Posts Tagged: community

Community Garden and Composting Hub in Gridley - The Garden at St. Timothy’s

What can you do with a plot of land that's empty and full of weeds? Plant a garden and start composting with your neighbors! St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Gridley, with the help of generous grants from the Episcopal Foundation of Northern California...

Louie Yang: From Monarchs and Milkweed to Mentoring and More...

Professor Louie Yang's monarch and milkweed research at the University of California, Davis, is quite celebrated. Yang, a community ecologist and professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, is involved in monarch conservation...

Community ecologist Louie Yang, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, answers questions at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Monarchs and Milkweed." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Community ecologist Louie Yang, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, answers questions at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Monarchs and Milkweed." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Guidance on political activities from UC's Office of General Counsel

UC's Office of General Counsel has issued an advisory on political activities. Below is an excerpt.

The University strongly supports public and civic engagement by members of the University community, in both their professional and personal capacities. At the same time, as both a Section[1] 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization and a state entity, the University is prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in political campaign activities: 1) supporting or opposing candidates for elective public office (“electioneering”); and 2) supporting or opposing measures that have qualified for the ballot. These restrictions apply to the activities of the University overall, as well as to activities of individual University faculty and staff acting in their capacity as representatives of the University and/or using University resources. 

This advisory, previously issued in 2019, is being re-issued now in light of the upcoming election cycle to remind the University community of the applicable rules and about the importance of complying with them.

… It is important for all University employees to comply with these rules. There are potential criminal and civil penalties for misuse of public resources, and, in the case of the federal rules that govern tax-exempt charitable organizations, the University's tax-exempt status could be revoked (and/or substantial tax penalties imposed) by an activity that constitutes electioneering.

Please visit https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2024/02/ogc-guidance-on-political-activities.html for details.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at ammegaro@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1218.

Anne Megaro
Government and Community Relations Director

The History of Community Supported Agriculture

We are lucky to live in an area with a number of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms which provide members with fantastic locally-grown vegetables and fruits.  The CSA movement is a relatively recent one. Booker T. Whately, a horticulture...

Soule named acting Statewide Community Nutrition and Health Director

Katherine Soule has agreed to serve as acting Statewide Director of Community Nutrition and Health while Amira Resnick is on leave until July 1. If you need support for work related to community nutrition and health, please contact Katherine at (805) 781-5940 or kesoule@ucanr.edu.

Katherine, who is the UC Cooperative Extension health equity advisor for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, remains based in San Luis Obispo. Many thanks to her for filling this essential role during Amira's absence. 

Brent Hales 
Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension

 

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