Simitian to head environmental committees
Share this pageTuesday, January 20, 2009
by Don Kazak, Palo Alto Weekly
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has been named to two legislative posts relating to environmental issues by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento.
Simitian will be the chairman of the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy & Transportation and will be the chairman of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, with jurisdiction over environmental quality, air quality, toxics, water quality and hazardous wastes.
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