THANK YOU SENATOR AND IS OUT A
TAPE OVER AJ ARE.
THIRTY FOUR SAM RIVER SIERRA.
FULLER CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE
STAFF OF FOR YOUR ATTENTION THAT
TO AJ ARE. THIRTY FOUR LABOR
SHORTAGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL
SENATE LABOR BUT I THINK I'D
LIKE TO JUST EXPAND ON ON THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT LABOR
SHORTAGES AT AS A WHOLE YOU KNOW
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS
RECENTLY.
APPOINTED BY THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL JOURNAL THAT TALKS
ABOUT.
THE SHORTAGE OF A CONSTRUCTION.
WORKERS AND DATA HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT --
HOUSING ISSUES IN HOUSING.
AFFORDABILITY BUT AT THE SAME
TIME NOW THE ISSUE OF NOT HAVING
ENOUGH WORKERS TO ADDRESS THAT
NEED.
I THINK THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF
THIS RESOLUTION AS MANY
RESOLUTIONS COME BEFORE US ARE
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT A TIME.
pBE MORE IMPORTANT AS IT RELATES
TO ADDRESSING.
THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM BUT AT
THE SAME TIME LOOKING AT IT FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY A CHALLENGE FOR THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS WE LOOK
AT INDUSTRIES LIKE AGRICULTURE
AND THE SHE THAT MAKE UP A
SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.
PART OF OUR ECONOMY.
AND SO WE CAN'T DISMISS THE FACT
THAT --
WITHOUT ANY CERTAINTY TO
CONTINUE TO SEE AT A LABOR.
INCREASE FOR THESE TYPES OF
INDUSTRIES A THAT IT BRINGS
AFFORD SOME UNCERTAINTIES AT THE
SAME TIME WON'T TALK ABOUT
AGRICULTURE TALKING ABOUT
PERHAPS EVEN SOME NATIONAL FOOD
SECURITY ISSUES.
AND SO I THINK THAT CONVERSATION
DC -- MAY BE
FOCUSED JUST SIMPLY ON A
TEMPORARY APPROACH TO ADDRESS A
SPECIFIC NEEDS IN HERE WERE
TRYING.
TO AND ASSERT YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA'S ROLE WHEN IT COMES
--
TO THIS COUNTRY'S --
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKING SURE
THAT AGRICULTURE CONTINUES TO
PROSPER.
AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT MAKEUP
AGRICULTURE I DO AS WELL.
ABOUT WE WANT TO ASK THAT THAT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TAKE A
STRONG POSITION ON THIS ISSUE AS
I'VE MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC
IMPLICATIONS OF DOING NOTHING.
ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR US WE
BELIEVE THAT THE STATE SHOULD
HAVE.
A SAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE LABOR
SHORTAGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE
IN CALIFORNIA WITHIN THIS
INDUSTRY.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS RESOLUTION
IS BEFORE US I'VE BY INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION AS WELL THAT MIRRORS
WHAT IS RESOLUTION IS REFLECTING
AND HOPING THAT THAT WERE ABLE
TO MOVE THAT AS WELL BUT TODAY
G. R. THIRTY FOUR IS BEFORE.
THE KEY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
MMHM NAMES ARE ALL TOURISM I'M
PUBLIC POLICY CONSULTANT AND I
CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESOLUTION I
JUST WANT TO DO.
UNDERSCORE THE POINT THAT THE
MEMBER MADE.
AND CURRENTLY NOTES TO DEBATE IN
WASHINGTON ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
NOT DOES NOT.
EFFECTIVELY IN SERIOUSLY --
INCLUDE THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF
LABOR SHORTAGES --
IT IS VERY SELECTIVE YOU HAVE A
PRESIDENT THAT IS WILLING TO
HIRE EACH TO WORKERS BUT DOESN'T
WANT TO ANY OTHER INDUSTRIES TO
BE HIRING ANY OTHER KIND OF
WORKERS.
SO THERE IS A VERY VERY SERIOUS
LIMITATION AND THE CALIFORNIA
DELEGATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN
VIEWED AS A LEADERSHIP
DELEGATION ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT EVEN THAT DELGATION IS NOT
INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF LABOR
SHORTAGES AND THE POPULATION OF
WORKERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
AND THE CONSTANT SEPARATION OF
THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AS A RESULT KNOW THAT LABOR
SHORTAGES IS SIMPLY GETTING
WORSE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO
UNDERSCORE THAT THE STATE'S LOW
SHOULD IN FACT HAVE A GROWING
ROLE IN DISTANT AND DIST --
DETERMINING LABOR SHORTAGES JUST
LIKE THE STATE'S DO WHEN THERE'S
A NATURAL DISASTER THE STATE'S
DECLARANT.
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPS IN.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS THAT.
THE STATE'S WOULD DETERMINE
BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH MORE
INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THEIR
SHORTAGES ARE IN THEIR ECONOMIC
NEEDS ARE WITHIN THEIR
BOUNDARIES.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO
SAY WE HAVE A LABOR SHORTAGE AND
THIS IS HOW WE BELIEVE THAT
LABOR SHORTAGE SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED.
SO IT IS A VERY UNIQUE APPROACH
TO THE PROBLEM IT'S ONE THAT WE
BELIEVE A HAS TO BE --
FOCUSED AND PRIORITIZED BY THE
DELEGATION AND THAT'S THE INTENT
BEHIND THE BILL AND WE CERTAINLY
ASK FOR NINE VOTE THANK YOU.
GOOD LUCK WORKING WITH A
CALIFORNIA.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A THE QUESTION I HAVE IS.
THERE'S OTHER STATES ARE GOING
TO THE SIMILAR ISSUE WHAT HAVE
THEY DONE ANY ANYTHING ELSE
CREATIVITY CREATIVELY TO ADDRESS
AFICIONADOS IS MANISHA IN
GEORGIA.
INITIAL OVER THE SOUTH AS ANY.
MOVEMENT TO TRY TO DO THE SAME
THING SO NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS
--
BROUGHT ANY.
SUBSTANTIAL LA BENEFIT OR IMPACT
A I MET WITH THE LEGISLATOR FROM
UTAH.
WHO THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED A
PROGRAM THAT TO TRY TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE LABOR SHORTAGES?
BUT HAS IT REALLY OUT OF FOR
RUSSIAN TO SOMETHING.
THAT THEY INTENDED RIGHT IN
TERMS OF ADDRESSING THEIR A
SIGNIFICANT NEED AND SO THERE'S
THERE REALLY ISN'T A MODEL.
AND WHICH IS WHY WE THINK THAT
CALIFORNIA.
SHOULD WEIGH IN HEAVILY --
AS WE PLAY IT LIVE INSTRUMENTAL
ROLE IN THE ECONOMY OF THIS
COUNTRY AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT
COMES.
TO THE PRODUCTION OF
AGRICULTURE.
THANK YOU A SWIMMER GARCIA I
THINK THE THING WE NEED TO LOOK
AT ESPECIALLY IS WORKING ON THE
LEGISLATION.
THAT WE DON'T REPEAT THE SAME
MISTAKES THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE
IN THE PAST YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY
MY DAD CAME AS ADVERSARIAL --
AND SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GET
PAID SWEEP OR MISTREATED --
THAT IF WE DECIDE TO GO DOWN
THAT ROUTE THAT IN THE POLICY.
WE PUT VERY STRICT PROTECTIONS
TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
AND PROVIDE THE PROPER REMEDIES
SHOULD --
THESE WORKERS MARKET PAID.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO MISTER
CHAIRMAN THAT NEW YORK TIMES
JUST CAME OUT OF AN ARTICLE JUST
AT THE END OF JULY IN MY I WOULD
TOWN WE NEED IMMIGRANTS THIS IS
AN ARTICLE AN EDITORIAL BY THE
EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER --
OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THE MAJOR
CITIES IN IOWA BUT CLEARLY --
THIS ARTICLE THE REALITY OF WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT --
AND OTHER STATES I RECOGNIZE THE
PROBLEM HIGHWAYS HOME TO ONE OF
THE MOST --
INFLAMMATORY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
MISTER KING --
AND YET THAT STATE I HAS A
REALITY THAT IT'S GROWERS DO NOT
WANT TO STAND UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE
PUBLICLY.
THESE ARTICLES OUR EXTENSIVE IN
IN IN -- IN
IOWA LE WHETHER IT'S IN A PIG
FARM --
SLAUGHTER HOUSE --
OR IN THE FIELDS ON AND ANY CROP
AND YET --
THE STATE OF IOWA IS NOT
SPEAKING UP.
WE THINK OUR LEGISLATION BEGINS
THAT DISCUSSION AND SHOWS THEM A
MODEL IF THE BILL PASSES --
THEN WE WILL PROVIDE THIS TO THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE
LEGISLATURES ARE SO THAT OTHER
MEMBERS IN OTHER STATES A COME
LOOK AT WHAT CALIFORNIA'S DOING
AND HOPE THAT THEY WILL IN FACT.
PICK UP THE MOMENTUM THAT WE
WEEK OUT AS STATES WHO REALLY
HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS THAT
WE'RE CONFRONTING.
OURS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH
PERISHABLE CROPS OUR CROPS ARE
VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT ECONOMY
OF AGRICULTURE.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT
AGRICULTURE IN THIS COUNTRY
WHETHER YOU'RE TERRACE TARGETED
OR NOT IS DEPENDENT ON
IMMIGRANTS THAT IS THE REALITY
AND WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT
RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS IS
POPULATION IS MADE DESERVES.
A STABILITY ARE OF WORKFORCE BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY A STABILITY OF
THEIR STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY SO
WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH.
JOBS THAT MEN ARE IMMIGRANTS FOR
TAKING AND WE'RE GONNA BE FILLED
WITH.
YOU KNOW NON IMMIGRANT
POPULATIONS DID THAT NOT HAPPEN
OR YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S.
FOR WITH THE THEORY BEHIND THAT.
WELL IT'S THE HIT.
I THINK --
THEY BEGIN BY SAYING THAT THAT
YOU KNOW THE A GENERATION OF
FARM WORKER CHILDREN --
SPEAKING.
PERSONALLY HAVE MADE A DECISION
TO PURSUE OTHER [inaudible]
OPPORTUNITIES --
THERE AREN'T --
NON IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS --
WHETHER BE AN OLDER GENERATION
OR YOUNGER GENERATION.
YOU KNOW RUSHING TO SIGN UP TO
WORK OUT IN THE AGRICULTURAL
FIELDS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN
OPENLY AND ADMITTEDLY.
IN OUR STATE IT.
AND SO WE HAVE A SERIOUS CRISIS.
AND IT INTERSECTS WITH THE
CONVERSATION OF IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
IT INTERSECTS WITH THE
CONVERSATION --
THAT WE ARE RAISING TODAY AS IT
RELATES TO WORKERS RIGHTS --
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO
GOOD AFFORDABLE HOUSING --
AND IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT IS
FA MORE --
NOT COMPREHENSIVE WITHIN JUST A
VISA PROGRAM TO HAVE A WORKER
COME OVER HUTCH IN THE UNITED
STATES AND PROVIDE.
LABOR.
HAS SO MUCH SHORT ANSWER IS
THERE ISN'T ANYONE.
I RUSSIAN OUT TO THE FIELDS OF
IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY CENTRAL
VALLEY OR ANYWHERE ELSE --
TO SIGN UP TO DO THIS WORK AND
THERE ARE --
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE
IN THIS COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE -- FOR
MANY YEARS HAVE ESTABLISHED
THEMSELVES HERE WORKING IN THESE
INDUSTRIES AND STILL WORKING.
IN THE SHADOWS AND WHAT WE'RE
ASKING IS THAT THAT WE CONSIDER
THIS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. TO
BECOME --
LEGAL --
PERMANENT WORKING LAW ABIDING
CITIZENS OF THE STATE --
TO CONVENE PROVIDE TO THIS
IMPORTANT ECONOMIC IN VIBRANT
INDUSTRY WHICH IN THIS CASE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
AGRICULTURE AND THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY BUT AS I HIGHLIGHTED.
IN MY OPENING REMARKS --
IT TIES INTO THIS ISSUE.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT AFFORDABILITY
ISSUE IT'S DO WE HAVE THE LABOR
--
THAT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE TO
MEET THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF
THE HOUSING SHORTAGES THAT
EXIST.
NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA BUT
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WITH FIGURE FOR YOUR INTEREST IN
THIS ISSUE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE
CONTINUE THE NOT ONLY A FIGURE
OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON
IMMIGRATION REFORM BUT THE LABOR
SHORTAGES ARE STEPHANIE GONNA
STYMIED OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS
THAT WE CONTINUE.
TO PLAY POLITICS WITH THE LIVES
OF SO MANY VULNERABLE WORKERS
WHO ARE DOING THE JOB THAT A LOT
OF US.
DO NOT WANT TO DO QUITE FRANKLY.
I AND SO AGAIN REMINDS ME TO
THINK TWICE WHEN YOUR AT THE
GROCERY STORE.
AND THAT THINKING ABOUT THE
PEOPLE BEHIND --
THAT TOMATO THAT YOU'RE
PURCHASING POWER AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING
THEMSELVES.
UP WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM
ARNOLD'S INTERJECTS IF YOU WANT
TO SAY ANYTHING --
IT MORE IN THE COUPLE OF TO
SHARE A COUPLE --
YOU KNOW IS WE DO MORE KIND
IMMIGRANT BASHING IN THIS
COUNTRY BLAMING IMMIGRANTS FOR
THE PROBLEMS.
THAT WE HAVE WHICH IS PROBABLY
ABOUT AS FAR FROM THE TRUTH.
AS THERE IS --
I APPRECIATE THAT --
YOUR FOCUS HERE IS ON THE
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES WE KICK IT
PEOPLE. TO TO BE KINDER.
A MORE TOLERANT OF EACH OTHER
AND LIVE THEN LET'S GET TO THE
DOLLARS AND CENTS THAT SEEMS TO
MOTIVATE.
A FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVELY CALM.
AND BUT BUT AS YOU MENTION ARE
FARMWORKERS WE HAVE.
A LABOR SHORTAGES ALL.
ACROSS.
WE HAVE LABOR SHORTAGES WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR HIGH END JOBS TO
OUR TECH JOBS.
AND THIS ADMINISTRATION --
FOR REASONS THAT MAKE ABSOLUTELY
NO SENSE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF VISAS THAT WE ARE MAKING
AVAILABLE TO BRING IN THESE
PEOPLE LET ALONE VILIFY THOSE
HARD WORKING FOLKS WHO DO THE
TOUGH WORK IN THE FIELDS.
THAT MOST A LOT OF US DON'T WANT
TO DO AND WON'T DO --
SO I I THINK REALLY WE HAVE TO
HAVE A A CONVERSATION.
A NOT JUST ABOUT BEING.
OF MORE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER
IN RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY WE
ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS HIS
ARE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS THAT
GENERATE --
THE THE WORK FORCE THAT HAS MADE
THIS COUNTRY SO SUCCESSFUL BUT
IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS
AND I AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT
THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE --
AT BUT I DID ALSO WARNER --
JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT OUR FARMWORKERS THIS
IS ACROSS THE BOARD AND IF WE
BECOME A NATION OF HATE.
WE ARE GOING TO BECOME A NATION
THAT IS GOING TO LOSE THE
POTENTIAL AND RELINQUISH IT TO
OTHER COUNTRIES.
THAT RECOGNIZE EVEN REGARDLESS
THEY THINK GET THE BOTTOM LINE
DOLLARS AND SENSE OF IT.
AND IF WE CAN'T DO BETTER ON THE
THOUGH HUMANITY LEVEL LET'S AT
LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS
MEANS CUT CONSEQUENTIALLY FOR
THE UNITED STATES AND SO.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND I WILL LOOK AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME BE HAPPY TO
MOVE OF THEIR PARTICULAR SENATOR
JACKSON'S [inaudible]
WE WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE
REMEMBER TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM
BUT WE WILL.
WELL YEAH --
ANY OTHER MEMBER ANY OTHER FOLKS
AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
MEMBERS IN OPPOSITION
[inaudible]
OKAY.
THEN SOME OF US IT WILL TAKE A
VOTE AS SOON AS WE GET ONE MORE
MEMBER THANK YOU FOR WORK ON
THIS ISSUE [inaudible]
SURE
.
GREENBERG DOT IS OURS
--
LEXUS.
LET'S ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR A
COMMITTEES SENATOR PLEASE KALRA
LET HIM LEAD HERE STONE JACKSON
HERE JACKSON HERE MITCHELL HERE
MITCHELL HERE WIECKOWSKI.
YOU HAVE A QUORUM WE HAVE A
QUORUM AT THIS TIME WILL
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NUMBER.
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JACKSON'S.
THAT'S A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION
TERRITORY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
LETTER.
BY NOT AYE STONE.
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AYE MITCHELL AYE WIECKOWSKI.
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CONCLUDES OUR JENNIFER TODAY