R-10504City Council Meeting: 6-24-2010
California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10504 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
Santa Monica,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONIGA OPPOSING THE "DIRTY ENERGY
PROPOSITION"
WHEREAS, out-of-state oil companies are spending millions to promote a
deceptive ballot proposition that will eliminate California dean energy .and air
pollution control standards that protect our health and environment; and
WHEREAS, the oil companies claim their proposition will only "suspend"
AB 32's-air pollution and health regulations until California's economy gets better,
but the reality is their proposition will eliminate California's clean air standards by
prohibiting them from being enforced unless the state's unemployment rate drops
to a fixed level that has rarely ever been achieved; and
WHEREAS, air pollution is a major threat to public health in California,
with skyrocketing rates of asthma and lung disease, especially among children
and this initiative will increase air pollution and the attendant public health risk;
and
WHEREAS, this proposition would also destroy California's newly
emerging clean energy businesses that have flourished because of California
clean energy and clean air laws; and
WHEREAS, since 2005, Califarnia green jobs have grown 10 times faster than
the statewide average for all jobs. California's clean teohriology sector received X2.1
trillion in investment capital in 2009 -more than five times the investment of any other
state; and
WHEREAS, this proposition would both halt the dynamic growth in California°s
clean energy businesses and result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and billions.
of dollars in economic growth; and
WHEREAS, by eliminating competition from clean energy producers, this
proposition would foster and enable our society's addiction to oil to the detriment of our
environment, our health, and our economy.
NOW; THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 3. The City of Santa Monica opposes Initiative No. 09-0104, The
"Dirty Energy Initiative".
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and ef€ect.
AI~PROVED AS TO FORM:
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Cit Attor
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Adopted and approved this 24~h day of June, 2010.
Pam O'Connor, Mayor Pro Tem
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10504 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 24th day of June, 2010, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
Councilmembers: Bloom, Davis, Holbrook, McKeown, O'Day
Mayor Pro Tem- O'Connor
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: Mayor Shriver
ATTEST:
Maria M. Stewart, ~ ity Clerk