"We must fight Bush Administration policies that degrade our environment. Coastal protection. Open space. Stopping runaway development. Those are my priorities."

- Kelly Hayes-Raitt

Kelly's leadership for protecting the environment has changed California's policies:

• As Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy's environmental representative, fought oil drilling off the Northern California coast and championed the federal Desert Protection Act
• With the Coalition for Clean Air and NRDC, championed regulation to phase out diesel school buses
• Helped found Heal the Bay
• Created the HomeSafe Campaign to pass state legislation to set health standards to protect people from toxic mold
• Built broad coalition and acted as national spokesperson to retain environmentalists' legal rights to hold corporate polluters accountable
• Served as Executive Director for the statewide Coalition for Clean Air
• Started CLCV's first canvass outreach programs and organized against oil drilling
• Publicized Global Green's efforts to increase solar energy in Los Angeles
• Organized the Hybrid Car Rendezvous for the Union of Concerned Scientists
• Campaigned for the successful Nuclear Freeze Initiative
• Created the Roll Back Wal-Mart Campaign to fight big box developments
• Campaigned against an environmentally destructive Big Box in Westlake Village
• Coordinated publicity for Taxpayers Against Polluter Protection: No on Prop 37
• Fought development in the Ballona Wetlands
• Canvassed in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia for Clean Water Action
• Pioneered the nation's first door-to-door canvass for the League of Conservation Voters

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