Sam Spade's San Francisco

Have you seen the TV commercial showing a firefighter who stares into the camera and tells us that Prop 87 is the wrong solution? The commercial is intended to deceive us into thinking it is sponsored by first-responders, public servants and environmentalists.

That is a lie. That commercial and the entire effort to defeat Prop 87 is being paid for by the oil industry.


Who is paying for the NO on Prop 87 effort?

According to a report by the California Secretary of State, here are the cash donors for the No on Prop 87 TV effort: E & B NATURAL RESOURCES MGMT CORP., DRILLING & PRODUCTION CO., AMERICAN ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC., AERA ENERGY LLP, TRC OPERATING COMPANY, INC., CHEVRON CORPORATION (donated $3 million), HOLMES WESTERN OIL CORPORATION, NAFTEX OPERATING COMPANY, VENOCO, INC., BRIDGEMARK CORPORATION, SAN JOAQUIN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, INC., SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM, INC., VAQUERO ENERGY INC., STOCKDALE OIL & GAS, INC., MACPHERSON OIL COMPANY, SIERRA RESOURCES, INC., R & R RESOURCES, LLC, PURISIMA HILLS, LLC., AERA ENERGY LLP (a joint-venture of Exxon-Mobil and Shell Oil - donated $2.8 million), OCCIDENTAL OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, E & B NATURAL RESOURCES MGMT CORP., RIO DELTA RESOURCES, INC., BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY, WARREN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC., R & R RESOURCES, LLC, CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PAC, CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION ... and this is only a partial list. To see the full list and the amounts donated, go to the Secretary of State's web site here.


What about the YES on Prop 87 effort?

On the "Yes" side of the argument we find most of the medical, scientific and human services community.

The coalition to vote YES ON 87 includes: American Association for Fuel Cells; American Solar Energy Society; Americans for Energy Independence; American Lung Association of CA; Apollo Alliance; California Alliance for Retired Americans; California Farmers Union; California Federation of Teachers; California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO; California League of Conservation Voters; CalPIRG; Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT); Children's Health Environmental Coalition; Comite Pro Uno; Coalition for Clean Air; Healthy African American Families II; The Interfaith Environmental Council; Latino Urban Forum; National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition; Natural Resources Defense Council; Orange County Society of Allergy; Asthma & Clinical Immunology; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Sierra Club California; Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Union of Concerned Scientists; Union de Vecinos; Utility Consumers Action Network, Yolo County Board of Supervisors, Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein; Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Riverside Mayor Mayor Ronald Loveridge; UCSD Professor and Nobel Chemistry Prize winner Dr. Mario Molina, UCSD Professor; Dr. Vincent Tubiolo, President, CA Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and these:

AGRICULTURAL GROUPS:
American Soybean Association. California Farmers Union, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, National Corn Growers Association.

AIR QUALITY GROUPS:
Association of Irritated Residents. Clean Air Now. Coalition for Clean Air.

BUSINESSES:
American Biodiesel, Inc., Amerigy Better Energy Systems, Biodiesel America, Buel Solar Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT), Clean Fuel Connection, Codding Enterprises, Community Environmental Services, Community Fuels, Desal Response Group, The Douris Corporation, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), FlexCar, GAIA Tours, Go Solar, LA Biofuel, Inc., New Voice of Business, Open Energy Corporation, Peloton Energy, LLC Permacity, Solar Planetary Kidz, Real Earth Inc., Santa Barbara Electric Bicycle, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Standard Biodiesel, Inc., Strategic Capital Investments LLC, SustainableBusiness.com, Thistle, The Douris Corporation, UsedCardboardBoxes.com, WilderHill ,Clean Energy Index (ECO), and Working Assets.

CONSUMER GROUPS:
CalPIRG, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Public Citizen's Energy Program, Utility Consumers Action Network.

EDUCATION GROUPS:
California Federation of Teachers, Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE GROUPS:
Americans for Energy Independence, Apollo Alliance California, Apollo Alliance Energy Future Coalition, Energy Independence Now, Foreign Oil Independence League, Oil Change International.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS:
Ballona Wetlands Land Trust, League of Conservation Voters, Californians Against Waste, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT), Center for Natural Lands Management, Citizens for a Quality Environment, Community Environmental Council, Earth Day LA, Earth Day Network, Earth Island Institute, Earth Resource Foundation, Eastern Sierra Land Trust, Education for Sustainable Living, Endangered Habitats League, Environment California, Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo County, Environmental Defense Friends of the Earth, Global Green USA, Global Possibilities, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, Mono Lake Committee, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense, Council People for Parks Planning and Conservation League, Rainforest Action Network, Redwood Alliance, San Diego Coastkeepers, Santa Monica Baykeepers, Sierra Club California, Southern California Watershed Alliance, Urban Corps of San Diego, Wild Heritage Planners, Windows on our Waters.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE:
Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center, Committee to Save Silverlake Reservoirs, Literacy for Environmental Justice, Pacoima, Beautiful West County Toxics Coalition.

FAITH GROUPS:
California Interfaith Power and Light Campaign, Lutheran Office of Public Policy, Orange County Interfaith Council for the Environment, The Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life of Southern California, The Interfaith Environmental Council .

HI-TECH / RENEWABLES GROUPS:
American Association for Fuel Cells, American Solar Energy Society, California Cars Initiative, Clean Fuel USA, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, Electric Auto Association, Green Depot Los Angeles, Biodiesel Co-op, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, Northern California Solar Energy Association, Plug-In America, San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association, Southern Alliance for the Utilization of Biomass Resources, Vote Solar Initiative, World Council for Renewable Energy.

LABOR GROUPS:
California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, California State Building & Construction Trades Council, Service Employees International Union, United Auto Workers, Region 5 Los Angeles County Labor Federation AFL-CIO, Orange County Central Labor Council AFL-CIO, Tri-Counties Central Labor Council AFL-CIO.

LATINO ORGANIZATIONS:
Comite Pro Uno, Latino Urban Forum, National Hispanic Environmental Council, Union de Vecinos.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUPS:
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, Davis City Council, San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors, Santa Monica City Council, Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

POLITICAL GROUPS:
California Democratic Party, California National Organization for Women (Political Action Committee), Lake County Democratic Central Committee, Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee, Orange County Democratic Central Committee, Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee, San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee, Trinity County Democratic Central Committee, Yolo County Democratic Central Committee, Beverly Hills Democrats Democracy Action, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley, Hayward Democratic Club, Inland Counties Stonewall Democrats, San Francisco Women's Political Committee, Stonewall Democratic Club, and West Hollywood Democratic Club.

PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS:
American Lung Association of California, American Nurses Association, Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, California Public Health Association-North, Center for Environmental Health, Children’s Health Environmental Coalition, Environmental Health Coalition, Healthy African American Families II, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oakland Kicks Asthma, Orange County Society of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Southern California Public Health Association.

SCIENTIFIC GROUPS:
Union of Concerned Scientists

SENIOR GROUPS:
California Alliance for Retired Americans, Gray Panthers of California, Senior Action Network

OTHER NOTABLE GROUPS:
Alliance for Affordable Energy, American Progress Action Fund, Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation, Sustainable Works World Trust Foundation.

ACADEMICS / SCIENTISTS:
A. Paul Alivisatos Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Frances Arnold, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology;Harry Atwater,Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology;Robert Benson,Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles;Robert G. Bergman,Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Woodrow W. Clark, Managing Director, Clark Strategic Partners and Author of Agile Energy Systems: Global Lessons from the California Energy Crisis; David A. Dornfeld, Professor of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Andrew Frank,Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis; David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology; Harry B. Gray, Professor of Chemistry, Founding Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology; Sossina M. Haile, Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Alan J. Heeger, Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara; Daniel M. Kammen, Professor of Energy and Society, University of California, Berkeley; David F. Kelley, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced; Walter Kohn, Professor of Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara; Clifford P. Kubiak, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego; Nathan S. Lewis, Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology; Rudy Marcus, Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology; Mario Molina, Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego; Sherwood Rowland, Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine; Michael Sailor, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego; Mel Simon, Professor of Biology, Nat'l Medal of Science Winner, California Institute of Technology; Jim Stewart, Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of the West; William C. Trogler, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego; Ahmed Zewail, Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology.

BUSINESS LEADERS:
Bradley E. Baker, CEO, Codding Enterprises
Thomas Baruch, Founder & Managing Director, CMEA Ventures
Rod Beckstrom, CEO, Carbon Investments
Roger Duncan, Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy
David Edwards, Managing Director, Greentech Research, ThinkEquity Partners
Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
Bob Epstein, Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Greg Farall, Financial Advisor, Lakeside Financial
Tom Faust, CEO, Redwood Renewables
Irwin Federman, General Partner, US Venture Partners
Jonathan Foster, Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Atempo, Inc.
Board of Directors, California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)
Thomas Jacoby, Vice Chairman, Klipsch Group, Organizing Member, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Director, California Clean Energy Fund
Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Founder, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Nicole Lederer, Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
James Lyons, Software Engineer, Google
Amit Master, Sr. Financial Analyst, Cresa Partners
Audrey Philpot, Multi Media Communications, Transformedia
David P. Saltman, President & CEO, Open Energy Corporation
Tom Soto, Founder & President, Paladin Private Equity Partners
Former President, Coalition for Clean Air
Karl Susman, Owner, Susman Insurance Agency
Josh Tickell, President, Biodiesel America
Sheela Toor, Marketing Communications Manager, Raza Microelectonics
Daniel Weiss, Managing Partner, The Angeleno Group
Dr. Rob Wilder, CEO, Wilder Shares, LLC, President, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Initiative

COMMUNITY LEADERS:
Phil P. Bacerra, Executive Director, Democratic Foundation of Orange County
Julie Bear, Executive Director, Eastern Sierra Land Trust
Elaine Booth, President, Women for: Orange County
Ana Unruh-Cohen, Associate Director, Center for American Progress
Sam Duran, CEO, Urban Corps of San Diego
Mike Feuer, Former City Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Sandy Grant, Chair, Santa Monica Sustainable City Task Force
Roger H. Gray, Director, Pasadena Walks
Tom Hayden, Former Senator, California State Senate
Greg Johnson, Community Services Director, City of Westminster
Jay Levin, Founder of LA Weekly
Alan Lloyd, Former Secretary of California EPA
Mark Paul, Former Deputy Treasurer, State of California
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Krishna Rallapalli, President, Huguenin Rallapalli Foundation
Alexia Salvatierra, Pastor and Executive Director of Laity United for Economic Justice
Irving Sarnoff, Founding Director, Friends of One United Nation
Wendy Schmidt, Non-Profit Director, 11th Hour Project

EDUCATION LEADERS:
Jack O'Connel, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Julia Brownley, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Mona Field, Trustee of Los Angeles Community College
Eric Mar, Commissioner of SFUSD, Board of Education SFSU

ELECTED OFFFICIALS - FEDERAL:
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Howard L. Berman, Member, United States House of Representatives
Linda T. Sanchez, Member, United States House of Representatives
Loretta Sanchez, Member, United States House of Representatives
Hilda L. Solis, Member, United States House of Representatives

ELECTED OFFICIALS – STATE:
Phil Angelides, Treasurer, State of California
Don Perata, President Pro Tem, California State Senate
Gloria Romero, Majority Leader, California State Senate
Richard Alarcón, California State Senator
Liz Figueroa, California State Senator
Sheila Kuehl, California State Senator
Fabian Nunez, Speaker, California State Assembly
Karen Bass, California State Assemblymember
Wilma Chan, California State Assemblymember
Judy Chu, California State Assemblymember
Dave Jones, California State Assemblymember
John Laird, California State Assemblymember
Joe Nation, California State Assemblymember
Jenny Oropeza, California State Assemblymember
Fran Pavley, California State Assemblymember
Lori Saldana, California State Assemblymember

ELECTED OFFICIALS – COUNTY:
Aaron Peskin, Board of Supervisors President, San Francisco County
Fred Keeley, County Treasurer, County of Santa Cruz
Keith Carson, County Supervisor, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Alice Lai-Bitker, County Supervisor, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Chris Daly, County Supervisor, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors
Victor Mow, County Supervisor, San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors
Blanca Alvarado, County Supervisor, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Helen Thomson, County Supervisor, Yolo County Board of Supervisors
Mardi Wourmhoudt, County Supervisor, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors

ELECTED OFFICIALS - CITY:
Ruth Atkin, Mayor, City of Emeryville
Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
Jane Bender, Mayor, City of Santa Rosa
Beth Ingalls, Mayor, City of Truckee
Bill Judge, Mayor, City of Orinda
Dennis Kennedy, Mayor, City of Morgan Hill
Judy Kleinberg, Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Ronald Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside
Nury Martinez, Mayor, City of San Fernando
Gavin Newsom, Mayor, City of San Francisco
Leticia Vasquez, Mayor, City of Lynwood
R. Scot Hunter, Mayor-Pro Tempore, Town of Rose
Bobby Shriver, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Santa Monica
William Broderick-Villa, Vice-Mayor, City of Waterford
Kelly Fergusson, Vice-Mayor, City of Menlo Park
Otto Lee, Vice-Mayor of Sunnyvale
Ron Orenstein, Vice-Mayor of Willits
Sam Pierce, Vice-Mayor, City of Sebastopol
Pete Sanchez, Vice-Mayor, City of Suisun City
Karl P. Warkomski, Councilmember, City of Aliso Viejo
David Meserve, Councilmember, City of Arcata
Maxwell G. Anderson, Jr., Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Linda Maio, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Frank A. Tierney, Councilmember, City of Coronado
Josve Barrios, Planning Commissioner, City of Cudahy
Juan Romo, Councilmember, City of Cudahy
Stephen Souza, Councilmember, City of Davis
David Weinsoff, Councilmember City of Fairfax
Bob Wieckowski, Councilmember, City of Fremont
Dean Williams, Councilmember, City of Grass Valley
Christine Krolik, Councilmember City of Hillsborough
Louie A. Lujan M.Ed., Councilmember, City of La Puente
Jane Egly, Councilmember, City of Laguna Beach
Janice Keller, Councilmember, City of Lompoc
Gerrie Schipske, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
Eric Garcetti, President, Los Angeles City Council
Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
Wendy Greuel, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Alex Padilla, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Ed. P. Reyes, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Herb Wesson, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Jim Aldinger, Councilmember, City of Manhattan Beach
Esther Sanchez, Councilmember, City of Oceanside
Peter Drekmeier, Councilmember, City of Palo Alto
Dr. Michael G. Harris, Councilmember, City of Pleasant Hill
Jim Rogers, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Sanmukh Bhakta, Councilmember, City of Rio Vista
Kevin McCarty, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
Judy Chirco, Councilmember, City of San Jose
Linda J. Lezotte, Councilmember, City of San Jose
John B. Ewan, Councilmember, City of San Luis Obispo
Jan Epstein, Councilmember, City of San Mateo
Das Williams, Councilmember, City of Santa Barbara
Dominic J Caserta, Councilmember, City of Santa Clara
Mike Rotkin, Councilmember, City of Santa Cruz
Kevin Mckeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica
Cliff Barrett, Councilmember, City of ScottsValley
David W. Roberts, Councilmember, City of Solana Beach
Joseph J. Gonzales, Councilmember, City of South El Monte
Mari Rodin, Councilmember, City of Ukiah
Abbe Land, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
John J. Duran, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
Jeffrey Prang, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS:
Carol M. Browner, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1993-2001)
Board Member, Center for American Progress
Winston Hickox, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Roland Hwang, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
John A. Knox, Executive Director, Earth Island Institute
Peter Meisen, President, Global Energy Network Institute
Mary Nichols, Director, UCLA Institute of Environment
Jerome Ringo, Chairman of the Board, National Wildlife Federation
James Strock, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Nadine Weil, Global Green
Diane Wittenberg, President, California Climate Action Registry

LABOR LEADERS:
Charles A. Bucks, Vice President, U.S. Postal Service
John Connolly, President, AFTRA, AFL-CIO
Ron Garcias, IA Representative, IATSE Union
Danny Ramos, Political Director, SEIU Local-535

LATINO LEADERS:
Jennie Carreón de Lacey, Director of Governmental and Public Relations, Soledad Enrichment Action
Alexandra Gallardo Rooker., 1st Vice-Chair, California Democratic Party
Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation

NATIONAL LEADERS:
Madeleine Albight, Former U.S. Secretary of State

PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS:
Robert H. Friis, President, Southern California Public Health Association
Linda Rosenstock, Dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
Vincent Tubiolo, President, California Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Now ... who do you believe?

All these Californians ... or ... the big oil companies?

Vote YES on Prop 87

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