Perea, H rep
<ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 1.2em; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; line-height: 1.35em; outline: none; zoom: 1; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;">Assemblymember Henry Perea.</span> I would not have predicted a year ago that Assemblymember Perea would be on my list recognizing good environmental leadership. Last year, he led an unsuccessful legislative effort to roll back part of California’s cap-and-trade regulations. Since then, a number of environmental allies and others have spent time discussing the climate change issue with Mr. Perea, sharing with him evidence of the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the impact climate change is having and will have on disadvantaged communities, and the opportunities that addressing climate change has for creating new jobs. This month, Assemblymember Perea authored a letter urging that disadvantaged communities get their fair share of cap-and-trade revenues, as required by legislation Sierra Club supported. He also introduced legislation to ensure technical assistance funds are made available to disadvantaged communities applying for funds for projects that reduce climate pollution.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; line-height: 1.35em; outline: none; zoom: 1; font-size: 12pt;">=</li></ul><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Henry T. Perea</b> (born June 29, 1977 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,California" title="Fresno, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fresno</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">California</a>) was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2010. He is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democrat</a> representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_31st_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 31st State Assembly district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">31st district</a>, encompassing western <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_County,California" title="Fresno County, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fresno</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Prior to his election to the Assembly, Perea served on the Fresno city council from 2003 to 2010. He was first elected to the council at the age of 25 and served as council president in 2007.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He is married to Yahaira Garcia-Perea and they have one daughter, Ava.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">His father, Henry R. Perea, is a member of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.</p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Perea&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: External links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="official website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://asmdc.org/members/a31/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Official website</a></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.henrytpereaforassembly.com/index.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Campaign website</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Henry-T-Perea/246175048167" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Assemblymember Henry T. Perea Official Facebook Page</a></li></ul></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">=</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">
</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">sacbee</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">
</span></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It would have made for a delicate situation: a panel on California’s alternative energy future, featuring a state Assembly member who has been vocally questioning part of the state’s landmark emissions-reducing program.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No longer. Averting a potentially awkward scenario, Assemblyman <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Henry Perea</strong>, D-Fresno, withdrew from a panel discussion planned as part of an alternative energy trade group’s Sacramento summit. Perea cited a scheduling conflict, according to a spokeswoman for Advanced Energy Economy.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">California’s cap-and-trade program has been a contentious topic lately. Lauded by environmentalists and many California Democrats for its groundbreaking plan to reduce carbon emissions, the first-in-the-nation effort requires industry to purchase permits for the greenhouse gases they put into the air.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So far, producers of transportation fuels like gasoline have not been included. But that is about to change, prompting pushback and warnings about higher prices at the pump. Perea has led the charge, floating a bill to forestall including gas for a few years. A group of moderate Democrats have rallied to the cause.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Perea has said he supports the cap-and-trade program’s overall goal of reducing emissions. But he argues a spike in gas prices would be onerous for residents of his district and others across the Central Valley, where unemployment hovers above the statewide rate.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Wednesday morning Perea’s office pointed to a letter from the Legislative Analyst’s Office suggesting gasoline prices could rise by between 13 cents to 20 cents a gallon, with the possibility of price bumps exceeding 50 cents a gallon. Perea said the results justify his bill.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“There is widespread agreement that including transportation fuels in the Cap-and-Trade program will increase the retail price of gasoline,” Perea said in a statement. “This is why I authored Assembly Bill (AB) 69- so the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Legislature can have a practical policy debate and explore ways to provide relief to consumers who can’t afford gas hikes.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Other lawmakers expected to speak on the panel Perea has left include incoming Senate leader <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kevin de León</strong>, D-Los Angeles, and Sen. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fran Pavley</strong>, D-Agoura Hills, who authored the bill enacting the cap-and-trade program. Both signed a letter urging Gov. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jerry Brown</strong> to stay the course and allow gasoline to come under cap-and-trade on schedule.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Also on the agenda is Air Resources Board <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mary Nichols</strong>, whose organization implements the cap-and-trade program, speaking with billionaire environmental activist <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tom Steyer</strong>. Steyer has pledged to spend money fighting the delay sought by Perea and others.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A representative from Perea’s office did not return messages seeking comment.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; overflow: hidden;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article2605954.html#storylink=cpy</div><p /></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">==</span></font></div>