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Hi CLCV Member,

We need your help to urge Governor Newsom to sign AB 995, legislation that
will protect communities from exposure to toxic pollution. 

The state has largely been unable to fulfill their mandated
responsibilities to protect people from environmental hazards and clean up
hazardous sites. Why? Because the state department in charge of these
important tasks, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, is incredibly
under-resourced. This is a huge problem and we can’t continue to wait to
solve this.

[ [link removed] ]We need you to call Governor Newsom NOW to urge him to sign AB 995 into
law to protect the health of Californians!
AB 995 establishes a Board of Environmental Safety, requires the state to
create an up-to-date Hazardous Waste Management Plan, and improves the
permitting process to ensure that environmental safety laws are being
followed.

These changes will bring more accountability and transparency to the
Department of Toxic Substances Control and take significant steps to
ensuring that the department is doing its job to protect people from toxic
exposure and clean up toxic sites. Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, the
author of the bill, knows all too well the consequences of the lack of
enforcement of hazardous waste laws and the state’s inability to properly
clean up toxic pollution. She represents the community poisoned by lead
from the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, California. 

Without AB 995, communities living near toxic sites will continue to be in
danger. We need the Governor to sign AB 995 before September 30th.

[ [link removed] ]Can we count on you to call the Governor to ask him to sign AB 995 into
law?

Best,  

Melissa Romero 
Legislative Affairs Manager
California League of Conservation Voters

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