YOU'VE BEEN ASKING US:  HOW ARE WE RESISTING 
AGENDA 21?  DO WE HAVE A MODEL FOR YOU?


HERE ARE SOME OF THE METHODS WE ARE USING:

  • In fighting Redevelopment:
  • Elected to Citizens' Oversight Committee
  • Flyered door to door with powerful info
  • Created and distributed newsletters 
  • Put on informational meetings
  • Created petitions and submitted signatures
  • Issued press releases
  • Formed a Business and Property Owners Association
  • Started a non-profit in order collect funds to sue to stop Redevelopment project ($500,000 in donations, including pro-bono work by generous law firm)
  • Tried to get a referendum on ballot to stop ordinance
  • Radio/TV/print media interviews
  • Hired a law firm and sued City
  • Appealed lower court decision
  • Stopped the use of eminent domain for three years and effectively killed the project for years to come


  • In fighting UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development:
  • SUING TO STOP PLAN BAY AREA
            Stopped the Mandatory Green Building Retrofit program that would have made it mandatory to have EVERY building in the entire city inspected from the attic to basement, inside, and forced owners to make energy  upgrades of up to 1.5% of value before they could get a permit or sell the property.  We put out 7,000 flyers--door to door--to inform the public, and this plan was aborted.  How did we do it? See www.SantaRosaNeighborhoodCoalition.com for details

            Stopped the Humboldt Street Bike Boulevard that would have effectively closed a major collector street to cars--at a cost of $800,000.  We fought this for 18 months and the city finally removed their 'pilot project' :the temporary traffic circles that were causing near misses on a daily basis.  Cost of 'pilot program'? $200,000.  How did we do it?  See our website www.SantaRosaNeighborhoodCoalition.com for details

           Stopped the Business Improvement Area tax on local businesses to pay for 'Main Street USA'                                    improvements, a corporate entity supposedly supporting business but making money for themselves only.

            Demanded that our state Senator Pat Wiggins be removed from her post because of incompetence.  She  was apparently suffering from Alzheimers for 3 years and her aides were posting legislation in her name.   We blew the whistle on this and caused an uproar.  www.SantaRosaNeighborhoodAssociation.com
  • Created websites: 
     www.SantaRosaNeighborhoodCoalition.com, www.PostSustainabilityInstitute.com
  • Radio/TV/Print media interviews
  • Wrote BEHIND THE GREEN MASK: UN Agenda 21, touring the US and speaking
  • Meet with elected representatives to educate them about A21/SD
  • Create petitions and submit signatures
  • Attend many City Council and other commission meetings, and speak out
  • Elected to Neighborhood Association, but attacked and harassed. Through this we were able to find out who our enemies are and who funds and organizes them. 
  • Exposed the manipulative neighborhood group to the residents
  • Letters to the Editor, letters and comments on media and related websites
  • Shared information and support with people from all over the world
  • Reach across artifical boundaries of political affiliation to find common goals
  • Report corrupt politicians and government officials to FPPC
  • Expose corruption
  • Resist and expose the Delphi Technique for manufacturing consensus
  • Anti-Delphi meetings
  • Video ourselves and others informing the public and elected officials about Agenda 21
  • Distribute bumperstickers, flyers, and books to as many people as possible
  • WE TALK ABOUT AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNITARIANISM EVERYWHERE WITH EVERYONE


BE INSPIRED.    YOU CAN DO IT.    DO WHAT YOU CAN.