Policy Teams
The Leg Team works to pass policies for climate-change mitigation and climate justice, according to SanDiego350’s established positions and top legislative priorities. We work primarily on state legislation and agency rule-making but also support and amplify local SD350 campaigns linked to our primary efforts. The team reviews proposed legislation on environmental, climate change, and social/environmental justice issues, meets with state legislators to lobby for our priority bills, and engages with coalition partners to keep abreast of high impact bills and work on statewide campaigns.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
- Research and analyze new local, state and national climate legislation.
- Coordinate an educational forum for local and state ballot measures.
- Lobby with coalition to pass Superfund legislation in California
- Lobby with coalition for divestment of California’s public and public employee funds
- Lobby for state legislation and agency regulations to:
- Keep fossil fuels in the ground.
- Support local renewables and promote energy affordability.
- Reduce tailpipe emissions and promote mass transit.
- Promote building decarbonization.
WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS DO
- Research a state bill and write up a request to endorse or oppose it.
- Join/organize meetings with your state Assemblymember and Senator.
- Make calls and send emails to Sacramento at critical times.
- Become a lay “expert” on a particular legislative area or issue
- Participate in regular meetings with one of our allies and report back to us.
- Help organize communications and events such as our annual legislation training.
- Make educational presentations to community groups about our work
- Support SD350 campaigns such as this year’s Polluters Pay Climate Superfund.
- Travel occasionally with a few of us to Sacramento to lobby with our allies.
- Assist with maintenance of data
Team Accomplishments
- Lobbied successfully for many state climate bills, such as SB 253. and SB 261 which require large greenhouse-gas-emitting corporations to be transparent and accountable about their emissions data and climate-related financial risk.
- Successfully facilitated a Zoom Legislative Training that educated San Diego County residents on climate-related legislation.
- Produced a SanDiego350 ballot measure guide for the November 2024 election.
- Built relationships with state Assemblymembers and Senators as well as coalitions of climate activists.
Fun Fact!
We enjoy sharing our knowledge on climate legislation with the community.
How TO GET INVOLVED
The Legislative Committee meets the third Wednesday of every month from 7:00pm – 8:30pm. Please contact team leader Katharine for more information.