FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Governor Brown Takes

Action to Promote Renewable

Energy and Protect the Environment

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has taken action on legislation to protect California's environment and natural resources.

The following bills have been signed by Governor Brown:

AB 291 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges.
AB 320 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) – Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
AB 358 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) – Hazardous substances: underground storage tanks: releases: reports.
AB 359 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Groundwater management plans.
AB 408 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Environment: hazardous substances and materials: hazardous waste transportation: paint recycling.
AB 525 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Solid waste: tire recycling: architectural paint recovery program.
AB 681 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Aboveground storage tanks: funds.
AB 703 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Property taxation: welfare exemption: nature resources and open-space lands.
AB 712 by Assemblymember Das G. Williams (D-Santa Barbara) – Recycling: beverage containers.
AB 849 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Water: use efficiency: graywater building standards.
AB 913 by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) – Hazardous waste: source reduction: certified green business program.
AB 964 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Water rights: appropriation.
AB 1027 by Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo) – Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures.
AB 1036 by Assemblymember Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) – Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations.
AB 1077 by Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) – State parks: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.
AB 1112 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Oil spill prevention and administration fee: State Lands Commission. A signing message can be found here.
AB 1414 by Committee on Natural Resources – Forestry: timber harvesting.
SB 152 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public lands: general leasing law: littoral landowners.
SB 170 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Air districts: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property.
SB 224 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public contracts: Department of Water Resources.
SB 267 by Senator Michael Rubio (D-Bakersfield) – Water supply planning: renewable energy plants.
SB 328 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement.
SB 436 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations.
SB 454 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) –Energy efficiency standards.
SB 456 by Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) – Household hazardous waste: transportation.
SB 482 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Public beach contamination: standards: testing: closing.
SB 489 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Electricity: net energy metering.
SB 567 by Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) – Recycling: plastic products.
SB 595 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) –Tidelands and submerged lands: removal of vessels.
SB 618 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Local government: solar-use easement.
SB 679 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Energy: energy conservation projects: financial assistance: local governments and public institutions.
SB 771 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
SB 790 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) – Electricity: community choice aggregation.
SB 836 by Senator Alex Padilla (D -Pacoima) – Renewable energy resources: cost reporting.
SB 909 by Senator Doug La Malfa (R-Butte) – Treated wood waste: disposal.

The Governor also announced that he has vetoed the following bills:

AB 306 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Energy: piezoelectric transducers: study. A veto message can be found here.
SB 263 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Wells: reports: public availability. A veto message can be found here.
SB 752 by Senator Tom Berryhill (R- Stanislaus) – Entitlements: voluntary donations. A veto message can be found here.

For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.

###

Governor Jerry Brown
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

Eco Consulting * Eco Media * Green Blog Network * Greening Hollywood *

* Greening Beauty *

Greening Paris * Greening Vancouver

Like Us on FB! Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!

Posted via email from The Green Blog Network

Today, on the International Day of Non-Violence, Paris celebrated its first White Yoga Session on the Champ de Mars, under the elegant gaze of La Grande Dame, the Eiffel Tower. Already in its 7th year, this was the first time that event had taken place on the Champ de Mars.

Modeled after the NYC Day of Yoga, free and open to willing participants, Paris organizers of the event admitted they'd had 6,500 people sign up on the website to attend this morning's hour-long practice in the 7th Arrondissement, en plein air. They had organized for and expected 2000 participants.

The practice was led in both English and French and an elegant Cellist played on stage, accompanying the entire session with live sitar-like music. Practitioners were from all ages, mature to the young, and attendees included mothers with infants, families with children, young couples, men, women and even a few of our furry friends.

Sponsors of the event which included BeYoga, Go Sport, SportForUs.com, Soy Joy, Lole, VaiVai and the Mairie de Paris, passed out complimentary yoga mats, t-shirts, energy bars, coconut water and tea and re-usable tote bags.

On this gorgeous October Sunday morning of Paris Fashion Week, a yoga respite en plein air was a welcomed and stimulating detox! Namaste!!

All photos by Paige Donner c. 2011

See the full gallery on Posterous