SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
COMMITTEES.
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON
IMPLEMENTING.
OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE ADAPTATION
POLICY SOME. BOB I. CAO SCALE BE
CHEERING TODAY'S COMMITTEE I AM
AND I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY
TO THE.
BUT IT THIS HEARING ON THE
CALIFORNIA'S EFFORTS. ON CLIMATE
ADAPTATION OF WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S AN EVER GROWING BODY OF
SCIENTIFIC.
A RESEARCH THAT THE CLIMATE IS
WARMING IN THAT IT'S CHANGE THAT
IS CHANGING CLIMB IS HAVING A
SERIOUS IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA.
I'M ALREADY WE'VE. SEEN RISING
SEA LEVELS AN INCREASE IN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THE MICHELLE
PACKED AND LIST GOES ON.
AND NOW THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
THE FREQUENCIES OF THESE EXTREME
EVENTS SUCH THE HEAT WAVES OR
WILDFIRES FLOODS. AND DROUGHTS
IS ALSO ARE INCREASING.
THESE EVENTS WILL HAVE A RANGE
OF PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES ON
CALIFORNIA'S AIR QUALITY
CALIFORNIA'S WATER QUALITY
QUALITY AND CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
HEALTH.
IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE I
CAN BE FOUND CALIFORNIA'S RECENT
FIVE YEAR DROUGHT. THE NATURE OF
WHICH
WAS LIKELY WORSEN DUE TO THE
RECORD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
STATE WITH SEVERE JOB LOSSES AND
AN ESTIMATED TWO POINT SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS PRICE TAG FOR
TOTAL ECONOMIC LOSS.
THE CURRENT IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE ARE ALSO IN A ALSO
INCLUDE INCREASES IN THE
SEVERITY OF WILDFIRES WITH TEN.
OF THOSE STATES.
WITH SEVEN OF TENS LARGEST THE
STATE'S TEN LARGEST MODERN Y. OF
WILD FLOWERS. FIRES OCCURRING IN
THE LAST FOURTEEN YEARS.
REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS ARE CRITICAL TO THE
ONGOING EFFORT AGAINST CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN A LEADER ON
CLIMATE MITIGATION AND WE ARE
WORKING THIS COMMITTEES WORKING
TOWARDS IT ALSO BEING A LEADER
IN ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCY.
IN ADDITION TO THE NEED FOR
CONTINUING MITIGATION MEASURES
COMPREHENSIVE ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCY POLICIES MUST BE
INCORPORATED.
THE STATE'S OVERALL CLIMATE
STRATEGY O BETTER PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITIES FROM THE UNAVOIDABLE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WILL
BEGIN TODAY WITH AN OVERVIEW OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDICATORS
AND CALIFORNIA'S ENVIRONMENT AND
THEN GO ON TO EXAMINE HELD
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING HIS
INFORMING STAKEHOLDER RELEVANT
OUTCOMES AND FUTURE ADAPTATION
ACTIONS.
WILL THEN HEAR FROM STATE
AGENCIES AND OFFICES WORKING ON
CLIENT CLIMATE ADAPTATION WITH A
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE RECENTLY
RELEASED UPDATE. OF THE
ADAPTATION CLEARINGHOUSE TO WRAP
UP WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE ALLIANCE OF REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE'S FOR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION SPEAK ABOUT REGIONAL
AND LOCAL A. PENETRATION EFFORTS
I'M HOPEFUL A THAT THIS HEARING
WILL PROVIDE US WITH A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT
STATE OF ADAPTATION PLANNING.
AND IMPLEMENTATION THROUGHOUT
THE STATE AND HELP INFORM
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS I HAVE ON
HOW THE STATE.
REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
IN THE ORGANIZATIONS CAN
EFFECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER.
IMPROVED OUR SEATS.
AB ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO THE
CHANGING CLIMATE.
WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL
OF YOU FOR JOINING US AND INVITE
THE MEMBERS OF OUR OF THE.
THE COMMITTEE WHO I SEE NONE TO
HAVE A REMARK SO LET'S JUST GO
TO OUR FIRST PANEL OF LIKE TO
CALL A DOCTOR.
SEYSS.
ZEISS WHOSE DIRECTOR OF A WE HA.
ARM AND DR ANDREW JONES IS STILL
A PROGRAM LEAD AT THE LAWRENCE
LIVERMORE LAB I BELIEVE WE ALSO
HAVE A. A CARMEN MILAN ES FROM
UP WE HAVE.
GOOD MORNING.
AND WELCOME AS SENATOR HILL.
GOOD MORNING AND IT'S A PLEASURE
TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. A WITH
ME IS OF CARMEN ALANIS WHO'S
LEADING OUR.
WORK COMPILING CHIU CLIMATE
CHANGE INDICATORS FOR THE STATE.
AND CENTER WHITE CASKET YOU MADE
A A NUMBER OF POINTS THAT I'M
GOING TO MAKE SO I'LL.
TRY TO SHORTEN THEM IN WHAT
WE'RE DOING IS KIND OF
PRESENTING INFORMATION FROM A
FORTHCOMING REPORT.
A IN.
EAT YOU AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT
CALIFORNIA WAS ONE OF THE OF
THE-FIRST STATES TO
SPECIFICALLY.
LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS
HAVING ON THE STATE OVER TIME.
AND.
WE PUBLISHED REPORTS A WE HA
WHICH IS THE OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD
ASSESSMENT.
PUBLISHED REPORTS IN TWO
THOUSAND NINE AND TWO THOUSAND
THIRTEEN.
SO ARE FORTHCOMING TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN REPORT IS IN THE FINAL
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH A WE IS
PREVIOUS REPORTS.
A THAT SHOWS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
IS OCCURRING IN CALIFORNIA AND
IS CONSISTENT WITH GLOBAL
TRENDS.
OF THE INFORMATION THESE REPORTS
CONTAIN UNDERSCORES.
THE URGENCY OF CONTINUED
STRATEGIC ACTION BY STATE. AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE SU
MITIGATION ADAPTATION
RESEARCHING JOINT ACTION.
UP WHILE MANY OF THE REPORTS OF
THAT WE SEE PRESENT.
OF FUTURE SCENARIOS ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE IN PROJECTIONS
ARE REPORT. A IS RETROSPECTIVE
IT LOOKS BACK OVER TIME.
I AT OBSERVATIONS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND WE IN THIS WORK WE
COLLABORATE WITH.
SCIENTISTS FROM ACADEMIA THE
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
TO ENCAPSULATE THE RESEARCH AND
THE MONITORING EFFORTS THAT ARE
ON GOING INTO INDICATORS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THE REAP A. TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN REPORT THE FORTHCOMING
REPORT HAS THIRTY SIX SUCH
INDICATORS AND WE GROUP THEM IN
FOUR TO FOUR DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES THE FIRST CATEGORY IS
CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVERS.
SUCH AS GREENHOUSE GASES AND
MEASURED LEVELS OF CARBON
DIOXIDE. THE SECOND GROUPING IS
HEAT WAVES AND DROUGHT.
CLIMATE CHANGE IN OTHER
INDICATORS ARE INDICATIVE OF
CHANGES IN CLIMATE.
THE THIRD CATEGORY IS IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ON PHYSICAL
SYSTEMS SUCH AS
SEA LEVEL RISE AT LOCATIONS ON
THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
AND RETREATING GLACIERS IN THE
SIERRAS AND THE FOURTH CATEGORY
IS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS HUMAN AND.
HUMAN VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE.
SO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF OUR
RECENT FINDINGS AND ALL TRY TO
CONDENSE A BIT BECAUSE I THINK
THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RAISED A
NUMBER OF THEM. THAT ARE ALREADY
THAT ARE IN THE REPORT. ON THE
POSITIVE SIDE CALIFORNIA'S
ACTIONS ARE REDUCING GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA THEY'VE
BEEN GOING DOWN.
ALSO.
AIR CONCENTRATIONS OF BLACK
CARBON A POWERFUL WARMING AGENT.
HAVE DECLINED MORE THAN NINETY
PERCENT OVER THE PAST FIFTY
YEARS.
CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
IN THE ATMOSPHERE HOWEVER.
A MEASURED IN CALIFORNIA HAVE
CONTINUED TO INCREASE TO
CONCERNING LEVELS.
THE MEASUREMENTS ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THOSE AT MONO LOWER HAWAII
WHERE THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN.
OTHER INDICATORS ALSO DOCUMENT
THE CONTINUATION IN SOME CASES
ACCELERATION OF TRANS.
WARMING AIR TEMPERATURES
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
INCREASING FREQUENCY OF EXTREME
HEAT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
ESPECIALLY NIGHTTIME HEAT WAVES.
DECREASING SRING SNOWMELT FROM
THE SEARS.
WARMING OCEAN TEMPERATURES IN
RISING SEA LEVELS ALONG THE
CALIFORNIA COAST.
AND THEN I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT
SOME. ADDITIONAL FINDINGS WITH
RESPECT TO DROUGHT THAT YOU'VE
MENTIONED SINCE. EIGHTEEN NINETY
FIVE WHEN THE INSTRUMENTAL
RECORDS BEGAN CALIFORNIA'S
BECOMING DRYER.
AS SHOWN BY THE UNIVERSALLY USED
PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX.
THE RECENT DROUGHT FROM TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE TO TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN WAS THE MOST EXTREME.
OCCURRING DURING RECORD WARM
YEARS IN CONSECUTIVE DRY YEARS.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED SMALL WATER
SYSTEMS.
BASS SHORTAGES BY LATE TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN MORE THAN. TWO
THOUSAND DOMESTIC WELLS WENT DRY
PARTICULARLY IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY IN SIERRA NEVADA
FOOTHILLS.
DURING THIS TIME GROUND WATER
LEVELS DECREASED BY AT LEAST TEN
FEET IN MORE THAN FORTY PERCENT
OF MONITOR WELLS IN THE STATE.
JUST AS THE RELIANCE ON
GROUNDWATER INCREASED.
MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED. THOUSAND
IRRIGATED ACRES WERE LEFT
UNCULTIVATED IN TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN.
HYDRO ELECTRIC GENERATION
DROPPED BY HALF.
THE STRESSES FROM.
THE DROUGHTS HOT DRY CONDITIONS
LEFT THE STATE'S VEGETATION
VULNERABLE TO INFESTATIONS AND
WILDFIRES.
THESE EFFECTS ARE REFLECTED IN
THE INDICATORS THAT TRACK
IMPACTS ON VEGETATION.
WITH RESPECT TO WILDFIRES AS YOU
NOTED.
A WE'VE SEEN INCREASING NUMBER
OF ACRES BURNED EACH YEAR.
IN THIS IS BEEN INCREASING
SINCE THE NINETEEN FIFTIES
THE FIVE A LOT LARGEST WILDFIRE
YEARS OCCURRED SINCE TWO
THOUSAND SIX PRELIMINARY DATA
SUGGEST THAT. THE WILDFIRES LAST
YEAR BURN THE SECOND HIGHEST
TOTAL ACREAGE ON RECORD.
IN ADDITION TO THAT TOLL ON
HUMANS MORE FREQUENT EXPANSIVE
AND SEVERE FIRES CAN DISRUPT
WATERSHED INTEGRITY AND SEVERELY
AFFECT THE ECOSYSTEM.
CARBON STORED IN FOREST.
IT'S LOST ITS RELEASED AS CARBON
DIOXIDE IN BLACK CARBON INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
WILDFIRE SMOKE POSES A THREAT
TO HUMAN HEALTH.
THE OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN WILDFIRES IN CINEMA
NAPA COUNTIES WHERE THE
DEADLIEST MOST DESTRUCTIVE IN
THE STATE'S HISTORY. THE THOMAS
FIRE THAT SWEPT THROUGH VENTURA
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES IN
DECEMBER IS THE LARGEST EVER
RECORDED IN THE STATE. DESPITE
THE FACT THAT OCCURRED WELL
OUTSIDE WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY
CONSIDERED THE STATE'S FIRE
SEASON.
WITH RESPECT TO CHANGES IN
VEGETATION THERE'S BEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN TREE
MORTALITY MOST RECENTLY WITH AN
ESTIMATED A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
NINE MILLION TREES DYING.
BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE IN
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
CALIFORNIA'S FORCE HAVE CHANGED
OVER THE PAST EIGHTY YEARS THE
LOWER EDGE OF THE PONDEROSA PINE
FORESTS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA HAS
MOVED UPSLOPE.
ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPANSION OF
BROADLEAF DOMINATED AREAS.
THERE ARE MORE SMALL TREES AND
FEWER LARGE TREES MORE OAKS AND
FEWER PINES.
THESE CHANGES ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH PLANTS STRESS STEMMING FROM
WARMER TEMPERATURES. AND LESS
MOISTURE.
IN ADDITION TO THE UPWARD
MOVEMENT OF THE PONDEROSA PINE
SEVERAL INDICATORS SHOWED
EVIDENCE OF THE MOVEMENT OF
ANIMAL SPECIES.
FOR EXAMPLE SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT
OR MORE OF THE SMALL MAMMAL AND
BIRD SPECIES SURVEYED IN THE
SIERRA NEVADA. REGION HAVE
SHIFTED OVER THE PAST CENTURY.
THE THREAT POSED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE TO HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL
BEING AS A WIDELY RECOGNIZED
CONCERN. WE HAVE AN INDICATOR
FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND
DEATHS BASED ON HOSPITALIZATIONS
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. AND
CORONER'S REPORTS.
HOWEVER BECAUSE HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES AND DEATHS ARE OFTEN
UNRECOGNIZED THESE APPROACHES
DON'T CAPTURE. ALL OF THE
ILLNESSES AND DEATHS RELATED TO
HEAT.
SO IN CLOSING MANY OF THE
INDICATORS IN OUR EARLIER
REPORTS REAL EVIDENCE OF THE
ALREADY DISCERNIBLE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE.
THE YEARS SINCE THE RELEASE OF
THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN
REPORTS ON NOTABLE CLIMATE
RELATED EVENTS.
THE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD THE
DRIEST CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR
PERIOD RECORD LOW SMALL.
SNOWPACK.
UNPRECEDENTED SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURES AND THE LARGEST AND
MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES ON
RECORD IN THE STATE.
AS NOTED EARLIER THE CALIFORNIA
INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN
THE FORTHCOMING REPORT. ARE ALSO
CONSISTENT WITH EVIDENCE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE IN ITS IMPACTS
OBSERVE GLOBALLY. THESE
INDICATORS MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
IN CALIFORNIA AND DISRUPTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A PRETTY DIRE PICTURE
TO YOU PLAY PAINT.
IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS IN THERE
OR IS THERE ANY INDICATORS THAT
WE YOU KNOW. WE SHOULD BE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT.
I THINK UP YOU KNOW ONE OF THE
INDICATORS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT
THAT WE CAN BE VERY UP TO.
IT IS THAT CALIFORNIA'S MAKING
GREAT STRIDES
IN REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
AND ALSO THAT BLACK CARBON WHICH
IS RELEASED FROM DIESEL IS GOING
DOWN DESPITE MANY MORE.
MILES TRAVELED BY DIESEL TRUCKS
IN THE STATE IT'S.
DECREASE BY NINETY PERCENT.
OVER THE LAST FIFTY YEARS THAT'S
VERY GOOD NEWS.
BUT TO JONES.
OKAY GREAT SO FAR. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT AND I THANK YOU TO THE
COMMITTEE AND TO VOTE THIS
ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR ONGOING
SUPPORT OF OF SCIENCE.
SO I'M A RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB I'M IN THE
CLIMATE ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES
DIVISION WHERE I LEAD OR ITS
THIS.
SOCIETY PROGRAM AND THAT'S A
PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO LEVERAGE
THE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE THAT
WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
SYSTEMS. TO INFORM DECISION
RELEVANT PROBLEMS.
AS PART OF THAT AMOUNT SO
LEADING WHAT WE CALL A RESILIENT
SYSTEMS GRAND CHALLENGE WHICH IS
PART O OUR STE KIND OF
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR FUTURE
DIRECTIONS.
TO TAKE OUR SCIENCE.
SOME COULDN'T SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT.
HOW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CAN
CONTRIBUTE UP TO THE PROBLEM OF
ADAPTATION RESILIENCE IN
CALIFORNIA?
I WANTED TO START BY WITH A
VERY LARGE PICTURE. VIEW.
THROUGH HUMAN CIVILIZATION HAS
EVOLVED OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME
KNOWN AS THE HOLLIS IAN WHICH
HAS BEEN A REMARKABLY STABLE.
PERIOD OF TIME AND IN THE
CLIMATE.
WE ARE NOW. LIVING IN WHAT WE
CALL THE ADVOCACY IN WHICH IS A
PERIOD OF TIME THAT'S MARKED BY
HUMAN INFLUECES ON THE
ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHILE IN THE PAST WE'VE
ALWAYS EXPERIENCED FLOWER FLOODS
AND DROUGHTS.
AND WILDFIRES AN EXTREME EVENTS
THOSE EVENTS HAVE HOVERED AROUND
SOME MEAN AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
YOU KNOW. HAVE SOME
UNDERSTANDING OF. WHAT THE
ENVELOPE OF THE EXTREMES LOOKS
LIKE?
AND SO NOWWE'RE IN A PERIOD OF
TIME WHEN THE UNDERLYING SYSTEM.
IS CHANGING AND FOR MULTIPLE
VARIAS VARIABLES IN THE
ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND THAT
REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
IN HOW WE.
NEED TO THINK ABOUT. PLANNING
BUILDING PIECES OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL LAST
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE.
.
SO.
SAID THAT SAID THERE'S A LOT
THAT WE CAN DO WITH SCIENCE TO
TRY TO INFORM THIS PROBLEM.
THERE'S FOUR THEMES THAT I
WANTED TO MENTION.
.
US I GUESS I'LL SAY WHAT THOSE
THEMES ARE.
AND THEN AND THEN DIVE INTO
THEM SO.
.
THE THEMES ARE EARTH SYSTEMS IN
MODELING OR SYSTEMS MODELING AT
DECISION RELEVANT SCALES.
TAKING THINGS TO THE SKILLS THAT
MATTER FOR DECISION MAKERS.
UNDERSTANDING THE USABILITY OF
CLIMATE INFORMATION.
.
AND THEN THIS IDEA OF COUPLED
HUMAN AND NATURAL PROCESSES ARE
NOT JUST UNDERSTANDING HOW THE
ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING.
UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR HUMAN
SYSTEMS FUNCTION WITHIN THAT
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY THE IDEA OF
DECISION SUPPORT AND RISK
ASSESS.
SO.
LONDON DE IDEA OF. OUR SYSTEMS
MODELING AT DECISION RELEVANT
SKILLS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRIMARY
TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR
UNDERSTANDING THE FUTURE
CLIMATE.
GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS WERE NOT
DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY WITH THE
IDEA OF PROVIDING INFORMATION.
STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE TRYING TO
DO IMPACTS AN ADAPTATION
THEY WERE DEVELOPED TO ANSWER
GLOBAL SCALE SCIENCE QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF THE LITERATURE IN THE
PAST FOCUSED ON GLOBAL MEAN
TEMPERATURE CHANGE OF COURSE
NOBODY LIVES IN A GLOBAL MEAN.
HER WORLD. AND SO AND THOSE
MODELS ARE TYPICALLY RUN AT
SCALE OF LET'S SAY A HUNDRED
CLOMID OR CREED CELL.
SO.
.
BUT WE'RE NOW ENTERING A PHASE.
FROM THAT.
THANKS AGAIN TECHNICAL POINT OF
VIEW WE HAVE THE COMPUTATIONAL
RESOURCES TO BRING THOSE MODELS
DOWN.
TO TEN KILOMETERS OR POTENTIALLY
EVEN SMALLER.
AND SO WE CAN REALLY PROVIDE. A
DIFFERENT KIND OF INFORMATION
ABOUT THE LOCAL SCHOOL CLIMATE
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS
INCORPORATING LOCAL SCALE
PROCESSES INTO THE MODELS SO.
OUT ONE OF THE THEMES THAT I'VE
BEEN INTERESTED IN MY RESEARCH
IS HOW.
LOCAL LAND USE INFLUENCES THE
CLIMATE SO WE KNOW THAT. CITIES
THEMSELVES CREATE THEIR OWN
MICROCLIMATES THERE'S SOMETHING
CALLED THE HEAT HEAT ISLAND
EFFECT. AND THE DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE FOR
DEVELOPING OUR CITIES CAN AFFECT
THAT THE SEVERITY OF EXTREME
HEAT.
I LIKEWISE THE IRRIGATION AND
THE CENTRAL VALLEY HAS A
SIGNIFICANT COOLING EFFECT ON
THE ON THE ON THE REGIONAL
CLIMATE.
SO ONCE YOU GO TO THEIR SKILLS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
ABOUT DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT.
IT BECAUSE THE GLOBAL CLIMATE
MODELS ARE SO COURSE.
PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED ALL SORTS
OF TECHNIQUES FOR DOWN SCALING
THOSE MODELS. TO HIGHER
RESOLUTION.
AND IF YOU GO ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
AND HUGO.
DOWNSCALE CLIMATE DATA
CALIFORNIA.
YOU'LL FIND AT LEAST TEN
DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT ARE
SERVING UP SOME KIND OF
INFORMATION SOME OF THEM ARE
SERVING THE SAME INFORMATION IN
DIFFERENT FORMATS.
BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AS A
SCIENTIST AND I IMAGINE EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT AS A AYE AYE OF
CLIMATE ADAPTATION PRACTITIONER.
TO DETERMINE.
WHAT?
HOW CREDIBLE ARE THOSE DIFFERENT
PRODUCTS?
ART SHOULD I USE THIS PRODUCT
FOR MY APPLICATION OR STAYS THAT
PRODUCT FROM FOR MY APPLICATION
AND SO. US THIS IS THE SECOND
THEME THAT I'M TALKING WHICH IS
THE USABILITY OF INFORMATION.
SO. I WAS I WAS VERY MUCH STRUCK
BY THIS PROBLEM OF WHAT WE CALL
THE USER'S DILEMMA HOW DO YOU
KNOW. WHICH INFORMATION YOU
SHOULD USE.
HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD TRUST
DIFFERENT KINDS OF INFORMATION
FOR SUPPORTING ADAPTATION?
AND SO IN WHO ARE SOME OF TWENTY
FIFTEEN WE HOSTED A WORKSHOP AT
THE ASKING GLOBAL CHANGE
INSTITUTE WE INVITED.
SCIENTISTS BUT ALSO.
DECISION MAKERS AND I BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT.
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND WHAT WE CAN CAME AWAY FROM
THAT WORKS OUT WITH WAS THAT WE
NEED SOME KIND OF. CONSUMER
REPORT STYLE.
PUBLICATION OR CLEARING HOUSE
THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND.
THE.
THE PROS AND CONS OF THESE
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES.
WE ALSO WE DETERMINE THAT WE
NEED MUCH BETTER COORDINATION
AND COMMUNICATION AMONG
DIFFERENT RESEARCH COMMUNITIES
IN DIFFERENT PRACTITIONERS
QUALITIES.
SO.
COMING OUT OF THAT WORKS OUT I
I DON'T I WOULD NOT SAY THAT WE
CURRENTLY YET HAVE SUCH A
CONSUMER REPORTS.
EVALUATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT
TOWNS KILLING TECHNIQUES. BUT WE
ARE WORKING ON.
WE GOT UP A PROJECT GOING THAT'S
FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY KNOWN AS THE HYPERION
PROJECT WE WERE ENGAGING WITH
WATER MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS IN
FOUR DIFFERENT CASE STUDY BASINS
ONE OF OUR CASE STUDIES IS THE
CENTRAL VALLEY.
SO WERE ASKING THE WATER
MANAGERS HOW WOULD HOW DO YOU
WANT TO USE THIS KIND OF
INFORMATION WHERE THE METRICS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND
THEY WERE ACTUALLY TAKING THOSE
METRICS. AND EVALUATING THE
CLIMATE DATA SETS IN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND THE CREDIBILITY
THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.
AND HOPEFULLY WE LEARN FROM
THAT SOME.
SOME MORE GENERAL ARCHIVE
SCALABLE INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW YOU
COULD GO ABOUT.
MORE OF MORE BROADLY
APPROACHING.
THAT THE PROBLEM OF OF
PROVIDING USEFUL INFORMATION.
SO. THAT BRINGS ME INTO THAT
THE NEXT THING WHICH IS THE IDEA
OF COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL
PROCESS HE'S.
SO.
SO FAR I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
CLIMATE INFORMATION PROJECTIONS
OF WHAT THE FUTURE CLIMB IT WILL
LOOK LIKE.
BUT OF COURSE WE ALSO WANT TO
KNOW UNDERSTAND HOW OUR SYSTEMS
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITIES
WILL FARE UNDER THOSE FUTURE
CLIMATE CONDITIONS. AND SO.
.
ONE IT AND THAT CAN GET QUITE
COMPETENT COMPLICATED.
.
WITH LOTS OF FEEDBACKS
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS. ONE EXAMPLE THAT I
OFTEN THINK OF ITS CALIFORNIA'S
WATER SYSTEM WE WE HAVE HIGH
CONFIDENCE THAT THE SNOW PACK
IS.
DIMINISHING.
AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OUR
WATER SYSTEM RELIES HEAVILY ON
SNOW PACK AS A WATER STORAGE
MECHANISM TO TAKE OUR
PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS IN THE
WINTER. WE CAN USE IT IN THE
SUMMER.
I CURRENTLY ON AVERAGE THE
SNOWPACK STORIES AND AMOUNT OF
WATER EQUIVALENT TO ALL THE
RESERVOIRS COMBINED.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF STORAGE IN AS THAT DIMINISHES
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OTHER
WAYS OF MAKING UP FOR THAT
STORAGE ONE STRATEGY MIGHT BE
GROUNDWATER. BANKING. BETTER
STRATEGY MIGHT BE NEXT
GENERATION DESALINATION TO
PROVIDE SUPPLY WHERE THAT
WITHOUT COULD WORK.
BUT OF COURSE.
DODD ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES
HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY AS
WELL SO THE. OUTSIDE DIFFERENT
FUNCTIONING OF THE RESERVOIR HAS
IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW TO
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION.
GROUND WATER BANKING REQUIRES
ENERGY FOR PUMPING.
AND IT'S DESALINATION OBVIOUSLY
REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF ENERGY
AS WELL SO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF
COUPLED.
WATER ENERGY SYSTEM AND THEY
WERE ALSO TRYING TO.
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE OUR
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR SO.
PUTTING THE.
KIND OF MODELING TOOLS FOR THE
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM AND THE WATER
SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT
CLIMATE FUTURES. IS SOMETHING
THAT IS.
DOABLE BUT NOT YET DONE.
SO I GUESS I'M I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AS.
A NEW DIRECTION FOR RESEARCH IS
TO BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARDS.
ARE YOU A MODELING ARE MODELING
THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE CHANGING CLIMATE.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE FINAL
THEME. I WAS IMPLYING DECISION
SUPPORT AND RISK ASSESSMENT AND
SO. I SEE THERE IS BEING AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THE
SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES THAT
WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING.
AND. PUT THEM IN THE HANDS
ESSENTIALLY OF DECISION MAKERS
AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES BY
TAKING THE MODELS IN THE TOOLS
ARE THE INSIGHTS AND DATA AND
PUTTING THEM WITHIN THE CONTEXT
OF A TOOL KIT.
BACK CAN ALLOW USERS TO DEFINE
THEIR OWN SCENARIOS AND EXPLORE
WELL WHAT IF WE BUILD THIS THING
WHAT IF WE OPERATE THE
RESERVOIRS THIS WAY. OUT WHAT IF
WE BUILD A LEVEE LIKE THIS AND
ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. FOR THE
MANY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES BECAUSE
THEN I'D GET ANOTHER IMPORTANT
POINT HERE IS THAT.
THESE.
DECISIONS FOR ADAPTATION.
HAVE IMPACTS ON MANY DIFFERENT.
AT METRICS OUTCOME METRICS RIGHT
AND SO THERE COULD BE TRADE OFFS
OR SYNERGIES BETWEEN THEM.
YOU KNOW EH STRATEGY THAT
REDUCES URBAN HEAT EXTREMES.
COULD HAVE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND ALSO
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS FOR.
COOLING ENERGY COSTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND FOR EXAMPLE IS
USING BEFORE A STRATEGY THAT
INCREASES THE RESILIENCY OF THE
WATER SYSTEM MIGHT MAKE IT
HARDER TO MEET OUR GREENHOUSE
GAS GOALS SO THERE ARE.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH.
YOU KNOW TRADE OFFS BUT ALSO
SYNERGIES AND SO HAVING A
DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS THAT
ALLOW US TO EXPLORE THOSE
MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES AND SEE THAT
AND SEE THE TRADE OFFS.
I SEE IS A PROMISING AREA FOR
SCIENCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS
PROP.
.
AND I THINK WITH THAT.
IT IS IT'S GOING TO MAKE.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE
THAT WE ARE WE OPENING UP A NEW
CHAPTER OF SCI.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RATHER THAN
THIS GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL AYE
IT'S IS THINK THIS IS. THE
RECENT ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE ALL
WAITING FOR WE'RE GOING TO GET
WHICH YOUR WHAT WHAT TYPE OF
PROGRAM.
DIRECTION DO YOU THINK THAT
YOU'RE MAKING I THINK I.
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT YES THAT
WE'RE KIND OF WERE OUT OF A
POINT WHERE.
THAT THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
ALLOW US TO.
.
EXAMINE THE PROBLEM ADAM MUCH
HIGHER IN THE RESOLVED.
RESOLUTION OF A HIGHLY RESOLVE
SCALE WHICH LEADS US TO LOOK AT
THE PROBLEM THROUGH MORE
DECISION ALVIN.
LANCE BUT ARE ALSO. THIS IDEA
THAT WE WERE MOVING FROM.
PROJECTING THE FUTURE TO
EXAMINING ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES
AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS I THINK I
SEE THAT AS SORT OF COSTS THAT
WERE BUT THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT
NOW.
YEAH I AM INTERESTED IN IT WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE R.
RAINWATER SNOWPACK AYE DILEMMA
THAT WE'RE AND WE'RE SORT OF AT
A GENERAL LEVEL I THINK.
I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL THIRTY NINE
OTHER SANDERS BUT THEY HAVE SOME
IDEA THAT IT'S CHANGING AND THE
CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE.
IF THERE'S A. ITS THE SERIES OF
REST OF RESERVOIR SAID YOU HAVE
THAT SOME MAY BE COLLECTING
RAINWATER AND AND MAYBE AN
ANSWER I'M JUST POSSIBILITIES
THAT YOU RUN. ERA AND THE RAIN
WATER RESERVOIR YOU. DUMPING
INTO THE SNOW PACK BECAUSE STEP
BACK WILL NEVER FILL UP AND USE
TRIED MANAGER ASSET THAT WAY BUT
WHEN YOU DO IT YOU DO IT DURING
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. WHEN OUR.
EYES AT YOU CAN USE SOLAR ENERGY
AS YOUR ENERGY SOURCE WERE SO
THERE'S A. TRADE OFF WHAT DO YOU
DO IT WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING THE
TURBINES AT THE AT THE AT THE
DAM AND USINGTHAT ENERGY TO
REFILL THE. THE.
THE WHAT IT'S REALLY SOME AND I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE
BUT.
I THINK FOR OUR PURPOSES YOU
WANNA KNOW WHAT'S THE SCIENTIFIC
WOODY WHAT DATA DO WE HAVE SAID
THAT THE DECISION MAKERS CAN
MAKE A DECISION OFFER THAT
RIGHT.
YEAH YEAH SO THAT'S EXACTLY THE
KINDS OF SCENARIOS THAT WE CAN.
WE CAN IMAGINE THOSE SCENARIOS
THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEM ARE
UNTIL WE RUN THEM THROUGH A SOME
SORT OF MODEL THAT ALLOWS US TO
CALCULATE THAT THE OUTCOMES.
AND SO.
KINDS OF MODELS THAT COULD ALLOW
US TO DO THAT ARE THERE BUT I
THINK THERE'S AN EFFORT INVOLVED
IN PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AND
RUNNING THEM RIGHT SCENARIOS.
QUESTION.
CENTER HILL HAD QUESTIONS.
THEM.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU FOR THE LOW
OVERVIEW AND LET'S MOVE ON TO
PANEL NUMBER TWO AND HEAR FROM
OUR STATE AGENCIES.
.
LET'S BRING UP COOLEY BRIGHT
WHO'S THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR A
CLIMATE AND ENERGY YOU AT THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY.
LOUISE PET WORTH THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR THE I'VE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF. PLANNING AND RESEARCH
AND RAN THE WINSTON.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL.
THE CHEMISTRY CHAIR AND AND AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
HOPEFULLY WE SEE SIMPSON MEMBERS
COME IN AS BILLS ARE HEARD AND
THEY HAVE OTHER SLASH THEIR
STAFF IS LISTENING I'M SURE. SO.
YOU KNOW I I FEEL FOR THANK YOU
FOR INVITING ME THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND.
AS WE YOU KNOW I FEEL FOR DR
THAT'S BECAUSE OFTEN WE TALK
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGES
INCREDIBLY IN OF COOL LITTLE ME
AND IT'S JUST IT'S COMPLETELY
PARALYZING AND.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW OUR
INSTINCTS KIND OF TUNE OUT
BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE A PATH
FORWARD. IN A HOME AND AND YOU
KNOW WHAT WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE
WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS FATAL AND.
THIS'LL BUT.
THE WORK WE ARE DOING WITH
SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA.
IS REALLY INTENDED TO BREAK
THAT CYCLE.
AND HIGH LATE ACTIONABLE STEPS
THAT WE ARE TAKING NOW IN THAT
WE CAN TAKE IN THE FUTURE.
TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POLICY
AREAS THAT THAT IT IMPACTS
I AM I THINK UP IN FRONT AND
CENTER WE.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE
LEGISLATURE THE GOVERNOR.
HAS DONE.
WITH VIEW TO TO CREATE HISTORIC
BUDGET SURPLUSES.
.
GENERATE NEW REVENUE SOURCES FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AND PUT
FUNDING I'M ON THE BALLOT FOR
VOTER APPROVAL REALLY SET US
APART FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS
BECAUSE WE HAVE.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE READILY
AVAILABLE CASH TO TO SPEND ON
REAL ACTION.
AND.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT THE TRICK
WILL BE TO LEVERAGE ALL OF THOSE
RESOURCES IN A WAY THROUGH OUR
STATES PROGRAMS.
SO THAT WE CAN.
KIND OF CLEAR THE DECKS OF OF
SOME OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT
AND REALLY THEN THEN BE ABLE TO
FOCUS ON THAT THE SOCIETAL BIG.
YOU NO CHALLENGES THAT CLIMB.
I THINK THAT IT YOUR STAFF DID
A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
ENCAPSULATING THE DIFFERENT.
MULTIPLY CUSTOMER POLICY AREAS
AND AGAINST WANNA POINT OUT THAT
YOU KNOW WE TEND TO TALK ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
.
SOMEONE OPPORTUNISTIC CLEARLY
THROUGH THE LANDS OF THE BIG
EVENTS THAT COME TO THE FIRES
THE.
THE AND THE DROUGHTS THAT
EVERYTHING ELSE BUT I'M IT'S
IMPORTANT ALSO RECOGNIZED THE
SLOW IN CONSTANT IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WILL SEE.
THE JUST.
YOU KNOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
INCREASING OVER TIME.
THE
SEA LEVEL RISE
SLOWLY GOING UP.
STORM SURGES EXACERBATE THAT.
TENSE MOMENTS.
.
ALL OF THOSE KIND OF SLOWER AND
MORE CONCERT IMPACTS ARE THE
ONES THAT REALLY SHIFT THE BASS
LINES THAT ARE PROGRAMS OPERATE.
TO AND DESIGN THEIR PLANTS TO.
AND THOSE OF THE M. THOSE ARE
THE PLACES WHERE WE REALLY CAN.
QUESTION OUR STATE DEPARTMENTS
TO TO TO TO TO. TO ASSUME TO
THOSE THOSE CHANGES.
.
THE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT
THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF
FUNDING FOR FOR YOU KNOW TO TAKE
ACTION BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE
OTHER CHANGES FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT JUST SURPASSED THE
AVAILABILITY OF OF OF.
RESOURCES IN OUR STATE'S BUGET
AND ELSEWHERE AND.
THEY'RE REALLY GONNA THEY'RE
REALLY GONNA STRESS.
THEY'RE GONNA FORCE US TO RE
ENVISION HOW WE AS A.
CONTACT.
YOU'RE.
LANDSCAPE LEVEL IMPACTS LIKE.
WILL RISE WILL.
FORCES TO ADDRESS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT.
SURE THAT WE HAVE.
EVERYTHING
COVERED IN SO.
WHAT WE DO?
THE SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA PLAN
SELF IT'S A.
STATUTES.
YOU HAVE COPIES FOR.
SOME OF THE FEW HARD*
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE
PUBLIC YOU MAY NOT HAVE A HAVE A
NICE GLOSSY PRINTED HARD COPY.
THE PLAN ITSELF IS THEM.
IT'S INTENDED TO BE A BLUEPRINT
OF WHAT THE STATE IS DOING AND
WHAT THE STATE.
INTENDS ON DOING TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
ACROSS NO THROUGH ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
SO IT'S.
IT'S A PROGRAMMATIC SURVEY TO
SOME EXTENT.
AND.
YOU KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE WE OFTEN.
WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE
SWEEPING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
IMPACT IN THE THE NEED FOR
ACTION. BUT THIS IS REALLY THE
ONE PLACE WHERE YOU GET INTO THE
DEEP.
HOW TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC HEALTH
PARKS AND RECREATION
ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES WILL?
BRING THIS INTO THEIR DAY.
WE.
IN A WEEK WITH THE LIBERAL THE
CONSTRAINT THIS REPORT AROUND
STATE ACTIVITIES.
WE WE WE.
LEFT THE DISCUSSION OF.
PACKS TO.
CALIFORNIA
ASSESSMENT WILL BECOME.
INDICATORS YOU
CORD FROM.
HEARD ABOUT.
IN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE WE
WANTED TO IN THE PAST WE'VE.
MERGE THESE.
REPORT BUT THIS YEAR WE WANTED
TO.
ACTION WILL STEPS THAT YOU GUYS
CAN TRACK AND.
THE WHOLE DISC.
WE.
.
THIS PLAN.
IN ARE DIRECTLY PARTNERS WITH.
STATE LEVEL GUIDANCE EFFORTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE SO.
GUIDANCE EFFORTS LIKE THE OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL SEA LEVEL
RISE PLANNING GUIDANCE THAT IS
IS IS IS.
YOU KNOW.
SETTING A BASELINE FOR WHAT
LOCAL SHOULD PLAN TO I WOULD SEE
LEVEL RISE.
IBM THE THE THE SEQUEL YOU KNOW
SEQUEL GUIDELINES UPDATE.
FOR OPR AND AND.
IN OTHER AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT
LOCALS REALLY DEPEND ON TO.
TO DO THEIR LOCAL WORK THAT
THAT.
APPEAR IN OTHERS MANAGE OVER
IT'S NOT SO MUCH AN ARCHERS.
THE PLAN ITSELF IS IS ORGANIZED
AND MANY WAY LIKE THE STATE
BUDGET OR.
OR LIKE POLICY COMMITTEES OVER
HERE IT'S ORGANIZED AROUND
DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS.
.
AND WHAT THE INTENTION BEHIND
THAT IS IT'S IT'S IT'S.
GOOD ORGANIZATION INSIDE BUT
IT'S ALSO MEANT TO GIVE THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHO REALLY YOU KNOW
ON IN THEIR DAILY LIVES FOCUS ON
THESE DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS.
CAN CAN USE THESE CHAPTERS AS.
CHEAT SHEETS FOR.
.
YOU KNOW.
HOW ARE THEIR PROGRAMS
RESPONDING TO THE IMPACTS?
IT.
IT SHOULD SERVE.
.
SERVE POLICY MAKERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS AS
A IN EASY PLACE TO GO FOR BILL
IDEAS AND BUDGET IN A BUDGET
PROPOSALS WE ARE WE ARE
INTENDING TO PURSUE ALL OF THESE
ACTIONS BUT MANY OF THESE
ACTIONS MAY.
YOU KNOW.
LEGISLATORS MAY FEEL LIKE THEY
NEED BE RAMPED UP THEY NEED TO
BE SIZE DIFFERENTLY TO BE
CHANGED.
SO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY THAT
WORKS ON TRANSPORTATION DAY IN
AND DAY OUT WHO ISN'T USUALLY
THINKING ABOUT.
CLIMATE CHANGE LIKE YOUR
COMMITTEE DOES
YOU KNOW WHEN THAT QUESTION
COMES TO THEM HOW IS
TRANSPORTATION WORKING ON
CLIMATE CHANGE THEY CAN JUST GO
TO OUR REPORT AND THEN SEE WHAT
CALTRANS.
KING
AND THEN BUILD ON THAT WHAT
THEY'RE.
THE M. POLICY WE GO THROUGH A
POLICY AREAS YOU HAVE IN THERE
BUT JUST.
THE OTHER ON THE RECORD.
THE LEVIN DIFFERENT POLICY
AREAS ARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY LAND USE AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC HEALTH
TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE.
BIODIVERSITY FOREST'S
MOTIONING COAST.
WATER AND PARKS RECREATION
CALIFORNIA CULTURE.
SO.
NOT EXACTLY IN LINE WITH POLICY
COMMITTEES BUT GENERALLY.
IN TUNE PM SOME OF THE MAJOR
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THESE AREAS
WE HAVE YOU KNOW HUNDREDS OF
RECOMMENDATIONS HERE SO I CAN'T
BE.
AND ENOUGH I CAN RECITE THE
MAMBA I TRIED TO PULL OUT A FEW
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF
WHAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS PLAN.
.
SO HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES
INCORPORATE CLIMATE
CONSIDERATIONS AT PLANNING AT
ALL LEVELS.
THIS REALLY CUTS ACROSS ALL THE
DIFFERENT CHAPTERS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY.
PLANNING.
INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCY FOR
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
WE TOOK EXTRA EFFORT TO PULL
TOGETHER THE.
THE DIFFERENTIAL INDICATIONS
THAT IT.
CLIMATE RESULT
AND VULNERABLE COMMUTE.
EQUITY AND
EQUITY CHAPTER.
BUT. THERE ARE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BUILD
THAT RESILIENCY THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL AND ALSO HAD A HAD OF HAD
A AND. BUILD AWARENESS AT OUR
STATE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
IN WHEN THEY PRESENT PROVIDE
THEIR SERVICES HOW TO RESPOND TO
THOSE NEEDS.
.
INCREASED WATER CONSERVATION IN
AGRICULTURE BY BUILDING SOIL
ORGANIC MATTER ON FARMS AND
RANCHES IN A VERY. VERY SPECIFIC
AND AND AND YOU KNOW.
AND THEN PRACTICED
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT NEED
SCALING UP AND THAT THE CHIEF
MANY BENEFITS IN LINE WITH
ADAPTATION.
RESTORE FIRES AN ECOLOGICAL
PROCESS IN OUR STATE FORESTS.
.
AN INCREASE FOREST THINNING AND
OTHER ACTIVITIES TO BOOST FOREST
HEALTH.
ACTIONS TO RESPOND TO THE RECENT
FIRES BUT ALSO THE OVER STACKING
OF FUELS IN OUR FORESTS.
AND THEN LAST.
YOU KNOW AND THIS IS WHAT
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN LEADING ON.
YOU KNOW
FOR DECADES IS INCREASED
RESILIENCY.
OF WATER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
AND RESILIENCY OF WATER SUPPLY
IN THE STATE.
I THINK WE FORGET THAT THE YOU
KNOW OUR HISTORY OF PASSING VERY
FORWARD THINKING WATER BONDS.
THOSE ARE ALL ADAPTATION
MEASURES AND THOSE ARE THAT
THAT'S A TRACK RECORD WE SHOULD
BE.
EXTREMELY PROUD OF AND WE SHOULD
BUILD ON.
.
SO.
KUDOS TO TOUCH ANOTHER CAME
FOREST'S FOR REMOVING THOSE
BOARD.
THEN.
I MENTION THAT THE THE PLAN
KIND OF.
HAS THIS HAS A NEW AND VERY TOP.
DELIBERATE FOCUS ON CLIMATE
JUSTICE
WE WORKED.
.
WE WORKED WITH THE.
THE.
.
THE CLIMATE JUSTICE WORKING
GROUP WE HAD PHILANTHROPIC
SUPPORT TO FIND.
PARTICIPATION BY ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ORGAN
ACROSS THE STATE. AND I IN A IN
A IN TO BE YOU KNOW HONEST IT
WAS IT WAS.
IT WASN'T ALWAYS A COMFORTABLE
PLACE FOR STATE. PLANNING
DOCUMENT TO SEND A ROOM WITH
WITH.
YOU KNOW REPRESENTATIVES FROM
LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.
FOCUSED ON THESE ISSUES FOR FOR
DAYS AT A TIME AND.
.
HAVING THAT SUPPORT SO THAT
THOSE MEMBERS COULD REALLY
PARTICIPATE IN EARNEST
THROUGHOUT THE OUR PROCESS WAS
EXTREMELY VALUABLE. AND IN THE
END WE YOU KNOW WE GREW A LOT
FROM THAT FROM THAT THAT PROCESS
AND IN THE GROUPS MALE LET THEM
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES BUT I THINK
THEY. THEY REALLY. THAT THEY
THEY HAVE IN THE END THEY SAW A
LOT OF THEIR PRIORITY
RECOMMENDATIONS REFLECTED IN IN
THE INDIVIDUAL AND INDIVIDUAL
PROGRAMS BUT ALSO IN THIS.
ABSOLUTELY CHAPTER.
.
AND WHAT'S WHAT'S JUST TO ADD
WOULD WILL BE WILL BE HOPEFUL
AND NICE TO SEE IS THAT THOSE
GROUPS THAN USING THE.
THIS.
THIS REPORT CAN BUILD THEIR.
THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THROUGHOUT
ALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES THAT DEAL WITH THESE
PROGRAMS AND REALLY CAN BE.
BUILD THOSE PLATFORMS NOT ONLY
IN THE TRADITIONAL COMMITTEES
WHERE THEY ARE.
WHERE WHERE WHERE WE WE WORK ON
EQUITY ISSUES?
I AM.
HOW THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IS
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS THE
CONTENT FOR FOR US ON THE
GOVERNMENT SIDE IT'S NOT EASY TO
ORGANIZE?
THIRTY INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS
INTO PUTTING TOGETHER
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
SOMEWHAT CONCISE AND TARGETED
AND IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER.
IT'S ALSO NOT EASY TO GET THEIR
EXECUTIVE TEAM OUT TO TO GET THE
STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND GET THOSE
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED
UP THE CHAIN TO THEIR EXECUTIVE
OFFICES.
IT'S SOME THERE'S THERE'S
SOMEWHAT OF A OF A CULTURAL
SHIFT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING ON TO
THIS ADMINISTRATION MINISTRATION
TO GET.
NOT ONLY THE PROGRAM LEVEL
STAFF BUT ALSO THE EXECUTIVE AND
AND DECISION MAKERS ON TOP. YOU
KNOW REALLY THINK UP SO THAT
THEY CAN MOVE THESE THESE
REFORMS THROUGH.
.
JUSTIN ANECDOTAL. THING I LIKE
TO POINT OUT WHEN YOU LOOK IN
THE PLAN AND YOU LOOK AT THE
STAFF THAT WE THINK IN THE FRONT
THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
THEY THEY THEY TRULY REPRESENT
THE NEW GENERATION OF STATE
WORKERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS THAT
ARE ENTERING STATE SERVICE AND
THEY.
YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A PRETTY
IMPOSSIBLE JOB OF KNOCKING ON
THE DOOR OF OF MANAGERS WHO ARE
AND YOU KNOW ESSENTIALLY ON
THEIR WAY OUT AND LIKE TO DO
THINGS THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS
DONE AND THEY. ARE TIRELESS IN
REALLY HAVE PUSHED THE ENVELOPE
INTERNALLY SO.
THE THANKS IN THAT FRONT
DOCUMENT IT'S IT'S REALLY WELL
AND BY THE STAFF IN IT AND IT'S
HEARTENING TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW
THIS NEW GENERATION OF CIVIL
SERVANTS JUST.
CHARGING FORWARD AND TAKING
THIS.
.
THE PLAN ALSO HAS MANY REAL
WORLD EXAMPLES HIGHLIGHTED IN
LITTLE. CUT OUTS.
YOU KNOW.
ALMOST ALL OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE
LEGISLATURE ALL OF THE FUNDING
DECISIONS YOU MAKE THAT ALL OF
THEM BUT MANY OF THE FUNDING
DECISIONS YOU KNOW OUR
ADAPTATION ACTION
THE DUMP. AREN'T CALLED THAT IT
TAKES
SO WE WANTED TO IN EACH CHAPTER
ONE IT.
PICK OUT A FEW SEE CAN SEE HOW
YOU KNOW A DECISION TO TO BUILD
A PARKING A CERTAIN AREAS ARE
INCREASED.
HE REALLY ARE ADAPTATION AND
AND.
THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT YOU
CAN YOU CAN LOOK THERE WITH
TIME.
.
SO SO WE WANT AFEGUARDING TO
SERVE AS A.
AS A EASY TOOL FOR FOR FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE WORK WORK
OR COMMITTING TO THE MEETING ALL
OF THESE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE
HIGHLIGHTED THIS PLANET WE WANT
YOU IN THE LEGISLATURE
STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ABLE TO COME
BACK TO US AND.
YES.
PUSHES ON HOW FAR WE'VE COME WE
ORGANIZE THE PLAN IN A VERY CAN
HAVE YOU KNOW BUREAUCRATIC WAY
DELIBERATELY SO THAT WE CAN COME
OUT WITH REPORTS. FOLLOWING THE
PLAN ON HOW WE'RE DOING TO MEET
THESE TARGETS.
STATUE REQUIRES THAT WE COME
OUT WITH THESE UPDATES EVERY
THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE PLAN
WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND IN
RELEASING THIS PLAN WE MIGHT BE
A LITTLE BEHIND THEM RELEASING
THIS BUT WE AIM TO GET IT OUT BY
THE END OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
WE ARM.
I WANTED TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS
YOUR STAFF THEM REYES RELATED
QUESTION ABOUT METRICS.
MET THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
WE'VE.
PUT METRICS INTO THE
SAFEGUARDING PLAN.
.
ADAPTATION METRICS ARE
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO PULL
TOGETHER THAT REFLECT EVERYTHING
ON THE PLAN I THINK YOU'RE
STAFF%
DID A GREAT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING
SOME OF THE KEY ONES THAT ARE.
ON YOU KNOW THE MOST STABLE IN
THE MONTHS REPRESENTATIVE VOTE
THE PRIORITY ISSUE AREAS.
YOU KNOW WE WE FULLY INTEND TO.
HE PLEASE METRICS IN THE PLAN
OVER TIME. BUT I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT WE WE WE NEED TO. ALL
HELP.
MATURITIES METRICS SO THAT AS
WE GO AND LEARN FROM THE ONES
THAT WORK IN THE ONES THAT DON'T
SO IT'S GOING TO BE IN
ENTERPRISES
IT'S THEM BUT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S
THAT'S VITAL GOING FORWARD.
M. THE NEXT QUESTION WAS YOU
KNOW FOR ME TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR
BARRIERS THAT WE.
.
FACED A MEETING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER
YOU KNOW.
CHALLENGES THAT WE WANT TO
TACKLE.
I THINK IT I THINK. YOU'RE GONNA
GENERAL RESPONSE I THINK IT
COMES DOWN TO YOU KNOW.
INTEGRATING CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
AWARENESS AND DELIBERATE
PLANNING IN ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT FROM.
FEDERAL LEVEL STATE LEVEL LOCAL
LEVEL AND DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY.
STAKEHOLDERS.
.
WE ALL EVEN INTERNALLY IN THE
STATE ARE AGENCIES NEED A LOTTA
HELP. A HOME.
COME GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH
THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT THEY
WILL NEED TO DO. TO TO MEET
THIS%
CHALLENGE WERE PROVIDING THAT TO
THE CALIFORNIA FOURTH ASSESSMENT
IN THE CLIMATE PLANNING TOOLS
THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED ONE SET
OF THAT.
THE LOCALS ON THAT THAT APPLY
FOR OUR CITY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE
THEIR OWN PROGRAMS.
SOME ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO
THE STATE FOR GUIDANCE AND ALSO
AND LEADING US IN MANY WAYS IN
SOME PLACES. AND YOU IS THE
LEGISLATURE AND US AS THE
ADMINISTRATION HAVE A REAL
OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE
FUNDING THAT WE'VE. THAT WE'VE
PUT ON THE TABLE AND TOWARDS OF
REAL AND AND AND AND SIGNIFICANT
CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTIONS
AND.
THERE IS A LOT OF THERE'S
THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL REVENUE
AS WELL THAT WE CAN.
THERE WE CAN USE TO MAXIMIZE
THAT.
AND I'M.
KIND OF LAST WEEK WE REALLY WANT
SAFEGUARDING YOU KNOW
SAFEGUARDING IN.
THE SAFE GOING IN CALIFORNIA
PLAN IN MANY WAYS IS A FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO
NATIONALLY.
NATIONALLY AND.
WE WANT THE PLAN TO SERVE AS A
MODEL BUT WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE
TO DO IT BETTER THAN WE HAVE SO
WORK WERE HOPING THAT. WE CAN
LEARN FROM THEM LATER SO WE'RE
SEEING LOCALS YOU KNOW LOOK TO
THE PLAN OF THE MODEL FOR THEIR
OWN LOCAL PLANNING. AND THEN WE
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THEY
HOW THEY TAKE IT AND CHANGE IT
AND AND AND GROW IT SO THAT WHEN
WE COME BACK IN THREE YEARS WE
DO OUR PLAN.
WILL HAVE BETTER YOU KNOW.
WE'LL HAVE AN IMPROVED HAPPENED
METRICS ON MORE REFINED
RECOMMENDATIONS.
EVERYTHING UP SO IT IS A GROUP
EFFORT AND AND.
.
WELL.
ON THIS TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU AND THAT THAT'S ALL
POSTURE QUESTIONS
WITH IT AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL
GET TO THE LOCAL LEVEL AT THE
STATE LEVEL BUT WE NOW. ALL
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE WHEN
WHEN NATURAL RESOURCES IS
TALKING TO.
NOW AT CALTRANS A WE TALKING IN
THE FAIL SAFE GUARDING LANGUAGE
THAT WE'VE GOT THESE
GOALS ARE YOU ASKED THE
QUESTIONS ARE THEY RESPOND TO
WHY THIS PROJECT. LOOKS THIS WAY
INSTEAD OF THAT WAY BECAUSE IT'S
ANSWER DIVERSE ADDRESS SOME OF
THESE.
CONDITIONS THAT I THINK CALTRANS
IS A GREAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE SO
I I'D SAY YES.
STATE LEVEL.
WE HAVE CALTRANS IS JUST.
IS.
HAS REALLY LED AN ARMY
INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE ON
COMMITTING THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE
FUNDING TOWARDS.
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS THAT
DEVELOPING PLAN.
I'M YOU KNOW TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING IS COMPLEX AND IT IT
INVOLVES A LOT OF LOCAL. LOCAL
INTERACTIONS IN.
LOCAL INPUT
SO WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE IS HOW THOSE VULNERBILITIES
ASSESSMENTS REALLY PLAY OUT.
THROUGH THE FUNDING PROCESS FOR
PROJECTS NOT.
SO.
IT'S.
SOME WANT TO BE SEEN BUT THE
LEADERSHIP IS THERE RIGHT NOW
AND THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE
GRAPHIC THE ARTISTIC I COME UP
HERE IN A SECOND WE HAVE A LOT
OF REGIONAL PLANNING HOPEFULLY.
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING RESEARCH
AND AS STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNSEL
WILL ADDRESS THAT ARM.
HOW CAN THE STATE BE MORE
EFFECTIVE OR DO YOU THINK THAT
THE STATE'S MORE EFFECTIVE
BECAUSE WE'RE GRAPPLING WE'RE?
CENTER HELL NEITHER FROM THE BAY
AREA WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT THE
DEAD SEA LEVEL RISING ARM.
MAPS IN WE KNOW THAT PART OF HIS
DISTRICT ON THE PENINSULA IS
GOING TO BE INUNDATED WITH THAT
AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SEA LEVEL
RISING. ARM WE'VE GOT SAN
FRANCISCO ALREADY. BACKS ACTION
TO BUILD A WALL SO THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ASSETS.
FOR GOD SAKES EIGHT INUNDATED
WITH WATER ARM. MY AREA HAS AND
CENTER HILL SERIES BEEN.
A GREAT SPONGE THAT THE WORK
THAT WE'VE DONE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
I FOR A FEW
CREATING CREATING THE WETLANDS
THAT PROTECTS EVERYBODY
INCLUDING BERKELEY AND OAKLAND
THAT DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE DO
THAT HOW DO WE. HOT BUT WE STILL
NEED THOSE THOSE EYES THAT LOOK
AT THE WHOLE REGION AND SAY IF
WE DO THIS.
THAT THAT AFFECTS A MAN THE
ADAPTATION IS JUST THE
ADJUSTMENT WE WE GET IT BUT ARE
WE. TALKING WHERE DO YOU SEE
FROM THE SKY.
THE REPORT HAD THIS IS STATE
HELP OUT THAT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS
AND SAYING YOU'RE BEING VERY
SELFISH HERE ARE YES THAT IS
YOUR ASSET BUT THIS IS GONNA
HAVE A. BAD EFFECT ON EAST PALO
ALTO WERE. NEWARK OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO
CREATE THE INUNDATION.
SO I THINK THEM.
THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE
STATE AGENCIES IT IT'LL BE
DIFFERENT IN EACH.
EACH REGION OF THE STATE BUT
THERE ARE.
STATE ENTITIES LIKE.
.
THE CDC THE COSTA COMMISSION
STATE LANDS COMMISSION DELTA
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL THE PLAY CAN
REGIONAL OVERSIGHT ROLES AND CAN
CAN HELP IN YOU KNOW TALK TO.
MULTIPLE MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS
WITHIN A REGION ABOUT SEA LEVEL
RISE IN THEIR PLANS AND HOW
THOSE FIT TOGETHER.
I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE.
YOU HAVE AND FARMS A CALTRANS TO
YOU KNOW IF YOU DO A
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A
FREEWAY SYSTEM THEY CRISS
CROSSES THROUGHOUT A. A REGION
THAT THAT VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT CAN BE HELPFUL TO
THEM.
IT'S ALL OF THOSE LOCALS ON AN
AND A LATINO IN IN
INFORMING THEM BUT ALSO HELPING
THEM ALIGN THEIR PLANNING WITH
WHAT THE STATE IS PUSHING FOR.
.
AND IN A REALLY NEED TO BUILD
THE CAPACITY THIS IS NOT SO MUCH
OUR AREA BUT YOU NEED TO BUILD
THE CAPACITY OF THOSE LOCAL
PLANNERS SO THAT THEY AREN'T.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING
OUTSIDE OF THEIR.
AREA.
YEAH.
CENTER HELPS THAT THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR AND OF AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE
IS THE COORDINATION THAT.
THAT I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SEE
IN THE STATE SHOULD BE THE
LEADER IN THAT WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE CDC. WE TALK WITH THE
COASTAL COMMISSION WHICH NOW
HAS.
NO THERE'S QUITE OF CONTROVERSY
GOING ON WITH THEIR MANAGE
RETREAT. LE POLICIES THAT
THEY'RE LOOKING AT I'M GETTING A
LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE
DISTRICT.
CERTAINLY THE COSTA THERE SO HOW
IS THERE A COORDINATION OF
COMMUNICATION SO THAT THERE'S
SOME.
AN OVERRIDING STATE POLICY
PERHAPS THAT WE CAN.
USED IN UTILIZED FOR THESE
OTHER.
JURISDICTIONAL AGENCIES THAT
HAVE.
THEIR OWN SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEM.
I THINK IT'S IT'S.
IN MANY WAYS THAT IS THE PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PROBLEM
THAT NEEDS.
THE FORCE WILL FORCE US TO
RETHINK HOW WE APPROACH.
ALL THINGS IN GOVERNMENT.
IT IT WE DON'T HAVE A STATE
POLICY ON ON ON ON ON RETREAT OR
WHILE ITO. WE NOW SEE WALTER WE.
.
WE DO MANY OF THESE THINGS AND
AND AND SOMEWHAT PIECEMEAL WAYS
THROUGH THE. END OF THAT THE
THAT THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
OR THE FUNDING MECHANISMS WE
HAVE SO. I JUST A.
ONE OF JUST AGREE WITH YOU THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING TO TACKLE AND
AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ARE LOOKING AT IT BUT IT COULD
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
COULD BE IMPROVED.
OVERTIME.
IF YOU.
WHAT IT DOES IT? IT PROMPTS THE
QUESTION YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE
EGYPT COMMUNITIES IS
PARTICIPATING IN IN AND THIS AND
ALL THE. ALL THE.
NORMAL OR TRADITIONAL ALLY
INTEREST GROUPS IT THERE BUT NO
WE DON'T ASK THAT QUESTION OF.
OF OR HIGHLIGHT THE IDEA THAT
MAYBE EVERYTHING DOESN'T GET
SAVED.
MAYBE THERE'S MAYBE THERE'S POOR
LAND USE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE
THAT MAY AFFECT THAT MAY BE MORE
YOUR BUSINESSES OR YOUR HOME AS
A. YOUR CHURCH WHATEVER THE
SPECIFICS ARE WE'VE MADE OUR
DECISIONS AND CERTAINLY IN THE
BAY AREA ABOUT FILLING UP THE
BAY AND AND AND AND CHANGING.
TRADITIONAL WETLANDS INTO.
HOMES AND FACTORIES AND NOBODY
WANTS TO HEAR THAT. NOBODY WOULD
HELP ME WANTS TO HEAR THAT YOU
SAY WE ARE THAT MAYBE YOUR HOME
BUT THAT WHY IN THE WORLD THAT
WAS AT LAND USE DECISION MADE
ONCE UPON A TIME. GIVEN.
THAT THE SEA LEVEL RISING UP
THAT SAID OR THE INTERFACE
BETWEEN PEOPLE'S HOMES NOW AND
AND WILD LANDS AND YOU JUST YOU
SAYING. THAT'S GIVEN THE NEW
NORM.
WE CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT AND AND
THAT. THAT SEEMS TO BE AMERICA
GET SOME WONDERING IT IS IT
POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SIGNIFICANT
ADVANCES IN ADAPTATION GIVEN
THE.
THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
YOU KNOW I.
THIS FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES
THE CITY.
IN ARE WE WE HAVE OUR WORK WITH
THE THE FOURTH ASSESSMENT.
BUT ALSO OUR WORK CROSS PROGRAM
TO TO.
NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOME
WETLAND
ETCETERA. I AM YOU KNOW THE MORE
INFORMATION WE AND WE YOU KNOW
HELP. THROUGH BCD SEEN OTHERS
WITH PLANNING.
THE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAVE
ABOUT.
THE THE PLAYABILITY OF THESE
THESE OPTIONS AND WHAT KIND OF
BENEFITS WILL HAVE TO
PROTECTING.
AND WHAT.
MAKE MAYBE NEGATIVE IMPACTS WILL
HAVE FROM IMPLEMENTING LIKE US.
THE WALLS ARE YOU KNOW.
TAKE IT IT STARTS TO BREAK UP
THESE DECISIONS FOR THE LOCALS
IN THE MUCH.
MORE MANAGEABLE.
RIGHT SIZE PIECES.
.
SO I.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE
OTHER AGENCIES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS REALLY
TRYING TO SHOWCASE WHAT OPTIONS.
SO THEY DON'T.
GO WITHDRAW AND JUST TRY TO
PROTECT THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN AREAS.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR
CHALLENGE YEAH I HAVE DONE IT
SOME CONCERNS WITH THE THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL AND DOES
THE FORCED US SERVICES HAVE
OBVIOUSLY YOU
HIGHLIGHTED. THE MAJOR FOR. OUR
WILDFIRES WE HAVE LAST YEAR THE
BUDGET CALL FOR TWO HUNDRED
MILLION IN IN.
PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND THIS
YEAR THE BUDGET HAS IS ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY MILLION SAID
THERE'S A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR.
REDUCTION
BUT THE SUPPRESSION BUDGET IS
OVER EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION. AND
I I GUESS IN THIS IN THE ATTIC
WHO CAN PUT ON OUR ADAPTATION
LANDS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEAD
TREES WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE. POOR
SOIL CONDITIONS WE KNOW WE HAVE
OVER GROWTH AND WE HAVE. BEEN WE
HAVE MANAGEMENT BUT THE THE. THE
MESSAGE IS WE WANT TO DO FIVE
MORE FIVE TIMES IS MORE. A S.
SPENDING ON. REACTING TO THE
FIRE WHENEVER THAT OCCURS IN
BRINGING IN THE HELICOPTERS IN
THE MACHINES AND COORDINATE THAT
ON A ON A TACTICAL LEVEL VERSES
THE.
AND DRAMATIC I WHICH HE HE
STEWARDSHIP IN THE FOREST
MANAGEMENT AND AND HEALTHY SOILS
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IN IN YOUR
ADAPTATION LANDS WE GOT. I GOT
THE I GOT THE REPORT HERE HOW DO
I KNOW. SO TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES
WOULD FORCE YOU KNOW MY THE LJ I
DROVE FOREST'S IS.
YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH
FORCES.
TO WHERE WE WERE MANY YEARS AGO
WITH WATER YOU KNOW WHERE WE
WOULD HAVE CAN OF THESE PROGRAMS
TO PUT MONEY OUT ON THE STREET
AND PROJECTS THAT WERE READY
WITH. WOULD APPLY FOR THEM AND
IT REALLY WASN'T.
YOU KNOW NECESSARILY WELL
ORGANIZED AROUND REGION'S.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH WITH
FOREST'S IS IS IS?
JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH
INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT.
STARTED.
TO REGION TO ORGANIZE REGIONALLY
AROUND PRIORITIZE FORCE YOU
PROJECTS BUT ALSO CONNECT THEM
TO THE BENEFICIARIES OF THOSE
ACTIONS.
.
IN A. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH
YOU ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU
KNOW THE THE. THAT THE FIRE
PROTECTION BUDGET HAS ALLIANCE
HAD THE FIRE PREVENTION BUDGET
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
.
BUT IF WE YOU KNOW.
TO MOVE THAT TO MOVE THAT MOVE
THE NEEDLE IN THAT DISCUSSION WE
NEED TO. THINK BUILD LARGER IN
US
LARGER SUPPORT AROUND.
THE REGIONAL PROJECTS BUT ALSO
THEY GET GET REAL PIPELINES OF
PROJECTS REDICK'S WE FACE WE
FACE LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH
WORK WE CAN.
A YEAR
IS BY THE NATURE OF THESE.
PROJECTS ARE.
FULLY READY TO GO THROUGH.
SO THERE'S JUST GIPSON CAPACITY
PROBLEMS THAN THEIR SOME.
I GUESS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THESE
ARBITRATING ARBITRARY. A
POLITICAL DIVISIONS WE HAVE
CITIES THAT ARE JUST MENON JUST
ARTIFICIAL COUNTIES THAT ARE
OFFICIALS ARE WE GONNA HAVE IN A
WE DON'T ORGANIZE AROUND
WATERSHEDS WE DON'T FORGET WE DO
WE'LL GET TEARY EYED IN THE
DENNY'S. RESTAURANT OVER WATER
WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHERE HOW
THEY IDENTIFY BUT WE DON'T SIT
BACK AND SAY.
FOR GOD SAKES THIS IS THAT THIS
IS A PIECE OF THE WATERSHEDS
THIS IS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
HERE THE POPULATED AREAS WHY
DID.
WHY DID WE LET SOMEBODY ONCE
UPON A TIME DRAW THE SQUARE IN
THE LINE DEAR AND IT?
IT IN ENHANCES THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
ALREADY HAVE WHICH JURISDICTIONS
AND RESOURCES AND. POLITICAL
ARM.
.
PRODUCT OF SICK PEOPLE HAVE.
YOU'RE IN IN IN THE IN THE
REPORTS THAT ARE COMING OUT
RIGHT NOW THE RECENT
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE.
ALL.
ALL REALLY SINGING THAT SAME.
THAT SAME STORY.
SO WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN A TIME
WHEN THERE'S BEEN SOME
CREAM IN ABOUT WHAT TO DO. NOW
IT'S THAT CHALLENGE OF THE.
MOBILIZING
PROJECTS AND POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION.
DO IT BUT.
DO YOU THINK NEW GOVERNMENTAL
STRUCTURES ARE NEEDED TO SORT OF
FACILITATE THIS COMMUNICATION
AND.
COLLABORATION ACROSS THE STATE.
WELL.
.
PROBABLY ONE EXPECTING THAT
QUESTION AT THIS YEAR.
WORKING ON SAFEGUARDING THERE
WEREN'T THERE WEREN'T ANY AREAS
OF OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION THAT
THAT.
IN A WE WOULD HAVE MADE A
RECOMMENDATION OR WOULD HAVE
MOVED FORWARD A PROPOSAL IF WE
SAW A NEED FOR NEW. AND ENTITIES
TO ADDRESS CLIMATE ADAPTATION SO
RIGHT YOU KNOW OUR PROGRAMS
COVER VERY BROAD SPECTRUM OF.
POLICY AREAS AND IN NEEDS FROM
THE PUBLIC IN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE
READY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
ARM AND AND AND THEY'RE JUST
MAYBE SOME.
NO CREATIVE THINKING ABOUT
FUNDING AND ORGANIZATION THAT
THAT NEEDS TO TO HELP THEM OUT.
THINK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
SAFEGUARDING PLANNED AND OTHER
THAN THAT CHIROPRACTIC COUPLE
NEED AFTER LUGGING THIS AROUND.
FOR A LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT
BUT THANK YOU. DOCTOR BEV WORTH
PLACE.
WELL THANK YOU.
AND THANKS FOR THE INVITATION TO
COME.
BUT A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND
I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THEM
SOMEONE.
I COHERENTLY SIR OVERALL ON WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING ON ADAPTATION
RESILIENCY.
THAT.
PR I THAT ALL TALK IN THE LOT
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
INTEGRATED-CLIMATE ADAPTAION
RESILIENCY
PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY OF
ADAPTATION CLEARING HOUSE WHICH
I THINK ADDRESSES. OR STARTS TO
HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE
TOPICS THAT HAVE.
BEEN TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING
ON AND THEN YOU KNOW JUMP IN
NINE BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES AYE
WHICH PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO
BE PARTICULARLY UNIQUE BUT I'M.
A LITTLE START WITH I THINK WHEN
THAT PIECE OF WORK THAT WE DID
OVER THE LAST ABOUT. AND LAST
TWO YEARS WITH THEM WORKING TO
SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
EXECUTIVE ORDER B. THIRTY
FIFTEEN. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
EFFORT.
TO REALLY PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO
CD AGENCIES OUR ROLE IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION.
ON HOW TO INTEGRATE CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALL PLAN.
AND I'M IN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER
IF YOU'LL RECALL ALSO HAD
PROVISIONS AROUND. AND
SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA AND
REGULAR UPDATES.
ABOUT BRINGING CLIMATE CHANGE
INTO THE FIVE YEAR
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
SO WE CONVENED A TECHNICAL
ADVISORY GROUP YES HE WE. MET
FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
BOTH PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE
AND OUTSIDE OF THE STATE TO
REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IT.
HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT STARTING
TO INTEGRATE CLIMATE CHANGE AD
ALL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
RECOGNIZING VERY DIFFERENT
STARTING POINTS VERY DIFFERENT
MISSIONS ETCETERA ACROSS THE
SCOPE OF STATE AGENCIES?
AND SO WE ENDED UP WITH A.
FAIRLY CONCISE DOCUMENT CALLED
BUILDING RESILIENT CALIFORNIA
THAT REALLY TOOK LOOKS AT TWO
ELEMENTS OF THIS CHALLENGE WHICH
IS.
WHAT SHOUL WE BE PLANNING FOR
WHICH IS WHAT WE HEAR A LOT?
WHAT IS IT TELL ME HOW MUCH SEA
LEVEL RISE HOW MUCH TEMPERATURE
CHANGE?
AND THE ANSWER IS WE CAN GIVE
YOU A SINGLE NUMBER BUT HELP TO
PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND HOW TO
INTERPRET THE RANGES OF.
IMPACTS THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR
THE STATE REALLY POINTING TO THE
WORK THE STATE IS INVESTED IN
THROUGH ITS CLIMATE CHANGE
ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION
IT'S CONTAINED WITHIN CALIDAD.
SO WE DO TRY TO POINT TO A
SINGLE INFORMATION SOURCE I'M
AND AND BODY OF DATA.
AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS WAS HOW
WE HAVE TO PLANNED DIFFERENTLY.
AND HOW WE HAVE TO THINK IN MORE
FLEXIBLE WAYS THINK ABOUT HOW WE
INTEGRATE REALLY. VERY
EXPLICITLY VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES IN VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS HOW WE COORDINATE
ACROSS TO
SCALES OF GOVERNMENT FROM LOCAL
UP TO STATE TO FEDERAL.
AND SO WE TRY DIDN'T PROVIDE
THAT IN A PRETTY ACTIONABLE
HUESO FOR THINKING ABOUT
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THERE'S
AN EQUITY CHECKLISTS IN THAT
DOT.
AND SO REALLY TO THINK ABOUT
THAN HOW TO ROLL THAT INTO
PRACTICE WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
AGENCY. AND BUILT A TEMPLATE
BASED ON THAT DOCUMENT.
THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO
COMPLETES A SUSTAINABILITY ROAD
MAPS OF THE I'M OWN FACILITIES
HAS STARTED ANSWERING A SERIES
OF STRUCTURED QUESTIONS AROUND
CLIMATE RISK FOR FACILITIES. THE
FOR YOUR PHYSICAL FACILITY
YOURSELF AND THEN WE ASA STARTED
AROUND. FOR WHAT IS THE FUNCTION
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT
FACILITY REALLY I THINK IT'S A
STARTING POINT IT'S A ICE
DESCRIBING A LOT IS A THOUGHT
EXERCISE. WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE DOING REALLY ROBUST
VULNERABILITY ES.
ALREADY ON THEIR OWN BUT NOT ALL
DEPARTMENT THROUGH THERE INSISTS
IS REALLY A WAY TO SORT OF. LAY
OUT.
HERE'S SOME CLIMATE IMPACT DATA
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL
TOGETHER FOR YOUR SPECIFIC
LOCATION AND LET'S START WALKING
THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD MEAN.
I'M INTO LOT SO YOU KNOW I THINK
A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IN AND
IMPORTANT. EXERCISE OR GOING
THROUGH TO ALSO GET A BETTER
HANDLE O.
WHAT MORE INFORMATION DO FOLKS
NEED TO KNOW WHO ARE OPERATING
FACILITIES AND SO TED DOCTOR
JONES IS POINT? YOU MAYBE YOU
THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IN
CALABASAS IS REALLY VALUABLE BUT
IT MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT THE
FACILITY MANAGER WOULD WANT TO
KNOW SO. THAT'S A IT'S THE START
OF THAT INTERNAL PROCESS.
I'M ANOTHER LARGE UNDERTAKING O.
P. OURS HAD. OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN OF THE
FIRST COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO
THE GENERAL PLAN GUIDE.
IN OVER A DECADE I'M CSUS FOR
CITIES AND COUNTIES I'M IN ONE
OF OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES AS WE
UNDERTOOK THAT AFTER IT WAS IN A
GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGHOUT
THE DOCUMENT OVER ALL.
ON. AND AND THEN IN THE UPDATE
TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO
COMPLETE WITH PRETTY EXTENSIVE
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AROUND IT.
AND WHILE WE WERE IN THE MIDST
OF THAT I SENATE BILL THREE
SEVENTY NINE PASSED WHICH
REQUIRED THE INTEGRATION OF
CLIMATE RISK INTO THE SAFETY
ELEMENT OF GENERAL PLANS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE GENERAL
PLAN GUIDELINES UPDATE WHICH
WOULD REALLY ADHERE CHIROPRACTIC
PROBLEMS IF. PRINTED IT OUT FOR
YOU SO PUB WHICH YOU TO OUR
WEBSITE.
BUT YOU'LL SEE A STANDALONE
CHAPTER ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE WITH AN ASU REALLY IS OF
SOME EXPLICIT DISCUSSION ON THE
SAFETY ELEMENT AS WELL. BUT A
LOT OF THAT.
WAS THEIR WORK THERE IS REALLY
AROUND HOW DO A LINE.
AND IN A GREAT EFFORTS ACROSS
CLIMATE ACTION PLANS.
AND OTHER.
LOCAL ADAPTATION PLANS AND
OTHER LOCAL CLIMATE EFFORTS AND
HOW TO INTEGRATE THAT IN
SELECT IT IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
IN ANOTHER OVER ARCHING
OBJECTIVE THAT UPDATE WAS
INTEGRATION OF EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CONSIDERATIONS WHICH YOU'LL SEE
CARRIED INTO THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
DISCUSSION AS WELL.
I'M SO OP OURS ALSO BEEN WORKING
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CALIFORNIA
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AND THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION.
THE COMPLETE THE STATE'S FOURTH
CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT.
SO ABOUT EVERY THREE OR SO YEARS
CALIFORNIA HAS INVESTED IN A
COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ORIGINAL
STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT IS KIND IT WOULD IT LIKELY
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
CALIFORNIA?
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS WHAT
FEEDS INTO CAL ADOPTED OUR TOOL
THAT PROVIDES CLIMATE.
.
IMPACT INFORMATION AT A LOCAL
SCALE BUT ALSO IS INCLUDED A
SUITE OF STRUCTURAL STUDIES TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE
COULD MEAN FOR. THE ENERGY
SECTOR THE TRANSPORTATION
SECTOR.
I'M IN THIS FOURTH ASSESSMENT
WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED IN AND WAS
DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ADAPTATION
AND RESILIENCY EFFORTS.
EN SU THIS CUTS ACROSS ALL OF
THE TECHNICAL REPORTS THAT HAVE
BEEN FUNDED BY THE STATE
DOLLARS.
I'M THROUGH BOTH THE ENERGY
COMMISSION AND THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY THEN WE'VE ALSO
RECRUITED A CADRE OF VOLUNTEER
AUTHORS.
WORKING OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF
THEIR HEARTS TO SUPPORT HER
CLIMATE ACTION I TO PREPARE A
SERIES OF SYNTHESIS REPORT SO WE
WILL HAVE NINE REGIONAL REPORTS
COMING OUT OF THIS ASSESSMENT
PROCESS. WHICH WILL COVER THE
ENTIRE STATE.
.
AND I THAT WE ALSO HAVE SOME
TOPICAL SYNTHESISED REPORTS
LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND EQUITY.
TRIBAL AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES COAST AND OCEANS.
I'M AND SO TOGETHER WE WILL HAVE
A WHOLE NEW SET OF TECHNICAL
INFORMATION BUT THEN ALSO THESE.
SUMMARY REPORTS AND I SHOULD ADD
WILL ALSO HAVE A STATEWIDE
SUMMARY REPORT THAT PULLS
TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION
ACROSS THE ASSESSMENT.
TO PUT IT INTO A SLIGHTLY MORE
DIGESTIBLE FORMAT SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO READ ALL FIFTY. PLUS
UNDERLYING TECHNICAL STUDIES BUT
GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS
THIS MEAN FOR THE STATE OVER ALL
AND THEN LOCAL EXPERTS WORKING
WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE WHAT IS
THIS MEAN. INNER REGIONS AROUND
THE STATE.
I'M.
AND SO THAT.
ALL HAT WORK IS IN THE PEER
REVIEW ARE IN FINAL PREPARATION
RIGHT NOW ONE WILL BE OUT.
THIS SUMMER I'VE FOR.
FOR PUBLIC A LOT OF WHAT WE
HOPE TO BE A LOT OF PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN SO FINALLY I JUST WANT
OTHER ACTIVITY THAT UP BEFORE
YOU JUMP INTO AYE PART. IS I
THINK THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF
COORDINATION WHICH WAS TOUCHED
ON BEFORE. REALLY CAN'T BE
UNDERSTATED AND SO WORKING WITH
THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY.
WE'VE BEEN COCAINE VIENEN SUB
WORKING GROUP OF THE CLIMATE
ACTION TEAM FOCUSED AROUND
SAFEGUARDING.
CALIFORNIA ISSUES ISSUES THAT
HAVE COME UP IN THE INTEGRATED
CRIME ADAPTATION RESILIENCY
PROGRAM. I'M THIS IS CALLED SAFE
CAP A HUNDRED AND THAT'S BEEN A
GREAT WAY FOR STATE AGENCIES TO
JUST HAVE A REAL AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR REGULAR DIALOGUE AROUND
THESE ISSUES. I'M AND THEN OF
COURSE YOU AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM
LEADER OUR WORK WITH ARCA.
I THE ALLIANCE OF REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE I CLIMB ADAPTATION
HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
FOR ALSO HELPING US TO THINK
ABOUT THAT COORDINATION. YOU
KNOW WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS
I AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO HAD A
NUMBER A FEW OPPORTUNITIES NOT
QUITE AS MANY AS WE'VE HAD
BEFORE. I'M TO PARTNER WITH SOME
OF OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL
ON WORK.
I AM SO NOT JUMP IN ON THE
INTEGRATED CLIMATE ADAPTATION
RESILIENCY PROGRAM ARE AYE CARD.
ON WHICH IS CREATED THROUGH
SENATE BILL TWO FOUR SIX
AUTHORED BY SENATOR WIECKOWSKI.
AND HAS TWO PRIMARY ELEMENTS
INTO FIRST OFF TALK ABOUT THE
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT
WE CAN.
I AND THIS WAS THE ATTACK WAS
ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE CORDY
COORDINATION.
ACROSS STATE LOCAL AND REGIONAL
EFFORTS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
THE MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES A NUMBER
OF STATE AGENCIES.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS.
WHAT WE THOUGHT OF AS A NETWORK
ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
ARCA ARMOR OTHER?
ENTITIES THAT COORDINATE ACROSS.
DIFFERENT NETWORKS AYE NON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS.
I'M. THEN THE COUNCIL WE MEET
QUARTERLY.
AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND
THE STATE USUALLY TWICE A YEAR
HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND THEN WE
TRY TO.
I GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE
HAVE HAD ONE COMPLETE YEAR SO
FOR MEETINGS AND TWENTY
SEVENTEEN AND WE JUST HELD. OUT
LAST WEEK OUR FIRST MEETING FOR
TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
I'M AND TODAY IF THE COUNCIL HAS
FOUGHT FOCUSED ON.
ONE TASK THAT I THINK REALLY
SPEAKS TO A TOPIC THAT WAS.
DISCUSSED WHEN KAYLEE WAS
SPEAKING.
WHICH WAS.
AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING PEOPLE
CIVIL WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE
WORKING TOWARDS.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE?
?
THAT WOULD MARK.
SUCCESS WE DON'T HAVE A A TARGET
A NUMERICAL TARGET FOR WHERE
WE'RE TRYING TO GET
ADAPTATION.
SEE THE WAY WE DO FOR GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS.
AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FIRST YEAR THAT TECHNICAL
ADVISORY COUNSEL WORK TOGETHER
TO DEVELOP A SET OF VISION AND
SET OF PRINCIPLES FOR OUR
ACTION.
AROUND ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCE.
I'M AND THE INTERCONNECTIONS
AMONG
THEM
SO LOOKING AT HOW WE RESPOND TO
SHOCK EVENTS BUT ALSO HOW WE
WITHSTAND CHANGING AVERAGE
CONDITIONS. AND THAT WE CONTINUE
TO GROW AND LEARN.
WHILE DOING THAT.
ANOTHER AREA OF WORK THEN
TIED-WITH THAT AND THEN WE HAVE
A SET
OF PRINCIPLES.
AND ONE OF THE ELEMENTS ON THE
PRINCIPLES WAS AROUND PROTECTING
VULNERABLE.
CALIFORNIANS AT OUR LAST
MEETING WE ACTUALLY ADOPTED A
MORE OF A CONCRETE DEFINITION OF
WHAT IS THAT MEAN AND HOWWOULD
ONE THINK ABOUT IT. AYE AND SO
THAT WILL IS ALSO UP ON OUR
WEBSITE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THEN
TRACKING PROGRESS TOWARDS
ACHIEVING THAT VISION. TO THE
POINT METRICS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY
CHALLENGING I WE HAVE FOCUSED A
LOT ON HOW DO WE START LOOKING
AT.
AT PLAN COMPLETION THE TECHNICAL
ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAME
BACK INTO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE
MORE THAN THAT WE WANT TO SEE
MORE THAN JUST PLANTS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM
TO THINK ABOUT OKAY WHAT IS THAT
LOOK LIKE THAT WHAT IS IT.
WE CAN START WITH PLANS AND HOW
DO WE THEN GET INTO THE QUALITY
OF THAT PLANTS IT'S NOT JUST
THAT YOU DID IT BUT THAT YOU DID
IT WELL AND THAT THEN YOUR
EMPLOYEE.
AYE WERE WORKING ON THAT ANOTHER
MAJOR AREA WAS AROUND FINANCING.
I'M FOR ADAPTATION I'LL TOUCH ON
THIS AT THE END AGAIN.
BUT REALLY A NO YOU CAN'T HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS RUN
ADAPTATION WITHOUT HEARING MORE
ABOUT FUNDING AND FINANCING. I
AND I THINK IT IS NOT ONLY AYE
HERS NOT A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AS MUCH S IT IS JUST
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S OUT THERE.
FILLABLE AND HOW DO WE DO BETTER
WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
TECHNO ADVISORY COUNCIL BUT ALSO
WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK F
SAN FRANCISCO AND A RESEARCHER
FROM HARVARD.
TO HELP BUILD A FINANCING
FRAMEWORK.
AND ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT IT
WILL BE ON THE INTEGRATED KIND
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCY. AYE
CLEARINGHOUSE IT'S NOW I WILL
TALK ABOUT AND THE CLEARING
HOUSE WHERE.
I SO THE ADAPTATION CLEARING
HOUSE IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
PUBLIC AGENCIES AND PROVIDE A
CENTRALIZED SOURCE OF
INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
I AM TO ASSIST DECISION MAKERS
AT THE STATE TRIBAL REGIONAL AND
LOCAL LEVEL. OUT WHEN PLANNING
VINCE USE ME FOR AN IMPLEMENTING
ADAPTATION.
EFFORTS AND SO WE REALLY WANTED
TO CREATE A VERY USER FRIENDLY
RESOURCE THAT FOLKS COULD GO TO.
THAT WOULD BE SEARCHABLE
THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS TO YOU
COULD GO TO THE CLEARING HOUSE
YOU CAN TIE ONE TO SEE
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON
SEA LEVEL RISE.
OR I WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENING IN MY REGION.
YOU KNOW SO YOU CAN REALLY LOOK
AT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS OR EVEN
GO TO A MAP. AND POINT ON A MAP
AND SEE WITH.
AND SO THAT YOU CAN.
USE A MORE TYPICAL SEARCH FOR
INTERFACE YOU CAN USE A MAP
INTERFACE THERE'S ALSO A SERIES
BEING DEVELOPED THAT REALLY
PROVIDE A. MORE FIRST PERSON
PERSPECTIVE ON ACTIONS THAT ARE
BEING TAKEN.
I AM THE CLEARING HOUSE INCLUDES
A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
RESOURCES.
INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS PLANS AND
STRATEGIES COMMUNICATIONS AND
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON POLICY
AND PLANNING GUIDANCE DATA TOOLS
RESEARCH SO WE WILL INTEGRATE
ALL OF THE FOR.
EVEN THE FOURTH ASSESSMENT
RESEARCH AS IT'S AVAILABLE I
NEVER ALSO WORKING ON KEY
STUDIES PROJECTS AN EXAMPLE.
I'M.
FRIENDS WE ALSO WERE REALLY
WORKING TO HIGHLIGHT.
CONNECTION AND AND REALLY
LEVERAGE CONNECTIONS TO OTHER
RESOURCES SO I'LL LINKING UP TO
CALIDAD UPS TO ACCESS CLIMATE
DATA FOR INSTANCE NOT
REINVENTING THE WHEEL IN DOING
THAT.
CLEARING HOUSE.
.
BUT THEN ALSO WHIMS OF THINGS
LIKE THE SEA LEVEL RISE GUIDANCE
DOCUMENT.
TO HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
GUIDANCE.
AND SO AS OF MID MARCH WE HAVE
ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY
RESOURCES IN THE CLEARING HOUSE
WE JUST ENTERED A BETA TESTING
PHASE OR THE TOOL. I'M WE HAVE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR EVERY
SECTOR IN IMPACT AREA.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE
AND OCEANS AND CO SINCE YOU
LEVEL RISE AND THAT WAS BECAUSE
WE DELIBERATELY PARTNERED WITH
THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL.
TO MEET THEIR DIRECTIVE TO
DEVELOP A CLEARINGHOUSE OF SEA
LEVEL RISE RESOURCES AGAIN
RATHER THAN CREATING. TWO
PARALLEL DATABASES WE DECIDED TO
WORK TOGETHER.
AND AND MAKE THAT ALL IN ONE
PLACE.
.
AND SO AS I SAID WERE IN THE
BETA TESTING FEES THAT CLEARING
HOUSE BE AVAILABLE AND FINALIZE
IN THE SUMMER OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
I AM EVEN VISITS AT RESILIENT CA
DOT ORG AND TAKE A LOOK AND A
LITTLE DIALOG BOX WILL POP UP
AND SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE
US FEEDBACK.
I BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING A NUMBER
OF SESSIONS AROUND THE STATE
DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO ACTUALLY
WALK THROUGH AND WE'VE HAD.
SESSIONS ALREADY WITH STATE
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS TO WALK
THROUGH THE THE TOOL.
I'M LOOKING HAD WERE REALLY
PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM
VIABILITY AND UTILITY OF THE
CLEARING HOUSE. I MENTIONED
ALREADY IMMIGRATING ON THE
FOURTH ASSESSMENT STUDIES IN
RESOURCES. AYE WERE ALSO LOOKING
INTO IT.
.
SURE IT'D TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO
BOTH GENERATE CONTENT BUT HIGHLY
THE CLEARING HOUSE AND OTHER
STATE PROGRAMS.
PRINCESS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
CALTRANS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE SP ONE ADAPTATION
PLANNING GRANTS.
EVERY GRANT RECIPIENT WILL BE
SUBMITTING A CASE STUDY TO THE
CLEARING HOUSE.
IS THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A
MEANS FOR US TO SEE THAT AND
THEN A BIT BEGINNING AND THE END
OF THEIR GRANT. AM AND SO IT
JUST BECOMES A WAY TO REPORT ON
ON SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS THE
STATUS MAKING AND TRACK THEM.
I'M WERE DEVELOPING GUIDANCE AND
FOR TAG WHICH URIEL SO THAT
WOULD BE EASY TO PASS ALONG TO
OTHERS.
AND JUST REALLY DATABASE
CURATION AND MAINTENANCE SO HOW
DO WE KEEP MATERIALS UP TODAY
GET RID OF MATERIALS THAT ARE
OUT OF DATE.
I AND SO WORKING ON ALL OF THAT
RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
AND THEN I GUESS I WILL CONCLUDE
WITH THE FINAL QUESTION THAT I
WAS ASKED AROUND CHALLENGES AM
BARRIERS.
AND I THINK I'LL START BY
SAYING I THINK OVERALL. I WE'VE
MADE REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
I FEEL LIKE OVER THE LAST.
.
FOR SEVEN YEARS REALLY PUSHING
FORWARD ON ADAPTATION THAT IS
NOT TO SAY THERE ISN'T BEYOND
THAT THERE'S NOT MORE WORK TO BE
DONE.
ANYTHING TO ALL HIGHLY TO THE
CONTINUING CHALLENGES IN AND THE
FIRST ALREADY TOUCHED ON WHICH
IS FINANCING ADAPTATION.
AND I THINK THIS I MENTIONED
SHOULD BE AS IT DOES COME UP AND
YOU KNOW ON NEARLY EVERY
CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THING IS NOT JUST
ABOUT NEEDING MORE MONEY.
BUT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
USING THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN
WAYS BUILDS RESILIENCE THEY WERE
AVOIDING MALADAPTIVE DECISION SO
WE'RE MAKING SURE NOT DOING
THINGS. THROUGH THAT YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE INVESTING IN.
IN ONE AREA YOU'RE GONNA MAKE
YOURSELF LESS RESILIENT IN
ANOTHER AREA.
BUT THEN ALSO TAPPING INTO NEW
AND CREATIVE FINANCING
MECHANISMS ULTIMATELY WE REALLY
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW. TO
ENGAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
OTHERS AND IN DOING THIS WORK
BECAUSE IT IT IS.
SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING.
AND THEN THE SECOND I THINK
REALLY IS ONE THAT'S BEEN
TOUCHED ON INCREASINGLY AND
EVERYONE'S DISCUSSION.
WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT PROBLEM
SOLVING INVESTING AND WORKING IN
INTEGRATED WAYS
I SO I THINK THIS REMAINS ONE OF
THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES IN
FOR ONE THERE'S NOT REALLY AN
EASY ANSWER.
BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS
SECTORS WE HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AS WE DO
THIS WORK.
I'M AN UNFORTUNATE THERE'S NOT
ONE SIZE THAT WORKS FOR EVERY
CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING SO
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SEA
LEVEL RISE. AND REGIONAL
PLANNING THERE'S A SCALE FOR
THAT WHICH IS PROLLY GONNA LOOK
DIFFERENT FOR FOREST'S OR FOR
OTHER ISSUES. I'M AND SO YOU
KNOW THAT THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
IT'S I THINK WE JUST NED TO
KEEP WORKING ON WAYS THAT WE
DESIGN IMPLEMENT AND.
IN INTEGRATED REYES I DON'T
THINK IT'S NECESSARILY
NETMEETING A NEW ENTITY TO DO
THAT OUR.
REALLY IS JUST REALLY THINKING
ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK IN MORE
INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED WAYS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME
EFFORTS RD HELPING IN THIS
DIRECTION I THINK ARCA.
IS ONE FOR SURE.
THAT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL AGAIN ANOTHER.
AND THERE ARE SOME RECOVERY
EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AS
WELL FROM SOME OF OUR DISASTERS
THAT ARE ARE TESTING OUT HOW WE
PARTNER ON THESE ACTIVITIES.
BUT I JUST THINK HE CONTINUED
TO BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
AND HOW WE APPROACH THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO WITH THAT I WILL
CONCLUDE AND I THANK YOU AGAIN
HAPPY.
SINCE.
EARLY ON YOU YOU HE HAD BEEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS YOUR
REPORT TALKED.
A STATES IS DISARM.
CAPACITY TO PREPARE FOR THESE
DISRUPTIONS.
RIGHT IN AND IT'S A LITTLE SCARY
BECAUSE THE EARLIER PANEL SAYING
THAT THE SCIENCE KEEPS CHANGING
THAT'S A MOVING TARGET SO I'M
THINKING ABOUT. A THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT.
YOU KNOW THEY THEY HAVE THEIR.
PART OF GOVERNMENT IN AND AND
THERE'S IN THE BAY AREA IT SEEMS
LIKE THEY'RE ALL LOCATED RIGHT
BY THE. BY THE.
THE BAY SO YOU'RE SAYING OKAY
THIS IS NOT NEW TO THESE FOLKS
ABOUT HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PLAN
FOR THE SEARCH.
AND IN WHAT IS AT LOOK LIKE AND
HOW DID THEY DO YOU SIR YEAH
FINANCING A CAPACITY TO DO THAT
AND YOU KNOW WHERE WERE.
GOLD PLAYED ON THAT ADAPTATION
THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THESE
CHANGES TO DO IT AND YOU PLAN
FOR A THREE FOOT SURGE.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO
PROTECT THE ASSET AND PROVIDE
THIS AND GET A FOUR FOOT SEARCH.
CAS'S THE SIGNS CHANGE AND IN
AND KNOW WHATEVER TODAY I'M I'M
OF THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT BUT
NOBODY WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT
YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET A FOUR
FOOT SURGE AT THIS THING AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN THAT.
AND.
INTRAPARTY OF OUR EYES
INFRASTRUCTURE IS EITHER
COMPROMISE.
DESTROYED TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE WHAT THE EFFECT IS BUT YOU
HAVE THAT.
REACHING ONE.
RIGHT ARM.
THAT'S A SCARY THOUGHT EXISTENCE
HIS YOU KNOW BECAUSE AND THAT'S
WITH EVERYBODY DOING THE RIGHT
THING RIGHT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S
DOING THE REPEAT THE RESILIENCY.
A PLANNING AND THAT THAT THE
ADAPTATION THE MAKING THESE
CHANGES AND EVERYONE'S GOT A
THEIR NEWS FLYER SAYING THIS IS
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADAPT
THE CLIMBING. CLIMATE A CHANGING
CLIMATE.
.
HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE
MIMIC IS AT THE THE OTHER THING
IS THAT YOU OVER BILLS
EVERYTHING KEY AGAIN YOU'VE GOT
THAT FIFTEEN FOOT MOTE AROUND
YOUR ASSETS SO THAT IT DOESN'T?
IT IT IT'S PROTECTED BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT'S DEEMED IT THIS WAY
I'M SURE YOU COULD PUT THE SAME.
EXAMPLE ON AND ACT LIKE THE
AIRPORTS IN THE BAY AREA OR EVEN
LOS ANGELES IS RIGHT THERE IS
SET WHAT WHAT IS SAID.
WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED MONEY
AND AND WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER.
APPLICATIONS SOME OF THEM WE
HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT YET.
YEAH ME THINK THIS GETS
TO A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT
ABOUT WITH IN THE BUILDING
RESILIENCE.
FORNEY WORK IS.
WE DON'T HAVE IN THE NOT ENOUGH
RESOURCES TO BUILD EVERYTHING TO
A WORST CASE SCENARIO.
AND SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO N
THAT PROP AND THAT DOCUMENT WAS
ACTUALLY PROVIDE A BIT OF.
GUIDANCE FOR HOW.
I THINK ABOUT.
WE ARE YOU WANT TO SITUATE
YOURSELF IN THAT RANGE OF
NUMBERS SO. AYE THERE ARE GONNA
BE CASES WHERE IT'S GOING TO
MAKE SENSE APPROACH.
PLAN FOR.
AN EXTREME SCENARIO AND I THINK
THEY'RE SEA LEVEL RISE GUIDANCE
DOCUMENT AS A VERY NICE JOB. OF
LAYING THAT OUT.
IT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOU
NOT CAN HAVE A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY OR ITS A CRITICAL
ASSET THAT IF FOR SOME REASON.
IT IS IMPACTED IT'S GOING TO
HAVE. ON YOU KNOW.
AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT LARGE
POPULATIONS PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS GOING TO
YOU KNOW.
SYSTEMICALLY AFFECT YOUR REGION
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE I THINK THIS ALSO
GETS INTO REALLY THAT IS HOW YOU
DO YOUR PLANNING HAS TO BE
DIFFERENT AND YOU NEED TO BUILD
AND FLEXIBILITY. AND WHAT'S
CALLED ADAPTATION PATHWAYS
I'M INTO YOUR YOUR PLAN AND SO
YOU'RE NO LONGER LOOKING AT
NECESSARILY A LINEAR TYPE OF.
PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE WE NEED TO
BE LOOKING AND BUILDING AND
DELIBERATE.
CHECKPOINTS WHERE YOU CAN LOOK
AND SEE IT WHEN I AM TRACKING
THIS IMPACT OR THESE IMPACTS AND
THIS IS HOW THEY'RE DOING
RELATIVE TO WHAT I THOUGHT ARE
THEY WORSE ARE THEY BETTER. DO I
NEED TO ADJUST AND SO YOU HAVE
THE LUXURY OF THAT IN CERTAIN.
EACH RATIONS I'M. WITH WITH A
pINFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS YOU MIGHT
NOT HAVE THAT IN THAT CASE WORST
CASE SCENARIO MAKES SENSE.
IN OTHERS YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT A TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK IT COULD BE OKAY WE
COMPLETELY RE ROUTE TRAFFIC THIS
WAY. OR.
YOUR PLAN FOR YOU KNOW NEXT
TIME WE RECONSTRUCTED WHERE THIS
ROAD WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT OR
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT.
AND SO IT REALLY THAT GETS INTO
THIS.
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE
SAID FOR THE NUMBERS.
THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA CHANGE BUT
WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING
UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT
TYPICALLY GETTING BETTER.
AND SO YOU KNOW I THINK WE NEED
TO TO USE THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE AND THEN USE OUR PLANNING
PROCESS SEASON AND HOW WE BUILD
THAT FLEXIBILITY. INTO OUR
PLANNING.
TO REALLY YOU KNOW.
THINK ABOUT HOW TO. DO IT MOVING
FORWARD WRITE ME THE I. CARPUS
IS SAFE THEIR FIRST MEETING WE
DON'T HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE.
TO DIG ONE POINT FIVE DEGREES
CENTIGRADE IS IT IS WHAT THE
TARGET IS SUGGESTS IT KEEPS
I'M MOVING. ARM. ON THE
FINANCING SIDE YOU KNOW A. WHEN
MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PARIS
CONFERENCE WAS THAT THE WORLD AT
THAT TIME WOODS
LOOKING ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN
PERCENT OF THEIR FUNDS WERE
GOING TO BE PUT INTO IT
ADAPTATION. VERSES THERE THAT
THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAD
AVAILABLE FOR MITIGATION NOW
WE'RE THREE YEARS REMOVED SO
WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO IN
KATOWICE AS FAR AS WHAT WHAT
FOLKS ARE DOING. IT I'M I'M
STRUCK BY MAYBE IN TWO THOUSAND
IVE INSTEAD OF HAVING A GLOBAL
WARMING MITIGATION.
A. MEASURE WE SHOULD HAD THE WE
SHOULD ON THE ADAPTATION PIECE
FIRST WE SHOULD HAVE PLANNED FOR
A RESILIENCY WHERE IT WAS.
I'D.
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S
IT MAY BE A MUCH GREATER
CHALLENGE FOR THE FOR THE STATE
TO ACHIEVE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON
THAT.
COULD WATERSHED OF RIGHT.
I THINK.
ONE THING CAN REALLY MEANT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD
YOU NEED TO HAVE S.
I GOT UP TO.
YOU NEED TO.
BUT REALLY EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND
WE SPEND WE SHOULD BE THINKING.
SPEND AND MAKE SURE IT'S DONE IN
A RESILIENT WAY.
SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING AN
INTEREST.
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
EVEN IF THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD
CALL AN ADAPTATION PROJECT IT
SHOULD BE DONE IN A RESERVE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT
BECOMES VERY HARD.
WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH THE
MONEY WE HAVE.
ALREADY SO THE WINO RANDALL TALK
ABOUT SG SEES PROGRAMS. ALL OF
THOSE
CAN BE CONTRIBUTING TO BUILDING
OUR RESILIENCE.
AND SO YES THERE IS GOING TO BE
SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE NEED
TO FINANCE I AND I THINK THE SAN
FRANCISCO AT THE AT THE SAN
FRANCISCO HAS A REPORT OUT ABOUT
BUILDING UP THEIR SEA WALL AND
HOW TO PROTECT THE. MATURE SAN
FRANCISCO TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY
FINANCING.
VERY CLEARLY FALLS IN THAT
ADAPTATION PROJECT SPECIFICALLY
FOR SAN FRANCISCO ALL SAN
FRANCISCO TWENTY FOUR SEVEN SO.
WILL TAKE THAT WERE GREAT
ASSAULT BUT I DO THINK EVERY
DOLLAR WE.
SHOULD BE
GOING TO.
MAKING A.
THINKING ABOUT FUTURE CONDITIONS
KING ABOUT PEOPLE.
.
AND WE JUST BUILD THAT AND HOW
WE DO.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR WINSTON GOOD MORNING
GOOD MORNING ADHERE Y. BECAUSE
HE IN STATIC YOU SO MUCH AGAIN
FOR.
FOR INVITING US HERE.
.
YOU KNOW IN ADDITION TO SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED OF
MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
KILLIAN WE SEE ABOUT AND
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES AND AND AND AND
BARRIERS WITH REGARD TO
INTEGRATING CLIMATE ADAPTATION
AND OUR EFFORTS. THINK ONE OF
THE ONE OF THE AREAS BUT.
IN A DISTINCT WAY THAT I WAS
ASKED TO FOCUS UPON WERE.
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
AND AND A COUPLE IN PARTICULAR
THAT ALT ALT THAT'LL TOUCH UPON.
AND NAY DAHLE OLD.
BACK FIRST
WE USED TO A REMARKABLE
ON.
S. G.
HE IS REALLY A CONVENING.
BY NATURE SO IN ADDITION TO
THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
PLANNING AND RESEARCH BEING ARE
CHAIR WE OF COURSE HAVE
SECRETARY LAIRD CONSIDERS ON
OUR.
COUNCILS APPOINTEES OF THE
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY AND AND AND
HEADS OF THE OTHER AGENCIES.
AND I MENTION THIS FIRST AND
FOREMOST BECAUSE WE WE APPROACH
ALL OF OUR INVESTMENT PROGRAMS
AND INITIATIVES
THROUGH IN INTEGRATED WORKING
GROUP'S. EFFORT.
FROM THE START THAT WE'RE
DEVELOPING OUR GUIDELINES WERE
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES AND. FORMING OUR OUR
OUR RULES AND AND SORT OF WHERE
WHERE TO PLACE.
ARE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE
GUARD TO THOSE POLICIES WE DO SO
IN A DIRECTLY. INTEGRATED
FASHION AND THAT SOMETIMES.
INVOLVES CONFLICT
Z. OF AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS
WE DIDN'T PERSPECTIVES BUT WE
THINK OF COURSE.
THAT IF IT LEADS TO A MUCH
BETTER OUTCOME I THINK AS YOU
HEARD EARLIER FROM FROM SO MY
CAL COLLEAGUES.
AND SO MAYBE I'LL START WAS
PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE MORE
BROADLY BEFORE MOVING TO SOME OF
THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTIONS
THAT. I'M OF AND ASKED
UPON SO.
WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY DESIGN THAT
MAKES IT
FOR CALIFORNIANS TO WALK BY AND
TRANSIT THROUGH EFFORTS LIKE OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXAMPLE
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM OF THIS IS
FUNDED THROUGH OUR.
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE INVESTMENTS.
WHICH WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW
WELL AND WE PROTECT AGRICULTURAL
LANDS AND INTEGRATE CONSERVATION
AND INTO URBAN PLANNING
PRACTICES TO.
EFFORTS LIKE ARE SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN
CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF HIS
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED BY OUR
PARTNER THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION AND THE AND THE
RESOURCES AGENCY IN CLOSE
COLLABORATION.
WITH WITH OUR OUR OUR
COLLEAGUES THERE AND THIS IS
REALLY WITH A KNIFE WAS HELP IN
KEEPING OUR CITIES COMPACT IN
TRANSIT BRICK* WORKS IN
COORDINATION WITH OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES.
PROGRAM.
TO DATE WITH INVESTED
APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IMPORTANT ELEMENT THAT I WANT TO
TOUCH UPON IS THAT OVER HALF OF
THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BENEFITTED
LOW INCOME. AND DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES.
IT'S A CORE PART OF OF HOW WE
THINK THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT HAS
UPON THIS LATER WE WE WE REALLY
SAW THE NEED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY AND. UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
AND FIRST PILOT IS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BEFORE.
BUILDING A BROADER TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FOR FOR
COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA DO NOT
TOUCH UPON THAT.
A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO MAYBE FIRST ALL ALL DIE THAT
BIT INTO A NEWER PROGRAM.
CALL TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED A COUPLE
OF YOUR YEARS AGO THROUGH.
A PROPOSAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET AND NEW LEGISLATION AB
TWENTY SEVEN TWENTY TWO.
AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THROUGH
WHICH TO REALLY LOOKING TO BUILD
A MODEL FOR MORE INTEGRATED
COMMUNITY LED. INVESTMENTS.
AT ALL SAY OUT THE YOU KNOW OUT
OF THE GATE.
YOU YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT OF
COURSE THE GALAXY PARTING
CALIFORNIA AND CAL UP EARLIER ON
WE INCORPORATE SAFE GALAXY PARTY
CALIFORNIA AND IN THIS PROGRAM
AS WELL AS OUR OTHER OUR OTHER
PROGRAMS.
AND THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO
MAXIMIZE BENEFITS IN OUR STATE'S
MOST DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
WE DEFAULT WE DEFINE THAT THAT
THIS PROGRAM AS THE TOP FIVE
PERCENT. OF CALAVERAS SCREEN AND
OURS AS IDENTIFIED BY BY BY
CALAVERAS RING AND EMPOWERING
THOSE COMMUNITIES TO CHOOSE
THEIR OWN GOALS.
STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS TO
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
WITH A HUNDRED FORTY MILLION
DOLLARS AND OUR FIRST YEAR.
SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS WERE
AWARDED TO THE CITY OF FRESNO
FRESNO HAS THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF TOP FIVE
PERCENT SINCE HIS TRACKS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. A THIRTY
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN WHAT'S
IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES HAS
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TOP FIVE
PERCENT SINCE HIS TRACKS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND IN THIRTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS TO A STATEWIDE
COMPETITION IN THE RECIPIENT WAS
ON ONTARIO AND THIS IS ANOTHER A
JURISDICTION WITH THAT.
HIGH LEVEL TOP FIVE PERCENT
CENSUS TRACKS WE JUST MADE THOSE
AWARDS IN JANUARY AFTER A YEAR
LONG. AND EXTENSIVE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PROJECTS
PROCESS SIXTIES AND GOT UP AT
THE STEERING COMMITTEE HERE AT
THE STATE LEVEL THAT INVOLVS
ABOUT THIRTY. STAFF ACROSS STATE
AGENCIES AGAINST NOT JUST AS SHE
SEES MEMBER AGENCIES BUT OTHERS
INCLUDING THE TREASURER'S OFFICE
AND AND AND AND OTHERS WHO ARE
WHO ARE PART OF THE EFFORT IN
INFORMING THE PROGRAM.
.
AGAIN THIS PROGRAM FUNDS
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
THROUGH A FRAMEWORK THAT WE
BELIEVE INCLUDES A NUMBER OF
CRITICAL ELEMENTS YOU HAVE SOME
FACT SHEETS BEFORE YOU THAT
DIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE
NUMBERS OF THOSE THREE PROJECTS
THAT I MENTIONED IN AN LA IN
FRESNO AND LOS. I WON'T WALK
THROUGH A TO MUCH THAT NOW I DID
WANT TO MENTION MENTION THESE
DISEASE CRITICAL ELEMENTS WITH
REGARD TO.
UP PROGRAM DESIGN SO I
MENTIONED EARLIER THE PROGRAMS.
SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT
OF THE GATE A HOW TO HAVE A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF TOP FIVE
PERCENT.
CALAMARO SCREENS AND DISTRACTS
WHO WERE MERELY TALKING ABOUT
THE MOST.
IMPACTED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND FOR THAT REASON
OUT OF THE GATE WE ALSO.
OFFERED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
BOTH DURING THE APPLICATION
PROCESS AT THE FIRST STAGE OF
WHAT COLOR CONSERVE OPPOSE A
STAGE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
DURING THE FULL APPLICATION
PHASE AND THEN TECHNICAL SINCE
IS NOW AGAIN.
THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION
PHASE.
AT EACH RECIPIENT OUR APPLICANT
WAS REQUIRED TO FORM A
COLLABORATIVE STAKEHOLDER
STRUCTURE.
CLAVATA SEXUAL RECEPTION MEANS
JUST NOT NOT NOT A ONE A INTO
THE APPLYING FOR THE FUNDS BE
ADDED AT A NONPROFIT OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ORIGINAL INTO THE.
BUT ALL OF THE ABOVE AND THE
MORE.
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE BETTER
REALLY TO TO DRAW OUT THAT DE A
MORE HOLISTIC THINKING THROUGH
OF WHAT WAS WHAT REALLY
TRANSFORMATION MEANT. IN THAT
COMMUNITY AND THAT SORT OF GETS
THE OTHER ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT OF
OF OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS
REALLY TAKING A PLACE BASED
APPROACH SO. YOU KNOW WE WE THE
STATE YOU CERTAINLY HAVE OUR OUR
OUR GOALS WE YOU KNOW WE WE
WE'VE SET FORTH POLICY IN OUR
GUIDELINES
THE PROGRAM. BUT IT DOES A
STRONG BELIEF THAT.
.
COMMUNITY LED EFFORT IN
DESIGNING
PROJECTS.
AND IDENTIFYING AREAS OF
CONCERN CONCERN WASN'T IMPORTANT
TO IT UP LEFT AND DO SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH.
PUBLIC ENTITIES WITH THE STATE I
AND OTHER OTHER ENTITIES WHO ARE
A CONCERN IN THE AND IN THE IN
THE AREA IN WHICH WHICH
INVESTMENT WAS BEING WAS BEING
TARGET. THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT
AND NOT JUST IN YOU KNOW IN IN
THE FORM OF AN APPLICATION BUT
ACTUALLY IN THE FORM OF A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
EACH APPLICANT NOW. HOUSE TO YOU
OR PERCIPIENT A HOUSE TO USE IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
DOLLARS.
THROUGHOUT THE LOW BUT NOT LIKE
THE FUNDS AND THREE TO FIVE
YEARS.
EXTENSIVE IN DOCUMENT CAN YOU
GAUGE IT WAS ALSO A REQUIREMENT
AND THIS INCLUDED.
REQUIRED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PLAN.
THE FORMATION OF AN ANTI
DISPLACEMENT PLAN AND POLICIES
THAT THAT THAT GO ALONG WITH
THAT PLAN. ON
TRACKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
RELATED OUTCOMES IN THIS TAKES
PLACE NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR OWN
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
AIR RESOURCES BOARD AND OTHER
AGENCIES. THAT WERE ALSO WORKING
WITH.
AND EVALUATION PROVIDER WE
PARTNERED WITH.
UCLA AND UC BERKELEY OF WHO ARE
ALSO WORKING ON CO BENEFITS
RELATED TO THE GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION FIND.
TO A EVALUATE THESE INVESTMENTS
AGAIN AND IN WHAT'S IN ONTARIO
IN FRESNO.
FOR THE LIFE OF THEIR
INVESTMENTS OF THEIR THEIR
WORKING WITH EACH OF THESE
GRANTEES TO IDENTIFY.
SPECIFIC INDICATORS THAT
THEY'VE LAID OUT A HIGH LEVEL IN
THEIR PLAN AND WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THESE
OUTCOMES AND TILL.
LA LATER ON LATER ONLINE.
AND THEN A A MATCHING FUND
REQUIREMENTS OF ALSO QUITE FIFTY
PERCENT A MINIMUM OF FIFTY
PERCENT LEVERAGE OF ALL OF OUR
DOLLARS SINGLE SEE THAT SOME OF
THE RECIPIENTS HAVE A LOT A LOT
MORE THAN THAT.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO
FINALIZE LE GRAND AGREEMENTS
NOW.
IN THIS PROGRAM ANOTHER DAY AT
THE KEY ELEMENT TO WORK ON WHICH
WERE WHICH EXCITED ABOUTIS AT
IN ADDITION TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.
WE ALSO AWARDED TEN.
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITY
PLANNING GRANTS.
UP FOR RECIPIENTS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE THESE INCLUDE THREE
ACTUALLY IN THAT IN IN IN THE
BAY AREA AND I THINK THIS IS
ABOUT
TENDERLY TO.
REALLY WORK WITH.
A HOST OF ENTITIES AND NOXIOUS
UNDERTAKEN PLANNING THAT
INCLUDES.
DRAWING IN SILVER I THINK OUR
OUR POLICIES AND GOALS FROM
SATANIC SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA
BUT ALSO TYING THOSE ACTIVITIES
TO.
IMPLEMENTATION DOLLARS OR
INVESTMENT.
BE THAT THROUGH T. C. C. OR
OTHER CLIMATE INVESTMENTS AND
THAT'S A LINK THAT WERE REALLY
TRYING TO AT LEAST TWO SEC. MAKE
WITH REGARD TO PLANNING
ACTIVITIES AND DOLLARS TO WHICH
WE CAN WE CAN START TO BUILD
BUILD BUILD SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS.
IS THE NEXT I WANT TO TOUCH
UPON OUR.
CALIFORNIA TIME INVESTMENTS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
PROGRAM I MENTIONED THIS
EARLIER THAT WE HAD WITH BRIDGES
HAD SORT OF.
TWO YEARS OF THAT PROGRAM.
BACK IN FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN.
SGC WAS AWARDED A SMALL AMOUNT
OF FUNDING FIVE AND THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO UNDERTAKE A PILOT FOR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE JUST TO OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXAMPLE
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND THEN IN
THIS. PAST YEAR A TWO MILLION
DOLLARS TO RAMP UP THAT EFFORT
TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
ACROSS ALL OF OUR CLIMATE
INVESTMENT PROGRAMS AND WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH OUR. AGENCY
PARTNERS HERE.
WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS TO DO THAT I THINK
HAVE HAVE OF QUITE A FEW LESSONS
THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND HOPE TO
CONTINUE TO LEARN.
ARE. INVESTING PROGRAMS.
ARE QUITE COMPLEX AND AND AS
MANY OF OUR COMPLEX PROJECTS
REQUIRE AND.
A GOOD DIG.
PASS THE BOND THAT HIGHER
CAPACITY COMMUNITIES HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE WE THINK IT
COMPETING FOR AND EXCELLING AT.
AND DESPITE OUR EFFORTS AT TING
TO BENEFIT THE.
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT THAT
MAYBE NOT BEATEN MIGHT NOT BE AS
WELL RESOURCES RESOURCE AND AB
PROTECTING THOSE AT THEM LOWER
INCOME ARE A DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. AND WE AREN'T WE WE
DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD
ENOUGH JOB OF OF REACHING THOSE
REACHING THOSE COMMUNITIES AND
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORT
OBTAINED PART. IS DESIGNED TO
HELP ON A AMELIORATE.
NOT SO WE USE OUR TV FUNDS TO
BUY TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO
COMMUNITIES HAVE LIMITED
EXPERTISE AND AND ENSURE THAT
THEIR A CAN YOU NEED VISION IS
BROUGHT TO. A OUR DDR F. FUNDS
AT THIS INCLUDES AND.
CAPACITY BUILDING RELATED TO
SPECIFIC SUBJECTS FOR EACH OF
THAT EACH OF THAT OUR OUR OUR
PROGRAMS.
BUT THERE'D BE CALIFORNIA ARE AT
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AT THE
RESOURCES AGENCY THE AIR
RESOURCES BOARD AT STC HOUSING
COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ON ALL OF
THESE REQUIRING A. THIRD OF TO
SOME EXTENT.
PROGRAM SPECIFIC AND I'LL USE
THE WORD SUBSIDE LOW.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHAT THE
SAME TIME TRYING TO THINK
THROUGH HOW THESE PROGRAMS CAN
BE CONNECTED TO OTHER
INVESTMENTS IN THIS GET THAT I
THINK A. A DIRECT PROBLEM THAT
WE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT ALL
MORNING WHEN SORT OF THE RUBBER
MEETS THE ROAD. WE HAVE INVESTED
PROGRAMS THAT EACH HAVE THEIR
OWN REQUIREMENTS EACH HAVE THEIR
OWN GUIDELINES STAFF THESE SO
THAT. AT LEAST THERE ARE
AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING TO GET
THE FUNDS UP THE DOOR HOW CAN
WE.
TELL THE SPEAK REST HE SEES
PART.
TO SOME EXTENSIVE.
PUT THE BRAKES ON TO A DEGREE
TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IN
INCLUDE OTHER PERSPECTIVES SOME
OTHER AGENCIES IN ORDER TO GET
AT ARE MORE HOLISTIC GOALS IN
ITS IT IS MUCH EASIER SAID THAN
DONE AGAIN AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
HAVE HAVE. HAVE TOUCHED UPON
THAT WE WE CAN BE ENDEAVOR DE
ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT.
THE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF OUR
OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
INCLUDE GST QUANTIFICATION FOR
OUR AND.
FREAKS ARE PROJECTS AND I WE WE.
USED ANECDOTALLY HERE HAD A
FOCUSED EFFORT IN A TWO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYMBOL
COMMUNITIES
PROGRAM IN THE SAN JOAQUIN. A
VALLEY WHERE.
OVERALL PROJECTS IN THE AREA
PARTICULAR WE'RE NOT COMPETING
AS AS WELL AS.
THOSE PROJECTS AND SOME OF OUR
LARGER JURISDICTIONS AND SO
PARTNERED WITH.
THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS.
THE DO THE REGIONAL ENTITY THAN
YOUR BRIDGE ON THE TO BOTTOM
PLANNING ORGANIZATION THERE AS
WELL AS.
AT SOME COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS INDIRECT WITH STC
TO FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY FOR
BETTER SERVING THOSE APPLICANTS
IN INCREASING.
THEIR THEIR SUCCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINGLE
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
IN ALL OF THIS BILL THAT THINK
JUST TO THAT TO AT THE BOTTOM
LINE THAT AT ALL ALL STRESS
AGAIN THAT I THINK THAT THAT
THAT THAT THE STATE. AND NEEDS
TO CONTINUE TO I THINK SUPPORT
ARE A LITTLE MULLIN COULD NOT
JUST TO LOW INCOME DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES BUT COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE BOARD TO. BETTER
BUILD CAPACITY I AND. DOING SO
IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE
STATE AND.
TE TO HELP BUILD A PIPELINE FOR
THESE PROJECTS THAT CONNECTS THE
PLANNING ACTIVITIES WITH THE
TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE WANT.
TO SEE AND NOT JUST IN THOSE
AREAS THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER A
BETTER BETTER BETTER RESOURCE
STE.
SO FINALLY AT ALL OF THIS TOUCH
UPON A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT AT AGAIN.
IT WERE ASKED OF MY COLLEAGUES
EARLIER ON AND WOOD ECHO A LOT
OF THOSE SAME RESPONSES ALL
START FIRST WITH JUST.
WHEN HE'S IN WHICH AND MAYBE HOW
COORDINATION BETWEEN REGION
LOCAL CLIMATE HABITAT ADAPTATION
PROGRAMS CAN BE.
OPTIMIZE OR IMPROVED AND AND.
I MAY BECOME DESERVE SURPRISE
ELICITS FROM WHAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER WHICH IS THAT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE I THINK THAT. WE'VE
MADE SOME STRIDES IN IN IN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT LEAST TO
OUR OUR THIS INITIAL SMALL
INVESTMENT BUT.
I DO THINK THAT WE.
WE AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE NOT
AS COORDINATED AS WE COULD BE.
AROUND THE WAY IN WHICH EACH OF
OUR ARE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
APPLICANTS DOING SO I THINK. ALL
ALL WELL INTENTIONED I THINK IT
AND IN A WAY THAT IS TRUE TO THE
NATURE OF THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
BUT MAYBE NOT AS INTEGRATED AS
THEY AS THEY COULD AS THEY COULD
BE.
TO HAVE A THEY KNOW A DIRECT.
SOLUTION TO A RECOMMENDATION
THAT AT A AT A DIED. THAT I
DON'T THINK I I I HAVE ONE HERE
NOW BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BE
AN ISSUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE.
AGAIN PROGRAMS THAT HAVE VERY
SPECIFIC STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
TO MEET DEADLINES TO GET OUT THE
DOOR SOMETIMES FOR AND MANY THAT
TENS OR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND IT SOUNDS CONTINUES
TO BE. AS HER TRYING TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE PROGRAMS
WORK.
HOW DO WE COORDINATE ON OUR OWN
PART TODAY INTEGRATE? THOSE.
POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS AND I
GUESS WHAT WHAT SHE PICK UP YOUR
CAPACITY TO TO TWEAK THAT
APPLICATION THAT THEY HAVE YOU
KNOW BECAUSE WE GET NEW
SCIENTIFIC DATA WE GET YOU KNOW
YOU WHICH WE CALL A
TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY SMITTEN
BUT IS IT. IS IT THESE TWELVE
BLOCKS OF EVERY TRANSFORM OR IS
IT THESE.
HUNDRED BLOCKS A COULD BE TRENT
TRANCE OF FORMED AND YOU KNOW
THERE'S CERTAIN. AT E. COMPRISE
CERTAIN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
I'M THINKING ABOUT RESTORING
WATERSHEDS NINE AND GLANCING AT
FRESNO HAVE TREASON AND SURE
WE'VE.
CREATED HEAT ISLANDS IN CITIES
AND SURE THAT YES THE TREES WILL
WILL GO.
CHANGE THAT BUT IT MAY BE THREE
MILES DOWN ON THE RIVER BANK OR
UP IN THE AND THE WATERSHED WERE
YOU.
THE WATERSHED DEPEND COMPLETELY
DECIMATED AND THAT MAY HAVE A
MORE TRANSFORMATIVE.
A AFFECT ON GREATER. FRESNO
THEN THIS THIS LITTLE IMPACT IT
COULD COMMUNITY ARM OVER THE
TALL THE WHOLE IMPACT COMMITTEE
AND HOW THE WE. IN BECAUSE WE
ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE BEST
SCIENCE WE WANNA YOU KNOW WE
WANT TO BE BIG THINKERS HERE
WHEN WE WE DO THIS HOW DO YOU
SAYS STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNSEL.
LOOK AT THAT AND SAY. THE DOCTOR
WAS JUST WE JUST FOUND THE SEVEN
THEY SAID THIS IS REVIEW YOU
MISS THIS YOU MISSED THIS PART
THAT'S RIGHT JUST DOWN THE
BLOCKER. IN THE AREA THAT WOULD
REALLY TRANSFORM GREATER FRESNO
IF I'M ABUSING THAT CAN.
EXAMPLE.
THE THING THE EXAMPLE
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES WE THAT.
WE WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO DO THAT
TO A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE RECIPIENTS OF NOT JUST THE
CASE THAT WE'VE IN AWARDED
SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS AND SAID
YOU KNOW OKAY GO OUT AND SPEND
IT AND AND GET GOOD LUCK TO.
THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT
BUT WE KNOW THAT OVER TIME. AND
AS YOU NOTED THE AND THAT THAT
THE SCIENCE NOT JUST THE SCIENCE
WILL OF ALL BUT ALSO MAYBE THE
NATURE OF THE PROJECTS THE
COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES AND. WE
NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE AS THOSE
DECISIONS ARE MADE IN BEING ABLE
TO AS THAT. THE ENTITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDING AND.
ENSURING THAT THE RECIPIENT OF
THE FUNDING IN MEETING OUR
REQUIREMENTS PLAY A ROLE AS
THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE DOWN
THE LINE SO I THINK IT'S IT'S
ABOUT. ENSURING THAT AS WE FORM
OUR GRANT AGREEMENTS AND ILLEGAL
RELATIONSHIPS REALLY WITH OUR
RECIPIENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY
INCLUDED. AND.
OVER TIME WAYS IN WHICH THE
STATE CAN TAKE CAN.
CHANGE TWEAK REDIRECT HOW THOSE
DOLLARS ARE SPENT AS PART OF THE
GRANT AGREEMENT AND IN A WE'RE
WE'RE AT THE T. C. C. LOOKING TO
DO THAT.
I'M I'M JUST THINKING OF ALL THE
CATEGORIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IN AN ADAPTATION PLAN AND NO WE
DON'T.
NORMALLY I DON'T KNOW THIS IS
COMMUNITY GROUPS DON'T THINK
ABOUT VECTOR INFESTATION RIGHT
ANY THIS IT JUST SEEMS TO FLOAT
DOWN WE GOT FIRES IN THE THERE
WE'VE GOT EXTREME HEAT SO WE
CAN.
WE IMAGINE THOSE ARE THE MAJOR
CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN AND
YOU KNOW VECTORS ARE.
THERE THERE THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE
IT'S AXE PROBLEM AND THAT COULD
BE A.
A.
PAUL COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN
THE STATE BORDER WHICH TRANSFORM
THE PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE PEOPLE
ARE ACTUALLY DYING FROM THEM
INFESTATION AND AGAIN. IT'S A
CHALLENGE
S. FITS CHALLENGED TO TO TO
PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO GET.
I'M.
TO GET THE IS STARTING OFF A AS
A COMMUNITY.
A THE THE HELP THAT
WE BELIEVE THEY NEED BUT THEN.
THIS
THE REST OF THE STATE THAT IT.
THE TUG
THE POINT BETWEEN LOCAL DECISION
MAKING AND REGIONAL DECISION
MAKING.
GOD FOR BID THE STATE SAYING
THIS IS A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS
OR THIS IS MORE PRACTICAL WAY TO
DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL
THESE COMPETING INTERESTS.
ARM.
OKAY.
A HAVE YOU VAST ANSWERED MOST
THE QUESTIONS ARE ALL OF THEM SO
I APPRECIATE.
EVERYBODY'S INPUT LET'S MOVE
ONTO THE THE LOCAL ACTION PLANS.
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP JOHNSON
POPLAR FREE BOOZE WITH THE.
ALLIANCE FOR REGIONAL
COLLABORATORS FOR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION ARCA AND KATHLEEN.
AVE FROM THE A SACRAMENTO
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DISTRICT IN
THE CAPITAL THE CAPITAL REGIONAL
CLIMATE COLLABORATIVE AS WELL AS
CODY A. HOOK WHO'VE BEEN.
WHICH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND
THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL.
COLLABORATIVE.
THANK YOU COLLABORATIVE PANEL.
JONATHAN EUROPE FIRST.
YOU'RE RIGHT CASKEY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ON
THE EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THAT
YOU'RE EMBRACING.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE
IMPORTANT.
OF FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
CALIFORNIANS THEN OF TRYING TO.
DEAL WITH OUR FUTURE CLIMATE
AND ALL OF ITS IMPLICATIONS SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRYING
TO MOVE LEGISLATION RELATED TO
THIS MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I'M.
IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN.
THE BAY AREA PHILANTHROPISTS NO
PERRY.
I CAME TO LOS ANGELES WITH AN
IDEA OF STARTING A REGIONAL
CLIMATE COLLABORATIVE.
AND AT THE TIME I WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF LA'S ON
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION CALLED
GREEN LA.
AND WAS JOINED BY BETH JOHNS.
WHO WAS WITH LA MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND STEPHANIE HIMSELF WHO WAS
THAT?
AT UCLA.
AND WE JOINTLY CONVENED A GROUP
OF PARTICIPANTS ARE RANGING FROM
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHERE WE
HELD OUR FIRST MEETINGS TO LOCAL
UTILITIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND FLASH AHEAD ELEVEN YEARS AND
THE LA REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE
FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN
SUSTAINABILITY SOMEHOW FALL. ARE
ALSO KNOWN THANKFULLY AS LARK.
IS GOING VERY VERY STRONG.
OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE THE CITY OF
LA LA COUNTY METRO SKAGGS UCLA
U. S. C.. R. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON LADWP OTHER UTILITIES
OTHER CITIES ARE MANY
PARTICIPANTS.
I'M OVER THESE YEARS ARM WHAT IS
LARK ACCOMPLISHED.
WELL WITH SOME INITIAL OF
FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING IF YOU
CAN REMEMBER THAT THAT'S WHEN WE
STARTED. OF THE LA
COLLABORATIVE.
CHANNEL DOLLARS TO PERFORM OF
THE REGION'S FIRST CITY BY CITY
A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.
BUT ON THE ADAPTATION FRONT WE
FUNDED UCLA IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC
SCIENCES.
TO PERFORM THESE REALLY.
UP.
GROUNDBREAKING ARM DOWN SCALES
OF GLOBAL CLIMATE STUDIES
FOCUSED ON LOS ANGELES.
LOOKING AT FUTURE WARMING OF THE
REGION AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SCALED DOWN TO A TWO KILOMETER
RESOLUTION.
AND THOSE THESE FUNDS ALSO
CONTRIBUTED TO STUDIES LOOKING
AT FUTURE PRECIPITATION.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOOKING
AT SNOW PACK IN THE LOS THEREOF
LOOKING AT INCIDENTS OF WILDFIRE
AS IT WILL AFFECT LOCALLY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND OUR FRIENDS AT USC THE SEA
GRANT PROGRAM THERE PERFORMED A
SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL
VULNERABILITY STUDIES AS WELL.
AND IN TURN THESE STUDIES
RESULTED IN NEW POLICIES AND
PLANS.
SO WHEN WE DESCRIBE A FEW OF
THESE.
HUB CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
MOVED A LANDMARK COOL ROOF
ORDINANCE UPDATING THE A
BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY.
TIP MANDATE THAT EVERY NEW AND
REFURBISHED A ROOFTOP HAD TO BE
A COOL RIFF A WITH HIGHLY
REFLECTIVE MATERIALS.
THIS IS SOMETHING MY
ORGANIZATION CLIMATE RESOLVE
HELPED OVERSEE.
AND TODAY I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT OVER THIRTEEN THOUSAND
ROOFS.
HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO OTHER
SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY THIS IS
COVERING OVER TWENTY FIVE
MILLION SQUARE FEET. IS NOW COOL
IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
RESULTING IN A MINIMUM OF THREE
MILLION OUR KILOWATT HOURS OF
ENERGY SAVINGS ANNUALLY.
THIS IS NO SMALL THING.
BUT.
COOL ROOFS ARE MORE THAN JUST
FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY THEY HAVE
THE ABILITY OF COOLING DOWN A
HOME SOMETIMES UP TO. A TWENTY
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
I AIDING IN THE RESILIENCE OF
THE OCCUPANTS OF THESE HOMES.
AND.
ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT AT A MICRO
SCALE COOL REUSS REFLECT SOLAR
RADIATION BACK INTO SPACE
AVERTING THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE
CHANGE AT THE VERY SOURCE.
SO PASADENA ADOPTED WHAT THE
CITY OF LA ADOPTED SO DID SANTA
MONICA AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
LA COUNTY IS ADOPTING THIS AT
ITS BOARD MEETING ON MAY TWENTY
SECOND.
OUR NEXT MONTH THE SAME COOL
ROOF STANFORD.
THESE ARE CORE OF POLICY FLOW
DIRECTLY OUT OF A DOCTOR ALEX
HALL STUDIES.
I AT UCLA.
OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS
ALSO UNDERTAKEN A COOL STREETS
OUR PILOT WHICH AGAIN ARE
REALIZATION HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE
IN SUPPORTING.
AND THIS IS ARM NOT PAINTING THE
STREETS IT'S BEEN CHARACTERIZED
AS SUCH AND IT'S INACCURATE IT'S
ADDING A SLURRY SEAL.
TO A CITY STREET.
AND THE INITIAL RESULTS ARE
AMAZING.
THE COOL STREETS ARE CALLING UP
TO THIRTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
COOLER THAN THE NEIGHBORING
ASPHALT AND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
WIDELY ADOPTED OF COOLING DOWN
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES ARE DRAFTED A
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN A COUPLE
YEARS AGO AND SET A TARGET OF
HANDLING. THE CITIES.
DEALING WITH THE CITIES.
THIS HEAT ISLAND EFFECT BY
REDUCING IT BY ONE POINT SEVEN
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BY THE YEARS
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. AND BY THREE
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BY THE YEAR
TWENTY THIRTY FIVE.
ARE THE CITY'S NEW ARE RESILIENT
LA PLAN RELEASE JUST LAST MONTH
ADDRESSES CLIMATE IMPACTS AND A
SUGGEST WAYS OF MITIGATING THIS.
ON THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES
THE PORT OF LONG BEACH HAVE
ADOPTED VERY ROBUST PROGRAMS
TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS OF SEA
LEVEL RISE.
LA COUNTY HAS A NEW
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT THEY
ARE DEVELOPING CURRENTLY THAT
PLACESRESILIENCE AS.
THE TOP CROSS CUTTING PRIORITY
OF SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THEY LA COUNTIES BASIN PLAN
THAT PUBLIC WORKS DID WITH
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.
TO REDUCE FLOODING FROM FLOOD
EVENTS.
AND TO CAPTURE STORM WATER WAS
DEEPLY INFORMED BY THE UCLA
RESEARCH.
AND I'D NOW PLANS AT LA COUNTY
ARE UNDERWAY TO IMPLEMENT SOME
OF THIS PLANNING IN THE FORM OF
THAT REVENUE MEASURE TO BE PUT
ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE ALL OF
THESE MEASURES WERE INFLUENCED
BY LARK DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
AND SIMPLY HAD THERE NOT BEEN
AND LA REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE LA
COUNTY WOULD BE PLAYING DEEP
CATCH UP ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
AND MEDICATION.
AND NOW LARK HAS NOW CREATED A
CLIMATE FRAMEWORK OF BY THE WAY
FUNDED BY THE STRATEGIC GROWTH
COUNCIL.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT
IT'S A CLIMATE ACTION DOT LA.
BACK DOT LA IS THE URL FOR THE
NATION OF LAOS SO WE HAVE
APPROPRIATED YET ANOTHER THING
HA HA HA HA ON THE REST OF THE
PLANET SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CHECK.
BUT THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR THE REGION THAT I THINK
IS A.
A GUIDE FOR MUNICIPAL ACTION AND
FOR THAT OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS.
NOW I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
THE ALLIANCE OF REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE'S FOR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION KNOWN AS ARCA UP THIS
STARTED IN TWO THOUSAND NINE.
AND IT CAME OUT OF A VERY
FRIENDLY MEETING THAT I HAD WITH
BRUCE RIORDAN WHO AT THE TIME
WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE.
AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WE
REALIZE THAT THERE WAS JUST SO
MUCH TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER
WHAT LA HAD BEEN DOING IN THIS
REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE WITH THE
BAY AREA WAS DOING.
AND IT MADE SENSE THAT WE WOULD
SHARE THESE BEST PRACTICES.
WELL WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
OF AT OPR I HEARD ABOUT THIS
EFFORT. ON THEY WENT INTO HIGH
GEAR AND THROUGH THE THEIR
INITIATIVE THEY BROUGHT US
TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE NEWLY
FORMED SAN DIEGO REACH.
COLLABORATIVE.
I TO MEET AND THE CALIFORNIA
ENDOWMENT AND LOS ANGELES.
AND A NEW COLLABORATIVE OF
COLLABORATIVE'S.
WAS FORMED.
AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT A
COMMISSION HAS ABLY ARE STAFFED.
THE ARCA COLLABORATIVE AND.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
THEN HELPED THEN ESTABLISH A
CAPITAL REGION CLIMATE READING
THIS COLLABORATIVE YOU WILL HEAR
FROM SHORTLY.
THIS SIERRA NEVADA REGION ARE
THROUGH THE SIERRA BUSINESS
COUNCIL FORMED A COLLABORATIVE
THE SIERRA CAMP IS NOW PART OF
THE ARCA COLLABORATIVE.
WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED TWO NEW
MEMBERS THE NORTH COAST RESOURCE
PARTNERSHIP AND THE CENTRAL
CLOSED OUR CLIMATE
COLLABORATIVE.
AND INLAND EMPIRE.
CLIMATE COLLABORATIVE IS
COALESCING THROUGH AGAIN THE
GOOD WORK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION AND THERE SOME NIXON
EFFORTS AROUND A ARE ORANGE
COUNTY COLLABORATIVE AS WELL.
SO ARCA IS CONSTITUTED TO SERVE
THE STATE'S REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE AND THESE
COLLABORATIVE'S ARE NOT MERELY
THERE FOR BUILDING AWARENESS.
BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR
COORDINATING POLICY WITHIN THEIR
REGIONS.
AND TO LEVERAGE THE LIMITED
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND
BRINGING TOGETHER THESE DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND.
MOST IMPORTANTLY.
FRANKLY IT'S TO KEEP THE FLAME
ALIVE.
IN THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
THEMSELVES IN THE MEMBER
AGENCIES.
THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
ARE AROUND THE TABLE AND THEY
REMIND EACH OTHER TAKE KEEP
THEIR EYE ON THE CLIMATE GOALS.
MUNICIPALITY BY MUNICIPALITY.
SO ARCUS SUPPLIES ON SOME GREAT
SERVICES AND FRANK FRANKLY THE
COLLABORATIVE'S A SENATOR ARE
MUCH CLOSER TO THE WATERSHEDS
THAT YOU SPEAK OF. ANNA AND
NATURAL BOUNDARIES THEN ON MANY
MUNICIPALITIES.
THE COLLABORATIVE SET BECOME A
VERY INTERESTING OF REGIONAL
FORCE.
AND SO.
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE
HAS BECOME EXCELLENT.
.
OPR HAS USED THE AND AS WELL AS
OTHER AGENCIES THE ARCA ARM
ORGANIZATIONS
THEY GET FEEDBACK ON STATE
POLICIES IN A WAY THAT REACHES
THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
TO IMPROVE UPON THEY POLICIES
THAT THE STATE IS CONTEMPLATING.
ARC ALSO PROVIDES GREAT
INFORMATION OUT TO THE LOCAL
MEMBERS ESPECIALLY WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE LEGISLATIVELY AND
ON THE REGULATORY FRONT.
AND FRANKLY ARCA HAS TAKEN RULED
NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
ARM I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT AT.
BOND A U. N. CLIMATE CONFERENCE
DESCRIBING ARCUS WORK AND. LOW
AND BEHOLD THERE WAS GERMANY
WITH THEIR ARCA ORGANIZATION
DESCRIBING WHAT THEY WERE DOING
AND.
WE FOUND VERY QUITE HUMBLY THAT
WE'RE ALL STRIVING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
I'M.
THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE
CONTEMPLATING.
IS SO IMPORTANT.
THERE'S A REAL YOU THERE'S A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU
POSSESS IN THIS SESSION.
TO REALLY ELEVATE CLIMATE
ADAPTATION.
AND A ARQUEBUS THAT THE STATE
NEEDS A CENTRALIZED BODY TO
COORDINATE AND STREAMLINE OF
THESE EFFORTS.
ON RESEARCH ON POLICY ON FUNDING
ON IMPLEMENTATION.
AND STRUCTURALLY MISSES ME
SPEAKING PERSONALLY.
ARM PERHAPS KEY AGENCIES COULD
LONG STAFF TO A CENTRAL BODY.
I WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE AGENCIES
FROM WHAT THEY CAME FROM. HELP
COORDINATE THESE ADAPTATION OUR
EFFORTS.
A SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
THE STATE SHOULD INSURE GOOD
SCIENCE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
DESPERATELY NEED CONSISTENT AND
STANDARDIZED DATA. AND GOOD DATA
MANAGEMENT AT THE STATE.
COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO BETTER
LOCAL DECISION MAKING.
AND LAST AM I BELIEVE THE STATE
SHOULD LEAD.
ARM BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
EXCEPTIONAL LOCAL
COLLABORATIVE'S AND THE EXISTING
COORDINATING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
THERE'S CURRENTLY A BILL
SUGGESTING A NEW KIND OF CLIMATE
COLLABORATIVE THAT WOULD FOCUS
ON PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. TO HAVE GREATER
CAPACITY TO APPLY FOR STATE
DOLLARS.
WE THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
LAUDABLE GOAL AND WE EMBRACE THE
GOALS UP BEHIND THIS
LEGISLATION.
BUT I ALSO ASK YOU.
PLEASE NOT
SPUR.
COMPETITION.
OF DUPLICATIVE COLLABORATIVE'S
WHEN EXISTING ONES WITH
VERY LITTLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED SO
MUCH
YOU ALREADY HAVE HUNDREDS OF
SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD SENATOR UP
PLEASE DON'T ABANDON THEM. THANK
YOU AND I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
OF TO LET'S DO EVERYBODY.
FORCE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.
S.
IS IT AVE.
IT IS AVE THANKS YOU ARE IT'S
PRETTY RARE THAT ANYBODY GETS
THAT STERN OF THE SHIP.
SO.
THINKS JONATHAN AND THANK YOU
CHAIR AKOWSKI FOR HOLDING THIS
HEARING IT IS AN INCREDIBLY.
AFFECT AND ITS GREAT TO SEE THE
ATTENTION THAT IT'S GOTTEN SO
FAR AT THE STATE LEVEL AND
CONTINUES TO.
I WANT TO START BY TELLING YOU
HOW I GOT
BOB IN THIS AS A REPRESENTATIVE.
PUBLIC UTILITY AND HOW IT HAS.
GROWN WITH THE ON DEVELOPMENT
OF THE CAPITAL REGION CLIMATE
READINESS COLLABORATIVE SO SMUG
AS YOU MAY KNOW IS.
THE PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC
UTILITY THE SUPPORTS THAT
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
WE HAVE OUR OWN ELECTED
INDEPENDENT ELECTED BOARD AND.
WE OBVIOUSLY ARE A VERY LARGE
EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE GAS TODAY
IT ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A VERY
AMBITIOUS GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION STRATEGY.
.
AND OUR BOARD ALSO HAS GIVEN US.
GUIDANCE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE
WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMB IT ACTION
AND TO ASSIST THE REGION THAT WE
SUPPORT IN ITS CLIMATE WORK AND
SO.
AS A PART OF PREPARATION FOR A.
B. THIRTY TO SMOKE BEGAN LOOKING
AT THE PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NOW ARE ON AND EVERY FOR
YOUR SCHEDULE OF.
UPDATING OUR SCIENCE ASSESSMENT
OF HOW CLIMATE WILL AFFECT NOT
JUST OUR SERVICE TERRITORY BUT
ALL THE PLACES WHERE WE GENERATE
POWER THROUGH WHICH WE TRANSMIT
IT AND THE AREAS THAT WE.
A DRAW ON FOR CRITICAL SUPPLIES
AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE
TWENTY TWELVE WE JUST DID AN
UPDATE IN TWENTY SIXTEEN.
PART OF THAT WORK.
AND PART OF THE BOARDS.
USE OF IT IS TO INTEGRATE THE
FINDINGS INTO ALL OF OUR
SPENDING OUR LONG TERM PLANNING
IT SUBMITS ITS ANYTHING THAT
LOOKS OUT OVER FIVE YEARS.
IT'S PART OF WHAT GETS TO WHAT
LOUISE WAS MENTIONING EARLIER IN
THE WAY THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW IT
JUST THE SPENDING THAT WE DO TO
SUPPORT THESE GOALS.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A RECOGNITION
THAT WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE WE
COULD HARDEN ALL OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE WE COULD RAISE
ALL OF OUR SUBSTATIONS A DURING
THE FLOOD DOWN. AND BE YOU KNOW
LEFT HANGING IF NONE OF OUR
CUSTOMERS CAN ACCEPT THAT POWER
IF ALL OF THEM ARE FLOODED.
OR UNDER OTHER TYPE OF DURESS
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT AS
WE BEGAN TO DEEPEN OUR WORK IN
THIS AREA.
DOING IT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO EXPAND.
CAPACITY FOR DOING THIS WORK
AND PROGRESS WAS ESSENTIAL AND
SO RIGHT AT THAT TIME THE
CAPITAL REGION CLIMATE READING
THIS COLLABORATIVE WAS BEING
FORMED HIS JOB AS JONATHAN
MENTIONED.
BY SOME REALLY KEY PILLAR
ORGANIZATIONS HERE DISTRICTS
THEY CAUSED UC DAVIS OF THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AND
A NONPROFIT.
CALLED VALLEY VISION WE HAVE
SINCE GROWN TO THIRTY SEVEN
MEMBERS I'M REALLY PLEASED TO
SAY IT'S BEEN A VERY.
REGULAR AND A VERY BIG GOAL FOR
THE COLLABORATIVE TO GET.
TO BROADEN OUR MEMBERSHIP WE
ARE I THINK THE ONLY CLUB IN
CALIFORNIA THAT ACTUALLY IS A
PAID MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE SO ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE PAY DUES.
TO SUPPORT THEIR IONISATION WE
STILL HAVE A VERY MODEST BUDGET
AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT.
AND I WANT TO STRESS THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR MEMBERS IS
REALLY WHAT MAKES
S. THIS ORGANIZATION UNIQUE
THERE IS NO OTHER ORGANIZATION
IN THE REGION. THAT HAVE THE
BRINGS TOGETHER SO MANY.
ORGANIZATIONS FROM DIFFERENT
SECTORS AND WITH DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES AND THAT IS PART OF
WHAT MAKES US TICK AND MAKES US
A VALUE ADDED ASSET FOR THE
REGION. SO JUST QUICKLY I'LL
REVIEW.
THE AIR DISTRICTS PLASTER YOLO
SOLANO AND SACRAMENTO WE HAVE
UTILITIES IN ADDITION TO SMITE
PGA ANY* OUR REGIONAL
SANITATION SUCK WHEN A SEWER. A
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE CITIES IN
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO I'M COUNTY
OF YOLO AND THEN THE CITY OF
DAVIS TO SEE A FULL SOME.
IT'S A FAIRLY GOOD GEOGRAPHIC.
SCOPE AS WELL.
WE DO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE SAY
COG REGION I WE HAVE A GOOD.
INVOLVEMENT FROM THE PRIVATE
SECTOR THE METRO CHAMBER.
PATROL A BY I.
RENEWABLE FUEL SUPPLIER.
AND NON PROFITS MULTIPLE
NONPROFITS REFUGEES SACRAMENTO
THE TREE FOUNDATION VALLEY
VISION AS I MENTIONED.
BREED SACRAMENTO.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COALITION FOR WATER.
A GOOD.
SET OF A REPRESENTATION THERE
ALSO ACADEMIA UC DAVIS AND.
SOCKS STATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE CHANNEL
PARTNERS THAT HELP US GET THE
WORD OUT TO ALL OF THEIR
MEMBERS.
PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
I A THE CENTRAL VALLEY
COLLABORATIVE OF THE LIVING
FUTURE INSTITUTE WHICH IS A
REALLY POWERFUL ORGANIZATION
THAT HOPEFULLY YOU ALL KNOW
ABOUT OR WILL SOON.
AS WELL AS THE TINY FRANCISCANS
FOR JUSTICE SO.
ARE VERY VERY BROAD MEMBERSHIP
SO WHEN WE GET ALL THESE PEOPLE
IN A ROOM. WE CAN PASS THROUGH A
LOT OF ISSUES WITH A REALLY
ROBUST DIALOGUE AND.
AND THEN SEND THEM ALL BACK AND
BEGIN THE SLOW PROCESS OF
ALTERING THESE INSTITUTIONS.
AND MAKING PROGRESS.
WE DO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS
AND IN THOSE OVER THE LAST.
FIVE YEARS WE'VE DEALT WITH
HARD INFRASTRUCTURE TOPICS FROM
TRANSPORTATION
FLOODING-EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS
WELL AS
YOU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CARBON
STORAGE IN THE LAND BASE.
RESILIENT SMALL BUSINESS BUT
ALSO HUMAN ASPECTS OF RESILIENCE
OUR LATEST.
CONVENING WAS AROUND ACES
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
AND HOW BUT ALREADY VULNERABLE
POPULATION WILL BE AFFECTED YET
AGAIN.
BY THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE SO WE REALLY HAVE TACKLED
THROUGH THE GAMUT OF ISSUES IN
THE REGION.
AND THEN AGAIN TO BACK TO THE
CONCEPT THAT THERE REALLY IS NO
OTHER PLACE WHERE SOME OF THESE
ISSUES CAN BE UNDERTAKEN.
THE REGIONAL HE POLLUTION
PROBLEM SO YOU'VE HEARD IT
CALLED URBAN HE.
WE CALL IT REGIONAL HE POLLUTION
BECAUSE IN OUR REGION IT DOESN'T
JUST AFFECT THE URBAN CORE
BECAUSE OF THE DELTA BREEZE IS
HERE THE HEAT CLOSE UP TO THE
FOOTHILLS.
PLASTER AND.
THAT AREAS IN THE EAST AND
NORTH OF OUR OF OUR REGION ARE
THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY MOST
IMPACTED BY HEAT BUT IT AFFECTS
US ALL BECAUSE HERE IN
SACRAMENTO WE HAVE HIGHER THAN
THE STATE AVERAGE IN HEAT
RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATH.
ALREADY TODAY AND THAT'S BEFORE
THE ALL THE TEMPERATURE INCREASE
THAT'S TO COME.
BUT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ENERGY
WATER AGRICULTURE RECREATION
BUSINESS THERE IF THERE'S NO ONE
PLACE THAT COULD TAKE ON A AN
INITIATIVE LIKE THAT SO WE HAVE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT.
DURING THE THE COLLABORATIVE
AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS LED BY
ON THE AIR DISTRICT IN
SACRAMENTO* ONE AND SP ONE
GRANT TO DO AN ADDITIONAL.
STUDY OF THE REGION TO TO
SEPARATE OUT THE OF SOURCES AND
THE RECEPTORS OF HEAT SO THAT WE
CAN BETTER TARGET OUR AND
MITIGATION EFFORTS.
REDUCING STREETS LIKE.
JONATHAN MENTIONED.
.
AND ALSO TO DEVELOP A KEEP
POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR AND IT'S
S. B. ONE FUNDING SO THAT PLAN
WILL BE FOCUSED ON
TRANSPORTATION BUT OF COURSE THE
FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WILL BE
USEFUL TO ALL THE SECTORS. I'M
INCLUDING HOUSE.
CERTAIN
ANOTHER IS RELATED TO THE
STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL.
SOME OF OUR MEMBERS SEVENTEEN.
IN TOTAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS
COLLABORATED ON THE EIGHTY SI
PLANNING GRANT WHICH WAS
SUCCESSFUL.
SUPPORTING OUR.
NORTH FRANKLIN DISTRICT WHICH
IS A AN AREA THAT IS
TRADITIONALLY BEEN VERY. OF
SUFFERED FROM DISINVESTMENT AND
DISADVANTAGE ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT POTENTIAL.
FOR A GOOD CHANGE IN THE REGION.
WHEN LAST ONE THAT ALL
MENTIONED.
WHICH HITS ON ENERGY WATER AND
ALL OF EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN AND
ALSO THIS CONCEPT OF WATERSHED
SCALE MANAGEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED
FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK.
WITHIN OUR COLLABORATIVE WE
WORK TO WITH THE SIERRA AND
ABOUT A CONSERVANCY AND THIS
YEAR CAMP WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE
OF THE STATE'S RATE REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE'S.
ON AND UPLAND LOWLAND WORKING
GROUP.
MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WERE
INVOLVED IN THIS.
MEN REALLY DESIGNED TO BEGIN
DISCUSSION OF LINKING THE LOW
LAND USERS OF WATER WITH THE
OUTLANDER RESOURCE YOU KNOW.
OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO TRY TO
BRING BETTER AWARENESS AND.
ULTIMATELY MORE POLICY IN
FUNDING FOR ADDRESSING THOSE
UPLAND LAW ISSUES ISSUES THAT
DEFINITELY HAVE A BIG
CONSTITUENCY IN THE LOW LAND.
NAM.
SO THAT'S A KIND OF A ADDITIONAL
COLLABORATION THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO.
TO HELP BUILD ON.
FINALLY.
YOU KNOW BACK TO THE ISSUE OF
CAPACITY.
SO UP WITH WITH ALL OF OUR
MEMBERS.
WE STILL HAVE A BUDGET OF UNDER
EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR
SO WE RELY HEAVILY ON IN KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALL THE
MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATION IN
MEETINGS AND PLANNING AND ALL OF
THE. THE GROUP WORK THAT GOES
INTO YOU KNOW MAKING SOME OF
THESE PROJECTS POSSIBLE I'M IT'S
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO REALLY DO
THIS JOB WELL AND SO HOPEFULLY.
YOU KNOW WHILE WE WORK TO
LEVERAGE THE YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE ARE AT THE TABLE AYE WE
OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO.
FOLKS FROM.
UNBEARABLE JUSTICE AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
ATTEND BUT.
CALIFORNIA TITIAN FORUM TRY USE
OF EXPERT FELLOWS THERE'S A ROAD
FROM HERE IN THE BACK.
WHO ARE ATTENDING?
YOU KNOW WE DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO WORK AS EFFICIENTLY AS
POSSIBLE.
BUT THAT THE FINANCE CRUNCHES
IS A VERY REAL.
AND.
NEEDS MORE WORK I'M AND THEN
FINALLY THE STATE WORK THAT
JONATHAN MENTIONED SO SO
CRITICAL WE HAVE FOUND GREAT
GREAT BENEFIT IN.
NOT A STAR COLLABORATIVE BUT
SHARING INFORMATION ACROSS ALL
THE DIFFERENT REGIONS AND
RECOGNIZE THAT AS THE STATE
TACKLES THESE VERY LARGE ISSUES
OF POTENTIAL MIGRATION AS A
RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
IN THE VALLEY OFTENTIMES WE.
ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE AS
REAL ESTATE PRICES CONTINUE TO
RISE IN THE BAY YOU KNOW AND
THEN THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S A VERY REAL CHANCE THAT
VALLEY COMMUNITIES WILL SEE AN
INFLUX OF POPULATION.
AND WE WE NEED TO BE PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AN AREA FOR THE STATE TO DIG
INTO AND.
I'M ON THE AYE CARP NOW AS WELL
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW AND THEN.
YEAH THE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
NECESSARY WE CHOSE NOT TO DO
DOWNSCALED WORK.
WHEN WE DID OUR CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT AT SMUD I'M BECAUSE
IGHT NOW IT SEEMS THAT THE
SCIENCE WASN'T QUITE PRECISE
ENOUGH TO REALLY OFFER US A
WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA BENEFIT FROM
THAT GIVEN THE COST.
AND BUT I THINK THAT IS CHANGING
SO IT'S WHAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO
HEAR THE STATE IS YOU KNOW
TAKING THE EXTRA EFFORT AND
RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS SCIENTISTS
TO DO THOSE REGIONAL VIEWS OF
THE DATA THAT WOULD REALLY
ASSIST THE COMMUNITY.
IN MOVING THAT FORWARD IT'S A
SHAME THAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO
VOLUNTEER.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT
SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN SO
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED
SO THAT WE HAVE.
GOOD INFORMATION THAT'S VERY
RECENTLY FOCUSED.
AND ALLOWS FOR LOCAL ACTION.
SO I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
MISS HOOVER.
THANK YOU PLAN JUST TO ECHO.
EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE WITH ME
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
AND I AM HAPPY TO BE AREA TO
SHARE SOME INFORMATION
I'M COULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE
CITY OF SAN DIEGO I AM OUR CHIEF
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AS YOU
CAN SEE THERE. ALSO THE CHAIR OF
OUR SAN DIEGO AND I'M TECHNOLOGY
IN OUR BI
NATIONAL INFLUENCE.
I'M MORE THE EIGHTH LARGEST CITY
IN THE COUNTRY AND LEAD OFTEN
FORGET THAT OURSELVES IN THE
SECOND LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA.
AND WHERE IS THREE POINT FOUR
MILLION PEOPLE IN OUR REGION.
CLEVER REALLY INNOVATIVE
WORKFORCE FRACTION NUMBER FIVE
IN PATENT INTENSITY. AND MEN THE
COUNTRY WE ARE ONE OF TWENTY TWO
FEDERALLY DESIGNATED PROMISE
SOUNDS.
IN THE COUNTRY TO AND THAT'S A
ZONE THAT'S DEDICATED TO
BUILDING ECONOMICRESILIENCE OF
ONE OF OUR MOST DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND. THEN IT ENDS BY
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ON ANY
GIVEN DAY AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE
OUT SURFING KAYAKING
PADDLEBOARDING. AND. HIKING.
THE BARBECUING AT THE BEACH.
HANGING OUT IN OUR PARKS.
EATING TACOS EITHER INTENDING
OR TWO A. AND AND THERE'S SO
MUCH TO DO THERE EVEN AN NFL
TEAM COULD NOT SURVIVE BUS
FUNDS TO MANY DISTRACTIONS.
SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY THERE'S ALSO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC
AGENCIES STAFF WHEN THEY'RE NOT
ENJOYING HOW THE THINGS I JUST
DESCRIBED.
FRETTING OVER HOW TO ENSURE THAT
WERE RESILIENT DO I USE A
HUNDRED PERCENT
RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY CITYWIDE.
MOMENT TO SHIFT OUR COMMUTER UPS
THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF THEM TOO
BIKING WALKING ARE USING
TRANSIT.
I'M SO FAIRLY AMBITIOUS GOALS
AND WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THOSE
THROUGH THE LENSES AND AND
INCLUDING.
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE IN
THERE AS WELL.
LOOKING AT ALL THESE GOALS
THROUGH THE LENSES OF BOTH THE
ECONOMIC VITALITY JOBS.
AND THE ECONOMY AND ALSO SOCIAL
EQUITY HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ARE
BENEFITING BECAUSE WHILE.
WE COULD DO ALL THESE THINGS.
ALONE WHERE THE BIGGEST CITY IN
OUR REGION WE COULD JUST CHARGE
AHEAD AND AND WE AREN'T WE
CHOOSE NOT TO. ALLOW ME CHOOSE
TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE AND ACTUALLY I'M
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS. OF OUR
REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE AND
CURRENTLY THE CHAIR AND AS YOU
KNOW AND.
OUR COLLABORATIVE STARTED
INFORMALLY AND ABOUT TWENTY
ELEVEN WE STARTED GETTING
TOGETHER I'M SOMEWHAT
ORGANICALLY. GROWN OUT OF
INTEREST OF JUST SHARING OUR
RESOURCES AMONGST THE SEVERAL
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF OR
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.
COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION
SUSTAINABILITY CLIMATE ACTION
WASN'T HEAVILY FUNDED. I'M IN
FACT WAS OFTEN BEING CUTS.
AND SO WE WERE WE WERE BEING
REALLY EFFICIENT WITH WHAT WE
HAD AND WHAT WE KNEW WE HAD TO
BE TACKLING. AND AN EVOLVED
REALLY INTO INCREASING DEMAND
FOR THAT TYPE
COLLABORATIVE WORK AND WE
FORMALIZED WITH BRANDON
GOVERNANCE IN A SMALL STAFF.
PUT CURRENTLY IN ABOUT A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR BUDGET ON WHICH IS STILL
FOR THE SMALL. AND THE WE DO
STAGE START CHARGING SOME
MEMBERSHIP FEES BUT THAT'S A
PAINFUL PROCESS FOR.
A LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO STRUGGLE.
WELL NOW CURRENTLY AT TWENTY A
MEMBER AGENCIES MAJORITY THESE
ARE CITIES IN THE REGION.
OUR PORT OUR AIRPORTS
ARE COUNTY INCLUDING THEIR THEIR
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR.
.
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF
A FEW BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.
SEVERAL NONPROFITS INCLUDING
OUR LOCAL FOUNDATION WHO'S
HELPED ACTUALLY FUNDS SOME OF
THE EARLY ACTION AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGING COLLABORATIONS.
THE TWO ONE SD WARY RESERVE. AND
FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
INCLUDING SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF
OCEANOGRAPHY WITCHES AS YOU KNOW
LEADING A CLIMATE SCIENCE.
AND REALLY HELPING US AND OUR
REGION DOWNSCALED OF SCIENCE
CLIMATE SCIENCE DATA. FROM TO BE
USEFUL TO OUR REGION.
A.
THIRD ATTENDEES OF OUR ARE A
COLLABORATIVE WE HAVE QUARTERLY
NETWORK MEETINGS AS WELL.
AND THOSE ATTENDEES REPRESENT
OVER EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE
REGION IT'S IT'S A VERY POPULAR.
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES HUNDREDS OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STAFF.
AND PUBLIC AGENCIES ATTEND EACH
ONE OF THESE.
.
I TRAININGS AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THAT WE PROVIDE
THROUGH THESE THESE NETWORK
MEETINGS
ON TOPICS RANGING FROM COASTAL
FLOOD MONO MODELING AND TO
FINANCING ADAPTATION TO GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN A SERIES OF.
OF ALL THE CLIMATE ACTION
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES I'VE NOT
GONNA LISTS ALL THE DIFFERENCE
PLANS HAPPENING IN OUR REGION
BUT ALL OF THOSE HAVE COME OUT
OF. SOME SORT OF SUPPORT OUR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM OUR
CLINICAL ABOVE ONE TOP BUT HAVE
HAPPENED OTHERWISE.
WE ALSO RAISED ABOUT A MILLION
DOLLARS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
I'M NOT FROM STATE FUNDING.
AND ALSO NOT COUNTING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING RAISED BY OUR
MEMBER AGENCIES WITH SUPPORT
FROM OUR COLLABORATIVE.
AND MARK KLEIMAN COLLABORATIVE
CONTINUED WAS AWARDED TO SEVEN
HUNDRED THOUSAND ALMOST SEVENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM NOAH.
TO ADDRESS OUR REGIONAL COSTA
RESILIENCE AND AT THE TIME WERE
THE ONLY WEST COAST REGION.
AWARDED THAT TYPE OF FUNDING.
AND LARGELY DUE TO BEING A
COLLABORATIVE AND HAVING ACCESS
AND LEVERAGE TO OTHER AGENCIES.
AND WITHOUT RESEARCH OFFICES ARE
THOUGHT FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO
PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL
RESEARCH AROUND COASTAL
FLOODING.
IN SEALEVEL RISE WITCHES BY TWO
AREAS THAT GIVEN WHO LOCAL
DECISION MAKERS ANYWAY THAT SOME
OF THE THE WORST HEARTBURN. OVER
HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON
ADAPTATION AND RELEASED HELPS
THE SLOWDOWN PROGRESS NOT AREAS
OF THESE RESOURCES ARE REALLY
VALUABLE.
AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR RESEARCH
BEYOND PUBLIC GARCIA HERE
REACHED DOWN PUBLIC AGENCIES.
AND DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT FOR THE
BRIDGE CLIMATE SCIENCE SOME TO
THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES TO USE
GROUPS.
AND AND THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AS A
REGION WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
BUT WE DO OFTEN FLY UNDER THE
RADAR WHEN IT COMES TO
ACTIVITIES IN DECISION MAKING IN
SACRAMENTO.
AND BY SHARING IDEAS WITH OUR
FELLOW REGION'S ARE FELLOW
COLLABORATIVE'S THROUGH ARCA
THAT'S REALLY HELPS TO ENHANCE
THE COMMUNICATION AND NOT THAT.
NEW CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN OUR REGION AMMAR FELLOW
COLLABORATIVE'S AND THE STATE'S
THAT OTHERWISE DID NOT EXIST.
AND SO THE SENATOR REGION ARE
COLLABORATIVE AND ARCA WE'RE
COMMITTED TO DOUBLING DOWN FROM
THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT
INTO BUILDING THESE
RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND
BOTH THE REGIONAL COLLEAGUES
THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE THE NEW
IDEAS ARE CONSTANTLY PUTTING
FORWARD.
AND.
CLIMATE RESPONSE AS WE ALL I
THINK NOW HAPPENS WHERE BOOTS ON
THE GROUND.
AND THIS ISSUE IS GENERATED. A
LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AT LEAST
UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.
IN ANY OTHER SECTOR SO WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS TO A
CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS I'M
WITH SACRAMENTO. AND WITH THE
DECISION MAKERS IN AGENCIES
REPRESENTED HERE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD ARE EXCITED
TO OF FINDING WAYS TO CONTINUE
THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND
BUILD ON THEM. AND WE HAVE A LOT
OF WORK TO DO AND NOT A LOT OF
TIME HAS SO PLEASE PLEASE
LEVERAGE US IN THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING IN OUR NETWORKS
THANK YOU.
WELL THANK YOU ALL ARM I GUESS
LET'S START WITH THE MONEY
BEFORE WE GET TO THE OTHER THE
OTHER.
BITS
I'M WE'VE HEARD FROM OPR THAT
THEY HAVE SOME VOLUNTEER
SCIENTISTS WITCHES.
WONDERFUL NEWS BUT AS YOU
INDICATED. CAN'T BE SUSTAINABLE
ARM.
AB BUT IT'S.
THE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S
IMPORTANT WORK I'D LIKE FOR YOU
GUYS TO IT EITHER ACKNOWLEDGE
ERRORS I GUESS I ASSUME
EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S A GOOD
BASIC. RESEARCH IS IS IMPORTANT
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON YOUR
LEVEL YOU WE'VE WE NEED YOU KNOW
IT'S MORE.
WELL IT'S REGIONAL BY AND
THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS
HAPPENING SAN DIEGO THEN OPEN
THE AS SIERRA S. SIERRA'S ARM.
IS.
ARE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED
MORE PLANNING.
SCIENTISTS TYPES WERE IS THIS
ADMINISTRATIVE.
OUR FOLKS TO SORT OF KEEP.
THE SHIP OF RUNNING ME THAT
OBVIOUSLY ALL THE ABOVE OF THE
ONE ANSWER BUT I GUESS I'M
TRYING TO LOOK AT LIKE IF WE
ONLY COULD DO SOMETHING DO YOU
NEED. MORE REGIONAL PLANNERS AND
SCIENTISTS TO HELP.
BISECT ALL THIS BODY OF WORK
THAT WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEVEL
OR IS IT MORE. PEOPLE GET HAVE
AN IDEA WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND
THEY'VE GOT. A.
A UP UP AT LEAST AN INITIAL
PLAN.
IF I MAY ANSWER VERY BRIEFLY AND
THEN SHARED MICROPHONE UP.
IN LOS ANGELES.
THERE IS NO OUR STUDY ON URBAN
TREE CAN.
IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING TO BELIEVE
THAT THE NATION'S LARGEST COUNTY
DOES NOT HAVE A LIGHT ARE OF
WHERE THE.
THE TREES ARE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT.
BUT THERE SOME SUBJECTS THAT
HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFULLY.
ANALYZED AND STUDIED.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO SEE LEVEL
RISE FOR EXAMPLE THE OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL'S. RECENT OP
PUBLICATION HAS.
ARE GIVEN LOCAL AGENCIES A VERY
STRONG IDEA AS TO WHAT TO. PLAN
FOR WHERE THE WHERE THE RISK
LIES.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN SAN
DIEGO FOR EXAMPLE ENCODING MAYBE
YOU COULD.
GO.
ELABORATE ON THIS
OF THEY'VE ELECTED TO GO WITH.
SOMETHING THAT'S LESS RISK AT
THAT.
PERHAPS.
MORE CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR
ASSESSMENT OF WHERE SEA LEVEL
RISE WILL BE THEN PERHAPS EVEN
THE DATA SUGGESTS SO.
WE NEED HELP BOTH AT THE
INTERPRETIVE LEVEL AS WELL AS.
IN DOING PRIMARY RESEARCH.
YEAH I KNOW I I WOULD SECOND
THAT I THINK.
WHILE THERE'S PLENTY OF
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO.
SPUR ACTION NOW WE KNOW WE'RE
IN A NON STATIONARY SITUATION
AND THINGS ARE CHANGING RATHER
QUICKLY ACTUALLY.
AND SPEEDING UP SO IT'S REALLY
ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUE TO DO
REGULAR ON THE SCIENTIFIC
ASSESSMENT AND HOW PEOPLE IN
EVERY REGION WHO CAN INTERPRET
THAT INFORMATION AND REALLY
UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN THEN BE
ACTED ON.
BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY.
SUGGESTS THAT.
FINDING ADDITIONAL
ADMINISTRATIVE AND IN PLANNING
PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT TOGETHER YOU
KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT DO EXIST
IN A COMMUNITY WHO WHO KNOW IT
WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT WHAT
WHAT'S BEING PLANNED WHERE. AND
CAN FIND WAYS TO.
NEO DO OUTREACH TO THE DECISION
MAKERS WHO AFFECT THOSE PLANNING
PROCESSES TO TRANSFORM THEM SO
THAT THEY REALLY DO ENCOMPASS.
YOU KNOW THAT THE CLIMATE
IMPACTS WERE FACING AND ADDRESS
THEM AND THAT'S REALLY ESSENTIAL
TO THAT PRACTITIONER TYPE OF.
PERSON IN THE FIELD IS IT IS IT.
HERE YOU HAVE THIS REGIONAL CUB
DRIVEN YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT
COMPETING CITIES AND
JURISDICTIONS AND LET'S SAY
THERE'S A THERE'S A POT OF MONEY
WHAT'S THE STRATEGIC GROWTH
COUNSEL SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO
BE COMPETING OR. COULD BE
COMPETING IT'S SORT OF WHITTLING
DOWN OF WHAT WOULD BE WHAT WE
WANTED TO HEAR WHAT.
SMUGLY SACRAMENTO OR WHAT WHO AS
YOU PACING THE THREE OF YOU
TALKED AT DIFFERENT TIMES RIGHT
SO SO YOU KNOW WHAT COLOR AND
SHARE THAT INFORMATION SAYING
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WHY
DON'T YOU DO THAT OR SOME SORT
OF. A COOPERATION STE BECAUSE WE
ALL WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
TREE CANOPY. MEANS OR OR WHERE
AND HOW DO WE FIT WENDY'S
POCKETS IF THAT'S
ADVISABLE. YEAH I COULD ADD TO A
LITTLE BIT THEIR KNOW GRANT THAT
WE RECEIVED WE AYE THAT THAT WAS
SHARED AMONG SEVERAL AGENCIES OF
SEVERAL OF US NEEDED TO KNOW
WHAT CELE ARISE WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE FILLED IN SOME GAPS WHERE
THERE WAS OTHER RESEARCH ALREADY
DONE FROM ONE PART O OUR
COASTLINE. I'M AND THEN LEAVE
TACKLED SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES PART
THE PETTING IMMIGRANT HAD AND
REALLY VERY. FRIENDLY AND
SHARING OF THAT THAT FUNDING
THAT WE RECEIVED TO JUST KIND OF
FELL AND NEEDS I WOULD SAY I AM.
ACTIONABLE RESEARCH AS HELPFUL
SO WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW
WE DO OVER AT A HIGH LEVEL BUT.
KNOWING IF THE SEA LEVEL RISE
OUR ESTIMATES WERE INCORRECT AND
THERE MAY BE GOING TO BE SIX
INCHES HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SAW
IN THE HIGH END.
THAT'S HELPFUL AT A HIGH LEVEL
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START
MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING THE
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
IMPLEMENTED UNTESTED. AND WORK
OUT THOSE KINKS OF HOW ABOUT
LOOKS BECAUSE WE HAVE TIME TO
ITERATE ON THOSE STRATEGIES ARE
NOT GOING TO BUILD C. WALLS
TODAY. AND FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED
YEARS WE NEED TO START TESTING
OUT HOW HOW THIS WORKS ON THE
GROUND. AND FILLING IN VERY
TARGETED.
HE NEEDS TO IF IF LA NEEDS TREE
CANOPY THAT'S GREAT I WE'VE
ACTUALLY DONE THAT ASSESSMENT
BUT WE MAY NEED SOME ASSESSMENTS
ON HEAT ISLAND THAT THEY'VE RD
DONE.
THE VERY TARGETED.
.
SUBREGIONAL RESEARCH THAT WE CAN
STILL COLLABORATE AROUND WOULD
BE REALLY HELPFUL.
SO UNDER OUR CURRENT DIVE
FRAMEWORK HOW ARE THINGS WORKING
WITH OP ARE.
THEY'VE LEFT SO NOW I CAN TO ASK
ABOUT HOW THEY'VE THEY'VE RULED
OUT THE THE CLEARING HOUSE WE
HAVE THE. THE BEGINNING OF A
MORE YOU DESERVE NEW.
COOPERATIVE.
HOW IS THAT WORKING AND AND HOW
IS IT THE INFORMATION THAT
THEY'RE MAKING AVAILABLE OTHER
STARTING TO MAKE AVAILABLE HOW
IS THAT HELPING YOU GUYS
TRANSLATED TO THAT THE LOCAL
LEVEL I SEE YOU GUYS?
THE MIDDLE MANNER MIDDLE PERSON.
WELL I I MEAN I THINK.
SO FAR I. COULD I WOULD ECHO
WHAT JONATHAN SAID EARLIER IN
THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY'VE
SHOWN IN CONVENING.
YOU KNOW AND BE PARTICIPATING
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARCA AND
THE SUPPORT FOR HAS BEEN
FANTASTIC I MEAN WE'RE SO LUCKY
TO BE IN CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW TO
HAVE THAT KIND SUPPORT FROM.
FROM OUR GOVERNOR AND I THINK.
YOU KNOW GOING FORWARD THERE
STILL WILL BE A BIG NEED FOR
DEEPER DIVES.
INTO ALL THE SPECIFIC REGIONAL
ISSUES.
AND SO DEVELOP FURTHER
DEVELOPING
YOU KNOW THE TOOLS AND THE
CAPACITY THAT THEY HAVE OF
COURSE IN THE VALLEY WE HAVE
CONCERNS THAT. YOU KNOW THE
INITIAL BUILD OUT OF THE.
OF THE CLEARING HOUSE IS VERY
COASTAL FOCUSED THERE'S A LOT OF
AGRICULTURAL CARBON STORAGE
ISSUES.
VECTORS AND INSECT YOU KNOW
INFESTATION ISSUES THAT ARE
GOING TO AFFECT OUR AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMY VERY IMPORTANT OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY SO BEING ABLE TO
BALANCE ALL THAT GOING FOR IS
STILL. GONNA BE VERY ESSENTIAL
SO AND WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE A
LITTLE MORE ON INDIVIDUAL
REGIONAL FOCUS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
EFFORT THAT OPR AND OTHERS HAVE
PUT TOWARDS REALLY REACHING OUT
AND ENGAGING IN OUR MEETINGS AND
TALKING TO US AND BEFORE STATE
POLICIES ARE PUBLISHED AND DON.
WERE REACHED OUT TO AND AND
KNOWING THAT WHERE THE FOLKS
DOING WORK ON THE GROUND ENOUGH
TESTED OUT A FEW THINGS. THEY'RE
REACHING OUT AND SAYING HEY
WE'RE THINKING OF OF OF. OF
HEALTH AUTHORITY LOOKING FOR
BLOCKING THIS DOWN AS A POLICY
DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK IN REAL
LIFE AND THAT'S BEEN A REALLY
HELPFUL IN A NEW WAY OF
APPROACHING POLICY MAKING AT A
STATE LEVEL I THINK THAT'S BEEN
REALLY TREMENDOUS CROSS.
AND SO I SEE IT AS AS A HUGE
VALUE AND ALSO JUST THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO COME DOWN AGAIN
TO SAN DIEGO.
WORD WERE A BIG REGION AND WE
OFTEN DON'T GET A LOT OF STATE
MEETINGS THERE ARE FOLKS COMING
DOWN AND THEY'VE BEEN COMING
DOWN WILLING TO HOST MEETINGS
AND TRAININGS AND DO OUTRAGE
THAT WE HELP FACILITATE OUR
REGION. ON ANYTHING NEW THAT IS
COMING OUT SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY
GREAT AND PARTNERSHIP.
YEAH I I I I I JUST WANT TO ECHO
THAT OAK SPIN EXCEPTIONAL NAM
THEY'VE EVEN BEEN.
CRAZY WORD ENTREPRENEURIAL AND
WANTING TO GET TO.
HELPING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON
ADAPTATION I I'VE BEEN
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR BY
THEIR WORK.
ON ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE
FOCUSING IN ON IS ON FINANCING
ACTUAL.
YOU KNOW BILL DOUBTS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL. AND YOU KNOW
THERE'S TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
THE THE THE I FD SAID ARE ON NOW
AVAILABLE FOR FOR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION WORK.
BOY IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT ON
YOUR PART TO TRY TO FIND A WAY
TO.
FIND THE MONETIZE SAVINGS OF
RESILIENCE AT THESE LOCAL
LEVELS.
WHEN WHEN WE COOLED DOWN LOS
ANGELES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE
SAVING LIVES WERE TO BE REDUCING
UTILITY BILLS OF WE'RE GONNA BE
REDUCING AIR CONTAMINANTS ARE
ALL OF THESE.
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUT.
WHY CAN'T WE MONETIZE SET UP
FRONT SO THAT WE ACTUALLY GET IT
TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND
IN YOUR HELP IN THAT WOULD BE
EXCEPTIONAL OPR IS LOOKING AT
THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT I.
KEEP THE OUR ADAPTATION PROGRAMS
ALL UNDER ONE TENT
AND SORT OF AND MAKE SURE THAT
THE.
.
THE SHARING OF INFORMATION AND
THE AVAILABILITY AND THE.
ANALYSIS OF IT IS IS IS UNIFORM
THERE'S ANOTHER TENT THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE ADAPTATION
MONEY.
SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT BUT THE
BUDGET YOU GUYS HAVE ANY
COMMENTS OR ANY. OTHER THOUGHTS
ON THOSE TWO COMPETING.
IF YOU WERE TO MAKE A PIE CHART.
OF THE STATE AGENCIES WORK ON
ADAPTATION.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE
YOU WOULD HAVE RESOURCES AND AT
SIXTY FIVE TO SEVENTY PERCENT.
YOU WOULD HAVE.
OP ARE AT IT IT'S A VERY SMALL
AGENCY. ARE ADD ANOTHER LIKE
FIFTEEN TWENTY PERCENT A VERY
KEY FIFTEEN TWENTY PERCENT.
AND HEN O. YEAH S. AND PUBLIC
HEALTH AND ALL THEM WOULD HAVE A
SMALL SLIVER OF THAT.
IN SO I THINK INCOMING TO AN
ANSWER IT'S INESCAPABLE THAT OPR
AND RESOURCES
WOULD HAVE TO BE. ARM THEY KEY
AGENCIES IN PULLING TOGETHER A
STATE RESPOND.
WELL AND THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD
JUST BE A NIGHTMARE FOR A LOCAL
LOCALITY TO TO NAVIGATE WE
ALREADY HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOU
KNOW THE DISPARATE.
STATE GRANT PROGRAMS AND SO YOU
KNOW HAVING MULTIPLE.
AGENCY HOMES FOR THIS WORK
WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EVEN HARDER.
TO MAKE PROGRESS AT A LOCAL
LEVEL THERE'S PLENTY OF
NIGHTMARES GOING ON YEAH. THIS
PROBABLY BEING TWEETED OUT AS WE
SIT HERE I'M.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN ALL EXCUSE
YOU AND I THINK ALL OUR
SPEAKERS.
OFFERED SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND AT
THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO ASK
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKBOOK
OPENED UP A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS
IS IN A.
A INFORMATIONAL A HEARING ON
ADAPTATION SO OF IT MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO A.
ADDRESSES PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON ETERNALLY US PAUL
MASON LOOPS OF A FOREST TRUST
AND I WOULD CIRCLE BACK TO
SOMETHING THE YOU WERE HITTING
ON THE FIRST PART OF THE
HEARING.
REGARDING WATERSHEDS AND WATER
SUPPLY AND WAS HIGHLIGHTED HOW
YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA
BE SEEING MORE PRECIPITATION
COMING AS RAIN THEN SNOW. WE
NEED TO ADAPT TO THAT.
IT'S EASY TO IMMEDIATELY GO TO
IN OUR ANY MORE RESERVOIRS FOR
NAY DESALINATION ORGAN THE THESE
OTHER YOU KNOW BUILT
INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSES.
WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE WATERSHEDS THAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED THEY RE
NOT AND THEY'RE AWFUL CONDITION
WE HAVE SPENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF ENERGY OVER THE LAST CENTURY.
MINING THEM AND LOGGING THEM IN
SUPPRESSING FIRES AND. WOULD BE
HARD PRESSED TO HAVE
NONE MORE TO MODIFY THEIR
NATURAL CONDITION.
AND IF WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS
THAT MEANT THERE.
FLOW THE WATER MOVING THROUGH
THE WATERSHED.
SIR RESTORING STRUCTURE THOSE
FORESTS WE HAVE THE BIG TREES
THAT ARE YOU KNOW SHADING THE
SNOW BELOW POSTAL LINKS NO GET
ON THE GROUND WE HAVE WET
MEADOWS THERE'S LONG THE
TRANSPORT OF WATER DOWN THROUGH.
THE THOUGHT OF WATER COMING INTO
OROVILLE AND SHASTA THESE BIG
IMPORTANT RESERVOIRS LATER INTO
THE SEASON.
THAT'S TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE IN
TERMS OF.
STRETCHING OUT OUR WATER SUPPLY
LATER INTO THE SEASON.
THE SAME ACTIVITIES ALSO HELP US
DEAL WITH OUR FOREST ON FIRE
RESILIENCE ISSUES.
NEARBY A RESOURCE OF THAT
NATURAL STRUCTURE AND BE ABLE
GET BACK TO A POINT WHERE WE
HAVE FIRE ON THE LANDSCAPE
AGAIN.
WE'D WE NEED A WHOLE DIFFERENT
WAY OF APPROACHING THESE
CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE WAY WE'VE
BEEN DOING AND THUS FAR THAT YOU
HAD ON THIS AS WELL. HAS BEEN
YOU KNOW THAT'S TO PRODUCT OVER
HERE PRODUCT OVER THERE
BEGINNING TO SCALE SO THEY WERE
ACTUALLY RESTORING THE
WATERSHED.
AND THINKING ABOUT THAT
WATERSHED AS THE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CALIFORNIA
THAT IT REALLY IS BECAUSE THIS
IS WHERE OUR WATER ULTIMATELY
IT'S FROM.
WE NEED TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT A
WATERSHED SCALE. PRIORITIZE AND
THEN MAKE INVESTMENTS OVER TIME.
AND WE DIDN'T MENTION THIS
BEFORE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ONE YEAR
TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
ANOTHER YEAR BACK TO TWENTY
MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO BE
DESIGNING THESE PROJECTS ACROSS
LARGE AREAS BECAUSE THE SCALE.
IS HUGE YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T
ASSESSMENT.
.
WE WORK ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT
LOOKS AT THE WATERSHEDS DRAINED
OR VILLAGE SHASTA.
SEVEN MILLION ACRES ACROSS
PUBLIC LAND ON PRIVATE LAND.
ROUGHLY HALF OF THAT NEEDS SOME
FORM OF RESTORATION WHETHER IT'S
WET MEADOWS OR FOREST THINNING
OR PRESCRIBED FIRE. YOU KNOW
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG
ONGOING COMMITMENT.
IT'S GOING TO NEED NEW FORMS OF
FINANCING CAN MEAN. YOU KNOW
INVESTMENTS FROM YOU KNOW TO GRF
AND CLIMATE REVENUES FROM YOU
KNOW WATER BENEFICIARIES FROM
OTHER SOURCES AS WELL AND
SMARTER CLEVER WAYS TO ROLL THAT
UP SO WE'RE.
FRONT LOADING THESE INVESTMENTS
NOT STRETCHING THIS RESTORATION
OVER THE NEXT CENTURY BECAUSE MY
BIG CONCERN ASSEMBLY IS TO
WORKING ON FORCED ISSUES FOR THE
LAST QUARTER CENTURY. IS THE
PROBLEM IS THAT THIS.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF ACRES SCALE
IN THE RESPONSES AT THE
THOUSANDS OF ACRES SCALE AND
WOOD IS NOT MOVING NEARLY FAST
ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
BEFORE TO SEE IT ALL GO UP AND.
LAST COMMENT WOULD JUST BE THE
AS WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE ALSO
NEED TO RECOGNIZE.
THE CLIMATE CHANGE WILL AFFECT
CALIFORNIA DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING
ON WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING. YOU
KNOW AS WITH UP TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SEE A LOT LESS
PRECIPITATION IN THE FUTURE. AS
YOU'RE LOOKING I MEAN AGAIN AND
BROAD GENERALITIES BUT NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. ISN'T HIT QUITE AS
HARD YOU KNOW YOUR ADAPTATION
EFFORTS THERE MAY HELP YOU
MAINTAIN. MORE OF THE ECOSYSTEM
THE WE HAVE THERE NOW AS OPPOSED
TO YOUR ADAPTATION INTERVENTIONS
IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. ARE
LIKELY TO BE TO. YOU KNOW
FRANKLY E LOOKING TOWARDS A
DIFFERENT VEGETATION TYPES OUT
OF TWENTY ONE HUNDRED THAN WE
HAD AT NINETEEN OR TWENTY
HUNDRED.
NO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
HEARING WOULD LOOK FOR TO TALK
MORE.
YOU NEXT.
SURE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION THANK YOU SO MUCH
SENATOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS. MOSTLY WANT TO BUILD ON
WHAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY IN
PARTICULAR THAT YOU HEARD FROM
JUST ABOUT EVERY STATE AGENCY
OUTSIDE SPEAKER AND FROM THAT
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. THAT
THERE'S A NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE ACHIEVED
TO REALIZE SCALE TO REALIZE
INTEGRATION TO WORK ACROSS
LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP. YOU HEARD
ABOUT AGENCIES BEING
ENTREPRENEURIAL YOU HEARD ABOUT
OLLABORATIVE'S FORMING YOU
STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS AND I
THINK WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED FROM
THE STATE TO ENABLE THIS
TRANSFORMATION. WE SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT RESOURCES BECAUSE
THEY'LL NEVER BE ENOUGH
TO DO THE WORK ITSELF BUT WE
NEED TO HELP. INSTITUTIONALIZE
IN MAINSTREAM THAT
TRANSFORMATION AND KEEP OUR EYE
ON THAT TRANSFORMATION BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS CAN MAKE THE MOST
CRITICAL DIFFERENCE SO IT MAY BE
IN.
ADVANCING THE STATE INVESTMENT
PRIORITY PLAN SO THAT THAT'S
MORE UNIFORMLY APPLIED ACROSS
THE STATE THAT HAPPENED.
THE CLIMB IT.
EVALUATION CRITERIA IN MAY BE
FOSTERING COLLABORATIVE THAT
BRING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS IT
MAY BE SEATING DECISION SUPPORT
TOOLS AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER
THAT CAN REALLY HELP ACCELERATE
THE ADOPTION OF PLANS. ANY OF
THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE GONNA
REACH SCALE QUICKER AND
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK IN THOSE
DIRECTIONS FOR THE MODEST FUNDS
THAT YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO THE
SCALE OF THE PROBLEM SO THANK
YOU.
TAX.
THANK CHAIRMAN GOOD AFTERNOON
I'M NOT CLOCKING STEEN ON BEHALF
OF THE UNION OF CONCERNED
SCIENTISTS.
WE'VE BEEN STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THE STATE'S EFFORTS INSIDE
THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
TWENTY FIFTEEN. AND WE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE
TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP THAT
OPR HAS LED SINCE THEN.
WE REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THEM
LIKE THE OTHERS SPEAKERS HAVE ON
THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE.
WE THINK MOVING FORWARD AND TO
ENSURE THAT THAT GREAT WORK
CONTINUES AND THE STATE BENEFITS
FROM IT.
WE SHOULD TREAT A. OF.
REALLY A A SINGLE PLACE WITHIN
THE GOVERNMENT ARE THAT IS A
PERMANENT SOURCE OF.
OF OUR SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE THAT CAN BE
SHARED WITH STAFF OF THE VARIOUS
AGENCIES
WINNING THIS IS A. BEST WAY OF
MOVING FORWARD AND AND ENSURING
THAT THE GOOD WORK CONTINUES HOW
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOUR OFFICE.
WITH.
VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS ANA ON SEE HOW THE
PROCESS CAN WORK. HAN AND THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR FOR HAVING THIS
HEARING VERY COMPLEX VERY
IMPORTANT TOPIC AND NOW WE PER
SHARE WORK.
A CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND THANK
EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
THE HEARING FOR THE INPUT.
ON OUR.
CLIMATE TO ADAPTATION EFFORTS
AND POLICIES ACROSS STATE
REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M THIS HEARINGS PROVIDED ME
WITH SAID A GREAT OVERVIEW AND
HELPED INFORM A. MEMBERS IN
SACRAMENTO OF THE EFFORTS THAT
WE'VE.
AT TAKEN THUS FAR TO BUILD OUR
RESILIENCY AND ARE REACTIVE IT
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS
CONVERSATION. GUY IN THE
RECESSION WE ARE ADJOURNED