The Protect Our Communities Foundation

The fall issue of East County Community Action Coalition’s newsletter includes an eye-opening article about Assemblyman Joel Anderson, who met with POC Board members and refused to take a stand on the Sunrise Powerlink, despite it’s effect on a large portion of his constituents. Read the newsletter here. Also included in the newsletter is another [...]

The federal government awarded over $800 million in bonds for solar funding nationwide, with San Diego County receiving almost 20% of the funding. Over 200 separate projects throughout the county received the grants, with the San Diego Unified School District receiving the most: $74.3 million for 111 projects. Other recipients include the City of [...]

The story by KPBS reporter Ed Joyce features both Donna Tisdale and David Hogan of POC. The article is on the kpbs.org site here, or you can read it now:
The route for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink electrical transmission line would cross a national forest and other public lands in southeast San Diego County. While the [...]

This fascinating article in Scientific American discusses a possible future where solar power is harvested in space and transmitted back to earth. While there are numerous hurdles to overcome, both technologically and economically, it is exciting to see companies out there pursuing this source of energy (including PG&E!). The future is full of fascinating and [...]

‘”Efficiency,” he says with a twinkle, “seems to be a renewable resource.”
And there is the initial lesson from California’s energy experience: efficiency is the foundation of any effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. As California has learned, the most cost-effective way to replace coal or natural gas or petroleum isn’t to rely on solar [...]

As mentioned in the previous post, a SEMPRA lobbyist allegedly had an affair with a California State Assemblyman who was vice chair of the Utilities and Commerce Committee and whose duties included overseeing the energy companies and policy in California. There is a another dirty little secret SEMPRA and SDG&E desperately don’t want people to [...]

More and more we are seeing articles written about the future of energy production in the US, and the world, that focus on locally generated power. This article shows why we are lucky to live in California, one of the leading regions in the world for installation of rooftop solar and backyard wind. The more [...]

Welcome to The Protect Our Communities Foundation.  We are a group of passionate people that represent tens of thousands of concerned citizens and organizations from across San Diego County.
The communities we are interested in protecting range across San Diego County and include the following:

Rural neighborhoods and towns
Ranches and farmland
Public lands, including Cleveland [...]