San Francisco Oil Awareness

Pertinent audio and video

Portland Peak Oil Task Force a "Peak Moment" interview at You Tube (see the link to Peak Moment television on the Groups/Links page)
Has Saudi Arabia peaked? by David Fridley: Good News/Bad News, March 14, 2007 SFOA meeting (mp3 audio) 7.1 mb
Alice Friedemann: Peak Soils presented March 14, 2007 (mp3 audio) 14 mb
Reality Sandwich KPOO radio, San Francisco, April 27, 2006: Martin Mattews interviewing Jan Lundberg and Dennis Brumm (mp3 audio) 16 mb (also available at Reality Radio archives, offsite)
The Elephant in the Living Room "Peak Moment" interview with Richard Katz and Dennis Brumm regarding issues activists often don't want to consider (video). Also available at Youtube

Community response to peak oil in San Francisco

Scalability, Timing, and Alternatives A presentation by David Fridley of Lawrence Berkeley Labs, SFOA, other groups, regarding the scalability, timing, and other issues that directly impact the prospects for alternatives to replace oil and other fossil fuels
SF Organizations, April 2005 An extensive list originally kindly provided by Sue Vaughan of the Green Party, MS word doc, 64 kb
California Sunshine Laws (The Brown Act: What Constitutes a legal meeting, etc.) pdf, 35 kb
SFOA Request for Study, for SF Supervisors/Commission on the Environment, pdf, 70 kb
SFOA Peak Oil Resolution for SF Supervisors (SFOA letterhead), pdf, 59 kb
SFOA Peak Oil Resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors 10-0 April 11, 2006 (as filed at "City Hall"; same text as letterhead version), pdf, 314 kb
SFOA Letter Presented to the Commission on the Environment January 2006; pdf, 63 kb
Comments from the Public, (read by D Brumm, February 2006 to the Commission on the Environment, SF) pdf, 7 kb
Minutes of the Policy Committee Meeting of the Commission on the Environment March 13, 2006, pdf, 21 kb
Supervisors' Subcommittee Update revised April 7, 2006; by Dennis Brumm and David Fridley, pdf, 62 kb
San Francisco Districts and Supervisors pdf, 62 kb
SF Electricity Resource Plan pdf, 2.7 mb
SF Clean Technology Report pdf, 821 kb
SF Climate Action Plan pdf, 1951 kb
SF Emergency Operations Plan pdf, 2.4 mb
"Vacancy App" for membership on the SF Peak Oil Task Force, posted July 2007 at the SF Board of Supervisors' website, pdf, 241 kb

Video and audio media files: SF Resolution

SF Supervisors Vote, April 11, 2006, video from SF public access TV courtesy of Richard Katz of the passing of the SF Peak Oil Resolution (offsite at the Internet Archive)

The LAFCo Peak Oil Hearing in SF (July 28, 2006)

The LAFCo Peak Oil Hearing in SF (November 17, 2006)

Global Public Media Interview with Dennis Brumm regarding the SF Peak Oil Resolution (offsite)

Global Public Media Interview with David Fridley regarding the SF Resolution (offsite)

Global Public Media Interviews with Allyse Heartwell, Jennifer Bresee, and Sue Vaughan of the San Francisco Green Party regarding the SF Resolution (offsite)

"Peak Moment" interview with Dennis Brumm and Allyse Heartwell

Miscellaneous documents and presentations

The SFOA Consensus Meeting Framework adopted in 2005, 68 kb
Marc Geller's electric vehicle, January 11, 2006 photo by Dan Nakamura, jpg, 92 kb
The Simplicity Movement a presentation by Craig Vassel, html page
The Oil Depletion Protocol and Discussion by Richard Heinberg, pdf, 28 kb
Peak Oil Tract/Comic, by Antonio Roman-Alcalá, pdf, 5.8 mb
The Precautionary Principle by Peter Montague, pdf, 8 kb
The United States Meets the Planet Earth a presentation by Ted Patzek, posted by David Fridley, pdf, 218 kb
Map of American cities that have passed or are considering a peak oil resolution , jpg, 175 kb, which includes:
- Franklin, New York
- San Francisco, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Ashland, Oregon (in works)
- Austin, Texas (in works)
- Columbus, Ohio (in works)
- Dallas, Texas (in works)
- Monterey, California (in works)
- Oakland, California (in works)
- Santa Cruz, California (in works)
- San Jose, California (in works)
- Seattle, Washington (in works)
Flyer for "The Myths of Biofuels" presented April 10, 2007 in San Francisco by David Fridley (see also the video information (for the presentation he made in Santa Clara), linked at top), pdf, 67 kb

Agendas/meeting minutes

(all are pdf files, all between 65-190 kb)