ONE THREE WEEKS TO GO. UM HMM.
LET'S SEE. THE SENATE COMMITTEE
ON RULES WILL COME TO ORDER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WE
CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. WE'RE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HEARING IN
THE O STREET BUILDING IN ROOM
2200. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER IS
UP ON THE SCREEN. WE HAVE A TOLL
FREE NUMBER AND AN ACCESS CODE.
IT'S POSTED ON THE SCREEN. IT'S
POSTED ON OUR COMMITTEE WEBSITE,
AND IT WILL ALREADY SAID IT WILL
BE ON THE SCREEN. IT'LL BE ON
THE SCREEN A COUPLE OF TIMES
THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION TODAY.
BUT TODAY'S PARTICIPANT NUMBER
IS 87722681. AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS 1618051 ON BEHALF OF OUR
INCREDIBLE COURT REPORTER IN A I
WOULD ASK ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TO
AND MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL TO
SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY AND IF
WE STOP YOU IT WILL BE SO WE CAN
GET YOUR COMMENTS AND MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING SLOWLY AND
CLEARLY. ALWAYS GOOD NOT TO
SPEAK OVER EACH OTHER. AS YOU
TRY TO ANSWER. THE QUESTIONS ARE
WAY IN. I KNOW WE GET INTO GOOD
DIALOGUE HERE. WE'RE NOT LIKE
OTHER COMMITTEES. WE HAVE A
COURT REPORTER AND ONE PERSON
GETS TO TALKING TO TOM. SO I
WILL REMIND MY SENATOR TO THE
LEFT OVER HERE. MOSTLY NOT TO
TALK OVER. THEY GET IN DIALOGUE
. YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE BECAUSE
HE'S THE FORMER SECRETARY OF
NATURAL RESOURCES, ACCORDING TO
THE VICE CHAIR FROM CURRAN
COUNTY NOW HAVE SAID. EVERYTHING
THEY NEED TO SAY THEY DON'T NEED
TO SAY IT. BEFORE WE BEGIN. WE
DO NEED TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM
VOCALLY. SO REMINDER. COLLEAGUES
TURN YOUR MICROPHONES ON FOR
ROLL CALL, AND EVERY TIME THAT
YOU SPEAK, MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL HERE HERE
OR CHULA BUG BUG HERE. SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS HERE. SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
HERE, GROVE GROVE. HERE ATKINS
HERE. HERE QUORUM. QUORUM IS
PRESENT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE GOING TO DISPENSE WITH
SOME ITEMS. BEFORE WE GET INTO
OUR PANELS. WE HAVE TWO PANELS
TODAY, BUT GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES
NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. I WOULD
ASK FOR A MOTION AND THERE'S
BEEN ASKED TO SEPARATE OUT ONE.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION
FOLLOW ALONG ON ITEM TWO
APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
APPEAR. G H I. J L AND M I
UNDERSTAND. THAT IS ONE MOTION I
CAN MAKE AND I WANT TO OKAY?
OKAY? MOTION MADE MADAM
SECRETARY CALLED THE ROLE LAIRD
CHIYOKO BOG BOG I SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS GROVE HIGH I ATKINSON 5
TO 5 TO 0. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
I WOULD ASK FOR EMOTION ON ITEM
TWO K. THANK YOU, SENATOR LAIRD,
MADAM SECRETARY, CALL THE ROLL.
LAIRD COBURG BUGNO CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD QUIVER SAI GROVE GROVE
NO ATKINS 32 TO 3 TO 2. THAT IS
OUT. I WOULD ASK FOR EMOTION ON
ITEM NUMBER THREE BILL REFERRALS
. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE HERE.
CALL THE ROLL. LAIRD BIOKO BOG
GUY SMALLWOOD, CUEVAS, CUEVA SAI
GROVE GROVE. I ATKINS FIVE TO 05
TO ZERO. THANKS. QUÊ WE HAVE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A
RULE WAIVER REQUEST BY SENATOR
WAHABI TO SUSPEND THE SENATE
RULES AS THEY RELATE TO S. J R
SEVEN EMOTIONS. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. UM SMALLWOOD QUIVERS
CALL THE ROLL. CHIYOKO BOG OAK,
NO SMALL CUEVAS I BESIDE GROVE
GROVE. NO ATKINSON 32 TO 3 TO 2.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND LAST
BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE FULL FOUR
ITEM FOUR FLOOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OH, NO, THAT
WAS WE DID FOR WE HAVE ITEM
FIVE. I GUESS I SHOULD LOOK AT
TWO PAGES AT ONCE. WE HAVE ITEM
. FIVE WALK FLORIDA KNOWLEDGE
MINTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. I
WASN'T ASKED TO SPLIT ANY OF
THOSE OUT. TAKE A MINUTE. YOU'RE
GOOD. OKAY SO EMOTION BY THE
VICE CHAIR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. LAIRD COBURG GUYS. SMALLWOOD
CREVASSE ASIDE, GROVE. GROVE I
ATKINS. I HAVE 205 TO 0. THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES. SO NOW WE ARE
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO
ITEM NUMBER ONE GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTEES REQUIRED TO APPEAR
AND I'M GOING TO INVITE WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A B AND C ITEM ONE
A, B AND C AND THAT WILL BE ERIC
ERA. UM OH, MANUEL PEREZ,
HONORABLE MANUEL PEREZ.
HONORABLE ERIC. GARETH SORRY I
SHOULD REMEMBER THESE THINGS. AH
AND DR SUSAN SHAHEEN, PLEASE
COME UP, DR SHAHIN. I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
IF SO, I WOULD, UH, GIVE YOU
THAT TITLE AS WELL. I REALIZED
THE TWO COLLEAGUES ARE AH! MR
PEREZ. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU,
YOU KNOW, COME UP HERE, CARLITO
. OKAY WELL, YOU ARE NOT
INCOGNITO HERE TODAY. SO WELCOME
. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. UM
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS AND IT'S
ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN WE HAVE
MULTIPLE PEOPLE BEING APPOINTED.
AT THE SAME TIME, AND THIS, OF
COURSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE AIR RESOURCES
BOARD. SO WE HAVE THREE
APPOINTEES TO THE AIR RESOURCES
BOARD AND WHAT I WILL DO IS
ASKED TO START WITH YOU, MR.
HONORABLE MR AGUIRRE AND, UH,
YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
THANK ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE OR
ACKNOWLEDGE. MAKE SOME OPENING
COMMENTS IF YOU WANT, AND THEN
WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE. AND ONCE
EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
GIVE OPENING COMMENTS INTRODUCE
YOURSELF, WE WILL GO RIGHT TO
THE COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS. AND WITH THAT, LET ME
WELCOME YOU WELCOME. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, PRO TEMP, AND
SENATORS AIR AGUILERA, VICE
MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO
AND CARBON POINTY MIKE ON. LET
ME JUST ASK TEST. 12 THERE WE GO
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERY
MUCH CARB APPOINTEE TO THE
GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA BASIN
HERE AND HAVING GROWN UP AS A
FARM WORKER IN THIS AGRICULTURAL
AIR BASIN AND THEN THE
COMMUNITIES OUT HERE. I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
USE BOTH NOT ONLY MY EXPERIENCE
IN THIS IN THIS REGION THAT IS A
LOCAL SACK STATED ENGINEER FROM
THE OUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
THERE AND MY YEARS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE AS CHAIRMAN FOR THE
SACRAMENTO AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT
CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR ECONOMIC
BAUER-KAHAN ECONOMY FORWARD,
MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON
SUSTAINABILITY AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE CLEAN AIR AND A BRIGHTER
FUTURE FOR OUR GENERATION. FIRST
I'D LIKE TO VERY MUCH THANK
GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS
APPOINTMENT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE
TO THANK MY TEAM AT THE CITY.
MADELINE GRIGSBY, WHO IS HERE
TODAY, ALL OF THE AMAZING STAFF
AT OUR LOCAL SACRAMENTO AIR
DISTRICT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,
I'D LIKE TO, UM, THANK MY
GREATEST ADVISOR AND
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIC WHO IS HERE
WITH ME TODAY, WHICH IS
KRISZTINA LAKI, MY WIFE, WHO HAS
HAD TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN
AND AROUND THE LEGISLATURE HAS
BEEN HAS SHARED SO MUCH DEEP
LOVING SUPPORT. SENATORS I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
FOR ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS,
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
I VOTED MY CONFIRMATION. THANK
YOU, MR PEREZ. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. IT'S BEEN A
WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE.
BUT, UM IT'S BITTERSWEET, BUT I
DO ENJOY SEEING OLD FRIENDS
COLLEAGUES. AND MAKE NEW ONES AS
WELL. AND I AM ACCOMPANIED BY MY
WIFE, GLADYS. WHO TRAVELED UP
HERE WITH ME AS WELL. AND EVAN
KERSHNER, WHO IS ALSO PART OF
CARB. HE'S HERE. AS BACKUP FOR
ALL THREE OF US IN SUPPORT IN
CASE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND
WE NEED TO LEAN ON SOMEBODY. UM
SO AH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
STAFF BACK HOME. AH FOR BEING
PART OF A TEAM IN WHICH IT'S
ALWAYS ON THE GO. AND ALWAYS
TRYING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE OF OUR FOLKS IN THE FOURTH
DISTRICT AS A SUPERVISOR FOR THE
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE REPRESENT
CLOSE TO 500,000 INDIVIDUALS.
OUT IN THE PALM SPRINGS,
COACHELLA VALLEY ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO NORTH SHORE ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO BLYTHE. CALIFORNIA THE
SOUND SEA AREA. AND IT'S A LARGE
AREA OF LAND MASS THAT WE NEED
TO COVER. UM AND IT'S ONLY GROWN
EVEN MORE HAVE TO REDISTRICTING.
BUT IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE
OUR FOLKS, ALTHOUGH IT IS A
TOUGH POSITION. UM BUT ONE THAT
IS FRUITFUL. AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE
ACCOMPLISHING GOALS. AND FOR ME
, I THINK THAT THIS POSITION
HERE IF I AM TO BE APPOINTED TO
CARB I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ONE
IN THE SENSE OF BEING ABLE TO
REPRESENT AN AREA THAT, IN MY
OPINION HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A
VERY LONG TIME. ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE IT IS A VERY RURAL AREA,
AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES.
RURAL AREAS ARE AREAS THAT GO
UNNOTICED. AND SO WITH THAT
SAID, WELL, THANK THE GOVERNOR.
FOR THINKING OF ME IN THIS POST
HIS STAFF AND ALL THE STAFF THAT
ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE SENATE
RULES COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DOCTOR SHAHEEN. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. MY
NAME IS SUSAN SHAHEEN AND I'M A
PROFESSOR AND CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. I ALSO AM CO DIRECTOR
OF THE TRANSPORTATION
SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH CENTER.
AND I'M, DIRECTOR OF THE èC
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION
STUDIES RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE
MOBILITY INITIATIVE. I HOPE YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE THE
LEGISLATURE FUNDED THAT PROGRAM
TWO YEARS AGO TO HELP FACILITATE
EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATURE. I HAVE
BEEN A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA
FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. I CAME TO
THIS STATE AFTER WORKING IN
WASHINGTON, D C TO STUDY THE
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
OF TRANSPORTATION AND I RECEIVED
MY DOCTORATE FROM UC DAVIS. I'M
THE DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT. MY
FATHER'S FROM LEBANON, AND MY
MOTHER GREW UP IN A SMALL FARM
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. BECAUSE OF
THAT. I THINK I FEEL A VERY
CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND TO EDUCATION.
I'M ALSO A FIRST GEN COLLEGE
GRADUATE, AND I FEEL A DEEP
CONNECTION TO SOCIAL EQUITY
ALONG WITH SUSTAINABILITY. I
GREATLY VALUED COLLABORATION AND
ALL THINGS THAT I DO LEARNING
RESEARCH, TEACHING AND
MENTORSHIP. I AM DEEPLY
MOTIVATED TO BRING MY FOCUS ON
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY AND
RESEARCH TO THE CARDBOARD. I
PERSONALLY REALLY APPRECIATE
SEEING THAT THE COLLABORATIVE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE AGENCIES
AND THE LEGISLATURE. I'VE GOT TO
SEE THIS REALLY FIRSTHAND IN THE
LAST MONTHS, AND I'M REALLY
GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT
COLLABORATION AND ADVANCING THE
STATE'S GOALS TOWARDS THE
ENVIRONMENT. CLEAN AIR PUBLIC
HEALTH AS WELL AS EQUITY. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY.
MY HUSBAND WHO MIGHT BE ONLINE,
MY TWO KIDS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL,
AND I THINK I MAY HAVE A FEW
COLLEAGUES ONLINE IF YOU'RE OUT
THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. UM ALL OF MY MENTORS
WHO BROUGHT ME THIS FAR. MY
STUDENTS, CARB STAFF, DAVID
GARCIA HAS BEEN TOTALLY AMAZING.
MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL
OF THEIR SUPPORT. IN THIS
PROCESS, I'M REALLY DEEPLY
HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO THE
GOVERNOR FOR DISAPPOINTMENT AND
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
UH, AND TO MISS LOCK AND TWO
MOM, GLADYS ARE YOUR SPOUSE,
GLADYS AND TO YOUR PARENTS, WE
ALWAYS ARE INTERESTED TO HAVE
SUPPORT HERE. IT MEANS IF YOU'VE
YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT
HERE. IT TELLS US SOMETHING A
LITTLE EXTRA. SO THANK YOU. AND
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME TO
BE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE
CANDIDATES, THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY HARD JOB. I DO NOT
KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO DO
THIS JOB, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AS YOU'RE GOING TO
TELL FROM PROBABLY SOME OF THE
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND I
THINK ALL OF YOU WERE APPOINTED
SIX MONTHS AGO ARE THIS YEAR. SO
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
GOOD DIALOGUE. MY COLLEAGUES ARE
GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR
QUESTIONS BRIEF. BUT THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUES SO WE WILL DO
THE BEST TO BE SUCCINCT AND
QUICK. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW THIS
IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB. I'M
GOING TO START SENATOR LAIRD
WITH YOU. IF YOU WOULD, AND
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
AND, UH, YEAH, SHE STOLE THE
WORDS ABOUT YOUR CRAZY FOR
WANTING TO DO THIS IN SOME WAYS.
I DIDN'T SAY IT QUITE LIKE THAT.
YES, BUT I WAS DIRECT, BUT IT'S
EXCITING AND IT'S A REAL
OPPORTUNITY. AND WE HAD ONE OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE AT A RECENT
HEARING. AND I THINK I WANT TO
ASK ONE QUESTION AND MADAM CHAIR
IF IT'S OKAY TO ASK IT OF ALL
THREE IN THE ORDER THAT THEY
PRESENTED. THANK YOU. I SHOULD
HAVE SAID THAT THAT WORKS AND TO
MY COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN DIRECT A
QUESTION YOU CAN ASK ALL THREE.
JUST TELL SOMEONE TO START AND
THEY'LL FOLLOW SUIT. THANK YOU.
AND THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT
THEY'RE SORT OF DUAL PURPOSES IN
THE BOARD. YOU HAVE, UM THE WHAT
WAS ORIGINALLY IT ABOUT LOWERING
EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION AND
DEALING WITH SOME OF THE MOST
IMPACTED BASINS IN THE UNITED
STATES. BUT NOW THERE'S AN
OVERLAY OF CLIMATE. AND
SOMETIMES STAY RIGHT SLIGHT
CROSS PURPOSES. AND WE'RE ALSO
DEALING WITH FEDERAL MANDATES
AND STATEMENT DATES AND TRYING
TO IMPLEMENT IT LOCALLY. SO IN
YOUR DUTIES. HOW DO YOU
PRIORITIZE THIS? HOW DO YOU MAKE
SURE THAT YOU'RE MEETING ALL
THOSE INDIVIDUAL MANDATES? IT'S
LIKE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
OPERATE IN DOING THIS AND WE'LL
START WITH BOARD MEMBER. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, AND
I'VE PROBABLY HAVE COME TO
APPRECIATE IT EVEN MUCH MORE SO
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OF
WORKING IN THIS GREAT
INSTITUTION AS WELL AND
UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITIES
THAT EVER EVERY DECISION MAKER
HAS TO MAKE. AND NOW,
PARTICULARLY IN THIS ROLE, SOME
OF US SERVE AS LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIALS. WE SERVE ALSO AS
STEWARDS OF LOCAL AIR DISTRICTS
, AND ON TOP OF THAT WE SERVE AT
THE STATE LEVEL, EXECUTING OUR
STATUTORY AND FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT I'VE COME
TO BELIEVE IN. THIS IS THAT THE
BEST WAY TO MANAGE THOSE
CONFLICTS IS BY TAKING THE TIME
TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE IMPACTED
AT EACH LEVEL. UNDERSTANDING THE
PRIORITIES AND WHERE AND HOW
OFTEN WE CAN MATCH THOSE.
SOMETIMES THEY CANNOT BE. A
MATCH. THOSE PRIORITIES CANNOT
BE MATCHED. BUT I THINK THE MORE
FORWARD THINKING THAT WE THAT WE
CAN BE IN PLANNING AHEAD ON SOME
OF THOSE ISSUES AND SITTING DOWN
WITH THE EXPERTS IN EVERY FIELD
WE CAN HELP WILL HELP US AS
DECISION MAKERS BEING ABLE TO
SET A PRIORITY ON ONE OR THE
OTHER OF EACH ONE OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES. I KNOW. YOU
KNOW, SENATOR GROVE HAD
EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN THAT I DO
HAVE AS A LOCAL REFLECTED
OFFICIAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE
IMPACTS OF RATEPAYERS WITH SOME
OF THESE CHALLENGES, AND I KNOW
THAT AT THE AIR DISTRICT LEVEL
WE HAVE TO MANAGE AS I SAY THE
RETAIL THE RETAIL AIR QUALITY,
WHICH IS THE DAY TO DAY OF
WORKING WITH LOCAL EMITTERS,
LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL FAMILIES
ON THOSE ISSUES AND AT THE STATE
LEVEL, IT'S A MUCH MORE MACRO
APPROACH. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION I BELIEVE IS TAKING AS
MUCH AS THAT INPUT AS WE CAN SO
THAT WE CAN INTERNALIZE THE BEST
PRIORITY IN EACH ONE OF THOSE
POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
DIFFERENT IMPACT AT IT EVERY
DIFFERENT LEVEL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. SENATOR LEARNED
FOR THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, AND
I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. I
CONSTANTLY HAD THAT QUESTION IN
MY MIND AND ONGOING BASIS,
MEANING TRYING TO JUGGLE AND
BALANCE THE NEEDS OF. WELL,
FIRST OF ALL. WHY I RAN. AND MY
PURPOSE. AND WHAT I BELIEVED IN
THEN SO AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY,
WHICH YOU REPRESENT, OR ONE
REPRESENTS AND MAKING SURE THOSE
NEEDS ARE MET. IN THE DISTRICT
YOU REPRESENT. WOW AT THE SAME
TRYING SAME TIME TRYING TO ALIGN
IS POSSIBLE. THE NEEDS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I DON'T. I
DON'T THINK THERE'S A RIGHT
ANSWER FOR THIS. I THINK THAT
YOU YOU BASE IT ON YOUR PURPOSE.
YOUR MISSION STATEMENT WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IN WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME. YOU TRY TO JUNGLE AND
INTEGRATE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS
THAT MAY COME FROM OTHERS. YOUR
COLLEAGUES OR EVEN INDIVIDUALS
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH.
BUT ULTIMATELY FOR ME, YOU TRY
TO BASE IT ON DATA. AND
EVIDENCE. AND WHAT MAKES GOOD
SENSE. UM HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY
FOR IT? TOO OFTEN. WE WORK ON
POLICY IN WHICH IT'S A GREAT
IDEA. BUT YET WE DON'T.
UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY IS
GOING TO COME FROM. AND I THINK
THAT THAT'S AN AREA IN WHICH WE
NEED TO REALLY THINK THROUGH AS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARB AND AS
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MOJAVE
DESERT. ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT, AS WELL AS EVEN SOUTH
COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT, SO I GOT THROUGH
THREE. AIR POLLUTION DISTRICTS,
IF YOU WILL, THAT I'M TRYING TO
JUGGLE AND THEY'RE ALL VERY
DIFFERENT. BUT YET. THEY ARE
ALSO VERY SIMILAR, UM TO THE
DEGREE IN WHICH I CAN INTEGRATE
AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM ALL.
THEIR PURPOSES AND TRYING TO
CONNECT THE DOTS. I THINK IT'S
ONLY GOING TO MAKE ME A STRONGER
POLICY MAKER WHEN IT COMES TO
QUALITY CONCERNS AND ISSUES IN
MY NECK OF THE WOODS, AS WELL AS
THROUGHOUT THE ALLEY BASIN, AS
WELL AS THROUGHOUT STATE,
CALIFORNIA. BUT I'LL TELL YOU
CENTER. IT'S NOT EASY. AND I'LL
BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT.
UM IT IS DIFFICULT. AND. ARE MY
SPEAKER. SENATE FOR AUTUMN
MENTIONED. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
EARLIER ON WHY YOU WANT TO EVEN
DO THIS? BELIEVE ME, I ASKED
MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION. BUT
WE'RE IN IT FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS. AND WE ARE HERE BECAUSE
WE WANT TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT I CAN BRING
SOMETHING. FROM MY PAST. UM MY
EXPERIENCE MY KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT
I'M LEARNING ON A DAILY BASIS,
MIND YOU ON A DAILY BASIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE CARB,
ESPECIALLY WITH H U M D AND
MOJAVE DESERT. TO THE TABLE. TO
ENSURE THAT WE DO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL OUR
CONSTITUENTS TO THAT CITY,
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION, SO I THINK ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AS WE
JUGGLE CRITERIA POLLUTANTS,
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IS TO
LOOK FOR CO BENEFITS. WHERE CAN
WE GET LEVERAGE? AS WE ADDRESS
ISSUES IN BOTH AREAS THAT THIS
SAME TIME? IT'S ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT. I THINK TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE AUTHORITIES LIE IN
TERMS OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION
AND STATE AND LOCAL
JURISDICTION. I AS A RESEARCHER
AND ACADEMIC WILL COME AT THESE
QUESTIONS FROM AN EVIDENCE BASED
DATA BASED PERSPECTIVE. I'VE
ALREADY SEEN THAT WE NEED TO
RELY VERY MUCH ON SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS AND GET A CLEAR AND
THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MODELS AND ASSUMPTIONS AND THE
UNCERTAINTY IS INVOLVED IN ALL
THE DECISIONS, SO I THINK DATA
TOOLS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
AS WE BALANCE THESE PRIORITIES.
BUT I DO THINK, UH, THE FUTURE
IS BRIGHT. I CONTINUE TO SEE
INNOVATION ON THE HORIZON AND
PEOPLE EMBRACING CLEAN AIR AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. THE STUDENTS
ARE 100% BEHIND US AND OUR
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. SO
IT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT
CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF MANDATES, BUT I THINK WE CAN
LEVERAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION AND
OPENING THE DISCUSSION FROM MY
OTHER COLLEAGUES WITH. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. UM MADAM VICE
CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR MEETING WITH
ME YESTERDAY. I DID ENJOY THE
CONVERSATION. AND UM I
APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU
GAVE ME SO WELL, THANK YOU FOR
THAT. UM I WANT TO START WITH A
COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I
ASKED YESTERDAY NUMBER ONE. WHY
DO WE AT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
, CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
DON'T TRACK EMISSIONS FROM POINT
OF ORIGIN TO POINT OF
DESTINATION IF WE'RE LOOKING AT
GLOBAL, UH, EMISSIONS. UH, IN
THE TANKER STRUCTURE WHERE OIL
COMES TO US. WE ONLY CALCULATE
MICHAEL FRIENDS NOW. SO MY NECK
. IT'S NOT WORKING. NEXT YOU
HEARD THE QUESTION SO FAR RIGHT
? THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I
JUST DON'T THINK THAT WAS HOW IS
THAT BETTER? IS IT BETTER? HERE
WE GO. HOW IS THAT BETTER? YES,
YES. WE'RE GOOD, OKAY? SO WE
TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT WHY THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
DOES NOT MEASURE CARBON
EMISSIONS FROM POINT OF ORIGIN
POINT OF DESTINATION AND ONLY
MEASURES THE CARBON EMISSIONS
FROM FUEL TANKERS THAT BRING US
OIL IN THE 12 MILE COASTAL
SECTION OF OUR COASTLINE. AND SO
AND TO ME, THAT IS NOT A TRUE
AND JUST MEASUREMENT OF THE
EXPOSURE THAT WE AS CALIFORNIANS
CREATE BY THE DEMAND OF OIL THAT
WE USE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT
AND I CAN START IN THE SAME
ORDER THAT MY FOURTH MY
COLLEAGUE, THE FORMER SECRETARY
OF NATURAL RESOURCES. DID. UM
WHEN WE START THIS PROCESS, SO,
MR GARA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SENATOR. WE HAVE WELL, MY
UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD DOES
TRACK WITHIN BELIEVE IT'S A 100
MILES FROM THE COAST, BUT, UM,
BUT TO YOUR POINT IN IN IN THE
FULL IMPACT OF THAT I'M NEW TO
THE BOARD. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
ALL OF ITS METRICS, BUT I DO
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
FIND WAYS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC
NOTE THE FULL CONSEQUENCES AND I
AGREE WITH YOUR POINT IN THAT
IT'S ONE THAT I GLAD TO COME
BACK AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S A
IF THERE'S A OH, BARRIERS TO
TRACKING THOSE ARE THOSE
DISTANCES AND FIND A WAY FOR US.
I THINK CONSUMERS NOWADAYS WANT
TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE FULL
IMPACTS OF THEIR PRODUCTS. SO UM
, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DO
AT LEAST TRACK THE SCOPE THAT WE
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TRACK.
THANK YOU. TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
SENATOR GROVE, IS THAT WE DO
TRACK UP TO 100. NAUTICAL MILES.
UM AND WE DO REGULATE ONLY UP TO
25. OFFSHORE. BUT ULTIMATELY THE
REASON WHY, UM CARVED DOESN'T
HAVE MORE JURISDICTION OR
AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE ARE
PREEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AND SO, UH, TO
ELABORATE MORE ON THAT I WOULD
SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO
REALLY THINK THROUGH HOW AND IT
GOES BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION
AS TO HOW YOU JUGGLE ALL THESE
JURISDICTIONS. IS THAT WE WOULD
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD
WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL TO SEE WHAT ELSE
CAN BE DONE. TO EMPOWER IF YOU
WILL CARB TO DO JUST WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING MEANING, UM, POINT OF
BEGINNING IF YOU WILL. ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY
DO LAND AND NOT ONLY TO TRACK
BUT TO REGULATE. I DO. I DO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE
THE JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY.
BUT UM, I THINK IT'S THAT WE
SHOULD LOOK AT IT FROM AN
ETHICAL SOURCE, LIKE ARE WE
ETHICALLY SOURCING OUR ENERGY
THAT WE USE EVERY SINGLE DAY? SO
THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT THAT
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT. BUT I DO
UNDERSTAND THERE IS DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR
SURE. WELL, I THINK YOU POSE A
VERY INTRIGUING QUESTION,
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT. TALKING
ABOUT IT. TECHNICAL ASPECT HERE
. YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AN ISSUE OF. OF JUSTICE IF YOU
WILL AND MORALITY FOR THAT
MATTER. UM AND WHICH NOT ONLY
IMPACTS US HERE AND CALIFORNIA
OR THE U. S BUT IMPACTS
INTERNATIONALLY. THOSE COUNTRIES
AS WELL. AND. SO WHAT IF YOU
WILL HAVE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE CHARGE
WHEN IT COMES TO GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION REDUCTIONS WHEN WE HAVE
FOLKS IN ECUADOR OR BRAZIL OR
MEXICO, FOR THAT MATTER. THEY
DON'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF
REGULATIONS OR RULES IN THE
BOOKS. UM AND THERE'S NO WAY OF
TRACKING OR REGULATING. UH AT
WHAT POINT IN TIME. DO WE BRING
THESE POWERS TOGETHER OR THESE
ENTITIES TOGETHER TO REALLY GET
DOWN TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO
BETTER SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT?
THANK YOU, SIR. THAT IS THAT'S A
THAT'S AS YOU MENTIONED A HIGHER
GROUND. THANK YOU, SIR. SENATOR
GROVE. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
APTLY GIVING YOU THE DATA THAT
WE GOT. I'M WORKING ON THE
QUESTION FOR YOU IN WRITING, BUT
WE GOT SOME SOME SPEEDY ANSWERS
, AND I WILL ADD ON THE 24
NAUTICAL MILES IN TERMS OF
REGULATORY ZONE. IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS, UM
ONLY, UH, REGULATING THE
CRITERIA. POLLUTANTS NOT THE GHD
S WHEN WE GO 100 MILES OUT IN
TERMS OF THE EMISSIONS
INVENTORY. WE PICK UP THE GHD S
ON THE ETHICAL MATTER. I THINK
THE QUESTION IS SO WELL TAKEN
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO
OUR ATTENTION. SO I DID READ
ARTICLES LAST NIGHT ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IN ECUADOR
AND HOW THE PEOPLE VOTED TO
ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED DRILLING TO
PROTECT THE AMAZON AMAZON
RAINFOREST BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE
CARBON SINK, AND SO I THINK THE
QUESTION OF ETHICS IS SO
IMPORTANT. AND I DO AGREE WITH
MY COLLEAGUE THAT ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
TALKING ABOUT THESE LARGER
ISSUES IS VERY IMPORTANT. I
APPRECIATE THAT, UM, WAS VERY
INTRIGUED THAT YOU WERE AN
ACADEMIC AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY
WE HAD ANOTHER ACADEMIC AND I
HEARING AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF
WE COULD JUST GET THE RIGHT
INFORMATION TO THEM, THEY WOULD
MAKE A DECISION BASED ON SCIENCE
AND FACT AND NO SUBJECTIVE.
THAT'S KIND OF HAVE YOUR GUY'S
BRAIN WORKS THESE, YOU KNOW, UM
, AND THERE'S NO SUBJECTIVITY.
IT'S LIKE THIS IS THE FACTS,
MA'AM. JUST THE FACTS, YOU KNOW,
UM SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, AND I
AM GLAD THAT YOU LOOKED AT THE
INFORMATION THAT I GAVE YOU
YESTERDAY. AH ONTO ANOTHER
QUESTION, AND I BEGGED THE
CHAIRS INDULGENCE. RECENTLY
CURRENT COUNTY MY DISTRICT WAS
AWARDED. I BELIEVE THREE OUT OF
THE FOUR CARBON CAPTURE.
PROGRAMS OR PROGRAMS GRANTS THAT
WERE AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AND, UM. CARBON
CAPTURED. MOST PEOPLE SEE AS THE
BEST PLACE TO DO. IT IS IN AN
OIL FIELD BECAUSE WE ALREADY
HAVE UNDERGROUND STORAGE THINGS
LIKE THAT PIPELINES AVAILABLE.
AND BUT THERE IS SOME CONCERN
THAT, UM, THAT THE SCOPING PLAN
OR WHAT? YOU GUYS HAVE
JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY OVER
WHEN IT COMES TO CARBON CAPTURE
AND AIR POLLUTANTS THAT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO INCLUDE CARBON
CAPTURE IN THE SCOPING PLAN, AND
THAT CARBON CAPTURE WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED FOR OBVIOUSLY ENHANCED
OIL RECOVERY BUT NOT BE ALLOWED
AT ALL, BECAUSE IT IS TAKING
PLACE IN OIL INDUSTRY
SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT. ANY
THOUGHTS ON THAT. WHO DO YOU
WANT TO START WITH MR GEAR AND
GO DOWN THE LINE AGAIN OR I CAN
START WITH MACHINE AND MACHINE.
SORRY REVERSE IT LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. IN FACT, I WAS GOING
TO CONGRATULATE YOU BECAUSE I
READ THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE GOT
THESE GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY AND I WAS A CONSULTANT
THERE, SO I DO A LOT OF WORK
WITH DEWEY. SO CONGRATULATIONS
ON THAT AND REALLY EXCITING FOR
YOUR DISTRICT IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE THAT'S EVEN INVOLVED IN
THIS SINCE CSU BAKERSFIELD. SO
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE
ACADEMICS INVOLVED IN THIS SO
WITH RESPECT TO THIS SCOPING
PLAN, I HAVE BEEN PAYING A LOT
OF ATTENTION. MY UNDERSTANDING
IS CAPTURED. CARBON CAPTURE IS
ON THE TABLE, HOWEVER. THE POINT
THAT YOU'RE RAISING ABOUT CARBON
CAPTURE IN AN OIL FIELD. I HAVE
NOT COME ACROSS. A REASON TO NOT
INCLUDE THAT OR OR THAT LEVEL OF
DEPTH IN ANY OF THE BRIEFING
MATERIALS. I'VE BEEN PART OF, SO
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU ON THAT ONE, TOO.
ABSOLUTELY OKAY. I LIKE MY
HOMEWORK. I MEAN, I DO. I THINK
WHEN YOU GET THE DATA, YOU'LL
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. MR
PEREZ. AH! I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
INTO SCOPING PLAN AND I WILL SAY
THAT DOES ALLOW US TO WORK MORE
CLOSELY WITH OUR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS. AND FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE
SITUATION. WE TALKED ABOUT
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. OR EVEN
LOCAL ACTION PLANS AND WHAT
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS CAN DO. UM
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. TO WHAT
DEGREE EVEN THOUGH I'M A
SUPERVISOR, FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE
CANYON, RIVERSIDE. THIS TYPE OF
DISCUSSIONS DON'T TAKE PLACE.
AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF
THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR IT, OR
THEY SHOULD BE. UM OR THERE
SEEMS TO BE MORE INTEGRATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR LOCAL
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS TO
HAVE THESE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS
WITH THEIR COUNTIES. UM I DID
GET SOMETHING. THAT'S THAT'S
OPEN ENDED RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE
. DR SHAHIN ON THE NEED TO SEE
HOW YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT? WHAT IS
IN THE SCOPING PLAN AND IF
THERE'S A REASON NOT TO INCLUDE
IT, I HAVE FIRST WOULD SAY
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT, BECAUSE
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
WHERE IT CREATES PRESENTS ITSELF
, NOT ONLY THE NECESSITY THAT WE
HAVE, AND IT'S NOT ONLY REDUCING
CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT'S
GOING TO BE CRITICAL. WE'RE
GOING TO MAKE A REAL DENT. WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO CAPTURE IT, BUT
THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS I THINK,
PROVIDE MORE CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES. GOOD PAYING JOBS
AND IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE
HAVE BEEN VERY LITTLE ECONOMIC
INVESTMENT. I THINK THERE IS A
LOT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS THAT COME
OUT OF THIS OUT OF THIS AND AT
LEAST TO YOUR QUESTION, AND I
WILL GO LOOK ALSO TO THE DATA TO
SEE IF THERE ARE REASONS WHY NOT
TO INCLUDE IT. BUT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT OF NOT JUST
REDUCING CARBONS. BUT CAPTURING
AS MUCH IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A
DENT ON GHG THANK YOU. I DO
APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, I'M
JUST GOING TO TELL MY DISTRICT
AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES GOING TO
COME AND CORKED WHEN I DO IT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE BEST
AT WHAT WE DO. AND UM, YOU KNOW
58 COUNTIES WE PRODUCE OVER 50%
OF THE STATE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY,
WHERE THE TOP THREE FOOD
PRODUCING COUNTIES IN THE WORLD
AND WHEN IT COMES TO CARBON
CAPTURE, THE REASON WHY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE US THOSE
CONTRACTS IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST
AT MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS DONE
AND DONE RIGHT AS THE FIRST IN
THE NATION, SO I AM VERY
GRATEFUL. WE GOT THAT. THE LAST
QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS A TOUCHY
QUESTION. I'VE ASKED IT BEFORE,
AND I'VE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS. SO
I'M EXPECTING THOSE AFTER THIS
QUESTION. I HAVE A HUGE ISSUE
WITH CONNECTIVITY ON THE I O. U.
S. UM ELECTRIC FORK LIST.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY
IN THE FARMING COMMUNITY,
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS TRANSITIONING FROM,
YOU KNOW, PROPANE OR GAS POWERED
FORKLIFTS OR EQUIPMENT,
TRANSPORTATION HALLS, HAULERS,
TRACTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM,
YET WE DON'T HAVE CONNECTIVITY,
AND WE'RE 3 TO 5 YEARS OUT ON
CONNECTIVITY, AND THAT'S JUST
NOT RIGHT. YOU CAN'T MANDATE
SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING, AND WHEN
THEY DO IT, THEY HAVE NO ABILITY
TO MOVE. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OF PISTACHIOS ARE
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF PRODUCTS. COMMODITIES FOOD
THAT ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND
THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE
REPRESENT EAT AND THE CALIFORNIA
RESOURCES BOARD, FINEST OR FIND
THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MY PEOPLE
FINANCE FOR USING GAS POWERED
GENERATORS Tð. TWO ELECTRIC, YOU
KNOW, CHARGE OUR FORKLIFTS AND
BUT IT'S NOT OUR FAULT LIKE WE
DON'T HAVE CONNECTIVITY. ARE
THERE OFF RAMPS? ARE YOU
CONSIDERING OFF RAMPS? ARE YOU?
UM I JUST WANT TO KNOW YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THAT. WE TALKED
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IT YESTERDAY,
AND THAT'S THE JUST OF MY
QUESTION. I CAN START IN THE
MIDDLE AND WRAPAROUND IF THAT
WORKS, MR PEREZ. YOU HAVE THE
SAME SITUATION I DO. SADDER.
ESPECIALLY AS WE GO FURTHER
EAST. IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
AND YOU KNOW, I USED TO
REPRESENT IMPERIAL COUNTY. UM
AND I HAVE STILL HAVE A SOFT
SPOT FOR IMPERIAL COUNTY. I MEAN
, I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU
YESTERDAY. AND MY WIFE WAS WITH
ME WHEN WE WERE DRIVING OUT
THERE. WE'RE IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
. WE THINK WE WENT TO AN EVENT
OF SORTS. AND I CHECKED MY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH ME. AND
WE'RE ABOUT READY TO RUN OUT OF
JUICE. THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE IN
IMPERIAL COUNTY AND BRAWLEY,
CALIFORNIA. TYPICAL. AND WASTE.
THERE HAPPENS TO BE A BELIEVE A
CHARGE POINT. A PLACE WHERE WE
COULD ACTUALLY ELECTRIFY OUR
VEHICLE. AND THAT'S AN IMPERIAL
COUNTY. IT'S NOT A BIG COUNTY
BUT HAS AROUND 200,000 PEOPLE,
AND WE WILL SAY COUNTY ALONE IN
COACHELLA VALLEY. I CAN PROBABLY
COUNT TO MAYBE 10 OR 15
LOCATIONS. AND THERE IS WHERE
THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS ARE
WHEN IT COMES TO THE 56 ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT. UM. I THINK WE NEED TO
DO A BETTER JOB QUITE FRANKLY,
FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE
. OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT
INCENTIVES AND AN ONGOING BASIS.
BUT THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH. WE
TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIONS. AH
WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. UM
BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THOSE
EXTENSIONS ARE GOING TO BE
ONGOING FOR A WHILE. YEAH, I I'M
JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS FROM
A, UH FROM A REALISTIC
STANDPOINT, BEING A MEMBER OF
THESE THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES
AND ALSO NOW GOING FROM DRIVING
A. THE GUYS FIELD VEHICLE TO A
HYBRID TO NOW AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE AND SEEING THE
DIFFERENCES. AND QUITE HONESTLY
GETTING STRANDED A COUPLE OF
TIMES ALONG THE WAY. UM YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE ASK OURSELVES THE
QUESTION. AND I THINK I BROUGHT
THIS UP TO YOU AS WELL AS WHAT'S
THE PURPOSE? TO CREATE THE
MARKET. WHERE IS IT TO ACHIEVE
THESE GOALS? UM. AND I THINK
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME BALANCE
BETWEEN THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE
CREATING THE MARKET. AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF CORINNA
MARKET FOR WHO? BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, UH, NORTH SHORE, MECCA,
OASIS, SALT AND SEA AREA.
IMPERIAL COUNTY, COACHELLA. IT'S
DEFINITELY NOT SANTA MONICA.
ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA
BARBARA. EVEN RIVERSIDE, FOR
THAT MATTER. UM. AND SO YOU KNOW
, WE CREATE THE MARKET AND
CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN AFFORD. THE
TOOLS AND THE EQUIPMENT. IN THE
VEHICLES AND OTHERS CAN'T AND
TOO OFTEN, THOSE THAT CAN'T LOOK
LIKE ME OR I GREW UP IN AN AREA
THAT SENATOR SERVED. UM SO I
THINK WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH
OURSELVES THAT WE, UH TRYING TO
ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE, AND WE TRY
TO REALLY TRULY REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN. LET'S PUT UP
THE MONEY. LET'S PUT THE
INCENTIVES OUTLETS DISTINCT
THROUGH ALL THAT, AND LET'S BE
HONEST TO OURSELVES ABOUT
TIMELINES. UM BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK WE'RE I THINK WE CAN DO
BETTER. WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE
THAT WITH THE MARKET. THANK YOU.
AGAIN TO CONNECTIVITY, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SENATOR I
AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT
PARTICULAR CONCERN AND JUST
HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE GROWING
UP, AND WHEN I GREW UP IN THE
SPARRED OH, I WAS AS I MENTIONED
TO YOU. I REMEMBER THE FLOOD OF
86 AND WE WERE STRANDED OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AND EVEN
YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS WERE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE ARE WELL
COLLAPSED. IT TOOK FOUR MONTHS
FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND DIG IT.
ACCESS TO POWER IS ONE OF THOSE
SAME LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURES
THAT I WORRY ABOUT. AND NOW THAT
I REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, UH, AN
AREA AND I'M INVOLVED IN THE IN
THE IN OUR CONTROL COUNCIL THAT
HAS NOT ONLY THE LOWLANDS OF
YOLO COUNTY IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY
, BUT ALSO THE AREAS OF PLASTER
AND EL DORADO COUNTY, WHERE YOU
HAVE SNOW ISSUES. ACCESS TO
POWER CONNECTIVITY IS A CONCERN.
THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY AS YOU
MENTIONED FOR THE FOR THE AIR
RESOURCES BOARD IS LIMITED, BUT
WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION AS WE DRAFT
REGULATIONS BECAUSE THE STRENGTH
OF A REGULATION OR RULE OR A LAW
STATUTE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS
COMPLIANCE. AND SO THE IN IN
THAT AND IN PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
CRAFTED THE THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT I BROUGHT
UP NOW I KNEW I CAME IN THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS, BUT I
BROUGHT THOSE ISSUES UP ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS? SOMEBODY
WHO LIVES UP IN MADISON OR IN
RUMSEY? ARE THEY GOING TO BE
ABLE TO COMPLY SO HAVING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DELAY EXTENSIONS
ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE SOMEONE
DOESN'T CAN'T CONTROL WHAT A
UTILITY NGUYEN OR WHEN THEY WILL
ACTUALLY UPGRADE THEIR FACILITY
, MAKING SURE THAT ACCESS TO THE
PRODUCTS THEMSELVES ARE
AVAILABLE, AND ALL OF THOSE, I
THINK ARE THINGS THAT I, AS A
BOARD MEMBER WILL ENGAGE THE
STAFF AND WORK WITH OUR LOCAL
AIR DISK. TRICKS TO SO THAT THEY
WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND CAN GIVE US GOOD
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE REGULATION
AND AS WE COME UP TO THESE
BENCHMARKS AND POINTS THAT WE'RE
GETTING REAL LIVE ACTIVE
FEEDBACK ON HOW TO MAKE A
REGULATION THAT'S COMPLIANT
BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T ACHIEVE
COMPLIANCE, THEN IT'S ONLY IS
WORTH AS THE PAPER THAT IT'S
PRINTED ON. THANK YOU SEE HIM?
YES THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. I THINK THIS
IS A REAL ISSUE OF ACCESSIBILITY
, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT
CAREFULLY BASED ON LAND USE IN
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AS I
SHARED WITH YOU YESTERDAY IN
TERMS OF WHAT CARB IS DOING, I
THINK HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY
FOR OFF RAMPS, EXTENSIONS AND
EXEMPTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL
OF US ARE MENTIONING AND LOOKING
AT. RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO
HELP PEOPLE GET GRANTS AND
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE.
ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS
REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE ROLE OF
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SPEAKING
WITH INDUSTRY AND SUBJECT MATTER
, EXPERTS AND HAVING THEM ON
BOARD YESTERDAY, CARB HAD A ITS
FIRST WORKSHOP ON THE TRUCK
REGULATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
AND I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF
THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
CAME UP THAT'S RELEVANT TO THIS
QUESTION. IS THE ROLE OF CPS CPU
C, C C AND THE UTILITIES SO CARB
STAFF. WE'RE REPORTING THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
THOSE BODIES AND THEY HOPE TO
SEE EVEN MORE OF THIS IN THE
AREA THEY WERE REFERRING TO. I
THINK A LOT OF WORK THAT HAD
BEEN DONE WITH THE ADVANCED
CLEAN TRUCKS. THANK YOU AND I DO
APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOUR
RESPONSES. AND YOU KNOW, I ASKED
NOT ONLY FOR FARMERS AND THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT I SERVE, I
EMPATHIZE WITH THE HONORABLE MR
PEREZ. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN
ARVIN. I HAD MY FIRST JOB IN THE
SUBWAYS AND UBER'S, YOU KNOW,
AND I WORKED IN THE FIELDS AND,
UM, UH, WHERE YOU GO TO WORK?
YOU CAN'T CHARGE ANYTHING OUT
THERE AND IF YOU COULD AFFORD AN
ELECTRIC VEHICLE IF YOU DRIVE
AROUND MAR DISTRICT, WHICH IS
NOT LESS ANGELES AND NOT SAN
FRANCISCO, AND NOT EVEN, YOU
KNOW, MAJOR, ANY MAJOR CITY
PEOPLE THAT OWN TVS. TESLA'S
THEY HAVE THAT ATTACHMENT ON THE
BACK TO PUT IN A GAS PORTABLE
GENERATORS SO THEY CAN CHARGE
THEIR VEHICLE IF THEY GO LONGER
. DISTANCES UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
, SNOW SKIING THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM WHAT TV VERY FIRST IN ITS
NATION ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION
SHOULD BE CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN
CHILD RIGHT OFF THE FREEWAY,
CHARGE 300 TRUCKS AT A TIME AND
GET RIGHT BACK ON THE FREEWAY TO
CONTINUE DELIVERING PRODUCT.
THERE'S NO POWER. UM SO THERE'S
A PROBLEM THERE. AND SO I
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WILLING TO
LOOK AT THIS. I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK
AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT
YOU HAVE, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU AND I WOULD GET
YOU. I MEAN, I'M BEING HONEST
WITH YOU. YOU WERE A SOLID NO
VOTE FOR ME WHEN I READ THE
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, AND AFTER
I TALKED TO YOU YESTERDAY, I
THOUGHT IF I COULD GET THIS LADY
THE FACTS AND THE DATA IT I
THINK THAT YOUR PERSONAL THOUGHT
PROCESS OR YOUR PERSONAL
OPINIONS YOU WOULD SET ASIDE
BASED ON SCIENCE AND DATA, AND
THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD THAT CAN DO THAT. SO I
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEND
TIME WITH ALL THREE OF YOU AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
CONFIRMATION. THANK YOU, MADAM.
VICE CHAIR, SENATOR AKO BOG.
GOOD AFTERNOON AFTER THREE OF
YOU AND I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS PANEL, AND I'M VERY EXCITED
ABOUT UM JUST YOUR RESPONSES AND
THE LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'RE
BEING TO THE TABLE. AND
ESPECIALLY, I JUST WANT TO PUT A
LITTLE EXTRA KUDOS FOR
SUPERVISOR PEREZ, BECAUSE, UM. I
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU. I
THINK THE EMPIRE HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN AN
UNREPRESENTED AND ESPECIALLY
RIGHT NOW AS BEING ONE OF THE
LARGEST GROWING REGIONS AND THE
NEED THAT WE STILL HAVE TO MEET
IN THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE
DISTRICT. I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED
TO HAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE,
ESPECIALLY HAVING SERVED IN SUCH
IN SUCH A VARIED VERY CAPACITIES
, WHICH ARE BRINGING TO THE
TABLE ON THAT END, SO VERY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON THEIR
SER. MM. WITH THAT, UM. WITH
THAT. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE RECENTLY ADOPTED
ADVANCED CLEAN FLEET RULE, AND I
REALIZED THAT THE ROLE IS VERY
FRESH. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE PROCESS, HOW IT MISSED
OR IGNORED. SOME VERY
SIGNIFICANT SAFETY AND
OPERATIONAL CONCERNS THAT WERE
RAISED WITH CARBS STAFF OVER THE
TWO YEARS BEFORE ITS ADOPTION.
THERE ARE MANY SMALL PUBLIC
UTILITY DISTRICTS IN THE STATE
THAT PROVIDES ELECTRICITY AND
WATER. AH, IN THE ARGUES VERY
SPECIALIZED FLEET. I THINK WE
KIND OF TOUCHED UP A BIT ON
THAT. AS FAR AS IF THE FLEET
VEHICLES TO PROVIDE THESE
CRITICAL SERVICES TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING
FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMPRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS
THAT ARE THAT THE RULE WOULD
IMPOSE AND THEIR OPERATIONS,
PUTTING THEIR STAFF IN THEIR
CUSTOMERS AT RISK BECAUSE THERE
ARE CURRENTLY NO. ONE FOR ONE
EQUIVALENT ZE'EVI REPLACEMENT
VEHICLES TO DO THIS WORK. AND
THERE ARE NO VEHICLES EXPECTED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WHEN THE
FLEET PURCHASES REQUIREMENTS
KICK IN. SO, HAVING SAID THAT UM
CHARGING ISSUES WITH A LARGE
TRUCKS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, UM
IN DURING THE WINTER STORMS, WE
DID SEE THAT THE COVERAGE THE
COVERAGE LARGE AREAS OF MY
DISTRICT, WE HAD EXPERIENCED
SEVERAL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES
IN LIKE ARROWHEADS. SUCH AN
EXAMPLE THAT RAN OUT OF JUICE
AND COULD NOT BE REFUELED OR
USED. UM SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT
THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS THAT WE
COULD HAVE ON THERE. I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE RULE ALLOWS
FOR CARB TO MAKE CASE BY CASE
EXEMPTIONS HAS CARVED STARTED TO
LOOK AT PROVIDING ANY FURTHER
EXEMPTIONS FOR SPECIALTY
VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS START NEXT
YEAR. UM. DO YOU WANT TO START
WITH ACTUALLY, SURE. WE CAN
START UM, ACTUALLY START WITH
SUPERVISOR PEREZ BECAUSE WE
ALWAYS START FROM THE FAR RIGHT.
SURE LEFT, AND NOW LET'S LET'S
START WITH THE CENTER. SO, UM
CURRENTLY I KNOW THAT. FINALLY
WE APPROVED THIS, BUT IT'S GOING
TO TAKE MY UNDERSTANDING.
DECADES. AT LEAST A COUPLE.
THROUGH THE REGULATIONS AND HOW
WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM,
MONITORING. AND RETHINKING OUR
EFFORTS. UM. I LIKE MY
COLLEAGUES HERE CAME IN. AT A
TIME WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED FOR
THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
AND WE CAME IN. AT THE TIME OF A
VOTE. UM AND SO I STILL HAVE A
LOT TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IT COMES
TO THE RULES. AND WHAT
POTENTIALLY THE FUTURE. AH,
LOOKS LIKE UM, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY. NOT
ONLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DECADES
, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT TWO
DECADES TO MAKE THE CHANGES, BUT
IN BETWEEN MONITORING AND MAKING
CHANGES ON AN ONGOING BASIS IF
NEED BE. UM I DON'T SEE ANY
OTHER WAY. SANTA. AND IT GOES
BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THE LACK OF
INFRASTRUCTURE. THE NEEDS THAT
WE HAVE AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT
DOES CONCERN ME AND DISTURBED ME
TO HEAR THAT THIS HAPPENED. I
MENTIONED WHAT SCHOOL BUSSES.
AND AN AREA WHERE IT'S VERY
RURAL AND ISOLATED. UM AND WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OBVIOUSLY
THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR KIDS.
UM SO UNFORTUNATELY, SENATOR, I
DON'T HAVE A DIRECT RESPONSE FOR
YOU. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I
UNDERSTAND THAT CAR WILL BE
WORKING THROUGH THESE EFFORTS ON
AN ONGOING BASIS AND REVISITING
THE RULE, UH, TO SEE WHERE WE
ACTUALLY STAND. AND AS WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER BY MY
COLLEAGUE. LEANING ON THOSE
COMMITTEES THAT ARE BEING
CREATED. IN WHICH YOU HAVE THE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND IF YOU WILL.
TO REALLY TELL US WHAT'S REALLY
GOING ON? ON THE GROUND. UM I
THINK THAT VOICE NEEDS TO BE
HEARD. AND THAT VOICE NEEDS TO
BE VALUED AND RESPECTED IN ORDER
TO PROVIDE US THAT TYPE OF DATA
. THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT
TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE FOR US TO MAKE
BETTER DECISIONS. MOVING
FORWARD. UM THAT'S MY RESPONSE.
WISH YOU WERE IN THE ASSEMBLY
NOW IN THE SENATE COLLEAGUE, DR
SHAHIN I MEAN, SORRY. THAT'S
CORRECT. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO DR
SHEEN? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH. AND THANKS FOR
THE QUESTION, AND, UH, I'M
DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
WITH YOU THE WORKSHOP YESTERDAY.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
ON REGISTERED. I THINK 500
PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THIS FIRST
CONVENING. IT WASN'T THE MEETING
OF THE COMMITTEE BUT A
BRAINSTORMING THAT WAS RUN BY
CARB STAFF AND I WAS IN THE
BACKGROUND. SO I'D SAY THERE'S
PROBABLY ABOUT 250 PEOPLE ONLINE
, AND THERE WAS A VERY DEEP AND
RICH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
STRUCTURE OF HOW THE COMMITTEE
SHOULD FORM WHICH COMMITTEE
SHOULD BE REPRESENTED. AND I'M
LOOKING AT MY NOTES. I LIKE TO
TAKE LOTS OF OLD SCHOOL NOTES.
I'M JUST OLD SCHOOL. LOTS OF
FOCUS ON VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES
AND APPLICATIONS AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL OF THE
VEHICLES. ONE ASSOCIATION
TESTIFIED. THE TYPES OF FLEETS
INVOLVED ARE VERY DIVERSE, AND
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENCES
IN ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY AS
WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC USE
CASES AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
ECONOMICS AND THE PHYSICAL
ABILITY TO COMPLY. SO I FOUND
THAT MEETING AS A NEW PERSON TO
CARB. WORKING ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW
REGULATION VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
. THE IDEA IS THAT THIS TRUCK
REGULATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN I
THINK 25 TO 50 MEMBERS. THEY'RE
STILL THERE SOLICITING FEEDBACK
ON THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT I
REALLY WANT TO SHARE IS THAT, UM
I THINK CARBS STAFFED AT A
REALLY FANTASTIC JOB OF ENGAGING
INDUSTRY SUBJECT MATTER. EXPERTS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS. UM AND I
THINK THE PUBLIC SHOWED UP AND
GAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE
NEED TO HEAR IS REGULATORS SO
I'D LOVE TO SHARE MORE OF THIS
WITH YOU. BUT IT GAVE ME A LOT
OF HOPE AND AS A NEW MEMBER OF
CARB, I'M REALLY PROUD OF CARB
AND HOW IT'S DOING OUTREACH AND
HOW IT'S DOING ENGAGEMENT AND
THAT IT'S OPEN TO MEETING MORE
THAN QUARTERLY, EVEN THOUGH THAT
WAS WHAT WAS ON THE BOOKS AND
REALLY ADAPTING AS WE NEED TO SO
THAT'S I THINK MY RESPONSE FOR
NOW. THANK YOU. PERFECT. UM I
HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS
THIS IS JUST SO EXCITING. IT'S A
GREAT SUBJECT MATTER. REFILLS
ARE DOING GREAT WORK, AND I JUST
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I?
WHICH ONES DO I EMPHASIZE? I
THINK I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE,
UM. GO WITH THE ACTUAL
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BIKES AND
WALKING JUST BECAUSE THAT IS
JUST SOMETHING THAT JUST
RECENTLY, UM WE JUST HAD A
MEETING. ACTUALLY ON IT THIS
MORNING. UM SO RIGHT NOW, AS
WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS,
UM LET ME JUST REALLY QUICKLY
GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUÊ SAMPLE IN
OUR DISTRICT SO INLAND EMPIRE,
WE KNOW THE ISSUES THERE WITH
AIR QUALITY BECAUSE OF THE
TOPOGRAPHY FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION. AND THE PLACEMENT RIGHT
EAST OF THE PORTS AND HOW IT
GETS STAGNANT THERE, SO THERE'S
A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON TRYING TO
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF AIR AND
IN THE AREA AND ALSO HEALTH, SO
KEEPING PEOPLE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE
AND SO FORTH. WE HAD A PROJECT
BETWEEN TWO CITIES IN WHICH THEY
WANTED TO DO A BIKE LANE. RIGHT?
TOWARDS OUR GOALS,
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND
EVERYTHING. OUR BIKE LANE. THE
BACK LINE. UM. UH WHAT DID I SAY
? THE QUALITY OF ERROR. THE
RIGHT LANE, WHICH IS PART OF THE
OUR GOALS AS FAR AS CREATING
EMISSIONS. UM. BLIND I THINK
BELIEVERS THAT SAID, UM, IN ANY
CASE. SO THERE'S THE COMMISSION
DO A REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS
FUNDED THROUGH THE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. TO
VERIFY IF THEY ARE BEING USED AS
PROJECTED TO HELP MEET THE
STATE'S GOAL TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GASSES. IN THAT CASE
, LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT IN
THE IN THE FACT THAT, UM CAN YOU
TELL ME IF THE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM CAN HELP
LOCAL PROJECTS WITH THE
MITIGATION FUNDING, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION FUNDING
AND THE REASON I ASKED THIS IS
THAT YOU THINK THAT SOME OF
THESE PROJECTS WOULD JUST BE, UM
UM, HAVE AN EASY APPROVAL AND BE
LESS LESS COST EFFECTIVE. BUT IN
THIS CASE, THE MITIGATION FACTOR
FOR A BIKE LANE NEXT TO YOU, A
THE 2 10 CORRIDOR FREEWAY
CORRIDOR THERE, UM WAS GOING TO
BE A 4 TO 1. MITIGATION
REQUIREMENT IN THE COST WERE
EXORBITANT. EXORBITANT. AND
THEREFORE. THEY JUST DROPPED THE
BODIES THAT WE CAN'T YOU KNOW,
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS. AT THIS TIME. THE GRANT
FUNDING WAS GOING TO GO OVER AND
SO FORTH, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
SO INTERESTING BECAUSE HERE WE
ARE TRYING TO CREATE, UM
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
ENVIRONMENTALLY BETTER FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR
HEALTH AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY
OF LIFE AND SO FORTH. AND YET
THE COST. BECAUSE OF THE
LOCATION OF A KANGAROO RAT WAS
JUST ESPECIALLY, I MEAN TO ME,
JUST IT WAS JUST MIND BOGGLING.
THERE WAS RIGHT LITERALLY NEXT
TO A FREEWAY AND YET IT WENT
FROM 3 TO 1 TO 4 TO 1. AND THE
MITIGATION EFFORTS AND COST SO
DO WE HAVE ANY FOLKS REVIEW OR
DO YOU FOLKS HAVE WITH
MITIGATING THESE EFFORTS WHEN IT
CONSIDERS SOME OF SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS? WHO ARE YOU DIRECTING
THAT TOO? AND EVEN THAT WAS A
LEADER HASN'T INSIGHT ON THERE.
I'LL LET YOU FOLKS DECIDE TO GO
AHEAD. LOOK, I'LL JUST SAY THAT
THIS JUST BECAUSE YESTERDAY WE
TALKED ABOUT ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO, UH AND THE NEED TO
HAVE A MULTIYEAR OPERATING
BUDGETS FOR SOME OF THESE
BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH MASSIVE
PROJECTS AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS
I'M NEW TO THE BOARD, SO I DON'T
KNOW THE AUDITING ASPECTS OF HOW
DO WE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE AND
WHEN THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD
MEETS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WE
CAN WORK COLLECTIVELY TO ADDRESS
THE COST ISSUES ON THESE, OR AT
LEAST DISCUSS HOW THESE PROJECTS
GET PUT TOGETHER, AND
UNFORTUNATELY YOU KNOW, THE COST
OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND REALLY
REQUIRES NOT ONLY A CITY OR
COUNTY LOCAL MATCH. IT REQUIRES
STATE FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT. I FOR ONE, I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN THAT. I JUST
BOUGHT AN ELECTRIC CARGO BIKE
RATHER THAN BUYING A MINIVAN.
AND SO NOT ONLY DO I GET A
LITTLE BIT OF EXERCISE, BUT MY
KIDS LOVE IT, TOO. AND I DO
THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
AREA BECAUSE I DO THINK THE
ADVANCEMENT OF ELECTRIC BIKES IS
GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE HOW MANY
PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE BIKE LANES
AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. BUT
UM, THIS ALONG WITH SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THAT
ROADWAYS ARE SAFE. ALL OF THE
COSTS AND MITIGATIONS ALL HAVE
TO WORK TOGETHER AS AN AIR BOARD
MEMBER. I CAN WORK. OH, I PLAN
TO WORK WITH OUR WHEN WE MEET
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, THE CTC
TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HOW DO
WE DO OUR PART? WE HAVE THE
SCIENCE BEHIND US, AND WE HAVE
SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS BUT THAT
MAINLY LIES IN THE PURVIEW OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
DOESN'T MEAN WE AS DIFFERENT
AGENCIES. WE DON'T WORK
TOGETHER. LET ME JUST, UH,
CENTER THAT VERY RECENTLY. WE
PASSED. UM. POLICY AND FUNDING.
TO PUT SOME BIKE LANES AND
WALKING NAMES AND EVEN GOLF
CARTS. ELECTRIFIED. TO GET FROM
AND DYLAN ROAD OFF THE 10
FREEWAY. UM IN THE CITY OF IN
YOUR COACHELLA. AVENUE. 48. HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN IN COACHELLA FEST?
IT'S. IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND A LOT OF VEHICLES. BUT THIS
LANE WILL BE BUILT OUT. WHICH
WILL TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE
FESTIVAL. UM AND IT WOULD ALLOW
FOR US TO HAVE LESS VEHICLES ON
THE ROAD AND MORE FOLKS. BEING
ABLE TO USE ELECTRIC BIKES OR
WHAT HAVE YOU TO GET TO THIS
FESTIVAL? AND THAT WAS A RESULT
OF THE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO,
AND ENTITIES LIKE CIBAK, WHICH
HAD AN ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS. UM AND R. C T C
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. COMING TOGETHER. UM
AND SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE
TYPE OF. HAVE A NEWS WE NEED IN
ORDER FOR US TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHILE
GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY TO THEIR
DESTINATION. UM. I THINK IT'S
GOING TO BE AN AWESOME ADDITION.
MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE ALL
EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO
TOWARDS IT WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH COUNTY LAND. THE
COACHELLA CITY OF INDIA AND
THROUGH LA QUINTA. AND SO ALL
THESE JURISDICTIONS ARE ALL
COMING TOGETHER. UM BUT I WILL
SAY THAT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THIS IS WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE,
CARB. UM AND IN MY CASE, UM, D
AS WELL WORKED TOGETHER, UM, AND
WORKING WITH OUR A B 6 17
COMMUNITIES. THAT ARE ON THE
GROUND. THINK THROUGH. WOW. WHAT
THESE POTENTIAL. UM AVENUES
COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
UM IN WHICH WE ARE STILL
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS, OR WE'RE REDUCING AIR
POLLUTION FOR THAT MATTER. UM
AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE
TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
PEOPLE TO WHERE THEIR
DESTINATION IS. UM IT'S
IMPORTANT. THAT CAR PROVIDED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. FOR
EXAMPLE, TO AQMD. AND A Q. M. D
PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL SUPPORT
AND ASSISTANCE TO THE ABC 6 17
COMMUNITIES THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE PROVIDING
US IDEAS. AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE MORE BIKE LANES, FOR
EXAMPLE, OR MORE GREEN SPACES
AND MORE TREES, FOR THAT MATTER.
UM IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM AND SO
. UP TO THIS POINT BEING A
MEMBER OF CAR, WHICH HAS ONLY
BEEN TWO MEETINGS FOR ME. WE
HAVE NOT HAD THIS KIND OF
CONVERSATION YET, BUT I DO
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A
CONVERSATION. IT NEEDS TO BE
HELD, UM AND ESPECIALLY A
CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HELD
WITH OUR LOCALS. BECAUSE REALLY,
IT'S THE LOCALS THAT WE NEED TO,
UM AS WE'RE BUILDING POLICIES
NEEDS TO REFLECT THEIR NEEDS AND
THEIR CONCERNS. THANK YOU
ANYTHING TO ADD DR SHAHIN? JUST
JUST BRIEFLY, SENATOR. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR QUESTION, AND I AM
ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG FAN OF
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND DO A
LOT OF RESEARCH ON IT. WHAT I
WILL SAY IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
IT'S AN ISSUE OF EXPOSURE. ALONG
THAT CORRIDOR, WHICH IS CAUSING
THE MITIGATION TO BE SO HIGH.
AND SO CURVE IS WORKING TO TRY
TO CLEAN AIR CRITERIA,
POLLUTANTS AND PHDS WITH
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, BUT IT
TAKES TIME TO ROLL OUT THOSE
TECHNOLOGIES. THIS IS THE
CHICKEN AND EGG QUESTION. WE'VE
BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS
AFTERNOON. SO I THINK A LOT OF
THIS IS A QUESTION WITH THE AIR
DISTRICT IN YOUR AREA. ALONGSIDE
6 17, WHICH IS PART OF OUR
PURVIEW AT CARB AND WE DO HAVE
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS
, BUT I WOULD RELY ON THE
EXPERTS, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS,
THE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE
EXPOSURE. UM YOU KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT IT'S WORTH IT TO EXPOSE
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO
THE COSTS AND BENEFITS, SO I
THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE EXTENT
OF MY COMMENT AND THE EXTENT OF
MY KNOWLEDGE SO FAR AS A NEW
BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. I THINK I ASKED MY
QUESTIONS, RIGHT? I THINK. I
HAVE ONE LAST, AND I'LL JUST I
HAVE ONE OF YOU DECIDED YOU
FOCUSING JUST ON THE VEHICLE.
MILES TRAVELED. UM ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR AREA WHERE
THE INLAND EMPIRE IS VERY
EXPERIENCED DISTRICT HAS
MENTIONED BY SUPERVISOR PEREZ.
UM. UM, LET'S SEE. WHERE SHOULD
I GO? HOW DO YOU ENVISION
PROTECTING THE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS FOR LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES WITH WITHOUT FORCING
THEM INTO OLDER AND OLDER, GAS
POWERED VEHICLES WHO WOULD LIKE
TO TACKLE THAT QUESTION? ALRIGHT
AS YOUR AUTOMOTIVE MEMBER. I'LL
TAKE A BITE AT THIS ONE. SO I
THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
AREA OF WORK THAT THE CARB IS
INVOLVED IN AND VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT, WHICH IS, HOW DO WE
ENSURE EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY? JUST
SOMETHING I'VE WORKED ON FOR
YEARS. I THINK LOOKING AT
SECONDARY MARKET FOR THE
VEHICLES AND ENSURING THAT THOSE
VEHICLES ARE IN GOOD STATE. SO
THE ADVANCED CLEAN CARS TO
PROGRAM HAS WARRANTY BATTERY.
COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO
ENSURE THAT WHEN YOU GET A
SECONDARY USED VEHICLE, THE
BATTERIES INTACT RIGHT OR THAT
THERE'S WARRANTIES AND INTACT,
SO I THINK THESE THINGS ARE VERY
, VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL TELL
YOU HONESTLY, I'M HAVE TO
DOCTORAL STUDENTS WORKING ON TV
ACCESS AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES, AND I MAKE THIS A
VERY HIGH PRIORITY. WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO A LOT OF WORK
TO GET DONE. AND I THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION. I WILL TELL YOU
IF WE WANT TO. CLEAN UP THE AIR
AND REDUCE VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED. I ALSO THINK WE REALLY
NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO GET
PEOPLE OUT OF CARS. ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION, HOW TO PULL IN
CARS AND POTENTIALLY USED CAR
SHARING VEHICLES, SO NOT
NECESSARILY HAVING TO RELY ON
OWNERSHIP BUT GETTING ACCESS TO
THOSE VEHICLES SO I WOULDN'T BE
LOVED TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU ON
THIS QUESTION. OKAY PERFECT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IN
LONDON. KYRA OF DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF PROBLEMS ARE WORKING ON THE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. COMPONENT
WITHIN THE REGION. AND SO THE
MOST IMPACTED BY THESE POLICIES
ARE OUR LOWEST FOR SURE.
ECONOMIC UM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO HAVE TO COMMUTE FOR WORK. SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME. EXCITED FOR ALL THREE OF
YOU TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY,
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR
SMALLWOOD QUICK, SO I FEEL LIKE
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED SO MANY
DYNAMIC QUESTIONS AND I'M SO
GLAD TO GET A CHANCE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS HEARING. WE
FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CAR
MEMBERS COME THROUGH HERE THIS
YEAR. THIS IS MY FIRST RULES,
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE
WE'VE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET A
GOOD NUMBER OF YOU. BUT WHAT'S
ALWAYS INTERESTING IS THE DINOS
IS, UM AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE
BRINGING EACH OF YOUR LIVED
EXPERIENCE YOUR PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE REALLY? GIVES ME
GREAT HOPE AND EXCITEMENT THAT,
UM WE'RE REALISTS, BUT WE ALSO
KNOW THAT THIS CAN GET DONE,
WHICH IS, UM IMPORTANT. SO YOU
KNOW, I APPRECIATED THE CALM AND
I WANTED TO SAY THE FEDORA. YOU
HAD ME AT FEDORA WHEN YOU CAME,
MR PASTOR, I WAS LIKE I LOVE
THAT THAT HAT. UM WE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT RURAL
COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW, I
REPRESENT SOUTH CENTRAL LOS
ANGELES AND YOU KNOW AND HAVE
WORKED IN COMMUNITIES THAT LOOK
A LOT LIKE SOUTH SOUTH L, A IN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND OTHER OTHER
AREAS WHERE YOU KNOW THESE WERE
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW.
A GENERATION OR SO AGO. THEY
WERE THE INDUSTRIAL MUSCLE OF SO
MUCH OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
DEINDUSTRIALIZATION HIT THEM THE
HARDEST. THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE
REALLY WHAT I SOMETIMES SAY
THEY'RE DYING ON THE VINES
BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL
PLAN. TO REALLY SAY, WHAT DO WE
DO WITH THESE FACILITIES? BUT
ALSO WITH THESE JOBS AND THE
WORKERS AND FAMILIES WHO RELIED
ON THEM? I OFTEN FEEL WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE
RESILIENCY OUR GOALS IN TERMS OF
CLEAN AIR, ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY. WE DON'T THINK
ENOUGH ABOUT WORKFORCE AND I
REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT YOU
SAID. MR PAST OR IN TERMS OF
INCENTIVES AND UM AND TIMELINES.
UM AYE. I DON'T SEE WHERE THE
INCENTIVES AND THE TIMELINE
THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO THE
WORKFORCE. UM AND I'M CURIOUS.
YOU KNOW HOW CARBONS THINKING
ABOUT IN AN AGGRESSIVE WAY, YOU
KNOW WHAT ROLE AND INTENTIONAL
WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND
INTERSECTIONAL E TWO ADDRESS THE
NEED TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO
MAKE THESE GOALS A REALITY. I
SHARED THE STORY. WE HAD A
COMPANY COME TO US. THEY HAVE
THIS GREAT FLEET OF ELECTRIC
VEHICLES THAT THEY PAID FOR, BUT
NO ONE'S ABLE TO MANUFACTURE
THEM. RIGHT THEY DON'T HAVE THE
WORKERS TO ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE
THE VEHICLES WE TALKED ABOUT.
I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT
THE PRODUCT, ORAL STUDENTS AND
ELECTRICAL VEHICLES. I WANT TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT I
OFTEN SAY YOU KNOW WHEN THE
FIRST TICKET IS ISSUED FOR NOT
DRIVING ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE ME IN MY
DISTRICT AND SOUTH L A BECAUSE
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT
EXIST THERE. SO YOU KNOW, HOW
ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING THESE
AMBITIOUS GOALS BUT REALLY
CENTERING. WORKFORCE IN YOUR
STRATEGIES. AND HOW DO WE ENSURE
I LOVE HOW YOU MENTIONED THE A B
6 17 COMMUNITIES. HOW ARE WE
ENSURING THAT THOSE EXPERTS
RIGHT MOST IMPACTED. THE HARDEST
HIT COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL SHIFTS THAT THEY GET
PRIORITIZED. AND THEN MAYBE I
WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU, UM, TO
ANSWER THAT AND JUST ALSO KEEP
IN MIND AND I WANT TO SAY WE THE
LEGISLATURE, UM UNDER THE
PROTESTS, LEADERSHIP AND THE
ADMINISTRATION WE PASS THIS
AMAZING A B WHEN 50 THAT WAS
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, WHICH
ADDS COMMUNITY BENEFITS, FOR
EXAMPLE, TO INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS. JUST IN THAT, EVEN IN
THAT CONTEXT, LIKE COMMUNITY
BENEFITS. HOW ARE YOU ALL
AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING THAT
FORWARD? WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
START WITH? OKAY? WE'LL START
WITH DR SHEEN AND WE'LL WORK OUR
WAY. OKAY DR SHAHIN PARTY. NO
PROBLEM. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FOCUS ON WORKFORCE. IT'S A TOPIC
THAT I THINK A LOT ABOUT. AND IN
COMING TO CARB. I WAS REALLY
CURIOUS. UM, QUESTIONNAIRE WE
RECEIVED ALSO ASKED US ABOUT
THIS QUESTION, SO I FOLLOWED UP
WITH CARB STAFF TO GET SOME MORE
DETAILS FOR YOU ON WHAT CARB IS
DOING. SO WE ARE COLLABORATING
CLOSELY WITH CC ON WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING,
PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF
CHARGING AND FUELING
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK
YOU'RE PROBABLY QUITE AWARE THAT
THERE'S MANY COLLABORATIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARB
RIVERSIDE FACILITY WITH RESPECT
TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH HIGH SCHOOLS, STEM TRAINING
IN AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, UM I THINK THAT THERE'S
MORE OPPORTUNITIES BUT THIS IS
NOT TYPICALLY THIS THE STRENGTH
OR THE FOCUS OR THE MANDATE OF
CARB. TO FOCUS ON THAT WORKFORCE
, BUT WE DO NEED TO CREATE A
JUST TRANSITION AND A PIPELINE
FOR THOSE JOBS. I DO THINK
UNIVERSITIES LIKE WHERE YOU CAME
FROM, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU. C L A
IS WHERE YOU SPENT QUITE A BIT
OF TIME WITH THE LABOR CENTER
THERE AND FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW
LABOR CENTER AT IRVINE AND ALSO
THE BERKELEY LABOR CENTER. I
THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO
DO MORE. UM I AM STRUCK BY. I
THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF LIKE
CERTIFICATE PROCESSES BECAUSE
WE'RE CREATING A NEW WORKFORCE
AROUND ELECTRIFICATION AND
ELECTRICAL SKILLS. SO WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN TO HAVE THOSE SKILLS?
HOW DO WE CERTIFY THAT AND THE
OTHER THING? I SPENT A LOT OF
TIME THINKING ABOUT IS WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE REFINERIES THAT
CLOSE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING
ABOUT THE WORKERS? ARE WE JUST
THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SIMPLY SHIFT THEM FROM A
REFINERY TO ELECTRIFICATION,
RIGHT? HOW DID THIS SKILL SET
MATCH AND YOU KNOW, PROBABLY
BETTER THAN I DO FROM YOUR WORK
AT U C L A THAT, UM, YOU KNOW,
PUTTING SOMEBODY INTO A CODING
JOB AFTER THEY LOSE A JOB.
DOESN'T ALWAYS PAN OUT, SO I
THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING A LOT
MORE TRACKING AS A STATE. I'M
NOT QUITE SURE BECAUSE I'M NEW
TO CARB WHAT ROLE CARB MIGHT
PLAY IN THESE INTERACTIONS, BUT
I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT PEOPLE'S OUR EXPERIENCES
ARE AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND
HELP THEM. SO THAT'S MY
RESPONSE. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST
ADD TWO DODGERS SHAHEEN'S
RESPONSE THAT THE MOU AT UC
RIVERSIDE. OBVIOUSLY THE EFFORTS
WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS ON
THE RIVERSIDE AREA. UM BUT I
THINK, UH, IN MY SHORT TIME ON
CARB, THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION
POINT. THAT WE'VE HAD WHILE I
HAVE BEEN THERE. AND I LIKE I
MENTIONED I'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A
COUPLE TIMES, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE
HAD THIS DISCUSSION SOME TIME
AGO. UH OR MAYBE NOT, BUT IT'S
DEFINITELY ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE
HAD. BECAUSE IT'S CREATES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS. UM
WHETHER IT'S WHAT ARE
UNIVERSITIES OR WITH OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE HCG REQUIREMENTS OR FOR THAT
MATTER, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE DAYS
IN BALANCING NOW WHERE WE USED
TO HAVE WOODSHOP. OR AUTOMOTIVE.
WELL, THEN WHY NOT CREATE
RENEWABLE ENERGY ACADEMY FOR
THAT MATTER? RIGHT AND REALLY
EMPHASIZE, UM. THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY AND TEACH STUDENTS
NEW TOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN
BECOME THE NEXT LEADERSHIP. AS
WE'RE FIGHTING AIR POLLUTION AND
AS WE'RE FIGHTING, REDUCTION OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
MAKING SURE THAT THAT OCCURS I'D
LIKE TO SEE, UH, LABOR MORE
INVOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. UH, AH
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MHM BEING
ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF.
TOOLS AND EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCES
KNOWLEDGE. WHICH I THINK MAYBE
IT'S HAPPENING TO A DEGREE. BUT
MAYBE THERE'S THERE ISN'T A
CONNECTION. WHAT CARB? OR A
CONNECTION WITH. THE LOCAL AIR
DISTRICTS, AND I THINK MAYBE WE
CAN DO A BETTER JOB THERE. I
ALSO THINK THAT OUR LOCAL AIR
DISTRICTS WITH THE SUPPORT OF
CARB. AND USUALLY ONCE AGAIN OUR
A B 6 17 COMMUNITIES. UM
ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
THOSE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS,
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAMS, APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS, WHATEVER THEY ARE. UH
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING
THE NEXT WORKFORCE WHEN IT COMES
TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN IT COMES
TO THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. UM I
THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY. DUG
INTO AT LEAST I HAVE NOT. MAYBE
OTHERS HAVE. BUT IT IS
DEFINITELY ONE IN WHICH I WANT
TO GET INTO FURTHER. ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE THAT ARE VETERANS. UM
. YOU KNOW THAT? MAYBE
UNFORTUNATELY PTSD, BUT THEY
JUST NEED A NEED A HAND AND
MAYBE THEY JUST NEED TO BE
PROVIDED SOME SORT OF SKILL TOOL
. UM IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES OR THOSE THAT
ARE FORMALLY INCARCERATED. UH,
THOSE THAT ARE COMING BACK. FROM
BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED FOR SO
MANY YEARS AND MAYBE THEY JUST
NEED THAT 2ND 3RD CHANCE. GET
HIM OFF THE STREET. GIVE HIM A
GOOD PAYING JOB. SOMETHING IN
WHICH THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES. AND BE PROUD OF
IN WHICH THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO
SOCIETY. UM. OR EVEN THE HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT THAT DOESN'T WANT
TO GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO. AND MAYBE THEY JUST HAVING
TO COME ACROSS AN INDIVIDUAL
THAT SAYS, LOOK, I GOT THE PLACE
FOR YOU. SO UH, I THINK WE NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE
OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH, UM
THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S
THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
BEFORE OUR EYES. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU. APPROACH TEMP
. SENATOR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
I HAVE BROUGHT UP IN ALMOST JUST
ABOUT EVERY HEARING AT OUR
CARDBOARD MEETINGS WHERE I HAVE
JUST I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH
YOU. FIRST I WILL SAY, THOUGH,
THAT CARBS SHOULD NOT REINVENT
THE WHEEL, BUT IT MUST BE
INTENTIONAL. IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT I LEARNED IN MY TIME HERE
WHEN I WORK WITH THE FORMER
COLLEAGUE GIVE YOU A
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PEREZ IS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THEN FOR TONI
IS HOW FRAGMENTED OUR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IS BETWEEN
OUR BUILDING TRADES AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES PARTNERS
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
BETWEEN ALL OF THE CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMS AND EVEN THE DIVISION
BETWEEN THE MULTIPLE SEGMENTS OF
UC CSU. UM AND THE PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS, SO I WORRY IF WE
IF CAR BECOMES, UH, CREATES A
SITUATION WHERE THAT BECOMES
EVEN MUCH MORE CONVOLUTED AND
THE LIMITED DOLLARS THAT WE DO
HAVE GET DILUTED OVER SEGMENTS
NOW SHOULD CAR BE INTENTIONAL.
ABSOLUTELY IT NEEDS TO AND THERE
ARE WAYS THAT I THINK THAT IT
COULD ENGAGE IN BETTER FUNDING.
ONE VERY EXCITING THING I WOULD
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW AN AIR
DISTRICT LIKE SACRAMENTO METRO
AIR DISTRICT IS WORKING IN A
COMMUNITY THAT REPORTED THAT
THAT HAS, UM, THE COMMUNITY OF
MY OWN COMMUNITY OF SOUTH
SACRAMENTO THAT INCLUDES OAK
PARK FOR RIDGE. AND THE LITTLE
AREA OF SAIGON IS WORKING WITH A
SCHOOL TO DO AN ON EVEY RETROFIT
OF THE 1964 CHEVY IMPALA
LOWRIDER AND THESE YOUNG KIDS
ARE HAVING A BLAST LEARNING
ABOUT HOW TO PULL OUT AN OLD 3
50 ENGINE AND CONVERTED INTO AN
ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE. AND THAT'S
MOTIVATING YOUNG KIDS TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE IS NOW,
MOST OF THESE STUDENTS THAT THIS
CHARTER SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE
EVEN THE LOCAL CONTINUATION
SCHOOL WOULD NOT WELCOME THEM
YET NOW THEY ARE BEING RECRUITED
TO BE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE
MANUFACTURERS THERE WITH WELL
ABOVE MINIMUM WAGES, AND SOME OF
THEM ARE LOOKING AT ENGINEERING
CAREERS AND TO ME THINKING ABOUT
HOW CAN WE, MAYBE WITH THE H FIT
PROGRAM THAT WE FUND TO
ELECTRIFY SCHOOL BUSSES? WHY
AREN'T WE INCLUDING IN
SUPPORTING THOSE SCHOOLS TO HAVE
THOSE TV RETROFIT PROGRAMS?
HAVING GONE THROUGH AG SHOP AND
BEEN IN VERY ACTIVE. MY F FA.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT
MOTIVATED ME TO BECOME AN
ENGINEER AND JOIN THE SOCIETY
HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
AND BECOME AN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER. AND SO THOSE OLD ROPP
PROGRAMS I THINK ARE CRITICAL OR
EVEN IN THE AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN IF WE
WERE TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING
THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY'RE
SUFFERING. NOT ONLY IS IT THE
SCHOOLS IN CITIES YOU KNOW THAT
ARE SUFFERING WITH THESE HIGH
CAPITAL PROGRAMS, BUT THE AG
PROGRAMS ARE ALSO SUFFERING AND
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE
TO TRANSITION AND ALL OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES THOSE SKILLS. SO A
COUPLE THINGS ONE. I MENTIONED
THE H FIT PROGRAM AND SUPPORTING
THE AIR DISTRICTS AND
ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE
AS WE GO TO ELECTRIFY SCHOOL
BUSSES. WHY AREN'T WE ALSO
LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT
THERE'S A CURRICULUM AT THE
SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE
STUDENTS CAN SEE VERY FIRSTHAND
THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE TO PUSH
IN THAT AREA AND ALSO ONE
MEETING THAT I HAVE PULLED
TOGETHER WITH OUR AIR DISTRICT
AND OUR LOCAL PLUMBERS AND
PIPEFITTERS WAS ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF HYDROGEN, YOU KNOW. SO THE
ISSUE I THINK FOR US IS WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES WITH
OUR BIOMASS FACILITY OR THE BIO
METHANE THAT'S BEING PRODUCED
FROM OUR REGIONAL SANITATION
FACILITIES AND SAY CAN WE CREATE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT
AND USING OUR UNION HALLS AND
THE EXISTING SYSTEM THERE, BUT
BEING INTENTIONAL, I THINK IT'S
GOING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES
AND I FOR ONE THAT I REMEMBER
WHEN I STARTED WENT FROM, YOU
KNOW, PICKING ORANGES TO THE
NEXT YEAR, TAKING MY FIRST YEAR
AT SAC STATE IN THE ENGINEERING
PROGRAM. AND REMEMBERING THE
FIRST FUEL CELL VEHICLE THAT WAS
BASICALLY THE BACK OF THE TRUCK
WAS THE ENTIRE FUEL CELL NOW
FITS IN THE LITTLE CONSOLE TO
SEE THAT EVOLUTION AND SO MANY
OF MY CLASSMATES WHO ARE ALSO
FARM WORKERS ARE NOW IN THE
ENGINEERING FIELDS TO ME. I
THINK WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL
AS CARD MEMBERS IN THAT, BUT WE
SHOULDN'T REINVENT THE SYSTEM,
BUT WE DO CAN USE OUR RESOURCES.
AND WAYS TO MOTIVATE THEM. AND
STARTING EARLIER, I THINK IS
IMPORTANT. THE LAST PIECE OF
POINT OUT WHEN WE BROUGHT UP
THIS IS WE PASSED A REGULATION
ON TV RETROFITS AT SOME POINT TO
THE CONCERN THAT, UM SENATOR
RICHARD BO BROUGHT UP. THERE ARE
SPECIALTY VEHICLES WHERE AT THE
VALUE OF THE CHASSIS AND THE
EQUIPMENT OF ITSELF WILL BE
WORTH MORE THAN THE MOTOR. WE
DON'T WANT TO DISCARD THAT
EQUIPMENT TO SENATOR GROVES
POINT BECAUSE THAT IS LOST
CARBON ON, YOU KNOW THAT WAS
USED IN PRODUCING THAT THERE MAY
BE A SITUATION WHERE IF WE TRAIN
YOUNG KIDS LIKE THESE STUDENTS
THAT ARE DOING THIS CV RETROFIT
TO RETROFIT A SPECIALTY VEHICLE
. THERE IS A BETTER OUTCOME FOR
THAT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WORKFORCE. WE
HAVE LOCAL WEBS THAT ARE ENGAGED
. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THAT
CONVERSATION. FOR THAT. AND TO
DO THAT. WHAT WHAT I'VE DONE
REGIONALLY HERE WITH OUR AIR
DISTRICT AS WE STARTED NOW, THIS
NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR
OF THE CLIMATE JOBS. JUSTICE AH
AH, AND AN ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT
WHERE WE BRING ALL THOSE PIECES
TOGETHER. WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT
THE ENVIRONMENT ON ITS OWN. WE
CAN'T THINK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ON THAT. WE CAN'T THINK
ABOUT A REGIONAL ECONOMY ON
THERE, AND THEY'RE ALL
INTERCONNECTED WITH THE
WORKFORCE. SO THAT'S MY ANSWER
WITH THAT, SENATOR. WELL THANK
YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU KNOW, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONNECTIONS THAT WERE MADE HERE
AND PARTICULARLY AROUND HOW WE
COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE BUT
ALSO ENSURE THAT THESE ARE GOING
TO BE GOOD JOBS. UM THAT HELPED
TO REACH INTO THOSE MOST
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO
WORK WITH YOU ON THAT, UM I
THINK THIS IS A SOLUTION TO A
LOT OF OUR CHALLENGES AS WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOUSING AND
FOOD. YOU KNOW SUBSIDIES. YOU
KNOW THESE ARE THE JOBS OF THE
FUTURE, AND WE WANT THEM TO BE
GOOD JOBS THAT YOU KNOW OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOO
FAR LEFT BEHIND. GET A CHANCE TO
ENJOY. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE
THOSE ANSWERS AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO YOUR CONFIRMATION. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. UM WE HAVE BEEN GOING
AN HOUR AND A HALF AND MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE COVERED A LOT OF
GROUND. SO I THINK WHAT I WILL
DO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME
BECAUSE I KNOW THE THESE ARE
SERIOUS ISSUES. THERE'S
COMPLEXITIES OF HOW YOU WE'VE
ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. WE PUT WE
PUT WE DO BILLS. WE PUT MORE
GOALS AND MORE REGULATIONS IN
YOUR LAP TO FIGURE OUT UM, I
WOULD JUST SAY BEFORE WE GO TO
THE PUBLIC UM, YOU KNOW, SOME
TAKE AWAY SOME HIGH LEVEL
TAKEAWAYS ON SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, AND
SOME THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO ASK
THAT WE WERE PREPPED TO ASK. YOU
KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE
WITH THE AIR BOARDS IS CRITICAL
. HOW AND YOU MADE REFERENCE TO
THAT MR PEREZ. UM HOW YOU DO
THAT, TO GET THE RESULTS AND TO
WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL.
THESE GOALS ARE CERTAINLY
AGGRESSIVE GOALS. SCOPING PLAN
IS ALSO COMPLEX IN TERMS OF. OF
HOW YOU'RE FOLLOWING IT TO REACH
THE GOALS. I'M GLAD SOMEONE
BROUGHT UP THE 6 17 COMMUNITIES.
WE KEEP ADDING COMMUNITIES, AND
WHEN YOU DO, THERE'S MORE
COMPLEXITY THERE. IT'S UM BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
STAKEHOLDERS YOU'VE REACHED THE
COMMUNITIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT. AND WHY. UM YOU
KNOW, BACK TO MY OFF HAND
COMMENT ABOUT I DON'T KNOW WHY
YOU WOULD WANT THIS JOB. WE NEED
YOU TO WANT THIS JOB. YOU KNOW,
THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS I DON'T
THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME GIVEN
THAT YOU HAVE JOBS, AND THIS IS
A EXTRA VOLUNTEER JOB TO CONNECT
A LOT OF DOTS. SERIOUS POLICY
COMPLICATED. ISSUES THAT IN SOME
WAYS WE HAVEN'T EVEN UM YOU
KNOW, FIGURED OUT SOME OF THE
TECHNOLOGY OR THE METRICS, SO TO
GET TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT DO
WE INCLUDE IN HOW AND WHO DO WE
HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM TO
ACTUALLY DO EVEN A BETTER BETTER
JOB? THE JURISDICTIONAL STUFF SO
I WISH YOU SUCCESS. I AM
THRILLED THAT YOU WANT TO DO
THIS. THAT MEANS YOU'RE REALLY
GOING TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
ONLY BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, UM,
FEBRUARY. YOU ALL COME WITH
RESUMES THAT OBVIOUSLY, IN THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, REALLY
GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHAT
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND WHAT
YOU'RE DIVING INTO. AND THE FACT
THAT YOU KNOW YOU STILL HAVE A
LOT TO DO. ON SOME OF THE ISSUES
. MAYBE YOU'LL BRING THIS UP IN
THE BOARD AND YOU'LL GET A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT SOME MORE
OF THESE COMMUNICATE BACK WITH
US. UM THIS IS ONE OF THE BOARDS
THAT WE FOCUS ON AND PAY A LOT
OF ATTENTION TO AND YOU'LL GET
QUESTIONS. AND SO IF YOU HAVE
FEEDBACK FOR US AT SOME POINT
ABOUT POLICY LEGISLATION. NEEDS
WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED. UM YOU
KNOW, WE HOPE YOU'LL GIVE US
THAT FEEDBACK. I KNOW THAT YOU
ARE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES. WE
HAVE OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES AND
APPOINTEES AS WELL. BUT I REALLY
I REALLY THINK WE WOULD VALUE
THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING
TO GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING VERY
PATIENTLY AND I'M GONNA START
RIGHT HERE IN ROOM 2200 FOR
PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN
DOING ALL THE TALKING. I
APOLOGIZE. WELL YOU KNOW, WE
IT'S OUR JOB, BUT WE COULD HAVE
BEEN MORE SUCCINCT. I TOTALLY
AGREE WITH THAT. AS A GROUP, BUT
, UM YOUR NAME YOUR ORGANIZATION
, IF ANY AND BRIEF COMMENTS AND
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL 31
I SEE ALL OF YOU. YOU KNOW THE
DRILL. YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
WELCOME THANK YOU. BILL MCGOVERN
WITH THE COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR
IN SUPPORT OF THE CONFIRMATIONS
OF COUNCIL MEMBER GARA,
SUPERVISOR PARIS AND DR SHAHIN.
THEY ALL BRING VALUABLE
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO THE
BOARD, AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN
IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO REDUCE
TOXIC DIESEL EMISSIONS FROM
WELCOME MOTIVES AND FROM TRUCKS
AND TO SENATOR GROVES QUESTION
ABOUT SHIPPING EMISSIONS. I
BELIEVE THAT SENATOR WIENERS
CARBON DISCLOSURE BILL WOULD
REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF THOSE
EMISSIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WELCOME. MADAM
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS. MICHAEL
PIMENTEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CALIFORNIA TRANSIT
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING 220
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HERE
TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
THREE APPOINTEES BEFORE YOU
TODAY FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT
YOU JUST HAD, I THINK YOU HEARD
VERY CLEARLY THAT THESE MEMBERS
WILL BE EVEN HANDED IN THEIR
APPROACH, RECOGNIZING, OF
COURSE, THAT WE NEED TO DRIVE OR
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMY
FORWARD. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ADVANCING.
REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT
CAN BE COMPLIED WITH BY
INDUSTRY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF
WORK AS AN INDUSTRY WITH CARB
KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE STRONG
PARTNERS IN THESE APPOINTEES
BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
WITNESS. WELCOME GOOD MORNING
CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TOM
KNOX VALLEY CLEANER. NOW I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
SUPERVISOR PEREZ AND COUNCIL
MEMBER ERA. UM WE'VE BEEN LONG
FAMILIAR WITH THE NETWORKS THEY
BUILT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY'RE VERY, VERY STRONG
ADVOCATES FOR THE MOST IMPACTED
CALIFORNIANS. WE BELIEVE THEY'LL
DO A FANTASTIC JOB AS CARDBOARD
MEMBERS AND CONTINUING TO FOCUS
ON THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST HELP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS CRISSCROSSING WITH
THE PRIMA KEIGHLEY ON BEHALF OF
PUBLIC SERVICES AND SUPPORT OF
MR GARA AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF
CHARGE POINT IN SUPPORT OF MR
GARIN. MR PEREZ APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT YOU BOTH HAVE DONE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
ALL IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT
WITNESS. THANK YOU, SENATOR JIM
HOUSTON HERE ON THE PATH OF
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU
FEDERATION OUT REMIND YOU THAT
WE ARE THE ONLY INDUSTRY THAT
SEQUESTERS CARBON 24 HOURS A
DAY. THAT'S WHAT OUR PLANS DO
PHOTOSYNTHESIS. GOD BLESS ALL
THOSE PLANTS OUT THERE. WE'RE
HERE IN SUPPORT OF ERIC GUERRA'S
NOMINATION. I'VE KNOWN HIM
PERSONALLY FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
BUT IN HIS CAPACITY MULTIPLE
CAPACITIES THAT HE HAS HAD HE
HAS ALWAYS SHOWN A WILLINGNESS
TO UNDERSTAND THE MULTIPLE SIDES
OF AN ISSUE. I THOUGHT YOUR WORD
AT THE VERY BEGINNING WERE
PRESCIENT. THIS IS A VERY, VERY
HARD JOB AND JUST REAL QUICK IN
THE NEXT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL
LIVING THE FIVE AND SO IT'S
TOMATO SEASON AND THIS IS
EVIDENT TO YOUR POINT. WE'RE
GOING TO PULL OFF PEOPLE SAY 12
MILLION METRIC TONS. THAT'S £26
BILLION OF JUST PROCESSING
TOMATOES IN THREE MONTHS. AND
ABOUT SIX COUNTIES. THOSE ARE
ALL TRAPPED TO PROCESSING
FACILITIES THAT NEED TO PROCESS
THOSE AND CAN THEM AND GET THOSE
OUT TO RETAIL MARKETS ACROSS THE
WORLD, RIGHT. WE PRODUCE 80 TO
90% OF THE JUST PROCESSING
TOMATOES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO
REMIND YOU THE CHALLENGES OF HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE ELECTRIFY
THOSE TRUCKS PUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN. THAT'S A REAL
CHALLENGE. AND SO I THINK HAVING
THESE FOLKS IN THERE THAT ARE
WILLING TO SINK THEIR TEETH IN,
YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER MET YOU
BEFORE, BUT YOU SOUND WONDERFUL.
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, YOU
KNOW, ENTERTAIN DATA AND MAKE
DECISIONS. BEEN IN POLITICS FOR
20 YEARS. YOU KNOW, I AGREE.
IT'S HARD TO FIND FOLKS ARE
WILLING TO JUST LOOK AT THAT. SO
I KNOW I TOOK PROBABLY MORE TIME
THAN I DID. BUT I MEAN, I SAT
THROUGH THIS AND IT WAS ACTUALLY
REALLY ENCOURAGING. SO GOD BLESS
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. I LOVE
YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WE LEARNED A LOT AND YOU
JUST SCORED POINTS WITH THE VICE
CHAIR WHO IS FROM CURRAN COUNTY.
BY THE WAY. WELCOME THANK YOU,
MADAM PRO TEMP, JACKIE HONEST ON
BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR A
NEW NATURAL GAS AND SUPPORTED
THREE APPOINTEES HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME THANK YOU. TIFFANY FOUND
BEHALF OF GENERAL MOTORS IN
SUPPORT OF ALL THREE APPOINTEES
BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WELCOME
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM. PRO TIM.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE P.
ANTHONY THOMAS, REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION ON HERE ON BEHALF OF
MY ASSOCIATE HERE TO SUPPORT A
COUNCILMAN GHIRA NOT ONLY AN
OPEN MINDED MAN, BUT A MAN WHO
ASKED BALANCE WITH THIS
DECISIONS. HE'S FAIR. HE'S A
PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE, SO THAT
MAKES HIM VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE
DOES. UM I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM,
SUPPORTING HIM. AND OF COURSE,
HE'S AN ALUMNI STINGERS UP MY
BROTHER AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY,
TAKE A PERSONAL PRUDENCE SAYING
HELLO TO MY STATE SENATOR. TO
SAY HELLO TO HER BECAUSE WE RUN
INTO EACH OTHER IN LOS ANGELES,
AND WE NEVER GET A CHANCE TO
TALK. SO CUEVAS GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU.
WELCOME THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALBERTO
AYALA AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
OFFICER FOR THE SACRAMENTO
METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THIS MEANS
I KNOW, VICE MAYOR GET OUT VERY
WELL FROM HIS CURRENT BRAWL AS
AN ACTIVE MEMBER. OF OUR BOARD,
INCLUDING BEING A RECENT PAST
CHAIR. I AM ALSO A FORMER DEPUTY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD.
THAT MEANS I KNOW THE AGENCY
WELL AND WHAT IT NEEDS. I URGE
YOU TO VOTE YES. FOR VICE
MAYORS. GET A CONFIRMATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WITNESS. WELCOME GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR CHRIS
MCKINLAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA RENEWABLE
TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE, AND WE
RESPECT YOUR WE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT OF ALL
THREE CONFIRMATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
WITNESS, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS,
BRENT BARROW HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE UNITED CONTRACTORS IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN ERIC
GUERRERA. TODAY WE URGE YOUR
SUPPORT OF HIS CONFIRMATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY I WILL GO TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO MAY BE HERE IN ROOM
2200 IN OPPOSITION. ANYONE HERE
IN OPPOSITION? OKAY SEEING NO
ONE APPROACHED THE MICROPHONE.
I'M GONNA WELCOME AND GO TO OUR
TELECONFERENCE MODERATOR ASKED
THAT THE NUMBER BE PUT BACK UP.
IT IS 87722681. ACCESS CODE
1618051 LET ME SAY WELCOME TO
THE MODERATOR AND AS YOU COME
ONLINE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO
SPEAK AT THIS POINT, WE'VE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TESTIMONY.
WE WILL ONLY TAKE NAME
ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT AND
YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, BUT
EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF
A PARTICULAR CONTRARY. MODERATOR
WELCOME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IF YOU WISH TO SHOW SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS 10 NOW
AGAIN, ONE THAN ZERO FOR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION. AT THIS TIME, YOU
SHALL NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY
WOW. WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU
SHORTLY. THANK YOU, MADAM.
MODERATOR OKAY, I AM GOING TO
COME BACK UP HERE. ASK IF WE CAN
TAKE ALL THREE AT ONCE OR IF I
NEED TWO SEPARATE VOTES. THREE
OKAY. MOVED MEN AND VICE CHAIR
HAS MADE A MOTION TO SUPPORT ALL
THREE CONFEREES. MADAM
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL? THERE'D LAYERED. I
KNOW A BUG OR CHEWABLE GUY.
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS, SMALLWOOD
CUEVA SIDE, GROVE GROVE. I
ATKINS I INSIDE 5 TO 0.
WONDERFUL 5 TO 0. WE WILL MOVE
THE FULL CONFIRMATION ONTO THE
SENATE AS A WHOLE. AND I WANT TO
THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND ANSWERING YOUR THOUGHTFUL
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND YOU
KNOW IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE CARB
HERE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
TO CTC. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A
FIVE MINUTE BREAK. UH, AND I
PROMISE WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. BUT
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO
YOU, AND THERE IS A NEXUS
BETWEEN THESE BOARDS, SO WE'LL
JUST CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
THE ISSUE IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO
STAY. BUT THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR
THE WHOLE DISCUSSION. SO
CONGRATULATIONS. AND WITH THAT
WE WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO GET
GOING. THANK YOU.
AND CALL THE MEETING BACK TO
ORDER. UM AND I WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR TO THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. THE CTC SURE YOU
ENJOYED LISTENING TO ALL OF THE
DIALOGUE AROUND CARB. IT WILL
GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF PROP
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS TO COME. SO
LET ME WELCOME JOE JOSEPH JOE
CRUZ. CARLGUARDINO AND HILLARY
NORTON. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING
TIME TO BE HERE TODAY AND WHAT
WE WILL DO IS LET'S START WITH
YOU, MISS NORTON AND WILL GO
DOWN THE LAWN AND YOU, I THINK,
HEARD OPENING COMMENTS. ANYONE
YOU'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. UM
AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW SUIT, GO
DOWN AND GO RIGHT TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS. SO WELCOME AND THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENTS. THANK
YOU, MADAM. CHAIR ATKINS AND
VICE CHAIR GROVE AND SENATE
RULES COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
SCHEDULING THIS MEETING WITH US
TODAY. MY NAME IS HILLARY NORTON
AND I THANK GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR FIRST
APPOINTING ME TO CTC IN 2019. I
WAS HIS FIRST APPOINTEE AND NOW
REAPPOINTED TO THE CTC IN 2023.
I HOPE MY CHILDREN ARE STILL
LISTENING. ONE IS IN COLLEGE
WORKING WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING ARCHIVES WHILE AT STANFORD
THIS SUMMER, AND MY SON IS
WORKING AT JACOBS ENGINEERING IN
SEATTLE. ALSO COLLEGE GRAD FROM
CALIFORNIA LMU AND I WANT TO
THANK MY FAMILY. MY CTC
COLLEAGUES AND STAFF AND MY
FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF
THIS FOUR YEAR JOURNEY WITH ME
ON CTC. I'VE BEEN VICE CHAIR AND
CHAIR IN 2020 2021. AND AS
COMMISSIONER THIS TERM, MY GOALS
HAVE BEEN TO HELP USHER IN A NEW
ERA OF TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING
, FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING ONE
THAT PRIORITIZES EQUITY,
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, MULTI
MODALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF
CALIFORNIA FROM FIFTH GRADE
THROUGH NINTH GRADE AND AS AN
ADULT FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS
LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. SINCE
2019 THE COMMISSION HAS
ALLOCATED OVER $36 BILLION,
INCLUDING IN OUR AUGUST MEETING
, THE 3.1 BILLION WE ALLOCATED
TO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, CREATING
OVER 380,000 JOBS SINCE 2019 WE
HAVE CREATED THE EQUITY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. I'M VERY PROUD OF
THAT WHEN I WAS CHAIR AND IT'S
BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CALISTA
AND CALTRANS, ONE OF THE
NATIONAL MODELS OF EQUITY
COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
FUTURE GUIDELINES AND IN
UNDERSTANDING AND CONVENED TO US
THE IMPACTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
TODAY ABOUT EVERY COMMUNITY
BEING DIFFERENT AND HAVING THE
IMPACTS AND THE ABILITY TO
PARTICIPATE. IN THIS
TRANSFORMATION BEING DIFFERENT
IN JULY, 12TH KEPT I CELEBRATED
ITS TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WE
ARE VERY PROUD OF USHERING THAT
IN AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
SENATORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF AN
ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION FOR ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET. I KNOW FORMER CTC
VICE CHAIR BOB ALVARADO. GOD
REST, HIS SOUL WOULD HAVE BEEN
VERY PROUD OF OUR ALLOCATIONS
LAST YEAR. WE ARE FOCUSED ON
KEEPING THE COMMITMENTS MADE
WHEN YOU COURAGEOUSLY SUPPORTED
SB ONE AND DEFEATED PROP. SIX
WHICH WOULD HAVE REPEALED SB
ONE. CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO
LEAD THE WORLD IN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND INNOVATION BECAUSE OF YOUR
LEADERSHIP, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO OUR CONVERSATION TODAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR GARDENA. YOU
THIS IS YOUR WHAT NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS? I THINK AT THIS
POINT. IF YOU'RE SO KIND TO
REAPPOINT ME, THIS WILL BE MY
FIFTH FOUR YEAR TERM. WELCOME
THANK YOU. I STARTED IN JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL CHEER ATKINS, FACE
CHAIR GROVE AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE. I'M BOTH
HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE WITH
EACH OF YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES,
HILLARY NORTON. AND JOE CRUZ
TODAY. I THINK GOVERNOR NEWSOM
FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO
THANK THE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS
OF OUR CTC STAFF WHO SERVE OUR
STATE AND OUR 39 MILLION
RESIDENTS EVERY DAY. YOU MAY NOT
KNOW IT. FOR A STATE OF 39
MILLION. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 39 FULL
TIME EMPLOYEES OR, AS I LIKE TO
SAY. EACH IS ONE IN A MILLION,
ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE
MY WIFE, LESLIE AND OUR THREE
CHILDREN FOR SUPPORTING MY
DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR
STATE IN THIS WAY. OUR 18 YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER, JESSICA, WHO
STARTED AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
LAST WEEK. SHE WAS THRILLED WE
CRIED, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE
WAY IT GOES WHEN YOUR PARENTS
OUR 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SENT
SIENNA WHO WE ADOPTED AT ONE DAY
OLD AND OUR SIX YEAR OLD SON,
JAKE. WHO WE FOSTERED ADOPTED AT
THREE MONTHS OLD, AND I THANK
THEM SPECIFICALLY AS THEY
SUPPORT THE 40 TO 60 HOURS EACH
MONTH THAT I INVEST IN THE WORK
OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
, WHICH THEREFORE IS TIME I AM
NOT SPENDING WITH THEM. I SERVE
CANDIDLY BECAUSE IMPROVING
MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR EVERY
CALIFORNIA IS A LABOR OF LOVE.
IT'S FITTING AND KIND OF FUN
THAT I WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN
2007 BY GOVERNOR ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER ON VALENTINE'S
DAY TO REFLECT THAT LABOR OF
LOVE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS LOOK
DIFFERENT FOR EVERY CALIFORNIA
WHETHER THEY LIVE IN RURAL
SUBURBAN, URBAN OR TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS WHY OUR
NINE PRIMARY FUNDING CATEGORIES
HELPED TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS
OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR 58
COUNTIES AND OUR 482 CITIES
BECAUSE SANTA CRUZ IS DIFFERENT
THAN TO LARRY WHICH IS DIFFERENT
THAN SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS
DIFFERENT THAN BANNING, WHICH IS
DIFFERENT THAN HYDE PARK. SHOULD
YOU DEEM ME WORTHY? I WOULD BE
HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR
STATE ON THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MR CRUZ.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF
VICE CHAIR GROVE AND MEMBERS FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE
TODAY. BUT ALSO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I
THINK THE ONE THING WE ALL SHARE
IS A LOVE FOR THE PLACE WE CALL
HOME AND OUR DESIRE TO MAKE IT
BETTER FOR CHILDREN OR
GRANDCHILDREN MOVING FORWARD. I
WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR NEWSOM
FOR TRUSTING ME WITH
DISAPPOINTMENT AND HIS
COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING OUR
STATE'S TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WITH LAGUNA, THE LABORERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION, NORTH
AMERICA ON THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
COUNCIL FLAVORS 75,000 STRONG,
HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN. WHO
BUILD OUR STATE'S TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM OR TRANSIT SYSTEMS,
AIRPORTS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS,
ROADS, IMPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
TODAY I STAND ON THEIR
SHOULDERS. I HOPE TO SHARE MY
GOALS FOR THE COMMISSION. A
LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF. AND, OF
COURSE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ABOUT
YOUR TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES.
ISSUES YOU FEEL ARE IMPORTANT
FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR
OUR STATE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL
WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THE
COMMISSION MEETS ITS PRIMARY
GOAL, AND THAT'S ENSURING A SAFE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SAFETY
FOR COMMUTERS OR PASSENGERS AND
FOR WORKERS. NOW IS THE TIME TO
DELIVER BIG FOR CALIFORNIA. WE
NEED TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUR
ECONOMY. IMPLEMENTING A
TRANSPORTATION VISION. AIMED AT
CREATING THOUSANDS OF MIDDLE
CLASS JOBS. REVITALIZING
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT
BEHIND AND ALLOWING SMALL
MINORITY VETERAN AND WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESSES TO COMPETE AND WIN IN
OUR ECONOMY. WALL CONTINUE TO
TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
CAN BE THE CATALYST. AND YOU
HAVE MY COMMITMENT. I WILL WORK
CLOSELY WITH EACH AND ONE OF
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND
DELIVER THE INNOVATION AND
INVESTMENT THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS
TO BUILD AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY, FINANCIALLY
SUSTAINABLE AND WORLD CLASS
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM. AS A CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY LABOR LEADER BRING A
BOTTOM UP PERSPECTIVE TO THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND
PROGRAMMING EFFORTS AT THE CTC.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL,
STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LEVELS
TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. WHILE WE
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE OF
TRANSPORTATION AT A TIME OF
GREAT CHANGE FOLLOWING THE
PANDEMIC. TO CONCLUDE SENATOR
ATKINS AND MEMBERS HERE TO GET
TO WORK ON THE NEW CTC
COMMISSIONER. WITH YOUR BLESSING
IN YOUR CONFIRMATION. I LOOK
FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU
IN THE LEGISLATURE TO IMPROVE
THE LIVES OF ALL CALIFORNIA'S
AND BUILD ON YOUR SUCCESS. SO
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. WE ALWAYS
APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING
YOUR FAMILY. AS YOU SAID IT
TAKES TIME AWAY FROM FROM THE
TIME YOU GET TO SPEND WITH THEM
AND THIS ALSO IS ONE OF THOSE
POSITIONS THAT TAKES A LOT OF
TIME AND A LOT OF WORK. AND IT
IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION. SO I
THANK YOU WITH THAT. I'M GOING
TO TURN TO SENATOR SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS AND LET YOU START AND
THEN WE WILL COME RIGHT DOWN THE
ROAD. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. UM MY QUESTION. WE
KNOW YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE
WHEN I WHEN I ASKED THIS
QUESTION, BUT I OFTEN ASK
QUESTIONS REALLY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF RACIAL, EQUITY,
ECONOMIC, EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND
REALLY TRYING TO GET AT THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE
INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION
BECOMES A MULTIPLIER. THIS IS MY
FIRST FRESHMAN, UM, SEASON IN
THE LEGISLATURE IN THERE WAS A
DEFICIT RIGHT? AND SO EVERY
DOLLAR THAT WE ARE INVESTING NOW
, HOW DO WE SEE IT, UM, BECOME A
GREATER OPPORTUNITY. AND SO MY
QUESTION SORT OF GOES BACK TO
OUR FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PARTICULARLY THE BILL PACKAGE.
WE JUST PASSED THAT INCLUDED SB
1 50, WHICH INCLUDES COMMUNITY
BENEFITS NOW IN ALL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND
CONVENES A GROUP TO REALLY LOOK
AT. HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THAT
INTO MANUFACTURING AND NON
CONSTRUCTION, CLIMATE RESILIENCE
. THE INDUSTRIES I KNOW CALTRANS
HAS HAD MANY A PILOT AROUND
LOOKING AT COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AND LOOKING AT, UM, WORKFORCE
HIRING PROGRAMS. IN FACT, YOU
KNOW PART OF. THIS OPPORTUNITY
OF SP 15 IS LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOWN
THIS ROAD AND IT'S SHOWN SOME
RESULTS. I WONDER HOW YOU PLAN
TO INCORPORATE THOSE KINDS OF
PROJECTS NOW TO SCALE RIGHT,
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF SB 1 50
TO ENSURE THAT THESE ARE GOOD
CAREERS. FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE HARDEST HIT, AND THAT
THESE OPPORTUNITIES REACH DOWN
INTO OUR MOST DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES, AND I'LL ASK, I'LL
START START WITH YOU, MR CRUZ,
BECAUSE I KNOW AH, FROM WHERE
YOU COME AND UM, HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND. UM WHAT I DO LIKE AND
AS A SILVER BULLET FOR SOME OF
THIS, IN TERMS OF WIND, FOLKS
GET GOOD JOBS, GENERATIONAL
CHANGE, SO I'LL START WITH YOU
AND THEN I'LL BUY THE OTHERS. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, SENATOR
, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION
FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND YOUR
CAREER WORK IN CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES. BUT BEFORE I
START, I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY
LIFE, WHICH IS MY WIFE. 0 29
YEARS LIKE SHE AND I'M PROUD TO
HAVE HER BY MY SIDE. SHE'S HERE
TODAY, SO I FAILED TO DO THAT I
WAS A BAD HUSBAND BUT MAKING UP
YAHOO! MR CRUZ, THE VICE CHAIR
JUST MOVED TO HAVE YOU HELD, BUT
I'M GOING TO IGNORE THAT MOTION
. AND I THINK YOU OWE SOMEBODY
DINNER. SURE. GO AHEAD. ANSWER
ANSWER THAT SENATORS QUESTION,
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
QUESTION, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
EFFORTS ON THIS. BE 1 50. THE
HIGHER ROADS. LEGISLATION THAT
IS, I THINK GOING TO ESTABLISH
THAT PIPELINE TO BRING PEOPLE
WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED INTO NOT
JUST JOBS, BUT CAREERS. UH THE
JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN
CALIFORNIA OR ONE GOOD PAIN, BUT
THEIR PENSION, THEIR HEALTHCARE
, THEIR VACATION THERE
EVERYTHING THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS
TO BE THE SUCCEED. UM I TAKE
MOST PRIDE IN PULLING
INDIVIDUALS. WOMEN PEOPLE OF
COLOR SECOND CHANCES INTO THE
MIDDLE CLASS. OUR INVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE. SPECIFICALLY
TRANSPORTATION DOES THAT WE'RE
GOING TO CREATE. I LOOKED AT
SOME RECENT NUMBERS 70,000 NEW
CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN CALIFORNIA
IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. UH THE
LABORERS HAVE CREATED 6000 JOBS
FOR WOMEN. THROUGHOUT OUR STATE
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR LAST
ONE YEAR. I'M SORRY THE LAST
YEAR SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY, HOPING THAT WE
CAN BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS IN THE
INNER CITIES WITH THE PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE BAY AREA, THE
CENTRAL VALLEY IN LOS ANGELES
THAT EXPOSES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
DON'T WANT WHO DO THEY CHOOSE
NOT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR AT THIS
POINT, DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL
MEANS TO DO SO TO THESE
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BECAUSE
THEY ARE MIDDLE CLASS JOBS AND A
LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT AWARE
THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST.
SO I'M WORKING WITH THE BUILDING
TRADES AND OTHER CRAFTS TO DO A
LOT OF OUTREACH IN BRING
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO
DO THE WORK. YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP
ON TIME. YOU GOTTA WORK HARD.
YOU GOT TO TAKE ORDERS. AND
WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE POISED TO
MAKE THAT A SUCCESS STATEWIDE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR
HELP. HMM. SENATOR SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
SENATE BILL 1 50 LIKE
COMMISSIONER CRUISE. I THINK
IT'S SO VITAL THAT WE HAVE A
CHANCE NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE JOBS
BUT CAREERS AND TO BUILD OUR
MIDDLE CLASS AND SUCH AN
EXCITING WAY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL
. THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
CAREERS THROUGH PEOPLE WHO NEED
A SECOND CHANCE. I BELIEVE I
SERVE A GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
AND PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES AND
WHEN THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN
THEIR LIVES TO HAVE THAT SECOND
CHANCE, HAVE A CAREER THAT CAN
SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
AND HELP BUILD OUR STATE. AS
THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR LIVES
BACK IS ESSENTIAL. AS
COMMISSIONER CRUZ SAID THE
DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
, WOMEN AND MEN IN OUR STATE IS
IMMENSE IN MY DAY JOB, WHICH IS
FOCUSED SOLELY ON BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH THE FUNDS WE
HAVE FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
FOR EVERY UNSERVED AND
UNDERSERVED CALIFORNIA, AND
THAT'S NEARLY A MILLION
CALIFORNIA HOUSEHOLDS. THAT'S
ALSO GOING TO REQUIRE PINS OF
THOUSANDS OF NEW PEOPLE IN OUR
CONSTRUCTION TRADES THAT WE
DON'T HAVE. AND SO HAVING
CAREERS THAT WILL ATTRACT
PEOPLE. IS GOING TO HELP US TO
FILL THAT GAP NOT ONLY STATEWIDE
BUT IN EACH REGION OF OUR STATE
WHERE THOSE JOBS ARE GOING TO BE
LOCATED. I SEE SENATE BILL 1 50
IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
HELP JUMP START THAT EFFORT. AND
AS COMMISSIONER NORTON IMMEDIATE
PAST YEAR, NORTHERN OBSERVED.
WE'VE PROGRAM AND ALLOCATE
NEARLY $10 BILLION A YEAR IN
NINE MAJOR FUNDING CATEGORIES,
AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM REQUIRE
WOMEN AND MEN TO BUILD AND
MAINTAIN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS HELPS US TO GET THERE.
CENTER SWALLOWED CRUZ. THERE'S
NOT A LOT I CAN ADD TO WHAT
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE, EXCEPT
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE
JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND I
LOVED HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS
HAS BECOMING A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WHEN WE
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE CAREERS
IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE GET TO
PLAN NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE NOT ONLY
WITH SB ONE, BUT NOW WITH SB 6
71 AND TALKING ABOUT MOVING OUR
GOODS MOVEMENT TO ZERO MISSION,
BUT ALSO SB 11 21, BOTH SENATOR
GONZALEZ BILLS. THAT PLAN A 10
YEAR VISION ABOUT OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES NOT
ONLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK
ITSELF, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THE
ENERGY MATCHUP? HOW DO WE LOOK
AT CVS AND HYDROGEN AND WHAT
WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CURRENT
SYSTEMS AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
ENGINEERS, THE LABORERS, THE
DESIGNERS THAT ARE TAKING ALL OF
THIS AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA
ECONOMY AS WELL AS THE
MANUFACTURING WE AS A STATE ARE
THE WORLD'S PILOT PROJECT. RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE SHOWING THAT THERE
ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO
BUILD NEW CAREERS AND EVERY TIME
WE DO THAT THE MULTIPLIER YOU
TALK ABOUT IS THE SALES TAX THAT
THEN GOES BACK TO OUR SELF HELP
COUNTIES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
US TO THEN INVEST IN NEW WAYS
AND NEW MODES ALL THE TIME, AND
THEN BY LOOKING AT THE NEED AS
GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND YOU ALL ARE
SUPPORTING WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND HOW ARE WE BUILDING AS WE
LOOK IN MOVING MORE PEOPLE INTO
THE MIDDLE CLASS? HOW ARE WE
CREATING THE MIDDLE? CLASS
HOUSING. THAT CONTINUES TO FEED
INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND
CONTINUES TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND THE CAL STATES AND THE
UNIVERSITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND
STAY HERE AND BUILD LIVES HERE.
THAT MULTIPLIER IS SOMETHING
WE'RE VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE REPORTING
ABOUT THE METRICS OF WHERE THOSE
JOBS ARE. WHO'S GOT THE JOBS.
HOW ARE WE EMPOWER WOMEN TO LEAD
SOME OF THE PROJECTS? AND WHAT
ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL
WHEREWITHAL SO THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES AND WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESSES ARE PRIMING SOME OF
THESE CONTRACTS? THESE ARE
CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH
CALISTA AND CALTRANS, AND WE
APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP SO
THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW
WE MOVE, BUT HOW OUR ECONOMY
MOVES AND HOW WE AGAIN JUST LIKE
WE DID AFTER WORLD WAR TWO WHEN
THE W P A REBUILD THE ECONOMY
FOR GENERATIONS, WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT HERE,
ESPECIALLY WITH I J A AND IRA
AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOW
ARE WE GOING TO INVEST IN THAT
FORCE MULTIPLIER YOU TALK ABOUT
SO THAT WE HAVE BENEFITS UPON
BENEFITS UPON BENEFITS FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON
ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT
, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I
REMEMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT WOMEN
IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE. THE
NUMBERS WERE SOLD SMALL YOU
COULD NOT ACTUALLY MEASURE THEM
IN A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND
BLACK WORKERS WERE UNDER 2% ON
PROJECTS AND I KNOW THAT THE
NEEDLE IS MOVING AND IT'S THIS
KIND OF COLLABORATION. UM I
WOULD WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE TRACKING AND
MONITORING PROCESS AND HOW
YOU'RE PULLING OUT. FROM THESE
PILOTS LIKE WHAT ARE SOME OF
LIKE THE LESSONS LEARNED, UM, TO
HELP. IMPLEMENT THAT VISION,
RIGHT? BECAUSE, UM CALTRANS IS
SUCH A LARGE I MEAN, IT'S A
STATE UNTIL ITSELF AND SO MANY
WAYS, YOU KNOW. HOW ARE YOU
ACTUALLY TRACKING ON THAT?
THAT'S THE ONE THING I DIDN'T
HEAR. JUST SORT OF WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING? ARE THE WAYS TO ENSURE
THAT WE SEE THE MULTIPLIER AND
THAT WE'RE TAKING SOME LESSONS
LEARNED WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE
SOME TWEAKS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
GETTING TO THOSE MOST
MARGINALIZED AND
UNDERREPRESENTED WORKERS AND I
WILL. I WILL. I WILL ASK YOU,
MISS NORTON, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
YOU. YOU YOU WERE SORT OF
GETTING THERE. AND IF THERE'S
SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS A PRESSING
RESPONSE, PLEASE JUMP IN. I
THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS
THAT WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IN
THIS COLLABORATION WITH OUR
EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, BUT
THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE.
HOW DO WE LOOK AT WHAT A
COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS THAT THE
COMMUNITY ACTUALLY RECOGNIZES AS
A BENEFIT? HOW ARE WE MEETING
THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES? AND I
THINK CTC AND ESPECIALLY WITH
OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TANISHA TAYLOR ARE LOOKING AT
HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THESE
METRICS, AS NOT ONLY IS THE CDC
AND CALISTA AND CALTRANS. BUT
OUR REGIONS WHEN YOU APPLY TO US
FOR PROJECTS HOW ARE YOU AS
REGIONS AND AS AGENCIES GOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WITH ALL THE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAW THAT WE
CAN HAVE LOCAL HIRING, THAT WE
CAN HAVE, UM, PARTICIPATION IN
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESSES, SO THIS IS PART OF
THE CONVERSATIONS. WE HAVEN'T
ALLOCATED POINTS TO IT. IN OUR
IN OUR POINT SYSTEMS, BUT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE AT LEAST
SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT THESE
THINGS? HOW WHEN YOU DESCRIBE
THESE IN THE PROJECTS, HOW IT
WOULD WOULDN'T WE GO OUT ON THE
TOURS WHEN WE ARE GOING AROUND
THE STATE IN OUR TOWN HALLS AND
IN OUR MEETINGS? HOW ARE YOU
SHOWING US THAT YOU ARE
TRANSLATING THIS INTO REAL JOBS
FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES AND WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON
THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT
TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO SEE WHAT CAN WE
DO AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
REALLY TRANSLATE THIS INTO THOSE
CAREER MAKING JOBS AND HOW TO
HAVE THOSE METRICS SHOW THAT
THOSE CAREER MAKING JOBS EXIST.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY AT AND I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION IS I
HAVE TALKED TO CALTRANS DIRECTOR
TO FORESTS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS
ISSUE, AND I RECENTLY READ A
DISPARITY STUDY THAT THEY
CONDUCTED IN 2022, AND THERE WAS
A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
WERE MADE THAT CAN HELP
FACILITATE THESE CONTRACTS BEING
AWARDED TO SOME DBS AND VETERAN
CONTRACTORS AND A COUPLE OF
THINGS. WE'RE JUST THE OUTREACH
. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER JOB
OF MAKING THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS
TO BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA WHO
AREN'T AWARE OF THESE
OPPORTUNITIES. YOU CAN LOOK AT
MAKING THESE CONTRACTS A LITTLE
SMALLER WERE SMALLER CONTRACTORS
CAN COMPETE BECAUSE OF SOME OF
THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS OR
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY
BLOCK THEM OUT. AND THEN YOU CAN
LOOK AT BREAKING HIS CONTRACTS.
THE BIG CONTRACTS UP SO THEY DO.
THEY CAN COMPETE AT A LEVEL THAT
LEVELS OF PLAYING FIELD FOR A
LOT OF THESE, SO I'M COMMITTED
TO HELPING IN THAT EFFORT AND
CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CONTRACTORS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY
THEY'RE GONNA THEY'RE GONNA ADD
WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE. SO IF YOU
HAVE MY WORD THAT THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS AND
INFORM US PROGRESS IS BEING
MADE. SO FIRST OF ALL, AGREED,
UM, BUT SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
. WHAT I WOULD ADD IS TIMING IS
EVERYTHING. AND THIS DECEMBER,
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
WILL BE STARTING ITS STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESS. SO THE TIMING
OF THIS QUESTION IS IDEAL. AND
AT THE SAME TIME SECRETARY OF MY
SHAKEN FOR CALISTA WILL BE
STARTING THEIR STRATEGIC
PLANNING PRODUCT PROCESS IN
DECEMBER AS WELL. AND THESE ARE
THE TYPE OF ISSUES THAT WE NEED
TO LOOK AT. AS COMMISSIONER
NORTON SHARED WITH OUR WITH OUR
EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM,
THAT THAT WE FORMED LAST YEAR
THAT IS UP AND RUNNING. THAT IS
ADDING VALUE ALREADY IN JUST
NUMEROUS WAYS TO OUR WORK AND TO
OUR OUTREACH TO MORE COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT WE
WOULD NOT ALWAYS LIST THAT WE
WOULD NOT ALWAYS HEAR FROM IN
LESS WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT.
THEY WILL BE A PART OF THAT
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AS
WELL. SO I WON'T ADD MORE. I
THINK MY COLLEAGUES COVERED IT
WELL, BUT THE TIMING IS
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
CONFIRMATION TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SENATOR. A KOBO.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND
WELCOME MEMBERS AND REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, SO I'M
GOING TO, UM BEGIN FIRST WITH.
THE GOODS MOVEMENT QUESTIONED IN
THE INLAND EMPIRE, SO 40% OF THE
GOODS THAT ARRIVE AT THE PORTS
OF L, A AND LONG BEACH TROUBLE
THROUGH THE INLAND EMPIRE 40%
ADDING TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION
, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT
THAT IT HAS ON OUR ROADWAYS. HOW
DO WE MAKE SURE THAT
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND
POLICIES ARE FLEXIBLE? SO THAT
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES
CAN IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AND MEET
THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES
FOR ALL MANAGING THE FLOW OF
GOODS MOVEMENT TRAFFIC WHO WOULD
YOU LIKE TO START? MM. ABOUT
MISS NORTON. LADIES FIRST. WELL,
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT, UH,
WELL, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC
QUESTION. AND WE KNOW THAT THE
INLAND EMPIRE HAS BEEN REALLY
GROUND ZERO OF A LOT OF THE
IMPACTS RELATED TO GOODS
MOVEMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY AND
SO, UM, WE ARE TAKING SERIOUSLY
SB 6 71 ABOUT MOVING OUR GOODS
MOVEMENT CORRIDORS TO ZERO
MISSION. AND HOW ARE WE
ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT IT WILL TAKE? TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING
TO TRACK AS WE'RE GOING TO THE
INLAND EMPIRE AND OUR ALL OF OUR
MAJOR GOODS MOVEMENT CORRIDORS
AROUND THE STATE, THE 7 10 10,
AND THAT CORRIDOR IS ONE OF THE
SIX MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT ARE IN
SB 6 71. AND THIS IS A PROCESS
WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH
SECRETARY OMA SHAKIN WE'RE
WORKING WITH DIRECTOR TAVARES
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CARB
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO
IDENTIFY SOME OF THE IMPACTS
THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE
COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE ADDRESS
THEM BY MOVING MORE QUICKLY TO
ZERO MISSION. WE ARE AS A STATE
AWAITING IT WITH THE CARB
PARTNER ARE WAITING. THE
HYDROGEN ARCHES PROJECT AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAVING $1.2
BILLION IN MONEY THAT CAN GO
THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO LOOK AT
MOVING TO HYDROGEN OR MOVING TO
EVIE. WE HAD A GREAT
PRESENTATION BY DR RAY WOLF
ABOUT THE FIRST HYDROGEN
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE THAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
WE AGAIN TALK ABOUT THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION, BUT
IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES AND
SO I THINK WHAT WE HAVE REALLY
ENJOYED IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LISTEN TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE SAYING, HERE'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING. HERE'S HOW WE'RE
BEING IMPACTED. HERE ARE THE
WAYS IN WHICH THIS IS A
CHALLENGE FOR US. WE ARE
SPENDING SO MUCH TIME OUT IN
COMMUNITIES LISTENING. WE I WAS
THERE WHEN DIRECTOR OMAR
SCHOCKEN WAS ABLE TO GIVE GRANTS
FOR THE PORTS AND LOOK AT
HELPING TO GREEN THE PORTS. AND
NOW WE SEE THAT SB 6 71 PROCESS
AS HELPING TO CONTINUE THE JOB
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GOODS
MOVEMENT NETWORKS ARE POSITIVE
FOR OUR ECONOMY, BUT ALSO
POSITIVE FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY
AND POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND
OUR REGIONS TO ADDRESS THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION OF
OUR GOODS MOVEMENT. BUT TO DO SO
, WITH THE MOST CLEAN AND
EFFICIENT WAYS TO KEEP THOSE
JOBS FLOWING, BUT ALSO TO LOOK
AT THOSE INNOVATIONS SO THAT WE
COULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY
BENEFITS OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME.
THANK YOU, MR WHITNEY. YES
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THIS
QUESTION, BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID,
NOT ONLY DO 40% OF THE GOODS
THAT COME INTO THE PORTS OF L, A
AND LONG AND LOS ANGELES FLOW
THROUGH THE INLAND EMPIRE, BUT
40% OF ALL GOODS THAT COME INTO
AMERICA COME IN THROUGH THE
PORTS OF L. A AND LONG BEACH,
AND THAT IS JUST AMAZING,
BECAUSE THEN ALL FLOWS. ON OUR
ROADS OR ON OUR RAILROAD TRACKS
THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITIES TO
SERVE OUR COUNTRY, NOT JUST OUR
STATE, SO AS I LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN PLAY A ROLE WORKING WITH YOU
, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THROUGH
OUR STATE AND REGIONAL AGENCY
PARTNERS, THOSE NINE MAJOR
FUNDING CATEGORIES THAT I
MENTIONED. SEVERAL FALL INTO HOW
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE AS WE
SERVE COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO, UM
, TRAVEL THROUGH THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STRENGTHEN
THOSE COMMUNITIES. SO IN IN THIS
ALONE, WE HAVE OUR TRADE
CORRIDOR FUNDS, WHICH IS A MAJOR
FUNDING SOURCE. OF THOSE NINE.
WE HAVE OUR SHOP FUNDS FOR WHEN
THERE'S DAMAGE DONE TO OUR
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. WE HAVE OUR
STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM FUNDS ARE STEP FUNDS
THAT EACH COUNTY RECEIVES AND
FORMULAIC BASIS. WE HAVE OUR
SELF HELP COUNTIES AND IN THE L.
A LONG BEACH REGION. PRETTY MUCH
EVERY COUNTY IS A SELF HELP
COUNTY YOU HAVE TAXED YOURSELVES
, USUALLY AT A TWO THIRDS
THRESHOLD FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN
YOUR AREA, AND THAT ALSO DRAWS
DOWN STATE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP
FUNDS BOTH FORMULAIC AND
COMPETITIVE, SO WE HAVE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEARING THE
BRUNT OF THE GOODS MOVEMENT
COMING THROUGH THEIR
COMMUNITIES. IF WE'RE REALLY
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT, AND WE
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES, THERE
WAS IMMEDIATE PAST YEAR, NORTON
SAID. THE COMMISSION HAS REALLY
CHANGED IN GOOD WAYS. AND IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. SO I'M I'M
PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT
17 YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME ON AND
WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 72 DAY
HEARINGS A YEAR SIX OF THE SEVEN
WOULD BE IN SACRAMENTO. 39
MILLION CALIFORNIANS AND OUR
HEARINGS WERE ALL HERE.
INTERESTING FLIPPED SIX OUT OF
SEVEN OF OUR TWO DAY HEARINGS
EVERY YEAR OR OUTSIDE OF
SACRAMENTO. IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AND
THAT WE WANT TO SERVE. IN
ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE 42 DAY
TOWN HALLS EVERY YEAR AND EVEN
MORE REMOTE, UNUSUALLY RURAL
PARTS OF OUR STATE. SO THAT WE
ARE HEARING FROM THOSE CITIZENS
AND RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS AND GOING ON TOURS
TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO FUND TO
MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER. I
SO APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PLEASURE
MAKING. US AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC
AWARE OF THOSE EFFORTS VERY
HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION MY COLLEAGUES AT A
GREAT JOB OF SORT OF DETAILING
WHAT THE COMMISSION WAS WORKING
ON TO IMPROVE GOODS MOVEMENT IN
CALIFORNIA. I KNOW THIS ISSUE
PRETTY WELL. I DO BELIEVE THAT
THE GOODS MOVEMENT SECTOR IN
CALIFORNIA IS VITAL. I KNOW
WE'RE CREATING A LOT OF GOOD
OPPORTUNITIES AND JOBS IN THE
EMPIRE. IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY,
AND THOSE FOLKS HAVE
HISTORICALLY DRIVEN INTO THE L.
A BASIN IN DRIVEN INTO THE TO
THE BAY AREA. NOW THEY HAVE JOBS
THAT ARE CLOSE TO HOME, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY HELPS WITH OUR AIR
QUALITY ISSUES IN ORDER TO KEEP
CALIFORNIA THE FOURTH OR FIFTH
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, WE
HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING
THE INVESTMENTS. NOT JUST THE
GREEN AND CLEAN OUR FLEET, BUT
ALSO LOOKING AT CONGESTION
IMPROVEMENTS LOOKING AT, YOU
KNOW TO BUILD ON SO MAYBE TRUCK
ONLY LANES THAT CAN GET THOSE
GOODS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
WORKED OUT. UH YOU KNOW, I'M
TOTALLY, UM, BIG PROPONENT OF
BUILDING IN THAT INDUSTRY. BUT
ALSO I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE
AIR QUALITY CHALLENGES THAT WE
HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND WE DO HEAR
THOSE IN OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS
AND WE DO TAKE THOSE IN
CONSIDERATION AND PRIORITIZE OUR
INVESTMENTS, KEEPING KEEPING THE
ECONOMY STRONG, BUT ALSO DOING
OUR BEST TO TACKLE OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE. LONG TERM
. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT
THOSE INSIGHTS SO, UM, I'M
DEBATING ON MY ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION QUESTION, WHICH I
POSED EARLIER AND MY MOTHER, BUT
I THINK I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE
OTHER ONE. REALLY PREGNANT. UM
UM, SO I'VE BEEN HEARING
CONCERNS ABOUT CALTRANS PRACTICE
OF BUNDLING SEVERAL
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS INTO ONE
AND PUTTING THIS MEGA PROJECT
OUT TO BID. WHILE I SUPPORT THE
IDEA BEHIND THE EFFORTS TO
CREATE SAVINGS IN OUR PRECIOUS
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS FROM A
VERY FRUGAL PERSON ON BOTH
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY
CONCERNED OVER HOW THIS PROJECT
BUNDLING COULD PREVENT SMALLER
CONTRACTORS SUCH AS A DISABLED
VETERAN OR DISADVANTAGED OAN
CONTRACTORS FROM BIDDING ON
LARGER PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE THE BONDING CAPACITY.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
PROJECT BUNDLING AND THE
UNINTENDED EFFECT OR IMPACT THAT
IT HAS IN PREVENTING SMALLER
CONTRACTORS? UM SUCH AS THE
DISABLED VETERANS OR
DISADVANTAGE OAN CONTRACTORS
FROM BIDDING ON THE LARGER
PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
THAT BONDING CAPACITY. DID YOU
DIRECT IT TO SOMEONE? UM, WOULD
ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD
ABOUT MR CRUZ? UM, APPRECIATE
THE QUESTION. AND. I REALLY
THINK YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE THESE
SORT OF BIG PROJECTS ON A
PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. I
THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN
HAVING BIGGER PROJECTS BUNDLED
TOGETHER IF IT'S A DESIGN BUILD
PROJECT. WE HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR
WHO COMES IN AND WHO HAS
EXPERTISE, BUILDING THESE TYPES
OF PROJECTS IF THE BRIDGE
PROJECT WAS A LARGE TRANSIT
PROJECT, THERE IS SOME VALUE
WITH THE EXPERIENCE. BUT I AM
ALSO AND I ALLUDED TO THIS
EARLIER IS IF WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE WOMEN MINORITY OWNED
VETERANS AN OPPORTUNITY. THERE
HAS TO BE A SET ASIDE FOR SOME
SMALLER CONTRACTS THAT ALLOWS
THEM TO COMPETE BECAUSE YOU CAN
ONLY COMPETE. IF YOU HAVE SOME
EXPERIENCE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OF THESE
SMALLER CONTRACTORS WILL NEVER
COMPETE FOR A LARGE CONTRACTOR
FOR LARGE CONTRACT. SO THERE IS
THERE SHOULD BE, UH THERE SHOULD
BE A LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES
TO WE CAN BREAK THESE CONTRACTS
UP TO FILL OUT A LEVEL PLAYING
FIELD TO COMPETE FOR CONTRACTORS
. SO I AGREE WITH YOU AND I AM
FRUGAL, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND
PERSONALLY, YOU CAN ASK MY WIFE
. UM SO I DO COME TO THE CTC
WITH A LIKE I SAID, A BOTTOM UP
APPROACH WHERE I REALLY WANT TO
LOOK AT VALUE TO AH, BECAUSE
TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE NOT
INFINITE AS WE KNOW IN THE GAS
TAX IS A DIMINISHING SOURCE OF
REVENUE. SO I BRING THAT VALUE
WITH ME AS WELL AND TRYING TO
GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR TEXT.
TAXPAYER DOLLARS. SENATOR YOUR
QUESTION UNDERSCORES THAT NUANCE
MATTERS BUT FIRST OF ALL, AS
COMMISSIONER, CRUZ SAID, I CAN
IDENTIFY WITH HOW YOU DESCRIBED
YOURSELF AS FRUGAL. I CALL
MYSELF FRUGAL BECAUSE I'M BEING
KIND TO MYSELF. MY WIFE CALLS ME
CHEAP, BUT MY PHILOSOPHY IS BE
FRUGAL WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I
CAN BE GENEROUS WITH MY OWN, AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXPAYER
DOLLARS HERE AND TO THE TUNE OF
ROUGHLY 10 BILLION A YEAR. ON
THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR QUESTION,
AND WHY NUANCES MATTER THERE
WILL BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
LARGER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO
HAVE MORE EFFICIENCIES OF SCALE
FOR THE DELIVERY OF THAT PROJECT
AND THE PRICE TO CALIFORNIA
TAXPAYERS. FOR THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS TO GO FORWARD, BUT
A LOT OF THE TIME. AS YOU HAVE
INDICATED. THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT WE HAVE
AS A PART OF OUR PROCESS THAT
CALTRANS HAS A PART OF THEIR
PROCESS FOR MY MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES. WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESSES. VETERAN OWNED
BUSINESSES, DISABLED OWNED
BUSINESSES IT ETCETERA SO THAT
THEY I ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STATE AND HELP
BUILD OUR ECONOMY WHILE THEY'RE
BUILDING THEIR BUSINESS AND
THEIR BRAND TO BE ABLE TO DO
BIGGER PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
ONE THING I'VE KNOWN ABOUT EVERY
LARGE COMPANY AND I COME FROM
SILICON VALLEY IN THE BACKGROUND
OF THE INNOVATION ECONOMY IS
EVERY LARGE EMPLOYER STARTED AS
A SMALL EMPLOYER. YEAH. SO JUST
TO WRAP UP AM I TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE HAS BEEN
CONVERSATIONS AT THE BOARD LEVEL
WITH REGARDS TO ENSURING THAT
YOU GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
SMALLER CONTRACTORS IN THESE IN
THESE PROJECTS. YES, BUT NOT
ENOUGH. IS MY POINT OF VIEW,
COMMISSIONER. YES I ALSO WANTED
TO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS
BECAUSE AGAIN THIS THESE
OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU GIVE US
THIS FEEDBACK, THIS SENDS
REVERBERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE ABOUT WHAT THE FOCUS IS
AND WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND
BEYOND WHAT VICE CHAIR GUARDINO
HAD SAID ABOUT THE TOWN HALLS
AND THE MEETINGS WE HAVE. WE
ALSO HAVE WORKSHOPS WHERE WE'RE
WORKING WITH CALISTA AND
CALTRANS AND FINDING OUT THE
BEST PRACTICES FOR PROJECT
DELIVERY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO
NOT ONLY USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS
WELL, BUT ALSO TO MOVE TOWARDS
EMPOWERING WOMEN CONTRACTORS,
EMPOWERING MINORITY AND SMALL
CONTRACTORS AND TO LOOK AT THE
POTENTIAL FOR THESE LARGER BIDS
AS HAVING APPRENTICESHIP
OPPORTUNITIES. HOW CAN WE MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
LEARN FROM THESE LARGER BIDS OR
BREAKUP IN SMALLER BIDS SO THAT
PEOPLE HAVE THIS TRACK RECORD
THAT THEY CAN USE TO GROW. AND
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY A
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY AND ONE
THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON FOR
MORE OF THOSE WORKSHOPS TO START
HAVING THOSE METRICS AND TO LOOK
AT WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE WITH
THE SMALLER COMPANIES WHEN WE
GIVE SMALLER COMPANIES CHANCE
WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW ARE
THEY HIRING MORE PEOPLE LOCALLY
? WE HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I
THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT
EDUCATION, NOT ONLY FOR
OURSELVES, BUT POST COVID MORE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS IN
OUR WORKSHOPS BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALL UM PUBLIC AND THEY CAN DO SO
ELECTRONICALLY AND SO WE HAVE
BEEN REALLY EDUCATING OURSELVES
IN EDUCATING THE STATE AS THE
BEST PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY
BENEFITS, AND THIS IS A WORKSHOP
. WE NEED TO TAKE BACK TO OUR
CTC AND SAY, LET'S DEDICATE A
WORKSHOP SPECIFICALLY TO THIS
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE
AND DO BETTER. I THINK THIS IS A
GREAT IDEA, AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR RAISING IT AND TWO
SENTENCES THAT I WOULD ADD
LEADERSHIP MATTERS. AND RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE LEADER AT CALTRANS
IN TONY TAVARES AND AT CALISTA
AND TOQUES OMEN SHAKEN WHERE
THEIR SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLES
AND THEIR DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE THEIR AGENCIES FORWARD FOR
THE BETTERMENT OF OUR STATE OR
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NOT
LOSE SIGHT OF IN TERMS OF THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO CHAMPION EFFORTS
LIKE THIS. VERY EXCITED TO HEAR
YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR INSIGHTS
ON AND YOUR PLAN OF ACTION IS
MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THAT TIME, AND I'M
JUST GONNA BECAUSE I DO MOST TO
QUESTIONS. I'M JUST GONNA PLANT
A SEED. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
REACH OUT TO OUR TO OUR OFFICE
WITH THE RESPONSE AND IT HAS TO
DO WITH THE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION BIKES AND WHETHER
OR NOT THE PROGRAM CAN HELP
LOCAL PROJECTS WITH THE
MITIGATION FUNDING FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION ISSUES
THAT WE MAY HAVE ON SOME OF
THESE PROJECTS IN OUR REGION. SO
RESPONDING THE SEAT, BUT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
MADAM VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR
MEETING WITH ME YESTERDAY. I
APPRECIATED THE TIME THAT YOU
GAVE ME OR MONDAY. I THINK MY
DAYS ARE RUNNING TOGETHER, SO I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I DO
APPRECIATE THE TIME WE HAD
TOGETHER IN THE QUESTIONS THAT I
WAS ABLE TO BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION. I WOULD REMISS BE
REMISS IF I DID NOT START OFF BY
THINKING. TONY FERRARS, THE
DIRECTOR. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE. I
AGREE WITH YOU AND LEADERSHIP.
HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
THAT UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE JUST
NOT WE'RE JUST NOT CARING
COUNTY, RIGHT? WE ARE A CORRIDOR
OF EAST WEST TRANSPORTATION
THROUGH 58. AND WHEN 99 GOES
DOWN, EVERYBODY COMES OVER 58 58
IS NOT ADEQUATELY PAVED, AND WE
DON'T HAVE TRUCK CLIMBING LANES
. THERE IS BACKUP FOR MILES AND
SOME OF THOSE SEMI TRUCKS TO
MEET THEIR DEADLINES GO THROUGH
1 78 IN THE CANYON, WHICH IS NOT
A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY'RE
GOING OFF THE EDGE INTO THE
RIVER. BECAUSE THERE IS NO
CAPACITY FOR LANE, UM, FOR WIDER
TRUCKS THERE SO AGAIN, UM, THE
DIRECTOR'S RESPONSE TO THE
FLOODING IN MY DISTRICT AND
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ISOLATED
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RULE THAT
HAVE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT
THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT ON IT. AND
I'M NOT SAYING A PRAYER TO
PRIORITIZED US OVER LOS ANGELES
OR SOMEPLACE ELSE. I JUST THINK
HE REALLY UNDERSTAND. THAT WE
PAY TAXES TO EVEN THOUGH WE
DON'T HAVE THE POPULATION AND WE
HAVE LARGER LANDMASS, BUT OUR
ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE KEY
ARTERIES TO THE STATE AND OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT ISOLATED
WITH NO ACCESS TO ANYTHING IF
SOME OF THESE ROADS AND BRIDGES
ARE NOT REPAIRED, AND I'D LIKE
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT. I DO
WANT TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
YESTERDAY. ONE OF THOSE
QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW THE
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITIONING TO
JUST ELECTRIC VEHICLES ONLY. AND
THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT
QUESTION IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY,
THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD
EARLIER WITH CARB. I REPRESENT
AN AREA THAT HAS YOU KNOW,
CHARGING STATIONS CONNECTED TO I
FIVE AND 99. BUT WHEN YOU GO
INLAND, UM, ANYWHERE IN THE AREA
EAST TO RIDGECREST EAST TO TRONA
EAST, YOU KNOW, OR WEST FOR THAT
MATTER TO THE COAST. WE HAVE
VERY FEW CHARGING STATIONS. AND
SO I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
CONNECTIVITY AND CHARGES
STATIONS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT VEHICLES. MILD TRAVELED.
HOW YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL
AFFECT MOSTLY RURAL COMMUNITIES
OBVIOUSLY REPRESENT RURAL
COMMUNITIES. AND MY HUGEST
CONCERN IS THAT, UM, TAXES WILL
BE LEVIED ON A VERY SMALL
POPULATION IN MY DISTRICT. WHERE
YOU HAVE ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSFER
PRINCE ROTATION IN LOS ANGELES,
SAN FRANCISCO AND AREAS LIKE
THAT. UM I APPRECIATE I DON'T
WANT TO SAY I'M GONNA LIMIT MY
QUESTIONS FROM YOU, JOE. JOSEPH
I EXCUSE ME, MR CRUZ AND YOU'RE
YOU'RE PRO BUILD. YOU'RE PRO
INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE CALIFORNIA HAS THE
STRONGEST INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY,
YOU KNOW, POLICIES OR
INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGES OUT THERE. UM YOU'RE
PRO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE
PRO BUSINESS. AND SO I DON'T
WANT TO SAY I KNOW WHAT YOUR
RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE IN A I
SUPPORT YOU, BUT WITH LIMITED
TIME, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS THOSE
TWO QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER TWO
INDIVIDUALS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH
YOU. OKAY, TRANSIT TRANSIT. BUT
YOU ARE DEFINITELY INDEBTED TO
YOUR WIFE TONIGHT, AND I HAVEN'T
FORGOT THAT OKAY? YEAH, YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND OUT THAT THE COUCH
ISN'T AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU
THOUGHT IT WAS. YEAH DO YOU
START WITH MR GUARDINO? HAPPY TO
DO SO? THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR
GROVE ON TV TRANSITION AND VERY
FEW CHARGING STATIONS IN
PORTIONS OF OUR STATE YOUR
RIGHTS AND WE RECENTLY PASSED.
UM FUNDS TO HAVE MORE CHARGING
STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. BUT IT'S
STILL A CHALLENGE, AND WE NEED
TO INCENTIVIZE THE PLACEMENT OF
CHARGING STATIONS WHERE WE CAN.
IT'S FASCINATING THIS PAST YEAR
, ONE OUT OF FOUR NEW CARS SOLD
IN CALIFORNIA WERE TVS AND IT IS
A TRANSITION THAT IS HAPPENING
AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO
PLAN FOR IT. RECOGNIZING AS YOU
HAVE APPROPRIATELY POINTED OUT
THAT THE SALES OF THOSE CARS
WILL PROBABLY BE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AND ARE MORE
URBAN AREAS. THEN IN OUR DINNER
IN OUR RURAL AREAS AND IN SOME
OF OUR TRIBAL AREAS AS WELL. SO
HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? AS
WE AS WE DO SO, SO ONE TO BE
SENSITIVE TO IT, AND TO
RECOGNIZE IT. IN TERMS OF THE VM
T VEHICLE, MILES TRAVELED. WE
WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU A
BIT ON MONDAY AND THANK YOU FOR
THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM AND I
SHARED WITH YOU, MY FATHER
STRAPPED INTO A BELT AROUND HIS
WAIST FOR 40 YEARS IN THE DAY I
WAS BORN. HE WAS TWO HOURS AWAY
AT A JOB SITE AND DIDN'T YOU
KNOW THAT WAS A TWO HOUR TRUCK
TRIP WITH HIS TOOLBOX? AH IN
THAT TRUCK AND. THERE WAS REALLY
NO CHOICE IN THAT PROFESSION.
CERTAINLY THEN IN MANY CASES NOW
TO JUMP ON TRANSIT OR OR ANY
OTHER OPTION. AH, AND WHEN WE.
ARE LOOKING AT VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED. WE HAVE TO BE
SENSITIVE TO HOW THAT FALLS ON
PEOPLE IN OUR STATES AT THE SAME
TIME, UM HERE'S THAT BALANCE.
OUR UH, WITH INFLATION GOING IN
ONE DIRECTION AND OUR FUNDS FROM
GAS TAX GOING IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION, BUT OUR
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS STILL VERY
REAL. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE A
TRANSITION? THAT IS AT LEAST
REVENUE NEUTRAL. AS WE CONTINUE
TO FIND THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
OF 39 MILLION VERY DIVERSE
CALIFORNIANS. AND IN MY WRITTEN
RESPONSE TO YOU ALL, I LIKENED
IT TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
THAT I WATCHED WITH MY SON HAVE
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK IN THAT
THAT INITIAL SCENE WHERE HE'S
GOING TO GRAB THE GOLD IDOL, BUT
HE HAS TO GRAB IT IN SUCH A WAY
THAT THE BAG OF SAND IN HIS HAND
IS GOING TO BE THE SAME BALANCE
OR EVERYTHING IS GOING TO
COLLAPSE AROUND HIM, AND IT'S
SIMILAR AS WE MAKE A TRANSITION
FROM WHAT WE KNOW BY THE DATA.
IS A DWINDLING SOURCE OF
REVENUE. BUT AS WE MAKE A
TRANSITION TO NEW SOURCES, AND
I'LL USE PLURAL OF REVENUE TO
MEET OUR NEEDS ONE, HOW ARE WE
SQUEEZING EVERY TAXPAYER? DOLLAR
THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE DESERVE
THAT AS CALIFORNIANS AND TO HOW
DO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT WILL
HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF IMPACT
ON CALIFORNIANS BASED ON THEIR
INCOME, THEIR JOBS AND THEIR
GEOGRAPHY? SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL AS WE MAKE THAT
TRANSITION IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
WAYS. IT'S WHY IN RESPONSE TO
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED AND
SIGNED BY SENATOR WIENER ABOUT
HOW WE MAKE THAT TRANSITION THAT
OUR ROAD CHARGED TASK FORCE IS
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON A
PILOT SO THAT WE CAN EXAMINE
THROUGH A PILOT HOW WE BEST MAKE
THIS TRANSITION OF THE GOLD
STATUE IN THE BAG OF SAND IN A
WAY THAT WE'RE NOT COLLAPSING
THE ROOF ON CALIFORNIA.
COMMISSIONER NOT YOU. YES THANK
YOU. VICE CHAIR. GUARDINO I
THINK YOU RAISE A REALLY GOOD
POINT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD
ABOUT THE MOVE TO ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE MOVE TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THE COBALT ISSUES THE YOU RAISE
SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS THAT WE
WENT AND WATCHED THOSE
DOCUMENTARIES, WHICH WERE
HARROWING SENATOR BRADFORD'S
RESOLUTION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING THE LOOKING AT THE
HUMANITARIAN ISSUES, AS WE MOVE
TO MAKE THESE TRANSITIONS IS SO
IMPORTANT. AS THE FORMER CHAIR
OF THE BUSINESS AND WHICH IS THE
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS FEDERATION.
I FOCUS A LOT ON WHAT CAN WE DO
TO BOTH INVEST IN OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ECONOMY FORWARD, AND
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS
TRANSITION, AND WE LOOK AT THE V
M T FEES, AND SOME OF THESE
OTHER THAT WE WANT TO STILL
FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY FORWARD.
HOW DOES THIS IMPACT COMMUNITIES
DIFFERENT? HOW DOES IT IMPACT
RURAL COMMUNITIES DIFFERENTLY?
WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR MEMBERS
LIKE J. BRADSHAW AND CDC THAT
THE SUPER COMMUTERS ARE THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE THE UNION
MEMBERS THAT ARE TRAVELING WITH
THEIR TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO NECESSARILY MAKE
ALL OF THE TRANSITION EASILY.
BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT
WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THAT AS
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 10 YEAR
PLAN AND THINKING ABOUT WHERE
THE GAPS ARE, THIS IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
GAPS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
CHARGERS IN PART OF THE STATE
THAT WE FIX THOSE GAPS THAT WE
AS WE POSITION OURSELVES TO MAKE
THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
LEVERAGE OUR STATE FUNDS WITH
OUR FEDERAL FUNDS. HOW DO WE FIX
THOSE GAPS? AND SO WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE'VE HAD WITH YOU ABOUT. WHERE
ARE THE PLACES IN THE STATES
THAT AREN'T GETTING WHERE? WHAT
IS NEEDED THAT NEED TO CATCH UP
THAT NEED TO BE INVESTED IN MORE
THAN SOME OF THE URBAN AREAS
BECAUSE THOSE NEEDS ARE THERE,
AND THE GAPS ARE THERE, SO I
THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT AS AS, UM VICE CHAIR.
GARDENA WAS SAYING THAT RIGHT
NOW. WE ARE USING OUR SB ONE
FUNDS, AND THEY'RE PREDOMINANTLY
BEING PAID BY PEOPLE WHO DRIVE
GAS POWERED VEHICLES. WE WANT TO
HAVE THE TV SECTOR PAY. IT'S
FREE BECAUSE OUR VEHICLES ARE
HEAVIER. OUR VEHICLES HAVE MORE
IMPACT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK
AT WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY THAT WE
ARE BALANCING THOSE PAYMENTS SO
THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE
FUNDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SB
ONE. ARE BALANCING OUT THE NEEDS
FOR WHERE THE GAPS ARE SO THAT
EVERY PART OF CALIFORNIA CAN
MAKE THAT CAPTIVITY TRANSITION
THAT WAS ENVISIONED BY GOVERNOR
NEWSOM AND LEGISLATURE. HOW DO
WE DO THAT? WHERE DO WE DO THAT?
AS PART OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO
EXECUTE SB 11 21, AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S A
LISTENING PROCESS. IT'S A GAPS
ANALYSIS, BUT IT'S ALSO AN
INVESTMENT AND A LEVERAGING
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO DOING TOGETHER. THANK
YOU. I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR
RESPONSES, AND I KNOW WE HAD
JOE'S RESPONSE. YESTERDAY WHICH
MANY WHICH IS SIMILAR. I AGREE.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A WELDER, YOU
CAN PUT A WELDING MACHINE THAT
COMES OFF THE BACK OF YOUR TRUCK
ON A TRAIN AND THEN THE TRAIN IS
NOT GOING TO STOP AT THE
PROJECT. AND HOW DO YOU GET INTO
THE PROJECT? SO I AND I
APPRECIATE THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND
THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING.
WHEN WE SEE THESE PLANS COME
OUT. IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OR IN
RURAL COMMUNITIES, EVERYTHING
LET'S JUST SAY EVERYTHING EAST
OF SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
. BASICALLY WE SEE THESE PLANS
COME OUT, AND WE'RE LIKE THAT
JUST DOES NOT WORK ON THE GROUND
FOR US. I APPRECIATE THAT. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION THAT I
HAD. NEXT WAS WHAT YOU JUST
BROUGHT UP. UM YOU KNOW, I
TALKED TO YOU ABOUT SOURCING
ETHICAL, ETHICAL, ENERGY SOURCES
. ETHICAL LITHIUM, ETHICAL,
COBALT, ETHICAL, YOU KNOW ALL
THESE THINGS THAT ARE ETHICAL,
UM AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THE
INFORMATION THAT I SENT YOU AND
WHERE WE SOURCE THIS INFORMATION
AND LOOKING AT SENATOR
BRADFORD'S RESOLUTION ABOUT THE
BASIC SLAVE LABOR THAT IS GOING
ON IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO IN AND THE CHILD LABOR
LAWS THAT ARE VIOLATED, YOU KNOW
, MR CRUZ IS STANDING HERE, AND
THERE'S NO ONE IN CALIFORNIA
THAT HAS LABOR PROTECTIONS OR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS LIKE
WE DO IN OUR STATE WHERE WE AS
LEGISLATORS OVERSEE THE PROCESS
, AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE YOUR
COMMENTS ON THE RECORD REGARDING
THE ETHICAL SOURCING OF OUR, UM
, OF YOU KNOW, ARE NOT A LAYER
ENERGY, BUT, UM, WHERE WE'RE
GOING IN THIS PROCESS FOR
ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AND WHERE WE
GET OUR COBALT FROM FIRST. YES
JOKE. EXCUSE ME, SIR, I
APOLOGIZE. MR CRUZ. I APPRECIATE
THE QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING THIS UP AND
HIGHLIGHTING THE HORRORS. UH
THEY'RE GOING ON IN AFRICA IN
MARINA COBALT. UM AND I DIDN'T
MENTION TO YOU THAT, UM YOU
KNOW, NO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA
, BUT OBVIOUSLY USED ANY OF
THOSE SORT OF WORK WORK OUT
TACTICS, BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE
LITHIUM IN GEOTHERMAL EXTRACTION
THAT CAN TAKE PLACE IN
CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE IF WE REALLY
WANT TO, UM, TO LIVE UP TO THIS
WHOLE IDEA OF A JUST TRANSITION
AS WE RAMP DOWN OR FOSSIL FUEL
CONSUMPTION THESE ARE THE TYPE
OF JOBS THAT WE CAN PIVOT TO FOR
A LOT OF FOLKS IN CALIFORNIA,
BUT ALSO MENTIONED TO SOME SOME
POSSIBILITIES IN CURRENT COUNTY
DOING THE SAME THING WE HAVE TO
CULTIVATE AND HELP DEVELOP OF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CALIFORNIA
MANUFACTURING OF THESE MATERIALS
, AND THE LITHIUM IS A GOOD
START. AND I THINK THE WORK
WE'RE DOING AN ASSAULT AND SEE
SOME OF THE SOME OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING
IN SUMTER COUNTY, AND THEN
HOPEFULLY WE CAN BUILD ON SOME
OF THE SUCCESS IN CURRENT COUNTY
TO CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES
WITH JUST GO BACK TO GOOD PAYING
JOBS, MIDDLE CLASS JOBS. BUT
ALSO ENSURING THAT WE DO HAVE A
SOURCE OF LITHIUM TO MEET OUR
EVERY DEPLOYMENT DEMANDS MOVING
FORWARD, BUT WHAT YOU SHOWED ME
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN ONLINE. AS
FAR AS THE COBALT WAS REALLY
SURPRISING, SHOCKING AND
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN ANYWHERE. I APPRECIATE
THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU
THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT JUST TRANSITIONS. MY
POSITION IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT
WE ARE DOING A TRANSITION. WE'RE
JUST TRANSITIONING TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE US THE OIL,
WHICH IS OUT OF YOUR PURVIEW. I
GET THAT. BUT IT'S A TRANSITION
THAT IS TAKING PLACE WHERE WE'RE
USING FOREIGN NATIONS TO PROVIDE
US THE OIL THAT WE USE FOR OUR
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES. BUT I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE
FACT THAT, UM UH, YOU LOOKED AT
THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THOSE
KIDS IN THE COBALT INDUSTRY IN
THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DON'T
HAVE CAL OSHA. DON'T HAVE
OVERSIGHT, AND THERE'S STILL
PEOPLE MAKING MONEY ON THAT AND
CALIFORNIANS PURCHASING THOSE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING FROM AN
ETHICAL SOURCES IS SOMETHING
THAT I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO
FOCUS ON. AND I APPRECIATE YOU
DOING SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
RESPOND WITH SENATOR GROVE?
THANK YOU, UM HEROIN WAS THE
ONLY WORD I COULD THINK OF WHEN
YOU SHARED WITH THEIR SON MONDAY
AND DIRECTED US TO READ SENATOR
BRADFORD'S SCR 24. AND TO WATCH
THAT VIDEO. UM. SO FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU. THAT S ER 24 IS
MOVING BECAUSE SUNLIGHT ON THESE
ISSUES MATTERS A LOT. BUT AS YOU
READ SCR 24 AS WE ALL KNOW, UM,
THAT IS NON BINDING IT IT IT
DIRECTS THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS
LAWS. IT IS NOT A LAW. BUT TO
PASS LAWS THAT HOLD THE
IMPORTATION OF COBALT OR ANY
PRODUCT USING COBALT MINED IN
AFRICA, USING CHILD SLAVE LABOR
AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PRODUCTION
OF COBALT AND OTHER CRITICAL
MINERALS ETHICALLY SOURCED FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES SO AS A
CITIZEN OF CALIFORNIA, UM I WILL
BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEGISLATIVE VEHICLES. THAT
ACTUALLY MOVE THAT FORWARD. IT'S
COMING GOOD, BECAUSE, YEAH. I'M
A FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN THAT
EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
CHILDREN TO WATCH WHAT WE
WATCHED HOW CHILDREN ON THIS
PLANET ARE BEING MISTREATED AND
ABUSED WE JUST CANNOT ALLOW
THAT. GOOD AND I THINK IT'S
TREMENDOUS THAT COMES FROM
CLEANER AND MISSION VEHICLES WE
MUST PURSUE WHILE CAN CURRENTLY
NOT ALLOWING. I'LL JUST SAY IT
EVIL PRACTICES TO ARRIVE AT
THOSE GOOD RESULTS. WE HAVE TO
DO BOTH. THANK YOU. I REALLY
COULDN'T ADD MUCH MORE TO MY
COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE HAD A
GREAT DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY.
I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
ARE COMPLETE SUPPLY CHAIN AND
THE COMPLETE MANUFACTURING
CHANGE AND CHAIN AND MAKING SURE
THAT THOSE HUMAN ELEMENTS ARE
PART OF A CALIFORNIA'S GOAL OF
MAKING SURE THAT OUR
MANUFACTURING SECTOR COMES BACK
AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
ELEMENT OF HOW WE'RE DELIVERING
OUR MOBILITY THAT INVOLVES SLAVE
LABOR THAT INVOLVES UNETHICAL
PRACTICES. AND SO I AGREE WITH
VICE CHAIR GUARDINO THAT AS WE
LOOK AT SCR 24 AND FUTURE
LEGISLATION THAT WE SUPPORT
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY ELEMENT
OF THIS CHAIN AS WE ARE MOVING
TOWARDS A MORE EQUITABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND
ECOSYSTEM THAT IT ALSO INVOLVES
THE HIGHEST HUMANITARIAN LABOR
PRACTICES. SO YOU HAVE US ALL ON
THE RECORD, SAYING THAT WE WANT
TO SUPPORT THAT. WE WANT TO
INVEST IN THAT AND TO LOOK AT
NOT ONLY OUR STATE FUNDS, BUT
HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE FEDERAL
FUNDING TO DO THE SAME, AND WE
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
BROUGHT THIS VERY HARROWING
ISSUE UP TO US AND GAVE US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE OURSELVES
ON THOSE ISSUES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, AND THERE IS LEGISLATION
COMING HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT
YEAR NEXT YEAR, UH, INNING JUST
ON THE RECORD FOR ME. I WANT YOU
GUYS TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TRANSITIONING OFF OF THE
OIL INDUSTRY THE INDUSTRY
PROVIDES 55% OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
JOBS. 48% OF THEM ARE SECOND
CHANCERS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. THEY MAKE
ALMOST $80,000 A YEAR, WHICH IS
A VERY GOOD WAGE. AND I CAN TELL
YOU WHEN YOU TRANSITION THEM OFF
OF THESE JOBS, AND YOU'RE NOT
READY FOR THEM TO BE EMPLOYED.
SIMPLY SALES. I DON'T NEED
ANOTHER DOLLAR TREE OR AN AMAZON
IN MY DISTRICT. NO OFFENSE TO
THOSE TWO INDUSTRIES, BUT YOU
DON'T MAKE THAT KIND OF
RESOURCES. YOU DON'T HAVE THE
BENEFITS THAT YOU GET WITH THE
OIL INDUSTRY THAT PROVIDES
PEOPLE JOBS. AND SO I APPRECIATE
YOU PUTTING ON THE RECORD MY
CONCERNS WITH THE ETHICAL
SOURCES OF OUR ENERGY AND I
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR CONFIRMATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
LAIRD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DISCUSSION
AND MOST OF THE THINGS I WOULD
WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEEN ASKED,
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION ASKED.
THE THREE OF YOU HAVE A COUPLE
OF OBSERVATIONS THAT I CAN'T
RESIST. AND ONE IS HIS POOR
COMMISSIONER CRUISE BECAUSE I'M
NOT EVEN WHAT WE KNOW IN MY
EYESIGHT RIGHT BEHIND YOU WAS
YOUR BROTHER AND UM, AND HE JUST
LEFT A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND YOU
SAID IN YOUR OPENING COMMENTS, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS AND I COULD SEE HIM
PUFF UP AND THEN YOU SAID 70,000
STRONG OF I, LUNA. YEAH AND IT
WAS IT WAS HERE. HE'S COMING
BACK TO COMMENT, SO THAT WAS
JUST A WONDERFUL MOMENT AND THE
WAY IT'S GOING IF YOU NEED A
RIDE HOME ANY OF US AH WILL HELP
YOU THE OTHER THING WITH WITH
COMMISSIONER GUARDINO TO ONE YOU
AND I HAD AN ONGOING EXCHANGE
ABOUT SELF HELP COUNTIES BECAUSE
IT MADE ME CRAZY. THAT ONE OF MY
COUNTY'S 40 YEARS AGO DID A
SALES TAX FOR TRANSIT AND THEN
WE WERE ALWAYS SHORT. IT IS NOT
BEING A SELF HUB COUNTY WENT TO
WAIT UNTIL WE FINALLY PASSED ONE
FOR ROADS AND STUFF. BUT YOU
KNOW, ALWAYS AN ISSUE. BUT THE
OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANTED TO
CALL YOU OUT IN A GOOD WAY,
BECAUSE IN YOUR FOUR TERMS, YOU
HAVE TAKEN IT UPON YOURSELF TO
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU REPRESENT THE
GREATER SOUTH BAY AREA. AND
THERE IS NOT A TIME THAT THERE'S
A PROJECT THAT IS IN THE SANTA
CRUZ MOUNTAINS ARE INTO THE
MONTEREY BAY WERE I AND OTHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T GET A
TEXT OR AN EMAIL FROM YOU SAYING
THIS IS ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS
COMING UP. YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS
JUST HIGHLIGHTING YOU? AND THAT
IS UNIQUE FORM OF REPRESENTATION
, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR IT. UM AND SO MY QUESTION IS
AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST BE ON A TRIP WITH
COMMISSIONER CRUZ AND HIS WIFE,
SO I FELT A LITTLE MORE COMFORT
ABOUT POKING FUN BECAUSE HE AND
I MARRIED THE SAME PERSON. UH
YEAH, AND I WOULD BE WALKING
HOME. UH RIGHT NOW, AND THE
THING IS, IS WE HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK. AND I THINK I'VE TALKED
WITH A CORAL AND HERE'S THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THIRD. BUT
WHEN WE HAD THE ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND I
APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES
BECAUSE I BROUGHT THIS UP WITH
THE CALTRANS DIRECTOR AND OTHERS
IN HEARINGS, THEY'VE HEARD IT.
WE HAD A PROBLEM IN THE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS SLAMMED, AND SOME OF IT
STILL IS. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
GOING TO GO INTO THE NEXT
WINTER, WITH THE HIGHWAY AND BIG
SUR STILL NOT BEING REOPENED,
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE. BUT THE
REAL ISSUE IS THAT SOME OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE IT'S OLD, AND IT
WAS NOT BUILT WITH THE IDEA OF
RESILIENCE IN MIND AND THE STORY
I KEEP USING AND TALK TO
COMMISSIONER CRUISE ABOUT IT ON
OUR TRIP WAS THAT WHEN WE HAD
THE 100 YEAR STORM DECADES AGO
AUGUST, 75 FT REDWOOD TREES CAME
DOWN THE RIVER AND SANTA CRUZ
AND THEY BATTERED DOWN A BRIDGE
BECAUSE ALL THE BRIDGES WERE
STRAIGHT ACROSS. THE UM THE
RIVER FROM THE LEVEES AND THEN
WE AT THE CITY OVER THE NEXT 10
YEARS ARCHED EACH OF THE FOUR
CITY BRIDGES SO THAT WOULDN'T
HAPPEN. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ANY
STORMS BUT WHO DIDN'T DO IT. A
CALTRANS THAT HAS THE FIRST
BRIDGE WHEN YOU HIT THE CITY
LIMITS, AND SO WHEN THE FIRST
TWO ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS CAME IN
UH HUH. HIGHWAY ONE WAS CLOSED
FOR TWO DAYS WHILE THEY HAD
CRANES, REMOVING THE DEBRIS AND
THEN THEY COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH
12 STORMS, SO IT FLOODED BACK
INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAPPENED IN DOWNTOWN SOCAL
WERE FLOODED BACK AND MUTTERED
OUT OF MOBILE HOME PARK AND
CAPITOLA GOT ALL THE NEWS FOR
THE FACT THAT THEY LOST
RESTAURANTS AND THEIR WORF WENT
DOWN AND OTHER THINGS, BUT THE
FLOOD AGAINST THEIR BRIDGE, ALSO
AN OLD ONE THAT WAS FLAT ACROSS
, DID KNOCK IT OUT, BUT IT'S
STRUCTURALLY WEAKENED IT. WE PUT
MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO WORK ON
THAT. ANY OF YOU. SO ONE OF YOU
MENTIONED, I THINK HIGHWAY 37 TO
THE NORTH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA, AND THE ESTIMATES ARE
BETWEEN ONE AND $2 BILLION. IT
HAS FLOODED AND CLOSED FOR WEEKS
ON END MULTIPLE TIMES IN RECENT
WINTERS ON THE SAME RAFFLES SIDE
, AND ONE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE A
CAUSEWAY. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A
BILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT'S A
COMMUTE MAJOR COMMUTE ARTERY, SO
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
STATE FUNDING SYSTEM WHERE YOU
APPROVED THE PROJECTS THESE
RESILIENCE PROJECTS TO FIGHT
AGAINST STORMS AND FLOODING
COMPETE AGAINST EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT IS HIGHWAY WIDENING OR
WHATEVER AND TO COUNT TRENDS
CREDIT. THERE HAS NOW BEEN A
BILLION DOLLAR FUND. JUST START
AH, CONSENTING PROJECTS AND NOT
HAVE THEM COMPETE. BUT AS I SAID
IN ONE OF THESE HEARINGS, WE
HAVE 40 SENATE DISTRICTS IN MY
SENATE-DISTRICT COULD USE EVERY
DOLLAR OF THAT BILLION AND WE
HAVE 39 OTHERS THAT HAVE TO DO
IT SO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WAS
BUILT IN ANOTHER CLIMATE, BUT WE
ARE NOW LIVING IN A DIFFERENT
CLIMATE THAT INTERACTS
DIFFERENTLY WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE. HOW DO YOU LOOK
THROUGH THIS LENS IN WHAT YOU DO
? THAT'S MY ONE QUESTION AND I
WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER
CRUISE AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
SURE. MOST INTERVIEW. SENATOR
YOU BRING UP SOME VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO CLIMATE
RESILIENCY, ADAPTATION AND THE
STRUGGLES. A LOT OF OUR COASTAL
COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING DURING
HEAVY RAINS. WE EVEN SEEN THIS
MORE RECENTLY WITH S R 58 AND
MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING JUST LAST
WEEK. SO THIS THIS THIS PROBLEM
ISN'T RESTRICTED TO JUST COASTAL
COMMUNITIES. UM I THINK THERE'S
SOME DISCUSSION NOW IS, UH, TO
HOW WE FUND THESE TYPES OF
PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. I THINK
THERE'S UM THEY WILL DISCUSSION
ON MY POTENTIAL CLIMATE BOND
THAT COULD HAVE FUNDING TO FAST
TRACK AND PRIORITIZE THESE TYPES
OF PROJECTS WERE, YOU KNOW WE
CAN PREVENT DISASTERS FROM
HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, FURTHER
BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY COSTS A LOT
MORE MONEY TO FIX THE BRIDGE
THAN TO REPAIR A BRIDGE AND MAKE
IT MORE CLIMATE CLIMATE
RESILIENT. UM BUT I THINK
THERE'S SOME FLEXIBLE DOLLARS
WITH I A. J MORE RECENTLY ON THE
FEDERAL SIDE THAT WE CAN
LEVERAGE, UH, TO MOVE THESE
TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT I ALSO
WANT TO, UM TO BRING UP ONE
ANOTHER ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO
THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND
WE'VE SEEN THIS MORE RECENTLY,
UM AS FAR AS CLIMATE CHANGE IS
ENSURING THAT THESE
THOROUGHFARES UM OR. A LOT OF
MORE EVACUATION ROUTES AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND
STRENGTHEN. THESE ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS IN CASE OF THESE TYPES
OF EMERGENCIES. WE'VE SEEN WHAT
HAPPENED IN PARADISE, AND WE'VE
SEEN THE TRAGEDIES IN HAWAII
MORE RECENTLY, WHEN THOSE
EVACUATION ROUTES WEREN'T A
STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVED SO I
WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU. TO
TRY TO IDENTIFY A NEW SOURCE OF
REVENUE. UM LOOK AT
OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SB ONE AS
FAR AS THE FLEXIBILITY TO
PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS, AND
ALSO I'M WORKING WITH SOME LOCAL
SELF HELP COUNTY FOLKS TO LOOK
AT OPPORTUNITIES TO GENERATE NEW
DOLLARS A NAME SPECIFICALLY.
CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN THE STATE
, SO I HOPE I ANSWERED THE BEST
I COULD, BUT VERY WELL, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SENATOR LARRY.
THANKS FOR RAISING THIS AND I'D
LIKE TO FORM MY ANSWER WITH FOUR
VERY QUICK EXAMPLES BECAUSE THE
HOUR IS LATE. UM AND I WANT TO
BE SENSITIVE TO ALL YOUR TIME
AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. UM
AND ONE IS VERY CLOSE TO YOU AND
WORF ROAD NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE
WHERE THE ROAD IS GOING RIGHT
INTO THE SEA. AND WHAT DO WE DO
ABOUT THAT? WELL ONE SOURCE OF
FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS A
NEW FUNDING PROGRAM FOR THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION IS THE LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE
ADAPTATION PROGRAM. NOT A LOT OF
MONEY, 400 MILLION AND PROJECTS
WERE DUE AT THE END OF AUGUST SO
THAT WE CAN START CONSIDERING
THEM, BUT IT IS FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND. I AM EAGER TO
SEE WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE
SEEKING THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE
CAN WORK ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION
AND RESILIENCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL WORF ROAD IN
SANTA CRUZ BY THE LIGHTHOUSE,
THE LOW SAND CORRIDOR, THE TRAIN
LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO THAT WE
HAD TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING
THIS YEAR TO ALLOCATE MORE
FUNDS. BECAUSE IT'S FALLING INTO
THE SEA. AND YOU CAN SEE
PICTURES NOT OVER CENTURIES OR
DECADES. BUT JUST IN YEARS AND
MONTHS. HOW THAT'S HAPPENING IN.
IT'S VERY REAL. VICE CHAIR,
GROVE BROUGHT AGAIN TO OUR
ATTENTION AS COMMISSIONER CRUZ
MENTIONED 58 AND 99.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A
WONDERFUL FEDERAL INFUSION OF
FANS TO HELP ADDRESS THIS, BUT
WE HAVE TO BE GOOD PARTNERS, AND
WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN DOING
SO TO MEET THE NEED AND TO MEET
THE MOMENT. SO WHILE THERE'S
ABOUT 400 MILLION ALLOCATED AND
FEDERAL FUNDS THANK YOU CONGRESS
FOR DOING THAT. WE HAVE 25
MILLION THAT WE CAN'T WAIT AND
WAIT TO DELIVER. SO SENATOR
GROWTH. I DID MY HOMEWORK SINCE
MONDAY THAT WILL BE ON OUR
AGENDA OR OCTOBER CTC MEETING
FOR 25 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS SO
THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT MOVING
THAT 400 MILLION FOR THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS ON 58 AND 99. SO
THAT'S THREE EXAMPLES AND THEN
I'LL GO TO THE OTHER ONE. WHICH
IS YOU MENTIONED STATE ROUTE 37
, WHICH IS ABOVE THE BAY. FOR
THOSE OF YOU NOT AS FAMILIAR
WITH THE BAY AREA. UM BECAUSE BY
2040. IT IS EXPECTED THAT STATE
ROUTE 37 IS GOING TO BE
UNDERWATER. AND WHAT DO WE DO
ABOUT THAT? AND THAT'S WHY THE
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION AND THE OTHER ONE OF
OUR STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS. HAS
BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH US
ABOUT HOW DO YOU GENERATE FUNDS
FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON? I
THINK YOU TAKE IT FROM THE
HIGHWAY 99 PROJECT. AH! SHE
TEETERED UP TO ME, PRIVATE
TAKING. KEEP GOING. SORRY TO
INTERRUPT. THAT'S OKAY. UM, BUT
IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. HOW ARE WE
GOING TO MANUFACTURE MONEY TO
MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE? AND
JUST THESE FOUR EXAMPLES OF
CORRIDORS WILL METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAS
COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT
INCLUDES ADDING A LANE. IT WILL
BE A TOLL LANE BUT KEEPING AN
HIV LANE. FREE OF CHARGE AND
ADDING TRANSIT TO THAT HIV LANE
AS WELL TOLLING AND BOLT
ERECTIONS BECAUSE JUST TOLLING
IN ONE DIRECTION AS THEY HAD
INITIALLY PLANNED. WOULD HAVE
PENALIZED. POOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS COMING FROM OUR EAST
BAY. TO WORK FOR THE RICH FOLKS
IN MARIN. AH IN THE MARIN COUNTY
AREA, INSTEAD CUT THE TOLL IN
HALF UNTIL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS SO
THAT EVERYONE USING THAT
CORRIDOR AS A NATIVE NATIVE OF
VALLEJO, WHICH IS THE POOR SIDE
OF THAT, YES, IF ANYBODY FROM
VOYEURS WATCHING THIS
CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, MY FUNDS
ARE GOING TO RING OFF THE HOOK.
SO THE WORKING CLASS SIDE SHOULD
NOT BE TEXT THE SAME WAY AS
EXACTLY KLAY, SO THE LESS
FINANCIALLY BLESSED SIDE IT JUST
LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AT
ONE POINT THE TOUR WAS ONLY
GOING TO BE IN THAT DIRECTION
FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. BECAUSE
OF THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION THAT
WE NEED ANY EVENT. LET ME THANK
YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER, BECAUSE
WE'RE RUNNING WHITE AND YOU WERE
VERY COMPLETE AND WE APPRECIATE
IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD
ANYTHING THAT DIDN'T GET SAID
DID YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE GOT
JUST A FEW THINGS. ONE IS I
THINK WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
THE 13 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT
WE HAD THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE
PART OF THE FUTURE THAT THIS IS
NOT A FREAK SET OF STORMS THAT
THESE ARE POTENTIALLY FOR US. A
WATER SO ALMOST HARVEST SEASON
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT
. NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS OF
OUR HIGHWAY FUNDS ARE SHOCKED
FUNDS GO TOWARDS WATER ISSUES ON
OUR FREEWAYS AND GETTING THE
WATER OFF OF OUR FREEWAYS AND I
HELPED ORGANIZE A MEETING WITH,
UM SOME OF THE WATER AGENCIES
AND CALTRANS AND DIRECTOR
TAVARES HAS REALLY BEEN AN
EXTRAORDINARY LEADER IN THIS
REGARD. REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW
TO PREPARE FOR AN ADDRESS.
STORMS I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR
POINT ABOUT THE ABODE RATHER
THAN FLAT BRIDGES AND LOOKING AT
DESIGN ISSUES AS WELL AS JUST
PREPARATION BECAUSE, AS SOMEONE
WHOSE GRANDMOTHER WAS A CIVIL
ENGINEER AND FATHERS AND
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ENGINEERING
AND WHERE, HOW WE HOW WE BUILD
BACK BETTER IS GOING TO HELP US
AS WE ADAPT TO CLIMATE AS WELL.
BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID WHEN WE
HAVE THIS MEETING REGARDING WHAT
TO DO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
KEEPING WATER AS A AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REUSE IT TO USE
IT AS VEGETATION FOR ARE ALONG
OUR CORRIDORS AS WELL. UM MIKE
CHEEVER SAID SOMETHING REALLY
BRILLIANT, WHICH WAS CALTRANS
SEES WATER AS A NUISANCE, BUT
THE WATER AGENCIES SEE IT AS A
RESOURCE. HOW DO WE DO BETTER TO
LOOK AT THE ECOSYSTEM AND WORK
ON OUR WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT
APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN TAKE
THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SEASONS
AND HAVE NOT ONLY BEAT THE
PREPARATION FOR OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT TO LOOK AT
THE WATER AS A RESOURCE AND
START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE
SPENDING OUR HIGHWAY MONEY? TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE PRESERVING THE
WATER, NOT LETTING IT GO BACK
INTO THE OCEAN. AND SEE IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT
VIRTUOUS CYCLE AND TO KEEP THEIR
OUR CLIMATE ADAPTATION REALLY
MOVING TOGETHER, SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
ISSUE UP TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE'RE GOING TO BE FORWARD
LOOKING AND AGAIN. HOW DO WE
BUILD THESE INTO OUR PLANS FOR
HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR
MONEY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO
BRING IN THE WHOLE OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT? TO LOOK AT CLIMATE
ADAPTATION AND READINESS AS WE
WORK IN THIS, YOU KNOW, NEW
WORLD ORDER WHERE WE HAVE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HURRICANES
NAMED AFTER ME, UM, HOOKING
HILLARY, UM, WE NEED TO THINK
ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS AFFECT
OUR STATE AND HOW WE CAN BE
PREPARED FOR THEM. AND I WANTED
TO GIVE YOU THAT BEFORE YOU
TEASE ME ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S
OKAY. I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST
TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
THOUGHT IT WAS NAMED AFTER
ANOTHER HILL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
THOUGHTFUL RESPONSES. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WELL I
WOULD JUST SAY A LOT OF GROUND
COVERED. YOU KNOW WHAT'S
INTERESTING TO ME IS ALL OF THE
EFFORT AND WORK WE'VE DONE TO
CREATE RESOURCES MONEY. UM, SB
ONE. UM AND OBVIOUSLY WITH, UM I
J IN ADDITIONAL 9.5 BILLION OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. ALL OF
THOSE THINGS ALL OF THAT MONEY.
I NEVER THOUGHT BEING IN
GOVERNMENT FOR 22 YEARS, CITY
COUNCIL LOCAL APPRECIATE SOME OF
THAT MONEY GOES TO THE LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS. WE SPEND ALL OF
OUR TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE OUR ROADS BETTER.
AND I LOVE THE COMMENT ABOUT UM
, HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER
AND HOW MUCH YOU SPEND TO GET
WATER OFF ROADS BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
TO DO THIS WORK AND I NEVER
THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY YOU
KNOW THAT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND WE THINK WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH RESOURCES. UM IT JUST IS
MIND BOGGLING. SO IF WE DON'T
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT BETTER
BUILD BACK, BETTER BUILD BETTER
IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
USE THE SKILL SETS OF ENGINEERS
AND OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO END
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
BUILD IT. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
KEEP UP. THAT'S RIGHT.
APPRECIATE UM, MR GUARDINO THAT
YOU OBVIOUSLY MENTIONED OUR RAIL
LINE IN SAN DIEGO. WE DON'T HAVE
HIGH SPEED RAIL COMING ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO US. THAT IS OUR ONE
RAIL. ROLAND IT IS THE SECOND
BUSIEST, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR WE
ALL HAVE OUR TALKING POINTS,
SECOND BUSIEST IN THE COUNTRY,
AND YET IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE
EDGE. AND WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOR GOODS
MOVEMENT FOR MILITARY MISSION
FOR ALL THE THINGS UM, BUT I'M
ACTUALLY GLAD YOU MENTIONED 99.
BECAUSE WHEN I'M NOT ON THE
AIRPLANE, I TAKE 99. AND THERE
WAS ONE STRETCH OF 99 THAT I'M
LIKE, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN
DRIVING BACK AND FORTH WHEN I DO
DRIVE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE
FIXED, AND I SO WE'VE GOT LOTS
OF ISSUES. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE,
UM BUILT BETTER AND MORE
TECHNOLOGICALLY SOUND, AND WE DO
NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. UM, SO I
DO THINK UM, I DO THINK HOW WE
SPEND IT BETTER AND GET BETTER
AND MORE EFFICIENT AT THESE
PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE
CRITICAL. SO YOUR TENURE OF TOM
YOUR, UM I KNOW THAT WHEN, UM,
THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED YOU, MISS
NORTON. IT WAS I NEED SOME FRESH
THINKING HERE TO GO ALONG WITH
THE COMMITMENT AND CERTAINLY
YOUR ROLE. THE INTERSECTION OF
ALL THREE OF WHAT YOU BRING TO
THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, SO
I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD
DISCUSSION. AND I APPRECIATE IT
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT WE CANNOT LEAVE
THE PUBLIC OUT OF THIS
DISCUSSION. UM AND, UM YOU KNOW,
I WANNA WELCOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
HERE. WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT
HERE IN ROOM 2200 FOR
INDIVIDUALS IN SUPPORT YOUR NAME
YOUR TITLE OR ORGANIZATION, IF
ANY, AND WHETHER YOU SUPPORT
ONE, ALL THREE, PLEASE. WELCOME
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR PER TIM
KEYSTONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE SELF HELP COUNTIES COALITION
, ALSO HERE REPRESENTING THE
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF IRONWORKERS.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF ALL
THREE COMMISSIONERS. THEY ALL DO
BRING A UNIQUE SKILL SET AND
PLEASED TO SUPPORT THEM ALL. I'M
NOT GOING TO PILE ON TO MY GOOD
FRIEND, MR CRUZ. IF YOU WANT
MORE INFORMATION, TALK TO ME
LATER, HE DID FORGET NO AND
SARAH AND NOT TO SAY THAT PILING
ON, BUT I GUESS I AM. I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY, THOUGH, FROM A SELF
HELP CARING PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE
THRILLED TO HAVE SANTA CRUZ AS A
MEMBER OF THE SELF HELP COUNTIES
COALITION. AND THRILLED TO HAVE
YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS A
PART OF US. WE ARE FUNDING
PARTNERS. WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH
THE CTC COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
THEIR STAFF IS FANTASTIC. THAT
PARTNERSHIP BRINGS $5 BILLION
ANNUALLY TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT
THE CDC OVERSEES AND FUNDS AND
THAT PARTNERSHIP IS A DIRECT
REFLECTION OF THE VALUES THAT
YOUR COMMUNITIES HAVE ENTRUSTED
ALL OF US WITH TO DELIVER THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY NEED,
SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S ONE THAT CONTINUES. THESE
COMMISSIONERS DO AN EXCELLENT
JOB OF COMMUNICATING BACK WITH
YOUR COMMITTEE AND THEIR STAFF
DOES A GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING
THEM, AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE
YOUR SUPPORT OF ALL THESE
NOMINEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME MADAM CHAIR CHRIS
MCKINLAY ON BEHALF OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. L. A
METRO IN STRONGLY ENDORSES ALL
THREE MISS NORTON BECAME CHAIR
DURING COVID AND IMMEDIATELY
UNDERSTOOD A LOT OF THE
COMPLEXITIES OF THE FUNDING
TRANSPORTATION SCHEMES IN THIS
STATE. MR GUARDINO, OF COURSE,
HAS BEEN A TRANSPORTATION LEADER
FOR A LONG TIME. AND MR CRUZ
CONTINUES TO BE AN EXCELLENT
REPRESENTATIVE. BOTH LABOR BUT
ALSO A LOT OF THE BELEAGUERED
TRANSPORTATION USERS IN THIS
STATE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOUR
SUPPORT OF ALL THREE OF THEM.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK
YOU. WELCOME AFTERNOON. MY NAME
IS MARK WATTS, REPRESENTING
TRANSPORTATION, CALIFORNIA ONE
OF THE SPONSORS OF SP ONE WAY
BACK WHEN AND WE'RE HERE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF ALL THREE
CANDIDATES BEFORE YOU MR CRUZ
HAS BEEN WELL, UM INDOCTRINATED
IN OUR INDUSTRY AND HAS
COLLABORATED WITH OUR FOLKS FOR
DECADES. IT SEEMS LIKE MR
GUARDINO, WE GO BACK A WAYS,
DON'T WE? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND COMMISSIONER NORTON
. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH YOU. I WOULD ADD THAT
THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
ENGINEERING FOLKS AND HAD TO
LEAVE, SO HE ASKED ME TO EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. SO IT'S
ACROSS THE BOARD ALL KINDS OF
INDUSTRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, MANY LEON FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR JOBS. WE
WANTED TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
MR WATTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME,
AND WE ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS OUR
STRONG SUPPORT FROM MR JOE CRUZ
AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. I WELCOME CHAIR
MEMBERS. BEVERLY YOU ON BEHALF
OF STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL, CALIFORNIA WE'RE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF MR CRUZ,
HIS REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAS
DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP IN THE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SPACE FOR MANY YEARS, AND HE IS
THE CHAMPION FOR WORKING
FAMILIES. FOR THESE REASONS. WE
SUPPORT THIS CONFIRMATION TODAY.
THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR HAPPY. ANTHONY
THOMAS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF C B. I
A. WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR
COLLECTIVE SUPPORT. UM JOE CRUZ
, CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION, JOE HAS BEEN A
STAUNCH STAUNCH SERVANT FOR THE
WORKING MIDDLE CLASS, AND I KNOW
HE WILL BRING THAT SAME PASSION
TO THE COMMISSION. SHARP YOUNG
MAN SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOOD BUSINESS
PARTNER AS WELL. NOW I'M NOT
SURE HOW HE'S GOING TO FEAR
TONIGHT WITH HIS WIFE. I'M GOING
TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM NET AND
JOE, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. DON'T
BE FRUGAL TONIGHT. JUST TAKE IT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR,
WE ALSO WANT TO SAY TO MY
ADOPTED STATE SENATOR SHANNON
GROWTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR SERVICE EARLY APPRECIATED
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR
JOE CRUZ FOR HIS NOMINATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON,
STEPHANIE STRAIGHT ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS
PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION, AND
STRONG SUPPORT TO THE
CONFIRMATION OF JOE CRUZ TO THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT TODD
BLUMSTEIN, REPRESENTING THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF ALL
THREE APPOINTEES IN PARTICULAR,
MR JOE CRUZ, WHO REPRESENTS THE
LABOR SIDE OF MY CLIENT. WE
REPRESENT MANAGEMENT. THEY'RE
SIGNATORY TO THE LABORERS. LET
ME SAY MR CRUZ IS AN EXCEPTIONAL
COLLABORATOR HE PUT HE BRINGS
TOGETHER FOLKS FROM LABOR
MANAGEMENT, THE STATE AS WELL TO
TALK ABOUT ON A REGULAR MONTHLY
BASIS TO TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT
IN THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IS
GOING TO BE HELL WILL SERVE THE
STATE VERY, VERY WELL. SO WE
APPRECIATE SUPPORT FOR ALL THREE
CANDIDATES AND IN PARTICULAR, MR
CRUZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON,
SENATOR ATKINS. AND CAN
REMEMBERS TIM CARMICHAEL TO
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC
BALANCE, WHERE COALITION OF VERY
LARGE EMPLOYERS AND LABOR UNIONS
WORKING TOGETHER. ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
COMMISSIONER CRUISES APPOINTMENT
TO THE CTC VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
AND AGREE WITH SENATOR GROWS
ASSESSMENT OF MR CRUZ AND FOR
ALL OF THOSE REASONS, THINK HE
WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS BREAD BARREL WITH
THE UNITED CONTRACTORS HERE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
CONFIRMATION OF COMMISSIONER
CRUZ. HE IS BOTH A COLLEAGUE AND
A FRIEND. HE IS VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPERIENCED AND
PROFESSIONAL. I THINK YOU WOULD
BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS CTC
COMMISSIONS FOR THAT. I URGE
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. UM YOU SPEAK LAST? DON'T GO
TO YOU. I'M SORRY. SHE'S NOT YET
CALLED OPPOSITION. Ó STUTES
EDITOR GROW BUT STEVE CRUZ CRUZ
STRATEGIES AND I'M THE DEPRIVED
OF ATTENTION. YOUNGER BROTHER OF
COMMISSIONER CRUISING IN THE
OFFICIAL CAPACITY REPRESENTING
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT AND
PROUD TO SUPPORT ALL THREE
COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR
APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT AND
YOU COULDN'T LISTEN TO HIS
HEARING TODAY WITHOUT LIKE,
REALLY COMING AWAY, AND I THINK
AUTOMATIC AND YOU SAID IT WITH A
GREAT DEAL OF SORT OF CONFIDENCE
OF THE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES THAT THEY EACH
BRING AND THEIR ABILITY TO BUILD
AND MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEMS. WELL
DOING SO UPLIFTING WORKERS AND
THE ENVIRONMENT, SO IT'S JUST
REALLY TALENTED, INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF FOLKS. AND AGAIN JUST
ON A PERSONAL NOTE. VERY PROUD
AND HAPPY FOR MY BROTHER. I KNOW
THAT HE'S REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF
WORK TO GET HERE. SUPER
DEDICATED TO HIS MEMBERS, AND,
UH AND I ALWAYS MADE A LOT OF
SACRIFICES AND SO REALLY EXCITED
FOR HIM AND PROUD TO BE HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THAT'S VERY NICE. LET ME
ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN ROOM
2200 THAT WHICH TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION ANYONE? TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION. OKAY I THINK YOU'RE
SAFE TO GO HOME TONIGHT. I WILL
TURN TO OUR MODERATOR WHO'S BEEN
WAITING PATIENTLY WELCOME HER
BACK AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
THAT WE WILL TAKE YOUR NAME YOUR
ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, ANY
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR ANY OF
THE CONFEREES. BUT NO EXTRA
REMARKS AT THIS TIME IN THE
INTEREST OF TOM, BUT MADAM
MODERATO RULE U T PEOPLE UP TO
SPEAK. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A
COMMENT. YOU MAY PRESS ONE, THEN
ZERO. WE'LL GO TO LINE 16. THANK
YOU, MADAM. CHAIR MATT ROBINSON
WAS SHOT AT HER HAND TO EACH
SMELLS ARE IN LANG ON BEHALF OF
CALTRAIN IN SUPPORT OF ALL THREE
CANDIDATES, BUT IN PARTICULAR
ARE VERY OWN CARLGUARDINO VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE YOU ALL MOVING
HIS NOMINATION FORWARD. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH NEXT WITNESS. LINE
18. HI THIS IS WENDY REYNOLDS ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA ADVISORS
FOR OUR CLIENTS STAND,
BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY. WE EXPRESSED SUPPORT
ON BEHALF OF ALL THREE
CANDIDATES CRUZ, GUARDINO AND
NORTON AND ON BEHALF OF OUR
CLIENTS, SANTA CLARA VALLEY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. WE
WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OF
COMMISSIONER GUARDINO. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL
DONE. NEXT WITNESS. LINE 20.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MICHAEL PIMENTEL,
EXECUTIVE RECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION
HERE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE
APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONER
CRUZ BARDEEN. OH AND NORTHERN.
THEY'RE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC
TRANSIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LINE 11. THANK YOU, MADAM. CHAIR
HASSAN, A CLOUD BUSTER YOUR
SUNDAYS. STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
SLEEPING MEMBERS AND VERY STRONG
AND APPRECIATION FOR LEARNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WITNESS,
PLEASE. LINE 17. HELLO MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS DAVID
GRANNIS. I'M A PRIVATE CITIZEN
AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT
AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN TO
EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR MY
GOOD FRIEND HILLARY NORTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NEXT WITNESS.
LINE NINE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS VICTOR GORDO AND THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PASADENA.
AND ORIGINALLY I WAS HERE TO
SUPPORT HILLARY NORTON AND JOE
CRUZ. BUT I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE
THREE VERY GOOD CANDIDATES, AND
IT'S A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH OTHER
WITNESSES. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. WE HAVE NO FURTHER
COMMENT AND PHONE LINES. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE
TODAY IN YOUR PATIENTS WE
GREATLY APPRECIATED. MADAM
CHAIR, I'D MOVE ALL THREE. THANK
YOU. LET ME MAKE SURE I CAN DO
ALL THREE AS ONE. OKAY UM, I
WOULD YOU KNOW, THE LAST SPEAKER
, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING. DESPITE OUR FUN AND
POKING AT EACH OTHER, AND, UH
AND MR CRUZ, OF COURSE. UM I
WOULD HAVE TO SAY A. I THOUGHT
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DISCUSSION
AND THE LAST WITNESS TO SAY HE
CALLED IN SUPPORT OF ONE PERSON.
AND SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE
AND YET DECIDED HE SHOULD SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF ALL THREE. I THINK
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF, UM,
HEARINGS WE WANT TO HAVE, FOR
THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION
ELICITED THAT GIVES PEOPLE A
VIEW OF WHO YOU ARE WHO YOU
INTEND TO REPRESENT, AND HOW YOU
RESPOND TO OUR QUESTIONS, WHICH
ARE NOT ALWAYS EASY TO RESPOND
TO. UM SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR
THE THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION.
SENATOR LAIRD. WE ARE GOING TO
VOTE ON ALL THREE INDIVIDUALS,
MR CRUZ, MR GUARDINO AND MISS
NORTON. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? LAIRD
I OWE JOBURG TROUBLE GUYS.
SMALLER CUEVAS QUIVERS SITE,
GROVE GROVE. I ATKINS INSIDE
ZERO. THANK YOU. UM, AND WE WILL
FORWARD THESE TO THE FULL
SENATE. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
SERVICE IN YOUR TIME AND YOUR
COMMITMENT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
ENJOY DINNER, CHRIS, UM OKAY, UM
. THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN
PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IF HE WEREN'T
ABLE TO TESTIFY, PLEASE SUBMIT
YOUR COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS IN
WRITING TO THE RULES COMMITTEE
OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR
INSTRUCTIONS. YOUR COMMENTS AND
YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT
TO US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL
HEARING RECORDS. AND WITH THAT,
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
YOUR PATIENTS. THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON RULES WILL NOW MOVE
TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.