Abe Powell (President, Get Oil Out!) and Steve Dunn (President, Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara County) have written plainly about how environmental leaders came to agreement with Plains Exploration and Production (PXP) over the Tranquillon Ridge plan.

To read the full article, please go to: "PXP and EDC: A Grand Plan"

EDC, GOO! and CPA are working to bring this plan back before the California State Lands Commission and, if it is approved there, the California Coastal Commission. We have addressed concerns raised by the SLC a year ago and will soon be signing and releasing a new agreement with PXP, reflecting those changes, which are as follows:

1) This agreement will be made public.

2) The State of California will be made a third party beneficiary, allowing the Attorney General to enforce the terms of the agreement.

3) PXP has not only agreed to cease production, but to also surrender its federal leases in accordance with the end dates.

4) The Trust for Public Land has provided written confirmation that there are no title or physical condition issues that would interfere with conveyance of the lands for permanent public use and conservation.

5) Since the execution of the original agreement, the State of California has developed protocols for dealing with GHG emission reporting and offsets, which will be incorporated into the project.

Labels: CPA, EDC, GOO, offshore-oil-drilling, PXP, Tranquillon-Ridge

• My Key Goals

35th Assembly District Issues also include:

• The State Budget
• Student Fee Increases
• State Funding of Higher Education
• Maintaining A Clean Campaign

On New Year's Day, Das talked with radio show host Paul Berenson about:

• Easy Public Policy Wins that could be achieved on the State level
• Public Education
• Water
• Taxes
• The Assembly Race
• Mitigating the Negative Effects of the Economic Downturn

To listen and/or downloaded, please click: http://www.nickandpaulshow.com/show/01-01-10.mp3

Additional coverage of the issues are contained here on Das' Website and also on Das' campaign Facebook page and Twitter:



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Labels: 35th-assembly-district, california-assembly, clean-campaign-pledge, issues, susan-jordan

(Click to view this document in PDF format, with Das's signature)

Right now, our state government is dysfunctional. Politicians are bickering rather than addressing the important challenges of the state. As candidates and good Democrats we need to rise above the petty politics and engage voters in a dialogue about how best to move our state forward. I welcome that dialogue.

Today, I pledge to the voters in our community to run a clean, positive campaign that is respectful to my opponent, and respectful to the families and residents of this district. I ask that my opponent, Susan Jordan, join me in renouncing the politics of division and commit to the following:

• I commit to running a clean, issues focused campaign and not attack my opponent on the campaign trail.
• I commit to no negative campaigning or negative contrasts on Facebook, the internet, mail, TV ads, or at community forums by myself, my campaign or by my family members.
• I commit to a clean campaign, focused on the issues.
• I commit to speak to and portray my opponent respectfully and communicate with voters in a respectful manner.
• I commit to renounce any third-party independent expenditures attacking me or my opponent.

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Das Williams                                       Susan Jordan

Labels: 35th-assembly-district, california-assembly, clean-campaign, clean-campaign-pledge

35th Assembly District Issues include:

• The State Budget
• Student Fee Increases
• State Funding of Higher Education

On New Year's Day, Das co-hosted "The Nick and Paul Show" on AM 1490, Progressive Talk. Some of the issues he talked with Paul Berenson about include:

• Easy Public Policy Wins that could be achieved on the State level
• Public Education
• Water
• Taxes
• The Assembly Race
• Mitigating the Negative Effects of the Economic Downturn

The show is archived and can be listened to and/or downloaded:

http://www.nickandpaulshow.com/show/01-01-10.mp3

Additional coverage of the issues are contained here on Das' Website and also on Das' campaign Facebook page and Twitter:





SIGN-UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER

Labels: 35th-assembly-district, california-assembly, issues