ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU ALL FOR
JOINING US HERE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE WE
WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR
HEARING ON THE FUTURE OF
FISHERIES IN OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL
GOLDEN STATE WE GREATLY
APPRECIATE TAKING TIME OUT OF
YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE WE ARE IN A
BUSY TIME OF YEAR HERE IN THE
CAPITAL MURDER GRATEFUL THAT ALL
OF YOU COULD JOIN US TODAY FOR
THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND
LEGISLATIVE HEARING WHERE ALL
SIDES OF THE OFFSHORE WIND
DISCUSSION- COMING TOGETHER
COMING TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON.
EXPEDITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF
OFFSHORE WIND WHILE PROTECTING
THE INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA'S
STORIED FISHING FLEET ENSURING
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS
REMAIN IN PLACE FAMILY
SUSTAINING JOBS AND WORKFORCE
TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE CREATED IN
TRIBAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
VOICES ARE RAISED AND HEARD IN
AS WE ALL KNOW THE GOLDEN STATE
IS STARING DOWN SOME
EXTRAORDINARY DEADLINES TO MEET
OUR CLIMATE GOALS IN POWER
GENERATION PLAYS A MASSIVE ROLE
IN ACHIEVING THESE GOALS AND IF
WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING
THESE DEADLINES WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO
DEPLOY A NEW GREEN POWER
GENERATION FACILITIES. IN EVERY
CORNER OF THE GOLDEN STATE. AND
WE ALSO KNOW IN THIS ERA OF
GREAT TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL
FUELS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT
RIGHT. THAT'S WHY AT TODAY'S
DISCUSSION WHERE EVERYONE IS AT
THE TABLE ON THIS ISSUE IS SO
CRITICAL WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM
FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY
REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HEARING
FROM TRAVEL LEADERS. OFFSHORE
WIND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FISHING
FLEET WE'RE HERE FROM LABOR
LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS WE TRULY HAVE AN
ALL STAR LINEUP OF PANELISTS
TODAY. IN FOR OUR PANELS THE
JOINT COMMITTEE IS LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY.
RESPECTFULLY DUE TO OUR TIGHT
AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST
THAT EACH PANELIST KEEP REMARKS
TWO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. IN
WILL GIVE YOU A THIRTY SECOND
PROMPT AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THAT
FIVE MEN MARK. ROSS GONNA BE
TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT OF COURSE
TODAY THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF
TODAY'S AGENDA FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
WATCHING ONLINE WE OF COURSE
WELCOME YOUR TESTIMONY. THE TOLL
FREE NUMBER TO PARTICIPATE TODAY
IS EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN. TWO TWO
SIX EIGHT TWO ONE SIX THE TOLL
FREE NUMBER TO BETTER
PARTICIPATE FOR FOLKS. VIEWING
ONLINE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN TWO TWO
SIX. EIGHT TWO ONE SIX AND THAT
ACCESS CODE IS SIX TWO ONE SEVEN
ONE SIX ONE. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE
TAKING TESTIMONY LIVE HERE IN
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. AT THE
END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. NOW
BEFORE WE BEGIN I'D LIKE TO TURN
THE FLOOR OVER TO ASSEMBLY
ADDIS. SIMILAR ADDIS IS THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE AND
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH. I
RESPECT THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN THAT
SHE IS A TREMENDOUS A PARTNER ON
THIS ISSUE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR
HER WORK AT HER SMARTS IN HER
SINCERE APPROACH TO THIS
IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUE THAN A
VICE CHAIR IS SO WONDERFUL TO
SEE YOU. WHEN I TURN THE FLOOR
OVER TO YOU FOR SOME OPENING
REMARKS. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH-
CHAIRMAN GRIER AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO YOUR STUFF- FOR
PUTTING THIS HEARING TOGETHER IN
THE TO THE PARTICIPANTS ARE
GONNA TESTIFIED TODAY. AS MANY
OF YOU KNOW I COME FROM MORO BAY
AND LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S
JUST START TWENTY TO THIRTY
MILES FROM THE OFFSHORE WIND
CALL AREA ON THE CENTRAL COAST.
AND HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS
ISSUE FROM THE MORRO BAY CITY
COUNCIL- SO IT'S USUALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME AND I WANT TO
APPRECIATE YOUR MARKS. REMARKS
AROUND CLEAN ENERGY AND JOBS
AND- I WOULD SAY MY REGION. AND
BOTH REGIONS IN PARTICULAR
THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE. AROUND
OFFSHORE WIND AND THERE'S SOME
CONCERN SO I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE
HAVING THIS HEARING TODAY I'M-
HONORED TO BE HERE. I THINK WE
HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND READY
TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MINIMIZE YOUR
WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU
TRULY- YOU ARE VERY FOCUSED IN
THE SPACE- IN GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO
OUR WORK TOGETHER IN THE YEARS
TO COME. I ALSO WANNA WELCOME
CENTER NGUYEN CENTER NGUYEN WAS
I JUST APPOINTED SHE'S THE FIRST
REPRESENTATIVE FROM ORANGE
COUNTY TO BETTER SERVE. ON THE
JOINT COMMITTEE WERE REALLY
GRATEFUL SENATOR I'LL TURN OVER
TO YOU IF YOU LIKE ME TO SAY. IN
THE OPENING REMARKS AND
CONGRATULATIONS AND WE LOOK FOR
TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE YEARS
TO COME. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK BOTH
YOU AND THE FIVE MADAM VICE
CHAIR. FOR HOSTING THIS AND THIS
IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
THAT'S- MOVING FORWARD I THINK.
NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO PROTECT
THE OCEAN AND R. COSTA. BUT ALSO
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE- DO IT IN A
MINDFUL WAY OF PROTECTING THE
ANIMALS AS WELL- AND SO I'M I'M
GLAD TO BE ON HERE REALLY
THANKFUL FOR YOU FOR. APPOINTING
ME- I DO REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE
COAST IN ORANGE COUNTY. WHICH
INCLUDES DANA POINT HARBOR AS
WELL WHICH IS WHICH- THE L.
FISHERY AND- AND THE HARBOR IT
AT IN ITSELF. I JUST. BE MINDFUL
OF THE OCEAN AND THE COAST IS A
VERY POINT TO US OF THE HARBOR.
SO I HAVE A HUNTING HARBOR.
NEWPORT BEACH HARBOR. AND ALSO
DANA POINT HARBOR. THANK YOU AND
I LOOK FOR TO I MEAN I. THIS IS
FOR ME I'M I'M LOOKING FOR
LEARNING. IT'S GREAT IN MAKING
CENTER VERY GRAY. THAT YOU ARE
WITH US HERE TODAY AND OF COURSE
FOLKS WILL BE. IN AND OUT IT IS
A BUSY TIME I ALSO WANT TO SAY
TO CHRIS NIELSEN WHO'S THE
CAPITAL DIRECTOR IN OUR OFFICE.
FOR ALL OF HIS WORK I AM HELPING
ORGANIZE TODAY'S HEARING SO
AGAIN WE ARE GONNA HAVE ALL
PERSPECTIVES AT THE TABLE
LITERALLY TODAY. AND WE'RE GOING
TO GET INTO OUR FIRST PANEL A
POTENTIAL CHALLENGES
OPPORTUNITIES PERSPECTIVES FROM
POLICY IN GOVERNMENT LEADERS- IS
I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU COULD
PLEASE. APPROACH THE AT THE
TABLE IN FRONT OF US HERE TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA WELCOME JIM MILLER
OF COURSE FROM THE BUREAU OF
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT WE'RE
GRATEFUL THAT THESE HUBER IS
HERE TODAY. WERE AT SO
APPRECIATE MISS HUBER'S. HARD
WORK SHE'S BEEN ALL OFFSHORE
WIND ALL THE FLIPPING TIME OVER
THE PAST TWO WEEKS I IN
PARTICULAR. SHE'S WITH AT THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
WITH WE HAVE MISS ACKERLEY WITH
US TODAY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE OCEAN PROTECTION OF. AT
PROTECTION COUNCIL AND DEPUTY
SECRETARY FOR OCEANS. AND
COASTAL POLICY JUST A TAD BUSY-
IS WELL MY GOODNESS. WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL WE HAVE S. HOLLYWIRE
HERE TO DATE. SHE'S THE SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST FOR THE
CALIFORNIA. COASTAL COMMISSION
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP. OF THE COASTAL
COMMISSION. AND WE ARE SO
APPRECIATIVE THAT WE HAVE THE
VICE CHAIRMAN. OF THE YUROK
TRIBE WILL BE JOINING US HERE
TODAY. THE AYE AYE. IN SOON MR
FOR. MEYERS AND MR MYERS HAS
BEEN ACTIVE IN ENGAGE ON THIS
ISSUE. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT
MR MYERS WILL BE WITH US HERE.
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE. GIVE
OUR- GREATEST TO THE TRIBAL
COUNCIL AS WELL AS TO THE CHAIR
MISTER MEYERS. WE SO APPRECIATE
YOU TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY
SCHEDULE. SO LET'S GET RIGHT
INTO IT WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING.
THAT REALLY WILL CALL THIS OUR
AGENCY IN GOVERNMENTAL PANEL.
I'M ON THE CHALLENGES
OPPORTUNITIES AND WHERE WE
SHOULD BE HADN'T AND HOW THIS IS
GOING TO WORK. ON BOTH THE
FEDERAL AND STATE PERSPECTIVES.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER DO WE'RE
GONNA START THE CLOCK AT FIVE
MINUTES WE'RE GONNA WELCOME MISS
MILLER FROM BONE. AT HERE TODAY
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH YES PLEASE
. PROCEDURALLY DO WE ASK
QUESTIONS AFTER THE PANEL OR IN
BETWEEN THE PAN AM IN BETWEEN
THE PANEL YET AT LEAST YEAH IF
IT'S ALRIGHT WITH- WITH THE
SENATOR IN THE VICE CHAIR. WILL
HAVE THE PANEL GO AND THEN WE'LL
OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM-
FROM THE MEMBERS IF THAT'S OKAY
WITH YOU IF IT THINKS THAT'S
WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL
RIGHT MISS MILLER WE WELCOME YOU
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK. WE'RE GONNA HIT THE BUTTON
RIGHT THERE THERE WE GO. NOT
YET. ALL RIGHT THERE YOU GO. I
HELLO THANK YOU- EVERYBODY FOR
HAVING THIS THIS AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING IT'S A
PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE
AND REPRESENT. THE BUREAU OF
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT. MY NAME
IS JENNIFER MILLER AND I'M THE
CHIEF OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY
SECTION N. BOMBS. AT VERO VOCE
BONUS S. SHORT FOR THE BUREAU OF
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT. AND I
WORK FOR THE PACIFIC REGION. I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE JOINT
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND
AQUACULTURE FOR HOLDING THIS
INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON
OFFSHORE WIND AND FISHERIES. AND
PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
GIVE AN UPDATE ON FEDERAL
OFFSHORE WIND LEASING ACTIVITIES
IN CALIFORNIA. AND THEN BRIEFLY
TOUCH ON SOME NEW STIPULATIONS
INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THE
CALIFORNIA AFTER WIND ENERGY
LEASES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE
FAMILIAR WITH PHONE OR THE
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY
MANAGEMENT. WHERE THE FEDERAL
AGENCY THAT MANAGES THE SAFE AND
ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY
AND MINERAL RESOURCES. ON THE
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OR OCS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR TIME TODAY TO
FOCUS ON HOW BOWEN HAS WORKED
WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
TRIBAL NATIONS AND KEY
STAKEHOLDERS. TO IDENTIFY LEASE
AREAS AND HOW FUTURE
COLLABORATIONS CAN HELP BUILD A
ROBUST SUPPLY CHAIN THAT
SUPPORTS THE EMERGING FLOATING
OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY. HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES AND
SPECIFICALLY HERE IN CALIFORNIA
. IN THE SPRING OF TWENTY TWENTY
ONE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SET
AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR DEPLOYING
THIRTY GIGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE
WIND ENERGY. BY TWENTY THIRTY.
AND LAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR AND NOW STRUGGLE TO
THE PLAY FIFTEEN GIGAWATTS OF
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND BY TWENTY
THIRTY FIVE. AS PART OF THE
NATION'S FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND
SHOT. WE'VE ALSO ANNOUNCED AN
OFFSHORE WIND LEASING STRATEGY
TO HELP THE NATION ACHIEVED
THIRTY GIGAWATTS BY TWENTY
THIRTY AND INSPIRE CONFIDENCE
AMONG STAKEHOLDERS AND OCEAN
USERS. BY IMPROVING THE
PREDICTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
OF THE FEDERAL OFFSHORE WIND
LEASING PROCESS. TO ME THIS
AMBITIOUS GOAL BONUS HELD THREE
OFFSHORE WIND SALES IN TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. AND ARE PLANNING FOR
AN UPCOMING SALE IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO. AND OFF THE COAST OF
CENTRAL K. AT THE CENTRAL ANTIC
OREGON AND GULF OF MAINE. AS WE
CONSIDER FUTURE OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
OUR GOAL IS TO AVOID A REDUCE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO FISHERIES
FROM OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT. AND TO MEET THIS
GOAL WE MUST CONTINUE TO RELY
AND BEST AVAILABLE FISHING DATA
AND SCIENCE. TO INFORM OUR
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
PROCESS. AS PART OF BONES
EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT OFFSHORE
RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
OCCURS IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER
THAT MINIMIZES CONFLICTS WITH
OTHER OCEAN USERS. RECENTLY
ISSUED DRAFT GUIDANCE ON
MITIGATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS
FROM OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT
ON COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL
FISHING. THE DRAFT GUIDANCE
PROVIDES DETAIL PROCESS SEES AND
METHODOLOGIES THE OFFSHORE WIND
INDUSTRY UNLESS HE'S TO MITIGATE
IMPACTS TO FISHERIES IN THE
AREAS OF PROJECT SITING. DESIGN
NAVIGATION ACCESS SAFETY AND
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION. THIS
GUIDANCE WILL HELP ENSURE
CONSISTENT USE OF DATA AND
METHODOLOGIES ACROSS ALL
PROJECTS IN STATES. AND ASSIST
LEFTIES EMBALM IN THE
PREPARATION AND REVIEW OF
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
PLANS. WELL THE GUIDANCE IS
FOCUSED ON ATLANTIC ACTIVITIES
WILL WILL WORK WITH TRIBES
STATES LOCAL COMMUNITIES AN
OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY AN OCEAN
USERS. TO BUILD OFF OF THIS
FRAMEWORK AND ENSURE ITS
APPLICABILITY TO THE PACIFIC
REGION AND SPECIFICALLY
CALIFORNIA. OUR CLOSE
COORDINATION WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AN OPTION WHEN
PLANNING AN ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES LET US TO AN EXCITING
MILESTONE. THE SALE OF FIVE
OFFSHORE WIND LEASES OFFSHORE
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA LAST
DECEMBER. THE CALIFORNIA AFTER
WIN AUCTION BROUGHT IN OVER
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN WINNING BIDS
AND WAS THE FIRST OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY LEASE SALE IN THE
PACIFIC. AND THE FIRST OFFSHORE
ENERGY THE SELL OFF CALIFORNIA
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR. IS
WORTH NOTING THAT THE NINETEEN
EIGHTY FOR SALE IS AN OIL AND
GAS FAILED. THE LEASE SALE
INCLUDED AND OPTIONAL 20% BEEN
CREDIT FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING
PROGRAMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A U. S. DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN
FOR THE FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND
INDUSTRY. THIS CREDIT WILL
RESULT IN OVER A HUNDRED
SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN
INVESTMENTS FOR THESE CRITICAL
PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. THE
OPTION ALSO INCLUDED AN OPTION
425% BIDDING CREDITS FOR BETTORS
WHO COMMITTED TO ENTERING INTO
COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS.
THE BIDDING CREDITS IS THE FIRST
THE FIRST ONE IS A LEASE AREA
YOU SPEND COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AGREEMENT AND THAT IS FOR
AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITIES
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS OR TRIBAL
ENTITIES. WHOSE USE OF THE LEAST
AREA OUR USE OF RESOURCES
HARVESTED FROM THE LEASE AREA IS
EXPECTED TO BE. IMPACTED BY
OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT. THE
SECOND IS THE GENERAL COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENTS AND THIS IS
FOR ENTERING INTO A COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH
COMMUNITIES TRIBES OR
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. THAT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE MARINE
COASTAL ARE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
FROM LEAST DEVELOPMENT. THESE
CREDITS ARE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
HOW BONE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
MEET CALIFORNIA'S RENEWABLE
ENERGY GOALS IN A MANNER THAT
ENSURES THE CO EXISTENCE. OF ALL
INDUSTRIES AND PARTNERS. BOMAS
COMMITTED TO CONTINUED PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS. AND AFTER
RELEASING AND AS A RESULT IN
OFFERING ANYTHING AND AS A
RESULT WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL
INNOVATIONS. IN THE CALIFORNIA
RESALE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM
TRIBAL NATIONS STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OCEAN
USERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
FOR EXAMPLE NEW LEASE CONDITIONS
WERE DEVELOPED TO HELP IMPROVE
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
LASSIES AND TRIBAL NATIONS. THE
LASSIES AND FEDERAL AND STATE
AGENCIES AND THE LASSIES AND
FISHERIES WITH THE FISHERIES AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THIRTY
SECONDS. ADDITIONALLY THESE.
LEASES MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS
TO ENGAGE OUR TRIBES AND
STAKEHOLDERS THAT MAYBE
POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE
PROPOSED PROJECT. SKIP TO THE
END- SO IN CONCLUSION BOMB IS
INTERESTED WITH THE SAFE. AND
RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY RESOURCES
FOR THE NATION WE ARE
PRIVILEGING HONOR TO FILL THAT
TRUST EVERY DAY IN EVERY
DECISION. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS TO
ENSURE THE RESPONSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHARE OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES ON
THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. WE
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
SUBCOMMITTEE INFORMED OF OUR
PROGRESS I LOOK FORWARD TO
ANSWERING QUESTIONS TODAY. WE'RE
REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE
TODAY THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE
HAD A LOT ON YOUR PLATE. OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE ARE SO
APPRECIATIVE. THAT YOU JOIN US
TODAY MISS KNOWS CAN HANG WITH
US AND WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS. FROM THE COMMITTEE
JUST A MOMENT REALLY GRATEFUL
THAT ARE LISTED HUBER'S WITH US
TODAY SHE'S DIRECTOR FOR CITING
TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION OF THE SIDING
TRANSITION ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION DIVISION. AT THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AND
THE CC REALLY IS KIND OF POINT
ON POLICY AND PLANNING. FOR THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA OBVIOUSLY
WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE
STATE COASTAL COMMISSION THE
STATE LANDS COMMISSION. WHO ARE
WORKING WITH THE C. E. C. ON THE
ADVANCEMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND.
ELIZABETH THANK YOU SO MUCH IT'S
REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU AS
ALWAYS- YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IN
THE FLOOR IS YOURS. WELL YOU
SAVE ME TEN SECONDS OF MY SPEECH
SO- THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME
AND ALLOW ME TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS TIMELY HEARING. AS THE
SENATOR- INDICATED I'M WITH THE
CITING TRANSMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
DIVISION. FONDLY KNOWN AS STEP.
WE PLAYED A KEY ROLE ENSURING A
SAFE AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC
SYSTEM BY REVIEWING PROPOSED
POWER PLANT DESIGNS. ANALYZING
ITS POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THROUGH A
PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT. AND
ENSURING THAT THESE PERMANENT
POWER PLANTS COMPLY WITH ALL
LAWS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR CC
LICENSE. WE ALSO FOR SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS- IS THE DIVISION
LEADING THE AB TWO OH FIVE CLEAN
AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PERMITTING
KNOWN AS OFTEN. THAT WAS- SIGNED
IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO. AND
THE DIVISIONS WORK ALSO INCLUDES
PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPING A FUTURE
ELECTRIC SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGH LAND USE TRANSMISSION.
AND OF COURSE OFFICER WHEN
PLANNING. I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE
SOME POINTED ASSESSMENT OF WHERE
WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT POLICY
WISE WHERE WE HAVE SOME
WEAKNESSES AND WHERE WHERE OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR
OFFSHORE WIND. SO LET'S START
WITH THE POSITIVE. CALIFORNIA
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY
PRIORITIES SET THE STAGE FOR
OFFSHORE WIND CALIFORNIA'S FOCUS
ON STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
ADVANCE ZERO CARBON RENEWABLE
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND POLICIES
AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS ECONOMY WIDE. INCLUDE
SWIFTLY AND RESPONSIBLY
EXPANDING THE STATE'S RENEWABLE
RESOURCE PORTFOLIO THAT NEEDS TO
INCLUDE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY.
THE WIN RESOURCE OF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST IS EXCELLENT
AND IF HARNESSED AND WITH
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND CAN
DIVERSIFY THE STATE'S RESOURCE
PORTFOLIO. TO INFORM THE AB FIVE
TWO FIVE STRATEGIC PLAN THIS THE
CDC ESTABLISHED PRELIMINARY
OFFSHORE WIND PLANNING GOALS OF
TWO TO FIVE GIGAWATTS OF
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND
TECHNOLOGY IN FEDERAL WATERS.
OFF SHORE CALIFORNIA BY TWENTY
THIRTY AND TWENTY FIVE GIGAWATTS
BY TWENTY FORTY FIVE. ANOTHER
POSITIVE IS THE COORDINATION
WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AS MY
COLLEAGUE TO MY RIGHT THE CARD
NATION WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ESPECIALLY WITH BOMB
HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR
APPROACH TO OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
AND THE COORDINATION HAS
INCLUDED SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES.
THIS COLLABORATION WAS REFLECTED
IN THE BONES LEAST CELL WHICH
INCLUDE AN IMPORTANT PRIORITIES
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIAN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ARE AT AN OPPORTUNE
TIME TO LEVERAGE OUR COLLECTIVE
EFFORTS. TO LAY OUT A VISION AND
NEW LEVEL OF PARTNERSHIP ON
OFFSHORE WIND. OUR NATION WITH
OUR C. N. R. A. PARTNER AGENCIES
THE CDC HAS BEEN COORDINATING
WITH OUR C. N. R. C. N. R. A.
PARTNER AGENCIES AT THE
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY MY APOLOGIES. SINCE AB
FIVE TWO FIVE WAS ENACTED IN
JANUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO
WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO INDICATES
ONLY BEEN SIXTEEN MONTHS AGO- IN
FACT BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL
OF THIS YEAR ALONE WE HAVE HELD
MORE THAN FIFTY WORK GROUP
MEETINGS PARTNERED IN
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. PRESENTED
AT EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS
MEETINGS AND COLLABORATED ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE
THREE WE CRIED AB FIVE TWO FIVE.
INTERIM REPORTS THAT WILL INFORM
THE AB FIVE TWO FIVE STRATEGIC
PLAN. COORDINATION WITH OUR
ENERGY PARTNERS IS ANOTHER
POSITIVE THE CDC HAS BEEN
COORDINATING AND PARTICIPATING
IN WORKGROUPS WITH BOTH THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION AND THE CALIFORNIA
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR.
AROUND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC TO
TRANSMISSION THE CPUC SENT TO
CALAIS SO A PREFERRED SYSTEM
PORTFOLIO THAT INCLUDED FOUR
POINT SEVEN GIGAWATTS OF
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
TRANSMISSION CAPACITY IN THE
BASE. IN THE BASE CASE FOR STUDY
IN THE NEXT TRANSMISSION
PLANNING PROCESS AND ALSO WE
SENT TO CALAIS STILL IN THE
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ENHANCED
WITH THIRTEEN POINT FOUR
GIGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND
RESOURCES BY TWENTY THIRTY FIVE
. AND THEN FINALLY AB FIVE TWO
FIVE AS A FOUNDATION MOVING
FORWARD THE SCHEDULE FOR AB FIVE
TWO FIVE CALLS ON THE C. C. TO
ACCELERATE OUR COLLECTIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES
TO IS SHE A CHIEF OFFICER WHEN
ENERGY AT SCALE. WELL THE AB
FIVE TWO FIVE STRATEGIC PLAN
ISN'T QUITE ON THE AGGRESSIVE
SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED IT WILL BE
A BLUEPRINT TO OFFSHORE WIND
IT'LL OF ANSWER UNDERSTANDING.
AND IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN
KEY AREAS PORTS TRANSMISSION
PERMITTING C. SPACE SUPPLY CHAIN
WORKFORCE AND IN PACKS. SO NOW
SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES RESOURCES
FOR AGENCIES TRIBES AND
STAKEHOLDERS AS THE FIVE THE
SEEDS BEGIN THEIR WORK IN
CALIFORNIA THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH THE
STATE AND THE COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED. THIS WILL REQUIRE THE
STATE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO
HAVE A RESOURCE IS TO ALSO
ENGAGE. OFFICER WHEN LIKELY NEED
SOME SOME SORT OF INDUSTRIAL
SCALE VISION AFTER WHEN THE
PARTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD
THEM AND THE TRANSMISSION
REQUIRED TO INTERCONNECT ARE ALL
LONG LEAD TIME INFRASTRUCTURES.
BUILDING FROM AB FIVE TWO FIVE
THE STATE COULD STRENGTHEN ITS
APPROACH TO OFFSHORE WIND BY
THINKING OF THE DIFFERENT LONG
LEAD TIMES REQUIRED IN AN
INTEGRATED PROGRAMMATIC WAY.
BIGGEST CHALLENGES AHEAD IMPACTS
AND PERMANENT AS PART OF THE AB
FIVE TWO FIVE STRATEGIC PLAN WE
WILL IDENTIFY THE IMPACTS THAT
WE CAN AS WELL AS STRATEGIES TO
OVERCOME THOSE. IN ADDITION WE
JUST APPROVED AND TRANSMITTED TO
THE LEGISLATURE A PERMANENT ROAD
MAP FOR OFFSHORE WIND THAT
INCLUDES DIFFERENT APPROACHES
FOR PERMITTING WE WILL CONTINUE
TO REFINE THOSE APPROACHES AS WE
DEVELOP THE FINAL STRATEGIC
PLAN. FOR KERMAN AND
TRANSMISSION PROCUREMENT DOESN'T
FALL SQUARELY ON THE CC BUT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM THE OFFSHORE
WIND INDUSTRY THAT A PROCUREMENT
FRAMEWORK IS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL
TO UNLIKE. UNLIKE CAPITAL
INVESTMENT IN CALIFORNIA JUST AS
IMPORTANT IS THE ABILITY TO
DELIVER ENERGY THROUGH
TRANSMISSION WHILE TRANSMISSION
IS THIRTY SECONDS. WELL
TRANSMISSION IS ESSENTIAL IN
DELIVERING OFFSHORE WIND PORTS
PORTS FOR AT LEAST THE STAGING
AN INTEGRATION OF. A FLOATING
OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES WILL BE
NOT NECESSARY FOR OFFSHORE WIND.
AND THEN IDENTIFYING FUTURE C.
SPACE SEE SEE IS CURRENTLY
WORKING TOWARD IDENTIFYING
SUCESSFUL C. SPACE ACCOMMODATE
THE OFFICER WHEN PLANNING GOALS
AS REQUIRED BY AB FIVE TWO FIVE.
IN CLOSING THE CC WILL CONTINUE
WORKING WITH OUR STATE AND
FEDERAL PARTNERS WITH INDUSTRY
AND STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
FISHERIES TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS THE
COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND ON THEM.
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE COMMON
INTERESTS AND SHARED VALUES OF
ETHNIC. AND ECONOMIC PROSPEROUS
AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
AND ENERGY RESILIENCY. THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS
AND DISCUSSION THANK YOU SO MUCH
OF REALLY GRATEFUL WE GETTING
INTO A CONVERSATION JUST A BIT
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REMARKS. WE'RE
NOW UNDER THAT WE HAVE THE EXACT
ADDRESS FOR THE OCEAN PROTECTION
COUNCIL OF COURSE DEPUTY
SECRETARY WITH US TODAY A MEMBER
OF THE SECRETARY WINNING TICKET
AWAY YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES I'LL
GIVE YOU THIRTY SECOND PROMPT
IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU
IN THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD
WORK. THANK YOU JERRY GOOD TO
SEE YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE- JANET REALLY FOR THAT
AND FOR. I'M QUICKLY IF FOR
THOSE WHO NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL WE ARE
A CABINET LEVEL STATE POLICY
BODY WERE NESTED WITHIN THE
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY- AND WE HAVE A REALLY
AMBITIOUS MISSION TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIA'S COAST AND OCEAN WE
ARE NOT REGULATORY AGENCY. I'M
WE DO OUR WORK BY ADVANCING AND-
INNOVATIVE SCIENCE BASED POLICY
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND REALLY
WORKING ON TO CATALYZE ACTION
THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS SO OUR
PRIMARY ROLE ON OFFSHORE WIND.
IS ENSURING THAT THE BEST
AVAILABLE SCIENCE IS INFORMING
OUR DECISIONS. I'M AND HELPING
US IDENTIFY SUITABLE AREAS FOR
OFFSHORE WIND THAT MAXIMIZE- THE
WIND AND- ENERGY POTENTIAL THAT
WE HAVE- OFF THE COAST. AND
MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO MARINE LIFE
AND HABITATS TO FISHERIES TO
CULTURAL RESOURCES INTO OUR
COASTAL COMMUNITIES. OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE MADE
XCELERATED INVESTMENTS TO HELP
THE STATE TARGET THE AREAS. THAT
CAN MAXIMIZE OUR WIND RESOURCES
WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACTS. THIS
INCLUDES FUNDING TO NORTH AND
CENTRAL COAST TRIBES TO SUPPORT
CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORIES.
SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
INCLUDE A SPECIAL MONITORING-
MODELING EFFORT THAT SYNTHESIZES
AT. AVAILABLE DATA ON WIND
ENERGY POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT
FEASIBILITY OCEAN USES FISHERIES
AND MARINE LIFE OCCURRENCE- THIS
IS CALLED THE CALIFORNIA
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY MODELING
PLATFORM AND IT'S PROVIDING. A
MAPPING INTERFACE THAT CAN BE
USED BY STAKEHOLDERS AND
DECISION MAKERS TO HELP IDENTIFY
APPROPRIATE AREAS FOR OFFSHORE
WIND DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO FUNDED
A COMPLIMENTARY MODELING PROJECT
THAT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS WORK A
STEP FURTHER AND ALLOW US TO DO
LEAST CONFLICT ANALYSES BASED ON
SPECIFIC PRIORITIES OF WE ARE
INTERESTED IN MINIMIZING
IMPACTS- TO FISHING COMMUNITIES
WE CAN DO THAT ANALYSIS IF YOU
WANT TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS. WE CAN DO THAT I'M WE
ALSO FUNDED A PROJECT TO MAP
OCEAN FISHING GROUNDS BY SPECIES
AND SPECIES COMPLEX TYPE DEPTH
C. FOR SUBSTRATE AND SEASON
ALONG BOTH THE CENTRAL AND THE
NORTH CENTRAL COACH THE NORTH
COAST. TO DEFINE AREAS OF
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO COASTAL
FISHING COMMUNITIES THESE
PROJECTS WERE LED BY CENTRAL AND
NORTH COAST FISHERMEN THE
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FROM UC SANTA
CRUZ AND DR CARRIE POMEROY. THE
MAPS SHOW CURRENT AND HISTORICAL
FISHING GROUNDS WHILE PROTECTING
CONFIDENTIAL FISHING
INFORMATION. THESE RESULTS ARE
NOW AVAILABLE. I'M FOR BOTH THE
FISHING MAPPING PROJECT AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING PROJECTS
AND THEY ARE SERVING AS- KEY
INPUTS TO THE C. SPACE ANALYSIS
UNDER WAY FOR THE AB FIVE TWO
FIVE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'VE ALSO
PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE
CALIFORNIA FISHERMAN'S
RESILIENCY ASSOCIATION OR CFRA-
ALONG THE NORTH COAST TO ACT AS
A POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
PORT ASSOCIATIONS. I'M IN THIS
FUNDING IS SUPPORTING THE CFRA
IN NEGOTIATING INDUSTRY TO
INDUSTRY- FISHING COMMUNITY
BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITH OFFSHORE
WIND LASSIES. WE ALSO RECENTLY
AUGMENTED THIS PROJECT TO
PROVIDE FUNDING TO COMMERCIAL
AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE BECAUSE THE
COMMISSION SEVEN SEAS FISHING
WORKING GROUP. I'M AND YOU'LL
HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM HOLLY
IN A MINUTE. SO WHILE OPC HAS
PROVIDED A REALLY CRITICAL NEAR
TERM FUNDING FOR DATA MUCH WORK
REMAINS TO COLLECT- IT DID TO
FILL DATA GAPS TO INFORM THE
FUTURE SEE SPACE ANALYSIS- AS
WELL AS IMPLEMENT AND ESTABLISH
A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING PROGRAM FOR OFFSHORE
WIND. JUST THIS MORNING WE
RELEASED A SOLICITATION FOR
PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
GUIDANCE. I'M IN THIS GUIDANCE
IS GOING TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
LONG TERM MONITORING
RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS VARIOUS
SPATIAL SCALES. ARE BOTH AT THE
LOCAL SCALE AB PROJECT SCALE AND
REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE AND THIS
WILL HELP US PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK
FOR MONITORING TO UNDERSTAND NOT
ONLY THE LOCAL IMPACTS FROM
INDIVIDUAL FARMS. BUT ALSO THE
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE
FARMS WIND FARMS. ALL OF THESE
PROJECTS WERE HIGHLY COORDINATED
AND SCOPED WITH OUR AGENCY
PARTNERS. I'M AND THEY WERE MADE
POSSIBLE BY FUNDING IN BOTH THE-
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY
TWO TWENTY THREE BUDGETS. I'M
I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A FEW
MINUTES OF MY TIME TO HIGHLIGHT
THE ROLE OF THE CALIFORNIA
PARTNER DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
WILDLIFE- AS THEY ARE HERE WITH
US TODAY. THEY ARE CALIFORNIA'S
TRUSTEE AGENCY FOR FISH AND
WILDLIFE- AND THEY HOLD THOSE
RESOURCES IN TRUST FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS. THE DEPARTMENT IS
COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT
FISHING COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED
IN THIS PROCESS. AND THE IMPACTS
FROM OFFSHORE WIND ON THE
FISHING INDUSTRY ARE REDUCED TO
THE MAC MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OFFER WINS- HAVE FOCUSED ON
PROVIDING THE BEST AVAILABLE
SCIENCE- DATA FOR COMMERCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL FISHING AND
ALICE'S. SINCE TWENTY SEVENTEEN
THE DEPARTMENT HAS FACILITATED
COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT
BETWEEN FISHING COMMUNITIES. AND
THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL STATE AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN
THIS WORK. TO DATE AS YOU HEARD
FROM THAT MISS HUBER ARE OFFICER
WHEN THE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE. A
COLLABORATIVE ACROSS OUR STATE
AGENCIES. OPC IS CONTENT IT
COMMITTED TO CONTINUED
COLLABORATION- ANSWER FINDING
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND
MONITORING EFFORTS TO ENSURE
THAT WE HAVE BEST AVAILABLE
SCIENCE INFORMING OUR DECISIONS
THIRTY SIX. PERFECT ANY GAPS
REMAIN WITHOUT RESPECT TO OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE WIND TO
FISHERIES AND FISHING
COMMUNITIES BUT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION OF
PROJECTS AND OUTREACH CONDUCTED
TO DATE. WITH THE GOAL OF
PROTECTING FISHING COMMUNITIES
AND LIVELIHOODS AS WELL AS
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES WHILE WE ADVANCE
OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT TO ME
ARE BOLD CLEAN ENERGY GOALS
THANK YOU. AND THAT THE SECTOR
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
AYE SHE'LL BE HANGING WITH A
SEPARATE CONVERSATION IN JUST A
MOMENT. ABOUT BUT TO KEEP. IT
GOING AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL
THAT ALI WIRES HERE TODAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME SHE'S
A SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL.
SCIENTIST WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COAST COMMISSION YOU HAVE FIVE
MINUTES AND OF COURSE WE'RE JOIN
ALSO SERRA CHRISTIE WHO IS
ALWAYS. ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF
THE COAST TO THE COAST
COMMISSION AS WELL IT'S REALLY
WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU HOLLY THANK
YOU SO MUCH IN THE FLOOR IS
YOURS. THANK YOU. ON A THE HEAD
I'M HOLLYWIRE MONSIGNOR MY
MIDDLE SCIENTIST AT THE COASTAL
COMMISSION. HELP AS A PICKING ME
UP ALL RIGHT GOOD- I AM ALSO THE
LEAD STAFF ON OUR OFFER WOULD
WORK. THE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS
A UNIQUE ROLE IN OFFSHORE WIND
PERMITTING WERE THE ONLY AGENCY
WILL CONTINUE MISTER STICTION
OVER OFFSHORE WIND AND FEDERAL
WATERS THE WATERS AND ONSHORE IN
THE COASTAL ZONE. IN FEDERAL
WATERS WE REVIEW AND AUTHORIZE
THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF
TURBINES AND RELATED FACILITIES.
IN STATE WATERS WE REVIEW THE
TRANSMISSION CABLES TO SHORE AND
ANY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND
IN THE COASTAL ZONE ON SHORE
REVIEW RELATED ENTRE DEVELOPMENT
LIKE PEERS MARINE TERMINALS
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES.
SUBSTATIONS. AND
INTERCONNECTIONS WITH THE GRID.
WE HAVE THIS KIND. DRESS DUE TO
ABOUT THE COASTAL ACT AND THE
FEDERAL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
ACT OR CESIUM MAY. OTHER
CULTURES ON MANAGEMENT ACT IS A
FEDERAL LAW THAT SET UP A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. IT
GIVES STATE A FORMAL MECHANISM
TO WEIGH IN ON. ME AND ON OR
CONDITION FEDERAL PROJECTS OR
PERMITS THAT MIGHT IMPACT STATE
COASTAL RESOURCES. AND IT MEANS
THE STATE CAN REVIEW PROJECT THE
FALL WELL OUTSIDE OF OUR COASTAL
ZONES IF THE PROJECTS HAVE
COASTAL IMPACTS. THE COASTAL
COMMISSION AS THE DESIGNATED
AGENCY THAT IMPLEMENTS THE
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT IN
CALIFORNIA. I'M IN THE GHOST OF
THE MANAGEMENT ACT AND COASTAL
ACTIVE SET THE STATE UP FOR
SUCCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE BROAD
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS. BUT THEY HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
CHANGING PROJECT IN COASTAL
RESOURCE CONCERNS. AND US SINCE
THEY ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON THE
ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT SO
OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES CAN
BE PROTECTED HOLISTICALLY. FROM
A TIMING PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE TO
FORMAL REVIEWS UNDER THE COST OF
THE MANAGEMENT ACT. A
CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION PRIOR
TO A BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY
MANAGEMENT LEASE SALE. IN OUR
CASE THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR-
INDICAN SYSTEM DECERTIFICATION
PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THE LASSIES
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
PLAN. THESE TWO REVIEWS KEEP US
INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE- ENTIRE
PROCESS OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
WE COORDINATED EXTENSIVELY WITH
OUR PARTNERS TO AGENCIES DURING
OUR REVIEW OF THE CONSISTENCY
DETERMINATION LAST YEAR. AND
USED ANALYSIS AND THE
CONDITIONAL CONCURRENCE TO BE
THE VOICE OF THE STATE NOT
PROCEEDING. THE COMMISSION WORK
WITH BOWMAN DURING THAT PROCESS
TO DEVELOP SEVEN CONDITIONS AS
PART OF OUR CONCURRENCE- AND
GENERALLY THESE CONDITIONS WERE
DESIGNED SET UP PROCESSES FOR
THE COMMISSION AND STAKEHOLDER
TO STAY INVOLVED WITH PROJECT
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. ENTER
INSURE THAT THE PERMITTING
PHASES AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT
FUTURE WHEN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
OPERATIONS PLANS WILL AVOID A
MINIMIZED IMPACT TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT FEASIBLE. AND PROVIDE THE
DATA WE NEED TO ANALYZE AND
MITIGATE THE IMPACT THAT REMAIN
. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS AT THE
COMMISSION PLACED ON THE LEASE
SALES WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WOULD
WORK WITH LESS USED TO CONVENE A
WORKING GROUP OF COMMERCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL FISHING
STAKEHOLDERS. AND DEVELOP A
STATEWIDE STRATEGY TO AVOID
MINIMIZE AND MITIGATE IMPACTS TO
FISHERIES. AND TO DEVELOP A
FRAMEWORK FOR COMPENSATORY
MITIGATION FOR IMPACTS LIKE YOUR
LOTS AND LOTS OF FISHING GROUNDS
. WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS- FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS THAT JUST HAVING THEM
RETAIN A FISHERIES LIAISON AND
REPORT ON THEIR PROCESS OF OUR
REGION OUTCOMES OF THEIR
ENGAGEMENT- WITH FISHING
COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WERE
INCLUDED IN THE EARLY
STIPULATIONS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE FISHERIES WORKING GROUP.
ON THE FISHING COMMUNITY IN
CALIFORNIA IT EAGERLY AWAITING
THE START OF THAT GROUP. AND WE
NEED BONES LEASES TO BE SIGNED
BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED.
THROUGH CLOSE COORDINATION
COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNER
AGENCIES WE HAVE SECURED
PROFESSIONAL FACILITATION
SERVICES. AND WE ARE PREPARING
TO ASK THE FISHING INDUSTRY TO
NOMINATE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
WORKING GROUP- I'D LIKE TO THANK
THE CITY FOR PROVIDING THE
RESOURCES TO GET THOSE
PROFESSIONAL FACILITATION
SERVICES AND- AS JOHN MENTIONED
THANK YOU. FOR THE FUNDING FROM
A PC. TO ALLOW FOR COMPENSATION
FOR A FISHERMAN'S PARTICIPATION
- THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO
POINT OUT THAT THIS GROUP IS
INCLUSIVE AND WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM TO
GET THE WORKING GROUP STARTED IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AS WE
MOVE FORWARD MONITORING ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT ADDRESS OBSERVED
IMPACTS AND THE OCEAN IS
CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF
OFFSHORE WIND ON THE WEST COAST.
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS
ENSURING THAT THIS PROCESS IS
STARTED IN IMPLEMENTED
EFFECTIVELY TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED IN
THE RELEVANT TIME FRAME FOR
DECISION MAKING. THE VOTING
TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING
PROPOSED HERE HAVE NOT BEEN DONE
ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE BEFORE.
AND THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF
SMALL FUNDING PROJECTS IN THE
WORLD. UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF
THE FUNDING FOR A LOT OF THE
PROJECT IN EUROPE DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE THE KIND OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING THAT
WE'D LIKE TO SEE HERE AND THERE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE
VERY DIFFERENT. SO THEREFORE PRE
AND POST CONSTRUCTION MONITORING
IS CRITICAL AND THE WORK THAT
OBESITY IS STARTING TO THINK.
LARGER ABOUT TEAM CUMULATIVE
IMPACTS AND OF MULTIPLE INFORMED
IS ALSO CRITICAL. I'M WILL BE
USING THAT TO BUILD ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT MEASURES INTO
PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVE HERE.
ON THE EAST COAST STATES AFTER
WINLESS SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL
NONPROFIT TO JOIN TOGETHER AND
SUPPORTING A REGIONAL WILDLIFE
COLLABORATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
LARGE SCALE IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE
WIND. AND A SIMILAR EFFORT
EITHER STATEWIDE OR ON THE WEST
COAST WOULD BE VALUABLE HERE AS
WELL. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER
AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE BEST
PATH FORWARD FOR SYSTEMATIC
MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AND
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. AS
FAR THANK YOU SO MUCH IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU- IT REALLY GRATEFUL
YOU'LL BE HANGING WITH US HERE.
FOR A BIT. OF A CONVERSATION- IN
WE ARE AT NOW HONORED. TO BE
ABLE TO BRING IN THE VICE CHAIR
OF THE YUROK TRIBE MR FRANKIE
MEYERS. WE'VE HEARD FROM STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS.
WHO ARE POINT ON OFFSHORE WIND
NOW WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
HEAR. FROM THE VICE CHAIRMAN WHO
REALLY HAS BEEN A POINT FOR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. MISTER MEYERS THE
FLOOR IS YOURS MISTER VICE CHAIR
WERE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE
HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
RECEIVING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON
BEHALF OF YOUR TRIBE WELCOME
SIR. IF I MEAN. THANK YOU JERRY
AND VICE CHAIR MUCH APPRECIATED
FOR. ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THEM
SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU FOR RIDE
FOR MY COLLEAGUES WITH ALREADY
GIVEN TESTIMONY I THINK. FOR ME
AS A TRAVEL PERSON AS A TRIBAL
LEADER. PART OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD THAT
OUR- MEMBERSHIPS. IT'S AN
INCLUDED INTO BOTH THE FEDERAL
AND STATE AGENCIES PROCESSES AND
I CAN TELL YOU WORKING WITH.
BONE THAT ABSOLUTELY HAPPENED
WORKING IN CALIFORNIA. WITH ACC
AND OBESITY THAT ABSOLUTELY IS A
PART OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IN
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH
AND SO MY HAT'S OFF TO. OUR FIVE
FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS FOR
SIMPLY INCLUDING TRIBES IN
MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HEARD
AND INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION
AND A PART OF. THE DISCUSSIONS I
THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE
RIGHT FIRST STEP THAT WE HAVE TO
TAKE TO. LOOKING AT WHAT THE
POTENTIAL FOR OFFSHORE WIND HERE
IN CALIFORNIA IT LOOKS LIKE AND
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IN THE
FUTURE- FROM MY PERSPECTIVE FROM
YUROK PERSPECTIVE WE VIEW THE
WORLD AROUND US AND THEY'RE PART
OF WHO WE ARE THAT WE ARE A
PART. OF THE WORLD AROUND AS WE
LOOK TO OUR HISTORY WE LOOK
TOWARDS OUR PASSED TO HELP GUIDE
US INTO OUR FUTURE. I THINK IT'S
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE THAT SAME METHODOLOGY
AS WE LOOK AT OFFSHORE WIND THAT
WE LOOK AT THE PAST AND WHERE
WE'VE COME AND WE LOOK AT OTHER
INDUSTRIES WILL COME INTO
CALIFORNIA. TO HELP GUIDE THE
DIRECTION THAT WERE NOW HEADING
WITH OFFSHORE WIND THE IDEAS OF
ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF OUR
OCEAN. ARE SIMPLY THE PROTECTION
OF OURSELVES AS WELL SINCE WE
ARE. CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING
AROUND US I THINK THOSE
PRINCIPLES THAT WE ARE HEARING
TODAY AND THAT WE HAVE HEARD
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. ARE
GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY KEY. TO
MAKING SURE THAT OFFSHORE WIND.
IS A NET POSITIVE FOR OUR
CITIZENS FOR OUR MEMBERS AND FOR
OUR PEOPLE WE KNOW. AS TRIBAL
PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
AFFECTED THAT THERE WILL BE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO OUR CULTURAL
VIEW SHEDS. SOME OF THOSE
IMPACTS. CAN BE MITIGATED. SOME
OF THOSE IMPACTS. SIMPLY CANNOT
BE MITIGATED. YOU CAN'T
MITIGATE. THE INTERRUPTION OF
OUR PRAYERS AND OUR- SPIRITUAL
PRACTICES FROM OUR CULTURE
PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE IN OUR
HIGH COUNTRY THAT LOOK OUT AND
SEE A CHANGING LANDSCAPE ON THE
OCEAN. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND. THAT
IS TRIBAL PEOPLE. JUST LIKE THE
REST OF THE WORLD WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE.
THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO CREATING
A BETTER WORLD FOR. THE NEXT
GENERATION AND NEXT SEVEN
GENERATIONS LEAVING THIS PLACE
BETTER. THAN WHEN IT STARTED.
LOOKING AT OURSELVES AS NOT
SIMPLY. A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY
BUT AS A PART OF A CHAIN. THAT
GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF
TIME SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE LIVE WITHIN
BALANCE OF THE WORLD AROUND US
WE THINK. THIS COULD PLAY A
ROLE. IN DOING THAT DO CREATING
BALANCE IN THE WORLD AROUND US
TO CREATE BALANCE WITHIN OUR-
OUR LIVES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT'S DONE. SO THOUGHTFULLY.
AND I THINK TO THIS POINT WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO
MAKING SURE IT IT IS CONTINUE TO
BE A THOUGHTFUL. PROCESS THAT
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THAT WE
CONTINUE TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHAT WE'RE GAINING IS WORTH
WHAT WE POTENTIALLY WILL BE
LOSING. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
YOURSELF A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
TO CONTINUE TO INCLUDE TRIBES
AND LANGUAGE IN PARTICIPATION OF
PANEL SUCH AS THIS IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE. TO
KNOW AND SEE OURSELVES IN THIS
CONVERSATION. IT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'VE COME AND
WHERE WE'RE HEADING. I THINK IT
TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YUROK
AND OTHERS. WANT TO SEE A BETTER
FUTURE. WANT TO SEE A WORLD THAT
IS IN BALANCE IN A NEW INDUSTRY
SUCH AS OFFSHORE. WIND HAS THE
POTENTIAL. BECAUSE WE ARE
CREATING IT NOW TO BE AN
INDUSTRY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND
IN BALANCE. THE YUROK TRIBE HAS
NOT. CAME OUT IN OPPOSITION FOR
IN SUPPORT. OF OFFSHORE WIND. IT
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE YET. WE'RE STILL
DEVELOPING THIS INDUSTRY STILL
DEVELOPING THE REGULATIONS WERE
STILL DEVELOPING THE STRUCTURE
OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. UNTIL
THEN WE'LL HOLD OUR OPINIONS BUT
I WILL SAY FROM WHAT I HAVE
HEARD AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO
FAR THAT WE ARE HEADING IN A
DIRECTION. THAT SEEMS LIKE. WE
HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSONS. TO
ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF OUR
OCEAN OUR FISHERIES OUR
LANDSCAPE OUR WORLD. IS CRITICAL
PUTTING THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF
THE PROJECT. IS KEY I THINK WE
AS TRAVEL PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED
WHEN WE HEARD THE INITIAL GOALS
FOR OFFSHORE WIND. AND PUTTING
GOALS BEFORE MAKING SURE. THAT
THE GOAL IS TO STAY NIMBLE IS
NERVE WRACKING FOR AS TRAVEL
FOLKS THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS
PRACTICE DONE BEFORE I WANNA
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT
THOUGHT PROCESS OF. THE GOAL IS
ONLY THE GOAL AS LONG HOURS. AS
LONG AS- IT WORKS WITHIN OUR
ENVIRONMENT AS LONG AS IT WORKS
FOR THE SYSTEMS THAT WERE
BUILDING AS LONG AS IT WORKS AND
CONTINUES TO BENEFIT OUR
ECOSYSTEMS AS LONG AS THERE IS
NO. IMPACT THAT WE CAN'T
MITIGATE THOSE GOALS ARE. ARE
FINE THIRTY SECONDS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE ARE SIMPLY THAT. AND
THAT THAT IS WHAT WE CONTINUE.
TO THINK ABOUT JUST AS WE'VE HAD
THESE DISCUSSIONS HERE TODAY AND
- RESHAPE THE MOMENT IN THE
MOMENTS HERE TO SPEAK AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS AND
ENGAGING WITH MY- COLLEAGUES
HERE ON THE PANEL. MISTER VICE
CHAIR THANK YOU SO MUCH IT IS
WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU MISTER
ROGERS CAN HANG IN WITH US. FOR
A CONVERSATION WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO LOOK TO. THAT COMMITTEE
HERE WE HAVE HEARD WHERE BONE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MOVED I
IN REGARDS TO THE LEASES TALKING
UP FROM THE C. E. C. OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL THE COAST
COMMISSION BUT HOW THE STATE IS
BEGINNING TO IMPLEMENT- AND WE
HEARD FROM THE VICE CHAIR ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE. OF INVOLVING
NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS.
IN THE DEVELOPMENT INSTANCE FOR
STARTING FROM THE GROUND UP WE
CAN DO THIS RIGHT AS THE VICE
CHAIR WAS INCREDIBLY ELOQUENT ON
THAT. WOULD LIKE TO BE TO SEE
WHO'D LIKE TO KICK SAMPLING
INTERVAL CENTER WING. I JUST-
I'M- AGAIN I AM VERY NEW TO THIS
- SO I'M STARTING FROM. SCRATCH
SO EXCUSE ME IF MY QUESTIONS ARE
NOT FOR THIS COMMITTEE MIGHT BE
FOR THE NEXT ONE BUT- IT PERKS
MY INTEREST IS THAT. WILL THERE
BE OR HAS THERE BEEN STUDIES IN
REGARDS TO THE EFFECT OF THE OF
MAMMAL LIFE- AND THEIR BEHAVIOR.
ON HOW THEY REACT TO THESE
WINDMILLS- THAT'S BEEN. PUT IN
PLACE. REALLY GOING TO MISS
MILLER FIRST FROM BOWMAN WILL
LOOK FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AS
WELL PLEASE MISS MILLER YES I
CAN START OUR- ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES PROGRAM HAS DONE QUITE A
BIT OF WORK ON MARINE MAMMALS-
AND ENTANGLEMENT STUDIES FOR
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND BECAUSE
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
REALLY DIFFERENT FOR FLOATING
OFFSHORE WIND. VERSUS THE FIXED
BOTTOM FOUNDATION THAT YOU SEE
THAT HAS BEEN- WE HAVE TWENTY
SEVEN COMMERCIAL LEASES ON THE
ATLANTIC AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING
AFFECTS ONE OF FONDATION
OFFSHORE WIND IN EUROPE FOR
ABOUT TWENTY YEARS. AND SO THERE
IS QUITE A BIT OF WORK AROUND-
REMEMBER WILL REMEMBER AND
INTERACTIONS AND I'M AT BUT WE
DO WE DO NEED TO DO MORE THAT
SPECIFIC TO THE WEST COAST AND
SPECIFIC TO THE ENVIRONMENT HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT I CAN
SAY THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES PROGRAM HAS DONE QUITE A
BIT OF WORK AND ONE OF THE
CITIES THAT HAS. REALLY RECEIVED
A LOT OF TRACTION WAS THE
ENTANGLEMENT STUDY THAT LOOKS AT
POTENTIAL ENTANGLEMENT RISK DUE
TO OF POTENTIAL FLOATING CABLES
THAT WILL CONNECT THE WIND
TURBINES HERE IN THE PACIFIC
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS AS A
POTENTIAL RISK. SO WE DO HAVE
AFTER STUDIES ONGOING AND HAVE
HAVE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW. AND
ARE THOSE. ENTANGLEMENT TEND TO
BE LARGER MAMMALS OR SMALLER
MAMMALS I MEAN FISHERY. SO THE
ENTANGLEMENT STUDY FOCUSED
MOSTLY ON THE LARGER MAMMALS
BECAUSE IT'S OUT TO WELL OFF
IT'S OFF THE COAST ABOUT TWENTY
MILES AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A
LOT OF A LOT OF THOSE LARGER
WHALES. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A
MARINE MAMMAL MEDICATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR OUR
ATLANTIC LEASES. AND IT INCLUDES
A LOT OF- PASSIVE ACOUSTIC
MONITORING FOR ACTIVITIES ARE
OCCURRING. ON VESSELS AND IN THE
OCEAN WITH- PROTECTED SPECIES
OBSERVERS ON ON BOARD AS WELL.
DO YOU SEE THEN A- A BEHAVIORAL.
REACTION FROM THESE MAMMALS
TOWARD GETTING. CLOSER TO IT-
FOR THE WAY. ANY RATHER.
BEHAVIOR THAT WE HAVEN'T NOTICED
OR HAVE SEEN. THERE'S NOT I I'M
NOT I'M NOT A MARINE MAMMAL
EXPERT I'LL JUST BE HONEST I'M
NOT THAT THAT SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERT- NANA NO INFORMATION
THAT. YOU KNOW INDICATES THAT IS
THE CASE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION I'M NOT AWARE OF IT
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT
DOESN'T EXIST- THERE HAVE BEEN I
WOULD SAY ON THE EAST COAST. YOU
MIGHT BE AWARE OF A NUMBER OF.
MAMMALS OF WHALE DEATHS THAT
OCCURRED. ON THE EAST COAST AND
I THINK THERE WERE. I THINK
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY
RELATED TO SHIPPING. THEY COULD
THEY COULD SEE IMPACTS FROM
SHIPPING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND HAVE IT SENT THAT'S
AN ITEM AND IT WILL LOOK IF I
MISS ACTUALLY WELL I TO JUMP
INTO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
BE. INITIATED STUDY OVER HERE ON
THE WEST COAST AND THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY CAN BE PART OF THIS
PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS
LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS. ABOUT PLEASE MISS
ACTUALLY AND THEN WE'LL- SEE IF
THE CENTER HAS ANY OTHER ITEMS
WILL GO TO THE VICE CHAIR
PLEASE. THANK YOU YEAH YOU- YOU
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD I THINK
WHAT'S I'M YOUR QUESTIONS REALLY
AT AMPLIFY AND HIGHLIGHT THE
NEED FOR. ON GOING- YOU KNOW
BASELINE MONITORING AND THEN
ONGOING MONITORING THROUGH ALL
OF THE STAGES CONSTRUCTION AND
THEN ONGOING OPERATION. AND WHAT
MAKES- AFTER WHEN DEVELOPMENT
OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA SO
UNIQUE. IS THAT OUR CONTINENTAL
SHELF IT'S VERY SHALLOW AND THEN
IT DROPS VERY QUICKLY CLOSE TO
SHORE AND SO THAT'S WHY WE- NEED
TO USE FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND-
AND WE HAVE. UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS
AND USES OUT HERE THAT- ARE
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PLACES
EVERYWHERE ELSE. IN THE WORLD SO
WE REALLY. NEED TO RELY WE CAN
WE CAN LEAN ON SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THEM
AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT YOU KNOW
USED. USING BEST AVAILABLE
SCIENCE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO.
PRIORITIZE BASELINE AND ONGOING
MONITORING SO WE CAN TRACK ANY
POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND THEN
ADJUST AND ADAPT AS NEEDED. YOU
CAN SWITCH EMAILS AND I'M I'M
GOOD FOR NOW CAN THINK OF
RICHMOND'S INTERWAR INTROVERT TO
A MINIMIZE YOUR- THANK YOU SO
MUCH I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS-
THE FIRST ONE FOR BOMB. AND I
KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK
ABOUT THE CREDITS. I THINK
LOCALLY THERE'S SOME CONFUSION
AND- AND PROBABLY JUST GENERAL
INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING IN
MORE DETAIL HOW THE CREDITS WORK
HOW MUCH MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CREDITS.
HOW COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO GET
THAT MONEY IS NOT MONEY TRACKED
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO IF I
WAS WONDERING IF. A REAL IN REAL
LAYPERSON'S TERMS YOU COULD
FLESH THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT IN
TERMS OF WEAPONS THINKING. YES
OF COURSE AT THE BIDDING CREDITS
WITH CREDITS WERE DESIGNED TO
SPECIFICALLY THAT COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENTS BIDDING
CREDITS. WERE DESIGNED TO BE
TRACKED AND- NOT A PENNY BY
PENNY AMOUNT. BUT THE REGULATE
THE STIPULATIONS AS A HAS TO BE-
A QUICK LINKS TO AT YOU KNOW THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THE IDEAS
THAT THAT ALESSI WILL WILL MAKE
THIS COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AGREEMENTS WITH THAT COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE IMPACTED AND QUALIFY.
BASED ON EITHER THE LEASE USE
AREA OR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY
BENEFIT AGREEMENTS. THE GENERAL
COMMUNITY ABOUT BENEFIT
AGREEMENT THAT IN ORDER TO
QUALIFY FOR THE BIDDING CREDIT
REQUIREMENT. THAT COMMUNITIES
STAKEHOLDERS OR TRIBAL NATIONS
HAVE TO BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED
FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S
BECAUSE IT IS OUR- BONES
JURISDICTION IS ON THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SO WE HAVE
TO BE YOU KNOW VERY TIGHTLY TIED
OUR LEAST AFFILIATIONS THAT ARE
RELATED TO YOU KNOW MONEY THAT
WILL GO INTO THE U. S. TREASURY.
ANYTHING THAT REDUCES THAT
VOLUME HAS TO BE DIRECTLY TIED
TO THE PROJECT BASED ON THE
OUTER CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL
SHELF LANS ACTOR OXALIS. AND OUR
IN OUR OBLIGATIONS WITHIN THAT-
WE DO YOU SEE THAT COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENTS AND THESE
BIDDING CREDITS AS AS A FLOOR
FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NOT A
CEILING AND WHAT. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED IS YOU
KNOW WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE
BASED ON FEDERAL LAW AND THAT
DOESN'T PROHIBIT LOCAL OR STATE
COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS
INCENTIVES OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF
COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT
TAKING PLACE. BUT THERE ARE SOME
STIPULATIONS THAT ARE ARE TIED
TO THE COMMUTER BENEFITS
AGREEMENTS SO FOR THE LEAST USE
AREA COMMUNITY ABOUT BENEFIT
CLAIMANTS. THOSE HAVE TO SHOW
IMPACTS TO YOU KNOW BASICALLY
FOLKS WHO ARE USING THE LEAST
AREA SO THE MOST NATURAL
SUSPICION AS FISHERMEN OR PEOPLE
WHO ARE HARD OF THOSE RESOURCES
THAT ARE HARVESTED FROM THE
AREA. SO YOU KNOW ANOTHER YOU
KNOW. TOP OF THE MIND GROUP
WOULD BE SEEN PROCESSORS THAT'S
REALLY GEARED AT THOSE FOLKS WHO
ARE USING THE LEASE AREA AND YOU
KNOW WOULD LOSE THAT ABILITY
POTENTIALLY WITH DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT ONCE
MORE GENERAL BUT THEY STILL HAVE
TO BE RELATED TO IMPACTS FROM
DEVELOPMENT. SAY YOU KNOW EXTRA
CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROADS YOU
KNOW LIMITED HOUSING AND THAT
TYPE OF STUFF WHERE YOU CAN
DIRECTLY TIED THE IMPACT BACK TO
DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WHAT WAS.
THE DOLLAR FIGURE. SO IT'S 5%
AND WE DON'T HAVE- IT'S 5% OF
THE- WHAT THE LESSEE PAID FOR
THOSE LEASES. AND SO WE DON'T
HAVE IT A TOTAL LIKE THAT LIKE
WE DO FOR THAT SUPPLY CHAIN
BECAUSE- THE VALUE HAS TO BE
COMMISERATE WITH AND SO YOU KNOW
IT'S NOT A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
ACCOUNTING. WHERE IS THE SUPPLY
CHAIN- AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
BIDDING CREDITS THOSE
STIPULATIONS DO REQUIRE-
RECEIPTS IF YOU WELL TO ADD UP
ALL OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AGREEMENTS ARE. ALL OF THAT-
WORKFORCE AND SUPPLY CHAIN
DEVELOPMENTS. TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY THEY REALLY DO ADD UP TO
THAT AMOUNT OF CREDIT THAT THAT
THE LESSEES WERE ABLE TO GET.
OKAY AND NOT EVERY LAST SEAT
TOOK THE CREDIT SCRIPT. CURRENT
DID SOME DIDN'T. I WOULD SAY NOT
EVERY LESSEE QUALIFIED IN TRACK.
OKAY AND THEN I JUST HAVE A PER
OF MUCH BROADER QUESTION AND- IT
REALLY GOES BACK TO THE CHAIR'S
COMMENTS. AROUND HOW CRITICAL IT
IS THAT WE MAKE MOVEMENT ON THE
CLIMATE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IT'S
MY PERSONAL BUT LEAVE A
GOVERNING IN A COASTAL CITY BUT
NOW- HAVING A DISTRICT THAT HAS
TWO HUNDRED MILES OF COASTLINE.
DEALING WITH A LOT OF CLIMATE
ISSUES THAT COMBINED WITH
NEEDING TO REALLY RESPECT THE
NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
PROTECT OUR OCEANIC SACHA- AND
THERE'S A REAL PUSH AND PULL
THEIR AND SO I'M JUST REALLY
WONDERING WHY EACH OF YOU SEE AS
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEXT UP
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT
HOW ALL THIS IS GOING TO ROLL
OUT- AND PEOPLE ARE KIND OF
WANTING TO KNOW IF. YOU KNOW
STEP BY STEP WHAT ARE WE GONNA
DO. AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
TIME TO OUTLINE EVERYTHING BUT
MOST IMPORTANT NEXT UP TO EACH
OF YOU. AND IF IT'S ALRIGHT
JUST- WILL DO BUT A MINUTE.
MINUTE HALF FROM EACH OF THE
DISK WILL START. OF FROM LEFT
WORK TO OUR RIGHT NOW WILL GO TO
THE VICE CHAIR AND BY. MANY
MEASURES THAT OKAY WITH YOU. AND
THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION FOR
DINNER IF YOU'RE GOOD NO NO NO I
REALLY I MEAN I DIDN'T LIKE THAT
AND FOR THAT NO NO NO AND FOR
THE CHAIRMAN OF- FOR THE VICE
CHAIR THE ARK VICE CHAIR WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM HIM AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISTER WHEN HE
KICKS OFF. SO THE- I WANT TO
SAYS WHEN I MENTIONED THAT WE
DID EXECUTE THE LEASES AND SO
THAT IS A HOT OFF THE PRESSES WE
SIGN THEM YESTERDAY- AND SO IN.
IN THAT YOU KNOW IN THAT VEIN
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT STOOD
ABOVE THEM ARE THE
COMMUNICATIONS PLANS. AND WE
HAVE A FISHERIES COMMUNICATIONS
PLAN AND THEY HAVE AMERICAN
TRIBES COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND
AGENCIES OF MEDICATIONS PLAN.
AND I WOULD SAY THE FIRST THING
TO GET RIGHT. ARE THOSE
COMMUNICATIONS PLANS. HOW YOU'RE
GONNA COMMUNICATE WITH THESE
VERY IMPORTANT GROUPS HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM. AND
THEN THE FIRST LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE OUR SURVEY
PLANS. YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE
COMMUNICATION LOOK LIKE AROUND
SURVEY PLANS HOW ARE WE GOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE REDUCE
CONFLICTS. ON IN THE OCEAN. AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION
EXCHANGE IS REAL AND GENUINE AND
EFFECTIVE. AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT OUR FOCUS IS IN THIS NEXT
HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS WHEN THIS
COMMUNICATION PLANS OR DO.
MAKING SURE THAT THE ROBUST
THEIR THOUGHTFUL. AND THAT
THEIR- THEY CAN. ALL OF THE
NEED. AND KNOW THAT GOES TO THE
POINT WHERE RESOURCES. A LOT OF
THOSE GROUPS ARE RESOURCE
CONSTRAINED AND HOW DO WE MAKE
SURE THAT THAT IT. ENGAGEMENT
IS. AS REGULAR AS NEEDED BUT NOT
OVERBEARING AND I THINK THAT IS.
THAT THAT CHALLENGE SHOULD NOT
BE UNDERESTIMATED. THANK YOU SO
MUCH WHEN WE GO TO ENERGY
COMMISSION. MINUTE MINUTE HAVE
PLEASE- I JUST WANT TO ESCALATE
CHEN SAID I KEY- A KEY PART. OF
PART OF ANY OF THIS- TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IS- COORDINATION AT
ALL LEVELS. AND THAT INCLUDES- A
JOINT PARTICIPATION- I'D LIKE TO
STATE MEARS WITH- THE PARTNER-
AGENCIES AT THE STATE LEVEL HAVE
BEEN DOING BUT- WE HAVE BEGUN
LISTENING- SESSIONS. AND
CONSULTATIONS WITH- FISHERIES
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT- AND WITH OTHER
STAKEHOLDER INDUSTRIES AND- WE
ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE- WILL
BE UP IN HUMBOLDT IN JUNE WILL
BE AND MORRO BAY AND MID- JUNE.
AND AND IT'S- BECAUSE OF OUR- A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FISHERIES
THAT THEY ACTUALLY FOUND THE
LOCATION SO WE COULD BE THERE ON
SITE- AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE OF
THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHERE THEY
INVITE. IS YOU KNOW ADVAIT ALL
THE PARTIES IN. AND WORK WITH US
ON ON TIMING BUT- THAT TO ME
THAT'S GONNA BE KEY THAT WE'RE
HEARING THE SAME THING AT THE
SAME TIME. AND THAT ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE LEARNED ON THE
EAST COAST- BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THE SAME STAKEHOLDER- GROUPS AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. THAT US WE
ALSO COME TO THE TABLE WITH-
WHAT WE WANTED SHE FROM IT AND
THIS IS NOT ABOUT WINNERS OR
LOSERS THIS IS ABOUT YOU KNOW
COMPROMISING IN COLLABORATION.
AND THAT WE CAN WALK AWAY FROM
THE TABLE- WITH THE SAME
PERSPECTIVE AND THE
UNDERSTANDING THERE'S SOME GIVEN
TAKE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO
TAKE PLACE. TO ENSURE- ALL THE
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT SO. THANK
YOU SO MUCH THREE PEOPLE. I HAVE
TWO ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION ONE
BUILDS ON- WHAT ELIZABETH WAS
JUST TALKING ABOUT AROUND
COLLABORATION BUT REALLY FOCUSED
ON OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS STATE
AGENCIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
BOM. TO HAVE CLEAR AND ALIGNED
MESSAGING AND APPROACH AND
VISION FOR HOW WE'RE DOING THIS
TO MINIMIZE CONFUSION TO
INCREASE AND THEN AND
TRANSPARENCY AND REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT. ANYONE WHO IS
INTERESTED IN THIS AND CARES
ABOUT YOU KNOW NEXT STEPS AND
HOW TO ENGAGE THAT WERE ALL-
MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION SO
THERE'S CLARITY- FROM OUR SIDE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE I'M
JUST GOING TO BE A BROKEN RECORD
HERE AND IT'S ALL ABOUT I'M
MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT. BEST
AVAILABLE SCIENCE SO MOVING
FORWARD WITH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING KINDS THAT WILL
PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO
GET THAT FRAMEWORK IN PLACE THAT
DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE NOT DOING
ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME AND SO.
MAKING SURE THAT'S MOVING
FORWARD AND IN PARALLEL WE ARE
IDENTIFYING- ADDITIONAL NEAR
TERM- SCIENTIFIC GAPS AND THAT
MAKING INVESTMENTS TO FILL THOSE
GAPS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
VICE CHAIRS- QUESTION PLEASE
BECAUSE COMMISSION. AND A FEW
MINUTES. FINALLY UN. SO I AM
GOING TO SOUND A BIT LIKE A
BROKEN RECORD WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S BEEN SAID I ABSOLUTELY
AGREE WITH THE NEED FOR
COORDINATION- I THINK ON THE
COASTAL COMMISSION SIDE OF
THINGS AND NOW THAT THE LEASES
ARE SIGNED GETTING I CONDITIONS
I DON'T SEE IT WORKING GROUP'S.
GOING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AS OUR TOP PRIORITY- ONE THING I
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
ABOUT EARLIER BUT- THROUGH OUR
CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION WE
ALSO GET REVIEW OVER THE SURVEY
PLANNED AND THE SITE ASSESSMENT
PLANS AND SO WORKING WITH SOME.
IN COLLABORATION TO DO THAT- AS
WE MOVE FORWARD IS GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US- AND I
WOULD JUST FOUND OUT WITH
SECONDING ALL OF DIRECTOR A
RELEASE REMARKS ABOUT BEST
AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND GETTING.
YOU KNOW ARE. GETTING OURS
SCIENCE NEEDS DOT WITH IN A
TIMELY FASHION BEING A REALLY
HIGH PRIORITY FOR US THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GONNA
GO TO VICE CHAIR MYERS ON. THE
ASSEMBLY WOMAN MADAM VICE
CHAIRS- QUESTION PLEASE MR
MEISTER. YEAH I THINK WE'RE ON
THE SAME PAGE ABSOLUTE FOR NEXT
STEPS. FOR OUR TRIBAL SOVEREIGN
NATIONS I THINK ONE OF THE- VERY
NEXT STEP THAT WE NEED TO DO IS
ACTUALLY COLLABORATE WITH THE
WITHIN OURSELVES. IT'S HARD TO
ORGANIZE OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
TO LOOK AT. THE PROJECT AS A
WHOLE. WE HAVEN'T AT THIS POINT
ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH EACH
OTHER AND HAVE. THE FULL
DISCUSSION FOR US THAT'S OUR OUR
VERY NEXT. STEP HERE I THINK
ABSOLUTELY- MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR
TRAVEL PARTICIPATION FOR THE
LARGER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE
PRECIPITATION. PARTICIPANTS THE
SAME I'M SORRY PRESIDENT AT.
FOUR WIN- THE COMMUNICATION PLAN
THERE ARE ROLLED OUT- AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW AS FAST AS WE
CAN- START ROLLING UP. OUR DATA
COLLECTION FOR FREE PROJECT-
STUDIES AND PROPOSALS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH SIR VICE CHAIR I THINK
YOU TURN IT BACK TO. MINIMIZE
YOUR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND I SHOW
THAT YOU HAVE PLEASE THAT'S IT
FOR NOW THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. A VERY GRATEFUL I'LL BE
BRIEF HERE I LOOK AT. GOING OFF
OF THE THEME THAT AND MINIMIZE
YOUR JUST ADVANCED THE THINK IS
A REALLY GOOD ONE. IS THAT. THE
STATE IS NOT PREPARED I JUST ON
SOME OF THE BASIC LEVELS WE'RE
NOT STAFF. AND SOME OF THAT THE
KEY REGULATORY AGENCIES LITTLE
THE. COASTAL COMMISSION AS ONE
FRIGGIN STAFF. DO DO EVERYTHING
AND SHE'S HERE. SO THIS IS HOPE
OF THE NIGHT OF OCT WINDOWS TO
BREAK RIGHT NOW- BECAUSE SHE'S
HERE WITH US. IN ALL CANDOR-
THERE'S NO WAY THIS INDUSTRY IS
GOING TO GET OFF THE GROUND IN
THE CITY CALIFORNIA THERE'S NO
WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR
GREEN ENERGY GOALS. IF WE DON'T
STAFF UP AT THE APPROPRIATE
PERMIT AGENCIES I MEAN THAT'S
THE BOTTOM LINE OF IT HI AND THE
COSTA MISSION CAN'T DO IT WITH
THE S. ONE STAFF. SO I THINK WE
NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN
BUDGETS ARE VALUE STATEMENTS AND
IF WE VALUE OUR CLIMATE AT AND
WE VALUE THE EXPEDITING IN
WIENER SELLS OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS
WE'RE GOING TO INVEST. IN THE
PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO GET IT DONE AND THAT'S
CANDIDLY- A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE
HERE SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
VICE YOU'RE ASKING THAT BECAUSE
I THINK THAT'S- THE RIGHT
QUESTION. I A FEW OTHER ITEMS.
IS THAT- TO THE CDC AND I JUST
WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
MISTER WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THIS. I THINK ANOTHER
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN
THIS INDUSTRY OFF THE GROUND. IS
OUR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS
ANTIQUATED- I WILL TAKE A
MOMENT. TO SAY P. JEANNIE.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY NECK OF THE
WOODS RIGHT. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE HUMBLE CALL AREA. THEY HAVE
NOT KEPT UP ON THEIR DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE THERE'S NO WAY IN
HELL I THAT THE CURRENT LINES
THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ARE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THE
ADDITIONAL LOAD. THIS IS VERY
COMMON WE SEEN THIS IN. THE U.
K. WE SEEN THIS IN GERMANY AS
WELL. BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE UTILITIES GET
THEIR ACT TOGETHER. TO ENSURE
THAT ONCE THESE TURBINES ARE UP
AND RUNNING WE CAN ACTUALLY GET
THAT ENERGY TO THE REST OF THE
GREAT. AT COMING FROM THE CDC ON
THIS ISSUE I KNOW THIS IS A
GOOD. ABOUT MOST CONCERNED YOU
AS WELL I WANNA PUT WORDS IN
YOUR MOUTH AND- IT IS OF CONCERN
. WELL YET YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO DEPLOY THAT ELECTRICITY INTO
CONSUMERS HOMES WRITING
CALIFORNIANS HOMES FOR IT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL SO. I DO WANT TO
START OUT BY- SHARING A COUPLE
OF STUDIES THAT WE'RE DOING- ONE
OF THE CRITICAL STUDIES UNDER
WAY IS TO IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL
TRANSMISSION PROJECTS AND
INVESTMENT IN THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ACTUALLY ARE
WORKING WITH CAL POLY HUMBLED AT
THE- SHOT CENTER. AND WHERE WE-
APPLIED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO
FUND. RESEARCH EVALUATING THE
POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION
CORRIDORS. INCLUDING STUDIES
AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
BOTH IN THE NORTHERN-
CALIFORNIA. AND SOUTHERN OREGON-
SECTIONS OF THE OF- THE COAST-
THAT WORK IS FOCUSED ON
MITIGATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS- ON
OFFSHORE WIND TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE TRAINING. OPERATION
AREAS THROUGH NATIONAL DEFENSE.
AND IDENTIFY CONCERNS ON THE
CONSENT. CENTRAL COAST WITH THE
LATE IDENTIFICATION OF C. SPACE-
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ON A BIGGER
PICTURE FOR WESTCOAST
TRANSMISSION THE STUDY FOR
OFFSHORE WIND THAT WAS LAUNCHED
JUST ON LAST WEEK AND TO
IDENTIFY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS
SPECIFIC TO OFFSHORE WIND AND
HOW TO DEPLOY THAT. THE SHOT
CENTER IS ALSO- WORKING ON WITH
ON THE CALAIS SO AND ON THEIR-
TPP PROGRAM AND ON OUR WEST
COAST OFFICER WHEN STUDY ANOTHER
CRITICAL STUDY WANT TO PUT- IN
FRONT OF YOU IS- JUST COMPLETED
BY GUIDE HOUSE THAT WE'RE NOW
REVIEWING. AND IT SAYS THE A-
AVAILABILITY OF THE TRANSMISSION
TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LARGE
SCALE OFFSHORE WIND ON
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS STUDY IS-
NOTED IN SOME CRITICAL
TECHNOLOGIES- THAT WE'VE USED TO
THROUGH. OUR H. FAQ AND HVDC
CABLES AND FLOATING SUBSTATIONS-
FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT WERE
REFERENCED EARLIER SO YES IT'S-
A WHERE GOING TO HELD A WORKSHOP
ON THAT IN EARLY JUNE AND
BRINGING IN EXPERTS FROM AROUND
ON THE COUNTRY AND THEN OUR
PARTNER ENERGY AGENCIES BECAUSE
IT IS CRITICAL- AND IT'S YOU
KNOW ONE OF THE- THREE KEY
THINGS IN ORDER FOR- US TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND APPOINT A
SHERMAN. YEAH I KNOW YOU HAVE TO
THE RIGHT IN AGAIN NOT TRYING TO
KEEP THE GENIE IN THE KNEES BUT
I'M ALSO TRYING COULD P. JEANNIE
NEEDS ON THIS. SIDE THAT WE NEED
TO GET MOVING RIGHT- IN. OUR
WHERE WE'VE SEEN OTHER COUNTRIES
FOR EXAMPLE LIKE MY
UNDERSTANDING GREAT BRITAIN-
OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS SHARE
IN THE COST OF THE
MODERNIZATION. OF THE UPGRADES
TO THE TO THE TRANSMISSION LINES
AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT
IF IT IS A PRIVATELY OWNED LINE
OR GOVERNMENT ONLINE THEN THAT
IS DATED BACK TO WHOEVER OWNS
THE LINE- IN THAT'S BEEN MORE
SUCCESSFUL THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON.
RIGHT THIS ISN'T JUST A
CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE BUT I THINK
WE HAVE TWO ISSUES WITH
ANTIQUATED LINES AND RIGHT NOW
THE ONLY WAY TO BE A TO PAY FOR
IT. I WILL BE THROUGH RATE
PAYERS I THINK THAT ALSO NEED TO
BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
BECAUSE OF HER HIGH RATES. RIGHT
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO ADVANCE THAT WITH. AS LITTLE
IMPACT AS POSSIBLE TO THE
REPAIRS I THINK EVERYTHING NEEDS
TO BE ON THE TABLE I'M IN I'LL
JUST GIVE YOU A THIRTY SECOND
CHANCE RESPONSE YOU WERE ON
THIS. TO BE A TO GET THE FUNDING
IN PLACE TO MODERNIZE THE
TRANSMISSION LINES AS WELL YEAH
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND AGAIN-
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION AND THE- CPUC AND THE
CALAIS SO ARE THE LEAD ON THIS
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT SO- AND-
IN WORKING WITH- ON OUR WORKING
GROUP. THEY ARE THE CPC- LEAD
ROLE IS TO ENSURE YOU KNOW THE
PROTECTION OF THE RATE PAYERS
AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
ANY- EXPANSION AND- OF OUR
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED FROM OUR- SISTER STATES
ON THE ON THE ON THE EAST COAST
IS THAT IT IS A COLLABORATIVE
FUNDING. BETWEEN THE STATE LOCAL
AND- AND FEDERAL- MONIES TO HELP
SUPPORT IT AS WELL AS WITH THE-
DEVELOPERS. SO AGAIN IT'S A IT'S
A PARTNERSHIP IT'S NOT ALL ON
ONE ENTITY BECAUSE OF THE
BENEFITS THE LONG TERM BENEFITS
THAT YOU KNOW WILL HAPPEN IN MY
COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING ON
THIS AND THIS IS I THINK. AND I
KNOW THAT. THERE'S SOME DEBATE
ON IT BUT THE ONLY WAY IS THAT
SINCE RICE PROCUREMENT GUARANTEE
THAT RATE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE
INVESTMENT. IN THE WHAT I HEARD
YOU SAY YOU VERY SET- THIS NO
GOING TO HAVE TO BRING A THE
BACON. THE FEDERAL SIDE SO I'M
DISTILLER BRING A CHECK NEXT
TIME. GUYS THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS
YOU GOT THAT THE LEASE IS SIGNED
NOW WE NEED TO CHECK SO- THIS
MILLER ON NEVER COME BACK TO
THIS YEAR YOU KNOW. SO BUT WHAT
IF I WANT TO WELCOME CENTER
CORTESE AT TO THE HEARING IS
WELL GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK ON
THIS WOULD LIKE TO BE A TO SEE-
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR A
BI CHAIR MYERS ACTUALLY. AT
MISTER VICE CHAIR WORKFORCE
TRAINING IS REALLY CRITICAL
ESPECIALLY. FOR NATIVE
COMMUNITIES- IT'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU'RE VERY FOCUSED. UP IN THE
HUMBLE CALL AREA OF WORKING
WITH- COLLEGE OF REDWOODS AS
WELL AS- CAL POLY HUMBLE BUT- MR
VICE CHAIR I KNOW THIS IS BEEN A
REAL PASSION OF YOURS- MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS. AT
WORKING AT THE PORTS BUILDING
OUT. THIS NEW INDUSTRY
REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY IN
WHICH THE PORT IS LOCATED. AT.
MISTER MYERS IF YOU COULD PLEASE
RESPOND TO THAT. YES THANK THANK
YOU CHAIR. THIS WAS. ONE OF OUR
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GOING
INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
OFFSHORE WIND IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT. OUR MEMBERS ARE GONNA BE
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AT ALL
LEVELS OF THE PROJECT AND MAKING
SURE THAT. YOU KNOW OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY- TO
GET THE EDUCATION AND THE SKILLS
NECESSARY TO JOIN. THIS
WORKFORCE- WE HAVE A LARGE
AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE
RESERVATION FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND
HIGH SCHOOLS AND AROUND. THE
AREA AS YOU WELL KNOW- THE THREE
LARGEST TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA ARE
IN HUMBLE TO- COUNTY DUROC
BINDING TIED TO- WE HAVE A HUGE
POPULATION OF TRIBAL MEMBERS. AB
RIGHT NEAR WHERE THE HUMBOLDT-
BE SERIOUS ARC WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE A PLACE
IN A VERY CLEAR PATH. TO BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE THAT'S WHY WE
WANTED TO ENGAGE WITH CAL POLY
HUMBLED A COLLEGE OF THE
REDWOODS RIGHT OFF THE BAT TO
START WORKING ON THESE
AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD ALLOW. A
SPACE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
TO GET THE EDUCATION NEEDED TO
JOIN THIS BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR-
WHAT HAS BEEN ALWAYS
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES ALL RIGHT NOT JUST
FOR OUR OWN MEMBERSHIP BEFORE
MEMBERSHIPS ACROSS THE BOARD
THAT THERE IS A CLEAR PATH FOR
TRAVEL PARTICIPATION. IN THIS
PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN CREATE
CAREERS IN IN FUTURES FOR OUR
FAMILIES- FOR AS LONG AS IS THIS
PROJECT- MEANS FOR. SO CHAIR
THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US I TO ALL OF OUR
GOVERNMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES WE
ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TIME
TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE- INTO A PRE SHEET
YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS FOR THE
CRITICAL ISSUE IN THE GOLDEN
STATE AND OF COURSE THROUGHOUT
THE WEST COAST THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I HAVEN'T LAYS IN GERMAN
WE ARE NOW TO BE MOVING ON TO
OUR SECOND PANEL. WE ARE
GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE GONNA
BE JOINING US ALONG WITH LABOR
LEADERS. WHO WERE GONNA HELP
BUILD THIS OUT. HERE IN THE
DECADES TO COME SO OUR NEXT
PANEL IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON
MITIGATING ANY POTENTIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AND FISHERY
IMPACTS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A
BRIEFING FROM THE INDUSTRY. ARE
THERE GONNA BE COMING FORWARD AT
WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU
DON'T MIND COMING UP TO THE DIS
PLEASE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT
MOLLY- KROLL IS HERE TODAY FROM.
PACIFIC OFFSHORE WIND SHE IS
DIRECTOR- PACIFIC USHER WHEN
DIRECTOR FOR AMERICAN CLEAN
POWER ASSOCIATION. THIS CALL
THAT WAS REALLY EASY FOR ME TO
SAY. THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT
RICK ROBBINS IS WITH US HE'S A
MARINE AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR R. W.
E. RENEWABLES WE'RE GRATEFUL
THAT OTHERS WITH MARCHETTI IS
HERE. SHE'S THE FISHERIES
LIAISON OFFICER FOR AKRON ART
WIND- HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE ONE
THE ONLY MISS ERIN LEHANE.
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE ON
ENERGY POLICY FOR THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA. AND OF
COURSE AT THE I ALREADY HAVE AN
AGREEMENT. IT HUMBLED TO BE ABLE
TO OUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN
IT COMES TO OFFSHORE WIND. THAT
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO EACH AND
EVERYONE OF YOU FOR JOINING US
HERE TODAY. ON THE SCROLL IT'S
WONDERFUL TO BE BACK WITH YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
TIME IN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU FIVE
MINUTES AND I'LL GIVE YOU A
THIRTY SECOND PROMPT TAKE AWAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
MCGUIRE AND THE COMMITTEE FOR
HAVING ME- AS I REQUIRES THAT
AYE MALIK ROLE IN THE PACIFIC.
DIRECTOR FOR OFFSHORE WIND FOR
AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION
ACP IS THE LARGEST CLEAN ENERGY
TRADE ASSOCIATION IN THE U. S.
HAS BEEN A LEADING OFFSHORE IN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT SINCE ITS
INCEPTION ON THE EAST COAST- WE
HAVE. IN CALIFORNIA ELEVEN
DEVELOPER MEMBERS INCLUDING
REPRESENTATION OF ALL FIVE
LEASEHOLDERS. I'LL START BY
RECOGNIZING THE STATE HAS SET
AMBITIOUS OFFSHORE WIND GOALS UP
TO TWENTY FIVE GIGAWATTS BY
TWENTY FORTY FIVE FOR SEVERAL
REASONS. ONE BECAUSE WE NEED
OFFSHORE WIND FOR PORTFOLIO
DIVERSITY AND TO ACHIEVE OUR
CARMEN FREE ELECTRIC SYSTEM
GOALS RELIABLY. TWO BECAUSE OF
THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF OFFSHORE
WIND FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION AND
THREE BECAUSE OF ARE GOING TO
ACHIEVE OUR THIRTY BY THIRTY.
CONSERVATION GOALS AND
DISTRIBUTE THE FOOTPRINT OF
RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT EQUITABLY
AND RESPONSIBLY. AMONG THE
DESERT AGRICULTURE RICH CENTRAL
VALLEY AND COASTAL REGIONS OF
THE STATE WE NEED TO BE
DEVELOPING ON LAND AND OFFSHORE.
THE FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SQUARE
MILES OF OCEAN OCEAN SPACE WHICH
HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE FIVE.
LEASEHOLDERS REPRESENTS JUST
POINT 2% OF THE OUTER CORNER
SHOP CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF THE
COAST OF CALIFORNIA WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZING
THE OCEAN BUT USING A SMALL PART
OF IT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE. WE MUST ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE AT ALL OCEAN. USERS
AND SPECIES ARE AFFECTED BY
FOSSIL FUELS. AND CLIMATE CHANGE
WHETHER THAT'S RELEASING HOT
WATER INTO THE OCEAN FROM ACOSTA
POWER PLANT OR CLIMATE CHANGE
INDUCED. WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS
ON FISHERIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
OCEAN HEALTH IS TIED TO CLIMATE
MITIGATION. AND OFFER WHEN IS AN
OCEAN CLIMATE MITIGATION
STRATEGY. REGARDING THE DIRECT
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FISHING AND
OFFSHORE WIND ATP STYLE STANDS
BEHIND THE MITIGATION HIERARCHY.
AVOIDANCE MINIMIZATION AND
MITIGATION UNLESS COMPENSATION
WE RECOGNIZE THAT FISHERMEN WANT
TO KEEP FISHING ON THE WATER AND
THIS SUPPORTS THE STATE'S FOOD
SECURITY. AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE
GOALS ACP MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED
TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
THE FISHING INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT
INVESTMENT IN MITIGATION THE
BILL'S RESILIENCE AS THE OFFICER
WENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPS. BY WAY
OF EXAMPLE OF GERMAN DEVELOPERS
ON THE EAST COAST TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND
REGULATORS. TO DESIGN WIND FARMS
WITH REGULAR TURBINES BASING AND
TRANSIT LANES TO ASSIST
FISHERMEN. TAKE OPERATING
THROUGH AND AROUND PROJECTS. ON
THE EAST COAST DEVELOPERS AND
ACB ARE ALSO WORKING WITH STATES
AND THE FISHING INDUSTRY TO
STAND UP A REGIONAL FISHERIES
COMPENSATION FUND ON THE
ATLANTIC COAST. TO RIP PROMOTE
COEXISTENCE IN CALIFORNIA IT'S
IMPORTANT TO BRING ALL FISHING
STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE
COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL FOR HIRE
AND TRIBAL. TO UNDERSTAND HOW
AND WHERE THEY FISH HEAR THEIR
CONCERNS AND LEARN HOW WE CAN
OPERATE TOGETHER. THIS PROCESS
HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN PART BE A
WORK OF BONE AND THE COASTAL
COMMISSION. THE BOMB CITING
PROCESS INCLUDED CONSIDERATION
OF DATA ON SPECIES HABITAT OCEAN
USE. IN IDENTIFYING THE FIVE
LEASE AREA AND AVOIDED SOME OF
THE MOST HEAVILY FISHED AND
IMPORTANT- EEK IT- ECOLOGICALLY
SENSITIVE AREAS. BASED ON THE
HISTORICAL DATA. OF NOTABLY
AFTER CONSIDERATION IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE THE MORE A BAY
EASTERN EXPANSION WAS REMOVED
FROM THE AUCTION. DUE IN LARGE
PART OF FROM CONCERNS FOR THE
FISHING INDUSTRY. THE COASTAL
COMMISSION ALSO HAS AUTHORITY
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND TRIBAL
FISHERIES AND HAS PLANS TO DO
THAT. AS OUTLINED BY HOW HOLLY
PRYOR. ACP'S ABOARD THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE WIDE
WORKING GROUP FOR OFFSHORE WIND
AND FISHERIES. THIS WORKING
GROUP SHOULD DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT
ADDRESSES INTERACTIONS IN ALL
THESE AREAS WHILE ALLOWING. SOME
MITIGATIONS TO BE TAILORED TO
EACH PROJECT OR REGION'S
APPROPRIATE. A STATEWIDE PROCESS
PROMOTE CERTAINTY FOR THE
INDUSTRY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
TABLE AS COMPARED TO BILATERAL
AGREEMENTS IN WHICH THE ULTIMATE
DEVELOPERS MAY CHANGE. THE
WORKING GROUP SHOULD ALLOW FOR
INCORPORATION OF NEW LEASE
HOLDERS AS THEY EMERGE AND
FACILITATE A FAIR TRANSPARENT
AND DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO
MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION. THE
WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE TASKED
WITH FIRST IDENTIFYING HIGHEST
PRIORITY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
THE TWO INDUSTRIES WHETHER
THEY'RE ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL
OR OTHERWISE. DETERMINING THE
BEST DATA SOURCES AND
METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING
INTERACTIONS. RECOMMENDING BEST
PRACTICES THE MEDICATIONS AND
FOR UNAVOIDABLE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR
COMPENSATION. STATE AGENCIES MAY
THEN USE THEIR STATUTORY
AUTHORITIES AND PERMITTING OR
CONSISTENCY REVIEW TO IMPLEMENT
MEDICATIONS ARE STATE AGENCIES
WILL BE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR PERMANENT DECISIONS AND FOR
MANAGING. OUR FISHERIES WORKING
GROUP AND THE STATE SHOULD
PROVIDE THEM THE BUDGET AND
STAFF. RESOURCES NECESSARY TO DO
THIS IN CLOSING I'LL REITERATE
COEXISTENCE IS THE GOAL AND
PROTECTIONS ARE BUILT IN FISHING
STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
PROTECTED IN PART THROUGH
CAREFUL PLANNING. BEFORE LEASES
WERE ISSUED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE PROTECTED VS CCMA AND STATE
AND FEDERAL PERMITTING WE'RE
CONFIDENT MITIGATIONS
ADAPTATIONS WILL BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION. AND INSTANCES WHERE
IMPACTS CAN'T BE AVOIDED
FISHERMEN WILL BE COMPENSATED.
WHERE THE BEGINNING OF THIS
PROCESS OF COLLABORATION THERE
ARE MANY UNKNOWNS ABOUT. FISHING
AND OFFSHORE WIND INTERACTIONS
AND WHAT KINDS OF APPS
ADAPTATIONS ARE FEASIBLE BUT
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BE
STARTED. WILL NEED ONGOING IN
COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE TO
ADVANCE OFFSHORE WIND
RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY TO
ACHIEVE OUR TWENTY THIRTY AND
TWENTY FORTY FIVE OFF SHORE WIND
GOALS WITH SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS
ECB AND CALIFORNIA LEASEHOLDERS
ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP. WITH FICTION
FISHING STAKEHOLDERS TRIBES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE
TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION THANK
YOU FOR. SCHOOL IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE
THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING HANG
OUT WITH US HERE FOR JUST A BIT
ENOUGH IS TO BEGINNING THE-
CONVERSATION WITH COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH WE'RE GRATEFUL
THAT MR ROBBINS IS HERE TODAY
REPRESENTING RWE RENEWABLES
ROBBINS IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
WE'LL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES SIR
AND- THIRTY SECOND PROMPTED TO
GET CLOSE FORESHORES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH SENATOR MCGUIRE I'M
RICK ROBBINS MADE AFFAIRS
MANAGER OF RWE A LEADER IN
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
GENERATION. AND PROVISIONAL
LEASEHOLDER OF LEAST FIVE SICK
STEVE WOULD LOOK OFFSHORE HOME.
WE WANT TO THE COMMITTEE ON
FISHERIES AND AQUA FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT
OFFSHORE WIND POWER AND
FISHERIES. WE ALSO WANT TO
COMPLIMENT CITY CALIFORNIA FOR
ITS STRONG COMMITMENT TO BEING A
GLOBAL GLOBAL LEADER. IN
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND A
CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCES WHICH
WILL BRING TREMENDOUS BENEFITS.
TO THE STATE AND WILL IMPROVE
THE RESILIENCY OF CALIFORNIA'S
ENERGY GRID. R. W. AS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S LEADING RENEWABLE ENERGY
COMPANIES WITH COMMITMENTS TO
EXPAND OUR GREEN. GENERATION
CAPACITY TO FIFTY GIGAWATTS
INTERNATIONALLY BY TWENTY THIRTY
AND INVESTMENT TO BACK IT UP
WITH THE COMMITMENT OF FIFTY
BILLION TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH.
WITH OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY THE COMPANY
HAS A WELL DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO
INCLUDING OFFSHORE WIND. ONSHORE
WIND UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PEAVEY.
ENERGY STORED WITH A COMBINED
INSTALLED CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF
THIRTEEN GIGAWATTS. OUR GROWTH
IS POWERED BY MORE THAN FIFTEEN
HUNDRED EMPLOYEES BASED RIGHT
HERE IN THE US. WE'RE COMMITTED
TO DEVELOPING OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY IN A SOCIALLY AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
MANNER. WITH STRONG COMMITMENTS
TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
SUSTAINABILITY AND BIODIVERSITY.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HOW. ARE
THE THINKS ABOUT CO EXISTENCE
WITH FISHERIES AND YOU US. AND
HOW WE PLAN TO ACHIEVE IT. SOME
OF YOU CO EXISTENCE IS AFRAID TO
TERM THAT IMPLIES A FUTURE FOR
FISHERIES. THAT IS TO LIMITED OR
SOMEHOW CONSTRAINED BY OFFSHORE
WIND. THAT WOULD DISMISS THE US
FISHING INDUSTRIES REMARKABLE
HISTORY OF INNOVATION RESEARCH.
ADAPTATION AND PERSEVERANCE
THROUGH MYRIAD REGULATORY
ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL
CHALLENGES. AND THE ABILITY OF
OUR INDUSTRIES TO WORK TOGETHER.
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL
OUTCOMES. OUR VISION OF CO
EXISTENCE INCLUDES A THRIVING U.
S. FISHING INDUSTRY. THE
CONTRIBUTES TO THE NATION'S FOOD
SECURITY MAINTAINS ITS SOCIAL.
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
CONTINUITY. WITHIN COASTAL
COMMUNITIES. WITH THE SUPPORT
AND COLLABORATION OF OUR
INDUSTRY. AS WE WORK TO
RESPONSIBLY MEET THE DEMAND FOR
RENEWABLE OFFSHORE WIND POWER.
IN THE TRANSITION TO CLEAN
ENERGY. ARBY'S FISHERIES TEAM
HAS DECADES OF HIGH LEVEL
EXPERIENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT U.
S. FISHERIES. UNDERSTANDS THE
CHALLENGES HISTORY SO EXPERIENCE
UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT
FISHERMEN. ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOP
MENT AND WE RECOGNIZE THE U. S.
FISHERIES HAVE IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS THAT VARY BY
REGION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO
MEETING FISHERMEN WHERE THEY ARE
TO LISTEN TO THEM AND UNDERSTAND
THEIR CONCERNS. BROSSEAU
COMMITTED TO WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE FISHING INDUSTRY EARLY
IN THE PROCESS. TO DEVELOP A
DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
WHEN AND WHERE FISHERIES OPERATE
WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA SO WE
CAN COORDINATE APPROPRIATELY
WITH THEM AND INTEGRATE THAT.
CURATED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE
DESIGN OF OUR PROJECTS. ARE TO
BE RECOGNIZES THAT MANY OF THE
BEST IN INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO
MITIGATE IMPACTS TO FISHERIES.
AND SUPPORT THE FUTURE SUCCESS
OF THE SAME FISHERIES WILL COME
DIRECTLY. FROM THE FISHERIES SO
CLOSE COORDINATION AND
COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR
INDUSTRIES WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO
ENSURING SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES.
AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING
ALONGSIDE THE FISHING INDUSTRY.
TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT
MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE
THOSE. ARE TO BE BENEFITS FROM
OUR EXPERIENCED OF SUCCESSFULLY
DEVELOPING. EIGHTEEN OFFSHORE
WIND ENERGY PROJECTS GLOBALLY
AND WE ACTIVELY SHARE
INNOVATIONS ACROSS THE
ENTERPRISE ON THE EAST COAST OF
THE US. OUR FISHERIES
ENGINEERING TEAMS HAVE MET
DIRECTLY WITH. COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO
ACCOMMODATE FISHING PRACTICES-
WITHIN THE PROJECT DESIGN
PROCESS. BEING ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHICH MITIGATION
STRATEGIES WERE WHICH MEANT WITH
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. FOR
MEDICATIONS ARE GONNA BE
SUCCESSFUL WITHIN A GIVEN
REGION. WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A
COMMITMENT ON OUR PART TO WORK
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL
FISHING INDUSTRY. I'LL JUST NOTE
THAT ASSOCIATIONS. IN CALIFORNIA
HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH
FISHERIES. CALIFORNIA'S FISHING
INDUSTRY HAS ALREADY WORKED
EXTENSIVELY IN PROACTIVELY. TO
SELF ORGANIZE AND PREPARE TO
ENGAGE WITH THE OFFSHORE WIND
INDUSTRY. IN THE HUMBLE AREA I
THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE
CALIFORNIA. FISHERMAN'S
RESILIENCY ASSOCIATION THAT'S
ASSOCIATION COMPRISED OF MANY.
INDIVIDUAL FISHERIES ASSOCIATION
FROM SANTA BARBARA TO CRESCENT
CITY. WHO'VE BEEN ORGANIZING
REPRESENT THE INDUSTRY ENGAGE
WITH OFFSHORE WIND. DEVELOPERS
TO AVOID AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS
AND ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL. FUTURE
FOR THE FISHERIES. WE LOOK
FORWARD. TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE FISHING INDUSTRY IS SUPPORT
AND- APPROACH. TO FISHERIES. WE
THINK THE FISHERIES WORKING
GROUP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER-
CONDITION SEVEN SEE THAT HOLLY
REFERENCED EARLIER IS- AN
EXAMPLE OF A GROUP THAT CAN.
ALSO ADVANCE THAT INCLUSIVE
APPROACH. RWE AS WELL AS THE
FOUR OTHER PROVISIONAL
LEASEHOLDERS ARE IN THE VERY
EARLY STAGES OF PROJECT PLANNING
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. AS THE
FIRST FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND
DEVELOPERS IN CALIFORNIA. ROCK
COMMITTED TO EARLY ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVE LISTENING WITH THE
FISHING FLEET TO UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERNS ABOUT PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT. IN ORDER TO AVOID
AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE
FISHERIES. AND ART OF HIS MET
WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
CALIFORNIA FISHING INDUSTRY TO
UNDERSTAND THE- OPERATIONAL THE
DETAILS OF THE FISHERIES AND
OPERATE OUR PROJECT HERE IN
READY FEEDING THAT BACK INTO.
INTO THE PROJECT TEAM TO
DETERMINE HOW TO BEST COORDINATE
WITH FISHERIES. AND AVOID
IMPACTS RV PARTICIPATES IN
REGIONAL SCIENCE INITIATIVES ON
THE EAST COAST AND WILL SUPPORT
COORDINATED REGIONAL. APPROACH
IS TO RESEARCH AND MONITORING
STRATEGIES ON THE WEST COAST. WE
FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT CLOSE
COLLABORATION WITH THE FISHING
INDUSTRY TRIBAL NATIONS LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. WILL DRIVE
INNOVATION THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS TO AVOID. MINIMIZE AND
MITIGATE IMPACTS AND GENERATE
BENEFITS TO SUPPORT. THE
RESILIENCY AND FUTURE SUCCESS OF
CALIFORNIA'S FISHERIES. SO THAT
WE CAN ACHIEVE OUTCOMES THAT ARE
TRULY MUTUALLY SUCCESSFUL. THANK
YOU MISTER. REALLY APPRECIATE
THE COMMENTS TODAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH AGAIN HEAVY HANG OUT MISS
ROBINSON AND WE'RE GONNA COME
RIGHT BACK TO YOU HERE. AS WE
GET TO OUR PANEL WE'RE NOW GOING
TO BRING IN THIS MARCHETTI
REALLY GRATEFUL AS SHE IS THE
FISHERIES LIAISON OFFICER FOR
EQUINOX. WINDY HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES WE'RE GRATEFUL
YOU'RE HERE TODAY YOU HAVE FIVE
MINUTES WE'LL GIVE YOU THIRTY
SECOND PROMPTING GOOD AFTERNOON
EXCELLENT THANK YOU HEAR ME OK
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN CLEAR. THANK
YOU TO THE CALIFORNIA JOINT
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
AQUACULTURE FOR PROVIDING ME
TIME TODAY TO SPEAK OF CO
EXISTENCE WITH THE FISHING
COMEDIAN OFFER WHEN DEVELOPMENT.
MY NAME'S ELIZABETH MARCHETTI
OCCUR WHEN U. S. FISHERIES
LIAISON OFFICER I'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE COMMERCIAL
CHARTER FISHING COMMUNITIES FOR
OVER TWENTY YEARS. BOTH AS A
FIELD SCIENTISTS AND FISHERMEN.
I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
WORKING OFFSHORE FISHING VESSELS
ON THE GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF A
DIVERSE RANGE OF YOUR TYPES.
SUCH AS BOTTOM IN MID OTTER
TRAWLS LONGLINES GILLNETS
LOBSTER FISHING CON POTS ALONG
WITH RUN REAL. IN TWENTY FIFTEEN
I WAS ELECTED TO THE FIRST U. S.
FISHERIES LIAISON. FOR THE BLACK
AND WINDFARM. OFF OF THE RHODE
ISLAND COAST TODAY PASSIONATELY
CONTINUE WORKING WITH OFFICIAL
COMMITTEE FOR OCCURS EAST COAST
PROJECTS AND I'M HERE TODAY TO
SHARE HOW WE ENGAGE WITH
CONSULTATIVE. AND SUPPORT OUR
EAST COAST FISHING FLEETS AND
COMMUNITIES. ECUADOR'S A GLOBAL
NORWEGIAN COMPANY WITH OVER
FIFTY YEARS OF WORKING ALONGSIDE
THE MARITIME AND- FISHING
COMMUNITIES AND AN OIL AND GAS-
HEADQUARTERS IN NORWAY. BUT
LOCATED. ECKENER IT'S LOCATED
AND- THIRTY COUNTRIES WITH
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE. OCCUR HAS
BEEN HERE IN THE U. S. SINCE THE
NINETEEN EIGHTIES WITH AN OFFICE
IN STAMFORD. AND CURRENTLY HOLDS
OFFICES IN HOUSTON. BROOKLYN
BOSTON EMERYVILLE. HEADQUARTERED
MORE THAN A DECADE A- ENOUGH
WIND. AND WHICH INCLUDES THE
FIRST COMMERCIAL. WIND FARM IN
HIGH WHEN SCOTLAND. EGGMAN IRWIN
USUALLY. OCCUR WHEN US IS
DEVELOPING OFFSHORE WIND
PROJECTS INTO BONE LEASE AREAS
ON THE EAST COAST. EMPIRE WIND
APPROXIMATE FOURTEEN ANNIKA
MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND NEW
YORK. AND SEVENTEEN OCT NAUTICAL
MILES EAST OF NEW JERSEY- AND
EMPIRE WIND. I'M SORRY WHO WAS
MY TRAIN HERE AND B. CAN WIN
WHICH IS- TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF
MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND SEVENTEEN
NAUTICAL MILES. SOUTHWEST OF.
NANTUCKET AND BOTH PROJECTS WILL
POWER OVER TWO MILLION HOMES.
EKELER THINKS ABOUT IMPACTS ON
COMMUNITIES WITH OUR PROJECTS-
OF THE COMPANY. ENVIRONMENT AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE ON THE
FOREFRONT. THAT MEANS
CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING
RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY A
PROJECTS. WE STRIVE FOR
TRANSPARENCY BY ENGAGING AND
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY WITH
STAKEHOLDERS EVEN BEFORE. WE
KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. WE SEEK TO
MINIMIZE OUR IMPACT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT BY COLLABORATING
WITH CONSERVATION PRESERVATION
GROUPS FISHERIES FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
AMONG OTHERS. ECKENER WANTS TO
CREATE LOCAL JOBS. INCLUDING
WORKING WITH UNIONS AND SOURCING
IN THE U. S. WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
OKAY EGGMAN OR UNDERSTANDS LOCAL
CONCERNS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO
WIN U. S. TEAMS ARE COMPOSED OF
LOCAL RESIDENTS AND CONTINUE TO
GROW LOCALLY. DIVING DEEPER
PASSING KERN EXPERIENCES WORKING
WITH THE FISHING COMMUNITIES HER
CO EXISTING GOAL WE CAN
DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO
THE FISHING COMMUNITY THROUGH A
NUMBER OF STRATEGIES.
CONTRACTING WITH FISHERMEN AS
ARCHERFISH RELAYS ARMS UPON
SERVING AS THE VISUAL
INSTALLATION VESSELS TO SUPPORT
WITH MITIGATION AND AVOIDANCE OF
FISHING GEAR COMPLEX. UTILIZING
FISHING VESSELS A SCOUT SAFETY
VESSELS CONSULTATION WITH
FISHERMAN'S IN ORGANIZATIONS AND
PLANNING OF THE LAY OUT AND OF
THE WIND FARM IN CABLE ROUTING.
ACROSS IN THIS INDUSTRY
COLLABORATION WITH FISHING
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES TO
SUPPORT WITH FISHING
CONSULTATIONS AND PROJECT
DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT. GULAR PORT
HOURS ENGAGEMENTS. MODIFY
SERVICE SCHEDULES TO AVOID AREAS
WITH ACTIVE SEASONAL FISHING.
PARTICIPATE ON MULTIPLE STATE
FISHERIES WORKING GROUP'S JOINT
COLLABORATIONS WITH NEIGHBORING
LEASES. ESTABLISH AND EXECUTE
YOUR CLAIM AN APPLICATION
PROCESS- HAS SECURED TWENTY FIVE
MILLION FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
REGIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS- AND
PROJECT FISHERIES AND BENTHIC
MODERN STUDIES PRE DURING AND
POST CONSTRUCTION. AS AN EXAMPLE
OF JOY JOINT COLLABORATION WITH
NEIGHBORING LEASES. AND
FISHERMEN IS OUR WORK WITH THE
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM. SIX THE
DEVELOPERS OF THE ROAD IN
MASSACHUSETTS WHEN ENGINEERS
SUPPORTING REGIONAL STUDY OF A
HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES. HSBC
SUCH AS SHORTFIN MAKO BOYFRIEND
DUSKY SHARKS. ARE TAGGED IN AND
CREWS TO CHRISSY REPORT ON THE
SEA FLOOR TO TRACK MIGRATION OF
MOVEMENTS OF THESE MAGNIFICENT
ANIMALS. GRANT SCIENTISTS WORK
WITH LOCAL FISHERMEN FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT OF RECEIVERS OFF
SHORE AND TAGGING OF THE
ANIMALS. EGGMAN WERE STRONGLY
COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING THE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE OPERATE
. EMPIRE WINDHAM BEACON WHEN
PROJECTS ARE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH MARINE SCIENTISTS LIKE THE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY IN
WHICH WHOLE. INSTITUTION TO
CAREFULLY TRACK AND MONITOR THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
PRESENCE OF WELLS RECKONER
DEPLOYS SOPHISTICATED PASSIVE
ACOUSTIC MONITORING THE REASON
OF CITY OF EMPIRE NGUYEN. DETAIN
REAL TIME WILL ACOUSTIC DATA
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCIENTISTS.
EKELER WILL CONTINUE THIS WERE
CLEVERLY WITH ME IN MARINE
SCIENCE AND OTHER EXPERTS. ON
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH FOR
FUTURE PROJECTS. ECUADOR'S ALSO
HEAVILY ENGAGE ANOTHER OUTREACH
BOTH AT THE STATE WIDE LEVEL.
AND LOCALLY REGARDING OTHER
TYPES OF RESEARCH AND DATA
MAPPING RELEVANT TO OFFSHORE
WIND DEVELOPMENT IN MARINE
IMPACTS- FOCUSED ON EQUITY UNDER
IT REACH PLANNING AND EXECUTION
AND HAVE BEGUN OUT REGION TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT. MEMBERS AS WELL
ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS- SO YEAH
THANK YOU FOR TO THE COMMITTEE.
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY SPEAK TODAY
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE
DISCUSSION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE FISHING COMMITTEES HERE ON
THE WEST COAST. THANK YOU SO
MUCH WE'RE GRATEFUL YOU BEING
WITH US HERE FOR JUST A BIT IS
WILL HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION
FROM THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO MISS THE HAIN. HI NATALIE IS
SHE WITH THE STATE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL I
THINK SHE'S THE ONE OF THE FEW
THAT I'VE EVER WORKED ON A
LOBSTER BOAT. SO WHICH IS PART
OF THE COUNTRY NOW SHE'S EVER
JEOPARDY QUESTION YOU HAVE THE
ANSWER. SO THIS LANE I TAKE IT
AWAY AB REPRESENTING. OTHER
WORKING WOMEN AND MEN OF. THE
TRIP CANCELLED GOOD AFTERNOON
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY- I DO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
TODAY OF REPRESENTING THE NEARLY
HALF A MILLION HARD WORKING BLUE
COLLAR MEMBERS OF THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL. OF CALIFORNIA AND THAT
TRULY. IS A PRIVILEGE- AS
SENATOR MCGUIRE SAID- I DO ALSO.
HAVE THE WAY BACK EXPERIENCE OF
WORKING ON. IN THE GULF OF PAIN
I AM FROM THE BEAUTIFUL COAST OF
MAINE. AND AS MANY KIDS THAT
GREW UP ON THE GULF- DID- WE
GREW UP WORKING ON THE BOATS AND
I HAVE A GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT
FOR THE WORKING FISHERIES IN
THIS. IN THIS COUNTRY- AND I
FEEL IT IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW
I'M I'M FORTUNATE TO- WE HAVE.
ENORMOUS GOALS TO MEET
NATIONALLY AND CERTAINLY IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE TWENTY
THIRTY GOALS- ARE ON THE NEWS A
LOT OF WATER METAPHORS TODAY
IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE A TIDAL
WAVE RIGHT AND WE'RE ALL
STANDING ON THE BEACH. AND WE'RE
HAVING TO REACH GOALS THAT WE
ARE NOT READY FOR AT THIS POINT
SO THE URGENCY- WITH ISSUES LIKE
OFFSHORE WIND I THINK CANNOT BE-
UNDER STRESSED- THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES. HAVE BEEN AT
THE FOREFRONT OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY- WE FOUGHT FOR THE
ENTITLEMENTS AND BUILT THE VAST
WIND AND SOLAR FIELDS. IN THE
HIGH DESERT AND AROUND THE STATE
OF. ANYA WE WERE. WORKERS EIGHT
GENERAL. BEFORE IT SEEMS LIKE
THE REST OF THE STATE CAUGHT UP.
TO THE URGENCY AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE- WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE WE
HAVE THE TRAINING FACILITIES TO
MEET THE CLIMATE CRISIS- WE JUST
NEED SOME HELP TO GET GOING-
THERE ARE ENORMOUS WORKFORCE
BENEFITS- THAT WILL BE- YOU KNOW
RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE WITH
THE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND
RIGHT IT CANNOT BE
UNDERESTIMATED WHAT THIS IS
GOING TO DO ON THE WORK FORCE
SIDE. I HEARD FROM THE VICE
CHAIRMAN ABOUT THE YOU KNOW THE
- EXPECTANCY THAT THE TRIBAL
NATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT IN THE
TRADES HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE
OF PARTNERING WITH TRIBAL
NATIONS- ESPECIALLY- MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN THE IRON WORKERS
HAVE A- REAL STORY TRADITION OF
WORKING WITH TRIBAL NATIONS.
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES-
ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING-
HARDWORKING CALIFORNIANS INTO
THE BUILDING TRADES APPRENTICE
PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS TO
BUILD OFFSHORE WIND TO BUILD THE
CARBON CAPTURE TO BUILD BUILD
THE BIOFUELS. THAT CALIFORNIA IS
GOING TO NEED TO DO SOON TO MEET
THE CLIMATE CRISIS SO I DO- I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT VICE CHAIRMAN
IS STILL LISTENING LIKE YOU KNOW
THEY ARE PARTNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES. AND YOU KNOW
THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE. THAN
THE BUILDING TRADES TO PARTNER
ON- WORKFORCE ISSUES- THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT
HOW THEY SEE OFFSHORE WIND
GETTING DEPLOYED IN THE UNITED
STATES AND THAT'S BEING DEPLOYED
WITH A SKILLED AND TRAINED
WORKFORCE. UTILIZING APPRENTICE
PROGRAMS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A VERY
LABOR FRIENDLY WHITE HOUSE
FINALLY- AND IT IS UP TO. YOU
KNOW THE FOLKS IN THIS BUILDING
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES
HAPPEN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA- WE ARE IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFSHORE
WIND LEASE HOLDERS WE'RE EXCITED
TO PARTNER WE'RE EXCITED. THERE
ARE SO MANY LEVELS OF WHICH-
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WILL BE
BROUGHT INTO THIS PROCESS YOU
KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE
BARGER'S BARGES BUILT IN SAN
DIEGO WITH THE UNION WORK FORCE
TO. TO DRAG MY WORD DRAG THIS
EQUIPMENT OFF SHORE YOU KNOW
THERE IS GOING TO BE THE VAST
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CENTER
REQUIRES TALKED ABOUT THE
TRANSMISSION OF FOR STRUCTURE
THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE. BY
ELECTRICAL WORKERS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA THE IRON WORKERS
ARE GOING TO YOU KNOW PUT UP
THESE YOU KNOW GIGANTIC TURBINES
THAT ARE EVEN HARD TO IMAGINE I
MEAN THE WORK FORCE BENEFITS.
THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE AND WILL
HAPPEN LOCALLY BECAUSE THAT'S
ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING
TRADES AS WE HAVE A LONG
HISTORY. OF WORKING WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO BRING LOCAL
PEOPLE ON TO JOB SITES AND TRAIN
THEM IN A TRADE THAT THAT THAT
WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE REST
OF THEIR LIFE. BUT TO GET. YOU
KNOW I CAN'T STATE ENOUGH THE
SENSE OF URGENCY WE HAVE- NOT
ONLY FOR THE GOALS BUT ALSO FOR
THE CLIMATE- YOU KNOW THE
FISHERIES ARE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING YOU KNOW THE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE I MEAN
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT ALREADY-
I. APPRECIATE THE COMMENT ABOUT
I MEAN THIS IS A- RESPONSE THAT
IN PART WILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS
IN THE OCEAN ME WHERE I'M FROM
THE GULF OF MAINE AT LEAST MY
DAUGHTER TELLS ME THIS THE GULF
OF MAINE. IS WARMING AT A RATE
FASTER THAN ANY OTHER BODY OF
WATER I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
TRUE I THINK THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CITATION NOW BUT- I MEAN THIS IS
AFFECTING THE FISHERIES RIGHT
NOW SO WE NEED TO ACT YOU KNOW
YESTERDAY. TO MEET THE CLIMATE
CRISIS IN OFFSHORE WIND IS GOING
TO BE A HUGE COMPONENT OF THAT.
BUT WE NEED HELP WITH THE
PERMITTING WE NEED HELP WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED HELP WITH
THE- RED TAPE THAT WILL ENABLE
US TO GET THIS ONLINE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT THERE
WAS THE REPORT TODAY THAT TWO
THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY IS AT RISK
OF MAJOR POWER OUTAGES THIS
SUMMER LIKE. AGAIN THE TIME WAS
YESTERDAY TO GET THIS DONE BUT
IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORK FORCE
TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE
FISHING COMMUNITIES THE TRIBAL
NATIONS AND THESE COMPANIES THAT
WILL BE EXPECTED TO INVEST
MILLIONS NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO GET THIS ENERGY. TO
CALIFORNIANS- SO ON BEHALF OF
THE BLUE COLLAR WORKFORCE AT THE
STATE BUILDING TRADES LET'S GET
GOING SO WE CAN BUILD SOME
STUFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS
LANE VERY GRATEFUL YOU'RE HERE
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TURNING
OVER TO THE COMMITTEE HERE FOR
CONVERSATION WITH. OUR PANEL
AND- AND IN TURN OVER THE VICE
CHAIR FIRST IMMIGRATED CENTER
CORTESE. AT THE ONE- OPENING
COMING I'LL HAVE IS YOU KNOW THE
JOINT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN. OUT
FOCUSED OVER THE PAST DECADES ON
ENSURING. GOLDEN STATE AT.
COMMERCIAL FISHING FLEET.
THRIVES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
. AND IN PARTICULAR SINCE TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN. AND THEY FACE
SOME OF THE STRONGEST HEADWINDS-
THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OVER A
CENTURY- AND- IT IS THIS
COMMITTEES BELIEVE. THAT WE NEED
TO TAKE A STATE WIDE APPROACH
NOT A PORT BY PORT APPROACH WHEN
IT COMES TO COMPENSATION. FOR
LOST FISHING GROUNDS BUT WHEN IT
COMES FOR NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR DOC IMPROVEMENTS FOR
PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS- IN
THAT. THE FLEET HAS TO BE HAVE A
SEAT AT THE TABLE A 100% OF THE
WAY. AND IT CAN'T BE ADVISORY IT
HAS TO BE MANDATED- AND INSURE
THEIR LONG TERM SUCCESS I SAY
THAT BECAUSE BOB I DON'T THINK
WOULD BE FAIR IF WE OPEN UP THIS
CONVERSATION WITHOUT IT. AND DO
APPRECIATE BEING GAUGE MEANT BY
THE INDUSTRY I'M WITH THE
COMMITTEE ON THIS FOR THE
CRITICAL ISSUE. I TURNED OVER TO
THE VICE CHAIR OUT FOR OPENING
COMMENTS POLICING IN QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA PICK THE CHAIR THOSE
COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND HAVING
A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN BEING
PART OF THE PROCESS. AND I'VE
ALREADY REFERENCES THAT COUPLE
TIMES- BUT COMING FROM THE CITY
OF MORRO BAY WE HAD INCREDIBLY
EARLY ENGAGEMENT- FROM ONE
COMPANY- A LOT OF CONVERSATION
AND DIRECT ACTION WHEN IT CAME
TO THE FISHING COMMUNITY AND SO.
I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU THAT
THE FISHING COMMUNITY IS
IMPORTANT TO YOU BUT I'M
WONDERING IN TERMS OF- ACTUAL
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO
FAR. WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
ARE AT WHAT YOU SEE THAT
TRAJECTORY SO NOT SO MUCH THE
FUTURE BUT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE
PAST WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THIS
MOMENT. AND THEN WHAT THE
TRAJECTORY WILL BE- LIKE TO KICK
US OFF PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. YES OUR
WILL- ELECT ELIZABETH SPEAK TO
INTERACTIONS IN THE IN THE
CENTER AND THE CENTRAL COAST- AS
AN ASSOCIATION I THINK WE HAVE
BEEN. PREPARING FOR. OVERALL
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FISHING
INDUSTRY UP UNTIL THE AUCTION WE
WERE WE WERE SHORT WHO WERE TO
BE THE ULTIMATE WINNER SO. THE
ONE COMPANY THAT WAS VERY
ACTIVELY INVOLVED. DIDN'T WIN
THE AUCTION- BUT THAT. BY NO
MEANS DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE
COMPANIES THAT ONE ARE HAVE NOT
BEEN INVOLVED TO MIGHT FOR MY
UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATIONS ARE.
HAPPENING ALL THE TIME NOW ON
THIS ISSUE AND AS IT ASSOCIATION
WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT SORT OF
MORE BROADLY HOW DO WE APPROACH
THIS. THIS- OPPORTUNITY FOR
COLLABORATION I DID SAY AND NOT
SORT OF HOLISTIC WAY- SO WHAT
SENATOR WIRE SAID ABOUT A
STATEWIDE PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE
LOOKING AT. ALL OF THE FISHERIES
TRIBAL COMMERCIAL BRING
EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE SETTING
UP SOMETHING THAT'S
COMPREHENSIVE SINCE THE OCEAN IS
LARGE THERE ARE FISHING
ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRAVEL VERY
FAR. SOME PORTS THAT YOU
WOULDN'T THINK ARE ARE PART OF.
YOU KNOW THE EQUATION REALLY
ARE- BRINGING ALL OF THOSE THOSE
GROUPS TOGETHER TO. WITH THE
OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS AND
WITH THE STATE AGENCIES ARE
GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS
THIS. HOLISTICALLY STARTING WITH
MITIGATIONS ADOPTED ADAPTATIONS
AND THINKING ABOUT A
COMPENSATION FRAMEWORK SO WE'RE
REALLY THINKING FROM AN
ASSOCIATION LEVEL. WHAT IS THE
POLICY AND A PROCESS THAT WE
SHOULD BE PUTTING IN PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH- AS YOUR WE
WERE OURS AS YOU ARE AWARE WE
WE'VE MET TOMORROW BIG GUYS
WHICH ARE GREAT IN MARCH AND
WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF
OUR CONVERSATION AND
DISCUSSIONS- RIGHT NOW- WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS
AGREEMENT THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH
THE NON LEASEHOLDER. OF NON
LEASE OWNER WE'RE GONNA BE
LOOKING AT THAT AND STARTING OUR
OWN- CONVERSATIONS OF DISCUSSION
WITH THEM- REGARDING
COMPENSATION- WHAT WE SEE ON THE
EAST COAST RIGHT NOW IS IT'S
PROJECT BY PROJECT COMPENSATION.
BUT WE ALSO SUPPORTING A FEDERAL
REGIONAL SO IT WOULD BE ELEVEN
STATES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
REGIONAL COMPENSATION WHICH WE
SEE WHEN THAT GETS UP OFF THE
GROUND AND SECURED. WE ENVISION
IT TO MOVE TO THE WEST COAST AS
WELL TO BE A MORE ENCOMPASSING
REGIONAL COMPENSATION. WE ALSO
HAVE OUR FISHERIES COMMUNICATION
PLAN ALREADY- DRAFTED WHICH I
WILL SHARE TO THEM OUR BIG GUYS
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRIBAL
COMMUNICATIONS PLANS. SO WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD AND CONTINUE OUR
DISCUSSION IS KEY AND ENGAGEMENT
. AND MADAM BY SHARE THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION- SO OUR- OUR
DEGREES APPROACH TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE OFFSHORE
ENVIRONMENT HERE IN THE U. S. IS
ONE OF A- OF A VERY LONG TERM
PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY- WE'VE WE PROPOSE TO
DEVELOP. OWN AND OPERATE THE
PROJECT THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE
CYCLE WHICH AS YOUR WIRES IN
EXCESS OF THIRTY YEARS SO. WHEN
WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND ENGAGING YOU KNOW
WHETHER IT'S THE FISHING
INDUSTRY OR THE TRIBAL NATIONS
OR LOCAL COMMUNITY. IT'S WITH
THAT FRAME OF REFERENCE AND- SO
WE RECOGNIZE CLEARLY THAT THAT
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND
BUILDING TRUST TAKES TIME- BUT
THAT'S WE'VE DONE FROM DAY ONE
WHEN WE FINALLY CAME TO
CALIFORNIA TO START THAT OUT
REACH. WITH THE FISHING
INDUSTRY- AND ONE OF ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO.
ESTABLISH IS A GOOD ACTORS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF
THE FISHERIES ACTIVITIES IN THE
AREA- THAT INFORMATION MAY NOT
BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THAT
REQUIRES THAT TYPE OF. DIRECT
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FISHING
INDUSTRY WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHO HOW WHEN WHAT AND WHERE
OPERATES WITHIN THAT AREA- SO
THAT WE CAN. EFFECTIVELY
COORDINATE AROUND THOSE
ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO
COORDINATE SUCCESSFULLY WE
REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT IS- SO
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY
FOCAL POINTS FOR US OF OUR-
INITIAL ENGAGE WITH FISHERIES.
AND AND WE'RE WE'RE FEEDING THAT
BACK SO WE WERE TO CURATE THE
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. AND FEED THAT
BACK INTO OUR PROJECT WORKSTREAM
SAID THAT WHEN WE- COME TO THE
POINT OF PLANNING- AN OFFSHORE
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY- WE WILL HAVE
A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THE- SOME THE SEASONAL
CONSIDERATIONS ARE FOR EXAMPLE
ABOUT THE FISHERY- BECAUSE- IT.
IN ORDER FOR US TO SUCCESSFULLY
WORK TOGETHER GOING TO REALLY
HAVE TO COORDINATE WELL THANK
COORDINATION IS GOING TO BE. A
BIG PART OF THAT IMPACT OF WINDS
AND MINIMIZATION. AS AS OUR
INDUSTRY MOVES FORWARD AND WORKS
. TO AVOID IMPACTS IN CALIFORNIA
. IF YOU. ADVISE YOUR INFO
PLEASE. THAT FOR THE MOMENT
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PICTURE RECIPROCATED THERE ANY
ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE PLEASE ENTER
. JUST JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS
REALLY YOU KNOW. HIM FOR ME IT
WAS KIND OF CUTE UP BY.
CINEMAGOERS COMMENTS FEW MINUTES
AGO- IN. IF I'M- IF I'M IF I'M
OUTSIDE OF- YOU KNOW THE LANE
THAT WERE IN WITH THIS PANEL
JUST LET ME KNOW THAT'S FINE- NO
OFFENSE TO BE TAKEN BUT- IT
SEEMS TO ME LIKE. YOU KNOW LIKE
ANY OTHER- IT. EXPOSES COULD BE
FOR THE NEXT PANEL SPECIFICALLY
BUT BUT- ANY SUCH ENDEAVOR- IT
AND WE SEE IT. LAND SIDE ALL THE
TIME WITH MAJOR TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS AND GO THROUGH URBAN
CENTERS ARE PROTECTED AREAS OR
WHATEVER. THERE NEEDS TO BE NOT
JUST A MITIGATION PLAN BUT THERE
NEEDS TO BE THE FINANCIAL
CAPACITY TO. IN EFFECT- MITIGATE
HE HASN'T. IT I WOULD SAY. THE
YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF. THE
OPENING HEARD IN TERMS OF
BUILDING TRADES DEPARTMENT SO
FOR THE SAME THING GOES FOR- YOU
KNOW CALL MAKING SURE THAT.
WHATEVER HAPPENS IN TERMS OF
PRODUCE THE PLAN CREATES. GOOD
JOBS- SO YOU COULD ADD THE SAME
THING I THINK IN TERMS OF
EQUITY- IN IN AND- WE'RE TALKING
SPECIFICALLY FISHERIES HERE BUT
IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED OF
COURSE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS
PROCESS- IF YOU COULD JUST TALK
A BIT IS THERE SPECIFIC THOUGHT.
GIVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OFF
SHORE WHEN WE DO THESE OF SURE
WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS NOW.
IN TERMS OF BUILDING IN TO THE
ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION
PROCESS IF YOU WILL OF THE KIND
OF THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY THIS
NECESSARY TO COVER THOSE THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS- JUST INCLUDING.
BASIC YOU KNOW HUMAN
DISPLACEMENT IN TERMS OF
BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH. YEAH- I
CAN START THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE QUESTION- YOU KNOW OFFER
A WIN AT THE AS YOU SAID
OFFERMAN PROJECTS ARE LARGE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SO WHEN
THE DEVELOPERS ARE THINKING
ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THIS. EQUITY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THE
SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S
NEEDED ALL OF THAT IS WHAT WHAT
THE COMPANY IS THINKING ABOUT
WHEN DESIGNING A PROJECT WHERE
THE STAGE RIGHT NOW WHERE THE
LEASE HOLDERS. JUST OF
IDENTIFIED THEIR THEIR AREAS
WHERE THEY CAN BUILD THE NEXT
STEP IS SITE ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR
THE REALLY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS THE SEA FLOOR LIKE WHERE WE
GONNA POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO PUT
ANCHORS WHAT IS OUR SPACING.
THAT WILL UNCOVER A LOT ABOUT
POTENTIAL MITIGATION
OPPORTUNITIES. THE LEARNINGS
FROM THAT THEN GETS BUILT INTO A
CONSTRUCTION OPERATION PLAN AND
ALL OF THE FINANCIAL MODELING
THAT COMPANIES ARE DOING OF
HERE'S THE TOTAL CAPITAL COSTS
AND HERE'S THE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS. ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION CONSIDERATIONS OF
EQUITY HOW WE CAN SUPPORT WORKS
WORKFORCE TRAINING ALL OF THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
FROM THE- SORT OF INCEPTION OF.
CONCEPTUALIZING A PROJECT TOWARD
GETTING AN AREA TOWARD. MOVING
AS WE ARE NOW INTO. ACTUAL
PLANNING OF THE PROJECT. IN IN A
GUESTS WE CAN FOR THIS PURPOSE
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME
COOPERATION COLLABORATION WITH
WITH BUILDING TRADES- THE FIRST
YEAR I GOT HERE A COUPLE YEARS
AGO THAT WAS ALREADY GOING ON-
BUT IS A RESISTANCE TO BUILDING
IN THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY I'M-
AMONG THE DEVELOPER SIDE NOW. WE
DO SEE THAT WE SEE THAT. YOU
KNOW WITH MAJOR. HELLO I'M I'M
NEW A LITTLE NEW TO THIS TOPIC-
BUT WE SEE THAT WITH MAJOR RAIL
PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE EVERYBODY
SAYS WE'RE GONNA PUT CONTRACTS
CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PLAN IN
PLACE- BUT- ITS- IT'S ALWAYS
FUNDED. IN SO WE END UP WITH THE
SITUATION WHERE- THERE'S IMPACT
. YOU KNOW A FEW MONTHS INTO THE
CRITICAL PATH IN IN IN THE
RESOURCES RIGHT THE BUILDINGS
CLOSE YOU KNOW THAT. SORT OF THE
COST HAS BEEN WRAPPED UP- EDGES
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT TO BE
GENERAL RESISTANCE TO. TO REALLY
ONE PERSON ON THE DOLLAR
MITIGATE- YOU NOT JUST HAVE THE
PLAN BUT BUILT INTO- THE
OVERHEAD GENERAL CONDITIONS OF
THE PROJECT I CAN JUST BECAUSE A
CONSTRUCTION PERSON. THE ACTUAL
COST OF THE MEDICATION. IF NOT I
HOPE THE ANSWER IS YES AND JUST
AS I DON'T HAVE AN WHAT AND HERE
I'M JUST YEAH WELL I'M I'M NOT A
DEVELOPER SO I CAN'T SPEAK FROM
FROM THE DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE-
SO I WAS PRE PREVIOUSLY WITH THE
DEVELOPER. I THINK THE OFFSHORE
WIND INDUSTRY IS. IS DIFFERENT
THAN IN THE STREETS OF THE PAST
WE- KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE
AREAS WHERE WORK TRYING TO BUILD
MORE OBEY AND HUMBLE. OTHER
INDUSTRIES HAVE COME ON COME IN
AND BEEN EXTRACTIVE AND
EXPLOITATIVE OFFER WINDOWS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO. REALLY UNDO THAT
RIGHT SO I THINK THE COMPANIES
THAT WANT TO DO THIS ARE TAKING
PART OF A RISK AND INITIATIVE.
IN A VERY IMPORTANT CLIMATE
MITIGATION STRATEGY BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE IN IT AND THEY WANT TO
DO RIGHT BY CLIMATE AND
COMMUNITIES SO. I THINK THEY ARE
BUILDING THOSE THINGS THAT WE
WILL NEED. STATE SUPPORT AND-
FEDERAL SUPPORT AGAIN BIG
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. PORTS
OF ELEMENT TRANSMISSION
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS CAN'T DO
THIS ALL ON THEIR OWN BUT I
THINK COMPANIES ARE VERY WIDE.
EYES WIDE OPEN ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES AND THE NEED TO BUILD
AND- BASE FOR MITIGATIONS OF
ADAPTATIONS LONG WAY. THE
RESEARCHER. THANK YOU PETER FONG
MISTRESS INTERPRETATIVE PLEASE
YEAH THANK YOU SENATOR- THROUGH
THE CHAIR SO I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION IN AND OUT I WOULD.
MAKE SEVERAL POINTS AROUND THIS
AND ONE IS THAT. YOU KNOW BUT
BONE CLEARLY RECOGNIZE. SO MANY
IS CONCERNED I THINK WHEN THEY-
IN THEIR LAP IN THE FINAL SALE
NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA- BUILT IN
THE- PROVISION FOR COMMUNITY
BENEFITS AGREEMENTS THAT COULD
BE RELATED TO- IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFICALLY TO
THE FISHERIES I'M THINKING OF AT
THIS POINT BUT- BEYOND THAT BONE
IS ALSO DEVELOPING- FISHERIES
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION
GUIDELINES. AND- WE WOULD EXPECT
TO- TO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE
CERTAINLY. I MEAN ARE IN THIS
RESPECT OTHERS IN PLACE VERY
SOON FROM THE AGENCY AND SO AS
WE GO FORWARD WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION
OPERATIONS PLANS WE'RE GONNA.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EYE TOWARDS
YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT IT'S GONNA
TAKE TO MEET THOSE COMPENSATORY
MITIGATION OR- OTHER MITIGATION
GUIDELINES THAT THAT THE PHONE
COMES OUT WITH ITS LEAD AGENCY
ON THIS INDUSTRY- I WOULD JUST
SAY THE THAT- BEYOND THAT. YOU
KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
COMPENSATION BUT THAT COMES AT
THE VERY END OF THE PROCESS OF-
EVERY DAY WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN
OUR WITH OUR PROJECT
WORKSTREAMS. WE ARE WORKING
HOLISTICALLY TO TRY TO AVOID
MINIMIZE MITIGATE IMPACTS AND
SO- YOU KNOW IF WE FOLLOW THAT
HIERARCHICAL APPROACH BUT WE
DEVOTE A LOT OF ENERGY AND ARE
THINKING AS AS PROJECT TEAMS. TO
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE IMPACTS AND
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THIS
COORDINATION WITH THE FISHING
INDUSTRY IS GONNA BE SO VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE- THE FISHING
INDUSTRY. WILL HAVE A LOT OF
EXCELLENT IDEAS I THINK ABOUT.
MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND THE
FISHING INDUSTRY WANTS TO KEEP
FISHING AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT
OUTCOME AS WELL SO. YOU KNOW I
THINK BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
TOGETHER WE CAN IDENTIFY
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WOULD
PROMOTE RESILIENCY AND
ADAPTATION WITHIN THE FISHERIES.
AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LONG
TERM SUCCESS OF CALIFORNIA
SURGERY. AND I THINK THAT I
THINK THAT TO ME IS- AND EARLY
FOCAL POINT FOR US IN THE
PROCESS THESE- THE END AND IF
THAT'S DONE SUCCESSFULLY AND
EFFECTIVELY. THEN WHEN YOU GET
TO THE END YOU HAVE YOU HAVE
LESS OF A AN IMPACT THAT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY COMPENSATING BUT- WE
WANT TO BE PROACTIVE BECAUSE- I
THINK. YOU KNOW ACHIEVING THAT
TYPE THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
THROUGH COLLABORATION REALLY IS
GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. THIS IS.
THE JUST THAT WE JUST SAY. I
WOULD ADD THAT IT'S BELIEVE THAT
SOME COMPENSATION NEEDS TO BE.
EUROPE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
PROCESS ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF.
THE HUMAN IMPACTS FOR THE
BUSINESS IMPACT BECAUSE- WE'RE
NOT SET UP TO. TO SORT OF WAIT
TILL THE END. IN ANY ALMOST HAVE
TO HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF A
TELLER WINDOW WORK IN A WERE
PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND SORT OF
GET WHATEVER. IT IS. MY OPINION
MY EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY AND- BEEN
AROUND. THESE KIND OF THINGS
SPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
LONG ENOUGH TO. HAVE SEEN- SET
UP ON EMERGENCY BASIS BECAUSE
PEOPLE GOT IT. THINGS WERE A BIT
LOOK WILL PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO THE MEDICATION AND AS LONG AS
IT DOESN'T EXCEED FIFTEEN
PERCENT. YOU KNOW OVERHEAD JOE
CONDITIONS IN OVERHEAD.
SOMETIMES BECOMES THE NORM. AND
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S
ROSALIE TO EARLIER YOU KNOW
YOU'RE PART WAY IN YOU DON'T
REALLY HAVE THE ACTUAL.
COMPENSATION A TO KEEP PEOPLE-
KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE KEEP PEOPLE
THRIVING- BUT- YOU KNOW I WOULD
IMAGINE THERE ARE FEW OPERATORS
. ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE AND
THEN LOWER AND ECONOMIC LEVELS
THAT COULD SURVIVE TO THE END
ONE OF THESE PROJECTS YOU KNOW
WITHOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF A
STIPEND. OF EQUIVALENT HAD NO
WITH IT IS TO BE NOT BE CASH BUT
SOMETHING COMING IN TO KEEP
THEM. TO KEEP THEM GOING TO A
LITTLE PROCESS AND I'M NOT
SUGGESTING THAT YOU DISAGREE
WITH THAT I JUST. WANTED TO
CLARIFY MY THINKING ON. I THANK
YOU SO MUCH MISS MARKETPLACES
CENTER CRAZIES COMING HERE THANK
YOU SO MUCH SENATOR FOR THOSE
COMMENTS SO I I'VE FROM A
FISHERIES PERSPECTIVE ON THE
EAST COAST. IT IT'S A MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION WITH WHAT YOU
ASKED RIGHT THERE SO MANY MOVING
COMPLEXITIES. GUYS MY HELL OUT
OF RHODE ISLAND BUT OUR LANDING
IN VIRGINIA AND MASSACHUSETTS
SO. HOW WE'RE HANDLING IT WITH
ON THE EAST COAST AS YOU GO TO
GET THE STATE'S INVOLVED IN THE-
THE BILL. FEDERAL AGENCY
INVOLVED IN NO- AND SO IT'S- HOW
IT'S- PROGRESSING IS OVERSEEING
THAT COMPENSATION- FUND COME.
WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE GETTING
CLOSER TO DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL
THIS STUFF TO COME TOGETHER- AND
ALSO- THAT'S WHY ALL THE STATE'S
IN THE DEVELOPERS ARE SUPPORTING
THAT FEDERAL REGIONAL. FUNDS SO
THERE'S ONE ADMINISTRATOR ONE AN
ENTITY THAT- THE DEVELOPERS AND
AFTER WIND- COULD COULD AGREE ON
AND TRUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH
SECOND IS THE INNER ITEMS YOU
HAVE POLICING. MEDEVACED YEAR.
VERY BRIEF QUESTION FOR THE
TRAITS- AND JUST IF YOU COULD
TALK. QUICKLY ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS NEEDED TO GET THE
WORK FORCE UP AND RUNNING THAT
TIME YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WHAT WE
SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AS
LEGISLATORS. I KNOW YOU
MENTIONED PERMITTING AND THAT
WHOLE PIECE OF THINGS BUT FOR
THE WORK FORCE ITSELF. AND WE'RE
READY TO GO- AN OLD. YOU KNOW IN
IN OUR REALITY WE HAVE. STARTED
TRAINING I MEAN THESE ARE THESE
ARE HARD SKILLS THAT ARE MEMBERS
AND APPRENTICES. ARE ALREADY
TRAINED IN- YOU KNOW THE
BUILDING TRADES. BY THE NATURE
OF THE WORK IS- YOU KNOW IS
FLUID IN THE WAY THAT WE MOVE
FROM JOB SITE TO JOB SITE
INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRY- BUT WE ARE
READY TO GO WE WILL BE READY TO
GO- THE APPRENTICE AND YOU KNOW
WE HAVE A PRINTER CENTERS AROUND
THE STATE STATE OF THE ART TO
PUNISH CENTERS. THAT WILL SUPPLY
THE WORKERS IT WILL BRING IN YOU
KNOW LOCAL KIDS AND TRAIN THEM.
TO START TO WORK ON THESE SITES
TO WORK IN THE PORTS ON TO DO
THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE
NECESSARY BUT- YOU KNOW WE WERE
WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY- IF
YOU WERE TO SAY THERE WAS A
MAGIC WAND AND WE COULD WAIVE IT
AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO START A
MONTH. WILL BE READY IN A MONTH.
THANK YOU THOUGH. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR INVESTOR. MINIMIZE YOUR
ANY OTHER COMMENTS PLEASE YOU
HAVE. TO THE PANEL THANK YOU.
SIR COULD YOU SEE ANY OTHER
ITEMS YOU. OKAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH. JUST SOME BRIEF COMMENTS-
YOU KNOW AGAIN I HATE WHAT I
TRULY APPRECIATE IS- LEADING UP
INTO THIS HEARING AT THIS
HEARING. THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
WILLING TO BE AT THE TABLE- AND
IN FACT THEY ARE KNOCKING AT THE
DOOR CONSTANTLY. ONE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATIONS WHICH I GREATLY
APPRECIATE- THIS IS A VERY
PERSONAL I THINK. FOR MANY
COASTAL COMMUNITIES WHETHER
YOU'RE AN EAST COAST OR WEST
COAST BUT HERE ON THE WEST
COAST. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
WHERE. AND MANY OF OUR PORTS
ARE. THERE IN RURAL PARTS OF THE
STATE. IN IN THESE RURAL PARTS
OF THE STATE. THEY HAVE HAD
TRADITIONALLY NATURAL RESOURCE
BASED ECONOMIES. IN IN THOSE
NATURAL RESOURCE BASED
ECONOMIES. THEY'VE BEEN
STRUGGLING- ON THE NORTH COAST I
COULD SPEAK- M. S. SINCE I AM
HONORED TO BE TO WORK. ON THE
NORTH COAST. IT SAID IT WAS
FISHING. IN TIMBER. TIMBER HAS.
FALLEN OUT. FISHING HAS
STRUGGLED INCREDIBLY OVER THE
PAST. MANY YEARS. I'M IN IT'S
ONLY GETTING TOUGHER. AND I
THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
WE CAN'T SACRIFICE. ONE INDUSTRY
FOR ANOTHER. AND THERE ARE SOME
UNIQUE CHALLENGES HERE IN
CALIFORNIA- I WANNA TALK ABOUT
WHERE I THINK. THE STATE NEEDS
TO GO OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS. NUMBER ONE A STATE
TIME AND TIME AGAIN BUDGETS ARE
VALUE STATEMENTS IF WE VALUE THE
FISHING INDUSTRY. AND WE VALUE
OUR CLIMATE GOALS. WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT THE FLEET CAN
CONTINUE TO THRIVE. AND WERE
ABLE TO DEPLOY AN EXPEDITED
MANNER. OFFSHORE WIND AND- OFF
OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THAT'S
WHY THE STATE HAS INVESTED
ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ALONE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT THE
PORT OF HUMBLE. TO BE A KICK
START. THAT PROJECT FOR
MANUFACTURING OF THESE TURBINES
OUT BEFORE THEY ARE TAKEN OUT TO
SEA. THAT'S WHY WE'VE INVESTED
THREE EARNED FORTY MILLION CAL
POLY HUMBLED TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH THE TRADES IN COLLEGE OF
THE REDWOODS- FOR. HIGHLY
SKILLED TRAINING PROGRAMS. END I
ALSO BELIEVE THAT. THE INDUSTRY
AFTER WHEN INDUSTRIES CAN HAVE
TO HAVE SKIN IN THIS GAME.
THERE'S SOME UNIQUE AREA UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE. THAT WE HAVE IN
CALIFORNIA YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THE NORTH COAST WITH MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY
OFF LIMITS FOR COMMERCIAL
FISHING. THEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ENHANCING THESE NO FISHING
ZONES FOR FLOATING TURBINES
WHICH THEN IMPACTS OUR FISHING
FLEET. THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
BE. SOME TYPE OF MANDATORY
COMPENSATION FOR LOST FISHING
GROUND- MY OPINION. TOO WE KNOW
THAT THIS CLIMATE CRISIS HAS-
IMPACTED THE FLEET. AS WE SEE
SHORTER DUNGENESS CRAB SEASON AT
A CALIFORNIA'S HOME TO. THE
OLDEST COMMERCIAL DUNGEON ESCORT
CRAB FLEET IN AMERICA IN THEIR
STRUGGLING- AND WE'RE GOING TO
NEED TO BE TO WORK WITH OFFSHORE
WIND TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE-
SINCE WE'RE GONNA SEE
ADDITIONAL. AREAS OF THE PACIFIC
THAT WILL BE OFF LIMITS FOR THEM
TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB SAME
THING WITH CALIFORNIA'S ICONIC.
SALMON FLEET IS WELL I END UP I
ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN'T JUST
BE AN ADVISORY FOR A PORT BY
PORT BASIS. I WILL SHOW MY BIAS
THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE NEED
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BRING ALL
SIDES TOGETHER THE FLEET. THE
INDUSTRY LABOUR TRIBES. IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY TO TALK
ABOUT IN FRONT LOAD THIS OUR
CONVERSATION- PRIOR TO THE STATE
PERMITTING PROCESS KICKING OFF.
UP I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT
YEARS I DONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT WHAT
OUR GOALS ARE BUT UNLESS WE'RE
FORCED TO SIT AT THE TABLE I'M
JUST BEING HONEST LIFE IS TOO
BUSY. AND DETAILS OF THE MESS
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO
FIGURE OUT HOW BOTH ARE GOING TO
CO EXIST THAT'S JUST MY OWN
PERSONAL OPINION AND I THINK
THAT WE CAN DO IT. THE LAST
THING ON THE SAY IS WHEN YOU
TAKE A LOOK. AT THE EAST COAST
LISA WE TALK WITH STATE
REPRESENTATIVES. OUT OF THAT
POTENTIAL LEVIN STATE CONSORTIUM
THERE ARE SOME REAL. CHALLENGES
VERY BRING- TO HEARD ALL THE
CATS- AND ARE THERE ARE ALSO-
VERY DIVERSE OPINIONS DEPENDING
ON THE STATE. IN WHICH YOU
RESIDE IN. THE GREAT PIECE ABOUT
CALIFORNIA- WE ARE SO LARGE I
THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE
TO DRIVE SOME ENHANCE CONSENSUS.
AMONG SUPPORTS WILL BE EASY BUT
AGAIN I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA
NEED A FRONT LOAD THIS PROCESS
TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE AND I
DON'T THINK WE CAN. WAIT FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE
TO. DO IT ESPECIALLY- DEPENDING
ON WHICH ADMINISTRATION IS IN IN
WHICH IS NOT WE WILL GO THERE
BECAUSE- I DON'T START CUSSING.
SO ON. THAT SAID I WANNA GET
PERSPECTIVE IN COMMENTS FROM
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES AND
AGAIN I CAN'T SAY THAT'S NOT
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE. EVEN MONEY
TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WE
TRULY APPRECIATE IT AND- WELL IF
YOU WANT TO KICK SAID MISS CALL.
ANY COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT I JUST
SAID. YES THEY DESERVE BETTER-
AS I SAID IN MY REMARKS WE THINK
THE IDEA OF US OF A STATE WIDE
WORKING GROUP MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE I MEAN CALIFORNIA IS A BIG
COAST THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT. FISHING INDUSTRIES WE
HAVE A WE ARE BUILDING THE FIRST
FIVE PROJECTS- YOU KNOW THEY
MIGHT NOT ALL HAPPEN EXACTLY THE
SAME TIME BUT WE'RE STARTING
THIS PROCESS TOGETHER IS WHAT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO BE.
LOOKING AT THIS COLLABORATION
COMPREHENSIVELY- WE WITH YOU
THAT THAT COMPENSATION SHOULD BE
PART OF THE PUZZLE AGAIN AS PART
OF THE HIERARCHY I AS- RECORD
ALSO SAID. FIRST GOAL IS AVOID
AREAS OF- MOST OF THE HIGHEST
FISHING IMPORTANCE YOU MENTION
CRAB THE SALMON THESE THAT THERE
IS A HUMBOLDT. AND MORE OBEY
DON'T HAVE HISTORICALLY A LOT
OF. CRAB FISHING WHICH IS MUCH
CLOSER TO SHORE- SOME SALMON BUT
THEY'RE NOT LIKE THE HEIGHT
THAT. THE HOTTEST AREAS OF
FISHING ACTIVITY- SO. THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE
IS ALREADY STARTED WITH THAT
STEP. NEXT YOU KNOW MITIGATION
MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE
FISHING FLEET MAKING ADAPTATIONS
SO. CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IF. BY
THAT VOTE STRAYS INTO THIS AREA
YOU KNOW COULD THERE BE NO RADAR
AND DETECTION SYSTEMS YEAH- BUT
OBVIOUSLY COMPETITION IS PART OF
THE PUZZLE AND I THINK IT'S A
IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO START.
START TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW.
YOU CAN TO MAKE MAKE YOU THROW.
THANK I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS ABOUT A STATEWIDE
APPROACH HERE BECAUSE- ON THE
EAST COAST YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE
BEEN CHALLENGED IN SEVERAL WAYS
WE'VE HAD. MULTIPLE COHORTS OF A
LEASE AUCTIONS AND US SO THEY'RE
ON DIFFERENT TIMELINES AND THEN-
YOU KNOW SO IS A DEVELOPED OR
DEVELOP THEIR- OF THE YOU KNOW
WILL WHETHER WAS THERE AND GAVE
HIM A FISHERIES WATER RESERVE
ELEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC MONITORING
PLANTS. THE CENTER ON DIFFERENT
TIMELINES AND SO I'M I THINK WE
HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE
IN CALIFORNIA AS A SINISTER TO
VOTE WAS TO HAVE A MORE. MORE
COORDINATED APPROACH- AND THAT'S
TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD YOU KNOW I
THINK THAT'S TRUE FOR-
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT I THINK
IT'S TRUE FOR. A MINUTE I THINK
IF WE DO THAT WE CAN BRING.
CONSISTENCY AND FAIRNESS TO THE
PROCESS I JUST I THINK THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF- OF ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS THAT COME FROM A
COORDINATED APPROACH. SO YOU
KNOW I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT I
THINK- HAVE HAVING EARLY
ENGAGEMENT- BETWEEN THE BETWEEN
THE INDUSTRIES ON THE VARIOUS
REGULATORS AT THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL. IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT AND THEN- YOU KNOW
COORDINATING ON HOW WE THINK
ABOUT REGIONAL SCIENCE. AND
RESEARCH AND MONITORING
STRATEGIES I THINK THERE. ARE I
THINK THAT'S A RIPE OPPORTUNITY-
TO ADVANCE EARLY EARLY IN THIS
PROCESS AS WELL- BUT THE THESE
ARE LONG LEAD TIME PROJECTS
MEAN- THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS- AND POLICY
CLARIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED I
THINK ON THE- PARTICULAR
PROCUREMENT OFFTAKE SIDE THE
ROLE. OF BRING BRING CLARITY TO
THE PROCESS- AND FOR US AS
DEVELOPERS YOU. KNOW WE I THINK
WITH- THE SOONER WE GOT A WE
NEED TO START. COLLECTING AND-
SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER
ENGINEERING. AS WELL- BUT-
HAVING EVERYBODY TOGETHER THE
TABLE AS YOU SUGGESTED- ON THAT
BASIS WOULD BE BE IMPORTANT. NOT
PUSHY TEN THANKS SO MUCH IN A IN
A ALSO WILL YOU THE POINTS YOU
JUST BROUGHT UP IN REGARDS TO
THE MONITORING. HOW THAT'S GONNA
WORK. HOW WILL ROLL OUT. IN WHAT
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. SHE
MENTIONED AS WELL AS FROM AS I.
AM IN A LOOK DOWN WHEN YOU ALL
ARE TALKING I'M I'M REALLY JUST
TAKING NOTES I DON'T MEAN TO BE
RUDE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS
MARKETING. YEAH THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR FOR THE FOR THOSE COMMENTS
A NIGHT UNDER ON THE STAND AND
AGREE. WITH EVERYTHING THAT
YOU'RE SAYING AND I AND I KNOW I
REFERENCE THE EAST COAST A LOT
BUT- WE EGGMAN OR NO IT'S NOT A
CUT AND PASTE APPROACH ANOTHER
WEST COAST VERY DIFFERENT.
BETWEEN THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
COMMUNITIES AND I THINK YOU KNOW
IT'S KEY JUST TO CONTINUE OUR
CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION WITH
THE FISHING COMMUNITY. AND GET
EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE. AND
START EARLY AND OFTEN AND WE
HAVE THE TIME AND I THINK YOU
KNOW YOUR VISION. OF
COMPENSATION COULD COULD BE A
REALITY. YEAH I KNOW IN A THE- I
THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
COMPETITION HEAD. ON IN NOT
ALWAYS. AVOIDING COME UP TRYING
TO CALL YOU ON THIS FOR K¾T ON
THE ON THE EAST COAST- IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE BECAUSE
REPRESENTATIVES. I WE HAVE
RECEIVED AN EARFUL. AND I HAVE
VARIED OPINIONS ABOUT HOW IT
SHOULD WORK AND WHO SHOULD BE
COMPENSATED WHO SHOULD BE THE
TABLE. I'M IN IT'S REALLY
VALUABLE LESSONS FOR US. AS WELL
AS TALKING ABOUT- THOSE. NATIONS
HAVE DEPLOYED IN EUROPE- IN HOW
THAT IS ALSO WORKED IN THE- WE
HAVE A LOT TO LEARN. AT FOUR
EARLY. SOMETIMES IT'S COULD NOT
BE NUMBER ONE. I WE CAN LEARN
FROM MISTAKES AND LESSONS
LEARNED. AT WHICH WE HOPE TO BE
ABLE TO DO HERE. IN CALIFORNIA
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO. A
PRESERVING- FISHING FLEET WHO.
ARE ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN OUR MOST
RURAL ANYTIME TO POVERTY AREAS.
OF THE GOLDEN STATE. I IN MAKING
SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO THRIVE AND HAVE THE
RESOURCES IN THE STRUCTURE TO
THRIVE. IN THE YEARS TO COME SO
AND I KNOW THAT'S A COMMITMENT
YOU HAVE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ST ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU'D
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADD- BEFORE
WE ASK- THE MEMBERS. IF THEY
HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS I
WOULD JUST SAY IT'S- IT'S OKAY
NOT TO BE FIRST BUT WE SHOULD
STILL STRIVE TO BE. NUMBER ONE
IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE. ASSET IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA THE COASTLINE WE
HAVE. THE WORK FORCE WE HAVE- SO
THAT'S- JUST NIT PICKING. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE
SUFFICIENT SO I. YOU KNOW IT'S-
KNOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT ON IN
IN- MY POINT TO THAT IS. I THINK
THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM WHERE
OFFSHORE'S ALREADY BEEN DEPLOYED
RIGHT BOTH ON THE EAST COAST- IS
WELLS IN EUROPE- BUT- SPOT ON
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MISLEAD I
LIKE THAT- ANYTHING ELSE OF FROM
THE COMMITTED THIS TIME. ONCE HE
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION TODAY. THANK YOU
ALL RIGHT AS WE SAID WE'RE BRING
IN EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE HERE
TODAY SO WE HAVE GONE FROM
HEARING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT
TRAVEL GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE JUST
HEARD FROM- INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVES IS WELL AS
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WOMEN
AND MEN WHO WILL. GET THIS JOB
DONE BY BUILDING OUT OFFSHORE
WIND THE STATE NOW WE'RE GONNA
HEAR FROM- PERSPECTIVES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS. AND WE'RE
REALLY GRATEFUL WE'RE GOING TO
ASK EACH OF THEM TO BE A TO COME
FORWARD. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE
THE ANDREW JOHNSON HERE TODAY.
HE IS WITH THE DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE IF MR JOHNSON COULD
PLEASE COME FORWARD OF THE DICE
WE HAVE GARY GEORGE HERE TODAY.
MISTER GEORGE IS A DIRECTOR OF
THE CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE-
WITH THE NATIONAL AUDUBON
SOCIETY WE WELCOME. MR GEORGE IN
OF COURSE DR WHITING DR
WHITEMAN. IS A FREQUENT
PRESENTER HERE AT THE COMMITTEE
SHE IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST SHE
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA OCEAN TRUST. SO WHAT
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM EACH OF
OUR PANELISTS. IS THERE
PERSPECTIVES I THINK THAT WE CAN
ALL AGREE OFFER A WIN IS
IMPORTANT BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT
RIGHT UP WITH A BALANCED
APPROACH. WE CAN'T SACRIFICE ONE
WITH THAT ARE THE OTHER IN
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR
COASTAL RESOURCES SO WHY DON'T
WE START OUT WITH A DOCTOR WHITE
MEN. AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CALIFORNIA OCEAN TRUST. AND
THEN WILL GO TO. MR JOHNSON AND
MR GEORGE A MAN DIRECTOR IT'S
REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU THANK YOU
SO MUCH OF FIVE MINUTES WE'LL
GIVE YOU A THIRTY SECOND PROMPT
. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR-
COMMITTEE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY TODAY. A QUICK
REMINDER- CALIFORNIA OCEAN
SCIENCE TRUST IS A LEGISLATIVELY
CREATED ORGANIZATION REPORTING
IN FACT TO THIS COMMITTEE- WITH
THE MANDATE TO BRING ACTIONABLE
SCIENCE TO THE DECISIONS SHAPING
THE FUTURE OF OUR COAST AND
OCEAN. MY REMARKS CAN BE
SUMMARIZED TOPLINE INTO TWO
POINTS. A RECOMMENDATION TO GIVE
SCIENCE BROADLY AND SCIENTISTS A
SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND I WOULD
OFFER THAT WE CAN HERE IN
CALIFORNIA BUT WE ARE NOT YET I
UNLOCKING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO
BRING SOLUTIONS. WE'VE HEARD A
LOT ABOUT- MOVING QUICKLY BUT
DOING IT RIGHTS- WITH SCIENCE AS
A FOUNDATION SO LET'S UNPACK
THAT A LITTLE BIT- WE SOMETIMES
I THINK CAN DIMINISH SCIENCE- IN
ADVERT IN LATE. TWO SOLELY BEING
ABOUT A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT
FACELESS BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT
WE CAN GROW INCREMENTALLY
INCREMENTALLY. BY FUNDING
INDIVIDUAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
PROJECTS. THAT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
IS IMPORTANT LET ME BE CLEAR-
AND IT BEING CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE
KNOW AND DON'T KNOW IS
IMPORTANCE. THE SCALE OF
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS M. SCIENCE
QUESTIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF
OFFSHORE WIND IS SIGNIFICANCE.
AS WE'VE HEARD WE CAN LEARN- A
LITTLE FROM OFF SHORE WIND IN
EUROPE AND AT THE EAST COAST.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE ECOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY AND FAR OFFSHORE
DEEPWATER ENVIRONMENT IS VERY
DIFFERENT HERE. ALSO THE FULL
PICTURE OF WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
NOT CLEAR- THERE ARE LOTS OF
DESPERATE ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING
DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
IN DIFFERENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
FUNDED THROUGH DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS AT DIFFERENT TIME LINES
MANY OF WHICH IS STILL UNDERWAY.
I WAS STRUCK IN LISTENING TO A
SCIENCE WEAPON NOT CONVENE THIS
MORNING WITH AND WHICH MY
COLLEAGUES PARTICIPATED-
CONVENED BY THE CALIFORNIA MAIN
CENTURY FOUNDATION ON JUST HOW
MANY PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE THERE
UP- AND- I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME
SYNTHESIS EFFORTS ARE BEGINNING.
BUT WOULD ALSO ECHOED THE WE CAN
DO MORE- ON THAT FRONT AND ECHO
THE URGENT CALL FOR MORE MULTI
DISCIPLINARY CROSS SECTOR
EFFORTS TO BUILD THAT FULL
PICTURE OF WHAT WE IN FACT DO
NOT TODAY. I'M PRIORITIZE THOSE
URGENT INVESTMENTS IN SCIENCE
MOVING FORWARD. COMING BACK TO
MY STARTING POINTS THAT M.
SCIENCE IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST
THIS FACELESS BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
IT'S A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH
SPECIFIC TOOLS AND APPROACHES TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT'S A PEOPLE
WHO CAN OFFER SITE SPECIFIC REAL
TIME ADVICE AS THIS MOVES
FORWARD. IT'S AN IMMENSE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY-
EXTERNALLY FUNDED- IN OUR MARINE
LABORATORIES AND COASTAL
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. AND IS THE
STUDENTS FOR WHOM THE SECTOR IS
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN
FOR A PLACE IN THAT THE
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT WORK FORCE THAT WE'VE
HEARD ABOUT THEM AND HAVE DEEP
NEED FOR. AND IT'S THE UNIQUE
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE HELD BY
TRIBES AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS SO
AS I SAID I BELIEVE WE CAN BUT A
NOT YET I'M LOOKING THAT
CAPACITY AND POTENTIAL. LET ME
GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES TO
MAKE IT REAL. SCIENCE LEADERS AT
CAL POLY- SAN LUIS OBISPO AND AT
HUMBLE POLLY ARE COMMITTED TO
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH THAT
ADDRESSES LOCAL PRIORITIES AND
PAYS BACK IN THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. WITH SEED
INVESTMENT IN COORDINATION THAT
WORD HAS COME UP A LOT TODAY THE
STATE CAN SUPPORT IN UNLOCKING
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL LIKELY
FEDERAL FUNDING IN BRINGING THAT
LOCAL TRUSTED- UNIVERSITY
EXPERTISE TO BEAR. THE
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
EXPERTISE AND INSTITUTIONS LIKE
ANBARI AND SCRIPS IS ALREADY
ATTRACTING CATALYTIC PRIVATE AND
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT TO
SPEED THE MOVEMENT OF MONITORING
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FROM
ACADEMIA TO THE MARKET AGAIN
WITH SEED INVESTMENTS IN
COORDINATION. WE CAN UNLOCK
FURTHER RESOURCES AND ENSURE
THAT STATE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES
ARE REFLECTED. WE CAN LEARN FROM
ELSEWHERE ON THESE INSTITUTIONAL
LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS. IN THE E. U.
CURRENT MONITORING PROGRAMS OF
SOME OF THE INSTALLATIONS HAVE
BEEN CRITIQUED FOR BEING
MINIMAL. REPRESENTING A
POTENTIAL LOST OPPORTUNITY TO
ADAPTIVELY MANAGE. AND THE DATA
THERE ISN'T ALWAYS TRUSTED. IF
WE INVEST UP FRONT IN
INDEPENDENT SCIENCE WITH POOLED
RESOURCES IN AS NEAR REAL TIME
AS POSSIBLE FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH
A ROBUST OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS
OR THE EXISTING MULTI M.
INSTITUTION COLLABORATIONS THAT
THAT ALREADY. EXIST AND ARE
READY TO ENGAGE WE CAN SET THE
STAGE FOR DOING WHAT WE'VE
HURDLE SO A LOT ABOUT FIRST
AVOIDING. M. AND REDUCING THIS
NEGATIVE PERPETUATING CYCLE OF
CAUSING HARM AND THEN FIGURING
OUT HOW TO MITIGATE IT. AND
FINALLY WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER
CONTEXTS I WAS PRIVILEGED WITH
MANY PARTNERS TO LEAD IN WRITING
THE BASELINE MANY PROTECTED AREA
MONITORING R. F. P. THAT LED TO
THE FIRST TRIBALLY LED TO OCEAN
MONITORING PROGRAM IN
CALIFORNIA. FROM THAT STARTING
POINT THE STATE HAS REALLY
DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT AND A
GROWTH TO DEEPENING THAT THE
TRIBAL LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND
MONITORING WE CAN LEARN FROM
THAT EFFORT. I OFFER A IN
CLOSING THAT I COLLEAGUES AND
PARTNERS IN THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY ARE COMMITTED AND
READY TO ENGAGE. WE HAVE LED THE
WAY ON USING SCIENCE TO
ESTABLISH CLIMATE GOALS LET'S
NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
INVEST IN SCIENCE AND GIVE
SCIENTISTS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
TO ENABLE MOVING FORWARD AND
DOING THIS RIGHT. AND FINALLY
JUST AS A LEGISLATIVELY CREATED
ENTITY THEY MENTIONED REPORTING
TO THIS COMMITTEE WE EXISTING
POTS TO BE A SCIENCE RESOURCE TO
USE SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO BE ON
TODAY IF WE CAN BE OF ANY
SUPPORT IN BUILDING A STRONG
SUSTAINED SCIENCE PLATFORM FOR
MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU EVERY
SECTOR TRIGGER THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU SHE
CAN HANG OUT WITH US. I HEAR FOR
CONVERSATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORDS WE'RE NOW GOING TO TURN
HEARING OVER TO MR JOHNSON. HE
IS. FANTASTIC REPRESENTATIVE FOR
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE WE WELCOME
YOU HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE FIVE
MINUTES SIR IN WILL GIVE YOU
THIRTY SECOND PROMPT GOOD
AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON-
GERMAN CHOIR VICE CHAIR ADDED
SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS. REMEMBER
I MENTOR JOHNSON CALIFORNIA
REPRESENTATIVE WITH DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN
TODAY'S PANEL TO START
DISCUSSIONS. DEFENDERS IS
DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF
ALL NATIVE ANIMALS AND PLANTS
THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES AND HAS
A STRONG LONG STANDING INTEREST
IN THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. ACHIEVING A
LOW CARBON ENERGY FUTURES
CRITICAL FOR CALIFORNIA'S
ECONOMY COMMUNITIES AND
ENVIRONMENT. HOW WE REALIZE THIS
FUTURE HAS RAMIFICATIONS FOR
CALIFORNIA'S TREASURED WILDLIFE
MARINE HABITATS AND COASTLINES.
WE SUPPORT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT
AND DEPLOYMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY BUT INTENSIVE RESEARCH IS
CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING
POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO WILDLIFE
AND ECOSYSTEMS. AND FOR
IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE
PRECAUTIONS. DEFENDERS HAS THIS
HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE WIND
DEVELOPMENT. AND OPERATIONS ON
WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS AND
OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES.
PRELIMINARY LIBERTY MODEL IT
IT'S HARD WORK PRELIMINARY
MODELLING SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL
FOR CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACTS ON UP
WELLING ANOTHER VITAL PROCESSES
IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT
ECOSYSTEM. WE COULD SEE CHANGES
IN PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND THE
DISRUPTION OF FOOD WEBS. AND
WILDLIFE SPECIES MIGHT HAVE TO
ALTER THEIR MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR
FORAGING ECOLOGY AND
REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE
STRATEGIES. WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE EFFECTS
WILL BE. TO THAT END DEFENDER
SUPPORTS VICE CHAIR ADDRESSES
ASSEMBLY BILL EIGHTY. TO
ESTABLISH A WEST COAST OFFSHORE
WIND SCIENCE ENTITY. THROUGH THE
CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION
COUNCIL THIS ENTITY WOULD
ORGANIZE AND DRIVE THE SUSPECT
SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATED
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF POTENTIAL
OF SORT OF FOR WIND IMPACTS.
WITH ESTABLISH A STRONG
MONITORING STRONG MONITORING
PROGRAMS IN ADVANCE OF AND
THROUGHOUT OFFERING CONSTRUCTION
OPERATION. THE OPC RECENTLY
FUNDED THE CREATION OF A
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING GUIDANCE FOR OFFSHORE
WIND DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL
WATERS OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
BUT THE AMOUNT IS LITERALLY A
DROP IN THE BUCKET SUBSTANTIAL
FUNDING FOR THE SCIENCE ENTITY
MUST BE IDENTIFIED AND ACQUIRED
. FENNER'S ALSO SUPPORTS THE
SPIRIT OF CHAIR MCGUIRE SENATE
BILL TWO EIGHTY SIX TO
STREAMLINED REGULATORY AND
LOGISTICAL PROCESSES FOR
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS.
HOWEVER WE HAVE RESERVATIONS
ABOUT THE BILL'S ELEMENTS AND
PRACTICE. A POLICY MAKERS AND
DEVELOPERS MUST APPRECIATE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STREAMLINING
AND SHORT CUTTING SO THAT WE
DON'T CREATE PROBLEMS THAT CAN'T
BE RESOLVED DOWN THE ROAD. THE
PRESSURE TO EXPLOIT OFFSHORE
WIND RESOURCES LEAVES LITTLE
TIME TO IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE GAPS
PURSUE RELEVANT RESEARCH AND
EMPLOY EFFECTIVE PROTOCOLS IN
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. GIVEN
THE SCALING COSTS OF OFFSHORE
WIND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT WILL BE
DIFFICULT AFTER THE DEPLOYMENT
OF THESE GIANT STRUCTURES.
THEREFORE MUST COMMIT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE STRUCTURES
WILL AFFECT OCEAN SYSTEMS BEFORE
THEY'RE DEPLOYED. I THINK
EVERYONE REALIZES THE IMMENSE
SCOPE OF OFFSHORE WIND
DEVELOPMENT AND ESPOUSES THE
RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY. BUT THE
PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT IS
CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE IS
INFLUENCED BY A RANGE OF SOCIO
ECONOMIC AND EQUITY VALUES.
THESE OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST
COMMISSION WILL REQUIRE LESSEES
TO ADHERE TO ATTEND NOT BUSTLE
SPEED LIMIT. DURING SITE
ASSESSMENTS IN FUTURE OFFSHORE
DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS THAT'S A
RESPONSIBLE ACTION. THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS MUST COME TO THE
FOREFRONT DESPITE THE INHERENT
DESIRE TO BE SOME ECONOMIC
INTERESTS TO OBEY THEM. THERE
WILL BE IMPACTS THE DEPLOYMENT
AND OPERATION OF THESE MASSIVE
STRUCTURES WILL CAUSE
ENVIRONMENTAL HARM. TO NUTRIENT
FLOWS TO HYDRODYNAMICS HABITAT
STRUCTURES AND WILDLIFE. WE KNOW
THAT AFTER THE FACT MITIGATION
BY LEVYING FINES CHANGING
PROCEDURES. OR EVEN CEASING SITE
SITE OPERATIONS SOME CASES.
RARELY RESOLVES THESE HARMS. IN
OUR VIEW THE ONUS FALLS TO STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE
ENERGY INDUSTRY TO FUND THE
NECESSARY SCIENCE IN ADVANCE.
RATHER THAN DEFAULTING TO
PROGRAMS OF COMPENSATORY
MITIGATION. THE CONSERVATION OF
WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS AND OSHEAGA
OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES WILL
COME AT A COST. BUT THE COST
CAN'T ACCRUE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT.
DEFENDERS APPLAUDS THE
CALIFORNIA AGENCIES FOR THEIR
EFFORTS TO CREATE A TRANSPARENT
AND INCLUSIVE PROCESSES. FOR
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND
POLICY AND PLANNING- I THINK
EVERYONE IS USING THE TERM WE
HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT- WE
ABSOLUTELY AGREE LET'S LET'S GET
THIS RIGHT THANK YOU. TO GEORGE
THANK YOU SO MUCH REALLY
GRATEFUL YOUR SEMESTER JOHNSON
I'M SO UPSET I'M MISTER YOU'RE
EIGHTEEN SEEMS TO GEORGE I
APOLOGIZE THAT IS MOVING TOO
QUICKLY I CAN APPROACH THANK YOU
SO MUCH MR JOHNSON AND MS GEORGE
WE'RE GRATEFUL MR GEORGE'S HERE.
REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL
AUDUBON SOCIETY AT GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR WORK AT YOU'RE ACTIVELY
ENGAGED THIS IS ACTIVELY ENGAGE
UP AND HUMBLE. AND ALSO IN
MARINA RICH SINCE THEY WERE VERY
GRATEFUL SIR IT'S WONDERFUL TO
SEE YOU THE FLOOR IS YOURS AT
YOUR FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR THIRTY
SECOND PROMPT THANK YOU SIR
THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU VICE
CHAIR- THANK YOU FOR INVITING US
HERE TODAY. I NEED A TEAM ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA ON CLEAN ENERGY IN
TRANSMISSION PLANNING SITING AND
PERMITTING INCLUDING OFFSHORE
WIND IN THE GREAT LAKES ATLANTIC
GULF OF MEXICO AND HERE IN THE
PACIFIC. WHERE THE ALL OLDEST
AND BIGGEST CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATION IN NORTH AMERICA
FOCUSED ON BIRDS BIRDS ARE
EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE LOVE BIRDS-
IN THE PLACES BIRDS NEED. SO I
JUST IN TERMS OF SCIENCEALERT.
REMIND YOU THAT AUDUBON'S TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN SCIENCE
AVAILABLE A CLIMATE DOT AUDUBON
DOT ORG. REVEALS THE DEFORMING
GETS OF THREE DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE PRE INDUSTRIAL LEVELS WE
MAY LOSE. THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY NINE SPECIES OF NORTH
AMERICAN BIRDS. AND THAT'S LOSE
THEM COMPLETELY. SO THIS FRAMES
ARE WORK WERE PART I'M PART OF
THE CLIMATE STRATEGY AND WE
SUPPORT RAPID DEPLOYMENT. TO GET
TO A 100% CLEAN ENERGY AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE. AND WE CAN DO IT
RIGHT THE THREE PEAS. RIGHT.
PROCUREMENT PORTS AND PERMITTING
. HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED- AND THE
TEA FOR TWO. THESE ARE BIG
OBSTACLES AND WE AGREE WITH THE
CHAIR THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH THE
URGENT NEED FOR STATE ACTION. SO
IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE
CALIFORNIA MARINE. SGT RESOURCES
THAT ARE ON AND ABOVE THE WATER-
THAT WOULD BE BIRDS AND BATS-
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO
ENSURE THAT THE CITING AN
OPERATIONS INFORMED. BY GOOD
COLLABORATIVE INDEPENDENT
SCIENCE HERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN
THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. OF
DURING THE BASELINE AND DURING
BASELINE DATA COLLECTION AND
DURING OPERATIONS AS A LOT OF IT
HAPPENING NOW BOLAM IS DOING AN
AMAZING JOB DOING BASELINE DATA
COLLECTION- THERE ARE A LOT OF
OTHER RESEARCH. GOING ON FUNDED
BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION FUNDED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IT'S VERY
EXCITING TIME FOR COLLECTING
DATA- AS A BASELINE. THIS WILL
PROVIDE CERTAINTY FOR THE
INDUSTRY AND INFORM RESPONSIBLE
CITING AN OPERATION. ON LAND WE
MONITOR THE WIND PROJECTS BY FOR
BIRDS AND BATS BY WALKING AROUND
THE TURBINES AND PICKING UP
CARCASSES AND THAT'S THE WAY WE
KNOW. BUT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE
IN THE OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENT AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE. BUT THERE ARE
NEW THERMAL IMAGING RADAR AND
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES AGAIN
DEVELOPED WITH FUNDING FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND WHY SER
DOES HE SEE OTHER FUNDERS- THAT
NOT ONLY COLLECT DETECTIONS OF.
COLLISIONS OF BIRDS AND BATS BUT
ALSO CAN. SHOW THE AVOIDANCE
RATES OF BIRDS AND BATS OF THESE
TURBINES WITH ACTUAL IMAGES
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T
BEEN DONE ON LAND BUT CAN BE
DONE OFF SHORE. AND WE'RE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT THE FACT WE
JUST SAW THE FIRST REPORT FROM A
TURBAN IN VIRGINIA. THAT WAS A
YEARS MONITORING WITH THERMAL
IMAGING AT CETERA AND- I'D BE
GLAD TO HELP. PRESERVE GIVE A
PRESENTATION ON THAT AT SOME
POINT AND GET THE FOLKS WHO
INVENTED THE TECHNOLOGY AND PUT
THE TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY THAT
OWNS THE TURBAN DOMINION ENERGY.
PERFECTLY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT.
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THERE'S LOTS
OF IMAGES IN FACT THEY CAN
ACTUALLY IDENTIFY A KIRTLAND'S
WARBLER. AND A FLICKER FROM YOU
MEAN YOU CAN I CAN IDENTIFY THE
SPECIES OF BIRDS. FOR US THIS IS
A BIG ADVANCEMENT WE THINK THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT- FOR
MONITORING THESE PROJECTS NOT
ONLY FOR THE COLLISION BUT ALSO
FOR THE AVOIDANCE. SO- I SERVE
ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE
REGIONAL WILDLIFE SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION FOR ATLANTIC
OFFSHORE WIND THAT'S ELEVEN
STATES- FEDERAL AGENCIES STATE
AGENCIES. INDUSTRY AND NGOS SO
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
MORE ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS WE'RE
HAVING SOME TREMENDOUS SUCCESSES
RIGHT NOW THANKS TO. INVOICE
SERVICE PROCUREMENT STANDARDS-
WILL BE. MANAGING AN INVESTMENT
OF TWELVE POINT FIVE MILLION
FROM ECUADOR THERE ARE MORE
COMING- WE ARE NOW COMPLETING
OUR SITES PLANS- SO IT'S BEEN A
GREAT SUCCESS SO FAR AND WE WANT
TO. STAB IS THE SAME KIND OF
REGIONAL WILDLIFE SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION HERE IN CALIFORNIA
I WANT TO THANK. BY STRATUS FOR
AB EIGHTY AND HER SUPPORT OF
THAT CONCEPT WE THINK AS AN
INDEPENDENT AGENCY THAT WOULD
BE. AS INDEPENDENT ENTITY THAT
DOESN'T HAVE REGULATORY
AUTHORITY- AND THAT- AS IS
SCIENCE DRIVEN WOULD BE A
VALUABLE VALUABLE ASSET FOR
CALIFORNIA- AND MAYBE THE ENTIRE
WEST COAST AS A MATTER OF FACT
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP
OF OFFSHORE WIND IN CALIFORNIA-
AND SOME OF THE ARCHER WHEN AN
ORGAN IS GOING TO. BE RELATED
CLOSELY TO- OFFER WHEN
CALIFORNIA'S YOU KNOW SO WE
SUPPORT THE STEPS WERE THAT IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER THEM HAPPY TO BE HERE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S GEORGE
THANK YOU SO MUCH QUICK QUESTION
FAVORITE BIRD SPECIES WHAT MINE
IN THE WORLD- HERE IN CALIFORNIA
YOUR YOUR YOUR PERSONAL. NO
PRESSURE IT'S ACTUALLY CALL
WILSON'S BIRD OF PARADISE AND
IT'S FOUND IN NEW GUINEA AND I
HAVE IT TATTOOED ON MY LEG. I
THINK THAT. MY THE CROW SO I'M
REALLY. HELLO BUT I NOW NEED TO
START LOOKING INTO A- PROTEST TO
SO THERE WE GO AND IT WILL SINCE
ONE MORE TIME WILSON'S BIRD OF
PARADISE I'M GONNA LOOK IT UP
AND HIS HEARING IT'S INCREDIBLE.
REALLY AREN'T. THANK YOU VERY
GRATEFUL THAT INEVITABLE
QUESTION BRING A TURN OVER THE
VICE CHAIR AND THEN A TO ANYONE
ELSE PLEASE MINIMIZE YOUR- THANK
YOU UP FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT
TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THE
CHAIR SAID EARLIER ABOUT NEEDING
FUNDING AND ABSOLUTELY AGREE
WITH NEEDING FUNDING- FOR
COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF AND I
THINK YOU MENTIONED AS WELL
FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC
MONITORING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS AND- WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR
COMMENTS ABOUT AB EIGHTY WHICH
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IN MY
OPINION AS WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING
TO GO QUICKLY- ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MAKES US MOVE MORE QUICKLY
AS TRUST STRAIGHT THERE'S A
CONCEPT THAT CALLS THAT'S CALLED
THE SPEED OF TRUST AND WHAT IT
MEANS IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE TRUST
THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING- IS
PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT IS
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY USES
TAKING OFF VOICES INTO ACCOUNT.
THEN WE TEND TO MOVE MUCH MORE
QUICKLY AND SO AS I THINK ABOUT
SCIENCE AND I THINK ABOUT
MONITORING TO ME AT ALL FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GETTING THIS GOING.
RATHER THAN SLOWING US DOWN
KNOWING THAT WE ARE SET AND I DO
BELIEVE THAT STATISTIC A- AND
WHETHER I BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE
SCIENCE IS REAL RIGHT SO THREE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE AS A
SPECIES OF BIRDS SET TO GO
THAT'S WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS TO
US AND SO- WE CERTAINLY DON'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. SO WE'VE
BEEN KIND OF FOCUSED ON
MONITORING IN THE OCEAN AND OUT
AT SEA AND I'M JUST WONDERING
WHERE YOUR THINKING IS THAT IN
TERMS OF- CONNECTIVITY TO LAND
CONNECTIVITY- WITH THE PORTS AND
SORT OF THE SCIENCE AROUND THAT
IN THE MONITORING THAT'S GOING
TO BE NEEDED AN INVESTIGATION
THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED. AS
OFFSHORE WIND HITS LANDON AS
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF
CONSTRUCTION. AROUND THE. PORTS
AND THEN MOVING THINGS AROUND
THE OCEAN. ANY COMMENTS PLEASE.
ANYBODY JUMP IN OR YEAH PLEASE
GO AHEAD. OKAY IT SURE.
ABSOLUTELY THE- AS THE AS THE AS
THESE CABLES COME UP ON THE
SHORE. WE HAVE A BIG
CONSERVATION MOVEMENT ON NESTING
SPECIES OF BIRDS ARE I THINK
YOU. MAY KNOW THAT MORE BAY IS
VERY INVOLVED IN THAT MORE COAST
AUDUBON IS VERY INVOLVED IN
THAT. ASSEMBLY BROADER BOND WE
HAVE BEAUTIFUL SPECIES THAT NEST
ON THE BEACH SO WE'RE GOING TO.
BE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE CABLES AND THOSE-
SUBSTATIONS. AND CONVERTING
STATIONS THAT THEY'RE- IN THE
RIGHT PLACES WHEN IT COMES UP
THAT'S FOR SURE THAT'S THAT'S A
PART OF. PART OF IT. THE COASTAL
RESOURCES IT'S- CLEAR FROM THE
SCIENCE AND DATA. ESPECIALLY THE
BOMBS TO DEVELOP YOU CAN SEE IT-
OF ONLINE THERE'S A CALIFORNIA
OF. OFFSHORE WIND PORTAL THE TO
BUILD WITH THE PUBLIC YOU CAN
SEE. THAT AS YOU GET FARTHER OUT
THERE'S LESS. SPECIES LIST.
RESOURCES SO THE SPECIES ARE FOR
THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE COAST. OR
MORE INTENSE THERE'S MORE OF
THEM THERE'S LOTS OF COASTAL
NESTING BIRDS THAT FORAGE IN THE
COASTAL AREA OF TWO TO THREE
MILES OFF. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE
GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE.
THERE'S A STATE. OFFSHORE WIND.
UP PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED WE
HAVE GRAVE GRAVE GRAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT'S SUPPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE. SO
WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY
LATER FOR THAT WE'RE VERY WE'RE
VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
BUT AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE
COAST THERE ARE MORE RESOURCES I
THINK- ALSO FOR MARINE MAMMALS
NOT ONLY BIRDS. SO YOU KNOW
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE
CONSIDERATION AS YOU GET CLOSER
TO THE COAST- MOST OF THESE
CABLES WILL BE UNDER WATER SO
THERE'S ALSO BEEN PIC. RE BUT I
DON'T THEY'RE NOT IN MY PURVIEW
LUCKILY. THE CLUB PLEASE. IF I
MIGHT JUST ADD ON TO THAT I
THINK WE'RE WE'RE USED TO
THINKING ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT
NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES AND
WE FORGET THAT THE SOCIAL
SCIENCES ARE EQUALLY AS DIVERSE
AND HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY HERE-
AND WE HAVE. A STILL SMALL BUT
GROWING SOCIAL SCIENCE CAPACITY
IN OUR UNIVERSITIES AND I THINK
WE NEED TO COMMIT TO- THAT.
FIGURING HOW TO IT'S BEEN A LONG
STANDING CHALLENGE IN IN
CALIFORNIA WE ALSO HAVE
EXPERIENCE- ON ISSUES LIKE- SEA
LEVEL RISE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND WHAT
IT MEANS TO BUILD AYE COUPLED
HUMAN SOCIO- ACT POLITICAL
MONITORING PROGRAM. AND I THINK
THERE'S MORE CONVERSATIONS WE
HAD ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
PLEASE. L. DOT JUST THAT I MEAN
. THEM I THINK FROM FROM
DEFENDERS PERSPECTIVE- OBVIOUSLY
WITH THE- THE CLOSE TO THE COAST
ASPECTS- A LOT TO BE CONSIDERED
THERE- AND I MIGHT MY GENERAL
COMMENT I GUESS HAS TO DO WITH-
YOU KNOW AS WE BRING. THE POWER
TO SHORE AND DISTRIBUTED AND-
FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S GEHRY SAID
WORD PUT THE SUBSTATIONS AND-
HOW WE DEVELOP THE PORTS OUT
AND- IN RESPONSIBLE WAYS- I I'D
LIKE WE SAID ABOUT ABOUT TRUST
THAT WERE WERE BUILDING TRUST I
THINK WE HAVE A- A GREAT- YOU
KNOW BRAIN TRUST IN ALL THE
GROUPS ARE WORKING ON OFFSHORE
WIND- WITH DEVELOPMENT AND-
ECOLOGICAL GROUPS AND- AND- AND
OTHERS. AND I JUST JUST TRYING
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE
AVOID- AVOID LITIGATION BECAUSE
I THINK IF WE'RE HEADING TOWARD
A THING WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO
BUT HEADS AND GETS A WEEK LET'S
UP WITHOUT THERE BUT WE HAVE TO
PUT THAT THERE- THAT THAT'S
WHAT'S GONNA END UP WITH SOME
COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND COULD
TAKE A LOT OF TIME. SO THAT'S
THAT'S ALONG WITH ECOLOGICAL
COMPONENTS I THINK WE JUST HAVE
TO. KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE
PROCEED SO. INVESTOR INFO WILL
BE MADE. WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO
MUCH.îM
MOSCOW TO MR GEORGE GEORGE IF
YOU WERE TO TAKE A LOOK TOP
THREE LESSONS LEARNED EAST
COAST- THAT CALIFORNIA SHOULD
LEARN FROM. GREAT QUESTION-
STAND UP A REGIONAL WILDLIFE
SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION. AS A
THIRD PARTY ENTITY- AND HAVE
THOSE FOLKS. TALK ABOUT THE
STANDARDIZATION OF THE DATA
COLLECTION AND THE
STANDARDIZATION OF THE
MONITORING. SO THAT THE WINDOW
AND CAN UNDERSTAND OVER THE LONG
TERM WITH THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
AREN'T WHAT TO DO ABOUT FROM.
THAT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE- TO
ENSURE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY
MOVES FORWARD AND THAT AT SOME
POINT FUNDS MARKET EITHER
REGULATORY OR JUST BECAUSE THE
INDUSTRY. THIS IS VERY POSSIBLE
MAY SAY OKAY WE WERE YOU KNOW. I
HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH A
BOMB DIRECTOR. LAST WEEK AT THE
CONFERENCE I KNOW YOU WERE THERE
IT WAS REALLY A GOOD CONFERENCE-
THAT BOWMAN DO DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AND THE FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO.
TO FIND OUT SOME WAY TO CERTIFY
THESE MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES SO
THAT THE- THE COMPANIES CAN FEEL
- SECURE THE DOT IN ADAPTED TO
MAYBE GET SOME INCENTIVES FOR
USING THEM AND THAT IF YOU. IF
YOU IF THERE'S GOING TO BE IF
YOU TO MAKE THEM REALLY
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE THERE'S
GOT TO BE A MARKET FOR THEM. SO
YOU CAN'T JUST BUY ONE UNIT
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MARKET
AMERICA NEED TO BE CREATED
REGULATORY. OR BY THE INDUSTRY'S
SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CREATE
THAT MARKET- SO THAT'S TWO AND I
GET A THIRD ONE. LIKE THE GENIE
IN THE BOTTLE- LET'S SEE. OVER
THE THIRD WILL BE- I THINK I
REALLY THINK THAT IF YOU REALLY
WANT OFFSHORE WIND TO BE
SUPPORTED. AND WE ALL WHAT
OFFSHORE WIND TO BE SUPPORTED WE
NEED TO TELL THE STORIES. WITH
SCIENCE. THAT IS WORKING AND
WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT YOU
CAN'T BE SECRET. NEEDS TO BE
PUBLIC IT MEANS TO BE
TRANSPARENT. THE MORE THAT WE
STE TELL THESE STORIES LOOK AT
OUR RESOLVE THIS LOOK WE PUT
THIS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. LOOK I
MEAN THE GOOD NEWS THE MORE THE
GOOD NEWS CAN COME OUT. THE
BETTER WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE. IN
SUPPORTING OFFSHORE WIND AND OUR
FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE STATE
AGENCIES SO THAT'S THREE I
APPRECIATE REGIONAL WILDLIFE
COLLABORATION- IN MONITORING
TECHNOLOGY GET MUNCHING
TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE INCENTIVES
ENTRANCE AND THEN SEE
TRANSPARENT AND TRUSTED. A. P.
THAT VERY MUCH. TWENTY TWO NOW
THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS
WELL ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU'D LIKE
TO GO TO ADD TO LESSONS LEARNED.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE INDUSTRY.
THIS M. I REMEMBER WHEN I WHEN I
FIRST STARTED ENGAGING ON THIS
ISSUE A WHILE BACK. I WAS STRUCK
BY A TO PICK. A SIDE WAY BIGGER
THAN ANYTHING WE'VE CONFRONTED
TO- BEFORE AND I THINK M. NO ONE
ENTITY- NO ONE. YOU KNOW PIECE
OF THIS THE SECTOR EVEN WITHIN
THE SCIENCE SECTOR CAN CAN
TACKLE IT ALL SO REALLY-
FIGURING OUT WHAT WE MEAN BY
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP-
AND KEEPING THAT- THAT AT FRONT
AND CENTER IS GOOD GOING TO BE.
SUPER IMPORTANT. YOU TO. PLEASE
ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO ACT. A CERT CERTAINLY
WOULDN'T WOULD TO ADD ON TO THE
COLLABORATION PART I MEAN
THERE'S SO MANY. DIFFERENT
INTERESTS THAT WORK- IN THIS- BE
IT TO. A DIFFERENT TYPES OF
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES AND- AND
SO FORTH BUT TOM- CERTAINLY IS
THE REPRESENTATIVE VENDORS
WILDLIFE- JUST MAKING SURE THAT
WE- KEEP- THE OCEANOGRAPHY THE
HABITATS THE SPECIES THAT ARE
OUT THERE- IN MIND AND- AS WE
BRING. THE POWER TO SHORE- IS
THAT MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE- WE
DON'T MESS THINGS UP- AS I SAID
THERE'S A THERE'S A COST TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE
GOT A- WE DON'T TO PAY THAT
PRICE. OF HAVING RENEWABLE
ENERGY TO HELP CLIMATE CHANGE
YET WE DAMAGE THE- HARM THE
SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN THERE ARE SO
IMPORTANT SO. EXCELLENT THANK
YOU SO MUCH MISTER JOHNSON AT
LAST QUESTION MISTER GEORGE. HI
ON THE TECHNOLOGY HENCE THE HEAT
SENSING TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU
MENTIONED. I THINK YOU WERE
REFERENCING AN ON SHORE. I TO
REMIND BUT HAS IT BEEN DEPLOYED
OFF OF- OFF SHORE AS WELL YES
IT'S ACTUALLY THERMAL IMAGING SO
IT'S THAT HE'S IT IS HE'S NOTE
YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS HEAT SENSING
BUT IT HE IS. IT NOT ONLY SENSE
ISN'T IT A PHOTO. AND SO- IN
IT'S ALSO BEEN DEPLOYED OFFSHORE
YOU KNOW IN THE FIFTH IT HAS
BEEN DEPLOYED THE FIRST TURBINE-
IN VIRGINIA. GOOD TO MILLION
TURBAN. THAT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED
THERE FOR A YEAR WHEN YOU AND
THERE IS A REPORT THAT'S
AVAILABLE SO THIS WEEK AND- I
CAN SET UP BY. A HEARING OR A
WEAPON ARE AT SOME POINT WITH
THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY DID IT.
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PHONE UP
FINGER FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY
AND ANY MONITORING PHONE CLOSELY
SO. THANK YOU I BEFORE WE A
JOURNAL THE A PANEL I'D LIKE TO
GET A CHECK IN THE SIXTIES IN
THE ADAMS- I'M TRYING TO PREACH
TO THE PRESENTATION I APOLOGIZE
FOR. IN AND OUT TRYING TO KEEP
UP WITH THINGS HERE THANK IS A
BUSY DAY YEAH THANK YOU. AT TWO
OR THREE PANELISTS THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TAKING TIME IN YOUR
BUSY SCHEDULES WERE GRATEFUL
THAT YOU'RE WITH US TODAY THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH
CHANCE MISTER. GEORGE MISS WHITE
THANK YOU. OUR AT IF WE GET INTO
OUR FOR. PANEL WE DO- SEE YOU
MISS IN HERO. CAR HUFFMAN- AND
REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE-
CONGRESSMAN HAPPENS OFFICE. AB
REPRESENTED HERE IS- HE'S VERY
FOCUSED ON THE FEDERAL SIDE. ON
ALL ISSUES OF. OFFSHORE WIND.
I'M WE WANT TO MOVE INTO OUR
PANEL WITH LEADERS FROM THE
FLEET- WE ARE GOING TO BE
BRINGING UP. THREE INDIVIDUALS
CAN BATES THAT HE IS A
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. OUT OF
HUMBLE CANNABIS BATES IS GOOD TO
SEE YOU ALLEN OUR- A COMMERCIAL
FISHERMAN AND A MORAL BAY WE
WELCOME YOU. ALLEN IS TO U. R.
AND MIKE CONROY HE IS THE WEST
COAST DIRECTOR AND UNFORTUNATELY
A DODGERS FAN. I WHICH WE ALWAYS
DO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CRAP
FOR- IN HE IS WITH THE
RESPONSIBLE OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT
ALLIANCE- IN- AND IMMEDIATELY.
PASSAGE AFTER DIRECTOR OF PC FFA
IN IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE. MR
CONROY IS WELL. SO WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ASK
EACH OF OUR PANELISTS TO BE TO
TAKE FIVE MINUTES WILL GIVE YOU
A THIRTY SECOND. PROMPT IN WE'RE
GONNA WELCOME MISTER BATES BATES
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU SO I
STATEMENT READS THANKS FOR
MAKING THE TREK. UP FROM HUMBLE
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE FOR
SOURCE. IT WAS NICE TO- WE WERE
SHOCKED AT HOW WARM. IT WAS HERE
I HAD TO TAKE OFF MY LONG
UNDERWEAR. YEAH LOOK HERE NUMBER
TWO HOPEFULLY NO NO I'M SO
AFTER- COMMITTEE MAY AND GET
SPEAKERS HEARING FOR. MY NAME IS
KEN BATES. I'M A COMMERCIAL
FISHING FISHING OUT PORTABLE
BASE NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR. NOW
BEFORE THAT OFFICIALS IMPERIAL.
I'VE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN
OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT SINCE
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN. AND
I'M ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
THE CALIFORNIA FISHERMAN'S
RESILIENCY ASSOCIATION. THE CFRA
WAS INCORPORATED AS A FIVE OH
ONE C. SIX NONPROFIT IN JANUARY
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. WAS IT
CORPORATE OR TO ESTABLISH A
POINT OF CONTACT FOR COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN SUPPORT ASSOCIATIONS
IN THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO
CO EXIST WITH OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS. THIS YEAR
FOR A WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE
REQUEST AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE AGENCIES
INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION. STATE LANDS
CALIFORNIA APARTMENT OFFICIAL
WILDLIFE IN THE CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION. THIS YEAR FOR
A IS FUNDED BY THE OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL FISHERMEN
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE FINANCIAL
AND THE TECHNICIAN TECHNICAL
SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM THE OCEAN PROTECTION
COUNCIL. IN OUR EFFORTS YOU KNOW
WITH THE OFFSHORE WIND. THIS
YEAR FOR IS DEMOCRATIC IN
BROADLY INCLUSIVE IN ITS
MEMBERSHIP AND ALTHOUGH IT IS X.
X. IT HAS EXPERIENCED SOME
EXPECTED GROWING PAINS. IT'S
FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP EXTENDS FROM CRESCENT
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA. FISHERMEN
COLLECTIVELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED
TO ADDRESS WIND POWER DEVELOPERS
WITH ONE VOICE. THIS YEAR FOR A
GOALS ARE TO INCREASE LONG TERM
RESILIENCE IN FISHING
COMMUNITIES THROUGH INDUSTRY TO
INDUSTRY AGREEMENTS. MANAGED BY
REGIONAL FISHERMAN'S- MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEES. THIS YEAR FOR A HAS
SUBMITTED EXTENSIVE WRITTEN
COMMENTS ON EXPECTED IMPACTS TO
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN OSW
DEVELOPMENTS STATEWIDE. BUT
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO DESCRIBE ANOTHER
IMPACTS TO COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN.
THE LOSS OF CONTINUITY WITHIN
STATE AGENCY STAFF. ONE THING
THAT HAS PROVEN VERY BENEFICIAL
FOR US IS TO HAVE A POINT OF
CONTACT WITH EACH AGENCY A
PERSON THAT WE CAN CALL AND
ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE HAVE
APPRECIATED THIS AGENCY STAFF
THAT HAVE WORKED HARD TO COPE
CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
FISHERMEN. HOWEVER WHEN A STAFF
PERSON LEAVES WE FEEL THAT THE
WHOLE PROCESS OF RE ESTABLISHING
A WORKING RELATIONSHIP STARTS
OVER. WE'VE EXPERIENCED STAFFING
CHANGES AT THE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL WILDLIFE THE COASTAL
COMMISSION THE ENERGY COMMISSION
AND THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL
. A CASE IN POINT AFTER
SIGNIFICANT STEP CHANGE WITHIN
THE ENERGY COMMISSION NEW STAFF
HIRED A CONSULTING FIRM TO
CONDUCT YET ANOTHER SET OF QUOTE
FISHERMAN'S. MEETINGS TO
SOMEWHAT REPEAT WHAT WE'VE
ALREADY DONE OVER THE PAST SIX
YEARS. FISHER WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ROBUST COORDINATION BETWEEN
STATE AGENCIES IN THEIR OUT
REACH TO FISHERMEN. THIS LACK OF
COORDINATION AND CONTINUITY
BETWEEN STATE AGENCIES IS
NEGATIVELY IMPACTING FISHERMAN'S
ABILITIES TO EFFECTIVELY OKAY. I
DON'T PARTICIPATE IN OSW
PLANNING. WE FEEL THAT THE STATE
AGENCIES ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET
THE INCREASED DEMANDS OF OSW
DEVELOPMENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT
THE COMPLEX PLANNING AND
PERMITTING OF ALWAYS W.
DEVELOPMENT BY THE COASTAL
COMMISSION HAS BEEN LOADED ON TO
STAFF MEMBERS WHO ALREADY HAVE
OTHER CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
IN THAT AGENCY. THIS PERMITTING
PROCESS IS CRITICAL TO THE
FORWARD PROCESS OF NEW
RENEWABLES AND THE PROTECTION OF
FISHING RESOURCES. WE WOULD ASK
THAT YOU PLEASE MAKE FUNDS
AVAILABLE TO THE COASTAL
COMMISSION TO HIRE ADDITIONAL
FULL TIME POSITIONS DEDICATED TO
BOTH ALWAYS W. OUT REACH TO
FISHING COMMUNITIES HAVE LONG
TERM PLANNING. THESE ADDITIONAL
STAFF POSITIONS WOULD NEED TO
REQUIRE BE FUNDED FOR AT LEAST
TWELVE YEARS. THE COASTAL
COMMISSION IS THE ONLY STATE
AGENCY MANDATED TO PROTECT
COASTAL FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING A
COASTAL DEPENDENT ACTIVITY.
HAVING MORE THAN ONE STAFF
DEVOTED TO ALWAYS W. PERMITTING
WILL PREFERRED WILL PROVIDE LONG
TERM CONTINUITY BETWEEN FISHING
COMMUTERS IN THIS AGENCY. WE
APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE WORK
THAT SENATOR MCGUIRE'S REQUEST
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
COSTA MISSION COMMISSION AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIS
STAFF ON SENATE BILL TWO EIGHTY
SIX. WOULD LIKE TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT
WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN AND FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THE BATES WERE
GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE- IN
FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE MISTER
BATES IS GONNA BE HANGING OUT
WITH US HERE FOR A BIT. AS WE
CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AS OUR
JOINT COMMITTEE GRATEFUL THAT MR
OUR GUESTS HERE TODAY ON IT'S
REALLY NICE TO SEE THANK YOU SO
MUCH. A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN AND
OF MORAL BAY IN THE VICE CHAIRS
INTO THE WOODS. FOR SURE THREE
OF FIVE MINUTES WE'LL GIVE YOU A
THIRTY SECOND PROMPT WELCOME.
THE I THANK THE JOINT COMMITTEE
ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT
THE IMPENDING COLLISION OF
FISHING AND OFFSHORE WIND
CALIFORNIA. MY NAME IS ALAN
HOWARD I'M A COMMERCIAL
FISHERMAN. MY HOME PORT IS MORE
OF A- I ALSO HAVE A BACHELOR'S
DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH
SOME GRADUATE LEVEL STUDIES IN
COASTAL STRUCTURES AND CAL POLY
SAN LUIS OBISPO. MY SPEECH IS
TIME CONSTRAINED. SO I'M GOING
TO SKIP SOME OF THE COURTESIES
AND I'M AFRAID I'M GONNA STEP ON
SOME TOES HERE BUT I APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT ADVANCE. THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AMONGST US. MANY
PEOPLE. MAYBE MOST PEOPLE WHO
THINK THAT IF YOU DO A THING FOR
A GOOD ALTRUISTIC REASON. YOUR
IDEAS ARE GOLDEN BEYOND
REPROACH. BUT THIS IS ONLY
LOGICAL FALLACY. EVERYTHING HAS
TO BE. AND WILL BE WEIGHED IN
THE BALANCE THAT IS THE
CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT IS DONE
THAT MATTERS. NOT THE HIGH
MORALS OF WHY THEY WERE. TO THIS
FISHERMAN IT LOOKS LIKE THE
FEDERAL STATE GOVERNMENT. HAVE
SUCCUMBED TO A KIND OF GRIEF FOR
TAKING THE HIGH MORAL PATH. AT
THE EXPENSE OF THE BALANCE. ALL
THIS RUSHING TO MAKE A BIG
SPLASH IN THE WARM CLIMATE
CHANGE WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN. YEAH WE DO
HOLD GOVERNMENT DESPERATELY
LAYING THE TRACKS IN FRONT OF
THE ON COMING OFF SHORE WIND
TRAIN. WITHOUT HAVING SURVEYED
THE ROUTE FOR SINGLES AND SWAMPS
. IT SCARES ME TO SEE OUR
GOVERNMENT ON A RAMPAGE KNOCKING
DOWN THE FENCES THAT PREVIOUSLY
KEPT THE OCEAN SACROSANCT. AND
RUSHING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS
. WE HAVE FIVE LEASE AREAS IN
CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE BEEN STE
AUCTION. AND THE FIRST STAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT SITE SURVEY IS
POISED TO BEGIN. THE ONLY CITING
CONSIDERATION FOR THESE LEASES
WAS WHAT WAS MOST EXPEDIENT FOR
CAPTURING THE WIND.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND FISHING
INDUSTRY CONCERNS ARE ONLY
BEGINNING BEING CONSIDERED
RETROACTIVELY. IN WHAT APPEARS
IT BACKWARDS PROCESS. THIS IS
WRONG THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBLE
WAY TO VIEW IT. THE BUREAU OF
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROCESS
FOR SITE SELECTION WAS AND
REMAINS HOPELESSLY INADEQUATE
FOR ADDRESSING THE NEEDS. OF
OCEAN USERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
. BOHM'S MYOPIC PROCESS REVOLVES
AROUND IDENTIFYING THE MOST
EXPEDIENT AREAS FOR DEVELOPING
OFFSHORE WIND LEASING THEM AND
GETTING THEM BUILT AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE. THE CARD IS ABOUT SIX
MILES AN FOR THE HORSE. THE
OCEAN IS NOT A VAST BLANK CANVAS
YEARNING FOR THE TOUCH OF THE
INDUSTRIAL BRUSH. FLOATING
OFFSHORE WIND IS STILL IN ITS
INFANCY AND SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE
DEEMED AN APPROACH CAREFULLY.
AND AS EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.
THE PACIFIC FISHERIES MANAGERS
COUNCIL HAS ASKED BONE BUT THE
PRESENTLY SERIES IN OREGON BE
WITHDRAWN. AND THE SIGNING
PROCESS BE RESTARTED WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF ALL
THE CONSEQUENCES STEMMING FROM
DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNCIL WOULD
DO THIS FOR THE LEASE IS IN
CALIFORNIA IF THEY HADN'T
ALREADY BEEN THE AUCTION. THE
PROCESS IS FLAWED. SO WHAT TO
DO. WELL WE HAVE THESE FIVE
LEASES THAT ARE ALREADY GIVEN.
UNDER PRETTY MUCH BEYOND RECALL.
THE SUPREMELY LOGICAL THING TO
DO IN CALIFORNIA WOULD BE
POLITELY TO ASK BONE TO TAKE A
SEAT ON THE BENCH FOR A BIT.
WELL EVERYONE RETHINKS THIS
PROCESS. AND WATCH HOW THINGS
UNFOLD WITH THESE FIRST FIVE
LEASES AS AN EXPERIMENT. WITH
SITE SURVEY ACTIVITY AND ITS
IMPACT BEGINNING POSSIBLY WITHIN
THE YEAR. THERE IS VERY LITTLE
TIME TOGETHER THE BEFORE DATA SO
IMPORTANT TO A SCIENTIFIC
EVALUATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF
THESE PROJECTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT. AND CONSEQUENTLY
FISHERIES FOR FISHERMEN ARE
WHOLLY DEPENDENT ON A HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT. VERY LITTLE IS
KNOWN ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
SURVIVABILITY. AND IMPACTS OF
THIS EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.
AND THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL
QUESTIONS THAT CAN ONLY BE
ANSWERED BY RUNNING THIS
EXPERIMENT. DURING MY EDUCATION
TO CAL POLY I WAS TAUGHT THAT
ENGINEERS NEED TO TEST WHENEVER
POSSIBLE PROTOTYPES OF
EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES DEVICES
AND SYSTEMS. MODELING CAN ONLY
GO SO FAR AN ACTUAL TESTING
REMAINS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO
VERIFY THEORY. THE EFFECTS AND
CONSEQUENCES OF OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ARE COMPLEX
ENOUGH AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
ENOUGH. THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A
PAUSE IN THE RACE TO LINE UP
PROJECTS TO COVER VAST AMOUNTS
OF OUR SHORE WATERS. SO THAT WE
CAN TESTIFY. WE NEED TO LET
THESE FIRST FIVE LEASES RUN FOR
A WHILE BEFORE PRESSING ON. SO
WE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THESE
SUPREMELY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK IMPART
IMPARTIAL SCIENTIST. HOW LONG
THAT SHOULD BE ALL I KNOW IS
THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP
THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. TO
HAVE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE THE OCEAN OCEAN
USERS AND THE CALIFORNIA
ELECTRICAL GRID. BY PAUSING THE
PROCESS WHICH IS EVOLVING BY
PAUSING THE PROCESS WHICH IS
EVOLVING WILL ONLY GET BETTER.
THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO EVOLVE
AND GET BETTER. RIGHT NOW
FISHERMAN'S DURING IT IMPACTS
FROM SITE SURVEY ACTIVITY THAT
WILL POSSIBLY BEGIN WITHIN A
YEAR. MEANWHILE THE MACHINERY OF
GOVERNMENT HAS JUST BEGUN TO
CONSIDER HOW TO ADDRESS THE
IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE WIND UP THE
FISHING INDUSTRY. THE STATE
WORKING GROUP OR GROUPS. THAT
WILL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESSES HAD
NOT EVEN BEEN FORMED YET WITH NO
CONCLUSION SABRI ACT BE ARRIVED
AT FOR UNKNOWN YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD. HE JUST PROCESS WOULD
ADDRESS IMPACTS AS THEY OCCUR.
BUT EVERYTHING IS BEING RUSHED.
FISHERMEN BELIEVE. THAT WHEN
INDUSTRY TO FISHING INDUSTRY
NEGOTIATIONS. AND AGREEMENTS ARE
THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE
ADJUSTING COOPERATIVE BALANCE
BETWEEN THE TWO INDUSTRIES TO
THE DEGREE THAT THAT IS
POSSIBLE. A FULLY FORMED
AGREEMENT ALREADY EXISTS WITH
ESTABLISHED MECHANISM FOR THIS
PROCESS. TAILORED TO THE
PARTICULAR LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES
IN THE CASE OF THE MORO BAY WIND
ENERGY LEASE AREA. AND THAT'S
AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED BY TWO
WILLING PARTIES. WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THE STATE RECOGNIZED-
AGREEMENT AS THE BEST AVAILABLE
SOLUTION IN OUR SPECIFIC CASE
ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS. WE DO NOT
OBJECT OVERSIGHT BUT WE FEEL
FISHERMEN ARE THE BEST DESIRES
OF MITIGATION MEASURES FOR
COMMERCIAL FISHING. WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO
HAMMER OUT THIS KIND OF
AGREEMENT EVEN WHEN ONLY
FISHERMEN IN INDUSTRY OR
INVOLVED. ATTY SEES THE TABLE
FOR PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
ISSUES WILL ASSUREDLY MAKING
PROCESS TAKING LONGER. SO I
PROMISE OF FURTHER I PROPOSED A
FURTHER EXPERIMENTS. LET THE
EXISTING INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRY
AGREEMENT MORRO BAY AND THE CFRA
NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORK PROCEED.
AND EVALUATE HOW THEY PERFORM
CONCURRENT WITH THIS FIRST
DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENT. LET THE
TASK FORCE REAP THE BENEFIT OF
WATCHING THESE TWO PROCESSES
WHILE IT DELIBERATES. IF YOU'RE
MEDIA GOALS TO MAKE THE PROCESS
SIMPLER THIS WILL SURELY
ACCOMPLISH THAT. IN THE CASE OF
MORAL BAY IMPORTS ANALYSTS THE
TASK CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH
THREE SIGNATURES BY DEVELOPERS
ON THE EXISTING AGREEMENT. THE
CFRA HAS A MORE DIFFICULT TASK
BUT I'M SURE IT WILL ACCOMPLISH
IT. ONLY THIS COURSE CAN BRING
RELIEF TO STRUGGLING FISHERMEN
WHEN RELIEF IS NEEDED. LET THIS
MITIGATION EXPERIMENT RUN FOR
THESE FIRST LEASES. AND DURING A
PAUSE IN DEVELOPMENT. WELL
PHYSICAL RESULTS ARE BEING
VERIFIED. LET THE BEST SYSTEM A
MITIGATION FOR ANY FUTURE LEASES
MATURE SO TIMELY. ADEQUATE
PROTECTION FOR THE FISHING
COMMUNITY CAN BE IN PLACE FOR
WHAT FALL. THANK YOU THANK YOU
SO MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORDS IN
. ALLEN CAN HANG IN WITH US HERE
MISTER ALWARD- UNTIL WE GET TO
CONVERSATION. WITH THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE- WANNA WELCOME NOW
MIKE CONROY WITH RESPONSIBLE
OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE
SKYRIDGE GOOD TO SEE YOU AS
ALWAYS THE FLOOR IS YOURS YOU
HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR THIRTY
SECOND PROBLEM. GRASSES THAT
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN BY
SHARING COMMITTEE MEMBERS JUST A
REAL QUICK THE DAUGHTERS ONE
TODAY GIVEN THAT UPDATE. AND I
KNOW YOU'RE A YEAR AGO VERY
CONCERNED AT SOME KNOW
DAUGHTERS. MON HERE. BRINGING
IT. THANKS SO THANK YOU OUR OUR
PANEL IS ENTITLED CAN WIND AND
FISH CO EXIST OR WILL THE
PLANNED FLOUNDER. IN SHORT WE
DON'T KNOW. NO ONE KNOWS AS
THERE ARE NO LARGE SCALE
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND. FARMS
CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE ANYWHERE.
AS HIGHLIGHTED BOTH CAN AN ALAN
WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
THERE ARE AND THERE WILL BE
IMPACTS BUT THE SCALE OF THOSE
IMPACTS REMAIN UNKNOWN. THERE
ARE ALSO IMPACTS THAT ARE
POSSIBLE BUT REMAIN UNKNOWN AND
UNSTUDIED. IF LARGE SCALE
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE US WEST
COAST TAKES PLACE WHAT WILL BE
THE IMPACTS ON UPWELLING LARVAL
TRANSPORT. ANOTHER ECOSYSTEM
FUNCTIONS NECESSARY FOR A
HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE
CALIFORNIA CURRENT LARGE MEDICAL
SYSTEM. THE CENTER WHEN. ASKED
ABOUT WHAT ABOUT IMPACTS TO SEA
BIRDS AND MARINE MAMMALS. AND
YOU KNOW HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE
FISHING AND ECO TOURISM BUSINESS
IN NEWPORT BEACH IN DANA POINT
ARE WARRANTED. AS YOU KNOW
SENATOR REQUIRED YOU MENTIONED
THIS EARLIER ONE OF THE STATE'S
MOST IMPORTANT FISHERIES IS
MANAGED BASED ON THE RISK OF
INTERNATIONAL TOM BACK WHALES
BLUE WHALES LEATHERBACK SEA
TURTLES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
IMPACT WILL BE ON MIGRATORY
PATTERNS OR POPULATIONS OF
THOSE- OTHER PROTECTED SPECIES.
THAT WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
BY MISTAKE EARLIER THE EARLIER
TODAY. AND BY STRATUS WE DO
APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF AB
EIGHTEEN TO LOOK FORWARD TO
ENSURING THAT ALL VOICES ARE
HEARD AND THEIR- REGARDING
IMPACTS TO THOSE DEPENDENT UPON
ACCESS TO THE OCEAN. I'M FROM AN
ACCESS TO LIVING ROOM RESOURCES.
ARE STATES WHILE CAPTURE SEAFOOD
PROVIDERS BUYERS AND PROCESSORS
DEPEND FISHING COMMUNITIES. IN
THE DISCERNING CALIFORNIA
SEAFOOD CONSUMER. WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY AND LONG
TERM JOBS CREATED BY OFFSHORE
WIND. BUT YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WILL BE SEAFOOD ECONOMY
JOBS THAT ARE LOST. BUT WITH
REGARD TO SEAFOOD HARVESTERS YEP
IN TWENTY NINETEEN THE LAST YEAR
FOR WHICH DATA IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE. CALIFORNIA'S SEAFOOD
PRODUCERS LANDED TWENTY MILLION
POUNDS OF SEAFOOD IN THEIR
REPORT COMPLEX WITH EX VESSEL
VALUE OF THIRTY EIGHT POINT
SEVEN MILLION. THESE REPRESENTS
REVENUES PAID TO THE VESSEL IT
DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE
DOWNSTREAM CARE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
. AND NOT ALL FISH LANDED IN THE
AREA ARE HARVESTED BY VESSELS
BASED IN THOSE PORTS. ARE
HARVESTERS ARE MOBILE AND
IMPACTS ON THE LEASE SITES WILL
NOT BE LIMITED TO HARVESTERS
HOMEPORTED ADJACENT TO THESE
THESE SITES. THE ALBACORE
FISHERY IS A IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
THERE HARVESTERS FROM SAN DIEGO
ALL THE WAY UP TO WASHINGTON.
THAT HISTORIC DEPENDENCE ON
WATER IS CONTAINED IN THE LEASE
SITES OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT DEVELOPERS
REGULATORS CETERA UNDERSTAND
THIS AND SEEK TO INVOLVE EACH
IMPACTED FISHERY AND YOUR TYPE.
IF THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AS YOU
KNOW THEY'VE SUBMITTED THAT
PROPOSAL FOR THE PAIR PROJECT OF
THE PORT OF LONG BEACH COMES A
HUB FOR ASSEMBLY AND DEPLOYMENT.
YOU KNOW COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL
CHARTER BOATS IN LA LONG BEACH
WILL FEEL THE IMPACT AS WELL.
BUYERS AND PROCESSORS IMPACT OF
THOSE. YOU KNOW THEY BASED THEIR
BUSINESS MODELS ON X. NUMBER OF
POUNDS COMING ACROSS THEIR
DOCKS. IN CONVERSATION WITH
BUYERS BASED ON THE NORTH COAST
THERE IS A REAL FEAR THEY WILL
HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR CLOSE THEIR
DOORS DUE TO A LACK OF PRODUCT.
IF THIS HAPPENS ARE FISHERMEN
AND WOMEN LOSE MUCH NEEDED
SHORESIDE SUPPORT AND MARKETS. A
FISHING COMMUNITY UNDER MAGNUSON
STEVENS ACT IS DEFINED AS ONE
SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDENT ON-
SUBSTANTIALLY ENGAGED IN THE
HARVEST OR PROCESSING. OF
FISHERY RESOURCES TO MEET SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC NEEDS. GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING
FISHERIES INTERESTS QUALIFY AS
WOULD YOUR MANUFACTURES BAIT
OPERATIONS ETCETERA. IMPACT OF
THE STATE'S FOOD SECURITY HEARD
IT MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES. IN
IN MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY OUR
INDUSTRY WAS DEEMED ESSENTIAL.
DESPITE SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS
TRADITIONAL SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
WE PERSEVERED. DIRECT TO
CONSUMER SALES HOME DELIVERIES
ALL PLAYED A ROLE IN ENSURING
THAT ALL CALIFORNIANS HAVE
ACCESS TO THE LIVING ROOM
RESOURCES OFF THE COAST. MORE
AND MORE SCIENCE IS TOUTING THE
IMPORTANT ROLE WHILE CAPTURE
SEAFOOD PLAYS AND A HEALTHY
DIET. CALIFORNIA'S OUR
DISCERNING CONSUMERS WE ARE
COGNISANT OF WHERE OUR FISH
COMES FROM. AND HOW IT WAS
HARVESTED. FISHERIES OFF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST ARE AMONG THE
MOST WELL MANAGED IN THE WORLD.
ENTER THOSE AND THOSE LISTENING
SHOULD BE SURE TO ASK YOUR LOCAL
FISHMONGER. WHERE SEAFOOD IS
COMING AND THEN TO PURCHASE US.
BACK TO THE QUESTION CAN'T OFFER
WHEN A FISHERIES CO EXIST. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION IS OUR
EXPERIENCES COEXISTENCE IS
PRESUMED. THE FISHING INDUSTRY
HAS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS. WE'VE
ASKED AS ALLEN NOTED WHAT WE'RE
ASKING WE HAVE BEEN ASKING TO
SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. BUILD UP
THE FIVE LEASES LET THEM OPERATE
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE
IMPACT WILL BE. IF OFFSHORE WIND
WILL WREAK HAVOC ON THE FORM AND
FUNCTION OF THE CALIFORNIA
CURRENT LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM.
THEN WE NEED TO STOP IT. ONCE ON
. MINIMIZED AND UNMITIGATED BILL
IMPACTS IDENTIFIED IN BETTER
UNDERSTOOD. COMPENSATING
IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SHOULD BE A PRIORITY CENTER WE
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
OUTLINING A FRAMEWORK FOR
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION. AND
REMAIN REMAIN CAN BE ADDED TO
WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF
ON THIS. THAT IN CONCLUDING IN
AB FIVE TWENTY FIVE STRATEGIC
PLAN. AS A CHAPTER THAT REQUIRES
IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE SEE
SPACE TO MEET THE STATE'S GOALS
OF TWENTY FIVE GIGAWATTS BY
TWENTY FORTY FIVE. USING TODAY'S
MATH WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER
TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED SQUARE MILES
OF GROUNDS OF CALIFORNIA IT'LL
BE. DEEDED TO THE OFFSHORE WIND
INDUSTRY. EARLY VERSIONS OF
THESE MAPS SHOW THIS C. SPACE
WOULD LINE THE COAST FROM THE
FROM FORT BRAGG TO THE
CALIFORNIA OREGON BORDER. THIS
WOULD FUNCTIONALLY KILL THE
FISHING INDUSTRY NORTH OF SAN
FRANCISCO. FOR A STATE THAT
PRIDES ITSELF ON EQUITY AND
JUSTICE. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE OF
PUTTING THE BURDEN OF
ELECTRICITY GENERATION ON THE
SHOULDERS. AND LIVELIHOODS OF
OUR STATE'S ICONIC AND HISTORIC
FISHING INDUSTRY. THREE HUNDRED
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND- THAT'S WHY WE ARE
HERE TODAY TO BE WOULD HAVE THIS
CRITICAL CONVERSATION. WITH
EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM SO
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO
IS OPEN IT UP FOR. THE COMMITTEE
TO HAVE CONVERSATION- WHEN I
CHECK IN WITH MEADOW VICE CHAIR
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IS SOFT-
INDUCE ONE ALSO WERE CONCERNED
THE MOUNT. IN ECONOMIC CHECKER
LEADERSHIP. ON COSTA
PRESERVATION HER FOCUS ON THE
FLEET IS WELL WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR
HER PARTNERSHIP. BETTER BY SHARE
PLEASE. WELL FIRST ALL IT'S
WONDERFUL TO SEE SOMEBODY FROM
MORE OF A AND THANK YOU TO THE
OTHER COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN THAT-
DROVE ALL THE WAY UP HERE I KNOW
HOW FAR THAT DRIVE IS AND SO ONE
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND TOOK. UP
FOR YOU TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO
SPEAK FOR A SHORT TIME OF PASS.
AND WANNA APPRECIATE KIND OF THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS WITH WHICH
YOU GAVE YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY
ALLEN AND- KNOW THAT- IN MORRO
BAY THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT
PROCESS IN THE PAST THAT STARTED
YEARS AND YEARS AGO- FAR BEFORE
ANYBODY KNEW WHICH LEASES WERE
GOING TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY
AND NOT THAT PROCESS DID WORK
PRETTY WELL I WOULD SAY AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM YOU KNOW- AND YET. YOU KNOW
WE'VE COME TO THIS POINT AND
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POINT I'M
HEARING THAT FROM THE CAN- FROM
THE FOLKS HERE THAT ARE HEARD-
GIVING TESTIMONY. AND SO I'M
WONDERING. GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT
AT THIS MOMENT AND I ASK THIS
QUESTION TO AN EARLIER PANEL BUT
WHAT YOU THINK THE- BEST NEXT
IMMEDIATE STEP IS. GIVEN THE
VAST AMOUNT OF CONCERN THAT
THERE ARE FROM- EVERYBODY HERE
THAT'S GIVING TESTIMONY AND THEN
ALL. I JUST THINK YOU FOR
COMMENT ON AB AT AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO. HAVING A PARTNERSHIP
ON ON THE FUTURE. BUT IF YOU
COULD JUST KIND OF GIVE FOR US
KNOWING THE CONCERN MONTHS IN
THE ROOM YOU KNOW WHERE DO YOU.
SEE THIS VERY NEXT STEP BEING.
PLEASE WHEN WE MISTER BATES AND
ORDER THANK YOU THE- THERE ARE
NO RULES. THERE ARE NO RULES.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
THESE BIG PROJECTS COMING AND WE
ARE. COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY
AS A STATE WHERE WE ARE BEHIND
THE CURVE COMING UP WITH HOW
THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO
FUNCTION. HOW FISHERMEN ARE
GOING TO INTERACT WITH THESE
PROJECTS WITH THESE PROJECT
MANAGERS. NO WAY IN THE
PERMITTING PROCESS. WE DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S SET UP. TO
TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS. I'M
GOING TO DRAG US BACK INTO THE
WEEDS FOR SECOND AND TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT. FIBER OPTIC
CABLE AGREEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA
THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SO SINCE
TWO THOUSAND AND AT THE END OF
THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND WAS THE
FIRST ONE TO MORE BAY. THERE'S
ONE SENTENCE IN THE COASTAL
COMMISSION DOCUMENTS IT REQUIRES
A FISHING COMMUNITY BENEFIT
AGREEMENT FOR CABLE WHAT IS THAT
ME. WHAT IS THAT. YOU KNOW IS IT
IS IT IS IT LIKE WHAT MORAL BAY
DID WERE TO FISHERMEN'S
ASSOCIATIONS WORK WITH THE CABLE
COMPANIES. YOU KNOW AND PUT
TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM THAT
EVERYBODY BASICALLY IS LOOKING
FORWARD TO OR IS IT THREE
FISHERMEN ASIDE THIS AGREEMENT
OFF TO THE SIDE. AND CHECK THE
BOX THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH APPRECIATE THAT TO OUR-
YEAH- WELL. I APPRECIATE DONT
HELP IN THIS EFFORT SHE'S ALWAYS
BEEN SYMPATHETIC AND SHE'S. GONE
THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP WITHOUT-
I THINK THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CONSIDER WHY THE FISHERMEN ARE
SUPPORTING THE AGREEMENT THAT
THEY CAME UP WITH AN MORAL BAY.
AND THAT AGREEMENT CAME ABOUT
BECAUSE THE WIND COMPANY WANTED
SOMETHING SHE WANTED. THE CITY
TO- ALLOW HER TO BRING HER
TRANSITION CABLE SHORT. AND SO
THIS THE CITY SUPPORTERS BY
SAYING WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LIE TO DO THAT UNTIL YOU COME UP
WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT SATISFIES
FISHERMEN. SO WHEN THEY WHEN
COMPANY IS FORCED. WITH THE- THE
CONDITION THAT IT HAS TO SATISFY
THE FISHERMEN SUDDENLY DOORS
OPEN AND- WE GOT WE GOT A WIN
COMPANIES HAD ALREADY SAID THAT
THEY WERE THEY KNEW THEY WERE
GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS. AND THEY
FELT LIKE. THE JUST THING TO DO
WAS TO WORK WITH THE TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE. NOW WE
WERE IMAGINING EVERYTHING AND
WE'RE STILL IMAGINE EVERYTHING
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS
ARE GOING TO BE. BUT THE FACT
THAT WE HAD A WILLING WHEN
COMPANY WORKING ON THIS
NEGOTIATION WAS THE KEY TO
COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT
WORK FORCE AND I THINK. THAT
THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING
TO SEE FROM THE COASTAL
COMMISSION IS THAT THE WHEN
COMPANIES ARE SAID. YOU HAVE TO
YOU HAVE ARE TOLD YOU HAVE TO
COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT
SATISFIES THE FISHERMEN. AND IN
THIS CASE THE- IN OUR CASE THE
MORE OBEY THE FISHERMEN WERE NOT
GREEDY THE GREEN IT WAS
GENEROUS. BUT THE COMPANY THAT
THE COMPANY WAS THE ONE THAT
MADE THE GENEROUS OFFER NOT THE
FISHERMEN. AND WE WERE HAPPY TO
ACCEPT WHAT WE WERE GIVEN. I
THINK THAT. THAT THAT THAT
PROCESS. WHERE WILL THEY ARE
THEY IT WELL I I'VE ALREADY SAID
IT WOULD WHEN THEY'RE TOLD THEY
HAVE SAYS BY FISHMAN FISHMAN
AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BEND
THEM OVER A BARREL. YOU KNOW
WE'RE GONNA WE WANT TO WORK WITH
THE WIN COMPANIES WE WERE TOLD.
OF THE BY ALL OF WHAT THEIR
PROBLEMS WERE WHAT THEY- WHAT
THEY COULD DO AND WHAT THEY
COULDN'T DO. AND WE- WORKED WITH
THEM TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING
THAT WORKS FOR BOTH OF US AND
THAT'S WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT WE
TALK ABOUT INDUSTRY INDUSTRY. WE
CAME OF THAT AGREEMENT THE WORK
WITH THEM AND WE CAME UP WITH
AGREEMENT TO WORK FOR US AND-
AND SO THAT'S WHY. WE SUPPORT
WHAT CANS- CFRA HAS ACCOMPLISHED
IT'S A WONDERFUL STARTED IF WE
DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE OUR
AGREEMENT. WE'D BE PART OF THAT
WOULD BE SIGNED ON AND WE'D BE
EXPECTING THAT TO WORK FORCE-
WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR AGREEMENT.
IF ARGUMENT DOESN'T COME ABOUT
WE'RE GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW. IN
A LINE TO GET ON WITH CANCEL.
IT'S A IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH
THAN WHAT IS ENVISIONED AT THIS
POINT BUT- WE YOU KNOW. IT AND
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND WE ALL
HAVE TO LEARN AS WE GO SO I
THINK THAT'S- MY INPUT ON THE-
DISCOVER. NO I FULLY AGREE WITH
WHAT BOTH CAN AND ALLEN HAVE
SAID- LEARNING TODAY. THAT THE
LEASES WERE EXECUTED. LAST WEEK
I THINK IS A GOOD STEP. IT'LL BE
INCUMBENT UPON. THE DEVELOPERS
THEY HAVE A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
DAYS TO GET THEIR FISHERIES
COMMUNICATIONS PLANS DONE- AND I
THINK. IT'S GOING TO BE.
INCUMBENT UPON THEM. TO BEGIN TO
DO THE OUT REACH. TO THE FISHING
COMMUNITIES. BOTH IN MORRO BAY.
AND HUMBLED. BUT UNDERSTANDING
THAT THERE ARE FISHING INDUSTRY
PARTICIPANTS. AS FAR AWAY AS
WASHINGTON IN SAN DIEGO THAT
THAT HAVE TO BE. INCLUDED IN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS THEN GO FROM
THERE. FOLLOW UP PLEASE THANK
YOU FOR THAT AND I JUST I GUESS
WHO WOULD REITERATE I THINK THAT
THERE IS A FOOT PRINT FOR
SUCCESS- BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A
FOOTPRINT FOR SUCCESS WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU. BUT
THERE IS A FOOTPRINT FOR AN
AGREEMENT TO BE MADE- SO WE'RE
NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND I
JUST HOPE ALL IN THE ROOM THAT
ARE LISTENING REALLY TAKE THAT
INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S BEING SAID
HERE IN TESTIMONY THAT. WE KIND
OF KNOW A PATH THAT WE CAN GO
DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
COMPENSATING PEOPLE WELL TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT THE CONCERNS AND
THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE OCEAN
AND THAT WE UPLIFT THOSE PIECES
THAT WERE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL-
AND MOVE THEM FORWARD. AND TO
REALLY HAVE THE FISHERMAN AND A
SEAT AT THE TABLE NOT JUST
COMMUNICATE TO THEM BUT BRING
YOU IN AS PART OF WHAT'S GOING
TO BE DECIDED SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BEEN A VICE
CHAIR RUNNING TURN OVER CERTAIN
AMONG. INDUSTRIES THANK YOU I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND
I THINK- I WANT TO ECHO THAT.
PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND
REALLY PART OF THIS PUBLIC
HEARING. IS SO THAT WE
UNDERSTAND HOW TO MEDICATE
MEDICATE- THE POTENTIAL IMPACT
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S RUDE
THAT'S PART OF A IT'S NOT THIS-
IDEA THAT FOR US- ET. IT'S JUST
WE'RE GOING TO GO FULL FORCE
WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND ALSO
HOW TO SOLVE FOR SOME OF THESE
CHALLENGES- I KNOW I HAVE
COMMERCIAL. YOU KNOW FISHERIES
AND IN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT
ALL OF SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA
COUNTIES AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WERE AWARE OF AS WELL AND
WE MAY NOT HAVE EVEN CLOSE TO
WHAT SOME OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE
ENVISIONING AND OTHER PARTS
ALONG OUR COAST- BUT THERE WILL
BE SOME LEVEL OF IMPACT- YOU
KNOW ONE OF MY GENERAL QUESTIONS
AND IT CAN GO TO. WHOEVER WANTS
IS YOU KNOW IF YOU HAD TO
OUTLINED THE TOP THREE THINGS
THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU
FOR US TO CONSIDER. IN AND
MITIGATION PROCESS WHAT WITH
THOSE THREE THINGS BE. AND THEY
CAN BE OUR HEART HIGHER JEAN I
KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO GO INTO THE
DEEP WEEDS SO IF YOU WANT TO THE
CAN BUT JUST. WHAT WHAT DO WE
NEED TO TAKE AWAY THE TOP THREE
THINGS THAT WE SHOULD KNOW TO
MITIGATE THE TYPE OF IMPACT THAT
WE MAY OR MAY NOT SEE. WHERE WE
SERVE MR CONROY THEN GO MISTER
OUTWARD AND THEN MISTER BATES
MISTER COMER. THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION- ONE LETTER TO THE
FOREFRONT OF MY MIND AND THAT IS
AND UNDERSTANDING THE CUMULATIVE
IMPACTS- THE PROCESS TO DATE
HASN'T CONSIDERED THAT IT'S BEEN
A PROJECT BY PROJECT. KIND OF
PIECEMEAL APPROACH. BUT AS WE'RE
LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF.
TWENTY FIVE GIGAWATTS ORDERED
OVER THREE THOUSAND SQUARE
MILES. CALIFORNIA THEN YOU HAVE
A- CALL AREA RIGHT ON THE
CALIFORNIA OREGON BORDER THAT
THAT COULD BE MORE AT THE
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS. OF ALL OF
THESE PROJECTS NOT ONLY ON OUR
OPERATIONS. BUT ON THE ECOSYSTEM
AS A WHOLE ON MARINE LIFE. ON
THE PORTS AND HARBORS THAT ARE
DEPENDENT UPON OUR- OUR
ACTIVITIES. THAT'S THE ONE THAT
THAT. THAT THAT COMES TO THE
FOREFRONT IN ANOTHER ONE WOULD
BE. DEVELOPING A COMMON LANGUAGE
WE TALK ABOUT THE FISHING
INDUSTRY. AND I THINK IF YOU
WERE TO ASK EVERYBODY WHAT THAT
MEANS YOU GET VASTLY DIFFERENT
ANSWERS. IT IT'S CONSISTS OF
FISHERIES TARGETING SPECIFIC
STOCKS USING SPECIFIC GEAR TYPE
SPECIFIC TIMES OF THE YEAR. AND
EACH ONE OF THOSE YOUR TYPES
FISHERIES AND WHAT NOT NEEDS TO
NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED- I KNOW
THAT'S TO. THE THIRD ONE WOULD
BE IT'S AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD I
MEAN WE CAN SIT HERE AND SAY
THAT IT'S NOT. BUT IN TERMS OF
THE PROCESS TO DATE THAT THE
FISHING INDUSTRY IS HAS NOT BEEN
AN EQUAL PARTNER IN THIS
PROCESS- SO JUST AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. DOLLOP
YOUR TURN. OKAY SO. AS HAS
THERE'S A FISHING TEMPLATE
FISHING- MITIGATION TEMPLATE
THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATED AROUND
FACTORS NOR THE MORE THAN ONE.
AND THE IF YOU WANT THE THREE
CONCEPTS THAT ARE FROM THERE I
CAN TELL YOU. THE MOST IMPORTANT
ONE IS RESILIENCY WHAT KEEPS THE
FISHING INDUSTRY FISHING INTO
THE FUTURE- A LOT OF US A LOT OF
THE GUYS WHO SET UP THIS
AGREEMENT. AND AND WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT IT WORRY ARE NOT
GOING TO BE. AROUND WHEN THE
ACTUAL- OF BUG IMPACTS BEGIN.
NOW THAT'S BECOMING LESS AND
LESS TRUE BECAUSE THE IMPACTS
ARE GETTING CLOSER TO. CLOSER
AND CLOSER BUT A LOT OF GUYS
HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OFF THE
VINE. BUT WE ARE ALL THESE YOUNG
GUYS WHO WHO WANT TO KEEP
FISHING. AND WE NEED TO WE NEED
TO SEE THAT THIS RESILIENCY
RESILIENCY HAPPENS WHICH MEANS
THE KINDS OF BENEFITS THINGS
LIKE. THAT A FISHERMAN HAS HAS A
CHANCE TO STILL STILL GO OUT AND
FISH BECAUSE- HE'S ABLE TO GET
INSURANCE HE'S ABLE TO PAY FOR
THE FUEL- THAT'S THE KIND OF
MITIGATION THE THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT AND RESILIENCY IS. IS
PROGRAMS THAT HELP THE GUYS WHO
ARE ACTUALLY FISHING. IT MAKES
IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO KEEP
BEING ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. AND
SO IT THERE'S ALSO A
COMPENSATION FACTOR FOR GUYS WHO
WERE ALREADY FISHING. WHO DIDN'T
COME TO THE AREA TO TAKE PART.
IN THE IN THE IN THIS-
RESILIENCY THANK YOUS ARE GUYS
WHO ARE ALREADY HERE WHO NOW ARE
FACED WITH. YOU KNOW A DECREASE
OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S COMP THAT
IS TALK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMPENSATION- MIKE WAS TALKING
ABOUT GUYS FOR- OTHER PARTS OF
THE OF THE OF THE COAST THAT
FISH. I PERSONALLY FISH
ALBACORE- IS MY PRIMARY FISHERY
WHICH MEANS I LEAVE MORRO BAY
AND I TAKE MY BOTH OREGON AND I
FISH OFF THE COAST OREGON ALL
SUMMER. RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING
AND I FISH ALBACORE WHICH IS AN
OFFSHORE FISHERY. AND OFFICIAL
LOANS ARE DRIFTING AND ISLAND.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT
PERSONALLY IS THE MORAL BAY WILL
IMPACT ANY WINTER FISHING THAN I
DO- BUT THE REAL IMPACT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN IN OREGON SO I. FEEL
THAT EACH AGREEMENT IN EACH
PLACE HAS TO TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION. THAT THERE ARE
IMPACTED PARTIES. THAT ARE FROM
OUT OF THE AREA THAT THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH OUR AREA BEING
IMPACTED BY THESE THINGS AND WE
HAVE TO BRING THEM INTO. AND ARE
A BILL IN THE LATEST VERSION OF
OUR AGREEMENT. PARTLY BECAUSE IT
WAS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE COSTA COMMISSION WE- HAVE
MODIFIED AGREEMENT BUSH MORE
CLEARLY SPELL THAT OUT THAT.
THAT THE AGREEMENT HAS TO WORK
FOR ALL THE FISHERMEN- I'D LIKE
TO HIJACK. THE CONVERSATION FOR
A MINUTE TALK ABOUT RISK BUT
I'LL WAIT SEE IF I GET A
QUESTION. THIS IS A BEAT YEAH I
THINK I DON'T. THANK YOU I'M
GONNA LET MIGHT I'M A LIMIT MY
COMMENTS. TO THE AGENCIES THAT
YOU THAT YOU PEOPLE ARE IN
CHARGE OF- CONTROLLING AND-
DIRECTING IN FUNDING IN THOSE
KIND OF THINGS. SO IF YOU LOOK
AT SITE SURVEY SITE SURVEYS THE
NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA YOU
KNOW THE COMPANIES THAT ARE
AROUND RIGHT NOW THEY'VE THEY'RE
STARTING TO HAVE THEIR FISHERIES
LASSEN OFFICERS COME. FOR
TALKING TO FISHERMEN IS IT
WHETHER YOU'RE FISHING WHERE
YOU'RE FISHING THEY'RE DOING
THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO
START BRINGING SHIPS IN. YOU
KNOW TO DO SITE SURVEYS SITE
SURVEYS ARE NOT LIKE. A TRIP OUT
IN THE SKIFF ON A NICE DAY THERE
MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF
TRANSECTS ACROSS THE THESE
AREAS. AND WHEN THAT STUFF
HAPPENS WHEN THAT STARTS. YOU
KNOW THAT IS GOING TO
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT ANYBODY
FISHING OR- ARE TRAVELING
THROUGH THAT AREA SO THE BEST
THING THAT COLLECTIVELY. I THINK
THAT WE COULD DO. IS TO GET THE
CONDITION SEVEN WORKING GROUP
WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION
FORMED I'M HOPING THAT THAT
GROUP ALSO WHAT. WILL CHECK THE
BOX OF THE BILL THAT SENATOR
MCGUIRE SPONSORING SO THAT
THERE'S CONTINUITY THROUGH THAT.
AND START TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. YOU
KNOW TO ACTUALLY HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP KIDS. YOU KNOW TO
AVOID THE IMPACT FROM SITE
SERVICE THOSE OF THE FIRST
THINGS I ASKED FOR. MISTER
MCGUIRE SENATOR MCGUIRE'S
COMMENT ABOUT BUDGETS IN- THE
BUDGETS ARE ESSENTIALLY HOW WE
DETERMINE WHAT. WE THINK ARE
IMPORTANT AGAIN. THE BACK TO
HAVE A FUNDING FOR THESE
AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO
COORDINATE AND TO BE OLDER OUT
REACHED A FISHERMAN AND FOR
FISHERMEN TO SHOW UP. TO SHOW UP
OF THESE MEETINGS AND GET THE
STARTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
EIGHT I WANT TO TURN OVER
CEREMONY SEETHER'S ANY FOLLOW UP
FROM THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU
VERY GRATEFUL ON TURNOVERS
INTERPRETED IT IS ANY ITEMS
YOU'D LIKE TO BE IT WOULD BE
ANSWER. YEAH I WAS SOLD HIS
SOUL- I'M VERY MUCH YOU KNOW ON
THE LEARNING CURVE IN IN ONE
SENSE ALTHOUGH WITH WHAT'S HERE
IS NOTHING NEW. IN TERMS OF.
AGAIN IT'S- ANALOGY ON- YOU KNOW
IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION
MITIGATION IN ON THE LAND SIDE I
MEAN IF YOU RUN INTO. URBAN
AREAS RURAL AREAS PROTECTED
AREAS ALL ALL THE SAME ISSUES IN
WITH INDUSTRY AS WELL BECAUSE
THERE'S NEW. AGRICULTURE
THERE'S- THERE'S URBAN. RETAIL
THERE'S WHATEVER PROPERTY OWNER
SAID. HAVE INVESTED IN IN DON'T.
WANT EXPERIENCE OF TAKING OF ANY
KIND THAT SAID I IN WHAT I AM
FAMILIAR WITH HIS SETS. WHEN
YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH. THE
PUBLIC TRUST AND YOU'RE DEALING
WITH ENCROACHMENTS ON. ON A WHAT
IS. HIS IN LEGALLY BEEN- YOU
KNOW THE PUBLIC'S. UNDO ME. THAT
USUALLY THERE'S SOME KIND OF AN
ENCROACHMENT PERMIT THAT HAS TO
BE PULLED THE NIGHT I HAVEN'T
STUDIED. THE YOUR BILL CENTER
REQUIRE THOROUGHLY BUT I KNOW
THAT YOU'RE CALLING FOR. WHAT I
THINK WORLD RIGHT THINGS AND IN
TERMS OF YOU KNOW A COUPLE
LOAVES OF. OF DIRECT MITIGATION
OF. THE TO THE INDUSTRY ITSELF-
TO THE FISHERIES- BUT IT'S IT
THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY
IMPORTANT IN A SLIGHT TEAR ANY
REACTION TO ACTUALLY HAVE A
LEGAL TRIGGER THAT REQUIRES. YOU
KNOW THIS MEDICATION IN THIS
COMPENSATION YOU COULD PUT ALL
THE PLANTS TOGETHER IN THE WORLD
AND- WE WALK AWAY NO OFFENSE TO
ANY OF US. BUT CITY CALIFORNIA
SAYS THAT'S DONE YOU KNOW THAT
WAS IN PLACE IN THESE FOLKS ARE
OFFENDING FOR- HOW DO WE
ACTUALLY GET THE MITIGATION DONE
IS I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER
WHAT IF THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T
PUT ADEQUATE. FUNDING IN THEIR
BID PACKAGE TO COVER- YOU KNOW
THE MITIGATION TO THE INDUSTRY
THAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED- YOU KNOW
IT. IS VERY ITERATIVE IN- YOU
KNOW WHO YOU KNOW BUT MAYBE A
BILL REDEKER AT THE- THAT
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE IN THE
DISCUSSIONS IN THE CONVENIENT
YOU'RE GONNA DO THERE'S- YOU
KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION
ABOUT HARD LEGAL TRIGGER THAT
FOLKS CAN RELY UPON YOU CAN.
PULL WHATEVER THE EQUIPMENT IS
TO A COACH WOULD PERMIT TO GO
OUT AND DO THIS WORK EVEN THE
SURVEY WORK- IN UNTIL YOU HAVE A
FUNDED. A FUNDED PLAN THAT MEETS
THE SATISFACTION OF ENOUGH BREAK
HAS TO BE FILLED AND I MEAN SOME
THERE'S GOT TO BE A LEGAL ENTITY
THAT. BILLS PROCESS FOR THE BUT-
THAT'S WHAT I SEE IS SORT OF THE
PATH IF YOU DON'T WANT US
COMPLETELY REINVENT THE WHEEL
BECAUSE WE'VE SET THOSE KINDS
OF- YOU KNOW PROCESSES INTRUDERS
IN MOTION. YOU KNOW. DO THEY
ALWAYS WORK PERFECTLY WELL NO
THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME ON ON
THIS- AND I DO THINK YOU KNOW-
OF THOSE A GREAT POINT IS KNOWN
THE SURVEY WORK- LIKE THAT'S
HAPPENING NOW IT'S GOING TO BE
ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS TO
ADDRESS AND TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
HEARING. OF IT BUT IT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE THE SERVET WORK MAY
REQUIRE- A REPOSITORY FOR. WHAT
I WOULD CALL CASH MITIGATION UP
FRONT JUST JUST BECAUSE OF THAT
IF IT'S GOING TO DISPLACE
INDUSTRY WHATSOEVER- IS THAT
COULD BE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.
YOU KNOW WITHOUT IN EFFECT. OF
YOU KNOW A MONETIZED TRUST IN
PLACE I WOULD HOPE IT WILL.
PERFECT WORLD WOULD BE IF WE IF
THIS YOU KNOW WE THIS WAS COME
UP. FIFTY TWO TIMES ALREADY IN
THIS HEARING CO EXIST. BUT A-
GROUP THAT I THINK THE REALITY
IS. WITH WITH THIS KIND OF
DISRUPTION. OF THE COEXISTENCE
IS A MITIGATED CO EXISTENCE AT
BEST AT WORST IT'S DISPLACEMENT
OF SOME CLIENTS IN SOME KIND OF
A TAKING. SO I HATE USING THE
WORD MONETIZATION AROUND OR THAT
TERM AROUND THIS KIND OF WORK
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE IN THE INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW.
LIVING THE LIFE THEY WANT TO
LIVE WITHOUT DESTRUCTION ALL THE
SAID NGUYEN POWERS COMING IN YOU
GOT TO LIVE WITH THIS DISRUPTION
BUT I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO SAY.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE. TO MONETIZE
THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND
MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
COMING IN WITH THE DEEP POCKETS.
OF EVERY STEP OF THE WAY HER
FORCED. HER TO DEPOSIT YOU KNOW
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DEPOSIT TO
MAKE THINGS HOLE- IN. AGAIN SOON
REQUIRED- YOU'RE IMMERSED IN
THIS WORKING PROBABLY THOUGHT
THAT THROUGH BUT- THREATEN THOSE
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME IRON
CLAD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT.
PEOPLE. IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS
DON'T. TAKE THE BEST INTENTIONS
IN THE BEST RULES OF THIS
LEGISLATURE. IN IN GAME THEM-
ALONG THE WAY TOO YOU KNOW AT
THE END IN A WAY THAT. RELIEF
BECOMES A BURDEN TO THE INDUSTRY
ITSELF AND INTO THE- THE AQUATIC
LIFE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
PROTECT AS WELL. THANK YOU I
DON'T THINK SO MUCH CENTER. ANY
COMMENTS FROM OUR PANELISTS
INTERPRETATION GREG GRATEFUL OF
FOR THAT. AS WELL THIRTIES ANY
ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
ADD TO WHAT CENTER TO SEE
PLEASE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
BRING UP ONE THING. L. N. THAT
CONCERN C. SPACE- IF THE SENATOR
MCGUIRE. AND I TOOK A CHART OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE EACH HAD A
BLACK FELT PEN AND WE STARTED
COLORING IN ALL THE AREAS THAT
WERE CLOSED. BECAUSE OF RE
PROTECTED AREAS- OCEAN OUTFALLS
DUMPING GROUNDS YOU KNOW CABLE
IN SOME IN THE DO STUFF FROM THE
DEPARTMENT EVENTS HE GOES ON AND
ON AND ON AND THEN ON TOP OF
THAT YOU PUT ALL THE FISHERIES.
REGULATIONS THAT ARE ARE THAT
THAT WE HAVE CALIFORNIA HAS THE
MOST REGULATED FISHERY IN
PROBABLY IN THE WORLD. IT'S A
GOOD THING WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING
ABOUT THAT. BUT BUT BY THE TIME
THE TWO OF US WERE CUT DOWN WITH
A FELT PEN THE ENTIRE COAST IS
BLACK. SO WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A
COMMENT- YOU KNOW WORLD TO GET
USED TO A 3% OF THE OCEAN FOR
WHEN POWER WHAT YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WHAT WAS
ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. YOU KNOW IF
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF
FISHING FLEETS WHAT'S ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE FOR FISHERMEN TO WORK
IN IN THESE AREAS YOU KNOW
DEPENDING OF TIME IN SKI SEASON
SEASON SO THAT THAT'S THE ONLY
COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE THANK
YOU. DON'T THINK SO MUCH THREE
THREE GRATEFUL. AB ALLEN I KNOW
YOU WANT- HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE SAY IF FEW WORDS. I'M OR JEFF
WORRIED ABOUT I DO A QUICK CHECK
ON TIME FOR THE COMMITTEE WERE
AT ABOUT FIVE TWENTY- AND I
WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO
GET EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO.
GET OUT- HERE IN COMMITTEE SO
WHY DON'T WE- GIVE MISTER
HOWARD. TWO MINUTES- IF YOU HAD
SOME ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED TO BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS. OKAY I JUST
WANTED TO CAN COME AT FIRST IS
THAT. OF THE PROXIMITY IS
EVERYTHING IN FISHING YOU KNOW
THE- SO WHEN YOU COME AND TAKE
THE AREA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE
HARBOR. THAT'S A BAD THING
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE
TEND TO GO IN AND IT DRIES OF
THE COST AS YOU MOVE FURTHER.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
HUMBLE. AND IT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED A MORE BIG SEPT ARE
AGREEMENT FORCED TO DO WITH IT
WE WORK WITH CAST WITH THE FIRST
THING SHE DID WAS MOVE IT.
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE HARBOR SO
THAT WE WOULD BE SO THAT WE WERE
STILL VIABLE IF. IT COST HER YOU
KNOW IT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS A
MILE SHE DOES THAT FOR THE
CABLE. BUT THE BUT PROXIMITY IS
SOMETHING IT GIVES YOU THINK
ABOUT AND- HAS IT. AND WE FEEL.
THAT LESS FISHERIES ARE
IMPACTED. THE FURTHER OUT YOU
PORTION BECAUSE THE WHOLE
GROUNDFISH. INDUSTRY WITH THIS
IS THE BIGGEST. BIGGEST INDUSTRY
FOR MOST OF THESE PORTS. TAKES
PLACE INSIDE OF ABOUT SIX
HUNDRED THOUSANDS OR SEPARATE-
AT LEAST SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO AFTER ONE IS GETTING READY TO
MAKE THAT STEP TO GO OUT OF THAT
DEEPER WATER WHEN THEY DO THAT.
THAT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO
HAVE LESS IMPACT ON EVERY
FISHERY BUT MINE. WHICH IS
ALBACORE. OKAY AND THE THING I
WANTED TO UP GET TO THAT I WILL
TAKE THE WHOLE TWO MINUTES BUT-
I IN MY SPEECH I TALKED ABOUT.
YOU KNOW THIS. TERRIBLE RISK AND
PROBLEMS AND EVERYTHING BUT I
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU TO GIVE
YOU A HINT OF WHAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT. AS AN ENGINEER. AND
THERE'S A FISHERMAN WHEN I LOOK
AT THESE OFFSHORE FLOATING
PLATFORMS. AND THERE ARE A WHILE
APART. AND THEY'RE EACH ONE HAS
THREE OR MORE ANCHORS. SPREADING
OUT IN THE DEPTH OF THE WATER
THERE IN THOSE ANCHORS. ARE
ALMOST INTERLOCKING BETWEEN THE
ONE NEXT TO THEM. SO WHAT
HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A STORM LIKE
THE COLUMBUS DAY STORM IN
NINETEEN SIXTY ONE WHERE IT WAS
BLOWING. ACCORDING TO A BOOK I
JUST READ- FISHERMEN OVER HEARD
COAST GUARD SAY A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE MILES. AN HOUR- WHAT
IF THE EXCEL VALDEZ ROUTE GOES
RIGHT TO THE MORAL BAY LEAF. AND
INOX THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE WIND
TURBINES LOOSE AND THEN THEY'RE
DRAGGING ALONG. AND THEIR
ANCHORS ARE CATCHING THE ONES
NEXT TO THEM. UP IF THE WIND IS
BLOWING REALLY HARD I MEAN YOU
CAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A
CHANCE. THAT THE GRID MIGHT WIND
UP ON HIS KNEES AND IF THAT
HAPPENS. IF THE WHOLE THING IS A
TANGLED MESS ON THE BEACH IT'S
GOING TO BE YEARS TO REPAIR. SO
WHEN I SEE RISK OF SAYING YES
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN. BUT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
SO BAD THAT THAT. NEEDS TO BE
EXAM. THAT'S.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT AGAIN
GERMAN AS WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S
HEARING- HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY IS
THAT. ARE I THINK THAT OUR GOALS
ARE ALIGNED. ONE WE GOT A STAFF
OF THE AGENCIES. AGAIN A MINUTE
SAY TUMBLE IN THE FACE. THE ONE
COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF MEMBER.
THAT HANDLES ALL OFFSHORE WIND
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY CALIFORNIA
WAS HERE TODAY ONE. FOR THE COST
COMMISSION. I'M WE'RE
DESPERATELY UNDERSTAFFED AT THE
COAST COMMISSION. WE THERE'S
MONEY FOR CDFW IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET FOR OFFSHORE WIND WHO IS
GOING TO BE INVOLVED IT ISN'T
GOING TO BE MAIN POINT- THERE'S
MANY FOR THE CDC WE NEED SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. FOR BOTH THE
COST COMMISSION THE STATE LANDS
COMMISSION THAT IS BOTTOM LINE I
THINK THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE
WHETHER YOU ARE OF THE FLEET OR
IN INDUSTRY I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL COME
TO AGREEMENT ON. IN THAT IS
GOING TO ENSURE SUCCESS FOR
YEARS TO COME. SOME GOOD NEWS.
THIS IS THIS INDUSTRIES CAN TAKE
SOME TIME TO BUILD A BUILD OUT
JUST BEING REALLY BLUNT ABOUT IT
IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE SOME
TIME TO CONNECT. RIGHT WE HAVE A
LOT ON SHORE WORK TO DO TO
ENSURE THAT THE POWER THAT WOULD
BE GENERATED FROM OFFSHORE CAN
GET ON SHORT AND TO THE REST OF
THE GRADE IN THE STATE. AND THAT
IS AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME. CANDIDLY YEARS- IF
NOT OVER A DECADE. WHERE I THINK
WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO IS
FRONT LOAD THE PROCESS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERMIT. NOT AT
THE BACK END SO THAT THE FLEET.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY.
TRIBAL INTERESTS LOCAL
COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING THEIR SAY
ON THE FRONT END PRIOR TO A
PROJECT BEING DEPLOYED. THAT'S
THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK- AND WE
ALL COME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT I ALWAYS
WORK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS YOU
START FOCUSING ON. WHAT
POTENTIAL MITIGATIONS ARE NEEDED
LONG TERM. RIGHT TO INSURE THAT
WE HAVE THAT SAFETY NET.
ESTABLISHED THAT ALSO INCLUDES-
SITE SURVEYS THAT. LED SOMETHING
THAT AGAIN I'M NOT TRYING TO
PROMOTE LEGISLATION OR PROMOTING
THAT WERE ADVANCING. BUT IT'S
EMBEDDED IN THERE THAT WE HAVE
THE FRONT OF THE SITE SURVEYS-
IS WELL. IN IN. I THINK THE
OTHER PIECES. FUNDING RIGHT WHAT
HOUSE AN ONGOING FUNDING GOING
TO WORK- TO INSURE THAT WE ARE
COMPENSATING THE FLEET FOR. A
LOST FISHING GROUND. IN PA'S.
ARE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS AND IT
ALSO MEANT THAT FISHING. AND
COMMERCIAL FISHING INTERESTS.
ARE UNABLE TO FISH IN THOSE
AREAS AND THEY'RE PRETTY THEY'RE
EXTENSIVE ON THE NORTH COAST. SO
WE NEED TO FOCUS IN ON THAT ON
AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE. TO
THRIVE LONG TERM. SO I SAY ALL
THAT IS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO
MEMORIALIZE THIS IN STATE
STATUTE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS WITH THE CLEAR
EXPECTATIONS ARE. HOW IT'S GONNA
WORK AND HOW WE'RE GONNA FIGHT.
UNTIL WE HAVE THAT. IS BEING
HONEST WE'RE BUILDING THE
AIRPLANE WHILE WE'RE FLYING- AND
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO. FORMALIZE
THIS PROCESS AND I DO APPRECIATE
THE FLEET THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMUNITY- IN THE INDUSTRY ARE
WILLING TO BE ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER ON THIS AND I THINK
THAT'S- GOING TO BE CRITICAL
NOTING FROM THOSE MISTAKES THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS. AT
I'M GONNA WRAP UP MY COMMENTS I
WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING
ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE
RETURNS PANEL. WHEN I SAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH MR CONROY THINKING
TO OUR THANK YOU MISTER BATES
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
AND FOR SHARING YOUR
PERSPECTIVE. DELAYS IN GERMAN WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO
PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA
BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT IN TWO
WAYS IN TWO WAYS I WE'RE GONNA
BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR
LIFELINE. SO WE'RE GONNA WELCOME
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT DID COME
UP TO THE PODIUM HERE. AT WE
HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL- IN IF YOU CAN PLEASE
GIVE US YOUR FIRST AND LAST. IN
AFFILIATION I AND WE WELCOME YOU
RIGHT S. TO CAESAR. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR GOOD TO SEE YOU AS
WELL. A MISTER MEMBERS BRIAN
WHITE ON BEHALF OF OFFSHORE WIND
CALIFORNIA. ASSOCIATION WASHER
WHEN DEVELOPERS. AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES THAT'S FULLY SUPPORT
RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER
WHEN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE MANY OF
YOU WHO ARE AT THE CONFERENCE
LAST WEEK. I DISCUSSED SOME OF
THESE EMERGING ISSUES. I JUST BE
CLEAR OTC MEMBERS WE ARE
COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND
POWER. IN A MANNER THAT FULLY
ENGAGES KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND CO
EXIST WELL WITH OTHER OCEAN
USERS. INCLUDING COMMERCIAL
FISHERS. OFFER NGUYEN IS POISED
TO BRING SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO
CALIFORNIA. WITH ECONOMY OF
SCALE THAT WILL HELP DRIVE DOWN
COSTS DELIVER COMPELLING PRICE
CLEAN POWER. ENCOURAGE
INDUSTRIES WITH THE STATE. AND
PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN. AN ADDRESS
OUR STATE'S GROUP LIABILITY
ISSUES. TO MAKE THIS REAL AFTER.
WE TO MOVE EXPEDITIOUS A LOT OF
THINGS INCLUDING PORTS
PERMITTING. PROCUREMENT ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE MENTION AND
TRANSMISSION OF COURSE. AND WE
NEED TO DO THAT AND LOOKING AT
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A WORLD
ROBUST WORKFORCE AS WELL. BUT WE
NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ENGAGED WITH KEY
STAKEHOLDERS WHICH IS THE TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL
COMMUNITIES COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN. AND ALL THE OTHER
OCEAN USED USERS. WE HAVE A
STRONG TRACK RECORD OF DEALING
WITH THESE ISSUES. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING YOU MISTER
CHAIR WHICH WERE ACTUALLY
SUPPORTING. SOME OF ADDISON BILL
AB EIGHTY OF COURSE WORKING.
WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF ON SB
TWO EIGHTY SIX. OF COURSE WE
WOULD SUPPORT WHOLEHEARTEDLY THE
NEED FOR STAFFING AND SO WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING. WE'LL SEE
BUDGETS HAVE TWO. THERE YOU GO.
YES THANK YOU SO MUCH SIS RIGHT.
COULD SEE EIGHT GET TO. GREG
HERDER ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
WATERWAYS OPERATORS. WE RUN THE
TUG'S CREW BOATS AND OTHER
THINGS THAT WE- TAKING UNION
MEMBERS OUT THERE TO DEVELOP
THESE- PROJECTS. AND I JUST WANT
TO STATE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER
ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON HERE WITH
THE ADOPTION OF THE COMMERCIAL
HARBOR CRAFT RULE. WHICH YOU'RE
VERY FAMILIAR WITH MISTER CHAIR-
BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. SOME VERY
TIGHT TIME LINES AND STUFF TO.
UPGRADE VESSELS THAT. THAT SOME
OF THESE PRODUCTS ACTUALLY DON'T
EXIST YET- OUR MEMBERS ARE
ACTUALLY GETTING OFFERS FROM
EAST COAST WIND FARMS TO MOVE
OUR VESSELS- ACROSS. TO THEIR TO
BUILD THEIR FACILITIES THERE. SO
WHILE WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
DOING THE WORK AND PARTICIPATING
IN THIS. BOTH OUR VESSEL OWNERS
AND THE UNION MEMBERS THAT THAT
ARE ON THOSE VESSELS- WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE
THIS ISSUE A LITTLE MORE
THOROUGHLY. AS FAR AS WHAT WE
CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO
SUPPORT. THE INVESTMENTS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH WITH HER THAT IS
NOTED. THAT PRETTY MUCH WE'RE TO
WELCOME OUR NEXT BIGGER PLEASE.
PERSON LAST NAME. ONLY A LITTLE
OVER ONE MINUTE. RED HAT I'M-
I'M SURE HE FOR I'VE BEEN
MARRIED TO COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX WE
HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED FAMILY
RUN COMMERCIAL. BUSINESS ON A
MORAL BASIS NINETEEN NINETY TWO
AND OUT OF SAN DIEGO BEFORE
THAT. WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
INVOLVED WITH COMING THE COMING
OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS TRICO
SINCE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
WITHOUT WHEN ON WEINSTEIN CAME.
HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TO EUROPE
AND SEE AN OFFSHORE WIND FARMS.
MY HUSBAND I WENT ON A CRUISE
AROUND THE UNITED KINGDOM WE
WERE SHOCKED BY THE AMOUNT OF
WINTER BY THIS ON THE OCEAN.
THERE ARE MILES AND MILES OF
UGLY TOOTH PICKS FOR AS FAR AS
YOUR EYES COULD SEE. ALL WE
COULD THINK OF WAS WE HOPE THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO CALIFORNIA. WE
TALKED TO PEOPLE ON THE SHIP
FROM THE U. K. AND THEY TOLD US
THAT THEIR ENERGY BILLS ARE FIVE
TIMES HIGHER. WHAT DO YOU THINK
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO
CALIFORNIA'S UTILITY BILLS. IF
WE END UP WITH THE INCREASE LIKE
THEY HAVE IN EUROPE. THERE THERE
WILL BE DEVASTATING FINANCIAL
IMPACTS ON THE LOWER IN FIXED
INCOME PEOPLE. CALIFORNIA DOES
NOT HAVE THE RIGHT GEOGRAPHY FOR
OFFSHORE WIND FARMS. WE DO NOT
HAVE THE LARGE PORTS AT LEAST
TWO CLICK CASES CLOSE TO
OFFSHORE WIND LEASES. THE PORT
SITUATION IS GOING TO BE VERY
DIFFICULT PROBLEM THAT WILL COST
TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BY THE TIME THEY COMPLETELY
BUILD NEW PORTS IN AREAS THAT
ARE UNPROTECTED ALONG THE COAST.
THIS WILL REQUIRE ALONG. A MILE
LONG JODIE'S LOTS OF DREDGING
AND MORE DISPLACEMENT OF FISHING
GROUNDS. THEY'RE ALSO
CONSIDERING SQUEEZING INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES INTO OUR SMALL
FISHING VILLAGE COURTS THAT RELY
HEAVILY ON TOURISM. WHY ARE WE
TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG IN A
ROUND HOLE. LESS IMPACTFUL CLEAN
ENERGY OPTIONS LIKE NUCLEAR AND
THAT SHOULD GET NATURAL GAS.
SEEM TO ME TO BE A BETTER USE OF
OUR TAXPAYER MONEY. THE
FISHERMEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS THAT THE NOISE
POLLUTION. ELECTROMAGNETIC
FIELDS IMPACTS ON UP WELLINGS
INCREASE LARGE SHIP TRAFFIC
SONIC SURVEY ACTIVITIES.
SUBSTATION COOLING INTAKES
SUCKING UP MARVIN ZOO PLANKTON
THIS. DISTURBANCE OF THE BOTTOM
FROM BARING AND RE BARING
MULTIPLE CABLES DESTRUCTION OF
ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT WITH
MASSIVE ANCHORS AND DRAGGING
MOORING LINE SCARING THE BOTTOM
AND CREATING SETTLEMENT PLANS.
AND THE REEF EFFECT ON FORAGE
SPECIES AMONG OTHER CONCERNS
WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON FISH
MIGRATION PATTERNS MEAN LIFE
BEHAVIORS IN GENERAL AND
MORTALITY THAT WILL LIKELY NOT
BE POSITIVE. THE SECOND
SOMEWHERE IN TWO AND A HALF
MINUTES THE ONE THING AMERICAN
FISHERMEN ESPECIALLY IN
CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE ABLE TO
RELY ON IS OUR LEGAL RIGHT. THE
PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION CIVIL
CODE AND COASTAL ACT IN THE
FEDERAL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.
ENACT POLICY OTHERS PROTECTIONS
FOR COASTAL DEPENDENT USES
INCLUDING COMMERCIAL FISHING.
CALIFORNIA GOALS- REQUIRING
THREE THOUSAND SQUARE MILES OF
OCEAN SPACE THE DISTANCE FROM LA
TO NEW YORK. WILL NO DOUBT
AFFECT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF
COMMERCIAL FISHING FISHERIES. SO
IN MY MIND THE CALIFORNIA GOALS
ARE ILLEGAL. MORRO BAY IMPORTS
ON THOSE FISHERMEN HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER WITH OFFSHORE WIND
INDUSTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS TO
DEVELOP AN INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRY
MITIGATION AGREEMENT. WE'D
RATHER NOT HAVE TO HAVE WIND
FARMS POLLUTING OUR PRISTINE
OCEANS BUT IF IT IS FORCED UPON
US WE FEEL OUR MITIGATION PLAN
WILL HELP AVOID AND MAYES A
BUREAUCRACY AND IT'S A FAIR AND
REASONABLE PATH TO FOLLOW. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DO YOU WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HANGING WITH US TODAY NUMBER ONE
IN THANK YOU FOR TRAVELING ALL
THE WAY UP AS WELL. BRAY
GRATEFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON THREE
OF IMMINENT IN WERE REALLY BAD
HERE. SO THANK YOU COMMITTEE FOR
HAVE THIS HEARING I'M TOM PAPER
ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE MORE OF
A FISHING ORGANIZATION BECAUSE
HE'S- I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT FOR. SEVEN YEARS LIKE
SHERRY SAID SHE'S MY WIFE AND
THE- SAYS GONNA TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE EAST COAST AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE. UP
TO DATE THIRTY PLUS WELLS ARE
DEAD- YOU KNOW. THERE WERE SOME
HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON DC SAY
ABOUT THAT THE SITE JUST ARE
SAYING IT WAS FROM ALL THE SITE
SURVEY BOTH DOING IT. YOU KNOW
THEY GET THE LOSER HEARING. THAT
MIGHT END UP AS THE SHIP STRIKE.
WE DON'T KNOW BUT- A LOT OF WELL
SINCE THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT AND
SHOWING UP ON THE BEACH. OFF
MORAL BAY TO PLEASE SIR THE
POINT CONCEPTION WE GOT A
HUMPBACK HIGHWAY. RIGHT THROUGH
THERE. NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE
YEAR. SO YOU KNOW WE GOT A LOOK
AT THAT. YOU KNOW BIG RALLIES OF
PEOPLE AGAINST OFF SHORE WIND IN
THE ON THE EAST COAST. FISHERMEN
FILING LAWSUITS. WE DON'T HAVE
TO DO THAT. UNLIKE THE FISHERMEN
ON THE EAST COAST. A HUNDRED
FISHERMEN WE HERDED THE CATS
ALREADY- FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU GO
LONGER SIR WE SINCE WE KEEP
MISSING. EACH OTHER LONG WAY SO
WHAT ARE WE TO SAY THREE
MINUTES. AFTER I WON'T. TAKE
THIS TIME THAT I'M SAYING I
DON'T NEED YOU. DON'T NEED TO
RUSH SIR. NOW YOU HAVE A LONG
WAY SINCE YOU'RE A FOR I SEE
ANOTHER TWO MINUTES SIR OKAY
YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU- OKAY SO. AND YOU SEE WHERE
I'M AT HERE. AFTER SEVEN YEARS
OF NEGOTIATING. ON OUR COMMUNITY
BENEFIT AGREEMENTS. WITH THE
WIND INDUSTRY. THAT WILL BE
VINDICATED WILL MITIGATE THE
IMPACTS TO THE FISHING COMMUNITY
AT THE MOMENT. THE WIND
COMPANIES START THEIR LEASE.
SITE SURVEY. IT'S ALL IN OUR
AGREEMENT. WE DO NOT NEED TO
REINVENT THE WHEEL. TRAVEL
THROUGH ANOTHER MAYES OF RIYADH
PERCY. WITH THE STATE. TO DO
WHAT. HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WE'VE SPENT WE'VE SPENT HUNDREDS
OF HOURS OF MEETINGS. OVER A
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN LEGAL FEES- TO GET THIS
ENTITY SET UP WITH THE STATE
WHICH WE DID AND ALL THE
MEETINGS WITH THE WIN COMPANIES
. OUR OUR AGREEMENT NEGOTIATES
DIRECT. BETWEEN COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN AND THE WIND INDUSTRY.
THE STATE. IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CERTIFYING THE MUTUAL BENEFIT
CORPORATION WHICH THEY HAVE
ALREADY. OUR AGREEMENT IS
INCLUSIVE OF LOCAL AND OUT OF
TOWN FISHERMEN THAT FISH IN OUR
AREA. OUR AGREEMENT ALREADY HAS
HAS ALREADY TO BE SIGNED
REQUIRED THE WITH COMPANIES TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR
ACTIVITIES OUR AGREEMENT IS
INCLUSIVE OF NOT ONLY
COMPENSATION BUT HOLDS THE WIND
COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTING
YOUR REPLACEMENT. JOB TRAINING
AND FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL OF
JOBS. BY ALL BIOLOGICAL
MONITORING AND ENSURE IN
INSURANCE OR UNFORESEEN IMPACTS
- I JUST WANT THAT AB TWO TWO
EIGHTY SIX. COULD NOT AND DID
NOT TO TAKE OUT THAT INDUSTRY TO
INDUSTRY AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE
WORKED SO HARD FOR MORE OF A
IMPORTS ON THOSE TO GET TOGETHER
. I MEAN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
ALL OF US DOWN THERE. I DON'T
THINK SO MUCH THREE THEY WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH THAT WITH YOU ONE
OF THE VICE CHAIR AND HAVE
FURTHER CONVERSATIONS RAPER WHAT
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE
TODAY THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR YEAH
AND I DO NOT MEAN INTERRUPT YOU
SERVICE I APOLOGIZE. YOU GOT
COULD YOU SEE SIR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH JIM ACQUIRE AND I KNOW YOU
VERY MUCH TRAVEL LONG WAY SO
WHEN WE NOW LIKE THREE MINUTES
NOT THAT BIG A DEAL I DON'T KNOW
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. IN THIS
PARTICULAR INSTANCE I MEAN YOU
KNOW I HAVE TO WEAR TWO HATS IN
THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN AND
I'VE BEEN IN THE ELECTRICAL
FIELD FOR OVER FORTY YEARS. I'VE
DONE TWENTY FOUR VOLTS DC
CONTROLS ALL THE WAY TO
SUBSTATION WORK TO TRANSMISSION
CABLES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT
SO I DO HAVE YOU KNOW A LITTLE
BIT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF THE YOU KNOW WHAT
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN
TERMS OF YOU KNOW. TRANSMISSION
LINES AND ALL THAT- THAT TYPE OF
THING. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
EMF. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS
ABOUT THAT EVERYBODY'S TALKING
ABOUT THAT ON THE CABLE FOR TWO
OTHER ASPECTS TO. ELECTRICAL
INSULATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
CONCERNED THERE ARE A CONCERN OF
MINE AND PROBABLY A NUMBER OF
OTHER PEOPLE. THERE'S AMBIENT
NOISE IS CREATED BY ELECTRONICS
. LIGHTS ALL FOR YOU KNOW
ALTERNATORS AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THAT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT. HIS EMANATED
INTO THE WATER. THROUGH THE
GROUNDING SYSTEMS. AND
POTENTIALLY COULD ALTER THE
MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF THE- YOU
KNOW THE ANIMALS THAT ARE.
COMING THROUGH AND AROUND THOSE
AREAS. YOU KNOW WHEN I HAVE TO
SEE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT SENATE MCGUIRE FOR THE
FISHERIES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE
AND HOW MUCH WE'VE WORKED TO TRY
TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES THAT WERE
UP AGAINST HIS CRAB FISHERMEN.
AND YOU STATED THAT YOU KNOW
THAT THE YOU KNOW JUST THAT YOU
KNOW WERE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. AND OUR
ABILITY G. TO UTILIZE PREDICTIVE
MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL. AND THE
COULD HAVE THESE ARRAYS PUT IN
PLACE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
ALTER THAT PREDICTIVE ABILITY.
COULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT
AN IMPACT ON THE SHORELINE
FISHERIES. AND THE ALBACORE
FISHERY AND ALL THE OTHER.
OFFSHORE OFF OF PEACHTREE CITY
LEASES. SO I GUESS MMHM YOU KNOW
I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT HARM TO
THE ANIMALS I'M MORE THINKING
ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW CAN WE- HOW
CAN WE REACH YOU KNOW BE ASSURED
THAT WE'RE- NOT GOING TO HAVE.
POTENTIAL AT. NOON PROBLEMS AND-
THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS
TO SLOW THIS DOWN- THIS
INCREMENTAL. AND BE SURE THAT WE
GET APPROPRIATE DATA TO SUPPORT
AND PROTECT THE FISHING INDUSTRY
IN GENERAL SO THAT'S BASICALLY
WHAT I WOULD ASK SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH STRONG IT'S RIDICULOUS YOU
THINK YOU SO MUCH. THAT TO MR
AUG THE FIRST THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE THANK YOU FOR
TRAVELING SO FAR WE'D LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE
ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GO TO. OUR
LIVE LINE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
ROOM- WANTING TO SPEAK AT THIS
TIME. HEARING C. NINE WERE NOW
GOING TO GO TO THE MODERATOR AND
SAY GOODBYE GOOD EVENING NOW TO
THE MODERATOR- MODERATOR THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR HANGING OUT WITH
US AND FOR TAKING THE TIME. OUT
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING
ONLINE ONE REMIND YOU OUR TOLL
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PLEASE. THANK YOU AND- IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT
THIS TIME.
EMISSARY HAVE KNOWING QUEUING UP
WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH
MODERATOR REALLY GRATEFUL HOPE
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
APPRECIATE THAT AB. I'M GONNA
TURN IT OVER TO THE VICE CHAIR
TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CLOSING
COMMENTS THAT SHE'D LIKE TO BE A
TO MAKE I THINK. BOTTOM LINE
MEADOW VICE CHAIR WHAT A WORK
THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING
TOGETHER HERE THE WEEKS MONTHS
AND YEARS AHEAD. OBVIOUSLY
BRINGING THE FLEET TO THE TABLE
LOCAL COMMUNITIES. TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES THE INDUSTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY I'LL
JUST SAY HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO
WORK WITH YOU. EACH AND EVERY
DAY ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE I
THINK OUR VALUES ARE ALIGNED.
NOW TURN OVER YOU FOR CLOSING
COMMENTS. WELL THANK YOU CHAIR
NOT JUST REITERATE MY THANKS TO
YOU FOR INITIATING THIS HEARING
MY THANKS TO STAFF FOR PUTTING
THIS HEARING TOGETHER. AND MADE
DEEP GRATITUDE TO THOSE THAT
TRAVELLED SO FAR AND WILL SAY
AGAIN I UNDERSTAND. HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO GET UP HERE FROM YOUR
COMMUNITIES AND SO ON APPRECIATE
THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME AND
REALLY VALUE- AT THE THINKING
THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE AND
VALUE YOUR STRAIGHT FORWARD
APPROACH TO THIS CONVERSATION I
THINK THAT. IS SOMETIMES SORELY
NEEDED HERE IN THIS ROOM SO I
WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AN
END TO ALL OF THE FOLKS FROM THE
STATE AGENCIES OF THE DEVELOPERS
AND EVERYONE THAT CAME HERE. AND
SHARED YOUR TIME FOR ME THIS WAS
INCREDIBLY ELIMINATING. I HAVE A
BACKGROUND IN THIS AREA GOING
BACK TO THE MORRO BAY CITY
COUNCIL IT'S SOMETHING WE START
TO WORK ON IN THE- IN THE
ASSEMBLY AND SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON INTO
THE FUTURE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAIR-
AND BRINGING UP THE VOICE ARE
PARTICULARLY OF THE CENTRAL
COAST. INTO THIS CONVERSATION
KNOWING THAT- BETWEEN THE
SENATORS DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT
I THINK WE REPRESENT OVER HALF
OF CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE- AND
SO REALLY THIS OCEAN ISSUE IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US HOW
WE MOVE FORWARD CLIMATE GOALS.
OF WHAT WE STILL TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT LOCAL COMMUNITY IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US. AND
SO I CONSIDER THIS SO BEGINNING
OF THE COME. AYE SIR DON'T
CONSIDER THIS AN END OF THE
CONVERSATION JUST BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT A HEARING ON IT. AND I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WE
MOVE THROUGH S
WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK TO OUR
OFFICE AS WELL AND KNOW THAT
WILL HAVE PARTNERSHIP MOVING
FORWARD AS YOU RECEIVE A
FEEDBACK CHAIR THAT YOU'LL BE
SHARING THAT WITH ME AND I WITH
YOU AND THAT- WILL BE ABLE TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD IN THE RIGHT
WAY. UP FOR CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO
FOR A LOCAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
INVESTOR THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT IS
CAN BE PARTNERSHIP NOW AND INTO
THE FUTURE. I AM VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH YOU. I'M ONE. JUST
SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EACH
AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR BEING
HERE TODAY. ALSO NOW HOW
INCREDIBLY BUSY ALL OF YOU ARE.
IN FOR JOINING THIS CONVERSATION
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US. I WILL
ALSO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HAS
TAKEN A VERY. AGGRESSIVE YET
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH ON MAKING
SURE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS. ARE
AT THE TABLE WE GOT TO GET THIS
RIGHT. WE CAN LEARN FROM THE
MISTAKES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
OTHER REGIONS OF THIS COUNTRY
AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN
CALIFORNIA DOES IT DIFFERENTLY.
I AND ONE OF THE ITEMS I'M MOST
PROUD OF FOR CALIFORNIA- WHILE
WE HAVE CHALLENGES. WE DO BRING
IN STAKEHOLDERS AND WE ENSURE
THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. SO
THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE
FROM THE VICE CHAIR AND MYSELF.
ON WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE. TO
GET THE DEPLOYMENT OFFSHORE
WIND. WHILE PROTECTING THE
INTERESTS OF OUR STORY FISHING
FLEET. ENSURING THEIR COASTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS REMAIN
IN PLACE. FOCUSING ON THOSE
FAMILIES AS ANY JOBS. AND
BRINGING TRIBAL AND LOCAL
COMMUNITY VOICES TO THE TABLE.
I'M SO OUR NEXT STEPS. ARE THERE
ARE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
HEARING IN THE FALL. AS WELL
WITH THIS JOINT COMMITTEE. FOCUS
ON THIS ISSUE. WE ARE PLANNING
TO DO AT LEAST TWO A YEAR MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING. ON TOP
OF IT AND HAVING A PUBLIC DIAL
LOG IN TO DO TO. THE DIALOGUE
THIS CAN BE TAKING PLACE HERE IN
THE LEGISLATURE. IN ADDITION I
THE VICE CHAIR HAS- REALLY SEE
CICIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT'S ADVANCING. WE HAVE A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT IS
ADVANCING FOCUSING ON THIS- THAT
WILL. ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A
DATA DRIVEN APPROACH AND THAT
ALL SIDES ARE TALKING AND
WORKING TOGETHER IN THAT WE
FRONT LOAD THE PROCESS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE PERMITTING- THE
LAST THING ON THE SAY IS HOW
MUCH WE APPRECIATE. THAT THE
STAFF THAT IS HELP GET THIS OFF
THE GROUND WE WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU MISTER EVANS- FROM THE VICE
CHAIR SCHEME WITH A THANK YOU TO
MISTER NIELSEN. FROM OUR TEAM
REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND DO
WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE THAT AND- INDEED HERE
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
THE VICE CHAIR SAID. YOU'RE
GONNA BE HEARING A LOT FROM US
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT EACH OF
YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DAY.
WE'RE GONNA BE JUNIOR HEARING
NOW BUT JUST KNOW THERE'S A LOT
MORE CONVERSATION MORE TO COME
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.
WE'RE SORRY YOUR CONFERENCES
ENDING NOW PLEASE HANG UP.