applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli
For business and innovation to become a hub for International Clean tech firm. Our historic strength and our city has been in finance, and, so, solar firm are moving here to San Francisco to be close to their Financial Partners and to major utilities and Government Agencies such as pacific gas and electric, our San Francisco Public Utilities commission, our california Public Utilities commission as well as the Environmental Protection agencies. We are now home to more than 35 Solar Companies and five of the top 10 solar module manufacturers in the world have their offices here in San Francisco. Were home to energy Major Developers and installers, including sun run, sun edison, teetion energy, basse electric, [speaker not understood]. So, to the Solar Companies already here in our great city, thank you for investing in our great city. ~ teague as those who are not yet located in San Francisco, we welcome you. ~ with open arms. applause please consider joining your great colleagues in be
Mayors in iowa, in indiana, in alabama and in florida, saying that theres a lot for immigrants to contribute to this country. We also have to have the talent come here as well. A lot of Technology Companies are reaching out to talent across the world and they need that talent to stay here to build the companies so that more jobs can get created. Thats part of the immigration bill along with family, along with pathways to citizenship for those that are technically not legally here. How do you spend the 1. 2 million on this program . Thank you. Thats over a threeyear period and half of that money is coming from the foundations that are participating. Thats why we wanted to officially thank them. The other half will come from the city general fund through the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs that adrian has. And she will be working with all the nonprofits to fund them appropriately for the activities that will get people the training, the orientation, the classes, but also
But 55 was a credit, not a deduction. So, you took it right off your state income tax. Probably the biggest incentive that has ever been provided. But over the years times change, but still california at that time was leading the way in solar and building efficiency, and then very shortly after 1982 promulgated appliance efficiency standards. So, we did get the sense of Renewable Energy, efficiency, elegance in the way we handle resources. Today, of course, we know a lot more. We know about Climate Change. We know about population, several billion more. We know if the demographers are right, the world will add 2 billion people. We now have 2 billion cars. The last time there were a couple hundred million cars. In fact, cars are reproducing faster than people. [laughter] and as long as theyre using oil weve got a problem. Thats why in california we have a goal to have a million electric vehicles by 2025. applause so, thats just within the last two months, we actually recorded over 2000
applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli