10:03:05 From Eduardo's Notetaker (Otter.ai) to Everyone: Hi, I'm an AI assistant helping Eduardo Martinez take notes for this meeting. Follow along the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/AfI4w4t45W6eVu5vJnhWqVG6pbU?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. 10:08:49 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Call to Action - https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/tell-governor-newsom-to-protect-workers-and-communities-as-refineries-close/ 10:10:10 From Pamela Martinez - The Climate Center to Everyone: Theresa Keates’ Bio - https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/theresa-keates/ 10:10:10 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: great summary, Woody!!! 10:11:07 From John Knox to Everyone: Action taken! 10:11:41 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: not seeing presenter's slides 10:11:55 From Pete Marsh, Long Beach CA to Everyone: I see the slides 10:12:00 From Hank Kaplan | CSU Chancellor's Office to Everyone: I see them, so it might be on your end Beverly... 10:12:22 From Shawn Gilbert, LWVDV (she/her) to Everyone: do you see the presenter? 10:12:25 From Pamela Martinez - The Climate Center to Everyone: CEC letter - https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KacqoJtJrOXzQLT3Qcfqcn17oHYkM_k/view 10:13:16 From paigehaskin to Everyone: Is that slide the predicted demand or what demand is actually 10:13:49 From Pamela Martinez - The Climate Center to Everyone: Thank you for joining today’s webinar. Please direct your questions to the Q&A feature. 10:13:53 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: yes, I see presenter but not slides 10:15:32 From Shawn Gilbert, LWVDV (she/her) to Everyone: check your Zoom video usually on the lower left corner. You may need to leave and return the Zoom. Sorry! 10:21:41 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Steve Young’s Bio - https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/steve-young/ 10:21:48 From Eugenie Lewis to Everyone: Will you be providing the slides for today's presentations? 10:22:50 From Pamela Martinez - The Climate Center to Everyone: Thank you for joining today’s webinar. Please direct your questions to the Q&A feature. The recording and slides will be shared after the webinar. 10:22:56 From julietwichell2 to Everyone: to state the obvious, I’d like to see the State support more climate safe alternatives and less refinery operations!! 10:23:12 From The Climate Center to Everyone: The presentations, slides and chat will be shared via email to all registrants. 10:31:02 From Ted Franklin to Everyone: It looks like Valero's only other refinery west of Texas is in Wilmington. CA. No way Wilmington will be able to absorb the entire workforce even if all workers are prepared to relocate to Southern Cal. https://www.valero.com/sites/default/files/2020-04/2020_Operations_Map_Valero%20Website_All%20Assets_1335%20x%20600.png 10:34:13 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: Looking forward to driving thru a non-pathetically stinky town, hopefully, being replaced by a needed renewable energy facility. 10:34:47 From Mary Fifield to Everyone: Thank you, Mayor Young. Really appreciate the thorough and nuanced situation in Benicia and the impact of Valero’s withdrawal. 10:35:11 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Connie Cho’s Bio - https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/connie-cho/ 10:38:19 From Steve Young to Everyone: Valero is offering relocation to sites everywhere in their system, not just LA 10:42:43 From Eugenie Lewis to Everyone: I need to leave at 11 but would like to watch the rest of this. Will the recording be shared? 10:45:35 From Fatima Iqbal-Zubair to Everyone: love the focus here on affordability for tax payers v. oil company profits 10:46:28 From julietwichell2 to Everyone: Has the letter she’s referring to been posted here? 10:46:45 From Woody Hastings, The Climate Center to Host and panelists: We will in a sec. 10:47:03 From Shawn Gilbert, LWVDV (she/her) to Everyone: Agree. Also, the effects on or costs to the health of the nearby community. 10:47:07 From The Climate Center to Everyone: CEC letter - https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KacqoJtJrOXzQLT3Qcfqcn17oHYkM_k/view 10:48:06 From julietwichell2 to Host and panelists: thanks 10:48:15 From The Climate Center to Everyone: E/EJ Letter to Leadership - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xq7g8onErJ4Mtng4_AFsY6oPVdl-oHui/view 10:48:24 From BK White CityOfRichmond to Everyone: great job Connie 10:48:38 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: excellent Connie!! Thank you! 10:48:41 From Greg Karras to Everyone: Yes Connie thanks! 10:48:52 From Sheila Jacobs to Everyone: Thank you Connie Cho—fantastic presentation! 10:48:55 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Josh Anijar’s Bio - https://theclimatecenter.org/about/people/josh-anijar/ 10:48:57 From Jan Warren (she, her) to Everyone: need access to Connie's letter 10:48:59 From Alice Sung to Everyone: Thank you Connie! Great info with a story and facts that everyone needs to know. 10:50:20 From The Climate Center to Everyone: USW 5 - United Steelworkers Local 5 10:50:30 From Venise Curry to Everyone: Thank you Connie, extremely important information -excellent presentation. 10:52:21 From Dave Shukla to Everyone: ++ 10:53:31 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Access to Connie's letter has been updated. Please refresh your screens to access the letter. 10:55:09 From Clarissa Dominguez to Everyone: Can someone share the report Joshua mentioned? 10:56:25 From Leslie Alden, Act Now Bay Area to Everyone: Josh, this is such an important conversation - thank you for your work and this detailed presentation. So appreciate this. 10:56:53 From larry rillera - carb to Everyone: + 10:57:07 From Mary Fifield to Everyone: Connie and Joshua, excellent presentations. Thank you. 10:57:21 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: Yes, Leslie. so valuable, Joshua 10:57:29 From Madeline Hall to Everyone: well said 10:57:36 From BK White CityOfRichmond to Everyone: Great job Josh 10:57:44 From Fatima Iqbal-Zubair to Everyone: so important. thank you! 10:58:05 From Eugenie Lewis to Everyone: Great presentations. Thank you. 10:58:15 From TRACY SCOTT8 to Everyone: Well done Josh and Connie 10:59:14 From Ted Franklin to Everyone: Article about Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership: https://richmondside.org/2025/05/28/contra-costa-refinery-closures-just-transition-partnership/ 10:59:28 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Contra Costa Refinery Transition - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sD09MhzunMSwDFCCXd60T_u-s3spzDu_/view 10:59:38 From Mary Fifield to Everyone: Powerful comparison between space industry in FL and fossil fuel industry in CA. 10:59:39 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Call to Action - https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/tell-governor-newsom-to-protect-workers-and-communities-as-refineries-close/ 10:59:49 From Vannesa Reyes Salazar to Everyone: ^I can't access the Contra Costa report 11:00:09 From Dave Shukla to Everyone: Would love to hear when it finally occurs to Californians that City and County and State budgets can no longer be dependent on fossil fuels revenues... 11:00:15 From Eugenie Lewis to Everyone: Need to have access to Contra Costa document 11:00:36 From Norman Rogers USW Local 675 to Everyone: Great presentations, everyone. 11:00:38 From Clarissa Dominguez to Everyone: Will presenters' emails/contact info be available? 11:01:03 From Ted Franklin to Everyone: @Eugenie It's here: https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/report-and-recommendations-of-the-california-contra-costa-refinery-transition-partnership/ 11:01:10 From Alice Sung to Everyone: Thank you Josh. workers voices are so important--we need to give them a direct line into the BA jobs first Adv. manufacturing and ALL the other Acceleration plans to shape their new workforce training opportunities and design the jobs they need and want. 11:02:09 From Sheila Jacobs to Everyone: Thanks to all the presenters and Woody for coordinating this incredible panel!!! 11:03:33 From Christina Scaringe, Center for Biological Diversity to Everyone: +++ 11:04:11 From Todd Collart to Everyone: Has the State evaluated the cost of condemning the site and taking control of it so the refinery operations can continue on a transitional basis? 11:04:28 From Alice Sung to Host and panelists: Connie, I'd love to connect with you offline in the next few weeks--maybe to spread your message. Would you share your email? I'm at: asung1@gmail.com thank you for all you do! 11:04:41 From Greg Karras to Everyone: Thanks Connie. There will be no real opportunity for consensus with vested interests that want to burn more petroleum 11:07:55 From QuanahBrightman to Everyone: Every Refinery in Contra Costa County should Kick Down Like Chevron Did in Richmond. 11:07:57 From Beverly DesChaux to Everyone: biodiesel is still burning so producing health damaging, climate changing pollution, so it's kicking the can down the road for a REAL transition 11:08:25 From Alice Sung to Everyone: Seems like what may be needed now is a CA New Green Deal that supports the NEW Economy. ? 11:08:27 From Fatima Iqbal-Zubair to Everyone: why can't we end oil and gas subsidies and billionaire loopholes to bring that money back to workers and communities? there's clearly extreme wealth that can be redistributed 11:08:58 From Greg Karras to Everyone: Agree Fatima 11:09:14 From Dave Shukla to Everyone: Agree w/ Fatima 11:09:24 From Alice Sung to Everyone: ^+! good question Fatima. 11:10:27 From Alice Sung to Everyone: what IS a turnaround? 11:10:56 From QuanahBrightman to Everyone: Oil Employees Don't Out Number The Citizens in the Cities these Toxic Refineries are Effecting 11:11:40 From Greg Karras to Everyone: FYI turnarounds are a big deal because refineries are high hazard operations that wear fast — and besides worker and community health and safety risks, cutting corners on that refinery maintenance leads to unplanned outages that spike gas prices 11:12:03 From paigehaskin to Everyone: Is there a conversation taking place around instate production and bringing in imported oil. What are the environmental impacts of each? 11:12:25 From Alice Sung to Everyone: ^ good point. Plus ALL the local families are impacted by the pollution and toxic environmental exposures 11:12:59 From Greg Karras to Everyone: Most of the oil refined in the state is imported now, and up until now the refineries here have been net exporters of refined fuels to other states and nations. 11:14:25 From julietwichell2 to Everyone: Why not alternative energies? 11:14:35 From Alice Sung to Everyone: What about hiring some of the workers to do the safe decommissioning and environmental clean up and recycling of any stell or other materials that coldbe recycled or reused, for starters? 11:14:42 From John Knox to Everyone: Our species is highly territorial. The more we try to take away the food the fossil fuel industry lives on, the more they will dig in their heels, dish out disinformation, and fight like hell, no matter the consequences to people and the planet. To make this transition happen, we have to figure out how the FF industry can continue to make their money while we get clean. But, how do we do this? 11:16:22 From Glenn Loveall - Napa-Solano Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) to Everyone: My Question is in the Q&A section, appreciate everyone’s questions here 11:17:49 From Alice Sung to Everyone: I think if there are plumbers or gas engineers, and gas/oilworkers, they could be trained to do the gas industry decommissioning and building decarbonization, and electrification of the built environment, if they wanted? Maybe the state could require the Oil refinery companies could pay for this decommissioning and clean up work, in a Just Transition? 11:20:12 From Greg Karras to Everyone: Workers at various refineries tell the same joke about drilling for oil at the site if it ever closes 11:23:01 From Christina Scaringe, Center for Biological Diversity to Everyone: Disagree— there are tangible ways to address and accomplish what is needed to accelerate EVs. The grid calculations must include the inefficiencies of a fossil economy. 11:23:14 From Eduardo's Notetaker (Otter.ai) to Everyone: Takeaways from the meeting 👉💬 [ ] Develop a holistic, managed transition strategy that supports a stable and affordable fuel supply while advancing the state's climate and air quality goals. (Teresa Keats) [ ] Explore strategies to retain operations at existing refineries in California to mitigate risks to supply and prices during the transition. (Teresa Keats) [ ] Implement policies and programs to support workers, communities, consumers, and the environment, including transition funding, health and safety planning, and emissions reductions. (Teresa Keats) [ ] Require refineries to disclose the full extent and cost of cleanup and remediation needs, and submit a plan for the cleanup, as part of closure planning. (Connie Cho) [ ] Coordinate the phase-down of fossil fuel supply alongside the reduction in demand, investing in electric vehicl... See full summary - https://otter.ai/u/AfI4w4t45W6eVu5vJnhWqVG6pbU?utm_source=va_chat&utm_content=wrapup_v4&tab=chat&message=be402b78-09aa-42f3-bedd-1278003a80ee 11:23:43 From Christina Scaringe, Center for Biological Diversity to Everyone: ++ 11:23:55 From Peter Mackin to Everyone: Agree with Christina 11:24:10 From Alice Sung to Everyone: Another possible area for new work is of course, in solar and wind and distributed energy systems--microgrids, thermal energy networks, battery, bi-directional and controls optimization tech, etc. 11:24:10 From Carol Weed, Walnut Creek to Everyone: Demand for TVs has slowed due to an inadequate charging structure. Multifamily and many other potential buyers have no convenient place to share an EV. 11:24:19 From Laura w to Everyone: Issue for many is I live in a condo complex and 30 years old . Not built for owners to install charging infrastructure in their garages. But we are not allowed to prevent them from doing it. 11:24:22 From Carol Weed, Walnut Creek to Everyone: Oops EVs. 11:24:52 From Lisa Oliver to Everyone: Chevy Bolts are great! 11:25:04 From Kate Westbrook to Everyone: ford? 11:25:07 From Fatima Iqbal-Zubair to Everyone: Great point 11:25:39 From John Knox to Everyone: Yes, Lisa O.! Love my 2023 Bolt UV! 11:26:01 From Greg Karras to Everyone: I think electric vehicles are so much more efficient that combustion engines are going away. How fast is hard to predict despite the politics — just look at how five years ago nobody thought four big refineries were gonna be closing here by now 11:26:07 From Christina Scaringe, Center for Biological Diversity to Everyone: The lack of choice in American made EVs has been a deliberate choice, that is forfeiting the market to China (BYD). Affordable high performing EVs are available in other markets that we don’t have access to—another policy choice. 11:26:55 From Sherrell Cuneo to Everyone: Thank you Joshua 11:26:58 From Nestor Castillo to Everyone: Mass public transit!! 11:26:59 From Greg Karras to Everyone: The failure of the state to support union organizing at Tesla in Fremont looks like a really big mistake now, right? 11:27:00 From Pete Marsh, Long Beach CA to Everyone: Josh and Steve: your views of the grid are heavily fossil-informed. YEAS, we need to be updating the grid. We DON'T need to "completely overhaul" or replace it. Princeton University / Dr. Jesse Jenkins project that we need to nearly triple the throughput in the US electric grid in 30 years. Sounds like a lot, until you remember that we doubled the US electrical grid in the 1950s, then doubled it again in the 1960s. We absolutely can do this. 11:27:14 From Carol Weed, Walnut Creek to Everyone: Forget new electric cars. Pre-owned TVs are a GREAT buy. EVs don’t wear out like ICE cars. 11:27:20 From John Knox to Everyone: Do not agree that we have reached a plateau on EVs. An EV is a better product than an ICE vehicle, and adoption will increase, incentives or not. 11:27:31 From Martha Gruelle to Everyone: has been great -- thanks all! 11:27:37 From Fatima Iqbal-Zubair to Everyone: Great webinar, Climate Center! 11:27:52 From The Climate Center to Everyone: Call to Action - https://theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels/tell-governor-newsom-to-protect-workers-and-communities-as-refineries-close/ 11:28:05 From Charles Loftland - County of San Diego to Everyone: Will this recording be available? 11:28:06 From Valerie Ventre-Hutton (she/her) to Everyone: Thank you!!! Excellent. 11:28:08 From John Knox to Everyone: Thank you all! 11:28:19 From Susan Cavalieri to Everyone: Thank you to all presenters! 11:28:26 From Chris Wall to Everyone: Really great session with the panel that you brought together!!! 11:28:29 From Charles Loftland - County of San Diego to Everyone: thank you 11:28:29 From Norman Rogers USW Local 675 to Everyone: Thank you. 11:28:31 From Lisa Chang to Everyone: Thank you for a great program! 11:28:49 From Russ Wiggleswoth to Everyone: Thanks! 11:28:59 From Venise Curry to Everyone: Thank you- great program. 11:29:15 From Juan Lares to Everyone: Thanks all! 11:29:24 From Alice Sung to Everyone: Thank you!