2021 SSCAN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Purpose of Document: To List SSCAN’s State Legislative Priorities for 2021, and to Briefly Describe the Manner in Which They Were Arrived at.
- Scope of Legislative Priorities
- This document deals with statewide legislative priorities
- SSCAN does have local legislative priorities, and these are covered elsewhere on the website
- SSCAN’s legislative priorities focus on climate change legislation
- However, tax reform is also included as a priority
- This is because tax reform is critical to the long term success of climate change policy
- Principles Used to Determine Legislative Priorities
- Proposals that are High Impact
- Proposals that are Low Cost
- Proposals that, if passed, Send a Statement
- Proposals that recognize the importance of Intersectionality and a Just Transition
- Proposals that are consistent with the objectives of Other Climate Change Organizations that SSCAN partners with
- Priorities
- Declare a Climate Change Emergency in Washington State
- Institute a Low Carbon Fuel Standard
- Ban the Sale of New Internal Combustion Vehicles in Washington State by 2030
- Pass the Healthy Environment for All (“HEAL”) Act
- Institute Mandatory K-12 Climate Change Education in K-12 Schools
- Ensure an Effective Rewrite of the Growth Management Act
- More Aggressive Emission Reduction Targets
- Utilization of Innovative Concepts (e.g., 15-Minute Communities)
- Pass a Price on Carbon – This Should Be a Significant Price, With Short Term Impact, and an Equity Focus. We Favor the Washington Strong Proposal, But Will Favor Any Proposal That Meets Our Criteria and Has Broad Support.
- Institute a Significant New Progressive Source of Taxation
- To Both Raise Taxes and to Make the Tax Code More Progressive