Reese Halter
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Arcata
Reese Halter is a distinguished Earth System scientist, an award-winning broadcaster, and the author of 14 books.
Halter's official candidate statement centers on trees and the environment, arguing the city should plant, grow, and tend more urban trees because they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution, provide habitat and food, and act as a defense against the climate crisis. He supports a tiny-home community with greenspace to grow food in Arcata's Gateway Area, aimed at helping people under 31 afford to enter the housing market and build home equity. He also says the city needs regulations for emerging robotics technology and guardrails for artificial intelligence, and points to a food forest — combining ground-, shrub-, and tree-level edible plants — as a way to teach food and climate security.
On the issues
- Environment, Energy & Climate
Wants the city to plant, grow, and tend more city trees, framing trees as a defense against the climate crisis and a source of shade, cleaner air, and habitat.
“There’s no better way to strengthen the environment than to plant, grow and tend more city trees.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports a tiny-home community with greenspace to grow food in the Gateway Area, aimed at helping residents under 31 afford to buy homes and build equity.
“Arcata wants a tiny home community replete with greenspace to grow food in the Gateway Area, so that the under 31s can afford to enter the housing market, own their homes and begin to accrue equity.”
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Says the city requires regulations for emerging robotics technology and guardrails for artificial intelligence.
“Arcata requires regulations for upcoming robotics and guardrails for AI.”
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