City, county team up to fight spraying - By TOM RAGAN - SENTINEL STAFF WRITER - October 31, 2007

City, county team up to fight spraying - By TOM RAGAN - SENTINEL STAFF WRITER - October 31, 2007: "SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously in closed session Tuesday to 'seek consolidation' and join Santa Cruz County in suing the state over the aerial spraying of the light brown apple moth. The county suit, filed Tuesday, asks Santa Cruz Superior Court to consider a temporary restraining order today to stop spraying. The spraying is scheduled to begin in parts of Santa Cruz County on Sunday despite the protest of many in the region. Links to the Sentinel's coverage of the moth spraying debate. Both governments now contend that the state has failed to conduct an environmental assessment of the pesticide, CheckMate LBAM-F, whose long-term health effects have never been studied and which has never been sprayed in an urban setting on such a large scale."