Kortum, an 87-year-old retired veterinarian and former county supervisor from Petaluma, met the Roseland team at the north end of the Kortum Trail, which runs 3.8 miles from Blind Beach to Wright’s Beach. Recounting the county’s earliest environmental battles — stopping PG&E’s nuclear power plant at Bodega Head and securing public access to the coast through the Sea Ranch development — Kortum said advocates learned “you could take on power; you could win once in a while.” One of those victories was passage of Proposition 20 in 1972, which grew out of the Sea Ranch campaign and created the Coastal Commission, a powerful planning agency for the entire California coast. “All the powers that be,” including real estate, nuclear power and local government interests, opposed the ballot measure, he said.Protecting and cleaning the coast still requires a “constituency” of citizens, Kortum, wearing a straw hat and walking with a cane, told the team. “That’s why you’re here.” youtu.be/5QsVg3pWalM?list=UUcY3Yh_DuEu10sQocKozL7Q
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:13:45 +0000
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