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e-alerts are the regular bulletins and updates I send to those who are interested in my work at City Hall. On this page, you can find recent e-alerts and an opportunity to register to receive new e-alerts as they come out, delivered to your email address. Your comments, critique and corrections are welcome.

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Or call 707.746.5668. Thanks for your interest! -
Elizabeth Patterson

Recent e-alerts
05-20-2008 - Tonight! Seeno on Council Meeting - again
04-24-2008 - Sky Valley Development - Signature Properties Project on Lake Herman Road
04-23-2008 - Seeno Public Hearing Notice
04-23-2008 - Leading Republicans Join Bipartisan Coalition Opposing Prop 98
04-22-2008 - Ice Cream Social Invitation - Linda Seifert, Saturday, April 26
04-22-2008 - Covert Federal Preemption In New Gas Mileage Standard
04-21-2008 - Joint Energy Commission, CPUC, and ARB CAT Subgroup Workshop on GHG Reduction Measures
04-19-2008 - Economic Development Agenda
04-18-2008 - Mountain Lion - Benicia PD Press Release
04-15-2008 - Tonights City Council Agenda - Appointments, Trees and Clean Campaigns
04-15-2008 - More on the Tree ordinance
04-14-2008 - ALERT!! Campaign Financial Disclosure
04-14-2008 - Benicia Old Town Theatre - "Sugar Babies"
04-10-2008 - ALERT! SEENO UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BREAKING THE LAW IN PITTSBURG
04-10-2008 - Seeno vote - this Thurs., 4/10, Planning Commission, City Hall, 7pm
04-10-2008 - Richmond Staff Reports - Not a pretty picture - Refinery pollution trapped in homes
04-07-2008 - Audit and Finance Committee Agenda and Packet
04-06-2008 - April 10th Seeno and Planning Commission - not to be missed
04-06-2008 - KCBS Reports Chemicals in Richmond's Air Surprise Researchers
04-06-2008 - Arts Benicia EDGE Reception Sunday, March 30, 3-5pm
04-02-2008 - Seeno Revised Project and Staff Report for April 10th Planning Commission Meeting
04-02-2008 - Solano County General Plan Update
04-01-2008 - More Policy Issue Handouts - Preview
03-31-2008 - Budget, Audit and Finance Committee Meeting Agenda for April 4th
03-31-2008 - It is no April Fools Joke - see U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement for April 1st City Council Agenda
03-31-2008 - April 1 Council Meeting and Priority Policies for 2007-2009
03-15-2008 - Solano Farmlands at risk - Supervisors and the Solano County General Plan
03-14-2008 - Save our State Parks Rally, April 7
03-13-2008 - Seeno EIR -Listening and Responding - Council Agenda for Tuesday, March 19th
03-06-2008 - Mark Your Calendars and Start Your Engines - State Parks Advocacy Day in Sacramento
03-06-2008 - TALC e-news: support the coolest bill, TALC's Summit on April 5, land use as a climate strategy, and more
03-04-2008 - Tonight's Council Agenda
02-24-2008 - Solano County Agenda (2.26.2008) -State Parks Cuts
02-24-2008 - Homework for Tuesday - attached worksheets
02-24-2008 - Cultural Commission talking points
02-24-2008 - Benicia High School SAGE
02-23-2008 - Update on Solano County General Plan
02-22-2008 - Setting Policy Priorities - Tuesday, 6:00 PM in Library
02-20-2008 - What Happened Last Night – Seeno Business Park EIR
02-16-2008 - Seeno Business Park is on the Agenda for February 19, 2008 City Council Meeting
02-11-2008 - CORRECTION! Planning Commission Agenda 2/14/08
02-09-2008 - Seeno - Notice of Public Hearing 2/19/08
02-09-2008 - Fwd: Planning Commission Agenda 2/14/08
02-09-2008 - Council Meetings and High Tech
02-09-2008 - Planning & Conservation Leage Insider
02-08-2008 - State Parks and a San Onofre Victory
02-04-2008 - Stainless Steel Water Bottles save energy and money!
02-04-2008 - Council Agenda: Taxi rates, Youth Action Task Force and Newspaper Racks
01-24-2008 - Close 48 State Parks? Just say no
01-23-2008 - More on State Park Closure
01-23-2008 - Senator Wiggins' Update on State Budget, Parks and Mothball Fleet
01-22-2008 - Drivers going in circles - and that's good/Roundabouts slow traffic, reduce injury accidents, save gas
01-21-2008 - Update on State Parks Closure
01-14-2008 - The League of Cities early assessment of park closures
01-11-2008 - PM Alert: Slash and budget
01-11-2008 - Joint Meeting - Mark your calendars
01-10-2008 - Update on Solano County General Plan
01-06-2008 - New Mills Community Center Update Information
01-03-2008 - Need Benicians to Respond to MTC Survey - Bay Area transportation, environment, land development
12-30-2007 - Examples for Benicia builders to go green
12-23-2007 - Give Yourself the Gift of Creativity in the New Year!
12-16-2007 - City Manager's Report for Week Ending December 14, 2007
12-11-2007 - Al Gore's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
12-09-2007 - 20 questions? Sustainable Community - smart growth
12-04-2007 - East Bay Green Corridor Partnership Launched in Richmond's Historic Ford Building
12-02-2007 - Post Carbon Cities :: Newsletter #5, November 2007 (Modified by Elizabeth Patterson)
12-02-2007 - Public Records Act and Benicia Police Department
11-30-2007 - Mayor's Cultural Committee and other Agenda Items for December 4th
11-15-2007 - Temporary Transit Service Reductions
11-13-2007 - Tourism Branding Kickoff meeting - a must attend
11-11-2007 - The Benicia Independent - Sunday, November 11, 2007
11-11-2007 - Fwd: TOM BUTT E-FORUM: Patterson Waxes Out of Town Interests to Win Benicia Mayoral Race
11-10-2007 - Benicia election OpEd in Friday Chronicle
11-05-2007 - Can I borrow YOU for 2 hours on Tuesday?
11-05-2007 - November 8, 2007 Planning Commission agenda
11-05-2007 - More Follow the Money
11-05-2007 - Disputed Facts About Amports
11-05-2007 - Fwd: Press release on fatal traffic collision
11-05-2007 - Alice in Benicia? Dave Badtke's Unpublished Sunday Column
11-04-2007 - Election Influence - Follow the Money
11-03-2007 - Message from Bill Whitney on benicianews.com
11-03-2007 - Launch of The Benicia Independent - www.beniciaindependent.com
11-02-2007 - Money and Advertising
11-01-2007 - Can You Spare Me Five Minutes?
11-01-2007 - You Are Invited to an Election Night Gathering
10-31-2007 - Nov.6 Election will set Future of Seeno Project and Benica!
10-31-2007 - Get Out The Vote - YOU are wanted!
10-30-2007 - Phone Bank - You Can Make A Difference for Benicia's Future
10-30-2007 - Agenda for October 30, 2007 Open Government Commission Meeting
10-29-2007 - NEWS FLASH - Candidates forum now available on video
10-28-2007 - Give healthy "treats" on Halloween
10-24-2007 - Noise as a Public Health Hazard
10-24-2007 - ELECTION NOTES - KEEPING IT IN BENICIA, OR NOT
10-24-2007 - Benicia Tourism Branding Kickoff Meeting
10-23-2007 - SEENO public forum!
10-22-2007 - Pleasanton: City looks for return of small-town politics
10-22-2007 - Feral Cats and Birds
10-21-2007 - Campaign Finance Reform - "Money doesn't talk - it yells!"
10-20-2007 - Walking the Talk of Open Space
10-20-2007 - Economic Development Board Agenda, 10/24/07
10-20-2007 - Historic Preservation Review Commission, Agenda for 10/25/07
10-19-2007 - Building Permits 10-1-05 through 10-15-07
10-19-2007 - Crime Wave
10-19-2007 - Measure S - City Manager's Report for Week Ending October 19, 2007
10-18-2007 - Measure S - City Letter
10-13-2007 - Big Box Evaluator Website Release
10-12-2007 - Forum for Measure "S"
10-12-2007 - City Council Agenda 10/16 - Trees, Mills Community Center, Viewmont water pipe break
10-08-2007 - Missing Yards Signs - Dirty Politics?
10-07-2007 - October 20th and 24th Rebroadcasting Candidates' Forum
10-07-2007 - Lynch Canyon Bird hikes and docent training
10-05-2007 - Water Rates and Design Review Fees
10-05-2007 - How Walkable is Your Neighborhood?
10-05-2007 - Billboards - October 11th Planning Commission Agenda
10-02-2007 - We can do better - Energy conservation, carbon foot print on City Council Agenda
09-24-2007 - Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
09-24-2007 - Community Action Council Anniversary Celebration
09-24-2007 - Fwd: Richmond City Council in Greening Frenzy
09-23-2007 - Public Access foiled at Waterfront Under Benicia Bridge
09-21-2007 - Seeno and global warming
09-21-2007 - Historic Preservation Review Commission agenda
09-17-2007 - Water Supply News - a statewide perspective
09-17-2007 - Tuesday - Benicia Environmental Reforms
09-13-2007 - September 18th City Council Agenda
09-13-2007 - Reviewing Formula Restaurants
09-13-2007 - News Flash - Ferry Service Bill Passed
09-13-2007 - Passports to Adventures in Benicia this Sunday
09-12-2007 - Rising Seas called Delta risk
09-12-2007 - CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS: WATERSHEDS - 9/11/07
09-11-2007 - Community Choice Aggregation workshop in Petaluma October 10th
09-11-2007 - Mills Community Center - Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting - 9/12/07
09-10-2007 - DWR'S CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS: WATERSHEDS - 9/10/07
09-10-2007 - Building Permits Issued Report
09-10-2007 - PostCarbon Cities Guidebook now available!
09-03-2007 - City Council Agenda for September 4, 2007
09-02-2007 - Conflicts are contagious - Planning Commission appointments
08-26-2007 - X-park Hours and Rules
08-22-2007 - Benefit Concert with Clif Nelson & Friends this weekend
08-19-2007 - Adult Literacy 20th Anniversary Celebration
08-19-2007 - Benicia Historic Preservation Review Commission
08-19-2007 - New Paint-out Schedule
08-17-2007 - Weeds and Bridge Celebration
08-16-2007 - New Benicia-Martinez Bridge - correct phone number
08-14-2007 - Too much Bridge celebration? join us for
08-13-2007 - The Bay Bridge will be CLOSED over Labor Day Weekend.
08-12-2007 - Women in Politics
08-12-2007 - Arts Benicia E-News
08-07-2007 - Sky Valley and Seeno Responses- to be or not to be
08-04-2007 - X-Park Enhanced with Trees and Restrooms
08-02-2007 - Seeno - Development Concerns Raised
08-02-2007 - Mills Community Center, Rules for Skate Park and Reuse of Willow Glen - Parks, Recreation & Cemetery agenda - August
08-02-2007 - Want a Ferry in Benicia or a Train or both? Draft Regional Rail Plan Workshops
08-02-2007 - A Good Argument for Ferry Service for Benicia
08-01-2007 - Water Rights Subject of State Controversy
07-31-2007 - Job description for interim Solano-Napa Field Rep
07-31-2007 - San Francisco Estuary Project (SFEP) Director Position
07-27-2007 - Sky Valley Open Space Committee meeting August 1
07-27-2007 - Seeno! Mark Your Calendars - Benicia Bus. Park on Agenda for August 7th
07-27-2007 - Peripheral Canal Debate Returns / Charting California's water future / Panic makes poor policy
07-20-2007 - Why we don't need Big Box Stores in Benicia - Jeff Milchen, Vallejo Library, July 23
07-16-2007 - Peppino D'Agostino Concert / Art Auction Fundraiser, THIS SATURDAY, JULY 21
07-15-2007 - Inside Bay Area: State demands cleaning of ships be done safely
07-15-2007 - More Tall Signs on I-680 an Appeal and other items for Benicia City Council
07-15-2007 - Historic Survey Information
07-12-2007 - ACTION ALERT! Measure to curb local contribution limits clears State Senate
07-12-2007 - Had Enough? City's Enforcement of Unauthorized Tree Pruning
07-12-2007 - Updated info on Columbus/Rose Traffic Signal
07-11-2007 - Economic Development E-News: Happy New (Fiscal) Year!
07-06-2007 - Art Auction and Concert July 21 - Fundraiser, Elizabeth For Mayor
07-05-2007 - Richmond Mothball Fleet Scrapping Proposal Makes Daily Kos
07-05-2007 - Tell Your Story at the Benicia Library
07-04-2007 - Call for Nominations - San Francisco Bay Area Conservation Priorities
07-03-2007 - Bordoni Ranch Exhibits
07-02-2007 - Balanced Budget Memo
06-29-2007 - Energy Preparedness Talk, Sat., 6/30, 1-2pm
06-27-2007 - I-780 and I-680 weed clearing
06-26-2007 - More campaign finance expose
06-22-2007 - Fwd: Zoning Administrator Agenda
06-22-2007 - Protecting Farmlands the American Farmland Trust way
06-20-2007 - Clean Campaign Reform - Not
06-20-2007 - Congressman Miller Town Hall Meeting
06-20-2007 - Marina Drain
06-20-2007 - Arts Benicia E-News
06-19-2007 - Campaign Finance Letter To The Editor, Benicia Herald, June 17
06-17-2007 - City Council Agenda for June 19, 2007
06-17-2007 - When is Campaign Reform not Reform?
06-11-2007 - Supreme Court Decision on Big Box
06-11-2007 - Free Wellness Fair in Benicia on June 16th
06-08-2007 - Planning Commission Agenda
06-07-2007 - Field Trip to Eureka, anyone?
06-02-2007 - City Budget available here - and Elizabeth's comments
06-02-2007 - Seeno Benicia Project and Global Warming
06-01-2007 - Proposed 2007-2009 City Budget - available here online!
05-31-2007 - Agenda for June 5th - and Workshop on the Budget June 4
05-31-2007 - Bye-bye to comprehensive Design Review of Development Projects
05-28-2007 - Benicia Health Fair June 16th
05-25-2007 - Gasoline Prices - A Government Accountability Report
05-25-2007 - Mills School to Community Center - Update
05-25-2007 - Spenger Garden Groundbreaking at "Camel Barn" Tues. 5/29, 11am
05-18-2007 - New BUSD Superintendent
05-18-2007 - Benicia opinions
05-18-2007 - Gospel of Engagement found in the PCL Insider for May 17, 2007
05-18-2007 - Demolition of historic structure
05-18-2007 - Police Incidents
05-18-2007 - "Gentleman"s Club"
05-15-2007 - Written Comments May 15 City Council - Campaign Ordinances
05-14-2007 - Benicia Economic Development News & Notes, May, 2007
05-14-2007 - Big Box, Clean Government and Many, many, many items on Council Agenda
05-14-2007 - Global Warming and the Future of the CA Environmental Quality Act
05-14-2007 - Access Help and Survey - Open Government Commission May 2007 Agenda
05-14-2007 - Big Box Stores - You are needed to answer some, one or two or none???
05-06-2007 - Seeno Sues City of Pittsburg - unfair fees!
05-06-2007 - Report on Current Top Ten Priorities - April, 2007
04-19-2007 - Benefit Community Action Council with Flowers
04-17-2007 - INSTANT URBANISM/Citified suburbs becoming new model for the Bay Area
04-17-2007 - Introduction of Campaign Ordinances - May 1st Council Meeting
04-13-2007 - Building Permits Issued Report
04-01-2007 - test




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