2023 CA Policy Victories and Updates! The legislative session has ended and the Governor has signed bills into law!

OCTOBER 17, 2023 Together we helped to do all this! Bravo to all the environmental justice groups who led so many of these efforts! And THANK YOU to all of you who signed, called, wrote, and donated!!! California Forges Path to End Fossil Fuels! California is the fifth largest economy in the world—so what we ...

2023 CA Policy Victories and Updates! The legislative session has ended and the Governor has signed bills into law!2023-10-17T13:06:37-07:00

VICTORY! Bay Area Air District Voted YES

March 15, 2023 SF Bay PSR and other members of the Bay Area Clean Air coalition sponsored this important resolution! BIG NEWS! On March 15, after six hours of public comments and nail biting....the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) passed the nation's first zero-emissions appliance standard to gradually transition Bay Area homes to ...

VICTORY! Bay Area Air District Voted YES2023-05-02T16:42:01-07:00

2023 CA Policy Efforts: Join us!

March 2023 We invite you to help with these efforts and much more. Protect Communities from Oil Wells: Fight the ballot measure to reverse SB 1137 Environmental justice communities have fought for over a decade to protect themselves and their families from oil and gas pollution and to mandate a health protective zone around their ...

2023 CA Policy Efforts: Join us!2023-05-02T16:23:15-07:00

Peace in Ukraine

Below please find recent efforts and reading list re: advocating for peace in the Urkaine. Last updated 3/14/22. No Nuclear War in Urkaine Supported by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, SF Bay PSR, PSR National, and others. As healthcare professionals, we call for NATO and the Russian Federation to renounce the ...

Peace in Ukraine2022-03-14T16:34:23-07:00

Environmental Health Committee: JAN-MARCH 2022 UPDATES

Thank you to our intern Daisy Valdivieso for writing this update! SF Bay PSR EHC Members continue to work energetically on wide-ranging collaborative efforts to engage health professionals and students, health care institutions, and policy makers to address the unceasing threats of our climate to our health. Recent highlights include: Health Professional Education / Curriculum ...

Environmental Health Committee: JAN-MARCH 2022 UPDATES2022-03-07T15:38:48-08:00

SUPPORTED: SB 47 (Limón) more funds to address hazardous oil wells

SB 47 (Limón) Existing law prohibits CalGEM from spending more than $3 million in any one fiscal year for purposes related to hazardous wells, idle-deserted wells, hazardous facilities, and deserted facilities. This bill will indefinitely raise the cap on spending for these purposes to $5 million in any one fiscal year. Signed by Governor Newsom ...

SUPPORTED: SB 47 (Limón) more funds to address hazardous oil wells2021-11-18T15:56:39-08:00

SUPPORTED: SB 433 (Allen) will authorize the California Coastal Commission to levy fines

SB 433 (Allen) will authorize the California Coastal Commission to levy fines on Coastal Act violators beyond only access violations. It will better enable the California Coastal Commission to protect the state's coastal resources and recreational opportunities and reduce costs to the state. Signed by Governor Newsom, 2021

SUPPORTED: SB 433 (Allen) will authorize the California Coastal Commission to levy fines2021-11-18T15:59:45-08:00

SUPPORTED: AB 1346 (Berman/Gonzalez) will phase out the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers and off-road engines

AB 1346 (Berman/Gonzalez) will phase out the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other small off-road engines by as soon as 2024. SF Bay PSR would like to highlight the incredible work of Dr. David Bezanzon, for his close and thoughtful advocacy work on this bill.

SUPPORTED: AB 1346 (Berman/Gonzalez) will phase out the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers and off-road engines2021-11-18T16:00:10-08:00

SUPPORTED: Setbacks from oil wells

Setbacks from oil wells: After much effort to reincarnate last year’s AB 345 as SB 467, a bill to phase out oil and drilling and introduce setbacks for community health, the bill unfortunately did not pass in Senate Committee on Environmental Quality this year. Thanks to efforts by community-based leaders like VISIÓN Coalition, Sierra Club, ...

SUPPORTED: Setbacks from oil wells2021-11-18T16:01:06-08:00

Call for Governments to commit to meaningful military emissions cuts at COP26

Governments: commit to meaningful military emissions cuts at COP26, Oct-Nov, 2021 SF Bay PSR and many other PSR chapters joined more than 222 organizations to endorsed this joint call to action organized by the Conflict and Environment Observatory. The 2015 Paris Agreement left cutting military greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the discretion of individual nations. ...

Call for Governments to commit to meaningful military emissions cuts at COP262022-02-03T15:14:24-08:00
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