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This event took place on September 18th at the Central Santa Rosa Library and the video from the live event is available for public viewing. We invite voters to engage with the discussion and learn more about this critical ballot measure. You can also view the video from this debate on the NorCal Public Media YouTube Channel and on KRCB's Facebook page.
Entitled “Sonoma County Prohibition on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations,” the full summary of the proposed measure can be read on the county website here.
The debate will be hosted by Clark Wolf
Clark Wolf is host of KRCB’s Radio Show Savoring Sonoma and is a nationally recognized, James Beard Award-winning food and restaurant consultant, author, and columnist.
Moderated by Gina Baleria
Dr. Gina Baleria is an Associate Professor of Journalism, Digital Media, and Radio & Podcasting at Sonoma State University... and host and producer of the News in Context podcast. Dr. Baleria authored The Journalism Behind Journalism: Going Beyond the Basics to Train Effective Journalists in a Shifting Landscape (Routledge 2021), and co-authored Writing & Reporting News for the 21st Century (Cognella, 2018), winner of the 2020 BEA Textbook Award. Prior to teaching, she worked as an award-winning broadcast & digital journalist.
Representatives for Yes on J and No on J
Kristina Garfinkel is a Santa Rosa resident and a lead organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, focused on coalition building and research.
Lewis Bernier is a Petaluma resident and factory farm investigator whose findings have been published in national outlets including the New York Times.
Brent Newell is an environmental justice lawyer with over twenty years of litigation and policy experience representing community-based groups, state-based groups, national environmental organizations, and an Inupiat native village on air quality, water quality, climate, civil rights, and agricultural issues. Since 2000, he has represented San Joaquin Valley community-based organizations to oppose the rapid expansion of large confined dairy facilities and the pollution from that model of dairy production. Prior to starting his private practice in Petaluma in 2022 in which he represents environmental justice organizations, he was the Legal Director at the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment and a Senior Attorney at Public Justice. He grew up in Sonoma County, graduated from Cardinal Newman High School, and earned his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law. He lives in Petaluma and serves as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Petaluma.
Mike Weber is co-owner of Sunrise Farms, a poultry and egg farm in Petaluma.
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