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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-037
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA IN SUPPORT OF HR 763 THE ENERGY
INNOVATION AND CARBON DIVIDEND ACT OF 2019
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. WHEREAS, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), global
carbon emissions from fossil fuels have significantly increased since 1900.
Since 1970, carbon dioxide emissions have increased by about 90%.
B. WHEREAS, the United States is one of the top global carbon dioxide
emitters.
C. WHEREAS, the continued release of greenhouses gases into the atmosphere
is a real and growing concern;
D. WHEREAS, failing to reduce and/or limit the amount of greenhouse gas
emissions into the atmosphere could have severe ramifications for the world's
environment;
E. WHEREAS, in January 2019, Representative Deutch introduced HR 763 a bill
to create a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund for the American people in order to
encourage market -driven innovation of clean energy technologies and market
efficiencies which will reduce harmful pollution and leave a healthier, more
stable, and more prosperous nation for future generations.
F. WHEREAS, HR 763 also called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend
Act of 2019 enjoys bipartisan support in the United States House of
Representatives;
G. WHEREAS, HR 763 aims to reduce carbon emissions in the United States by
33% in 10 years and 90% by the year 2050.
H. WHEREAS, HR 763 would impose a fee for the carbon content in covered
fuels including crude oil, natural gas, coal, or any other product derived from
crude oil, natural gas, or coal, which shall be used to emit greenhouse gases
to the atmosphere. The fee is equal to the greenhouse gas content of the fuel
times by the carbon fee rate. The rate would begin at $15 in 2019 and
increase $10 yearly.
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WHEREAS, the fee would apply to covered entities including refineries,
importers of any petroleum or petroleum product, any coal mining operation,
any importer of coal, any entity entering pipeline quality natural gas into the
natural gas transmission system, and any importer of natural gas, any entity
required to report the emission of a fluorinated gas and any'entity or class of
entities which, as determined by the Secretary of State, is transporting, selling
or otherwise using a covered fuel in a manner which emits a greenhouse gas
to the atmosphere and which is not covered by the carbon fee, the fluorinated
greenhouse gas fee, or the carbon border fee adjustment.
J. WHEREAS, the fees are to be deposited into a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund
and used for expenses and dividend payments to U.S. citizens and
permanent residents.
K. WHEREAS, HR 763 is co -sponsored by several Orange County
Representatives including Representative Harley Rouda, Representative Gil
Cisneros, and Representative Katie Porter.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds determines
and declares that the City of Santa Ana supports the adoption of HR 763, the Energy
and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019.
Section 3. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
and adopted this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact
that one or more provisions may be declared invalid.
. Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 2019.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
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Laura A. Rossini
Senior Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
Penaloza, Pulido, Sarmiento, Solorio (4)
Iglesias, Villegas (2)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, NORMA MITRE, Acting Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2019-037 to be the original resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on June 4, 2019.
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Norma Mitre
Acting Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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