Los Altos Neighbor
December 1994

PUVUNGNA NEWS

Update from the opposition to CSULB's proposed
development along Bellflower Boulevard

Sandy McMillan
(310) 597-1447
November 22, 1994

Trial Postponed

The trial which we reported last month as being scheduled to begin on December 12, 1994, has been postponed. According to Raleigh Levine, legal representative for the Native Americans, the judge found that the university was being uncooperative in the discovery process (the exchange of information where each side provides to the other information which they plan to use in trial). The Native American plaintiffs were cooperating fully and had taken appropriate legal steps trying to force the university to cooperate. However, the university went so far in its refusal to be cooperative that the court decided it was punishable conduct. Levine told the Neighbor that the court made clear that the postponement was a punishment. The trial postponement hurts the university administrators and helps the plaintiffs because the preliminary injunction stays in place preventing the administrators' development plans.

Puvungna Blend

If you drink coffee, but want to be kinder to the environment and your health, drink organically grown coffee. And if you want to help one of your favorite organizations like the Puvungna Coalition or the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, buy the organic Puvungna Blend or Bolsa Chica Blend that are now offered by the Living Planet coffee house at 340 E. Fourth Street in Long Beach. Ten percent of the profits from sales of these blends go to the organization for which they are named.

"Stand Together"

A group of students on campus for the Student Environmental Action Coalition conference in November visited the Puvungna site along Bellflower where they were received by Native Americans and other Save Puvungna Coalition members one evening where all enjoyed a meal provided by Food Not Bombs. On November 22 another teach-in was held on the campus.

And on December 10 the coalition plans to send a contingent to the Bolsa Chica "Stand Together" demonstration in support of saving all of the 1700 acres of wetlands and mesas left there. The "Stand Together" event will be held rain or shine between 9 and 11 a.m. Parking is available on lots near Pacific Coast Highway and Warner in Huntington Beach. Everyone is encouraged to join in this show of support for preserving the Bolsa Chica ecosystem.

For more information about meetings and events of the Save Puvungna Coalition, readers are invited to call the Puvungna Hotline at 985-4619.

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This document was posted in July 1995

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