SB 594 – Urge Gov. Brown to sign bill

SB 594 was sent to Governor Brown for his signature on September 11, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Many organizations have sent the Governor their letters of support. Here is my letter of support. I was told today that there are additional opposition letters from the California...

SB 594 passes Senate Floor

I had more nail biting moments yesterday. SB 594 was sent back to the Senate on the 30th for the Senate’s concurrence. Because it got modified substantially in the Assembly, it had to be reexamined in the Senate. It went from the Senate Rules Committee (passed 4-0) to...

SB 594 passes Assembly Floor

Good news! A short while ago, SB 594 passed the Assembly floor (ayes: 45, noes: 5). Please see the screenshot below. Many assembly members who weren’t on the floor will add their names later on today. Although the numbers of ayes and noes will go up, the result won’t...

SB 594 Update

I visited 17 assembly members’ offices yesterday. Other organizations, including the Solar Electric Industries Association, School Energy Coalition, and Environment California, circulated or emailed floor alerts in support of SB 594. The Investor Owned Utilities...

SB 594 – Assembly Floor Vote

SB594 is likely to come up for a floor vote as early as tomorrow. The members are expected to vote as they did for SB 489, which went as follows: Ayes: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley,...