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THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WILL COME TO ORDER.

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GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
FOR THIS MEETING.

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THE SENATE WELCOMES
THE PUBLIC IN PERSON,

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AND WE ARE HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE
HEARINGS

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IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

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I ASK ALL MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE

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TO BE PRESENT IN ROOM 112
SO WE CAN ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM.

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WE HAVE 31
BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA,

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SIX OF WHICH ARE ON CONSENT
FILE.

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ITEM SIX AB 1622 FILE.

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ITEM 12 AB 1802 FILE.

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ITEM 14 AND 15, AB 2219

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AND AB 2890.

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ITEM NUMBER 24, AB 2512

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AND ITEM 27 AB 2341.

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WE ASK EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR
REMARKS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE

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FOR THIS LENGTHY AGENDA.

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FIRST, MORE HOUSEKEEPING.

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AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHORS,
THE FOLLOWING BILLS

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HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM TODAY'S
HEARING.

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FILE ITEM 16 AB 2033

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AND FILE ITEM 21 AB 2139.

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WE WILL GET STARTED
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.

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AND, I THINK WE HAVE, YES,
ONE MEMBER, ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

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SCHULTZ, YOU LIKE TO COME UP?

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GOOD MORNING.

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WELCOME.

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GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES.

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THRILLED TO START OFF YOUR DAY.

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IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S
GOING TO BE A LONG ONE.

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TRY TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
NICE AND SIMPLE, IF I CAN.

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I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 306.

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I BELIEVE
YOU BOTH HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE.

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BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF
THE RECORD, I'LL BE QUICK.

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I WILL NOTE.

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THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND
YOUR STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK.

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WE DO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS
FURTHER

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DESCRIBED ON PAGE
SIX OF THE ANALYSIS.

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BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, AB 306
WOULD REQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA

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BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION,
TO HEAR AND DECIDE APPEALS

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REGARDING A LOCAL AGENCY'S

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE
BUILDING CODE

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AND ISSUE CODE INTERPRETATIONS.

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CALIFORNIA'S 540 JURISDICTIONS
INDEPENDENTLY INTERPRET

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AND AMEND STATE BUILDING
STANDARDS,

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LEADING TO BOTH IN INEFFICIENCY
AND INCONSISTENCY.

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THERE IS CURRENTLY NO MECHANISM
IN OUR STATE

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FOR A HOUSING PROPONENT
TO APPEAL A LOCAL CODE

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INTERPRETATION, AND NO MECHANISM
TO APPLY FOR A CODE

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EQUIVALENCY DETERMINATION
ACROSS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.

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THE CURRENT APPEALS PROCESS
REQUIRES

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LOCAL AGENCY PARTICIPATION,
WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE.

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IT ALSO REQUIRES PRIOR
EXHAUSTION OF ALL LOCAL APPEALS.

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THE LIMITATIONS

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OF THE CURRENT APPEALS PROCESS,
HAS LED TO NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.

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NAVIGATING APPROVALS ACROSS 540
INDEPENDENT

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JURISDICTIONS
IS A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT

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TO SCALING, INNOVATION
STATEWIDE, AND IT SIGNIFICANTLY

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INCREASES COSTS AND TIMELINES
FOR PROJECT DELIVERY.

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ENCLOSING AB 306 ADDRESSES
THE LACK OF A PRACTICAL

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AND EFFECTIVE STATEWIDE

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APPEALS PROCESS TO RESOLVE CODE

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RELATED
ISSUES OF BROAD SIGNIFICANCE.

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IT DOES SO BY ESTABLISHING

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A MORE WORKABLE PROCESS
FOR RESOLVING BUILDING

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CODE ISSUES THAT HAVE STATEWIDE
IMPLICATIONS,

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WHILE PRESERVING LOCAL AUTHORITY
OVER MATTERS

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THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

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WITH ME TO SPEAK TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF AB 306

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IS MIKE MALINOWSKI,

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A LICENSED ARCHITECT
AND CONSULTANT

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WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF ARCHITECTS.

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CALIFORNIA, OF COURSE,

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AND ALEX OPPERMAN,
ADVOCACY AND POLICY MANAGER

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WITH THE
HOUSING ACTION COALITION.

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MORNING.

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WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.

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MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I'M
MIKE MALINOWSKI, 46 YEARS.

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YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

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I UNDERSTAND 46 YEARS.

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A LICENSED ARCHITECT
REPRESENTING AIR CALIFORNIA,

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WHOSE 11,000 DESIGN
PROFESSIONALS

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PREPARE THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS

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FOR VIRTUALLY ALL COMMERCIAL
AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

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DEVELOPMENT IN OUR STATE.

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I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE STAFF

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FOR TIME AND COLLABORATION
IN REFINING THIS BILL,

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FOR SPONSORING THIS BILL,
BECAUSE THE CURRENT SYSTEM

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FOR BUILDING CODE
INTERPRETATION AND APPEALS

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CREATES UNNECESSARY
INCONSISTENCY, DELAY AND COST.

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THE SAME STATE CODE
CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY

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ACROSS 540 JURISDICTIONS,
WHICH LEADS TO NEGATIVE

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CONSEQUENCES, PARTICULARLY
IMPACTING HOUSING DELIVERY.

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CONSIDER A SEEMINGLY
SIMPLE EXAMPLE A TOWNHOUSE.

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JURISDICTIONS DIFFER
ON WHICH CODE APPLIES.

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IS IT THE SIMPLER CRC
OR THE MORE COMPLEX CBC?

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HOW OCCUPANCY IS CLASSIFIED?

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IS IT R2 OR IS IT R3?

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AND THE DETAILING OF WALLS
TO SEPARATE UNITS?

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THIS MEANS A SET OF PLANS

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APPROVED ON ONE SITE
MAY NOT WORK ACROSS THE STREET.

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THAT AFFECTS COST, TIMELINES,

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AND SOMETIMES WHETHER A PROJECT
MOVES FORWARD AT ALL.

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AB 306 PROVIDES
PRACTICAL, WORKABLE PROCESS

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FOR APPEALS AND STATEWIDE CODE
INTERPRETATIONS WHILE PRESERVING

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LOCAL CONTROL OVER LOCAL ISSUES
AND PROJECT SPECIFIC DECISIONS.

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THIS BILL BUILDS ON MODELS
PROVEN TO WORK,

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SUCH AS THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S

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WELL USED AND HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL
CODE INTERPRETATION PROCESS,

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THROUGH WHICH ANY PERSON

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CAN REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF
THE FIRE CODE WITH THE RESULTS

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POSTED ONLINE AND COORDINATION
WITH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS

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BUILT INTO THAT PROCESS.

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AB 306 DIRECTLY SUPPORTS
HOUSING INNOVATION.

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FOR EXAMPLE, 3D PRINTED CONCRETE
HOMES ARE ALREADY BEING USED

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THROUGH A LOCAL ALTERNATE
MATERIALS AND METHODS APPROVAL

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AND THE CAMPFIRE REBUILD AREA
THAT COULD BE SCALED, BUT

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IT CURRENTLY REQUIRES REVIEW
BY JURISDICTIONS ONE AT A TIME.

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EACH OF THESE APPROVALS
CAN COME WITH UNIQUE CONDITIONS

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AND REQUIREMENTS.

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GOOD BUY EFFICIENCY AND COST
EFFECTIVENESS.

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THIS IS A BALANCED
AND PRACTICAL REFORM.

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I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

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GOOD MORNING.

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MY NAME IS ALEX JAYARAMAN,
ADVOCACY AND POLICY MANAGER

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FOR THE HOUSING ACTION
COALITION.

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I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF AB 306.

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AD HOC.

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WE REPRESENT DEVELOPERS,
ARCHITECTS,

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ATTORNEYS, CONSTRUCTION
PROFESSIONALS

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AND LABOR
UNIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA

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WHO ENTER TO ENCOUNTER
BUILDING CODE INCONSISTENCIES

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AS A DAILY BARRIER
TO HOUSING DELIVERY.

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CALIFORNIA'S 540 JURISDICTIONS
INDEPENDENTLY INTERPRET STATE

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BUILDING STANDARDS,
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY

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NO PRACTICAL MECHANISM
FOR AN AFFECTED PARTY

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TO APPEAL A LOCAL INTERPRETATION
OF THEIR OWN.

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THE EXISTING PROCESS REQUIRES
LOCAL AGENCY PARTICIPATION,

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MEANING A JURISDICTION
MUST ESSENTIALLY AGREE

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TO APPEAL ITS OWN DECISION,
WHICH ESSENTIALLY NEVER HAPPENS.

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8306 FIXES
THAT THE BUILDING CODE

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INTERPRETATION REQUEST PROCESS
IS A MEANINGFUL ADDITION,

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GIVING THE PERSON

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THE ABILITY
TO REQUEST A DETERMINATION

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FROM THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING
STANDARDS COMMISSION,

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THE STATE BODY THAT ADOPTS
AND PUBLISHES THE CALIFORNIA

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BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, CREATES
REAL, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY

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FOR RESOLVING AMBIGUITY
THAT CURRENTLY GETS RESOLVED

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INCONSISTENTLY ACROSS
JURISDICTIONS OR

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NOT AT ALL FOR HAC MEMBERS
WORKING ON ADAPTIVE REUSE.

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THIS MATTERS, ESPECIALLY
LOCAL CODE AMENDMENT TRIGGERS

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FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS VARY
DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE STATE,

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AND THERE HAS BEEN NO STATE
LEVEL FORUM TO ADDRESS THAT.

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AB 306 BEGINS TO CHANGE THAT.

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THAT TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT
REQUIRING LOCAL AGENCIES

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TO POST THEIR CODE,

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INTERPRETATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
ONLINE, IS SIMPLE AND OVERDUE.

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HAC MEMBERS REGULARLY DISCOVER
LOCAL INTERPRETATIONS

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MID PROJECT.

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MAKING THEM

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PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE UP
FRONT REDUCES COST AND DELAY.

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I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
I VOTE ON AB 306.

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THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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IS THERE ANYONE
IN, ELSE IN SUPPORT OF AB 306?

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IF YOU CAN
PLEASE COME UP THE MICROPHONE.

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THANK YOU.

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MORNING.

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JOHN SKOGLUND WITH THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES IN SUPPORT.

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MORNING.

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FREDDY QUINTANA
WITH THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT

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ASSOCIATION. AND SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU.

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STEPHANIE JIMENEZ,

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ON BEHALF OF BARRETT COUNCIL
AND SUPPORT.

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DANNY CURTIN, CALIFORNIA
CONFERENCE OF CARPENTERS

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AND SUPPORT.

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WE HAVE TO ATTACK THIS
HOUSING CRISIS.

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THANK YOU.

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OKAY.

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IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 306?

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PLEASE COME FORWARD.

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NO. OKAY.

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SEEING NONE, COME TO THE DAIS.

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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

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NOPE. SEEING NONE.

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THEN YOU MAY WRAP UP.

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I'LL RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR.
I VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

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THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU.

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AND WE'RE JUST HERE
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.

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SO AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE
MEMBERS TO COME ON DOWN, WE'LL

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TAKE UP A VOTE.

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THANK YOU.

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WHO'S NEXT?

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ON WHICH NUMBER?

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THREE.

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3 A.M., I THINK, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER QUICKSILVER.

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I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE.

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SO YOU'RE NEXT.

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GOOD MORNING.

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OUT TO. OH.

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HOW DO WE JUST
GET TO THE SECOND?

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THANK YOU.

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THANK

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YOU FOR THE REST.

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YOU WEREN'T WITH.

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OKAY.

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GOOD MORNING. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

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GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBER.

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

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MY FINAL TIME PRESENTING
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE.

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I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 956,
WHICH CLARIFIES EXISTING

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ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW
BY ALLOWING A HOMEOWNER

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TO BUILD UP TO TWO DETACHED
ADUS ON A PROPERTY, PROVIDED

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THOSE UNITS COMPLY

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WITH ALL EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
RELATED TO SIZE,

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HEIGHT, SETBACKS,
AS WELL AS HEALTH AND SAFETY.

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THIS BILL ALSO CLARIFIES
HOW ADU LAW APPLIES TO HOA FEES

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AND COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT
SIDES.

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IN 2019,
THE LEGISLATURE ENACTED AB 670

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TO PREVENT CARRIERS
FROM PROHIBITING

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OR UNREASONABLY RESTRICT
THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS.

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HOWEVER,
AMBIGUITY IN CURRENT STATE

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STATUTE HAS CREATED UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING WHICH PROPERTIES

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WITHIN COMMON INTEREST
DEVELOPMENTS

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ARE COVERED
BY THOSE PROTECTIONS.

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THAT AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN SENATE
HOUSING MAINTAINS CONSISTENCY

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WITH SB NINE AND AVOIDS
INADVERTENTLY TRIGGERING THIS

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DENSITY BONUS LAW.

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SPECIFICALLY,
THE BILL AUTHORIZES

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EITHER TWO DETACHED ADUS
THAT MEET REQUIREMENTS

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OR ONE DETACHED
ADU AND ONE ATTACH

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J ADU CONSISTENT
WITH CURRENT LAW.

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AND WE BROUGHT
YOU THIS LITTLE HANDOUT.

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MANY FAMILIES USE
ADUS TO SUPPORT AGING PARENTS

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WHO WANT TO LIVE CLOSE BY,
BUT ALSO EVEN YOUNG ADULTS

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WHO, ARE FINDING IT
VERY DIFFICULT

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TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE PLACE
TO LIVE.

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OTHERS.

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WE KNOW,

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THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY,
ATTEMPTS

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FOR YOUNG ADULTS, AS WE JUST
SAID, TO FIND HOUSING.

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AND THIS IS ANOTHER SOLUTION.

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OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
THE LEGISLATURE HAS WORKED

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DILIGENTLY TO REDUCE BARRIERS
TO ADU CONSTRUCTION.

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AND YET,
THERE IS STILL CLARITY ISSUES

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WITHIN THERE, WITHIN
HOW MANY UNITS WHERE

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AND SO FORTH.

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BASICALLY,
THIS BILL PROVIDES THE CLARITY.

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WITH ME TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF HB 956

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AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
OR DOUBLE POLICY MANAGER

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WITH YIMBY AND RYAN O'CONNELL,
PRESIDENT OF HOW TO ADU.

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FIRST.

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GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.

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MY NAME IS MAX TWO BLAIR,
MY CITY PLANNER

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AND, POLICY MANAGER AT CALVARY
IN CALIFORNIA.

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CALIFORNIA IS 82 REFORMS
HAVE LED THE NATION CREATING

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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMES
EVERY YEAR WITHOUT,

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DISRUPTING THE LOOK AND FEEL
OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

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EXISTING STATE LAW LETS
HOMEOWNERS BUILD THREE ADUS,

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ONE NEW DETACHED
UNIT IN THE YARD

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AND TWO FROM EXISTING FLOOR
SPACE.

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AB 956 MAINTAINS
THE EXISTING DENSITY LIMITS

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WHILE GIVING HOMEOWNERS

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MORE FLEXIBILITY
IN HOW THEY ARRANGE THEIR ADUS.

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FOR EXAMPLE,

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INSTEAD OF CONVERTING

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THEIR GARAGE TO AN INTERIOR ADU
AND BUILDING A DETACHED EDU,

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A HOMEOWNER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO
TWO DETACHED ADUS,

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PRESERVING THEIR OFF
STREET PARKING.

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THIS FLEXIBILITY
WILL PARTICULARLY BENEFIT PEOPLE

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WHO OWN SMALL HOUSES ON LARGE
LOTS,

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AND WILL HELP

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES
LIVE TOGETHER,

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WHILE MEANING MAINTAINING
PRIVACY AND INDEPENDENCE.

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THE BILL ALSO CLARIFIES
THE EXISTING ADU EXEMPTION

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FROM CARS, ENSURING
THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS

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WHOSE PROPERTIES ARE FORMERLY
DEFINED AS CONDOS,

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ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD
IN TWO YEARS.

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WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

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GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

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MY NAME IS RYAN O'CONNELL
AND I MANAGE HOW TO ADU,

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WHICH IS A COMMUNITY WITH OVER
150,000 MEMBERS ON FACEBOOK,

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ALL TRYING TO BUILD ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS IN CALIFORNIA.

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AND WE RUN INTO SO MANY OF THESE
SAME EQUITY ISSUES

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THAT MAXUS REFERRED TO.

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I THINK,

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THANKS TO THE WORK
OF THE LEGISLATURE, AIDES

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HAVE BECOME
A REALLY IMPORTANT SOURCE

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OF HOUSING OVER THE PAST DECADE
IN CALIFORNIA.

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1 IN 5 NEW PERMITS.

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BUT THERE'S STILL THIS ISSUE
WHERE EVEN THOUGH THE STATE

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ALLOWS MULTIPLE

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ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS TO BE DEVELOPED

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ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME
PROPERTY,

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REALLY ONLY HOMEOWNERS
WITH VERY LARGE

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HOMES

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CAN MAKE USE
OF ALL OF THOSE ADUS

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BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD
TO CHOP OFF 500FT² AS A JUNIOR

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OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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THIS WOULD OPEN IT UP
AND ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO,

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WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF LOCAL
REGULATIONS,

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TRADE THAT INTERIOR CONVERSION
FOR A SECOND DETACHED UNIT,

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AND IT WOULD CLARIFY AND OPEN UP
OPPORTUNITIES FOR, PEOPLE

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AND KIND OF CONDOS AND,
AND CARS TO, TO DO MORE TO.

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I SEE THIS IN NAPA ALL THE TIME
WITH BIG HOME,

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WITH BIG HOMES

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WHERE IF YOU CAN AFFORD
TO CHOP OFF A MASTER BEDROOM

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AND AN EN SUITE
AND GET THAT EXTRA UNIT,

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BUT ON SMALLER PROPERTIES
FROM OLDER HOMES 1950S

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AND BEFORE,
WELL UNDER 1200 SQUARE FEET,

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THERE'S MUCH LESS
OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT,

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EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOMETIMES
I'M RELATIVELY LARGE, LOTS

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WHERE THEY'D BE ABLE TO BUILD
THAT SECOND UNIT.

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SO, THIS HIGHLY TAILORED
BILL CREATES

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A NARROW WAY FOR HOMEOWNERS
TO BUILD THOSE TWO UNITS.

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NEW CONSTRUCTION IS TO USE
UNDER THE SAME GOVERNMENT CODE.

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AND I RESPECTFULLY URGE
I VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

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THANK YOU.

00:15:03.836 --> 00:15:05.137
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:15:05.204 --> 00:15:09.475
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE
IN SUPPORT OF AB 956?

00:15:09.875 --> 00:15:10.843
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

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MADAM CHAIR, MICHAEL GUNNING,
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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HERE ON BEHALF OF ABUNDANT
HOUSING LOS ANGELES IN SUPPORT.

00:15:17.916 --> 00:15:18.417
THANK YOU.

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I'M SURE BOB NAYLOR
FOR FEELS DEAD IN COMPANY.

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THAT'S HOWARD AHMANSON JR.

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ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESSMAN.
THANK YOU.

00:15:26.458 --> 00:15:27.660
THANK YOU. SUPPORT.

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OKAY.

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DANNY CURTAIN, CALIFORNIA
CONFERENCE OF CARPENTERS

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IN SUPPORT OF ONE OF THE FEW,
PRODUCTS

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THAT ARE ACTUALLY GROWING
AFTER ALL OF THESE LEGISLATION.

00:15:39.038 --> 00:15:42.041
AND THANK YOU
AND CONGRATULATIONS.

00:15:42.274 --> 00:15:43.142
THANK YOU.

00:15:43.208 --> 00:15:46.211
HARRISON LINDER WITH LEADING
EDGE CALIFORNIA HERE IN SUPPORT.

00:15:48.914 --> 00:15:50.416
FREDDY QUINTANA
WITH THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT

00:15:50.482 --> 00:15:51.817
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT.

00:15:51.884 --> 00:15:53.452
THANK YOU.

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OKAY.

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IS THERE ANYONE
NO ONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.

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SEEING NONE.

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IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB NINE DRIVE SIX?

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NO ONE.

00:16:04.063 --> 00:16:05.397
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

00:16:05.464 --> 00:16:07.566
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

00:16:07.633 --> 00:16:11.070
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME
OR YOU'LL JUST KEEP IT BRIEF.

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YEAH. GOOD MORNING.

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CHAIR MEMBERS

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BRADY GEREN,
ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE

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OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION,

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WANTED TO

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FIRST OFF

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EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR
LIMITING IT TO THE TWO DETACHED.

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I WAS HELPFUL,
BUT WE DO REMAIN CONCERNED

00:16:21.613 --> 00:16:23.315
ABOUT THE MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL PROCESS.

00:16:23.382 --> 00:16:26.418
AND LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS.

00:16:26.485 --> 00:16:27.686
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

00:16:30.589 --> 00:16:31.557
GOOD MORNING, KIARA ROSS.

00:16:31.623 --> 00:16:33.826
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES
OF BURBANK, THOUSAND OAKS,

00:16:33.892 --> 00:16:36.962
CARLSBAD AND SAN MARCOS, ECHOING
THE LEAGUE OF CITIES CONCERNS.

00:16:37.996 --> 00:16:39.798
THANK YOU.

00:16:39.865 --> 00:16:40.299
GOOD MORNING,

00:16:40.366 --> 00:16:42.901
TRACY RYAN AT THE ROYAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVE, CALIFORNIA.

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I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS

00:16:44.536 --> 00:16:46.171
OF THE FOLKS
BEFORE ME AND OPPOSITION.

00:16:46.238 --> 00:16:48.741
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

00:16:48.807 --> 00:16:52.578
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 956?

00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:53.979
OKAY.

00:16:54.046 --> 00:16:55.848
SEEING NONE,
BRING IT TO THE DAIS.

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ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

00:16:58.016 --> 00:17:00.352
YES, SENATOR. CIERTO.

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.153
THANK YOU.

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.156
DURING THE, THE TESTIMONY HERE,

00:17:04.223 --> 00:17:07.226
YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING
ABOUT THE TOWNHOMES, HOA FEES.

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TOWNHOMES ARE PRETTY MUCH

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YOU OWN THE PROPERTY
THAT IS UNDER YOUR TOWNHOME.

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ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
TURNING THE ADU GARAGE?

00:17:20.005 --> 00:17:22.408
HOW DOES THAT COME INTO
PLAY HERE?

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BECAUSE,
THAT OPENS UP FOR SOMETHING.

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YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.

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SO THE
THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH

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THAT WE'VE SEEN IS, SOMEONE WHO
OWNS A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOME,

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WHO WANTED TO CONVERT
HIS GARAGE INTO AN ADU,

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AND HIS HOA
DID NOT WANT HIM TO DO THAT.

00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:42.227
AND SO THE IDEA HERE AT HIS,
HIS, HIS TOWNHOME

00:17:42.294 --> 00:17:45.431
WAS FORMALLY DEFINED
AS A CONDOMINIUM.

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ALTHOUGH IT WAS LIKE ON ITS OWN
PARCEL WITH NO UNITS

00:17:49.301 --> 00:17:50.502
ABOVE OR BELOW IT.

00:17:50.569 --> 00:17:53.272
SO THE IDEA HERE WAS JUST
TO CLARIFY

00:17:53.338 --> 00:17:58.210
THE EXISTING CODE NA OVERRIDE,
AND IT WILL APPLY IT TO SINGLE

00:17:58.277 --> 00:18:02.481
FAMILY PROPERTIES THAT ARE LIKE
TECHNICALLY CONDOS.

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YEAH, THAT'S THE BECAUSE

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:10.923
ALL THE SPACE AROUND THEM
IS, IS ALL HOA,

00:18:11.290 --> 00:18:16.795
COMMON INTEREST PROPERTY AND,
AND WHEN WE START APPLYING THIS

00:18:16.862 --> 00:18:18.597
TO STUFF LIKE THAT,

00:18:18.664 --> 00:18:22.668
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
STUFF THAT COMES INTO THE MIND.

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WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTING A GARAGE
IN A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT,

00:18:26.905 --> 00:18:29.041
YOU'RE CREATING
A PARKING PROBLEM.

00:18:29.107 --> 00:18:32.845
BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY THERE,
ALREADY HAVE PARKING ISSUES

00:18:32.911 --> 00:18:35.914
AND ALMOST EVERY TOWNHOME
DEVELOPMENT I KNOW,

00:18:36.181 --> 00:18:39.251
AND TAKING CARS OUT OF GARAGES
AND THAT'S PART OF

00:18:39.518 --> 00:18:42.020
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
USING THEM FOR STORAGE. BUT

00:18:43.455 --> 00:18:44.323
GETTING

00:18:44.389 --> 00:18:47.559
CREATING AN INCENTIVE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY RENTING DOWNSTAIRS

00:18:47.626 --> 00:18:50.629
IN YOUR GARAGE AND MOVING CARS
OUT INTO THE THING

00:18:50.696 --> 00:18:52.130
WILL CREATE A HUGE PROBLEM.

00:18:52.197 --> 00:18:54.032
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP
A LITTLE BIT.

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SO WE WE'RE WE'RE DOING
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

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I CAN THINK OF THE ONES OVER
BY THE COLLEGES THERE

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THAT THAT'S THAT KIND OF
HAS THAT LAYOUT A LITTLE BIT.

00:19:04.076 --> 00:19:07.312
BUT THEY DO HAVE ATTACHED,
WALLS AND STUFF.

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SO, THE MINISTERIAL APPROVAL,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

00:19:12.985 --> 00:19:15.254
AUTHOR.

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:18.657
HOW IS THAT DEFINED IN YOUR
IN YOUR BILL BY RIGHT.

00:19:18.957 --> 00:19:19.958
BY RIGHT.

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AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE.

00:19:21.326 --> 00:19:24.796
MINISTERIAL APPROVAL TO ME
MEANS,

00:19:24.863 --> 00:19:27.866
THAT

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:30.636
THE PLANNING DIRECTOR CAN HOLD
THE HEARING,

00:19:30.702 --> 00:19:33.939
GET INPUT FROM THE, THE,
THE PUBLIC AND,

00:19:34.006 --> 00:19:37.009
AND APPROVE IT AT HIS LEVEL.

00:19:37.309 --> 00:19:40.145
SOMEHOW
THE TWO HAVE BECOME CONFLATED

00:19:40.212 --> 00:19:43.215
AND BY RIGHT,
SOMEHOW MEANS MINISTERIAL.

00:19:43.682 --> 00:19:48.754
AND, AND TO ME,
THAT'S ANOTHER TERMINOLOGY

00:19:48.820 --> 00:19:50.889
THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP,
BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

00:19:50.956 --> 00:19:52.524
TO ME, BY RIGHT, IS
THEY JUST COME IN

00:19:52.591 --> 00:19:55.594
AND THEY PUT THEIR APPLICATION
IN AND GO START BUILDING.

00:19:55.928 --> 00:19:57.596
THAT'S A BY. RIGHT.

00:19:57.663 --> 00:20:02.034
AND, THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE
CLEARLY DEFINED BECAUSE THAT

00:20:02.301 --> 00:20:05.137
THAT LANGUAGE AFFECTS
A LOT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

00:20:05.203 --> 00:20:07.573
THIS LEGISLATION
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:10.576
BECAUSE IT DOES, EXCLUDE

00:20:10.642 --> 00:20:13.912
THE CITIES FROM HAVING ANY
SAY WHATSOEVER BY.

00:20:13.979 --> 00:20:15.547
RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.

00:20:15.614 --> 00:20:18.050
IT MEANS THEY CAN GO IN
AND DO WHAT THEY WANT.

00:20:18.116 --> 00:20:22.120
AND BECAUSE IT IT FITS
WHATEVER IS IN THE BILL

00:20:22.187 --> 00:20:23.121
THAT WE'RE DOING.

00:20:23.188 --> 00:20:23.855
AND SO THAT

00:20:23.922 --> 00:20:26.291
THAT CREATES PROBLEMS
FOR THOSE BILLS AS WELL.

00:20:26.358 --> 00:20:27.993
SO ANYWAY,

00:20:28.927 --> 00:20:29.194
THOSE

00:20:29.261 --> 00:20:32.230
ARE JUST THE CONCERNS I HAVE
WITH THIS PARTICULAR BILL.

00:20:32.297 --> 00:20:35.300
YOUR NEXT ONE,
I THINK YOU'LL BE OKAY.

00:20:37.569 --> 00:20:39.905
SENATOR CHOI,

00:20:39.972 --> 00:20:41.974
I ALSO HAVE,

00:20:42.040 --> 00:20:45.043
SOME CONCERNS, ON THIS BILL.

00:20:46.578 --> 00:20:48.313
BECAUSE OF,

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:52.384
BASICALLY,
YOUR BILL IS, TRYING TO ALLOW

00:20:52.951 --> 00:20:56.655
ONE ADU IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE

00:20:57.389 --> 00:20:59.958
TO TWO UNITS.

00:21:00.025 --> 00:21:04.129
AND,
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFICATIONS

00:21:04.363 --> 00:21:07.633
OR LIMITATIONS ON THE ADU SIZE?

00:21:09.301 --> 00:21:12.137
SO YOU WANT TO.

00:21:12.204 --> 00:21:15.207
YES. SO, WE'RE USING
THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK

00:21:15.273 --> 00:21:19.177
JUST TO SPEAK TO, THE,
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AS WELL.

00:21:19.444 --> 00:21:22.614
SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING
THE MINISTERIAL PROCESS

00:21:22.881 --> 00:21:25.884
AND THE SIZE RESTRICTIONS
IN PLACE IN THE EXISTING

00:21:25.951 --> 00:21:26.451
GOVERNMENT CODE.

00:21:26.518 --> 00:21:29.254
SECTION
66323 WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE

00:21:29.321 --> 00:21:32.324
AND APPLIED
TO BOTH DETACHED ADUS.

00:21:33.492 --> 00:21:35.560
AND THAT IS AN 800 SQUARE FOOT
LIMIT.

00:21:35.627 --> 00:21:37.729
YEAH. CAN YOU TELL ME, WHAT?

00:21:37.796 --> 00:21:41.967
PREVIOUSLY I READ ABOUT,
THE MAIN DWELLING UNIT,

00:21:42.034 --> 00:21:45.037
SIZE, HAS THIS,

00:21:45.270 --> 00:21:48.807
RELATIONSHIP TO ADUS.

00:21:48.874 --> 00:21:53.412
SO CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IN
NOT TO BE OVER 15% OR SOMETHING.

00:21:53.478 --> 00:21:55.480
20%, ETC..

00:21:55.547 --> 00:21:57.382
THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.

00:21:58.350 --> 00:22:00.185
THAT IS
AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT

00:22:00.252 --> 00:22:03.188
IN A SEPARATE PART OF THE CODE,
WHICH WE WON'T BE TOUCHING.

00:22:03.255 --> 00:22:05.357
IT'S IN SECTION 66314.

00:22:05.424 --> 00:22:09.027
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY
TO THE 366323 ADDS.

00:22:09.394 --> 00:22:10.762
EXCUSE ME, SENATOR,

00:22:10.829 --> 00:22:13.365
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE ONE
SECOND TO ESTABLISH QUORUM.

00:22:13.432 --> 00:22:15.600
NOW THAT WE HAVE SENATOR LAIRD.

00:22:15.667 --> 00:22:18.136
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

00:22:18.203 --> 00:22:19.671
SENATORS. GERARDO HERE.

00:22:19.738 --> 00:22:21.206
THEY'RE ALSO HERE. JOY.

00:22:21.273 --> 00:22:21.606
YEAH.

00:22:21.673 --> 00:22:22.307
JOY. HERE.

00:22:22.374 --> 00:22:25.343
IRENE. ASHBY. CERVANTES. LAIRD.

00:22:25.644 --> 00:22:26.278
LAIRD HERE.

00:22:26.344 --> 00:22:28.914
SO YOU ARE TO SEE ARTO HERE.
YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.381
THANK YOU.

00:22:29.448 --> 00:22:30.916
THANK YOU, SENATOR LAIRD.

00:22:30.982 --> 00:22:32.718
GO AHEAD AND ENJOY.

00:22:32.784 --> 00:22:36.888
OKAY, MY SECOND QUESTION
IS THAT, ESPECIALLY,

00:22:37.389 --> 00:22:40.459
THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE
FAMILY ZONE.

00:22:40.525 --> 00:22:43.562
SO ESPECIALLY
IN MY CITY OF IRVINE,

00:22:44.196 --> 00:22:49.701
WE HAVE, GENERAL PLAN FOR,

00:22:50.102 --> 00:22:55.140
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
AND THE MULTI-UNIT, AREAS,

00:22:55.207 --> 00:23:00.579
OR INDUSTRIAL AREAS OR
COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE SEPARATED.

00:23:00.645 --> 00:23:03.849
THAT MAKES OUR CITY
VERY UNIQUE,

00:23:04.416 --> 00:23:07.452
AND,
THE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:10.522
IF THIS BILL PASSES,

00:23:10.989 --> 00:23:13.992
ALREADY ONE ADU IS ALLOWED.

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.429
SO WHEN YOU ADD MULTIPLE

00:23:17.496 --> 00:23:21.166
UNITS,
IN THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED,

00:23:21.233 --> 00:23:24.236
ZONED AREA,
FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

00:23:25.070 --> 00:23:27.405
AND THEN THE CAPACITY FOR, LIKE,

00:23:27.472 --> 00:23:32.043
A UTILITIES, WATER ESPECIALLY,
SO SEWAGE.

00:23:32.511 --> 00:23:37.516
AND, ELECTRICITY, GASOLINE,

00:23:38.016 --> 00:23:40.919
ALL OF THOSE
SO WILL BE IMPACTED.

00:23:40.986 --> 00:23:44.756
AND THEN ALSO TRAFFIC
BECAUSE SO WE DON'T KNOW

00:23:45.023 --> 00:23:49.361
THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT
THE SIZE OR SET SIZE OF THE ADU.

00:23:49.427 --> 00:23:52.664
SO OR TO DETERMINE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE

00:23:52.931 --> 00:23:56.835
WHO MAY BE ABLE TO DO
WELL LIVE IN THAT THEY DO USE.

00:23:57.235 --> 00:23:58.804
SO IT COULD BE SINGLE.

00:23:58.870 --> 00:24:00.605
IT COULD BE FIVE.

00:24:00.672 --> 00:24:01.606
WHO KNOWS.

00:24:01.673 --> 00:24:03.408
YOU KNOW, IN TOTAL.

00:24:03.475 --> 00:24:06.645
SO THAT WILL IMPACT
THE CHARACTERISTICS.

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:10.549
AND THEN ALSO PARKING OUR
PARKING ISSUES.

00:24:10.615 --> 00:24:14.719
SO ON THE STREET, SOME,
SOME HOA IS A VERY PARTICULAR

00:24:14.786 --> 00:24:19.324
ABOUT EVEN,
DEMANDING US TO, WELL,

00:24:19.391 --> 00:24:22.661
NOT TO PARK ON THE STREETS
TO TO PARK ON IN THE GARAGES,

00:24:22.727 --> 00:24:25.831
TO ENHANCE THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF THAT COMMUNITY.

00:24:26.164 --> 00:24:29.634
SO THIS WILL BE OR,

00:24:29.701 --> 00:24:32.771
THE ADUS IS NOT GONNA DEMAND

00:24:32.838 --> 00:24:35.507
TO BUILD ADDITIONAL GARAGES.

00:24:35.574 --> 00:24:40.412
SO, THIS WILL CHANGE
SO MUCH OF THE,

00:24:40.478 --> 00:24:45.016
BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERISTICS
OF THAT, THE, PARTICULAR,

00:24:45.550 --> 00:24:49.688
DWELLING AREAS AND, HOW,

00:24:50.322 --> 00:24:53.325
THE DETRIMENTAL

00:24:53.792 --> 00:24:56.795
THIS, IMPACT
THAT THIS BILL WILL,

00:24:57.429 --> 00:25:02.167
IMPACT,
THE SUCH SUCH AREA SO OR CITIES,

00:25:02.667 --> 00:25:06.338
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE,
THE DEMAND OF THE,

00:25:06.404 --> 00:25:10.275
THE CAPACITY OF THE, DEMAND
BY INCREASING

00:25:10.342 --> 00:25:13.812
THE POPULATION IN THAT AREA,
WHICH WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR.

00:25:16.548 --> 00:25:17.482
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:18.950
I THINK WE HAVE TWO ISSUES
HERE.

00:25:19.017 --> 00:25:22.020
WE HAVE INCREASED DENSITY
AND WE HAVE PARKING.

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:26.524
ON THE PARKING PIECE,
ESPECIALLY IN HOA COMMUNITIES,

00:25:27.125 --> 00:25:30.295
HOA COMMUNITIES HAVE THE POWER
TO REQUIRE PERMIT PARKING

00:25:30.862 --> 00:25:34.232
AND MANY OF THEM DO NOT ISSUE,
STREET PARKING

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:37.035
PERMITS TO HOMEOWNERS
WHO HAVE CONVERTED THEIR,

00:25:37.102 --> 00:25:39.337
THEIR GARAGES INTO AREAS.

00:25:39.404 --> 00:25:40.906
SO THERE IS
THERE IS THE POWER TO,

00:25:40.972 --> 00:25:44.476
TO MANAGE STREET
PARKING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

00:25:44.743 --> 00:25:45.343
SECOND OF ALL,

00:25:45.410 --> 00:25:49.014
IF YOUR ADU IS FURTHER THAN HALF
A MILE FROM PUBLIC TRANSIT,

00:25:49.447 --> 00:25:50.548
THEN YOU HAVE TO.

00:25:50.615 --> 00:25:54.052
YOU ARE A LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MAY REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:57.155
OF ONE PARKING SPACE OFF
STREET PER ADU

00:25:57.222 --> 00:26:00.225
ON THE DENSITY PIECE.

00:26:02.627 --> 00:26:04.296
I WOULD SAY THAT

00:26:04.362 --> 00:26:08.333
KEEPING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.103
DOES NOT PREVENT THEM
FROM BECOMING OVERCROWDED.

00:26:12.704 --> 00:26:16.074
CALIFORNIA
HAS SOME OF THE WORST HOUSEHOLD

00:26:16.141 --> 00:26:17.876
OVERCROWDING IN THE COUNTRY,

00:26:17.943 --> 00:26:20.412
AND OVERCROWDING AND DENSITY
ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

00:26:20.478 --> 00:26:24.215
WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20S,
I LIVED IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME

00:26:24.282 --> 00:26:27.218
WITH SIX ROOMMATES
AND SEVEN CARS.

00:26:27.285 --> 00:26:28.486
WE PARKED ON THE STREET.

00:26:28.553 --> 00:26:29.621
THERE WAS NO ATM

00:26:31.222 --> 00:26:31.890
ALLOWING

00:26:31.957 --> 00:26:34.926
ANY USE TO
HAVE MORE PHYSICAL FLEXIBILITY,

00:26:34.993 --> 00:26:37.562
AND ESPECIALLY
BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SKIP

00:26:37.629 --> 00:26:40.098
CONVERTING THEIR GARAGE
INTO AN ADU AND INSTEAD BUILD

00:26:40.165 --> 00:26:43.668
A SECOND UNIT AS A DETACHED UNIT
IN THE BACK OF THE BACKYARD,

00:26:44.069 --> 00:26:46.538
WHICH WILL PRESERVE THEIR OFF
STREET PARKING.

00:26:46.604 --> 00:26:49.007
REDUCES

00:26:49.074 --> 00:26:52.210
OVERCROWDING
WHILE LIKELY MAINTAINING

00:26:52.277 --> 00:26:55.680
THE SAME OVERALL LEVEL
OF DENSITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

00:26:56.548 --> 00:26:59.084
SO I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS,

00:26:59.150 --> 00:27:02.854
BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO,
TO SEPARATE OUT THE ISSUES OF

00:27:03.555 --> 00:27:05.357
OVERCROWDED STREET PARKING,

00:27:05.423 --> 00:27:09.327
OVERCROWDED HOUSING
AND THE DENSITY

00:27:09.394 --> 00:27:12.397
OF ACTUAL DWELLING UNITS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:17.168
YEAH, THE PRACTICAL SENSE.

00:27:17.235 --> 00:27:19.504
I, HAD

00:27:19.571 --> 00:27:22.574
A LITTLE BIT,
SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

00:27:22.841 --> 00:27:26.177
MY, I EXTENDED TO MY, HOME

00:27:26.244 --> 00:27:28.380
BECAUSE
I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SPACE.

00:27:28.446 --> 00:27:30.949
I WAS A NOT A SINGLE ADU.

00:27:31.016 --> 00:27:32.984
SO IT WAS THE EXPANSION.

00:27:33.051 --> 00:27:36.021
EVEN THEN, CITY

00:27:36.087 --> 00:27:38.423
BROUGHT UP A LOT OF ISSUES.

00:27:38.490 --> 00:27:42.494
A SEPARATE ADDRESS,
SEPARATE MAILBOX, ETC.,

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:44.496
AND THE MAILBOX
ALREADY AFFORDED

00:27:44.562 --> 00:27:48.033
FIXED THE UNNECESSARY
TO PAY FOR BIG METAL

00:27:48.466 --> 00:27:51.903
MAILBOX INDIA AND THE CREATION
OF A NEW ADDRESS.

00:27:52.437 --> 00:27:53.238
BUT THE.

00:27:53.304 --> 00:27:56.207
AND WHEN YOU CREATE THE TWO ADUS

00:27:56.274 --> 00:27:58.910
AND THEN ALSO SEPARATE BILL

00:27:58.977 --> 00:28:01.813
AS I REMEMBER THE RIGHT

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:06.851
FOR THE HOMEOWNER
TO SEPARATELY SELL

00:28:07.118 --> 00:28:10.121
NOT AS A PART OF THE MAIN
DWELLING UNIT.

00:28:10.455 --> 00:28:13.825
SO THAT WOULD CREATE THE
ALL KINDS OF WELL, IN ADDITION

00:28:13.892 --> 00:28:16.895
TO PARKING ISSUES, MAILBOX

00:28:17.195 --> 00:28:19.697
ISSUES TO ADDRESS ISSUES.

00:28:19.764 --> 00:28:23.902
THIS WILL CREATE THE SO MUCH OF
CONFUSION FOR THAT, REGION.

00:28:25.203 --> 00:28:28.206
AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

00:28:28.773 --> 00:28:32.510
IT I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN MAYBE YOU CAN DO THAT

00:28:32.577 --> 00:28:36.714
IN WRAP IF YOU WRAP UP, INCLUDE
SOME OF THE SENATOR'S CONCERNS.

00:28:37.715 --> 00:28:40.185
OKAY. GO AHEAD.

00:28:40.251 --> 00:28:41.986
IF THERE'S NO OTHER
OR IF YOU WANT

00:28:42.053 --> 00:28:43.888
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

00:28:43.955 --> 00:28:45.824
IF NOT, THEN YOU CAN WRAP UP.

00:28:45.890 --> 00:28:48.893
AND PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES
TO SENATOR CHOICE QUESTIONS.

00:28:49.727 --> 00:28:49.928
YEAH.

00:28:49.994 --> 00:28:54.299
TO THE SENATORS THAT,
THAT ARE OPPOSED I UNDERSTAND,

00:28:54.365 --> 00:28:59.838
I UNDERSTAND, THE CONCERN
OF PARKING OR OVERCROWDING

00:28:59.904 --> 00:29:02.373
OR AS YOU EVEN MENTIONED,
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:06.578
WITH ANOTHER RESIDENTS
ON ONE SIDE, MAILBOXES AND,

00:29:06.978 --> 00:29:09.981
AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

00:29:10.315 --> 00:29:12.217
AND THEY ARE CONCERNS,

00:29:12.283 --> 00:29:15.887
WE KNOW
THAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CHANGED

00:29:16.121 --> 00:29:18.890
AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.

00:29:18.957 --> 00:29:22.694
THIS BILL IS AN ATTEMPT
TO CLARIFY

00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:25.597
WHAT CAN BE PUT ON A PROPERTY.

00:29:25.663 --> 00:29:29.100
THERE HAVE BEEN AMENDMENTS
TAKEN AND,

00:29:29.167 --> 00:29:33.171
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WORK
TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING

00:29:33.238 --> 00:29:39.144
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT,
WE WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD,

00:29:39.210 --> 00:29:44.082
LEAGUE OF CITY AND OTHERS
TO, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS.

00:29:44.149 --> 00:29:48.019
BUT, RIGHT NOW
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CHANGING.

00:29:48.086 --> 00:29:51.256
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE,
FEW GLIMMERS,

00:29:51.322 --> 00:29:56.060
IF YOU WANT TO SAY, AND HOUSING,
WHICH IS ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS

00:29:56.127 --> 00:29:58.763
TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY
WITH THEIR PROPERTY.

00:29:58.830 --> 00:30:00.798
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT,
I KNOW

00:30:00.865 --> 00:30:03.868
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL,
THEY'RE BUILDING YOGA STUDIOS

00:30:03.935 --> 00:30:05.370
OR ART STUDIOS.

00:30:05.436 --> 00:30:09.207
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ADUS
ARE TO HOUSE

00:30:09.274 --> 00:30:11.075
MANY TIMES SENIORS.

00:30:11.142 --> 00:30:13.444
WE USED TO CALL THEM
GRANNY FLATS.

00:30:13.511 --> 00:30:17.415
AND MANY TIMES
THEY WERE BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS

00:30:17.482 --> 00:30:19.584
BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH

00:30:19.651 --> 00:30:22.754
HAPPENING AT THE CITY LEVEL
THAT PEOPLE JUST,

00:30:23.454 --> 00:30:26.457
THEY EVEN CALLED THEM LENNONS,
I THINK, AT ONE POINT.

00:30:26.724 --> 00:30:28.626
SO TIMES ARE CHANGING.

00:30:28.693 --> 00:30:32.230
AND THIS BILL IS TO OFFER,
FLEXIBILITY.

00:30:32.297 --> 00:30:36.401
AND, TO CLARIFY WITH THAT, I,
RESPECTFULLY

00:30:36.467 --> 00:30:37.368
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE.

00:30:38.736 --> 00:30:41.639
WELL, AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THE VISUALS HERE.

00:30:41.706 --> 00:30:44.542
SO MUCH BETTER WITH,

00:30:44.609 --> 00:30:47.845
WITH THAT, I WANT,
DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

00:30:49.314 --> 00:30:52.016
ANYBODY?

00:30:52.083 --> 00:30:54.052
THAT YOU HAND OF THE GAVEL.

00:30:54.118 --> 00:30:57.121
OH, YOU WANT

00:30:57.188 --> 00:30:59.057
WHO WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION?

00:30:59.123 --> 00:31:02.126
OH, I SEE,

00:31:02.193 --> 00:31:05.163
I'M NOT LEAVING.

00:31:05.230 --> 00:31:08.233
OKAY, I MOVE THE BILL.

00:31:12.804 --> 00:31:15.607
CAN YOU TELL?

00:31:15.673 --> 00:31:18.676
WHO'S.

00:31:22.247 --> 00:31:23.615
I'M NOT LEAVING YOU.

00:31:23.681 --> 00:31:26.050
THE CHAIR.

00:31:26.117 --> 00:31:29.120
HE CAN DO,

00:31:29.821 --> 00:31:30.421
ALL RIGHT.

00:31:30.488 --> 00:31:30.989
THANK YOU.

00:31:31.055 --> 00:31:34.659
AND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY,
SENATOR TO TERRAZZO.

00:31:34.892 --> 00:31:36.294
GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL.

00:31:36.361 --> 00:31:38.763
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

00:31:38.830 --> 00:31:39.664
AND IS TO REZONE.

00:31:39.731 --> 00:31:41.866
HI THERE. ALSO, I JOY NO.

00:31:41.933 --> 00:31:44.302
JOY. NO. AGAIN. ASHBY. SIR.

00:31:44.369 --> 00:31:45.770
MANTIS. LAIRD.

00:31:45.837 --> 00:31:48.339
SORRY TO SAY I DON'T KNOW.

00:31:48.406 --> 00:31:50.408
ALL RIGHT.
VERY MUCH. THAT WILL BE ON CALL.

00:31:51.442 --> 00:31:52.644
OKAY.

00:31:52.710 --> 00:31:55.747
NO, WE TURNED THAT RETURN
THAT BACK. YEP.

00:31:57.048 --> 00:31:59.951
MAYBE NOW, YOU

00:32:00.018 --> 00:32:03.021
JUST TO MAKE THEM.

00:32:04.555 --> 00:32:04.922
ALL. HERE.

00:32:04.989 --> 00:32:07.992
YOU CAN GIVE THIS TO JONATHAN.

00:32:10.161 --> 00:32:11.596
OH. OH, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

00:32:11.663 --> 00:32:13.631
OKAY, WE GOT.

00:32:13.698 --> 00:32:16.701
SORRY.

00:32:17.235 --> 00:32:18.136
ASSEMBLY MEMBER QUICK.

00:32:18.202 --> 00:32:19.570
SILVA, YOU HAVE ANOTHER BILL.

00:32:19.637 --> 00:32:22.273
AB 1751.

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:25.376
YOU CAN GO AHEAD
AND GET STARTED.

00:32:25.443 --> 00:32:28.980
ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS,
ANOTHER EXCITING BILL TO OFFER

00:32:29.047 --> 00:32:34.852
TO SENATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND A YOU.

00:32:35.453 --> 00:32:38.456
NO, WE DON'T WE DON'T
WE DON'T HAVE.

00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:39.624
ALL RIGHT.

00:32:39.691 --> 00:32:43.261
OF COURSE WE WANT TO
THANK THE, COMMITTEE STAFF

00:32:43.328 --> 00:32:46.297
FOR THEIR VERY, VERY,

00:32:46.364 --> 00:32:49.934
STEP BY STEP,
CONVERSATIONS WITH US.

00:32:50.501 --> 00:32:55.306
WE ARE ACCEPTING,
MANY, MANY AMENDMENTS TODAY.

00:32:55.373 --> 00:32:58.976
I HAVE A LONG LIST,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT OUT

00:32:59.043 --> 00:33:01.512
UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME
TO READ ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

00:33:02.613 --> 00:33:04.215
OKAY,

00:33:04.282 --> 00:33:05.717
BUT WE ACCEPT ALL OF THEM.

00:33:05.783 --> 00:33:08.419
YES, YES, WE WILL ACCEPT
ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

00:33:08.486 --> 00:33:11.923
THESE AMENDMENTS STRENGTHEN
THE BILL'S FOCUS ON GENUINE,

00:33:12.323 --> 00:33:14.892
MISSING MIDDLE PRODUCTION
WHILE PRESERVING

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:20.264
THE MINISTERIAL PATHWAY
THAT IS THE HEART OF AB 1751.

00:33:21.632 --> 00:33:24.769
THE BILL ITSELF
BUILDS ON RECENT HOUSING REFORMS

00:33:24.836 --> 00:33:27.705
BY EXPANDING ACCESS
TO ONE OF THE MOST ATTAINABLE

00:33:27.772 --> 00:33:31.609
PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP
TOWNHOMES, HOMEOWNERSHIP

00:33:31.676 --> 00:33:35.279
IS MOVING FARTHER OUT OF REACH
FOR TOO MANY CALIFORNIANS.

00:33:35.346 --> 00:33:39.050
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION MANY TIMES.

00:33:39.317 --> 00:33:41.986
A FAMILY
NOW NEEDS AN ANNUAL INCOME

00:33:42.053 --> 00:33:47.658
OF ROUGHLY $221,000
TO PURCHASE THEIR FIRST HOME.

00:33:47.992 --> 00:33:51.496
THESE NUMBERS REFLECT A MARKET
THAT IS PUSHING TRADESPEOPLE,

00:33:51.562 --> 00:33:54.565
NURSES, TEACHERS, FIRE FIGHTERS

00:33:55.533 --> 00:33:59.003
AND YOUNG ADELE
YOUNG ADULTS OUT OF STABILITY,

00:33:59.070 --> 00:34:00.338
OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES

00:34:00.405 --> 00:34:03.408
AND EVEN IN SOME CASES,
OUT OF OUR STATE.

00:34:03.708 --> 00:34:07.178
THIS IS A STRUCTURAL FAILURE
THAT IS PRICING OUT

00:34:07.245 --> 00:34:09.781
THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITIES RUNNING.

00:34:09.847 --> 00:34:14.485
AB 1751 ALLOWS FOR MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL OF QUALIFYING

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.623
TOWNHOME PROJECTS THAT MEET
CLEAR, OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.

00:34:19.724 --> 00:34:23.194
IT ALSO ALLOWS LOCAL
INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE

00:34:23.261 --> 00:34:26.964
TO APPLY FOR PROJECTS
WITH MORE THAN 11 UNITS.

00:34:27.031 --> 00:34:30.668
THE BILL PROTECTS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITES

00:34:30.735 --> 00:34:31.836
FROM BEING BUILT,

00:34:31.903 --> 00:34:35.973
CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING LAWS
ON STARTER HOMES AND BUILT

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:39.577
TOWNHOMES WOULD BE NO HIGHER
THAN THREE STORIES OF OCCUPY

00:34:39.644 --> 00:34:42.647
OR OCCUPY A SMALL LIVING SPACE.

00:34:44.849 --> 00:34:47.418
IF WE ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY,

00:34:47.485 --> 00:34:50.488
WE NEED TO CREATE MORE PATHWAYS
INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP.

00:34:50.555 --> 00:34:56.060
THIS BILL DELIVERS ONE WITH ME
TO TO TO TO TESTIFY TODAY

00:34:56.127 --> 00:34:59.464
IN SUPPORT IS ED MANNING
ON BEHALF OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA

00:34:59.697 --> 00:35:01.899
COALITION,
WHO ARE THE SPONSORS AND MICHAEL

00:35:01.966 --> 00:35:04.969
GUNNING ON BEHALF OF HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY.

00:35:06.838 --> 00:35:07.271
GO AHEAD.

00:35:07.338 --> 00:35:11.843
IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED
AND YOU EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES.

00:35:11.909 --> 00:35:13.411
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

00:35:13.478 --> 00:35:14.846
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

00:35:14.912 --> 00:35:17.515
ED MANNING
WITH, KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS,

00:35:17.582 --> 00:35:20.485
ON BEHALF OF THE SPONSOR,
NEW CALIFORNIA COALITION.

00:35:20.551 --> 00:35:22.186
THANK YOU, CHAIR.

00:35:22.253 --> 00:35:26.591
AND, MISTER FEBRUARY AND SORBA
FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS BILL.

00:35:26.924 --> 00:35:30.161
I, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING,

00:35:30.461 --> 00:35:34.098
WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WAS CRITICAL FOR US

00:35:34.165 --> 00:35:36.868
IS THAT WHEN WE CAME AWAY
FROM THE BILL,

00:35:36.934 --> 00:35:38.669
WE HAD A HIGH LEVEL
OF CONFIDENCE

00:35:38.736 --> 00:35:42.874
THAT WE WOULD GET TOWNHOMES
BUILT AND THAT,

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:46.711
THAT THE REQUIREMENTS IN
THE BILL WOULD WORK IN PRACTICE.

00:35:46.777 --> 00:35:48.846
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
THAT THEY WILL,

00:35:48.913 --> 00:35:51.749
SO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK
WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT HERE

00:35:51.816 --> 00:35:52.783
WITHOUT YOU.

00:35:52.850 --> 00:35:56.187
WHY TOWNHOMES
AND WHY THIS BILL?

00:35:56.254 --> 00:35:58.589
TOWNHOMES ARE,

00:35:58.656 --> 00:36:02.193
NEITHER FISH NOR
FOWL IN THE ZONING WORK WORLD.

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.195
THEY'RE NOT SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES,

00:36:04.262 --> 00:36:07.398
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OWNER
OCCUPIED AND, AFFORDABLE.

00:36:07.732 --> 00:36:11.836
AND THEY OFTEN DON'T FIT IN
A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DENSITIES.

00:36:12.169 --> 00:36:15.806
AND SO THIS BILL IS TRYING
TO FIND A SOLUTION TO BE ABLE

00:36:15.873 --> 00:36:17.008
TO BUILD MORE TOWNHOMES.

00:36:17.074 --> 00:36:18.943
AND WHY TOWNHOMES?

00:36:19.010 --> 00:36:22.179
THEY'RE 30% MORE AFFORDABLE
THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

00:36:22.613 --> 00:36:26.717
BASED ON TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
DONE BY MAP CRAFT ON THIS BILL,

00:36:27.118 --> 00:36:29.820
WE WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH SITES
AVAILABLE

00:36:29.887 --> 00:36:33.491
NOW TO BUILD
ON WHICH WE DON'T CURRENTLY.

00:36:33.758 --> 00:36:36.694
AND THAT WILL MEAN THAT PEOPLE
MAKING BETWEEN 150%

00:36:36.761 --> 00:36:40.364
TO 250% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME

00:36:40.831 --> 00:36:44.502
WILL NOW HAVE A LOT MORE
OPTIONS TO BUY A TOWNHOME.

00:36:46.170 --> 00:36:48.506
THE, THEY'RE
PRODUCIBLE THEY'RE AFFORDABLE.

00:36:48.573 --> 00:36:50.007
THEY'RE FAIRLY DENSE.

00:36:50.074 --> 00:36:52.677
AND SO, THE PRICE POINT

00:36:52.743 --> 00:36:56.113
IS SIGNIFICANTLY, LOWER.

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:57.214
AND THEREFORE,

00:36:57.281 --> 00:36:59.717
PEOPLE CAN GET FINANCING
AND AFFORD

00:36:59.784 --> 00:37:01.752
TO GET INTO THE CENTURY
LEVEL HOUSING.

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:04.555
WE HAD ABOUT 100,000
HOUSING STARTS

00:37:04.622 --> 00:37:07.592
LAST YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE,
AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS,

00:37:07.658 --> 00:37:10.928
AND ABOUT 20 TO 25% WERE ADUS,

00:37:10.995 --> 00:37:14.298
WHICH ARE NOT
HOMEOWNERSHIP, PRODUCTS.

00:37:14.365 --> 00:37:16.133
SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:19.570
AND, THIS BILL SEEKS
TO GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS

00:37:19.637 --> 00:37:22.640
TO HOUSING THAT THEY CAN'T GET
NOW IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY.

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:25.576
THERE ARE A LOT OF
TECHNICAL ISSUES

00:37:25.643 --> 00:37:27.278
IN THE BILL THAT WERE ADDRESSED.

00:37:27.345 --> 00:37:30.181
AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS
ANY OF THOSE AMENDMENTS

00:37:30.247 --> 00:37:31.215
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

00:37:31.282 --> 00:37:34.185
THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:37:35.419 --> 00:37:35.820
GO AHEAD, MR.

00:37:35.886 --> 00:37:36.654
GUNNY.

00:37:36.721 --> 00:37:37.455
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

00:37:37.521 --> 00:37:39.690
MICHAEL GUNNING HERE
ON BEHALF OF HABITAT

00:37:39.757 --> 00:37:43.694
FOR HUMANITY CALIFORNIA
AND STRONG SUPPORT OF HB 1751

00:37:43.761 --> 00:37:46.664
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
KIRK SILVA AND WICKS.

00:37:46.731 --> 00:37:47.565
CALIFORNIA'S

00:37:47.632 --> 00:37:50.568
HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
BUILDING MORE HOMES,

00:37:50.635 --> 00:37:52.770
IT'S ABOUT CREATING
MORE OPPORTUNITIES

00:37:52.837 --> 00:37:55.906
FOR WORKING FAMILIES
TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS.

00:37:55.973 --> 00:37:57.174
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

00:37:57.241 --> 00:38:00.778
AFFILIATES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
INCREASINGLY BUILD TOWNHOMES

00:38:01.045 --> 00:38:03.381
AND OTHER MULTIFAMILY OWNERSHIP
COMMUNITIES.

00:38:03.447 --> 00:38:05.383
BECAUSE HIGHER DENSITY

00:38:05.449 --> 00:38:08.486
HOMEOWNERSHIP IS OFTEN
THE ONLY AFFORDABLE

00:38:08.552 --> 00:38:12.423
HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT'S FEASIBLE
IN TODAY'S MARKET.

00:38:12.890 --> 00:38:15.493
THE RECENT APPROVAL
OF THE VETERAN'S AND HOUSING

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.562
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND,
WITH ITS DEDICATED INVESTMENT

00:38:18.763 --> 00:38:22.033
IN AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP

00:38:22.366 --> 00:38:25.903
FORWARD, BUT FUNDING ALONE
CANNOT PRODUCE HOMES.

00:38:25.970 --> 00:38:28.372
WE THINK THAT PAIRING
THESE INVESTMENTS

00:38:28.439 --> 00:38:32.476
WITH SMART LAND
USE POLICIES LIKE AB 1751

00:38:32.743 --> 00:38:34.412
IS WHAT WILL ACTUALLY TRANSLATE

00:38:34.478 --> 00:38:36.814
THOSE DOLLARS
INTO MORE AFFORDABLE

00:38:36.881 --> 00:38:40.651
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
FOR LOW INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

00:38:41.118 --> 00:38:44.689
AB 1751 CREATES
A PREDICTABLE APPROVAL PROCESS

00:38:44.755 --> 00:38:47.224
FOR QUALIFYING TOWNHOME
DEVELOPMENTS,

00:38:47.291 --> 00:38:48.426
HELPING REDUCE DEVELOPMENT

00:38:48.492 --> 00:38:51.696
COSTS, MAKING MORE EFFICIENT
USE OF SCARCE LAND,

00:38:51.896 --> 00:38:54.565
AND ULTIMATELY BUILDING
MORE ENTRY LEVEL HOMES

00:38:54.632 --> 00:38:59.336
FOR CALIFORNIANS THAT THEY CAN
AFFORD TO OWN FOR HABITAT.

00:38:59.403 --> 00:39:00.271
THE BILL REFLECTS

00:39:00.337 --> 00:39:03.340
THE FUTURE OF AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA.

00:39:03.641 --> 00:39:05.042
WHILE MANY STILL PICTURE

00:39:05.109 --> 00:39:08.179
HABITAT BUILDING
DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES,

00:39:08.245 --> 00:39:11.649
TODAY'S REALITY IS THAT
THEY'RE INCREASINGLY BUILDING

00:39:11.982 --> 00:39:15.352
THOROUGHLY DESIGNED TOWNHOMES
AND MULTI-FAMILY

00:39:15.419 --> 00:39:18.456
OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES
THAT WILL ALLOW MORE FAMILIES

00:39:18.522 --> 00:39:21.692
TO BUILD EQUITY, STABILITY
AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH.

00:39:22.426 --> 00:39:24.695
FOR THOSE REASONS,
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I

00:39:24.762 --> 00:39:25.496
VOTE. THANK YOU.

00:39:28.232 --> 00:39:31.235
THAT'S.

00:39:33.037 --> 00:39:33.671
OKAY.

00:39:33.738 --> 00:39:35.372
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:39:35.439 --> 00:39:38.843
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ANYBODY ELSE
WHO'S IN SUPPORT.

00:39:39.477 --> 00:39:42.012
OF 17

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.982
AB 1751, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

00:39:45.049 --> 00:39:48.619
ALL IN SUPPORT IS MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS BOB MILLER FOR

00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:50.888
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY IN SUPPORT.

00:39:50.955 --> 00:39:53.591
THANK YOU.

00:39:53.657 --> 00:39:55.493
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS,
DANNY CURTAIN, CALIFORNIA

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:57.361
CONFERENCE OF CARPENTERS.

00:39:57.428 --> 00:39:59.096
WE STILL WANT TO EXPRESS
OUR OPPOSITION

00:39:59.163 --> 00:40:00.765
TO THE REMOVAL
OF THE MINIMUM WAGE

00:40:00.831 --> 00:40:03.834
INCREASE TO THE LOWEST PAID,
MOST EXPLOITED WORKERS.

00:40:04.168 --> 00:40:07.438
WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT BECAUSE
IT IS THE HOUSING CRISIS.

00:40:07.505 --> 00:40:10.307
WE ARE NOT NEUTRAL
ON THE BASIS OF THAT ACTIVITY.

00:40:10.374 --> 00:40:11.509
WE STILL THINK IT'S NEEDED.

00:40:11.575 --> 00:40:14.545
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:40:15.146 --> 00:40:17.681
HI, DAVID RAMIL WITH VETERANS
AND BUSINESS NETWORKING.

00:40:17.748 --> 00:40:19.350
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL.

00:40:19.416 --> 00:40:20.718
THANK YOU.

00:40:20.785 --> 00:40:22.953
MARISOL IBARRA WITH FAMILY

00:40:23.020 --> 00:40:25.556
BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT.

00:40:25.623 --> 00:40:26.157
THANK YOU.

00:40:27.424 --> 00:40:28.225
ANYONE ELSE

00:40:28.292 --> 00:40:31.395
IN SUPPORT OF AB 1751?

00:40:32.196 --> 00:40:35.199
SEEING NONE
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION

00:40:35.266 --> 00:40:38.269
TO AB 1751.

00:40:38.335 --> 00:40:41.305
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

00:40:49.847 --> 00:40:50.147
GOOD MORNING.

00:40:50.214 --> 00:40:50.748
CHAIR MEMBERS.

00:40:50.815 --> 00:40:52.783
BRADY KERN, ON BEHALF
OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA

00:40:52.850 --> 00:40:55.853
CITIES, IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION
TO AB 1751,

00:40:56.120 --> 00:41:00.124
I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN
ABOUT THREE IMPORTANT ISSUES

00:41:00.191 --> 00:41:01.458
FOR OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

00:41:01.525 --> 00:41:03.460
FIRST,
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT,

00:41:03.527 --> 00:41:04.628
THIS BILL

00:41:04.695 --> 00:41:08.465
WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
TO POTENTIALLY DECREASE

00:41:08.532 --> 00:41:11.368
THE DENSITY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR.

00:41:11.435 --> 00:41:12.069
FOR THE LAST

00:41:12.136 --> 00:41:15.573
TEN YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ENCOURAGED OUR CITIES TO UP

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.574
ZONE AND PROMOTE

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.708
MORE INFILL DEVELOPMENT

00:41:17.775 --> 00:41:19.176
AND LARGER
DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITIES

00:41:19.243 --> 00:41:21.779
ARE DOING THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS
ACCORDINGLY.

00:41:21.846 --> 00:41:25.683
THIS MEASURE SAYS IF IT IS 75%
OF THE SAME MINIMUM DENSITY,

00:41:25.749 --> 00:41:26.917
WE CANNOT DO,

00:41:26.984 --> 00:41:30.354
OUR OBJECTIVE STANDARDS
AND MEET OUR LOCAL ZONING PLANS

00:41:30.421 --> 00:41:31.422
AS REQUIRED.

00:41:31.488 --> 00:41:34.992
AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND,
IF THERE'S A MEN'S AROUND

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:40.030
THIS ISSUE THAT WE ADDRESS
AND FOLLOW THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

00:41:40.097 --> 00:41:41.765
STANDARDS AND DENSITY
REQUIREMENTS

00:41:41.832 --> 00:41:44.034
THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR
IN OUR COMMUNITY.

00:41:44.101 --> 00:41:47.004
WE ARE DOING THIS IN RESPONSE
TO WHAT HAS BEEN EXPECTED

00:41:47.071 --> 00:41:47.805
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

00:41:47.872 --> 00:41:49.139
AND THE HOUSING CRISIS TO ENSURE

00:41:49.206 --> 00:41:51.575
WE ARE HAVING GOOD,
STRONG DEVELOPMENT.

00:41:51.642 --> 00:41:55.279
AND WE ALSO,
AS A RESULT OF THIS ABILITY

00:41:55.346 --> 00:41:59.650
TO, DECREASE THE DENSITY
WOULD PROVIDE CITIES, A LOT OF,

00:42:00.384 --> 00:42:02.052
A LOT OF CHALLENGES
REGARDING NO DOUBT LOSS.

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.486
SO ONE OF THE

00:42:02.553 --> 00:42:05.522
THINGS THAT YOU COULD HAVE
IS IF WE ARE PLANNING FOR

00:42:05.589 --> 00:42:09.026
100 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
OR OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING,

00:42:09.293 --> 00:42:12.162
AND A PROJECT COMES IN
FOR A THREE STORY TOWNHOME

00:42:12.229 --> 00:42:16.433
PROJECT TO PROVIDE THAT,
AND IT ONLY PROVIDES 75,

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.769
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND 25
OTHER SITES

00:42:18.836 --> 00:42:22.406
WITHIN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT
TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE

00:42:22.473 --> 00:42:22.773
WITH THE LAW.

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:25.009
SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.

00:42:25.075 --> 00:42:26.810
AND THEN FINALLY,
I WANT TO ADDRESS

00:42:26.877 --> 00:42:30.014
THAT THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE
A BI-RITE APPROVAL PROCESS

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:33.517
AND A, NON-DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
OF THESE TOWNHOME PROJECTS.

00:42:33.584 --> 00:42:35.119
SO WE DO CONTINUE
TO BE CONCERNED,

00:42:35.185 --> 00:42:36.854
APPRECIATE
ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS

00:42:36.921 --> 00:42:38.122
AND LOOK FORWARD
TO READING THE AMENDS.

00:42:38.188 --> 00:42:40.057
BUT, WE DO REMAIN OPPOSED TODAY

00:42:40.124 --> 00:42:42.526
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

00:42:42.593 --> 00:42:43.727
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:42:43.794 --> 00:42:45.496
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION?

00:42:47.731 --> 00:42:48.132
GOOD MORNING.

00:42:48.198 --> 00:42:50.868
TRACY RYAN THROUGH
CAN I REPRESENTS CALIFORNIA.

00:42:50.935 --> 00:42:52.803
DO APPRECIATE
THE RECENT AMENDMENTS,

00:42:52.870 --> 00:42:54.138
BUT WE DO CONTINUE
TO BE OPPOSED.

00:42:54.204 --> 00:42:57.207
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

00:42:57.908 --> 00:42:58.275
GOOD MORNING.

00:42:58.342 --> 00:43:01.345
CURIOUS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF THOUSAND OAKS, IN OPPOSITION.

00:43:01.812 --> 00:43:02.980
THANK YOU.

00:43:03.047 --> 00:43:03.580
GOOD MORNING.

00:43:03.647 --> 00:43:04.148
ON THE FLOOR, ALALA,

00:43:04.214 --> 00:43:05.716
ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST
LAW PROJECT,

00:43:05.783 --> 00:43:06.784
THE CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL

00:43:06.850 --> 00:43:08.485
ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION
AND HOUSING CALIFORNIA,

00:43:08.552 --> 00:43:10.754
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON THIS.

00:43:10.821 --> 00:43:12.656
WE ARE REVIEWING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDS,

00:43:12.723 --> 00:43:14.825
BUT VERY LIKELY WE'LL
REMOVE OUR OPPOSITION

00:43:14.892 --> 00:43:16.927
WHEN IT DOES GO INTO PRINT.
THANK YOU.

00:43:16.994 --> 00:43:19.063
THANK YOU.

00:43:19.129 --> 00:43:19.663
GOOD MORNING.

00:43:19.730 --> 00:43:20.597
BENJAMIN HENDERSON

00:43:20.664 --> 00:43:22.499
WITH THE WESTERN CENTER
IN LAW AND PROPERTY.

00:43:22.566 --> 00:43:25.169
WE ARE EVALUATING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

00:43:25.235 --> 00:43:28.839
AND ANTICIPATE
MOVING OUR POSITION TO NEUTRAL.

00:43:29.373 --> 00:43:30.040
OKAY. THANK YOU.

00:43:32.343 --> 00:43:32.776
CHAIR MEMBERS.

00:43:32.843 --> 00:43:33.077
NICK GRAHAM,

00:43:33.143 --> 00:43:34.445
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE,

00:43:34.511 --> 00:43:35.913
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:37.848
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN DONE TODAY.

00:43:37.915 --> 00:43:40.918
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:43:41.452 --> 00:43:44.455
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,

00:43:45.522 --> 00:43:47.658
SENATOR CARDO?

00:43:47.725 --> 00:43:48.826
THANK YOU.

00:43:48.892 --> 00:43:52.196
WHEN THIS WAS UP IN HOUSING,
I SUPPORTED IT.

00:43:52.463 --> 00:43:54.565
AND BECAUSE
FROM A HOUSING PERSPECTIVE,

00:43:54.631 --> 00:43:56.266
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

00:43:56.333 --> 00:43:59.970
TO ACTUALLY BUILD WHAT,
CONSUMERS

00:44:00.037 --> 00:44:03.107
HAVE A DEMAND
FOR AS OPPOSED TO BUILDING WHAT

00:44:03.173 --> 00:44:06.443
THEY REALLY DON'T AND HOPING
THAT THEY'LL CRAM THEMSELVES IN.

00:44:07.911 --> 00:44:10.914
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOTTEN
WAY AHEAD OF OURSELVES,

00:44:11.115 --> 00:44:13.217
WAY OVER OUR SKIS IN,

00:44:13.283 --> 00:44:16.253
IN, SMALL APARTMENT
DEVELOPMENT.

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:18.155
WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE
IN MY REGION.

00:44:18.222 --> 00:44:21.225
THEY'RE BUILDING THEM
LIKE, LIKE CRAZY.

00:44:24.194 --> 00:44:24.862
THE CONCERNS

00:44:24.928 --> 00:44:27.931
I HAVE FOR HERE
IS, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO,

00:44:28.132 --> 00:44:31.135
FORCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

00:44:31.468 --> 00:44:34.571
TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF STUFF
THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY

00:44:34.638 --> 00:44:36.106
HAVE IN DEMAND THERE.

00:44:36.173 --> 00:44:37.041
WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT,

00:44:37.107 --> 00:44:39.109
THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO GET CREDIT FROM HCD

00:44:40.511 --> 00:44:43.514
FOR BUILDING WHAT'S IN DEMAND,

00:44:43.914 --> 00:44:44.882
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FORCED

00:44:44.948 --> 00:44:46.750
TO TRY TO BUILD
WHAT'S NOT IN DEMAND.

00:44:46.817 --> 00:44:47.951
EVEN MORE,

00:44:48.018 --> 00:44:52.089
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENCY
THAT'S JUST COUNTING BRICKS.

00:44:52.156 --> 00:44:52.990
THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING.

00:44:53.057 --> 00:44:55.159
THEY'RE JUST COUNTING ROOFTOPS

00:44:55.225 --> 00:44:58.295
NO MATTER WHAT'S UNDER THOSE
ROOFTOPS, WHETHER IT'S A 250

00:44:58.362 --> 00:45:02.066
SQUARE FOOT ROOFTOP
OR A 900 SQUARE FOOT ROOFTOP,

00:45:02.266 --> 00:45:05.769
OR A TOWNHOME
THAT'S 1700 AND 50FT².

00:45:07.371 --> 00:45:08.806
THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE,

00:45:08.872 --> 00:45:12.443
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, I,
I WANT TO SUPPORT

00:45:12.509 --> 00:45:15.379
BILLS LIKE THIS
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S

00:45:15.446 --> 00:45:17.981
MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE DEMAND.

00:45:18.048 --> 00:45:19.583
BUT IF WE DON'T

00:45:19.650 --> 00:45:23.087
CHANGE OUR RULES
SO THE HCD CAN BE A LITTLE BIT

00:45:23.153 --> 00:45:26.657
MORE FLEXIBLE WITH COMMUNITIES
ON THIS, THAT'S GOING TO HOLD UP

00:45:26.723 --> 00:45:29.726
OTHER OTHER STUFF
BECAUSE I CAN'T GO ON

00:45:30.661 --> 00:45:33.263
CREATING
MORE IMPOSITIONS ON CITIES

00:45:33.330 --> 00:45:36.867
AND THEN HAVING AN UNRESPONSIVE
AGENCY BECAUSE WE'VE MADE RULES

00:45:36.934 --> 00:45:39.603
THAT THEY SAY, HEY,
WE GOT TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND

00:45:39.670 --> 00:45:40.404
SO WE'RE OUT.

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:44.641
I'M FRUSTRATED.

00:45:44.708 --> 00:45:47.010
I'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH

00:45:47.077 --> 00:45:49.413
IT'S NOT WORKING.

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:52.182
WELL,
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO REEL THAT IN.

00:45:52.249 --> 00:45:55.786
I ALSO WOULD LIKE,
AT SOME POINT, AND THIS IS MY.

00:45:55.853 --> 00:45:57.921
I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE HAVE TO MAKE LEGISLATION

00:45:57.988 --> 00:46:02.659
TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S MINISTERIAL VERSUS, BY.

00:46:02.726 --> 00:46:03.660
RIGHT.

00:46:03.727 --> 00:46:04.661
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

00:46:04.728 --> 00:46:06.697
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO ADDRESS THAT SOME

00:46:06.763 --> 00:46:10.134
WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT
SO THAT WE CAN,

00:46:10.634 --> 00:46:13.637
HAVE A MINISTERIAL PROCESS
THAT MAKES SENSE

00:46:13.704 --> 00:46:16.573
AND STILL GIVE CITIES
SOME LEVERAGE.

00:46:16.640 --> 00:46:19.443
OVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
BEING BUILT IN SOME CONTROL OVER

00:46:19.510 --> 00:46:21.712
WHAT'S BEING BUILT
AND HOW IT'S BEING BUILT.

00:46:21.778 --> 00:46:24.681
NOT NECESSARILY,
YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT,

00:46:24.748 --> 00:46:28.318
BUT HOW IT LOOKS,
HOW IT FITS THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

00:46:28.385 --> 00:46:30.120
ALL OF THAT STUFF.

00:46:30.187 --> 00:46:32.789
CITIES NEED TO HAVE CONTROL
OVER THAT STUFF.

00:46:32.856 --> 00:46:34.858
AND,
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING BY.

00:46:34.925 --> 00:46:37.427
RIGHT,
THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL.

00:46:37.494 --> 00:46:40.497
AND WHEN THEY HAVE
LITTLE CONTROL THERE,

00:46:40.697 --> 00:46:44.067
I MEAN, JUST GO ON FACEBOOK

00:46:45.068 --> 00:46:48.005
AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS
FROM JUST CITIZENS

00:46:48.071 --> 00:46:51.408
THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS
ACTUALLY A GOOD, GOOD APPROVAL.

00:46:51.608 --> 00:46:53.110
I MEAN, A GOOD PROJECT.

00:46:53.177 --> 00:46:55.112
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
FRUSTRATED.

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:57.214
THE CITIZENS ARE FRUSTRATED.

00:46:57.281 --> 00:46:59.850
EVENTUALLY
THEY GET SICK AND TIRED OF THIS.

00:46:59.917 --> 00:47:04.621
AND THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW,
THEY TAKE IT OUT ON US.

00:47:05.155 --> 00:47:07.424
THEY SHOULD
THAT WE'RE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.

00:47:07.491 --> 00:47:08.158
AND SO WE'RE

00:47:08.225 --> 00:47:11.361
WE'RE NOT DOING THEM ANY FAVORS
BY NOT ADDRESSING THIS STUFF.

00:47:12.029 --> 00:47:15.065
TODAY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS

00:47:16.133 --> 00:47:18.569
BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT

00:47:18.635 --> 00:47:20.037
THAT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.

00:47:20.103 --> 00:47:23.106
BUT THEN LATER
WE'RE GOING TO BE,

00:47:23.774 --> 00:47:26.777
WE NEED TO ADDRESS
THIS OTHER STUFF WITH HCD,

00:47:27.611 --> 00:47:30.447
AND THE CITIES
AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AND,

00:47:30.514 --> 00:47:32.516
AND HOW
WE ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS

00:47:32.583 --> 00:47:36.687
WITHOUT ABSOLUTELY OBLITERATING
THE GENERAL PLANS OF CITIES.

00:47:36.753 --> 00:47:39.823
THAT, ARE TRYING
TO DO THEIR BEST

00:47:39.890 --> 00:47:42.960
TO ACCOMMODATE THIS,
HOUSING SHORTAGE.

00:47:43.527 --> 00:47:47.331
BUT WE CAN GO FROM A HOUSING
SHORTAGE TO AN ABUNDANCE

00:47:47.397 --> 00:47:50.567
OF HOUSING
AND A GLUT IN NO TIME.

00:47:51.235 --> 00:47:52.769
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

00:47:52.836 --> 00:47:56.707
AND, AND I DON'T WANT
TO PUT US IN THAT SITUATION,

00:47:56.773 --> 00:47:59.710
BECAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS,
YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS

00:47:59.776 --> 00:48:04.448
LOSS OF VALUE AND AND PEOPLE'S
FINANCIAL, EMPIRES ARE RUINED

00:48:04.514 --> 00:48:06.316
BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S BUILT ON
HOPEFULLY

00:48:06.383 --> 00:48:09.886
AT LEAST A THIRD OF IT IS BUILT
ON, ON, ON HAVING REAL ESTATE.

00:48:10.387 --> 00:48:13.557
SO, THOSE ARE
MY CONCERNS GOING FORWARD.

00:48:14.691 --> 00:48:16.860
IT'S NOT
GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BILL TODAY.

00:48:16.927 --> 00:48:19.696
BUT, BUT CERTAINLY
I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS

00:48:19.763 --> 00:48:21.298
WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT.

00:48:21.365 --> 00:48:24.301
IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN
THIS PATH,

00:48:24.368 --> 00:48:28.805
BECAUSE I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF,
LEAVING OUR COMMUNITIES

00:48:28.872 --> 00:48:29.673
OUT LIKE THAT.

00:48:29.740 --> 00:48:32.743
THANK YOU.

00:48:34.678 --> 00:48:36.046
MINTS.

00:48:36.113 --> 00:48:37.447
I JUST WANT TO MAKE
A FEW COMMENTS.

00:48:37.514 --> 00:48:39.016
THANK THE AUTHOR VERY MUCH.

00:48:39.082 --> 00:48:42.886
AND THE COALITION
THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER,

00:48:42.953 --> 00:48:46.757
AND I HOPE AND CONTINUE
TO RELY ON THE CITIES

00:48:46.823 --> 00:48:49.293
TO RAISE THE ISSUES
THAT THAT NEED TO BE RAISED,

00:48:49.359 --> 00:48:52.129
BECAUSE THIS IS
THIS IS NOT GONE.

00:48:52.195 --> 00:48:52.396
YOU KNOW,

00:48:52.462 --> 00:48:56.233
WE'VE GONE FROM ONE EXTREME
TO THE OTHER AND BACK AND FORTH,

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:59.503
AND WE HAVEN'T SETTLED DOWN YET
ON HOW TO ACCOMMODATE

00:49:00.370 --> 00:49:03.674
THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES,
BUT ALSO WHAT IT TAKES TO

00:49:03.740 --> 00:49:05.242
CARRY OUT THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

00:49:05.309 --> 00:49:09.046
SO THANK YOU FOR HANGING
IN THERE AND KEEP PUSHING BACK.

00:49:09.413 --> 00:49:13.917
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M
REALLY GLAD TO SEE OWNERSHIP,

00:49:14.251 --> 00:49:17.321
AT THE CORE OF THIS,
OF THIS BILL.

00:49:17.387 --> 00:49:20.590
THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT,

00:49:20.657 --> 00:49:21.458
BECAUSE THAT'S,

00:49:21.525 --> 00:49:25.228
WELL, GENERATIONAL WEALTH
THAT CAN BE PASSED ON, TO OUR

00:49:25.295 --> 00:49:28.799
TO OUR KIDS OR FAMILIES,
WHOEVER, WE HAD A

00:49:28.865 --> 00:49:31.935
WE HAVE A PROJECT STARTED
WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED

00:49:32.002 --> 00:49:35.372
AT THE 710 CORRIDOR
AND LOS ANGELES,

00:49:35.872 --> 00:49:40.077
AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS,
HUNDREDS OF CALTRANS PROPERTIES.

00:49:40.444 --> 00:49:43.280
THERE WERE NOT GOING
TO BE USED ANYMORE BECAUSE THE,

00:49:43.347 --> 00:49:46.083
A STOP WAS PUT TO THE FREEWAY.

00:49:46.149 --> 00:49:48.785
400 PROPERTIES
OWNED BY CALTRANS.

00:49:48.852 --> 00:49:49.953
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM?

00:49:50.020 --> 00:49:52.289
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS TO GO.

00:49:52.356 --> 00:49:55.392
AND WE DECIDED,
AND I'M REALLY, GLAD.

00:49:55.459 --> 00:49:58.495
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S IT'S TAKEN
SOME TIME

00:49:58.895 --> 00:50:02.399
IS TO MAKE THOSE OPEN
TO OWNERSHIP,

00:50:02.466 --> 00:50:05.802
MAKE THOSE PROPERTIES OWNED
BY REHABBING THEM.

00:50:06.036 --> 00:50:09.106
IN FACT, WE WORK
WITH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

00:50:09.172 --> 00:50:12.642
WE WORK WITH,
A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS

00:50:12.709 --> 00:50:17.280
WITH OUR FORMERLY INCARCERATED
WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR,

00:50:17.347 --> 00:50:22.219
CONSTRUCTION TRADES SKILLS
AND APPRENTICES, HUNDREDS.

00:50:22.285 --> 00:50:23.553
AND THEY'RE SOME OF THEM

00:50:23.620 --> 00:50:27.090
WERE SET ASIDE FOR REHABBING
AND THEN RESELLING THEM.

00:50:27.357 --> 00:50:32.496
SOME WERE SET ASIDE FOR SOME,
RENTAL, LOW INCOME RENTAL,

00:50:32.863 --> 00:50:37.934
WITHIN FILLING IN A COMMUNITY
THAT HAD LOST THOSE PROPERTIES.

00:50:38.001 --> 00:50:43.507
AND NOW HOW DO WE FILL
THAT COMMUNITY WITH, NEW HOMES,

00:50:43.907 --> 00:50:48.445
WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO RENT,
WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY.

00:50:48.745 --> 00:50:51.581
AND THAT HAD NEVER BEEN
THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE.

00:50:51.648 --> 00:50:53.116
IT WAS TRYING TO MAKE UP
FOR THE FACT

00:50:53.183 --> 00:50:55.385
THAT THOSE PROPERTIES WERE SOLD
WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T

00:50:55.452 --> 00:50:57.654
HAVE BEEN SOLD,
TO TRY TO BUILD A FREEWAY.

00:50:57.721 --> 00:51:01.525
SO THERE'S MANY OPPORTUNITIES
IF WE LOOK AT THEM.

00:51:02.225 --> 00:51:05.228
I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT YOU'RE RAISING THE

00:51:05.462 --> 00:51:08.498
THE IDEA OF OWNERSHIP
AND WHAT WE CAN DO

00:51:08.565 --> 00:51:12.469
TO STREAMLINE THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.

00:51:12.669 --> 00:51:14.538
I THINK THAT'S
A REALLY GREAT DIRECTION TO GO.

00:51:14.604 --> 00:51:16.239
SO I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR

00:51:16.306 --> 00:51:18.675
AND THE COALITION
VERY MUCH FOR THIS.

00:51:18.742 --> 00:51:21.978
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
WRAP UP, MADAM QUICKSILVER,

00:51:23.113 --> 00:51:23.713
THANK

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:26.850
YOU, MADAM CHAIR,
FOR FOR SHARING THAT STORY,

00:51:26.917 --> 00:51:30.987
BECAUSE IT DOES, REFLECT
EXACTLY HOW LONG IT TAKES

00:51:31.054 --> 00:51:34.224
TO, IF YOU WANT TO, SAY,
BUILD AS A WHOLE.

00:51:34.291 --> 00:51:38.762
I REMEMBER THAT PROJECT,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I WAS ON

00:51:38.829 --> 00:51:41.798
SKAG AS A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT

00:51:41.865 --> 00:51:46.436
PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO
WHEN THE 710, CAME UP.

00:51:46.503 --> 00:51:49.773
AND IT'S TAKEN THESE MANY,
MANY YEARS TO RESOLVE THAT.

00:51:50.006 --> 00:51:53.076
SO AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO PUSH
AND WE WANT TO SEE,

00:51:53.276 --> 00:51:56.112
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PARTICULARLY

00:51:56.179 --> 00:52:00.951
IN, HOUSING,
WE KNOW IT CAN BE VERY SLOW.

00:52:01.451 --> 00:52:04.187
THAT BEING SAID, I'M

00:52:04.254 --> 00:52:06.056
PROUD OF THE WORK
WE'VE DONE ON THIS BILL.

00:52:06.122 --> 00:52:08.725
WE KNOW IT DOESN'T ADDRESS
ALL THE ISSUES.

00:52:08.792 --> 00:52:13.497
I 100% AGREE WITH, THE SENATOR

00:52:13.730 --> 00:52:18.635
AND I THINK IT'S, MARIETTA.

00:52:18.869 --> 00:52:21.671
YEAH.

00:52:21.738 --> 00:52:24.407
I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON THE HCD.

00:52:24.474 --> 00:52:27.210
WE NEED TO WORK ON
THAT FLEXIBILITY.

00:52:27.277 --> 00:52:30.113
AS YOU'VE, STATED AND,

00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:33.383
I THINK THERE WILL BE
A CONTINUED WORK IN THAT AREA,

00:52:33.650 --> 00:52:37.087
BUT, WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AND I VOTE.

00:52:39.689 --> 00:52:42.692
YOU FOR.

00:52:44.594 --> 00:52:46.997
IS THERE A MOTION?

00:52:47.063 --> 00:52:49.633
YOU KNOW,
I'M GOING TO MAKE A COURTESY

00:52:49.699 --> 00:52:51.334
REQUEST.

00:52:51.401 --> 00:52:53.904
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I JUST
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON,

00:52:53.970 --> 00:52:58.575
BUT RULES DIDN'T LIKE MY,
PREVIOUS, SOLUTIONS TO THAT

00:52:59.776 --> 00:53:01.745
AND KEEP THE MEETINGS MOVING.

00:53:01.811 --> 00:53:04.814
I'LL GO AHEAD.

00:53:04.881 --> 00:53:05.916
AND FOR YOU, THAT'S THE SIGN.

00:53:05.982 --> 00:53:08.985
THE GOOD LUCK.

00:53:10.587 --> 00:53:13.590
I MOVE THE BILL. NO.

00:53:14.758 --> 00:53:16.159
OKAY, I CAN MOVE THE BILL.

00:53:16.226 --> 00:53:18.795
THAT'S RIGHT,
THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY.

00:53:18.862 --> 00:53:20.163
GETTING I'LL MAKES SENSE.

00:53:20.230 --> 00:53:21.965
OKAY, WE GOT A BILL.

00:53:22.032 --> 00:53:23.066
WE GOT A MOTION.

00:53:23.133 --> 00:53:25.268
YEAH, A BILL AND A MOTION.

00:53:25.335 --> 00:53:28.338
NOW WE HAVE A VOTE.

00:53:28.705 --> 00:53:30.140
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

00:53:30.206 --> 00:53:31.508
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

00:53:31.575 --> 00:53:34.578
SENATORS
TO ALSO THERE ALSO, I JOY

00:53:34.811 --> 00:53:37.380
WE HAVE AGAIN ASHBY.

00:53:37.447 --> 00:53:38.748
CERVANTES.

00:53:38.815 --> 00:53:41.785
BLAIR. OUR SARAH.

00:53:41.851 --> 00:53:45.355
SO I TO ZERO AND.

00:53:47.624 --> 00:53:49.426
THE BILL WILL REMAIN ON CALL.

00:53:49.492 --> 00:53:50.060
THANK YOU.

00:53:52.495 --> 00:53:54.364
WILSON.

00:53:54.431 --> 00:53:55.065
FIRST.

00:53:55.131 --> 00:53:57.500
YEAH.

00:53:57.567 --> 00:53:58.435
SO I DON'T KNOW

00:53:58.501 --> 00:54:01.538
IF YOU WANT TO GO IN ORDER
SINCE SHE WAS ALREADY HERE.

00:54:01.605 --> 00:54:02.505
YEAH.

00:54:02.572 --> 00:54:05.575
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON,
I THINK YOU'RE NEXT.

00:54:24.661 --> 00:54:25.161
OKAY.

00:54:25.228 --> 00:54:28.231
ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
YOU ARE SAID TO GO.

00:54:28.632 --> 00:54:30.667
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

00:54:30.734 --> 00:54:34.371
AND SENATORS, FIRST,
I'D LIKE TO THANK, YOUR OFFICE

00:54:34.437 --> 00:54:35.939
FOR WORKING WITH US
ON THIS BILL.

00:54:36.006 --> 00:54:39.075
AND I DO ACCEPT
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.

00:54:39.142 --> 00:54:43.413
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 912,
A BILL THAT PROPOSES AMENDMENTS

00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:44.814
TO THE VALLEJO FLOOD

00:54:44.881 --> 00:54:47.183
AND WASTEWATER
DISTRICTS ENABLING ACT

00:54:47.250 --> 00:54:49.986
TO MODERNIZE THE COMPOSITION
OF THE DISTRICT'S

00:54:50.053 --> 00:54:53.523
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND IMPROVE
GOVERNANCE, EFFICIENCY,

00:54:53.857 --> 00:54:56.893
RESPONSIVENESS,
AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.

00:54:57.460 --> 00:55:00.664
EB 912 MODIFIES
THE BOARD'S COMPOSITION

00:55:00.964 --> 00:55:05.068
TO REDUCE GOVERNANCE CONFLICTS,
IMPROVE FIDUCIARY INDEPENDENCE,

00:55:05.368 --> 00:55:09.039
AND ENSURES THE DISTRICT CAN
CONTINUE TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE

00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:12.609
LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE
AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES.

00:55:13.043 --> 00:55:14.077
THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT

00:55:14.144 --> 00:55:17.814
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE PRESENTS
PRACTICAL AND LEGAL CHALLENGES

00:55:18.081 --> 00:55:19.616
BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

00:55:19.683 --> 00:55:22.686
CONSTITUTE
A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT BOARD

00:55:23.086 --> 00:55:26.690
IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING
NEGOTIATIONS, LITIGATIONS,

00:55:26.956 --> 00:55:29.759
OR OTHER CONFLICTS BETWEEN
THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY,

00:55:29.826 --> 00:55:33.697
RECUSAL FROM ONE GOVERNING
RULE DOES NOT FULLY RESOLVE

00:55:33.763 --> 00:55:37.167
GOVERNANCE CONFLICTS
AND OFTEN CREATES QUORUM ISSUES.

00:55:38.401 --> 00:55:41.137
THE CONFLICTS AND QUORUM ISSUES

00:55:41.204 --> 00:55:44.374
CONSISTENTLY HOLD UP
NEGOTIATIONS ON CONTRACTS,

00:55:44.441 --> 00:55:47.043
WHICH FURTHER DELAYS PROJECTS
AND NECESSARY AGREEMENTS

00:55:47.110 --> 00:55:50.113
FOR THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY
OF THE DISTRICT.

00:55:50.180 --> 00:55:52.215
OUR BILL SEEKS TO ADDRESS
THESE ISSUES

00:55:52.282 --> 00:55:55.218
BY RETURNING THE DISTRICT
TO A MODIFIED GOVERNANCE

00:55:55.285 --> 00:55:58.988
STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO
VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,

00:55:59.222 --> 00:56:03.093
ONE SOLANO COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS, AND TWO AT-LARGE

00:56:03.159 --> 00:56:06.196
TRUSTEES APPOINTED
BY THE REMAINING TRUSTEES.

00:56:06.262 --> 00:56:07.630
WITH THAT,
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE

00:56:07.697 --> 00:56:09.499
MY WITNESS, MARK TOMKO,

00:56:09.566 --> 00:56:12.669
GENERAL MANAGER OF VALLEJO FLOOD
AND WASTEWATER DISTRICT.

00:56:12.736 --> 00:56:14.437
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

00:56:14.504 --> 00:56:16.272
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU.

00:56:16.339 --> 00:56:16.606
THANK YOU.

00:56:16.673 --> 00:56:19.776
MADAM CHAIR AND SENATORS,
I AM, MARK TOMKO.

00:56:19.843 --> 00:56:21.044
I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER

00:56:21.111 --> 00:56:22.679
OF VALLEJO FLOOD
AND WASTEWATER DISTRICT.

00:56:22.746 --> 00:56:25.749
AND, COMING TO SUPPORT AB 912.

00:56:26.116 --> 00:56:28.218
AND THIS IS ALSO SUPPORTED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

00:56:28.284 --> 00:56:29.686
IT'S SUPPORTED
BY OUR UNANIMOUSLY

00:56:29.753 --> 00:56:31.521
BY OUR BOARD
AND BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

00:56:31.588 --> 00:56:34.791
SO EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED
IS JUST SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

00:56:34.858 --> 00:56:37.127
SO THIS HOPEFULLY
SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY.

00:56:37.193 --> 00:56:38.728
WE ARE A SPECIAL DISTRICT.

00:56:38.795 --> 00:56:41.264
WE DO WASTEWATER
AND STORMWATER.

00:56:41.331 --> 00:56:43.466
OUR CURRENT BOARD,
AS WAS MENTIONED,

00:56:43.533 --> 00:56:46.569
I WAS STARTED IN 1995
AND IT INCLUDES EIGHT MEMBERS,

00:56:46.770 --> 00:56:48.404
SEVEN OF
WHICH ARE THE CITY COUNCIL

00:56:48.471 --> 00:56:50.807
AND ONE IS THE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS.

00:56:50.874 --> 00:56:52.842
THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT WERE,

00:56:52.909 --> 00:56:54.210
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.

00:56:54.277 --> 00:56:56.246
BUT THAT INDEPENDENCE
GETS CHALLENGED

00:56:56.312 --> 00:56:59.315
WHEN THE MAJORITY OF YOUR BOARD
IS THE CITY COUNCIL.

00:56:59.649 --> 00:57:01.985
AS AS WE TALKED ABOUT,
THE INTEREST DON'T ALIGN.

00:57:02.051 --> 00:57:03.853
SO WE HAVE SOME MISALIGNMENT
OF INTERESTS,

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:04.821
CERTAINLY WITH,

00:57:04.888 --> 00:57:08.658
AS FAR AS LEGAL ISSUES,
AS FAR AS THAT CLARITY AND,

00:57:08.725 --> 00:57:10.727
THAT PRIVILEGE CONCERNS
AND ALSO JUST DEALING

00:57:10.794 --> 00:57:13.863
WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND ALSO GETTING A QUORUM.

00:57:13.930 --> 00:57:14.564
SO THIS NEW BOARD

00:57:14.631 --> 00:57:15.999
THAT WAS DESCRIBED,
A FIVE MEMBER BOARD,

00:57:16.065 --> 00:57:18.168
WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL
FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS,

00:57:18.234 --> 00:57:20.136
HAS THE TWO MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

00:57:20.203 --> 00:57:22.572
ONE COUNTY SUPERVISOR
AND TWO APPOINTED.

00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:23.907
WE BELIEVE THAT
THIS WILL RESOLVE

00:57:23.973 --> 00:57:26.109
A LOT OF THE CONFLICTS
AND WILL ACTUALLY BE MORE

00:57:26.176 --> 00:57:29.112
BENEFICIAL TO THE TO THE,
THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

00:57:29.179 --> 00:57:30.280
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY
IN SUPPORT OF IT,

00:57:30.346 --> 00:57:32.749
AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL AS WELL.
THANK YOU.

00:57:32.816 --> 00:57:33.449
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:57:33.516 --> 00:57:36.252
ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT OF

00:57:37.387 --> 00:57:38.855
WHICH I

00:57:38.922 --> 00:57:41.191
KNOW THERE IT IS, A 912.

00:57:41.257 --> 00:57:41.658
PLEASE COME.

00:57:41.724 --> 00:57:43.293
A GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

00:57:43.359 --> 00:57:44.661
KAREN LING,
ON BEHALF OF THE SOLANO

00:57:44.727 --> 00:57:46.396
COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT.

00:57:46.462 --> 00:57:48.364
THANK YOU.

00:57:48.431 --> 00:57:49.199
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

00:57:49.265 --> 00:57:50.533
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
PAUL GONSALVES,

00:57:50.600 --> 00:57:52.135
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF VALLEJO
AND SUPPORT,

00:57:52.202 --> 00:57:54.003
JUST LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE STAFF

00:57:54.070 --> 00:57:55.371
FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS
BILL.

00:57:55.438 --> 00:57:57.874
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

00:57:57.941 --> 00:58:00.543
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT
SEEING NONE, ANYONE

00:58:00.610 --> 00:58:03.613
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 912.

00:58:04.414 --> 00:58:05.548
NOBODY. ANYBODY.

00:58:05.615 --> 00:58:07.317
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE.

00:58:07.383 --> 00:58:09.052
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

00:58:09.118 --> 00:58:11.187
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED.

00:58:11.254 --> 00:58:14.257
YOU MAY WRAP UP.

00:58:14.624 --> 00:58:14.991
THANK YOU.

00:58:15.058 --> 00:58:16.059
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME

00:58:16.125 --> 00:58:17.760
SPENT ON THIS BILL
GETTING IT RIGHT,

00:58:17.827 --> 00:58:20.230
HELPING US TO MAKE SURE
WE GOT IT RIGHT.

00:58:20.296 --> 00:58:23.399
AND AS GENERAL MANAGER
TOM CO NOTED THAT,

00:58:23.466 --> 00:58:25.134
THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED

00:58:25.201 --> 00:58:26.002
BY ALL PARTIES

00:58:26.069 --> 00:58:28.371
THE CITY, THE COUNTY
AND THE SEWER DISTRICT.

00:58:28.438 --> 00:58:29.973
I RESPECTFULLY
ASKED OUR NEIGHBOR,

00:58:30.039 --> 00:58:33.076
WELL, YOU HAD TO GET THIS
JUST FOR ALL THAT,

00:58:33.142 --> 00:58:34.310
GETTING EVERYBODY
ON THE SAME PAGE.

00:58:34.377 --> 00:58:34.777
THANK YOU.

00:58:34.844 --> 00:58:38.281
BILL HAS
BEEN MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

00:58:39.482 --> 00:58:40.183
YOU MOTION IS DUE.

00:58:40.250 --> 00:58:41.784
PASS TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATION.

00:58:41.851 --> 00:58:43.119
SENATORS. DEROSA. HI.

00:58:43.186 --> 00:58:44.187
ROSALIE CHOI.

00:58:44.254 --> 00:58:45.121
CHOI.

00:58:45.188 --> 00:58:46.890
IRENE ASHBY.

00:58:46.956 --> 00:58:49.959
CERVANTES. LAIRD. SATO.

00:58:50.393 --> 00:58:53.363
SIERRA TWO I, THREE ZERO.

00:58:55.498 --> 00:58:57.967
THE BILL IS ON CALL.

00:58:58.034 --> 00:59:00.837
THIS WILL GO ON.

00:59:00.904 --> 00:59:03.072
TO FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

00:59:03.139 --> 00:59:06.142
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA.

00:59:07.143 --> 00:59:08.945
GOOD MORNING.

00:59:09.012 --> 00:59:12.015
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS,

00:59:12.248 --> 00:59:14.484
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

00:59:14.550 --> 00:59:17.854
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 1710.

00:59:18.554 --> 00:59:20.056
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE COMMITTEES

00:59:20.123 --> 00:59:21.724
FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS MEASURE,

00:59:21.791 --> 00:59:24.227
AND I WILL BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS.

00:59:24.294 --> 00:59:24.694
THANK YOU.

00:59:24.761 --> 00:59:26.562
ABC 17 BIPARTISAN

00:59:26.629 --> 00:59:29.966
EFFORT TO ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S
UNPRECEDENTED HOUSING CRISIS

00:59:30.633 --> 00:59:33.770
A CLUSTER THAT HAS
TOO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT A HOME,

00:59:33.836 --> 00:59:37.106
STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT
AND UNABLE TO ACHIEVE OWNERSHIP.

00:59:38.007 --> 00:59:41.945
THIS BILL BUILDS UPON THE PROVEN
SUCCESS OF SB 330 IN 2019

00:59:42.445 --> 00:59:43.546
BY ENSURING THAT ONCE

00:59:43.613 --> 00:59:46.449
THE HOUSING PROJECT BEGINS
THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS,

00:59:46.516 --> 00:59:49.786
IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
REGULATORY CHANGES, EXCEPT FOR

00:59:49.852 --> 00:59:52.855
ESSENTIAL UPDATES RELATED
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS

00:59:52.922 --> 00:59:55.992
OR TO MITIGATE SIGNIFICANT CEQA
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT,

00:59:56.059 --> 00:59:57.560
AMONG OTHERS.

00:59:57.627 --> 00:59:59.195
AS A FORMER CITY PLANNER,

00:59:59.262 --> 01:00:01.397
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND
HOW BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES

01:00:01.464 --> 01:00:02.632
INCONSISTENT REGULATION

01:00:02.699 --> 01:00:04.334
STALLED PROJECTS FOR YEARS,

01:00:04.400 --> 01:00:07.437
DRIVING UP THE COST AND MAKING
BUILDING HOUSING UNATTAINABLE IN

01:00:08.404 --> 01:00:10.440
A 2025 STUDY

01:00:10.506 --> 01:00:11.507
FOUND THAT CALIFORNIA

01:00:11.574 --> 01:00:14.544
IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE STATE
TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY HOUSING,

01:00:14.944 --> 01:00:18.781
LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE LONG
APPROVAL TIMELINES IN CALIFORNIA

01:00:18.848 --> 01:00:21.851
TAKE OVER 22 MONTHS
LONGER TO FINISH THAN IN TEXAS,

01:00:22.318 --> 01:00:25.321
WHICH GREATLY INCREASES COSTS.

01:00:25.655 --> 01:00:28.157
IF WE DON'T FIX OUR PERMITTING
SYSTEM, WE WILL CONTINUE

01:00:28.224 --> 01:00:30.526
TO LOSE HOUSING INVESTMENTS
TO OTHER STATES

01:00:30.593 --> 01:00:33.629
THAT OFFER A MORE PREDICTABLE
AND EFFICIENT APPROVAL PROCESS.

01:00:34.197 --> 01:00:36.399
A STRONG, RELIABLE
HOUSING SUPPLY IS CRITICAL

01:00:36.466 --> 01:00:38.301
TO KEEPING WORKERS
IN CALIFORNIA,

01:00:38.368 --> 01:00:41.371
SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES
AND FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH.

01:00:41.738 --> 01:00:44.741
WITHOUT ENOUGH HOUSING,
EMPLOYERS FACE HIRING CHALLENGES

01:00:45.008 --> 01:00:48.011
AND WORKERS COMMUTE
BECOME LONGER AND MORE COSTLY.

01:00:48.411 --> 01:00:51.314
AB 1710 ADDRESSES
THESE CHALLENGES HEAD ON

01:00:51.381 --> 01:00:54.283
BY INCREASING TRANSPARENCY,
PROVIDING CERTAINTY,

01:00:54.350 --> 01:00:57.353
AND ENSURING FAIR
AND TIMELY PROJECT APPROVALS.

01:00:57.587 --> 01:01:00.089
WE ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
TODAY IS NICK CAMAROTA,

01:01:00.156 --> 01:01:02.959
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

01:01:03.026 --> 01:01:05.828
AND DARYL CARLTON WITH THE CALIF

01:01:07.397 --> 01:01:08.998
GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

01:01:09.065 --> 01:01:10.066
I'M ACTUALLY
GOING TO STEP IN HERE

01:01:10.133 --> 01:01:13.236
FOR A MOMENT WITH NICK, BUT,
THERE WILL BE JUST TWO OF US.

01:01:13.302 --> 01:01:15.738
BUT STEVE CRUZ, CORRECT IT.

01:01:15.805 --> 01:01:17.640
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
BUILDING INDUSTRY

01:01:17.707 --> 01:01:20.643
ASSOCIATION AND, THANK YOU
TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER,

01:01:20.710 --> 01:01:24.714
FOR OFFERING THROUGH
THIS IMPORTANT BILL FOR, KBIA.

01:01:25.114 --> 01:01:25.615
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING

01:01:25.681 --> 01:01:29.485
TO ACCEPT AMENDMENTS TODAY
AS THE THE AUTHOR INDICATED, TO,

01:01:29.552 --> 01:01:31.754
NARROW THE FOCUS OF THE BILL
TO SECTION TWO.

01:01:31.821 --> 01:01:33.790
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE
A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT.

01:01:33.856 --> 01:01:37.093
THAT IS, STILL
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BILL

01:01:37.326 --> 01:01:39.495
THAT WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENT
TO THE REASONABLE PERSON

01:01:39.562 --> 01:01:44.133
STANDARD AND,
TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC AGENCIES,

01:01:44.200 --> 01:01:45.568
WHEN THEY'RE ASSESSING PROJECTS

01:01:45.635 --> 01:01:47.870
FOR CONSISTENCY,
THAT THERE ARE OBJECTIVE

01:01:47.937 --> 01:01:49.605
STANDARDS
THAT THEY MAY COMPLY WITH.

01:01:49.672 --> 01:01:52.308
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD

01:01:52.375 --> 01:01:55.044
WITH THOSE PROVISIONS INTACT
AND WOULD ASK FOR AN I VOTE.

01:01:58.448 --> 01:02:01.317
NO, HE COVERED IT

01:02:01.384 --> 01:02:04.087
JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS
IF YOU HAVE THEM.

01:02:04.153 --> 01:02:05.221
THANK YOU.

01:02:05.288 --> 01:02:09.125
ANYONE ELSE
IN, SUPPORT OF AB 1710?

01:02:09.192 --> 01:02:12.195
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

01:02:12.428 --> 01:02:14.030
MADAM CHAIR,
MICHAEL GUNNING HERE

01:02:14.097 --> 01:02:16.732
ON BEHALF OF SPUR

01:02:16.799 --> 01:02:19.102
ABUNDANT HOUSING LOS ANGELES
AND CIRCULATE

01:02:19.168 --> 01:02:21.104
PLANNING AND POLICY,
ALL IN SUPPORT OF A.B.

01:02:21.170 --> 01:02:24.173
17. OKAY. THANK YOU.

01:02:24.707 --> 01:02:25.241
VERY CONTENT.

01:02:25.308 --> 01:02:26.442
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
APARTMENT

01:02:26.509 --> 01:02:29.345
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.

01:02:29.412 --> 01:02:29.879
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.

01:02:29.946 --> 01:02:31.581
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

01:02:31.647 --> 01:02:33.316
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
YIMBY IN SUPPORT.

01:02:33.382 --> 01:02:36.385
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

01:02:36.752 --> 01:02:40.056
MADAM CHAIR, BOB NAYLOR FOR
THE CITIZEN COMPANY AND SUPPORT.

01:02:40.756 --> 01:02:43.826
THANK YOU.

01:02:43.893 --> 01:02:44.327
GOOD MORNING.

01:02:44.393 --> 01:02:46.062
HENRY, WRITING ON BEHALF
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

01:02:46.129 --> 01:02:48.331
LENNY COULD WALK US IN SUPPORT.

01:02:48.397 --> 01:02:49.899
THANK YOU,

01:02:49.966 --> 01:02:51.734
HARRISON
LINDER ON BEHALF OF LEADING EDGE

01:02:51.801 --> 01:02:53.569
CALIFORNIA HERE IN SUPPORT.

01:02:53.636 --> 01:02:54.837
THANK YOU.

01:02:54.904 --> 01:02:57.206
I SEE NO MORE IN SUPPORT.

01:02:57.273 --> 01:03:00.676
ANYONE HERE
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 1710?

01:03:01.844 --> 01:03:04.847
IN OPPOSITION.

01:03:08.551 --> 01:03:08.784
THANK YOU.

01:03:08.851 --> 01:03:10.253
CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
ANTHONY TANNEHILL

01:03:10.319 --> 01:03:12.889
WITH THE CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION.

01:03:12.955 --> 01:03:15.224
WE HAD IN OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED.

01:03:15.291 --> 01:03:17.193
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
THESE AMENDMENTS IN PRINT.

01:03:17.260 --> 01:03:18.494
REEVALUATE WAITING

01:03:18.561 --> 01:03:21.497
AND WANT TO EXPRESS
OUR GRATITUDE TO THE COMMITTEE,

01:03:21.564 --> 01:03:23.266
THE AUTHOR
AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS

01:03:23.332 --> 01:03:25.601
FOR ENGAGING WITH US
ALL OF THESE MONTHS.

01:03:25.668 --> 01:03:26.202
THANK YOU.

01:03:26.269 --> 01:03:29.372
THANK YOU.

01:03:29.438 --> 01:03:30.406
GOOD MORNING, KYLIE

01:03:30.473 --> 01:03:33.442
WRIGHT WITH THE ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES.

01:03:33.643 --> 01:03:36.846
ALSO WANT TO, APPRECIATE

01:03:36.913 --> 01:03:39.916
THE AUTHOR AND THE COMMITTEE'S
WORK ON THIS BILL.

01:03:39.982 --> 01:03:42.218
AND THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE TAKEN TODAY.

01:03:42.285 --> 01:03:43.119
LOOKING FORWARD

01:03:43.186 --> 01:03:47.390
TO REVIEWING THE BILL IN PRINT
AND RECONSIDERING, THANK YOU.

01:03:47.890 --> 01:03:50.893
THANK YOU.

01:03:51.961 --> 01:03:53.262
HI. GOOD MORNING, KEELEY MORRIS.

01:03:53.329 --> 01:03:56.065
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION,

01:03:56.132 --> 01:03:58.467
WE ARE RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE,
UNLESS AMENDED. THANK YOU.

01:03:59.702 --> 01:04:01.504
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:04:01.571 --> 01:04:02.405
NOBODY ELSE.

01:04:02.471 --> 01:04:03.739
COME TO THE DAIS.

01:04:03.806 --> 01:04:06.108
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

01:04:06.175 --> 01:04:06.576
QUESTIONS?

01:04:06.642 --> 01:04:08.611
SENATOR SALADO, THANK YOU.

01:04:08.678 --> 01:04:12.648
SO THE OPPONENTS OF THE BILL
RIGHT NOW

01:04:12.715 --> 01:04:14.183
ARE ASKING FOR THE AMENDMENTS,

01:04:14.250 --> 01:04:17.253
ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
THAT ARE PENDING.

01:04:18.187 --> 01:04:20.990
ARE THOSE DO
THOSE ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS

01:04:21.057 --> 01:04:23.025
OR IS THERE MORE WORK
TO BE DONE?

01:04:23.092 --> 01:04:25.528
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THOSE AMENDMENTS

01:04:25.595 --> 01:04:27.396
WILL ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

01:04:27.463 --> 01:04:28.664
BUT I KNOW
THERE WILL BE OTHER CONCERNS

01:04:28.731 --> 01:04:30.499
AFTER THEY SEE
WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN PRINT.

01:04:30.566 --> 01:04:31.767
OKAY.

01:04:31.834 --> 01:04:32.034
ALL RIGHT.

01:04:32.101 --> 01:04:32.602
VERY GOOD.

01:04:32.668 --> 01:04:35.671
I'LL MOVE THE BILL.

01:04:35.938 --> 01:04:38.407
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

01:04:38.474 --> 01:04:38.941
SEEING NONE.

01:04:39.008 --> 01:04:42.011
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED.

01:04:42.345 --> 01:04:44.647
I'LL CLOSE IT.

01:04:44.714 --> 01:04:46.482
MADAM CHAIR,
THIS BILL IS DESIGNED

01:04:46.549 --> 01:04:48.484
TO BRING CONSISTENCY
AND SANITY TO THE HOUSE

01:04:48.551 --> 01:04:50.219
AND APPROVAL PROCESS
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR.

01:04:50.286 --> 01:04:52.989
AND I THANK YOU. WELCOME.

01:04:53.055 --> 01:04:54.724
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

01:04:54.790 --> 01:04:56.192
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:04:56.259 --> 01:04:59.629
AND THERE'S TERRAZZO
I FRESNO I CHOI I

01:04:59.695 --> 01:05:02.898
CHOI I BEGIN ASHBY CERVANTES.

01:05:03.899 --> 01:05:05.901
CERVANTES I LAIRD

01:05:05.968 --> 01:05:08.971
SAY TO SAY OUR TIME

01:05:09.572 --> 01:05:12.508
FOR ZERO.

01:05:12.575 --> 01:05:14.277
THE BILL IS ON CALL.

01:05:14.343 --> 01:05:16.445
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:05:16.512 --> 01:05:18.881
ANYONE HERE?

01:05:18.948 --> 01:05:20.616
OKAY.

01:05:20.683 --> 01:05:23.686
NEED A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.

01:05:24.687 --> 01:05:27.690
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED
BY SENATOR CERVANTES.

01:05:31.560 --> 01:05:32.962
THE MOTION FOR THE CONSENT.

01:05:33.029 --> 01:05:34.997
THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR,

01:05:35.064 --> 01:05:39.101
WHICH CONSISTS OF FILE ITEM
NUMBER SIX, AB 1622, FILE ITEM

01:05:39.168 --> 01:05:44.106
NUMBER 12,
AB 1802 FOUR, AND 14 AB 2219,

01:05:44.373 --> 01:05:47.410
FILE ITEM 15 AB 2395.

01:05:47.476 --> 01:05:50.446
ITEM 24 AB 2512 FOR ITEM

01:05:50.513 --> 01:05:53.749
727 AB 2341.

01:05:54.383 --> 01:05:57.086
SENATOR CEREZO HI TRANSL I CHOI

01:05:57.153 --> 01:06:00.289
CHOI I RIN ASHBY.

01:06:00.589 --> 01:06:04.126
CERVANTES SARANDOS I LARRY SATO

01:06:04.527 --> 01:06:07.530
I SWEAR TO I40.

01:06:12.068 --> 01:06:13.703
ON CALL.

01:06:13.769 --> 01:06:16.772
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE.

01:06:30.019 --> 01:06:33.022
WE'RE GOING BACK TO AB 306,

01:06:33.289 --> 01:06:34.523
AND I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.

01:06:34.590 --> 01:06:35.658
PLEASE.

01:06:35.725 --> 01:06:38.294
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED
BY SENATOR CERVANTES.

01:06:38.361 --> 01:06:39.161
CALL THE ROLL.

01:06:39.228 --> 01:06:40.796
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

01:06:40.863 --> 01:06:42.098
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATION.

01:06:42.164 --> 01:06:44.700
SENATORS RUSSELL I SO I CHOY.

01:06:44.767 --> 01:06:47.103
CHOY I RIGGIN.

01:06:47.169 --> 01:06:48.738
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

01:06:48.804 --> 01:06:51.374
CERVANTES I LAIRD. SATO.

01:06:51.440 --> 01:06:52.975
SARATOGA FOUR ZERO.

01:06:54.043 --> 01:06:57.079
BILL IS ON CALL.

01:06:57.146 --> 01:07:00.149
WAITING.

01:07:40.556 --> 01:07:43.559
WE HAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOHNSON.

01:07:45.561 --> 01:07:48.030
YES. READY.

01:07:48.097 --> 01:07:50.332
GOOD MORNING.

01:07:50.399 --> 01:07:53.402
WELCOME.

01:07:55.538 --> 01:07:56.238
ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

01:07:56.305 --> 01:07:59.308
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT AB 2080.

01:07:59.975 --> 01:08:02.044
GO AHEAD
AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.

01:08:02.111 --> 01:08:03.979
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

01:08:04.046 --> 01:08:08.217
I'M HERE TO PRESENT AB 2080, A
STRAIGHTFORWARD MEASURE INTENDED

01:08:08.284 --> 01:08:09.885
TO IMPROVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY

01:08:09.952 --> 01:08:12.788
AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS.

01:08:12.855 --> 01:08:14.890
UNDER CURRENT LAW,
A COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

01:08:14.957 --> 01:08:15.458
MUST GO THROUGH

01:08:15.524 --> 01:08:17.760
FORMAL RENEWAL PROCESS
EVERY SINGLE YEAR

01:08:17.827 --> 01:08:20.896
TO DELEGATE INVESTMENT AUTHORITY
TO THEIR COUNTY TREASURER.

01:08:20.963 --> 01:08:21.464
THIS CREATES

01:08:21.530 --> 01:08:24.500
A REOCCURRING ADMINISTRATIVE
HURDLE THAT SERVES NO PRACTICAL

01:08:24.567 --> 01:08:27.937
OVERSIGHT PURPOSE THAT CARRIES
SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL RISKS.

01:08:28.337 --> 01:08:31.140
IN MANY CASES, SIMPLY
SCHEDULING DELAYS OR AGENDA

01:08:31.207 --> 01:08:34.243
BACKLOGS CAN CAUSE THIS ONCE
A YEAR PERIOD TO LAPSE,

01:08:34.310 --> 01:08:38.013
PUTTING THE COUNTY IN TECHNICAL
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

01:08:38.514 --> 01:08:41.717
THIS UNCERTAINTY CAN IMPACT
NOT JUST THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT,

01:08:41.784 --> 01:08:44.186
BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS

01:08:44.253 --> 01:08:46.322
THAT RELY ON COUNTY INVESTMENT
FORCE.

01:08:46.388 --> 01:08:49.992
AB 2080 FIXES THIS BY SHIFTING
AN ANNUAL RENEWAL MODEL

01:08:50.059 --> 01:08:52.127
TO AN ONGOING DELEGATION

01:08:52.194 --> 01:08:55.264
THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
THE BOARD CHOOSES TO REVOKE IT.

01:08:55.564 --> 01:08:57.566
THE BILL IS SPONSORED
BY THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION

01:08:57.633 --> 01:08:59.735
OF COUNTY TREASURERS
AND TAX COLLECTORS,

01:08:59.802 --> 01:09:03.205
AND HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND NO NO VOTES.

01:09:03.639 --> 01:09:06.408
IT'S A VERY COMMON SENSE
FIX THAT IT PROVIDES STABILITY

01:09:06.475 --> 01:09:08.577
TO LOCAL INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
WHILE MAINTAINING

01:09:08.644 --> 01:09:09.645
A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD,

01:09:09.712 --> 01:09:13.015
WELL, STRICT BOARD
OVERSIGHT WITH ME TO TESTIFY

01:09:13.249 --> 01:09:15.084
IS KAREN LING,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

01:09:15.150 --> 01:09:17.987
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY TREASURERS
AND TAX COLLECTORS.

01:09:18.053 --> 01:09:20.022
GOOD MORNING, 20 MINUTES.

01:09:20.089 --> 01:09:21.624
GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS.

01:09:21.690 --> 01:09:22.992
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HEARING THE BILL,

01:09:23.058 --> 01:09:25.928
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO THE AUTHOR FOR TAKING IT ON,

01:09:25.995 --> 01:09:29.365
AS SHE OUTLINED TO YOU,
THIS IS REALLY A TECHNICAL,

01:09:29.598 --> 01:09:32.868
CHANGE
WHERE THE DELEGATION WILL OCCUR.

01:09:32.935 --> 01:09:35.938
AND THEN WHEN A BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS FEELS AS THOUGH,

01:09:36.238 --> 01:09:39.975
MAYBE SOMETHING'S NOT QUITE
RIGHT, THEY CAN HAVE A HEARING

01:09:40.042 --> 01:09:43.345
AND POTENTIALLY RE DESIGNATE
THE AUTHORITY TO THEMSELVES.

01:09:43.879 --> 01:09:45.214
BUT DOING SO WILL PROVIDE

01:09:45.281 --> 01:09:47.149
ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
IN THE COUNTY TREASURY

01:09:47.216 --> 01:09:48.918
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

01:09:48.984 --> 01:09:50.719
WHILE WE HOLD A LOT OF MONEY

01:09:50.786 --> 01:09:52.421
FOR OURSELVES
IN COUNTY TREASURIES,

01:09:52.488 --> 01:09:54.189
WE ALSO HAVE
THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS MONEY

01:09:54.256 --> 01:09:56.358
AND A LOT OF LOCAL SCHOOLS
DOLLARS.

01:09:56.425 --> 01:09:58.060
AND THOSE FOLKS ARE ALSO
STAKEHOLDERS

01:09:58.127 --> 01:09:59.929
IN THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE COUNTY TREASURY.

01:09:59.995 --> 01:10:02.865
AND OCCASIONALLY
WHEN A BOARD OR A TAX COLLECTOR

01:10:02.932 --> 01:10:04.900
MIGHT NOT GET IT ON THE AGENDA
IN TIME

01:10:04.967 --> 01:10:06.235
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR,

01:10:06.302 --> 01:10:08.637
TECHNICALLY,
THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS BACK

01:10:08.704 --> 01:10:10.606
TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
AND NOBODY

01:10:10.673 --> 01:10:12.841
WANTS TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

01:10:12.908 --> 01:10:14.443
SO THIS ACTUALLY TIGHTENS
THAT UP,

01:10:14.510 --> 01:10:17.913
BUT ALSO GIVES THE PUBLIC
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE

01:10:17.980 --> 01:10:20.950
IN ANY REVOCATION
OF AN INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.

01:10:21.016 --> 01:10:23.419
ALL OF THESE CHANGES
WERE MADE IN THE 90S

01:10:23.485 --> 01:10:24.920
AFTER THE ORANGE COUNTY
BANKRUPTCY.

01:10:24.987 --> 01:10:26.422
ACTUALLY,
WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THE

01:10:26.488 --> 01:10:28.190
COMMITTEE
THAT REPRESENT ORANGE COUNTY.

01:10:28.257 --> 01:10:31.860
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
TO, DILUTE OR DIMINISH

01:10:31.927 --> 01:10:34.063
THE REPORTING
THAT MUST BE DONE ON A MONTHLY

01:10:34.129 --> 01:10:36.732
AND QUARTERLY BASIS
AS FAR AS WHERE THE MONEY IS

01:10:36.799 --> 01:10:37.866
AND HOW IT'S PERFORMING.

01:10:37.933 --> 01:10:40.936
SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
FROM A PUBLIC ACCESS STANDPOINT.

01:10:41.003 --> 01:10:43.439
WE WOULD NEVER,
COME HERE AND ASK JONATHAN

01:10:43.505 --> 01:10:45.240
TO ANALYZE A BILL
THAT WOULD DO THAT.

01:10:45.307 --> 01:10:46.842
HE'S BEEN WONDERFUL
TO WORK WITH.

01:10:46.909 --> 01:10:48.077
YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN FABULOUS.

01:10:48.143 --> 01:10:50.479
WORKING ON ANOTHER BILL
RELATED TO INVESTMENTS.

01:10:50.546 --> 01:10:54.016
AND WE ARE, VERY MINDFUL OF THE
THE COMMITTEE'S DEDICATION

01:10:54.083 --> 01:10:56.452
TO MAKING SURE THAT MONEY
IS MANAGED APPROPRIATELY.

01:10:56.518 --> 01:10:57.386
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

01:10:57.453 --> 01:10:59.888
AND AGAIN, THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR TAKING IT ON.

01:10:59.955 --> 01:11:01.056
THANK YOU.

01:11:01.123 --> 01:11:04.293
ANYONE, ELSE IN SUPPORT,

01:11:04.360 --> 01:11:07.930
OF AB
2080, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

01:11:08.964 --> 01:11:09.198
OKAY.

01:11:09.264 --> 01:11:11.100
SEEING NONE

01:11:11.166 --> 01:11:14.370
DO HAVE ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 2080.

01:11:15.537 --> 01:11:17.740
MANY IN OPPOSITION SEEING NONE.

01:11:17.806 --> 01:11:20.843
WE HAVE, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
AT THE DAIS.

01:11:21.410 --> 01:11:23.912
MEMBERS MOVE THE BILL.

01:11:23.979 --> 01:11:24.647
ALL RIGHT.

01:11:24.713 --> 01:11:25.948
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED.

01:11:26.015 --> 01:11:27.850
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRAP UP?

01:11:27.916 --> 01:11:28.183
THANK YOU.

01:11:28.250 --> 01:11:29.351
I JUST RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR.

01:11:29.418 --> 01:11:31.687
I VOTE ON AB 2080.

01:11:31.754 --> 01:11:33.722
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:11:33.789 --> 01:11:34.456
GO AHEAD.

01:11:34.523 --> 01:11:36.325
THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

01:11:36.392 --> 01:11:37.393
SENATORS TO RUSSELL.

01:11:37.459 --> 01:11:41.497
I RESERVE
I CHOI CHOI I RICKY ASHBY.

01:11:41.830 --> 01:11:42.831
CERVANTES.

01:11:42.898 --> 01:11:45.300
CERVANTES I LARRY CARTER.

01:11:45.367 --> 01:11:48.370
STAY ORDER
I FOR ZERO BILLS ON CALL.

01:11:49.838 --> 01:11:51.140
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:11:51.206 --> 01:11:54.209
AND AS SOON AS WE GET
OUR MORE OF OUR MEMBERS WILL

01:11:54.610 --> 01:11:57.613
TAKE UP THE VOTE AT.

01:11:58.614 --> 01:12:02.685
217 ASSEMBLY MEMBER ZUBER
THANK YOU.

01:12:02.751 --> 01:12:04.953
HAVE TWO BILLS.

01:12:05.020 --> 01:12:07.456
WE'LL START WITH AB 1740.

01:12:12.327 --> 01:12:15.330
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

01:12:16.398 --> 01:12:16.799
THE AGE

01:12:16.865 --> 01:12:19.868
I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

01:12:22.004 --> 01:12:25.007
OKAY.

01:12:26.241 --> 01:12:27.309
GOOD MORNING.

01:12:27.376 --> 01:12:28.343
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

01:12:28.410 --> 01:12:30.112
MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH,

01:12:30.179 --> 01:12:33.682
FOR ALLOWING ME
TO PRESENT AB 1740,

01:12:34.016 --> 01:12:35.984
WHICH IS SPONSORED
BY THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

01:12:36.051 --> 01:12:37.653
AND STREETS FOR ALL.

01:12:37.720 --> 01:12:40.789
I WANT TO FIRST BEGIN
BY THANKING EVERY STAKEHOLDER

01:12:40.856 --> 01:12:43.459
WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY
WITH ME TO GET THIS PROPOSAL

01:12:43.525 --> 01:12:45.828
TO WHERE IT IS TODAY,
INCLUDING THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS,

01:12:45.894 --> 01:12:47.429
AN INCREDIBLE COMMITTEE,
CONSULTANTS,

01:12:47.496 --> 01:12:50.232
AND A VARIETY OF COMMITTEES
IN BOTH HOUSES.

01:12:50.299 --> 01:12:51.867
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
THE BILL SPONSORS

01:12:51.934 --> 01:12:55.170
FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY
AND ADDITIONALLY, MY SINCERE

01:12:55.237 --> 01:12:58.073
THANKS TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION
AND COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF.

01:12:58.140 --> 01:12:59.508
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO BE JOINED
TODAY

01:12:59.575 --> 01:13:01.777
BY MY FRIENDS
IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY.

01:13:01.844 --> 01:13:04.947
I'VE WORKED HAND-IN-HAND
WITH THESE GROUPS FOR DECADES

01:13:05.013 --> 01:13:06.949
AND WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIGHT

01:13:07.015 --> 01:13:10.586
TO PROTECT OUR BEAUTIFUL,
VIBRANT AND DELICATE CALIFORNIA

01:13:10.652 --> 01:13:12.387
ENVIRONMENT AND COASTLINE.

01:13:12.454 --> 01:13:14.890
THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
ACT OF 1976 WAS A LANDMARK

01:13:14.957 --> 01:13:16.792
POLICY ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIGHT
TO PROTECT

01:13:16.859 --> 01:13:18.527
AND MANAGE CALIFORNIA'S 1100

01:13:18.594 --> 01:13:20.796
MILES OF PRECIOUS,
VIBRANT COASTLINE.

01:13:20.863 --> 01:13:21.997
THE HISTORIC LAW, BALANCED

01:13:22.064 --> 01:13:25.033
RESOURCE AND ECOLOGICAL
PROTECTION, COASTAL ACCESS

01:13:25.100 --> 01:13:25.768
AND ECONOMIC

01:13:25.834 --> 01:13:28.904
VITALITY, AND ITS PASSAGE MARKED
A CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT

01:13:29.171 --> 01:13:30.339
IN CALIFORNIA'S COMMITMENT

01:13:30.405 --> 01:13:32.274
TO DEFENDING
OUR PRICELESS COASTLINE.

01:13:33.275 --> 01:13:36.278
THIS BILL HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ONE WHOSE INTENTION

01:13:36.478 --> 01:13:39.581
WAS TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT
THE POLICIES OF THE COASTAL ACT,

01:13:39.648 --> 01:13:40.582
AS INTRODUCED

01:13:40.649 --> 01:13:42.417
AS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED,
IT INTENDED

01:13:42.484 --> 01:13:44.086
TO ADVANCE
PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS,

01:13:44.153 --> 01:13:47.456
HOUSING AND VISITOR SERVING USES
IN THE COASTAL ZONE, IN AREAS

01:13:47.523 --> 01:13:49.124
THAT ARE HIGHLY URBANIZED
AND IN WHICH

01:13:49.191 --> 01:13:52.161
THERE ARE NOT OTHER COASTAL
RESOURCES PRESENT.

01:13:52.227 --> 01:13:53.629
THEREFORE,
THE GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE

01:13:53.695 --> 01:13:55.898
GOOD COMMUNITY PROJECTS
AND AT THE SAME TIME PROTECT

01:13:55.964 --> 01:13:57.800
THE THINGS THAT THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC CHERISHES,

01:13:57.866 --> 01:14:01.170
LIKE CLEAN WATER, OUR BEACHES,
WETLANDS, SPECIES AND HABITAT.

01:14:01.703 --> 01:14:05.007
ACHIEVING THESE GOALS IN A
POLICY PROPOSAL IS COMPLICATED,

01:14:05.073 --> 01:14:08.177
AND WE UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS
SO MUCH FOCUS AROUND THIS BILL.

01:14:08.677 --> 01:14:11.847
WHEN AB 1740 WAS INTRODUCED
EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT PROPOSED

01:14:11.914 --> 01:14:13.916
TARGETED EXEMPTIONS
FROM COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

01:14:13.982 --> 01:14:15.250
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

01:14:15.317 --> 01:14:18.821
FOR A SPECIFIED TYPE OF URBAN
TRANSIT RICH AND COASTAL CITY

01:14:18.887 --> 01:14:20.689
THAT MET STANDARDS
AROUND PUBLIC ACCESS,

01:14:20.756 --> 01:14:23.425
TRANSIT AND GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION.

01:14:23.492 --> 01:14:26.128
SANTA MONICA AND MY DISTRICT
IS AMONG THE MOST TRANSIT

01:14:26.195 --> 01:14:29.164
RICH AND MULTIMODAL CITIES
IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

01:14:29.231 --> 01:14:31.366
IT ALSO REMAINS
ONE OF THE ONLY COASTAL CITIES

01:14:31.433 --> 01:14:33.802
WITHOUT A CERTIFIED LOCAL
COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:14:33.869 --> 01:14:37.272
THE EARLIER VERSIONS OF AB 1740
WERE VETTED, AND FEEDBACK

01:14:37.339 --> 01:14:41.143
AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED
FOSTERED A SUBSEQUENT EXTENSIVE

01:14:41.210 --> 01:14:44.146
AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
AMONG THE COASTAL COMMISSION,

01:14:44.213 --> 01:14:45.614
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA,

01:14:45.681 --> 01:14:48.650
AND ENVIRONMENTAL,
HOUSING, AND MOBILITY ADVOCATES.

01:14:48.717 --> 01:14:51.286
THESE CONVERSATIONS OVER
THE PAST MONTHS HAVE LED

01:14:51.353 --> 01:14:52.921
TO THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

01:14:52.988 --> 01:14:55.057
AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION
REACHING AN AGREEMENT

01:14:55.123 --> 01:14:56.124
THAT PUTS SANTA MONICA

01:14:56.191 --> 01:14:59.127
ON A PATH TO A CERTIFIED LOCAL
COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:14:59.194 --> 01:15:01.997
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AFTER DECADES
WITHOUT A LOCAL COASTAL

01:15:02.064 --> 01:15:04.466
PROGRAM, SANTA MONICA
AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION

01:15:04.533 --> 01:15:07.536
AGREED ON A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING TO GUIDE LCP

01:15:07.603 --> 01:15:10.706
NEGOTIATIONS, WITH BOTH SIDES
SAYING COMPLETION

01:15:10.772 --> 01:15:12.608
WITHIN 18 MONTHS IS FEASIBLE.

01:15:12.674 --> 01:15:14.009
SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL

01:15:14.076 --> 01:15:17.279
VOTED SEVEN ZERO TO APPROVE
THE MOU ON MAY THE 26TH,

01:15:17.813 --> 01:15:19.948
DEVELOPING
AND MUTUALLY AGREEING ON AN MOU

01:15:20.015 --> 01:15:22.351
FOR AN LCP
IS ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED,

01:15:22.417 --> 01:15:25.120
AND IT'S A TESTAMENT
TO THE REINVIGORATED ENERGY

01:15:25.187 --> 01:15:26.521
AND WILLINGNESS OF ALL PARTIES

01:15:26.588 --> 01:15:29.358
TO SEE THE CITY
GRANTED A CERTIFIED LCP.

01:15:29.424 --> 01:15:31.026
ONCE CERTIFIED,

01:15:31.093 --> 01:15:32.561
A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
WILL ALLOW

01:15:32.628 --> 01:15:35.631
MOST COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
TO BE PROCESSED BY THE CITY

01:15:35.998 --> 01:15:39.001
RATHER THAN REQUIRING SEPARATE
COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL,

01:15:39.067 --> 01:15:41.603
CREATING A MORE PREDICTABLE
AND LOCALLY CONTROLLED PROCESS

01:15:41.670 --> 01:15:42.337
WHILE MAINTAINING

01:15:42.404 --> 01:15:44.172
THE COMMISSION'S
TRADITIONAL MECHANISMS

01:15:44.239 --> 01:15:46.275
FOR OVERSIGHT
IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

01:15:46.341 --> 01:15:48.844
SO THIS BILL, CONSISTENT
WITH THE AGREEMENT

01:15:48.911 --> 01:15:52.714
TO QUICKLY MOVE FORWARD
WITH AN LCP AB 1740, NOW

01:15:52.781 --> 01:15:54.616
PROVIDES CLEAR TIMELINES,

01:15:54.683 --> 01:15:55.817
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES

01:15:55.884 --> 01:15:58.287
AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
DESIGNED TO ENSURE

01:15:58.353 --> 01:16:01.723
THAT AN LCP FOR SANTA MONICA
IS COMPLETED AND IMPLEMENTED.

01:16:02.157 --> 01:16:05.994
A.B. 1740 CONCURRENTLY PROVIDES
FOR SMART CLIMATE STRATEGIES

01:16:06.261 --> 01:16:08.130
BY GIVING THE COASTAL COMMISSION
NEW TOOLS

01:16:08.196 --> 01:16:10.098
TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS
IN TRANSIT,

01:16:10.165 --> 01:16:13.201
BIKE LANES, AND PEDESTRIAN
TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE STATE

01:16:13.268 --> 01:16:16.338
BY CREATING AN EXPEDITED
STATEWIDE PERMITTING PROCESS

01:16:16.405 --> 01:16:17.539
WITHIN THE COASTAL COMMISSION'S

01:16:17.606 --> 01:16:20.609
JURISDICTION FOR BIKE TRANSIT
AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.

01:16:21.076 --> 01:16:22.811
THIS PROCESS ELIMINATES
REQUIREMENTS

01:16:22.878 --> 01:16:24.646
FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES AND EMPOWERS

01:16:24.713 --> 01:16:27.149
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TO WAIVE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

01:16:27.215 --> 01:16:29.184
IF SHE DEEMS
THE PROJECT PROVIDES

01:16:29.251 --> 01:16:32.220
COMMENSURATE AND ENHANCED
PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COAST

01:16:32.287 --> 01:16:32.688
THE PUBLIC.

01:16:32.754 --> 01:16:34.156
ALSO, THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES

01:16:34.222 --> 01:16:36.558
THE COASTAL COMMISSION
TO PUBLICLY REPORT DATA

01:16:36.625 --> 01:16:39.294
ON THE APPROVALS OF THESE
PROJECTS, PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY

01:16:39.361 --> 01:16:41.296
TO THE LEGISLATURE
AND THE PUBLIC.

01:16:41.363 --> 01:16:43.865
THE BILL BEFORE YOU TODAY
REPRESENTS A WIN WIN

01:16:43.932 --> 01:16:44.900
WIN APPROACH

01:16:44.967 --> 01:16:46.368
AND REWARDS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT

01:16:46.435 --> 01:16:49.071
BETWEEN THE COASTAL COMMISSION
AND THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA,

01:16:49.137 --> 01:16:50.372
WHICH IS WHY I'M HAPPY TO HEAR

01:16:50.439 --> 01:16:53.008
THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION
WILL BE AGENDIZE THIS BILL

01:16:53.075 --> 01:16:54.576
FOR THE JULY HEARING IN ORDER

01:16:54.643 --> 01:16:57.646
TO CONSIDER TAKING
A FORMAL POSITION OF SUPPORT.

01:16:57.913 --> 01:17:00.115
THEY'VE ALREADY REMOVED
THEIR OPPOSITION.

01:17:00.182 --> 01:17:02.117
THIS BILL BRINGS
BOTH PARTIES TO THE TABLE

01:17:02.184 --> 01:17:03.618
AND SUPPORTS
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

01:17:03.685 --> 01:17:05.587
BY CERTIFYING
AND CERTIFYING AN LCP

01:17:05.654 --> 01:17:08.090
THAT WILL PRESERVE THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S

01:17:08.156 --> 01:17:09.424
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY

01:17:09.491 --> 01:17:10.926
AND ABILITY
TO PROTECT OUR BEACHES

01:17:10.993 --> 01:17:12.728
AND COASTAL RESOURCES
FROM ACTIVITIES

01:17:12.794 --> 01:17:14.696
THAT THREATEN SENSITIVE
HABITATS.

01:17:14.763 --> 01:17:16.898
MADAM CHAIR, I'M HAPPY
TO ACCEPT THE TWO AMENDMENTS

01:17:16.965 --> 01:17:18.533
OUTLINED
IN THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS,

01:17:18.600 --> 01:17:19.501
ONE BEING TECHNICAL,

01:17:19.568 --> 01:17:22.137
THE OTHER REMOVING REFERENCE
TO HTP FUNDING.

01:17:22.204 --> 01:17:22.804
I ASK FOR YOUR.

01:17:22.871 --> 01:17:24.606
I VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME

01:17:24.673 --> 01:17:26.408
AND WITH ME TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL,

01:17:26.475 --> 01:17:28.276
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
SYLVIA SALIH SHAH,

01:17:28.343 --> 01:17:30.078
REPRESENTING THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA,

01:17:30.145 --> 01:17:32.714
AND LAURA DEEHAN, STATE DIRECTOR
FOR ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA.

01:17:33.949 --> 01:17:34.116
YEAH.

01:17:34.182 --> 01:17:36.952
GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE
TWO MINUTES, MADAM? MISS ABSENT.

01:17:37.019 --> 01:17:38.153
GO AHEAD.

01:17:38.220 --> 01:17:40.088
THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR.

01:17:40.155 --> 01:17:43.125
GOOD MORNING,
SYLVIA SOLIS SHAH, HERE.

01:17:43.191 --> 01:17:46.828
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA, OUR COASTLINE IS CENTRAL

01:17:46.895 --> 01:17:50.232
TO OUR COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY,
ECONOMY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

01:17:50.665 --> 01:17:54.536
MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH, VISIONS OF THE PIER

01:17:54.603 --> 01:17:58.373
AND JUST OUR VERY,
VERY VAST COASTLINE AND BEACHES.

01:17:58.774 --> 01:18:01.276
FOR DECADES,
SANTA MONICA HAS BEEN A LEADER

01:18:01.343 --> 01:18:02.010
IN ENVIRONMENTAL

01:18:02.077 --> 01:18:05.847
STEWARDSHIP, SUSTAINABILITY
AND PUBLIC COASTAL ACCESS,

01:18:05.914 --> 01:18:08.917
AND WE REMAIN FIRMLY COMMITTED
TO THOSE GOALS.

01:18:08.984 --> 01:18:12.454
THE CITY SPONSORED AB 1740
TO ADDRESS LONG STANDING,

01:18:12.521 --> 01:18:16.691
PERMITTING CHALLENGES IN URBAN
COASTAL COMMUNITIES, WHILE ALSO

01:18:16.758 --> 01:18:21.029
PRESERVING STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS AND PUBLIC ACCESS.

01:18:21.563 --> 01:18:23.932
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE
OF THE COLLABORATION

01:18:23.999 --> 01:18:27.002
AMONG ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION,

01:18:27.269 --> 01:18:30.038
OUR CO-SPONSORS
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO

01:18:30.105 --> 01:18:33.108
FOR GETTING THIS BILL
TO A CONSENSUS CONSENSUS

01:18:33.508 --> 01:18:37.279
BASED FRAMEWORK
THAT CREATES A CLEAR PATH TOWARD

01:18:37.345 --> 01:18:40.849
CERTIFICATION OF THE CITY'S
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:18:41.450 --> 01:18:44.219
WITHOUT THE LCP,
THE CITY HAS FACED PERMITTING

01:18:44.286 --> 01:18:47.489
DELAYS THAT CAN HINDER PROJECTS
THAT IMPROVE MOBILITY,

01:18:47.722 --> 01:18:51.960
PUBLIC ACCESS, SUSTAINABILITY,
AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

01:18:52.260 --> 01:18:56.031
GOALS THAT ARE NOT ONLY LOCAL
BUT STATEWIDE GOALS AS WELL.

01:18:56.465 --> 01:19:00.469
AB 1740 ESTABLISHES TIMELINES
AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES

01:19:00.535 --> 01:19:03.105
THAT WILL HELP THE CITY
COMPLETE ITS LCP,

01:19:03.171 --> 01:19:04.773
WHILE
PRESERVING THE COMMISSION'S

01:19:04.840 --> 01:19:08.110
OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY
AND STRONG COASTAL PROTECTIONS.

01:19:08.310 --> 01:19:10.078
WE ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.

01:19:12.347 --> 01:19:13.515
IN TWO MINUTES.

01:19:13.582 --> 01:19:16.218
THANK YOU, VICE
CHAIR AND SENATORS.

01:19:16.284 --> 01:19:18.019
MY NAME IS LAURA DE HEN.

01:19:18.086 --> 01:19:20.755
I'M THE STATE DIRECTOR
FOR ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA.

01:19:20.822 --> 01:19:23.725
YEAH, WE'RE A STATEWIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUP

01:19:23.792 --> 01:19:27.329
THAT WORKS FOR CLEAN AIR,
CLEAN WATER, PROTECTING OUR OPEN

01:19:27.395 --> 01:19:29.297
SPACES AND BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE,

01:19:29.364 --> 01:19:32.334
AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE
A LIVABLE FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.

01:19:32.400 --> 01:19:37.472
AND WE ARE REALLY PLEASED
TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AB 1740.

01:19:37.539 --> 01:19:40.575
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER ZIPPER

01:19:40.775 --> 01:19:44.779
FOR WORKING WITH COASTAL GROUPS,
THE COASTAL COMMISSION

01:19:44.846 --> 01:19:48.950
AND OTHERS TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS WITH AN EARLIER VERSION

01:19:49.451 --> 01:19:52.621
AND THE VERSION HERE,
BEFORE YOU TODAY,

01:19:52.687 --> 01:19:56.892
HAS NO EXCEPTIONS, EXEMPTIONS
TO THE COASTAL ACT.

01:19:57.259 --> 01:20:00.996
AND IT REALLY HELPS, ENCOURAGE
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

01:20:01.296 --> 01:20:03.231
TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE THOSE LOCAL DECISIONS

01:20:03.298 --> 01:20:06.301
THROUGH A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM,
THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE.

01:20:06.501 --> 01:20:09.738
WE ALSO SUPPORT THE PROVISIONS
TO ENCOURAGE,

01:20:09.804 --> 01:20:13.508
THE WALKING, BIKING, PUBLIC
TRANSIT USED TO BE ABLE TO

01:20:13.575 --> 01:20:14.743
GET TO THE BEACH.

01:20:14.809 --> 01:20:18.446
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, COMMITMENT

01:20:18.513 --> 01:20:20.448
TO THE ENVIRONMENT
THAT HAS SHOWN,

01:20:20.515 --> 01:20:21.650
WITH THESE CHANGES IN THE BILL

01:20:21.716 --> 01:20:23.718
AND WITH OTHER BILLS
THAT WE'VE GOTTEN

01:20:23.785 --> 01:20:25.854
TO WORK WITH THEM ON AS WELL.

01:20:25.921 --> 01:20:30.725
THE COASTAL ACT REALLY IS A
BEDROCK ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

01:20:30.792 --> 01:20:34.563
THAT THE PUBLIC SUPPORTED
50 YEARS OVER 50 YEARS AGO.

01:20:35.463 --> 01:20:38.433
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT STRONG

01:20:38.500 --> 01:20:40.235
SO THAT OUR COAST STAYS
BEAUTIFUL.

01:20:40.302 --> 01:20:43.205
AND WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AND I VOTE.

01:20:44.573 --> 01:20:45.140
THANK YOU.

01:20:45.207 --> 01:20:48.176
ANY OTHER, SUPPORT

01:20:48.243 --> 01:20:50.745
IN THE AUDIENCE

01:20:50.812 --> 01:20:53.381
SAID YOUR NAME AND,
ORGANIZATION

01:20:53.448 --> 01:20:56.518
AND YOUR POSITION, SIR JOHN
SKOGLUND, WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS

01:20:56.585 --> 01:20:59.588
ANGELES IN SUPPORT.

01:20:59.888 --> 01:21:00.622
STEPHANIE JIMENEZ

01:21:00.689 --> 01:21:03.692
WITH HOUSING ACTION COALITION
IN SUPPORT,

01:21:04.125 --> 01:21:05.493
SHAUNA BACON WITH THE CALIFORNIA

01:21:05.560 --> 01:21:08.563
DOWNTOWN
ASSOCIATION, AND SUPPORT.

01:21:08.897 --> 01:21:11.900
OKAY ANY LEAD THE OPPOSITION
GROUP,

01:21:13.768 --> 01:21:16.271
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

01:21:16.338 --> 01:21:17.072
OKAY.

01:21:17.138 --> 01:21:21.042
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK,
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS.

01:21:21.343 --> 01:21:21.710
OKAY.

01:21:21.776 --> 01:21:25.313
MOTION
HAS BEEN MADE BY SENATOR SATO.

01:21:25.814 --> 01:21:28.250
I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION.

01:21:28.316 --> 01:21:31.553
YOUR, BILL IS, SUMMARY SAYS,

01:21:32.387 --> 01:21:34.956
BASICALLY, VERY SIMPLE

01:21:35.023 --> 01:21:39.127
LOCAL SANTA MONICA IS A LOCAL
COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:21:39.461 --> 01:21:43.765
WILL BE DEVELOPED AND OR BE
SUBMITTED TO COASTAL COMMISSION,

01:21:44.065 --> 01:21:46.868
AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION
SHALL FOLLOW

01:21:46.935 --> 01:21:50.538
THE TIMELINE THAT'S SPECIFIED
WITH THIS BILL.

01:21:50.605 --> 01:21:55.143
WITHOUT THE BILL, WHAT WHAT,
THEY WILL DO THE THEIR JOB.

01:21:55.210 --> 01:21:59.214
WHAT DOES YOUR PARTICULAR BILL
WILL ACHIEVE

01:21:59.281 --> 01:22:00.882
BY ENACTING THIS BILL?

01:22:00.949 --> 01:22:04.953
SO, SANTA MONICA IS ONE
OF A HANDFUL OF JURISDICTIONS

01:22:05.020 --> 01:22:08.256
THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOCAL, A
CERTIFIED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:22:08.323 --> 01:22:10.725
AND IT'S BEEN AFTER DECADES
OF ACTUALLY

01:22:10.792 --> 01:22:13.828
GOING BACK AND FORTH,
TRYING TO DEVELOP ONE.

01:22:14.162 --> 01:22:16.364
SO, YES, THERE ARE TIMELINES.

01:22:16.431 --> 01:22:18.300
SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE
THE STANDARDS,

01:22:18.366 --> 01:22:19.467
THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION

01:22:19.534 --> 01:22:21.069
NEEDS TO APPLY
FOR COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:22:21.136 --> 01:22:23.305
THEY WILL APPLY
THE EXISTING LAWS.

01:22:23.371 --> 01:22:26.675
WHAT IT DOES DO IS
IT SETS UP A PROCESS BY WHICH,

01:22:26.908 --> 01:22:28.143
BOTH THE CITY

01:22:28.209 --> 01:22:31.746
NEEDS TO, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
FOR A COASTAL PROGRAM.

01:22:32.047 --> 01:22:33.214
AND IF THEY DON'T MEET,

01:22:33.281 --> 01:22:34.783
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED
TO DO THAT NOW.

01:22:34.849 --> 01:22:37.852
AND IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT,
THEN HAS THEY SUBMITTED

01:22:38.119 --> 01:22:41.289
THE PROGRAM PLANS
THEY HAVE IN OTHER YEARS?

01:22:41.356 --> 01:22:42.657
AND I THINK THE LAST TIME

01:22:42.724 --> 01:22:46.795
THEY SUBMITTED ONE WAS IN 2018,
I BELIEVE, 2018.

01:22:46.861 --> 01:22:48.730
AND THEN THE COASTAL COMMISSION
ASKED THEM TO

01:22:48.797 --> 01:22:51.766
WITHDRAW THE PROBE,
TO WITHDRAW THE APPLICATION.

01:22:51.833 --> 01:22:53.501
BECAUSE THEY

01:22:53.568 --> 01:22:55.036
THERE WERE DIFFERENCES
AND THEY DIDN'T

01:22:55.103 --> 01:22:58.073
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MOVE IT
FORWARD QUICKLY

01:22:58.139 --> 01:22:59.974
ACCORDING TO THEIR THE TIMELINES

01:23:00.041 --> 01:23:02.077
THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION
NEEDED TO FOLLOW.

01:23:02.143 --> 01:23:04.412
SO AT THAT POINT
IT SORT OF STALLED THE PROCESS.

01:23:04.479 --> 01:23:07.549
AND THEN, COVID CAME
AND NOW IT'S SORT OF STALE.

01:23:07.615 --> 01:23:09.918
SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION

01:23:09.984 --> 01:23:13.822
FOR A COASTAL PROGRAM,
WHICH REQUIRES CITY PROCESSES

01:23:13.888 --> 01:23:14.656
TO DEVELOP THAT.

01:23:14.723 --> 01:23:16.591
SO THAT HAS THE APPROPRIATE
PUBLIC INPUT.

01:23:16.658 --> 01:23:19.861
SO, BUT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED
THE RESOURCES TO,

01:23:19.928 --> 01:23:21.963
TO GO THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS

01:23:22.030 --> 01:23:25.033
TO PREPARE THE APPLICATION
IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

01:23:25.100 --> 01:23:28.103
IF THEY DON'T DO THAT,
THERE'S TRANSPARENCY,

01:23:28.169 --> 01:23:29.871
PROVISIONS IN THE BILL
THAT REQUIRE THE CITY

01:23:29.938 --> 01:23:31.906
TO EXPLAIN WHY
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

01:23:31.973 --> 01:23:32.640
THE COASTAL COMMISSION

01:23:32.707 --> 01:23:34.409
THEN HAS TO PROCESS IT
WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

01:23:34.476 --> 01:23:36.778
THAT'S ACTUALLY FASTER
THAN THE NORMAL TIME PERIOD.

01:23:36.845 --> 01:23:40.482
IT'S IT'S NOT WAIVING ANYTHING,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TYPICAL.

01:23:40.548 --> 01:23:42.117
THAT'S FASTER THAN WHAT
THEY TYPICALLY WOULD DO.

01:23:42.183 --> 01:23:43.818
SO THE COASTAL COMMISSION
HAS AGREED

01:23:43.885 --> 01:23:46.054
TO DEVOTE RESOURCES
TO GET THAT DONE.

01:23:46.121 --> 01:23:48.156
IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT
THE APPLICATION,

01:23:48.223 --> 01:23:50.325
THEY'VE GOT TO REPORT
WISE TO THE LEGISLATURE.

01:23:50.392 --> 01:23:53.395
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF
TRANSPARENCY THINGS THAT DON'T

01:23:53.695 --> 01:23:56.931
REDUCE THE COASTAL COMMISSION'S
AUTHORITY OR CHANGE THE LAW,

01:23:56.998 --> 01:24:00.301
BUT REALLY REQUIRES BOTH PARTIES
TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS

01:24:00.368 --> 01:24:02.504
AND GET IT DONE
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

01:24:02.570 --> 01:24:05.340
WHILE THIS PLAN IS
BEING DEVELOPED, THE,

01:24:05.407 --> 01:24:09.010
IT'S THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
COORDINATING WITH THE COMMISSION

01:24:09.444 --> 01:24:10.845
FOR THAT, THAT THEY

01:24:11.813 --> 01:24:14.149
ONCE THAT'S A
APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED,

01:24:14.215 --> 01:24:18.119
IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY
ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINES. YES.

01:24:18.186 --> 01:24:18.853
THANK YOU

01:24:18.920 --> 01:24:22.323
TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AND TO LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY.

01:24:22.824 --> 01:24:24.793
WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY

01:24:24.859 --> 01:24:27.862
WITH THE COMMISSION
SO THAT WE STAY ON TRACK.

01:24:28.730 --> 01:24:29.230
OKAY.

01:24:29.297 --> 01:24:33.134
WITH THE
MOTION MADE BY SENATOR,

01:24:33.635 --> 01:24:34.636
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?

01:24:34.702 --> 01:24:39.073
YEAH, AGAIN, I JUST
I WANT TO THANK THE, THE BILL.

01:24:39.140 --> 01:24:42.177
THE BILL CO-SPONSORS
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AND STREETS

01:24:42.243 --> 01:24:45.046
FOR ALL WHO'S BEEN HAS DEVOTED
A LOT OF ENERGY TO THIS

01:24:45.113 --> 01:24:49.050
BECAUSE OF THE BIKEWAY AND
PEDESTRIAN FOCUS THAT THEY HAVE.

01:24:49.117 --> 01:24:50.218
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK,

01:24:50.285 --> 01:24:53.087
REALLY ALL THE,
THE COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF,

01:24:53.154 --> 01:24:54.422
I THINK THEY REALLY DESERVE
A LOT OF CREDIT.

01:24:54.489 --> 01:24:57.258
THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WITH US, TO GO SHADING

01:24:57.325 --> 01:25:00.061
BOTH OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ON THE MLU AND,

01:25:00.128 --> 01:25:03.798
AND WITH MY OFFICE, TO SORT OF
SUPPORT THAT WITH THE BILL,

01:25:03.865 --> 01:25:06.067
AND THEN WITH OUR PARTNERS
IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY

01:25:06.134 --> 01:25:07.569
WHO HAVE BEEN SO FOCUSED
ON THIS BILL

01:25:07.635 --> 01:25:09.938
AND I THINK,
YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN,

01:25:10.004 --> 01:25:13.875
YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR JOB
TO REALLY PROTECT THE COAST.

01:25:13.942 --> 01:25:16.578
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM
FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE.

01:25:16.644 --> 01:25:17.445
THANK YOU.

01:25:17.512 --> 01:25:17.679
OKAY.

01:25:17.745 --> 01:25:18.813
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

01:25:18.880 --> 01:25:21.616
CLOCK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

01:25:21.683 --> 01:25:23.818
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED, TO THE COMMITTEE

01:25:23.885 --> 01:25:25.820
ON APPROPRIATIONS
CENTERS TO RUSSELL

01:25:27.255 --> 01:25:27.689
CHOI.

01:25:27.755 --> 01:25:30.758
I, I AGAIN, ASHBY

01:25:30.825 --> 01:25:33.828
CERVANTES SURROUNDS
THIS I LAYER.

01:25:34.095 --> 01:25:37.765
SO YOU ARE 202301.

01:25:39.734 --> 01:25:40.635
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

01:25:40.702 --> 01:25:42.136
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

01:25:42.203 --> 01:25:44.639
OKAY.

01:25:44.706 --> 01:25:45.707
YOU HAVE,

01:25:45.773 --> 01:25:48.843
ANOTHER BILL WHILE YOU ARE HERE.

01:25:48.910 --> 01:25:51.646
BILL NUMBER AB 2181.

01:25:51.713 --> 01:25:54.716
WHEN YOU'RE READY,
YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

01:25:59.587 --> 01:26:00.054
THANK YOU.

01:26:00.121 --> 01:26:03.124
I SEE.

01:26:04.526 --> 01:26:06.961
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, FOR.

01:26:07.028 --> 01:26:07.829
SO WHAT?

01:26:07.896 --> 01:26:12.901
I, WANT TO

01:26:12.967 --> 01:26:14.235
THANK MADAM CHAIR

01:26:14.302 --> 01:26:17.238
FOR HER ATTENTION TO THIS BILL,
AS WELL AS BEING A PRINCIPAL

01:26:17.305 --> 01:26:18.473
COAUTHOR OF THE BILL.

01:26:18.540 --> 01:26:21.009
I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW,
BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK HER.

01:26:21.075 --> 01:26:22.610
AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK
THE COMMITTEE STAFF

01:26:22.677 --> 01:26:24.078
FOR THE WORK ON THE BILL.

01:26:24.145 --> 01:26:27.849
I'M PROUD TO PRESENT AB 2181,
WHICH IS CO-SPONSORED

01:26:28.049 --> 01:26:31.319
BY UNITE HERE INTERNATIONAL
AND UNITE HERE LOCAL 11.

01:26:31.853 --> 01:26:35.256
AB 2181 IS A NARROW
CLARIFICATION THAT ENSURES

01:26:35.323 --> 01:26:37.158
THAT DENSITY BONUS POTENTIAL

01:26:37.225 --> 01:26:41.262
CAN ONLY BE USED IN VALUATIONS
FOR HOTELS AND MOTEL OR MOTELS.

01:26:41.462 --> 01:26:44.132
WHEN IT IS REAL,
APPROVED AND VESTED,

01:26:44.198 --> 01:26:46.801
IT SIMPLY ENSURES
THAT GROUNDLESS RENT RESETS

01:26:46.868 --> 01:26:49.470
REFLECT REALITY,
NOT SPECULATION.

01:26:49.537 --> 01:26:52.040
THIS IS A PRO HOUSING BILL
THAT PROMOTES AND PROTECTS

01:26:52.106 --> 01:26:53.408
DENSITY BONUS LAW,

01:26:53.474 --> 01:26:55.176
WHICH IS ONE OF THE STATE'S
MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS

01:26:55.243 --> 01:26:57.278
TO INCENTIVIZE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

01:26:57.345 --> 01:26:59.714
THE BILL DOES NOT CHANGE
OR LIMIT DOWN DENSITY.

01:26:59.781 --> 01:27:01.983
BONUS ELIGIBILITY IN ANY WAY.

01:27:02.050 --> 01:27:02.917
INSTEAD,

01:27:02.984 --> 01:27:04.852
IT PROTECTS
THE INTEGRITY OF THE POLICY

01:27:04.919 --> 01:27:05.587
BY ENSURING THAT

01:27:05.653 --> 01:27:08.656
BENEFITS ARE TIED
TO ACTUAL HOUSING PRODUCTION.

01:27:08.723 --> 01:27:11.659
THIS BILL ADDRESSES
A REAL PROBLEM THAT HAS EMERGED.

01:27:11.726 --> 01:27:13.628
APPRAISERS ARE USING
HYPOTHETICAL

01:27:13.695 --> 01:27:17.165
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
SCENARIOS TO INFLATE LAND VALUES

01:27:17.231 --> 01:27:20.301
WHEN NO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
IS PLANNED OR CONTEMPLATED.

01:27:20.368 --> 01:27:21.336
DENSITY BONUSES

01:27:21.402 --> 01:27:23.471
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PURSUED
OR APPROVED

01:27:23.538 --> 01:27:26.240
ARE OFTEN USED
TO INFLATE PROPERTY VALUES,

01:27:26.307 --> 01:27:30.244
AND THAT INFLATED VALUE IS THEN
USED TO RESET HOTEL AND MOTEL

01:27:30.511 --> 01:27:33.581
LEASES RENTS, CREATING
REAL FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES

01:27:33.648 --> 01:27:36.217
IMPACTING EXISTING BUSINESSES
AND WORKERS,

01:27:36.284 --> 01:27:38.820
ESPECIALLY IN THE HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY.

01:27:38.886 --> 01:27:41.222
FOR EXAMPLE,
I HAVE A FULLY OPERATING HOTEL

01:27:41.289 --> 01:27:43.791
IN MY DISTRICT
SUPPORTING JOBS AND TOURISM.

01:27:43.858 --> 01:27:46.294
IT HAS A LONG TERM
GROUND PLACEMENT THAT MAKES

01:27:46.361 --> 01:27:50.298
REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARCEL
NOW INFEASIBLE FOR DECADES.

01:27:50.498 --> 01:27:53.001
NO HOUSING
PROJECT IS PROPOSED OR APPROVED.

01:27:53.067 --> 01:27:55.637
IT COULD BE DONE
BECAUSE OF THE GROUND LEASE YET.

01:27:55.703 --> 01:27:56.504
APPRAISAL.

01:27:56.571 --> 01:27:59.073
THE APPRAISAL ASSUMES
HIGH DENSITY

01:27:59.140 --> 01:28:01.242
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
USING THE DENSITY.

01:28:01.309 --> 01:28:03.378
BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY
BONUS LAW,

01:28:03.444 --> 01:28:06.014
NO HOUSING IS BEING BUILT,
BUT THE IDEA OF HOUSING

01:28:06.080 --> 01:28:08.750
IS DRIVING REAL CONSEQUENCES
SUCH AS WORKER JOB LOSS,

01:28:08.816 --> 01:28:11.786
POTENTIAL WORKER JOB LOSS,
REDUCED TOURISM ACTIVITY,

01:28:11.853 --> 01:28:14.856
AND PRESSURE ON LONG STANDING
PRODUCTIVE LAND USES.

01:28:14.922 --> 01:28:17.692
THE STATE IS APPROPRIATELY
EXPANDING DENSITY BONUS TOOLS

01:28:17.759 --> 01:28:19.427
TO INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION

01:28:19.494 --> 01:28:22.130
AND NEW POLICIES
LIKE HIGHER DENSITY THRESHOLDS

01:28:22.196 --> 01:28:25.033
OR DOUBLE DENSITY CONCEPTS
INCREASE THEORETICAL

01:28:25.099 --> 01:28:26.167
DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY.

01:28:27.235 --> 01:28:29.837
HOWEVER, WITHOUT GUARDRAILS,
THAT EXPANDED CAPACITY

01:28:29.904 --> 01:28:32.240
CAN BE MISAPPLIED
IN APPRAISAL SCENARIOS

01:28:32.306 --> 01:28:35.443
AND USED TO FURTHER INFLATE LAND
VALUES BASED ON HYPOTHETICALS.

01:28:35.743 --> 01:28:38.446
HB 2181 PROVIDES
A SIMPLE GUARDRAIL

01:28:38.513 --> 01:28:41.449
WHERE DENSITY BONUS
CAN ONLY BE PURSUED IN VALUATION

01:28:41.516 --> 01:28:43.885
WHEN IT IS PURSUED,
APPROVED, INVESTED

01:28:43.951 --> 01:28:45.586
THAT WILL ENSURE
THAT HOUSING INCENTIVES

01:28:45.653 --> 01:28:48.690
REMAIN TIED TO REAL PROJECTS
AND VALUATIONS

01:28:48.756 --> 01:28:51.693
REFLECT LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE,
REALISTIC CONDITIONS.

01:28:51.759 --> 01:28:54.529
THE BILL IS NARROW IN SCOPE
AND INTENTIONALLY IS FOCUSED ON

01:28:54.595 --> 01:28:55.930
HOTELS AND MOTELS.

01:28:55.997 --> 01:28:58.700
THIS IS WHERE LONG TERM GROUND
LEASES ARE COMMON.

01:28:58.766 --> 01:29:00.935
REDEVELOPMENT IS OFTEN
CONSTRAINED

01:29:01.002 --> 01:29:02.637
AND IMPACTS ARE MOST ACUTE.

01:29:02.704 --> 01:29:05.406
TO BE CLEAR, THIS BILL DOES NOT
RESTRICT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

01:29:05.473 --> 01:29:07.575
IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE DENSITY
BONUS LAW,

01:29:07.642 --> 01:29:09.711
AND IT DOES NOT PREVENT
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

01:29:09.777 --> 01:29:12.313
THIS IS A TECHNICAL FIX
WITH REAL WORLD IMPACT.

01:29:12.380 --> 01:29:14.682
IT IS. IT PROTECTS HOSPITALITY
WORKER JOBS.

01:29:14.749 --> 01:29:18.052
IT PREVENTS SPECULATION,
SPECULATIVE VALUATION PROCESSES

01:29:18.119 --> 01:29:20.688
AND KEEPS HOUSING POLICY
TIED TO ACTUAL PRODUCTION.

01:29:20.755 --> 01:29:22.757
I ASK FOR YOUR
I VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME

01:29:22.824 --> 01:29:23.958
AND WITH ME TODAY

01:29:24.025 --> 01:29:24.592
IN SUPPORT,

01:29:24.659 --> 01:29:26.160
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
LAURA STRAND,

01:29:26.227 --> 01:29:28.863
CONSULTANT TO REPRESENTED
UNITE HERE LOCAL 11,

01:29:28.930 --> 01:29:31.299
AND MARIA ESPINOSA,
A MEMBER OF UNITE HERE

01:29:31.365 --> 01:29:34.135
LOCAL 11 AND A HOUSEKEEPER
IN THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA.

01:29:35.103 --> 01:29:37.472
EACH PERSON
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

01:29:37.538 --> 01:29:41.809
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE ACTING
CHAIR CHOI AND MEMBERS

01:29:41.876 --> 01:29:42.643
LAURA STRAND

01:29:42.710 --> 01:29:46.581
REPRESENTING UNITE HERE LOCAL
11 ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 32,000

01:29:46.647 --> 01:29:50.485
HOSPITAL WORKERS ACROSS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA,

01:29:50.818 --> 01:29:52.186
WE ARE PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR

01:29:52.253 --> 01:29:56.224
WITH UNITE HERE
INTERNATIONAL AB 2181

01:29:56.290 --> 01:29:59.794
ZIPPER AND RESPECTFULLY URGE
YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.

01:30:00.561 --> 01:30:03.297
THIS BILL IS ABOUT PRESERVING
COMMERCIAL USES

01:30:03.364 --> 01:30:06.400
OF PROPERTY THAT ARE CRITICAL
OF CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY.

01:30:06.467 --> 01:30:09.070
HOTELS
AND OTHER HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES

01:30:09.137 --> 01:30:12.673
PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF GOOD PAYING
JOBS, UNION JOBS,

01:30:13.040 --> 01:30:16.811
THEY GENERATE SIGNIFICANT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND THEY HELP

01:30:16.878 --> 01:30:20.114
SUSTAIN CALIFORNIA'S
VIBRANT VISITOR ECONOMY.

01:30:20.515 --> 01:30:22.517
THIS BILL SEEKS TO CLOSE
A LOOPHOLE

01:30:22.583 --> 01:30:25.553
THAT CAN PUT THESE BUSINESSES
AND JOBS AT RISK.

01:30:25.820 --> 01:30:29.724
FUNDAMENTALLY,
AB 2181 IS IN ALIGNMENT

01:30:29.791 --> 01:30:33.528
WITH TWO OTHER UNITE HERE
LOCAL 11 AND UNITE HERE

01:30:33.594 --> 01:30:37.165
INTERNATIONAL UNION CO-SPONSORS
BILLS FROM LAST YEAR

01:30:37.532 --> 01:30:43.538
SB 838 TERRAZZO AND SB 92
BLAKE SPEAR, WHICH WENT THROUGH

01:30:43.604 --> 01:30:46.641
AND WERE BOTH SIGNED
BY THE GOVERNOR IN 2025.

01:30:47.008 --> 01:30:48.309
THESE BILLS ARE PRINCIPALLY

01:30:48.376 --> 01:30:50.511
ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT HOUSING LAWS

01:30:50.578 --> 01:30:52.880
ARE BEING USED
FOR HOUSING PURPOSES,

01:30:52.947 --> 01:30:55.483
NOT JUST FOR THE CREATION
OF GOOD HOUSING,

01:30:55.550 --> 01:30:57.618
WHICH OF COURSE,
WE DEEPLY SUPPORT,

01:30:57.685 --> 01:31:01.589
BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE CLARITY
OF RULES ENSURES NO GAMESMANSHIP

01:31:01.889 --> 01:31:03.457
AND A CLEAR PLAYING FIELD.

01:31:03.524 --> 01:31:05.760
WE THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

01:31:05.827 --> 01:31:07.795
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
ON THIS ISSUE,

01:31:07.862 --> 01:31:09.597
AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR.

01:31:09.664 --> 01:31:12.600
I VOTE ON AB 2181.

01:31:12.667 --> 01:31:14.068
THANK YOU FOR A SECOND PERSON.

01:31:17.471 --> 01:31:19.707
ONE OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,

01:31:19.774 --> 01:31:22.777
MY NAME IS MARIA ESPINOSA.

01:31:23.744 --> 01:31:25.012
DE LA NYDIA.

01:31:25.079 --> 01:31:28.583
THEY WILL NOT TELL IN SANTA
MONICA, CALIFORNIA IS A MEMBER

01:31:28.950 --> 01:31:32.353
OF THE UNITE HERE
LOCAL 11 LODGES.

01:31:32.420 --> 01:31:35.823
LOUIS BLANCHARD, LA SAVANNA DE
LOS GATOS ESTA SEGURA DE

01:31:36.324 --> 01:31:39.927
PEREZ TENGAN UNA BUENO
EXPERIENCIA SON TRABAJO DURO.

01:31:40.161 --> 01:31:43.164
BUT MAINTENANCE FUNCIONA VIENTO.

01:31:43.497 --> 01:31:45.366
PERO CON DEMASIADO FRECUENCIA.

01:31:45.433 --> 01:31:48.436
LAS PERSONAS TRABAJO EL

01:31:48.936 --> 01:31:51.305
PSA LOS MEDEIROS

01:31:51.372 --> 01:31:54.175
EPSILON NOT ANIMAL WAS

01:31:54.242 --> 01:31:54.575
OFFICIAL.

01:31:54.642 --> 01:31:57.645
NASCAR PLAYERS LUGAR DE TRABAJO

01:31:58.312 --> 01:32:01.315
FOR THIS PROJECT IMPORTANT

01:32:01.816 --> 01:32:04.819
I EVENT YOU KNOW 2020 SAID

01:32:05.186 --> 01:32:08.856
INDUSTRY BENEFITS
NO SOLO PRO IMPERSONATES

01:32:09.090 --> 01:32:12.360
SI NO LOS TRABAJADORES
FUNCIONA MENTOR

01:32:12.693 --> 01:32:17.064
THE IDEA SAY TRATA DE KEY
THAT RESPETO ELLA SEGURA

01:32:18.032 --> 01:32:21.068
NO SAID DOMAIN EXPENSIVE DE
LAS PERSONAS Q TRABAJANDO

01:32:21.135 --> 01:32:24.672
DIRECTAMENTE
EL SECTOR PARA TRABAJADORES

01:32:24.739 --> 01:32:29.176
COMO YO LIKES TO
IMPORT EL STRATEGY TO IMPORT

01:32:30.544 --> 01:32:30.978
PLAYERS.

01:32:31.045 --> 01:32:33.648
IS HE
THOSE HE CAN WITH NO TRABAJO.

01:32:33.714 --> 01:32:37.285
LAREDO ESA
IMPORTA ESTA PROYECTO DE LA NO

01:32:38.519 --> 01:32:42.657
DIRECTION RICO NO SE LOS
TRABAJADORES SECTOR DE LA AREA.

01:32:42.723 --> 01:32:43.691
SO ESSENTIALLY

01:32:43.758 --> 01:32:48.029
PARA LA COLOMBIA DE CALIFORNIA,
HE DENTRO DE TRATADOS COMO EL

01:32:48.462 --> 01:32:51.799
ESTADO DE EL TRABAJO CARGO
E SOLO QUIERO SUBWAY

01:32:52.066 --> 01:32:55.069
SYSTEM TRABAJAR MAS TAMBIéN NO

01:32:55.803 --> 01:32:56.470
SOLLECITO.

01:32:56.537 --> 01:32:58.606
IT ALSO A MENTAL SWAP.

01:32:58.673 --> 01:33:02.877
BUT EL PROYECTO DE LA I MEAN
YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW MUCHO.

01:33:03.144 --> 01:33:05.313
YES. GOOD MORNING.

01:33:05.379 --> 01:33:07.281
I'LL BE TRANSLATING
FOR THE WITNESS.

01:33:07.348 --> 01:33:07.949
MY NAME IS

01:33:08.015 --> 01:33:11.419
MARIA ESPINOSA AND I WORK
AS A HOTEL HOUSEKEEPER AT THE

01:33:11.852 --> 01:33:15.022
AT A HOTEL IN SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA, FOR OVER 22 YEARS.

01:33:15.089 --> 01:33:17.959
I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF UNITE
HERE LOCAL 11.

01:33:18.025 --> 01:33:20.294
EVERY DAY I CLEAN ROOMS,
TURN OVER BEDS

01:33:20.361 --> 01:33:22.396
AND MAKE SURE GUESTS
HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

01:33:22.463 --> 01:33:25.533
IT'S HARD WORK AND IT'S WORK
THAT KEEPS OUR HOTELS RUNNING.

01:33:25.599 --> 01:33:28.035
BUT TOO OFTEN
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK DO THIS WORK

01:33:28.102 --> 01:33:31.172
THE HOUSEKEEPERS, THE SERVERS,
THE FRONT DESK STAFF

01:33:31.238 --> 01:33:32.974
DON'T HAVE A REAL VOICE
IN THE DECISIONS

01:33:33.040 --> 01:33:35.376
THAT AFFECT OUR JOBS
AND OUR WORKPLACE.

01:33:35.443 --> 01:33:37.011
THAT'S WHY THIS BILL MATTERS.

01:33:37.078 --> 01:33:40.448
AB 2181 IS ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT THE HOSPITALITY

01:33:40.514 --> 01:33:41.615
INDUSTRY WORKS

01:33:41.682 --> 01:33:43.384
NOT JUST FOR OWNERS
AND INVESTORS,

01:33:43.451 --> 01:33:46.520
BUT ALSO FOR THE WORKERS
WHO KEEP IT GOING EVERY DAY.

01:33:46.587 --> 01:33:48.589
IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS, RESPECT
AND MAKING SURE

01:33:48.656 --> 01:33:50.291
THAT WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE,
IF THEY DON'T COME

01:33:50.358 --> 01:33:52.727
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND.

01:33:52.793 --> 01:33:55.162
FOR WORKERS
LIKE ME, STABILITY MATTERS.

01:33:55.229 --> 01:33:56.764
FAIR TREATMENT MATTERS.

01:33:56.831 --> 01:33:58.766
KNOWING
THAT OUR JOBS ARE PROTECTED

01:33:58.833 --> 01:34:01.535
AND THAT OUR WORK IS VALUED,
THAT MATTERS.

01:34:01.602 --> 01:34:04.105
THIS BILL HELPS
MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION.

01:34:04.171 --> 01:34:06.273
IT RECOGNIZES
THAT HOSPITALITY WORKERS

01:34:06.340 --> 01:34:08.743
ARE ESSENTIAL
TO CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY

01:34:08.809 --> 01:34:10.878
AND DESERVE TO BE TREATED
THAT WAY.

01:34:10.945 --> 01:34:12.546
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I DO.

01:34:12.613 --> 01:34:13.547
I JUST WANT TO KNOW

01:34:13.614 --> 01:34:16.617
THAT THE SYSTEM
WE WORK IN SUPPORTS US, TOO.

01:34:16.684 --> 01:34:20.354
I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON AB 2181.

01:34:20.421 --> 01:34:20.921
THANK YOU.

01:34:23.391 --> 01:34:26.394
THANK YOU.

01:34:27.561 --> 01:34:29.997
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL,

01:34:30.064 --> 01:34:31.932
JUST YOUR NAME AND POSITION,

01:34:31.999 --> 01:34:33.768
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS
SARAH FLOCKS,

01:34:33.834 --> 01:34:36.237
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF LABOR
UNIONS AND SUPPORT.

01:34:36.303 --> 01:34:38.606
THANK YOU.

01:34:38.672 --> 01:34:41.675
WHEN THE CAC IS UNDERWAY, THAT'S

01:34:41.909 --> 01:34:44.745
THE LIMPIEZA DEL HOTEL
IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.

01:34:44.812 --> 01:34:47.815
IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED

01:34:48.015 --> 01:34:49.650
A POPULAR LABOR BEING.

01:34:49.717 --> 01:34:52.720
DO NOT, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUS.

01:34:54.055 --> 01:34:54.488
GOOD MORNING.

01:34:54.555 --> 01:34:55.089
DELILAH.

01:34:55.156 --> 01:34:56.590
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
HOTEL

01:34:56.657 --> 01:34:59.193
AND LODGING ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT.

01:34:59.260 --> 01:34:59.827
OKAY.

01:34:59.894 --> 01:35:03.998
ANY, LEAD OPPOSITION WITNESS,

01:35:05.132 --> 01:35:08.436
ANY MID TO OPPOSITION

01:35:09.370 --> 01:35:11.539
IN THE AUDIENCE? NO.

01:35:11.605 --> 01:35:14.775
THEM QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS.

01:35:14.842 --> 01:35:15.876
OKAY.

01:35:15.943 --> 01:35:18.946
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE

01:35:19.013 --> 01:35:20.147
IN ORDER. QUESTION.

01:35:20.214 --> 01:35:24.552
AND, YOU CAN CLOSE THE,
YOU KNOW, STATEMENT AGAIN.

01:35:24.618 --> 01:35:26.187
I WANT TO THANK YOU.

01:35:26.253 --> 01:35:29.290
NIGHT HERE,
INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL 11,

01:35:29.356 --> 01:35:31.258
FOR STEPPING UP
TO PROTECT THEIR WORKERS

01:35:31.325 --> 01:35:34.395
FROM RISKS THAT ARE OUT THERE
DUE TO DENSITY BONUS LAW.

01:35:35.162 --> 01:35:37.498
I WANT TO THANK MADAM CHAIR
FOR BEING,

01:35:37.565 --> 01:35:40.501
COAUTHOR OF THIS BILL WITH US
AND WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE.

01:35:40.568 --> 01:35:42.503
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOU. I VOTE,

01:35:43.471 --> 01:35:45.906
OKAY, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND,

01:35:45.973 --> 01:35:48.976
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

01:35:49.310 --> 01:35:50.978
THE MOTION IS DO
PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

01:35:51.045 --> 01:35:56.217
SENATOR OSO TORRES OF
I JOY CHOI I ORIGIN ASHBY.

01:35:56.283 --> 01:35:57.384
CERVANTES.

01:35:57.451 --> 01:35:57.952
CERVANTES.

01:35:58.018 --> 01:36:01.722
I LAWYER SAY YOUR
TO SAY YOUR TIME FOR ZERO.

01:36:03.724 --> 01:36:04.592
THANK YOU.

01:36:04.658 --> 01:36:07.661
THANK.

01:36:13.868 --> 01:36:16.770
THE BILL WILL REMAIN ON CALL.

01:36:16.837 --> 01:36:17.037
OKAY.

01:36:17.104 --> 01:36:20.107
WHO'S NEXT?

01:36:22.743 --> 01:36:25.746
HE RAN OUT.

01:36:28.415 --> 01:36:28.816
ALL RIGHT.

01:36:28.883 --> 01:36:31.986
GREAT. LET ME JUST.

01:36:32.052 --> 01:36:33.387
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT.

01:36:33.454 --> 01:36:34.655
NUMBER 17.

01:36:34.722 --> 01:36:36.991
WAIT, WAIT VERSUS A BIRD.

01:36:37.057 --> 01:36:40.060
WE DIDN'T. YOU.

01:36:40.761 --> 01:36:41.996
22. 24.

01:36:42.062 --> 01:36:45.065
INTERPRETING YOUR.

01:36:46.300 --> 01:36:49.303
RECEIPT.

01:36:50.571 --> 01:36:53.174
WAS NOT UNTIL THE SECOND PAGE.

01:36:53.240 --> 01:36:56.243
SO. MR..

01:37:04.885 --> 01:37:06.453
OKAY.

01:37:06.520 --> 01:37:06.720
MEMBER.

01:37:06.787 --> 01:37:09.757
PEPIN, YOUR NEXT.

01:37:09.823 --> 01:37:12.826
THIS IS, AB 2469.

01:37:14.662 --> 01:37:18.365
BY, TWO BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.

01:37:20.634 --> 01:37:23.437
2469 AND 2619.

01:37:23.504 --> 01:37:24.205
YOU GOT IT.

01:37:24.271 --> 01:37:25.539
OKAY, OKAY.

01:37:25.606 --> 01:37:28.142
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU.

01:37:28.209 --> 01:37:32.046
SO I'VE GOT TWO BILLS
THAT ARE RELATED THIS MORNING,

01:37:32.112 --> 01:37:35.316
TO DATA CENTERS AND THE WATER
THAT DATA CENTERS USE.

01:37:35.683 --> 01:37:37.284
THE FIRST BILL

01:37:37.351 --> 01:37:40.487
I CALL THE GET THE INFO
BEFORE YOU BREAK GROUND, BILL.

01:37:41.288 --> 01:37:44.391
SO GIVEN, THE FOCUS,
THE OF THIS COMMITTEE

01:37:44.458 --> 01:37:47.761
BEING LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
I WANT TO FOCUS MY REMARKS

01:37:47.828 --> 01:37:50.397
ON WHAT THIS BILL MEANS
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

01:37:50.464 --> 01:37:53.234
AND IN THIS REGARD,
WITH THE CHAIR'S PERMISSION,

01:37:53.300 --> 01:37:57.171
I'D LIKE TO READ JUST A COUPLE
EXEMPLARS OF WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT

01:37:57.238 --> 01:38:00.874
IS LOOKING LIKE OUT THERE
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL HEARINGS

01:38:01.075 --> 01:38:04.345
AND WHAT WE FIND,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

01:38:04.411 --> 01:38:06.213
HAVING TO GRAPPLE
WITH AS IT RELATES

01:38:06.280 --> 01:38:09.283
TO DATA CENTER PROPOSALS
THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THEM.

01:38:09.650 --> 01:38:12.653
SO IN IN IMPERIAL,
WE HEARD THE FOLLOWING.

01:38:12.953 --> 01:38:13.654
AND I QUOTE.

01:38:13.721 --> 01:38:16.690
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST IN
ISOLATION.

01:38:16.757 --> 01:38:20.628
IT IMPACTS REAL NEIGHBORHOODS,
FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS

01:38:20.694 --> 01:38:22.563
AND IS ALSO SETTING A PRECEDENT

01:38:22.630 --> 01:38:25.065
FOR HOW YOU TREAT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

01:38:25.132 --> 01:38:25.666
THE OTHER ONE,

01:38:25.733 --> 01:38:26.467
SAME HEARING

01:38:26.533 --> 01:38:28.302
SAID, IF THE FULL SCOPE OF THIS

01:38:28.369 --> 01:38:30.638
PROJECT
CANNOT BE CLEARLY PRESENTED

01:38:30.704 --> 01:38:32.673
AND INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED,

01:38:32.740 --> 01:38:35.709
THEN RESIDENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY
BEING ASKED TO MAKE DECISIONS

01:38:35.776 --> 01:38:38.012
WITHOUT THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY DESERVE.

01:38:38.078 --> 01:38:40.214
AND THAT'S WHAT
THESE BILLS TRY TO GET AT.

01:38:40.281 --> 01:38:42.616
SO I COULD GO ON
AND ON AND ON ABOUT DIFFERENT.

01:38:42.683 --> 01:38:45.152
THIS IS VERY PREVALENT
IN THE PRESS THESE DAYS.

01:38:45.219 --> 01:38:47.988
BUT THIS REALLY IS
UNLIKE ANYTHING

01:38:48.055 --> 01:38:49.923
MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

01:38:49.990 --> 01:38:53.160
AND WE FIND THAT LOCALITIES ARE
ASKING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

01:38:53.227 --> 01:38:54.628
AND THEY'RE VERY FUNDAMENTAL.

01:38:54.695 --> 01:38:56.563
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER NOW?

01:38:56.630 --> 01:38:59.033
WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER
IN A DROUGHT YEAR?

01:38:59.099 --> 01:39:02.102
WHAT ARE THE LONG
TERM IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY

01:39:02.303 --> 01:39:04.371
AND WHAT
IS THE COST TO OUR COMMUNITY?

01:39:05.306 --> 01:39:06.340
RESPONSES TO THESE

01:39:06.407 --> 01:39:10.210
INQUIRIES IS WHERE THIS BILL, AB
2469, COMES IN.

01:39:10.644 --> 01:39:13.480
THE BILL WILL CREATE
A CONSISTENT BASELINE.

01:39:13.547 --> 01:39:16.850
SO EVERY COMMUNITY,
LARGE AND SMALL, STARTS

01:39:16.917 --> 01:39:18.585
WITH THE INFORMATION
THAT IT NEEDS PRIOR

01:39:18.652 --> 01:39:19.720
TO MAKING A DECISION

01:39:19.787 --> 01:39:22.189
ON A DATA CENTER,
BECAUSE PERMITTING ISN'T

01:39:22.256 --> 01:39:24.258
THE SAME IN EVERY CITY
STATEWIDE.

01:39:24.325 --> 01:39:27.227
THE INFORMATION
ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND WATER

01:39:27.294 --> 01:39:29.830
AND THEIR WATER
USE IS NOT ALWAYS COLLECTED.

01:39:29.897 --> 01:39:32.266
OR IS IT ALWAYS COMPLETE?

01:39:32.333 --> 01:39:34.535
WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OFTEN

01:39:34.601 --> 01:39:35.469
HAVE TO NEGOTIATE

01:39:35.536 --> 01:39:38.605
FOR FUNDAMENTAL FACTS
ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

01:39:38.906 --> 01:39:41.608
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT
WHEN A LOCALITY CAN'T GIVE

01:39:41.675 --> 01:39:42.976
THE INFORMATION THEY NEED,

01:39:43.043 --> 01:39:46.046
THEY'RE JUST BANNING
DATA CENTERS ALL TOGETHER.

01:39:46.914 --> 01:39:48.449
SO LET'S GET
INTO THE PARTICULARS OF THE BILL

01:39:48.515 --> 01:39:49.083
AND HOW IT WORKS.

01:39:49.149 --> 01:39:50.484
THE BILL HAS TWO
MAJOR COMPONENTS.

01:39:50.551 --> 01:39:53.620
THE FIRST IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER
THE BILL REQUIRES,

01:39:53.687 --> 01:39:57.925
A WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT
BEFORE PROJECT APPROVAL,

01:39:58.158 --> 01:39:59.960
WHERE A PROJECT PROPONENT
PROVIDES

01:40:00.027 --> 01:40:02.096
INFORMATION
ABOUT ITS PROJECT NEEDS,

01:40:02.162 --> 01:40:04.932
AND THEN THE WATER
SUPPLIER DETERMINES

01:40:04.998 --> 01:40:07.067
WHETHER A RELIABLE
AND SUSTAINABLE WATER

01:40:07.134 --> 01:40:10.104
SUPPLY IS AVAILABLE
TO SERVE THE PROJECT.

01:40:10.170 --> 01:40:13.774
THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE BILL
IS ABOUT THE COST IMPACTS

01:40:13.841 --> 01:40:15.075
ON THE COMMUNITY

01:40:15.142 --> 01:40:15.743
AND ENSURES

01:40:15.809 --> 01:40:17.277
THAT IF ADDITIONAL WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE

01:40:17.344 --> 01:40:20.247
IS NEEDED TO SERVE
ONE OF THESE LARGE FACILITIES,

01:40:20.314 --> 01:40:23.417
OR IF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
MUST BE EXPANDED,

01:40:23.484 --> 01:40:25.552
THOSE COSTS MUST BE BORNE

01:40:25.619 --> 01:40:29.289
BY THE PROJECT AND NOT EXISTING
RATEPAYERS MEMBERS.

01:40:29.356 --> 01:40:31.492
THIS BILL IS ABOUT INFORMED
LOCAL DECISION

01:40:31.558 --> 01:40:33.994
MAKING FOR LONG TERM WATER
IMPACTS.

01:40:34.061 --> 01:40:37.464
IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND IT'S
ABOUT PROTECTING RATEPAYERS.

01:40:37.965 --> 01:40:41.869
WITH ME TODAY I HAVE ERIC MASINA
FROM UC SANTA BARBARA AND SEAN

01:40:41.935 --> 01:40:45.539
BOSWELL WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COAST KEEPER ALLIANCE.

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WE'LL START WITH MR. MAZZONE.

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PROFESSOR MAZZONE,
I SHOULD SAY PERFECTLY FINE.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MY WELCOME.

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GOOD MORNING.

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AND, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU,
HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH.

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TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

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MY NAME IS ERIC MASSENET,
AND I HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH

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ON THE SUSTAINABILITY
OF DATA CENTERS FOR TWO DECADES.

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THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE

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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

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AS I MENTIONED IN MY TESTIMONY
FOR THE ORIGINAL BILL,

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THE RAPID EXPANSION OF DATA
CENTERS CAN POSE RISKS

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TO LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES,
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF DROUGHT.

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BUT WITH INTELLIGENT PLANNING
TO REDUCE THOSE RISKS,

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OUR STATE
CAN ACHIEVE ITS ECONOMIC

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AND DIGITAL LEADERSHIP GOALS

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WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTECTING
THE STATE'S WATER RESOURCES.

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BUT SUCH PLANNING WILL REQUIRE
SOME BASIC DATA, PARTICULARLY

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THE QUANTITIES OF WATER
THAT WILL BE REQUIRED

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AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS

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SO THAT LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

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THE EXPECTED PEAKS IN WATER
DEMAND THAT CAN OCCUR,

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SO THAT PROACTIVE MEASURES

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CAN BE TAKEN TO AVOID SUPPLY,
STRESS,

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AND BASIC INFORMATION

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ON THE COOLING STRATEGIES
AT SPECIFIC SITES

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THAT WILL LOCK IN WATER
USE FOR YEARS TO COME.

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I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT SUCH DATA

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NOT ONLY HELP US BETTER PLAN

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FOR THE DATA CENTERS
BEING BUILT TODAY,

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THEY'RE ALSO DRASTICALLY IMPROVE
THE STATE'S ABILITY

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TO MAKE FORECASTS
THAT ARE CRITICAL

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FOR IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES

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THAT BALANCE WATER
STEWARDSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

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IN THE FUTURE.

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SO WHY NOT
RELY ON VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES?

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WHILE

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ALL COMPANIES HAVE THE NEEDED

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DATA IN HAND, ONLY A TINY
FRACTION HAS ACTUALLY SHARED

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THEM VOLUNTARILY.

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IN FACT,

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ONLY GOOGLE AND META REPORT
THE WATER USE OF INDIVIDUAL U.S.

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DATA CENTERS,
AND ONLY AFTER THOSE DATA

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CENTERS HAVE BEEN BUILT
AND ARE OPERATING,

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WHICH IS WHEN WATER USE
HAS ALREADY BEEN LOCKED IN.

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THEREFORE, EXPECTED

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WATER USE REMAINS
A MAJOR BLIND SPOT FOR PLANNERS.

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IN MY VIEW, DISCLOSING EXPECTED

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WATER USE POSES
NO MAJOR CONFIDENTIALITY RISKS.

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COMPANIES ROUTINELY
TOUT THE WATER

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EFFICIENCY AND ADVANCED

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COOLING CAPABILITIES
THEY HAVE UP FRONT.

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ASSESSMENTS
WOULD MERELY ASK THEM TO BACK

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THOSE CLAIMS
WITH TRANSPARENT DATA,

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LIKE WE WOULD
FOR ANY OTHER SECTOR.

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IN SOME, REQUIRING
UPFRONT ASSESSMENT

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SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE
IS A MUST FOR SENSIBLE PLANNING,

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AND IS MOST CERTAINLY
IN THE BEST INTERESTS

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OF CALIFORNIA CITIZENS.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

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ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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GO AHEAD.

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GOOD MORNING. CHAIR.
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

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SEAN BOSWELL, I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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FOR CALIFORNIA
COAST KEEPER ALLIANCE.

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WE REALLY SEE THIS BILL

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AS A TRANSPARENCY BILL
TO PROTECT RATEPAYERS.

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OUR COMMUNITY'S WATER SUPPLIES

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PORTFOLIOS ARE ALREADY BUILT OUT
AND ARE CONSTRAINED STATEWIDE.

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RIGHT.

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WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FOR
WHERE CAN WE GET MORE, WATER.

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AND YET THESE DATA CENTERS
ARE COMING IN

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AND PUTTING NEW PRESSURES
ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

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AND THESE COMMUNITIES
SHOULD KNOW BEFORE

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THE DATA CENTERS ARE BUILT
WHAT TYPE OF PRESSURE THAT IS.

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NOW, SOME OF THESE DATA CENTERS
ARE, YOU KNOW, USING

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NON-POTABLE WATER, RECYCLED
WATER, THAT'S ALL GREAT,

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BUT THAT'S WATER
HAS ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN FOR.

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WE HAVE ALREADY SET

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POLICIES IN THIS STATE
TO RECYCLE ALL OF OUR RECYCLE

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ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER.

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THAT'S FEASIBLE TO BE RECYCLED.

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WE NEED TO DO THAT
BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

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THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE
PROCLAMATIONS.

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THE WATER BOARD HAS SET GOALS
THAT WATER HAS SPOKEN FOR.

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AND SO WHEN WE HAVE NEW DEMANDS
ON THE SYSTEM,

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THOSE COMMUNITIES SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THOSE DEMANDS AND BE,

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YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT
BEFORE GOING IN

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TO BUILDING THESE CENTERS.

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THE BILL ALSO, REQUIRES
THESE DATA CENTERS

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TO BE RESPONSIBLE

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FOR ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT'S REQUIRED

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BECAUSE OF THEIR STRAIN
ON THE SYSTEM.

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AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT,

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THE THESE DATA CENTERS
CAN JUST WALK AWAY

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AND LEAVE THE RATEPAYERS

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ON THE HOOK
FOR THOSE STRANDED ASSETS,

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WHICH IS NOT FAIR
TO THE RATEPAYERS.

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AND THEN LASTLY,
THE DEFINITION OF CII,

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WE NEED TO LOOK AT CII
FACILITIES DIFFERENT

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THAN WE DO OTHER CITY
OR WE NEED TO VIEW DATA CENTERS

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DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER CII
CUSTOMERS BECAUSE DATA CENTERS

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USE WATER CONSUMPTIVE MEANING
WHEN THEY USE IT, IT GOES AWAY.

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IT DOESN'T
GO BACK IN THE SYSTEM.

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IT'S NOT ABLE TO BE RECYCLED.

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IT DOESN'T GO DOWN
RIVER TO THE NEXT COMMUNITY.

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IT'S GONE.

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AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THOSE FACILITIES DIFFERENTLY

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THAN WE DO OTHER CII CLASSES.

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WITH THAT, I'LL ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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ANYONE
HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2469?

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MORNING, KYLE JONES, ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

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WITH FAMILY FARMERS

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RESOURCES RENEWAL INSTITUTE,
CALIFORNIA WATER

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IMPACT NETWORK AND RESTORE
THE DELTA AND SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU.

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REMEMBER,
LAKE IS WITH THE PLANNING

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AND CONSERVATION
LEAGUE AND SUPPORT

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ASHLEY WALKER WITH NASA
AND ON BEHALF OF SANTA

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CLARA VALLEY WATER
DISTRICT IN SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU.

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MARISSA HAGERMAN,
THE TROUT AND PRICE

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CONSULTING REGISTERING SUPPORT

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FOR CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS.

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THANK YOU.

01:45:24.985 --> 01:45:27.954
GABRIELA FAZIO WITH SIERRA CLUB
OF CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT.

01:45:28.555 --> 01:45:29.656
THANK YOU.

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I JUST WANT TO CHECK,

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ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
IF YOU ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT.

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YES. OKAY.

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THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU.

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OKAY.

01:45:38.999 --> 01:45:44.337
ANYONE HERE
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2469,

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PLEASE COME FORWARD.

01:45:48.475 --> 01:45:49.476
THANK YOU.

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GOOD MORNING.

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AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH.

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GREAT.

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THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

01:45:56.450 --> 01:45:58.218
CHRIS ANDERSON,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

01:45:58.285 --> 01:46:00.787
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
A LITTLE CLOSER.

01:46:00.854 --> 01:46:02.389
YES. GREAT.

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CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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RESPECTFULLY IN OPPOSITION.

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I'LL NOTE,
IF THERE ARE COMMITTEE

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AMENDMENTS,
WE WE HAVEN'T SEE THEM.

01:46:08.128 --> 01:46:09.830
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL

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BASING MY COMMENTS
OFF OF THE BILL IN PRINT.

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YOU KNOW,
I WANT TO FIRST START OFF

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BY DISCUSSING THE BILL'S MANDATE
THAT DATA

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CENTER OPERATORS
PAY THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, FULL

01:46:18.805 --> 01:46:22.275
COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY
TO SERVICE THEIR FACILITY.

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AS THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
NOTED, WATER AGENCIES ASSESS

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CONNECTION FEES
AND CAPACITY CHARGES

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WHENEVER A FACILITY
IS CONNECTING TO A WATER SYSTEM.

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AND THAT THOSE FEES
REFLECT THE PROPORTIONAL COST

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OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY
TO SERVICE THE FACILITY.

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AND THOSE FEES CAN ALSO BE USED

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TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL WATER
SUPPLIES IF NECESSARY.

01:46:43.897 --> 01:46:45.832
THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE MITIGATION

01:46:45.899 --> 01:46:49.069
FEE ACT AGAIN MANDATE THAT
THESE COSTS ARE PROPORTIONAL.

01:46:49.736 --> 01:46:52.539
I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT
THE MITIGATION FEE ACT DETAILS

01:46:52.606 --> 01:46:55.809
THE FORMULA AGENCIES MUST USE
IN ASSESSING COSTS, PROVIDES

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A PUBLIC PROCESS
FOR ADOPTING THESE FEES.

01:46:59.146 --> 01:47:01.748
MANDATES SEPARATE ACCOUNTING
AND SPELLED OUT

01:47:01.815 --> 01:47:04.785
AN APPEALS PROCESS IF THESE FEES
ARE TO BE CHALLENGED.

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YOU KNOW, THIS PROVISION
DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT.

01:47:07.154 --> 01:47:08.955
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THIS

01:47:09.022 --> 01:47:12.025
PROVISION THAT'S PARTICULARLY
USEFUL TO A WATER AGENCY.

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AT BEST,
THERE'S PROVISION IS REDUNDANT

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OF EXISTING LAW,
AND THEREFORE UNNECESSARY.

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AND AT WORST, IT'S
CREATING A NEW

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AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD.

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YOU KNOW, I'LL ALSO NOTE
THAT IT GIVES DWR A ROLE

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IN ASSESSING
DETERMINING THESE FEES.

01:47:26.473 --> 01:47:27.974
DWR PLAYS

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NO ROLE IN ASSESSING THE FEES
OF LOCAL WATER AGENCIES.

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SO IT'S VERY UNCLEAR
WHY THIS, WHY

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THEY WOULD BE GIVEN A ROLE HERE.

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YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE

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IS THAT THE PROPONENTS DESCRIBE
THIS AS AN INFORMATION SEEKING

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BILL, ENSURING
THAT THESE FACILITIES

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HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLIES
BEFORE BEING PERMITTED.

01:47:45.792 --> 01:47:50.096
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN WATER SUPPLY
ASSESSMENTS, CONNECTION FEES

01:47:50.163 --> 01:47:53.466
AND CAPACITY CHARGES,
URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS,

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A EXISTING LAW ALREADY
REQUIRES SUPPLY

01:47:55.735 --> 01:47:58.071
DEMAND ASSESSMENTS,
BOTH FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

01:47:58.138 --> 01:48:00.707
AND BASED ON LONG TERM
PLANNING PROJECTIONS.

01:48:00.774 --> 01:48:03.343
SO IT IS UNCLEAR EXACTLY
WHAT GAP THIS IS.

01:48:03.410 --> 01:48:04.678
THIS BILL IS FILLING.

01:48:04.744 --> 01:48:06.046
SO FOR THESE REASONS AND MORE,

01:48:06.112 --> 01:48:08.448
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR KNOW, ABOUT.

01:48:08.515 --> 01:48:09.282
THANK YOU.

01:48:09.349 --> 01:48:09.950
GO AHEAD.

01:48:10.016 --> 01:48:10.984
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

01:48:11.051 --> 01:48:13.386
MY NAME IS ASHANTI
SMITH ON BEHALF OF THE,

01:48:13.453 --> 01:48:14.688
SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP

01:48:14.754 --> 01:48:18.291
GROUP, IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION
TO AB 2469,

01:48:18.692 --> 01:48:20.427
WE APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S
FOCUS ON WATER

01:48:20.493 --> 01:48:22.562
STEWARDSHIP AND THOUGHTFUL
PLANNING FOR CALIFORNIA'S

01:48:22.629 --> 01:48:24.531
GROWTH OF DATA CENTER
INFRASTRUCTURE.

01:48:24.598 --> 01:48:26.666
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION

01:48:26.733 --> 01:48:28.735
THAT WE WANT TO BE
CONSTRUCTIVE ON.

01:48:28.802 --> 01:48:31.037
DATA CENTERS ARE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.

01:48:31.104 --> 01:48:34.441
THEY SUPPORT THE HEALTH SYSTEMS,
UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS, MEDICAL

01:48:34.507 --> 01:48:37.477
RESEARCH, FINANCIAL SERVICES,
EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT,

01:48:37.544 --> 01:48:40.347
OPERATIONS,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

01:48:40.413 --> 01:48:44.017
IN THE BROADER DIGITAL ECONOMY
THAT CALIFORNIANS RELY ON DAILY.

01:48:44.484 --> 01:48:47.687
UNFORTUNATELY, AS AMENDED,
AB 2469 BUILDS A SEPARATE

01:48:47.754 --> 01:48:50.790
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AROUND
A SINGLE INDUSTRY WITHOUT GIVING

01:48:50.857 --> 01:48:54.160
A STATE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE
OF STATEWIDE,

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WATER DEMAND
OR HOW THAT DEMAND SHOULD BE

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MANAGED ACROSS LARGE
WATER USERS.

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WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY CONCERNS
WITH THIS BILL.

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FIRST, THIS IS A PERMITTING
BILL, NOT A DISCLOSURE BILL.

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THE AMENDED VERSION BARS,
AND WHEN I SAY AMENDED VERSION,

01:49:08.942 --> 01:49:10.543
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOST RECENT
AMENDMENTS.

01:49:10.610 --> 01:49:12.078
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BILL
IN PRINT.

01:49:12.145 --> 01:49:16.182
BARS A CITY FROM OR COUNTY
FROM APPROVING A DATA CENTER

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THROUGH DISCRETIONARY
OR MINISTERIAL PERMIT,

01:49:18.418 --> 01:49:21.388
UNLESS THE APPLICANT SATISFIES
A LIST OF PRECONDITIONS,

01:49:21.454 --> 01:49:23.690
A WATER SCARCITY PLAN AND WATER
SUPPLY ASSESSMENT,

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AND A WATER USE ASSESSMENT
BECAUSE IT REACHES

01:49:26.927 --> 01:49:29.829
MINISTERIAL APPROVALS,
IT OVERRIDES EVEN BY RIGHT

01:49:29.896 --> 01:49:32.899
PROJECTS THAT TODAY MOVE FORWARD
WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.

01:49:33.133 --> 01:49:36.436
THAT IS A SITING AND APPROVAL
MANDATE AND NOT TRANSPARENCY.

01:49:36.770 --> 01:49:37.604
SECOND, IT IGNORES

01:49:37.671 --> 01:49:40.840
THE REAL OPERATIONAL TRADEOFFS
IN MODERN DATA CENTER DESIGN.

01:49:41.141 --> 01:49:44.210
WATER USE, ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, COOLING TECHNOLOGIES

01:49:44.277 --> 01:49:47.280
ARE ALL BALANCED AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER, ONE ANOTHER,

01:49:47.580 --> 01:49:50.050
AND AGAINST LOCAL GRID
AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS.

01:49:50.116 --> 01:49:53.253
A FACILITY THAT REDUCES WATER
USE OFTEN INCREASES ENERGY

01:49:53.320 --> 01:49:54.888
USE, AND VICE VERSA.

01:49:54.955 --> 01:49:58.258
ON TOP OF THAT,
THE AMENDED BILL FORCES

01:49:58.325 --> 01:50:01.194
AN APPLICANT TO ASSUME THE FULL
COST OF CONVEYANCE, TREATMENT,

01:50:01.261 --> 01:50:04.965
STORAGE, OR DISTRIBUTION
UPGRADES AS DETERMINED BY DWR

01:50:05.298 --> 01:50:07.767
OR THE WATER SUPPLIER
WITH NO CAP OR NO COST

01:50:07.834 --> 01:50:08.435
SHARING FRAMEWORK,

01:50:08.501 --> 01:50:11.504
CREATING AN OPEN ENDED
AN UNPREDICTABLE LIABILITY.

01:50:11.972 --> 01:50:14.207
AND THIRD,
IT CREATES AN UNAVOIDABLE RISK

01:50:14.274 --> 01:50:16.343
TO PRIVACY, SECURITY
AND COMPETITIVENESS

01:50:16.409 --> 01:50:18.678
IN CALIFORNIA'S
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE,

01:50:18.745 --> 01:50:23.083
DETAILED FACILITY LEVEL WATER
SITING, AND WORKFORCE

01:50:23.149 --> 01:50:25.552
INFORMATION CAN EXPOSE
COMPETITIVELY SENSITIVE,

01:50:25.618 --> 01:50:29.356
SENSITIVE AND SECURITY
RELEVANT DETAILS ABOUT WHERE

01:50:29.422 --> 01:50:31.591
AND HOW CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATES

01:50:31.658 --> 01:50:33.093
AND THE ADDED COST AND APPROVAL

01:50:33.159 --> 01:50:34.928
UNCERTAINTY
WILL PUSH INVESTMENT,

01:50:34.995 --> 01:50:37.964
TO OTHER STATES
THAT ARE ACTIVELY COURTING IT.

01:50:38.198 --> 01:50:41.067
AS FIELD SUPPORTS
TRANSPARENCY, INNOVATION

01:50:41.134 --> 01:50:43.803
AND RESPONSIBLE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

01:50:43.870 --> 01:50:45.138
CALIFORNIA CAN ADVANCE

01:50:45.205 --> 01:50:48.441
SMART WATER POLICY AND CONTINUE
TO WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

01:50:48.508 --> 01:50:51.511
AND FOR THOSE REASONS,
WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR NOVA.

01:50:51.811 --> 01:50:53.146
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:50:53.213 --> 01:50:57.150
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 2469.

01:50:57.550 --> 01:50:59.052
GOOD MORNING, TRACY
RYAN AT THE ROYAL COUNTY

01:50:59.119 --> 01:51:00.220
REPRESENTATIVE, CALIFORNIA.

01:51:00.286 --> 01:51:03.323
WE HAVE AN OPPOSED, LESS
AMENDED POSITION ON THE BILL.

01:51:03.390 --> 01:51:05.392
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS

01:51:05.458 --> 01:51:08.328
AS OUTLINED IN THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

01:51:10.964 --> 01:51:12.799
GOOD MORNING, CHARLES DELGADO,
CALIFORNIA STATE

01:51:12.866 --> 01:51:15.935
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES,
OPPOSED, UNLESS AMENDED, ON THE,

01:51:16.002 --> 01:51:17.437
CURRENT VERSION OF THE BILL.

01:51:17.504 --> 01:51:18.972
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THE AMENDMENTS

01:51:19.039 --> 01:51:20.306
PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMITTEE.

01:51:20.373 --> 01:51:22.142
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
THE AUTHOR,

01:51:22.208 --> 01:51:24.544
AND THEIR STAFF
FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS.

01:51:24.611 --> 01:51:27.147
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.

01:51:27.213 --> 01:51:30.083
THANK YOU.

01:51:30.150 --> 01:51:32.619
LEILA ROMERO, ON BEHALF OF THE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES,

01:51:32.685 --> 01:51:34.220
AND WE ARE OPPOSED
UNLESS AMENDED.

01:51:34.287 --> 01:51:35.688
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING

01:51:35.755 --> 01:51:37.457
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
WHEN IT COMES INTO. BRAD.

01:51:37.524 --> 01:51:39.859
THANK YOU.

01:51:39.926 --> 01:51:41.494
GOOD MORNING, TIMOTHY BYRD JR.

01:51:41.561 --> 01:51:43.596
ON BEHALF OF TECHNET
AND THE DATA CENTER

01:51:43.663 --> 01:51:46.066
COALITION IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU.

01:51:46.132 --> 01:51:47.434
THANK YOU.

01:51:47.500 --> 01:51:48.168
OKAY.

01:51:48.234 --> 01:51:52.305
SEEING NO MORE NO MORE WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION,

01:51:52.806 --> 01:51:53.973
I BRING IT TO THE DAIS.

01:51:54.040 --> 01:51:55.975
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

01:51:56.042 --> 01:51:58.344
SENATOR CHOI, THANK YOU. CHAIR.

01:52:00.113 --> 01:52:00.980
I HAVE A NUMBER OF,

01:52:01.047 --> 01:52:04.050
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

01:52:04.918 --> 01:52:06.886
WHEREVER WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THAT?

01:52:06.953 --> 01:52:08.488
BILL CAN ANSWER.

01:52:08.555 --> 01:52:13.159
OBVIOUSLY, IN THE ERA
WE ARE LIVING IN,

01:52:13.693 --> 01:52:16.629
TECHNICAL,
TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT,

01:52:16.696 --> 01:52:22.068
THEN THE DATA CENTER NEED
HAS RISEN RECENTLY SO RAPIDLY.

01:52:22.836 --> 01:52:25.638
AND, SO THEY NEED TO BUILD THAT

01:52:25.705 --> 01:52:29.976
SOMEWHERE, DATA CENTERS,
BUT OBVIOUSLY, PROBLEM IS,

01:52:30.043 --> 01:52:36.182
WHAT I HEAR IS THAT A LOT OF,
WATER USAGE AND,

01:52:36.249 --> 01:52:41.421
I BASICALLY QUESTIONED MYSELF ON
WHY IS THAT THE MATTER?

01:52:41.888 --> 01:52:43.756
THE WATER

01:52:43.823 --> 01:52:46.059
CANNOT BE REUSED

01:52:46.126 --> 01:52:48.528
FROM THE, POSITION.

01:52:48.595 --> 01:52:50.096
WITNESS.

01:52:50.163 --> 01:52:53.500
WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THAT
THAT'S NOT, REUSABLE.

01:52:54.067 --> 01:52:58.538
SO ONCE THE WATER IS, USED,
IS THAT CONTAMINATED?

01:52:58.938 --> 01:53:03.576
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
COMMON SENSE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT,

01:53:03.643 --> 01:53:07.413
WHAT IS USED TO COOL
THE SYSTEM?

01:53:08.014 --> 01:53:09.616
NOTHING. NO CHEMICAL ADDED.

01:53:09.682 --> 01:53:12.018
SO WILL BE,

01:53:12.085 --> 01:53:16.256
IF THIS IS THE MACHINE COMPUTER
OR IT ARE PASSED THROUGH

01:53:17.790 --> 01:53:20.059
THE MACHINE AND GO DOWN

01:53:20.126 --> 01:53:23.897
AND, LET IT STAY FOR AN HOUR
OR TWO HOURS.

01:53:23.963 --> 01:53:29.269
SO, WHEN IT'S COLD, IT CAN BE
RECYCLED IS NOT POSSIBLE.

01:53:29.335 --> 01:53:31.137
AND WHY NOT?

01:53:31.204 --> 01:53:33.239
THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

01:53:33.306 --> 01:53:33.873
NUMBER TWO.

01:53:33.940 --> 01:53:34.774
IS THAT THE

01:53:34.841 --> 01:53:38.845
IF THE SO CONTAMINATED
WHERE THIS THE WATER WILL GO.

01:53:39.445 --> 01:53:41.181
HOW HARMFUL IS THIS.

01:53:41.247 --> 01:53:43.316
IS IT THE WE TREATED?

01:53:43.383 --> 01:53:45.518
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN

01:53:45.585 --> 01:53:48.855
FORTUNATELY, IN CALIFORNIA
WE HAVE A NORMAL,

01:53:49.122 --> 01:53:52.792
COASTAL REGION
WHERE DATA CENTERS CAN GO.

01:53:53.226 --> 01:53:54.928
WHY NOT THE BUILD?

01:53:54.994 --> 01:53:57.864
IN THE COASTAL AREA
WHERE NOBODY.

01:53:57.931 --> 01:54:00.567
SO USING RATHER THAN FARMLAND.

01:54:00.633 --> 01:54:04.504
AS WE
HEAR, THE SHORTAGE OF WATER.

01:54:04.771 --> 01:54:08.441
SO IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS
TWO QUESTIONS FIRST,

01:54:08.875 --> 01:54:11.811
SENATOR CHOI, WHO WHO ARE YOU
ADDRESSING THE QUESTION?

01:54:11.878 --> 01:54:13.947
ANYONE WHO HAS A KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THAT,

01:54:14.013 --> 01:54:16.783
IF I MAY, REFER TO ONE
OF MY WITNESSES.

01:54:16.849 --> 01:54:19.485
ABSOLUTELY. PERFECT QUESTION.
WE'LL GET IT ANSWERED FOR YOU.

01:54:19.552 --> 01:54:20.520
TAKE IT AWAY, SEAN.

01:54:20.587 --> 01:54:23.690
SO THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES
OUT THERE,

01:54:23.756 --> 01:54:25.592
THAT CAN REUSE THE WATER.

01:54:25.658 --> 01:54:26.326
IT'S JUST A QUESTION

01:54:26.392 --> 01:54:28.728
OF WHETHER THE DATA CENTER
IS USING IT OR NOT.

01:54:28.795 --> 01:54:29.996
AND I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO GET TO THAT

01:54:30.063 --> 01:54:33.933
IN THE SECOND BILL,
BECAUSE THERE ARE, ADVANCES.

01:54:34.000 --> 01:54:37.437
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW,
SETTING BEST PRACTICES.

01:54:37.670 --> 01:54:39.305
AND THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN SET
IN CALIFORNIA YET.

01:54:39.372 --> 01:54:41.007
AND SO SOME DATA CENTERS,

01:54:41.074 --> 01:54:44.978
THE MAJORITY THAT I KNOW,
USE THE WATER ONCE,

01:54:45.044 --> 01:54:48.081
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
ABOUT WATER QUALITY.

01:54:48.147 --> 01:54:49.816
IT'S MORE THAN JUST DISSIPATES.

01:54:49.882 --> 01:54:52.518
SO LIKE A POWER PLANT,
WHEN YOU RUN THE WATER

01:54:52.585 --> 01:54:55.021
THROUGH, IT EVAPORATES
OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

01:54:55.088 --> 01:54:57.390
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S
NECESSARILY CONTAMINATED.

01:54:57.457 --> 01:54:58.491
NOW, THESE TECHNOLOGIES

01:54:58.558 --> 01:55:00.526
AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT
ON ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES,

01:55:00.593 --> 01:55:02.962
BUT I HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT
BACKGROUND

01:55:03.029 --> 01:55:03.963
ON LIKE ONCE THROUGH COOLING

01:55:04.030 --> 01:55:06.666
AND SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES
ALTERNATIVES TO THAT.

01:55:06.733 --> 01:55:08.101
SO THERE ARE DRY AND WET,

01:55:08.167 --> 01:55:10.970
COOLING SYSTEMS
THAT REUSE THE WATER.

01:55:11.037 --> 01:55:13.706
AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS PARTICULARLY FOR THE, THE,

01:55:13.773 --> 01:55:18.077
THE WET COOLING SYSTEMS, YOU
USE THEM, YOU KEEP REUSING IT.

01:55:18.144 --> 01:55:21.447
AND AS IT CONDENSES,
THE WHATEVER

01:55:21.514 --> 01:55:25.084
THE WATER QUALITY WAS
JUST GETS MORE, ACUTE.

01:55:25.451 --> 01:55:30.456
AND SO YOU DO NEED TO, RETREAT
THE WATER AFTER SO MANY USES.

01:55:31.057 --> 01:55:32.158
SO, SO

01:55:32.225 --> 01:55:33.559
THERE IS A WATER QUALITY PIECE

01:55:33.626 --> 01:55:35.461
FOR THOSE ALTERNATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES.

01:55:35.528 --> 01:55:36.863
IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION
OF WHETHER THEY'RE

01:55:36.929 --> 01:55:39.365
USING THE TECHNOLOGIES
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

01:55:39.432 --> 01:55:40.466
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I THINK

01:55:40.533 --> 01:55:43.036
THE SECOND BILL
IS GOING TO SPEAK TO TOWARDS,

01:55:43.102 --> 01:55:45.805
BUT OUR ISSUE IS
THE ONES THAT ARE CONSUMPTIVE

01:55:45.872 --> 01:55:48.741
WHERE IT JUST EVAPORATES
INTO THE, THE AIR.

01:55:48.808 --> 01:55:49.909
THEN ON YOUR PRESENT.

01:55:51.144 --> 01:55:52.779
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES.

01:55:52.845 --> 01:55:53.913
SO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND

01:55:53.980 --> 01:55:57.016
IS THAT MANY OF THEM CAN RECYCLE
FOR SEVERAL CYCLES.

01:55:57.383 --> 01:56:00.620
BUT ROUND ABOUT THE SEVENTH
CYCLE, THE WATER IS GONE.

01:56:01.888 --> 01:56:04.524
SO THAT'S WHY
THEY'RE WHAT WE CALL

01:56:04.590 --> 01:56:07.660
A AN ULTIMATE CONSUMPTIVE USER.

01:56:08.394 --> 01:56:11.864
AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO KNOW AT THE OUTSET.

01:56:11.931 --> 01:56:16.302
SO REALLY SURPRISED
TO HEAR THE CALLING THE WATER.

01:56:16.369 --> 01:56:18.071
WHAT IS THIS WATER.

01:56:18.137 --> 01:56:21.574
PASSING THROUGH THE SYSTEM
JUST BECAUSE OF THE

01:56:21.641 --> 01:56:24.510
INTENSIVE HEAT,
I BELIEVE. BUT IT'S EVAPORATED.

01:56:24.577 --> 01:56:28.614
SO RATHER THAN PASSING THROUGH,
I MEAN,

01:56:28.681 --> 01:56:30.516
THERE SHOULD BE BETTER
TECHNOLOGY

01:56:30.583 --> 01:56:34.020
TO LET IT PASS THROUGH,
A MORE SPEEDY WAY

01:56:34.087 --> 01:56:37.256
SO THAT THE WATER BEFORE
WATER EVAPORATES.

01:56:37.690 --> 01:56:41.527
IT CAN BE RECAPPED TO THEN
THE COOLED AND THE RECYCLING,

01:56:41.594 --> 01:56:44.664
RATHER THAN SITTING THERE
FOR A LONG TIME.

01:56:44.731 --> 01:56:47.767
SO THAT'S TO MY ANOTHER QUESTION
IF YOU CAN,

01:56:47.834 --> 01:56:51.137
IF YOU'RE A PROFESSOR,
YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERS TO THAT.

01:56:51.204 --> 01:56:54.574
AND THE NUMBER TWO
IS THAT THE, COOLING

01:56:55.108 --> 01:56:58.010
METHODOLOGY IS FAN

01:56:58.077 --> 01:57:01.447
CAN BE ANOTHER WAY OF DOING IT.

01:57:01.514 --> 01:57:05.351
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT THE FAN
WILL CALL THE SYSTEM,

01:57:05.818 --> 01:57:09.322
COOL
ENOUGH FOR IT TO OPERATE THEM.

01:57:09.389 --> 01:57:11.824
SO OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT

01:57:11.891 --> 01:57:13.593
THAT'S THE REASON
THE WATER IS USED.

01:57:13.659 --> 01:57:15.495
SO CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT?
ON THAT?

01:57:15.561 --> 01:57:16.062
I'M SORRY.

01:57:16.129 --> 01:57:17.530
DID YOU WANT TO. YES.

01:57:17.597 --> 01:57:21.401
SO NOW YOU CAN GO BACK TO
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SPEAK TO

01:57:21.467 --> 01:57:24.704
I MEAN, SOME OF THE MEMBERS
THAT SKG HAS, THAT ARE DATA

01:57:24.771 --> 01:57:26.973
CENTER OPERATORS AND BUILDERS
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

01:57:27.039 --> 01:57:29.409
ARE CONSTANTLY
IN AN INNOVATION CYCLE

01:57:29.475 --> 01:57:30.777
WHERE THEY ARE
MAKING THEIR SERVERS

01:57:30.843 --> 01:57:34.313
MORE EFFICIENT,
WHERE THEY ARE, ABLE TO RUN

01:57:34.380 --> 01:57:37.483
AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES
WITHOUT NEEDING COOLING SYSTEMS.

01:57:37.550 --> 01:57:39.018
SO FOR MOST OF THE TIME,

01:57:39.085 --> 01:57:41.521
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVERS
WHO ARE NOT NEEDING

01:57:41.587 --> 01:57:43.156
THAT ADDITIONAL WATER
THAT IS LIKE

01:57:43.222 --> 01:57:45.391
PUMPED OVER TO COOL THEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING ABLE

01:57:45.458 --> 01:57:47.693
TO OPERATE
AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES.

01:57:47.760 --> 01:57:51.264
AND THEN THEY ARE COOLED OFF
RATHER QUICKLY TO GO UNDER THAT

01:57:51.330 --> 01:57:55.468
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
OF ROUGHLY AROUND 85°F.

01:57:55.535 --> 01:57:58.337
SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY
CONTINUING TO USE LESS WATER

01:57:58.404 --> 01:58:00.072
BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING
MORE EFFICIENT,

01:58:00.139 --> 01:58:01.407
COOLING SYSTEMS,

01:58:01.474 --> 01:58:02.341
BUT THEY'RE ALSO MAKING

01:58:02.408 --> 01:58:05.545
MORE EFFICIENT, SERVERS
THAT ARE ABLE TO RUN

01:58:05.611 --> 01:58:07.079
AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES
RATHER THAN, LIKE,

01:58:07.146 --> 01:58:08.748
CONSTANTLY, COOLING.

01:58:08.815 --> 01:58:11.851
SO YOU HAVE THE RECYCLABLE,
NATURE OF THE WATER

01:58:11.918 --> 01:58:13.786
THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING USED
IN THESE FACILITIES.

01:58:13.853 --> 01:58:16.589
AND THEN THERE IS QUITE
A BIT OF INNOVATION

01:58:16.656 --> 01:58:18.024
IN THE TECHNOLOGY THEMSELVES

01:58:18.090 --> 01:58:19.559
THAT ALLOW THEM TO USE
LESS WATER.

01:58:19.625 --> 01:58:22.128
AND THAT WAS A PART OF A REPORT
THAT QUITE A FEW OF OUR,

01:58:22.195 --> 01:58:24.363
FACILITIES
HAD PUT OUT RECENTLY.

01:58:24.430 --> 01:58:27.166
SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH.

01:58:27.233 --> 01:58:29.402
I HAVE ONE FOLLOWING QUESTION.
YEAH.

01:58:29.469 --> 01:58:30.503
HE HAD HIS HAND UP.

01:58:30.570 --> 01:58:31.804
HE WANTED TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION.

01:58:31.871 --> 01:58:33.573
OKAY. YEAH,
I'LL TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF.

01:58:33.639 --> 01:58:35.475
SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO THINK
ABOUT WATER USE IN

01:58:35.541 --> 01:58:36.676
THE DATA CENTER IS TO RECOGNIZE

01:58:36.742 --> 01:58:38.144
THAT THERE ARE GENERALLY
TWO LOOPS.

01:58:38.211 --> 01:58:39.312
THE FIRST LOOP,

01:58:39.378 --> 01:58:41.747
IF WATER IS USED TO COOL
THE SERVERS, IS A CLOSED LOOP.

01:58:41.814 --> 01:58:42.949
THE WATER JUST RECYCLES.

01:58:43.015 --> 01:58:44.917
THAT'S WHAT REMOVES
HEAT FROM THE SERVERS.

01:58:44.984 --> 01:58:47.286
IT DOESN'T EVAPORATE,
IT GETS WARM.

01:58:47.353 --> 01:58:49.489
AND THEN THAT HEAT HAS TO BE
REJECTED FROM THE BUILDING.

01:58:49.555 --> 01:58:51.057
THAT'S WHERE EVAPORATION
COMES IN.

01:58:51.123 --> 01:58:52.091
THAT SECOND LOOP,

01:58:52.158 --> 01:58:53.192
WHICH IS ALSO WATER

01:58:53.259 --> 01:58:56.195
BASED OFTEN, AND RUNNING THROUGH
COOLING TOWERS WILL EVAPORATE.

01:58:56.262 --> 01:58:57.697
SOME OF THAT WATER
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE

01:58:57.763 --> 01:58:58.998
TO TAKE THE HEAT WITH IT.

01:58:59.065 --> 01:59:01.367
WHEN THAT HAPPENS,
AS SEAN MENTIONED,

01:59:01.434 --> 01:59:03.169
THE MINERALS,
SOME OF THE TREATMENT CHEMICALS

01:59:03.236 --> 01:59:04.904
AND THE REMAINING WATER
GET CONCENTRATED.

01:59:04.971 --> 01:59:06.806
SO YOU DO HAVE WATER DISCHARGE

01:59:06.873 --> 01:59:09.175
FROM EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS
AT DATA CENTERS.

01:59:09.242 --> 01:59:10.776
AND BY AND LARGE,
THAT GOES INTO THE

01:59:10.843 --> 01:59:12.178
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM.

01:59:13.279 --> 01:59:13.746
OKAY.

01:59:13.813 --> 01:59:16.816
SO THAT MEANS, YOU ARE SAYING
THAT'S THE CONTAMINATED.

01:59:17.183 --> 01:59:18.050
THAT'S NOT GOOD.

01:59:18.117 --> 01:59:20.253
WELL, IT'S IT'S
THE SAME SORT OF DISCHARGE

01:59:20.319 --> 01:59:21.854
ONE WOULD HAVE AT AN OFFICE
BUILDING

01:59:21.921 --> 01:59:23.723
OR A WAREHOUSE
THAT'S USING COOLING TOWERS.

01:59:23.789 --> 01:59:24.423
IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

01:59:24.490 --> 01:59:25.925
WE'VE BEEN USING
THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR,

01:59:25.992 --> 01:59:29.829
YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY BEFORE
THE WATER IS, DISCHARGED.

01:59:29.896 --> 01:59:32.865
ARE THEY TREATED KNOW

01:59:33.332 --> 01:59:35.735
IT'S POSSIBLE TO TREAT THE WATER
AND RECYCLING IT.

01:59:35.801 --> 01:59:37.837
I MEAN, IF IT'S POSSIBLE
TO DISCHARGE IT,

01:59:37.904 --> 01:59:38.771
AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T,

01:59:38.838 --> 01:59:42.441
IT HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO BE
TREATED BEFORE IT COULD BE.

01:59:42.508 --> 01:59:45.311
BUT YOU CAN ALSO DISCHARGE WATER
THAT IS WITHIN THE LIMITS

01:59:45.378 --> 01:59:46.979
OF THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT SYSTEM.

01:59:47.046 --> 01:59:49.782
SO THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
OPTIONS THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE.

01:59:49.849 --> 01:59:51.918
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
ON THE NATURE OF THE WATER

01:59:51.984 --> 01:59:53.719
USE ITSELF AND THE DISCHARGES.

01:59:53.786 --> 01:59:55.221
YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION.

01:59:55.288 --> 01:59:55.588
THE POINT

01:59:55.655 --> 01:59:58.758
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS
THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF SYSTEMS

01:59:58.824 --> 02:00:01.861
THAT DIFFERENT USERS
AND DATA CENTERS EMPLOY,

02:00:02.328 --> 02:00:06.165
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCALITIES

02:00:06.232 --> 02:00:09.468
CAN BE PREPARED
TO PROVIDE ENOUGH WATER

02:00:09.535 --> 02:00:11.837
SO THAT THESE DATA CENTERS
CAN SUCCEED,

02:00:11.904 --> 02:00:14.707
WHICHEVER TECHNOLOGY
THEY MIGHT BE USING.

02:00:14.774 --> 02:00:15.408
OKAY.

02:00:15.474 --> 02:00:18.911
I HAVE,
ANOTHER QUESTION TO THE AUTHOR.

02:00:19.512 --> 02:00:24.550
NOW, YOUR BILL IS PROHIBITING
CITIES AND THE COUNTIES.

02:00:24.951 --> 02:00:26.953
NOT TO,

02:00:27.954 --> 02:00:29.689
ISSUE ANY PERMITS.

02:00:29.755 --> 02:00:33.059
NOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE, TO ME,

02:00:33.726 --> 02:00:36.696
CITIES AND,

02:00:36.762 --> 02:00:39.298
I DON'T KNOW WHY

02:00:39.365 --> 02:00:42.368
SOMEBODY IS LISTENING.

02:00:46.105 --> 02:00:47.907
THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES.

02:00:47.974 --> 02:00:51.644
WHERE THE DATA CENTER WOULD BE
LOCATED.

02:00:52.244 --> 02:00:56.983
WE'LL KNOW MUCH BETTER
THAN ANY OUTSIDE

02:00:57.049 --> 02:01:01.988
OR SO WHERE THE WATER SUPPLY
IS, SUFFICIENT FOR THAT AREA.

02:01:02.488 --> 02:01:07.593
SO WHY NOT THE THE CITIES
AND THE COUNTY IS, DETERMINED.

02:01:07.660 --> 02:01:07.960
FINE.

02:01:08.027 --> 02:01:10.997
ON APPROVAL OF THE DATA CENTER
AND THE.

02:01:11.063 --> 02:01:12.398
YOU ARE PROHIBITING THAT.

02:01:12.465 --> 02:01:14.400
THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

02:01:14.467 --> 02:01:16.302
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT

02:01:16.369 --> 02:01:18.938
IF YOU PROHIBIT
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

02:01:19.005 --> 02:01:22.008
TO MAKE THEIR DECISION
APPROVAL DECISIONS,

02:01:22.375 --> 02:01:23.976
THEN WHO'S GONNA APPROVE?

02:01:24.043 --> 02:01:24.844
WHAT IS IT GONNA BE?

02:01:24.910 --> 02:01:28.314
A STATE AGENCY, NEWLY
NEWLY FORMED.

02:01:29.148 --> 02:01:31.484
SO ACTUALLY,
IT IS QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

02:01:31.550 --> 02:01:35.621
THE LOCALITIES WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT TO PERMIT.

02:01:36.055 --> 02:01:38.691
ALL THIS BILL DOES IS SAY

02:01:38.758 --> 02:01:42.628
YOU MUST YOU, THE APPLICANT,
THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPER

02:01:42.962 --> 02:01:47.500
MUST PROVIDE THE INFORMATION
SO THAT A PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.

02:01:47.566 --> 02:01:49.035
WE ARE AGNOSTIC

02:01:49.101 --> 02:01:52.471
ABOUT WHAT WILL WORK
FOR A PARTICULAR WATER SUPPLIER.

02:01:52.705 --> 02:01:54.940
THEY'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE
FOR THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW,

02:01:55.007 --> 02:01:58.678
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OVER
SOMETHING LIKE 3500 DIFFERENT

02:01:58.911 --> 02:02:02.348
WATER SUPPLIERS,
THIS IS A VERY LOCAL ISSUE.

02:02:02.415 --> 02:02:06.218
WATER COMES RATHER LOCALLY,
SO THE LOCALS ARE IN

02:02:06.285 --> 02:02:07.486
THE BEST POSITION

02:02:07.553 --> 02:02:11.090
TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE

02:02:11.323 --> 02:02:14.060
A HEAVY WATER USER,
LIKE A DATA CENTER.

02:02:14.126 --> 02:02:17.129
ALL THIS, BILL SAYS,
IS PRIOR TO PERMITTING,

02:02:17.430 --> 02:02:18.931
GET THAT INFORMATION.

02:02:18.998 --> 02:02:20.466
HELP US HELP YOU.

02:02:20.533 --> 02:02:24.236
BECAUSE IF YOU RUN OUT OF WATER,
WE'LL ALL NOT SURVIVE.

02:02:24.303 --> 02:02:28.474
SO LET'S MAKE IT SO THAT WE KNOW
EXACTLY LOCALITIES,

02:02:28.541 --> 02:02:31.944
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S
COMING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY

02:02:32.144 --> 02:02:34.714
SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE
AN INFORMED DECISION

02:02:34.780 --> 02:02:37.383
ABOUT HOW THEY PERMIT
A DATA CENTER.

02:02:37.450 --> 02:02:40.753
WE ARE NOT MANDATING
WHAT LOCALITIES SHOULD DECIDE.

02:02:41.587 --> 02:02:42.588
LET'S SAY THANK YOU.

02:02:43.522 --> 02:02:44.690
OKAY.

02:02:44.757 --> 02:02:47.760
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

02:02:48.160 --> 02:02:48.961
OKAY.

02:02:49.028 --> 02:02:53.165
SEEING NONE I WILL BE
SUPPORTING YOUR YOUR BILL TODAY.

02:02:53.499 --> 02:02:57.136
I, I THINK
THE ISSUE OF INFORMATION,

02:02:57.203 --> 02:03:00.206
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES,
MULTIPLE ISSUES IN THIS BILL,

02:03:00.473 --> 02:03:03.309
BUT THE ISSUE OF INFORMATION
FOR THE LOCAL AREAS

02:03:03.375 --> 02:03:04.276
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

02:03:04.343 --> 02:03:07.847
I HAVE A SIMILAR BILL,
TO PROVIDE WATER.

02:03:07.913 --> 02:03:10.916
SUPPLY ASSESSMENTS.

02:03:11.317 --> 02:03:15.321
AND, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

02:03:15.688 --> 02:03:20.326
TO HAVE SOMEONE USE THE TERM
BLIND SPOT FOR FOR PLANNERS.

02:03:21.193 --> 02:03:24.230
THIS SHOULD NOT BE A BLIND SPOT
FOR FOR PLANNERS.

02:03:25.765 --> 02:03:26.031
MADAM.

02:03:26.098 --> 02:03:28.868
BETHANY, WE YOU MAY WRAP UP.

02:03:28.934 --> 02:03:29.268
WRAP UP.

02:03:29.335 --> 02:03:31.937
I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE
THE DISCOURSE.

02:03:32.004 --> 02:03:33.572
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

02:03:33.639 --> 02:03:35.040
I AGREE WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

02:03:35.107 --> 02:03:36.575
AND, I THANK YOU FOR THE EYE

02:03:36.642 --> 02:03:38.244
RECOMMENDATION
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST.

02:03:38.310 --> 02:03:39.278
AND I VOTE AT THE TIME.

02:03:39.345 --> 02:03:40.079
THANK YOU.

02:03:40.146 --> 02:03:43.582
WITH BILL MOTION
MADE BY SENATOR SERRANO THIS

02:03:44.683 --> 02:03:46.719
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED, TO THE COMMITTEE

02:03:46.786 --> 02:03:49.188
ON APPROPRIATIONS
CENTERS TO REZONE.

02:03:49.255 --> 02:03:51.557
SO I CHOY NO. CHOY NO.

02:03:51.624 --> 02:03:54.593
ORIGINAL ASHBY SURROUNDINGS

02:03:54.860 --> 02:03:57.963
SURROUND DESIGN LAYER. SATO

02:03:58.030 --> 02:03:59.899
TO ONE

02:03:59.965 --> 02:04:01.367
BUILDS ON CALL.

02:04:01.433 --> 02:04:03.068
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

02:04:03.135 --> 02:04:04.970
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

02:04:05.037 --> 02:04:07.206
JUST DO OKAY.

02:04:07.273 --> 02:04:08.240
AND WE'LL GO ON.

02:04:08.307 --> 02:04:13.112
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD AB 2619
AND I'LL BE BRIEF.

02:04:13.179 --> 02:04:14.013
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

02:04:14.079 --> 02:04:17.883
SO AB 2619 HAS A SIMPLE
BUT ESSENTIAL GOAL ENSURING

02:04:17.950 --> 02:04:20.986
THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND WATER
SUPPLIERS HAVE THE DATA

02:04:21.053 --> 02:04:21.620
THEY NEED

02:04:21.687 --> 02:04:25.624
ABOUT THE ACTUAL AND CONTINUING
WATER USE OF LARGE FACILITIES.

02:04:25.891 --> 02:04:30.129
AB 2619 REQUIRES DATA CENTERS
TO PROVIDE THEIR WATER USE

02:04:30.462 --> 02:04:31.530
TO DATA.

02:04:31.597 --> 02:04:34.900
THEIR WATER
USE DATA TO LOCALITIES

02:04:34.967 --> 02:04:38.003
AS PART OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS
LICENSE.

02:04:38.070 --> 02:04:39.572
SURE PROCESS.

02:04:39.638 --> 02:04:42.141
THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES
WATER AGENCIES TO INCLUDE

02:04:42.208 --> 02:04:45.845
DATA CENTERS IN THEIR URBAN
WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS

02:04:46.145 --> 02:04:49.048
AND THEIR ANNUAL WATER
SUPPLY ASSESSMENT.

02:04:49.114 --> 02:04:51.417
I NOTE THAT THE URBAN ONE,
I THINK, HAS TO BE DONE

02:04:51.483 --> 02:04:52.551
EVERY FIVE YEARS,

02:04:52.618 --> 02:04:55.955
AND THE WATER SUPPLY
IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S DONE

02:04:56.188 --> 02:04:57.790
ANNUALLY, AND IT DIRECTS

02:04:57.857 --> 02:04:59.725
THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES TO DEVELOP,

02:05:00.893 --> 02:05:01.861
DATA CENTER WATER

02:05:01.927 --> 02:05:04.864
USAGE, BEST PRACTICES,
NOTHING MANDATED,

02:05:04.930 --> 02:05:08.167
AND A LOCAL PLANNING GUIDANCE
FOR OUR LOCALITIES.

02:05:08.767 --> 02:05:10.035
WHEN IT COMES TO WATER,
YOU KNOW,

02:05:10.102 --> 02:05:11.403
IT REALLY IS THE OLD ADAGE

02:05:11.470 --> 02:05:13.939
YOU CAN'T MANAGE
WHAT YOU HAVEN'T MEASURED.

02:05:14.006 --> 02:05:17.009
SO THIS IS JUST TO KEEP
MEASURING AS WE GO ALONG.

02:05:17.276 --> 02:05:19.011
SAME WITNESSES AS BEFORE.

02:05:19.078 --> 02:05:21.714
ERIC. MESONET AND SEAN BOSWELL.

02:05:21.780 --> 02:05:23.215
OKAY.

02:05:23.282 --> 02:05:24.049
HELLO AGAIN.

02:05:24.116 --> 02:05:25.317
THANK YOU AGAIN
TO THE COMMITTEE

02:05:25.384 --> 02:05:26.585
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

02:05:26.652 --> 02:05:29.588
AS I MENTIONED IN MY TESTIMONY
FOR THE ORIGINAL BILL,

02:05:29.655 --> 02:05:31.924
BETTER DATA ON THE DRIVERS
AND QUANTITIES OF DATA

02:05:31.991 --> 02:05:34.593
CENTER WATER USE WILL ENABLE
MUCH BETTER PLANNING,

02:05:34.660 --> 02:05:37.663
MUCH BETTER FORECAST TO BALANCE
ECONOMIC AND WATER GOALS,

02:05:37.730 --> 02:05:38.864
MUCH LESS CONFUSION

02:05:38.931 --> 02:05:41.867
AND MORE EVIDENCE BASED DIALOGS
BETWEEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS

02:05:41.934 --> 02:05:43.769
AND THE IDENTIFIED
OF BEST PRACTICES

02:05:43.836 --> 02:05:47.039
FOR WATER EFFICIENCY THAT CAN BE
INCENTIVIZED AND REWARDED.

02:05:47.506 --> 02:05:50.175
IN SHORT, EVERYONE BENEFITS
FROM BETTER DATA.

02:05:50.242 --> 02:05:51.610
BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,

02:05:51.677 --> 02:05:54.046
VOLUNTARY
REPORTING HAS FALLEN SHORT.

02:05:54.113 --> 02:05:54.813
LET ME SHARE WITH YOU

02:05:54.880 --> 02:05:56.548
SOME NUMBERS
THAT ARE BASED ON 20 YEARS

02:05:56.615 --> 02:05:58.951
OF VOLUNTARY DATA
COMPILED BY MY LAB.

02:05:59.018 --> 02:06:01.186
FIRST,
THE POSITIVE NEWS OF THE 80

02:06:01.253 --> 02:06:02.721
OR SO MAJOR GLOBAL OPERATORS.

02:06:02.788 --> 02:06:04.290
WE TRACK AROUND TWO THIRDS.

02:06:04.356 --> 02:06:06.725
WE REPORT
SOME SORT OF WATER DATA,

02:06:06.792 --> 02:06:09.695
AND THE NUMBERS OF REPORTERS
HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME.

02:06:09.762 --> 02:06:11.597
NOW, THE NOT SO POSITIVE NEWS

02:06:11.664 --> 02:06:13.899
REPORTED
TYPES ARE NOT AT ALL CONSISTENT.

02:06:13.966 --> 02:06:16.568
SOME REPORT WITHDRAWALS,
SOME REPORT CONSUMPTION,

02:06:16.635 --> 02:06:19.438
AND SOME USE ONLY VAGUE TERMS
LIKE TOTAL WATER.

02:06:19.505 --> 02:06:21.807
REPORTING
LEVELS ARE ALSO NOT CONSISTENT.

02:06:21.874 --> 02:06:24.476
AROUND TWO THIRDS OF REPORTERS
DISCLOSE ONLY CORPORATE

02:06:24.543 --> 02:06:26.545
WIDE WATER USE,
RATHER THAN THE WATER

02:06:26.612 --> 02:06:28.347
USE OF DATA CENTERS THEMSELVES.

02:06:28.414 --> 02:06:30.783
WHEN DATA CENTER WATER USE
IS REPORTED, IT'S

02:06:30.849 --> 02:06:33.352
OVERWHELMINGLY AT THE GLOBAL
OR REGIONAL LEVELS,

02:06:33.419 --> 02:06:36.488
RATHER THAN FOR SPECIFIC SITES
LIKE THOSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

02:06:36.956 --> 02:06:37.957
VERY FEW OF THE COMPANIES

02:06:38.023 --> 02:06:39.892
WE TRACK DISCLOSE
THEIR COOLING TECHNOLOGIES,

02:06:39.959 --> 02:06:42.361
WHICH GIVES US A SENSE OF OF
WATER LOCKED IN.

02:06:42.428 --> 02:06:44.964
AND FINALLY, WHAT THEY REPORT
CAN CHANGE BY YEAR,

02:06:45.030 --> 02:06:46.799
EVEN FROM THE SAME COMPANY.

02:06:46.865 --> 02:06:49.735
THE SITUATION LEAVES ANALYSTS,
PLANNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS

02:06:49.802 --> 02:06:52.137
TRYING TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS
WITH A PATCHWORK

02:06:52.204 --> 02:06:55.274
OF INCOMPLETE, INCOMPATIBLE
AND UNRELIABLE DATA.

02:06:55.574 --> 02:06:56.976
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE
FOR THIS.

02:06:57.042 --> 02:06:59.144
IN CALIFORNIA,
WHERE PRACTICALLY EVERY OTHER

02:06:59.211 --> 02:07:02.047
MAJOR SECTOR IS ASSESSED
USING COLLECTED DATA,

02:07:02.114 --> 02:07:04.583
ALL OPERATORS
ALREADY HAVE THE DATA IN HAND,

02:07:04.650 --> 02:07:06.652
AND MANY ARE ALREADY REPORTING
THESE DATA

02:07:06.719 --> 02:07:09.788
TO GOVERNMENTS ABROAD,
SO WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE.

02:07:09.855 --> 02:07:12.324
LASTLY, I'M SKEPTICAL
THAT DISCLOSING WATER USE

02:07:12.391 --> 02:07:14.226
WOULD REVEAL
PROPRIETARY SECRETS.

02:07:14.293 --> 02:07:17.496
MY LAB HAS TRIED FOR YEARS TO
REVERSE ENGINEER REPORTED DATA.

02:07:17.563 --> 02:07:19.131
TRUST ME, AND IT CAN'T BE DONE

02:07:19.198 --> 02:07:21.133
WITH REASONABLE SCIENTIFIC
CONFIDENCE.

02:07:21.200 --> 02:07:23.135
COMPANIES ALREADY
TOUT THEIR WATER EFFICIENCY

02:07:23.202 --> 02:07:24.970
GOALS AND ADVANCED
COOLING CAPABILITIES,

02:07:25.037 --> 02:07:25.904
SO BETTER REPORTING

02:07:25.971 --> 02:07:28.340
WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUILD BACK
THESE CLAIMS WITH DATA

02:07:28.407 --> 02:07:30.542
AND GET CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

02:07:30.609 --> 02:07:31.410
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

02:07:31.477 --> 02:07:33.846
I'LL BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

02:07:33.912 --> 02:07:34.680
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD

02:07:35.814 --> 02:07:36.048
AGAIN.

02:07:36.115 --> 02:07:38.617
SEAN BOSWELL, CALIFORNIA
COAST KEEPER ALLIANCE

02:07:38.684 --> 02:07:42.421
IN AN IDEAL WORLD,
OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR STATE

02:07:42.488 --> 02:07:44.523
CONSTITUTION, REQUIRES

02:07:44.590 --> 02:07:47.593
THAT WATER USERS PAY
THEIR PROPORTIONAL SHARE

02:07:47.659 --> 02:07:50.462
OF HOW MUCH IT COST
TO DELIVER WATER TO THEM.

02:07:50.529 --> 02:07:51.897
IN AN IDEAL WORLD,

02:07:51.964 --> 02:07:54.600
AND THE LESS DATA WE HAVE
WHEN WE COME TO SETTING WATER

02:07:54.666 --> 02:07:58.404
RATES, THE MORE REGRESSIVE
OUR WATER RATES WILL BE, MEANING

02:07:58.470 --> 02:08:01.540
THAT HIGH END USERS ARE PUTTING
THE BURDEN ON LOW INCOME

02:08:01.607 --> 02:08:04.843
COMMUNITIES TO SUBSIDIZE
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE

02:08:05.077 --> 02:08:08.514
THAT'S BEEN PUT ON BY THE HIGHER
END USERS, NOT THE LOW INCOME,

02:08:08.814 --> 02:08:10.049
COMMUNITIES.

02:08:10.115 --> 02:08:15.054
AND SO THIS BILL AND THE ANNUAL
REPORTING ALLOWS LOCAL AGENCIES

02:08:15.320 --> 02:08:18.323
TO DETERMINE THE PROPER
RATE STRUCTURE

02:08:18.390 --> 02:08:21.627
SO THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING CHARGED
THE PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF WHAT

02:08:21.693 --> 02:08:25.764
IT COST TO DELIVER THEM THEIR
PROPORTIONATE PIECE OF WATER.

02:08:26.432 --> 02:08:29.835
THE SECOND PART OF THE
ABOUT THE BILL, ABOUT, DWR

02:08:29.902 --> 02:08:31.403
SETTING BEST PRACTICES,

02:08:31.470 --> 02:08:33.972
WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION
ABOUT HOW INNOVATIVE

02:08:34.039 --> 02:08:37.843
DATA CENTERS ARE BEING,
THIS BILL JUST REALLY SHINE

02:08:37.910 --> 02:08:38.444
SOME LIGHT ON THAT.

02:08:38.510 --> 02:08:40.112
AND WHAT WHAT PRACTICES ARE OUT
THERE.

02:08:40.179 --> 02:08:41.780
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANYTHING

02:08:41.847 --> 02:08:43.182
IN FACT,
IF YOU PUT IT IN CONTEXT

02:08:43.248 --> 02:08:46.218
OF OTHER COOLING SYSTEMS,
POWER PLANTS, THEY'RE MANDATED

02:08:46.285 --> 02:08:50.189
TO USE, CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY,
AT LEAST AS A FLOOR.

02:08:50.522 --> 02:08:53.859
AND THIS BILL JUST LOOKS
AT EXPLORING BEST PRACTICES

02:08:53.926 --> 02:08:56.528
SO THAT,
DATA CENTERS CAN INNOVATE,

02:08:56.595 --> 02:08:58.664
TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY
TO CONSERVE WATER.

02:08:58.730 --> 02:09:00.899
SO WITH THAT, I'LL
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.

02:09:00.966 --> 02:09:01.667
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

02:09:01.733 --> 02:09:07.306
ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF
AB 2619, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

02:09:11.376 --> 02:09:11.844
GOOD MORNING,

02:09:11.910 --> 02:09:14.913
REMY VELASQUEZ OF THE PLANNING
CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND SUPPORT.

02:09:15.114 --> 02:09:17.249
THANK YOU,

02:09:17.316 --> 02:09:18.717
ASHLEY WALKER WITH SANTA CLARA

02:09:18.784 --> 02:09:20.686
VALLEY WATER
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT.

02:09:20.752 --> 02:09:23.088
THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT?

02:09:23.155 --> 02:09:24.022
SEEING NONE.

02:09:24.089 --> 02:09:27.159
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO 2619,

02:09:28.160 --> 02:09:31.163
YOU MAY COME UP TO THE FRONT.

02:09:34.032 --> 02:09:37.035
IN 22.

02:09:37.669 --> 02:09:39.805
OH, OKAY.

02:09:39.872 --> 02:09:41.206
YES. GOOD MORNING.

02:09:41.273 --> 02:09:42.608
GOOD MORNING. WELCOME.

02:09:42.674 --> 02:09:44.877
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
EACH, RIGHT.

02:09:44.943 --> 02:09:47.012
TIMOTHY BIRD, JUNIOR,
REPRESENTING THE DATA CENTER

02:09:47.079 --> 02:09:49.414
COALITION. WE'RE HERE TODAY
IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION.

02:09:49.481 --> 02:09:50.849
AB 2619.

02:09:50.916 --> 02:09:53.619
WE APPRECIATE THE ARTHUR'S,
ENGAGEMENT AND

02:09:53.685 --> 02:09:54.920
AND THE RECENT AMENDMENTS

02:09:54.987 --> 02:09:56.822
THAT CAME OUT OF SENATE
NATURAL RESOURCES.

02:09:56.889 --> 02:09:58.023
COMMITTEE,

02:09:58.090 --> 02:10:00.692
THE DATA CENTER COALITION
CONTINUES TO REVIEW THE LATEST

02:10:00.759 --> 02:10:02.394
WITH OUR MEMBERS,
AND WE WILL CONTINUE

02:10:02.461 --> 02:10:05.097
TO ENGAGE WITH THE AUTHOR
WHILE WE SHARE THIS COMMITTEE'S,

02:10:05.164 --> 02:10:07.099
COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE
WATER USE.

02:10:07.166 --> 02:10:09.268
WE BELIEVE THIS BILL IMPOSES
DISPARATE STANDARDS

02:10:09.334 --> 02:10:12.404
THAT THREATEN THE SECURITY,
COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION

02:10:12.471 --> 02:10:15.474
OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORTING OUR DIGITAL ECONOMY.

02:10:16.041 --> 02:10:18.944
DATA CENTERS DEPEND ON RELIABLE
WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES,

02:10:19.011 --> 02:10:21.880
AND WE SHARE CALIFORNIA'S
COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY.

02:10:21.947 --> 02:10:24.716
DATA CENTER COOLING
IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

02:10:24.783 --> 02:10:27.152
IT REQUIRES A DELICATE
BALANCING ACT.

02:10:27.219 --> 02:10:29.054
GENERALLY, COOLING SYSTEMS
OPERATE

02:10:29.121 --> 02:10:30.556
ON AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP.

02:10:30.622 --> 02:10:33.792
SYSTEMS THAT USE LESS WATER
THAN WILL REQUIRE MORE ENERGY.

02:10:34.393 --> 02:10:34.793
DATA CENTER

02:10:34.860 --> 02:10:36.962
COALITIONS SUPPORTS
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

02:10:37.029 --> 02:10:38.897
THAT ALIGN
WITH FIVE KEY BENCHMARKS

02:10:38.964 --> 02:10:40.399
THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.

02:10:40.465 --> 02:10:43.268
PARODY STANDARDS SHOULD APPLY
TO OTHER SIMILAR COMMERCIAL

02:10:43.335 --> 02:10:45.270
AND INDUSTRIAL USERS
TO PROVIDE CONTEXT

02:10:45.337 --> 02:10:47.606
AND A HOLISTIC VIEW OF WATER,
DEMANDS

02:10:47.673 --> 02:10:50.842
CONFIDENTIALITY,
PROVIDE CLEAR PUBLIC RECORDS,

02:10:51.243 --> 02:10:52.978
PROTECTIONS
FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES

02:10:53.045 --> 02:10:54.279
SPECIFIC TO SITES

02:10:54.346 --> 02:10:57.049
AND END USERS TO MAINTAIN
OPERATIONAL SECURITY.

02:10:57.115 --> 02:11:00.586
MEANINGFUL METRICS ANY,
REPORTING SHOULD TARGET

02:11:00.652 --> 02:11:02.254
ACTUAL WATER CONSUMPTION

02:11:02.321 --> 02:11:04.957
RATHER THAN MERE
WITHDRAWALS OR PROJECTIONS.

02:11:05.023 --> 02:11:07.726
ANONYMITY ENSURE
THAT ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA

02:11:07.793 --> 02:11:10.996
IS AGGREGATED AND ANONYMIZED
AND THEN TECH NEUTRAL.

02:11:11.063 --> 02:11:12.931
ENCOURAGE BEST PRACTICES
THAT ARE REFLECTIVE

02:11:12.998 --> 02:11:15.968
OF ALL TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL,
FEASIBLE OPTIONS

02:11:16.034 --> 02:11:18.003
AND ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND DEPLOYMENT

02:11:18.070 --> 02:11:19.871
OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.

02:11:19.938 --> 02:11:21.673
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE.

02:11:21.740 --> 02:11:23.742
AS I MENTIONED, IN AN EFFORT
TO STRIKE A BALANCE

02:11:23.809 --> 02:11:24.876
THROUGH THESE PRINCIPLES,

02:11:24.943 --> 02:11:27.079
PARTICULARLY AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES
CONTINUE

02:11:27.145 --> 02:11:29.615
TO CREATE NEW EFFICIENCY
FOR DATA CENTER WATER USE,

02:11:29.681 --> 02:11:30.148
WE BELIEVE

02:11:30.215 --> 02:11:31.416
WATER POLICY SHOULD FOCUS ON THE

02:11:31.483 --> 02:11:33.852
ACTUAL WATER CONSUMPTION
AND LOCAL WATER CONDITIONS,

02:11:33.919 --> 02:11:35.654
NOT THE SPECIFIC TYPE
OF BUSINESS

02:11:35.721 --> 02:11:37.556
THAT OCCUPIES THAT BUILDING.

02:11:37.623 --> 02:11:39.625
THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

02:11:39.691 --> 02:11:41.426
SO, GOOD.

02:11:41.493 --> 02:11:43.128
GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
MY NAME IS ASHANTI SMITH.

02:11:43.195 --> 02:11:45.330
ON BEHALF OF THE SILICON VALLEY
LEADERSHIP GROUP.

02:11:45.397 --> 02:11:47.099
WE WANT TO AGAIN
THANK THE AUTHOR

02:11:47.165 --> 02:11:50.902
FOR HER ENGAGEMENT ON, AB 2619.

02:11:50.969 --> 02:11:53.305
WE DO THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS

02:11:53.372 --> 02:11:54.506
ON THIS BILL.

02:11:54.573 --> 02:11:57.776
WE CONTINUE TO RUN
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD SEEN

02:11:57.843 --> 02:11:59.778
FROM NATURAL RESOURCES
BACK TO OUR MEMBERSHIP.

02:11:59.845 --> 02:12:02.781
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN PRINT,
WE ARE STILL IN OPPOSITION

02:12:02.848 --> 02:12:03.882
TO THIS BILL.

02:12:03.949 --> 02:12:06.918
WE HAVE THREE CORE CONCERNS
WITH THIS BILL.

02:12:06.985 --> 02:12:08.954
THE FIRST ONE I WILL GO OVER
IS BASED

02:12:09.021 --> 02:12:13.058
ON, THE PERJURY COMPONENT
FOR FOR WATER USAGE REPORTING.

02:12:13.292 --> 02:12:17.195
IN THE MARKUP AMENDMENTS,
THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL TWEAK,

02:12:17.262 --> 02:12:19.398
THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS
IN MY COMMENTS TODAY

02:12:19.464 --> 02:12:20.098
THAT I DO THINK IT'S

02:12:20.165 --> 02:12:23.035
BEEN KIND OF CONFUSING,
BASED ON THE INITIAL FEEDBACK

02:12:23.101 --> 02:12:25.337
THAT WE'VE GOTTEN
FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP.

02:12:25.404 --> 02:12:28.307
THE CHANGE FROM ESTIMATE TO GOOD
FAITH ESTIMATE DOES NOT SOLVE

02:12:28.373 --> 02:12:29.574
THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.

02:12:29.641 --> 02:12:31.410
IT COMPOUNDS IT.

02:12:31.476 --> 02:12:33.278
BUSINESS
APPLICATIONS ARE EXECUTED

02:12:33.345 --> 02:12:36.315
UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,
ASKING AN OPERATOR TO ATTEST,

02:12:36.381 --> 02:12:39.418
UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
TO A GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE.

02:12:39.718 --> 02:12:42.087
FUTURE WATER USE A MAXIMUM DAY.

02:12:42.154 --> 02:12:43.055
MAXIMUM MONTH.

02:12:43.121 --> 02:12:46.391
AN AVERAGE YEAR REQUIRES CERTAIN
CERTIFYING FIGURES

02:12:46.458 --> 02:12:49.227
THAT ARE INHERENTLY,
INHERENTLY SPECULATIVE,

02:12:49.294 --> 02:12:52.864
OFTEN YEARS BEFORE A FACILITY IS
EVEN OPERATIONAL.

02:12:52.931 --> 02:12:54.199
IT IS GENUINELY UNCLEAR

02:12:54.266 --> 02:12:57.336
TO OUR MEMBERS
WHAT THAT METHODOLOGY SATISFIES.

02:12:57.402 --> 02:12:58.437
GOOD FAITH.

02:12:58.503 --> 02:13:01.606
OR WHAT
LEGAL EXPOSURE IS, IF THE ACTUAL

02:13:01.673 --> 02:13:04.710
USE LATER DIVERGES
FROM AN HONEST PROJECTION.

02:13:04.776 --> 02:13:07.946
SECOND, THE BILL SINGLES OUT
DATA CENTER FACILITIES FOR

02:13:08.413 --> 02:13:10.582
FACILITY LEVEL REPORTING
THAT IS NOT REQUIRED

02:13:10.649 --> 02:13:12.384
OF ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL,
INDUSTRIAL,

02:13:12.451 --> 02:13:15.921
OR INSTITUTIONAL USERS WITH
COMPARABLE RESOURCE DEMANDS.

02:13:16.254 --> 02:13:19.291
THIRD, IT STILL LAYERS
A NEW REPORTING REGIME

02:13:19.358 --> 02:13:20.425
ON TOP OF CALIFORNIA'S

02:13:20.492 --> 02:13:23.729
EXISTING CONSERVATION AND WATER
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS,

02:13:23.795 --> 02:13:25.497
WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING
THAT THOSE FRAMEWORKS

02:13:25.564 --> 02:13:27.332
ARE INSUFFICIENT
OR HOW THIS NEW DATA

02:13:27.399 --> 02:13:29.534
WOULD BE MEANINGFULLY IMPROVED
STATEWIDE.

02:13:29.601 --> 02:13:31.236
WATER MANAGEMENT.

02:13:31.303 --> 02:13:33.105
AS THIS COMMITTEE'S
ONLY ANALYSIS NOTES,

02:13:33.171 --> 02:13:34.005
LOCAL AGENCIES

02:13:34.072 --> 02:13:35.741
WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO COLLECT INFORMATION

02:13:35.807 --> 02:13:38.310
BUT DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

02:13:38.377 --> 02:13:40.145
AS FIELD G SUPPORTS TRANSPARENCY

02:13:40.212 --> 02:13:41.813
AND RESPONSIBLE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

02:13:41.880 --> 02:13:44.383
MANY OF OUR MEMBER COMPANIES
ARE ALREADY LEADERS IN RECYCLED

02:13:44.449 --> 02:13:46.752
WATER USE, CLEAN ENERGY
PROCUREMENT, AND ENERGY

02:13:46.818 --> 02:13:48.587
EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES.

02:13:48.653 --> 02:13:51.089
WE SHARE THE GOAL OF RESPONSIBLE
WATER STEWARDSHIP

02:13:51.156 --> 02:13:53.058
AT A TIME
WHERE INTENSIFYING COMPETITION

02:13:53.125 --> 02:13:55.694
FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE SUPPORTING

02:13:55.761 --> 02:13:59.931
RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, NOT ADDING
CONFUSION, DEPLOYING DUPLICATIVE

02:13:59.998 --> 02:14:02.834
AND LEGALLY UNCERTAIN MANDATES
THAT DISCOURAGE INVESTMENT.

02:14:02.901 --> 02:14:05.437
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
NO THANK YOU.

02:14:05.504 --> 02:14:06.872
THANK YOU.

02:14:06.938 --> 02:14:10.675
ANY OTHER OPPOSITION
WITNESSES OUT THERE?

02:14:11.076 --> 02:14:11.309
YEAH.

02:14:11.376 --> 02:14:14.546
MR. CHAIR, CHRIS ANDERSON,
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

02:14:14.613 --> 02:14:15.480
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED.

02:14:16.681 --> 02:14:17.349
OKAY.

02:14:17.416 --> 02:14:19.785
SEEING NONE

02:14:19.851 --> 02:14:22.854
I SEE NO OTHER MEMBERS BUT ME.

02:14:24.623 --> 02:14:27.893
LET ME ASK, ANOTHER QUESTION.

02:14:28.527 --> 02:14:31.530
EARLIER, BILL,

02:14:32.197 --> 02:14:35.200
REQUIRED, CITIES,

02:14:35.400 --> 02:14:38.403
AND THE COUNTIES, TO,

02:14:39.237 --> 02:14:42.107
ASSESS, THE WATER SUPPLY ISSUE.

02:14:42.174 --> 02:14:44.543
SO WHETHER THAT WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT OR NOT.

02:14:44.609 --> 02:14:49.381
AND THEN THEY WANT TO GO BY THAT
THE ALL THIS, REQUIRED

02:14:49.448 --> 02:14:55.454
THIS BILL IS, RELATING
ABOUT THIS SEPARATE BILL, AND,

02:14:55.520 --> 02:15:00.358
THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT,
INCLUDING, TO INCLUDE

02:15:00.425 --> 02:15:03.428
ALL THE SPECIFIED ITEMS
IN THERE.

02:15:03.962 --> 02:15:08.533
I WONDER IF, THE APPLICATION
IS, THOROUGH ENOUGH FOR THIS.

02:15:08.600 --> 02:15:13.572
QUESTIONS OF CAN BE, ANSWERED
IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

02:15:13.638 --> 02:15:13.805
SAID.

02:15:13.872 --> 02:15:16.875
THAT'S
SO QUESTION TO THE AUTHOR.

02:15:17.275 --> 02:15:19.377
IF I HAVEN'T, I'M
SURE INTERESTED IN THE QUESTION.

02:15:19.444 --> 02:15:22.447
IF WHAT COULD BE ANSWERED
IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS,

02:15:22.981 --> 02:15:25.250
THE APPLICATION
INITIAL APPLICATION

02:15:25.317 --> 02:15:28.620
OR WAS THE DEMANDING WATER
SUPPLY ISSUES.

02:15:29.054 --> 02:15:32.123
SO THIS, FOLLOW UP,

02:15:32.190 --> 02:15:36.361
BILL IS REQUIRING
ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REPORT,

02:15:37.028 --> 02:15:40.432
CONCERNING ALL THE ITEMS
THAT YOU DESCRIBED.

02:15:40.499 --> 02:15:44.536
SO, WHAT,
THOSE ARE REQUIREMENTS

02:15:44.603 --> 02:15:49.074
THAT CAN BE ANSWERED
IN THE INITIAL APPLICATION.

02:15:50.275 --> 02:15:51.910
WELL, I THINK

02:15:51.977 --> 02:15:55.580
WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR WATER
SUPPLIERS IS TO KNOW

02:15:55.647 --> 02:15:57.015
WHETHER OR NOT

02:15:57.082 --> 02:15:58.316
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE

02:15:58.383 --> 02:16:00.986
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THE WATER USE.

02:16:01.052 --> 02:16:02.854
SO THAT'S WHAT
THE BILL REALLY TRIES TO GET.

02:16:02.921 --> 02:16:03.355
YOU'RE RIGHT.

02:16:03.421 --> 02:16:06.024
THE PREVIOUS BILL DEALT
WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS,

02:16:06.091 --> 02:16:07.692
WHAT YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO USE.

02:16:07.759 --> 02:16:11.296
AND THEN THIS BILL IS TELL US
WHAT LOOK FOR

02:16:11.363 --> 02:16:13.999
ON THE FIRST APPLICATION.
WHAT IS YOUR ESTIMATE.

02:16:14.065 --> 02:16:18.904
AND THEN EVERY BUSINESS
LICENSE RENEWAL THEREAFTER,

02:16:19.104 --> 02:16:22.474
IT TELLS US
WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY USING.

02:16:25.410 --> 02:16:28.413
DID YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S

02:16:29.314 --> 02:16:33.385
ON? I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE
SO AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED TO YOU.

02:16:33.718 --> 02:16:36.288
DO YOU ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS
TO. OKAY.

02:16:36.354 --> 02:16:38.423
THANK YOU.

02:16:38.490 --> 02:16:41.493
AND YOU KNOW,
THE ADDITIONAL ANSWER?

02:16:42.527 --> 02:16:44.129
NO. OKAY.

02:16:44.195 --> 02:16:46.164
THEN THAT'S.

02:16:46.231 --> 02:16:49.401
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL MEMBERS COME BACK

02:16:49.467 --> 02:16:53.338
TO TAKE A MOTION
AND TAKE A VOTE ON THAT, THOUGH.

02:16:54.205 --> 02:16:54.839
OKAY? OKAY.

02:16:54.906 --> 02:16:57.576
I UNDERSTAND
YOU HAVE ANOTHER BILL.

02:16:57.642 --> 02:16:59.411
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLOSE
ON THIS BILL.

02:16:59.477 --> 02:17:02.314
IF I'M OKAY, YOU CAN CLOSE,
AND THEN YOU'RE DONE WITH. YEAH.

02:17:03.281 --> 02:17:06.284
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT.

02:17:07.919 --> 02:17:08.954
THE DATA

02:17:09.020 --> 02:17:12.023
CENTER, FOLKS WANT PARITY,

02:17:12.457 --> 02:17:15.527
BUT THEY'RE NOT ON PARITY

02:17:15.760 --> 02:17:18.663
WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING.

02:17:18.730 --> 02:17:19.564
COMMUNITIES.

02:17:19.631 --> 02:17:21.566
THIS IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE.

02:17:21.633 --> 02:17:24.002
COMMUNITIES ARE ALARMED

02:17:24.069 --> 02:17:27.238
BY HOW MUCH WATER
THEY ARE CAPABLE OF USING.

02:17:27.639 --> 02:17:29.808
AND SO I THINK
THAT MANY COMMUNITIES

02:17:29.874 --> 02:17:32.110
ACROSS THE STATE ARE NOW

02:17:32.177 --> 02:17:33.912
EITHER SAYING
WE DON'T WANT THEM AT ALL,

02:17:33.979 --> 02:17:37.248
OR WE'RE PUTTING THEM OFF
UNTIL WE CAN UNDERSTAND

02:17:37.315 --> 02:17:38.450
THE INFORMATION.

02:17:38.516 --> 02:17:41.553
AND SO, TO US, FOR PARITY,

02:17:41.620 --> 02:17:43.855
WHEN YOU'RE NOT AN EQUAL
WATER USER,

02:17:43.922 --> 02:17:45.690
I DON'T KNOW THAT
THAT'S REASONABLE,

02:17:45.757 --> 02:17:47.425
BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER.

02:17:47.492 --> 02:17:49.828
AND I THINK
WHEN LOCAL COMMUNITIES KNOW

02:17:49.894 --> 02:17:53.598
WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE,
AND THAT IS ON AN ONGOING BASIS

02:17:53.665 --> 02:17:54.899
AS IT RELATES TO THIS BILL,

02:17:54.966 --> 02:17:57.702
WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER
AND WE WILL ALL SUCCEED.

02:17:57.769 --> 02:18:00.572
SO RESPECTFULLY QUESTION
I VOTE. THANK YOU. AND

02:18:01.539 --> 02:18:04.542
THEN I, SEE YOUR

02:18:04.609 --> 02:18:08.380
ANOTHER BILL HAS BEEN PULLED
OR SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

02:18:08.580 --> 02:18:10.015
YOU'RE DONE WITH ME.
THANK YOU SIR.

02:18:10.081 --> 02:18:13.084
THANK YOU.

02:18:13.151 --> 02:18:17.355
WHAT'S NEXT? TEN.

02:18:24.763 --> 02:18:25.230
ZERO.

02:18:25.296 --> 02:18:26.297
OKAY.

02:18:26.364 --> 02:18:29.334
NEXT BILL IS, FINAL

02:18:30.468 --> 02:18:30.735
ITEM.

02:18:30.802 --> 02:18:35.306
NUMBER TEN A B 1801 SEVEN.

02:18:35.373 --> 02:18:38.376
REMEMBER LISA HERE.

02:18:41.746 --> 02:18:42.047
ALL RIGHT.

02:18:42.113 --> 02:18:43.081
AND Y'ALL READY?

02:18:43.148 --> 02:18:44.149
YOU CAN BEGIN.

02:18:44.215 --> 02:18:46.317
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

02:18:46.384 --> 02:18:49.421
I'M HERE TODAY
TO PRESENT AB 1801,

02:18:49.487 --> 02:18:51.256
WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN
THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

02:18:51.322 --> 02:18:53.758
FOR CONTRACTS OF PRIVATE
IMMIGRATION FACILITIES.

02:18:53.825 --> 02:18:56.461
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I ACCEPT
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.

02:18:56.528 --> 02:18:56.895
RELATED.

02:18:56.961 --> 02:18:59.531
CHARTER CITIES DESCRIBING
THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS

02:18:59.597 --> 02:19:03.168
AB 1801 REMOVES ANY AMBIGUITY
BY REQUIRING THAT PUBLIC NOTICE

02:19:03.234 --> 02:19:07.505
BE PROVIDED A FULL 180 DAYS
BEFORE ANY APPROVAL, ENSURING

02:19:07.572 --> 02:19:08.440
HEARING ENSURES

02:19:08.506 --> 02:19:10.742
HEARINGS ARE HELD
AT LEAST 30 DAYS APART,

02:19:10.809 --> 02:19:12.444
AND THAT ADEQUATE
NOTICE IS GIVEN,

02:19:12.510 --> 02:19:14.512
AND CLARIFIES THAT ALL CONTRACTS

02:19:14.579 --> 02:19:17.082
AND AGREEMENTS RELATED
DETENTION FACILITIES ARE SUBJECT

02:19:17.148 --> 02:19:18.917
TO THE TRANSPARENCY
REQUIREMENTS.

02:19:18.983 --> 02:19:20.185
THE COURTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR

02:19:20.251 --> 02:19:21.753
IF WE WANT MEANINGFUL
TRANSPARENCY,

02:19:21.820 --> 02:19:23.788
THE LAW MUST BE EXPLICIT, RIGHT?

02:19:23.855 --> 02:19:26.157
IN MY OWN BACKGROUND BACKYARD.

02:19:26.224 --> 02:19:27.926
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS MAKING PLANS

02:19:27.992 --> 02:19:31.196
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO OPEN
AN IMMIGRATION PROCESSING CENTER

02:19:31.262 --> 02:19:33.264
WITHOUT ENGAGING
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

02:19:33.331 --> 02:19:34.099
PRIVATE PRISONS

02:19:34.165 --> 02:19:37.235
DO NOT MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS,
AND AP AB 1801 CLOSES

02:19:37.302 --> 02:19:38.670
LOOPHOLES TO ENSURE COMMUNITIES

02:19:38.737 --> 02:19:41.873
HAVE A REAL VOICE IN DECISIONS
THAT AFFECT THEM FOR DECADES.

02:19:42.073 --> 02:19:43.942
WITH ME TODAY,
I HAVE ABRAHAM BEDOYA

02:19:44.008 --> 02:19:44.709
FROM THE IMMIGRANT

02:19:44.776 --> 02:19:47.545
LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER
AND JOSE HERNANDEZ,

02:19:47.612 --> 02:19:50.715
A COMMUNITY MEMBER AFFECTED BY
PRIVATE IMMIGRATION DETENTION.

02:19:52.951 --> 02:19:53.718
OKAY.

02:19:53.785 --> 02:19:55.186
I THINK IT'S ON. ALL RIGHT.

02:19:55.253 --> 02:19:57.055
THANK YOU.
SO MANY SENTIMENTS. YEAH.

02:19:57.122 --> 02:19:58.823
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

02:19:58.890 --> 02:20:00.959
MY NAME IS ABRAHAM
MADORE, AND I AM THE CALIFORNIA

02:20:01.025 --> 02:20:02.894
POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
MANAGER

02:20:02.961 --> 02:20:04.729
FOR THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL
RESOURCE CENTER.

02:20:04.796 --> 02:20:06.631
THE IRC IS A NATIONAL
CLEARINGHOUSE

02:20:06.698 --> 02:20:08.266
FOR IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLICY.

02:20:08.333 --> 02:20:11.336
AND WE'RE PROUD
CO-SPONSORS OF AB 1801.

02:20:11.402 --> 02:20:13.872
AT ITS CORE, AB 18
ONE IS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE,

02:20:13.938 --> 02:20:15.707
ROBUST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,
AND PROVIDING

02:20:15.774 --> 02:20:17.876
CONSTITUENTS
WITH A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY

02:20:17.942 --> 02:20:20.478
TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS
WHEN LOCALITIES CONSIDER

02:20:20.545 --> 02:20:22.647
ANY NEW DETENTION CENTER
IN THEIR COMMUNITY,

02:20:22.714 --> 02:20:25.350
AB AND ONE AMENDS EXISTING
CALIFORNIA LAW,

02:20:25.416 --> 02:20:29.220
CIVIL CODE SECTION 1670.9,
WHICH INCREASES

02:20:29.287 --> 02:20:30.889
TRANSPARENCY
IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS

02:20:30.955 --> 02:20:33.324
FOR DETENTION CENTERS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

02:20:33.391 --> 02:20:35.260
BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF SB 29.

02:20:35.326 --> 02:20:36.261
IN 2018,

02:20:36.327 --> 02:20:38.263
DETENTION CENTERS
WOULD BE APPROVED QUICKLY

02:20:38.329 --> 02:20:40.431
WITHOUT MEANINGFUL PUBLIC NOTICE
OR ENGAGEMENT.

02:20:40.498 --> 02:20:42.133
LOCAL RESIDENTS
AND LEGAL SERVICES

02:20:42.200 --> 02:20:42.867
PROVIDERS WOULD LEARN

02:20:42.934 --> 02:20:44.469
THAT A NEW DETENTION CENTER
HAD OPENED UP

02:20:44.536 --> 02:20:45.770
ONLY AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER

02:20:45.837 --> 02:20:48.940
OR CLIENT WAS TRANSFERRED THERE,
LONG AFTER ANY OPPORTUNITIES.

02:20:49.007 --> 02:20:50.141
TO RAISE CONCERNS,

02:20:50.208 --> 02:20:51.676
SB 29 CREATE IMPORTANT

02:20:51.743 --> 02:20:53.111
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

02:20:53.178 --> 02:20:55.246
TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS.

02:20:55.313 --> 02:20:58.082
OFFICIALS THROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE
AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS.

02:20:58.149 --> 02:20:59.250
HOWEVER, IN 2020,

02:20:59.317 --> 02:21:01.619
WE SAW THREE DETENTION CENTERS
INTO CALIFORNIA

02:21:01.686 --> 02:21:04.155
THAT DID PUT THIS IMPORTANT
LAW TO THE TEST.

02:21:04.222 --> 02:21:06.324
UNFORTUNATELY,
WE WITNESSED REPEATED EFFORTS

02:21:06.391 --> 02:21:07.358
TO CIRCUMVENT SB

02:21:07.425 --> 02:21:10.995
29 BY EXPLOITING, EXPLOITING
LOOPHOLES IN EXISTING STATE LAW.

02:21:11.296 --> 02:21:12.797
WHILE COMMUNITIES
TECHNICALLY RECEIVE

02:21:12.864 --> 02:21:15.166
NEW NOTICE THAT PERMITS FOR
DETENTION CENTERS

02:21:15.233 --> 02:21:16.534
ARE BEING CONSIDERED LOCALLY,

02:21:16.601 --> 02:21:18.336
HEARINGS WERE OFTEN HELD SHORT
AFTER A NOTICE

02:21:18.403 --> 02:21:19.170
WAS ISSUED, LEAVING

02:21:19.237 --> 02:21:22.240
LITTLE TIME FOR RESIDENTS
TO ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN

02:21:22.307 --> 02:21:23.808
WHAT WAS INTENDED
TO BE A SIX MONTH

02:21:23.875 --> 02:21:25.210
COMMUNITY
NOTICE AND HEARING PROCESS

02:21:25.276 --> 02:21:27.078
WAS REDUCED
TO A MATTER OF WEEKS.

02:21:27.145 --> 02:21:30.415
AB 1801 STATUTORILY CLOSES
THESE LOOPHOLES BY REQUIRING

02:21:30.481 --> 02:21:32.517
THAT NO PERMIT
OR OTHER LOCAL APPROVAL FOR,

02:21:32.584 --> 02:21:35.386
BE EXECUTED BEFORE TWO
PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE OCCURRED.

02:21:35.453 --> 02:21:37.188
THIS BILL ENSURES
THAT NOTICE AND HEARINGS

02:21:37.255 --> 02:21:38.923
CANNOT OCCUR
WITHIN WEEKS OF ONE ANOTHER,

02:21:38.990 --> 02:21:40.358
REQUIRE NOTICES TO BE POSTED

02:21:40.425 --> 02:21:42.727
IN PUBLIC LOCATIONS
IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES,

02:21:42.794 --> 02:21:44.863
AND GUARANTEES
PUBLIC ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.

02:21:44.929 --> 02:21:47.565
RELATE TO ANYTHING
ANY PROPOSED APPROVAL.

02:21:47.632 --> 02:21:50.768
AB 1801 ADVANCES
A CORE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE

02:21:50.835 --> 02:21:52.737
OF TRANSPARENT LOCAL GOVERNANCE
THAT ENCOURAGES

02:21:52.804 --> 02:21:55.673
MEANINGFUL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKING.

02:21:55.740 --> 02:21:58.610
TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE INSIDE
A CALIFORNIA DETENTION CENTER,

02:21:58.676 --> 02:22:00.678
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE
A COMMUNITY LEADER,

02:22:00.745 --> 02:22:01.813
JOSE HERNANDEZ.

02:22:01.880 --> 02:22:04.382
HIS STORY IS ONE OF MANY REASONS
WHY STRONGER PROTECTIONS

02:22:04.449 --> 02:22:04.883
AND MEANINGFUL

02:22:04.949 --> 02:22:07.151
COMMUNITY INPUT ARE NEEDED
WHEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

02:22:07.218 --> 02:22:09.420
CONSIDER PERMITS FOR
DETENTION CENTERS. THANK YOU.

02:22:10.555 --> 02:22:11.389
OKAY.

02:22:11.456 --> 02:22:13.057
THANK YOU.

02:22:13.124 --> 02:22:13.858
ANNIE.

02:22:13.925 --> 02:22:15.927
I THINK WE HAVE A YES.

02:22:15.994 --> 02:22:17.795
SO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

02:22:17.862 --> 02:22:20.331
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. OKAY.

02:22:20.398 --> 02:22:21.699
MY NAME IS SUZAN, AND THIS

02:22:21.766 --> 02:22:23.368
I AM THE FREEDOM
CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER

02:22:23.434 --> 02:22:25.703
WITH THE INTERFAITH MOVEMENT
HUMAN INTEGRITY,

02:22:25.770 --> 02:22:28.506
AND A STUDENT AT THE SAN
JOSE DESERT COLLEGE.

02:22:28.573 --> 02:22:31.209
I WAS DETAINED AT THE,
GOLDEN STATE ANNEX AND MESA

02:22:31.276 --> 02:22:32.477
VERDE DETENTION FACILITY,

02:22:32.543 --> 02:22:35.013
TWO PRIVATELY OWNED FACILITIES
IN CALIFORNIA,

02:22:35.079 --> 02:22:37.849
WHERE I WAS DETAINED
FOR A TOTAL OF 16 MONTHS,

02:22:37.916 --> 02:22:39.417
WHERE
I WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN DORMS

02:22:39.484 --> 02:22:42.453
THAT HAD THE CAPACITY OF HOLDING
100 PEOPLE

02:22:42.520 --> 02:22:43.955
THAT CONTAINED MOLD PESTS,

02:22:44.022 --> 02:22:47.025
AS WELL AS VENTILATION SYSTEMS
THAT RELEASE BLACK DUST.

02:22:47.225 --> 02:22:49.294
WE HAD TO WORK AS JANITORS
FOR A DOLLAR A DAY

02:22:49.360 --> 02:22:51.663
BECAUSE THE FACILITY
DID NOT DO ANY OF THE CLEANING,

02:22:51.729 --> 02:22:52.797
LEAVING US TO LIVE IN FILTH

02:22:52.864 --> 02:22:55.667
WHILE WE WERE UNDER QUARANTINE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.

02:22:55.733 --> 02:22:58.269
WE'RE EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS
WITHOUT PROPER EQUIPMENT,

02:22:58.336 --> 02:22:59.971
TRAINING, AND INSTRUCTION.

02:23:00.038 --> 02:23:01.806
WITH RESPECT TO FOOD AND WATER,

02:23:01.873 --> 02:23:03.808
WE WERE CONSISTENTLY SERVED
EXPIRED MILK,

02:23:03.875 --> 02:23:06.844
NO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES,
AND DENIED BOTTLED WATER

02:23:06.911 --> 02:23:09.080
WHEN THE FACILITY'S WATER SYSTEM
WAS RELEASING

02:23:09.147 --> 02:23:11.549
DARK, RUSTED WATER,
ACCORDING TO A REPORT

02:23:11.616 --> 02:23:13.685
BY THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE
FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE.

02:23:13.751 --> 02:23:16.020
ON AVERAGE,
85% OF PEOPLE DETAINED

02:23:16.087 --> 02:23:19.057
AT BOTH OF THESE PRIVATE
FACILITIES EXPERIENCED FINDING

02:23:19.123 --> 02:23:22.126
FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THEIR TRAYS,
SOMETHING THAT I EXPERIENCE

02:23:22.827 --> 02:23:25.296
COMMISSARY PROGRAMS
THAT WE, PURCHASED FOR A HIGH

02:23:25.363 --> 02:23:27.699
PRICE WOULD BE MOLDED
AND EXPIRED.

02:23:27.765 --> 02:23:29.133
IN TERMS OF MEDICAL NEGLECT.

02:23:29.200 --> 02:23:30.168
MY VISION HAS WORSENED

02:23:30.234 --> 02:23:33.237
BECAUSE I WAS NEVER TREATED
BY AN EYE DOCTOR AS REQUESTED.

02:23:33.571 --> 02:23:34.505
AND WHEN THOSE MY PEERS

02:23:34.572 --> 02:23:36.607
BEING DENIED
COVID TEST AND MEDICATIONS

02:23:36.674 --> 02:23:38.609
BY MEDICAL STAFF,
RESULTING IN OUTBREAKS

02:23:38.676 --> 02:23:41.679
AND HAVING TO ENDURE THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING FROM COVID,

02:23:41.980 --> 02:23:44.582
THESE ISSUES EXIST IN DETENTION
CENTERS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

02:23:44.649 --> 02:23:47.685
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR AB 1801 TO PASS.

02:23:47.752 --> 02:23:49.887
SO A LOCAL COMMUNITIES
HAVE A VOICE BEFORE

02:23:49.954 --> 02:23:52.323
ONE OF THESE FACILITIES
OPENS UP IN THEIR BACKYARD.

02:23:52.390 --> 02:23:54.993
ESPECIALLY IMPACTED FAMILIES
WHO HAVE WE'VE ACCOMPANY

02:23:55.059 --> 02:23:56.728
TO ATTEND PUBLIC HEARINGS
AND SEARCH

02:23:56.794 --> 02:23:58.629
FOR THEIR MISSING
DETAINED FAMILY MEMBERS.

02:23:58.696 --> 02:24:00.031
AFTER CALIFORNIA CITY OPENED UP

02:24:00.098 --> 02:24:03.034
AN ICE DETENTION CENTER
WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC NOTICE.

02:24:03.101 --> 02:24:03.468
DETAIN

02:24:03.534 --> 02:24:05.336
INFORMALLY THE SAME PEOPLE
IN CALIFORNIA CITY

02:24:05.403 --> 02:24:07.338
ALSO SHARE
TESTIMONIES ARE BEING DENIED

02:24:07.405 --> 02:24:10.375
THE LIFESAVING MEDICATIONS
FOR DIABETES AND HEART PROBLEMS,

02:24:10.675 --> 02:24:13.478
WHILE HAVING A DRINK FOR DRINK,
TASTING WATER.

02:24:13.544 --> 02:24:14.312
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BRIEF

02:24:14.379 --> 02:24:16.514
EXAMPLES OF WHAT I LIVED
THROUGH IN THESE FACILITIES,

02:24:16.581 --> 02:24:18.149
AND THAT PEOPLE
ARE STILL CURRENTLY LIVING.

02:24:18.216 --> 02:24:21.219
AND I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
PASS AB 1801.

02:24:21.452 --> 02:24:23.855
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND GOD BLESS.

02:24:23.921 --> 02:24:27.959
THANK YOU ANY ME TO SUPPORT US.

02:24:35.533 --> 02:24:36.200
AND I'M AT THE

02:24:36.267 --> 02:24:38.102
SANTIAGO WITH MISS,
A VERY BIG GROUP

02:24:38.169 --> 02:24:40.238
HERE ON BEHALF OF CENTRAL
AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.

02:24:40.304 --> 02:24:43.307
GARRISON AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

02:24:43.641 --> 02:24:44.509
ZINNIA.

02:24:44.575 --> 02:24:47.578
WITH ACLU, CAL ACTION
IN SUPPORT.

02:24:49.313 --> 02:24:49.614
CHLOE.

02:24:49.680 --> 02:24:51.916
ROCIO WITH THE CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER.

02:24:51.983 --> 02:24:53.885
AND SUPPORT.

02:24:53.951 --> 02:24:56.687
OKAY. ANY

02:24:56.754 --> 02:25:00.091
OTHER NO LEAD OPPOSITION
WITNESS.

02:25:01.325 --> 02:25:04.328
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC OPPOSING.

02:25:05.163 --> 02:25:08.699
OKAY, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

02:25:11.536 --> 02:25:13.471
I SEE,

02:25:13.538 --> 02:25:18.910
YOUR BILL IS EXPANDING,
SO TO SPEAK IN GENERAL.

02:25:18.976 --> 02:25:19.877
SOUNDS GOOD.

02:25:19.944 --> 02:25:23.514
THE, TRANSPARENCY

02:25:24.315 --> 02:25:28.186
OF, SOUTHERN, PROJECT,
BUT THIS ONE,

02:25:28.252 --> 02:25:32.824
THIS BILL, THIS ARE SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESSING THE,

02:25:33.291 --> 02:25:36.828
IMMIGRATION DETENTION
FACILITIES.

02:25:36.894 --> 02:25:41.332
NOT, ANY OF THE HEARINGS,
THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

02:25:41.399 --> 02:25:44.702
REQUIRES UP ON
ANY NEW FACILITIES.

02:25:44.769 --> 02:25:46.704
WHY ANY PROJECTS?

02:25:46.771 --> 02:25:50.908
THEY, REQUIRED TO,
THEY ARE PLANNING

02:25:50.975 --> 02:25:55.546
AND THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED
TO POST, HEARING NOTICES,

02:25:55.613 --> 02:25:56.647
AND THE NUMBER OF,

02:25:59.550 --> 02:26:03.254
TIMES,
AND THEN GEOGRAPHIC AREA,

02:26:03.654 --> 02:26:06.257
HOW FAR,

02:26:06.324 --> 02:26:09.594
THEY HAVE TO,
NOTIFY THE REST OF THOSE.

02:26:09.660 --> 02:26:13.231
SO WITHIN THE PROJECT,
CERTAIN DISTANCE

02:26:13.297 --> 02:26:16.467
THAT THEY HAVE TO,
NOTIFY FOR THOSE HEARINGS.

02:26:17.001 --> 02:26:20.972
SO, BUT THIS ONE IS EXPANDING
THAT THE REQUIREMENT,

02:26:21.038 --> 02:26:24.442
MANY BY MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

02:26:25.009 --> 02:26:28.012
SO, TRANSPARENCY IS A GOOD

02:26:28.346 --> 02:26:31.115
BUT THE WHY THIS IS,

02:26:31.182 --> 02:26:36.454
TO THE ALSO FOCUSING,
NOT THE ALL THE PROJECTS,

02:26:36.521 --> 02:26:41.025
THE DETENTION CENTER, ON THERE
THAT'S THE SINGLING OUT.

02:26:41.392 --> 02:26:44.662
SOUNDS LIKE, TO ME AS A TO,

02:26:45.062 --> 02:26:47.632
DISCOURAGING, LOCAL

02:26:47.698 --> 02:26:50.701
GOVERNMENTS, TO, BUILD,

02:26:51.202 --> 02:26:55.306
WHEN WE DO THAT,
THE OBVIOUSLY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

02:26:55.373 --> 02:27:00.478
HAS THEIR OWN ISSUES OF,
NECESSITY BUILDING ADDITION OR,

02:27:01.078 --> 02:27:04.615
LOCAL DETENTION CENTERS.

02:27:05.283 --> 02:27:08.286
BUT, IF, LOCAL GOVERNMENT,

02:27:08.819 --> 02:27:12.023
REQUIRES SO MANY,

02:27:12.089 --> 02:27:15.660
REGULATIONS AND, DETER THEM

02:27:16.160 --> 02:27:18.663
FROM, BUILDING

02:27:18.729 --> 02:27:22.033
UNNECESSARY DETENTION CENTERS,

02:27:22.733 --> 02:27:26.404
THEN WHERE, OBVIOUSLY,

02:27:28.072 --> 02:27:28.806
THE LACK OF,

02:27:28.873 --> 02:27:32.510
DETENTION CENTERS IS NOT GONNA

02:27:32.843 --> 02:27:35.913
PREVENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

02:27:36.581 --> 02:27:38.849
AND, OBVIOUSLY

02:27:38.916 --> 02:27:43.187
THEY, PROPOSING ADDITIONS
OR DETENTION CENTERS

02:27:43.254 --> 02:27:46.257
ARE TO BE BUILT IN CERTAIN
AREAS.

02:27:46.324 --> 02:27:50.094
THEN, IF WE TRY TO, BLOCK

02:27:50.661 --> 02:27:53.664
THAT KIND OF, ADDITIONS
OR FACILITIES,

02:27:54.265 --> 02:28:00.037
TO ME THAT THAT'S NOT THE REALLY
BENEFICIAL FOR THE DETAINEES,

02:28:00.104 --> 02:28:03.708
IN THE FACILITIES,
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE SENT,

02:28:03.774 --> 02:28:08.479
FROM PROPOSED TO LOCATION
TO ANOTHER EXISTING LOCATION

02:28:08.546 --> 02:28:11.749
THAT WILL CREATE THE,
OVERCROWDING.

02:28:12.884 --> 02:28:16.687
SANITARY, ISSUES.

02:28:17.622 --> 02:28:21.325
IN THE NARROW SPACE,
SO MANY PEOPLE WILL BE CROWDED,

02:28:21.959 --> 02:28:25.563
AND THEN, AS YOU MENTIONED,
THE MEDICAL CARE

02:28:25.630 --> 02:28:29.100
ATTENTION,
WILL BE MORE PROBLEMATIC.

02:28:29.700 --> 02:28:33.771
SO IT IS AN UNNECESSARILY
BENEFICIAL

02:28:34.038 --> 02:28:36.007
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
NOT GONNA BLOCK

02:28:36.073 --> 02:28:39.844
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM BUILDING NO MATTER HOW. OH,

02:28:41.279 --> 02:28:42.280
THIS BILL

02:28:42.346 --> 02:28:45.683
OR TO TRY TO DETER THAT KIND OF,
ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.

02:28:46.017 --> 02:28:50.621
BUT SECONDLY IS, TO ME,
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE,

02:28:51.055 --> 02:28:55.726
THE SERVICES,
WELFARE OF THE DETAINEES

02:28:55.793 --> 02:28:59.430
AND THE FROM THE SHORTAGE OF,
FACILITIES.

02:28:59.497 --> 02:29:02.500
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS,
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT

02:29:03.401 --> 02:29:04.935
THIS KIND OF PROBLEM?

02:29:05.002 --> 02:29:08.005
SO INSTEAD OF JUST,
SIMPLY BLOCKING THEM?

02:29:08.306 --> 02:29:09.573
YEAH, I'M I WANT TO.

02:29:09.640 --> 02:29:11.409
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY SPONSOR
IN A SECOND,

02:29:11.475 --> 02:29:13.544
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS IS CLARIFYING.

02:29:13.611 --> 02:29:16.080
BUILD UPON EXISTING LAW.
IT'S ALMOST A DECADE OLD.

02:29:16.147 --> 02:29:19.350
IT'S EXISTING LAW
ABOUT PUBLIC NOTICE FOR PRIVATE

02:29:19.417 --> 02:29:20.117
DETENTION FACILITIES.

02:29:20.184 --> 02:29:21.052
I WANT TO REMIND THE SENATOR

02:29:21.118 --> 02:29:23.287
THAT THESE ARE NOT BUILT
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

02:29:23.354 --> 02:29:26.357
THEY ARE PRIVATE, FOR PROFIT
CORPORATIONS THAT PROFIT

02:29:26.424 --> 02:29:28.926
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM TAXPAYER MONEY.

02:29:28.993 --> 02:29:30.461
AND SO THEY ARE OPERATING
UNDER THESE

02:29:30.528 --> 02:29:32.663
SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA

02:29:32.730 --> 02:29:35.866
AND CONSTANTLY SKIRT CALIFORNIA
LAW THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING.

02:29:35.933 --> 02:29:37.601
IF, ABRAHAM WANTS TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT.

02:29:37.668 --> 02:29:38.569
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR.

02:29:38.636 --> 02:29:40.371
I THINK IF I CAN ONLY ADD TO
WHAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER

02:29:40.438 --> 02:29:41.405
LEE IS FOCUSED, HONESTLY, THE

02:29:41.472 --> 02:29:43.607
THE SPIRIT
AND THE POINT OF AB 201

02:29:43.674 --> 02:29:45.676
TRULY IS NOT ABOUT MANDATING
WHAT LOCALITIES

02:29:45.743 --> 02:29:48.312
DO, IT'S JUST ALLOWING
CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW

02:29:48.379 --> 02:29:50.147
WHEN DETENTION CENTERS
ARE POTENTIALLY BUILT,

02:29:50.214 --> 02:29:51.449
BEING BUILT IN THEIR BACKYARD.

02:29:51.515 --> 02:29:53.584
SO THROUGH A ONE,
JUST LIKE ASSEMBLYMEMBER

02:29:53.651 --> 02:29:55.052
LEE MENTIONED,

02:29:55.119 --> 02:29:56.654
WE ARE JUST BUILDING ON EXISTING

02:29:56.721 --> 02:29:58.189
LAW THAT REALLY PUTS
THE GUARDRAILS

02:29:58.255 --> 02:30:00.558
THAT IF A LOCALITY
IS TO APPROVE IT, FINE.

02:30:00.624 --> 02:30:01.959
BUT AT LEAST WE BELIEVE

02:30:02.026 --> 02:30:04.795
THAT IS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE,
THAT THE CITY SHOULD DO ITS DUE

02:30:04.862 --> 02:30:06.797
DILIGENCE
TO MAKE SURE LOCALS KNOW

02:30:06.864 --> 02:30:07.832
THAT THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT

02:30:07.898 --> 02:30:09.467
IS TO BE BUILT
IN THEIR CITY OR BACKYARD.

02:30:10.601 --> 02:30:11.369
I MEAN,

02:30:11.435 --> 02:30:15.106
MY BELIEF
IS THAT NO COMMERCIAL VENTURE

02:30:15.172 --> 02:30:18.209
OR DEVELOPER WILL BUILD
VOLUNTARILY

02:30:18.275 --> 02:30:23.948
ADDITIONAL DETENTION CENTERS
UNLESS THERE WAS A, DEMAND OR,

02:30:24.315 --> 02:30:27.284
THE REQUEST
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

02:30:27.351 --> 02:30:30.388
THAT WE NEED A FACILITY
SUCH AND SUCH.

02:30:30.454 --> 02:30:32.123
CAN YOU BUILD ONE?

02:30:32.189 --> 02:30:37.294
SO, THAT, IS NOT AS, LIKE,

02:30:38.062 --> 02:30:41.165
FUTURE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT
OR NO SPECIFIC

02:30:41.232 --> 02:30:45.136
USE OF A DETENTION FACILITY
WILL BE ADDED OR DEVELOPED

02:30:45.202 --> 02:30:47.238
BY THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS.

02:30:47.304 --> 02:30:50.875
SO I DON'T QUITE NECESSARILY,

02:30:51.475 --> 02:30:53.778
YOU KNOW, AGREE
WITH, THE AUTHOR'S

02:30:53.844 --> 02:30:56.847
STATEMENT.

02:30:59.583 --> 02:31:02.953
SO WELFARE ISSUE, IN OTHER
WORDS, OVERCROWDING ISSUE.

02:31:03.020 --> 02:31:05.956
IF A SHORTAGE OF OR IS A
WHERE DETAINEES

02:31:06.023 --> 02:31:09.026
CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.

02:31:11.695 --> 02:31:12.863
OKAY.

02:31:12.930 --> 02:31:13.731
SO NO COMMENT.

02:31:13.798 --> 02:31:16.333
AND IS THERE
ANY MOTION IN THERE?

02:31:16.400 --> 02:31:17.768
WAS THERE A QUESTION, SENATOR

02:31:17.835 --> 02:31:19.036
DON'T WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE

02:31:19.103 --> 02:31:22.072
OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER
OR BEFORE CLOSING?

02:31:22.373 --> 02:31:22.907
NO, I THINK

02:31:22.973 --> 02:31:24.608
SIMILARLY TO SOME ROOM, REALLY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING

02:31:24.675 --> 02:31:26.610
IF YOU COULD REPEAT
THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

02:31:26.677 --> 02:31:28.045
THE LAST QUESTION THAT YOU HAD.

02:31:28.112 --> 02:31:28.446
OKAY.

02:31:28.512 --> 02:31:32.716
MY QUESTION WAS, IF, NECESSARY.

02:31:32.783 --> 02:31:33.350
SPACE.

02:31:33.417 --> 02:31:34.718
ADDITIONAL SPACE.

02:31:34.785 --> 02:31:37.388
IS, PROVIDED,

02:31:38.389 --> 02:31:41.392
THEN THERE WILL BE EXISTING

02:31:41.826 --> 02:31:45.629
DETENTION CENTERS
WILL HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE,

02:31:46.263 --> 02:31:49.266
THE, THE ADDITIONAL DETAINEES

02:31:49.633 --> 02:31:53.237
AND THAT WILL CREATE
THE OVERCROWDING SITUATION

02:31:53.304 --> 02:31:56.273
THAT CREATES A WELFARE PROBLEMS

02:31:56.807 --> 02:31:59.410
IN MORE CROWDED AREA.

02:31:59.477 --> 02:32:01.846
SO ADDITIONAL,

02:32:01.912 --> 02:32:05.416
FACILITY HAS BEEN PROPOSED.

02:32:06.417 --> 02:32:09.220
AND THE THAT
THE PROPOSAL WILL BE OBVIOUSLY

02:32:09.286 --> 02:32:10.754
BASED UPON THE DEMAND

02:32:10.821 --> 02:32:13.824
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THAT TO THE DEVELOPER,

02:32:14.225 --> 02:32:17.228
NOT JUST ANY DEVELOPER
VOLUNTARILY.

02:32:17.461 --> 02:32:20.231
I WILL BUILD A DETENTION CENTER.

02:32:20.297 --> 02:32:22.099
WILL YOU PLACE IT?

02:32:22.166 --> 02:32:25.469
AT LEAST THE BUILDING FROM
IS NOT IT BE VICE VERSA?

02:32:25.870 --> 02:32:28.472
SO IF WE BECAUSE OF THIS,

02:32:28.539 --> 02:32:31.542
THE INTENT OF THIS BILL IS, TO.

02:32:32.810 --> 02:32:33.677
DETER

02:32:33.744 --> 02:32:37.081
OR BLOCK
THE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.

02:32:37.147 --> 02:32:40.784
THEN THAT KIND OF OVERCROWDING
SITUATION,

02:32:41.051 --> 02:32:43.587
WELFARE OF THE DETAINEE ISSUE.

02:32:43.654 --> 02:32:44.421
ALL RIGHT.

02:32:44.488 --> 02:32:46.857
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
IT? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

02:32:48.125 --> 02:32:48.492
I'M HAPPY TO.

02:32:48.559 --> 02:32:50.027
I THINK FOR US,
THE BIGGEST THING IS GOING BACK

02:32:50.094 --> 02:32:53.430
TO WHAT I ORIGINALLY SAID
IS FOR US,

02:32:53.497 --> 02:32:57.468
WE TRULY NEED TO THE IDEA OF A 2
TO 1 IS THAT WE, REGARDLESS

02:32:57.535 --> 02:32:59.403
OF WHAT LOCALITY DECIDE TO DO,
IF THEY DECIDE TO APPROVE IT,

02:32:59.470 --> 02:33:01.105
HAVE TO APPROVE A PERMIT OR NOT.

02:33:01.171 --> 02:33:01.605
THE LEAST

02:33:01.672 --> 02:33:02.239
THAT WE THINK

02:33:02.306 --> 02:33:05.376
A LOCALITY COULD DO IS INFORM
THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THAT.

02:33:05.442 --> 02:33:07.311
AND I THINK THAT A 2 IN 1
DOES AN OUTLET.

02:33:07.378 --> 02:33:08.479
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH
OUR PARTICULAR

02:33:08.546 --> 02:33:09.947
BILL IS NOT OUTLAW

02:33:10.014 --> 02:33:12.016
THE CONSTRUCTION
OF POTENTIAL DETENTION CENTERS,

02:33:12.082 --> 02:33:13.450
BUT AT LEAST GIVE COMMUNITY
OPPORTUNITY

02:33:13.517 --> 02:33:15.486
TO KNOW ABOUT IT
AND KNOW ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE

02:33:15.553 --> 02:33:17.688
AND ATTEND HEARINGS TO BE ABLE
TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS

02:33:17.755 --> 02:33:20.391
OR EVEN POTENTIALLY THEIR SUPPOR

02:33:21.792 --> 02:33:23.761
ALSO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?

02:33:23.827 --> 02:33:27.464
YEAH, AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT THIS BILL EXISTS

02:33:27.531 --> 02:33:30.134
BECAUSE THERE ARE
THESE PRIVATE CORPORATIONS

02:33:30.200 --> 02:33:30.901
THAT ARE EITHER

02:33:30.968 --> 02:33:33.671
FLAGRANTLY GAMING THE SYSTEM,
NOT QUITE ACTUALLY

02:33:33.737 --> 02:33:35.439
MEETING
THE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.

02:33:35.506 --> 02:33:35.940
IN FACT,

02:33:36.006 --> 02:33:37.408
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES,
LIKE IN THE ANALYSIS,

02:33:37.474 --> 02:33:39.977
TALK ABOUT HOW THEY REALLY GAME
THE SYSTEM

02:33:40.044 --> 02:33:42.346
BY ABOUT HEARINGS
OR STACK THEM TO THE POINT

02:33:42.413 --> 02:33:43.881
THAT PEOPLE
CAN'T REALLY GO TO THEM.

02:33:43.948 --> 02:33:47.451
SO THERE ARE GAPS IN THE LAW,
AND THERE ARE FACILITIES,

02:33:47.518 --> 02:33:49.687
EVEN IN CALIFORNIA TODAY,
THAT FLAGRANTLY

02:33:49.753 --> 02:33:51.422
DO NOT RESPECT
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL

02:33:51.488 --> 02:33:52.156
CONTROL WHATSOEVER.

02:33:52.222 --> 02:33:53.490
THEY DON'T EVEN FOLLOWED
LOCAL ORDINANCE.

02:33:53.557 --> 02:33:54.892
SO YOU HAVE THAT PROBLEM
ALL TOGETHER.

02:33:54.959 --> 02:33:56.627
SO THIS IS ABOUT
GOOD GOVERNANCE.

02:33:56.694 --> 02:33:58.829
AND IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT
THE OVERCROWDING SITUATION,

02:33:58.896 --> 02:34:01.599
THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE
IN THE DETENTION FACILITIES,

02:34:01.665 --> 02:34:03.334
WELL, LUCKILY
THERE'S A VERY EASY SOLUTION TO

02:34:03.400 --> 02:34:05.269
THAT IS TO STOP
FEDERAL MASS DEPORTATION.

02:34:05.336 --> 02:34:07.371
SO YOU HAVE LESS PEOPLE
IN THOSE FACILITIES.

02:34:07.438 --> 02:34:08.739
BUT I WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH

02:34:08.806 --> 02:34:10.007
ABOUT THE PROFIT MARGINS
RIGHT NOW,

02:34:10.074 --> 02:34:12.409
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS INSISTENT ON ROUNDING UP

02:34:12.476 --> 02:34:13.277
SO MANY PEOPLE

02:34:13.344 --> 02:34:14.778
THAT THESE CORPORATIONS
PROBABLY CAN CONTINUE

02:34:14.845 --> 02:34:16.714
TO MAKE A LOT OF THAT PROFIT OFF
OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.

02:34:16.780 --> 02:34:18.949
SO THAT'S WHY I VOTE
WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE.

02:34:20.317 --> 02:34:20.684
OKAY.

02:34:20.751 --> 02:34:23.520
SO THAT
YOU YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT. YES.

02:34:23.587 --> 02:34:24.154
OKAY.

02:34:24.221 --> 02:34:27.891
IS THERE ANY MOTION FOR ME?
OKAY.

02:34:27.958 --> 02:34:28.892
THAT'S ON

02:34:28.959 --> 02:34:32.463
UNTIL THE MEMBERS COME BACK
AND THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

02:34:32.529 --> 02:34:35.032
I WANT TO, LEAVE IT OPEN.

02:34:35.099 --> 02:34:37.067
OKAY. THANK YOU.

02:34:37.134 --> 02:34:39.169
OH, YOU HAVE ANOTHER BILL NOW?

02:34:39.236 --> 02:34:40.137
SAME. SAME PERSON.

02:34:40.204 --> 02:34:43.207
SEVEN MORE. BILL 11. SORRY.

02:34:43.540 --> 02:34:43.907
OKAY.

02:34:43.974 --> 02:34:49.179
I HAVE A NUMBER
11 A THE, 26 OR 2561.

02:34:49.713 --> 02:34:50.314
WHAT IS IT NOW?

02:34:50.381 --> 02:34:53.384
CAN I READ 26 ON?

02:34:56.820 --> 02:34:57.054
ALL RIGHT.

02:34:57.121 --> 02:34:58.689
THANK YOU.

02:34:58.756 --> 02:34:58.956
CHAIRMAN.

02:34:59.023 --> 02:35:01.325
SENATORS,
I'M HERE TO PRESENT AB 2601,

02:35:01.392 --> 02:35:03.293
WHICH ALLOWS HOUSING DEVELOPERS
TO APPLY

02:35:03.360 --> 02:35:06.363
FOR CONCURRENT
REVIEW OF PROJECTS THAT INVOLVES

02:35:06.563 --> 02:35:08.866
SPECIFIC STREAMLINED PROJECTS
AND LOT SPLITTING.

02:35:08.932 --> 02:35:11.568
WE HAVE PASSED A LOT OF BILLS
THAT SHORTEN TIMELINES, EXEMPT

02:35:11.635 --> 02:35:12.403
HOUSING PROJECTS

02:35:12.469 --> 02:35:13.871
FROM DIFFERENT KINDS OF REVIEW,

02:35:13.937 --> 02:35:15.606
AND REQUIRE MINISTERIAL APPROVAL

02:35:15.673 --> 02:35:17.307
AND I'VE SUPPORTED
MOST OF THOSE EFFORTS.

02:35:17.374 --> 02:35:19.143
THIS BILL SEEKS
TO COMPLEMENT THOSE EFFORTS,

02:35:19.209 --> 02:35:20.878
BUT WITHOUT ADDING SHOT CLOCKS

02:35:20.944 --> 02:35:23.047
OR SIDESTEPPING REVIEW
PROCESSES,

02:35:23.113 --> 02:35:25.582
ALLOWING CONCURRENT
REVIEW OF PARCEL MAP SPLITS.

02:35:25.649 --> 02:35:26.617
AND THESE HOUSING PROJECTS

02:35:26.684 --> 02:35:28.085
CAN CREATE EFFICIENCY
AND DEVELOPMENT.

02:35:28.152 --> 02:35:28.986
NEW HOUSING PROJECTS.

02:35:29.053 --> 02:35:29.987
THAT EFFICIENCY

02:35:30.054 --> 02:35:31.822
CAN MAKE PROJECT
FINANCING MORE CERTAIN

02:35:31.889 --> 02:35:34.625
AND PROJECT DELIVERY FASTER,
ALL TO THE BENEFIT

02:35:34.692 --> 02:35:36.260
OF PROVIDING MORE HOMES
FOR PEOPLE.

02:35:36.326 --> 02:35:39.229
WITH ME HERE IN SUPPORT TODAY
IS LOUIS MORANTE WITH THE BAY

02:35:39.296 --> 02:35:42.299
AREA COUNCIL AND JONATHAN
CHANG WITH ALPHA X CAPITAL.

02:35:44.134 --> 02:35:46.737
SO MANY SUCH.

02:35:46.804 --> 02:35:47.538
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

02:35:47.604 --> 02:35:48.505
GOOD MORNING.

02:35:48.572 --> 02:35:50.808
MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
MY NAME IS LOUIS MORANTE

02:35:50.874 --> 02:35:52.576
WITH THE BAY AREA COUNCIL,
WHICH REPRESENTS

02:35:52.643 --> 02:35:56.180
ABOUT 400 OF THE REGION'S
LARGEST EMPLOYERS FOR BUSINESSES

02:35:56.246 --> 02:35:56.914
IN THE BAY AREA.

02:35:56.980 --> 02:35:58.382
HOUSING IS NOT A SIDE ISSUE.

02:35:58.449 --> 02:36:01.919
IT'S A CRITICAL CORE FUNCTION
OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S

02:36:01.985 --> 02:36:04.888
FOCUS ON MAKING THE REGION
THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK,

02:36:04.955 --> 02:36:08.559
AND TO RECRUITING, FUTURE JOBS
OR COMPANIES TO THE REGION.

02:36:09.193 --> 02:36:12.262
THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT HELPS BUILD

02:36:13.163 --> 02:36:15.199
THE MISSING MIDDLE,
THE AFFORDABLE

02:36:15.265 --> 02:36:16.667
TYPE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS

02:36:16.734 --> 02:36:19.103
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
SO EAGERLY CRAVE.

02:36:19.169 --> 02:36:21.138
THESE SMALLER,
MORE NATURALLY AFFORDABLE

02:36:21.205 --> 02:36:23.774
HOMES ARE ONES
THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY BUY.

02:36:23.841 --> 02:36:26.944
CALIFORNIA BUILDS VERY FEW HOMES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY FOR SALE,

02:36:27.277 --> 02:36:31.415
AND THESE HOMES ARE WELL PLACED
CLOSE TO JOBS IN, IN, IN,

02:36:31.782 --> 02:36:32.549
YOU KNOW, IN THE PENINSULA

02:36:32.616 --> 02:36:36.587
IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN THE EAST
BAY, MAKING THEM VERY VALUABLE

02:36:36.653 --> 02:36:39.656
TO EMPLOYERS SEEKING TO RECRUIT
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OWN HOMES.

02:36:40.457 --> 02:36:42.559
CRITICALLY, THIS BILL,
AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

02:36:42.626 --> 02:36:46.163
MENTIONED, DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY
NEW DEADLINES ON LOCAL AGENCIES.

02:36:46.463 --> 02:36:47.297
IT STREAMLINES

02:36:47.364 --> 02:36:50.701
STRATEGICALLY WITHOUT MANDATING
A DIFFERENT PACE OF REVIEW.

02:36:51.268 --> 02:36:53.771
I THINK THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
COVERED THE DETAILS OF THE BILL

02:36:53.837 --> 02:36:55.606
VERY WELL, SO I'LL SKIP THAT.

02:36:55.672 --> 02:36:57.040
I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY URGE

02:36:57.107 --> 02:36:59.243
YOUR I VOTE
AND THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE

02:36:59.309 --> 02:37:01.578
FOR CARRYING THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE. THANK YOU.

02:37:01.645 --> 02:37:03.080
OKAY. SECOND WITNESS.

02:37:04.214 --> 02:37:04.648
HELLO, CHAIR.

02:37:04.715 --> 02:37:05.482
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

02:37:05.549 --> 02:37:06.617
MY NAME IS JONATHAN CHANG,

02:37:06.683 --> 02:37:10.654
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF Z CAPITAL
AND SUPPORT OF AB 2601.

02:37:10.721 --> 02:37:13.123
ALPHA X IS A BAY AREA
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.

02:37:13.190 --> 02:37:15.893
FOCUS ON INFILL AND MISSING
MIDDLE HOUSING.

02:37:15.959 --> 02:37:18.929
OUR MISSION IS DIRECTLY TIED TO
THE TYPE OF HOUSING PRODUCTION.

02:37:18.996 --> 02:37:20.597
THIS BILL IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT

02:37:20.664 --> 02:37:23.867
SMALLER SUBDIVISIONS, TOWNHOME
AND CONDO COMMUNITIES, ADUS,

02:37:23.934 --> 02:37:26.503
AND OTHER ATTAINABLE OWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES.

02:37:26.570 --> 02:37:27.504
AS AN ORGANIZATION,

02:37:27.571 --> 02:37:29.106
WE PRIDE OURSELVES
ON COLLABORATING

02:37:29.173 --> 02:37:31.408
WITH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
TO PUT CALIFORNIA'S

02:37:31.475 --> 02:37:34.178
NEWEST HOUSING LEGISLATION
INTO PRACTICE.

02:37:34.244 --> 02:37:35.913
WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST SB 684

02:37:35.979 --> 02:37:37.714
PROJECTS APPROVED
IN THE CITY OF CAMPBELL.

02:37:37.781 --> 02:37:38.882
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON

02:37:38.949 --> 02:37:41.985
SB 1123 PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT SANTA CLARA COUNTY

02:37:42.052 --> 02:37:42.719
AND IN SAN JOSE.

02:37:42.786 --> 02:37:44.054
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
TO COMPLETE

02:37:44.121 --> 02:37:47.424
A CONDO CONVERSION OF A DETACHED
ADU UNDER AB 1033.

02:37:47.858 --> 02:37:49.793
THAT TWO BEDROOM ADU
WAS ULTIMATELY PURCHASED

02:37:49.860 --> 02:37:52.196
BY A MOTHER
AND SON FOR $530,000,

02:37:52.262 --> 02:37:55.132
GRANTING THEM FIRST TIME
HOME OWNERSHIP WITH A MORTGAGE

02:37:55.199 --> 02:37:57.701
ALMOST EQUAL TO THE RENT
THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY PAYING.

02:37:57.768 --> 02:37:59.436
THIS IS THE KIND OF HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY

02:37:59.503 --> 02:38:02.739
THAT CALIFORNIANS DESERVE MORE
OF ALLOWING THE CONDOMINIUM APP

02:38:02.806 --> 02:38:04.575
AND RELATED
HOUSING REVIEW TO MOVE FORWARD

02:38:04.641 --> 02:38:05.909
CONCURRENTLY WOULD MAKE

02:38:05.976 --> 02:38:07.711
ADU OWNERSHIP MORE VIABLE,

02:38:07.778 --> 02:38:10.480
CREATING ANOTHER PATH
FOR ATTAINABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP

02:38:10.547 --> 02:38:13.317
TO A WIDER DEMOGRAPHIC
ACROSS THE STATE.

02:38:13.383 --> 02:38:14.384
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL

02:38:14.451 --> 02:38:16.587
BECAUSE IT STRENGTHENS
PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION

02:38:16.653 --> 02:38:19.523
OF IMPORTANT HOUSING
LEGISLATION, INCLUDING SB9

02:38:19.590 --> 02:38:20.057
AND SB9.

02:38:20.123 --> 02:38:21.124
CREATED A PATHWAY TO ADD

02:38:21.191 --> 02:38:23.260
HOUSING ON SINGLE FAMILY
LOTS THROUGH TWO UNIT

02:38:23.327 --> 02:38:25.329
DEVELOPMENTS
AND URBAN LOT SPLITS.

02:38:25.395 --> 02:38:27.664
BUT IN PRACTICE, THESE PROJECTS
STILL FACE CHALLENGES

02:38:27.731 --> 02:38:30.033
WHEN THE BUILDING APPLICATION,
SUBDIVISION MAP

02:38:30.100 --> 02:38:33.070
AND EVENTUAL OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
ARE REVIEWED SEPARATELY.

02:38:33.136 --> 02:38:35.239
AB 2601 HELPS ADDRESS
THAT PROBLEM

02:38:35.305 --> 02:38:37.608
BY MAKING THE PROCESS CLEARER
AND MORE COORDINATED,

02:38:37.674 --> 02:38:39.977
WHILE STILL PRESERVING
LOCAL AUTHORITY

02:38:40.043 --> 02:38:42.079
JURISDICTIONS WOULD STILL APPLY
THEIR LOCAL STANDARDS,

02:38:42.145 --> 02:38:44.548
OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS,
AND SAFETY REVIEWS.

02:38:44.615 --> 02:38:47.284
IMPORTANTLY, APPROPRIATE
SAFEGUARDS WOULD STILL REMAIN,

02:38:47.351 --> 02:38:49.820
SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO CONDITION
OCCUPANCY

02:38:49.887 --> 02:38:51.922
ON THE RECOMMENDATION
OF A FINAL MAP.

02:38:51.989 --> 02:38:53.857
FROM OUR EXPERIENCE
WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CITIES

02:38:53.924 --> 02:38:55.192
AND COUNTIES, CLEAR SEQUENCING

02:38:55.259 --> 02:38:57.728
AND CONCURRENT VIEWS
BENEFITS EVERYONE INVOLVED.

02:38:57.794 --> 02:39:00.264
IT HELPS APPLICANTS UNDERSTAND
THE REQUIREMENTS EARLIER,

02:39:00.330 --> 02:39:01.331
HELPS STAFF

02:39:01.398 --> 02:39:03.934
IDENTIFY ISSUES SOONER,
AND GIVES THE JURISDICTION

02:39:04.001 --> 02:39:05.636
A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE
PROPOSED

02:39:05.702 --> 02:39:07.771
HOUSING OUTCOME
FROM THE VERY START.

02:39:07.838 --> 02:39:08.672
WITH IMPROVEMENTS

02:39:08.739 --> 02:39:10.540
IN THIS BILL,
WE BELIEVE CALIFORNIA CAN CREATE

02:39:10.607 --> 02:39:13.410
A MORE WORKABLE PATH FOR SMALLER
HOUSING PROJECTS,

02:39:13.477 --> 02:39:15.679
ALLOWING DEVELOPERS
LIKE US TO DELIVER THE HOUSING

02:39:15.746 --> 02:39:18.782
OUR COMMUNITIES NEED DURING
OUR ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS.

02:39:20.183 --> 02:39:22.853
WE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR VOTE ON AB 2601.

02:39:22.920 --> 02:39:23.420
THANK YOU.

02:39:23.487 --> 02:39:26.590
OKAY,
ANYONE ALSO ME TO SUPPORT US?

02:39:29.059 --> 02:39:29.493
YES, MR.

02:39:29.559 --> 02:39:31.895
CHAIR, MICHAEL GUNNING,
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

02:39:31.962 --> 02:39:34.865
HERE ON BEHALF OF ABUNDANT
HOUSING LOS ANGELES

02:39:34.932 --> 02:39:37.935
AND CIRCULATE PLANNING
AND POLICY, ALL IN SUPPORT.

02:39:40.437 --> 02:39:40.671
NOLAN.

02:39:40.737 --> 02:39:43.507
GREAT FOR CALIFORNIA
AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

02:39:43.573 --> 02:39:44.508
ANY LEAD?

02:39:44.574 --> 02:39:47.577
THE OPPOSITION WITNESS.

02:39:47.844 --> 02:39:48.879
OKAY.

02:39:48.946 --> 02:39:51.048
IN THE PUBLIC.

02:39:51.114 --> 02:39:52.282
OKAY.

02:39:52.349 --> 02:39:53.850
NO QUESTION.

02:39:53.917 --> 02:39:56.920
AND, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

02:39:57.487 --> 02:39:59.756
OH, YEAH. OKAY. YES.

02:39:59.823 --> 02:40:01.758
SENATOR. SEATTLE.

02:40:01.825 --> 02:40:05.395
SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH
ALL THE HOUSING COMMITTEES.

02:40:05.963 --> 02:40:09.366
I'M SEEING,
LIKE TEN, 15 OF BILLS

02:40:09.433 --> 02:40:13.971
THAT ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR
TO THIS, ALL STREAMLINING SB9.

02:40:15.339 --> 02:40:19.476
HOW DO WE RECONCILE THOSE WITH
I MEAN, HAVE YOU LOOKED

02:40:19.543 --> 02:40:21.912
AT YOUR BILL IN RELATION
TO OTHER BILLS

02:40:21.979 --> 02:40:24.147
TO SEE WHERE
THE OVERLAP IS OR WHAT?

02:40:24.214 --> 02:40:25.248
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

02:40:25.315 --> 02:40:28.986
WE JUST HEARD ONE EARLIER THAT
I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF BEVERLY.

02:40:29.519 --> 02:40:32.689
BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT
BECAUSE OF THE MIDDLE,

02:40:32.756 --> 02:40:36.226
THE MIDDLE HOUSING
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

02:40:37.027 --> 02:40:39.329
BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE,

02:40:40.397 --> 02:40:41.631
THE ONEROUS

02:40:41.698 --> 02:40:44.735
PARTS OF ONE BILL
GET COVERED IN ANOTHER BILL.

02:40:44.801 --> 02:40:48.505
AND THEN WE WE WHEN
WE COMBINE THEM ALL AT THE END,

02:40:49.973 --> 02:40:54.478
WE HAVE AN UNWORKABLE MESS
OF REGULATORY STUFF

02:40:54.711 --> 02:40:59.049
FOR CITIES TO HAVE TO WATCH
BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY CANNOT

02:40:59.116 --> 02:41:00.384
PARTICIPATE IN.

02:41:00.450 --> 02:41:02.953
SO HAVE YOU LOOKED
AT THESE OTHER BILLS

02:41:03.020 --> 02:41:06.189
AND COMPARED THEM TO YOURS
AND SEE WHERE THE OVERLAP IS?

02:41:06.256 --> 02:41:09.459
OR WE JUST
I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE REINING

02:41:09.526 --> 02:41:12.529
THESE TYPE OF BILLS AND,

02:41:12.796 --> 02:41:13.530
YOU KNOW,

02:41:13.597 --> 02:41:13.964
IT'S LIKE

02:41:14.031 --> 02:41:17.067
WE'RE MAKING THE SAME ARGUMENTS
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

02:41:17.401 --> 02:41:19.903
SO I THINK IT'S A VERY IT'S
VERY VALID POINT,

02:41:19.970 --> 02:41:20.170
YOU KNOW,

02:41:20.237 --> 02:41:22.039
AND I SIT ON THE
ASSEMBLY HOUSING COMMITTEE,

02:41:22.105 --> 02:41:24.975
I CAN'T SPEAK TO RESPECT OF ALL
THE OTHER ECOSYSTEM BILLS,

02:41:25.042 --> 02:41:26.143
BUT THIS BILL IS ABOUT TRYING

02:41:26.209 --> 02:41:29.212
TO SIMPLIFY THAT SO CITY
CAN CONCURRENTLY REVIEW.

02:41:29.446 --> 02:41:31.048
A LOT OF THE STREAMLINING
IS DONE. IN A SENSE.

02:41:31.114 --> 02:41:32.916
THIS IS A BILL THAT'S
STREAMLINING THE STREAMLINING.

02:41:32.983 --> 02:41:34.818
SO RATHER THAN MAKING A CITY GO
ALL RIGHT.

02:41:34.885 --> 02:41:37.087
REVIEW NUMBER ONE. REVIEW
NUMBER TWO REVIEW NUMBER THREE.

02:41:37.154 --> 02:41:39.523
FOR ALL THE THINGS TO CHANGE
THEY CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT ALL

02:41:39.589 --> 02:41:41.391
COMPREHENSIVELY AT ONCE.

02:41:41.458 --> 02:41:43.393
I DON'T KNOW IF MY WITNESSES
ON THE PRACTITIONER

02:41:43.460 --> 02:41:45.328
FRONT WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,

02:41:45.395 --> 02:41:47.264
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING
AT THIS ON LOCAL LEVEL,

02:41:47.330 --> 02:41:51.101
BUT THIS IS INTENDED TO SAVE
TIME AND RESOURCES BY CHECKING,

02:41:51.168 --> 02:41:52.636
LIKE CHECKING
ALL THE STREAMLINING

02:41:52.702 --> 02:41:55.072
THAT WE'VE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY
RATHER THAN GOING

02:41:55.138 --> 02:41:56.973
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STEPS.

02:41:57.040 --> 02:41:58.508
AND I THINK PART OF WHAT YOU'RE

02:41:58.575 --> 02:42:02.079
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH,
FORGETS IT.

02:42:02.779 --> 02:42:06.516
SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST 1 OR 2
PEOPLE DOING THE SAME PROCESS.

02:42:06.583 --> 02:42:06.817
RIGHT.

02:42:06.883 --> 02:42:07.884
AND SO THE STREAM,

02:42:07.951 --> 02:42:09.753
THEY CAN'T DO THINGS
SIMULTANEOUSLY

02:42:09.820 --> 02:42:11.988
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
DO ONE THING AT A TIME.

02:42:12.055 --> 02:42:16.126
IT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY THEY'RE NOT DOING

02:42:16.193 --> 02:42:20.864
IT, IN SERIES BECAUSE THEY,

02:42:21.865 --> 02:42:22.632
THEY WANT

02:42:22.699 --> 02:42:25.735
TO THEY'RE DOING IT IN SERIES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.

02:42:25.802 --> 02:42:28.839
BECAUSE, YEAH, THEY'VE ONLY
GOT ONE THING IN TIME.

02:42:28.905 --> 02:42:33.677
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT IT
THAT, THAT STREAMLINING

02:42:34.344 --> 02:42:36.012
WITH ALL THE OTHER

02:42:36.079 --> 02:42:38.815
50 STREAMLINING BILLS
THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR,

02:42:38.882 --> 02:42:42.085
IS, IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY
ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER ONES.

02:42:42.152 --> 02:42:42.786
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

02:42:42.853 --> 02:42:45.155
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
ESPECIALLY WITH SMALLER CITIES,

02:42:45.222 --> 02:42:47.457
APPLYING DEPARTMENTS MAY BE
A BIT SMALLER IN THAT SENSE.

02:42:47.524 --> 02:42:49.559
BUT I THINK ABOUT IT AS

02:42:49.626 --> 02:42:51.895
THE SMALLER PLANNING DEPARTMENT
HAVING TO JUGGLE 15

02:42:51.962 --> 02:42:54.197
BASICALLY PROJECTS
FOR ONE PARCEL

02:42:54.264 --> 02:42:56.666
RATHER THAN DOING IT
ALL COMPREHENSIVELY AS ONE.

02:42:56.733 --> 02:42:58.535
SO IT IS IN A SENSE,
WE'RE TRYING

02:42:58.602 --> 02:43:00.137
TO SIMPLIFY THIS PROCESS
STILL FOR THEM.

02:43:00.203 --> 02:43:00.437
WELL,

02:43:00.504 --> 02:43:01.571
OUR STATE AGENCIES

02:43:01.638 --> 02:43:03.673
ALL HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES

02:43:03.740 --> 02:43:05.342
AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS
EITHER.

02:43:05.408 --> 02:43:08.011
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM DO IT.

02:43:08.078 --> 02:43:09.946
SO THANK YOU.

02:43:10.013 --> 02:43:12.916
SO OKAY WITH THAT
I WILL HAVE TO WAIT

02:43:12.983 --> 02:43:14.217
UNTIL THE MEMBERS COME BACK

02:43:14.284 --> 02:43:16.520
AND THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE
AND THE LIVE IN OPEN.

02:43:16.586 --> 02:43:18.221
OKAY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

02:43:23.927 --> 02:43:26.930
NEXT.

02:43:31.635 --> 02:43:32.202
OKAY.

02:43:32.269 --> 02:43:35.839
NEXT ONE IS, ITEM NUMBER 13

02:43:37.707 --> 02:43:41.278
AB182.

02:43:41.845 --> 02:43:44.281
ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHERYL,

02:43:44.347 --> 02:43:47.350
YOU HAVE SEVERAL BILLS.

02:43:48.018 --> 02:43:49.319
THANK YOU, MR.

02:43:49.386 --> 02:43:50.487
VICE CHAIR.

02:43:50.554 --> 02:43:54.591
AND MEMBERS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT AB 1820 TODAY.

02:43:54.958 --> 02:43:56.893
I'D LIKE TO START BY,

02:43:56.960 --> 02:43:59.696
THANKING CHAIR DURISO
AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF

02:43:59.763 --> 02:44:01.498
FOR THEIR DETAILED WORK
ON THIS MEASURE.

02:44:01.565 --> 02:44:04.634
AND I AM ACCEPTING
ALL OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS,

02:44:04.701 --> 02:44:08.004
AS AMENDED, AB 1820
SETS A PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE

02:44:08.071 --> 02:44:11.274
FOR EV CHARGERS INSTALLED
IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING,

02:44:11.641 --> 02:44:14.911
BUT ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FLEXIBILITY IN THE CASE

02:44:14.978 --> 02:44:18.548
OF MORE COMPLEX PERMITS
TO EXCEED FEE SCHEDULE AMOUNTS

02:44:18.615 --> 02:44:21.585
IF THEY MAKE A WRITTEN
FINDING PROVIDING EVIDENCE

02:44:21.651 --> 02:44:24.654
OF A HIGHER COST
TO ISSUE THAT PERMIT.

02:44:25.889 --> 02:44:26.790
AS A PROPORTION

02:44:26.856 --> 02:44:30.961
OF ALL HOUSING MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING UNITS, AN APARTMENT

02:44:31.027 --> 02:44:34.831
BUILDINGS HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF INSTALLED EV CHARGERS.

02:44:35.165 --> 02:44:37.834
THERE ARE A FEW
DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THIS.

02:44:37.901 --> 02:44:39.669
IF A TENANT WOULD LIKE AN EV
CHARGER

02:44:39.736 --> 02:44:41.304
INSTALLED,
THEY MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH

02:44:41.371 --> 02:44:44.774
A PROPERTY MANAGER TO REQUEST
THE LANDLORD INSTALL AN OUTLET.

02:44:45.141 --> 02:44:48.745
IN ADDITION TO THE RAW LABOR
AND INSTALLATION COSTS,

02:44:48.812 --> 02:44:50.413
THE LANDLORD MUST REQUEST

02:44:50.480 --> 02:44:52.582
AND PAY FOR THE PERMIT
FROM THE CITY

02:44:52.649 --> 02:44:55.485
AND NEED TO WORK WITH
THE UTILITY DURING INSTALLATION.

02:44:55.552 --> 02:44:56.253
IN OTHER WORDS,

02:44:56.319 --> 02:44:59.656
THERE ARE MULTIPLE POTENTIAL
VETO POINTS ALONG THE WAY

02:44:59.723 --> 02:45:02.726
THAT CAN BLOCK INSTALLATION
AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

02:45:03.226 --> 02:45:06.296
SETTING A STATEWIDE FEE
SCHEDULE WILL NOT SOLVE

02:45:06.363 --> 02:45:09.199
EVERY ISSUE,
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

02:45:09.266 --> 02:45:11.301
BUT ENSURING
THAT EV CHARGING PERMITS

02:45:11.368 --> 02:45:12.669
ARE AFFORDABLE FOR APARTMENT

02:45:12.736 --> 02:45:16.506
DWELLERS WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE
GET ACCESS TO EVS.

02:45:16.973 --> 02:45:19.976
STATEWIDE PERMIT FEE
SCHEDULES ARE NOT NEW.

02:45:20.043 --> 02:45:24.581
ONE EXAMPLE IS AB 1132,
ENACTED IN 2023 BY FORMER

02:45:24.648 --> 02:45:26.283
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRIEDMAN,

02:45:26.349 --> 02:45:28.418
WHICH CAPPED PERMIT FEES
FOR RESIDENTIAL

02:45:28.485 --> 02:45:30.420
AND COMMERCIAL SOLAR PERMITS.

02:45:30.487 --> 02:45:30.887
MEASURES

02:45:30.954 --> 02:45:34.491
LIKE THESE ARE AN EFFORT
TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE UNIFORMITY,

02:45:34.791 --> 02:45:37.427
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO STATEWIDE POLICY GOALS

02:45:37.494 --> 02:45:40.530
SUCH AS INCREASED SOLAR ADOPTION
OR ACCELERATED

02:45:40.597 --> 02:45:44.401
EV INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT'S NEEDED FOR EV ADOPTION.

02:45:45.135 --> 02:45:48.838
WITH ME TODAY IS NATE SOLAR PV,

02:45:49.072 --> 02:45:50.874
WHO CAN COME SIT UP HERE
IF YOU'D LIKE.

02:45:50.940 --> 02:45:53.076
HE'S ALWAYS SITTING IN THE
BACK. NATE, I DON'T KNOW WHY.

02:45:55.378 --> 02:45:58.882
REPRESENTING EV CHARGING
COMPANIES AND BILL MCGOVERN,

02:45:58.948 --> 02:46:01.951
REPRESENTING THE COALITION
FOR CLEAN AIR.

02:46:03.553 --> 02:46:04.287
THANKS.

02:46:04.354 --> 02:46:06.289
BILL MCGOVERN
WITH THE COST FOR CLEAN AIR.

02:46:06.356 --> 02:46:07.757
AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS BILL

02:46:07.824 --> 02:46:08.858
BECAUSE IT WILL HELP

02:46:08.925 --> 02:46:12.329
TO EXPEDITE, SOLUTION
TO OUR AIR AND CLIMATE PROBLEMS.

02:46:12.595 --> 02:46:13.096
CALIFORNIA.

02:46:13.163 --> 02:46:14.798
UNFORTUNATELY,
DESPITE ALL THE PROGRESS WE'VE

02:46:14.864 --> 02:46:17.834
MADE, STILL HAS THE COUNTRY'S
WORST AIR POLLUTION.

02:46:17.901 --> 02:46:19.736
WE HAVE THE WORST SMOG,
THE WORST SOOT.

02:46:19.803 --> 02:46:20.270
AND WE'RE ALSO

02:46:20.337 --> 02:46:23.606
SEEING THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS
OF RUNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE AND

02:46:23.673 --> 02:46:26.910
WILDFIRES AND HEATWAVES
AND DROUGHTS AND FLOODS.

02:46:27.977 --> 02:46:30.714
FORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE

02:46:30.780 --> 02:46:34.017
BIGGEST CAUSE OF THAT POLLUTION,
WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION.

02:46:34.351 --> 02:46:37.487
AND WE CAN ELECTRIFY
TRANSPORTATION.

02:46:37.554 --> 02:46:40.123
WE HAVE THE VEHICLES AVAILABLE.

02:46:40.190 --> 02:46:42.959
UNFORTUNATELY,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES

02:46:43.026 --> 02:46:44.427
TO TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION

02:46:44.494 --> 02:46:46.229
IS LACK
OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

02:46:46.296 --> 02:46:50.200
AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY ACUTE
IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

02:46:50.633 --> 02:46:54.838
SO THIS BILL WOULD HELP
TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS

02:46:54.904 --> 02:46:59.275
AND MAKE SURE THAT FEES ARE
REASONABLE WHEN WE'RE PERMITTING

02:46:59.542 --> 02:47:00.977
THAT CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

02:47:03.446 --> 02:47:04.881
MEMBERS
NEEDS TO LIVE, AFTER THE EV

02:47:04.948 --> 02:47:06.583
CHARGING COMPANIES
SUPPORTING THE BILL.

02:47:06.649 --> 02:47:09.018
JUST FOR CONTEXT,
THE LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED

02:47:09.085 --> 02:47:10.153
THREE BILLS OVER THE LAST

02:47:10.220 --> 02:47:13.223
15 YEARS DOING THIS SAME THING
FOR THE SOLAR INDUSTRY.

02:47:13.456 --> 02:47:16.259
THAT'S LED TO MORE,
CONSISTENT PERMITTING

02:47:16.326 --> 02:47:16.893
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

02:47:16.960 --> 02:47:19.129
AND THAT'S HELPED A LOT
WITH SOLAR ADOPTION.

02:47:19.195 --> 02:47:22.165
WE ARE ADOPTING THAT
SAME TYPE OF,

02:47:22.766 --> 02:47:26.102
REFORM HERE,
APPLYING IT TO EV CHARGERS, BUT

02:47:26.169 --> 02:47:29.439
WE'RE DOING IT IN A VERY NARROW
WAY, AS THE AUTHOR MENTIONED.

02:47:29.506 --> 02:47:30.974
AND WE AGAIN,
APPRECIATE ALL OF HER WORK.

02:47:31.040 --> 02:47:32.776
AND THE COMMITTEE'S HARD
WORK ON THIS BILL.

02:47:32.842 --> 02:47:35.512
THE AMENDMENTS
EXTREMELY NARROW THE BILL.

02:47:35.578 --> 02:47:38.114
SO IT NO LONGER
APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

02:47:38.181 --> 02:47:40.183
AND NO LONGER APPLIES
TO SUPERCHARGERS

02:47:40.250 --> 02:47:41.284
AND AND CHARGING FACILITY

02:47:41.351 --> 02:47:45.121
SETTINGS, AND NOW JUST APPLIES
TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING LEVEL

02:47:45.188 --> 02:47:45.789
TWO CHARGERS.

02:47:45.855 --> 02:47:47.957
SO THOSE ARE PREDOMINANTLY
GOING TO BE AT APARTMENTS.

02:47:48.024 --> 02:47:50.593
THIS IS THE SECTOR
THAT'S HARDEST TO GET AT.

02:47:50.660 --> 02:47:53.363
THESE ARE FOLKS
WHO HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY

02:47:53.430 --> 02:47:56.166
TO REALLY CONSIDER
PURCHASING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

02:47:56.232 --> 02:47:58.101
UNLESS THEY HAVE CHARGING
OR WHAT, WHERE THEY LIVE.

02:47:58.168 --> 02:47:58.802
SO TO

02:47:58.868 --> 02:48:01.204
PROVIDE IT IN THIS APARTMENT,
SETTINGS, THAT'S

02:48:01.271 --> 02:48:04.140
GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

02:48:04.207 --> 02:48:07.210
AND WE THINK THIS BILL
HAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

02:48:07.277 --> 02:48:09.979
WE DELAYED THE IMPLEMENTATION
DATE COMING OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY.

02:48:10.046 --> 02:48:11.347
SO THERE'S A ONE YEAR

02:48:11.414 --> 02:48:14.717
DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION
FOR CITIES UNDER 200,000 PEOPLE

02:48:14.918 --> 02:48:16.953
TO HELP GIVE CITIES
TIME TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS

02:48:17.020 --> 02:48:17.887
THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO.

02:48:17.954 --> 02:48:21.424
HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE THAT
MANY CITIES ARE ALREADY CHARGING

02:48:21.825 --> 02:48:26.129
BELOW THE PRICE PARAMETERS SET
IN THE BILL, AND SO MANY CITIES

02:48:26.463 --> 02:48:28.164
WILL NOT BE IMPACTED
ALL BY THIS BILL.

02:48:28.231 --> 02:48:31.234
BUT IT DOES ENCOURAGE
THOSE JURISDICTIONS

02:48:31.568 --> 02:48:34.137
TO MOVE AND HAVE MORE EFFICIENT,

02:48:34.204 --> 02:48:37.240
PERMITTING PROCESS,
WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWER FEES.

02:48:37.474 --> 02:48:40.210
THERE ALSO IS, EXEMPTIONS
AND FLEXIBILITY

02:48:40.276 --> 02:48:42.245
FOR LOCAL JURISDICTION,
SINCE EVERY,

02:48:42.312 --> 02:48:42.545
YOU KNOW,

02:48:42.612 --> 02:48:43.279
PERMIT IS DIFFERENT,

02:48:43.346 --> 02:48:45.448
POTENTIALLY,
JURISDICTIONS CAN CHARGE

02:48:45.515 --> 02:48:47.450
MORE THAN THE PRICING PARAMETERS
IN THE BILL.

02:48:47.517 --> 02:48:49.185
THEY JUST NEED TO DO A WRITTEN
FINDING.

02:48:49.252 --> 02:48:50.353
AND SO THERE IS AN EXEMPTION

02:48:50.420 --> 02:48:52.956
FOR FOLKS IF THEY NEED TO CHARGE
MORE. THAT'S OKAY.

02:48:53.022 --> 02:48:56.960
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO,
FLEXIBILITY IN THE FEE SCHEDULE

02:48:57.026 --> 02:48:58.661
WHERE
IF THERE'S JUST A FEW CHARGERS,

02:48:58.728 --> 02:49:01.965
IT STARTS AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT,
BUT THEN AS MORE CHARGERS

02:49:02.031 --> 02:49:04.100
GET INSTALLED AT A LOCATION,
FOR EXAMPLE,

02:49:04.167 --> 02:49:05.602
THEY'RE ABLE TO CHARGE MORE

02:49:05.668 --> 02:49:07.670
FOR FOR THAT PROJECT
SO THAT THERE IS THE ABILITY

02:49:07.737 --> 02:49:09.339
FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
TO CHARGE MORE.

02:49:09.405 --> 02:49:10.907
THERE'S
FLEXIBILITY AND EXEMPTIONS.

02:49:10.974 --> 02:49:13.042
AND SO WE THINK THAT STRIKES
THE RIGHT BALANCE

02:49:13.109 --> 02:49:15.812
TO REALLY HONE
IN ON THE MOST CRITICAL SECTOR,

02:49:15.879 --> 02:49:18.648
OF OF FOLKS OUT THERE
TRYING TO GET CHARGERS

02:49:18.715 --> 02:49:19.516
IN APARTMENT SETTINGS.

02:49:19.582 --> 02:49:22.018
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMITTEE'S CONTINUED SUPPORT.

02:49:22.085 --> 02:49:24.053
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

02:49:24.120 --> 02:49:28.358
ANY OTHER SUPPORT
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?

02:49:30.326 --> 02:49:33.263
CHAIR MEMBERS, NICK RAMOS, ON
BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN EV JOBS

02:49:33.329 --> 02:49:36.332
ALLIANCE AND THE ALLIANCE
FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION

02:49:36.399 --> 02:49:39.402
IN SUPPORT YOU.

02:49:40.003 --> 02:49:40.603
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.

02:49:40.670 --> 02:49:41.871
VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
SCOTT COX

02:49:41.938 --> 02:49:43.106
ON BEHALF OF THE ELECTRIC
VEHICLE

02:49:43.172 --> 02:49:45.875
CHARGING ASSOCIATION,
PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF THIS BILL,

02:49:45.942 --> 02:49:48.578
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR
I VOTE AND ALSO,

02:49:48.645 --> 02:49:50.947
THE REQUEST OF THE CALIFORNIA
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION

02:49:51.014 --> 02:49:53.783
EXTENDING THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE BILL. THANK YOU.

02:49:53.850 --> 02:49:54.217
AND, MR.

02:49:54.284 --> 02:49:55.752
CHAIR,
IF I COULD JUST, THE UNION

02:49:55.818 --> 02:49:57.620
OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
AND NATURAL RESOURCES

02:49:57.687 --> 02:50:00.023
DEFENSE COUNCIL,
WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE

02:50:00.089 --> 02:50:01.591
AND ASKED US
TO ADD THEIR SUPPORT.

02:50:01.658 --> 02:50:03.760
ALSO,

02:50:03.826 --> 02:50:05.895
I'M KYLE LAPOINTE HERE
ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENT

02:50:05.962 --> 02:50:07.964
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.

02:50:08.031 --> 02:50:09.198
OKAY.

02:50:09.265 --> 02:50:12.235
ANY LEAD THE OPPONENT.

02:50:19.876 --> 02:50:22.879
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

02:50:23.513 --> 02:50:23.913
THANK YOU, MR.

02:50:23.980 --> 02:50:25.548
CHAIR.

02:50:25.615 --> 02:50:27.684
DAYMON CONCUR WITH THE LEAGUE
OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

02:50:27.750 --> 02:50:31.321
WE ACTUALLY,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK

02:50:31.387 --> 02:50:32.455
THAT THE COMMITTEE STAFF

02:50:32.522 --> 02:50:34.857
HAS DONE ON THE ANALYSIS,
AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE,

02:50:34.924 --> 02:50:37.594
THE SPONSOR
AND THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL.

02:50:37.660 --> 02:50:40.430
APPRECIATE, THE NARROWING
OF THE BILL

02:50:40.496 --> 02:50:43.800
AND THE PROVISIONS
THAT FOCUS THIS BILL MORE HYPER.

02:50:44.133 --> 02:50:48.671
ON LEVEL TWO, MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING, OUR, ISSUE

02:50:48.738 --> 02:50:52.141
KIND OF REMAINS KIND
OF, PREMISED UNDER THE,

02:50:52.442 --> 02:50:57.113
CAPPING OF ANY FEES THAT
LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES CHARGE.

02:50:57.180 --> 02:51:00.149
CALIFORNIA ALREADY
HAS SOME OF THE STRONGEST

02:51:00.216 --> 02:51:03.953
PROTECTIONS IN THE NATION
AGAINST EXCESSIVE PERMIT FEES,

02:51:04.387 --> 02:51:08.091
UNDER PROP 26
AND THE MITIGATION FEE ACT,

02:51:08.157 --> 02:51:11.661
CITIES AND PERMITTING
AUTHORITIES, CAN ONLY RECOVER,

02:51:12.328 --> 02:51:15.098
REASONABLE COSTS
PROVIDING PERMITTING SERVICES.

02:51:15.164 --> 02:51:20.003
THESE COSTS ARE, FOUNDED ON
OUR PLANNING REVIEW ENGINEERING,

02:51:20.303 --> 02:51:24.107
WORKING WITH DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS THAT STAFF TIME

02:51:24.173 --> 02:51:26.476
AND THAT ANALYSIS AND REVIEW
ALL COSTS MONEY

02:51:26.542 --> 02:51:27.644
AND LIMITING OUR ABILITY

02:51:27.710 --> 02:51:31.247
TO RECOVER
THOSE COSTS, IS LIKE THIS BILL

02:51:31.781 --> 02:51:35.918
COULD ARTIFICIALLY SUPPRESS
THOSE, COST RECOVERIES AND,

02:51:36.986 --> 02:51:38.087
FORCE US TO

02:51:38.154 --> 02:51:39.689
PULL RESOURCES
FROM OUR GENERAL FUND

02:51:39.756 --> 02:51:41.190
OR OTHER CORE PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES.

02:51:41.257 --> 02:51:44.327
SO FOR THOSE REASONS,
WE'RE OPPOSED.

02:51:44.394 --> 02:51:45.395
OKAY. THANK YOU.

02:51:45.461 --> 02:51:48.464
ANY OTHER,
AND THE FROM THE PUBLIC.

02:51:50.299 --> 02:51:50.633
GOOD MORNING.

02:51:50.700 --> 02:51:53.036
TRACY WRIGHT AT THE ROYAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA.

02:51:53.102 --> 02:51:54.737
I WOULD LIKE TO ALIGN
OUR COMMENTS WITH THE LEAGUE

02:51:54.804 --> 02:51:56.139
OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES AND OPPOSITION.

02:51:56.205 --> 02:51:58.474
THANK YOU.

02:51:58.541 --> 02:52:00.543
AFTERNOON, MARK NEWBERGER,
FOR REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA

02:52:00.610 --> 02:52:01.277
STATE ASSOCIATION.

02:52:01.344 --> 02:52:04.047
COUNTY WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO LEND OUR COMMENTS, TO

02:52:04.113 --> 02:52:07.250
THOSE MADE BY CAL CITIES
AND ALSO REGISTER OUR PETITIONS.

02:52:07.316 --> 02:52:09.952
BILL. THANK YOU.

02:52:10.019 --> 02:52:11.220
GOOD AFTERNOON, KIRA ROSS, ON

02:52:11.287 --> 02:52:13.423
BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF REDWOOD CITY

02:52:13.489 --> 02:52:15.992
AND THE CITY OF SAN
MATEO IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU.

02:52:16.059 --> 02:52:17.960
OKAY.

02:52:18.027 --> 02:52:18.995
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.

02:52:19.062 --> 02:52:20.663
KAREN LANG,
ON BEHALF OF THE SOLANO COUNTY

02:52:20.730 --> 02:52:23.199
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND AN
OPPOSING, LESS AMENDED POSITION.

02:52:23.266 --> 02:52:24.233
THANK YOU. OKAY.

02:52:26.002 --> 02:52:28.104
GOOD MORNING, KEELEY MORRIS,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

02:52:28.171 --> 02:52:31.074
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION,
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION.

02:52:31.140 --> 02:52:34.143
THANK YOU. OKAY.

02:52:34.844 --> 02:52:35.278
THANK YOU.

02:52:35.344 --> 02:52:38.581
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO,

02:52:38.948 --> 02:52:42.351
ASK, TO SUPPORT WITNESSES.

02:52:42.418 --> 02:52:46.956
ALSO CAN ANSWER PRIOR TO THE,

02:52:47.890 --> 02:52:51.928
OPPOSE MAJOR EARLY

02:52:51.994 --> 02:52:57.633
THE WITNESS PRESENTED HIS VIEWS
OF WHY HE WAS OPPOSING.

02:52:57.700 --> 02:52:59.969
DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT?

02:53:00.036 --> 02:53:01.170
SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

02:53:01.237 --> 02:53:04.474
SO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.

02:53:04.540 --> 02:53:06.576
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS,
THIS IS KIND

02:53:06.642 --> 02:53:09.645
OF A PRINCIPLED OPPOSITION
ON ANY BILLS LIKE THIS.

02:53:10.413 --> 02:53:14.884
BUT WE VIEW THIS REALLY
AS A SOFT CAP, RIGHT?

02:53:14.951 --> 02:53:16.385
IT'S NOT A HARD CAP.

02:53:16.452 --> 02:53:17.386
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY UNDER

02:53:17.453 --> 02:53:19.188
A CERTAIN AMOUNT,
NO MATTER WHAT.

02:53:19.255 --> 02:53:21.257
SIMPLY,
IF YOU DO FINDINGS SHOWING

02:53:21.324 --> 02:53:22.892
THAT YOU HAVE TO GO
ABOVE THAT CAP

02:53:22.959 --> 02:53:25.962
AND YOU CAN JUSTIFY IT,
THEN YOU CAN CHARGE MORE.

02:53:26.028 --> 02:53:28.731
AND AS WAS MENTIONED
BY MY WITNESS, MOST CITY

02:53:28.798 --> 02:53:29.499
ALREADY CHARGED

02:53:29.565 --> 02:53:32.935
WHAT IS UNDER THE CAP THAT WE,
SAID IN THIS BILL, TOO.

02:53:33.302 --> 02:53:36.239
SO, WE THINK WITH THAT
FLEXIBILITY,

02:53:36.305 --> 02:53:37.306
IT STRIKES A BALANCE

02:53:37.373 --> 02:53:39.709
WHERE YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO DIP
INTO GENERAL FUNDS

02:53:39.776 --> 02:53:41.477
OR WILL NOT HAVE TO DO
MORE EXTREME

02:53:41.544 --> 02:53:44.947
MEASURES TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION
AS YOU NEED TO FUNCTION.

02:53:45.148 --> 02:53:46.415
AND I THINK ALSO

02:53:46.482 --> 02:53:50.153
WITH THE NARROWING OF THIS BILL
DOWN TO LEVEL TWOS,

02:53:50.219 --> 02:53:53.956
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONCERNS
PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE BILL WAS

02:53:54.023 --> 02:53:57.493
THAT IT INCLUDED ALSO THE FAST
CHARGERS, THE VERY HIGH,

02:53:57.794 --> 02:54:02.365
YOU KNOW, ENERGY CHARGERS
THAT COULD INCLUDE DEMAND

02:54:02.431 --> 02:54:06.769
FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE

02:54:06.836 --> 02:54:10.406
INSTALLED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW
FOR THEM TO BE INSTALLED.

02:54:10.706 --> 02:54:14.677
AND SO, WITH THE LEVEL TWOS,
THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS DEMAND,

02:54:14.744 --> 02:54:16.846
AND LESS,
YOU KNOW, HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE

02:54:16.913 --> 02:54:19.682
THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED
TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS.

02:54:19.749 --> 02:54:23.219
AND SO I THINK
WITH THAT AMENDMENT AND WITH THE

02:54:23.286 --> 02:54:24.921
FLEXIBILITY OF A SOFT CAP

02:54:24.987 --> 02:54:27.089
AND AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CHARGE MORE, IF,

02:54:27.156 --> 02:54:30.893
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUSTIFIED,
IF YOU HAVE TO INSTALL MORE,

02:54:30.960 --> 02:54:33.963
AN INFRASTRUCTURE
TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND,

02:54:34.463 --> 02:54:36.365
THEN YOU JUST
YOU JUST DO A FINDING ON THAT

02:54:36.432 --> 02:54:38.868
AND JUSTIFY IT,
AND YOU CAN CHARGE THAT MUCH.

02:54:38.935 --> 02:54:39.235
OKAY.

02:54:39.302 --> 02:54:40.136
FOLLOW UP QUESTION

02:54:40.203 --> 02:54:44.507
IS THAT WHEN YOU MENTIONED
THAT'S A SORE CAP SELFIE,

02:54:44.974 --> 02:54:46.242
SO DO YOU MEAN THAT THAT

02:54:46.309 --> 02:54:49.979
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITIES
OR COUNTIES,

02:54:50.046 --> 02:54:53.950
THEY WERE SET THE
OR THIS BILL IS SETTING THE CAP.

02:54:54.617 --> 02:54:57.887
SO THIS BILL HAS A CAP
AS KIND OF A GUIDE.

02:54:57.954 --> 02:54:58.187
RIGHT.

02:54:58.254 --> 02:55:01.858
SO WE ARE ASKING CITY
IS TO STAY UNDER THAT AMOUNT

02:55:02.325 --> 02:55:03.459
AS A STANDARD.

02:55:03.526 --> 02:55:07.396
BUT IF YOU WERE TO GET A PROJECT
THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

02:55:07.463 --> 02:55:11.334
WE HAVE TO INSTALL A TRANSFORMER
OR WE HAD TO UNDERGROUND

02:55:11.400 --> 02:55:13.636
OR SOMETHING,
THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE, RIGHT.

02:55:13.703 --> 02:55:17.740
THEN YOU CAN JUST,
THE, THE AGENCY,

02:55:17.807 --> 02:55:21.978
THE CITY DEPARTMENT CAN WRITE UP
A FINDING AND JUSTIFY,

02:55:22.044 --> 02:55:23.446
YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE TO DO UNDERGROUNDING

02:55:23.512 --> 02:55:24.947
AND THAT'S GOING TO COST
THIS MUCH MONEY.

02:55:25.014 --> 02:55:26.549
WE GOT TO,
YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO DO

02:55:26.616 --> 02:55:27.950
ALL OF THESE THINGS
RELATED TO IT.

02:55:28.017 --> 02:55:30.119
AND SO IT'S GOING TO COST US
THIS MUCH MORE

02:55:30.186 --> 02:55:31.954
TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THIS.

02:55:32.021 --> 02:55:35.024
AND THAT FINDING CAN JUSTIFY
A HIGHER CHARGE.

02:55:35.091 --> 02:55:38.160
SO TECHNICALLY
THEY CAN CHARGE MORE

02:55:38.227 --> 02:55:41.230
IF NEEDED,
AS LONG AS THEY JUSTIFY IT.

02:55:41.464 --> 02:55:41.797
OKAY.

02:55:41.864 --> 02:55:47.370
BILL ANALYSIS IS JUST THAT,
EXISTING LAW ALREADY LIMITS,

02:55:47.436 --> 02:55:51.040
PERMIT
FEES, TO THE REASONABLE COST

02:55:51.874 --> 02:55:56.646
OF PROVIDING THE, A SERVICE.

02:55:57.246 --> 02:56:01.884
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
YOUR BILL AND THE EXISTING LAW?

02:56:03.686 --> 02:56:04.420
I THINK THAT OUR

02:56:04.487 --> 02:56:07.623
BILL SETS WHAT WE BELIEVE
IS A REASONABLE COST.

02:56:07.690 --> 02:56:11.694
AS A AS AT LEAST THE HIGHER END
OF WHAT IS A REASONABLE COST.

02:56:11.761 --> 02:56:16.132
AND THAT'S BASED ON LOOKING AT,
YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE EV,

02:56:16.198 --> 02:56:18.734
INDUSTRY
LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE

02:56:18.801 --> 02:56:20.336
ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE BEING CHARGES.

02:56:20.403 --> 02:56:23.406
THERE'S BEEN SOME OUTLIERS
THAT RAISED CONCERNS.

02:56:23.472 --> 02:56:25.508
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT

02:56:25.574 --> 02:56:28.945
KIND OF EVERYBODY HAS A UNIFORM
STANDARD,

02:56:29.011 --> 02:56:32.214
AND WE LEAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY
TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE MORE

02:56:32.281 --> 02:56:33.316
IF IT'S JUSTIFIED.

02:56:33.382 --> 02:56:36.385
BUT WE WANT TO SEE THAT
THERE'S JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.

02:56:36.752 --> 02:56:37.386
OKAY.

02:56:37.453 --> 02:56:40.456
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM THE MEMBERS?

02:56:41.891 --> 02:56:42.525
OKAY.

02:56:42.591 --> 02:56:46.462
ANY ONE WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE A MOTION

02:56:46.529 --> 02:56:48.397
OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?

02:56:48.464 --> 02:56:51.667
OH, VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE CONVERSATION.

02:56:51.734 --> 02:56:53.035
AGAIN,
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE.

02:56:53.102 --> 02:56:55.104
WE THINK THAT THE STRIKES
A SMART BALANCE

02:56:55.171 --> 02:56:58.441
AND HELPS ME TO DEMAND
WITH THE ENERGY PRICES RIGHT NOW

02:56:58.507 --> 02:57:01.577
WHAT THEY ARE AS, EV DRIVER.

02:57:02.278 --> 02:57:05.114
IT, AND A SINGLE MOM,
I GET TO DRIVE

02:57:05.181 --> 02:57:08.117
PAST GAS STATIONS
AND NOT HAVE TO LOOK.

02:57:08.184 --> 02:57:09.752
WELL,
I ALWAYS LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT

02:57:09.819 --> 02:57:11.520
COST BECAUSE IT STILL SHOCKS ME.

02:57:11.587 --> 02:57:15.691
BUT, BUT IT'S NOT IMPACTING MY
MY MONTHLY BUDGET

02:57:15.758 --> 02:57:16.759
OR WEEKLY BUDGET

02:57:16.826 --> 02:57:19.862
THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST ON A ROLLER
COASTER WITH GAS PRICES

02:57:19.929 --> 02:57:20.796
RIGHT NOW.

02:57:20.863 --> 02:57:22.698
THIS IS A HUGE
AFFORDABILITY ISSUE,

02:57:22.765 --> 02:57:25.501
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING,

02:57:25.568 --> 02:57:29.705
WHERE THAT KIND OF, RELIEF
CAN MAKE A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE

02:57:29.772 --> 02:57:30.339
FOR THEM,

02:57:30.406 --> 02:57:33.242
HAVE SOME RELIABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE AT HOME

02:57:33.309 --> 02:57:34.944
AND USE THOSE EVS
DURING THE DAY.

02:57:35.011 --> 02:57:37.980
SO WE THINK THAT THIS STRIKES
A GOOD BALANCE AND APPRECIATE

02:57:38.047 --> 02:57:39.548
THE CONVERSATION TODAY.

02:57:39.615 --> 02:57:42.385
AND THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION
AND THANK YOU.

02:57:42.451 --> 02:57:44.086
IS THERE A MOTION?

02:57:44.153 --> 02:57:44.387
OKAY.

02:57:44.453 --> 02:57:47.523
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY SENATOR
ARAGON.

02:57:47.590 --> 02:57:50.626
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

02:57:50.693 --> 02:57:52.828
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED, TO THE COMMITTEE

02:57:52.895 --> 02:57:55.931
ON APPROPRIATIONS CENTERS
TO RUSSELL CHOI.

02:57:55.998 --> 02:57:56.599
CHOI, NO.

02:57:56.665 --> 02:57:59.668
REGIN. ARAGON I ASHBY.

02:57:59.735 --> 02:58:02.471
CERVANTES. LAIRD. SATO.

02:58:02.538 --> 02:58:04.874
SATO. NO. 1 TO 1. CALL.

02:58:06.509 --> 02:58:06.842
OKAY.

02:58:06.909 --> 02:58:07.910
THANK YOU.

02:58:07.977 --> 02:58:09.678
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE?

02:58:09.745 --> 02:58:11.947
THANK.

02:58:12.014 --> 02:58:16.285
RAY 27, 2727.

02:58:18.120 --> 02:58:20.389
PHONE NUMBER

02:58:20.456 --> 02:58:23.059
19 IS SEC.

02:58:23.125 --> 02:58:25.094
OKAY. NEXT.

02:58:25.161 --> 02:58:28.464
BEING WILL BE ITEM NUMBER

02:58:28.531 --> 02:58:32.168
19, AB 2074 AS AMENDMENT.

02:58:32.234 --> 02:58:35.237
WILL AMY.

02:58:37.640 --> 02:58:38.974
THANK YOU.

02:58:39.041 --> 02:58:42.111
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS,
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 2070

02:58:42.178 --> 02:58:44.447
FOR THE DOWNTOWN
REVITALIZATION ACT.

02:58:44.513 --> 02:58:45.481
I WANT TO,

02:58:45.548 --> 02:58:47.116
START BY SAYING
THAT I'LL BE ACCEPTING

02:58:47.183 --> 02:58:49.351
THE COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS,
WHICH WILL REGULATE THE MAXIMUM

02:58:49.418 --> 02:58:50.820
AVERAGE UNIT SIZE OF HOMES

02:58:50.886 --> 02:58:54.123
BUILT UNDER THE ACT IN ALIGNMENT
WITH OTHER LAND USE BILLS.

02:58:54.190 --> 02:58:57.426
AB 2074 ADDRESSES
TWO OVERLAPPING CHALLENGES

02:58:57.493 --> 02:58:59.462
CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE
AND OUR STRUGGLING

02:58:59.528 --> 02:59:00.229
DOWNTOWNS, MANY OF

02:59:00.296 --> 02:59:03.866
WHICH HAVE NOT YET RECOVERED
FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

02:59:04.133 --> 02:59:05.468
AB 2074 WILL CREATE

02:59:05.534 --> 02:59:08.504
A STREAMLINED MINISTERIAL
PATHWAY FOR HIGH RISE, MIXED

02:59:08.571 --> 02:59:10.739
INCOME
HOUSING AND TRANSIT CENTERS.

02:59:10.806 --> 02:59:14.076
IT WILL HELP TO BRING RESIDENTS
AND ACTIVITY BACK DOWNTOWN,

02:59:14.477 --> 02:59:16.045
AND ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS

02:59:16.112 --> 02:59:18.314
WE ARE BUILDING SUPPORT
A WELL COMPENSATED

02:59:18.380 --> 02:59:19.882
CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE.

02:59:19.949 --> 02:59:21.584
THIS BILL FOCUSES
ON A SMALL NUMBER

02:59:21.650 --> 02:59:24.453
OF THE STATE'S LARGEST CITIES,
THOSE WITH POPULATIONS

02:59:24.520 --> 02:59:27.590
OVER 400,000
AND MULTIPLE TRANSIT STOPS.

02:59:27.656 --> 02:59:29.825
THOSE CITIES ARE LOS ANGELES.

02:59:29.892 --> 02:59:34.029
SAN DIEGO, SAN JOSE,

02:59:34.096 --> 02:59:37.166
SAN FRANCISCO, SACRAMENTO,
OAKLAND, AND LONG BEACH.

02:59:37.233 --> 02:59:39.702
AT THE SAME TIME, OTHER CITIES
MAY OPT INTO THE BILL,

02:59:39.768 --> 02:59:42.605
ALLOWING THEM TO DESIGNATE
A REGIONAL TRANSIT HUB

02:59:42.671 --> 02:59:43.539
WITHIN THESE DISTRICTS.

02:59:43.606 --> 02:59:46.609
AB 2074 ESTABLISHES
LAND USE CONTROLS

02:59:46.809 --> 02:59:49.378
TO ALLOW HIGH RISE HOUSING,
INCLUDING MINIMUM STANDARDS

02:59:49.445 --> 02:59:50.146
FOR HEIGHT,

02:59:50.212 --> 02:59:53.482
DENSITY AND FLOOR AREA
RATIO APPROPRIATE FOR DOWNTOWNS.

02:59:53.816 --> 02:59:55.651
NOTABLY, MOST OF THE CITIES
AFFECTED BY THIS

02:59:55.718 --> 02:59:58.087
BILL ALREADY HAVE HIGH DENSITY
DOWNTOWN ZONES,

02:59:58.154 --> 02:59:59.555
SO THIS BILL MIGHT NOT REPRESENT

02:59:59.622 --> 03:00:02.625
TWO SIGNIFICANT OF A DEVIATION
FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE,

03:00:03.192 --> 03:00:05.427
WITH AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN SENATE
HOUSING COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

03:00:05.494 --> 03:00:08.898
THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES CALHFA
TO CONDUCT A HOUSING

03:00:08.964 --> 03:00:12.535
CONSTRUCTION LOAN AND FINANCING
STUDY BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

03:00:12.935 --> 03:00:14.270
THERE IS INCREASING DEMAND

03:00:14.336 --> 03:00:16.839
FOR INNOVATIONS
IN THE HOUSING FINANCE SPACE.

03:00:16.906 --> 03:00:18.007
AND THIS STUDY,

03:00:18.073 --> 03:00:21.277
IS A STEPPING STONE
TO HELP US EVENTUALLY GET THERE.

03:00:21.577 --> 03:00:21.744
HERE.

03:00:21.810 --> 03:00:24.680
TO TESTIFY WITH ME
TODAY ARE VINCE SUGRUE,

03:00:24.747 --> 03:00:26.282
STATE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SHEET

03:00:26.348 --> 03:00:28.217
METAL WORKERS LOCAL 104,

03:00:28.284 --> 03:00:31.754
AND PHIL,
SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

03:00:32.588 --> 03:00:34.890
OKAY.
EACH PERSON HAS TWO MINUTES.

03:00:34.957 --> 03:00:36.025
THANK YOU. CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

03:00:36.091 --> 03:00:37.326
MY NAME IS VINCE MCGREW, STATE

03:00:37.393 --> 03:00:40.329
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WITH SHEET
METAL WORKERS LOCAL 104.

03:00:40.396 --> 03:00:43.432
AND I'M BEFORE YOU TODAY
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HB 2074.

03:00:43.666 --> 03:00:45.301
CALIFORNIA'S
HOUSING CRISIS DEMANDS

03:00:45.367 --> 03:00:47.169
THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE
PROJECTS FORWARD,

03:00:47.236 --> 03:00:49.238
ESPECIALLY IN OUR MAJOR
DOWNTOWN AREAS

03:00:49.305 --> 03:00:51.140
WHERE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT CLOSE
TO JOBS,

03:00:51.207 --> 03:00:53.442
TRANSIT
AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

03:00:53.509 --> 03:00:56.845
AB 2074 PROVIDES A PRACTICAL
FRAMEWORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

03:00:57.046 --> 03:01:00.082
THIS BILL RECOGNIZES THAT ZONING
REFORM ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.

03:01:00.149 --> 03:01:03.052
A PROJECT CAN BE ALLOWED ON
PAPER AND STILL NEVER GET BUILT.

03:01:03.118 --> 03:01:05.854
FINANCING, DELAY, UNCERTAINTY
AND UPFRONT COSTS

03:01:05.921 --> 03:01:08.991
CAN ALL STOP HOUSING BEFORE
A SHOVEL EVER HITS THE GROUND.

03:01:09.058 --> 03:01:11.927
AB 2074 ADDRESSES
THAT BY ESTABLISHING A STATE

03:01:11.994 --> 03:01:12.928
BACKED REVOLVING LOAN

03:01:12.995 --> 03:01:16.865
FUND THROUGH CAL HFA, TO HELP
PROVIDE THE EARLY STAGE CAPITAL

03:01:16.932 --> 03:01:19.668
THAT LARGE HOUSING PROJECTS
OFTEN NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

03:01:19.735 --> 03:01:22.671
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE
BENEFITS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

03:01:22.738 --> 03:01:24.506
HIGH RISE
HOUSING IS COMPLEX WORK.

03:01:24.573 --> 03:01:26.041
IT REQUIRES WORKERS
WHO UNDERSTAND

03:01:26.108 --> 03:01:29.144
SAFETY, COORDINATION,
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, VENTILATION,

03:01:29.211 --> 03:01:31.380
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AND THE MANY TRADES

03:01:31.447 --> 03:01:33.916
THAT MUST COME TOGETHER
TO DELIVER A DURABLE BUILDING.

03:01:33.983 --> 03:01:37.253
AB 2074 HELPS CREATE
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT WORK

03:01:37.319 --> 03:01:39.255
WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG LABOR
STANDARDS.

03:01:39.321 --> 03:01:41.657
FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULL

03:01:44.393 --> 03:01:46.428
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR DEROSA
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

03:01:46.495 --> 03:01:48.197
MY NAME IS PHILLIP LUCKY
BOMB OF THE SACRAMENTO

03:01:48.264 --> 03:01:50.332
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN,

03:01:50.399 --> 03:01:53.302
AND I'M HERE TODAY
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AB 2074

03:01:53.369 --> 03:01:55.504
2074,
WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT

03:01:55.571 --> 03:01:57.706
OF MORE HIGH RISE HOUSE HOUSING,
WHERE WE CAN REALLY GO

03:01:57.773 --> 03:02:00.776
BIG IN ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA'S
HOUSING SHORTAGE,

03:02:00.843 --> 03:02:02.978
OUR BIGGEST URBAN CENTERS
AND DOWNTOWNS.

03:02:03.045 --> 03:02:04.747
I'M VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE LEADERSHIP

03:02:04.813 --> 03:02:06.582
OF A SUMMER MEMBER,
HANEY, IN THIS.

03:02:06.649 --> 03:02:10.085
SACRAMENTO IS ONE OF THESE SEVEN
LARGE TRANSIT RICH CITIES.

03:02:10.152 --> 03:02:13.155
THEY'RE, REQUIRED BY THE BILL
TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL TRANSIT

03:02:13.222 --> 03:02:14.657
HUB DISTRICT WHERE HIGH RISE

03:02:14.723 --> 03:02:17.293
HOUSING CAN BE PERMITTED
AND IN SOME CASES, STREAMLINED.

03:02:17.359 --> 03:02:18.661
WE WELCOME THAT DESIGNATION.

03:02:18.727 --> 03:02:20.796
SACRAMENTO ALREADY HAS.

03:02:20.863 --> 03:02:23.866
IT IS HOME TO MANY,

03:02:23.932 --> 03:02:27.269
MAJOR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE,
JOBS, ART AND CULTURE.

03:02:27.536 --> 03:02:29.738
AS, THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THIS AREA.

03:02:29.805 --> 03:02:30.839
I'M COMMITTED TO ENSURING IT

03:02:30.906 --> 03:02:33.075
BECOMES A THRIVING,
LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOOD

03:02:33.142 --> 03:02:35.511
FOR RESIDENTS
OF ALL INCOME LEVELS.

03:02:35.577 --> 03:02:37.546
IT'S NO SECRET
THAT CHANGING WORK AND LAND

03:02:37.613 --> 03:02:39.515
USE PATTERNS HAVE HIT DOWNTOWNS
HARD.

03:02:39.581 --> 03:02:42.217
HOWEVER, WE WE ALSO KNOW THAT
BRINGING HOUSING WITHIN WALKING

03:02:42.284 --> 03:02:44.720
DISTANCE OF TRANSIT, BUSINESS
AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

03:02:44.787 --> 03:02:47.656
IS A GREAT WAY TO BRING LIFE
BACK TO OUR DOWNTOWNS.

03:02:47.723 --> 03:02:49.358
I WAS ALSO A BIG FAN
OF THE REVOLVING LOAN

03:02:49.425 --> 03:02:51.360
FUND INCLUDED IN THIS BILL,
AND A LOT OF OTHER CITIES

03:02:51.427 --> 03:02:53.329
AND LOCAL ELECTEDS WERE AS WELL.

03:02:53.395 --> 03:02:55.097
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION

03:02:55.164 --> 03:02:55.998
LOAN FUNDS

03:02:56.065 --> 03:02:58.434
ALLOW ALLOW HOME BUILDERS
TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE CAPITAL,

03:02:58.500 --> 03:02:59.935
MAGNIFYING ITS IMPACT.

03:03:00.002 --> 03:03:02.237
THEY CAN HELP
PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

03:03:02.304 --> 03:03:05.074
OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT
OFF THE SIDELINES AND PUTTING IT

03:03:05.140 --> 03:03:08.143
TO PRODUCTIVE USE, BUILDING
HOUSING AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.

03:03:08.377 --> 03:03:10.746
AND WHEN THE LOANS REVOLVE BACK
INTO THE STATE FUND,

03:03:10.813 --> 03:03:12.047
THAT MODEST ONE TIME COMMITMENT

03:03:12.114 --> 03:03:14.450
FROM THE LEGISLATURE
CAN UNLOCK SUSTAINED SUPPORTING

03:03:14.516 --> 03:03:17.653
SUPPORT FOR HOUSING AND GROWTH,
AND DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION

03:03:17.986 --> 03:03:20.089
BY PERMITTING AND STREAMLINING
MORE HIGH RISE

03:03:20.155 --> 03:03:21.623
HOUSING IN OUR DENSE
URBAN CORES,

03:03:21.690 --> 03:03:24.259
AND TAKING A FIRST STEP
TO A REVOLVING LOAN FUND,

03:03:24.326 --> 03:03:27.196
AND TO CLOSE THE FINANCING GAPS
FOR HIGH RISE PROJECTS.

03:03:27.262 --> 03:03:30.532
AB 2074 DIRECTLY ADDRESSES
THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE LONG MADE

03:03:30.599 --> 03:03:32.901
VERTICAL HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING,

03:03:32.968 --> 03:03:36.305
DESPITE, THE DESIRE AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR IT IN OUR CITY.

03:03:36.572 --> 03:03:40.776
AB 2074 GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
IN CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST TRANSIT

03:03:40.843 --> 03:03:43.645
RICH CITIES A NEW TOOL
TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE,

03:03:43.712 --> 03:03:46.181
AS WELL AS REVITALIZE
OUR DOWNTOWNS.

03:03:46.248 --> 03:03:47.483
I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE.

03:03:50.185 --> 03:03:51.153
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:03:51.220 --> 03:03:53.956
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT

03:03:54.022 --> 03:03:57.025
OF THIS BILL?

03:03:59.395 --> 03:04:00.195
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.

03:04:00.262 --> 03:04:00.429
MIKE.

03:04:00.496 --> 03:04:01.563
MOLLY,
GOING TO BEHALF OF THE STATE

03:04:01.630 --> 03:04:03.265
BUILDING TRADES AND SUPPORT.

03:04:03.332 --> 03:04:05.334
THANK YOU.

03:04:05.401 --> 03:04:06.735
AFTERNOON. CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

03:04:06.802 --> 03:04:09.271
MOIRA TOP HERE ON BEHALF
OF SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA.

03:04:09.338 --> 03:04:11.507
SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE CITIES
LISTED IN THAT BILL.

03:04:11.573 --> 03:04:14.009
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

03:04:14.076 --> 03:04:15.277
NOLAN GRAY FOR CALIFORNIA.

03:04:15.344 --> 03:04:18.347
ME A PROUD CO-SPONSOR
AND STRONG SUPPORT.

03:04:18.881 --> 03:04:20.115
JORDAN GRIMES ON BEHALF OF GREEN

03:04:20.182 --> 03:04:21.683
BELT ALLIANCE
AND STRONG SUPPORT.

03:04:21.750 --> 03:04:22.951
THANK YOU,

03:04:23.018 --> 03:04:26.088
BEN RADER, STAFF AND BABY OTTO
FOR HOW SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO,

03:04:26.155 --> 03:04:27.156
YIMBY MOVEMENT

03:04:27.222 --> 03:04:29.525
AND DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO
RESIDENTS IN STRONG SUPPORT.

03:04:29.591 --> 03:04:31.760
THANK YOU. WELCOME,

03:04:31.827 --> 03:04:34.830
BILL MCGOVERN COALITION
FOR CLEAN AIR SUPPORT.

03:04:35.164 --> 03:04:36.265
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:04:36.331 --> 03:04:39.535
IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 2074?

03:04:41.537 --> 03:04:43.172
NOBODY

03:04:43.238 --> 03:04:44.840
OPPOSITION OKAY. GREAT.

03:04:44.907 --> 03:04:46.608
WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.

03:04:46.675 --> 03:04:49.511
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

03:04:49.578 --> 03:04:50.446
WELL THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

03:04:50.512 --> 03:04:51.880
AND THANK YOU
TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

03:04:51.947 --> 03:04:53.916
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.

03:04:53.982 --> 03:04:56.318
OAKLAND IS ONE OF THE CITIES
THAT WOULD BE COVERED

03:04:56.385 --> 03:04:57.052
BY THIS BILL.

03:04:57.119 --> 03:04:58.887
THE CITY OF OAKLAND
IS IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.

03:04:58.954 --> 03:05:00.456
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL.

03:05:00.522 --> 03:05:02.391
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP,

03:05:02.458 --> 03:05:05.294
BUILD MUCH NEEDED
HOUSING IN OUR DOWNTOWNS,

03:05:05.360 --> 03:05:08.564
WHICH ARE STRUGGLING TO REBOUND
FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

03:05:08.964 --> 03:05:12.267
AND I THINK WHAT'S ALSO REALLY
SPECIAL ABOUT THIS BILL IS IT'S

03:05:12.334 --> 03:05:15.337
BRINGING THE BUILDING TRADES
AND GIVING TOGETHER.

03:05:15.637 --> 03:05:17.739
I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT IN
QUITE SOME TIME,

03:05:17.806 --> 03:05:18.707
AND I HOPE THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP

03:05:18.774 --> 03:05:21.243
WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN
ON OTHER HOUSING BILLS.

03:05:21.310 --> 03:05:23.679
I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR WORKING WITH,

03:05:23.745 --> 03:05:24.980
THE HOUSING COMMITTEE,

03:05:25.047 --> 03:05:26.882
WHICH HEARD THIS YESTERDAY
AND RECOMMENDED IT.

03:05:26.949 --> 03:05:30.152
ON THIS BILL.

03:05:30.219 --> 03:05:32.287
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

03:05:32.354 --> 03:05:34.690
I SUPPORT A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

03:05:34.756 --> 03:05:35.390
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS

03:05:35.457 --> 03:05:36.625
WHY WE DON'T HAVE OPPOSITION
HERE,

03:05:36.692 --> 03:05:40.429
BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT THAT WE
TOOK IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE,

03:05:40.496 --> 03:05:42.197
REMOVED OPPOSITION
FROM SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE

03:05:42.264 --> 03:05:43.065
HOUSING GROUPS

03:05:43.131 --> 03:05:45.100
WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MONEY
GOING TOWARDS MARKET

03:05:45.167 --> 03:05:47.402
RATE HOUSING AS OPPOSED
TO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.

03:05:47.469 --> 03:05:48.837
BUT I DO THINK THE

03:05:48.904 --> 03:05:52.007
THE FUND HAS MERIT, PARTICULARLY
TO HELP CATALYZE PROJECTS

03:05:52.074 --> 03:05:54.576
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO SECURE THE NEEDED FINANCING,

03:05:54.643 --> 03:05:56.678
TO BUILD MUCH NEEDED HOUSING,
OUR DOWNTOWNS.

03:05:56.745 --> 03:05:57.045
AND I HOPE

03:05:57.112 --> 03:06:01.016
THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY
WILL RESULT IN SOME IDEAS FOR,

03:06:01.083 --> 03:06:03.619
POLICIES AND BUDGET INVESTMENTS
THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT

03:06:03.685 --> 03:06:06.054
THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE
FUTURE. HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL.

03:06:07.823 --> 03:06:08.190
COMMENTS.

03:06:08.257 --> 03:06:09.758
QUESTIONS. NONE.

03:06:09.825 --> 03:06:12.461
WELL, I ALSO WANT TO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:06:12.528 --> 03:06:14.663
GOOD WORKING WITH YOU
AND GOOD TO HAVE PARTNERS

03:06:14.730 --> 03:06:15.430
ALSO IN HOUSING

03:06:15.497 --> 03:06:17.833
WHERE YOU CAN MATCH UP
AND SEE WHAT

03:06:17.900 --> 03:06:20.235
WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT STILL
NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.

03:06:20.302 --> 03:06:23.539
AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL
TO OUR HOUSING CHAIR AS WELL.

03:06:23.805 --> 03:06:26.208
SO WRAP CAN WRAP. YES.

03:06:26.275 --> 03:06:26.842
THANK YOU FOR THAT.

03:06:26.909 --> 03:06:29.177
AND THANK YOU FOR BOTH
BOTH CHAIRS FOR WORKING WITH US.

03:06:29.244 --> 03:06:30.646
I AGREE THAT,

03:06:30.712 --> 03:06:31.847
THIS BILL WILL STILL DO SOME,

03:06:31.914 --> 03:06:33.015
SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS

03:06:33.081 --> 03:06:36.151
IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WILL UNLOCK
FOR OUR DOWNTOWNS.

03:06:36.218 --> 03:06:37.286
AND AT THE SAME TIME,

03:06:37.352 --> 03:06:40.422
WE CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES

03:06:40.489 --> 03:06:41.657
OF THIS REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

03:06:41.723 --> 03:06:44.726
BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME,
SOME STEPS OF CONSIDERATION

03:06:44.793 --> 03:06:46.995
THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT.

03:06:47.062 --> 03:06:49.731
WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS,
NOT JUST THE LAND USE ISSUES,

03:06:49.798 --> 03:06:51.400
BUT ALSO SOME OF THE FINANCING

03:06:51.466 --> 03:06:53.402
THAT I THINK IS AS HOLDING BACK
HOUSING

03:06:53.468 --> 03:06:55.637
WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED,
LIKE IN OUR DOWNTOWNS.

03:06:55.704 --> 03:06:57.339
I WOULD THAT WOULD WELL

03:06:57.406 --> 03:06:59.241
ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

03:07:01.043 --> 03:07:01.243
WE HAVE

03:07:01.310 --> 03:07:04.279
A MOTION BY SENATOR OTHER AGAIN.

03:07:04.346 --> 03:07:05.280
THE MOTION.

03:07:05.347 --> 03:07:06.782
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

03:07:06.848 --> 03:07:08.116
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

03:07:08.183 --> 03:07:12.888
AND AS TO RAZZLE DAZZLE,
I JOY NOT 2018,

03:07:13.488 --> 03:07:18.126
BUT AGAIN I ASHBY CERVANTES
LAIR CIERTO SINGER.

03:07:18.193 --> 03:07:21.396
SO I30 BILLS ON CALL.

03:07:29.338 --> 03:07:32.074
BRINGS THE HERE

03:07:32.140 --> 03:07:35.143
AND THEN.

03:07:38.814 --> 03:07:41.783
AFTER.

03:07:45.287 --> 03:07:48.290
THAT I DO.

03:07:52.494 --> 03:07:55.497
THIS IS AMBER HART.

03:08:02.437 --> 03:08:05.440
FOR JOHN.

03:08:15.083 --> 03:08:16.084
GOOD AFTERNOON.

03:08:16.151 --> 03:08:19.154
WELCOME. AND YOU MAY START.

03:08:19.588 --> 03:08:21.189
THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

03:08:21.256 --> 03:08:22.624
I'M HERE TODAY

03:08:22.691 --> 03:08:26.194
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 2257
ON COUNTY JAIL.

03:08:26.261 --> 03:08:27.629
ACCOUNTABILITY.

03:08:27.696 --> 03:08:28.897
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK
THE COMMITTEE

03:08:28.964 --> 03:08:31.366
AND STAFF FOR WORKING WITH ME
ON THIS BILL.

03:08:31.433 --> 03:08:33.902
I'LL BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS.

03:08:33.969 --> 03:08:36.605
CALIFORNIA'S
COUNTY JAILS ARE IN CRISIS.

03:08:36.672 --> 03:08:38.974
DEATHS ARE OCCURRING AT RECORD
LEVELS.

03:08:39.041 --> 03:08:40.976
PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
ARE LANGUISHING

03:08:41.043 --> 03:08:44.246
AND COSTS ARE SKYROCKETING
WITHOUT IMPROVED OUTCOMES.

03:08:44.746 --> 03:08:48.784
SINCE 1993, CALIFORNIA SHERIFFS
HAVE HELD SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE

03:08:48.850 --> 03:08:51.853
AUTHORITY OVER JAIL OPERATIONS
AND ADMINISTRATION.

03:08:52.087 --> 03:08:53.822
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
ARE REQUIRED

03:08:53.889 --> 03:08:56.858
TO FUND THE DAY TO DAY
OPERATIONS OF COUNTY JAILS

03:08:56.925 --> 03:08:57.426
AND COUNTIES

03:08:57.492 --> 03:09:00.562
PAY MASSIVE LEGAL SETTLEMENTS
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.

03:09:00.629 --> 03:09:01.997
HOWEVER, BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

03:09:02.064 --> 03:09:05.033
HAVE NO DIRECT AUTHORITY
TO IMPROVE JAIL CONDITIONS.

03:09:05.434 --> 03:09:08.336
THEY ARE PREVENTED
FROM EXERCISING THE STATUTORY,

03:09:08.403 --> 03:09:11.406
BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES OVER JAILS.

03:09:11.907 --> 03:09:13.642
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
ARE EFFECTIVELY

03:09:13.709 --> 03:09:14.943
PUT IN THE POSITION

03:09:15.010 --> 03:09:16.278
OF WRITING BLANK CHECKS

03:09:16.344 --> 03:09:19.347
TO SHERIFFS FOR THE OPERATION
OF COUNTY JAILS.

03:09:19.414 --> 03:09:20.749
PRIOR
TO SERVING IN THE ASSEMBLY,

03:09:20.816 --> 03:09:23.885
IT SERVES AS COUNTY SUPERVISOR
IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.

03:09:23.952 --> 03:09:26.955
I EXPERIENCED THIS LACK OF JAIL
ACCOUNTABILITY FIRSTHAND.

03:09:27.422 --> 03:09:30.358
HB TWO 2257
SEEKS TO BRING BALANCE

03:09:30.425 --> 03:09:32.561
TO THE SHARED GOVERNANCE
RESPONSIBILITY

03:09:32.627 --> 03:09:34.496
THAT BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
AND SHERIFFS

03:09:34.563 --> 03:09:36.965
HAVE IN ADMINISTERING COUNTY
JAILS.

03:09:37.032 --> 03:09:37.799
THIS MODEST BILL

03:09:37.866 --> 03:09:39.201
WILL GIVE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

03:09:39.267 --> 03:09:41.403
THE AUTHORITY
TO CONFIRM A SHERIFF

03:09:41.470 --> 03:09:44.473
NOMINATED JAIL ADMINISTRATOR
TO A THREE YEAR TERM,

03:09:44.706 --> 03:09:46.675
WHILE LEAVING THE DAY TO DAY
OPERATIONS

03:09:46.742 --> 03:09:49.711
AND MANAGEMENT OF THE JAIL
WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

03:09:49.778 --> 03:09:51.179
THIS IS A PERMISSIVE BILL.

03:09:51.246 --> 03:09:52.647
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNTIES

03:09:52.714 --> 03:09:54.883
TO EXERCISE
CONFIRMATION AUTHORITY.

03:09:54.950 --> 03:09:56.718
IT SIMPLY ALLOWS
COUNTIES SEEKING

03:09:56.785 --> 03:09:59.421
GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY
TO USE THIS TOOL.

03:09:59.488 --> 03:10:02.057
BOARDS COULD CONSIDER
RELEVANT FACTORS WHEN CONFIRMING

03:10:02.124 --> 03:10:05.527
A NOMINEE, INCLUDING EXPERIENCE
WITH CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT,

03:10:05.794 --> 03:10:07.729
HEALTH
CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE

03:10:07.796 --> 03:10:10.098
IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING,
PUBLIC BUDGETING,

03:10:10.165 --> 03:10:10.799
AND A COMMITMENT

03:10:10.866 --> 03:10:13.869
TO PROTECTING THE CIVIL
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN CUSTODY.

03:10:13.935 --> 03:10:14.703
ONCE CONFIRMED,

03:10:14.770 --> 03:10:16.238
THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR
WOULD SERVE

03:10:16.304 --> 03:10:19.374
AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF THE JAILS UNDER THE DIRECTION

03:10:19.441 --> 03:10:22.544
AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SHERIFF
FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS

03:10:23.044 --> 03:10:23.945
AT THE EXPIRATION

03:10:24.012 --> 03:10:27.015
OF A THREE YEAR TERM,
OR ANY TIME A VACANCY OCCURS,

03:10:27.082 --> 03:10:28.717
THE SHERIFF
MUST SUBMIT A NOMINEE

03:10:28.784 --> 03:10:31.787
TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FOR CONFIRMATION.

03:10:31.853 --> 03:10:32.988
BECAUSE THE SHERIFF

03:10:33.054 --> 03:10:35.791
IS NEVER MORE THAN THREE YEARS
AWAY FROM NEEDING TO SEEK BOARD

03:10:35.857 --> 03:10:39.060
CONFIRMATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF THEIR JAIL ADMINISTRATOR.

03:10:39.494 --> 03:10:40.295
THE SHERIFF AND JAIL

03:10:40.362 --> 03:10:43.331
ADMINISTRATOR ARE INCENTIVIZED
TO TAKE SERIOUSLY

03:10:43.398 --> 03:10:46.401
THE CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

03:10:46.601 --> 03:10:49.104
THIS BILL ADDRESSES
A GAP IN CURRENT LAW.

03:10:49.171 --> 03:10:50.806
WHILE THE LEGISLATURE
HAS PROVIDED

03:10:50.872 --> 03:10:51.907
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

03:10:51.973 --> 03:10:54.643
WITH OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS
IN RECENT YEARS.

03:10:54.709 --> 03:10:58.046
BOARDS STILL HAVE NO MEANINGFUL
WAY TO ACT ON THE FINDINGS

03:10:58.113 --> 03:11:00.282
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PRESENTED TO THEM

03:11:00.348 --> 03:11:02.951
OR TO EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE
CHANGE.

03:11:03.018 --> 03:11:06.154
WHILE SHERIFFS ARE INDEPENDENTLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS, SHERIFFS

03:11:06.221 --> 03:11:09.791
JAIL BUDGETS ALONE ARE GREATER
THAN THE COMBINED BUDGETS

03:11:10.025 --> 03:11:10.525
OF ALL

03:11:10.592 --> 03:11:12.661
OUR OTHER COUNTY AGENCIES,
LED BY

03:11:12.727 --> 03:11:15.130
INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED DEPARTMENT
HEADS,

03:11:15.197 --> 03:11:17.032
THE IMPACTS OF JAIL ISSUES
ARE FELT

03:11:17.098 --> 03:11:19.501
FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

03:11:19.568 --> 03:11:21.636
AFFECTING ALL OF COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.

03:11:21.703 --> 03:11:23.271
CONFIRMATION OF A SHERIFF'S JAIL

03:11:23.338 --> 03:11:26.508
ADMINISTRATOR GIVES BOARDS
OF SUPERVISORS ONE CONCRETE

03:11:26.575 --> 03:11:29.578
TOOL TO PROMOTE
IMPROVED JAIL ACCOUNTABILITY.

03:11:29.644 --> 03:11:31.880
I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN I VOTE TO BRING BALANCE

03:11:31.947 --> 03:11:33.915
TO CALIFORNIA'S
JAIL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

03:11:33.982 --> 03:11:36.017
AND TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES
FOR THE PUBLIC,

03:11:36.084 --> 03:11:39.087
PEOPLE IN CUSTODY,
AND THE CORRECTIONAL WORKFORCE.

03:11:39.287 --> 03:11:43.291
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY ARE
SUPERVISOR LAURA CAPPS AND MR.

03:11:43.358 --> 03:11:44.492
MAX HUNTSMAN.

03:11:44.559 --> 03:11:45.994
SUPERVISOR CAPPS REPRESENTS

03:11:46.061 --> 03:11:49.097
THE SECOND DISTRICT ON THE SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY SUPERVISORS.

03:11:49.164 --> 03:11:52.601
LAST YEAR, SUPERVISOR CAPPS
WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM

03:11:52.667 --> 03:11:53.768
TO REPRESENT CALIFORNIA'S

03:11:53.835 --> 03:11:57.405
COUNTIES ON THE BOARD OF STATE
AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.

03:11:58.039 --> 03:11:58.640
MR. HUNTSMAN

03:11:58.707 --> 03:12:00.275
IS THE RECENTLY RETIRED
INSPECTOR

03:12:00.342 --> 03:12:02.577
GENERAL OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES.

03:12:02.644 --> 03:12:03.945
AS INSPECTOR GENERAL, MR.

03:12:04.012 --> 03:12:04.479
HUNTSMAN LED

03:12:04.546 --> 03:12:07.549
THE LARGEST SHERIFF'S
OVERSIGHT ENTITY IN THE NATION.

03:12:07.883 --> 03:12:09.818
PRIOR
TO SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY, MR.

03:12:09.885 --> 03:12:12.988
HUNTSMAN SERVED AS A PROSECUTOR
WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY

03:12:13.054 --> 03:12:15.824
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

03:12:15.891 --> 03:12:16.858
SUPERVISOR CAPPS,

03:12:18.059 --> 03:12:19.494
YOU VERY MUCH WELCOME.

03:12:19.561 --> 03:12:22.564
AND YOU WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES EACH, PLEASE.

03:12:22.764 --> 03:12:25.300
THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, AND MEMBERS.

03:12:25.367 --> 03:12:28.570
AS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR,
I EXPERIENCE

03:12:28.637 --> 03:12:32.874
THE VERY ISSUES AT THE JAIL
THAT, OUR ASSEMBLYMAN HART

03:12:32.941 --> 03:12:34.876
SPOKE OF THESE CHALLENGES

03:12:34.943 --> 03:12:37.646
ARE EVER PRESENT
FOR COUNTY SUPERVISORS.

03:12:37.712 --> 03:12:38.613
PARENTS AND LOVED

03:12:38.680 --> 03:12:42.284
ONES OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE
FREQUENTLY COME TO OUR BOARD

03:12:42.918 --> 03:12:45.887
SHARING HEARTBREAKING STORIES OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR JAILS,

03:12:45.954 --> 03:12:51.059
URGING US TO MAKE CHANGES
THAT CIVIL GRAND JURIES DO.

03:12:51.126 --> 03:12:52.761
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

03:12:52.827 --> 03:12:55.830
URGING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO MAKE CHANGES

03:12:56.164 --> 03:12:57.198
WEEK AFTER WEEK.

03:12:57.265 --> 03:13:00.168
IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES
FILL OUR CHAMBERS, URGING US

03:13:00.235 --> 03:13:03.772
TO MAKE CHANGES ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH FEDERAL AGENTS,

03:13:05.006 --> 03:13:08.043
ACTIVELY AT OUR JAILS.

03:13:08.109 --> 03:13:11.646
BUDGET PRESSURES ARE TOUGH
ON ALL OF US ELECTED OFFICIALS.

03:13:12.080 --> 03:13:14.416
YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU
THAT OUR COUNTY

03:13:14.482 --> 03:13:18.119
HAD TO DO LAYOFFS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, YET

03:13:18.186 --> 03:13:22.223
OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS $10
MILLION OVER BUDGET THIS YEAR

03:13:22.490 --> 03:13:23.391
AND LAST YEAR.

03:13:23.458 --> 03:13:25.961
IT'S AN ONGOING PATTERN.

03:13:26.027 --> 03:13:29.164
YET THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE DO
OVERSEE MADE

03:13:29.731 --> 03:13:32.567
RESPONSIBLE CUTS.

03:13:32.634 --> 03:13:34.602
AS ASSEMBLY MEMBER, HART SAID,

03:13:34.669 --> 03:13:36.838
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
ARE EFFECTIVELY REQUIRED

03:13:36.905 --> 03:13:39.441
TO WRITE A BLANK CHECK
TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

03:13:42.844 --> 03:13:44.079
THE STATE HAS GIVEN US

03:13:44.145 --> 03:13:44.746
NEW TOOLS

03:13:44.813 --> 03:13:46.815
TO IDENTIFY ISSUES
IN THE JAILS, YET

03:13:46.881 --> 03:13:48.650
WE DO NOT HAVE
ANY MEANINGFUL WAY

03:13:48.717 --> 03:13:51.720
TO ACT ON THESE ISSUES
THAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED.

03:13:52.854 --> 03:13:55.256
COUNTY JAILS
HAVE A CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITY

03:13:55.323 --> 03:13:56.558
PROVIDING A SAFE

03:13:56.624 --> 03:13:59.694
CUSTODIAL ENVIRONMENT
FOR PEOPLE AWAITING TRIAL

03:14:00.261 --> 03:14:02.263
WHO CANNOT SAFELY REMAIN
IN THE COMMUNITY

03:14:02.330 --> 03:14:04.866
AND FOR THOSE
SERVING LOCAL SENTENCES.

03:14:04.933 --> 03:14:07.969
BUT AS THE DATA SHOWS,
CALIFORNIA JAILS ARE TOO OFTEN

03:14:08.036 --> 03:14:11.006
FALL SHORT
OF MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS

03:14:11.072 --> 03:14:13.308
TO BROUGHT
TO PROVIDE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

03:14:13.375 --> 03:14:14.876
WITH A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY

03:14:14.943 --> 03:14:19.114
TO WEIGH IN ON JAIL
ADMINISTRATION AND TO BE FISCAL

03:14:19.481 --> 03:14:23.184
RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS
FOR OUR COUNTY THAT WE SERVE.

03:14:23.251 --> 03:14:25.820
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE.

03:14:25.887 --> 03:14:28.890
THANK YOU.

03:14:29.324 --> 03:14:32.093
CALIFORNIA HAS CREATED
A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

03:14:32.160 --> 03:14:33.495
IN ITS JAILS.

03:14:33.561 --> 03:14:36.598
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PROSECUTOR,
WE PASSED TOUGH ON CRIME LAWS

03:14:36.664 --> 03:14:38.533
WITHOUT BUILDING NEW PRISONS

03:14:38.600 --> 03:14:41.603
OVER CROWDING PRISONS
AND DENYING ADEQUATE CARE.

03:14:42.037 --> 03:14:43.271
WHEN THE US SUPREME COURT

03:14:43.338 --> 03:14:46.007
ORDERED US TO STOP,
WE PLAYED A SHELL GAME

03:14:46.074 --> 03:14:48.276
BY SHIFTING THE ISSUES
TO OUR JAILS.

03:14:48.343 --> 03:14:50.779
WE TOLD THE PUBLIC
WE HAD REFORMED OUR CRIMINAL

03:14:50.845 --> 03:14:53.882
JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND HID WHAT WE WERE DOING.

03:14:53.948 --> 03:14:57.152
I WAS HIRED AS LA'S FIRST
INSPECTOR GENERAL WHEN A SHERIFF

03:14:57.218 --> 03:15:01.022
TRIED TO PREVENT THE FBI FROM IN
INVESTIGATING JAIL CONDITIONS.

03:15:01.523 --> 03:15:04.993
WHEN I REPORTED ON MENTALLY
ILL PRISONERS CHAINED TO BENCHES

03:15:05.060 --> 03:15:06.561
FOR EXTENSIVE PERIODS.

03:15:06.628 --> 03:15:08.329
POSITIONAL TORTURE.

03:15:08.396 --> 03:15:10.865
THE RESPONSE WAS A COLLECTIVE
SHRUG.

03:15:10.932 --> 03:15:14.035
AGAIN, IT TOOK A COURT
ORDER TO END THE PRACTICE.

03:15:14.636 --> 03:15:17.872
YEARS LATER, CHANGE CONTINUES
TO HAPPEN IN THE COURTS,

03:15:18.139 --> 03:15:19.674
BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT

03:15:19.741 --> 03:15:23.044
TIME HAS PASSED
AND HARM HAS OCCURRED, RATHER

03:15:23.111 --> 03:15:26.114
THAN AS A RESULT OF PROACTIVE
LOCAL EFFORTS.

03:15:26.648 --> 03:15:27.782
JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

03:15:27.849 --> 03:15:30.418
IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE
FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE.

03:15:30.485 --> 03:15:32.120
SINCE 1993, WHEN SHERIFFS

03:15:32.187 --> 03:15:35.156
RECEIVE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
CONTROL OVER THE JAILS,

03:15:35.223 --> 03:15:38.927
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS HAVE
STRUGGLED WITH LIMITED TOOLS

03:15:38.993 --> 03:15:41.963
TO EXERCISE THEIR STATUTORY
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES.

03:15:42.697 --> 03:15:44.799
IN RECENT YEARS,
THE LEGISLATURE HAS A POWER

03:15:44.866 --> 03:15:46.968
AS EMPOWERED COUNTIES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA

03:15:47.035 --> 03:15:50.438
TO HIRE INSPECTORS GENERAL
AND ESTABLISH SHERIFF OVERSIGHT

03:15:50.505 --> 03:15:53.775
COMMISSIONS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

03:15:54.375 --> 03:15:56.678
HAVING SERVED AS THE LA
INSPECTOR GENERAL,

03:15:56.744 --> 03:15:59.013
I CAN TELL YOU THAT
THERE IS A GAP

03:15:59.080 --> 03:16:02.417
BETWEEN IDENTIFYING JAIL ISSUES
AND ACTUALLY SOLVING THEM.

03:16:03.184 --> 03:16:04.919
NOW, THE LEGISLATURE
HAS AN OPPORTUNITY

03:16:04.986 --> 03:16:06.821
TO PROVIDE COUNTIES
WITH A FOCUS TOOL

03:16:06.888 --> 03:16:09.891
TO INCENTIVIZE ACCOUNTABILITY
IN THE JAIL.

03:16:10.325 --> 03:16:12.994
WHEN A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CONFIRM

03:16:13.061 --> 03:16:14.028
OR DENY THE SHERIFF'S

03:16:14.095 --> 03:16:16.164
APPOINTMENT
OF A JAIL ADMINISTRATOR,

03:16:16.231 --> 03:16:18.099
THE STAKES ARE RAISED
FOR THE SHERIFF

03:16:18.166 --> 03:16:20.268
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY
WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT

03:16:20.335 --> 03:16:22.170
TO IMPROVE JAIL CONDITIONS.

03:16:22.237 --> 03:16:23.805
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR.

03:16:23.872 --> 03:16:26.741
I VOTE ON THIS MODEST BILL
TO IMPROVE JAIL,

03:16:26.808 --> 03:16:27.742
JAIL, ACCOUNTABILITY.

03:16:32.213 --> 03:16:33.648
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

03:16:33.715 --> 03:16:36.718
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
TODAY.

03:16:37.452 --> 03:16:40.455
ANYONE, IN SUPPORT OF

03:16:41.189 --> 03:16:44.192
AB 2257.

03:16:45.627 --> 03:16:47.695
ANYBODY WISHING
TO MAKE COMMENTS?

03:16:47.762 --> 03:16:49.097
QUESTIONS? NO.

03:16:49.164 --> 03:16:49.898
SEEING. NONE.

03:16:49.964 --> 03:16:53.201
IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO AB 2257?

03:16:56.337 --> 03:16:59.340
SORRY YOU WERE COMING UP.

03:17:00.241 --> 03:17:03.244
GOOD AFTERNOON.

03:17:07.882 --> 03:17:08.950
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.

03:17:09.017 --> 03:17:11.119
SENATORS COREY SUSILO,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

03:17:11.186 --> 03:17:14.889
STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION HERE
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2257,

03:17:16.958 --> 03:17:19.427
MANY, IF NOT MOST SHERIFFS
ALREADY EMPLOY A CHIEF DEPUTY

03:17:19.494 --> 03:17:21.496
OR ASSISTANT SHERIFF
OVER CORRECTIONS.

03:17:21.563 --> 03:17:24.032
THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL
AND THE CHOICE BY A COUNTY BOARD

03:17:24.098 --> 03:17:26.467
TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY
IT CREATES,

03:17:26.534 --> 03:17:28.436
WOULD PUT THE SHERIFF
IN A POSITION

03:17:28.503 --> 03:17:30.071
OF HAVING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
WHETHER THE BOARD

03:17:30.138 --> 03:17:33.141
WOULD CONFIRM THEIR CHOICE
TO SERVE AS JAIL ADMINISTRATOR.

03:17:33.441 --> 03:17:34.709
THIS VITAL ROLE SHOULD BE FILLED

03:17:34.776 --> 03:17:36.711
BY THE PERSON
BEST SUITED TO DO THE WORK,

03:17:36.778 --> 03:17:37.879
NOT THE PERSON

03:17:37.946 --> 03:17:40.381
WHO THE SHERIFF THINKS CAN WIN
A POPULARITY CONTEST

03:17:40.448 --> 03:17:42.850
WITH THREE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

03:17:42.917 --> 03:17:46.688
THE WORD CRISIS WAS USED AT
LEAST TWICE IN THE PRESENTATION,

03:17:47.155 --> 03:17:49.757
AND I JUST HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND
TO WONDER HOW MUCH OF THIS

03:17:49.824 --> 03:17:51.726
SO-CALLED CRISIS IS DRIVEN OR,

03:17:51.793 --> 03:17:53.361
CREATED BY COUNTIES
BEING REQUIRED

03:17:53.428 --> 03:17:55.230
TO HOUSE FORMER STATE INMATES

03:17:55.296 --> 03:17:58.433
AND ALL THE LAWSUITS THAT
EMANATE RELATIVE TO THEIR CARE?

03:18:00.301 --> 03:18:02.070
THE BILL'S SUPPORTING MATERIALS
INDICATE

03:18:02.136 --> 03:18:06.007
THAT THIS RECENTLY AMENDED
VERSION OF 2257, THE

03:18:06.207 --> 03:18:09.043
POLICY DIRECTION
THIS BILL TAKES NOW IS INTENDED

03:18:09.110 --> 03:18:10.578
TO GIVE LEVERAGE
OVER THE OPERATION

03:18:10.645 --> 03:18:13.214
OF THE COUNTY JAILS
TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

03:18:13.281 --> 03:18:15.750
BUT IN REALITY, IT JUST IMPOSES
A LABYRINTH OF RULES

03:18:15.817 --> 03:18:19.053
OF HOW A SHERIFFS CHOICE
FOR THIS POSITION IS SELECTED,

03:18:19.120 --> 03:18:22.156
CONFIRMED,
OVERSEEN, AND REPLACED.

03:18:22.223 --> 03:18:24.559
AND AND GIVEN THAT ONLY
THE SHERIFF CAN REMOVE

03:18:24.626 --> 03:18:28.696
THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR
ANY LEVERAGE THAT, THE BOARD

03:18:28.763 --> 03:18:31.666
THINKS IT OBTAINS BY EXERCISING
THE OPTION

03:18:31.733 --> 03:18:34.435
THAT THIS BILL WOULD CREATE
EFFECTIVELY DISAPPEARS

03:18:34.502 --> 03:18:37.372
AS SOON AS THEY CONFIRM
THAT PERSON.

03:18:37.438 --> 03:18:39.207
THE NOTION
THAT THERE'S A LACK OF OVERSIGHT

03:18:39.274 --> 03:18:43.611
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR
THE JAILS IS IS JUST FLAT WRONG.

03:18:43.911 --> 03:18:47.882
THE SHERIFFS ARE ELECTED,
AND THEY'RE SUBJECTED

03:18:47.949 --> 03:18:50.485
TO SPECIFIC YET
BROAD OVERSIGHT FROM ENTITIES

03:18:50.551 --> 03:18:51.853
INCLUDING THE STATE
AND FEDERAL COURTS,

03:18:51.919 --> 03:18:53.254
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CIVIL

03:18:53.321 --> 03:18:55.623
GRAND JURY, THE BOARD OF STATE
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS,

03:18:55.690 --> 03:18:57.191
NOT TO MENTION THE VOTERS
WHO ELECT

03:18:57.258 --> 03:18:58.526
THE SHERIFF EVERY FOUR YEARS.

03:18:59.527 --> 03:19:01.696
WE DON'T THINK THE LEGISLATURE
SHOULD POLITICIZE

03:19:01.763 --> 03:19:04.198
THIS IMPORTANT POSITION
WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

03:19:04.265 --> 03:19:05.566
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S
NO INDICATION

03:19:05.633 --> 03:19:08.269
OF THE COMPLICATED GOVERNANCE
CHANGE CONTEMPLATED BY THIS BILL

03:19:08.336 --> 03:19:10.638
WILL LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES
IN THE JAILS.

03:19:10.705 --> 03:19:14.208
BOARDS DON'T CONTROL THE
ELECTED OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF.

03:19:14.609 --> 03:19:17.679
IN CONFIRMING ONE JAIL
ADMINISTRATOR WON'T FIX BROADER

03:19:17.745 --> 03:19:19.981
OVERTIME OR OTHER BUDGET ISSUES.

03:19:20.048 --> 03:19:21.316
FOR THOSE REASONS,
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY

03:19:21.382 --> 03:19:22.116
ASK FOR YOUR NO VOTE.

03:19:22.183 --> 03:19:25.186
THANK YOU.

03:19:27.021 --> 03:19:28.289
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN,
KAREN LANG.

03:19:28.356 --> 03:19:29.724
ON BEHALF OF THE FRESNO
COUNTY BOARD

03:19:29.791 --> 03:19:31.726
OF SUPERVISORS
AND OPPOSITION TODAY. THANK YOU.

03:19:31.793 --> 03:19:33.027
THANK YOU.

03:19:33.094 --> 03:19:35.229
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION TO AB

03:19:35.296 --> 03:19:38.299
2257?

03:19:38.633 --> 03:19:40.001
SEEING NONE. COMMENTS.

03:19:40.068 --> 03:19:41.536
QUESTIONS SENT OUT AGAIN.

03:19:41.602 --> 03:19:43.171
WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

03:19:43.237 --> 03:19:45.106
IT'S GREAT TO SEE
SUPERVISOR CAPPS,

03:19:45.173 --> 03:19:47.108
WHO WAS MY BOSS 23 YEARS AGO.

03:19:47.175 --> 03:19:49.010
THINGS COME FULL CIRCLE.

03:19:49.077 --> 03:19:51.546
BUT I'M STRONGLY IN SUPPORT.

03:19:51.612 --> 03:19:53.214
THIS BILL IN THE SENATE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE.

03:19:53.281 --> 03:19:57.418
HEARD THIS BILL, AND MOVED IT
OUT ON A 5 TO 1 VOTE.

03:19:57.985 --> 03:20:02.523
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS ISSUE OF THE THE MANAGEMENT

03:20:02.590 --> 03:20:06.294
OF JAILS, IMPACTS
MY COUNTY, ALAMEDA COUNTY.

03:20:06.894 --> 03:20:12.934
ABOUT A DECADE AGO, THERE WERE
SERIOUS ISSUES IN COUNTY JAIL.

03:20:13.434 --> 03:20:16.838
INCLUDING, IN-CUSTODY DEATHS

03:20:16.904 --> 03:20:19.907
THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY REPORTED
AND ADDRESSED.

03:20:20.274 --> 03:20:23.344
AND A SERIOUS LACK OF,
MENTAL HEALTH CARE,

03:20:23.411 --> 03:20:24.846
WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED
IN THE COUNTY

03:20:24.912 --> 03:20:27.215
BEING UNDER
A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE.

03:20:27.281 --> 03:20:29.450
AND DESPITE THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS

03:20:29.517 --> 03:20:30.918
EFFORTS
USING ITS BUDGET AUTHORITY

03:20:30.985 --> 03:20:33.521
TO TRY TO GET THE SHERIFF
TO ACT.

03:20:33.588 --> 03:20:36.691
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE
MEANINGFUL ACTION.

03:20:37.191 --> 03:20:39.494
AND SO THERE IS
THERE IS A CHALLENGE.

03:20:39.560 --> 03:20:43.698
I MEAN, THAT STATE LAW
ALLOWS COUNTIES

03:20:43.765 --> 03:20:46.734
TO INDEPENDENTLY ELECT
A SHERIFF, AND THE SHERIFF

03:20:47.268 --> 03:20:47.835
IS RESPONSIBLE,

03:20:47.902 --> 03:20:50.238
THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE COUNTY JAILS,

03:20:50.304 --> 03:20:52.974
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
WHO'S ALSO ELECTED

03:20:53.040 --> 03:20:56.377
AND IS THE POLICY AND BUDGET
DECISION MAKERS OF THE COUNTY

03:20:56.844 --> 03:20:58.246
HAVE LITTLE IMPACT

03:20:58.312 --> 03:21:00.381
IN HELPING INFLUENCE
THE DECISIONS OF THE

03:21:00.448 --> 03:21:02.717
INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED SHERIFF,
EXCEPT FOR BUDGET AUTHORITY.

03:21:03.751 --> 03:21:04.852
BUT IT
SOUNDS LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE

03:21:04.919 --> 03:21:06.320
THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH
TO EFFECTUATE

03:21:06.387 --> 03:21:09.557
THE KIND OF MEANINGFUL CHANGE,
IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.

03:21:09.624 --> 03:21:13.628
SO THERE IS THIS TENSION,
AND IT DOES EXIST IN COUNTIES

03:21:13.694 --> 03:21:15.196
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.

03:21:15.263 --> 03:21:17.865
AND I DO THINK THAT
THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT.

03:21:17.932 --> 03:21:19.066
BUT I JUST WANT TO CALL

03:21:19.133 --> 03:21:21.002
ATTENTION TO THE COMMENT ON PAGE
FOUR.

03:21:21.068 --> 03:21:22.336
THE ANALYSIS,

03:21:22.403 --> 03:21:24.572
WHICH SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE
MAY WISH TO CONSIDER

03:21:24.639 --> 03:21:26.741
WHETHER TO GIVE COUNTIES BACK
THE AUTHORITY

03:21:26.808 --> 03:21:29.677
TO CREATE A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS OUTSIDE OF

03:21:29.744 --> 03:21:31.179
THE SHERIFF'S CONTROL.

03:21:31.245 --> 03:21:32.747
IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED
WITH THE DIRECTION

03:21:32.814 --> 03:21:33.714
OF JAIL OPERATIONS.

03:21:33.781 --> 03:21:36.250
NOW, THIS BILL DOES NOT GO
THAT FAR,

03:21:36.317 --> 03:21:36.918
BUT I THINK THAT'S

03:21:36.984 --> 03:21:40.188
A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA THAT'S
WORTHY OF FUTURE DISCUSSION.

03:21:41.155 --> 03:21:42.557
I WANT TO THANK THE ASSEMBLY

03:21:42.623 --> 03:21:43.925
MEMBER
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.

03:21:43.991 --> 03:21:45.460
I THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

03:21:45.526 --> 03:21:48.496
AND I WILL MOVE
THE BILL TO APPROPRIATE TIME.

03:21:51.666 --> 03:21:52.567
THANK YOU.

03:21:52.633 --> 03:21:56.304
SO, YOU KNOW, THE
ISSUE OF JAIL DEATHS AND INMATE

03:21:57.638 --> 03:21:59.674
ONE, JAIL DEATHS IS TOO MANY
FOR THE FAMILIES

03:21:59.740 --> 03:22:02.743
THAT HAVE THEIR THEIR LOVED ONES
GO AWAY.

03:22:04.178 --> 03:22:07.381
A LOT OF TIMES WE TRY TO CREATE

03:22:07.448 --> 03:22:10.451
A BIGGER CRISIS
THAN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.

03:22:11.118 --> 03:22:13.621
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

03:22:13.688 --> 03:22:16.757
MORTALITY RATES IN, IN 2000.

03:22:16.824 --> 03:22:20.761
THE AVERAGE MORTALITY
RATE IN JAILS WAS,

03:22:21.863 --> 03:22:25.032
151 DEATHS PER 100,000 INMATES.

03:22:25.700 --> 03:22:30.137
AND THE MOST RECENT ONE
THAT THEY HAVE IS 174

03:22:30.204 --> 03:22:32.206
DEATHS IN 2023,

03:22:32.273 --> 03:22:35.409
WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE
WITH THE RISE

03:22:35.476 --> 03:22:38.713
IN, IN FENTANYL DEATHS AND,
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

03:22:39.013 --> 03:22:43.351
BUT THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT
PLAY INTO THIS WHOLE PICTURE.

03:22:44.051 --> 03:22:48.723
WHEN WE SHUTTLED A BUNCH
OF THE STATE INMATES INTO COUNTY

03:22:48.789 --> 03:22:51.959
PRISONS AND OVERCROWDED
THE COUNTY PRISONS,

03:22:52.693 --> 03:22:57.765
THE SHERIFFS, THE DA'S, THE
YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE POWERS

03:22:57.832 --> 03:23:00.768
TO BE IN EACH OF THESE COUNTIES
WERE LEFT WITH DECISIONS

03:23:00.835 --> 03:23:04.772
OF JUST UNLOADING THEIR JAILS
AND RELEASING INMATES.

03:23:05.172 --> 03:23:08.009
SO WE CREATED
THE OVERCROWDING CONDITIONS.

03:23:08.075 --> 03:23:10.778
AND WHEN YOU HAVE OVERCROWDING,
YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES

03:23:10.845 --> 03:23:14.348
FOR DEATHS
AND AN INMATE TO INMATE DEATHS.

03:23:14.549 --> 03:23:18.085
BUT MOST OF THOSE DEATHS, THERE
THERE'S A FEW THAT WERE

03:23:18.152 --> 03:23:21.188
NATURAL DEATHS, BUT THERE ARE
A LOT OF THEM WERE ATTRIBUTED

03:23:21.255 --> 03:23:24.358
TO DRUG AND, AND,
FENTANYL OVERDOSES.

03:23:24.759 --> 03:23:28.162
AND THOSE ARE ISSUES OF PEOPLE
SMUGGLING DRUGS

03:23:28.229 --> 03:23:30.131
INTO THEIR, THEIR RELATIVES.

03:23:30.197 --> 03:23:33.100
SO THAT, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANOTHER LAYER

03:23:33.167 --> 03:23:37.238
OF THE POLITICAL PERSON
STUCK INTO THE MIDDLE

03:23:37.305 --> 03:23:40.308
OF THE MIX,
IS GOING TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS.

03:23:41.142 --> 03:23:44.712
IT MAY GIVE SOME PEOPLE COMFORT
THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE

03:23:45.680 --> 03:23:46.247
TO TELL THEM.

03:23:46.314 --> 03:23:49.417
YEAH, YEAH, WE
HAVE A BUNCH OF FENTANYL DEATHS.

03:23:49.483 --> 03:23:52.620
BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW,
ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE CORONER

03:23:53.054 --> 03:23:55.656
FIGURES OUT
WHY SOMEBODY DIED IN THEIR SLEEP

03:23:55.723 --> 03:23:58.726
AND THEN FIND OUT, WELL,
HE ACTUALLY DID A FENTANYL O.D..

03:23:59.327 --> 03:24:02.029
THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF SUPERVISION
IN THE JAILS

03:24:02.096 --> 03:24:03.497
THAT'S GOING TO COME IN.

03:24:03.564 --> 03:24:08.135
EVERY WE DON'T HAVE ONE
ON ONE SUPERVISION OF INMATES.

03:24:08.769 --> 03:24:11.806
AND, SO THOSE DEATHS ARE GOING

03:24:11.872 --> 03:24:15.810
TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR
AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE SMUGGLING,

03:24:16.110 --> 03:24:19.180
DRUGS INTO THEIR
THEIR LOVED ONES.

03:24:19.246 --> 03:24:22.583
AND, AND SO I, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S

03:24:22.650 --> 03:24:23.784
GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT

03:24:23.851 --> 03:24:26.887
OTHER THAN MAYBE GIVE PEOPLE
THE COMFORT THAT THERE'S

03:24:26.954 --> 03:24:29.290
ANOTHER POLITICAL PERSON
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

03:24:29.357 --> 03:24:32.093
THAT IS
GOING TO SOMEHOW ALLEVIATE

03:24:33.127 --> 03:24:34.095
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING

03:24:34.161 --> 03:24:37.164
ON FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS,

03:24:37.999 --> 03:24:43.971
ARISE FROM 151,174
GIVEN THE CONDITIONS,

03:24:44.038 --> 03:24:47.041
BECAUSE IN 2000,
WE HADN'T SHUTTLED PEOPLE YET.

03:24:48.743 --> 03:24:51.746
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
THAT'S A SUPER CRISIS.

03:24:52.613 --> 03:24:55.049
BUT LIKE I SAID
AT THE BEGINNING,

03:24:55.116 --> 03:24:58.119
ANY PERSON THAT DIES IN JAIL,
THAT'S A CRISIS TO THAT FAMILY.

03:24:58.653 --> 03:25:02.790
AND, AND SHOULD THOSE ANSWERS
BE GIVEN TO THEM? YES.

03:25:03.190 --> 03:25:05.526
BUT A LOT OF TIMES
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE ANSWERS.

03:25:05.593 --> 03:25:07.261
PEOPLE WILL GET IN JAIL
FOR A REASON.

03:25:07.328 --> 03:25:08.396
SOME OF THEM BECAUSE.

03:25:08.462 --> 03:25:09.330
AND THE OTHER PART OF

03:25:09.397 --> 03:25:12.433
THIS IS DUMPING THE MENTALLY
ILL PEOPLE INJURED THE JAILS,

03:25:12.967 --> 03:25:15.736
LIKE THAT'S
WHERE THEIR STORAGE FACILITY IS.

03:25:15.803 --> 03:25:16.737
THAT'S NOT.

03:25:16.804 --> 03:25:20.241
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO BETTER
WITH THAT PART OF IT

03:25:20.307 --> 03:25:21.342
SO THAT WE ARE NOT,

03:25:23.344 --> 03:25:24.111
RIGHT.

03:25:24.178 --> 03:25:25.079
YEAH, YEAH.

03:25:25.146 --> 03:25:25.846
I DO NOT

03:25:25.913 --> 03:25:29.750
CONDONE THE CHAINING OF PEOPLE,
THE BEDS AND STUFF AT ALL.

03:25:30.217 --> 03:25:33.454
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

03:25:34.088 --> 03:25:37.324
SOMEHOW THEY WIND UP
WITH THE SOFT RESTRAINTS

03:25:37.391 --> 03:25:38.225
AND STUFF ON PEOPLE

03:25:38.292 --> 03:25:39.994
THAT ARE TRYING
TO HARM THEMSELVES,

03:25:40.061 --> 03:25:42.096
AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE HECK
TO DO WITH THAT.

03:25:42.163 --> 03:25:44.965
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T
HAVE A PLACE TO SEND THEM.

03:25:45.032 --> 03:25:47.301
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER
WITH THAT PART,

03:25:47.368 --> 03:25:50.371
BUT I THINK THERE'S ANY SHERIFF
WOULD BE WILLING

03:25:50.438 --> 03:25:53.441
TO AND HAPPY
TO WORK ON THAT PART.

03:25:53.708 --> 03:25:57.044
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE
SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE,

03:25:57.578 --> 03:26:01.115
IN THEIR JAILS
ANY MORE THAN WE WANT THEM

03:26:01.182 --> 03:26:02.717
OR THEIR FAMILIES
WANT THEM THERE.

03:26:02.783 --> 03:26:04.185
BUT THAT'S
WHERE THEY KIND OF WIND UP.

03:26:04.251 --> 03:26:06.187
SOME OF THEM.

03:26:06.253 --> 03:26:07.822
WE HAVE TO FIX THAT.

03:26:07.888 --> 03:26:10.558
I DON'T THINK ONE PERSON
IS GOING TO FIX THAT.

03:26:10.624 --> 03:26:14.695
I THINK IT'S A A,
YOU KNOW, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

03:26:14.762 --> 03:26:15.730
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

03:26:16.764 --> 03:26:17.531
ISSUE.

03:26:17.598 --> 03:26:21.469
AND, OUR COUNTY AND STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE.

03:26:21.836 --> 03:26:25.172
AND WORKING TOGETHER,
WE CAN FIGURE OUT THIS,

03:26:25.673 --> 03:26:28.809
BUT IF EVERYBODY'S JUST GOING
TO POINT FINGERS AND BLAME

03:26:29.076 --> 03:26:32.179
DIFFERENT AGENCIES
FOR FOR PROBLEMS THAT,

03:26:33.114 --> 03:26:37.251
YOU KNOW, EXIST,
BUT NOT AT THE CRISIS LEVEL

03:26:37.318 --> 03:26:40.254
THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT OUT
TO BE.

03:26:40.321 --> 03:26:41.188
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE IT.

03:26:41.255 --> 03:26:44.125
WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THESE
KIND OF THINGS.

03:26:44.191 --> 03:26:47.695
SO, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF
OF THE IDEA

03:26:47.762 --> 03:26:50.131
OF INSERTING
ANOTHER LAYER OF SOMEBODY

03:26:50.197 --> 03:26:50.865
BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GOING

03:26:50.931 --> 03:26:54.068
TO NEED TO INSERT SOMEBODY
TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT PERSON,

03:26:54.301 --> 03:26:56.303
TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THE NEXT PERSON.

03:26:56.370 --> 03:26:58.973
BECAUSE THEY WON'T TRUST
THAT PERSON'S OPINION

03:26:59.039 --> 03:27:01.108
ANY MORE THAN THEY
TRUST THE SHERIFF'S OPINION

03:27:01.175 --> 03:27:05.713
OR THE SHERIFF'S OPINION, OR SO
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS LEADS.

03:27:05.913 --> 03:27:07.081
THAT'S I'M SAYING

03:27:07.148 --> 03:27:07.782
THERE'S A LOT OF

03:27:07.848 --> 03:27:10.818
WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO,
BUT WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.

03:27:10.885 --> 03:27:12.520
AND WE'RE KIND OF
NOT EVERYBODY'S

03:27:12.586 --> 03:27:14.455
KIND OF PASSING
THE BUCK ON IT. THANK YOU.

03:27:16.524 --> 03:27:18.726
AND I JUST ON THIS.

03:27:18.793 --> 03:27:19.827
YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

03:27:19.894 --> 03:27:21.562
I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE
A COMMENT.

03:27:21.629 --> 03:27:24.632
TO THE AUTHOR, THANK YOU FOR,

03:27:24.698 --> 03:27:27.835
TRYING TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE
THAT WE BELIEVE, IS A CRISIS.

03:27:27.902 --> 03:27:29.870
I DO AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT,

03:27:29.937 --> 03:27:33.874
THAT OUR COUNTY JAILS
ARE IN CRISIS AND THE DEATH

03:27:33.941 --> 03:27:35.176
RATES ARE AT A RECORD HIGH,

03:27:35.242 --> 03:27:37.244
INCLUDING IN MY OWN
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE,

03:27:37.311 --> 03:27:39.647
WHERE WE ARE
TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

03:27:39.713 --> 03:27:42.283
BUT THROUGH ANOTHER
ANOTHER MEASURE.

03:27:42.349 --> 03:27:45.619
WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE OUR JAIL
OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.

03:27:45.686 --> 03:27:48.689
AND WITH THAT, I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILLS TODAY.

03:27:53.093 --> 03:27:53.527
THANK YOU.

03:27:53.594 --> 03:27:54.228
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:27:54.295 --> 03:27:56.397
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
THE OTHER I HAVE,

03:27:56.463 --> 03:27:59.466
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

03:28:01.569 --> 03:28:02.837
TO MISS CAPPS.

03:28:02.903 --> 03:28:04.038
WELCOME.

03:28:04.104 --> 03:28:05.339
WELCOME HERE.

03:28:05.406 --> 03:28:08.409
I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT?

03:28:08.709 --> 03:28:11.011
WHAT MADE YOU BELIEVE

03:28:11.078 --> 03:28:13.681
THAT THIS IS WORTH TRYING?

03:28:13.747 --> 03:28:14.448
THAT THIS IS

03:28:14.515 --> 03:28:16.183
THIS COULD ACTUALLY

03:28:16.250 --> 03:28:18.886
MAKE SOME CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S
NOT GOING TO COME OVERNIGHT.

03:28:18.953 --> 03:28:20.087
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS.

03:28:20.154 --> 03:28:22.723
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR JAIL,
BUT IN LOS ANGELES,

03:28:22.790 --> 03:28:23.591
SERIOUS PROBLEM.

03:28:23.657 --> 03:28:26.727
SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK

03:28:26.794 --> 03:28:29.563
THIS IS WORTHY OF TRYING?

03:28:29.630 --> 03:28:31.465
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, AND

03:28:33.167 --> 03:28:35.402
BECAUSE WE NEED
TO HAVE AS COUNTY SUPERVISORS,

03:28:35.469 --> 03:28:36.637
WE JUST WE HAVE

03:28:36.704 --> 03:28:40.441
WE BASICALLY HAVE THE BURDEN
OF THE THE LIABILITY

03:28:40.507 --> 03:28:42.076
WITHOUT ANY MEANS TO

03:28:42.142 --> 03:28:45.846
UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT THE STATE
HAS GIVEN US TO MAKE REFORMS.

03:28:45.913 --> 03:28:48.649
AND SO HAVING,
AN ACTUAL ADMINISTRATOR

03:28:48.716 --> 03:28:51.252
AND WITH RESPECT, I WOULD SAY
NOT A POLITICAL PERSON

03:28:51.318 --> 03:28:55.189
WITHIN THE JAIL, BUT AN ACTUAL
SOMEONE TO RUN THE JAIL

03:28:55.256 --> 03:28:58.359
WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE
OF JAIL ADMINISTRATION.

03:28:58.425 --> 03:29:01.962
AND THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE,
CERTAINLY THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE

03:29:02.029 --> 03:29:05.599
THAT HAVE THE FISCAL ABILITY
TO RUN A JAIL AND ABILITY

03:29:05.666 --> 03:29:08.602
TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE
AND THE TALENT TO UNDERSTAND

03:29:08.669 --> 03:29:13.007
HOW YOU DO PREVENT, THE,
THE TRANSMISSION OF DRUGS INTO

03:29:13.073 --> 03:29:13.607
JAILS.

03:29:13.674 --> 03:29:16.744
THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS
IN WHICH YOU CAN PREVENT THOSE.

03:29:16.977 --> 03:29:17.811
WE NEED PEOPLE.

03:29:17.878 --> 03:29:22.049
WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED
DEPUTIES THAT ARE VERY GOOD

03:29:22.116 --> 03:29:23.584
AT PREVENTING CRIMES,

03:29:23.651 --> 03:29:27.655
BUT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE WAY
WE ADMINISTER JAILS.

03:29:27.888 --> 03:29:32.359
AND SO THE ABILITY FOR THE BOARD
TO HAVE THAT PERSON IN THAT

03:29:32.426 --> 03:29:36.030
ROLE,
WILL JUST IMPROVE OVERSIGHT,

03:29:36.297 --> 03:29:37.498
WILL IMPROVE FISCAL

03:29:37.564 --> 03:29:40.367
RESPONSIBILITY,
TO HAVE A REAL ADMINISTRATOR

03:29:40.434 --> 03:29:43.203
IN A JAIL,
BECAUSE THESE, AS YOU WELL KNOW,

03:29:43.270 --> 03:29:46.273
IN LOS ANGELES,
THESE ARE MASSIVE BUDGETS.

03:29:46.340 --> 03:29:49.710
THESE ARE MASSIVE OPERATIONS
THAT NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR

03:29:50.110 --> 03:29:51.445
AT THE HELM.

03:29:51.512 --> 03:29:54.882
AND WHAT HOLDS YOU
FROM DOING THAT NOW?

03:29:55.783 --> 03:29:58.752
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SHERIFF
RUNS THE JAIL.

03:29:58.819 --> 03:30:02.523
WE HAVE
NO ZERO ABILITY TO HAVE ANY

03:30:03.557 --> 03:30:06.860
ANY ROLE IN JAIL OPERATIONS.

03:30:07.962 --> 03:30:10.998
BUT YET THE PUBLIC BELIEVES
WE DO.

03:30:11.065 --> 03:30:15.469
THEY COME TO US WEEK AFTER WEEK,
BEGGING FOR CHANGES,

03:30:16.470 --> 03:30:17.838
BEGGING FOR CHANGES.

03:30:17.905 --> 03:30:20.908
THE GRAND JURY IS ASKING
FOR CHANGES.

03:30:21.575 --> 03:30:26.046
WE HOLD THE PURSE IN A SENSE,
AND EVEN THINGS WE FUND

03:30:26.647 --> 03:30:29.650
CAN BE CHANGED
BY JAIL OPERATIONS.

03:30:30.584 --> 03:30:32.886
THERE IS ZERO ABILITY FOR US

03:30:32.953 --> 03:30:36.256
AS A COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO AFFECT JAIL OPERATIONS.

03:30:37.257 --> 03:30:40.227
OKAY.

03:30:40.294 --> 03:30:40.728
THANK YOU.

03:30:40.794 --> 03:30:41.795
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:30:41.862 --> 03:30:45.065
WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION.

03:30:45.132 --> 03:30:48.268
I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR,
YOUR BILL

03:30:48.669 --> 03:30:51.672
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER IF YOU WANT
TO MAKE SOME CLOSING REMARKS,

03:30:52.172 --> 03:30:55.542
BUT I WOULD JUST,
ECHO SUPERVISOR CAPPS IS

03:30:56.043 --> 03:30:59.380
PRIMARY POINT
THAT PROFESSIONALIZING THIS ROLE

03:30:59.446 --> 03:31:01.582
OF A JAIL ADMINISTRATOR
AND HAVING A SHARED

03:31:01.648 --> 03:31:03.717
GOVERNANCE MODEL
WHERE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

03:31:03.784 --> 03:31:07.421
AND THE SHERIFF
ARE JOINTLY MAKING THE DECISION

03:31:07.488 --> 03:31:11.358
ABOUT WHO THAT PERSON IS
WILL INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY

03:31:11.558 --> 03:31:14.495
AND, PUBLIC ACCESS
TO THE DECISION MAKING.

03:31:14.561 --> 03:31:17.598
THE MOST GLARING EXAMPLE THAT
WE HAD IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

03:31:17.664 --> 03:31:21.301
WAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
SET THE BUDGET FOR THE SHERIFF,

03:31:21.635 --> 03:31:24.505
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW,

03:31:24.571 --> 03:31:26.073
THE SHERIFF CAME FORWARD

03:31:26.140 --> 03:31:28.742
WITH $10 MILLION
IN ADDITIONAL OVERTIME CHARGES

03:31:28.809 --> 03:31:30.644
THAT WERE NOT
WITHIN THAT BUDGET.

03:31:30.711 --> 03:31:34.014
AND THE ONLY RESPONSE OF
THE BOARD HAS GIVEN THE SHARED

03:31:34.415 --> 03:31:35.849
OR THE FACT
THAT THEY HAVE NO ABILITY

03:31:35.916 --> 03:31:37.151
TO INFLUENCE THOSE

03:31:37.217 --> 03:31:40.487
THOSE STAFFING DECISIONS
IS TO PAY THAT BILL AND TO CUT

03:31:40.554 --> 03:31:43.690
OTHER IMPORTANT COUNTY PROGRAMS
TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.

03:31:43.757 --> 03:31:44.892
AND THE IDEA

03:31:44.958 --> 03:31:48.395
BY HAVING THIS DUAL ROLE
WITH, THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR,

03:31:48.629 --> 03:31:50.564
IS TO JUST INCREASE
THE COLLABORATION

03:31:50.631 --> 03:31:51.331
AND THE COOPERATION

03:31:51.398 --> 03:31:53.000
BETWEEN THE SHERIFFS
AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

03:31:53.067 --> 03:31:55.436
AND TO TO HAVE A BETTER SHARED
GOVERNANCE MODEL.

03:31:55.502 --> 03:31:57.771
AND THIS IS A VERY MODEST,
INCREMENTAL STEP.

03:31:57.838 --> 03:31:59.206
IT'S A PERMISSIVE BILL.

03:31:59.273 --> 03:32:00.374
IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE

03:32:00.441 --> 03:32:02.843
ALL OF THESE GLOBAL PROBLEMS
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,

03:32:02.910 --> 03:32:04.311
BUT IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.

03:32:04.378 --> 03:32:08.115
AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT
BILL, A SPECIAL REQUEST.

03:32:08.182 --> 03:32:10.517
AND I VOTE FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.

03:32:10.584 --> 03:32:12.152
WE HAVE A MOTION. YOU SHOULD.

03:32:14.455 --> 03:32:16.657
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED, TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

03:32:16.723 --> 03:32:17.758
SENATOR RUSSELL.

03:32:17.825 --> 03:32:20.194
I ALSO I JOY NO JOY.

03:32:20.260 --> 03:32:21.562
NO. IRENE.

03:32:21.628 --> 03:32:23.997
IRENE I ASHBY. CERVANTES.

03:32:24.064 --> 03:32:24.431
CERVANTES.

03:32:24.498 --> 03:32:27.501
AS I SAY OUR TO SAY AUDIO NO.

03:32:27.801 --> 03:32:30.804
THREE TO.

03:32:32.372 --> 03:32:35.375
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:32:39.780 --> 03:32:41.215
WE'LL BE GOING BACK ON OUR LIST.

03:32:41.281 --> 03:32:45.319
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AB 414 57.

03:32:45.385 --> 03:32:48.388
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRIAN.

03:33:00.567 --> 03:33:02.436
BIENVENIDO.

03:33:02.503 --> 03:33:03.470
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

03:33:03.537 --> 03:33:06.340
COME ON. BIENVENIDO.

03:33:06.406 --> 03:33:08.876
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, TOO.

03:33:08.942 --> 03:33:11.945
WELCOME.

03:33:14.982 --> 03:33:15.415
YOU MAY.

03:33:15.482 --> 03:33:17.718
YOU MAY BEGIN.

03:33:17.784 --> 03:33:19.920
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
SENATORS, I'M HERE TO PRESENT

03:33:19.987 --> 03:33:23.457
AB 1457, A BILL THAT PROMOTES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

03:33:23.924 --> 03:33:26.293
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ELEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT

03:33:26.360 --> 03:33:28.795
AND SETS A COMPLIANCE DEADLINE
FOR EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.

03:33:28.862 --> 03:33:32.132
TEN YEARS AGO, CALIFORNIA
MADE A PROMISE THROUGH SB 1000

03:33:33.367 --> 03:33:35.469
THAT REQUIRES LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS WITH DISADVANTAGED

03:33:35.536 --> 03:33:37.004
TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

03:33:37.070 --> 03:33:39.406
TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND THEIR GENERAL PLANS

03:33:39.473 --> 03:33:41.808
WHEN THEY UPDATE TWO
OR MORE OTHER ELEMENTS.

03:33:41.875 --> 03:33:43.177
TODAY, A DECADE LATER,

03:33:43.243 --> 03:33:45.312
THAT PROMISE HAS NOT BEEN FULLY
DELIVERED.

03:33:45.379 --> 03:33:48.949
MANY JURISDICTIONS
HAVE NOT COMPILED OR COMPLETED.

03:33:50.050 --> 03:33:51.618
IN 2023, UCI

03:33:51.685 --> 03:33:52.653
FOUND THAT ONLY 33

03:33:52.719 --> 03:33:54.855
JURISDICTIONS
OUT OF THE MORE THAN 250

03:33:54.922 --> 03:33:56.523
HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ELEMENT.

03:33:56.590 --> 03:33:58.659
SOME JURISDICTIONS
HAVE ONLY UPDATED ONE ELEMENT

03:33:58.725 --> 03:34:01.395
OF THEIR GENERAL PLAN,
WHICH IN TURN HAS NOT TRIGGERED

03:34:01.461 --> 03:34:02.996
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ELEMENT.

03:34:03.063 --> 03:34:04.865
UNDER SB 1000.

03:34:04.932 --> 03:34:06.066
THIS MEANS THAT
TOO MANY COMMUNITIES

03:34:06.133 --> 03:34:08.335
HAVE BEEN LEFT
WITHOUT THE PROTECTIONS

03:34:08.402 --> 03:34:09.670
THAT THEY DESERVE
AND WERE PROMISED.

03:34:09.736 --> 03:34:11.705
FAMILIES ARE STILL LIVING NEXT
TO POLLUTION SOURCES,

03:34:11.772 --> 03:34:12.940
AND COMMUNITIES
ARE STILL BEING LEFT

03:34:13.006 --> 03:34:14.708
OUT OF PLANNING DECISIONS
THAT SHAPE

03:34:14.775 --> 03:34:16.743
THEIR DAILY LIVES
AND THEIR HEALTH.

03:34:16.810 --> 03:34:19.313
AB 1457 CLOSES
THE COMPLIANCE GAP

03:34:19.379 --> 03:34:23.116
AS IT'S A CLEAR DEADLINE OF JUNE
30TH, 2028 FOR JURISDICTIONS

03:34:23.183 --> 03:34:25.919
THAT HAVE NOT YET ADOPTED
AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT

03:34:25.986 --> 03:34:27.988
DESPITE HAVING DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES.

03:34:28.055 --> 03:34:29.323
IT STRENGTHENS TRANSPARENCY

03:34:29.389 --> 03:34:31.792
SO COMMUNITIES CAN SEE
WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

03:34:31.858 --> 03:34:32.759
IT INCLUDES MEANINGFUL

03:34:32.826 --> 03:34:34.695
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
SO RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE

03:34:34.761 --> 03:34:36.930
IN SHAPING THEIR OWN
NEIGHBORHOODS.

03:34:36.997 --> 03:34:38.932
EVERY CALIFORNIAN
SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

03:34:38.999 --> 03:34:41.568
TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY
THAT IS HEALTHY AND SAFE.

03:34:41.635 --> 03:34:43.837
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY

03:34:43.904 --> 03:34:45.906
IS GINA STANFORD
WITH THE CALIFORNIA

03:34:45.973 --> 03:34:48.075
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AND ANABEL MARQUEZ

03:34:48.141 --> 03:34:49.610
WITH THE COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER.

03:34:52.179 --> 03:34:53.747
SHAFTER AND HER TRANSLATOR.

03:34:53.814 --> 03:34:54.815
WE ALSO HAVE JESSICA GORDON

03:34:54.881 --> 03:34:57.884
FROM THE DOJ
AS A TECHNICAL WITNESS.

03:34:57.951 --> 03:34:58.385
THANK YOU.

03:34:58.452 --> 03:34:59.720
GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME.

03:34:59.786 --> 03:35:03.156
AND YOU HAVE TOTAL
TWO MINUTES TO

03:35:03.223 --> 03:35:06.260
WHOEVER THE WITNESS
IS GOING TO BE, OKAY?

03:35:06.326 --> 03:35:07.461
OKAY.

03:35:07.527 --> 03:35:08.996
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU. CHAIR.

03:35:09.062 --> 03:35:10.864
AND MEMBERS,
MY NAME IS JANA STANFORD.

03:35:10.931 --> 03:35:13.066
I'M A DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND LEGISLATIVE

03:35:13.133 --> 03:35:15.002
ADVOCATE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA.

03:35:15.068 --> 03:35:16.737
AND ON BEHALF OF THE AG,
I WANT TO START BY THANKING

03:35:16.803 --> 03:35:17.638
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRYAN

03:35:17.704 --> 03:35:18.872
FOR AUTHORING
THIS IMPORTANT BILL,

03:35:18.939 --> 03:35:21.041
WHICH THE AG IS PROUD
TO SPONSOR.

03:35:21.108 --> 03:35:22.542
THE AG IS COMMITTED TO USING

03:35:22.609 --> 03:35:24.278
THE EXPERTISE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

03:35:24.344 --> 03:35:25.979
AND OUR BUREAU
OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

03:35:26.046 --> 03:35:27.648
TO PROTECT PEOPLE
AND COMMUNITIES

03:35:27.714 --> 03:35:29.716
THAT ENDURE A DISPROPORTIONATE
SHARE

03:35:29.783 --> 03:35:32.386
OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS.

03:35:32.452 --> 03:35:33.687
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BUREAU

03:35:33.754 --> 03:35:35.389
DEVELOPED THIS BILL
BECAUSE A DECADE

03:35:35.455 --> 03:35:38.458
AFTER THE SEMINAL SB 1000
PASSED IN 2016,

03:35:38.725 --> 03:35:41.328
OUR RESEARCH INDICATES THAT LESS
THAN HALF OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

03:35:41.395 --> 03:35:43.697
PUTS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS,

03:35:43.764 --> 03:35:46.400
HAVE ADDRESSED ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND THEIR GENERAL PLANS.

03:35:46.466 --> 03:35:48.735
AS ENVISIONED BY SB 1000.

03:35:48.802 --> 03:35:50.570
SB 1000 REQUIRES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

03:35:50.637 --> 03:35:52.973
WITH DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS

03:35:53.040 --> 03:35:55.042
TO ADOPT AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ELEMENT

03:35:55.108 --> 03:35:55.909
OR INCORPORATE

03:35:55.976 --> 03:35:57.811
RELATED POLICIES, GOALS,
AND OBJECTIVES

03:35:57.878 --> 03:35:59.913
INTO OTHER ELEMENTS
OF THEIR GENERAL PLANS.

03:35:59.980 --> 03:36:03.450
WHEN THEY CONCURRENTLY ADOPT
OR REVISE TWO OR MORE ELEMENTS

03:36:03.517 --> 03:36:04.785
OF THEIR GENERAL PLAN.

03:36:04.851 --> 03:36:06.286
THE PAST TEN YEARS
HAVE MADE CLEAR

03:36:06.353 --> 03:36:09.356
THAT THIS IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE
TRIGGER FOR THE FOR THE LAW.

03:36:09.856 --> 03:36:12.459
SB 1457 WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE

03:36:12.526 --> 03:36:16.029
BY SETTING A DEADLINE FOR WHAT
WE APPROXIMATE TO BE AROUND 160.

03:36:16.096 --> 03:36:18.665
SO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO SB 1000

03:36:18.732 --> 03:36:19.366
THAT HAVE NOT YET

03:36:19.433 --> 03:36:22.369
ADDRESSED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
IN THEIR GENERAL PLANS.

03:36:22.436 --> 03:36:25.072
IN ADDITION,
AB 1457 WOULD ADD TRANSPARENCY

03:36:25.138 --> 03:36:28.041
AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES TO SB 1000,

03:36:28.108 --> 03:36:30.711
MODELED ON THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTION,

03:36:30.777 --> 03:36:32.079
TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

03:36:32.145 --> 03:36:34.114
MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE
AND CONSIDER THE INPUT

03:36:34.181 --> 03:36:36.483
AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
AS THEY PLAN.

03:36:36.550 --> 03:36:39.553
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PROUD
TO SPONSOR HB 1457 TO ENSURE

03:36:39.619 --> 03:36:41.388
THAT SB 1000
IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED

03:36:41.455 --> 03:36:43.790
SO THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND

03:36:43.857 --> 03:36:46.093
AS WE PLAN FOR A HEALTHIER
AND MORE JUST FUTURE.

03:36:46.159 --> 03:36:47.461
WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

03:36:53.200 --> 03:36:56.536
GRACIAS
FOR THIS WILL MARK REPRESENT

03:36:56.603 --> 03:36:58.705
COMMITTEE PARA ON FOUR.

03:36:58.772 --> 03:37:01.274
AQUI FOR THE CONNELL

03:37:01.341 --> 03:37:04.077
PARA LA.

03:37:04.144 --> 03:37:05.545
COMO MIEMBRO

03:37:05.612 --> 03:37:07.781
MUCHOS HEMOS PASADO
PORQUE DéCADAS

03:37:07.848 --> 03:37:10.851
LUCIANO POR LA
SALUD DE LA AMBIENTAL

03:37:11.084 --> 03:37:14.855
ELLA ECONOMICO SENTIMIENTO
AMBIENTAL CHAPTER ES

03:37:14.921 --> 03:37:16.123
UNA COMUNIDAD DEL BARRIO

03:37:16.189 --> 03:37:19.926
CENTRAL CONGRESS NUMERO DE
TRABAJADORES DEL CAMPO MIGRANTES

03:37:20.293 --> 03:37:24.264
HALF A MILLION TRABAJADORES
UNA OTRA VEZ LAS FAMILIAS VISITA

03:37:24.331 --> 03:37:29.035
BISTRO PAUSA SALUD PARA HACER
JURADO UN LUGAR PARA

03:37:29.369 --> 03:37:34.074
EXPOSITIONS INDUSTRIELS
COMO RESULTADO NOSTRA

03:37:34.141 --> 03:37:37.344
COMUNIDADES UNA DE LAS ARMAS
SOBRE REGARDLESS

03:37:39.012 --> 03:37:40.614
NACIONAL DE

03:37:40.680 --> 03:37:43.650
LA FABRICATION, INDUSTRIAL
TRAFFIC,

03:37:43.717 --> 03:37:48.288
TRAFICO DE TRAINS COMMISSIONS
PASADO ALMACENAMIENTO

03:37:48.355 --> 03:37:51.558
LA INDUSTRIA DEL PETROLEO E GAS,
LA INDUSTRIA

03:37:51.625 --> 03:37:55.195
DE AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES
IN CALIFORNIA,

03:37:55.762 --> 03:37:59.566
IN MAS COMUNIDADES
CIRCUS IN THE COMUNIDADES.

03:37:59.633 --> 03:38:01.635
AND THEN

03:38:01.701 --> 03:38:04.104
COMMUNITY

03:38:04.171 --> 03:38:07.574
CERCA CONTINUA SIENDO OLVIDO DE

03:38:08.708 --> 03:38:09.776
AL MISMO TIEMPO.

03:38:09.843 --> 03:38:12.179
VEMOS MAS PROYECTOS PRIVADO SIN

03:38:13.246 --> 03:38:14.147
MIENTRAS SOMOS

03:38:14.214 --> 03:38:17.417
FORESHADOWS A COMPRAR
WHEN THEY ARE IN IRAN.

03:38:17.484 --> 03:38:20.987
NUESTRO NINOS DENTRO DE NUESTRAS
CASAS POR QUé LOOK LIGHT?

03:38:21.054 --> 03:38:24.357
ELLA WORKS ON TOXICS IN NUESTRA
COMUNIDAD.

03:38:24.424 --> 03:38:28.462
MUCHAS VECES VAMOS
VEMOS PROYECTOS DE

03:38:29.696 --> 03:38:32.699
DINOSAUR PRIVADO VEMOS

03:38:33.600 --> 03:38:36.603
VAMOS A QUANTAS E

03:38:36.970 --> 03:38:39.506
NOS VEMOS DECEPTION LADOS PORQUE

03:38:39.573 --> 03:38:43.944
NO NOS NO SIN, NO NOS VEO
IMPORTANCIA A LA SALUD.

03:38:44.177 --> 03:38:46.680
THEN VISTAS FAMILIAS

03:38:46.746 --> 03:38:50.050
EN LA PLANTATION
SUDAN POR LAS PERSONAS.

03:38:50.550 --> 03:38:52.352
ESTAS DECISIONES.

03:38:52.419 --> 03:38:55.422
PRESTO ORGANIZATION
CONTO CON MUCHOS

03:38:55.489 --> 03:38:59.359
OTROS GRUPOS ABOGADOS
POR LA APROBACION.

03:38:59.593 --> 03:39:01.428
SEVEN MIL.

03:39:01.495 --> 03:39:04.798
UNA ATRAS, LA CUAL LOGRO CASINO

03:39:04.865 --> 03:39:08.969
QUIERA UN AUMENTO DE JUSTICIA
AMBIENTAL PARA TODAS LAS

03:39:10.337 --> 03:39:12.906
PARA TODOS LOS PLANS GENERALS

03:39:12.973 --> 03:39:17.844
TENGAN, POR LO MISMO, UNA
COMUNIDAD SOBRE CARGA DE ESTA

03:39:17.911 --> 03:39:21.648
LA FUTURE CLUB PARA LOGRAR
COLLABORATION DE LOS MIEMBROS

03:39:21.715 --> 03:39:27.120
DE LA COMUNIDAD E LA NACION DE
PLANNERS GENERALS CON LA REDUCIR

03:39:27.187 --> 03:39:32.726
LOS IMPACTO AMBIENTAL ES E
LA SALUD DE LOS PLANS LOCALES.

03:39:35.829 --> 03:39:38.498
OH YEAH.

03:39:38.565 --> 03:39:40.667
OKAY, OKAY.

03:39:40.734 --> 03:39:41.902
THEY SUFFER.

03:39:41.968 --> 03:39:44.971
THEY SUFFER MUCHAS COMUNIDADES
COMO LA NUESTRA.

03:39:45.539 --> 03:39:48.542
CUANDO NO NOS ELEMENTOS

03:39:48.808 --> 03:39:54.080
AMBIENTAL EMOS ES ESPERADO
AQUI LA CIUDAD CAMBIA CAN

03:39:54.781 --> 03:39:57.951
GRACIAS ESTO YAN APOLLO A LA ABC

03:39:58.618 --> 03:40:01.621
CUENTA GRACIAS POR SUA POLIO.

03:40:03.256 --> 03:40:04.457
MY NAME IS ANABEL MARQUEZ.

03:40:04.524 --> 03:40:06.092
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR A BETTER CHEF

03:40:06.159 --> 03:40:08.862
TO HEAR IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF HB 1457.

03:40:08.929 --> 03:40:09.529
AS THE VOLUNTEER

03:40:09.596 --> 03:40:11.665
COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
MANY OF US HAVE SPENT DECADES

03:40:11.731 --> 03:40:13.967
CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
AND JUSTICE,

03:40:14.034 --> 03:40:17.070
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT,
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY,

03:40:17.504 --> 03:40:20.140
AND MORE AS A COMMUNITY
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY

03:40:20.206 --> 03:40:21.107
MADE UP OF FARMWORKER,

03:40:21.174 --> 03:40:22.776
IMMIGRANT AND WORKING FAMILIES,

03:40:22.842 --> 03:40:25.378
THESE FAMILIES HAVE SEEN
THEIR HEALTH DEPRIORITIZED

03:40:25.445 --> 03:40:26.713
FOR THE SAKE OF MORE,

03:40:26.780 --> 03:40:29.115
MORE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AGAIN
AND AGAIN.

03:40:29.182 --> 03:40:31.117
AS A RESULT,
OUR COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE MOST

03:40:31.184 --> 03:40:32.919
OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES
IN CALIFORNIA.

03:40:32.986 --> 03:40:35.221
FROM POLLUTION
FROM INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING,

03:40:35.288 --> 03:40:38.358
TRUCK AND TRAIN TRAFFIC,
WAREHOUSING, THE OIL AND GAS

03:40:38.425 --> 03:40:41.394
INDUSTRY, INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
AND PESTICIDE.

03:40:41.461 --> 03:40:43.330
NEARBY
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES

03:40:43.396 --> 03:40:46.399
CONTINUE TO SEE DEEP JUSTICE
DISINVESTMENT.

03:40:46.633 --> 03:40:48.468
MEANWHILE,
WE WATCH MORE PROJECTS

03:40:48.535 --> 03:40:50.236
GET APPROVED IN OUR CITY

03:40:50.303 --> 03:40:53.673
AS WE'RE FORCED TO BUY WATER
AND KEEP OUR CHILDREN INDOORS

03:40:53.740 --> 03:40:56.943
BECAUSE OUR WATER AND,
AND AIR ARE TOXIC

03:40:57.177 --> 03:41:00.180
AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE OFTEN SEE
HARMFUL PROJECTS PROPOSED.

03:41:00.380 --> 03:41:01.915
WE SHOW UP TO MEETING

03:41:01.982 --> 03:41:04.451
AFTER MEETING
AND OFTEN LEAVE DISAPPOINTED

03:41:04.517 --> 03:41:05.852
BECAUSE
THE HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES

03:41:05.919 --> 03:41:09.022
WAS NOT CONSIDERED OR PRIORITY
IN THE PLANNING OF OUR CITY

03:41:09.656 --> 03:41:11.257
BY DECISION MAKERS.

03:41:11.324 --> 03:41:13.660
BECAUSE OF THIS,
OUR ORGANIZATION WAS AMONG

03:41:13.727 --> 03:41:16.763
THE MANY GROUPS THAT ADVOCATED
FOR THE LANDMARK PASSAGE

03:41:16.830 --> 03:41:20.266
OF SB 1000 A DECADE AGO,
WHICH CALLED FOR THE INCLUSION

03:41:20.333 --> 03:41:23.803
OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ELEMENT IN ALL GENERAL PLANS

03:41:23.870 --> 03:41:26.473
WITH AT LEAST ONE
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.

03:41:26.539 --> 03:41:28.541
THIS LAW WAS VITAL
BECAUSE IT CALLS

03:41:28.608 --> 03:41:30.744
GENERAL PLANNING INITIATIVES
TO ENGAGE

03:41:30.810 --> 03:41:32.712
AND COLLABORATE
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

03:41:32.779 --> 03:41:35.949
WITH THE GOAL OF MITIGATING
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS

03:41:36.016 --> 03:41:37.150
AND LOCAL PLANNING.

03:41:37.217 --> 03:41:40.920
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY COMMUNITIES
LIKE OURS STILL LACK

03:41:40.987 --> 03:41:42.722
AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ELEMENT.

03:41:42.789 --> 03:41:44.658
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR THE CITY OF SHAFTER

03:41:44.724 --> 03:41:46.292
TO COMPLETE ITS GENERAL PLAN
UPDATE.

03:41:46.359 --> 03:41:48.061
SINCE 2018.

03:41:48.128 --> 03:41:51.297
THE PASSAGE OF HB 1457 IS LONG
OVERDUE.

03:41:51.631 --> 03:41:55.301
AB 1457 WILL PROVIDE A DEADLINE
FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS

03:41:55.368 --> 03:41:57.504
TO ADOPT ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ELEMENT

03:41:57.570 --> 03:41:59.072
THAT WILL INCLUDE TRANSPARENCY

03:41:59.139 --> 03:42:02.242
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECTLY
IMPACTED RESIDENTS TO HAVE SAFE,

03:42:02.909 --> 03:42:06.746
TO HAVE A SAFE, DEVELOPMENT
WITH THESE ELEMENTS,

03:42:06.813 --> 03:42:08.948
WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT. 1457.

03:42:11.084 --> 03:42:12.485
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:42:12.552 --> 03:42:13.620
GRACIAS.

03:42:13.687 --> 03:42:15.121
POR TESTIMONIAL,

03:42:15.188 --> 03:42:19.259
I'D LIKE TO ASK ANYBODY ELSE
WHO'S IN SUPPORT OF AB 1457.

03:42:19.325 --> 03:42:21.327
PLEASE COME.

03:42:21.394 --> 03:42:24.264
GOOD AFTERNOON, KATY VALENZUELA,
ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITIES

03:42:24.330 --> 03:42:26.566
FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT,
AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS

03:42:26.633 --> 03:42:29.569
FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,
LOS ANGELES FOOD AND WATER

03:42:29.636 --> 03:42:32.172
WATCH AND THE WESTERN CENTER
ON LAW AND POVERTY AND SUPPORT.

03:42:32.238 --> 03:42:34.908
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

03:42:34.974 --> 03:42:38.311
ELIZABETH TAPIA, REPRESENTING
THE CENTER ON RACE, POVERTY

03:42:38.378 --> 03:42:41.881
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AB 1457.

03:42:42.415 --> 03:42:44.417
THANK YOU,

03:42:44.484 --> 03:42:46.152
ANDREW MITCHELL, FOR SAN DIEGO

03:42:46.219 --> 03:42:49.222
350 AND SUPPORT.

03:42:49.989 --> 03:42:52.992
GABRIELA FASSI WITH SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT.

03:42:53.226 --> 03:42:54.294
THANK YOU.

03:42:54.360 --> 03:42:57.931
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES
TO SPEAK OPPOSING

03:42:57.997 --> 03:43:01.000
AB 1457?

03:43:07.240 --> 03:43:10.243
OKAY.

03:43:10.844 --> 03:43:13.847
GOOD AFTERNOON.

03:43:15.815 --> 03:43:16.549
GO AHEAD.

03:43:16.616 --> 03:43:17.784
I'M GOING TO GO.

03:43:17.851 --> 03:43:18.985
GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

03:43:19.052 --> 03:43:19.452
BRADY GORDON,

03:43:19.519 --> 03:43:21.588
ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE
OF CALIFORNIA CITIES,

03:43:21.654 --> 03:43:23.423
IN A RESPECTFUL
OPPOSING THIS AMENDED POSITION.

03:43:23.490 --> 03:43:25.325
FIRST OFF,
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE

03:43:25.391 --> 03:43:26.926
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
IN THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE.

03:43:26.993 --> 03:43:28.428
WE'VE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS,

03:43:28.495 --> 03:43:30.430
BUT WE DO REMAIN
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS

03:43:30.497 --> 03:43:32.966
FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS
THAT WE'LL DISCUSS TODAY.

03:43:33.032 --> 03:43:34.567
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE

03:43:34.634 --> 03:43:36.936
AND PART OF THE REASONS
WE HAVEN'T SEEN DEVELOPMENT IS

03:43:37.003 --> 03:43:37.203
YOU KNOW,

03:43:37.270 --> 03:43:38.938
A LOT OF CITIES HAVEN'T UPDATED
THEIR GENERAL PLAN

03:43:39.005 --> 03:43:41.174
IN TEN YEARS
FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

03:43:41.241 --> 03:43:42.408
PROBABLY A LOT OF THE BILLS

03:43:42.475 --> 03:43:43.977
THAT THEY'RE TRYING
TO IMPLEMENT AND STREAMLINE.

03:43:44.043 --> 03:43:46.679
I THINK THAT'S PART
OF THE CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO,

03:43:46.746 --> 03:43:48.348
YOU KNOW,
THE OPPOSITION IS NOT TO

03:43:48.414 --> 03:43:49.983
THE IDEA
OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

03:43:50.049 --> 03:43:51.818
WE ARE VERY,
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT

03:43:51.885 --> 03:43:53.486
AND ENCOURAGE
OUR CITIES TO DO THAT.

03:43:53.553 --> 03:43:55.722
AND OUR CITIES DO PLAN FOR THAT
ACCORDINGLY.

03:43:55.789 --> 03:43:57.357
THIS BILL ALSO PROVIDES

03:43:57.423 --> 03:43:59.926
PRESCRIPTIVE REQUIREMENTS
ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT

03:43:59.993 --> 03:44:02.996
WITHOUT CONSIDERATION FOR EACH
UNIQUE JURISDICTIONAL NEEDS.

03:44:03.062 --> 03:44:04.197
SO WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

03:44:04.264 --> 03:44:07.667
AND ALSO A VERY, VERY TIGHT
DEADLINE TO COMPLETE THIS.

03:44:07.734 --> 03:44:09.836
WHILE WE HAVE CONTINUOUS
LEGISLATION

03:44:09.903 --> 03:44:11.671
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESPOND
TO ACCORDINGLY.

03:44:11.738 --> 03:44:13.673
SO OUR UNDERRESOURCED
COMMUNITIES, IT'S

03:44:13.740 --> 03:44:16.743
GOING TO BE A CHALLENGES,
FOR THOSE CITIES TO DO THAT.

03:44:16.810 --> 03:44:17.443
ALSO,

03:44:17.510 --> 03:44:18.144
YOU KNOW, PERMIT

03:44:18.211 --> 03:44:21.214
FEES IS WHERE WE WOULD HELP
COVER THE COST OF THOSE

03:44:21.414 --> 03:44:22.582
WHAT THE TRADE OFF HAS TO BE.

03:44:22.649 --> 03:44:24.851
AND I THINK THE ANALYSIS DOES
A GOOD JOB TALKING ABOUT IS,

03:44:24.918 --> 03:44:25.985
IS THAT TRADE OFF,

03:44:26.052 --> 03:44:27.520
SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER

03:44:27.587 --> 03:44:29.756
AS WE LOOK
AT REDUCING THE COST OF HOUSING.

03:44:29.823 --> 03:44:31.524
BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

03:44:31.591 --> 03:44:33.693
TO DO THAT,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO NOT HAVE

03:44:33.760 --> 03:44:35.762
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE
TO DO THAT.

03:44:35.829 --> 03:44:40.166
THE OTHER THING IS THAT,
WE FIRMLY BELIEVE

03:44:40.233 --> 03:44:42.769
THAT TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT,
AND WE THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY

03:44:42.836 --> 03:44:44.771
THAT'S BEST HANDLED
LOCALLY AS OPPOSED TO

03:44:44.838 --> 03:44:46.539
PRESCRIPTIVE REQUIREMENTS
ABOUT THAT.

03:44:46.606 --> 03:44:50.043
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE
TO COLLABORATE AND WORK

03:44:50.109 --> 03:44:51.277
WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE

03:44:51.344 --> 03:44:53.513
IN ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS
WITH THIS.

03:44:53.580 --> 03:44:55.582
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

03:44:55.648 --> 03:44:56.349
THANK YOU.

03:44:56.416 --> 03:44:56.983
THANK YOU.

03:44:57.050 --> 03:44:57.417
GO AHEAD.

03:44:57.483 --> 03:44:59.385
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MEMBERS
CHRIS LEE HERE.

03:44:59.452 --> 03:45:01.821
ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA,

03:45:01.888 --> 03:45:04.757
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED POSITION,

03:45:04.824 --> 03:45:07.827
AND ALIGN OUR COMMENTS WITH
WHAT THE LEAGUE WAS JUST SAYING.

03:45:08.027 --> 03:45:10.230
FIRST,
I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR

03:45:10.296 --> 03:45:11.764
AND SPONSORS
FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS

03:45:11.831 --> 03:45:12.966
TO CLARIFY

03:45:13.032 --> 03:45:15.001
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
DON'T LOOP

03:45:15.068 --> 03:45:18.771
IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS
THAT HAVE ALREADY, SINCE 2015,

03:45:18.838 --> 03:45:20.406
UPDATED AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

03:45:20.473 --> 03:45:23.476
ELEMENT OR INCORPORATED POLICIES
THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERAL PLAN.

03:45:23.710 --> 03:45:25.879
WE DO THINK THAT CLARIFICATION
IS NECESSARY

03:45:25.945 --> 03:45:27.647
BASED ON HOW
THE BILL WAS WRITTEN.

03:45:27.714 --> 03:45:29.749
AND SECOND,
AS THE LEAGUE POINTED OUT,

03:45:29.816 --> 03:45:33.586
WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
WITH SOME OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE

03:45:33.653 --> 03:45:35.622
ELEMENTS INCLUDED, PARTICULARLY

03:45:35.688 --> 03:45:38.691
THE TIMELINE FOR COMMENT PERIODS
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

03:45:38.892 --> 03:45:40.727
BUT REALLY,
OUR OVERARCHING CONCERN

03:45:40.793 --> 03:45:43.663
WITH THIS BILL
IS MUCH MORE PRACTICAL.

03:45:43.730 --> 03:45:45.765
RATHER THAN
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE BILL.

03:45:46.866 --> 03:45:49.969
GENERAL PLAN UPDATES
ARE VERY COSTLY ENDEAVORS,

03:45:50.036 --> 03:45:53.139
AND WE'RE LIVING IN AN ERA
OF LEGISLATION WHERE WE'VE SEEN

03:45:53.339 --> 03:45:56.576
INCREASINGLY PRESCRIPTIVE
REQUIREMENTS,

03:45:56.643 --> 03:46:00.346
PASSED DOWN TO COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE TO UPDATE THESE PLANS.

03:46:00.413 --> 03:46:02.749
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH
FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

03:46:02.815 --> 03:46:06.486
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO JUSTICE
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

03:46:06.552 --> 03:46:10.957
PROCESS, THAT SORT OF OUTREACH,
TRANSLATION FACILITATION

03:46:11.024 --> 03:46:13.293
WITH COMMUNITIES
WHICH IN COUNTY WORLD

03:46:13.359 --> 03:46:15.628
ARE USUALLY VERY GEOGRAPHICALLY
DISPERSED.

03:46:15.695 --> 03:46:17.363
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD.

03:46:17.430 --> 03:46:19.265
IT'S POCKETS OF COMMUNITIES

03:46:19.332 --> 03:46:21.668
ALL OVER THE COUNTY
THAT REQUIRE THAT OUTREACH.

03:46:21.734 --> 03:46:23.803
SO THESE ARE VERY COSTLY.

03:46:23.870 --> 03:46:25.104
ENDEAVORS.

03:46:25.171 --> 03:46:28.207
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE
IN THE LEGISLATURE

03:46:28.274 --> 03:46:31.311
FOR NEW AND MORE PRESCRIPTIVE
PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.

03:46:31.377 --> 03:46:34.781
BUT AS THE LEAGUE OF CITIES
NOTED, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE

03:46:34.847 --> 03:46:36.582
IN THE WAY OF RESOURCES

03:46:36.649 --> 03:46:39.652
FROM THE STATE
TO HELP US OFFSET THOSE COSTS.

03:46:39.852 --> 03:46:44.991
SO WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THIS,
VERY AGGRESSIVE DEADLINE FOR

03:46:45.058 --> 03:46:48.561
AGENCIES THAT HAVEN'T YET DONE
AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE UPDATE.

03:46:48.995 --> 03:46:50.863
COUNTY BUDGETS
ARE ALREADY COMPLETE,

03:46:50.930 --> 03:46:52.899
BASICALLY
FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

03:46:52.966 --> 03:46:55.268
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE
THIS WORK YET,

03:46:55.335 --> 03:46:56.769
YOU REALLY HAVE 18 MONTHS

03:46:56.836 --> 03:46:58.638
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS BILL

03:46:58.705 --> 03:47:00.940
TO GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

03:47:01.007 --> 03:47:03.376
THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT
TURNAROUND, PARTICULARLY

03:47:03.443 --> 03:47:06.479
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO
A GOOD JOB OF THESE, THIS WORK.

03:47:06.713 --> 03:47:11.084
AND SO REALLY WANT,
TO, ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE

03:47:11.150 --> 03:47:13.653
AND THE AUTHOR AND SPONSORS
TO WORK WITH US,

03:47:13.720 --> 03:47:17.156
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIMELINES
ARE FEASIBLE HERE AND THAT,

03:47:17.423 --> 03:47:20.827
IN THE FUTURE, AS WHERE WE'RE
CONSIDERING MANDATES LIKE THIS,

03:47:21.127 --> 03:47:22.662
TO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION

03:47:22.729 --> 03:47:25.665
FOR THE COST AND THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT.

03:47:25.732 --> 03:47:26.499
BUT AGAIN,

03:47:26.566 --> 03:47:29.569
I APPRECIATE THE WORK TO DATE
AND, WANT TO CONTINUE

03:47:29.635 --> 03:47:30.503
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

03:47:32.739 --> 03:47:33.673
AND ONCE AGAIN,

03:47:33.740 --> 03:47:37.043
IN OPPOSITION TO 1457,
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

03:47:37.310 --> 03:47:38.711
LACEY RYAN, RURAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVE,

03:47:38.778 --> 03:47:41.914
CALIFORNIA, WOULD LIKE TO ALIGN
OUR COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION.

03:47:41.981 --> 03:47:44.450
THANK YOU.

03:47:44.517 --> 03:47:46.219
MARK NEWBERGER, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE

03:47:46.285 --> 03:47:47.253
ASSOCIATION, COUNTIES

03:47:47.320 --> 03:47:48.287
LIKE TO ALSO ASSOCIATE

03:47:48.354 --> 03:47:49.822
OUR COMMENTS FOR
WAS MADE BY CAL CITIES

03:47:49.889 --> 03:47:51.224
AND URBAN COUNTIES
IN CALIFORNIA.

03:47:51.290 --> 03:47:53.793
WE ALSO HAVE IT OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED POSITION ON THIS BILL.

03:47:53.860 --> 03:47:56.863
THANK YOU.

03:47:57.463 --> 03:47:59.332
LAUREN DE VALENCIA,
REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN

03:47:59.399 --> 03:48:00.333
PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

03:48:00.400 --> 03:48:02.135
WE DON'T HAVE
A FORMAL OPPOSED POSITION

03:48:02.201 --> 03:48:03.403
BUT DO SHARE THOSE CONCERNS.

03:48:03.469 --> 03:48:05.605
SO LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS.

03:48:05.671 --> 03:48:06.672
THANK YOU.

03:48:06.739 --> 03:48:09.642
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR.

03:48:09.709 --> 03:48:12.712
OTHER GOING TO GO PRESENT A BILL
UPSTAIRS, BUT I MOVE THE BILL.

03:48:13.479 --> 03:48:14.347
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:48:14.414 --> 03:48:17.417
THANK YOU, SENATOR ZERO.

03:48:17.917 --> 03:48:20.019
THANK YOU.

03:48:20.086 --> 03:48:22.388
IN THE BILL ANALYSIS.

03:48:22.455 --> 03:48:24.657
NOT THE ANALYSIS
ACTUALLY THE BILL ITSELF.

03:48:24.724 --> 03:48:27.326
WE WERE
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT,

03:48:28.561 --> 03:48:31.064
THE MANDATED COSTS,

03:48:31.130 --> 03:48:32.532
ON CITIES AND

03:48:32.598 --> 03:48:36.102
DOING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT,
BUT IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE.

03:48:36.769 --> 03:48:38.271
IT'S TIME CONSUMING.

03:48:38.337 --> 03:48:40.440
IT DOES TAKE A WHILE.

03:48:40.506 --> 03:48:43.509
I'VE BEEN THROUGH TWO OF THEM

03:48:44.010 --> 03:48:47.146
THAT TAKE THREE YEARS
TO TRY AND DO ONE.

03:48:47.213 --> 03:48:50.183
IF YOU'RE DOING THE WHOLE CITY.

03:48:50.616 --> 03:48:53.119
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE

03:48:53.186 --> 03:48:56.222
THERE'S A SECTION IN EVERY BILL,
AND THIS DRIVES ME NUTS.

03:48:57.423 --> 03:48:58.491
SAYS THE CALIFORNIA.

03:48:58.558 --> 03:48:58.925
FIRST,

03:48:58.991 --> 03:49:02.628
IT SAYS THIS BILL WOULD IMPOSE
A STATE MANDATED LOCAL PROGRAM.

03:49:03.096 --> 03:49:05.064
RIGHT. AND THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.

03:49:05.131 --> 03:49:05.698
THEY DON'T.

03:49:05.765 --> 03:49:07.600
IT'S NOT
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT,

03:49:07.667 --> 03:49:08.801
YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED
THOUSAND BUCKS.

03:49:08.868 --> 03:49:09.869
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

03:49:09.936 --> 03:49:12.939
1 MILLION TO $3 MILLION
TO DO THESE THINGS.

03:49:13.406 --> 03:49:16.142
THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
REQUIRES A STATE TO REIMBURSE

03:49:16.209 --> 03:49:18.111
LOCAL AGENCIES
AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS

03:49:18.177 --> 03:49:20.379
FOR CERTAIN COSTS
MANDATED BY THE STATE.

03:49:20.446 --> 03:49:21.647
STATUTORY PROVISIONS

03:49:21.714 --> 03:49:24.650
ESTABLISH PROCEDURES
FOR MAKING THAT REIMBURSEMENT.

03:49:24.717 --> 03:49:27.320
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR BILLS
THAT IMPOSES

03:49:27.386 --> 03:49:29.856
THESE COSTS ON THE STATE
HAS THIS IN IT.

03:49:29.922 --> 03:49:32.225
THIS BILL WOULD PROVIDE
THAT NO REIMBURSEMENT

03:49:32.291 --> 03:49:35.361
IS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT
FOR A SPECIFIED REASONS.

03:49:35.428 --> 03:49:37.697
WHEN PEOPLE PASS THIS LAW,

03:49:37.763 --> 03:49:42.768
THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WHEN THE
STATE MAKES LOCAL AGENCIES,

03:49:43.369 --> 03:49:47.039
DO THEIR BIDDING,
THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR

03:49:47.106 --> 03:49:48.708
THE STATE
HAS TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY

03:49:48.774 --> 03:49:50.443
SO THAT THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS

03:49:50.510 --> 03:49:52.178
SO THAT THEY CAN HIRE
THE PERSON, THAT

03:49:52.245 --> 03:49:53.746
THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS,

03:49:53.813 --> 03:49:56.449
THEY CAN PAY FOR THE STUDIES
AND ALL OF THAT.

03:49:56.516 --> 03:49:58.951
BUT ALL OF THESE GET WIPED OUT.

03:50:00.052 --> 03:50:03.222
THE THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
GET WIPED OUT BY THE ONE CENSUS.

03:50:03.289 --> 03:50:06.292
THIS WOULD PROVIDE THAT NO ONE
REIMBURSEMENT IS NECESSARY.

03:50:06.559 --> 03:50:07.727
IT IS NECESSARY

03:50:07.793 --> 03:50:10.863
IF FOR IF I'M GOING TO SUPPORT
A BILL THAT MANDATES STUFF ON

03:50:10.930 --> 03:50:12.165
TO OUR COMMUNITIES,

03:50:12.231 --> 03:50:14.233
IT'S NECESSARY
THAT THAT THE STATE

03:50:14.300 --> 03:50:16.102
COME UP WITH THE MONEY
TO PAY FOR IT.

03:50:16.169 --> 03:50:16.836
NOW, THE OTHER THING

03:50:16.903 --> 03:50:18.804
I WANT TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS THIS WHOLE

03:50:18.871 --> 03:50:21.874
THE CONCEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE EFFORT.

03:50:22.108 --> 03:50:25.378
SB 79, PUTS AFFORDABLE

03:50:25.444 --> 03:50:28.814
HOUSING RIGHT NEXT TO A RAIL.

03:50:29.749 --> 03:50:29.982
RIGHT.

03:50:30.049 --> 03:50:33.352
AND WE THE THE WITNESS TALKED
ABOUT HOW RAIL AFFECTS THEM.

03:50:34.253 --> 03:50:38.424
WE'VE HAD ENTIRE BLOCKS
OF COMMERCIAL

03:50:38.491 --> 03:50:41.661
OR OFFICE AREAS
THAT WERE MEANT TO,

03:50:42.695 --> 03:50:47.333
TO KEEP OUR OUR HOUSING
AND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE

03:50:47.900 --> 03:50:51.871
KIND OF SEPARATED AND MITIGATE
THE EFFECTS OF NOISE

03:50:51.938 --> 03:50:55.741
AND ROAD POLLUTION AND DUST
AND THINGS FROM FREEWAYS,

03:50:56.309 --> 03:50:58.744
ENTIRE BLOCKS

03:50:58.811 --> 03:51:01.847
HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT
AND REPLACED WITH WHAT?

03:51:01.914 --> 03:51:03.482
AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

03:51:03.549 --> 03:51:04.850
WELL,
IF IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING,

03:51:04.917 --> 03:51:08.688
THAT MEANS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE IMPACTED

03:51:09.288 --> 03:51:11.624
AND CAN'T REALLY DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT ARE BEING

03:51:11.691 --> 03:51:14.760
WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING
HOUSING RIGHT NEXT

03:51:14.827 --> 03:51:18.197
TO THE FREEWAYS WHILE IN THEM,
AND WHILE IN THE NEXT BREATH,

03:51:18.564 --> 03:51:20.266
COMPLAINING THAT THE CITIES

03:51:20.333 --> 03:51:22.201
AREN'T DOING ENOUGH
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,

03:51:22.268 --> 03:51:25.838
WE'RE FORCING THEM TO DO
JUST THE OPPOSITE.

03:51:26.305 --> 03:51:28.474
AND THEN WE WANT THEM TO PAY
FOR STUDIES

03:51:28.541 --> 03:51:30.243
THAT TELL US,
HEY, WE'RE SCREWING THIS UP.

03:51:33.412 --> 03:51:35.147
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

03:51:35.214 --> 03:51:37.283
THIS IS NOT A GOOD APPROACH.

03:51:37.350 --> 03:51:40.353
THIS IS A GET AN AMEND BILL,
I BELIEVE.

03:51:40.686 --> 03:51:42.021
AND,

03:51:42.088 --> 03:51:44.657
IF IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS,
THEN I WANT

03:51:44.724 --> 03:51:47.026
I WANT THE STATE TO REIMBURSE
THE CITIES FOR THIS.

03:51:47.093 --> 03:51:49.562
IF THERE'S NOT A CLAUSE
THAT SAYS THAT I HAVE A BILL

03:51:49.629 --> 03:51:51.163
THAT DOES SOME STATE
MANDATED COST.

03:51:51.230 --> 03:51:52.131
YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS?

03:51:52.198 --> 03:51:55.234
THE STATE WILL REIMBURSE
THE CITIES FOR THIS.

03:51:55.301 --> 03:51:57.136
THAT'S
WHAT THESE BILLS NEED TO SAY.

03:51:57.203 --> 03:52:00.172
OTHERWISE,
I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THEM.

03:52:06.846 --> 03:52:08.180
I JUST WANT TO ASK THE AUTHOR

03:52:08.247 --> 03:52:11.284
IF YOU CAN RESPOND TO THE.

03:52:11.350 --> 03:52:14.520
YEAH, ISSUE
OF AT LEAST THAT AT LEAST,

03:52:14.587 --> 03:52:18.691
THE TIME FRAME, THE ISSUE
OF KIND OF BILLING LINKS.

03:52:18.758 --> 03:52:22.995
AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO,
SENATOR YADA,

03:52:23.062 --> 03:52:26.599
BUT I THINK AT LEAST THE TIME
FRAME CAN BE ADJUSTED.

03:52:26.666 --> 03:52:29.702
AND ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU
ALL HAVE ABOUT BOTH ISSUES.

03:52:30.703 --> 03:52:31.737
I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY,

03:52:31.804 --> 03:52:35.541
STILL IN CONVERSATION,
AND OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

03:52:35.608 --> 03:52:38.611
BUT TO BE CLEAR, THIS HAS BEEN
A TEN YEAR TIMELINE ALREADY.

03:52:38.944 --> 03:52:40.079
I THINK DISADVANTAGED

03:52:40.146 --> 03:52:43.149
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN HOPING
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

03:52:43.215 --> 03:52:47.019
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING
ELEMENT FOR THE LAST DECADE.

03:52:47.086 --> 03:52:48.487
AND WHEN SB 1000 WAS

03:52:48.554 --> 03:52:52.024
PASSED INTO LAW,
I THINK IT WAS VERY FLEXIBLE

03:52:52.458 --> 03:52:54.060
ON IMPLEMENTATION
FOR THE PURPOSES

03:52:54.126 --> 03:52:58.698
OF GIVING MAXIMUM DISCRETION TO
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO COMPLY.

03:52:58.764 --> 03:53:00.566
AND IN THAT DECADE,
THEY'VE CHOSEN

03:53:00.633 --> 03:53:02.134
MORE THAN HALF OF THEM
NOT TO COMPLY.

03:53:02.201 --> 03:53:03.536
AND FOR
THE ONES THAT HAVE COMPLIED,

03:53:03.602 --> 03:53:05.071
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO BACK
AND REDO IT.

03:53:05.137 --> 03:53:06.739
WE MADE SURE THAT
THAT WAS CLEAR IN THIS. BILL.

03:53:06.806 --> 03:53:08.107
THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT?

03:53:08.174 --> 03:53:11.110
THE LEGISLATURE AND LOCAL
COMMUNITIES EXPECTED YOU TO DO.

03:53:11.177 --> 03:53:12.478
AND FOR THE OTHER HALF
THAT HAVEN'T,

03:53:12.545 --> 03:53:13.579
WE'D LIKE YOU TO GET THAT DONE.

03:53:13.646 --> 03:53:15.548
THE COMMUNITIES
DESERVE TO GET IT DONE.

03:53:15.614 --> 03:53:17.116
IT'S ALSO NOT A
REIMBURSABLE COST

03:53:17.183 --> 03:53:18.250
BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA

03:53:18.317 --> 03:53:20.553
CONSTITUTION,
SPECIFICALLY SECTION SIX.

03:53:20.619 --> 03:53:22.688
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WROTE
IN THE BILL.

03:53:22.755 --> 03:53:23.989
AND SO TO CHANGE THAT,

03:53:24.056 --> 03:53:25.791
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE
THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.

03:53:25.858 --> 03:53:28.027
AND I'M DEFINITELY OPEN
TO THAT CONVERSATION.

03:53:28.094 --> 03:53:30.963
SB 79 ALSO HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH BUILDING BY FREEWAYS.

03:53:31.030 --> 03:53:33.733
IT HAD TO BE
IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING BY,

03:53:33.799 --> 03:53:36.235
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, CLEAN

03:53:36.302 --> 03:53:38.137
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE,

03:53:38.204 --> 03:53:40.940
THAT ACTUALLY HELPS GET CARS
OUT OF THE ROAD AND IMPROVES

03:53:41.006 --> 03:53:42.942
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
OF COMMUNITIES.

03:53:43.008 --> 03:53:46.145
FREEWAY SPLITTING IS ACTUALLY
ONE OF THE MOST TOXIC,

03:53:46.212 --> 03:53:49.548
PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE
NEXT TO HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS.

03:53:49.615 --> 03:53:51.617
AND WE USED FREEWAYS TO SPLIT UP
BLACK COMMUNITIES,

03:53:51.684 --> 03:53:54.186
WHICH IS WHY SO MANY FOLKS,
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH L.A.,

03:53:54.253 --> 03:53:56.689
EXPERIENCED POOR AIR QUALITY
BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY.

03:53:56.756 --> 03:53:59.392
BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IF
THERE WASN'T A HOUSING ELEMENT

03:53:59.458 --> 03:54:02.194
OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ELEMENT IN THE GENERAL PLANS

03:54:02.261 --> 03:54:03.763
THAT SPOKE
TO THIS KIND OF HISTORY

03:54:03.829 --> 03:54:04.730
AND THE MITIGATION EFFORTS

03:54:04.797 --> 03:54:05.965
AND THE WAYS
THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT.

03:54:06.031 --> 03:54:08.601
AND SO WE'RE STILL OPEN
TO CONVERSATIONS.

03:54:08.667 --> 03:54:11.504
I KNOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, DONE.

03:54:11.570 --> 03:54:13.606
I KNOW THAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS DONE.

03:54:13.672 --> 03:54:15.441
I THINK FOR COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED,

03:54:15.508 --> 03:54:17.943
THEY BELIEVE THIS IS TEN YEARS
TOO LATE ALREADY.

03:54:18.010 --> 03:54:21.213
BUT, WE WANT TO ABSOLUTELY
ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH.

03:54:22.581 --> 03:54:23.949
YO PUEDO SILVA.

03:54:24.016 --> 03:54:25.751
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:54:25.818 --> 03:54:28.821
ALGO COMO COMUNIDAD? SI

03:54:29.588 --> 03:54:32.591
LAS INDUSTRIAS.

03:54:33.459 --> 03:54:37.096
PARA LOS OTROS COMO UNIDAD
SUPREMO PARA LOS PERDIDA.

03:54:37.163 --> 03:54:38.764
NUESTROS AREAS GET IDOL.

03:54:38.831 --> 03:54:43.602
POR QUé NO TAN SOLO ES EL
RUIDO L TRAIN L TODO ES LA

03:54:43.669 --> 03:54:48.874
CONTAMINATION CAN CON
PESTICIDE US PETROLEO AGUA

03:54:49.308 --> 03:54:52.745
E E TODO LO OURA LAS
INDUSTRIAL Q SYSTEM B

03:54:52.812 --> 03:54:56.048
NANDO NUESTROS
ULA PORQUE ES EL IS PERMITTED.

03:54:56.115 --> 03:54:59.919
SI TODO THE IDEA SINO PARA VER
SI SE PUEDEN PERMITIDO

03:54:59.985 --> 03:55:03.422
NO PARA LAS YENDO A LOS.

03:55:05.024 --> 03:55:08.060
THIS IS YOU KNOW DIGO POR QUé
YO TENGO SARA MUERTO

03:55:09.295 --> 03:55:12.264
TENGO UN SOVEREIGN Q PEGAR
FIEVRE DEL VIA.

03:55:13.732 --> 03:55:15.801
QUé PODEMOS HACER

03:55:15.868 --> 03:55:16.302
INDUSTRIAS.

03:55:16.368 --> 03:55:17.236
GET IN NERO.

03:55:17.303 --> 03:55:20.606
NOSOTROS QUEREMOS VIDA
POR FAVOR.

03:55:20.673 --> 03:55:25.110
ESCUTCHEON NO NOS ALLOW ORACLE

03:55:25.444 --> 03:55:29.381
LA INDUSTRIA PROGRESS
A TODO LO VAMOS A HACER EXCUSE

03:55:30.449 --> 03:55:31.951
PORQUE NO SE

03:55:32.017 --> 03:55:35.688
TENER UNA DE LA UNA OLYMPIA
UNNATURAL LIMPIA POR FAVOR.

03:55:35.754 --> 03:55:38.757
WHAT IF THE CONCERN IS OKAY.

03:55:39.358 --> 03:55:40.226
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?

03:55:40.292 --> 03:55:43.596
SO IN SUMMARY
WHAT YOU SAID THAT YOU KNOW THAT

03:55:43.662 --> 03:55:45.164
THAT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN POLLUTING

03:55:45.231 --> 03:55:47.399
FOR A LONG TIME
AND THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE HER,

03:55:47.466 --> 03:55:49.702
YOU KNOW,
THAT THEY SUFFER FROM AILMENTS.

03:55:49.768 --> 03:55:52.771
SHE'S TALKED ABOUT
SEVERAL OF HER, HER, HER,

03:55:54.673 --> 03:55:55.808
FAMILY MEMBERS.

03:55:55.875 --> 03:55:56.742
AND SHE SAID THAT

03:55:56.809 --> 03:55:59.144
THEY ARE NOT OPPOSED TO INDUSTRY
MAKING MONEY. RIGHT.

03:55:59.211 --> 03:56:00.346
WE KNOW THAT INDUSTRY IS NEEDED.

03:56:00.412 --> 03:56:04.483
HOWEVER, THEY ARE INTO,
COMMUNITIES LIKE,

03:56:04.550 --> 03:56:09.021
SHAFTER ARE NOT WILLING TO
OR ARE OPPOSED

03:56:09.088 --> 03:56:12.024
TO TOXICS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND THAT THEY NEED HELP

03:56:12.091 --> 03:56:15.027
AND THAT PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM.

03:56:15.094 --> 03:56:15.895
THANK YOU.

03:56:15.961 --> 03:56:16.161
OKAY.

03:56:16.228 --> 03:56:20.733
WE HAVE A MOTION YOU WANT TO
WRAP UP, ASSEMBLY MEMBER

03:56:21.233 --> 03:56:22.902
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR.
AND I VOTE.

03:56:22.968 --> 03:56:24.270
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.

03:56:24.336 --> 03:56:25.771
I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

03:56:25.838 --> 03:56:28.140
AND, I APPRECIATE THAT.

03:56:28.207 --> 03:56:29.909
WITNESSES
ALL OF THEIR TESTIMONY.

03:56:29.975 --> 03:56:31.210
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:56:31.277 --> 03:56:33.712
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR
ORIGIN.

03:56:33.779 --> 03:56:36.148
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

03:56:36.215 --> 03:56:36.949
AND TOURISM.

03:56:37.016 --> 03:56:39.385
I, CHARLES I CHOY CHOI.

03:56:39.451 --> 03:56:42.454
NO, I, REGINE ASHBY CERVANTES.

03:56:42.655 --> 03:56:45.357
LAIRD. SATO. SATO. NO.

03:56:45.424 --> 03:56:45.958
ONE TO

03:56:47.793 --> 03:56:49.128
THE BILL IS ON CALL.

03:56:49.194 --> 03:56:50.296
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:56:50.362 --> 03:56:53.365
THANK YOU.

03:56:56.702 --> 03:56:57.736
OKAY.

03:56:57.803 --> 03:56:59.138
DID THEY SAY TO GO AROUND IT?

03:56:59.204 --> 03:57:02.207
THEY SAY THE WILL NOW.

03:57:04.343 --> 03:57:07.346
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

03:57:25.297 --> 03:57:26.999
OKAY, HE'S GETTING UP.

03:57:27.066 --> 03:57:30.169
I DON'T NOW YOU HAVE TO GO NOW.

03:57:30.235 --> 03:57:33.238
WELL, WHAT'S NEXT?

03:57:42.181 --> 03:57:44.383
OKAY, PILAR.

03:57:44.450 --> 03:57:47.720
ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
YOU WILL BE PRESENTING ON AB

03:57:47.786 --> 03:57:50.789
2188. YES.

03:57:55.060 --> 03:57:55.728
GOOD AFTERNOON.

03:57:55.794 --> 03:57:58.530
CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

03:57:58.597 --> 03:58:00.599
I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR
AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF

03:58:00.666 --> 03:58:01.834
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS BILL.

03:58:01.900 --> 03:58:03.702
AND I'M COMMITTED
TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE

03:58:03.769 --> 03:58:05.938
WITH THE FIELD
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION

03:58:06.005 --> 03:58:07.606
BEFORE I TAKE THIS BILL UP.

03:58:07.673 --> 03:58:09.775
ON THE SENATE FLOOR,

03:58:09.842 --> 03:58:13.045
FOUNDED IN 1972,
THE MID PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN

03:58:13.112 --> 03:58:14.913
SPACE DISTRICT,
OR MID PENN, SPANNED

03:58:14.980 --> 03:58:18.317
17 CITIES, AND SANTA CLARA, SAN
MATEO AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES

03:58:18.651 --> 03:58:21.654
AND SERVES
NEARLY 770,000 RESIDENTS.

03:58:22.021 --> 03:58:25.391
MIDPEN CURRENTLY MANAGES
MORE THAN 73,000 ACRES

03:58:25.457 --> 03:58:27.793
OF MOUNTAINOUS
FOOTHILL AND BAY LAND.

03:58:27.860 --> 03:58:29.395
HOWEVER,
THEIR CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE

03:58:29.461 --> 03:58:33.899
LIMITS RESET OVER A DECADE AGO,
WITH THE SURGING COSTS

03:58:33.966 --> 03:58:36.902
IN THE BAY AREA
AND AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 ACRES

03:58:36.969 --> 03:58:38.003
ADDED TO THE DISTRICT.

03:58:38.070 --> 03:58:39.438
SINCE
THE ORIGINAL ADMINISTRATIVE

03:58:39.505 --> 03:58:41.807
LIMITS WERE IMPOSED,
THERE IS A NEED

03:58:41.874 --> 03:58:44.910
TO UPDATE THESE LIMITS TO HELP
THE DISTRICT STAY ON TRACK.

03:58:45.878 --> 03:58:48.113
AND ITS PROJECTED GOALS.

03:58:48.180 --> 03:58:52.518
THE CURRENT LIMIT HAS ALSO
SOMETIMES DELAYED ACTIONS

03:58:52.584 --> 03:58:54.720
BY SEVERAL WEEKS TO OVER A YEAR,

03:58:54.787 --> 03:58:57.823
AND COMES WITH AN ESTIMATED COST
OF MORE THAN $6,000

03:58:57.890 --> 03:58:59.291
PER CONTRACT.

03:58:59.358 --> 03:59:02.494
AS A RESULT, MIDPEN
IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 1.13

03:59:02.561 --> 03:59:03.796
MILLION ON AROUND

03:59:03.862 --> 03:59:08.000
200 CONTRACTS ABOVE $50,000
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

03:59:08.500 --> 03:59:12.071
ON THESE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ALONE, EACH DOLLAR

03:59:12.137 --> 03:59:13.972
SPENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS IS A DOLLAR

03:59:14.039 --> 03:59:17.543
THAT ISN'T SPENT ON RESTORING
FORESTS, STREAMS, WATERSHEDS,

03:59:17.609 --> 03:59:21.714
ADVANCING WILDLIFE MITIGATION,
AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS.

03:59:22.314 --> 03:59:25.718
THIS BILL SIMPLY STREAMLINES
THE CONTRACTING PROCESS

03:59:25.784 --> 03:59:29.121
AND ALLOWS THE DISTRICT
TO GO BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL GOAL

03:59:29.321 --> 03:59:30.122
OF STEWARDING

03:59:30.189 --> 03:59:34.193
THESE BEAUTIFUL LANDS WITH ME
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS MIDPEN

03:59:34.259 --> 03:59:37.262
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SPECIALIST JOSHUA HUG.

03:59:38.997 --> 03:59:39.798
GOOD AFTERNOON.

03:59:39.865 --> 03:59:43.202
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
AND CHAIR TERRAZZO.

03:59:43.435 --> 03:59:44.369
MY NAME IS JOSH HACKETT.

03:59:44.436 --> 03:59:45.537
I REPRESENT THE MID

03:59:45.604 --> 03:59:48.974
PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT, ALSO KNOWN AS MIDPEN.

03:59:49.374 --> 03:59:51.477
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK.

03:59:51.543 --> 03:59:53.178
I'M HERE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL,

03:59:53.245 --> 03:59:55.247
WHICH PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL
UPDATE TO OUR ENABLING

03:59:55.314 --> 03:59:58.784
LEGISLATION TO APPROVE CONTRACT
CUTTING EFFICIENCY.

03:59:59.351 --> 04:00:00.886
WE THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PELLERIN

04:00:00.953 --> 04:00:02.588
FOR AUTHORING THE BILL,
AND WE THANK THE CHAIR

04:00:02.654 --> 04:00:06.058
AND COMMITTEE STAFF,
FOR WORKING CLOSELY

04:00:06.325 --> 04:00:09.294
WITH US TO PREPARE THIS MEASURE
FOR TODAY'S HEARING.

04:00:09.795 --> 04:00:13.465
SINCE THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WENT THROUGH OUR BACKGROUND,

04:00:13.532 --> 04:00:17.469
I WON'T, REHASH THAT, BUT,

04:00:17.536 --> 04:00:21.740
THIS THIS, UPDATE, ADDRESSES

04:00:22.007 --> 04:00:25.611
OUR CONTRACTING LIMITED, OUR
CURRENT CONTRACTING LIMITATIONS.

04:00:26.578 --> 04:00:27.379
IT'S SIMPLY

04:00:27.446 --> 04:00:30.415
A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE.

04:00:30.482 --> 04:00:35.420
BUT EVEN THAT THAT, MEASURED
INCREASE WILL PROVIDE

04:00:35.487 --> 04:00:37.756
IMMEASURABLE BENEFITS
AS FAR AS OUR ABILITY

04:00:37.823 --> 04:00:40.893
TO DELIVER TO THE PUBLIC
WHAT THEY EXPECT IN

04:00:40.959 --> 04:00:44.196
STEWARDING A BIODIVERSITY
HOTSPOT.

04:00:44.763 --> 04:00:47.466
ON THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA.

04:00:47.533 --> 04:00:50.402
AND,

04:00:50.469 --> 04:00:52.504
WE RESPECTFULLY, ASK YOU

04:00:52.571 --> 04:00:55.641
FOR AND I VOTE THANK YOU.

04:00:55.707 --> 04:00:56.141
THANK YOU.

04:00:56.208 --> 04:00:59.211
ANY OTHER, SUPPORT?

04:01:02.314 --> 04:01:02.848
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:01:02.915 --> 04:01:04.416
KIARA ROSS,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

04:01:04.483 --> 04:01:07.486
ASSOCIATION OF RECREATION
AND PARK DISTRICTS IN SUPPORT.

04:01:07.953 --> 04:01:10.956
OKAY. ANY.

04:01:11.456 --> 04:01:14.459
POSITION WITNESS.

04:01:14.827 --> 04:01:15.761
YEAH.

04:01:15.828 --> 04:01:16.195
OKAY.

04:01:16.261 --> 04:01:19.565
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE
BY SENATOR SEATTLE.

04:01:20.065 --> 04:01:20.833
PLEASE.

04:01:20.899 --> 04:01:23.836
KLAUS.

04:01:23.902 --> 04:01:26.071
CLOTURE. YES.

04:01:26.138 --> 04:01:26.338
YEAH.

04:01:26.405 --> 04:01:28.674
YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY BEFORE
I AGREED TO ALL OF THIS BILL,

04:01:28.740 --> 04:01:31.276
MY TEAM WENT OUT OF OUR WAY
TO ENSURE THAT THE LABOR GROUPS

04:01:31.343 --> 04:01:34.413
WERE DID NOT HAVE CONCERNS,
BUT CONCERNS WERE RAISED TO US

04:01:34.479 --> 04:01:35.314
LAST NIGHT.

04:01:35.380 --> 04:01:37.349
AND SO YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT
TO CONTINUE

04:01:37.416 --> 04:01:40.419
TO WORK WITH THEM TO RESOLVE
ANY CONFLICT IN THE BILL.

04:01:40.719 --> 04:01:42.921
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE.

04:01:42.988 --> 04:01:45.357
THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

04:01:50.996 --> 04:01:52.798
THE MOTION
IS DO PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

04:01:52.865 --> 04:01:55.667
SENATORS TO ROGER.

04:01:55.734 --> 04:01:56.668
HI, DARRYL.

04:01:56.735 --> 04:01:57.970
ZOE CHOI.

04:01:58.036 --> 04:01:58.770
CHOI.

04:01:58.837 --> 04:02:00.138
I ARE AGAIN.

04:02:00.205 --> 04:02:01.940
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

04:02:02.007 --> 04:02:02.641
LAIRD.

04:02:02.708 --> 04:02:04.409
SO YOU ARE TWO SARAH.

04:02:04.476 --> 04:02:07.112
2I30.

04:02:07.179 --> 04:02:08.146
BILL.

04:02:08.213 --> 04:02:09.648
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH.

04:02:09.715 --> 04:02:13.452
NEXT WILL BE, CALLING UP
ASSEMBLY MEMBER VALENCIA.

04:02:14.453 --> 04:02:15.754
SEE HERE.

04:02:15.821 --> 04:02:19.524
AND THERE'S TWO BILLS, AB 2194
AND AB 20

04:02:20.893 --> 04:02:21.727
OH ONE'S CONSENT.

04:02:21.793 --> 04:02:22.327
ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

04:02:22.394 --> 04:02:23.328
JUST ONE BILL.

04:02:23.395 --> 04:02:26.265
AB 2194 WELCOME.

04:02:26.331 --> 04:02:29.334
ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

04:02:32.537 --> 04:02:33.472
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:02:33.538 --> 04:02:34.840
HAPPY TO PRESENT THE OTHER BILL
AS WELL

04:02:34.907 --> 04:02:38.176
SINCE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
PERTAINING TO THE CHANGING

04:02:38.243 --> 04:02:41.647
OF ANGELS
TO AN ANAHEIM CITY NAME.

04:02:42.114 --> 04:02:45.384
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID,
WE WANT SAY YES OR THAT IS MADAM

04:02:45.450 --> 04:02:47.019
CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
I WILL BE ACCEPTING

04:02:47.085 --> 04:02:49.488
THE COMMITTEE'S PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.

04:02:49.554 --> 04:02:53.191
AB 2194 AIMS TO STRENGTHEN
THE GOVERNANCE OF CAL

04:02:53.258 --> 04:02:56.528
OPT IN THE HEALTH MY DISTRICT'S
COUNTY ORGANIZED HEALTH SYSTEM

04:02:56.762 --> 04:02:59.398
THAT SERVES
NEARLY 1 IN 3 RESIDENTS

04:02:59.464 --> 04:03:02.467
WITH AN APPROXIMATE $4.7
BILLION BUDGET.

04:03:02.935 --> 04:03:05.470
CAL OPTIMA IS UNIQUE
BECAUSE THEIR GOVERNANCE

04:03:05.537 --> 04:03:08.540
STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CODIFIED
IN STATE STATUTE.

04:03:08.840 --> 04:03:12.010
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTY PUBLIC

04:03:12.077 --> 04:03:15.080
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
THAT IS UNDER THIS SCOPE.

04:03:15.347 --> 04:03:16.481
THIS GIVES THE LEGISLATURE

04:03:16.548 --> 04:03:19.785
AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
OVER THIS VERY ISSUE.

04:03:20.452 --> 04:03:23.622
UNFORTUNATELY, RECENT CALIFORNIA
BOARD DECISIONS AND BOARD

04:03:23.689 --> 04:03:27.993
MEMBER DEPARTURES REINFORCE
THE NEED FOR TIMELY ACTION.

04:03:28.460 --> 04:03:32.631
THERE'S ALSO, A PRECEDENT,
A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT,

04:03:32.965 --> 04:03:35.934
OF BAD ACTING, AND INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE ACTUALLY GONE

04:03:36.001 --> 04:03:37.436
TO FEDERAL PRISON
THAT HAVE SERVED

04:03:37.502 --> 04:03:40.739
ON THIS CALIFORNIA BOARD
IN THE LAST 8 TO 10 YEARS.

04:03:41.406 --> 04:03:43.008
THE BILL HAS AMENDED

04:03:43.075 --> 04:03:45.143
THE BILL, AS AMENDED,
WILL PERFORM AN AUDIT

04:03:45.210 --> 04:03:48.113
THAT WILL REVIEW THE BOARD'S
POLICIES AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS

04:03:48.180 --> 04:03:50.382
AND DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS
TO ENSURE SERVICES

04:03:50.449 --> 04:03:53.452
ARE MAXIMIZED FOR OUR FAMILIES,
SENIORS AND CHILDREN.

04:03:53.685 --> 04:03:56.421
IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, OVER
250,000

04:03:56.488 --> 04:03:59.491
CONSTITUENTS DEPEND ON MEDI-CAL,

04:03:59.725 --> 04:04:03.061
HENCE WHY THIS BILL AND ISSUE
IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

04:04:03.628 --> 04:04:04.529
AS LEGISLATORS.

04:04:04.596 --> 04:04:07.933
WE ALL KNOW WE JUST PASSED
A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET VOTE

04:04:08.333 --> 04:04:10.369
IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL CUTS.

04:04:10.435 --> 04:04:13.939
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I AM
HYPER FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT

04:04:14.006 --> 04:04:18.010
MEDI-CAL DOLLARS ARE MAXIMIZED
AND ALSO INVESTED

04:04:18.076 --> 04:04:22.014
IN NOT ONLY A TRANSPARENT WAY,
BUT IN AN EFFICIENT WAY.

04:04:22.681 --> 04:04:24.116
WITH THAT, AND HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

04:04:24.182 --> 04:04:25.350
AND RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR A YES VOTE.

04:04:28.420 --> 04:04:29.187
DO WE HAVE ANYONE

04:04:29.254 --> 04:04:32.290
ELSE WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT,
A BILL?

04:04:32.357 --> 04:04:35.027
2194?

04:04:35.093 --> 04:04:35.727
SI, NOBODY.

04:04:35.794 --> 04:04:38.797
IS THERE ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 2194?

04:04:39.164 --> 04:04:41.767
PLEASE STEP FORWARD

04:04:41.833 --> 04:04:43.068
IF YOU WANT.

04:04:43.135 --> 04:04:44.169
YOU CAN DO IT FROM THERE.

04:04:44.236 --> 04:04:46.071
YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FROM UP
HERE?

04:04:46.138 --> 04:04:47.906
I CAN DO IT HERE. OKAY.

04:04:47.973 --> 04:04:50.208
DEBBIE DALY,
ON BEHALF OF CAL OPTIMA HEALTH,

04:04:50.275 --> 04:04:53.278
WE HAVE AN OPPOSE, POSITION
ON THE RECORD.

04:04:53.345 --> 04:04:55.614
WITH THE RECENT AMENDMENTS,
THEY WERE DISCUSSED

04:04:55.680 --> 04:04:56.882
IN THE HEALTH COMMITTEE

04:04:56.948 --> 04:05:00.419
AND OUR BOARD CHAIR WAS HERE
AT THAT, COMMITTEE MEETING

04:05:00.752 --> 04:05:02.254
AND RECOGNIZED
THAT THE AMENDMENTS

04:05:02.320 --> 04:05:06.158
DO, DEAL WITH THE CONCERNS
THAT WERE PART OF THE,

04:05:06.224 --> 04:05:07.325
OPPOSED LETTER.

04:05:07.392 --> 04:05:10.862
BUT THE CAL OPTIMA BOARD,
AS A WHOLE, HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE

04:05:10.929 --> 04:05:13.098
TO CONTEMPLATE ALL THE CHANGES.

04:05:13.165 --> 04:05:13.999
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:05:16.501 --> 04:05:17.335
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:05:17.402 --> 04:05:18.470
MEMBERS BRENDAN MCCARTHY

04:05:18.537 --> 04:05:20.439
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES,

04:05:20.505 --> 04:05:22.808
ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA

04:05:22.874 --> 04:05:25.177
AND THE RURAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA,

04:05:25.243 --> 04:05:27.512
WE ALL HAVE AN OPPOSED POSITION
ON THE BILL IN PRINT.

04:05:27.579 --> 04:05:29.915
BUT WHAT THE AMENDMENTS
WILL BE REMOVING OUR OPPOSITION.

04:05:29.981 --> 04:05:31.550
WE WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR THE AMENDMENTS

04:05:31.616 --> 04:05:33.885
AND FOR THE WORK
ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

04:05:33.952 --> 04:05:36.288
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

04:05:36.354 --> 04:05:38.090
AMY JENKINS,
ON BEHALF OF THE ORANGE

04:05:38.156 --> 04:05:39.858
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

04:05:39.925 --> 04:05:41.927
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPOSED POSITION

04:05:41.993 --> 04:05:42.594
ON RECORD,

04:05:42.661 --> 04:05:44.830
BUT WITH THE BILL
AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED,

04:05:44.896 --> 04:05:46.598
HAVE CURRENTLY
NO POSITION ON THE BILL

04:05:46.665 --> 04:05:47.766
AND WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR

04:05:47.833 --> 04:05:49.901
AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF
FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS MEASURE.

04:05:49.968 --> 04:05:52.604
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

04:05:52.671 --> 04:05:53.238
OKAY.

04:05:53.305 --> 04:05:54.172
ANYBODY ELSE?

04:05:54.239 --> 04:05:56.341
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE.

04:05:56.408 --> 04:05:58.310
QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS?

04:05:59.277 --> 04:06:01.613
SENATOR CHOY, THANK YOU.

04:06:01.680 --> 04:06:04.683
ASSEMBLYMEMBER.

04:06:05.083 --> 04:06:10.155
VALENCIA, I KNOW THAT
YOU ARE FROM ORANGE COUNTY.

04:06:10.222 --> 04:06:11.890
OBVIOUSLY
I'M FROM ORANGE COUNTY,

04:06:11.957 --> 04:06:14.960
SO I AM VERY INTERESTED
IN KNOWING,

04:06:15.527 --> 04:06:17.729
WHAT THE CURRENT,

04:06:17.796 --> 04:06:21.099
MAKEUP OF THE,
CAL UP TO MY BOARD.

04:06:21.766 --> 04:06:24.936
NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO CHANGE
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD.

04:06:25.570 --> 04:06:26.805
WHAT PROMPTED YOU?

04:06:26.872 --> 04:06:30.976
WHAT PROBLEM PROMPTED
YOU TO, PROPOSE THIS BILL?

04:06:32.110 --> 04:06:33.712
SIR, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

04:06:33.778 --> 04:06:37.816
SO JUST TO CLARIFY,
THIS BILL HAS BEEN AMENDED

04:06:37.883 --> 04:06:41.186
TO NOT RESTRUCTURE
THE CAL OPTIMAL BOARD.

04:06:41.253 --> 04:06:42.387
WITH THAT BEING SAID,

04:06:42.454 --> 04:06:44.689
THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT I AM FOCUSED ON

04:06:44.756 --> 04:06:46.391
AND WILL CONTINUE
TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE.

04:06:46.458 --> 04:06:50.228
BUT THE BILL IN FRONT OF US
WOULD JUST AUDIT

04:06:50.729 --> 04:06:51.696
THE BOARD

04:06:51.763 --> 04:06:53.431
BASED ON THE PARAMETERS
OF THE AUDIT

04:06:53.498 --> 04:06:55.500
THAT ARE LISTED
IN THE AMENDMENTS.

04:06:55.567 --> 04:06:58.770
WHAT PROMPTED ME,
TO YOUR QUESTION, SENATOR,

04:06:59.137 --> 04:07:04.176
THE MOST RECENT, ACTION
BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

04:07:04.242 --> 04:07:09.481
WAS TO REINSTATE A CONTRACT
WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

04:07:09.748 --> 04:07:13.585
THAT CAL OPTUM
HAD ACTUALLY TERMINATED IN 2024

04:07:13.952 --> 04:07:16.955
DUE TO SOME PUBLIC DATA POINTS
THAT THEY DISCLOSED.

04:07:17.189 --> 04:07:19.991
ONE BEING THAT
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

04:07:20.058 --> 04:07:24.896
WAS BEING PAID
TO ONLY SERVE 1.5%

04:07:24.963 --> 04:07:28.934
OF THE OVERALL MEDI-CAL
RECIPIENTS WITHIN THE NETWORK.

04:07:29.000 --> 04:07:32.270
SO IT WAS WASTED RESOURCES
IN THAT SENSE.

04:07:32.337 --> 04:07:33.605
SO THERE WAS A TERMINATION

04:07:33.672 --> 04:07:37.943
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO NEED
FOR THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

04:07:38.243 --> 04:07:40.312
WITH THAT BEING SAID,
JUST ABOUT A MONTH

04:07:40.378 --> 04:07:43.348
AND A HALF AGO, THE BOARD

04:07:43.415 --> 04:07:46.885
LED BY, THE,

04:07:47.485 --> 04:07:50.755
THE THE REPRESENTATIVES
AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

04:07:51.189 --> 04:07:55.393
REINSTATED THAT CONTRACT
WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

04:07:56.094 --> 04:07:58.997
AND ALSO, PROVIDED

04:07:59.064 --> 04:08:02.100
A BACK PAY OF $30 MILLION

04:08:02.167 --> 04:08:05.103
DUE TO LOST REVENUE
FROM 2024 UP TO THE DATE.

04:08:05.170 --> 04:08:05.937
MY UNDERSTANDING IS

04:08:06.004 --> 04:08:09.841
THAT THE REQUEST
WAS TO THE TUNE OF $96 MILLION.

04:08:09.908 --> 04:08:13.411
BUT THE ACCORD CAME DOWN
TO $30 MILLION.

04:08:13.478 --> 04:08:14.913
SO AGAIN,

04:08:14.980 --> 04:08:18.216
THE COUNTY,
IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION

04:08:18.283 --> 04:08:20.719
WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH
CARE DOLLARS.

04:08:20.785 --> 04:08:23.989
MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THEY ARE,

04:08:24.055 --> 04:08:28.893
IN A GAP OF ABOUT $325 MILLION.

04:08:29.294 --> 04:08:30.762
THANKFULLY,
THEY HAVE SOME RESERVES.

04:08:30.829 --> 04:08:34.165
BUT AGAIN,
IF WE'RE REINSTATING CONTRACTS

04:08:34.432 --> 04:08:38.069
TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
THAT AREN'T BEING MAXIMIZED

04:08:38.136 --> 04:08:39.604
AND USED TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE

04:08:39.671 --> 04:08:42.741
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
TO THOSE MOST IN NEED,

04:08:42.807 --> 04:08:45.810
AGAIN, I THINK THOSE ARE BAD
DECISIONS BEING MADE.

04:08:45.877 --> 04:08:46.911
THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

04:08:46.978 --> 04:08:51.249
AND THERE'S ALSO JUST,
AN UNFORTUNATE HISTORICAL,

04:08:51.316 --> 04:08:53.385
PRECEDENT
WHEN IT COMES TO CAMPAIGN

04:08:53.451 --> 04:08:56.521
CONTRIBUTIONS BEING TIED
TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

04:08:56.588 --> 04:08:58.156
AND THIS ISN'T JUST MY SAYING.

04:08:58.223 --> 04:09:01.960
THIS WAS ALSO DISCLOSED IN
A, GRAND

04:09:02.027 --> 04:09:04.996
JURY REPORT THAT WAS MADE PUBLIC
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

04:09:05.063 --> 04:09:08.233
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
A VERY RECENT UNFORTUNATE

04:09:08.300 --> 04:09:13.038
SITUATION BY A FORMER COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISOR WHO ENDED UP

04:09:13.104 --> 04:09:17.509
GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON
FOR MISUSING, COUNTY RESOURCES.

04:09:17.575 --> 04:09:22.547
ALL TO SAY, I THINK BOARDS LIKE
THAT NEED TO BE DEPOLITICIZED,

04:09:22.747 --> 04:09:26.418
AND THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON
PROVIDING THE SOCIAL SERVICE

04:09:26.484 --> 04:09:29.487
TO THE RESIDENTS MOST IN NEED,
CONSIDERING THE FACT

04:09:29.554 --> 04:09:31.156
THAT WE'RE MAKING CUTS LEFT
AND RIGHT

04:09:31.222 --> 04:09:32.424
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDING

04:09:32.490 --> 04:09:33.458
DUE TO THE H.R

04:09:33.525 --> 04:09:36.127
ONE CUTS THAT ARE COMING
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

04:09:36.194 --> 04:09:37.329
HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION.

04:09:37.395 --> 04:09:41.232
SO THOSE, REASONS,
THAT THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING,

04:09:41.299 --> 04:09:44.536
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.

04:09:44.602 --> 04:09:48.106
SUPERVISORS
SERVING IN THE BOARD.

04:09:48.173 --> 04:09:51.242
I SO THAT
AND THIS WAS A NEW INITIATIVE.

04:09:51.309 --> 04:09:52.277
WELL, WHAT WAS IT?

04:09:52.344 --> 04:09:55.914
SPONSORED BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

04:09:55.980 --> 04:09:59.884
ANOTHER GROUP
OR ANOTHER SUPERVISOR.

04:10:00.452 --> 04:10:06.057
ORIGIN OF, THE IDEA CAME TO YOU

04:10:06.124 --> 04:10:09.527
BY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTED,
YOU KNOW, THIS PROBLEM SAID

04:10:09.594 --> 04:10:12.197
THAT WAS GOING ON
AND THAT YOU FELT THAT THIS

04:10:12.263 --> 04:10:16.434
A NECESSITY OF THE BILL, SIR,
THIS WAS MY IDEA.

04:10:16.634 --> 04:10:20.305
AND I AMENDED THE BILL, TO TRY
AND RESTRUCTURE THE BOARD.

04:10:20.805 --> 04:10:23.842
A FEW WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF,

04:10:24.142 --> 04:10:26.478
THE INFORMATION
AND DATA COLLECTING

04:10:26.544 --> 04:10:29.748
THAT MY TEAM HAD MADE,
IN REFERENCE

04:10:29.814 --> 04:10:33.518
TO A BILL THAT WE WERE CARRYING
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

04:10:33.785 --> 04:10:37.422
THIS INFORMATION,
WAS SHARED TO ME BY MY TEAM,

04:10:37.922 --> 04:10:41.793
WHICH PROMPTED ME TO THEN
RETHINK WHAT MY FOCUS AND INTENT

04:10:41.860 --> 04:10:42.694
WAS GOING TO BE.

04:10:42.761 --> 04:10:45.764
MY LIMITED TIME
SERVING, AS A PUBLIC SERVANT,

04:10:45.830 --> 04:10:47.732
WHETHER IT WAS ON THE ANAHEIM
CITY COUNCIL

04:10:47.799 --> 04:10:50.769
OR THE LAST TERM
AND A HALF HERE IN SACRAMENTO.

04:10:50.835 --> 04:10:52.070
A PILLAR OF MINE,

04:10:52.137 --> 04:10:52.937
A FOCUS OF MINE

04:10:53.004 --> 04:10:55.974
HAS BEEN ON GOOD GOVERNANCE,
TRANSPARENCY AND ENSURING

04:10:56.274 --> 04:10:59.444
THAT PUBLIC RESOURCES
ARE NOT BEING MISUSED.

04:10:59.744 --> 04:11:03.148
I LED THE CHARGE ON THE ANAHEIM
CITY COUNCIL AGAINST THE SALE

04:11:03.214 --> 04:11:04.482
OF ANGEL STADIUM.

04:11:04.549 --> 04:11:08.286
UNFORTUNATELY, THE,
THE FORMER MAYOR WHO I SERVED

04:11:08.353 --> 04:11:12.390
ALONGSIDE WITH, ENDED UP GOING,
TO A FEDERAL PRISON AS WELL,

04:11:12.457 --> 04:11:16.694
BEING CHARGED CRIMINALLY
FOR TRYING TO UNDERSELL,

04:11:17.028 --> 04:11:19.397
ANGEL STADIUM
AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

04:11:19.464 --> 04:11:21.766
I LED, IN PART,
THE CHARGE AGAINST THAT.

04:11:21.833 --> 04:11:25.870
SO, AGAIN, I'M VERY VIGILANT
WHEN IT COMES TO

04:11:25.937 --> 04:11:29.374
HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE USED,
CONSIDERING WE SHOULD ALL BE,

04:11:29.808 --> 04:11:30.975
RESPONSIBLE

04:11:31.042 --> 04:11:33.478
FISCAL STEWARDS, IN MY OPINION,
AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

04:11:33.545 --> 04:11:38.283
SO THE IDEA CAME, ON MY OWN,
AND, PLAN

04:11:38.349 --> 04:11:42.053
TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS,
ONCE THIS BILL ALSO

04:11:42.387 --> 04:11:43.388
IS HOPEFULLY PASSED

04:11:43.455 --> 04:11:45.657
OUT OF THE SENATE AND
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. YEAH.

04:11:47.358 --> 04:11:49.994
THE TWO SUPERVISORS,

04:11:50.061 --> 04:11:53.765
CAME TO
ME TO THE CAPITAL OFFICE,

04:11:53.832 --> 04:11:57.302
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE,
UNFORTUNATELY, TO DISCUSS,

04:11:57.702 --> 04:12:02.140
ABOUT THE ISSUE THEY ARE FACING
AND THE, IN THE MEANTIME,

04:12:02.207 --> 04:12:05.977
ORIGINALLY SUPERVISORS
OPPOSED TO THE BILL, BUT,

04:12:06.044 --> 04:12:09.547
THROUGH THE PROCESS,
YOU MADE THIS SEVERAL,

04:12:09.981 --> 04:12:13.084
AMENDMENTS, LIKE,

04:12:13.151 --> 04:12:15.053
NOW WE HEARD IN THE,

04:12:15.119 --> 04:12:18.556
POSITION STATEMENT,
BUT NOW WITH THE OPPOSITION

04:12:18.623 --> 04:12:22.527
HAS BEEN REMOVED AND,
THE THEY ARE STANDING NEUTRAL.

04:12:22.894 --> 04:12:24.462
SO WHAT KIND OF AMENDMENTS?

04:12:24.529 --> 04:12:28.933
HAVE THEM TO PULL OUT THE,

04:12:29.901 --> 04:12:33.171
POSITION
AND, BECAME A STANDING NEUTRAL.

04:12:33.404 --> 04:12:34.772
CAN YOU ELABORATE

04:12:34.839 --> 04:12:38.776
ELABORATE THE THE, AMENDMENTS
SPECIFICALLY HOW?

04:12:39.310 --> 04:12:39.978
YEAH.

04:12:40.044 --> 04:12:42.981
SO THE BILL,

04:12:43.047 --> 04:12:46.718
THAT I PRESENTED IN PUBLIC

04:12:46.784 --> 04:12:51.256
HEALTH, WAS TO RESTRUCTURE
AND REMOVE,

04:12:51.689 --> 04:12:56.594
THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
FROM SITTING ON THE CAL OPTIMA

04:12:57.028 --> 04:12:57.629
BOARD.

04:12:57.695 --> 04:13:00.732
IN MY OPINION,
THAT'S WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY

04:13:00.798 --> 04:13:05.236
POLITICIZED THIS BOARD, AND LED
TO MISUSES AND BAD DECISIONS.

04:13:05.637 --> 04:13:08.573
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY,
SITTING BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

04:13:08.640 --> 04:13:10.141
WOULD NOT BE HAPPY
WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS,

04:13:10.208 --> 04:13:13.077
BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE, IN MY OPINION,

04:13:13.144 --> 04:13:17.448
POLITICIZING THE BOARD ITSELF
WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE BOARD.

04:13:17.515 --> 04:13:20.752
THAT WAS THEIR MAIN OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL.

04:13:21.019 --> 04:13:24.289
I DECIDED TO NOT MOVE FORWARD
WITH THAT STRUCTURE

04:13:24.355 --> 04:13:27.759
BECAUSE I'LL BE THE FIRST
TO ADMIT, THE CONCEPT THAT WE

04:13:27.825 --> 04:13:32.864
PUT INTO LANGUAGE, WAS NOT,
GOING TO BE MOST EFFICIENT.

04:13:32.931 --> 04:13:34.933
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHATEVER

04:13:34.999 --> 04:13:37.936
RESTRUCTURING DID TAKE
PLACE WAS GOING TO BE

04:13:38.002 --> 04:13:39.304
IN THE BEST INTERESTS
OF THE RESIDENTS,

04:13:39.370 --> 04:13:39.904
THE BEST INTERESTS

04:13:39.971 --> 04:13:44.175
OF THE STAKEHOLDERS,
AND DELIVER ON WHAT MY HOPE WAS,

04:13:44.242 --> 04:13:48.446
WHICH IS HEALTH CARE SERVICES
TO OUR ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTS.

04:13:48.513 --> 04:13:49.781
SO THAT WAS THE BILL.

04:13:49.847 --> 04:13:54.385
THEN WHEN I DECIDED TO, AFTER
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL,

04:13:54.752 --> 04:13:58.423
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AUDIT
OF THE CAL OPTIMA BOARD,

04:13:58.690 --> 04:14:00.558
THAT IS WHEN MY UNDERSTANDING

04:14:00.625 --> 04:14:03.528
IS THAT THEY DECIDED
TO REMOVE THEIR OPPOSITION

04:14:03.595 --> 04:14:04.996
BECAUSE I AM NOT FOCUSED

04:14:05.063 --> 04:14:08.299
ON REMOVING THEIR AUTHORITY FROM
THE BOARD THROUGH THIS BILL.

04:14:09.500 --> 04:14:09.968
OKAY.

04:14:10.034 --> 04:14:13.438
BY RESTRUCTURING,
HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE

04:14:13.504 --> 04:14:18.543
THERE WILL BE NO, MISCONDUCT
OR CORRUPTIONS?

04:14:18.610 --> 04:14:22.614
THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING
IN THE WORRIED ABOUT, SIR?

04:14:24.616 --> 04:14:27.619
YOU KNOW,
IT'S IT'S A CALCULATION,

04:14:27.685 --> 04:14:31.656
THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE, MY UNDERSTANDING

04:14:31.723 --> 04:14:34.826
IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
AND AGAIN, THIS IS,

04:14:34.892 --> 04:14:38.096
MUCH OF THIS IS PUBLIC
INFORMATION HAS BEEN LED BY

04:14:38.563 --> 04:14:42.934
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHO SIT ON THE BOARD ITSELF.

04:14:43.267 --> 04:14:46.104
SO, AGAIN,
BY REMOVING THEIR ABILITY

04:14:46.170 --> 04:14:49.707
TO DICTATE
AND TO ENGAGE IN THE CAL

04:14:49.774 --> 04:14:51.609
OF A DECISION MAKING PROCESS,

04:14:51.676 --> 04:14:55.246
I THINK THAT IN AND OF ITSELF
WOULD DEPOLITICIZE THE BOARD

04:14:55.313 --> 04:14:56.447
AND ALLOW FOR THE BOARD

04:14:56.514 --> 04:14:59.584
TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING HEALTH
CARE TO THE RESIDENTS.

04:14:59.884 --> 04:15:03.621
I SHARED IN MY COMMENTS
THAT THE CAL OPTIMAL

04:15:03.688 --> 04:15:05.256
STRUCTURE IS UNIQUE.

04:15:05.323 --> 04:15:10.028
IT'S THE ONLY KIND IN THE STATE
WHERE THE STATE HAS

04:15:10.228 --> 04:15:13.765
JURISDICTION OVER
THE COUNTY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

04:15:13.831 --> 04:15:16.901
SO, I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S
MY RESPONSIBILITY

04:15:16.968 --> 04:15:20.004
TO ENGAGE IN THIS FASHION
BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE

04:15:20.304 --> 04:15:21.305
AND MAKEUP.

04:15:21.372 --> 04:15:23.908
MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THE CAL OPTIMA

04:15:23.975 --> 04:15:27.712
HEALTH CARE PLAN IS INDEPENDENT
FROM THE COUNTY BOARD

04:15:27.779 --> 04:15:28.546
OF SUPERVISORS.

04:15:28.613 --> 04:15:30.248
THERE'S COORDINATION, OF COURSE,

04:15:30.314 --> 04:15:34.218
BECAUSE, THE COUNTY HEALTH
CARE, DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

04:15:34.485 --> 04:15:40.558
BUT CAL OPTIMA AS AN ENTITY IS
AN AUTONOMOUS INDIVIDUAL ENTITY.

04:15:40.758 --> 04:15:41.459
SO AGAIN,

04:15:41.526 --> 04:15:44.629
BY THE REMOVAL OF THOSE
SUPERVISORS, IN MY OPINION,

04:15:44.696 --> 04:15:47.398
YOU WOULD REMOVE
ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES

04:15:47.465 --> 04:15:48.766
THAT THE BOARD CURRENTLY HAS.

04:15:48.833 --> 04:15:52.870
AND THIS HAS BEEN EXPRESSED
BY SITTING BOARD MEMBERS.

04:15:52.937 --> 04:15:56.874
I FEEL LIKE THE BOARD IS OVERLY
POLITICIZED BY PAST

04:15:57.208 --> 04:16:00.545
BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SAT
ON THE CAL OPTIMA BOARD.

04:16:00.611 --> 04:16:06.017
I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS,
NOT OF MY OWN PROACTIVE NESS,

04:16:06.084 --> 04:16:08.553
BUT PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME,
SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES

04:16:08.619 --> 04:16:13.091
AS WELL WITH HOW CHALLENGING
IT HAS BEEN FROM, HEALTH CARE,

04:16:13.157 --> 04:16:17.962
PROVIDERS TO CLINICS
TO PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS,

04:16:18.029 --> 04:16:22.066
INDIVIDUALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS
ABROAD HAVE ALL SHARED A CERTAIN

04:16:22.133 --> 04:16:25.403
PERSPECTIVE, AND FRUSTRATION
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

04:16:25.470 --> 04:16:28.973
SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE THAT WAS
THE INTENT OF THE LAST BILL.

04:16:29.040 --> 04:16:32.043
THIS BILL AIMS
TO AUDIT THE BOARD ITSELF,

04:16:32.110 --> 04:16:33.244
TO GIVE ME A BETTER SENSE OF HOW

04:16:33.311 --> 04:16:34.512
I'D LIKE TO
MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

04:16:36.714 --> 04:16:38.416
MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE

04:16:38.483 --> 04:16:42.820
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MAYORS
AND, COUNTY SUPERVISORS.

04:16:42.887 --> 04:16:45.990
I'VE GONE THROUGH THAT.

04:16:46.057 --> 04:16:48.793
THAT'S WHY
I KNOW THAT THE MANY COMMITTEES

04:16:48.860 --> 04:16:52.296
AND COMMISSIONS,
GOVERNING OR VISITING,

04:16:52.697 --> 04:16:56.300
DIFFERENT AREAS,
IN ORANGE COUNTY

04:16:56.367 --> 04:16:59.370
WE SERVE THERE.

04:16:59.737 --> 04:17:04.509
BUT PARTICULAR, GIVEN TIME,

04:17:04.575 --> 04:17:09.447
PARTICULAR MEMBERS, MAY HAVE,
PROBLEMATIC CHARACTERS

04:17:09.514 --> 04:17:13.184
AND EXHIBIT THE BEHAVIORS
THAT THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING,

04:17:13.584 --> 04:17:18.322
BUT NOT NECESSARILY,
THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF RAUL.

04:17:18.790 --> 04:17:21.159
YOU KNOW, THEY, THERE TO SERVE.

04:17:21.225 --> 04:17:24.629
SO, I TRUSTED THAT.

04:17:24.695 --> 04:17:27.999
BUT THE SHAKING UP
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD

04:17:28.065 --> 04:17:31.702
OR ALSO THE THE THE
THE ESSENTIAL,

04:17:32.303 --> 04:17:35.473
THE PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, THE AS LONG AS,

04:17:36.240 --> 04:17:38.442
THE FOR FOR MORE OF

04:17:38.509 --> 04:17:42.146
I KNOW NOT THE ONE
ANAHEIM MAYOR GOING TO JAIL

04:17:42.213 --> 04:17:45.416
HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS, CARLA SITUATION.

04:17:45.983 --> 04:17:49.487
IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL,
NO MATTER WHO,

04:17:49.554 --> 04:17:53.090
THE PERSON IS, IN A

04:17:53.825 --> 04:17:56.527
THERE'S
A POTENTIAL FOR CORRUPTION

04:17:56.594 --> 04:18:00.431
AND THAT THAT'S THE REASON
WE HAVE, OBJECTIVE EYES.

04:18:00.498 --> 04:18:02.233
AND EVENTUALLY

04:18:02.300 --> 04:18:06.304
WE CATCH THEM AND,
TRY THEM AND SEND THEM TO THE,

04:18:06.537 --> 04:18:07.405
YOU KNOW,

04:18:07.471 --> 04:18:11.642
JAIL AND THE FORMER ORANGE
COUNTY SUPERVISOR

04:18:11.709 --> 04:18:13.878
AND YOUR DOOR,
OR SO WE ALL KNOW

04:18:13.945 --> 04:18:15.379
THAT THAT'S A PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.

04:18:15.446 --> 04:18:18.049
AND HE'S PAYING HIS DUES.

04:18:18.115 --> 04:18:22.620
SO HIS, MISCONDUCT WITH
THE FUND IS, AS A SUPERVISOR.

04:18:23.120 --> 04:18:23.754
SO HIS,

04:18:24.922 --> 04:18:25.923
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HIS A

04:18:25.990 --> 04:18:30.528
SITTING IN GENERAL
IS HIS, PLAN TO BE IN JAIL.

04:18:30.595 --> 04:18:35.132
SO ULTIMATELY, THEY KNOW
THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE

04:18:35.199 --> 04:18:36.467
FOR THEIR CONDUCT.

04:18:36.534 --> 04:18:41.906
BUT THE ESSENTIAL, RESTRUCTURING
OF THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD,

04:18:41.973 --> 04:18:44.075
ALSO WITH THE ESSENTIAL PROBLEMS

04:18:44.141 --> 04:18:47.144
THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING,
I'M NOT SURE.

04:18:47.645 --> 04:18:50.648
I THINK.

04:18:51.849 --> 04:18:54.785
SO, THANK YOU
FOR DOING THE AMENDMENTS.

04:18:54.852 --> 04:18:57.889
WHEN YOU HAVE A BOARD,

04:18:57.955 --> 04:19:01.626
IF IF YOU'RE AN AGENCY
THAT HAS AN INTEREST

04:19:01.926 --> 04:19:05.930
AND A STAKE IN WHATEVER
THE OTHER AGENCY IS, IS DOING,

04:19:05.997 --> 04:19:08.666
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
REPRESENTATION ON THESE BOARDS.

04:19:08.733 --> 04:19:13.204
WHETHER THEY'RE
THEY CORRUPT THEMSELVES OR NOT.

04:19:13.271 --> 04:19:14.772
THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.

04:19:14.839 --> 04:19:16.474
I THINK YOU'RE
DOING THE RIGHT THING.

04:19:16.540 --> 04:19:20.711
BY ADDING THE SUPERVISOR BACK
IN, THERE'S FUNDING,

04:19:20.778 --> 04:19:22.246
THERE'S
ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

04:19:22.313 --> 04:19:25.383
AND ALSO PEOPLE CAN THAT WAY
THAT IT'S NOT ALL INTERNAL

04:19:25.683 --> 04:19:28.286
AS FAR AS WHO'S
WATCHING THE THE, THE STORE.

04:19:29.854 --> 04:19:31.322
AND AND THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.

04:19:31.389 --> 04:19:32.890
AND, YOU KNOW, TWO

04:19:32.957 --> 04:19:35.960
SUPERVISORS ON A SEVEN PERSON
BOARD IS NOT GOING TO,

04:19:36.861 --> 04:19:39.430
MAKE A DECISION THAT,

04:19:39.497 --> 04:19:41.532
THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
DON'T THINK IS RIGHT.

04:19:41.599 --> 04:19:42.600
SO ANYWAY,

04:19:42.667 --> 04:19:43.868
I APPRECIATE YOUR AMENDMENTS.

04:19:43.935 --> 04:19:47.038
AND, SO WITH THAT,
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT

04:19:47.104 --> 04:19:47.705
YOUR BILL TODAY.

04:19:47.772 --> 04:19:48.639
IT LOOKS LIKE MOST THEM

04:19:48.706 --> 04:19:50.474
AS LONG AS THOSE AMENDMENTS
HOLD,

04:19:50.541 --> 04:19:52.476
AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE FLOOR.

04:19:52.543 --> 04:19:54.478
THANK YOU.

04:19:54.545 --> 04:19:55.379
OKAY. DO IT.

04:19:55.446 --> 04:19:57.748
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRAP UP
SHORT?

04:19:57.815 --> 04:19:58.783
YES, SENATOR.

04:19:58.849 --> 04:20:01.352
JUST BRIEFLY
APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

04:20:01.419 --> 04:20:05.556
HENCE WHY I DECIDED TO AMEND
THE BILL TO THIS CAPACITY.

04:20:05.623 --> 04:20:07.358
I DO BELIEVE THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE,

04:20:07.425 --> 04:20:09.460
STRATEGIC COORDINATION
BETWEEN THE COUNTY

04:20:09.527 --> 04:20:10.761
AND THIS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

04:20:10.828 --> 04:20:12.964
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT COORDINATION

04:20:13.030 --> 04:20:14.765
SHOULD CONSIST OF,
OF WHETHER OR NOT

04:20:14.832 --> 04:20:17.568
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS
SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO,

04:20:17.635 --> 04:20:18.936
APPOINT EVERY SINGLE ONE

04:20:19.003 --> 04:20:19.971
OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS,

04:20:20.037 --> 04:20:22.139
AND THEN THEY THEMSELVES
ALSO SIT ON THERE.

04:20:22.206 --> 04:20:25.943
THEY THEMSELVES SIT AS,
YOU KNOW, NONVOTING MEMBERS.

04:20:26.010 --> 04:20:30.414
IF COUNTY HEALTH CARE DEPARTMENT
HEADS SHOULD SIT ON THAT BOARD

04:20:30.481 --> 04:20:32.283
TO ENSURE THAT COORDINATION.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.

04:20:32.350 --> 04:20:34.652
BUT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT
THAT THIS BILL,

04:20:34.719 --> 04:20:35.319
WILL MOVE FORWARD

04:20:35.386 --> 04:20:36.620
AS IT IS.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR

04:20:36.687 --> 04:20:39.223
AS WELL FOR HER AMENDMENTS
AND HELP.

04:20:39.290 --> 04:20:39.890
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:20:39.957 --> 04:20:42.793
WE HAVE THE BILL
HAS THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

04:20:44.061 --> 04:20:45.563
THE MOTION
IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED,

04:20:45.629 --> 04:20:47.898
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS AND TOURISM.

04:20:47.965 --> 04:20:48.799
HI TO RUSSELL.

04:20:48.866 --> 04:20:51.869
I ENJOY THAT AGAIN.

04:20:52.103 --> 04:20:55.072
ASHBY CERVANTES LAYERED CIGAR

04:20:55.139 --> 04:20:58.142
TO SEE YOUR 2I20.

04:20:59.143 --> 04:20:59.844
WE WILL COME BACK.

04:20:59.910 --> 04:21:02.313
THE BILL IS ON CALL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:21:02.380 --> 04:21:06.217
ASSEMBLY MEMBER 20
WE'RE GOING OUT TO

04:21:06.283 --> 04:21:09.320
THE NEXT IS AB 2415

04:21:09.387 --> 04:21:12.390
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOOVER.

04:21:21.098 --> 04:21:26.270
BUT, YEAH.

04:21:27.371 --> 04:21:28.372
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:21:28.439 --> 04:21:29.206
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:21:29.273 --> 04:21:32.276
GOOD AFTERNOON. YES. THANK YOU.

04:21:32.710 --> 04:21:36.380
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT AB 24, 15.

04:21:36.447 --> 04:21:41.018
THIS IS, VERY SIMPLE, BILL,
THAT IS SEEKING,

04:21:41.385 --> 04:21:45.489
TO HELP, MANY PRO HOUSING
COMMUNITIES ARE IN STATE,

04:21:45.556 --> 04:21:48.025
INCLUDING A CITY IN MY DISTRICT,
THE CITY OF FOLSOM,

04:21:48.092 --> 04:21:48.926
AS THEY AIM

04:21:48.993 --> 04:21:51.996
TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER
OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

04:21:52.063 --> 04:21:55.666
IT WOULD, SLIGHTLY ALTER SB 79,

04:21:55.733 --> 04:21:58.502
VERY NARROWLY
TAILORED TO ALLOW A CITY

04:21:58.569 --> 04:22:00.237
IF THE MAJORITY OF THE TRANSIT
ORIENTED

04:22:00.304 --> 04:22:03.240
DEVELOPMENT ZONE IS PART
OF A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT,

04:22:03.307 --> 04:22:06.644
TO REDUCE THE CAPACITY
IN ONE ZONE BY MORE THAN 50%.

04:22:07.078 --> 04:22:10.181
THE BILL LAYS OUT CRITERIA
FOR HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN.

04:22:10.514 --> 04:22:14.552
WITH THAT TODAY,
IS, FOLSOM CITY COUNCILMEMBER

04:22:14.618 --> 04:22:15.820
MIKE KOZLOWSKI,

04:22:15.886 --> 04:22:17.688
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL,
AS WELL AS JERRY

04:22:17.755 --> 04:22:18.923
BRUNO WITH BRUNO DEVELOPMENT

04:22:18.989 --> 04:22:21.325
CORPORATION TO SHARE SOME
COMMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU.

04:22:24.962 --> 04:22:25.896
CHAIR, CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

04:22:25.963 --> 04:22:27.465
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TODAY.

04:22:27.531 --> 04:22:28.999
MY NAME IS MIKE KESELOWSKI,

04:22:29.066 --> 04:22:30.801
AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OF REPRESENTING DISTRICT

04:22:30.868 --> 04:22:32.236
ONE IN THE CITY OF FOLSOM,

04:22:32.303 --> 04:22:34.672
WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLSOM
HISTORIC DISTRICT.

04:22:34.738 --> 04:22:36.340
I'M HERE
TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT

04:22:36.407 --> 04:22:39.577
FOR AB 2415,
AUTHORED BY OUR GOOD ASSEMBLY

04:22:39.643 --> 04:22:41.178
MEMBER, MR. HOOVER.

04:22:41.245 --> 04:22:44.181
FOLSOM TAKES ITS HOUSING
RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY.

04:22:44.248 --> 04:22:47.618
WE MORE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS,
WE'VE CONSISTENTLY APPROVED

04:22:47.685 --> 04:22:50.087
AND BUILT HOMES
ACROSS THE INCOME SPECTRUM,

04:22:50.154 --> 04:22:52.756
AND WE CONTINUE AN EMBRACE
TO EMBRACE HIGHER DENSITY

04:22:52.823 --> 04:22:53.757
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS

04:22:53.824 --> 04:22:57.728
WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE
NEAR JOBS, SERVICES AND TRANSIT.

04:22:57.795 --> 04:22:59.597
AT THE SAME TIME,
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY

04:22:59.663 --> 04:23:01.832
TO PROTECT THE FOLSOM
HISTORIC DISTRICT.

04:23:01.899 --> 04:23:03.434
IT IS THE CULTURAL HEART

04:23:03.501 --> 04:23:05.536
OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

04:23:05.603 --> 04:23:08.105
HISTORIC ASSETS
IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION.

04:23:08.172 --> 04:23:10.541
IN 2024,
WE UPDATED OUR GENERAL PLAN

04:23:10.608 --> 04:23:13.644
TO INCREASE ALLOWABLE DENSITIES
AND TARGETED AREAS,

04:23:13.711 --> 04:23:15.713
INCLUDING THE EAST BIDWELL
COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR,

04:23:15.779 --> 04:23:17.348
THE FOLSOM PLAN
AREA, TOWN CENTER,

04:23:17.414 --> 04:23:19.216
AND TWO TRANSIT STATION AREAS.

04:23:19.283 --> 04:23:22.253
WE INTENTIONALLY DID NOT APPLY
THOSE HIGHER DENSITY OVERLAYS

04:23:22.319 --> 04:23:23.687
TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT

04:23:23.754 --> 04:23:26.757
BECAUSE IT'S SCALE AND CHARACTER
ARE ESSENTIAL TO ITS IDENTITY.

04:23:27.291 --> 04:23:30.227
EVEN SO, THE DISTRICT CONTINUES
TO GROW IN A COMPATIBLE WAY,

04:23:30.294 --> 04:23:33.297
PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ADDITION
OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

04:23:33.364 --> 04:23:35.466
THAT BLEND
NATURALLY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

04:23:35.533 --> 04:23:38.869
THE CHALLENGES IN THAT CURRENT
LAW STILL ASSIGN

04:23:39.069 --> 04:23:40.504
HIGH DENSITY HOUSING OBLIGATIONS

04:23:40.571 --> 04:23:41.772
TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IN WAYS

04:23:41.839 --> 04:23:42.206
THAT DO NOT

04:23:42.273 --> 04:23:45.943
REFLECT ITS PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS
OR ITS REGIONAL CULTURAL ROLE.

04:23:46.210 --> 04:23:49.046
AB 2415 PROVIDES
A PRACTICAL FIX.

04:23:49.113 --> 04:23:50.147
IT ALLOWS FOLSOM TO SHIFT

04:23:50.214 --> 04:23:54.285
THOSE OBLIGATIONS TO TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREAS NEAR

04:23:54.351 --> 04:23:57.721
OUR TWO ADDITIONAL LIGHT
RAIL STATIONS, PLACES

04:23:57.788 --> 04:23:59.857
SPECIFICALLY PLANNED
FOR HIGH DENSITY

04:23:59.924 --> 04:24:01.458
AND MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE.

04:24:01.525 --> 04:24:05.262
AB 2415 SHOWS THAT THE STATE
CAN SUPPORT HOUSING PRODUCTION

04:24:05.529 --> 04:24:07.531
WHILE RESPECTING
THE HISTORIC RESOURCES

04:24:07.598 --> 04:24:09.366
COMMUNITIES
ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE.

04:24:09.433 --> 04:24:10.968
WE CAN MEET STATEWIDE
HOUSING GOALS

04:24:11.035 --> 04:24:14.138
WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE PLACES
THAT TELL OUR SHARED STORY.

04:24:14.205 --> 04:24:16.941
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FOLSOM,
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR.

04:24:17.007 --> 04:24:19.310
I VOTE ON AB 2415.

04:24:19.376 --> 04:24:21.312
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD.

04:24:21.378 --> 04:24:21.712
YES, SURE.

04:24:21.779 --> 04:24:24.281
THE ROSA COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

04:24:24.348 --> 04:24:24.915
TO SPEAK.

04:24:24.982 --> 04:24:26.116
MY NAME IS GERRY BRUNO,

04:24:26.183 --> 04:24:27.851
OWNER OF RENAULT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION.

04:24:27.918 --> 04:24:28.686
WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING

04:24:28.752 --> 04:24:30.888
AND BUILDING IN FOLSOM
FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

04:24:30.955 --> 04:24:34.692
IN 1990, OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT
INCLUDED A 400 UNIT MULTIFAMILY

04:24:34.758 --> 04:24:37.027
PROJECT, THE LARGEST IN FOLSOM
AT THE TIME.

04:24:37.094 --> 04:24:38.062
TODAY, WE JUST COMPLETED

04:24:38.128 --> 04:24:40.331
THE GRADING OF A THREE STORY
MIXED USE BUILDING ACROSS

04:24:40.397 --> 04:24:42.266
FROM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT
LIGHT RAIL STATION,

04:24:42.333 --> 04:24:45.736
WITH A DENSITY OF 762
DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

04:24:46.103 --> 04:24:48.105
I'M HERE TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF 2415

04:24:48.172 --> 04:24:50.708
BECAUSE IT GIVES CITIES
LIKE FOLSOM A PRACTICAL WAY

04:24:50.774 --> 04:24:53.143
TO MEET HOUSING OBLIGATIONS
WITHOUT COMPROMISING

04:24:53.210 --> 04:24:55.246
AN IRREPLACEABLE
HISTORIC DISTRICT.

04:24:55.312 --> 04:24:57.915
AS A DEVELOPER,
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR

04:24:57.982 --> 04:24:59.883
WE ARE BUILDING
HOUSING IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT.

04:24:59.950 --> 04:25:02.152
WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY
THAT RESPECTS THE DISTRICT

04:25:02.219 --> 04:25:05.222
SMALL BLOCKS, NARROW STREETS,
LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE,

04:25:05.422 --> 04:25:07.157
AND UNIQUE HISTORICAL CHARACTER.

04:25:07.224 --> 04:25:08.759
THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT CONCERNS.

04:25:08.826 --> 04:25:10.961
THERE ARE REAL
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT DEFINE

04:25:11.028 --> 04:25:13.097
WHAT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
LOOKS LIKE.

04:25:13.163 --> 04:25:14.632
OUR PROJECTS ARE MODEST
AND SCALE

04:25:14.698 --> 04:25:16.700
DESIGNED
TO FIT THE ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC

04:25:16.767 --> 04:25:18.802
OF THE EXISTING STREETSCAPE,
ADDING NEW HOMES,

04:25:18.869 --> 04:25:20.671
ADUS AND MIXED USE PROJECTS

04:25:20.738 --> 04:25:22.740
WITHOUT OVERWHELMING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE

04:25:22.806 --> 04:25:24.975
OR OVERSHADOWING
THE HISTORIC ASSETS.

04:25:25.042 --> 04:25:27.978
THIS IS THE KIND OF CONTEXT
APPROPRIATE DEVELOPER

04:25:28.045 --> 04:25:31.482
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
THAT KEEPS THE DISTRICT VIBRANT.

04:25:31.749 --> 04:25:32.983
IF WE WERE TO BUILD TO DENSITIES

04:25:33.050 --> 04:25:34.418
MANDATED UNDER THE EXISTING LAW,

04:25:34.485 --> 04:25:36.387
THE RESULT WOULD BE OUT
OF SCALE, OUT OF CHARACTER,

04:25:36.453 --> 04:25:38.088
AND OUT OF STEP
WITH WHAT MAKES HISTORIC

04:25:38.155 --> 04:25:40.858
FOLSOM ECONOMICALLY
AND CULTURALLY SUCCESSFUL.

04:25:40.924 --> 04:25:42.826
AB 2415 STRIKES A BALANCE

04:25:42.893 --> 04:25:44.028
THAT ALLOWS THE HIGH DENSITY

04:25:44.094 --> 04:25:46.163
OBLIGATIONS
TO SHIFT TO PARTS OF FOLSOM

04:25:46.230 --> 04:25:48.098
THAT CAN SUPPORT THE HEIGHTS,
INTENSITY

04:25:48.165 --> 04:25:49.667
AND HAS MODERATE INFRASTRUCTURE,

04:25:49.733 --> 04:25:51.669
ESPECIALLY IN THE TRANSFER
ORIENTED FRICTION

04:25:51.735 --> 04:25:54.071
OF THE CITY'S TWO ADDITIONAL
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.

04:25:54.138 --> 04:25:56.607
THESE ARE AREAS WHERE LARGER
PROJECTS MAKE SENSE,

04:25:56.674 --> 04:25:57.908
AND WERE DEVELOPERS LIKE ME

04:25:57.975 --> 04:26:00.110
CAN CONTINUE
TO DELIVER HOUSING PRODUCTION.

04:26:00.177 --> 04:26:01.578
THE STATE IS ASKING FOR.

04:26:01.645 --> 04:26:03.147
THIS BUILD DOESN'T REDUCE
HOUSING.

04:26:03.213 --> 04:26:04.848
IT PUTS HOUSING
WHERE IT BELONGS,

04:26:04.915 --> 04:26:06.283
WHILE ALLOWING
HISTORIC DISTRICTS

04:26:06.350 --> 04:26:08.819
TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING IN WAYS
COMPATIBLE

04:26:08.886 --> 04:26:11.322
WITH THEIR SCALE AND PURPOSE.
I SINCERELY

04:26:11.388 --> 04:26:13.624
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

04:26:13.691 --> 04:26:15.326
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR.

04:26:15.392 --> 04:26:17.995
I VOTE ON AB 2415. THANK YOU.

04:26:21.865 --> 04:26:23.200
WE'LL BE ASKING HERE.

04:26:23.267 --> 04:26:26.003
ANYONE
ELSE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2415?

04:26:26.070 --> 04:26:28.172
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

04:26:28.238 --> 04:26:28.572
THANK YOU.

04:26:28.639 --> 04:26:31.141
MEMBERS KATHY COLE,
A HISTORIC FOLSOM RESIDENT

04:26:31.208 --> 04:26:32.710
AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR

04:26:32.776 --> 04:26:34.912
OF THE HISTORIC
FOLSOM DISTRICT COMMISSION.

04:26:34.978 --> 04:26:37.981
AND I URGE YOUR I VOTE
THANK YOU.

04:26:40.484 --> 04:26:41.485
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

04:26:41.552 --> 04:26:43.754
TONY GONZALEZ,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

04:26:43.821 --> 04:26:45.789
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.

04:26:45.856 --> 04:26:48.492
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
THE STAFF FOR BOTH THE HOUSING

04:26:48.559 --> 04:26:50.994
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES
FOR EXCELLENT ANALYZES.

04:26:51.061 --> 04:26:51.862
THANK YOU.

04:26:51.929 --> 04:26:54.598
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:26:54.665 --> 04:26:57.735
MEMBERS JASON GONZALEZ, ALSO
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF FOLSOM.

04:26:57.801 --> 04:26:59.536
I WOULD ALSO NOTE
THAT THE BILL DOES HAVE

04:26:59.603 --> 04:27:03.140
STATEWIDE APPLICABILITY
IF THE CITIES MEET THE CRITERIA

04:27:03.507 --> 04:27:04.908
AND VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THE CHAIR,

04:27:04.975 --> 04:27:07.644
THE COMMITTEE AND THE AUTHOR.
THANK YOU.

04:27:07.711 --> 04:27:08.545
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:27:10.314 --> 04:27:13.283
YES. OH, MAKE A MOTION,

04:27:14.718 --> 04:27:15.486
SENATOR.

04:27:15.552 --> 04:27:17.921
NO, NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE
OPPOSITION UPDATE.

04:27:17.988 --> 04:27:19.990
CAN I CAN I MAKE A COMMENT?
OH, YES.

04:27:20.057 --> 04:27:22.860
I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.

04:27:22.926 --> 04:27:26.130
AND THIS IS VERY NARROWLY
TAILORED

04:27:27.865 --> 04:27:29.600
WHEN I HEARD THAT OPPOSITION.

04:27:29.666 --> 04:27:30.501
OH, I'M SORRY.

04:27:30.567 --> 04:27:33.337
YOU'RE RIGHT.

04:27:33.404 --> 04:27:35.739
ASSUMPTIVE THAT,
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION.

04:27:35.806 --> 04:27:39.443
IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
TO AB 2415

04:27:40.344 --> 04:27:43.313
SEEING NONE NOW,

04:27:43.747 --> 04:27:45.649
SO EAGER TO TALK ABOUT THIS
BILL.

04:27:45.716 --> 04:27:46.417
NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO

04:27:46.483 --> 04:27:47.985
THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOOVER,
BRINGING THIS FOR

04:27:48.051 --> 04:27:48.886
THIS IS A VERY NARROWLY

04:27:48.952 --> 04:27:51.889
TAILORED BILL TO ADDRESS
THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF FOLSOM.

04:27:51.955 --> 04:27:54.958
BUT THERE MIGHT BE APPLICABILITY
TO OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.

04:27:55.159 --> 04:27:55.893
AND,

04:27:55.959 --> 04:27:56.126
YOU KNOW,

04:27:56.193 --> 04:27:57.961
SB 79 WAS A GROUNDBREAKING LAW,

04:27:58.028 --> 04:27:59.296
BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE WERE THINGS

04:27:59.363 --> 04:28:00.697
THAT WE WERE GOING TO
HAVE TO FIX.

04:28:00.764 --> 04:28:01.732
I THINK THIS IS ONE AREA

04:28:01.799 --> 04:28:06.403
WHERE WE'RE WE'RE MAKING,
I THINK, A VERY, NARROW CHANGE,

04:28:06.804 --> 04:28:10.240
TO IMPLEMENT THE SPIRIT
AND THE INTENT OF THE LAW.

04:28:10.307 --> 04:28:12.142
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR WORKING WITH SENATOR WIENER

04:28:12.209 --> 04:28:13.877
ON THIS AS WELL
IN THE SENATE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

04:28:13.944 --> 04:28:16.613
AND I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY.

04:28:16.680 --> 04:28:17.381
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:28:17.448 --> 04:28:19.550
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION

04:28:21.218 --> 04:28:24.254
YOU MOVE, SENATOR
CHOY, MOVE TO MOVE THE BILL.

04:28:24.321 --> 04:28:27.357
SENATOR CHOY YES. OKAY.
THANK YOU.

04:28:27.958 --> 04:28:28.492
ALL RIGHT.

04:28:28.559 --> 04:28:30.594
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU.

04:28:30.661 --> 04:28:32.963
SB 79 IS THE LAW.

04:28:33.030 --> 04:28:34.097
IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND.

04:28:34.164 --> 04:28:35.666
AND SO WE HAVE TO RESPECT IT,

04:28:35.732 --> 04:28:38.535
BUT WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY
THAT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL

04:28:38.602 --> 04:28:41.772
ABOUT HOW IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED
IF IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

04:28:42.105 --> 04:28:44.107
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRAP UP?

04:28:44.174 --> 04:28:46.677
ABSOLUTELY.
APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS.

04:28:46.743 --> 04:28:47.911
AND THE SUPPORT.

04:28:47.978 --> 04:28:50.881
I THINK IT IS NOTABLE
THERE IS NO OPPOSITION

04:28:50.948 --> 04:28:51.348
TO THIS BILL.

04:28:51.415 --> 04:28:53.584
I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED

04:28:53.650 --> 04:28:56.653
WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS
TO MAKE SURE THAT, WE'RE NOT,

04:28:56.920 --> 04:28:58.422
YOU KNOW, EXEMPTING
ANYBODY WITH THIS.

04:28:58.489 --> 04:29:00.491
WE'RE SIMPLY
ALLOWING, COMMON SENSE SHIFTS

04:29:00.557 --> 04:29:02.926
TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN A COMMUNITY
THAT'S VERY PRO HOUSING.

04:29:02.993 --> 04:29:05.095
AND, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT

04:29:05.162 --> 04:29:07.698
AND WHAT I ASKED FOR,
AND I THANK YOU. OKAY.

04:29:07.764 --> 04:29:09.032
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:29:09.099 --> 04:29:10.968
THE MOTION IS DO
PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

04:29:11.034 --> 04:29:15.572
SENATORS TO RUSSELL I RUSSELL
I CHOI I CHOI I I AGAIN

04:29:16.073 --> 04:29:20.677
I THINK I ASHBY CERVANTES
SURROUNDS US I LAIRD SATO

04:29:20.911 --> 04:29:25.549
I SEE TO I50
THE BILL IS ON CALL.

04:29:25.616 --> 04:29:27.017
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:29:27.084 --> 04:29:31.788
AND FINALLY WORK FINALLY.

04:29:31.855 --> 04:29:34.892
WE'RE HAVING A 4TH
OF JULY PARADE TONIGHT.

04:29:34.958 --> 04:29:36.293
SO THE GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU.

04:29:38.362 --> 04:29:41.365
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HERMITIAN.

04:29:42.299 --> 04:29:44.301
FOR YOU'VE BEEN SO PATIENT.

04:29:44.368 --> 04:29:45.936
I'VE ENJOYED IT.

04:29:46.003 --> 04:29:49.006
AND YOU SAY YOU FALLING ASLEEP?

04:29:49.673 --> 04:29:50.874
OKAY. YOU MAY PROCEED.

04:29:50.941 --> 04:29:51.808
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:29:51.875 --> 04:29:56.880
THE BILL IS, A SIMPLE AB 79
CLEAN UP BILL AS WELL.

04:29:58.048 --> 04:30:00.017
SB 79 WAS,

04:30:00.083 --> 04:30:03.320
A GROUNDBREAKING BILL
AS WE HEARD IT, IN TERMS

04:30:03.387 --> 04:30:04.955
OF PROTECTING
HISTORIC RESOURCES,

04:30:05.022 --> 04:30:06.323
DID NOT MAKE CLEAR

04:30:06.390 --> 04:30:09.226
THAT HISTORIC RESOURCES
ON A STATE OR NATIONAL REGISTRY

04:30:09.293 --> 04:30:10.427
WERE PROTECTED.

04:30:10.494 --> 04:30:13.463
THIS BILL CLARIFIES
THAT THE NOT ONLY LOCAL

04:30:13.697 --> 04:30:16.266
HISTORIC RESOURCES,
BUT HISTORIC DISTRICTS,

04:30:16.333 --> 04:30:17.501
ANYTHING INCLUDED ON A STATE

04:30:17.568 --> 04:30:21.471
OR NATIONAL REGISTER
WOULD BE, PROTECTED AS WELL.

04:30:21.538 --> 04:30:26.243
SO WE WE VIEW THIS AS A,
A VERY NARROW CLARIFICATION

04:30:26.310 --> 04:30:29.379
BILL HERE WITH ME IS CARRIE
ROSS FROM THE CITY OF PASADENA.

04:30:30.013 --> 04:30:31.915
AND HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

04:30:33.617 --> 04:30:34.051
GO AHEAD.

04:30:34.117 --> 04:30:35.953
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES,
PLEASE. YES.

04:30:36.019 --> 04:30:37.287
GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

04:30:37.354 --> 04:30:39.923
KAREN ROSS, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,

04:30:39.990 --> 04:30:42.459
PASADENA IS DEFINED
BY OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES

04:30:42.526 --> 04:30:44.895
AND OUR DECADES LONG COMMITMENT
TO PRESERVATION,

04:30:44.962 --> 04:30:46.129
INCLUDING OLD PASADENA,

04:30:46.196 --> 04:30:48.498
THE CIVIC CENTER,
AND THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE.

04:30:48.565 --> 04:30:51.535
AS WAS NOTED IN OUR SB 79,
CITIES CAN DELAY

04:30:51.602 --> 04:30:54.605
THE LAW'S IMPACT
UNTIL THE SEVENTH CYCLE OF RENA

04:30:54.671 --> 04:30:55.339
FOR RESOURCES

04:30:55.405 --> 04:30:58.609
PLACED ON A LOCAL REGISTER
BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

04:30:59.009 --> 04:31:01.144
THAT PROTECTION DOES NOT EXTEND
TO RESOURCES

04:31:01.211 --> 04:31:01.945
THAT ARE ON THE STATE

04:31:02.012 --> 04:31:05.015
OR NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.

04:31:05.282 --> 04:31:07.284
THIS BILL FIXES
THAT GAP THAT COVERS

04:31:07.351 --> 04:31:10.354
RESOURCES ON ANY LOCAL, STATE,
OR NATIONAL REGISTER

04:31:10.554 --> 04:31:12.789
AND EXPRESSLY INCLUDES
HISTORIC DISTRICTS

04:31:12.856 --> 04:31:14.658
AND PASADENA
TAKES HOUSING VARIOUS

04:31:14.725 --> 04:31:16.460
THE HOUSING CRISIS
VERY SERIOUSLY.

04:31:16.526 --> 04:31:18.695
WE'VE WORKED TO ADD HOUSING
OR TRANSIT

04:31:18.762 --> 04:31:20.464
WHILE
PROTECTING OUR HISTORIC FABRIC,

04:31:20.530 --> 04:31:23.266
INCLUDING THROUGH PROCESSES
LIKE ADAPTIVE REUSE.

04:31:23.333 --> 04:31:26.036
WE HAVE THE FORMER STEWART
PHARMACEUTICAL BUILDING

04:31:26.103 --> 04:31:28.138
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM A TRANSIT ORIENTED

04:31:28.205 --> 04:31:30.340
DEVELOPMENT STOP,
AND IT'S NOW SURROUNDED

04:31:30.407 --> 04:31:32.876
BY SUCCESSFUL
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

04:31:32.943 --> 04:31:34.878
THIS BILL LETS US
KEEP DOING BOTH

04:31:34.945 --> 04:31:36.913
BUILDING HOUSING AND HONORING
PRESERVATION.

04:31:36.980 --> 04:31:38.915
WE ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU.

04:31:38.982 --> 04:31:40.050
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:31:40.117 --> 04:31:44.321
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE
IN SUPPORT OF AB 2576?

04:31:44.921 --> 04:31:45.822
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

04:31:47.057 --> 04:31:47.758
MADAM CHAIR.

04:31:47.824 --> 04:31:49.493
MEMBERS TAKING SOLACE

04:31:49.559 --> 04:31:52.329
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.

04:31:52.396 --> 04:31:52.729
THANK YOU.

04:31:52.796 --> 04:31:54.865
SO MEMBER HERE
BEATING FOR AN INTERESTING BILL

04:31:54.931 --> 04:31:56.867
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU.

04:31:56.933 --> 04:31:58.502
THANK YOU.

04:31:58.568 --> 04:31:59.102
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:31:59.169 --> 04:32:00.437
CLAIRE SULLIVAN,
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES

04:32:00.504 --> 04:32:02.639
OF GLENDALE
AND SAN MATEO IN STRONG SUPPORT.

04:32:02.706 --> 04:32:03.607
THANK YOU.

04:32:03.674 --> 04:32:04.608
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:32:04.675 --> 04:32:06.843
ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT?

04:32:06.910 --> 04:32:10.213
IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
TO SB 2576

04:32:10.614 --> 04:32:13.617
MOVED?

04:32:24.594 --> 04:32:26.363
THE AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS
KAREN STOUT HERE

04:32:26.430 --> 04:32:28.699
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
AND BE IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION.

04:32:28.765 --> 04:32:30.667
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE TO.

04:32:30.734 --> 04:32:31.735
GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

04:32:31.802 --> 04:32:33.837
JORDAN GRIMES,
ON BEHALF OF GREENBELT ALLIANCE.

04:32:33.904 --> 04:32:36.373
WE WERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CO-SPONSOR OF SB 79.

04:32:36.440 --> 04:32:39.443
IN OPPOSITION.

04:32:39.676 --> 04:32:40.711
YES, SENATOR.

04:32:40.777 --> 04:32:42.546
ITEM MOVES THE BILL.

04:32:42.612 --> 04:32:43.747
COMMENTS. QUESTIONS.

04:32:43.814 --> 04:32:44.981
SENATOR. OREGON.

04:32:45.048 --> 04:32:47.984
I WANT TO JUST MAKE
SIMILAR COMMENTS TO THE PEOPLE

04:32:48.051 --> 04:32:49.219
I MADE FOR THE PREVIOUS BILL.

04:32:49.286 --> 04:32:51.488
THIS IS A VERY NARROWLY
TAILORED BILL.

04:32:51.555 --> 04:32:55.192
THAT DOESN'T UNDERMINE
THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF SB 79.

04:32:55.492 --> 04:32:56.326
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING

04:32:56.393 --> 04:32:58.361
WITH SENATOR WIENER ON THE BILL.

04:32:58.428 --> 04:33:00.230
CERTAINLY
RESPECT THE OPPOSITION.

04:33:00.297 --> 04:33:01.965
BUT FRANKLY,
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

04:33:02.032 --> 04:33:04.234
THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE KNEW
WE HAD TO CLARIFY.

04:33:04.301 --> 04:33:07.404
AND IN CASE IN POINT,
THE ADMINISTRATION ISSUED

04:33:08.438 --> 04:33:09.639
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TO

04:33:09.706 --> 04:33:13.143
CLARIFY SOME ASPECTS OF SB 79
THAT WERE VERY UNCLEAR.

04:33:13.210 --> 04:33:15.312
THE ORIGINAL STATUTE,

04:33:15.378 --> 04:33:18.482
AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY
NARROWLY TAILORED AMENDMENT

04:33:18.548 --> 04:33:20.751
THAT HONORS THE SPIRIT
AND THE INTENT OF THE LAW.

04:33:20.817 --> 04:33:23.120
AND, I'LL BE SUPPORTING
THE BILL TODAY.

04:33:23.186 --> 04:33:24.821
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:33:24.888 --> 04:33:27.257
SEE, NO OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS.

04:33:27.324 --> 04:33:30.327
TAKE THE VOTES.

04:33:31.561 --> 04:33:32.562
OH. I'M SORRY.

04:33:32.629 --> 04:33:33.697
CLOSING REMARKS.

04:33:33.764 --> 04:33:34.397
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

04:33:34.464 --> 04:33:35.499
THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE BILL.

04:33:35.565 --> 04:33:37.768
THANK YOU, TO THE CHAIR
OF HOUSING FOR ALL HIS WORK

04:33:37.834 --> 04:33:39.369
AND RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR,
AND I VOTE.

04:33:39.436 --> 04:33:41.605
THANK YOU.

04:33:41.671 --> 04:33:43.340
THE MOTION IS DO
PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

04:33:43.406 --> 04:33:44.241
SENATOR RUSSELL.

04:33:44.307 --> 04:33:44.808
HI THERE.

04:33:44.875 --> 04:33:49.279
ALSO I CHOI CHOI
I ORIGIN OF AGAIN I ASHBY.

04:33:49.613 --> 04:33:50.714
CERVANTES.

04:33:50.781 --> 04:33:53.683
CERVANTES. I'M BLAIR SATO.

04:33:53.750 --> 04:33:55.952
SATO I50.

04:33:56.019 --> 04:33:57.854
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THE BILLS ON CALL.

04:33:59.556 --> 04:34:00.257
WE HAVE

04:34:00.323 --> 04:34:04.661
THREE MORE
BILLS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.

04:34:04.728 --> 04:34:07.731
THE AUTHORS.

04:34:08.365 --> 04:34:09.466
TO GO ON.

04:34:09.533 --> 04:34:12.536
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
OR GO ON PAUSE.

04:34:12.769 --> 04:34:15.772
ANY WORD? NO.

04:34:22.746 --> 04:34:24.181
WE'RE GOING TO LIFT
THE CALL ON BILLS

04:34:24.247 --> 04:34:27.250
THAT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON.

04:34:30.453 --> 04:34:33.623
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE, AB 306.

04:34:33.857 --> 04:34:35.358
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

04:34:35.425 --> 04:34:36.660
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

04:34:36.726 --> 04:34:38.628
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR ZERO,
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING

04:34:38.695 --> 04:34:41.832
I SENATORS, I BEGIN
I MEAN, I ASHBY.

04:34:45.802 --> 04:34:49.105
LAIRD 350.

04:34:51.908 --> 04:34:54.744
OKAY, SO WHAT WAS THE VOTE?

04:34:54.811 --> 04:34:55.345
FIVE ZERO.

04:34:55.412 --> 04:34:58.415
UNCLE.

04:35:00.250 --> 04:35:02.118
GOOD AFTERNOON,

04:35:02.185 --> 04:35:03.520
ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

04:35:03.587 --> 04:35:05.088
WELCOME.

04:35:05.155 --> 04:35:08.024
WE ARE MOVING ON
WITH YOUR BILL.

04:35:08.091 --> 04:35:10.260
AB 2635. WELCOME.

04:35:10.327 --> 04:35:13.330
AND YOU MAY GET STARTED.

04:35:14.397 --> 04:35:15.298
YEAH.

04:35:15.365 --> 04:35:17.534
CAN I JUST LET THEM KNOW
THAT? YES.

04:35:17.601 --> 04:35:20.604
SHE'S GOING GONNA LET THEM KNOW
WE'RE UP REALLY FAST.

04:35:22.072 --> 04:35:22.706
OKAY. I'LL START.

04:35:22.772 --> 04:35:23.039
OKAY.

04:35:27.043 --> 04:35:28.245
WE COUNT OURSELVES LUCKY TO

04:35:28.311 --> 04:35:31.314
GET SLIPPED IN RIGHT NOW, SO.

04:35:33.450 --> 04:35:33.850
I'LL JUST.

04:35:33.917 --> 04:35:34.918
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.

04:35:34.985 --> 04:35:39.089
I WANT TO, FIRST ACCEPT
THE COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS,

04:35:39.422 --> 04:35:42.592
AND THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
THEIR ANALYSIS AND WORK ON THIS.

04:35:42.926 --> 04:35:44.194
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO NEARLY

04:35:44.261 --> 04:35:47.297
ONE THIRD OF THE NATION'S
LANDSCAPING WORKFORCE.

04:35:48.365 --> 04:35:54.738
OH. CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO NEARLY

04:35:54.804 --> 04:35:57.540
ONE THIRD OF THE NATION'S
LANDSCAPING WORKFORCE.

04:35:57.607 --> 04:36:01.244
AB 2635 THE JUST TRANSITION
FOR LANDSCAPERS

04:36:01.311 --> 04:36:04.047
ACT IS ABOUT ENSURING
THAT CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN

04:36:04.114 --> 04:36:07.117
AIR POLICIES MOVE FORWARD
IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH EFFECTIVE

04:36:07.183 --> 04:36:10.420
AND EQUITABLE FOR OUR LAWN
AND GARDENING WORKFORCE.

04:36:11.187 --> 04:36:12.722
THE JUST TRANSITION
FOR LANDSCAPERS

04:36:12.789 --> 04:36:14.491
ACT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

04:36:14.557 --> 04:36:15.125
IT REQUIRES

04:36:15.191 --> 04:36:17.093
AIR DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT
VOUCHER PROGRAMS

04:36:17.160 --> 04:36:19.429
THAT HELP COVER THE COST
OF ELECTRIC LAWN EQUIPMENT,

04:36:19.496 --> 04:36:21.164
SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,

04:36:21.231 --> 04:36:24.100
ESTABLISHES PRIVACY PROTECTIONS
FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS,

04:36:24.167 --> 04:36:26.002
AND SETS A REASONABLE
ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE

04:36:26.069 --> 04:36:28.271
THAT DOES NOT PUT LOW
WAGE WORKERS IN A DEEPER

04:36:28.338 --> 04:36:29.839
FINANCIAL HOLE.

04:36:29.906 --> 04:36:33.610
MORE THAN 100,000 LANDSCAPERS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA MAINTAIN

04:36:33.677 --> 04:36:36.947
AND BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
SCHOOLS, PARKS AND BUSINESSES.

04:36:37.447 --> 04:36:39.916
CALIFORNIA BANNED
THE SALE OF NEW GAS

04:36:39.983 --> 04:36:41.584
POWERED SMALL OFF-ROAD ENGINES,

04:36:41.651 --> 04:36:44.888
INCLUDING THOSE USED
IN LAWN EQUIPMENT, IN 2024.

04:36:45.956 --> 04:36:48.291
ALTHOUGH THE USE OF
GAS LAWN EQUIPMENT IS NOT BANNED

04:36:48.358 --> 04:36:49.092
IN CALIFORNIA,

04:36:49.159 --> 04:36:52.262
OVER 60 MUNICIPALITIES
IN CALIFORNIA RESTRICT OR BAN

04:36:52.329 --> 04:36:55.632
GAS LAWN MOWERS OR LEAF BLOWERS
IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.

04:36:56.266 --> 04:36:59.970
AB 2635 ESTABLISHES
A FAIR AND PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK

04:37:00.036 --> 04:37:03.139
TO HELP LANDSCAPERS COMPLY
WITH THESE CHANGING REQUIREMENTS

04:37:03.840 --> 04:37:06.843
BY REQUIRING LAWN EQUIPMENT
VOUCHER PROGRAM

04:37:07.444 --> 04:37:09.312
A LAWN EQUIPMENT
VOUCHER PROGRAM.

04:37:09.379 --> 04:37:12.182
THE BILL REMOVES UPFRONT COST
BARRIERS FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS

04:37:12.248 --> 04:37:13.616
WHO OPERATE ON THIN MARGINS

04:37:13.683 --> 04:37:16.753
AND HELP ACCELERATE
THE TRANSITION ON THE GROUND.

04:37:16.820 --> 04:37:18.455
THE BILL REMOVES
PROGRAM BARRIERS,

04:37:18.521 --> 04:37:20.323
INCLUDING ACCEPTING
ALTERNATIVE FORMS

04:37:20.390 --> 04:37:22.726
OF DOCUMENTATION
IN PLACE OF A BUSINESS LICENSE

04:37:22.792 --> 04:37:24.260
OR INFORMAL WORKERS

04:37:24.327 --> 04:37:27.497
AND DELIVERERS TO ACCESS
ZERO EMISSION LAWN EQUIPMENT.

04:37:27.897 --> 04:37:29.499
IT ALSO TAKES
A BALANCED APPROACH

04:37:29.566 --> 04:37:31.267
BY ADOPTING AN ENFORCEMENT
FRAMEWORK

04:37:31.334 --> 04:37:33.303
THAT NEITHER CRIMINALIZES
THE USE OF GAS POWERED

04:37:33.370 --> 04:37:36.373
LAWN EQUIPMENT,
NOR IMPOSES UNREASONABLE FINES.

04:37:36.773 --> 04:37:39.042
I HAVE WITH ME WITH ME TODAY,

04:37:39.109 --> 04:37:42.779
JOSH DAVID, A LANDSCAPER
FROM ALTADENA, AND DANIELA

04:37:42.846 --> 04:37:44.347
WITH THE CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRANT POLICY

04:37:44.414 --> 04:37:46.082
CENTER TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.

04:37:49.953 --> 04:37:51.755
WHEN A SERVICE.

04:37:51.821 --> 04:37:52.722
BIENVENIDO.

04:37:52.789 --> 04:37:55.725
I JUST,

04:37:55.792 --> 04:37:59.062
WHEN, WHEN I START THIS,
I MEAN, THIS WAS A LADY.

04:37:59.129 --> 04:38:01.931
ALONSO.
YO, VENGO DE LA CIUDAD DE.

04:38:01.998 --> 04:38:05.502
WHAT THE MALA IS IS E TRABAJO
COMO HA DINERO

04:38:06.202 --> 04:38:08.238
VEO IN LA CIUDAD DE ALTADENA.

04:38:08.304 --> 04:38:11.775
PERO LOS IN SAN
JOSE SAID THE ITEM AFFECTED

04:38:12.475 --> 04:38:16.546
WHO IS INGRESOS
JACKIE LAS CASAS ON THE TRABAJAR

04:38:16.746 --> 04:38:19.816
FUERON CONSUMIDORES POR LA JAMAS

04:38:19.883 --> 04:38:22.752
COMO RESULTADO ME
TRABAJO FOR SHADOW

04:38:22.819 --> 04:38:24.587
SIDO SALUDOS DE AS PER SE.

04:38:24.654 --> 04:38:27.690
MAN AHORA TENGO CONSEGUIR

04:38:27.757 --> 04:38:31.461
NO I WAS CLIENTES PARA MEJORAR
MAS INGRESOS A CAREER.

04:38:31.528 --> 04:38:33.563
LOS GATOS

04:38:33.630 --> 04:38:36.299
PARA LA CIUDAD
ESTA PIDIENDO OKAY

04:38:36.366 --> 04:38:40.270
CAMBIA MOST NUESTRO
EQUIPO DE TRABAJO I TALENT.

04:38:40.537 --> 04:38:45.108
ESTAMOS HACIENDO MAQUINA
DE GASOLINA E NO SAYS BREXIT

04:38:45.175 --> 04:38:50.713
HINDER COMPROMISE MARQUINHOS
ELECTRIC ESSO IMPLICATE LAGOS.

04:38:51.181 --> 04:38:53.450
YAKI RAMIREZ AND DIELECTRIC

04:38:54.751 --> 04:38:57.754
DNA UN ALTO COSTA ECONOMICO.

04:38:58.988 --> 04:39:03.226
WHAT I WHAT I CALL THE CONOCER
EL CENTRO DE TRABAJO.

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THE IN THE MESS LOYA ACERCA

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DE ELLOS PARA VER SI ME PUEDEN

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AYUDAR CONSEGUIR TRABAJOS
PARA MEJORAR MRS.

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MAR DE VIDA.

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I OWN CAMERA GUSTO

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ME TRABAJO COMO HA DINERO PORQUE
ES CLIENTES HISPANOS ALIASES

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COMO SERVICIO
A SWIMMING POOLS A SEGUIR

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ADELANTE TRABAJO

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OKAY IGUANA VACATION

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UN VECINO MAINSAIL
TODO POR EL MOTIVO.

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AS FAR USANDO UNA DE GASOLINA,

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DIJO CAMA ERA A REPORTAGE
CON LA CIUDAD JUAREZ.

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SE MOTIVO ESTOY
AQUI REPRESENTANTE IS COLEGAS

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CARDINALS JACKIE.

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ELLOS TAMBIéN ES VAN PASANDO POR
EL MISMO PROBLEMA

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COMO SUDAN NO COMPRENDO
CARA VAMOS QUEDAR EL

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AMBIENTE E TAMBIéN MUESTRA SALAS
PEDRO NECESITAMOS THE SUPPORT.

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GRACIAS.

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HELLO MY NAME IS SAM AND I'M
WITH THE NATIONAL LABOR

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ORGANIZING NETWORK
AND I'LL BE TRANSLATING.

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HELLO. MY NAME IS DAVID ALONSO.

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I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY

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FOR MY TAMALA
AS AND WORK AS A LANDSCAPER.

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I LIVE IN ALTADENA,

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BUT THE FIRES THAT OCCURRED
AFFECTED MY WORK AND MY INCOME

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BECAUSE THE HOUSES

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WHERE I WORKED
WERE DESTROYED BY THE FLAMES.

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AS A RESULT, MY WORK HAS BEEN
REDUCED TO JUST TWO DAYS A WEEK.

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NOW I HAVE TO FIND NEW CLIENTS
TO INCREASE MY INCOME AND COVER

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MY EXPENSES.

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BUT THE CITY IS ASKING US
TO SWITCH OUR EQUIPMENT.

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CURRENTLY, WE'RE USING GAS
POWERED MACHINES.

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AND THEY'RE.

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WE CRYING OR CRYING US TO BUY
ELECTRIC ONES,

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WHICH MEANS DOUBLE THE EXPENSE.

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SINCE ELECTRIC
TOOLS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE,

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I'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE
PASADENA COMMUNITY JOB CENTER.

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I'M REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SEE

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IF THEY CAN HELP ME FIND JOBS
TO IMPROVE MY QUALITY OF LIFE.

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ALTHOUGH I ENJOY WORKING
AS A LANDSCAPER

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BECAUSE MY CLIENTS ARE HAPPY
WITH MY SERVICE

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AND THAT MOTIVATES ME
TO KEEP DOING MY JOB.

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HOWEVER, ON ONE OCCASION,
A NEIGHBOR INSULTED ME

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FOR USING A GAS POWERED
LEAF BLOWER

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AND SAID HE WAS GOING
TO REPORT ME TO THE CITY.

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THAT IS WHY I'M HERE
REPRESENTING MY

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FELLOW LANDSCAPERS, AS THEY ARE
ALSO FACING THE SAME PROBLEM.

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AS A CITIZEN, I UNDERSTAND THAT
WE MUST PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

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AND OUR HEALTH.

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BUT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR DURISO
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

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MY NAME IS DANIELA,
AND I AM A POLICY ANALYST

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AT THE CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER.

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WE ARE A STATEWIDE IMMIGRANT
RIGHTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION

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AND PROUD CO-SPONSORS
OF AB 2635.

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IN THE PAST YEAR,
CALIFORNIA HAS TAKEN KEY STEPS

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TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION
BY TRANSIT,

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TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM GAS
POWERED LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT.

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IN 2021, AB 1346 PASSED,
BEGINNING THAT PHASE OUT OUTSIDE

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EQUIPMENT, HIGHLIGHTING
CALIFORNIA'S COMMITMENT

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TO IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
ACROSS THE STATE.

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HOWEVER,

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ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'VE NOTICED

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IS THAT IN ORDER
FOR THAT TRANSITION TO SUCCEED,

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IT MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE VOICES
OF THOSE

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MOST IMPACTED, LIKE LANDSCAPERS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

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THE REALITY IS THAT THOUSANDS
OF THE WORKERS WHO MAINTAIN

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OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS,
SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES

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ARE IMMIGRANTS, SMALL

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INDEPENDENT LANDSCAPERS,
OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

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THEY DO PHYSICALLY
DEMANDING WORK

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THAT KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY
HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL.

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YET MANY FACE BARRIERS

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THAT MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO ACCESS THE EXACT

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THE EXISTING VOUCHER PROGRAMS
THAT ARE SUPPOSED

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TO SUPPORT THEIR TRANSITION
TO ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT.

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THIS INCLUDES LANGUAGE BARRIERS,
BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS,

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UPFRONT COSTS AND,

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FOR SOME, FEAR OF INTERACTING
WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

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THAT HAVE LEFT MANY WORKERS
BEHIND

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WITHOUT MEANINGFUL SUPPORT
FOR THE TRANSITION.

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LOCAL BANS ON GAS POWERED
EQUIPMENT COULD ALSO COULD ALSO

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AND DO PUSH HARD

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WORKING FAMILIES INTO DEBT
THROUGH FINES AND PENALTIES,

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EVEN WHEN THEY DO WANT TO COMPLY
BUT SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD

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NEW EQUIPMENT.

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OUR WORKERS HAVE SHARED

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THAT MANY OF THEM WHO ARE HERE
TODAY HAVE SHARED THAT

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TRANSITIONING THEIR EQUIPMENT

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TO ELECTRIC COULD COST ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 3000 TO $5000.

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THIS AMOUNT INCREASES
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

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THIS BILL OFFERS
AN ALTERNATIVE MORE JUST PATH.

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MORE JUST PATH.

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WE'VE RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT

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IN TWO OF OUR COMMITTEES
WITH THE MOST RECENT SEVEN ZERO

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VOTE IN CHINA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

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IT EXPANDS ACCESS TO VOUCHER
PROGRAMS, ACCEPTS ALTERNATIVE

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DOCUMENTATION, PROTECTS
APPLICANTS PRIVACY, AND ENSURES

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THAT AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICTS HAVE VOUCHER PROGRAMS

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AVAILABLE TO WORKERS
CONTINGENT ON STATE FUNDING.

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WITH THIS BILL, CALIFORNIA
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW

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THAT CLIMATE POLICY AND ECONOMIC
JUSTICE GO HAND IN HAND.

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LET'S PROVIDE THE TOOLS

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TO MAKE THIS
TRANSITIONAL EQUITABLE

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FOR WORKERS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

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WE SHOULD NEVER FORCE
WORKERS, LANDSCAPERS

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AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILY

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AND COMPLYING
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.

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I RESPECTFULLY URGE FOR,
AND I VOTE.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, WHO IS
HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2635?

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PLEASE COME FORWARD.

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HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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LUCAS, FROM THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR OF POLICY

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AT INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY

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AND A PROUD CO-SPONSOR
OF THE BILL IN SUPPORT.

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I'M ALSO HERE TO PROVIDE A ME2
FOR, KELSEY CCI,

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WHICH IS A COALITION
OF OVER 40, CDPHE

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IN SUPPORT AS WELL.

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AFTERNOON.

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MY NAME IS CAL SOTO,

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WORKERS RIGHTS DIRECTOR
AT THE NATIONAL DAY LABORER

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ORGANIZING NETWORK, AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.

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THANK YOU.

04:44:55.278 --> 04:44:56.846
THANK YOU. HI.

04:44:56.913 --> 04:44:58.915
MY NAME IS GIOVANNI
ROSELLE. I'M HERE WITH DELANO.

04:44:58.981 --> 04:45:02.218
AND AS A MEMBER OF GRUPO ALTO
DEFENSA RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK.

04:45:02.285 --> 04:45:03.286
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.

04:45:03.352 --> 04:45:06.022
THANK YOU.

04:45:06.088 --> 04:45:06.322
HELLO.

04:45:06.389 --> 04:45:07.757
MY NAME IS KAZU RIVERA.

04:45:07.824 --> 04:45:08.858
I'M COMING FROM PASADENA,

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THE EPICENTER, AND I'M HERE
TO SUPPORT THE BILL.

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THAT'S. YES.

04:45:13.396 --> 04:45:14.096
HELLO, EVERYONE.

04:45:14.163 --> 04:45:14.897
MY NAME IS NANCY.

04:45:14.964 --> 04:45:16.332
I'M AN ORGANIZER
WITH THE NATIONAL DAY

04:45:16.399 --> 04:45:17.567
LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK.

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AND THE.
I SET UP SOUTH EAST L.A.

04:45:19.035 --> 04:45:21.370
NETWORK, AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.

04:45:21.437 --> 04:45:22.905
THANK YOU.

04:45:22.972 --> 04:45:25.041
WILL NOT START THIS MINIMALIST
REZA SANCHEZ.

04:45:25.107 --> 04:45:26.008
BINGO.

04:45:26.075 --> 04:45:27.143
BUT YOU ARE AN ALLY.

04:45:27.210 --> 04:45:30.546
BANK DISTRICT I CINCO DE
PASADENA, NEON CENTER.

04:45:30.813 --> 04:45:33.649
GRACIAS.

04:45:33.716 --> 04:45:35.418
HI. MY NAME IS MARIA RIVERA.

04:45:35.485 --> 04:45:36.686
I COME FROM ALTADENA.

04:45:36.752 --> 04:45:39.755
I COME SUPPORT THE BILL.

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LAST YEAR,

04:45:42.792 --> 04:45:46.429
WHEN THE CITY LAWYERS VENGO
REPRESENT UNDER COMMITTED

04:45:46.496 --> 04:45:50.266
ALTADENA CALIFORNIAN
WELL A LA PROPUESTA.

04:45:50.333 --> 04:45:52.268
WHEN YOU SAY AND I THINK OF.

04:45:52.335 --> 04:45:54.604
GRACIAS, GRACIAS.

04:45:54.670 --> 04:45:56.806
WHEN I START THIS,
I MEAN NOBODY ROGER CRUZ

04:45:56.873 --> 04:46:00.776
WHEN HE MOVES THE REPRESENT
AND ALL THE THE

04:46:02.078 --> 04:46:05.715
THE JUDGE CENTER THE PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA ANIMALS.

04:46:06.148 --> 04:46:06.582
PAULA.

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I MEAN THEY DECIDE TRYING
TO SING ALOHA DINERO.

04:46:11.254 --> 04:46:12.922
GRACIAS. MACIAS.

04:46:14.257 --> 04:46:14.590
WHEN I

04:46:14.657 --> 04:46:17.727
START THIS ME IS BLANCA VENGO
REPRESENT.

04:46:17.793 --> 04:46:18.961
DANIEL. COMMITTEE.

04:46:19.028 --> 04:46:21.998
CUATRO DE ALTADENA. FIGUEROA.

04:46:22.064 --> 04:46:26.536
EVEN THOUGH I SEE A LADY BANK
DISASTER.

04:46:26.602 --> 04:46:29.605
ENTICING. GRACIAS, GRACIAS.

04:46:30.072 --> 04:46:33.209
WHEN I START,
THERE MAY NOT BE MATTER.

04:46:33.809 --> 04:46:35.778
MANGO COURT EL GRUPO.

04:46:35.845 --> 04:46:38.814
THEY BEHAVE IN.

04:46:40.850 --> 04:46:42.852
WHEN I START THIS,
MY NUMBER IS BLANCA PEREZ.

04:46:42.919 --> 04:46:45.354
SO LELE DEL COMITé CUATRO.

04:46:45.421 --> 04:46:47.557
SO MOST OF RUBY IN THIS DEL
INCENDIO

04:46:47.623 --> 04:46:49.125
THAT YOU DON'T IN ALTADENA.

04:46:49.191 --> 04:46:53.229
ESTAMOS HACIENDO SUPPORT
AND WITH TRAS CARDINALS

04:46:53.296 --> 04:46:56.265
DE LA CIUDAD DE LA ABBY

04:46:56.332 --> 04:46:59.035
VENTI SAY DRINK DE CINCO.

04:46:59.101 --> 04:47:02.104
GRACIAS. YES.

04:47:02.805 --> 04:47:03.372
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:47:03.439 --> 04:47:04.640
MY NAME IS HERMAN BARAHONA

04:47:04.707 --> 04:47:07.710
WITH THE SACRAMENTO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COALITION.

04:47:07.910 --> 04:47:08.277
WE'RE HERE

04:47:08.344 --> 04:47:10.146
IN YOLO, SACRAMENTO
AND PLACER COUNTY,

04:47:10.212 --> 04:47:12.615
AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE BILL.

04:47:12.682 --> 04:47:14.584
THANK YOU.

04:47:14.650 --> 04:47:15.251
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:47:15.318 --> 04:47:16.218
MY NAME IS FINN WEST.

04:47:16.285 --> 04:47:19.322
I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND I'M
VOICING MY SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.

04:47:19.388 --> 04:47:19.855
THANK YOU.

04:47:21.557 --> 04:47:22.959
HI. MY NAME IS ALEX MENENDEZ.

04:47:23.025 --> 04:47:26.262
I AM THE CEO FROM ALBA
AND I AM HERE FOR SUPPORT.

04:47:26.329 --> 04:47:28.431
2635. THANK YOU.

04:47:28.497 --> 04:47:31.334
THANK YOU FOR THE.

04:47:31.400 --> 04:47:31.901
HI EVERYONE.

04:47:31.968 --> 04:47:35.004
MY NAME IS EDUARDO FROM SALVA
AT PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA

04:47:35.071 --> 04:47:38.074
AND I SUPPORT, 2635.

04:47:38.874 --> 04:47:41.077
THANK YOU.

04:47:41.143 --> 04:47:44.747
ONCE THAT NUMBER IS READY
TO RECEIVE THE ORGANIZATION.

04:47:44.814 --> 04:47:47.750
SALVA AND BUNDLE IN TAMBIéN

04:47:47.817 --> 04:47:50.820
PARA, SUPPORT
LA LA LA PROPOSITION.

04:47:50.886 --> 04:47:54.023
BY CINCO GRACIAS.

04:47:56.459 --> 04:47:57.059
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:47:57.126 --> 04:47:58.127
MY NAME IS EMILY YELLA.

04:47:58.194 --> 04:47:59.729
AND ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION

04:47:59.795 --> 04:48:02.798
FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS,
WE ARE IN SUPPORT.

04:48:05.301 --> 04:48:05.868
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:48:05.935 --> 04:48:07.336
CHLOE, MCO WITH THE CALIFORNIA

04:48:07.403 --> 04:48:10.306
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER,
A PROUD CO-SPONSOR AND SUPPORT.

04:48:10.373 --> 04:48:13.275
THANK YOU.

04:48:13.342 --> 04:48:14.343
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

04:48:14.410 --> 04:48:16.812
MY NAME IS RAPHAEL GUERREIRO AND
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE BILL.

04:48:16.879 --> 04:48:19.882
THANK YOU.

04:48:20.850 --> 04:48:22.652
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS, CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ

04:48:22.718 --> 04:48:23.519
WITH THE MESSAGE GROUP

04:48:23.586 --> 04:48:25.788
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER

04:48:25.855 --> 04:48:27.289
AND IN STRONG SUPPORT.

04:48:27.356 --> 04:48:28.724
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:48:28.791 --> 04:48:31.127
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT?
SEEING NONE.

04:48:31.193 --> 04:48:35.231
IS THERE ANYONE HERE
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2635?

04:48:46.575 --> 04:48:47.810
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:48:47.877 --> 04:48:49.779
GOOD AFTERNOON,
MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS.

04:48:49.845 --> 04:48:52.248
YEAH. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
EACH. THANK. YES.

04:48:52.314 --> 04:48:54.216
THANK YOU.

04:48:54.283 --> 04:48:56.052
BRENDAN TUREK,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

04:48:56.118 --> 04:48:59.422
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION, THOSE ARE THE,

04:48:59.488 --> 04:49:02.425
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS
FROM ALL 35 LOCAL AIR DISTRICTS.

04:49:02.491 --> 04:49:05.127
WE'RE IN RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.

04:49:05.194 --> 04:49:07.897
WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THE AUTHOR AND SPONSORS

04:49:07.963 --> 04:49:09.031
ARE TRYING TO HELP WORKERS

04:49:09.098 --> 04:49:11.000
FINANCIALLY
AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH.

04:49:11.067 --> 04:49:13.335
AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE
THAT.

04:49:13.402 --> 04:49:16.605
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
AIR DISTRICTS ARE RESPONSIBLE

04:49:16.839 --> 04:49:19.041
FOR IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
AND PUBLIC HEALTH

04:49:19.108 --> 04:49:21.210
FOR THE MOST PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY.

04:49:21.277 --> 04:49:23.746
WITH THE LIMITED DOLLARS
THAT WE HAVE.

04:49:23.813 --> 04:49:24.947
DISTRICTS DETERMINE

04:49:25.014 --> 04:49:26.716
HOW FUNDING IS DIRECTED BASED ON

04:49:26.782 --> 04:49:28.851
THEIR FEDERAL ATTAINMENT
STANDARDS.

04:49:28.918 --> 04:49:31.821
STATUS. EXCUSE ME.

04:49:31.887 --> 04:49:35.257
AND ALSO REGIONAL
AND LOCAL PRIORITIES,

04:49:35.324 --> 04:49:38.627
DISTRICTS DO SUPPORT LAWN
AND GARDEN INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.

04:49:38.694 --> 04:49:42.565
AND IN FACT, APPROXIMATELY
70% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION

04:49:42.631 --> 04:49:45.935
RESIDES IN A DISTRICT ALREADY
OFFERING A PROGRAM.

04:49:46.168 --> 04:49:48.037
BUT I HAVE TO POINT OUT
THAT THESE PROGRAMS

04:49:48.104 --> 04:49:51.373
DON'T COMPETE WITH HEAVY DUTY
PROJECTS AND COST EFFECTIVENESS.

04:49:52.241 --> 04:49:54.110
AND THEN ALSO,
THE BILL CREATES A NEW MANDATE

04:49:54.176 --> 04:49:57.947
FOR MANY DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH
AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAM,

04:49:58.013 --> 04:49:59.949
WHICH WE DON'T THINK
IS APPROPRIATE.

04:50:00.015 --> 04:50:02.451
AND WHILE THE AMENDMENTS
CONTAIN CONTINGENT

04:50:02.518 --> 04:50:04.153
APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE,

04:50:04.220 --> 04:50:05.688
IF ANY MONEY IS PROVIDED,

04:50:05.755 --> 04:50:08.357
THEN ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE BILL APPLY.

04:50:08.424 --> 04:50:09.325
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS

04:50:09.391 --> 04:50:12.394
IF FUNDING IS PROVIDED ONE YEAR
AND THEN GOES AWAY?

04:50:12.895 --> 04:50:15.998
DO WE LAY OFF STAFF HIRED
TO DEVELOP AND RUN THE PROGRAMS?

04:50:16.332 --> 04:50:18.501
AND IF FUNDING IS INADEQUATE,
WILL DISTRICTS

04:50:18.567 --> 04:50:21.570
HAVE TO PULL RESOURCES AWAY
FROM OTHER IMPORTANT PROGRAMS

04:50:21.804 --> 04:50:24.673
THAT ARE RESULTING IN GREATER
PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS?

04:50:24.740 --> 04:50:27.376
THIS ALSO COULD CREATE
AN UNFUNDED STATE

04:50:27.443 --> 04:50:30.780
REIMBURSABLE MANDATE,
IN SOME DISTRICTS.

04:50:30.846 --> 04:50:35.151
IN FACT, STAFF COSTS TO DEVELOP
AND ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS,

04:50:35.518 --> 04:50:36.752
COULD BE MORE

04:50:36.819 --> 04:50:39.522
THAN THE INCENTIVES
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE OFFERED.

04:50:39.588 --> 04:50:42.124
AND LAST, I'LL JUST SAY THAT,
THE BILL

04:50:42.191 --> 04:50:45.828
REQUIRES DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE IN ANY LANGUAGE.

04:50:45.895 --> 04:50:49.064
AND THERE'S OVER 200 LANGUAGES
SPOKEN IN CALIFORNIA.

04:50:49.131 --> 04:50:52.601
SO WHILE WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE
WHAT THE GOAL IS,

04:50:53.002 --> 04:50:55.971
WE THINK THERE'S SOME REAL
ISSUES ON ON WHAT'S IN THE BILL.

04:50:56.038 --> 04:50:56.505
THANK YOU.

04:50:58.207 --> 04:50:58.674
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:50:58.741 --> 04:50:59.575
MY NAME IS ALAN ABS.

04:50:59.642 --> 04:51:01.277
I'M THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICER
FOR THE BAY AREA

04:51:01.343 --> 04:51:03.679
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,
THE NINE COUNTY

04:51:03.746 --> 04:51:05.114
REGIONAL AGENCY.

04:51:05.181 --> 04:51:09.151
AND, AND OUR BOARD IS COMPRISED
OF, 24 COUNTY

04:51:09.218 --> 04:51:12.221
SUPERVISORS AND CITY MAYORS
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

04:51:12.488 --> 04:51:15.424
WE'VE HAD, AN OPPOSING,
LESS OPPOSING,

04:51:15.491 --> 04:51:19.295
LESS AMENDED POSITION,
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

04:51:19.528 --> 04:51:20.496
SO I JUST WANTED TO

04:51:20.563 --> 04:51:23.332
BRIEFLY OFFER THE BAY AREA
AIR DISTRICT'S PERSPECTIVE.

04:51:23.399 --> 04:51:27.269
WE WE CURRENTLY DO OFFER A PILOT
PROGRAM, LAWN

04:51:27.336 --> 04:51:28.370
AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT,

04:51:28.437 --> 04:51:32.875
PROGRAM WITHIN OUR FOUR AB,
617 COMMUNITIES.

04:51:33.175 --> 04:51:36.745
BUT WE ALSO TAKE IT
VERY SERIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE

04:51:36.812 --> 04:51:39.949
TO, MAKE GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER
FUNDS.

04:51:40.015 --> 04:51:42.184
AND SO,
SO WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS,

04:51:42.251 --> 04:51:46.088
FOR, BUSINESS LICENSES,
TO KNOW,

04:51:46.155 --> 04:51:48.023
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
USING THE EQUIPMENT

04:51:48.090 --> 04:51:50.025
WITHIN THE AREAS
THAT THEY REPRESENT.

04:51:50.092 --> 04:51:52.962
AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
1090 NINES,

04:51:53.028 --> 04:51:56.131
TO FOLKS, WHEN WE GIVE AWAY
TAXPAYER MONEY.

04:51:56.198 --> 04:51:58.367
AND SO, SO IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO AT LEAST KNOW

04:51:58.434 --> 04:52:01.036
THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS,

04:52:01.103 --> 04:52:03.105
THAT IT'S BEING PROVIDED
TO SOMEONE,

04:52:03.172 --> 04:52:05.507
THAT'S GOING TO MEET
THE REQUIREMENTS.

04:52:05.574 --> 04:52:08.177
AND SO, SO WE'RE CONCERNED

04:52:08.244 --> 04:52:12.815
THAT, THAT AB 2635 CREATES
SOME, REQUIREMENTS

04:52:12.882 --> 04:52:14.483
THAT REALLY WOULDN'T ALIGN

04:52:14.550 --> 04:52:17.052
WITH, WITH THE WAY WE TREAT
FUNDING IN OUR CARL

04:52:17.119 --> 04:52:19.521
MOYER PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS WHERE WE FUND,

04:52:19.588 --> 04:52:24.326
OUR LAWN AND GARDEN PROGRAM
OUT OF AND AND 2635

04:52:24.526 --> 04:52:25.194
WOULD REQUIRE US

04:52:25.261 --> 04:52:28.697
TO CREATE A BRAND NEW PROGRAM
IF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE,

04:52:28.764 --> 04:52:31.066
WHICH WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM OUR EXISTING PROGRAM.

04:52:31.133 --> 04:52:34.336
AND AS, MY COUNTERPART SAID,
IF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE

04:52:34.403 --> 04:52:37.406
AND THEN NOT AVAILABLE, WE END
UP CREATING A NEW PROGRAM,

04:52:37.473 --> 04:52:40.442
GETTING RID OF THE PROGRAM,
CREATING IT AGAIN

04:52:40.509 --> 04:52:42.845
AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE
OR NOT AVAILABLE.

04:52:42.912 --> 04:52:48.550
AND THEN JUST LAST,
I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT 2635,

04:52:48.617 --> 04:52:51.820
CONTAINS PROVISIONS
THAT APPEAR TO LIMIT OUR ABILITY

04:52:51.887 --> 04:52:54.890
TO ENSURE COUNTY ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.

04:52:55.157 --> 04:52:56.825
AND WE DO SUPPORT PRIVACY.

04:52:56.892 --> 04:52:59.595
AND AND WHAT THE OVERALL GOAL
OF THIS BILL IS.

04:52:59.662 --> 04:53:01.864
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME OVERLY
BROAD RESTRICTIONS

04:53:01.931 --> 04:53:04.967
ON SHARING OF PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

04:53:05.034 --> 04:53:08.537
IN A WAY THAT COULD ADVERSELY
IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PARTNER

04:53:08.604 --> 04:53:11.073
WITH THIRD PARTIES
IN DISBURSING,

04:53:11.140 --> 04:53:13.309
FUNDS UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

04:53:13.375 --> 04:53:16.712
AND SO, WITH THAT, I,
RESPECTFULLY

04:53:16.779 --> 04:53:18.514
ASK FOR YOUR NO VOTE. THANK YOU.

04:53:20.115 --> 04:53:20.416
OKAY.

04:53:20.482 --> 04:53:22.952
ANYONE

04:53:23.018 --> 04:53:26.088
ANYONE
ELSE IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2635,

04:53:26.155 --> 04:53:29.124
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

04:53:32.461 --> 04:53:33.095
GOOD AFTERNOON.

04:53:33.162 --> 04:53:35.097
ON TABLE,
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN LUNG

04:53:35.164 --> 04:53:38.167
ASSOCIATION
AND RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION.

04:53:39.902 --> 04:53:41.437
THANK YOU.

04:53:41.503 --> 04:53:43.372
ANYBODY ELSE IN OPPOSITION?

04:53:43.439 --> 04:53:44.106
SEEING NONE.

04:53:44.173 --> 04:53:47.042
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS. SENATOR OREGON.

04:53:47.109 --> 04:53:47.843
THANK YOU.

04:53:47.910 --> 04:53:49.278
I JUST WANT TO

04:53:49.345 --> 04:53:51.213
UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE BILL IS CURRENTLY

04:53:51.280 --> 04:53:54.083
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.

04:53:54.149 --> 04:53:55.884
SO ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS

04:53:55.951 --> 04:53:57.286
AND I APPRECIATE YOU
MAKING THIS MET

04:53:57.353 --> 04:53:59.688
BECAUSE I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
THIS PROVISION

04:53:59.755 --> 04:54:01.457
WOULD HAVE, PROHIBITED
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

04:54:01.523 --> 04:54:03.092
FROM ADOPTING,
ENFORCING AN ORDINANCE

04:54:03.158 --> 04:54:05.327
PROHIBITING
GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT,

04:54:05.394 --> 04:54:07.196
UNLESS IT PROVIDES VOUCHERS.

04:54:07.262 --> 04:54:10.065
THESE VOUCHERS,

04:54:10.132 --> 04:54:11.934
AND AS A FORMER MAYOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

04:54:12.001 --> 04:54:15.871
IN A CITY THAT HAS A PROHIBITION
ON GAS POWERED, LAMP BLOWERS

04:54:15.938 --> 04:54:21.143
AND OTHER, HANDHELD EQUIPMENT,
SMALL EQUIPMENT,

04:54:21.210 --> 04:54:22.678
WE ABOUT TO THAT POLICY

04:54:23.746 --> 04:54:25.080
30 OVER 30 YEARS AGO

04:54:25.147 --> 04:54:28.150
FOR A REASON,
WHICH IS TO REDUCE,

04:54:29.251 --> 04:54:31.353
EMISSIONS
AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH

04:54:31.420 --> 04:54:32.454
AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

04:54:32.521 --> 04:54:34.256
SIMILARLY, BERKELEY
ADOPTED A POLICY TO BAN

04:54:34.323 --> 04:54:36.425
NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE,
NEW BUILDINGS

04:54:36.492 --> 04:54:38.093
FOR THE SAME REASONS AS WELL.

04:54:38.160 --> 04:54:41.096
SO I UNDERSTAND
THE BILL, ONE WOULD ESTABLISH

04:54:41.163 --> 04:54:43.966
THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM UPON
APPROPRIATION OF LEGISLATURE,

04:54:44.033 --> 04:54:48.003
AND TWO, WOULD ESTABLISH
STATEWIDE ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS

04:54:48.604 --> 04:54:49.872
WITH THE AMENDMENTS.

04:54:49.938 --> 04:54:51.206
WE ARE TAKING OUT THAT

04:54:51.273 --> 04:54:54.943
PREEMPTION SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WOULDN'T HAVE TO,

04:54:55.577 --> 04:54:58.714
WAIT FOR AN AIR DISTRICT
TO HAVE

04:54:58.781 --> 04:55:01.817
FUNDING FOR A VOUCHER PROGRAM
IN ORDER TO ENFORCE.

04:55:01.884 --> 04:55:04.486
SO THAT'S
SORT OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

04:55:04.553 --> 04:55:07.556
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE,
CAN YOU REMIND ME

04:55:07.623 --> 04:55:10.526
WHAT YOU JUST SAID?
STANDARDS. SO. OH, YES.

04:55:10.592 --> 04:55:14.096
GETTING A, A CITY OR COUNTY
ADOPT ITS OWN ORDINANCE,

04:55:14.630 --> 04:55:16.065
ESTABLISHING
CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT.

04:55:16.131 --> 04:55:16.865
YEAH.

04:55:16.932 --> 04:55:19.168
ORDINANCES WOULD ESTABLISH A
STATEWIDE ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS.

04:55:19.234 --> 04:55:19.835
YES.

04:55:19.902 --> 04:55:21.737
WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE BILL,

04:55:21.804 --> 04:55:25.274
A FEE STRUCTURE
BASED OFF OF OTHER MODELS,

04:55:25.340 --> 04:55:28.343
ONE CURRENTLY IN GLENDALE
THAT WE'VE SEEN.

04:55:28.577 --> 04:55:31.146
AND I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

04:55:31.213 --> 04:55:33.248
AND HOW
WE CAME TO THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

04:55:33.315 --> 04:55:36.852
YEAH. CANNOT BE ENFORCED.

04:55:36.919 --> 04:55:39.922
AS A

04:55:39.988 --> 04:55:42.357
AND FRACTURE MISDEMEANOR,
BUT RATHER WOULD ESTABLISH,

04:55:43.692 --> 04:55:45.727
PENALTIES FOR.

04:55:45.794 --> 04:55:48.197
YES. AND THE
NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THAT OCCUR.

04:55:48.263 --> 04:55:49.865
YES, EXACTLY.

04:55:49.932 --> 04:55:51.233
OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL.

04:55:51.300 --> 04:55:53.168
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND
THE WHAT?

04:55:53.235 --> 04:55:55.904
THE BILL IS CURRENTLY
IN PRINT NOW.

04:55:55.971 --> 04:55:58.340
AND I WILL SUPPORT THE BILL
TODAY.

04:55:58.407 --> 04:56:00.909
I DO SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY

04:56:00.976 --> 04:56:01.944
THE AIR DISTRICTS.

04:56:02.010 --> 04:56:05.047
BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN SUPPORT THIS,

04:56:05.114 --> 04:56:06.381
THIS INDUSTRY.

04:56:06.448 --> 04:56:09.451
AND SO,
I WILL VOTE FOR THE BILL TODAY.

04:56:11.787 --> 04:56:12.454
OKAY.

04:56:12.521 --> 04:56:13.856
YES, SENATOR. YES.

04:56:13.922 --> 04:56:16.358
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

04:56:16.425 --> 04:56:19.428
SO HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER.

04:56:20.062 --> 04:56:22.764
ALL OF THESE CONCERNS WERE
EXPRESSED WHEN THE ORIGINAL BILL

04:56:22.831 --> 04:56:25.167
WAS GOING THROUGH,
INCLUDING THE TIMELINE.

04:56:25.234 --> 04:56:28.237
AND WE SAID, WELL, YOU GOT THREE
YEARS, YOU GOT TWO YEARS.

04:56:28.737 --> 04:56:30.572
A WORK

04:56:30.639 --> 04:56:32.207
OBVIOUSLY IT DOES NOT WORK.

04:56:33.175 --> 04:56:35.210
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE

04:56:35.277 --> 04:56:38.947
THAT HAVE PERFECTLY GOOD
EQUIPMENT THAT NOW OUR TIMELINE,

04:56:39.014 --> 04:56:42.751
BECAUSE WE HAVE A MANDATE NOW
SAYS, OH, YOU GOT TO REPLACE IT.

04:56:42.985 --> 04:56:44.953
HERE'S
YOUR WINDOW TO REPLACE IT.

04:56:45.020 --> 04:56:49.091
AND THEN NEXT YEAR THE CITY'S
GOING TO GO HAMMER YOU GUYS WITH

04:56:49.158 --> 04:56:52.194
WITH WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.

04:56:53.629 --> 04:56:55.831
WE HAVE MADE PEOPLE'S LIVES

04:56:55.898 --> 04:56:58.901
CONSIDERABLY MORE DIFFICULT,

04:56:59.368 --> 04:57:02.704
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT INFORMAL WORKER AGREEMENT.

04:57:03.005 --> 04:57:05.807
YOU KNOW WHAT
A PHASE OF PEOPLE THAT GO,

04:57:05.874 --> 04:57:08.810
I GO, I WALK MY NEIGHBORHOOD
ALL THE TIME,

04:57:08.877 --> 04:57:11.947
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT MOWING
LAWNS AND DOING ALL THAT STUFF.

04:57:13.382 --> 04:57:16.051
THEY'RE TWO SKIPPED WEEKS

04:57:16.118 --> 04:57:19.188
FROM NOT HAVING A JOB

04:57:19.254 --> 04:57:22.257
BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE ON A SHORT LEASH WHEN WHEN

04:57:22.558 --> 04:57:25.827
IT COMES TO THEIR GARDENING,
AND BECAUSE ANOTHER PERSON

04:57:26.094 --> 04:57:27.362
WOULD
BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT.

04:57:30.232 --> 04:57:33.302
WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN
IS THESE MEET THE MANDATES.

04:57:33.569 --> 04:57:36.171
WE NEED TO CHANGE
SOME OF THESE DATES.

04:57:36.238 --> 04:57:38.006
WE NEED TO PUSH
SOME OF THESE OFF

04:57:38.073 --> 04:57:40.075
SO THAT THEIR EQUIPMENT
CAN WEAR OUT,

04:57:40.142 --> 04:57:43.312
AND THEY CAN REPLACE THESE
THINGS IN A MORE NATURAL WAY.

04:57:44.112 --> 04:57:47.449
IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE
THE ELECTRIC STUFF

04:57:47.516 --> 04:57:50.519
THAT WE'RE MAKING THEM
BUY ANY MORE, ANY CHEAPER.

04:57:50.752 --> 04:57:53.088
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THIS

04:57:53.155 --> 04:57:55.557
THAT NEVER MADE SENSE
IN THE FIRST PLACE

04:57:55.624 --> 04:57:56.825
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

04:57:56.892 --> 04:57:59.895
AND ESPECIALLY
THESE PARTICULAR WORKERS.

04:58:00.195 --> 04:58:04.466
IF YOU'VE HAD ELECTRIC
EQUIPMENT, WHICH I HAVE,

04:58:05.033 --> 04:58:07.669
I AM CONSTANTLY
CHANGING THE BATTERIES

04:58:07.736 --> 04:58:10.739
AND THE BATTERIES AREN'T
30 BUCKS, THEY'RE 100 BUCKS.

04:58:13.008 --> 04:58:14.576
IT'S IMPRACTICAL

04:58:14.643 --> 04:58:17.412
FOR THIS SET OF WORKERS

04:58:17.479 --> 04:58:20.949
TO BE DOING THIS,
AND THE EFFECT ON OUR

04:58:21.016 --> 04:58:25.520
ENVIRONMENT IS NEGLIGIBLE
IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS.

04:58:27.923 --> 04:58:30.392
SO I FEEL
BAD FOR THESE FOLKS BECAUSE WE

04:58:30.459 --> 04:58:34.263
WE THIS IS WHAT WE WENT AFTER
FOUR YEARS OR THREE YEARS AGO

04:58:34.463 --> 04:58:36.398
WHEN THIS BILL WAS BEING
INTRODUCED.

04:58:36.465 --> 04:58:39.167
WAS THIS WAS
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

04:58:39.234 --> 04:58:41.136
AND HERE IT IS

04:58:41.203 --> 04:58:44.306
THREE YEARS LATER,
THEY'RE UP AGAINST THE DEADLINE.

04:58:44.539 --> 04:58:46.041
THEY DON'T WANT TO DO.
THEY GOT PERFECTLY

04:58:46.108 --> 04:58:49.044
GOOD EQUIPMENT
THAT THEY GOT TO THROW AWAY.

04:58:49.111 --> 04:58:51.346
AND SOMEHOW
WE'RE SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING

04:58:51.413 --> 04:58:55.284
TO FIGURE OUT A SYSTEM
TO HELP THEM BUY NEW EQUIPMENT.

04:58:56.685 --> 04:58:57.352
BUT GUESS WHAT?

04:58:57.419 --> 04:59:00.956
NOW THEY HAVE TO BE MORE FORMAL
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.

04:59:02.124 --> 04:59:04.126
THEY HAVE TO DO THESE TEN.

04:59:04.192 --> 04:59:05.661
THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR 1099.

04:59:05.727 --> 04:59:07.896
THEY'VE GOT TO DO ALL THESE
OTHER THINGS.

04:59:07.963 --> 04:59:11.266
WE HAVE MADE PEOPLE'S LIVES
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

04:59:11.333 --> 04:59:11.733
AND THEY'RE THE

04:59:11.800 --> 04:59:15.737
PEOPLE THAT THIS BODY, NOT
JUST US, BUT OUR ENTIRE BODY,

04:59:16.938 --> 04:59:17.773
PROCLAIMED THAT

04:59:17.839 --> 04:59:20.776
WE'RE TRYING TO STICK UP
FOR THE MOST.

04:59:20.842 --> 04:59:23.478
SO, YEAH,
HARD FOR ME TO GET BEHIND THIS.

04:59:23.545 --> 04:59:26.515
I'D RATHER SEE
THE MANDATES PUSHED BACK

04:59:26.581 --> 04:59:30.052
SO PEOPLE CAN DO THEIR JOBS
AND START PLANNING LONG TERM

04:59:30.118 --> 04:59:33.055
TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT
AS IT GOES OUT.

04:59:33.121 --> 04:59:34.256
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DIE.

04:59:34.323 --> 04:59:38.293
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ME
PERSONALLY 66 YEARS NOW.

04:59:38.727 --> 04:59:42.297
MOWING
LAWNS WITH GAS POWERED MOWERS

04:59:42.364 --> 04:59:46.902
AND I THE, THE ILL EFFECTS
HAVE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH US YET.

04:59:48.804 --> 04:59:49.338
I GET IT.

04:59:49.404 --> 04:59:51.673
EVERYBODY HAS A JOB.

04:59:51.740 --> 04:59:54.876
AND AND EVERYBODY THINKS THAT

04:59:54.943 --> 04:59:56.545
IF THEY DON'T DO THEIR JOB,
SOMEHOW

04:59:56.611 --> 04:59:58.847
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DROP DEAD
TOMORROW. WE'RE NOT.

04:59:58.914 --> 05:00:01.883
WE'RE NOT.

05:00:02.617 --> 05:00:05.654
WE NEED TO THINK THESE THINGS
THROUGH A LITTLE MORE.

05:00:05.721 --> 05:00:07.856
WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH
OUR TIMELINES A LITTLE MORE.

05:00:07.923 --> 05:00:09.658
WE NEED TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS

05:00:09.725 --> 05:00:12.794
ON ALL THESE RIDICULOUS MANDATES
THAT WE PUT ON EVERYBODY,

05:00:12.861 --> 05:00:15.497
BECAUSE THIS IS THE
THIS IS THE END RESULT.

05:00:15.564 --> 05:00:18.066
AND, THAT'S
WHAT FRUSTRATES ME WITH WITH

05:00:18.133 --> 05:00:19.701
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

05:00:19.768 --> 05:00:22.771
YOUR BILL IS
NOT A BAD BILL AT ALL.

05:00:23.538 --> 05:00:26.208
BUT IT CREATES
EVEN MORE PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE,

05:00:26.274 --> 05:00:29.010
IN THE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING

05:00:29.077 --> 05:00:33.348
TO APPLY AND GET THESE VOUCHERS
SO THAT THEY CAN REPLACE,

05:00:33.415 --> 05:00:33.882
THEY'RE SAYING.

05:00:33.949 --> 05:00:35.417
AND IN THE MEANWHILE,

05:00:35.484 --> 05:00:38.086
WE GOT CODE ENFORCEMENT
COMING TO GET THEM.

05:00:38.153 --> 05:00:40.489
I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S ABSURD.

05:00:40.555 --> 05:00:43.792
IT'S ABSURD THAT
WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THIS DAMAGE

05:00:44.059 --> 05:00:45.427
BEFORE IT STARTS.

05:00:45.494 --> 05:00:47.095
THAT'S IT. SENATOR ASHBY.

05:00:49.498 --> 05:00:51.867
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND,

05:00:51.933 --> 05:00:55.570
YOU KNOW, I OKAY, FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU.

05:00:55.637 --> 05:01:00.275
EVERYONE WHO CAME MADE THE,
JOURNEY TO SACRAMENTO.

05:01:00.776 --> 05:01:02.244
I GET TO REPRESENT SACRAMENTO.

05:01:02.310 --> 05:01:03.512
SO WELCOME TO MY HOME.

05:01:03.578 --> 05:01:05.380
IF THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU'RE FROM

05:01:05.447 --> 05:01:06.648
AND IF IT IS WHERE YOU'RE FROM,

05:01:06.715 --> 05:01:09.518
CONGRATULATIONS
ON LIVING IN GOD'S COUNTRY.

05:01:09.584 --> 05:01:12.821
OUR FAVORITE PLACE
IN THE STATE, RIGHT?

05:01:12.888 --> 05:01:15.657
MARIA ELENA. THERESA. OF COURSE.
NO, SHE DOESN'T AGREE.

05:01:15.724 --> 05:01:16.291
OKAY.

05:01:16.358 --> 05:01:20.295
LISTEN, I THINK THIS IS
CALIFORNIA AT ITS BEST.

05:01:20.829 --> 05:01:22.631
THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

05:01:22.697 --> 05:01:25.700
WE MAKE BIG, AUDACIOUS GOALS.

05:01:26.034 --> 05:01:29.070
WE FOCUS ON YOUR HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING.

05:01:29.137 --> 05:01:31.840
WE MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT AIR QUALITY.

05:01:31.907 --> 05:01:34.910
AND WE SAY WE WANT YOU TO LIVE
IN HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

05:01:35.277 --> 05:01:37.446
AND THEN IF THERE'S A PROBLEM

05:01:37.512 --> 05:01:40.882
WITH THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED
IT, WE COME BACK

05:01:41.550 --> 05:01:44.152
AND WE WRITE ANOTHER BILL
AND SAY,

05:01:44.219 --> 05:01:47.923
THIS PIECE WE NEED TO FIX
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

05:01:47.989 --> 05:01:50.392
ASSEMBLYWOMAN,
THIS IS THE BEST OF CALIFORNIA.

05:01:50.459 --> 05:01:52.093
THIS IS DEMOCRACY.

05:01:52.160 --> 05:01:54.162
WE SWING FOR THE FENCES.

05:01:54.229 --> 05:01:55.831
WE TRY REALLY HARD.

05:01:55.897 --> 05:01:59.367
WE MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES
AS STRONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN,

05:01:59.634 --> 05:02:03.738
AS HEALTHY FOR YOU AND YOUR
CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILD

05:02:03.939 --> 05:02:06.942
AND YOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET THEM.

05:02:07.409 --> 05:02:11.446
AND AT THE SAME TIME,
WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO HELP YOU

05:02:11.847 --> 05:02:16.151
BE ABLE TO EARN A LIVING INCOME,
A GOOD LIVING WAGE

05:02:16.218 --> 05:02:17.619
FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

05:02:17.686 --> 05:02:19.788
AND IF SOMETHING THAT WE DO

05:02:19.855 --> 05:02:23.258
CONFLICTS, WE COME BACK
AND WE GRAPPLE WITH IT AGAIN.

05:02:24.259 --> 05:02:24.993
WHETHER WE'RE THE

05:02:25.060 --> 05:02:28.430
MAYOR OF BERKELEY
OR A VICE MAYOR OF SACRAMENTO,

05:02:28.964 --> 05:02:31.500
WE TAKE THOSE
COMPETING INITIATIVES

05:02:31.566 --> 05:02:34.135
AND WE TRY TO FIND A PATHWAY
FORWARD.

05:02:34.202 --> 05:02:37.339
I'M PROUD OF THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN,
AND I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU

05:02:37.539 --> 05:02:40.742
FOR SHOWING UP HERE
TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS WITH US.

05:02:40.809 --> 05:02:44.579
I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR SETTING BIG GOALS

05:02:44.646 --> 05:02:47.349
FOR YOUR HEALTH CARE,
AND FOR YOUR FAMILY'S HEALTH,

05:02:47.415 --> 05:02:50.185
FOR THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE
AND THE WATER THAT WE DRINK

05:02:50.252 --> 05:02:53.255
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SAFE
AND THAT YOUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE.

05:02:53.522 --> 05:02:54.689
THIS IS A GOOD BILL.

05:02:54.756 --> 05:02:57.759
WE'LL FIND THE BALANCE AND WE'LL
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP YOU.

05:02:57.993 --> 05:02:59.461
AND AT THE SAME TIME,

05:02:59.528 --> 05:03:00.061
WE'LL FIGURE OUT

05:03:00.128 --> 05:03:01.963
HOW TO BE LESS
DEPENDENT ON GASOLINE

05:03:02.030 --> 05:03:03.999
SO THAT WE CAN SAVE
OUR COMMUNITIES.

05:03:04.065 --> 05:03:05.567
I APPRECIATE IT.
I SUPPORT THE BILL.

05:03:05.634 --> 05:03:07.836
IF DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE A
MOTION, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

05:03:13.074 --> 05:03:15.243
ANYBODY ELSE COMMENTS?

05:03:15.310 --> 05:03:16.611
SENATOR ADVANCES?

05:03:16.678 --> 05:03:21.316
I'D JUST LIKE A BRIEF COMMENT
AND JUST, STATE, YOU KNOW?

05:03:21.383 --> 05:03:21.616
OF COURSE.

05:03:21.683 --> 05:03:22.083
AND I THANK YOU

05:03:22.150 --> 05:03:23.351
FOR ALL THOSE
WHO SHOWED UP TODAY

05:03:23.418 --> 05:03:24.619
IN COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY

05:03:24.686 --> 05:03:27.289
AND SHARE THE CHALLENGES
AND HARDSHIPS.

05:03:27.355 --> 05:03:28.890
CERTAINLY.

05:03:28.957 --> 05:03:31.960
AND AND EMPATHIZE WITH THAT AND

05:03:32.027 --> 05:03:34.496
WANT TO REACH OUR CLIMATE GOALS
HERE IN THE STATE.

05:03:34.563 --> 05:03:37.666
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FINDING
A BALANCED APPROACH TO ACHIEVING

05:03:37.732 --> 05:03:40.735
THAT,
I KNOW, IS, A DIFFICULT ONE.

05:03:41.469 --> 05:03:44.606
CERTAINLY HEARING THE CONCERNS,
THAT WERE LAID OUT TODAY,

05:03:45.006 --> 05:03:49.177
AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS
AND CONTINUE MOVING IT FORWARD,

05:03:49.244 --> 05:03:50.478
I WILL SUPPORT IT,

05:03:50.545 --> 05:03:53.148
GIVEN THE AMENDMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN

05:03:53.214 --> 05:03:56.451
AND HOPEFULLY THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE

05:03:56.518 --> 05:03:59.621
WITH GETTING
TO THE GOAL IN MIND.

05:04:01.222 --> 05:04:01.489
THANK YOU.

05:04:01.556 --> 05:04:02.424
SENATOR.

05:04:02.490 --> 05:04:05.226
I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE SEED.

05:04:05.293 --> 05:04:08.063
BIENVENIDOS
A TODOS LOS GIVING I IN

05:04:08.129 --> 05:04:11.232
PUERTO SIERRA,
THE SACRAMENTO, PASADENA.

05:04:11.299 --> 05:04:14.069
LET'S, I GOT OF THIS MUCHO

05:04:14.135 --> 05:04:16.638
GET THE
I ON ITS DAMPER AS THE BIRDS.

05:04:16.705 --> 05:04:20.408
WELL, THOSE BUDDHIST ARAKI
AS UNDERGRAD

05:04:20.775 --> 05:04:23.745
RANDY PARA AND ALSO,
THE KNITTED

05:04:24.079 --> 05:04:27.515
BALANCE CORRECTO
INTO THE UNA AMBIENTE LIMPIA.

05:04:27.882 --> 05:04:30.952
BUT LATER LIMPIA
YOU TAMBIéN PUEDE

05:04:31.152 --> 05:04:34.723
SUSTENANCE ECONOMICAMENTE
THAT THE TRABAJO SKIPPED BY THE.

05:04:35.490 --> 05:04:38.059
YES. LOOK ESTAMOS AND MISALUCHA.

05:04:38.126 --> 05:04:40.128
NO THERE WAS NO THERE VEMOS

05:04:40.195 --> 05:04:43.131
THE SCHOOL HEAD INTO THE UNO
OR LAUTARO.

05:04:43.198 --> 05:04:45.967
TENEMOS A VILLAGE
THAT THEN IT WOULDN'T IMPLEMENT

05:04:46.034 --> 05:04:47.302
E TAMBIEN EITHER.

05:04:47.369 --> 05:04:52.340
LIMPIA BETO MUCHAS VECES
PASAMOS LAS SOLO

05:04:52.807 --> 05:04:55.477
BENEFICIAL
UNO OR LAUTARO INCLUSO.

05:04:55.543 --> 05:04:57.545
SO LET'S LOOK AT TENEMOS
CAPITAN, DADDY.

05:04:57.612 --> 05:04:58.079
GOOD. OKAY.

05:04:58.146 --> 05:05:00.815
IS THIS PART ESTAMOS HACIENDO.

05:05:00.882 --> 05:05:01.583
KEEP IT UP.

05:05:01.650 --> 05:05:05.020
THE SYMBOL MUCHO
ESTA ESTA PROPUESTA.

05:05:05.754 --> 05:05:08.323
THE LEY IS MUY WINNER.

05:05:08.390 --> 05:05:09.257
MUY IMPORTANTE.

05:05:10.225 --> 05:05:10.759
OH. HELLO.

05:05:10.825 --> 05:05:13.795
VIETNAM
WAS THE USA IS SALVATION.

05:05:14.095 --> 05:05:16.898
AND THIS LA LA PAKISTAN WAS.

05:05:16.965 --> 05:05:19.434
BUT HERE TO LOOK IS
LOOK AT STANDING CENTER

05:05:19.501 --> 05:05:24.072
MUSEUM US CALLING US SO GRACIAS
EU TAMBIéN ESTOY YO.

05:05:24.139 --> 05:05:29.444
THIS REALLY, MOST SENATOR ASHBY

05:05:30.445 --> 05:05:31.846
CLOSING REMARKS.

05:05:31.913 --> 05:05:32.747
YES. I JUST WANT TO

05:05:32.814 --> 05:05:35.850
RECOGNIZE THAT MOMENTS LIKE THIS
DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN UP HERE.

05:05:35.917 --> 05:05:37.152
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL,

05:05:37.218 --> 05:05:39.320
TO BE HERE
TO REPRESENT THIS COALITION

05:05:39.387 --> 05:05:40.755
WHO SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT

05:05:40.822 --> 05:05:42.724
HOW OUR EXISTING LAWS
WERE IMPACTING THEM

05:05:42.791 --> 05:05:45.994
AND WHAT WAS WORKING
AND WHAT WASN'T FOR LANDSCAPERS.

05:05:46.194 --> 05:05:48.797
IT'S IT'S NOT JUST A JOB.
IT'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

05:05:48.863 --> 05:05:51.766
IT'S HOMEOWNERSHIP.
IT'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.

05:05:51.833 --> 05:05:54.069
AND THIS BILL SHOWCASES THAT.

05:05:54.135 --> 05:05:56.871
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO OPT
OUT OF OUR CLEAN AIR GOALS.

05:05:56.938 --> 05:05:58.840
THEY WANT A CHANCE
TO HELP MEET THEM.

05:05:58.907 --> 05:06:02.177
AND SO,
BY CREATING A REALISTIC PATHWAY

05:06:02.243 --> 05:06:03.945
THAT MAINTAINS THEIR LIVELIHOOD

05:06:04.012 --> 05:06:06.114
AND KEEPS US ON TRACK
TO MEET OUR GOALS.

05:06:06.181 --> 05:06:07.682
SO THANK YOU
FOR HEARING US TODAY.

05:06:07.749 --> 05:06:09.484
AND WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ARRIVAL.

05:06:11.453 --> 05:06:12.120
THANK YOU.

05:06:12.187 --> 05:06:15.056
MOTION MADE BY SENATOR ASHBY.

05:06:15.123 --> 05:06:16.658
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:06:16.725 --> 05:06:17.992
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATION.

05:06:18.059 --> 05:06:19.527
SENATORS RUSSELL I.

05:06:19.594 --> 05:06:23.398
RUSSELL I CHOY I BEGIN, I BEGIN
I ASHBY.

05:06:23.965 --> 05:06:25.600
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:06:25.667 --> 05:06:26.167
CERVANTES.

05:06:26.234 --> 05:06:26.968
I LAIRD.

05:06:27.035 --> 05:06:30.038
SALGADO.

05:06:31.106 --> 05:06:33.842
FOR ZERO.

05:06:33.908 --> 05:06:34.843
OKAY.

05:06:34.909 --> 05:06:37.011
TWO MORE BILL. OKAY.

05:06:37.078 --> 05:06:37.846
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

05:06:37.912 --> 05:06:40.949
GRACIAS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE

05:06:41.015 --> 05:06:43.852
THIS, AND THIS GOES FIRST.

05:06:43.918 --> 05:06:45.854
NEXT ON ON THE LIST IS,

05:06:45.920 --> 05:06:48.923
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADAMS.

05:06:49.424 --> 05:06:50.725
THIS IS ABBY.

05:06:50.792 --> 05:06:53.795
ABBY, 2254.

05:07:03.204 --> 05:07:06.474
WHAT'S YOUR ITEM NUMBER? 26.

05:07:07.308 --> 05:07:10.311
OH FIVE.

05:07:14.115 --> 05:07:15.950
NUMBER.

05:07:16.017 --> 05:07:16.718
GOOD AFTERNOON.

05:07:16.785 --> 05:07:18.186
ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

05:07:18.253 --> 05:07:20.989
YOU MAY PROCEED WITH,

05:07:21.055 --> 05:07:23.358
AB 2254, MADAM CHAIR.

05:07:23.424 --> 05:07:27.128
LOOKS LIKE, PREVIOUS
WITNESS LEFT SOMETHING. OH.

05:07:32.400 --> 05:07:34.102
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

05:07:34.169 --> 05:07:37.839
AND, STAFF
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

05:07:37.906 --> 05:07:41.176
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
AB 2254,

05:07:41.476 --> 05:07:44.279
THE COASTAL MONARCHS
PROTECTION ACT.

05:07:44.345 --> 05:07:45.647
AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M

05:07:45.713 --> 05:07:48.750
GOING TO SHORTEN UP MY COMMENTS
AND TURN IT OVER TO

05:07:48.817 --> 05:07:49.717
MY WITNESSES.

05:07:49.784 --> 05:07:51.486
BUT I DO WANT TO START

05:07:51.553 --> 05:07:55.023
BY ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS,

05:07:55.089 --> 05:07:57.892
AND JUST SAY THAT
THIS BILL IS PRETTY SIMPLE

05:07:57.959 --> 05:08:01.596
AND STRAIGHTFORWARD IN THAT IT
WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

05:08:01.796 --> 05:08:05.099
WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE
THAT HAVE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

05:08:05.166 --> 05:08:08.236
OVERWINTERING SITES
WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION

05:08:08.303 --> 05:08:11.840
TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
OVERWINTERING SITE PROTECTION

05:08:11.906 --> 05:08:15.844
POLICIES
AS A NORMAL PART OF DEVELOPING

05:08:15.910 --> 05:08:18.112
THEIR LOCAL COASTAL PLAN.

05:08:18.179 --> 05:08:21.716
AND THE PROBLEM
FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

05:08:21.783 --> 05:08:24.919
AND FOR OUR COASTAL
ECONOMIES IS DIRE.

05:08:24.986 --> 05:08:29.657
WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 95% DECREASE
IN THE WESTERN

05:08:29.724 --> 05:08:32.694
MONARCH POPULATION
SINCE THE 1980S,

05:08:32.927 --> 05:08:36.064
MEANING THAT THE POPULATION
IS AT RISK OF COLLAPSE.

05:08:36.364 --> 05:08:40.969
IT'S NOT JUST, ENVIRONMENTAL
OR BIODIVERSITY PROBLEM.

05:08:41.035 --> 05:08:44.339
IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC ISSUE
FOR OUR CENTRAL COAST

05:08:44.405 --> 05:08:48.142
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MONARCH
OVERWINTERING SITES

05:08:48.409 --> 05:08:52.313
THAT, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE COME TO EVERY YEAR

05:08:52.380 --> 05:08:55.884
TO SEE THE MONARCHS, TO SPEND
MONEY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

05:08:56.117 --> 05:08:57.952
AND WITH THE DECLINE
OF MONARCHS,

05:08:58.019 --> 05:09:00.421
WE HAVE SEEN
A DECLINE OF VISITORS

05:09:00.488 --> 05:09:01.823
COMING TO SEE THE MONARCH.

05:09:01.890 --> 05:09:05.093
SO IT'S BOTH A BIODIVERSITY
ISSUE

05:09:05.159 --> 05:09:08.329
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS,
AS WELL AS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.

05:09:08.663 --> 05:09:10.832
WITH THAT,
I'VE GOT TWO WITNESSES HERE

05:09:10.899 --> 05:09:15.703
WITH ME ANGELA LAUS, ENDANGERED
SPECIES CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

05:09:15.770 --> 05:09:19.107
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LEAD WITH THE XERXES SOCIETY,

05:09:19.374 --> 05:09:21.376
AS WELL AS SCARLETT
WHEN HER HOME,

05:09:21.442 --> 05:09:26.514
CENTRAL COAST RESIDENT
FROM MY DISTRICT AND, ECA

05:09:26.581 --> 05:09:28.316
INTERN IN OUR OFFICE

05:09:28.383 --> 05:09:31.853
WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE NEAR
ONE OF THE OVERWINTERING SITES.

05:09:31.920 --> 05:09:34.422
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE CENTRAL COAST.

05:09:34.489 --> 05:09:35.790
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

05:09:37.825 --> 05:09:39.427
THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF

05:09:39.494 --> 05:09:42.463
THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY.

05:09:42.530 --> 05:09:45.500
I AM DOCTOR ANGELA LAWES,
CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

05:09:45.566 --> 05:09:48.569
WITH THE XERXES SOCIETY
FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION.

05:09:49.070 --> 05:09:51.706
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN
WORKING ACROSS CALIFORNIA

05:09:51.773 --> 05:09:54.943
FOR DECADES TO CONSERVE MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR HABITATS.

05:09:55.009 --> 05:09:56.077
THEY DEPEND ON.

05:09:56.144 --> 05:09:59.347
AND HERE TODAY, IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF AB 2254,

05:10:00.181 --> 05:10:03.084
THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR
MONARCHS ARE IN TROUBLE.

05:10:03.151 --> 05:10:03.418
THE U.S.

05:10:03.484 --> 05:10:05.687
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
HAS DETERMINED THAT THE MONARCH

05:10:05.753 --> 05:10:06.654
BUTTERFLY WARRANTS

05:10:06.721 --> 05:10:09.724
LISTING UNDER THE FEDERAL
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

05:10:09.991 --> 05:10:13.194
THE WESTERN MONARCH COUNT
HAS DOCUMENTED ONLY 12,000

05:10:13.261 --> 05:10:17.065
MONARCHS LAST WINTER,
DOWN FROM MILLIONS IN THE 1980S.

05:10:17.398 --> 05:10:20.268
THESE EXTREMELY LOW
POPULATION NUMBERS PUT WESTERN

05:10:20.335 --> 05:10:23.371
MONARCHS
AT RISK OF SERIOUS COLLAPSE.

05:10:23.438 --> 05:10:25.974
OVERWINTERING
SITES ARE FORESTED GROVES

05:10:26.040 --> 05:10:28.776
ALONG COASTAL CALIFORNIA,
AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL

05:10:28.843 --> 05:10:30.311
FOR MONARCH SURVIVAL.

05:10:30.378 --> 05:10:31.813
WITHOUT THESE SITES,

05:10:31.879 --> 05:10:34.482
WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE MIGRATORY
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

05:10:34.549 --> 05:10:35.750
IN CALIFORNIA.

05:10:35.817 --> 05:10:39.354
YET THESE SITES ARE DESTROYED
OR SEVERELY DAMAGED EVERY YEAR,

05:10:39.654 --> 05:10:41.489
PRIMARILY DUE TO THE TREES
WHERE MONARCHS

05:10:41.556 --> 05:10:43.558
ROOST BEING TOPPED OR CUT DOWN.

05:10:43.624 --> 05:10:45.626
ONCE THESE OVERWINTERING
GROVES ARE LOST,

05:10:45.693 --> 05:10:47.395
THEY'RE IMPOSSIBLE TO RECREATE.

05:10:48.596 --> 05:10:50.598
WHILE SOME
REGULATORY PROTECTIONS EXIST

05:10:50.665 --> 05:10:51.866
THROUGH THE COASTAL ACT,

05:10:51.933 --> 05:10:53.167
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GAPS

05:10:53.234 --> 05:10:55.970
AND INCONSISTENCIES
IN IMPLEMENTATION.

05:10:56.037 --> 05:10:58.573
AB 2254 OFFERS A PRACTICAL,

05:10:58.639 --> 05:11:01.909
TAILORED SOLUTION
BY REQUIRING THE ADOPTION

05:11:01.976 --> 05:11:04.112
OF OVERWINTERING PROTECTION
POLICIES.

05:11:04.178 --> 05:11:06.647
THIS BILL CREATES
CLARITY AND PREDICTABILITY

05:11:06.714 --> 05:11:09.484
WHILE PROTECTING
VITAL MONARCH HABITATS

05:11:09.550 --> 05:11:11.386
FOR THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA'S
MONARCHS.

05:11:11.452 --> 05:11:14.922
I RESPECTFULLY URGE
YOUR SUPPORT FOR AB 2254.

05:11:18.893 --> 05:11:20.561
GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

05:11:20.628 --> 05:11:22.597
MY NAME IS SCARLETT WINTER HOME
AND I WAS BORN

05:11:22.663 --> 05:11:24.799
AND RAISED
ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA.

05:11:24.866 --> 05:11:27.468
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY,

05:11:27.535 --> 05:11:30.972
TO SHARE MY STRONG SUPPORT
FOR AB 2254

05:11:31.639 --> 05:11:34.375
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND
AS A CENTRAL COAST RESIDENT

05:11:34.442 --> 05:11:37.478
REGARDING OUR DIMINISHING
MONARCH POPULATION.

05:11:37.545 --> 05:11:38.413
WHEN I WAS YOUNG,

05:11:38.479 --> 05:11:41.649
EVERY FALL USED TO BRING
EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION.

05:11:42.283 --> 05:11:44.752
OUR LARGE MONARCH POPULATION
WOULD FLOOD MY HOMETOWN

05:11:44.819 --> 05:11:45.420
WITH PRIDE.

05:11:46.621 --> 05:11:49.390
MONARCHS USED
TO BE A PART OF MY NORMAL LIFE,

05:11:49.457 --> 05:11:52.260
WHETHER THAT WAS FIELD TRIPS
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR WALKS

05:11:52.326 --> 05:11:54.295
WITH MY GRANDMOTHER
AND PACIFIC GROVE,

05:11:54.362 --> 05:11:55.563
IT WAS NORMAL TO BE MET

05:11:55.630 --> 05:11:58.833
WITH THE SIGHT OF OUR TOWN'S
MASCOT, MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

05:11:59.967 --> 05:12:02.970
WE CALL IT BUTTERFLY TOWN USA,
BUT THE TRUTH IS

05:12:03.037 --> 05:12:04.739
THAT WILL BE A TERM OF THE PAST.

05:12:04.806 --> 05:12:06.474
IF WE DON'T ACT QUICKLY
TO PRESERVE

05:12:06.541 --> 05:12:09.544
WHAT LITTLE HABITATS
WE HAVE LEFT.

05:12:09.610 --> 05:12:11.646
AS I SIT HERE TODAY, I CAN'T SAY

05:12:11.712 --> 05:12:14.682
THAT TIME OF YEAR
BRINGS EXCITEMENT ANYMORE.

05:12:14.749 --> 05:12:18.986
NOW IT BRINGS ANXIETY
BECAUSE THE MONARCHS I ONCE SAW

05:12:19.053 --> 05:12:22.090
AS A ONE, YOUNG GIRL DON'T
JOIN ME ON MY WALKS ANYMORE.

05:12:23.424 --> 05:12:25.927
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
KIDS FROM MY HOMETOWN

05:12:25.993 --> 05:12:28.763
WON'T GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE
I DID.

05:12:28.830 --> 05:12:31.833
INSTEAD OF SEEING THEM ON FIELD
TRIPS OR IN THE GARDEN,

05:12:31.899 --> 05:12:33.568
THEY'LL LEARN
ABOUT THEM IN THE CLASSROOM,

05:12:34.702 --> 05:12:37.004
AND THEY'LL LEARN THAT
THE REASON THEY DON'T SEE THEM

05:12:37.071 --> 05:12:40.074
ANYMORE IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO
ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM.

05:12:41.242 --> 05:12:45.113
THESE HABITATS CAN'T BE REBUILT,
FIXED, OR REPLACED,

05:12:45.746 --> 05:12:48.649
AND AS WE LOSE MORE OF THEM DUE
TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

05:12:48.716 --> 05:12:51.519
AND CLIMATE CHANGE,
ALL US LOCALS CAN DO

05:12:51.586 --> 05:12:55.123
IS SPEAK TO LAWMAKERS AND ASK
THEM TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY.

05:12:56.958 --> 05:12:59.560
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
BUTTERFLIES.

05:12:59.627 --> 05:13:02.463
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER WE AS
CALIFORNIANS ARE WILLING

05:13:02.530 --> 05:13:05.566
TO PROTECT THE PLACES
THAT MAKE OUR STATE WORTH.

05:13:05.633 --> 05:13:07.735
GROWING UP IN

05:13:07.802 --> 05:13:11.606
AB 2254 IS A CHANCE TO DO THAT
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

05:13:12.440 --> 05:13:15.243
I ASK YOU TO VOTE
YES ON AB 2254.

05:13:15.309 --> 05:13:16.711
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

05:13:16.777 --> 05:13:18.546
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

05:13:18.613 --> 05:13:22.650
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE
IN SUPPORT OF AB 2254?

05:13:22.984 --> 05:13:25.820
PLEASE COME FORWARD.

05:13:25.887 --> 05:13:27.688
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS,

05:13:27.755 --> 05:13:28.756
MY NAME IS SCOTT COX HERE

05:13:28.823 --> 05:13:31.826
ON BEHALF OF THE MID PENINSULA
REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT,

05:13:31.893 --> 05:13:33.861
THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION

05:13:33.928 --> 05:13:36.264
AND THE SEMPER VETERANS
FUND HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT.

05:13:36.330 --> 05:13:38.332
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

05:13:38.399 --> 05:13:40.067
ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT?

05:13:40.134 --> 05:13:40.701
SEEING NONE.

05:13:40.768 --> 05:13:43.838
IS THERE ANYBODY
IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2254.

05:13:45.072 --> 05:13:45.740
NOBODY.

05:13:45.806 --> 05:13:47.008
OKAY. NOBODY IN OPPOSITION.

05:13:47.074 --> 05:13:50.077
I'LL BRING IT TO THE DAIS ANY.

05:13:50.745 --> 05:13:53.247
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED
BY SENATOR SALADO.

05:13:53.314 --> 05:13:55.316
ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS?

05:13:55.383 --> 05:13:57.318
NONE. OKAY.

05:13:57.385 --> 05:13:59.554
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK.

05:13:59.620 --> 05:14:01.389
THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

05:14:01.455 --> 05:14:04.492
HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE
IN THE CULTURE, MEXICAN CULTURE.

05:14:04.559 --> 05:14:06.060
AND FOR LATINOS,

05:14:06.127 --> 05:14:09.230
IT'S BEEN ADOPTED
AS A SYMBOL OF THE MIGRATION

05:14:09.297 --> 05:14:14.936
THAT HAPPENS,
BETWEEN MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA

05:14:15.002 --> 05:14:19.307
TO THIS COUNTRY AND
THE RESILIENCY OF THE COMMUNITY.

05:14:19.373 --> 05:14:22.843
SO, PLAYS A VERY SPECIAL ROLE
CULTURALLY,

05:14:23.110 --> 05:14:25.546
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

05:14:25.613 --> 05:14:28.783
HAVING SAID THAT,
YOU MAY WRAP UP.

05:14:29.217 --> 05:14:30.651
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

05:14:30.718 --> 05:14:33.154
WITH THAT,
I'LL USE YOUR COMMENTS

05:14:33.221 --> 05:14:36.224
AS OUR CLOSE AND RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

05:14:36.424 --> 05:14:37.792
THANK YOU

05:14:37.858 --> 05:14:40.261
ALL. THE VOTE
EMOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED

05:14:40.328 --> 05:14:43.264
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS AND TOURISM.

05:14:43.331 --> 05:14:47.301
I TRUSTEE CHOI AND AGAIN
I MEAN I, I SPEAK

05:14:48.236 --> 05:14:51.038
ASHBY CERVANTES SARANDOS I LAYER

05:14:51.105 --> 05:14:55.042
SO YOU ARE OUR SO I50

05:14:56.911 --> 05:15:01.949
THE. THANK YOU.

05:15:02.283 --> 05:15:06.053
AND OUR LAST BILL
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA

05:15:07.722 --> 05:15:10.725
WELCOME.

05:15:11.726 --> 05:15:14.729
THIS IS BILL AB 2639.

05:15:15.263 --> 05:15:15.363
YEAH.

05:15:15.429 --> 05:15:18.432
WELCOME.

05:15:19.600 --> 05:15:20.468
THANK YOU.

05:15:20.534 --> 05:15:23.537
CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS,

05:15:23.771 --> 05:15:29.176
AB 2639, IS A VERY SIMPLE BILL
WHERE, IT DIRECTS

05:15:29.243 --> 05:15:32.780
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE
TO ASSESS THE FLOOD

05:15:32.847 --> 05:15:35.716
CONTROL DISTRICT
AND MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

05:15:35.783 --> 05:15:38.819
ON HOW BEST TO MODERNIZE
THE DISTRICT TO MEET THE NEEDS

05:15:39.086 --> 05:15:41.022
OF THE COUNTY OF MERCED.

05:15:41.088 --> 05:15:45.793
THE MERCED FLOOD CONTROL
WAS ESTABLISHED BY AB 2926,

05:15:45.860 --> 05:15:49.096
IN 1982
TO RECEIVE AND MANAGE FUNDS

05:15:49.163 --> 05:15:52.133
FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT
IN MERCED COUNTY,

05:15:52.433 --> 05:15:55.670
IT WAS MODELED ON PREVIOUS
LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING

05:15:55.736 --> 05:15:58.439
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS
THAT THAT BILL GAVE THE COUNTY.

05:15:58.506 --> 05:16:01.876
EMER SAID AUTHORITY TO ACT
AS THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

05:16:01.942 --> 05:16:05.846
HOWEVER, 40 YEARS LATER,
THE AUTHORITY OF THIS DISTRICT

05:16:05.913 --> 05:16:08.983
HAS NOT SEEN SIGNIFICANT USE
AND THE FLOOD CONTROL NEEDS OF

05:16:09.050 --> 05:16:12.053
THE COUNTY HAVE ONLY GOTTEN MORE
COMPLICATED.

05:16:12.253 --> 05:16:15.956
IN FACT, IN 2023,
THE FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS HERE

05:16:16.023 --> 05:16:20.094
IN THE LEGISLATURE,
WE HAD THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS

05:16:20.361 --> 05:16:23.264
AND THE LEVY ON MILES CREEK
ENDED UP FAILING,

05:16:23.331 --> 05:16:26.367
FLOODING THE COMMUNITY
OF A FARMWORKER COMMUNITY,

05:16:26.767 --> 05:16:30.471
AND IT DAMAGED AND DESTROYED
NEARLY HALF OF ITS HOMES.

05:16:31.072 --> 05:16:34.175
EVEN TODAY, THREE YEARS LATER,
THE COMMUNITY OF NADA

05:16:34.241 --> 05:16:37.378
IS STILL RECOVERING
AND SUFFERING FROM A LOT OF PTSD

05:16:37.445 --> 05:16:40.448
IN TERMS OF JUST ALL OF
THE LOSSES THAT THEY'VE HAD.

05:16:40.815 --> 05:16:43.984
THIS BILL
ESSENTIALLY WILL HELP,

05:16:44.552 --> 05:16:47.388
DIRECT THE FUTURE POLICY
ON THE GOVERNANCE OF FLOOD

05:16:47.455 --> 05:16:48.289
CONTROL PROJECTS

05:16:48.356 --> 05:16:51.659
AND OPERATIONS IN MERCED COUNTY
TO ENSURE THAT, ONE,

05:16:51.726 --> 05:16:53.561
THESE RESIDENTS
HAVE THE BEST PROTECTION

05:16:53.627 --> 05:16:56.397
FROM POSSIBLE
FLOODING IN THE FUTURE.

05:16:56.464 --> 05:16:59.367
AND THE REASON
WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT

05:16:59.433 --> 05:17:01.068
THIS IS
THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME

05:17:01.135 --> 05:17:03.137
THAT WE SAW
THIS TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC

05:17:03.204 --> 05:17:05.239
FLOODING HAPPEN
IN MERCED COUNTY.

05:17:05.306 --> 05:17:08.409
IT HAS THIS COUNTY HAS FLOODED
MULTIPLE TIMES

05:17:08.476 --> 05:17:10.010
IN THE LAST FEW DECADES.

05:17:10.077 --> 05:17:11.879
AND SO WE MUST DO MORE.

05:17:11.946 --> 05:17:12.680
AND I THINK THAT IT IS

05:17:12.747 --> 05:17:16.150
IMPERATIVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE,
YOU KNOW, GETS,

05:17:16.217 --> 05:17:20.755
THE INFORMATION NECESSARY
TO ESSENTIALLY HELP THIS COUNTY,

05:17:21.288 --> 05:17:24.291
DEVELOP A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
THAT WILL HELP THEM,

05:17:24.558 --> 05:17:28.629
ADDRESS THIS
RECURRING CHALLENGE, TO BE ABLE

05:17:28.696 --> 05:17:33.467
TO NOT JUST CALL FOR THE LONG
TERM INVESTMENT THAT IS NEEDED,

05:17:33.834 --> 05:17:35.903
BUT ALSO CREATE THE FLOOD
PROTECTION

05:17:35.970 --> 05:17:37.671
THAT THESE COMMUNITIES
DESERVE TO HAVE.

05:17:37.738 --> 05:17:40.975
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE AND JUST.

05:17:43.911 --> 05:17:46.914
VERY ELSE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2639

05:17:48.082 --> 05:17:49.750
NOBODY C NOBODY

05:17:49.817 --> 05:17:52.820
ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION TO AB 2639

05:17:53.421 --> 05:17:55.656
NO ONE IN OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL,

05:17:55.723 --> 05:17:58.793
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR
OREGON.

05:17:58.859 --> 05:18:01.128
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

05:18:01.195 --> 05:18:03.798
SEEING NONE ALL.

05:18:03.864 --> 05:18:06.634
OH I'M SORRY CLOSE UP THE THERE
WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR

05:18:06.700 --> 05:18:08.235
AND I VOTE THANK THANK YOU

05:18:08.302 --> 05:18:11.806
MOTION IS DO PASS THE COMMITTEE
ON RULES AND ROSTER ALSO THERE

05:18:11.872 --> 05:18:17.111
ALSO I CHOY AGAIN AND AGAIN
I ASHBY ASHBY

05:18:17.178 --> 05:18:20.281
CERVANTES CERVANTES I LAIRD SATO

05:18:21.682 --> 05:18:24.685
SATO I50

05:18:26.720 --> 05:18:28.355
THE BILL IS ON CALL.

05:18:28.422 --> 05:18:30.458
WE'LL GO BACK

05:18:30.524 --> 05:18:31.358
GO BACK TO THE BILLS.

05:18:31.425 --> 05:18:34.428
OKAY.

05:18:34.962 --> 05:18:37.965
SHOULD WE START WITH CONSENT?

05:18:44.839 --> 05:18:47.842
YES. SO.

05:18:49.944 --> 05:18:50.211
OKAY.

05:18:50.277 --> 05:18:51.078
WE'RE GOING TO LIFT CALLS

05:18:51.145 --> 05:18:52.980
WITH STARTING WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.

05:18:53.047 --> 05:18:54.715
THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR,

05:18:54.782 --> 05:18:58.552
WHICH CONSISTS OF FILE ITEM
NUMBER SIX, AB 1622, FILE ITEM

05:18:58.619 --> 05:19:03.557
12, AB 1802,
FILE ITEM 14, AB 2219,

05:19:03.624 --> 05:19:06.827
FILE ITEM 15 AB 2395.

05:19:06.894 --> 05:19:11.465
ITEM 20 FOR AB 2512 FOR ITEM
27, AB 2341

05:19:12.233 --> 05:19:14.635
SENATORS OREGON I MEAN I.

05:19:14.702 --> 05:19:16.971
ASHBY ASHBY. I LAYERED

05:19:18.205 --> 05:19:20.441
SIX ZERO

05:19:20.508 --> 05:19:23.511
BILLS ON COMP.

05:19:26.146 --> 05:19:29.617
ITEM NUMBER ONE AB 306.

05:19:29.683 --> 05:19:31.218
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED

05:19:31.285 --> 05:19:32.987
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:19:33.053 --> 05:19:35.890
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE ZERO
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING ITEMS.

05:19:35.956 --> 05:19:37.024
ASHBY.

05:19:37.091 --> 05:19:39.293
ASHBY. LEARY

05:19:39.360 --> 05:19:41.695
SIX ZERO.

05:19:41.762 --> 05:19:44.565
BILLS ON CALL.

05:19:44.632 --> 05:19:47.568
FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO, AB NINE AND 12.

05:19:47.635 --> 05:19:50.204
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:19:50.271 --> 05:19:52.306
THE CURRENT VOTE IS THREE ZERO,
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING

05:19:52.373 --> 05:19:53.974
I CENTERS. OREGON.

05:19:54.041 --> 05:19:55.776
I BEGIN I ASHBY.

05:19:55.843 --> 05:19:57.444
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:19:57.511 --> 05:19:58.045
CERVANTES.

05:19:58.112 --> 05:20:00.915
I LAIRD SIX ZERO.

05:20:00.981 --> 05:20:02.983
BILLS ON CALL FILE

05:20:03.050 --> 05:20:06.320
ITEM NUMBER 3AB956.

05:20:06.387 --> 05:20:09.323
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:20:09.390 --> 05:20:12.560
THE CURRENT VOTE
IS ONE TWO SENATORS

05:20:12.793 --> 05:20:16.597
I MEAN I BEGIN I ASHBY, ASHBY.

05:20:16.664 --> 05:20:17.631
CERVANTES.

05:20:17.698 --> 05:20:18.198
CERVANTES.

05:20:18.265 --> 05:20:21.368
I LAIRD.

05:20:21.435 --> 05:20:24.104
FOR TWO.

05:20:24.171 --> 05:20:27.174
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AB 1751.

05:20:28.642 --> 05:20:30.210
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:20:30.277 --> 05:20:31.745
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:20:31.812 --> 05:20:36.083
THE CURRENT VOTE IS TWO ZERO
AND AS JOINT ORIGIN EVERGREEN I.

05:20:36.150 --> 05:20:37.318
ASHBY.

05:20:37.384 --> 05:20:39.019
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:20:39.086 --> 05:20:40.254
CERVANTES'S. DESIGN. THERE.

05:20:44.224 --> 05:20:47.227
FIVE ZERO BILLS ON CALL FOR.

05:20:48.262 --> 05:20:51.265
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB 1457.

05:20:51.465 --> 05:20:54.068
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:20:54.134 --> 05:20:57.204
THE CURRENT VOTE IS ONE TWO
SENATORS. ALI.

05:20:57.805 --> 05:20:59.773
ARENA. ASHBY.

05:20:59.840 --> 05:21:02.109
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:21:02.176 --> 05:21:03.177
CERVANTES I.

05:21:03.243 --> 05:21:05.212
LAIRD

05:21:05.279 --> 05:21:08.282
FOR TWO.

05:21:09.149 --> 05:21:11.652
FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AB 1710.

05:21:11.719 --> 05:21:13.187
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:21:13.253 --> 05:21:14.555
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:21:14.622 --> 05:21:15.990
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

05:21:16.056 --> 05:21:19.059
SENATORS ARE AGAIN
BEGIN. ASHBY.

05:21:19.426 --> 05:21:20.294
ASHBY.

05:21:20.361 --> 05:21:23.364
BLAIR SIX ZERO.

05:21:23.864 --> 05:21:27.368
BILL IS ON CALL FILE
I DON'T NUMBER EIGHT AB 1740.

05:21:27.434 --> 05:21:28.802
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED

05:21:28.869 --> 05:21:30.404
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:21:30.471 --> 05:21:31.839
THE CURRENT VOTE IS THREE ZERO.

05:21:31.905 --> 05:21:36.010
SENATE IS DUE RUSSELL
I THERE ARE SO I I BEGIN I BEGIN

05:21:36.076 --> 05:21:40.447
I ASHBY I ASHBY I LAIRD

05:21:41.749 --> 05:21:43.951
SIX ZERO

05:21:44.018 --> 05:21:46.487
UNCLE THE BILL IS ON CALL

05:21:46.553 --> 05:21:50.157
FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE AB 2181.

05:21:50.424 --> 05:21:51.859
THE MOTION IS DUE PROCESS.

05:21:51.925 --> 05:21:54.028
AND AT FLOOR
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

05:21:54.094 --> 05:21:57.097
CENTERS OF AGAIN OVER IN
I ASHBY.

05:21:57.297 --> 05:21:58.632
ASHBY.

05:21:58.699 --> 05:22:01.235
LAIRD SIX ZERO.

05:22:01.301 --> 05:22:02.102
BILLS ON CALL.

05:22:05.305 --> 05:22:07.474
OH, WE DID A MOTION

05:22:07.541 --> 05:22:09.009
18 OH OKAY.

05:22:09.076 --> 05:22:12.079
WE NEED A MOTION ON AB 1801

05:22:12.946 --> 05:22:13.247
SECOND.

05:22:13.313 --> 05:22:16.283
THIS SENATOR ADVANCES
MOVES A BILL.

05:22:17.117 --> 05:22:19.586
THE MOTION IS DO PASSED
AS AMENDED TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:22:19.653 --> 05:22:20.120
SENATOR MR.

05:22:20.187 --> 05:22:23.190
RUSSELL I THERE ALSO I JOY

05:22:23.991 --> 05:22:27.061
AGAIN I MEAN I ASHBY

05:22:27.127 --> 05:22:29.496
ASHBY CERVANTES CERVANTES

05:22:29.563 --> 05:22:32.599
I LAYER 0 TO 0 NO.

05:22:34.768 --> 05:22:36.570
FOR ONE

05:22:36.637 --> 05:22:39.640
BILLS UNCLE.

05:22:40.507 --> 05:22:41.075
MOTION.

05:22:41.141 --> 05:22:46.880
I NEED A MOTION ON AB
2601 WAS MOVED BY SENATOR,

05:22:46.947 --> 05:22:50.284
AND AGAIN THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:22:50.350 --> 05:22:51.785
SENATOR RUSSELL JR.

05:22:51.852 --> 05:22:55.389
ALSO I JOY I BEGIN NOW
RECOGNIZE ASHBY.

05:22:55.923 --> 05:22:57.691
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:22:57.758 --> 05:22:58.225
CERVANTES.

05:22:58.292 --> 05:23:01.295
I LAIRD CIGAR TO SAY AFTERNOON

05:23:02.096 --> 05:23:05.065
FOR ONE BILLS ON CALL.

05:23:06.567 --> 05:23:09.570
FILE ITEM NUMBER.

05:23:10.504 --> 05:23:13.540
13 AB 1820.

05:23:13.607 --> 05:23:14.942
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:23:15.008 --> 05:23:16.677
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:23:16.744 --> 05:23:19.079
THE CURRENT VOTE IS ONE TWO
SENATORS. DEROSA.

05:23:19.146 --> 05:23:20.414
ALL RIGHT. THERE ALSO, I

05:23:22.282 --> 05:23:23.317
ASHBY.

05:23:23.383 --> 05:23:25.419
ASHBY I CERVANTES.

05:23:25.486 --> 05:23:28.489
CERVANTES I LAYER.

05:23:29.356 --> 05:23:32.359
LAIRD I.

05:23:34.128 --> 05:23:37.131
FIVE TWO.

05:23:40.300 --> 05:23:41.168
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:23:41.235 --> 05:23:44.238
FIVE. TWO.

05:23:50.677 --> 05:23:54.748
FILE ITEM NUMBER 17 AB 2469.

05:23:54.815 --> 05:23:56.116
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED

05:23:56.183 --> 05:23:57.351
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:23:57.417 --> 05:23:59.286
THE CURRENT VOTE IS TWO ONE
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING.

05:23:59.353 --> 05:24:01.188
ARE SENATORS OUT AGAIN?

05:24:01.255 --> 05:24:02.790
I MEAN, I ASHBY.

05:24:02.856 --> 05:24:04.691
ASHBY. LAIRD.

05:24:04.758 --> 05:24:06.493
LAIRD I SEE GATO.

05:24:06.560 --> 05:24:09.296
CIGAR. TONO.

05:24:09.363 --> 05:24:11.198
FIVE TO THE BILLS.

05:24:11.265 --> 05:24:12.132
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:24:12.199 --> 05:24:15.202
FIVE TO.

05:24:16.203 --> 05:24:21.642
WE NEED A MOTION ON AB 2619
SO MOVED BY SENATOR UDELL AGAIN.

05:24:21.875 --> 05:24:23.343
THE MOTION IS DO PASS
AS AMENDED,

05:24:23.410 --> 05:24:24.912
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:24:24.978 --> 05:24:30.384
SENATOR RUSSELL I DO RUSSELL
I CHOY THAT AGAIN AGAIN I ASHBY.

05:24:31.018 --> 05:24:32.519
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:24:32.586 --> 05:24:36.123
CERVANTES
I LAIRD LAIRD I0 TO SEE

05:24:36.190 --> 05:24:39.193
I DON'T KNOW.

05:24:39.760 --> 05:24:42.496
FIVE ONE BILL.

05:24:42.563 --> 05:24:47.634
THE BILL IS OUT BY ONE FILE ITEM
NUMBER 19 AB 2074.

05:24:47.901 --> 05:24:49.369
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:24:49.436 --> 05:24:51.171
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:24:51.238 --> 05:24:53.207
THE CURRENT VOTE IS THREE ZERO,
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING.

05:24:53.273 --> 05:24:55.576
EISNER IS. CHOY. ASHBY.

05:24:55.642 --> 05:24:57.444
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:24:57.511 --> 05:24:59.813
CERVANTES I LAIRD. LAIRD I.

05:25:01.882 --> 05:25:04.885
SIX ZERO.

05:25:05.719 --> 05:25:06.820
BILL IS OUT.

05:25:06.887 --> 05:25:08.589
THE BILL IS OUT. SIX ZERO.

05:25:08.655 --> 05:25:11.725
FILE ITEM NUMBER 20 AB 2080.

05:25:11.792 --> 05:25:13.961
THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:25:14.027 --> 05:25:16.196
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING I.

05:25:16.263 --> 05:25:19.299
CENTERS ARE AGAIN 18 I ASHBY.

05:25:19.366 --> 05:25:21.602
ASHBY I LAIRD.

05:25:21.668 --> 05:25:23.804
LAIRD I70.

05:25:23.871 --> 05:25:26.473
THE BILL IS UP SEVEN ZERO.

05:25:26.540 --> 05:25:29.443
FILE ITEM NUMBER 22 AB 2188.

05:25:29.509 --> 05:25:31.345
THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE SENATE FLOOR,

05:25:31.411 --> 05:25:33.113
WITH THE CURRENT VOTE
BEING THREE ZERO

05:25:33.180 --> 05:25:34.381
AND THE CHAIR VOTING I.

05:25:34.448 --> 05:25:34.848
SENATORS.

05:25:34.915 --> 05:25:37.818
ORIGIN I BEGIN I ASHBY.

05:25:37.885 --> 05:25:39.753
ASHBY I SERVANTS.

05:25:39.820 --> 05:25:41.555
CERVANTES I LAIRD.

05:25:41.622 --> 05:25:46.126
LAIRD I SEVEN 0 TO 21 YES.

05:25:54.835 --> 05:25:58.405
FILE ITEM NUMBER 23 AB 2194.

05:25:58.472 --> 05:25:59.806
THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AS AMENDED

05:25:59.873 --> 05:26:01.074
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:26:01.141 --> 05:26:02.576
THE CURRENT VOTE IS TWO ZERO
WITH THE CHAIR.

05:26:02.643 --> 05:26:06.680
VOTING ARE SENATORS
CHOY ARE AGAIN I BEGIN I ASHBY.

05:26:07.247 --> 05:26:08.815
ASHBY. CERVANTES.

05:26:08.882 --> 05:26:10.484
CERVANTES I LAIRD.

05:26:10.550 --> 05:26:13.553
LAIRD I60.

05:26:14.121 --> 05:26:14.321
HOUSE

05:26:15.389 --> 05:26:17.658
BILL IS UP SIX ZERO.

05:26:17.724 --> 05:26:21.061
FILE ITEM NUMBER 25 AB 2254.

05:26:21.495 --> 05:26:23.864
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:26:23.931 --> 05:26:26.099
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:26:26.166 --> 05:26:27.100
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE ZERO

05:26:27.167 --> 05:26:30.170
WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ARE SENATORS JOIN

05:26:30.237 --> 05:26:31.204
LAIRD.

05:26:31.271 --> 05:26:34.274
LAIRD I60.

05:26:34.608 --> 05:26:36.677
BILL IS OUT SIX ZERO

05:26:36.743 --> 05:26:39.746
FOR ITEM NUMBER.

05:26:48.588 --> 05:26:52.459
YES. FILE ITEM
NUMBER 26 AB 2257.

05:26:52.526 --> 05:26:54.795
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED, TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:26:54.861 --> 05:26:55.896
THE CURRENT VOTE

05:26:55.963 --> 05:26:58.966
IS THREE TWO, WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ARE SENATORS ASHBY.

05:26:59.633 --> 05:27:01.468
ASHBY I. LAIRD.

05:27:01.535 --> 05:27:04.538
LAIRD I.

05:27:04.838 --> 05:27:06.940
FIVE TO.

05:27:07.007 --> 05:27:08.041
IT GOES OUT.

05:27:08.108 --> 05:27:10.644
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:27:10.711 --> 05:27:14.614
FILE ITEM NUMBER 28 AB 2415.

05:27:14.681 --> 05:27:16.316
THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:27:16.383 --> 05:27:17.718
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE ZERO

05:27:17.784 --> 05:27:20.120
WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ARE SENATORS ASHBY.

05:27:20.187 --> 05:27:21.822
ASHBY. LAIRD.

05:27:21.888 --> 05:27:24.658
LAIRD I70.

05:27:24.725 --> 05:27:26.059
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:27:29.396 --> 05:27:34.067
THESE
ARE ITEM NUMBER 29 AB 2576.

05:27:34.134 --> 05:27:35.802
THE MOTION IS DO
PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:27:35.869 --> 05:27:37.871
THE CARNIVAL IS FIVE
ZERO WITH THE CHAIR VOTING I.

05:27:37.938 --> 05:27:39.139
SENATORS ASHBY.

05:27:39.206 --> 05:27:40.774
ASHBY I LAIRD.

05:27:40.841 --> 05:27:42.943
LAIRD I70.

05:27:43.010 --> 05:27:44.177
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:27:44.244 --> 05:27:46.546
FILE ITEM NUMBER 26.

05:27:46.613 --> 05:27:48.215
FILE ITEM NUMBER 30.

05:27:48.281 --> 05:27:51.385
AB 2635.

05:27:51.451 --> 05:27:52.986
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:27:53.053 --> 05:27:55.022
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:27:55.088 --> 05:27:56.656
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

05:27:56.723 --> 05:27:59.359
SENATORS CHOY LAIRD.

05:27:59.426 --> 05:28:02.796
LAIRD I050.

05:28:03.797 --> 05:28:06.633
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:28:06.700 --> 05:28:09.703
FILE ITEM NUMBER 31.

05:28:10.437 --> 05:28:14.508
THE AB 2639 DO PASS.

05:28:14.574 --> 05:28:16.710
THE MOTION IS DO
PASS TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.

05:28:16.777 --> 05:28:18.979
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE
ZERO WITH THE CHAIR VOTING.

05:28:19.046 --> 05:28:23.383
EISNER IS CHOY LAIRD
I LAIRD I60.

05:28:26.386 --> 05:28:29.056
WITH THOSE OUT, THE BILL IS OUT.

05:28:29.122 --> 05:28:31.458
THIS BILL

05:28:31.525 --> 05:28:34.561
WE NEED TO CONSENT TO THE ONE
THROUGH.

05:28:35.095 --> 05:28:36.496
YES. YES. YOU ARE

05:28:37.597 --> 05:28:39.366
FROM THE

05:28:39.433 --> 05:28:42.302
SENATOR.

05:28:42.369 --> 05:28:45.372
THAT'S.

05:28:46.373 --> 05:28:48.975
SUPERVISOR
I THINK YOU HAVE TO BRING THIS

05:28:49.042 --> 05:28:52.045
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.

05:28:52.913 --> 05:28:55.749
JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING OUR CHAIR.

05:28:55.816 --> 05:28:57.117
IT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED YOU

05:28:57.184 --> 05:28:59.920
THESE PAST THREE YEARS
AND, YEARS.

05:28:59.986 --> 05:29:04.257
YEAH I KNOW, WE'VE FLOWN
THE VICE, BUT WE'RE JUST HERE.

05:29:04.491 --> 05:29:05.892
YEAH.

05:29:05.959 --> 05:29:08.595
AND SO, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE OFF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

05:29:08.662 --> 05:29:11.832
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GET
A LITTLE TRAFFIC THAT YOU

05:29:13.433 --> 05:29:15.102
WILL BE THERE FOR YOU

05:29:15.168 --> 05:29:19.039
AS THE BEST THING I DO IS UNDO
ALL THE DIFFERENCES.

05:29:19.106 --> 05:29:22.075
BILL.

05:29:22.709 --> 05:29:24.377
NOW THAT'S WHY YOU

05:29:24.444 --> 05:29:27.447
IT IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST
FRIEND. IT.

05:29:29.483 --> 05:29:31.451
SHOULD BE GETTING

05:29:31.518 --> 05:29:31.785
BETTER.

05:29:31.852 --> 05:29:34.888
GIVE ME YOUR CELL NUMBER. YEAH.

05:29:34.955 --> 05:29:35.889
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

05:29:35.956 --> 05:29:38.024
WE'VE BEEN EVERY

05:29:38.091 --> 05:29:42.362
THE GOVERNMENT FROM 80 YEARS
TO MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

05:29:42.429 --> 05:29:44.364
YOU NAME IT.
IT COMES TO THE YEAR.

05:29:44.431 --> 05:29:47.501
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO
THE STAFF, TO THE CONSULTANTS.

05:29:47.567 --> 05:29:49.202
THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SPEAKER.

05:29:50.170 --> 05:29:50.770
OH, YEAH.

05:29:50.837 --> 05:29:53.473
EVERYBODY WAS THERE. SO

05:29:53.540 --> 05:29:56.776
YEAH, IT'S I WANTED
I DO FOR EVERYBODY THAT

05:29:56.843 --> 05:30:00.547
I KNOW THAT THIS THIS COURSE
YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IT

05:30:00.780 --> 05:30:03.650
SO MUCH.

05:30:03.717 --> 05:30:06.720
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

05:30:06.953 --> 05:30:09.956
THESE FLOWERS ARE.

05:30:10.824 --> 05:30:13.760
I'M SURE THEY'RE BY

05:30:13.827 --> 05:30:14.594
BEAUTIFUL.

05:30:14.661 --> 05:30:15.996
I'M SURE THE SERGEANT I'M GOING

05:30:16.062 --> 05:30:18.598
SAY YES CARLOS
YOU'RE HOLDING US UP.

05:30:18.665 --> 05:30:21.668
COME ON.

05:30:25.639 --> 05:30:27.974
DON'T.

05:30:28.041 --> 05:30:29.409
MIND.

05:30:29.476 --> 05:30:30.110
WE HAD TO ADD UP.

05:30:30.177 --> 05:30:33.180
HOW MANY THINGS

05:30:33.680 --> 05:30:35.649
GOOD THIS.

05:30:35.715 --> 05:30:36.316
YES. GOOD JOB.

05:30:36.383 --> 05:30:38.251
THERE WE GO.

05:30:38.318 --> 05:30:41.321
KEEP.

05:30:43.156 --> 05:30:44.090
THEM UP A LITTLE.

05:30:44.157 --> 05:30:48.094
LIKE THE DAY WE GOT TO.

05:30:52.165 --> 05:30:54.801
LIKE ON OUR LAST NIGHT? YES.

05:30:54.868 --> 05:30:57.404
I BET YOU IT IS SOMETHING.

05:30:57.470 --> 05:30:59.039
WE'LL SEE.

05:30:59.105 --> 05:31:02.108
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

05:31:03.343 --> 05:31:06.346
LITTLE AGENDA.

05:31:07.747 --> 05:31:09.316
OKAY.

05:31:09.382 --> 05:31:12.385
OH! OH, MY.

05:31:18.358 --> 05:31:19.826
OH, WE'RE NOT DONE. YOU.

05:31:19.893 --> 05:31:20.093
WE'RE NOT.

05:31:20.160 --> 05:31:20.927
SO WE'RE NOT.

05:31:20.994 --> 05:31:23.563
WE'RE NOT QUITE THAT. WE JUST.

05:31:23.630 --> 05:31:25.465
WE JUST WANTED
TO GET IN THINGS LIKE I.

05:31:28.602 --> 05:31:28.702
KNOW.

05:31:28.768 --> 05:31:31.605
YEAH. WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

05:31:31.671 --> 05:31:33.840
JUST LIFTING A COUPLE
MORE BILLS.

05:31:33.907 --> 05:31:36.910
HEY, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW
THESE NAMES ON YOUR SHIRT?

05:31:37.344 --> 05:31:40.247
YEAH.

05:31:40.313 --> 05:31:41.748
I WANT MY NAME TO MAKE.

05:31:41.815 --> 05:31:44.818
I WANT MY NAME.

05:31:46.553 --> 05:31:49.522
HAHA.

05:31:51.391 --> 05:31:54.394
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.

05:31:55.428 --> 05:31:58.431
OKAY, NEXT.

05:31:58.865 --> 05:32:00.433
MOSES, GO.

05:32:00.500 --> 05:32:01.401
HERE WE GO.

05:32:01.468 --> 05:32:04.471
OKAY.

05:32:04.804 --> 05:32:05.338
PLEASE CONSENT.

05:32:05.405 --> 05:32:05.872
CALENDAR.

05:32:05.939 --> 05:32:07.874
THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR,

05:32:07.941 --> 05:32:08.942
WHICH CONSISTS OF FILE ITEM

05:32:09.009 --> 05:32:13.546
NUMBER SIX, AB 1622, FILE ITEM
NUMBER 12, AB 1802,

05:32:13.613 --> 05:32:18.618
FILE ITEM 14, AB 2219
FILE AND IN 15 A, B 2390 FILE.

05:32:18.685 --> 05:32:21.621
ITEM 24 AB 2512 FILE

05:32:21.688 --> 05:32:24.691
ITEM 27 AB 2341.

05:32:24.924 --> 05:32:26.226
SENATORS LARRY.

05:32:26.293 --> 05:32:28.795
LAYER 970.

05:32:28.862 --> 05:32:31.865
THE BILL IS UP.

05:32:40.273 --> 05:32:42.976
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE AB 306.

05:32:43.043 --> 05:32:44.277
MOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED

05:32:44.344 --> 05:32:45.679
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:32:45.745 --> 05:32:47.681
THE CURRENT VOTE IS SIX ZERO,
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING I.

05:32:47.747 --> 05:32:48.982
SENATORS LAIRD.

05:32:49.049 --> 05:32:51.084
LAIRD I70. THE BILL IS OUT.

05:32:52.319 --> 05:32:54.187
FILE ITEM 912.

05:32:54.254 --> 05:32:56.656
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:32:56.723 --> 05:32:58.858
THE CURRENT VOTE IS SIX ZERO
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING.

05:32:58.925 --> 05:33:02.329
I'M SENATORS LAIRD. LAIRD I702.

05:33:02.395 --> 05:33:05.365
SOMETHING ABOUT A BILL
ABOUT MY HOME.

05:33:08.601 --> 05:33:12.505
ACTUALLY, SEVEN THIS DISTRICT
WAS FORMED IN 1962.

05:33:13.139 --> 05:33:16.142
I WAS THERE.

05:33:16.810 --> 05:33:19.813
I READ THE ANALYSIS LAST NIGHT.

05:33:21.448 --> 05:33:24.451
I WASN'T VERY MUCH.

05:33:26.419 --> 05:33:28.221
IT'S A REMINDER.

05:33:28.288 --> 05:33:30.857
ITEM NUMBER THREE, AB 956.

05:33:30.924 --> 05:33:33.226
EMOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:33:33.293 --> 05:33:34.794
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR TWO,

05:33:34.861 --> 05:33:37.330
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING
I SENATORS LAIRD.

05:33:37.397 --> 05:33:40.433
LAIRD, I FIGHT TO THE BILLS.

05:33:40.734 --> 05:33:45.605
THE BILL IS OUT BY TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR AB 1751.

05:33:45.672 --> 05:33:47.040
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:33:47.107 --> 05:33:48.408
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATION.

05:33:48.475 --> 05:33:49.442
THE CURRENT VOTE

05:33:49.509 --> 05:33:52.512
IS FIVE ZERO WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ITEM IS TROY LAIRD.

05:33:53.046 --> 05:33:54.314
LAIRD I60.

05:33:56.983 --> 05:33:59.953
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:34:00.987 --> 05:34:03.823
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB 1457.

05:34:03.890 --> 05:34:06.192
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:34:06.259 --> 05:34:07.427
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR TWO

05:34:07.494 --> 05:34:10.263
WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ARE SENATORS LAIRD.

05:34:10.330 --> 05:34:13.333
LAIRD, I52.

05:34:14.334 --> 05:34:16.703
BILL IS OUT.

05:34:16.770 --> 05:34:20.006
FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
AB 1720 MOTIONS TO PASS

05:34:20.073 --> 05:34:21.841
AS AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:34:21.908 --> 05:34:24.577
THE CURRENT VOTE IS SIX ZERO,
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING I.

05:34:24.644 --> 05:34:26.379
SENATORS LAIRD.

05:34:26.446 --> 05:34:28.314
LAIRD I70.

05:34:28.381 --> 05:34:30.283
THE BILL IS OUT SEVEN ZERO.

05:34:30.350 --> 05:34:33.086
FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT DAVID 1740.

05:34:33.153 --> 05:34:34.554
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED,

05:34:34.621 --> 05:34:36.256
TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS.

05:34:36.322 --> 05:34:38.491
THE CURRENT VOTE IS SIX ZERO.
SENATORS. LAIRD.

05:34:38.558 --> 05:34:39.192
ALL RIGHT.

05:34:39.259 --> 05:34:42.162
LAIRD I7070.

05:34:42.228 --> 05:34:43.463
THE BILL IS OUT.

05:34:43.530 --> 05:34:46.966
FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE, AB 2181.

05:34:47.033 --> 05:34:49.068
THE MOTION IS DUE PROCESS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:34:49.135 --> 05:34:51.304
THE CURRENT VOTE IS SIX ZERO
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING OUR

05:34:51.371 --> 05:34:54.274
SENATORS LAIRD. LAIRD I70.

05:34:55.642 --> 05:34:58.278
THE BILL IS OUT SEVEN ZERO.

05:34:58.344 --> 05:35:01.314
FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN AB 1801.

05:35:01.648 --> 05:35:03.983
THE MOTION IS TO PASS,
AS AMENDED TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:35:04.050 --> 05:35:06.252
THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOR ONE
SENTENCE.

05:35:06.319 --> 05:35:07.654
TROY LAIRD.

05:35:07.720 --> 05:35:10.723
LAIRD I51.

05:35:12.225 --> 05:35:15.228
THE BILL IS OUT FIVE ONE.

05:35:15.528 --> 05:35:18.865
FILE ITEM NUMBER 11 AB 2601.

05:35:18.932 --> 05:35:20.867
THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

05:35:20.934 --> 05:35:23.903
THE CURRENT BILL IS FOUR ONE
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING RIGHTS.

05:35:23.970 --> 05:35:25.972
SENATORS TROY LAIRD.

05:35:26.039 --> 05:35:29.042
LAIRD I51

05:35:29.275 --> 05:35:32.278
BILL IS OUT BY ONE.

05:35:34.013 --> 05:35:35.548
LET'S SAY IT'S DONE.

05:35:35.615 --> 05:35:38.618
THAT'S IT.

05:35:40.820 --> 05:35:43.056
WHAT'S.

05:35:43.122 --> 05:35:44.924
THAT STUFF.

05:35:44.991 --> 05:35:46.893
OKAY,

05:35:46.960 --> 05:35:49.796
OKAY, WELL, HOLD ON A BIT.

05:35:49.863 --> 05:35:51.898
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

05:35:51.965 --> 05:35:54.968
NEED TO.

05:36:01.508 --> 05:36:02.909
WELL,

05:36:02.976 --> 05:36:04.577
HE'S.

05:36:04.644 --> 05:36:07.747
DO WE NEED TO RECESS
OR SHOULD WE SHOULD RECESS.

05:36:09.582 --> 05:36:09.849
OKAY.

05:36:09.916 --> 05:36:12.919
WE'RE GOING ON RECESS.

05:36:25.231 --> 05:36:27.667
SO YOU THINK ABOUT
BEING OUR LAST.

05:36:27.734 --> 05:36:30.737
OKAY.

05:36:31.671 --> 05:36:33.039
WIN. NOW. ONE.

05:36:33.106 --> 05:36:34.707
TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE.

05:36:34.774 --> 05:36:35.708
OKAY.

05:36:35.775 --> 05:36:37.110
THANK YOU EVERYONE.

05:36:37.176 --> 05:36:39.779
THAT'S IT FOR OUR BILLS TODAY.
THANK YOU

05:36:39.846 --> 05:36:42.849
TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED
IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

05:36:43.182 --> 05:36:44.817
IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO TESTIFY

05:36:44.884 --> 05:36:46.553
TODAY, PLEASE
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS

05:36:46.619 --> 05:36:48.755
OR SUGGESTIONS
IN WRITING TO THE SENATE.

05:36:48.821 --> 05:36:51.624
LOCAL GOV COMMITTEE OR VISIT
OUR WEBSITE.

05:36:51.691 --> 05:36:54.127
YOUR COMMENTS
AND SUGGESTIONS ARE

05:36:54.193 --> 05:36:56.029
AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT
TO US.

05:36:56.095 --> 05:36:57.830
WE WANT TO INCLUDE
YOUR TESTIMONY

05:36:57.897 --> 05:36:59.766
IN THE OFFICIAL HEARING RECORDS.

05:36:59.832 --> 05:36:59.966
I WANT TO

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THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES
FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

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ARE WE ARE JONATHAN
COME ON. RIGHT.

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AND WE WERE GOING TO SAY
WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE.

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COME ON, RYAN, SAY GOODBYE.

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BYE EVERYBODY.

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THANK YOU ALL.

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YOU'VE MADE THIS WORK.

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SO MUCH EASIER.

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AND I FELT A LOT SMARTER
WHEN I WAS AROUND YOU GUYS.

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ANYWAY, THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE

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AND COOPERATION.

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WE'VE CONCLUDED THE AGENDA
THE LAST TIME I DO THIS GAVEL.

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THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.