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Residents urge council to press Orange County on glyphosate spraying in San Juan Creek
Summary
Multiple residents, citing environmental and health concerns, asked San Juan Capistrano leaders to pursue county action or protections after reports that Orange County Public Works sprays glyphosate in San Juan Creek. Speakers said they want the city to demand transparency and alternatives.
Brent Linus, a resident and member of the Creek Team, told the San Juan Capistrano City Council on Feb. 17 that San Juan Creek is "the ecological backbone of our city" and urged officials to press Orange County Public Works to stop spraying glyphosate in the creek without public notice. Linus said the Creek Team — which he described as 1,200 members — seeks an end to herbicide use in local creeks and rivers.
"San Juan Creek is not a flood control channel. It is the ecological backbone of our city," Linus said during the…
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