2024 Legislative Priorities

After years of advocacy, the legislature passed a $10 billion climate bond on July 3rd and the bond was signed by acting Governor, Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire, and will now appear on the November ballot.

As dozens of wildfires are currently burning in the state and at the same time a global extreme heat wave is causing fatalities in California, around the country, and around the world—voters deserve this chance to vote on a climate bond to fund the solutions!

This bond represents a thoughtful balance of environmental justice, conservation, resilience, and clean energy, with a focus on the state’s most pressing issues: drinking water, flood prevention, wildfire prevention and resilience, park access, extreme heat mitigation, sustainable agriculture, sea level rise and coastal resilience, clean energy, and protecting biodiversity, and investing in nature based solutions.

With the multi-year state climate budget having been significantly cut, we know we cannot rely on such a volatile general fund to provide sustained funding for major projects and we need all options on the table to finance the transition. If approved by voters, this bond is the last opportunity of this decade before the 2030 climate deadline to put significant dollars towards climate resilience and clean energy in the next several years. This is the better deal for California taxpayers because for every dollar we don’t spend on climate we will spend between six to ten times as much on emergency management, failing infrastructure, high energy bills, and public health costs.