PCL Insider: News from the Capitol
HEAD OF SENATE SELECTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2009
Last week Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg announced his picks for the new chairs of the nearly twenty policy and fiscal committees in the Senate.
Below is a list of the committees that directly relate to the environmental issues we work on regularly. We look forward to working with these senators and have high hopes that this new crop of chairs will aggressively advocate for strong environmental protections, clean air and water, and healthy communities.
Senate Appropriations Committee - Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego)
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee - Denise Ducheny (D-San Diego)
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - Alex Padilla (D-San Fernando Valley)
Senate Environmental Quality Committee - Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto)
Senate Governmental Organization Committee - Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood)
Senate Health Committee - Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara)
Senate Judiciary Committee - Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro)
Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee - Mark DeSaulnier (D-Martinez)
Senate Local Government Committee - Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa)
Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee - Fran Pavley (D-Augora Hills)
LINKING LAND USE AND GLOBAL WARMING: LEARN MORE AT THE PCL SYMPOSIUM
In California, much of our carbon footprint comes from the shape of our communities. The growing distance between our homes and businesses makes getting a gallon of milk a lengthy ordeal that often involves hopping in the car. Instead of transit lines, freeways run in ribbons across the landscape. And forests and farmland vanish to make way for driveways and cul-de-sacs.
To win the fight against global warming we have to change our land use patterns. Fortunately a growing number of state and local leaders are championing land use policy reform, as demonstrated by recently-passed SB 375 (Steinberg), which revises regional planning to better align with our climate goals.
Join our panel of experts at PCL's 2009 Symposium to learn about the latest issues in carbon-cutting land use policy at the state, regional, and local level.
Panelists:
O Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board (invited)
O Dave Jones, Assemblymember, California Legislature
O Stuart Cohen, Executive Director, Transportation and Land Use Coalition
Register early for the PCL-PCLF Symposium and Banquet. The event is on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Sacramento. For more information, contact Melanie Schlotterbeck at (714) 779-7561 or MSchlotterbeck@pcl.org.
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