INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
HAVE A WELCOME EVERYONE HERE
AND.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH.
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
IS THIS IS
FIRST
MY FIRST MEETING HEARING
CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE SO AGAIN
WELCOME.
WE HAVE.
THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING
SIGNED AN ORDER SO FIRST UP.
ACTUALLY SINCE WE HAVE A QUORUM
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
ROLL.
ENCORE SET SIX FIFTIES CULTURAL.
SENATOR PAN HERE SKINNER PAN
HERE STONE. THURMOND HERE
JACKSON. HERE JACKSON HERE WE
HAVE A QUORUM.
WE HAVE.
BUT THAT YOU NEED TO CALL THE
OTHER JOB. IRONICALLY MITCHELL.
LIKE HOUSE KEY HAVE.
OKAY WE HAVE A QUORUM RELATIONS
ARE.
CHAIRMAN AND.
I WILL BE VERY BRIEF I'M HERE TO
PRESENT SP FOURTEEN. OIL WHICH
HELPED ENSURE REHABILITATED
CALIFORNIANS ARE NOT PREVENTED
FROM OBTAINING GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT DO THE PAST MISTAKES.
DUE TO VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWS SOME EMPLOYERS THAT HIGHER.
FOR SINCE THE POSITIONS ARE
REQUIRED TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND
CHECKS THAT INCLUDE EXPUNGEMENT
CONVICTIONS.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE BACKGROUND
CHECKS TO SCREEN INDIVIDUALS TO
HAVE THAT HAPPEN VICTIMS TO
PRECLUDE THEM FROM HOLDING JOBS
THAT MIGHT BE INSENSITIVE
POSITIONS. FOR EXAMPLE YOU
WOULDN'T WANT TO HIRE SOMEONE IN
A BANK THAT I HAD BEEN CAN.
CONVICTED OF FRAUD OR MONEY
LAUNDERING. OR. ANY OTHER THEFT
HOWEVER EMPLOYERS AND I HAVE
BEEN OVER ZEALOUS IN THEIR
HIRING PROCESSES AND HAVE BEEN
BEEN REJECTING INDIVIDUALS AS
WE'VE JUST I READ ABOUT THE
TARGET. STORE AYE ISSUE AS IT
RELATES TO A EMPLOYMENT AND.
DISCREDITING AND I INDIVIDUALS
FROM OF BEING UNEMPLOYED BASED
ON.
OVERZEALOUS BACKGROUND CHECKS
IS IMPORTANT HIGHER HIRING
PRACTICES BE STRINGENT ENOUGH TO
CATCH UNFIT INDIVIDUALS BUT
CURRENT LAW UNDERMINES
REHABILITATIVE GOALS OF
CALIFORNIA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM THIS BILL BRINGS. MUCH
NEEDED POSITION PRECISION AND
HIRING PRACTICES AND ENSURE
CALIFORNIANS. HAVE ATONE FOR
THEIR MISTAKES DUE TO CONTINUED.
BUT NOT TO BE CONTINUED TO BE
HAUNTED BY THOSE PAST
CONVICTIONS SO. BASED ON THAT.
I'M ALL HAPPY TO SPANDAN AUTHOR
THIS BILL IS SPONSORED BY NEW
WELL LIFE WHICH IS A RE ENTRY
PROUD PROGRAMS RUN BY. WOMEN IN
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WE HAVE
NO OPPOSITION AT THIS TIME AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE.
THANK YOU HAVE WITNESSES REPORT.
SAYING NO AND COMMITMENT FUNDING
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE I QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THE BILLS MOVED.
SAYING NO.
THING NO ONE LIKE FUNDS ON.
SO I THINK YOU CENTER JACKSON
AYE MITCHELL WIECKOWSKI.
OKAY WELL BUT THAT BILL ON CALL
EXACTLY THANK YOU SAM.
RIGHT.
SENATE BELL.
COME SO WE WILL NOW BE HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER ONE SP
TWENTY FIVE BILL.
SEEK
PRE IS TRADITION PROGRAM.
SO. WE WILL BE.
SEE.
PAST THAT.
WE HAVE COUPLE PRIMARY
WITNESSES.
AT THIS
BEACON AND HOPEFULLY IF THERE'S
A NEED TO USE. THAT OF IF YOU IF
YOU HAVE.
TWO OR THREE.
IF YOU HAVE THREE WILL TAKE
THREE AND THEN THAT WILL DO ME
TO USE AND THAT'S IT FOR THE
OPPOSITE.
SO.
SO THEY GIVE IT AYE CHAIRMAN
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS SO.
SP.
A TO FIVE CHANGES LIVES.
THIS BILL.
REDUCES CALIFORNIA'S.
WRISTS HIGH RECIDIVISM RATE.
BY PREPARINGINCARCERATED MEN
AND WOMEN FOR ROAD WE'RE
REWARDING CAREERS.
AND THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
TRADES.
THE BILL ENHANCES AND IMPROVES
EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE
PRISON BUY PARTNERING WITH THE
STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL. TO LINE THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS.
WITH THE STATE CURRICULUM
STANDARDS FOR PRE APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS.
THIS ALIGNMENT AND PARTNERSHIP
PAVES THE WAY FOR A STABLE
EMPLOYMENT. OF INCARCERATED
CALIFORNIANS
WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE
COMMUNITY NOW SPECIFICALLY.
THIS BILL INSURERS PARTNER THE
PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
THE MOST APPLICABLE. AND THE
MOST CURRENT CURRICULUM THE
MULTI CRAFT CORE CURRICULUM
COMMONLY CALLED MC THREE.
THE BILL ALSO A FACILITATES
A JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMERLY
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS HAVE
WORKED. TO COMPLETE THE MC THREE
PROGRAM POST RELEASE.
THROUGH A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
AGREEMENT.
IT INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO INCUR
THE HIRING OF FORMERLY
INCARCERATED WOMEN AND THAT. THE
FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN AND
VETERANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR GREATER IN THE STATE
PRISON. ACCORDING TO THE
CALIFORNIA PRISON INDUSTRY
AUTHORITIES.
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
KELPIE I.
PARTICIPANTS.
RETURN TO.
PRISON.
IS AN AVERAGE OF TWENTY SIX TO
THIRTY EIGHT PERCENT. LESS
OFTEN.
THE AND THE GENERAL POPULATION
AND THEM. AS WE KNOW HAVE
STUDIED THE SO. CALIFORNIA HAS
SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES UNITED
STATES OF RECIDIVISM.
IT'S A SHAMEFUL THING ACTUALLY.
BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE
PARTNERSHIP.
WITH THE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COPY I A SCREW REAR TECH
PROGRAM.
PARTICIPANTS ENJOY A GREATER
SUCCESS.
THEN THE OVERALL PI A PROGRAM
THEIR SUCCESS IS SEVEN POINT
THREE.
SEVEN POINT ONE THREE PERCENT OF
PARTICIPANTS RETURNING TO
PRISON.
NOW WE ARE NO I'M ON THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE FOUR GO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
WE HEAR OF THE BILLION DOLLAR
INCREASE ITS BEING REQUESTED.
FROM THE STATE BUDGET.
DUE TO OUR. LEVEL OF.
INCARCERATION IN CALIFORNIA.
THE AVERAGE.
IN MAY COSTS NEXT YEAR WILL BE
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
YEAR.
NOW WHEN I STARTED IN THE
LEGISLATURE OF A LEVIN TWELVE
YEARS AGO ASSEMBLY TWENTY EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME
COMPARISONS.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME
VERY DIRECT.
SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE PROVEN TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
THAT WILL CREATE JOBS JOBS FOR
PEOPLE LEAVING PRISON.
AND REDUCE RECESSES OF
RECIDIVISM WHICH REALLY MEANS TO
A LOT OF PEOPLE. IN CALIFORNIA
THE PUBLIC IN CALIFORNIA.
BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY AND REDUCE
CRIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
REDUCE RECIDIVISM. TO IGNORE
THIS VERY PRODUCT THE DIS
PROGRAMS ARE PROVEN SUCCESSFUL.
IS IT WOULD BE A WRONG THIS IS
A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IT WOULD
BENEFIT THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THE PUBLIC IN TERMS
OF PUBLIC SAFETY MARGIN AYE VOTE
I HAVE I HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
OKAY THANK YOU WITNESSES A
SUPPORT.
I'M SURE MEMBERS HAS ORGASM HALF
OF THE STATE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL BUT
PROUD SPONSORS OF THIS
LEGISLATION. BOMB WERE PROUD TO
PARTNER WITH THE LEGISLATURE
SENATOR BELL WAS BEEN A CHAMPION
ON THIS ISSUE. OF PROUD BOUNCER
WITH WICCA TO CO SPONSOR THIS
BILL WITH A RC.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING
BUT WE WE HAVE A STRONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH CDC ARE GOING
BACK TO NINETEEN EIGHTIES. WHERE
WE PROVIDE SUPERVISION OVER IN
MAYES PERFORMING ACTUAL
CONSTRUCTION WORK BEHIND THE
WALLS?
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE PRISON
INDUSTRY AUTHORITY. AND THE
PRISON INDUSTRY AUTHORITY IN CDC
ARE ACTIVELY USE THE MC THREE
PROGRAM.
THERE'S NOT FORMALIZED IN THEIR
USE BUT THEY'RE SEEKING TO USE
THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE
PROCUREMENT TIED WITH THE ACTUAL
WORKFORCE TRAINING BEHIND THE
WALLS SHOULD BE ALIGNED.
CONSTRUCTION IS STILL ONE OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS CAREERS THAT EXIST
IN OUR ECONOMY. THERE ARE A LOT
OF JOBS OUT THERE THAT DO NOT
PAY VERY WELL WORKERS ARE
SUFFERING WITH LACK OF BENEFITS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND ACCESS
TO ACTUAL DECENT PENSION UPON
RETIREMENT.
WHAT THE BUILDING TRADES
PROVIDERS ON WHEN OPPORTUNITY
FOR A BETTER LIFE BUT ALSO A
DECENT AND RESPECTABLE AGRILIFE
AFTER RETIREMENT IN THE VERY
VERY TOUGH INDUSTRY? WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO HERE IS TIED THE
STATE'S PURCHASING DOLLARS AS A
CONSUMER WITH ITS EFFORTS TO TRY
TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM? THE BEST
WAY TO D THAT AND ACTUALLY
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMER
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN INCOME FOR
INDIVIDUALS OF A FORMER
INCARCERATED. IS TO A PROJECT
LABOR AGREEMENT IS THE ONLY TOOL
THAT THE STATE HAS AVAILABLE
IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO ACTUALLY
PRODUCE THAT TYPE OF HIRING
ACROSS THE STATE AND I.
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
I MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE AMONG HIS AS
FUNDING IS ON THAT SEGMENT
ACCORDING TO FOR THE ANTI
RECIDIVISM COALITION ALSO KNOWN
AS A OUR SEAT.
THERE SEEMS A SUPPORT NETWORK
FOR IN COMPRISE A FORMALLY
COURSE RATED INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE WORKED HARD. TO GET BACK TO
THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ONCE
HARMED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A
STORY OF A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE
THAT I FEEL WOULD EXEMPLIFY A
REASON FOR CO SPONSORING THIS
BILL. CORBY SERGEANT WHO IS NOW
FORTY SIX YEARS OLD WORKS AS AN
ENTRY LEVEL LOW THAT. AFTER
SPENDING TWENTY SIX YEARS IN
PRISON.
HE SERVED A SERVING A LIFE
SENTENCE HE NOW HAS BEEN ON FOR
ALL FOUR AND HALF YEARS WITHOUT
HAVING VIOLATED ONCE.
HE WORKS AS A ENTRY LEVEL
WELDER.
ALTHOUGH HE WON'T INCARCERATED
HE WORKED AS AN ELECTRICIAN
UNDER ADJOURNMENT.
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT TAUGHT USING
AND SEE THROUGH CURRICULUM HE
CANNOT BE AFFORDED A JOB AND AND
THE UNITED.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
SO HE HAS BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST
FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS OUT.
I'M STILL WORKING AS A ENTRY
LEVEL WHILE THE.
THE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS HE'S
BEEN ON PAROLE IS WORKED.
MAKING A SUBSTANDARD INCOME LOSS
SUPPORTING NOT ONLY HIMSELF HIS
FIANCE. HIS TWO KIDS WHO SIX
GRAND KIDS HAS BILL MOTHER
FENICE ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER.
BECAUSE OF THIS HE IS UNABLE TO
PURSUE ANY FORM OF HOT HIGHER
EDUCATION.
YET HE STILL ASPIRES TO BECOME
AN ELECTRICIAN.
BECAUSE OF HIS AGENT.
HIS HEALTH.
HE REALLY FEELS THAT IT'S IT'S
THE ONLY OPTION FORM.
I KNOW CORBY SERGEANT PERSONALLY
BECAUSE I SPENT SIX YEARS IN
PRISON AND IT WAS WHERE I. WANNA
I WAS IN PRISON THAT I MET HIM.
A P. LIFE COACH ME AND TAUGHT ME
HOW TO SURVIVE IN THAT PLACE.
SO NO I LIFE COACH AND TEACH HIM
HOW TO SURVIVE IN THIS PLACE.
BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY IS A
TRANSITION.
WHEN I WAS NINETEEN I MADE A
HORRIBLE DECISION AND AS A
RESULT OF MY IMMATURITY NO LAPSE
IN JUDGMENT I DID SPENT SIX
YEARS IN PRISON BECAUSE OF A
CHILD LOST THEIR LIFE.
BOB.
ALTHOUGH. I WILL CARRY THAT PAIN
WITH ME EVERY DAY I KNOW THAT I
SHOULD. BECAUSE IT IS A REMINDER
OF WHAT. HOW EASILY ONE CAN MAKE
A MISTAKE?
I WORK HARD TO RECTIFY MY OWN
MISTAKES AND HELP OTHERS
RECTIFIED THERE'S.
BOB CORBY SERGEANT HAS
VOLUNTEERED AND AND THE JUVENILE
HALL HERE IN SACRAMENTO HAS GOT
A TO THE DJJ FACILITIES TRYING
TO. RECTIFY HIS OWN MISTAKES.
BUT BECAUSE OF HIS NINE TO FIVE
JOB.
IT IS HARD FOR HIM TO REALLY IT
ASPIRE AND FOLLOW HIS DREAMS AND
PASSIONS.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT I ASK
FOR YOUR GUYS TO SUPPORT OF.
I THINK.
MISTER. CHAIRMAN OF MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY BY NAMES EYES
GLOBALISM ALSO WITH THEY ARE SEE
FROM US ANGELES OFFICE SOME A
LIFE COACH THERE. AND ALSO
OVERSEE OUR PRE APPRENTICESHIP
OF BOOT CAMP IT'S A TWO WEEK
BOOT CAMP WHERE WE PROVIDE TWO
WEEKS OF LIFE SKILLS FOR OUR
MEMBERS.
AND AFTER THOSE TWO WEEKS THEY
DO THEY TAKE TO TRAINING A DELI
TRAY TO COLLEGE WHERE THEY
RECEIVE THE NC THREE CURRICULUM.
OSHA THIRTY CPR AND FIRST AID.
AND THIS IS A A PROGRAM THAT'S
THAT'S REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHEN
WHEN VARIOUS PARTNERS COME
TOGETHER IT'S A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE LA FEDERATION OF
LABOR. LA TRIP TO COLLEGE.
ES RC A LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE
COUNTY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL
AND ALSO COUNTY GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A STIPEND
FOR A FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS A.
NINE DOLLAR STIPEND EVERY EVERY
TWO WEEKS AT AFTER THE TALK WE
PROGRAM THEY RECEIVE FIFTY FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND JUST OF.
AND IN IN ORDER FOR A PROGRAM
LIKE THIS TO SUCCEED WE HAVE TO
HAVE ALL THESE PARTNERS
WE CAN PROVIDE THE SCHOOL THAT
THE SKILLS AND THE TOOLS AND SEE
THREE CURRICULUM. BUT THERE
NEEDS TO BE A A CAREER AT THE
END OF THAT OF THAT PASSED. AND
SO THESE PILIH AGREEMENTS HAVE
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING
OUR OUR OUR MEMBERS WITH WITH
WORK. AND THE LOS ANGELES AREA
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS LAX
RAM STADIUM THE MEASURE
EXPANSION AND MANY YOUR FOLKS
ARE ABLE TO GET ON THOSE
PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE P. LA
AGREEMENTS THAT REQUIRE LOCAL
HIGHER. AND ALSO A DISADVANTAGE
WORKERS.
THAT REQUIRE THAT THAT.
THAT PART OF.
TO TO SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT
AND SO AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH
GRADUATE OVER A HUNDRED
PARTICIPANTS ARE LOOKING TO
GRADUATE ANOTHER HUNDRED THIS
YEAR. AND HUNDRED FIFTY THE
FOLLOWING YEAR.
THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU.
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
NAME AND. ORGANIZATION AND.
THE POSITION. PLAYING I'M A
SILLY OF CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT
FOR TO.
WELL GOOD MORNING MISTER
CHAIRMAN MY NAME STEVE CASTER
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE
RESULT DIRECTOR FOR THE PAINTERS
AND ALLIED TRADES HERE IN
SACRAMENTO.
OUR ORGANIZATION.
IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES LOCAL BUILDING
TRADES AND ALSO THE BUILDING
TRADES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXPANDED
PARTNERSHIP.
BETWEEN THE AFFILIATED.
CRAFT UNIONS BUILDING TRADE
UNIONS AND NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS SO WE STAND IN
SUPPORT AND WE URGE AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
BOB.
MR CHEN MEMBERS KEVIN BACON FOR
THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MONEY WAS IT WORTH
THE SOME WITHOUT A CARE AND ALSO
SUPPORTS A RECOVERY NATIONALLY
SUPPORT FAQ.
MY NAME IS OLIVER MARROW I'M
WITH ANTI RECIDIVISM COALITION A
SELF AWARENESS OF RECOVERY AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
WHEN A FAMILY DOES I'M WITH ANTI
WHICH CITIZEN COALITION I
STRONGLY SUPPORTED BUT ALSO.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS RICHARD WILDLY AND
WHAT THEY ARE SEEING A STRONG
SUPPORT HAS BEEN. A THANK YOU.
MY NAME'S EUGENE DAY I'M WITH
THE.
ANTI RECIDIVISM COALITION AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
I MY NAME IS TAMMY LYNN AND I AM
A FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSON
AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE ANTI
RECIDIVISM COALITION. ALSO
PROJECT REBOUND AND A STUDENT AT
SACRAMENTO STATE AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME'S MICHAEL GRIGGS ARM.
FROM THE ANTI RECIDIVISM
COALITION FROM LOS ANGELES ALSO
PART OF THE PRE PREMISED A BOOT
CAMP. AND I SUPPORT THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
NICOLE OPEN SHOT OF THE ANTI
RECIDIVISM COALITION AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
THINGS RUMORED MASTERSON PARLOR
ANTI RACISM RECIDIVISM COALITION
AND ALSO A PRE PUNISHABLE CAMP.
LA AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL I KEEP.
ENTER WHEN UNDERGROUND SCHOLARS
INITIATIVE PARTY REBOUNDS SECOND
STATE AND ANTI RACISM COALITION
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL I
THINK YOU.
MIKE WEBSTER PRESENTING DISTRICT
COUNCIL SIXTEEN PAINTERS AND
ALLIED TRADES IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU.
OIL IS A GENTLEMAN NAMED AS THE
ASSASSINS NAM FULL SUPPORT OF
THE BILL. OKAY THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT SAY.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION AND
ACTUALLY NEEDS TO MAKE ROOM FOR
THEM APPEAR.
SO THANK YOU.
SO WE CAN HAVE FIVE THREE
PRIMARY UP TO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE ALL THREE. THREE A NIGHT
OUT THEY SPRAYED.
.
THAT WITNESSES OPPOSITION DEATH
SO WE CAN HAVE UP TO THREE
PRIMARY WITNESSES.
TESTIFY AND THEN WILL.
YEAH.
OKAY.
WELCOME.
WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES AND
THEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
BUT.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY COMING TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEWART I AM A
SUPERINTENDENT FOR HE LOOKS
ELECTRIC UNFORTUNATE LET'S GO ON
INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN
YEARS.
TO KEEP ACTORS HAVE BEEN.
.
CHIP DID TO MY ABILITY TO BE TO
CONTRIBUTE. TO MY ARM SUCCESS
IT'S MINISTRY.
DOM DEBILITY WEEK INDEPENDENT.
AND.
TO BECOME A FACTOR HERE. ONE IS
THE COMP COMPETITION EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY THE ABILITY FOR ANY
PERSON HAPPEN FAIR CHANCE TO
ACHIEVE.
ANYTHING THAT THEY WORKED HARD
FOR ANY OTHER IT'S PRETTY MUCH
CHOICE THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN
DECIDE WHICH PATH HE OR SHE
WANTS TO TAKE AND HOPPED A SAME
THEIR CHANCE AT SUCCESS.
S. B. EIGHT TWENTY BY WOULD
ELIMINATE COMPETITION BY LATIN
GROUP TO MONOPOLIZE THE BIDDING
PROCESS FOR PROJECTS OVER FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THERE
WOULD BE NO BIDDING PROCESS.
THE JOB WOULD BE THERE'S.
AND THEY WOULD CHOOSE WHO WOULD
WORK IN A.
S. B. EIGHT TWENTY FIVE ALSO
MINISTER FREEDOM OF CHOICE DUE
TO THE FACT THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORK NOT PUT
SOME PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. BASED
SOLELY ON WHO THEY
DO OR DO NOT WORK FOR.
IRONICALLY.
ONE OF THE SAME.
PRISONS DISCUSSED TODAY GIVES
WHERE I RECEIVED MY TRAINING.
I WAS AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
AND I AM PROOF THAT THEY DO WORK
THEY WORK NOT BECAUSE PRISONS
WERE USING THIS PROGRAM WITH
THAT PROGRAM THEY WORK BECAUSE I
THINK INDIVIDUAL MADE A
DECISION.
THE EDUCATION WAS RECEIVED THAT
OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE AFTER THE
FACT.
IN THE END ONLY THING P EIGHT
pIS GIVING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
TO
ONE GROUP LOT TAKING JOBS AWAY
FROM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HARD WORK OF PEOPLE LIKE THE
ONES THAT I WORK WITH. WHO HAVE
CONSISTENTLY GONE BEHIND THOSE
WALLS AND PROVIDED THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS A
FIRST CLASS PRODUCT?
IT WILL BE THE SAME MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE THE WORK AND
TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THE BILL WHO
WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO DO SO. JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE POOR SPEND DEPEND.
IN CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO
LEAVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ.
BUT MISSION STATEMENT BACK ON.
MY BROWN THIS WEEKEND WHILE
DOING SOME RESEARCH IS THE IBEW
IS MISSION STATEMENT AND.
AT THE VERY FRONT ASSESS THEIR
MISSION IS TO ORGANIZE ALL
WORKERS IN THE ENTIRE LET'S GO
INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES AND
CANADA INCLUDING ALL OF THOSE IN
THE LEXCORP. A CONSTRUCTION
TRADES UTILITIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL
MANUFACTURING GOVERNMENT
RAILROADS AND BROADCASTING. TO
ORGANIZE ALL WORKERS.
GOOD TALKING ABOUT ME.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MY
COWORKERS. TALK ABOUT PEOPLE IN
OTHER TRAITS THAT THEY WANT
THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO BE
ORGANIZED.
AND THEY COMPLETE THEIR MISSION.
WOULD WE STAY AT.
WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILIES THAT WE
FEED?
OUR HOMES THAT WE BUILD.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY COMPLETE
THEIR MISSION TO ORGANIZE ALL?
NOT SOON ALL OF THIS IS OUR
MISSION STATEMENT.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
HAPPENING TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE I'M JAY
HANNAH SX ONE OF THE OWNERS OF
AMERICAN PLUMBING SYSTEMS.
SMALL BUSINESS DISABLED VET
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARA RANCHO
CORDOVA WE EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY
TWENTY EIGHT MEN AND WOMEN IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
OUR COMPANY WAS STARTED WITH ME
AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHEN I WAS
LAID OFF A UNION CONTRACTOR.
AND TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE ENDS
MEET AS A SINGLE FATHER.
AND THIS IS HOW I FOUND THE WAYS
TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR MY
DAUGHTER AND MYSELF.
I PLAYED MY TRAINING AND MY
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND I'VE
CREATED MORE JOBS IN THE
COMMUNITY WORKING IN
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND.
STATE PRISONS.
OUR COMPANY IS PERFORMED WORK IN
TOBACCO BILL CMF MILL CREEK
SALINAS VALLEY FULSOME IN
SACRAMENTO PRISONS WE MANITOBA
YOU KEEP OUR EFFORTS IN
CALIFORNIA SAFE BY WORK IN THESE
FACILITIES.
THIS TYPE OF WORK IS ESPECIALLY
TYPE OF CONTRACTING THAT NOT
EVERY CONTRACTOR CAN PERFORM.
THERE FOR THE. MEN AND WOMEN
THAT WE EMPLOY HAVE THIS
EXPERIENCE NOT JUST NOT JUST NOW
TO BUILD FOR THE WORK IN THESE
FACILITIES.
ALONG WITH WORKING IN THIS
FACILITIES WE ACTUALLY EMPLOY
SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
INCARCERATED IN THE STATE PRISON
SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE
CAN PERFORM THE WORK.
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE
ALMOST ALWAYS AWARDED
EXCLUSIVELY TO UNIONS.
THAT ALLOWS FOR LESS COMPETITION
IN THE INDUSTRY AND BASICALLY.
YOU WOULD ONLY GET FOR PRISONS
BUILT FOR THE PRICE OF FIVE.
BY HAVING PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS
MY COMPANIES DEMONSTRATED
CAPABILITY THAT ARE QUALITY
PRISON WORK.
IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET.
WE COMPETITIVELY SEEK EMPLOYMENT
OR SEEK WORK IN THESE FACILITIES
BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO PERFORM
THIS WORK.
BY HAVING PLA'S.
YOU'LL BE PUTTING THE MEN AND
WOMEN ARE COMPANIES OUT OF
BUSINESS.
BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THE RETIREMENT TO HEALTH
CARE. THAT THEY GET PROMISED
WORKING FOR A COMPANY IF THEY'RE
REQUIRED TO BE A PART OF APPEAL.
CLOSING OFF THE ABILITY FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS TO
DO THE WORK BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
UNION AFFILIATION IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE IN
CALIFORNIA DETAILS HARD WORKING
WELL TRAINED MEN AND WOMEN THAT
THEIR SKILLS HAVE NO VALUE.
TELL SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS
THAT OUR RIGHT TO DO BUSINESS IN
A FAIR FREE MARKETPLACE CAN BE
TAKEN AWAY.
MY EMPLOYEES INCLUDE INCLUDE
PEOPLE FROM ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
PEOPLE FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
BEEN VET BUSINESS IS A
REQUIREMENT OF.
CDC ARE PROJECTS THERE'S A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF HAS TO BE
MADE ON THOSE PROJECTS.
AND WE ARE ONE OF THOSE
COMPANIES THAT NEEDS A
PERCENTAGE FOR ALL OF THE.
PROJECTS.
THIS ISN'T TIME TO CLOSE ANY
DOORS SBA TWENTY FIVE WILL DO
THESE DO JUST THAT PLEASE DO NOT
PUT THE SAFETY OF CALIFORNIA
RESPONSE SITTING DOWN JOB
OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR STATE AND
DON'T KNOW ON SENATE BILLY
TWENTY FIVE.
THANK YOU.
SCUTTLED SIR.
MORNING CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE
MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE
LEONIA.
ON.
I WORKED AS A CONSTRUCTION
PROFESSIONAL AND HAVE BEEN IN
THE TRADES FOR FORTY FOUR YEARS.
ALL OF WHICH HAD BEEN ELECTRIC
XIN.
OF FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I RAN
MY OWN COMPANY.
I STARTED IN AS A UNION MEMBER.
AND.
AFTER FIVE YEARS IN UNION I
CHOSE ANOTHER PATH
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FIT FOR ME.
IT EVEN UNION WOULD HAVE YOU
BELIEVE THAT IT'S A ONE SIZE
FITS ALL. IT DIDN'T FIT FOR ME
AND IT DOESN'T FIT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION.
I WENT MY OWN DIRECTION I
STARTED MY OWN COMPANY AND I
WORKED.
AND THOSE
EXCUSE ME.
IT WAS MY SOLE SOURCE OF INCOME
FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MORE FRANK YOU.
IN TWO THOUSAND NINE I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE AND TO TEACH
MY TRADE WHICH I'M VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT. I TEACH
MOSTLY.
HARD TO SERVE.
MEN AND WOMEN OUT OF PRISON.
VETERANS.
SINGLE MOTHERS SINGLE FATHERS
PEOPLE WITH BARRIERS.
THAT KIND OF POPULATION IS TO
HIGH I GRAVITATE TOWARDS AND I
PUT. IN NINE YEARS.
PROBABLY FOUR FIVE HUNDRED
PEOPLE OUT TO WORK AND THEY ARE
WORKING WE TRACKED THEIR
EMPLOYMENT WE HELPED. THEM GAIN
EMPLOYMENT I SAW LIVES CHANGE
BEFORE MY EYES.
THAT'S WHY I STATE ISN'T AN
INSTRUCTOR HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITYIN THIS. ENVIRONMENT
IN THIS
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON NOW
TO GO OUT VIA FULLTIME
CONTRACTOR AGAIN I CHOSE NOT TO.
BECAUSE I AM SEEING WHAT WE DO
IS INSTRUCTORS WORK.
SO THE UNION WOULD HAVE US THINK
THAT THE. MC THREE IS THE ONLY
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WORKS.
I TEACH AN ACCREDITED DE AYE ARE
IN DE A. S. APPROVE SO
DEPARTMENT US RELATIONS AN
APPRENTICESHIP. STANDARDS
APPROVED BY STATE CALIFORNIA
CURRICULUM.
YOU KNOW THEY SAY THAT WE CAN
TEACH THIS.
AND I SEE IT WORKING.
HARM.
S. B. EIGHT TWENTY FIVE.
IN MY OPINION TURNS THE STATE
BACK ON THOUSANDS OF HARD
WORKING AND IF IF. IF YOU SEE
WHAT'S OUTSIDE THERE'S. OVER A
HUNDRED EMPLOYEES THAT ARE. IN
IN SOME PEOPLE'S EYES
UNQUALIFIED IN NINETEEN THEM
EXTREMELY QUALIFIED THEIR
BUILDING.
THEY'RE BUILDING OUR THE OUR
MULTI FAMILY HOUSES THERE
BUILDING OUR COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS ARE BUILDING OUR
RESIDENTIAL TODAY. AND THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW ALL IN DIFFERENT STAGES
OF THEIR LEARNING.
BUT HIGHLY QUALIFIED THAT WOULD
SB TWENTY EIGHT WOULD TURN THOSE
PEOPLE OUT AND YOU KNOW WHAT AS
IT'S BEEN SAID TODAY WHERE WOULD
THEY GO.
NO THEY ARE I'VE SEEN LIVES
CHANGE.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT NEVER
THOUGHT THEY COULD.
YOU KNOW EITHER STAY OUT OF
JAILS AND INSTITUTIONS NOW HAVE.
RENO NOW BE PROFESSIONALS IN
WHAT THEY DO AND NOW HAVE PRIDE
IN WHAT THEY DO AND NOW MAKE A
LIVING WAGE AND NOW CAN HAVE
FAMILIES AND NOW CAN BUY YOU
THINGS AND NOW. CONSERVE PORT
THEIR YOU KNOW THEIR RELATIVES
AND THEIR MOTHERS AND THEIR
FATHERS IT'S IT'S BEYOND WHAT
THEY DREAMED COULD HAPPEN. AND
I'VE SEEN IT I WATCHED IT HAPPEN
OKAY. SO IN CLOSING.
SOMEONE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE TIME
TO SHUT THE DOOR ON.
ANY SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN
MINORITY OWNED BUT NOT. HIM. AND
SO IT'S. IT'S NOT THE TIME TO
LIMON OPPORTUNITIES JUST
CALIFORNIA PLEASE REMAIN OPEN
MINDED ON THIS SUBJECT
CALIFORNIA'S ALWAYS BEEN
PROGRESSIVE AND HAS BETWEEN
EIGHT WE TAKE OUR STATE AND THE
PROMISE OF THE DREAMS. IN IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. CORRECTION ALRIGHT
SO.
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
TO YOU TO SEE YOUR NAME IF YOU
REPRESENT ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION AND YOUR POSITIONS
SO.
THE FOLKS ONE.
OKAY.
I'M SCOTT DIETZEN OPPOSE THIS
BILL.
YOU.
THANK YOU UNFAIRLY ON A FEDERAL
GOMEZ AND HOME AGAINST PILATE.
THANK YOU.
MORNING MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
RICHARD MARCUSSEN FOR THE
WESTERN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CHAPTERS OF
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND
CONTRACTORS INDEPENDENT ROOFING
CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA.
THE AMERICAN FIRE SPRINKLER
ASSOCIATION AND THE PLUMBING
HEATING COOLING CONTRACTORS OF
CALIFORNIA ALL FLOWS FOR THE
REASON THAT WERE STATED THANK
YOU THANK YOU.
MORNING MY NAME'S ATWOOD. US
VETERAN.
I OPPOSE THIS BILL MAKING OR FOR
PLUMBING ARE MECHANICAL WHO.
THANK YOU ANDREA JAEGER DRIVE OF
HIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
I AM JOHN STEVENS R. WORK FRYING
MECHANICAL ES PTC STUDENT THIRTY
YEAR AND I OPPOSE THIS. MAKE
YOU.
CAN STONE OF STONE ADVOCACY ON
BEHALF OF ASSOCIATED BUILDERS
AND CONTRACTORS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION.
THE CALL GARY WITH ASSOCIATED
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN
OPPOSITION WORKERS ON PLA'S
COLUSA. FIVE TO SIX DOLLARS PER
HOUR THANK YOU THANK YOU.
BUT I'M AUGUSTINE JUNIOR AND AYE
OPPOSE THIS BILL FARM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR A.
OKAY THANK YOU.
JAMIE CON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS
AND UNFORTUNATELY OPPOSED TO.
THANK YOU.
A MILLION NEXEN PHC GRADUATE AND
I. OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
MATTHEW MAGNI FROWNED MECHANICAL
AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK
YOU.
AND SALAS IT OVER. THE HUMP.
ARAMBULA PARIETAL MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU.
ROBERT DARCY BURK ELECTRIC AND
OPPOSES BILL THANK YOU.
PROJECTORS WERE PRIME MECHANICAL
OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
PRIMARY REPAIRS AYE MECHANICAL
AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
TALIBAN HOW FROM ARMAGEDDON Y.
POSES BUT I THINK YOU.
ON NATIONAL IS ALL THIS FROM OUR
KATIPUNAN OPPOSE IT WILL I THINK
YOU.
MY NAME IS VICTOR MONEY JUNIOR
WITH OUR MECHANICAL AND AYE
OPPOSED OPPOSES BILLSWELL THANK
YOU THANK YOU MORNING DREW DIXON
WITH OUR MECHANICAL. I BELIEVE
IN CHOICES AND I OPPOSE THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
BY THE BURNETT I OPPOSE THIS
BILL. THANK YOU.
NICK WALKED OFF WITH OUR
MECHANIC ONE OPPOSE THIS BILL
FAQ. LIMITED I'M A CONSULTANT TO
PRESERVE THIS.
OKAY THANK YOU PICKS FROM US FOR
A MINUTE EVER MECHANICAL NOW
POSES BILL THANK YOU.
I'M OR IN SMITH DUMB HARDWORKING
INDIVIDUAL AND I OPPOSE THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
I AM SURE BROWN COW AYE WELL I'M
LOOKING FOR ALL HIGH MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU.
ONE ISRAELI HAYDEN AND I WORK
FOR A MECHANICAL AND IMPOSES
GOES WELL. THANK YOU.
VICTOR MONDAY SENIOR FOR IRON
MECHANICAL AND OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU FOR TIME THANK YOU.
MARC BROWN WITH OUR MECHANICAL
AND I.
THANK YOU.
CORD STARBIRD REFUTES ELECTRIC
TYPOS THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
GOOD MORNING COME TO DISCUSS
WHAT HE IT WAS ELECTRIC A
MINISTRY FOR ABOUT TWENTY YEARS
I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU TIME THANK YOU.
CASEY VICE PRESIDENT T. S. B.
PAINTING I OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
A QUIZZICAL UP THEN I WORK FOR A
MECHANICAL AND I FOR THIS BILL.
IF YOU.
THE MANUAL GARCIA OUT FROM MY A
MECHANICAL AND I OPPOSE THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
CRITICS REYNOLDS FROM AMERICA
COOL AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME'S BARON BONNER I AM FROM
I AM I AM MECHANICAL I OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
I'M MICHAEL JUST COOL I'M FROM
MY MECHANICAL AND IMPOSES BILL
THANK YOU.
COME ON THEY SEE A PRESIDENT GFE
PAINTING WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS
FOR FORTY TWO YEARS.
AND WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT
SKILLED TRAINED AYE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TYLER JESKELL NETWORK
FIRM MECHANICAL MY OPPOSE THIS
BILL. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS JIM BRADLEY I REFER ON
THE CHEMICAL AND OPPOSE REAL.
THANK YOU.
PLYMOUTH CARLOS IBADAN AND I
WORK FOR AYE AND MECHANICAL AND
I OPPOSE THIS BILL. KEEP.
MY NAME IS SHANE JOHNSON.
WITH OUR MECHANICAL AND I POSE
THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
WHEN IF LARRY JAMMING COVER
TAXPAYER AND I POSE THIS BILL I
THINK YOU.
MY NAME DRIVING AND THEIR WORK
WITH BURKE ELECTRIC I PERSONALLY
BILL THREE CALIFORNIA STATE
PRISON.
AND I AM DEMANDING A LEVEL
PLAYING FIELD.
AND I WANT OPEN COMPETITION
INSTEAD OF CORRUPTION.
THANK GOODNESS OKAY THANK YOU.
BUT ENJOY SMITH THAT WERE
PREPARED ELECTRIC ENOUGH. THANK
YOU.
MICROSOFT THAT I WORK FOR A
MECHANICAL OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
BERNIE SCHAEFFER I WORK WITH SW
ALLEN CONSTRUCTION AND I'VE BEEN
THERE TWENTY FIVE YEARS WHERE
GENERAL CONTRACTOR HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. WE OPPOSE PLA'S WE
WANT AN OPEN PLAYING FIELD.
FOUR CALLED MERIT SHOPS AND
UNIONS WERE NOT OPPOSED TO
UNIONS WE JUST WANT IT TO BE
FAIR FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE
BOARD. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELL I'M ROBERT SEEKERS ARE
MECHANICAL AND IMPOSES FILL A
SENIOR.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS MATSON
PERFORMING WITH OUR MECHANICAL
CONNECTS CONVICT I OPPOSE THIS
BILL. THANK YOU.
WHEN IT WAS FULL TIME TO WORK
WITH OUR MECHANICAL AND I.
THANK YOU.
IN IS ROWING GANNIBAL FEEL
FORMER FOREVER MECHANIC WHEN I
OPPOSE THIS BILL. I THINK YOU.
I'M A REALIST RUBIN I WORK FOR I
AM MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS PRETTY NAY PUTS HIS
BILL. I THINK YOU.
I FIND IN HIS MENTAL WORK OR
FOR ELECTRIC. EIGHT YEAR VETERAN
I GOT MY JOB THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.
THERE WE GO ANTI POSES SO I
THINK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS OMAR NORIEGA I
WERE FOR AND MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME'S KALIL RAIL NOT I MEAN
WORKING ITEM MECHANICAL. THANK
YOUS.
THE AND A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR
MECHANICAL IMPOSIBLE THANK YOU.
RICARDO GARCIA BIOMECHANICAL AND
OPPOSE IT I THINK YOU.
YEAH NOT ANDRADE. OUR FRIED
MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU GOAL A NETWORK FOR OUR
MECHANICAL POST A BILL I THINK
YOU.
BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH HERE UMWA
WORKABLE OR ARE AUTOMATICALLY.
THANK YOU.
BELOW YOU WILL MISS AND I WERE
FOR OUR MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU.
MY NAY IS SO MARVELOUS I WORK
FOR A MECHANICAL THANK YOU THANK
YOU.
PLAYERS DOT YOUR MARRIAGE IN MY
A POLICE.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS REMAINING ON THAT
HAVE A TEMPORARY COMPILER
MECHANICAL.
OKAY. THANK YOU WHO SUCH OBVIOUS
I'M LITTLE IDLE MECHANICAL I CAN
THANK YOU VISIBLE FROM THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE COIN. THANK YOU
CRISIS.
BECAUSE I LOVE AS I DON'T
MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU JAMES PEERS FOR MINOR
MECHANICAL.
WHAT COULD I SAY I AM A KIND?
THANK YOU. VERY WHO ACTUALLY ARE
MECHANICAL.
IF YOU.
ELIXIR ARMY CAN.
THANK YOU.
WELL I'M GONNA GO.
FIND A MECHANICAL OKAY.
I THINK YOU.
LIKE A ROLLING I DO I DON'T
PANIC CUT MAKING PRACTICE.
ARMONK MARINO AREN'T MECHANICAL
TYPOS THE BILL I THINK YOU.
BUT THE DIPLOMA FROM A A
MECHANIC. OKAY THANK YOU.
SO LET US LEAD A MECHANIC.
THANK YOU.
ALTERNATE ORDERS UNDER MCKINNEY.
THANK YOU.
MICHAEL CARILLO ARE MECHANICAL
AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
DILLON GIPSON IRON. OPPOSES BILL
THANK YOU.
WOMEN THE PRO ARE MECHANICAL.
THANK YOU.
MORE BUT THEY HAVE.
BUT ALSO. HERE HELP PAY.
THANK YOU.
REFERENCE GREGORY I'M A GRADUATE
OF A STATE APPROVED PRESSURE
PROGRAM AVERTED MOST PRESENTS
AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK
YOU.
MY NAME IS JEFF KORMAN I'VE BEEN
ELECTRICITY AT THIRTY YEARS I
OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS JASON TANGLE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR HERE TO
LECTURE CARE IN SACRAMENTO. I
STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE TO
VOTE NO ON THIS BILL.
IT HURTS WORKERS IT HURTS BUT
THE MAJORITY PEOPLE EASIER TODAY
IT DOESN'T HURT THE GUYS IN THE
SUIT STILL.
THANK YOU.
MORNING MADE SAID GONNA GO FOR.
I AM NOT FORTH YOUR PREMISE AND
THREE OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN
SPENT IN.
THE PRISON SYSTEM SO I WOULD OF
BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR THE PAST
THREE YEARS I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
BUT IN ADDITION FASHION
ADJOURNMENTS HE LOOKS LIKE TRICK
OF PUTTING SEVERAL PRISONS OVER
THE YEARS AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL I THINK.
NAME HAVING TO GIVE ME UNIX
ELECTRIC TOURNAMENT.
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL IF
YOU.
MY NAME IS GUY JONES I'M A
PLUMBER IRON MECHANICAL AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JIMMY REYNOLDS OUR
FILE MECHANICAL NATIONALLY
OPPOSE I THINK YOU.
MANY THINGS ARE MYERS MORE FROM
BECOME GUIDEPOSTS THANK YOU.
JIMMY KING. FACTOR
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM GRADUATE
FOREMAN FRYER MECHANICAL I
STRONGLY OPPOSE
I THINK YOU.
PAUL BEAVER I'M A CHEMICAL AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES THANK YOU.
ERIC NAPSTER AYE MECHANICAL AYE
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
THAT'S JUST LEVEL PASSKEY HELIX
ELECTRIC JOURNEYMAN.
BUT I STRONGLY OPPOSE AS BE A
TWENTY FIVE.
THANK YOU.
ALLEN VALDEZ HELIX ELECTRIC
OPPOSES BILL THANK YOU.
JOSE HERNANDEZIF HE EXPECT.
WHEN I OPPOSE HIS BILL I THINK
YOU.
LEAVE HER WITH HELIX LOGIC
PROJECT EXECUTIVE AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL PLEASE DON'T
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US. THANK
YOU THANK YOU.
BRADLEWIS WITH HELIX ELECTRIC
JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE
PROJECT MANAGER.
PLEASE ON DISCRIMINATING AGAINST
US I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
MOGADISHU'S OPERATOR I WOULD
FORGET IT'S ELECTRIC HAMS TO
SPRING FROM THEIR EYES ONLY
OPPOSES BILL THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ROB ABLE TO WORK FOR
HIS EX LATER BECAUSE A PROJECT
MANAGER AND I ALSO STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL MAKING.
MY NAME IS CRAIG NEARLY
SUPERINTENDENT HELIX LECTER I
WORKED ON MULTIPLE PRESIDENT.
PLEASE DON'T INTEREST FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY ACT OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CHAD DIRKSEN GENERAL MANAGER AT
FRIEDMAN INTERNATIONAL AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
JAMES FOLEY ARE AND MECHANICAL
MY BOTH AS WELL THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS TYSON
BINION.
BUT BRIAN MECHANICAL AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK
YOU FOR THAT GOOD THANK YOU.
HELLO I'M STACEY KING I'M THE
OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR BURKE
ELECTRIC. MOSSEL THREE PREVIOUS
SO WEAKER A FRIENDSHIP GRADUATE.
I OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S PETER
BECAUSE AS ON THE REGIONAL VICE
PRESIDENT FOR ELECTRIC YOUR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK YOU CAN
SERIES. THANK YOU.
JASON DEMONSTRATE INTERNATIONAL
I STRONGLY OPPOSES.
THANK YOU.
MC WERE LAWSUIT BURKE ELECTRIC
AND I PUT THIS BILL THANK YOU.
BUT DAVIS LANCE MILLER I'M IN A
PRESS WITH WEAKER AND I WORK FOR
BURKE ELECTRIC AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
NAME IS ROMAN CULTURE AND OPEN
BURKE ELECTRIC AND OPPOSES WILL.
GIVE.
MY NAME IS ONE REAL HOPE. OF A
DECONSTRUCTION I STRONGLY OPPOSE
EXTRA. MAKING.
LEARNING TREVOR MILLER DD
CONSTRUCTION STRONGLY OPPOSES
BILL THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS NATURAL AND THAT'S
TRUE COME WITH VERY ELECTRIC
ENABLES THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
MY NAME IS BOTTOM GENRE.
MARIMBAS PRE ELECTRIC AND I'LL
PUT THIS BILL I WORK FOR A VERY
FIRST SCENE HOW I FEAR SOME
PRISON JOBS AND I. WOULD
APPRECIATE IF IT COULD STAY THE
SAME MAN. THANK YOU.
HELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS
KRISTEN MEDINA. SECOND YEAR HAVE
A A PRINT THIS IN AND WHAT WE
GOT.
I WORK FOR A BIT ELECTRIC
COMPANIES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
WELL KNOWN IN THE BILL THANK
YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS VICTORY SO WHAT
FOR BURKE ELECTRIC AND I'LL POST
HIS BILL.
LACKEY.
MY NAME IS KIT MANNER REFER
BURGER LECTURE CAN I CLOSE HIS
BILL.
HELLO MY NAME IS ALEX ROW ON THE
JERRY MAGUIRE MEN WITH BURGER
LIKE TRICK.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL
PLEASE DO NOT LOCK US OUT OF
WORK THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS HELP
PAY FOR. YOU VERY MUCH THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS RICH I WILL GET.
SOME WITHPERPLEXED LOOK AS A
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER. HAS
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL. AND.
YOU KNOW OVER PRECLUDE THAT
EIGHTY PERCENT OF.
LEVEL ELECT WORKFORCE FROM
THESE PROJECTS.
AS I SAID I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ASSEMBLY BAATHISTS
AND I WORK FOR BURKE ELECTRIC.
AND SOME UNFAIRNESS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES HER HIGH THANK
YOU.
MICHAEL SMITH I MONTH THIRTY
YEAR ADJOURNMENT ELECTRIC XIN.
ALL OF THAT IN CALIFORNIA AND
THIS RIGHT TO WORK AND.
MERIT SHOP.
OPERATIONS MOST OF MY CAREER'S
BEEN ON PROJECTS WERE TALKING
ABOUT FEDERALLY FUNDED STATE
PROJECTS AND. AND IT WORKED AND
IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK
WITHOUT TARA. I DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE.
HI MY NAME'S GUNS DRAWN
SUPERINTENDENT FOR HE LOOKS LIKE
CLINTON AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
MARCO AND HE WAS ELECTRIC OF
THIS BILL IS DISCRIMINATORY
AGAINST HARD WORKING PEOPLE. AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
STRONGLY OPPOSE THANK YOU.
TONY AARON SUPER DUPER UNIX LIKE
RECOGNIZE STRONGLY OPPOSES BILL
THANK YOU.
BUT I DON'T SEE A SUPERINTENDENT
FOR HE LOOKS ELECTRIC HERE IN
SACRAMENTO I STRONGLY OPPOSES
WELL THANK YOU.
WHEN HE WAS HONORED TO ATTEND
CHO AND I WORK FOR HILL IT'S
LIKE TRICK PREMISE THAT ABC
LOCALES AND.
IT'S ONLY FOR THE BILL THANK
YOU.
SHARED STORAGE DURING
ELECTRICITY FIELDS ELECTRIC AND
GRADUATE OF WEAKER. I OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
I PART APPEARS CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA I'M PLOY ABOUT A
HUNDRED AND TEN PEOPLE.
I MY OPINION THE PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN
EXTORTION.
THE.
THE UNION A SAYING THAT IF YOU
GIVE ME UP THE LA WE WILL MAKE
SURE YOU DON'T HAVE. A LAWSUIT
ON YOUR PROJECT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE LABOR
INTERRUPTIONS.
AND EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE
PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA TRADE SHOW
OR NOT UNION.
ONLY TWELVE PERCENT FOR YOUR BY
PASSING THIS YEAR REPRESENTING
TWELVE PERCENT OF PEOPLE. I'M
ONE OF THE EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT
PROJECT WRONGLY OPPOSE THIS
MEASURE PRESS THANK YOU WE'VE
HEARD TESTIMONY GIVEN EACH TIE
SIDE EQUAL TIME SO WHICH THAT'S
THE PEOPLE THAT STATE AND
IMPOSITION PLEASE SELF. THANK
YOU. NICOLAS RODRIGUEZ BURKE
ELECTRIC AND I STRONGLY OPPOSES
BILL THANK YOU.
I MEAN DIVERT HR MANAGER BURGLAR
TRICK I STRONGLY TO OPPOSE THIS
BILL I THANK YOU MANY LEGAL
TRENDS AND THE BURKE ELECTRIC
AREA SUPERINTENDENT AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES FILTERS LIKE
THEY KICKING.
ROBERT NEVINS A JOURNEYMAN WHY
ARE MEN WITH VERY ELECTRIC AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
MICHAEL VERNA BERG ELECTRIC
ANDPROJECT MANAGER AND I
STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
THEIR NUMBER BROUGH INTRICATE
SYSTEM ROCKUMENTARY SACRAMENTO.
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
JOINT FENSKE BURKE ELECTRIC
PROJECT AFTER A STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
MITCHELL EVERHART BIRD ELECTRIC
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
JUSTIN HOME BURGER LECTURE AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
DUSTIN JOHNSON BERG ELECTRIC I'M
IN THE PREMISE THAT WE CA AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK
YOU.
MICHAEL WAS FOCUS APPRENTICE. OR
ELECTRIC AND STRONGLY OPPOSE THE
BILL THANK YOU.
BERMAN RAM.
FOR WORK FOR BURGER THAT FAKE
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSES THAT
THANK YOU.
OFTEN THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE
WE GO WORK VAST ALLEGED
EXTREMELY OPPOSES. THE QUEUE.
AND LET HIM OF CRYSTAL FOR
WORKING FOR RELATIONAL STRONGLY
OPPOSED AS WELL THANK YOU.
LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLER CARESSED
LOVE ALSO AGREED ELECTRIC AND
GRADUATE FROM WHEATON. WORKER
THE PROJECT MANAGER AND STRONGLY
OPPOSES BILL THINKING.
I'M RON HYNES I WORK FOR BIRD
ELECTRIC AND REGIONAL FOREMAN.
THEM ALSO A DISABLED VET POSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
FROM MICHAEL VAN AMBER FOR BUT
ELECTRIC I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO
SPELL TO. THANK YOU.
DAVID VARIOUS
I PROMISED THE GUM NAM WERE FOR
AYE TO MECHANICAL. AND THIS IS
DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS WAS FOR MY HERE WAR
FOR ITEM MCCONNICO THEN I THINK
THIS IS DISCRIMINATION FOR.
THANK YOU.
WHENEVER DIFFICULT THOUGH I
WOULD. FOR A MECHANIC.
I THINK YOU.
I WAS GRAYSON CAP ON OUR PRIOR
MECHANICAL NOT OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS JEANETTE
PIERCE WORK FOR CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS WE EMPLOY
VETERANS AND PREVIOUS
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
VICKI.
JOSH I WORK FOR ANA CALIFORNIA
BERMAN SYSTEMS AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE A S. B. EIGHT TWENTY FIVE
AND.
PRE.
I'VE BEEN INCARCERATED THANK
YOU.
JAMES BLOWER FOR CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS REATLY
INCARCERATED I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS WILL CARSON PRINGLE I
WORK FOR CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES BILL AND I HAVE
BEEN RECENTLY INCARCERATED.
THANK YOU.
WOMEN'S NO FOUR TO WORK WITH
CALIFORNIA VIA MAIL SYSTEMS AND
I OPPOSE THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
MY NAME'S TARA LEVEL WORK BURKE
ELECTRIC AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
DOES NOT ZERO BUT FOR ELECTRIC
NATURALLY DAKOTA OPPOSE THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
KAKO WITH BURGER LECTURE CAN I
STRONGLY OPPOSES. THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
BECAUSE OUR CURRENT REGULATED
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS
BECAUSE I THINK YOU.
SORENSEN GLITCH BURGER EXERCISE
TO REINFORCE THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
BUT ITS UNDERLYING.
AT THE BURGER ELECTRIC AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES BILL. THANK
YOU.
FOR THE BIG I'M A FOREMAN FOR
BURKE ELECTRIC I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
ERIN PARTY WORK FOR BURGER
LECTURING HIM ALSO FOREMAN AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK
YOU.
YOUR FAULT BURGER LECTURE
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL
THINKING.
WHEN AIMS THEY WILL AND
HERNANDEZ I WORKED BIRD I
ACTUALLY CAN I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
MY NAME'S ENTER BASCO MATURITY
MADE ABOUT ELECTRIC AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
NAMES STRAIGHT TAYLOR FILLED
OPERATIONS MANAGER AT ABOUT
ELECTRIC AND I OPPOSE.
BUT IF JASON JONES I WORK FOR
BURGER LECTER ACKERMAN DURING
LECTURE XIN AND OPPOSE THIS BILL
VICKI.
GREG LEWISBURG ELECTRIC DURING
MENTAL STRONGLY OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
MIKE GITTER IT SHOULD OF MORMON
FOR BERG ELECTRIC I STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL THANK YOU.
BENJAMIN HAS VETO.
JOURNEYMEN WITH BERG ELECTRIC I
STRONGLY DISPEL THANK YOU.
ARMEN VERY IMPORTANT ELECTED
NUMBER THAT AND I'VE OF THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
I'M DANTE METS WHO ARE
PHYSICALLY TVS MY TRAP FORMING
OPPOSES BILL. THANK YOU.
BARTIROMO GOES THE CDS PLUMBER
RECORDED AMEND MARINE CORPS
VETERAN NOT FINALLY.
THANK YOU.
THANKS TERRY SEE VERY AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION WEAKER. RIVER STATE
AND FEDERALLY APPROVED
CURRICULUM AND HAVE MANY MEMBERS
THAT WORK ON PRISONS AND
GRADUATED STE UP PURPOSES SINCE
NINETEEN NINETY FOUR.
THANK YOU GRAYSON YOU POSTED UP.
FOR FURTHER HERE KNOWN CDS.
CORRECT.
AKON INDIRECT WATERBED.
.
ON THE HOME SHOP MANAGER AND.
MY TAX DOLLARS ARE HERE THEY ARE
DID NOT SEEM TO BE TAKING ACTION
NEW BLOWER TO.
THANK.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER AS FOR FOR
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM
IN.
BEEN WORKING IN THE TRADES FOR
OVER TWENTY YEARS VERY SKILLED
KNOWLEDGABLE. AND I DEFINITELY
VOTE NOW AND OPPOSE THIS BILL
OKAY THANK YOU.
IT STATE PLANNERS I'M DYING
MECHANICAL OPPOSES BILL I'M US
NAVY VETERAN. THANK YOU.
DAVID EVEN SELLING.
WORK FOR CS AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL I THINK YOU.
KEVIN PECK AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN
BETTERING WORKER CS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSED TO BE EIGHT
TWENTY FIVE THANK YOU.
WRONGDOER I WORK FOR CS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSES THE. THANK YOU.
I'M JIM BAKKER WERE FOR
CALIFORNIA BY MAILSYSTEMS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE SB TWENTY FIVE.
THANK YOU.
BASS AND OF WORK FOR CALIFORNIA
VARMINT ASSISTANCE AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE WELL I THINK
YOU.
MISTER LUCAS BEEN WORKING IN THE
TRADES FOR TWO YEARS AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE SB EIGHT TWENTY
FIVE FANATIC YOU.
I'M ED NOBLE WITH FELIX ELECTRIC
WELL I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE
WITH ALL THESE FOLKS DAY.
THEY'RE VERY GENUINE AND
SINCERE.
AYE PLEASE FIX THIS BILL WE
APPRECIATE THE CONCEPT BEHIND
IT.
BUT THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEMS
WITH IT AS YOU CAN SEE. THANK
YOU.
I'M SUSAN WITH INTEGRITY OUR
SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN MECHANICAL
CONTRACTOR FOR FIFTEEN YEARS I
SPECIALIZE IN RESTAURANTS.
I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BID.
FAIRLY AGAINST FELLOW.
WITH THE UNIONS AND I OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING HER CHRISTIAN WITH
THE COALITION FOR FAIR
EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE
TODAY. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS EIGHTY FIVE
PERCENT OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKFORCE IN THE STATE USES TO
WAKE UP ON A DAILY BASIS WORKING
UNION FOR ENVIRONMENT.
DO NOT PUNISH THEM FOR DOING SO
THIS IS THESE ARE THE FACES OF
THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF
CALIFORNIA. WHEN THEY CAN'T
NEGOTIATE TO KILL A WHEN THEY
HAVE TO COME TO UNION HIRING
HALL APPEAL A PAINED UNION
HELPFUL FOR PENSION PLANS UNDER
THE PILATES. IT'S NOT OPEN TO
EVERYBODY PLEASE DON'T. DO THIS
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
OKAY SING OTHER WITNESSES
ACTUALLY WE SHOULD MAKE SOME
ROOM FOR THAT. SO MAYBE COUPLE.
ASK.
SO IT'S REPRESENT WHAT SAY UP
HERE. HAVE US THE OTHER.
OKAY ALRIGHT SO FIRST VOTE
BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS I
JUST WHAT THEY CALL THE
WITNESSES WHO CAME TO THIS
HEARING WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE
HEARING FROM. OUR CONSTITUENTS
IN THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD PEOPLE.
ON BOTH SIDES AND INCLUDING
PEOPLE REPRESENT.
A LOT OF FAT ACCEPTANCE AS WELL
SO. I THINK PEOPLE DOING THAT SO
LOOKS.
OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
CENTER SO.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND.
I WANT ALSO APPLAUD MY. MY
COLLEAGUE WHO IS.
.
WORK HARD IN HIS TENURE IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND CERTAINLY OVER
THE PAST THREE YEARS AND.
DEALING WITH.
RECIDIVISM IN OUR INSTITUTIONS
AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH
HIM.
.
AND I THINK THAT HIS.
HIS BILL IS A VERY NOBLE ONE.
AND THAT.
HE WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR. JOB
TRAINING.
ARE SOME TYPE OF A CAREER
EDUCATION FOR INMATES SO THAT
WHEN THEY.
LEAVE THESE INSTITUTIONS THEY
COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB. AND.
NOT FALL BACK INTO THE TRAP OF.
PERCENT OF EASING A GETTING
PARTICIPATING AND GETTING INTO
CRIME AGAIN.
ESPECIALLY IN A STATE THAT
OVERALL HAS A FULL OVERALL
RECIDIVISM RATE OF ABOUT SEVENTY
PERCENT.
SO. I WANT TO THANK.
.
THE MANY.
WITNESSES THAT WERE HERE TODAY
THE HARD WORKING.
BLUE COLLAR MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE
THAT ARE HERE. WANTING TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR
FAMILIES AND I DON'T THINK THAT
THEY WOULD BE HERE TODAY.
IF THEY DIDN'T SEE A NUMBER ONE
THREATEN THEIR LIFE AND THAT
NUMBER ONE THREAT IS THERE THEIR
JOB SECURITY AND THEIR FAMILIES
SECURITY AND. I WAS IMPRESSED BY
THE NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT WERE
EMPLOYED BY THESE GROUPS AND I
WAS.
VERY IMPRESSED BY THE NUMBER
FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUND A A
BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILY I ALSO KNOW.
THAT WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF
SKILLED WORKERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
AND WE NEED TO DO EVERY WEEKEND
TO ENCOURAGE. MORE PROGRAMS NOT
ONLY JUST FOR.
.
PEOPLE THAT ARE CAR SERRATED BUT
TO CONSIDER NOT PLANNING GOING
TO COLLEGE TO.
WE DID TOGETHER INTO THE
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
I'M ALSO A STRONG BELIEVER THAT
COMPETITION I BELIEVE THE
COMPETITION.
IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY
GREAT.
AND OF THE THE THE CONCERN THAT
I HAVE WITH THIS BILL.
AS IT WERE SAYING THAT ONLY ONE
GROUP OF WORKERS ARE ACCEPTABLE
IN THE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE NOT.
AND SO.
IN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE
WOULD.
.
WE WOULD LIMIT CURRICULA IN.
IN PRISONS WHEN WE HAVE. A PURSE
FOLKS PERSON FOR WEEK.
THAT SPOKE THE PACK PROGRAM AND
I'M SURE THE MC THREE PROGRAM IS
A GREAT PROGRAM.
AND IF IT'S THAT GREAT THEN WHY
IT WHY DON'T ALL THE.
THE INMATES TO SUBSCRIBE TO THAT
PROGRAM.
.
SO.
SENATOR.
WE WHY DON'T WE JUST GO I THINK
WE CAN LIVE IN A LOT OF THE
CONFLICT OF THE CONCERN HERE.
IF WE CAN JUST OPEN UP THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS TO.
OTHER PROVEN MODALITIES.
AND YOU KNOW A STRONG CONCERN I
HAVE IS THAT IN A PROJECTS OVER
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
MUST INCLUDE A IN.
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE. STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL. AND I WOULD OPINE THAT
THEY WOULD PROBABLY.
PREFERRED A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS
MORE IN LINE WITH THEIR BELIEFS
RATHER THAN THE POLICE OF PEOPLE
THEY ARE IN THE WITH THE PROGRAM
OTHER PROGRAMS.
WHY SHOULD WE?
NOT.
THEY MAKE THIS INCLUSIVE AND LET
THESE LET THIS CURRICULUM. BY
ENTITIES COMPETE WITH EACH
OTHER.
ON. THIS.
A COUPLE THINGS I LIKE TO SAY.
OF.
ON THOSE OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING
TO BUILDING MORE PRISONS
HOPEFULLY. OKAY OBSERVERS THINK
THAT'S TRUE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILDING
PRISONS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE
RECIDIVISM AND WE'RE GOING TO
REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION
FASHION AND THIS BILLS MAIN
FOCUS IS TO REDUCE THE
POPULATION. REDUCE SPENDING THAT
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
INMATE.
AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM.
THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
THROUGH TESTING AND WERE AND
THROUGH THE STATE.
PROCESS WITH APPRENTICESHIP.
REVIEW PROGRAMS
AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT CONDUCT THE PROGRAM HAVE
COME FORWARD. AND AND ARE
WILLING TO SPEND AND I INVEST
AND PARTICIPATE HEAVILY.
HEAVILY. AND WORKING WITH OUR
PRISONS
IF THOSE OTHER GROUPS WANNA DO
SO.
THEY MAY WORK.
YEAH A COLLABORATIVE FASHION BUT
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS DO THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE.
SAME HOOPS AS EVERYBODY ELSE HAS
TO GO THROUGH. IN TERMS OF. OF
THE PROCESS AND WATER THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO SAY HERE
IS.
THAT WE HAVE A GROUP DISCOMFORT.
THAT WANTS TO HELP US REDUCE
RECIDIVISM.
RIGHT HERE WE HAVE IT ON THE
TABLE RIGHT HERE.
IS IT IS.
IS A YOU KNOW THEY WANT TO READ
REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US.
GO IN THERE AND.
TRAINED PEOPLE.
IN THE PRE APPRENTICESHIP NOT
DEPRIVE THE SHIP.
THE PRE APPRENTICESHIP ONCE A
LEAVE THE PRE APPRENTICESHIP
IT'S A HUNDRED TWENTY HOURS.
BUT THE A VERY UNDER TWENTY
HOURS. THOUGH CURRICULUM. THEY
CAN GO INTO ANOTHER CURRICULUM.
AS THERE IS A CHOOSE OR THEY
CAN GO ON TO ANOTHER UP
TARNISHES PROGRAM AS A CHOOSE
AND GO TO WORK FOR WHOEVER THEY
WANT TO WORK FOR. IT DOES NOT
PREVENT ANY IN MAY.
FROM FROM.
I'M GOING INTO.
ANY KIND OF OTHER
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OR.
THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT
THEY WOULD USE THEIR FULL
CHOICE.
ON WHAT I'M APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM THEY WANNA THEY WANNA GO
INTO WHETHER IS CONDUCTED BY.
SCHOOL THE BUILDING TRADES A
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
YEAH THAT'S THE FIRST THING SO.
THE IDEA THAT THE HUNDRED TWENTY
OUR PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
THAT SOMEHOW THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH THEM ON HERE.
INSIDE THE PRISONS AND WORKING
WITH THE INMATES.
TO PREPARE THEM WHEN THEY'RE
GONNA BE LEAVING PRISON.
WHEN THEY LEAVE PRISON THEN THE
COURSE THEY GOING TO HOPEFULLY.
SOME FORM OF AN APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM WHERE WERE THE WHETHER
TO WHICHEVER PATH THEY CHOOSE TO
GO IN THERE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY
GO YOU KNOW IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF.
FIRST OF ALL.
THIS CLAIMING THIS SAID BANDS
ALL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT
THIS BILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
BANNING ALL THAT FRIENDSHIP
PROGRAMS.
OKAY SO THAT'S NOT A TRUE
STATEMENT. THE SECOND THING IS A
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE A GRIMACE
TALK ABOUT THAT.
.
THE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
AGREEMENTS.
.
HAVE TO COME FOR WITH SECTION
TWENTY FIVE VOTER THE PUBLIC
CONTRACT CODE PUBLIC CONTRACT
ROAD NOT PRECLUDE.
NINE UNION CONTRACTORS FROM
BIDDING ON PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECTS.
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. THE
NONUNION CONTRACTORS FROM
BLEEDING.
ON.
NONUNION ARE ON PUBLIC WORKS
CONTRACTS.
OKAY SO THAT'S.
I JUST GOT A CLARIFYING SOME OF
THOSE SO. WE GET.
.
THE THIRD THING IS THE COST
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
WELL ON THE FRONT AND YOU WANNA
HAVE EFFECTIVE RECIDIVISM
REDUCTION. PRE APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS.
PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
THE THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF
PRE APPRENTICESHIP.
YOU WANT HAVE SOMETHING HAS BEEN
PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE THE MORE
AFFECTED THE PROGRAM THE LESS
MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND. I'M
LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND MY
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE MADAM CHAIR.
AND I'M I'M SCARED TO DEATH THAT
WE'RE SPENDING A BILLION DOLLARS
MORE.
ON THE PRISON A DEPARTMENT YOU
SEE SEE THE CONGA I KNOW I KNOW
EVERYBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT
DISCREETLY.
IN TERMS OF AS UP BUDGET BUSTING
SAYING.
THING THOUGH AFFECT OUR ECONOMY.
AND SO FOR. THAT I THINK I THINK
THAT SOME TO REALLY BE CONCERNED
ABOUT.
SO SO I I LOOK AT IT AND SAID IT
IS.
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THEM NOW.
DIFFERENT WAY THAN THE NORMAL
WAY WE DO BUSINESS OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT ALL SAID.
WE CAN'T A SPEEDING MONEY.
CONTINUALLY.
SPENDING MONEY AS IT GOES FROM.
TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THE YEAR.
TWO THOUSAND SIX AVERAGE COST
FOR PRISON INMATES. NOW WE'RE
WE'RE NEXT YEAR IT'S.
NINETY.
IT'S GOT TO GO UP BEYOND THAT
TOO IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND NO FEDERAL FUNDS NO NO NO
MATCHING FUNDS IT'S ALL OF STATE
GENERAL FUND BECAUSE.
NOW DON'T YOU THINK THAT MONEY
COULD BE USED FOR PRODUCTIVE USE
IN THE ECONOMY. OR EDUCATION AND
OR. OR MAYBE TAKING CARE OF.
.
WHO HERO ALL THE CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA AND THE THE THE YOUNG
CHILDREN WITH CHILD CARE OR?
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK DEAD DEAD SOMETHING.
THAT'S I DIDN'T YOU KNOW WE GOT
IT WE GOTTA MAKE CHOICES IN THIS
GUY AND YOU KNOW WHAT LET'S
LET'S.
LETS LOOK AT THIS FROM A BIGGER
PICTURE.
OKAY.
NOW ANOTHER ONE WAS THE
COMMITTEE WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
COSTS MORE MONEY. WELL WE HAVE
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDIES ON
THAT I MEAN THAT'S BEEN DIPLOMA.
SEVERAL TIMES BY.
A MOLD TWO TO. OF STUDIES
GIVE ME ONE STARTED GIVE ME
GIMME A STUDY OF A CALIFORNIA.
.
STUDY.
THAT.
IS THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW MAYBE
BY UNIVERSITY WE HAVE MANY
STUDIES.
LA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
.
I HAVE THIS LA METRO STUDY COULD
JUST CAME OUT.
SO IN METRO VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT THE COMMITTEE WORK
FIRST PROGRAM BECAUSE WHAT IT
DOES.
IT IS IT SAYS.
YOU HAVE TO HIRE THE PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND HIGHER CALIFORNIANS.
TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT
CALIFORNIA. TAXPAYERS.
PAY FOR.
LIKE OUR ROAD PROJECTS WE JUST
PASSED A WHERE SP ONE.
AS YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE AND I OFFERED THE BILL SO I
KNOW I KNOW THAT GO WELL.
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS OF
CONSTRUCTION.
A YEAR WILL BE AND ROAD
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE
DONE BY UNION CONTRACTORS SOME
WILL BE DONE BY.
THE GUYS YOU SEE HERE ALL THESE
GUYS ZERO. IF THERE WERE CUT ON
A TRANSIT PROJECT OR A.
ROAD PROJECT.
THEIR COMPANIES WILL BUILD ON
THOSE PROJECTS ARE BE
SUBCONTRACTORS.
ON THOSE PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE A PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENT.
THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT IN
THAT DEPARTMENT. AND SP ONE HAS
APPROACH RIDLEY REVIEW
REQUIREMENT AND IT. DOES DOES.
DOES PROJECTS
THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT WILL
BE.
SPECIFIC TO THE.
DEPARTMENT AND THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S NOT DESCRIBED IN THIS
BILL. EXACTLY HOW THE PROJECT
LABOR AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURE.
SO IT CAN BE WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW.
THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY WILL
HAVE IMPOSED ON THAT NOT
APPRECIATE OKAY SO THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WILL HAVE
INPUT ON THAT.
SO WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT AND SAY
IT STRICTLY WILL NOT BE UNION.
THEY'RE ONLY BE UNION
CONTRACTORS THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY
TO THEIR BEEN PROJECT LATE THE
LABOR AGREEMENT SURPRISE
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS.
AND THIS KIND OF AGREEMENTS THAT
HAVE HAD NON. CONTRACTORS
PARTICIPATE NEW BUSINESS IN
THOSE CONTRACTOR BILL FOCUSES
ON.
PRISON.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRISON
CONSTRUCTION LEPROSY OTHERS OUT
OF THE.
VENUES BUT THAT'S NOT THE FOCUS
OF THE BILL THE FOCUS OF THE
pBILL IS TO GET A COMMUNITY
WORKFORCE AGREEMENT TO HIRE
FORMALLY BECAUSE READ
INDIVIDUALS.
TO THEN WORK ON THE PRESENT
INCLUDING PEOPLE IN THE PRISON.
THE WAR AND THIS IS THE
INTENTION OF THE PARLIAMENT
DEPARTMENT IS DOING THIS YEAR IN
THE BUDGET WAS CUT OFF. CLARA
HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO
BE DOING ROOF REPAIRS BECAUSE IT
REFUSE LEAKING GROSS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA THEY GOT A
WHOLE SWATH OF ROOF REPAIR JOBS.
AND WHAT THE GUYS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT SAID IS THE PRISON
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. IS GOING
TO WORK WITH.
.
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS
CONTRACTORS.
.
PROVE THAT FRIENDSHIP PROGRAMS
AND ROOFERS.
VOWED THE PAINTERS ALL THOSE
PEOPLE TO GO BACK AND REPAIR AND
CLEAN UP ALL THE ROOFS
THAT ARE LEAKING. AND WE'RE
GONNA TRY TO DO AS MANY LE ROUX
CENTER LEAKING THIS YEAR AND TO
FIX IT PROJECT I DON'T AGREE
THOSE AND COST MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO.
SOME WILL SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW I
WAS THE MOST PRO WE'RE GOING TO
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON
ON.
.
KNOW ALL KINDS OF LEVELS OF
PROJECTS IN THE BUDGET RATHER
THAT BUT I WOULD I WOULD VERY
GOING IT'S A LIST OF WHAT I DO I
WOULD BET THAT MOST NUMBER FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE
IN IF THIS BILLBECOMES LAW THEN
THEY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL. AND THAT'S A
CONCERN OF A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR
YOU TALK ABOUT PRETTY PRINCIPLE
ROOMS.
OKAY WE ARE GRANTING A PRE
OPERATIVE GEMINA ANSWER FOUR
WERE FOR GIVING A PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TO ONE
ENTITY INSTEAD ALLOWING THEM TO
COMPETE.
ARE ARE YOU OPINING THAT THE
PEOPLE THIS FOKKER TODAY GOT AN
INFERIOR OF PROGRAM APERTURE
PROGRAM THAT MAY NOT BE VALID IN
A PRISON ENVIRONMENT.
OR WHY WOULD IT BE IF I DON'T
KNOW I THINK I THINK THAT.
I'M THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION WE
HAVE A PROCESS.
.
THAT MY OPINIONS.
THIS CAUGHT THE DAVID CALIFORNIA
DIVISION OF FRIENDSHIP
STANDARDS.
AND.
THE WORK FOR SENATE IN AWAY
VISION OPPORTUNITY.
ACT.
.
AND THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION
OPPORTUNITY I COULD HAVE WRITTEN
BY US INTERACTIONS.
.
POINTS OUT THAT THE DNC THREE
CURRICULUM IS THIS DESIRE
QUICKLY.
OKAY OKAY SO THAT'S NOT PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECTS AND I I MEAN I
WOULD THINK. THAT THAT DEBT
DEBATE HAS HAPPENED IT HAPPENED
LIKE TWO THREE YEARS AGO PANIC.
OKAY THAT DEBATES OVER.
SO AYE AYE OF TO ME TO ME.
NINETY TWO PERCENT OF THE
CONSTRUCTION. APPRENTICES BAR
AND JOINED AND ARE ENROLLED IN
THESE JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
OKAY NINETY TWO PERCENT SENATOR
MITCHELL.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT THINKER MARTIN
TO STONE.
YOU KNOW I'M.
ONE. OFTEN IS THE CASE IN THE
LEGISLATURE WHERE THE DEBATE
OFTEN EXTENDS BEYOND KIND OF THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE
ACTUAL BILL IN FRONT OF US I
THINK I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE IN
LIMITED THAT TODAY. I'M SORRY
THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE HEARING
ROOM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS
HEARINGS TELEVISED WITH THE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE
TO TO TESTIFY BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT.
THEY HEAR THE FULL DEBATE.
I CERTAINLY BEEN A PART OF
MOVEMENTS FOR YOU COME UP AND
YOU HAVE A FACT SHEET AND YOU
GIVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY
TRAVELED HERE. THAT THEY REALLY
HEAR THE FULL DEBATE SOME SITE
THAT ISN'T.
THEY'RE NOT AFFORDED THAT.
AND CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE JUST
WON'T BE THERE ONLY FIRST AND
LAST TIME IN THE CAPITAL BUT.
THEY COME BACK ON OTHER PRESSING
ISSUES IF THEIR PARENTS AROUND
PUBLIC EDUCATION I THINK
ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT FULL
INVOLVEMENT UNDERSTANDING THE
COMPLEXITY OF THESE PUBLIC
POLICY ISSUES.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
TO ALL OF US. SO I'M SORRY THAT
THAT I CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
IF I COULD JUST GET SOME
CLARIFICATION I LISTEN TO OF THE
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
HEARD FROM THE WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT.
.
BEFORE I GOT HERE FROM THE THAT
FROM MY OFFICE BUT I'M CURIOUS
AS TO WHERE BURKE ELECTRIC HE
LOOKS ELECTRIC IRON MEDICAL AND
CS ARE.
JUST GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE THEY.
BUT WHERE THEIR OFFICES ARE
BASED ON THEY SACRAMENTO THE
CALIFORNIA. IF SOMEONE COULD
TELL ME.
YEAH OF THANK YOU SENATOR FOR
THE QUESTION OF THEIR ALL BASED
IN CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA A WITH REGIONAL
OFFICES.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO COULD
YOU GIVE ME IDEAS ABOUT COUNTIES
ARE ANY OF THESE HAVE LA COUNTY
PRESENTS ALL ABSOLUTELY YES.
BERGEN HELIX BOTH HAVE
SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY HEALTHCARE AS
WELL AS SAN DIEGO SACRAMENTO BAY
AREA.
pTODAY UP WORK THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA WHICH IS TYPICAL OF
FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE STATE
FOCUS. THANK THEM BUT I
APPRECIATE THAT I JUST WANT.
SOME CLARIFICATION AND SO YOU
KNOW FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THERE.
ANALYSIS OF THIS WAS DOUBLE
REFERRED WAS HEARD OF SENATE
TRANSPORTATION OUT OF SERVICE
AND TRANSPORTATION BUT I HEARD
IN PUBLIC SAFETY SLAVERY.
ALCOHOLISM PUBLIC SAFETY ALKA OF
SCOTLAND DOT MIGHT BE ME
SENATOR.
TOM
AND SO AND SO THE REASON I SAY
THAT AS WE WE WE I ATTEMPTED IN
PUBLIC SAFETY TO FOCUS ON.
ISSUES AND QUESTIONS THAT FELL
IN THAT AND SHOULD THE
LEGISLATURE
PERMIT.
THE VCR TO AWARD CONTRACTS WERE
DESIGNED BILL CONSTRUCTION OF
FIVE TWO THOUSAND AND MORE. IF
THE CONTRACTOR ADHERES TO
COMMITTEE WORKFORCE AGREEMENT
THAT PROVIDES WORK OPPORTUNITIES
TO FORMALLY INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUALS.
SO THERE WAS.
A COMPELLING PUBLIC.
A COMMENT STATEMENT.
THAT I THINK TOLD A LITTLE
TRUTH ABOUT ORGANIZED LABOR IT
IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEARING
THE-TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW THERE
WAS
A TIME WHERE.
GOOD WOMEN.
OF MEN OF COLOR AND FORMALLY
INCARCERATED WEREN'T WELCOME
QUITE FRANKLY INTO ORGANIZED
LABOR. AND I THINK THAT THIS
CHANGE THAT THIS EXPANDED IT WAS
GREAT TO HEAR TODAY EVERYBODY'S
CONCERNED NOW ABOUT THE FORMAL
INCARCERATED THAT'S A GOOD
THING.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT
EVERYBODY HAS THIS LITTLE FOUND
COMMITMENT I'M GLAD
BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU SOON TO
BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT ACTUAL
CONFLICTS IN CALIFORNIA AS WE
HAVE EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST
THIRTY YEARS IS OVER. WE WILL
NOT HAVE THE EXPONENTIAL
EXPANSION OF PRISONS AND SO YES
WE NOW HAVE TO FIX AND DO THE
UPKEEP WORK ON THE PRISONS WE
BILL BUT THERE BUT BUT THAT. ERA
IS OVER.
AND THE GENTLE MEN AND WOMEN
OUTSIDE AND THE PEOPLE WHO
EMPLOY THEM I THINK
FUNDAMENTALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE ALL HAVE TO SHIFT. IN
TERMS OF OUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
THE NEXT AREA OF FOCUS.
ON TERMS OF PUBLICLY FUNDED
CONSTRUCTION IN CALIFORNIA IT
WON'T BE TO BUILD NEW PRISONS
THE VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE
OPINED ON THAT AND DON'T WANT
THEIR DOLLARS SPENT THAT WAY
THAT'S NOT JUST. MITCHELL
SIPPING YOUR BILLS OPINION IT'S
PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING.
WHO HAVE REVERSED THEIR IDEOLOGY
BASED ON RESEARCH AND ARE CLEAR
THAT LOCKING PEOPLE UP FOR
LONGER PERIODS OF TIME?
DOES NOT REDUCE CRIME FELT THAT
ERA IS OVER.
AND SO THE QUESTION FOR ME TODAY
IN LABOR COMMITTEE IS. THE VALUE
OF PLA'S WITH THE SUPPORT THEM
OR NOT AND THAT'S THAT'S
HISTORIC KIND OF.
POSITION.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE.
TWO FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO
DIRECT FEE VCR. TO SELECT ONE.
PRE PRODUCE YET CURRICULUM
VENDOR.
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE HAVE AYE
ARE THOSE THE TWO ISSUES FROM
THE BILL HAVE I AM I MISSING
SOMETHING ABOUT.
OR IS AT THE ROOT OF THAT
DISCUSSION TODAY GENERAL. I MEAN
JUST TRY TO CUT THROUGH ALL THE.
NO WAYS.
THE OWNER MATTER EYES PRICKLE
YES YEAH BUT TO PICK ONE ONE
CURRICULUM VERSUS THE OTHERS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE YOU
KNOW BUT I THINK.
THE ONE THING I I TRIED TO
POINT OUT HASTA TO HOME.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT
APPRENTICESHIP CURRICULUM?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRE
APPRENTICESHIP THIS IS A HUNDRED
TWENTY OUR.
PATTERSON GENERAL SCREENING GOT
IT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT.
CONSTRUCTION TREES THEY DO A
LITTLE ELECTRICAL LITTLE CLIMB A
LITTLE CARPENTRY ENHANCE THE
KIND OF LIKE YOU WOULD GIVE
ALMOST SCREEN.
SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE IT'S A PRE
APPRENTICESHIP AND THEN ONCE
THE.
LEAVING CARCERI XIN THEY CAN GO
INTO. ELECTRICAL PLUMBING OR
WHATEVER FRIENDSHIP AND CELLS
RUN BY ANY OF THESE GROUPS AND
RIGHT AND RUN BY THE BUILDING
TRADES SO IT DOES AND HOW THEY
WANT TO DO SO AGAIN. THIS POLICY
ACTION DOESN'T PRECLUDE AND
WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED ANYONE
WE HAVE HEARD FROM.
ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE WHO ARE
JOINING MEN WHO'VE GONE TO
PRODUCE A PROGRAMS FOR HAVING
DONE WHAT THEY DID TO GET WHERE
THEY ARE TODAY NO.
IT WOULD NOT NO I DON'T BELIEVE
IT WAS.
SO THEN THE SECOND PIECE.
AT AS I SEE IT IN TERMS OF THE
CONTEXT OF LABOR COMMITTEE IS IS
WHETHER SUPPORT PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS ARE NOT THAT'S JUST
KIND OF A FUNDAMENTAL
PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION. AND I
HAVE TO SAY I'D APPRECIATE YOU
REFERENCING THE METRO.
I'M STATE THAT WAS RECENTLY
DONE LA MATCH WAS THE FIRST
TRANSIT AGENCY IN THE NATION TO
ADOPT A PL A AND IT INCLUDES.
TARGETED IRING EMPHASIS ON
APPRENTICES FOR LOW INCOME
PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED MEMBERS OF
SCI
FRIDAY TO THE TRADE.
LA METRO.
MY DISTRICT.
RUNS OFF REALLY.
AND THE NUMBER ONE COMMUTE WILL
NOW PROBABLY THE NUMBER TWO BUT.
SO MAYBE ABOUT SIX A COTTON SIX
MONTHS AGO THE NUMBER ONE
CONSTITUENT BASE CALL WE WOULD
GET.
PEOPLE DRIVING BY METRO
CONSTRUCTION SITE ST I DON'T SEE
PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE
FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
ON THESE PUBLICLY FUNDED
PROJECTS.
BUSINESS IS COMMUNITIES ARE
BEING.
TEMPORARILY.
.
DISADVANTAGED WITH REGARD TO THE
CONSTRUCTION.
THE CREAM SHOP CORRIDOR IN MY
DISTRICT SMALL BUSINESS CORRIDOR
ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD UNTIL
THAT CRENSHAW LINE COULD BE
COMPLETED.
AND SO AS WE LOOK ABOUT LOOK AT
INVESTMENTS IN THAT NEW
OPPORTUNITIES COME INTO OUR
VARIOUS DISTRICT. PEOPLE WANT TO
SEE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE
BENEFITING FROM THE HOLES MAJOR
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS A
CONSTRUCTION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANYONE
ELSE'S CONSTITUENTS WOULD NOT.
HAVE THE SAME KIND OF
PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO PRODS Y. APPRECIATE THE
NOTION ABOUT PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS YOU KNOW.
TAMPER DOWN LAWSUITS ALL THAT.
FROM. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES PERSPECTIVE IT IS
GIVING THEIR SONS THEIR
HUSBANDS.
THEMSELVES JOBS.
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED.
WE PUSH OFF THEN I ASK THE
QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
WOMEN THAT ARE BEING INVOLVED
ARE ARE ARE ENGAGED IN THESE
WELL PAID. TRACK THE MIDDLE
CLASS POSITIONS.
AND SO BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE
LIVING THROUGH THE LA METRO
EXPERIENCE AND SEEN WHAT IT'S
DONE TO BENEFIT.
RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO
BEING IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY THAT
CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T SAY THAT I AM
ANTI PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT I
APPRECIATE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES.
ABOUT MINUTES NOT ABOUT LOCKING
OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF JOBS IT'S
ABOUT ENHANCING THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY
DISENFRANCHISED AND GIVEN THEM
OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT.
FOR HISTORICALLY THEY HAD NONE.
THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE AND
THAT'S THE FOCUS.
I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A
COMPLEX ISSUE.
AN IT WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT
WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A VOTING
MEMBER THIS COMMITTEE TO TRY TO
DISTILL IT DOWN TO THE CORE ES A
SO ABSENCE OF THE BILL.
FULLY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT OUR VOTE WILL BEHALF ON
PASSING THIS LEGISLATION AND SO
WHY AGAIN I GO BACK TO WHETHER
NOT YOU SUPPORT PLA'S.
AND FOR ME WHETHER OR NOT.
DICTATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS FOR CONTRACTS OVER
SAID ABOUT DESIGN BUILD
CONSTRUCTION OVER FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND.
ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY MUST USE
THIS PARTICULAR CURRICULUM I
APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATION
THAT IT IS FOR PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
AND YOUR STATEMENT LAW IN THE
RECORD THAT.
THE PEOPLE WE HEARD FROM TODAY.
THAT IT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE THEM
FROM HAVING HAD THE EXPERIENCE
OF THEY CLEARLY PAT GOING TO
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
.
WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO ENTER THE
VERY STRANGE THAT THEY CURRENTLY
ARE AND.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR RELIES IN
AMERICA CATION ARM MISTER MARCUS
AND I THINK THE. COMBINED INTO
WILL GO TO SENATOR JACKSON'S.
.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN?
HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY HAD WE
ONLY HAD ONE.
PRE APPRENTICESHIP.
PROGRAM.
AND.
WELL I APPRECIATE THAT.
.
IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS. THAT
THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
WOULD BE THE GO TO.
ENTITY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THAT
RECEIVE PRE APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS WOULD GET POST.
APPRENTICESHIP JOBS. AYE I WOULD
ASSUME PLAVI CERTAINLY CAN GET
JOBS THROUGH OTHER ENTITIES I
WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE'S GOING
TO BE A BIAS TOWARDS.
.
UNION CONTRACTS FOR PROJECTS AND
AND I AGREE WITH.
MY GOOD FRIEND FROM LOS ANGELES
WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE
BUT TO ENSURE THAT MEAN PEOPLE
DRIVE BY PROJECTS AS HE PEOPLE
THAT LOOK. LIKE THEM AND IN MY
IN MY OPINION HAVING MORE
COMPETITION IS GOING TO REQUIRE
THOSE ENTITIES TO COMPETE TO
ENSURE THAT THERE IS THAT KIND
OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE
WORKFORCE. SO IS WHEN YOU HAVE A
CHANCE TO RESPOND. THANK YOU
SENATOR THAT. IT CAN I THINK
IT'S IT'S REALLY UNPRECEDENTED
OF THAT. PROVISION AND SUBTLY
TWENTY FIVE THAT GIVES A
MONOPOLY TO A SINGLE ENTITY TO
PROVIDE ANY CURRICULUM OR ANY
PRODUCT BUT TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THAT WOULD BE LIKE
TELLING FORD MOTOR COMPANY WOULD
COME IN AND SPONSOR A BILL AND
SAY THAT BECAUSE WE PROVIDE
NINETY PERCENT OF THE VEHICLES
THE CALTRANS BUYS.
CALTRANS CAN ONLY BY FOR FORD
MOTOR VEHICLES BUT THE THE
PROBLEM WITH THE BUT AWFULLY
THAT'S IN SECTION ONE O THE
BILL IS. THAT THERE ARE
MULTIPLE.
ENTITIES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
PROVIDING PRE APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING. INSIGNE SEE OUR
FACILITIES.
BUT SECTION ONE OF THE BILL WILL
PROHIBIT.
MANY OF THOSE ENTITIES FROM
PROVIDING THE PRE APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING BECAUSE THE CURRICULUM
IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO. MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL OR THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL SO ONLY.
UNION.
JOINING WORKERS CAN PROVIDE THE
TRAINING THAT IS COVERED BY THE
MC THREE CURRICULUM RIGHT NOW
SOME OF THE OF THE FIRMS THAT
WERE HERE. UP PARTICULARLY IN
SAN DIEGO ARE DOING PREPRINT
SHIP TRAINING IN THE ELECTRICAL
TRADES.
IN DONOVAN OF WHERE THEY ARE
TRAINING FUTURE ELECTRICIANS TO
ENTER UP ANY UP PRESSURE PROGRAM
TO CUT BECOME ATTORNEY LEVEL
ELECTRIC XIN.
THEY ARE NOT USING THE M. C. Q..
CURRICULUM SO THEY WOULD NO
LONGER BE ABLE TO TRAIN.
BUDDING ELECTRIC SHINS PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO LEAVE OF A A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND ENTER.
AN APPRENTICESHIP ROGRAM AND
AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
GRANTING.
A MONOPOLY TO A SINGLE
CURRICULUM THE PUBLIC CONTRACT
CODE ONLY RECOGNIZES TO
EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL
REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE.
COMPETITIVELY SELECT PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES IN THAT AND AND ONE
OF THEM IS IN THE CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS IF THERE
IS ONLY ONE ENTITY THAT PROVIDES
THAT PRODUCT OR SERVICE THERE
ARE AMPLE EXAMPLES ABOUT WHETHER
IT'S PLUMBING CURRICULUM FROM
PEACH CC. UP WHETHER IT'S.
MULTIPLE CRAFT CURRICULUM FROM
NC ARE WHETHER IT'S
ELECTRICAL CURRICULUM FROM
WEAKER.
OF OF.
FOLKS WHO ARE PROVIDING PRE
APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INMATES WHO WOULD ALL BE
PRECLUDED UP FROM THIS BECAUSE
OF SECTION ONE IN THE BILL. HEAD
AND THE OTHER P. AND CAN.
TO SENATOR MITCHELL'S POINT
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY THAT
REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE I THINK YOU SAW. A HUGE
DIVERSITY NOW IN THE GROUP THAT
CAME IN TODAY AND AND. WHY ASK
YOUR GRAPHICALLY NAM SALUTE
CHURN? IT AND.
THE CHALLENGES IS THAT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LOCKING THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN TO ADD
WHAT WAS ADMITTEDLY THE TENURE
PEEL A WITH THE EXTENSION. SO
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THE COMMITTEE WORKFORCE
AGREEMENTS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
SPECIFIED IN THE MEASURE THAT
ANYTHING ABOUT CONTRACTORS. IT
ONLY SAYS THAT CDC ARE WILL
NEGOTIATE WITH THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES FOR THE
COMMITTEE WORKFORCE AGREEMENT.
PLA'S COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
AGREEMENTS HAVE ASPIRATIONAL
GOALS FOR LOCAL HIRE. YOU CANNOT
MANDATE THAT A. LOCAL HIGHER HAS
TO TAKE PLACE THERE ARE
CHALLENGES IN STATE LAW AND SO
YOU CAN STILL HAVE THOSE
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS FOR YOUR
CONTRACTING. UP WITHOUT THE
TENURE FEEL A WHICH IS
UNPRECEDENTED WITH A VERY LOW
THRESHOLD AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
NEW CONSTRUCTION.
FOR NEW FACILITIES IT'S NOT
TAKING PLACE NOW BUT BUT A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE CAPTURED OF BY SBA TWENTY
FIVE YEARS WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR
WHO IS CURRENTLY. UP REPLACING
THE LOCK SYSTEMS IN LOCAL
FACILITIES
A TYPICAL FACILITY IS ABOUT A
MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO
UPGRADE THEIR SECURITY SYSTEM.
THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED BY THE PL
A AND P. LAYS IN CALIFORNIA
LIMIT THE CONTRACTOR TO.
TYPICALLY ONLY FOUR OR FIVE OF
THEIR FOR WORKFORCE AND EVERYONE
ELSE HAS TO COME.
FROM THE UNION OUT OF WORK BOOK
SO ARE THE CONTRACTOR FOLKS THAT
CAME THROUGH HERE. IMAGINE THAT
OF THE FIVE OR SIX CONTRACTORS.
YOU'RE TELLING NINETY PERCENT
OF THEM THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR
EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THAT
CONTRACTOR IF THEY DO CHOOSE TO
WORK AND IT IS TRUE MR ASUNDER
PALACE CORRECT. THAT THERE'S
NOTHING TO PRECLUDE A NON
SIGNATORY CONTRACTORS FROM
ENGAGING IN APPEAL A BUT THEY
ARE GOING TO BE LIMITED. TO
THEIR CORE WORKFORCE.
THOSE CORE WORKERS WILL HAVE TO
JOIN THE UNION FOR THE DURATION
OF THE PROJECT AND THEY WILL
LOSE. TAKE HOME PAY AS A RESULT
OF THAT.
THANK YOU RICHARD APPRECIATE
THAT US SENATE JACKSON.
SO I I JUST WANTED TO OBSERVE
THE THE ISSUE OF DIVERSITY.
OF WHEN THIS MATTER WAS HEARD IN
PUBLIC SAFETY I. COUNTED THE
NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO STEP FORWARD
TO TESTIFY IN ITS ABOUT THREE OR
FOUR PERCENT.
I DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY WOMEN
TODAY ALTHOUGH I APOLOGIZE AHEAD
TO PRESENT A BILL.
IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND.
THIS IS A AN ISSUE OF GREAT
CONCERN TO ME THESE ARE GOOD
JOBS THEIR WOMEN OUT THERE ARE
CLEARLY CAPABLE.
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS.
A HAD.
TO REAL CHALLENGES IN.
BRINGING.
GENDER PARITY EVEN CLOSE TO IT
EVEN REF REFLECTING. AT LEAST TO
GET A PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN THE
WORKFORCE AND IN OUR SOCIETY SO.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND A JUST WANNA MAKE THAT
CLEAR REGARDLESS OF WHAT ENDS UP
HAPPENING WE THIRD THERE'S.
I I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO BRING.
MORE WOMEN INTO THE PROFESSION
AND INDEED WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
INCARCERATED WOMEN.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT
INCARCERATED WOMEN ALSO HAVE
ACCESS TO THESE PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS?
THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE EN
THOUGH WOMEN'S PRISONS.
SO. THE WOMEN'S FIRMAS IN FACT.
.
TRAINING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL
AND WOMEN'S PRISONS ARE LESS
THAN WHAT.
THE THE BREADTH OF THE TRAINING
PROGRAMS.
IN THE WOMEN'S PRISONS.
AND AND I'M GOING TO PRISONS
WITH YOU SO.
THERE ARE ARE LEFT IN FACT I'M
GOING ON IN TWO WEEKS TO ANOTHER
ONE I'VE BEEN TO TWENTY THREE OF
THEM.
HERE CLUB SHAPIRO WELL NO IT'S
MY JOB NINE HUNDRED AND I'M AND
I'M THE.
SENATOR MITCHELL ON EVERYBODY'S
PART OF ME IS A PUBLIC SAFETY
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE AND.
MY JOB IS TO.
TRY TO GOES MANY THE THIRTY
FOUR.
FACILITIES AS I CAN POSSIBLY.
GOD YOU KNOW SO I DO. SO.
.
AND SOME SEVERAL TIMES SOME OF
THE. BUT.
THE WOMEN'S PRISON IN GENERAL
LEGISLATORS HAVE NOT HAD THE
BREADTH OF.
TRAINING.
PROGRAMS IS THE MAIN MALE
PRISONS.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
THE WOMEN'S CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM.
WILL BE AND THE WOMEN'S. PRISONS
HAVE HAD ONE NIGHT WHEN I DO
THIS BILL I GOT A COMMITMENT THE
BILL IF YOU READ THE BILL. IT
DOES SAY. WOMEN WOMEN.
VETERANS AND INFORM FOR
INCARCERATED HAS VISITED
MENTIONED ABOUT.
SO THAT IS SPECIFICALLY IN THE
BILL.
SO UNANSWERED QUESTION AND I
APPRECIATED THE OF THE QUESTIONS
BY MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR MITCHELL
OH WHICH. I THINK COULD HELP
CLARIFY FOR ME.
WHAT SOME OF THE
MISUNDERSTANDINGS AS I WAS
LISTENING TO THE VERY
IMPRESSIVE?
GROUP OF.
PEOPLE WHO CAME BOTH IN SUPPORT
AND OPPOSITION AND I TO HOPE
THAT THEY WILL.
CONTINUE THEIR POLITICAL
ACTIVISM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE HEAR ALL VOICES.
AND AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
THE NOTION OF LACK OF CHOICE.
YOU KNOW I DON'T I'M A BIG
SUPPORTER OF UNIONS I THINK YOU
NEED TO CREATE JOBS.
TRAINING PEOPLE AND PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS FOR THEIR WORKERS ON
THE JOB AND SO FORTH BUT I JUST
WONDER IF FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO.
I CHOOSE NOT TO JOIN. A UNION
SAY THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT ARM. IS
THERE AND I I'M A LITTLE
CONFUSED AND WOULD YOU CLARIFY
IT FOR ME. IT FROM THE SOUNDS OF
SOME OF THEIR TESTIMONY THEY
FELT THAT. IF THEY WERE NOT
UNION SHOP THAT THEY WOULD NOT
BE WORKING. HERE. ARE.
BUT FROM WHAT I GATHER ABOUT THE
BILL. IT THIS IS VERY
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS TO. A TRUST
PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS I
AND TWO FIVE REQUIRING PLA'S.
FOR WORK BEING DONE ON PRISONS
AND AGAIN HOPEFULLY NOT NO NEW
PRISONS NATURAL GRAHAM SENATOR
JOHN THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION
PROCESS.
.
THAT IS SO.
.
HE CONSISTENT WITH SECTION
TWENTY FIVE HONORED.
OF THE PUBLIC CONTRA COSTA LET
ME READ YOU GOT. COUPLE. COUPLE
SECTIONS.
PUBLIX TWENTY FIVE ORDER OF THE
PUBLIC CONTRACT CALYPSO'S.
.
THE PUBLIC KENNEDY MAY ENTER
INTO OR REQUIRE CONTRACTORS
CENTER TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROFIT ONLY IF THE
AGREEMENT INCLUDES ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING.
TAXPAYER PROTECTION PROVISIONS.
OKAY.
AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO.
.
FIRST OF ALL YOU GO DOWN TO.
.
NUMBER ONE. HAZARDOUS AGREEMENT
PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED
ON RACE NATIONAL ORIGIN RELIGION
SEXUAL SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION
POLITICAL AFFILIATION MEMBERSHIP
OR MEMBERSHIP IN A LABOR
ORGANIZATION. IN THE HIRING OR
DISPATCHING WORKERS FOR THE
PROJECT NUMBER TO THE GRANT
PERMITS PAUL QUALIFIED
CONTRACTORS AND SUB
CONTRACEPTIVE. FOR INDIA WORD
WERE ON THE PROJECT WITHOUT
REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE
OTHERWISE PARTIES TO A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BUT THAT THE THE. CLAIM THAT WAS
JUST MADE IS THAT.
UNDER THESE AGREEMENTS THAT
ONLY.
IT'S SAID THAT WILL LIMIT THE
NUMBER OF.
NONUNION. EMPLOYEES AND THAT A
UNION.
WORKFORCE IS.
BUT OTHERWISE REQUIRED IS THAT
ACCURATE.
NOT GONE. THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU SENATOR SASSER WHAT'S
THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL ABOUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
NOT TRUE AYE AYES WAS READ IN
THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CHO TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED.
IT IS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR
EVERYONE TO BID ON THESE
PROJECTS WHETHER THERE'S A
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT OR NOT
ON ANY O PUBLIC WORKS THAT IS
THAT IS THE LAW FEDERAL PROJECTS
INCLUDING STATE PROJECTS.
AND LOCAL PROJECTS.
WHETHER A CONTRACTOR CHOOSES TO
BET ON THAT BASED ON WHATEVER
TOUCHING RULES THAT ANY PUBLIC
EDGY AND WANTS TO PUT ON THOSE
PROJECTS.
THAT IS HIS OR HER CHOICE AND
THAT HAPPENS ROUTINELY. BASED ON
HOW THE AGENCY DELIVERS OUR
PROJECT OR NOT.
I ONCE ACTUALLY HAVING A PROJECT
LABOR AGREEMENT NONUNION
CONTRACTORS AS IMPROVE IN THE
VARIOUS PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
FALLOUT FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SO.
YOU KNOW CLUB PUBLIC HOSPITALS
STADIUMS WHAT HAVE YOU THAT
THERE IS ALWAYS A VERY LARGE
PORTION.
SMALL BUSINESS CUT PARTICIPATION
AND NON UNION PARTICIPATION ON
THOSE PROJECTS
IN FACT WHEN THE OFTEN
NEGOTIATE.
WITH UNVEILED PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENT THERE'S ALSO THE
VERSION OF CORPS WORK FIRST
WHERE THE ACTUAL BUSINESS CAN
BRING IN THEIR OWN CORE WORKERS
TAX REPORT ON THOSE PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN THE LOCAL AGENCY. AND
THE ACTUAL BUILDING TRADES
COUNCIL BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT
THIS IS IN THE WORK FORCE
AGREEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WORKERS AND
WE'RE TRYING TO AND EMPHASIZE
THAT WE HAVE A HIGHLY SKILLED
AND TRAINED WORKFORCE SLIPPING
YOU SAW YOUR BEFORE.
TECH ACTUALLY FIT IN THOSE
PROJECTS AS WELL. WITH THEIR
EMPLOYER CHOOSES
THE BID ON ANY PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT THE CARRIES THAT IS THE
EMPLOYERS TWICE.
CAN LAST QUESTION.
GOING BACK TO THE PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS BILL WILL DO
WELL A OF FIRM THAT THE MC THREE
PROGRAM IS THE PROGRAM THAT WILL
EXIST IN PRESENTS RIGHT NOW IS
THAT THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT
EXISTS IN PRISONS.
FOUND NINE FOR PROPER IS AN
EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AS WELL.
VISITING OTHER PI A PROGRAM AND
SPEAKING VERY CLOSE AT CDC ARE.
CDC ARE USES BMC THREE YEARS AND
CCR AS WELL BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A
COMPONENT OF THEIR TRAINING FOR
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
VOCATIONAL COURSES THAT ARE NOT
REALLY FOR YOUR PERMISSION.
RIGHT. THAT IS A SEPARATE TYPE
OF SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
THAT EXIST.
WITHIN THE CDC ARE NOW WE'RE
SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE USING
HANDMADE WORK LABOR.
AND SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHICH ARE SUPERVISED BY THE
BUILDING TRADES BY THE WAY ARE.
HIRING HALL PROVISIONS GO INTO
THE PRISONS AND HELD SUPERVISE A
CREW OF UP TO TEN INMATES AND
OUR MEMBERS TEACH THOSE INMATES
ALL THE BASIC SKILLS.
NOW IF WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN.
THAT TYPE THE WORD. WITH THE
CREATION OF A PRE APPRENTICESHIP
AS WAS REQUIRED IN THIS BILL.
THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM BASICALLY
ACT COST A VERY CHEAP EFFICIENT
EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL
CURRICULUM. THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
GO LOOK AT ALL THE BUILDING
TRADES RIGHT FROM WHAT I HEAR
THE OPPOSITION SAYING ISN'T
THERE BEING EXCLUDED FROM THAT
IS HER ANY. HAVE THEY
HISTORICALLY BEEN ENGAGED IN
THIS KIND OF PROGRAM AND THERE
IS NO EXCLUSION IN ANY WAY SHAPE
PERFORMING. HIDDEN INSIDE THE
PRISON WALLS OR NO UNION
WORKERS.
IT'S ONLY INMATES LOOKING IT'S
ACTUALLY ACCESS TRAINING. AND SO
THAT TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED
ACROSS THE BOARD TO EVERYONE TO
CHOOSE US TO WANT TO ACTUALLY
ACCESS THAT TRAINING WHEN THEY
RETURN TO SOCIETY. NO ACTUALLY
IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL THAT HAVE
A CERTIFICATE NAM C. THREE
CERTIFICATE FROM THE NATIONAL
BUILDING TRADES AND THE CAT THEY
COULD TAKE THE CERTIFICATE UP
AND DOWN THE STATE. CAME THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND SAY
I'VE TAKING YOUR COURSE I AM
BETTER PREPARED HERE'S A LONG
LINE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
LOOKING TO APPLY FOR YOUR
PROGRAMS. BEHIND THE HEAD OF
THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER ANY OF
THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE UNION
PRE APPRENTICESHIP OF THE MC
THREE PROGRAM. THEN GO OUT AND
GO TO WORK FOR SOME OF THESE
OTHER EMPLOYERS OR THROUGH OTHER
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THERE'S
NOTHING STOPPING THEM FROM DOING
SO. NOW THANK YOU.
BLOOM NO. THANK YOU.
.
THE.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND
CONTRACTORS MISS STONE OF SHE'S
STILL HERE OR NOT BUT.
IN HER LETTER.
IT TALKS ABOUT HIM TO SEE HEAT
OUR ACCREDITATION.
WHICH IS.
BEEN DONE FOR A THIRTY FIVE
ADULT PRISON FACILITIES IN
CALIFORNIA FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
.
TRAINING I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT I'M.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
CONVOLUTED THAT ISSUE HERE.
NOW.
YES.
KIDS DON'T BEHALF OF A. B. C.
pYOU'RE CORRECT AND SEE SEE OUR
CURRICULUM IS CURRENTLY BEING
USED.
NUMBER AFRAID.
IN JAILS FIVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
CSU.
IT IS A
WIDELY READ
HIGHEST.
VALID.
LIMIT ROBUST.
CURRICULA.
OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THEN
ALSO POINT OUT.
.
IN ONE A ONE NINE SEVEN THE
UNION SPONSORED PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. AND I
THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR THE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME
HERE TO SPEAK THAT THE.
ARE NOT CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE
JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO
BE PROTECTED.
.
HENCE WHY WOULD WE HAVE.
.
ANY PRE APPRENTICESHIP
CURRICULUM THAT SEEMS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND LETTING THE AND
MAY CHOOSE WHICH CURRICULUM FAST
STATUS UNCERTAINLY ARE SINNERS
ENCOURAGE.
WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR. WE LOOK
AT SECTION B. B.. GEYSER SHALL
INCLUDE PROVENTIA.
BERMAN THE BILL NOT A IT'S NOT
EXCLUSIVE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO THE BILL
MISTER CHAIR OKAY WE'VE.
HAD A MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL
LE.
SENATE BILL WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS I LOVE THE
RIVER SO DISCUSSION. OF THIS IS
NOT TO.
.
ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
PRISON. BUILDINGS WHICH I'VE
BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR IF YOU YOU
KNOW TERMS OF. FIXING UP OUR
FACILITIES WITH A STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR PUTTING MONEY IN
THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
.
AS WELL AS ALL INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WE ESTIMATE THAT.
SP ONEALONE WILL GENERATE SIX
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND JOBS OVER
THE NEXT.
.
TEN YEARS
FOR EXAMPLE SO THAT A LOT OF
EMPLOYMENT GOING ON WITH.
SP ONE PASSING A LAST YEAR HIS
WILLOWS SP THREE SB TO A HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION BILLS.
SO.
.
MR SCHECK MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS THIS BILL WILL LET.
THEY PREVIOUSLY SECOND CHANCE IN
LIFE.
YEAH. GAINING EMPLOYMENT. AND
GAINING.
AN AVENUE OUT OF POVERTY.
AND PARTICIPATING. AND BUILDING
WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
WONDERFUL THINKS. OF.
INSTEAD OF THE RECIDIVISM THE
COSTS THE STATE NINETY THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR PER.
USE A FISCALLY WISE THING TO DO
IS DETERMINE.
IT'S A.
A WISE THING TO DO IN TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT.
HIRES AN AYE VOTE.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
THIS WILL.
.
RESULT IN A LOT OF OUR INMATES.
HAVING JOBS WHEN THEY LEAVE
PRISONS THEIR RESULTS AND.
CALIFORNIA'S PRISON POPULATION.
BEEN REDUCED BECAUSE WE HAVE.
ANATHEMA DOING HOPE FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WE SEE
BEYOND ALL THE DEBATE TODAY
THANK YOU THINK UBER CLOSURES
FULL PASSED. THE DEATH HAS A
GOOD TO APPROPRIATIONS.
MEN PART OF YOUR CALDERON. CAN.
STONE YOU KNOW STONE KNOW
JACKSON LIKE JACKSON AYE
MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
AS ON CALL OKAY WILLIE THAT ON
CALL CENTER TO GET A MILLION
MEMBERS.
SENATOR WIENER.
.
THE NINE THIRTY SEVEN.
WNED.
YES
.
PROMISE IT WILL BE SHORT OF THE
LAST FOUR.
AVAILABLE.
YEAH.
GREAT THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
AND I COLLEAGUES I SP NINE
THIRTY SEVEN I WILL ENSURE THAT
NEW MOTHERS WHO WERE RETURNED.
TO WORK.
ARE ABLE TO.
LACK TO.
AND WILL SIDE NOT HAVE TO MAKE
CHOICE OF SO MANY MOTHERS HAVE
HAD TO MAKE ABOUT.
I DO A RETURN TO WORK OR DO I
MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE. A
HEALTHY.
I CHILD.
THE BILL WILL ENSURE.
IN PARTICULAR THAT I. I'VE.
OTHERS WHO RETURNED THE WORK
WILL HAVE A PRIVATE AND.
REASONABLE US PRETTY SOUGHT TO
LOCK DE LA AND ALSO.
REQUIRE THAT FOR NEW
CONSTRUCTION.
TODD I LACTATION SPACES BE POP
PROVIDED.
AS PART OF THE NEXT BUILDING
CODE UPDATE.
LAST YEAR MY FORMER COLLEAGUE
ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS SUPERVISOR KIDDED
TYING WHO IS WITH ME HERE. HOT
TODAY.
AUTHORED OFF FIRST IN THE
NATION AND LEGISLATION TO
REQUIRE.
DIED.
EMPLOYERS PROVIDE.
THIS ACCOMMODATION TIED TO.
NEW MOTHERS RETURNING TO WORK
SO THAT THEY KIND OF ACTIVITY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A GREAT
COALITION.
TO TAKE.
THIS GOAL OF STATEWIDE AND CON
PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS
COALITION.
NOT HAVING FAMILY FRIENDLY
WORKPLACES IS KEY OUGHT TO THE
HEALTH OF FAMILIES TO THE HEALTH
OF NEWBORNS.
BY AND TO.
ACHIEVING GENDER EQUITY BY IN
THE WORKPLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN
SUCCEED OR WE DON'T PUT UP
BARRIERS OF FOR ONE GENDER OUT
TO SEA SUCCEED AT WORK IT'S ALSO
GOOD. FOR BUSINESS ABOUT WOMEN
WITH ADEQUATE OPERATE TIME AND
PRIVATE SPACE.
TO LACTATE OR MORE THAN TWO
TIMES AS LIKELY ABOUT TO BE
BREAST FEEDING SIDE EXCLUSIVELY
AT SIX MONTH. COMPARED TO WOMEN
WHO DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT. BY
INADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS PROPER
LACTATION.
WILL OFTEN LEAD.
WOMEN TO HAVE TO MAKE A
DIFFICULT CHOICE TO I RETURNED
TO WORK THOUGHT OR DO I PROVIDE
ADEQUATE SUPPORTER AND NUTRITION
TO MY CHILD.
LOWER INCOME MOTHERS IN
PARTICULAR ARE HIT HARD BUT WITH
THIS A DIFFICULT CHOICE BETWEEN
GETTING PAID OF BUYING EXPENSIVE
FORMULA AS A REPLACEMENT FOR.
NUTRITION PA AND DEALING WITH
THE INCREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS
UPPER MOTHERS AND FOR THEIR
CHILDREN.
THIS BILL WILL EASE THE
TRANSITION TO MOTHERS WHO
RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING THE
BIRTH OF A CHILD. AND ASSIST
EMPLOYEES IN ACHIEVING.
SOLID WORK LIFE BALANCE.
BUT IN RETURN EMPLOYERS OF
COURSE CAN RETAIN TALENTED
EMPLOYEES OF ALL GENDERS AND
CONTROL HEALTHCARE COSTS AS
MOTHERS HAVE. FEWER INSURANCE
CLAIMS AND DECREASED EMPLOYEE
ABSENTEEISM WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO
LOCK TO.
IT AT WORK.
THIS IS A COMPLICATED IMPORTANT
POLICY AND I'M WORKING WITH A
BROAD GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY
AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE BEST
POSSIBLE BILL.
NOT INSURED BY THE BILL DOES A
FEW THINGS OUT FIRST REQUIRES
EMPLOYERS TO MAKE A REASONABLE
FLEXIBLE A COMMENDATION FOR
LACTATING WOMEN.
THAT MEETS BASIC STANDARDS OF
PRIVACY THAT PROVIDES BASIC
AMENITIES.
LAKE ERIE A TABLE WHERE YOU CAN
PUT THE PALM TYPE. A PLACE TO
SIT ON THE POWER SOURCE NON AND
A REFRIGERATOR THAT DOESN'T EVEN
NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM BUT A.
CLOSE BY.
FIVE THE.
ROOM NEEDS TO BE PRIVATE.
CHRIS CAN BE LIKE A BROOM
CLOSET OVER A TOILET ON IT BUT
IT DOES NOT EVEN NEED TO BE A
PERMANENT ROOM IT'S IF YOU ARE
AN OUT SMALLER CHALLENGING
SPACE.
YOU CAN.
HAVE TEMPORARY OF THE BARRIERS.
DIVIDERS SIZE LONG IS IT IS
PRIVATE ON MAKING ME SOME IN THE
SET UP AND I TAKE DOWN WE
PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN THE BILL.
OFF FOR EMPLOYERS ON THE BILL
GRAHAM SPECIAL FLEXIBILITY FOR
THE VERY SMALLEST EMPLOYERS OF
UNDER FEWER THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES.
SIDE IN TERMS OF.
APPLYING FOR A HARDSHIP THAT
ALSO PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR
EMPLOYERS WHO ARE IN MULTI
TENANT COMMERCIAL SITUATIONS.
HOT FOR EXAMPLE A SHOPPING
CENTER A MALL OR AN OFFICE
BUILDING WHERE EMPLOYERS CAN
SHARE A LACTATION OF SPACE I
DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A LOT
OF THEIR OWN. AND WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY ON THESE ISSUES.
THE.
BILL ALSO DIRECTS THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS
ENFORCEMENT.
TO ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES FOR
LACTATION IN THE WORKPLACE.
WITH A LIST OF.
NOT MANDATORY BUT OPTIONAL BEST
PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
EMPLOYERS CASA THAT THEY CAN
LIVE BE THE BEST POSSIBLE
EMPLOYERS ARE FOR THESE WOMEN.
TIMES THE BILL.
AT ALL SO FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
PARA REQUIRES A DIED IN THE
NEXT BUILDING CODE UPDATE OF THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS
COMMISSION AND.
INCLUDE.
A REQUIREMENT FOR LIKE TEACHING
SPACE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION OF
OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND. SQUARE
FEET CLUB PROJECTS OF AT LEAST A
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
I WANT TO THANK SENATOR LEAVE
US FOR BEING MY JOINT AUTHORED.
AS WELL AS ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AYE
GONZALEZ FLETCHER AND DAVID CHIU
FOR CO AUTHORING.
THE BILL.
WITH ME TODAY.
AS I MENTIONED AS MY FORMER
COLLEAGUE ON THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS WHO REPRESENTS
SUNSET I DISTRICT OF SAN
FRANCISCO SUPERVISOR KATIE TYING
WHO I INSPIRED OF THIS
LEGISLATION. I WANT TO THANK HER
FOR THAT.
AS WELL AS ROTH BEGINS ALL THE
STYLE FROM THE CALIFORNIA
BREASTFEEDING COALITION AND
JULIA PARISH FROM LEGAL AID AT
WORK THANK YOU.
YOU.
ALRIGHT WELL GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING US TODAY AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH AS SENATOR WIENER.
AND HIS COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING
THIS LEGISLATION OUT TO THE
STATE LEVEL AYE WHEN WE PASS THE
LEGISLATION AND THE LACTATION
THE WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATION
POLICY IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST
YEAR. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
STRONGEST ONE IN THE ENTIRE
NATION AND WE ARE CERTAINLY VERY
INTERESTED.
I THINK THAT IF YOU WERE TO
PASS SOMETHING.
SB NINE THIRTY SEVEN THAT UPSET
CALIFORNIA WOULD ALSO BE AT THE
CUSP OF PASSING A STRONG THIS
LACTATION UP IN THE WORKPLACE
POLICY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
TO HAVE THIS LEGISLATION I
SENATOR WE NEARLY DUE TO IN HIS
UP REMARKS THAT A LOT OF WOMEN
JUST DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE TO
RETURN TO WORK AFTER THEY HAVE
JUST BECOME NEW MOTHERS. AND A
LOT OF TIMES IT'S REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR WOMEN TO ASK
THEIR BOSSES THEIR SUPERVISORS
OFF FOR IT ACCOMMODATIONS.
TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THEIR
BODIES I'M THAT THEY'VE GONE
THROUGH A LOT.
HAVE TO JUGGLE WORK A NEW
SCHEDULE NEW LIFESTYLE AND YET
TRY TO FIGURE OUT ON HOW MY
SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO A
PROVIDE MYBB WITH BREAST MILK.
AND. YOU KNOW THE STUDIES ARE
THERE IN TERMS OF ALL THE HEALTH
BENEFITS OF A BREAST MILK FOR
FOR BOTH THE BABY AND THE
MOTHER.
TOM AND SO THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT
OST ON US BUT THE REALITY THE
HARSH REALITY IS THAT MOST WOMEN
WHO RETURNED TO WORK.
ARE NOT CONTINUING TO
BREASTFEED FOR MORE THAN SIX
MONTHS OR EVEN MEETING THAT GOAL
IF POSSIBLE. SO WE HOPE THAT
THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION
ESPECIALLY A STATEWIDE THAT IF
WOMEN WANT THAT CHOICE.
TO CONTINUE TO FEED THEIR BABY
WITH A BREAST MILK THAT THEY
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UP IN SAN FRANCISCO WE ACTUALLY
HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AS WELL AS THE OBAMA THE
BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS
ASSOCIATION.
WE DO YOU KNOW THAT.
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS RAISED
ON BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS WORK
WHETHER IT'S A BIG OR SMALL
COMPANY. BUT I THINK THAT ARE
LEGISLATION WHICH S. B. NINE
THIRTY SEVEN IS UP ALMOST
ENTIRELY MODELED OFF OF PROVIDES
A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF
WHAT EMPLOYERS CAN DO YOU TO
PROVIDE THE LACTATION
ACCOMMODATION.
IN ADDITION TOTHAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF NEW PRODUCTS OUT THERE ON
THE MARKET SO IN FACT AT CITY
HALL FOR EXAMPLE IN SOME OF OUR
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SAM
CISCO WE ACTUALLY HAVE LACTATION
PODS. SO THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT
YOU CAN ASSEMBLE AND BRING INTO
A BUILDING.
THERE ALSO.
INFLATABLE AND SITUATIONS THAT
YOU COULD.
ACTUALLY GO AND.
PUMP AIR INTO SOMETHING AND.
ACTUALLY A BRING THAT FORTH
I'VE SEEN IT AT CERTAIN EVENTS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO CUBICLE SIZE
SADDAM AGAIN OF MOBILE.
ACCOMMODATIONS WERE YOU CAN
BREAK SOMETHING DOWN AND
ASSEMBLE IT SO LOTS OF
FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF.
WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS
WELL AS TO THE PROPER
IT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE?
SO AS SENATOR WIENER SAID I DO
THINK IT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
FOR A WORKER RETENTION WORKER
RECRUITMENT.
OUR DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAM CISCO ALSO PROVIDED ON OUR
WEBSITE.
GUIDELINES FOR WHAT SAMPLE
LACTATION POLICIES COULD BE AND
WHAT BEST PRACTICES COULD BE
USED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE FOR EMPLOYERS.
AND THEN IN THE FIRST YEAR WE
ARE ALSO WORKING VERY HARD TO
NOT JUST.
PUNISH EMPLOYERS WERE ACTUALLY
TRYING TO GET OUR OFFICE OF
LABOR AND STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT
ACTUALLY WORK WITH EMPLOYERS
ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING
WITH HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. A
FIGURE OUT.
AGAIN AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE
BUT TO MAKE THIS ACCOMMODATION.
WHETHER THING ALL KNOW IS THAT
IT IN SAN FRANCISCO WERE NOT
ABLE TO UP REGULATE OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT WHICH IS GOVERNOR ARE
FALLS UNDER STATE.
ENTITY AND SO I THINK THAT THIS
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF
TEACHERS AND THEIR CISCO WE
ACTUALLY HAVE.
ABOUT SEVENTY FIFTH CLOSE TO
SEVEN FIVE PERCENT OF OUR
TEACHERS ARE WOMEN. AND A LOT OF
THEM ARE OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND
WE'VE HEARD SO MANY HORROR
STORIES ABOUT HOW DURING BREAK
TIME THEY WILL HAVE TO GO AND
TRY TO.
PUT DOWN ALL THE SHADES AND THEN
SPIT YOU KNOW BE STRESSED OUT
ABOUT THE SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME
THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO A PALM.
AND THEN WORRY ABOUT TO AYE KIDS
WANTING TO COME IN TO SEE THE
TEACHER DURING THE BREAK TIME
AND THEN PUT ALL THE BLINDS BACK
UP AND THEN TRY TO PUMP. SO.
YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
I THINK I IF STATE LAW WERE TO
PASS WOULD REALLY HELP A LOT OF
THE US THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEN LAST YEAR TO SAY THAT.
I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY
IMPORTANT PASSED LEGISLATION
WITH THESE ARE CLEARLY DEFINED
MINIMUM STANDARDS BECAUSE
EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
ARE JUST TOO VAGUE AND SO.
REALLY THE ONLY.
REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU CANNOT
PUMP BUT A TWIT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T
THINK EMPLOYERS KNOW WHAT ELSE
THEY NEED TO DO AND SO. IN FACT
THEY ACTUALLY A LOT OF TIMES
DON'T DO ANYTHING SO AGAIN I
WANT TO THANK SENATOR WIENER FOR
BRING THIS UP AT THE STATE LEVEL
I THINK WILL BE VERY IMPACTFUL
AND HELP.
MANY WOMEN OF ALL SOCIO
ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS DEATHLY
WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS INCLUDING LEGALLY AT
WORK.
I WON I THINK ASHLEY SUMMERS MY
LEGISLATIVE AIDE WHO'S IN THE
AUDIENCE HERE. SHE WAS THE ONE
WHO INSPIRED ME TO TO DROP THIS
LEGISLATION AFTER SHE HAD A
CHILD I RETURNED TO WORK. HAD A
WONDERFUL SITUATION WHERE AT A
LACTATION ROOM WAS ACTUALLY JUST
A COUPLE SECONDS AWAY FROM
OFFICE BUT SO MANY WOMEN DON'T
HAVE THAT. ESPECIALLY WOMEN WHO
MIGHT BE WORKING A FIELD OR IN.
CASES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE
THEIR OWN OFFICES SO I DEFTLY
WANNA URGED ON THIS COMMITTEE TO
SUPPORT OF THE BILL AND AGAIN
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
FROM.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS I'M ROBBIE
GONZALEZ STYLE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA BREASTFEEDING
COALITION AND WHERE CO SPONSORS
OF S. B. NINE THREE SEVEN. THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
THE LEADING HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ON INFANT FEEDING RECOMMENDS
THAT INFANTS BE FED ONLY BREAST
MILK FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF
LIFE. AND CONTINUED
BREASTFEEDING FOR AT LEAST A
YEAR'S SOLIDS ARE ADDED TO THE
INFANTS DIET. AND PARENTS IN
CALIFORNIA HE TO THIS
RECOMMENDATION MOST CALIFORNIA
PARENTS BEGIN BREASTFEEDING
IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH.
HOWEVER AT SIX MONTHS POSTPARTUM
ONLY TWENTY FOUR POINT EIGHT
PERCENT ARE EXCLUSIVELY
BREASTFEEDING PARENTS ARE
STRUGGLING TO MEET THE INFANT
FEEDING RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE
THEY FACE BARRIERS TO CONTINUE
BREASTFEEDING. WHEN RETURNING TO
WORK ARE CALIFORNIA STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SURVEYS MOMS WITH THEIR MATERNAL
INFANT HEALTH ASSESSMENT SURVEY
IN TWENTY ELEVEN IT INDICATED
THAT ONLY HALF OF WORKING
PARENTS HAVE WORKPLACE
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT. AND THE
DATA HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITIES IN
WHICH MOMS WITH LOWER HOUSEHOLD
INCOMES ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE
WORKPLACE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT
THAN THOSE WITH HIGHER INCOMES.
AND WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT THAT
SUPPORTS LACTATION CAN MAKE ALL
THE DIFFERENCE TO CONTINUE
BREASTFEEDING. ADEQUATE
LACTATION ACCOMMODATION AND
PUBLICLY POSTED POLICIES IN THE
WORKPLACE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
LONGER BREASTFEEDING DURATION
WHICH IS IN TURN POSITIVELY
ASSOCIATED WITH BOTTOM LINE
BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS WHICH
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THERE'S A
THREE TO ONE.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT LOWER
ABSENTEEISM RATES LOWER
INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR BUSINESSES
HELPS RECRUIT AND RETAIN GOOD
EMPLOYEES IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY
HELPS BUILD MORALE BILLS
EMPLOYEE MORALE AND LOYALTY. AND
I'VE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND I'VE
ASSISTED SEVERAL BERRY FARMS ON
THE CENTRAL COAST TO DEVELOP
WORKPLACE LACTATION POLICY AND
TRAIN SUPERVISORS TO IMPLEMENT
THE POLICY. AND THE POLICY HELPS
ENSURE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE
ACCESS TO CONSISTENT SUPPORT THE
POLICY ALSO CLEARLY DEFINES THE
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. FOR
BOTH THE SUPERVISORS AND
EMPLOYEES ONE WOMAN WHO HARVEST
BLUEBERRIES TOLD ME THAT SHE
RETURNED TO WORK EARLIER. THAN
SHE NEEDED TO BECAUSE SHE WAS
BEING SUPPORTED TO EXPRESS MILK
AT WORK SHE SAID THAT IF SHE.
HADN'T BEEN SUPPORTED.
SHE WOULD HAVE STAYED HOME AND
RETURNED THE NEXT HARVESTING
SEASON SEASON.
ULTIMATELY THE WORKPLACE POLICY
HELPS BRING ABOUT A WORKPLACE
CULTURE THAT NORMALIZES
LACTATION SUPPORT AS AN ACCEPTED
PART OF THE WORK LIFE BALANCE.
MELINDA GATES RECENTLY SAT AT
THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CON
CONFERENCE I QUOTE.
THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE HAS
EVOLVED.
DRAMATICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF
MY LIFETIME BUT THE AMERICAN
WORKPLACE HAS BARELY CHANGED AT
ALL.
IT'S TIME WE INSIST ON MAKING
WORK WORK BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
NOT AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT IN
THIS BILL PROVIDES US WITH AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO
IMPROVE IMPROVE WORKPLACE AND
FIREMEN FOR WORKING PARENTS AND
IT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESSES BOTTOM
LINES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU I'M JULIA PARISH WITH
LEGALLY THAT WORK WHICH IS THE
NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES ON
BEHALF OF LOW WAGE WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA AND. AND JUST TO
UNDERSCORE A COUPLE OF POINTS WE
KNOW THAT THERE ARE VAST
DISPARITIES.
BETWEEN WORKERS WHO HAVE ACCESS
TO A PRIVATE OFFICE AND WORKERS
WHO DON'T IN CALIFORNIA PEOPLE
WHO PARTICIPATE IN WAKE WHICH
IS.
FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES ARE
HALF AS LIKELY TO HAVE ACT.
WORKPLACE LACTATION
ACCOMMODATIONS AS THOSE WHO
DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
AND YET WE NOW THAT PROVIDING
THESE REALLY SIMPLE
ACCOMMODATIONS.
FACILITATES.
AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
TO FEED THEIR BABIES THE WAY
THAT WE WANT TO GO AND.
AND WE HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
LOW INCOME WORKERS WHO CONFRONT
THIS PROBLEM RECENTLY WE HAD A
CALLER WHO IS. RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT WORKER WHO WAS FORCED
TO PUNT ANNA VERY COLD BASEMENT
WITH NO ELECTRICITY STANDING UP
AND THEN IT WAS. SOULS ARE
DIFFICULT AND DEMORALIZING THAT
SHE ENDED UP HAVING TO LEAVE HER
JOB AND.
AND SORT OF RISK THE LONG TERM
FINANCIAL.
FUTURE OF HER FAMILY BECAUSE
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
DECISION FOR HER AND. IS A VERY
BASIC NEED TIME TO OVERRIDE OUR
BABIES WITH FOOD AND IT'S OT
TOO HARD FOR US TO SOLVE AND WE
CAN. AND WORK OUT A WAY TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO EXPRESS MARKET WORK SO
THAT THEY CAN AND FEED THEIR
CHILDREN AND STILL WORK IN THE
WORKPLACE I URGE YOUR SUPPORT
THINKING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
ELECTED BY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
IT SP NINE THIRTY SEVEN TO COME
FORWARD PLEASE.
BIG MONEY CARE ROSS ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF GLENDALE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL.
SHARE MEMBERS BRIAN HOW WITH
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS WERE IN STRONG SUPPORT.
PLAYING GRAMMY SILLY OF
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT.
THIRTY EXTRA PRESENTING THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OF THE
DEMANDS DISTRICT NINE WHERE
OFFICIALLY SUPPORT OF AMENDED
THAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE
TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT THING YOU THINK.
MORNING MELISSA AND MO WHICH
HIGHER ANTI ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
IN SUPPORT.
POLICE SAY ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA LATINAS REPRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE.
BECAUSE.
DANIEL CANNOT CONSERVE ON BEHALF
OF COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU.
HE WENT BACK FOR THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION SUFFERANCE OF
MARKET.
ELIZABETH RYLES ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PLUMMET LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION WE SUPPORT THE BILL.
JENNIFER RAISED WITH EQUAL
RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND THE
STRONGER CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES
NETWORK IN STRONG SUPPORT.
LISA BAND ON CAL STATE SAN
MARCOS INC STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
SPELL.
MARK SHOCKER CALIFORNIA RURAL
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION ALSO
IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU LAST.
OFFER ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS IN
SUPPORT OF SB NINE THIRTY SEVEN.
IF NOT ALL OF THE OPPOSITION
PLEASE. IF THERE IS OPPOSITION.
OUR.
YOU COME OUT OF THE DESK.
WELCOME.
HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON WORKERS
FROM ME AFTER THE CALIFORNIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WE ARE HERE
IN A AND OPPOSE IN LOSS IN THE
DISPOSITION ON EXTREME NINE
THIRTY SEVEN WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE SENATOR'S
OFFICE. ON THIS BILL AND WE DO
APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED WORK
WITH US ON THAT AND REGARDING
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WE HAVE NOT
COME TO LANGUAGE YET BUT WE ARE
WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AND
THE KUWAIT THAT SAID WE DO HAVE
SOME ISSUES WITH THE BROAD SCOPE
OF THE BILL. AND SOME OF OUR
CONCERNS TO AND FLY WITH THE HOW
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN FEDERAL LAW
AND SO CALIFORNIANS WOULD HAVE
TO COMPLY WITH TWO
CONTRADICTORY.
AND PROVISIONS FOR TWO IN
FEDERAL LAW AND STATE LAW
ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE AND
SPECIFIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OR
SMALL MAY NEW AND ISSUES WITH IN
THE BILL THAT WOULD.
EXPOSE EMPLOYERS TO POTENTIAL
LITIGATION FOR EXAMPLE AS FOR
ONE EXAMPLE IN THE BILL IT
STATES THAT THE EMPLOYER IS
REQUIRED DEPRIVE PROVIDE NOTICE
AFTER FIVE DAYS WITHIN RIGHT WE
ARE IN WRITING. TO THE EMPLOYEE
THAT VERY AND ARE ACCEPTING OF
THE LIKE TITIAN COMBINATION LOW
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY NOT
SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL A LOT OF
TIMES WOMEN AND WILL MENTION
THIS TO THEIR EMPLOYERS. WHEN
THEY'VE BEEN NOT ONLY FOR A
MONTH AND THEY STILL HAVE FIVE
MONTHS LEFT OF THEIR MATERNITY
LEAVE AND SO THE EMPLOYER SAYS
GREAT WILL ADDRESS THAT WHEN YOU
GET BACK THAT THINGS IN WRITING
IT'S OVER THE PHONE IT'S VERY
CASUAL AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE
EMPLOYER MAY LAWFULLY PROVIDE
THEM THE ACCOMMODATION IF THERE
YOU DON'T ACTUALLY AND. GIVE THE
FIVE DYS WRITTEN NOTICE THAT
ARE WITH THE NOTICE WITHIN THE
FIVE DAYS AND THEY COULD STILL
BE AND UNLAWFUL UNDER THAT THIS
PROVISIONS OF THE HAND OF THE
BILL ADDITIONALLY AT THE
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW FOR
RECOVERY UNDER THAT ACT AND THEN
UNDER THE LABOR CODE THERE ARE
THE CIVIL PENALTIES AS WELL S.
PAGA SO THOSE ARE CONCERNS WITH
THE BILL SO FAR BUT WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH THE SENATOR'S OFFICE ON
THIS AND THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY. REGULAR
TESTIMONY.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS CRISTINA
KAYLEE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
I WANT TO ECHO WOULD MISS
CURTIS'S COMMENTS.
PARTICULARLY.
SENATOR AYE WIENERS MET WITH US
AND HIS STAFF HAS BEEN VERY
GENEROUS.
WITH THEIR TIME.
SINCE THE BILL'S TRIPLE REFERRED
I FIGURE WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT
OF OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE
LANGUAGE. BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE
NO ISSUE WITH THE.
BENEFITS OF POTENTIALLY OF THE
BILL CALIFORNIA'S HAVE A
LACTATION A COMBINATION LAW
SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND TWO LET
ME JUST BRIEFLY I COMPLIANCE
WITHTHE FOLLOWING
REQUIREMENTS AND ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY HAS RAISED IS WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S.
ANY SORT OF A PROTECTION FROM
LIABILITY FOR THE EMPLOYER WHO
COMPLIES THEIR.
BUT IN ADDITION TO.
THE LET ME ALSO MENTIONS ARE
THE UNDUE HARDSHIP EXCEPTION
WHICH IS IN SUBDIVISION G..
TODAY IT'S A LIMITED O ONLY
EMPLOYERS WITH FIVE OR FEWER
EMPLOYEES.
I WE APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE
INCLUDING THE SIZE FINANCIAL
RESOURCES NATURE AND STRUCTURE
OF THE EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS WE'D
PREFER TO SEE THAT EXPANDED TO
ALL EMPLOYERS RATHER THAN HAVE
THAT LIMITATION.
WE'VE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN TO
THE SENATOR.
WITH SECTION THREE OF THE BILL.
NATURALLY THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER APPROPRIATELY HAS
THE ABILITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS
AND INVESTIGATE. WE ARE
CONCERNED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT
WOULD PROVIDE A.
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION WE
PREFER TO SEE THAT POWER TO
REMAIN WITH THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER.
THE BILL IN SECTIONS.
FOUR AND FIVE ADD NEW
PROVISIONS TO THE LABOR CODE AND
AS WE'VE EXPRESSED WAS SENATOR
WIENER AYE WE HAVE GREAT CONCERN
ABOUT POTENTIAL LIABILITY. UNDER
THE.
PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACT
AND THEN LASTLY IN SECTION FIVE
OF THE BILL AS WE'VE DISCUSSED
THE D. LSE SHALL CREATE.
MODEL POLICY AND ALL OF THAT.
WE'VE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS
WITH ALL THE SPECIFIED ITEMS BUT
THE BROADER IS IS THEIR
POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR FAILURE
TO MEET THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
OR WHETHER OR NOT THERE OUGHT
TO BE SOME SORT OF.
PROTECTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
THOSE BEST PRACTICES SO JUST TO
GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR SOME OF
THE ISSUES THAT WE RAISED WITH
THE SENATOR AND OF COURSE WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR TO WORKING
WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF. THANK
YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
AS ANYBODY ELSE AND OPPOSITION
IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING MR KERRY MEMBERS
FOR THE JOBS OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
ALSO POSE A MUST AMENDED FOR THE
REASONS PREVIOUSLY STATED BY MY
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU THANK YOU
PROTEST BY.
THE PLANE BORDERS ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
JOINT POWER AUTHORITIES HERE
PUTS A LAST MINUTE IMMEDIATE
MINOR COMMENTS THAT THAT SHIP
AND THIS CARD. THANK YOU.
MATTHEW HARD WITH THE CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
ALSO WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED OUT
MAMA.
NOW. WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL
ISSUES WITH THE BILL ON THE
BUILDING CODE SIDE OF THINGS PAT
THE TRIGGER FOR THIS.
BILL COVERS VERY LARGE
BUILDINGS WE THINK IT'S MEANT TO
BE IN THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT
RETAIL ENVIRONMENT NOT MEANT TO
INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
AUTHORS OFFICE. TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO NARROW THAT DOWN WILL
THAT.
THE WHOLE RICE CALVARY MANY
FACTORS IN TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION WE ARE OPPOSED TO
THE BILLS FOR THE REASONS STATED
BY THE CHAMBER THANK YOU THANK
YOU.
HE HANDS OVER THE CALIFORNIA
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PROPOSED
THE BILL FOR THE REASONS STATED
THANK YOU-IF YOU.
JOHN DORY ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIL
JUSTICE SITUATION IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AS
ANYBODY ELSE AND OPPOSITION TO
SB NINE THIRTY SEVEN FOUR AND
THE GAVEL OFF.
IF NOT THOUGH COMEBACKS AND
REPENT.
WHERE NOW?
?
COMPLETED. WORK DAY SO ALL THIS
MONEY MOTIONS EXCLUDED QUESTIONS
YOU CAN REMEMBER SENATOR HANNAH
BETH JACKSON THANK YOU AND I
TIME EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT
YOU'LL WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION
I SWEAR SOME OF THESE CONCERNS
THEY MUST STAY UP AT NIGHT.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SOME WAYS TO COMPLAIN BUT.
.
BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THAT.
.
ENCOURAGING NEW MOTHERS TO
BREASTFEED WE KNOW THAT THIS IS
THE HEALTHIEST WAY TO. DO WITH
CHILDREN. BREASTMILK PREVENTS.
OR CREATES GREATER IMMUNITIES
FOR MUCH OF A BABY.
THUS REDUCING ILLNESS THAT'S
REDUCING HEALTHCARE COSTS THIS
REDUCING ABSENTEEISM OF PARENTS
I MEAN. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON
AND I AM STRUCK BY THE.
THE OBSERVATION THAT THE WORK
FORCE REALLY HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY BUT THE WORKPLACE
WHICH STILL I MEAN BY HOOK OR BY
CROOK WE ARE GOING TO GET THERE
BUT THE. THE THE OBJECTIONS THE
THE LACK OF VISION THE LACK OF
THAT THE CONCERN. YOU KNOW IF
YOU COMPLY NO ONE'S GOING TO SUE
YOU I MEAN I JUST THINK THAT'S
BASIC PROVIDE A FACILITY SO THAT
A WOMAN.
WHO?
?
A IS IS NURSING.
AND I. I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE UP
HERE THOUGH IT MAY BE OTHERS WHO
WENT THROUGH THIS AND I NURSE MY
DAUGHTER FOR.
FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS AND I
WENT BACK TO WORK AFTER ABOUT
THREE MONTHS SO THAT'S TUNING UP
MONTHS OF.
AND I HAD MY OWN BUSINESS AND I
CAN TELL YOU EVEN. IN ONE'S OWN
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CREATE YOUR
OWN AND VARMINT IT'S NOT A FUN
THING OR AN EASY THING TO DO
THERE'S A LOT OF.
SOMETIMES STRESS ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO
NURSING YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT.
THAT MILKEN'S REFRIGERATOR
PROTECTED ANYONE ANYBODY WALKING
IN ON YOU YOU KNOW WANT TO BE
LATE FOR MEETINGS BUT. MOTHER
NATURE MOVES AT HER OWN SPEED.
.
AND DIE AND YET ARE YOUR BABY'S
BENEFIT FROM THIS TO ACCEPT
PEOPLE ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO
BREAST FEED OF COURSE.
WE COULD WE COULD ALSO.
WITH THE WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE. BUSINESS COMMUNITY WE COULD
HAVE STRONGER MATERNITY AND
PATERNITY LEAVE A LACTATION
ACCOMMODATION WOULD BE NECESSARY
SO IF WE GAVE WOMEN ABOUT THAT
WERE GIVEN SIX MONTHS. OF PAID
FAMILY LEAVE TO BOND WITH A
NEWBORN AND THEY CAN NURSE TO
THEIR.
SIT A COMFORT IN THEIR OWN HOME
WITHOUT EMPLOYERS HAVING TO DO
ANYTHING LIKE PROVIDE TO SMALLER
COMMENDATION.
SO THAT THEY COULD OBVIOUSLY
THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN I
KNOW WE HAD TO FIGHT LIKE THE
DICKENS TO GET TWELVE WEEKS OF
UNPAID LEAVE.
FOR EMPLOYEE SO LET'S GET REAL
AM FACE THE FACTS THAT THAT THIS
IS A. KIND OF A NO BRAINER. FOR
FOR WOMEN WHO ARE GOING BACK TO
WORK WHO DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN GOING BACK TO
WORK AND BEING ABLE TO NURSE HER
CHILDREN THE NOTION IS SITTING
ON A TOILET AND NURSING. HIS
TRUST ABSOLUTELY. IT
INEXPLICABLE. LA I'M GLAD WE'VE
OUTLAWED DEATH BUT.
I KNOW THERE INSTANCES RIGHT
HERE IN THIS BUILDING WE DO HAVE
UP ON THE SIX FLORA LACTATION
ROOM BUT IT'S USUALLY LOCKED.
SO IT'S ONE THING TO PROVIDE IT
AND ONE THING IN THE SPIRIT AND
THE INTENTION AND I HOPE THAT WE
WILL DO BETTER HERE IN OUR OWN
BUILDING AND THAT WE WILL.
CALL UPON OUR OUR FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY TO REALLY WORK
TOGETHER. TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
AND I KNOW THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
HOW THIS INVOLVES SOME OF THE
CONCERNS LEGITIMATE LEGITIMATE
CONCERNS.
DOT BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE.
INSTEAD OF SAYING WHY WE CAN'T
DO SOMETHING UP TO WHERE WE CAN.
AND WE CERTAINLY SHOULD AND I
HOPE THAT EVEN THOSE WOMEN WHO
GOT UP AND SPOKE IN OPPOSITION.
IF THEY'VE HAD THE SAME
EXPERIENCE OF OF NURSING AND
BEING AT WORK THAT THEY
APPRECIATE THE THE NEED TO HAVE
THIS HAPPEN IRRESPECTIVE OF
WHETHER THE AND THAT SORT OF
THE.
PRELIMINARY RESPONSE OF THEIR OF
THEIR EMPLOYERS IS TO OPPOSE IT
AYE I HOPE WE CAN I HOPE WE CAN
START GETTING TO YES WITHOUT A
BIG BATTLE I THINK THEIR WAYS TO
DO THIS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AN
ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERYBODY.
AND.
WE SHOULD START RECOGNIZING
THAT THE WORKPLACE NEEDS TO
CHANGE ALONG WITH US THE
WORKFORCE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
SENATOR I AND I KNOW THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
CHAMBER NO OTHERS IN OPPOSITION
TWENTY CENTER.
RIGHT SITUATED NEAR QUESTION AND
THOUGHT THAT THE CENTER STONE.
BOB THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN.
.
LET ME SAY THAT AS A HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONAL NAY I CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF
BREASTFEEDING ESPECIALLY IN THE
FIRST WEEK TO TEN DAYS WHEN YOU
HAVE COLOSTRUM AND.
THE RESEARCH IS OVERWHELMINGLY.
.
ILLUSTRATING THAT WINDOW PERSON
BREAST FEEDS IF THEY HAVE A
LESSER ILLNESSES AND IN THE
FUTURE FOR THE CHILD.
.
I ALWAYS TRY TO ENCOURAGE OF
PEOPLE THAT COME INTO MY SIX
PHARMACIES THAT.
.
THEIR BEST TO BREAST FEED THEIR
CHILD IF THEY ARE CAPABLE OF
DOING SO.
.
I ALSO KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT IS BUSY
LEGAL TODAY TO. ALLOW ANYBODY TO
BREAST FEED ON A TOILET
SO THAT.
CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE DON'T
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
VIA A MAN OKAY. BUT AND AND
THEN ALSO.
I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING UP HERE AND SAYING WE
ADAMANTLY OPPOSE IT WE'RE NOT
WILLING TO.
NEGOTIATE I THINK YOU HEARD
PEOPLE SAY THAT WE'RE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY
THE BILL'S WRITTEN. AND WERE
WORRIED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO
COMPLY AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH
THE AUTHOR TO HAVE COMPLAINTS I
DON'T THINK YOU HEARD ONE PERSON
SAY THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT
THIS IS A A RIGHT THAT A WOMAN
SHOULD NOT HAVE.
THE EASE OF THE LAW TO.
EXERCISE HER HER ABILITY TO TO
BREASTFEED.
HER CHILD.
.
THE.
THE CONCERNS FOR FOR SOME OF
THE BUSINESSES SOMEBODY SICKNESS
THE CIVIL LITIGATION PRIVATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
LAWSUITS AND.
.
AND.
AND THE ABILITY AGAIN FOR THESE
BUSINESS TO COMPLY BUT I KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH
THEM YOU YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN
GREAT IN THE IN THE TIME THAT
I'VE KNOWN YOU THE TO WORK WITH
THE OPPOSITION TO KIND OF.
GETTY YES.
BUT A FEW CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT
THE BILL THAT MAYBE YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO ADDRESSES THAT. I IN
YOUR BILL.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THESE
LACTATION AREAS NEED TO BE IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE
EMPLOYEE WORKS.
AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK.
AS EXAMPLE WITH.
SOME OF THESE BIG BOX.
RETAILERS DISTRIBUTORS LET'S USE
AMAZON AS AN EXAMPLE THEY COULD
BE IN TWO MILLION
FEET.
AND EMPLOYEE MAY NOT KNOW AND
WHAT PORTION OF THAT WAREHOUSE
AB WORK FROM ONE WEEK TO THE
NEXT.
DO YOU ENVISION THAT IN A
BUILDING OF THAT SIZE YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE MULTIPLE.
PLACES FOR PUBLICATION OR LIKE
YOU USE AN EXAMPLE ON THE MALL
THAT THERE'S GOING TO LIKE A
CENTRAL LOCATION.
YEAH SO.
.
IF YOU'RE WORKING IN SOME CLOTH
SETUP WAREHOUSES SIZE OF LIKE
TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS FINAL IT'S
NOT REASONABLE TO EXPECT A WOMAN
TO WALK. YOU KNOW.
YOU HAVE TACTICAL A LONG WALK.
TO TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT DOWN
LACTATE.
SO IN A PARTICULARLY LARGE THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PROVIDE A MORE
THAN ONE FIGHTING IN THIS IS. A
LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND HOW YOU
DO THAT. IT CAN BE.
IT COULD BE YOU KNOW A
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES BECKETT'S.
EVEN EVEN ATTEMPT
SUCH AS SOMETHING THAT IS
PRIVATE AND.
AND AND REASONABLE AND CLEAN.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS
IMPORTANT COMPLY ANNA IF YOU
HAVE A LARGE SMALL.
DAVE DID THEY CAN SHARE THE
BUSINESS KIND SHARE THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE OF
THE
HUGE.
PROPERTY THERE MIGHT BE MORE
THAN ONE BY IT MIGHT BE YOU KNOW
THERE COULD BE SIX OR EIGHT OR
TEN BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN ONE
AREA. THAT HAVE ONE ROOM THAT
THEY ALL SHARE THREE WANT TO
GIVE FLEXIBILITY BUT ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FORCING
WOMEN TO. YOU KNOW IN ADDITION
TO THE TIME IT TAKES TO SET UP
AND TO.
AND THOSE ELECTED AND THEN YOU
KNOW GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TWENTY MINUTE
WALK ONE EITHER AND. ON THAT'S A
GOOD FOR THE EMPLOYER EITHER
RIGHT THAT MEANS SOMEONE IS
GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A LONGER
BREAK.
SO I HOPE THAT AS I SEE ME
GOING TO DEFINE PROXIMITY SAYS
SOMEHOW WITHIN YOUR YOUR WILL TO
BE OVERCOME SO ON ON ALL THESE
TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW
WE ARE. ALL GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH ME AND WE WE MET EARLY
ON WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND WE. COULD JUST GIVE US A
SPECIFIC LIST FOR AWHILE IN THIS
BUILDING FOR
A CONCERT DON'T.
ARE CLEARLY THE IN SOME OF THE
LETTERS ON THE CHAMBERS LETTER
TALKED ABOUT CREATING A DRIVE BY
LAWSUIT CONSTITUENTS THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS IS NOT A
GOTCHA. DON.
KIND OF THING AND SO WE'RE
WILLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
NOT ENABLING THAT I DON'T THINK
THIS IS LIKE AN ETA DRIVE BY
SITUATION BECAUSE. INSIDE OF OF
THIS IS NOT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
GOING TO STORE FRONTS FOR THE
MOST PART SO I THINK WE'LL BE
ABLE TO WORK OUT MANY OF THESE
ISSUES. BECAUSE I'M WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK GRAYSON
TO JUST TWO MORE EXAMPLES HOW
ABOUT.
YOU KNOW IT'LL FIVE ALIGN AG IN
THE EASTERN CULTURAL ABOUT IT
RIGHT FROM.
AND.
THERE'S A FAIR NUMBER OF.
OF WOMEN THAT.
YOU KNOW PICK FRUIT AND.
KINDA COME TO USE THEM AS
EXAMPLES YOU KNOW SENATOR THAT
THE THEIR OFFICE SPACES LIKE
VERY SMALL. AND MOST OF THEIR
SPACES FOR I'M ALONE RESTROOM
AND FOR THE LINE IN FIRST FOR
PEOPLE SAID TO ME IN A WORRY.
ABOUT HOW BUSINESSES LIKE THAT
THAT ARE OPEN TWENTY FOUR HOURS
EMPLOYEE MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE.
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
ACCOMMODATE UP TO THIS LAW IN
I'M GONNA MAKE SURE SOME OVERLY
BURDENSOME TIME OFF FOR THEM AND
SO?
I I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS THAT
YOU'RE COMING FORWARD HERE TODAY
ON LAYOFF TODAY BUT THE HOPES
THAT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE
CHAMBERS I KNOW YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO THAT WE HOPEFULLY
HAVE A.
A GREAT BILL.
AS WE HIT THE SENATE FLOOR AND.
GIVE WMEN THE THE RIGHT TO.
.
SAFELY AND APPROPRIATELY IN A
PRIVATE WAY BE ABLE TO
NURSE PARABLES POP
BREAST MILK FOR THE BETTERMENT
OF THEIR CHILD THANK YOU
SENATOR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ALRIGHT JUST
A QUESTION YES SENATOR JOHN
TALKED ON WITH SAUERKRAUT
KILLERS AND INTERESTING THAN
INITIALLY CHIASSO CHILI CHEESE
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND YOU FEEL AYE AYE IT FOR
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
THE CLOSEST I I I WOULD MAKE
NOTE THAT WE ARE ONLY ON OUR
THIRD ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
FOOD IS WERE APPROACHING THE
NOONTIME HOUR HERE SO. I'LL JUST
MENTION THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU SO MUCH
SIR WIENER FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD.
.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GOT ME
WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION AND.
FIRST OF ALL I THINK HAVING A.
ESSAYS.
PRIVATE PLACE TO.
TO PUMP BREAST MILK IS FAIRLY
IMPORTANT AS A PEDIATRICIAN AND
HOW IMPORTANT BREASTFEEDING IS I
KNOW YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL.
I I THINK THAT'S RIGHT I HEARD
SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKE
TEMPORARIES AND SO FOR LIKE THAT
AND SO I SHIRLEY PRIDE LOOKING
AT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
RUNNING WATER IN THE ACTUAL ROOM
ITSELF THAT'S A PER PRETTY
PERMANENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
FOR THE I MEAN YEAH I THINK I
UNDERSTAND WE NEED ACCESS TO
RUNNING WATER. RIGHT AND AND
PLANS OF WHAT IS IT WITH US I
THINK I PRESUME YOU'LL BE
SORTING DEL THOSE ISSUES OUT TO.
TO STILL BE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE
THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO BUT IN A
WAY THAT.
LAOS PEOPLE MAYBE TO LEVERAGE
EXISTING RESOURCES UNDER
FACILITY AT CENTER.
THAT MIGHT BE LESS ONEROUS LA
APPRECIATE IT'S CULTURAL.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
JUDICIARY PAN AYE HAND AYE
STONE.
JACKSON AYE JACKSON AYE MITCHELL
AYE MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
OKAY SO WILL HOLD THE ROLE ON
THAT BRIDGE YET THE LET'S GET
OUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TERRY. I
SEE CENTER MCGUIRE HERE THANK
YOU.
RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM NUMBER
NINE SP FOUR TUNES TWENTY EIGHT.
MINERS WERE IMPLEMENT WITH
PERMITS.
NQA.
ALRIGHT.
YEAH YOU CAN GO AHEAD BEGIN.
MR CHAIRING COMMITTEE I THINK
YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING TO BE
HERE TODAY AND I DO APOLOGIZE
FOR THE DELAY IF WE WERE IN
GOVERNMENT
FINANCE AYE AS AT THE CHAIR IS
VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
AND YOU PUT THE CHAIR FOR THE
DELAY SO I.
KIT AND GET.
I WOULD TAKE SAY. THANK YOU
CHAIR INTO YOUR STAFF.
THREE WORK ON THIS BILL FOCUS ON
SUMMER WORK PERMITS AND JOB AND
CAREER SKILLS FOR CALIFORNIA
STOOD.
A FOR STARTERS HOW BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO
LIMIT THE APPLICATION OF THIS
BILL CUT TO THE SUMMER MONTHS.
BUT MISTER CHAIR THERE ARE MANY
ADVANTAGES. TO WORKING THROUGH
WORKING DURING HIGH SCHOOL
PARTICULARLY FOR LOWER INCOME
YOU.
AND THIS INCLUDES
HIGHER EMPLOYMENT RATES IN WAGES
AND LATER TEEN YEARS AND LOWER
POSSIBILITIES ARE DROPPING AT
HIGH SCHOOL. KNOWING HOW TO FIND
AND KEEP A JOB IS A CRITICAL
SKILL FOR STUDENTS.
TO PREPARE FOR ADULTHOOD BUT AS
YOU MAY KNOW CURRENT LAW
REQUIRES CALIFORNIA MINERS HAVE
A WORK PERMIT IN ORDER SECURE
JOB.
WORK PERMITS ARE TYPICALLY
ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL WHERE THE
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE
INDICATE THE LOCATION OF THE
EMPLOYER AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS
IN MINOR MAY WORK.
THESE WORK PERMITS ARE REQUIRED
REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF THE
YEAR EVEN DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS OR SCHOOL BREAKS.
HAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY SET
THEIR OWN POLICIES ARE ON WORK
PERMITS SOME POLICIES REQUIRE
STUDENTS TO HAVE A CERTAIN GRADE
POINT AVERAGE OR ATTENDANCE RATE
BETTER PARTICIPATE IN A WORK
PROGRAM.
AS A RESULT STUDENTS CAN BE
UNFAIRLY DENIED PARTICIPATION IN
SUMMER WORK
SUCH AS PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
INTENDED FOR LOW INCOME IN
DISADVANTAGED YOUTH GOING TO
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THIS. FOR
THE CALIFORNIA TRIBAL TIMOTHY
PARTNERSHIP WHICH WE'RE GONNA
HEAR ABOUT IN JUST A BIT OFFERS
SUBSIDIZE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRIBAL YOU
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH BUT THERE
HAVE BEEN CASES FOR STUDENTS ARE
UNABLE UNABLE TO BE AWARE TO
OBTAIN WORK PERMITS BECAUSE THEY
FEEL FAILED ME GPA OR ATTENDANCE
REQUIREMENTS.
AS A RESULT TRIBAL YOUTH HAVE
BEEN DENIED WORK PERMITS IN
ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
POINT OUT WE TAKE A LOOK AT
CALIFORNIA TRAVEL MEMBERS AND
THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AMONG
THE HIGHEST OF ANY DEMOGRAPHIC
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHILE THIS MAY MAKE SENSE DURING
THE SCHOOL YEAR WE AGREE THE
REASON TO DENY A YOUTH PERMIT
DURING SUMMER MONTHS FOR THESE
REASONS. CANDIDLY IS A BIT LESS
CLEAR. IN FACT STUDENTS WERE
LESS SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL CAN
GREATLY BENEFIT FROM SUMMER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES MORE
THAN THEIR PEERS AT SOME SCHOOLS
MAY NOT OFFER SUMMER SCHOOL
COURSES.
ADDITIONALLY YOU THROUGH NEED
EMPLOYMENT DURING SUMMER MONTHS
BUT AREN'T ABLE SECURE
PERMANENT.
FOR WORK TO DO POOR GRADES OR
TENANTS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO
SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN THE
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY WERE
PROTECTIONS FOR MINORS AS WE ALL
KNOW MAY NOT EXIST.
WE MUST HELP ADVANCE STUDENTS
AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO WANT TO GAIN
WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THAT REASON
WE'VE INTRODUCED S. B. FOURTEEN
TWENTY EIGHT WHICH WILL REMOVE
THE BAY AREA FOR MINORS TO
OBTAIN A WORK PERMIT. DURING
SUMMER MONTHS FOURTEEN TWENTY
WILL PROHIBIT THE DO NOT HAVE A
WORK PERMIT ON THE BASIS OF A
STUDENT'S GRADE. AND GRADE POINT
AVERAGE OR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BUT
IF THE STUDENT IF THE STUDENT IS
APPLYING FOR WORK PERMIT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNOR
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATOR. BUT
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM
IN ITS LIMITED TO THOSE
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS IT
IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
WILL NOT A IMPACT IN EXISTING
WORK PROTECTIONS UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
FOURTEEN TWENTY EIGHT IS AN
IMPORTANT BILL THAT WOULD
PREVENT STUDENTS WHO WANT TO
IMPROVE THEMSELVES AND LIFT THE
PROFANITIES THROUGH IMPORT.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.
MISTER CHAIR I HAVE WITH ME
TODAY TOO AMAZINGLY STRONG WOMEN
AND THAT IS LAURIE LEWIS WITH
THE COW FROM TRAVEL TEN A
PARTNERSHIP AND JESSICA BARCELO
YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY. NOW AND TAKE A MOMENT
TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU TO OF
MISS MARTHA LOW AS WELL AS
WESTERN CENTER FOR THEIR
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS BILL IN AS
ALWAYS A TRUE PLEASURE TO BE TO
WORK WITH YOU. IT WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
THANK YOU.
WITNESSES SUPPORT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO
SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION SO GREAT
JUST LIKE I KEEP.
HELLO. MY NAME IS LAURIE LEWIS
IN I AM WITH CALIFORNIA TRAVEL
TENANTS ON THE EDUCATION
DIRECTOR AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW
I REPRESENT TWENTY TWO FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED.
TRIBES HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA OF OUR TERRITORY
STARTS OFF ALL THE WAY UNTIL NOR
GOES ALL THE WAY TO SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY.
AND OF YEAR AGO I HAD SEVERAL
YOUTH THAT WERE PROBABLY AT
ABOUT A THREE POINT THREE GPA WE
WORK WITH THE YOUTH GOT THEM
BACK INVOLVED IN SCHOOL IN THE
HOPES TO GET THEM. TO OF WORK
PERMIT WHICH WAS A TO POINT OUT.
ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE DENIED.
IS VERY VERY HARD AT THAT POINT
TO KEEP THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN
THE SCHOOL ON WANTING TO GO
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM OVER THE
SUMMER BUT A LOT OF THEIR
FRIENDS WERE ABLE TO.
GET PERMITS AND THEY WERE NOT.
I HAD STUDENTS WHO HAD A ONE
POINT NINE THAT WERE DENIED ONE
POINT SEVEN.
ONE POINT EIGHT TALKING
PICKETED HAS BEEN ERA BUT WE
COULD NOT GET THE SCHOOLS THE
BUDGET WENT TO SCHOOL AND
EXPLAIN THAT WITHIN MY PROGRAM.
DID I OFFER.
FOUR HOURS OF EDUCATION AND
THEN THEY ALSO DO FOUR HOURS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND DINNER SOME FUN
STUFF IN BETWEEN NECK.
BOB SO.
THIS BILL WOULD BE VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO DO
THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
WORKING ENGAGE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL SEE
BETTER ATTENDANCE RATES
DEFINITELY THAT THEY WILL GO
FORWARD.
AND LIFE I'M AND GET THEM
BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB
ADVANCEMENTS LATER ON.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU HEARING
ME THANK YOU.
THANK YOU JUST GO BY FLOW WITH
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY.
WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT HAD
HAPPENED AND AS CENTER MAGUIRE'S
DISTRICT WE WERE AT THE EAGER TO
HELP US BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ARE REALLY AT GLAD
THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED. I JUST
I POINT OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO
WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY ABOUT
THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND AND
CURRENT SCHOOL SUCCESS THAT A
LOW INCOME. A STUDENT MIGHT HAVE
OR ANY STERN MIGHT HAVE IF
THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
SUMMER.
SUMMER EDUCATION AND AND WORK.
AND THIS IS BEEN DOCUMENTED
ADDITION TO THAT UP ESPECIALLY
FOR LOW INCOME.
USE. THEIR INCOME EARNED DURING
SUMMER MONTHS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS TODAY.
THIS IS CERTAINLY THE CASE FOR
FOR ME AND MY FAMILY I WORKED A
SUMMER YOUTH JOB PROGRAM AND
FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
I'M NOT SURE I'D BE HERE TODAY
IF I HADN'T. AND.
AND THAT AND THE MONEY THAT
MADE MY SISTER EARNED AS
TEENAGERS WAS MONEY TO HELP PAY
THE RENT AND AND HELPED KEEP UP
AND AT LEAST.
SOME FOOD ON THE TABLE NOT
ALWAYS TO PREVENT HUNGER.
BUT SOMETIMES IT DID. A SO SO
JUST TO REINFORCE THAT THE FOR
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
THAT USE ARE WORKING IN ORDER
TO.
AND TO GO TO THE MOVIES OR TO DO
SOMETHING FUN AND.
AND SOMETIMES A FUNDING THEY
GET TO DO IS TO HAVE.
SOMETHING MORE THAN I CAN
AGREEMENT SEAT THANK YOU FOR
YOUR AYE CONSIDERATION AYE ARE
DURABLE.
THANK YOU NEAR WITH THIS IS A
SUPPORT.
THINK OF.
YES HELLO MY NAME IS EDDIE
CRANDALL ON THE TRAVEL CHAIR FOR
ROBINSON RANCHERIAS CITIZENS
BUSINESS COUNCIL IN THE
EXECUTIVE CHAIR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA TRAVEL CHANNEL
PARTNERSHIP.
AND I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL I THANK YOU.
CSUS NAME ORGANIZATION POSITION
THE MANNER LEN BEHALF HABIT
IT'LL POMO ABOUT LAKE AND
SUPPORT. THAT YOU.
ANYWAY BUT THIS IS AN
OPPOSITION.
NINE QUESTIONS BUT REMEMBER CSR
JACKSON GETS VERY QUICKLY.
.
THE.
THE THE SIGNATURE THERE WAS
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO. FOCUS ON
SUMMER WORK PERMITS SHOULD YOU
TAKE THAT AMAZED WE DID VERY
GOOD WITH THAT I'M OF THE BILL.
OKAY AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT I
BELIEVE THAT COMMITMENT THAT
HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO BE TAKEN
UP AT FLORA FOR EDUCATION.
COMMITTEE WHICH IS GOING TO OKAY
THANK YOU SENATOR SIMMER THANK
YOU FOR ANSWERING THIS BILL
FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE BERMAN AS WELL AND.
I CAN I CAN RELATE MYSELF I CAME
FROM A VERY MODEST INCOME FAMILY
OF THE REGULAR STAPLE AT OUR
DINNER TABLE WAS KRAFT MACARONI
AND CHEESE. AND HAWAIIAN PUNCH
AND CONCENTRATE BECAUSE IT COULD
AFFORD BALK.
ANYTHING I WANTED EXTRA I HAD
TO GO WORK.
IN THE SUMMER MONTHS TO.
EVEN JUST GOOGLE FOR FAST FOOD.
PLACE ONE IS QUICKLY CHARITY A
PROJECT THAT I DID AS A
MECHANISM TO COUNCIL MEMBER WAS
CALLED THE TEAM PROJECTS TO FOR
TEMECULA AKC AB. ATOMIC KILLA
EDUCATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM. AND WAS DESIGNED FOR
KIDS IT REALLY HAD. NO INTEREST
IN FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION.
AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT JOBS AT AT
PLACES LIKE INDICTMENT WHICH
MAKES SENSE.
ME BY APP BOLDLY AB CORPORATION
OWNS THEM. AND AS A PART OF
PROGRAM THEY GOT SUMMER
EMPLOYMENT. BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WAS
WRITTEN UP IN THE WEEKLY
MAGAZINE FOR HE COMPANY AT. THE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES OMEGA
ZINES ON THE FRONT PAGE WAS JUST
THE IDEA. BECAUSE.
.
A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER PLAN ON
GOING ON TO COLLEGE DECIDED YOU
KNOW WHAT. I LIKE THIS NEW JOB
BY LIKE.
POSSIBLY BECOMING A MEDICINAL
pGIVEN THEM GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
IN
THE SUMMERTIME IT WILL. POSSIBLY
INSPIRE SOME KIDS TO. TAKE A
LABORIOUS INNER EDUCATION PROVE
THE GRADES AND HOPEFULLY GO ON
TO COLLEGE SO.
STRONGLY SUPPORT. THE PROGRAM
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
FULLER THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY SO AGAIN I THINK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING AMENDMENT
WHICH I ALSO HERE SINCE I SAT ON
EDUCATION. AND.
DO WHICH CLOSE WHEN SAY I THINK
YOU SECURE FROM THE WORK ON THIS
MISSION THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE AT FOR THE COMMENTS IN THE
PROSPERS HISTORIAN. RELATING HOW
IMPORTANT CITIZEN I GRATEFUL AND
LOOK FOR TO WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD
THANK YOU SO MUCH I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR TYPE.
THANK YOU GUYS SO THE BILL'S
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR JACKSON US
ACTUALLY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HI.
I.
YEAH.
CHILDREN.
ABOUT THE BILL BE ON CALL IF YOU
SENATE'S FIX RUSHED.
OKAY SO NEXT ITEM ACTUALLY.
CENTER SOUNDNESS AND WHICH HAVE
MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE SO. THE
PRESENT ITEM NUMBER THREE SB
ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT.
GOOD MORNING SIR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M.
HONORED TO BE PRESENTING S. B.
ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT AS A SIMPLE
FIX
TO THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING
WAGE ORDER FIFTEEN.
RECENTLY THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME
COURT RULED IN MENDIOLA VERSUS
CPS TO CARRY SOLUTIONS WHICH
NULLIFIED THE FEDERAL SLEEP TIME
DEDUCTION FOR EMPLOYEES THAT
FALL UNDER THE WAGE ORDER FOR.
THE COURT DETERMINED.
THAT THE FEDERAL SLEEP TIME
DEDUCTION IS NOT VALID IN THIS
CASE BECAUSE IT IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY CITED IN THE WAGE
ORDER ITSELF.
THE RULING IN MENDIOLA HAS
CREATED GREAT UNCERTAINTY FOR
HOME CARE AGENCIES WITH
EMPLOYEES WHO FALL UNDER WAGE
ORDER FIFTEEN WHICH ALSO DOES
NOT CITE THE FEDERAL SLEEP TIME
DEDUCTION. WHEN THE WAGE ORDER
FIFTEEN WAS FIRST ENACTED IN TWO
THOUSAND ONE CALIFORNIA ALWAYS
INTERPRETED TO GRANT EMPLOYEES A
SLEEP TIME DEDUCTION. THAT
PERMITS BOTH HOME CARE AGENCIES
AND HER AIDES TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE. TWENTY FOUR HOUR
LIVE IN CARE OR SENIORS AND
OTHER FRAIL CALIFORNIANS.
SENIORS DEPEND ON PRIVATE HOME
CARE SERVICES STAY HEALTHY IN
THEIR OWN HOMES.
AND TO AVOID IN STE
INSTITUTIONALIZATION. THEIR
SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE NEEDS
REQUIRES FLEXIBILITY AND HOW A
HOMECARE PROVIDER CAN BEST
PROVIDE CARE. VISIT BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED OR EXEMPTIONS IN
THE LABOR LAW WHICH KEEPS THE
COST OF CARE AFFORDABLE. SP
ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT HOLE JUST
ALLOW THAT SPECIFICALLY. THIS
BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE.
IN HOME CARE WORKER TO BE ON
DUTY. FOR TWENTY FOUR OR MORE
CONSECUTIVE HOURS AS LONG AS
THEY ENTER AND I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THIS. A VOLUNTARY
WRITTEN AGREEMENT WAS NOT A
MANDATE. IT'S OPTIONAL THEY WANT
TO DO IT GREAT IF THEY DON'T
WANT TO DO IT THAT'S FINE TOO.
IT WOULD EXCLUDE THOSE WORKERS
FROM WORK FOR FROM HOURS WORK
DURING HER EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP
AS WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
WAGE ORDER FIFTEEN.
WITHOUT THIS FIX.
THERE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE
TO BE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON
PRIVATE HOME CARE SERVICES.
CENTER PAN YOU WERE THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE LAST
YEAR BUT THEN I THINK CENTER
JACKSON WAS HERE AS WE. THIS IS
KIND OF A.
RE-ATTEMPT AT THAT THIS BILL
BUT I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS
SIMILAR BETTER BILL LAST YEAR
JUST BEFORE EIGHTY TWO. AND WE
HAD A VERY GOOD SERIOUS ROBUST
DEBATE AND MEN MAKE MANY OF THE
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE
AGREED.
THAT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
THERE'S A NEED FOR THE BILL. BUT
THAT IT WASN'T FULLY COOKED. SO
IN THIS BILL S. B. ELEVEN EIGHTY
EIGHT WE'VE ADDED SEVERAL
IMPORTANT EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS
THAT ORIGINATED. FROM LAST
YEAR'S HEARING AND I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR MAKING
THESE VERY CONSTRUCTIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS BILL REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER
PROVIDE ADEQUATE SLEEPING
FACILITIES.
IT DEFINES ON MONDAY INTERRUPTED
SEE NIGHT SLEEP TO INCLUDE THAT
AN EMPLOYEE GETS COMPENSATED FOR
ANY SLEEP THAT IS INTERRUPTED.
OR ANY REGULARLY SCHEDULED
SLEEPING CURRY THAT DOES NOT
ALLOW FOR AT LEAST FIVE HOURS OF
FUN INTERRUPTED SLEEP.
THE BILL ALSO CLARIFIES THAT THE
AGREEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING.
IT MUST BE VOLUNTARY. AND I MUST
NOT BE SUBJECT TO COERCION.
IF THERE'S NO WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
THEN THE SLEEP TIME IS SIMPLY
NOT EXEMPT.
IT PROTECTS A CARE GIVER WHO
DOES NOT AGREE TO A SLEEP TIME
EXEMPTION FROM BEING FIRED.
PICK DOMESTIC WORK EMPLOYEE WHO
WAS ON DIRTY FOR LESS THAN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS IS NOT
ELIGIBLE TO HAVE ANY REGULARLY
SCHEDULE SLEEPING PERIODS
DEDUCTED FROM HIS OR HER HOURS
WORK. BECAUSE OF THIS FACT THIS
BILL ACTUALLY AFFECTS A VERY
SMALL NUMBER OF WORKERS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT IN NEW YORK.
AFTER AN APPELLATE.
COURT STRUCK DOWN THE SLEEP TIME
EXEMPTION.
THEY WENT AHEAD IN PASSED
LEGISLATION REINSTATING THEIR
SLEEP TIME EXEMPTION.
I'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THIS
COMMITTEE. THAT I'VE ADDRESSED
THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO HELP THE PEOPLE.
AND THANKS FOR GIVING THE BILL
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AFTER ALL IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK IT
SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR
CALIFORNIANS TO ALLOW THIS ISSUE
TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
THE WAGE ORDER FIFTEEN CAN BE
HONORED IN SENIORS. CAN
CONTINUE.
TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN
HOMES.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AN HONORABLE
CHAIR.
THIS BILL WAS INSPIRED.
BY MY FATHER OF THE LATE LARRY
STONE WHO LIVED AND.
VALLEY VILLAGE A LOS ANGELES
SUBURB.
AND HE HAD. A VERY CARING.
.
GENTLEMAN THAT WAS CARING FOR
HIM. AND MY STEP MOTHER. AND MY
FATHER WAS HAD ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE AND WHEN HE.
TURN ON THE.
THE US STOVE TO COOK SOMETHING
IN THE FED HIMSELF HE FORGOT TO
TURN THE STOVE OFF WHICH WE
REALIZE AND HE NEEDED TO HAVE
TWENTY FOUR HOUR CARE.
THE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS
TAKING CARE OF HIM WAS WONDERFUL
BECAUSE. I HE WAS DEDICATED TO
TAKING CARE OF MY DAD AND HE
SAID HEY LISTEN.
WE I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE HERE I
THINK YOUR DAD NEEDS TWENTY FOUR
HOUR CARE AND CASE IN THE LIGHT
HE WAKE UP WE NEED SOMETHING
THAT WERE HERE. I'M RENTING AN
APARTMENT.
I CAN STAY HERE I CAN SAVE.
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON
APARTMENT TO CARE FOR YOUR DAD I
ONLY WANT TO BE PAID IF I HAVE
TO WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.
AND THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WAS
THAT.
IF WERE LIMITED TO KILL EIGHT OR
TWELVE HOURS. MY DAD WHO HAD
LIMITED MEMORY ISSUES IT'S GOING
TO BE.
CONFUSE SPICING A DIFFERENT
PERSON OF A DIFFERENT PERSON HAS
TO COME IN AND BECAUSE OF.
OF THESE ISSUES HE GOT THE
CONTINUITY OF CARE WITH ONE
PERSON IT WAS A WIN WIN IT WAS A
WIN FOR MY DAD AND STEP MOM IT
WAS A WIN FOR THE EMPLOYEE THAT
DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
IN AN APARTMENT IN THE END UP
LIVING WITH MY DAD FOR ABOUT.
PROBABLY ANOTHER FOURTEEN MONTHS
BEFORE MY DAD ULTIMATELY.
SUCCUMB TO TO THE DISEASE AND
THEN HE CONTINUED WITH MY STEP
MOTHER.
THEREAFTER SO.
.
THEY SAID WE HAVE A TEN THOUSAND
BABY BOOMERS CENTER RETIRING
EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HAVE A
RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION TO
INSTITUTIONALIZE OUR LOVE ONES
AND MOST OF OUR LOVED ONES DON'T
WANT TO GO INTO. HOMES AND
INSTITUTIONS I WANT TO STAY HOME
WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN
THEIR HOMES BUT IT'S JUST
BECOMING SO ON AFFORDABLE. AND
AND THAT BURDENS FOLLOWING ON
KIDS THAT ARE HAVING THEIR KIDS
MOVE HOME. AND THEY HAVE TO WORK
SO THEY HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO
COME IN. AND.
I'M JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE A
WAY IN WHICH FAMILIES CAN AFFORD
DIGNIFIED CARE FOR THEIR LOVED
ONES AGAIN I WOULD EMPHASIZE
THIS IS VOLUNTARY THIS IS NOT A
MANDATE IT JUST GETS THE
OPPORTUNITY.
OF A CHILD OR A PARENT THAT
WANTS TO HAVE THEIR THEIR.
SPOUSE TAKING CARE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEBODY
LIVIN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF
S. B. ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT.
OKAY THANK YOU BYE WITNESSES TO
SUPPORT.
PROPERTIES THOSE APPRECIATED
COURSE OF THINKING WHICH CHAIR
MEMBERS AT PRE NO PRESTIGE A MAP
FOR THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
HEALTH SERVICES AT HOME
RESPONSES OF THE BILL. PART I
THINK FOR STONE FOR CARRYING.
THE BILL AGAIN. THIS IS.
COUPLE YEARS NOW THAT I'VE SAT
HERE BEFORE YOU GUYS TALK TO
GUYS ABOUT THIS BILL.
AND THIS YEAR'S ONE TALK REALLY
ABOUT YOU KNOW WHY THIS IS
NEEDED.
SO THIS IS NEEDED BECAUSE TRAGIC
THINGS HAPPEN.
OUT OF NOWHERE BRIGHT MOM LIVED
A GOOD LIFE. DON Y.. BRAISED
FAMILY HAD HER KIDS ALL OF A
SUDDEN HAS A STROKE YOU CAN PLAN
FOR THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT
HAPPENING AND HAPPENS. MOM'S IN
THE HOSPITAL MOMS BEING ABLE TO
GET BIG DISCHARGED WHERE SHE CAN
AGO WAS WHO WANTS TO THE HOME TO
THE BEST PLACE FOR IT TO BE IS
HOME SHE CAN RECOVER AT HOME
SHE'S COMFORTABLE HOME.
BUT YOU BY YOURSELF MAY BE HEARD
ALL KIDS SHE'S EN LOS ANGELES
ADOPTED TURN SACRAMENTO THAT
CAN'T PHYSICALLY TAKE CARE OF
HER.
SO WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO.
UNFORTUNATELY HOME CARE SERVICES
EVEN THOUGH IT'S.
USED BECAUSE OF A HEALTH NEEDS
IS NOT COVERED BY HEALTH
INSURANCE SO THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS PAID FOR A HUNDRED
PERCENT OUT OF POCKET.
IF SOMEONE IS TWENTY FOUR HOUR
CARE AND WE DO EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS
TODAY IT'S GONNA CAUSE BETWEEN
SIX AND TEN CARE GIVERS TO
COMING OUT OF MOM'S HOME ON A
GIVEN WEEK.
THE COSTS OF THAT IS GONNA RUN
ANYWHERE SPECIAL WHEN WE START
TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE GOING
UP TO FIFTEEN DOLLARS GONNA COST
ANYWHERE FROM FIFTEEN THOUSAND
TO TWENTY THOUSAND A MONTH.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD THAT
THIS IS MOM WHO IS DOING GOOD
HAD A GOOD LIFE ALL OF A SUDDEN
HAD A TRAGIC?
THING THAT YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR.
THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE
NEED CARE THEY NEED HELP THESE
SERVICES GETTING INTO AND OUT OF
BED GETTING DRESSED COOKING.
COMPANIONSHIP CARE KEEPING THE
HOUSE CLEAN THIS IS BASIC STUFF
THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY
DAY THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED
HELP WITH.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES BUT WE CAN'T PROVIDE
HIM IF WE COULD COST US UP ON
THE MARKET WE CAN'T PROVIDE A
FOR CONSTANTLY SENDING A NEW
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
BECAUSE FAMILY DOESN'T WANT TO
PAY OVERTIME AND HAS TO PAY ALL
THIS OTHER STUFF. OUR EMPLOYEES
ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A LIVING
WAGE FOR PEOPLE THEY'RE TRYING
TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
ARE TRYING TO PRY THEIR
LICENSED.
ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS OUR
LICENSE ALL THESE AIDS NOW
TRAINED. OUT OF SO MANY HOURS
TRAINING THE AIDS HAVE TO BE
LICENSED THEMSELVES TO TRY THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO DO
RIGHT BY THEIR WORKERS.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO
PROVIDE ANY TO PEOPLE THAT
NEEDED TO. OR TRYING TO FIND
HAPPY MEDIUM WITHOUT WITHOUT A
HAS FOR US BUT I THINK YOU.
THANK YOU HELLO MY NAME'S CRAIG
FALK AND I'VE BEEN PROVIDING
HOME CARE FOR SIXTEEN YEARS IN
THE SACRAMENTO AREA.
NOW REALLY IMPORTANT
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
LEGISLATURE AND THIS COMMITTEE
IS TO LOOK AFTER THE WELL BEING
OF CARE GIVERS AND I BELIEVE
YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT
IN MANY WAYS I THINK THE MINIMUM
WAGE INCREASES BEEN GOOD FOR
CAREGIVERS.
THE REGULATION OF US INDUSTRY IS
BEEN GOOD FOR CAREGIVERS.
THE ELIMINATION THE SLEEP TIME
DEDUCTION HAS BEEN BAD FOR
CAREGIVERS.
IT IS REDUCED THEIR ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THIS
LIVE IN CARE OF THE LAST FOUR
YEARS IS MORE THAN DOUBLED AND
COST.
AND AT THIS POINT I CAN TELL YOU
THERE ARE FAR MORE CAREGIVERS
THAT WOULD LIKE THIS TYPE OF
WORK.
AND THEN THE WORK IS AVAILABLE.
AND IT'S TRUE THIS TIME TO LIVE
AND WORK IS NOT FOR EVERY CARE
GIVER.
BUT I WANT YOU TO TRY TO PUT
YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE
CARE GIVERS. WHERE THIS IS
ATTRACTIVE TO THEM?
MANY OF THESE CAREGIVERS THEY
DON'T HAVE CARS.
THEY LIVE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
THEY WORK IN THE SILICON VALLEY.
IN BEING ABLE TO COMMUNITY ARE
JOB ONCE A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO
FIVE TIMES A WEEK. IS AN
ENORMOUS BENEFIT TO THEM.
NOW.
COERCION IS BAD HE'S CARRIER
SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE COERCED
INTO DOING THESE TYPES OF SHIPS.
BUT I THINK COERCION WORKS BOTH
WAYS BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT
CAREGIVERS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
TO CHOOSE THIS TYPE OF WORK IF
IT FITS THEIR NEEDS.
SO.
WE CAN STAFF TWENTY FOUR HOUR
CARE WITH EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS
THREE A DAY THAT WORKS FOR THE
BUSINESS.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THOSE CARE
GIVERS THEY MAKE TWENTY THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
THE CARE GIVER.
THAT WOULD BE WORKING A LIVE AND
SHIFT WITH A SLEEP TIME
DEDUCTION. WOULD MAKE FIFTY SIX
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THIS TYPE OF
WORK IF IT FITS FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK YOU.
IF YOU OTHER WITNESSES IS
SUPPORT AND NAME ORGANIZATION.
MISSION.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS ON TONY GONZALEZ ON
BEHALF OF THE HEALTHCARE
ASSOCIATION AMERICA. THAT YOU
CENTER STONE FOR RE INTRODUCING
THIS BILL.
IT DOES PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC OPTION FOR THE WORKER
IT'S CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE
BILL THAT THIS IS OPTIONAL AT
THE. DISCRETION OF THE WORKER IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE EMPLOYER WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS A
COMMITTEE RAINY PAUL CAN BEHALF
OF HOMESTEAD AT SIXTY BUSINESS
OWNERS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AT
SEVERAL THOUSAND POISON SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
OKAY AWAY THIS IS OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU.
I WILL SAY THE SAME THING I SAID
TO THE PROPHETS. BREVITY WOULD
BE APPRECIATED.
NUMBER TWO YOU HAVE TO BE TIME
TO MAKE YOUR POINTS BUT.
GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON
NOW.
MY NAME'S HINA SHAH I'M AN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND
THE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN'S
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS CLINIC AT
GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
LAW. MY CLINIC REPRESENTS
DOMESTIC WORKERS IN LITIGATION
AS WELL AS AN POLICY ADVOCACY
AND I WAS ALSO ONE OF THE
ATTORNEYS WHO ARGUED THE
MENDIOLA CASE ON BEHALF OF
WORKERS BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA
SUPREME COURT.
THIS IS THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO
ROLLBACK EXISTING RIGHTS FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO WORK ROUND
THE CLOCK FOR THEIR WAGES.
LAST YEAR THIS COMMITTEE DID
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO SENATOR
STONE TO SEEK OTHER SOLUTIONS
FOR THE REAL PROBLEMS THAT
SENIORS FACE REGARDING
AFFORDABILITY OF CARE. RATHER
THAN SHORT CHANGING WORKERS
THEIR HARD EARNED WAGES.
CALIFORNIA HAS A UNIQUE AND
ROBUST HISTORY A HISTORY OF
PROVIDING GREATER PROTECTION
THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND THE
FEDERAL.
SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX
DOMESTIC WORKERS ABOUT THE RIGHT
TO BE PAID FOR ALL HOURS WORK
INCLUDING WORKERS WHO ARE ON
TWENTY FOUR HOUR SHIFTS.
AND LET ME BE CLEAR WAGE ORDER
FIFTEEN HAS NEVER HAD A SLEEP
EXCLUSION. BUT LEGISLATURE HAS
REPEATEDLY REJECTED ANY ATTEMPT
TO CREATE SLEEP EXCLUSIONS AND
WAGE ORDER FIFTEEN.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT BECAUSE THIS BILL SEEKS NOT
TO PAY DOMESTIC WORKERS TO TAKE
AWAY RIGHTS THAT THEY'VE HAD
SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX.
FOR UP TO EIGHT HOURS OF WORK.
THE MOST WORKERS ON TWENTY FOUR
HOUR SHIFTS ARE UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE EMPLOYER. THEY
DON'T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LEAVE
THE PREMISES TO GO HOME AT NIGHT
TO THEIR OWN FAMILIES TO SLEEP
IN THEIR OWN BEDS OR TO IGNORE
THE NEEDS OF THE CONSUMERS
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THEY ARE
THUS WORKING AND MENDIOLA THIS
THE UNIT OF THE SUPREME COURT
AND MENDIOLA CLARIFIED THAT
UNDER THE SITUATIONS THAT WORKER
IS ENTITLED TO FULL COMPENSATION
FOR ALL HOURS WORK INCLUDING
SLEEP TIME.
S. B. EIGHT ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT
GOT FOR ITS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE WORKERS
IN THE SOCIETY.
AND LASHES THIS COMMITTEE ALSO
RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
FEASIBILITY OF VOLUNTARY
AGREEMENTS AND COERCION.
THIS LECTURE BLUFF LEGISLATION
AS LONG RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR
WORK A PROTECTIVE LIST
LEGISLATION BECAUSE OF THE
REALITY OF THE ON EQUAL
BARGAINING POWER BETWEEN WORKERS
AND EMPLOYERS. AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND
ESPECIALLY FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
THEY WORK ALONE BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS OUT OF THE PUBLIC AYE
LEAVING THEM ISOLATED AND
VULNERABLE TO ABUSE AND
EXPLOITATION.
THEY ARE OFTEN PRESENTED WITH
TERMS EMPLOYMENT TERMS ON A TAKE
IT OR LEAVE IT BASIS.
THE MAJORITY OF DOMESTIC WORKERS
OR IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO WORK TO
SUPPORT THEIR OWN FAMILIES AS
PRIMARY PLEASE PRIMARY BREAD
WINNERS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE OF COURSE
OF TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT OR UP OR
JUST WORKS SIMPLY WORKING THEY
WILL UNKNOWINGLY OR OUT OF FEAR
AGREED TO DEDUCT UP TO EIGHT
HOURS OF WORK TIME FROM BEING
PAID. AND SO THIS IS HARDLY
INVOLVED AT THE HARDLY
VOLUNTARY.
THE LEGISLATURE'S REPEATEDLY
REJECTED CREATING A SO CALLED
SLEEP EXCLUSION FOR DOMESTIC
WORKER.
FINISHED THUNDERSTORM HAS REALLY
RE INTRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE
SAME BALL WITHOUT TAKING THIS
COMMITTEE'S CONCERNS. ALL AND SO
WE URGE THIS COMMITTEE TO VOTE
NO. ON S. FEEL A CLUB IN EIGHTY
EIGHT.
THEY'RE KNOWN UMMAH SERIOUS AND
MODEMS.
MY NAME IS THAT I SEE THE SOUTH
ARE.
THE MEMBER OF FILIPINO WORKER
CENTER FROM LOS ANGELES AND ALSO
A CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS
COALITION.
I AM A CARE GIVER.
I AM I AM HERE TO SHARE. ABOUT
THE REALITY AND THE CONDITIONS
OF OUR PROFESSION.
CARE GIVERS. I HAD BEEN A
CAREGIVER FOR. CLOAK WHAT
DOMESTIC WORKER FOR EIGHT YEARS
NOW.
AND I HAD WORKED FOR TWENTY FOUR
HOUR SHIFT THAT LIVED IN CARE
GIVER.
FOR YEARS.
I HAVE SUFFERED FROM WAIT STAFF
BY A HOME CARE AGENCY.
I WAS PAID ONLY ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY DOLLAR FOR TWENTY FOUR
HOUR SHIFT.
THIS MEANS HIGH I WAS ONLY BEING
PAID FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR NO
OVERTIME NO ADEQUATE REST
BREAKS.
WHEN AYE AYES ABOVE MY PAY I GOT
THE HELL OUT AND SCOLDED MY MY
AGENCY. I WAS AFRAID OF AND
INTIMIDATED BY MY EMPLOYER AND
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STAND UP FOR
MY RIGHTS.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT LOSING MY
JOB.
AND THE PRESSURE THAT THEY WOULD
FEED IN AN AGENCY ASKED ME TO
SIGN EVELYN ON PARTY AGREEMENT
LIKE THE ONE THAT. S. B. ELEVEN
EIGHT EIGHT PROPOSES.
THAT WOULD WAIVE MY CONFERENCE
COMPENSATION FOR HOURS I WORKED
DURING THE NIGHT.
COULD I SO EASILY STAND UP ON
AGENCY AND SAY NO.
NO I HAVE A CLIENT THAT NINETY
FOUR YEAR OLD FEMALE VERY SWEET
LADY. I ASSIST HER IN ALL HER AT
THE WITH PEACE THEY LEAVING.
LIKE BAD THING HER.
PRESSING HER GIVING HER
MEDICATIONS PREPARE FOODS AND
SERVE HER MEALS PERFORMED LIGHT
HOUSEKEEPING. WATER TO PLANS NO
PART ON TODAY'S.
I ACCOMPANIED HER TO AN ASSIST
HER DURING DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS.
AND CLOSELY MONITOR HER NEEDS.
SINCE AYE STUDY WITH HER AT HOME
ALONE.
I COORDINATE WITH HER FAMILY.
KEEPING THEM WELL INFORMED ABOUT
HER HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AT NIGHT.
I GUESS IT'S HER IN GET THE IN
GETTING HER UP FROM BED THREE
FOUR TIMES A NIGHT BUT THEN HER
BATHROOM BY YOU NEEDS AND I
CLEANED HER UP TOWARDS.
WHEN MICHAEL AND GOES BACK TO
SLEEP.
I BEING HER CAREGIVER NEED TO BE
ALERT.
I CANNOT SLEEP.
I EXPECT TO BE COLD AGAIN.
WHEN I WORKED TWENTY FOUR HOURS
SHE'D.
I ALWAYS.
ONE BOOK A LOT.
I AM N CHARGE OVER WELL BEING.
WELL BEING WELL WELLNESS AND
SAFETY.
AND I THINK THAT THE
RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.
LOIS
WHO WORKED.
IN THIS GRANT THESE JONES
RESOURCE.
THIS GUN OR CAN BE SHOWN SOME
RESULTS IN MY OWN PERSONAL
PROBLEMS LIKE HAVING HEADACHES.
FEELING DIZZY LIGHTHEADEDNESS
AND GROW IN THE MORNING.
WORKING FOR TWENTY FOUR HOUR
SPEED MEANS HIGH SACRIFICE MY
TIME.
WOULD MY FRAME FAR FROM MY
FAMILY MY GRANDCHILD.
I AM NOT UNLOAD THE VVC WHILE I
AM WORKING.
EVEN IF I AM ABLE TO. SLEEP
DURING MY SIEU.
IT IS NOT THE SAME AS HAVING THE
FREEDOM BELIEVE.
S. BE ELEVEN EIGHT EIGHT. SIX
PAROLE BUT THEN THE RIGHTS OF
CALIFORNIA GET GIVERS MAY MAKING
ITS ALL.
I WOULDN'T BE PAID FOR THOSE
IMPORTANT.
WORKING HOURS DURING THE NIGHT.
I OPPOSE SB ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT
BECAUSE.
IT THEY VALUES DID THEY MAY BE
OF OUR WORK.
AND PREVENTS US FROM BEING
COMPENSATED FAIRLY.
IT UNDERMINES THE POSITIVE
IMPACTS OF S. B. PENFIELD
OPINION PUTS MADE PERMANENT
RIGHT TO OVERTIME PROTECTIONS IN
TWO THOUSAND SIX BEEN.
IT AND THEIR MINDS ARE VALUABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS HOPEWELL WOMEN
THEME TO GIVE OUR BEST OF TAKING
CARE OF PEOPLE UNTIES ENTRUSTED
TO OUR CARE.
AND SO I APPEAL TO YOU.
ON NOTABLE COMMITTEE.
TO OPPOSE ELEVEN IT THE EIGHT.
THANK YOU.
MR CHEN MEMBERS CAITLIN VEGA FOR
THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
ALSO CARE IN OPPOSITION.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE
AS A STATE FACE A CRISIS AND
LONG TERM CARE. EVERYONE WORRIES
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
THEIR PARENTS AS THEY GROW OLDER
PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO PROVIDE
LONG TERM CARE.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
WHETHER OR NOT WORKERS SHOULD
GET PAID FOR THE HOURS THEY WORK
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE
SOLUTION. TO THAT CRISIS SHOULD
COME OUT OF THE POCKETS OF SOME
OF THE MOST LOW WAGE VULNERABLE
AND HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN THE
STATE THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM
ANY OTHER WORKER. THEY LEAVE
THEIR FAMILY THEY LEAVE THEIR
AGING PARENTS BELIEVE THEY'RE
SICK KIDS TICKLE PROVIDE THAT
CARE THEY HAVE TO BE
COMPENSATED.
CAN'T WE AS A STATE COLLECTIVELY
COME UP WITH BETTER WAYS TO CARE
FOR OUR ELDERLY TO ALLOW OUR
FAMILY MEMBERS TO STAY IN THEIR
HOMES. BEEN TAKING MONEY FROM
LOW WAGE DOMESTIC WORKERS TO
MEET. I BELIEVE ABSOLUTELY IN
THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF THE
AUTHOR AND AND IN HIM TRYING TO
ADDRESS THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I THINK MANY OF US HAVE GONE
THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND
RECOGNIZE. THEIR HOUSE TO BE A
BETTER WAY THAN THE STATUS QUO
BUT IT CANNOT COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF THOSE WORKERS WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM CARE
SYSTEM. THAT IS AFFORDABLE THAT
CREATES THE WORKFORCE OF THE
FUTURE AND PAYS THEM FAIRLY WE
NEED TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE GOOD
JOBS TO REBUILD OUR MIDDLE CLASS
LONG TERM CARE IS THE SOLUTION.
AND IT SHOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE
USING THE WORKERS WHO PROVIDE
THIS KIND OF CARE TODAY SO FOR
THOSE REASONS WERE POST THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU. OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
THEY SAID IN THE AIRPLANE OR
EXHORTATION AND POSITION.
I MEAN GRAMMYS HELIO CALIFORNIA
WE OPPOSE
YOU.
BY JENNIFER RICE WITH EQUAL
RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND THE
STRONGER CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES
NETWORK AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE.
Q..
ELIZABETH TRIALS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION AND WE OPPOSE FAQ.
MARY CHRIS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER WE
APOLOGIZE IT SEEMS THAT OUR
LETTER DID NOT MAKE IT INTO
COMMITTEE BUT WILL BE SURE TO
FOLLOW UP AND WERE IN
OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS NERD STYLING FROM
FILIPINA ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE
AND WE OPPOSE THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS LISA ROSS FROM THE
FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUST FEES
AND THE CAREGIVER. AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE THANK YOU.
I AM BUT THE CARDMEMBER SERVICES
CO AND APPLES.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS SLOWLY FAILURE
THOUGH I AM FROM THE FILIPINO
WORKER CENTER. I'VE BEEN
OPPOSING THAT FELL ABOUT FEET
EXCLUSION EVER SINCE IT. I
INTRODUCED HIM. AND WHAT THEY
THINK IS LIKE S. B. TEN FIFTEEN
MINUTES A GIVES THE. THAT PEGGY
ARREST ANANUS OVERTIME.
I AM. ABOLISHES THE FLAYED MANY
SITUATIONS OF THE SCARY BICU
FIRST AND MONIES ON DOMESTIC
WORKERS BECAUSE WHERE. WE ARE
RIGHT WE BELIEVE IF I CENTURY
AND WE NEED WHICH SHOULD WE ARE
CAVEAT HERE IN THE.
WEALTHIEST FAVOR IF WE HAVE A
FUTURE AT A SEVERITY FROM
ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT YEAH YOU
CAN JUST YOUR POST RIGHT OKAY
THANK GOD I THANK YOU SORRY.
YOU.
BOB WHAT NESS THAT IS.
NUMBERS NOR DOES A LOT OF THAT
IS SO BUT THERE ARE LIKELY TO
HAVE A MORE KIND OF THE SOME
FRANCISCO SO CUIDADO THAT BY
SEEING THIS. YEAR'S STUDY IN
CONTRASTS DELIBERATE POSITION ON
EXHIBIT ON SUCH A DAY OR TWO.
CRISIS BUT IF THE SEVENTIES THE
WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE ALSO A
DOMESTIC WORKER I CAN GIVE IT
UP.
QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WHEN THE THOUGHT OF THAT'S BEEN
NUMBNESS IN MY LAST GIG BINGO
THIS FROM US FISCAL AFTERNOON
BEVERLY YOU ON BEHALF
OF PTW ASKED ME LOCAL THING I
THIRTY A STRONG POSITION. OKAY
THANK YOU THANK YOU. RIGHT.
QUESTIONS ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FEEL SURGERY EASILY FIND MAY USE
HOT YOU KNOW THIS IS A REALLY
TRICKY ISSUE AND I APPRECIATE
AND I I HAVE. EVERY CONFIDENCE
THAT THE. GOOD SENATOR FROM TO
MAKE YOU IS REALLY TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING THAT.
I I THINK THERE ARE PROBLEMS
HERE.
AND AND I WOULD JUST.
I URGE YOU AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR
HEART THAT.
THAT YOU TRY TO PARTNER WITH
LABOR TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION.
OUR SENIOR POPULATION IS AGING A
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING
AGE IN PLACE WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES FOR THEM NOT TO ENGINE
PLACE. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
BETTER WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS
PROBLEM I JUST. I I JUST OF
PRESSURE THE NOTION THAT WHY WE
HAVE PICKING ON PRIMARILY
IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CARE
GIVERS AND SAYING.
WE'RE GONNA.
FIX THIS PROBLEM ON YOUR BACKS
AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT
TO ME THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER
WAY BUT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM
THERE'S JUST NO TWO WAYS ABOUT
IT. AND.
.
IT YOU KNOW WE'VE LOST THAT THE
THAT THE NUCLEAR FAMILY.
THE YOU KNOW FROM
GENERATIONALLY YOU SQUEAK TOOK
CARE OF OUR GRANDPARENTS SAY
TOOK CARE OF US WHITAKER THEM AS
THEY AGE PEOPLE ARE LIVING
LONGER MY MOTHER MUCH CELEBRATED
OR HUNDRED AND FOURTH BIRTHDAY.
.
AND I'D SHE MADE SURE I WISH SHE
STILL GOING STRONG SO BUT
NEEDING HELP A YOU KNOW
COGNITIVE ISSUES AT THAT POINT.
AND. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE
ALL EXPERIENCE AND IF WE'RE
LUCKY ME MY PARNTS DIED BEFORE
THEY GOT INTO THEIR DOTAGE SO.
AND YOU KNOW IT BUT I BUT I SEE
THIS AND WERE AGING AND WE ARE
NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
BUT I JUST I JUST DON'T THINK
THIS IS IT'S HAVE THERE SOMEWAY.
YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT
TOGETHER SENIORS ISSUES GROUP.
HERE MAYBE WE COULD DOES SIT
DOWN AND A CENTER STONE IF YOU
WOULD. JOIN US AND TALK WITH OUR
LABOR FOLKSINGER HEAD OF HOME
CARE PEOPLE FIGURE OUT A WAY WE
CAN DO THIS AND MAKE AFFORDABLE
I GET. IT IS.
EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE BUT
ARE WE GOING TO ADJUST THAT
EXPENSE IN THE BACKS OF THE
WORKING PEOPLE AND THAT JUST
THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT EITHER
SO.
CRIMINAL OPPOSED THE BILL BUT I
WOULD LOVE TO KEEP WORKING ON
THIS WE WE HAVE TO WEAR AND
AGING STATE NOW FOR NEGATIVE
BIRTH RATE STATE OUR POPULATION
OF PEOPLE OVER FIFTY FIFTY FIVE
OVERS INCREASING IT. LEAPS AND
BOUNDS AND PEOPLE ARE LIVING
LONGER.
WE GOTTA FIND ITS SOLUTION TO
THIS.
THANK YOU MANAGEMENT.
YEAH THANK YOU SENATOR.
JACKSON AND I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT.
.
WE INVITED THE PARTICIPATION OF
LABOR WE'VE MADE MANY MANY PHONE
CALLS AND FRANKLY POWERFUL
BECAUSE JUST WEREN'T RETURNED.
SO YOU KNOW I'M WILLING TO
COMPROMISE.
AND. I WAS HOPING THAT PEOPLE
WOULD MEET US IN THE MIDDLE.
BOB AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT
EVERYBODY THE SPOKEN OPPOSITION
ALL THE CARE GIVER SOMEONE SAY
TO YOU THAT I THINK THAT YOU'RE
ALL ANGELS. AND I APPRECIATE.
ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU
DO.
AND I AM NOT. TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY OF THE MONEY THAT YOU WOULD
MAKE THAT YOU WORK VERY HARD
FOR.
YOUR VERY DEDICATED TO YOUR.
PATIENTS THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF.
MY FRIENDS THIS IS A VOLUNTARY
PROGRAM THERE IS NO STATE
MANDATE HERE.
AND I THINK ONE POINT THAT WAS
MINISTERS AT THE DEMAND FOR THIS
PROBABLY. IS MORE THAN.
WERE ABLE TO AFFORD THE WAS
EXAMPLE THAT IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY
THAT SAID YEAH OP IVY WILLING TO
CARE FOR YOUR DAD. UP I'M GONNA
SLEEP FOR EIGHT HOURS AND MARKET
TO GET PAID FOR THOSE EIGHT
HOURS AND ASSIGN INTERRUPTED.
HOWEVER AS A PART OF THAT DEAL I
GET EIGHT HOURS A ST TIME. AND I
GET EIGHT HOURS OF OVERTIME. SO
INSTEAD OF MAKING TWENTY THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. THAT
WORKERS NOT GONNA BE MAKING
FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR.
BUT WHAT SUCH A CONCERN FOR ME
AND.
IT'S THAT.
THIS IS MY THIRD.
AND FINAL TAPPED THE BILL.
.
YOU GOTTA LEARN THAT NO MEANS NO
BUT AT THE LAST.
HEARING THAT WE HAD.
THE COMMITTEE SAID WE WANT TO
HAVE A BILL LIKE THIS FAMILY ONE
CERTAIN THINGS IN THAT BILL.
AND I LISTENED TO EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND I CORPORATE IT
EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU
WANTED IN THIS BILL.
.
WE SAID THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A
WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
BUT YOU.
HAVE A UNINTERRUPTED.
.
APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR SLEEPING.
WHERE YOU CAN GET PRIVACY AND
YOU COULDN'T ANY CAN SLEEP
COMFORTABLY UNLESS YOU'RE
WALKING UP AND YOU GET PAID FOR
THAT?
?
I HEARD WE NEED ALONG CARE
SOLUTION MY FRIENDS WERE TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS. AND
IT'S ON AFFORDABLE FOR A
MAJORITY OF.
ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT NEED CARE.
THAT CAN'T AFFORD.
TO PAY FOR TWENTY FOUR AROUND
THE CLOCK CARE AND THEY'RE
EITHER GOING TO BE.
STEWARDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THAT
ARE GOING TO BEAR THAT FINANCIAL
BURDEN FOR THERE TO BE
INSTITUTIONALIZED AND.
POSSIBLY EVEN IN A MORE OF A
COST.
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO
THERE IS NO LONGER.
THE SOLUTION
THAT THE STATE HAS A AS
ENTERTAINING AND IT'S GOING TO
BE THE STATUS QUO GOING ON THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SAY JUST TOUGH
LUCK SENIOR CITIZENS JUST YOU'RE
GOING OUT OF.
YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH IT
BECAUSE OUR CONCERNS ARE MORE
WITH.
.
LABOR'S FALSE CONCERNS ABOUT
THIS BILL THIS IS A THIS IS ALL
SMOKE AND MIRRORS. IF IT WAS A
MANDATORY PROGRAM BUT I
UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT WORKERS.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT NEEDLE WANT
TO PARTICIPATE.
DON'T PARTICIPATE. THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING IT
MIGHT BE A SMALL SUBSET OF THE
WORKERS THAT ARE REPRESENTED
HERE TODAY BUT THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE THAT WILL GET BENEFITS.
WHERE IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION
WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE
MONEY ON RENT THEY'RE GONNA SAVE
MONEY ON TRAVELLING AND THE
GOING TO PROVIDE FOR DIGNIFIED
CARE FOR SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE FROM? ONE
FACE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE.
BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT.
.
LABOR SCOTT A STRONG INFLUENCE
OVER HIS BODY AND SOMETIMES IT
GETS IN THE WAY OF DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT DOING THE
RIGHT THING BECAUSE A LOT OF
SENIOR CITIZENS NEED THIS CARE.
AND THEY NEEDED AN AFFORDABLE
WAY PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER
THERE OUTLASTING THEIR SAVINGS.
AND CAN AFFORD TEN FIFTEEN
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
TO HAVE SOMEBODY.
GIVEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY
WORK THEIR WHOLE LIVES TO HAVE.
AGAIN THIS IS A VOLUNTARY
PROGRAM.
.
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE
ELECTABILITY TO PARTICIPATE OR
NOT. AND SINCE I'M THE ONLY OF
HER. MEMBER HERE AYE I GUESS
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO
MOVE MY OWN BILL MISTER MISTER
CHAIRMAN.
SO WELL FOR SO I I DO HAVE SOME
REMARKS I WOULD OTHERWISE I TAKE
THAT AS A CLOSE BY ALSO I GIVE
SOME OF THE COMMENTS I WILL BE
MAKING.
AND THEN ACTUALLY AS A COURTESY
TO YOU I WILL MOVE THE BILL.
SO THAT I CAN HAVE A VOTE FOUND.
HOWEVER UNFORTUNATELY I WILL
HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I AM PUSH
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR
THE BILL.
TODAY. AND AND I APPRECIATE YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M WE WORK TOGETHER
NOT ONLY IN THIS COMMITTEE BUT
ALSO IN THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND I
APPRECIATE YOU SHARING WITH ME
YOUR FATHER STORY KNOWLEDGE AND
COMMITTEE BUT EARLIER AS WELL
AND.
I THINK MANY OF US ON THIS
COMMITTEE YOU HEARD FROM SENATOR
JACKSON'S WELL. IT WE.
WE HAVE PARENTS WE HAVE FEEL
WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE
TAKE CARE OF.
BUT IT'S OUR PARENTS OR OTHER
LOVED ONES WHO ARE SENIORS AND
AND. AND MAY HAVE DISABILITIES
OTHER REASONS WHY THEY NEED TO
HAVE ON GOING CARE.
AND.
AND CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S.
THEIR DOOR LOT OF CHALLENGES I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
TALKED ABOUT AND I ACTUALLY JUST
THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE.
AS THE NEED FOR A LOOKING AT THE
DATA AND DISTRICTS AND DEVELOP
STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON THE
DEMOGRAPHICS WE HAVE AN AGING
POPULATION FOR HOW DO WE
PREPARE.
FOR THIS AGING POPULATION WHERE
YOU KNOW WHO WHAT DO WE DO WITH
HOME CARE VERSES IS AT TRYING TO
VOID INSTANTLY HE WILL BE
INSTITUTIONALIZED BOTH BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
THAT'S BEEN APPLIED TO ME BUT
ALSO BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S
EXPENSIVE TO THAT AS WELL. I
THINK THE OTHER THING WERE ON
FOOT.
PRICE AND FORTUNE ACTUALLY THAT
ACTUALLY THE THING OR THE OTHER
THING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
THIS IS THAT.
WERE IN THIS NEXUS WHERE.
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT
SOCIETY TOOK FOR GRANTED THE
LABOR OF USUALLY WOMEN.
ALL RIGHT TO PROVIDE CARE HOME
AND BASICALLY DID COMPENSATE FOR
THAT AND SAID YOU JUST ABSORB
THAT AS A FAMILY RIGHT. AND NOW
THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THAT STUFF
SEVERAL DECADES NOW THAT WE'VE
UP PEOPLE ARE PURSUING CAREERS
AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE.
AND ACTUALLY BECAUSE HOUSEHOLDS
HAD TO EXECUTE WE'VE CREATED A
SITUATION WHERE IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A TO CLEAR HOUSEHOLD IT'S A
HARD TO MAINTAIN EVEN A MIDDLE
CLASS. LEVEL AT SAME TIME.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANT IS THAT WE
ARE NOW. BUT WE NEED TO
EXPLICITLY RECOGNIZED THE TRUE
COST OF AND AND PRICE OF
PROVIDING THIS GUY CARES OF
SAYING THAT WOULD SKY KIND
ASSUME IT HAPPENS AND WE DON'T
ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
CONFRONT. DOT LIKE THE LEASE A
SOCIETY AND CERTAINLY IS
GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE PART
OF SOCIETY WEEKS ARE SET SOME OF
THE RULES. I THINK WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE HEARING THIS
FUNDAMENTAL TENSION BECAUSE
YOU'RE RIGHT WHAT HAPPENS YA
FAMILIES WHO.
LIKELY THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW
CAN I FOR PROVIDE CARE BECAUSE
AFTER ALL ALL OF BASICALLY ALL
THE WORKING AGE ADULTS ARE OFF
WORK SO WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE
WHO STAYS AT HOME WHO. BASICALLY
I CAN PROVIDED. IT'S YOU KNOW
FOR FREE BUT IT'S NOT FREE.
IT'S NOT FREE AND THAT'S THE
PART THAT WE HAVEN'T WRESTLED
WITH T'S NOT FREE SO NOW WE
HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S COMING AND WE
EL WHO OFTEN MAY BE PAID MINIMUM
WAGE ARE BARELY ABOVE THAT. AND
NOW WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO BE
IN A WORSE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU
SIT VOLUNTARY BUT I THINK WE
HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL YOU
KNOW ABOUT. I KNOW THAT YOUR
INTENT AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAW
SAYS BUT.
CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T ALWAYS LEAD
TO THAT THAT THAT THAT'S.
AT HIS END AND I'LL TELL YOU
SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT. DIFFERENTLY
DIFFERENT CLASS OF PEOPLE BUT
WHO HAVE TO STAY UP OVERNIGHT
OKAY US CELLUM SUSPICION I HAD
OVERSEE RESIDENTS THEY WERE
MADE.
TO CALL OVERNIGHT RIGHT I MEAN
THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
AND IT'S NOT THE SAME YEAH UNTIL
YOU SAYING LIKE OKAY WELL TO GET
TO SLEEP BUT I ALSO HEAR THE
UNLESS.
SOMETHING HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO BE
WOKEN UP AND I THINK ANYONE
MOTHER'S POSITION NAY TALKED
FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT THERE DOING
THAT. IT CETERA. IT'S IT'S NOT
THE SAME WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE YES YOU ARE
SLEEP YOU CAN SLEEP UNTIL
SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEN. ARE
YOU ALLOWED TO JUST SLEEP
THROUGH IT.
CAN YOU YOU KNOW WHETHER LEGALLY
OR JUST MORALLY SLEEP THROUGH.
SOMETHING HAPPENING RIGHT SO NOW
YOU'RE IN THIS SORT OF SEMI
ALERT STATE ALL THE TIME. AND I
MEAN THAT YOU KNOW SO. THAT IS
NOT THE SAME AS BEING COMPLETE
BEING OFF AND BELIEVE ME MY
WIFE-WILL TELL YOU THAT EVEN I
JUST
HAVE TO TAKE PHONE CALLS AT
NIGHT.
TRICIA NOT TO SAY I'M ACTUALLY
IN THE FACILITY.
SHE IS LIKE OKAY YOU KNOW.
RIGHT I'M TAKING PHONE CALLS AND
INTERRUPTING THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD
GREAT SO IT'S NOT THE SAME YOU
JUST DON'T. FIT YOU NOT REALLY
GETTING REST THERE'S A CERTAIN
TENSION ACTUALLY THE
FIREFIGHTERS WILL TELL YOU THAT
THEY HAVE NO YOU HAVE RISK. AND
ALSO THAT THE OTHER FOLKS ABOUT
YOU WHEN YOU'VE SUDDENLY WOKEN
UP AND THAT'S INCREASE AT HEART
ATTACKS OTHER TYPES OF HEALTH
ISSUE SOMETIMES CAN BE RELATED
SO YOUARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT
WE. ACCESO OUTLAW TWENTY SO CARE
WELL NO WELL SO I THINK WELL I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH
IS THAT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THAT THAT IT THAT TAT
BEING QUOTE ON CALL ACTUALLY IS
A FORM OF. BE AT WORK SO I THINK
THAT'S THE FINAL THING AND
NOTHING WE OUTLAW TWENTY FOUR
HOUR WEEKLY FOR THAT TEY CAN
INDEED CERTAINLY HOUSE SO NOBODY
FREEZER WHO SELF HELP US
OUTLINES REFER YOU I'LL GIVE YOU
A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
SO SO I THINK FROM THAT
PERSPECTIVE AND AND AND AND THE
THING IS IS THAT ACTUALLY WERE
NOT ACTUALLY THE LAW DOESN'T SAY
YOU CAN'T HAVE TWENTY FOUR HOUR
WE NEED FOR CARE AND YOU HAVE
TO. CARE GIVER AS WELL WHO ALSO
PASS AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE TWO
THINGS COME HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT AND.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS
IS THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION YOU'RE
PRESENTING.
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS IS THAT
IT IT'S?
IT DOESN'T QUITE YOUNG IT MAY
HELP ON ONE SIDE BUT IT'S ALSO
CREATE PROBLEMS ON THE CAREGIVER
SIDE AND ALSO YOU WHAT SHOULD BE
YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S DOING
THIS KIND OF WORK WHAT SHOULD BE
THEIR VALUE RIGHT SO. I MEAN IS
IT ONLY THE HOURLY WAGE OR IF
THEY'RE ACTUALLY CAN'T TIME
SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN JUST
SIMPLY THE HOURLY WAGE THAT BE
WILLING SOMEONE'S WILLING TO
OFFER A DAD AND AND OF COURSE
FAMILY NEEDS HELP BREAK BECAUSE
HE SAID IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR
A TYPICAL FAMILY.
TO DO THAT AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE ALL AND HOPEFULLY WE
ACTUALLY I I LOOK FOR TO US
WORKING TOGETHER TRYING TO
ADDRESS THAT IN ARE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY
SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL. SO WITH
THAT I WILL.
DO YOU OR RENT A ROOM FOR
SOMEBODY
THERE A GIVEN FOOD OF ALL DAY
LONG.
BUSH'S THEY DESERVE AS A PART
OF THEIR COMPENSATION.
.
BUT I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT.
WE'RE NOT SOLVING ALONG. CARE.
SOLUTIONS HERE ONCE AGAIN.
.
THIS PROGRAM.
I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH IS
NOT A MANDATE.
IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
VOLUNTARY.
IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THEY DON'T
HAVE TO BUT IT CAN BE A WIN WIN.
FOR A FAMILY.
FOR AN ELDERLY PERSON HAVE FOR.
A CAREGIVER.
AND.
WITHOUT I AM.
I'VE TAKEN MY DIRECTION FROM
TWO HEARINGS NOW AND I
UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION THAT
THIS IS GOING TO GO AND.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU BECAUSE.
ONCE AGAIN IT'S STILL ON
AFFORDABLE FOR MOST OF MIDDLE
CLASS WORKING CLASS FAMILIES TO
TAKE CARE OF THEIR LOVED ONES
WHICH I THINK IS VERY SAD. A IN
THE STATE THAT SHOULD BE LEADING
THE WAY.
LIKE NEW YORK IS LEADING THE
WAY AND NOT.
AND NOT SUCCUMB TO LABOR
PRESSURES WERE.
THIS IS.
.
NOT.
IN ANY WAY. OF THE PORTRAYAL
THAT THE GOLDEN GATE ATTORNEY
PORTRAYED TO BE CHEAPER TRADED
TO BE AS IF THAT WAS A MANDATE
AND NOT AN ELECTIVE.
SITUATION.
.
BUT I RESPECT THE COLLEAGUES AND
I WOULD.
WE.
HONORABLY REQUEST SAID AYE VOTE
BUT I BUT I UNDERSTAND THE
DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL ITSELF.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU SENATOR SOUND SO I
WILL MOVE THE BILL A SO CAN BE
VOTED ON. THOUGHTS MOVE BY
MYSELF
AND.
.
AND THE MOTION WOULD BE.
IT'S A.
YES IT'S A DEFICIT WILL BE DO
PASSED TO US SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS PROSECUTOR PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL PAN AND NO. AND NO
STONES. FILM AYE JACKSON.
JACKSON NO MITCHELL WIECKOWSKI.
THOUGH THAT I BELIEVE THE BILL
ON COSTS EXAMS ON. TWITTER
JACKSON I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
WAITING PATIENTLY WE HAVE TWO
ITEMS THAT WILL GO HEAD START
WITH S. B. TWELVE EIGHTY FOUR
THAT'S ALRIGHT. ITEM THE PRICE.
AND I KNOW IS A MEMBER OF
COMMITTEE FOR YOU KNOW THIS AYE
I URGE BREVITY ON THE PARTS OF.
.
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
COULD.
BOB I AM HERE TO PRESENT S. B.
TWELVE EIGHTY FOUR A BILL TO
FIGHT PAY DISCRIMINATION WITH
DATA.
WITH FACTS WITH NUMBERS.
LET ME FIRST SAY MISTER CHAIR I
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL CONCERNS RAISED IN
THE ANALYSIS AND YOU HAVE MY
COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE WORKING
ON THEM.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE FACT THIS
IS DOUBLE REFERRED AND HEADS
OVER IN SHORT ORDER.
TO A SPECIAL HEARING IN THE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
FOCUSING ON WOMEN'S ISSUES.
OUGHT TO TAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS.
IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE AND I
WILL DO THAT.
AS YOU KNOW EQUAL PAY IS NEAR
AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
AFTER THIRTY FIVE YEARS WITH THE
HELP OF MANY OF THE OPPONENTS IN
THIS ROOM.
FOR THIS BILL. A COUPLE YEARS
AGO WE.
PASSED TO MY A EQUAL PAY BILL
IT WAS A THIRTY FIVE YEAR
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS.
AND.
I M. A DELIGHTED TO THAT THERE
ARE EFFORT AFOOT TO IMPLEMENTED
ON THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL.
AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT
STRIDES IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE
OF EQUAL PAY. A BUT THERE IS
STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.
AND.
YESTERDAY EQUAL PAY DAY WE WERE
ONCE AGAIN REMINDED OF THAT.
SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH
UNEQUAL PAY IS THAT IT'S
FREQUENTLY HIDDEN. OFTEN EVEN TO
EMPLOYERS.
THEMSELVES MOST OF WHOM I
BELIEVE DO NOT CONSCIOUSLY. OF
PAY EMPLOYEES UNFAIRLY. THERE
IS.
INHERENT BIAS WE SEE FOR
EXAMPLE.
HERE IN THIS COMMITTEE TODAY
VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WHO START OFF
ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY IN THE APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM WHERE MEN.
VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WHO CAME AND
TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF.
THE ACT OF MATERNAL LACTATION
OR WOMEN.
JUST AN OBSERVATION BUT
SOMETHING THAT DOES AGAIN MAKE
IT CLEAR NOT NECESSARILY
INTENTIONAL BUT THERE IS IN
FACT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS
WHERE WE SEE DIFFERENCES AND
DIFFERENT ISSUES WHERE WE SEE
INTERESTS OF. MEN AND WOMEN.
.
SOMETIMES QUITE DIFFERENT AND.
NOT THAT THAT'S GOOD OR BAD BUT
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE
RECOGNIZE THOSE THINGS AND WHEN
IT COMES TO. A PAY
DISCRIMINATION IT IS FREQUENTLY
HARD TO WOULD ADDRESS AND IT TO
DETECT.
AND WOULD THAT BACK IN I GUESS
WHO WAS TWENTY SIXTEEN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION. ANNOUNCED A
PROPOSED REVISION TO A DEMOCRAT.
DIM THE DEMOGRAPHIC SEES ME
REPORT THAT LARGE EMPLOYERS HAVE
BEEN SUBMITTING FOR MORE THAN
FIFTY YEARS.
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS IT'S THE
EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT THE
E. E. O. DASH ONE.
TO INCLUDE THE REPORT OF PAID
DATA BY RACE AND GENDER
BEGINNING IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
YOU CAN'T FIX WHAT YOU CAN'T
SEE.
AND SO.
THIS EFFORT WAS ONE THAT
HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE TWO
YEARS BROUGHT IN ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS WAS A MEANINGFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE. MACRO
LOOK VIEW AND I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT
BECAUSE OUR EQUAL PAY BILL.
DEALS WITH THE MICRO FEW
COMPARING SALARIES BETWEEN
WORKERS THIS IS A MACRO VIEW.
AND UNFORTUNATELY IN AUGUST OF
TWENTY SEVENTEEN. PROBABLY
BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO
DO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUT
A HALT TO IT.
DEALING A BLOW TO WHAT I
CONSIDER TO BE AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT IN THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL
PAY.
SO THIS BILL AIMS TO ENSURE THE
CALIFORNIA WILL COLLECT THAT
IMPORTANT PAY DATA AND THAT
EMPLOYERS. WHO WERE BY THE WAY
PREPARED AND POISED TO START
REPORTING?
EVEN IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NO LONGER IS GOING TO REQUIRE
THAT WE CAN DO THAT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
IT IS AGAIN MODELED AFTER THAT
IT OF OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
ORDER.
AND IT WILL REQUIRE FOR
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS WITH A
HUNDRED EMPLOYEES FOR MORE TO
SUBMIT A PAY DATA REPORT ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS. TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
OUTLINING THE COMPENSATION AND
HOURS. OF A WORKED BY THE OF
EMPLOYEES BY RACE GENDER
ETHNICITY AND JOB CATEGORY AGAIN
I KNOW THAT THE OPPOSITION SAYS
ALTHOUGH. THIS IS TRYING TO GET
DOWN INTO THE GRANULAR IT IS
NOT.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
ENCOURAGE AND THE GOAL IS TO
ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO ANALYZE
THEIR OWN PAY PRACTICES AND
ALLOW FOR SELF CORRECTION. AS I
SAID MANY EMPLOYERS DON'T
REALIZE THAT THEY PAY.
IN THIS FASHION AND IT WILL
ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. A TO.
ACCESS IMPORTANT DATA ALLOWS
HIM TO SEE PATTERNS OF WAGE
DISPARITY EXAMPLE IN THE HIGHER
LEVEL EMPLOYEE OR THE MID LEVEL
EMPLOYEES IN COMPANIES.
PERHAPS NOT EVEN REALIZING THAT
THAT THE LOWER LEVEL THEY MAY
HAVE UNIFORMITY BUT AS THEY HUNT
GO HIGHER UP THE LADDER WE TEND
TO SEE TRADITIONALLY. THAT MEN
HAVE THOSE JOBS AND TEND TO BE
PAID MORE.
SO.
.
I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING IN EARNEST
FOR ME TOO.
PERHAPS.
CONCLUDE.
AND A WISER WOMAN WOULD.
EFFECT.
IGN. BUT PERHAPS I CAN RESPOND
TO MY CLOSE TO WHAT THAT PERSON
WHO WAS NOT NOT TO.
AND IT WITHOUT I WOULD LIKE TO.
I MUST BE GETTING OLD BECAUSE
I'M GOING TO RELY ON THAT WISER
WOMAN AND WE HAVE JENNIFER RIGHT
HERE WITH US WITH EQUAL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES. AND WE ALSO HAVE.
SEAMUS WITH CROWLEY WITH A A UW
TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BILL.
OKAY THANK YOU AND I THINK DOES
A REMARKABLY THOROUGH
PRESENTATIONS YOU KNOW IF THEY.
DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THINGS
EVERY THE PRESENT I THINK YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY SHARON SMITH CROWLEY
REVERSING THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN.
AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
YOU'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF EQUAL
PAY BILLS SO I WON'T BELABOR A
LOT OF THAT BUT THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT WITH SOME NEW STATISTICS.
.
FIRST HOME IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL
PEOPLE PAID LAW HAS BEEN GOING
ARE IN PLACE FOR FIFTY YEARS IN
CALIFORNIA IT'S BEEN ALMOST
SEVENTY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEW DATA THAT'S
LOOKING AT CENSUS OF AT THE
CENSUS AND LABOR STATISTICS.
THAT WHERE WE HADN'T BELIEVING
THAT THEME PACK UP WOULD CLOSE
BY. TWENTY FIFTY NINE.
WE HAVE NEW DATA.
TWENTY ONE NINETEEN.
ALMOST DOUBLED FROM WHAT WE
THOUGHT BEFORE. THREE HUNDRED
AND ONE YEARS. WE HAD EQUAL
PAYING DAY YESTERDAY FOR ALL
WOMEN BUT FOR LATINO WOMEN IT'S
THE WORST SINCE NOVEMBER FIRST.
TEN MONTHS.
LONGER THAT THEY NEED TO WORK TO
CATCH UP TO PUT A WHITE MAN IS
MAKING.
A LOT OF THIS IS SPECIAL I
THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING WE
HAD TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON
THE COMMITTEE THAT MY ANALOGY
WAS THINKING WAS. WHEN YOU SEE
SOMEBODY ISN'T HELPFUL TO HAVE
THEIR WEIGHT THEIR BLOOD
PRESSURE OF THEIR TEMPERATURE
THEIR VITAL STATISTICS.
TO HELP YOU MAKE A DIAGNOSIS.
SO THIS IS WHAT PAT IS IS DOING
BECAUSE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
IS PERVASIVE IT'S PERSISTENT.
WE HOPE WE WOULD AGREE WITH
SENATOR JACKSON ONLY ABOUT OF
OUR DATA SHOW THAT ABOUT SIX TO
TWELVE PERCENT. OF ITS PAIN
DISCREPANCY IS BASED ON ACTUAL
BIAS OR DISCRIMINATION.
THE REST OF IT TRULY IS I DIDN'T
KNOW I DIDN'T STEP ON THE SCALE
TO SEE HOW MUCH I WEIGH EVEN.
I'M TEN POUNDS YOU YOU REALLY
DON'T KNOW SO UNTIL YOU HAVE
THAT COUNTY YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT
PENTAX DOSES.
ON. MY LAST THOUGHTS WERE ON.
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS REALLY
MEANS BECAUSE WE'VE THROWN THIS
DATA OUT FOR AWHILE ABOUT MAKING
WOMEN MAKING EIGHTY FOUR CENTS
ON THE DOLLAR.
BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS.
FORTY PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS.
HAVE THE WOMAN BEING THE PRIMARY
THE SOLE BREADWINNER.
THINK ABOUT HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS
WITH SMALL CHILDREN LIVE IN
POVERTY AND NEED GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE.
HOW MANY WOMEN COULD GET OFF OF
THAT HOW MUCH FOOD COULD DAY BY
HOW MUCH RENT COULD THEY BY?
THEY ALSO MEAN MORE MONEY TO
PAY FOR THEIR STUDENT LOANS
BECAUSE IT TAKES AN EXTRA
DEGREE.
TO CATCH UP TO WHAT A MAN MAKES
HIS. EVEN FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
WILL BE G. WILLIAMS FOR INSTANCE
EVEN IN THE SAME FIELD MEN MAKE
MORE THAN WOMEN IN NURSING
FUNDING FOR THE WOMEN FOR
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IT'S TRUE
MILLION DOLLARS OVER YOUR
LIFETIME.
HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN GO INTO
RETIREMENT?
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THESE WOMEN IN
POVERTY SO. OF FOR ALL THESE
REASONS WE THINK OF THIS BILL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND WE ASK
DR OF.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR.
STICKING OUT THIS VERY LONG.
MORNING INTO AFTERNOON SESSION
ON MY NAME IS JENNIFER RIGHT
FROM THE LEGAL DIRECTOR FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES.
WE ARE PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS
BILL. WE ARE ALSO THE CHAIR OF
THE NATIONAL EQUAL PAY TODAY
CAMPAIGN WHICH IS A COALITION OF
OVER TWENTY ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING TO CLOSE THE GENDER WAGE
GAP. AND WE CHAIR THE STRONGER
CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES NETWORK
WHICH IS COMPRISED OF OVER TWO
DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS AND
COALITIONS HERE IN CALIFORNIA
WORKING TO ADVANCE.
THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF WOMEN
AND FAMILIES I'M ALSO HONORED TO
SERVE ON THE STATE OF PAY EQUITY
TASK FORCE SO. WHY IS THIS BILL
UNNECESSARY AND WHAT GOOD WILL
IT DO IT'S NOT IF IT'S NOT ABOUT
FINDING INDIVIDUAL VIOLATIONS OF
THE FAIR PAY ACT OR OF ANTI
DISCRIMINATION LAWS? I'M HERE TO
JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF
BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHY THE
THE CONTEXT FOR THIS BILL AND
AND ALSO WHY IT WILL HELP TO
ADDRESS. SOME OF THE MAJOR
FACTORS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
THE ON GOING GENDER AND RACE
WAYS CAPS.
AS DOES SENATOR JACKSON POINTED
OUT OF THIS.
THE COMPILATION OF AGGREGATE
PAY DATA SEPARATED OUT BY GENDER
RACE AND OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY
IS SOMETHING THAT.
EMPLOYERS OF A HUNDRED OR MORE
EMPLOYEES.
HAVE BEEN PREPARING TO DO SINCE
I THE FINAL RULE BUT WAS
ANNOUNCED BY THE EEOC BACK IN
TWENTY SIXTEEN.
THAT THE THE DECISION TO
RESCIND THAT RULE IN AUGUST OF
LAST YEAR DID NOT CHANGE DOES
NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THEY
STILL DO NOW HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
THE REQUIREMENT TO COMPILE. A
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ABOUT THEIR
WORK FORCES AND SUBMIT THAT DATA
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO THE
FEDERAL EEOC. WHAT THIS BILL
WOULD DO IS REQUIRE THAT ALL THE
PAID OUT OF THAT THEY WERE
ALREADY BEING THAT THEY HAD
ALREADY?
YOU KNOW RUN THROUGH A VERY
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC NOTICE AND
COMMENT PERIOD ABOUT DONE
EXTENSIVE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS
ABOUT THE BURDEN ON EMPLOYERS
AND TO FIND THE MOST EFFECTIVE
AND EFFICIENT WAYS FOR THEM TO
COMPILE THAT DATA. THAT THEY
WILL SEE THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO
TURN IN NOT OF THAT DATA TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS AND. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT
AND HOUSING WELL YOU MIGHT ASK
IF ALL IT IS IS ADVOCATE PAID
OUT A AND IT DOESN'T. ALLOW
ANYONE TO SHOW WHAT EMPLOYEE A
IS MAKING AS COMPARED TO
EMPLOYEE BE THEN WHAT'S THE
POINT WHAT WILL IT DO WELL WHAT
WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF A. HIGHER LEVEL
LOOK AT PAY PATTERNS WITHIN
ORGANIZATIONS YOU CAN DETECT
PATTERNS OF DISPARITIES THAT
COULD LEAD TO. A MORE ROBUST
SELF A CORRECTION BY THE
EMPLOYERS WE'VE SEEN LARGE
EMPLOYERS LIKE SELF LIKE SALES
FORCE THE GAP.
STARBUCKS.
MANY LARGE EMPLOYERS DO THESE
SELF AUDITS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS
THESE PACKWOOD AUDITS AND WHAT
THEY FOUND IS THAT IT REALLY
DOES HELP THEM TO IDENTIFY WHERE
THEY HAVE THE WEAK SPOTS.
WHERE IS OCCUPATIONAL
SEGREGATION IMPACTING THE
OVERALL WAGE?
DISTRIBUTION WITHIN OTHER THEIR
COMPANIES THEY ARE IS IT TRUE
THAT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
ARE OVER CONCENTRATED AND OVER
REPRESENTED IN THE LOWEST PAID
JOBS. AND EIGHTY PERCENT OF
THEIR OVERALL WAGES HAPPEN TO BE
GOING TO A HANDFUL OF WHITE MEN
IS THAT HAPPENING IF SO DOES
THAT MEAN THERE'S A FAIR PAY ACT
VIOLATION NO NOT NECESSARILY.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT COMPANY
NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT ITS
OVERALL RECRUITMENT PROMOTE
PRINT PROMOTION AND PAY
PRACTICES TO FIGURE OUT WHY
THAT'S HAPPENING AND WHERE THEY
COULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS YES IT
DOES. WHAT ABOUT THE AGENCY
WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO WITH THAT
AGGREGATE DATA IF IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE RELEVANT TO A PARTICULAR
INDIVIDUAL VIOLATION?
INVESTIGATION WELL THEY CAN DO
TWO THINGS ONE IS THAT CAN LOOK
FOR PATTERNS ACROSS INDUSTRIES
WHAT WHAT WHERE OUR WAGES GOING
IN THE TECH SECTOR WHERE OUR
WAGES GOING IN THE RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY. WHO HOLDS THAT THE
HIGHEST PAID JOBS IN THE LOWEST
POLICY INTERVENTIONS THAT MIGHT
HELP US ADDRESS THOSE KINDS OF
SEGREGATION ISSUES? THAT'S ONE
ONE AREA AND ANOTHER THING IS
THEY CAN IDENTIFY OUT LIARS IF
THERE IS AN EMPLOYER OR LARGE
EMPLOYER THAT CONSISTENTLY SHOWS
A PATTERN WHERE. THE WAGES BEING
PAID TO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE
LEVEL.
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FEMALE ARE
CONSISTENTLY SHOWING AS YOU KNOW
TWENTY THIRTY FORTY PERCENT LESS
THAN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MALE.
THEN YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT PROMPT
AN INVESTIGATION OR SOME FURTHER
KIND OF ACTION.
ON THE PART OF THE OF THE END
OF THE AGENCY AS A SENATOR
JACKSON I THINK WAS GOING TO
POINT OUT IN HER FINAL CLOSING A
REBUTTAL. THIS IS NOT GOING TO
BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA THIS
IS NOT LIKE THE UK BILL THAT
RECENTLY WENT INTO A FACT.
WHERE ALL THE COMPANIES OF THAT
SIZE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SHOW THEIR
PAID OUT TO THE ENTIRE GENERAL
PUBLIC THIS IS NOT THAT BILL?
THIS BILL IS IS OF IS A MUCH
LEANER AND MUCH MORE FOCUSED
ATTEMPT TO TRY AND UNCOVER WHAT
THE PATTERNS ARE BECAUSE IF YOU
CAN'T SEE IT YOU CAN'T FIX IT.
SO WITHOUT I WILL CLOSE AND I'M
ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SORT OF
MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT.
THE E. OH ONE.
FORM PROCESS IF IT DOES COME UP
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. BY
INGRAM ACLU OF CALIFORNIANS
SUPPORT THAT YOU.
ELIZABETH RAILS OF THE
CALIFORNIA PLUMMET LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION WE STRONGLY SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
MATT BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF THE
CONSUMER ATTORNEYS CALIFORNIA WE
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
ACTUALLY.
YEAH AT THE TO SELL NAY THUGS
ASK YOUR WITNESSES THAT.
YOU CAN YOU WANT TO TAKE A
BREATH.
READ THE RAY I'M NUMBER OF ANTI.
GRAVITY. BETTER USE OF
ORGANIZING NO I KNOW.
LARA CURTIS HERE ON THE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND
WE ARE FULL
STILL IN ITS ACTUALLY ON OUR JOB
KILLER LISTS.
BECAUSE IT WILL CREATE A FALSE
IMPRESSION OF WAGES TERMINATION
ARE UNKNOWN PAY WHEN NONE EXIST
AND WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SUPPORTED THEM FAIR PAY ACT BUT
WE WON'T SUPPORT. THE AND PUBLIC
SHAMING OF COMPANIES THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE NO WAGE
DISCRIMINATION AND WHAT THIS
WILL DO IS IT WILL COMPARED THE
AND JOB TITLES. TO THE INCOME OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ANY
SHOWING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHY THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ARE MAKING AND
DIFFERENT WAGES AND WHILE THERE
ARE SOME LIMITATIONS AND THAT
MISTER KELLY WILL DISCUSS. AND
pINFORMATION THAT'S ON ENOUGH
HERE IN THIS AND THIS MAN.
SITUATION AGAIN GOVERNOR BROWN
VETOED A SIMILAR BILL LAST YEAR
AB TWELVE OH NINE AND THAT BUILT
THE LANGUAGE WAS MUCH DIFFERENT
BUT THE OUTCOMES THE SAME WHICH
WILL BE THE PUBLIC SHAMING. AND
FOR THAT I'M GOVERNOR BROWN IN
HIS VETO MESSAGE THAT THAT HE
WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
EXTENSIVE LITIGATION THAT WOULD
COME FROM A BILL LIKE THIS. AND
ADDITIONALLY THEIR PAY EQUITY
TASK FORCE IS WORKING ON AND IN
A REPORTING ARE REPORTS THAT
WILL DISCUSS IMPOSING NEW
MANDATES ON EMPLOYERS WE FEEL
LIKE THEY'VE W SHOULD WAIT FOR
THAT TO COME OUT BEFORE AN
ACTION LIKE THIS IS TAKEN. AND
AGAIN NOT ALL WAGE DISPARITY IS
UNLAWFUL FOR EXAMPLE YOU HAVE A
STAFFER WHO'S BEEN WORKING FOR
YOU FOR THIRTY YEARS YOU HAVE A
STAFFER WITH THE SAME JOB TITLE
HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YOU FOR TWO
WEEKS. THERE'S GOING TO BE WAGE
DISPARITY YOU WANT THERE TO BE
WAGE DISPARITY YOU WANT LOYALTY
ANYONE EXPERTISE TO BE AND
COMPENSATED FOR AND THIS WILL
NOT SHOW THAT AND ADDITIONALLY
THIS WILL BE TO EXTENSIVE
LITIGATION AND ACTUALLY THE
PLAINTIFFS BAR STATED IN AN
INTERVIEW REGARDING ON THIS OR
ANY. GONZALEZ FLETCHER SPELL
LAST YEAR FROM TWELVE ONE NINE
THE STATED BY POSTING THIS
INFORMATION ON THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S WEBSITE THE GOVERNMENT
IS BASICALLY GIVING US
PLAINTIFFS LAWYER. THE DATA WE
NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND HAMMER
COMPANIES AND WHILE THIS BILL
DOES NOT AND THEY'RE STATING
THAT THE BILL AND IS NOT FOR
PUBLIC USE. THERE IS NO
PROTECTIONS AROUND WHAT HE'S AND
HE'S CAN DO WITH THE INFORMATION
AND THERE'S ALSO NO PROTECTIONS
AROUND TO BE AND PUBLIC REQUEST
ACT.
IN ORDER TO GET THIS
INFORMATION AND SO THOSE ARE
CONCERNS AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD
INITIATE THAT MAKE YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY APPRECIATE
IT.
RESEARCHER CHRISTIAN KAYLEE ON
BEHALF OF CANTILLON ONE OF FIRST
START BY SAYING THAT SENATOR
JACKSON AS SHE WAS AN SP. THREE
FIFTY EIGHT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
GENEROUS WITH HER TIME AND THESE
WERE THE CONCERNS THAT WE
BROUGHT TO SENATOR JACKSON AND
HER STAFF AND I THINK.
YOU ARE ABOUT COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
SUGGESTS SOME VERY IMPORTANT
LANGUAGE TO HOPEFULLY BE AMENDED
IN THE BILL ON PAGES FOUR AND
FIVE OF YOUR ANALYSIS.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY RAISE WITH YOU
THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE. A TALK
WITH SENATOR JACKSON OR STAFF
ABOUT. THE FIRST IN SECTION ONE
WAS FUN THIS
AGGREGATE DATA WOULD FIRST GO TO
DIR.
BUT THEN IT IS PROVIDED THAT
THOSE REPORTS SHALL BE MADE TO
SECRETARY OF STATE.
DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT
AND HOUSING IN THE COMMISSION ON
THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
AND QUERIED WHY WOULD IT BE
DISPERSED TO ADDITIONAL STATE
AGENCIES WHAT WOULD BE THE
PURPOSE OF THAT. AND
SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED WITH
SENATOR JACKSON THE IDEA OF SOME
SORT OF.
PROTECTION FROM.
THAT INFORMATION BEING RELEASED
AND SO PERHAPS A PUBLIC RECORDS
ACT EXEMPTION WHICH I NOTICED
SIMILAR TO THE LANGUAGE THAT IS
SUGGESTED IN YOUR COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS.
I UNDERSTAND AGAIN FROM CENTER
JACKSON IN THE WITNESSES THAT.
IN FOR A INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
WOULDN'T.
IS NOT INTENDED TO BE DISPERSED
BUT AGAIN DON'T THINK THE
LANGUAGE PROVIDES OUT AND I
WOULD NOTE FOR EXAMPLE. IN
SUBDIVISION SEE. AND AND WE
DISCUSSED THIS WITH CENTER
JACKSON AND EMPLOYER SHALL
IDENTIFY EACH EMPLOYEE'S TOTAL
EARNINGS.
IT SAYS EACH EMPLOYEES WE COULD
READ THAT TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL BY
NAME. OR PERHAPS MORE
GENERICALLY BUT IT'S THAT SORT
OF LANGUAGE THAT GIVES US.
GREAT PAUSE AND.
WE DID WORK VERY DILIGENTLY A
CENTER JACKSON WELL WELL KNOWS.
THE CHAMBER AND MY CLIENTS WENT
FROM A POSITION OF OPPOSITION TO
S. B. THREE FIFTY EIGHT WHEN IT
WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO ONE OF
SUPPORT. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT.
P. DISPARITY UNTO ITSELF IS.
NOT UNLAWFUL IF THERE'S A BONA
FIDE FACTOR.
EVEN THOSE BONAFIDE FACTORS FOR
EXAMPLE OR A EDUCATION TRAINING
EXPERIENCE GEOGRAPHIC REGION AND
SEVERAL OTHERS.
AND THE CONCERN EVEN WITH THE
AGGREGATE DATA IS IN THEORY BY
WAY OF MISS CURTIS'S EXAMPLE OR
IN THE TECH INDUSTRY IF YOU HAD
FOR EXAMPLE A THOUSAND SOFTWARE
ENGINEERS. WE WOULD ALL EXPECT
THERE TO BE PAY DISPARITY
BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO PERHAPS EVEN
THOUGH THEY SHARE SIMILAR WORK
MAYBE EVEN THE SAME TITLE%
BECAUSE REMEMBER. UNDER A LABOR
CODE SECTION ELEVEN NINETY SEVEN
POINT FIVE THE EQUAL PAY ACT IT
SAYS.
EQUAL PAY FOR SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR WORK ABSENT A COMPELLING
INTEREST IN NOT ONE OF THESE
MODIFIED FACTORS. THE CONCERN
EVEN WITH THE AGGREGATE DATA IS
AGAIN A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THAT
JOB TITLE OR CLASSIFICATION YOU
WOULD BECAUSE. PERHAPS SOMEBODY
HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE AND
SOMEBODY HAS A MASTER SOMEBODY
WHO'S WORKED TEN YEARS VERSUS
THIRTY YEARS ETCETERA ETCETERA.
SO IN THEORY YOU WOULD HAVE
THESE PAY DISPARITIES SO I'M NOT
SURE.
EVEN HOW HELPFUL SOME OF THAT
AGGREGATE DATA IS BUT AGAIN OUR
FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN MISTER CHAIR
AND MEMBERS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
DISCLOSURE AND THAT'S WHY WE
CERTAINLY SUPPORT SOME OF THE
LANGUAGE THAT YOUR COMMITTEE
STAFFER SUGGESTED FOR THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ANY OTHER WITNESSES
OPPOSITION.
THIRTIES AND. PROTRUDING INTO
THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE FOOD
PRODUCERS IN OPPOSITION.
HATING AND SOME OF THE
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSITION.
ARGUE.
NICOLE RICE CALIFORNIA MANY
FACTORS IN TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION ALSO IN OPPOSITION.
YOU.
MICHAEL MILLER CALPERS CESSATION
OF WHITE GRAPE GROWERS
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THINK THANK
YOU. OKAY AND.
JUST JUST TO CLARIFY. THEN
EIGHTY SAID IN YOUR TESTIMONY
YOU'VE AGREED TO TAKE THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF THE SICK.
THAT DECREES OFTEN IN THE NEXT
COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE
JUDICIARY THAT'S CORRECT IT WAS.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE
I'VE INDICATED. WHAT THE INTENT
OF THIS BILL IS AND?
?
I BELIEVE WE CAN. WE CAN GET
THERE AND APPRECIATE THE GOOD
WORK FOR THE COMMITTEE AND
HELPED US OKAY QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AS GENERAL
CASKEY.
I'M SORRY BUT MISTER CHAIRMAN
FOR BE ONLY. ON THE ISSUE THAT
THE STAFF REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE
COMMISSION OF WOMEN AND. THE
HIGHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION THE
CONCERN ABOUT THAT FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT. HOW IS THAT
GOING TO BE RESOLVED TERRACE?
IT IT IT'S IN THE AMENDMENTS.
GRAYSON THE AMENDMENT SO IT'S A
FINE LINE BECAUSE IT YOU KNOW
YOU MOST THINK SHOULD BE SUBJECT
TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
BUT BUT THIS THE.
THE INTENT HERE IN THE GOAL HERE
IS TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION
PRIMARILY AVAILABLE TO THE
EMPLOYER.
AND THEN IF THERE CONTINUES TO
BE A PATTERN.
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OR THESE
OTHER ENTITIES WHICH ARE GOING
TO BE TASKED WITH MONITORING
THIS IF YOU WILL.
TOOK TO ADDRESS ISSUES IF IT IS
MORE THAN CHAO'S PAY DISPARITY.
IF WE FIND THAT NINETY PERCENT
OF ALL UPPER LEVEL PEOPLE ARE
WHITE MALES.
THE PAY IS EX
OF A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. THAN
THAT RAISES QUESTIONS AND THAT'S
THE POOL THAT SUPPORT THINK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY.
THING NONE.
I'D GET I WANT THANK YOU SO
MUCH AS OUR JACKSON BRING THIS
BILL FORWARD I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THE MEMBERS I THINK
ADDRESSES.
THE SOME OF THE ISSUES I KNOW
THIS IS GOING GO TO JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WHICH ALSO CHAIR AND
THAT YOU'VE IDEA JUST EXCELLENT
ISSUES AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH
THE OPPOSITION TO TRY TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THOSE SPECIFICS ALRIGHT.
THAT WITH THAT.
SALIM LE. WILL BE VOTING FOR
THE BILL.
ZERO MOTION TO MOVE BILL. OKAY
TO MOVE BY SEVERAL CASKEY.
THE MOTION WILL BE.
THIS IS THE PAST TWO SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
SECULAR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
AND FIGHT AND AYE STONE. DON'T
KNOW JACKSON BY JACKSON BY
MITCHELL.
WHAT HOUSEKEEPING LIFE MARKUPS
HE AYE OKAY WILL PUT THAT BILL
ON COSTS AND ACTUALLY SEE I
THINK YOU HAVE A SECOND OF THE
GAME IS A VENDOR ALRIGHT SO WE
HAVE? ITEM NUMBER SIX SP
THIRTEEN HUNDRED.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
THIS IS.
SP THIRTEEN HUNDRED WHICH I AM
PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY
IT'S THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
AND PREVENTION ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT FIRST OF. ALL I WOULD LIKE
TO AGAIN THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
ITS THOROUGH IN ALICE'S.
AND.
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK ON THIS MEASURE AS IT
PROCEEDS ON A VERY VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE. THAT WE HAVE
FOR FAR TOO LONG TO JUST SHOVED
UNDER THE RUG AND WHEN IT REARS
ITS HEAD WE.
SPEND A FEW MOMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGING AND THEN SHOVE IT
BACK UNDER THE RUG AND NOW IS
THE TIME.
THAT WE ADDRESS IT AND THAT
THERE IS NO MORE RUG.
TO TRY TO SHOW THAT UNDERNEATH.
AS WE KNOW OVER THE PAST YEAR IS
PART OF THE MEAT TO MOVEMENT.
WE'VE HEARD DOZENS PERHAPS
HUNDREDS OF BRAVE WOMEN AND A
FEW BRAVE MEN.
COME FORWARD AND EXPOSE AND
REMIND US YET AGAIN. OF THE
PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IN THE WORKPLACE AND INDUSTRIES
AND EDUCATION ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE'VE SEEN PERPETRATORS BEING
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FINALLY.
WE'VE LEARNED HOW DEVASTATING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS TO WOMEN
AND SOME MEN.
HOW IT DEVASTATES THEIR CAREERS
AND THEIR EMOTIONAL WELL BEING?
AND WE'VE ALSO LEARNED HOW
CHALLENGING IT IS TO PREVENT AND
STOP THIS BEHAVIOR.
BECAUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS
ABOUT MORE THAN PERPETRATORS WHO
SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT ENSURING THAT
OUR LAWS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
OUR WORKPLACE CULTURES. ARE
WORKING IN TANDEM TO ENSURE THAT
WOMEN CAN TRULY HAVE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORKPLACE AND
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHT.
OPPORTUNITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO
BE THE BES THAT WE CAN BE T
ACHIEVE THE MOST THAT WE CAN'T
TO BE SUCCESSFUL BASED UPON THE
QUALITY OF OUR WORK. AFTER
HOLDING TO HEARINGS AS CHAIR OF
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
IN CHAIR OF THE SENATE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON WOMEN WORK AND
FAMILIES. IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME
THAT THERE IS NO ONE SILVER
BULLET.
OR SINGLE SOLUTION FOR SOLVING.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
I SAY THAT TO EXPLAIN WHY S. B.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED IS SUCH A
SUBSTANTIAL AND COMPREHENSIVE
BILL.
SO THEREFORE MAIN POINTS TO THE
BILL.
FIRST THIS BILL PROVIDES
GUIDANCE TO THE COURT ON THE
EXISTING SEVERE OR PERVASIVE
LEGAL STANDARD.
WHICH IS A FAIRLY HIGH STANDARD.
AND IT WAS ONE WE WERE
CHALLENGING WONDERING SHOULD WE
RETAIN THIS STANDARD AS THE
STANDARD WE USE IN CALIFORNIA.
BECAUSE WE BROUGHT IN A
TESTIMONY FROM NEW YORK AND FROM
LOS ANGELES WHERE THEY HAVE A
LESSER STANDARD. WE DECIDED THAT
WE WOULD KEEP THAT STANDARD.
BUT THAT THE COURTSNEED SOME
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IN WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE MEANS BY THAT
DEFINITION.
THAT WAS THE FIRST POINT THE
SECOND IS SAID TO PROHIBITS
EMPLOYERS.
FROM FAILING TO TAKE ALL
REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT
UNWELCOME DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT
FROM ESCALATING. IT ESCALATING
INTO THAT HIGHER STANDARD WHICH
WOULD THEN SUBJECT THEM TO WILL
SIGNIFICANT LITIGATION BASED
UPON.
SEVERE OR PERVASIVE CONDUCT
REMEMBERING THIS IS A HIGH
STANDARD THAT WE'RE WILLING TO
RETAIN BUT THE SECOND ELEMENT IS
TO TRY TO PROMOTE. RESOLUTION OF
THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT GETS TO
THAT HIGH LEVEL.
THE THIRD IS IT STRENGTHENS.
HARASSMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRING TRAINING FOR ALL
WORKERS NOT JUST SUPERVISORS
BECAUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURS
BETWEEN COWORKERS. NOT CHOSE TO
PROVIDE SERVICE AND FOR ALL
EMPLOYERS OF FIVE OR MORE
BECAUSE IT A CURSE IN SMALL
COMPANIES AS WELL. AND INCLUDE
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING
BECAUSE WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT
THAT CAN BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL
TOOL TO HELP CO WORKERS OR
OTHERS. INTERVENE OR AT LEAST
DRAW ATTENTION AND AND THE US
LIMIT THE BEHAVIOR OR PRESCRIBE
THE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THAT KIND
OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTIVITY BY
BYSTANDERS. IN FOURTH A CLOSEST
LEGAL LOOPHOLES OF PROHIBITING
EMPLOYERS.
FROM REQUIRING WORKERS TO SIGN
AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT
OR THE RIGHT TO FILE A CLAIM
AGAINST THE COME. IN EMPLOYER AS
A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR
CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OR FOR A
WAGE OR BONUS POLICE ARE
DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSES OR SNEAKY
SETTLEMENTS ARE SOMETIMES ARE
OTHER PARTS OF THE SO CALLED.
YOU TAKE THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN
SITUATION WHERE ANYONE WHO WENT
TO WORK FOR THE WEINSTEIN
COMPANY'S HEAD TO SIGN AS A
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT A NON
DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSES. BECAUSE
THEY KNEW THIS LAYOUT WAS GOING
TO BEHAVE THE WAY HE DID AND
THEY WERE PROHIBITED THE CHOICE
WAS. IF YOU WANT TO WORK FOR
THIS COMPANY YOU HAVE TO KEEP
SILENT WHEN THIS MAN MISBEHAVES
THAT SHOULD NEVER BE A CONDITION
OF EMPLOYMENT AND THIS WILL
PROHIBIT THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
OR.
FOR A IN ORDER TO GET A RAISE TO
HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT
SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT A A WAIVER OF.
THE RIGHT TO BRING AN ACTION
FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT IF IN FACT
YOU HAVE BEEN SO VICTIMIZED.
SO THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS
BILL IS TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP
BETWEENWHAT MOST OF US KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND TO BE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. AND
WHAT OUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS
ACTUALLY PROTECT US FROM.
AND MOST OF US ARE SOMEWHAT
SHOCKED AT THAT GAP
I WILL AGAIN SAYING THAT THE.
JURORS LEANING FORWARD I WILL
THEN.
WITH. IN THAT SUBTLE BODY
LANGUAGE THAT HE IS SO WELL
KNOWN FOR I WILL.
THEN INTRODUCED BY TWO
WITNESSES AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS FURTHER.
GOING FORWARD WHY HAVE WITH ME
TODAY ATTORNEY ELIZABETH RILES
WHO REPRESENTS SEXUAL HARASSMENT
VICTIMS.
PAM LOPEZ FROM WORK EQUITY AN
ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWER
SURVIVORS TO LEAD THE FIGHT
AGAINST SEXUAL.
THANK YOU WITNESSES SUPPORT
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER
CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MY NAME'S LIZ WITH
RILES I'M A MANAGING PARTNER
BOVINE ROUNDS A LAW FIRM IN
OAKLAND. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION AN
ORGANIZATION OF OVER TWELVE
HUNDRED PLAINTIFF HIM SIDE
IMPLEMENT LAWYERS WHO ARE
DEDICATED. TO DEFENDING AND
ADVANCING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS
IN THE STATE.
I I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE
LISTENING THIS MORNING TO THE
VARIOUS TESTS ON THE I THINK
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF. THE
CHANGING QUIRK PHASE WORK FORCE
AND NOT CHANGING WORKPLACE.
I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME FROM
WORKERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ON THE JOB. THEY
DESCRIBE HAVING TO DEAL WITH CO
WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS WHO
INSIST ON DISCUSS DISCUSSING SEX
SEXUAL POSITIONS AND THEIR SEX
PARTNERS.
IN ONE RECENT INSTANCE A WOMAN
DESCRIBED TO ME HOW HER CO
WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS.
WERE ENCOURAGING HER TO GO OUT
WITH ANOTHER MAN AT THE OFFICE
YOU REPEATEDLY REFUSED.
ULTIMATELY THIS OTHER CO WORKER
FOLLOWED HER INTO A BATHROOM AND
ASSAULTED HER.
SHE COMPLAINED AND WAS
TERMINATED FROM HER POSITION.
THESE ARE NOT THE KIND OF WORK
EXPERIENCES THE CALIFORNIANS OR
ANYONE SHOULD AFTER INDOOR.
YET UNFORTUNATELY THESE
INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING EVERY
DAY UP AND DOWN THE STATE IN
EVERY KIND OF WORK ENVIRONMENT.
OUR LAWS HAVE SIMPLY FAILED TO
EFFECTIVELY PROTECT WORKERS FROM
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR HOLD
HARASSERS ACCOUNTABLE.
IN LARGE PART THIS IS BECAUSE OF
MISGUIDED INTERPRETATIONS OF
WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY PROHIBITS.
LACK OF GOOD ENFORCEMENT AND
LACK OF REAL TRAINING ON HOW TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WHEN THEY
ARISE.
THAT IN THE FAMOUS PAUL JONES
CASE AGAINST BILL CLINTON'S
JONES ALLEGE THAT IN A CLOSED
DOOR MEETING AT A HOTEL CLINTON
GROPE HER. TRIED TO KISS HER AND
THEN EXPOSED HIMSELF TO HER AND
TOLD HER TO KISS IT.
THE COURT IN THAT CASE FOUND
THAT THIS CONDUCT WAS NOT SEVERE
OR PERVASIVE.
AND POINTED TO THE FACT THAT
BECAUSE SHE COLLEGE JONES NEVER
MISSED WORK AND CONTINUED HER
DAILY ROUTINES WITH CLIENTS
OFFICE AFTER HER ARREST
OCCURRED.
THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
SEVERE PERVASIVE
WORKERS ARE STILL FACING THIS
KIND OF BEHAVIOR TODAY AND AS A
SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWYER I HEAR
STORIES LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
WOMEN FEEL LIKE THEY MUST
OVERCOME. THE SEXUALLY HARASSING
CONDUCT AND SOLDIER ON THEY
OFTEN CANNOT AFFORD TO QUIT OR
TAKE TIME OFF AND THEY CONTINUE
TO WORK DESPITE EXPERIENCING
DEPRESSION. TRAUMA AND ANXIETY
THEY SHOULD NEVER BE PENALIZED
IN THEIR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO
WORK HARD TO SUPPORT THEIR
FAMILIES AND WERE PRODUCTIVE
EMPLOYEES DESPITE THE CONDUCT
THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO INDOOR.
S. B. THIRTEEN HUNDRED WILL
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE FAILURES
AND INCONSISTENCIES BY THE COURT
BY PROVIDING STATUTORY GUIDANCE
ON WHAT SEVERE OR PERVASIVE
REALLY MEANS. FOR PURPOSES OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS THE
BILL WILL CLARIFY. THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT REALLY MEAN FOR THE
CONDUCT OBJECTIVELY AND
SUBJECTIVELY INTERFERE WITH THE
WORKERS ABILITY TO DO HER JOB. A
WOMAN SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SURVIVE
HER WORKPLACE
SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE IN IT.
THIS BILL WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN
EMPLOYERS DUTY TO PREVENT
HARASSMENT BY CAR. MAKING CLEAR
THAT THE DUTY STARTS AS SOON AS
THERE IS UNWELCOME CONDUCT.
FOR EXAMPLE I HEARD FROM A
WORKER RECENTLY WHO COMPLAINED
ABOUT A CO WORKERS USE OF A
WHITE BOARD.
DEPICTS SEXUAL MATERIAL AND
POSITIONS
THE IMPORT SHE WOULD COMPLAIN
ABOUT THAT CONDUCT. THE EMPLOYER
INTERVIEW THE COMPLAINANT BUT
THE PUMP LAWYER DETERMINED THAT
THIS INCIDENT DIDN'T RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF SEVERE PERVASIVE AND
THEN TOOK NO FURTHER ACTION
INTERVIEWED NO ONE ELSE DID
NOTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT.
THIS KIND OF DECISION ENCOURAGES
THE PERPETRATOR TO CONTINUE THIS
KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND EVENTUALLY
TO ESCALATE IT.
S. B. THIRTEEN HUNDRED WOULD
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE EMPLOYER
HAS A DUTY TO STOP THIS BEHAVIOR
FROM THE BEGINNING RATHER THAN
ALLOW INAPPROPRIATE OR OFFENSIVE
CONDUCT TO CONTINUE TO THE
SECOND. THIRD OR FOURTH VICTIM
BEFORE IT FINALLY ESCALATES TO
SEVERE BEHAVES PERVASIVE
CONDUCT.
ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT OF
THIS BILL IS BANNING THE LEGAL
TACTICS THAT EMPLOYERS AND
SERIAL HARASSERS HAVE USED TO
TRY TO GET AROUND OUR ANTIENT
HARASSMENT ANTI DISCRIMINATION
LAWS.
AND AS SENATOR JACKSON'S THAT WE
HAVE SEEN MANY EXAMPLES WHERE
EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN
RELEASES AND NON DISPARAGEMENT
CLAUSES TO CONTINUE THEIR
EMPLOYMENT.
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT. THIS BILL AND
WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
SHARON MEMBERS. I'M HELLO LOPEZ
AND I'M A PARTNER AT KEY ST
CONSULTING BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF WORK EQUITY
WHICH USES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING
STRATEGIES TO. OUR SURVIVORS TO
LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT SURVIVOR AS WORK
EQUITY HAS ORGANIZED WOMEN AND
MEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT. I'VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE FEELS
LIKE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CONSIDER A SURVIVORS PERSPECTIVE
BECAUSE IT MAKES IT CLEAR. EYED
Y. INCIDENTS THAT ARE DISMISSED
IN OUR WORKPLACE CULTURE AND
OVERLOOKED IN OUR LAW. MAY STILL
BE DEVASTATING TO THE PEOPLE WHO
EXPERIENCE THAT. I DAVE LISTENS
TO MEMBERS OF WORK EQUITY TALK
ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT I HAVE
NOTICED THAT THEY FOCUS ON HOW
IT MAKES THEM FEEL AND HOW IT
HURTS THEM. THAT THEY JUST WANT
IT TO STOP THAT THEY WANTED TO
STOP SO THAT THEY CAN THRIVE IN
THEIR WORKPLACE.
LET'S TAKE AWAYTHE TERM SEXUAL
HARASSMENT FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE
IT'S BECOME SO CHARGED AND SO
LOADED. AND JUST IMAGINE THAT A
CO WORKERS SHARED WITH YOU THAT
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AT WORK
THAT MAKES ME FEEL UNSAFE.
FOR THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING
OUT WORK THAT CONSISTENTLY
KNOCKS ME OFF MY GAME DIMINISHES
MY CONFIDENCE AND MAKES IT HARD
FOR ME TO LEAD A MEETING OR GIVE
A PRESENTATION. I KEEP MY CHEN
UP WHILE I'M DOING DOING AT.
YOU'D WANT TO STEP IN AND HELP
THAT CO WORKER.
LET'S PUT THE TERM SEXUAL
HARASSMENT BACK IN AND IMAGINE
THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS TO
BLAME.
WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC ACT WE STILL KNOW THAT
THE PERSON WHO HAS SURVIVED THIS
ACT IS NOT OKAY. SHE'S NOT ABLE
TO LEAD A MEETING SHE IS NOT
ABLE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION HE
DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SITTING
NEXT TO A PARTICULAR PERSON.
BOTH IN OUR WORKPLACE CULTURE
AND IN OUR LAW THOUGH WE
DIMINISH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING
CRUSHED AT WORK IF IT OCCURS
BECAUSE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WE DISMISS SOME ACTS BECAUSE
THEY'VE OCCURRED ONLY ONCE IN
OUR LAW THEY DO NOT REACH THE
STANDARD TO BE. CONSIDERED
SEVERE OR PERVASIVE AYE AND IN
OUR WORKPLACE CULTURE WE DISMISS
ONE TIME INCIDENTS AS ACCIDENTS
WELL HE GRABBED HER BY BUT IT
MUST'VE BEEN ONCE.
ONLY ONCE BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE
LEADING A MEETING SITTING NEXT
TO A PERSON WHO GRABBED HER BUT.
I SEE I SEE THAT I'M SHORT ON
TIME.
STEPPED BACK LET'S LET'S UNLOAD
THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT
AND IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO
COME TO A WORKPLACE WHERE YOU DO
NOT FEEL SAFE. SB THIRTEEN
HUNDRED INCLUDES MULTIPLE
PROVISIONS
TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
SURVIVORS THE GOAL IS NOT TO
MAKE WORK ON FUND THE GOAL IS
NOT TO PUNISH OR TO MAKE
EVERYONE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
IT'S TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL
SAFE AT WORK SO THAT WE CAN DO
OUR VERY BEST WORK AND THRIVE.
WORK EQUITY SUPPORT JUST BE
THIRTEEN HUNDRED.
I CAN THANK YOU. OTHER WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT MY INGRAM ACLU OF
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MATT BROAD CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF
CALIFORNIA TEAMSTERS EIGHTEEN
YEAR LONGSHOREMEN AND YEARS
INSIDE TO SIT CALIFORNIA UNITE
HERE. I'M YOU W. AT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. AYE SO ALL IN SUPPORT
OF MARK SHAKHTER CALIFORNIA
RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOUNDATION ALSO EXPORT THANK
YOU.
HELLO JENNIFER RIGHT SHE CALL
RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND STRONGER
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT
IF YOU.
SHE WANTS WITH ROUGHLY WITH
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN SUPPORT IN A
STRONGER CALIFORNIA COALITION
MEMBER.
RIGHT WHEN HIS OPPOSITION.
TAX.
THEY TO THINKING.
MYERS RIGHT.
THE KNOW BREVITY'S ENCOURAGED.
GOOD AFTERNOON MORE CURTIS
AGAINST WE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND THIS BILL AGAIN IS
ON OUR POST LIST IT'S ACTUALLY
ONE OF OUR JOB KILLERS THIS
YEAR.
I'M ALL WE UNDERSTAND THE
ESSENCE OF THE BILL AND THE.
ISSUES ARE ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME HOWEVER
WITH THIS BILL THE ACTUAL PLAIN
LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL. UMBEL
EXPOSE EMPLOYERS TO CRUSHING
AMOUNT OF LITIGATION FIRST OF
ALL THE CURRENT STANDARD OR THE
LANGUAGE OF THE BILL REMOVES THE
CURRENT STANDARD FOR STANDING
STANDING IS A PILLAR OF OUR
JUDICIAL SYSTEM. AND THIS WILL
CREATE A NEW PRIVATE RIGHT OF
ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PREVENT
TRUST NONDISCRIMINATION WERE
ACTUALLY NOW HARASSMENT OR
DISCRIMINATION HAS OCCURRED.
THE COURTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
FAIR EMPLOYMENT HOUSING HAVE RT
DETEMINE THAT THERE IS NO
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR
FAILURE TO PREVENT HARASSMENT
DISCRIMINATION. BECAUSE THE
COURTS SAY THAT THERE IS NOLOGIC
THAT AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS
NOT BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
OR HARASSED SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SUE FOR FAILURE TO PREVENT
SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HASN'T
HAPPENED YET.
AND AND ADDITIONAL THE PLAIN
LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL WOULD
ALLOW ANYONE TO SUIT THE
EMPLOYER FOR THIS IT'S NOT AN
EMPLOYEE IT'S ANY INDIVIDUAL
CONSUMER FOR AND FAILURE TO
PREVENT HARASSMENT OR
DISCRIMINATION. ALL THEY NEED TO
KNOW IT DO IS NOTIFY THE
EMPLOYER THAT THEY FOUND THAT
THE BEHAVIOR WAS AND WELCOME TO
THAT WHICH MEANS THAT THEY FOUND
THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE SO
THAT IT REALLY DOES EXPOSE THE
EMPLOYER TO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
OF LITIGATION. I THINK THAT WITH
THE DISCUSSION AROUND SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ONE THING THAT IS.
.
TO IT THAT WE SHOULD KNOW IS
THAT YOU HAVE PRIVATE RIGHT OF
ACTIONS IN CIVIL COURT FOR
ASSAULT FOR BATTERY FOR
ATTENTION FRICTION EMOTIONAL
DISTRESS. AND THINGS LIKE THAT
AGAINST THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL
THAT HARASSED YOU OR AND OR
BECAUSE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR
AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS BILL
IS THE EMPLOYER'S ROLE IN THAT.
THE EMPLOYERS CAN ONLY BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFORMATION THEY
KNOW THEY CAN ONLY BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR TRAINING FOR
TRYING TO PREVENT THIS BEHAVIOR
BUT ACTUALLY.
PREVENTING SOMEONE FROM TAKING
AN ACT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT
ASPECT TO THE EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONSHIP AND.
SO WHAT WITH THAT AND WE ALSO.
BELIEVE THAT THE NON
DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT HANDS
THE GENERAL WILL BE SAYS IN THE
BILL'S PROVISIONS WILL ALSO HAVE
A CHILLING EFFECT ON SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENTS AND SEVERANCE
AGREEMENTS. AND BEING THAT THESE
ARE STANDARD CLAUSES WITH IN
THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS AND IF
YOU NEGATE THE ABILITY TO
ENFORCE THOSE TYPE OF CAUSES.
AND THAT THEY WILL BE EMPLOYER
WILL HAVE LESS OF A MOTIVATION
TO SETTLE AGREEMENTS I I
UNDERSTAND SENATOR JACKSON HAS
AN OPPOSITE VIEW ON THAT BUT
WITH A THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE
BILL THAT'S WHERE CONCERNS ARE.
THE MEASURE BRIEFLY JUST ADD ON
IT BUT FIRST I WANT TO. GO TO
INDICATE THAT IN. NO WAY DO WE.
CONDONE ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES
THAT THE SPONSORS AND
SUPPORTERS.
INDICATED AND I APPRECIATE TO
AGAIN AS WE DID ON THE PRIOR
BILL CENTER JACKSON AND HER
STAFF WILLING TO. SIT DOWN WITH
US AND AND LISTEN TO OUR CONCERN
SO LET ME JUST BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT
THREE THINGS.
ONE IS IN WHAT IS NOW SECTION TO
THE BILL CA SECTION ONE WAS OUT
WITH INTENT LANGUAGE IN
SUBDIVISION QUE.
SENATOR JACKSON'S BILL ADDS TWO
SENTENCES THE SECOND AND THE
THIRD AND WE RAISE CONCERNS AS
MISS CURTIS OUTLINE THAT IN THE
SECOND SENTENCE.
THE PLAINTIFF IN AN ACTION
ALLEGING UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT
PRACTICE IS NOT REQUIRED TO
PROVE THAT'S WHERE THE LACK OF
STANDING CONCERN AS.
NOW SENATE JACKSON INDICATED A
DESIRE TO GIVE.
A GREATER DIRECTION TO THE
COURTS.
ARE OUR CONCERN IS IS THAT A IN
THE AMENDED VERSION NOW A THIRD
SENTENCE IS ADDED TO SUBDIVISION
QUE. IT SHALL SUFFICE FOR THE
PLAINTIFF TO SHOW THAT THE
EMPLOYER KNEW THAT THE CONDUCT
WAS UNWELCOME TO THE PLAINTIFFS
SO ON THE ONE HAND. AND
SENTENCED TO IT SAYS ESSENTIALLY
THAT.
THE EMPLOYER EXCUSE ME THE
EMPLOYEE THE PLAINTIFF BEYOND
JUST THE EMPLOYEE ANY PLAINTIFF
POTENTIALLY INTO THIS LANGUAGE.
DOESN'T HAVE TO SHOW ANY.
HARM AND THEN IN THE SECOND
SENTENCE THAT TALKS ABOUT BEING
ON WELCOME TO THE PLAINTIFF SO
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME
INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN. THOSE TWO
PROVISIONS
AS.
WHAT SCENE SECTION FOR THE BILL
AS MISS CURTIS INDICATED? SOME
CONCERN ABOUT.
THAT LANGUAGE.
WILL IT.
CONTINUE TO WILL CHANGING THIS
LANGUAGE INSIDE SECTION FOR
CONTINUE TO ALLOW ENCOURAGEMENT
OF SETTLEMENT OF CASES WE ALSO
DISCUSS WITH CENTER JACKSON HER
STAFF. THE NOTION OF.
SELF AUDITS AND THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT.
THE LAST ISSUE ALL BRIEFLY
RAISES AND SECTION FIVE I THINK
OF THE BILL WHICH ISN'T IT A NEW
PROVISION. WHICH IS ONE SIDED
ATTORNEY'S FEES.
.
AND I'M SORRY A PREVAILING
DEFENDANT WILL.
SORRY.
THERE'S OF STRONG LIMITATION NOW
ON THE ABILITY FOR A DEFENDANT
TO OBTAIN ATTORNEY'S FEES AND
COSTS ONLY WHERE THE ACTION WAS
FRIVOLOUS ON REASONABLE ARE
TOTALLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION WHEN
BROUGHT.
OR WHERE THAT PLAINTIFF CONTINUE
TO LITIGATE AFTER IT CLEARLY
BECAME SO.
AND WE THINK THAT THAT LANGUAGE
IS UNWARRANTED THANK YOU.
OKAY.
OTHER WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION
NAME WORKSTATION.
MISTER CHAIRMAN PERSON CALL RICE
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURES AND
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION WE ARE
OPPOSED TO THE BILL FOR THE
REASONS PREVIOUSLY STATED BUT WE
ALSO KNOWN AS SUBMITTED OUR OWN
COMMENTS TO RAISE AN ADDITIONAL
ISSUE. RELATED TO THE BYSTANDER
INTERVENTION A TRAINING AND ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT EXTENDED
EMPLOYER LIABILITY GIVEN THE
FACT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION ON HOW
EMPLOYEES ARE TO INTERVENE. INTO
SITUATIONS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE.
A PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE
AND THEREFORE BECAUSE WE ARE
EMPLOYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OUR
EMPLOYEES WERE CONCERNED THAT
NUMEROUS SITUATIONS AND
SCENARIOS COULD ISSUE. THAT
COULD EXTEND LIABILITY TOO MANY
FACTORS IN EMPLOYERS AS WELL
THANK YOU.
RIGHT.
THAT AFTERNOON OR THE JOHNSON
THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES RESPECT OPPOSITION FOR
THE REASONS STATED THANK YOU.
STERN MEMBERS.
JANUARY ABOUT THE CIVIL JUSTICE
ADDITION CALIFORNIAN OPPOSITION.
DON'T GIVE IS THAT CALIFORNIA'S
SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION
OPPOSED FOR THE REASONS.
HE HAD SOME OF THE CALIFORNIA
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION WHERE A
POST.
DO YOU.
A PLANE OR JUST AT THE FAMILY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF GREAT POWER
THIRTIES RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS TRICIA
GERINGER WITH AGRICULTURAL
COUNCIL CALIFORNIA ALSO
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE.
BUT MICHAEL MILLER WITH THE
COMPOSITION OF OF WONDER OF
COURSE OR WAS A QUICK ADDITIONAL
ISSUE WE WERE CLOSER CERTAIN
MINING INCLUDING MANDATORY
TRAINING ARE READY FOR PRIME RIB
CONTRACTOR WORKERS. THAT'S
EXISTING LAW LAST YEAR WE
EXPANDED A LOT REQUIRE THAT THE
TRAINING BE. IN THE LANGUAGE OF
THE WORKER THERE REPORTS PEOPLE
ANNUALLY WITH THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER AND THE PENALTY FOR
NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAW THE FARM
LABOR CONTRACTOR LOSE THEIR
LICENSE GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. TO
THINK HOW THIS LAW WOULD WORK
TOGETHER WITH THAT.
RESPECTED POST THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
SHOULD HE IS THE CALIFORNIA
LEAGUE FOOD PRODUCERS IN
OPPOSITION.
YOU KNOW IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES RESPECT.
ALL RIGHT.
QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
SEARCH THEM.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR OF I.
I KNOW A TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
HERE I JUST WANNA JUST.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF LITIGATION
AGAINST A. BUSINESS WITH LISTEN
I I'M.
I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO
PREVENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE
HAVE TAUGHT THE AUTHORED FOR.
DOING WHAT SHE FEELS IS IN THE
BEST INTERESTS OF ACCOMPLISHING
THOSE GOALS.
AYE YOU SEE A LOT OF.
CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN WELL
ARTICULATED BY THE THE
OPPOSITION. AND RATHER THAN GO
INTO THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY AGAIN
I'D RATHER JUST SAY I I'M
ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THE
OPPOSITION AND HOPE THAT THE
AUTHOR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE OPPOSITION. TO MAKE THE
STATE OF THE THAT THE DOCUMENT
DAILY.
KIT CAN HELP US ADDRESSEES OF
THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WHAT OUT
OF PUTTING A LOT OF OUR
BUSINESSES AND LEGAL HARM'S WAY.
ETCETERA CASKEY.
ON THIS ISSUE OF THE BYSTANDER
TRAINING OF MISS LOPEZ TESTIFIED
THAT THERE'S.
YOU KNOW.
UNSAFE CONDITIONS ON ONE LET'S
GET RID OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
TERM BECAUSE IT'S SO LIGHTNING
ROD AND THEN. I'D DIMINISH CAN
YOU COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE
I CAN SEE. PEOPLE SAYING LOTS A
SNARKY THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW
IF IT RIGHT YOU SEE THAT THAT
RISES TO PART OF THE. THE
TRAINING OR THE RESPONSIBILITY
THAT THE EMPLOYERS ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
THE NOTION OF BYSTANDER TRAINING
IS TO GIVE TOOLS TO PEOPLE IN
THE WORKPLACE WHO CAN HIT COME
IN AND ESSENTIALLY NEUTRALIZE A
SITUATION. THAT MAY BE GETTING
OUT OF HAND OR MIGHT OTHERWISE
GET OUT OF HAND.
NO WAS NO OBLIGATION ON ANYONE'S
PART THERE'S NO NOT GONNA BE ANY
LIABILITY THAT IN INSOUCIANT
JUST TO GIVE TOOLS TO WORKERS.
IN THE WORKFORCE SO THAT IF THEY
FEEL APPROPRIATE THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN
PERHAPS STEPPING INTO A
SITUATION AYE AND.
TRYING TO.
DIFFUSE IT IF YOU WILL OR TO
POINT OUT THAT THE BEHAVIOR THAT
THAT THIS MAY BE MAKING SOMEBODY
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. UP BUT TO TO
EMPOWER WORKERS TO A COLLEAGUES
TO. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TOOLS
TO.
TO INTERVENE IF THEY FEEL THAT
THERE IS A SITUATION THAT IS.
THAT COULD RISE TO THE LEVELOF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR IS ONE AND
I KNOW.
I HAVEN'T COME TO THAT IN OTHER
WORDS GET SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT I'M AN OLD
LADY.
I I WILL LEARN BUT.
.
I THINK THE TERM IS APPROPRIATE
IF SOMEONE IS CRACKING THE FOR
EXAMPLE SOMEONE'S CRACKING OF
RACIST JOKES.
GUY IN IN YOUR PRESENCE AND THE
PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AND YOU STEP
UP AND SO YOU KNOW. I I DON'T
THINK THAT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE
I THINK THAT'S OFFENSIVE.
IT YOU HAVE THE YOU ARE
EMPOWERED TO TO FEEL COMFORTABLE
SAYING IT YOU PERHAPS ARE
TRAINED IN A WAY TO DO IT THAT
THE. ELEVATE THE ANTAGONISM OR
OR.
CONDUCT OF THOSE WHO ARE
PERPETRATING THE BEHAVIOR BUT
JUST SIMPLY TO BE ABLE TO COME
IN AND HAVE A TOOL SO THAT YOU
CAN BE EMPOWERED. TO SPEAK UP
ARE AND HOPEFULLY HELP DIFFUSE
THE SITUATION NO ONCE MANDATED
TO DO IT NO ONE'S PENALIZED IF
THEY DON'T.
THEY DON'T STEP FORWARD BUT.
THERE ARE THERE ARE. WE HAVE
SEEN IN MANY INSTANCES IN THE
HEARING INDICATED THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE EMPOWERED WITH THESE
TOOLS.
CAN A BE HELPFUL IN.
DEFUSING THE SITUATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SITE I DO A FEW QUESTIONS AND.
ON ONE LEVEL I APPRECIATE
EVERYONE SENSE TO BE A TIME AND
THAT I KNOW BEEN POINTED THAT
OUT BUT I ALSO WANT SURE
EVERYONE'S EVERY BILL GETS ITS
DUE HEARING AS WELL.
SO ACTUALLY JUST TO FOLLOW UP
ON THE.
.
THE ISSUE ROUND BYSTANDER AND
THE TRAINING SAYING I UNDERSTAND
THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE ATTENTIVE
FROM AYE HEARING IS IS THIS IS
ABOUT TRAINING.
BUT ALSO HEARING FROM THE
OPPOSITION ABOUT HIM BECAUSE IF
YOU'RE.
GIVEN TRAINING BY AN EMPLOYER.
SO YOU BEING TAUGHT SOMETHING IN
THE TOWERS AS YOU NEED TO LEARN
THIS.
AND THEN YOU DON'T EXERCISE IT
AND SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.
BAD SO I JUST AND I'D REALIZE
SEWER.
.
I'D.
THIS OTHER GUY PROVIDE OF THE
SOME PROTECTIONS FOR THE WORKERS
WHO LIVING SOMETIMES MAY INVOLVE
THEIR BOSS AND THAT'S A REALLY
AWKWARD PLACE TO BE I MEAN
IDEALLY YES THEY TO INTERVENE
BUT IT. COULD BE AT JEOPARDY OF
THEIR CAREER AND SO THEY MAY NOT
YELL SO AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR
TENT IS AUDIT DOES THAT DO WE
NEED TO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE.
NATO'S GOING TO JUDICIARY SO
YOU ABOUT IS THEY LIKE IS THERE
SOMETHING WE DID SOMETHING. AND
I'M NOT ATTORNEYS ON WHAT THE
CASE LAW IT'S BUT.
ISN'T THERE SOMETHING HAS TO BE
SURE THAT SURE THE PLAYER
PROVIDES TRAINING BUT YOU DON'T
EXECUTE ON IT BECAUSE OF THE
SITUATION.
AND NOW THE WORKERS SOMEHOW IN
THIS
POSITION WHERE SOMEONE SAYS WELL
YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING
YOU DIDN'T.
WELL IF THE EMPLOYER'S AWARE
THAT THE BEHAVIORS GOING ON THAT
THE BILL SAYS EMPLOYERS BEFORE
IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF SEVERE
AND PERVASIVE. IF THE EMPLOYER
IT IS A WHERE THE THE BILL
BASICALLY CALLS UPON THE
EMPLOYER TO TAKE REASONABLE
STEPS.
SO AND AND.
TO TO ADDRESS IT SO FOR EXAMPLE
IN THAT SITUATION WHERE
SOMEONE'S MAKING RACIST COMMENTS
BUT MONEY LATEST SO SO IN TERMS
OF THE WORKERSTHEMSELVES WHO'S
NOW BEEN GIVEN.
A BODY OF TRAINING BY RIGHT
EMPLOYER THE WORKER IS A WORKER
FULLY PROTECTED.
IF THEY DON'T
THEY ACTUALLY ACT ON THERE'S NO
DUTY TO ACT ON A THIRD THAT THE
ONLY DUTY IS FOR THE EMPLOYER TO
GIVE THIS IS PART OF THEIR
TRAINING. OKAY I JUST OKAY SO
THAT'S ONE PART I WANT TO
CLARIFY SOARING DID YOU LOOK I
WAS JUST GONNA SAY I'M IN THE
NATURE OF THE TRAINING IS.
I TELL PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM THE
CONFIDENCE AND THE TOOLS TUESDAY
INTERVENE IF THEY LIKE I
UNDERSTAND I SAID THAT'S THE
INTENT BUT I JUST DON'T TRAFFIC
WORK OUT THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES
THAT WE LOOKED FOR IF IT NEEDS
CLARITY AND ULTIMATELY TO GET ON
THE INTERNEES I'M NOT GONNA.
WHAT THE CASE LAWS ON THAT?
SEVERAL CASKET IS ONCE THE
BYSTANDER TAKES AN ACTION DOES
THE REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD
APPLY.
WHAT ARE RESPOND BECAUSE
NORMALLY IF YOU IF YOU COME TO
SOMEBODY'S CHOKING AND I GO IN
THERE AND I TRIED TO HELP I GET
ASKED REASONABLE WE WE WE PUT A
LEGAL STANDARD ON THEM THAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN? ACTIONS IF
THIS
I'M EXPECTING A NEXT LET.
AS YOU KNOW THE THE SITUATION
ACCELERATES RIGHT.
SO IS THAT.
WITH THAT APPLY. WE WANT YOU BY
STANDARD INTERVENES HER IT AXTON
THE REASONABLE STANDARD THAT IN
OTHER PARTS OF LAW. WHEN A GOOD
SAMARITAN INTERVENES YOU HOLD
THEM TO A STANDARD OF
REASONABLENESS.
WELL I GUESS SO THAT I'M A
LITTLE CONFUSED A BECAUSE THE
REASONABLENESS APPLIES TO THE
EMPLOYER.
DOES THAT HIT IF THE EMPLOYER
BECOMES AWARE.
ALL OF.
A SITUATION THAT COULD RAISE
RISE TO THE LEVEL OF SEVERE AND
PERVASIVE.
THE EMPLOYER WOULD THEN HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE
REASONABLE STEPS TO INTERVENE
NOT US OPTIMIZE I'M SAYING I'M
SAYING THE BYSTANDERS THERE
SOMEBODY TAKES.
SAN SOMETHIN HARASSING SOMEBODY
THEY STEP IN WITH. WHATEVER
THEY'VE LEARNED WHATEVER TOOL
THAT THEY'VE LEARNED TO DO AND
THEN THEY SAY.
I'M DONE HERE YOU KEEP
HARASSING THEM AND THEY WALK OUT
FORGET ABOUT THE EMPLOYER FORGET
THE BYSTANDERS BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S A CONCERN THEY DIDN'T
ARTICULATED QUITE THAT WAY BUT.
WE HOLD THEM TO A REASONABLE
PERSON LEVEL FOR AA AT IT I
WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS IT SOUNDS
LIKE YOU'RE. CONCERNED THAT WE
GIVE EMPLOYEES BYSTANDER
TRAINING OUR INTERVENTION
TRAINING AND THEN EITHER THEY.
IT'S YOU KNOW SIT BACK AND WATCH
SOMETHING HAPPEN AND THEY DON'T
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND ARE
THEY THEN NOW SUBJECT TO SOME
SORT OF INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY AS
A RESULT OF IT. THEY I MEAN THE
ANSWER TO THAT IS NO OR IF THE
INTERVENE RIGHT THEN THAT THEY
HAVE TO THAT IS NO BUT I MEAN IF
YOU'RE SAYING THEY INTERVENE AND
THEY DO SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE
PUNCH A PERSON OUT OF FIRM FOR
THE AND I MEAN. YOU KNOW YOU
JUST OF ABANDONED THE EFFORT
THAT THE PERSON IS CLEARLY
HARASSING THEM THEY'RE ON THE
VERGE OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND
YET AT THE TIME THEY JUST WALK
AWAY SICK HAMDAN I THINK THAT'S
TOTALLY FINE I MEAN I THINK THAT
WELL. OKAY THEY THEY THEY HAVE
THE RIGHT TO DO THAT AND THERE
WON'T BE AND THERE'S NOT ANY
SORT OF INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY.
EMPLOYEE FOR EITHER DECIDING
THAT THEY WANT TO TRY AND
INTERVENE AND IT'S NOT WORKING
OUT AND THEY DECIDE TO WALK AWAY
MEANS REALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF
THIS IS JUST TO. TO HELP GIVE
PEOPLE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WHAT
HAPPENS IS THESE INCIDENTS
HAPPEN UNDER PEOPLE JUST.
ARES AND I DON'T KNOW IT IT IT
RIGHT OKAY SO SO I THINK THAT.
I'D SOME.
MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SURE
ABOUT IT THE OTHER ISSUE AND MAY
HAVE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND.
AT NIGHT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT MAYBE AND YOU CAN
NEITHER DRESS THAT ARE AND.
AND IF THE ANSWER THIS SO THE
ISSUE ABOUT.
YES CERTAINLY WE WANT TO HAVE
BUSINESSES PREVENTS AND SO.
BUT THE IDEA THAT SO SOMEBODY A
THIRD PARTY CAN SAY WHAT I THINK
THERE'S HARASSMENT GOING I MAKES
ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND I SAID IT AND NOW I GO SO
SETS THE STANDING ISSUE WHEN WE
CLARIFIED THAT THAT WE AMENDED
THE BILL IN AND TAKEN OUT THE
STANDING A THIRD PARTY DOESN'T
HAVE
STANDING TO MAKE.
THERE WASN'T THERE IT GOES ON
CLEAR THAT'S BEEN REMOVED SO
THAT THAT ISSUES HAS OKAY.
TAKEN OFF THE TABLE OR IF IT I
MEAN I BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE HAS
DONE THAT WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN
IN MARCH THE SHAPE AND GET
INSIDE. HEAD YEAH HE'S THAT BUT
I DON'T THE GOAL IS NOT TO
CREATE LITIGATION THE GOAL WAS
TO FINALLY PREVENT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE IT'S
BEEN GOING ON WAY TOO LONG WE'VE
BEEN VERY INEFFECTIVE IN DOING
IT. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO TAKE
THE STEPS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO
HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY CAN.
RESPOND WE NEED TO.
REQUIRE.
THAT.
IF YOU ARE THAT DISH TRAINING
BOTH NOT NOT TRUST BYSTANDER BUT
TRAINING FOR EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYEES.
OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES IN A
BUSINESS NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S
FIVE OR MORE I'D LOVE TO DO IT
IF YOU JUST ONE BUT WE. WERE
USING THAT CONSISTENT STANDARD
OF FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND YEAH AND.
.
AND THAT IS THAT IS THE GOAL
THERE.
OKAY.
ALRIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO.
.
AND I JUST ONE LAST QUESTION SO
YOU'RE WORKING ACTUALLY WORKED
WITH THE OPPOSITION TO TRY TO
ADDRESS.
AS ALWAYS A AND AND I'VE I
ALWAYS TRY TO RUN IT THAT THIS
IS CONSIDERED A JOB KILLER BILL
THE JOB KILLERS WHEN PEOPLE ARE
HARASSED AT WORK IN THE CAMP
PERFORMING THEY QUIT.
OR THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK
AND GOES DOWN THAT'S THE JOB
KILLER OF THIS IS A BILL THAT IS
DESIGNED TO.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE
WORKPLACE IS A HEALTHY ONE WHERE
EVERYONE CAN THRIVE AND BE
SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT I'D ASK FOR
YOUR ARRIVAL.
S. I'LL TAKE THAT AS YOU CLOSING
HER EYES TO APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE
OPPOSITION ON THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION.
OKAY SO MOVED BY ETCETERA
AKOWSKI. RECOMMENDING AND I ON
THIS.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
PASSED TO JUDICIARY YES PAN AYE
PAN AYE STONE.
STONE NO JACKSON AYE.
I MITCHELL
BY.
I WIECKOWSKI.
AYE KOWSKI AYE.
OKAY THAT DOES STUFF. PASSES FOR
ONE MAKING.
SIR MITCHELL MAY HAVE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN SP THIRTEEN FORTY
THREE.
UP WHAT YOU'RE NOT DEPEND IS THE
NEW CHAIR OF LABOR COMMITTEE AND
WELCOME SENATOR WIECKOWSKI.
GLAD THAT YOU ALL JOINED.
WHEN.
OF RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THIS
LAST CONVERSATION.
OUR I AM HERE TO PRESENT SENATE
BILL THIRTEEN FORTY THREE.
WHICH TAKES A MODEST STEPS
TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE
WORKPLACE BY ESTABLISHING A BASE
STANDARD REQUIREMENT THAT ALL
EMPLOYEES RECEIVE INFORMATION
AND TRAINING ON SEXUAL
HARASSMENT PREVENTION.
SINCE ALL SEVEN EMPLOYERS WITH
FIFTY MORE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TWO HOURS OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION
TRAINING. TO ALL SUPERVISORS
EVERY TWO YEARS THE CURRENT
STANDARD WAY TO INFORM NON
SUPERVISORIAL EMPLOYEES ABOUT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT YOU
POLICIES PROCEDURES ISSUE A
POSTER. THAT ALL EMPLOYERS ARE
REQUIRED TO POST.
POSTER OUTLINES EMPLOYEES RIGHTS
HOW THE FOLLICLE PLATE INCLUDES
A TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR PEOPLE TO
CALL TO REGISTER COMPLAINTS OR
ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION BUT
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT. TO
PROVIDE TRAINING TO NON SUPER
THE STORY.
SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND
PERSPECTIVE OF THE CONTROLLER
THIS IS INSUFFICIENT.
AS THE LEGISLATURE HAS LEARNED
TO OUR OWN INTERNAL HEARING TO
DISCUSSIONS FAR MORE THAN A
SIMPLE POLLSTER IS NEEDED TO
INITIATE WORKPLACE CULTURE
CHANGE.
ACCORDING TO THE U. S. ARE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION'S SELECT
TASK FORCE ON A RAFT IN THE
WORKPLACE. THERE ARE A SERIES OF
FACTORS THAT PUT EMPLOYERS AT A
HIGHER RISK OF EXPERIENCING
HARASSMENT.
SOME OF THESE FACTORS INCLUDE A
YOUNGER WORKFORCE ISOLATED
WORKPLACES WORKPLACES WITH
SIGNIFICANT POWER DISPARITIES
AND WORKPLACES THAT WILL. RELY
ON CUSTOMER SERVICE OR QUIET
SATISFACTION.
WOMEN PARTICULARLY WOMEN OF
COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO WORK IN
ENVIRONMENTS WITH HIGHER
PROPENSITY OF THESE RISK
FACTORS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUGE A
POWER DISPARITIES
WHERE SUPERVISOR A MANAGER CAN
ACT ON THEIR BIASES IMPLICIT OR
EXPLICIT AND THE EMPLOYEE HAS NO
CLEAR SENSE OF WHAT THEIR RIGHTS
ARE OR HOW TO SEEK REMEDY.
NINETY TWO PERCENT OF THE WORK
PUT FORTH IS EMPLOYED BY A FIRM
WITH FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND THIRTY PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS
HALF FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES
MEANING THAT THIS BILL WILL
IMPACT NEARLY A.
ALL NEARLY ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S
WORKFORCE BUT A RELATIVELY SMALL
NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS
LITTLE OF A BURDEN TO EMPLOYERS
AS WE POSSIBLY CLAN WHILE
MINIMIZING COMPROMISES ON
EMPLOYEE SAFETY.
WE ARE HAVING ONGOING
CONVERSATION WITH VESTED
INTEREST TO ENSURE THAT THE
VIDEO TRAINING COMPONENT IN THIS
BILL. IS BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND
COST EFFICIENT WHILE ALSO
DELIVERING THE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION THAT EMPLOYEES NEED.
GIVEN THESE RISK FACTORS AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE
MILLIONS OF WORKERS WHO NEVER
RECEIVED ANY EXPLANATION ABOUT
THEIR RIGHTS.
TYPES OF BEHAVIORS THEY SHOULD
REPORT OR THE PROCEDURES IN
PLACE TO REMEDY THEIR GRIEVANCES
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO ADDRESS. THE
ABUSE OF POWER.
LET'S BE CLEAR WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN
CURRENT TRAINING PRACTICES
BUT ACCORDING TO THE EEOC EVEN
MINIMAL TRAINING CAN INCREASE
THE ABILITY OF WORKERS TO
UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF CONDUCT.
THAT IS CONSIDERED HARASSMENT
AND HINTS UNACCEPTABLE IN THE
WORKPLACE.
A TWO THOUSAND ONE STUDY THAT
FOUND EVEN A THIRTY MINUTE
TRAINING SESSION RESULTED IN TO
SUBMIT TO BEING MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THAN THOSE WHO HAD
NOT PARTICIPATED. IN ANY
TRAINING AT ALL.
THIS BILL WILL NOT STOP THE
PROBLEM OVERALL SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THE WORKPLACE BUT BY
TAKING THE BASIC STEP OF
EDUCATING ALL EMPLOYEES.
OF OUR IMPAIR OF WORKPLACE WITH
FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES WE TAKE
THE FIRST STEP TOWARD INDEED
SUCH HARASSMENT AND THE CULTURE
THAT CONDONES IT.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE WITH ME TODAY
JODY HICKS WITH THE MAYOR BROWN
HICKS AND KESSLER. ARE
REPRESENTED FAMILY PHYSICIANS
AND EVAN GOLDBERG REPRESENTING
STATE CONTROLLER BETTY WHO COULD
NOT BE WITH US TODAY.
I ASKED WHICH.
GIVE THIS BILL FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION THANK YOU SENATE
MITCHELL AYE WITNESSES WOULD.
THANK YOU KNOW AND I WILL BE
BRIEF TICKETS I'M HUNGRY TOO. A.
JEDI HEX REPRESENTING I'M
ACTUALLY TODAY WE DO HAVE A
CLIENTS SUPPORTING THIS BILL BUT
FOR TODAY. I REALLY WANTED TO
REPRESENT MYSELF AND MY FIRM SO
I'M A PARTNER AT TO MY BROWN
HIXSON KESSLER.
WE HAVE.
CLIENTS HAD BEEN WORKING ON ON
THIS ISSUE AND ESPECIALLY THIS
YEAR AS IT'S BECOME.
.
A A MAJOR ISSUE HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND SO WE DECIDED TO
REALLY WALK THE WALK AND WHERE A
SMALL FIRM. WITH SIX EMPLOYEES
AND FOR PARTNERS AND WE BROUGHT
IN A CONSULTANT.
TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES WITH
WITH OUR STAFF AND AND WITH THE
PARTNERS AND YOU KNOW WE'RE
PRIMARILY WOMEN OWNED ALTHOUGH
DOMINIC WANTED TO. MAKE SURE
THAT IS POINTED OUT WE DO HAVE A
MALE PARTNER HAS AN ALLY.
BUT WE'RE PRIMARILY WOMEN IN
OUR FIRM THEM FELT PRETTY
CONFIDENT THAT WE WERE NOT
ACTUALLY HARASSING OUR STAFF.
BUT WE DECIDED TO BRING IN
SOMEONE AND REALLY HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS JUST IN CASE WE'RE
HAVING. CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY
BE MADE MADE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE
ESPECIALLY IN THE COURSE OF THE
POLICY WORK THAT WE DO. AM
REALIZE THAT WE HAD NEVER HAD
THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AS
IF THAT HAPPENS WHAT SHOULD THEY
DO WE'RE NOT A LARGE CORPORATION
WE DON'T HAVE FORMAL POLICIES.
AND OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU'RE SMALL
AND INTIMATE. THAT'S WHEN THINGS
ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE NON.
YOU KNOW WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY.
THE WORD AND WE WANTED TO HAVE
SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE THEY
FELT COMFORTABLE TALKING TO US.
AND SO WE'VE BROUGHT SOMEONE IN
WE DID A SEPARATE TRAINING FOR
ALL THE LOBBYISTS THAT WE
CONSIDERED SUPERVISORS A
SEPARATE ONE FOR STAFF SO THEY
CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE TO TALK
FREELY. AND WHAT WE FOUND IN
WHAT I'VE FOUND THROUGH ALL OF
THIS IS WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE
ANSWERS EVEN AS MUCH AS WE WORK
ON THIS.
AND WE FOUND A SURPRISINGLY THAT
OUR. OUR OUR STAFF.
WE HAD HAD INCIDENTS WITH OUR
CLIENTS WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES
AND LOBBYISTS THAT COME AND HAVE
MEETINGS WE'VE HAD THINGS. THAT
HAVE MADE OUR STAFF
UNCOMFORTABLE AND IF IT'S A
CLIENTS FOR INSTANCE OUR STAFF
DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING
AND TELLING US BECAUSE. THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS
TO THEM AS AN EMPLOYEE AND IT'S
ALWAYS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE AND
THAT'S ONTO THIS IT'S
EMBARRASSING.
AND SO WE FOUND OUT INCIDENTS
THAT.
THAT'S OFTENTIMES IS CREEPING
AND HANGING AROUND THE OFFICE
AND SO WE CAME UP WITH A AS WE
DID THE SEPARATE TRAINS AND CAME
TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND WE ALSO HAD THE PERSON.
WITH OUR YOUNGER STAFF AND
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ACTUALLY
GIVE THEM TOOLS FOR HOW THEY CAN
SAY FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE A
CLIENT WHO IS ASKING SOMEONE TO
LUNCH AND IT WAS MAKING THEM
UNCOMFORTABLE. AND HOW THEY SAY
NO THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE AND THAT
THATS OKAY AND WE WANT THEM TO
DO THAT WE WNT THEM TO TALK TO
US. AND OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO
PROTECT OUR STAFF AND WE NOW
HAVE THINGS LIKE CODEWORDS
SO IF THEY'RE EMBARRASSED
UNCOMFORTABLE THEY CAN SAY A
SPECIFIC LINE. AND WE KNOW THAT
THAT MEANS SOMETHING'S GOING ON
AND WE SHOOT THEM OUT OR WE WE
FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS I WILL
JUST SAY AGAIN WHERE VERY SMALL
WE HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES. AND OUR
WORK FLOW IS BETTER WERE ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED WE'VE HAD SINCE THAT
TRAINING THREE TIMES THAT OUR
STAFF HAS UTILIZED THAT CODE
WORD. POLICY WHERE SOMEONE'S
JUST HANGING AROUND THEIR
CUBICLE AND IT MADE THEM
UNCOMFORTABLE SO. I'M IT IT'S
BEEN GREAT FOR US I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO SUPPORT BILLS LIKE THESE
AS WE TRY AND CHANGE THE CULTURE
MOVING FORWARD THANK YOU.
AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN EVAN
GOLDBERG ON BEHALF OF STATE
CONTROLLER BENNY YE THE SPONSOR
OF THE BILL THIS REQUEST YOUR
SUPPORT HAPPEN ANSWERING
QUESTIONS.
OTHER WITNESSES SPORT.
HI JENNIFER RIGHT SHE CORPS
RIGHTS ADVOCATES.
IN SUPPORT LIKE YOU.
MATT BROAD EYES SCREEN ACTOR'S
GUILD TEAMSTERS EIGHTY L. AYE SO
ON AND SO FORTH WERE ON SPORT
UNITE HERE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OF MARC SHOCK
CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL
ASSISANCE FOUNDATION ITS
BORDERS WELL THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW SOME AFTER THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR THE JOBS OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES WERE SUPPORT OF
AMENDED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR.
IDEAS WITH THE AUTHOR STAFF AND
THE COMMITTEE NAMELY IT'S ABOUT
REDUCING THE OVERALL TIME BASED
ON THE. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING
CERTIFICATION OF A COMPLETED A
TRAINING AND TRYING TO CORPORATE
MOTHER LOCALLY ADOPTED PROGRAMS
BECAUSE WE KNOW.
TRAININGS THAT ARE SMARTER AND.
AB PERSONALIZED FOR THOSE
EMPLOYEE GROUPS IS MORE
EFFECTIVELY REALLY DO APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WE THINK
THIS IS A PROACTIVE MEASURE IN
THE RIGHT MOOD.
THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON BILL GIVENS OF
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISKS
ASSOCIATION WANT TO ECHO THE
COMMENTS THAT SEEKS ACNE.
QUICK QUESTION FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
SAYING NO WRITERS MOTION FOR
THE BILL I DID.
OF I SORRY OPPOSITION I
APOLOGIZE. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU
KNOW ABOUT IT AND. TALK ABOUT
THE TABLE OUR.
I CAN'T OKAY BUDGET WHICH.
WELL TRY TO GET THE FOOD RIGHT.
I SEE SOME OF THE TIME TO GET
COMMITTEE. NEXT I THINK FOOD IS
OFF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT.
NICOLE RICE AT CALVARY
MANUFACTURES AND TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE AN
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED POSITION
ON THE BILL. ON THE
MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY I'M AN
EMPLOYEE AS EMPLOYERS A DO YOU
WANT TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT
ARE FREE FROM HARASSMENT ON. UP
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL WE'VE
HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE AUTHORS OFFICE OUT WE THINK
YOU AND THINK YOU'RE STAFF FOR
THIS CONVERSATION WE TO HAVE
AND.
SIMILAR A CHANGES THAT WE'D LIKE
TO SEE TO AYE IN THE BILL TO
HELP WITH THE COMPLIANCE AND
IMPLEMENTATION I'M AS WAS
PREVIOUSLY STATED. THAT YOU KNOW
A REDUCTION OF THE TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS FOR NON SUPERVISOR.
EMPLOYEES ALSO AND YOU KNOW
SOME TYPE OF MECHANISM FOR
MANUFACTURERS ARE SMALL
MANUFACTURERS WHO WILL BE
UTILIZING THE VIDEO COMPONENT I
THINK. MORE CELL AND THAT OUR
OTHER COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE MEETING THEIR YOU
KNOW STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS SO
THEY'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
CONFIRM THAT THERE HAS BEEN
COMPREHENSION AND COMPLETION. OF
THE VIDEO COMPONENT AND THEN
ALSO.
AT LITTLE NEW WANTS TO REQUEST
AND BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH
MANUFACTURERS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD
THIS REQUIREMENT BEFORE AND THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR JUSTICE
CONFIDENCE IN THEIR COMPLIANCE
AND SO. ON THEY'RE LOOKING TO
ENSURE THAT THEY CAN INCLUDE
THIS TRAINING INTO THEIR
CURRENTLY EXISTING TRAINING
COMPONENTS WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
DOING TRAINING FOR HALF A DAY OR
A WHOLE DAY. ON MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY'RE
JUST LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE
IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THEIR
COMPLIANCE SO FOR THOSE THREE.
AMENDMENTS HAVE TAKEN.
WE WOULD NO LONGER BE OPPOSED
TO THE BILL.
Q. WHERE BASICALLY.
DO THE TRAINING.
IT'S VIDEO IT'S INTERACTIVE AND
INTERNET BUT AND THAT YOU.
BASICALLY DEMONSTRATE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU WERE TAUGHT AND YOU DO
THAT.
WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT SHE
FRANKLY IF THE YOU DON'T KNOW
YOU SHOULD SPEND FIVE HOURS AND
TELL YOU TO DO IT TO YOU KNOW IT
RIGHT AND WEATHERS SHORTER
LONGER AND AND MAYBE ALSO
LOOKING AT.
YOU KNOW MAYBE HAVING.
YOU KNOW ONE SET FOR NOT
SUPERVISORS WHICH BASED ON WHAT
THEY NEED TO KNOW TRIBUNAL
SHORTER THAN SUPERVISORS.
PERHAPS HAVING.
EFFETE EIGHT BASICALLY EITHER
YELL DEVELOPED AND OR SIGN OFF
ON.
APPROVING GET ONE SET THERE FOR
THAT PLAYER KNOWS THAT IF I DO
THIS ONE IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY
THE AGENCY AND THEREFORE IN THE
PROCESS
EDUCATION WHERE GOD. SO I
UNDERSTAND YOU WORK AND ALL
THAT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY OUR THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MISTER CHAIR ON AND
AND VERY OPEN I THINK
FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT WE'VE HEARD
FROM OPPOSITION.
MET WITH MANUFACTURERS.
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS SMALL
MANUFACTURES IN MY DISTRICT JUST
LAST WEEK I WAS PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT SOME OF
THEM ON THEIR OWN ARE DOING%
TRAINING BECAUSE NO EMPLOYER.
OUT ONCE THE HAVE A NICE TOXIC
WORKPLACE IN A TOXIC CULTURE AND
SO I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR WHAT
ON THEIR OWN THAT THEY BEGAN TO
DO AND SO. I THINK WE'RE NOT FAR
OFF AT ALL FUNDAMENTALLY THE
GOAL OF THIS BILL IS TO EXPAND
THE CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES WHO
HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING NOT JUST
SUPER RESORT AB ALL EMPLOYEES.
AND EMPLOYEES OF FIVE OR MORE ON
A PULL UP UP EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS VERSES THE FIFTY
SO WHILE WE ARE BROUGHT IN THE
NET WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THE
CONVERSATIONS WE DON'T WANT TO
BE BURDENSOME.
BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO
COMPROMISE THAT OVER PEOPLE NOT
FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERSTANDING
THEIR RIGHTS AND I KNOW HOW TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES AND KNOW HOW
TO COMMUNICATE THAT. ALL WE'RE
DOUBLE REFERRED WE WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS I'M
AS WE GO ALONG.
THE PROCESS BUT THAT'S THE
FUNDAMENTAL GLENDALE AND I'M.
VERY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
GET THERE WAS SOME OF THE FOLKS
IN OPPOSITION COMING ON TO
SUPPORT.
AS THE BILL MOST OF THE PROCESS
SO THAT I ASK FOR AN AIBO OKAY
THANK YOU ALRIGHT SO THE BILL'S
BEEN MOVED BY A SENATOR
JACKSON'S.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL UP SEARCH
AGENDA I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY
THAT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE
AN FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE
AMENDMENTS OF THE MANUFACTURES
CATTLE YET YOU'RE ENTERTAINING
THEM WHICH I I GREATLY
APPRECIATED. AND SO I'M GOING TO
HOLD OFF ON TODAY BUT I WATCHED
I SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THE BILL
AND I LOOK FORWARD HOPEFULLY
COMING ON BOARD AND THE REASON
WE JUST WE WEREN'T THERE YET A.
S. TIMING I WAS TRYING TO GET TO
THE PROCESS AND WHILE. MOST OF
OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN IN
CONCEPT WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW
AGREE ON SPECIFIC LANGUAGE BUT
WHERE THERE IN TERMS OF A
CONCEPT THANK YOU ON IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF GETTING THE ACTUAL.
LANGUAGE AGREEMENT
AND SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT BY
THE TIME AT LEAST BY THE TIME WE
GET TO A PROBES.
ALRIGHT
EXCELLENT.
ALRIGHT SO WITH THAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SIR JACKSON
THE MOTION IS I DO PASSED TO.
STAND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
PAN AYE. PAN AYE STONE.
JACKSON AYE JACKSON AYE MITCHELL
AYE MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
WIECKOWSKI AYE.
OKAY.
BUT. THAT IT UP IT'S SO.
YET THOUGH SO THE VOTERS FOUR
ZERO PASSES OUT COMMITTEE THANK
YOU.
SO OKAY.
.
I JUST ONE MORE BILL THE
PRESENT.
AND THEN I WILL HAVE TO CONSENT
CALENDAR SO. NOW TRY TO BE VERY
BRIEF SO. THERE'S DON'T YOU GET
TOGETHER.
THIS IS GOING BRADFORD.
MAYBE.
WE HAVE BEEN UNDER SENATOR
BRADFORD WITH SENATOR PAN S. B.
TWELVE FIFTY. TWO.
CENTER BETH OKAY THANK YOU
ETCETERA STONE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS SO.
AT PRESENTING SP TWELVE FIFTY
TWO WHICH I USE THE BRADFORDS
NOW.
ME WITH A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT
BILL SURE THAT ALL WORKERS HAVE
ACCESS TO PAYMENT INFORMATION
RECORDS.
SO SINCE THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES
CALPERS AFFORDED WORKERS THE
IMPORT RIGHT TO BE ABLE INSPECT
COPY PAYMENT RECORDS KEPT BY
EMPLOYERS. HOWEVER UNFORTUNATELY
THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE
SELECTIVELY OUT READING THE
CURRENT LAW OUT THE FORCED
EMPLOYEES PROVIDE THEIR OWN
MEANS OF COPPING RECORDS
IT'S NOT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE AND
NOW THE IMPACT ON REASONABLE BUT
ALSO CONTRADICTS THE SPIRIT LAW
SURVEY MAKING A SLIGHT CHANGE
EXISTING LAW TO GIVE WORKERS THE
RIGHT TO INSPECT OR RECEIVE A
COPY OF PAYMENT RECORDS THE
LEGISLATURE CAN BRING MUCH NEED
CLARITY PREVENT HARMFUL ACTIONS.
THIS BILL SPONSORED BY
CALIFORNIA REGAL OUT RULE LEGAL
ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION.
SUPPORT BY UNITED FARM WORKERS
CALIFORNIA PLANET LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION EQUAL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES
AND.
THE COUNT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THE WESTERN GROWERS AND KIND OF.
FARM BUREAU ARE ALL NEUTRAL ON
THIS ISSUE HAS NOW REACHED
OPPOSITION FLESHLY ASPER I'VE
IT.
MISTER. MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS MARK SHOCK CALIFORNIA
RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOUNDATION WITH THE SPONSOR ARE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY. IN THE
AUDIENCE WANTS COMES BECAUSE
SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
JUST SAY DITTO YEAH THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AND. NOW WILL CALL UP
ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION AS WE TALK
TO TO TO INTIMIDATE OPPOSITION
MUST COME FORWARD.
SEEING THEM.
CLOSING STATEMENTS AND HER.
JEFF ASKED WHAT ABOUT.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO.
AS AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
OF PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
PAN FIGHT PANTS AYE STONE AYE
STONE AYE JACKSON. JACKSON AYE
MITCHELL AYE MITCHELL AYE LIKE
OF.
I CAN'T GET AYE.
RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO COST FIVE
BILLS BILLS UP MY ZERO HAS FIVE
VOTES IN IS OUT.
ALRIGHT.
WITH THE CONSENT COUNTY ALRIGHT
SO TO THE EXTENT CALENDARS BEEN
MOVED BY SENATOR STONE.
SO SECRETARY PLEASE SO
BASICALLY JUST.
TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR S. B. NINE SEVENTY BY
ATKINS AND SP TEN EIGHTY SIX BY
ATKINS SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL NEXT ENCOUNTER PAN AYE PAN
AYE STONE. AYE STONE AYE
JACKSON.
JACKSON AYE MITCHELL. MITCHELL
AYE WIECKOWSKI.
WIECKOWSKI I OKAY THAT THE
CONSENT TALENT SCOUT FIVE ZERO
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND GO
THROUGH THE ROLE.
STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE
S. B. EIGHT TWENTY FIVE CENTER
BELL.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
PARENTS AND MEMBERS
I.
PAN AYE.
WHY KOWSKI?
WHITE HOUSE KEY I.
OKAY SO THAT BILLS OUT FOUR ZERO
AND NEXT ITEM IS.
TYPE THAT BILL IS OUT FOR ONE
IT'S SAID THE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS NEXT ITEM IS ITEM
NUMBER TWO S. B. NINE THIRTY
SEVEN MOTIONS DO PASSED THE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
LIKE ASKING.
ACCOUNTS HE AYE.
SO THAT BILLS OUT FOUR ZERO OKAY
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE
SB ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT
STONE OUT A CHAIR VOTING NO. UM
IT'S TO MOTIONS TO PASS THE
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SECTOR
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL.
WHITE HOUSE.
S. B. ELEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT STONE.
THAT ONE.
EXIT CHAIRS ARE.
I SO THAT BILL FAILS.
TO ONE.
.
IT SAID UP SO IS THERE ANY
TRACTION TO GRANTING
RECONSIDERATION.
OKAY SEE NO OBJECTION
RECONSIDERATION WILL GRANT THE
AUTHOR RECONSIDERATION.
OKAY I NEXT ITEM IS SP TWELVE
FIFTY TWO LIKE WE JUST DID THAT
ONE.
.
S. NEXT I'D.
OKAY NEXT ITEM IS SP TWELVE
EIGHTY FOUR JACKSON ON THE SIDE
EMPLOYERS ANNUAL REPORT A PAYDAY
THAT MISSION IS TO PASS A
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SECTOR
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL.
THAT BILLS OUT FOUR TO ONE NEXT
ITEMS I SP THIRTEEN HUNDRED EYES
WHICH ARE JACKSON.
ABOUT ONCE EVERY OUT OKAY OKAY.
OKAY NEXT ITEMS ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT SP FOURTEEN TWELVE ABOUT
BRADFORD APPLICANT FOR
APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT FROM
THE HISTORY MOTIONS DO PASSED
THE SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
YEAH I.
OKAY AND THEN I FINALLY WE HAVE
SB FOURTEEN TWENTY EIGHT MCGUIRE
MINERS DEPLOYMENT WORK PERMITS
THE MOTIONS TO PASS AND.
OUT OF DON'T REALLY.
OKAY.
SORRY.
ITEM NUMBER.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SP FOURTEEN
TWELVE BRADFORD IS OUT FOR ONE.
AND THAT'S OFTEN PUBLIC SAFETY
OKAY FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER
NINE S. B. FOURTEEN TWENTY EIGHT
MCGUIRE ADMISSIONS TO PASS THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
SECRETARIES CALDWELL JACKSON.
I MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
THAT BILL IS OUT FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU WITH THAT WE'VE
INCLUDED THE BUSINESS OF THE.
.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
THE MEET THE HAS HEARING IS
ADJOURNED THANK YOU