CALIFORNIA CITY IS AIMING TO BE
CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2030 AND IT'S
TAKING SOME BIG STEPS TO GET
THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
PETALUMA CALIFORNIA. THEY
FINALIZE AN AMENDMENT THAT BANS
ALL NEW GAS STATION
CONSTRUCTION, JOINING ME TO
DISCUSS THIS IS THE LINDA
FISHER COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE
CITY OF ALUMA THE LINDO WELCOME
TO THE SHOW I LOVE THIS SOUGHT
THIS SUBJECT, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US. HOW DID YOU COME TO
THE CONCLUSION THAT IN ORDER TO
REACH THAT CARBON NEUTRAL GOAL
BY
2030. GAS STATIONS NEEDED TO BE
BANNED OR AT LEAST A NEWER
ONES.
>> WELL THERE WAS PART OF THE
REASON THAT WE DID IT AND ALSO
THAT WE DIDN'T
WANT TO.
>> HOW MANY MORE NEW GAS
STATION SO WE HAVE THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE 16
STATIONS IN OUR CITY.
IT'S PLENTY FOR EVERYBODY TO BE
ABLE TO FEEL THEIR VEHICLES AND
WE REALLY WANT TO MOVE AWAY
FROM
FOSSIL FUELS AND SO WE NOT ONLY
BAN NEW GAS STATIONS. BUT WE
ALSO PROHIBIT ALL GAS STATIONS
FROM REDEVELOPING ESSENTIALLY
AND SO IF THEY IF THEY'RE GOING
DO ANYTHING WE WANT THEM TO PUT
ANY
THE CHARGERS AND HIGH HYDROGEN
AS WELL.
>> RESEARCHING YOUR TOWN OF
PETALUMA YOU GUYS HAVE 16
EXISTING GAS STATION SO THIS
LAW ALSO INCLUDES LIKE YOU
MENTIONED WAYS TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR THEM TO CATER EVS
HOW WOULD THAT WORK.
>> WELL THAT THEY WOULD MOVE
FROM THEIR EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUT ANY
CHARGERS YOU KNOW FAST CHARGERS
FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE. YES WE'RE BIG TOURIST
TOWN AND SO IT WOULD BE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND DON'T
HAVE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE
AT HOME THAT IT WOULD ALLOW
THEM TO BE ABLE ESSENTIALLY THE
ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR THEIR
VEHICLE WHICH IS ELECTRIC.
>> HOW HAS
THIS LAW.
>> BEEN RECEIVED BY YOUR
CONSTITUENTS TO LONDON, SO
INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT.
>> YOU KNOW MOST
OF THEM. MOST OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS REALLY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE AND
THERE THEY THEY WANT US TO
REACH THAT 2030 GOAL.
OF CARBON NEUTRALITY WE HAD A
FEW LETTERS THAT CAME IN OF
THOSE DENY ERS I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY'RE
ACTUALLY LOCAL AND THEN YOU
KNOW THERE ARE THOSE THAT
BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW IT'S IN
GOD'S HANDS. BUT FOR THE MOST
PART I THINK PEOPLE ARE
REALLY SUPPORTIVE.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
AIM TO BECOME CARBON NEUTRAL BY
2030 WHILE IT SEEMS FAR OFF IT
REALLY IS AS YOU WELL KNOW SO
WHAT OTHER STEPS ARE YOU TAKING
TO ACHIEVE THIS.
>> WELL WE HAD TO KIND OF
CLIMATE EMERGENCY 2 YEARS AGO
THE CLIMATE COMMISSION AND THAT
COMMISSION ACTUALLY. WROTE A
CLIMBING FRAME WORK PLAN WITH
MEN BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY SO
IT'S REALLY COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
EFFORT AND THAT PLAN WAS
ADOPTED BY A CITY COUNCIL THE
BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IN
JANUARY. RECEDED A NEW CITY
COUNCIL AND SO WITH THAT
ADOPTION WE'RE NOW USING THAT
AS A FRAMEWORK
TO UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLAN AND
AS YOU KNOW GENERAL PLAN FOR A
CITY ITS REALLY ITS GUIDING
DOCUMENT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO
BE DEVELOPED AND WHAT POLICIES
WE PUT IN PLACE SO THIS THIS
PLAN BECOMES FRAMEWORK FOR OUR
GENERAL PLAN WHICH WILL BE
UPDATING OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS
ASKED AND DEVELOP A A CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THAT I MEAN TO INTERRUPT THEM
SO SORRY.
>> I ASKED YOU THE REACTION
FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHAT I
ALSO WANT TO ASK WITH GAS
COMPANIES AND GAS STATION
OWNERS HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING
TO THIS.
>> NOT HEARD FROM THEM AT ALL
AND MOST OF OUR GAS STATIONS
ARE OWNED. HAVE THE SAME
FOR YEARS. AND WHAT WE'RE
REALLY TRYING TO GET IT IS THEY
WANT IS FOR THIS
WAS THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR
GROCERY CHAIN THAT ONE OF THE
GAS STATION THE 16 PUMP
GAS STATION ON THAT A LOT OF
THEIR THEIR STORIES ON IN A BIG
SHOPPING CENTER AND SO WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA IS THAT THESE MEGA
CENTERS ARE COMING IN
TO OFFER TO GAS TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO SHOP IN THEIR
STORES AND SO WE'RE REALLY
TRYING TO DO IS
AVOID THAT AND KEEP OUR SMALL
MOM AND POP STATIONS IN
BUSINESS.
>> CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM ANNOUNCED RECENTLY BACK
IN SEPTEMBER THAT THE STATE
WOULD BE BANNING THE SALES OF
GAS AND DIESEL VEHICLES BY
2035 I HAVE ASKED LINDA DO
THINK THAT TIMELINE IS
REALISTIC CONSIDERING THAT YOU
ARE THE ONLY CITY SO FAR MOVING
TO MAKE A BAND LIKE THIS.
>> WELL I THINK THAT WHAT WERE
THE FIRST AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WE
WERE THE
FIRST INNING THE NATION I THINK
THIS IS GOING TO START
TRICKLING IN AND ALREADY HAS
YOU KNOW SANTA ROSE IS NOW
LOOKING AT WHICH IS THE MAJOR
THE BIGGEST CITY IN SONOMA
COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTH OF US.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS A
REALISTIC I WAS TALKING WITH
OWNER OF SIDE ITEM CENTER HERE
AND HE SAYING THAT HE THINKS IN
THAT 5 YEARS THAT MOST OF THE
VEHICLES SOLD IN OUR CITY WILL
BE ELECT.
>> FOR SOMEONE THAT OWNS AND
EVIE I KNOW HOW GRATEFUL THEY
SAY THEY WANT TO FIRST GOT THE
EVIE I THINK FOR MOST OWNERS,
THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHAT
WHERE WILL I BE ABLE NOT TO
FUEL
UP BUT GET ENOUGH IN MY CAR TO
MAKE THE DESTINATION THAT I'M
GOING TO END ITS MUCH EASIER
THAN Y