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Glendale Sustainability Commission backs three state bills on climate funding, fire‑map transparency and battery recycling
Summary
The Glendale Sustainability Commission voted May 7 to recommend that City Council support AB 35 (Prop. 4 implementation), AB 2517 (fire hazard map transparency), and SB 501 (expanded battery stewardship). Staff will forward the commission’s recommendations to the assistant city manager.
GLENDALE — The Glendale Sustainability Commission on May 7 voted to forward recommendations to City Council supporting three California bills designed to speed climate‑resilience funding, increase transparency on fire hazard maps and expand state battery‑recycling programs.
The commission voted to recommend support for AB 35, which staff and consultant Cara Ross said would exempt parts of Proposition 4 implementation from the California Administrative Procedure Act to accelerate distribution of bond funds. "This would expedite the funding moving through the Proposition 4 process," Ross said, adding the change "does not eliminate transparency or consultation" and that competitive bidding and public outreach requirements would remain.
Commissioners emphasized the potential local benefits of quicker access to Proposition 4 grant money for projects including drinking‑water, drought and coastal resilience, and heat‑mitigation…
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