Some Green, Some Brown: Governor’s First 100 Days
By Ian Kim, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Today is Governor Jerry Brown’s 100th day in office. To mark this occasion (and taking a step back from the seemingly endless budget wars), he is signing into law today a historic bill that will promote California’s clean energy economy and create green-collar jobs.
A big step forward for California is “SBx1 2,” which requires California’s utilities to source a third of their electricity from renewable energy sources. Allies have been fighting for this for several years, and it’s wonderful to see this finally make it to the desk of a Governor who could sign it. (Note: “SBx1 2″ is translated as Bill #2 in the 1st special session (x1) of the Senate (SB)).
At a slightly smaller scale — but no less noteworthy — is “SBx1 1″ — which provides $8 million per year for green career technical education in California’s schools. This is a bill that the Ella Baker Center helped inspire, and then actually helped write and develop when it first emerged as SB 1672 in 2008 (and then SB 675 in 2009-2010).
To continue reading, visit the Ella's Voice Blog: www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/2011/04/some-green-some-brown-governors-first-100-days/
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