Chevron Pimps CA Assembly's Cheryl Brown (D) As "Environmental Champion" - She's Not

A California environmental group is crying foul after Chevron helped fund a campaign mailer casting Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown as an “environmental champion for us all.”

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The mailer says Brown “worked to pass a law that the California Environmental Justice Alliance called ‘The biggest solar bill in the nation’s history’ for low income renters.” Strela Cervas, co-director of the environmental justice alliance, said the description isn’t accurate. Cervas’ group worked closely on Assembly Bill 693 with the author, Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, and Brown wasn’t involved, she said.

“Assemblymember Brown did not work with us on that bill at all,” Cervas said. “She did not work on the bill language. She did not advocate for it.” Brown’s record shows that she voted for AB 693, which provides financial incentives for solar panel roofs on apartment dwellings, each time it came up on the Assembly floor.

Cervas said the mailer also misrepresents Brown’s support of Senate Bill 350, a climate change measure passed last year. Brown only supported the bill after amendments removed a key provision to reduce petroleum usage by 50 percent in California, Cervas said. “It’s misleading to say she’s an environmentalist because her voting pattern does not reveal what happened on that bill,” Cervas said.

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article72924442.html