Position Letters
The Climate Center advocates for accelerated, equitable climate policies. California, as the world’s fourth-largest economy, must step up its climate leadership to catalyze action by other states, nations, and the world to ensure a climate-safe future for all. Below are this year’s letters of support or opposition we have sent to policymakers, along with our partners, to enact the policies we need to reduce climate pollution and build resilient communities by 2030.
Position Letters – 2024 (See below for previous years)
Assembly
Support
AB 2083 (Berman) Industrial Heat Electrification Roadmap Letter of Support to Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, April 18, 2024
AB 3233 (Addis) Local Environmental Choice and Safety Act Letter of Support to Assembly Natural Resources Committee, April 2, 2024
AB 2401 (Ting) Clean Cars 4 All Letter of Support to Assembly Transportation Committee Chair, April 1, 2024
AB 3107 (Connolly) Removing Barriers to Microgrids Letter of Support and AB 3111 (Calderon) Letter of Opposition to the California State Assembly, March 28, 2024
AB 2054 (Bauer-Kahan) Reduce Utility influence on CPUC Regulatory Decisions Letter of Support to Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, March 27, 2024
ACA 16 (Bryan) Green Amendment Letter of Support to Assemblymember Bryan, March 18, 2024
AB 1992 (Boerner) Blue Carbon Projects Letter of Support to Assemblymember Boerner, March 13, 2024
AB 1866 (Hart) Idle Oil Well Cleanup Letter of Support to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, March 12, 2024
Oppose
Senate
Support
SB 59 (Skinner) Bidirectional Charging Letter of Support to Chair of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, June 24, 2024
SB 308 (Becker) Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act Letter of Support if Amended to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, June 18, 2024
SB 59 (Skinner) Bidirectional Charging Letter of Support to Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, June 17, 2024
SB 59 (Skinner) Bidirectional Charging Sponsor Letter of Support to Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, June 13, 2024
SB 1031 (Wiener) Transportation Improvements Letter of Support if Amended to Senators Wiener and Wahab, April 5, 2024
SB 1036 (Limon) Voluntary carbon offsets Letter of Support to Senate Judicial Committee, April 1, 2024
SB 1347 (Becker) Restoring Self-consumption Benefits for On-Site Generation Letter of Support to Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, March 29, 2024
SB 1101 (Limón) Prescribed Fire Letter of Support to Senator Dodd and Senator Min, March 28, 2024
SB 1018 (Becker) Off-grid Renewables for Hydrogen and Industry Letter of Support to Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, March 15, 2024
Oppose
SB 1420 (Caballero) Biomass Energy Letter of Opposition to Assembly Appropriations Committee, August 12, 2024
SB 1418 (Archuleta) Hydrogen Fueling Stations Letter of Opposition to Assembly Local Government and Transportation Committees, June 19, 2024
SB 1418 (Archuleta) Hydrogen Fueling Stations Letter of Opposition to Senate Local Government Committee, March 27, 2024
SB 1420 (Caballero) Biomass Energy Letter of Opposition to Senate Environmental Quality Committee, March 26, 2024
Comment letters
Coalition letter to state leaders in support of investments in extreme heat resilience, October 31, 2024
Coalition letter to Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department re. Aera CarbonFrontier Carbon Capture and Storage Project, August 12, 2024
Coalition letter to California Air Resources Board re. Cap-and-Trade Program updates, July 31, 2024
Coalition letter of support for strong rules on the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, July 29, 2024
Coalition Letter to California Air Resources Board re. amendments to Advanced Clean Cars II, July 26, 2024
Climate Budget Defense Coalition response to the 2024-2025 state budget deal, June 24, 2024
Joint parties motion to CPUC to include March 26 workshop on the record and for an additional workshop on technical issues, April 9, 2024
Climate Budget Defense Coalition Comments on the 2024-2025 State Budget proposal and the need to invest in clean air, April 4, 2024
Joint letter to California Energy Commission and Division of Petroleum Market Oversight re. gas price storage cushion, March 11, 2024
Power of Nature Coalition Letter to California Leadership re. budget cuts, February 23, 2024
Letter to California Air Resources Board re. proposed low carbon fuel standard amendments, February 20, 2024
Coalition Letter to Governor Newsom re. zero-emission port investment, February 20, 2024
Coalition Letter to California Leadership re. Climate Bond, February 12, 2024
Coalition Letter to Governor Newsom re. environmental justice rules for hydrogen tax credits, February 12, 2024
Joint Parties Petition to CEC to Integrate Non-Energy Benefits and Social Costs Into Resource Planning, February 5, 2024
Coalition Letter to California Air Resources Board re. environmental justice rulemaking, January 30, 2024
Coalition Letter to state leaders re. transportation funding in the state budget, January 23, 2024
Joint Comments with the California Energy Commission re. CERI Program Solicitation Manual, January 19, 2024
Joint Comments with the California Public Utilities Commission re. Transportation Electrification Policy and Infrastructure, January 19, 2024
Joint Letter to Governor Newsom, Senate pro-Tem Atkins, and Speaker Rivas re. oil and gas subsidies, January 9, 2024