California Air Resources Board and its Leadership are Key to California’s Climate Progress Now More than Ever
Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter on Assemblymember Jasmeet Bain’s call for California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph to resign — May 30, 2025
“Public servants at the California Air Resources Board, led by Chair Liane Randolph, are at the forefront of our response to the growing and urgent threat of climate change. Their work helps protect our health, our lives, and our livelihoods. Climate change is tightening its grip on California, making our affordability crisis even worse, particularly for low-income Californians. More frequent and destructive wildfires are causing skyrocketing insurance rates for homeowners and renters. Hotter heat waves and toxic wildfire smoke threaten the health and safety of working people who make a living outside. More frequent and extreme drought threatens our access to affordable drinking water. As federal leaders abandon climate action and undermine bedrock public health policy, the California Air Resources Board is at the frontline to defend California’s lawful authority and successful policy to protect residents from dangerous pollution. California’s progress on climate depends on the strength and expertise of the leaders guiding it and, now more than ever, we must move forward with steady, committed leadership."
— Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director, Environmental Defense Fund
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