BILL ANALYSIS Ó
ACR 28
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 28 (Chesbro and John A. Pérez)
As Introduced February 24, 2011
Majority vote
RULES 6-4
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Alejo, Butler, | | |
| |Carter, Hueso, Williams | | |
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|Nays:|Silva, Donnelly, Hagman, | | |
| |Knight | | |
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SUMMARY : Endorses efforts to raise awareness of global climate
change and energy efficiency; declares the hour of 8:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday in March to be "Earth Hour"
throughout the state; and, encourages city, county, and state
employees, and businesses to turn off nonessential lights in
government buildings, public schools, public landmarks, and
other buildings for that hour on March 26, 2011. Specifically,
this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)Earth Hour is both an international and local symbolic event
organized by the World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness about
climate change issues; and, the event was established to
encourage individuals, businesses, and governments to take
actions that reduce carbon emissions and their impact on the
environment in their daily lives and operations.
2)The state has long been a national and international leader on
energy conservation and environmental stewardship efforts,
including the areas of air quality protections, energy
efficiency requirements, renewable energy standards, natural
resource conservation, and greenhouse gas emission standards.
3)There is growing public support for action to stop global
warming, and turning off all nonessential lights in government
buildings and public landmarks will serve as an important
rallying point for the worldwide energy conservation event,
Earth Hour.
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FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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