N'October 2, 2009, onye omebe iwu Doris Matsui nwetara ihe nrite California Urban Forestry Award for Community Building with Trees. Onye na-enye nsọpụrụ a California Urban Forest Council nye ụlọ ọrụ ma ọ bụ onye ọrụ ọha nke ọrụ ya na-abụghị ihe metụtara oke ohia mepere emepe mana egosipụtala ọkwa dị ịrịba ama na nke kwesịrị ịrịba ama nye obodo, mpaghara, ma ọ bụ steeti California na-eji ọhịa ọhịa ma ọ bụ mmemme akụrụngwa akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ na-enye aka na ịkwalite ogo ndụ.
Dịka onye nnochite anya guzosiri ike ma mara ọkwa, onye omebe iwu Matsui apụtala na Washington dị ka onye na-akwado ndị mmadụ na mpaghara Sacramento bụ ndị lekwasịrị anya n'itinye ego gọọmenti etiti iji meziwanye ndụ nke ndị mebere ya. Dị ka onye nọ n'ọkwa nke anọ kachasị elu na kọmitii Iwu Ụlọ nke nwere mmetụta, ọ na-ebute olu pụrụ iche nke mpaghara Sacramento na Washington, DC.
Onye omebe iwu Matsui bụ onye odee nke Iwu Nchekwa Ike site na Osisi, Nkebi 205 na "American Clean Energy & Security Act nke 2009." Nke a na omume ikike inye Secretary nke Energy na-enye ego, teknuzu, na ndị metụtara enyemaka na-ere ahịa ike na-enye aka na-enyere na nguzobe nke ọhụrụ, ma ọ bụ na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ nke dị, ezubere iche residential & obere azụmahịa, osisi-akụ mmemme, na-achọ ka Secretary ka ike a mba ọha na eze ude atumatu agba ume ikere òkè na osisi-akụ mmemme site dị otú ahụ na-enye.
Enyemaka nwere oke n'okpuru iwu a maka mmemme ndị na-eji ntụzịaka ebe ezubere iche maka ebe osisi ga-akụ osisi n'ihe gbasara ebe obibi, ìhè anyanwụ, na ntụzịaka ikuku na-achị. Iwu ahụ na-esetịpụkwa ihe ndị a ga-emerịrị maka mmemme ịkụ osisi iji ruo eru maka enyemaka. Na mgbakwunye, ọ na-enye onye ode akwụkwọ ikike inye onyinye naanị ndị na-enye ndị sonyere na ụlọ ọrụ na-akụ osisi na-enweghị uru.