Make the Polluters Pay for Climate Devastation in California

In the first weeks of 2025, flames engulfed whole neighborhoods in Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate and leaving heart-wrenching destruction behind them. This climate disaster alone is estimated to have cost $250 billion, and the fires are still burning.

Climate change is here and the costs are escalating. Who is going to pay for these damages?

The world's biggest fossil fuel polluters are overwhelmingly responsible for climate devastation, but right now California taxpayers are footing the bill. We’ve paid enough.

By establishing a Climate Superfund, California can make the biggest fossil fuel polluters pay for the climate damages they’ve caused. Using this fund, the state can lower costs for Californians while investing in rebuilding communities, supporting workers exposed to climate threats, growing resilience to climate harms, and getting off fossil fuels.

Vermont and New York have just passed climate superfunds and California should too.

The big polluters who profited from driving the climate crisis must pay their fair share, not continue to foist the entire burden onto Californians!