Category Archives: Porterville City Council

  1. Schwarzenegger signs gay rights bill SB 54 now law

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.
    In the last of hundreds of bill actions taken before midnight Sunday, Schwarzenegger approved the two bills by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
    The governor last year vetoed the measure declaring May 22 [...]

  2. Porterville this is aimed right at you!

    Local Tulare County Professor Professor Robin McGehee is co-Director of the event, streaming now. Porterville City Council, watch what you have wrought!
    RT @unitethefight: Coverage of National Equality March has started on C-SPAN!! http://ow.ly/tPlt #NEM

    C-SPAN Live Stream – C-SPAN

    C-SPAN offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN also offers a variety of [...]

  3. Porterville Council’s Hate Vote Sparks a National Movement

    We urge the Porterville California City Council to reverse its explicit and implicit rejection of its rights-affirming 2001 Resolution in the Wake of the Patriot Act. Your September 2008 Resolution asking constituents to vote to remove existing rights from a minority of people has and is damaging the City’s valuable reputation, and has sparked a [...]

  4. Sharp Debate At High Court Over Cross On US Land

    Debate Mirrors Ongoing Porterville Controversy in Murray Park
    “I have been in Jewish cemeteries,” Eliasberg continued. “There is never a cross on a tombstone of a Jew.”
    From: Sharp debate at high court over cross on US land – Yahoo! News.
    This case mirrors a  current situation in Porterville,  one of many that our City has managed to [...]

  5. Porterville General Plan

    Download the Porterville General Plan Update here.
    Earlier today I was looking for the Porterville City General Plan. It is difficult to find on the City’s own web site. Thanks to the City Officials who helped me find this important document, which cover’s the City’s vision of itself looking out to 2030.
    Here is the Porterville General [...]

  6. Porterville California City Council to Vote on Controversial Same-Sex Marriage Topic Yet Again

    PRESS RELEASE
    July 29, 2009
    Porterville, CA
    Continues to drain city resources and reputation
    Former Mayor and current Councilmember Cameron Hamilton is scheduled to introduce a resolution asking the Council to condemn same sex marriage, this time using Mark Leno’s Senate Bill 54 as a hook, at the next Porterville City Council Meeting on August 4, 2009. The meeting [...]

  7. CBS 47 Covers Same Sex Marriage Rights Demand in Porterville

    Video coverage here
    Emotions ran high at the Porterville City Council meeting Tuesday night.
    Gay marriage supporters spoke out, chastising members for publicly supporting Proposition 8 earlier this year. This comes just one week after the Supreme Court upheld the proposition.
    Nearly a dozen supporters of gay marriage were at the council meeting to ask members to apologize [...]

  8. Additional Media Coverage – Porterville Residents Again Stand Up for Civil Rights for All

    Porterville Recorder: Grassroots same-sex marriage effort takes flight
    A grassroots campaign to overturn Proposition 8 kicked off Tuesday before the Porterville City Council.
    A dozen speakers took turns addressing council members on topics ranging from the council’s resolution last year in support of the ballot measure, the potential psychological effects of banning same-sex marriage, and the real-life [...]

  9. ABC 30 in Fresno Travels to Porterville to air Civil Rights Story

    Last night Channel 30 sent reporter Gene Haagenson to Porterville to cover the pro-same sex marriage Civil Rights discussion that took place as the public spoke in unanimous voice before the only City Council in the State that took a stand in favor of Prop 8.
    I introduced the speakers that were to come, and framed [...]

  10. Brian Ward revises his campaign web site, continued

    Earlier we reported that Porterville City Councilman Brian Ward, sponsor of the only city council resolution in the entire state to suport Prop 8 last fall, has quickly changed his hateful campaign web site amid publicly aired allegations of improprieties regarding campaign laws.
    The allegations alleged that Ward was using the school where he works for [...]

  11. Porterville Councilman Ward Revises Web Site After Charges Made

    Porterville City Councilmember Brian Ward has updated his hateful campaign web site, voteforbrianward.com in response to public comments at last night’s City Council meeting that some of the material there was unethical and illegal. The assertion was made that some material was either a midemeanor or felony at the prosecutor’s discretion, and that the charges [...]

  12. Porterville: CITY COUNCIL AGENDA JANUARY 20, 2009

    CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
    PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
    JANUARY 20, 2009, 6:00 P.M.
    Details follow the jump….