The coast news, february 27, 2015

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.com The Encinitas Environmental Commission will revisit a possible ban on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in the city. Photo by Tony Cagala

Finding the beauty A silverback gorilla ponders a leaf while sitting in a swamp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for hours. The photo is part of the “Simply Beautiful: Photographs From National Geographic,” exhibit, which runs until May 17 at the Canon Art Gallery in Carlsbad. See the full story on page A11. Photo by Ian Nichols

Health clinics stand to lose federal funding for underserved populations By Promise Yee

VISTA — Vista Community Clinic has served North County migrant farm workers for close to 30 years. Clinic CEO Fernando Sañudo said the community clinic has an outstanding reputation for its migrant worker health program, but now stands to lose 70 percent of its federal funding along with other clinics. Congress is considering severely reducing funds because more patients now have medical coverage through Covered California and Medical. Migrant farm workers harvest sunflowers in Carlsbad. Employment This leaves out migrant opportunities for many migrant workers is limited to fieldwork and day farm workers and others who labor. Photo by Promise Yee

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do not qualify for health insurance. “There’s currently what we’re calling the fiscal cliff,” Sañudo said. “That congress if they don’t reappropriate the funds into these health centers, we have the risk of losing 70 percent of our federal dollars.” Consequences of loss of funds are outreach services and health education programs for migrant workers and other underserved patients would be reduced or stopped. Sañudo said without a county health department TURN TO CLINICS ON A14

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Leaf blower ban goes .com back to commission By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — Encinitas’ environmental commission will revisit proposed restrictions on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Encinitas, amid concern that the ban would financially strain homeowners in large planned communities. Back in November, the city’s Environmental Commission discussed the potential restrictions and were prepared to finalize the report and present it to the City Council. Earlier this month, however, the commission unanimously agreed to bring the report back to the commission so that staff can better research the financial impacts of a ban, after a representative of one of the largest HOAs in the city told the group that the restrictions could potentially double the fees

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homeowners pay for maintenance. Dick Stern, the president of the Encinitas Ranch Community Association, a 500-home community adjacent to the Encinitas Ranch Golf Course, said the community’s landscaping contractor said the monthly cost for their maintenance services would skyrocket from $26,000 to $52,000 if a ban went into effect. This increase would be passed along to homeowners, Stern said. “Our assessment fees may double if we wanted to maintain the same service level for landscaping,” said Stern, who also sits on the board of the golf course, which he said would also be hurt financially by the proposed restrictions. “I can guarantee you that homeTURN TO LEAF BLOWERS ON A9


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