ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD
AND CALL THIS HEARING TO ORDER
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE? BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE A
QUORUM YET. WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
MANAGE THE ONGOING COVID 19
RISKS. THE SENATE CONTINUES TO
WELCOME THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S
PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH IN
PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. VIA
THE TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER IN
ACCESS CODE IS POSTED IN OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE. PRODUCTION
NUMBER IS 84429163 THE ACCESS
CODE 1411140. RESCUE ALL THE
MEMBERS TO COME DOWN. WE DO HAVE
A DIMINISHED MEMBERSHIP TODAY
FOR VARIOUS REASONS. WE'VE GOT
10 BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TWO
ITEMS OF THE CONSENT COUNTY.
THOSE ARE ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT.
ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA HAS BEEN
PULLED FROM THIS HEARING
MEMBERS. AND I WANT TO WELCOME
THE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WHEN I
CONGRATULATE OUR COLLEAGUE FOR
MAKING THE RUN OFF FOR THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE. SAW YOU ON TV
LAST NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A PARTY
AND SO I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE AT NINE A.M. FOR
THE NEXT MORNING. I BET SO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BRIAN.
OKAY SO LET'S GET STARTED. WHO
DO WE HAVE ANY AUTHORS? YOU WANT
TO PRESENT. NEGATORY MAN.
WHERE'S THE SPEAKER ELECT. WE'RE
WHEN ELSE. LET'S SEE HERE. UH,
BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO START.
WE WELCOME. SYNONYM OF
BAUER-KAHAN FRESH OFF OF HER.
PRIMARY VICTORY LAST NIGHT, COME
OUT TO THE DAIS. CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU. SO I THINK YOU WANT TO.
SO WE WE'VE GOT YOU PRESENTING
SANTIAGO AS A B 2048 WE ALSO
HAVE A PRESENTING YOUR OWN 21
46. WHICH ONE? DO YOU WANNA
TAKE? FIRST LET'S DO MR
ONTARIO'S BILL FIRST. ALL RIGHT,
SO THIS ITEM TO IN OUR AGENDA
MEMBERS. A B 2040, AND YOU MAY
PROCEED. ONE READY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MR CHAIR FIRST
ON BEHALF OF MR SANTIAGO. I'D
LIKE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS AND THANK
THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH HIS
STAFF. AS AMENDED. 2048
CLARIFIES DEFINITIONS OF
JURISDICTION AND PUBLIC AGENCY.
IT ALSO ENSURES A LARGE STATE
FACILITY OR SPECIAL DISTRICT
SUCH AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT
PROVIDES CAL RECYCLE WITH THE
ELECTRONIC LINKS TO THEIR
CURRENT AND FUTURE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT. ALTHOUGH THESE
AGREEMENTS ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA
THE PUBLIC RECORDS, REQUEST
ACTED OFTEN TAKES TOO LONG, AND
IT'S UP LOTS OF MONEY TO GET
THAT INFORMATION. IT IS VITAL TO
HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THESE
AGREEMENTS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN
CRITICAL INFORMATION. SUCH AS
CONTRACT TERMINATIONS, CONTRACT
TRANSFERS, TRADEMARK ISSUES,
ETCETERA, THE BILL SIMPLY
ENABLES GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND
PROTECTIONS. AND WITH ME AS
SHANE GUZMAN ABROAD GUZMAN FROM
THE CALIFORNIA TEAMSTERS.
MEMBERS SHANE GUSSMAN ON BEHALF
OF THE TEAMSTERS. WE ARE THE
SPONSORS OF THIS BILL. UM THIS
REALLY COMES ABOUT, UH, WITH US
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IN
THESE AGREEMENTS AROUND THE
STATE. YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S
THOUSANDS OF THESE FRANCHISE
AGREEMENTS, AND IT'S DIFFICULT
THEIR PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY
AREN'T READILY AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO
OUT AND DO A BUNCH OF PR A
REQUESTS AROUND THE STATE TO TRY
TO GET THIS INFORMATION. A LOT
OF THIS INFORMATION IS CRITICAL
TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO OUR
MEMBERS. FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE
LAWS DEALING WITH RETENTION AND
NOTICE WHEN THESE CONTRACTS COME
UP, UM AND ALSO PROVISION IN THE
CONTRACT THAT DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE
PER RETENTION AND WE WOULD LIKE
TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THESE SO
THAT WE CAN INFORM OUR MEMBERS
AND THE EMPLOYERS OF THEIR
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
AGREEMENTS, AND WITH THAT. OR
DRIVE BOAT. OKAY, UM. LET'S SEE
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO WIN IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. ANYONE ON
THE PHONE LINES. I WANT TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT MODERATOR. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU MAY
PERHAPS 10. AGAIN THAT IS ONE
AND THEN HERE IN SUPPORT OF A B
2048. WE HAVE NO SUPPORT AT THIS
TIME. OKAY UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS
TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL
OPPOSITION? OKAY? ANYONE ON THE
PHONE LINES? CLEAR ENOUGH
POSITION OF A B 2048 YOU MAKE
PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN
THAT IT'S ONE IN MISSOURI
AFRICAN OPPOSITION. AND WE HAVE
NO OPPOSITION AT THIS TIME. OKAY
ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IT BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE. QUESTIONS
THOUGHTS CONCERNS. OKAY? WE
DON'T HAVE A QUORUM YET, BUT WE
WILL ENTERTAIN. UM A VOTE WHEN
WE DO SO LET'S LET'S LET YOU GO
AHEAD AND PRESENT YOUR BILL 21
46 ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PERFECT
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. FIRST I
WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON MY BILL
AND I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE
AMENDMENTS FOR TECHNICAL CHANGES
AND ADDING PUBLIC NOTICE. I'M
PROUD TO PRESENT A B 21 46,
WHICH FUNDAMENTALLY IS FOCUSED
ON SAVING OUR POLLINATORS.
ARBY'S CALIFORNIA BEEKEEPERS
LOST OVER 41% OF THEIR COLONIES
LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE WORST
YEARS ON RECORD EVIDENCE IS
MOUNTING THAT THIS IS PRIMARILY
CAUSED BY PESTICIDES,
SPECIFICALLY A CLASS OF
PESTICIDE KNOWN AS
NEONICOTINOIDS. LOTS OF
POLLINATORS ENDANGERED UPWARDS
OF $11 BILLION ANNUALLY IN
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. AND IT
IS ALREADY LIMITING YIELDS AND
DRIVING UP FOOD PRICES AT A TIME
WHEN WE SHOULD BE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DRIVE FOOD
PRICES DOWN. CALIFORNIA HAS A
ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
REGULATING THESE PESTICIDES, AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION HAS ALREADY INCREASED
RESTRICTIONS ON NEONICOTINOIDS
IN AGRICULTURAL SETTINGS.
HOWEVER THERE ARE GAPS THAT
ALLOW THE USE OF THE HARMFUL
HARMFUL CHEMICALS. IN NON
AGRICULTURAL SETTINGS. MUNICH
ANNOYED USE ON LAWNS, GARDENS
AND GOLF COURSES IS ENTIRELY
UNNECESSARY. USERS OFTEN COVER
THEIR ENTIRE PROPERTY WITH NEO
NICK GRANULES AND WATER THEM
INTO THE SOIL. THE CHEMICALS
PROCEED TO SEEP INTO THE WATER
SUPPLY, TRAVELED TO SURROUNDING
PLANTS AND ABSORB INTO THE
POLLINATION. POLLEN THAT ARE
POLLINATORS CONSUME. THESE
TREATMENTS ARE LARGELY UNNEEDED
AND ALTERNATIVES LIKE DYNAMITES
CAN REPLACE NEONICS WHEN
NECESSARY. WE HAVE CREATED
EXEMPTION THIS BILL TO ENSURE
THAT THE BILL IS ALLOWED FOR
EXTERMINATOR USE INSIDE FOR
INVASIVE SPECIES AND OTHER
NECESSARY USES THAT POSE LIMITED
RISKS TO OUR POLLINATORS.
NEONICS ARE ALREADY BANNED IN
THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR NEARLY
ALL USES AND NEW JERSEY HAS
BANNED THEY'RE NOT AGRICULTURAL
USES. WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO
HERE IN THIS BILL. IT'S TIME
THAT CALIFORNIA CATCHES UP WITH
THE REST OF THE WORLD TO ADDRESS
THE LOSS OF OUR POLLINATORS AND
THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
WITH ME TODAY IN SUPPORT ARE
LARA D HAND DIRECTOR OF
ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA AND LUCAS
ROADS ATTORNEY WITH THE NRDC
POLLINATOR PROGRAM. YOU MAY
PROCEED. LET'S START WITH YOU,
MISS DEANNE. HELLO THANK YOU.
CHAIR ALAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
. I'M LARA DÍAS, STATE DIRECTOR
WITH ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA AND
, UM, ALONG WITH ENERGY SEE IN
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SPONSOR
MAYBE 21 46. SO THAT WE CAN
EXTEND GREATER PROTECTION TO THE
LITTLE CREATURES THAT SUPPORT
THE WHOLE WEB OF LIFE. HE'S PLAY
A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR NATURAL
WORLD, POLLINATING THE GROWING
PLANTS THAT MAKE UP MARTIN THAT
WE EAT. HOWEVER SINCE THE WHITE
BREAD ADOPTION OF NEONICOTINOIDS
BEE POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE
KLEIN NO ONE IN FOUR SPECIES IS
AT RISK OF EXTINCTION. AND HERE
IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE OVER 1600
SPECIES IN OUR STATE, AND SO
THERE'S A LOT OF THE SPECIES AT
RISK HERE. AND AN OUTPOURING OF
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IDENTIFIED
MUNICH LEAD CAUSE OF THE
DIALOGUE. WE'VE SEEN A SIMILAR
CONNECTION BETWEEN MUNICH
EXPOSURE AND HARM THE BUTTERFLY
LIKE WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLY,
WHICH USED TO NUMBER IN THE
MILLIONS ON THE WEST COAST AND
HAS NOW DROPPED TO TINY FRACTION
OF PLANTS. IN RECENT SCIENTIFIC
STUDIES SHOWED NEW NEXT HARMING
BIRTH AND TO THEIR SIZE 30%
FEWER BIRTHS AND IN THE 19
SEVENTIES. AS LONG AS THESE
PRODUCTS ARE ON THE SHELVES,
CONSUMERS ARE UNWITTINGLY
TURNING GARDENS THAT COULD BE
POLLINATOR HAVEN. INTO THAT
TRAP. BY PASSING A B 21 46. IT'S
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE CAN
PROVIDE A LIFELINE POLLINATORS
AND IN TURN FOR TECH LIFE FOR
ALL OF US TO CALL HOME. SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE
TODAY. THANK YOU BEFORE WE GO ON
TO YOUR NEXT WITNESS, REMEMBER,
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND WE'D
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. MOVE, YOU
MIGHT CALL THE ROLL. YES, ALAN
HERE. SENATOR ALLEN HERE, BATES
DOLLY! FINALLY HERE, MAGUIRE
SKINNER HERE TO HEAR STERN
WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI HERE. OKAY
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GO NOW TO YOU, LUCAS ROADS
FROM NRDC. THANK YOU AND GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS LUCAS
ROSE, TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF AN
RDC PROUD COAST MONSTER OF A B
21 46. AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER IN
MY COLLEAGUE PLAN UNITS HAVE
WHITE BREAD, ECOLOGICAL, BUT I
WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE SEPARATE
POINT. FIRST MUNICH'S BROADLY
CONTAMINATE CALIFORNIA'S
ENVIRONMENT. BEAT WATER TESTING
HAS FOUND AT LEAST ONE UNIT IN
92% OF SURFACE WATER SAMPLES IN
URBAN AREAS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. STRONGLY SUGGESTS
THAT NON AGRICULTURAL USE OF
SYDNEY AND TARGETED BY THIS BILL
OR A MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION,
AND INDICATES UBIQUITOUS
CONTAMINATION OF THE STATES,
SOIL AND PLANT LIGHTS. SECOND
UNITS THREATENING HUMAN HEALTH.
BDC MONITORING SHOWS THAT HALF
OF AMERICANS ARE EXPOSED TO
MUNICH ON A GIVEN DAY WITH THE
HIGHEST LEVELS FOUND IN
CHILDREN. THESE NEUROTOXINS HAVE
BEEN LINKED TO THE VARIETY OF
HEALTH FORMS, INCLUDING
DEVELOPMENTAL, NEUROLOGICAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE FARMS. AND JUST IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS, RESEARCH
HAS LINKED DNA EXPOSURE WITH
DECREASE TESTOSTERONE AND ALSO
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE ON INSULIN
REGULATION. AND FAT METABOLISM.
POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR
DIABETES AND OBESITY. WE CANNOT
CONTINUE TO ALLOW A NEEDLESS
EXPOSURE. THESE CHEMICALS THIRD
, THE VAST MAJORITY OF NON
AGRICULTURAL USES UNNECESSARY,
REPLACEABLE. COUSIN NEONICS
SYSTEMIC, THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS
APPLIED BEFORE THERE IS ANY
EVIDENCE OF A PEST PROBLEM
MEETING. THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IS
OFTEN NOTHING. EVEN WHERE THERE
IS A PAST PROBLEM. THERE ARE
OTHER EFFECTIVE AND LESS HARM
FLOCKS IS AVAILABLE. FOR ALL
THESE REASONS ARE RESPECTED.
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO SEE IF
ANYONE HERE WANTS TO VOICE
SUPPORT FOR THE BILL. COME ON
UP, AND JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME
AND AFFILIATION. GOOD MORNING,
MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
MELISSA SAGAN ON BEHALF OF THE
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK AND
CALIFORNIANS AND PESTICIDE
PERFORM AND SUPPORT. THANK THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING, ABIGAIL MAIL
ON BEHALF OF NRDC ACTION FUND,
MID PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN
SPACE DISTRICT AND THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. OKAY UM, ON THE
PHONE LINES WHO WANTS TO VOICE
SUPPORT? IN A FEW WISHES,
SPEAKING SUPPORT OF THIS OFF
ITEMS EXPRESS ONE THAN THE EARTH
THIS TIME. TO GO WITH 25. PLEASE
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING GANG
ABROAD AND BE HAPPY SHARES OF
CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT. WE'LL
MOVE ON LINE 51 AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR. THIS IS MARK
MINSTER MAKER ON BEHALF OF
JUSTICE, AS WELL AS REGISTERING
SUPPORT FOR THE POLLINATOR
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL, AMERICAN
BEEKEEPING FEDERATION. THANK
YOU. FIND 51. I'M SORRY. LYING
50 GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, KIM
DELFINO ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA NEEDED PLANT SOCIETY
AND DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE AND
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
FIND 57. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING. THIS IS JIM LINDBERG ON
BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS COMMITTEE
ON LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. IN LINE 56, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THIS IS SANTIAGO
RODRIGUEZ, CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND SUPPORT. IN LINE 33, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HI. THIS IS AN GLEASON CAMP WITH
THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR
BIODIVERSITY IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THIS IS LITERALLY THE LEAST WE
CAN DO. WE'VE GOT A LINE 46
AHEAD. YES. HI THIS IS ALICIA
KULBIR WITH THE RESPONSIBLE
PURCHASING NETWORK AND COPTER OF
REPORTS HELP FIRES EVERYWHERE.
MUNICIPAL PURCHASING OF THE
FRIENDLY PRODUCT. STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THE STONE. THANKS FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT.
FIND 33. PLEASE GO AHEAD. WILL
GO INTO LINE. 34, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HELLO THIS IS CAROL LEAD
AND SUPPORT. REPRESENTING TWO
ORGANIZATIONS, THE DEMOCRATS OF
US MARK AND 3 50 BAY AREA ACT.
FLYING 37 AHEAD. ANDRE WILLIAMS
, CALIFORNIA NATIVE SOCIETY AND
SUPPORT. AND LINE 58 GO AHEAD.
SARAH WHILE WITH THE SOCIETY FOR
INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION AND
STRONG SUPPORT. MR CHAIR. WE
HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN CUBA AT THIS
TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS
EVERYONE. LET'S NOW GO TO
OPPOSITION. HI, LOUIS. COME ON
UP TO THE TO THE MICROPHONE. MR
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE LOUIS BROWN TODAY ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA. CITRUS
MUTUAL, CALIFORNIA FRESH FRUIT
ASSOCIATION, A NUMBER OF OTHER
AGRICULTURAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
IN THE WESTERN PLANT HEALTH
ASSOCIATION. UM WE APPRECIATE
THE AUTHOR WORKING WITH US AND
ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT AND
MAKING THIS BILL FOCUSED ON NON
AGRICULTURAL USES. BUT WHAT
CAN'T BE? MISSED IN THIS WHOLE
DISCUSSION IS THE VERY
COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY PROCESS
THAT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION. THE BUDGET LAST YEAR
JUST SENT $45 MILLION A YEAR IN
GENERAL FUND MONEY TO THIS
DEPARTMENT. IT'S JUST FINISHED A
REEVALUATION OF THESE PRODUCTS.
THIS RE VALIDATE REVALUATION WAS
DRIVEN BY THE LEGISLATURE,
ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT IT AS
THEY WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT
THESE PRODUCTS. THEY DETERMINED
THAT THE AGRICULTURAL USES WHERE
THERE NOW REQUIRING MITIGATIONS
THROUGH REGULATION OR THE ONES
THAT HAD MORE EXPOSURE TO
POLLINATORS. THEY CHOSE NOT TO
REEVALUATE THE URBAN USES OR TO
GO FORWARD WITH MITIGATION ON
THE USES OF THOSE BECAUSE OF THE
RELATIVELY LOW EXPOSURE. T
POLLINATORS SO. IF WE QUESTION
THAT, AND IF WE QUESTION THE
SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY THE
TOXICOLOGIST AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF PESTICIDE REGULATION, SEND IT
BACK TO THEM. TELL HIM TO
REEVALUATE THOSE CONSUMER USES
BUT DON'T STEP IN THE LINE OF
SCIENCE AND TELL THEM WHAT
SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE BILL
IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNWORKABLE. IT
USES TERMINOLOGY FROM NEW JERSEY
THAT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO
CALIFORNIA LAW. IT? ASKED THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PESTICIDE REGULATION TO MAKE AN
EMERGENCY DECLARATION REGARDING
PESTS. THERE'S NO ONE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION THAT MONITORS PESTS.
THAT'S THE ROLE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS AND THE OTHER PART
OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN
THE STATE. SO AT A VERY MINIMUM
. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH POLICY IN THIS AREA, WE
SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE POLICY THAT
WORKS FOR HOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN
CALIFORNIA FOR THE NUMBER OF
YEARS. THE BILL IS KIND OF
CLUNKY IN THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN
IN THAT IT SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT
GOING TO USE IT FOR ALL OF THESE
USES, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE ALL OF THESE EXCEPTIONS.
IF, IN FACT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. IN THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS
TURF APPLICATIONS ORNAMENTAL
APPLICATIONS THAN THE WAY
CALIFORNIA LAW WORKS IS GOING IN
AND TAKING THOSE USES OFF THE
LABEL. IN MAKING IT VERY PRECISE
. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON
THIS. WE PROVIDED SOME
INFORMATION WE PROVIDED
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE
WOULD PROVIDED AMENDMENTS TO THE
AUTHOR TO REALLY CLARIFY AND
MAKE THIS A MORE SURGICAL
APPROACH ON HOW THIS CAN WORK.
IF, IN FACT, IT'S THE WILL OF
THE SENATE TO MAKE THIS POLICY
MOVE FORWARD. AND ABSENT THAT WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO OPPOSE JUST
BECAUSE, FRANKLY, IT'S
UNWORKABLE AS WRITTEN. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING,
CHRISTOPHER FEDERALLY ON BEHALF
OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION. FIRST
THANK YOU TO THE AUTHOR FOR THE
CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON THIS ISSUE
AND FOR RENEWING CALIFORNIA'S
ATTENTION TO POLLINATORS. I
APPRECIATE, UM WITHIN THE BILL,
THE RECOGNITION THAT DIFFERENT
APPLICATION AND USE TYPES ARE
IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH NOT NOT
ALL PRODUCTS OR USES ARE THE
SAME. HOWEVER THE BILL AS
CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED IS
ESSENTIALLY MOVING A COMPLEX
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS AND ASKING LEGISLATORS
TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE. CPA
SUPPORTS THE EMPOWERMENT OF
GOVERNMENT REGULATORS TO ADDRESS
THESE COMPLEX CHEMISTRIES. UM IN
THE LEGISLATURES ISN'T DESIGNED
FOR BUILT FOR THIS KIND OF
DYNAMIC SCIENTIFIC REVIEW, AND
NOR IS OUR RIGID CODE,
CONSEQUENTLY, UNDER THE STRICT
BOUNDARIES SET FORTH IN THE
PROPOSAL. THERE CONTINUED TO BE
PRODUCTS AND POSSIBLY FUTURE
INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE NO
INTERACTIONS WITH POLLINATORS
BANNED BY THIS BILL. UM NOT TO
BELABOR THE POINTS THAT WERE
MADE PREVIOUSLY, BUT EVERY
PESTICIDE, INCLUDING NEONICS,
ARE SUBJECT TO RIGOROUS APPROVAL
AND REVIEW BY THE U. S. C P A IN
ORDER TO PROTECT HUMAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY. EPA RISK
ASSESSMENTS FOCUS ON ECOLOGICAL
AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS, GUIDED
BY SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANELS
AND INFORMED BY DEVELOPMENT OF
DATA TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF
POLLINATORS THEY REVIEW HUNDREDS
OF STUDIES. AND IF THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THEM.
THEY ASKED FOR MORE. AND THEN,
IN ADDITION TO THE EPA, A IT HAS
TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER
SCIENTIFICALLY DRIVEN PROCESS AT
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF, UM
PESTICIDE REGULATION AND THEN
REGISTER IN EVERY SINGLE STATE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT
EVEN A STATIC REVIEW. AS NEW
DATA COMES TO LIGHT REGULATORS
REVISIT THESE CHEMISTRIES.
CALIFORNIA HAS A VETTED
SCIENTIFIC PROCESS IN PLACE, AND
WE SHOULD TRUST THAT PROCESS AND
THE FULL SPECTRUM OF DATA
AVAILABLE TO THE EPA AND DPR AH!
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT. WE'RE
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT'S REMOVED
FROM THE MARKET. I THINK THIS IS
KIND OF AN ISSUE THAT WE DON'T,
UM FOCUS ON QUITE ENOUGH IN
THESE DEBATES. PESTICIDES ARE AN
EXERCISE AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
BEST BECAUSE THE PEST THAT THESE
PRODUCTS TARGET BRING THEIR OWN
HEALTH CONCERNS. COCKROACHES FOR
EXAMPLE, ARE A COMMON TRIGGER
FOR ASTHMA AND CHILDREN BRING
DISEASES. TICKS AND FLEAS BRING
THEIR OWN HEALTH CONCERNS. GIVEN
THE EFFICACY AND LIMITED RISK TO
HUMAN HEALTH. IT IS NO SURPRISE
THAT NEONICOTINOIDS HAVE BECOME
THE MOST WIDELY USED INSECTICIDE
IN THE WORLD. THEY ARRIVED ON
THE MARKET AS ALTERNATIVES THAT
ARE SAFER FOR HUMAN HEALTH. WE
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT
POLLINATORS, FOR WHICH DECLINES
HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY PARASITES,
CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND
DEVELOPMENT. AND AS IT RELATES
TO CONSUMER PESTICIDE ISSUES. I
RESPECTFULLY URGE THE
LEGISLATURE TO KEEP THE
EVALUATION PROCESS AT THE EPA IN
DPR. AND IF THE LEGISLATURE'S
COMMITTED TO PESTICIDE PRODUCT
BANDS, IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
SPECIFIC PRODUCT TYPES OF
QUESTIONS RATHER THAN AN OVERALL
BAN OF ENTIRE CLASS OF
PESTICIDES WITH ENUMERATED
EXEMPTIONS. THANKS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY UM FOLKS WHO
WANT TO WIN AN OPPOSITION EITHER
HERE IN PERSON? OKAY. YEAH. COME
ON. I'VE BEEN, UM, STATE YOUR
NAME AND AFFILIATION, PLEASE.
JULIE MALINOWSKI BALL ON BEHALF
OF THE AMERICAN CHEMISTRY
COUNCIL IN OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU. MR CHAIR MEMBERS, ANTHONY
MOLINA ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION,
THE CALIFORNIA PEAR GROWERS
ASSOCIATION AND THE ALMOND
ALLIANCE AND OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GO
TO THE PHONE LINES. TAKE FOLKS
WHO WANT TO VOICE THEIR
OPPOSITION CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BILL, MODERATOR. AND IF YOU WISH
TO SPEAK NOW, POSITION RESPONDED
HERE AT THIS TIME. LOOKED
FORWARD LINE. 27, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, TAYLOR
ROSHAN WITH THE CALIFORNIA FARM
BUREAU IN OPPOSITION. AND JUST
MOMENTS TOGETHER, THE NEXT LINE
NUMBER.
AND YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
0.52, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING. THIS IS BRENDA BASS
WITH THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THE MILITARY
HAVE NO ONE ELSE INTO IT. OKAY?
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
LONG LIST OF FOLKS WITH IN
SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION ON THIS
BILL, YOU CAN ALL SEE ON IN YOUR
ANALYSIS. ALRIGHT LET'S BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
QUESTIONS. COMMENTS CONCERNS
DISCUSSION CENTER WIECKOWSKI.
SO, UM. I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN MANY
AMENDMENTS ON THIS. LET'S I'M
LOOKING AT THE REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK BECAUSE OF OPPOSITION
HAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDES AND NOT
REALLY THE WATCHDOG ON WHEN PEST
INVADE EITHER AN AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY OR MY BACKYARD LEMON
TREE, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT
THE BILL ADEQUATELY. DIRECTS
THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION TO MAKE THE CALL AND
WHEN AN EMERGENCY IS AN
EMERGENCY, SO I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY ONE THING THAT THE
OPPOSITION FAILED DIMENSION,
WHICH IS THE BILL. CLEARLY
STATES THAT THE DIRECTOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND
AGRICULTURAL SHOULD BE WEIGHING
IN ON THAT, SO THEY SHOULD BE
INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION, SO WE
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND
AGRICULTURAL IN THAT
DETERMINATION, AND THE BILL
INSTRUCTS THAT THEY BE IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR.
SO UH, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO HERE AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT DPR DID OVERSEE THE USE OF
NEONICOTINOIDS AND AGRICULTURAL
SPACES. IT'S WHY I'M GLAD THE
OPPOSITION IS BEING CLEAR. THIS
IS A NON AGRICULTURAL BELT,
RIGHT? WE'VE EXEMPTED THEM. THAT
EXEMPTION IS CLEAR AND THE
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT DPR
HAS SET UP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
SETTING IS FAIRLY COMPLEX, ONE
THAT THE FARMERS PROBABLY CAN
DO, BUT IT RELATES TO WHEN THERE
ARE FLOWERS PRESENT. DON'T SPRAY
THESE ETCETERA RIGHT? BECAUSE
WHEN FLOWERS ARE PRESENT IS WHEN
YOU HAVE THE MOST DANGER OF
HURTING OUR POLLINATORS. THAT
ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I, AS
SOMEONE WHO TAKES CARE OF MY
LAWN PROBABLY COULD MANAGE AS
EFFECTIVELY AS SOMEONE WHO DOES
THIS FOR ALIVING. AND SO WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SETTING WHERE THESE
ARE UNNECESSARY, RIGHT? WE HAVE
DIME EYES THAT CAN DO WHAT IS
NEEDED. THE OPPOSITION ALSO
MENTIONED COCKROACHES. I WANT TO
ALSO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE
EXEMPT OUT INTERNAL USE WE DON'T
USE IN YOUR HOME IS GOING TO
HURT OUR POLLINATORS. ALSO,
WITHIN THE PERIMETER OF YOUR
HOME IS EXEMPTED SO THAT THINGS
LIKE COCKROACHES WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ALLOWED SO THOSE PASTS
WILL BE DEALT WITH. BUT WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS MAKE
SURE THAT THE USE OF THESE ON
LAWNS AND GARDENS AND AS YOU
HEARD 92% OF WATER SAMPLES IN
URBAN SETTINGS ARE SHOWING THE
PRESIDENT NEONICOTINOIDS,
ALTHOUGH IT IS DWARFED BY THE
AGRICULTURAL USE IN CALIFORNIA.
IT IS STILL A SERIOUS PROBLEM,
BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION GOES
TO THIS. THIS POINT THAT THE
OPPOSITION CORRECTLY RAISED,
WHICH IS WE NEED TO PROTECT FROM
INVASIVE SPECIES ON OUR ORANGE
TREE'S RIGHT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE. IT COULD HURT OUR
AGRICULTURAL SETTING AS IT
RELATES TO THE ORANGE GROVES. IF
THOSE PASTS APPEAR IN MY
BACKYARD OR YOUR BACKYARD, THEY
COULD THEN GO TO AGRICULTURAL
SETTINGS AS WE ALL KNOW, AND SO
WE CREATED AN EXEMPTION FOR THAT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPRAYING
OF THE PESTICIDES IN THAT
SETTING IS STILL ALLOWED. WE ARE
HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THAT IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO
DO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WENT
TO, UM THEN THE OPPOSITION
PRIORITY. EVEN INTRODUCTION OF
THIS LEGISLATION TO SAY WE'RE
NOT TRYING TO GO AFTER
AGRICULTURAL. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THIS WORKS IN CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE SETTINGS
AND THIS IS THE BEST WAY WE
THINK TO DO IT, AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISSUE
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
CITRUS PSYLLID. IS DEALT WITH
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION. BUT WE DO THINK
THAT THIS COORDINATION BETWEEN
THE DIRECTOR AND FOOD AND AG A
SUFFICIENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR THE
SPRAYING OF THIS PESTICIDE WHERE
THERE IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES,
AND WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT IT TO
JUST THAT INVASIVE SPECIES
BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE COULD BE
OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. I GUESS
THE RULE IS THAT UH, WHAT? WHAT?
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE ROLE OF
THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER IS THE
PERSON THAT PLUMBERS ARE GROWERS
AGAIN. IF I WITH THIS IS HAVING
CONTROL OVER ONE YOU CAN SPRAY
WHEN YOU CANNOT SPRAY ALL THESE
OTHER EVERYDAY DECISIONS THAT
PEOPLE MAKE, AND THEY NOW HAVE
THAT. THE YEAR OF THE LOCAL
FOLKS WHEN THEY DO HAVE THIS
OUTBREAK, THAT THEY'RE THE ONES
THAT ACTION ON THE GROUND, AND I
GUESS THERE'S A CONCERN IS THAT
IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WHAT'S
THE RULE OF THE COMMISSIONER?
LOOK CAN I TURN TO MR RHODES TO
HELP ADDRESS THIS? YES. MR
RHODES. YOU WANT TO REPEAT THE
QUESTION? I THINK COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS THAT ABSOLUTELY
HAVE A ROLE IN, YOU KNOW,
COMMUNICATION WITH UM. WITH
GROWERS AND LANDSCAPERS, ANOTHER
PESTICIDE USERS. BUT CERTAINLY
YOU KNOW, AS RECENTLY AS THE
ASSEMBLY PERSON YOU JUST SAID,
YOU KNOW THE, UH, CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT. AGRICULTURE IS GOING
TO BE IN, UM, IN COMMUNICATION
WITH THE PR. NO, WE'RE NOT
NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT YOU
KNOW, DAY TO DAY WHETHER SOMEONE
CAN USE NEONICS PESTICIDE. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT GENERAL
EXEMPTIONS, SAYING YOU KNOW
THESE? YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE
CAN USE THIS KIND OF PESTICIDE
FOR THIS PURPOSE. THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE PR DOES
GENERALLY WHEN IT REGISTERS
PESTICIDES WHEN IT REVIEWS THIS
REGISTRATION IT IDENTIFIES HOW
PEOPLE CAN USE, UH, PESTICIDES
IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT CAN BE
VERY DETAILED IN TERMS OF, YOU
KNOW, PRE BLOOM RESTRICTIONS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT CAN BE SIMPLY
REGISTERING PRODUCTS WERE NOT
REGISTERING. UM SO, AS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SAID, I THINK
YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THESE TWO
AGENTS WORKING TOGETHER, UM,
WILL REALLY BE EFFECTIVE AND
ALLOW, UM YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE
CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES
WHERE NECESSARY? YOU KNOW, I HAD
THAT THAT WE ARE WORKING IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE THE
WAY WE'RE FRAMING. THIS IS
WORKABLE FOR THEM, BECAUSE I
MEAN, I GET IT. THERE'S OVERUSE
. IT'S LIKE ROUNDUP. OKAY WE GET
THAT AND YOU WANT TO PULL IT
BACK ON THE ON THE UM,
HOMEOWNERS SIDE, OKAY, AND
THAT'S JUST THAT'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OVERUSE PESTICIDES. AND
DON'T READ THE LABELS AND MISUSE
THEM, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. BUT WHEN
YOU HAVE A SERIOUS OUTBREAK AND
YOU HAVE AN INVASIVE SPECIES
THAT COMES IN, YOU KNOW, FOR
WHATEVER PEOPLE WANT TO SAY
ABOUT THE REGIME RIGHT NOW. IT
WORKS WELL WHEN THERE IS A WHEN
THERE'S A BREAK OUT BREAK ALL
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK
THERE. THERE. WE HAS IN THERE
AND THE PESTICIDE REGULATIONS,
BUT WE GO IN INTO THE URBAN
AREAS AND WE'RE GOING HOUSE TO
HOUSE TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT
PAST IS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN WE CHANGE IT, WE
WANT TO HAVE LESS USED. BUT WHEN
WE DO NEED THE EMERGENCY, WE'VE
GOT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, AND
THERE NOT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY
IN SACRAMENTO TO HIT CLICK
BUTTON, YOU KNOW TO SAY IT'S A
GO BECAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS
CHALLENGE. AND THAT'S WHY, AS
YOU HEARD FROM MR RHODES, IT
WILL BE A CLASS EXEMPTION. NOT A
NOW YOU CAN SPRAY IT, MR
WIECKOWSKI, SO IT WOULDN'T BE
THAT COMPLICATED? YES. SANTA
DOLLY. JUST REAL QUICK. UM I
ACTUALLY HAVE AN APPLICATORS
PERMIT, AND I THINK I'M THE ONLY
ONE IN THE WHOLE LEGISLATURE
THAT DOES ACTUALLY ANY OF THIS
COMMERCIAL LEVEL. I WOULD JUST
SAY I'M GOING TO POSE YOUR BILL
TODAY AND ON ONE REASON I THINK
WE NEED TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT YOUR
OPPOSITION TALKED ABOUT. WE NEED
TO JUST DO LABELING LOOK BECAUSE
THERE'S THIS PROCESS IN PLACE.
UM ALL OF US IN AG UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S THE
AND I AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO HEAD WITH. UM
IT'S THE HOMEOWNER THAT DOESN'T
GET IT. BUT ALSO WE HAVE
OUTBREAKS FROM HOMEOWNERS INTO
SPREAD OF PUBLISHING, BUT WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEED
TO DO MORE EDUCATION. I BELIEVE
ON LABELING AND THAT AND
HOMEOWNERS UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING WHEN
THEY'RE BUYING A PRODUCT OFF THE
SHELF THAT IS LABELED AND HOW TO
APPLY IT. I'M I FULLY AM AWARE
AND KNOW THE PENALTIES OF WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IF I DON'T ABIDE BY
THE LABELING LAWS AND THE
REPORTING LAWS ON THE COMMERCIAL
LEVEL. UM, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO
THE BACKYARD AND WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS A LOT THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT
YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEING YOU'RE
SEEING THE RESIDUE. NOT BECAUSE
OF AG. YOU'RE SEEING THE RESIDUE
, MAINLY BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THEIR
PRODUCTS PROPERLY. SO LABELING
AND EDUCATION IS THE ONLY THING
THAT'S EVER GOING TO ALLEVIATE
THIS PROBLEM. WE CAN RUN LAWS
AND MAKE MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR
AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WE
REALLY NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AT
THE END OF THE DAY, AND THAT'S
WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON.
AND I BROUGHT THAT UP MANY TIMES
WE KEEP PUSHING TO REGULATE
MORE. REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING. AND WHEN WHAT WHEN
AND HOW TO USE THE PRODUCT
PROPERTY IF YOU DO THAT. WE
WON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND WE
WON'T HAVE OVERUSE BECAUSE IN
MOST CASES, PEOPLE GO OUT THERE
AND JUST LIKE THEY'RE GOING FOR
IT, AND THERE THERE, THE WHEN
NOT TO OFFEND ANYBODY. BUT A
HOMEOWNER WHO DOESN'T REALLY
ISN'T EDUCATED ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING IS GOING ON BUYING
SOMETHING OFF THE SHELF AND
JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A BUG
PROBLEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO
FIX THEIR BUG PROBLEM BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO SIT IN THEIR
BACKYARD AND NOT GET BIT OR
WHATEVER YOU MAY HAVE SO WE NEED
TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND
LABELING IT IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT.
CATION. AH! THANK YOU. CHAIR
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR
PRESENTING. I'M GOING TO MOVE
THE BILL. UM. WE OFTEN ACT WHEN
IT'S TOO LATE. WE'VE KNOWN FOR
YEARS THAT WE HAVE A SERIOUS
PROBLEM WITH A DYING OFF OF OUR
POLLINATORS. WE ARE ENTIRE
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IN
CALIFORNIA IS DEPENDENT ON
POLLINATORS. AND THIS TYPE OF
HOME USE. FOR PEOPLE'S YARDS IS
NOT REQUIRED. IT IS NOT
ESSENTIAL. AND IF IT IS
THREATENING, I FIND IT
INTERESTING THAT COMMUNITY WOULD
OPPOSE THE BILL BECAUSE THE USE
OF THESEIN HOUSEHOLD SETTINGS
AND I DON'T MEAN INSIDE AS
YOU'VE POINTED OUT, BUT RATHER
EXTERIOR IS SUCH A SERIOUS
THREAT TO THE POLLINATORS FOR
WHICH ACT DEPENDS ON SO I THINK
THIS IS A REASONABLE BILL. I
THINK YOU'VE ADDED A LOT OF
SAFEGUARDS, AND I THINK WE NEED
TO ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, AND
I MOVED THE BILL. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
THIS IS A BILL THAT I HAVE SPENT
SOME TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. AN
ISSUE. I'VE SPENT SOME TIME WITH
AN I YOU KNOW, I ALSO RECOGNIZE
THE CONTINUAL CONCERNING
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, THE
ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID AND THE
DECIMATION IT'S CAUSED IN
FLORIDA. UM, I THINK YOU KNOW, I
WILL SAY. SOME OF THE OPPOSITION
CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED HAVE
BEEN INCORPORATED INTO OUR
ANALYSIS AND OUR WORK AND HAVING
TO DO WITH THIS EMERGENCY. IS
EMERGENCY PROCEDURE THAT SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI WAS ASKING ABOUT.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT OFF RAMP OF
SORTS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACT
QUICKLY AND. PROACTIVELY TO
ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE STEPS
TAKEN TO BLOCK ANOTHER OUTBREAK
, BUT THAT BEING SAID SENATOR
SKINNER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM ON
OUR HANDS WITH REGARDS TO
POLLINATOR DIE OFF AND WHILE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT AND
SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WERE
MENTIONED ARE PART OF IT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT NEONICS
ARE PART OF THE STORY, TOO. AND
SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND I
KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
STAKEHOLDERS FROM AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY IS THIS BILL MOVES
FORWARD? INCLUDING OVER THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND SO
WITH THAT I CERTAINLY GOING TO
SUPPORT CENTER. SKINNER'S MOTION
WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE. THANK YOU
SENATORS. AND UM I APPRECIATE
BOTH OF YOUR ARE ALL OF YOUR
COMMENTS TODAY. UM I THINK YOU
KNOW, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, THE
ECONOMY, IT BUILDS THE
IMPORTANCE THAT OUR BREADBASKET
PROVIDES TO INDEPENDENCE. WHICH
IS WE SEE NOW MORE THAN EVER.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD
HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
BOTH. SUPPORTING THEM AND THE
POLLINATORS WHICH AGAIN THIS
HELPS AGRICULTURE OF OUR
POLLINATORS ARE DYING OFF IN LOS
ANGELES AND OUR URBAN CENTERS
THAT IS IMPACTING OUR
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. AND WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY WILL I
BELIEVE STRENGTHEN? UM
AGRICULTURE IN CALIFORNIA AND
STRENGTHEN THE BIODIVERSITY THAT
WE SO DESPERATELY NEED IN THE
FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND AS
THE CHAIR HAS SAID, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND I
BELIEVE GET TO UM THE BEST PLACE
. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING IS
EVER PERFECT, BUT I APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS
WORD. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASPIRIN. I VOTE.
CAN I JUST CONFIRM? BY THE WAY
YOU ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT? YES I DID. SO WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING. YES, SECRETARY,
PLEASE. COLORADO. ITEM NUMBER
FIVE A B 21 46 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN.
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED
BUT FIRST AMEND AND WE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATOR ALAN BATES, DOLLY
MCGUIRE, SKINNER. RIGHT, SKINNER
I STERN WIECKOWSKI THANK YOU.
GET SOMEWHERE. LET'S APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE. LET'S NOW ASK
SOME MEMBER IRWIN TO COME UP.
AND PRESENT HER BILL. THIS IS
ITEM NINE IN YOUR PACKETS
MEMBERS HAVING A B 2779. YOU MAY
PROCEED WHEN READY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. ANOTHER
RESOUNDING WINNER YESTERDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS. UH THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR AND SENATORS.
CALIFORNIANS WILL FIND PREMIXED
CANNED COCKTAILS AND CANNED
WINES AND VIRTUALLY EVERY
GROCERY STORE ACROSS THE STATE.
AND THE SAME SHELVES AS BEER,
SODA AND HARD SELTZER'S, BECAUSE
A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THESE
BEVERAGES CONTAIN A HIGHER
PERCENT OF ALCOHOL. NOT ALL OF
THESE CANS ARE CONTAINED IN THE
BOTTLE BILL. THESE CANS ARE
VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL, AND IT'S A
LOGICAL STEP TO INCLUDE THESE IN
THE CR V PROGRAM AND WITH ME
TODAY TO TESTIFY ARE KURT KIMMEL
SHOE FROM ANHEUSER BUSCH AND
MARK MURRAY FROM CALIFORNIANS
AGAINST WASTE. GREAT. THEY
PROCEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY. I
THINK THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN HAS HAS
WRAPPED THIS UP QUITE NICELY. I
KNOW WE'VE HAD BROAD
CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COMMITTEE
ABOUT THE BOTTLE BILL. IN
ADDITION OF WINE AND SPIRITS
PRODUCTS INTO THE CRV PROGRAM.
THROUGH SOME OTHER BILLS THAT WE
THINK COMPLEMENT EXACTLY WHAT
THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WORKING ON
HERE WE HAVE A LARGE PORTFOLIO
OF EXACTLY THE TYPES OF PRODUCTS
THAT SHE'S MENTIONED, WHICH IS
REALLY THE EVOLUTION OF THE
SPIRITS BASED IN WINE BASED
PRODUCTS THAT ARE IN AN ALUMINUM
CAN AND I THINK THE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CORRECTLY HAS
OUTLINED EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE
HEARD FROM SO MANY OF CONSUMERS
IS THAT THERE IS NO
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THESE
CANS AND WE KNOW THAT THE CANS
ARE ENDING UP IN THE PROGRAM.
AND IF WE'RE NOT COLLECTING THE
DEPOSIT AT THE POINT OF SALE
BASED ON AN ARBITRARY ABBVIE
LEVEL, THEN WE'RE MISSING THE
ABILITY TO CAPTURE ALL THESE
PRODUCTS, AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY
IT'S OUR GOAL. TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED.
THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU'LL SEE A
LOT OF MANUFACTURERS THAT HAVE
MOVED TO ALUMINUM, AND A LOT OF
THAT IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THAT'S
THE CONSUMER DEMAND IN THE
CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THESE
PRODUCTS AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR
THESE PRODUCTS IN A SINGLE SERVE
ALUMINUM SPACE, AND IT'S A SPOT
WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO. ALSO, AS
YOU ALL KNOW, CAPTURE IT AND IN
RECYCLING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL,
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT, I THINK THE ONE
THING I WOULD NOTICE THAT
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS. CORRECTLY
LAID OUT THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY
HAVING BROAD CONVERSATIONS IN
THIS LEGISLATURE ABOUT EXACTLY
WHICH WINE AND SPIRITS PRODUCTS
SHOULD BE ADDED IN. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE ASSEMBLY WOMEN'S
LEADERSHIP. IN ADDITION TO THE
PROTESTERS, LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE AND REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK
TOGETHER TO REALLY TRY TO MOVE
THIS ISSUE FORWARD. I KNOW AS WE
SAID, WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
IT. WITH THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS
OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME IN THE LEADERSHIP OF
THIS COMMITTEE IS VERY
APPRECIATED, AS WELL AS THE
CONVERSATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED AND
WE'RE FINALLY WE THINK REACHING
A POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING A
CRITICAL MASS TO MOVE THIS ISSUE
FORWARD. SO FOR THOSE REASONS WE
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT,
LET'S GO TO YOU, MARK. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MARK
MURRAY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUP CALIFORNIANS AGAINST
WASTE. AH STRONGLY IMPORTANT THE
MEASURE. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO
POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS, UM, BOTH
WITH THIS LEGISLATION AND WITH
THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION ON
EXTENSION PROGRAM WE'RE SEEING
THE PRODUCERS OF THE BEVERAGE
CONTAINERS. SEEKING INCLUSION
INTO THE BEVERAGE CONTAINER
RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND, UH,
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF BOTH OF THESE MEASURES. UH
COMMITTEE AND THE LEGISLATURE
MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IT SOME
POINT. A PATHWAY FOR
MANUFACTURERS VOLUNTARILY JOINED
THE PROGRAM, AS OPPOSED TO
ALWAYS HAVING TO WAIT FOR
LEGISLATION ON THIS, BUT ASIDE
FROM THAT WE URGENTLY I VOTE AND
SUPPORT BILL. THANK YOU, MARK.
OKAY LET'S GO TO FOLKS HERE IN
PERSON WHO WENT AWAY AND
SUPPORTED THE BILL. GIVE YOUR
NAME AND AFFILIATION, PLEASE.
THE MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBER
STEPHANIE MORE WELL ON BEHALF OF
THE ECOLOGY AND SUPPORT OF THE
BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
ABIGAIL MAIL ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
CONSERVATION COURSE AND SUPPORT.
THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY ON THE
PHONE LINES, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
WEIGH IN SUPPORT OF A B 2779.
AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT JUST PRESS 10 AT THIS
TIME. START WITH LINE 25, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. AND YOUR BRAND ON
BEHALF OF SHARED CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. AND WE GO TO LINE 15.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
9 15, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THIS
IS MICHAEL DEATH WITH THE PREY
AND MCFEELY ON BEHALF OF
REPUBLIC SERVICES AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LINE, 64 GO AHEAD.
64. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
FIND 64.
OKAY? OKAY AND THAT'S SOME ONE
MORE JUST CUED UP JUST ONE
MOMENT. IN LINE 66, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI PRISCILLA KIDDOS ON
BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING CLIENTS
ONLY TO STOP WAIT. CALIFORNIA
PRODUCTS, CHURCH COUNCIL
ASSOCIATION, NORTH AMERICA AND
NATIONAL TREASURE ACTION COUNCIL
IN SUPPORT. OKAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH. LET'S GO TO FOLKS WHO WANT
TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BILL. ANYONE HERE IN PERSON? I
KNOW THERE'S NO REGISTERED
OPPOSITION. ANYONE? THE PHONE
LINES MODERATOR. OPPOSITION
CONCERNS ABOUT A B 2779. WELL
AND NOW WE DO HAVE LINE 64 THE
ONE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT, BILL.
OH, OKAY, WELL, PLEASE MAKE IT
QUICK. BEEN IN SUPPORT OF ANY
2779. YEAH, I KNOW. OKAY IF YOU
WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT THIS TIME.
MR CHAIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE
IN QUEUE FOR OPPOSITION. OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT.
LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE QUESTIONS. THAT'S UM
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE DOLLY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU SOMETHING,
WOMAN. I'D JUST LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR BILL. YOU GO. EXCELLENT
SENATOR WIECKOWSKI. THE STAFF
REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE.
COMMONALITY BETWEEN S B 10 13 BY
THE PRO TEM, WHICH ADDS ALL TYPE
OF DISTILLED AND WINE, INCLUDING
IN GLASS AND IN, UM AH! PLASTIC
VERSUS THIS IS JUST AN ALUMINUM
CAN, AND THERE'S A SUGGESTION
THAT THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME
COORDINATION. IS THE BILL STILL
JUST LIMITED TO ALUMINUM?
CORRECT YES, IT IS. THE BILL IS
CURRENTLY LIMITED. BUT WHEN
YOU'RE IN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW THOSE TWO BILLS CAN
WORK TOGETHER OKAY? YEAH. ALL
RIGHT. IRWIN IS GOING TO GET
INVOLVED. FOR BETTER FOR WORSE.
ALRIGHT EXCELLENT. UH IT'S BEEN
MOVED BY SENATOR DOLLY SOME OF
THEM. SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE IT WAS MOVED. YEAH REMEMBER
, YOU MAKE APPRECIATE SENATOR
DOLLY MAKING THE MOTION. WE DID
RECEIVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN
THE ASSEMBLY. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR I VOTE. THANK THANK YOU
SO MUCH. SECRETARY, PLEASE
CHOLERA. ITEM NUMBER NINE A B
2779 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWIN.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS, BUT
FIRST WE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ALAN
BATES, DOLLY. DOLLY I. MCGUIRE
SKINNER SKINNER. I STERN
WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI I OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR
OTHER FOLKS TO ADD ON I C SEVEN
MEMBER REVIS HERE. IS THAT,
OKAY? OKAY, JUDICIAL. OKAY,
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO THIS
IS, UM OKAY. ALRIGHT A B 13 22.
THIS IS REVIS BILL. ONCE YOU GO
AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY, MR
CHAIR, GOOD MORNING, AND SENATOR
IS GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY.
APPRECIATE THAT TO, UM. TO BE
HERE THIS MORNING AND, UM, AND
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO NOTE
THAT I WILL BE ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND THANKS
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON ON THIS
BILL, AND I'M THE ANALYSIS AND
THIS IS LEGISLATION ASSEMBLY
BILL 13 TO 2, WHICH SEEKS TO
DIRECT CALIFORNIA RESOURCES
BOARD. TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
A PLAN TO THE CARBONIZED OR
AVIATION INDUSTRY, WHICH IS A
CRITICAL STEP IN REACHING OUR
STATE'S CLIMATE GOALS. GREEK UH
OUR OUR GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS ARE ALREADY DRIVING.
UM MAJOR CHANGES WHEN IT COMES
TO OUR CLIMATE. IN 2015, THE
COMMERCIAL AVIATION IN
CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTED FOR AN
ESTIMATED 36 MILLION METRIC TONS
OF CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS
EQUIVALENT TO THE ENTIRE ANNUAL
EMISSIONS OF SWITZERLAND. AS
AMENDED IN COMMITTEE. THIS
LEGISLATION WILL DIRECT CARB TO
DEVELOP A STRATEGY ON HOW TO
ACCELERATE ADOPTION OF
ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRADITIONAL
JET FUEL, INCLUDING HYDROGEN
ELECTRICITY AND SUSTAINABLE
AVIATION. FUEL, OR S A F. RIGHT
NOW, UM, THE SUSTAINABLE
AVIATION FUEL IS THE ONLY
ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL JET FUEL
THAT IS VIABLE ON A LARGE SCALE,
SO THIS LEGISLATION WILL REQUIRE
CARPENTER CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A
SUBSIDIARY PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. UM
THIS IS FUEL THAT IS CLEANER
THAT CAN BE MADE FROM WOODY
BIOMASS, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE,
FATS, OILS AND GREASES THE
LEADING RESEARCH, INCLUDING THE
RECENT AND MUCH HELD LAWRENCE
LIVERMORE LABS STUDY. ON HOW
CALIFORNIA CAN REACH CARBON
NEUTRALITY INDICATES THAT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. TO CLEANING
UP AVIATION IN THE NEAR AND
MEDIUM TERMS. UM I'LL TAKEN WITH
THIS BILL. YOU KNOW, THESE
MEASURES WILL WILL PUT OUR STATE
ON TRACK TO DEEPLY CARBONIZED OR
AVIATION SECTOR. AND LEAD THE
WORLD IN THIS IMPORTANT CLIMATE.
SOME SOLUTION WITH ME HERE THIS
MORNING TO TESTIFY DON GILBERT
ON BEHALF OF THE SEVEN CISCO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND
GRAHAM, NO. NOS AYE. UM I
APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE THE
NAME ON BEHALF OF THE S, A F THE
PRODUCER GROUP. AND WITH THAT,
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU.
LET'S HEAR FROM YOU. FIRST ON
YES, MR CHAIR AND SENATORS.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M
HERE ON BEHALF OF SFO, WHICH IS
A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE BILL,
AS WELL AS ON BEHALF OF THE S A
F COALITION, WHICH IS THE
SPONSOR OF THE BILL. YEARS AGO.
SFO BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY YEARS
AGO. UM STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT
THE AVIATION SECTOR AIRPORTS
AIRLINES, FUEL PRODUCERS,
MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS. FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF FIGURING OUT HOW BEST
TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS AND
CRITERIA POLLUTANTS IN THE
AVIATION SECTOR. AND THE RESULT
OF ALL THAT WORK. YEARS OF WORK
REALLY IS A B 13 22. AND WE
THANK THE AUTHOR VERY MUCH FOR
AUTHORING THE BILL. UM MAYBE 13
22 DOES REALLY FOCUS ON THE
STAFF BECAUSE STAFF IS THE MOST
EFFICIENT CLEANEST, QUICKEST AND
COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ACCOMPLISH
OUR OBJECTIVES TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN THIS SECTOR. UM THE
PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STAFF.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S
THE ONLY REALLY COMMERCIAL
PRODUCT AVAILABLE TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN THIS SECTOR, BUT
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OF IT.
AIRLINES CAN'T GET THE QUIET
QUANTITIES THEY NEED. AND 18 80
13 22 REMEDIES THAT PROBLEM IT'S
DESIGNED TO STIMULATE SOUTH
PRODUCTION FAR, FAR, FAR ABOVE
CURRENT LEVELS. AND A COLLATERAL
BENEFIT WILL BE IT WILL SOLIDITY
SOLIDIFIED CALIFORNIA AS THE
GLOBAL LEADER IN THE SCREEN
INDUSTRY STAFF HAS ALREADY
CREATING GREEN JOBS IN
CALIFORNIA, DOWN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. AND A B 13 22 WILL
LEAD TO MORE GREEN JOBS. SO I
ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF WHO FOR
MONTHS REALLY HAS WORKED WITH US
AND PROVIDED EXPERTISE THAT WE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THANKS.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND SENATORS
GRAHAM NOISE AND THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE LOW CARBON FUELS
COALITION LEAD UP THE STAFF
PRODUCER GROUP, WHICH IS
COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF
COMPANIES, SEVEN COMPANIES THAT
HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF
TECHNOLOGIES THAT PRODUCE STAFF.
ALSO A RESIDENT OF NEVADA COUNTY
, SO VERY INTERESTED IN THE
WOODY BIOMASS AND WILDFIRE RISK
REDUCTION POTENTIAL. UM, THE
STAFF IS A EXTREMELY PROMISING
FUEL THE AVIATION INDUSTRY HAS
HAS PUT A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN
DEVELOPING ESSENTIALLY A STM
SPECIFICATIONS THAT ALLOW A WIDE
RANGE. OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF
FEEDSTOCKS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO
PRODUCE FUEL. THAT IS
ESSENTIALLY A DROP IN FUEL, SO
IT GOES INTO THROUGH EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE INTO EXISTING JET
TECHNOLOGIES AND IS COMPLETELY
INVISIBLE ESSENTIALLY TO THE
AIRLINES AND THE KEY CHANGES
BEING REDUCTIONS SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND ALSO CRITERIA
POLLUTANT REDUCTIONS WITHIN THE
STAFF PRODUCER GROUP. WE HAVE
OLDER FUELS FULCRUM GIVE Ó
LANZA JET RED ROCK VELOCITIES
AND WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY
BEING THE PARAMOUNT FACILITY.
FIVE OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES ARE
CONVERTING CAPABLE OF
CONVERTING. WOODY BIOMASS INTO
INTO INTO STAFF INTO SUSTAINABLE
AVIATION FUEL. CALIFORNIA IS
ALREADY IN THE LEAD IN STAFF ON
AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS AND
CERTAINLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
CARB TOOK THE FIRST STEP IN
BRINGING STAFF INTO THE LOW
CARBON FUEL STANDARD ON AN OPT
IN BASIS THAT MADE US THE BEST
MARKET IN THE COUNTRY, BOTH FOR
PRODUCTION AND USE OF STAFF.
THIS BILL MOVES US FORWARD TO
CONTINUE THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN
THE WORLD. AND ALSO TO BENEFIT
FROM THE JOBS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS A REALLY,
REALLY BUILDING OUT THE STAFF
INDUSTRY AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
REVIS MENTIONED THE LAWRENCE
LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB GETTING
TO NEUTRAL REPORT EMPHASIZED THE
AVAILABILITY OF WASTE FEEDSTOCKS
MASSIVE WASTE FEEDSTOCKS IN
CALIFORNIA. WHETHER WHETHER FROM
FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE
FOR AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES OR
POST SEPARATED MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE, AS WELL AS SEWAGE AND
MANURE STREAMS AS ALL PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO NOT ONLY
REDUCE THE EMISSIONS FROM THOSE
WASTE STREAMS, BUT HARNESS THOSE
THOSE THOSE FEEDSTOCKS TO BE
UTILIZED TO PRODUCE STAFF AND
OTHER FUELS. GIVEN THAT THIS IS
THE HARDEST TO ONE OF THE
HARDEST TO DE CARBONIZED SECTORS
OUT THERE, WE REALLY NEED TO GET
IN FRONT OF IT AS A STATE AND AS
A COUNTRY AND SO STRONGLY
SUPPORT A B 13 22. GLAD TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
GREAT. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. UM OTHER FOLKS WANT TO
VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE
BILL. HERE WE GO. JULIE MELON
ASKYB ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
LOUIS BROWN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ADVANCED BIOFUELS
ALLIANCE AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING WILL FURTHER
REDONDO ON BEHALF OF OLDER FUELS
AND SUPPORT. ERIN DANNY WITH THE
BOEING COMPANY AND SUPPORT.
HOWEVER WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
WITH SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS AND
LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH
THE AUTHOR AND STAFF. THANK YOU.
MORNING, ANTHONY SAMPSON ON
BEHALF OF ALASKA AIRLINES AND
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. BRENDA
PALOMINO. WITH AMAZON. PLEASED
TO SUPPORT. MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN
, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
ALBERTO TORRICO AIRLINES FOR
AMERICA IN SUPPORT, BUT ALSO
HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS RAISED AND
ACCEPTED BY THE AUTHOR. HOPE TO
WORK WITH OU, MR CHAIRMAN AND
THE COMMITTEE STAFF ON GETTING
SOME CLARIFICATION AND NARROWING
THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU HAPPY
TO DO THAT. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS GENESIS TANK
ON BEHALF OF WORLD ENERGY IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS KATHY VAN
AUSTIN ON BEHALF OF UNITED
AIRLINES AND STRONG SUPPORT.
FRIENDLY SKIES. MICHAEL SMITS ON
BEHALF OF RICK CARBON,
CALIFORNIA BASED DECARBONIZATION
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AND STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT BILL.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
TO THE PHONE LINES HAVE FOLKS
WANT TO WEIGH IN AND SUPPORTED
THIS BILL 13 22. I WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF SB 13 20 TO
EXPRESS ONE AND ZERO AT THIS
TIME. WE'LL GO TO LINE 44,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS ANDREW ANTHONY, WITH
CHARLIE UTTER AND TWEETS, MOSER
AND LANE HERE TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF ÁP 13 22 ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS
AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, ANDREW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOODLAND 69, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, COLLIN HOLLY ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND
SPORT. 67, PLEASE GO AHEAD. QUÊ
REMEMBERS ALICIA DIEGO ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN SUPPORT. FIND 41.
HE'S GO AHEAD. PRETTY BOY ON
BEHALF OF THE BURBANK AIRPORT IN
STRONG SUPPORT. FIND 28 AHEAD.
CHRIS CHÁVEZ, WITH COALITION FOR
CLEAN AIR AND SUPPORT. MY
NUMBER. 10, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
KAREN TOOK SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DIRECTOR AT
THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CARRYING STRONG SUPPORT, BABY
TEACH ME THANK YOU. LINE NUMBER.
12, PLEASE GO AHEAD. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS KÞT DONAHUE DURAN WITH
NEST AND SUPPORT. LINE. 68,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
SARAH JOHNSON WITH THE
CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS, COUNCIL AND
SUPPORT MAYBE 13 22. MR. HERE.
WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE FOR
SUPPORT. OKAY LET'S GO TO FOLKS
WHO WANT TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE BILL. ANYONE HERE IN PERSON?
WANNA RAISE CONCERNS ANYONE THE
ON THE PHONE LINES MODERATOR 13
22. OPPOSITION CONCERNS. WISH
SPEAKER. OPPOSITION JUST WANTED
THERE AT THIS TIME. IN JUST A
MOMENT. WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY
DOING UP. OKAY? AND. GO TO LINE
17 GO AHEAD. THIS IS DAN
CHANDLER WITH 3 50 HUMBOLDT BE
SUBMITTED. LIST OF ABOUT 14 NOT
ABOUT 14. CONCERNS WITH THIS
BILL. WE KNOW THAT AUTHOR IS
OPEN TO AMENDMENTS AND WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT AMENDMENTS WERE
ACCEPTED. SO UNTIL WE SEE THAT
WE REMAIN IN OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. WHO MOVED THE
LINE 54, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO.
MY NAME IS GARY HUGHES AND I'M
THE AMERICAN PROGRAM COORDINATOR
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS I DON'T FEEL WATCH
IN OUR ORGANIZATION OPPOSES THIS
BILL. THIS ISSUE NEEDS FAR MORE
SCRUTINY. THANK YOU. HERE. WE
HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO AT THIS TIME
. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT.
LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM IT
WAS INTERESTING. I READ AN
ARTICLE NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT A
PERSON WHO LIVED IN CALIFORNIA
WHO WAS DUTCH DUTCH AMERICAN. UM
AND HE AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK
THAT HE DOES IN HIS DAILY LIFE
TO REDUCE HIS CARBON FOOTPRINT.
BIKES EVERYWHERE. I THINK YOU
GET RID OF HIS CAR. COMPOST YOU
KNOW EVERY EVERYTHING YOU COULD
THINK OF, AND YET THE HE ASKED
TO HAVE HIS CARBON FOOTPRINT
ANALYZED AND BECAUSE HE FLIES
BACK TO THE NETHERLANDS ONCE A
YEAR. HE'S ACTUALLY HAS ABOVE
AVERAGE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF
ANYONE IN HIS COMMUNITY. AND
THAT'S IN SPITE OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS THAT HE
TAKES TO REDUCE ITS CARBON
FOOTPRINT THROUGH HIS DAILY LIFE
. I JUST SHUDDER TO THINK OF
WHAT OUR CARBON FOOTPRINTS ARE
IN THE LEGISLATURE, GIVEN HOW
MUCH SO MANY OF US FLY BUT YOU
KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
THAT FLIGHT IS A ENORMOUS
CHALLENGE IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THAT, BUT
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES OUT
THERE. OBVIOUSLY, STAFF AT THE
HEART O IT, BUT YOU KNOW THE
OTHERS AS WELL THAT WE'VE ADDED
INTO THE BILL. I KNOW THERE ARE
SOME CONCERNS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
MEAN, THE END OF THE DAY, I
THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
ALL AT ALL. OPTIONS THAT COULD
HELP TO DRAMATICALLY, YOU KNOW,
REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT
ASSOCIATED WITH WITH AIRLINE
TRAVEL, AND I THINK CALIFORNIA
CAN LEAD THE WAY IN THIS SPACE,
AND THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED THAT
YOU'VE BEEN DOING SO MUCH WORK
ON THIS ON THIS FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW, AND I WANT TO ALSO
THANK THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR ALL
THE WORK THEY PUT IN. NOT JUST
THIS YEAR. BUT IN THE PAST, SO
QUESTIONS THAT COMMENTS FROM THE
MEMBERS SENATOR SCREENERS WILL
MOVE THE BILL, SENATOR DOLLY
WELL, I WANT TO JUST WAIT A
LITTLE BIT. I DID A LOT OF WORK
IN THIS. OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY
WHO'S REPRESENTING, UM A LOT OF
BIOMASS AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WAYS TO UM, UTILIZED
BY HAMAS TO FUEL SO WE COULD
MEET THE LOW CARBON FUEL
STANDARDS AND ALL THE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED HERE IN
CALIFORNIA, SO I MY BIGGEST
CONCERN WITH THIS BILL IS THAT
YOU HAVE EVERYBODY LINED UP.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION.
UH BUT MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE, I
THINK IS REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY
NUMBER ONE AND THE COST. AND
THEN NUMBER TWO, THE CALIFORNIA
AIR RESOURCES BOARD ACTUALLY
GETTING SOMETHING DONE IN A WAY
THAT IS REASONABLE, AND SO, YOU
KNOW. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY,
MAYBE PUTTING A SUNSET OR SOME
WAY TO COME BACK AND EVALUATE IN
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS OF
WHAT WE'RE WHERE WE ARE AND
WHERE, WHERE IT SITS BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE A BIG
PORTION OF RESOURCES. AND MOST
OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES THAT AND
I'VE WENT AND THERE'S A PLANT IN
LAKEVIEW, OREGON THAT'S SUPPOSED
TO MAKE BIOFUELS OUT OF, YOU
KNOW TREES, AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
IT DOESN'T FINANCIALLY WORK.
AND, UM. THE TECHNOLOGY IS
THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THE COST PER GALLON IS
ASTRONOMICAL AND WE'RE GOING TO
PUT THAT ONTO. YOU KNOW THAT
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE
SUBSIDIZING BASICALLY. TRYING TO
GET THERE. SO WHAT'S YOUR
THOUGHTS? I MEAN I'M NOT OPPOSED
, BUT I'M JUST NERVOUS AND I
DON'T AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH AIR RESOURCES BOARD AT ALL,
AND THE TECHNOLOGIES ARE REALLY
BORDERLINE. THEY'RE NOT AT MASS
SCALES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
GET WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO WHAT'S
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I
APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION AND
CLEARLY, I THINK YOU KNOW THE
FOUNDATION OF THE BILLS AROUND
THE BIOFUELS BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THAT IS THE YOU KNOW, THE
ONLY IMMEDIATE IN THERE, YOU
KNOW THE NEAR TERM OPTION TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS, BUT APPRECIATE
YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND CERTAINLY
WILL CONSIDER THEM. I THINK YOUR
COMMENTS AROUND OPPOSITION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION FOR THE BETTER PART
OF A YEAR. HOUSES AND GETTING
MEANT LAST YEAR, AND SO WE PUT A
LOT OF TIME INTO THIS TO ADDRESS
A LOT OF THE CONCERNS FROM
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, BUT, UM,
YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE. YOUR
SUGGESTIONS AND CERTAINLY WILL
LOOK AT WAYS YOU KNOW. BE HAPPY
TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT, MR
SENATOR. I'M GONNA LAY OFF TODAY
. JUST NOT NOT TOO. I KNOW
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN
THIS. IT'S HARD TO DO THAT. BUT
I JUST I'VE BEEN DIGGING A
LITTLE MORE AND WE'LL GET A TOP
OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO
FOUR. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK
YOU. SO I LIKE SOME
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I. WELL I
DON'T THINK THE AIRPORT IS DOING
US ANY FAVORS WITH THE DRAFT
PLAN THAT THEY HAVE ON SCOPING
PLAN. I'LL JUST SAY I'VE SAID IT
PUBLICLY, BUT I GOT TO SAY IT
AGAIN. IT'S WOEFULLY INADEQUATE
FOR THE AIRPORT TO SIMPLY PAIR
EVERYTHING TO 2045. BECAUSE
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BILL
FOR A YEAR AND WE HAVE A 2030
GOAL AND WE EVEN HAVE A 2035
GOAL NOW, AND WE WANT TO REDUCE
THE EMISSIONS AND I'M A LITTLE
CONFUSED WITH THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE ACCEPTING HERE BECAUSE
IT EXCEPT HOOK LINE AND SINKER.
A 2045 ANALYSIS IN THE
DISCUSSION. AND THIS BILL
STARTED OFF LAST YEAR, WHICH
SAID, YOU WONDER THE PLAN TO
DEVELOP ON SUSTAINABLE FUEL AND
NOT TO STUDY HYDROGEN NOT TO
STUDY A ELECTRIC AIRPLANES.
THAT'S ALL NICE AND IT'S THAT'S
PART OF IT. BUT THE PLAN IS
SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED.
EFFECTIVE. DECEMBER 31 2025 SO
WE CAN START DOING WHATEVER IT
IS IMMEDIATELY. SO I'M. GOOD TO
SHARE MY OBJECTIONS WITH THE
SCOPING PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE
DOING A DISSERVICE TO US, BUT
WITH REGARD TO WITH REGARD TO
YOUR BILL. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT? ARE WE LOOKING AT
OUR 2030 TARGETS, WHICH THE
AIRPORT BY LAW IS SUPPOSED TO BE
ENFORCING, OR WE GET A LOOK AT
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN 2045. IF
EVERYTHING COMES SPECIAL.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE MAYBE
THERE'S IN MY MIND. I'M SEEING
ALMOST TWO PLANS HERE IN TWO
STUDIES. YEAH STUDY WHATEVER IS
GOING TO HAPPEN IN 45, BUT TELL
ME WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TOMORROW. TELL ME WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THIS ORGAN
FACILITY THAT WE COULD FIX IN
CALIFORNIA. SO CAN YOU GIVE ME
AN IDEA OF HOW YOU THINK THE
AMENDMENTS AS IS SET FORTH HERE.
IN THE AND THE STAFF REPORT AND
ARE 2030 TARGETS. MHM WELL, I
THINK YOU KNOW YOU. CERTAINLY I
THINK YOU KNOW YOU AND I HAVE
HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE
PAST, MR SENATOR, AND YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE CERTAINLY A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN THIS SPACE WORKING
WITH CARBON ON THE SCOPING PLAN
IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK THESE
YOU KNOW OUR LEGISLATION HERE,
UM, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE
COMMITTEE STAFF, THEIR
SUGGESTIONS AND THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE THIS BILL, BUT
THIS WORK IS, YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY. MUST CONTINUE, YOU
KNOW, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHAIR,
ALAN, UM, AND WITH A NUMBER OF
STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN THIS ROOM,
WHO HAVE IN FACT RAISED THESE
VERY SAME CONCERNS OF THESE
AMENDMENTS, AND SO WE'RE GONNA
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE
BEST. FOR OUR STATE MOVING
FORWARD IN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
. UM YOU KNOW THE OUR GOAL OF
REDUCING THESE EMISSIONS IN THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT SPACE. AND SO
WHAT? HOW THAT GETS US THERE. UM
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THAT'S THE
PATHWAY. I HOPE, UM, WE CAN
ACHIEVE. I MEAN, MR CHERRY WERE
GONE. BUT THE STAFF THE STAFF
AMENDMENTS OR THE SUGGESTED
AMENDMENTS HERE. FOCUS ON THIS
GOAL OF 2045 REALLY DOES A
DISSERVICE TO 2030 AND WHAT WE
CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM TO
REDUCE, REDUCE OUR CARBON
EMISSIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW. UM
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE TEMPLATE IS
THAT THE SCOPING PLAN JUST
DOESN'T JUST DOESN'T BUNCH IT.
ALL THEY'RE DOING IS TALKING
ABOUT 2045. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT YEAR, BUT
WE'RE GOING TO DO IN 2045. WE'RE
GOING TO BE IN NIRVANA AND I
DON'T KNOW. I'M A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT COOP
SINCE THE GOALS THAT THE BILL
SETS OUT IN INCENTIVIZING,
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION, I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT AT ITS
ROOT. THIS IS THEY WANT TO PLAN
HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION? YEAH YOU
CAN HAVE AN ELECTRIC AIRPLANE.
YOU CAN HAVE A, UM YOU KNOW A
HYDROGEN HYDROGEN AIRPLANES. I
WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY IS THINKING ABOUT.
WE'VE GOT TO PULL OUT ALL THE
TANKS AT SAN FRANCISCO. WE GOT
TO REDESIGN THE BOEING AIRCRAFT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S EXPENSIVE
VERSUS JUST THE FUEL THAT YOU
JUST PUT IN THERE, SO I WOULD
LIKE I HOPE THAT YOU AND THE
AUTHOR CAN WORK ON. YOU KNOW, IN
MY MIND, YOU HAVE A 2030 GOAL, A
2035 GOAL AND THE 2045 5 GOAL
BECAUSE WE NEED TO WE. WE HAVE
TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION ON EVERYTHING
GOING TO 2045 THE SCOPING PLAN.
THE SCOPING PLAN IS GOING DOWN
THE WRONG IT'S NOT PROVIDING US
THE ANSWERS TO THAT WE NEED AND
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THIS
BECOMES A NOTHING BURGER.
NOTHING HAPPENS OUT OF THIS
BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T
INCENTIVIZE. THE FUEL. WE DON'T
WE'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING
AT WHAT'S WHAT'S PROHIBITING
WOODY, MASKED AND URBAN WAYS TO
BECOME FUEL AND WE'RE SAYING OH,
WE CAN DO HYDROGEN BACK AND 40
2045. AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S I
DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT THE AUTHOR.
I'M JUST JUST SAYING THAT THIS
SEEMS TO BE YOU WANT THE
BUILDING MORE AGGRESSIVE? WELL I
THINK THAT BILL BECOMES BETTER
IF WE HAVE IF WE INSTRUCT THE
AIRPORT, IT'S WE INSTRUCT THE
AIRPORT TO LOOK AT OUR 2030
GOALS ARE 2035 GOALS AND 2045 5
GOALS AND NOT JUST LOOK AT IN IN
IN AND IF THE 2045 GOALS INCLUDE
BATTERY AND HYDROGEN. FINE BUT
THAT THAT THAT THAT'S NOT THE
2030 GOLD 2030 GOAL IS ALL IN ON
SUSTAINABLE FUEL OR NOT IN AND
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO
CRITICAL MASS, I GUESS IS WHAT
IS WHAT THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE
IT GETS LOST AND IN THE SCOPING
PLAN. THE SCOPING PLAN IS ALLOVER THE PLACE. MR CHAIRMAN,
COULD I? YES SURE. COMMENT HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI FOR YOUR COMMENTS
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
SPONSORS OF THE BILL. WE THINK
THE BILLS STILL REALLY FOCUSES
ON STAFF WITH A 2030 GOAL OF
HAVING A LARGE SUPPLY OF STAFF
AVAILABLE IN THE CALIFORNIA
MARKET PLACE SO WE COULD BE
SUBSTANTIALLY REALLY PROFOUNDLY
REDUCING EMISSIONS. IN
CALIFORNIA. WE DON'T THINK THAT
THE AMENDMENTS REALLY CHANGED
THAT. UM WE UNDERSTAND YOUR
CONCERNS, HOWEVER, ABOUT A
LITTLE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT
UNCLEAR. MAYBE BUT, UM WE
REGARDING 2045 AT LEAST THE WAY
WE READ THE AMENDMENTS. UM THEY
SORT OF RECOGNIZED THAT THESE
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES MIGHT BE
HELPFUL FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT 2045 DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK FOR THE COMMITTEE. BUT
THAT'S HOW THE SPONSORS READ IT,
AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING
FORWARD. AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE
CAN STILL HAVE DIALOGUE ON THIS
ISSUE. AND MR NOISE, I THINK
MIGHT HAVE HAD A COMMENT WITH
THE CHERISHED PERMISSION. IT'S
THANK YOU, UH, MR CHAIR, AND
SENATORS WANTED TO FOLLOW UP
JUST ON SOME OF THE SPECIFIC
NUMBERS IN THE ANCHORS FOR THOSE
NUMBERS AND WHERE THEY FIT IN
WITH THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.
FIRST OFF THE 1.5 BILLION
GALLONS A YEAR BY 2030 IS
ANCHORED TO THE THREE BILLION
GALLONS A YEAR COMMITMENT THAT
THE AIRLINES AND AIRLINES FOR
AMERICA MADE. AS WHAT THEY NEED
FROM A FROM A STAFF GROWTH
PERSPECTIVE TO GET THE INDUSTRY
ON TRACK FOR THE DECARBONIZATION
. THAT'S NECESSARY. LONGER TERM
. WE PEGGED THAT AT AT 50% OF
THAT BEING CALIFORNIA GALLONS
AND SUPPLY BECAUSE CALIFORNIA
HAS BEEN THE LEADER TO THIS
STATE, AND THAT QUANTITY IS
ALIGNED. WITH THE QUANTITY OF
WASTE STREAMS THAT ARE IN THE
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE GETTING TO
NEUTRAL REPORT IN TERMS OF THE
AVAILABILITY OF THESE MOST
SUSTAINABLE FEEDSTOCKS, AND JUST
TO GIVE SOME PICTURE TO
REINFORCE CENTER WIECKOWSKI IS
COMMENTS. WE HAVE REALLY
SUCCEEDED IN TERMS OF MARKET
PENETRATION IN THE ON ROAD SPACE
WITH RENEWABLE DIESEL NOW IN
EXCESS OF 25% OF THE MARKET
SUPPLY HERE AND BIODIESEL.
WHEREAS IN THE IN THE AVIATION
SPACE WHERE LESS THAN 0.1% IN
THE STATE, SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T
STARTED YET, UM, WHICH IS NOT TO
DIMINISH WORLD ENERGY, HAVING
LITERALLY THE FIRST COMMERCIAL
PLAN IN THE COUNTRY HERE IN
PARAMOUNT, CALIFORNIA THAT IS A
REAL SUCCESS STORY THAT
CONVERSION OF AN OUNCE FAULT
REFINERY THAT WAS IN THE
MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE
JOBS. CONVERSION TO A STATE OF
THE ART EXISTING SUSTAINABLE
AVIATION FUEL, USING FATS, OILS
AND GREASES AS THE FEEDSTOCKS TO
SENATOR DOLLS REFERENCE TO THE
LAKEVIEW, OREGON PLANT THAT'S
RED ROCK BIOFUELS PLANT. THAT
PLANT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY
DELAYED IN ITS PROGRESS
PROGRESS. IT'S A GASIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY. THEY OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
WORKING THROUGH THE COVID YEARS
AND ENCOUNTERED SOME SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEMS. THEY'RE THEY'RE
CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT WITH THAT FACILITY IN THAT
TECHNOLOGY, AND WE ARE AS AN
INDUSTRY, CERTAINLY AT THE AT
THE EARLY STAGES OF
COMMERCIALIZATION, BUT WE'RE
SEEING THESE COMMERCIALIZATION
OF WOODY BIOMASS THAT HAS BEEN
PROVEN OUT AND NOW REALLY NEEDS
TO BE SCALED, AND IT NEEDS THOSE
MARKET SIGNALS. IN ORDER TO STEP
IN AND REACH THIS CHALLENGE.
THANK YOU. I MEAN, YOU KNOW WE
WERE SIDE BARRING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THE SP 32 GOALS ARE
INTEREST STATE. I MEAN, IT'S AN
INTERSTATE AVIATION, OF COURSE,
IS A PRETTY SMALL PART OF THE
STORY. BUT WE ALL KNOW OF
COURSE, THAT PART OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE IS TRYING TO IMPACT
THE GLOBAL MARKET, BUT RIGHT? I
MEAN, I THINK WHEN TALKING ABOUT
THE INTEREST STATE VERSUS
INTERSTATE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AT
LEAST THE AIRLINES THAT I HAVE
BEEN ON. YES THEY DO. GO FROM
HERE TO SAN DIEGO. BUT THEN THEY
GO ON TO PHOENIX AND DALLAS, SO
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE
FUEL IF WE DID THAT CALCULATION
ON HOW MUCH IS INTERSTATE AND
INTERESTING THAT THAT WOULD GO
ON. ALL RIGHT. I UM, BUT I MEAN,
YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKING FOR. MORE MORE, ALMOST LIKE WHAT
WE'RE DOING IN 10 20 MORE
AGGRESSIVE INTERIM STEPS RIGHT?
WELL I MEAN, 10 20 IS GOING TO
BE INCORPORATED WITH THIS
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE
AIRPORT TO DO IT, BUT I THINK
THAT THE YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW,
THE STAFF REPORT DOES A GOOD JOB
OF POINTING OUT WHETHER IT'S
BETTER USED TO PUT INTO DIESEL
TRUCKS OR PUT PUT INTO AVIATION
. THAT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION TO
HIM. IF YOU GOT SEVEN OR EIGHT
OF THESE PLANTS AROUND AND
YOU'RE PRODUCING BIOFUEL FROM
ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS. THAT'S
IT. THAT'S I LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE GET
THERE AND WHO'S BUYING IS SAYING
WHO'S INVESTING IN IT? BUT THERE
MAY BE A YOU KNOW, THERE'S. THE
SCOPING PLAN LACKS THE AMBITION
THAT WE NEED IN CLIMATE IN THE
SHORT TERM, AND THIS BILL HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY, AT LEAST AS I READ
IT. LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR TO
SAY IN THE SHORT TERM, WE NEED
TO GET THE UP ON SOME OF THESE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT REDUCE CARBON
PARTICULARLY MATTERS, SOX NOX
THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE AND
YES, IT'S BEYOND. JUST YOU KNOW,
UM. PEOPLE'S AUTOMOBILES. IT
GOES INTO AVIATION. IT GOES INTO
THESE OTHER USES. SO I I'M JUST
HOPING THAT THE AMENDMENTS DON'T
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE SPONSORS
AGREES. IT DOESN'T TAKE US OFF
THE FOCUS OF RIGHT NOW THIS IS I
MEAN, I EXPECT THIS PLAN THAT
GETS DEVELOPED. I MEAN, WE'RE
SIMULTANEOUSLY GOING TO BE
MAKING INVESTMENTS INTO, YOU
KNOW, UH, BIOMASS FUELS. I MEAN,
WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS
REPORT TO COME OUT. AT LEAST THE
LEGISLATURE IS, UM AND I DON'T I
THINK THE ONLY GOAL OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT THEY HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THERE. I THINK
THE CORE CONCERN THAT I SENSE
FROM THE OPPOSITION ABOUT SOME
OF THE AMENDMENTS IS THAT THERE
THEY ARE, FOLKS WHO ARE THEY
WANT TO TALK ABOUT STAFF ARE
RESPONSES. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS
OF FUELING AIRPLANES THAT COULD
ALSO HELP WITH OUR EMISSIONS
REDUCTION GOALS. AND THEY THOSE
THOSE OTHER MEN, YOU KNOW
MECHANISMS SHOULDN'T BE LOST IN
THE CONVERSATION. THAT'S ALL
RIGHT AND AGAIN, I THINK I THINK
THERE IT'S TO GET TO OUR NEAR
ZERO GOALS OF 2045. WE HAVE TO
GET THROUGH OUR CARBON REDUCTION
GOALS OF 2030, AND WE LOSE SIGHT
OF THE NARRATIVE. IN THE SCOPING
PLAN AND WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO GO FOR, YOU
KNOW, THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AND
WHAT IT IS, AND I JUST IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SAYING YES, BUT
WE WANT TO MEET THOSE GOALS AT
2030 AIRBORNE BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT HEARING IT. THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE NOT HEARING IT FROM
PEOPLE. WE AGREE, BUT THEY'RE
NOT. THEY'RE NOT THERE. SO LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, THE
INDUSTRY IS SET A GOAL OF THREE
BILLION GALLONS OF STAFF BY
2030. FOR THE COUNTRY. I'M VERY
AMBITIOUS GOAL, BUT WELL, I'M
NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT.
I THINK IT'S THERE. OKAY WELL,
LET'S LET'S UM WHY DON'T WE? WHY
DON'T WE MAKE SURE THAT AS THE
BILL MOVES. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
SOME DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE I DON'T
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING
THAT SENATOR KOWSKI STANDPOINT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, UM. WITH THAT.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CLOSE, JUST RESPECT FASTER
AND I VOTE AND APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION. HANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ITEM NUMBER ONE A. B
13 22 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED, BUT FIRST AMEND AND WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS ALAN ALAN BATES.
DELI. MCGUIRE SKINNER, STERN
WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI I LEAVE
THE ROLL UP IN FOR FOLKS TO ADD
ON THANK YOU. ONCE YOU COME UP
SOME MEMBER CHOLERA. TO PRESENT
SORRY. YEAH YOU SHOULD ASK HIM
ABOUT THAT. E B 22. OH, EIGHT,
AND SOMEONE ELSE CAN HAVE SOME
TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT
FLUORESCENCE FOR YOU. OF COURSE,
HE DOES SALES AND THANK YOU
OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIRESIDE
CHAT HAPPENING OVER HERE. YOU
TWO ARE HAVING A GREAT
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. AND SENATORS. UH A B. 22.
OH, EIGHT WOULD PHASE OUT THE
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION AS A NEW
MANUFACTURED PRODUCT. OF COMPACT
FLUORESCENT LAMPS AND LINEAR
FLUORESCENT LAMPS. STARTING ON
JANUARY 1ST 2024 GENERATE 1ST
2025, RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER THIS
BILL WOULD EXEMPT CERTAIN
SPECIALTY FLUORESCENT LAMPS,
INCLUDING THOSE USING IMAGE
CAPTURE, IMAGE, IMAGE PROJECTION
AND DISINFECTION. BUT FOR US AND
LANCE WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED
AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO
INCANDESCENT LAMPS. THERE ARE
TWO KEY REASONS WHY THERE ARE NO
LONGER THEY ARE NO LONGER THE
BEST OPTION FOR CALIFORNIA.
FIRST OFF FLUORESCENT LAMPS
CONTAIN MERCURY. A POTENT TOXIN
THAT CAN CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE
TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IT
AFFECTS ITS EFFECTS ARE
ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN
CHILDREN. FOR US AND LAMPS ARE
BROKEN. THEY RELEASED THEIR
MERCURY, CONTAMINATING ANYONE
AND ANYTHING IN THEIR VICINITY.
WHILE THE STATE CATEGORIZES
FLASHING LIKE BULBS AS HAZARDOUS
WASTE. MOST FLUORESCENTS ARE
STILL THROWN AWAY IN THE REGULAR
TRASH, WHERE THEY OFTEN BREAK
AND EXPOSED WASTE WORKERS ARE
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF MERCURY.
SECOND FLUORESCENT LAMPS ARE NO
LONGER THE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT
BULBS ON THE MARKET. MERCURY
FREE LED ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
EFFICIENT THAN, FOR INSTANCE,
ONLY REQUIRING ABOUT HALF
ELECTRICITY WHILE LASTING 2 TO 3
TIMES. LONGER FURTHERMORE, THE
PRICE OF LEEDS IS DROPPING EACH
DAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE
COMPARABLE TO THE COST. FOR
ESSENCE. BY THE TIME THE BILL
TAKES EFFECT. ADDITIONALLY THE
MOVEMENT TOWARDS BANNING FOR
RESIDENTS IS NOTHING NEW. THE
STATE OF VERMONT CURRENTLY
PROHIBITS THE SALE OF COMPACT
RESTAURANT LAMPS, AND THE EU IS
PLAYING TO PHASE OUT ALL GENERAL
PURPOSE RESIDENT LAMPS NEXT
YEAR. PLASTIC AND COMMUNITY
WORKING WITH THE U. C SYSTEM TO
ENSURE THAT THE ACADEMIC
RESEARCH THAT ACADEMIC RESEARCH
IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY
THE BILL AS IT MOVES FORWARD TO
A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. A B 22
OH, EIGHT WILL ELEVATE
CALIFORNIA TO THE LEVEL OF OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS WHO HAVE
ALREADY STARTED TO REMOVE TOXIC
, INEFFICIENT FLUORESCENT BALLS
FROM THEIR LIGHT PICTURES BY
USHERING OUT FLUORESCENT LAMPS
THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW WILL ALLOW
BETTER ALTERNATIVES. DELIGHT THE
WAY TO A SAFER, MORE ENERGY
EFFICIENT FUTURE. WITH ME TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY, OR
JORDAN'S WELLS, DIRECTOR OF
ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS AT
THE NATIONAL STEWARDSHIP ACTION
COUNCIL, AND VICTORIA ROME,
DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE
COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO WITNESS
UM, FOR QUESTIONS, TOO. I THINK
BRIAN FADI. ALRIGHT, LET'S START
WITH YOU, JORDANS. ON THE PHONE
LINES. V. THANK YOU. MEMBER
CHOLERA CHAIR AND SENATORS. I'M
JORDAN. WHAT ELSE WITH THE
NATIONAL SPIRIT SHIP ACTION
COUNCIL, A NONPROFIT THAT
ADVOCATES FOR CIRCULAR AND
EQUITABLE ECONOMY. REMOVAL OF
TOXIC AND THE MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS CRITICAL
FOR ACHIEVING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
AND WHY WE ARE SPONSORING A B 2
TO 08. ALL FLUORESCENT LAMPS
CONTAIN MERCURY, A POTENT
NEUROTOXIN LISTED BY THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AS A TOP 10
CHEMICAL OF MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERN. MERCURY VOLUNTEERS IS
IN THE AIR, WHERE IT ENTERS THE
LUNGS AND BLOOD QUICKLY AND IT
DOESN'T STAY IN ONE PLACE,
MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONTAIN OR CLEAN UP. IT CAN
CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS
AND CAN EVEN BE FATAL. IN THE
MERCURY AND FLUORESCENT LAMPS IS
CONTAINED ONLY BY FRAGILE GLASS
THAT CAN AND DOES FREAK AT ANY
POINT IN A RESTAURANT LAND LIFE
CYCLE, RESULTING IN MERCURY
ESCAPING AND INDIVIDUALS BEING
EASILY EXPOSED. AND THERE IS NO
SPACE LEVEL OF MERCURY EXPOSURE.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM
JOHN RASHARD, PRINCIPAL OFFICER
OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 3 50, WHICH
REPRESENTS SANITARY TRUCK
DRIVERS AND HELPERS. OUR MEMBERS
MANAGE WEEK RECYCLING MATERIALS
, WHICH PRESENTS NUMEROUS RISKS
, DAY TO DAY, BUT MERCURY
EXPOSURE FROM PRODUCTS LIKE
BROKEN FLUORESCENT LAND
PRESENTED AN INVISIBLE AND
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN THE
RISK OF EXPOSURE. I HOPE THAT
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WILL TAKE
THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT
OUR WORKERS AND ALL RESIDENTS
AND FINALLY BANNED THE SALE OF
MERCURY CONTAINING LIGHTING. NOW
IS THE TIME TO TURN OFF RESIDENT
LAND FOR GOOD. I LIKE TO THINK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHOLERA AND
SENATOR BECKER FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP, AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR EYES UP. THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT. THANKS JORDAN.
APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S GO TO
VICTORIA ROME FROM NRDC. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
THIS IS VICTORIA, ROME WITH
NRDC. WHERE IN SUPPORT OF A B 22
OH, EIGHT. IN THE PAST, DESPITE
THEIR MERCURY CONTENT,
FLUORESCENT ATLANTIC TOLERATED
AND EVEN PROMOTED BECAUSE THEY
WERE THE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT
OPTION AT THE TIME. THAT IS NO
LONGER THE CASE. NOW LED S HALF
THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY AS
FLUORESCENT AND LAST 2 TO 3
TIMES LONGER. DUE TO THE
SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICITY AND THE
02 EMISSIONS SAVINGS THAT WOULD
BE REALIZED BY CALIFORNIA,
MAKING THE SWITCH FROM
FLUORESCENT LAMPS TO LED GS.
MAYBE 22 OH, EIGHT, IS AN
IMPORTANT CLIMATE PROTECTION
MEASURE. AND LEADS DO NOT
CONTAIN MERCURY ARE RELEASED
MERCURY VAPORS WHEN THEY BREAK
80 22 OH, EIGHT REDUCES THE
BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT
CURRENTLY HAVE THE DIFFICULT AND
COSTLY TASK OF COLLECTING. AND
PROPERLY DISPOSING OF
FLUORESCENT LAMP. IMPLEMENT
SORRY. IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
FOR A B 22. OH EIGHT IS MORE
THAN GENEROUS, ESPECIALLY FOR
SUCH A TOXIC PRODUCT. OTHER
STATES, INCLUDING VERMONT, RHODE
ISLAND. AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
HAVE EITHER BANNED AH! CFLS AND
LFL OR IN THE PROCESS OF DOING
SO. HERE AT HOME, CALIFORNIA 16
MEMBER STATE WIDE RECYCLING
COMMISSION WITH REPRESENTS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WASTE COLLARS, NON
PROFITS AND UNIONS. VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE A POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS. STATING THAT
SOME PRODUCTS ARE JUST TOXIC AND
UNNECESSARY AND HAVE SAFER,
CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES, MAKING
THEIR SALE UNNECESSARY AND
COSTLY. FLUORESCENT LAMPS THIS
CATEGORY AND WE RECOMMEND THAT
CALIFORNIA BAND THEIRSELVES TO
STOP ADDING COSTLY, DANGEROUS
AND UNNECESSARY MERCURY INTO
HOMES AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR I VOTE ON
A B 22. OH, EIGHT. THANK YOU.
OKAY LET'S GO TO FOLKS HERE.
WANNA VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE
BILL? COME ON UP. JUST VOICE
YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
PRISCILLA KUDOS ON BEHALF OF THE
FOLLOWING CLIENTS. ALAMEDA STOP
WASTES ALWAYS ASSOCIATION OF
NORTH AMERICA LEGISLATIVE TASK
FORCE CALIFORNIA PRODUCT
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL, WESTERN
PLASTER, WASTE MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY AND CITY AND COUNTY OF
SAN FRANCISCO ON STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. CONCERNING ABIGAIL,
MILE ON BEHALF OF RETHINK WASTE
IN STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MR
CHAIR MEMBER SHANE GUSSMAN ON
BEHALF OF THE TEAMSTERS AND OUR
MEMBERS WHO WORK IN THE WASTE
INDUSTRY AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANKS, SHANE. OKAY UM FOLKS WHO
WANT TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BILL? OPPOSITION HERE IN PERSON?
ANYONE ON THE PHONE LINES
MODERATOR. WE DO HAVE A FEW FEET
UP ALREADY FOR SUPPORT. OH, YES,
SORRY. LET'S HEAR FROM SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION ON THE PHONE
LINES. BOTH OKAY? IF YOU WISH TO
COMMENT ON THIS LEGISLATION,
PLEASE PRESS ONE, AND YOU'RE AT
THIS TIME WE'LL START WITH MINE
40 TO GO AHEAD. MORNING, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CLARA
VISIT REPRESENTING CARE PLANS
AGAINST RACE HERE TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT A B 22 8. GO TO LINE 25,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. DANIEL BRAD AND
FEAR OF CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LINE 31. HE'S GO
AHEAD. MORNING CHAIR MARTIN
RADAKOVICH ON BEHALF OF SANTA
CLARA WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT.
LINE. 15, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MORNING REMEMBERS MICHAEL DEAF
WITH THE PREY AND MAKELELE ON
BEHALF OF REPUBLIC SERVICES AND
SUPPORT. FIND 43. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. BRIAN SANDERS CITY OF
SACRAMENTO, DEPARTMENTS OF
UTILITY AND SUPPORTIVE BABY 2 TO
08. THANK YOU. LINE. 75, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. ENTIRELY OVER WITH
RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING NETWORK
FROM SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, WHICH
WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE,
HEALTH AND COSTS TO THE STATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS. MR CAREY HAVE NO ONE
ELSE IN CUBA. OKAY GREAT.
ALRIGHT, LET'S BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION. UM
SOMEONE. SENATE WIECKOWSKI HAS
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PURSING
FLUORESCENT LIGHTS. MOVE TO
BILL, OKAY? I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UNTIL WE'RE
FINISHED WITH THE DISCUSSION.
I'VE BEEN ADMONISHED, BUT ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS
CONCERNS. OKAY THE BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED. I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOUR BILL.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. LET'S LET YOU
CLOSE. THANK YOU. RESPECTFULLY
ASTRONAUT VOTE. OKAY SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ITEM NUMBER
SIX A. B 22 8 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHOLERA. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS ALLEN. I%
BATES DELI. SALLY NO. MCGUIRE
SKINNER. RIGHT? SKINNER. I STERN
WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI, AYE. OKAY
LET'S CLOSE. WE'LL WE'LL HOLD
THAT UP AND FURTHER FOLKS TO ADD
ON. OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
FAMILY MEMBER. LET'S NOW GO TO
YOU, SENATOR SKINNER CENTER.
SKINNER HAS VERY KINDLY AGREED
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US IS TWO BILLS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. THESE ARE ITEMS
THREE AND FOUR ON YOUR AGENDAS.
SO SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT FIRST
A B 2076 FOLLOWED BY A B 20 TO
38. AND YOU MAY PROCEED WHEN
READY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. UM A B 2076
ESTABLISHES THE EXTREME HEAT AND
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM. SO
THAT THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
PERTH TO RESPONDING TO AND
PROTECTING US AGAINST EXTREME
HEAT WOULD BE COORDINATED. UM IT
ALSO CREATES A CHIEF HEAT
OFFICER. AND. ESTABLISHES THE
EXTREME HEAT, HOSPITALIZATION
AND DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM. NOW
FOR MANY OF YOU, THIS MAY SEEM
LIKE AN OBVIOUS THING THAT WE
SHOULD DO, BUT I JUST WANT TO
POINT OUT WE HAVE NOT PAID THAT
MUCH ATTENTION TO THE
MORTALITIES RELATED TO EXTREME
HEAT. AND THEY'RE NOT COUNTED
VERY WELL. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU
JUST A VERY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
BACK IN 2000 AND SIX JULY 2000
AND SIX SO THIS WAS THE SAME
TIME THE LEGISLATURE WAS
DEBATING A B 32, SO WE HAVE NOT
YET PASSED OUR SIGNATURE. BILL
AROUND THE CLIMATE CRISIS. YET
CALIFORNIA HAD AN EXTREME HEAT
WAVE AND DURING THAT HEAT WAVE,
WHICH WAS OVER 10 DAYS OF 100
DEGREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100
DEGREE WEATHER THERE WERE
ACCORDING TO COUNTY CORONER'S,
THEY COUNTED 167 DEATHS. OTHER
REPORTS. OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS 600 DEATHS THAT WAS IN
2000 AND SIX. SINCE THAT TIME,
WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY MORE
INCIDENTS AND THE OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH RESEARCHERS ATTRIBUTED
ABOUT 700 OR MORE DEATHS, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE 2020 HEATWAVE
WHERE IN L, A COUNTY WE HAD 121
DEGREES. HOW TO STAY YET
RECORDED IN THAT AREA. UM. SO
MORE DEBT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO
THESE EXTREME HEAT EVENTS THAN
ANY OTHER CLIMATE CRISIS RELATED
INCIDENTS IN THE WHOLE UNITED
STATES. SO WITH A STATE LIKE
CALIFORNIA, WHERE WE HAVE AN
INCREASING PROJECTION OF THESE
INCIDENTS, WE NEED THE
COORDINATION TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
AND. WITH THAT. I WANT TO HAVE
OUR TESTIMONY AND SUPPORT I HAVE
ENRIQUE HUERTA, THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE RESOLVE, AND
DR MARK FUTURE NICK, WHO IS AN
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN AT
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL
CENTER. THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR
THOSE WITNESSES. LET'S START
WITH WITH ENRIQUE. GOOD MORNING
, AMERICA LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR
RESULT. WE'RE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION IN LOS ANGELES WHO
FOR OVER A DECADE HAS BEEN
ASSESSED IN COMMUNITIES TO
EXTREME HEAT. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.
MAYBE 2076. THE EXTREME HEAT AND
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROGRAMS.
BEFORE I BEGIN. I'D LIKE TO
THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS FOR
HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND
HER STEP FOR ALL OF THE
EXCELLENT WORK YOU'VE DONE
BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS BILL
RECOGNIZES THAT IF WE WERE TO
STOP EMITTING GREENHOUSE GASSES
TOMORROW, EXTREME HEAT IS TAKEN
TO OUR FUTURE FOR MANY BECOMES
THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT
WE PREPARE AND ADAPT THEIR
COMMUNITIES TODAY. I'D LIKE TO
ADDRESS THREE KEY POINTS. FIRST. EAST IS A BIG PROBLEM, AND THE
STATE'S RESPONSE IS PIECE MEAL
AND INADEQUATE. DAY EVERY CORNER
OF CALIFORNIA IS FACING A WARMER
CLIMATE OVER THAT OF THE LAST
CENTURY. HIGHER TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED IN THE COMING YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA
SPORTS CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT
. CENTURY CALIFORNIA WILL
EXPERIENCE AN AVERAGE INCREASE
OF UP TO 5.8 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
COUPLED WITH THE URBAN HEAT
ISLAND EFFECT, WHICH ADDS AN
ADDITIONAL FIVE DEGREES TO
CALIFORNIA. PUBLIC HEALTH OR
SUBSTANTIAL AND MUST BE
ADDRESSED TODAY. LOOK AT. MAYBE
2076 ADDRESSES THE GROWING
PROBLEM BY REQUIRING
COORDINATION OF EXISTING WORK
MORE THAN IT DOESN'T SPEAK
AGENCIES CURRENTLY WORKING IN
SILOS. SOMETHING THAT IS
CURRENTLY LACKING AND ENSURES
THAT LIMITED FUNDING IS
EFFICIENTLY SPENT. IT IS
ESSENTIALLY A GOOD GOVERNMENT
BILL. A B 2076 REQUIRES
EVALUATION OF ALL HE PROGRAMS
AND PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED AT
LOCAL LEVEL. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES
A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL
INCENTIVIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
IMPLEMENT COOLING MEASURE THAT
LAYER MANY PROTECTIONS AGAINST
EXTREME HEAT, AS RECOMMENDED BY
THE 2022 EXTREME HEAT ADAPTATION
PLAN. THIRD PASSAGE OF A B 2076
IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT ALL
CALIFORNIANS. ESPECIALLY BLACK
AND BROWN AND OTHER VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES FROM THE INCREASING
THAT EXTREME. MAYBE 2076 WILL
HELP PEOPLE LIVES AND BRIDGE THE
DIVIDE IN THE EFFORTS TO BUILD
RESILIENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE IN
FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS BILL IS
SUPPORTED BY DIVERSE SET OF
STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING PUBLIC
HEALTH. ENVIRONMENTAL,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. PRIEST.
AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR ALAN FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION, AND I RESPECTFULLY AT
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ENRIQUE. LETS GO TO MARC.
FUTURE, NICK, PLEASE. HI I'M DR
MARK PETER NIXON EMERGENCY
POSITION IN LOS ANGELES IN THE
PAST PRESIDENT AND CURRENT BOARD
MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
EMERGENCY POSITION, THE LARGEST
CHAPTER IN THE NATION. THEY ALSO
SERVICE, THE MANAGING EDITOR FOR
THE JOURNAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND
HEALTH. TESTIMONY IS BASED ON MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS AN
EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN COMBINED
WITH THE REVIEWED MEDICAL
RESEARCH. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
ME TO SPEAK ON A B 2076 THE
EXTREME HEAT AND COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE PROGRAM OF STATE IS
GETTING HOTTER. IT IS IMPACTING
OUR HEALTH RIGHT NOW. THE
HEADLINE NUMBERS OF HEAT RELATED
FATALITIES, WHICH SURPASSES ALL
OTHER NATURAL WEATHER EVENT. IN
COMPARISON TO THE FULL IMPACT OF
INCREASED HEAT, WHICH IS GROSSLY
UNDER REPORTED. THAT'S DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO HEAT WAVES ARE
USUALLY SUFFERED BY SPECIFIC
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. MOST AT
RISK ARE ELDERLY, LIVING ALONE.
PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPROMISED BY
CHRONIC ILLNESS, INCLUDING
MENTAL ILLNESS. THOSE WHO MUST
WORK OUTDOORS FOR EVEN INDOORS
WITH INADEQUATE PULLING
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES. NELSON OF LARGE
DATASET TELLING EVEN MORE
WORRISOME STORY THAN THE
HEADLINE NUMBERS. I COULDN'T
CORRUPT INCREASE ACROSS THE
BOARD AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES,
MORE DEBT, MORE HEART ATTACKS
AND STROKES, THE NUMBER ONE AND
THREE KILLERS IN THE WESTERN
WORLD MORE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
SOME OF WHICH IS DUE TO THE
INCREASED OZONE FORMATION AT
HIGHER TEMPERATURES. MORE
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. MORE
MENTAL ILLNESS FINDING
RECONFIRMED IN A LARGE STUDY IN
JAMA RECENTLY, SO SORRY ABOUT
YOUR FELLOW. UM, YOUR FELLOW
WITNESS TOOK UP ALL THE TIME. SO
WHY DON'T WHY DON'T YOU JUST
KIND OF FINISH THE THOUGHT AND
WRAP IT UP? I APOLOGIZE. NO
PROBLEM. WE CAN PREVENT A LOT OF
IT'S HARMED BY PREVENTING
EXPOSURE TO HEAT. MAYBE 2076
WILL HELP US DO THAT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. LET'S NOW GO TO ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE
BILL HERE IN PERSON. HAVING A
MILE ON BEHALF OF NRDC ACTION
FUND AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
CONSERVATION CORES IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT ANYONE ON THE PHONE
LINES? YOU WANT TO, UM, VOICE
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE BILL. IF
YOU WISH WE CAN SUPPORT OF A B.
THINK. HE'S ONE AND ZERO AT THIS
TIME. OKAY AND WE'LL GO WITH
LINE. 56, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MR
SANTIAGO. JIGGER CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. HEADLINES. 25 PLEASE
GO AHEAD. DANIEL BROWN ON BEHALF
OF CERES, CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. IN LINE. 30,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS LAUREN DE
VALENCIA, REPRESENTING THE
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT. FIND 35. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS PARTICIPATING
WITH THE CALIFORNIA NURSES
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LINE. 47, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. MR CHAIR
REMEMBERS THIS IS THE CENTRAL
BEEN DIRECTOR OF STATE POLICY OF
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE OR LINE.
83, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, KIM DELFINO ON THE
BEHALF OF AUDUBON, CALIFORNIA
AND DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE AND
SUPPORT. 9 55, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN,
MEMBERS TENNESSEE ON BEHALF OF
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
IN SUPPORT. LINE. 82, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR
AND MEMBERS DICKINSON ON BEHALF
OF WELL, FORMERLY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1
65, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING. DAVID HAS A VETO WITH
AARP, CALIFORNIA IN STRONG
SUPPORT. 9 49. GOOD MORNING, MRS
VERONICA PADILLA COMPASS WITH
BEAUTIFUL AND SUPPORT. MR CHAIR
. WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE INTO IT
THIS TIME. OKAY THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO
REGISTER OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL. UM BUT ANYONE WANNA VOICED
CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL. I DON'T
SEE HIM HERE IN PERSON. ANYONE
ON THE PHONE LINES RIGHT
MODERATOR WHO WANTS TO VOICE
CONCERNS OPPOSITION TO A B 2076?
IF YOU WISH TO. COME IN AND
OPPOSITION 10 AT THIS TIME,
MAYBE 2076. MILITARY WE HAVE NO
ONE COMING UP AT THIS TIME. OKAY
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK. BRING
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S
CONCERNS. AYE SENATE-TV
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I
KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUG OF WAR
GOING ON BETWEEN THE
ADMINISTRATION IN THE SENATE ON
HOW WE CAN SPEND OUR EXTREME
HEAT DOLLARS. THERE'S A YOU
KNOW, WE HAD A BIG DEBATE LAST
YEAR. I KNOW. THE RESOURCE
AGENCY UPDATED THE 2013 REPORT,
WHICH IS MANY IDEAS OF
INCORPORATED HERE, SO HAVING A
HEAT DIRECTOR AND ALL THIS, BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE COMES INTO THIS
. ARE WE GOING TO WHETHER ARISES
HOUSES? ARE WE GOING TO GO INTO
HOW HOMES WERE PEOPLE ARE AT OR
AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
COMMUNITY CENTERS? THAT THAT
THERE'S A BIG PUSH FOR PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO HAVE EVERY LIBRARY
AND COMMUNITY CENTER UPGRADED ON
IN THE IN THE NAME OF EXTREME
HEAT VERSUS PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS
AND HOUSES THAT THEY OWN. I
GUESS OPR IS GONNA COORDINATE
ALL THAT AND ONCE ONCE WE GIVE
THEM TWO DIRECTIONS, SO, UM, I
THINK THE ASPECTS ABOUT YOU KNOW
WHAT THE HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR
HAVING. DATA ON DEATHS AND ALL
THAT TYPE OF STUFF, WHETHER WE
DO GET IT RIGHT WITH THE FUNDING
AND IN THE AREAS TO GET THE
BIGGEST BANG FOR BUCKS STILL
NEEDS TO BE SEEN BECAUSE THERE'S
JUST A BIG DEBATE GOING ON HERE.
AND THAT THERE IT COMES. IT'S UP
TO THE LEGISLATURE TO INSIST ON
HOW WHAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT
SO THAT WE GET IMPROVED FOR THE
MOST PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE ARE
LIVING SO AGAIN. THERE'S THAT'S
THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION
AND ON THE BUDGET SIDE OF IT
THAT THAT COMES IN BECAUSE THERE
IS WHOEVER WHATEVER WE DO, THAT
PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE TO
COORDINATE ALL THAT AND SO I'LL
MOVE THE BILL. YEP. YEP, THAT'S
RIGHT. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. BILLS
MOVED. CLOSE CLOSE. PLEASE
APPRECIATE IT. SO THE APPRECIATE
UH, MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI COMMENTS, BUT I THINK
REGARDLESS OF HOW OF WHAT WE DO,
BUDGETARILY OR WHAT HAVE YOU THE
ADMINISTRATION NOW HAS A
RELEASED AN EXTREME HEAT
FRAMEWORK. IT'S GOT 100 AND 40
RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THOSE ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED BY 40 DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES. MAYBE
NECESSARY, NOT QUESTIONING THAT
. BUT GIVEN THAT IT NEEDS
COORDINATION, AND TO ME, THAT IS
THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT FOR THIS
BILL TO CREATE THAT. A PROGRAM
IN THAT CHIEF HEAT OFFICER SO
THAT WE HAVE THE COORDINATION
AND THAT LONG TERM AND SHORT
TERM STRATEGIES, OBVIOUSLY
CERTAIN OF THE STRATEGIES
WHETHER BUDGETARILY OR OTHERS
WILL TAKE POTENTIALLY YEARS TO
FULLY IMPLEMENT, BUT MEANWHILE,
WE CAN HAVE EXTREME HEAT
TOMORROW, AND WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE AT RISK. AND SO YOU
NEED THE COORDINATION IF WE CARE
ABOUT REDUCING THOSE MORTALITIES
, AND WITH THAT I ASKED FOR YOUR
I VOTE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, TICKET
PLEASE CALL WRONG. ITEM NUMBER
THREE A. B 2076 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US.
THE MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST
WE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, ALAN BATES.
SALLY. REQUIRE SKINNER. I STERN
WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI. AYE. ALL
RIGHT. LET'S LET YOU GO OFF TO
THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS A B 20 TO
38. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND MEMBERS
. A B 20 TO 38 IS A LATINO
CAUCUS PRIORITY BILL AND WHAT IT
WOULD DO IS ESTABLISHED. THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE HEAT
RANKING PROCESS BASED ON
PROJECTED HEALTH IMPACTS AND
METEOROLOGICAL DATA, AND DIRECTS
THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE TO
STUDY INSURED AND UNINSURED
COSTS RELATED TO PAST HEATWAVES.
UM SO THIS BASICALLY IT GIVES US
BETTER DATA TO BE PREPARED, AND
IT WOULD BE WE. BY DOING THIS.
CALIFORNIA WOULD BE THE FIRST IN
THE NATION TO ESTABLISH A
RANKING SYSTEM FOR HEAT WAVES.
LET ME HAVE MY WITNESS AND
SUPPORT MIKE PETERSON, WHOSE
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
SHOULD BE ON THE PHONE LINE.
MODERATOR IS, UM THANK YOU. YOU.
BI SENATOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR
ALAN MEISTER BASED MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE MICHAEL PETERSON,
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND CLIMATE
SUSTAINABILITY HERE ON BEHALF OF
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RECORDER
LARA AND THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. WE'RE
PROUD TO SPONSOR ASSEMBLY BILL
20 TO 38 JOINTLY OFFERED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US,
CRISTINA GARCIA AND WATER.
THERE'S A CREATIVE PERSON, THE
NATION RANKING AND ADVANCED
WARNING SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA. AS
YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE IS
INTENSIFYING EXTINCTION EVENTS
WITH TRAGIC IMPACT CALIFORNIA'S
MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY. HEAT
WAVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE
DEATHS THAN ALL OTHER WEATHER
EVENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
SENIORS AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES. TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY DEATHS AND HEALTH
IMPACTS. WE NEED TO ACT NOW,
INCLUDING IMPROVING OUR RISK
COMMUNICATION TOOLS MORE
EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE REFEREE
CONSUMERS AND TO HELP
COMMUNITIES PREPARE MAYBE 20 TO
38 WOULD IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCES.
CLIMATE INSURANCE REPORT FIRST
JUST KIND REPORT RELEASED LAST
SUMMER. FOCUSED ON REDUCING
DAMAGE AND IMPROVING RECOVERY
FOLLOWING AN EXTREME HEATWAVE,
WILDFIRE OR FLOOD. ONE OF THE
REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO RANK
HEATWAVES AND CREATE A STATEWIDE
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO
AVOID DEATH, ILLNESS AND
SIGNIFICANT, OFTEN UNINSURED
COSTS. THIS RANKING SYSTEM IS
SIMILAR TO HOW TROPICAL STORMS
AND HURRICANES ARE DESCRIBED BY
CATEGORY LEVEL TODAY. CLIMATE
INSURANCE REPORT ALSO
RECOMMENDED THAT STUDY, WHICH IS
PROPOSING TO BE DONE BY THE
DEPARTMENT INSURANCE THAT WOULD
FOCUS ON THAT INSURED AND
UNINSURED COSTS RELATED TO PAST
HEATWAVES, WHICH WILL PROVIDE
INSIGHT INTO EXTREME HEAT
PROTECTION GAPS AND PROMOTE MORE
EFFECTIVE RISK COMMUNICATION AND
PLANNING. THE CLIMATE INSURANCE
REPORT MAKES CLEAR THAT WE
LIKELY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
PROTECTION GAP EXTREME HEAT
BETWEEN THE COSTS COVERED BY
INSURANCE. AND THE COSTS THAT
ARE NOT BY ANALYZING OUTCOMES
FROM PREVIOUS HEAT WAVES, SUCH
AS FINANCIAL LOSSES, HEALTH
RELATED METRICS, GOVERNMENT AND
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, THE COST
IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF
EXTREME HEAT EVENTS CAN BE
ISOLATED AND DETERMINED. THIS
INFORMATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF
CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME HEAT
PROGRAMS AND FURTHER HELP US
DIRECT RESOURCES. FOR THESE
REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR I VOTE ON A B 20 TO 38.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, SO LET'S NOW GO TO ANYONE
WHO HERE HERE WANTS TO VOICE
SUPPORT FOR THE BILL. GOOD
MORNING, ALFREDO REDONDO ON
BEHALF OF THREE PEOPLE IN
SUPPORT. GREAT. THANK YOUR
FATHER. UM. ANYONE ON THE PHONE
LINES. ONE OF SUPPORT FOR THE
BILL TO MAYBE 20 TO 38. IF YOU
WISH YOU CAN SUPPORT OF MAYBE 20
TO 38 1 THAN ZERO AT THIS TIME.
HEADLINES. 55 PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO, MR CARON MEMBERS. BRITNEY
BENEDETTI ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE, 56
GO AHEAD. THIS IS SCIENCE
RODRIGUEZ WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS IN SUPPORT.
LINE 83. HE'S GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, KIM DELFINO WITH
AUDUBON, CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU. FIND 65. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, DAVID
AZEVEDO WITH CALIFORNIA AND SORT
OF ITSELF. LINE, 85 GO AHEAD.
MORNING AND CLIMATE RESULT
IMPORTANCE OF THE BILL. MR CHAIR
. WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN CUBA AT
THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO VOICE OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL. CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BILL. I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE IN
PERSON. ANYONE ON THE PHONE
LINES? 2038. IF YOU WISH
SPEAKING OPPOSITION OF BABY 20
TO 38 PRESS ONE AND ZERO. MR
CHAIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE
QUEUING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO THE
COMMITTEE. I SEE. SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI SENATOR DOLLIES MOVED
THE BILL. WHAT SHOULD NOT BE
OVERLOOKED IS ONCE IT'S RAKING
SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED BECAUSE THE
INTEGRATED CLIMATE ADAPT
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCY
PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO, YOU
KNOW. HELP US WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALL THAT. BUT ONCE
THE RANKING IS ADOPTED, THEN
THEY CAN USE THE CLEARINGHOUSE
THAT THEY HAVE, BUT THEY GO OUT
. THEY DEVELOP A PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION PLAN, WHICH IS
PROBABLY THE KEY COMPONENT TO
TRIGGER ONE THING GOES UP AND
THEN RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LOCAL
AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS ON
WHAT WE CAN DO IN THESE EXTREME.
HEAT EVENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHAT'S THE COORDINATION? THAT
HAPPENS IS THAT AS YOU GO FROM
10 DAYS TO 11 DAYS AND THEN
ACTUALLY HELP LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS ADAPT THEIR PLANS
ABOUT ONCE WE HAVE THE RANKING,
WE KNOW THIS IS THE MOST
SERIOUS. THAT'S IT, SO IT'S A
IT'S A GOOD BILL. I'M GLAD WE'VE
GOT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT HERE AND
THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT.
THE ISLAND'S BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR DOLLY SOME SENATOR. MAKE
CLOTHES. THANK YOU ON SUPPRESS
MY APPRECIATION TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US FOR
INTRODUCING THESE. TWO BILLS AND
I ASKED YOUR I VOTE ON A B 20 TO
38 GREAT. ALRIGHT, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ITEM NUMBER FOUR A B
20 TO 38 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS. BUT FIRST WE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, ALAN
BATES, DOLLY SALLY I'M MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE EYES SKINNER SKINNER. I
STERN WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI I
OKAY. WIECKOWSKI HAS MOVED BOTH
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND A B
2048. THAT'S THE SANTIAGO BILL.
SO LET'S ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SORRY LET'S LET'S HEAR A VOTE ON
ITEM TWO. THIS IS THE SANTIAGO
BILL A B 2048. ITEM NUMBER TWO A
B 2048 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SANTIAGO. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
AS AMENDED AS AMENDED, BUT FIRST
AMENDING WE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
ALLEN ELLEN. I BEATS DALLI DALLI
. THAT WAS I OKAY, MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE I. SKINNER LET'S SKINNER
I STERN WIECKOWSKI NEXT. HAVE A
VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOVED BY SENATOR WIECKOWSKI. AH
CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF
ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND BE
ORDERED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALAN ALAN BATES VALLEY. SALLY I
MCGUIRE WHERE I SKINNER SKINNER.
I STERN WIECKOWSKI WIECKOWSKI I
OKAY? ALRIGHT LET'S OPEN THE
ROLL ON THE OTHER BILLS TO LET
OUR MEMBERS ADD ON LET'S START
WITH ITEM ONE. THIS IS A B 13 22
BY ROBERT REVIS. ITEM NUMBER ONE
A B 13 22 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RIVAS. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED, BUT FIRST AMENDING WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. IT WAS VOTED
RIGHT NOW IS 20 THE CHAIR VOTING
I BATES? SALLY. MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE
I. SKINNER SKINNER I STERN.
OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE ROLE ON
THAT ONE. THAT'S THAT BUILDS OUT
. LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE. THIS
IS A B 2076 THREE OF US BILL
THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED BY
CENTER SKINNER. I REMEMBER THREE
A B 2076 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS, BUT FIRST WE PUT FIRST RE
REFERRED THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
. THE VOTE IS 30 CHAIR VOTING I
BATES SALLY. MCGUIRE MCGUIRE I
SKINNER ER I STERN I'M SORRY.
THE SKINNER WASN'T HERE FOR THAT
. DID I JUST CALL YOU AGAIN? I'M
SORRY, OKAY? STILL, I CHANGE HER
MIND, OKAY? YEAH AT LEAST GIVE
HER HALF A VOTE FOR THE NEXT
ONE. ALRIGHT THE NEXT ONE THAT
WILL CLOSE THE ROLE IN THAT NOW
THE NEXT ONE. I BELIEVE WE WERE
DONE. CITY ARE GIRLS. 40. SO THE
NEXT ITEM FOR SENATOR MCGUIRE
WAS HERE? LET'S NOW GO TO ITEM
FIVE. THIS IS A B 21 46
BAUER-KAHAN. ITEM NUMBER FIVE A
B 21 46 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BY
OUR CON MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED, BUT FIRST AMENDING, WE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS OF VOTERS. 30
CHAIR VOTING, AYE. BATES DELI
DELI? NO MCGUIRE MCGUIRE EYES
STERN. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT CAST HIS VOTE THERE.
OKAY LET'S GO TO CLOSE THE ROLE
IN ITEM FIVE. LET'S GO TO ITEM.
6 22 OH, EIGHT. THAT WAS FOUR
FOR 4 TO 1. ON THE BARCA HANDLE
. OKAY, SO LET'S GO TO THE
CALLER BILL. MAYBE 20 TO 8 AM
SIX. NUMBER SIX A. B 22 OH,
EIGHT BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
COLORADO MOTION IS DUE PASS
VOTERS 31 WITH THE CHAIR OF
VOTING I BATES MCGUIRE MCGUIRE I
STERN. OKAY OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE
THE ROLE ON THAT FOR 14 TO 1.
OKAY, THANK YOU. CONSENT
CALENDAR WE'VE ALREADY DONE SO
LET'S JUST START FINAL VOTE IS A
B 2779. THAT'S JACKIE IRWIN'S
BILL. ITEM. NINE. ITEM NUMBER
NINE A. B 27 79 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWIN. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST WE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS THE VOTERS 40
CHAIR VOTING, AYE. MCGUIRE
MCGUIRE I STERN. OKAY, SO THAT.
IS OUT 5 TO 0. SO ALL THE BILLS
ARE NOW DONE. THANK YOU MEMBERS
FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, SO WE'RE GOING TO
BE BACK SOON FOR MORE. THANK
YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'LL
ADJOURN THIS MEETING.