GRI GrassRoots Institute
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Democracy Pro Democracy Work Group
Work Group Progressive Solutions for the Common Good
September 13, 2026
Fort Bragg City Council
GRI Working Groups
City of Fort Bragg
Noyo Headlands 416 N. Franklin Street
Facilitaso: Jim Schoanocer Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Climate Crisis Action
Facilisater: Sandy Turner Re: Agenda Item 8A: Reaffirmation of Opposition to Offshore Drilling, Housing Exploration or Fracking
Facilitator: Aviv Kleinman
Dear Fort Bragg City Council:
Vision for Mendocino County
Facilitator: Peter MeNamee
I am writing on behalf of the Grassroots Institute's ProDemocracy Pro Democracy Workgroup. Our workgroup consists primarily of Mendocino Coast Facilitator: Launa Barnchi-Limbind
residents, working to uphold democracy at all levels of government Water and supporting forward-thinking legislation that promotes the Facilisator: Geri Marisky: common good.
Forests
Facilitator: Aviv Kleinman Our workgroup wishes to encourage council to reaffirm its opposition Healthcare to offshore oil drilling off of the California coast. Our local economy Facilitator: Gabriel Mrlroaney relies on tourism and fishing. The quality of life of residents and visitors could be severely impacted by the Trump administration's GRI: Building Relationships
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We learn together Please send the proposed letter (attached to agenda item 8A) to the We question together
We play together NOAA Office for Coastal Management stating the council opposition.
We tell stories
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Highlight nature Thank you for your service to the city.
Communicate ideas
Spread the ward.
Spread the stories. Sincerely,
Work tomands:
Insendependence Yamablinchi Lembird
Coopenation
Compassion Laura Bianchi Limbird
Comunity Resilience Facilitator, Grassroots Institute's ProDemocracy Workgroup P. O. Box 1607, Mendocino, CA 95460 • (707) 593-6084 • grassrootsinstitute707@ gmail.com • http://www.grassroots-institute.org/ On November 5, 1996 Measure C, which specifically
denied the drilling and infrastructure for oil and gas
development on the Fort Bragg mill site was placed on
the ballot. It was passed by the voters of Fort Bragg.
Measure C was written by Fort Bragg residents who saw
the dangerous potential of oil and gas development at
the mill site. The importance of this issue and the Local Coastal Plan were overlooked and poorly handled by the
California Coastal Commission. The lapse of
responsibility was never acknowledged.
The mill site is the only large area zoned for heavy
industrial use within the city limits.
The California Coastal Commission was requested twice
to make measure C part of the Local Coastal Plan. The
Coastal Commission denied the request on the grounds
that energy development was the primary objective on
the Local Coastal Plan.
The latest Trump proposal is an example of the federal
government and the Coastal Commission favoring large
fossil fuel corporations and their profits. The wishes of the local communities trying to protect themselves, their local environments and economies were ignored.
Measure C, however, is still in place. Fort Bragg citizens should support and push the Coastal Commission to
include it in the local coastal plan.
Sixty five California cities and counties took action
opposing Trump's new proposal for fossil fuel and
development in the Pacific Ocean. That ongoing
campaign now represents communities with 21.3 million
Californians - more than half the state's population.
Ashley Blacow, Pacific policy and communications
manager with Oceana, said, "Cities and counties across
the West Coast are forming a united front sending a
clear message to Washington, DC that our coast is not
for sale. proposal."
Oceana is the world's largest international advocacy
organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation.
Charitali u Flusi
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