The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reports that the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) has been recognized as one of the top 10 green power providers in the United States. That’s not the Southland, or California; that’s the nation.
Bob Gentry, Lida Lenney, Toni Iseman: all three were local officials and environmental activists. In my nearly fifty years of living here, these are the mayors I remember for their courage and boldness in opposing offshore oil drilling, saving Laguna Canyon from developers’ bulldozers, and supporting climate action, respectively. Some of them drew statewide attention for their green leadership.