More than 100 organizations endorsed AB 222, which received overwhelming legislative support in 2009-2010, only to be gutted and rendered useless by the five Democrats on the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, forcing its authors and sponsors to abandon the legislation. Among those who endorsed the bill and its objectives were the following:
State & Federal Agencies
California Air Resources Board
CalRecycle
California Energy Commission
Department of the Navy (Commander Navy Region Southwest)
Major Statewide Associations
Agricultural Council of California
BioEnergy Producers Association
California Chamber of Commerce (Job Creator)
California Farm Bureau FederationCalifornia Manufacturers & Technology Association
California Refuse Recycling Council
California State Association of Counties
League of California Cities
Regional Council of Rural Counties
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
Solid Waste Association of Orange County (SWAOC)
Valley Industry & Commerce Association
Electric Utilities
Pacific Gas & Electric
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Sempra Energy
Southern California Edison
Cities and Counties & Their Agencies
City of Azusa
City of Glendale, Public Works Department
City of Hawthorne
City of Huntington Park
City of Long Beach
City of Los Angeles
City of Pico Rivera
City of San Diego, Environmental Services Department
City of San Marino
City of Vernon
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Inland Empire Disposal Association (IEDA)
Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee / Integrated Waste Management Task ForceLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Redwood City Planning Commission
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority
Ventura Regional Sanitation District
Yolo County Board of Supervisors
Labor Unions
California Association of Professional Employees (AFL-CIO)
California State Pipe Trades Council
California State Association of Electrical Workers
International Union of Operating Engineers
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers
Waste Management Firms
Athens Services
Blue Line Transfer, Inc.
Clements Environmental
Commercial Industrial Waste Applications, Inc.
Consolidated Disposal Service
Marin Resource Recovery
Marin Sanitary Service
Mid State Solid Waste & Recycling
Palm Springs Disposal Services
Pena's Disposal, Inc.
Rainbow Disposal Co., Inc.
Republic Services, Inc.
Renewable Energy Industry
AdaptiveARC
Alternative Resources, Inc. (ARI)
American Council on Renewable Energy / Biomass Coordinating Council (ACORE)
The BioEnergy Alliance
Balboa Pacific Corporation
Bluefire Ethanol
Card Construction
Coskata
Enerkem
Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.
Global Energy, Inc.
ICM, Inc.
INEOS Bio
Innovative Logistics Solutions, Inc. (ILS)
International Environmental Solutions
Interstate Waste Technologies, Inc.
Miller De Wulf Corporation
Moulton Patterson Associates
New Planet Energy, LLC
Plasco Energy Group
Phoenix Biomass Energy
Range Fuels
Remediation Earth, Inc.
Ternion Bio Industries
ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc. (TRI)m
Theroux Environmental
Waste To Energy, LLC
Ze-Gen
Environmental Organizations
Clean Cities Coalition / Department of Energy
Long Beach Coalition for a Safe Environment
North Valley Coalition of Concerned Citizens Inc.
Sustainable Conservation
UCLA Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste Management Certificate Training Program
