HELLMAN MESA: Tue. Dec. 10. John Laing Homes violated Special Condition 19.F.1, as determined by Staff. JLH bulldozed 22 ancestor graves on 3 of the sacred sites on Hellman Mesa, including ORA-264. They still refuse to follow Condition 19.F.1, instead, are in denial.
Staff-generated Cease and Desist can only last 90 days; in order to continue it, the full Commission must back staff and extend the Order to force John Laing to comply with the Permit.
POSSIBLE RESOLUTION: http://SealBeach.org/map.htm idea has been created by some Native Americans, would let the ancestors lie where they were found -- mostly on ORA-264, so far -- and create a small, respectful cemetery with native plant garden and ceremonial access. This would require relocation of 7 houses, and cooperation of JLH, Commission, and Native Americans.

People are needed who can attend (carpool too), and speak for staff report and for a new, respectful approach to ancient burials and our *survivors*, the Gabrieleno/Tongva, our local First Nation.
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DOS PUEBLOS GOLF COURSE IN SANTA BARBARA: Wed. Dec. 11 Coastal Commission staff report and recommendation for DENIAL of the proposed Dos Pueblos Golf Links at Naples:
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/ventura/A-4-STB-93-154.pdf

If you are going to be in SF for the Hellman hearing on Dec. 10, you might want to stay over to support our friends in Santa Barbara to make sure this ARCO golf course does not go through.

If you cannot go, please write a letter to the Commission, or call and sound them out. Letters MUST ARRIVE by THURSDAY, so FAX, Tel., or hand a letter to someone who is going.

For more information, email:
"Tarren Collins" <tlclaw@fix.net>
"Ariana Katovich" <ariana.katovich@sierraclub.org>

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WRITE A LETTER AGAINST DOS PUEBLOS
Commissioner Greg Hart ghart@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us
(805) 564-5323 or (805) 564-5318
FAX 805-564-5475
City of Santa Barbara City Hall
735 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93102
P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102

RE: OPPOSE DOS PUEBLOS COASTAL PERMIT
Dec. ___, 2002

Dear Commissioner Hart:
Please support staff recommendation to deny the Dos Pueblos Golf Course on Dec. 11 (Agenda Item 22).

A Golf Course requires huge amounts of herbicide, pesticide and fertilizer to support the unnatural mono-culture grass favored by our courses. These chemicals are unavoidable, and inevitably make an impact on the surrounding habitat.

Instead of a habitat, we are left with at most a duck pond -- often with coots and ducks being shot or harrassed.

There so far has never been a public accounting of the extent of chemical use by Golf Courses.

Sincerely,
Name____________________
Address____________________
City, Zip____________________
EMAIl, Tel___________________

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Write to: GOV. GRAY DAVIS, governor@governor.ca.gov
Fax: (916) 445-4633, US Mail: State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Sample letter of support for Commissioner Desser:
http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/sf/letter1.html

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Santa Barbara LOCALS will be carpooling up to San Francisco for this December 11 hearing to let all the commissioners know that the COMMUNITY is against this new golf course on our coast. For more information contact
Ari Katovich <ariana.katovich@sierraclub.org>

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Wed. Dec. 11, 2002
AGENDA ITEM 22. PERMIT NO. A-4-93-154-HCC-A2 (ARCO Dos Pueblos Golf Links). Public hearing and action on request ... for approval ... for 18-hole golf course, 9-hole executive course, ancillary uses, and 310,000 cu.yds. of grading, with amendments to: waive right to future shoreline protection, modify layout and design, add in-holding lot, other changes to previous condition compliance documents including Ag. Turf Mgmt Plan, Integrated Pest Mgmt. Plan, Water Quality Plan, & applicants' conceptual plan to reduce use of rodenticides and adjust landscape management practices to increase prey populations for white-tailed kites, on 208-acre site, in "Naples" area, 3 miles west of Goleta, seaward of U.S. Highway 101, unincorporated Santa Barbara County...
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Thanks, all help welcome!
/Doug

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