I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING
BUENOS DIAS. EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU. WELCOME TO OUR SECOND
HEARING. THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
PORTS AND GOODS MOVEMENT. I WANT
TO USE MYSELF. MY NAME IS MIKE
GIBSON. I HAVE THE DISTINCT
HONOR AND PLEASURE OF
REPRESENTING THE AS THE CHAIR OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. I
REPRESENT THE 65TH STATE
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. THOSE ARE
AREAS OF WATTS WILLOWBROOK. I
WAS BORN AND RAISED COMPTON,
CARSON, NORTH LONG BEACH. HARBOR
GATEWAY NORTH AND SOUTH HARBOR
CITY, WILMINGTON'S AS WELL AS
SAN PEDRO. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY
A BLESSING FOR ME TO REPRESENT
THE PEOPLE OF THE 65TH STATE
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. BEFORE I
BEGIN MY REMARKS. I WANT TO ASK
FOR A WELCOME TO BE GIVEN TO US
BY A GOOD FRIEND OF COLD LABORER
WHO'S WORKED VERY TIRELESSLY. WE
REPRESENT OVERLAPPING DISTRICTS
AND AREAS. UM THE COUNCILMAN UM
TIM MCCOSKER, WHO REPRESENT THE
15, AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT
THE 15 AS HE COMES. YOU CAN PUT
YOUR HANDS TOGETHER, PLEASE
WELCOME, UM COUNCILMAN TIM
CAUSTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THANK YOU, MY
FRIEND. IT'S SO GOOD TO BE WITH
YOU AND YOUR SELECT COMMITTEE
TODAY. MY NAME IS TIM MCCOSKER.
AND I'M THE COUNCILMAN OF THE 15
. AND AS MY FRIEND ALLUDED TO
THERE IS MEANING TO THIS WERE
NOT THE 15TH COUNCIL DISTRICT
ANYMORE. WE ARE THE 15 BECAUSE
WE ARE ONE DISTRICT FIVE
BEAUTIFUL BELOVED COMMUNITIES. I
AM HONORED. AND IN OUR OVERLAP
TO REPRESENT WATTS AND THE
HARBOR, GATEWAY AND WILMINGTON'S
AND HARVEST CITY AND MY HOMETOWN
OF SAN PEDRO, ALTHOUGH ON A DAY
LIKE TODAY I SHOULD CALL MYSELF
THE 16. BECAUSE VERY TECHNICALLY
, I REPRESENT THE PORTS OF LONG
BEACH. WHY YOU OWN PROPERTY IN
MY DISTRICT, AND SO I'M REALLY
HAPPY TO BE THE COUNCIL MEMBER
WHO WORKS WITH OUR GREAT, UH
COMBINED PORTS. THIS SPORT
COMPLEX IN THE SAN PEDRO BAY I
WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH
DIRECTOR UM CORDERO AND WITH
JEAN SOROKA ON THE ISSUES THAT
MATTER TO US HERE. AND AMONG THE
MANY, MANY, MANY ISSUES THAT WE
ARE FIGHTING FOR. UH IS
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES? IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO CONTINUE THIS MARCH TO
CLEAN THE AIR AND TO CLEAN THE
ENVIRONMENT AND TO MAKE THIS A
LIVABLE PLACE AND MY TIME ON
THIS ISSUE GOES WAY BACK. IT
GOES BACK TO THE NO. NET
INCREASE PLAN, WHICH SOUNDS SO
QUAINT NOW IN THE EARLY TWO
THOUSANDS, I WAS THE CHIEF OF
STAFF TO MAYOR JIM HAHN. WHEN WE
TALKED ABOUT GROWING THE PORTS
WITH NO NET INCREASE, AND IT WAS
IT WAS SIGNIFICANT THEN, BUT
THAT IS A REALLY A SMALL GOAL
LONG SINCE SURPASSED BY THE
CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN BACK THEN
WE TALKED ABOUT PLUGGING IN
SHIPS AND THE WORLD TOLD US THAT
THAT WAS CRAZY. WASN'T CRAZY.
IT'S NOW AN IMPORTANT WORLDWIDE
STANDARD, AND WE NEED TO KEEP
BEING IN THE SAN PEDRO BAY
COMPLEX. WE NEED TO KEEP BEING
THE INNOVATORS, THE FOLKS THAT
BRING ALONG THE WORLD TO THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC UH,
DEVELOPMENT AND FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. BUT
HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA BE REALLY,
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME
AS A PERSON WHO NOT ONLY
REPRESENTS THE PORTS, BUT
SIGNIFICANTLY, I REPRESENT
260,000 FOLKS WHO LIVE IN AND
AROUND THE PORTS. WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. DAY IN
AND DAY OUT. WE NEED TO GET TO
OUR GOALS IN 2030 2035, BUT WE
ALSO NEED TO SERVE ECONOMIC
JUSTICE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE PROMOTING AND
GROWING THESE GREAT JOBS, AND
THERE ARE SO MANY AREAS WHERE WE
CAN AND WILL DO THAT AND WON A
COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M
PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON IS THIS
FALSE DICHOTOMY THIS NARRATIVE
AROUND AUTOMATION THAT WE EITHER
HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
OR JOBS, AND IT'S NOT TRUE. WE
CAN AND WE WILL DO BOTH. I KNOW
WE CAN AND WE WILL DO BOTH. AND
I'M KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ALSO,
AND I HOPE YOU ARE AND I'M SURE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT LATER
TODAY. YOU'RE TALKING TO A Q AND
D ABOUT ABOUT THE SOURCE RULE.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT
TO US. THAT WE WORK WITH THE U.
N D AND MAKE SURE THE A K M D
WORKS WITH US WORKS WITH OUR
PORTS WORKS WITH DWP WORKS WITH
OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS WORKS WITH
OUR LABOR GROUPS WORKS FOR OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE BOTH. CLEANING UP
THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTING
THIS LOCAL, REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL ECONOMY BY PROTECTING
JOBS. I KNOW YOU'RE THERE WITH
ME. I APPRECIATE LABORING IN THE
FIELDS WITH YOU. I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU. I THANK YOU
FOR BEING IN THE 15. OR TODAY,
THE 16. AH I'M GLAD WE ARE ALL
TOGETHER. I WISH I COULD STAY
WITH YOU ALL DAY. BUT I HAVE TO
GET TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHY WOULD
RATHER BE WITH YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSELING.
AGAIN I WANT TO THANK ONE. ALL
THE COURT COMMISSIONERS REPORT
COMMISSIONS FROM HERE FROM THE
GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WANNA
ALSO PAUSE AND THINK THE LOS
ANGELES PORTAL LOS ANGELES SPORT
OF LOS ANGELES FOR ALLOWING US
TO BE IN THEIR SPACE HERE IN
THEIR HOME AND ALSO HOSTING US
TODAY, I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE
PARTICIPANTS AGAIN IN THIS
SPACE. WITH ME AND ALSO MY
COLLEAGUES AS IT WILL REVEAL
YOUR COMMITMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT
TO CALIFORNIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS
ADMISSION STANDARDS, WHILE ALSO
ENSURING THAT THE COURT AND THE
WELL PAYING UNION JOBS THEY
OFFER ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
OPERATE AT A LEVEL THAT WILL
KEEP THE KEEP US COMPETITIVE NOT
ONLY DOMESTICALLY BUT ALSO
GLOBALLY AS WELL. GOING INTO
THIS HEARING. WE KNOW THAT THERE
IS A LOT OF GOOD AND IMPORTANT
WORK BEING DONE IN THIS SPACE.
AND IN THE AND IN RELATED
RELATED INDUSTRY, BUT FOR ALL OF
US HERE, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED
OF CALIFORNIA SUPPORTS THE FIRST
WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE
PERSPECTIVE. AH EACH ENTITLED
THAT OPERATES UNDER THE SCOPE OF
THIS INDUSTRY. THE PURPOSE. OF
THIS, UH THIS HEARING IS TO
EXAMINE THE PORTS EFFORTS AND
TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND HOW THE LEGISLATURE AND I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE HOW THE
LEGISLATURE CAN WORK IN
COOPERATION WITH THIS INDUSTRIES
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP
POLICIES THAT WILL HELP REACH
OUR GOAL. JUST IN CASE YOU
MISSED IT. LET ME SAY THAT
AGAIN. HELP US REACH OUR GOAL.
THE PORTS ARE THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE OF OUR STATES. UM AND
THEY ARE IN LARGE, LARGE PART.
THE REASON WHY WE CAN BRAG ABOUT
BEING THE FIFTH OR THE FOURTH
LARGEST ECONOMY. UM, IF THEY'RE
THIS SELECT COMMITTEE THAT I'M
HAPPY TO SHARE IN THE
LEGISLATURE ARE TO MAKE AN
IMPACTFUL AND MEANINGFUL
LEGISLATION. WE HAVE TO HAVE A
FULL UNDERSTANDING OF SUPPLY
CHAIN AND HOW EACH COMPONENT CAN
WORK TOGETHER AND REINFORCE EACH
OTHER'S TO CREATE A ROBUST,
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY. TODAY WE
WILL HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVES
FROM SURROUNDING PORTS. UH LABOR
AND LABOR INDUSTRY REGULATORS
AND OTHER EXPERTS, UM, TO INFORM
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
PROGRESS, UM OTHER
DECARBONIZATION, UM IN THE PORTS
. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL
OF YOU TO MY PANEL. THIS
INCREDIBLE PANEL OF EXPERTS THAT
HAVE GATHERED HERE TODAY WE
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME
OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES AND
BEING IN ATTENDANCE. TO ALL OF
YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AND ALSO
WHO ARE LISTENING. WE THANK YOU
. WE HEAR YOU. WE SEE YOU AND WE
SUPPORT YOU. FOR THOSE IN THE
AUDIENCE. YOU WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY DURING AT THE END TO
WEIGH IN AND IT'S CONVERSATION.
IT'S OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION
SO YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO
MINUTES TO SHARE. WHAT'S ON YOUR
HEART FOR TWO MINUTES. WE ASK
THAT YOU CERTAINLY BE MINDFUL OF
THE TIME BECAUSE I WILL BE
MINDFUL OF THE TIME. WE WANT TO
STAY ON TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD
, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
DECORUM IN THIS PLACE. UM UNRULY
OR INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED. WE WILL, UH
ONE NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK IF IN
FACT ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.
AND ALSO ASK YOU TO LEAVE. IF,
IN FACT IT COMES TO THAT BEFORE
I BEGIN. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY
AWESOME COLLEAGUES WITH TAKING
TIME EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ON BREAK
. UM THESE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE
HERE WE HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE NOT HERE. UM THERE ARE STILL
INCREDIBLE AND STILL INCREDIBLY
BUSY AND THEIR OWN SPACE AND IT
ON THE RIGHT BUT I WANT TO UM,
GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY. BUT
BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE SELECT COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR YOUR EDIFICATION. UH
WE HAVE A SIMILAR MEMBER VINCE
SPOT REPRESENTING THE 32ND
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. CECILIA
REGULAR CURRY, REPRESENTING THE
FOURTH DISTRICT, TASHA BURNER,
REPRESENTING THE 77TH DISTRICT,
MIA BARTA, REPRESENTING THE 18TH
DISTRICT, JOSH LOWENTHAL, THE
69TH DISTRICT, UM DIANE PAPIN,
REPRESENTING THE 21ST. DISTRICT
ELOISE GOMEZ REYES,
REPRESENTATIVE 50 DISTRICT,
CARLOS, REPRESENTING THE 13TH
DISTRICT, AND ALSO DR JIM WOODS,
REPRESENTING THE SECOND DISTRICT
. SO I WANT TO GIVE MY
COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE A FEW COMMENTS OR
INTRODUCTIONS, SO I WILL START
WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S TRAVELED
THE FURTHEST I BELIEVE, AND
THAT'S STILL REMEMBER CARLOS
BEAUTIFUL COMMENTS AND
INTRODUCTIONS. OH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
HERE. I'M STATUS ONLY MEMBER
CARL'S VILLE VALLAPUDUA. I
REPRESENT 13TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
, WHICH IS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UM MOUNTAIN HOUSE. UH MANTECA,
STOCKTON'S TRACY LODI. VERY BIG
, HUGE AG COMMUNITY. WE, UH. OUR
GOODS ARE CHERRIES, ALMONDS,
WALNUTS. WE WERE KNOWN FOR
ASPARAGUS THAT'S GONE. IT'S GONE
TO MEXICO, BUT WE STILL GROW IT
. UM BUT WE'RE STILL, UH, A BIG
AD COMMUNITIES RIGHT NEXT TO THE
DELTA. I REPRESENT THIS PART OF
STOCKMAN. AND IN ALL THE COURTS
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF JETTY,
WHICH IS JOBS AND THE ECONOMY,
WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BECAUSE IT'S, UH IT'S ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS. UH,
THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS IN ALL
YOUR BUCKS, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL
FOR BEING HERE AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THIS IN
THIS COMMITTEE AND REALLY
HEARING FROM A LOT OF YOU. AND
THEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN TAKE THAT BACK THROUGHOUT
THE STATE TO ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES AND YOU KNOW, SO
THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS
TIME TODAY, OUT OF YOUR BUSY
DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE UP, MR VINCE FALL. THANK
YOU CHAIR FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
KNOW ME. I'M A SIMILAR PROVINCE
FALL REPRESENTED 32ND ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
BACK HERE CERTAINLY BEEN ON THIS
COMMITTEE SINCE I WAS FIRST
ELECTED, SO CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN
THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND GOODS
MOVEMENT ISSUES BECOME THE
FOREFRONT. THIS USED TO BE MORE
MORE OF US SLEEPY COMMITTEE
UNTIL RECENTLY, AND I THINK THAT
THE ONLY YOU BUT I THINK THE
PUBLIC NOW UNDERSTANDS THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR SUPPLY CHAIN
AND HOW WE MOVE GOODS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. I REPRESENT THE 32ND
SENATE-DISTRICT AS MENTIONED
BEFORE CURRENT SELECTED COUNTIES
. SO YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY ARE
A LEADER IN AGRICULTURE, SO AS
WE FOCUS ON IMPORTS, OUR EXPORTS
ARE IMPORTANT. I WILL BE BACK ON
THURSDAY, TOURING THIS FACILITY
AGAIN WITH CALIFORNIA FRESH
FRUIT ASSOCIATION. BUT ALSO THE
VICE CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. BY
SHARE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE
NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR
PORTS AND A CONTINUAL BASIS TO
SUSTAIN NOT ONLY THE OPERATIONS
BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE MOVE
GOODS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN AN
EFFICIENT WAY. SO I APPRECIATE
THE CONVERSATION WITH, UH AND
AGAIN TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION WITH EVERYONE HERE
AND HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
HOPEFULLY WILL GET ANSWERED AS
THE COMMITTEE MOVED FORWARD, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
AND ALSO INTRODUCED, UM OUT
MURATSUCHI, MY COLLEAGUE WHO
ALSO SHARE UH, SAINT PETER WITH
ME BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS SAN
PEDRO. WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT
IT IS PRUDENT AND BEST. THAT HE
ALSO WIN BECAUSE HE HAS AN
INVESTED INTEREST BASED ON THE
PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US AND
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. MR CHAIRMAN, UM,
AS THE CHAIR INDICATED, AYE. I'M
PROUD TO REPRESENT SAN PEDRO TO
SHARE OF SAN PEDRO WITH SHERRY
GIBSON. MY DISTRICT GOES FROM
SAN PEDRO UP TO L A X AND SO I
KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE
IN MY DISTRICT, IF NOT WORK
DIRECTLY, UH, IN THE PORTS OF
LONG BEACH OR LOS ANGELES. I WAS
JUST HERE LAST WEEK WITH MR
SHARMA, WHERE I GOT A UPDATE ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PORTS OF
LOS ANGELES. AND I WAS VERY
CONCERNED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW ONE
OF THESE STATISTICS THAT HE THAT
ONE OF THE DATA POINTS THAT HE
SHARED WITH ME WITH WAS THAT AND
AROUND 2000, PART OF LOS ANGELES
HAD ABOUT 50% OF ALL CONTAINER
VOLUME, AND TODAY WE'RE DOWN TO
LESS THAN 40% AND SO I WANT TO
ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN MCCOSKER
WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM
STRIKING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING
OUR PORTS COMPETITIVE SO THAT WE
CAN KEEP THE CONTAINER VOLUME
COMING HERE TO THE PORT OF LOS
ANGELES AND TO LONG BEACH. UM SO
THAT WE CAN KEEP THE JOBS HERE.
I KNOW THAT SAN PEDRO IS A UNION
TOWN. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR UNIONS
. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR WORKERS. WE
WANT TO KEEP THOSE JOBS HERE, UH
, AT THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND LOVE AND LONG BEACH. WHAT
THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING
THE LOCAL AIR POLLUTION CONCERNS
OF SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE
HEARING TODAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. CAN YOU JUST GIVE MY
COLLEAGUES AROUND OF APPLAUSE
FOR BEING HERE? YEAH UM, SO
BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE PANEL
BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD ON TIME, JUST
WANNA LET YOU KNOW HOW THIS IS
GOING AS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE? IT IS MY DESIRE ONE
TO HAVE TWO HEARINGS ONE
REPRESENTING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE
IN THAT FIRST PHASE. WE'RE
REPRESENTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
. OUR NEXT HEARING THERE'S
FLYERS DISSEMINATED WILL BE IN
THE PORTS OF OAKLAND. ON
NOVEMBER THE SECOND WE INVITE
YOU TO PLEASE NOTE THAT TIME
DOWN AND PLEASE COME JOIN US IN
THE PORTS OF OAKLAND, WHICH
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO
THERE. AND SO AFTER WE COMPLETE
THAT, BUT IN BETWEEN, WE WILL GO
THROUGH AND TOUR ALL 12 PORTS.
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. IN CASE
YOU MISSED IT, WE WILL GO AND
VISIT ALL 12 PORTS REALIZE
THAT'S ONE PART SURPRISE REPORT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ADDS TO
THE ECONOMY, SO WE WILL VISIT
THAT PORTS AS WELL. SO WE WILL
HAVE AND WE WILL TASK MY
COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME. UM AND
ALL 12 PORTS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AFTER WHICH WE WILL
PUT TOGETHER A WHITE PAPER THAT
MY SELECT MEMBERS MY COLLEAGUES
, THEIR STAFFS ARE WATCHING. IF
THEY'RE NOT HERE, PERSONALLY,
THEY'RE WATCHING. THEY'RE TAKING
COPIOUS NOTES. UH MITCH MOTTOS
WHO WORKS ON MY TEAM AND SITS TO
MY RIGHT. HE WILL LEAD THAT
DISCUSSION WITH THAT THOSE STAFF
MEMBERS OF GATHERING ALL THOSE
NOTES TOGETHER TO HELP US
COMPLETE THE WHITE PAPER. AND IT
IS OUR DESIRE THAT WE WILL
PRESENT THAT WHITE PAPER
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE BUT ALSO TO THE OTHER
FORMS OF LEADERSHIP TO THE
PROTEST AND THE SENATE AND ALSO
THE ASSEMBLY ABSOLUTELY
IMPERATIVE. THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
ALL OF OUR SUCCESSES, BUT ALSO
THE BARRIERS THAT WE FACE AND WE
HOPE THAT AS A RESULT OF THAT,
THAT WE WILL COME OUT WITH SOME
POLICIES THAT WOULD HELP. MOVE
UM, UM ALL OF OUR PORTS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA BEFORE, SO
THAT'S OUR GOAL BEFORE US.
THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE, AND
CERTAINLY WE INVITE EACH AND
EVERYONE TO DO TO TAKE NOTES AND
SHARE THOSE NOTES WITH US. JUST
IN CASE WE DON'T FORGET.
ANYTHING THAT'S A VALUE OF UP
IMPORTANCE TO, UH, THIS
ACHIEVING THIS PARTICULAR GOAL,
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE
DOING. AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF
ALL THESE HEARINGS AND TOURS. SO
WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOW, I
WOULD LIKE TO FIRST WE HAVE OUR
FIRST PANEL, UM UP, AND WE HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOR LOCAL
PORTS. THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES
PORTS OF LONG BEACH, SAN DIEGO,
AND ALSO WHY NAMING WHO ARE HERE
? WE WILL ASK ALL OF EACH ONE OF
OUR PALATES TO WANT INTRODUCE
YOURSELF. AND THEN PLEASE
COMMENCE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION
. WE WANT TO TRY TO DO THIS
WITHIN 5 TO 7 MINUTES. UM THE
FIRST ONE. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
OUR HOST FOR ALLOWING US TO BE
HERE. WE THANK HIM FOR HIS GREAT
LEADERSHIP TO THE COURT OF LOS
ANGELES AND TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS
ANGELES AND THAT WOULD BE MR
JEAN SOROKA. UM EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PORT OF LOS
ANGELES. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT,
IF YOU WILL, PLEASE INDULGE ME.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE
. UM UM, SIMILAR MEMBER JOSH
LAUREN THOUGHT WHO'S JUST JOINED
US. UM IF YOU CAN, PLEASE
PROVIDE US WITH A FEW OPENING
REMARKS. WE WANT TO GIVE WAY FOR
YOU TO DO THIS. DO THIS AT THAT
AT THIS TIME. JUST PUSH THE
BUTTON AND JUST WELCOME
EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. IT'S UH UH, YOU KNOW,
REPRESENTING PORT OF LONG BEACH
AND, UM, FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO
HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HERE FROM
AROUND THE STATE? AS A MATTER OF
FACT, UM I CERTAINLY CONSIDER
THE TWO PORTS TO BE ONE COMPLEX
THAT WORKS TOGETHER SO EXCITED
TO SEE PEOPLE FROM FROM BOTH
COMMUNITIES HERE TODAY AND LOOK
FORWARD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US WITH THAT
THE EXECUTIVE RECTOR FOR PORTAL
LOS ANGELES, JEAN SOROKA. THANK
YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIR,
GIBSON AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
WELCOME TO THE COURT OF LOS
ANGELES. HERE AT OUR PORTS. WE
FOCUS ON THREE MAJOR AREAS. THE
BUSINESS OF THE COURT. OUR GREAT
COMMUNITY THAT WAS JUST OUTLINED
BY COUNCILMAN MCCOSKER AND OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY AND
STEWARDSHIP. I'LL BEGIN WITH
THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
HEARING. THERE IS NOTHING MORE
WE WANT TO DO WITH THE COURT OF
LOS ANGELES, THEN REACHES ZERO
EMISSION COMPLEX AND SUPPLY
CHAIN, BUT IT IS A DAUNTING
TASK. I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY
FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. I'VE
WORKED ON THE GROUND IN 50
COUNTRIES AND I HAVE LIVED
OVERSEAS WORKING IN THIS
INDUSTRY FOR 11 CONSECUTIVE
YEARS IN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE
EAST. I HAVE A VIEW OF WHAT THIS
INDUSTRY LOOKS LIKE. TODAY IT'S
LEADERSHIP AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO
GO TOMORROW, AND I WILL
UNDERSCORE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING
THAT THE COMMUNITY. THE
REGULATORS AND POLICYMAKERS,
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EVERYONE
WHO COUNTS ON US SHOULD
CHALLENGE US EVERY SINGLE DAY,
AND WE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR
OURSELVES HERE IN FRONT OF THIS
GREAT SELECT COMMITTEE. ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL TOPIC. THE PORTS
OF LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES
BACK IN 2006 EMBARKED ON WHAT IS
NOW FAMOUSLY CALLED THE CLEAN
AIR ACTION PLAN, AND IT'S STILL
TO MY KNOWLEDGE STANDS AS THE
ONLY COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
PLAN AT A PORK COMPLEX IN THE
WORLD. IT'S RESULTS SO FAR IS
THE DECLINE OF DIESEL
PARTICULATE MATTER BY 88% AS
RECENTLY REPORTED OUT AND BOTH
PORTS COMPREHENSIVE FINDINGS. OF
THEIR EMISSIONS. INVENTORIES FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2022 NITROGEN
OXIDE IS DOWN BY 62% AND SULFUR
OXIDE BY 97% ALL OF THESE
REDUCTIONS HAVE EXCEEDED OUR
JOINT COMMITMENTS TO OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT DATED BACK TO
EVEN 2015 WHEN BOTH PORTS CALLED
FOR AN UPDATE TO THE CLEAN AIR
ACTION PLAN. WHICH YIELDED NO
LESS THE STRATEGY OF GOING TO A
ZERO EMISSIONS POURED
ENVIRONMENT BY THE YEAR. 2030 0
EMISSIONS HEAVY DUTY TRUCK
ENVIRONMENT BY THE YEAR 2035
THAT WAS RESOLVED BY THE MAYORS
OF LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES
BACK IN JUNE OF 2017 FAR AHEAD
OF ANYONE ELSE'S ASPIRATIONS IN
OUR INDUSTRY, AND WE CONTINUE TO
MARCH FORWARD WHERE OUR RESOLVE
HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER IN THIS
AREA. BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN
THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF AND THE
COST OF ADOPTING THAT TECHNOLOGY
. NOW IT'S NOT FOR US TO SAY
WHAT IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT'S
NOT WERE A TEST BASIN FOR
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS
, COMPANIES AND OUR GREAT
WORKFORCE TO TEST THIS NEW
EQUIPMENT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO
WORK AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE MORE
REFINED. BY OUR ENGINEERING AND
SCIENTISTS AND THOSE THAT BUILD
THESE GREAT MACHINES. THAT WORK
CONTINUES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
SIDE AND WHAT WE'RE SO THANKFUL
TO THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS
LEADERSHIP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM'S BUDGET AT THE REQUEST
OF THE ASSEMBLY HAS NEVER HAD
MORE FOCUS OR INVESTMENT IN THE
11 PORTS IN THE STATE. IN
GENERATIONS AND JUST RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED WITH OUR SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION TOKE SOMA,
SHOCKING BOTH PORTS AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES RECEIVED
MORE THAN 800,000,000,800
MILLION U. S. DOLLARS ON
IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE
THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR AND
OUR COMMUNITIES BY REDUCING
THOSE EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING
AIR QUALITY GENERATIONAL NOW. WE
NEED TO WORK ON THE FEDERAL SIDE
TO GET MORE OF THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN
JOBS ACT INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
MONEY TO COME OUR WAY.
CALIFORNIA HAS ONLY RECEIVED
APPROXIMATELY 14% OF THE I J
MONEY TO DATE, AND WE'RE MORE
THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE LIFE
CYCLE OF THAT BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. WE'VE GOT TO
CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN AND PUSH
OUR APPLICATIONS TO THE FRONT OF
THE CLASS. INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO
MEANS HOW WE GENERATE ENERGY,
STORE IT AND DISTRIBUTED FOR
THESE NEW MACHINES, WHETHER THEY
BE OCEANGOING SHIPS, HEAVY DUTY
TRUCKS, HARBOR CRAFT LOCOMOTIVES
, TRUCKS OR THE CARGO HANDLING
EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR
DOCKS, ALL OF WHICH YOU'LL SEE
FIRSTHAND THIS AFTERNOON ON OUR
JOINT PORTS TOUR. THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE HAS LED TO A LOT
OF DEBATE. HOW DO WE GET ZERO
MISSION TRUCKS ON THE ROAD
QUICKER? HOW DO WE GET THEM IN
THE HANDS OF THE DRIVERS, MANY
OF WHICH ARE SMALL BUSINESS
ABOUT HALF HERE IN THIS IN THIS
SPORT COMPLEX, HAVE FIVE RIGS OR
LESS. MOST OF THE DRIVERS WHO
ARE REGISTERED TO DO BUSINESS AT
THE TWIN PORTS ARE CHEN ZERO OR
CHEN, ONE AMERICANS TRYING TO
BUILD FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES.
THE COST OF ONE OF THE NEW PRE
PRODUCTION PRE MASS PRODUCTION
TRUCKS IS ANYWHERE FROM
$1,150,000. THE TYPICAL TRUCK
THAT A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON
DRIVES TODAY IS PURCHASED ON THE
TERTIARY MARKET FOR ABOUT
$50,000. STATEWIDE STRATEGY
AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO
NEEDED. THINK OF A CONCEPT AS
SIMPLE AS OVERLAYING A MAP OF
WHERE ALL THE DIESEL STATIONS
EXIST TODAY AND START LOOKING AT
THAT FOR ELECTRIC CHARGING AND
HYDROGEN FUELING TRUCKS CHARGE
UP OR FUEL UP WHERE THEY REST.
THINK OF A WAREHOUSE WHEN
THEY'RE UNLOADING THEIR GOODS.
THINK OF THE TRUCK DEPOT AS
DRIVERS HAND OFF ONE RIG TO THE
NEXT DRIVER. THESE ARE CONCEPTS
THAT I THINK CAN HELP GET US TO
AREAS OF INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT THAT TAKE PLACE WHERE
WE NEED THE MOST MAJOR TRADE
CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE CENTRAL
VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, THE INLAND
EMPIRE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
THE RAIL YARDS IN EAST LOS
ANGELES JUST TO NAME THREE SO WE
NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING IN
THESE AREAS. THE TECHNOLOGY A
BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCK TODAY.
CARRIES A BATTERY OF ABOUT
£16,000 THAT MORE THAN DISPLACES
CARGO COMPARED TO ITS DIESEL
COMPETITOR. WE KNOW THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY WILL MOVE FORWARD.
BATTERIES WILL GET SMALLER
STORAGE WILL GET IMPROVED. BUT
WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. AND
THESE TRUCKS THAT WE'RE TESTING
HERE AT THE NATION'S LARGEST
PORT COMPLEX HAVE DIFFICULTY
GOING OVER THE CAJON PASS. THE
VINCENT THOMAS OR THE NEW BRIDGE
IN LONG BEACH CONSECUTIVELY WITH
PAYLOADS AGAIN. THESE ARE WITH
THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON BUT
WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET TO
COMPETE WITH THEIR DIESEL RIVALS
. ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE TRUCKS
THAT MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE
PORTABLE LOS ANGELES CARRY CARGO
BALANCED. THIRD GOES ON RAIL, SO
THIS TRUCK MIGRATION TO ZERO
EMISSIONS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
FOR ALL OF US AND THE 20,000
TRUCKERS THAT ARE REGISTERED TO
DO BUSINESS HERE AT THESE PORTS.
AND THE COST STRUCTURE, AS I
MENTIONED ALSO HAS TO BE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT, WHICH IS WHY OUR
FOCUS IS ON ACCELERATING THE
TECHNOLOGY. AND FINDING THE
NECESSARY INVESTMENT IN FUNDING
STREAMS TO HELP BRIDGE THOSE
GAPS. THE HARBOR COMMISSION IN
LOS ANGELES HAS GIVEN ME
UNPRECEDENTED AUTHORITY TO OFFER
NOW $350,000 PER VEHICLE STACKED
WITH CALIFORNIA VOUCHERS TO HELP
BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN DIESEL
ELECTRIC AND HYDROGEN AGAIN.
GOOD START. WE'VE GOT TO DO
MORE. ON THE BUSINESS SIDE IS
WAS CORRECTLY SAID OUR MARKET
SHARE HAS DIPPED FROM YOUR 2002
IS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI
SAID OF 50% OF THE NATION'S
IMPORTS. DOWN TO 40. AND MOST
RECENTLY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF
2022 AND 2023 DOWN TO 33%
HISTORY HAS SHOWN WHEN THAT
CARGO MOVES TO EASTERN GULF
COAST PORTS. IT DOES NOT COME
BACK AND ITS ENTIRETY. OTHERS
HAVE HIRED SWITCHED ON
LEADERSHIP, ALIGNED WITH
POLICYMAKERS AND GOTTEN GREAT
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO
COMPETE WITH OUR CALIFORNIA
PORTS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT
BLUEPRINT AND ACCELERATE THAT
WORK TOGETHER, AND THAT'S MY
FINAL COMMENT THAT WE CAN'T DO
THIS ALONE. WHAT WE HAVE GREAT
VISION AND RESOLVE INDUSTRY
EXPERTISE, POLICY FOLKS AND SO
MANY OTHERS THAT WANT TO HELP US
CHIP IN. WE'VE GOT A HARNESS,
NOT ONLY THE POWER OF CALIFORNIA
BUT THE POWER OF THE MORE THAN
250,000 COMPANIES THAT DO
BUSINESS WITH US ANNUALLY HERE
AT THESE PORTS TO ROW IN THE
SAME DIRECTION. MR CHAIR. I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY AND LOOK
FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY
HAVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. APPRECIATE IT.
WE ASKED YOU TO SIT TIGHT. WE
MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE
PANEL. NEXT WE WANT TO MOVE TO
MARA CORDERO, THE EXACT DIRECTOR
OF THE PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND
AGAIN, UM, I SEE A NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONERS FROM THE COURT OF
LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH. SO
WE SAY, WELCOME COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE
HERE. SO WITH THAT, WHICH NÚMERO
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE
CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE. SO
APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
AT THE NATION'S LARGEST GATEWAY.
AND BEFORE I BEGAN MY FORMAL
COMMENTS, LET ME JUST
PRELIMINARY, SAY, UH, COSTCO
COUNCILMAN MCCOSKER. WAS RIGHT
ON POINT WITH REGARD TO THE
CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY IN THIS
REGION. AND WHAT THIS GATEWAY
HAS DONE TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS. UH, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S.
YOU MENTIONED YOU SEE THIS AS
ONE PART COMPLEX. THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IN MY DAYS
THAT I WAS IN WASHINGTON, D. C
AS CHAIRMAN OF FEDERAL MARITIME
COMMISSION. STAKEHOLDER AFTER
STAKEHOLDER OF A LEADING
EXECUTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL
CARRIERS. WHEN I WOULD ASK HIM.
WELL, HOW DO YOU DECIDE YOU GO
TO LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES.
IT'S JUST ONE COMPLEX. AND I
MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE PART OF
THE CHALLENGE IN MY VIEW. IS
AGAIN TO MAXIMIZE COLLABORATION
IN THIS REGION. AND THAT'S
FURTHER EMPHASIZE AND CONFIRMED.
BY STUDY PROCURED BY MARRIAGE,
OUR CITY BACK IN 2018. THE
ECONOMIC INDUSTRIAL SURVEY,
WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE MAXIMIZED
COLORADO COLLABORATION NEEDS TO
BE HAD BY THE ST PETER BAY
PORTS, AND I'LL JUST REFER YOU
TO THAT REPORT FOR YOUR CASUAL
READING. UH, CHAIRMAN. I'M VERY
IMPRESSED THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS
GOING TO VISIT ALL 12 PORTS OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 11 OF
WHICH ARE PUBLIC. THAT'S A GREAT
STEP. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT SAINT PETER BAY. FOR THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE'RE NOT
THE FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY SOLELY
BECAUSE OF SILICON VALLEY. IT'S
BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M VERY
MUCH APPRECIATIVE, BUT NOT ONLY
THIS LEADERSHIP, THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEADERSHIP OF STATE LEGISLATURE
WITH REGARD TO FOCUSING ON THE
LARGEST. CONTAINER GATEWAY OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT TOOK A
PANDEMIC. TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SUPPLY CHAIN. THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE BRAZILIAN WORKFORCE WE HAVE
HERE IN SAN PEDRO BAY. AND, OF
COURSE, THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT
WE'VE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED HERE. AND
LET ME JUST SAY THIS. IT'S NOT
JUST THE NUMBER ONE THE NIGHT
ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THE GATEWAY
FOR A COUNTRY. I WILL SAY IT'S
THE NUMBER ONE GATEWAY THAT HAS
PROVEN ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND
HAS METRICS AND RESUME TO PROVE
THAT WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE I THINK TO JEAN'S POINT
REGULATION HERE HAS TO BE
PRAGMATIC. COUNCILOR MCCOSKER
REFERENCED THE FACT THAT WE NEED
TO WORK WITH OUR REGULATORY
AGENCIES. AQMD IN PARTICULAR. TO
MOVE FORWARD FOR THE GREATER
GOOD. AND NOT JUST MOVE FORWARD
IN THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
ASSESS PART EXCUSE ME, ASSESS
FINES AND PENALTIES. AND
ACCUMULATE REVENUE. WITH NO
METRICS OF EMISSION REDUCTION.
AND I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYONE.
WHO QUESTIONS THE RESOLVE OF
THESE TWO PORTS. TO ADDRESS
REDUCTIONS OF EMISSION. AND MY
QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE,
WHATEVER GATEWAY HAS A GOAL OF
ZERO ADMISSION. SO. THE TWO
PRIME MISSION OF THESE TWO
PORTS. THERE'S SUBSTANCE TO
THIS. WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
ANY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S
AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE. OUR
MISSION. NOW WITH THAT. AS I
MENTIONED THE POOR LONG BEACH IS
PART OF THIS PREMIER GATEWAY.
AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE
MOVE FORWARD 200 MILLION ANNUAL
TRADE. 2.6 MILLION JOBS RESULT
FROM INDIRECT OR DIRECT.
MOVEMENT FROM THE PRO LONG BEACH
AND, OF COURSE, 535,000 REGION
WIDE. UM. I DO HAVE A POWER
POINT APOLOGIZE. HERE WE GO. UH
AS I MENTIONED, HERE'S A GRAPH
OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAINT PETER
OBEY TH¤U VOLUME. AND BY THE
WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT
2021 WAS A RECORD YEAR. WE
REDUCED A LITTLE BIT IN 2022.
AND BUT AS FAR BEYOND THE
FORECAST, I WAS MADE IN 2016
ABOUT YOUR VOLUME IN THE ST
PETER BAY PORTS. SO THERE IS A
RECOGNIZED CONCERN AND CHALLENGE
WITH REGARD TO THE LOSS OF
BUSINESS. SO JUST IN 2023. WHEN
YOU LOOK TO MAY OF THIS YEAR AND
I WAS MAY WAS FOR A LONG BE
STRONGEST LOVE GOING BACK FROM
AUGUST OF 2022. THESE TWO PORTS
MOVED ONE ROUND FIGURES. AND
MAYBE THESE TWO PORTS RUN MOVE.
1.5 MILLION. IN JUNE, WE DIPPED
TO 1.4 MILLION IN JULY, WE
DIPPED AGAIN TO 1.2 MILLION BUT
THE GOOD NEWS IN AUGUST IT'S
MOVED OUT TO 1.5 MILLION. BACK
TO APPROXIMATELY WHEN WE WERE IN
MAY. BUT STILL FAR BEYOND THE
FORECAST OF WHAT WAS MADE A
DECADE AGO. IN TERMS OF
CONTAINER MOVEMENT HERE IN THIS
COMPLEX SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
COLOMBIA'S AS I MENTIONED TO YOU
UH, THESE ARE YOU IMPORTANT
METRICS FOR US? CARNIVAL VOLUME
MOVEMENT OF CONTINUOUS CARGO.
AND OF COURSE, SUSTAINABILITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT HOLDS FOR
AND IN THAT REGARD THIS IS OUR
QUEST. THIS IS OUR MISSION. THIS
IS ARE RESOLVED. AND THIS HAS
BEEN THE QUEST SINCE 2005 WITH
THE POOR LAMBIS MOVED FORWARD TO
GREENPORT POLICY. THERE WERE
FIVE PRINCIPLES TO THAT POLICY.
AND ONE OF WHICH IS THE
COMMITMENT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
AND WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE PORTABILITY SINCE 2005 AS
JEAN REFERENCE THE 2016 ASIAN
CLEANER ACTION PLAN CAME ABOUT
THE CLEAN AIR ACT. THE CLEAN
TRUCK PLAN OF 2008 CAME FORWARD.
AND THERE'S BEEN SUBSTANTIVE.
IMPROVEMENT METRICS TO PROVE.
THIS GATEWAY HAS UNDERTAKEN A
MISSION THAT NO OTHER CONTAINER
RIGHTS GATEWAY HAS BEEN ABLE TO
ACHIEVE. SO OUR PLAN OF ZERO
ZERO EMISSION ENERGY, RESILIENT
OPERATIONS AND HAS BEEN
REFERENCED ALREADY. WE'RE GOING
TO BE ZERO MISSION IN TERMS OF
CARNIVAL HAVING EQUIPMENT IN
2030. AND 2035 0 EMISSION TRUCKS
, WHICH I'VE SAID PREVIOUSLY
WE'RE GONNA GET THERE BEFORE
2035. FOR THE PRO LONG BEACH WE
ALREADY HAVE. 19% OF OUR CARGO
HANDLING EQUIPMENT. IS JERRY
MISSION. AND BY THE WAY, THE
MOST OF ANY OTHER PORT IN THE
COUNTRY. NOW. LET ME GO. THE.
SLIDE NUMBER FIVE HERE THOUGHT A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
TRUCKS. AS I MENTIONED BY 2035.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ZURI MISSION
TRUCKS. WANNA THANK CARB FOR THE
RECENT ADVANCED CLEAN TRUCK
FLEET PROVIDES MARKET
ENHANCEMENT. SO THAT BY 2036,
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A ZERO MISSING TRAILERS TRUCK IN
THE STATE. CURRENTLY THERE IS AN
EXCESS OF $8 MILLION THAT THE
TWO PARTS OF ACCUMULATED AS A
RESULT OF THE APPLICATION.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLEAN
TRUCK THREE, WHICH COMMENCED IN
APRIL OF 2022. THE POOR
LAUNDRIES HAS SUPPORTED
SIGNIFICANT TRUCK CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE
NATION'S FIRST HEAVY DUTY TRADE
STRUCK CHARGES AT THE TERMINAL
ACCESS CENTER. LISA'S WITH
ENTITIES AS A SUCH AS FOR JAN.
WHAT E B FORUM MOBILITY. FOR
PUBLIC CHARGING. WE HAVE
RELEASED AN RFP FOR ADDITIONAL
CHARGES OF THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF
CENTER AND WE HAVE PLANS FOR THE
ADDITIONAL RFP. AT A LARGER
NORTH HARBOR SITE. AND ALL
TOGETHER. WE'RE ON TRACK. TO
HELP 100 CHARGING STATIONS AT
THE PORT OF LONG BEACH BY YEAR,
2027. NOT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S
CUTTING EDGE LEADERSHIP. I WILL
TELL YOU FAR BELOW WHAT WE NEED
IN THIS REGION AND FOR THAT
MATTER IN THE STATE. IN MARCH,
THE POOR LLAMBIAS JOINED A
DELEGATION LED BY LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR WITH REGARD TO
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ON
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES MORE
SPECIFICALLY WITH JAPAN
SENTIMENT YOU WERE THERE. AH,
WITNESSING LEADING TECHNOLOGY
INVOLVEMENT IN JAPAN WOULD
REGARD TO INVESTMENT IN
HYDROGEN. SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS
COMING AHEAD. DESPITE. BY SOME
WHO MAY QUESTION THE RESOLVE OF
THE POPE TO PORTS I COULD
REPRESENT TO YOU THAT ON THE
INTERNATIONAL STAGE THE
CARRIERS. HAVE MOVED FORWARD
WITH SUBJECTIVE ORDERS OF NEW
VESSELS. WHICH WILL HAVE
ALTERNATIVE FUEL CAPABILITIES.
METHANOL, GREEN AMMONIA. IN THE
FUTURE HYDROGEN NOTHING
IMMEDIATELY IN THE NEAR TERM.
BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THIS
IS NOT AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS BEEN
DISMISSIVE. LIKE OTHER SECTORS.
I COULD JUST REFER YOU TO THE
ARTICLE NEARLY EIGHT TIMES THIS
WEEKEND ABOUT OTHER SECTORS WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN VERY. CORPORATELY
RESPONSIBLE IN REDUCING
EMISSIONS. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT
THESE TWO PORTS HAVE AND WILL
AND WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR ZERO
EMISSION GOALS. MOVING NOW TO
SLIDE NUMBER SIX. HERE'S A
NUMBER WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND WANT
TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR
ADVOCACY, THE GOVERNOR AND
CALCIUM TO IS THAT MY TIME'S UP
? OOPS OKAY, I MOVED QUICKLY TO
CLOSE. I'M GONNA TALK REAL QUICK
ABOUT PURE NGUYEN. ON DOCK RAIL
. THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF 158
MILLION RECEIVED FOR THAT AS
PART OF 308 EXCUSE ME AS PART OF
THE GREATER, UM, ALLOTMENT BY
THE CALCIO GRANT OF 383 MILLION
BUT HERE'S ANOTHER. DID NOT
ADMIT THAT THE PURE LONG BEACH
THAT'S HUGE, AND WE'RE GONNA
NEED TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE
AND THE LEGISLATURE, OF COURSE,
THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE BEFORE
THIS REALITY BUT RENEWABLE
ENERGY, SO IN CONCLUSION LET ME
JUST EMPHASIZE WHAT I THINK. ARE
THE TAKEAWAYS HERE IN TERMS OF
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. THESE TWO
PARTS ARE VITAL NOT ONLY TO THE
NATION THEY'RE VITAL TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS
ECONOMIC ENGINE PROVIDES JOBS.
BUT I THINK THE TAKEAWAY THE
MOST IMPORTANT POINT THERE'S NO
OTHER CONTAINER RIGHTS GATEWAY,
NO OTHER PORTS AUTHORITIES THAT
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE KIND OF
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS. AND OF COURSE,
THE QUEST TO MOVE TO ZERO. BUT
WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. KEEP IN
MIND. WE'RE PUBLIC PORTS, PART
OF THE CITY. CITY ALUM BEACH
CITY OF L. A. THERE'S ONLY SO
MUCH WE CAN DO. WE CANNOT DO
THIS ALONE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE COMPETITIVENESS THAT I
BELIEVE IT'S VERY REAL, JUST
COST THAT'S INVOLVED WITH REGARD
TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO
APPLY IN TERMS OF FEES AND
PENALTIES. WE CANNOT ACQUIESCE
TO THAT. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE
BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIPS.
SO WITH THAT I APOLOGIZE FOR,
UH, EXCEEDING THE TIME LIMIT.
I'M VERY ENERGETIC ON THIS ISSUE
BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE IN A VERY
GOOD PERIOD FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, MOVING FORWARD TO
SUPPORT THE PORTS AND A GREAT
APPRECIATION OF STATE
LEGISLATURE FOR KNOWING THE
FUNDING BUT THE CONTINUED
COMMITMENT OF SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING TO THESE PORTS BECAUSE
IT IS VITAL. SO WITH THAT, MR
CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AFTER YOU
COULD JUST PLEASE STICK AROUND
FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE PANEL.
CHRISTINE DECK, KISSES THE CEO
AND POURED DIRECTOR FOR THE
COURT. WHITE THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOU CAN
COMMENCE WITH YOUR YOUR
TESTIMONY. BUT BEFORE YOU DO
THAT, WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW
THAT NOTE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE GO BIZ AND ALSO
REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR
SPEAKERS, OFFICE AND ALSO, UH,
WELL, ROBERT RIVAS AND OUR
SECRETARY TRANSPORTATION. WE
HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING. AND ARE
ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE. THAT'S HOW
IMPORTANT THIS HEARING IS THAT I
APPRECIATE AGAIN SPEAKER REVIS
FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE WITH
THIS SELECT COMMITTEE. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. AND PLEASE
COMMENCE. GOOD MORNING. THANK
YOU. HONORABLE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GIBSON LIKE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE
PORTABLE ENEMY ON BEHALF OF MY
BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS
WERE VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE
THIS MORNING AND SHARE SOME OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PORTAL
ENEMY. JUST A SIDEBAR. YOU MAY
RECOGNIZE ONE OF MY
COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER
HODGE, WHO HAPPENS TO BE MARRIED
TO OUR STATE TREASURER, FIONA
MOTH, SO WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS UP
IN SACRAMENTO AS WELL. UM THIS
IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PORTS,
PHYSICAL PORTS. I THOUGHT IT
MIGHT BE JUST WE'RE SHARING THAT
WE DO SHARE A HARBOR WITH NAVY
BASE, VENTURA COUNTY, AND IT'S
BEEN A GREAT PRIVATE PUBLIC
PUBLIC WIN FOR OUR LOCAL
MILITARY. UM, WE HAVE ACCESS TO
54 ACRES OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN
THE NAVY IS NOT USING IT TO
DEPLOY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
AND IN LIEU PAYING RENT THAT
WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE MONEY STATES YOUR LOCALLY
AND WE BUILT FOR THE NAVY. WE
ALSO HAVE A CUSTOMER ON THAT
SIDE THAT LISA'S 90 ACRES OF
LAND AND COLLECTIVELY WE BOTH
HAVE THAT PAY TO PLAY AND BUILD
FOR THE NAVY, AND WE'VE INVESTED
OVER $90 MILLION IN OUR LOCAL
INSTALLATION AND MAYBE BASED
VENTURA COUNTY, SO THOSE ARE
WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
OUR OUR NATION AS WELL HERE. UM
DEPORT. JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE
DOES HAVE STRATEGIC QUARTERS.
THESE DO HAVE NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE OF NAVY
BASE, VENTURA COUNTY AS WELL. WE
DO HAVE A 90,000 HEAVY WEIGHT
ALLOWANCE, AND WE ALSO OWN A
SHORT HAUL RAILROAD AND WE
CONNECT WITH THE CLASS ONE
RAILROADS, UNION PACIFIC AND
DOWNTOWN OXNARD. AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL
COMING OUT AND VISITING THE PORT
OF WHEN HE ME. THIS IS OUR
GLOBAL OUR DOMESTIC REACH, SO WE
DO SUPPORT TRADE. UM THROUGHOUT
OUR NATION AS WELL. 15 STATES WE
REACH AS WELL AS INTO CANADA,
BOTH ON THE IMPORT AND THE
EXPORT SIDE, AND I APPRECIATE
ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
AT THE TABLE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE
ACTUALLY KNOWN AS THE PORTS
FARMERS BUILT. SO AG IS IN OUR
DNA. WE MOVE A LOT OF
REFRIGERATED CARGO £5 BILLION TO
5. BILLION BANANAS ARE IMPORTED
TO REPORT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE
ALSO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES WITH THE EXPORT
SIDE. OF THE HOUSE AND A LOT OF
OTHER COMMODITIES COME THROUGH
US THAT OUR AG RELATED. WE ARE
THE FOURTH LARGEST CALIFORNIA
CONTAINER PORTS SIX ON THE WEST
COAST. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE THAT WE'RE NUMBER SIX
FOR AUTOS IN OUR NATION AND IN
THE TOP 10% OF THE NATION
SUPPORTS FOR AG AND PRO PRODUCE
IN AUTOMOTIVE CARGO. WHEN WE DO
WELL, OUR COMMUNITIES DO WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH WE'VE
ACTUALLY GROWN 80% IN THROUGHPUT
OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND SO OUR
JOBS HAVE JUMPED 144% TAX
REVENUES INTO A COMMUNITY, 2200
AND 24% AND OVER ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY HAS GROWN 150. UM
PERCENT, SO THAT IMPACT IS REAL.
WE LIVE IN DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE PORTER
DISADVANTAGES. SO WE REALLY ARE
CREATING PIPELINES. 60% OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE PORT OF
WHEN WE LIVE IN OXNARD, OR PORTS
WHEN AMY NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES
AND 95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK
AT THE PORTS LIVE IN VENTURA
COUNTY. UM THIS IS ANOTHER
SHOWCASE OF THAT GROWTH. WE HAVE
SEEN TREMENDOUS VOLUME UPTICKS
OVER THE LAST DECADE AND KIND OF
SHOWS THE TONNAGE AND THE
COMMODITIES THAT COME THROUGH
HERE. I THINK THIS IS ONE. YOU
MIGHT NOT NO, IS THAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY THE 16TH LARGEST
CONTAINER PORTS IN OUR NATION
NOW MOVING MORE CONTAINERS IN
THE PORT OF BOSTON, PORTLAND,
OREGON, SO WE REALLY HAVE
EMERGED IN THIS AREA SINCE 2000
. WHEN I STARTED 10 YEARS AGO,
WE HARDLY MOVED TO CONTAINER.
NOW WE'RE MOVING CLOSE TO
270,000 TUS OF CONTAINERS A
YEAR. UM ON THE AUTOMOTIVE FRONT
. IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE
ARE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNOR'S
GOAL TO GO TO AN E V ECONOMY AND
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE.
23% OF THE VEHICLES NOW COMING
THROUGH OUR PORTS ARE ELECTRIC.
SO WE'RE REALLY ON THE FRONT END
OF THAT SUPPLY CHAIN AND
OUTPACING THE NAPA NATIONAL
AVERAGE OF 5.3. UM WHEN, WHEN
THINGS BREAK WHEN AMY AUSTIN IS
SUPPORT THAT STEPS UP IS THE
RESERVE RESILIENCY HUB. WE RUN A
LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE ONLY HAVE
120 ACRE FOOTPRINT. BUT WE HAVE
ALL OF THESE PRIVATE TERMINALS,
EXTENSIONS OF THE PORTS OUTSIDE
THE GATE, AND WE START ADDING UP
THAT ACREAGE. WE REALLY HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT FOOTPRINT. SO BY WAY
OF EXAMPLE, WHEN A CHIQUITA
BANANA COMES INTO OUR PORTS
CONTAINER DOESN'T STAY THERE. IT
WILL GO TO AN OFFSITE PRIVATE
TERMINAL OUTSIDE THE GATE, WHERE
IT'S ACTUALLY A BONDED CUSTOMS
FACILITY INSPECTION HAPPENS. IS
THERE. SO WE DON'T GET A
CONTESTED SEAPORT. YOU HAVE ALL
THESE EXTENSIONS OF THE POURED
OUTSIDE THE GATE. SAME THING
WITH CARS WHEN IT VEHICLE LAND
SUPPORTED WHEN AMY A
LONGSHOREMAN WILL TAKE IT OFF
THE BILL OR THE VESSEL, AND THEN
IT'S ACTUALLY DRIVEN TO ONE OF
THE REPORT LOCATION SO THAT WE
DON'T HAVE AUTO CARRIERS COMING
ONTO THE PORTS. ALL OF THESE
EXTENSIONS OF THE PORTAL WHERE
THE CARGO GOES, AND THAT'S A
MODEL PORTS ARE SEEKING NOW TO
BUILD RIGHT INLAND PORTS TO
ELIMINATE CONGESTION AND WE WERE
BUILT THAT WAY BY DESIGN. SO
DURING SUPPLY CHAIN CONGESTION,
AND WE ALSO OPERATE MORE LIKE AN
OPERATING PORTS SO WE CAN PICK
AND CHOOSE WHO WE DO BUSINESS
WITH. SO IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO
CONGEST AH REPORT WITH A LOT OF
CONTAINER, STACKING UP AND NOT
GET BANANAS TO MARKET OR EXPORTS
INTO THE MARKET, WE CAN SAY NO
TO THAT BUSINESS AND DURING
SUPPLY CHAIN CONGESTION OR OUR
CARGO. ACTUALLY EXPORTS GREW
219% AND WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH
NEW SERVICES FROM CHINA. TO GO
INTO A GATEWAY THAT WASN'T
CONGESTED, UM, AND GET THINGS
LIKE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SUPPLIES
, HANES UNDERWEAR, CROCS, SHOES
AND OTHER COMMODITIES ONTO THE
SHELVES IN AMERICAN MARKETS, SO
WE DO WE DO PLAY A ROLE OF
BRAZILIAN SHIP HUB. I WILL SAY
WITH SOME OF THE SLIPPAGE THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN MARKET SHARE THAT
WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE
TRAVELERS COME FROM L A AND LONG
BEACH TO THE PORTAL ENEMY NOW TO
GET WORK. SO THAT'S HOW REAL
THAT IMPACT IS, AND IT AFFECTS
OUR CASUAL WORKFORCE AS WELL. SO
OUR CASUAL WORKERS ARE NOW NOT
GETTING THAT WORK. AND I PUT
THIS SLIDE UP THERE BECAUSE I
THINK IF THE SYSTEM OF
CALIFORNIA IF THE IF THE SAME
PAGE REPORTS GET SICK, OUR WHOLE
SYSTEM AND ECOSYSTEM REPORTS IN
CALIFORNIA OR GET SICK, SO OUR
GOAL IS TO GO GREEN, BUT DO IT
IN A WAY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND
KEEPS OUR PORTS COMPETITIVE IS
THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE HERE
TODAY. I WILL MENTION THAT WE
ALSO HAVE ZERO MISSION AMBITIOUS
GOALS. WE GOT A $200,000 GRANT
FROM THE CC. SO WE'RE BUILDING
OUR BLUEPRINTED DECARBONIZATION
. WE PLAN TO ROLL THAT PLAN OUT
THIS MONTH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
VERY SIMILAR TARGETS AS MY
FRIENDS HERE IN TERMS OF
AMBITIOUS GOALS TO GO TO ZERO
EMISSIONS. WE'D LIKE TO BE THE
FIRST ZERO MISSION PORTLY, THINK
THE SIZE OF OUR OF OUR OUR PORTS
MIGHT GIVE US THIS ECONOMIES OF
SCALE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT
AMBITIOUS GOAL. TODAY WE'VE
INVESTED 70 MILLION IN GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THINGS LIKE
HYBRID ELECTRIC CRANES TO YOU ON
THE SHORT SIDE POWER SYSTEMS TO
TESLA BATTERY STORAGE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE PORTS, SO
WE'RE REALLY AS ALL THE
CALIFORNIA PORTS COLLECTIVELY
ARE TRYING TO LEAD THE WAY
TOWARDS THE ZERO EMISSION
FUTURE. WE HAVE STOOD AIR
QUALITY MONITORS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. WE COLLECT AIR
QUALITY DATA EVERY SECOND EVERY
DAY, AND WE SHARE THAT DATA
BECAUSE WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO
KNOW HOW THE STATUS OF THEIR AIR
. UM ON THE WIND FRONT WHERE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT PLAY ON THIS
THAN SOME OF THE LARGER PORTS,
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW OUR
WORKFORCE CAN, UM, BECOME A
MAYBE A HOW WE CAN HELP DEVELOP
THE WORKFORCE IN OXNARD. UM
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE, LIKE
MANUFACTURING AND IN TERMS OF
IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. OUR
NEEDS WON'T BE AS GREAT AS, SAY,
THE BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT OF MY
NEIGHBOR HERE, BUT, UM, WE DO
WANT TO PLAY IN THAT AND THAT
DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND AS
WELL. UM JUST SOME OTHER UNIQUE
WAYS THAT WE HELP OUR COUNTRY.
IN TERMS OF THE MISSION
REDUCTIONS. I WON'T GO INTO
TECHNICALITIES OF WHAT A
BLUEBERRY PILOT PROJECT IS, BUT
ESSENTIALLY, UM, ABOUT THREE
YEARS AGO ONE. ONLY ONE OTHER
PORTANTINO COUNTRY COULD ACCEPT
BLUEBERRIES FROM PERU AND THAT
WAS SUPPORTED PHILADELPHIA AND
THEY WOULD TRUCK ALL THOSE
BLUEBERRIES OUT HERE. WELL, WE
DID A PILOT PROJECT WITH USDA,
CSD A AND OUR LOCAL ACT,
INSPECTOR. AND WE'RE ABLE TO
OPEN OUR DOORS TO ACCEPT
BLUEBERRIES FROM PERU, AND NOW
WE HAVE ALL THESE EMISSION DRUGS
REDUCTIONS IN A GIVEN MONTH WE
MIGHT MOVE MORE BLUEBERRIES AND
BANANAS AND PREVENT ALL THESE
EMISSIONS FROM FROM GOING ACROSS
COUNTRY AND TRUCKS. AND THEN
FINALLY, UM WE ARE EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL FOR THE FUNDING THAT
HAS COME THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. IT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL
FOR REPORT. WE RECEIVED 80
MILLION, SO IT'S GOING TO BE
COMBINED GREEN EFFORT TO GO TO
ZERO MISSION WHILE WE CREATE
THOUSANDS OF JOBS RELATED TO
TRADE AND COMMERCE. AND SO I
THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE
HIGH NOTES HERE ALREADY. BUT
WE'RE ALL IN RIGHT. WE'RE HERE.
WE WANT TO RUN. WE WANT TO BE
THAT ZERO MISSION POOR BUT AS MY
PARTNERS HERE SAID, AND
COLLEAGUES TODAY WE NEED YOUR
HELP. WE NEED SOME POLICY AND WE
NEED MONEY. WE NEED
INFRASTRUCTURE COLLABORATION IS
SO KEY TO SUCCESS. YOU CAN'T
HAVE A MANDATE COMING FROM ONE
AGENCY AND THEN TO HAVE NOT
ENOUGH GRID CAPACITY TO MEET
THAT MANDATE. SO JUST HAVING
THAT ROBUST CONVERSATION THROUGH
GOOD PUBLIC POLICY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. WE TOUCHED ON
LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDING. I
HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO JOIN MY
COLLEAGUES AND GO TO WASHINGTON
WITH SECRET TALKS ON MY SHOCK
AND FIRSTHAND TELL THEM BRING
SOME OF THE BACON BACK TO UH, TO
CALIFORNIA WHERE YOU HAVE THAT,
UM, AGENDA ALIGNMENT WITH MINUTE
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. LET'S
START, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THE
MONEY NOT TO THIS GIVING THE
MONEY TO THE STATES THAT AREN'T
DOING IT GIVEN TO THE STATES
THAT ARE DOING AND LEADING THE
WAY WE COULD CERTAINLY USE YOUR
HELP THERE. UM AND THEN IT'S
JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
ASSESS THE NEEDS. SO WE BUILD
SMART. WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST
TIME WE GET ALL THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. WE DO
IT RIGHT. UM AND THEN INVEST AND
WE'LL NEED YOUR HELP ON THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALL IN IT WHEN HE ME
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY OR
PRESENTATION. NEXT UP. WE WOULD
LIKE TO INVITE UP TO SPEAK MIKE
FLOOR. THE FLOOR ISN'T IMPORT OF
SAN DIEGO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WELCOME CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS THANK YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND
SPEAK TO YOU AND TO GATHER THE
PORTS HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, TO, UH, THE VOICE
SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT
WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OUR REPORTS THE PORT OF SAN
DIEGO FULFILLS UNIQUE ROLE IN
AMONG OUR CALIFORNIA PORTS. THE
FOURTH LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA,
AND ALSO ONE OF THE DESIGNATED
COMMERCIAL STRATEGIC PORTS.
THEREFORE WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR
FACILITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN 48
HOURS NOTICE MUCH IN THE SAME
WAY AS LONG BEACH DOES. OAKLAND
DOES IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY,
DEFINITELY DIFFERENTIATOR ON THE
WEST COAST WITH REGARD TO
CAPACITIES AND UTILIZATION OF
REPORTS. ALSO AS A STRONG
ECONOMIC ENGINE DISTRICT HAS AN
OVERALL IMPACT OF ABOUT 20.9.
JOBS IN CALIFORNIA. WE MANAGE A
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO THAT GENERATES
REVENUE TO SUPPORT VITAL PUBLIC
SERVICES AND AMENITIES FROM
BUILDING SHIPS FOR THE US NAVY
AND BOLSTERING CALIFORNIA'S
CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN TO
DEMONSTRATING NEW CLEAN
TECHNOLOGIES. SAN DIEGO'S
WATERFRONT PROVIDES JOBS AND
REVENUE THAT FLOW INTO THE
COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND THE
BAY AND SUPPORTS FEDERALLY
DESIGNATED CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE ABOUT TO
COMMISSION OUR FIRST ALL
ELECTRIC MOBILE HARBOR CRANE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FIRST IN THE
NATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF ALL
ELECTRIC CRANES HERE, BUT THE
FIRST ALL ELECTRIC MOBILE SYSTEM
ALSO WILL BE THE LARGEST
CAPACITY ON THE WEST COAST. FROM
A PORCH STANDPOINT AT 400 TONS.
THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO
CALIFORNIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ABILITY FOR SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS ARE SEEING COMING
ONLINE AS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE
ENERGY TRANSFORMATION HERE TO BE
ABLE TO BRING THOSE HEAVY
CAPACITY UNITS IN HERE WITHOUT
HAVING TO USE SHIPS GEAR VITAL
FOR KIND OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
CARGO. WE'RE ALSO AWAITING THE
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST ALL
ELECTRIC HARVARD TALK CROWLEY BE
BRINGING THAT INTO OUR PURPORT.
HOPEFULLY, THE BEGINNING THIS
YEAR IT'S FINALIZING ITS BUILD
IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. BUT I THINK
A GREAT PLATFORM TO SHOW THE
CAPABILITIES AND SUPPORT OF
FIRSTS IN CALIFORNIA AS TO WHAT
WE'RE DOING FOR REGARD TO AIR
EMISSIONS AND ELECTRIFICATION
INITIATIVES. SINCE YOU'RE HERE
TODAY TO TOUR AND HAVE A
DISCUSSION, MOSTLY AT THE PORTS
OF SAN PEDRO OR SAN PEDRO PORTS
. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
DOWN INTO SAN DIEGO IN THE NEAR
FUTURE AS YOU CONTINUE THAT, BUT
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT
BACKGROUND AND KIND OF WHO WE
ARE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO, WHERE
SPECIAL DISTRICT CONTROLS ABOUT
34 MILES OF BAYFRONT FROM THE
BEAUTIFUL URBAN WATERFRONTS OF
DOWNTOWN TO THE SALTWATER MARSH
HABITAT AND JULIA VISTA. AND OUR
SOUTH BAY COMMUNITIES TO THE
OCEAN FRONT OF IMPERIAL BEACH
AND CORONADO, INCLUDING SOME OF
OUR NAVAL FACILITIES THERE. WE
ARE DIVERSE, AND WE HAVE A
DIVERSITY OF NOT ONLY THE
CITY'S. YOU REPRESENT THE
COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND US AS
WELL. WE HAVE TWO CARGO
TERMINALS THAT PACK A PUNCH DOWN
IN THAT AREA. 10TH AVENUE MARINE
TERMINAL IS A SPECIALTY AND
BREAK BULK CARGO FACILITY. WE
PROCESS LARGE PROJECT CARGOES
LIKE THE WIND BLADES AND THE
TRANSFORMERS. WE COMPLETED THE
FIRST PHASE PROJECT THAT HELPED
TO MODERNIZE OUR TERMINAL.
DEMOLISHED TO UNDERUTILIZED
TRANSIT SHEDS IN THE AREA AND
CREATING MORE LAY DOWN AREA FOR
PROJECT CARGO OUT OF OVERSIZED
CARGO WIND AS WELL AS MILITARY
MOVES AND CREATED A STRONG
STRATEGIC COURT. OTHER CARGO,
THIS TERMINAL AND CREWS OF FRESH
FRUIT CONTAINERIZED STEEL BOX
SITE AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS
COMING INTO THE REGION. LARGE
QUANTITIES OF THESE STEEL GO TO
NASCAR, WHICH IS THE ONLY FULL
SERVICE SHIPBUILDING FACILITY ON
THE WEST COAST. A LITTLE FURTHER
SOUTH IS OUR NATIONAL CITY
MARINE TERMINAL ONE IN EVERY 10
VEHICLES THAT YOU SEE ON THE
ROADS COMES THROUGH NATIONAL
CITY SO VITAL FOR THE AUTOMOBILE
MARKET HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND THOSE IMPORTS. THAT TERMINAL
ALSO SUPPORTS OUR U. S FLAGGED
JONES ACT CARRIER THAT TRANSITS
BETWEEN THE WEST COAST AND WHITE
SUPPORTING RENTAL CARS, PERSONAL
VEHICLES, BIG RIG SHOTS AND AS
WELL AS OUR MILITARY MOVES.
AGAIN UH, EMPHASIS FOR SAN DIEGO
WAS REALLY A NON CONTAINERIZED
CARGO THAT NEEDS, UH, THE
SPECIAL CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
AND CAPABILITIES. WE'RE ALSO
PURSUING TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
THE FUNDING SIDE OF IT. WE'RE
PURSUING THE FEDERAL PDP GRANT.
UM AND AROUND 11. MILLIONS OF
LEVERAGED IMPACT OF CALIFORNIA'S
20 MILLION TOWARDS THE PORTS
WILL BE USING THAT FOR
SUBSTATION UPGRADES WHEN WE TALK
ELECTRIFICATION, AS WELL AS
LIGHTING, UPGRADES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN WE TALK
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR NOT
ONLY WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT ALSO
THESE ONGOING PROJECTS IN THE
FUTURE OF THE PORTS OF THOSE ARE
CRITICAL FOR OUR DEVELOPMENTS
AND THE FUTURE BENEFITS NOT ONLY
FOR THE POOR BUT FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT WE ALSO SUPPORT.
SO WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE GROWING PAINS AND WE
START TO LOOK AT OUR
ELECTRIFICATION INITIATIVE.
SUSTAINABILITY WHAT HAVE WE SEEN
AT THE PORTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES THAT
THESE PORTS AND MY COLLEAGUES UP
HERE HAVE HAD? WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE COMMON CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE
SEEN AND HEARD MANY OF THOSE
TODAY AND I WANTED TO KIND OF GO
THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE, UM, WHEN
IT COMES TO EARLY ADOPTION AND
MARITIME TECHNOLOGY, EARLY
ADOPTERS SOMETIMES FACE AN
UPHILL CHALLENGE. IT'S NOT
ALWAYS EASY BEING FIRST. WE SEE
THAT A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS
AND IT'S ALSO NOT CHEAP. WITH
THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO INSTALLED
SHORT POWER 10 YEARS AGO, THERE
WEREN'T MANY SHIPS READY TO PLUG
IN. WE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO, BUT THE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET WAS STILL A
BIT OFF WORK CONSISTENTLY SEEING
THAT THE TRANSITION IN 2025 THE
RO RO REGULATIONS WILL TAKE
PLACE IN WHICH ROAD OR VESSELS
NEED TO BE SHORT POWER.
INTERNATIONAL MARKET HASN'T
QUITE CAUGHT UP TO THAT. AND
WHEN YOU HEAR THE AMOUNT OF
VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH
THESE FOUR PORTS HERE, THAT'S A
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR US TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE IS READY. NOT
ONLY FOR THE REGULATIONS HERE
BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESIGNED
PROPERLY FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
MARKET. THAT'S NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO YET, SO
WE'RE SEEING THAT WHEN WE GO AND
DO DESIGNS THAT BECOMES A
REDESIGNED RE DUPLICATION AND
HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING
BOARD SO SOME SOMEWHAT IN A
SIMILAR STATEMENT, YOU CAN HAVE
THINGS CHEAP, FAST OR GOOD, BUT
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL THREE OF
THEM. AND SO WHAT? WE'RE TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH YEARS TO MAKE SURE
AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED
THAT WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT THE
FIRST TIME, AND SOMETIMES IT
TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN
ORDER TO GET IT RIGHT. WE'RE
SEEING THAT A BIT ON THE SHORT
POWER WITH RO RO.
STANDARDIZATION AS A SMALLER,
MORE DIVERSIFIED PORTS WERE NOT
A MARKET DRIVER FOR OFF OFF THE
SHELF AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS ARE NOT THE SAME AS
UNIVERSALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURING BEING AVAILABLE TO
THE GENERAL MASSES. AS MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED A LOT
OF THE EQUIPMENT OUT HERE IS A
TEST PLATFORM. WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE SO FAR
AHEAD OF THINGS. THE
STANDARDIZATION OF MODELS IS ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
FACING. UM WHEN THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MAY NOT
BE A WHERE CALIFORNIA IS ON
TECHNOLOGY THAT POTENTIALLY
STRANDS OUR OWN ASSETS, UH AND
ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, AND THAT'S
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
SEEING AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PROMOTING IN
PLACE MATCHES WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET IS GOING TO
DO AND IMPLEMENTATION. TODAY'S
GOALS AND TOMORROW'S STANDARDS
ALL REQUIRE MARKET READINESS AND
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN. WE NEED LONG LEAD TIMES
TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
THE END USERS. UM I'LL USE THE
PORTRAYS TRUCKS AS THAT EXAMPLE.
TO THE POINT OF DIESEL GAS
TRUCKS AND GAS STATIONS. OKAY
ELECTRIC CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURES AND NEED ALONG
CALIFORNIA. WE'RE NOT SEEING
THAT YET. WE'RE WORKING ON A RFP
TO BRING ONE IN SAN DIEGO SO WE
CAN CREATE THAT SOUTHERN REGION
WHERE THERE'S A COUPLE OF TIME
MESA SOMEWHAT UNDERUTILIZED AT
THIS POINT, AS TECHNOLOGY
CATCHES UP, WE'RE WORKING THE
SAME AS OUR COLLEAGUES HERE TO
DO OUR PART TO BRING IN CHARGES,
BUT IT'S A VAST NEED THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. THAT'S GOING TO BE
REQUIREMENT. UH AND THEN FUNDING
THIRD LESSON ON FUNDING LEGACY
GRANT PROGRAMS AT THE STATES
NEED TO BE REWORKED FOR PORTS OF
DIFFERENT SIZES, OPERATIONS AND
NEEDS. THE LEGISLATURE CAN FUND
A PROGRAM BUT THE PROGRAM NEEDS
TO REACH THE NEED. FUNDING
SOLICITATIONS SHOULD BE WRITTEN
IN SUCH A WAY THAT MORE PORTS
CAN TRULY COMPETE. AND THEN THE
BOTTOM LINE RIGHT THE SYSTEM
SUPPORTS IS SELF SUPPORTING. TO
APPOINT. DURING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
CRISIS. WE ALL HAD EACH OTHER'S
BACKS SAN DIEGO WAS ABLE TO
BRING ON SOME OF THE
CONTAINERIZED CARGO CARGO THAT
MOVED OUT OF CONTAINERS IN THE
BREAK BULK TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THE SYSTEM PRESSURES UP TO OUR
UP TO THE NORTH HERE IN SAN
PEDRO. BUT IN TURN, THE PORK
NEEDS CALIFORNIA CHAMPION THEM
TOO. WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINE
SHOWING THE COUNTRY WHAT
SUSTAINABILITY REALLY LOOKS LIKE
AND COMPETING WITH PORTS
ELSEWHERE WHO DID NOT PERFORM TO
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
THESE ARE A FEW OF THE WAYS THAT
STATES CAN ALIGN WITH PORTS HERE
TO ENSURE MORE MEANINGFUL
SUPPORT AND EFFECTIVE
PARTNERSHIP IN THE YEARS TO COME
. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TODAY,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH YOU IN HERE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS PANEL
AND THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE
THE PANEL OF EXPERTS BECAUSE
YOUR HAND IS ON THE POST. YOU
HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO
GUIDE CALIFORNIA'S PORTS. AND SO
I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. I
WANT TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS,
AND I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE
FIRST QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'VE
GIVEN US A LOT OF FRUITFUL
THOUGHT, AND I APPRECIATE AND I
SAW MY COLLEAGUE'S TAKING
COPIOUS NOTES AND SO GET READY
BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAINLY COMING
. I ALSO WANT TO MIA BONTA
ASSEMBLYWOMAN WHO WOULD BE
HOSTING US, UM, IN THE PORTS OF
OAKLAND IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER
THE SECOND AND I WILL BE
REPEATING THESE DATES. MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HEAR HIM AND ALSO WRITE
THEM DOWN AND JOIN US. UM,
ALTHOUGH THERE'S ALL MEN UP
HERE, BUT THERE'S FIVE WOMEN.
WHO'S PART OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE, SO I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THEY JUST WAS NOT
ABLE TO BE WITH US BUT ME ABOUT
TO SAY PLEASE COME JOIN US ON
NOVEMBER, THE SECOND IN OAKLAND
, WHERE SHE WILL BE HOSTING US.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I
WANT TO POST TO THE PANEL AND
WHOEVER WANTS TO, UM, REGARDLESS
, THEN FEEL FREE TO DO SO. I
KEPT HEARING A RUNNING THEME. UM
ONE. IT'S ABOUT FEDERAL
INVESTMENT. AND PARTNERSHIP. I
NEED TO ONE ASKED THE QUESTION.
UM WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING? AND
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING AS A
STATE IN ORDER TO GET BECAUSE WE
ALL ARE NOT DISILLUSIONED IF
CALIFORNIA GOES THIS COUNTRY
GOES, AMERICA GOES. SO HOW DO WE
WANT AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING
IN TERMS OF PAYING THE PICTURE
ABOUT FEDERAL INVESTMENT? IS IT
OUR CONGRESSIONAL? UM DELEGATION
FROM CALIFORNIA THAT WERE NOT
LEVERAGING. WHAT IS THE BLOCK?
AND WHAT SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE
BE DOING TO TRY TO HELP? IN
THOSE EFFORTS, WHOEVER OKAY, I'M
GONNA SHUT UP, SO PLEASE,
WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE IT CHAIR.
UH I THINK IT'S BEEN SHARED WITH
US FROM SECRETARY BUDDHA JUDGE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
SO MANY OTHER CABINET MEMBERS
AND, MORE RECENTLY, FORMER NEW
ORLEANS MARYLANDER WHO IS THE
SENIOR ADVISER AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO UNITE.
AND THAT'S WHAT COMPETING AREAS
HAVE DONE VERSUS US,
CALIFORNIA'S BIG STATE 40
MILLION PEOPLE, YOU ALL HAVE
LARGE DISTRICTS AND A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND SO MANY
DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT IN ORDER TO
COMPETE WITH THOSE PORTS ON THE
EAST AND GULF COAST FOR MONEY,
WE HAVE TO UNITE ON PURE CAUSES
. CALIFORNIA STEPPED UP AS NOTED
BY THE BUDGET. THAT YOU ALL
STARTED AT THE ASSEMBLY TO
CREATE THESE INITIATIVES AND WAS
PUT INTO THAT FINAL FISCAL YEAR
SERIES OF NUMBERS 1.5 BILLION U.
S. DOLLARS FOR THESE 11 PORTS
NEVER DONE BEFORE WE HAVE TO
UNITE ACROSS THESE PORTS AS A
UNIFIED CALIFORNIA WITH SOME
VERY PARTICULAR ASS ON
INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS AGAIN.
14% OF THE I J A MONEY HAS GONE
TO CALIFORNIA. BROADLY WE MOVED
40% OF THE FREIGHT. WE GOTTA
PUNCH ABOVE OUR WEIGHT IN THIS
CASE, AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
TO REASONS FOR YOU ALL AND FOR
YOUR YOUR DISTRICTS, YOUR
VOTERS. FOR EVERY FOUR
CONTAINERS. WE MOVE. WE CREATED
JOB HERE AT THE PORTA LOS
ANGELES. FOR EVERY CONTAINER
THAT GOES TO THESE OTHER PORTS,
THEY LIKELY TRAVEL LONGER
DISTANCES. ADMITTING MORE TOXINS
INTO THE AIR GOING ON TRANSIT
PATHS THAT DON'T HAVE THE EFFECT
OF VOLUNTARY INVOLVEMENT ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SIDE
THAT WE DO. THEY'RE GONNA BURN
DIRTIER GOING TO THESE OTHER
PLACES IN THE CARGO HERE IS
CLEANER. IT'S BETTER FOR THE
PLANET. IT'S BETTER FOR OUR OWN
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND TO DO THAT
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP INVESTING IN
THOSE JOBS ARE SO SACROSANCT TO
ALL OF US. AND THAT'S WHY THE
PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND LOS
ANGELES HAVE WITH YOUR
INITIATIVE, MR CHAIR. EMBARKED
ON THE NATION'S FIRST GOODS
MOVEMENT TRAINING CAMPUS, AND
THAT'S AN EFFORT TO UPSCALE AND
RE SKILL. PEOPLE OF MY VINTAGE,
ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THIS
INDUSTRY AND BRING FOLKS AGAIN
COLLABORATING AND TO THE CENTRAL
POINT. WE'VE GONE EVEN FARTHER
THAN THAT JUST ANNOUNCED IN
SHANGHAI THIS WEEK BETWEEN THE
PORTS OF L, A LONG BEACH AND
THAT GREAT COURT THE WORLD'S
FIRST GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR.
WE WANT TO SEE A ZERO EMISSIONS
VESSEL AND A ZERO EMISSIONS
TRANSIT PATH IF WE REDUCE THE
EMISSIONS ON THAT SHANGHAI TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AROUND BY
10% WE ELIMINATE ALL THE
EMISSIONS IN A YEAR AT THE PORT
OF LOS ANGELES. SO THIS IS
WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE. BIG TIME
JOBS, BIG TIME WORK ON SPREADING
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP,
BUT WE CAN ONLY DO IT. IF WE ACT
TOGETHER INTO BROAD COALITION WE
NEED TO PULL IN FROM FEDERAL TO
STATE ELECTED POLICYMAKERS AND
THAT THEIR CORE BUSINESS THAT I
MENTIONED EARLIER THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I BEFORE I TURN OUT TO MY
COLLEAGUES, UM, WAS WITH
CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA, WHO
WOULD LIKE TO BURST A JOIN
TOGETHER BECAUSE HE ALSO CHAIR
OF THE PORTS CAUCUS IN
WASHINGTON, D C TO HOW TO REALLY
LEVERAGE BUT COLLABORATING AND
BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER IN
TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE
DON'T MISS THE MARK. UH THAT WE
HIT A SPOT ON WITH RESOURCES
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
LEVEL. SO WITH THAT, LIKE, JUST
HAVE 1.2 GENES. COMMENT THAT'S I
THINK WORTH MENTIONING IS THAT
WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON TO A
LOT OF US APPLY FOR GRANTS AND
MORE APPLYING FOR THEM WERE
APPLYING FOR EMERGENT
TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
MATURE TECHNOLOGIES YET AND THEN
THEY'RE NOT PROVEN OR VERIFIED,
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WON'T
FUND THEM. AND SO OUR
APPLICATIONS GET DISQUALIFIED,
SO I THINK SOME OF THE MESSAGING
COMING FROM THE STATE SHOULD BE
. LET'S LET PILOT PROJECTS BE
ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. I KNOW
THERE'S A BIG CLEAN PORTS
PROGRAM GETTING DEVELOPED WITH
THE EPA RIGHT NOW. THAT'S GOING
TO BE GAMBLING OUT AND NO PHONE
IN FEBRUARY IF WE COULD
INFLUENCE THAT LEGISLATION TO
INCLUDE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY FOR THE
PORTS OF CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE
YOU FOR A MOMENT IF YOU COULD
PLEASE, MAYBE TWO PARAGRAPHS AND
SEND THAT TO MY OFFICE. WE WANT
TO INCORPORATE THAT WE WANT TO
USE THAT AS A MAP OF TERMS OF
HOW DO WE LEVERAGE SOCIAL
RESOURCES, SO I'LL BE TASKING
YOU WITH SOME RESPONSIBILITY HAS
TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. I WANT TO START WITH
MY VICE CHAIRMAN, MR PAUL. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. UM PROBABLY JUMP
AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT I
WANTED TO DOUBLE A LITTLE DEEPER
FOLLOWING UP ON MY COLLEAGUE
FROM TORRANCE AND. AND OF
COURSE, YOUR YOUR STATEMENT.
JEAN ABOUT MARKET SHARE HOW IT'S
GONE FROM 50% OR 40 TO 33% HOW
MUCH OF THAT WAS THE PANDEMIC?
HOW MUCH OF IT NOW IS DRIVEN BY
OUR OUR COMPETITIVENESS VERSUS
OTHER PORTS. HOW DO WE BRING
THAT BACK? AND WHERE ARE THEY
MEAN? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
THE NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU COULD
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE, PULL
THE CURTAIN BACK A LITTLE BIT.
WHERE ARE WHERE IS THAT MARKET
SHARE GOING? YEAH,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GREAT QUESTION
. AND THIS IS NOT A RECENT TREND
. THIS STARTED BACK IN 2002 WERE
WE BEGAN TO SEE THE MARKET
SHARED DEPLETION. THREE BASIC
CATEGORIES OF CONCERN BY THE
PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE WHICH PORTS
THEY GO TO. THE IMPORTERS AND
EXPORTERS OF THE UNITED STATES
NUMBER ONE COST. WE ALL KNOW
EVERYTHING COSTS MORE TAKES
LONGER IN CALIFORNIA. WE'VE GOT
TO KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AND
STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES.
WHETHER THEY BE ENTITLEMENTS
SEEK WHAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
WEAPONIZED. OR LITIGATED TWO
DECADES WORTH OF TROUBLESOME
DIALOGUE. BUT THE BIGGEST THING
IS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A HIGH
FIXED COST IF YOU MOVE MORE
CONTAINERS YOUR UNIT COSTS GETS
COMPETITIVE, SO WE KEEP PUMPING
THE CONTAINERS THROUGH HERE THAT
COST IS GOING TO BE SPOT ON WITH
OTHERS. THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT
WE'VE GOT A VERY COMPLEX LABOR
LANDSCAPE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT JOBS HERE AT
THE HARBOR, BUT WE MAY NOT IN
TRUCKING IN WAREHOUSING
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IN
GOVERNMENT THAT SUPPORT PORTS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THE TWIN PORTS REALLY PUT A LOT
OF FOCUS AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF
THE ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIR FOR
GETTING THIS WORKFORCE TRAINING
CAMP. PUS OFF THE GROUND. NOW
IT'S NOT MEANT TO MOVE THE
ENTIRE INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS THE
SPARK TO GET PRIVATE SECTOR
INVESTMENT AND MORE POLICY
AROUND HOW WE GET THE WORKFORCE
READY FOR THE FUTURE. WE KNOW
AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, I T AND A
I R REALLY MOVING FASTER THAN WE
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. OUR
POSTURAL. IT IS VERY SIMPLE WITH
ALL THAT. WE CANNOT LEAVE THE
WORK FORCE BEHIND THE THIRD
PIECE HAS BEEN THE PERCEIVED
HEAVY HANDEDNESS OF THE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT IN
CALIFORNIA. AND IT'S KIND OF
LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES AND
WATCHING THE COMING ATTRACTIONS
. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE
THE THEATER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT
HOW IT ADJUDICATES IN A COURT OF
LAW, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR
CARGO WHERE PEOPLE WANT IT. AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE THAT UNIFIED
MESSAGE HERE. I AM NOT
ADVOCATING. WE RULE ANYTHING
BACK. WE WANT TO KEEP THIS
RESOLVED AS STRONG AS WE CAN,
BECAUSE WE ARE POWERFUL IN OUR
CONVICTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
PEOPLE GET REALLY SCARED OF
THINGS LIKE A B FIVE AND HOW
IT'S GONNA WORK. THEY GET SCARED
OF WHAT THE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE
IS GOING TO MEAN BEFORE. IT'S
EVEN BEEN PROMULGATED. SO WE GOT
TO KEEP WORKING TOGETHER, AND
THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.
KEEP US AT THE TABLE. COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, POLICY MAKERS
REGULATORS, THOSE ARE THE THREE
THINGS WHERE IS IT GOING THE
FASTEST GROWING PORTS IN THE
NATION? SAVANNAH 177% GROWTH
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, PART OF
HOUSTON JUST SHY OF THAT GROWTH
, AND THEN FOLKS LIKE NORFOLK
AND CHARLESTON. AGAIN THESE
PEOPLE HAVE HIRED REALLY GREAT
LEADERSHIP AND THEY'VE ALIGNED
WITH THEIR POLICYMAKERS. I'LL
LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. OVER THE
LAST 10 YEARS BETWEEN YEAR 2010
AND 2020. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OUT INVESTED WEST COAST PORTS AT
A RATE OF 11 TO 1. $11 BILLION
WENT TO EAST AND GULF COAST
TOWARDS A LITTLE OVER A BILLION
DOLLARS TO THE WEST COAST PORTS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT
THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF THE
COMPETITIVENESS ASPECT, SO IT'S
IT REALLY IS COMPLEX. IT'S
NUANCED, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE
DRIVERS COST FOUND WAYS TO GET
AFTER THAT COMPLEX LABOR
LANDSCAPE OF SUCH A BIG
GEOGRAPHY. WE'RE WORKING. DAY
AND NIGHT ON THAT, AS YOU ARE,
TOO, AND THE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT AGAIN. WE'VE GOT TO
KEEP WORKING TOGETHER. PULL
PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT DOES NOT
NEED TO BE A POLARIZING
CONVERSATION. ABSOLUTE MARIO.
YES THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, IF I
COULD ADD TO THAT, UH, IT IS A
GREAT QUESTION. LET ME JUST SAY
THIS. UH, WHEN I WAS IN
WASHINGTON I VISITED. 18 OF THE
TOP 20 CONTAINER TERMINALS. ASK
YOURSELF THE QUESTION. WHAT DID
THE POOR LOOKED LIKE? IN 2005?
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE IN 2010?
AND ACTUALLY QUESTION TO EVERY
ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS BEING
HOUSTON. NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY
SPENT ABOUT 1.5 BILLION, RAISING
THE BAYONNE BRIDGE COMPLETED
AROUND 2016 2015. THAT'S WHAT'S
THE MISSING PIECE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. WITH THE PANDEMIC
SHOULDERS. NOT NECESSARILY UNDER
VERSION OF CARGO, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS. WE WERE
THE GATEWAY OF CHOICE. EVERYBODY
CAME TO THE ST PETER BAY
GATEWAY. TO THE TUNE THAT WE HAD
109 VESSELS UP AND DOWN THE
COAST. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT
BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST
STRATEGIC GATEWAY. TO
DISTRIBUTE. THE ASIAN IMPORT
COMMERCE. SO THE FIX IS IT'S IN
OUR HANDS. THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE NEED TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE MOVE 20 MILLION
CONTAINERS WITHOUT CONGESTION
AND BOTTLENECKS IF WE COULD DO
THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THE COMPETITION. NOW. THE
GENES POINT THESE OTHER STATES.
BE IT, SAMANTHA, CHARGED IN NEW
YORK, NEW JERSEY, VIRGINIA. THEY
DID THAT BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL FUNDING STATE FUNDING.
SO WITH THE PANDEMIC DID DO AS I
INDICATED MY OPENING COMMENTS
AND BROUGHT AWARENESS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS
COMMITTEE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
MR CHAIRMAN, THE GOVERNOR. AND
EVERYONE IN SACRAMENTO WHO
REALIZED WE NEED TO INVEST IN
OUR COURTS. IT'S A BEGINNING.
AND I'M ADVOCATING THAT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT AN END. THERE
HAS TO BE A FOCUS ON THESE 11
PORTS OR 12. OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE AGAIN OH,
END BY SAYING. SOME OF OUR
INDUSTRY PERIODICALS MEDIA.
HEAVILY EMPHASIZED, YOU KNOW,
DIVERSION. WE'RE LOSING CARGO
BECAUSE OF UNION NEGOTIATIONS
NOW, COME ON. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S
NOT TRUE. YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE
LOSING CARGO LACK OF INVESTMENT
. WE HAVE THE BEST STOCK WORKS
DOCKWORKERS IN AMERICA HERE.
THEY PROVED THAT DURING THE
PANDEMIC, WE NEED TO SUPPORT
THEM WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT BOTH OF US OUR RESPECTIVE
PORTS HAVE INVESTED. BILLIONS IN
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU WILL
WITNESS IN TODAY'S TOUR. WHAT WE
NEED IS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE POLITICAL WILL TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC ENGINE AND DO NOT BACK
DOWN BECAUSE OF SOMEBODY'S
PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING
ENOUGH ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SO
THE ANSWER IS THE POLITICAL WILL
TO SUPPORT THESE PORTS. IT IS
VITAL IT'S BEEN VITAL. AND WE
APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT
AND MR CHAIRMAN AGAIN. THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE VISITING ALL 11
PORCHES TO THE CALIFORNIA IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHAPE OF THINGS
TO COME AND NEEDS TO HAPPEN FROM
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I WANT
I WANT TO BUILD ON THAT. AND I
DON'T KNOW MY OTHER COLLEAGUES
HAVE QUESTIONS. I HAVE A FEW
MORE QUESTIONS AND I'LL FROM MY
TIME TO MY COLLEAGUES UNLESS
THAT BELL GOES OFF CHAIRS, BUT,
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF SO CERTAINLY
AGREE, WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT.
I THINK YOU'RE PREACHING TO THE
CHOIR AMONGST US CERTAINLY NEED
MORE FEDERAL INVESTMENT. I WAS
STRUCK BY THE POWER WHEN THE
SLIDES. I THINK THAT CHRISTIAN
HAD WHICH SAYS THAT WE NEED
ONGOING STATE FUNDING, WHICH I
AGREE WITH WHOLEHEARTEDLY. UH IN
TERMS OF COMPARING US TO OTHER
STATES AND I'M MISSING IN THESE
OTHER STATES DO HAVE ONGOING
STATE FUNDING. HOW DO WE DON'T
HAVE ONGOING, SAY FUNNY. I THINK
JEAN MENTIONED WE DID, PLUS UP
ONE TIME, SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS INTO IMPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT. IN TERMS OF
OTHER STATES. HOW MUCH DID THEY
INVEST ONGOING IN THEIR STATE
BUDGETS? FIRST IS AND WHAT? AND
WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET TO? I
GUESS, SAYS MY QUESTION. WELL, I
THINK WITH REFERENCE TO
CALIFORNIA. IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THE INVESTMENT GIVEN THE
MAGNITUDE OF THIS OPERATION.
YOUR INVESTMENT WAS THE MINIMUMS
IN PAST YEARS. I'M TALKING ABOUT
THE PALACE. BUT I WANT TO WIN
THE SIZE. WHAT? HOW IMPORTANT
THE FUTURE SHOULD BE. AND AGAIN
WHEN I REFERENCE TO THE OTHER
STATES. I MEAN, THE FACT IS THAT
YOU LOOK AT THOSE STATE
AUTHORITIES. ORDERS RESPECT
IMPORT AUTHORITIES. THEY HAVE
THAT SUPPORT. AND THEY CONTINUE
TO BUILD. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE? HOW MUCH? I MEAN? I JUST
AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LOOK
BASED ON HOW BIG THEY ARE, HOW
MUCH CARGO THEY MOVED, BUT I'LL
GIVE YOU THIS ONE THING, AND
THAT'S CALLED THE HARBOR
MAINTENANCE TRUST. IT'S AN ADVIL
OR, UM, TAX ON THE IMPORT GOODS
THAT COME INTO THE UNITED STATES
ON THE WEST COAST, THE TWIN
PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND LOS
ANGELES ROUND NUMBERS ONLY, AND
OUR STAFF CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
IN WRITING ON THE SPECIFIC
DETAILS AS YOU NEED IT. BUT WE
COLLECT A LITTLE MORE THAN $300
MILLION A YEAR ON THIS ADVIL
ORUM TAX AND BASED ON THE
MATHEMATICS OF THIS ANTIQUATED
LAW. WE GET BACK OUT OF THE $303
MILLION FOR THE TWO OF US. THE
REST OF IT GOES TO EAST AND GULF
COAST PORTS RIVER PORTS THAT
HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR DREDGING
AND TAKING UP THE WORK ALONGSIDE
THE REWARDS. BOTTOM LINE. WE'RE
INVESTING IN OUR COMPETITORS,
PORTS SO THEY CAN GROW AND ARE
ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THAT SAME
FUNDING THE SAME SCENARIO, NOT
GETTING ANY MONEY BACK. SO YOU
HAVE THE FOR CALIFORNIA DONOR
PORTS SITTING UP HERE AND OUR
FUNDING GOES BACK AND INVEST IN
THESE OTHER POINTS. AND I THINK
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR US
IS THAT IS WHAT WOULD THAT
ONGOING FUNDING LOOKS LIKE? HOW
MUCH WOULD WE NEED TO INVEST
ONGOING? I KNOW THAT WE WERE
CATCHING UP. FOR THE LACK OF
INVESTMENT. UH YOU KNOW, FOR,
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF
DECADES. AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT
INVESTMENT NEED TO BE TO BE IN?
I THINK WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK.
WE CAN WORK ON THAT THROUGH
KAPPA. I WOULD IMAGINE OUR
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION IMPORTANT
AUTHORITIES AND COME BACK WITH
SOME REAL SOLID NUMBERS AND WHAT
THE OTHER STATES ARE DOING, BUT
IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT BUDGET
LINE ITEM EVERY YEAR, STARTING
WITH THE 1.5 BILLION THAT WE SAW
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, I THINK
WOULD BE A GOOD STEP FORWARD AND
THE VICES BUDGET COMMITTEE AND
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN DETAILS.
MY LAST QUESTION AND IT IS. THIS
IS THE ELEPHANT THE ROOM. BUT
SINCE WE HAVE ALL FOUR OF YOU
HEAR, HEAR THE TERM PRAGMATIC
TERMS BALANCE IN TERMS OF OUR
ABILITY. TO MANAGE OPERATIONS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN IT COMES
TO REPORTS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR
LAST POINT WHEN IT COMES TO
COMPARE REDNESS, YOU KNOW THE
HEAVY HANDEDNESS OF REGULATIONS
. I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS INDIRECT
SOURCE RULE. UM WHAT? YOU'RE
HEARING WHAT? YOU'RE NOT HEARING
. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?
WHAT WOULD THE IMPACT BE?
CERTAINLY BROUGHT. WE WERE
DISCUSSED THIS, UM A LITTLE BIT
IN OUR HEARING IN SACRAMENTO,
CERTAINLY THE CONCERN OF VOLUME
CAPS IS VERY DISCONCERTING FOR
US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS
THE COUNTRY AS THE CHAIR
MENTIONED THE NATIONAL SUPPLY
CHAIN, THE IMPORTANT SOURCING
LOCAL ECONOMIES, THE IMPORTANT
TO OUR COMPETITIVENESS. SO CAN
YOU GIVE ME A STATUS IN TERMS OF
WHAT? WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WHAT
YOU'RE HEARING AND WHAT YOU LIKE
TO SEE TWO QUICK POINTS.
ASSEMBLYMAN NUMBER NUMBER ONE,
JUST ONE QUICK. ADDITIONAL
COMMENT FROM YOUR PRIOR
QUESTION. HERE'S WHAT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA CAN DO TO ADDRESS
THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING.
AND THE LEVEL OF AFRAID OFFICE
THAT SUBSTITUTE. AND MAPS UNDER
STRATEGIC STATE FREIGHT PLANT.
WHY DOES NOT CALIFORNIA HAVE
THIS IN THE YEAR? 2023? I DON'T
KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS
THERE'S ENOUGH POLITICAL ENERGY
HERE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THAT
STEP ALONE COULD ISSUE NOW AND
MAKE THE ROAD MAP IN TERMS OF
WHAT IS REQUIRED. TO MAKE THESE
PORTS SUSTAINABLE AND GOODS
MOVEMENT OVERALL IN THE STATE,
CALIFORNIA SO THAT'S THAT WOULD
BE THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I
CARRY THAT LEGISLATION SO
EXACTLY EVERYONE LEGISLATION TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT'S WHY
I WANT TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IMPORTANT THE
EXPORT MARKET IS TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. UH NOW AS TO THE
QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT THE
REGULATORY AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OVER
MANY YEARS TO MAKING SURE THAT
NOT ONLY THE PORCH SECTOR BUT
EVERYBODY MOVES FORWARD TO THE
CRITICAL NEED TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CHANGE. REDUCE
SUBMISSIONS. MY COMMENTARY IS
THESE PORTS HAVE STEPPED UP AND
DONE IT. I THINK THERE'S A LIMIT
NOW, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH YOU
EXPECT IS FORCED TO DO. WHAT? IN
FACT, THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT
THERE. SO FROM OUR VIEW, AT
LEAST FOR THE POOR, LONG BEACH.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY MORE
REGULATION BY THE M D. THE
INDIRECT SOURCES THROUGH AND BY
THE WAY, JUST BY DEFINITION,
THEY'RE INDIRECTLY TRYING TO
REGULATE A STATIONARY SOURCE.
BUT IN OTHER REGARDS ANOTHER
LEGAL DEBATE, BUT MY POINT IS,
WHAT MORE ARE YOU GOING TO
SQUEEZE OUT OF US AND OUR
STAKEHOLDERS ARE TENANTS WHEN WE
IN FACT HAVE LED IN THIS
ENDEAVOR. BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY
IS NOT THERE. YOU'VE ALREADY
HEARD TESTIMONY HERE THAT DO WE
HAVE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS? YES
OTHER MOVING IN A GOOD STEP
MOVING FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. BUT
100 AND PLUS ZERO EMISSION
TRUCKS RIGHT NOW WITH A 20,000
TRUCK REGISTRY IS NOT GOING TO
DO IT. IN THE SHORT TERM. WE ARE
MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS AS
WELL AS OUR CARRIERS WITH
INVESTMENT BY CARERS LIKE MERCY
AND MAY, UH IN THE SEA, COSTCO
SHIPPING AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL.
IT'S COMING. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK
FOR A REGULATORY AGENCIES
PARTICULARLY CAN BE ANY PATIENT.
GIVE US A COUPLE MORE YEARS, THE
INDUSTRY DO NOT COME AND SLAM
THE HAMMER ON THIS WHEN IT'S
CRITICAL RIGHT NOW, FOR A
COMPETITIVE EDGE THAT WE CANNOT
INCREASE THE COST AND INCREASE
THE DIVERSION TO OTHER PORTS
THAT DO NOT HAVE THAT SIMILAR
MANDATE AS A MATTER OF FACT.
THAT'S WHERE THE ATTENTION
SHOULD BE AT LEAST COMPETITORS
WHO DO NOT HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR A
GREENPORT JURY MISSION OR NEAR
ZERO PLAN OF ACTION. IT QUICKLY
. YOU PUT LAWS IN THE GOVERN
THIS AREA OF THE PORTS, WHETHER
IT'S A CAP OR TYPE OF EQUIPMENT,
ETCETERA. YOU WIPE OUT ALL THIS
LAST DISCUSSION WE'VE JUST HAD
ABOUT GRANT MAKING CAPABILITY. I
DON'T GET A REBATE TO WEAR A
SEATBELT EVERY DAY. IT'S THE
LAW. THEY PUT A LONG BEFORE. GO
ALL THIS GRANT MONEY TO GET TO
THIS ASPIRATIONAL NOTION OF ZERO
EMISSIONS THAT'S GOT TO BE
WORKED ON EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND YOUR
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND I CERTAINLY
WOULDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
HEED THOSE WARNINGS THAT YOU'RE
OFFERING US. THANK YOU. AND UM
WE WANT TO MOVE OVER TO A
SIMILAR MEMBER. LOWENTHAL. UM
MURATSUCHI AND ALSO AND THAT
ORDER. UM WE'RE A LITTLE BIT
BEHIND SCHEDULE, SO WE WANTED TO
ASK IF WE COULD GET SHORTER
RESPONSES AND SHORTER QUESTIONS
, MR. LOWENTHAL THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR, AND I WILL BE BRIEF. I
WANT TO EXPAND ON CLEAN TRUCKS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR COMPETITION, AND WE'RE
SPEAKING ABOUT IT AND AN APPLES
TO APPLES CONTEXT, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES, PART OF
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY DOESN'T
HAVE COMMUNITIES ABUTTING THEIR
OPERATIONS IN THE SAME WAY THAT
WE DO HERE. I LOVED YOUR OPENING
COMMENT, MR CORDERO THAT IT TOOK
A PANDEMIC. TO UNDERSTAND THE
VALUE THAT BOARD SOUTH, BUT IT
ALSO TOOK A PANDEMIC TO
UNDERSTAND HOW BAD THE AIR IS
BECAUSE OF THE LEVELS OF LUNG
DISEASE AND ASTHMA BY THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY HERE
AND DISPROPORTIONATELY DIED. OF
COVID. THE NUMBER ONE JOB OF
GOVERNMENT IS PROTECTING ITS
CITIZENS. WE HAD TO LOOK VERY
CLOSELY ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE
DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB THERE,
SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES
OF IMPLEMENTING A PROPER CLEAN
TRUCK. UH PROGRAM, BUT I'D LIKE
TO DRILL DOWN ON THAT A LITTLE
BIT MORE ON THE CLEAN TRACK FUND
RATE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF. UH
MR STRAKA SPEAKING ABOUT THE
$350,000 YOU HAVE SET ASIDE I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
BETTER. IS THERE A SENSE OF
PRIORITY? FOR THOSE THAT ARE
DRIVING LOCALLY FOR LOCAL USAGE
. DO YOU FEEL THAT THE STATE CAN
BE INVOLVED MORE IN BUYING AND
NEGOTIATING IN BULK, BUT
MANUFACTURERS OR IS THERE WAYS
THAT THE STATE CAN PARTICIPATE
AND FACILITATE THIS ANYMORE? DO
YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE
FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR THESE
SMALL BUSINESSES? I'M EQUALLY
CONCERNED. THESE ARE SMALL
BUSINESSES. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY CHALLENGING
. ARE THERE ENOUGH BUSINESS
INCENTIVES AND ALSO IS THERE A
BUYBACK PROGRAM? YOU KNOW IF
THESE TERTIARY MARKET TRUCKS ARE
50 GRAND? AH AND WE'RE JUST
LETTING THEM GO? ARE WE JUST
MOVING THIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEM? WE'RE MOVING THE DIESEL
PARTICULATES TO OTHER
COMMUNITIES. AND KILLING THE
FOLKS THERE. SO YOU KNOW WHICH
CONCERNS ME AS WELL. SO UH,
LEAVE IT OPEN TO THE FOUR OF YOU
TO WANT TO ANSWER THIS AS WELL.
BUT I'D LIKE TO DRILL DOWN ON
THIS MOST, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS AS
FAR AS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT WE
HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. IT
REALLY DOES. THIS IS VEXING THE
ISSUE ABOUT THE TRUCKS AND HOW
IT'S IMPACTING COMMUNITIES. AND
ASIDE FROM YOU KNOW, THE FOUR
LEGISLATORS THERE ARE FIVE
LEGISLATORS THAT ARE UP HERE
TODAY. AH THERE ARE AFFECTS ALL
LEGISLATORS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED
ABOUT THESE TRUCKS THAT ARE
MOVING THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES
IN THE INLAND EMPIRE IN THE
WAREHOUSING AREAS. YOU KNOW THE
TALK ABOUT INLAND PORTS AS AN
EXAMPLE. IT'S A TOUGH DISCUSSION
TO HAVE RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE OF HOW THOSE LEGISLATORS
IN THOSE AREAS FEEL MAY IMPACT
THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO WE NEED TO
HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR THIS.
AND I LOVE I VALUE YOUR
THOUGHTS. UH I'LL JUST SAY ONE
THING THAT I DIDN'T HEAR FROM
YOU. WHICH IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
PIECE OF THIS, TOO. THAT IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR
THE TRUCKING COMMUNITY, WHETHER
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON HYDROGEN
, OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE
ELECTRIC. IT'S WHERE THE BIG
STATE COULD HAVE A PROFOUND
IMPACT IS HELPING US FIGURE OUT
THAT ASSESS AND INVEST
CONVERSATION. BUT VERY, VERY
BRIEFLY, SO THE STATE WE JUST
PASSED, ACTUALLY, UH, RENEWAL OF
THE D M V FEES, THE REGISTRATION
FEES AND HOW THAT GETS DIVIDED
UP. UP. AND A MINIMUM OF 15% OF
THOSE FEES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE GOING TOWARDS HYDROGEN. SO
THERE IS GOING TO BE HYDROGEN,
YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT TAKING PLACE
INFRASTRUCTURE TAKING PLACE AND
I JUST HAPPENED.
CONGRATULATIONS. SO IN THE
INTEREST OF BEING CONCISE, THE
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. DO WE
NEED TO STAY FUNDING? YES. BUT
TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, UH A TRUCK
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO BUY IT
AND ACTUALLY TRIED COST $500,000
NOW IT SUDDENLY WHEN YOU KNOW
WHO DRIVES THOSE TRUCKS,
INDEPENDENT OPERATORS, SMALL
BUSINESS PEOPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE
THE RESOURCES OF FIRE FOR
$500,000 TRUCK. SO IT'S GONNA
TAKE A LOT OF STATE INCENTIVE
PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATION FOR
US TO PULL OUR MONEY TO DO THIS,
BUT THEN AGAIN, THE TRUCKS ARE
READY YET. IT'S COMING, BUT WE
NEED TO GET READY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE SUBSIDIZE OR HAVE SOME
CREDIBLE PROGRAM TO MAKE THESE
TRUCKS AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE
WHO DO THIS WORK. AND NUMBER TWO
ONE OF THE INTERESTING
DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
HYDROGEN I BELIEVE IS THE
ULTIMATE ANSWER FOR THE HEAVY
DUTY TRUCKS AND DO THIS WORK.
AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME
. BUT THE EXCITING NEWS IS WE'RE
ON THE VERGE OF RECEIVING SOME
FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
BUT THE STATE HAS TO REALLY MOVE
THIS. AND SUDDENLY MEN MORALITY.
YOU'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE OF
THAT, SO I THINK, ANYWAY, I SAID
I WAS GOING TO BE CONCISE. SO
I'M GONNA STOP YOU. HOW HOW ARE
THE MONEY FROM THE CLEAN TRUCK
FUND RATE GOING OUT? WELL RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 100
MILLION, UH, COLLECTED BETWEEN
THE TWO PORTS FROM THE FEET UP
BEGAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN
APRIL. 2022 THERE'S REALLY NO
SIGNIFICANT TAKERS BECAUSE THE
TRUCKS ARE INFERIOR IN ANY KIND
OF NUMBERS, BUT WE DO NEED TO
GET PREPARED FOR ONE THAT WOULD
BE I'LL DEFER TO ORDER ON THIS
ORDER. THAT'S NOT YOUR QUESTIONS
ARE GREAT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET
ANY ARGUMENT FROM ME. YOU CAN
ORDER ANYTHING YOU WANT. DOESN'T
MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO BE
PRODUCED DOESN'T GET ME THEY'RE
GOING TO BE COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SPARE
PARTS. BUT ARE THEY ON ORDER?
NOT IN THE QUANTITIES THAT WE
NEED AND THE PRODUCTION DELIVERY
DATES ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE
NEED TO BE TO GET TO OUR GOALS.
INFANTICIDAL AMOUNTS AND AGAIN,
LET'S LET'S GO AFTER THIS AND
MAYBE A DIFFERENT WAY. RIGHT?
YOU CANNOT PAINT THE GLOBE WITH
WITH ONE STROKE OF A BRUSH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN OVER
20,000 TRUCKS, WHETHER IT'S
AFFORDABILITY CAPABILITY OR
COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY. LOOK AT
THOSE KEY COMMERCE CORRIDORS.
LET'S SET SOME MILESTONES AND BE
AGGRESSIVE IN THOSE AREAS. THIS
IS REALLY CHALLENGING. HAPPY TO
WORK WITH YOU OFFLINE ON AS I
KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THE
TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY EMERGING
TO. WE DID A GRANT WITH THE PORT
OF L. A. AND WE WERE GOING TO
GET A HYDROGEN TRUCK TO COME TO
THE COURT OF WHEN YOU MEAN THEY
COULDN'T MAKE IT, SO IT'S JUST
IT'S JUST IT'S WE'RE ALL IN. AS
WE SAY, WE WANT TO WORK WITH
CHICKEN AND EGG SITUATION,
THOUGH. JUST SO YOU KNOW, LIKE
ON THE OTHER END, YOU KNOW, IT'S
TOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY STEP
ON THE GAS USED THE PUN OF, YOU
KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN WE
DON'T KNOW. ARE THESE ORDERS
TAKING PLACE OR NOT QUESTION? UM
UM, MR MURATSUCHI, UM, MR. SOME
MEMBER VALLAPUDUA JUST WANT TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF YOU DON'T
MIND. OPENED UP QUESTIONS THAT I
THAT I WANT TO KIND OF ECHO. BUT
AS VICE CHAIR OF PROBLEM SOLVERS
, RIGHT, WE HAVE THESE HARDCORE
DISCUSSIONS. WHAT ARE WE DOING
IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT? WE
UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
GET TO ZERO. I VISIT NEW
ORLEANS, WHERE YOU KNOW THEIR
SLOGAN IS BASICALLY WELCOME. ALL
JOBS. WE WELCOME ALL ENERGY,
RIGHT? AND I GET THAT YOU KNOW,
AND I AND I LOVE TO HEAR THAT,
BUT AS I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAID, YOU
KNOW THERE. IT'S CAUSING A LOT
OF LOT OF ISSUES CONCERNS IN HIS
DISTRICT. MY DISTRICT OF WHAT I
KEEP HEARING IS THIS IT'S
KILLING LOCAL SMALL JOBS THAT
ARE GOING FROM A BACK AND FORTH
TO THE PORTS OF OAKLAND HORSE
STOCK WHERE THEY CAN'T GET IN.
SO THOSE ARE JOBS THAT I'M
WORRIED ABOUT, RIGHT THERE
TRYING TO GET TO ZERO MISSIONS.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT AND HOW
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO HELP THEM OUT. THAT IS
SOMETHING NOT JUST THE STATE
NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
FEDERAL NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WE
NEED. WE NEED TO PUT OUR HANDS
TOGETHER. UM IS VERY COMPLEX,
AND I KNOW THAT THAT WE ALSO
NEED TO FIGURE OUT
INTERNATIONALLY, RIGHT. UH MR
FLORIDA. HAVE YOU MENTIONED THAT
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW? HOW
AS WE INVEST OUR MONEY IN OUR
PORTS. WHY ARE WE HAVING THESE
DISCUSSIONS INTERNATIONALLY AS
THEY COME IN? ARE THEY ARE THEY
ADAPTING TO WHAT? WE'RE ASKING
THEM TO? UM IT'S JUST MORE OF A
COMMENT. OKAY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT THIS IS
, AS YOU CAN SEE, I GET A LOT OF
CALLS FROM MY LOCALS. AH NOT
JUST CALIFORNIA TRUCKERS
ASSOCIATION, BUT I'M TALKING
LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE MOVING
ALMONDS BONUS. THIS IS THESE ARE
JOBS THAT ARE GOING NOT JUST
LOCALLY OR STATEWIDE. THEY'RE
GOING INTERNATIONALLY. AND GUESS
WHAT THEY'RE LOSING. DO NOT
THINK THAT A FARMER IS MULTI
MILLIONAIRE. A LOT OF THEM
LEASED LAND THEY RENT LAND. AND
TRYING TO GET THAT CAR GO OUT
AND TRY TO OBEY AND FOLLOW ALL
OF THE CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS.
IT'S VERY, VERY HARD, SO I THINK
THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW
DO WE? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE LOOK
? HOW DO WE THINK IN THE MIDDLE?
HOW DO WE GET FROM POINT? A YOU
KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO
GET TO Z. BUT HOW DO WE START
THINKING ABOUT THAT WERE WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT HYDROGEN AND
ALL THAT. SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THIS TOUR AND
AS WE VISIT ALL THESE PORTS, BUT
IT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT. THANK
YOU. THIS IS A VERY ROBUST
CONVERSATION HAS, UM, MY
COLLEAGUES. WE WANT TO TURN OVER
TO MR MARTIN SOUCI. THEN WE WANT
TO TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PANEL.
THANK YOU. I AM I WANTED TO
FOLLOW UP WITH MR STRAKA. JUST
FOR CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF
THE OVERALL TRENDS OF
CALIFORNIA'S PORTS AND THEIR
COMPETITIVENESS. YOU INDICATED
THAT THAT WE HAVE GONE FROM 50%
IN 2002 TO ABOUT 33% IN 2023,
BUT I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT
WITH WITH WITH THE CHART THAT MR
CORDERO PUT UP WHERE HE TALKED
ABOUT CONTAINER VOLUME GROWTH
FROM 2015 TO 2022. SURE, PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. THOSE NUMBERS
THAT I CITED OR OUR PERCENTAGE
OF THE IMPORTS NATIONWIDE
BETWEEN THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND LONG BEACH ONLY WE'VE GROWN
CARGO BUSINESS, BUT WE'RE NOT
GROWING AS FAST AS THE
MARKETPLACE IS, THEREFORE WE
LOSE MARKET SHARE. OKAY NOTES,
SO WE ARE GROWING, BUT WE'RE NOT
GROWING AS FAST, FASTER GENERAL
MARKET AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT
GROWING HISPANIC AS SOME OF
THOSE OTHER PORTS I CITED TO YOU
ON THE EASTERN GULF COAST. UM
AND, UH AND HAD WE KEPT UP WITH
MARKET GROWTH. JUST WITH THESE
TWO PORTS. IT'S MY EVALUATION WE
HAVE FOREGONE ABOUT 170,000 JOBS
PER YEAR EVERY YEAR IN THE
REGION, ALRIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A CHART FROM
THE PORT OF WINE, AMY. UM BUT,
UH, THIS CHART SHOWS THAT THAT
THE PART OF LONG BEACH FROM 2019
TO 2023 HAS CONTAINER VOLUME HAS
HAS GROWN. 4.2% SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA 5.5. VIRGINIA 8.7. THE
LOS ANGELES HAD DROPPED 8.8. CAN
YOU EXPLAIN WHY LOS ANGELES IS.
HAS ACCORDING TO THIS CHART
SHOWING THIS MOST SIGNIFICANT
DROPS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
SOURCE OF THAT DATA IS ONE OF
THE MILE MARKERS AGAINST ESSAYS
CHART THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR
PUBLICATIONS. I CAN'T SEE IT
FROM HERE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK
AT IT. SHARE MY FEEDBACK WITH
YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO
QUICKLY ACCOMMODATE. I WOULD
LIKE TO FOLLOW UP. I KNOW MR
CORDERO YOU HAD IN YOUR YOUR
SLIDE DECK THE IMPORTANCE FOR
CALIFORNIA TO SUPPORT THE
BUILDING OF THE OFFSHORE WIND
PORTANTINO STRUCTURE
SPECIFICALLY AT THE PORT OF LONG
BEACH. BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE
RUNNING OUT OF TIME. SO I'D LIKE
TO FOLLOW UP TO GET A STATUS
UPDATE ON THAT INVESTMENT. I
WANT TO THANK THIS PANEL FOR
YOUR EXPERTISE AND JOINING US
THIS MORNING AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND PLEASE SHARE WITH US,
UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO
KNOW TO ACTUAL REPORT, SO WE'RE
GONNA INVITE THE NEXT PANEL. SO
LET'S GIVE THIS PANEL ROUND OF
APPLAUSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH
PATTY MONAHAN. SHE'S THE
COMMISSIONER FOR THE CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION. THIS IS THE
REGULATORY INDUSTRY PANEL WHO'S
GOING TO BE JOINING US AND WE'RE
GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO ASK
THEM TO SELF INTRODUCE. WE'RE
GONNA START AGAIN WITH MRS
MONNING HAM, UM, FOR HER OPENING
COMMENTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO MAKE UP SOME TIME IF WE CAN.
IT'S BEEN A VERY ROBUST AN
INTERESTING CONVERSATION. AND WE
APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU. FOR
BEING HERE. YES NOW ALSO WANT TO
TAKE A TIME AS WE DO IN THE
TRANSITION. WANT TO THANK THE
PORTS OF LOS ANGELES POLICE FOR
BEING WITH US. WE THANK THEM FOR
BEING HERE. THEY ARE STAKEHOLDER
IN THE PORTS AS WELL. SO I WANT
TO THANK OUR PORTS. POLICE WERE
BEING WITH US. UM, THIS MORNING.
SO WITH THAT. SHOULD I START IT
UP, PLEASE? WELL, THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE CHAIR. UM
AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS A SIMPLE
MEMBER SAKE. SO I'M PATTY
MONAHAN, COMMISSIONER AT THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION,
AND I'M THE LEAD FOR CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION AT THE ENERGY
COMMISSION. UM I'D ALSO LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE DAVID ER,
WHO IS SITTING TO MY LEFT. DAVID
IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
ENERGY ASSESSMENTS DIVISION. HE
UM HE KNOWS ALL THE MODELING. SO
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT
RELIABILITY, HE CAN GO INTO THE
WEEDS. I'LL STAY UP IN THE
CLOUDS A LITTLE BIT. SO THANK
YOU FOR INVITING ME TO TESTIFY
HERE TODAY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO
BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT PORTS ARE ABLE TO DE
CARBONIZED TO HELP CLEAN THE
AIR, BUT ALSO REMAINS A VIBRANT
ECONOMIC DRIVER HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SO THE
ENERGY COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING PORTS
AS THEY MAKE THIS JOURNEY TO A
DE CARBONIZED FUTURE. I HOST R
CALIFORNIA PORTS QUARTERLY
THROUGH SOMETHING WE CALL THE
CALIFORNIA PORTS COLLABORATIVE,
AND THAT BRINGS COURTS AND STATE
AGENCIES TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT
THIS ISSUE AND REALLY WORK
TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THE
CHALLENGES AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES. SO SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT PORTS FACE IS
THE NEED ON THE ON THE POWER
SIDE IS THE NEED FOR ELECTRICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS CONCENTRATED
LOAD GROWTH THAT WE SEE FOR
ELECTRIFYING COURT EQUIPMENT.
AND WE NEED RENEWABLE AND
RESILIENT ENERGY SUPPLIES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE TO ENSURE THAT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE GOODS
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY
AND THAT EVEN WHEN THE GRID IS
DOWN, THAT WE'RE STILL MAKING
PROGRESS. SO THE ENERGY
COMMISSION, THE AIR RESOURCES
BOARD, AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES
ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT PORTS IN
THIS JOURNEY. UM THERE'S A LOT
TO FIT IN. I'M REALLY AFRAID OF
THE CHAIRS BELL AND SO I'M GOING
TO TRY TO TALK FAST. I'M GOING
TO CUT DOWN MY REMARKS SO WE CAN
HAVE MORE ROOM FOR CONVERSATION.
UM ARE YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE
AMBITIOUS GOALS AND YOU HAVE SET
THEM? YOU HAVE TOLD US WE NEED
TO HAVE A ZERO CARBON GRID BY
2045. WE NEED TO HAVE A CARBON
NEUTRAL ECONOMY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR THAT. A
CARBON NEUTRAL ECONOMY BY 2045.
AND WE NEED TO DRAG DOWN
EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS THE BIG KAHUNA. I WOULD
SAY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CLIMATE
GOALS, HALF OF THE GLOBAL
WARMING POLLUTION IN THE STATE
COMES FROM TRANSPORTATION WHEN
YOU ACCOUNT FOR BOTH COMBUSTION
TAILPIPE POLLUTION, PLUS THE
FUEL PRODUCTION HALF AND
HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS
WHILE THE GRID HAS GOTTEN A LOT
CLEANER, WE'VE SEEN EMISSIONS TO
SHOOT DOWN. TRANSPORTATION
HASN'T IT HAS REMAINED
RELATIVELY STABLE UNTIL RECENTLY
, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE
SEEING A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF ZERO MISSION VEHICLES
ON OUR ROADS, ONE IN FOUR LAST
YEAR OF NEW VEHICLES AND THE
PASSENGER VEHICLE SIDE WERE
ELECTRIC. AND THAT'S PHENOMENAL
. WHEN YOU THINK JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO, WE WERE ONLY AT 7%
MARKET SHARE. GOVERNOR NEWSOM
HAS SET A TARGET 100%
TRANSPORTATION. UM ZERO EMISSION
BY 2045. SO OVER THE NEXT 15 TO
25 YEARS WE REALLY NEED TO ZERO
OUT POLLUTION FROM ALL SOURCES
OF TRANSPORTATION AND PORTS ARE
ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THAT. SO
NOW LET ME JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE ENERGY
COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THIS AND
I'M GOING TO START ON THE GRID
SIDE. THAT WAS I NO QUESTION OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS HOW ARE
WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT GIVEN
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ON THE
GRID THAT WE CAN HAVE RESILIENT
SUPPLIES, BUT I WOULD SAY IS
THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THIS
FUTURE. AND THERE HAVE BEEN
DRAMATIC SHIFTS WHICH DAVID CAN
TALK MORE ABOUT AND HOW WE PLAN
OUR ENERGY FORECAST, SO WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE AS THE LEAD ENERGY
PLANNING AGENCY TO PREPARE A
FORECAST EVERY YEAR OF WHAT OUR
ENERGY NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE
CHANGED THE FORECAST RECENTLY TO
ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON
THE CLIMATE SIDE. AND ALSO WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY
. SO WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR
REGULATIONS, NOT JUST FINALIZED
BY THE RESOURCES BOARD, BUT
UNDER DEVELOPMENT WHAT THAT
MEANS. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING
OVER ARE THE LAST NUMBER OF
PLANNING CYCLES IS A BIG
INCREASE IN OUR DEMAND FOR
ELECTRICITY, AND WE'RE PLANNING
FOR THAT. SO BETWEEN 2018 AND
2022, WE'VE SEEN A 6000
MEGAWATTS INCREASE IN 2030
ELECTRICITY NEEDS THAT
INFORMATION IS BEING SENT TO THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
WHO'S TELLING THE U. S. YOU NEED
TO PLAN FOR THIS GROWTH. AND THE
KEY TO THE US BEING ABLE TO MEET
OUR GOALS IS REALLY TO PLAN.
CAREFULLY WITH OUR SISTER ENERGY
AGENCIES SO THAT WE'RE WORKING
AS A AS ONE WHOLE ENERGY SYSTEM
TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR ENERGY
NEEDS. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS WE'VE
MADE ON THAT SIDE. WE ARE
INVESTING IN MICRO GRIDS ON THE
DEMONSTRATION SIDE. TO ALLOW
COURTS TO CONTINUE TO POWER
CRITICAL ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT,
EVEN WHEN THE GRID IS DOWN. OUR
ELECTRIC PROGRAM, INVESTMENT
CHARGE OR EPIC PROGRAM HAS
FUNDED TO DEMONSTRATION
MICROGRIDS, ONE OF THE POINT OF
LONG BEACH AND ANOTHER AT THE
PORTS OF SAN DIEGO. ONE OF OUR
SISTER AGENCIES. THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
RECENTLY AWARDED 42 MILLION TO
THE COURT OF OAKLAND FOR A GREEN
POWER, MICRO GRID AND MICROGRIDS
. I SEE IN THE PORTS AS REALLY A
KEY PART OF THE STRATEGY TO BE
ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE
POWER IS DOWN, THAT CAN STILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE GOODS. SO I'M
GONNA TALK ABOUT THE
TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THE
EQUATION NOW, SO, UM, LET ME
FIRST CLARIFY THE ROLES OF THE
ENERGY COMMISSION VIS A VIS THE
AIR RESOURCES BOARD, SO WE'RE ON
THE GRID SIDE IN TERMS OF
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES PLANNING FOR
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE AIR
RESOURCES BOARD ON THE VEHICLE
SIDE SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT
VEHICLE INCENTIVES. SO LET ME
FIRST TALK ABOUT HOW WE PLANNED
FOR THIS TRANSITION. UM WE'RE
REQUIRED FOR LEGISLATIVE MANDATE
TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED BOTH FOR
FUEL CELL VEHICLES AND FOR
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES. UM
TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, AND WE'RE UM, WE
JUST RELEASED AN INAUGURAL
ASSESSMENT FOR HYDROGEN
INFRASTRUCTURE EVERY TWO YEARS.
WE'RE RELEASING ONE ON CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE'RE
PLANNING FOR THE BUILD OUT OF
THESE, UM OF THESE INVESTMENTS.
SO WE, IN ADDITION TO THE
PLANNING SIDE, WE ALSO HAVE
GRANT PROGRAMS. UM I WANT TO
THANK THE LEGISLATURE FOR
PASSING A B 1 26, WHICH PROVIDES
$100 MILLION A YEAR THROUGH 2035
. THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY
CRITICAL INVESTMENT GOING
FORWARD, AND IT SHOWS THAT
CALIFORNIA IS COMMITTED IN IN
THE LONG RUN IN PROVIDING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE
VEHICLES. WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GENERAL FUND AND G R F FUNDS.
LAST YEAR, WE PASSED A $2.9
BILLION INVESTMENT PLAN. 40
MISSION, MOSTLY FOR ZERO MISSION
, UM, VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO
HYDROGEN STATIONS OR CHARGING
STATIONS. AND 1.7 BILLION OF
THAT WAS FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY
DUTY VEHICLES. THAT'S A HUGE
FOCUS, AND THAT'S A WE'VE BEEN
TOLD BY YOU THE LEGISLATURE. YOU
NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT. AND WE
ARE SO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE USE TO SPEND THIS MONEY. WE
HAVE THE NATION'S FIRST BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM FOR MEDIUM AND
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH HYDROGEN
AND BATTERY ELECTRIC
INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S CALLED
ENERGIZED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS A
BUDGET OF $184 MILLION, AND
PORTS CAN BENEFIT FROM TWO OF
THE LANES THAT OF THAT PROGRAM.
ONE IS THE DREDGE SET ASIDE
FUNDING LANE AND THE OTHER IS
THE PUBLIC CHARGING STATION
FUNDING LANE. THE SECOND ARE
BLUEPRINTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED
ONE. THESE BLUEPRINTS ALLOW FOR
PORTS OR FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
TO PLAN FOR THIS TRANSITION. YOU
REALLY HAVE TO THINK THROUGH.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT AM I GOING
TO INVEST IN? IS IT GOING TO BE
HYDROGEN? IS IT GOING TO BE
BATTERY ELECTRIC? WHERE AM I
GONNA PUT THOSE CHARGERS? WHERE
IS THE GRID READY FOR THOSE
CHARGERS. WE'RE DOING DEVELOPING
SOME TOOLS TO HELP MAKE IT
EASIER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE
GRID IS READY. UM AND THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION IS WORKING
TO DO LOOK MORE MORE TRUSTED
FUTURE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN ON THE FREIGHT SIDE. AND
HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THOSE GRID
INVESTMENTS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE? SO, UM.
FINALLY I JUST WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF OUR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THAT WE
FUNDED THROUGH OUR EPIC PROGRAM
THAT ARE RELATED TO CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION. EPIC IS PILOTING
, PILOTING THE USE OF SOLAR AND
STORAGE AND MEDIUM AND HEAVY
DUTY TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS
HELPS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE BUT
ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE COSTS
BECAUSE DURING PEAK TIMES OF THE
DAY, WHEN THE WITH VERY
EXPENSIVE YOU CAN USE THE
BATTERY TO CHARGE THE VEHICLES
INSTEAD OF THE GRID. OTHER
RELEVANT GRANTS, SUPPORT
RESPONSIVE, CHARGING TO CUT PEAK
DEMAND. INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITY
CHARGING PAIRING SOLAR AND WIND
WITH DYNAMIC LOAD LIMITING
TECHNOLOGIES. UH OH, GOD, I
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING SO FAST,
ALL RIGHT, AND NEXT GENERATION
CHARGING TECHNOLOGIES IN
CONCLUSION. I JUST WANT TO SAY I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE
ENERGY COMMISSION'S INVESTMENTS
IN THE SPACE AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS THERE
THEY GO BEYOND THE SEVEN
MINUTES, ACTUALLY, AT THREE MORE
MINUTES, AND I FORGOT TO DO THAT
BEFORE IT WENT OFF, SO, BUT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY. YOUR PRESENTATION,
UH, WANT TO TELL CARRIE ANDERSON
, THE CHIEF FREIGHT
TRANSPORTATION BRANCH? FURTHER.
THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCE
BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US. AND PLEASE START
WHEN READY. OKAY. THANK YOU.
CHAIR GIBSON. GOOD MORNING. MY
NAME IS CARRIE ANDERSON AND I AM
THE CHIEF OF THE FREIGHT. IT IS
A YES THAT BETTER OF THE FREIGHT
TRANSPORT BRANCH AT THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
OR CARB. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I
ALSO HAVE DAVID GARCIA OR
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR HERE WITH
ME TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. MY
BRANCH IS WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION AND TOXICS
DIVISION AT CARB, WHERE WE FOCUS
ON MINIMIZING COMMUNITY HEALTH
IMPACTS FROM DIESEL EQUIPMENT
OPERATING AT FREIGHT FACILITIES
. THE MISSION OF CARB IS TO
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND FIGHT
CLIMATE CHANGE BY MEETING
STANDARDS STEP BY THE STATE AND
THE FEDERAL LAWS. WE USE A THREE
PRONGED APPROACH TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY
LEVEL RISK. REGIONAL AIR QUALITY
IN OUR STATE CLIMATE GOALS.
REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THE
FREIGHT TRANSPORT SECTOR IS
CRITICAL TO MEETING THESE
OBJECTIVES AND PROTECTING THE
HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA CITIZENS.
AS YOU'VE HEARD THIS MORNING,
CALIFORNIA REMAINS THE NATION'S
LARGEST GATEWAY FOR
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN DOMESTIC
COMMERCE WITH AN INTERCONNECTED
SYSTEM OF SEA PORTS, RAILROADS,
HIGHWAYS THAT ALLOW FREIGHT FROM
AROUND THE WORLD TO MOVE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION.
HOWEVER THE AIR POLLUTION FROM
FREIGHT TRANSPORT IS STILL THE
BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR
UNHEALTHY AIR THAT NEGATIVELY
IMPACTS EVERYONE'S QUALITY OF
LIFE. BUT EVEN MORE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS ARE
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WHERE FREE
MOVEMENT INCREASES FROM NEW AND
EXISTING FACILITIES OVER TIME.
NEARBY COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE
INCREASED EXPOSURE TO HIGHER
TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS. INCREASED
EXPOSURE TO THESE TOXIC
EMISSIONS HAS PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS, SUCH AS INCREASED
RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH, LUNG
CANCER, HEART AND LUNG DISEASE
AND ASTHMA. AND RECOGNITION THAT
SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES IN OUR
STATE ARE MORE HEAVILY IMPACTED
BY AIR POLLUTION THAN OTHERS. WE
CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE ACTIONS
THAT REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM
SOURCES CONTRIBUTING TO
CUMULATIVE TOXIC ERIC POLLUTION
EMISSION EXPOSURE WITHIN
INDIRECTLY SURROUNDING THESE
COMMUNITIES. FORTUNATELY
CALIFORNIA IS ON A PATH TO
TRANSITION INTO A MORE EFFICIENT
, ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE AND
LESS POLLUTING. CREATE TRANSPORT
SYSTEM, AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2015
CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT
ACTION PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS
DEVELOPED WITH OUR SISTER
AGENCIES. KELLY P. A L S T, A
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY, GÓMEZ
, CALTRANS AND CC. THE
SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT ACTIONS
UNDERWAY SET A PATH TO ADDRESS
EMISSIONS FROM VIRTUALLY ALL
DIESEL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING TRUCKS, LOCOMOTIVES,
SHIPS HARBOR CRAFT. TRANSPORT
REFRIGERATION UNITS AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT USED TO MOVE CARGO.
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO
DEVELOP THESE ACTIONS. CARB
COLLABORATES WITH STAKEHOLDERS
SUCH AS INDUSTRY COMMUNITY
GROUPS, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES
LEGISLATIVE STAFF, REGIONAL AIR
DISTRICTS. LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL ENTITIES AND MANY
OTHERS. WE ALSO ROUTINELY WORK
WITH CALIFORNIA SEAPORTS TO
COORDINATE WITH THEIR PUBLIC
HEALTH IN CLIMATE GOALS, SUCH AS
THE COMMITMENTS IN THE SAN PEDRO
BAY PORTS, CLEANER ACTION PLAN
AND THE PORTA SAN DIEGO MARITIME
CLEAN AIR STRATEGY. RECENT AND
FUTURE REGULATIONS THAT.
TRANSITION FREIGHT TRANSPORT TO
HUMAN OPERATED ZERO EMISSIONS
EVERYWHERE FEASIBLE AND HUMAN
OPERATED NEAR ZERO, POWERED BY
RENEWABLE ENERGY EVERYWHERE ELSE
ARE DEVELOPED AN EXTENSIVE
PUBLIC PROCESS. THAT PUBLIC
PROCESS INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF
MEETINGS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, ONE ON ONE
MEETINGS IN BOARD MEETINGS,
ETCETERA. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE
A SUITE OF FREIGHT TRANSPORT
REGULATIONS SUCH AS THE ADVANCED
CLEAN TRUCKS AND ADVANCED CLEAN
FLEETS. OCEAN GOING VESSELS,
COMMERCIAL HARBOR CRAFT,
TRANSPORT, REFRIGERATION UNITS
AND OTHER SUPPORTING REGULATORY
EFFORTS, SUCH AS SECRET LETTERS.
ZERO MISSION EQUIPMENT PROMOTED
BY THESE REGULATIONS WILL
DISPLACE COMBUSTION POWERED
VEHICLES, RESULTING IN
SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN
NITROGEN OXIDES PARTICULATE
MATTER IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. AS WE WORK TO ACHIEVE
OUR AMBITIOUS GOALS, INCENTIVES
PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
ASSISTING CALIFORNIA'S FREIGHT
TRANSPORT SECTOR TO TRANSITION
TO CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES BY
DEPLOYING NEW CLIMATE, SMART
TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES,
REDUCING BARRIERS TO ADOPTION
AND PROVIDING NEAR TERM EMISSION
REDUCTIONS. THE BUDGET ACT OF
2023 AND ASSOCIATED TRAILER
BILLS MAINTAINS OVER $10 BILLION
OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS ACROSS
MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO DE
CARBONIZED AND ACCELERATE ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION
AND FOCUSES ON COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED BY AIR POLLUTION. THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING
THESE FUNDS FALLS UPON CARB AND
OTHER SISTER AGENCIES SUCH AS
CALLOUS TA GÓMEZ, N C. E. C.
THESE AGENCIES COLLABORATE TO
SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE TRANSITION
TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEEDS OF
PRIORITY POPULATIONS. IT IS
WORTH NOTING THAT THESE NEW
FUNDS BUILD UPON PREVIOUS
INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE STATE
INS. EVS ENDS UP INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WELL AS WORKFORCE TRAINING
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH YOU TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY ON
YOUR PRESENTATION IS ANDERSON.
NEXT UP? WE WILL GO TO DEREK,
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE RECTOR OF THE
SOUTH COAST. AQMD WELCOME. AND
PLEASE COMMENCE WHENEVER YOU
ALREADY. THANK YOU. CHAIR GIBSON
AND FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
FIRST ONE APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF
OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER NGUYEN
NASRI. HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT
TO THE INTERESTING ENOUGH. HE IS
VISITING PORTS IN EUROPE RIGHT
NOW THAT ARE VERY ADVANCED IN
HER TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ZERO
EMISSION TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE
USING OVER THERE. FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
SOUTH COAST THAT GOT TWO MEMBERS
FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF
CALIFORNIA. JUST WANT TO GIVE
YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF SOUTH
COAST. UM D WE ARE THE LARGEST
AIR DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WITH OVER 17 MILLION
PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT IN
OUR REGION AND ALSO 10,000
SQUARE MILES. WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR
WITHIN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT. MOST
NOTABLY, WE ARE IN SQUARE
CONSIDERED NONATTAINMENT BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FOR NOX,
NITROGEN OXIDES. AND WE ARE IN
VIOLATION CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION
OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT. KNOCKS THE
PRECURSOR POLLUTANTS THAT FORMS
OZONE, WHICH CAUSES HEALTH
PROBLEMS. MOBILE SOURCES MAKE UP
OVER 80% OF THE KNOX PROBLEM. AS
I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE NOT ON TRACK TO MEET THE
FEDERAL ATTAINMENT STANDARDS.
AND THERE'S LIFTING CONSEQUENCES
THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THAT,
SPECIFICALLY. MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF NOT
MEETING THE CLEAN AIR ACT, THE
OZONE STANDARDS. WE ESTIMATE
THERE'S $19 BILLION PER YEAR IN
MONETIZE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS
DUE TO ALL THE SOURCES IN OUR
BASIN. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT
CONSEQUENCES. FEDERAL SANCTIONS.
FEDERAL SANCTIONS CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY BURDEN BUSINESSES.
TO GET NEW PERMITS IF THEY'RE
MOVING INTO OUR DISTRICT OR
RENEW THEIR PERMITS. FOR RELATED
SOURCES AREN'T REDUCING MISSIONS
ENOUGH. REGULATORY BRITISH
SHIFTS TO OTHER SOURCES. EVEN IF
WE WERE TO SHUT DOWN EVERY
STATIONARY SOURCE IN OUR REGION
, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET
THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT
STANDARDS THEY'RE SET. THERE'S
ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF LOSS OF
FEDERAL HIGHWAY DOLLARS UP TO
$35 BILLION BETWEEN NOW AND 2045
. IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE
THE SANCTION US AND ALSO LOSS OF
CONTROL OF ERIC QUALITY
REGULATIONS. NOW MANY, MANY
PEOPLE ARE SAYING SAY THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER
COME IN AND ISSUE OF FEDERAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. OKAY NOW WE
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE DONE
IT BEFORE. BUT FOR SAKE OF
ARGUMENT THAT SAY THEY DON'T
COME IN THERE ARE GONNA BE
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WHO WILL
FILE FEDERAL LAWSUITS. OKAY AND
IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE
COURTS TO DECIDE WHETHER OUR
BASIN BEATS THE STATIC. THE
STANDARDS ARE NOT. IF NOT, THEN
THE FEDERAL COURTS WILL DECIDE
WHAT WHAT CONSEQUENCES THIS
REGION WILL HAVE. PORCH
EMISSIONS. COLLECTIVELY LITTLE
REPRESENTS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF
NOX IN THE REGION. PORTS SOURCES
MAKE UP ABOUT 1/8 OF ALL
EMISSIONS AND OUR DISTRICT AND
OUR BASIN. PORTS EFFORTS HAVE
RESULTED IN GREAT PROGRESS TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS, BUT EMISSION
REDUCTIONS ARE LARGELY TIED TO
EITHER CARB REGULATIONS OR
INCENTIVE FUNDINGS. SPORTS HAVE
ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE EMISSION
TARGETS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
AGO WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET
THEIR FAIR SHARE. NOW I KNOW.
EARLIER THEY TALKED ABOUT
INDIRECT SOURCE RULES AND HOW
THEY DON'T WANT TO INDIRECT
SOURCE RULE. BUT LET ME JUST
DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT,
OKAY? SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US
WANT ANYBODY TELL US WHAT TO DO.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT
THE RULE OF LAW. THE RULE OF
LAW. WE GOT TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
OKAY AND SOMETIMES WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO IS WE HAVE TO DO THINGS
THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE. I
DON'T BELIEVE YOUR DISTRICT
WANTS TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE BEING
FORCED TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE
NOT MET. THE FEDERAL STANDARDS.
NOW WHAT WILL THE INDIRECT
SOURCES WILL DO? WE DON'T KNOW
YET BECAUSE WE ARE IN
DISCUSSIONS. OKAY THOSE
DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING TO BE
ONGOING, BUT THERE ARE THEMES
THAT WE NEED TO MEET IN THIS
INDIRECT SOURCE ROOM.
SPECIFICALLY, UM THE CORE
COMPONENTS IS TO REDUCE NOX.
VERY IMPORTANT. REPORTS DO NOT
HAVE ANY KNOCKS AIR EMISSION
REDUCTION TARGETS AFTER 2023.
THIS RULE WILL NOT ESTABLISH A
CAP ON PORTS CARGO VOLUME. I
WANT TO REPEAT THAT BECAUSE
THERE IS A MISSED MISINFORMATION
OUT THERE THAT WERE GOING ON
THIS I S R WILL CREATE CAPS, AND
IT IS NOT GOING TO CREATE CAMPS.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE ARE
GOING TO WORK WITH THE PORTS. WE
EXPECT ITS ROOTS HAVE MULTIPLE
COMPLAINTS OPTIONS. THERE WILL
ALLOW FOR TECHNICAL LOGICAL IN
IT AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
REQUIRES ZERO EMISSION FUELING
AND THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
BOTH FOR THE PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION. AND THE ZERO
EMISSIONS STRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T NECESSARY
INVESTMENT FOR OUR PORTS TO
REMAIN WORLD CLASS TO ACHIEVE
THEIR QUALITY STANDARDS AS THEY
MENTIONED EARLIER, EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND SOME WORSE, STAFF
AND EXECUTIVE STAFF ARE OVER IN
ROTTERDAM AS WE SPEAK. OTHER
APPROACHES THAT WE COULD TAKE IS
WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I AGREE.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT DONE
ENOUGH TO DO THEIR PART. OKAY
THEY EXPECT US TO MEET THESE
STANDARDS. BUT YET HE DON'T HELP
US OUT. AND MEETING THE
STANDARDS HAVING STRICTER
REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAVE RULES
AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN UPDATED FOR OVER A DECADE,
WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE. OKAY?
REGULATIONS ARE NOT SUITED TO
ADDRESS NONATTAINMENT HERE IN
SOUTH COAST REGION. THIS IS A
NATIONWIDE REGULATION, BUT NOT
EVERY PART OF THE NATION HAS
PROBLEMS. THERE'S A GROWING
NUMBER OF AREAS IN THE NATION
THAT ARE BECOMING NONATTAINMENT
BECAUSE THE RULES REGULATIONS
AND NOT BEEN UPDATED, AND
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT VOLUME. AS
THE COURT DIDN'T MENTION THAT
THESE OTHER PORTS WHERE DO WE
STAND, READY TO WORK WITH THE
PORTS TO TRY AND SECURE FUNDING
TO HELP. TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. WITH
CONGRESS TO ADDRESS OUR AIR
QUALITY PROBLEMS. I KNOW I
VISITED. SEVERAS SOUCI,
SOMETHING GIBSON EVEN HELPED US
ON A BILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
AND THEN ALSO WHEN, UH, REMEMBER
LOWENTHAL FIRST GOT SWORN IN,
LIKE, VISITED HIS OFFICE AND
SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS
AND OUR PROBLEMS ARE
SIGNIFICANCE IMPACTING
EVERYBODY, NOT IN YOUR
DISTRICTS. BUT ACROSS THIS
REGION HERE. CARD HAS CONTINUED
TO ADOPT NEW REGULATIONS USING
ITS AUTHORITY, WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. WE WORK WITH
CARBONATE ENSURE THAT THE
ACTIONS WE TAKE ARE COMPATIBLE
WITH THEIR REGULATIONS. WE ALSO
HAVE TO KEEP WITH CARBON TO
ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT MAXIMIZE
EMISSION REDUCTIONS, WHICH IS
VERY IMPORTANT. THE PORTS HAVE
THE ABILITY TO USE THEIR
AUTHORITY AS A LANDLORD AND
GOVERNMENT TO SEEK OVER MY TIME.
GOOD. OKAY PORTS HAVE THE
ABILITY AS A LANDLORD AND A
GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO REQUIRE
TENANTS TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS.
WE DON'T CARE HOW THEY REDUCE
THEIR EMISSIONS ALONG TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS, WHETHER IT MEANS MORE
FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO
PLUG IN. UH MAKING ONLY ZERO.
MISSION TRUCKS ARE HAVE ACCESS
TO THE PORTS. WHATEVER THEY WANT
TO DO. WE'RE OPEN. WE'RE OPEN.
THEIR RECENT, UH CAP PROGRAM
WITH 2017. UNFORTUNATELY FALLS
SHORT DOES NOT INCLUDE POLLUTION
AS THEY MENTIONED PAST 2023
PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED HAVE
FALLEN SHORT OF WHAT THEY
PROMISED. SOME SAY THAT THE
PORTS SOURCES HAVE ALREADY
REDUCED EMISSIONS OF PAST AND
AGREE THEY HAVE DONE SOME OF THE
WORK. BUT THEY CAN DO MORE, AND
THEY NEED TO DO MORE. PORTS
SOURCES AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
IS STILL THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR
TO OUR REGIONAL SMOG. ALSO THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF LOCALIZED
TOXIC RISK. FROM DIESEL
PARTICULAR MATTER, EVEN KNOWING
THIS, THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE
OTHER SOURCES FAIRLY REGULATORY
BURDEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IF
WE WERE TO SHUT DOWN EVERY
SINGLE STATIONARY SOURCE, WE
STILL WANT TO MEET THE
STANDARDS. WE WANTED. WE
UNDERSTAND THE FEAR THAT DOING
MORE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS
COULD CAUSE COMPETITIVE
DISADVANTAGE. WITH OTHER PORTS,
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT WE WANT
TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE
BELIEVE THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN
BOTH WIN ON THIS AND IT'S NOT
JUST THE PORTS WINNING. IT'S NOT
JUST SOUTH COAST A QUÊ LOOK AT
IT FROM THE COMMUNITY. HOW THE
COMMUNITY WINS BECAUSE WE ALL
KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO
ARE BEING I'M A SCENE FROM A
PERSONAL STANDPOINT. I HAVE
CANCER ONE TIME AND MY DOCTOR
TOLD ME THE REASON WHY I GOT
CANCER WAS FROM DPM. OKAY I LIVE
RIGHT NEAR A FREEWAY. SO THESE
ARE THESE THESE COMMUNITIES ARE
BEING IMPACTED EVERY DAY. GOD
KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON. NOW
THERE COULD BE OTHER SOURCES OF
WHY THEY GOT CANCER. BUT DPM IS
A TOXIC. TOXIC MATERIAL THAT
CAUSES CANCER. THERE'S NO
QUESTION ABOUT THAT, AND WE NEED
TO REDUCE THAT. WITH THAT ALL
ENDED AND AVAILABLE. ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY AND
, UM YOUR PRESENTATION. AND SO
WE WANT TO OPEN UP FOR
QUESTIONS. UM MR. YOU TALKED
ABOUT COLLABORATION, BUT CAN YOU
TELL ME IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME? WHAT DOES THE
COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE FROM
YOUR LENS? BECAUSE I TODAY'S
HEARINGS WERE COLLABORATING, AND
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO BARRIERS
AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO
WE ADDRESS THESE BARRIERS IN A
POLICY STANDARD, BUT ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT WE CREATE SOME
COLLABORATION. NATIONS. SO THE
RIGHT HAND WITH THE LEFT HAND IS
DOING AND IT'S ALL ABOUT
REGULATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM
THE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
THAT RUNS THE SPORTS, UM, HEAVY
REGULATIONS COMING IN AND THAT I
MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU WILL
FIND ANY OTHER SPORT THAT IS
COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE
REDUCE THESE EMISSIONS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, MAKING SURE
THAT WE REACH OUR OUR GOAL. BUT
WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S REASONABLE. AND HOW DO WE
MOVE FORWARD? SO CAN YOU SHARE
WITH ME? UM WHAT IS
COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU
AND YOUR LENS AND YOUR AGENCY,
SO I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S
NEGOTIATED SCIENCE OUR PUBLIC
AFFAIRS FOR THE AGENCY. BUT LET
ME JUST SAY FROM A STANDPOINT
THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING
COLLABORATION IS WORKING WITH
THEM LISTENING TO THEM.
LISTENING TO BOTH SIDES BECAUSE
WE AS THE AGENCY NORTHERN PORTS.
YOU CAN ONLY VIEW IT THROUGH ONE
LANDS. WE GOTTA VIEW IT FROM
MANY DIFFERENT LENSES RATHER
THAN JUST ARE SPECIFIC CLASSES
AND SO COLLABORATION IS WORKING
IT OUT. WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO
WORK IT OUT. WE'VE TRIED AND I
BELIEVE WE STARTED NEGOTIATIONS
OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS TO START
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
NEGOTIATIONS AND BELIEVE IT WAS
2019. I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT,
AND WE TRIED TO. WE TRIED AND
TRIED AND GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH. GIVE AND
TAKE, OKAY AND AGAIN, WE ARE
MANDATED TO UM, ABIDE BY THE
CLEAN AIR ACT. AND IF IT'S LIKE
IT'S LIKE IF YOU WANT TO BUY A
HOUSE AND YOU WANT TO EAT ME A
DOWN PAYMENT. I'M GONNA SAVE 10%
RATHER THAN WHAT YOU REALLY
NEED. OKAY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
GET TO WHERE YOU WANT. YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THAT
HOUSE, SO WE NEED TO HAVE
SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT EMISSION
REDUCTIONS. HOW THAT TAKES PLACE
IS ALL ABOUT WORKING IT OUT. WE
GOT TO WORK IT OUT WITH WITH NOT
JUST THE PORTS, BUT ALSO THEIR
TENANTS. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO
TO REDUCE IT? WHAT CAN THEY DO
TO REDUCE IT? SO IN THE NEXT
SHELL? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE FROM
MY LANCE COLLABORATION, BUT
AGAIN, I'M NOT THE TECHNICAL
PERSON WHO'S DOING THE BY
APPRECIATE. I WANT TO ASK THE
SAME QUESTION OF MS ANDERSON
WOULD CARVE, UM, IN TERMS OF
COLLABORATION, BECAUSE WHAT I
HEARD EARLIER. THERE IS A LOT OF
REGULATION. UM THAT IS WILL HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. ON THE
PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR PORTS IN
CALIFORNIA, AND IF WE IF WE LOSE
, I THINK IT HAS BEEN WELL
ARTICULATED WHO WILL WIN? UM AND
IT WON'T BE CALIFORNIA. OTHER
PORTS WILL WIN AND THAT CARGO
THOSE BUSINESSES WILL GO TO
THOSE OTHER PORTS, EVEN THOUGH
IT MAY TAKE LONGER, BUT YOU
DON'T GET TO THOSE PORTS AND
THEY BECOME THE DISTRIBUTION HUB
OF YOU KNOW OF AMERICA, NOT
CALIFORNIA, WHICH LEADS IN THIS
SPACE, SO I WANT TO ASK YOUR
QUESTION TERMS OF NOT ONLY
COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS
BUT ALSO THE REGULATION. THAT IS
SEEMINGLY STRANGLING THE FOR US
GETTING IN OBTAINING OUR GOAL,
BUT ALSO MOVING AND BEING COMING
, PROSPEROUS AND CAN STAIN THE
FIFTH OR FOURTH WORLD ECONOMY.
SURE THANK YOU, UM, PART OF OUR
REGULATION DEVELOPMENT. AS I
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, INCLUDES AN
EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION PROCESS
WITH INDUSTRY AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY AND REGULATED PARTIES.
AND PART OF THE DEVELOPING THAT
REGULATION IS TO BALANCE THE
COST TO INDUSTRY WITH THOSE
COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFITS THAT
WERE SEEN BY REDUCING THOSE
TOXIC COMMISSIONS, WHICH I
DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO MEET
OUR CLIMATE GOALS THAT ARE, YOU
KNOW. DICTATED BY BOTH THE STATE
AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL AIR
QUALITY GOALS DICTATED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE TRY TO
BALANCE ALL OF THAT OUT AND
KEEPING IN MIND THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CREATION FOR GREEN JOBS FOR FUEL
, ZERO MISSION EQUIPMENT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTION. WE
ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE CREATING,
YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE GREEN
JOBS EVERY DAY. SO WE DO TAKE
THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND TRY
TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE WELL,
WE'RE DEVELOPING REGULATIONS TO
REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS AND
PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS WELL.
PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT
TRANSPORT SYSTEM. OKAY MOVE TO
MY VICE CHAIR FOR A QUESTION, MR
BOND, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL GO TO
MR MARTIN SUSHI AND LONG TERM.
PUT ONE, OKAY? THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. UM I GUESS. I THINK I
WANT TO START OUT THE
CONVERSATION BY SAYING THAT
NOTHING HAPPENS IN A VACUUM. SO
THIS PANEL HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE
FACT THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU ALONG
WITH OTHER AGENCIES. ARE PUTTING
REGULATIONS AND MANDATES ON THE
SUPPLY CHAIN, THE GOODS,
MOVEMENT SECTOR AND THE PORTS.
SO NOT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE
CAN'T LOOK AT EVERY ACTION BY
EACH AGENCY THROUGH THROUGH A
STRAW. EVERYTHING IS LAYERED ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER, AND I THINK
THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THAT'S WHY
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT UH UM. YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO HARDEN OUR
SUPPLY CHAIN AND IMBALANCE AND
BE PRAGMATIC BECAUSE IT'S NOT
EACH OF YOU OPERATING
INDEPENDENTLY. YOU GUYS ARE ALL
LAYERING COSTS AND REGULATIONS
AS MENTIONED, UM BY BY THE BY
THE PORTS, ALL ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER. SO I GUESS MY FIRST
QUESTION IN IF I MAY ASK, UH, UM
, A CAR IS WE HAD THIS LONG
CONVERSATION AND DURING THE
SUPPLY CHAIN, THE LAST SUPPLY
CHAIN CRISIS AND OF COURSE IN
OUR LAST HEARING ABOUT WHO THE
LEAD AGENCY IS IN TERMS OF
DETERMINING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT
COMES TO GOODS MOVEMENT. SO
YOU'RE THE CHIEF OF FREIGHT
TRANSPORT. SO WHO DO YOU REPORT
TO? WHO IS THE LEAD AGENCY?
WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
ONE SINGLE AGENCY THAT'S IN
CHARGE OF THE SUSTAINABLE
FREIGHT TRANSPORT SYSTEM. THERE
IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THAT WAS
THAT CAME OUT ON OUR FIRST
HEARING. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT
THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY TOLD US OKAY AND
TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF US, SO I'M
JUST TRYING UNDERSTAND WHO'S IN
CHARGE? WELL, I THINK THERE'S A
LIKE YOU SAID. THERE'S A NUMBER
OF AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED
AND WE DO TRY TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY. SOMEONE
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, STARTING
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER TO MOVE ALL OF THE
EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES AND
OPERATION TO ZERO MISSIONS, AND
WE WORK WITH CALLIE PH. A AND
CAL S T A. YOU KNOW, CALTRANS
AND C E C AND WE WORK
COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO TRY
TO IMPLEMENT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT ACTION
PLAN THAT I MENTIONED IN TAKING
THOSE ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THAT
PLAN THAT ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW
OF THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND
MOVING THEM FORWARD TO ACHIEVE
THOSE GOALS UNDERSTAND AS AS AN
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AS A
POLICYMAKER, SOMEONE WHO'S
TRYING TO SERVE ON THIS
COMMITTEE. DO YOU DISPUTE THE
FACT THAT THAT THAT THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
IS THE LEAD AGENCY? WHEN IT
COMES TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND
GOODS EVENT. AND THE MOVEMENT OF
FREIGHT. I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME
QUESTION SO YOU CAN PREPARE YOUR
ANSWER. I THINK WE EACH HAVE OUR
OWN JURISDICTION IN DIFFERENT
AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE THE
ANSWERS. YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE
COW, STRESSED THE LEAD AGENCY. I
THINK ALL OF THE AGENCIES WORK
TOGETHER AS THIS STATE TO MOVE
THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO
WHO'S IN CHARGE WHO'S IN CHARGE
OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND GOODS
MOVEMENT POLICY? IF I WANTED TO
TALK IF I IF WE'RE DEVELOPING
POLICY AND WE HAD A CRISIS THAT
HAPPENED ALL THE CONTAINERS AND
OTHER SHIPS THAT WERE OUT OUT
OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA TWO
YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO
TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. AND WE HAD
A HEARING. IN SACRAMENTO. AND WE
HAD ALL THE AGENCIES IN FRONT OF
US AND UP AND MULTIPLE MEMBERS
ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS. AND WHO'S
IN CHARGE? WHERE DOES THE BUCK
STOP? AND THE ANSWER TO US WORDS
FROM THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, SAYING
THAT THEY WERE THE LEAD AGENCY.
OVERSEEING THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND
GOODS MOVEMENT, CALIFORNIA UM
VICE CHERRY. I THINK IT IS THE
STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AND
SECRETARY OH, MY SHOCK AND THAT
THAT OVERSEAS WE'RE TALKING JUST
ABOUT GOODS MOVEMENT POLICY KIND
OF SEPARATED FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE. BUT THAT'S
THE POINT. YOU'RE MAKING MY
POINT IS THAT ALL YOUR ACTIONS
DON'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. YOUR
ACTIONS BY YOUR AGENT OR
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES WERE NOT
INDEPENDENT BECAUSE THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO THE MY. MY
UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSPARENCY
HAS AN IMPACT. SO IT AND WHAT?
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
COLLABORATION AND CONVERSATIONS
. AT SOME POINT, THERE HAS TO BE
A VOICE. NOT TOO I WON'T SPEAK
FOR THE CHAIR. BUT AS VOICES
THEY LOOK, THIS IS HAVING A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT NOT ONLY TO
THE ECONOMY, THE STATE TO THE
SUPPLY CHAIN TO JOBS TO LOCAL
ECONOMIES LIKE CRUZ. WHAT I'M
JUST I GUESS I'M EATING THE
REPHRASE THE QUESTION FROM THE
CHAIRS. WHAT DOES COLLABORATION
LOOK LIKE IF THERE IS A LEAD
AGENCY WHO DO WE GO TO? WE HAVE
A CONCERN ABOUT A POLICY. WHEN
IT COMES TO THE PORTS AND GOOD
MOVIES. I THINK THE ANSWER IS
THAT THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY IS
AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR. I MEAN,
WE ALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR.
MY AGENCY REPORTS TO KELLY PH.
WHICH REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR.
WE ALSO HAVE THESE FEDERAL
MANDATES THAT WERE MENTIONED
THAT WE NEED TO MEET AS WELL. SO
YOU KNOW THERE IS THE
ADMINISTRATION THERE THAT COMES
IN IN TIMES OF TROUBLE TO HELP
COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS AND
FRUSTRATED AT YOU. I'M MORE
FRUSTRATED JUST THE SITUATION
AND WITHIN. WHAT WERE THE. THE
PROCESS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
RELITIGATING THIS THIS QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK PART OF
THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO
CREATE A FREIGHT ADVISOR OR AS A
AS A SUPPLY CHAIN ADVISOR WITHIN
THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE IS TO
DETERMINE THAT STRUCTURE. JUST
SAY HEY, IF THERE'S ALL THESE
ACTIONS TAKEN BY DIFFERENT
AGENCIES, AND THEY'RE ALL HAVING
A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON ON GOODS
MOVEMENT MAYBE WE NEED SOMEONE
WITH A CLEAR VOICE AND A CLEAR
VISION AND A CLEAR MISSION SAY
WE SHOULD EVALUATE THESE ACTIONS
AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SUPPLY
CHAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN 40% OF
THE GOODS AND PRODUCTS COMING
INTO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA COMES FROM THE PORTS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO THAT'S
ALL I'M SAYING. IN TERMS OF I
GUESS TO THE TO, UM SOUTH COAST
80 MG. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
IT. I MEAN, I GUESS. WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE INDIRECT SOURCE
RULE, AND I GUESS THIS IS THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? IS
THAT TO ESSENTIALLY MEAT.
WHATEVER THAT THE GOAL IS OR
WHATEVER THAT MANDATE IS. IT
WOULD LIMIT AND CAP OPERATIONS
WITHIN THE PORTS. IS THAT
CORRECT? WE DON'T BELIEVE SO.
AND HOW WOULD THAT? HOW WOULD
THAT HOW WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
COLLABORATION WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE A SAY IN
THIS WHETHER IT BE THE PORTS.
THE COMMUNITY US. THERE IS I
MENTIONED EARLIER. THERE'S
TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE ZERO
MEASURES, ALTHOUGH YES, IT'S
EXPENSIVE. YES, IT'S GONNA TAKE
YEARS TO GET TO THAT POINT. BUT
IT CAN BE DONE. WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE THE POLICY YET, RIGHT? SO
RIGHT. AS YOU SAID BEFORE. WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T. WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INDIRECT
SOURCE RULE LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT?
DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT IT WON'T
CAP VOLUME BECAUSE WE'RE USING
THIS GONNA USE YOUR LOGIC RIGHT
AND SAY, WELL, HERE'S HERE'S A
MANDATE LAYERED ON TOP OF
EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE VERY
OPERATIONS OF THE PORTS CREATE
ACTIVITY. AND IF YOU SAY WELL,
YOU NOW CAN ONLY DO THIS. AND
NOW YOU HAVE TO LAYER THAT ON
TOP OF EVERY PORE TOP AERATION.
THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS TO
LIMIT EITHER VOLUME OR LIMIT
OPERATIONS. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION
, AND BUT AGAIN, IT COMES TO THE
FACT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE
DONE. NUMBER ONE. AND ALSO THAT
THE PORTS HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND THE TENANTS HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CAN DO
MORE AND WHETHER THAT BE. I'M
NOT TALKING ABOUT CAPS. I'M
TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT THAT CAN
BE USED TO TALKING ABOUT SHORT
POWER, ITS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
CAN HELP OUT SIGNIFICANTLY. THE
EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM THE
PORTS. SO BY DOING THAT, BY THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WEREN'T REALLY
NOT AFFECTING. VOLUME WE'RE ONLY
AFFECTING HOW THEY POWER THEIR
STARSHIP SO I'M I'M I'M TRYING
TO HE JUXTAPOSED THAT ANSWER TO
THE PANEL WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH
IS LOOK. THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THEY WANT
TO INVEST IN AND OPERATIONS THAT
, UM, ARE CLEANER BUT THEIR
ARGUMENTS AND I GUESS I ACTUALLY
THIS IS THAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY
DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT
JUST YET. NOW IN IN 2030 YEARS
OR CALDERON, MANY OR MAYBE IN 10
YEARS, RIGHT? THERE COULD BE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES, BUT IF THEY'RE
MAXED OUT IN TERMS OF
IMPLEMENTING EVERY POSSIBLE
TECHNOLOGY TO TRY TO OPERATE AND
BE GOOD PARTNERS, UM AND BUT
THEN THEY JUST CAN'T MEET IT
BECAUSE TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW IT.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY
HERE RIGHT IN TERMS OF IN TERMS
OF ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR
IMPORTANCE TO NOT ONLY THE
REGION HERE BUT TO THE STATE AND
TO THE COUNTRY, AND SO TO SAY
SOMEHOW. WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE
KNOW WE UNDERSTAND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S YOU'RE
GONNA PUT THE PORTS THAT ARE
COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE. SO
WITH THAT, I'M NOT PUT THEM AT
YOU SAID, WELL, I WROTE IT DOWN.
I MEAN, WE CAN ROLL BACK THE
TAPE WITH SOME OTHER POINT, BUT
YOU DID SAY THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THE FACT THAT THAT THE INDIRECT
SOURCES COULD PLAY SUPPORTS IN
THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE SAID
WELL AND I SAID GOOD. OKAY WELL
, LET ME I'LL STIPULATE THAT YOU
SAID IT COULD SO IF IT COULD
PLACE THE PORTS OF DISADVANTAGE,
THEN WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I
THINK IT'S ALL PART OF THE
EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER. TO
DECREASE THAT CHANCE. BUT LET ME
JUST GET BACK TO ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT
ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY?
I WAS IN THE NAVY. I DON'T NEED
YOU BACK IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN WE
PULL INTO PORTS, THE PHILIPPINES
, YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING WE
DID WE POWERED ON WE GOT
ELECTRIC POWER. OKAY, THIS IS
NOT A NEW TECHNOLOGY. OKAY? IN
1983 86. ON THE SHIPS AND WE
PULLED PORK. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME,
WHETHER THE WHETHER THEY HAVE
MOMMY TO OR WHETHER THEY YOU
KNOW, HAD THE MEANS TO DO IT. I
DON'T KNOW. I'M TALKING ABOUT
THE PORTS HERE, BUT THE
TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN THERE FOR A
LONG TIME, AND I SAW IT FOR
MYSELF AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
OTHER MEMBERS. BUT LET ME JUST
SAY TO THAT POINT LOOK, I DON'T
DISAPPEAR. THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE THAT
THE FEASIBILITY IS IN QUESTION,
RIGHT? LOOK WHEN WE HAD THAT
WHEN WE HAD, UH, FLEX ALERTS.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR KID IS
EXCITED, EXACT VOTER TO RELIEVE
PEOPLE FROM THAT MANDATE, RIGHT
? AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE ELECTRICITY GRID AND
RELIABILITY SO WE CAN WE CAN TRY
TO PUSH ALL THOSE THINGS ONTO
THE ECONOMY AND THE DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES. BUT SOMETHING'S
GOTTA GIVE. IF THEN, THINGS
AREN'T FEASIBLE. NOW WE COULD BE
INVESTING MORE IN RELIABILITY OF
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, AND WE
SHOULD DO THAT. BUT I'M TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK TO MY
POINT TO YOU IS THAT THIS
INDIRECT SOURCE RULE IT HAS A
COULD HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT AND
FROM LISTENING TO THE
STAKEHOLDERS AND VERY FEW
THINGS. UNITE LABOR AND BUSINESS
. THIS DOES I MEAN, I'M LOOKING
AT EVERY SINGLE STAKEHOLDER
INVOLVED IN THE GOODS MOVEMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY. THAT SAYS
THAT THIS POTENTIAL INDIRECT
FORCEFUL WHICH I GUESS THEY WANT
WHEN WE WANT SOME CERTAINTY, SO
WILL BE NICE TO HAVE WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE, BUT HAS THE IMPACT
TO TRY TO MEET? WHATEVER THIS
NEBULOUS GOAL IS. WOULD
ESSENTIALLY EITHER CAT VOLUME OR
LIMIT PRODUCTIVITY'S, WHICH, AS
MENTIONED BEFORE EVERY FOUR
CONTAINERS LEADS TO A JOB. IN
CALIFORNIA. AND SO IF ALL OF
THOSE CONTAINERS GO TO ANOTHER
STATE NOT ONLY ARE WEIRD
ADMITTING MORE, WE'RE ALLOWING
MORE EMISSIONS OCCUR. BUT WE'RE
ALSO COSTING CALIFORNIA JOBS AND
WE'RE HURTING OUR ECONOMY. AND I
THINK, AND WE'RE ALSO BRINGING
SUPPLY CHAIN. GETTING GOODS FROM
THE PORTS TO OR HOMES AND STORES
AS WELL AS GETTING PRODUCTS
OVERSEAS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE
CONCERN THAT I HAVE SPEAKING FOR
MYSELF FOR SOMEONE IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY IS THAT WE HAVE
TO BE PRAGMATIC. AND SO SOMEHOW
S¼. WE'RE GONNA SET THIS RULE
AND CONSEQUENCES BE LIKE THAT'S
NOT A GOOD POLICY. THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE'RE SAYING AT ALL. THAT'S
WHY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
COLLABORATE. NOT JUST WITH
REPORTS WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
AND WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, SO
AND I HOPE YOU I HOPE YOU
COLLABORATE WITH ELITE AGENCY
WHEN WE FIND OUT WHO IT IS.
THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO TURN
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE. I THINK
THAT, UM UM SO REMEMBER, PHªN
TOUCHED UPON THERE WAS A CERTAIN
THEORY OF MOTIVATION TO ASK THE
GOVERNOR TO APPOINT WHEN I GAVE
THE EXAMPLE THE RIGHT HAND.
THERE'S NO THE LEFT HAND IS
DOING WE NEED SOMEONE TO FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH
EVERYONE SO WELL, EXACTLY KNOW
WHO'S IN CHARGE WHO OVERSEES WHO
AND ALSO, IT'S VERY CLEAR IN
TERMS OF JURISDICTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY. SO WITH THAT,
I'LL TURN OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE.
MR. MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO FOLLOWING UP ON THAT
LINE OF QUESTIONING. UM MR
ALATORRE, YOU'RE THE FOCUS OF
OUR ATTENTION HERE. UM DE IS NOT
I. I APPRECIATE THAT.
CLARIFICATION UM, LET ME START
OFF BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND YOU KNOW
ABOUT HOW SUFFERING FOR
PARTICULAR MATTER. THAT'S REALLY
AN ISSUE THAT, UM YOU KNOW ALL
COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING THE
PORTS. THAT'S THE REALITY THAT
THEY'RE FACING. I REPRESENT A
PORTION OF WELLINGTON AND I KNOW
THAT WASHINGTON IS, UH, YOU KNOW
WHEN THERE WAS POLLUTED
NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT ONLY IN
CALIFORNIA BUT IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY, AND SO YOU KNOW, YOUR
EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TO TRY TO
PROTECT. YOU KNOW OUR
CONSTITUENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I
THINK YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO
ALL THE TESTIMONY FROM THE FIRST
PANEL. UM I THOUGHT, MR CORDERO,
UM AH MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IN
HIS OPINION THE PORTS HAVE
ALREADY LED. YOU CAN'T SQUEEZE
US ANYMORE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS
NOT THERE. UM AND THAT HE I
THINK HE CLEARLY INDICATED THAT
HE OPPOSES THE MD IN TERMS OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YOU KNOW
THE INDIRECT SOURCE ROLE. UH UM.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
CLARIFY YOU. YOU LAID THE
FOUNDATION FOR YOUR YOUR
ARGUMENT. YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT
HOW THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BASIS IS IN VIOLATION OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT, AND SO GIVEN THAT
THE CLEAN AIR ACT IS A FEDERAL
LAW, NOT A STATE LAW, THE STATE
LEGISLATURE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
CONTROL IN TERMS OF AMENDING OR
CLARIFYING THE CLEAN AIR ACT. IS
THAT CORRECT? SO THERE'S YES. ON
THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT. THERE
IS A FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT.
THERE'S A I BELIEVE THE STATE
CLEAN AIR ACT ALSO, UM, BUT
BASICALLY OURS CAN BE LESS
STRINGENT THAN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S, SO WE HAVE TO BE
AT LEAST AS STRICT OR STRICTER.
OKAY. IN TERMS OF THE INDIRECT
SOURCE ROLE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR
FEDERAL COURT, HE SAID FEDERAL
COURT LITIGATION, WHICH IS WHY I
WAS THINKING THAT THAT THE
PROBLEM IS MORE FEDERAL AND NOT
STATE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S IS THAT
IS THAT ACCURATE THAT YES, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH ACTUALLY
I S ARE FOR THE WAREHOUSES IS
CURRENTLY UNDER LITIGATION. UM,
SO THAT'S BEEN CHALLENGED
ALREADY. UM AND THEN I'M WHERE
QUITE SURE THAT IF. AND WHEN THE
THERE IS A THERE IS SUPPORT. I S
R WON'T BE CHALLENGED ALSO. SO
WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT THE
BASIS FOR THE CHALLENGE WOULD BE
A WAY TO BE UNDER THE FEDERAL
CLEANER, ACCURATE. THE STATE
CLEANER ACTOR BOTH I THINK IT'LL
BE UNDER THE I'M NOT THE
ATTORNEYS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE
ATTORNEYS. BUT I WOULD SAY IS
PROBABLY THE FEDERAL BECAUSE
THERE IS SOME FEDERAL, UM.
EXEMPTIONS THAT WE CANNOT DO AS
AS AN EXAMPLE REGULATING, UM A
SHIP. WE CAN'T REGULATE SHIPS.
MHM, MHM REGULATE. YOU KNOW, UM
. AS AS AN EXAMPLE OF TRUCKS. WE
CAN'T REGULATE TRUCKS GOING TO
THE WAREHOUSES, BUT WE TELL
WAREHOUSES HEY, YOU HAVE TO
REDUCE YOUR EMISSIONS, AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ASR
DUTCH FOR THE WAREHOUSES. WE
DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT. JUST
DO IT REDUCED SOMEHOW, OKAY, AND
I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING
TO BE THE SAME THING WHEN IT
COMES TO PORTER S. R. OKAY? UM
YOU. YOU EMPHASIZE IN TERMS OF
THE. THE NEED TO COLLABORATE.
UH, IN RESPONSE. TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG'S LIGHT
LINE OF QUESTIONING. I MEAN,
IT'S THE IT'S THE BASIC IDEA
THAT THAT THE PORTS AND THE
STAKEHOLDERS NEED TO DEMONSTRATE
. UH, YOU KNOW, SOME GET FAITH
EFFORTS TO COMPLY OR ARE THERE
GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, HARD AND
FAST STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE ENFORCED THROUGH THE INDIRECT
SERVICE SOURCE RULE. THE LAST
THING WE WANT TO DO IS BE HARD
AND FAST, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO LESSON. WHATEVER. HARDEN.
FACTS WE HAVE TO GIVE AS LONG AS
WE'RE ALL COLLABORATING TOGETHER
AND COMING UP WITH REAL
SOLUTIONS AND, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE
AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO. BUT
ULTIMATELY, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO
GIVE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE
WILLING TO GIVE. SO I THINK
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE ALL
AT IS THAT YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY,
WE HAVE TO UM. CLEAN INTERACT
DRIVES EVERYTHING FOR US RIGHT
NOW. NO. ONE PERSON AGED. THE
SEA ENTITY CAN TELL US. NO, YOU
CAN'T DO THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS THAT ABILITY AND AGAIN AS I
MENTIONED THE MASKING WE WANT
ANYBODY WANTS IS FOR THERE TO BE
A FIP OF FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
COMING IN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW OUR REGION. THEY DON'T KNOW
OUR PROBLEMS. THEY'RE GOING TO
COME IN HERE AND JUST DO A
BLANKET. UH, YOU KNOW
REGULATIONS. AND IT COULD BE. IT
COULD MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT'S LASTING. WE WANT
WE WANT TO BE CONTROLLED AROUND
DESTINY. WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY
ELSE TO BE IN CONTROL OF OUR
DESTINY. I WANT TO WOULD, UM
SWITCH TO MISS ANDERSON AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE A. R B.
THERE WAS EARLIER TESTIMONY
ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW ANY CONTAINER
VOLUME THAT THAT THAT ESPECIALLY
THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND
LONG BEACH LOSE TO THE EAST
COAST OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
THAT THAT WOULD RESULT IN, UH,
GREATER GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. UH, YOU KNOW FOR. IN
TERMS JUST IN TERMS OF THE SHEER
PROXIMITY OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING
CONTAINERS FROM SHANGHAI TO LOS
ANGELES IS GONNA BE A LOT
SHORTER ROUTE THAN THAN GOING
THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL INTO
THE TO THE EAST COAST. I MEAN,
IS THAT PART OF THE A R BS? UH,
CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF ITS
GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATIONS. I'M
NOT SURE WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT. I THINK WHAT WE CAN SAY IS
THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH
EPA WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING
REGULATIONS TO SEE HOW THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING COULD BE
IMPLEMENTED NATIONALLY, BUT
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
QUANTIFY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE
TAKE A PARTICULAR SECTOR 20
MISSION, BUT IT'S TRAVELING
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S PROVIDING BENEFITS
THROUGHOUT THAT TRANSITION, BUT
WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE
HEALTH BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT, BUT WE DO ACCOUNT FOR THE
COSTS FOR THAT EQUIPMENT TO BE
OPERATING IN THE STATE AND IN
PARTICULAR THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
ADDRESS LOCOMOTIVES. BUT I THINK
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT IS WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PLANS THAT HAVE
GOALS. WE ALSO HAVE MANDATES
FROM BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AS WELL AS THE STATE TO ACTUALLY
ACHIEVE TARGETS, AS WELL AS THE
GOVERNOR HIMSELF IN AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER, FOR EXAMPLE, SO WHEN
WE'RE DOING A REGULATION, THE
POINT OF THAT IS TO BE
TECHNOLOGY, FORCING ENFORCED
TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. THAT PROVIDES
BENEFITS THAT OUTWEIGH THE COSTS
TO INDUSTRY SO CHIN, IT'S
SPECIFICALLY IS THE AIR BE
LOOKING AT THE GHG IMPACTS OF
CALIFORNIA PORTS LOSING
CONTAINER VOLUME TWO OTHER
STATES IS THAT IS IT TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE J C IMPACT OF
CONTAINERS GOING FROM CALIFORNIA
TO OTHER STATES? I COULDN'T SAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
OKAY THANK YOU. COULD YOU PLEASE
FOLLOW UP AND GIVE US SOMETHING
IN WRITING? WELL, APPRECIATE
THAT RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. QUESTION UH TO
COMMISSIONER MONAHAN. UM MR
CORDERO MADE IT CLEAR THAT THAT
AND HIS OPINION AS FAR AS HEAVY
DUTY TRUCKS. WE NEED TO GO WITH
HYDROGEN. AND I HEAR THAT A LOT
FROM FROM TRUCKING BUSINESS
OPERATORS WHO SAY THAT. ELECTRIC
TRUCKS JUST ON CHARGE OF FAST
ENOUGH, UH, THAT THAT UH UM.
IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. UM THAT
THEM? THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
HYDROGEN FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.
DOES THE ENERGY COMMISSION HAVE
ANY ANY SIMILAR POSITION IN
TERMS OF THIS HYDROGEN VERSUS
ELECTRIC TRUCKS IN TERMS OF
WHERE TO INVEST IN THE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO, YOU
KNOW, SEND THE MARKET SIGNALS TO
YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS THE
DIRECTION THAT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WANTS TO HEAD? SO IN
OUR ENERGIZED COMMERCIAL
VEHICLES PROGRAM. AS I SAID, WE
FUND BOTH HYDROGEN AND CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW ABOUT
ABOUT 20% OF THE MONEY SO FAR
HAS GONE TO HYDROGEN, MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO THAT'S
BEEN MORE OF A RESPONSIVENESS TO
THE REQUEST FROM THE MARKET. I
WOULD SAY WE'RE AT AN EARLY
STAGE. I MEAN HAVING TO FIELDS
IS A RESILIENT STRATEGY. THAT
WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING
BOTH HYDROGEN AND BATTERY
ELECTRIC VEHICLES, I THINK WOULD
BE IF WE CAN OVERCOME THE
BARRIERS TO EACH, THAT WOULD BE
IDEAL. I THINK THE QUESTION IS,
CAN WE OVERCOME THE BARRIERS AND
THE STATE IS DOING ALL IT CAN
WITH THIS ARCHES PROGRAM TO TRY
TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING TO BE A
HYDROGEN HUB TO HELP DRIVE DOWN
THE COST OF HYDROGEN? UM WE NEED
THIS TO BE A GLOBALLY SCALABLE
SOLUTION RIGHT NOW. BETTER
ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE GLOBALLY
SCALING HYDROGEN LESS SO, BUT I
WOULD SAY WE'RE SEEING MORE AND
MORE INTEREST, ESPECIALLY IN THE
EU. JAPAN OTHER COUNTRIES. I
THINK THE EU IN THE FACE OF
WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH UKRAINE,
IT'S REALLY INTERESTED IN
HYDROGEN AS A SOLUTION. SO AS WE
DEVELOP THESE SOLUTIONS, WE
REALLY HAVE TO THINK BETTER FROM
A GLOBALLY SCALABLE POINT OF
VIEW. AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE
ENERGY COMMISSION IS BASICALLY
BOTH COVERING COVERING YOUR
BASES IT LARGELY DRIVEN BY. THE
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS
THE MARKET DEMAND, AND I WOULD
SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE
SCALABLE IN THE FUTURE TO HELP
DRIVE DOWN COSTS. WE HAVE TO
DRIVE DOWN THE COST OF FUEL
CELLS. WE HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN THE
COST OF HYDROGEN. AND SIMILARLY
WITH BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SO THE ENERGY COMMISSION'S
POSITION WOULD BE THAT THAT IT
IS POTENTIALLY TECHNOLOGICALLY
FEASIBLE AS WELL AS FINANCIALLY
FEASIBLE. YOU KNOW, WE KEEP
HEARING ABOUT THESE $500,000
TRUCKS THAT NO SMALL BUSINESS OR
OR SMALL TRUCKING OPERATOR CAN
AFFORD. HOW YOU KNOW. YEAH I
REALLY THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO
TELL. WE HAVE SEEN BATTERY
PRICES FALL 90% OVER THE LAST
DECADE LATELY, THEY'VE BEEN
GOING UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. WE
HAVEN'T YET SEEN THAT IN FUEL
CELLS, BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL
AND THE MORE WE HAVE A CO
INVESTED STRATEGY THAT GLOBALLY
, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT HAPPEN. CHINA WAS A BIG
PART OF THE REASON WHY BATTERIES
FELL IN PRICE. WE'RE SEEING
CHINA ALSO SHOW MORE INTEREST IN
HYDROGEN, SO THAT COULD ALSO
LEAD TO A MORE SCALABLE FUTURE
FOR HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS.
OKAY I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE MR
SHARE. I MEAN, IT'S IT SOUNDS. I
I'M A SYMPATHETIC AS ANYONE ON
THIS PANEL IN TERMS OF, YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO CLEAN UP OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS
TO ME THAT A LOT OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS STILL IN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND YOU
KNOW AGAIN, MR CORDERO SAID IT
EARLIER THAT TECHNOLOGY JUST
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S THERE.
YOU KNOW, TOO, AND WE KNOW THAT
OUR TRUCK TRUCKING OPERATORS
CAN'T AFFORD $500,000 TRUCKS AND
SO. THERE DOES I MEAN, I
FRUSTRATED AS ANYONE IN THIS
ROOM IN TERMS OF THE PERCEPTION
OF THIS GAP BETWEEN OUR
ASPIRATIONS AND WHERE OUR
TECHNOLOGY IS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO
UNDERSCORE, UM AND REAL QUICK,
JUST REAL BRIEF BEFORE HE MOVED
TO THE NEXT CHANNEL. UH IF WE'RE
PLACING ALL THESE REGULATIONS ON
THOSE WHO DO BUSINESS IN
CALIFORNIA WHAT HAPPENS TO CHINA
AND ALL THOSE OTHER SHIPS THAT
COMES INTO OUR PORTS. ARE WE
GOING TO MANDATE THAT THEY HAVE
THE SAME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY AS
WE'RE MANDATING OUR OWN OR THOSE
WHO COMING INTO OUR PORTS? DO WE
EVEN HAVE JURISDICTION? WHOEVER
WANTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
CAN I JUST SAY THAT SOUTH COAST
A CANDY WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE
PROBLEMS. SEE THE AUTHORITY TO
TELL THEM WHAT TYPES OF SHIPS
CAN COME IN. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH SOME OF THE
SHIPPING COMPANIES IN CHINA. TO
TRADE INCENTIVIZE THEM TO USE
THEIR CLEANEST SHIPS TO COME
INTO OUR PORTS. I THINK
INCENTIVE IZATION. THAT'S THE
RIGHT WORD. IS THE WAY TO GO
BECAUSE IF NOT, THEY HAVE NO
INCENTIVE. TO BRING IN CLEAN
SHIPS. IT'S ONLY THE DIRTIER
SHIPS, OLDER SHIPS BUT ALSO
CHANGE OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO
YOU KNOW, UM IT CAN. IN THE
FUTURE BEES A NORMAL BUT RIGHT
NOW IT'S NOT, BUT WE NEED TO
INCENTIVIZE THEM TO. AH ONLY
ALLOW THE CLEANER SHIPS TO COME
INTO OUR PORTS. SO WE'RE GOING
TO INCENTIVIZE THEM. WE'RE NOT
GOING TO INCENTIVIZE. OTHERS
KNOW HERE WE DO INCENTIVIZED AS
AN EXAMPLE THE DISTRICT AS WELL
AS THE PORTS. WE INCENTIVIZED TO
CHANGE OVER THEIR THEIR THIRD
DIRTY TRUCKS OR THEIR EQUIPMENT
, BUT THERE'S NO MANDATE THAT WE
CAN ON THEM SO THEY CAN STILL
CONTINUE TO USE WHATEVER VESSEL
THEY CHOOSE TO AND LIE IDLE OR
WHATEVER COMING IN. WHICH STILL
WILL AFFECT OUR HAIR. DID YOU
WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT BEFORE
WE TRANSITION? NO. I THINK
THAT'S RIGHT. THERE ARE CERTAIN
EQUIPMENT TYPES THAT ARE WERE
EXEMPT UNDER THE FEDERAL CLEAN
ACT FOR US TO, UM CONTROL INPUT
CONTROLS ON AND WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT AIRPLANES, SHIPS,
UM THOSE THERE'S FEDERAL
STANDARDS. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY
. I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL. BUT WHEN THEY DO
COME TO PORTS, AND THEN WE CAN
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE A
REGULATION THAT FORCES THEM TO
PLUG IN, SO THAT THEY'RE
OPERATING A CLEAN MODE WHILE
THEY'RE BEING, UM YOU KNOW, THE
CARGO HAS TAKEN OFF AND PUT HIM
BACK ON. HMM GREAT. WELL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PATTERN.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR ROBUST THIS
ROBUST CONVERSATION. LET'S GET
THIS PANEL ROUND OF APPLAUSE,
PLEASE VERY MUCH. AS THE NEXT
CHANNEL IS TRANSITIONING WE
WOULD ASK THEM TO PLEASE. UM YOU
KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOU ON THE
AGENDA, PLEASE COME IN AND TAKE
YOUR SEATS AND WE'LL BE STARTING
WITH SOUTH FIRST. AND WE'RE
GONNA TRY TO MAKE UP SOME TIME.
UM I DON'T KNOW. NO WITH US
AWHILE. HMM FRANCIS? YEAH YOU
MADE HIM. YEAH YOU'VE BEEN
AROUND ME, FRANCIS. TRAGIC.
HUSING. WE WANT TO WELCOME THIS
NEXT PANEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US. THIS PANEL IS
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOODS
MOVEMENT AND SUPPLY CHANGED
PARTNER PERSPECTIVE. UM AND SO I
WANT TO HAVE INTRODUCED SAL, UH
, WANT TO PUT YOUR LAST NAME SO
PLEASE FORGIVE ME REPRESENTING
IOW LOCAL 13. PORTLAND'S ON AND
LABOR RELATIONS CONNECTIONS. SO
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE, SAL. AND WHEN YOU'RE
READY, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU
SIMPLY MEMBER. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIRPERSON GIBSON. SELECT
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ESTEEMED
GUESTS. MY NAME IS SAL DI
COSTANZO AND I'M HERE
REPRESENTING THE INTERNATIONAL
LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION.
LOCAL 13 PRESIDENT GARY HERRERA
SENDS HIS REGRETS FOR MISSING
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS AND HOPES TO
REJOIN THE DISCUSSION AT YOUR
NEXT CONVENING. WELCOME TO SAN
PEDRO, BERT. HOME OF THE PORTS
OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH.
CLEANEST MARINE GATEWAY IN THE
WORLD AND THE RESULT OF OVER 100
YEARS OF PLANNING AND
INVESTMENT. HAS FUELED THE
GROWTH OF ONE OF THE LARGEST AND
MOST SUCCESSFUL METROPOLITAN
AREAS IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD. NOT TO MENTION THE MOST
POWERFUL NATION ON THE PLANET.
THE I L W IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REPRESENTS OVER 15,000 LONGSHORE
WORKERS. MARINE CLERKS AND
WALKING BOSSES THAT FOR THE PAST
86 YEARS HAS MOVED CARGO TO AND
FROM SHIPS, TRAINS AND TRUCKS
THROUGHOUT OUR PORTS. IN
ADDITION, THE I L W HAS A PROUD
HISTORY. PROVIDING ITS OWN
MEMBERS WITHIN PATHWAY TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS. STANDING UP FOR
JUST SOCIAL CAUSES. AND
FACILITATING GROWTH FOR
INTERNATIONAL TRADE. THE GOODS
MOVING INDUSTRY IS CENTRAL TO
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMIC POWER AND
UNDERPINS ITS LEADERSHIP
POSITION WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.
DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
IOW MEMBERS BROKE CARGO VOLUME
RECORDS AT THESE PORTS TO ENSURE
THAT AMERICANS RECEIVED THE
NECESSARY MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
EQUIPMENT. AND ESSENTIAL
PRODUCTS THEY NEEDED TO SURVIVE.
THEN, AS ALWAYS, IOW MEMBERS
COURAGEOUSLY KEEP THESE PORTS
OPEN EVERY DAY AND NIGHT. IN
DAYS GONE BY. THESE LOCAL PORTS
ALSO HOUSED VIBRANT COMMERCIAL
FISHING FLEETS. CANNING
FACILITIES. PRIVATE SHIPYARDS.
AS WELL AS A NAVAL SHIPYARD.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOILED AT
THESE JOBS IMMIGRATED HERE TO
ESCAPE POVERTY. WAR OR
OPPRESSION AND WE'RE GRATEFUL.
TO PERFORM THE DEMANDING AND
OFTEN DIRTY TASKS THESE
POSITIONS REQUIRED. SADLY, MANY
OF THESE INDUSTRIES THAT HELPED
BUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS FROM THE
BOTTOM UP AND THE MIDDLE OUT
HAVE RELOCATED ELSEWHERE. DO THE
ECONOMIC RESTRAINTS. AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION. TODAY
MANY OF OUR MEMBERS FEAR THAT
THE SAME MAY HAPPEN TO
CALIFORNIA'S GOOD MOVEMENT
ECONOMY. SHOULD OUR PORTS
CONTINUE TO BE VILIFIED AS
ENVIRONMENTAL BAD ACTORS? THE
COASTAL ACT MANDATES. THIS IS
THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT
MANDATES THAT COURT FACILITIES
BE CONCENTRATED IN AS FEW
LOCATIONS AS PRACTICAL. PROTECT
AND PRESERVE CALIFORNIA'S 1000
MILES OF BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE.
OUR PORTS ARE NOT A SINGLE
SOURCE OF POLLUTION. BUT RATHER
AN ORCHESTRA OF HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL
COMPONENTS AND PEOPLE. THAT WORK
IN HARMONY. THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF OVER REGULATION
WILL BE TO DRIVE OUR JOBS AWAY
TO STATES LIKE TEXAS. FLORIDA.
GEORGIA. SOUTH CAROLINA. NEW
YORK, NEW JERSEY, WHERE OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ARE NOT MADE
ARE NOT MIRRORED. THIS IS NOT
CONJECTURE. THIS IS A FACT.
THROUGH GREAT EFFORTS AND
STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION, TRUE
STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION.
REPORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG
BEACH HAVE MADE ENORMOUS
PROGRESS IN REDUCING LOCAL
EMISSIONS. CLEANER FUELS NEWER
EQUIPMENT. THE EXPANDED USE OF
ON DOCK RAIL UTILIZATION OF
LARGER VESSELS. SHORT POWER
REQUIREMENTS ADVANCED, CLEAN,
ADVANCED VESSEL QUEUING, LONGER
GATE HOURS. PEEL PILES,
ETCETERA. HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED
TO THE CLEANER, MORE EFFICIENT
SUPPLY CHAIN WE ENJOY TODAY. IN
ADDITION, WE HOLD GREAT OPTIMISM
FOR THE ROLE THAT EMERGING CLEAN
TECHNOLOGIES LIKE HYDROGEN AND
GREEN AMMONIA CAN PLAY.
EMPOWERING THE ZERO EMISSION
PORTS OF THE FUTURE.
FURTHERMORE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THE PROMISE OF CLEAN RENEWABLE
WIND POWER. THAT CAN BE
GENERATED FROM FLOATING OFFSHORE
TURBINES. THE PORT OF LONG BEACH
HOPES TO BUILD A 400 ACRE
FACILITY DUBBED PEER NGUYEN. FOR
STAGING, CONSTRUCTING AND
DEPLOYING THESE ENGINEERING
MARVELS. THE I'LL W LOOKS
FORWARD TO HELPING REALIZE THIS
GOAL. BY USING OUR VAST
EXPERIENCE IN LOADING. AND
UNLOADING, OVERSIZED BREAK BULK
CARGO. IN COLLABORATION WITH
OTHER PARTNERS. WE BELIEVE THAT
TOGETHER WE WILL HELP CALIFORNIA
AND THE NATION ACHIEVED ITS
AMBITIOUS OFFSHORE WIND GOALS.
THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
WILL REQUIRE EXTENSIVE WORKFORCE
TRAINING AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO
THE GOVERNOR. THE LEGISLATURE
PARTICULAR MANY OF THE MEMBERS
ON THIS PANEL THE CALIFORNIA
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THE
PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND THE
PORTS OF LONG BEACH FOR THEIR
HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN THE I O.
W P M, A GOODS MOVEMENT
WORKFORCE TRAINING CAMPUS. THIS
FIRST OF ITS KIND FACILITY WILL
NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT OUR MEMBERS
RECEIVED TRAINING IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT. BUT WE'LL ALSO
ENSURE THAT AS TECHNOLOGY HAS
CHANGED, OUR WORKFORCE WILL BE
UP TO DATE WITH THE APPROPRIATE
SKILL SETS. AS WE DISCUSSED
TECHNOLOGY. AUTOMATION CANNOT BE
LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
UNLIKE THE PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
THAT RESULTED FROM CONTAINER
IZATION AND MECHANIZATION.
NUMEROUS INDUSTRY STUDIES AND
OUR OWN FIRSTHAND OBSERVATIONS
ALL CONCLUDE THAT AUTOMATION IS
MORE EXPENSIVE. AND LESS
PRODUCTIVE THAN A CONVENTIONAL
TERMINAL. ALSO LABOR COSTS THAT
SUPPORT WAGES AND BENEFITS. ARE
TURNED INTO CAPITAL COSTS SENT
OVERSEAS AND NOT REINVESTED
LOCALLY. AUTOMATION REDUCES PORT
EFFICIENCY VIOLATES BUY AMERICAN
LAWS REDUCES FLEXIBILITY AND
MAKES US MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
CYBER ATTACKS AND NATIONAL
SECURITY THREATS. IN CONCLUSION.
THE MEMBERS OF THE I O. W YOU
LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE. WE'RE
GOOD JOBS. AND A CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT. CAN COEXIST WITHIN
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WITHIN
THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
OUR PORTS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED
AND CELEBRATED. ELEVATING OUR
COMMUNITIES. THIS STATE AND THIS
NATION. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY
AND FOR YOUR CONTINUING INTEREST
IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR
INDUSTRY, COMMUNITIES AND
MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. WE'RE GONNA TURN
TO MIKE JACOBS, REPRESENTING THE
PACIFIC MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE AND PLEASE, FOR FREE.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN COMMENCES
YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN JACOB WITH SILK
MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTING OCEAN CARRIERS
WHERE INTERNAL OPERATION FOR
TENANTS HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
I SEE MY REGARDS FOR MY UM,
COLLEAGUE MICHELE GRUBBS WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. SHE'S BOTH
MORE ATTRACTIVE AND MORE
ELOQUENT THAN I AM. UM I'M
SORRY. FIRST SUFFERED THROUGH MY
PRESENTATION, BUT I APPRECIATE
THE OFFER. UM. A SHORT SLIDE
DECK. BUT BECAUSE MOST OF THIS
WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHED ON BY THE
DIRECTORS PANEL, UM WE'LL GO
THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY, UM,
AND PROVIDE US SOME MORE TIME
FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. UM
BUT I COULDN'T AGREE WITH ANY OF
THE WORDS FROM ANY OF THE
DIRECTORS MORE. UM EVERYONE IN
THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS COMMITTED TO
MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR ZERO
CARBON FUTURE GOALS. UM MHM
CHALLENGES ARE IMMENSE, BUT OUR
PROGRESS TO DATE ON REDUCING
DIESEL TOXICS AND OTHER TYPES OF
AIR CONTAMINANTS HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT. SO WHEN YOU PUT
THOSE TWO EMISSIONS INVENTORY
RESULTS THAT WE SAW FROM THE
PORTS OF L, A LONG BEACH THAT
WERE RELEASED IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF MONTHS. UM WE'RE EXCEEDING
OUR VOLUNTARY GOALS. THAT WE
HAVE SET AS AN INDUSTRY THROUGH
INVESTMENT. AND WE INTEND TO
CONTINUE TO DO MORE OF THAT. WHY
IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THIS
IS A GOOD NEWS STORY ON OUR
LOCALIZED EMISSIONS, BUT WE ALSO
JUST RELEASED A STUDY UPDATING
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LOSE CARGO.
WE DIVERT CARGO. AND WHAT
HAPPENS IS WHERE THE PHYSICAL
EMBODIMENT OF GHD LEAKAGE. OUR
EMISSIONS ARE ACTUALLY 19%
HIGHER, ON AVERAGE. WHEN YOU
LOSE CARGO TO OUR COMPETITOR,
REPORTS WHEN YOU HAVE
DISCRETIONARY CARGO THAT'S BOUND
FOR MEMPHIS OR CHICAGO OR MIDDLE
AMERICA, AND IT GOES THROUGH THE
PORT OF HOUSTON AIRPORT OF
SAVANNAH REPORTING. NEW YORK,
NEW JERSEY ON AVERAGE. WHAT
HAPPENS IS THEY'RE BYPASSING THE
MOST EFFICIENT PORTS. AND THOSE
ARE IMPORTS, SO WE NOT ONLY HAVE
JOBS WERE TRYING TO PROTECT BUT
WE HAVE A WIN WIN. WHICH IS IF
YOUR GOAL IS TO BE CARBONIZED.
YOU SHOULD BE INVESTING IN
CALIFORNIA PORTS, NOT BYPASSING
THEM. UM, WHAT WE HAVE IS THE
OPPOSITE. UM THE GOALS THAT WE
HAVE OBVIOUSLY ROOTED ON
FORECASTING. OUR INVESTMENTS ARE
ROOTED IN FORECASTING OR THE
COST OF BENEFITS ARE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT BASED ON FORECASTING
. SO WHEN YOU HEARD FROM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS CORDERO AND
SOROKA EARLIER ABOUT WHERE WE
WERE IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
THIS WAS OUR FORECAST. BASED ON
OUR ACTUAL TUS. WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DOUBLING OR TRIPLING OR
TOTAL THROUGHPUT BY 2030. UM AND
THEN THE GREAT RECESSION
HAPPENED. AND WE'VE REJIGGERED
OUR FORECASTS IN 2009 SEE WHAT
HAPPENED. WE NEVER REALLY
RECOVERED FROM THAT. SO THEN WE
HAD ANOTHER SET OF FORECASTS IN
2016. WE PUT OUT, UH, HIGH MID
AND LOW FORECAST FOR OUR SAN
PEDRO BAY PORTS. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHERE
WE'VE BEEN. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ON
THE FRONT OF THE INVESTMENT
CURVE, SO AS OUR COST FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT GET
HIGHER. WE HAVEN'T BEEN
FOLLOWING THAT IS EXECUTIVE
RECTOR SOROKA SAID. WE ARE A
VOLUME BUSINESS. WE DRIVE THINGS
ON PER UNIT COST. WE'VE ALWAYS
HAD HIGHER FIST COSTS IN
CALIFORNIA. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD
HIGHER LABOR COSTS IN CALIFORNIA
. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD HIGHER
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS IN
CALIFORNIA, AND THAT WAS OKAY.
BECAUSE WE GREW FASTER THAN THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH
DISCRETIONARY CARGO, WHICH MEANT
OUR PRICE PER UNIT OF THE
ADDITIONAL MARGINAL COST OF
THOSE THINGS BECAUSE ACTUALLY
LOWER BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING
ANYMORE. SO THIS IS FROM OUR
WEST COAST TRADE REPORTS THE
SAME DATA SET THAT SECRETARY FOR
DECADES WAS USING ON HER DATA.
WE DIDN'T GO THAT DEEP ON THIS,
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10
PORTS, THIS IS TOTAL 2020 CARGO
VERSUS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 2021
AND 2020. 2022 VERSUS 2021 VERY
SIGNIFICANT. WHY EVERY SINGLE
RED NUMBER UP THERE. IS ON THE
WEST COAST. THEIR PACIFIC PORTS.
THAT'S L. A LONG BEACH, OAKLAND
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. BRITISH
COLUMBIA. EVERY OTHER PART
THAT'S GROWING 2022 VERSUS 2021
POSITIVE. COMPARE THAT TO 2020
IS THE SISTERS OF PANDEMIC
EFFECT? UNFORTUNATELY NO, EVEN
THOUGH ALL OF THE PORTS EXCEPT
FOR OAKLAND ARE GROWING AND THE
TOP 10 LOOK AT THE RATES. THE
LOCAL ECONOMY OF NEW YORK, NEW
JERSEY WAS NOT GROWING ALMOST
FOUR TIMES AS FAST AS THE
ECONOMY OF L. A IT JUST WASN'T
BUT THEY WERE MOVING 25% MORE
CARD COMPARED TO 7% GROWTH. SAME
THING WITH SAVANNAH. LOOK AT
HOUSTON, VIRGINIA, THEIR
ECONOMIES ARE NOT GROWING THAT
MUCH FASTER THAN OURS. THESE ARE
REPRESENTATIONS OF SHIFTS.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LINES. UH
HOW DOES THAT LOOK OVER TIME
AGAIN? GOING BACK TO 2006. IF
YOU ZERO THESE THINGS OUT WHO'S
GROWING AND WE DID GROW. BUT NOT
NEARLY FAST ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY
INVEST AND REINVEST IN THE TYPES
OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE. TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE UM,
THE EMISSIONS BENEFITS AND THE
JOBS. WE NEED A POLICY OF
REINVESTMENT AND CLOSE THIS LAST
SLIDE, WHICH I BROUGHT FROM THE
PORT OF L. A WHICH AGAIN JUST,
UM GOES BACK TO REINFORCE WHAT
YOU HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOROKA. THE
NATIONAL POLICY IS TO INVEST IN
A STRATEGY THAT INCREASES
GREENHOUSE GASSES BY DIVERTING
CARGO FROM THE U. S WEST COAST.
THAT THAT IS NOT INCONSISTENT
WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. AND
HERE, IT'S A DIRECT
REPRESENTATION OF OUR INVESTMENT
PRIORITIES AS A NATION. WE'RE
NOT REINVESTING IN OUR LARGEST
GATEWAYS. SO IT'S INCUMBENT ON
US IF OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASSES, UM,
AND TO CONFORM WITH OUR
INTERNATIONAL GOALS AS AN
INDUSTRY IN THE MARITIME SECTOR
, WHICH IS TOTAL TRANSITION OF
SHIPPING 20 EMISSIONS GLOBALLY
BY 2050. TO FACILITATE
INVESTMENT IN THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS AGAIN. THOSE GOALS
ALREADY SET THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED
BY A VOLUME Ó. THEY'RE
REFLECTED IN THE GOALS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SET BY THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD,
AND I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH
HOW MUCH WE AGREE WITH THE
TESTIMONY FROM THE AIR RESOURCES
BOARD HERE TODAY, THE STATE IS
THE PLACE OR YOU MAKE RULES IN
CALIFORNIA. ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
AND ABOUT MOBILE SOURCES. IT'S
NOT IN A LOCAL JURISDICTION BY
LOCAL JURISDICTION AND AIR
DISTRICT BASIS, THE STATE NEEDS
TO DO IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT. WHY
BECAUSE IN THE STATE GOES TO U.
S. C, P A AND WORKS TOGETHER TO
SET NATIONAL STANDARDS. THAT'S
THE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THESE RULES. THAT'S THE CONTEXT
FOR THE RULES. WE MIGHT DISAGREE
ABOUT THE SPECIFICS AND THE
DETAILS OF THOSE RULES. BUT WE
DO NOT DISAGREE WITH THE
FORMATION OF RULES IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR
ACT. IN PARTNERSHIP THEY'VE
CLEANED WITH THE CALIFORNIA
RESOURCES BOARD. THAT IS THE
CORRECT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE YOU, INCLUDING
US TODAY ON THIS THIS HEARING.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TESTIMONY. WE WANT TO MOVE
ON NOW TO A MAT HEALER DIRECTOR
OF ENGINEERING TAYLOR EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURING. THANK YOU VERY,
VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. MR
CHAIRMAN, SLATE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING AND GREETINGS FROM
MISSISSIPPI. MY NAME LIKE YOU
SAID, IS MATT HILLIER. I'M
DRESSING ENGINEERING FOR A
COMPANY CALLED TAYLOR TAYLOR IS
A MANUFACTURER OF LARGE, HEAVY
DUTY OFF HIGHWAY POWERED
INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, AND THAT
PORTFOLIO INCLUDES MATERIAL
HANGING EQUIPMENT, CARGO
HANDLING EQUIPMENT. WE PRODUCE
TOP HANDLERS, SIDE HANDLERS,
TERMINAL TRACTORS. UH HEAVY
LIFTS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
FORKLIFTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
THAT ARE THERE ARE USED TO
TRANSPORT CARGO ON THE TERMINALS
, ESPECIALLY HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAYLOR AS A
COMPANY. WE ARE PRIVATELY OWNED
BUSINESS, ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD,
CENTRALLY LOCATED IN MISSISSIPPI
, MISSISSIPPI, CONTAINS THE
HEADQUARTERS FOR ADMINISTRATION
, ENGINEERING, RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND OUR AFTERMARKET
BUSINESS AS WELL. I AM
RESPONSIBLE PERSONALLY FOR ALL
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND R AND D
FOR TAYLOR MACHINE WORKS AND
SOME OF THE TAILOR GROUP'S
SUBSIDIARIES, WHICH ALSO
INCLUDES POWER GENERATION,
STANDBY AND PRIME POWER AND
MOBILE GENERATORS. UM I'VE HEARD
A LOT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. AND I
GUESS WE ARE TECHNOLOGY. AND SO
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
PRESENTING WHAT WE ARE DOING AS
A MANUFACTURER TO ADVANCE ZERO
EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT. UM FOR THE
SAKE OF PROGRESS, INNOVATION AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. SOME OF OUR HAS
SHOWN THAT SLIDES SOME OF OUR
EQUIPMENT, UM, IS BEING, UH,
EXIST RIGHT NOW CONVERTED TO
ZERO EMISSIONS. SO TRADITIONALLY
DIESEL POWERED POWERTRAINS,
WHICH HAVE LASTED OVER THE LAST
DECADES. BUT NOW IN THE
TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSIONS WE
ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING AND
HAVE COMMERCIAL LEE AVAILABLE
EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE ZERO
MISSIONS. THE TOP LEFT, UH,
PICTURE REPRESENTS A WHAT WE
CALL A TOP HANDLER. IT'S A
LOADED CONTAINER HANDLER, WHICH
MOVES LOADED CONTAINER CARGO ON
THE TERMINALS. WE ALSO HAVE
TERMINAL TRACTORS, WHICH PAUL
CARGO ON THE TERMINALS AS WELL.
THE TOP RIGHT IS THE, UM IT'S A
IT'S OUR FIRST ENTRY INTO THE
ZERO MISSIONS, UM, REALM OF
EQUIPMENT. AND IT IS WHAT'S
CALLED THE ZEAL. C 995 THAT
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. IS A
DEMONSTRATION PRODUCT, WHICH
BEGAN OUR LIFE BACK IN AROUND
2016 AS WE WON AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PERFORM ON THE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT TO PRODUCE ZERO MISSIONS
LOADED CONTAINER HANDLERS. AND
THAT THAT MACHINE WE SOLD WE
PLACED INTO SERVICE TOTAL OF
EIGHT OF THOSE MACHINES AND
VARIOUS APPLICATIONS UP AND DOWN
THE CALIFORNIA WEST COAST,
ESPECIALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH
AND LOS ANGELES. THAT MACHINE
WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION
WITH A BATTERY SUPPLIER TO PROVE
THAT, UH ZERO MISSIONS POWERED
CONTAINER HANDLERS CAN PERFORM
EQUALLY BETWEEN UP AGAINST THEIR
DIESEL POWERED COUNTERPARTS.
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT AND NORMAL TERMINAL
OPERATIONS SHOWS THAT IT CAN BE
OPERATED FOR 16 STRAIGHT HOURS
OR TWO FULL WORK SHIFTS WITH NO
OPPORTUNITY CHARGING. AND THEN
CAN BE FULLY CHARGED IN THE
THIRD SHIFT, OR IN ABOUT 4.5
HOURS. SO FULL OPERATIONS, NO
OPPORTUNITY CHARGING ON ONE
BATTERY CHARGE AND UP TO 16
HOURS AND IN SOME APPLICATIONS
MORE THAN 16 HOURS AND THEN
CHARGED IN AROUND 4.5. THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AS WE
MAKE THIS TRANSITION FROM DIESEL
POWERED EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE
QUICKLY FUELED 20 EMISSIONS
POWERED EQUIPMENT, WHICH HAVE
CHALLENGES FOR FUELING, CHARGING
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SOURCE OF
THAT FUEL MIGHT BE ELECTRIC. THE
OR HYDROGEN. WE ALSO ARE
DEVELOPING THE PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT,
WHICH IS A EMPTY CONTAINER
HANDLER, WHICH WILL BE ZERO
EMISSIONS COUNTERPART TO ITS
DIESEL POWERED, UH, EQUIVALENT.
IN THE MIDDLE IS A REACH
STACKER, ALSO FOR MOVING CARGO
ON TERMINALS AND THEN ON THE
BOTTOM, RIGHT IS A COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE ZH 3 60, WHICH IS
SOMETIMES CALLED A HEAVY LIFT,
BUT IS A FORKLIFT, WHICH CARRIES
OR CAN LIFT UP TO £36,000 AND
TRANSPORT TRANSPORT GENERAL
CARGO. AGAIN THIS ZEAL C 995,
WHICH WAS OUR FIRST ENTRY INTO
ZERO MISSIONS, MATERIAL HANGING
EQUIPMENT. CONTAINS ABOUT 985
KILOWATT HOURS OF BATTERY ENERGY
ON BOARD. IT INCLUDED A SMALL
AMOUNT OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING,
WHICH IS A METHOD BY WHICH
RECOVERING ENERGY AND TRYING TO
IMPROVE EFFICIENCY TO TRY TO GET
THE MACHINE TO PERFORM AT ITS
PEAK LEVEL. UH IT FROM A
POWERTRAIN STANDPOINT, IT WAS A
TIME TO MARKET RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SO WE
REPLACED BASICALLY THE ENGINE
WITH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND THE
BATTERY PACK TO POWER THAT
MACHINE IN THE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT TO PROVE ITS
PERFORMANCE. AND AGAIN, THE
CHARGING USING A, WHICH IS A
STANDARD, UH, CHARGING
CONNECTORS, WHICH CALLED CCS ONE
AT 180 KILOWATTS. IT CAN
RECHARGE THAT PACK FROM
COMPLETELY DEPLETED AND AROUND
4.5 TO 5 HOURS. UH IT'S WORTH
SAYING, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S
A FOLLOWING SLIDE, BUT WE HAVE
UNDERDEVELOPMENT. UM AS WE SPEAK
IN PROTOTYPE, THE NEXT
GENERATION OF THIS PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT, WHICH AGAIN UH, WILL
HAVE EVEN HIGHER EFFICIENCY DUE
TO STATE OF THE ART ELECTRONIC
STATE OF THE ART COMPONENTS.
REDESIGN OF THE ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES. IT WILL
HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
REGENERATIVE BRAKING THAT WE CAN
PUT ON THE MACHINE. UM AND IT
WILL PERFORM IN A SIMILAR MODEL
AND IN A SIMILAR MANNER,
IMPROVING THE RUN TIMES BY 10 TO
15% AND MAINTAINING THE CHARGING
TIME OF ABOUT 4.5 HOURS. ALSO
UNDER DEVELOPMENT, IS A
COUNTERPART TO THE TOP HANDLER,
WHICH IS A REACH STACKER, WHICH
WILL ALSO HANDLE THE SAME TYPE
OF CARGO ON THE TERMINALS. THIS
Z RS 9972, WHICH IS THE MODEL
NAME HAS A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF
ONBOARD ENERGY AND BECAUSE OF
HIS DUTY CYCLE, AND IT'S SIMILAR
USE WILL WILL HAVE VERY SIMILAR
SPECIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF THE
AMOUNT OF ENERGY THE AMOUNT OF
RUN TIMES THE CHARGING TIME
NECESSARY AS THE CLC NINE 96 TOP
PALER. AS FAR AS THE GENERAL
DUTY FORKLIFT GOES, IT CARRIES
ABOUT 250 KILOWATT HOURS OF
ONBOARD BATTERY ENERGY FULL PLUG
IN ELECTRIC AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE
TOP HANDLER. IT INCLUDES THE
SAME REGENERATIVE BRAKING FOR
ENERGY RECOVERY AND UTILIZING
THAT ENERGY RECOVERY FOR LONGER
RUN TIMES. FOR THE 250 KILOWATT
HOURS OF ON BOARD ENERGY FOR THE
CH 3 60. UH IT WILL PERFORM UP
TO ABOUT 10 HOURS OF NORMAL DUTY
FORKLIFT GENERAL FORKLIFT
APPLICATION, SO IT IS A LEAST A
ONE SHIFT TRUCK THAT BECAUSE THE
AMOUNT OF ENERGY IS A LITTLE BIT
LESS THAN THE CHARGING TIME ALSO
IS REDUCED TO ABOUT 1.5 HOURS OF
CHARGING. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES
YOU AN IDEA OF A GENERAL DUTY
FORKLIFT AND THE CAPABILITIES AS
FAR AS THE ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN
AND BATTERY SYSTEM, GO TO BE
ABLE TO OPERATE IN A WORK SHIFT
WITH NO OPPORTUNITY CHARGING AND
THEN BE ABLE TO BELIEVE BE
COMPLETELY RECHARGED AND 1.5
HOURS. ALSO UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
UM AS WE SPEAK, IS A HYDROGEN
FUEL CELL POWERED VERSION OF THE
Z L C. 996 TOP HAMMER. THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT FOR US
, BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES WHICH I
CAN TRY AND WHICH I WILL SAY TO
THE END AND SPEAK TO WHICH
INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM
CREATES A SITUATION WHERE WE
NEED TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT
ARE NOT ONLY DEPENDENT ON
ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUT
ALSO THE HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WELL. THIS PARTICULAR MACHINE
IS DESIGNED ON THE SAME PLATFORM
AS THE ALL ELECTRIC ZERO C. 996
SO IT'S DRIVE MECHANISMS SOME OF
ITS HIGH VOLTAGE COMPONENTS LIKE
INVERTERS AND MOTORS ARE VERY
SIMILAR. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, WHICH
OPERATES THE MACHINE SO THAT IT
CAN HANDLE THE CARGO. IT'S VERY
SIMILAR TO THE PLUG IN BATTERY
ELECTRIC VERSION. BUT IT ALSO
INCLUDES A REDUCED BATTERY PACK
SO SMALLER AMOUNT OF BATTERIES
BUT THEN ALSO A HYDROGEN FUEL.
HYDROGEN POWERED FUEL CELL,
WHICH OPERATES BASICALLY AS AN
ONBOARD CHARGERS, SO AS THE
MACHINE UM, IS UTILIZING THE
HYDROGEN AS ITS PRIMARY FUEL
SOURCE. THERE IS SUPPLEMENTARY
NEEDS FOR THE POWER OF THIS TYPE
OF MACHINE THAT COMES TO
TEMPORARILY FROM THE BATTERY
PACK, SO THE FUEL CELL IS
CHARGING THE BATTERY. THE FUEL
CELL IS PROVIDING POWER TO
OPERATE THE MACHINE. BUT THE
SOURCE OF FUEL IS HYDROGEN, NOT
AND SO THERE IS NO NEED TO PLUG
IN OR USE GRID POWER OR ANYTHING
TO CHARGE THIS MACHINE. SO WHILE
IT'S AN ELECTRIC ARCHITECTURE, I
WANT TO MAKE THAT IT'S KIND OF
DISTINCTION THAT A HYDROGEN FUEL
CELL POWERED MACHINE DOES
OPERATE FULLY ON HYDROGEN FUEL,
BUT IT IS STILL ON AN ELECTRIC
MACHINE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE.
THIS PARTICULAR MACHINE. WILL
NEED TO CARRY IN SOMEWHERE
UPWARDS OF 70 KG OF HYDROGEN TO
BE ABLE TO OPERATE ON THE SAME
TO WORK SHIFT WORK CYCLE. WHICH
IS A WHICH REALLY IS A LARGE
AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN. TO KIND OF
PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. THAT
AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN IS ABOUT
EIGHT OR NINE CONTAINERS OF 18
INCH DIAMETER BY 8 FT. LONG
TANKS OF HYDROGEN, SO THAT'S A
HUGE AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN TO GET
IT TO PERFORM. THE LAST THING
AND SO THAT'S THE THREE MINUTE
WARNING. I HOPE THE LAST
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON. WE HAVE SIGNED A
LETTER OF INTENT WITH CUMMINGS
TO PRODUCE A VERY IMPORTANT
ADDITION TO THE ZERO EMISSIONS
SUITE OF PRODUCTS SO WE HAVE
PLUG IN BATTERY ELECTRIC. WE
HAVE HYDROGEN FUELED FUEL CELL
MACHINES, BUT THIS ENGINE IS AN
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
POWERED SOLELY ON HYDROGEN GAS.
SO WHILE THE SEMANTICS OF THE
TERM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
SOMETIMES GETS CONNECTED TO THE
DIESEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE, UM I WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT THE EMISSION IT IS A ZERO
CARBON EMISSIONS POWER PLANT.
THE ONE CHALLENGE THAT COMES
ALONG WITH THE HYDROGEN I C E IS
. IT DOES HAVE A VERY SMALL,
MINIMAL AMOUNT OF NOX PRODUCED
IN THE COMBUSTION CYCLE, WHICH
IS CAUSED A LOT OF DISCUSSION
AND, UM, AMONGST THE REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS. UM I WILL SAY THAT
IN THE IN EUROPE THERE HAS BEEN
LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THERE CLEAN
AIR INITIATIVES TO INCLUDE
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
POWERED BY HYDROGEN IN ZERO
EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT. SO THERE'S
AN IMPORTANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW TO TRY
TO INCLUDE THIS TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY INTO THE SUITE OF
ZERO EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT. AND
THE REASON FOR THAT, UM,
PRIMARILY, AND I'M GONNA SKIP
THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I'M GONNA
RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT I DO WANT
TO SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES START WITH SUPPLIERS
WITH BUILD AMERICA BY AMERICA
BUILT IN AMERICA TYPE EQUIPMENT
, WHICH WERE MISSISSIPPI
MANUFACTURER. WE BUILD OUR
EQUIPMENT IN AMERICA AND WE
STRIVE TO HAVE AMERICAN BUILT
EQUIPMENT. TODAY. THE SUPPLIERS
FOR THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE
NEEDED TO PRODUCE ZERO EMISSIONS
EQUIPMENT SOMETIMES COME FROM
NON AMERICAN SOURCES, SO THERE
ARE CHALLENGES TO CONTINUE TO
TRY TO COMPLY WITH THE BUILD
AMERICA BY AMERICAN STANDARDS BY
FINDING THE SUPPLIERS THAT CAN
PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF ZERO
EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S
FUEL CELLS, BATTERIES, THAT'S
MOTORS AND INVERTERS, ETCETERA.
SECONDLY TIME TIME IS OF THE
ESSENCE TO TRY TO GET US MOVED
FROM DIESEL EMISSIONS TO
ELECTRIC 00 MISSIONS ON ELECTRIC
AND HYDROGEN POWERTRAINS. BUT
DEVELOPMENT TAKES TIME. THAT'S
ONE OF THE LARGEST CHALLENGES
THAT I FACE AS A DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME
THAT IT TAKES TO GET THESE
VEHICLES FROM A DEMONSTRATION
PRODUCT. TO A COMMERCIALLY
VIABLE PRODUCT. WE HAVE TIME.
YES I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT
INFORMATION BECAUSE I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO THAT
POINT FOR YOU ONCE MOVED TO
MATCH. UM UM, POTENTIAL LAST
NAMES SHROUD, THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE HARVARD
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, SIR. FOR BEING WITH
US, AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SURE. GIBSON
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE HERE
TODAY AND PROVIDE SOME
PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE TRADE
SECTOR FITS INTO THE REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK FOR EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS HERE IN SAN PEDRO
BAYPORT COMPLEX AS WELL AS
THROUGHOUT COVERED FACILITIES IN
CALIFORNIA HARBOR TRUCKING
ASSOCIATIONS, THE NATION'S
LARGEST TRADE ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTING TRANS CARRIERS
DOING BUSINESS ON THE UNITED
STATES, WEST COAST. WE HAVE A
PARTICULAR FOCUS IN CALIFORNIA
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. OUR MEMBER
COMPANIES RANGE FROM THE SMALL 1
TO 2 TRUCK FLEET OPERATOR ALL
THE WAY UP TO THE LARGEST
TRUCKING COMPANIES DOING
BUSINESS IN INTERMODAL SERVICE
IN THE UNITED STATES. THE TERM
DRAINAGE IS DERIVED FROM
DESCRIPTION OF HORSE DRAWN CARTS
THAT WOULD CARRY HEAVY LOADS
SHORT DISTANCES FROM A DOCTOR TO
A LARGER WAGON OR RAILCAR. TODAY
TRAINS IS USED PRIMARILY TO
DESCRIBE THE MOVEMENT OF
CONTAINERS BY HEAVY DUTY TRUCK
FROM SEAPORTS OR INTERMODAL RAIL
YARDS. WHILE THIS DEFINITION
ALSO INCLUDES BREAK BULK, THE
PRIMARY THOUGHT OF WHEN
CONSIDERING DREDGES PRIMARILY
LOOKED AT AS CONTAINERIZED
FREIGHT MOVEMENT. AS OF TODAY
OVER 4 70% OF CARGO IS HANDED
OFF THESE LOCAL DOCKS
EXCLUSIVELY BY TRUCK HAS
MENTIONED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JEAN STROKE EARLIER. WHAT THE
TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF TRADE
WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS SHORTER
ROUTES TODAY, HERE IN AMERICA
SPORTS TRUCKER TRUCKS ARE COMING
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
INCLUDING EVEN OUR OWN CENTRAL
VALLEY. TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF
CARGO THAT HELPS KEEP AMERICA'S
CARGO AND ECONOMY MOVING IN THE
PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG
BEACH. AS OF JULY, 20,720
INDIVIDUAL TRADES TRUCKS ARE
REGISTERED TO DO BUSINESS AT
THIS GATEWAY OF THAT NUMBER.
14,430 COULD BE CONSIDERED
ACTIVE OR IN SERVICE. THESE
NUMBERS DO FLUCTUATE AND CAN
REPRESENT EVEN MORE INDIVIDUAL
DREAM VEHICLES, AS THE OVERALL
CHURN IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN
THE AGGREGATE NUMBERS. FROM
MONTH TO MONTH. THE COURT
REGISTRIES OF ACTIVE VEHICLES
CAN SEE AS MUCH AS 15% SWING IN
UNIQUE EVENTS, MEANING OF THE
POOR TRUCK FLEET IS NOT STATIC
AND IN FACT GROWS AND SHRINKS
DEPENDING ON VOLUME SWINGS ARE
OVERALL TRUCK AVAILABILITY. IT
IS NO SECRET THAT CLOSE TO THE
PAST 20 YEARS DEGRADES TRUCKS
ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN THE
FOCUS OF POST STATE AND LOCAL
REGULATORY POLICY EVEN BEFORE A
B 32 THE GLOBAL WARMING
SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006 WAS SIGNED
, THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING
INDUSTRY HAD ALREADY BEEN
DIRECTED DOWN THE REGULATORY
ROUTE AS RULES FOR PRIVATE
FLEETS, INCLUDING DRAINAGE WERE
BEING LOOKED AT FOR MASSIVE
REDUCTIONS IN PARTICULAR MATTER
OR PM. THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE
DIESEL RISK REDUCTION PLAN IN
1998. WHILE THE STATE WAS
DEVELOPING ITS ITS DIESEL RULES
AND A B 32, THE TWO LOCAL PORTS
BEGAN TO CRAFT THEIR OWN
STANDARDS FOR TRUCKS AND THE
COMPANIES WHO DO BUSINESS AT THE
GATEWAY. THE SO CALLED CLEANER
ACTION PLAN OR CAP, AS YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD, TODAY WAS THE
FIRST OF ITS KIND PORT DIRECTED
EFFORT TO CLEAN UP OVER ALLPORT
OPERATIONS THE WORLD OVER,
INCLUDING IN THIS CLEANUP
EFFORT. WHERE OF COURSE TRUCKS
BUT SIMILAR TO THE STATEWIDE
ROLE. THE FOCUS FOR TRUCKS HAVE
BEEN CRITERIA POLLUTANTS, BOTH
TÌM 2.5 AND KNOCKS AS WELL AS PM
10. THE FOCUS OF THE REDUCTIONS
WAS ON DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED
INDIAN TECHNOLOGY, OF WHICH BOTH
REPORTS IN THE STATE EVENTUALLY
MANAGED, MANDATED THROUGH
REGULATORY MEASURES AND
INCENTIVES. SOME MIGHT SAY
DISINCENTIVES THROUGH A CLEAN
TRUCK FEE ASSESSED ON CARGO
MOVING THROUGH THE PORTS OF
TELEGLOBE EACH AS WELL AS ACTUAL
INCENTIVES IN THE FORM OF
GRANTS, WHICH WERE DOUBLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUICK
TURNOVER. WELL, NOT WITHOUT
CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENT THE
CLEANER ACTION PLAN FOR TRUCKS
WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN
REDUCING CRITERIA POLLUTANTS
FROM THIS SECTOR. IN FACT,
TARGETS WERE MET EARLY AND
ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS WERE
ACHIEVED ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY FORECASTING. THIS
IS TRUE, ESPECIALLY FOR TRUCKS,
WHICH, AS OF THIS LAST COP
UPDATE HAS RESULTED IN OVERALL
REDUCTION OF 98% OF DIESEL
PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE
BASELINE HERE. AS WELL AS AN 88%
SHIN OF REDUCTION IN NOX,
ACCORDING TO 5512 TONS,
ACCORDING TO PORTS DATA. THIS
WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT
AND A RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY
THAT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAD
WIDESPREAD COMMERCIAL
AVAILABILITY THAT WAS PROVEN IN
THE MARKETPLACE. THIS IS A STARK
CONTRAST WHERE WE CURRENTLY
RESIDE IN THE DRAINAGE PROPOSAL
UNDER THE ADVANCED CLEAN FLEETS
WILL WHICH AT BEST IS
ASPIRATIONAL AND AT WORST IS
DOWNRIGHT MALICIOUS. UNDER THE A
CFP REFORM PROPOSAL. THOUSANDS
OF GRADE STRUCTURE REMOVED FROM
THE SYSTEM ON 11 25, WITH
THOUSANDS MORE FOLLOWING EACH
YEAR THEREAFTER, WITH THE
LIMITATION ON NO ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY THAT CAN BE ADDED AFTER
11 24 UNLESS IT NEEDS A RB ZERO
MISSION, NON ICE STANDARDS. THE
DRAINAGE PROVISIONS IN A CF IS
BY FAR THE LEAST FLEXIBLE UNDER
THE RULE CONSTRUCT. ONE GLARING
EMISSION. WHILE THERE ARE
SEVERAL IS THE LACK OF
RECOGNITION THAT FLEETS WILL
NEED TO RELY EXCLUSIVELY ON
PUBLIC FACING FUELING
INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE NO EXEMPTION
PATHWAY SHOULD THE CHARGING NOT
MATERIALIZED BY THE TIME
VEHICLES BEGIN THEIR PHASE OUT.
ACCORDING TO CARBS ON ESTIMATES
RATE STRUCTURE WILL NEED TO RELY
ON PUBLIC FACING FEELING
INFRASTRUCTURE UP TO 75% OF THE
TIME WHILE THE PORTS OF LONG
BEACH AND THEIR SEPTEMBER 2021
STUDY PUTS THE NUMBER SQUARELY
AT 58% OF GRADES, TRUCKS THAT
WILL NEED TO RELY EXCLUSIVELY ON
PUBLIC FUELING UNFORTUNATELY, NO
EXCEPTION. PATHWAY EXISTS FOR
THESE FOLKS, AND THEY WILL
LIKELY LEAVE THE MARKET ONCE
THEIR TIME IS UP. ANOTHER
EMISSION IS NOT TAKING YOU
ACCOUNT THE OPERATIONAL
RESTRICTIONS, NAMELY LIMITED
RANGE AND PAYLOAD IMPACTS DUE TO
HEAVIER BATTERY WEIGHTS THAT IS
A NORM AMONGST CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE HEAVY DUTY CLASS EIGHT
ON ROAD TECHNOLOGY. IF WE CANNOT
FIND A VEHICLE THAT MEETS THEIR
OPERATIONAL PROFILE, THEY'RE OUT
OF LUCK AND WILL LIKELY NEED TO
CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL,
WHICH IN MANY FLEET STRUCTURES
IS DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY
DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A
REALITY THAT CARB STAFF
ACKNOWLEDGES BUT REFUSES TO
ADDRESS BESIDES TELLING THESE
EXACT FLEETS THAT HOPEFULLY
SOMETHING WILL BE AVAILABLE.
LAST TIME I CHECKED HOPE IS NOT
A BUSINESS STRATEGY. THE RULE
HAS SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES OF
STAFF HAS REFUSED TO ADJUST,
INCLUDING HOW OVERALL TRUCK
CAPACITY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE
RULE AND HOW THAT IT MAY IMPACT
TOTAL OVERALL COMPETITIVE FOR
VOLUME COMING THROUGH COVERED
FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA, THE
OTHER DISMISSAL OF OVERALL
IMPACTS AS AN INDICATION OF THE
POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS OF THIS
RULE THAT TRUMP REALITY. EVEN
FROM THE PORTS OAN DATA,
THERE'S A DEMONSTRATED SLOW
ADOPTION RATE OF VÆ VEHICLES.
THERE ARE FEWER THAN 150 IMPORT
SERVICE ACROSS THE STATE
CURRENTLY KEEP IN MIND THAT IS
11 24 IS ONE BEGINS THE INTEREST
STANDARD, WHICH IS LESS THAN
THREE MONTHS AWAY. THAT IS OUT
OF OVER 30,000 TRUCKS THAT
CARBON IS STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED
ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE
CONSIDERED ACTIVE IMPORT SERVICE
WHILE OVER 100 Z TRUCKS ARE
REGISTERED RIGHT HERE IN SAN
PEDRO BAYPORT COMPLEX. ONLY
ABOUT 90 OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY
OPERATIONAL. THE OTHERS,
ALTHOUGH REGISTERED ARE NOT
MOVING CONTAINERS AND LIKELY
WILL NOT BE DOING SO ANYTIME
SOON UNTIL THE NEEDED
INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT OUT TO
SUPPORT THE TRUCK DEPLOYMENT. AS
YOU HAVE HEARD TODAY, THERE'S NO
SHORTAGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
CHALLENGES. THE CDC IS ESTIMATED
THAT OVER 150,000 CHARGERS WILL
BE NEEDED BY 2030 TO SUPPORT THE
MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY BATTERY
ELECTRIC WALL OUT. THAT IS WELL
OVER 400 CHARTERS THAT NEED TO
BE BROUGHT ONLINE EVERY WEEK TO
STAY ON TRACK WITH THAT CALL.
AND ECHOING THIS, AS YOU HEARD
FROM COMMISSIONER MONAHAN
EARLIER. WE WILL NEED 6000
ADDITIONAL MEGAWATTS OF CAPACITY
TO FUEL THIS TRANSITION. THAT'S
ENOUGH ENERGY TO FUEL NEW YORK
CITY. AND WHILE I'M HERE IN MY
FINAL THREE MINUTES, I WILL WRAP
UP. WELL, CALIFORNIA HAS MET
SOME OF ITS LIKE DUTY CHARGING
TARGETS HERE. IN THE INTERIM, WE
ARE PARSECS AWAY FROM MEETING
THE HEAVY DUTY DEMAND ESPECIALLY
PUBLIC FACING YET WE'RE MOVING
HEADLONG INTO THE BREACH WITHOUT
ANY REAL CONSIDERATION OF REAL
IMPACTS OF THE RULE ON SMALL
BUSINESSES AND LITTLE, IF ANY
RECOGNITION OF THE TECHNICAL
LIMITATIONS FACING ITS
IMPLEMENTATION. NEVERTHELESS, AS
WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE TO
INVESTIGATE TECHNIQUES THAT WILL
HELP CONTINUE REDUCTION OF PHDS
, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT NOT ALL
REDUCTIONS COME FROM ENGINE
REGULATION AND FUEL TYPE.
OVERALL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
STILL HAVE THE GREAT POTENTIAL
TWO DEGREES DECREASE OVERALL
OPERATIONS EMISSIONS FROM THE
COMPLEX FOR DRAINAGE OPERATORS,
THE AMOUNT OF WASTE OF TIME FUEL
ENERGY AND RESOURCES
REPOSITIONING CHASSIS ZOR EMPTY
CONTAINERS DUE TO TERMINAL
IMPOSED RETRIEVING RESTRICTIONS
. E R D SHIFTS AND CRIMINAL
TERMINAL CLOSURES STAGGERING.
NOT TO MENTION THE HOURS OF
WASTED TIME SITTING BEHIND REACH
TERMINAL GATES WAITING TO BE
SERVICED. THIS IS EVIDENCED BY
THE FACT THAT TRUMP TURNED TIMES
IN THE HARBOR AVERAGE OVER 10%
OF ALL MOVES LASTING 2 TO 3
HOURS AND APPROXIMATELY 6% OF
THOSE MOVES EXCEEDING THREE
HOURS AND DURING PEAK TIMES, 25%
OF THE TURNS ARE OVER TWO HOURS
WITH OVER 10 LEADING OVER THREE.
IMPROVING THESE STATISTICS WOULD
RESULT IN GREATER THROUGHPUT AND
VELOCITY AND VERY LIKELY HELP
OFFSET SOME OF THE CAPACITY
LOSSES. YOU FELT NUTRITION UNDER
THE A. C. F. IN CONCLUSION.
WHILE THE CHALLENGES ARE GREAT,
IT WILL TAKE LEADERSHIP AT EVERY
LEVEL TO CONTINUE ENCOURAGEMENT
AND DIALOGUE AMONGST ALL
IMPACTED STAKEHOLDERS TO
FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION TO
SEE TRANSPORTATION. THE
LEGISLATURE HAS A GRAND
OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ACT AS A
VOICE OF REASON. OR DARE I SAY
THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WHEN IT
COMES TO PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THIS
TRANSITION WILL EVOLVE? SO WHAT
COMMITTEE HEARINGS SUCH AS THIS
PROVIDED VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM STAKEHOLDERS
WHO ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEIR
BUSINESSES IN THE JOBS THEY
SUPPORT WHILE ALSO TRYING TO
MEET THE REGULATORY GOALS LAID
OUT BY THE STATE. IT IS A
TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE THAT WE
MAINTAIN THE, UM EXCUSE ME. IT
IS A TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE THAT
WE MAINTAIN DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE
TO IMPRESS UPON ALL THOSE WHO
WILL LISTEN. THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE MARITIME GATEWAYS IN
CALIFORNIA. IT MEANS COGNITIVE
PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS IS A
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE WHERE STRICT
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR MASSIVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO
QUESTIONS AND FURTHER
DISCUSSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO PETER
GILBERTSON, REPRESENTING THE
PACIFIC HARBOR LINE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OTIS
COULD MAKE IT BUT GLAD YOU WERE
HERE. UM PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
SHERRY GIBSON. THANK YOU. AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PLEASURE TO BE
HERE. I'M SORRY. SORRY OTIS
COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY HE HAD
AN IMPORTANT CONFLICT. PACIFIC
HARBOR LINE IS THE RAILROAD THAT
SERVES THE PORTS OF L, A AND
LONG BEACH. WE PROVIDE SWITCHING
SERVICES. WE MAINTAIN THE RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE PROVIDE
DISPATCHING OF BOTH OUR TRAINS,
BUT ALSO THE CLASS ONE RAILROAD
TRAINS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF
THE PORTS. UM WE, UH OUR FOCUS
IS REALLY IN OUR GOAL IS TO DO
THAT IN A NEUTRAL AND
TRANSPARENT WAY SAFELY, WITH
GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND LOW
UNIT COSTS. UM WE'RE PROUD OF
THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS
. WE REALLY HAD A SUCCESS STORY.
WE AGAIN WILL ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
EMPLOYEES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS, A UNIT OF THE
TEAMSTERS. THEY CAME TO WORK
EVERY DAY. WE NEVER LAID ANYONE
OFF. WE CONTINUE TO HIRE. UH ALL
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT THOSE EFFORTS WE
MAINTAINED OUR SERVICE, ALMOST
100. SERVICE PROVISION FOR
INTERMODAL CUSTOMERS. UM. IN
FACT, WE WERE RECOGNIZED IN MAY
BY THE US FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATOR, MEET BOATS WHO
CAME OUT FOR OUR GRADUATING
CLASS OF NINE ENGINEERS AND
RECOGNIZE THEIR JOINING OUR
COMPANY IS AS ENGINEERS AND. AT
THAT. UH THEN WE WHEN IT WAS
SORT OF A COINCIDENCE WE HAD WE
WERE EXPECTING FOR SOME TIME,
BUT IT HAD ARRIVED A COUPLE OF
DAYS BEFORE THE REALLY THE FIRST
ZERO EMISSIONS BATTERY ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
BUILT BY PROGRESS RAIL, WHICH IS
A UNIT OF CATERPILLAR. UM IT IS
IN TESTING AT PACIFIC HARBOR
LINE NOW AND IT'S PART OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS WE'VE HAD
FOR YEARS. OUR FLEET TODAY,
WHICH IS ABOUT 23 LOCOMOTIVE
UNITS, I SHOULDN'T SAY ABOUT IT
IS 23 IS ALL CLASS THREE E P A
CLASS THREE. TIER THREE PLUS OR
TIER FOUR SO COMPARED TO NON
TEAR LOCOMOTIVES, WHICH ARE
OPERATING ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES. TODAY WE HAVE DRAMATIC
REDUCTIONS IN NOX AND
PARTICULARLY MATTER UM. WE'VE
HAD THOSE IN PLACE OF THOSE
UNITS SINCE 2011. SO THIS HAS
BEEN A LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT.
WE HAVE OUR MOST RECENT
INITIATIVE BEFORE THE ZERO
EMISSIONS LOCOMOTIVE IS EARLIER
THIS YEAR. WE CONVERTED OUR
ENTIRE FLEET TO RENEWABLE DIESEL
AND THAT ALONE, ACCORDING TO THE
CARB REGULATIONS REDUCED OUR R C
02 EMISSIONS BY OVER 50% SO THIS
IS AN INITIAL INTERIM STEP THAT
CAN BE TAKEN AND WE TOOK IT TO
TRY TO ADDRESS C 02 EMISSIONS.
ZERO EMISSIONS LOCOMOTIVE IS
BEING TESTED. AS I SAY IT'S
REALLY WE'VE TRIED BATTERY
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES IN THE PAST
, WE HAD WON BY A DIFFERENT
MANUFACTURER ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO
THAT WE MANAGED TO MELT DIDN'T
WORK. VERY WELL. UM SO WE'RE
THRILLED TO HAVE THIS BACK WHERE
WE'VE INVITED IN ALL THE
RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.
COME AND LOOK AT IT. WE'VE
INVITED OTHER PORTS COMING
LOCATED. WE'D LIKE ALL OF YOU.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO COME AND
SEE IT AT SOME TIME IN TOUR OUR
OPERATIONS WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO
THAT. BUT IT IS A TEST AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING
AND TELLING IS THAT WE RIGHT NOW
ARE STILL CHARGING THAT
LOCOMOTIVE WITH SORT OF THE
EQUIVALENT OF YOUR HOME
EXTENSION CORD. THE FAST
CHARGER, WHICH WE HAVE ON SITE.
IS NOT YET BEEN CONNECTED TO THE
GRID. AND IT JUST ILLUSTRATES
ONE OF THE TRANSITION ISSUES
HERE AND IT'S AGAIN. THERE'S NO
VILLAIN HERE, BUT IT'S HOW LONG
IS THE DISTANCE? WHAT'S THE SIZE
OF THE CONDUIT? WHAT'S THE GRID
CONNECTION? MULTIPLE DECISION
MAKERS IN THAT PROCESS, AND I
JUST ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS TRANSITION WHERE WE'RE ALL
TRYING TO DO. THE OTHER PROJECT
THAT'S UNDERWAY AND THIS IS
GREAT IS THE SOUTH COAST TO AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WAS
SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A GRANT
FROM THE CALISTA PROGRAM, THE
1.5 BILLION PROGRAM. TO BUILD A
. UH HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
LOCOMOTIVE WEB TECH, WHICH IS
ONE OF THE TWO LARGE LOCOMOTIVE
MANUFACTURERS, UNITED STATES
PROGRESS BEING THE OTHER. HAS A
CONTRACT TO BUILD THAT IT IS
GOING TO BE TESTED AT PHL. UM
IT'S SEVERAL YEARS AWAY TO BE
BUILT. BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH
WEB TECH AND IN THE SOUTH COAST
ON THAT PROJECT, SO WE'RE GONNA
HAVE REALLY TWO OF THE
TRANSITION TECHNOLOGIES RIGHT
HERE IN THESE PORTS. UM SO WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF
THIS? I MENTIONED THAT JUST THE
GETTING THE CHARGING STATION AS
I THINK ONE OF THE POOR
DIRECTOR'S MENTIONED EARLIER.
IT'S GENERATION. IT'S STORAGE,
ITS DISTRIBUTION. THAT'S A HUGE
ISSUE WITH THIS. THIS TRANSITION
. THE COST IS ANOTHER ONE. WE
CAN GET A COMPLIANT LOCOMOTIVE.
AH FOR LESS THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS AND THE ZERO MISSIONS
BATTERY ELECTRIC, ALTHOUGH THERE
ISN'T REALLY A RETAIL PRICE,
WE'RE ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE
IN THE FORTIFIED MILLION RANGE
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
THIS. SO AGAIN. WE'RE A SMALL
BUSINESS. WE'RE TRYING TO LEAN
INTO THIS AND WE HAVE FOR YEARS.
BUT IT'S A IT'S A BIG STEP
FUNCTION, AND IT WILL REQUIRE
SOME SOME PUBLIC INVESTMENT. THE
UH WE HAVE TO BE PRAGMATIC ABOUT
THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO, YOU
KNOW, FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN GET
NEAR TERM REDUCTIONS. THAT'S WHY
THE RENEWABLE DIESEL, UH, EFFORT
WHICH GAVE US YOU KNOW, 50%
REDUCTIONS, UH, IS SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. UM WE
HAVE TO LEVERAGE THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS AS WE MOVE TO THE LONGER
TERM TRANSITION. UM THERE'S ALSO
WAYS WE CAN OPERATE THAT NEED TO
BE LOOKED AT. WE EXPECT TO
RELEASE FAIRLY SOON, A
CONSULTANT STUDY THAT WE
COMMISSIONED ABOUT SHORT HAUL
INTERMODAL IN CALIFORNIA. THIS
IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE PITCHING
OURSELVES TO OPERATE. THIS WOULD
BE OPERATED BY THE CLASS ONE
RAILROADS, BUT WE DO THINK IT
CAN POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THE
MARKET SHARE ISSUES THAT A LOT
OF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY. SO
WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU WHEN
THAT COMES OUT, UM THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. REMEMBER WE'RE SMALL
BUSINESSES. WE WANT TO LEAN INTO
THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO LEAN INTO
THIS. COME AND SEE WHAT WE'RE
DOING. UH YOU HAVE AN OPEN
INVITATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE, UH,
EVERYONE'S TESTIMONY. WE ALSO
HAD A REPRESENTATIVE MITCH POTS
, THE BUSINESS AGENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT OF IRONWORKERS, LOCAL
433. REPRESENTING THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES HAD AN EMERGENCY
, SO HE'S OUT ON THE PANEL. UM
THIS MORNING WITH US, AND SO
WE'RE BUYING A LITTLE TIME AND
WE WANT TO OPEN UP THIS, UM,
TIME FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK
ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE
IF I MAY, JUST AS UM MATT
HILLARY THE FIRST QUESTION. UM
IN YOUR PRESENTATION WITH ALL
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE WHERE
THEY SCREEN WAS ALL OF THAT
TECHNOLOGY MAN BY THE HUMAN
BEING, OR IS IT A THANA MUS? UH
THE ANSWER IS YES. I WILL ADD
THAT THE ANSWER. IT IS OPERATED
BY A HUMAN. OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO
ADD ALTANA. ME UM, DOES NOT
NECESSARILY ALWAYS MEAN
DRIVERLESS VEHICLES, RIGHT? WE
ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN AUTONOMY
AND YOU CAN DO AUTONOMOUS
FUNCTIONS THAT INCREASE
EFFICIENCY FOR THE OPERATOR. SO
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THAT
TYPE OF AUTONOMY CAN SUPPLEMENT
HUMAN OPERATORS. THEY DON'T
DOESN'T NECESSARILY NECESSARILY
ALWAYS HAVE TO REPLACE THE HUMAN
OPERATOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM QUESTION. I STILL REMEMBER
VÆ, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE TODAY. I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THIS. UH AND I
TALKING TO THE CHAIR FOR MANY
TIMES ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE I GET THESE CALLS
FROM EVERYONE IN MY DISTRICT.
I'M GLAD THAT I'VE HEARD, UM,
VISIT CUMMINGS. TO SEE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. AND I THINK THAT
AS WE START HAVING THESE THESE
THESE TALKS ABOUT ALL THE GOOD I
THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THESE
TALKS ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY. HOW
DO HOW DO WE HAVE GIVE FOLKS
FLEXIBILITY IF THE LANGUAGE IS
NOT, IN THEIR WORDS SUPPOSED TO
BE ALL ABOUT BY THE UNITED
STATES. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE
PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT
FLEXIBILITY, I GET CALLS FROM
FOLKS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND. UM
. THEY UNDERSTAND THE FORECAST,
UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY SEE
IT'S COMING AND WHAT'S COMING IS
BASICALLY LOSING JOBS RIGHT AS.
AS SAL MENTIONED, YOU KNOW
30,000 JOBS 30,000 JOBS 30,000
TRUCKS. RIGHT 30,000 TRUCKS AND
MORE AND THERE'S MORE, BUT I
HEAR THOSE TALKS EVERY DAY. I
GET CALLS FROM FOLKS THAT THAT
SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE
DRIVING FROM STOCKTON,
CALIFORNIA, TWO TO THE COURT OF
OAKLAND. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GRIDLOCK AND TRAFFIC
SITTING THERE? AND WHERE WE HAVE
TO TURN OUR TRUCK AROUND BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH Ó
ELECTRICITY TO MAKE IT THERE AND
BACK. UM. AND TODAY WAS WAS VERY
INFORMATIVE. THIS IS THESE WERE
ALL GOOD TALKS. UM BUT WE NEED
TO FIGURE OUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY. YOU KNOW, AS WE TRY TO MEET
OUR GOALS HERE. YOU KNOW THAT WE
NEED TO ALSO HAVE SOME
FLEXIBILITY. WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE AND BE HONEST WITH WITH
EACH OTHER. THAT'S THE POINT IS
THAT COMPETITION. I HEAR THIS
ALL THE TIME, WE'RE GONNA LOSE
IT TO OTHER STATES. VISIT OTHER
STATES. I VISIT THEIR PORTS. AND
THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY. YOU KNOW,
AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO OR
GO, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO CUT
JOBS. I DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHERE THERE WAS SOME
FLEXIBILITY LOOKING AT THAT AS
AGAIN AS I SAID EARLIER. I'M I'M
I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE PROBLEM
SOLVERS OF HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM? WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE
GOALS, BUT IN BETWEEN IN THE
MIDDLE, WHAT IS THAT? AND WE GOT
TO HAVE A SERIOUS TALKS. AND I
WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF
LISTENING TO ALL OF IT ALL OF US
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS THAT
WE'RE WE'RE NOT SPEAKING JUST
FOR OUR DISTRICT WERE SPEAKING
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE COMPETITIVE. WE ALWAYS SAY
THAT WE'RE GONNA LEAD AGAINST
OTHER STATES. BUT IN THIS ONE
HERE, I THINK THAT WE'RE KIND OF
WE NEED A CADILLAC. PULL BACK.
LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE. WHAT WE DO
, AMEND IT, FIX IT AND STILL NOT
LOSE HIS JOBS BE COMPETITIVE.
LET'S LEAD. AND THAT'S WHY I'M
GLAD THAT MY CHAIR OF THIS BOARD
HAS AN EAR AND WANTS TO GET
SOMETHING DONE. AND SO DO I.
LOOK AT MY COLLEAGUES THAT YOU
HEAR THE FRUSTRATION? WE HEAR
YOUR GUY'S FRUSTRATION. WE
REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR FONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH
I WANT TO BUILD UPON MY
COLLEAGUE FROM STOCK KHN. YOU
KNOW, COMPARING THIS IS CLEARLY
THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS, UM, THIS
HEARING, AND, UM TO HEAR, UM
WHAT MATT SAID ABOUT REQUIRING
US TO BE THE OLDER ADULTS IN THE
ROOM. YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE
DATA. TO BE HONEST, I DO WANNA
ASK MIKE TO KIND OF IF YOU CAN
XXX EXPOUND UPON THE NUMBERS ON
EXHIBIT THREE. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
THAT. WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE
VERSUS UH OTHER PORTS RIGHT NOW,
AND THAT UM, YOU KNOW, IN A
GLOBAL MARKET, UM GOODS AND
CONTAINERS GO TO TWO DIFFERENT
CAN GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND
DIFFERENT PORTS. UM, JEAN
MENTIONED KIND OF THE KIND OF
THE HIGH LEVEL UM ISSUES THAT WE
HAVE TO ADDRESS TO KEEP
COUNSELING. COMPARATIVE I GUESS
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE FROM YOUR
MEMBERS KNOW WHAT ARE THE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THE
SHORT TERM? AND THEN CLEARLY IN
THE LONG TERM TO KIND OF
STRAIGHTEN OUT THESE NUMBERS, UM
, FOR CALIFORNIA'S BENEFIT. YEAH
I THINK, UM REFERENCING.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SYRACUSE
COMMENTS ARE EXACTLY RIGHT
BECAUSE HE HAD THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD. UM NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN HIM
AND US ON ON THOSE FACTORS. UM
AND BUT THE MEXICA MAYBE A FINER
POINT OF THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE
IN. PUBLIC SECTOR CANNOT. SPEND
ITS WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM
BECAUSE IT'S A COMMERCIAL
PROBLEM. AND. WE'RE KIND OF IN A
PLACE WHERE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO
DO NO HARM. DON'T ADD COSTS
CANNOT BE MONETIZED THROUGH OUR
SYSTEM. THE WAY THAT WE BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE IN CALIFORNIA AND
OUR PORTS IS THROUGH REVENUE
BONDING SYSTEM BECAUSE OUR PORTS
ARE PROPRIETARY FACTORS, WHICH
MEANS THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY
A DEDICATED TAX REVENUE STREAM
TO ANOTHER. PORK PARTS OF THE
PORTS ARE PART OF THE LOCAL CITY
INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO PROPERTY TAXES OR
OTHER TYPES OF LOCAL EXERCISES
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM SO
WHEN YOU ADD COSTS. THE
CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT IF THEY'RE
NOT CONNECTED TO REVENUE STREAMS
THEY JUST PILE UP. AND THEY
BECOME THAT SOURCE IN WHICH
WE'RE ENDING UP IN THE OPPOSITE
OF THE VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF
REINVESTMENT. TYPICALLY WHAT WE
WANT AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING
UNTIL 2006 IS, AS WE ADDED
COSTS. THEY WERE SCALABLE.
BECAUSE WE WERE OUTGROWING THOSE
COSTS BECAUSE WE'RE COMPETING
FOR DISCRETIONARY CARGO. WE'RE
BRINGING IN MORE CARGO. YEAH AND
WE ALL OPERATE ON ECONOMY OF
SCALE AND A TERMINAL OR ON A
VESSEL. RIGHT SO WE HAVE FIXED
COSTS. YOU MOVE MORE CONTAINERS
THAT COST PER UNIT GOES DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. SO IT
SUSTAINS HIGHER BASE COSTS
BECAUSE YOU'RE GROWING JUST AS
FASTER, FASTER, FASTER. THEN THE
INCREASE IN COSTS. WHAT WE'VE
DONE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS IS
BAD MATH. IS THAT IT COSTS
FASTER THAN UNITS, AND WHEN YOU
DO THAT, THEN YOUR COST PER UNIT
GOES DOWN GOES UP. AND WHEN IT
GOES UP AND YOUR COMPETITORS
COST PER UNIT GOES DOWN, THEN
YOU LOSE DISCRETIONARY CARGO AND
WHEN YOU LOSE DISCRETIONARY
CARGO YOUR VOLUME GOES DOWN. IT
GOES IN THE DENOMINATOR, BUT
YOUR COSTS KEEP GOING UP. SO
YOUR COST PER UNIT GOES THE
WRONG DIRECTION AND THAT'S A
CYCLE THAT WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN,
OVER AND OVER AND TIME AND TIME
AGAIN. UM SO OUR CHALLENGE IS TO
ESSENTIALLY TAKE A PAUSE. AND
LOOK AT THE TIMELINE THAT TAKES
US TO ACTUALLY FINANCE THESE
COSTS. SO TYPICALLY IN OUR
ENVIRONMENT. WHEN WE'RE
INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH REVENUE
ASSOCIATED WITH REVENUE BONDS
THAT'S BACKED BY A LEASE OF 20
OR 30, OR 40, PLUS YEARS. THAT'S
THE SCALE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. YOU MASK A LOT OF
CAPITAL. YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE
AMAZING INVESTMENTS IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN YOU PAY IT OFF OVER A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE ON
THE FRONT EDGE OF THAT. WE NEED
TO STAY ON THE FRONT EDGE OF
THAT. EVERYTHING YOU HEARD ON
THIS PANEL, INCLUDING FROM OUR
FRIENDS AT TAYLOR RPMS ARE THAT
WE'RE WITHIN REACH OF TECHNOLOGY
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
WE NEED TO BUILD THAT EQUIPMENT
AND THE COST OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INTO OUR
EQUATIONS UPFRONT AND THEN LET
THE SYSTEM RUN. SO WE CAN
ACTUALLY PAY FOR THOSE THINGS
OVER TIME. TO MARIO MENTIONED
THAT HE UTILIZED ME USE THE
PHRASE WE HAVE A STRATEGIC
LOCATION. OUR PROXIMITY TO LARGE
MARKETS, ESPECIALLY THE ASIAN
MARKET. IS IT CORRECT? THEN TO
THE SIMPLE MAN I GUESS IN A WAY
TO SUMMARIZE IS THAT THE
REGULATIONS AND THE COST
ASSOCIATED WITH IT? ARE
OVERTAKING OUR STRATEGIC
ADVANTAGE IN A WAY THAT IS
MOVING. UH, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
SAYING. CONTAINERS TO AND RIGHT
PRODUCT TO OTHER PORTS. YEAH WE
HAVE CALIFORNIA ONLY COSTS THEY
GET CONCENTRATED. UM AND THEY
ACCUMULATED FASTER THAN WE CAN
GROW OUR CARGO. SO IF WE WERE TO
PAUSE AND EVEN BETTER REDUCE THE
COST TO OPERATE IN CUFF NGUYEN.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RE BALANCE
THESE NUMBERS AND IN THE IN A IN
A WAY THAT BRINGS MORE MARKET
SHARE BACK TO CALIFORNIA? WE
THINK SO. AND THAT THE REASON
WHY WE THINK SO IS AGAIN GOING
BACK TO THE ROLE OF THE PORTS
AND THEIR TENANTS AND CUSTOMERS.
IT'S PROPRIETARY RELATIONSHIP.
THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE MARKET
SPACE AND TEST THE MARKET. HOW
CAN WE BUILD THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE? HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE TO PAY IT BACK? WHAT'S THE
REVENUE BONDING CAPACITY? YES.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. THAT
WAS A GREAT QUESTION. I JUST
WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
AND AGAIN. WE'RE QUOTING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. VERY FAMOUS
APPROACH THAT WHEN YOU'VE SEEN
ONE PORT, YOU'VE SEEN ONE PORT.
AND YOU KNOW THIS SPORT IS LIKE
NONE OTHER. YOU WERE TO TAKE A
VESSEL THAT LEFT ASIA AND WENT
TO EUROPE. IT MIGHT STOP AND GO
THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL AND MY
STOP IN GREECE AND DISCHARGE A
COUPLE OF DAYS. IT MIGHT GO TO
ITALY WORK ITS WAY AROUND AND
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY DISCHARGES,
YOU KNOW A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF
THE OVERALL VESSEL. ONE OF ONE
OF VESSEL COMES FROM SHANGHAI TO
LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH. IT
INTENDS TO DISCHARGE ITS
ENTIRETY HERE, WHICH CREATES
LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS AND
BOTTLENECKS WERE OFTEN COMPARED
TO PORTS THAT ARE NOT LIKE OURS
. IF YOU ARE A TRANSSHIPMENT
PORTS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE
SHANGHAI OR SINGAPORE, WHERE
MANY FEEDER VESSELS ARE GOING TO
THAT ONE PORTS, DISCHARGING
THEIR ABOUT DISCHARGING THEIR
GOODS, NEVER LEAVING THE DOCK.
JUST GOING ONTO ANOTHER VESSEL.
WELL, THEN THAT'S COUNTING THAT
COUNTS. THAT'S COUNTING THAT
MOVE TWICE, NUMBER ONE, AND THEY
HAVE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME
CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE. OUR
CARGO HAS TO COME OFF THE
VESSEL. IT HAS BEEN HIPPA, DOC.
HE HAS TO GET ON A RAIL OR IT
HAS TO GET ON A TRUCK AND IT HAS
TO GO SOMEWHERE BECAUSE SOMEONE
WANTS TO BUY IT. I THINK IT'S
THE HIGHEST MOVES IN THE COUNTRY
OR IN THE WORLD BY AIPORT. WE
ARE AT 11 OR 12,000. TUS PER
VESSEL, CALL. WHICH IS FAR AHEAD
OF ANYONE ELSE THAT THINK IN
COMPETITION, SO I JUST WANT TO
ADD ONE OTHER THING. AND THAT IS
THAT. YOU KNOW, THE EVERYBODY
WANTS CLEAN AIR. THERE'S IT
WOULD BE LUDICROUS TO ARGUE
DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? THE QUESTION
BECOMES, IN LIGHT OF THE
PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE TO
DATE. WHICH HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT
LAST CHUNK. WHICH WE KNOW HAS
DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS. BUT WHAT IS
THE COST OF GETTING THOSE
DIMINISHING RETURNS? WHAT DO WE
HAVE TO GIVE UP? IN TERMS OF
JOBS IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVENESS
TO SQUEEZE OUT THAT LAST BIT OF
POLLUTION, LOCAL POLLUTION THAT
WE ALL WANT TO GET RID OF. RIGHT
AND THAT'S A THAT'S THAT'S
ANOTHER CONVERSATION. GOOD JOBS
BUILD HOUSEHOLDS. HOUSEHOLDS
BUILD COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES,
BIG BUILD CITIES AND SO ON AND
SO ON, AND SO ON, WITHOUT
BELIEVING THE POINT I HAVE A
REPORT HERE FROM IT'S CALLED
GOOD SUPPORT, HEALTH, AND IT'S
FROM YOU. ONE OF THE PERFECT
DOCTORS HERE IS FROM UCSF, AND
IT'S A VERY DEPRESSION QUOTE
SAYS THAT SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS
IS THE MOST POWERFUL PREDICTOR
OF DISEASE DISORDER, INJURY AND
MORTALITY THAT WE HAVE. IT'S A
CAUSE OF CAUSES, RIGHT? SO AS
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW THE
IMPACTS OF LOCAL EMISSIONS.
LET'S WEIGH THAT AGAINST WHAT
THE IMPACT WOULD BE OF JOB LOSS.
IT WOULD BE EQUALLY
CATASTROPHIC. AND I THINK THAT
THE LAST COMMENT THAT I WOULD
MAKE ON THIS SUBJECT IS THAT
IT'S KIND OF THREE LEGS ON THE
STOOL. YOU HAVE YOUR LOCAL
EMISSIONS. YOU HAVE THE
ECONOMIC, WHICH IS ALSO
RELATIVELY LOCAL, BUT THEN
SPREADS TO THE STATE, ETCETERA.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. AND
YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE
IMPACT THAT THE GREENHOUSE GAS
HAS ON OUR LOCAL EMISSIONS IN
THIS WAY. UM WE'RE LIKELY TO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF
AN EMISSIONS INVENTORY WITH RB
REGARD. I MEAN, WITH A Q M. D.
THERE ARE ALSO MONITORS THAT
MEASURE THE ACTUAL EMISSIONS
THAT ARE IN THE AIR. AND THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS. NOW
IT'S NOT PORTABLE IS WILDFIRES.
ON DAYS THAT THERE WERE WILD
FIRES. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS
SPIKE IN WHAT'S RED. UH, FROM
THOSE MONITORS, SO IF WE ARE
SOLELY FOCUSED MYOPICALLY
FOCUSED ON LOCAL EMISSIONS AT
THE EXCLUSION OF JOBS AND
EXCLUSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. WE'RE SHOOTING
OURSELVES IN THE FOOT. WE JUST
CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT. SO WE
NEED A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON
GETTING THERE. UH ONE LAST
QUESTION. I THINK YOU YOU
CHEATED UP. WHICH IS I WANT TO.
I HAVE THE LETTER IN FRONT OF ME
IN TERMS OF THE OPPOSITION AND
YOU'RE CONCERNED TO THE S R
SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE, UH,
EVERYONE WHO? THE MAJOR
STAKEHOLDERS, UM WHEN IT COMES
TO TERMINALS AND THE AND THE
PEOPLE WHO DELIVER GOODS AND
THOSE WHO TO TAKE IT OFF THE
SHIPS I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GIVE US
YOUR GUIDANCE. AND YOUR INSIGHT
ON THE I S ARE AND WHAT YOU
THINK OF IT. SO WE ARE OPPOSED
TO THE I S R. UM AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT. IT WAS TESTIFIED
TO EARLIER THAT THERE WAS AN MOU
PROCESS THAT WAS PURSUED. TÂM WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS AN MOU THAT'S
BEING PURSUED WITH SOME SUCCESS
WITH THE RAILROADS AND THAT'S
GREAT. AH! AS I AS WE UNDERSTAND
IT. THE. ESTARÁ REPORTS WAS
CONTEMPLATED. THE MOU REPORTS
WAS CONTEMPLATED WHILE THE I S R
WAS WAITING IN THE WINGS. SO
ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS BEING THE
GOOD. IT WAS A NEGOTIATION WITH
A GUN TO YOUR HEAD. EITHER YOU
GIVE US WHAT YOU WANT IN THE
MOU. OR IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT THE CLOCK. I
THINK IT WAS A THREE MONTH
EXTENSION, MIKE, SIX MONTHS, SIX
MONTH EXTENSION. WE'RE GONNA
TALK FOR SIX MONTHS. IF WE CAN'T
GET THERE, WE'RE GONNA GO. WE'RE
COMING WITH OUR RULE. THAT'S NOT
A NEGOTIATION. WE NEED WE NEED
THE RULE SET ASIDE. PERMANENTLY
IN ORDER TO PURSUE AN MOU
REALISTICALLY, THANK YOU. THAT'S
JUST ONE. OPEN UP TO ANYBODY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AND I TWO
COMMENTS. ONE GENERALLY IS WE
DISAGREE WITH THE ASSERTION BY
THE AIR DISTRICT THAT SOMEHOW
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS ARE
AT RISK HERE. UM YOU HAVE TO DO
A PLAN. THIS IS PART OF THE
PLANNING PROCESS CITY,
CALIFORNIA. IN THE LAST 33 YEARS
SINCE THE 1990 AMENDMENTS TO THE
CLEANER ACT. HAS NEVER BEEN AN
ATTAINMENT. WE'VE NEVER LOST
THEIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
IT'S A LOT LIKE THE HOUSING
ELEMENT FOR A LOCAL CITY. YOU
HAVE TO GET HCG TO BLESS YOUR
PLAN IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BUT
YOU DON'T GET PUNISHED IF YOU
DIDN'T ACTUALLY BUILD THE
HOUSING. THAT'S THE ANALOGY WITH
THE CLEANER ACT. UM BUT I WILL
AGREE WITH FOUR THINGS. THERE
ARE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
SOUTH COAST. HE SAID. THEY DON'T
HAVE THE AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T REGULATE SHIPS. 100%
AGREE. THEY SAID THAT, UM. THEY
THOUGHT THAT HE THOUGHT THAT
INCENTIVE IZATION WAS THE BEST
WAY TO GO. COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
HE SAID THAT, UM. THEY'RE REAL
ISSUE IS THE NEED TO WORK WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RIGHT
SIZE NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE
APPLIED TO THE LOCAL HERITAGE
HISTORY. WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE
. WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH
BOTH THE AIR DISTRICT AND THE
LOCAL DELEGATION, BOTH
CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEVEL TO
MAKE SURE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
KNOWS THAT THE STANDARDS THAT
THEY'RE ASKING THE LOCAL AIR
DISTRICT THE BEAR. COMPLETELY
UNREASONABLE. AND THE FOURTH
THING, HE SAID, WAS THEY DON'T
CARE. ABOUT HOW WE REACH THOSE
STANDARDS. WE AGREE THE WAY
THEY'VE APPROACHED THIS IS
INDICATIVE OF THAT THEY DON'T
CARE. WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THAT
ARE. THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. IT'S
NOT BECOMING OF AN ARM'S LENGTH,
OBJECTIVE. THIRD PARTY FACT
BASED REGULATOR AND WE ENCOURAGE
THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE. SIT
DOWN WITH US CARE. CARE ABOUT
SAL'S MEMBERS JOBS. CARE ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE GET DIVERTED
CARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE
GROW GREENHOUSE GASSES CARE
ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS FARMERS
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. THEY
CAN'T SIT IN THEIR SILO. AND
THEN BE OFFENDED. WHEN THE REST
OF US ARE THANK YOU. ANYTHING.
YEAH, THANK YOU. REMEMBER THAT?
I REALLY DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. I MEAN,
THERE'S A SHORT SIGHTEDNESS BY
THE DISTRICT AND ABANDONING THE
MOU PROCESSES SALAD PUT, IT WAS
ALREADY WAS ALREADY LAID OUT.
THEY HAD THEIR GOALS THAT THEY
WANT TO ACHIEVE. DIESEL MAGNET
SOURCE RULES ARE NOTHING NEW. IF
YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF
COMPLIANCE THAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THE WAREHOUSES RIGHT NOW, EVEN
COMPARED TO THEIR BASELINE
ESTIMATES THE TOTAL TRUCK TRIPS
THEY WERE WRONG. SO WE DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN
THEIR ABILITY TO NOW REGULATE.
YOU KNOW THIS GATEWAY WITH SOME
CAP ON A MISSIONS THAT THEY
ALLUDE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S
JUST UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL
OPERATORS TO DETERMINE HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THAT
STANDARD AND ALSO SAY, BUT WE
DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE STILL
TRYING TO PROMULGATE IT.
MEANWHILE, SHIPPERS ARE MAKING
REAL TIME DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THEIR
CARGO. AND AS VESSEL OPERATORS
HAVE LESS VOLUME THAT THEY NEED
TO BRING TO THE WEST COAST. SO
GOES VESSEL CAPACITY IF THEY
START CANCELING STRINGS THAT
LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS IN THE
VALLEY TO OBTAIN SPACE ON THOSE
VESSELS TO GO TO PLACES OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES, SO IT'S A
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE ISSUE. I
AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE SERIOUS TAKE A
SERIOUS STEP BACK AND CONTINUE
THESE DISCUSSIONS IN A POSITIVE
AND PRODUCTIVE WAY. AND I DON'T.
I DON'T KNOW IF PETER IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED,
OKAY? WELL. I'M SORRY FOR YOU
OUT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANKS FOR GETTING US
TOGETHER. THANK YOU, PAUL. ALL I
KNOW, BUT THIS PANEL THANK YOU
FOR WHAT WE HEARD TODAY. AND I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, INCREASING
JOB. I MEAN, INCREASING JOBS.
THANKS SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO
ECHO. MY COLLEAGUES. UM, UM
COMMENTS AND AT THIS TIME WE
WANT TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. UM AND SO WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO DO IS YOU CAN APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE TO MY LEFT. YOUR
RIGHT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YOU
CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
ORGANIZATION. UM, THAT YOU
REPRESENT, AND PLEASE WILL
ADHERE TO THE TWO MINUTES. WE
SEE PEOPLE LINING UP RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN TO THIS PANEL. THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND TO THE
COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE STILL HERE
. WE APPRECIATE COMMISSIONERS
FROM LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH
STILL HERE, REPRESENTING THOSE
TWO PORTS AND ANY OTHER
COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE. SO
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE
RECOGNIZE OUR FIRST, UM PUBLIC
SPEAKER AND YOU MAY STATE YOUR
NAME AND JUST GO FROM THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. FERNANDO GAITAN
WITH FIRST JUSTICE. UM AH. YOU
KNOW THE PORK COMPLEXES WITHOUT
A DOUBT, STILL ONE OF THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE IN THE NATION. IT
ALSO COMES WITH CONTINUOUS
BUILDING VERY OF TOXIC DOSE OF
AIR POLLUTION TO REGION ALREADY,
WITH THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF
HAVING THE MOST POLLUTED AIR IN
THE NATION, LARRY PUBLIC HEALTH
COSTS ON TOP OF A COMMUNITY
THAT'S ALREADY OVERBURDENED BY
AIR POLLUTION. SO THERE'S THREE
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AS A
COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THAT ONE
IS LEFT REGULATORS DO THEIR JOB
. YOU THE I R S THE I S R RULE
HAS NOT YET BEEN ISSUED. YOU
HAVE NOTHING TO REVIEW WAIT TO
SEE THE RULE BEFORE YOU PASS
JUDGMENT. THERE IS NOTHING TO
SUGGEST THAT PORTS CAN'T CUT
THEIR PRODUCTIVITY HAVE TO CUT
THE PRODUCTIVITY TO CUT
POLLUTION. IF SWITCHING TO ZERO
EMISSIONS MAKE SPORTS LESS
COMPETITIVE. THEN PORTS WOULDN'T
BE LINING UP TO RECEIVE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES
TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION SUPPORT.
I START HAVING A GOOD DELIVERS A
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
AIR DISTRICT TO USE THIS LEGAL
AUTHORITY TO REALLY REGULATE THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF FIXED AIR
POLLUTION IN THE REGION, BUT YOU
BY COMING UP WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY. WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. SECOND
PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE CENTER OF
YOUR DECISIONS TODAY AND GOING
FORWARD. I NOTICED THAT THERE IS
NOT A SINGLE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ORGANIZATION INVITED TO
THESE PANELS FOR THE LAST TWO
HEARINGS, NO LOCAL GROUPS ARE
INVITED TO SPEAK TO THE PROBLEMS
OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE REGION
THAT IMPACT RESIDENTS. YOUR
CONSTITUENTS, WE INVITE YOU TO
ENGAGE IN A DEEPER LEVEL WITH
THOSE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS AND INVITE THEM TO
FUTURE HEARINGS AND INCLUDE THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DISCUSSION IN YOUR
WHITE PAPER. THANK QUÊ THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AND YOU CAN PLEASE
SHARE YOUR COMMENTS BY EMAIL,
WHO LOVE TO RESPOND AND
RECEIVED. THANK YOU. GET
AFTERNOON CHAIR COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS DANIEL HEYDARI AND I
SERVICED CLIMATE CAMPAIGN
MANAGER OF THE ADVOCACY AT
PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS A
LOCAL TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
NGO WORKING ON SHIPPING IMPORT
DECARBONIZATION. I LIVE IN LONG
BEACH MYSELF. UM AND WE POSSESS
CONSULTATIVE STATUS AT THE
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS THE BODY
THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING
GLOBAL SHIPPING LAW. I JUST WANT
TO ECHO MY FRIEND FERNANDO IN
HIS EARLIER COMMENTS RIGHT NOW,
UM, AND EMPHASIZE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ASPECT. FOSSIL FUEL CHIPS
REMAIN THE LARGEST FASTEST
GROWING AND MOST UNREGULATED
SOURCE OF POLLUTION WITHIN THE
SAN PEDRO BAYPORT COMPLEX. MOST
SHIPS CURRENTLY BURN HEAVY FUEL
OIL, WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST
STURDIEST MOST DEADLY FOSSIL
FUEL CONTAINING ASTHMA AND
CANCER CAUSING POLLUTANTS,
INCLUDING NITROGEN OXIDE, SULFUR
OXIDE AND PARTICULATE MATTER. IT
IS THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
OF ALL FUELS LIKE EXPECTANCY
IMPORT ADJACENT WEST LONG BEACH
IS EIGHT YEARS SHORTER THAN THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY AVERAGE.
BLACK LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ARE
HOSPITALIZED WITH ASTHMA ATTACKS
AT EIGHT TIMES THE RATE AND
LATINO RESIDENTS AT TWICE THE
RATE AS WHITE LONG THE
PRESIDENT'S SO THIS IS A RACIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE. PART OF THE
REASON THAT THERE IS SO MUCH
INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS THESE
COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES
OF COURT POLLUTION IS BECAUSE
THEIR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
LOCK THE POLITICAL POWER
INDUSTRY POSSESSES. UM. THE
STATE ASSEMBLY AND THE PORTS
SHOULD SUPPORT A STANDARD FOR
100% THE STATE AND AT THE PORK
COMPLEX ALREADY THERE ARE
STANDARDS FOR 100% 0 EMISSION
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT BY 2030
STANDARDS FOR 100% 0 MISSION
DRAINAGE TRUCKS BY 2035 BUT NO
STANDARD FOR SHIPPING, WHICH IS
THE LARGEST FASTEST GROWING
SECTOR AT THE PORTS OF POLLUTION
, SO I REALLY URGE YOU TO SET A
STANDARD FOR ZERO EMISSION
SHIPPING. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND DOING
ITS JOB AND TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE.
SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
GIBSON AND YOU, UH, YOUR
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES FROM THE
ASSEMBLY. MY NAME IS GERALYN
LOPEZ MENDOZA. I AM THE REGIONAL
ORGANIZER FOR THE CLIMATE CENTER
, WHICH IS A SMALL, NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION. I ALSO SERVED ON
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'M
SORRY. THE BOARD OF HARBOR
COMMISSIONERS, UM FOR THE PORT
OF LOS ANGELES, FROM 2005 TO
2010. SO I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE
BOARD WHEN WE WORKED IN
COLLABORATION WITH LONG BEACH
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER REGULATORY
AGENCIES TO BRING FORWARD THE
FIRST CLEAN AIR ACTION PLANNING.
UM TODAY. I WANT TO URGE YOU TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SHIPPING IN
A WAY THAT YOU CAN THAT DOESN'T
IMPLY. INTERNATIONAL
JURISDICTION. UM I WAS AT AN
EVENT LAST WEEK WHERE? UM JEAN
SOROKA SAID THAT ONE OCEANGOING
VESSEL EMISSIONS ADD UP TO ALL
THE DOCKSIDE EQUIPMENT TOGETHER
IN TERMS OF THEIR MISSIONS. SO
THE SHIPPERS THAT THE OCEAN
GOING VESSELS ARE REALLY WHERE
THE PROBLEM IS. AND SO WHAT?
I'VE I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO
THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT YOU
REQUIRE SHORE POWER FOR ALL
CATEGORIES OF VESSELS, AS WELL
AS OFFSHORE CHARGING STATIONS
FOR SHIPS. THIS IS MATURE
TECHNOLOGY. THIS CALLED, YOU
KNOW, SHORT SIDE PLUG IN OR
ALTERNATIVE MARINE POWER. IT'S
BEEN AROUND SINCE I WAS ON THE
BOARD AND IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT
AND 15 ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE
CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL
JURISDICTION IN 2021 IS DOZENS
OF SHIPS WERE ANCHORED OFFSHORE
DURING THE CONGESTION CRISIS,
RUNNING THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND
ENGINES WHILE WAITING FOR ENTRY
AND DEPORT. DUE TO THE HARM
COMMUNITIES FACE DURING THIS
SHIP CONGESTION SHIPPER MAERSK
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LAUNCH THE
WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC OFFSHORE
CHARGING VENTURE FOR CHIPS WITH
PLANS TO REDUCE CO TWO EMISSIONS
BY 5 MILLION TONS, ALONG WITH
REDUCTIONS IN AIR POLLUTION AT
UP TO 100 PORTS GLOBALLY,
STARTING IN 2028, AND WE URGE
THE COMMITTEE TO FOLLOW MASKS,
EXAMPLE AND REQUIRE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OFFSHORE
CHARGING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMMISSIONER APPRECIATE YOUR
TESTIMONY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS CAROL GOLDEN. I'M A
RESIDENT OF WEST LONG BEACH,
WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE FORTS.
AND MY COMMUNITY. ALSO REMEMBER
THE WEST LONG BEACH ASSOCIATION.
AND TRIGGER AND I TAKE CARE OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. WE HAD
NO ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS ZERO
EMISSIONS DOES NOT EQUAL
NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS. IT DOES
HELP. BUT IT DOES NOT EQUAL TO
THAT WHATEVER TYPE OF FUEL
ESPECIALLY COMBUSTIBLE FUEL, YOU
WILL HAVE ANY RESIDUE. WHAT BE
AS MUCH AS PREVALENT. TODAY. WE
ARE LOSING AT LEAST THREE OF OUR
RESIDENTS FROM POLLUTION AT THIS
SPORT. STATISTICS IS 1200 A
YEAR. YOU DIVIDED BY 3 65, AND
IT GETS YOU TO THAT NUMBER.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT RELIEF FROM
THESE COMMUNITIES ARE PAYING FOR
GOODS MOVEMENT WITH THEIR BLOOD.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A GOOD SOME
PEOPLE LIKE TO USE STRONG. YOU
NEED SOMETHING THAT'S
MEASURABLE. AND EVERYTHING. SO
WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE. DO YOU
KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING? THERE IS
NO PLAN TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN
CALIFORNIA ACCEPTS. IT'S LIKE
THE GENTLEMAN HERE WAS SAYING
NOBODY'S IN CHARGE. WHERE WE
GOING? YOU KNOW, WE REACHED
CONTAINMENT IS CONTAINMENT GOING
TO THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO
BE? NO IT'S LIKE STAR SHIELD.
WE'RE GOING TO PLACES WHERE NO
MAN HAS BEEN BEFORE. AND THAT'S
JUST NATURE. WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE BECAUSE IT'S MORE
DISORGANIZED. THEN ORGANIZED AND
WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS ORGANIZED
SO WE CAN MOVE. IN A DIRECTION.
IT'S LIKE AN ARMY. YOU CAN'T
HAVE EVERYBODY DOING WHATEVER
WHATEVER THEY WANT. BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE
HUMAN SUFFERING THAT'S GOING ON
WHY THEY HAVE ALL THE DELAY.
EVERYTHING THE GENTLEMAN SAID
ABOUT ECONOMIC ISSUES. ARE
THERE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. CHANGE. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE CHAIR.
MY NAME IS MARVIN NORMAN ON THE
POLICY COORDINATOR WITH THE
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UM, ALSO
LIVING IN IMPACTED COMMUNITY
WITH WHY WHEN THEY I RECALL THE
TIME WHERE IT WAS CLEAR DAY AND
THEN THE WIND SHIFTED AND I
THOUGHT WAS A FOREST FIRE
BECAUSE OF ALL THE SMALL COMING
OVER. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
HOPING AND WANT THE MAKE SURE
THAT AQMD IS ADDRESSING ON THE
AQMD IS CHARGED WITH PROTECTING
PUBLIC HEALTH. UM AND WHEN
POLLUTION IS CHARGED AS
CONTRIBUTING TO PUBLIC HEALTH,
IT IS THEIR JOB TO TAKE CARE OF
IT. UM I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING UP
SOME SOME POINTS. UM I BELIEVE
IT'S MR JACOB MENTIONED THAT THE
DIFFERENCE OF WHAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING WITH THE PORK, AND I
THINK HE FORGOT TO MENTION A
COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED WITHIN THE SINCE EARLY
TWO THOUSANDS THAT HAVE ALSO
FIRMLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE.
TRAFFIC GOING ELSEWHERE, SUS
CANAL WAS WIDENED. THE PANAMA
CANAL WAS WIDENED, AND WE'VE HAD
A LOT OF NEAR SHOWING A LOT OF
JOBS. A LOT OF MANUFACTURING HAS
BEEN COMING BACK FROM ASIA TO
MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA, WHERE
IT GETS SHIPPED UP TO, UH, HERE
BY TRAIN INSTEAD OF BEING PUT ON
THE SHIP AND SHIPPED ACROSS THE
PACIFIC OCEAN, SO ALL THOSE WILL
INEVITABLY LEAD TO OTHER PORTS,
GETTING MORE TRAFFIC AND OTHER
MOZ GETTING MORE TRAFFIC AS
COMPARED TO WHAT WHAT? WHAT WAS
EXPECTED IN THE EARLY TWO
THOUSANDS. AH, ANOTHER THING TO
BRING UP WAS, BUT I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT AND IT IS A REAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR CHARGING AND I KNOW IT WAS
MENTIONED. HYDROGEN IS A IS A
POTENTIAL AND IT THERE IS SOME
UM, POTENTIAL FOR HYDROGEN, BUT
THE PROBLEM WITH HYDROGEN IS
THAT YOU NEED ABOUT TRIPLE THE
ENERGY TO CREATE HYDROGEN THAT
YOU NEED FOR STRAIGHT
ELECTRICITY. SO IF THERE'S A
PROBLEM GETTING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC IT'S
YOUR PROBLEM IS THREE TIMES AS
LARGE IF YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO
RELY ON HYDROGEN SO HYDROGEN CAN
BE USED IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS,
BUT IT SHOULD BE USED ONLY WHERE
IT ELECTRIFICATION IS NOT AN
OPTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I
MEAN, HOW COMMITTEE AND CHAIR
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS
DORIAN CHANDLER. AND I'M THE
POLICY ADVOCATE FOR THE
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR. AND I'M
ALSO A LONG BEING PRESIDENT. WE
WANT THE MOST EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS POSSIBLE AT THE PORTS
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THIS
INCLUDES AIR TOXICS, GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS AND CRITERIA.
POLLUTANTS SUPPORT AN APPROACH
TO STRENGTHEN THE PORTS,
RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY AND TO
CLEAN UP THE GOODS MOVEMENT
SECTOR, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TAKING
ACTION OR CLEAR THE PORTS AND
THE EMISSIONS THEY ATTRACT
EXPOSED OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO
HARMFUL HEALTH IMPACTS. THESE
INCLUDE HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA,
HEART DISEASE, CANCER AND
PREMATURE DEATHS. WHERE ARE THE
VOICES ON TODAY'S PANEL
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY
GROUPS HARMED BY PORT OPERATIONS
AND THEIR EMISSIONS THE
COMMUNITIES HARMED NEED TO BE
INCLUDED, AND NOT FROM THE
SIDELINES. WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
ALSO AN UPDATE FROM THE PORT OF
LOS ANGELES ON THE 2007
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AS FOR
THIS AGREEMENT TO INSTALL TEVIN
10, MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR SUPPORT
INSTALLED ONE MEGAWATT SYSTEM AT
THE WORLD CRUISE CENTER AND ITS
PRESS RELEASE SUPPORT, SAID THAT
QUOTE THE 10.8 MILLION SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION, WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN
ANNUAL $200,000 ENERGY COST
SAVINGS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A
MULTI LOCATION SOLAR POWER
PROGRAM THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
PRODUCE 10 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR
SYSTEM GENERATION CAPACITY.
THREE ADDITIONAL PROJECT FACES
ARE SLATED FOR COMPLETION OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND QUOTE
HAS THE PURPORT PORTS FULFILLED
DISAGREEMENT SINCE THIS WAS
COMMUNICATED 16 YEARS AGO, HAS
THE OTHER NINE MEGAWATTS OF
SOLAR BEEN COMPLETED. FROM THE
PORT OF LONG BEACH. WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE STATUS
ON THE ENERGY ISLAND INITIATIVE
TO INSTALL SOLAR ENERGY AND A
MICRO GRID. THE LINK FOR THIS IS
BROKEN ON THE PORTS OF LONG
BEACH WEBSITE. WE NEED SOUTH
COAST, UM D TO PUT AN EFFECTIVE
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, FRAMEWORK
AND THE PORTS FOR YEARS,
CALIFORNIA HAS HAD A CAP ON
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
SEEING BOOMING ECONOMIC GROWTH
DURING THIS TIME, THE ARGUMENT
THAT THE ECONOMY WILL BE
AFFECTED NEGATIVELY BY A CAP ON
EMISSIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN
HEALTH DOESN'T FALL. IT'S AN
UNFOUNDED AND DAILY SMITH. WE
NEED NEW AND EXISTING TECHNOLOGY
TO BE PUT INTO USE. THE PORTAL
MADE A PROMISE TO DO THIS. THEY
HAVE THE INCENTIVES AND
RESOURCES TO DO IT BACK AND WAIT
FOR THESE TECHNOLOGIES, UM, AND
NOT PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE
IS MYOPIC. THE PUBLIC CONTINUES
TO SUBSIDIZE PORT INDUSTRY
PROFITS WITH THEIR HEALTH AND
LIVES OF THE POOR ENGAGEMENT
SECTOR HAS BEEN ASKED TO DO IS
FEASIBLE AND NOT UNREASONABLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR. GIBSON IS AND HONORABLE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FELLOW
CITIZENS AND BUSINESS BUSINESS
PEOPLE. MY NAME IS PETE MARSH.
I'M I STARTED 25 YEARS IN THE
COAST GUARD, INCLUDING VESSEL
TRAFFIC SERVICE PORTS WORK, UM
10 MORE WITH BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
AND OTHER DEFENSE INDUSTRY
CONTRACTORS. I'M NOW IN MY THIRD
CAREER AS A SOLAR CONTRACTOR TO
PUT MY ENERGY TOWARDS SOLVING
THE CLIMATE CRISIS. AND I'M, THE
VOLUNTEER CO LEADER OF THE
NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ACTION
TEAM FOR CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY
, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN
GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ADVOCACY.
NONPROFIT WELL, ALMOST 500 LOCAL
CHAPTERS, ROUGHLY ONE IN EVERY
SINGLE U. S CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT. SO FIRST THE ENERGY
TRANSITION, THE CONSENSUS OF THE
INDUSTRY ANALYSTS AND ACADEMICS
IS WE CAN DE CARBONIZED 80, OR
90% OF THE U. S AND GLOBAL
ECONOMIES WITH ELECTRIFICATION
AS A PRIMARY SOURCE THAT MEANS
TRANSITIONING ROUGHLY 15 ALMOST
20% OF GLOBAL AND U. S GDP. FROM
FOSSIL TO ELECTRIC. AND THAT'S
NOT EASY. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF
THAT TODAY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO
IT. UM CLIMATE CRISIS ASIDE,
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE AIR
POLLUTION IMPACTS. YOU KNOW
THOSE, UM THE ESTIMATES ARE THAT
WE HAVE ROUGHLY ALMOST 10
MILLION PREMATURE DEATHS PER
YEAR. THAT'S 1/10 OF 1% OF OUR
FELLOW HUMANS PREMATURELY DEAD
EVERY YEAR FROM AIR POLLUTION
IMPACTS. TRUCKING
ELECTRIFICATION. I WANT TO DRAW
AN ANALOGY TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THE LIGHT DUTY PASSENGER CAR TVS
OVER THE LAST DECADE IN 2011, WE
SOLD ONLY 130 30,000 ELECTRIC
VEHICLES GLOBALLY. LAST YEAR, WE
SOLD 130,000 A WEEK. THE
TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS A DECADE OR
SO BEHIND THAT, BUT ALL THE
MAJOR MANUFACTURERS, UH THERE
ARE, UH, 140 DIFFERENT MODELS OF
ELECTRIC TRUCKS FROM 40
DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS,
CURRENTLY, UM, THAT INDUSTRY IS
GROWING. UM ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. I HAVE SOME OTHER
COMMENTS. I'LL SUBMIT BY EMAIL.
ONE REALLY QUICKLY ELECTRIFIED
RAIL. WE HEARD, UH AND ANECDOTE
ABOUT PROBLEMS HERE. CHINA INDIA
AND EUROPE ALL HAVE BETWEEN 60
80% OF THEIR TOTAL RAIL
NETWORKS. AND, UM, NATIONWIDE
ELECTRIFIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY TO MY
OFFICE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY
WELCOME. THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FRANCIS.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE WITH BETTER
WORLD GROUP AND WE WERE REALLY
CLOSE TO THE PACIFIC
ENVIRONMENT. UM THAT'S VERY LONG
COUPLE PRESENTATIONS. I'M SURE
YOU ARE SO PROCESSING WHAT'S
GOING ON? SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR THAT SINCE 2005.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTUAL
PROGRESS ON AIR REDUCTIONS FROM
THE PORTS JUST LIKE CARVE AND A
KMB SAID TODAY, EVEN IF YOU TURN
OFF ALL THE STATIONARY SOURCES,
LIKE THE REFINERIES ALONG THE
FREEWAY THEY WOULD STILL NOT BE
AN ATTAINMENT. WE'RE STILL
DEALING WITH CASCADING PROBLEMS
WITH AIR POLLUTION AND EVERY
SINGLE COUNTER ARGUMENT THAT
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND
REPORTS THEMSELVES DISPUTE
CONVENIENTLY USED DISTORTED DATA
FIGURES THAT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE
SOMEHOW A 10 90% IN OFFICE
REDUCTIONS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. HOW IS THAT DATA
SUFFICIENT WHEN WE'RE STILL
SEEING RECORD AIR QUALITIES?
BREAKING HERE AND NOT JUST IN
WILDFIRE DAYS LIKE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PENSION. WE'RE
SEEING THEM CONSTANTLY. IT'S
JUST NOW, JUST A RUNNING THING
THAT WE CALLED SMOGGY SUMMER
BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SMOG IN THE
SUMMER. YES, THERE'S
GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES. BUT IT'S
ALWAYS CONCENTRATE IN THE SAME
ACTING PLACES AT PORTS ALONG
TRUCKING CORRIDORS AND FREEWAYS
AND JUST LIKE THROW GOLDEN
MENTIONED EARLIER. PEOPLE ARE
BEING POISONED. WE'RE SEEING
THIS BY NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR. IT
IS NOT JUST A DATA. IT IS PEOPLE
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO
WHEN WE ARE ASKING, AND
ACCORDINGLY, AGENCIES ARE
FREAKING OUT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO
TACKLE THIS PROCESS. SOME
REMEMBER FUN. YOU WERE RIGHT.
THERE IS NOT EXACTLY A LEAD
AGENCY THAT SOLVING THIS CRISIS
. SO WHEN LEADERSHIP LIKE Y'ALL
COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES WE ARE
LOOKING TO YOU TO UPHOLD THESE
REGULATIONS. AND WHEN WE WORK
WITH A Q M D. IT'S THE SAME
ACTORS WHO ARE ARGUING TO US. IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE CARGO DISPLACEMENT
IS HAPPENING. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT
CARGO DISPLACEMENT YOU REMEMBER
A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN ALL THE
SHIPS WERE LINED UP. IT'S
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THROUGH.
IT ISN'T INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM
WE ARE AT CAPACITY GROWTH IS
IMPORTANT IN JOBS ARE SO
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY UNION
LABOR. THIS IS SUCH A PROUD
UNION SPACE. BUT WE CANNOT GROW
AT THE EXPENSE OF CONTINUING TO
POLLUTE. IT IS NOT JUST A REASON
OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLEAN AIR
VERSUS JOBS IS A CAPACITY
CONSTRAINTS. WE NEED THESE
REGULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THE GYM IN THE
BACK WITH A SUIT ON YOU WILL BE
THE LAST SPEAKER. WE HAVE 10
MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO
I WELCOME YOU TO PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO START. THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS SARAH WILK SONG AND I'M
WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
BUSINESS FEDERATION, ALSO KNOWN
AS THIS FED ALLIANCE OF OVER 245
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT
OVER 420,000 EMPLOYERS IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. FIRST WE WANT TO
APPLAUD THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND LONG BEACH FOR SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS ON SUBMISSIONS
INVENTORY, REACHING THE GOALS OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE, AS HAS BEEN STATED
THIS WAS DONE BY BOTH PORTS,
WORKING WITH INDUSTRY AND
ORGANIZED LABOR TOGETHER. AND
THEY'RE CONTINUING, CONTINUAL
INCLUSION MONSTER FURTHER
REDUCTION AT THE PORTS. SECOND
WE NEED TO CALL ATTENTION TO A
LETTER SIGNED BY 112 NATIONAL
STATEWIDE REGIONAL LOCAL
BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE AND OTHER
GROUPS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITH A Q
MDS PROPOSED AND DIRECT SOURCE
ROLE. WE AGREE WITH MANY OF THE
PANELISTS ANYTHING THAT CAPS
CARGO AT THE PORTS AND WOULD
HURT THE REGION'S ECONOMY SHOULD
BE A NONSTARTER. FINALLY WE
APPRECIATE YOUR HOST IN A
COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY AND ARE
ENCOURAGED BY YOUR DEDICATION TO
TOUR ALL PORTS IN THE STATE, AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A
RESOURCE OF THE COMMITTEE AS WE
CONTINUE TO PURSUE REDUCING
EMISSIONS WHILE PROTECTING OUR
SUPPLY CHAIN. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH NEXT SPEAKER. HI
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
WILLIAM MORRIS. I WORK AT A
MULTIFAITH NONPROFIT CALLED
GREEN FAITH. WE EDUCATE
EQUIPMENT MOBILIZED PEOPLE OF
FAITH TO TAKE BOLD ACTION ON THE
CLIMATE CRISIS AND TO BUILD A
MORE JUST EQUITABLE AND LOVING
FUTURE. I'M HERE TAKING TIME OUT
OF MY DAY BECAUSE REDUCING
EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION IS OF
THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR HUMAN
HEALTH. I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH
BAY. YOU'RE THE 1 10 AND THE
REFINERY AND I LIVE IN AN AREA
ACCORDING TO CALENDAR VIRAL
SCREEN IS IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE
FOR POLLUTION BURDEN. I'VE SPENT
MY LIFE BREATHING IN POLLUTED
AIR, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. AND
WHY DO THE WORK I DO OUT OF
NECESSITY. WHEN ONE OF US
SUFFERS. WE'RE ALL SUFFERING.
I'M ALSO A PERSON OF FAITH WHO
BELIEVES THAT WE ARE TO CARE FOR
THE LEAST OF THESE AND THOSE WHO
ARE SUFFERING THE MOST. THERE
ARE MANY AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE CRYING OUT ABOUT WHAT
THEY ARE FACING, AND I IMPLORE
YOU TO NOT LET THEIR EXPERIENCES
AND THEIR PAIN FALL ON DEAF EARS
. OUR CURRENT WAY OF DOING
THINGS IS CAUSING HARM AND THE
HUMAN COST IS STAGGERING.
THERE'S ALWAYS OBSTACLES TO
CHANGE. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE
CHANGE IS NOT WORTH MAKING. I'M
IMPLORING YOU ALL AS PEOPLE HAVE
REASON, VALUES AND CONSCIENCE TO
DO THE RIGHT THING AND ECHO WHAT
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
SAID AND ASKED THAT YOU REDUCE
THE MOST EMISSIONS FROM THE
PORTS AND THE MOST AMOUNT OF
POLLUTION AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON TRIM
AND GIBSON AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME INTO THIS IMPORTANT HEARING
. MY NAME IS ALYSSA DIAZ, SENIOR
POLICY MANAGER, SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE L. A
AREA CHAMBER IS A REGIONAL
CHAMBER AND WE HAVE OVER 1400
MEMBERS WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY, JOB CREATORS
AND INNOVATORS IN THE L. A
REGION. THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND LONG BEACH ARE CRITICAL TO
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE IN NINE JOBS
IN THE REGION. WE WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
GOODS MOVEMENT TO THE REGIONS
AND NATIONS ECONOMY WHILE
ENCOURAGING BALANCED APPROACHES
TO IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY. SINCE IT WAS
DISCUSSED TODAY WE ARE CONCERNED
. THE PROPOSED INDIRECT SOURCE
BROUGHT REPORTS RISK DAMAGING
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATUS AS
THE NATION'S MOST CRITICAL
INTERNATION GATEWAY. AS RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED BY THE COURTS. THE TWO
PORTS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR GOALS
AND HAVE ACHIEVED REDUCTIONS IN
PRIORITY EMISSION CATEGORIES,
ACCORDING TO THEIR EMISSION
INVENTORY FOR 2022. THESE
ACHIEVEMENTS PROVIDE REAL
BENEFITS TO OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. THE PORTS THROUGH
COLLABORATION WITH REGULATORS
AND INDUSTRY HAVE LED THE WAY TO
A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT WITH THE
CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN. A
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH IS NEEDED
TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND GROW
THE WORKFORCE OF THE PORTS AND
TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
MATT GARLAND. I'M HERE TO SPEAK
TO YOU INTO CAPACITIES. NUMBER
ONE. I'M A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL
SAN PETER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL,
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE
ACUITY RULE HERE. BUT I WILL LET
YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE AS A
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, TAKING A
POSITION OF OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED INDIRECT SOURCE RULE.
AND I MEAN GLAD TO FORWARD YOU
ARE LETTER. UM BUT REALLY, WHY I
CAME IS BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO
COME AND TELL YOU WE TALK ABOUT
JOB LOSS. UM AND ONE JOB AND
WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME AND MY
FAMILY. UH WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME
WORKING IN THE HARBOR AS I HAVE
DIGNITY. I CAN AFFORD TO BUY A
HOME IN THIS COMMUNITY. I RAISED
MY KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM I
CAN PROVIDE A FUTURE FOR THEM,
AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ONE JOB
, MR STRAKA SAID. WE'RE LOSING
170,000 JOBS A YEAR BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE. WELL
THAT'S WHAT ONE JOB NEEDS. SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. THERE
YOU GO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, CHERRY GIBSON, ALL
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MARCO
SLOGAN AND I SERVICE COUNSEL TO
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LW
LOCALS AT THE PORTS OF LOS
ANGELES. LONG BEACH, SAN DIEGO
AND MY KNEE HERE IN THE SAN
PEDRO BAY LW LOCALS 13, 63 AND
94 REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY
15,000 LONGSHORE WORKERS, MARINE
CLERKS AND FOREMAN. AS WAS
MENTIONED. EVERY FOUR CONTAINERS
EQUALS ONE JOB TO PUT THAT INTO
SCALE, ACCORDING TO THE MOST
RECENT DATA. THE SAN PEDRO
BAYPORT COMPLEX IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 168,000 JOBS IN LOS ANGELES
AND LONG BEACH, WHICH IS ONE IN
EVERY 12 JOBS. 883,000 JOBS IN
THE COUNTIES OF LOS ANGELES,
ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN
BERNARDINO AND VENTURA, WHICH IS
ONE IN EVERY NINE JOBS AND
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNITED
STATES. ONE IN EVERY 62 JOBS. A
REVIEW OF OUR MEMBERSHIP SHOWS
THAT APPROXIMATELY 54% OF OUR
MEMBERS LIVE WITHIN FIVE MILES
OF THE PORK COMPLEX AND 73%
LIVING WITHIN 10 MILES. THESE
ARE HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND HEAVILY
ON THE LW, MIDDLE CLASS UNION
JOBS. TODAY WE HEARD FROM CARB.
WE'D LIKE TO FLAG THAT WE
BELIEVE CARB IMPLEMENTED THE
COMMERCIAL HARBOR CRAFTSY HC
RULE WITHOUT CONSIDERING MARINER
OR VESSEL SAFETY. AS SUCH, WE
RECOMMEND THIS RULE IS REVISITED
TO ENSURE WORKER PROTECTIONS ARE
IMPLEMENTED. WE ASKED FOR CARBON
, THE LEGISLATION, LEGISLATORS
SUPPORT AND ENSURING THIS AS WE
MENTIONED WE ARE LOSING MARKET
SHARE TO THE DIRTIER EAST AND
GULF COAST PORTS. THIS MARKET
SHARE LOSS IS NOT JUST AN
ABSTRACT STATISTICS. THAT LOSS
IN MARKET SHARE. IT MEANS A
DECREASE IN WORK AND OUR MEMBERS
. WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. WE KNOW
OUR MEMBERS ARE FEELING THE
PINCH OF DECREASED CARGO.
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS
SUPPORTIVE OF ACHIEVING EMISSION
REDUCTIONS, BUT WE ASK THAT THIS
IS DONE WITH ENVIRONMENT. UH
WITH THE BALANCE BETWEEN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE, A PORTMANTEAU
OF INVESCO JUSTICE THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND AS
YOU CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS
YOUR WHITE PAPER, I'LL W STANDS
READY AND ABLE TO ASSIST ANY WAY
WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION. UM WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN
ON THIS CONVERSATION. AND FOR
THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING AT OTHER
PLACES WE INVITE YOU TO PLEASE
SUBMIT YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO
MY OFFICE, UM, TO EITHER OFFICE
DISTRICT OFFICE OR EMAIL. UM
PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE TESTIMONIES
TO US. I WANT TO THANK MY PANEL
AND ALL THE PANEL WHO CAME IN
THE EXPERTS WHO CAME AND GAVE US
A LOT OF FRUITFUL THOUGHT A LOT
OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS DATA
AND STATISTICS. IT WAS A VERY
ROBUST CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY
SCHEDULE FROM STOCKTON TO, UM
WHERE YOU FROM? VEGAS FEEL
FORGOT FROM BAKERSFIELD AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. UM AND
WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU WERE
ABLE TO MAKE THIS JOURNEY. A LOT
OF INFORMATION. I HAVE TAKEN A
LOT OF NOTES SO MUCH THAT I'M
WRITING ON BACKUP PAPER JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT I KEEP UP AND
ABSOLUTELY KEPT CAPTURE PEOPLE'S
COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK OUR
SPEAKER ROBERT RIVAS FOR ONE
CONTINUING TO SELECT COMMITTEE.
MOVING FORWARD UNDER HIS
ADMINISTRATION, MOVING AND
KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON PORTS AND
GOODS MOVEMENT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I WANT TO ALSO GIVE
MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS,
SAYING THE WORDS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AGAIN. I WANTED TO CALL
YOUR ATTENTION NOVEMBER THE
SECOND, WE WILL BE IN THE PORTS
OF OAKLAND ON NOVEMBER THE
SECOND. WE'RE WE'LL HAVE OUR
SECOND HEARING. UM AND ALSO IN
BETWEEN, WE WILL BE HAVING TOURS
OF ALL 12 PORTS. AFTER THIS
GERMAN, WE WILL BE TOURING THE
PORTS OF LOS ANGELES. AND SO WE
INVITE MY COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS
TO JOIN US AS WE WALK ACROSS THE
STREET, UM AND ALSO TAKE A TOUR
OF THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND
GATHER INFORMATION AND HERE
FIRSTHAND WHAT'S GOING ON? FOR
ME. IT'S BEEN A LIGHTNING, UM,
CONVERSATION. CERTAINLY THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT ONE. THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AS WELL
AS AN IMPORTANT SELECT COMMITTEE
. IT IS ABSOLUTELY. IMPORTANT TO
ME THAT WE GET IT RIGHT? I DON'T
WANT TO JUST HAVE. SELECT
COMMITTEE AND NOT DO A THING
WITH IT. MY GOLDEN OBJECTIVE IS
TO ONE HALF COLLABORATION. FROM
ALL STAKEHOLDERS. UH UM, SO THAT
WE CAN REACH SOME KIND OF REAL
RESOLUTION, BUT CLARITY, MOVING
FORWARD. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME.
I'VE NEVER BEEN HUNGRY. LET ME
SAY THAT AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER
BEEN HUNGRY. AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE GET IT RIGHT THAT NO ONE
IN CALIFORNIA LACKS ANY MEALS.
OR SUFFER FROM NOT ONLY
HOMELESSNESS BEING ON HOUSED OR
BEING HUNGRY IN THIS STATE WITH
THE FOURTH WORLD ECONOMY. I
BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWERS AND THE
SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE
IN THIS ROOM. BUT IT'S GOING TO
TAKE ALL OF US. WORKING
TOGETHER. NOT IN SILOS. BECAUSE
THAT DOESN'T HELP US MOVE. UM,
TOWARDS REACHING OUR GOAL. OUR
GOVERNOR HAS. LARGE GOALS. OUR
STATE HAS LARGE GOALS IN TERMS
OF DEALING WITH EMISSIONS THAT
EXIST, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WITH
THE TALENT THAT AND THE GIFTS IN
THIS ROOM, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS
SOLUTIONS AND SOLVING OUR
PROBLEMS AND CONTINUE TO BEING
THE BEAT THE LIGHT OF THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING TO CALIFORNIA. AND WE
CAN STILL BE A VERY ROBUST
ECONOMY AND CONTINUE TO GROW
WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
AND THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE
SETTING. AND SO FOR ME, IT'S
DELIGHT TO BE THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE TO HAVE SO MANY. WELL
UM, ARTICULATE INDIVIDUALS WITH
OPEN MINDS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT IN
THEIR OWN SPACE. AND FOR ALL OF
YOU AGAIN, WE WANT AND INVITE
YOU TO BE PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION. SO IF YOU DID NOT
GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE
MICROPHONE TODAY, THEN I AGAIN I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT BECAUSE
WE'RE GONNA TAKE EVERYONE'S, UM
, OPINIONS, COMMENTS, BUT MOST
OF ALL SOLUTIONS TO CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM AND UTILIZING THAT TO
BE PART OF OUR PAPERS SO WE CAN
HAVE A ROADMAP TOWARDS, UH, NOT
ONLY OUR PROSPERITY BUT REACHING
OUR REAL GOALS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS
ABSOLUTELY