hill, jerry sen
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You can also call these members of the <b>Senate Environmental Quality Committee </b>which will be holding a hearing on the bill on July 12th at 9:30 AM.</p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; padding: 0px 40px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nancy Skinner – (916) 651-4009</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>Jerry Hill – (916) 651-4013</b></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Henry Stern – (916) 651-4027</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jeff Stone – (916) 651-4028</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ted Gaines – (916) 651-4001</li></ul></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jerry Hill was elected to the California Senate in November 2012 and took his oath of office in the state Capitol on December 3, 2012.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator Hill joined the state Legislature’s upper house with a strong track record of leadership consisting of over 20 years of public service as an elected official. He was the mayor of the city of San Mateo, he served on the <b>San Mateo </b>County Board of Supervisors and he was a member of the state Assembly. While serving in local government he preserved thousands of acres of open space, established one of the state’s first anti-smoking ordinances, expanded health care coverage for over 17,000 children in the county, and created a new homeless shelter in San Mateo County.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Taking office in the Assembly in 2008, he quickly established himself as a thoughtful and dynamic state lawmaker. His legislation signed while in the Assembly saved the state millions of dollars through increased </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">efficiency; improved gas pipeline safety; qualified the state for National Popular Vote; cracked down on repeat DUI offenders, underage drinking on party buses and on retailers who sell tobacco to minors; and brought solar jobs to the region.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While in the Senate, Hill has continued his commitment to the Peninsula through legislation that was signed to ensure access to Martins Beach, increase safety at the PUC and PG&E<b>, limit High-Speed Rail to a blended, primarily two-track system through San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties,</b> increase oversight of auto shredders whose fires were contaminating Redwood City and surrounding communities, and allow vote by mail voters to verify that their vote was counted.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He serves as the chair of the Senate's Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, the Subcommittee on California’s Innovation, Technology and Life Sciences Economy, and the</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Subcommittee on Gas, Electric and Transportation Safety. He also is a member of several other high-profile Senate committees including Appropriations, Environmental Quality, Governmental Organization, Energy, Utilities and Communications,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and the Select Committee on Children with Special Needs, and the Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator Hill represents the 13th Senate District in the California Legislature. The district includes the cities of Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Mountain View, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Woodside and parts of unincorporated San Mateo County and unincorporated Santa Clara County.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jerry Hill grew up in the Bay Area helping his father run his small business. Hill still owns that business, which provides jobs to local residents. He attended public schools<b>, graduated from UC Berkeley and has a teaching credential from San Francisco State University. </b>He and his wife live in San Mateo.</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39420" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Times, " times="Times" newroman="NewRoman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the current political climate, California's climate leadership is more important than ever. We have a key opportunity in this state legislative session to maintain California's leadership role. Four critical climate- and energy-related bills are being heard in committee in the State Senate this week. In Silicon Valley, State Senator <b>Jerry Hill sits on the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committe</b>e, where three of these bills are being heard. </font></p><p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39420" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Times, " times="Times" newroman="NewRoman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39406" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Times, " times="Times" newroman="NewRoman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Can you call Senator Hill and ask him to vote <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">yes</span> on <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.350siliconvalley.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillTextClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D201720180SB57&e=49913dd46dcaf167d806970bde9143c6040ae527&utm_source=350sv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4_2_17&n=1" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">SB 57</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.350siliconvalley.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D201720180SB692&e=49913dd46dcaf167d806970bde9143c6040ae527&utm_source=350sv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4_2_17&n=2" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">SB 692</span></a>, and <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">no</span> on <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.350siliconvalley.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D201720180SB618&e=49913dd46dcaf167d806970bde9143c6040ae527&utm_source=350sv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4_2_17&n=3" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; outline: none;">SB 618</a>? </span>All three bills will be heard in committee this Tuesday, April 4th. <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">SB 57</span> would ensure that the leaking natural gas storage facility in southern California, Aliso Canyon, stays closed. <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">SB 692</span> (co-authored by a Silicon Valley Assembly Member, Marc Berman- you can call him and thank him too!) would lay the groundwork for a flourishing local energy economy in California, by ensuring that distributed energy can compete on a level playing field. <span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">SB 618</span> would impose unfair requirements that would hamstring the growth of community choice energy programs. <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39405" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">Senator Hill’s district office phone number: </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39413" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491080572099_39412" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">(650) 212-3313</span></span></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div></div>