I began meetings today with Assemblymember Gloria’s staff to discuss IEA’s concerns regarding AB 423 and the proposed overhaul of the Air District Board. The Board would be expanded from 5 members (the current five elected County Supervisors) to 11 members which would include 2 County Supervisors, six elected officials [...]
Assemblymember (and mayoral candidate) Todd Gloria has introduced a bill (AB 423) to overhaul the makeup of the SD APCD. His legislation doesn’t yet identify specific problems this bill will address except that it will create a designated seat for an environmental justice representative, i.e. someone from the Environmental Health [...]
A bill introduced in Sacramento in 2017 and now again this year promises to guarantee safe, clean and affordable water for human consumption. The target: 331 water systems existing in the State - serving an estimated 500,000 people - that are in violation of water quality standards. To pay for [...]