Loni Hancock Proud of Grassroots Campaign for California State Senate—Encourages All to Vote Today

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Loni Hancock
Member of the California State Assembly

I want to thank all of you for helping me run a positive grassroots campaign, talking with voters about my legislative record and the many issues facing our state. Today is Election Day and I need your help one more time. Please vote today, June 3rd.

In my five years in the California Assembly, I've written and co-authored 592 bills to improve the lives of Californians. I have proven myself to be an effective regional leader who addresses real concerns in the communities I represent. One example of this is my response to the recent Cosco Busan Oil Spill. As Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, I held a hearing within a week of the disastrous spill to carefully evaluate the government's response. In the aftermath of the hearing, together with other Assembly members who represent districts surrounding the San Francisco Bay, we introduced a package of bills to prevent future spills and to ensure more effective responses to any environmental threat to the Bay. More than 1,000 volunteers offered to help clean up the Bay in the aftermath of the spill, but emergency responders had to turn them away because they were not properly trained.

The legislation I introduced, AB 2031 and 2032, will empower local governments to prepare community emergency responders in the event of an oil spill and increase funds to support spill preparedness from $55 million to $100 million.

I am eager to finish the work that you sent me to Sacramento to do. With your vote, I will continue my work in the State Senate.

Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Candidate for State Senate District is serving final term in the Assembly and Chairs the Natural Resources Committee, where she continues to ensure the implementation of the ground-breaking legislation to reduce global climate change, AB 32.