Eric Garcetti

This country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. It was conquered by those who moved forward.

This is about jobs. I would just say, read the LA100 Report. It was written not by my level of government, but yours. It shows that we can do this.

It is not a matter if we transition, it is when.

There is a ten-alarm fire going off, and it is called this climate emergency.

We are on our way to 55 percent renewable energy by 2025 and 80 percent by 2036, 100 percent no later than 2045.

We would run toward that. We would bring our capital toward that, and we would embrace that in a minute.

It is not a question of if, it is when we will get off natural gas.

the transition is coming. It is not a matter of it, but when.

Think big, and think jobs, and think speedy. I think that is something that brought everybody here together.

it is time to make that law. Set a target, inspire the investment.

diversity is critical in our energy supply, but remember that renewables are diverse.

We must streamline permitting processes through laser-focused agency coordination and accelerated environmental review.