THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO ASSEMBLY NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE. AH! FIRST
OUR FIRST HEARING OF THIS
SESSION. PLEASE NOTE THAT A B 65
83 56 HAVE BEEN PULLED BY THE
AUTHOR. WE HAVE EIGHT MEASURES
ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AS WELL AS
ADOPTION OF COMMITTEE RULES TO
MEASURES ARE ON CONSENT. MAYBE
536 WILSON AND MAYBE 584 HEART.
WE HAVE FOUR PLACEMENTS SERVING
ON THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHEN FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FLORA
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALIH FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MATHIS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BENNETT FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BOERNER HORVATH
FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ATIS THINK
THAT'S A RECORD FOR OUR
COMMITTEE. BUT THANK YOU TO THE
MEMBERS THAT ARE SUBBING. TODAY
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. WAITING FOR MORE
MEMBERS FOR QUORUM, BUT WE WILL
BE TAKING BILLS AND SIGN IN
ORDER. UM SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHOLERA. WHICH
IS ITEM TO A B 57. LANGUAGE.
THANK YOU, MADAM SHARON MEMBERS
AND I WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION
FOR US, EDINBURGH GARCIA FOR
ALLOWING ME TO GO FIRST HERE, 80
57 WOULD ESTABLISH THE
CALIFORNIA POCKET FOREST
INITIATIVE. PILOT PROGRAM THAT
WOULD AUTHORIZE CALIF. IRON TO
DISTRIBUTE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS
FOR POCKET FOR US TO PUBLIC AND
NONPROFIT ENTITIES. IT IS A
REINTRODUCTION OF A B 21 14,
WHICH THIS COMMITTEE PASSED LAST
YEAR. CALIF I WOULD PARTNER WITH
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO MANAGE
THE PILOT PROGRAM AND STUDIED
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
MILWAUKEE PLANTING METHOD IN
CALIFORNIA. THEY WILL DETAIL
THEIR FINDINGS AND REPORT THE
LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1ST 2030
AND THE PROGRAM WILL SUNSET ON
JANUARY 1ST 2031. A POCKET
FORCES A SMALL PLOT OF URBAN
LAND THAT HAS BEEN DENSELY
PLANTED WITH NATIVE PLANT
SPECIES. IT IS DESIGNED
ACCORDING TO THE MILWAUKEE
METHODIST STYLE OF TREE PLANTING
THAT DIRECTS GROWERS TO STUDY
AND EMULATE IN AREAS NATIVE
ECOSYSTEM. OVER THE COURSE OF 2
TO 3 YEARS, THE PLANTS WILL GROW
INTO A SELF SUSTAINING MINIATURE
FORESTS THAT CAN OFFER A WIDE
RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
HEALTH BENEFITS. SUCH BENEFITS
INCLUDE SERVING AS A CRUCIAL
HABITAT FOR CALIFORNIA'S MANY
UNIQUE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES.
AS WELL AS PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED
SUPPORT AND SUSTENANCE FOR
CRITICAL POLLINATORS.
ADDITIONALLY BY EXPANDING NATURE
ACCESS TO URBAN AREAS, THE BILL
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE
HEALTH OUTCOMES OF TENS OF
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PEOPLE
WHO SPEND AT LEAST TWO HOURS A
WEEK AND NATURE ARE MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO REPORT GOOD HEALTH AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING.
THEREFORE THIS BILL DIRECTS CAL
FIRE TO PRIORITIZE GRANT
APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECTS AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. AND
COMMUNITIES LIKE EASILY
ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACES. POCKET
FOREST HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED IN SUCH
VARIED PLACES AS BRAZIL, INDIA,
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND, OF
COURSE, IN OUR VERY OWN BERKELEY
, CALIFORNIA AND IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHAIR,
AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, EVEN
IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT, IT SEEMS
LIKE THERE MAY BE EFFORTS TO
HAVE A POCKET FORESTS THERE AS
WELL. 80 57 SERVES AS MUCH
NEEDED A MUCH NEEDED BEACON FOR
THE EQUITABLE, COMMUNITY
ORIENTED ENVIRONMENTALIST
MOVEMENT. AND WILL ENSURE THAT
URBAN COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS AND ENJOY THE MANY
BENEFITS OF NATURAL GREEN SPACES
WITH ME TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING
TESTIMONY, OR DAN LOOSEN CAMP,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR
BIODIVERSITY, AND NEIL AND PATEL
, GREEN POCKET FORREST, FOUNDER
AND A TIME TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
HI GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRING
COMMITTEE. THANKS FOR THE CHANCE
TO TALK HERE TODAY. DANIEL
GLEESON CAMP WITH THE CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE FOR UNIVERSITY AND
SPEAKING ON BEHALF ALSO, UM, OF
SEVERAL DOZEN NONPROFITS AND
HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE
SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A
B 57. WE REALLY FEEL THAT A B A
B 57 PROVIDES SOME REALLY
INTERESTING SOLUTIONS TO A
NUMBER OF THE CRISIS THAT WE
FACE RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT ARE
THOSE CRISES AS YOU WELL KNOW,
WE'RE IN A BIODIVERSITY CRISIS
WHERE PLANTS AND ANIMALS
BIODIVERSITY DOESN'T HAVE THE
LAND THAT IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE
AND TO PERSIST. WE ALSO ARE IN
AN ACCESS TO NATURE CRISIS WHERE
FAR TOO MANY CALIFORNIANS ARE
DENIED ACCESS TO THE BENEFITS OF
NATURE. ALL OF THESE ARE
COMPOUNDED BY A CLIMATE CRISIS
THAT WE'RE IN. SO WE HAVE
POLLINATORS, DECLINING BIRDS
DISAPPEARING AND WE HAVE PEOPLE
DYING OF HEAT DEATH IN LOS
ANGELES IN DECEMBER, SO
OBVIOUSLY, SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED
SOLUTIONS THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE
IN OUR TOOLBOX. THIS IS ONE SET
OF THOSE POCKET FORESTS PLANTED
USING THE MILWAUKEE METHOD OR
KIND OF A SPECIAL THING. THEY
FIND SITES VERY SMALL PIECES OF
LAND, NOT LARGE PROJECTS THAT
SMALL PARKING LOT OR THE EDGE OF
A PARKING LOT AND ABANDONED
LITTLE BIT OF FALLOW LAND. UM
URBAN LANDS THAT ARE NOT LOVED
MIGHT BE OVER WATERED, BUT
THEY'RE BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING
EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD, AND
THEN THEY PLANT THOSE WITH
PLANTS GROWN FROM LOCALLY
COLLECTED NATIVE PLANTS, SEEDS.
AND HIGH DENSITY SO THAT
COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY STARTS
JOSTLING AND BEING DYNAMIC AND
BEING DIVERSE AND NATURAL AND
WILD. WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF
THIS? FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF
ALL, OF COURSE, WE GET
BIODIVERSITY COMING BACK INTO
OUR URBAN AREAS BACK INTO OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE GET PLANTS AND
PLANT THE PLANTS AND THE BIRDS
COME BACK AND THE BUTTERFLIES
COME BACK AND WE GET ALL OF
THOSE BENEFITS. WE ALSO GET
OTHER DIRECT BENEFITS REDUCED
WATER USAGE. BECAUSE THESE
PLANTS HAVE GROWN THERE FOR
MILLIONS OF YEARS. THEY DON'T
NEED TOO MUCH HELP. UM THEY
REDUCE CHEMICAL, USE PESTICIDE
FERTILIZER OR REDUCE
MAINTENANCE. REALLY JUST NEED A
LITTLE BIT OF TRASH PICKUP FROM
TIME TO TIME. BECAUSE WE'RE
GIVING THIS PLACE BACK TO
NATURE. UM AND THEN, AND THEN WE
ALSO GET A NUMBER OF INDIRECT
BENEFITS THINGS THAT ARE WE
REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THEY
ARE AND HOW FAR THEY GO, UM, AND
IN TERMS OF JUST PROVIDING
ACCESS TO WILDNESS, NOT JUST TO
A PARK OR SOME GREEN SPACE, BUT
TO A PLACE THAT IS DOING ITS OWN
THING. WHERE IF YOU WANT TO
UNDERSTAND IT, YOU HAVE TO SPEND
A LIFETIME STUDYING IT, UM,
PROVIDING THAT ACCESS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED IT MOST, WHERE PEOPLE
CAN GET ACCESS BY WALKING DOWN
THE STREET, NOT BY BEING IN A
BUSSING PROGRAM OR SOMETHING
WHERE IT BRINGS ACCESS TO THE
BENEFITS OF NATURE BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT. THE
MOST THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL
OF THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S THAT
LAST ONE THAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED
ABOUT THAT. IT REALLY IS ABOUT
RE WILDING, A SITE ABOUT GIVING
IT BACK TO NATURE. IT'S NOT
LANDSCAPING. IT'S NOT GARDENING
. IT'S NOT DESIGNING THE
LANDSCAPE TO BENEFIT US. IN
CERTAIN WAYS. WE GET TREMENDOUS
DIRECT BENEFITS OUT OF 30
SECONDS, BUT BUT IT'S NOT GREEN
SCHOOLYARDS AND URBAN FORESTRY.
THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
AND NECESSARY AND NEED SUPPORT.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT
HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIANS,
NONPROFITS, INDIVIDUALS,
ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES. ARE
WAITING FOR THE CHANCE TO PLANT
MILWAUKEE FORESTS AROUND
CALIFORNIA AND WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO PLEASE GIVE HIM THAT CHANCE
IN A STRUCTURE IN A PILOT
PROGRAM THAT COLLECTS DATA AND
LETS US EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES
AND THE BENEFITS, SO WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR HIM AND I
VOTE. MOVE THE BILL AND GO
BEARS. WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A
QUORUM. NO IT'S OK. AND SO, UM,
WE'RE WE STARTED AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE UNTIL WE GET WE
NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE MEMBER.
BUT BUT DEFINITELY YOU SEE THE
SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE. SO YOU
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI EVERYONE. MY
NAME IS NEIL. UM PATIL AND, UM I
AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE
CHILDREN OF CALIFORNIA. LAST
YEAR, I WAS AWARDED TIME
MAGAZINE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR MY WORK I TOOK. I
TOOK A SICK DAY TO BE HERE JUST
TO BE HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE MY STUDENTS
ARE CRYING. I HAVE SIX YEAR OLDS
AND SEVEN YEAR OLDS WHO HAVE
RECEIVED A MILWAUKEE FOREST AND
FEEL SO RESPONSIBLE. FOR THAT
FOREST. THEY HAVE ADOPTED THE
PLANTS. THEY HAVE ADOPTED THE
TREES. THEY THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD GIVE
SPACE ON THEIR PLAYGROUND TO
NATURE. IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION
FOR THEM. IT'S JUST YES MOVE
FORWARD. UM I SPEARHEADED THE
FIRST THREE MILWAUKEE FOREST
PROJECTS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
, AND I'M BEYOND WORDS TO SEE
THIS BEAUTIFUL NATURE BASED
SOLUTION NOW BEING REPRESENTED
AS A BILL BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LEGISLATURE. MOST OF THE
TIME. WE JUST FEEL POWERLESS AS
WE WATCH THE PLANET GET HOTTER
AND EXPERIENCED LONGER AND
LONGER FIRE SEASONS IN
CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A VERY
SPECIFIC AND PROGRESSIVE WAY TO
SINK CARBON OFFSET URBAN HEAT
ISLAND EFFECT AND CHANGE THE
DIRECTION OF THE TEMPERATURE.
THE PLANET'S TEMPERATURE RISE,
AND I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER
THING. I THINK THAT WE ARE ALSO
IN A CRISIS OF HOPE. AND THIS
PROJECT HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH HOPE
AND INSPIRATION TO SO MANY
PEOPLE WHETHER YOU'RE A SIX YEAR
OLD OR A 90 YEAR OLD. IT IS
BRINGING HOPE BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THE
HONOR. NEXT ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL WITNESSES? UM AND
SUPPORT. UM PLEASE, JUST STATE
YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THIS BILL. HI MY
NAME IS NICHOLAS SOCKET SOCIAL
COMPASSION IN LEGISLATION IN
SUPPORT. MELISSA ROMERO WITH
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS
IN SUPPORT. MY NAME IS
EVOLUCIONA COUGH. I'M A STUDENT
AT WEST CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL AND
AS THE YOUTH DELEGATE OF GREEN
POCKET FOREST, I'M IN SUPPORT OF
A B 57. MY NAME IS SKY MORTON
AND I'M A SENIOR AT WEST CAMPUS
HIGH SCHOOL AND I SUPPORT SECURE
. CARTER WAS SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT. ABIGAIL
MILE ON BEHALF OF THE MID
PENINSULA. REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
OKAY? SO WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO
I'M GOING TO STOP BRIEFLY, UM,
TO TAKE ROLL SO THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO VOTE. RIVAS I WAS HERE
OR HERE, CHEN BENNETT. BETTER
HERE. BOERNER HORVATH TAKING
ROLL, SALIH, WE HEAR FRIEDMAN.
PELLERIN. PALADIN HERE, WARD. I
WOULD BURR. FOR HERE. WE HAVE A
QUORUM. OKAY GREAT. WE HAVE A
QUORUM. SOME OF US WERE ALREADY
EXCITED TO VOTE FOR THIS. AH BUT
DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? TO
THIS BILL. OKAY SEEING NONE OF
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN. I
JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO
AUTHOR. GREAT. OKAY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR MY KIDS
WOULD THEN THE TEACHER WAS, I
WOULD SAY THAT THIS BILL IS THE
GOAT AND SO THANK YOU ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COMMITTEE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? UH I JUST WANTED TO THANK
THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND POSITIVE
COMMENTS. THE COMMITTEE AND I
WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AND THE
STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT ANALYSIS
AND THE SUPPORT APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
BACK. DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT LIKE
YOU MENTIONED, UH, THERE ARE
SOME PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT AND
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MORE
GREEN SPACE AND URBAN AREAS,
ESPECIALLY ON SCHOOL YARDS, SO
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL
TODAY. THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION
WE NEED A MOTION. MOVE THE BILL.
I'LL SECOND. OKAY WE HAVE A
MOTION FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BOERNER HORVATH, SECOND BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. REVERSE. I CHEN
BENNETT. BENNETT I
BOERNER HORVATH BATH SALINE.
FRIEDMAN. HOOVER. HOOVER. I
PELLERIN SALARY AWARD. WOULD
BERT. SPUR. AYE. OKAY THE BILL
HAS SIX VOTES, BUT WE'LL LEAVE
IT OPEN FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T
HERE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. WE
HAVE. A B 2 87 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GARCIA. PLEASE
GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY
COLLEAGUES THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW
THE COUNTIES OF IMPERIAL AND SAN
DIEGO TO COUNT DAYTIME
POPULATION NUMBERS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF APPLYING FOR PROGRAMS
UNDERNEATH THE UMBRELLA OF OUR
CLIMATE INVESTMENTS. THIS BILL
WOULD FURTHER REQUIRE THE
AGENCIES TO ALLOW AT LEAST THREE
MONTHS BETWEEN A CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS AND THE DEADLINE.
AND WE'LL ALSO ASK THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL REPORT
ON THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED TO
HELP THE STATE UNDERSTAND WHERE
THERE ARE GAPS ARE BARRIERS TO
ACCESSING THESE IMPORTANT
RESOURCE IS SAN DIEGO AND
IMPERIAL COUNTIES ARE THE ONLY
COUNTIES IN OUR STATE WITH
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS THAT SEE
THE AVERAGE OF 200,000
INDIVIDUALS ACROSS NORTH INTO
OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY SINGLE
DAY, UNLIKE OTHER COUNTIES OR
JURISDICTIONS. IT IS NOT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO TEAM UP WITH
THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
BOUNDARY, TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE
WHETHER IT BE THIS DATA, UH AND
OR RESOURCES TO MITIGATE OR
MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE
DAYTIME POPULATION. RESPECTFULLY
ASKING FOR YOUR I VOTE MOVE THE
BILL. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT? FOR ADDITIONAL
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, MIKE
MONEGAN ON BEHALF OF THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL. WE'RE STRONG SUPPORT,
APOLOGIZED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
NOT SUBMITTING A LETTER. BUT
WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. ARREDONDO
ON BEHALF OF THREE PEOPLE, ALSO
IN STRONG SUPPORT. I AM SECURE
WITH SIERRA CLUB, CALIFORNIA ON
BEHALF OF OVER 500,000 MEMBERS
AND SUPPORTERS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
OKAY NEXT, ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION? SEE
NONE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? OKAY.
SEE NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HER BOERNER
HARDBACK. OH, MY GOD. I NOW
INVESTING IT UP. DID I DID WE
GET A 2ND 2ND BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERBER. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? JUST THANK
YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
THE ANALYSIS AND AGAIN,
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. GREAT MOTION IS DUE
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS SECRETARY
. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL REVERSE
BY RIVAS I CHEN BENNETT BENNETT
. I BOERNER HORVATH
BOERNER HORVATH. AYE, SALINE.
SAILING. NO FRIEDMAN. HOOVER.
NOT VOTING. PELLERIN. PELLERIN
AWARD. WOULD HIS BIRTH. AYE.
THAT BILL HAS FIVE VOTES WILL
LEAVE THAT. WE'LL PLACE IT ON
CALL. THANK YOU. NEXT. CALDWELL,
RIGHT? OKAY NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO
A B 5 TO 7 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CALDERON.
MOVE THE BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS. A B 5
27 WILL CREATE A GRANT PROGRAM
TO SUPPORT QUÊ THROUGH 12
SCHOOLS GREENING EFFORTS,
PARTICULARLY FOR SCHOOLS,
LOCATED IN DISADVANTAGE OR LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES. CALIFORNIA
IS EXPERIENCING ESCALATING AND
CONSISTENT EXTREME HEAT DAYS DUE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE. CHILDREN WHO
ATTEND URBAN SCHOOLS WITH LITTLE
TO NO TREE CANOPIES OR IN AN
INCREASED RISK. FOR HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES LIKE SKIN CANCER AND
ASTHMA. BY CONVERTING PAVED
AREAS INTO GREENER SPACES. THIS
LEGISLATION WILL HELP MEDIATE
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND IMPROVED
OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
STUDENTS. THIS IS A
REINTRODUCTION OF MY BILL LAST
YEAR A B 2566. THE BILL IS
INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
WHICH ALLOWED ALLOCATED 150
MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS
TOWARDS SCHOOL SCREENING GRANTS.
THIS BILL WILL CODIFY THE GRANT
PROGRAM TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS
IN PLACE BEYOND THE TWO YEAR
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS HERE WITH ME
TODAY, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF A
B 5 27 IS ALFREDO ARREDONDO ON
BEHALF OF THE TREAT PEOPLE. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR RIVAS AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
ALFREDO ROLANDO HERE ON BEHALF
OF THREE PEOPLE SPONSORS OF THIS
MEASURE. UM I WANTED TO REALLY
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
OF KIND OF PLACING THE BILL IN
THE LARGER CONSTELLATION OF
PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM,
PRIORITIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE
TO ADDRESS EXTREME HEAT. THIS IS
ONE OF THEM, UM AND REALLY
FOCUSING IN ON SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN
CALIFORNIA. WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS
IN OUR SCHOOLS? UM I CAN CITE
NUMEROUS CLIMATE STUDIES. UH AND
OTHERS. THAT REALLY SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING EXTREME
HEAT. UM AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE
OR URBAN HEAT ISLAND IMPACT A
LOT OF OUR SCHOOL SITES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SOME OF THE
HARDER MONTHS UM, BUT REALLY,
YOU'RE SEEING A LOT MORE OF
THESE STORIES IN NEWSPAPERS AS
WELL. L A TIMES DID A GREAT
PIECE ON THIS OR A FEW PIECES ON
THIS LAST YEAR. THAT REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL
INJUSTICE, UM, THAT IS ALLOWING
TO BE OCCURRED ON THE SCHOOL
SITES BY NOT HAVING THESE GREEN
SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS. UM AND
THE LAST THING I MENTIONED IS
THAT TREATABLE HAS WORKED REALLY
CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
UM, IN IN THEIR SERVICE AREA. L
A COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, UM,
IN VENTURA COUNTY, WHERE WE
REALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND KIND OF
HONED IN ON THE FACT THAT THERE
IS A NEED FOR THIS KIND OF
LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A
PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON SCHOOL GREENING. WE
DO HAVE COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS
LIKE URBAN FORESTRY, URBAN
GREENING STATEWIDE PARKS PROGRAM
AND A FEW OTHERS. UM BUT NONE OF
THEM SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
SCHOOL SITES. AND BY HAVING THIS
WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REALLY
BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THAT IS
BEING UM, FOISTED ON OUR
STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. SO
WITH THAT, UM I WILL CLOSE BY
SAYING THAT WE HAD A SIGN ON
LETTER WITH OVER 30
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS SUBMITTED
AFTER THE DEADLINE. UM SO TO
DEMONSTRATE THE BROAD SUPPORT
FOR THIS AND RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
YEAH NEXT. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT?
I'M FATTY MIGHT'VE ALSO BEAR
WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRON VOTERS
IN SUPPORT. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION? SEE
NONE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE?
OKAY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BOERNER HORVATH. THIS IS A
WONDERFUL BELL. AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE BUDGET
PROCESS LAST YEAR AND HAVING
THIS ALL HAPPENED, I WOULD LOVE
TO BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WELL THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL BACK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR OF THIS
BILL. UM THIS ISSUE AREA IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME BEING A LOS
ANGELES MEMBER, ESPECIALLY IN
THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, WHERE
IT GETS VERY HOT. AND UH, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE AREAS OF L. A
COUNTY RIGHT THAT EXPERIENCES
EXTREME HATE. UM AND OUR KIDS
HAVE TO BE OUT THERE. FOR RECESS
AND LUNCH, AND IT'S OVER 100
DEGREES. WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE
GREEN SPACE AND AREAS FOR KIDS
TO COOL DOWN AND SO THANK YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CALDERON FOR
LEADING THIS THIS YEAR. CAN I
SPEAK? OH I DIDN'T OKAY. SURE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SLE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. UM I'D LIKE TO ALSO BE
ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR. IF
POSSIBLE, I THINK GREENERY IS SO
IMPORTANT. AND ALSO TO MENTAL
HEALTH OF KIDS. I THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THE
BENEFICIAL MENTAL HEALTH BEING
AROUND NATURE. UM INSTEAD OF
THESE CONCRETE JUNGLES, JUNGLES
ALL DAY, SO I SUPPORT THE EFFORT
AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. UM. OH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN TO
THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC
VILLAIN WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED
AS A CO OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. I THINK YOU KNOW. THANK YOU
TO THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE ADDED
ON AS CO AUTHORS, ESPECIALLY
THIS YEAR. WE NEED TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON EXTREME HEAT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE CUTS
IN THE PROPOSED CUTS THIS YEAR
IN THE BUDGET. AND THESE ARE
AREAS THAT ARE OF OUR STATE.
THEY'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING
CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I SEE THIS
AS AN EMERGENCY. SO THANK YOU
AGAIN. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? YES THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN EXTREME
HEAT SPACE. I KNOW THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON
SINCE YOU GOT ELECTED. AND I'D
BE HONORED TO ADD, UM ALL OF YOU
THAT REQUESTED AS CO AUTHORS, SO
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I
VOTE. OKAY? WE HAVE A MOTION
FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BOERNER HORVATH DO I HAVE A
SECOND FROM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PELLERIN? THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
TO APPROPRIATIONS. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. LUZ RIVAS AYE, AYE
CHAN. BENNETT. BUT IT I
BOERNER HORVATH BOERNER HORVATH
ASSAILED BY FRIEDMAN. HOOVER.
HOOVER. I PELLERIN PELLERIN. I
WARD WOULD THIS BIRD. SPARE I
SUPPORT IT'S A GOOD THING. THAT
BILL HAS SEVEN VOTES WILL LEAVE
IT OPEN FOR OTHERS TO ADD ON.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NEXT
WE'LL MOVE TO A B 45 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BOERNER HORVATH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS FIRST. I'D LIKE TO THANK
THE COMMITTEE. UH EXCEPT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK YOUR STAFF FOR ALL
THEIR WORK ON THIS BILL AND LAST
YEAR'S VERSION OF THIS BILL,
THIS IS FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS.
THIS IS A TBH SPECIAL. THERE'S
THE BELL THAT I WROTE, AND I
REALLY THINK THE COMMITTEE
CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY TAKE
TASHA LANGUAGE AND THE ALLEGED
COUNCIL MOVES INTO LEGAL
LANGUAGE, AND THEY MAKE IT INTO
REALLY IMPACTFUL LANGUAGE. SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
80 45 WOULD AUTHORIZE THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO
ADD BLUE CARBON DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS TO THE SUITE OF FACTORS
IT CONSIDERS FOR POTENTIAL
MITIGATION WHEN APPROVING
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
WHERE FEASIBLE. RESEARCH SHOWS
THAT BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS SUCH
AS SEA GRASSES AND SALT MARSHES
ARE MORE EFFICIENT AT CAPTURING
AND STORING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON
THAN MOST TERRESTRIAL FOR US. IN
FACT, SOME BLUE CARBON
ECOSYSTEMS CAN SEQUESTER FIVE
TIMES MORE CARBON THAN TROPICAL
RAINFORESTS AND STORE 50 TIMES
MORE AND THEIR SURROUNDING SOIL.
SADLY CALIFORNIA HAS LOST OVER
90% OF ITS HISTORIC WETLANDS,
AND THEY THEY'RE ASSOCIATED
BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE, SUCH AS
PROTECTING COASTAL COMMUNITIES
FROM HARMFUL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, SUCH AS
SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.
THIS BILL IDEA IS THE RESULT OF
A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IN
NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO, WHERE
WINDING THE I FIVE FREEWAY LANES
ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS EXPRESSED
BY RESIDENTS IN REGARDS TO THE
IMPACT OF WILDLIFE. LIVING IN
THE SIXTH COASTAL LAGOONS, 32
ACRES OF WETLANDS AND 47 74
ACRES OF COASTAL STAGE DURING
THE COASTAL PERMIT PROCESS. THE
COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVED THE
PROJECT WITH IMPROVEMENTS
RELATED TO ENHANCING MARINE
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE
HABITAT AREAS. THIS INNOVATIVE
APPROACH TO MITIGATING IMPACTS
TO NATURAL RESOURCES CAN BE
REPLICATED AND BUILD TO BUILD OR
RESTORE BLUE CARBON SINKS. AND
WHAT I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE
ABOUT THE SANTA LEO LAGOON
PROJECT IS IT WAS HAPPENSTANCE
THAT THEY PLANTED SO MANY
MUSCLES, MARSHES AND, UM, AND
GRASSES SO SEA GRASSES. IT
SHOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'RE
GONNA DO THAT MITIGATION ANYWAYS
. BUT LET'S MAKE THE MEDICATION
MOST. THE MOST IMPACTFUL IT CAN
BE FOR NOT ONLY US BUT FOR OUR
CHILDREN. AND FIGHTING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, SO I UNDERSTAND
THERE'S SOME LATE OPPOSITION AND
CONCERN ABOUT SECTION FOUR DS
EDITION AND THE MENTION OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
REDUCTIONS. I ASSURE YOU, THIS
BILL IS NOT ABOUT HOUSING. IT'S
ABOUT SALT MARSHES AND
INTERTIDAL, WETLANDS AND MARINE
HABITATS AND CARBON
SEQUESTRATION. UM AND SO, UM, I
COMMIT TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR
AND THE CONSULTANTS. UM AND ANY
OF YOU THAT HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR
CONCERN ABOUT THIS TO RESOLVE
THIS ISSUE. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE. I
HAVE TWO WITNESSES HERE TODAY. I
HAVE ANGELA KINSLEY,
CONSERVATION DIRECTOR AT WILD
COAST IN SAN DIEGO. THE SPONSORS
OF THE BILL AS WELL AS JONATHAN
CLAY FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.
GOOD AFTERNOON. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MY NAME IS ANGELA KINSLEY. I'M
THE CONSERVATION DIRECTOR, WILD
COAST AND I'M HERE TODAY TO
PROVIDE STRONG SUPPORT FOR A B
45 WHICH WILL PROTECT AND
CONSERVE BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS
IN THE COASTAL PERMITTING
PROCESS. CALIFORNIA IS FACING
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES
YET CLIMATE CHANGE. LUCKILY
CALIFORNIA IS A GLOBAL
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, WITH MANY
ECOSYSTEMS NATURALLY ABLE TO
SEQUESTER AND STORE CARBON OF
SPECIAL NOTE ARE BLUE CARBON
ECOSYSTEMS. BLUE CARBON IS THE
CARBON THAT'S REMOVED FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE BY PLANTS AND COASTAL
AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, SUCH AS
MANGROVES, FORESTS, AS WELL AS
THE SALT MARSHES AND SEA GRASSES
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AH! THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
PLANTS PULL CARBON OUT OF THE
ATMOSPHERE. SOME OF THAT CARBON
IS STORED IN THE WOODY TISSUE OF
PLANTS IN BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS
. A LOT OF IT IS ALSO STORED IN
THE SOIL AND SINCE THE SOIL AND
BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS IS
CONTINUALLY WET, IT SLOWS DOWN
THE DECOMPOSITION PROCESS. SO
THERE'S LESS CARBON RELEASED
BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE THAN IN
TERRESTRIAL FORESTS.
ADDITIONALLY THE CARBON STORED
IN THE SOIL OF BLUE CARBON
ECOSYSTEMS, IF LEFT UNDISTURBED
, CAN BE STORED FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS. PRELIMINARY DATA FROM
RESEARCH THAT WILD COAST IS
CONDUCTING WITH THE SCRIPTS
INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
SUGGESTS THAT OUR COASTAL
WETLANDS ARE STORING UP TO 4.8
TIMES MORE CARBON THAN LOCAL
GRASSLANDS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ESTIMATED
THAT ONLY ABOUT 10% OF
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORIC WETLANDS
REMAIN. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO
TAKE ACTION. 80 45 WILL ENSURE
THAT BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS ARE
PRESERVED BY ALLOWING THE
COASTAL COMMISSION TO REQUIRE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO OBTAIN
CERTAIN PERMITS AND WILL ADD TO
THE RAPIDLY GROWING RESEARCH IN
THE FIELD OF BLUE CARBON BY
REQUIRING MONITORING OF
PERMITTED PROJECTS, ADDING
REFERENCES TO BLUE CARBON
PROJECTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION REDUCTION IN THE
COASTAL ACT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE LEGISLATURE'S PRIORITY TO
ENSURE ALL STATE AGENCIES ARE
PROACTIVE PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND
CONTINUES TO LEGISLATURES
IMPORTANT EFFORT TO MODERNIZE
THE COASTAL ACT THROUGH BILLS
THAT HAVE ADDED SEA LEVEL RISE
CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. THIS IS COMPLEMENTARY
TO THE COMMISSION'S COMMITMENT
TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
OTHER SOCIAL INITIATIVES, AND WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT ABBY 45
BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT COASTAL
WETLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTION FOR
YEARS TO COME. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
JONATHAN CLAY HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, AND
SUPPORT OF A B 45. THE PORT OF
SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN WORKING IN
THE BLUE CARBON SPACE FOR MANY
YEARS. WE HAVE WORKED
COOPERATIVE STATE AGENCIES EVEN
LOOK AT TRYING TO CREATE AN
EELGRASS MITIGATION BANK WITHIN
SAN DIEGO TO HELP PROMOTE
RESTORATION AND BRING CREATE
MORE EELGRASS AND NATIVE GRASS
HABITATS. SUPPORT IS ALSO TAKEN
ITS OWN REVENUES AND CREATED AN
INCUBATOR TO INCENTIVIZE
INNOVATORS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF BLUE CARBON PROJECTS
THAT CAN BOTH BENEFIT THE
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS CREATE
NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN
SAN DIEGO BAY, BUT THAT WE
SUPPORT A B 45. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
I'M FATTY MICHAEL'S A BEER FROM
CALIFORNIA, ENVIRON MOTORS AND
SUPPORT. SECURE CARTER WITH
SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. ABIGAIL MILE WITH MID
PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT. CARLOS
KOLO WITH WILD COAST IN SUPPORT.
THANKS NEXT, ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION? GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS DEBORAH CARLSON WITH THE
CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
. I APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT WAS
CALLED THE LATE OPPOSITION. WE
SUBMITTED A LETTER ON WEDNESDAY.
OBVIOUSLY NOT SOON ENOUGH, BUT
WE DO BELIEVE THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT BILL AND WE APPRECIATE
THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN AGREEING TO
WORK WITH US TO ENSURE THAT THIS
IS NOT GOING TO ADD TO THE COST
OF HOUSING. UM WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOME GUARDRAILS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE ARE NOT ADDED
FEES BECAUSE, OF COURSE HOUSING
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN
CALIFORNIA NOW, SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US.
GOOD AFTERNOON. SIMILARLY STEVE
CRUZ ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION,
IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, BUT UM,
JUST A HOME IN A LITTLE FURTHER.
I THINK JUST THE LANGUAGE FOR
THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE
APPLICANT BUILDER CONTRIBUTE
THAT THAT DOESN'T TRANSLATE INTO
ADDITIONAL FEES ON NEW HOUSING
AND HAPPY TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ANDREAS
RAMIREZ ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
LAGUNA BEACH AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION, BUT WE DO TAKE, UM,
WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS ONCE IN PRINT, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE?
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BIRTH. SO FIRST
OF ALL, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL. I THINK IT'S AN
IMPORTANT ONE. I PLAN ON
SUPPORTING IT TODAY. I ALSO
WANTED TO, UM UH, THANK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BOERNER HORVATH
SPENDING TIME WITH ME OVER THE
WEEKEND AND ON FRIDAY WHEN, UM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRIEFED ME IN
MY OFFICE. I THINK LAST WEEK
THAT I ONLY QUESTION WAS, YOU
KNOW DOES THIS RESULT IN ANY
CHANGES IN AUTHORITY THAT, UM
COULD BE USED TO, UM, THWART
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
COASTAL ZONE, AND SHE ASSURED ME
THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR INTENT TO
THE BILL TO CHANGE THAT. UM I DO
THINK THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES
THAT WERE IN THAT ARE IN THE I
MEAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
IN THE BILL, UM, ALTER THE
DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
BETWEEN THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD
AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
WHICH ARE SHARED AT THIS POINT,
AND SO THE CONCERN I HAVE REALLY
IS THAT, UM THESE CHANGES WHICH
YOU KNOW WERE ADDED SOMEHOW,
DURING THE BILL, UM I HAVE NEVER
REALLY BEEN ANALYZED. THERE'S
NOTHING IN THE STAFF ANALYSIS,
OTHER THAN THE MENTION THAT THIS
WOULD APPLY TO ALL DEVELOPMENT.
UM THAT INDICATES YOU KNOW HOW
THIS WOULD, UM YOU KNOW THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
AUTHORITY THAT IS IN SECTION
FOUR WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. HOW
THAT RELATES TO THE AIR
RESOURCES BOARD IN THE AIR
DISTRICTS AUTHORITY. UM AND
FRANKLY, UM, YOU KNOW HOW THAT
WOULD IMPEDE. FOR EXAMPLE, LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET RINA AND
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STANDARDS,
HOW THAT WOULD INTERACT SO I
WANT TO SET A YOU KNOW, LIKE
CLOSED BY SAYING THAT I'M REALLY
IN STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE BILL.
THE BLUE CARBON DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
THING. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS. UM AND
I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE THAT
ASPECT OF THE BILL AND WANT TO
THANK HER FOR AGREEING TO WORK
WITH US TO ADDRESS THESE OTHER
ISSUES. SO THANK YOU. ANOTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY SEE?
NONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO OH, OKAY
. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOOVER. JUST
QUICK COMMENT. UM I CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
WORK THE OPPOSITION. I
DEFINITELY WANT TO GET TO A YES
ON THIS BILL. I AM IN THE LAYOFF
TODAY, BUT I THINK, UM I
DEFINITELY THINK THAT YOU KNOW,
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
KNOW THE AMENDMENTS AND THINGS
AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANKS SO
MUCH. WORK OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? I RESPECTFULLY ASK
HER. I VOTE AND I AGAIN COMMIT
TO WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION
AND THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED
CONCERN ABOUT THIS AND GETTING
TO A PLACE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T
BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE GOON. YOU CAN'T BUILD A
HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
OCEAN. SO THIS IS NOT A HOUSING
BILL. THIS IS A CARBON
SEQUESTRATION BILL. FOR
INTERTIDAL, WETLANDS, LAGOONS,
ESTUARIES AND MARINE HABITATS.
SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE VOTE. DO I HAVE
A THANK YOU. SECOND OKAY, WELL,
EMOTION FROM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PELLERIN, SECOND BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BENNETT. UH WE
ARE. I AM COMMITTED TO HELPING
YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BOERNER HORVATH, UH, WORK WITH
THE OPPOSITION AND THE
AMENDMENTS THAT YOU WOULD WANT
TO TAKE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH ALL OF
US. UM SO WE HAVE A Ó.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SORRY THE MOTION IS PASSED AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
RIVAS, I CHEN. BENNETT. BENNETT
I BOERNER HORVATH BY
BOERNER HORVATH DAILY. NOTHING.
BOATING, FRIEDMAN. HOOVER.
BOOTING BOOTING PELLERIN AWARD.
WOULD SPUR. AYE. THAT BILL HAS
FIVE VOTES WILL PLACE IT ON
CALL. NEXT. A B 72 ALSO BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BOERNER HORVATH
. HELLO MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER TBH
SPECIAL FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, MAYBE 70 TO EXTEND THE
SUNSET DATE FOR THE SCRIPTS
INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY TO
CONDUCT RESEARCH ON COASTAL
CLIFFS, LANDSLIDES, EROSIONS AND
BLUFF FAILURES IN THE COUNTY OF
SEVEN. DIEGO BY ONE YEAR, MY A B
66 FROM 2021 DIRECTED SCRIPTS
RESEARCHERS TO COLLECT DATA ON
BLUFFS AT BEACON SPEECH AND
ANTHONY'S AND DELMAR. FOR THOSE
OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW A B 66 IS
OUR ANSWER FOR VERY TRAGIC
INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN
ENCINITAS IN 2019, WHERE OUR
LOCAL PEDIATRIC DENTIST LOST HIS
WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER WHO HAD JUST
WENT INTO REMISSION FROM BREAST
CANCER AND HIS SISTER IN LAW,
AND IF THE BLUFF COLLAPSE THAT
HAPPENED 10 SECONDS EARLIER. 10
CHILDREN WOULD HAVE PASSED AS
WELL. SO ALL PEOPLE NEED WHEN
THEY'RE AT THE BEACH IS 10
SECONDS TO RUN INTO THE OCEAN.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT
WHAT OUR SOLUTIONS, I WENT TO
SCRIPTS AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT
I WANT? I WANT LITTLE RODS THAT
ARE IN THE BLUFFS. AND WHEN THEY
DETECT MOVEMENT, THEY MAKE A
LIGHT AND MAKE A SOUND. THEY
NOTIFY MARINE SAFETY OF THE
ISSUE, AND PEOPLE CAN JUST RUN
INTO THE OCEAN SO THEY AVOID THE
BLUFF COLLAPSES. WELL, THEY
SAID, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BOERNER HORVATH
EXCEPT WE DON'T WE KNOW AFTER
THE FACT WHY BLUFFS COLLAPSE? WE
DON'T KNOW THE SCIENCE AROUND
BLUFF FAILURES. SO A B 66 PLUS
THE BUDGET ASKED THAT WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH WITH IT WAS IT
WAS $2.5 MILLION PROVIDED WILL
PROVIDE THE SCIENCE AROUND. WHEN
BLUFFS FAILED TO BE ABLE TO
PREDICT IT AND DUE TO PILOT
PROJECTS, ONE THAT BEACONS BEACH
AND ONE AT DEL MAR, SO THAT'S
THE BACKGROUND OF IT. YOU KNOW,
THE IDEA IS THEY'LL COME BACK
WITH A PROTOTYPE THAT WE CAN
THEN LAUNCH AND THE IDEA WAS IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT IT'S
BECOME WIDELY POPULAR WITH
COASTAL MEMBERS SO WE MIGHT
EXPAND THAT IN PHASE TWO. PHASE
THREE WOULD HOPEFULLY BE ON THE
ENTIRE WEST COAST. SO ULTIMATELY
, YOU WOULD GET A NOTIFICATION
LIKE YOU GET FOR YOU KNOW, IT'S
VERY COASTAL, BUT LIKE HIGH SURF
, YOU KNOW HIGH SURF ADVISORIES
ARE YOU KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE GET? YOU KNOW, WHEN
ADVISORIES HEAT ADVISORIES FOR
MAYBE OUR INLAND MEMBERS, UM, IT
WOULD ALSO SAY, BLUFF FAILURE
ADVISORY. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING
TO THE BEACH THAT YOU'RE
INFORMED, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND
SO THE DEADLINE FOR EXTENSION IS
REQUESTED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
PERMITTING DELAYS AT BEACON
SPEECH IN ENCINITAS, WHICH
PREVENTED THE TIMELY
INSTALLATION OF SEVERAL KEY
SENSORS, INCLUDING A SUBSURFACE
HIGH SENSITIVITY. STRAIN METER
USED FOR DETECTING SMALL SCALE
GROUND MOVEMENTS. WITHOUT A
PROJECT EXTENSION. FULL DATA
COLLECTION WOULD ONLY COVER ONE
FULL WINTER WHEN COASTAL EROSION
, LANDSLIDES OCCUR MORE
FREQUENTLY AND LIMIT THE OVERALL
PROJECT OUTCOMES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS. 66 IS THE FIRST
STEP IN CREATING AN EARLY
WARNING NOTIFICATION SYSTEM,
MUCH LIKE WE HAVE FOR
EARTHQUAKES. THIS INFORMATION IS
CRITICAL TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFER IN THE FACE OF SEA LEVEL
RISE. WITH THAT? I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT?
APPLICANTS FROM WILD COAST AND
SPORT, PLEASE HOLD ON. YEAH. GO
AHEAD ANGELA KINSLEY FROM WILD
COAST AND SUPPORT. CARLOS SCALE
WITH WILD COAST AND SUPPORT.
SECURE CARTER AND SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
NEXT. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION? SEE NONE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? OKAY?
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALLY. EMOTIONS
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE
SECOND AND THE QUESTION FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALEY
ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UM I JUST HAD A
QUESTION, EVEN THOUGH THIS STUDY
IS SPECIFIC TO YOUR COMMUNITIES
ASSUME THE RESULTS WOULD BE ABLE
TO BE USED STATEWIDE AND OTHER
REGIONS AS WELL. CORRECT
EXACTLY. SO THE IDEA IS TO STUDY
WHERE WE HAVE A WE HAVE BLUFF
FAILURES. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD
A HORRIBLE ONE. UM IN LA HOYA,
WHERE? THANK GOODNESS. NO ONE
WAS UNDER UNDER THE CLIFFS SO
NORMALLY HAVE LEFT FARES TEND TO
HAPPEN IN THE WINTER IN THE
PARTICULAR INCIDENT 2019 AND
HAPPENED IN AUGUST WHERE
EVERYBODY IS AT THE BEACH, AND
SO BUT THE SCIENCE AROUND BLUFF
FAILURES APPLY TO THE ENTIRE
STATE. UM AND SO BECAUSE THEY'RE
STUDYING SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROCK
FORMATIONS, SO THAT WOULD BE
ACCESSIBLE TO THE INSPIRES
SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO VISIT THOSE
PARTS HERE DISTRICT. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING US LOVE TO TAKE YOU
SURFING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IS SEEN IN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? WHAT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU. SO
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. REVERSE REVERSE I CHEN
CHEN I BENNETT. BENNETT I
BOERNER HORVATH BOERNER HORVATH
ASSAILANT. THE SALEI FRIEDMAN.
HOOVER. HOOVER I PELLERIN I WARD
I WOULD. WOULD I SPUR SPUR? I
THANK YOU. BECAUSE THAT BILL HAS
NINE VOTES WILL LEAVE IT OPEN
FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT.
OUR LAST BILL A B 3 97 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ASTLEY. YOU
WILL. I'LL SECOND.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
PLEASED TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL
397, WHICH PROPOSES THAT THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
MUST INCLUDE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM WILD
LANDS AND FOREST FIRES INTO ITS
SCOPING PLAN. THE SCOPING PLAN
WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED IN 2008
AS PART OF ASSEMBLY BILL 32.
WHICH AIMED TO REDUCE
CALIFORNIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS TO 1990 LEVELS BY
2020. SINCE THEN, THE SCOPING
PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED TWICE AND
INCLUDES A SUITE OF POLICIES
AIMED AT ACHIEVING THE STATE'S
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS
. HOWEVER A NEW STUDY BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS
FOUND THAT THE 2020 WILDFIRES,
WHICH WERE CALIFORNIA'S WORST ON
RECORD, RESULTED IN MORE THAN
DOUBLE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCED
BY THE STATE. FROM 2003 TO 2019.
THAT MEANS THE EMISSIONS FROM
THE WILDFIRES IN ONE YEAR.
NEGATED 18 YEARS OF THE STATE'S
EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. UH A B 397 SEEKS TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BY REQUIRING
CARB TO CONSIDER THE GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM
WILD LANDS AND FOREST FIRES.
INTO ITS SCOPING PLAN. SINCE
WILDFIRES ARE A SIGNIFICANT
SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. THE PLAN WILL HELP
THE STATE BETTER UNDERSTAND
THEIR IMPACT AND DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS
FROM FUTURE WILDFIRES. AND THE
BILL WILL ULTIMATELY HELP COMBAT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACHIEVE THE
GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY
2045. I HAVE A WITNESS HERE
TODAY AND I'LL ALLOW HIM.
TESTIFIED GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS, CHRIS MAKELELE ON
BEHALF OF HUMBOLDT REDWOOD
COMPANY AND MENDOCINO REDWOOD
COMPANY AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
UM CARB HAS STATED THAT ITS
FOCUS IN THE SCOPING PLAN IS ON
FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS, THEY SAID
. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE
ACCUMULATING IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AT AN UNPRECEDENTED PACE. WE
WOULD RESPECTFULLY AUTHOR THAT
OFFER THAT THE SAME COULD BE
SAID ABOUT WILDFIRE EMISSIONS IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NOW
CARB DID PUBLISH AN ESTIMATE OF
WILDFIRE EMISSIONS FROM 2000 TO
2019 THERE, THEY SAID. IN RECENT
YEARS, THE FREQUENCY AND
MAGNITUDE OF FOR WILDFIRES HAS
BEEN PROLIFIC ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER MENTIONED
2020 WAS OUR WORST FIVE WILDFIRE
SEASON ON RECORD. OVER FOUR
MILLION ACRES BURN MORE THAN 110
MILLION METRIC TONS OF GHG
EMISSIONS RELEASED MORE THAN $11
BILLION IN INSURABLE LOSSES
SUSTAINED AT THAT TIME, SO IT'S
OUR BELIEF THAT CARBS SHOULD
INCLUDE WILDFIRE GHG EMISSIONS.
IN THE SCOPING PLAN TO DEAL WITH
THIS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ADDITIONAL WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT. SEE NONE. UM WE'RE
READY FOR WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. S¼ NONE. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL. TODAY. UM.
CARBON GOES SCOPING PLANS
INTENDED TO CAPTURE HUMAN CAUSED
EMISSIONS. LIKE LIKE LIKE WAS
MENTIONED, UM BUT NEARLY 85% OF
WILDFIRES IN THE U. S ARE CAUSED
BY HUMANS. THE TUBBS FIRE
CAMPFIRES WERE AMONG THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN STATE
HISTORY. THEY CAN'T FIRE BEING
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE. BOTH SIDES
THE DESTRUCTION OF MASSIVE
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH FLOATED
DOWN TO SIT HERE TO SACRAMENTO
TO THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND. THIS
IS NOT JUST A NATURAL WORKING
LANDS ISSUE. STANFORD. SMALL
UNIVERSITY DOWN ON THE PENINSULA
THERE. RESEARCH ON WILDFIRE
EXPLOSION EXPECT WILDFIRE
PARTICLE POLITICS POLLUTION PM
2.5. SHOWED THAT EXPOSURE IS
BECOMING MORE SEVERE AND MORE
COMMON. AND THAT EXPOSURE TO
CHILDREN. CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT
EFFECTS GOING FORWARD. I JUST
LEARNED THAT UCSF IS CONDUCTING
SIMILAR RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS
OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA FIRES
ON PREGNANT WOMEN BOTTOM LINE.
THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT HUMAN
CAUSED EMITTERS. UM. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T
INCLUDE THIS IN THE SCOPING
PLAN. UH, IT'S MIND BOGGLING TO
ME. UM YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T
WANT TO, BECAUSE MAYBE WE JUST
IGNORE IT AND IT GOES AWAY. BUT
AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN WILDFIRE
COUNTRY HAS LIVED THERE BEEN
EVACUATED FROM MY HOUSE MULTIPLE
TIMES. WATCHED 5400 HOMES IN MY
COMMUNITY BURN AND BE DESTROYED.
SCENE 150 PEOPLE DIE SINCE 2015
UH, THESE WHEN THESE COMMUNITIES
BURN WHEN THESE HOUSES BURNED,
THEY'RE NOT JUST EMITTING
WILDFIRE SMOKE. THEY'RE
ADMITTING ALL SORTS OF
POLLUTANTS, PLASTICS AND WHO
KNOWS WHAT ELSE GOES INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE? AND THE SMOKE WHILE
IT SITS OFTENTIMES IN THE
HOTTEST TIMES OF THE YEAR, WHEN
THE WEB WHEN THE AIR QUALITY IS
THE WORST SITS IN HOVERS OVER
AREAS. WHEN IT CHANGES IT FLOATS
DOWN TO THE BAY AREA OR VOTES TO
OTHER AREAS AND PEOPLE ARE
EXPOSED TO IT. WHY WE WOULDN'T
INCLUDE LOOKING AT THIS IN THE
SCOPING PLAN. I SIMPLY DO NOT
UNDERSTAND, AND I, QUITE FRANKLY
AND REALLY DISAPPOINTED. THAT WE
DON'T HAVE CARVED HERE TO OPPOSE
YOUR BILL. I THINK I TO ME.
THAT'S THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL OF
YOU, MR MR CELIA AND I APOLOGIZE
ON BEHALF OF CARD FOR NOT BEING
HERE TO AT LEAST TELL YOU WHY
THEY WANT TO OPPOSE YOUR BILL. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR VOTE ON
THIS BILL. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PER
. YEAH I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT
THE BILL TODAY. I, UM YOU KNOW,
I UNDERSTAND THAT CARB, UM DOES
BOTTLING THAT INCLUDES WILDFIRES
IN IT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE
A PRIMARY PART OF THE SCOPING
PLAN. UM I KNOW THAT THE INPUT
THAT I GOT WHEN I WAS ASKING
ABOUT THIS BILL WAS THAT
INCLUDING THESE NOW IS GIVEN THE
DIFFICULTY IN MEASURING IT AS
WELL AS, UM, THE FACT THAT THE
MANY OF THE RESPONSES ARE, YOU
KNOW, VARIABLE. IT WOULD DISRUPT
OUR LONG TERM GHD EMISSIONS
PLANNING FOR THE STATE AND WOULD
BE DISRUPTIVE RATHER THAN
HELPFUL IN MEETING OR CLIMATE
CHANGE GOALS. UM I NOTED THAT
THE SIERRA CLUB HAS INDICATED
THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD
MOVE FOCUS AWAY FROM STRATEGIES
THAT WOULD REALLY FOCUS ON
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. AND
FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I
DON'T PLAN ON SUPPORTING THE
BILL TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT. THANK YOU. I'M SURE
UP. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOOVER.
YEAH. MR SAILOR JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
FORWARD. I DEFINITELY PLAN TO
SUPPORT IT TODAY. UM YOU KNOW, I
LIVE IN A DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T
HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT FROM
WILDFIRE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY
FEELS THE EFFECTS OF THESE HUGE
WILDFIRES. WE HAVE DAYS. YOU
KNOW, THROUGHOUT OUR YEAR WHERE
WE'RE CANCELING SCHOOL BECAUSE
THE SMOKE IN THE AIR QUALITY IS
AS BAD AS IT IS DUE TO THESE
WILDFIRES, AND I THINK WHAT THIS
BILL WILL DO IS REALLY
ENCOURAGED US TO START TAKING
THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY. I THINK WE
NEED TO. WE NEED TO TREAT THIS
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FORM OF
POLLUTION, AND WE NEED TO DO
MORE. UM TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE AND TRY TO TRY TO
HELP REDUCE THESE FIRES MOVING
FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE
MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS FROM LOS
ANGELES. I THINK YOU KNOW, I DO.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT
THIS COULD HAVE ON REACHING OUR
GOALS. BUT I THINK AT THE END OF
THE DAY, THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO
REDUCE POLLUTANTS. THE GOAL
SHOULD BE TO REDUCE YOU KNOW ANY
THEM IN ANY FORM. AND UH, I
THINK THAT THIS BILL WILL HELP
US GET MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS
SPECIFIC ISSUE IN OUR STATE,
WHICH I THINK IS DESPERATELY
NEEDED. SO I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY. SEE
NONE. CAN I JUST RESPOND TO A
COUPLE OF POINTS? Tð JUST CLICK
IN CLOSING. YEAH I WILL. I WILL.
I WILL DO THAT. YES, YES, YES.
UM SURE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
AHEAD AND DO IT NOW? I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. I THINK THEY'RE
THEY'RE WELL REASONED, I WOULD
SAY THAT, UM I DON'T THINK THE
EARTH CARES WHAT THE SOURCE OF
CARBON IS. CARBON IS CARBON AND
THE FACT THAT WE 20 YEARS OF
WORK WAS WIPED OUT IN ONE YEAR
IS A SERIOUS CONCERN, AND SO NOT
NOT CONSIDERING WILDFIRES IN THE
SCOPING PLAN, I THINK IS A
MISTAKE BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE RISK
AND NEGATED TWO DECADES OF WORK
AND TO THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
POINTS. THERE ARE HUMAN CAUSES
TO WILDFIRES AND ALSO POLICY
DECISIONS THAT GO INTO HOW WE
MANAGE OUR FORESTS AND ALLOWING
FUELS TO BUILD UP AND I KNOW
THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SHIFT
POLICIES NOW TO ADDRESS THAT,
BUT THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYONE
TO DO ANYTHING OR POLICY THAT
JUST SAYS THAT CARB NEEDS TO
CONSIDER THESE SOURCES OF
EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY'RE MAKING
THEIR PLANS. IT'S NOT GOING TO
TIE CARBS HANDS. UM IN ANYWAY,
SO I APPRECIATE THE
CONSIDERATION. RESPECTFULLY
ASKED FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHAN SECOND BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOOVER. I WILL
NOT BE SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY
. UH, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPING PLAN
IS ABOUT NINE, REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
1990 LEVELS. AH AND THE STATE IS
TAKING WHAT EMISSIONS FROM
WILDFIRES SERIOUSLY. I THINK
THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS MADE, UH
, YOU KNOW, INFERRING THAT WE
ARE NOT, UM, BUT IN THE SCOPING
PLAN, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE
WHERE FOCUSED ON REDUCING, UH
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
FOSSIL FUELS AND OTHER SOURCES.
UM AND WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH
OUR OTHER OTHER WAYS THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING WILDFIRE MISSIONS. SO
FOR THAT REASON, I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THAT BILL TODAY. OH,
DID YOU WANT TO? OKAY. SORRY.
OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
RIVAS NO SNOW CHEN CHEN I
BENNETT NOT VOTING. VOTING
BOERNER HORVATH. BOERNER HORVATH
NOTE ASSAILANT. I E I FRIEDMAN
HOOVER. HOOVER. I PELLERIN
HILLARY AND NO WARD. VOTING
WOULD WOULD I ICEBERG? IT'S VERY
NÓ. OKAY THAT BILL HAS FOUR EYES
AND FOUR KNOWS WE'LL LEAVE IT.
PLACE IT ON CALL. BECAUSE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FRIEDMAN IS NOT
IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OH SOMEBODY MEMBERS BIRTH.
SORRY. WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE
CONSENT. I WANT TO ASK ALL
MEMBERS TO STAY FOR ONE MORE
VOTE. WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE
RULES OF OUR COMMITTEE AND THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THEN WE'LL
BE DONE, OKAY? SO WE NEED WE
NEED A MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A
MOTION IN THE SECOND. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. WE ARE VOTING ON
THE RULES FIRST, OKAY? VOTING ON
COMMITTEE RULES. REVERSE I
REVERSE I CHAN CHAN, I BENNETT
BENNETT. I BOERNER HORVATH
BOERNER HORVATH I SAY LEE
FREEDMAN. HOOVER HOOVER. I
PELLERIN PELLERIN. I WARD WORD I
WOULD WOULD ICEBERG. SPUR. AYE.
OKAY WE HAVE THAT THAT THAT
PASSES. WE HAVE 10 VOTES. WE'LL
LEAVE IT OPEN. NEXT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR HAS TWO BILLS. DO I
HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. WE HAVE A
MOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. THE ROLL CALL ON
CONSENT ITEMS. THOSE ITEMS ARE A
B 536. THE MOTION IS PASSED TO
CONSENT. THE SECOND ITEM IS A B
584 HEART. Dð PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS ALSO ON CONSENT.
RIVAS REVERSE I CHEN JEN BENNETT
BENNETT. I BOERNER HORVATH
BOERNER HORVATH I, SALI. BYE
BYE, FRIEDMAN. HOOVER HOOVER. I
PELLERIN HOLLERIN AWARD. WORD I
WOULD. WOULD ICEBERG, BERT AYE.
THAT'S 10 VOTES WILL LEAVE THAT
OPEN FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
FRIEDMAN. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE
CAN ADD ON ANY MEMBERS THAT NEED
TO ADD ON WAS THAT A FEW. OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM ONE. A B
45. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
FRIEDMAN. CHEN. CAN'T VOTING.
WARD. WORD I WOULD WOULD AYE. I
WOULD CARE FOR YEAH. HELP WITH
CONCLUSION LATER. YEAH, SEVEN.
THAT BILL HAS SEVEN VOTES WILL
LEAVE IT OPEN. FOR MEMBERS THAT
ARE ABSENT. NEXT ITEM TO A B 57
MOTION IS DUE PAST TWO
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBERS,
CHEN HIÆN I. FRIEDMAN. WARD I
WOULD WOULD I? BILL HAS NINE
VOTES. WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN. NEXT
ITEM FOUR A B 72. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS ABSOLUTE MEMBERS,
FRIEDMAN WARD. WARD. I. THAT
BILL HAS 10 VOTES. ITEM FIVE A B
2 87. THE MOTION IS DO PASS
THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT
MEMBERS, CHEN HI. CHEN I
FRIEDMAN WARD. WORD I WOULD
WOULD I? STILL HAS EIGHT VOTES.
UM, NEXT ITEM. DID WE GET OFF
ITEM SEVEN. WE NEED TIME. SEVEN.
OKAY ITEM. 7 83 97. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBERS,
CHEN ITEM SEVEN. IS A B 5 27.
OKAY, I'M RIGHT. SORRY, BABY.
NEXT. SO WE WILL INSTEAD YOU A B
5 27 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CALDERON.
THE MOTION IS DUE PAST TWO
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBERS,
CHEN CHEN I FRIEDMAN WARD.
AWARD. I WOULD WOULD I? OKAY.
THAT BILL HAS 10 VOTES. OKAY I
BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS VOTED.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FRIEDMAN. THANK
YOU. THAT WAS SOMETHING CONSENT.
WE HAD TWO BILLS ON CONSENT, 536
AND 584.
POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS
GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES. BUT.
YES.
YEAH.
NO, I CAN'T.
THAT'S IT. YEAH. THIS WAY. YEAH.
SHE COULD HAVE JUST. YEAH, SURE.
I'LL JUST I'LL WAIT FOR FIVE
MINUTES.
HOPE SO POPULAR. FIRST ONE.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS THINK HØI YES.
OH, NO, I DID YOU. OH, YOU
TURNED IT OFF. THAT'S ON NO.
STILL, I'LL START WITH THE BILL
THAT'S ON CALL. UM ITEM SIX A. B
3 97 BY HIGHLY NO. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBER
FRIEDMAN NÓ. FRIEDMAN NO. YOU
DON'T OKAY, THAT BILL FAILS. A
NUMBER. 4 TO 5. AND MADAM CHAIR,
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
RECONSIDERATION. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. RECONSIDERATION IS
GRANTED. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL
START. AND ITEM ONE ITEM ONE A B
45. THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS. AYE.
FRIEDMAN. AYE. BILL HAS EIGHT
VOTES. IT'S OUT. ITEM. TO A B
57. MOTION IS PASSED THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBER OF
FRIEDMAN AYE. FRIEDMAN. AYE.
TEMPLE. IT HAS 10 VOTES THAT'S
OUT. ITEM THREE A B 72. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST TWO
APPROPRIATIONS. ABSENT MEMBER
FRIEDMAN AYE. HAS 11 VOTES. IT'S
OUT. ITEM FOUR A B 2 87. THE
MOTION IS DO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS. ABSENT MEMBER
FRIEDMAN I. FRIEDMAN AYE. HAS
NINE VOTES THAT IS OUT. ITEM. 7
85 27. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT MEMBER
FRIEDMAN FRIEDMAN. AYE. WHO HAS
11 VOTES. IT'S OUT. NEXT. WE
WANT TO VOTE ON THE RULES AND
THEN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE
CONSENT CALENDAR HAS TWO ITEMS.
A B 536 MOTION IS PASSED TO
CONSENT AND A B 584 HEART.
EMOTION IS DO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS ON CONSENT.
ABSENT MEMBER FRIEDMAN FRIEDMAN
AYE. 11 VOTES FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND VOTING ON THE
RULES. ABSENT MEMBER FRIEDMAN
AYE. TREATMENT. I HAVE. OKAY.
THE RULES ARE ADOPTED. UM LATER
. OKAY MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK
YOU. WAY TO HUSTLE. YEAH.