[How I, a registered democrat, am voting for the environment in the June 6, 2006 primaries in California. I'm stuck voting at my old address at zip 90035. Here's my current voting list.]

My vote for CA Attorney General: Jerry Brown.

What does the CA Attorney General do?: The AG represents Californians in civil and criminal trials. This includes serving as legal counsel to state officers, agencies, boards and commissions; assisting district attorneys, local law enforcement, and federal and international criminal justice agencies; coordinating narcotics enforcement efforts; participating in criminal investigations; and providing forensic science, identification and information services and telecommunication support.

In addition, the Attorney General establishes and operates projects and programs to protect Californians from fraudulent, unfair, and illegal activities that victimize consumers or threaten public safety, and enforces laws that safeguard the environment and natural resources.
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Environmentally speaking, Jerry’s got both the California League of Conservation Voters and California Sierra Club endorsements.

Jerry, Oakland Mayor, is a 68-year-old veteran of Cali politics. His experience got him an endorsement from the LA Weekly, which says Jerry’s “against corporate polluters” and brings “visionary zeal to environmentalism.”

Plus, despite accusations to the contrary, Jerry supports a woman’s right to choose and supports gay rights.

His main competitor: Rocky Delgadillo, who got LACYD’s endorsement for reasons I don’t quite comprehend (I wasn’t at the endorsement meeting). The guy just hasn’t done much in his tenure as LA City Attorney; his claim to fame has been “generating bad press over his dealings with slumlords, billboard companies and contracting,” according to the LA Weekly.

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