This week Sam Blakeslee takes sole ownership of the "Flaming Oil Rig" award.
In a second attempt to to an end run on the California State Lands Commission denial of the PXP, CA Rep. Sam Blakeslee "guts and stuffs" AB1536 to create a sham committee to approve the project.
Urgent Action Needed to Oppose AB1536
In July you all worked hard to defeat the CA Governor’s Oil Drilling Scheme. Your efforts helped carry the day. The Governor’s plan was defeated in the California Assembly by a vote of 28 – 43.
There was massive opposition to the first attempt at this end run and the opposition has only grown.
Unfortunately, PXP is trying to make a comeback and CA Asm. Sam Blakeslee is its new champion – Republican Assembly member Sam Blakeslee has a gut-and-amend bill (AB 1536) to hand PXP the 1st new lease to drill in state waters since the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. The Blakeslee bill would create a sham committee to subvert the State Lands Commission authority.
We have to defeat this blatant disregard for California's independent resource protection agencies. We did it before and we can do it again.
Your urgent action is needed -- AB 1536 (Blakeslee) is currently in the Senate Rules Committee. The bill cannot proceed without special action by the Committee. Please contact Senator Darrell Steinberg (Senate President Pro Tempore and Chair, Rules Committee) at (916) 651-4006 to express your opposition to this bill and ask him to stop AB 1536. Remind Senator Steinberg that 93 environmental organizations oppose this legislation.
Please take the time to thank those Members of the Assembly who stood strong and did not support this coastal giveaway the last time it was considered. Ask them to stand with you on this issue again. Their names and phone numbers are below.
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Tom Ammiano (916) 319-2013
Jim Beall (916) 319-2024
Marty Block (916) 319-2078
Bob Blumenfield (916) 319-2040
Julia Brownley (916) 319-2041
Joan Buchanan (916) 319-2015
Anna Caballero (916) 319-2028
Wilmer Amina Carter (916) 319-2062
Wes Chesbro (916) 319-2001
Joe Coto (916) 319-2023
Mike Davis (916) 319-2048
Hector De La Torre (916) 319-2050
Kevin De León (916) 319-2045
Mike Eng (916) 319-2049
Noreen Evans (916) 319-2007
Mike Feuer (916) 319-2042
Nathan Fletcher (916) 319-2075
Paul Fong (916) 319-2022
Felipe Fuentes (916) 319-2039
Warren Furutani (916) 319-2055
Cathleen Galgiani (916) 319-2017
Isadore Hall (916) 319-2052
Diane Harkey (916) 319-2073
Mary Hayashi (916) 319-2018
Ed Hernandez (916) 319-2057
Jerry Hill (916) 319-2019
Alyson Huber (916) 319-2010
Jared Huffman (916) 319-2006
Dave Jones (916) 319-2009
Paul Krekorian (916) 319-2043
Ted Lieu (916) 319-2053
Bonnie Lowenthal (916) 319-2054
Fiona Ma (916) 319-2012
Tony Mendoza (916) 319-2056
William Monning (916) 319-2027
John Perez (916) 319-2046
V. Manuel Perez (916) 319-2080
Anthony Portantino (916) 319-2044
Ira Ruskin (916) 319-2021
Mary Salas (916) 319-2079
Lori Saldaña (916) 319-2076
Nancy Skinner (916) 319-2014
Jose Solorio (916) 319-2076
Audra Strickland (916) 319-2037
Sandré Swanson (916) 319-2016
Tom Torlakson (916) 319-2011
Norma Torres (916) 319-2061
Alberto Torrico (916) 319-2020
Mariko Yamada (916) 319-2008
Speaker Karen Bass (916) 319-2047
