Politics Blog Category

In January, the City of Hawthorne voted unanimously for 100% renewable energy as their default rate while Hermosa Beach voted to join the Clean Power Alliance, thanks in part to the advocacy of the chapter’s Clean Break team. In Orange County...

Last night (1/27) the Long Beach Sustainable City Commission approved a recommendation intended to accelerate the phase-out of oil drilling in the city and address the climate crisis.   The commission voted to draft a memo with...

The Los Angeles City Council voted yesterday (1/26) 14-0 to pass a motion to begin the process of phasing out oil drilling citywide and provide a just transition to impacted workers. There is still work to do to ensure the phase-out and clean-up,...

Why should you  participate in redistricting, the process of setting new congressional and state legislative boundaries?   Because it is easy, it matters, and you only have this opportunity every ten years.   During the month...

The California Sierra Club Political Action Committee (PAC) is holding its annual fundraiser online Sunday, August 8th from 4 pm to 6 pm.   The PAC contributes to state and local candidates statewide.     As...

The Sierra Club Helped Make Several Influential Water Agencies More Diverse and Progressive; Now We Need to Prepare to Do Even More Water may be life, but most residents of Southern California do not often reflect on the complex series of canals,...

GIS Committee Maps for Angeles Chapter Water Committee The GIS and Water Committee first partnered up many years ago on the Water Conservation Measures Scorecard project, then on a map of  California Lakes and WaterWays. Recently several maps...

WRD Robles Advanced Water Treatment Facility The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) is the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, managing and protecting local groundwater resources for over four million...

Tents propped in Echo Park, Los Angeles John Nilsson all rights reserved Who would think it? Ocean desalination intersecting with affordable housing?- Yet it has, in a little known state government agency called the California Debt Limit...