Leadership - The Environment

By Tom Pico

Tom's overview on the Environment

Tom's long-standing record as a champion of open space preserves, wildlife refuges and regional water quality has earned him repeated endorsements from environmental protection groups including the Sierra Club and the California League of Conservation Voters. The Greenbelt Alliance awarded him the prestigious Greenbelt Star.

At a regional level, Tom served recently as Chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency. In that capacity, he focused on defining traffic problems, prioritizing projects and pushing for more support from State agencies to address the Bay Area's traffic needs. Tom also proposed a gasoline use tax to create jobs locally, minimize congestion in some of the highest use corridors and improve the movement of goods and raw materials through the region.