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          Bill No:  ACR 28
          Author:   Chesbro (D) and John Perez (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO FILE
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  48-15, 3/21/11 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Earth Hour

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution 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. 

           ANALYSIS  :    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 
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             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. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No



           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Block, Blumenfield, 
            Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, 
            Carter, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, 
            Fong, Fuentes, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall, Hayashi, 
            Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Lara, 
            Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Mitchell, Pan, Perea, V. 
            Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, 
            Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
          NOES:  Achadjian, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Donnelly, Grove, 
            Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Knight, Logue, Mansoor, 
            Miller, Morrell, Nielsen, Silva
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Beall, Charles Calderon, Cedillo, Cook, 
            Furutani, Garrick, Gorell, Huber, Jones, Monning, 
            Nestande, Norby, Olsen, Smyth, Valadao, Wagner, Vacancy


          MEL:mw  3/22/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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