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[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Californian leadersare panning President Bush's offshore drilling plan. "The Bush plan isa hoax. It will neither reduce gas prices nor increase energyindependence. It just gives millions more acres to the same companiesthat are sitting on nearly 68 million acres of public lands and coastalareas," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Senators Dianne Feinstein andBarbara Boxer had harsh words as well.

Assemblymember Pedro Nava of the 35th Assembly District explains further in today's California Progress Report why Bush's drilling plan won't lower oil prices."I suggest that President Bush read the National Research Council ofthe National Academy of Sciences report prepared in 1991 at hisfather’s request while he was president. That report found that therewas insufficient scientific data to permit leasing in sensitive oceanwaters. You could not secure adequate protection for the marineenvironment and drill for oil."

California lawmakers have approved legislation banning restaurants and bakeries from using trans fats. AB 97, proposed by Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), will now go before the governor.

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