By Sierra Club CA, on March 25th, 2011 Ask Gov. Brown to stop the GOP Five from gutting CEQA TODAY
Exploiting the hardships caused by the economic climate and the state budget crisis, special interests are redoubling their efforts to pass legislation that would dismantle the Golden State’s premiere environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Developers and business groups are spinning California’s high rates of unemployment to claim an inherent conflict between job creation and the protection . . . → Read More
By Sierra Club CA, on March 16th, 2011 Five Republicans whose votes are crucial to passage of Gov. Jerry Brown’s spending proposal demand sweeping changes in the California Environmental Quality Act. Environmentalists are outraged.
By Shane Goldmacher and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times
March 16, 2011
The handful of Republican lawmakers most likely to provide crucial votes for Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan are threatening to withhold their support without a dramatic rewriting of state environmental law.
The demand, pushed in private . . . → Read More
By Sierra Club CA, on January 18th, 2011
By Bill Magavern, on November 19th, 2010 By Bill Magavern, Director
Over the last seven years, the question I’ve been most asked by reporters, whether they’re based in California, Washington, D.C., or even foreign countries, has been some version of “How green is Schwarzenegger, really?”
My answer has never been that simple – the truth rarely is. Consequently, my comments have sometimes angered those in the administration who felt they weren’t getting enough credit for all the wonderful work they were doing, and sometimes drew barbs from . . . → Read More
By Sierra Club CA, on October 26th, 2010  
What follows are Sierra Club California’s endorsements for statewide offices and ballot initiatives (ie, the statewide propositions), as well as our endorsements for the state legislature. You can find out who your Assemblymember in by visiting asm.ca.gov and clicking on “Find My District;” for the Senate, visit senate.ca.gov and click “District . . . → Read More
By Sierra Club CA, on October 6th, 2010 The choices that Californians make in this November’s election will have critical impacts on our ability to develop a clean energy economy, live free of toxic harm, and preserve our precious parks. No vote will be more important to our future than the choice of our next Governor, and the clear choice for anyone who cares about our environment is Jerry Brown.
When one compares Brown to Meg Whitman on their records, commitment, and platforms, the Attorney General wins hands . . . → Read More
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