The California Green Stimulus Coalition is an alliance of dozens of California’s most influential and respected organizations advocating for the environment, economic justice, organized labor and a strong workforce system.

As California decides how to use its federal stimulus dollars, we are advocating for investments that advance California’s long term environmental goals; create high quality jobs and lead to high road economic development; and provide for truly shared prosperity instead of reinforcing or deepening social and economic disparities.

This coalition is focused on state-level decision-makers, including the state legislature and state agencies implementing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (such as the California Energy Commission, Community Services and Development Agency, etc). We are not engaged with local or regional decision-makers, leaving that to other efforts and allies.

To download a 2-page PDF handout describing the coalition click here.

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Contact One of Our Team Leaders

We are organized into teams specializing in five critical areas. Contact information is provided here for each of the team leaders.

1) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Lara Ettenson, Natural Resources Defense Council
415-875-6100, lettenson at nrdc dot org

2) Green Workforce Development and Education
Ruben Lizardo, PolicyLink
510-663-2333 x309, rlizardo at policylink dot org

Jason Weiner, California EDGE Campaign
916-425-5917, jason at californiaedgecampaign dot org

3) Infrastructure for Healthy Communities
Zoe Rawson, The City Project
213-977-1035, zrawson at cityprojectca dot org

Chione Flegal, PolicyLink (please contact Zoe Rawson for matters related to this team)

4) Transparency and Accountability
Peter Cooper, California Labor Federation
916-402-6241, pcooper at calaborfed dot org

Murtaza Baxamusa, Center on Policy Initiatives
619-584-5744 ext. 34, baxamusa at onlinecpi dot org

Stimulus = Gold Rush?

With billions of dollars headed for the Golden State, a large number of people and institutions will be vying for funds. We are developing specific, best practices standards, criteria and principles to ensure funds go to the most effective projects.

For information about the our policy recommendations please refer to our Policy Recommendations

Sunshine on the Process

California needs an inclusive and transparent process that empowers the public to participate, and that allows everyone to understand where funds are going and why. Our coalition is calling for public hearings and an open process so that state and regional officials uphold the highest standards of accountability and transparency.

General Contact Information:

For further information, contact the Coalition Coordinator, Ian Kim of the Ella Baker Center (510-285-8237, ian at ellabakercenter dot org).

If your organization or business would like to join the California Green Stimulus Coalition please contact Chris Reyes (510-285-8249, chris at ellabakercenter dot org).

Click here to download and read the coalition’s Conflict of Interest Policy (PDF).