End of Legislative Year Action

From: Janet Cox and Fossil Free California’s Legislative Team There is good news and bad news. The 2017 legislative year ended on September 1 (make that 2:30 am on Sept. 2). And we survived—that’s the good news. But the 2017-1018 legislative session, where Democrats have shaky supermajorities in both houses, is only half over! That’s…

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California Democrats support divestment

On May 17, at their annual convention, California Democrats endorsed a resolution urging CalPERS, CalSTRS, the University of California and California State University endowments, and the University of California Retirement Plan to divest from coal, oil, and gas companies controlling the most unexploited reserves of fossil fuels. The resolution was endorsed by 20 Democratic county committees. In the…

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