Roundup is a commonly used pesticide here in Santa Cruz, California. Its active ingredient, glyphosate, is a harmful, type 1 carcinogenic chemical as declared by the state of California's Environmental Protection Agency.

Santa Cruz County allows the spraying of this and similar toxic pesticides at schools, which unavoidably forces children to be exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. The city of Irvine had so many childhood cancer patients that a huge movement was created to ban pesticides from being used at parks and schools. WHY ISN'T SANTA CRUZ DOING THE SAME?

There is an increasing amount of scientific research showing the multitude of dangers associated with Roundup use in the environment and human bodies. EVERYTHING toxic to plant and insect life will inevitably end up in our ocean and red wood forests, the natural environments that Santa Cruz county is so proud of and renown for! This kills marine and forest life, just as it kills the plants and insects its carelessly used for.

Sooner than later, the entire developed world will regrettably understand the drastic effects of over-use of pesticides that we are seeing now: sky-rocketing cancer rates, super-weeds with resistance to all pesticides, diminished soil quality, and nearly all available food causing chronic gut inflammation.

There are currently no restrictions to who can purchase Roundup and where they are legally able to spray it. Therefore, this dangerous chemical could be available for anyone and sprayed virtually anywhere in the public. This is a huge concern for parents, health conscious individuals, and organic gardeners.

According to an article below, Santa Cruz county has joined Trinity, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Marin county in a GMO ban.
This seems like a victory, but how is this being implemented? Has this ban in fact been enforced? If so, why can't Santa Cruz follow the lead of places like Richmond, CA and ban the use of Roundup and its main ingredient glyphosate as well?

So far I have not seen any city reports that state that the county is free of pesticides, though its "integrative pesticide management reports" of the past have claimed that the county has been "reducing" pesticide spraying.
We need more evidence that the county is living up to what the public needs.

By signing this petition, we are requesting for Roundup to be banned from the shelves of all stores that sell it in Santa Cruz county. It could be easily and much more safely replaced with natural herbicides, such as Dr. Earth, which is sold at health conscious stores like Staff of Life.

As a worldwide tourist destination, Santa Cruz is known for its natural beauty, wildlife, beaches, and redwood forests.

Our famed monarch butterfly as well as the much needed honey bee are both declining rapidly in population, which the spraying of pesticides is largely contributed to.

We want our children to have a healthy future, free of unavoidable environmental poisons.

County of Santa Cruz most recent Integrated Pest Management Report June 2015  (notice the increase of glyphosate use from 2013-14): 

-http://sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/BDS/Govstream2/Bdsvdata/non_legacy_2.0/agendas/2015/20150623-664/PDF/024.pdf

How and why Irvine, CA banned Roundup

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/how-irvine-became-socals-first-non-toxic-city-7317638

CA cities/counties that have banned GMO's and Roundup

-https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/fourth-california-county-santa-cruz-bans-gmos

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_County_GMO_Ban​

https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/biod/trinityAP080404.php

-http://www.projectcensored.org/richmond-ca-bans-glyphosate-found-in-monsantos-roundup/

-"The World According to Monsanto" documentary: start watching at 13:45 for shocking facts about the Roundup controversy and it's beginnings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPt6UG1cJdI

-OEHHA Proposition 65 declaration of cancer causing substances:

http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/CRNR_notices/admin_listing/intent_to_list/090415LCset27.html

-Dr. Earth Organic Herbicides:

http://drearth.net/products/organic-killer-sprays/weed-grass-herbicide/

-Local Good Times cover story about the bee disappearance in Santa Cruz:

http://www.gtweekly.com/index.php/santa-cruz-news/good-times-cover-stories/7320-guild-save-the-queen.html

-How Roundup has contributed to monarch butterfly decline:

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/tracking_the_causes_of_sharp__decline_of_the_monarch_butterfly/2634/

-Academic researched articles and presentations on the dangers of glyphosate:

https://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/