A B 2298 ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. UH HART. UH I WANNA
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING
ON THIS BILL WITH ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HART AND WE CERTAINLY
AGREE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENTS IN JUST A FEW FEW
WEEKS OF THE YEAR. TWO YOUNG, UH
AND JUST THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF
THE YEAR, TWO YOUNG WHALES ON
THE EAST COAST WERE REPORTED
WITH INJURIES MATCHING THOSE
CAUSED BY BOAT STRIKES. ONE OF
THOSE CALVES SADLY, WAS FOUND
DEAD ON GEORGIA'S SHORES LAST
MONTH, AND THE OTHER IS NOT
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE
INJURIES FOUND ON THE WALES
UNDERSCORED THE RELENTLESS
CHALLENGE THAT THESE ENDANGERED
SPECIES FACE ACROSS THE GLOBE,
INCREASE SEA TRAFFIC FROM
SHIPPING, INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS
AND RECREATIONAL BOATING. ADD TO
THE COMPLEX MARINE ENVIRONMENT
THAT WHALES MUST NAVIGATE IN
ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SHIP
STRIKES, SHIPPING NOISE CAN
DISRUPT WHALE NAVIGATION,
FEEDING PATTERNS AND SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS. ADDRESSING THE
URGENT ISSUE REQUIRES A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH RESEARCH
POINTS TO A STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT
IMPACTFUL SOLUTION. SLOWING
BOATS DOWN, WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT WE STARTED MANY DECADES AGO
IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AND IN
VENTURA COUNTY, AND NOW ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HEART IS TRYING TO EXPAND
THIS TO, UM UH, THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA. SLOWER SPEEDS AND
CRITICAL MARINE ZONES CAN PLAY A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN PREVENTING BOAT
STRIKES, REDUCING DISRUPTIVE
NOISE THAT HAMPERS WHALE
COMMUNICATION. AND LOWERING
CARBON EMISSIONS ALONG THE COAST
. A B 2298 WILL ESTABLISH THE
CALIFORNIA PROTECTING BLUE
WHALES AND BLUE SKIES, A
STATEWIDE VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED
REDUCTION PROGRAM. THE
LEGISLATION WILL PROVIDE
SHIPPING COMPANIES WITH FORMAL
RECOGNITION AND ENDORSEMENT FROM
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
SLOWING THEIR SPEED TO LESS THAN
10 KNOTS, REDUCING EMISSIONS AND
SAFEGUARDING WHALES. THIS BILL
BUILDS UPON THE SUCCESSES OF THE
VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION
PROGRAM THAT STARTED IN SANTA
BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTIES.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE LOCAL
PROGRAM HAS REDUCED WHALE
STRIKES BY ALMOST 50% AND HAS
CURBED 4400 TONS OF TOXIC
EMISSIONS. A B 2298 WILL EXPAND
THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM TO
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CALIFORNIA COAST. AND SPEAKING
HERE TODAY IS ALAN ABBS,
REPRESENTING THE BAY AREA
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. NAME
IS ALAN ABS. I'M THE LEGISLATIVE
OFFICER FOR THE BAY AREA AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND
UH, WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF THE
AGENDA TODAY WITH THE
CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA PORTION
BEFORE WE GET TO THE SMALLER
ANIMALS. UM AND, UH, ALONG WITH
THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ÁP èC
Dð. WE ARE CO SPONSORS OF A B
2298, THE PROTECTING BLUE WHALES
AND BLUE SKIES ACT, A B 2298
WOULD ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO
EXPAND EXISTING VOLUNTARY VESSEL
SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR
OCEAN GOING CARGO. ALONG THE
ENTIRE CALIFORNIA COAST. I'D
REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY STAFF FOR THEIR
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF THE BILL,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL IDENTIFIED
VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION
AS A DESIRED PROGRAM TO DEVELOP
IN THEIR 2020 TO 2025 STRATEGIC
PLAN. THIS BILL WOULD RECOGNIZE
THE DECADE LONG WORK INITIATED
BY THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND
VENTURA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL DISTRICTS AND CREATE A
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO EXPAND
THE EXISTING VOLUNTARY VS R
PROGRAM TO COVER THE REST OF THE
STATE. THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED
IN 2014, ORIGINALLY IN THE SANTA
BARBARA AND VENTURA AIR
DISTRICTS, EXPANDED TO PORTIONS
OF THE BAY AREA AND HAS RESULTED
IN INCREASED SLOW SPEED TRANSITS
FROM 30% OF SHIPS IN ITS
INCEPTION TO OVER 80% OF CARGO
SHIPS IN 2023. THESE EXISTING
VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS REDUCE AIR
POLLUTION IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES
, REDUCE UNDERWATER NOISE AND
REDUCE THREATS OF SHIP STRIKES
TO SEVERAL SPECIES OF WHALES,
SOME OF WHICH ARE LISTED LISTED
AS ENDANGERED. OUR EXISTING
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN EMBRACED BY
MANY INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
COMPANIES WHO ROUTINELY TOUT
THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND AS THE
ANALYSIS NOTES, EXPANDING THIS
VOLUNTARY PROGRAM TO OTHER PARTS
OF THE COAST AND RECOGNIZING
PARTITION, PARTICIPATION BY
SHIPPING COMPANIES WOULD
INCREASE MARINE MAMMAL AND AIR
QUALITY BENEFITS. A B 2298 IS
SUPPORTED BY COASTAL AIR
DISTRICTS. THE MARINE SANCTUARY
FOUNDATION, THE PACIFIC MERCHANT
SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, OCEAN AND
MAMMAL PROTECTION GROUPS AND
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND
HAS NÓ LISTED OPPOSITION. I'D
LIKE TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBERS,
HEART AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BENNETT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE ON THIS
VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, BRENDAN TIG
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE THE AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS FROM
ALL 35 LOCAL AIR DISTRICTS WERE
IN SUPPORT. MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS,
BALTAZAR CORNEJO, WITH
BROWNSTEIN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY
FOUNDATION, WHICH ADMINISTERS A
LOCAL PROGRAM IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
LITTLE SLUG SLOW TODAY, HUH? WE
GOT OK. GOOD MORNING, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT A 1850 TO
RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE BANANA
SLUG AND TO INCLUDE MY
DISTINGUISHED WITNESSES TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. EXISTING
LAWS ESTABLISHES VARIOUS STATE
SYMBOLS, INCLUDING THE STATE
TARTAN, THE STATE PHIFE AND DRUM
BAND AND THE STATE SOIL. THESE
STATE SYMBOLS ABOUT BRING ABOUT
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
APPRECIATION TO MILLIONS OF
CALIFORNIANS LEARNING ABOUT
THEIR STATE, AS WELL AS TO
VISITORS WHO LEARN ABOUT OUR
STATE SYMBOLS AND EDUCATIONAL
SPACES LIKE MUSEUMS AND OUR VERY
OWN STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. FUN
FACT BANANA SLUGS HAVE MORE
TEETH THAN A SHARK. CAN YOU
IMAGINE? THEY HAVE 27,000 TEETH
ON THEIR LONG, TOOTH COVERED
TONGUE. TODAY THERE IS NÓ STATE
SLUG AND TO BOOST APPRECIATION
OF THIS ICONIC SPECIMEN, A B
1850, WHICH WAS NUMBERED AFTER
THE YEAR, CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY
BECAME A STATE RECOGNIZES THE
BANANA SLUG AS CALIFORNIANS.
OFFICIAL STATE. SLUG. WITH ME TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. I HAVE TWO
DISTINGUISHED BANANA SLUG
ENTHUSIASTS. ADDISON WHO'S IN
FIFTH GRADE, AND ESTELLE, WHO IS
IN FIRST GRADE. SO WE'LL START.
GO AHEAD WITH ADDISON. THANK YOU
, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS ADDISON. I'M HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE YOUNG BANANA. SLUG FAN IN
CALIFORNIA AND MY FIFTH GRADE
SCHOOL CAMP WAS THE FIRST TIME I
SAW A YOUNG GNA SLEPT AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME. I WANT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT WHEN I
GOT HOME, AS YOU MAY KNOW, OUR
GREAT STATE IS AMAZING BECAUSE
OF THE NUMBER OF PLANTS AND
ANIMAL SPECIES THAT ARE UNIQUE
TO THIS DAY. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT
THE CALIFORNIA POPPIES ARE STATE
FLOWER, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO
LEARN ABOUT THE BANANA SLUG
BANANA SLUGS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE
OF SPECIES THAT DISPLAYS THE
RAPID EVOLUTION THAT HAS MADE
CALIFORNIA EXTREMELY
BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BANANA
SLUGS ARE LAND BASED GASTROPOD
MOLIS SO CONTRARY TO POPULAR
BELIEVE BANANA SLUGS ARE ARE NOT
BOOKS BANANA SLUG CONTRIBUTE TO
THE HEALTH OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT
BY CLEANING UP THE FOREST BY
SPREADING SEEDS AND SPORT ACTING
AS POLLINATORS LIKE BEES. EAT
AND EATING POISON OAK AND DEATH.
ANGEL MUSHROOMS. BANANA SLUGS
ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COAST
REDWOOD AND HELPED THESE TREES
GROW BY EATING THE PLANT. WHICH
WOULD BATTLE WITH THE SEEDS
LEANS FOR SUNLIGHT, WATER AND
NUTRIENTS. BECAUSE OF A B 1850.
I HAVE LEARNED ALL THIS
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BANANA
SLUG. AND I WAS RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR EYE VOTE TO PROMOTE
MORE PEOPLE ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT
THE BANANA SLIP. VERY WELL DONE.
MADAM CHAIRS AND MEMBERS HØI. MY
NAME IS ESTELLE. I AM SIX YEARS
OLD FROM A MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUNG
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF A B.
1850 A BILL TO MAKE THE BENAS
LOOK THE OFFICIAL STATE. THERE
ARE MANY TYPES OF SLUG IN CAT
SLUGS IN CALIFORNIA, 17 TO BE
EXACT, BUT ONLY THE BANANA SLUG
LOOKS LIKE A BANANA, AND SOME
EVEN HAVE BROWN SPOTS TO LOOK.
LIKE REAL OLD BANANA BANANA
SLUGS LIVE IN THE REDWOOD FOREST
AND TRAVEL SLOWLY ACROSS THE
FOREST TO EIGHT SMALL PIECES OF
DEAD PLANT AND ANIMALS. THEY ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR PLANET
BECAUSE THEY HELP BREAK DOWN
WASTE IN THE FOREST. ALTHOUGH
THERE ARE SIX SPECIES OF BANANA
SLUGS ONLY ONE KIND THE PACIFIC
BANANAS LOOK, IT'S FOUND OUTSIDE
CALIFORNIA. THIS MAKES THE LOOK
RE A GREAT SYMBOL TO REPRESENT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ALSO,
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA CRUZ HAS BEEN A BANANA
SLUG AS ITS MASS GUT. AND HIS
NAME IS SAMMY THE SLUG. NOW I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHOW A
DRAWING THAT I MADE. TO THE.
BANANA SLIP RIGHT HERE. CAN SHE
SHOW THAT?
ONE VOTE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA
PAUSE JUST FOR A MOMENT TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. HAPPEN.
HERE P IN HERE. MATHIS MATHIS
HERE AT US AT US HERE, ALAN.
ALVAREZ BENNETT. BENNETT HERE.
BONTA BONTA HERE, GALLAGHER
GALLAGHER HERE. DAVIES DAVIES
HERE, GARCIA. ART. REVS.
SCHIAVO. PHILIP PUDO. WEBER.
WEBER HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A
QUORUM. WE HAVE OUR TWO
WITNESSES WHO'VE SPOKEN. DO WE
HAVE ANY OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM?
I DON'T SEE ANY SO WE'LL GO TO
PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SUPPORTS.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
ABIGAIL SM ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION, AND WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. SEE NÓ. OTHERS
WILL GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
ANY COMMENT. FROM. DAY. VERY,
VERY WELL. MR GALLAGHER. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR ELLA ADDISON.
GREAT JOB. UH STELLAR TESTIMONY.
UH, SO UH, FIRST GRADE AND FIFTH
GRADE. OK WELL, THIS IS THE NEXT
GENERATION, UH OF LEADERS HERE,
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS
HERE THIS MORNING. UH AND IF
THERE'S GOING TO BE A STATE
SLUG, I WOULD SAY IT HAS TO BE
THE BANANA SLUG I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE THIS
MORNING BASED ON THE COMPELLING
TESTIMONY THAT I HEARD THANK
YOU. ALRIGHT. M WEBER. GOOD
MORNING. I WANT TO ECHO YOU BOTH
DID AN AMAZING JOB. DO YOU HAVE
A QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR? UM IS
THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY
YOU'RE DOING THE ENTIRE GENUS OF
SLUG INSTEAD OF THE SPECIFIC
BANANA SLUG. UH, WE JUST DECIDED
THAT THE WE WANTED TO GIVE THE
BANANA SLUG THE RECOGNITION IT
DESERVES. AND UH AND WE FELT
THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT CATEGORY
FOR THIS AND SO WE WENT WITH THE
SLUG. SO IS THERE NOT A SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUAL SPECIES OF THE BANANA
SLUG WITHIN THE GENUS THERE'S
HOW MANY DIFFERENT FLIGHTS DID
YOU SAY? WE HAVE? YEAH. SO THIS
IS ONE. THIS IS A SLUG THAT'S
FOUND PRIMARILY IN CALIFORNIA.
AND IT IS, UM SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR ECOLOGICAL
SYSTEM IN THE REDWOODS AND KNOWN
TO BE FOUND THROUGHOUT OUR
COASTAL REGION, AND UM SO WE
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT AS A SLUG
RIGHT, NÓ. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT AS WAS POINTED OUT IN THE
ANALYSIS, THIS IS DOING THE
ENTIRE GENUS OF THE SLUG. WHEN A
LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE DO THESE,
UM STATE SYMBOLS. IT'S FOR THE
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL SPECIES
WITHIN THE GENUS, RIGHT SO WE
JUST DECIDED TO NARROW IT DOWN
TO THE SLUG. I THINK TO BROADEN
IT OUT TO BROADEN IT. I THINK WE
HEARD FROM OUR, UH, WITNESS THAT
THERE IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF SLUG
THE PACIFIC COAST SLUG THAT IS
ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. A BANANA SLUG. SO
THE OTHER FIVE IN THE GENUS ARE
ACTUALLY ONLY UH, NATIVE TO
CALIFORNIA. IF THAT HELPS. ALL
RIGHT. WELL WE'VE GOTTEN
TECHNICAL HERE. I GOT TECHNICAL.
YES. THANK YOU FOR SLUGGING IT
OUT. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO CLOSE
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BILL
HAS ALREADY ACTED AS A POWERFUL
VEHICLE TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
DURING A TOUGH BUDGET SITUATION
AND WITH PERMISSION FROM THE
CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME
OTHER ARTWORK WE HAD SUBMITTED.
WE DID AN ART CONTEST. SO THIS
WAS OUR WINNER. THIS BANANA SLUG
HERE VERY NICELY DONE, AND WE
HAD SOME SUBMITTED BY YOUNGER
ARTISTS AS WELL. THAT ONE SAYS
YUMMY. COOL AND THIS ONE REALLY
BRINGS OUT THE BANANA THEME. AND
WE HAVE THIS ONE THAT ALSO
FEATURES OUR STATE FLOWER. AND
THIS ONE IS DIGITALLY CREATED,
WHICH IS QUITE FASCINATING AS
WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE
THAT'S SLAY THE DAY WHICH I WISH
FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE AND I WANT
TO THANK MY WITNESSES FOR BEING
HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY. THANK YOU
, SECRETARY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A
FIRST AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. HAPPEN. MATHIS MATHIS.
I ADDIS ADDIS, I ALANIS ALVAREZ
BENNETT BENNETT, I BONTA BONTA.
I GALLAGHER GALLAGHER. I DAVIES
DAVIES. I GARCIA. HEART. LUCE
RIVAS. THIS. RIVAS AVO SHIAVO, A
VIP. WEBER. WE? I ALL RIGHT.
YOUR BILL IS OUT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY I BELIEVE WE HAD A
MOTION IN A SECOND ON ITEM.
THREE A B 2298, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THAT? HAPPEN.
MATHIS MATHIS. I AIS AIS I
ALANIS. ALVAREZ. BENNETT BENNETT
IY BONTA. B. I GALLAGHER
GALLAGHER. I DAVIES DAVIES. I
GARCIA. HEART. LUCE RIVAS, LUCE
RIVAS AVO SHIAVO I, VUDU WEBER.
EVER. I MISTER BENNETT. YOU MAY
LET MISTER HART KNOW HIS BILL IS
OUT. AND THEN DO WE HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND JURY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. A B 1797
WOOD MOTION IS DUE PASS. MATHIS
MATHIS. I ADDIS ADDIS, I ALANIS
ALVAREZ BENNETT BENNETT, I BONTA
BONTA. I GALLAGHER GALLAGHER I
DAVIES DAVIES I GARCIA. HEART.
LUCE RIVAS, LUCE RIVAS AVO
SHIAVO, I VUDU. WEBER WEBER. I
ALL RIGHT, SEND CALENDARS OUT.
MISS DIXON, ARE YOU READY? YOU
MAY PROCEED. YEAH. THIS TIME.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, ALL
MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES AND
CHAIR. IS THE CHAIR. NOT HERE.
SHE HAD A ST UH MANY MEMBERS ARE
PRESENTING IN IN AND OUT TODAY,
SO OK, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE
MY GUEST SUPERVISOR KATRINA
FOLEY. ORANGE COUNTY. UH A B.
UH, FIF 25 04. I'M HERE TO
PRESENT A B 25 Ó FOUR. A B 25
04 WILL RECOGNIZE THE BLACK
ABALONE AS THE OFFICIAL STATE
SEASHELL OF CALIFORNIA,
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO A
BEAUTIFUL, VAST COASTLINE AND A
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT. IT IS
VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
PRESERVATION OF OUR ECOSYSTEM
THAT WE RECOGNIZE KEY FEATURES
THAT MAKE CALIFORNIA SO SPECIAL.
THE BLACK ABALONE IS UNIQUE TO
THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL ZONES OF
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO. THE SHELL
OF THE BLACK ABALONE HAS GREAT
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND WAS
USED BY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES
FOR FOOD, TRADE, JEWELRY AND
CEREMONY REGALIA IN THE 19
EIGHTIES, THE SHOW WAS ALMOST
COMPLETELY ELIMINATED FROM OUR
SHORES BY WITHERING FOOT
SYNDROME IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AFTER AN EL NINO EVENT. SINCE
THEN, THE BLACK ABALONE HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED AN ENDANGER SPECIES.
TODAY I HAVE WITH ME ORANGE
COUNTY SUPERVISOR KATRINA FOLEY
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 2504.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY WOMAN. THANK
YOU. TEAM MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A B 25 04,
WHICH RECOGNIZES CALIFORNIA'S
COASTAL BIODIVERSITY AND HISTORY
. I AM KATRINA FOLEY COUNTY
SUPERVISOR REPRESENTING THE
FIFTH DISTRICT, WHICH STRETCHES
31 MILES ALONG THE COAST FROM
COSTA MESA ALL THE WAY TO SAN
CLEMENTE AND, UM, AS INDICATED
THERE ARE, UH THERE HAS BEEN A
CHALLENGE TO THE ABALONE SHELL.
AND THE ABALONE SPECIES, AND IT
HAS BEEN PUT ON THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES LIST. BUT WHAT PEOPLE
DON'T OFTEN KNOW IS THAT IT'S A
HIGHLY EVOLVED SPECIES THAT IS
USED IN SCIENCE TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND RESILIENCY. AND I
HAPPEN TO HAVE A BROTHER IN LAW
WHO STUDIES ABALONE. AND SO I
KNOW THIS, UH, PERSONALLY AND
THIS ABALONE IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO US UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BE
RESILIENT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN
1983 99. OF BLACK ABALONE IN THE
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
WERE WIPED OUT BY THE DISEASE,
WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE BACTERIA
REFERENCED BY THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AND THE EXTREME
VULNERABILITY OF THE SPECIES LED
TO ITS DESIGNATION AS ENDANGERED
UNDER THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT IN 2009, NOW IN OUR
PRESENT TIME OF RAPIDLY SHIFTING
CLIMATE AND ADDITIONAL THREAT
FACES THE BLACK ABALONE DEBRIS
THAT FLOWS ORIGINATING FROM
HEAVY RAIN FOLLOWING THE
WILDFIRES HAS BURIED HER TITLE
HABITATS AND INUNDATED THEM WHEN
TOXINS AND OTHER FOREIGN
MATERIALS THE 2020 DOLAN FIRE
AND BIG SUR WAS FOLLOWED BY
LANDSLIDES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED ONE OF THE STRONGEST
REMAINING POPULATIONS OF BLACK
ABALONE. SO AS I MENTIONED MY
DISTRICT RUNS 31 MILES ALONG THE
COAST, WE HAVE MANY, MANY TIDE
POOLS, AND WE ALSO HAVE LAGUNA
BEACH AND A SEVERE WILDFIRE ZONE
IN OUR DISTRICT. THIS REGION HAS
EXPERIENCED WILDFIRES,
SUBSEQUENT LANDSLIDES. FREQUENCY
TO THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
A B 25 Ó FOUR, PRESENTS A
CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLACK ABALONES
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, ADDRESS
ITS CURRENT PLIGHT AND PROVIDE A
PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, POACHING
PREVENTION AND RECOVERY EFFORTS
AS SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO STUDY
THIS IMPORTANT SPECIES, WE KNOW
MORE ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR IT TO
SURVIVE DRAMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES, WHICH PROVIDE A MODEL
FOR RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, SO WE HOPE THAT
YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A B 25
04 AND PRESERVE OUR ICONIC
CALIFORNIA SPECIES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE NÓ OPPOSITION ON
FILE SO WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. NOT QUITE AS, UH, NOT
QUITE AS PERSUASIVE AS THE
LITTLE GIRLS WHO PRESENTED
BEFORE ME, BUT I DID MY BEST
SUPERVISOR. ALL RIGHT. SEE NÓ
PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. YOU
GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL. OH,
SORRY, MISS DIXON, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? I WOULD LIKE TO
YOUR APPRECIATION. THANK YOU
MEMBERS I WOULD APPRECIATE AND I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A B
25 04 MOTION IS DUE PASS HAPPEN.
MATHIS MATHIS. I AIS AIS I
ALANIS ALVAREZ. BENNETT BENNETT,
I BONTA BONTA. I GALLAGHER
GALLAGHER, I DAVIES DAVIES, I
GARCIA. HEART. RIVAS RIVAS. IVO
SHIAVO, I VUDU WEBER. WEBER I
THANK YOU IS OUT. AND, UH, I'LL
HOLD THE ROLL FOR OUR CHAIRWOMAN
AND ANY OTHERS YOU NEED TO ADD
ON AND WE ARE DONE. THAT WAS THE
CONSENT. WOODS WAS CONSENT. OK?
YOU HAVE P IN ON ON THE HART
BILL. COLOR IN I'M SORRY. THAT'S
SHIAVO. YES. YEAH, I THINK,
YEAH. YOU WERE HERE. THANK YOU.
LOOSE REEFS. LOSE. YOU'RE GOOD
AS WELL. I'M OK?
YEAH. VERY.
YEAH. WE WERE NOT, BUT YEAH, I
GUESS.
FINISH.
I'VE BEEN MAKING. ACTUALLY.
SO I WAS TALKING I WOULDN'T BE
TALKING THIS FOR HE WAS JUST.
POSITION.
SECRETARY WE CALL THE ROLL.
MISTER AND. A B 1797, MO. IT'S
ON CONSENT MOTION IS DO PASS
ALANIS. ALANIS I. ALVAREZ
GARCIA. PART VUDU. UH E A NUMBER
TWO. A B 1850. A MOTION IS DUE
PASS. ALANIS ALANIS I. ALVAREZ
GARCIA HART VUDU. UM ITEM NUMBER
THREE. UM A B 2298 DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO NATURAL RESOURCES
PIN. ALANIS ALANIS I. ALVAREZ
GARCIA, HAR VÀ. AND UM, A B 25
04 MOTION IS TO PASS PIN ALANIS
ALANIS I ALVAREZ GARCIA HART
FILIPA. YOU STILL PRESENTING IN
PUBLIC? COME BACK. SERGEANT. DO
WE KNOW ABOUT YES. RIGHT? FACT.
HE RIGHT?
WE'VE GOT 10 MINUTES.
LET LET THEM KNOW THEY GOT FIVE
MINUTES.
ALVAREZ.
IT. NOW. UM ONLY FOR YEAH. YEAH.
I THROUGH YEAH. AND THAT WAS AN
ACTUAL.
YEAH. MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S
LIKE THE SMELL OF THE POPCORN.
FOR THE NEW BUDGET. AND I WAS
LIKE. RIGHT? IT. ON THAT.
KIND OF THAT I.
GARCIA.
THE SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL FOR MESS, P. THERE'S WE
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE
YOUR P. WE'RE MISSING ALVARE.
OFFICER. HELLO, CHECK. CHECK.
CHECK. THAT'S WAY BETTER. HERE.
SOME OF THEM ARE AROUND US.
EXCELLENT. YEAH. OK, ITEM NUMBER
ONE A B 1797 CONSENT CALENDAR.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS PIN PIN.
I ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, I GARCIA
HARTE VUDU. ITEM NUMBER TWO A B
1850. A MOTION IS DUE PASS PIN
PIN. I ALVAREZ. ITEM NUMBER 2
1838. NÓ. THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT
AGENTA. NUMBER TWO IS, UM 1850
MISS HELLER IN COLOR AND BANANA
SLICE. UNLESS YOU DON'T LIKE.
CRABS OR BANANA SLUGS. ALVAREZ.
YOU DON'T LIKE THE GENUS AND I
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