Thank CA Senators for climate action in 2024
Thank You California Lawmakers for Environmental Action in 2024!
Thank you California leaders for action for the environment this year!
California leaders took concrete steps to protect the environment in 2024. Legislators passed and the Governor signed several bills to accelerate our path to 100% renewable energy and protect our air, water and wildlife.
Governor Newsom also stood up for clean air by vetoing four bills that would have jeopardized our clean air laws.
We count on state leaders to do more each year to protect our environment. Californians are facing more climate impacts like longer, hotter heat waves and bigger, more intense wildfires. We must do more to respond at the speed and scale necessary to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis by reducing pollution, conserving the land and ocean, protecting wildlife, and transitioning from dirty and dangerous fossil fuels to a future powered by 100% renewable energy. Read on to see how state leaders took action this year to protect our environment.
California's new laws to protect the environment
Reducing pollution from oil and plastic
AB 3233 (Addis)- SIGNED! Empowers local jurisdictions to restrict oil and gas operations in their community.
AB 1866 (Hart)- SIGNED! Addresses California’s polluting old oil wells by plugging and cleaning them up faster.
AB 2716 (Bryan)- SIGNED! Shuts down more oil wells in the Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the United States.
SB 1053- (Blakespeare, Allen and Rebecca Bauer Kahan) SIGNED! – Updates law to fully ban single-use plastic grocery bags that made a comeback after the pandemic.
More clean energy faster!
SB 1006 (Padilla)- SIGNED! Boosts California’s power grid capacity for more renewable energy by using ‘grid enhancing technologies’; sensors that can cheaply and quickly double the amount of clean energy that can be carried on existing power lines and advanced conductors.
AB 2779 (Petrie-Norris)- SIGNED! Boosts California’s capacity for more renewable electricity using grid enhancing technologies.
SB 59- (Skinner) SIGNED! Gives state agencies the authority to require electric cars sold in California to also be able to serve as back-up batteries for homes.
SB 1370- (Becker)- VETOED The state legislature stood up for solar power by voting YES on this bill to let schools and apartments use the power from their own solar panels before selling the rest to the utility company. Unfortunately, Gov. Newsom vetoed this bill.
Stand up for clean air
AB 637 (Jackson)- VETOED! Would have delayed California’s transition to zero-emission trucks.
AB 3179 (Carrillo, J.)– VETOED! Would have jeopardized California’s clean truck rule by creating unnecessary exemptions for special interests.
AB 1122 (Bains)- VETOED! Would have allowed certain boats to bypass pollution filters and delay the transition to newer, more efficient engines.
AB 1296 (Grayson)- VETOED! Would have delayed the transition to cleaner boats in San Francisco.
SB 960 (Wiener)– SIGNED! Creates safer streets with improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders to make more alternatives to driving in a polluting car.
Pass a historic $10 billion climate bond
SB 867 (Allen)- SIGNED! State leaders worked together to craft a bond bill for voters to consider in November. If voters approve Prop 4 on November 5th, it will authorize a $10 billion bond to prevent wildfires, support clean and reliable drinking water, protect our iconic natural landscapes, and support more clean energy.
Protect the ocean and save the bees
ACR-210 (Bennett) PASSED– The state Assembly and Senate approved this resolution directing state agencies to prioritize expanding California’s Marine Protected Area network as the key approach toward the goal of 30% protected places by 2030.
AB 363 (Bauer-Kahan) SIGNED- Takes a key step to save bees and other wildlife by expanding labeling of seeds treated with pesticides, including neonics.
SJR-16 (Padilla) PASSED– The senate and assembly approved a joint resolution to establish the Chuckwalla national monument, the Joshua Tree national monument and the Kw’tsán national monument.
SJR-17 (Allen) PASSED– The senate and assembly passed this joint resolution to support the creation of the Sáttítla national monument.
Thank you to these state leaders for action to make California’s future brighter!
- Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire
- Senator Ben Allen
- Senator Toni Atkins
- Senator Josh Becker
- Senator Catherine Blakespear
- Senator Lena Gonzalez
- Senator John Laird
- Senator Monique Limón
- Senator Caroline Menjivar
- Senator Dave Min
- Senator Josh Newman
- Senator Steve Padilla
- Senator Nancy Skinner
- Senator Scott Wiener
- Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas
- Assemblymember Dawn Addis
- Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
- Assemblymember Steve Bennett
- Assemblymember Marc Berman
- Assemblymember Mia Bonta
- Assemblymember Issac Bryan
- Assemblymember Damon Connolly
- Assemblymember Laura Friedman
- Assemblymember Gregg Hart
- Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
- Assemblymember Diane Papan
- Assemblymember Gail Pellerin
- Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris
- Assemblymember Anthony Rendon
- Assemblymember Luz Rivas
- Assemblymember Rick Zbur
Thank CA Assemblymembers for climate action in 2024
Thank your assemblymember for 2024 climate action
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Steven King
Clean Energy Advocate, Environment California
Steven leads Environment California’s campaigns to increase clean, renewable energy throughout the Golden State, spearheading efforts to transition away from dangerous fossil fuels and address climate change. Steven lives in Los Angeles where he enjoys spending time outdoors, watching his favorite L.A. sports teams, and playing the trombone.
Laura Deehan
State Director, Environment California
Laura directs Environment California's work to tackle global warming, protect the ocean and fight for clean air, clean water, open spaces and a livable planet. Laura stepped into the State Director role in January, 2021 and has been on staff for over twenty years. She has led campaigns to make sure California goes big on offshore wind and to get lead out of school drinking water. As the Environment California Field Director, she worked to get California to go solar, ban single use plastic grocery bags and get on track for 100% clean energy. Laura lives with her family in Richmond, California where she enjoys hiking, yoga and baking.
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