Senate Floor

Welcome to our first session of July. The secretary will call the roll.

Allen, Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, Ashby, Atkins, Becker, Blakespear, Bradford, Caballaro, Cortese, Dahle, Dodd, Durazo, Eggman, Glazer, Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jones, Laird, Limon, McGuire, Menjivar, Min, Newman, Nguyen, Niello, Ochoa Bogh, Padilla, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Seyarto, Skinner, Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, Umberg, Wahab, Wiener, Wilk.

A quorum is present. Would the Members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery please rise? We will be led in prayer this afternoon by our chaplain, Sister Michelle Gorman, after which please remain standing and will be led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Senator Ochoa Bogh. And as the sister comes up today, let us offer her our prayers and our birthday wishes as this is her birthday.

Oh, thank you very much, Senator Eggman. Thank you all. Keep going around that sun. So let's pray and thanksgiving to God for all, god's graces to all of us and that everybody has a wonderful 4 July celebration. So gracious God, source of all freedom. This day is bright with the memory of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human. Help us to continue the good work belong begun long ago.

May our vision clear and our will strong to ensure the freedom of all. Help us realize that only in human solidarity will we find true liberty and justice. Only in the honor that belongs to every life on Earth. Turn our hearts toward the family of nations to understand the ways of others, to offer hospitality and friendship and to find safety only in the common good of all. We ask this in your name. Amen.

On the eve of 4 July in our nation's 247th birthday it is an honor to lead the California State Senate in pledging allegiance to our nation's flag and the principles we hold dear. God bless America. I pledge allegiance to the flock.

Privileges of the floor. There are none. Messages from the Governor will be deemed red. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed red. Reports of committees will be deemed red and amendments adopted under motions, resolutions and notices seeing no Members wishing to be recognized. Without objection, the Senate journals for June 26, 2023 through June 29, 2023 will be approved as corrected by the minutes Clerk. Consideration of the daily file, second reading. File itemings one through 21. Clerk will read.

Senate Concurrent resolution 28, Assembly Bill 13 five with amendments 1423 with amendments, 1159 with amendments, 1320 daily.

File will be deemed read. Committee announcements oh. Senate third reading. Senate third reading. Item number 36. Senator Cortesi Clerk will read .

Senate resolution 34 by Senator Cortese relative to climate restoration.

Thank you, President. Members, I'm happy to present SR 34 which highlights the importance of climate restoration and recognizes our obligation to future generations. Climate restoration refers to restoring atmospheric carbon dioxide or CO2 concentrations to the levels humans have historically survived long term since industrialization CO2 concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere. Have risen dramatically, resulting in climate change. As most of us know, the impacts of climate change have devastated California with wildfires storms and droughts, and these impacts are often felt the most by vulnerable communities.

The human species has never before lived with a sustained atmospheric CO2 concentration above 300 parts per million, but has risen to 420 parts per million, which is 40% higher than preindustrial times. To return to 300 parts per million, we must remove 1 trillion tons of legacy CO2 from the atmosphere. Nature has already removed roughly 1 trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere ten different times over the last million years. Two of nature's major methods include photosynthesis in the ocean and forming limestone.

Scientists and technologists have developed and demonstrated methods to replicate these processes. Restoring a safe climate, along with achieving net zero and net negative CO2 emissions, must be climate policy priorities. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Senator Becker,

I just want to thank the Senator for bringing this measure forward. I do think this is extraordinarily important. That's why I have 308 this year to establish a long term, predictable market for carbon removal which passed out of this body, and hopefully we'll move through the process. But I appreciate this work because we need a plan to get there, and this focus on this carbon removal is incredibly important. Thank you.

Seeing no other senators wishing to be recognized, would you like to close?

I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Clerk will call the roll.

Allen, Alvarado-Gil, Archuletta, Ashby, Atkins, Becker, Blakespear, Bradford, Caballaro, Cortese, Dahle, Dodd, Durazo, Eggman, Glazer, Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jones, Laird, Limon, McGuire, Menjivar, Min, Newman, Nguyen, Niello, Ochoa Bogh, Padilla, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Seyarto, Skinner, Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, Umberg, Wahab, Wiener, Wilk.

29 to zero. The measure carries. Moving on now to committee announcements. Senator Hurtado?

The Senate Agriculture Committee will meet in room 2115 minutes after session.

Thank you, Senator Alvarado-Gil.

The Committee on Human Services will meet in room 2200 directly after session.

Thank you, Senator Bradford.

The Senate Committee on Utilities, Energy and Commerce will meet immediately after session in room 1200.

Thank you very much. So again AG 2100. Human Services 2200. Utilities in room 1200. We have a busy afternoon ahead of us. If there are no other, let me just say we just have a new Member of the Senate family, Robert James Zabin. The grandson, number ten or eleven, I think, of. Senator Grove joined us this morning, so we wish her and her family well. And if there is no other business Senator Atkins, the desk is clear.

Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, thanks for all the hard work that you're going to be doing today with all those committees. Really appreciate it. Our next floor session is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 1230. Have a good 4 July.

Senate will be in recess until 03:30 P.m., at which time the adjournment motion will be made. We will reconvene Wednesday, July 5 at 23.