Action Needed TODAY to block legislation devastating to the environment.
UPDATED on June 19th:
We just got news (great) that the CA Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3 to 2 against AB 2226 (Hueso).
Thanks to all of you who faxed letters of opposition or called... and got others in the environmental community to write and phone. I'm sure it made the difference. This bill would have drastically undercut the ability of the CA Coastal Commission to protect the finite resources of the lands along the California coast.
Thanks to all.
Mary Ann Webster
Santa Monica Mountains Task Force and West L.A. Group, Sierra Club
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Action Needed TODAY (June 18) to block legislation devastating to the environment.
This will be heard tomorrow (June 19th) by the State Senate's Judiciary Committee.
Faxes & calls need to happen TODAY.
This is about "The Edge" development in Malibu and future flawed development plans statewide.
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AB2226 is coming before the Senate Judiciary Committee THIS TUESDAY, June 19th.
Fax your letter of opposition to Noreen Evans, Chair at (916)319-2188.
AB2226 is designed to prevent all state planning agencies from requiring development firms to identify everyone with a financial stake in pending developments. If enacted, AB2226 would prevent planning agencies from piercing the “corporate veil” to reveal the actual business entities behind the title to a property that is up for development.
AB2226 would require all state agencies and local governments to use the evidence code rather than existing administrative procedures for determining who holds to title to a property proposed for development. But, the Evidence Code is intended to apply to judicial proceedings, not to determinet he title to land, and there is no provision I nthe law for state agencies to have the power of discover to determine the ownership realities behind a development proposal.
This provision does not just affect “The Edge” and his “Coastal Mansion” plan – it would apply to many projects.
This is complicated and technical.
We must stop AB2226!
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Fax Numbers:
Committee: 916-445-8390
Evans: (916) 323-6958
Blakeslee: (916) 445-8081
Corbett: (916) 327-2433
Harman: (916) 445-9263
Leno: (916) 445-4722
SAMPLE TEXT:
To: Senator Noreen Evans
Re: AB 2226 (Hueso). Agency Proceedings - OPPOSE
Dear Chair Evans and Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
I strongly urge you to vote NO on Assembly Bill 2226 (Hueso). This is an attempt to drastically undercut the ability of the California Coastal Commission to protect the resources along the California coast.
It would affect not only projects reviewed under the Coastal Act, but could also affect environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA mandates "... that environmental considerations do not become submerged by chopping a large project into many little ones--each with a minimal potential impact on the environment--which cumulatively may have disastrous consequences."
Please say NO to this harmful legislation for the good of the California coast and our finite natural resources. Once our resources are gone, they are gone forever.
Cordially,
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