Thurs., 10-19-06, 6:30 PM

McCay Hall,

Catheys Valley

Gary Temple, President, Sierra and Foothill Citizens Alliance

Gary helped form and participated with a citizens group from Eastern Fresno County in persuading the Fresno County Board of Supervisors to conduct a water study for the water short areas of Shaver Lake, Prather, Auberry and Squaw Valley.  The water study concluded that some of these areas were using slightly more water than they are recharging with its current population.  Gary recently received an award from the Sierra Nevada Alliance for his work in coordinating this effort with the County Board.  He is a retired architect.

Gary will talk about how their water study was organized, the results the study produced; and, the study’s relationship to other hard rock areas of the Sierra foothills.

Thurs., 10-26-06, 6:30 pm

Best Western Yosemite Way Station, Mariposa

Debbie Olson, League of California Cities

Debbie Olson currently serves as a Regional Public Affairs Manager for the League of California Cities.  The League is a membership organization consisting of all of the cities in California.  Debbie has been speaking to groups throughout California on Prop. 90 – the taxpayer trap and Trojan horse initiative on the ballot this November.

The "No on Prop. 90" coalition has announced that more than 100 diverse organizations representing homeowners, taxpayers, public safety, business, labor, seniors, environmentalists, educators, local governments and property rights advocates have joined in opposing Prop. 90.  Debbie is a spokesperson for the “No on Prop. 90” coalition.