kevin mullin Rep

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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">bio</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">a <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.0564px;">4</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.0564px; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">th</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.0564px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.0564px;">generation Californian and San Mateo County native, Kevin Mullin is proud to be representing CA-15 in the U.S. House of Representatives, to defend our democracy, strengthen climate resilience, and build an economy that works for everyone.</span></font></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin’s passion for civic engagement and democracy started early. As the son of a high school government teacher and a mother who enjoyed lively discussion at the dinner table, Kevin learned early that civic engagement and being an active participant in the political process gives you a voice in your local, state and federal government.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As a senior in high school, Kevin participated in the Close-Up program where he first visited the nation’s capital, as well as the City of South San Francisco’s Youth in Government Day program (founded by his father Gene Mullin) providing him and fellow students with the opportunity to see first-hand the inner workings of local government. Later in life, he participated in the program as an elected official and was reminded of the importance of engaging young people in their democracy.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">His elected experience began as a member of the City of South San Francisco City Council from 2007-2012, serving as Mayor in 2011. He then represented San Mateo County in the California State Assembly from 2012-2022, serving as the Speaker pro Tem from 2014 until his departure, making him the longest tenured Speaker pro Tem of the modern era.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">As the #2 officer in the Assembly, Kevin was part of the leadership team and presided regularly over floor sessions. In this role, Kevin made rulings on parliamentary inquiries and helped ensure bi-partisan cooperation and civility during Assembly business.</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></font></span></span></span></p><p class="x" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>During his Assembly tenure, Kevin had over 60 bills signed into law, many focusing on elections and democracy reform. </b></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He championed All-Vote-By-Mail elections, and was author of the </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">landmark <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">DISCLOSE</span> Act</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> as well as the Social Media DISCLOSE Act so voters can easily see who is actually paying for political advertisements on TV and social media</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></font></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin is a champion for climate resiliency. He was one of the architects of the $3.7 billion climate resilience package, helped ensure funding was allocated for Caltrain electrification, and worked to ensure the creation of San Mateo County’s OneShoreline, the agency that will help fight sea level rise and work to protect local, state, and federal assets and infrastructure.</font></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></font></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kevin </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">is also hard-of-hearing and wears hearing aids, and has been an advocate for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, through consumer protection legislation.</span></span></span></font></span></span></span></p><p class="x" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></font></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kevin </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">served as an aide to his political mentor, former Congresswoman Jackie Speier when she was a state legislator. He has also been a local small communications business owner and television host and commentator.</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></font></span></span></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></font></span></p><p class="xx" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5rem 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.0564px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin graduated from Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo and the University of San Francisco and has a master’s degree from San Francisco State University. He also studied leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Kevin is a passionate Bay Area sports fan and closely follows the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers and Giants, and his alma mater’s U.S.F. Dons. As a retired mobile DJ formerly known as “Cutmaster Kevvy Kev”, he still mixes music for fun. Kevin, his wife Jessica and their twin boys, Liam and Landon enjoy walking, hiking or biking on trails throughout the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.</font></span></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Kevin Mullin</b> (born June 15, 1970) is an American politician serving as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="California's 15th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 15th congressional district</a> since 2023. A member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic Party</a>, he served as a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California State Assembly</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_22nd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 22nd State Assembly district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">22nd district</a>, which encompasses most of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula" title="San Francisco Peninsula" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Francisco Peninsula</a> region, from 2012 to 2022.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mullin is the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Mullin" title="Gene Mullin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gene Mullin</a>, who served three terms in the Assembly. Before being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was an entrepreneur and served on the city council of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_San_Francisco,California" title="South San Francisco, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">South San Francisco</a>, including one year as mayor. He served as speaker pro tempore of the Assembly from 2014 to 2022.</font></p><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life and education</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Early_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early career</span></font></a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Business_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Business career</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#South_San_Francisco_City_Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">South San Francisco City Council</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#California_State_Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">California State Assembly</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">U.S. House of Representatives</span></font></a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Elections</span></font></a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2022" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2022</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Electoral history</span></font></a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2014_California_State_Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2014 California State Assembly</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2016_California_State_Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2016 California State Assembly</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2018_California_State_Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2018 California State Assembly</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2020_California_State_Assembly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2020 California State Assembly</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#2022_California_Congressional_election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2022 California Congressional election</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Mullin was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daly_City,California" title="Daly City, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Daly City, California</a>, on June 15, 1970. He attended public and Catholic elementary schools before graduating from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra_High_School(San_Mateo,California)" title="Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Junípero Serra High School</a> in 1988. He received a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">bachelor's degree</a> in communications from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_San_Francisco" title="University of San Francisco" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of San Francisco</a> in 1992, and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">master of public administration</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Francisco State University</a> in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-:0-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> Additionally, Mullin completed an executive leadership program at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Business_career">Business career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Before entering politics, Mullin was a local business owner and district director to then-state senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Speier" title="Jackie Speier" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jackie Speier</a>. He also served as political director for his father, then-state assemblymember <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Mullin" title="Gene Mullin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gene Mullin</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As an entrepreneur, Mullin founded KM2 Communications, a multimedia production business in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_San_Francisco,California" title="South San Francisco, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">South San Francisco</a>. He produced public affairs programming on local television and hosted various programs on Peninsula-TV Channel 26.</font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="South_San_Francisco_City_Council">South San Francisco City Council</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mullin was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="South San Francisco" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">South San Francisco City Council</a> in 2007. He served one term on the council, including a one-year stint as mayor.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">During his time on the council, Mullin also represented the cities of San Mateo County on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-:0-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="California_State_Assembly">California State Assembly</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mullin was first elected to the Assembly in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2012 California State Assembly election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2012</a>. He represented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_22nd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 22nd State Assembly district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">22nd district</a>, which encompassed most of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula" title="San Francisco Peninsula" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Francisco Peninsula</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">During his first term in the Assembly, Mullin served as assistant speaker pro tempore. He became speaker pro tempore of the Assembly in 2014, a position he held until leaving office in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-:0-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> In this role, he regularly presided over Assembly floor sessions and continued as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Rendon(politician)" title="Anthony Rendon (politician)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Anthony Rendon</a>'s leadership team.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Mullin left office on November 30, 2022. He was succeeded by Diane Papan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S.House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2022">2022</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h4><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California#District_15" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 15</a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Following Speier's retirement, Mullin announced his candidacy to succeed her in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California#District_15" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2022 election</a>. He defeated San Mateo County supervisor David Canepa with 55.8% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mullin#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mullin was sworn into the House of Representatives in January 2023, when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">118th Congress</a> convened.</font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Mullin&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mullin is married to Jessica Stanfill Mullin, with whom he has twin sons. They live in South San Francisco.</font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_California_State_Assembly">2014 California State Assembly</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2014 California State Assembly election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 California State Assembly election</a></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB388</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><div id="about" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><div align="center" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td align="center" style="border: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.75em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;">AMENDED  IN </span><span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;"> ASSEMBLY </span> <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;">MARCH 02, 2017</span>
</font></td></tr></tbody><tbody style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td align="center" style="border: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.75em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></tr></tbody></table></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /></font><div align="center" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman">CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION</font></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /></font><table id="bill_house_num" width="100%" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td width="50%" align="left" style="border: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.75em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ASSEMBLY BILL</font></b></td><td width="50%" align="right" class="textright" style="border: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.75em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">No. 388</font></b></td></tr></tbody></table><hr style="clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 1407.67px; border-style: none; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" /><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /></font><div align="center" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td id="bill_authors" align="center" style="border: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.75em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center;"><span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Introduced by Assembly Member Mullin
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February 09, 2017</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr style="clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 1407.67px; border-style: none; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" /><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /></font><div id="title" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center;"><span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An act to amend Section<font style="font-weight: normal; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 39719</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="font-weight: normal; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><i> 39712</i></font> of the Health and Safety Code, relating to <b>greenhouse gases.</b></font></span></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /><br clear="all" /></font><div align="center" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST</font></h2></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>
</b></font><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="subject" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>AB 388, as amended, Mullin. Greenhouse Gas Reduction</b><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fund.</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><i> Fund: wetland restoration projects.</i></font></font></span></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="digesttext" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.</span> The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.<font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Existing law continuously appropriates 60% of the annual proceeds of the fund for transit, affordable housing, sustainable communities, and high-speed rail purposes.</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><i> Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law requires moneys from the fund to be allocated for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state and satisfying other purposes. Existing law authorizes specified investments, including land and natural resource conservation and management, if the investment furthers the regulatory purposes of the act and is consistent with law.</i></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would<font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> provide that proceeds of the fund may be appropriated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the reuse of dredged material for wetland restoration, flood protection, and carbon sequestration.</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><i> authorize the use of the moneys in the fund for the reuse of dredged material for wetland restoration projects, as specified, if the investment furthers the regulatory purposes of the act and is consistent with law.</i></font></div></span></div><span class="hidden" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: -500px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DIGEST KEY</font></h2></span><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="vote" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vote: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">majority</span>  </span><span id="appropriation" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Appropriation: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">no</span>  </span><span id="fiscalcommittee" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fiscal Committee: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">yes</span>  </span><span id="localprogram" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Local Program: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">no</span>  </span></font></div><hr style="clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 1407.67px; border-style: none; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: justify;" /><span class="hidden" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: -500px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BILL TEXT</font></h2></span><div id="bill" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:</font></h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="s1" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ActionLine" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h3 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.1; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><i>SECTION 1.</i></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h3> <font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;">Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_2575864E-7105-452E-93E8-9CE819BC64C9" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_section_element" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">39712.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h6> (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys shall be appropriated from the fund only in a manner consistent with the requirements of this chapter and Article 9.7 (commencing with Section 16428.8) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(2) The state shall not approve allocations for a measure or program using moneys appropriated from the fund except after determining, based on the available evidence, that the use of those moneys furthers the regulatory purposes of Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) and is consistent with law. If any expenditure of moneys from the fund for any measure or project is determined by a court to be inconsistent with law, the allocations for the remaining measures or projects shall be severable and shall not be affected.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(b) Moneys shall be used to facilitate the achievement of reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in this state consistent with Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) and, where applicable and to the extent feasible:</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(1) Maximize economic, environmental, and public health benefits to the state.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(2) Foster job creation by promoting in-state greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects carried out by California workers and businesses.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(3) Complement efforts to improve air quality.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(4) Direct investment toward the most disadvantaged communities and households in the state.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(5) Provide opportunities for businesses, public agencies, Native American tribes in the state, nonprofits, and other community institutions to participate in and benefit from statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(6) Lessen the impacts and effects of climate change on the state’s communities, economy, and environment.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(c) Moneys appropriated from the fund may be allocated, consistent with subdivision (a), for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state through investments that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(1) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy generation, distributed renewable energy generation, transmission and storage, and other related actions, including, but not limited to, at public universities, state and local public buildings, and industrial and manufacturing facilities.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(2) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the development of state‑of‑the‑art systems to move goods and freight, advanced technology vehicles and vehicle infrastructure, advanced biofuels, and low‑carbon and efficient public transportation.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(3) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water use and supply, land and natural resource conservation and management, forestry, and sustainable agriculture.<font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"> This paragraph may include the reuse of dredged material for wetland restoration projects, including projects that provide flood protection and carbon sequestration.</font></font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(4) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic planning and development of sustainable infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, transportation and housing.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(5) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased in-state diversion of municipal solid waste from disposal through waste reduction, diversion, and reuse.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(6) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through investments in programs implemented by local and regional agencies, local and regional collaboratives, Native American tribes in the state, and nonprofit organizations coordinating with local governments.</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">(7) Funding research, development, and deployment of innovative technologies, measures, and practices related to programs and projects funded pursuant to this chapter.</font></div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div></div></div><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><caml:billsection id="id_0DE4A518-6170-44BE-B2F4-49FB0FA42728" xmlns:caml="caml"><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><caml:num xmlns:caml="caml">SECTION 1.</caml:num><caml:actionline action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:HSC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'26.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'39719.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator" xmlns:caml="caml" xmlns:xlink="xlink">Section 39719 of the <caml:docname xmlns:caml="caml">Health and Safety Code</caml:docname> is amended to read:</caml:actionline></div></caml:billsection></strike></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">last dem holdout?</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461428694403_2297" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; line-height: 32px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461428694403_2296" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700;">LATE BREAKING ASM <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 242, 0);">Kevin</span> Mullin tweeted last night that he will be voting "aye" on SB 254.</span></span><span style="line-height: 32px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);"> </span><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 32px;"><a rel="nofollow" title="https://twitter.com/kevinmullin/status/723628029302300672" target="blank" href="http://www.yesonca49.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fkevinmullin%2Fstatus%2F723628029302300672&e=d0ef04f66a12c44bc464bfb75d6d7e3a&utm_source=yesonca49&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e_r&n=10" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> Tweet him a thank you now</a>. #SB254 #LetThePeopleVote</span></font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div>