Since PCL’s inception we have been at the forefront of key environmental policy decisions in Sacramento. Learn about our recent accomplishments and what PCL has done over its more than 40 year history to support effective planning for California’s future.
2008 and 2009 Planning and Conservation League and PCL Foundation Accomplishments:
- Coordinated regional water summits in Davis, Sacramento and Los Angeles
- Defeated Assembly Bill 300
- Lead a structured campaign to provide resources for nonprofits affected by the state bond freeze
- Received the Dean Malley-Sun Tzu Award for our leading role in the bond freeze
- Published the PCLF Sierra Nevada Grassroots Directory
- Fought off CEQA rollbacks in the Legislature and launched a CEQA defense campaign
- Provided community CEQA workshops
- Organized regional land use summits in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles
- Launched the California Legacy Society, the League’s major donor recognition program
- Won a lawsuit challenging High Speed Rail Authority’s Environmental Impact Report
- Received recognition via the Governor’s Award as a signatory to Tejon Ranch Conservation and Land Use Agreement
- Offered the first Spanish CEQA workshop
- Launched a CEQA resource tools web application
- Published the PCLF Local Climate Action Initiative Toolkit
1965-2007 Accomplishments
Two recent accomplishments includes helping prevent the approval of a 60 year contract for over one million acre-feet of Bay Delta water for corporate agri-business in drainage impaired lands in the Central Valley and launched Local Climate Action Initiative to empower grassroots activists to effectively campaign for reductions in the carbon footprint of new developments in their region. PCL and its staff have also researched and provided necessary policy analysis for some of California’s best and much needed environmental legislation, including, but not limited to the:
- 1970 California Environmental Quality Act;
- 1972 Coastal Conservation Initiative and Coastal Zone and Management Act (Proposition 20);
- 1989 Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939);
- 1990 Rail Bond Act (Proposition 116); and
- 2000 Parks Bond (Proposition 12).
