"The legislation-introduced earlier this year by Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando), Senate Bill 684 and Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Monterey), Assembly Bill 1243 -would force the largest oil and gas corporations to help cover the massive costs of fires, floods, and other climate-related disasters devastating California communities. The legislation will be reintroduced this January. The Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) Code Blue campaign announced this week that 135 elected officials and 11 city councils from across the state have formally endorsed the bill."
""All over the state, extreme weather events caused by the climate crisis have happened, and are increasingly getting worse," said Dominic Frongillo, executive director and co-founder of EOPA. "There is an enormous body of evidence of the devastation caused by rising emissions, including trillions of dollars in economic costs. For too long, fossil fuel corporations have reaped enormous profits while lying about the catastrophic risks of their products.""
A coalition of 135 elected officials and 11 city councils across California endorse the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, introduced as SB 684 and AB 1243. The bills would require the largest oil and gas corporations to help cover massive costs from fires, floods, and other climate-related disasters and are slated for reintroduction in January. EOPA's Code Blue campaign led the endorsements, with supporting cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz County. California suffered 46 billion-dollar disasters from 1980–2024, with escalating losses and gaps in federal support, prompting calls for increased state funding sourced from fossil fuel corporations.
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