diff --git a/google/api_core/client_logging.py b/google/api_core/client_logging.py
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+import logging
+import json
+import re
+import os
+
+LOGGING_INITIALIZED = False
+
+# TODO(<add-link>): Update Request / Response messages.
+REQUEST_MESSAGE = "Sending request ..."
+RESPONSE_MESSAGE = "Receiving response ..."
+
+# TODO(<add-link>): Update this list to support additional logging fields
+_recognized_logging_fields = ["httpRequest", "rpcName", "serviceName"] # Additional fields to be Logged.
+
+def logger_configured(logger):
+  return logger.hasHandlers() or logger.level != logging.NOTSET
+
+def initialize_logging():
+   global LOGGING_INITIALIZED
+   if LOGGING_INITIALIZED:
+     return
+   scopes = os.getenv("GOOGLE_SDK_PYTHON_LOGGING_SCOPE")
+   setup_logging(scopes)
+   LOGGING_INITIALIZED = True
+
+def parse_logging_scopes(scopes):
+  if not scopes:
+     return []
+  # TODO(<add-link>): check if the namespace is a valid namespace.
+  # TODO(<add-link>): parse a list of namespaces. Current flow expects a single string for now.
+  namespaces = [scopes]
+  return namespaces
+
+def default_settings(logger):
+   if not logger_configured(logger):
+        console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        logger.setLevel("DEBUG")
+        logger.propagate = False
+        formatter = StructuredLogFormatter()
+        console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+
+def setup_logging(scopes):
+    # disable log propagation at base logger level to the root logger only if a base logger is not already configured via code changes.
+    base_logger = logging.getLogger("google")
+    if not logger_configured(base_logger):
+        base_logger.propagate = False
+    
+    # only returns valid logger scopes (namespaces)
+    # this list has at most one element.
+    loggers = parse_logging_scopes(scopes) 
+
+    for namespace in loggers:
+      # This will either create a module level logger or get the reference of the base logger instantiated above.
+      logger = logging.getLogger(namespace)
+
+      # Set default settings.
+      default_settings(logger)
+
+class StructuredLogFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    def format(self, record):
+        log_obj = {
+            'timestamp': self.formatTime(record),
+            'severity': record.levelname,
+            'name': record.name,
+            'message': record.getMessage(),
+        }
+
+        for field_name in _recognized_logging_fields:
+            value = getattr(record, field_name, None)
+            if value is not None:
+                log_obj[field_name] = value
+        return json.dumps(log_obj)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_client_logging.py b/tests/unit/test_client_logging.py
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+import logging
+import pytest
+
+from google.api_core.client_logging import BaseLogger
+
+
+def test_base_logger(caplog):
+
+    logger = BaseLogger().get_logger()
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="google"):
+        logger.info("This is a test message.")
+
+    assert "This is a test message." in caplog.text
+    assert caplog.records[0].name == "google"
+    assert caplog.records[0].levelname == "INFO"
+    assert caplog.records[0].message == "This is a test message."