Friend – Thanks to the activism of climate champions like you, the Assembly passed SB 1137 LAST NIGHT!

Now it’s up to the Senate to pass this critical bill that will protect children and families from active oil drilling next to schools and homes.

And the Senate is voting on it TODAY! Can you call your Senator right now and make sure they vote YES on SB 1137?

Tell your Senator: Vote YES on SB 1137 to protect children from oil drilling next to schools and daycares ⤵

Nearly 3 million Californians, mostly communities of color and low-income communities, live dangerously close to an oil or gas well.

SB 1137 would establish health and safety buffer zones, or setbacks, of 3,200 feet between oil drilling and people’s homes, children’s daycares and schools, and other sensitive sites like hospitals. There is conclusive scientific evidence that this directly impacts people’s health and threatens their lives, especially young children.

Friend, we’ve been trying to pass an oil setback bill like this for years – and the Senate is where this policy has failed twice before.

But we have newfound momentum! There is a real energy of climate action in Sacramento. The Assembly just passed the bill.

And we have you, this team of EnviroVoters who have been calling your legislators all month advocating for all of our priority climate bills.

So today, before the legislative session closes when August ends, please call and urge your Senator to protect the health and safety of our children and families by voting YES on SB 1137 >>

Thanks for everything.

- California Environmental Voters

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From: Melissa Romero, California Environmental Voters (formerly CLCV)
To: [email protected]
Date: August 26, 2022
Subject: ​~3 million Californians live near an oil or gas well, friend!

Friend, did you know that nearly 3 million Californians live within 3,200 feet of an oil or gas well?

Science has shown that a 3,200-foot setback, or protective zone, between oil and gas drilling and our homes, schools, hospitals, daycare facilities, and prisons is the bare minimum needed to protect people from the worst health outcomes of living near constant oil and gas pollution.

So these 3 million Californians — mostly communities of color and low-income communities —  are at greater risk for asthma, cancers, high-risk pregnancies, and serious cases of COVID-19.

The State Assembly will be voting on a bill to stop neighborhood oil drilling in the coming days! SB 1137 would establish a common-sense health and safety setback between oil and gas sites and homes, schools, childcare facilities, healthcare facilities, and other sensitive locations.

Can you give your Assemblymember a quick call to make sure they’re voting YES on SB 1137?

Friend, instituting oil setbacks is a HUGE environmental justice priority, and something EnviroVoters has been advocating for with our partners for years.

Securing a 3,200-foot setback is crucial to the health and safety of our most overburdened neighbors.

While we like to think of California as an innovator and leader when it comes to the environment, the reality is that we are far behind the norm on the issue of protective setbacks. Even Texas has statewide buffer zone requirements!

It’s time to meet the urgency of the climate emergency by prioritizing the frontline communities it impacts most. We can no longer sacrifice our health and the health of our children, neighbors, and friends to the oil and gas industry.

Friend, I’m asking you today to take two minutes to help protect our communities and end the legacy of environmental racism in California: Call your Assemblymember to urge them to vote YES on SB 1137.

The Assembly will be hearing this bill any day now, so call today before it’s too late!

Thanks for doing your part.

Melissa Romero
Senior Legislative Manager
California Environmental Voters
(formerly California League of Conservation Voters)

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California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters), formerly California League of Conservation Voters, exists to build the political power to solve the climate crisis, advance justice, and create a roadmap for global action. To protect our air, land, water, and future, we organize voters, elect and train candidates, and hold lawmakers accountable for bold policy change. Our vision is to solve the climate crisis, build resilient, connected, healthy communities, and create a democracy and economy that is just and sustainable for all.