Chris Chavez 
As you may have heard, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is considering a tax on trips provided by ride hailing apps like Uber and Lyft (also known as Transportation Network Companies, or TNCs). Likewise, a 2018 law – AB 1184, lets San Francisco propose a ballot measure to tax Uber and Lyft … Read more
Pop quiz: which level of government is responsible for cleaning the air? Naturally, you might say it’s the federal Government’s responsibility. And you wouldn’t be wrong – after all, the US Environmental Protection Agency is a federal agency and the Clean Air Act is a federal law. Similarly, you might think clean air is also … Read more
“Inequality is a manufactured crisis” – Dr. Mijin Cha at the 2018 CCEC Convening When you think of climate change, it’s natural to think of melting glaciers. Perhaps you also think of intensifying disasters like droughts, wildfires and hurricanes. Certainly, these effects of climate change have real consequences for our communities, California and beyond. However, … Read more
In today’s news cycle chock-full of sound and fury, humanity’s ongoing climate crisis gets pushed from the headlines. However, over the past few weeks, very troubling news about Earth’s climate broke. Simply put, we are running out of time to avert climate disaster. And while climate change (especially of this magnitude) will adversely affect everyone, … Read more
Photo by Kayla Velasquez on Unsplash LOS ANGELES – The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA), which helped create California’s clean car standards in 2002, released the following statement today from Chris Chavez, CCA Deputy Policy Director: “Today, the Trump Administration unleashed its most serious attack yet on California’s air. The Coalition for Clean Air opposes both rolling … Read more
Source: Wikimedia Commons Saying California and the Federal government don’t see eye to eye right now is a bit of an understatement. On the one hand, California has pledged to put 5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, met its greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) goals four years early and has re-focused its climate … Read more
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Perhaps your dream home includes grand views of a congested freeway and the not-so-sweet smell of diesel exhaust in the morning? How does convenient access to a refinery or railyard sound? I hear living next to oil wells is the new hot trend! … Read more
This June election, we’re asking you to vote no on Proposition 70. While CCA doesn’t usually get involved with elections, defeating Prop 70 is important. Proposition 70 rewrites California’s constitution to create a recipe for gridlock, and could result in millions of dollars in climate investments being used to lined polluters’ pockets. California’s climate investments are vital to … Read more