00:07:26 Leonia's OtterPilot: Hi, I'm an AI assistant helping Leonia RAMATABOE take notes for this meeting. Follow along the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/JvDWlmA0wL3cumpNb-v0xfU3rb8?utm_source=va_chat_link_1 You'll also be able to see screenshots of key moments, add highlights, comments, or action items to anything being said, and get an automatic summary after the meeting. 00:11:37 Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza: Here is Amy Costa’s full bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/amy-costa/ 00:15:30 Kimberly Burr: Great job Amy! I learned a lot. 00:15:34 The Climate Center: Chris' bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/chris-chavez-2/ 00:17:38 Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza: Please feel free to drop any questions into the Q&A tab at the bottom of your screen. Thank you! 00:27:17 The Climate Center: Sen. Wiener's bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/senator-scott-wiener/ 00:27:49 Massoud Mehrzad: I'm interested in learning about potential funding sources or grants available at the state level to support health organizations in implementing EVs and EV charging stations. 00:30:22 Ron Sundergill (he/him/his): Thanks for your leadership on housing. 00:31:53 Maya Iñigo – Anderson: Thank you, Senator Wiener. What initiatives do you plan to lead on that support CEQA and environmental justice communities? Further, how do you plan to balance the need for affordable housing and the need to preserve CEQA and the right for EJ communities to give meaningful input on housing? As a former public housing resident, both affordable housing and CEQA are very important to me and my organization (Communities for a Better Environment). Thanks! 00:32:34 Louis Flores: Any thoughts on ACA 16? 00:33:20 Blanca Begert: Given the narrow victory of Prop 1 and the limited amount ($20 b) estimated for all bonds — are you feeling less optimistic about a climate bond and are you and other lawmakers focusing more on the budget now to fill in climate funding? 00:52:08 The Climate Center: Sneha's bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/sneha-ayyagari/ 00:53:40 The Climate Center: Strategic Growth Council Transformative Climate Communities Program https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/tcc/ 00:58:43 Kimberly Burr: Anyone: Of the large amounts of funds delivered to Calif. through IRA and from the legislature itself, about how much has been subsumed by forest thing and related activities? 00:59:11 Kimberly Burr: Should read. “Thinning” 01:01:03 The Climate Center: Call to action: https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/governor-newsom-eliminate-fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-prioritize-climate-investments/ 01:01:24 The Climate Center: Baani's bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/baani-behniwal/ 01:02:08 Maya Iñigo – Anderson: Great presentations, Sneha, Chris and Amy! Will the recording (or slides) be available after the Webinar? Would love to share w/co-workers/members at CBE. 01:02:36 Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza: Yes, we will circulate the recording and the slides to all who signed up for the webinar. 01:03:28 Maya Iñigo – Anderson: Thanks, Jerilyn! 01:09:19 The Climate Center: Call to action: https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/governor-newsom-eliminate-fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-prioritize-climate-investments/ 01:10:53 Kimberly Burr: Nature based….IPCC says that preserving our standing forests and woodlands is critical to stopping the worst impacts of climate change….independent science shows that mature trees resist fire and do yeoman’s work sequestering the CO2 we continue emit. Most fire suppression efforts do NOT preserve mature trees. Why is that? 01:11:08 Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza: https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/governor-newsom-eliminate-fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-prioritize-climate-investments/ 01:11:38 The Climate Center: Asm Connolly's bio https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/assemblymember-damon-connolly/ 01:13:30 Kimberly Burr: Yes. No subsidies for oil and gas. 01:15:00 Steve Bloom: Many of our forests are no longer suited to the present climate and even less so to likely future ones and a lot of the remainder will be doing a lot less well, so what we're faced with is a lot of landscape type conversion that most forest advocates are really reluctant to address. 01:19:02 Jeffrey Creque: Forests in the western US are critical carbon sinks, but also increasingly vulnerable; soils offer a larger and more secure carbon sink opportunity. 01:19:45 Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza: OK 01:21:48 janebender: How can we influence the C 01:22:01 Barry Vesser barry@theclimatecenter.org: Thank you Assemblymember Connolly for being a climate champion and taking on the oil and gas industry! 01:22:47 janebender: How can we influence the CPUC for solar? 01:26:28 Jeffrey Creque: reduced revenue is one side of the equation; reducing future costs to the state for climate damage mitigation is equally if not more important 01:26:50 Steve Bloom: Did the message, but would have appreciated a customization option so that I could expand on the minimal mention of the climate emergency. The question we should all be asking ourselves is to what extent are we able to address the climate emergency through the budget process. 01:30:47 Steve Bloom: So if the overall state climate budget is in the range of $50 billion and a bond is $10 billion spread over a number of years, frankly it doesn't sound like the progress we need. 01:31:32 The Climate Center: Call to action https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/governor-newsom-eliminate-fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-prioritize-climate-investments/ 01:31:59 Stacey Meinzen: Next webinar: https://theclimatecenter.org/events/californias-community-choice-agencies-celebrate-success/ 01:32:05 The Climate Center: Next webinar https://theclimatecenter.org/events/californias-community-choice-agencies-celebrate-success/ 01:32:08 Steve Bloom: Sure, electrification won't cost nothing, but note the VCE study finding $120 billion in savings from reducing grid needs. 01:32:27 Maya Iñigo – Anderson: Steve Bloom, agreed. I personally got a lot out of the webinar but I di that we have to work harder to get legislators to truly understand the climate crisis. 01:32:37 g-marvin@comcast.net: Thanks very much!