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Federal judge stops Biden from imposing limits to ICE enforcement

by Chief Editor

ConsFighters

 

President Joe Biden’s administration has been blocked by a federal court from imposing limitations on arrests, detentions, and removals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Southern District of Ohio Judge Michael Newman made the decision after a lawsuit was filed by Republican Attorneys General of Arizona, Montana, and Ohio.

He issued a preliminary injunction stopping Biden from imposing the new guidelines on punishments for illegal immigration.

“The States sue because they believe DHS skirted Congress’s immigration enforcement mandates when it issued a policy that prioritizes certain high-risk noncitizens for apprehension and removal,” the judge said. “DHS contends that seemingly mandatory statutes must be read flexibly to permit efficient law enforcement.”

“At bottom, that is what this dispute is about: can the Executive displace clear congressional command in the name of resource allocation and enforcement goals? Here, the answer is no,” he added.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued the Biden administration in November 2021 over the policy revision, which they said: “dramatically ties the hands of immigration officers, halting nearly all deportations.”

That month, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, issued permanent guidance to limit whom ICE could arrest and thus remove from the country.

The guidance established that ICE officers had to obtain permission to arrest illegal immigrants who had not been convicted of an aggravated felony, were not affiliated with a gang or terrorist network or had illegally entered the U.S. before November 2020.

However, liberals are not backing down in the fight.

Liberal groups and some former government officials are calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the Biden administration’s policy that narrowed which immigrants should be targeted for removal.

On Monday, the groups “told the high court in eight friend-of-the-court briefs filed Monday that they each had strong interests in the policy staying intact,” Law360 reported.

“As former DHS and [Immigration and Naturalization Service] officials, amici know well the importance of these policies,” a group of former DHS and INS officials said. “Policies setting enforcement goals and priorities allow immigration officials to concentrate resources on noncitizens whose removal would best serve government interests….”

“The policy notably put in place a case-by-case analysis in determining whether an individual should be removed, and notably emphasized that officials should dive into the circumstances of someone’s criminal convictions rather than rely only on the fact that the individual was convicted,” Law360 noted in its report.

“The Biden administration petitioned for a writ of certiorari in July, asking the high court to take up its case for review. The former DHS and INS officials said that while they differed in their views of the guidelines as a matter of policy, they all have observed first-hand the critical role guidelines play in immigration law enforcement. Administrations of both parties have for decades used their enforcement discretion to meet the “unique and variable” challenges in immigration, the officials added, pointing to how administrations have used their discretion in addressing limited enforcement resources as an example,” the report added.

“But even if the policy did prohibit DHS officers from making certain arrests, the lower Texas court’s decision to toss the case still couldn’t stand since the relevant immigration statutes concerning the detention and removal of noncitizens didn’t deprive DHS of its “prosecutorial discretion” to decide whether to go forward with removal proceedings. A group of 21 local governments and local government organizations said their interest in keeping removal discretion with the federal government lies in the fact that millions of their residents are immigrants,” the report continued.

“Without such discretion, the health and safety of amici’s communities will suffer,” their brief reads. “Immigrants will increasingly fear deportation, leading many to avoid contact with local law enforcement or healthcare services — a result that would harm all of amici’s residents.

NOTICE OF CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices appointed to be filled at the General Municipal Election in the City of Newark on Tuesday, November 8, 2022:

For Mayor Vote for One
Jason Michael
Michael Hannon

For Member of the City Council Vote for Two
Soraya Ahmadjar
Mike Bucci
Barry Taimani
Matthew Jorgens
Terrence Grindall
Tarinjit Singh Gujral

All candidates have voluntarily agreed to spending limits.
SHEILA HARRINGTON, City Clerk

Secretary General of the OAS, will be distinguished with the “Key to the City of Miraflores”, Peru

Ceremony will take place in the Huaca Pucllana

by the El Reportero‘s wire services

Distinction will be held within the framework of the activities for the 52nd Regular Session of the Assembly of the Organization of American States, to be held in Lima from October 5 to 7.
On October 5, Ambassador Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), will be distinguished by the Mayor of Miraflores Luis Molina, who will present him with the Key to the City of Miraflores, in a special act that will have as scene of the pre-Inca ancestral precinct Huaca Pucllana.
In a letter sent to Mayor Molina, Ambassador Almagro confirms the honor of accepting the award from the Municipality of Miraflores.
The distinction ceremony will take place within the framework of the activities for the 52nd Regular Period of Sessions of the OAS Assembly, to be held from Oct. to 7 in the city of Lima.
Mayor Molina thanked Ambassador Almagro for his deference and recalled that on a recent visit to the OAS headquarters in Washington he spoke with him and told him about the Municipality’s decision to give him the Key to the City of Miraflores.

Food supply 101: How to grow edible mushrooms in your home garden

by Zoey Sky

 

07/20/2022 – Knowing how to grow your own food before disaster strikes ensures that you can feed your family nutritious fruits and vegetables. And even if nothing happens, nothing beats fresh produce that you have grown right in your backyard.

If you want to add to your skillset before SHTF, try learning how to grow edible mushrooms. Mushrooms can help enhance garden soil, they’re nutritious and they taste good too. (h/t to Milkwood.net)

Why grow mushrooms?

With the right tools and resources, growing mushrooms is safe, easy and maybe even free. Unlike a full-sized garden that requires a lot of your time, money and effort, a mushroom garden doesn’t require fancy equipment or ingredients.

If you’re strapped for cash, start by learning how to forage mushrooms properly, making sure to learn how to identify species that are safe to eat and those that are poisonous.

Mushroom gardens can be an essential part of your backyard growing system because:

  • They are easy to establish.
  • They can support your home garden ecosystem as they grow.
  • They can produce regular harvests of delicious mushrooms for your meals.

If space is an issue, you can grow mushrooms in a tub on your balcony or back step.

Once you understand the basics of cultivating a mushroom garden, you can experiment until you figure out which mushrooms you want to grow more of.

Best mushroom species for home gardens

Here are some of the best mushrooms to grow for beginners:

King stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)

King stropharia will grow in wood chip gardens. It’s best to use hardwood wood chips, but king stropharia will also grow in straw and many other farm waste products.

King stropharia grows in a very broad range of temperatures, from about 41 to 95 F (5 to 35 C), so they’re suited for both temperate and subtropical climates.

These mushrooms require good moisture, so water them regularly. King stropharia will take four to six months from inoculation to fruiting, which may vary depending on inoculation rates and which substrate you use.

Pearl oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)

If you want to start small, you can grow pearl oyster mushrooms via bucket or jar cultivation.

There are many Pleurotus species, such as Pleurotus djamor (pink oyster), Pleurotus citrinopileatus (golden oyster) and Pleurotus eryngii (king oyster).

Oyster mushrooms prefer pasteurized straw or sawdust, but they will fruit well on most farm waste products like cellulose and lignin. These mushrooms prefer hardwood logs or stumps for outdoor cultivation.

If you’re using coffee grounds, make sure you use them while they are very fresh since the grounds have a relatively high nutrient content and can be prone to contamination.

Pearl oyster are adaptable and will tolerate a range of growing conditions. They can fruit from 45 to 77 F (7 to 25 C). Pearl oyster will grow quickly, taking around two to three weeks for indoor cultivation, depending on ambient temperature and the inoculation rates of the substrate used.

Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)

Shiitake is suitable for gardeners starting outdoor cultivation. You can grow them on logs in your garden. Shiitake prefers fruiting substrates like hardwood logs of almost every type. Note that yields will vary according to the log species.

Eucalyptus works well if you can’t find alder, beech or oak. Shiitake can also be grown on sawdust.

Some strains of shiitake can fruit between 57 and 68 F (14 and 20 C). This is a wide enough bracket for most temperate climates. Note that there are colder and warmer strains that fruit below and above that temperature range.

Shiitake takes a while to grow. When grown on logs, they can take six to 12 months or longer, depending on the climate and inoculation rates of the log. When grown on sawdust blocks, shiitake will take around seven to 10 weeks.

Velvet pioppini (Agrocybe aegerita)

Velvet pioppini is native to poplar wood and has a nutty bite. Use it for stir-fries and other cooking methods.

Velvet pioppini prefers hardwood sawdust and suits jar cultivation. Velvet pioppini will also grow well on logs and stumps.

This mushroom prefers temperatures of around 55 to 64 F (13 to 18 C). The mushrooms usually fruit in the spring, after the colder months. Velvet pioppini grows after eight to 12 months for outdoor log cultivation or about six weeks for indoor cultivation.

Tips for growing mushrooms indoors

It may seem unusual but it’s actually easier to grow mushrooms indoors. Since you can control the conditions, they grow much quicker indoors than they would outside.

When growing mushrooms, you can buy growing kits to make things easier or start from scratch on your own. If you want to try using growing kits, buy them from reputable dealers.

Spore or spawn?

You can buy either spore or spawn. Imagine mushroom spores as seeds and spawn as seedlings.

Note that spawn will be much easier to grow for beginners.

Choose the right location 

Mushrooms prefer a cool, dark and damp location, like a basement, inside a cabinet or inside a closet.

To save money, you can grow mushrooms on empty salad containers you get at the grocery store. Choose a container that is at least six inches deep to allow the mycelium or a mushroom root system to grow.

Starting mushrooms 

Different mushrooms will prefer different mediums. Some mushrooms thrive in coffee grounds while others prefer sawdust.

To start mushrooms, place the spawn on its preferred growing medium. It’s best to start mushrooms at 70 F.

Use a thermometer to ensure that you have the right temperature for your mushrooms.

If necessary, place their container on a heating pad to help warm up the mushrooms. For the first few days, mushrooms must remain undisturbed. Limit their exposure to heat, light and drafts.

Once mushrooms have rooted, you can lower the temperature. Do this only after several weeks. Like growing mediums, each mushroom has a preferred temperature.

When you lower the temperature, cover the spawn with an inch of potting soil. Cover the soil with a damp cloth and spray the cloth with water to keep it wet.

Unlike plants, mushrooms don’t contain chlorophyll so they don’t require sunlight to grow.

Once you harvest a mushroom, its stem will rot away. Sometimes, new mushrooms may emerge and grow from other spawns or spores. If you want to have a continuous crop, add more spawn.

Harvesting mushrooms 

Mushrooms will be ready to harvest when the cap has fully opened and separated from the stem, which should take an average of about three to four weeks.

Don’t pull mushrooms because this may damage the surrounding fungi. Instead, use a sharp knife to cut the mushroom right on the stalk.

When is the best time to start growing mushrooms?

Since different species of mushrooms will thrive in slightly different growing conditions, you need to check when you should start your garden.

Mycelium will take several months to run through the substrate, so don’t expose it to freezing winters or hot dry summers during this phase. Extreme temperatures could kill a freshly inoculated bed or tub, but once the mycelium is established it will be more hardy.

Ideally, you should establish your garden in the milder part of the year, when the temperature is unlikely to go below freezing or above 90 F (30 C).

If you live in an area with hot dry summers where the soil won’t freeze in winter, you should start your garden during fall or early spring to give it the best chance.

For those who live in areas with very cold winters, you can start your garden in late spring to early summer. This ensures that your garden will have time to get established before having to deal with very cold temperatures.

If your climate is very cold you might need to protect your bed with a greenhouse or bring your tub indoors.

NOTICE OF CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE – City of Newark

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices appointed to be filled at the General Municipal Election in the City of Newark on Tuesday, November 8, 2022:

For Mayor Vote for One
Jason Michael
Michael Hannon

For Member of the City Council Vote for Two
Soraya Ahmadjar
Mike Bucci
Barry Taimani
Matthew Jorgens
Terrence Grindall
Tarinjit Singh Gujral

All candidates have voluntarily agreed to spending limits.
SHEILA HARRINGTON,

City Clerk

US has detained record 2.1 million migrants at the US-Mexico border this year  

US border policy during pandemic’s height pushed up numbers artificially, CBP officials say

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

United States authorities made over 2 million arrests of migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border in the 11 months to the end of August, the highest number ever recorded during a U.S. fiscal year (which doesn’t end until September 30).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data shows that just over 2.15 million migrants were detained along the United States southern land border between October 1, 2021 – the beginning of fiscal year 2022 (FY2022) – and August 31.

It is the first time that more than 2 million migrants have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border during a fiscal year. The FY 2022 figure includes repeat crossers, meaning that the total number of migrants who have been arrested is somewhat lower.

“The large number of expulsions [to Mexico rather than repatriation to countries further afield] during the pandemic has contributed to a higher-than-usual number of migrants making multiple border crossing attempts, which means that total encounters somewhat overstate the number of unique individuals arriving at the border,” CBP said.

The Title 42 emergency public health policy put into place in the U.S. at the start of the pandemic allowed border authorities to send some migrants immediately back to Mexico, rather than to their home countries, which appeared to contribute to high numbers in FY 2022 and FY 2021 because migrants dumped near the U.S. border in Mexico then tried to cross into the U.S. again.

CBP is on track to make some 2.3 million arrests of migrants at the United States’ southern border by the end of September, exceeding the previous record set in FY 2021 by about 35 percent.

Another reason the U.S. has cited for the increased numbers in FY 2022 is a surge in migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.

“Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest U.S. border,” CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement Monday.

“… At the same time, the number of migrants entering from Mexico and northern Central America has decreased for the third consecutive month, as the Biden-Harris Administration works with our partners in the region to address the root causes of migration, facilitate repatriation, and take thousands of smugglers off the streets. More individuals encountered at the border without a legal basis to remain will be expelled or removed this year than any prior year,” Magnus added.

A record high of more than 1.3 million migrants has already been expelled from the United States during FY 2022 after being detained shortly after crossing into the country.

CBP data shows that more than 200,000 arrests have been made at the United States’ southwest border every month since March. The total for last month was 203,597, a 1.8 percent increase compared to July but a 4.7 percent decline compared to August 2021.

CBP said that the number of unique individuals encountered in August 2022 was 157,921 and that 35 percent of the total – 55,333 – were migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.

“Individuals from Mexico and northern Central America [mainly Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador] were down for the third month in a row and accounted for just 36 percent of unique encounters, marking a decline of 43 percent in unique encounters from those countries compared to August 2021,” CBP said.

Mexican migrants were arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border over 700,000 times in the past 11 months, meaning that they have accounted for about one-third of all CBP detentions so far in FY22.

While Mexico and the United States have cooperated on efforts to stem irregular migration, push factors including poverty and insecurity remain strong here and in many other Western Hemisphere countries, including those mentioned by the CBP.

With reports from Animal Político and The Washington Post. 

Underpopulation is the coming global crisis no one is talking about

Phil Lawler

Lifesite

 

Sep 8, 2022 – Right now the world’s population is at an all-time high, allowing the mythmakers to continue peddling fear about overpopulation. But the ominous trend is easy to spot, for anyone willing to see the signs of the times.

Sometimes the most important news stories slip past the notice of the mainstream media. Such as this utterly unprecedented development:

For the first time in world history, there are now more living human beings above the age of 65 than below the age of 5.

Think about that: There are more senior citizens than little children in the world. The cohort of grandparents outnumbers the cohort of grandchildren.

This demographic shift is most dramatic in the developed countries, where fertility rates have been slipping steadily for years, while medical advances enable the elderly to live longer. In most European countries, birth rates are well below the replacement level. In the U.S., the overall population would be falling, were it not for the enormous flow of immigrants.

The trend is not likely to reverse itself any time soon. In the U.S., the average age at which women marry has jumped from 25 to 28 since 2000. Which means that the average bride can hear her biological clock ticking almost as soon as she walks down the aisle. And if she and her husband make the popular decision to “postpone pregnancy” for a while as they settle into married life, her fertility will soon be in decline.

In the world’s two most populous countries, China and India, there is another reason to expect a birth dearth. After decades of aggressive family-planning measures, which discouraged the birth of female babies (and encouraged sex-selection abortion), these countries have a disproportionate number of young men – who, according to the natural order of things, will not have babies.

So the doomsday prophets who warned against the dire consequences of overpopulation were wrong. Paul Ehrlich, the celebrated author of “The Population Bomb,” who predicted worldwide famines in the 1970s “in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now,” was wrong. Even Pope Paul VI, insofar as he incorporated worries about overpopulation into Humanae Vitae, was wrong. The problem that the world must soon face is underpopulation.

(And my late friend, Julian Simon, who made a devastating critique of Ehrlich’s work in his book “The Ultimate Resource,” was right: The most important factor contributing to economic progress, and therefore to the fight against poverty, is human creativity, which tends naturally to increase when there are more humans around to be creative.)

The world’s overall population has risen throughout recorded history, but not at a consistent pace. Wars, famines, and diseases have caused temporary declines. But today’s demographic decline is different, because when the elderly outnumber the young, there is no way to avoid a massive contraction.

Even if today’s schoolchildren have large families – which they are already being told they should not do, by a generation of teachers steeped in “overpopulation” propaganda – they are unlikely to produce enough children to offset the inevitable loss of the dying Baby Boomers.

Meanwhile, those young people will be carrying the heavy burden of care for their aging relatives. And that burden – not to mention the staggering debt that countries like the U.S. have passed along to the rising generation – will handicap their ability to produce new goods and services.

So the demographic contraction will be accompanied by an economic contraction – which may cause many young parents of the next generation to decide they cannot afford more children – which would add still further to the double-barreled implosion.

Right now the world’s population is at an all-time high, allowing the mythmakers to continue peddling fear about overpopulation. But the ominous trend is easy to spot, for anyone willing to see the signs of the times.

Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s state visits to Mexico

The late monarch visited in 1975 and 1983

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

“Dressed in a peacock blue and gray print dress and matching hat, the queen was greeted by local dignitaries and members of the British community,” read a United Press International account of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Puerto Vallarta in 1983.

The monarch, who died today at age 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, counted two journeys to Mexico among the many international state visits she made during her 70-year reign, the longest ever by a British monarch.

On that visit in the eighties, she stuck to the Pacific Coast as she visited Acapulco in the state of Guerrero, Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán, Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco and La Paz in Baja California Sur from Feb. 17–25.

Her first visit was in 1975, when she saw Mexico City, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Yucatán and Veracruz in just a few days, from February 24 through March 1. That first whirlwind journey across Mexico was more than two decades after she had been crowned on June 2, 1953.

When she finally did visit Mexico, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Mexico’s president was Luis Echeverría Álvarez. Although relations between Mexico and the United Kingdom dated back to the early 19th century, this marked the first official visit of a British monarch to Mexican lands.

The royal couple arrived on the 412-foot Royal Yacht Britannia to Cozumel, where they barely set foot on soil: immediately after leaving the yacht, they boarded a plane to Mexico City. There, the royals were received by Echeverría and his wife, María Zuno Arce. The visit coincided with Día de la Bandera (or Flag Day), so children filled the capital’s zócalo with rhythmic boards, gymnastics demonstrations, choirs and colorful pom-poms to welcome the royals.

That celebration ended with the president and his wife accompanying the monarchs on a tour of the city aboard an open car, with the streets full of cheering observers. Afterward, the royal couple stayed a couple of days at the Camino Real hotel, taking time to visit Echeverría at his private residence in San Jerónimo, south of the city.

The next leg of the trip included a train ride to Guanajuato city, where the royals toured the Pípila independence monument, the Juárez Theater, the University of Guanajuato, the Alhóndiga de Granaditas (a museum in a former grain storehouse that was an important site in Mexico’s fight for independence) and the local market, where they ate tlacoyos — a snack made of thick corn dough and filled with fava bean paste and other goodies.

In Oaxaca city, the monarchs visited loom halls and the handicrafts market and bought various items — paying with pounds sterling. They also visited the archaeological site of Monte Albán. At night, the celebration of Oaxaca’s traditional La Guelaguetza.

Their next stop was Mérida, where a rain of confetti greeted the queen, along with a song whose lyrics said, “Queen of queens, when you pass by, all the flowers give off their fragrance,” performed by the Orquesta Típica Yucalpetén. At one point, a strong wind nearly blew her hat off and lifted her skirt.

“Jovial, simple, smiling, much more beautiful than her photographs” was how the Diario de Yucatán newspaper described the 48-year-old queen.

The next day, near Yucatán’s north coast in Tizimín, she inaugurated the La Reina Zoo (The Queen’s Zoo). There, 2,000 children sang part of the English hymn “Land of Hope and Glory,” nearly moving the queen to tears. “It is the best gift I have received from Yucatán,” she reportedly told the governor.

During her stay of 23 hours and 50 minutes in Yucatán, she wore four dresses, white gloves, a hat, diamond and emerald earrings, pendants, a three-strand pearl necklace and white shoes, and of course accessorized with her handbag. Upon departing for Veracruz, she wore a yellow and orange dress — and there reportedly was 10 liters of ice cream in the royals’ luggage.

When the royal couple returned in 1983, they arrived on a Royal Air Force aircraft to Acapulco, where they were greeted by President Miguel de la Madrid.

They toured the coast and then visited the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, where they met with Governor Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bernardo Sepulveda. The royal party traveled up the coast on the Britannia, upon which Sepulveda and his British counterpart, Francis Pym, held three days of talks, reportedly discussing the Falkland Islands, oil prices and various conflicts in Central America.

During her tour of Puerto Vallarta, the 56-year-old queen was taken to a senior home amid lush vegetation outside the city, where she was serenaded by a chorale group of 22 elderly women in long, red gowns said to be the color of the bougainvillea flower.

After sailing to La Paz, the royal couple visited Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Our Lady of Peace cathedral, and the islands Jacques Cousteau and Espírito Santo.

And that was it. The queen’s trip continued on to the United States and Canada, but she never returned to Mexico.

President López Obrador responded to announcements of the queen’s death with a tweet on Thursday.

“I send my condolences to the people of the United Kingdom on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, British monarch and ruler of 14 independent states. In the same way, I extend them to her family, friends and members of the Royal Household.”

With reports from Infobae, Diario de Yucatan and UPI.

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NOTICE OF NOMINEES ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE in the Town of Woodside Nov. 8, 2022

TOWN OF
WOODSIDE
2955 WOODSIDE ROAD
WOODSIDE,
CA 94062
NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices appointed to be filled at the General and Special Municipal Elections to be held in the Town of Woodside on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
District 2
Brian Dombkowski Councilman
Steve Lubin Councilman
Elizabeth Kaske Councilmember
District 3
Richard “Dick” Brown Councilman
District 5
Paul Goeld Councilor
8/26/22
CNS-3618260#
THE REPORTER

San Mateo County in the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following measures will be put to the vote of the qualified electors of San Mateo County in the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURES

BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

PARCEL TAX MEASURE

MEASURE ___ (2/3 APPROVAL REQUIRED)

In order to preserve quality education that cannot be taken over by the State; keep science, math, reading and writing at a competitive level; attract and retain quality teachers; and incorporate modern technology for future student success; Shall the Bayshore Elementary School District measure be adopted that renews the parcel tax of $96 per parcel for eight years with annual adjustments described in the voter guide, raising approximately $160,000 per year, with exemptions for seniors and people with disabilities, and that none of the money be used for administrator salaries?

Yes ________

Nope _________

LA HONDA-PESCADERO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOND MEASURE

MEASURE ___ (55% APPROVAL REQUIRED)

To improve education facilities by supporting an expanded curriculum; repair deteriorating facilities and modernize district school facilities, shall the La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District issue $15,000,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, charging approximately $.06 per $100 of assessed valuation (raising $1,000,000 a year), with a robust community engagement process, board-appointed citizen oversight, and independent audits to ensure proper spending of funds?

Bonds Yes ____ Bonds No ____

REDWOOD CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOND MEASURE

MEASURE ___ (55% APPROVAL REQUIRED)

To improve local elementary and middle schools by repairing and upgrading science, technology, engineering, arts, and math classrooms and labs; making safety and security improvements; upgrading deficient heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems; building and acquiring sites and facilities, shall the Redwood City Elementary School District measure authorizing $298 million in bonds at legal rates, charging $24 per $100,000 of assessed value ($16 million per year) be adopted while the bonds are in circulation, with annual audits, oversight by citizens, none of the money for administrators, and that all funds remain local?

Bonds Yes ____ Bonds No ____

SEQUOIA UNITED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOND MEASURE

MEASURE ___ (55% APPROVAL REQUIRED)

To repair and update aging local high schools by fixing deteriorating plumbing, heating, ventilation, and electrical systems and modernizing/expanding classrooms, labs, and science, technology, math, skilled trades, arts, and engineering facilities which support achievement and college/career preparation of students, shall the Sequoia Union High School District measure be adopted to authorize $591,500,000 in bonds at legal rates, charging $14 for every $100,000 of assessed value ($30.4 million annually) while the bonds are in effect? in circulation, with independent oversight by citizens and all money controlled locally?

Bonds Yes ____ Bonds No ____

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOND MEASURE

MEASURE ___ (55% APPROVAL REQUIRED)

To modernize classrooms, restrooms, and school facilities; make health, safety and security improvements, equip schools with 21st century learning technology, and build affordable local rental housing for teachers and staff, shall the South San Francisco Unified School District measure be adopted? authorizing $436.0 million in bonds, at statutory rates, charging an estimated 6 cents per $100 of assessed value generating an average of $27 million annually while the bonds are outstanding, with a citizen oversight committee and independent audits of the entire money from the bonds?

Bonds Yes ____ Bonds No ____

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that principal arguments for or against the aforementioned measures may be submitted in writing to the Registration & Elections Division, 40 Tower Road, San Mateo, CA 94402, for review. printing and distribution to voters, in accordance with the provisions of the California Elections Code, by 5:00 p.m. on August 19, 2022. The rebuttal arguments of the authors of said main arguments may be presented

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