Policy Watch
Selected Policies & Regulations SF Bay PSR has supported or opposed.
PASSED!!! San Francisco unanimously voted embrace the UN Treaty on Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons
BRAVO! The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously PASSED a ...
SUCCESS: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drops Plan to Deregulate Rad-Waste Disposal
SF Bay PSR joined PSR-LA, Committee to Bridge the Gap, ...
SIGNED: Letter to encourage Governor Newsom to appoint Utilities Commissioners who embrace 21st-century equitable, decentralized, clean energy system concepts
Re: California Public Utilities Commission Appointments Dear Governor Newsom, On ...
SIGNED: Letter calling on President-Elect Joe Biden to issue an Executive Order that enacts his campaign commitment to ban new federal fossil fuel leasing and permitting on public lands and waters.
We urge your issuance of the following Executive Order to ...
OPPOSED: Signed letter against the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act, S. 4897
S. 4897 would expand uranium mining and provide subsidies and ...
PASSED: Town of Atherton Proclamation endorses the five Back from the Brink points in pursuit of preventing nuclear war
Mayor Rick DeGolia signed the Town of Atherton's Proclamation endorsing ...
SIGNED: Californians for Pesticide Reform: Farms to Schools program
Farm to School Programs are a vital way to improve ...
SUBMITTED Public Comments: AB 2588 “Hot Spots” Air Toxics Program
The substances considered by the State of California to be ...
SIGNED: To support CA Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-79-20, concerning oil drilling in CA
The organizations signing this letter welcome Governor Newsom's Executive Order ...
SIGNED: Letter to call on health insurers to divest billions from fossil fuels
SIGNED: Letter with 60 health and environmental groups to call ...
SIGNED: A public Letter to Patients regarding health impacts of climate change
SIGNED: A public Letter to Patients urging them to convince ...
SUBMITTED Public Comments: to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioners and Staff, in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
SUBMITTED Public Comments: to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ...
SIGNED: The Pew Charitable Trusts campaign letter to prevent the emergence of a seabed mining industry targeting hard minerals such as metals, metal-rich sands, and phosphorite nodules in California’s state waters.
SIGNED: The Pew Charitable Trusts campaign letter to prevent the ...
SUBMITTED Public Comments: to strengthen city ordinances in San Francisco, Los Altos, San Mateo, and San Jose on new home construction electrification, calling for an all-electric code.
SUBMITTED Public Comments: to strengthen city ordinances in San Francisco, ...
SIGNED: East Bay Clean Power Alliance letter
SIGNED: East Bay Clean Power Alliance letter to East Bay ...
SUBMITTED Public Comments and SIGNED a letter: to the to the California Energy Commission (CEC) supporting an all-electric baseline in the 2022 Buildings Code.
SUBMITTED Public Comments and SIGNED a letter: to the to ...
SIGNED: Public Health Comments on Advanced Clean Cars II Workshop
SIGNED: Public Health Comments on Advanced Clean Cars II Workshop ...
PASSED: the California Air Resources Board unanimously adopted the landmark Advanced Clean Trucks rule
PASSED: the California Air Resources Board unanimously adopted the landmark ...
Supported: letter from California Certified Organic Farmers
Supported: letter from California Certified Organic Farmers calling for an ...
Signed: letter to VP Pence urging a reversal of the recent CDC COVID guidelines
Signed an organizational sign-on letter coordinated by the Infectious Diseases Society ...
Opposed: the Lawrence Livermore National Lab continued and expanded nuclear weapons activities
Submitted comments at the public hearing about the Lawrence Livermore ...
Signed: CDC Employee Letter to Address Workplace Racism and Discrimination
Signed: CDC Employee Letter to Address Workplace Racism and Discrimination ...
Passed: The Good Food Purchasing Standards, San Francisco
Bravo to SF Bay PSR Board member Dr. Tom Newman ...
Signed: Letter to Support AB 345 to California State Senate’s Natural Resources and Water Committee from health professionals in California
Over 600 physicians, nurses and health professionals in California, many ...
SF Bay PSR and National PSR support the following policy solutions toward a nuclear-weapons-free world
1. Support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ...
Passed with recommendations by SF Bay PSR: Berkeley City Council Resolution
Berkeley City Council, CA, voted on a resolution that will ...
Opposed by SF Bay PSR: Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Proposed Interpretative Rule on Transfer of Very Low-Level Waste to Exempt Persons for Disposal
This very dangerous and under-the-radar move by the NRC would ...
Endorsed by PSR National: many amendments to National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
PSR submitted comments to support many of the amendments made ...
Opposed by PSR National: Republican “HEALS Act” to provide an additional $30 billion to the Department of Defense
75 Organizations say NO to GOP Plans to Use COVID-19 ...
Submitted Public Comments: Public Health and Air Quality Professionals Call for an All-Electric Energy Code in the 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Docket No. 19-BSTD-03)
Public Health and Air Quality Professionals Call for an ...
Passed: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Bans Nuclear from Clean Power Program
After an upsurge of widespread public outcry against a proposed ...
Passed: California Air Resources Board adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Standards
In June 2020, the California Air Resources Board unanimously ...
Endorsed: AB-345, to require CA Secretary of NRA to create an environmental justice program
Endorsed AB-345, which requires the CA Secretary of the ...
Opposed: The use of Carbon Tetrachloride by submitting public comments to EPA
Opposed the continued use of Carbon Tetrachloride by submitting public ...
Endorsed: SB 1044, to ban the manufacture, distribution, and use of PFAS
Endorsed SB 1044, which bans the manufacture, distribution and use ...