Notes about your surroundings.

Environmental election--There are several initiatives on Tuesday’s ballot that will give voters the chance to decide the state’s and several cities’ environmental agenda for many years to come.

One of the widest-ranging environmental protection measures ever to go before voters is the statewide Proposition 128. Dubbed “Big Green” by its supporters in the environmental movement, the initiative--if passed--would limit offshore oil drilling and require oil-drilling facilities to develop oil spill contingency plans.

The proposition would also ban cancer-causing pesticides and establish water-quality criteria. It would phase out refrigeration chemicals that dissolve the Earth’s ozone layer and contribute to global warming, and would also authorize $300 million in bonds to protect ancient redwood forests and fund reforestation projects.

Lastly, it would create an elected post of state environmental advocate who would be authorized to sue polluters as well as intervene in environmental disputes.

Critics of the proposition charge that the initiative would cost too much and could devastate the state’s economy.

Proposition 135, sponsored by farmers and the chemical industry, would replace Proposition 128’s pesticide ban with softer rules.

Proposition 130, called the “Forests Forever” measure, is backed by environmental groups. It would provide $742 million in bonds to buy redwood stands and change the structure of the Board of Forestry to include environmentalists.

Proposition 138, sponsored by the timber industry as a rival to Proposition 130, would authorize $300 million in bonds for reforestation projects.

Local ballot measures--City measures that tackle environmental issues include:

* Garden Grove’s Measure A, which would forbid oil drilling within 600 feet of a church, home or school.

* Huntington Beach’s Measure C, a proposed City Charter amendment, backed by those who avor limiting growth, that would forbid the city from selling or leasing any beach or parkland without approval of the city’s voters.

Measure D is a rival measure that a majority of the City Council placed on the ballot. It would require a citywide vote before any sales, but would allow leasing of any portion of the beach and parklands.

* Laguna Beach’s Measure G, which would require a vote of the electorate before any onshore support facilities for offshore oil drilling could be built.

The same city’s Measure H is a bond measure that would fund the first payment in the purchase of the Laguna Laurel property in Laguna Canyon. The measure requires a two-thirds vote to pass. The city is required to make the first payment on the Laguna Laurel property by June 30, 1991.