Location

Silicon Valley

Team Mentors

Hoi Poon

Kevin Ma

Bill DeVincenzi

Student Leader(s)

Neha Tadikamalla

Katherine Park

Former co-leads

Abhimanyu Jayaraman (AJ)

Cici Xu

Gary Ding

Rohan Rawat

Gwyn Azar

 

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Our Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action State Advocacy Team works with environmental groups across California including Environment California, Sierra Club California, The Climate Center, 350 Silicon Valley/Bay Area and many more, to help push forward ambitious, yet achievable solutions that will keep California on the forefront of the battle against climate change. We supported and opposed many bills each year, conducted advocacy meetings with elected members of our State legislature that represent Silicon Valley, and conducted presentations and outreach to key stakeholders for support of select critical bills aligned with our mission.  

 
 
 

12 Bills signed into law in 2023 we supported

  • AB1167 (Carrillo, Wendy): Requires oil well operators to save money for eventual closure

  • AB285 (Rivas, Luz): climate change education, requirement in K-12

  • AB363 (Bauer-Kahan): Bans neonicotinoid pesticide use

  • AB496 (Friedman): Bans toxic chemicals from cosmetics

  • AB652 (Lee): Environmental justice oversight of pesticides

  • SB253 (Wiener): Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act

  • SB261 (Stern): Discloses Climate Related Financial Risk

  • SB49 (Becker): Solar on state highways

  • SB642 (Cortese): County enforcement of hazardous waste laws

  • SB69 (Cortese): Transparent environmental review

  • SB740 (Cortese): Unionized workers in dangerous fields

  • SB745 (Cortese): Drought-Resistant Buildings Act

7 Bills we opposed no long moving forward: 

  • AB1372 (Alvarez):  Undermining zero emission truck regulation

  • AB324 (Pacheco): Sets goal for renewable hydrogen procurement

  • AB66 (Mathis): Setting timelines for water project approval

  • AB698 (Essayli): Bans gas stove prohibitions

  • SB23 (Caballero): Limits state review and requirements on water infrastructure

  • SB438 (Caballero): Allows accidental oil production in carbon capture projects

  • SB861 (Dahle): Sets a time limit on lawsuits over certain water projects

 
 

6 Bills signed into law in 2022 we supported:

  • SB1032 (Becker): Low-cost Financing for Building "Decarb"

  • SB1158 (Becker): Roadmap to 27/7 Clean Energy

  • SB1203 (Becker): State Agencies Zero-Net Emissions by 2035

  • SB887 (Becker): Speed up approval of Transmission Infrastructure to Clean Energy

  • SB54 (Bennett): Packaging/serviceware made recyclable/compostable        

  • AB2248 (Kalra): Conservating 30% of land and water

3 Bills we opposed no longer moving forward: 

  • SB396 (Bradford): Utility Tree Removal Without Proper Oversight or Landowner Input 

  • SB890 (Nielsen): Giveaway for Water Storage Projects

  • SB1219 (Hurtado): Promoting Water Mismanagement

 
 

past bills signed into law we supported:

  • AB2287 - Plastic Product Compostability Certification 

  • AB3214 - Offshore Oil Spill Penalties 

  • AB3074 - Ember-Resistant Zones protecting lives and properties from wildfires

  • AB3163 - Wildfire Risk Model which would help the state and communities prepare for wildfires

past bills we opposed no longer moving forward:

  • AB1002 - Eliminating EV Charging Infrastructure Incentives

  • AB3279 - Making CEQA Lawsuits more expensive 

 

For a complete list of bills signed by the governor, visit this link.