From a State Senator Kevin De León Press Release
[Editor: See latest on SB 350 on leginfo.ca.gov. – RS]
Legislature Approves Landmark Climate Legislation—SB 350
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2015
Contact: Claire.Conlon@sen.ca.gov (916) 651-4024
SACRAMENTO – On September 11, 2015, the California Legislature approved the nation’s most far-reaching climate change legislation by California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, sending the measure to the Governor for his signature.
SB 350, The Clean Energy and Reduction Act, codifies Governor Brown’s goals to double energy efficiency in our buildings and generate half of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030—in the largest state in the union and the eighth largest economy in the world. Before amendments made in the Assembly this week, the original measure also included a provision to reduce demand for petroleum use in vehicles by 50 percent.
“These new steps build on California’s historic commitment to lead the world in the fight against climate change and build a healthy and livable planet for our children and grandchildren,” said Senate leader De León. “But our efforts to reduce carbon emissions are far from over as global warming and air pollution remain one of the most important issues of our generation and one the greatest threats for generations to come.”
Said Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, who presented SB 350 on the Assembly floor Friday night: “This is, make no doubt about it, landmark legislation for California. We will continue to lead the way.”
Highlights (from Sen. De León‘s Newsroom):
- Kids Speak Out on Climate
- President Obama Recognizes California Climate Leadership
- PPIC: Overwhelming Majority of Californians Support SB 350
- 150 Top Climate Scientists Including Nobel Prize Winners / Full letter from Scientists here
- U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer House Democratic Leader and Majority of California Congressional Delegation Former Legislative leaders Assembly Speakers John Perez, Karen Bass, Fabian Nuñez, Herb Wesson, Bob Hertzberg, and Antonio Villaraigosa, as well as former Senate leaders Darrell Steinberg, John Burton, and David Roberti, Renowned climate scientist and member of the Council of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Dr. Veerabhadran RamanathanSilicon Valley Leadership Group, Proterra, Dignity Health, Autodesk, Regatta Solutions, and Bloom Energy Symantec, Levi Strauss & Co., Ben & Jerry’s, Gap Inc., The North Face, Mars, joined dozens of leading California businesses in support
- California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity and 51 Businesses in the Clean-Energy Economy Small Business California, on behalf of its network of more than 5,000 employers who represent 3.6 million small businesses in the state California arts and entertainment industry letter of support including Actors: Halle Berry, Billy Crystal, Matt Damon, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio
- American Lung Association Doctors for Climate Health Senate Welcomed Navy Officers, Commends Armed Forces on Energy & Climate Leadership Pope Francis’ Encyclical Inspires Capitol Forum on Climate Leadership
- UN Executive Secretary Figueres Praises California Climate Leadership, Calls for Action
- Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, Controller Betty Yee, Treasurer John Chiang, Attorney General Kamala Harris, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
Full List of Support for SB 350:
- 350.org
- 350 Bay Area/Marin
- Academy of Pediatrics- California
- Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)
- Alameda Building Trades Council
- Alameda County Board of Supervisors
- Alliance for Solar Choice
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
- American Farmland Trust
- American Lung Association
- American Lung Association-California
- American White Water
- Annies’s Natural Foods
- Artesia City Councilmember Ali Sajjad Taj
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network
- Asthma and Sinus Center
- Asthma Coalition of Los Angeles County
- Attorney General Kamala Harris
- Audubon
- Autodesk
- AzTech
- Aztec Energy
- Azul
- Baz Allergy
- Ben & Jerry’s
- Beneficial State Bank
- Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy
- Biosynthetic Technologies
- Blattner Energy
- Bloom Energy
- Bonnie J. Adario Lung Cancer Foundation
- Borrego Solar
- Breathe California
- Bright Power
- BYD Motors, Inc.
- CA Local conservation corps
- California Association of Sanitation Agencies
- California Bicycle Coalition
- California Biomass Energy Alliance
- California Black Health Network
- California Catholic Conference
- California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health
- California Conservation Corps
- California Democratic Party
- California District Council of Ironworkers
- California Energy Efficiency Industry Council
- California Energy Storage Alliance
- California Environmental Justice Alliance
- California Equity Leaders Network
- California Federation of Teachers
- California Interfaith Power and Light
- California League of Conservation Voters
- California Municipal Utilities Association
- California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (CNGVC)
- California Nurses Association
- California Pan Ethnic Health Network
- California Public Health Association- North
- California Solar
- California Solar Energy Industry Association
- California State Association of Electrical Workers
- California State Pipes Trade Council
- California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
- California Thoracic Society
- California Trout
- California Walks
- California Wind Energy Association
- California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers
- Californians Against Waste
- CalSTART
- Canadian Solar
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Stockton
- Center for Climate Change and Health
- Center for Sustainable Energy
- Center on Race Poverty and the Environment
- Central California Asthma Collaborative
- Chai Energy
- ChangeLab Solutions
- Circulate San Diego
- City of Glendale
- City of Huntington Park City of Los Angeles
- City of Santa Monica
- Clean Energy Collective
- Clean Energy and Clean Energy Renewable Fuels
- Clean Fuel Partners
- Clean Power Campaign
- Clean Power Finance
- Clean Water Action
- CleanTech San Diego
- Cleveland National Forest Foundation
- CLIF Bar & Co.
- Climate Parents
- Climate Resolve
- Coalition for Clean Air
- Coalition for Renewables and Gas
- Coalition for Sustainable Transportation
- Coalition of California Utility Employees
- Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation
- Code REDD
- Contra Costa Building Trades Council
- Controller Betty Yee
- County of Los Angeles Public Health
- Dignity Health
- Distinguished Outreach Services
- Doctors for Climate Health
- Dr. Carl Wunsch (Harvard)
- Dr. Roger Bales (UC Merced)
- Eagle Creek
- Eagle Crest Energy
- Eco Factor
- EDF Renewable Energy
- Endangered Habitats League
- EnergyHub
- energyhippo
- Energy Source
- Environment California
- Environmental and Energy Consulting
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
- Eon Energy
- EtaGen
- First Fuel
- First Solar
- Fresno, Madera, and Kings Building Trades Council
- Friends Committee on Legislation of California
- Friends of the River
- fs energy
- Gaia Development Services
- Gap, Inc. Genability
- Greenbelt Alliance
- Greenlining institute
- Green Star Solutions
- greentech
- GRID Alternatives
- Harvest Power
- Hawthorne City Councilmember Angie Reyes English
- Health Care Without Harm
- Health Officers Association of California
- Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
- Home Energy Analytics
- Humboldt/Del Norte Building Trades Council
- Hydropower Reform Coalition
- icontrol Networks
- Inglewood City Councilmember Eloy Morales
- Imperial Building Trades Council
- Independent Energy Producers Association
- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- Investor Confidence Project
- KB Home
- Kern, Inyo & Mono Building Trades Council
- kW Engineering
- Lancaster Choice Energy
- Large Scale Solar Association
- League of Women Voters of California
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
- Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia
- Los Angeles City Council
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative
- Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
- Los Angeles/Orange Building Trades Council
- Lutheran Office of Public Policy – California
- Lyft
- Marin Building Trades Council
- Marin Clean Energy
- Mars, Inc.
- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
- Medical Advocates for Healthy Air
- Methanol Institute
- Mercury Press International
- Mid Valley Building Trades Council
- Mission Data Empowering Energy Savings
- Moms Clean Air Force
- Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian
- Monterey/Santa Cruz Building Trades Council
- Motiv Power Solutions
- Mountain Riders Alliance
- Move LA
- Napa/Solano Building Trades Council
- Natel Energy
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Natural Resource Defense Council
- Nature Conservancy
- Nest
- NextGen Climate
- NextTracker, Inc
- Nobel economist Dr. Kenneth Arrow (Stanford)
- Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Mario Molina (UCSD)
- Northeastern, Shasta, Trinity, Lassen & Tehama Building Trades Council
- Northface
- NRG Energy, Inc.
- Oakland City Council
- Office of Ratepayer Advocates
- OPEN
- Pacific Ethanol
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Pattern Energy
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
- Planning and Conservation League
- plotwatt
- PolicyLink
- Propel
- Proterra, Inc.
- Public Advocates
- Public Health Institute
- Rainforest Automation
- Recurrent Energy
- Redlands Area Democratic Club
- Regional Asthma Management and Prevention
- Rep. Adam Schiff
- Rep. Alan Lowenthal
- Rep. Anna Eshoo
- Rep. Barbara Lee
- Rep. Doris Matsui
- Rep. Eric Swalwell
- Rep. Janice Hahn
- Rep. Jared Huffman
- Rep. Jerry McNerney
- Rep. John Garamendi
- Rep. Juan Vargas
- Rep. Judy Chu
- Rep. Julia Brownley
- Rep. Karen Bass
- Rep. Lois Capps
- Rep. Loretta Sanchez
- Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
- Rep. Mark Takano
- Rep. Mike Honda
- Rep. Mike Thompson
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi
- Rep. Scott Peters
- Rep. Susan Davis
- Rep. Ted Lieu
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren
- Retroficiency
- Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Sacramento/Sierra Building Trades Council
- San Bernardino/Riverside Building Trades Council
- San Diego Building Trades Council
- San Fernando City Councilmember Antonio Lopez
- San Fernando City Councilmember Robert Gonzales
- San Francisco Asthma Task Force
- San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- San Francisco Building Trades Council
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- San Joaquin, Calaveras & Alpine Building Trades Council
- San Mateo Building Trades Council
- Santa Ana City Councilmember Michele Martinez
- Santa Barbara County Air Quality Control District
- Santa Clara County Medical Society
- Santa Clara/San Benito Building Trades Council
- Sempra Energy Utilities
- Sequoia Riverlands Trust
- Service Employees International Union – California
- Sierra Business Council
- Sierra Club California
- Signal Energy, LLC
- Silicon Valley Leadership Group
- Small Business California
- SmartWool
- Solar City
- Solar Energy Industries Association
- Sonoma Clean Power
- Sonoma County Asthma Coalition
- Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Building Trades Council
- South Yuba River Citizens League
- Southern California Edison
- Southern California Public Power
- Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association
- Stanislaus, Merced & Mariposa Building Trades Council
- State Association of Electrical Workers
- State Building and Construction Trade Council of California
- Stem, Inc.
- Sun Edison
- Sungevity
- Sunpower
- Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
- Sustainable Power Group
- Symantec
- TechNet
- The Utility Reform Network
- Thinkshift Communications
- TransForm
- Treasurer John Chiang
- Tri-Counties Building Trades Council
- Trust for Public Lands
- Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth
- U.S. Senator Boxer
- U.S. Senator Feinstein Unilever
- Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Union of Elevator Constructors
- United Union of Roofers, Waterpoofers and Allied Trades
- US Green Building Council
- UtiliSave
- Valley Clean Air Now
- Verdafera
- Vivint Solar
- Voices For Progress
- Vote Solar
- Watersmart Software
- Watsonville City Council WeatherBug Home
- Western Council of Sheet Metal Workers
- Western State Council
- Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification
For more information about California’s climate leadership visit:
http://focus.senate.ca.gov/climate
#ActOnClimate
Photo: SB 350 Bill Authors Senators Mark Leno and Kevin de León are joined by Senate colleagues and bill supporters at a 2/10/15 press conference where the California Climate Leadership Package was announced
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Claire Conlon
Press Secretary
Office of Senate President pro Tempore
Senator Kevin de León
24th Senate District – Los Angeles
(916) 651-4024