SB4 — Identified as one of the consent calendar items, though the remainder of the bill number/context is truncated.
Isaac Bryan — Called during the roll on the consent calendar.
Isaac Bryan — Addressed as Chair Bryan.
Isaac Bryan — Addressed as Chair Bryan.
Isaac Bryan — Addressed as Chair Bryan by the speaker.
Isaac Bryan — The roll call begins with Bryan voting aye; likely the chair is being referenced.
Isaac Bryan — Recorded as voting aye.
Isaac Bryan — The speaker addresses the Chair as 'Chair Bryan.'
Isaac Bryan — Votes aye on the motion.
Isaac Bryan — Addressed as Chair Bryan.
Isaac Bryan — Called on during the roll call and voted aye.
Isaac Bryan — Isaac Bryan is called during the roll call vote and responds 'Aye' each time he is mentioned.
Juan Alanis — Called during the roll on the consent calendar.
Juan Alanis — Juan Alanis was noted as present and later recorded as voting aye on the consent calendar.
Juan Alanis — Juan Alanis was recorded as voting aye on the motion.
Juan Alanis — Vice Chair Juan Alanis makes the motion and then votes aye on it.
Juan Alanis — Juan Alanis made the motion, and when the roll call was taken shortly afterward, he was called and voted aye.
Juan Alanis — Juan Alanis is noted as seconding Mr. Muratsuchi’s motion and later voting aye during roll call.
SB88 — SB 88 is introduced and presented on behalf of Senator Cabrero, with the speaker describing it as a strong bill aimed at promoting biomass and bioenergy-related strategies, including consideration of biochar in future planning. The discussion then shifts to stakeholder reactions: supporters say they are pleased to move the bill forward, while opponents argue that its provisions would support biomass products in the next scoping plan and ask that it be amended into a study bill with mandates or promotion of woody biomass removed.
SB88 — Motion made for due pass as amended to Appropriations.
Alberto Ayala — Air pollution control officer and executive director of the Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District; co-sponsor of SB 88.
Christiana Darlington — Representative of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, speaking in support of the bill.
Matthew on Westwood — Supporter identified only partially by the transcript; likely a witness in support.
Chris McHale — Spoke on behalf of Humboldt Redwood Company and Mendocino Redwood Company in strong support.
Dominic DiMari — Spoke in place of Matt Klofenstein on behalf of the California Bioenergy Association and Aqua in support.
Matt Klofenstein — Named as the person Dominic DiMari was standing in for.
Taylor Truffle — Spoke in support on behalf of several agricultural organizations.
Ross Buckley — Spoke on behalf of the City of Sacramento in support.
Dylan Elliott — Spoke on behalf of Fresno County in support.
Webeth Franco — Spoke on behalf of the California Biomass Energy Alliance in support.
John Kenrick — Spoke on behalf of the California Chamber of Commerce in support.
George Covent — Spoke on behalf of the Almond Alliance in support.
Steven Stensler — Spoke with Brownstein on behalf of the Bay Area Council in support.
Shea Wolf — Shea Wolf, a scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, testified in opposition to SB 88 by arguing that wildfire protection should prioritize home hardening and vegetation management near structures rather than logging distant forests or promoting biomass products. In response to questions, Wolf explained that activated carbon is a water and air purification product made from pyrolysis of organic matter, described pyrolysis as heating woody biomass without oxygen to produce gases, liquids, and solids, and emphasized that the process generates climate and air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, bio-oil, ash, particulate matter, NOx, toxics, and benzene. Wolf also noted that activated carbon can be made from pyrolysis products and used for air and water purification.
Jacob Evans — Spoke on behalf of Sierra Club California in opposition.
SB653 — SB 653 is presented as a bill that defines environmentally sensitive vegetation management (ESVM) with a science-based standard and encourages state entities that fund ESVM programs to prioritize practices aligned with that definition. The witness emphasizes that the measure is voluntary, does not impose mandates or new costs, and does not interfere with existing wildfire mitigation tools or programs, while also serving as guidance for grant agencies. The discussion concludes with an appeal for an aye vote on SB 653.
SB653 — Motion made for due pass as amended to the floor.
Cody Sifuentes-Winter — Cody Sifuentes-Winter of the Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District was introduced and then testified in support of SB 653, describing Midpen’s stewardship of public lands in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He was later referenced as an example of a land manager working to protect natural areas, and the bill’s definition was described as voluntary, as Cody had explained.
Doug Johnson — Doug Johnson is introduced as the Executive Director of the California Invasive Plant Council and then explains that the nonprofit works to support land managers and conservation efforts across the state, helping protect natural areas and native habitats from invasive plants.
Alexandra Macedo — Votes aye on the motion; name appears as 'Flora' in transcript.
Alexandra Macedo — Called on during the roll call and voted aye.
Alexandra Macedo — Assemblymember Macedo votes aye.
Enrique Huerta — Legislative director at Climate Resolve; begins testimony in support of SCR 50.
SB567 — SB 567 is introduced as a bill creating a pilot pathway to study gravity wells and convert idle oil wells into energy storage. Supporters emphasize that it includes strong site-selection, monitoring, and environmental protection provisions and has broad stakeholder backing. Opponents or critics raise concerns about the bill’s allowance of up to one year before a failed well must be plugged and abandoned and request amendments to better protect groundwater basins during the eight-year pilot program.
SB567 — SB 567 was moved for due pass as amended to Appropriations, and the vote was then completed with an absent-member roll call, resulting in 14 votes in favor.
Pete Montgomery — Introduced as a supporter and then began testimony for Renew Well Energy.
Dillon Elliott — Testified in support on behalf of the County Board of Supervisors.
Mike Monaghan — Testified in support on behalf of the State Building Trades.
Mr. Montgomery — Referenced as a collaborator on the bill.
Bob Reed — Testified in opposition unless amended on behalf of the Water Replenishment District.