Ngomhla we-2 ku-Okthobha ka-2009, iNkongolokazi uDoris Matsui wawongwa ngeMbasa yaseCalifornia Urban Forestry yoKwakha uluntu ngeMithi. Eli wonga liwongwa ngu California Urban Forests Council kwiqumrhu okanye igosa likarhulumente elinjongo yalo inganxulumananga namahlathi asezidolophini kodwa libonakalise inqanaba elibalulekileyo nelibalulekileyo legalelo kuluntu, ummandla, okanye iState of California sisebenzisa amahlathi asezidolophini okanye iinkqubo zeziseko ezingundoqo eziluhlaza ukwenza igalelo kunye nokuphucula umgangatho wobomi.
Njengommeli omiselweyo kunye nonolwazi, iCongresswoman Matsui iye yavela eWashington njengommeli onobuqili kunye nefuthe labantu bommandla we-Sacramento oye wagxila ekusebenziseni izibonelelo ze-federal ukuphucula ubomi bamalungu akhe. Njengelungu lesine elikwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiKomiti yeMithetho yeNdlu enempembelelo, uzisa ilizwi elahlukileyo lommandla weSacramento eWashington, DC.
UCongresswoman Matsui ungumbhali woLondolozo lwaMandla ngoMthetho weMithi, iCandelo lama-205 “kwi-American Clean Energy & Security Act ka-2009.” Lo mthetho ugunyazisa uNobhala wezeMandla ukuba abonelele ngoncedo lwezemali, lobugcisa, kunye nolunxulumeneyo kubaboneleli bamandla okuthengisa ukuncedisa ngokusekwa kwezinto ezintsha, okanye ukuqhubeka nokusebenza kweendawo zokuhlala ezijoliswe kuzo kunye namashishini amancinci, iinkqubo zokutyala imithi, kwaye kufuna ukuba uNobhala enze iphulo lokuqaphela uluntu lukazwelonke ukukhuthaza ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiinkqubo zokutyala imithi ngababoneleli abanjalo.
Uncedo olunyiniweyo lubonelelwa phantsi kwalo Mthetho kwiinkqubo ezisebenzisa imigaqo echongiweyo, ecwangciswe ngobuchule yokubeka imithi ukutyala imithi ngokunxulumene nendawo yokuhlala, ukukhanya kwelanga, kunye nendlela ohamba ngayo umoya. Lo Mthetho ukwamisela iimfuno ekufuneka kuhlangatyezwane nazo kwiinkqubo zokutyala imithi ukuze umntu afanelekele ukuncediswa. Ukongeza, ugunyazisa uNobhala ukuba anike izibonelelo kuphela kubaboneleli abangene kwizivumelwano ezibophelelayo ezisemthethweni kunye nemibutho engenzi nzuzo yokutyala imithi.