Hey CA! News just out – Trump Administration to revoke CA’s authority to set stricter auto emission standards!
Say hello to the man behind the most corrupt administration since the Harding administration tonight! (NYTimes)
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Action #1 – Call Newsom and tell him to sign SB 1.
His number is (916) 445-2841
(Email him TOO here.)
The bill faced major opposition from certain agricultural and water agency interests that fear the bill will force scientific information to be taken into account as new water projects are considered. These interests support Trump’s environmental rollback agenda, and now they have the Governor’s ear.
But even with this vehement opposition, Senator Atkins persisted and brought the bill up for a vote in the legislature. Both houses passed it in the final hours of the legislative session.
Now, Governor Newsom is threatening to side with the Trump Administration and veto SB 1.
We cannot let that happen. It would be bad for California, bad for Newsom, and bad for the planet. Support California’s environment today and call Governor Newsom at 916-445-2841 to urge him to sign SB 1 when it gets to his desk.
You can say:
My name is )______________ I am a resident of California, and I’m calling to urge Gov. Newsom to sign SB 1.
SB 1 would protect California from the effects of recent and future environmental protection rollbacks by the Trump administration. Vetoing SB 1 would be a rash decision based on false information and signal that Governor Newsom agrees with the Trump Administration’s water policy. That would be detrimental to California.
Please sign SB 1.
Thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
Action #2 – Write letters to the Editor!
Background
SB-1 is supported by:
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Sierra Club California
- Golden Gate Salmon Association
- California Coastkeeper Alliance
- Audubon California
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Bay Institute
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- Azul
- Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
- Environment California
- Coastside Fishing Club
- NextGen California
Statement by NRDC: here.
Be creative on your emails. (Send them here.) You have room to spread out. Share your best work at indivisibleventura@gmail.com.
Indivisible Ventura’s email here:
We need help!
We need to locate the governor that our group, Indivisible Ventura, along with the whole coalition of CA Indivisible groups, worked so hard for at the last election! What’s in his place is a crony of special interests (and a potential single-termer) who is refusing to sign SB-1.
We expected better of him.
This move to not do whatever he can to stop the Trump administration erosion of our environmental standards is a betrayal of all who supported him.
We expected better of him.
So worried that we can’t do what the bill says it will do, so why try? Was he so worried when he signed the bill stating that Trump had to cough up his taxes before he could get on our ballots? A bill that his predecessor refused to sign over concerns of it’s constitutionality?
We expected better of him.
So worried that the water negotiations will stall? Where will the water districts and the growers go? Of course, the talks will start up again. No one is believing a word of his excuses except that he might have been bought by lobbyists.
We expected better of him.
Today, the Trump Administration stated that they were revoking our ability to control our own air quality standards. Friday, almost every teenager in CA is going out to strike for our environment. No, strike that. THEIR environment. Do you think any of us are going to forget this?
He should expect nothing less from us.
