- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Archaeologist/Businesswoman
- Education: Attended, UC Los Angeles, 1974; BA cum laude, UC Riverside, 1976; Attended Chaffey Community College
- Political Experience: Elected Councilmember, City of Needles, 1993; Appointed to San Bernardino Co Assoc. of Gov. (SANBAG); CA Assembly training 2014
- Professional Experience: BLM, USFWS, FCC, USFS Archaeologist Mojave Desert; Author- initiative to prohbit dumping radioactive waste above aquifers.
- Professional Memberships: Society for California Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology, American Rock Art Research Association
- Civic Membership: Democratic Women of Kern, Mojave Desert Democratic Club, Ex-Officio Kern, Tulare, San Bernardino Co. Democratic Central Committees
- Business Experience: Owner/Principal Investigator Archaeological Heritage Association consultants; Rental property owner/manager; history columnist.
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- The Archaeologist who demands Sacramento throw District 16 MORE THAN JUST A BONE. Restore our roads and schools; create peace time jobs for Veterans.
- Restore our contaminated water aquifers. End corporate ground water heists via pollution and direct pump and pipe. Recharge depleted aquifers.
- Restore access to Justice; reopen Justice Courts in Tulare, Barstow, Needles. End draconian 8 hr travel requirements for minor infractions of the law.
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The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund asked questions on the issues of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from Ruth Musser-Lopez
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- California Democratic Party
- Democratic Women of Kern as well as other local democratic clubs in SD16.
- People Against Radioactive Dumping (PARD)
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- NO TO THE CADIZ CORPORATION'S PROPOSED EAST MOJAVE GROUND WATER PRIVATIZATION AND TRANSFER PROJECT
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On August 28, 2014 Ruth Musser-Lopez responded to a Washington D.C. foreign correspondent from France regarding the sustainability of the Cadiz Corporation's proposed water transfer and privatization project that would pipe East Mojave desert ground water to Orange County gated communities. Here are Ruth's answers:
- BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF LOST WATER: FRACKING AND HECA
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The proposed HECA project and FRACKING are corporate water heists. HECA will use 6.6 million gallons of water daily that could be used for farming in the central valley. Hydraulic fracking uses 160,000 gallons per job, but "job" is not defined. Water becomes a toxic sludge and "trade secrets" keep the public from knowing what's in it. Bore holes provide avenues for oozing into drinking water aquifers.
- BONE DRY
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I am an archaeologist by training and I am determined and demand to get Sacramento to throw District 16 communities MORE THAN A BONE. We need to get our WATER, COURTHOUSES, SCHOOLS, HIGHWAYS, and JOBS. We, the people of our District have been losing out...We're "bone dry" READ WHY.
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