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California governor signs sweeping climate legislation

Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, poses for a photo with state Sen. Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach and her son, Luca Carrillo, 7, after he signed her climate change bill at a signing ceremony at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Gonzalez's bill was among package of legislation that Newsom signed that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, hands the climate change bill to the author, Assemblyman Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, right, during a signing ceremony at Mare Island, in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Riva's bill was among the package of legislation that Newsom signed that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

With a solar panels above him and a charging station display in the background Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the climate legislation he is about at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Newsom signed a package of legislation that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, flanked by state lawmakers discusses the package of legislation he signed that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state, at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, poses with lawmakers after signing a package of legislation that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor signs sweeping climate legislation