The Polls Are In...
Posted January 29, 2009 in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment
Most Californians think that the budget situation is a big problem, and a majority would support reforming the current two-thirds requirement for legislative budget approval - and the annual debacles that it creates - with a 55 percent majority.
A separate poll shows that in response to news of potential rollbacks to core environmental protections through the budget process, California voters assert that decisions about environmental protections should be made separately from the budget process. Voters are opposed most to allowing increased pollution from diesel engines. It's that simple. Californians know that they can have a strong economy and a clean environment at the same time and they expect it.
Message to Republican leaders in Sacramento: Stop monkeying around with our state's budget trying to dismantle environmental protections that have nothing to do with California's urgent fiscal matters.
