AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
I WE NEED I THINK THREE MORE FOR
A.
QUORUM.
WE HAVE A TOTAL SIXTEEN BILLS ON
THE AGENDA TODAY. ONE BILL HAS
BEEN PULLED FROM OUR GENDER THAT
BILL IT'S ITEM NUMBER FIFTEEN
THAT'S SP FOURTEEN ID.
STORE HARRIS TURNS BILL THAT IS
NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY FIVE OF
THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THOSE
BILLS INCLUDE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SP TEN FIFTY ONE DIED ITEM
NUMBER FIVE SB ELEVEN SIXTY TO
PAY AND.
ITEM FOURTEEN SP FOURTEEN FIFTY
TWO WILK.
ITEM NUMBERS SIXTEEN AND
SEVENTEEN OR COMMITTEE BILLS
THAT THEY WOULD BE S. B. FIFTEEN
OR THREE AND.
FIFTEEN OH FIVE.
UP TO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN
COMPLETE OUR WORK TODAY WE HAVE
A AT A TOUGH LEGISLATIVE
CALENDAR WE'RE NOT THE ONLY
COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE
CAPITAL TODAY.
SO. WE JUST WANT TO ASK THE
AUTHORS IN THE WITNESSES TO
PLEASE.
I HAVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS BE
BRIEF.
KEEP YOUR TESTIMONY CONCISE AND
DON'T REPEAT POINTS THAT ARE
ALREADY MADE.
WILL ESTABLISH A QUORUM AT
SEVEN.
AND.
WILL START NOW WITH.
SENATOR HANNAH BETH JACKSON.
GOOD MORNING SENATOR.
WE HAVE YOUR BILL S. B. TWENTY
ONE.
THERE.
THERE'S.
SELECT.
S. B.
A TWENTY ONE THIS HISTORY A
MEASURE THAT WILL GIVE COUNTIES
THE OPTION TO AUTOMATICALLY
ENROLL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
INTO A LOCATION BASED EMERGENCY
NOTIFICATION PROGRAM WHILE
PROTECTING RESIDENTS PRIVACY AND
PRESERVING THEIR ABILITY TO OPT
OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
THIS NEW OPT OUT ALERT PROGRAM
WILL HELP ENSURE THAT MORE
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS RECEIVE
CRITICAL ALERTS
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS
DURING AN EMERGENCY.
IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN CALIFORNIA
EXPERIENCE THE LARGEST AND MOST
DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON IN
OUR HISTORY.
NEARLY NINE THOUSAND WILD FIRES
IGNITED ACROSS THE STREET STATE
BURNING OVER ONE POINT TWO
MILLION ACRES OF LAND.
DESTROYING MORE THAN TEN
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
STRUCTURES AND KILLING AT LEAST
FORTY FOUR PEOPLE.
A UP IN THE THE CHAIRMAN'S
DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
FIVE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST
DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES ON RECORD
OCCURRED IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN
INCLUDING THE THOMAS FIRE. WHICH
BURNED WHOLLY WITHIN MY
DISTRICT.
THIS FIRE NOW THE LARGEST FIRE
EVER RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA
BEGAN IN DECEMBER.
ON DECEMBER FOURTH TO BE EXACT.
THE TIME OF YEAR TRADITIONALLY
OUTSIDE THE FIRE SEASON. IN ITS
WAKE OVER TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO
THOUSAND ACRES OR FOUR HUNDRED
AND FORTY SQUARE MILES BURNED
ACROSS VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA
COUNTIES OVER A PERIOD OF FORTY
DAYS.
LAST YEAR'S FIRE SEASON HAS
FOCUSED ATTENTION ON HOW
CALIFORNIA'S EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WARN THE PUBLIC DURING AN
EMERGENCY. ONE OF THE MORE
MODERN ALERT SYSTEMS IN USE IN
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IT IS THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY
ALERT WE ARE.
THIS SYSTEM IS ADMINISTERED BY
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION. AND ALLOWS MOBILE
PHONE SUBSCRIBERS TO RECEIVE
GEOGRAPHICALLY TARGETED TEXT
LIKE MESSAGES ALERTING THEM OF
IMMINENT THREATS TO SAFETY IN
THEIR AREA.
THESE ALERTS ARE BROADCAST ALL
MOBILE DEVICES WITHIN OF DEFINED
ALERT SHOWN MEANING THAT AN
ALERT ISSUED IN DOWNTOWN
SACRAMENTO FOR EXAMPLE IS
RECEIVED BY ALL WE A CAPABLE
MOBILE DEVICES IN THAT ZONE.
EVEN IT IF THEY ARE ROAMING OR
THE PHONE'S OWNER IS VISITING
ANOTHER AREA. NOW THIS INCLUSIVE
APPROACH TO ISSUING WARNINGS
HELPS ENSURE THAT AN EMERGENCY
MESSAGE IS WIDELY DISSEMINATED
BY USING THE SYSTEM COULD BE
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN CERTAIN
SCENARIOS INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE.
EXECUTING A STAGED EVACUATION IN
AN AREA WITH LIMITED ROAD
CAPACITY
TO OUT RUN IN ADVANCING WILDFIRE
I SUSPECT THAT WAS PART OF THE
DECISION MAKING. THAT OCCURRED
IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES
THE WE A SYSTEM IS. I IN SOME
INSTANCES OVERLY BROAD.
AND WARNS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN
THE DAY THE AREA WHERE THE
ACTUAL EVENT IS TAKING PLACE SO
MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
EMPLOYMENT THE WE IS SYSTEM WITH
THEIR OWN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE
MORE PRECISELY.
WITH RESIDENTS DURING AN
EMERGENCY THE SYSTEMS CAN SEND
PRE RECORDED MESSAGES TO
DEFINED TARGET AREA USUALLY
BASED UPON THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS
ASSIGNED TO A LANDLINE TELEPHONE
NUMBER.
MOBILE TELEPHONES CAN ALSO
RECEIVE TEXT AND VOICE ALERTS
FROM THESE A NOTIFICATION
SYSTEMS. BUT ONLY IF THAT PHONE
USER.
HAS OPTED IN TO RECEIVE ALERTS
FROM THE SERVICE AND REGISTERED
THEIR DEVICE WITH THEIR LOCAL
JURISDICTION.
FAR TOO FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNOW
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND WE KNOW
THAT GIVEN THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO
TARGET ALERTS USING PHYSICAL
ADDRESSES.
LOCALLY OPERATED NOTIFICATIONS
S. ARE AMONG THE.
PRECISE EMERGENCY SYSTEMS IN USE
TODAY BUT BECAUSE REGISTRATION
OF MOBILE PHONES IS NOT
AUTOMATIC
MANY JURISDICTIONS STRUGGLE TO
GET RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP TO
RECEIVE ALERTS OR THEY RECEIVE
THE ALERTS AFTER THEY LEARNED
ABOUT THEM. AFTER THE EVENT HAS
OCCURRED AND DEED THAT'S WHAT WE
SAW UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WHEN THE THOMAS FIRE BROKE OUT
LESS THAN THIRTY PERCENT THE
PRESIDENT HAD SIGNED UP TO
RECEIVE COUNTY GENERATED CELL
PHONE AND EMAIL ALERTS. DURING
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES
WHICH RESULTED IN FORTY FOUR
DEATHS
TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION
OF RESIDENTS HAS ALSO BEEN
SCRUTINIZED AS INADEQUATE.
S. SPEED A TWENTY ONE HELPS
ENSURE THAT MORE CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS WERE RECEIVED CRITICAL
EMERGENCY ALERTS.
BY AUTHORIZING COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TO
AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL RESIDENTS
IN THESE COUNTY OPERATED
NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. USING
CONTACT INFORMATION OBTAINED
FROM RESIDENTIAL UTILITY SERVICE
PROVIDERS LIKE POWER WATER AND
TRASHSERVICE THIS BILL
AUTHORIZES COUNTIES TO
AUTOMATICALLY OFTEN RESIDENTS
INTO THEIR COUNTY OPERATED
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS. BUT
THIS BILL ENSURES THAT RESIDENTS
WHO DON'T WISH TO RECEIVE THESE
ALERTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
OPT OUT.
AND A CAN DO SO A WITH A EAST IF
THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BE PART OF
THIS EARLY ALERT SYSTEM. NOW
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RIVER SO
FREQUENTLY IS WITH COMMERCIAL
ENTERPRISES YOU ARE OPTED IN.
AND.
YOU HAVE TO OPT OUT YOURSELF I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN
THE COMES TO EMERGENCIES AND THE
ABILITY TO GIVE PEOPLE LIFE OR
DEATH. A NOTIFICATIONS THAT THIS
MEASURE IS IMPORTANT WHEN A
DISASTER STRIKES EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS MUST BE ABLE TO NOTIFY
RESIDENTS QUICKLY AND
EFFECTIVELY. AND WITH ME TODAY
ARE SURE OF JEFF DEAN OF INTER
COUNTY AND
SHE RYAN
FROM THE RURAL COUNTIES
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA
HERE TO TESTIFY IT'S BORN.
SENATOR.
MORNING SENATORS JEFF TEEN SHARE
FOR VENTURA COUNTY.
AND AS THE SENATOR MENTIONED WE
EXPERIENCED A HORRIFIC DISASTER
OF THE THOMAS FIRE NOT UNLIKE
MY.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE A
MULTI TIERED APPROACH EMERGENCY
NOTIFICATION WE SEND OUT WE SENT
OUT NOT OVER NINETY THOUSAND
NOTIFICATIONS WITH ABOUT A.
NINETY SEVEN PERCENT A
COMPLETION RATE THE PROBLEM
BEING AS IT WENT TO LAND LINES
BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD A THIRTY
PERCENT OPT AND.
SO I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
OF THE SENATORS.
BILL.
YEAH I'D AND. TO REALLY ROUND
THAT I'M COMPLETED IS THAT WE
INCLUDE. THAT CELL PHONE
COMPANIES A PROVIDE THAT DATA
BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE CRITICAL
DATA. BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW
THAT WE'RE ALL LIVING ALL FOR
CELL PHONES AND THE. END OF
LOCAL NUMBER.
OCCASION PEOPLE COULD.
RECEIVE THE CELLPHONE DATA FOR
THOSE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA
THAT WOULD REALLY CLOSE THE LOOP
AND ALLOW US. TO PROVIDE NOTE
EMERGING NOTIFICATION IN TIMES
OF CRISIS LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME YOU.
THE MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS TRACY
RIGHT RAKAI REPRESENTS A
CALIFORNIA.
WE REPRESENT THAT THIRTY FIVE.
RURAL COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA
MOST OF THEM IMPACTED BY THE
NUMEROUS NATIONAL DISASTERS WE
EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.
IN AS WE SEEN IN THOSE
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS QUICK AND
ORGANIZE EVACUATION IS KEY TO
SAVING LIVES.
IN FACT A THE NINE COUNTIES
AFFECTED BY WILDFIRES LAST
OCTOBER THE ONE COUNTY THAT USE
THE GOVERNMENT MOBILE PHONE
ALERT SYSTEM SUFFERED NO
FATALITIES.
FROM THE DISASTER.
MANY OF THE COUNTIES NOTED THAT
THERE VOLUNTARY WIRELESS
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM HAD A
MINIMAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS
SIGNED UP FOR EXAMPLE CINEMA
COUNTY HAD A MERE TWO PERCENT OF
ITS RESIDENTS REGISTERED IN THE
MOBILE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.
ISSUES THAT MOST RESIDENTS
ASSUME THAT THEIR MOBILE PHONE
NUMBER.
WILL BE THE ONE THAT'S
CONTACTED EMERGENCY.
IN FACT I LIVE IN OF.
HIGH FIRE RISK AREA AND I HAD
NO IDEA THAT I.
OFTEN TO GET THOSE.
NOTIFICATIONS.
WITH EVAN INCREASE OF NATURAL
DISASTERS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE
DIMINISH USE OF TELEPHONE
LANDLINES WE NEED TO FIND A WAY
TO ENSURE COUNTY RED COUNTIES
CAN REACH THE RESIDENTS AND
EMINENT DANGER. IN THE MOST
EFFICIENT EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE
AND MOST TIMES THAT'S A MOBILE
PHONE.
S. B. TWENTY ONE PROVIDES A
MECHANISM FOR COUNTIES TO
MAINTAIN AN OPERATIVE
CONTACTLESS FOR RESIDENTS TO
ENSURE THAT EVERY METHOD OF
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION IS USED.
INCLUDING LANDLINE RADIO LARGE
TELEVISION AND MOBILE PHONES.
IT'S IT'S AND IMPERATIVE THAT WE
QUICKLY LET THESE RESIDENTS NOW
THAT THEY NEED TO LEAVE THE
AREA.
WE THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD AND BELIEVE
IT'S A GOOD AND REASONABLE
SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE TO AN
ISSUE THAT POSES RISKS TO MANY
OF OUR RESIDENTS AND WE WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR IT AYE
VOTE.
Q. NEXT.
GOOD MORNING CARE MARTINSON ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HERE IN
STRONG SUPPORT AS WELL WHICH IS
LIKE TO. AGO ON THE COMMENTS OF
MY COLLEAGUES.
AND VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF HERE.
WE DO FEEL THAT THIS BILL WILL
HELP TO IMPROVE OUR OWN.
OTHER AND MORE NEEDS TO.
AIR RESIDENTS FOR DISASTER
MERGER ABOUT THINKING
THANK YOU ADDITIONAL WISH
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
WE BROKE SOME BEHALF OF THE
VENTURA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HERE IN SUPPORT.
WORKINGGARLAND ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA
DISTRICT NINE THE UTILITY REFORM
NETWORK AND THE CONSUMER
FEDERATION CALIFORNIANS FOR.
ANY FURTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
SEE NOW I'M WILL TURN BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE.
SENATOR GAINES.
IT JUST.
.
THANK YOU FOR BRING YOUR BILL
FOR SENATOR JACKSON'S GREAT
BILL.
I JUST.
ONE TO GET CLARIFICATION IN
TERMS OF WHO IS NOTIFIED.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY ON
A CELLPHONE BECAUSE. SOMETIMES
SOMEONE WILL RETAIN THEIR THEIR
PHONE FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME
AND THEY WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT
AREA CODE NOT ENOUGH IT'S LINKED
TO AREA CODE OR.
MAYBE BILLING DRESSER HOW HOW
ARE YOU KNOWING THAT.
THAT PARTICULAR PHONE LIVES IN
THAT PART OF THE STATE.
BUT PART OF THIS IS ARE USING
UTILITY INFORMATION AND AND.
ITEMS THAT COME FROM OKAY OF
THOSE SOURCES SO THAT THE EVEN
IF YOU HAVE A YOU KNOW WHAT TWO
ONE TWO AREA CODE I THINK THAT'S
WASHINGTON OR IN NEW YORK.
BUT YOU LIVE.
IN YOUR AREA.
THE FACT THAT YOUR INFORMATION
FROM YOUR UTILITY BILLS AND SO
FORTH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
THE.
BUT PRIMARILY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHICH DOES SEASON EMERGENCY
NOTICES AND ONE OF THINGS TO
THAT I WANNA. CLARIFY IS THAT
THIS INFORMATION
CAN NOT BE USED BY. A LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR ANY OTHER
PURPOSE THIS AND THAT'S THE
PRIVACY ELEMENT THAT SIMPLY FOR
NOTIFICATIONS IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY GREAT THANK YOU AND.
ONE OTHER IN TERMS OF.
.
THERE'S A LOT OF SCAM ARTISTS
OUT THERE LIKE. AROUND TAX TIME
YET PEOPLE CALLING SAYING THAT
THE IRS NOW YOU OWE MONEY TO
HIRE US OR WHATEVER.
IS
PROBABLY TO BE. OUR CAREFUL HOW
WE. DELIVER THE MESSAGE SO THAT
IT'S THERE'S CLARITY.
BUT IT'S A REAL EMERGENCY AND
NOT.
MISPERCEIVED FIVE THAT.
THE OWNER OF THE PHONE.
WELL I I IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN
THOUGH WOULD HAPPEN INVENTOR IS
YOU GET A NOTICE IN A BEEP ON
YOUR PHONE. THAT THERE WAS AN
EMERGENCY IF YOU'D SIGNED UP IF
HE'S IF AND WHEN YOU SIGNED UP
THE ILLITERATE YOU GET A BEEP
AND A NOTICE ON YOUR PHONE THAT
CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.
OKAY.
SUCH WROTE SHOULD BE SELF
EVIDENT.
EIGHT GUESTS AND AND AGAIN.
THE NOTION TO AND I APPRECIATE
THE THE SHERIFF SUGGESTION WE
WILL. A TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH
THAT IS WELL THAT CELL PHONES
NEED TO BE INCLUDED.
AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO KNOW SO
MANY PEOPLE TODAY RELY UPON THEM
EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEIR
INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE.
OKAY WHICH TO. CENTER HILL.
GREAT BILL I'VE YEAH I THINK SO
TOO SO WELL WHEN WE GET A QUORUM
WILL ESTABLISH THAT QUORUM AND.
WILL GET A MOTION OUT AND THAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
PRESENTING THIS GREAT BILL THANK
YOU SENATOR DODD THANK YOU
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU THE WITNESSES.
THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA CALL UP.
SENATOR MORE LOCK FOR S. B.
TWELVE NINETY SEVEN.
SENATOR MAROC.
COLLEAGUES IT'S AN HONOR TO
SERVE WITH YOU HERE IN THE
SENATE.
LISA.
PAST THREE YEARS YEARS.
AND IT'S BEEN A REAL LEARNING
EXPERIENCE SAYS I'D LEARNED OF
THE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ROLE.
I WAS A PARTNER CPA FIRM THAT I
WAS TWELVE YEARS IS THAT FRAZIER
OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE MEN
EIGHT YEARS IS.
A SUPERVISOR THEY WERE MORE
EXECUTIVE ROLES SO IT'S. A
LITTLE DIFFERENT. THEM IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
SO I'VE I'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU
KNOW AS A SUPERVISOR YOU HAVE
DIRECT ACCESS TO A CA OVER TO
DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND.
IT'S IT'S JUST A LITTLE
DIFFERENT HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
.
SO WHEN WE DEAL WITH DEPARTMENTS
WE GET CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS
ABOUT CONCERNS. THAT WE GET
JOKES ABOUT THE DMV CONSTANTLY.
WE WE JUST APPROVED SENATE BILL
ONE WHICH REQUESTED A HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS INEFFICIENCIES
AT CALTRANS MET REALLY WASN'T
DEFINED BUT THAT WAS. CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALL AWARE
OF THAT HAD TO BE INCLUDED.
AND WHEN THE STATE AUDITOR JUST
CAME OUT WITH A WRITTEN NOT A
REPORT ON THE FISCAL. LACK OF
MANAGEMENT FOR THE.
THE HM. OF THE.
MIDDLE HEALTH SERVICES ACT
YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE OKAY NOW WHAT
DO WE DO WELL WHAT WE DO WE DO
WE WILL HOLD A HEARING AND SO WE
GET TO SEE A DEPARTMENT HEAD
MAYBE. ABOUT ONCE A YEAR BUT WHO
DOES THE FOLLOW UP.
OUR STAFF TRIES TO.
CONTACT
VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN
DEPARTMENTS TO ASSIST.
CONSTITUENTS BUT.
BUT CITIES WE HAVE CITY MANAGERS
AND COUNTIES WE HAVE CIOS AND
CEOS. BUT FOR THIS MASSIVE STATE
THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART IS THE GOVERNOR.
AND THIS SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT A
POLICY ROLE IN POSITION. WHILE
IT ALSO CARRIES THIS MASSIVE
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AND IT'S A
CRITICAL ONE BUT IT'S A LOT OF
WORK FOR ONE. INDIVIDUAL UNIT TO
RELY ON A STRONG CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR CABINET SECRETARIES.
YEAH WE GET STATE AUDITOR
REPORTS AND ELIO REPORTS AND AND
I DON'T SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF
MANAGEMENT FOLLOW UP ON THOSE
REPORTS.
COMMENTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA BEING
UNMANAGEABLE ARE FREQUENT AND
EDITORIALS ON THE EDITORIAL
PAGES AND AND NOW WE HAVE A CAL
THREE. BALLOT MEASURE THAT
SAYING WHAT SPLIT UP CALIFORNIA
INTO THREE STATES SO WHAT'S MORE
MANAGEABLE AND AS LONG AS I'VE
BEEN UP GRABBING HERE JEFFERSON
ST ALMOST.
EVERY MONTH IT SOME KIND A
CONVERSATION SO THERE'S
SOMETHING GOING ON. SO AS A
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM A
COUNTY THAT WENT THROUGH A
BANKRUPTCY THREAT RATHER TRAGIC
BUT. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT WE WE
BUILT SOME PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENTS.
WE CALL THAT RESULTS ORIENTED
GOVERNMENT ARE IN G. WE WE
REQUIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT ANYA
BUSINESS PLANS TO MATCH WITH THE
ANNUAL BUDGET AND THAT WE HAD
THOSE MEN.
TENURE STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLAN
WE HAD MUCH MORE ABILITY TO SEE
WAS GOING ON I PASSED HER TENURE
FINANCIAL PLAN FROM THE C. ISSUE
IN UC SYSTEM.
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOME
MORE MANAGER ILL OVERSIGHT. OF
THIS STATE SO I LOOKED AROUND
AND THE STATES OF OREGON
TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI HAVE
ESTABLISHED THE POSITIONS. OF
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS S. B.
TWELVE NINETY SEVEN PROPOSES
DOING THE SAME FOR CALIFORNIA.
PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT THE GOVERNOR WILL
PROMOTE NUMEROUS BENEFITS
COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT
HEADS ABILITY TO REPOSITION
STAFF IN BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
BUT THE FOCUS ON REDUCING WASTE
AND DUPLICATION AN INCREASE
INEFFICIENCIES.
AND HOLD AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE BY
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON NEGATIVE
AUDIT REPORTS AND ELLIOT
STUDIES.
NOW I KNOW ADDING ANOTHER. LAYER
OF GOVERNMENT IS KIND OF
ANATHEMA TO A LOT OF US BUT MY
MOTHER ALWAYS SAID YOU GOT TO
SPEND A DIME TO MAKE A QUARTER.
AND I THINK IF WE ADDED THIS
KIND OF.
OVERSIGHT AYE IN AN OFFICE OF
STATE OPERATIONS IT WILL ADD
VALUE IN MULTIPLES OF THE COSTS
THAT WOULD BE INCURRED.
SO I IN THAT REGARD I GLADLY
ACCEPT THE. COMMITTEES AMENDMENT
THIS CONCEPT WILL PROVIDE A YOU
JUST SYSTEM FUTURE GOVERNORS AND
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE
VOTE THANK YOU MISTER.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
WITNESSES OPPOSITION.
TURN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANY
QUESTIONS.
SENATOR GAINES IS BUT A
STATEMENT I APPRECIATE YOU BRING
IN THE. BILL FORWARD SENATOR
MORE LOCHAN.
WE'RE FORTUNATE GIVEN YOUR
BACKGROUND HAVE YOU HEARD THE
SENATE.
AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN
TRY TO RUN.
I STAY CALIFORNIA'S AS BEST AS
POSSIBLE FOR.
OUR CITIZENS SO THANK YOU.
CENTER GAINES.
ANYBODY ELSE.
WELL CENTER MORE AWKWARD SOON AS
WE GET A QUORUM WILL ESTABLISH
THAT AND WILL ASK FOR A MOTION A
GET THIS.
CARRIED OUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AT LEAST THE PROCESS
CARRIED OUT IN THE SHADE OKAY I
THINK THEY'RE SHORT FOR YOU
BUDDY.
YOU DID A NICE JOB WITH THE.
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE
DIFFERENT.
OKAY.
A CENTER LARA.
THE D. JUSTLY DO WHAT YOU ARE.
TEE IT UP.
CAVEATS SP TWELVE NINETY THREE.
YEAH.
TWO IMPORTANT.
PAGE YOU MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
EVERY TWO YEARS THE STATE
AUDITOR PRODUCES A HIGH RISK
REPORT WHICH IDENTIFIES AGENCIES
AND PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE AT RISK
FOR WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE.
THE HIGH RISK PROGRAM CAN ALSO
IDENTIFY MAJOR CHALLENGES AND
IMPEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
GOVERNMENT.
EFFICIENCY AS YOU KNOW.
CHAIR MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT
THE CITY OF BELLE.
WHICH WAS.
LIPITOR'S FOR THIS BILL BUT
UNFORTUNATELY CITIES THROUGHOUT
SOUTHEAST LA COUNTY IN MY
DISTRICT.
CONTINUE TO SUFFER THROUGH
MISMANAGEMENT AND MISUSE OF
FUNDS AND WE'VE ALSO UTILIZE THE
HIGH RISK AUDIT.
PROGRAM TO.
HELP CITIES.
COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR
FINANCIAL RISK AND THAT HAVEN'T
SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY AND SO
IT'S ALSO HOW. MANY CITIES
ACROSS THE STATE OF A RECENT
LEGAL OPINION PUTS INTO QUESTION
THE INTENT OF MY THE ORIGINAL
BILL AB ONE EIGHTY SEVEN. UP
FROM TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN AND
THAT'S THE AUDITOR'S ABILITY TO
CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS DEEMED TO BE AT
RISK.
FOR WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE
SPECIFICALLY THE OPINION
PROVIDES AT AB ONE THE SEVEN AS
PRIDE AND LEAVES AMPLE ROOM FOR
ADDITIONAL INTERPRETATION.
SO WE'VE INTRODUCED S. B. TWELVE
NINETY ONE.
WHICH SEEKS TO FOR THEIR MATCH
THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF AB ONE
EIGHTY SEVEN BY ALLOWING THE
STATE UNDER TO EXAMINE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS DURING THE COURSE
OF.
HIS OR HER HIGH RISK AUDIT
PROGRAM AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S
ANY AREAS THAT ARE RISK OF FRAUD
WASTE HAVE OR ANY MISMANAGEMENT.
WE FEEL THE BILL IS NECESSARY
JUST TO FURTHER CLARIFY AND
AGAIN I'LL GIVE THIS TOOL TO A
THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT.
AUDITOR WHO.
HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND NOT
ONLY ASSISTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
BUT DOES NOT HAVE.
COMMITTED SOME SORT OF FRAUD
WASTE AND ABUSE.
IDENTIFIED IN THE AUDIT SO THAT
IT CAN BE CLEARLY RECTIFIED AND
THAT THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE
CITIES.
CAN GET TO BELIEVE IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTES.
THANK YOU CENTER LARA.
.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
NO OKAY LITTLE OR NO ENGLISH
QUITE. TO COME WITH US SKEWS ME
SENATOR CAN WE ESTABLISH CORE
BELIEFS.
DODD.
HERE.
DODD HERE WILK.
BRADFORD. BRADFORD HERE
CANNELLA.
GAINES. GAINES HERE GALGIANI
GALGIANI HERE GLAZER. GLAZER
HERE HIT HILL.
PHIL HERE WESO. LARA. LARA HERE
PORTANTINO MIGHT ASK.
OKAY.
WORK WE'RE QUICKLY DO THE
CONSECUTIVE THAT'S OKAY WE WISH
SENATOR.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY HILL FOR
THE KIDS THAT.
DODD AYE DODD AYE WILK.
BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA.
GAINES.
GAINES AYE GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER. GLAZER AYE
HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO. LARA AYE LARA
AYE PORTANTINO. BIDAK.
OKAY WERE BACK.
AND.
SP TWELVE NINETY THREE SENATOR
LARA ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR
HILL.
WE CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
FILE ITEM A. S. B. TWELVE NINETY
THREE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS DODD AYE AYE DODD
AYE WILK.
BRADFORD. BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA.
CANNELLA AYE GAINES. GAINES AYE
GALGIANI. GALGIANI AYE GLAZER.
GLAZER AYE HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO. LARA AYE LARA
AYE PORTANTINO.
RIGHT BACK.
WHO ME AND? THAT'S EIGHT BUT I
WILL HOLD ROLL OPEN. THAT FELT
OKAY.
CENTER SKINNER SB ELEVEN SIXTY
FOUR.
GOOD MORNING.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS
SB ELEVEN SIXTY FOUR.
RECOGNIZES THAT ARE THAT
CALIFORNIA'S CRAFT DISTILLERS
THE SMALL BATCH PRODUCERS OF
SPIRITS WHO HAVE PRODUCTION
FACILITIES AND TASTING ROOMS
ACROSS THE STATE.
HAVE BEEN THRIVING AND THE
LEGISLATURE HAS.
BEEN OVER TIME.
PROVIDING THOSE CRAFT
DISTILLERS
A FEW MORE.
ABILITIES TO FEATURE THEIR
WARES AND TO SELL ON SITE AND
THIS BILL PROPOSES A FEW.
IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CURRENT
LEGISLATION SO THAT WE CAN
ENSURE THAT THOSE EIGHTY TWO
CRAFT DISTILLERS IN OUR STATE
THRIVE AND IT ALSO BRINGS
CALIFORNIA LITTLE BIT MORE IN
LINE WITH SOME STATES SUCH AS
UTAH. COLORADO NEW YORK AND
OTHERS THAT HAVE.
BETTER ALLOW THEIR CRAFT
DISTILLERS TO DO THESE THINGS.
ON. IT ELIMINATES THE
REQUIREMENT THAT CONSUMERS MUST
DO A TASTING PRIOR TO THE
PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT AT THE
DISTILLERY. AND INCREASES THE
MAXIMUM VOLUME THAT THE CRAP
STILLER CAN MANUFACTURE.
BY A SMALL AMOUNT SO IT STILL
ALLOWS IT IT STILL PUTS A LIMIT.
AND.
MIX A COUPLE OF OTHER MINOR
CHANGES TO TYPE SEVENTY FOUR
LICENSES SO I WILL HAVE MY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT SPEAK.
ONE OF ALL SO I WANTED TO SAY
THAT I WILL BE ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS WHICH
CENTER.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS CHRIS
STELLAR I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA
ARTISANAL DISTILLERS GUILD AND
ALSO THE OWNER OF. AMADOR AND
DRY DIGGINGS DISTILLERY UP IN
THE FOOTHILLS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS
WORK AND THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND
SUPPORT ON THIS.
THANK YOU. MISTER CHAIRMAN
RICHARD HARRIS ON BEHALF OF THE
GUILD THAT RELATE TO BE HERE
TODAY ARTHUR HARD TO ME AND IS
THE.
OWNER AND FOUNDER OF NAPA
VALLEY DISTILLERY HAD A FAMILY
EMERGENCY ACTUALLY QUITE.
DOWN TOP ANYWAY ARTHUR.
WANTED ME TO BE HERE THOUGH TO
SAY THANK YOU.
TO THE COMMITTEE HAVE FOR THE
WORK HE WAS THE FIRST.
PRESIDENT OF THE.
AND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN
WORKING WITH HIS STAFF.
AND WHY SOME BEHALF MISTER HER
TO ME AND THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
VERY GOOD ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL.
SEEING NONE. HERE I'M AND WE.
BUT.
SORRY MR FLANAGAN.
WE DO HAVE A WITNESS IN
OPPOSITION YES SIR.
MISTER CHAIRMAN SENATOR HOW ARE
YOU.
.
MY NAME IS TERRY FLANAGAN I
REPRESENT SOUTHERN GLAZIER WINE
AND SPIRITS WHO I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF TODAY. AND IS WELL AS
A YOUNG SOME MARKET I'M.
.
MR LA I WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE
THIS MORNING. WE ARE IN BETWEEN
HERE WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE
BILL BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
THE BILL. OSTENSIBLY.
WITH MISTER HARRIS.
ALLY TO TRY TO REACH SOME
AGREEMENT. A WE ARE FLYING THAT
AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT TIME
WITH THE BILL BUT I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE SOME.
DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE CHANGES
TO THE BILL AND IF THAT IS THE
CASE WE WILL BE DEALING WITH
THAT AND. MAYBE BACK TO SEE YOU.
BOB I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT BUT.
VERY GOOD WERE I NOTICE YOU'RE
ON NOTICE ALRIGHT THANK YOU
MISTER FLANAGAN ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
SEE NONE.
I WE HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR
GLAZER TO MOVE. WE CALL THE ROLL
PLEASE FILE ITEM SIX SB ELEVEN
SIXTY FOUR MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATE.
DODD AYE DODD AYE WILK.
BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA. CANNELLA
AYE GAINES.
GAINES I GALGIANI. GALGIANI AYE
GLAZER. GLAZER AYE HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO. LARA.
LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT.
EIGHT I THINK IT HAS EIGHTS
VOTES WILL HOLDEN LOW OPEN BREAK
THANK YOU SENATOR.
WE COULD.
BUT I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER ONE.
SP AB TWENTY ONE JACKSON.
SIR A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY US SENATOR
CANNELLA CALL THE ROLL PLEASE
FILE ITEM ONE SB EIGHT TO ONE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE FLOOR.
DODD AYE DODD AYE WILL.
BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA FLY
CANNELLA AYE GAINES.
GAINES AYE GALGIANI GALGIANI AYE
GLAZER. GLAZER AYE HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
LARA I PORTANTINO BIDAK.
OKAY WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER
NINE WHICH IS. THAT WE HAVE
EIGHT MOLD THAT ROLE OPEN FOR
THAT LAST.
BILL S. B. TWELVE NINETY SEVEN
MORE LOCK
THERE A MOTION WITH THE BILL.
MOTION BY CANNELLA.
FILE ITEM NINE S. B. TWELVE
NINETY SEVEN MOTION IS DO PASS
AS AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
DODD AYE AYE DODD AYE WILK.
BRADFORD. BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA.
CANNELLA I GAINES. GAINES AYE
GALGIANI GALGIANI AYE GLAZER.
HILL.
HELL I WESTERN.
LARA.
LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT.
SEVEN HOLDEN OF.
BILL HAS SEVEN WILL HOLD THAT
BILL OPEN.
AND SENATOR GLAZER JULY DO.
.
GIVE US BOTH YOUR BILL STILL.
YOUR FREE TO DO AS YOU PLEASE
BUT WE'VE GOT SB THIRTEEN
SIXTEEN FIRST. ALL DEVELOPERS
OKAY.
CHAIRMAN NOT MEMBERS THANK YOU
FOR HEARING THIS BILL.
BY YOUR STAFF AN ANALYSIS OF
SUGGESTS SOME AMENDMENTS WHICH
I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT.
THE BILL IS ABOUT A
CONTROVERSIAL PIECE OF LAND IN
MY DISTRICT. NOTICES THE ALAMEDA
TESLA EXPANSION.
THIS LAND IS ADJACENT TO AN
EXISTING OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE
PARK THE CARNEGIE S. B. ARE A.
WHICH IS BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST
FORTY YEARS.
I AS YOU KNOW WE COLLECT FEES
FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN
THIS OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE
ACTIVITY. THOSE FEES GOING TO A
FINE WHICH THE OFF HIGHWAY THE
MOTOR VEHICLE RECREATION
COMMISSION USES TO EXPAND. AND
SUPPORT THEIR OFF ROAD
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
FROM NINETEEN NINETY SIX TO
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT THE
COMMISSION DECIDED TO USE THESE
FUNDS TO PURCHASE THIS PIECE OF
LAND.
AND ITS BEEN MIRED IN
CONTROVERSY EVER SINCE.
EVEN BEFORE MY ELECTION TO THE
SENATE I WAS AWARE OF THE
CONTROVERSIES OVER THAT.
PLACE THIS EXPANSION AND SINCE
BEEN IN OFFICE OF TAKING THE
TIME TO TRY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE SITUATION. I PERSONALLY
VISITED THE CARNEGIE OFF ROAD
VEHICLE PARK TAKEN THE TIME TO
TALK TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO
SEE IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A
RESOLUTION. WE COULD COME TO
HOWEVER NOTHING SEEMS TO OF
HAPPENED TO EXCEPT FOR MOUNTING
LAWYER FEES ON ALL SIDES.
I'M I ALONG WITH A DOZEN BAY
AREA MEMBERS REACHED OUT TO THE
STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ASK
THEM IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER
SELLING THIS PIECE OF LAND.
GETTING ALL THE MONEY PUT BACK
INTO THE OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE
FIND. AND LOOK FOR SOME OTHER
PLOT OF LAND MORE SUITABLE FOR
THIS AT THIS OFF ROAD USE.
THE ANSWER FOR THE DEPARTMENT
WAS THAT EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO
SELL THE LAND. WOULD THAT WE
WOULD BE LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
THE DEPARTMENT FELT THEY DIDN'T
HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE LAW
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY
AND WHY THIS BILL IS BEFORE YOU.
THIS BILL DOES NOT MANDATE
ANYTHING. DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE
ACTIVITY OF OFF ROAD RIDING.
DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE CURRENT
OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE PARK. THAT'S
NEXT DOOR IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE RIGHT IF
THEY DECIDE THAT THE PROCESS FOR
THIS EXPANSION HAS GONE ON TOO
LONG.
THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MONEY
BACK INTO THE HIGHWAY OFF
HIGHWAY VEHICLE FUND.
SO THIS BILL ADDS ONE MORE TOOL
IN THE TOOLBOX FOR THE
DEPARTMENT. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE
THE SUPPORT FROM THE NUMBER OF
LOCAL AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDERS.
WITHIN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ONE OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS WITH ME TODAY
CATHERINE PHILLIPS FROM THE
SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA. WILL
SPEAK TO THE RARE ECOLOGICAL
VALUE OF THIS EXPANSIONARY
THAT'S UNDER CONTROVERSY AND WHY
IT SHOULD BE CONSERVE THANK YOU.
FOLKS I I'M CATHERINE PHILLIPS
WAS SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA WE
HAVE A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND MEMBERS STATEWIDE AND
THAT INCLUDES ACTIVE MEMBERS AND
VOLUNTEERS SIERRA CLUB LEADERS
LIVING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY WHO'VE
BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE THIS
VERY SPECIAL NATURAL AREA.
COMMON REVIEW COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS TESLA PARK IS PRESERVED.
OUR LOCAL SIERRA CLUB CHAPTER
IS PART OF THE ALTAMONT LANDFILL
OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE AND THAT'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPANDING. LOCAL
OPEN SPACE MITIGATION FUNDS AND
HAS VOTED RECENTLY TO.
USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO
PURCHASE THE ALAMEDA TESLA
EXPANSIONARY OR TO ASSIST IN
THAT.
WE CARE ABOUT THIS LAND SO MUCH
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND I'LL
JUST.
HIT A FEW IT IS A STUNNING
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT AYE IT.
REFLECTS A WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
MOAT MOIST CHO STRANGE MEETS THE
NORTH EDGE OF THE DRY SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY PRODUCING SOME
INTERESTING HABITATS THAT BRING
TOGETHER A VARIETY OF ANIMAL AND
PLANT SPECIES. AN EVOLUTION
EVOLUTIONARY DIFFERENTIATION
WITHIN THOSE SPECIES THAT YOU
DON'T SEE MOST OTHER PLACES IT'S
GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS A BLUE
OAK WOODLAND AND GRASSLAND BUT
THAT DOESN'T DO THE PLACE
JUSTICE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE.
OTHER WOODLANDS AND GRASSLANDS
IN THE REGION BECAUSE OF ITS
BIODIVERSITY RICHNESS AND THAT'S
LED TO. OF THIS PLACE BECOMING
SORT OF A A MAGNET FOR
NATURALISTS AND SCIENCES OVER A
DECADES AND DECADES INCLUDING.
SIERRA CLUB'S FOUNDER JOHN YOUR
HE SPENT SOME TIME THERE.
OF THE SCIENCES CONSENSUS
STATEMENT ON ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF
THE ALAMEDA TESLA EXPANSIONARY
IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY FORTY FIVE
SCIENTISTS.
OF. OF. PROMINENT SCIENTISTS IN
THE STATE.
AMONG THE THINGS THEY NOTE
ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS FORTY TWO
SPECIAL STATUS WILDLIFE SPECIES
INCLUDING EIGHT FEDERALLY OUR
STATE LISTED CANDIDATES SPECIES.
THE AREA HAS THIRTEEN SPECIAL
STATUS IN TWENTY EIGHT LOCALLY
RARE PLANT SPECIES SEVEN
SENSITIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND I COULD GO ON THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CORDER.
.
THIS BILL IS FOCUSED ON A
SPECIFIC LOCAL ISSUE IN PROVIDES
A MECHANISM TO PROTECT THAT THIS
THIS VERY SPECIAL PROPERTY. AND
IT'S BOTH WISE OF FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AND FAIR TO STATE
PARKS AND THE WAY JIM THE OUR
DIVISION WE URGE YOUR AYE VOTE
ON THIS THANK YOU. HUGH NEXT
WITNESS IN SUPPORT.
MY NAME IS BETH WURZBURG I'M THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY EAST BAY
CHAPTER COVERING ALAMEDA AND
CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. I WON'T
TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME
BECAUSE THE SIERRA CLUB.
A WITNESS IS DONE A GREAT JOB
SAYING Y. WE REALLY CARE ABOUT
THIS PLACE THE RARITY OF THE
PLANTS AND THE ALLIANCES. THE
UNUSUAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
THERE THE RARE RESOURCES AND.
BRINGING TOGETHER NOT JUST THE
PLANTS THE HABITATS THE WILDLIFE
QUARTERS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
OUR CHAPTER BUT IT'S ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE
ORGANIZATIONS WHILE AND ONE
THING IS THAT ONCE YOU DEVELOP
AN AREA OR YOU ALLOW. OFFERED
VEHICLES THROUGH THESE AREAS
IT'S VERY HARD TO LIMIT THEM
JUST TO BE ON PASSED.
AND ONCE YOU START TO DESTROY OR
TEAR UP THE HABITAT IT'S
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RESTORE
IT THIS IS A REALLY HIGH VALUE
AREA ALAMEDA COUNTY UNITS SOME
OF OUR TOP PRIORITY IN OUR
CHAPTER FOR CONSERVATION. THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
MORNING MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
LUCAS FRERICHS ON BEHALF OF THE
NATURE CONSERVANCY IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANKS VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN
SENATORS ROSANNA CURVATURE HERE
WE HAVE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AS WELL AS THE CITY
OF LIVERMORE ALSO IN SUPPORT.
THAT MORNING MY NAME'S DAVID
PETERSON I GREW UP AND LIVE A
LITTLE MORE AND I WORKS ABOUT
INSTRUCTOR BOTH THE GROUND HIGH
SCHOOL LOST SEATS COMMITTEE
COLLEGE.
BOB I SPEAK IN BEHALF ATTESA
ROAD RESIDENT ALLIANCE WITH
SUPPORT MIDDLE LETTER SUPPORT US
THIRTEEN SIXTEEN ONE THAT YOU
KNOW THE VERY UNIQUE NATURE OF
THE TEST OF PROPERTY IS THERE
REALLY A. BY DIVERSE HOT SPOT
AND BY WORKS FOR SUPPORTING
THANK YOU.
PLEASE COME UP STATE YOUR AYE
NAME YOUR ORGANIZATION WHETHER
YOU SUPPORTER NOT PLEASE THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MARK
BELL JACK I LIVE IN LIEU OF MORE
AND MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE
VINEYARDS. A LOCAL COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION PROMOTING A CULTURE
OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION.
IN IN THE TRI VALLEY A REGION.
OF THE FRINGE LIVERMORE
SUBMITTED A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF
SB THIRTEEN SIXTEEN THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JOEY CAUFIELD I'VE
LIVED IN LIVERMORE FOR THIRTY
NINE YEARS. I AM REPRESENTING
THE HEAD LIVERMORE HERITAGE
KILLED.
WHICH IS LOCAL HISTORICAL
SOCIETY FOR LIVERMORE ANY
SELIMIYE TO COUNTY AREA. THE
LIVE MORE HERITAGE SUBMITTED A
LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THIRTEEN
SIXTEEN WE ARE JOINED AND
SUPPORTED.
OF AYE WE JOIN IN SUPPORTING FOR
THE S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTEEN BY
NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS INCLUDING
THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN INDIANS
WHICH ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER OF
SUPPORT. BUT COULD NOT BE HERE
TODAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY NAME IS JANICE TURNER.
I'M.
I LIVE IN LIVERMORE AND I'M THE
CHAIR OF THE TRI VALLEY GROUP OF
THE LOCAL SIERRA CLUB CHAPTER.
WE JOIN WITH CATHERINE PHILLIPS
COMMENTS ABOUT THE ECOLOGICAL
IMPORTANCE OF ALAMEDA KESSLER
EXPANSION AREA. AND SUPPORT FOR
SP ONE THREE ONE SIX THANK YOU
FURTHER ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL
LOCAL GROUPS
SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT BUT
ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. I
ADD THE FOLLOWING.
BALONEY AUDUBON SOCIETY.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE
THE REFUGE.
HILL HIKERS OF LIVERMORE AND
SAVE MOUNT DIAVEL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WITNESS
MY NAME IS KEVIN WISEMAN AND MIA
HERPETOLOGISTS WITH AYE GARCIA
AND ASSOCIATES AND ALSO WITH
THE.
DEPARTMENT HERPETOLOGY
CALIFORNIA COUNTY SCIENCES
IT'S FROM CISCO.
RC MY SCIENTIFIC TRAINING AT UC
BERKELEY THEY USED TO HAVE A
LONG STANDING TRADITION OF.
USING THIS SITE FOR EDUCATION
RESEARCH.
THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
I AM.
AND I DIDN'T.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC
ANALYSIS OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND WHILE I'M NOT AGAINST OR USE
IN THE STATE IN GENERAL.
I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MARY SUE AND A
RESIDENT OF LIVERMORE I'M HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE TRI VALLEY.
TRAIL BLAZERS THE LOCAL
EQUESTRIAN GROUP. THAT SUPPORTS
AGRICULTURE AN OPEN SPACE
PRESERVATION. AND WE REQUEST
YOUR YES VOTE ON THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS CELESTE
GARAMENDI WITH FRIENDS OF TESLA
PARK SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF SB
ONE THREE ONE SIX.
I WANT ALSO MENTION TWO LETTERS
THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE KID
COMMITTEE BUT NOT INCLUDED IN
ITS REPORT ONE FROM THE
LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION PARK
DISTRICT. A LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY
I'M WHICH MAKES A TOTAL OF SIX
PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SUPPORT AND
THE SECOND FROM THE TRI VALLEY
CONSERVANCY WHICH IS A REGIONAL
LAND TRUST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU WITNESSES.
IT OPPOSITION.
THE CHAIR MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE JAMES OF
OUR JUNIOR BEHALF THE CALIFORNIA
MOTORCYCLE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
HIM BY PROXY KATHIE LENTZOFFER
A VEHICLE LEGISLATIVE COALITION.
NOT ONE MILLION ALWAYS BE
VEHICLES ARE STATE NOT INCLUDING
TO SPORTS OUR OFF ROAD.
THE LAST TEN YEARS WE'VE GIVEN
FORTY MILLION HOARDED TWO GRANTS
RESTORATION FOR TRAILS FIFTY
MILLION A LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND TEN MILLION TO USE FOR
STREAMLINED WIZARD THAT HAVE
THESE PARKS PROTECTED THESE ARE
NINE CELLPHONE APART SAID TO
ERNIE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WITNESSES OPPOSITION
MISTER CHAIRMAN TERRY MCHALE
WITH ERIN REGAN ASSOCIATES
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA OFF ROAD
ENTHUSIASTS.
WELL WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS BILL
WE SPENT THE ENTIRE YEAR LAST
YEAR.
SITTING DOWN WITH STAKEHOLDERS
AND DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF
STATE PARKS ESPECIALLY AS IT
RELATES TO OHB.
THE FRIENDS OF TESLA WERE
INVITED HE TESTIFIED IN
COMMITTEE THEY APPEARED IN THE
DISCUSSIONS.
THE TRUTH IS THERE TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY PARKS
WE HAVE A DOUBLE.
DATA FROM.
THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE ROBERT
FROST IDEA OF LOOKING FOR THE
ROAD LESS TRAVELED.
I MEAN THESE ARE PLACES IN WHICH
THE ECONOMY OF A THRIVES FROM IT
IN WHICH. BE THERE ARE MORE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS THERE
ARE MORE PEOPLE BEST SCIENTISTS
DEDICATED.
TO NATURAL AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES THAN ANY OTHER PART OF
PARKS.
RELATED TO THE OHB COMPONENT.
A IT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD TO
TRAVEL.
WHEN WE START DECIDING THAT
WE'RE GOING TO MICRO MANAGE
PARKS.
THROUGH LEGISLATION.
AND DECIDE IF PARTICULAR AREAS
PREFERRED TO GET RID OF ALL
EIGHT OF THE.
HP PARKS IS THE SHOULD THEY
DECIDE TO DO SO.
A IT'S A DANGEROUS IDEA AND WE
ASK THAT YOU OPPOSE PLACE.
THANK YOU ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
THAT I'M WILL TURN BACK TO THAT
COMMITTEE.
THE QUESTIONS.
SEEING NONE ALL EXCEPT THE
MOTION.
SENATOR LARA MOVES CAN WE CALL
THE ROLL PLEASE OLD SENATOR
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE. AT THAT
THANK YOU FOR HERE IN THE BILL
THAT THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD
IS THAT THIS IS AN MANDATE
ANYTHING GIVES THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT OPTION. THEY THINK
THAT THAT YEARS AND YEARS OF
LITIGATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY
ENGAGED IN. THE FUTURE UNCERTAIN
AND HAVING THIS MONEY LOCKDOWN
WE BETTER TO PUT IT BACK IN THE
FUND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAT'S
ALL THIS BILL DOES GIPSON OPTION
THANKS YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL AYE I
DID WANT TO NOTE THAT.
FIRST THAT THOSE YOU THAT IT UP
HERE TESTIFIED THAT WERE
WITNESSES.
THAT THERE'S NO DISRESPECT FOR
YOU AT ALL I APPRECIATE YOU
COMING HERE ALL THE WAY FROM.
I ALAMEDA COUNTY.
OUR RULES ARE THAT WE HAVE
WITNESSES THAT KIND OF GIVE US
THAT THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. AND
THEN FEW TO OTHER WITNESSES.
ARE JUST.
YOU KNOW I'M WITH I'M WITH YOU
I'M AGAINST JUST SO.
I JUST WANTED THE MEMBERS THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WAS NO
DISRESPECT FROM THE CHAIR AND
IN.
IN TRYING TO HURRY THIS ALONG WE
HAVE SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN BILLS
TODAY.
SO WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR SENATOR
GLAZERS BILL CAN WE CALL THE
ROLL PLEASE FILE ITEM ELEVEN AS
BE THIRTEEN SIXTEEN MOTION IS TO
PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS DOT. BY DOT I
WILL KNOW. WILK NO BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA NO
CANNELLA NO GAINES.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER AYE. GLAZER
AYE HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
CORD LARA AYE.
PORTANTINO.
FIND OUT.
DETAILED AT THAT SAID BILL SIXTY
TWO IN SUPPORT I WILL HOLD ROLL
OPEN SENATOR.
AND YOU WANT TO START WITH THAT
YOUR NEXT BILL WAS AT FOURTEEN
THIRTY SB FOURTEEN THIRTY SP
FOURTEEN THIRTY THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR.
THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW A TIGHT
WHINE GROVER LICENSEE TO HAVE UP
TO TWO OUTSIDE TASTING ROOMS.
UNDER EXISTING LAW TYPE TWO
WINERIES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO
TASTING ROOMS TOTAL ONE ON SITE
AT THEIR PRODUCTION FACILITY AND
A SECOND. OFFSITE.
I HAVE A FIFTY FIVE WINERIES UP
PLUS IN MY DISTRICT BETWEEN
LIVERMORE VALLEY KNEES CONTRA
COSTA.
AND WHEN TOURING MY DISTRICT
AGRICULTURE IN WINE REGION LAST
YEAR WAS BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION.
THAT AN ISSUE ARISES FOR SOME
WINERIES WHEN THEY OPERATE UNDER
AN ALTERNATING PROPRIETORSHIP.
AN AGREEMENT WHERE WINERY WILL
PRODUCE THEIR WINE AT ANOTHER
WINE PRODUCTION FACILITY.
WHEN A WINERY ENTRANCE INTO THAT
TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT THIS TYPE
TO WINE GROWERS LICENSE.
ANY COMPANY RIGHT TO HAVE AN ON
SITE TASTING ROOM.
IS USED TO COVER THAT BORROWED
FACILITY BUT IT CREEK CREATES OF
A PROBLEM.
WITH SOME RARE EXCEPTION AT
THAT MEANS IN PRACTICE WINERIES
OPERATING UNDER THESE AGREEMENTS
REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AND USE A
DUPLICATE TYPE TWO WINEGROWERS
LICENSE FOR THEIR INITIAL
TASTING ROOM. AND AS A RESULT
ARE UNABLE TO HAVE TO TEACH HIM
ROOMS LIKE MOST TYPE TWO
WINERIES.
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
TO ADDRESS THIS DISPARITY THIS
BILL WOULD ALLOW ALL TYPE TO
WINE GROWERS. TO HAVE UP TO TWO
TASTING ROOMS WHILE MAINTAINING
THE EXISTING PRIVILEGE FOR
WINERIES TO INVEST IN PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT. IMPORTANTLY ANY
ADDITIONAL OFF SAKE TASTING
ROOMS THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED
UNDER THIS BILL WOULD NEED TO
MEET EXISTING LOCAL ZONING
REQUIREMENTS. BUT I THINK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK
IN THE VERY STAKEHOLDERS. TO
CRAFT A SOLUTION TO THIS UNIQUE
PROBLEM WILL BE CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS WE MOVE THE
ISSUE FORWARD. AND I THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I SENATOR WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING.
TIM'S FATHER REPRESENTING IN
WINE INSTITUTE. A WE DON'T YET
HAVE A POSITION ON THIS BILL.
WHEN IT IS THANK THE SENATOR
FOR ADDRESSING SOME CONCERNS WE
HAD WITH THE EARLIER VERSION OF
THE BILL.
SO FAR FEEDBACK FROM MY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN POSITIVE YOU SHOULD
KNOW.
AND WE INTEND TO TAKE THIS
BEFORE A BOARD.
OPPOSITION ON IT SOON AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
SENATOR.
OTHER MEMBERS.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
MELISSA HONORABLY HAVE WITH THE
FAMILY WINE MAKERS OF CALIFORNIA
JUST WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE BILL
TO ULTIMATELY INCREASE AND
INCREASE ACCESS TO PRODUCTS FOR
CONSUMERS THANK YOU.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
SCENE NINE.
WHAT?
WE GET A MOTION FROM THE
COMMITTEE WE GOT A MOTION FROM
SENATOR CANNELLA YOU CALL THE
ROLL PLEASE DODD. SENATOR QUITE
CLOSE BECKLEY ES RENATO THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR.
FILE ITEM THIRTEEN SB FOURTEEN
THIRTY MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS GOD. I THOUGHT I
WILK AYE WILK AYE BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE CANNELLA. CANNELLA
AYE GUILD GAINES.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER. GLAZER AYE
HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA. LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO I'VE TRIED ACT.
NINETY THREE.
THAT'S WILL WITH A NINE NINE
VOTES.
WILL HOLD IT OPEN THANK SENATOR.
CENTER BRADFORD.
GALGIANI.
IT'S THE S. B. TWELVE EIGHTY
THREE AND THEN WILL FOLLOW THAT
WITH SENATOR GALGIANI THIRTEEN
NINETY SIX.
THANK YOU MISTER CHEER I'M HERE
TO PRESENT SP TWELVE EIGHTY
THREE IN A MOMENT THANK TO CHEER
ON THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. AT
SPEECH WILL BE THREE SUPPORTS TO
GROWTH CRAFT BREWERIES ACROSS
OUR STATE WHILE ENSURING THAT
BREW PUB RESTAURANTS ARE A
HEARING TO THE GUIDELINES AND
GOALS. OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF ALCOHOL.
AND BEVERAGE CONTROLLER AB C.
CALIFORNIA'S THE BIRTHPLACE OF
AMERICAN CRAFT BREWING MOVEMENT
AND A LEADER IN THIS FLOURISHING
INDUSTRY.
COULD TAKE TODAY MORE BREWERIES
CALL CALIFORNIA HOME THAN ANY
OTHER STATE IN THE NATION.
THAT'S THRIVING INDUSTRY
CONTRIBUTE SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR
STORE STATE'S ECONOMY IN CRETE
OVER FIFTY ONE THOUSAND JOBS
STATEWIDE. OVER THE YEARS.
AS THE INDUSTRY HAS EXPANDED AND
MATURED SO HAS CALIFORNIA'S
CONSUMERS.
BUT BREWING INDUSTRY HAS BECOME
SIMILAR TO THE WINE INDUSTRY AS
BEER CONNOISSEUR SEARCH FOR NEW.
UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND HUNDREDS
VARIATIONS ARE CRAFT BEERS WHILE
BREWPUBS TYPICALLY MEET. THIS
CONSUMER DESIRE THEY ARE ALSO
FACING MORE AND MORE CONFUSED
AND FRUSTRATED CONSUMERS
THESE CONSUMERS WANT.
TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BEER TO
SHARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS OR
FAMILY OR DRINK A SPECIFIC
CRAPPIE. NOT SOLD IN STORES IN
THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME.
UNDER EXISTING LAW TYPE SEVENTY
FIVE LICENSE SINCE TO OPERATE
BROUGH BOB'S CANNOT SELL THEIR
BEER FOR ALL OFF SITE
CONSUMPTION.
THIS BILL SIMPLY ALLOWS TYPES A
B. FIVE LICENSEES TO
SO WHILE ALSO AUTHORIZING THEM
TO DONATE THEIR PRODUCTS TO
NONPROFIT.
WHO OFTEN RUN BEER FESTIVALS AND
OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY INVENTS
DISABILITY TO DONATE WILL HELP
BRING POPS BUILT A GREATER
FOLLOWING AND STRENGTHEN? THEIR
COMMUNITY AND CUSTOMER TOSS IN
ADDITION WE HAVE BEEN WORKING.
BUT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT ON PROVISIONS ARE
REALLY AMENDED INTO THE BILL
WHICH WILL HELP ENSURE THAT
THOSE WHO OWN TYPE SEVENTY FIVE
LICENSE AREN'T BACKED. OFF ABOUT
DOING BUSINESS ARE BORING.
AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM SUPPORTERS
OF THE CBO MOST TYPES AND FIVE
LICENSEES TAKE PRIDE IN BREWING
HIGH QUALITY CRAFT BEER AND
OFFERING A FULL SERVICE
RESTAURANT. NOT BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO AVOID HIGHER FEES OR
OTHER LICENSES.
WITH ME TODAY IS PAGE RILEY
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN CARRY
BURGER CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER AND LEAD COUNSEL FOR
ARTISTS AND OPEN OUR BORDERS
COLLECTIVE I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR AYE VOTE.
I CAN MONEY MY NAME IS PAIGE
RILEY AND THE DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS AND ONE OF THE
FOUNDERS OF PARTY'S NONPOROUS
COLLECTIVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY.
PARTIES NUMBERS COLLECTIVE
WHERE A GROUP OF AN RESTAURANT
CRACKED COLLECTIVE BASED IN LOS
ANGELES.
AND OUR GOAL IS.
TO REALLY BRING BACK THE.
COMMUNITY VALUES THAT.
BREWPUBS SHOWED TO.
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
IN LOS ANGELES AND OTHER PARTS
OF CALIFORNIA. HISTORICALLY
BREWPUBS ON HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
PLACES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MEET
THEY'VE BEEN PLACES THAT ARE
FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACES THAT
COMMITTEES ME AND OTHER PEOPLE
COME TO ENJOY THEIR TIME.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE FIND
IMPORTANT ABOUT BREWPUBS IN WHAT
WE ARE PERSONALLY TRYING TO
BRING.
WHATEVER SUPPORTING THIS BILL
IS BECAUSE IT GIVES US MORE WAYS
TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
MAKE GIVES US A CHANCE TO
SUPPORT LOCAL NONPROFITS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AS WELL AS ALLOWING OUR
CONSUMERS TO REALLY SHOW OFF
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY BY
BRINGING VERY SMALL ANTS LARRY
AMOUNTS. OF REALLY COOL PRODUCT
THAT'S MADE.
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS HOME AND
TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
TO BE CLEAR BREWPUBS ARE A FULL
SERVICE.
FULL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE TRY
AND PROVIDE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TIME
WE HAVE FOR AN AYE VOTE.
IF YOU NEXT WITNESS PLEASE.
HI MY NAME IS CARRIE BURGER AND
THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
AND GENERAL COUNSEL ARTISANAL
BREWERS COLLECTIVE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FROM
THE COMMITTEE BUT OTHERWISE I
DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO IT
PAGE ALREADY OFFERED. I WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALEX BROOKNER
WHO'S THE SVP OF BREWING
OPERATIONS AT BJ'S RESTAURANT
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE BILL AGAIN THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I I'VE BEEN.
CRAP BREWER IN CALIFORNIA
ENOUGH FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS NOW
I STARTED WITH A BJ'S.
RESTAURANT GROUP.
TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO AND.
BUILT THEIR FIRST BREWERY IN
BREA CALIFORNIA. WENT OUT SIXTY
THREE RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE
STATE.
MANY OF THE MEN IN THIS AREA.
AND THE TWO OF THEM ARE
LICENSED.
AS BRUCE.
TYPE SEVENTY FIVE.
LICENSE HOLDERS.
ITS A VERY FRUSTRATING TO OUR
GUESTS THAT.
WHEN THEY GO ON TOUR TO BRUCE.
THEY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
YOUR HOME.
AS THEY DO AND AND AND OTHER
BREWERIES THAT ARE LICENSED A.
AS TIGHT TWENTY THREES IN THE
CAN'T DO THAT WE EXPLAINED THAT
THEY CAN'T AND THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT. REALLY DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE TO THEM DOESN'T
MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME AND I'M
VERY FRUSTRATED THAT.
OUR GUESTS CAN'T TAKE.
ARE YOU KNOW VERY CREATIVE.
HAND CRAFTED BEERS HOME.
IT'S ALSO VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME
THAT WE CAN'T DONATE BEERS TO
CHARITIES I GET APPROACHED OF.
ON A WEEKLY BASIS BY CHARITIES
DUMB.
MANY OF WHICH I'D LIKE TO KNOW
CONTRIBUTE HERE TO.
VERY GOOD CAUSES AND I HAVE TO
DECLINE AND EXPLAIN TO THEM.
WE CAN'T ON A PIER WELL WHY
CAN'T YOU OTHER OTHER BREWERIES
CAN.
AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT WE
HAVE THIS TYPE SEVENTY FIVE
LICENSE AND NOW WE CAN'T DONATE
BIGGER AND IT REALLY HURTS ME
THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T HELP
CHARITABLE CAUSES.
BUT BY NO DONATING BEER LIKE
OTHER BURGER HE'S.
SO I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS
BILL.
THANK YOU OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION COME
FORWARD.
WELL MR LOPER.
CHAIRMAN DENIS SLOPER
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA BEER
BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS SAW
REGRETFULLY WE OPPOSE THIS BILL.
PRIMARILY AND TECHNICAL REASONS
BUT ARE WILL POINT OUT TOO THAT
THEY ARE ASKING FOR AN EXPANSION
OF THEIR THEIR. AUTHORITIES AND
MAKING THEM CLOSER TO A.
OF SMALL BREWER OF SMOOTH BUT
THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF ALSO
HAVING A FULL.
STILL SPIRITS LICENSE AND THE
RIGHT TO SELF. A ALCOHOL IN
THEIR PURPOSES AND IT WILL
EXPAND TO THE RIGHT TO OFFICE.
OF BEER ON THEIR PREMISES WHICH.
ARE YOU BELIEVE MAY BE DILUTING
THE VALUE OF. A TYPE FORTY SEVEN
LICENSE WHICH IS MUCH HARDER AND
AND TO KILL AND IS A. SHORTENED
WITH ME A VEILED MELODY OF THAT
LICENSE TOM.
TECHNICALLY IS THE PROBLEM IS
AND IT'S POINTED OUT. IN.
REGIONAL COUNCIL MET PARTIES
MEMO TO. THE WORKING GROUP OF
WHICH I I WAS ONE AND AND.
THE PROPONENTS WERE WIND ON
MARCH TWENTY THIRD WHICH STATES
BASICALLY. THAT THEY NEED MORE
THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE
CLARITY IN ORDER TO TEST TO
ENFORCE THIS BILL. AND THEIR
SUGGESTION OR THREE AMENDMENTS
ONE OF WHICH WE FULLY SUPPORT.
WE BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT THE
CLARITY THAT BASICALLY TYPE
SEVENTY FIVES ARE GONNA BE
LEAVING THEIR LANE AND WILL
BECOME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
BEING BITTER MANUFACTURES AND
NOT.
RUSS FROM BREWPUBS WHICH
TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO WAS
INTENT OF THE BILL AND I KNOW
THAT BECAUSE WE WORKED ON THAT
BILL TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO IN
THE HISTORY WILL SHOW THAT.
UNTIL THE TIME THAT THE THAT
THEY AND ARE ABLE TO TAKE THAT
AMENDMENT. WHICH THE DEPARTMENT
HAS VERY WELL LINED OUT IN THEIR
IN THEIR MEMO A WE JUST WE MUST
OPPOSE THE BILL.
THANK YOU ANY OTHER.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
HER TO BACK TO COMMITTEE SENATOR
HILL ACCUSED HERE IN AYE. I
APPRECIATE.
A FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THE
BILL TO IT IN TERMS OF THE
NONPROFIT.
OPPORTUNITIES THE.
IT THE ABILITY TO TAKES
YOUR HOME I THINK THAT'S REALLY
THE QUESTION THAT THE OPPOSITION
RAISED THAT THAT I. HAVE A HARD
TIME GETTING MY ARMS AROUND IS
THE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE
SEVENTY FIVE RELATIONS. AND THEN
SELL THE DISTILLED SPIRITS IT
AND DOES THAT IN FACT THE VALUE
A PERSON WHO PAID. MAYBE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
FOR A LICENSE.
AND THEN KNOW FOR A GUY DOWN THE
STREET CAN.
BECAUSE HE'S MANUFACTURING A
BREWING BEER FEES ABLE TO TO
SELL DISAPPEARED DISTILLED
SPIRITS AT A MUCH.
LESS COST THAN OF THE OTHER
WHEN.
I AM AND THAT'S A LEGITIMATE
QUESTION AND CONCERN BUT THIS
BILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
CURRENT LAW AND WHAT ONE CAN AND
CANNOT DO. ALL THIS DOES IS
ALLOW THOSE WHO LIVE HOW TYPES
SEVENTY FIVE TWO AGAIN ALLOW FOR
ON SITE CONSUMPTION AND TO
DONATE PRODUCTS THE CONCERNS HAD
BEEN RAISED BUT OPPOSITION
WHETHER WE HAVE THIS BILL OR
NOT.
THEY STILL EXIST SO THIS BILL
WAS NOT HERE TO ADDRESS AN
EXISTING PROBLEM THAT TERRY WITS
ABOUT HOW DO WE BENEFIT THE
BREWPUBS AND.
ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND.
.
NOT NECESSARILY.
THE IT MARKET AND.
GOING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR
LICENSE BUT TO REACH MORE
CUSTOMES AND ALL ALLOW MORE
CHARITY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHICH IS THE PART THAT I DE
CERTAINLY SUPPORT.
BUT HELPS.
CENTER GALGIANI.
SIMON MY TWELFTH YEAR IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND WE'VE HAD MANY
TIMES WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT
DIFFERENT POLICIES TO. MAKE
EXCEPTIONS TO THE TIGHT HOUSE%
RULES AND SO FORTH AND.
AND WE'VE. REALLY WANTED TO
HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE
COULD ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF
OURS ARMS BREWPUBS IN AND OTHER
THINGS AND.
SO MANY TIMES I'VE SUPPORTED
DIFFERENT THINGS WHICH IS VOTED
ON OF A BILL THAT SENATOR
SKINNER HAD TO INCREASE THE.
AMOUNT THAT CAN BE PRODUCED AT
BREWERIES.
MIKE MY CONCERN IS AND AND
MAYBE I MIGHT NOT OF BECAUSE.
CAUGHT THIS IN SUCH A WAY BUT.
YOU KNOW BJ'S RESTAURANT I LOVE
I LOVE YOUR RESTAURANT LET YOUR
FOOD IT'S GREAT.
.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS
BILL IS ALLOWING NOW FOR. QUITE
A BIG LEAP.
FROM WHAT WAS INTENDED AS.
JUST ON STE TASTING AND.
S. IT AND PUTTING THE
RESTAURANTS LIKE BJ'S AND OTHER
FACILITIES AND TO THIS. BALL
WHERE NOW YOU'RE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE I AM MANUFACTURER.
ANDY RETAILER. AND.
AND I JUST I JUST WONDER I I
FEEL LIKE THIS IS TOO BIG OF A
LEAP.
FOR ME TO SUPPORT.
AND. MAYBE YOU CAN ASSEMBLY CAN
CLARIFY FOR ME HOW MANY.
HOW MANY FACILITIES THIS WILL
IMPACT MEAN HOW MANY HOW MANY
RESTAURANTS AND OTHERS WILL BE
ABLE TO THEN? BE MANUFACTURING
AND. DOING RETAIL BOTH.
IF THIS WERE TO PASS.
ANYONE KNOW THAT NUMBER.
YES BONTA YES PLEASE
SO THE EXISTING LAW WHICH.
CREATES APPETITE SEVENTY FIVE
LICENSE AS A PART OF IT.
ALREADY PERMITS.
THE RETAIL IN THE MANUFACTURING.
TO CO EXIST.
IN ONE IN ONE ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THEY'RE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY LICENSEES OF THAT TYPE
ALREADY IN CALIFORNIA.
AND BJ'S OPERATES A NUMBER OF
PLACES TO OF THEIR PLACES HAVE
THIS LICENSE WE OPERATE ABOUT
ELEVEN PLACES WE HAVE THREE.
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THIS TYPE OF
LICENSE.
AND.
WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO WOULD
JUST BE TO TAKE ONE SIDE OF IT
THE MANUFACTURING LICENSE? AND
MAKE IT MORE SIMILAR.
TO WHAT OTHER BREWERIES CAN DO
WHICH IS SELF GROWLERS OR OTHER
TYPES OF OFF SITE.
.
OTHER TYPES OF PRODUCTS FOR OFF
SITE CONSUMPTION.
TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO ALLOW FOR
NONPROFIT DONATIONS.
BUT ITS NOT CHANGING THE
FUNDAMENTAL MANUFACTURING
RIGHTS.
THEIR INHERENT IN LICENSE.
OKAY AND.
AND I'M READING THAT THAT THIS
BILL WOULD INCREASE THE MINIMUM
AMOUNT TO BE MANUFACTURED BY THE
LICENSEE FROM. ONE HUNDRED TO
TWO HUNDRED BARRELS.
SO THE WAY I'M READING THAT IS
THAT ON THIS SMALLER CRAFT
BREWERIES THAT.
THAT CURRENTLY AND MANUFACTURE
ABOUT A HUNDRED NOW WOULD HAVE
TO GROW AND BE BIGGER AND
MANUFACTURE TWO HUNDRED.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THE THAT THIS IS
THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THERE'S
A MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT.
SO THIS ACTUALLY CAME AT THE
REQUEST.
OF THE A. B. C. IN TERMS OF SOME
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
ENSURE.
IN RESPONSE TO SENATE THE
CONCERNS OF CENTER HILL HAD
IDENTIFIED.
THAT THESE WERE TRULY BONA FIDE
BREWING ESTABLISHMENTS AND THESE
WEREN'T JUST SOME KIND OF WAY.
OF GETTING A CHEAP TYPE FORTY
SEVEN ARE SOMEHOW CREATING A
SYMBOLIC BREWING PRESENCE OF THE
ONE TO GET AROUND. THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE TYPE FORTY
SEVEN SO BY INCREASING THE
MINIMUM. IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT
MORE RIGOROUS AND MAKES IT A
TIGHTER LICENSE.
MR LOW PERMANENCE MISTER
CHAIRMAN I WOULD I WOULD POINT
THE COMMITTEE TO PAGE THREE OF
THE ANALYSIS.
ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THE
ANALYSIS MAKES IS THAT THE VALUE
OF THE LICENSES FIFTEEN THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR
DOLLARS WORST.
VERSES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS I WOULD POINT OUT THAT
THAT IN THE ANALYSIS THEY TALK
ABOUT LOOPHOLES IN SOME OF THE
CONCERNS OF. THAT HAVE BEEN
GOING ON AND THAT'S WHY I
BELIEVE THAT ARE. THAT OUR. BODY
AND WROTE HIS LETTER AND THAT'S
WHY I BELIEVE THAT THEY
SUGGESTED ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT
WAYS
TO TIGHTEN THE AMENDMENTS WE
AGREE WITH. WITH.
THE ABC ON THAT.
.
SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF TRYING
TO TO CHANGE. WHAT IS WHAT IS
GOING ON WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO DO IS CONTROL WHAT WHAT IS
GOING ON WHEN THERE'S AN
EXPANSION? OF AND THEY'RE ASKING
FOR EXPANSION OF THE AUTHORITY
SO I DO BELIEVE IT IMPACTS ON US
IN THIS BILL IS IS IMPACTFUL I
REALIZED THAT. THAT WASN'T THE
INTENT OF THE AUTHOR BUT. BUT
THE BILL BY ITSELF IN AND THE
ANALYSIS IS PRETTY CLEAR THERE
ARE SOME AREAS THAT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS IDENTIFIED.
IN IN THE DEPARTMENT'S MELLOW
THESE DAYS IDENTIFIED THREE
AMENDMENTS ARE APPLAUDED AND THE
AUTHOR FOR TAKING TO THE THREE
THE THIRD ONE IS THE MOST
CONTROL IN IN THE ONE THAT WE
BELIEVE. IS THAT IS THE BEST FOR
THE STATE AND FOR.
THE OTHER PARTS OF THE TEAR SO
WE WOULD AGAIN ASK YOU TO LOOK
AT THOSE THE THE ANALYSIS WHICH
I THINK. MAKES WORK A PARK CASE
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MR LOW PER.
IF IF IF THE CHAIR WOULD PREFER
I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH
INFORMATION.
.
I DID EVERYBODY WILL MAKE A
MOTION ON THIS.
THE MOTION FROM US SENATOR HILL.
ABOUT HIM WE I HAVE THE.
AUTHOR UP CLOSE SENATOR BIGGEST
YOUR MEMBERS.
.
AS I STATED WHAT THE OPPOSITION
IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT. EXISTS
WHETHER WE HAVE THIS BILL OR NOT
SO IT'S REALLY NOT AN EXPANSION.
OF THE.
WHAT CURRENTLY HAPPENS TODAY
THIS ISDISAGREED OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING THOSE ISSUES AND TO
ATTENTION WE HAVE BEEN WORKING?
OUR WAY ALL SITE TO WE'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND AS
STATED I'VE TAKENTHREE OF THE
FOUR.
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS AND ON.
OUR. ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE OPPOSITION AND WE'VE WORKED
OUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND I A.
B. C. THEY ARE NOT OPPOSED TO
THIS BILL BUT OUR. STATE SOME
CONCERNS THAT.
MIGHT
EXISTS BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
RIGHT NOW.
OF ANYTHING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
IN SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEEN
DESCRIBED AND AGAIN SO. I WOULD
TAKE THE BILL AT ITS MERIT OF
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AND
IT'S CAN JUST TO HELP. OUR
EXPAND WHAT IS A BURGEONING
INDUSTRY AND ALLOW US TO.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES
WHICH WE ALL REPRESENTS OUR.
THAT'S RIGHT VOTE CENTER
BRADFORD CAN WE CALL THE ROLL
PLEASE.
FILE ITEM SEVEN SP TWELVE EIGHTY
THREE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS DODD AYE AYE DODD
AYE WILK.
BRADFORD PARK BRADFORD AYE
CANNELLA.
CANNELLA AYE GAINES.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI NO GLAZER.
HELL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT.
WHAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAT'S
FOR ONE AT THIS TIME WILL HOLD
ROLL OPEN?
OKAY WE'RE GONNA.
MOVE TO.
ITEM NUMBER TWELVE S. B.
THIRTEEN NINETY SIX CENTER
GALGIANI FOLLOWED BY.
IN THIRTEEN CENTER BY THAT
.
BUT IT WILL APPEASE.
IF YOU THINK.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES
AND INFORMATION HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THROUGH
THE AVAILABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY
INCLUDING GOVERNMENT WEBSITES.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT ONLINE
WEBSITES AND TECHNOLOGY BE
ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN
ACCESS INFORMATION SERVICES AND
BENEFITS. THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
TO RECEIVE.
S. B. THIRTEEN NINETY SIX TAKE
THE IMPORTANT STEP OF MOVING
TOWARD ENSURING EVERY STATE
AGENCY AND ENTITIES WEBSITE IS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND
FEDERAL DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY
LAWS. THESE ACCESSIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN IN THE
LAW FOR YEARS BUT ENSURING THAT
ALL STATE AGENTS WEBSITES ARE
COMPLIANT HAS BEEN LACKING.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE SAME
ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND
SERVICES AS PERSONS WITHOUT
DISABILITIES THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ESTABLISH THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.
I URGE YOU.
TO VOTE I AND I HAVE WITH ME
TO-SPEAK ON THIS BILL KURT CHILD
WITH DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA. AND JEFF TOM
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND.
MISTER CHAIR KIRK CHILD
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
WE'RE PLEASED TO SPONSOR SP
THIRTEEN NINETY SIX I WILL JUST.
MAKE THE.
POINT THAT THE LAW AND IN BOTH
CALIFORNIA AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CLEAR IN IN
PLACE FOR DECADES ON THE.
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT.
ALL OF THE STATE'S WEBSITES IN
THE STATE AND EMPTIES WEBSITES
ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES THE PROBLEM HAS
BEEN. AND THE SPORADIC
COMPLIANCE HAT HAS BEEN AND THAT
NO ONE IS REALLY IN CHARGE OF
ENSURING THAT.
COMPLIANCE SO WITH THIRTEEN
NINETY SIX WOULD DO IS CREATE
WITHIN THE.
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY THE
OFFICE OF ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY
TO ASSURE THAT STATE DEPARTMENTS
ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A
TIMELINE WITH WHICH TO DO THAT
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IMPROVE THE
INFORMATION TO PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES AND.
THEIR ACCESS TO SERVICES WE
ARCHER AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
JEFF TONE REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL THE BLIND.
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS IMAGINE IF YOU
WILL A FRIEND OR RELATIVES OR
PERHAPS A CONSTITUENT COMING TO
YOU AND SAYING. ITRIED TO APPLY
FOR A STATE JOB TODAY BUT I
COULDN'T IN PUT THE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE MY TALKING COMPUTER
WASN'T ABLE TO ALLOW ME TO DO SO
OR PERHAPS AN OPERATOR OF THE
NONPROFIT. WHO WAS APPLYING FOR
A STATE GRANT COULDN'T DO THAT
BECAUSE THE INFORMATION ON THE
GRANT WAS IN A PROGRAM THAT
COULD NOT BE READ? BY THE
TALKING COMPUTER.
OR PERHAPS THEY WERE TRYING TO.
GET INTO A PORTAL TO APPLY FOR
A STATE BENEFIT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE MIGHT BE SOMEONE
IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO IS A STATE
EMPLOYEE WHO IS UNABLE TO DO
PART OF HIS OR HER JOB BECAUSE
OF A CHANGE. IN A WEBSITE THAT
MADE IT INACCESSIBLE TO HIM OR
HER.
SO ONE OF THE ANSWERS ONE
ANSWERS OF COURSE LITIGATION BUT
WHO WANTS LITIGATION IT'S
EXPENSIVE IT'S POLARIZING.
SO THERE IS WERE S. B. THIRTEEN
NINETY SIX COMES INTO PLAY. SB
THIRTEEN NINETY SIX GIVES
STATEAGENCIES THE EXPERTISE
THEY NEED AND TO NOT HAVE. TO
IMPLEMENT EASY TECHNOLOGICAL
FIXES TO MAKE THEIR WEBSITES AND
OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS
ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE
BLIND AND OTHERS WITH
DISABILITIES.
THIS IS A LOW COST FIX OF A
PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT NEED TO
EXIST
I THANK SENATOR GALGIANI FOUR OF
AUTHORING THIS BILL AND ASK THE
COMMITTEE FOR AN AYE VOTE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS IN
SUPPORT.
AND FLORA ON BEHALF OF WESTERN
CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY IN
SUPPORT.
BUT HE ALSO SUPPORT ANYBODY IN
OPPOSITION.
SEE NOW AND TURN BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE.
BUT I'M. MEMBERS JUST WING IT
THANK YOU CENTER HILL I KNOW
THIS IS A.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT EASIEST TO
OPEN OUR TO TRY TO FORM A NEW
OFFICER DEPARTMENT.
.
BUT I THINK THE ABILITY AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO.
TO TO BRING THE CONVERSATION
TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE SO THAT WE
CAN ADVANCE THAT CONVERSATION
FOR SOME SUCCESS.
IN. IT. IN CREATING THE
ACCESSIBILITY I THINK WE ALL
WANT FOR CALIFORNIA SO I I NEED
IT'S.
IT IS TRUE A CHALLENGE AND.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T.
WE NEVER REALIZED WHEN WE HAVE.
ACCESSIBLE.
ABILITY.
AND WHEN WE DON'T.
BUT THAT'S WHEN THE CHALLENGE
HITS AND THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THAT
THE NEED IS THERE. BOMB AND.
IT AND IN MANY CASES THE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY.
PRESENTED IN THEIR SO I I WILL
BE HAPPY TO MOVE THIS BILL
MISTER CHAIR.
I THINK IT CAN BRING SOME
SUCCESS THANK YOU CENTER HILL WE
HAVE A MOTION FROM CENTER HELPED
ME CALL THE ROLL PLEASE WHIPS
YOU'VE.
WE. BOB WHAT WE DIDN'T GET EIGHT
DOLLARS BUT DO YOU ACCEPT THE
AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF. YES I
WOULD ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT
THANK YOU WITHOUT WOULD YOU LIKE
CLOSE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
ARRIVAL. VERY GOOD WE CALL THE
ROLL PLEASE FILE ITEM TWELVE S.
B. THIRTEEN NINETY SIX MOTION IS
TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS DODD. AYE DODD
AYE WILK AYE WILK AYE YUP
BRADFORD.
CANNELLA PLACED.
CANNELLA I GAINED.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER.
HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
PORTANTINO.
BY THAT.
BY THAT I.
SIXTY FEARFUL. THAT YOU HAVE SIX
VOTES SIX ZERO ON THAT THAT WILL
HOLD ROLL OPEN THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
HE WE'RE GOING TO DO.
ITEM NUMBER TEN SP THIRTEEN
THIRTEEN SENATOR BIDAK.
SEVERAL.
LOW SENATOR.
GOOD MORNING.
MOVE THE BILL.
PORTS.
ORGANIZATION.
LOOKS LIKE YOU MAY BE GOLDEN
WITH ITS UP TO YOU SENATOR YOUR
THAT. PASSED YOUR ABA.
PITY.
.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT AIRBORNE
AND ON BEHALF OF THOSE CARTOONS
IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU.
YEAH I'LL OTHER SUPPORT
WITNESSES SPORT.
DANIEL GUARD ON BEHALF OF CASINO
MERCED IN SUPPORT.
GAY IN THE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
PUBLIC.
GOOD TOMATO WILL WE HAVE A
MOTION THAT SENATOR CANNELLA.
WE CALL THEM A.
SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE GIVE YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY CLOSE.
THANK YOU SIR I ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE.
FILE IEM TEN AS BE THIRTEEN
THIRTEEN MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS DODD AYE DODD AYE
WILK AYE WILK AYE BRADFORD.
CANNELLA BOY CANNELLA AYE
GAINES.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER.
HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT. BIDAK I.
TO SIXTY.
YES. OKAY I SINCE SENATOR AYE
HERTZBERG IS NOT HERE.
.
MY BILL S. B. TEN EIGHTY EIGHT
WILL BE HEARD RIGHT NOW PASSED
THE GAVEL TO.
VICE CHAIR WILL.
CONNECT TO BE FILE ITEM FOR SP
TEN EIGHTY EIGHT.
I HAVEN'T YOU SAFETY REP
RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY
PLANNING.
YOU MAY PROCEED.
THANK YOU MET ON THIS CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS THE LAST TWO DECADES
CALIFORNIA'S BECOME TOO FAMILIAR
WITH WILDLAND FIRES THAT HAVE
SCORCHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ACRES AND DESTROYED HUNDREDS.
EVEN THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
THE RECENT WILD WIDE SKEWS ME
THE REASON WHY COUNTRY WILDFIRES
BECAUSE IT ESTIMATED TEN BILLION
DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. AND
LOSS OF OVER FORTY LIVES.
WERE WILD LANDS A BUT URBAN
DEVELOPMENT THE SO CALLED
WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE DOWN IN
ARCANE POWER LINES HAVE OFTEN
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A POINT OF
WILDFIRE. IGNITION.
S. B. TEN EIGHTY EIGHT WOULD
ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR
UTILITIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
IGNITING WILDFIRES. BY INVESTING
IN UPGRADES TO THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROTECT
AGAINST DAMAGE FROM OTHER
NATURAL DISASTERS.
NOTWITHSTANDING APPROVING COST
SAVINGS OF AT LEAST THREE TO
ONE.
THE CPUC HAS NOT ESTABLISHED
ADEQUATE STANDARDS FOR UTILITIES
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES
CAUSED BY UTILITY EQUIPMENT AND
MAKE THEIR EQUIPMENT MORE
RESILIENT AND RESISTANT. TO
DAMAGE FROM MAJORIE VETS.
IF RETAIN ABA WOULD REQUIRE THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OH
YES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CPUC
HELLFIRE AND OTHER AGENCIES TO
ESTABLISH STANDARDS. FOR
UTILITIES TO HARDEN THE GRIT.
YES WE TEN A EIGHT DESIGNATES
ó YES AS A POINT FOR
DEVELOPING. GRID HARDENING
STANDARDS
GIVEN ITS LEAD ROLE FOR
OVERSEEING COORDINATING
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY.
LET ME KNOW FOR THE COMMITTEE
THAT.
YES HASN'T HIM A YOU WITH CP
YOU SEE TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY
PLANNING RESPONSE RECOVERY AND
MITIGATION FUNCTIONS
FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS.
THE MOU PROVIDES THAT O. YES
WILL ASSIST.
THE P. CPUC IN DEVELOPING
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
PLANTS EMERGENCY PUBLIC
INFORMATION PLANTS IT SITS WITH
CP SEES APPLICATION OF
STANDARDS.
TO PROTECT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
S. B. TEN EIGHTY EIGHT FURTHER
REQUIRED UTILITIES TO FILE
SAFETY RELIABILITY AND
RESILIENCY PLANTS WITH THE CPUC
SPECIFY. HOW THE UTILITY WILL
MEET THE STANDARDS SET BY OH
YES?
ESTABLISHING A STANDALONE SAFETY
PROCEEDING WOULD REQUIRE
INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES AND THE
CPUC TO GIVE GREATER ATTENTION
AND CARE TO SAFETY AND
RELIABILITY.
MEMBERS LAST WEEK IN E. U. AND
SEE I COMMITTED TO WORK ON
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS.
EXPRESSED BY SEVERAL OPPONENTS.
RECENTLY CIRCULATED I RECENTLY
CIRCULATED SET A PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS
TWO A NUMBER OF INTERESTED.
GROUPS.
AND I IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
EVEN WHILE I'VE BEEN IN. THIS
MEETING THERE WAS.
YET ANOTHER NEGOTIATION AND I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE VERY
VERY CLOSE TO CLOSURE. ON THESE
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES TO ALL
PARTIES.
I BEEN GOT MEETINGS WITH
OPPONENTS WILL STRIVE TO HAVE
THEIR ISSUES RESOLVED BEFORE WE
GET THIS TO THE SENATE FLOOR.
MEMBERS TO CONCLUDE.
IN A WORLD OF DRAMATIC CLIMATE
CHANGE WERE WILDFIRE RISK
THREATENS ALL YOUR LONG IT WHERE
DEVELOPMENT IS PUSHING FURTHER
INTO THE HINTERLANDS WE MUST
REQUIRE UTILITIES TO MEET THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY. TO PRO ACTIVELY
INVESTORS. IN THEIR SYSTEMS TO
MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY. OF
IGNITING ANOTHER DEVASTATING
FIERY THAT.
BY REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT A
DISASTER RESILIENCY A PREVENTION
STANDARDS REQUIRING PLANTS TO
MEET THOSE STANDARDS. INVESTING
TO ACHIEVE THOSE STANDARDS AND
HOLDING A UTILITY ACCOUNTABLE TO
THOSE STANDARDS. S. B. TEN
EIGHTY EIGHT TAKES AN IMPORTANT
STEP FORWARD TO PROTECT ALL OF
OUR COMMUNITIES AND
CONSTITUENTS.
I DO HAVE SOME BAD.
BUT PEOPLE IN SUPPORT THAT WILL.
TESTIFIED THAT.
MORNING MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
COMMITTEE MARK JOSEPH ON BEHALF
OF THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA
UTILITY EMPLOYEES.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING BEFORE THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR
MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AND IN
BEEN INVOLVED IN RAPE CASES AND
ESSENTIALLY EVERYONE OF THOSE
YEARS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THOSE
CASES SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
GETS VERY LITTLE ATTENTION.
IT'S ALL JOUSTING ABOUT MONEY
UTILITY ASK FOR MONEY TURNING
ARE A COME IN AND SAY THEY
SHOULD BE GIVEN LESS MONEY. BUT
SAFETY RELIABILITY IS NOT THE
FOCUS
IT'S JUST THE RESULT OF THE
HAGGLING OVER MONEY.
AT THAT PROCESS REALLY NEEDS TO
CHANGE IN THIS BILL WHICH
CHANGES.
THE BILL ESTABLISHES A TWO STEP
PROCESS.
FIRST.
EVERY OTHER YEAR UTILITIES WOULD
FILE A SAFETY RELIABILITY PLAN.
AND A KEY PART OF THOSE PLAN.
ARE THOSE PLANS WOULD BE THE
STANDARDS OF THE UTILITY HAS TO
FOLLOW.
THIS BILL WOULD HAVE THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ESTABLISH
STANDARDS FOR REDUCING RISK.
FROM FIRESTORMS.
MUD SLIDES EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER
MAJOR EVENTS.
OH YES WOULD CONSULT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION. WITH THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION AND WITH
STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
OH YES WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH
MODEL POLICIES THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS COULD ADOPT.
REGARDING ZONING DEFENSIBLE
SPACE AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
THE SECOND PART OF THE BILL
SECOND PART PROCESS IS. IT WOULD
BE AN ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY UP
PROCEEDING AT THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION.
WHERE THE COMMISSION WOULD
EXAMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE
UTILITY COMPLIED WITH ITS SAFETY
RELIABILITY PLAN INCLUDING THE
STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY OH YES?
IF THE UTILITY SUBSTANTIALLY
COMPLIES.
THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD FIND
THAT.
THE THE UTILITY HAD BEEN REASON
PRUDENT. IF NOT IT WOULD BE
FINE.
BY ESTABLISHING THOSE STANDARDS
AND HOLDING UTILITIES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPLYING WITH
THOSE STANDARDS. WE CAN
PROACTIVELY MAKE THE STATE A
SAFER PLACE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH WE
CLEARLY ARE ALL STRIVING FOR
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN THE MEMBER SCOTT
WHAT SHOULD BE HALF THE
CALIFORNIA. STATE ASSOCIATION OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
WEARY I GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS
BILL BECAUSE WE THINK IT IT IT
IT CHANGES THE PROCESS.
AND WILL FORCE THE PCP YOU SEE
AND THE UTILITIES.
A FOCUS ON SAFETY RELIABILITY.
AND GIVES THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES A VERY
CRITICAL ROLE.
IT GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
FIRST RESPONDERS A ROLE IN
UTILITY PLANNING PROCESS THAT
THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
IT OPENS A CLOSE PROCESS AND
PROVIDES A VENUE.
FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD WHICH
DOESN'T EXIST IN THAT GENERATE
CASE PROCESS TODAY.
AND FINALLY IT HOLDS UTILITIES
ACCOUNTABLE STIFF FINES AND
PENALTIES.
IF THEY FAIL TO MEET THEIR
SAFETY OBLIGATIONS.
IN RESPONSE TO.
SOME CONTROVERSY OVER THE
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE
PROVISION OF THE BILL.
BUT WHAT THE SENATOR IS IS
HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS IF.
BUT SAY A BATTERY COMPANY.
WANTS TO* CONTRACT WITH THE
UTILITY TO PERFORM A PIECE OF.
OF WHICH REQUIRED UNDER ONE OF
THESE PLANS.
WERE PERFECTLY OKAY WITH THAT.
WOULD YOU SEEKING THAT THEY HAVE
TO INDEMNIFY THE UTILITY IF THEY
CHOOSE TO OWN AND OPERATE THAT
PIECE OF CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF A TRANSFORMER BLOWS UP.
UTILITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES THAT IT CAUSES.
IF A BATTERY OWNED BY A UTILITY.
CATCHES FIRE AND CAUSES DAMAGES.
THE UTILITY.
IT IS OBLIGATED TO THOSE DAMAGES
LIKEWISE WE BELIEVE IF A THIRD
PARTY CHOOSES TO OWN AND OPERATE
A PIECE OF. EQUIPMENT LIKE A
BATTERY THEY NEED TO INDEMNIFY
THE UTILITY THE OPPOSITION HAS
STATED IN PREVIOUS COMMITTEE
HEARINGS.
BUT THEY ARE READY HAVE BEEN
DIMLY INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSES IN
THEIR EXISTING CONTRACTS.
IF THAT'S THE CASE WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THE OBJECT IT'S
BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE THAT IN SOME
CONTRACTS THERE IS
INDEMNIFICATION. AND YET WE'VE
SEEN OTHER CONTRACTS WHERE
THERE'S NOT
SO WE THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL
PROVISION IN THE BILL AND WE
WOULD URGE AN AYE VOTE THANK
YOU.
OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN MURS
MITCH SNIDER WITH CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION ALSO IN
SUPPORT.
IT CRUZ A BEHALF FOR THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. O. OUR
INTERACTION WITH THE BILL'S
PRIMARILY ON THE LOCAL PLANNING
EFFORTS AND ASSESSING THE OF
FIRE RISK AND.
ENSURING THAT.
IN NEW DEVELOPMENT THERE IS A
APPROPRIATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND
SO WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH
THE AUTHOR TO LOVE INCLUDES
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS OUR ISSUES
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
UNDER STERN AYE BE W. TWELVE
FORTY FIVE REPRESENTING THOUGH
OVER A ELEVEN THOUSAND MEMBERS
WHO WORK AT P. GENIE. AND.
TWENTY ONE THOUSAND MEMBERS WHO
WORK IN THE UTILITY INDUSTRY IN
SUPPORT.
ALSO WOULD LIKE MENTIONS A WAS.
DURING TESTIMONY IN SANTA ROSA
TO SPECIAL HEARING.
.
YOU SEE PRESIDENT OF MICHAEL
PICKER MENTIONED THAT THE ONLY
PEOPLE WHO DO COMMENT ON SAFETY
RELIABILITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
ARE THE UTILITY WORKERS AND
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THANK YOU.
CARE MARTINSON ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES WE DID HAVE.
A SUPPORT IF AMENDED POSITION
ON THE BILL OUR CONCERN WAS
RELATED TO.
THE LAST PARAGRAPH A POTENTIAL
OVERLY BROAD SECTION REGARDING
MY ABILITY HOWEVER IT'S FROM
YOUR ATTENTION I.
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT
SECTION AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE
COMMITMENT FROM THE SENATOR IN
THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE TO COMMIT
TO WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
ONCE WE REVIEW AND THAT THIS
LANGUAGE I WILL RECONSIDER OUR
POSITION.
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS POLIO HER
SHUDDERING THREE.
WE REPRESENT THREE THE NORTH A
COUNTYCINEMA NAPA IN MENDOCINO.
ONE ALIGN MYSELF WITH THE
COMMENTS SECURE CAREMARK'S IN
JUST MADE I THINK A SENATOR DIED
ACT REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ENOUGH
THE COMMITTEE JUST MADE AND THE
COMMITMENT TO. HELP IN THE NORTH
THEY RECOVER SO THANK YOU.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.
ONE RESEARCHER MEMBERS ARE NOT
SURE HERNANDEZ SOME EXCUSE ME ON
BEHALF OF THE UTILITY REFORM
NETWORK RETURN. WE ARE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL FIRST OF
ALL I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE
AUTHOR IN THE PROPONENTS.
FOR HAVING AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION AND LINE THE
COMMUNICATION ON THIS BILL N WE
EXPECT THAT.
IF THE BILL MOVES FORWARD THAT
THAT MONEY
EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO TALK
ABOUT BUT FOR NOW WE ARE OPPOSED
ON A NUMBER OF GROUNDS. ON THIS
TO SOME OF THE TESTIMONY WE
HEARD CHANGE MY COMMENTS JUST A
BIT. I'M LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT A
COUPLE OF THINGS ONE TURN IS
EXTREMELY ACTIVE IT AT THE PC.
AS A PROPONENT SNOW TURN AND ITS
LAWYERS HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON
SAFETY ISSUES AT THE P. YOU EEM
VERY INVOLVED IN PUSHING THE
PEACE YOU SEE TO WORK MORE ON
SAFETY I THINK A LOT A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNOW THAT IN
A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS. KNOW
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
VIGILANT ON SAFETY ISSUES AND WE
THINK YOU SEE IS MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION THOUGH OF COURSE
MORE CAN AND SHOULD
BE DONE. NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO
LET ME CUT TO THE CORE OF OUR
CONCERNS AND THAT IS.
THE RATEPAYERS.
THE WAY THIS BILL IS DRAFTED.
FRANKLY THE WAY CURRENT LAW
OPERATES.
THE RATE PAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK
TO PAY FOR MORE THAN REALLY THAT
THEN THE SHUT.
THE BILL STATES THAT IF THIS
PLAN IS PUT BEFORE THE
COMMISSION AS IT'S CURRENTLY
DRAFTED.
AND IF THE COMMISSION DOES NOT
TAKE ACTION ON THE PLAN WITHIN
TWELVE MONTHS.
BUT ANY RATE RECOVERY FROM
RATEPAYERS
NOT FROM SHAREHOLDERS FROM
RATEPAYERS WOULD BE
AUTOMATICALLY PROVED.
OKAY WHICH MEANS IT ALL FALLS
BACK ON THE REPAIRS WHO ARE
READY PAIN ON THE FRONT END. FOR
INSURANCE PREMIUMS ALREADY PAIN
FOR OTHER SAFETY ACTIVITIES ON
THE FRONT END.
NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAN THAT
HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY VETTED
BY THE CBC OR PROVED. AND.
BUT RECOVERY THAT WOULD BE
AUTOMATICALLY PROVE NOW THERE'S
BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE THAT
COULD BE CHANGE SHOULD WE BE
OPEN HEARING THAT. IT'S NOT JUST
THE TIMELINE IT'S NOT JUST THE
NUMBER OF MONTHS.
BUT IT'S SPECIFIED IN THE BILL
THAT THERE IS NO GREAT RECOVERY.
THAT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT A FULL
VETTING AND APPROVAL BY THE
COMMISSION THAT IS NOT IN THE
BILL. WE'VE NOT HEARD THAT
THAT'S GOING IN THE BILL AND
AGAIN WE WILL CONTINUE OUR LINE
OF COMMUNICATION AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT THAT IS NOT BEING
CONSIDERED TO BE PUT IN THE
BILL.
NUMBER TWO.
ON THE LAST PARAGRAPH SINCE WAS
MENTIONED BY SOMEONE EARLIER.
THE WAY THIS BILL IS DRAFTED IF
A PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER AND
SUBMITTED AND APPROVED IN
WHATEVER PROTOCOLS.
AND THERE'S LESS SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLIANCE BY THE UTILITY.
THEN UTILITIES ABSOLVED FROM ANY
HAVING TO. MAKE ANY PAYMENTS IF
THERE IS A MAJOR EVENT.
SO WHO PAYS.
THE RIGHT PAIR.
THIRD TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH
THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT A
PLAN.
CAN HAVE EVERY CONTINGENCY
POSSIBLE.
ON THE FRONT AND.
NOR IS A PLAN IS GREAT AS IT MAY
BE.
A REPLACEMENT FOR USING JUDGMENT
EXPERTISE.
AND BEING ABLE TO SHIFT.
DURING THE PERIOD OF THE
PLANET'S MOST APPLY TO ADDRESS
CONCERNS IF WE START HEARING
ABOUT WEAKNESS IN CERTAIN LINES
IN LIKE WE FOR HAS HAPPENED IN
SOME COMMUNITIES.
WE GOT IS HOW WILL THE PLAN IS
UTILITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CANNOT SAY
LATER ON AFTER MAJOR EVENT WELL
IT WASN'T IN OUR PLAN.
WE COMPLIED WITH OUR PLANTS SO
THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR.
BLAH THE CLEAN UP OF IT EVERY.
THE RAPIER AGAIN WOULD BE ON THE
HOOK SIMPLY BECAUSE UTILITY
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLY THAT IS A
MAJOR SHIFT.
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN SO WE NEED
GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE
TWO LADIES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S GREATER PROTECTION.
FOR THE RATE PAYER.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THEM JUST
CLOSE MY COMMENTS NAM AVAILABLE
FOR QUESTIONS. WITH THE
FOLLOWING THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION AND CONTINUE
DISCUSSION ON.
THE E. D. OVERALL LIABILITY
UTILITIES AND THE PROBLEM THAT
CAUSES THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND EVERYONE'S CONCERNED AND
RIGHTFULLY SO.
WE WE ARE PART OF THOSE
DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
BUT LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT IF
IT'S NOT THE UTILITY
SHAREHOLDERS PAIN.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MILLIONS
OR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT IS THE
RATE PAYER WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID
ON THE FRONT END.
SO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE SOME
HE'S A MINISTRY TAKE CARE SOME
ISSUES IT DOES NOT PROTECT THE
RATEPAYERS WHILE THE UTILITIES
MAY CLAIM THAT THEY WANT GREATER
PART LEGAL PROTECTION. KEEP IN
MIND THERE THEY ARE NOT TRYING
TO PROTECT THEIR RATE PAYERS
THEIR CONSUMERS THEY'RE TRYING
TO PROTECT THEIR SHAREHOLDERS.
WE THIS BILL NEEDS TO BE AMNDED
TO PROTECT RAPIERS WITH AS MUCH
BEARD VIGILANCE IN AS MUCH
ENTHUSIASM AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING
FROM FOLKS WHO WANT TO PROTECT
UTILITIES FOR THOSE REASONS
WHERE POST.
THANK HAVE YOU A SECOND SPEAKER
HE CUT A CUT INTO YOUR TIME SO
IF YOU'VE GOT NEW THINGS TO ADD
THAT BE GREAT ALRIGHT. PATRICK
MCCALLUM REPRESENTING UP FROM
THE ASHES IT'S A COALITION OF
NORTH BAY VICTIMS MANY OF THE
VICTIMS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BOTH FIRE AND MUD FIRE VICTIMS.
WE'VE JUST SEEN IN THE LAST
FIFTEEN MINUTES A AMENDMENTS.
DEALING WITH THE PROCESS OF
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING VERSUS
PROCEEDING THAT WOULD COULD TAKE
AFFECTED CPUC.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE
AMENDMENTS WE BELIEVE WE'RE
GONNA LOOK AT IT IS COME REMOVE
OUR OPPOSITION SENATOR DODD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU AND YOUR
STAFF FOR A DOING TO VERY
COMPLICATED ISSUE VERY QUICKLY
BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO
GO AWAY. UP WE MY WIFE AND I ARE
FIRE VICTIMS WE. GOT IT'S A
STORY IT'S BEEN SAID WE WOKE UP
AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
WITH ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR HOUSE
ON FIRE. RAN THROUGH A HOUSE ON
FIRE UP ABOUTEIGHT TENTHS OF A
MILE PRE SMOKE HAD MAJOR IMPACT
AND NOT FOR TWO OFF DUTY
FIREMAN.
SHE AND I WOULD NOT BE HERE
TODAY AND NOW WE'RE FACED SCENE
WHERE IN MAJOR STRUGGLES AS ALL
VICTIMS ARE WITH OUR INSURANCE
COMPANIES TOMORROW. SENATOR
GLAZIER YOU'LL BE DEALING WITH
THOSE ISSUES
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE.
PIPE SYSTEMS BEEN DAMAGE FORTY
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE
DAMAGE THAT'S GOING TO DELAY OUR
BUILDING CAN THE CITY OF SANTA
ROSA COME UP WITH THAT FORTY
FIVE MILLION TO DO IT. OUR
SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED SO
BADLY FIVE UNDRED STUDENTS IN
SANTA ROSA SCHOOLS MANY OF
DROPPED OUT.
THERE FINING PEOPLE DROPPING OUT
IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM IS A
DROP IN ENROLLMENT ITS SONOMA
STATE SANTA ROSA JC THAT'S LOST
REVENUE. OUR PRESERVES HAVE BEEN
DAMAGING OUR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
DAMAGE SO.
THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. BET THAT
THE COURTS ARE BETTER SUITED TO
HANDLE THIS ISSUE THAT WE
BELIEVE THE CPUC. THANK YOU
SENATOR DODD FOR ADDRESSING THAT
AND.
WILL BE.
MONITORING THIS ISSUE AS IT
GOES ON THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY I'D
JUST LIKE TO REMIND THOSE IN
LINE THAT THIS IS THE MEAT TO
TIME.
ALRIGHT GOOD MORNING I'M NANCY
PEPPERONI ON BEHALF OF THE
CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF
CALIFORNIA.
WE DID HAVE AN OPPOSING LESS
AMENDED POSITION BUT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR AND HIS
STAFF ON AMENDMENTS IN WITH
THOSE AMENDMENTS. WE BELIEVE WE
CAN REMEMBER OPPOSITION SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING WITH
US THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS DELANEY
HUNTER ON BEHALF OF THE US SOLAR
ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR AND STORED
ASSOCIATION. AND THE ADVANCED
MICRO GOOD SOLUTIONS COMPANY BUT
WE ARE CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THE
BILL IN FRONT WE CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH SENATOR DON STAFF.
TO TRY TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS
RELATIVE DISTRIBUTE ENERGY
RESOURCES AND THE ROLE WE KNOW
THEY CAN PLAY AND HARDENING THE
GRADE MAKING IT MORE RESILIENT.
ODDLY AT THIS TIME REMAIN
OPPOSED OR.
THANK YOU.
MORE MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
COMMITTEE OUR MONTHLY CHAT ON
BEHALF OF PROPERTY CASUALTY
INSURERS WE HAVE AN OPPOSING AS
AMENDED POSITION OUR CONCERNS
ABOUT. HOMEOWNERS RATES BEING
NOT BEING IMPACTED BY THE
LIABILITY PROVISIONS IN THE BILL
COULD YOU REALIZE THERE'S SOME
AMENDMENTS BEING FLOATED. WE'RE
GONNA REVIEW THEM THANK YOU
SENATOR DODD FOR. EXTENDING
THOSE AMENDMENTS TO US AND THEN.
WE'LL FIGURE ARE AT THAT POINT
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN TERRY
MCHALE REPRESENTING USA A WE ARE
ALSO READY TO OPPOSE WANNA THANK
GOD. BLESS AND US SENATOR DODD
FOR STAYING UP ALL NIGHT AND
PROVIDING THOSE AMENDMENTS.
WHICH WANT ONE CAVIAR WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS BILL IS NOT
A STALKING HORSE. THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO SEE THESE KINDS OF
AGREEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE
TODAY AND UP IN A BUDGET BILL OR
FALL INTO A BILL ON THE ASSEMBLY
SIDE. BUT IF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN
WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS COMMITTEE
PULL THOSE THAT BILL BACK AND
THAT THE DISCUSSION BE HELD. UP
TO THE INTEGRITY THAT WE ARE
WITH THE WE ARE ACCEPTING THESE
AMENDMENTS THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CATHOLIC BUT AMERICAN INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION ONLINE MY COMMENTS
WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE
PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS
ASSOCIATION ACCORD REVIEWING THE
AMENDMENTS AND RIPPING UP THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING JOHN FISCAL AMEND
ATTORNEY I REPRESENT THE
COUNTIES OF CINEMA NAPA
MENDOCINO CITY OF SANTA ROSA
SANTA BARBARA. SEVERAL PUBLIC
ENTITIES AFFECTED BY THE FIRES.
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK SENATOR
DODD LESS AND HIS CHIEF OF
STAFF.
UP FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE
AMENDMENTS.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE
PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT THIS BILL
DOES NOT AFFECT OR APPLY TO ANY
JUDICIAL OR CIVIL ACTIONS FOR
DAMAGES ON BEHALF OF THE
VICTIMS.
AND WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD
THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED NOW DOES THAT.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO REITERATE
OUR THAT FOR ANY FUTURE BILLS IT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT
THERE BE NO.
IMPEACHMENT ON THE.
THE VICTIMS OR THE TAXPAYERS OF
THE PUBLIC ENTITIES ARE FROM
RECOVERING IN A CIVIL ACTION
THANK YOU.
IT AFTERNOON MORNING CARBALLO AT
THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF
CALIFORNIA ALSO POST.
THANK YOU.
BELOW NORMAL THE YELLOW WITH SUN
RUN WHERE THE LARGEST SOLAR A
STORAGE AND ENERGY SERVICES
PROVIDER IN THE U. S. AND WE
STAND OPPOSED BUT APPRECIATE THE
SENATOR AND HIS STAFF. WORKING
WITH US ON AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU MIKE MATICA COUNSEL
FOR CONSUMER WATCHDOG AND A
WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO SAY
BEFORE THESE AMENDMENTS I WHAT I
WILL SAY IS WE REMAIN OPPOSED.
UNDER THE THE ISSUE OF THE
TRANSFERRING OF ALL THE
OPERATING COST.
FROM ARE THE CONSUMERS TO.
YEAH FROM THE UTILITIES TO
THINK CONSUMERS. O. REACTION BE
CAREFUL WITH THAT AND WE WILL
STILL OPPOSE UNTIL THAT'S
RESOLVED THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HE REMEMBERS CHEN A PRICE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA LEAVE
CONSERVATION VOTERS ENVIRONMENT
CALIFORNIA THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE FUND AND VOTE SOLAR. TO
ECHO DELANEY'S CONCERNS FOR
SIERRA UNTIL PROVISION TWENTY
NINE EIGHTY POINT THREE IS
EITHER STRUCK OR SIGNIFICANTLY
AMENDED WE'RE GONNA REMAIN
OPPOSED
THANK YOU.
IF YOU.
IT'LL BE ASSEMBLY SEAN BEHALF OF
ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY WE ALSO
HAVE AN OPPOSED POSITION ON THE
BILL. OF.
BUT IN REGARDS TO THE IMPACTS TO
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
THANK YOU.
CHRIS ROSE ON BEHALF OF THE
SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP
EVAN OPPOSE MUST AMENDED HAVE
POSITION ON THE CURRENT VERSION
OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU.
AGRICULTURE THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A
POSITION ON THIS BILL.
BUT GERMANE TO THIS COMMITTEE
IS THE PROVISION OF THE BILL OUR
RELATIVES ó YES IN DEVELOPING
STANDARDS.
WORK CONVERSATIONS WITH AUTHORS
OFFICE IN THE SPONSOR ABOUT THE
APPLICABLE THE OF THAT PROVISION
DE PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES AND
LOCAL WATER AGENCIES. AT THIS
POINT WE'RE NOT SURE THAT IT'S
NEEDED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
AUTHOR AND THE SPONSOR ON THAT
THANK YOU.
SEEING YOU HAD NO OTHER PEOPLE
LIKE TO PULL BACK TO COMMITTEES
FOR QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS.
SENATOR GALGIANI. I MOVE THE
BILL INAPPROPRIATE OKAY SENATOR
HELMS THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR. A
THANK YOU TO SENATOR DODD FOR
THE HARD WORK THAT HE HAS BEEN
PUT INTO THIS AND I KNOW HE WAS
UP ALL NIGHT WORKING ON THOSE
AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN
YET BUT I THINK YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING HARD ON THE.
IT TO THEM.
I YOU KNOW I STILL.
BOB IS A PRODUCT I'M STILL
OPPOSED TO THE BILL AND.
FOR THE SAME REASONS.
GAVE THIS MORNING FROM TURN I
THINK THEY COVERED ALL OF THE
PARTS THAT ARE I THINK
SIGNIFICANT THE SAFETY AND.
RELIABILITY PLANS OF THE
UTILITIES WOULD SUBMIT
COULD NEVER BE SPECIFIC ENOUGH
AND DETAILED ENOUGH.
TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE ACTION
DECISIONS THAT THAT THAT WOULD
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO
ENSURE. PRUDENT OPERATION WHICH
IS THE CRITERIA THAT WOULD USE
BE USED FOR RESPONSIBILITY. AND
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD
EVER BE POSSIBLE FROM WHAT WE
SEE AND THEREFORE THE COST WOULD
BE PASSED ON TO THE RATE PAYERS.
A SO I WILL CONTINUE TO OF TO BE
OPPOSED TO THE. BILL AND VOTE NO
THANK YOU.
CAN I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IMAGE
IT'S LIMIT BEEN ADDRESSED.
ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT BILL'S BEEN MOVED MOVE GO
AHEAD TAPES I DON'T WANT TO
COMMENT I DID WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR ON THE EARLIER THIS YEAR
I WAS LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING
TO REQUIRE THE UTILITIES EACH
HAVE.
PLAN AND REALIZED THAT I WAS
DONE.
THING THAT WAS
MUCH DEEPER AND MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED THAN I'D EVER
IMAGINED. ON.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD MY COMMUNITY
HAS NEVER SUFFERED ANYTHING LIKE
WHAT BUT USE HAVE SUFFERED. WE
HAVE HAD FLOODING THOUGH AND I
RECALL IN NINETEEN NINETY SEVEN
WE HAD THE MASSIVE FLOODS THAT
AND I WAS WORKING FOR SENATOR
PATRICK JOHNSON AT THE TIME.
AND WE HAD YES ON SITE BUT
IT WASN'T AS IMMEDIATE AS ONE
WOULD A FIVE AND WOULD HAVE HOPE
JUST BY VIRTUE OF HOW.
COMPLICATED IT WAS TO TRY TO BE
REACHING OUT THE SAME TIME THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH TRIAGE
THE CRISIS THAT'S AT HAND. AND
CERTAINLY WATER MOVES MUCH
SLOWER THAN THAN FIRE.
BUT HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT
EXPERIENCE I REALIZEHOW
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IT IS.
TO HAVE A PLAN AND I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE NOT ONLY HOME WORKING ON
THIS LEGISLATION BUT YOU'RE ALSO
TRYING TO. STILL HELP YOUR
CONSTITUENTS AND.
COPE WITH AND THAT AND DEAL WITH
THE AFTERMATH OF THE TREMENDOUS
TRAGEDY THAT YOU'VE BEEN HIT
WITH SO. I COMMEND YOU FOR BEING
ABLE TO DO BOTH AND IN SUCH A F
FAIR. PROCESS AND SUCH OF FAIR
WAY WHERE YOU'RE TAKING
AMENDMENTS TAKING CONCERNS THAT
ARE RAISED. AND I TRUST THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A
VERY GOOD PRODUCT IT'S VERY FAIR
TO EVERYONE. THEN SO I WILL MOVE
THE BILL.
I JUST LIKE TO AT IT ADD TO THAT
WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY
I REPRESENTED THE PORTER RANCH
AREA. THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE
THE HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE
WITH THAT GHASTLY GET ONLY SO
CANYON. AND ISSUES THEIR WORDS
WITH SAFETY AND RELIABILITY AND
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES.
PEOPLE GAME THE SYSTEM TO THE
DETRIMENT OF OF OUR OF OUR
HEALTH. I KNOW THEY'RE STILL
MANY OUTSTANDING ISSUES ON THIS
BUT AGAIN I TO I TRUST YOU AS
WELL AS A LEADER IN A LEGISLATOR
SO I'M GONNA VOTE FOR TODAY AND
THE CHANGES WHICH AS WE GO
FORWARD. BUT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SUCCEED SOMEONE I WANT YOU TO
HOPEFULLY SUCCEED SO WITH THAT
WE HAVE A MOTION AND IF THE
CLERK COULD. READ THE ROLE. FILE
ITEM FOR S. B. TEN EIGHTY EIGHT
MOTION IS TO PASS TWO
APPROPRIATION AND MISTER CHAIR
PLEASE CLOSE.
BUT YES I I JUST WANT TO LET THE
COMMITTEE KNOW FIRST WHY
APPRECIATE.
YA YOUR YOUR COFFEE WE DID COME
A LONG WAY IN ONE WEEKEND.
.
AROUND HERE THAT'S LIGHTNING
FAST TOO I WOULD YEAR RELEASED.
YES STOP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S
ENTAILED I DO BELIEVE THAT THE
OPPONENTS HAD SOME VERY
LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
I WE'VE ADDRESSED MANY OF THEM
AND THAT'S A BELIEVE THAT THE.
YEAH YOU ALSO.
SEE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS
THE ALL FALL INTO PLACE A FOR
EXAMPLE ON THE TURN COMMENTS AND
MANY OF THOSE.
IT WAS NOT BROUGHT OUT THAT WE
HAVE.
YOU KNOW IT IT'S NOT ONE YEAR
FOR EXAMPLE AND IF IF TEY IF
THE CPUC DOES NOT RULE THAT ALL
OF SUDDEN IT IS DEEMED APPROVED.
IT IS NOT DEEMED APPROVED UNTIL
THE CP YOU SEE IN THE NEW
LANGUAGE UNTIL THE CPUC
DETERMINES THAT IT IS.
ABSOLUTELY NO LOOPHOLES THAT OF
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND I'LL
CONTINUE WORKING.
WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
OPPOSED TO THE BILL.
WITH THAT.
FILE ITEM FOR S. B. TEN EIGHTY
EIGHT MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS DODD AYE DODD AYE
WILK AYE WILK AYE BRADFORD.
CANNELLA. CANNELLA AYE GAINES.
GALGIANI. GALGIANI AYE GLAZER.
GLAZER I HILL.
HILL NO PUESTO.
LARA.
PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT ORG BIDAK I.
SIX TWO ONE.
SIX OF ONE SORT WE WILL HOLD
THAT OPEN.
AND I WILL TURN THE GAVEL TO OUR
CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT THIS TIME
WORK IN THE CALL UP OUR LAST
BILL THE DAY I BELIEVE.
S. B. TEN.
SEVENTY SIX SENATOR HERTZBERG.
IN A FEW.
AND MISTER CHAIRMAN.
THREE AND MEMBERS.
ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES YOU
WILL THE GIOCO HAD FOR THIS ONE
OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES.
BERMAN
IS FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF THE
GAME SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IS
WE ALWAYS RESPOND TO CRISES. BUT
ENERGY CRISIS A TERRORIST THREAT
OR WHATEVER IT IS TO ME THE
NOTION IN GOVERNMENT IS TO GET
AHEAD OF THE GAME. TO WORK AS
I'M DOING WHICH SENATOR HILL
WITH RESPECT EARLY WARNING
SYSTEMS ON EARTHQUAKES TO LOOK
AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL RISKS ARE
AND THE PLAN SO THAT WHEN THEY
TURN TO YOU AND SAY HEY GUYS Y.
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING
GOVERNMENT. AND WHY WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT THIS WILL LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHIN I SPENT SOME
TIME WITH THE FORMER CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DIRECTOR JIM
WOOLSEY.
AND I SPENT SOMETIME WITH HIM IN
NEW YORK AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF
OTHER EXPERTS.
AND BASICALLY THE BOTTOM LINE IS
WE HAVE A SOCIETY WHERE WE RELY
ON ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYTHING
FOR EVERYTHING.
AND LITERALLY IF THERE WAS SOME
TYPE OF ELECTRIC MAGNETIC
IMPULSE WHICH WE SELL MY GOD
THIS SOUNDS CRAZY WOULD HAPPEN
IN CANADA JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
AND COST AMONG HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
WHAT WE FURTHER KNOW FROM THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IS THAT YOU HAS
HARDENED THEIR GRID? BUT WE
FURTHER NO IS THAT.
OUR ARMED CHINA AND RUSSIA HAVE
HARDENED THEIR GRID.
SOME OTHER STATES HAVE HARDENED
THEIR GRITS WERE ENGAGED IN A
POLITICAL INTERNAL BATTLE AND
UNITED STATES WHERE WE'VE LOOKED
AT A WHOLE HOST OF REPORTS THAT
THE CONGRESS IS DOING IN
DISCUSSIONS THAT CONGRESS IS
DOING. AND IS A FIGHT BETWEEN
THE PARTNER THE FENCE AND LOCAL
INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES AND MY
QUESTION HERE IN THE REASON I
BROUGHT THIS BILL IS WE NEED TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE NEED
TO BEGIN TO FOCUS AND THIS IS
PROBABLY THE LEAST INVASIVE KIND
OF THING THAT WE COULD DO IN
THIS REGARD THERE'S A WHOLE HOST
OF BY JUST DID IN THE SAN JOSE
MERCURY KNOWS THE POTS BILL BUT.
THERE'S WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME
OTHER OP ED PIECES ON THIS.
BUT I'M GONNA DO A RESOLUTION
I'M GONNA DO CALLING ON CONGRESS
TO TO DO SOMETHING BUT BASICALLY
QUOTING. BUT A PIECE I'M WRITING
WITH MISTER WOOLSEY IT SAYS OUR
ELECTRICAL GRID IS CONSTANTLY
THREATENED BY CYBER ATTACKS
HURRICANES SOLAR STORMS
TERRORIST STRIKES ELECTRIC MAY
GET PAULSON EARTHQUAKES. EACH
DECADE WE'VE PAID A ONE IN TEN
CHANCE OF LOSING AS MUCH.
MUCH OF OUR GREAT TO A SOLAR
STORM A BURST OF RADIATION FROM
THE SUN THAT COULD AFFECT
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IT'S ONLY A
MATTER OF TIME. AND I BELIEVE
THE NUMBERS OR SOMETHING LIKE
NOT A ONE IN TEN OR SOMETHING IN
THE NEXT TEN YEARS IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY WE NEED TO PLAN WE
NEED TO PREPARE. THAT'S THE
PURPOSE OF THIS BILL THAT'S WHY
I'M STANDING HERE AND CHOSE TO
SPEAK TO STAND HERE TODAY TO
LOOK AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL RISKS
THAT WE FACE. AND THE PLAN FOR
GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR SUPPORT OF
THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU SENATOR ANY WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT.
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
TURN BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
SENATOR WILK.
SO HEY I COMMEND YOU FOR THIS I
WAS JUST THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS
WATCHING SOME LATE NIGHT SHOW.
IT WAS ON THIS VERY SUBJECT
MATTER EARLY AND IT SCARED THE
HECK OUT OF ME SO I GUESS WE
HAVE LIKE ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
TRANSPORT THE SPECIAL
TRANSFORMERS THROUGHOUT THE.
COUNTRY OUR CAPACITYTHE MAXIMUM
IS TO BE ABLE TO BILL TWENTY.
TWENTY EVER MET A TIME AND THEN
EVEN THEM WE DON'T HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MOVE THEM.
THEIR TALK ABOUT HOW THE SOLAR
FLARES MAJOR ONES HAPPEN LIKE
EVERY HUNDRED HUNDRED FIFTY
YEARS THAT'S WHAT I THINK IF I
RECALL CORRECTLY. WAS LIKE IN
EIGHTEEN FIFTY TWO AND AT THAT
POINT ALL WE HAD WAS.
DID THE TELEGRAPH BUT IT MADE
MIL TO TELEGRAPH LINES THE
TELEGRAPH'S.
AND IT WOULD IT WOULD DECIMATE
US WOULD ABSOLUTELY DCIMATED SO
THIS IS BEING VERY FUTURISTIC.
AND AND PRUDENT AT THE SAME TIME
SO I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR
EFFORTS ON THIS THANK YOU.
IN EFFECT TO THE CHAIR OF
MISTER WORK YEAH THAT WAS
ACTUALLY ONE IN CANADA THE YEARS
NINETY NINE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT THAT COST A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO WHAT
HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THE
ROADS IF YOU THINK ABOUT EXACTLY
RIGHT. LOOK HOW DEVASTATING IT
WAS AND IN OUR JUDGMENT YOU KNOW
A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE A LONG
TIME IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS
NOTHIN. IN THE SEAS ARE VERY
REAL YOU KNOW IT'S OF IT'S A
FUNNY THING WE WEEK WE TEND TO
QUIETLY IT'S LIKE THE OLD STORY
OF THE FROG IN THE CATTLE WE'RE
IN THE KETTLE AND HE KEEPS GOING
UP WOULD YOU JUMP INTO IT. AND
WE CONTINUE TAKE THESE BIGGER
RISKS ALL OF OUR DATA OUR
NUMBERS ARE INFORMATION IS ALL.
CONTROLLED BY ELECTRONIC DATA
WHICH CAN BE AFFECTED BY THESE
PULSES IT'S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
AND IN AGAIN I A YOU KNOW THE
THE WE SAW IN SAN JOSE. AWESOME
TERRORISTS ATTACKED BY SH BUT AT
THESE THIS THIS TRANSFORMERS BY
SHOOTING AT CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF
IT AND TOOK OUT THE SYSTEM FOR
FOUR WEEKS.
THESE ARE SERIOUS CHALLENGES AND
I KNOW THAT WE FACE ALL KINDS OF
OTHER ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT EVERY
DAY AND ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL
ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE
DEAL WITH. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO PLAN AHEAD
AND AT LEAST TO BEGIN TO TO TO
MOVE FORWARD IN THAT REGARD BY
THE WAY I'M ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. THAT
TO HAVE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES INCLUDING PREPARING
RECOMMENDATIONS THE STATE
EMERGENCY PLAN.
THAT WAS THE LAST THING THAT'S
THE LAST THING I NEEDED SO I'D I
DID AFTER A MOTION WELL ACTUALLY
I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO
AUTHOR RATE LIMIT. THANK YOU
REFER THINGS TO IRAQ BOOK.
MOTION BY SENATOR GLAZER.
THANK YOU WE CALL THE ROLL
PLEASE.
FILE ITEM THREE SB TEN SEVENTY
SIX MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS DODD AYE AYE.
DODD AYE WILK AYE WILK FIVE
BRADFORD.
CANNELLA LIFE CANNELLA AYE
GAINES.
GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE GLAZER. GLAZER AYE
HILL.
HILL AYE HUESO.
LARA.
WHAT'S SO I.
LARA.
PORTANTINO.
BUT IRAQ.
BUT BIDAK I.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIGNATURE
THINKING MEMBERS BEGINS WITH
EIGHT.
EIGHT IS ZERO THANK YOU SENATOR
THAT BILLS OUT WILL HOLD UP THE
ROLE AND I WE'RE GOING TO GO AND
WE'RE OPEN THE ROLE FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS. START WITH GOOD
SECULAR.
AND THANK COUNTER ABSENT MEMBERS
WELL. BY WILK AYE CANNELLA OR
CANNELLA AYE. WESO.
LARA.
HUESO CONSENT CALENDAR. I.
WAS SO I PORTANTINO.
FIND OUT.
BY.
BUY ACAI.
WILL HOLD IT OPEN FOR
PORTANTINO.
OKAY. THAT'S.
ITEM ONE AS THE EIGHT TWO ONE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE FLOOR
CURRENT VOTE EIGHT ZERO ABSENT
MEMBERS WELL AYE. WILK AYE.
HUESO.
WEST SO I PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT ORG BIDAK I.
HOLD IT OPEN FOR PORTANTINO
OKAY.
FILE ITEM THREE SB TEN SEVENTY
SIX MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS.
CURRENT VOTE EIGHT ZERO.
ABSENT MEMBERS BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE GAINES.
GAINES AYE LARA.
BUT LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
FOR THAT OPEN FILE ITEM FOR S.
B. TEN EIGHTY EIGHT MOTION IS TO
PASS FOR PROCREATION CURRENT
BOOK SIX PINE ABSENT MEMBERS
BRADFORD.
BRADFORD I.
GAINES.
WESO.
WAS SO I LARA.
LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
GAINES GAINES NO.
PORTANTINO. LUPIN FOR PORTANTINO
ALL THAT FOR SUTTER FORTINO.
FILE ITEM SIX SB ELEVEN SIXTY
FOUR MOTION IS DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
CURRENT VOTE IS EIGHT TWO ZERO
ABSENT MEMBERS WILK AYE AYE.
WILK AYE.
HUESO. WEST SO I.
PORTANTINO.
BYE DOT.
WHY FIGHT ACT I?
WE'LL THAT OPENED.
WHILE ITEM SEVEN S. B. TWELVE
EIGHTY THREE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO APPROPRIATIONS CURRENT
VOTE FOUR TO ONE. ABSENT MEMBERS
WILK.
GAINES.
FILE ITEM SEVEN S. B. TWELVE
EIGHTY THREE ARE.
GAINES I.
GLAZER.
GLAZER I.
WEST SO.
LARA.
LARA AYE PORTANTINO.
I ITEM SEVEN SP TWELVE EIGHTY
FEET BRADFORD.
PORTANTINO I.
VAI DOT.
ULISES.
FILE ITEM SEVEN AS THE TWELVE
EIGHTY FOUR OR TWELVE EIGHTY
THREE WEST SO I.
IT WILL HOLD THAT OPEN.
FILE ITEM A. S. B. TWELVE NINETY
THREE MOTION IS. TO PASS THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS.
CURRENT BEAU EIGHT TWO ZERO
ABSENT MEMBERS WILK AYE. WILK
AYE WESO.
WEST SO AYE PORTANTINO ONCE THAT
WAS OUT.
TROUT.
FILE ITEM NINE S. B. TWELVE
NINETY SEVEN MOTION IS DO PASS
AS AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
CURRENT BOAT SEVEN ZERO ABSENT
MEMBERS WILL HIGH. WILK AYE
GLAZER.
WHAT'S SO.
PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO I'VE I'D ACT.
THE IRAQI AYE.
SO IT'S TEN ZERO ZERO THE BILLS
OUT.
FILE ITEM TEN SB THIRTEEN
THIRTEEN MOTION IS DUE PASSED
THROUGH PREPARATIONS CURRENT
BOAT SIX ZERO ABSENT MEMBERS
BRADFORD.
YEAH I BRADFORD AYE.
GAINES.
ITEM TEN SB THIRTEEN THIRTEEN
VITA.
GAINES I.
GLAZER.
GLAZER I WAS SO.
WHY SO I LARA?
LARA I PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO AYE THAT BUILDS UP.
A BILLS OUT.
FILE ITEM ELEVEN S. B. THIRTEEN
SIXTEEN MOTION IS DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
ABSENT MEMBERS GAIN.
CURRENT VOTE SIXTY SIXTY TWO.
AB MEMBERS GAINES.
GAINES NOW. WESO.
PORTANTINO.
ITEM ELEVEN S. B. THIRTEEN
SIXTEEN PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO AYE BIDAK.
RIGHT ACT NO.
FILE ITEM TWELVE S. B. THIRTEEN
NINETY SIX MOTION IS DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
CURRENT BOW IS SIX TWO ZERO.
ABSENT MEMBERS BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE GAINES.
GAINES AYE GLAZER.
GLAZER AYE WESO.
WEST I LARA.
LARA AYE PORTANTINO. PORTANTINO
I THOUGHT BILLS OUT.
IT'S OUT.
FILE ITEM THIRTEEN S. B.
FOURTEEN THIRTY MOTION IS TO
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS CURRENT
BEAU IS NINE TO ZERO ABSENT
MEMBERS GAINES.
GAINES AYE WESO.
WHY SO I BIDAK? IRAQ I BILLS
AND.
THE BILL IS OUT.
HE WANTED FAN CLUB.
SO LEADING ONTO PORTANTINO YEARS
HERE CENTER PORTANTINO'S HERE.
SO CONSENT CALENDAR.
PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO I.
ITEM ONE AS THE EIGHT TWO ONE
MOTIONS TO PASS TO THE FLOOR.
PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO AYE THAT WITHOUT.
ITEM THREE SB TEN SEVENTY SIX.
ABSENT MEMBERS PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO AYE THAT.
BILLS OUT.
I HAVE FILE ITEM FOR S. B. TEN
EIGHTY EIGHT MOTION IS TO PASS
THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS.
GAINES NO TO AYE.
PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO I.
ELEVEN. OF THE ONE THAT BILLS
OUT.
FILE ITEM SIX SB ELEVEN SIXTY
FOUR MOTIONS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS. ABSENT
MEMBERS PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO I THAT FILLS. BILLS
OUT FILE ITEM SEVEN AS THE
TWELVE EIGHTY THREE MOTION IS TO
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS.
ABSENT MEMBERS WELL.
FIGHT BACK.
NO BETH NINE TO ONE.
FIND ONE THAT BUILDS OUT.
FILE ITEM ELEVEN AS BE THIRTEEN
SIXTEEN MOTION AS YOU PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
ABSENT MEMBERS WESO.
ONE TWO THREE.
SEVEN.
SEVEN TWO FOUR SEVEN FOR THE
BILL'S OUT.
LEóN MOVIES ONCE VERY STE.
OKAY SO THAT CONCLUDES THE.
BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE
GOVERNMENT SENATE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. I
WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING
.
QUESTION