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Wicks Holds Key Vote on Pollution Exemption | Fresno News
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Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee, faces mounting pressure to back Senate Bill 954 — a critical bill that would scrap a controversial exemption for advanced manufacturing facilities under California’s environmental review law. Activists, citing decades of pollution and health disparities in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods in her district, are rallying behind the measure. Though the bill passed the Senate with broad support and has backing from major environmental and labor groups, Wicks’ recent abstention on a related vote has raised alarms. With her committee’s ability to block bills without public justification, her decision could make or break this vital environmental justice effort — and the public is watching closely.
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