Protecting California From Oil Spills
(Sacramento) - San Francisco Bay Area Assembly Democrats have a package of legislation moving through the capitol designed to reduce the chances of oil spills, improve the response if there is an oil spill and restore the damage to the environment caused by any oil spills. The package of nine bills also has the support of lawmakers from Southern California coastal areas and inland areas because oil spills are not just a San Francisco Bay Area problem. Here’s more on the Assembly Democrat’s Oil Spill Prevention, Response and Restoration package in this Assembly
Last year, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) sponsored a bill banning two types of toxic chemicals used as fire retardants in foam padding in furniture. These chlorinated and brominated chemicals are linked to cancer, birth defects and reproductive disorders; they migrate from furniture to dust particles, are breathed in by children and pets, and are found in the breast milk of nursing mothers. That bill, however, never reached Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk, falling victim to election-year squabbling.
