California's climate future hinges on Assembly votes
The California Senate passed strong climate bills with goals and
commitments for 2030 and 2050. Governor Brown wants to sign them into
law. It's up to the Assembly to finish the job but these Bills,
especially Senate Bill (SB) 350, are in danger.
Before the
bills go to the Assembly floor, they must pass the Appropriations
Committee. Will the Committee say no to big oil, vote yes on the
climate package, and send it to the full Assembly? Help them
decide.
These bills teeter on the brink, and with them California's climate
future and stature as a world leader in combating climate chaos. We
think we have seven votes lined up in the Committee for both bills,
but we need nine to pass.
Send
a letter now.
We're targeting five undecided
Democrats to secure two more yes votes. Your letters will go to all
five targeted members, Ian Calderon, Tom Daly, Chris Holden, Bill
Quirk and Shirley Weber.
You have a right to lobby them
because when they cast votes as Committee members, they represent all
Californians.
Senate Bill 32 (SB 32) sets an overarching
greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 80 percent below 1990
levels by 2050, building on AB 32 (2006) which set targets for
greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2020.
SB 350 sets 2030 greenhouse gas emissions
reduction targets
- 50% reduction in petroleum use in cars and trucks
- 50% of utility power from renewable energy
- Double the energy efficiency of existing buildings
The fossil fuel industry wants to kill this Bill. They even pushed
for an amendment that would include natural gas as a "non-petroleum"
fuel. This is absurd. Please
send a letter to undecided Democratic members of the Appropriations
Committee. Urge them to vote yes on the climate
package.
The Appropriations Committee vote will happen August
19th or 26th. Your letter will have the most impact if sent before
August 19. It must go out no later than August 25.
Don't let California's climate program be cut short in 2020.
Meet with your Assembly Member's local staff
We're organizing in-district meetings with
Assemblymembers across California to help pass SB 350, SB 32 & SB
185 (Divestment of public employee and teacher
pension funds from coal).
Constituent meetings
in-district are extremely useful and important in helping to pass
these bills.
Please contact Carla at
carla@350.org or 510-379-0532 to join a meeting. Below are links to
find out who your Assemblymember is, and to see a calendar of all of
our scheduled meetings.
Find
your Assemblymember
Calendar
of our statewide in-district meetings
We're all in this
together.
Thank you for all you do.
