How It Works
How Legislators Are Scored

How the Governor Is Scored

How the Assembly Speaker Is Scored

How the Senate Pro Tem Is Scored

Legislator Extra Credit
- -1% or +1% for being a main author or principal co-author of a Scorecard bill
- -5% for accepting oil money this election cycle
- +2% for being a main author of the Climate Bond (SB 867)
- -2% for being an author of an anti-environmental bill (SB 1420)
Committee Chair Extra
Credit
- -1% for amendments weaking pro-environmental bills
- -2% for blocking pro-environmental bills
- -1% for passing anti environmental bills
- +1% for blocking anti-environmental bills


Oil Money Badges
Big Oil’s campaign contributions hold political influence, so and it is critical the public knows which legislators accept this money and that our elected leaders reject it to hold Big Oil accountable for its role in the climate crisis.
In the 2024 Scorecard, every legislator who accepted money from oil companies or from major oil industry Political Action Committees (PACs) in the last six years receives an oil money badge on their page. Legislators who accepted oil money in recent election cycles (2 years for Assemblymembers, 4 years for Senators) have 5% deducted from their score.


Oil Money Free Badges
Every legislator who has refused to take oil money within the last six years will receive this Oil Money Free badge on their page to applaud them for resisting the influence of this extractive, exploitative industry power.
Other Legislator Badges
How to Use the
Scorecard

Here is where you come in. Look up your legislators’ Scorecard — see how they voted and if they have an oil money badge. Then contact your representatives to tell them what you think of their score and why it matters to you that they vote for climate justice.
Don’t underestimate our collective power as constituents. When the people of California make their voices heard, our policies better reflect our state’s priorities.
