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Suction dredge mining
ban passes Senate 31-8
Senate Bill 670 was passed with a 31-8 vote, with
both democrat and republican senators giving aye
votes, according to Craig Tucker, spokesman for the
Karuk tribe.
Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong also
went to Sacramento to argue against the bill’s
passage during one of the sessions, but reported at
a recent meeting of the board that members of the
public are only allowed to say whether or not they
supported the bill and were not allowed time to
argue their positions.
The bill will now go to the Assembly and if passed
there, will head to governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
desk, where it will immediately take effect if he
signs it.
The environmental review referenced in the bill is
the requirement of a 2006 court ruling in a lawsuit
against the Department of Fish and Game (DFG). The
court ruled that the review must be completed within
18 months to determine the future of suction
dredging in the state, however, the 18 month mark
was passed in January of 2008 and the review has yet
to be completed.
Wiggins, in her release, said that she believes it
will take two more years of study before the
California Environmental Quality Act review is
completed and rules are updated.
“This is a classic instance [of] why we must use the
precautionary principle to guide decisions,” Wiggins
said in the release. “We must err on the side of the
fish, because their survival is at stake. It simply
doesn’t make sense to jeopardize an entire fishery,
and to ask commercial fishermen to halt all fishing
while allowing status quo for a recreational hobby.”
Wiggins also states in her release that halting the
issuance of suction dredge mining permits will save
the DFG an estimated $1.3 million in costs and that
the ban does not include non-motorized techniques
such as gold panning.
Tucker added that the bill has “good momentum” now
but that anything can happen in the Assembly.
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I know you are an environmentalist, but would you sacrifice the rights of the people to protect the environment? Well State Senator Patricia Wiggins has, she influenced her senate colleagues into voting for a Bill to stop Gold Dredging in our streams and rivers with out proof of damage to the streams or rivers, only her bold face lies and what appears to be an insanity of prejudice, in her words and writings for the false accusation of damage. Yes that is all they are. There is no evidence to back her lies.
I assume all of these organizations must contribute to her political campaign as well as the rest of the state senate. The Indian gambling emporiums are rolling in extra cash to give away to bought an paid for senators. This would be something the California Grand Jury should look into. There is something else the Grand jury should look into and that would be the truth of the justification for SB 670, The bill to stop gold dredging.
We as a people have a right to legislation that is not corrupt as this legislation is.