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City Council Meeting Correspondence
6/4/2019
ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND/OR APPROVE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BILL (H.R.) 763, THE ENERGY INNOVATION AND CARBON DIVIDEND ACT OF
2019 TO AIM TO REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
Date of Name
Correspondence
2 6/4/2019 Virgina Bernal
Representative of
Citizen Climate Lobby
1 5/29/2019 Virgina Bernal Citizen Climate Lobby
*RA- Recommended Action
In Favor In Opposition
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019 Page 1 of 1
Orono, Norma
From: Houston, Nicole
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:26 AM
To: Virginia Bernal; 'Suman Bhasin'; Laurence Hitterdale
Cc: eComment; Cruz, Yesenia
Subject: FW: Data for councilmembers relating to H.R. 763
Attachments: Dividend -individual & as city economic stimulus, 1-page.xlsx
Good morning Virginia and Suman,
I have cc'd Yesenia on this email, as well as the City's ecomment@santa-ana.ors email address. This email address can
be used when corresponding with the Council regarding items on the agenda. The clerk's office prints all
correspondence received in this email inbox for Council's review prior to the corresponding Council meeting. Please feel
free to utilize this resource in the future. Thank you so much and have a wonderful day.
Kind Regards,
Nicole Houston I Executive Assistant
City Manager's Office) nhouston@santa-ana.ore
714.647.5200 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701
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From: v_bernal@sbcglobal.net [
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 9:15 PM
To: Houston, Nicole <NHouston@santa-ana.org>
Cc:'Suman Bhasin' < ; Laurence Hitterdale <
Subject: Data for councilmembers relating to H.R. 763
Hello Nicole Houston,
Please forward the attached information to the Mayor and Councilmembers. It concerns H.R. 763 which pertains to an
agenda item in the next Council meeting. It adds information to that which I left for them at the last Council meeting. I
believe they will be interested in the impact that legislation will have locally, since they know what it will mean for jobs
and the economy.
I will send the same information to Yesenia Cruz, not knowing if she would need to be the one to deliver the information
to some of the members. Thank you for your assistance,
Virginia Bernal
Suman Bhasin
Citizens Climate Lobbv
CA CC North Central Chapter
Climate action can be apoweiful antidote to grief over our environment. It can restore energy and banish fear. Together,
activists reaffirm mastery of our fate.
Pricing carbon is the best accelerator of the many needed solutions to climate change, and carbon fee and dividend is the most effrcient and
sociallyjust way to price carbon. We support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018, introduced in the House and Senate,
now reintroduded in the House, Bill H.R.763..
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From:
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019 1:26 PM
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Subject:
Submitting comments to City Council this evening
Attachments:
Dividend -individual,family & as city economic stimulus,lpage.xlsx; Points about strength
of the policy and economic stimulus to city.docx
Norma Mitre, Acting Clerk of the Council,
I will comment at this evening's city council meeting. I am attaching a corrected chart to one I sent for the last council
meeting; the latter had a calculation error that needs to be corrected. I also am attaching the comments I plan to deliver
in my three minutes. Thank you.
Virginia Bernal
Santa Ana resident
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CA OC North Central Chapter
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Points about strength of the policy and economic stimulus to city
Good evening Council members,
First, I want to say I appreciate you and the city staff for your service. Having attended previous
city council meetings and this one, I appreciate the variety and amount of issues and decisions
that require dedicated work and attention.
Thank you especially this evening for your consideration to adopt a resolution to Congress in
support of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, H.R. 763.
Several of us residents are travelling to DC in the next few days, joining over a thousand other
citizens to lobby members of Congress, adding our voices to your resolution.
We know that the policy is not the whole solution to the menace of climate change —it
addresses emission reduction only--, yet it is an essential component, a strong, economy -wide
incentive to move away from fossil fuels and their harmful effects to health and the
environment. It is also the most aggressive policy to reduce emissions --not matched by any
other bill introduced in Congress in the past decade. Our clean energy technologies will be
ready to supply us the energy we need.
The amazing thing is that the policy will have other benefits. It can provide a significant
economic stimulus to our city. The dividends increase while the carbon fee imposed on fossil
fuel corporations is raised annually. When fossil fuel use diminishes enough, the dividends will
in turn gradually be reduced and end within some thirty or so years, thus weaning families
gently from the extra income.
During the existence of the dividend, individuals with low- and middle -income will spend most
of it, stimulating the local economy. For a city our size it will mean several hundred million
dollars coming in, spent on healthcare, retail and housing. It will be taxable income, yet the
dividend will not be included in means testing for federal assisted programs.
The chart illustrating this point that I submitted by email had a calculation error, so I am
submitting a corrected one to replace it.
For the sake of our health, our environment, our city, nation and world, please adopt the
resolution. Thank you.