Issue Position: Environment

Issue Position

While serving on the Santa Barbara School Board and working at UCSB Monique saw how environmental issues impact everyone, including students, children, and families, and how environmental factors can impact community health and learning. As State Assemblymember, Monique has worked hard to build a broader and more representative coalition of environmentalists to protect California's natural resources.

She is a proven leader in the Assembly for renewable energy and natural resources protection. She authored AB 1775 (2018), stopping the expansion of offshore drilling along the California coastline, and AB 1057 (2019) to ensure that California taxpayers do not have to pay for the remediation of abandoned drilling operations. She also authored legislation expanding access to outdoor education and green spaces.

She has been recognized by the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a California Ocean Champion, by Parks Now as a Rising Star, by Green California for her bold environmental leadership, and by the California State Parks Foundation. Her voting record has received 100% scores from the Sierra Club, the California Environmental Justice Alliance, and the California League of Conservation Voters.

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