>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH 27, 2025 MEETING OF THE 27, 2025 MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. WOULD THE CLEARK CALL THE ROLL. WOULD THE CLEARK CALL THE ROLL. >> CHAIR AQUINO. >> CHAIR AQUINO. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DESMOND.
>> DIRECTOR DESMOND. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> DIRECTOR HUME. >> DIRECTOR HUME. >> DIRECTOR KENNEDY. >> DIRECTOR KENNEDY. >> YES. >> YES. >> VICE CHAIR MAPLE. >> VICE CHAIR MAPLE. >> HERE.
>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR PRATTON. >> DIRECTOR PRATTON. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR ROBLES. >> DIRECTOR ROBLES. >> DIRECTOR RODRIGUEZ. >> DIRECTOR RODRIGUEZ. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR SANDER. >> DIRECTOR SANDER. >> DIRECTOR SERNA. >> DIRECTOR SERNA. >> HERE.
>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR VANG. >> DIRECTOR VANG. >> WE HAVE QUORUM. >> WE HAVE QUORUM. >> PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN >> PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THE BOARD CLERK ANNOUNCEMENTS. BOARD CLERK ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO OBSERVE THE ENCOURAGED TO OBSERVE THE MEETING IN REAL-TIME AT MEETING IN REAL-TIME AT METRO14LIVE.SACCOUNTY.GOV.
METRO14LIVE.SACCOUNTY.GOV. PARTICIPATE IN PERSON VIA ZOOM PARTICIPATE IN PERSON VIA ZOOM VIDEO OR TELECONFERENCE LINE AND VIDEO OR TELECONFERENCE LINE AND BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS TO BOARDCLERK@AIRQUALITY.CLERK. TO BOARDCLERK@AIRQUALITY.CLERK. COMMENTS WILL BE DELIVERED TO COMMENTS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION MATTERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CHAIRPERSON, DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHAIRPERSON, DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AN INCLUDED BOARD OF DIRECTORS AN INCLUDED IN THE RECORD.
IN THE RECORD. THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS CABLECAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS CABLECAST WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING.
WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING. CABLECAST ON CABLECAST ON METROCABLE 14, THE LOCAL METROCABLE 14, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CHANNEL ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CHANNEL ON COMCAST CONSOLIDATED COMCAST CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS AND AT&T U-VERSE COMMUNICATIONS AND AT&T U-VERSE CABLE SYSTEM.
CABLE SYSTEM. THIS MEETING IS BEING CLOSED THIS MEETING IS BEING CLOSED CAPTIONED AND WILL BE LIVE CAPTIONED AND WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AT METRO 14 LIVE@SAC STREAMED AT METRO 14 LIVE@SAC COUNTY.GOV. COUNTY.GOV. TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE REPEATED TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE REPEATED ... ... >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
CALENDAR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COLLEAGUES? COLLEAGUES? I DON'T SEE ANY MEMBER OF THE I DON'T SEE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE. PUBLIC HERE. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE REQUESTS TO SPEAK. REQUESTS TO SPEAK. WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT CAN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ADOPT CAN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MOTION IN SECOND. >> MOTION IN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED. >> OPPOSED. ABSTAINED. ABSTAINED. .NEXT ITEM DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
.NEXT ITEM DISCUSSION CALENDAR. >> FIRST ITEM DISCUSSION >> FIRST ITEM DISCUSSION CALENDAR AND UPDATES. CALENDAR AND UPDATES. MEGAN SHEPHERD IN CHAMBERS TO MEGAN SHEPHERD IN CHAMBERS TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. GIVE A PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND DIRECTORS. CHAIR AND DIRECTORS. MEGAN SHEPHERD, DIRECTOR OF MEGAN SHEPHERD, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. GOING TO BE GIVING A GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON BOARD MEMBER PRESENTATION ON BOARD MEMBER ADMINISTADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. ADMINISTADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. SORRY. SORRY. WAITING FOR THE POWERPOINT TO WAITING FOR THE POWERPOINT TO COME UP.
COME UP. THE FIRST TOPIC ON, YOU CAN SKIP THE FIRST TOPIC ON, YOU CAN SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ANDREW, ONCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ANDREW, ONCE IT COMES OUT. IT COMES OUT. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MODERNIZING BOARD COMPENSATION MODERNIZING BOARD COMPENSATION LEGISLATION. LEGISLATION. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WHY NOW?
WHY NOW? WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE BOARD WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE BOARD COMPENSATION IN MANY, MANY COMPENSATION IN MANY, MANY YEARS. YEARS. IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT $100 IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT $100 PERMEATING. PERMEATING. PER DAY. PER DAY. FOR MANY YEARS. FOR MANY YEARS. WITH THE CAP AT $12,000 PER WITH THE CAP AT $12,000 PER YEAR.
YEAR. AND WITH THAT LEGISLATION, AB252 AND WITH THAT LEGISLATION, AB252 #-RBGS INCREASED THAT, DOUBLED #-RBGS INCREASED THAT, DOUBLED IT TO 200, TO $24,000 PER YEAR. IT TO 200, TO $24,000 PER YEAR. THINGS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE THINGS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE ARE SEEING IN THIS WORLD, THINGS ARE SEEING IN THIS WORLD, THINGS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT.
BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. THE WORKLOAD, THE GOVERNANCE, THE WORKLOAD, THE GOVERNANCE, THIS IS FAIRLY COMPENSATING FOR THIS IS FAIRLY COMPENSATING FOR THAT INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND THAT INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND THAT WORKLOAD. THAT WORKLOAD. INFLATION. INFLATION. EVERYTHING IS COSTING MORE EVERYTHING IS COSTING MORE MONEY. MONEY. FOR YOU AS WELL.
FOR YOU AS WELL. AND THAT RETENTION AND RECRUIT AND THAT RETENTION AND RECRUIT MANY. MANY. WE NEED TO KEEP THE BEST BOARD WE NEED TO KEEP THE BEST BOARD MEMBERS ON OUR DAIS AND WE MEMBERS ON OUR DAIS AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO GOVERNING THE AIR GOES INTO GOVERNING THE AIR DISTRICT. DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE KEY AND AS I MENTIONED, THE KEY CHANGES REALLY ARE THE CHANGES REALLY ARE THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING THAT IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING THAT PER DIEM RATE FROM THAT $100 TO PER DIEM RATE FROM THAT $100 TO $200 AND THE MONTHLY CAP TO $200 AND THE MONTHLY CAP TO $1,000 TO $2,000.
$1,000 TO $2,000. IT ALLOWS FORCE FUTURE IT ALLOWS FORCE FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS MANY WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTMENTS MANY WHICH CAN BE BROUGHT FORTH WITH COLAS OR BROUGHT FORTH WITH COLAS OR FUTURE PER DIEM INCREASES AND FUTURE PER DIEM INCREASES AND JUST NEED TO BE BROUGHT FORTH AT JUST NEED TO BE BROUGHT FORTH AT OPEN MEETINGS.
OPEN MEETINGS. THIS INCREASE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR THIS INCREASE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR WHICH BEGAN IN 2025, JANUARY WHICH BEGAN IN 2025, JANUARY 2025 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR 2025 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR PROJECTIONS THROUGH THE END OF PROJECTIONS THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND INCLUDED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR AND INCLUDED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 BUDGET.
25-26 BUDGET. THIS WILL INSURE FAIR THIS WILL INSURE FAIR COMPENSATION FOR ALL AND COMPENSATION FOR ALL AND RECOGNIZES THE GROWING RECOGNIZES THE GROWING RESPONSIBILITY. RESPONSIBILITY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS, THIS IS A LITTLE AND THIS, THIS IS A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF OUR BOARD HERE BUT OUTSIDE OF OUR BOARD HERE BUT REALLY IMPORTANT.
REALLY IMPORTANT. IT DOES REFLECT DIRECTOR GUERRA. IT DOES REFLECT DIRECTOR GUERRA. HE SERVES ON THE BOARD, WE DO HE SERVES ON THE BOARD, WE DO HAVE MEMBERS THAT CAN SERVE ON HAVE MEMBERS THAT CAN SERVE ON THAT BOARD, AIR DISTRICTS ARE THAT BOARD, AIR DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO REPRESENT ON THAT BOARD. ABLE TO REPRESENT ON THAT BOARD. THEY WERE NOT GETTING PAID AT THEY WERE NOT GETTING PAID AT THE SAME RAIT RATE AS OTHER ME.
THE SAME RAIT RATE AS OTHER ME. THEY WERE PAID PER DIEM. THEY WERE PAID PER DIEM. WITH THIS LEGISLATION, THE BOARD WITH THIS LEGISLATION, THE BOARD MEMBER, AIR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, AIR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOW GET PAID THE MEMBERS WILL NOW GET PAID THE SALARY THAT THE CAR BOARD SALARY THAT THE CAR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO GETTING PAID.
MEMBERS ARE ALSO GETTING PAID. SO FAIR COMPENSATION WHICH WILL SO FAIR COMPENSATION WHICH WILL REALLY ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION REALLY ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND FAIRNESS AMONGST THE LOCAL AND FAIRNESS AMONGST THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL MEMBERS. AND STATE LEVEL MEMBERS. SO THAT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON SO THAT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET. OUR BUDGET. ALL AT THE STATE BUDGET LEVEL. ALL AT THE STATE BUDGET LEVEL. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. PERFECT. PERFECT. ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC OF ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC OF TELECONFERENCING FOR BOARD AND TELECONFERENCING FOR BOARD AND SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE LEGISLATIONS ON THIS AS WELL. LEGISLATIONS ON THIS AS WELL. YOU HAVE TO ■GOHANDINHAND.
YOU HAVE TO ■GOHANDINHAND. THIS IS EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR, THIS IS EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR, 2025. 2025. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO UPDATE THE BROWN ACT.
UPDATE THE BROWN ACT. AS YOU KNOW, BROWN ACT CALLS FOR AS YOU KNOW, BROWN ACT CALLS FOR US TO BE IN CHAMBERS TO POSTIF US TO BE IN CHAMBERS TO POSTIF WE ARE, OUR LOCATION, IF YOU ARE WE ARE, OUR LOCATION, IF YOU ARE TELECONFERENCING, POST YOUR TELECONFERENCING, POST YOUR LOCATION AS YOU WILL SEE TODAY, LOCATION AS YOU WILL SEE TODAY, DIRECTOR GUERRA'S LOCATION WAS DIRECTOR GUERRA'S LOCATION WAS TO BE POSTED, I'M USING HIM AS TO BE POSTED, I'M USING HIM AS AN EXAMPLE HERE.
AN EXAMPLE HERE. POSTED IN OUR AGENDA BEFORE IT POSTED IN OUR AGENDA BEFORE IT WAS POSTED TO THE PUBLIC. WAS POSTED TO THE PUBLIC. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH AB2302.
AB2302. BUT THIS JUST SETS CLEAR BUT THIS JUST SETS CLEAR PROVISIONS WITH THE AMOUNT OF PROVISIONS WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIMES OUR BOARD MEETS, THAT WE TIMES OUR BOARD MEETS, THAT WE WILL HAVE TWO, WE ARE ALLOWED TO WILL HAVE TWO, WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO TELECONFERENCING HAVE TWO TELECONFERENCING MEETINGS FOR EACH OF YOU AS LONG MEETINGS FOR EACH OF YOU AS LONG AS WE HAVE A QUORUM IN CHAMBERS, AS WE HAVE A QUORUM IN CHAMBERS, IN THE REGION.
IN THE REGION. SO THAT WILL LIMIT THAT SO THAT WILL LIMIT THAT TELECONFERENCING TO JUST THE TELECONFERENCING TO JUST THE TWO. TWO. AND IT WILL PROVIDE THE AND IT WILL PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY FOR REMOTE CONSISTENCY FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION AMONGST EVERYONE. PARTICIPATION AMONGST EVERYONE. AND ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY. AND ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW 24449, THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN NOW 24449, THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2003.
EFFECT SINCE 2003. WHILE THE 2302 WILL ASK FOR YOU WHILE THE 2302 WILL ASK FOR YOU TO DISCLOSE YOUR LOCATION AND TO DISCLOSE YOUR LOCATION AND POST THAT AND HAVE IT BE A POST THAT AND HAVE IT BE A PUBLIC ACT, ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS, PUBLIC ACT, ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS, 2449 DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC 2449 DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU ACCESS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO POST YOUR LOCATION.
TO POST YOUR LOCATION. WITH JUST CAUSE AND EMERGENCY WITH JUST CAUSE AND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU DO NOT NEED CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DISCLOSE THAT. TO DISCLOSE THAT. IT DOES NEED APPROVAL VIA THIS IT DOES NEED APPROVAL VIA THIS BOARD. BOARD. SO YOU WILL SUBMIT YOUR REASON. SO YOU WILL SUBMIT YOUR REASON. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC.
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC. THERE IS PRIVACY AND THAT IS THE THERE IS PRIVACY AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS BEING ILL, SICK REASON FOR THIS BEING ILL, SICK CHILDREN, HAVING TO CARE FOR A CHILDREN, HAVING TO CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OR AN EMERGENCY, FAMILY MEMBER OR AN EMERGENCY, UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE JUST CAUSE AS I SAID, GO THE JUST CAUSE AS I SAID, GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PRIOR HAND IN HAND WITH THE PRIOR SLIDE WHERE YOU DO NEED TO SLIDE WHERE YOU DO NEED TO LIMIT.
LIMIT. IF YOU ARE JUST, YOU ARE GOING IF YOU ARE JUST, YOU ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR HOME TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR HOME BASE LOCATION, CHAIR, I KNOW IN BASE LOCATION, CHAIR, I KNOW IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE STAYED IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE STAYED IN FOLSOM. FOLSOM. AND THAT WOULD COUNT.
AND THAT WOULD COUNT. IF YOU FOR SOME REASON HAD TO IF YOU FOR SOME REASON HAD TO CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER, YOU CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER, YOU COULD STAY AND DON'T HAVE TO COULD STAY AND DON'T HAVE TO POST YOUR LOCATION, YOU JUST POST YOUR LOCATION, YOU JUST HAVE TO LET THE BOARD KNOW. HAVE TO LET THE BOARD KNOW. I'M CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER I'M CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AND I'M NOT GOING TO POST MY AND I'M NOT GOING TO POST MY LOCATION.
LOCATION. WE CAN, THAT WILL BE APPROVED. WE CAN, THAT WILL BE APPROVED. SO IT GIVES YOU ALL A BIT MORE SO IT GIVES YOU ALL A BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. FLEXIBILITY. AND I L ALLOWING YOU TO SERVE TE AND I L ALLOWING YOU TO SERVE TE BOARD AND THEIR DISTRICT AND BOARD AND THEIR DISTRICT AND MEET YOUR OWN NEEDS AS WELL. MEET YOUR OWN NEEDS AS WELL. SO GIVING YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY SO GIVING YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY AND HAVING THAT HYBRID ABILITY.
AND HAVING THAT HYBRID ABILITY. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN, EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN, SHOULD BE LIMITED AS WE DON'T SHOULD BE LIMITED AS WE DON'T SEE EMERGENCIES WITH THE TRUE SEE EMERGENCIES WITH THE TRUE DEFINITION OF THE EMERGENCY DEFINITION OF THE EMERGENCY WHICH IS STILL A HARD TO DEFINE WHICH IS STILL A HARD TO DEFINE BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE USED OFTEN.
BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE USED OFTEN. AND I CAN PROVIDE MORE AND I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. BUT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. BUT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. AND ON A HAPPY NOTE, WE HAVE HAD AND ON A HAPPY NOTE, WE HAVE HAD OUR DISTRICT BOARD ORIENTATION OUR DISTRICT BOARD ORIENTATION MEETINGS, CHAIR AQUINO, OUR MEETINGS, CHAIR AQUINO, OUR CLERK OF THE BOARD, MARTINEZ,
CLERK OF THE BOARD, MARTINEZ, ALBERTO, DR. ALA AND MYSELF HAVE ALBERTO, DR. ALA AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN TO SEE A COUPLE OF OUR BEEN TO SEE A COUPLE OF OUR DIRECTORS. DIRECTORS. DIRECTOR RODRIGUEZ AND DIRECTOR DIRECTOR RODRIGUEZ AND DIRECTOR DICKINSON. DICKINSON. WE ARE SCHEDULING MORE MEETINGS WE ARE SCHEDULING MORE MEETINGS AND NEXT ONE ON APRIL 8. AND NEXT ONE ON APRIL 8. WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING US COME OUT AND SHARE SOME US COME OUT AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT, INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT, PLEASE LET OUR CLERK KNOW. PLEASE LET OUR CLERK KNOW. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME TO YOU WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME TO YOU AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION. AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION. IT IS GOOD BACKGROUND ON THE IT IS GOOD BACKGROUND ON THE DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IF FOR EXAMPLE I CORRECTLY, IF FOR EXAMPLE I STILL WANTED TO ZOOM IN FROM STILL WANTED TO ZOOM IN FROM FOLSOM CITY HALL, THAT REQUIRES FOLSOM CITY HALL, THAT REQUIRES ADVANCE NOTICE, IT WOULD BE ADVANCE NOTICE, IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA LIKE IT PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA LIKE IT ALWAYS WAS.
ALWAYS WAS. IF I HAD A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE IF I HAD A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE I WAS ILL OR NEEDED TO WHERE I WAS ILL OR NEEDED TO CARE FOR A SICK CHILD OR CARE FOR A SICK CHILD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE DONE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, DONE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, BASICALLY WOULDN'T REQUIRE BASICALLY WOULDN'T REQUIRE NOTIFICATION, ME POSTING MY NOTIFICATION, ME POSTING MY SPECIFIC LOCATION.
SPECIFIC LOCATION. >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS JUST IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS JUST CAUSE. CAUSE. BUT THE REST OF THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THE REST OF THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS HERE? I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS HERE? OKAY.
OKAY. THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE. THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE. SO I GUESS WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SO I GUESS WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ITEM PLEASE. ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR, AQUINO, I HAD MY HAND >> CHAIR, AQUINO, I HAD MY HAND RAISED. RAISED. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. SORRY. SORRY. DR. AYALA.
DR. AYALA. >> YEAH, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR >> YEAH, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE BOARD THAT THE FOR THE BOARD THAT THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD LEGISLATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED AND ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED AND DRIVEN BY OTHER ENTITIES, FOR DRIVEN BY OTHER ENTITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, SOUTH GAL, WERE ONES EXAMPLE, SOUTH GAL, WERE ONES BEHIND THE EFFORTS TO BALANCE BEHIND THE EFFORTS TO BALANCE THE PER DIEM.
THE PER DIEM. WE ARE JUST SHARING WITH YOU WE ARE JUST SHARING WITH YOU THAT THESE NEW MANDATES ARE THAT THESE NEW MANDATES ARE GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF YOU IN A GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF YOU IN A POSITIVE WAY.
POSITIVE WAY. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE JUST, YOU BUT AGAIN, WE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE COLLECTION OF KNOW, PART OF THE COLLECTION OF AGENCIES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED AGENCIES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMPENSATION.
COMPENSATION. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WE ARE NOT THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, SPONSORING OR BEHIND ANY SPONSORING OR BEHIND ANY SPECIFIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION SPECIFIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION ABOUT THIS. ABOUT THIS. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.
NEXT ITEM PLEASE. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE A AGENDA ON >> NEXT ITEM ON THE A AGENDA ON NEW FEDERAL AIR QUALITY NEW FEDERAL AIR QUALITY PRIORITIES. PRIORITIES. I HAVE ERIC IN TO GIVE I HAVE ERIC IN TO GIVE PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR. >> YOUR MIC IS NOT ON.
>> YOUR MIC IS NOT ON. >> OH. >> OH. ARE WE GOOD? ARE WE GOOD? >> YES. >> YES. >> SO GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF >> SO GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE BOARD. I'M ALEX, I'M A NEW PLANNER I'M ALEX, I'M A NEW PLANNER WITH THE SACRAMENTO AIR WITH THE SACRAMENTO AIR DISTRICT, LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISTRICT, LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD. WITH THE BOARD. AS I'M SURE, YOU HEARD, A LOT OF AS I'M SURE, YOU HEARD, A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT CHANGES TO E-P-A NEWS ABOUT CHANGES TO E-P-A POLICY AT FEDERAL LEVEL.
POLICY AT FEDERAL LEVEL. TODAY I WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE TODAY I WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON THE SACRAMENTO REGION IMPACTS ON THE SACRAMENTO REGION OF SOME OF THESE RECENT EAVMENT OF SOME OF THESE RECENT EAVMENT PA ACTIONS AS WELL AS A CARB PA ACTIONS AS WELL AS A CARB DECISION, UNDER THE CLEAN AIR DECISION, UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT PENDING A EPA DECISION. ACT PENDING A EPA DECISION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS YOU MAY N KNOW, THE FEDERL SO AS YOU MAY N KNOW, THE FEDERL PEA HELPS SET STANDARDS BASE ON PEA HELPS SET STANDARDS BASE ON STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, VULNERABLE GROUP, CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE GROUP, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEM.
PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEM. STATE AND LOCAL AIR REGULATOR, STATE AND LOCAL AIR REGULATOR, STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND SIPS, DEMONSTRATE EACH AREA THAT SIPS, DEMONSTRATE EACH AREA THAT ISN'T MEETING THE STANDARDS. ISN'T MEETING THE STANDARDS. PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING THE PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING THE STANDARD.
STANDARD. LOCAL DISTRICT, THE STATE, EPA LOCAL DISTRICT, THE STATE, EPA WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT CONTROL PROGRAMS AND ENFORCE CONTROL PROGRAMS AND ENFORCE REDUCTION MEASURES WITH SOURCES REDUCTION MEASURES WITH SOURCES IN THE DISTRICT.
IN THE DISTRICT. IN THIS GRAPHIC, YOU CAN SEE THE IN THIS GRAPHIC, YOU CAN SEE THE SACRAMENTO REGION HAS MADE GREAT SACRAMENTO REGION HAS MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OZONE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS.
CONCENTRATIONS. BLUE LINE SHOWS THE PROGRESS WE BLUE LINE SHOWS THE PROGRESS WE ALREADY MADE AND GREEN LINE ALREADY MADE AND GREEN LINE SHOWS THE PATH THE REGION HAS SHOWS THE PATH THE REGION HAS BEEN ON TO CONTINUE TO AIR BEEN ON TO CONTINUE TO AIR QUALITY. QUALITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EPA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED EPA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED RE-EVALUATION OF SEVERAL PAST RE-EVALUATION OF SEVERAL PAST FEDERAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS. FEDERAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS. THIS INCLUDES THE PM2.5 STANDARD THIS INCLUDES THE PM2.5 STANDARD AND OTHER AIR QUALITY AND OTHER AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS ALONG OTHER REGULATIONS ALONG OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS. THE EXACT IMPACT OF THE THE EXACT IMPACT OF THE RECONSIDERATIONS IS UNKNOWN RECONSIDERATIONS IS UNKNOWN WHILE EPA IS IN THE EARLY STAGES WHILE EPA IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE REVIEW AND WE WAIT TO OF THE REVIEW AND WE WAIT TO LEARN MORE.
LEARN MORE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CHANGES THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CHANGES TO PROJECT EMISSION LEVELS OR A TO PROJECT EMISSION LEVELS OR A NEED TO REVISE AIR QUALITY NEED TO REVISE AIR QUALITY PLANS.
PLANS. HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA HAS MANY HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA HAS MANY INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS AND INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS TO CONTROL AIR REGULATIONS TO CONTROL AIR QUALITY SO THE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY SO THE IMPACT ON THE SACRAMENTO REGION MAY BE LESS SACRAMENTO REGION MAY BE LESS THAN OTHER STATES. THAN OTHER STATES. AS THE ISSUES DEVELOP, MORE AS THE ISSUES DEVELOP, MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS FOR NOW.
QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS FOR NOW. THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STATE AND FEDERAL WORK WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO GET A CLEARER PARTNERS TO GET A CLEARER PICTURE. PICTURE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SHIFTING TO THE ISSUE OF VEHICLE SHIFTING TO THE ISSUE OF VEHICLE STANDARD, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE STANDARD, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE CALIFORNIA BACKGROUND ON THE CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIAWAIVER PROGRAM. CALIFORNIAWAIVER PROGRAM. THE LARGEST AREA OF EMISSIONS. THE LARGEST AREA OF EMISSIONS. ONLY EPA HAS AUTHORITY TO SET ONLY EPA HAS AUTHORITY TO SET AND ENFORCE VEHICLE STANDARDS AND ENFORCE VEHICLE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
AND REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA CAN SET MORE HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA CAN SET MORE STRINGENT RIVERMENTS WITH THE STRINGENT RIVERMENTS WITH THE EPA APPROVAL WITH WAIVER PRO EPA APPROVAL WITH WAIVER PRO PROCESS. PROCESS. CARB FOR CLEAN SLATE RULE AND CARB FOR CLEAN SLATE RULE AND LOCOMOTIVE. LOCOMOTIVE. ALTHOUGH CARB WITHDREW THE ALTHOUGH CARB WITHDREW THE REQUEST.
REQUEST. THIS WAS RESULTED IN DIFFERENT THIS WAS RESULTED IN DIFFERENT EMISSION OUTCOMES. EMISSION OUTCOMES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT THERE THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES. THESE CHANGES. WILL THERE BE INCREASE IN WILL THERE BE INCREASE IN EMISSIONS?
EMISSIONS? FUTURE EMISSIONS HIGHER THAN FUTURE EMISSIONS HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED? ANTICIPATED? HEALTH BASE STANDARDS HEALTH BASE STANDARDS THEMSELVES? THEMSELVES? THIS SHOWS POTENTIAL OUTCOMES THIS SHOWS POTENTIAL OUTCOMES THAT RESULT FROM EACH CHANGE.
THAT RESULT FROM EACH CHANGE. BLUE BARS SHOW CURRENT EMISSIONS BLUE BARS SHOW CURRENT EMISSIONS AND THE PROJECTED FUTURE LEVELS AND THE PROJECTED FUTURE LEVELS WHILE THE ORANGE AND PURPLE SHOW WHILE THE ORANGE AND PURPLE SHOW THAT THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE THAT THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE FUTURE OUTCOMES.
FUTURE OUTCOMES. THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH STATE AND LOCAL DISCUSS WITH STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS EPA TO PARTNERS AS WELL AS EPA TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THESE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THESE ACTIONS AND EVALUATE DIFFERENT ACTIONS AND EVALUATE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CONTINUE THE AIR OPTIONS TO CONTINUE THE AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS. QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TO CONCLUDE, THE DISTRICT WANTED TO CONCLUDE, THE DISTRICT WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE TO INSURE TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE TO INSURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE RECENT ACTION AND DECISIONS.
RECENT ACTION AND DECISIONS. WHILE LIMITED INFORMATION FOR WHILE LIMITED INFORMATION FOR NOW, ON THESE ISSUES, MANY NOW, ON THESE ISSUES, MANY REMAINING QUESTIONS, WHAT IS REMAINING QUESTIONS, WHAT IS CLEAR NOW THE IMPACT ON THE CLEAR NOW THE IMPACT ON THE SACRAMENTO REGION WILL BE REAL SACRAMENTO REGION WILL BE REAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL.
AND CONSEQUENTIAL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FURTHER UPDATES AS ANSWERS TO FURTHER UPDATES AS ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS BECOME MORE THESE QUESTIONS BECOME MORE CLEAR AND YOU KNOW, THE CLEAR AND YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION BECOMES MORE CLEAR. SITUATION BECOMES MORE CLEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION TODAY.
INFORMATION TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU, ALEC. >> THANK YOU, ALEC. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX? YES. YES. DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR. >> ONE SLIDE THERE, ORANGE AND >> ONE SLIDE THERE, ORANGE AND PURPLE SLIDE.
PURPLE SLIDE. HEALTH STANDARD WITH A QUESTION HEALTH STANDARD WITH A QUESTION MARK. MARK. IS THE QUESTION MARK BECAUSE THE IS THE QUESTION MARK BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF THE HEALTH STANDARD MAY LEVEL OF THE HEALTH STANDARD MAY CHANGE? CHANGE? OR WHAT QUALIFIES AS THE HEALTH OR WHAT QUALIFIES AS THE HEALTH STANDARD? STANDARD? WHAT THEY USE TO QUANTIFY RATHER WHAT THEY USE TO QUANTIFY RATHER WILL CHANGE?
WILL CHANGE? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. QUESTION. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE HAS BEEN NO, SO RIGHT NOW, THERE HAS BEEN NO, ACTUALLY, NO ACTUAL DECISION ON ACTUALLY, NO ACTUAL DECISION ON CHANGING THE HEALTH STANDARD. CHANGING THE HEALTH STANDARD. WE WANTED TO HELP THAT.
WE WANTED TO HELP THAT. THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT EPA HAS SIGNALED THAT THEY ARE EPA HAS SIGNALED THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO RECONSIDERING AND THAT OPEN TO RECONSIDERING AND THAT WE MAY ANTICIPATE DIRECTLY TO WE MAY ANTICIPATE DIRECTLY TO THAT. THAT. >> PARTS PER MILLION? >> PARTS PER MILLION? EMISSION STANDARDS?
EMISSION STANDARDS? WHAT IS THE BASELINE OPERATING WHAT IS THE BASELINE OPERATING FROM? FROM? >> DEPENDING ON THE POLLUTANT. >> DEPENDING ON THE POLLUTANT. MOST IMPORTANT OZONE. MOST IMPORTANT OZONE. THAT IS MEASURED IN PARTS PER THAT IS MEASURED IN PARTS PER MILLION OF CONCENTRATION OF MILLION OF CONCENTRATION OF OZONE.
OZONE. THAT IS WHAT WAS REPRESENTED ON THAT IS WHAT WAS REPRESENTED ON THE INITIAL SLIDE WITH THE THE INITIAL SLIDE WITH THE DOWNWARD TREND LINE. DOWNWARD TREND LINE. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> YES. >> YES. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM INTERESTED IN THE EXTENT TO I AM INTERESTED IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH, THIS IS REFERRING TO YOUR WHICH, THIS IS REFERRING TO YOUR SLIDE ABOUT THE WITHDRAW OF SLIDE ABOUT THE WITHDRAW OF CALIFORNIA WAIVERS, THE EXTENT CALIFORNIA WAIVERS, THE EXTENT TO WHICH NOTWITHSTANDING TO WHICH NOTWITHSTANDING WHATEVER, WHATEVER EPA MAY DO, WHATEVER, WHATEVER EPA MAY DO, WE CAN STILL SET AND ENFORCE
WE CAN STILL SET AND ENFORCE HEALTH STANDARDS IN CALIFORNIA HEALTH STANDARDS IN CALIFORNIA UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT. ACT. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. QUESTION. THE VEHICLE STANDARDS IS ONE OF THE VEHICLE STANDARDS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE STATE THOSE AREAS WHERE STATE AUTHORITY IS PRE-EMPTED.
AUTHORITY IS PRE-EMPTED. UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. EPA GENERALLY GRANTED WAIVERS EPA GENERALLY GRANTED WAIVERS FOR THE VEHICLE PROGRAMS. FOR THE VEHICLE PROGRAMS. BUT CARB CHOSE TO WITHDRAW THE BUT CARB CHOSE TO WITHDRAW THE TWO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AMONG TWO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AMONG OTHERS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
OTHERS EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT ISSUE IS SO UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT ISSUE IS REVISITED AND HOPEFULLY GRANTED REVISITED AND HOPEFULLY GRANTED THOSE VEHICLE WAIVERS IN THE THOSE VEHICLE WAIVERS IN THE FUTURE, THOSE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FUTURE, THOSE SPECIFIC STANDARDS CANNOT BE ENFORCED. CANNOT BE ENFORCED. >> NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH >> NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE VEHICLE WAIVERS.
RESPECT TO THE VEHICLE WAIVERS. THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT COVERS THE ENTIRETY OF THE COVERS THE ENTIRETY OF THE SPECTRUM WITH RESPECT TO SPECTRUM WITH RESPECT TO REGULATION OF EMISSIONS.
REGULATION OF EMISSIONS. SETTING STANDARDS AND SO IS SETTING STANDARDS AND SO IS THERE AN ASSESSMENT THAT YOU ARE THERE AN ASSESSMENT THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT HAS BEEN MADE OF AWARE OF THAT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE IS RISK THAT IN SOME WAY OR MANNER RISK THAT IN SOME WAY OR MANNER THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT COULD BE LIMITED?
COULD BE LIMITED? OR PRE-EMPTED BY THE FEDERAL OR PRE-EMPTED BY THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT? CLEAN AIR ACT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVELY BEING DISCUSSED AT THE ACTIVELY BEING DISCUSSED AT THE STATE LEVEL IN PARTICULAR? STATE LEVEL IN PARTICULAR? >> SO I'M NOT PERSONALLY AWARE >> SO I'M NOT PERSONALLY AWARE OF AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT. OF AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT. I'LL MAYBE DEFER TO DR. AYALA ON
I'LL MAYBE DEFER TO DR. AYALA ON THAT TO SEE IF HE HAS MORE THAT TO SEE IF HE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ISSUE. INFORMATION ON THAT ISSUE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALEX. >> THANK YOU ALEX. AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR DICKIN AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR DICKIN DICKINSON.
DICKINSON. WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, THE COLLECTIVE WE WHEN I SAY WE, THE COLLECTIVE WE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TEST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TEST THE THEORY THAT YOU ARE THE THEORY THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. PROPOSING. THAT IS, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THAT IS, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
CORRECT. JUST THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE JUST THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. CALIFORNIA HAS ADOPTED. CALIFORNIA HAS ADOPTED. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. THAT TRADITIONALLY MIMIC WHAT THAT TRADITIONALLY MIMIC WHAT THE NATIONAL STANDARDS HAVE THE NATIONAL STANDARDS HAVE BEEN.
BEEN. WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE SITUATION WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE SITUATION WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS WHAT YOU WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. ARE REFERRING TO. THAT IS CAN CALIFORNIA PROCEED THAT IS CAN CALIFORNIA PROCEED ON ITS OWN?
ON ITS OWN? HAVING QUALITY STANDARDS AND HAVING QUALITY STANDARDS AND THEN DICTATE WHAT REGULATIONS THEN DICTATE WHAT REGULATIONS AND RULES TO BE ADOPTED TO GET AND RULES TO BE ADOPTED TO GET THE REDUCTIONS TO MEET THE THE REDUCTIONS TO MEET THE STANDARDS. STANDARDS. THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
HAVEN'T SEEN. AND I SUSPECT IT WILL BE ONE OF AND I SUSPECT IT WILL BE ONE OF THE TESTS THAT WE WILL HEAR THE TESTS THAT WE WILL HEAR ABOUT. ABOUT. NOW TO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T NOW TO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AS ALEX AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AS ALEX MENTIONED, THE ONLY ACTION WE MENTIONED, THE ONLY ACTION WE HAVE SEEN IS THE A STATE HAS HAVE SEEN IS THE A STATE HAS PULLED BACK ON SOME OF THE PULLED BACK ON SOME OF THE RULES AND EPA HAS ANNOUNCED RULES AND EPA HAS ANNOUNCED DURING TO REVISIT A NUMBER OF DURING TO REVISIT A NUMBER OF THE RULES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THE RULES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE.
IN PLACE. WHILE I HAVE THE MIC, I WILL WHILE I HAVE THE MIC, I WILL REPORT THAT WE ARE PLEASED THAT REPORT THAT WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE NEW LEADERSHIP OF EPA HAS THE NEW LEADERSHIP OF EPA HAS REACHED OUT TO US AND MANY OTHER REACHED OUT TO US AND MANY OTHER AIR QUALITY AGENCIES.
AIR QUALITY AGENCIES. WE ARE ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR WE ARE ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSIONS AND TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSIONS AND DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH A NEW DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH A NEW LEADERSHIP THAT WAS JUST LEADERSHIP THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CONFIRMED AT EPA. RECENTLY CONFIRMED AT EPA. IN THE FUTURE, AS MORE IN THE FUTURE, AS MORE INFORMATION EMERGES, WE'LL BRING INFORMATION EMERGES, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
IT BACK TO YOU. AT THIS POINT, AS ALEX SAID, YOU AT THIS POINT, AS ALEX SAID, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND AWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS JUST YET. JUST YET. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. VICE CHAIR MAPLE. VICE CHAIR MAPLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT I KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. I'M SURE WE'LL FIND OUT MORE AS I'M SURE WE'LL FIND OUT MORE AS TIME GOES ON.
TIME GOES ON. I'M A MEMBER OF SEVERAL REGIONAL I'M A MEMBER OF SEVERAL REGIONAL BOARDS AND THEY ARE HAVING BOARDS AND THEY ARE HAVING SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT, YOU FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NEXT? KNOW, WHAT IS NEXT? HOW ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE? HOW ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE? MY REQUEST WOULD BE, SOUNDS LIKE
MY REQUEST WOULD BE, SOUNDS LIKE DR. AYALA SAID THIS, WE ARE KEPT DR. AYALA SAID THIS, WE ARE KEPT ABREAST, SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES ABREAST, SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES DISCUSSED THAT, THEY ARE PART OF DISCUSSED THAT, THEY ARE PART OF THIS BODY TO DISCUSS THEM. THIS BODY TO DISCUSS THEM. BE MADE AWARE AND REALLY BE MADE AWARE AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY THE INTENT. DEFINITELY THE INTENT. >> THANK YOU, ALEX. >> THANK YOU, ALEX. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. >> MADAM CHAIR, DIRECTOR GUERRA >> MADAM CHAIR, DIRECTOR GUERRA HAS SOMETHING.
HAS SOMETHING. >> I CAN'T SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN >> I CAN'T SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN HERE. HERE. >> OH, THANK YOU. >> OH, THANK YOU. NO WORRIES MADAM CHAIR, I'M ON NO WORRIES MADAM CHAIR, I'M ON THE BIG SCREEN OVER THERE. THE BIG SCREEN OVER THERE. ONE I THINK THAT DR. AYALA ONE I THINK THAT DR. AYALA RESPONDED WITH MOST OF THE RESPONDED WITH MOST OF THE ISSUES.
ISSUES. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH HIGHLIGHT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT THE ADVANCE, THE ACF, THAT THE ADVANCE, THE ACF, ADVANCE CLEAN FLEET WAIVER WAS ADVANCE CLEAN FLEET WAIVER WAS PULLED, THAT ONLY EFFECTS THE PULLED, THAT ONLY EFFECTS THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, ALL PRIVATE INDUSTRY, ALL MUNICIPALITIES WOULD BE MUNICIPALITIES WOULD BE AFFECTED, BUT IN COMBINATION
AFFECTED, BUT IN COMBINATION WITH THE CLEAN TRUCK PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLEAN TRUCK PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS THE SETTLEMENT WHICH IS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE MANUFACTURERS TO CONTINUE TO THE MANUFACTURERS TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE. PRODUCE. THAT IS STILL IN PLACE.
THAT IS STILL IN PLACE. JUST MOST RECENTLY AT THE BIO JUST MOST RECENTLY AT THE BIO ENERGY ASSOCIATION, WE HEARD ENERGY ASSOCIATION, WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM SOME MANUFACTURERS DIRECTLY FROM SOME MANUFACTURERS LIKE COMMONS MOTORS THAT PRODUCE LIKE COMMONS MOTORS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES THAT THEY DO HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO CHANGE COURSE IN NOT INTEND TO CHANGE COURSE IN THEIR MANUFACTURING OF ZERO
THEIR MANUFACTURING OF ZERO EMISSION, HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES. EMISSION, HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ISN'T CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ISN'T CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGE IN DEMAND. ABOUT THE CHANGE IN DEMAND. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE LOSING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE LOSING THE PRIVATE MARKET IS, THE THE PRIVATE MARKET IS, THE MANDATE ON THE PRIVATE MARKET IS MANDATE ON THE PRIVATE MARKET IS A BIG ISSUE.
A BIG ISSUE. THERE IS STILL MOVEMENT FORWARD THERE IS STILL MOVEMENT FORWARD AND THE DIRECTION. AND THE DIRECTION. ONE BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN ONE BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AT LEAST WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AT LEAST WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED DOESN'T CHANGE OUR AIR DISCUSSED DOESN'T CHANGE OUR AIR ATTAINMENT TARGETS. ATTAINMENT TARGETS. TARGETS STILL THERE AND MOVING TARGETS STILL THERE AND MOVING TOWARDS THOSE TARGETS.
TOWARDS THOSE TARGETS. WHETHER THEY GET MORE STRINGENT, WHETHER THEY GET MORE STRINGENT, I THINK THAT WE WILL KNOW. I THINK THAT WE WILL KNOW. BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR CURRENT BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR CURRENT TARGETS AND THAT MEANS THAT WE TARGETS AND THAT MEANS THAT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.
NEXT ITEM PLEASE. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE AIR >> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS REPORT. REPORT. I HAVE AYALA ON THE LINE TO GIVE I HAVE AYALA ON THE LINE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. A PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. MEMBERS. I'M BRINGING YOU A NUMBER OF I'M BRINGING YOU A NUMBER OF INFORMATION ITEMS. INFORMATION ITEMS. SOME OF THEM LEFT OVER FROM THE SOME OF THEM LEFT OVER FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU MAY LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU MAY RECALL. RECALL. WE POSTPONED GIVEN TIMING, THE WE POSTPONED GIVEN TIMING, THE APC REPORT.
APC REPORT. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF. NEED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF. AND WE WILL GET RIGHT INTO IT. AND WE WILL GET RIGHT INTO IT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. SO THE FIRST ONE IS, SB88.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, SB88. WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE CO-SPONSORING WITH OUR FRIENDS CO-SPONSORING WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AT THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT. DISTRICT. AND THIS IS MOVING PRETTY FAST. AND THIS IS MOVING PRETTY FAST. PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THE PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF. WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF. WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE AND WE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE BIO ENERGY ASSOCIATION OF OF THE BIO ENERGY ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. SORT OF LEADING THE CHARGE.
SORT OF LEADING THE CHARGE. PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE IS PROMOTE THE UTILIZATION HERE IS PROMOTE THE UTILIZATION OF EXISTING BIO MASS RESOURCES. OF EXISTING BIO MASS RESOURCES. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, OR FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, OR PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURAL BIO MASS AGRICULTURAL BIO MASS UTILIZATION.
UTILIZATION. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE A STRONG OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE A STRONG AGRICULTURAL REGION. AGRICULTURAL REGION. AND THE CURRENT WAY TO MANAGE AND THE CURRENT WAY TO MANAGE THAT BIO MASS IS ESSENTIALLY TO THAT BIO MASS IS ESSENTIALLY TO MANAGE THE BURNING.
MANAGE THE BURNING. YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE BURNING AND THE MANAGE THE BURNING AND THE SMOKE. SMOKE. IMPACTS FROM THAT, BUT HERE WE IMPACTS FROM THAT, BUT HERE WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEYOND SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEYOND AND DO MUCH BETTER THAN HAVING AND DO MUCH BETTER THAN HAVING TO BURN THE BIO MASS.
TO BURN THE BIO MASS. WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE BIO WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE BIO MASS THAT IS A NEW RESOURCE AND MASS THAT IS A NEW RESOURCE AND CREATE LOW CARBON FUELS CREATE LOW CARBON FUELS INCLUDING HYDROGEN.
INCLUDING HYDROGEN. AND THEY HAVE BEEN AUTHOR OF THE AND THEY HAVE BEEN AUTHOR OF THE LEGISLATION AND GREAT SUPPORTER LEGISLATION AND GREAT SUPPORTER AND THIS IS MOVING AND ASKING AND THIS IS MOVING AND ASKING BASICALLY THE STATE TO DEVELOP A BASICALLY THE STATE TO DEVELOP A QUANTIFICATION IN TERMS OF QUANTIFICATION IN TERMS OF PUTTING A VALUE ON THE BENEFIT PUTTING A VALUE ON THE BENEFIT OF AVOIDING THE EMISSIONS THAT
OF AVOIDING THE EMISSIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE COME IF WE WOULD OTHERWISE COME IF WE CONTINUE THE CURRENT PRACTICE. CONTINUE THE CURRENT PRACTICE. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WILL AND THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY HERE IS, SO THE LEGISLATION SAY HERE IS, SO THE LEGISLATION MOVED THROUGH, IS MOVING THROUGH MOVED THROUGH, IS MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS. IT WAS, IT MOVED THROUGH THE IT WAS, IT MOVED THROUGH THE SENATE.
SENATE. IT IS MOVING NOT TO THE IT IS MOVING NOT TO THE ASSEMBLY.
ASSEMBLY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DIRECTOR I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DIRECTOR GUERRA WHO HAS TAKEN A GUERRA WHO HAS TAKEN A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THIS, YOU PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THIS, YOU MAY RECALL HE IS THE AIR MAY RECALL HE IS THE AIR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BASIN WIDE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BASIN WIDE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COUNCIL.
COUNCIL. THIS COLLECTION OF NINE AIR THIS COLLECTION OF NINE AIR DISTRICTS REPRESENTING 11 DISTRICTS REPRESENTING 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BCC HAS ALSO TAKEN INTEREST THE BCC HAS ALSO TAKEN INTEREST IN THIS, IN THIS TOPIC. IN THIS, IN THIS TOPIC. NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LEGISLATIVE DATA.
LEGISLATIVE DATA. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BBC MEMBERS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BBC MEMBERS INCLUDING DIRECTOR GUERRA. INCLUDING DIRECTOR GUERRA. WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS AGAIN THE NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS AGAIN TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS IDEA TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS IDEA THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT. THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT. AND THE INTEREST IS THERE.
AND THE INTEREST IS THERE. THE CLIMATE BOND HAS MONEY FOR THE CLIMATE BOND HAS MONEY FOR THIS. THIS. WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE. FROM THE STATE. WE THINK THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT WE THINK THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT TO THINK BIGGER AND BETTER IN TO THINK BIGGER AND BETTER IN TERMS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS TERMS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS BIO MASS THAT IS OUT THERE.
BIO MASS THAT IS OUT THERE. IT ALSO BENEFITS FOREST BIO IT ALSO BENEFITS FOREST BIO MASS. MASS. THIS CAN BE A TOOL FOR WILDFIRE THIS CAN BE A TOOL FOR WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT. MANAGEMENT. SO AGAIN THIS IS, THIS IS SO AGAIN THIS IS, THIS IS MOVING. MOVING. AND WE ARE ONE OF THE AND WE ARE ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS, WE WANTED TO MAKE CO-SPONSORS, WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
YOU AWARE OF THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE ANDREW. THE NEXT, EASIER TOPICS. THE NEXT, EASIER TOPICS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE AS I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE AS WELL, THAT OBVIOUSLY SOME OF YOU WELL, THAT OBVIOUSLY SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO CAP TO ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO CAP TO CAP.
CAP. AND THE AIR DISTRICT AND MYSELF AND THE AIR DISTRICT AND MYSELF IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE AIR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE AIR QUALITY TEAM AND WE HAVE QUALITY TEAM AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE TOPICS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THREE TOPICS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CARRY THIS YEAR.
ARE GOING TO CARRY THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS HERE, DIRECTLY FROM THE ISSUE OF DIRECTLY FROM THE ISSUE OF PAPERS, WE ARE ASKING FOR PAPERS, WE ARE ASKING FOR FUNDING INCENTIVES FOR FUNDING INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES TO HELP WITH BUSINESSES TO HELP WITH COMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE. WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE STANDARDS.
STANDARDS. WE ARE ASKING FOR NOT LOSING WE ARE ASKING FOR NOT LOSING SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE GET AS AN AGENCY FOR AIR WE GET AS AN AGENCY FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING.
QUALITY MONITORING. AND WE ARE ALSO OBVIOUSLY AND WE ARE ALSO OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT WE WANT SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENCIES IN PARTICULAR EPA, HAS THE RIGHT IN PARTICULAR EPA, HAS THE RIGHT STAFFING LEVELS. STAFFING LEVELS. THEY CANNOT ONLY ASSIST US, BUT THEY CANNOT ONLY ASSIST US, BUT ASSIST BUSINESSES AND ASSIST BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. WE ARE IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE WE ARE IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR CAP TO CAP FOR THE AIR FOR CAP TO CAP FOR THE AIR QUALITY TEAM ALONG WITH FRIENDS QUALITY TEAM ALONG WITH FRIENDS FROM SMUD. FROM SMUD. AND VALLEY VISION.
AND VALLEY VISION. SMUD IS CARRYING AN ISSUE PAPER SMUD IS CARRYING AN ISSUE PAPER RELATED TO BATTERY STORAGE AND RELATED TO BATTERY STORAGE AND FRAMING IT AS ENERGY FRAMING IT AS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE ALL OF THIS RENEWAL WE HAVE ALL OF THIS RENEWAL ENERGY AND MANY CASES IS ACCESS ENERGY AND MANY CASES IS ACCESS RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT WE HAVE TO RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY THROW AWAY.
ESSENTIALLY THROW AWAY. WE WANT FEDERAL SUPPORT TO WE WANT FEDERAL SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE ENERGY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE ENERGY STORAGE CAPABILITIES THAT SMUD STORAGE CAPABILITIES THAT SMUD HAS BEEN LEADING AND THEY WANT HAS BEEN LEADING AND THEY WANT TO CARRY THAT ON. TO CARRY THAT ON. THE THIRD ONE IS, WHAT I JUST THE THIRD ONE IS, WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
TALKED ABOUT. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CARRY A WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CARRY A MESSAGE TO OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES MESSAGE TO OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT UTILIZATION, BIO MASS HAS THAT UTILIZATION, BIO MASS HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AGAIN FOR GREAT POTENTIAL AGAIN FOR ENERGY, DIVERSIFICATION AND ENERGY, DIVERSIFICATION AND PARTICULAR FOR US, HYDROGEN. PARTICULAR FOR US, HYDROGEN. NEXT, NEXT SLIDE ANDREW.
NEXT, NEXT SLIDE ANDREW. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THE BOARD AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THE BOARD OF THE CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. CONTROL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. IT IS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR SOME IT IS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT INTERESTS. OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT INTERESTS. VERY MUCH 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES WE VERY MUCH 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES WE ARE GOING TO ALIGN WITH CAPCO ARE GOING TO ALIGN WITH CAPCO PRIORITIES.
PRIORITIES. THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING ALL THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA, OF THE DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA, SUBMITTED BUDGET REQUEST TO SUBMITTED BUDGET REQUEST TO ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT THESE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT WE COLLECTIVELY HAS IDENTIFIED WE COLLECTIVELY HAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIOR.
AS PRIOR. 8672. 8672. YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. WE ARE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR WE ARE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR PROJECTS, AS WE CALL INCENTIVES. PROJECTS, AS WE CALL INCENTIVES. THESE ARE SUBSIDIES THAT WE CAN THESE ARE SUBSIDIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO BUSINESSES, TO PROVIDE TO BUSINESSES, TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT CLEANER PROJECTS. CLEANER PROJECTS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS WHAT WE CALL ARE ASKING FOR IS WHAT WE CALL IMPLEMENTATION, MEANING WE HAVE IMPLEMENTATION, MEANING WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXPECTATIONS AS AN A NUMBER OF EXPECTATIONS AS AN AIR AGENCY JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER AIR AGENCY JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. AND WE NEED THE FUNDING F FOR AND WE NEED THE FUNDING F FOR THOSE TO FULFILL THOSE THOSE TO FULFILL THOSE EXPECTATIONS. EXPECTATIONS. THE SECOND PROGRAM, SPEAKING OF THE SECOND PROGRAM, SPEAKING OF AGRICULTURE, IS THE ACRONYM IS AGRICULTURE, IS THE ACRONYM IS FARMER. FARMER. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT THAT MEANS.
MEANS. AND THIS IS AGAIN BASICALLY AND THIS IS AGAIN BASICALLY FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES TO AGRICULTURAL ALTERNATIVES TO AGRICULTURAL BURNING. BURNING. SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT IN SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT IN THE VALLEY, THERE IS A BAN IN THE VALLEY, THERE IS A BAN IN THE VALLEY.
THE VALLEY. FARMERS CAN NO LONGER BURN THE FARMERS CAN NO LONGER BURN THE AG RESIDUE AND THE REALITY IS, AG RESIDUE AND THE REALITY IS, THERE HASN'T BEEN MANY GOOD THERE HASN'T BEEN MANY GOOD ALTERNATIVES. ALTERNATIVES. THERE IS SOME ALTERNATIVES BUT THERE IS SOME ALTERNATIVES BUT THEY ARE COSTLY. THEY ARE COSTLY. THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SCALE.
THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SCALE. SO THERE AGAIN, COME SEE OUR SO THERE AGAIN, COME SEE OUR IDEA WITH THE UTILIZATION BILL. IDEA WITH THE UTILIZATION BILL. THE LAST ONE IS, FOR, SMOKE THE LAST ONE IS, FOR, SMOKE REDUCTION PROGRAM. REDUCTION PROGRAM. REPLACING WOOD STOVES. REPLACING WOOD STOVES. AND THE LAST THING IS, CLEAN AND THE LAST THING IS, CLEAN CARS FOR ALL, VERY MUCH ONGOING CARS FOR ALL, VERY MUCH ONGOING CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. CLEAN CARS FOR ALL IS A PROGRAM CLEAN CARS FOR ALL IS A PROGRAM THAT WE AND FOUR OTHER AIR THAT WE AND FOUR OTHER AIR DISTRICTS, THE LARGE AIR DISTRICTS, THE LARGE AIR DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR YEARS AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOR YEARS AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING A SHIFT OF THE STATE SEEING A SHIFT OF THE STATE DEVELOP ITS OWN CLEAN CARS FOR DEVELOP ITS OWN CLEAN CARS FOR ALL PROGRAM.
ALL PROGRAM. THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. AND WE ARE ASKING TO MAKE SURE AND WE ARE ASKING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS COORDINATED FASHION THAT IT IS COORDINATED FASHION AND THAT WE AIR DISTRICTS THAT AND THAT WE AIR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND HAVE MANY SUCCESS TIME, AND HAVE MANY SUCCESS STORIES CONTINUE TO GET THE STORIES CONTINUE TO GET THE FUNDING.
FUNDING. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SET TO RUN OUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SET TO RUN OUT OF MONEY IF NO CHANGES ARE MADE. OF MONEY IF NO CHANGES ARE MADE. THE BAY AREA, AIR QUALITY THE BAY AREA, AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SAN JOAQUIN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SAN JOAQUIN HAVE ALREADY RUN OUT OF MONEY. HAVE ALREADY RUN OUT OF MONEY. WE PROBABLY HAVE LESS THAN A WE PROBABLY HAVE LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ADVOCATING. ADVOCATING. IN FACT, TODAY, THERE IS GOING IN FACT, TODAY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A COALITION OF TO BE A COALITION OF STAKEHOLDERS ATTENDING THE ARB STAKEHOLDERS ATTENDING THE ARB BOARD MEETING TO BASICALLY BOARD MEETING TO BASICALLY DELIVER THIS MESSAGE. DELIVER THIS MESSAGE. NEXT SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON AGAIN, SOME OF THE FEDERAL ON AGAIN, SOME OF THE FEDERAL CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN READING IN THE NEWS JUST LIKE READING IN THE NEWS JUST LIKE US.
US. IN THE PREVIOUS INFORMATIONAL IN THE PREVIOUS INFORMATIONAL ITEM YOU HEARD FROM OUR STAFF, ITEM YOU HEARD FROM OUR STAFF, TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT EPA IS CONSIDERING. THAT EPA IS CONSIDERING. YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CUTS, OR FREEZES.
POTENTIAL FOR CUTS, OR FREEZES. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US. OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US. THE AIR DISTRICT RUNS ABOUT 6-7 THE AIR DISTRICT RUNS ABOUT 6-7 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED FEDERALLY.
FUNDED FEDERALLY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE FUNDING WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE FUNDING WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 15-20% OF TOTAL OPERATING 15-20% OF TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET.
BUDGET. AND YOU MAY RECALL, SOME OF YOU AND YOU MAY RECALL, SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS, IN THE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS, IN THE NEXT HOUR, OUR OPERATING BUDGET NEXT HOUR, OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS ON THE ORDER OF $25 MILLION A IS ON THE ORDER OF $25 MILLION A YEAR.
YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCALE OF THE SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCALE OF THE IMPACT IF FEDERAL FUNDING IS IMPACT IF FEDERAL FUNDING IS INDEED FROZEN OR JUST STRAIGHT INDEED FROZEN OR JUST STRAIGHT OUT CUT. OUT CUT. AGAIN WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW EPA AGAIN WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW EPA IS GOING TO APPROACH SOME OF THE IS GOING TO APPROACH SOME OF THE FUNDS.
FUNDS. RIGHT NOW, TH THEY ARE STILL LIE RIGHT NOW, TH THEY ARE STILL LIE AND ABLE TO CHARGE AGAINST THE AND ABLE TO CHARGE AGAINST THE FEDERAL FUNDS. FEDERAL FUNDS. I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE, I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS 15-20%. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS 15-20%. YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT GOING TO BREAK US.
BREAK US. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT. IMPACT. AND THE FEVE FEAR IS, WITHOUT FL AND THE FEVE FEAR IS, WITHOUT FL FUNDING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FUNDING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. AGAIN, AIR QUALITY MONITORING.
AGAIN, AIR QUALITY MONITORING. YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NETWORK YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NETWORK OF REGULATORY AIR MONITORING OF REGULATORY AIR MONITORING STATIONS. STATIONS. THOSE ARE MANDATED BY THE CLEAN THOSE ARE MANDATED BY THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
AIR ACT. AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT SAYS THAT AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT SAYS THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AGENCIES TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AGENCIES TO RUN THOSE STATIONS.
RUN THOSE STATIONS. IF THE FUNDING GOES AWAY, WE ARE IF THE FUNDING GOES AWAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A REAL BIND TO GOING TO BE IN A REAL BIND TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE A NETWORK CONTINUE TO OPERATE A NETWORK THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO BE RUNNING. BE RUNNING. AGAIN, A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AT AGAIN, A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT THAN ANSWERED.
THIS POINT THAN ANSWERED. I DO WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT I DO WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT FEDERAL FUNDING AND SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU ARE READING IN THE ISSUES YOU ARE READING IN THE NEWS, NEWS MEDIA, IT IS GOING TO NEWS, NEWS MEDIA, IT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE AIR DISTRICT IMPACT THE AIR DISTRICT DIRECTLY. DIRECTLY. NEXT SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, JUST AS AN FYI SHARE WITH YOU, JUST AS AN FYI IS, THANKFULLY, REMOTE IS, THANKFULLY, REMOTE TELEWORKING CONTINUES TO BE AN TELEWORKING CONTINUES TO BE AN OPTION.
OPTION. THE REASON I'M NOT IN CHAMBERS THE REASON I'M NOT IN CHAMBERS WITH YOU IS I'M COMING TO YOU WITH YOU IS I'M COMING TO YOU FROM COLOM BIA, I WAS INVITED BY FROM COLOM BIA, I WAS INVITED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO COME AND JOIN THEIR GLOBAL COME AND JOIN THEIR GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON AIR POLLUTION AND CONFERENCE ON AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH.
HEALTH. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
AWARE OF THAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT ONLY A OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT ONLY A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR PERSONALLY, PRIVILEGE AND HONOR PERSONALLY, BUT THE FACT THAT OUR AGENCY IS BUT THE FACT THAT OUR AGENCY IS HERE, THERE IS ABOUT, I HEARD HERE, THERE IS ABOUT, I HEARD 800 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 60 800 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 60 COUNTRIES IN COLOMBIA UNDER THE COUNTRIES IN COLOMBIA UNDER THE UN CHARTER. UN CHARTER. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW. THIS IS MY REPORT. THIS IS MY REPORT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU DR. AYALA. >> THANK YOU DR. AYALA. DR. KE KENNEDY. DR. KE KENNEDY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. DR. AYALA, THE THREAT TO THE AIR
DR. AYALA, THE THREAT TO THE AIR QUALITY -- I MEAN THE AIR QUALITY -- I MEAN THE AIR MONITORS, DOES THAT INCLUDE MONITORS, DOES THAT INCLUDE AREAS WITHIN AB617 BOUNDARIES? AREAS WITHIN AB617 BOUNDARIES? ARE THOSE SOMEWHAT SAFER BECAUSE ARE THOSE SOMEWHAT SAFER BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT? THEY ARE DIFFERENT? OR ARE THEY JUST AS VULNERABLE?
OR ARE THEY JUST AS VULNERABLE? >> YEAH, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD >> YEAH, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION DIRECTOR KENNEDY. QUESTION DIRECTOR KENNEDY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AB617 IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AB617 SOUTH SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY.
SOUTH SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY. BECAUSE YOU MAY RECALL, WHAT WE BECAUSE YOU MAY RECALL, WHAT WE HAVE DEPLOYED IN THAT COMMUNITY, HAVE DEPLOYED IN THAT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AREAS, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AREAS, AROUND SACRAMENTO, ARE THESE AROUND SACRAMENTO, ARE THESE PORTABLE SENSORS.
PORTABLE SENSORS. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A DOZEN OR SO OF THESE MORE DOZEN OR SO OF THESE MORE ELABORATE FIXED AIR QUALITY ELABORATE FIXED AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS LIKE YOU SEE MONITORING STATIONS LIKE YOU SEE THEM AROUND, AQUINO HAS ONE IN THEM AROUND, AQUINO HAS ONE IN THE BACKYARD IN FOLSOM.
THE BACKYARD IN FOLSOM. THOSE ARE THE STATIONS AT RISK THOSE ARE THE STATIONS AT RISK IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE THE IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE THE PLANNING. PLANNING. ALL OF THE OTHER SENSORS THAT ALL OF THE OTHER SENSORS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED, ESSENTIALLY HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED, ESSENTIALLY WITH OTHER PROGRAMS WILL WITH OTHER PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN. CONTINUE TO RUN. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES EVERY BOARD MEMBER GET DOES EVERY BOARD MEMBER GET THEIR OWN AIR QUALITY? THEIR OWN AIR QUALITY? >> NOT LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD. >> NOT LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD. >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A REALLY >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO GIVE I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO GIVE YOU GUYS ALL -- BUT THEN YOU YOU GUYS ALL -- BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO COMMIT TO ACTUALLY SETTING IT ■UP, RUNNING ITAND SETTING IT ■UP, RUNNING ITAND SHARING THE DATA. SHARING THE DATA. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. VICE CHAIR MAPLE. VICE CHAIR MAPLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST QUICKLY I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU DR. AYALA, IT CONGRATULATE YOU DR. AYALA, IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR IS REALLY INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR YOU TO BE THERE. YOU TO BE THERE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM CALIFORNIA? CALIFORNIA? ANY OF THE OTHER AIR DISTRICTS ANY OF THE OTHER AIR DISTRICTS REPRESENTED?
REPRESENTED? >> THAT I'M AWARE, NO. >> THAT I'M AWARE, NO. IT IS INCREDIBLE. IT IS INCREDIBLE. I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF ATTENDEES. ATTENDEES. MOSTLY ACADEMICS FROM UC MOSTLY ACADEMICS FROM UC BERKELEY AND COUPLE OTHERS. BERKELEY AND COUPLE OTHERS. THERE IS SOME ATTENDANCE FROM THERE IS SOME ATTENDANCE FROM THE U.S.
THE U.S. AGAIN, THE USEPA WAS SUPPOSED TO AGAIN, THE USEPA WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND BUT PULLED OUT. ATTEND BUT PULLED OUT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHERS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHERS. SO YEAH, IT IS, IT IS PRETTY SO YEAH, IT IS, IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT WE ARE HAVING REMARKABLE THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THERE IS THIS CONVERSATION AND THERE IS SUCH SCARCITY HERE OF U.S. SUCH SCARCITY HERE OF U.S. REPRESENTATION.
REPRESENTATION. SO YEAH, I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'M SO YEAH, I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR, TO BE HERE VERY PLEASED TO HEAR, TO BE HERE REPRESENTING. REPRESENTING. AND BRINGING BACK SOME OF THOSE AND BRINGING BACK SOME OF THOSE EXPERIENCES HERE. EXPERIENCES HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING >> THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ABROAD.
ABROAD. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US TO BOARD IDEA, THAT TAKES US TO BOARD IDEA, COMMENTS, AB1234 REPORTS. COMMENTS, AB1234 REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING?
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I WILL SAY THAT I NORMALLY DO I WILL SAY THAT I NORMALLY DO TRY TO ZOOM IN FROM THE CITY OF TRY TO ZOOM IN FROM THE CITY OF FOLSOM TO, YOU KNOW, TODAY, I FOLSOM TO, YOU KNOW, TODAY, I RODE LIGHT RAIL IN WITH RODE LIGHT RAIL IN WITH SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. SUPERVISOR RODRIGUEZ. CLEAN AND CONVENIENT. CLEAN AND CONVENIENT. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. NO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
NO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IT IS 9:41 AND WE WILL ADJOURN. IT IS 9:41 AND WE WILL ADJOURN. THANK YOU EVERYONE.