SO WILL OUR SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS GALGIANI. HERE GALGIANI
HERE WILK.
HERE.
WELL CARE. ABOUT PRESIDENT
BERRYHILL DIED.
PAN HERE BAND HERE.
PAGE WE HAVE THREE BILLS ON THE
FILE TODAY AND WELCOME SENATOR
MCGUIRE.
YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT S. B.
NINE SIXTY FIVE DEALING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CATTLE COUNCIL
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH A
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR IN
MEMBERS AND STAFF I WANNA. START
OUT BY THINKING MADAM CHAIR FOR
ALL OF OUR WORK A IN YOUR VERY
CAPABLE STAFF A ON THIS
IMPORTANT BILL AND UNGRATEFUL.
FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS THAT
CALIFORNIA HAS SOME OF THE BEST
GRASS FED IN ORGANIC BEEF IN THE
WORLD. AND MANY OF THESE ORGANIC
BEEF RANCHERS ARE FROM SMALL
RURAL COMMUNITIES IN MANY ARE
MULTI GENERATIONAL.
AND MANY ARE FOCUSED ON BOTH
QUALITY OR THE CONSUMER AND
TAKING CARE OF THE LAND THAT IS
TAKING CARE OF THEM FOR SO LONG.
THE GOLDEN STATE'S CATTLE MARKET
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE IN THE NATION WITH SMALL
FAMILY FARMERS IN SOME LARGER
PRODUCERS WHO SERVE CONSUMERS
WITH A RANGE OF TASTES IN MEANS.
WE ALSO DO BUSINESS PROUDLY
DIFFERENTLY IN CALIFORNIA
COMPARED TO MANY STATES AND THAT
IS WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA'S BEEF
MARKET SO STRONG.
WE HAVE THE STRICTEST CLEAN AIR
AND CLEAN WATER LAWS IN AMERICA
RIGHTFULLY SO IN CALIFORNIA'S
CATTLE RANCHES IN DAIRIES ARE
TACKLING CLIMATE POLLUTANTS.
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO
DO FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS STATE.
THAT SAID
CALIFORNIA'S FAMILY BEEF
RANCHERS ARE AT AN ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO
TELL THE STORY OF AN INDUSTRY.
THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
MINUTES COMPETING STATES.
AND.
IT'S THAT DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES
CALIFORNIA BEEF SO UNIQUE.
FAMILY BEEF RANGERS DON'T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO THE RESEARCH
IT TAKES
THE FULLY REDUCE THEIR CARBON
FOOTPRINT AND EDUCATE THEIR
PEERS ON BEST PRACTICES TO
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
KATELYN DAIRY FARMERS ACROSS THE
STATE OF THE HEART OF
CALIFORNIA'S FORTY SIX BILLION
DOLLAR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
WHICH YOUR CHAIR IS AT SUCH.
ODDS SO FAMILIAR WITH.
CATTLE ARE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE
VALUED OF IRAQ AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES
AND WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP.
PRODUCING BE STATES IN AMERICA.
AND WHILE OTHER STATES CAN ONLY
DREAM OF ROLLING GOLDEN HILLS
AND CUT DIVERSE MARKETS OF
ORGANIC GRASS FED BEEF. AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FARMING
PRACTICES CALIFORNIA EXEMPLIFIES
IT EVERYDAY.
BUT DESPITE OUR TOP PRODUCTION
OF BEEF IN ARE WIDESPREAD CATTLE
MARKET. NO STATE ANY DE EXIST NO
STATE ENTITY.
EXIST TO SOLELY PROMOTE OR
CONDUCT RESEARCH.
THE CIVIC WE FOR CALIFORNIA'S
DIVERSE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT
ALREADY EXISTS WITH OTHER
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
FOR EXAMPLE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN
STATE ENTITY. THAT IS FOCUSED ON
EDUCATION.
MARKETING AND RESEARCH.
THIS TYPE OF STATE
PACIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
ACCOMPLISHED WITH A A MORE A
MARKETING ORDER OR THE EXISTING
CALIFORNIA BEAT COUNCIL.
WHICH IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL LAW
NEITHER OF WHICH HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY NECESSARY FOR
CALIFORNIANS YOU NEED.
THE EXISTING CALIFORNIA BEAT
COUNSEL IS A QUALIFIED STATE
BEAT COUNSEL UNDER UNDER FEDERAL
LAW.
IN THIS COUNCIL MUST IT HERE THE
FEDERAL RULES WHICH RESTRICTS
THEIR FUNDS FROM FAVORING ONE
STATE OR ANOTHER.
THE CURRENT CALIFORNIA BEEF
COUNCIL CANNOT FULLY PROMOTE
WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA'S FARMING
AND RANCHING FAMILY SO UNIQUE.
THEY CANNOT CONDUCT RESEARCH ON
OUR OWN NICHE MARKETS OR
PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
AND CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA BEEF AND AMERICAN
BEEF.
S. B. NINE SIXTY FIVE WILL ALLOW
CALIFORNIA CATTLE FAMILIES THE
ABILITY TO REMEDY THIS.
THIS BILL WILL ALLOW THEM THE
RIGHT TO VOTE AND DECIDE ON
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO
ESTABLISH THE CALIFORNIA CATTLE
COUNCIL. WHICH WILL UTILIZE
FUNDS COLLECTED THROUGH A
REFUNDABLE A REFUNDABLE
ASSESSMENT OF ONE DOLLAR PER
HEAD ON CATTLE SPECIFICALLY FOR
CALIFORNIA RESEARCHEDUCATION
AND PROMOTION ON THE RAISING OF
CALIFORNIA BEEF AND DAIRY
CATTLE.
THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE NEAR
AUTHORITY TO THE COUNCIL AND
ALLOWS FOR A FULL REFUND WITHOUT
PREJUDICE TO ANYONE AND BY THE
WAY THAT WOULD REMAIN PRIVATE
AND CONFIDENTIAL.
OUR BIGGEST STRENGTH ARE DIVERSE
CATTLE MARKET WITH OUR SMALL
FAMILY FARMERS IN LARGER RANGERS
HIGHLIGHTS A GREATER NEED FOR
STATE SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION.
WE NEED NUMBERS AND HOW WE CAN
MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON WATER SUPPLY
DURING THE DROUGHT OR HOW TO
REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS.
SB NINE SIXTY FIVE IS ESSENTIAL
TO ENSURING THAT WE GIVE OUR
SMALL RANCHING FAMILIES
THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN
AN EVER CHANGING INDUSTRY.
THEN SHARED THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE I IN HERE TODAY TO BE A
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY ARTS AND
FAMILY FARMERS.
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WE HAVE
THAT CODY NICHOLSON STRATTON A
SMALL FAMILY FOR A RANGER OF
FOGGY BOTTOM JERSEYS GARY IN
FERNDALE HE DROVE A LONG WAY
OVERNIGHT TO BE HERE JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF
COURSE MOLLY LAMBERT ADORNS
RANCHES IN MONTEREY COUNTY WHICH
OVERLOOKS THE BEAUTIFUL SALINAS
VALLEY AND.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO OF IT'S
OKAY MEN CHAIR I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
MORNING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS
CRITICAL SINCE STRATTON. AND I
AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CALIFORNIA
DAIRY INDUSTRY IN SUPPORT OF SB
NINE SIX FIVE.
MY FAMILY OWNS AND OPERATES THE
FUNKY BUNCH JERSEY DAIRY.
LOCATED AND FERNDALE UP IN
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
WE OUR FAMILY OWNED ORGANIC
PASTOR BASED TERRY AND I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF FARMING THERE SINCE
THE EIGHTEEN SIXTIES.
I PERSONALLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OF BEING THE FIFTH GENERATION TO
FARM ON OUR LAND.
AND I AM TODAY WORK WITH THREE
GENERATIONS ON OUR FARM IN THE
DAILY OPERATION OF OUR BUSINESS
INCLUDING MYSELF MY HUSBAND MY
PARENTS AS WELL AS MY
GRANDPARENTS.
ARE MILD REGIONAL CLIMATE
PROVIDES FOR UNIQUE SITUATION IN
WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO GRAZE THEIR
CATTLE FOR A FULL THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY FIVE DAYS ANNUALLY. AND
UTILIZING PROGRESSIVE BALLISTIC
PASTURE MANAGEMENT.
PRACTICES INCLUDING ROTATIONAL
GRAZING TARGETED STOCKING
DENSITIES KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LOCAL
PLANNED COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS.
WRITTEN BIOLOGIC WE'D AND PEST
MANAGEMENT WERE ABLE TO IMPACT
OUR LAND IN ENVIRONMENTALLY
BENEFICIAL MANNER.
THE ORGANIC MILK PRODUCED ON OUR
DAIRY IS SHIPPED TO THE LOCAL
FAMILY OWNED ROOMIE ON A CHEESE
COMPANY WHERE IT IS PROCESSED
INTO CHEESE BUTTER AND LACTOSE
FOR BOTH DOMESTIC.
CONSUMPTION AS WELL AS
INTERNATIONAL EXPORT.
WE OPERATE AND INTERACT WITH
THE.
CONSUMER THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS. AND MANY.
A YOU HANDLE FILE YOU BADEN'S
VOICE ON A DAILY BASIS TO INFORM
THEM AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO ON
OUR FARM. AND IN ADDITION TO MY
LIFE ON THE FARM I ALSO
CURRENTLY REPRESENT THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY AS A MEMBER OF THE SP
THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE SUBGROUP
ONE WHICH IS WORKING TO FOSTER
MARKETS FOR NON DIGEST YOUR
PROJECTS.
DO THE CDFA AN ARB.
TODAY HOWEVER I AM HERE TO SPEAK
ON BEHALF OF THE EIGHT HUNDRED
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WESTERN
UNITED BARIUM I'M WESTERN UNITED
THURMOND. AND THE MANY
INDIVIDUAL DARIUS MACROSS
CALIFORNIA WHO SUPPORT THIS
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN THE NATION'S
LEADING VERY STATE RANKING FIRST
IN THE US AND THE PRODUCTION.
OF TOTAL BUTTER ICE CREAM.
NONFAT DRY DAIRY. AND WAY
PROTEIN CONCENTRATE.
THE GROWING DEMAND FOR DAIRY
PRODUCTS LIKE CHEESE AND YOGURT
HAS ALSO DRAWN DAIRY EXPORTS
ACCOUNTS FOR A HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND JOBS THAT
ARE DEPEND ON THE STATE'S NO
PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING DOWN
HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTS FOR MORE
THAN ONE FIFTH OF THE NATION'S
TOTAL MILK PRODUCTION.
AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN CONTRIBUTED
SIXTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS TO
THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY.
TODAY CALIFORNIA'S THEIR
INDUSTRY ENJOYS THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS IN THE NATION WE
EMPLOY THE LATEST TECHNIQUES AND
FARM MANAGEMENT. HEARD HEALTH
AND MILK HANDLING.
AS YOU AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA DAIRY PRODUCERS ARE
THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY
PROGRESSIVE IN THE NATION.
WE'RE HELD TO A HIGHER
ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMAL HEALTH LAND
AND WATER STANDARD. THAN
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. AN OVER
THE NEXT TWO DECADES WILL TAKE
THE LEAD AND REDUCING ANIMAL.
OUR LIVESTOCK GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AS WE REDUCE OUR
METHANE EMISSIONS BY FORTY
PERCENT.
SENATE BILL NINE SIXTY FIVE
WOULD ALLOW DAIRY PRODUCERS TO
CONDUCT RESEARCH TO HELP THE
INDUSTRY CONTINUE TO MEET THE
STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS.
WHILE MAINTAINING OUR ECONOMIC
VIABILITY AS AN INDUSTRY.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN
CAREFULLY CRAFTED IT PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITY FOR DAIRY PRODUCERS
LIKE MYSELF TO DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT POSSESS OURSELVES IN THE
CREATING A CALIFORNIA CATTLE
COMMISSION.
ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCER LARGER
SMALL ORGANIC OR CONVENTIONAL
HAS ONE VOTE.
AND IF THEY'VE IF THE PRODUCER
CHOOSES NOT TO SUPPORT THE
CATTLE COMMISSION. THEY CAN
OBTAIN A REFUND NO QUESTIONS
ASKED.
CALIFORNIA'S ORGANIZE DAIRY
PRODUCERS ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS EFFORT TO ESTABLISH THE
COUNCIL. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO
THIS LEGISLATION WE ASK FOR YOUR
YES VOTE TODAY THANK YOU. THANK
YOU THANK YOU SILENCE SIXTY FIVE
BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
NATIONWIDE.
THOSE ARE ALL OF AGRICULTURE.
COMBINED IS YES.
THANK YOU.
NEXT WITNESS INSPIRED.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS
MOLLY LAMBERT AND I AM A FOURTH
GENERATION RANCHER FROM MONTEREY
COUNTY.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
MY FELLOW CATTLE PRODUCERS
PRODUCERS IN SUPPORT OF SB NINE
SIXTY FIVE.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SAY THANK
YOU TO SENATOR MCGUIRE FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. AND
SENATOR GALGIANI AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT FOR US AND OUR ABILITY
AS RANCHERS AND DAIRY FARMERS TO
PROMOTE CALIFORNIA CATTLE
PRODUCTION.
THIS IS TRULY A GRASSROOTS SPELL
DEMONSTRATED BY THE OVER TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY RANCHERS
STATEWIDE. AND FIFTEEN LOCAL
CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS
REPRESENTING TWENTY TWO COUNTIES
THAT HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF
STRONG SUPPORT. AND AS YOU JUST
HEARD THERE IS A POSITIVE
RESPONSE FROM THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
AS WELL.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATED YOUR
SUPPORT FOR A BI TO FORTY THREE
LAST YEAR AND HAVE RETURNED WITH
A NEW AND BETTER BILL.
CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN'S
ASSOCIATION HAS SPENT THE LAST
FOUR MONTHS WORKING IN GOOD
FAITH TO FINE TUNE THIS BILL.
AND ADDRESS ISSUES EXPRESSED BY
THE OPPOSITION INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LANGUAGE
THAT-PROHIBITS THE COUNCIL FROM
LOBBYING.
A RESOLUTION. CURRENT TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUES INVOLVING STATE
ANTITRUST LAWS.
IN AN INCLUSIVE STRUCTURE THAT
RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
ALL CALIFORNIA CATTLE PRODUCERS
INCLUDING CONVENTIONAL AND
ORGANIC.
TO BE CLEAR SB NINE SIXTY FIVE
DOES NOT IMPOSE A FEE AND VOTING
FOR THIS LEGISLATION WILL NOT
RESULT IN LEGISLATURE LEVYING
ANY KIND OF TAX.
OR ASSESSMENT ON BEEF AND DAIRY
PRODUCERS.
S. B. NINE SIXTY FIVE SIMPLY
PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF TO MAKE
THAT DECISION TO HAVE A VOICE.
THE BILL ALSO GUARANTEES ANY
INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS CATTLE OR
PERCENTAGE OF CATTLE HAS A VOTE
AND A VOICE.
THE VOTE PRESCRIBED UNDER S. B.
NINE SIXTY FIVE IS INCLUSIVE
RATHER THAN EXCLUSIVE AND DOES
NOT FAVOR LARGE PRODUCERS OVER
SMALL PRETTY.
IF YOUNG TEN HAD FEW HAVE ONE
VOTE IF YOUNG TWO THOUSAND HEAD
YOU HAVE ONE VOTE.
S. B. NINE SIXTY FIVE IS ALSO
UNIQUE BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHES A
REFUND PROVISION AS YOU'VE
HEARD.
THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL'S VERY
CLEAR EVERYTHING MUST BE ISSUED
WITHOUT QUESTION OR PREJUDICE
AND THIS PROVISION CANNOT BE
REMOVED OR INHIBITED IN ANY WAY.
BY CDF SAY THE COUNCIL OR A VOTE
OF THE STATE'S PRODUCERS.
CALIFORNIA BEEF AND DAIRY
PRODUCERS ARE THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
ALTHOUGH WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT
EVERY CALIFORNIAN CONSUMES B.
FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS ALL
CALIFORNIANS HAVE A VESTED
INTEREST IN ENSURING. THAT BEEF
AND DAIRY PRODUCTS OFFERED IN
CALIFORNIA COME FROM PRODUCERS
THAT LIVE IN OPERATE HERE. NOT
OTHER STATES OR OTHER COUNTRIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A
YES VOTE ON AS BEING NINE SIXTY
FIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DO WE HAVE
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
ORGANIZATION GOOD MORNING NO
WELL CREAMERS WITH CALIFORNIA
FARM BUREAU.
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL I DID
WANT TO POINT OUT.
ONE THE REFUND PROVISION IS NOT
COMIN I'M IN.
COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS AND IS
VERY IMPORTANT SO IF.
THE MAJORITY DO VOTE TO PUT IN
PLACE THURMOND MINORITIES STILL
HAS THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO
PAY INTO THAT SO I THINK THAT'S
A REAL IMPORTANT KEY. THERE'S
ALSO BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT. A OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RESEARCH INTO IMPROVED
ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES I WANT
TO POINT OUT. AND THERE'S ALSO
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED ANIMAL
CARE AND HEALTH PRACTICES SO S.
THE LEGISLATURE PASSED S. B.
TWENTY SEVEN A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THAT CHANGES THE WAY WE CAN USE
ANTIBIOTICS AND THIS WOULD
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RESEARCH INTO FURTHER VACCINE SO
WE COULD AND PREVENT DISEASE
RATHER HAVE TO TREAT IT LATER.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE SHANE GUSMAN ON BEHALF
OF THE TEAMSTERS WE HAVE MEMBERS
IN THIS INDUSTRY AND WE SUPPORT
BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY OTHER
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT. WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION.
THE MORNING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
SENATOR MCGUIRE JENNIFER FEARING
ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR FOOD
SAFETY I DON'T HAVE A LENGTHY.
A COMMENTARY TODAY BUT I'M AS
YOU KNOW ON WE ALONG WITH A
NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
AND SMALL RANCHERS AROUND THE
STATE AND AND BEYOND.
TECH AT ISSUE IN THIS COMMITTEE
LAST YEAR WITH MR COOPER'S AB TO
FORTY THREE AND APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS TO TAILOR SOME OF THE
CHANGES AND NINE SIX FIVE.
AT TO THOSE CONCERNS BUT
UNFORTUNATELY OUR BEAT OF THE
BILL WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD.
THESE AMENDMENTS FOR A LONG
TIME APPEARS IN A NUMBER OF THE
CONCERNS THAT WE EXPRESS THIS
COMMITTEE LAST YEAR.
PERSIST IN THIS BILL I'M IN
PARTICULAR IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY
BROAD AUTHORITY TO A COUNCIL OF
PRIVATE INDUSTRY MEMBERS
SHIELDING OF INFORMATION FROM
PUBLIC SCRUTINY I'M LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES ARE CONTINUE TO
CONTINUE TO BE PERMITTED UNDER
THIS IT JUST NARROWLY.
UP PROHIBITS THE HIRING OF A
LOBBYIST OR LOBBYING FIRM YOU'D
WANT TO SEE I'M LANGUAGE SIMILAR
TO OTHER COUNCILS THAT'S MORE
THAT'S WHERE PAN COMPREHENSIVE
WITH RESPECT TO.
PROHIBITING LOBBYING ACTIVITY
I'M HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF
THE EXEMPTIONS FROM LIABILITY
FOR BOTH THE STATE AND THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT REDUCTION OF THAT
ASSESSMENT. THRESHOLD FROM A
SIXTY FIVE PERCENT TO A MAJORITY
VOTE SO WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN
CONVERSATION WITH MR REQUIRES
OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS I'M A VERY
SMALL PORTION OF OF
THIS UMP LEGISLATION WITH
TICKETS.
ACTUALLY I'M A GOOD BILL
OTHERWISE BUT WE DO HAVE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIALITY ASPECTS OF.
THE BAR COUNCIL BEING PROHIBITED
FROM DISCLOSING.
ANYONE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
ANYONE WHO IS SUBJECT TO THIS
CHAPTER WHICH IS A VERY BROAD
CATEGORY AND.
OUR BELIEF IS THAT IF AN ENTITY
OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS ARE
GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR.
ARE ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER BUT
THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ARE BEING
REGULATED OR AT LEAST AFFECTED
BY. THE DECISION MAKING BODY ARM
AND THIS BODY WILL BE MAKING
POLICY ON IN SOME RESPECTS IT
WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSESS
INDIVIDUALS.
AND WITHOUT PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ON
WE THINK THAT TO OTHERS
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
AGAIN WE'VE BEEN TALKING CENTER
MCGUIRE STAFF IN THE SPONSORS
ABOUT THIS
HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO SOME
RESOLUTION.
AT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
BUT AS FOR NOW THAT THAT IS OF
A OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ARE FOR
THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT A
PROVISION IN THE BILL THAT.
MAKES IT UNLAWFUL TO MAKE A
DISPARAGING REMARK OR OR A
DISPARAGING COMMENT THAT WOULD
AFFECT.
THE QUALITY OF THE COMMODITY.
AND.
AS WE BEAT IT THIS WOULD
PREVENT ANYONE AT THE COUNCIL.
FROM.
.
SAYING ANYTHING IF THEY HAD
INFORMATION ABOUT A TAINTED
PRODUCT OR CONTAMINATED PRODUCT
TO THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY
BODY THAT COULD TAKE ACTION.
AND I MEAN I'M CERTAIN THAT
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
INTENDS I'M CERTAIN IT'S NOT
WHAT TO SENATOR INTENDS AND
AGAIN WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH
THE. THE SENATOR STAFF AND THE
SPONSOR TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
ON OUR LAST CONCERN HAS TO DO
WITH THE.
POTENTIAL BRATS OF WHAT
CONSTITUTES PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION.
THE REALLY IS IN THE DEFINITION
IN THE BILL.
QUITE FRANKLY I WE'VE BEEN
SEARCHING ARE IN OTHER AREAS OF
THE CODES TO SEE. IF WE CAN.
AT LEAST COME TO SOME IDEA WHAT
THAT MEANS AND.
IT'S ELUDED US.
BUT WE AGAIN WE'VE TALKED TO
THE STAFF IN THE SPONSOR. ON AND
WE THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE.
SOME ANSWERS POTENTIALLY ON
THAT AS WELL.
ALSO WE STILL RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSE THE BILL ON BUT I WERE
WILLING TO WORK WITH THE AUTHOR
IN THE SPONSORS TO GET TO A
POINT WHERE OUR CONCERNS ARE
ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHER WITNESSES OPPOSITION.
A POLL TOWERS WITH PAN NORTH
AMERICA.
AGAIN BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE SENATOR AND THE SENATOR
STAFFORD APPRECIATE.
CONVERSATIONS THUS FAR AND WE DO
SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS
OVER THE BILL LAST YEAR A. B.
TWO FOUR THREE.
I'M PLEASED
HAVE SOME REMAINING CONCERNS AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT WORKING
THROUGH
I'M OF THOSE WITH THAT THE
MEMBER AND STAFF.
I'M PRETTY CLEAR WE'VE BEEN
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
ORGANIZATION FOR COMPETITIVE
MARKETS AND CALIFORNIA FARMERS
UNION CALIFORNIA DAIRY CAMPAIGN.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT WHAT'S A FAIR
REPRESENTATION FOR ORGANIC CRASS
FINISHED.
OR.
OTHER CONVENTIONAL IDEA REVOKE
I'M AND THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD FAIRLY
WITHIN OUT WITHIN THE PROCESS
AYE IN ON ANY OF RESPECTIVE
COMMITTEES.
I'M WE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT THE
CONTINUE THE THE MANDATORY
PROVISION.
OF THE CHECK OFF AND THAT'S
I IN AND FAIRNESS THE ABILITY TO
SEEK A REFINED REMAINS VERY
CUMBERSOME AND SO LOOKING FOR.
REALLY A PATH FOR TO MAKE THAT A
VOLUNTARY OF VOLUNTARY CHECK OFF
WOULD BE THE PATH FOR THAT MANY
OF THE FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH
WOULD PREFER.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE AT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WERE CONTINUE TO
BEGIN TO AGAIN WE RECEIVE THESE
AMENDMENTS RELATIVELY RECENTLY
IN OUR CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
WITH OUR FARMER AND RANCHER
PARTNERS.
I AM EFFORTS THERE AWFULLY FIND
A PATH FOR TO GET.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER WITNESSES.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS.
SENATOR PAN.
I THINK IT'S AN REQUIRE FOR
BRINGS BILL FORD I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT WE ADDRESS. THESE ISSUES
AND HELPING OUR THAT THE CATTLE
AND DAIRY INDUSTRY.
THE I GUESS THE QUESTION I DO
HAVE THIS THAT WAS RAISED BY THE
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS AND OTHERS
PROVISION ABOUT THE COUNCIL THE
SECRETARY SHALL KEEP ALL LISTS%
AND POSSESSION CONFIDENTIAL
EXCEPT. AND HE CAME PERHAPS
ELABORATE ON THE REASON FOR THAT
PROVISION.
IDEAS
DO IT. ON THE FACE OF IT DOES
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHY
THAT WAS NECESSARY SO YEAH
ABSOLUTELY I MEAN YOU IT IS VERY
COMMON IF WE WE HAVE TWENTY TWO
COUNSEL AG COUNCILS AG PART
ACCOUNTS ISN'T COMMISSIONS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
IF WE TOOK TAKE A LOOK AT THE
CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIALITY
LANGUAGE THAT IS EMBEDDED WITHIN
THIS BILL ATTRACTED THE MOST
NARROW AT HAVE A ANY OF THE
OTHER TWENTY TWO THAT ALREADY
EXIST.
SO WE HAVE I TAKEN AMENDMENTS.
AT IN IN BEEN VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT CRAFTING THIS LANGUAGE BUT
HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
NO FARMER WANTS TO BE ABLE TO
ALLOW THEIR COMPETITION TO GET
TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE SELLING
THEIR BEFORE.
OR THEIR ALMONDS FOR.
ETCETERA SO THERE HAS BEEN THERE
IS SOME CONFIDENTIALITY UP
PORTIONS OF THIS BILL VERTICALLY
RELATED TO PRICE THAT SAID.
ARMED WE WELCOME AYE SUGGESTIONS
WERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO NARROW
THE CONFIDENTIALITY.
PORTION OF THIS BILL.
ON ISSUE DISPARAGING REMARKS.
WE ACTUALLY TOOK AN AMENDMENT ON
THE ISSUE DISPARAGING REMARKS
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONCERN
THAT WERE ADVANCE LAST YEAR.
ABOUT A.
SMALL FAMILY BEEF PRODUCERS
MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS OF
DIET I AGAINST NON MEAT
PRODUCTS.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY WE TOOK THAT.
I THERE IS.
THIS INDUSTRY.
IS ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY WHEN
IT COMES TO THE HEALTH OF ITS
PRODUCT.
HEALTH IS PRODUCT IS WHAT UP WE
HAVE FOR CONSUMERS TO BETTER
BELIEVE THAT CALIFORNIA BEEF IS
THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THERE IS
NO WAY THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE
ABLE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO PUNISH
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD BE A
WHISTLEBLOWER IN BRING FORWARD
ANY CHALLENGES WITH THIS
INDUSTRY. SO BE MORE THAN
WILLING TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO BE A CRAFT THAT BY JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS
TAKEN. UP ON THAT ISSUE BECAUSE
THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT WAS
ADVANCED LAST YEAR.
ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL AYE
DISPARAGING REMARKS AGAINST NINE
BEEF PRODUCTS.
WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT LOBBY SO
IT CURRENTLY IN THIS BILL. ARM
ARE IN THIS BILL THE COUNCIL AS
A WHOLE CANNOT LOBBY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT
SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT
FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL CAN'T LOBBY ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL.
YEAH.
THERE'S NO BLACK OR WHITE ANSWER
ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WEHAVE
SOME MAC COUNCILS AND
COMMISSIONS THAT CAN LOBBY
INDIVIDUALLY. AND SOME CAN'T.
SO THAT'S BEEN SUGGESTED AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN WITH THE
FEDERAL STATUTE THAT INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
LOBBY. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL
BUT ONLY AS INDIVIDUALS
WE'RE WILLING TO BE A TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT THAT'S THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE. ARE GETTING
TO WORK ON AND WHAT MY BOTTOM
LINE IS WE WILL WORK WITH ANYONE
AND EVERYONE I TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE THIS BILL AS A POSITIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
I'M MADAM CHAIR JUST TALKING
ABOUT OFTEN OR OPT OUT.
THIS LEGISLATURE HAS PRECEDENT.
RELATED TO OPT OUT PROVISIONS.
IN A LANDMARK BILL THAT WAS
BROUGHT FORWARD BY SENATOR LENO
UP WITH COMMUNITY CHOICE
AGGREGATORS.
THIS LEGISLATURE.
INTENTIONALLY TOOK THE OPT OUT
PROVISION WHEN IT CAME TO SALAS
SHE KNEW COMMUNITY CHOICE
AGGREGATION OPERATIONS. IN
COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND THE REASON BEING IS IF YOU
HAVE OFTEN
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK.
I COME FROM COUNTY THE COUNTY
CINEMA ESTABLISHED OUR OWN CCA
WITH AN OPT OUT PROVISION.
THERE MANY THAT SAID THAT IT WAS
NOT FAIR.
LOOK IT IS NOT CUMBERSOME TO BE
ABLE TO OUR.
TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR MONEY
BACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM VIA
AN OPT OUT THRESHOLD.
AND IT IS FIFTY PERCENT PLUS
ONE.
WE ELECT EACH OF US IF YOU GET
ONE MORE VOTE IN YOUR COMPETITOR
URINE.
THAT'S THE SAME STANCE THAT WE
TAKE WITH THIS PROVISION IN
REGARDS TO ESTABLISHING A ONE
DOLLAR FEE. AYE THAT WOULD PUT A
CALIFORNIA BEEF PRODUCERS SMALL
FAMILY FARMERS ARE AT AN
ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER STATES IF
THIS BILL WERE TO BE ABLE TO GO
THROUGH. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH
BASE ON THAT BECAUSE WE
INTENTIONALLY MODEL THIS UNDER
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS ALREADY
DONE WITH OPT IN OPT OUT. A ON
THAT ISSUE.
I'M IN IN MY YOU KNOW AGAIN I
JUST WANNA GET BACK THERE'S
TWENTY TWO COUNCILS IN
COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE STATE
THAT HAVE LANGUAGE SIMILAR TO
CONFIDENTIALITY. THAT HAVE
ALREADY IN STATUTE THAT THIS
LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED AND THE
GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED.
THAT SAID WE'RE MORE THAN
WILLING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION A IN TO BE ABLE TO
MEET AT THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS
WITH THE BILL. AYE AS WE MOVE
FOR NIGHT IS MY COMMITMENT TO
THE CHAIR AND ALL OF YOU ARE
THIS IS VERY EARLY ON. AND ALL
THIS INDEED HERE MADAM CHAIR
WITH THIS.
I THINK THAT THIS BILL HAS COME
A LONG WAY.
AND WE STARTED WORKING OUT WITH
SMALL FAMILY FARMERS AND BEEF
PRODUCERS LAST FALL.
I HAD A IS THERE ADDITIONAL ROOM
ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK THAT
YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME CONTINUE
CHANGES AS THIS BILL MOVES
FORWARD.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS.
OUR MARKET IN CALIFORNIA IS
UNIQUE.
I CALIFORNIA BEEF PRODUCERS AND
DAIRY FARMERS PROUDLY UP FARM
CALIFORNIA NOT IN IS BECAUSE WE
ARE FIRM UNEARNED PARA MIDDLE
STANCE. AND WANTING TO BE A TO
KEEP OUR FAMILY FARMING HERITAGE
ALIVE AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR TO
INCREDIBLE WITNESSES HERE TODAY.
I WOULD ASK.
I STILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW AT
WORK ON THIS BILL A BECAUSE WE
NEED THIS TO KEEP OUR ADVANTAGE
THROUGHOUT THIS NATION. OUT WHEN
IT COMES TO OUR COMPETING STATES
AND CALIFORNIA BEEF.
I'M SENATOR I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO
THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE
CONFIDENCE.
PROVISIONS
THAT ARE AND OTHER COUNCILS IN
THE STATE AND WHICH I BELIEVE
ARE IMPORTANT AT THIS BILL AS
WELL.
BACK A SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
ELEVENTH TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN I
WAS CHIEF OF STAFF TO MY
PREDECESSOR WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF
THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE IN THE
ASSEMBLY AT THAT TIME. AND THERE
WAS A GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE
STATE'S DOMESTIC FOOD SUPPLY AND
IT NOT AS NOT KNOWING WHETHER
THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER ATTACK.
THERE WAS GREAT CONCERN ABOUT
WHETHER THERE ARE.
WATER SOURCES AND OUR DOMESTIC
FOOD SUPPLY WOULD BE ATTACKED
FOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH.
SO MUCH SO THAT WE HELD A
HEARING OF THE AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE A WITH REGARD TO THE
SAFETY OF CROP DUSTERS. AND AT
THE RISK OF THAT THAT WAS THAT
COULD BEEN. IN PLACE HAD THERE
BEEN. AN ABILITY TO.
.
HAVE SOME KIND OF POISON AND. IN
THE CROP DUSTERS.
AND THEN SPREADING THAT I'M OVER
OUR CROPS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
THERE WAS CONCERN OVER HAVING
SOME KIND OF PLAYS INTO. I'M OUR
DAMS IN THE STATE ETCETERA BUT
ONE OF THOSE OTHER CONCERNS WAS
WITH REGARD TO OUR DOMESTIC
LIVESTOCK SO THAT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PROVISION OF YOUR
BILL.
FOR THAT VERY REASON SO THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO REVISIT THOSE
CONCERNS.
I WOULD.
WE CAN'T DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE
BILL OF SENATOR PAN.
THANK YOU AND I HAVE I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS IN A AND
THAT I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE
BILL'S LIKE.
.
IT'S WHILE SERENA LANGUAGES IS
LISTS
THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THERE'S
ISSUES OF CONFIDENTIALITY THAT
RELATED TO FOR SAMPLE PEOPLE
COMPETITIVENESS PRICING MAYBE
VOLUME PRODUCTION THERE'S
OBVIOUSLY SIGNAL SAVE SOME
SAFETY ISSUES THERE. AS WELL.
I'D I THINK OF BE HELPFUL.
AGAIN I'M HAVING
COMPARED TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE
OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT A JUSTICE
LISTS OUT SO FOR ME IT JUST
SEEMED BETTER VAGUE ABOUT WHAT.
LISTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SO
MAYBE MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION
THERE BE HELPFUL.
ABSOLUTELY IN AND AND CHAIR IF
IS A OKAY JUST SOME CLOSING OUR
COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE.
THE GOOD SENATOR FROM
SACRAMENTO'S COMMENTS ON THAT.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT
WITH ALL THOSE WHO.
HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE BILL TO
THE RIGHT THING TO DO WE WANT TO
GET THIS RIGHT THIS YEAR. ON ARE
WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SATISFY
EVERYONE'S NEEDS.
ARE WITH MOST BILLS MOST LIKELY
NOT BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE COME
A LONG WAY AND I COMMITTEE YOU
WERE GONNA GO FURTHER. GONNA GO
FURTHER ON THE ISSUE THE I THINK
THAT WE CAN GO FURTHER ON THE
ISSUE OF CONFIDENTIALITY WHILE
STILL PROTECTING.
AT SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT
PARTS THAT CHAIR JUST MENTION.
I AS WELL AS WHAT A SMALL FAMILY
PRODUCERS WOULD SAY.
THE OTHER PIECE WHERE I THINK
THAT WE CAN GO FURTHER IS ON
MEMBERSHIP.
TODD MAKING SURE THAT SMALL
FAMILY FARMERS HAVE A SEAT AT
THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
DIRECTION OF THIS POTENTIAL
COUNCIL.
I AND THAT'S ANOTHER A
SIGNIFICANT PIECE
AND ON THE ISSUE DISPARAGING
REMARKS OR MORE THAN WILLING TO
BE A TO TAKE THAT. THAT WAS THAT
IT.
THE MINIMUM THAT WE TOOK IT MAY
HAVE GONE TOO FAR ROOM WERE MORE
THAN WILLING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AND I
CAN MEET YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA
CONTINUE HAVING COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD MAKE THIS
BILL I EVEN MORE IMPROVING
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I DON'T
THINK YOU AND CHAIR FOR ALL YOUR
WORK ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE HAVE A
MOTION ON THE BILL WILL THAT OUR
SECRETARY PLEASE TAKE THE WORLD.
S. B. NINE SIXTY FIVE THE MOTION
IS TO FASTEN RE REFER TO RULES
COMMITTEE.
SENATORS GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI
AYE WILK. WILK AYE BERRYHILL
DODD PAN AYE PAN AYE.
OKAY WELL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT
BILL ON CALL AND TELL THE OTHER
MEMBERS ARE HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR PAN.
THANK YOU AND YOU'RE HERE TO
PRESENT AS BE. TEN THIRTY NINE
DEALING WITH MARKET MILK AND
ULTRA FILTERED MILK PRODUCTS.
AND YOU THINK YOU PLEASE VISIT
EACH YEAR ME MEMBERS. I'D LIKE
TO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU BY
THANKING THE COMMITTEE STAFF AND
CDFA STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THE
BILL HELPING MAKE AMENDMENTS SO
THANK YOU. ARE TODAY PRESENT TO
YOU SB TEN THIRTY NINE WHICH
WOULD GIVE THE SECRETARY OF THE
CALIFORNIA PARTNER THROUGH NECK
AUTHORITY TO MAKE EXISTING
TEMPORARY ULTRA FILTERED MILK
STAND IT'S PERMANENT.
ARE THE BILL FURTHER CLARIFIED
THE DEFINITION OF ULTRAFILTER
MILK PRODUCT IN REQUIRES
LABELING CONCERT CONSUMERS AWARE
IS AWARE THAT THE MILK IS ULTRA
FILTERED.
ULTRAFILTER MILK IS AN
ADDITIONAL STEP IN MILK
PROCESSING THAT INCREASES THE
PROTEIN. BY REMOVING INTROVERT
IN GALACTUS
IT LOWERS THE SOLIDS BUT NOT THE
FAT CAUSING THE MILK NOT TO MEET
ALL THE STANDARDS FOR MARKET
MILK WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED IN
THE MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF
NINETEEN FORTY SEVEN.
IN TWENTY FIFTEEN THE FAIRFIELD
COMPANY I WANT TO MARKET IN
CALIFORNIA.
TO MEET THE HIGHER DEMAND FOR.
AND NO PRODUCT THAT HAD MORE
PROTEIN IN A LACTOSE
FAIRFIELD PETITIONS CDFA AND THE
DEPARTMENT GRANTED A TEMPORARY
STANDARD FOR TWO PERCENT FAT
ULTRA FILTERED MILK WITHIN THE
FOOD AG CALLED. CODE IN THE
FAIRFIELD WASN'T REGIONAL
PETITIONER DEFINITION WAS BROAD
ENOUGH TO INCLUDE OTHER BRANDS
AS WELL.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES
HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN
CONVENTIONAL MILK CONSUMPTION.
SP TEN THIRTY NINE PROVIDE
ANOTHER OPTION TO CONSUMERS WHO
ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES
ADDITIONAL MILK PRODUCTS I'LL
MAKE NOTE IS A PHYSICIAN THAT WE
DO KNOW THAT A LOT. WE DO HAVE A
LOT OF ADULTS WHO ARE LACTOSE
INTOLERANT AB PRIMARILY ACTUALLY
UP PEOPLE OF ASIAN DESCENT.
AFTER AMERICAN AND.
LATINO DESCENT WHICH OF COURSE
COMPOSES A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF
OUR STATE YES SO.
I THINK THAT TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE A PRODUCT DATA THEY CAN
ENJOY THAT.
IT WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT
WOULD ALSO. BE. A BENEFICIAL FOR
OUR OUR COMMUNITY SO WITH THAT
I'D OF PLEASE MOVE THE BILL
FORWARD AYE IT'S LIKELY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE MY WITNESS HERE
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
WILL WITH THAT GREAT
INTRODUCTION I DON'T HAVE MUCH
TO SAY BUT IT'S WHICH IS A NO
RARE.
OF IS DENNIS ALBION EVEN
CALIFORNIA GETS ON BEHALF OF
THEIR LIFE COMPANY IN FAIRFIELD.
THEIR LIFE UP IS A BRAND THAT
THAT.
DEVELOPED THIS ULTRAFILTER
PROCESS
AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THIS
THROUGH IT CONCENTRATES THE MILK
INCREASE OF THE PROTEINS TAKES
OUT THE SUGARS. AND WHAT YOU END
UP WITH IS A ONE POINT SEVEN
GALLONS OF OF.
OF MILK TO MAKE ONE GALLON OF
FAIR LIFE AND SO. THE ITS ALL
MILK THE GOOD ONE OF THEIR
BIGGEST OF PROMOTION THIS IS ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT.
A MILK FROM FROM CALLOUS AND
IT'S JUST A PRODUCT THAT FITS
CERTAIN PEOPLE'S DESIRES FOR
BOTH LIKE A RECOVERY FROM
WORKOUTS. LACTOSE ARE INTOLERANT
FOLKS AND WHEN THEY TAKE THE
LACTOSE OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
TWO PERCENT IS IT REDUCES THE.
ASSAULTS NOT FACT BECAUSE THE
SUGARS WERE SOLIDS THAT WERE NOT
FAT AND IT GOES BELOW THE
STANDARD WHICH WAS AGAIN THE SET
NINETEEN FORTY SEVEN SO ARE.
SO WHEN WE WORKED WITH THE CDFA
TWO AND HALF YEARS AGO. THEY
APPROVED THIS TEMPORARY STANDARD
IT WHILE IT DOES MEET THE
FAIRLIGHT REQUIREMENTS IT ALSO
IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER BRANDS OF
MILK AS WELL.
IN THERE SOME OTHER COMPETITORS
WITHIN THE SPACE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING SOME
EXCITEMENT BACK TO THE MILK CASE
AND THAT'S WHAT FAIR LIFE DOES
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WANNA MAKE
THIS BERMAN THE STANDARD PERMIT
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH CDFA.
AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE
OTHER WITH THE ENTIRE MILK
INDUSTRY. AND BELIEVE WE HAVE A
BROAD ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRODUCT
AND THE DEFINITIONS THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
THE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS SENATOR
WILK.
MR ALBION A DID YOU BRING ANY
THIS PRODUCT FOR US A SAMPLE
TODAY. HIGH I.
AND THAT WAS IT OVERSIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE DID BRING MY FANCY
THEY COULD SEE THEY DO A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT MARKETING THIS
HOUSE WHICH I HOPE IT IS EMPTY.
NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE
A MOTION ON THE BILL.
WELL THE MOTION ON THE BELL WORK
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
S. B. TEN THIRTY NINE THE MOTION
IS DO PASS A REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI
AYE GALGIANI AYE WILK AYE WILK
AYE BERRYHILL DIED.
DODD AYE PAN AYE AND I.
OKAY THAT BILL IS OUT.
SENATOR WILK.
SENATE BILL FORTINO NINE DEALING
WITH INDUSTRIAL HEMP
.
DO THE CONTROL THE MIKE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY
SP FOURTEEN NINE WELL THERE'S
GONNA GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RESTORE. AMERICA'S TRADITION OF
GROWING INDUSTRIAL HEMP.
THIS MEASURE WILL UPDATE
CURRENT LAW TO STREAMLINED
PRODUCTION IN CULTIVATION OF
INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN CALIFORNIA.
AND ALLOW CALIFORNIA FARMERS TO
GROW AND PRODUCE NON
INTOXICATING HIM SEED. OIL FIBER
AND EXTRACT THE COMMERCIAL AND
AND USE AND GET USED TO IT YET.
EXTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL USES
THEY'RE OVER THIRTY NATIONS IN
NINETEEN STATES.
I IN THE U. S. THEY'RE CURRENTLY
GROWING INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND WITH
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTING THE
LARGEST CONSUMER MARKET FOR HIP
MATERIALS IN THE NATION WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN A POSITION TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
INDUSTRIAL HIP IS AN
AGRICULTURAL CROP THAT IS GROWN
AND PROCESSED THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD FOR THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS
AND FOOD PRODUCTS.
THE PLANTS FIBERS AMONG THE
STRONGEST NATURAL FIBERS IN THE
WORLD YOU CAN BE USED TO REPLACE
WHAT FOR CONSTRUCTION APER PULP.
AND EVEN USED IN CONCRETE
PRODUCTION FOR OUR ROADS IN HIGH
HIGHWAYS AND BY THE WAY IT
SEQUESTERS CARBON AS WELL.
THE SEED OIL IS HIGHLY
NUTRITIOUS REPLACES ARTERY
CLOGGING TRANS FATS.
WITH HEALTHY ESSENTIAL FATS
NECESSARY FOR BALANCED NUTRITION
ATOP THE MEETING MANY MODERN
USES OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP THE
BENEFITS FOR FARMERS AND NOT
ONLY FINANCIAL BUT PRACTICAL.
THE TOP THE MIDI MODERN USES A
MODESTO HAVE THE BENEFITS A
FARMER OUT THAT'S IN THERE TWICE
FILET CHECK RICHARD RAINY.
.
THE LONG STORY.
CALIFORNIA AS YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA'S NO STRANGER TO
DROUGHT AND THE WATER CONSERVE
AND.
AND THE WATER CONSERVATION VALUE
GROWING INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS
REMARKABLE BY HIM CROP REQUIRES
LESS WATER AND AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS TO MANY OTHER CROPS
CURRENTLY IN ROTATION ON OUR
FARMS. ME HAS DEEP ROOTS ROOTS
THAT LEAVE THE SOIL AND IT
EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THE NEXT
YEAR. THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO
ME FROM MY LOCAL FARM BUREAU HE
IN THE END OF THE ALLEY.
AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS OF
LITIGATING WATER RIGHTS.
THE AG COMMUNITY IS A MAJOR
MAJOR LOSER IN THAT THEY'RE
HAVING THEIR WATER SUPPLY CUT BY
FORTY FOUR PERCENT OVER THE NEXT
FIVE YEARS. THE PRIMARY CROP IN
THE ANALS VALLEY IS AT IS SOUND
ALFALFA. ENOUGH SOUTH THAT IS
SEVEN ACRE FEET OF WATER PER
ACRE. WHERE INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS?
UNDER TWO IF DONE PROPERLY.
SO OBVIOUSLY MY FARMERS ARE
LOOKING FOR IN THEY WANT REMAIN
IN AGRICULTURE AND WANT TO LOOK
FOR A CROP. NOW THAT THEY CAN
CONTINUE CONTINUE TO GROW.
AT ONE POIN CALIFORNIA'S
ACTUALLY WELL POSITIONED IN THE
INDUSTRIAL HEMP WORLD WHEN WE
ENACTED S. B. FIVE SIXTY SIX AND
THAT WAS SENATOR LAND I'M FROM
TWENTY THIRTEEN. WHICH ESTABLISH
AN INTERNATIONAL HEMP FARMING
PILOT PROGRAM UPON FEDERAL
AUTHORIZATION.
IT DATE IN TWO THOUSAND AND
FOURTEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PASSED THE THEIR.
LATEST ITERATION OF THE FARM
ACT.
AND THAT IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED INDUSTRIAL
HEMP RESEARCH IN STATES WHICH
HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZING STATE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE TO ESTABLISH PILOT
PROGRAMS. IN INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION TO CONDUCT
CALLED CULTIVATION FOR RESEARCH.
UNFORTUNATELY PROP SIXTY FOUR
CONTAIN PROVISIONS THAT
ESSENTIALLY I DID MUCH OF THE
PROGRESS MADE UNDER S. B. FIVE
SIX SIX AND BY EXPANDING THE
DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL HAPPEN
IN LARGE PART. FAILING TO
DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM ITS
PSYCHOACTIVE ACCOUNT APART
CANNABIS.
YES BEFORE TINO NINE BRINGS
CALIFORNIA'S HIP LAWS UP TO DATE
BY ADDING PILOT PROGRAM STATUS
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SHIP
PROGRAM. AS REQUIRED BY THE
FEDERAL LAW IN BY BRINGING THE
DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP
INLINE WITH ITS ITS TRUE
REALITY.
S. B. FORTINO NINE WILL ALLOW
FARMERS OPPORTUNITY TODAY
VERSIFI THEIR. FARM OPERATIONS
CUT DOWN ON WATER USAGE CREATE
JOBS ENSURE CALIFORNIA'S
CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW.
JUST LAST WEEK SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL.
AND OTHER COLLEAGUES AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL HAVE BEGUN WORK ON
ESTABLISHING A DIFFERENTIAL
BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL HEMP. THAT
OUR CULTURE COMMODITY IN
CANNABIS AND REMOVING THE FORMER
FROM THE LIST OF FEDERALLY
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CALIFORNIA
SHOULD NOT FALL BEHIND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISSUE
WE SHOULD AS ALWAYS BE THE
LEADER. IN CLOSING RECENT
MEHMET'S MADE THIS WEEK OR SHARE
OUR LOCAL CITIES AND COUNTIES
HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT OF
THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD PROGRAM.
IS THE ARE THE ONES TO BEST MAKE
THAT DECISION I THINK WE
PROBABLY DRESS TO CONCERNS THAT
PARTICULAR ACT COMMISSIONER AND
A MAN CHAIRMAN WE WILL REACH OUT
TO HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT
THOSE ARE CONCERNED SO. THANK
YOU I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING
THAT WITH ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO
ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
WITH ME I HAVE TWO GENTLEMEN
HAVE WILK ARE CLYDE IN WHOSE
FOUNDER. AND C. E. O. OF OF HIGH
ENERGETICS AND BRETT BARROW
REPRESENTING VOTE HIM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
SHARON COMMITTEE.
MODEMS WILL QUITE AND AND I
FOUNDED A HIGH ENERGETICS WHERE
HAVE COMPANY.
I AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE
LEGACY LANGUAGE BEFORE THE.
A PRIMARY DRIVER OF THE HEMP
ECONOMY THAT OTHER STATES ARE
ARE LEADING BECAUSE THEY HAD
UPDATED LAWS THAT ARE LINES OF
FEDERAL LAW.
IT IT IT LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO
GROW COMMERCIALLY AND STATE SO
WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE A STATE.
LEAVING.
LOSING MONEY FOR THE STATE AS
WELL AS JOB OPPORTUNITIES OTHER
COMPANIES JUST BUILT THE TWENTY
FIVE MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY. IN
KENTUCKY LEAVING CALIFORNIANS A
CALIFORNIA COMPANIES WE WANT TO
BRING JOBS AND THE ECONOMY BACK
TO THE STATE JUST UPDATE THE
LEGACY.
WE CAN BEFORE DISADVANTAGED.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
BUT IT WILL HOME QUICKLY MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS BREAD PARA
REPRESENTING VOTE HAPPENED FIRST
OF ALL I WILL I WILL REPEAT WHAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID BUT I LIKE
TO THINK SENATOR WILK FOR TAKING
A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THIS ISSUE
AND BRING A BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE. THE IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE UPDATE THESE LAWS TO
TAKE CARE SIMILAR LEGACY
LANGUAGE THAT IS KEEPING
CALIFORNIA BEHIND IN WHAT IS A
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY MILLION
DOLLAR INDUSTRY THEY GOT
PERTINENTES OUR ANALYSTS IN THIS
REGARD. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE MAKE THESE CHANGES SO
WITH THAT I WOULD URGE DRIVE
VOTE THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
THAT CHAIR MEMBERS JASON BRIDE
TO BE OF THE CALIFORNIA GROWERS
ASSOCIATION WE ARE SUPPORTED
LEGISLATION APPRECIATE THE.
I LANGUAGE SPECIFIC IN THE BILL
THAT ALLOWS COUNTIES TO OPT OUT
OF THIS PROGRAM IN ORDER TO
PROTECT.
AB CANVAS CULTIVATION AND
SEPARATE THAT CULTIVATION FROM
INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION TO.
ENSURE THE CROSS POLLINATION
ISSUES DON'T OCCUR ON THE FARM
SO IT WHERE IT'S ONE OF THE
BALLOT THANK THE AUTHOR THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS SENATOR AND HE HAS MOVED
THE BILL.
WELL OUR SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL WE'RE GOING FLOWS.
YOU MAY IF YOU REYES REALLY
APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY
APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
FROM THE CHAIR AND THE AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE REALLY
HEMP IS AMERICA.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WAS RIGHT NOT HAMP.
BETSY FOR OUR BETSY ROSS MADE
THE FIRST FLAG OUT TO HIM. IT'S.
.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WE DON'T
HAVE HIM IN THIS COUNTRY MORE I
SUGGEST THAT YOU FLY TO BOSTON.
TAKEN UBER TO HARVARD AND GOAL
PULL HENRY STERN SENIOR THESIS.
OCAS WAS ON A IT WAS ON
INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND HE CAN TELL
YOU AND THIS THE WHOLE REPORT ON
WHAT HAPPENED HAVE VISITED
FANTASTIC PLAN WE CAN USE THE
WHOLE PLAN. IS GOING TO BRING
JOBS
THE CALIFORNIA IT'S GOING TO DO
IT IN VERY SUSTAINABLE WAY LESS
WATER. LESS PESTICIDES IT'S
REALLY IT'S A MIRACLE PLANT AND
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE
GONNA.
ONCE AGAIN BECOME A LEADER IN
THE COUNTRY SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW I BUT I DON'T GO I
SCUTTLED BY OPENING SO I FEEL I
GOT A CLOSE.
WHERE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL S. B. FOR DINNER NINE THE
MOTION IS DO PASS AND RE REFER
TO PUBLIC SAFETY? SENATORS
GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI AYE WILK.
WILK AYE BERRYHILL DIED. DODD
AYE PAN.
AND I.
THAT WE SHOULD THAT PHYLLIS OUT.
WHEN THEY CALL WE HAVE ONE BILL
ON CALL.
AND THAT IS SENATE BILL NINE
SIXTY FIVE BY SENATOR MCGUIRE
WILL OUR SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
S. B. NINE SIXTY FIVE THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AND RE REFER TO RULES
SENATORS BERRYHILL.
DIED.
DODD AYE IT'S I KNOW THAT BILL
IS OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR
TODAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH