Over 100 Mayors, City Councilmembers and Other Local California Leaders Say “Yes” to Clean Vehicles
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Supporting Gov. Brown’s Goal to Reach 1.5 Million Zero Emission Vehicles by 2025
Environment California Research & Policy Center
Los Angeles – As policymakers and automakers convene in Sacramento next Monday for the Governor’s Office Summit on Zero Emission Vehicles, Environment California Research & Policy Center released a list documenting the growing support for electric vehicles among local leaders across the state.
To date, over 100 current and recent mayors, city council members and supervisors from Oakland and Sacramento to Fresno and San Diego, who collectively represent more than 13 million Californians, have signed on to say “Yes! I endorse Governor Brown’s pioneering vision to place 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on California’s roads by 2025. By accelerating the deployment of clean vehicles, we can clean up our air, reduce global warming pollution, improve public health, save Californians money at the pump and stimulate economic growth.” (Full list of endorsers below.)
“Putting 1.5 million Californians in the driver’s seat of the clean vehicle transformation is a vital first step in achieving Governor Brown’s recent executive order on climate change and ensuring a cleaner, healthier future for all,” said Environment California’s Clean Energy Advocate Michelle Kinman. “Environment California looks forward to working with the mayors and city councilmembers across the state who have already voiced their support for a clean vehicle future for their communities.”
The state is pushing the envelope of what is possible in the clean vehicle revolution, which is critical given that California’s transportation sector is the state’s single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. By August 2014, California had more than 100,000 electric vehicles on the road – more than any other state in the country, and accounting for 40% of ZEV sales in the nation. But transforming the market to benefit all Californians will take a sustained, long-term commitment to better serve the state’s most polluted communities.
In September 2014, Governor Brown signed into law the Charge Ahead California Initiative (SB 1275 De León), which will put California’s first million electric vehicles on the road by 2023 and ensure that low-and moderate income communities, which are disproportionately impacted by air pollution, benefit from the transition to zero tailpipe emissions. Under the Initiative, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) is directed to extend the benefits of electric transportation to low and moderate communities by implementing an income cap for electric vehicle rebates, creating pilot programs for electric car sharing programs in low-income communities, and modifying the existing low-income driver scrappage program to allow clean vehicle rebates to be added to existing incentives for the retirement and replacement of gross polluters. The ARB is working now with stakeholders across the state to develop these critical cutting-edge programs.
“By achieving the 1.5 million goal, California will create a tipping point for clean vehicle sales, lead the country towards a clean vehicle revolution, and continue its position at the forefront of innovative climate change solutions,” said Kinman.
If you are a local elected official who would like to endorse the statement below, please contact Michelle Kinman at [email protected].
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As of May 1, 2015, over one hundred current and former* local elected officials endorse this statement:
Yes! I endorse Governor Brown’s pioneering vision to place 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on California’s roads by 2025. By accelerating the deployment of clean vehicles, we can clean up our air, reduce global warming pollution, improve public health, save Californians money at the pump and stimulate economic growth.
- Steve Hansen, Sacramento Councilmember
- Kevin McCarty, former Sacramento Councilmember
- Steve Cohn, former Sacramento Councilmember
- Darrell Fong, former Sacramento Councilmember
- Steven Detrick, Elk Grove Councilmember
- David Glass, Petaluma Mayor
- Eric Lucan, Novato Councilmember
- Osby Davis, Vallejo Mayor
- Katy Miessner, Vallejo Councilmember
- Tom Butt, Richmond Mayor
- Jim Rogers, former Richmond Councilmember
- Mary Rocha, Antioch Councilmember
- Michael Menesini, former Martinez Vice Mayor
- Peter Maass, Albany Mayor
- Tom Bates, Berkeley Mayor
- Linda Maio, Berkeley Councilmember
- Darryl Moore, Berkeley Councilmember
- Max Anderson, Berkeley Councilmember
- Susan Wengraf, Berkeley Councilmember
- Kriss Worthington, Berkeley Councilmember
- Ruth Atkin, Emeryville Mayor
- Nora Davis, Emeryville Vice Mayor
- Jennifer West, former Emeryville Councilmember
- Dan Kalb, Oakland Councilmember
- Libby Schaaf, former Oakland Councilmember
- Edwin Lee, San Francisco Mayor
- Mark Farrell, San Francisco Supervisor
- Julie Christensen, San Francisco Supervisor
- Katy Tang, San Francisco Supervisor
- Scott Wiener, San Francisco Supervisor
- David Campos, San Francisco Supervisor
- Norman Yee, San Francisco Supervisor
- John Avalos, San Francisco Supervisor
- David Chiu, former San Francisco Supervisor
- Lena Tam, former Alameda Councilmember
- Stewart Chen, former Alameda Councilmember
- Jim Prola, San Leandro Vice Mayor
- Don Biddle, Dublin Councilmember
- Tim Sbranti, former Dublin Mayor
- Jenny Kenoyer, Modesto Councilmember
- Suzanne Chan, Fremont Vice Mayor
- Vinnie Bacon, Fremont Councilmember
- Anu Natarajan, former Fremont Councilmember
- Ian Bain, Redwood City Councilmember
- Michael Kasperzak, Mountain View Councilmember
- Ken Rosenberg, Mountain View Councilmember
- Lenny Siegel, Mountain View Councilmember
- Nancy Shepherd, former Palo Alto Mayor
- Larry Klein, former Palo Alto Councilmember
- Jim Griffith, Sunnyvale Mayor
- Tara Martin-Milius, Sunnyvale Vice Mayor
- Jose Esteves, Milpitas Mayor
- Sam Liccardo, San Jose Mayor
- Ash Kalra, San Jose Councilmember
- Chuck Reed, former San Jose Mayor
- Madison Nguyen, former San Jose Vice Mayor
- Xavier Campos, former San Jose Councilmember
- Kansen Chu, former San Jose Councilmember
- Rich Constantine, Morgan Hill Councilmember
- Gordon Siebert, Morgan Hill Councilmember
- Don Lane, Santa Cruz Mayor
- Cynthia Matthews, Santa Cruz Councilmember
- David Terrazas, Santa Cruz Councilmember
- Oliver Baines (III), Fresno Councilmember
- Helene Schneider, Santa Barbara Mayor
- Carmen Ramírez, Oxnard Mayor Pro Tem
- Larry Spicer, Monrovia Councilmember
- Sam Kang, Duarte Mayor Pro Tem
- Mary Sue Maurer, Calabasas Councilmember
- Erik Nasarenko, Ventura Deputy Mayor
- Zareh Sinanyan, Glendale Mayor
- John Wuo, Arcadia Mayor
- Bill Bogaard, Pasadena Mayor
- Marina Khubesrian, South Pasadena Councilmember
- Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Mayor
- Bob Blumenfield, Los Angeles Councilmember
- Paul Koretz, Los Angeles Councilmember
- Jose Huizar, Los Angeles Councilmember
- Christina Carrizosa, Pomona Councilmember
- Joe Lyons, Claremont Mayor
- Ted Winterer, Santa Monica Councilmember
- Kevin McKeown, Santa Monica Councilmember
- Meghan Sahli-Wells, Culver City Mayor
- Mark Burton, Manhattan Beach Mayor Pro Tem
- Jeff Ginsburg, Redondo Beach Councilmember
- Eduardo De La Riva, Maywood Mayor
- Rusty Bailey, Riverside Mayor
- Mike Gardener, Riverside Councilmember
- Miguel Canales, Artesia Mayor
- Albert Robles, Carson Councilmember
- Joe Shaw, former Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem
- Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana Mayor
- Angelica Amezuca, Santa Ana Councilmember
- Beth Krom, Irvine Councilmember
- Larry Agran, former Irvine Councilmember
- Toni Iseman, Laguna Beach Councilmember
- Lisa Shaffer, Encinitas Councilmember
- Lesa Heebner, Solana Beach Mayor
- Peter Zahn, Solana Beach Councilmember
- Don Mosier, Del Mar Councilmember
- Myrtle Cole, San Diego Councilmember
- David Alvarez, San Diego Councilmember
- Marti Emerald, San Diego Councilmember
- Ed Harris, former San Diego Councilmember
- Mary Salas, Chula Vista Mayor
*While some of these individuals have been elected to new offices, we have listed the offices held at the time they endorsed this statement.