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Villaraigosa is now infrastructure czar for CA. This panel of mayors loves HSR as flagship infrastructure. I have recently acquired big doubts on HSR. If I was up on stage I’d be a ball of mumbling doubts and nuances.
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After some tense queuing for lunch the panelist was moderating on ‘building a sustainable energy future’ started a bit late and was a bit rushed for time, but a raucous time was had by all
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Trying to become a full-stack consultant from homeless-in-barrel Diogenes look, to techie in hoodie, to jacket to conservative suits. I draw the line at tuxes though. Don’t call me to emcee the Oscars in a bowtie or advise royalty on scepter design while wearing ceremonial robes.
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Evening plenary. State Senator Shannon Grove (R) points out that CA buys 50% of Ecuador’s oil, and kinda condones the rainforest destruction there. CA republicans know how to poke at dem hypocrisies on climate 😂
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One of the best ways to read an event crowd is to test the evening energy levels. This one seems par for course. Most people seem a bit wiped and about 1/3 seem to have left. An unusual thing is the very large number of locals. I’d guess ~30-40% Kernies.
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They had visual note takers at the 4x2 working sessions (see upthread for mine) that they are now using to do roll-up report outs for closing plenary. Each session itself had report-outs from 8-10 tables so this is 2 levels of (optimistic, not zk) rollups from ~60+ round-tables.
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Very proud of my crypto protocol joke. I make shitpost-connections across fields. 70+ round-tables rolled-up actually… 9 sessions. Check out the topics. This is how they break down stuff at policy events.
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This was the panel I moderated. I’m now a credentialed energy policy wonk 😎
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"Kern County's role in renewable energy, which is significant, is not well known outside Kern County." @CBakerAD16 reporting out from energy work group discussion from #CAeconomy. "What struck me is that we can't reach low-carbon or zero-carbon without Kern."
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