Endorsement: Josh Lowenthal for state Assembly

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : He supports moving quickly to zero-emission transportation, wants to ban offshore oil drilling, and supports recentl legislation that requires buffer zones between new oil and gas wells and homes and schools, and wants to see a phaseout of existing urban drilling operations that threaten public safety.
39% : He is backed by police officer and deputy sheriffs' unions, who have opposed criminal justice reforms like Proposition 47 and tried to blame them for increases in crime, and says he will vote mostly in line with their priorities.
33% : This district needs someone who will work aggressively to improve some of the nation's worst air quality and stand up to powerful police unions, oil companies and NIMBYS that obstruct progress toward a better and fairer state.
29% : "I am vehemently and totally against offshore oil drilling in every form," Lowenthal said.

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