Seventy-five climate activists, including Third Actors, showed up at the capitol on Tuesday, April 22, to advocate for the passage of SB 1243 in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. In Addis’s follow-up press release, she said, “The overwhelming outpouring of support from labor groups, environmental champions, business owners, doctors, nurses, and regular people in support of AB 1243 clearly shows just how important holding Big Oil accountable and addressing climate change is for California. The climate crisis is an environmental, existential, and financial crisis that must be addressed. Californians have sacrificed enough by subsidizing Big Oil. It is time for the polluters to pay.”
Rep. Addis decided to “postpone the committee vote to allow more time for meaningful conversations with stakeholders while continuing to push the policy forward. With the state budget likely experiencing deficits, AB 1243 provides a material way to address these issues.”
We also learned that one of the two holdout votes we need on that committee is REP. BAUER-KAHAN IN DISTRICT 16. IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 16:
- CALL/WRITE/MEET WITH REP. BAUER-KAHAN AND ASK HER TO SUPPORT THIS CRUCIAL BILL. CONTACT HER HERE or call her Capitol Office at (916) 319-2016
- Share this request for action with friends and neighbors who live in her district.