County Update
With Santa Clara County
Supervisor Mike Wasserman
Supervisor Mike Wasserman was elected to the Santa Clara
County Board of Supervisors in November 2010, and re-elected in
2014. He represents District 1, which includes Gilroy, San Martin,
Morgan Hill, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and portions of San Jose.
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PRESERVING AGRICULTURAL LANDS helps safeguard
our agricultural heritage for future generations. Santa Clara
County is working with Morgan Hill and Gilroy on a Sustainable
Agricultural Policy Framework for Southern Santa Clara
County. The proposed Framework is intended to produce a
new regional program to preserve agricultural lands and sustain
a strong farming economy. If we can successfully complete
the Framework it will increase the County’s competitiveness
for agricultural conservation easement grants – thus helping to
preserve our farmlands and agricultural heritage.
SPRING IS HERE AND SO IS MOSQUITO SEASON. Keep your family safe
from West Nile virus by reducing areas where mosquitoes might breed. Dump
or drain any standing water weekly, use mosquito repellent, and wear protective
clothing especially at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active. Help
vector control keep our county healthy; report dead birds, neglected pools, and
other mosquito breeding sources. You can call (408) 918-4770, or go online
www.sccvector.org or download the County SCC Vector App.
The County recently joined the SILICON VALLEY CLEAN
ENERGY AUTHORITY (SVCEA) along with 12 other cities
and towns including Morgan Hill and Gilroy. The Silicon
Valley Clean Energy Authority will offer competitive electricity
rates from greener electricity sources and reinvest the profi ts
in renewable energy projects. Residents and businesses may
be offered the program as early as 2017. Under Community
Choice Energy (CCE), PG&E would continue to provide
essential services as a partner, delivering the electricity over
existing infrastructure, maintaining the power lines, sending
bills, and providing customer service. The difference is that
customers would receive cleaner energy and profi ts would be
re-invested locally. When a community decides to create or join
a CCE, all customers within that jurisdiction are automatically
enrolled. However, customers can choose to opt-out of the
CCE and remain with PG&E. For more information, visit
www.svcleanenergy.org.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
MAY/JUNE 2016
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