9/8/11

After a long fight, both the California Senate and Assembly have passed AB 1112 to provide much-needed funding for oil spill prevention and response measures in California. Introduced by Assemblymember Jared Huffman and sponsored by San Francisco Baykeeper, the bill will now head to the Governor to be signed into law.

The budget for California's Office of Spill Prevention and Response was set for huge cuts because oil companies were fighting a modest increase in fees to fund the program. The bill will raise the fee 1.5 cents on a barrel of oil and fund protections for the Bay and coastlines statewide.

For more info on AB 1112, Click HERE.