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Legislation In Focus: A Look at Climate Change and Cap and Trade
Legislative Package Contains
Incentive Dollars for Agriculture and
Minimizes Costs to Food Processors
By Emily Rooney | President, Agricultural Council of California
This year’s Legislature was highly ambitious. Prior to
this session, the Legislature rarely exercised its need to
conduct a two-thirds vote for fee increases. However, 2017
was different. There were a number of outstanding issues
important to leadership: transportation, housing, climate
change and restoration of parks.
All of the solutions for these very tough issues required a
two-thirds vote. Most lobbyists and political consultants in
Sacramento agree that while two-thirds votes are rare, they
face an even tougher challenge in election years. Therefore,
if these issues were to be approved, 2017 was the year for
those votes to be executed.
On the climate front, the agriculture and business community
was faced with an important decision. In 2016, the
Legislature passed SB 32, which required the Air Resources
Board (ARB) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to
40 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2030. SB 32 passed
by a simple majority vote.
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