WHEREAS, founded in 2005, Brightline Defense Project began its mission to promote sustainability and opportunity in traditionally underserved communities through public policy advocacy and partnerships; and

WHERES, Brightline protects and empowers communities through three focused pathways: 1) environmental justice, 2) job creation and retention, and 3) fair and affordable housing; and

WHEREAS, Brightline continues to provide important advocacy and insight on issues of environmental and social justice that affects the City's public policy; and

WHEREAS, Brightline has helped champion "green jobs" in low-income and traditionally underserved San Francisco communities; and

WHEREAS, Brightline's work on environmental justice in Bayview-Hunters Point helped close the Potrero Power Plant, advancing greating opportunities to identify alternative energy sources; and

WHEREAS, the phasing out of San Francisco's last remaining fossil fuel power plant and development of renewable energy and resources will result in the creation of a healthier, more sustainable environment in our City; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, in recognition of continued commitment to environmental justice on behalf of the residents of our City, do hereby proclaim March 26, 2009 as...

BRIGHTLINE DEFENSE PROJECT DAY
In San Francisco!