January 2009

California Assemblyman Paul Krekorian Assumes Chair of New Select Committee on Renewable Energy

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Paul Krekorian VXN: Karen Bass, the Speaker of the Assembly, recently named you as assistant majority leader and appointed you as the first chair to the newly created Select Committee on Renewable Energy. Elaborate on what such responsibilities include.

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer Leverages State Investment to Spur Green Economy

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Bill Lockyer

As the treasurer for one of the world’s largest economies and as a boardmember at two of the country’s largest public pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer remains committed to reforming the way that the state does business in the name of sustainability despite the recent failures of the financial markets.