Thanks to the incredible leadership of Senator Steinberg, CLCV and the environment were handed a great victory on the Assembly floor yesterday when SB 375 received more than enough votes to pass. The final vote was 49 Ayes to 22 Noes, which included six ‘aye’ votes from Republicans (Assembly Members Adams, Aghazarian, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Horton, [...]

Last week Senator Darrell Steinberg spoke before CLCV and our friends at the latest Environmental Leadership Forum. Steinberg is one of just a handful of legislators who can boast a 100% CLCV score after six years in the Assembly and one year in the Senate. It’s probably no surprise then why the environmental community [...]

Last year, Senate pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg submitted SB 375, the Transportation Planning bill, into the State Senate fully knowing just how difficult it would be to get the bill passed. Despite the Senate being a more friendly chamber for environmental issues than the Assembly, the bill only received just enough votes to move to the [...]