Mike has been called an “environmental champion” by organizations like the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club – the largest grassroots environmental organization in the country. He has fought for clean air, clean water, and clean power. As a coastal representative, he has made keeping pollution out of the bay a priority, and he has become a passionate advocate for aggressive policies to stop the escalating impacts of climate change.
Some of Mike’s work to protect our environment and keeping our neighborhoods great places to live includes:
Water
- Prop O projects
- Green Streets Infrastructure/Street Construction
- Champions conversation and water recycling
- Held Bureau of Sanitation accountable for debris spill in SM Bay
- 100% Wastewater Recycling
Energy & Climate
- Pushing for 100% clean energy from LADWP
- Fracking moratorium
- Pushing ban on oil and gas drilling near homes and schools
- Opposition to Trump Admin efforts to drill for oil off the coast
- Wants LA to sue oil companies for their knowing contributions to climate change
- Proposed keeping LA in the Paris Climate Accords as Trump said he would drop out
- Supports Green New Deal
- Helped stop repowering of gas plants in LA
- Championing STAND-LA proposal to stop drilling in residential areas
Clean Air
- Leading effort to electrify Metro and LADOT buses
- Leader on mass transit and multi-modal transit
Open Space
- Creating 47-acre park in Palisades
- 50 acres of open space near LAX (Northside)
- Stood with neighbors to stop a hotel from being built on sensitive Ballona Wetlands habitat
Urban Forest
- Fighting for urban forest master plan
- championing more neighborhood trees
- Fighting for better standards for tree-trimming contractors
- tree giveaways
- winning stiffer penalties for developers who remove protected trees
Other
- Taking on Monsanto over Roundup pesticide in parks
- Sponsored legislation to stop dangerous oil trains from traveling through LA
LAX
- Championed sustainability efforts at the airport and pushed to make LAWA and industry leaders in running a clean and green airport