CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE SORT OF SUB COMMITTEE SO
WE CAN GET GOING I KNOW WE HAVE
A WORD IN SIDE IN ORDER TODAY
BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR FIRST
ITEM UP WITH SENATOR NEWMAN.
SO CENTER IF YOU'LL JUST
INDULGES PRESENT YOUR BILL AND
THEN WILL TAKE VOTES ONCE WE GET
A FULL QUORUM HERE.
YEAH DON'T SPILL WATER ON.
I ALSO HAVE A.
.
THE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BUT A
NEW IS MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE
HERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO FOLLOW
ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN
THIS BUILDING GO SEE A NEW FACE
UP HERE SCOTT MATSUMOTO.
WERE HONORED TO HAVE HIM WE DID
NOT STEAL HIM FROM THE ASSEMBLY
BUT.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO DR WEBER.
FOR LENDING US HIS BRAIN POWER
AND INTELLECT SO.
WELCOME SCOTT.
.
SENATOR NEWMAN.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND WELCOME MISTER
MATSUMOTO.
AND MISTER CHAIRMAN SANDERS I AM
HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF SP
THIRTEEN NINETY FOUR.
UNDER ITS PROVISIONS BY
ELIMINATING COMMON PRACTICES IN
THE GATHERING OF SIGNATURES FOR
BALLOT MEASURES WHICH
INCENTIVIZE THE WILLFUL
DECEPTION OF VOTERS S. B.
THIRTEEN NINETY FOUR WILL TAKE
NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT STEPS.
TOWARD SAFEGUARDING THE
INTEGRITY OF CALIFORNIA'S
INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND RECALL
PROCESSES.
AT FIRST SOME BACKGROUND IS IN
ORDER AND AS A RESULT OF THE
PROGRESSIVE REFORMS OF THE EARLY
TWENTY CENTURY. CALIFORNIA'S
CONSTITUTION MAKES EXPLICIT
PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW FOR THE
CITIZENRY TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION.
OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN ORDER TO
ENACT OR REPEAL LEGISLATION OR
TO REMOVE A CRAFTER MALFEASANCE
ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM OFFICE.
BECAUSE THE FRAMERS OF THE
INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND RECALL
REGARD THESE PROCESSES AS
POPULIST ACTIONS OF LASTRESORT
IF YOU WILL. THEY DELIVERY
PROVIDED THAT IN ORDER TO
QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT THE
PROPONENTS OF ANY THESE DIRECT
TO THE VOTERS ACTIONS WOULD
FIRST BE REQUIRED TO GATHER A
SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VOTER
SIGNATURES. TO VALIDATE THE
LEGITIMACY AND POP YOUR SUPPORT
FOR SUCH AN ACTION.
TO THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES WAY OF
THINKING THE INITIAL REVEREND
RECALL REPRESENTED A MEANS FOR
THE LITTE GUY TO ACHIEVE DIRECT
CURATIVE AND REFORMIST ACTIONS
THAT ELECTED. AND VESTED
INTERESTS MIGHT OTHERWISE
SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS
INSPECTION RECENT DECADES
WHOEVER SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT
HAS TRANSPIRED.
THESE TOOLS ARE DIRECT DEMOCRACY
OF EFFECT WE COOPTED BY THE VERY
MONEYED INTEREST THEY WERE
ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO OFFSET.
AS HE'S WELL FUNDED GROUPS WITH
INCREASINGLY EXPLICIT SELF
INTEREST AND MOTIVATION TO
BECOME EVER MORE ADEPT AT USING
INITIAL REFERENDUM AND RECALL
PROCESS IS TO THEIR BENEFIT. AN
ARMS RACE AROUND THESE PROCESSES
HAS ENSUED AS PRECIOUS AS IT
PERTAINS TO SIGNATURE GATHERING.
AT THE CHARITIES EFFORTS A SMALL
NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED FIRMS WITH
EXPERTISE IN SIX YOU'RE
GATHERING HAVE RISEN TO THE FOR
OFFERING THEIR SERVICES TO
PROPONENTS SEEKING A PLACE. I TO
PLACE A BET A MEASURE ON THE
BALLOT ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL
TACTICS USED BY THE SPECIALIZED
TOGETHER FIRMS. IS THE
DEPLOYMENT OF WELL TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS SIGNATURE
GATHERERS TYPICALLY THE SEIZURE
GATHERS ARE PAID ON A PROCEDURE
OR COMMISSION BASIS ALSO KNOWN
AS A BOUNTY. AT A RATE
DETERMINED BY THE MARKET AS IT
IS TEST AT THE TIME OF THE
INITIATIVE. DEPENDING ON THE
NATURE OF THE INITIATIVE THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRICT
THE TIME OF YEAR COMPETITION
WITH OTHER ISSUES AT A GIVEN
TIME. THE COST PER SIGNATURE CAN
VARY WIDELY FROM AS LOW AS TWO
DOLLARS PROCEDURE GATHERED TO AS
HIGH AS TWENTY DOLLARS AND
BECAUSE BOUNTY PAGE SIGNATURE
GATHERS OPTIMIZE THEIR YIELD
BASED ON HOW RAPIDLY THEY CAN
SECURE SIGNATURES FROM VOTERS.
THEY FREQUENTLY TRAFFIC AND
MISLEADING INFORMATION AND IN
FACT OUTRIGHT FALSEHOODS IN
ORDER TO INDUCE AS MANY VOTERS
AS POSSIBLE TO SIGN IN THE
MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME. AGAINST
THIS BACKDROP TO DETERMINE
FACTORY GETTING A MEASURE ON THE
BALLOT TOO OFTEN HAS LESS TO DO
WITH POLICY PROCESS.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT IS
ALREADY EXPRESSLY ILLEGAL UNDER
CALIFORNIA LAW TO ATTENTION
MISLEAD A VOTER AS TO THE NATURE
AND INTENT OF A SIGNATURE
GATHERING PROCESS.
THAT HOWEVER HAS NOT SERVED AS
A DETERRENT. TO OPTIMIZE ITS
TEACHER IMPACT AND THEREBY
ENSURE ETHICAL CONDUCT IN THE
GATHERING OF ALISON SHOOK A
BALLOT MEASURES THIS BILL WOULD
IMPOSE UPON VIOLATORS EITHER A
TOTAL FINE. OF TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS OR FIFTY
DOLLARS PER SIGNATURE UNLAWFULLY
GATHERED WHICHEVER AMOUNT IS
GREATER FOR ENGAGING IN THE
PRACTICE OF OFFERING DOWNEY
PAYMENTS IN SIGNATURE GATHERING
OPERATIONS.
THE INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND
RECALL PROCESS HE'S CAN AND
SHOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT VERY
ROLE CALIFORNIA POLITICS
GOVERNMENT. IT IS THAT I'M
READING AGAIN AS THIS BILL IS
TRIPLE REFERRED I WILL BE TAKING
AMENDMENTS IN NEXT COMMITTEE TO
REMOVE THE PENALTY RAISING
PROPOSED FISHING TOGETHER
EMPLOYEES. WHO INITIAL LANGUAGE
COULD COULD HAVE BEEN FINED UP
TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
BETUS VETTING IN THE PRACTICE?
DIE BUT IT IS REGIONAL ASSUME
THAT THERE COULD BE A TIME WHERE
THESE ENVISIONED PLACE MIGHT NOT
KNOW THAT THEY WERE VIOLATING
THE LAW WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO
EARN A LIVING. DIE AND THEREFORE
THAT THAT AMENDMENT IS WELL
TAKEN THE SYSTEMIC INCENTIVES
NOT THE MOTIVES OF ANY
INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE OR THAT ARE
THE TRUE INAPPROPRIATE FOCUS OF
THIS MEASURE. NOT UNLIKE THREE
PREVIOUS SIMILAR MEASURES THAT
MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK THIS BILL WILL
ALSO EMPOWER VOTERS WHO
WITNESSED FRAUD FIRSTHAND TO ACT
AS WHISTLEBLOWERS THEMSELVES. AT
THEIR BY PROTECTING YOU TAKE ANY
TRANSPARENCY OF SING TOGETHER IN
CAMPAIGNS BY ALLOWING THOSE
INDUCER BRING CIVIL ACTION FOR
VIOLATIONS EVEN IF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS NOT WILLING TO.
FIVE OTHER STATES HAVE SIMILAR
EXAMINE THE ISSUES SURROUNDING
PAGE SINCE YOU'RE GATHERING
NIGHT IN RECENT YEARS AND
PROCEDURE BOUNTIES. HAVE ADOPTED
LEGISLATION PROHIBITING PER
SIGNATURE BOUNTY PAYMENTS
PROCEDURE GATHERING REQUIRING
THAT PAYMENT PROCEDURE GATHERING
MAY ONLY BE MADE ON AN HOURLY OR
SALARY BASIS THIS BILL WOULD NOT
RESTRICT.
A PARTY FOR FROM PAYING
SIGNATURE GATHERS IT WOULD
HOWEVER.
RESTRICT US THIS SPECIFIC
PRACTICE THE STATE'S INCLUDE
COLORADO MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA
OREGON AND SOUTH DAKOTA.
CALIFORNIA SHOULD DO THE SAME
OUR DEMOCRACY IN GOVERNMENTS
WILL BE THE BETTER FOR IT SP
THIRTEEN NINETY FOUR WILL
ULTIMATELY HELP ENSURE THE
INTEGRITY ELECTION PROCESS. AND
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE TODAY.
WITH US TODAY TESTIFIES MISTER
BILL COOK DOT WHO IS A VIETNAM
VETERAN AND A VETERAN ADVOCATE
WHO HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN THE EFFORTS TO
SECURE A VETERANS CEMETERY. IN
THE CITY OF IRVINE A TO TALK A
BIT ABOUT HIS OWN EXPERIENCE
WITH THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU SENATOR MISTER COOK.
YES HAS BEEN SET ON THE ON THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
FOUNDATION.
WE WERE WE WERE FACED WE WERE
SUCCESSFULLY. HAVE LANDED A
VETERANS CEMETERY IN ORANGE
COUNTY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
ACRES THERE THOSE HERE IN ORANGE
COUNTY THAT THAT IN THE CITY
REVEREND DON'T WANT.
WE WERE FACED WITH A REFERENDUM
ACTION THROUGH OCTOBER NOVEMBER
OF LAST YEAR. OF THE BRUSH THE
TITLE OF THIS REFERENDUM WAS
SAVE THE VETERANS CEMETERY BUT
THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE
REFERENDUM THAT THEY WERE THAT
THE PEOPLE. CITIZENS WERE BEING
ASKED TO SIGN SAID NOTHING AT
ALL ABOUT A VETERANS CEMETERY IT
REFERRED TO HIS OWN. TEXT
AMENDMENT.
AND IT WAS BEING SOLD AS SAVE
THE VETERANS CEMETERY.
IF MR OF NO USE IN EUROPE YOU
ONCE AGAIN IT'S ONE ESTABLISH A
QUORUM REALLY QUICKLY SO LET ME
INTERRUPT YOU TEST GOING BECAUSE
VIA CENTER MAY HAVE TO LEAVE
HERE.
.
TERRY.
SAID CALL THE TEN.
STERN HERE STERN HERE ANDERSON.
ALLEN. ALLEN HERE HERTZBERG.
LEYVA LEYVA HERE THANK YOU SORRY
MISTER COOK PLEASE CONTINUE.
OKAY SO THERE.
THERE WAS A REFERENDUM THERE
WERE VOLUNTEERS ON THE STREET
THERE WERE TRUE VOLUNTEERS FOR A
CERTAIN. PERIOD OF TIME THEY
WERE DRESSED IN CHURCH THAT SAID
SAVE THE VETERANS CEMETERY THEY
WERE SELLING EVERYBODY DO
SOMETHING FOR VETERANS.
AS A VETERAN AND SEEING WHAT
THEY WERE DOING AND KNOWING THAT
THEY WORK VETERANS HAD NO FEEL
FOR IT AND THEY WERE STEALING
THE LOGOS OF THE. OF THE VFW AND
THE AMERICAN LEGION. TO PRESENT
THEIR FALSEHOODS WE FELT THAT
THAT I WAS CALLING THEM.
STOLEN VALOR THEIR ROUGHLY
EQUIVALENT TO SOMEBODY WHO WOULD
PIN ON A PURPLE HEART TO TAKE
PART OF THE THRIFT STORE TO GO
TO DENNY'S I'M FROM ON. MONK
VETERANS DAY TRY TO GET A FREE
MEAL I WAS I WAS INCENSED WITH
THIS WHOLE PROCESS THE TRUE
VOLUNTEERS WERE NOT VERY
SUCCESSFUL AT GATHERING
SIGNATURES.
BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A
TENDENCY TO TALK TO SOMEONE FOR
A LONG TIME. YEAH AB FEW DAYS
INTO THE CAMPAIGN THE ITINERANT
PROFESSIONAL MERCENARIES CAME ON
THE SCENE.
THESE GUYS WERE RELENTLESS
THEY COULD NOT BE DEFERRED HERB
OR CHALLENGE BY US THEY WOULDN'T
TALK TO IS GENERALLY THEY WOULD
ZERO IN ON THEIR TARGETS ARE YOU
A VOTER YES SIGN HERE. YOU'RE
SAVING A VETERANS CEMETERY DOING
SOMETHING GREAT FOR.
PARDON ME FOR A VETERAN.
LISTENING TO THESE LIES OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THEY ALSO
HAD TWO OTHER PETITIONS THAT
THEY HAD WITH THEM I THINK WHEN
WE HAD TO DO WITH WATER. AND
ANOTHER ONE HAD TO DO WITH THAT
ANESTHESIOLOGIST OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND THEY WOULD. PARDON
ME THEY WOULD THEY WOULD PRESENT
ONE OR THE OTHER AND OF SOMEONE
SAID I WILL SIGN ONE BUT I WON'T
CHINESE.
THERE WAS THERE WAS A SHELL GAME
OF SHUFFLE THAT WE COULD SEE
WHAT THEY WERE GOING ON WITH
THEIR CLIPBOARD.
THEY WERE THEY WERE PAID THREE
DOLLARS PER SIGNATURE AND WE
COULD SEE THEM PULLING DOWN NINE
BUCKS EVERY TIME THEY CANNELLA
CUSTOMER.
WHEN WE TALK TO THEM THEY SAID
THEY MADE OVER SIX FIGURES A
YEAR. GOING FROM BATTLEGROUND A
BATTLEGROUND.
THEY WERE THEY WERE EFFICIENT
THEY WERE RELENTLESS.
THEY WERE VERY REFORM OF
FALSEHOODS IT WAS THIS TO ME
THIS WAS JUST A COMPLETE
CORRUPTION. OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SYSTEM THAT THIS.
AND CENTER PROCESS.
WAS MEANT AND MEANT TO HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY IN.
S.. THAT DISHEARTENING EXPIRY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT YOU ARE NOT.
ARE THERE ANY.
WHEN THIS IS AN OPPOSITION HERE
THAT.
YOU GUYS CAN ALL.
MISTER WILL HEAT YOU'RE WELCOME
TAKE A SEAT AND OTHERS CAN IS
LINED UP.
.
AT THE MIKE.
THANK YOU.
UP SURE. WHEN IT WHEN IT YOU GO
FIRST WILL MISTER WOLF GETS
HIMSELF SENATOR AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
START SO YEAH CAME.
AND YOUR POSITION ON THE BILL.
IN BRIEF IF POSS MINUS
DEPARTMENT BERMAN SCIENTISTS
POSTED CALIFORNIA AND BOSTON
PAID SINCE TOGETHER FOR THIRTEEN
YEARS.
I WANT HER THE TEST NOW AND NOT
JUST FREEDOM SHOULD THAT HAPPEN.
FROM THE GERMAN HERE.
I FORM MY SUFFERING SIGNED
EMPHASIZE WHAT WAS AFTER WHAT HE
HAS STATED.
I'M NOT I'M NOT TO THIS EXTREME
KIDDING OF THE SIX FIGURE
SALARY.
IS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THAT I'VE
NEVER SEEN THAT IN THIRTEEN
YEARS MANY BODY.
SIGH I.
AND IT WILL TAKE TO GET BUT BY
WHAT ONE SAYS I THINK YOU'RE
FOUR YEARS AGO.
ENOUGH TRAUMA LA WHICH PEOPLE
HELP YOU FIND COMPETENT WERE
ALLEYWAYS PEOPLE DO A GREAT JOB.
WATCH COULD BE QUICKEST TIME TO
UC DAVIS AND SHADOWED. HOURLY
WAGE PEOPLE FOR A WEEK.
I ASKED HIM TO WHO GAINES ICU
SONS PETITION THE ALL DOESN'T
MATTER A SINGLE DAYS OUR GOAL. I
ENVY THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
SIGNED THE PETITION.
FOREIGN NATIONALS
TO LEARN RESTAURANT GO WHAT THEY
TAKE THEIR WAS CONCERNED YOU
VOTER CARD. SHOOTING PEOPLE.
I SATISFIED THESE INDIVIDUALS
DON'T THE SAME THING LOOKING FOR
SIGNED PETITIONS THAT WERE NOT
RICHARD VOTERS EVEN.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THINK IT
DOESN'T MATTER AND DISINTEREST
CENTER.
ON DIGITAL STATE FOR THREE DAYS.
SHARON IN LA CAN BILL HAD
DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
INTEREST DEL SHOWS I WOULD
SETTLE A DISK FERRETED THINK.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY LOOK
MY BLOODY RAID?
SO YES THERE ARE INTRAMUSCULAR
DUGOUTS ENSURES THE GOING RATE
RIGHT NOW IS TO SIX DOLLARS AND.
THAT IS TRUE TWENTIES ó USED
FOR LOCAL CAMPAIGNS.
PEOPLE.
THE THINGS TOGETHER TO HAVE A
GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF THAT RICH
PEOPLE VOTE BY THE THOUSANDS.
IT'S REALLY IS THEY REALLY CARE
ABOUT THE BILLY THE SINGER AND
CONFIDENCE ON THE BALLOT BY
IDEAS. THERE ARE SIMPLY LETTING
GAYS ABOUT PRACTICES
IT'S NOT A COMMON CAUSE THAT NOW
FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. THE ON THE
OTHER HAND HOURLY WAGE PEOPLE
THE ALL ENGAGED IN BAD
PRACTICES.
WHAT LIES DECEPTION INVADING
CARE WHO SIGN THAT'S WHY SO THE
OTHER FROM THE COIN AND ALL THE
STATE'S HE MENTIONED? THEY'RE
ALL TINY LIKE ORGAN I THINK
SOUTH DAKOTA.
I FROM THE OTHER THREE STATES
BELOW POPULATION.
THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK IN
CALIFORNIA.
WE CAN HAVE PACING SHE GATHERS
OPINION ON HOURLY WAGE IN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE AND MY FIRST
HAND EXPERIENCE OF TAKING TWO
WEEKS OFF.
ALL FOR MEASURES THAT YEAR
FAILED MISERABLY AFTER HEARING
HIM AS SLU I SAID SENIOR. WEEK
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK THE THE
ABILITY RATE WAS ON TWENTY
PERCENT.
VETERANS OF SECRETASE WEBSITE
AFTERWARDS.
AS RICHARD SCIENTISTS I KNOW
CAME LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT
THE BACK IN CERTAIN OF. THEIR
ABILITY RATE WAS ATROCIOUS
SO THAT'S ONE MERGING YOU NOT TO
A.
MANY STRENGTHENED THE PENALTIES.
FOR ACTUAL ON.
PEOPLE THE ENGAGED IN FRAUD AYE
THING OF YOU GREAT IDEA.
ANNA AND NOTHING CONSERVATIVE
HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE
STREET SAY OKAY YOU KNOW I THINK
YOU'RE ENGAGED IN FRAUD.
THEY MIGHT SAY WE KNOW WHAT.
HOW DID I JUST WITH THIS
PETITION THEREFORE WHAT HE SAID
WAS FRAUD? THAT'S A.
CUT MIXING OF THAT COULD HAPPEN.
MUSTN'T WILSON THAT'S MIXING
THAT NERVOUS ABOUT THAT PART OF
THE PETITION OF OVERALL.
DID YOU WANNA JUST IN YOUR AND
UP OPPOSITION OF THE BILL YES
MA'AM OKAY THANK YOU SIR. I'M A
LITTLE WOMAN SPEAK IN THE WILL
GET YOU DAVID THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
PLEASE AYE GOOD AFTERNOON OR
CURTIS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND WE ARE IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL AND TO
THIRTEEN NINETY FOUR FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS THAT THE FIRST
IS THAT OUR CONCERN IS THAT IT
WILL AND CURRENTLY THE CURRENT
SYSTEM PROVIDES A CHECKS AND
BALANCE. ON GOVERNMENT THIS WILL
INHIBIT THAT AND THIS ITEM AND
CALIFORNIANS WILL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE DIRECT DEMOCRACY
THAT'S OUR FIRST CONCERN THE
SECOND CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S
NOT ACTUALLY SHOWING OF RAMPANT
FRAUD. A WHEN IT THE.
CALIFORNIA WHEN THEY I'M FRAUD
INVESTIGATION UNIT CONDUCTED
THEIR TWO HUNDRED FORTY
INVESTIGATIONS OF.
FRAUD ONLY THEY'RE ONLY THIRTY
THREE CONVICTIONS THIS WAS FROM
NINETEEN NINETY FOUR UNTIL TWO
THOUSAND TEN.
DURING THAT SAME TIME THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF INITIATIVES PLACE ON
THE BALLOT REQUIRING MILLIONS OF
SIGNATURE SO THAT'S HARDLY
RAMPANT FRAUD OR OTHER MEAN
CONCERN AND BESIDES FIRST
AMENDMENT ISSUES IS THE U.
REQUIREMENT FOR A DAY AT THE
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT HERE FOR
THE ABILITY FOR WHISTLE BLOWERS.
AND THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE
STANDING SO THAT MEANS ANY
PERSON WALKING DOWN THE STREET
COULD ESSENTIALLY SAY YOU KNOW I
I MINUS I'M A CHALLENGE THAT
INITIATIVE AND I THINK I'M GONNA
MAKE A CLAIM THAT THIS SERVER
HAS AND THAT THEY PARTICIPATED
IN FRAUD. AND I'M GOING TO TRY
AND STOP THIS INITIATIVE BY
DOING THAT AND AND FILING AN
ACTUAL FALSE CLAIM TO THE
STANDING HE ISSUE HERE IS M. A
REALLY BIG ISSUE BECAUSE
STANDINGS A PINNACLE FOR OUR
CONSTITUTION. IT'S FOR ENOUGH
FOR MOST EVERY.
CAUSE OF ACTION YOU'RE REQUIRED
TO STRIP PROVEN INJURING FACT
ADDITIONALLY THE.
SUCCESSFUL PLAINTIFF HERE COULD.
OBTAIN A FROM SEVENTEEN TO FIFTY
PERCENT OF THE ACTUAL RECOVERY
AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE
PLAINTIFF TO RECOVER ATTORNEY'S
FEES BUT IF THE DEFENDANT IS
SUCCESSFUL BE A DEFENDANT CAN
ONLY RECOVER ATTORNEY'S FEES. IF
THEY PROVE THAT IT WAS DONE WITH
MALICE SO EVEN IF THEY ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNDERLYING
CLAIMS THEY STILL HAVE TO BEAR
ALL OF THEIR COSTS. THOSE OUR
BIGGEST CONCERNS IT'S AS WELL AS
WHAT DAVID WAS A FOR PROFIT
HOWARD JARVIS THINK USING MY
VERY MUCH.
S. MADAM CHAIR I GOOD AFTERNOON
DID I WILL WITH THE HOWARD
JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
OPPOSED TO THE BELL. MEMBERS
WERE BROADWAY OPPOSED AND WE BEN
BRADLEE OPPOSED ANY BILL THAT
WOULD CURTAIL THE INITIATIVE
PROCESS IN THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO
BE ENGAGED. IN THAT PROCESS
THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO
QUALIFY A MEASURE FOR THE BALLOT
CAN BE APPROVED SEVEN MILLION
AND IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD.
TO CONDUCT THIS PROCESS OF
DIRECT DEMOCRACY EVEN IF THE
GATHERERS ARE PAID ON AN HOURLY
RATE.
WE BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN
INFRINGING ON A CONTRACT BETWEEN
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.
AND ALSO THE MEASURE COULD WELL
BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON FIRST
AMENDMENT GROUNDS.
AND THE AUTHOR'S MADE A NOTE BET
DECREASING RYAN SOME PAID
SIGNATURE GATHERERS IS IMPORTANT
AND MEMBERS WE AGREE WITH THAT.
WE AGREE WITH THAT IF THEY'RE
FROST RYAN SOME PAID SIGNATURE
GATHERERS WE THINK THAT'S GOOD.
BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO
GO ABOUT DOING THAT THAT WOULD
ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHOUT SIMPLY
OUTLINE PAID SIGNATURE
GATHERERS.
FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN INCREASE THE
TIME TO GATHER SIGNATURES FROM
SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. THAT WOULD
CERTAINLY DECREASE THE TIME. BOB
AND THE RELIANCE ON PAID
SIGNATURE GATHERERS AND WE CAN
ALSO LOWER THE THRESHOLD THE
QUALIFY THINGS LIKE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FROM
WHAT ROUGHLY A MILLION
SIGNATURES YOU KNOW COUNTING FOR
DUPLICATES. TO SOMETHING LESS
THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW AND AND BOTH OF THOSE
OPTIONS I THINK WOULD BE BETTER
THAN JUST BANNING THE PROCESS
OUT RIGHT SO WE JUST INCUR MAYBE
TAKE A.
TAKE A DIFFERENT WHILE LOOKING
AT THIS AND BUT THIS BILL IS NOT
THAT WOULD ASK FOR AN OVER.
THANK YOU.
NO OTHERS IN OPPOSITION.
MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS.
YES MISTER CHAIR PLEASE CENTER
LEYVA. AYE I JUST WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD I DON'T HAVE A
STUDY TO REFER TO BUT.
TWENTY YEARS IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT PRIOR TO.
COMING TO THE LEGISLATURE WE
WORKED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT
BALLOT MEASURES AND.
MY MY FAMILY CAN TELL YOU THAT
I CONTINUE TO EMBARRASSED THE
HECK OUT OF THEM WHEN I WOULD
STOP AT NASA SIGNATURE
GATHERERS.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU MAKING WHAT IS
THE BALLOT ABOUT OTHER
INITIATIVE ABOUT AND I WOULD SAY
NINETY PERCENT OF THE TIME THEY
HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS ABOUT AND
MOST OF THEM JUST SAID TO ME?
YOU KNOW I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I
NEED A JOB AND I NEED THE MONEY.
SO I THINK THAT WE DO
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO CHANGE THE
SYSTEM THE WAY IT IS NOW IT'S
NOT WORKING AND WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE I WILL MOVE THE
BILL.
GREAT THERE'S A MOTION FROM
CENTER LEYVA.
.
I AND
GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD
AND HAVE JOINED A LONG LIST OF
PEOPLE FOR.
MANY YEARS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
GET THIS PROCESS REFORM WHICH IS
INHERENTLY IMPERFECT AND.
DOES EXPLOIT SOME.
HISTORIC EFFORTS AT DIRECT
DEMOCRACY IN THIS STATE THAT I
THINK OF.
THINGS HAVE EVOLVED.
SO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
SATELLITE A CLOSE NAY PRECIADO
MISTER CHAIRMAN SO AID YOU JUST
A COUPLE QUICK POINTS AHEAD TO
MISTER WELCH. ASSERTION THAT
THAT WE ARE PROPOSED TO OUTLAW
PAID SIGNATURE GATHERS WE ARE IN
FACT DOING NO SUCH THING.
IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN
THIS COUNTRY REGULATE SPEECH.
AS I NOTED IT IS ALREADY
EXPRESSLY ILLEGAL A TO MISLEAD A
VOTER ESTA NATURE INTENT OF THE
SIX GETTING EFFORT. A THAT IS
WHY YOU SEE SO LITTLE BY WAY OF
SUCCESSFUL FRAUD AND VIC
INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MOMENT.
AND SO WE ARE I'D TAKING THAT
INTO ACCOUNT WE ARE ENDEAVORING
TO. BUY LEGISLATE BEHAVIOR
RATHER THAN SPEECH.
I END THE BEHAVIOR A WITHIN THE
PROCESS IS THE IS AT THE HEART
OF THE PROBLEM SO BY ALL MEANS
THAT ARE YOU KNOW IT IT IT PAY
PEOPLE WHATEVER THE GOING RATE
MIGHT BE ON AN HOURLY BASIS.
BUT TO CREATE INCENTIVES.
ON A PER SIGNATURE DOWNEY BASIS
ACT CLEARLY CREATE A DISTORTED
IMPACT ON THE PROCESSAND I
THINK ANY VOTER.
TO GUIDE CENTER LATEST POINT
HAVING ENCOUNTERED CG GATHERS.
AT THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE IS
QUITE AWARE OF THAT DIED TO MS
CURTIS'S POINT. DIED THIS IS NOT
IN FACT AN EFFORT TO UNDERMINE
DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN FACT IS AN
EFFORT TO RESTORE IT. TIED TO
THE SPIRIT OUR END INTO THE
LETTER OTHER REFLECTS THE
FRAMERS INTENT. DIET WHAT THE
FRAMERS ENDEAVORED TO DO WAS TO
CREATE A SAFETY TOP AYE AND
THAT'S RACIAL AS I NOTED WAS TO
LIBERTY HIGH. AND I SAID TO THAT
TO THE BRIDE A D. OTHER.
WITNESSES POINT.
THAT TOO MANY MEASURES MIGHT
FAIL THAT'S ACTUALLY DELIBERATE
NOT ALL MEASURES ARE MEANT TO
SUCCEED IN MAKING IT TO THE
BALLOT THAT IS WHY THERE IS A
DELIVER THE RIGOROUS THRESHOLD.
BUT WHEN YOU PERVERT THAT
PROCESS OF BY INTRODUCING.
INCENTIVES THAT ARE THAT HAVE A
DISTORTED OF.
ON ON QUALITY THAT LEAD LENDS
ITSELF TO UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
YOU YOU START TO UNDERMINE. THE
PROCESS AS A WHOLE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT.
WE ARE NOW SEEING TOO MANY
BALLOTS A MEASURES ON.
THE BALLOT BY AND THAT CREATES
AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WHICH IS
IT'S HARD FOR THE CITIZEN TO
SORT THE GOOD FROM THE BAD BOTH.
AT THE TABLE THAT WHERE THE
SIGNATURE GATHERED TO DOING THE
WORK BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AT THE
BALLOT ITSELF DIE AND SO I THINK
CALIFORNIA'S DID VOTERS DESERVE
THE ASSURANCE THAT WHEN
SOMETHING MAKES IT TO THE
BALLOT.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS
OF THE FRAMERS IT'S CONSISTENT
WITH THE THE THE AIMS OF ARTISTS
FORT PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY.
GUY AND IF WE CAN RESTORE THE
INTEGRITY WE'D HAVE A MUCH
BETTER RESULT.
AT THE BALLOT THANK YOU AND I
TODAY IT I'D GUY DE RESPECTFULLY
ASK VIRAGO TODAY.
THANKS SIR NEWMAN MOST WELFARE
LEYVA.
OKAY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WELL I AYE THE MOTION IS TO PASS
AND MR LET ME ALSO AND I'M SORRY
I I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK
WITH ANY PARTY.
ON SENSUAL AMENDMENTS GUIDE TO
TO GO TO MISS CRSES POINT
REGARDING STANDING OUTSIDE HAPPY
TO WORK YOUR COMMITTEE I ANY
THOSE FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
COVER THOSE BASES.
BUT I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO
MOVING THIS FORWARD VERY GOOD
WILL NOT THAT FOR THE RECORD
THANK YOU AND.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND RE
REFER TO SENATE JUDICIARY.
TERRITORY PLEASE KALRA.
STERN BY STERN I'M ANDERSON.
ALLEN.
HERTZBERG.
LEYVA LEYVA AYE.
VERY GOOD THANK YOU SIR NEWMAN
THANK YOU THANK YOU MISTER
BECAUSE.
I WILL.
SEND MY SELF TO THE DESK NO TWO
BILLS FROM.
ALRIGHT.
DO YOU MIND PASSED THIS GAP.
YOUR FIRST RUN FIRST YEAH MY
FORECLOSURE.
TRUMPETED.
SENATOR STERN WHICH BIT WILL
BILL WE BE STARTING WITH.
.
S. B. ONE ONE FIVE THREE IF
THAT'S ALRIGHT MANAGER PLEASE
PROCEED THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
UNLIKE PROPONENTS OF STATEWIDE
INITIATIVE MEASURES PROPONENT OF
LOCAL INITIATIVES ARE NOT
CURRENTLY PERMITTED UNDER LAW TO
WITHDRAW THEIR.
STEINBERG SP TWELVE FIFTY THREE
FROM TWENTY FOURTEEN PROPONENTS
OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVES.
CAN WITHDRAWN INITIALLY.
IT HAS HAD ENOUGH VALID
SIGNATURES TO QUALIFY FOR THE
BALLOT SO IT IS AT THEIR
DISCRETION. R. SINCE THEN TO
STATEWIDE INITIATIVES ACTUALLY
HAVE UTILIZED THAT.
PRIVILEGE AND HAVE WITHDRAWN
THEM.
PER NEW LAW THAT WAS A.
PAST
ABOUT ONE RELATED TO MINIMUM
WAGE WAS WITHDRAWN AFTER TO
BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE BALLOT
WILL ANOTHER RELATED HOSPITALS
WITH WAS WITHDRAWN DURING A
SIGNATURE VERIFICATION PROCESS.
THEREBY AVOIDING A RATHER COSTLY
BALLOT FIGHT AND LETTING THE
LEGISLATURE DO ITS WORK ON THE
OPTION WITHDRAWAL GIVES THE
OFFICIAL INITIATIVE PROPONENTS
AND EXTEND OPPORTUNE WORK WITH
LAWMAKERS FOR TO MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL SOLUTION. SO SP ONE
ON FIVE THREE WOULD NEARLY
EXTEND THAT SIMILAR OPTION TO
CITY COUNCIL AND SPIT CITY
COUNTY AND SPECIAL DISTRICT
INITIATIVE MEASURES.
MAKES SENSE GIVES MORE
FLEXIBILITY AND HOPEFULLY
FACILITATES THE SAME KIND OF
SOLUTIONS.
AND IF HE COULD HAVE PREVENTED
WE THINK VOTER CONFUSION AND
SAVES AND DOLLARS BACK IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN ONE TWO COMPETING
PLANS TO REGULATE CANNABIS
APPEARED. SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE
BALLOT IN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES OF VOTERS HAD A VERY
TOUGH TIME PARSING THROUGH THAT
SO.
BILLS NO OPPOSITION SPONSORED
BY A CA YOU SUPPORTED BY COMMON
CAUSE ONLY CALIFORNIA CITIES
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AT. THE
CENTER STERN IN SUPPORT.
I HAD CHAIRMAN SENATORS TERRY
BRENNAN BEHALF OF.
IS YEAH YOU CALIFORNIA WHERE
HAPPENED SPONSORED THIS BILL
WOULD BELIEVE THAT HE'D LOCAL
AGENCIES WHICH MANY OF MY SEVEN
HUNDRED THOUSAND MEMBERS BELONG
IN.
DO POLITICS AND.
DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY
THIS STATE HAS IF YOU RECALL
ORIGINALLY I THINK OF THAT PROP
ONE EIGHTY ONE B. DISCUSSION.
AT THE STATE LEVEL PRIOR TO THE
STEINBERG BELL.
THE PRO POLITICS ARGUMENT WAS
DON'T VOTE FOR A BILL TO VOTE
FOR ONE BE WHICH WAS A
NEGOTIATED COMPROMISE WHICH
TURNED OUT BE MUCH BETTER.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE.
LOCAL SHOULD HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY IN AVOID.
THAT SORT OF CONFUSION WE'VE HAD
ENOUGH YOU LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
BOTH WITH CANNABIS LEGISLATION
AND SEVERAL OTHER DIFFERENT
LOCAL ISSUES.
SO FOR THAT REASON WE HAVE.
URGED PARA I GO THANKS VERY MUCH
VERY GOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
COME RIGHT UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
JACK BONNER CALIFORNIA COMMON
CAUSE RESPECT WE ASKING FOR NOT
BUT I DO THINK YOU OTHERS IN
SUPPORT.
THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION EXCELLENT
SEAMAN.
WHICH I TO CLOSER STERN RESPECT
FAIRS FOR HAVE A VERY GOOD.
MAY I MOVE THE BILL AS THE
ACTING CHAIR. OKAY SO.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION.
OKAY SEVEN A MOTION TO
MILLERSVILLE.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND WE
REFER TO SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE STERN AYE AYE STERN
AYE ANDERSON.
ALLEN.
HERTZBERG.
LEYVA AYE LEYVA I BELIEVE THAT
OPEN TO THE OTHER MEMBERS COME
BACK TO VOTE.
YES I UNDERSTAND WHAT JEFF
PERCENT ELEVEN SEVENTY ONE YES I
WOULD MADAM CHAIR NEXT FALL.
GIVE OR ANY OF OUR SUPPORT OF
WITNESSES A QUICK CHANCE TO GET
SETTLER NEWLY.
WELCOME.
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY OKAY.
ARE THEY MEN CHAIR.
MEMBER.
SP ELEVEN SEVENTY ONE
SIMPLIFIES THE CONDITIONAL VOTER
REGISTRATION PROCESS AND UPDATES
THE DEFINITION TO ELECTOR TO
ALIGN WITH CHANGES IN THE VOTER
REGISTRATION DEADLINE.
RIGHT NOW POLL WORKERS AS WE
KNOW ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOR SAME DAY
VOTING BUT THERE'S A TWO STEP
PROCESS NOW BETWEEN THE VOTER
REGISTRATION AND THE VOTE
ITSELF.
ADDING ADDITIONAL PPERWORK.
MORE TIMES STAFF TIME IN
COLLECTING PAPER WORK ON SO WE
THINK IS A PRETTY COMMON SENSE
MEASURE THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY
SAVE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND MAKE
THE VOTING EXPERIENCE A LITTLE.
A LESS CONFUSING BY PERMITTING
COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIALS TO
USE PROVISIONAL BALLOT ENVELOPES
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES.
PROVIDED THAT THE INCLUDE THE
INFORMATION CURRENTLY INCLUDED
ON AN AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATIONS
WE DON'T DECIDE TO SEPARATE
AFFIDAVIT REGISTRATION YOU CAN
DO THAT ALL ON THAT. UP
PROVISIONAL BALLOT ENVELOPE AND
WOOD UPDATE THE EXISTING
DEFINITION ELECTORS AS I
MENTIONED.
SO DURING THESE LAST FIFTEEN
DAYS PRIOR TO INCLUDING ELECTION
DAY A PERSON IS QUALIFIED TO
REGISTER TO VOTE MAY COMPLETE AN
AFFIDAVIT UNDER CURRENT LAW AND
AND BUT THEY CAN NOW PUT THAT
INFORMATION A PROVISIONAL BALLOT
ENVELOPE.
I THINK IT'S COME SENSATION
DOLLARS AND RESPECTFUL YES
RATHER VERY GOOD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
TED MORE HOUSE ARREST I
CALIFORNIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE
ALEX PADILLA SECRETARY PADILLA
IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE WE
THANK YOU OFFER AUTHOR FOR
TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS
MAKE THE ELECTIONS MORE
EFFICIENT THANK YOU THANK YOU
SIR.
WELL I RYAN RUN GO.
PLASTIC COUNTY CLERK WHO ARE
REGISTERED VOTERS AND CO CHAIR
OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
COURSE ELECTIONS OFFICIALS THAT.
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE.
I AM THE NEW JOE LEVINE IF YOU
WELL I THINK THAT MANY OF YOU
COULD FIND OUT. WELCOME THANK
YOU SO MUCH YOU ALL WORKED WITH
JOE WE LOVE JILL.
AGE WE TRIED TO CONVINCE HER
NOT TO RETIRE BUT SHE IS NOW
RETIRED AND.
PLACER COUNTY BEING SO CLOSE TO
SACRAMENTO AND.
I WAS FRANKLY OUT OF THE ROOM I
WAS A POINT. NOW IF THAT SERVICE
AS COACH ARE SO HIGH SO YOU'LL
SEE A LOT OF ME AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU.
YOUR LEGISLATION ARE.
WE'D LIKE TO I THINK.
AYE BOTH SECRETARY PADILLA AND
CENTER STERN FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS BILL.
CA CO SUPPORTS ELEVEN SEVENTY
ONE I'M HERE TO ANSWER.
EXCELLENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OTHERS IN SUPPORT. KATHY SHARON
BEHALF OF THE ACLU OF CALIFORNIA
IN SUPPLY.
THANK YOU. OTHERS IN SUPPORT
PLEASE PROCEED.
WHOSE MIRAMONTE ON BEHALF OF THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.
SEEN MAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSER UNDERSTAND WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR DR VERY
GOOD AND I WILL MOVE THE BILL.
MOTION AS DO PASS TURN.
STERN AYE ANDERSON.
ALLEN.
HERTZBERG.
LEYVA. LEYVA AYE
TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR
THOSE YOU WATCHING FROM THE
CHEAP SEATS
WELCOME SENATOR ALLEN.
THAT YOU.
EMERITUS CHAIR THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN I DIDN'T RECEIVE HER
KING. FLEXIBILITY AND.
AND.
I AM HERE PRESENTING SP TEN
EIGHTEEN.
WHICH.
ELIZA IT DOES HAVE TO DO IN MY
PREVIOUS CHAIRMANSHIP IN THE
SENSE THAT WE HAVE THE BILL
BEFORE THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE
SOME.
SOME CHANGES TO SIMPSON'S AND
TWEAKS TO. I WITH THE SUPPORT OF
OUR SUPPORTERS FROM LAST TIME
WITH COMMON CAUSE IT'S BETTER.
SO AND FIRST I WANT TO START BY
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENT SUGGEST
THE ANALYSIS THAT WOULD AFFECT
COMMITTEE STAFFER WORKING. WITH
MY OFFICE ON THIS BILL.
I THIS BILL ALLOW SCHOOL BOARDS.
REALLY COLLEGE BOARDS AND
SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARDS TO
ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT HYBRID OR
ADVISORY REDISTRICTING
COMMISSIONS.
AND IT MAKES VERY SEEMS TO
STREAMLINING CLARIFY THE LAW
ALLOWING.
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO CREATE
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS.
SO BEGINNING WITH THE APPROVAL
OF PROPOSITION ELEVEN IN TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHT WHICH CREATED
THE CITIZENS REDISTRICTING.
COMMISSION THE CRC.
INDEPENDENT IS IN COMMISSIONS
HAVE NOW BEEN TRYING JUST A
CLASS RIGHT CALIFORNIANS
CERTAINLY EVERYONE HERE KNOWS
ALL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OUR STATE
ASSEMBLY ARE SENATE ARE
PARTICLES ASIAN. OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ARE ALL
DRAWN BY INDEPENDENT.
AND REGISTRY COMMISSIONS I THINK
TO THE VERY POSITIVE AFFECT.
ARE NOW DRIVEN BY LOCAL
INTEREST.
IN NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING.
I AUTHORED SP ELEVEN AWAY IN
TWENTY SIXTEEN.
WHEN I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE AND WORKED WITH THE
STAFF AT THE TIME. AND THAT BILL
AUTHORIZED ALL COUNTIES AND
CITIES TO ESTABLISH AN
INDEPENDENT OR ADVISORY
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION SO THAT
AUTHORIZED.
NOW THIRTEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
INCLUSIVENESS SAN DIEGO MODESTO
OAKLAND SACRAMENTO HAVE NOW GONE
AHEAD AND ESTABLISH TO THE PENNY
COMMISSIONS UNDER THAT
AUTHORITY.
THIS BILL BUILDS UPON THIS
LEGISLATION BY NOW GIVING SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
Q. BECAUSE DISTRICTS A SPECIAL
DISTRICTS THE SAME AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH.
INDEPENDENT HYBRID OR ADVISORY
COMMISSIONS.
THIS WILL BRING FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE MORE TRANSPARENT
NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING TO
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT PROVIDES
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WITH THE
CHOICE.
TO UTILIZE THESE DIFFERENT
OPTIONS IN DEPEND HYBRID
ADVISORS COMMISSIONS IF THEY
WANT DOESN'T MANDATE THAT THEY
DO SO.
THE BILL ALSO CLARIFIES IT
STREAMLINES CURRENT LAW TO
ENSURE A SMOOTH PROCESS FOR
REDISTRICTING. AFTER THE TWENTY
TWENTY CENSUS WHICH OF COURSE
IS.
QUICKLY APPROACHING.
SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THESE
CHANGES INCLUDE ALLOWING LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS A CONTRACT WITH THE.
COUNTIES INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING MISSION IF THEY
WANT TO SO THEY CAN OUTSOURCE.
HA TO THE COUNTIES COMMISSION.
I A PROHIBITS.
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES THAT
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A
PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTIES
THOSE TO ENSURE AGAINST.
IT NAKED PARTISAN
GERRYMANDERING.
IT PROHIBITS LEGISLATIVE BODIES
FROM APPEALING. DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN
BY AN INDEPENDENT OR HYBRID
COMMISSION.
AND ALSO REDUCES SOME
QUALIFICATIONS AND POST SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW MORE
CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROCESS THE REASON WHY WE'RE
DOING THAT. AT PRIMARILY FOCUSES
ON WORLD AREAS WHERE THERE MAY
BE LESS POPULATION WHERE YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO
BUILD. A STRONG AND FAIR.
REGISTER AND COMMISSION SO HE
WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT WE
HAVE NICHOLAS HYTNER. WHO IS
FROM COMMON CAUSE AND ALSO WAS A
ROUGH MAN WHO'S REPRESENTING?
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND.
TO HEAR FROM THE TO THE.
THANK CENTER ON.
MISTER I DON'T.
JERRY STERN MEMBERS A NICKEL
SADDAM WITH CALIFORNIA COMMON
CAUSE IN STRONG SUPPORT. COME
BECAUSE FIRMLY BELIEVES IN THE
VALUE OF IN A. REDUCING
COMMISSIONS AND CRITICALLY
PROMOTE SOME AS A BEST PRACTICE
AND REDISTRICTING.
STUDIES OF INDEPENDENT
COMMISSIONS INCLUDING
CALIFORNIA'S OWN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION FIND THE TYPICALLY DO
A BETTER JOB THAN LEGISLATIVE
BODIES DRAWING DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES. ON THE NUMBER OF
METRICS FOR EXAMPLE KEEPING MORE
CITIES COMMUNITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS HOLE PROMOTING
PARTISAN FAIRNESS NOT INCREASING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY
REPRESENTATION.
AND CALIFORNIA'S ASUNDER MENTION
SINCE CREATION OF THE STATE
COMMISSION WE SEEN A SURGE OF
INTEREST LOCAL LEVEL. WITHOUT
THIRTEEN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
MOSTLY CHARTER CITIES HAVING NOW
ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT
COMMISSIONS.
I IN RECOGNITION OF THIS DEMAND
THE SENDER OF COURSE PASSED S.
B. ELEVEN WAIT CLOUT COUNTIES.
AND GENERAL LAW CITIES TO CREATE
COMMISSIONS AS WELL.
THIS BILL MAKES A NUMBER OF
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LAW WHICH
COMMON CAUSE STRONGLY SUPPORTS
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THIS NOW
GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION IF THEY WANT TO.
WE RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS ASKING IF THEY
COULD CREATE INDEPENDENT
COMMISSIONS IN THEIR
JURISDICTION AND THE ANSWER HER
FOR NOW IS SADLY. NOT REALLY
DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
BUT THERE'S REALLY NO REASON WHY
SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE THAT
AUTHORITY ON THE SAME BASIS THAT
CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE THIS IS
SIMPLY OPENING UP THAT US
PRACTICE TWELVE OTHER LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AGAIN IF THEY CHOOSE
TO.
pTO BE ABLE TO ADOPTED.
THE BILL MAKES FEW OTHER
IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR
IMPROVEMENTS ON PRIOR LAW.
IT FINE TUNES OF SOME OF THE
REQUIREMENTS ON COMMISSIONS FOR
EXAMPLE BY PROHIBITING. AYE
COMMISSIONS FROM DISCRIMINATING
INTENSELY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST
POLITICAL PARTY AS A DRAW LINES.
IT ALSO RELAXES SOME OF THE
COMMISSIONER ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL SERVICE
RESTRICTIONS
WHICH IS CENTER MENTION IS
PRIMARILY INTENDED TO MAKE IT
SUDDEN SMALLER JURISDICTIONS.
THEY CAN FEEL CONTROL ADOPTING
THIS REFORM.
WELL WE'VE HEARD ON THE FIELD IS
SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT
IS JUST ONE OF THE POOL OF
APPLICANTS REAL CONSECRATION.
BECAUSE OF.
AT THE LEVEL THAT WE PUT SOME
OF THE CRITERIA SO THAT
RELAXATION WE THINK WILL HELP
PROMOTE. THE SPREAD OF
INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS.
BUT FINALLY THE BILL MAKES A.
JUST SIMPLY REWARD SOME
PROVISIONS TO MAKE EXISTING LAW
CLEAR. PERHAPS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
THAT IS A CURRENTLY THE BILL
USES THE TERM REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION BUT FINDS THAT IS THE
COMMISSION THE CONDUCT NEW
DISTRICT LINES. SO WHAT THE LAW
CURRENTLY ENCOMPASSES SOMEONE
CREATING DISTRICTS FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THAT WORD REDISTRICTING
PERHAPS CREATE SLOBODAN CUTIE SO
THE BILL ALSO CLARIFIES THAT
THIS CAN BE USED VERY FIRST
DISTRICTING AND NOT JUST FOR A
REDISTRICTING OF EXISTING LINES.
SO CONCLUDE CALIFORNIA'S BEEN A
NATIONAL LEADER A LEADING LIGHT
WHEN IT COMES TO FOR AN EVENT
EVERY DISTINCT STATE. AND
FEDERAL LEVEL ANDREWS BUT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO LEAD OF PROMOTING
FARRINGTON PARA REDUCING AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
COMMON CAUSE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION THINKCENTRE FOR
INTRODUCING IT AND WE ARE TO
LIVE.
THANK YOU MISS ROUGH ONE.
SO I WAS WEARING MINE ON BEHALF
OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
CALIFORNIA A BELIEVE BELIEVES
THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR
REDISTRICTING SHOULD BE INVESTED
IN AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL
COMMISSION. WITH MEMBERSHIP THAT
REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE
UNIT OF GOVERNMENT. INCLUDING
CITIZENS AT LARGE
REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC
INTEREST GROUPS AND MEMBERS OF
MINORITY GROUPS
WE EXPLICITLY PROJECT THE
PROTECTION OF INCUMBENTS AND
PREFERABLY. PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR POLITICAL PARTY.
WE'VE HAD SUPPORT PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND WOOD CITIZENS.
BUT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION.
SO S. B. TEN EIGHTEEN CLARIFIES
THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF S. B.
ELEVEN AWAIT.
BY MAKING IT MORE CLEAR THAT
COMMISSIONS MAY BE USED FOR AN
INITIAL. DISTRICTING NOT SIMPLY
A REDISTRICTING.
AND BY CLARIFYING THAT HYBRID
COMMISSIONS MUST MEET THE SAME
STANDARDS OF INDEPENDENT AND
TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED OF
INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS.
SIMPLY PUT SB TEN EIGHTEEN WILL
MAKE IT EASIER FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT TRANSPARENT
NONPARTISAN COMMISSIONS.
TO DRAW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
ENTER AND ELIMINATE THE INHERENT
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS AND HAVING
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. DRAW
THEIR OWN COLLECTION DISTRICT
WE URGE AN AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
KATHY SHARON BEHALF OF THE ACLU
OF CALIFORNIANS. THANK YOU.
I SEE NO OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE MEMBERS.
QUESTIONS COMMENTS CENTER
HERTZBERG.
YOU GOT BIG FUSED TO FILL FOR
TRUDY SHE WAS ONE OF THE GREATS.
JUST ONE OF THE GREATS
SO HOWEVER WHEN YOU STOP WORKING
KEEP WORKIN MCCARTY SHE WAS
INCREDIBLE. WHO WERE UNIVERSALLY
YEARS BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO
COMMON CAUSE LITTLE BIT ABOUT?
?
WAS IT PROPER LEVIN THAT WE DID.
YOU KNOW. IT WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT UBER THIS ISN'T AROUND A
LITTLE BIT BEFORE AND I I WANT
TO DO IS TO MAKE A RECORD WILL
BUT BECAUSE.
YOU KNOW WE WANT TO THIS FIVE
TIMES TRYING TO DEAL WITH
REDISTRICTING OR WHATEVER IT WAS
IN THE STATE TOOK US FIFTH TIME
TO GET IT DONE.
AND THEN WE GOT IT DONE THE
LEGISLATURE WAS UPSET. BECAUSE
IT WILL A THEY WERE IN A
DOWNTURN THIS IS IN TWO THOUSAND
AND NINE AND BE THEY WERE UPSET
THAT WE WILL TRY TO TELL HIM
WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO
DRAW THE LINES AYE ACTIONS
ALASKA DRAW THE LINES WHEN IT
MIGHT USED TO WORK HERE. BEFORE.
AND ON THE ONE TO PAY FOR THE
COST OF THE OUTREACH TO TALK.
YOU TALK ABOUT RELAXING THE
RULES BUT IT'S IT'S A LOT
TOUGHER THAN THAT WE SPEND THREE
MILLION DOLLARS OF CALIFORNIA
VOTERS MONEY BELIEVE IT WAS I
COULD BE WRONG ON THE NUMBER.
BUT THE.
ORDINARY EFFORT TO FIND
QUALIFIED PEOPLE I WOULD ARGUE
THAT ONE ASIDE FROM ITS
STRUCTURE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THE. THE DISTRICTS THAT EACH OF
US TO SIT HERE TODAY.
COME FROM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL
WITH RESPECT TO THAT COMPACTNESS
COMMUNITY LINES CITIES AND ALL
THE OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES THAT
WE TRY TO DEAL WITH.
IS BECAUSE THE BRILLIANCE OF
THAT COMMISSION AND THAT BRINGS
THE COMMISSION ONLY WAS BECAUSE
OUTSIDE PEOPLE COMMON CAUSE
LEGAL VOTERS AND OTHERS.
ACTUALLY ENGAGED DEEPLY AND
HEAVILY IN THE PROCESS
IT WASN'T THE GENIUS OF THE LAW
AS MUCH AS IT WAS THE.
THE COMMITMENT BONNIE.
PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE TO SEE IT
THROUGH.
AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY THE
EFFORT INTO IT PRODUCED AN
EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSION THAT
PRODUCED A NO PEOPLE WEREN'T
RUNNING FOR OFFICE WHO HAD RUN
FOR OFFICE IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES
WAS VERY VERY VERY CHALLENGING
TO GET THAT DONE SO. I I I I I
DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF THE
RELAXATION OF THIS ISSUE BUT ALL
I COULD SUGGEST IS. I DON'T
THINK WE CAN SOLVE UNLESS WE DO
THE BIG APPROPRIATION EVEN THEN
IT WOULD BE HARD TO DO. BUT TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE OUTSIDE
INTEREST GROUPS WHO CONTINUE TO
UP. DATE TO IT TO EXPAND ON THIS
VERY ELEGANT APPROACH IT'S BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BASICALLY REMAIN INVOLVED
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING
TO TAKE TO ACTUALLY GET THE
OUTCOME THAT YOU WANT TO DO
OFTEN WRITING A LAW SOUNDS GOOD
BUT IT DOESN'T PRODUCE RESULTS
IT REALLY WAS RESULT OF
EVERYBODY'S CONTINUED EFFORTS.
TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS SO SPECIAL
IN THESE OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE
YOU DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT
POPULATION WE ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES OF PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU OUR YOU
KNOW FROM SOME OF HIS WORK ON
HIS FOR DECADES HOW CRITICAL IT
IS AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON
WHY WE'VE HAD THE SUCCESS THAT.
EACH PERSON SITS ON THE STYLUS
IS REPRESENTATIVE OF.
SIDES WILL ENSURE THAT I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE. MOVE
FORWARD CLEANLY ONLY SAY THE
SERBS WORKED ON THIS FOR DECADES
AND.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE BUT I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE DILIGENCE
AS WE GOT WORK HARDER.
AND HARDER.
GOTTA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
LISTENING.
IF I MAYOR CENTER YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED THAT. COMMON CAUSE
WORKING WITH MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF
LAW WE'VE LAUNCHED LOCAL
REDISTRICTING DOT ORG WHICH IS A
RESOURCE SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. THE ONE OF CREE
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS GIVES
SOME BEST PRACTICES WAYS YOU CAN
REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IT
INVOLVE PEOPLE. SO WE WE DO
INTEND TO STAY ACTIVE LOCAL
COMMISSIONS HELPING THEM WITH
CREATING HELPING THEM OF PUBLIC
OUTREACH. AND ALSO TRYING TO
SHOW THEM THE BEST WAYS TO DO
THAT THANK YOU FOR THE POINT.
THAT MAYBE I COULD THAT ON THERE
TOO I THINK.
CERTAINLY FROM THIS COMMITTEE'S
PERSPECTIVE I THINK WE WE SHOULD
BE.
HELPING PROMOTE.
THE EFFORTS ACTUALLY GO FIND
GOOD PERSONNEL OUT THERE TO DO
THIS BECAUSE AS YOUR BILL.
RIGHTLY REQUIRES IN YOUR
PREVIOUS EFFORT LEVIN ó EIGHT
REQUIRED.
YOU CAN HAVE BEEN A PAID
CONSULTANT OR OFFICER EMPLOYEE
OF ANY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IN THE
PAST.
YOU CAN HAVE BEEN A STAFF MEMBER
CONSULTANT TO ANY ELECTED
OFFICER THEIR LOT OF BARS ON
HERE YOU YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE
CONTRIBUTED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
OR MORE IN A IN A YEAR TO ANY
CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE IN
THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS HAVE
YOU THINK THROUGH. FOR ALL THE
IMPORTANT ETHICAL RESTRICTIONS
YOU PUT IN PLACE HERE.
THAT THAT SORT OF.
HUMAN CAPITAL EFFORTS CAN BE
POURED SO SOME WE CAN WORK ON IN
THE FUTURE TO MAYBE A NON
LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY BUT JUST
TO.
REALLY DO A GOOD JOB OF
PUBLICIZING ON A NON PARTISAN
BASIS AND WOULD LOVE YOUR GUYS
HELP WITH THAT TOO SO THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION.
CLOUD MOTION FROM SENATOR
HERTZBERG THE MOTION IS DO PASS
AS AMENDED.
.
JUST TO CLARIFY YOU OKAY WITH
THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY SO DO PASS
AS AMENDED AND RE REFER TO RULES
COMMITTEE SECULAR PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
STERN AYE STERN I'M.
ANDERSON.
ALLEN. ALLEN AYE HERTZBERG.
HERTZBERG AYE LEYVA. LEYVA HIGH.
GREAT THANK YOU SENATOR ALLEN.
WE ARE ALSO WHAT WE HAVE YOU
ALL HERE WE ARE GOING TO OPEN
THE ROLE ON OUR OUTSTANDING
ITEMS SO. WE HAVE.
S. B. ELEVEN FIFTY THREE A THE
MOTION.
SORRY THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
RE REFER TO SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN. ALLEN AYE HERTZBERG.
ELEVEN FIFTY THREE
STERN. IS EXCELLENT.
HERTZBERG AYE.
A THEY ITS FOUR OH THAT DE BILLS
OUT.
NEXT WE HAVE S. B. ELEVEN
SEVENTY ONE.
ALSO STERN BILL ON A CONDITIONAL
VOTER REGISTRATION. OF THE
MOTION IS TO PASS
US SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ALLEN.
ALLEN AYE HERTZBERG AYE
HERTZBERG AYE.
CATERPILLAR IS OUT FOUR ZERO.
WE HAVE.
SP THIRTEEN NINETY FOUR NEWMAN.
WITH A COMMITMENT FROM SENATOR
NEWMAN TO TAKE THE SUGGESTED
AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE.
MISDEMEANOR PENALTY I IN SENATE
JUDICIARY SO THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AND RE REFER. TO SENATE
JUDICIARY
A SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN AYE ALLEN AYE HERTZBERG
AYE HERTZBERG AYE ALRIGHT THAT
BILL IS OUT FOUR ZERO WITH MANY
OTHERS THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT THAT
CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS A THANK
YOU OFFER