SB 535: Compensation where it's most needed (2011)

A strong priority across the environmental spectrum, SB 535 (De León) would have ensured that we meet the promise of AB 32 to protect and strengthen California's most disadvantaged communities by providing these communities with AB 32-related green economic investments. In doing so, the bill would not have authorized a new tax or fee; instead, it would have directed 10 cents of each AB 32 revenue dollar to the neighborhoods that will suffer first and worst from the climate crisis. Although stalled for now, this issue will not be allowed to fade.
[Note: the bill was signed into law in 2012. Read more.]