Earlier this summer, in an unprecedented rollback to California’s fundamental environmental and community protections, the California legislature passed a deeply unpopular, flawed bill called SB 131. At the time, progressive leadership promised to clean up some of SB 131’s most damaging provisions.
Now we must hold them to those promises and demand the legislature pass so-called “clean up bills” before we lose the environmental protections that Californians rely on.
➡️Please call today. You can use the script below as a guide.
- FIRST – Call your State Assemblymember and State Senator. Their contact information can be found at https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov.
- SECOND – Call the Speaker of the Assembly, Robert Rivas, at 916.319.2029.
- THIRD – Call the Senate President Pro Tempore, Mike McGuire, at 916.651.4002.
Here’s a sample script for you to use, but feel free to talk about why it’s important to YOU that we safeguard CEQA and protect the environment.
Hello, my name is [insert name] of [insert city].
I am calling regarding SB 131. At a June 30th budget hearing, legislators committed to work to fix parts of the budget trailer bills that threaten significant harm to communities and the environment. I urge you to follow through on these promises.
Please support these urgent fixes:
- Please remove SB 131’s exemption for advanced manufacturing facilities. This exemption will expose residents to toxic industrial projects with zero protections for environmental justice communities and sensitive wildlife living alongside industrially zoned land.
- Please amend SB 131’s definition of “natural and protected lands” to include habitat for protected species under the federal and state Endangered Species Acts and the state Native Plant Protection Act.
Thank you for taking these actions to protect our health and our environment.