Assembly member Jerry Hill’s office says that AB650 has passed out of the Local Government committee.
NOTE: Right now, we’re not planning on sending alerts at this level of detail, but will post updates to the site. If the bill changes, passes either chamber, or meets any roadblocks, we will alert subscribers by email.
Assembly member Jerry Hill’s bill to get Half Moon Bay $10 million for its Beachwood settlement, AB650, is still riddled with uncertainties even as it nears a do-or-die shot at two-thirds votes in both houses of the state legislature. On Friday, Hill restructured AB650 from a grant to a loan by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank.
Julia Scott at the County Times had an conversation with Assemblyman Hill that was similar to the one we had last Friday, in which he hedged on the ultimate structure of funding in the bill. Scott also discovered that the guy that runs the I-Bank had never heard of AB650 as of Monday.
Hill said the California Infrastructure Bank Fund was one possible source of funding and the language of the bill could change again to reflect other possibilities later on.
"There may be several funding sources, there may be other grants and loans," said Hill. "The purpose is to try to get something that will work and that will keep the bill moving." ...
"What you describe is completely unique to me. There are a lot of requirements that must be met by each municipality to qualify to borrow and what they can borrow for," said [I-Bank Executive Director Stanton] Hazelroth. ...
Hill maintains that Beachwood will still be turned into a park under the loan scenario, although the new bill language does not contain the word "park."
Bay Area vocalist, Jackie Ryan, says tenor saxman Eric Alexander is "one of the greatest saxmen alive today." He is featured on her newest CD out soon.
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
650 726-4143, www.bachddsoc.org
On Saturday May 9th, The Visionary Edge will screen the award-winning documentary Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. The event will be co-hosted by and presented at the Community United Methodist Church in Half Moon Bay.
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.
Planting trees for fuel, shade, and food is not something that anyone would imagine as the first step toward winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet with that simple act Wangari Maathai, a woman born in rural Kenya, started down the path that reclaimed her country’s land from 100 years of deforestation, provided new sources of food and income to rural communities, gave previously impoverished and powerless women a vital political role in their country, and ultimately helped to bring down Kenya’s twenty-four-year dictatorship.
Saturday, May 9th. Doors will open at 7:00pm, event begins at 7:30 at the Community United Methodist Church, 777 Miramontes Street (at Johnston), HMB. The event is free to the community , however, donations are needed to cover screening costs. Call 650-560-0200 for information and reservations.
The Coastside Land Trust is holding a nature tour of Pilarcitos riparian area, Saturday, May 9, 10am-noon.
Meet at Stone Pine parking lot, 20 Stone Pine Road, Half Moon Bay. Bring binoculars, wear sturdy shoes and dress in layers. This event is free and is suitable for families. Refreshments will be served.
Jo Chamberlain
My name is Sonya and I am looking to start a Farmers Market in Montara. I am putting my feelers out to the Montara community to see if there are some like-minded folks. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) [email link] if you are interested in getting one started.
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Sonya Ondish
A new employment seekers support group will hold their first meeting tonight at 6:30pm in the McKie Building in the Sweeny Ridge Room at Community United Methodist Church, 777 Miramontes Street, HMB, 650.726.4621.
Cheri Parr
Pediatric Services for the 1,000 low-come Coastside children will begin at the County Medical Center’s Coastside Clinic in Half Moon Bay on Tuesday, according to the County. While many adult patients were reassigned locally to a new medical home, there was insufficient pediatric capacity available in the Half Moon Bay area to reassign the youth patients of CFMC.
Pediatric staff will be available in the clinic on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8 AM-4:30 PM. Over the next 3-6 months the clinic will work to expand days of Pediatric services and eventually serve up to 1000 Coastside children.
The clinic will serve only those families on government insurance programs such as Medi-Cal, Healthy Families and Healthy Kids. Well child and sick visits will be by appointment only. The clinic is located on the second floor at 225 South Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay, above the location of the former CFMC. Appointments can be made by calling 650-573-3941.
Patients needing pediatric services outside of clinic hours can call the toll free Nurse Advice Line, 866-535-6977 or the San Mateo Medical Center Main Campus Pediatric Clinic at 650-573-3602.
NOTE: This story is based on a press release from the County.
Montara water and Sanitary District is holding a special item recycling day Saturday, May 9, at Farallone View Elementary. Electronics, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, styrofoam, scrap metal, furniture, bed parts, up to 4 tires, and 1 appliance per houshold will be accepted. Only one trip per household, please.
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