TURN Legislative Champions

Senator Anna M. Caballero accepting the Digital Equity Champion 2021 award.

Senator Anna M. Caballero accepting the Digital Equity Champion 2021 award.

Senator Lena Gonzolez's representative accepting the Digital Equity Champion 2022 award.

Senator Lena Gonzolez's representative accepting the Digital Equity Champion 2022 award.

Senator John Lair accepting the Climate Change Champion award.

Senator John Lair accepting the Climate Change Champion award.

Senator Mike McGuire accepting the Public Safety Champion award.

Senator Mike McGuire accepting the Public Safety Champion award.

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan accepting the Ratepayer Protection Champion award.

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan accepting the Ratepayer Protection Champion award.

Assemblymember Christopher Ward accepting the Solar Equity Champion award.

Assemblymember Christopher Ward accepting the Solar Equity Champion award.

TURN Staff (Matthew Freedman, Constance Slider Pierre, Mark Toney, Katy Morsony, and Adria Tinnin)

TURN Staff (Matthew Freedman, Constance Slider Pierre, Mark Toney, Katy Morsony, and Adria Tinnin)

Mark Toney presenting awards.

Mark Toney presenting awards.

Matthew Freedman presenting awards.

Matthew Freedman presenting awards.

Constance Slider Pierre talking with Senator Anna M. Caballero.

Constance Slider Pierre talking with Senator Anna M. Caballero.

2023 Legislative Champions

  • Anna M. Caballero

    Senator
    Digital Equity Champion 2021

    Thank you for advancing equity for California video customers!

    SB 28 (2021), which requires the CPUC to collect data on the locations served by cable and broadband providers of TV service, adopt customer service requirements, and adjudicate customer complaints.

  • Lena Gonzalez

    Senator
    Digital Equity Champion 2022

    Thank you for standing up for broadband access to communities that have been left behind!

    Opposed AB 2749 in the Senate Utilities Committee and supported CPUC strategies to invest $2B of federal dollars in broadband facilities for the communities and individuals it was intended to help.

  • John Laird

    Senator
    Climate Change Champion

    Thank you for accelerating state carbon reduction targets!

    SB 1020, which reduces California’s dependency on fossil fuels by increasing the state’s green energy consumption to 90% by 2035, to 95% by 2040, and to 100% by 2045.

  • Mike McGuire

    Senator
    Public Safety Champion

    Thank you for protecting public safety by requiring real-time reporting of 911 outages!

    SB 670 (2019) and SB 341 (2021), which requires telecom providers to immediately notify 911 and other emergency alert outages to state and local public safety authorities.

  • Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

    Assemblymember
    Ratepayer Protection Champion

    Thank you for protecting ratepayers from paying for wildfire or other settlement agreements!

    AB 2083, which prohibits regulated utilities from recovering from ratepayers any costs related to direct payments, fines, or penalties paid as a result of a settlement resolving criminal or civil cases.

  • Christopher Ward

    Assemblymember
    Solar Equity Champion

    Thank you for expanding the benefits of solar and storage to low-income residents!

    AB 2316, which provides all families with the choice to save on monthly bills, reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, and join the fight against climate change.

2020 Legislative Champions

  • Steven Bradford

    Senator
    Ratepayer Protection Champion

    Thank you for standing up for telecom and utility customers!

    Congratulations for challenging AB 1366 & AB 1659!

  • Monique Limón

    Assemblymember
    Public Safety Champion

    Thank you for improving evacuation notices to residents!

    Congratulations for winning adoption of AB 2213!

  • Todd Gloria

    Assemblymember
    Data Privacy Champion

    Thank you for protecting smart meter data from ICE!

    Congratulations for winning adoption of AB 2788!

  • Chris Holden

    Assemblymember
    Ratepayer Protection Champion

    Thank you for holding utilities accountable for wildfires!

    Thanks for AB 1054 requiring shareholders pay for 2017/2018 wildfires and fair share for future wildfires.

  • Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

    Assemblymember
    Public Safety Champion

    Thank you for standing up for reliable phone networks!

    Thanks for opposing AB 1366 on the Assembly floor and supporting reliable phones for rural & urban customers.

  • Eduardo Garcia

    Assemblymember
    Zero Carb Champion

    Thank you for fighting to meet state clean energy goals!

    Thanks for AB 56 campaign to create backup procurement to ensure increased renewables.

  • Hannah-Beth Jackson

    Senator
    Sylvia Siegel Champion

    Thank you for a lifetime of fighting for California consumers!

    Thanks for your leadership as a champion for utility ratepayers, consumer privacy, corporate accountability.

2019 Legislative Champions

  • Eloise Reyes

    Assemblymember
    Truth to Power Champion

    Thank you for telling utilities to tell the truth!

    Thanks for authoring a bill that makes utilities tell customers the full monthly bill impact for every year of multi-year rate hikes, not just for the first year.

  • Ben Hueso

    Senator
    Public Health Champion

    Thank you for enrolling more people on Medical Baseline!

    Thanks for winning the adoption of SB 1338 to bring public health professionals to sign up medically vulnerable people onto Medical Baseline.

  • Kevin McCarty

    Assemblymember
    Profiles in Courage Champion

    Thank you for the guts to vote no on ratepayer bailouts!

    Thanks for standing up for ratepayers and voting no on SB 901, the bill that makes ratepayers pay for PG&E wildfire damage even if they are negligent.

2018 Legislative Champions

  • Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

    Assemblymember
    Rooftop Solar Champion: AB 1070

    Thank you for protecting all solar leasing customers!

    Protecting communities for whom English is a second language who have been targeted by disreputable solar leasing companies.

    Thank you for being a “We Said Enough Champion to empower women to take leadership positions!

  • Ben Hueso

    Senator
    Utilities for All Champion: SB 598

    Thanks for pushing affordable bills by reducing shutoffs!

    Requiring CPUC to adopt policies to reduce 960,000 shutoffs in 2016, and banning shutoffs for people with life-threatening medical conditions.

  • Jerry Hill

    Senator
    Sylvia Siegel Champion

    Thank you for demanding utility safety & accountability!

    Justice for San Bruno equals justice for California. Holding PG&E to higher safety standards results in greater safety for all California utility customers.

  • Kevin DeLeón

    Senate Pro Tem
    Pocketbook & Planet Champion

    Thanks for winning climate justice & economic justice!

    Greening the grid greens our communities.

    Thanks to you, Disadvantaged Communities share economic & environmental benefits of green policies.

2017 Legislative Champions

  • Ben Hueso

    Senator
    CPUC Champion Award

    Thank you for restoring the CPUC to California ratepayers!

    Congratulations on winning the adoption of SB 215, and putting a stop to secret meetings and backroom deals between utility executives and CPUC staff.

  • Phil Ting

    Assemblymember
    Climate Champion Award

    Thank you for giving meaningful GHG emission reporting!

    Congratulations on winning the adoption of AB 1110, and making sure that all energy providers use the same standards to report greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

    Assemblymember
    Phones That Work Champion Award

    Thank you for protecting basic phone service for all!

    Congratulations for protecting reliable phone service for everyone who is underserved, low-income, disabled, or for whom English is a second language.

  • Brian Dahle

    Assemblymember
    Phones That Work Champion Award

    Thank you for standing up for rural California!

    Congratulations for being the voice of 5 million rural residents who depend on their phones to reach 911, employment, schools, social services, and family.

2016 Legislative Champions

  • Ben Hueso

    Senator
    CPUC Accountability Award

    Thanks to Senator Hueso’s co-authorship and guiding force in winning the unanimous passage of SB 660.

    The media and public opinion clearly support an end to secret meetings and backroom deals between utility executives and CPUC staff.

  • Mark Leno

    Senator
    CPUC Accountability Award

    Thanks to Senator Leno’s lead co-authorship and driving force in winning the unanimous passage of SB 660.

    The CPUC has already adopted changes to begin to limit secret meetings and backroom deals between utility executives and CPUC staff.

  • Patty Lopez

    Assemblymember
    Backyard Solar Award

    Thanks to Assemblymember Lopez’s authorship and advocacy in winning the passage & signing of AB 1448.

    All California residents possess the right to use clotheslines, no matter where they own or rent.