Agenda - 02-05-2019 8-a - Minutes

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12 1 Price about this and his intentions. She suggested it may be wise to have a conversation with 2 him, and said she left a message for him today. She does support the need for climate 3 change, but wonders if this is the best way to approach working with Congressman Price. 4 Commissioner Marcoplos echoed Commissioner Green's comments about the cost 5 incurred if no action is taken. He said this resolution is publicly asking David Price for support 6 on the behalf of the Orange County residents. 7 Commissioner McKee said he would not argue with a resolution that voices concerns 8 about climate change, but that is not what this resolution says. He said he would not have 9 concerns over the Green New Deal if Representative Ocasio-Cortez would come forward with 10 projected costs, and what the real changes would be. He said there are things in the resolution 11 that he completely agrees with regarding the environmental changes, and especially the 12 request to implement a voter marked paper ballot for all voting; and restoring the vote to ex- 13 offenders who have paid their debt to society. 14 Commissioner McKee said this is a chicken little/the sky is falling resolution, and is fear 15 mongering. He said there is a cost to doing nothing, but he feels most Americans support 16 addressing environmental concerns. He said things like fair taxation that are distributed in 17 proportion to ability to pay seems like a confiscation of wages. 18 Commissioner Dorosin asked if that point is in the resolution. 19 Commissioner McKee said it is in the abstract, which is an attachment to the resolution. 20 He said the abstract also promotes the nationalization of banks, nationalization of stockholders, 21 etc. He said these changes would affect 401 ks, bankers, reduce military funding, etc. 22 Commissioner Dorosin said the concerns raised by Commissioner McKee are not in the 23 resolution, and it is his understanding that the attachment will not be part of the resolution. He 24 said the resolution supports the forming of a committee that will see the Green New Deal 25 formed. He said he does not think a vote in favor of the resolution is a vote endorsing the 26 attachment. He said he is happy to endorse the resolution and start the debate about how to 27 address environmental concerns. 28 Commissioner Dorosin echoed Commissioner Marcoplos' comments about a public 29 discussion versus private conversation. 30 Commissioner Marcoplos said he did not insert the Green Party's take on the Green 31 New Deal into the abstract, but rather it was a good faith effort by staff to provide some 32 background information about what one organization (of many) might bring to such a select 33 committee. He said he based the resolution on other resolutions, and the other stuff is 34 irrelevant. 35 Commissioner McKee referred to the resolution and the first whereas: "WHEREAS, on 36 October 8, 2018, the United Nations released a special report, criticized by many leading 37 climate the scientists as overly conservative, which projected that limiting warming to the unsafe 38 1.5°C target this century will require an unprecedented transformation of every sector of the 39 global economy over the next 12 years". He said in order to achieve this a global government 40 will have to be instituted. 41 Commissioner McKee referred to the 4I" whereas: "to rapidly and safely drawdown or 42 remove all the excess carbon from the atmosphere, to end the 6th mass extinction of species," 43 and said there is no scientific basis for this claim. 44 Commissioner McKee said he is aware that the attachment is not part of the resolution, 45 but given the excesses of the attachment, an affirmative vote for the resolution would be an 46 endorsement of the Green New Deal. He said he does not mind endorsing things that are 47 reasonable and attainable, but ideas such as nationalizing the US economy and a 12 -year time 48 frame for implementation are unreasonable.