A bill that could save services at the university's recycling center is headed to the governor's desk, after being approved in the California Assembly.
Lee Johnson, Associated Students Inc. recycling coordinator, wrote in an email: "ABX8 7 just passed out of the Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support. That is the bill that reinstates funding for our recycle center."
The bill passed 63-0 Thursday afternoon, said Bryan Early, policy associate for Californians Against Waste.
According to the environmental organization, the bill would retroactively refund core money for the state's recycling fund and will “temporarily stabilize the fund.” The state has heavily borrowed from the fund due to its budget crisis, putting recycling centers in a tough spot since they depend on the fund for revenue.
Lee said the governor usually has 30 days to sign or veto the bill. However, since this bill was signed in an extraordinary session, Lee didn't know if the deadline was the same.
Regardless, Early said he thinks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will "act on this quickly," and said his organization has hope that the governor will sign the bill into law.
"We think [the governor] should sign it," Early said. "I think its vote in the Assembly speaks for itself...it's hard to imagine an excuse he would come up for not signing it."
Photo credit: Alexandria Gilner; photo is of the ASI recycling center
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