Ua loaʻa i ka lā i nehinei nā kumu waiwai o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā kumu waiwai ʻē aʻe ma ke kūkākūkā mau ʻana i nā mea nui o ka papahana i loko o ka Papa Hoʻolālā Hoʻolilo ʻo Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
I loko o ke Kōmike Pūlāwai Hui Pū ʻIa no nā Punawai, ua hoʻihoʻi nā lālā he nui i ka ʻōlelo a ka Administration e uhi ʻia nā hoʻopukapuka ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale ma lalo o ka Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC). komite lalo Lunahoomalu Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) Ua ʻike koke ʻo ia he mau papahana ʻokoʻa loa ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale a me ka TCC, ʻoiai e wehewehe like ana i ka waiho ʻia ʻana o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻāina wai i waho o ka Buke kālā a ke Kiaʻāina.
Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Alfredo Arredondo, ka luna o Kaleponi ReLeaf i nā ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe ma waena o TCC a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana "ʻo ka $200 miliona i hoʻopuka ʻia a hiki i kēia lā ma TCC…e kanu ma kahi o 10,000 mau kumulāʻau." Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ua ʻike ʻo Arredondo "[me] ka $17 miliona i hele aku i ka pule i hala ma o CAL FIRE's Urban and Community Forestry Program… 21,000 mau kumulāʻau e kanu ʻia." I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e ka Luna no ke kumu i loaʻa ʻole ai ke kālā o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ke kūlanakauhale, nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, a me nā ʻāina wai i loko o ka hoʻolālā kālā o ka Administration, ua pane mai ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻolālā a me ka Noʻonoʻo noiʻi ʻo Kate Gordon, "he nīnau maikaʻi kēlā." Manaʻo ʻia ka Hale Ahaolelo e hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou GGRF Expenditure Plan i kēia pule aʻe.
Ma ka Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Lunahoomalu Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) ua wehe ʻia ka papahana hoʻolimalima GGRF a ka Senate i hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ma luna o $250 miliona i nā papahana ʻāina kūlohelohe a me nā ʻāina hana i kākoʻo mua ʻia mai nā loaʻa kudala cap-and-trade, me $50 miliona no ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale (e nānā i ka ʻaoʻao 31 no ka Hoʻolālā Senate GGRF). Ma laila ʻo Mariela Ruacho, ka Luna Hoʻonaʻauao a me nā Kūkākūkā o Kaleponi ReLeaf, e kākoʻo i kēia mau pae kālā, me ka ʻike ʻana "ʻo kēia mau hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale ka mea nui… Ua ʻae ka Senate Budget Subcommittee i ka papahana i hoʻoponopono ʻia.
ʻO ka mea a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ʻōlelo ai i nehinei ma nā hui ʻo Budget Subcommittee e pili ana i nā hoʻopukapuka e pono ai ma Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
- Luz Rivas (D-Arleta), i ka pane ana i ke Kiaaina Mei Revise: "Ua hōʻeha au i ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ke kālā no nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo… makemake ko mākou mau kaiāulu haʻahaʻa i nā paka a me nā kumulāʻau, a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale."
- ʻO Rico Mastrodonato, Luna Hoʻokele Aupuni Nui, Trust no ka Aina Aupuni: [Nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale] "ʻo nā papahana paha kā mākou hoʻopukapuka maikaʻi loa i ka hana ʻana e hoʻomākaukau i ko mākou mau kaiāulu pilikia loa no ka wela a me ke kahe ʻana. Pono mākou i ka nui o kēia mau kaiāulu i mākaukau no ka mea a mākou i ʻike e hiki mai ana. I koʻu manaʻo, he kūlana ola a make paha.
- ʻO Linda Khamoushian, Kākoʻo Kūkākūkā Nui, Hui Paikikala Kaleponi:"Mahalo mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka subcommittee [Senate Budget] no nā hoʻopukapuka koʻikoʻi i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale."
E HANA: He aha kāu e hana ai?
Hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu Luna Ahaolelo a i ole Senatoa a noi aku iā lākou e kākoʻo i ke kālā no ka Polokalamu Urban a me Kaiāulu mai CAL FIRE a me ka Urban Greening Program mai ka California Natural Resources Agency.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia Palapala o ke kākoʻo mai nā hui like ʻole e noi ana i ke kālā mai GGRF no nā ʻĀina Kūlohelohe a me nā ʻĀina Hana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā nīnau i wehewehe ʻia no kēlā me kēia papahana.