(19 Sep 2025)
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San Francisco – 19 September 2025
1. Newsom signs climate bills surrounded by supporters
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) California:
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"We have made tremendous progress over the course of the last many weeks trying to reconcile these, you know, the simultaneous crisis that we have. This climate crisis, yes, crisis of democracy, growing crisis of confidence that people can deliver and deliver results. And I think what for me makes this day special, six bills that are all about the how."
3. Podium sign
4. Newsom signs climate bills surrounded by supporters
SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) California:
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"A lot of what we are signing today is about building on the reforms, the permitting and the zoning reforms, and land use reforms, and moving forward to get these large-scale projects done."
5. Newsom signs climate bills surrounded by supporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) California:
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"And so California will continue to compete, will continue to make the case to be more competitive globally, not just across the United States. And there are billions and billions of dollars through 2045 in the cap and trade program that continue to make those infrastructure investments."
7. Newsom taking photos with supporters
STORYLINE:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday extended a signature state program aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions through 2045, a move Democrats cheered but Republicans warned would raise gas prices.
The program known as cap and trade sets a declining limit on total greenhouse gas emissions in the state from major polluters. Companies must reduce their emissions, buy allowances from the state or other businesses, or fund projects aimed at offsetting their pollution. Money the state receives from the sales funds climate-change mitigation, affordable housing and transportation projects, as well as utility bill credits for Californians.
It was set to expire after 2030. The law Newsom signed Friday at the Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco potentially boosts carbon-removal projects and requires the program to align with California’s target of achieving so-called carbon neutrality by 2045. That means the state will remove as many carbon emissions as it releases. The law changes the name to “cap and invest” to emphasize that the money goes toward other programs.
Newsom also signed a law committing $1 billion in program revenue for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project, $800 million for an affordable housing program, $250 million for community air protection programs and $1 billion for the Legislature to decide on annually.
He approved other measures aimed at advancing the state’s energy transition and lowering costs for Californians. They include laws to speed up permitting for oil production in Kern County, refill a fund that covers the cost of wildfire damage when utility equipment sparks a blaze and allow the state’s grid operator to partner with a regional group to manage power markets in western states.
Newsom also signed a bill that would increase requirements for air monitoring in areas overburdened by pollution and codify a bureau within the Justice Department created in 2018 to protect communities from environmental injustices.
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