AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER JONES SAWYER
YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION
[inaudible]
OKAY DOT [inaudible]
PLEASE BEGIN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
ARE AB TEN SIXTY FIVE IS AGAIN
BEFORE YOU COMMITTEE TODAY.
AS YOU MAY RECALL THIS BILL
ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF ORGANIZED
RETAIL THEFT WHICH HAS AFFECTED
LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS BILL CREATE A
NEW ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT
STATUE PUNISHABLE WITH A WAFFLER.
RECENT AMENDMENTS CREATE RISK
BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMS
THAT WILL DRIVE DOWN RECIDIVISM
AND INCARCERATION [inaudible]
SUCH PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
ENSURE WE DON'T INCARCERATE
OFFENDERS WHO ARE EFFECTIVELY
SERVE BY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.
THESE AMENDMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO
SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES SEVERELY
IMPACTED BY SOPHISTICATED
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT BY
IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO HAVE
POTENTIAL RISKS TO BE RE TO RE
OFFEND AND PROVIDING THE
APPROPRIATE.
SUPERVISION SPECIFICALLY THE
AMENDMENTS CREATE A MISDEMEANOR
SUPERVISION GRANT PROGRAM TO
ALLOW LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
OR PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
I GREAT DIVERSION PROGRAMS OR
DEFERRED ENTRY PROGRAMS FOR
REPEAT THEFT DEFENDERS AND THREE
CREATE A REGIONAL PROPERTY CRIME
TASK FORCE.
UNDER THE CULT UNDER THE
COLLABORATION WITH.
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
IDENTIFY COMMUNITY SEVERELY
IMPACTED BY THEFT.
AB TEN SIXTY FIVE IS A HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO ORGANIZED RETAIL
THEFT BY REDIRECTING LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TOWARD
ERADICATING THOSE SOPHISTICATED
THEFT RINGS AND PROVIDING THE
APPROPRIATE REHABILITATION TO
END THE CYCLE.
THESE EVENTS WOULD DIS
INVESTMENTS WILL DONNELLY DRIVE
DOWN RECIDIVISM YOU'LL BETTER
OUTCOMES OVERALL AND CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE REFORMS DELUDE THIS
LEGISLATURE AND ADMINISTRATION
HAVE CHAMPION.
WE HAVE A BROAD COALITION FROM
BUSINESS LABOR AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
DESPAIR BILL.
HERE WITH ME TODAY IS BILLED
THEM BRODSKY --
JUST MAYBE IS FINAL HEARING
PRESIDENT AND CEO NOT BECAUSE
THIS BILL BECAUSE HE'S RETIRING.
PRESIDENT AND C. E. O. OF THE
CALIFORNIA RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM --
UFCW WESTERN STATES COUNCIL.
THE BILL BEFORE YOU BEGIN LET ME
ESTABLISHED OR LOOK AT RIGHT
ABOUT HERE SKINNER HERE ANDERSON.
ANDERSON HERE BRADFORD YOUR
BRADFORD HERE JACKSON MITCHELL.
MITCHELL HERE'S DOWN WIENER
RIGHT NOW WHERE THE ACTUAL
COMMITTEE GO AHEAD.
BILL NUMBER OWSKI --
PRESIDENCY ó CALIFORNIA
RETAILERS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL --
FIRST OFF A LOT THANK ASSEMBLY
MEMBER REGINALD SAWYER FOR ALL
THE WORK HE'S DONE --
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
FOR US --
SHOPLIFTING HAS BECOME A MIRA OF
A BIG PROBLEM OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
TAKING THIS LEGISLATION AND
IMPLEMENTING IT SO WE THANK YOU.
AT THAT MORNING CHEN MEMBERS MY
NAME IS JAZZ YOU GROW UP AND I'M
HERE ON BEHALF OF UFCW WESTERN
STATES COUNCIL.
YOU SEE W. HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORMS AND SECOND CHANCES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALLOWED THOSE
FORMALLY INCARCERATED EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A LIVING
WAGE.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT RECOGNIZES
THE TREMENDOUS VALUE OF
PROVIDING THESE INDIVIDUALS THE
ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ECONOMY.
A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN SOCIETY
OFTEN LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL
REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND REDUCES
RECIDIVISM.
HOWEVER ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT
HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PERVASIVE
ISSUE AND OUR INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE ALWAYS FOUGHT TIRELESSLY
FOR GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS AND
HIGHER WAGES WHEN STARS ARE
IMPACTED BY LAUGHED SO OUR
WORKERS.
YOU SEE W. STRIVES TO MAINTAIN A
SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
WORKERS WITH SUCH ACTIVITY
OCCURRING IN THE WORKPLACE OUR
MEMBERS THE MORALE AND SENSE OF
SECURITY IS SHAKEN.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED TO
CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OUR
MEMBERS ARE FACED WITH WHEN
ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME MANIFEST
IN THE STORES THEY WORK AND THE
BILL BEFORE YOU DOES JUST THAT.
AB TURN SIXTY FIVE HAS BEEN
CRAFTED ANYWAY TO ENSURE OUR
PRESENT SYSTEM IS AND FURTHER
EXACERBATED.
BY LOW LEVEL FAST SUCH AS HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE HIGH SCHOOL
KIDS STEALING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THIS BILL TAKES A MORE TARGETED
APPROACH TO ADDRESS THOSE
DEALING THROUGH LARGE ORGANIZED
CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES.
FURTHERMORE IT STRENGTHENS
EXISTING ENFORCEMENT TO ENSURE
THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE PROSECUTED
IN VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS FOR THE
OFFENSES OCCURRED AND ALLOWS LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO UTILIZE EXISTING
MECHANISMS. TO APPREHEND ONLY
THOSE HAVE DEMONSTRATED
INVOLVEMENT WITH ORGANIZED THAT
BRINGS.
WE COMPLEMENT THE AUTHORS AND
THEN THE COMMITTEE STAFFER
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON A
BALANCED APPROACH NARROWLY
TAILORED TO ADDRESSING A*
ONE ORGANIZED THEFT ACTIVITY.
CALIFORNIA'S ONE OF THE FEW
REMAINING STATES WITHOUT AN
ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME STATUTE.
IT IS TIME TO PASS AB TIME
[inaudible]
SIXTY FIVE I RESPECT.
THANK YOU ARE THERE OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
MICHELLE THOMAS SHOP REPRESENT
ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
NEEDS EMILY.
HE'LL START A BEHALF OF SAN
DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SUMMER STEPHANIE IN SUPPORT.
MADAM CHAIR EMBERS STACY DOLLY
ON BEHALF OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
LEADERS ASSOCIATION TARGET AND A
HOME DEPOT OR IN STRONG SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION ONE REITERATE
OUR GRATITUDE.
TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER JONES SAWYER
ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING
THROUGH THIS ON BOARD STROKES
FOR THE RECENT AMENDMENTS --
WE WOULD ONLY LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT THE DEFINITION OF ORGANIZED
RETAIL CRIME CURRENTLY IN MAYBE
TEN SIXTY FIVE SECTION.
ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND
IT'S A DELICATELY BALANCED
NEGOTIATION THAT WE CAME UP WITH --
SO FAME THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO
HAVE AN EXTENSION SINCE THE BILL
DOES SUNSET IN TWENTY TWENTY
TWENTY ONE SO.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO REITERATE
OUR GRATITUDE --
IN OUR APPRECIATION FOR THAT
DEFINITION BECAUSE AS MENTIONED
IN THE TESTIMONY.
CALIFORNIA'S ONE OF THE LAST
STATES TO IMPLEMENT ORGANIZED
RETAIL CRIME STATUTE.
VERY IMPORTANT THANK YOU.
SYLVIA SOLELY SHAUN BEHALF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AND SUPPORT.
RIGHT ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
ROOM NINE I JUST WANTED TO POINT
OUT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE
HEARING THIS BILL BECAUSE IT WAS
AMENDED ON THE FLOOR.
AND AND I THINK THE AUTHORED
LAID OUT PRETTY WELL WITH THE
AMENDMENTS DO THEIR ALSO
OBVIOUSLY IN OUR AND COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCES.
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
REMOVED I KNOW [inaudible]
SECOND FLOOR.
CERTAINLY I I'M WONDERING IF
THERE'S A TYPO IT SAYS IF I'M
NOT MISTAKEN THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN RETAIN
SOMEBODY. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
[inaudible]
AND THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF
RETAINING SOMEONE IT'S DETAINING
[inaudible]
DO YOU.
AND I ASSUME THAT'S JUST THE
TYPE OR NO THIS IS TWENTY NINE
TEN BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN.
YEAH SHE'S THE WORD AND I
THOUGHT THE AYE NOISE WHATEVER
WE NEED MORE GENERALLY NOT I HAD
TO DO THIS AREA LAW FOR AWHILE
BUT WE DON'T RETAIN PEOPLE WE
DETAIN THEM.
TYPE THAT WAS THE ONLY COMMENT
THAT I HAD ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION
FILLED.
YEAH I DO REMEMBER WHAT SECTION
[inaudible]
SENATOR.
I AM OPERATING AWFULLY I MEMORY
IS A NO.
THAT STORY.
WE CAN DO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO
A WORD SEARCH AYE LEGALIZED.
THEN RELEASE WE CAN DO IS FIND
THAT WORD FOR IT.
YEAH [inaudible]
OKAY OKAY --
THIRTY THREE CAME THE WORD YEAH
WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER COMMENT.
ALRIGHT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THREE AYE
VOTE EXCELLENT --
ALRIGHT THEN --
LET SEVERAL CALL.
SKINNER BY SKINNER AYE ANDERSON
AYE AYE ANDERSON AYE BRADFORD.
BRADFORD AYE JACKSON AYE JACKSON
AYE MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE STONE WIENER.
RIGHT TOOL WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN
JUST TO HAVE IT OUT ARE ABSENT
MEMBERS BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH I
WANTED TO SAY THAT THE
PROPONENTS WILL THE AUTHOR'S
WORK VERY HRD IN THIS HAS
INDICATED.
BUT THE PROPONENTS ALSO HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED IN A VERY LONG.
UP PROCESSES I HAVE MET WITH ALL
OF YOU MULTIPLE TIMES MYSELF AND
I'VE NOT EVEN BEEN IN EVEN A
TENTH OF THE MEETING SO --
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE
FORWARD THANKS VERY THANK YOU
THANK YOU CAN MAKE --
SO WE HAVE --
REQUEST BY --
ASSEMBLY MEMBER THURMAN TO HAVE
SENATOR BRADFORD PERCENT AB
FOURTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT SO WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO THAT SENATOR
BRADFORD.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR I'M HERE
TO PRESENT OP ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMAN THURMAN.
AB FOURTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT WHICH
SEEKS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND REDUCE JUVENILE RECIDIVISM
RATES THIS BILL TAKES.
A LOCALIZED APPROACH OF
REQUIRING COUNTIES --
UPON APPROPRIATIONS OF FUND FOR
STATE FUNDS AND TO CONVENE
WORKSHOPS AND LOOK AT ASSESSING
THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
OTHER THAN JUVENILE DETENTION
TOO OFTEN I YOUTH LEAVE JUVENILE
DETENTION FACILITIES AND FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT.
ABILITY AND WORSE SITUATION THAN
WHEN THEY STARTED --
ACCORDING --
TO DIVISION OF JUVENILE FACILITY
70% OF THE YOUNG FOLKS WILL.
SORT OF VAGUE WITH OUR BE
REARRESTED IN TWO YEARS OR LAS
INVOLVING MORE SERIOUS CRIMES --
UNDERSTANDING THIS AYE SHIFTS
ARE N THE STATE'S FOCUS SHOULD
BE FROM.
OB BILLION MORE INSTITUTIONS --
OF DETENTION AND AYE INVESTING
AND TRANSITION CENTERS AND
EDUCATION SO THIS IS WHAT THIS
BILL MOVES IN THIS DIRECTION.
AND IT'S ONLY A FUNDS ARE.
PROVIDED INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED
TO EDUCATION HOUSING WORK
TRAINING HEALTHAND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES FAMILY SOCIAL
SERVICES WELL AS LEGAL COUNSEL --
WE WOULD ALL AGREE REDUCING
RECIDIVISM AS JOB WHAT WE STRIVE
TO DO AND SHOULD BE STRIVING TO
DO IN THIS BILL ARE.
MOVES IN THAT DIRECTION GIVES
EVERYBODY A SECOND JOB OUR YOUNG
FOLKS SECOND CHANCELLORS REQUEST
WE ARE THOUGH. THREE OTHER ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
CALIFORNIA STATE NAACP IN
SUPPORT [inaudible]
ANY OTHERS.
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE LOUIS BROWN ON BEHALF
OF THE CHEAPER PATIENT OFFICER
OF CALIFORNIA.
ARE WE DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE
INTENT OF THE BILL AND I VERY
MUCH AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT BY
CENTER BRADFORD.
AND ALL OF OUR WE SHARE THE GOAL
OF REDUCING RECIDIVISM.
WE'VE CONCERNS THE WAY THIS BILL
WAS SET UP FIRST IT DOES REQUIRE
THESE THESE LOCAL WORKING GROUPS
TO COME TOGETHER.
IT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE THE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO HAPPEN.
IF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE SO WE
BELIEVE THAT.
IT SETS UP A FALSE EXPECTATION
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE
WILL ACTUALLY BE THIS
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WHEN IN FACT THERE IS NO FUNDING
ATTACHED TO IT RIGHT NOW WHICH
WILL CREATE JUST MORE ISSUES AT
THE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL?
IT'S BEEN VERY VAGUE ON DETAILS
IF THE TRANSITIONAL FACILITY
COMES INTO EFFECT.
WHO IS THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY
OVER IT ON WHO'S GONNA HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OVER IT THESE ARE
SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE
THINK THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT?
AND FURTHER FURTHER DISCUSSED
HOW FOR THIS BILL BEFORE IT
SHOULD MOVE IN AND THAT WE COULD
BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT SO.
ARE FOR THOSE REASONS A WE MUST
OPPOSE THE BILL TODAY.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHERS --
IN OPPOSITION.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT I THERE HAS
BEEN LEGISLATION PASSED --
NOT FREQUENTLY BUT THAT IS NOT
DOES NOT HAVE AN APPROPRIATION
ASSOCIATED AND THEN IN THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR.
THERE'S OFTEN APPROPRIATION TO
ME AND THE BILL.
THE BILL SIGNED INTO LAW SO.
IT IS NOT A AND IS CERTAINLY A
CONCERN BUT AND IF NOT --
ALONE ENOUGH TO SAY --
THAT LEGISLATION IS NOT
APPROPRIATE --
ANY COMMENTS AND YES SENATOR
MITCHELL.
THANK YOU ON RB SUPPORTING THE
BILL TODAY AND I WAS JUST STRUCK
ON AS I READ THE CHIEF PROBATION
OFFICERS LETTER.
ON THE DATE THEY THEY EXPRESSED
CONCERN ABOUT.
AND QUESTION WHO ALTMAN WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING AND
MAKING THE DECISION ABOUT --
WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSE IT
WOULD OPERATE THE TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING AND IN THIS HAS BEEN MY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE --
AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OVER THE
YEARS [inaudible]
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
HISTORICALLY.
THAT STEPPED UP --
AND HAD THE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY ON TO MANAGE
THESE KINDS OF FACILITIES ARE I
HOPE.
ON THAT THEY'RE NOT WALKING AWAY
FROM THAT --
HISTORIC RESPONSIBILITY AND
FULLY EMBRACE IT AND WILL
CONSIDER WORKING WITH THE OFF
THEIR PERHAPS IN THE STATE.
IF THIS DOES BECOME LAW --
TO TO TO BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE
AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE TO THE TO
THE PLATE IF YOU WILL AND ENGAGE
MORE DIRECTLY AT THE POST OPPOSE
IN THE BILL --
ABI SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY THE
FAC THAT THE PERFECT TIME THAT
ENSURE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE
MOTION.
THINK THAT WOULD BE NOW
[inaudible]
OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE UNDER
PRESSURE THANK YOU SENATOR AS
SKINNER AND ON BEHALF OF ASSUME
THURMAN I ASK FOR AYE VOTE.
AGAIN THIS IS A COMMONSENSE
MEASURE AND PART OF THE BILL
STATES THEY WILL BE DISCUSSIONS
DISCUSSIONS OF WHICH PROBATION
CLINT.
CLAIMS NOT BE CLEAR ABOUT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WORKING GROUP
AND THAT'S GONNA HELP SHAPE HOW
WE MOVE THIS --
FACILITY FOR SO IT WILL BE
THROUGH THOSE WORKING GROUPS IT
WILL BE THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
FUNDING HAS SENATOR SKINNER OUT
STATED ND THIS BILL CLEARLY
STATES IF BONDS ARE AVAILABLE SO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SO UNDERSTAND
ALL THOSE THINGS YOU --
FOR REASONS ALREADY STATED I
REQUEST RIVAL THANK.
THREE ALRIGHT WE WILL HAVE ROLL
CALL.
MOTION IS THE POSTURE
APPROPRIATIONS SKINNER AYE
SKINNER AYE ANDERSON.
ANDERSON NO BRADFORD ARE
BRADFORD AYE JACKSON MITCHELL
AYE MITCHELL AYE STONE WIENER.
I WILL KEEP THE ROLE OF UNTIL
OUR MEMBERS MISSING MEMBERS
RETURN.
AND IT WILL KEEP THE COMMITTEE
WILL NOT A JOURNEY.
THANK
.
SO LET'S REAL RULE AND FIRST ON
AND HE TOOK IT AB.
TEN SIXTY FIVE AB CAN
[inaudible]
SIXTY FIVE BROWN [inaudible]
STONE I OKAY AND THEY WILL RE
OPEN THE ROLAND AB FOURTEEN
EIGHTY EIGHT YOU WANT TO INFORM
CENTER STONE AT THE VOTE COUNT
SO FAR SURE IT'S CURRENTLY THREE
EYES ONE NO STONE [inaudible]
STONE NOW.
GREAT THANK YOU YOU'RE WELCOME.
BUT WE WAS CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE
ROLE OPEN AND HAVE THE COMMITTEE --
NOT DURING YET TO WE HAVE OUR
OTHER MISSING MEMBER
NO WORRIES
WE WILL REOPEN THE ROLE ON EP.
FOURTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT JACKSON
PRODUCTS JACKSON.
AND WE'RE RETAINING THEIR ROLE
OPEN AS WE STILL HAVE ONE
MISSING MEMBERS
.
SORRY WE WILL RE OPEN THE ROLE.
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS
REOPENING THE ROLE ON A. B.
[inaudible]
TEN SIXTY FIVE GO AHEAD.
WE TEND SIXTY FIVE THE CURRENT
VOTE IS SIXTY ZERO WIENER I'M
WIENER AYE.
AND THEN WE ARE REOPENING THE
ROLE ON E. BEEF ó EXCUSE ME AB
TEN SIXTY FIVE IS NOW OUT.
AND WE A RE OPENING ON AB.
FOURTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT CURRENT
VOTE IS FORTY TWO WIENER AYE
WIENER AYE KREITZER AB FOURTEEN
EIGHTY EIGHT IS SO OUT.
VOTERS.
FIVE TO TWO AND WITH THAT THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS
[inaudible]
SURE