against the larger competitor, Google," said Diller. "We're going after vertical sites that give us traffic and give users a taste of a better experience so they'll come back."
IAC plans to roll out from 8 to 10 similar relationships this year. On these search experiences, Ask will provide structured results that will be "manifestly better" than Google, Yahoo or Microsoft can deliver. As a result, IAC believes query growth in vertical properties will increase substantially by the middle of the year.
Can IAC pull it off? Chris Costello, senior manager of digital research at search agency Performics, notes vertical search has been tried before. "The extent that this is similar or different to those efforts will drive whether or not this might be the time it works," Costello said. "Ask is trying to innovate their way into market share, and they kind of always have. What I think they may be banking on is the stickiness of those individual sites."
Should the effort succeed, Costello says IAC will have aggregated "more engaged, more qualified searchers," which in turn will generate advertiser interest, but not necessarily immediate spending. "Whether or not they have that budget to spend will depend on whether they've got advertising dollars to begin with," he said.
Other categories of Ask's business held up a little better. Local ad services retained some strength, with ServiceMagic revenues up 15 percent year over year. Meanwhile Citysearch revenues were essentially flat.
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