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Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPs)

This web site is dedicated to enabling citizens to provide needed oversight to our democracy.

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We must, as citizens, provide oversight of our local governmental bodies. They can't be trusted to oversee themselves. You can help! Read how here: COPs Program

Active Projects:

Issue Oversight
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COPs acts as umbrella organization for Coalition to Decommission San Onofre as a party to the investigation by the California Public Utilities Commission.

COPs intervenes in license amendment request for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station: San Onofre License Amendment Intervention This is now being appealed.

LATEST NEWS from Citizens Oversight

CPUC RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO SAN ONOFRE HEARINGS -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-05-10
Jeremy Scahill on 'Dirty Wars' in San Diego -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight, 2013-05-02 Video by Ryan Anderson and Ray Lutz
COALITION TO DECOMMISSION SAN ONOFRE REBUTTAL TESTIMONY, PHASE 1 SAN ONOFRE OUTAGE INVESTIGATION -- Martha Sullivan, Citizens Oversight, 2013-04-22
Mathematical Proof that National Debt and the Deficit are Necessary (and therefore not 'Evil') -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-03-08
CPUC Public Participation Hearing on San Onofre (Costa Mesa) -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-02-21 Transcripts Included. Regarding California Public Utilities Commission
Shut San Onofre Rally prior to NRC meeting in Capistrano Beach, 2013-02-12 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-02-12
Summary of Videos on YouTube related to Occupy San Diego -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-02-07
Initiative Panel - Do we need this much initiative? -- League Of Women Voters, Common Cause, Citizens Oversight, 2013-01-25
San Diego School Board Demands Public Hearing before San Onofre Restart -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-01-22
COPS Petition to NRC for Review of LBP-12-25 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-01-15

Common.Cops Events

HOT PROJECTS

ECPAC - El Cajon City Council threatens to close the East County Performing Arts Center (ECPAC) theater December 24th for 18 to 24 months for some kind of renovation, the substance of which is not quite clear. Apparently, there is some threat of lawsuit by CCT (Christian Community Theater) and Art Beat Management, headed by Paul Russell.
- ECPAC Inspection Tour of 2012-09-07 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2012-09-07
- Group hoping to Save ECPAC continues fight -- Karen Pearlman, Union Tribune, 2012-08-13
- El Cajon plots arts venue revival -- Steve Schmidt, Union Tribune, 2012-08-12

Shut San Onofre - San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, with the highest number of reports of safety violations in the nation, is down due to engineering design mistakes. Combined with earthquake and tsunami risks, this plant should not be restarted, but for the safety of all concerned, decommissioned.
- CPUC RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO SAN ONOFRE HEARINGS -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-05-10
- With nuke near death, consumers staring at $3B tab -- Dan Mc Swain, Union Tribune, 2013-05-05
- COALITION TO DECOMMISSION SAN ONOFRE REBUTTAL TESTIMONY, PHASE 1 SAN ONOFRE OUTAGE INVESTIGATION -- Martha Sullivan, Citizens Oversight, 2013-04-22

Occupy San Diego - Occupy Wall Street has been extremely successful in changing the dialog about income disparity and plight of the 99% as a result of incredible profiteering on Wall Street
- Keep up with latest news with daily email blasts: Occupy San Diego Email Blasts; Occupy San Diego Calendar
- Summary of Videos on YouTube related to Occupy San Diego -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-02-07
- Ray Lutz Files Suit: False Arrest while Registering Voters -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2012-09-14
- Case #37-2012-00103865-CU-CR-CTL -- Lawsuit Filed by Lutz for false arrest while Registering Voters -- Bryan Pease, Citizens Oversight, 2012-09-13

Election Integrity - Cops has completed a report exposing irregularities at the San Diego County Registrar Of Voters. See COPs Rov Report and download your free copy. We've discovered 9,000 "missing" ballots and proof that they are severely mismanaged. See also the totally-open method, proposed by Ray Lutz: Open Canvass
- Initiative Panel - Do we need this much initiative? -- League Of Women Voters, Common Cause, Citizens Oversight, 2013-01-25
- Request for Pre-tally selection Snapshot for 2012 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2012-10-31 Registrar Of Voters
- CPRA Request to San Diego Registrar of Voters on Nov 2010 Election -- Registrar Of Voters, Citizens Oversight, 2011-01-24 Large zip file, 3.98GB. Citizens Oversight

Grossmont Healthcare Board - Strange resignation by longtime board member James Stieringer appears to be to boost his pension by 10x and smacks of insider dealing. See Stieringer Employment Scam for more specific information on this project.
- C00037 Request to resolve conflict of interest of Ernest Ewin -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2011-04-25 Features James Stieringer Ernest Ewin
- C00036 - CPRA Request to City of La Mesa Regarding Stieringer Resignation -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2011-04-01 Features James Stieringer
- GHD Special Meeting -- Stieringer Replacement Appt. -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2010-12-20 Stieringer Employment Scam (2 Parts)

Recent Changes: Media Topics

CPUC RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO SAN ONOFRE HEARINGS -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-05-10
Jeremy Scahill on 'Dirty Wars' in San Diego -- Jeremy Scahill, Citizens Oversight, 2013-05-02 Video by Ryan Anderson and Ray Lutz
Root Cause Evaluation of San Onofre Steam Generator Failures -- ", Southern California Edison, 2012-04-02
With nuke near death, consumers staring at $3B tab -- Dan Mc Swain, Union Tribune, 2013-05-05
CPUC (I.12-10-013) Order Instituting Investigation (OII) for San Onofre -- ", California Public Utilities Commission, 2012-10-25 Draft document may be voted on at Oct 25 meeting in Irvine
SCE's Testimony Regarding Proposed Rate Adjustments for SONGS Units 2 & 3 -- ", Southern California Edison, 2012-12-17 Regarding California Public Utilities Commission
Scoping Ruling filed by CMMR/FLORIO/CPUC on 01/28/2013 Conf# 61886 -- Michel Peter Florio and Melanie M. Darling, California Public Utilities Commission, 2013-01-28
CPUC Public Participation Hearing on San Onofre (Costa Mesa) -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2013-02-21 Transcripts Included. Regarding California Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Code Section 455.5 -- ", State Of California,
Reid Appoints Besieged Regulator to Nuclear-Weapons Panel -- Amy Harder, National Journal, 2013-04-18

Recent Changes: Other topics

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Coalition To Decommission San Onofre - CoalitionToDecommissionSanOnofre This group is a party to the investigation by the California Public Utilities Commission. Parent topic is: ShutSanOnofre SCE's public ...
Transmitter Setup - TransmitterSetup Project Tasks 1. ACTION JAY: (IN PROCESS) finish any testing of electronics package here, transport to the tower, and install. 2. ACTION JAY ...
Fund Decommission San Onofre Team - FundDecommissionSanOnofreTeam See project topics here: ShutSanOnofre and CoalitionToDecommissionSanOnofre The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO) recently ...
Pay Pal - PayPal PayPal is an on line payment system as a spin off from ebay. You can set it up to send or receive money directly from or to your bank account, or you can use ...
Wired Bistro -
California Public Utilities Commission - SF, LA, SAC locations: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/contactus/ San Francisco Headquarters: View Larger Map
Southern California Edison -
Knsj Radio - KnsjRadio Latest News KNSJ Radio, 89.1FM is planned for East San Diego County, with the antenna to be located on Monument Peak, the highest point on Laguna mountain ...
Keyword List - KeywordList Include this in the Media Form table to allow dynamic generation. Normally, it is possible to use a topic to list the options but the select item is called ...

Projects

See COPs Program for a list of all projects and an overview of our project concept.

Collaboration Areas

Common Calendar - Month-at-a-glance format for all events relevant to East County
- Calendar Update - Quick list of the events for the next 2 weeks.
- Event List - Edit this topic to include your events! See How To Add Events for details.
List Serve - Sign up for our email lists
- List Serve Etiquette - Common courtesy when mailing to 100's of subscribers.
- Managing List Email - Does it seem like you're getting too much mail? This should help.
News Media - submitted media in all categories, and anyone who submits them.
- Cops Videos - Videos produced and distributed by Citizens Oversight
- Other Videos - Videos referenced but not produced by Citizens Oversight

Current Events Theater - Enjoy videos of politics and current events.
Student Outreach - Our presence on campus of Cuyamaca, Grossmont, SDSU, and other campuses.
East County Progressive - Our progressive newsletter!
Public Access TV - efforts to establish progressive TV and radio programs in San Diego
Progressive TVand Radio - Lists of good progressive media shows and how to listen and watch them
Facebook Discussions - We are using Facebook more and more for discussions and this is a first cut to gather these up. Chime in on any discussion!

References and Resources

Nine Eleven - A starting place for investigating the truth and missing pieces behind the events of 9/11
Relevant Links - Links to other web sites that are important resources or cooperative organizations.
Meeting Places - Venues where meetings are sometimes held, directions, maps.
All Contacts - People and groups that have been defined.

The Constitution Of The United States - Great reference!
Declaration Of Independence - Important document!
Political Research - Papers on Trends and policy analyses
Creating Message - How to generate talking points.
Gun Control - The State Democratic Platform supports Safe Gun Ownership... Read more here.
Strong Family Model - How should we decide issues of pregnancy termination, end-of-life decisions, and even gay-marriage? The "Strong Family Model" is an important umbrella for these issues.

Other Stuff

County Removes Lutzs Trees - After sending a request for information to Dianne Jacob's office and to the County Counsel regarding Brown Act violations, the County retaliates by driving over the curb with a truck and removing all the trees in front of the Lutz residence with no notice at all.
What Are RSS Feeds? - Learn about an important technology for distributing Blog-like postings.
Basic Instructions - When you first start using this wiki to report on a strange event, I will refer you to this topic to get you started!
Wiki Usage Tips - Some secrets about using this wiki
How To Upload Using FTP - If you have large files to upload (videos, presentations), these instructions will walk you through it!