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For Good and Ill the California Legislature Met its Deadline (Almost)

September 29, 2009

Posted by Victoria Rome in Curbing Pollution , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
airpollution, californialegislature, environmentaljustice, globalwarming, greenbuilding, stateparks

When pushing up against a deadline, do you feel more productive?  There's something about human nature that causes us to submit a work product at 11:59 to meet a midnight deadline.  The California legislature is no different.  After going through...

California Budget Fight Threatens Environmental Protection

December 19, 2008

Posted by Victoria Rome in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
californiabudget, ceqa, globalwarming

My son Evan likes to watch Batman movies.  We particularly enjoyed seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin.  These days, though, I liken Schwarzenegger more to Two-Face from Batman Forever.  One face is the...

Governor Schwarzenegger vetoes clean air bill

October 6, 2008

Posted by Victoria Rome in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanair, environmentaljustice, legislation, portpollution

My son Evan is four years old and has asthma.  When he has an attack he coughs uncontrollably to the point where he can't catch his breath.  We then pump steroids into Evan's lungs until he can breathe again.  That's...

Victoria Rome
Victoria Rome
Deputy Director, California Advocacy
San Francisco and Sacramento
I studied political science at UCLA and went to graduate school in Sacramento. After a...
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