I’ve been up all night waiting to see if any news would break about the hearing that happened tonight in San Francisco:

Here is a CBS article for you to read

I wish it had provided a bit more detail, and I am so hoping someone may have filmed the event.

It sounds like Mirkarimi was very upfront in his opposition to the spray, and from what I hear, Sandoval asked many pointed questions. In sum, it looks like Mirkarimi introduced his resolution against aerial spraying and added an amendment requesting that the SF City Attorney begin investigating legal action. I hope this is a roundabout way of saying that San Francisco is going to sue the state.

I am eagerly waiting to hear from a friend who was at the hearing. From the above article, it doesn’t look like the much stronger and better resolution was considered - the one banning all toxic assaults on the Bay Area, be they aerial spraying, permethrin on telephone poles, twist ties or sticky traps. The truth remains, this moth does no meaningful harm to anything in the state of California…not one drop of poison is needed. We can simply ignore it and life will go on as it was the day before they found the first moth.

It is ag practices that have gotten us into this mess to begin with. Less than 100 years ago, most farms were organic, and California needs to turn back to the time-honored methods of small farms, poly-culture, crop rotation and the creation of diverse environment rich in insects, birds, bats, wild creatures and lush, mixed vegetation. We could be living in paradise here…but the chemical corporations would be out of business.

Please if anyone can share any other details about the SF hearing, I would so appreciate it! Thank you.

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