Assemblymember Pedro Nava
Pedro also serves on the Assembly Budget, Higher Education, Insurance, Natural Resources, and Joint Legislative Audit and Budget Committees. Additionally, Pedro sits on the Assembly Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention, the Select Committee on Ports, and the Select Committee on Wine.
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Articles by Assemblymember Pedro Nava
April 17, 2009
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar is coming to San Francisco this week to find out how Californians feel about the future of oil drilling off our coast.
Thousands of Americans have already sent a clear message to Salazar that it's time to end the smoggy, oil-stained legacy of the last century, wh...
January 28, 2009
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill. On Jan. 28, 1969, a blowout on a Unocal rig six miles off the coast of California spilled 3 million gallons of oil into the ocean. Oil spoiled 35 miles of coastline from Rincon Point to Goleta and tarred Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa...
January 04, 2009
Last week´s nearly 2,000 gallon spill five miles off of the coast of Carpinteria from Platform A is a grim reminder of the risks associated with offshore oil drilling and should cause us to reexamine the issue of increased petroleum exploration off of our shores.
We haven´t heard much lately fro...
December 14, 2008
Last week´s nearly 2,000 gallon spill five miles off of the coast of Carpinteria from Platform A is a grim reminder of the risks associated with offshore oil drilling and should cause us to reexamine the issue of increased petroleum exploration off of our shores.
We haven´t heard...
September 29, 2008
As Congress debates the possible expenditure of $700 billion to shore up our financial markets the American economy sets on a precipice overlooking the future possibilities and potential pitfalls that could occur. After years of disregard for risk management and the increasing reliance on obscure f...
September 25, 2008
As Congress debates the possible expenditure of $700 billion to shore up our financial markets the American economy sets on a precipice overlooking the future possibilities and potential pitfalls that could occur. After years of disregard for risk management and the increasing reliance on obscure f...
August 26, 2008
Last week, a Legislative Resolution I authored to oppose offshore oil drilling passed the California State Assembly. We must fight to keep the federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling intact so as to not jeopardize our coastline, tourism and fishing industries. That´s why I am so concerned ...
April 25, 2008
California´s Gray Whale is in danger. The California Fish and Game Commission has erroneously listed the Gray Whale population as "recovered." But that same whale, while traveling off the coast of Washington is listed as "sensitive". When it reaches Oregon, it´s considered "endangered". ...
September 06, 2007
Passage of AB 38 Critical to Protection for California.
George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” When examining the success and failures of our government, we must learn from our past triumphs and mistakes.
Assembly Bill 38, reforms the way Cali...
August 14, 2007
North America’s Largest Bird Needs Help.
Today only 140 free-flying California condors exist on this earth. They are the largest living thing flying over North America. You can still see a few of them near Hopper Mountain in Ventura County and in parts of Big Sur. Ten thousand years ago, soarin...
August 13, 2007
By Assemblymember Pedro Nava
Today only 140 free-flying California condors exist on this earth. They are the largest living thing flying over North America. You can still see a few of them near Hopper Mountain in Ventura County and in parts of Big Sur. Ten thousand years ago, soaring on their 9...
May 19, 2006
I hosted my first annual business resource expo on March 24th at the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel. The Expo was co-sponsored by the California Small Business Association in partnership with the Ventura Chamber of Commerce and the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce. More than two hundred people attended ...