Environmental Quality & Safety — Green Policy Initiative

Environmental Quality & Safety

Covered by

Celina Martinez
Environmental Quality & Safety Policy Specialist

Support Positions

AB 60 (Papan): Cosmetic safety.

AB 823 (Boerner): Solid waste: plastic microbeads: plastic glitter.

AB 1096 (Connolly): Water: schoolsites: lead testing.

SB 14 (Blakespear): State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.

SB 454 (McNerney): State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

SB 613 (Stern): Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.

AB 362 (Ramos): Water policy: California tribal communities.

AB 864 (Ward): Hazardous waste: solar photovoltaic modules.

AB 1102 (Boerner): Sea level rise and groundwater rise: contaminated sites: report.

SB 45 (Padilla): Recycling: beverage containers: tethered plastic caps.

SB 526 (Menjivar): South Coast Air Quality Management District: air quality.

SB 615 (Allen): Vehicle traction batteries.

SB 682 (Allen): Environmental health: safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Oppose Positions

SB 34 (Richardson): Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: public seaports.

AB 455 (Ortega): Real estate: environmental hazards: thirdhand smoke.

AB 916 (Lee): Safer Soap Act.

AB 1148 (Sharp-Collins): Food packaging: hazardous chemicals.

SB 236 (Weber Pierson): Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.

SB 561 (Blakespear): Hazardous waste: Emergency Distress Flare Safe Disposal Act.

SB 633 (Blakespear): Beverage containers: recycling.

SB 684 (Menjivar): Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025.

SB 88 (Caballero): Air resources: carbon emissions: biomass.

AB 638 (Celeste Rodriguez): Stormwater: uses: irrigation.

AB 998 (Hadwick): Household hazardous waste: vape pens.

AB 1264 (Gabriel): Pupil nutrition: particularly harmful ultraprocessed food: prohibition.

SB 279 (McNerney): Solid waste: compostable materials.

SB 594 (Padilla): Waste discharge permits: landfills.

SB 643 (Caballero): Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

SB 754 (Durazo): Menstrual products: disposable tampons and pad products: chemicals of concern.

SB 607 (Wiener): California Environmental Quality Act: Infrastructure Projects.

AB 794 (Gabriel): California Safe Drinking Water Act: emergency regulations.

AB 1088 (Bains): Public health: kratom.

AB 1313 (Papan): Water quality: permits.

SB 330 (Padilla): Electrical transmission infrastructure: financing.

SB 601 (Allen): Water: waste discharge.

SB 646 (Weber Pierson): Prenatal vitamins.

SB 614 (Stern): Carbon dioxide transport.

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