ASSEMBLYMEMBER IRA RUSKIN
21ST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2005
Contact: Peter Hartnett
Phone: (916) 319-2021
Assemblymember Ruskin Announces Joint Hearing on California’s Environment
WHO: Assemblymember Ira Ruskin (D-Redwood City), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials in cooperation with the Chairs of the environmental and resource policy committees in the Legislature.

Featured Speaker: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance and Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Tom Van Dyke, Piper Jaffrey; Nancy Floyd, Nth Power, Inc.; Dr. Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute; Gina Solomon, Natural Resources Defense Council; Wendel Bruner, Contra Costa County; Bonnie Holmes-Gen, American Lung Association; Richard Drury, Board Member, Communities for a Better Tomorrow; Joe Lyou, California Environmental Rights Alliance; Steve Sanders, Sustainable Communities Working Group; Andy Lipkis, Tree People.
WHAT: Joint Hearing. Assembly Committees on: Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials; Natural Resources; Water, Parks and Wildlife; and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Resources. Senate Committees on: Natural Resources and Water; Environmental Quality; and the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 2, 2005
9:00 A.M.
WHERE: State Capitol, Room 4202
WHY: To discuss the status of California’s environment, and the challenges confronting our environment.
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Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0021 -- (916) 319-2021 -- Fax: (916) 319-2121