THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US FOR OUR JOINT SCENTED
OVERSIGHT HEARING WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA
TODAY -- BUT
FIRST TO A WELCOME TO THE FIRST
JOINT HEARING OF THIS
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HELLO TO OUR SENATE COLLEAGUES
AND RESPECTIVELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR NEW
MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO JOINING US--
RESPECTIVE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND
THE SENATE.
HAVING SAID THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE GOING IN ORDER --
IN THIS JOINT COMMISSION --
FIRST OFF WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION
FOLLOWED BY THE BUREAU OF
SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES.
THAN THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF
ACCOUNTANCY OF FOLLOWED AND
ENDING THEN WITH THE CONTRACTORS
STATE LICENSE BOARD OF AND
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FIRST
ITEM WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.
TURN IT OVER TO SENATOR AND
CHAIR GLACIER FOR SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AS WELL.
I THANK YOU --
CHAIR LOW IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE
IN THE THE ASSEMBLY AND I REALLY
ENJOY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
TOGETHER AS WE WORK OUT WITH OUR
RESPECTIVE HOUSES.
ON THE IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
THAT WILL BE HEARING THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF THE YEAR --
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT --
WE TAKE THIS OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY --
VERY SERIOUSLY --
THESE HEARINGS ARE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US --
TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND
EFFICIENCIES.
OF THESE AGENCIES THAT ARE
CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THAT
CONSUMERS. TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING --
IS --
NECESSARY AT AT APPROPRIATE --
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE --
DISMISSES --
ON IMPORTANT I KNOW THE LAUGHS
OF SPENT A LOT OF TIME --
WORKING --
WITH THESE AGENCIES --
TO MAKE THESE ASSESSMENTS TO
PREPARE THE BACKGROUND --
MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TO THE
PUBLIC --
AND TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
AS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE
PROGRAMS --
MORE EFFECTIVE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE --
TO TO TO REVIEW THOSE STAFF
REPORTS AND THERE ARE A BASIS
FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
OUR WORK --
TODAY -- I
KNOW THAT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE QUESTIONS
AND ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE
FROM CONSUMER GROUPS --
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC --
TO HELP US DO OUR WORK AND THAT
THESE HEARINGS THAT AS WE
COMPLETE THEM FOR EACH OF THESE --
BUREAUS IT A OUR STAFFS --
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
TO FOLLOW UP ON QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN RAISED AS WE MAKE
CHOICES ABOUT HOW --
THESE ORGANIZATION SHOULD
CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE SO
GERMAN LOW THANK YOU.
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA
FOR QUITE SOME TIME I'M THE
NEWBIE --
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF YOUR WISDOM AND
INSIGHT AS WE UP.
PROCEED WITH THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR
GLACIER AND AGAIN --
FOR BOTH MEMBERS OF BOTH THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
INFORMATIONAL SETTING TO HEAR
FROM -- THE
BOARD MEMBERS AND THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS ALIKE WITH RESPECT TO
THEIR ENTITIES AND BEST
PRACTICES OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT
AREAS COULD BE IMPROVED ON AND
THEN FORMULATING AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF
THOSE POLICIES ACCORDINGLY.
HAVING SAID THAT GIVEN THAT THE
FIRST ITEM IS THE CALIFORNIA
ATHLETIC COMMISSION ALSO A TURN
OVER TO ADD CHAIRMAN CHU I
SHOULD HAVE ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS WITH RESPECT TO THE
CALIFORNIA ATHLETIC COMMISSION
[inaudible]
GREAT THANK.
WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH --
CHIP --
GERMAN LOW AND GOOD MORNING I
WELL FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JUNE AND WILL CALL ALL
OF YOU HERE BRAVE THE WEATHER
THAT THE RAIN AND THE COLD --
OWN WILL HEAR IT DIFFERS HEARING
WILL BE ON THE ATHLETES.
A COMMISSION --
MOST OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE BURKE --
HAVE BEING RAISED BY THE EXIT
WOUND WHITE PAPER.
A PREPARE BY THE ASSEMBLY
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF
SO I WILL.
KEEP MY A REMARKS.
VERY BRIEF THE WORD OFF TWO
YEARS STAY AFTER THE COMMISSION
IS VITAL TO THE HOUSE AND DO YOU
SAFETY.
OF ATHLETES WHO WHO ENGAGE IN
COME BACK OF ARTS AND IN THE
PRESERVATION OF AN IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTOR. TO THE STATE'S
ECONOMY WAS ALL OF FUNCTIONAL
ATHLETE COMMISSION THE STATE
WILL LOSE.
LOSE HIS ABILITY TO PROVIDE A
FORUM FOR ATHLETE GOOD TREATMENT.
AND AN ENTERTAINMENT SOURCE THAT
ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF FANS EACH
YEAR.
OUR MUTUAL GOAL IS FOR THE
COMMISSION WARS IN THE LAW WILL.
BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
COMMISSION OF OUR ONGOING
EFFORTS TO MOVE TO COMMISSION.
FOR SO HEALTHY AGENCY CAPABLE OF
MEETING IS MISSION.
IN PARTICULAR --
WOOD IS TOO NEW INSTEAD TO
FINALIZE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE
OR WHAT NEW.
PROCESSES HAVE BEEN PUT THE
MOTION TO ASSURED.
THAT -- DO
YOU COMMISSION IS CAPABLE OF
FULFILLING IS ASSIGNED WATCHDOG
ROLE SINGS THE LAST US SAID
REVIEW HEARING IN --
TWENTY FIFTEEN FOLLOWING UP ON
THE WORK MY COMING TODAY AT AT
THE INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON A
WHOLE FULL.
ANDTRANSPHOBIA IS THE IN THE
SPORT ALL WILL BE LOOKING FOR
MISTER FOSTER. TO SPEAK TO THE
ISSUE OF LICENSURE.
AND OF TRANS GENDERED OWSLEY M.
PROGRESS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE
WAS TO YOU COMMUNITY.
PART PART OF A PARITY FOR FEMALE
ATHLETES.
AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
HOMEOWNERS AND CONSUMER GROUP
HERE TODAY.
I'M MOST INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU
HAVE TO SAY.
AS THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED BY
THE COMMISSION YOUR VOICE.
ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE HIS
TO SHOW SPEAK LOUDLY SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
FONT FINALLY ON PERSONAL LOW
NOTE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU COMMISSION
AND MISTER FOSTER FOR TAKING
PROMPT ACTION LAST SESSION WHEN
I RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEED
FOR ALL AMATEUR FIGHTERS.
UNDER SIXTEEN TO WEAR PROTECTIVE
HAD YEARS.
AND ADOPTION SAFETY REGULATION
TO REQUIRE IS USED DURING.
THE DEFAULT SO MISS RICHARD
AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU'RE
AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD
WORK PUTTING THIS HEARING
TOGETHER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN
INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE
HEARING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER CHAIR
WILL NOW THEN MOVE A TO WELCOME
OUR COMMISSION CHAIR AND OUR
EXECUTIVE OFFICER FROM THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC
COMMISSION.
OF PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US
HERE AT THE DICE AND FREAKING
KINDLY IN CAPSULE YOUR COMES TO
NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES.
OF BREVITY AND BEING PRECISE IS
PREFERRED WELCOME GERMAN
WHENEVER YOU ARE READY
[inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
TERM GLAZER CHAIRMAN LOW
CHAIRMAN TO SENATORS ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS.
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME IS JOHN KARTVELIAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION IT'S A
PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF REMARKS
MISTER CHAIRMAN --
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THE SENTENCE
IN ANY FORM BUT PARTICULARLY
PROUD TO SAY THAT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.
IS PLEASED TO REPORT.
THAT THE CODE THAT WE ARE IN
STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION.
WITH OVER NINE MONTHS OF
RESERVES RECORD BREAKING THREE
THIRD YEAR IN A ROW OF REVENUES
I'D LIKE TO PRINT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT.
IT'S A IT'S GREAT TO NOTE THAT
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THE
COMMISSION REGULATED MORE BOXING
EVENTS IN THE STATES OF NEVADA
TEXAS NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
COMBINE.
SO THEY WERE ALSO VERY PROUD.
SINCE OUR LAST REVIEW FOUR YEARS
AGO NOW --
WE HAVE FOCUSED OUR PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN OUR MISSION OF
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
ON DEHYDRATION.
WAIT CUTTING AS IT RELATES TO
FIGHTERS LICENSURE AND
SANCTIONING.
CONCUSSION TESTING USING.
THE C. THREE LOGICS PROTOCOL AND
ENHANCE LEVELS IN NUMBERS OF
DRUG TESTING.
I'M WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH.
SINCE THE LAST REVIEW.
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS STAFF.
SO ALLOW ME TO PROPERLY
INTRODUCE TO YOU MISTER HANDY
FOSTER EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
AND AND IF YOU INTRODUCE THE
STAFF TO JOIN US TODAY.
PLEASE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU MEMBERS
MISTER CHAIRMAN --
MY NAME'S ANY FOSTER ON THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER MY STAFF --
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER MARK
REALLY A IS HERE HE RUNS A
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.
THE PROBABLY SAME ON TV FROM
TIME TO TIME A DETAINEE AND HE'S
ALWAYS THERE RINGSIDE.
IS THE AND OUR SAKE SHE RUNS OUR
CASHIER AND SHE TAKES CARE OF
THE MONEY OR IN THE OFFICE HERE
IN SACRAMENTO.
CLOUDY RAWNESS IN OFFICE
TECHNICIAN SHE JOINED US.
AWAY PALMER DOES OUR ENFORCEMENT
SIDE HE'S HERE WITH US ENDEAR
QIAN'S IS AN OFFICE TECHNICIAN
AND HE RUNS A ADVANCE FORCES
WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
REDUCE THE STAFF IS HERE.
THE GERMAN --
TO FINISH UP ON MY COMMENTS THAT
WERE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
ALSO.
THAT IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
HOPEFULLY YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN
THE MEDIA.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING HAPPEN
THE COUNTRY'S FIRST TRANSGENDER
BOXER --
EVENT WHICH WAS EXTREMELY
SUCCESSFUL AND WE OF COURSE CAN
ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IS
IT WOULD LIKE TO TO GET INVOLVED
WITH -- WITH
THAT.
WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR FUTURE ON
OUR PROJECTIONS ON OUR ON OUR
MISSION FOR IT FOR TWENTY
NINETEEN AND BEYOND?
IS LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR
OFFICIALS INSPECTORS RING SIDE
PHYSICIANS.
AND STAFF TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE
AND CAPABILITIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT SAID LET COMMISSION.
ACTIVITIES WE LOOK FORWARD TO
ENHANCING.
COMBAT SPORTS IN MAKING
CALIFORNIA.
THE THE BEST DESTINATION WHICH
IT ALREADY IS TO PROMOTE.
FIGHTS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS --
FROM YOU AT THIS TIME.
DONE.
GREAT OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WITH IT SO.
THE QUITE BAD BRIEF AND TO THE
POINT SO MUCH APPRECIATED --
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS
POINT IN TIME FOR ANY MEMBERS OF
ANY OF THE THREE COMMITTEES OR
ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THIS
TIME.
AND OBSERVATIONS --
THE DOCTOR PAN AND THEN CENTER
JULY.
I THANK YOU AWESOME THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE --
I DID WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT
ON I THINK WE DOING ISSUES YET
OR NOT TWO SEVEN THE
NEUROLOGICAL EXAMS IN THE C.
THREE LOGIC SYSTEM AND THEN
FOLLOWED UP BY ISSUE EIGHT WHICH
I THINK ARE LINKED --
TERMS OF DOING RESEARCH
PARTNERSHIPS AND DATA ANALYSIS
CERTAINLY --
YEAH I KNOW THAT WHEN THE ROLES
OF THE COMMISSION IS TO BE SURE
WE KEEP PEOPLE SAFE --
TONIGHT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGE
WHEN THE PURPOSES SPORT IT MAYBE --
TO TO INJURE SOMEONE BUT WE WILL
GET INTO THAT --
BUT I GUESS --
IN TERMS OF I KNOW ANALYSIS IT
TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT --
YEAH HOW HOW DO YOU USE THE C.
THREE LOGIC DATA ARE YOU
DEVELOPING OUR OTHER STATES --
ARE YOU ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER
STATES TO SEE WE CAN --
INCREASE THE DATA AND HOW AND
HOW AVAILABLE IS THAT KIND OF
DATA -- TO
RESEARCHERS WHO --
OUR OTHER INVESTIGATORS WHO WISH.
TO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO TO
TRY TO MAKE THE SPORT SAFER.
CAN SHE SAID.
THANK YOU DOCTOR DOCTOR IN DR
CENTER PAN --
WE'VE WE'VE ONL BEEN DOING THE
C. THREE LOGIC SYSTEM FOR ABOUT.
TWO YEARS AND IN THAT TWO YEARS
WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
BASS LINE OUR LICENSE BASED BY
GETTING A PICTURE OF THE WAY THE
BRAIN FUNCTIONS USE AND SEE
THREE PROTOCOLS.
OKAY.
WE ARE JUST ENTERED IN IN SINCE
THE WILL.
LITERALLY THE LAST COMMISSION
MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IT WE'RE
MOVING INTO A PHASE TWO FOR NOW
WE HAVE PICTURES OF IT AND AND
AND INFORMATION ON ALL THE
VARIOUS FATHERS BASELINE THEIR
BRAIN FUNCTIONS.
WE CAN NOW START TO ASCERTAIN
LOOK AT HOW THIS INFORMATION IS
NEXT TIME WE DO IT AGAIN --
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE
CONDUCTED OVER ONE THOUSAND OVER
ONE THOUSAND TESTS WERE WHAT
ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED TEST RIGHT
NOW WHICH IS THE STAGE WHERE LAS
AND SOME POPULATION POFESSIONAL
ATHLETES.
AND I WHAT I'M NOT GOING SAY
EVERYBODY'S BEEN DOING BUT
BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE GO HERE
AND THERE BUT THE MAJORITY IS
DONE.
SO SOMEBODY GET STOPS MAKE IS
KNOCKED OUT.
WE WANT TO SEE.
HOUSE THIS PERSON'S BRAIN
FUNCTION HAVE THEY RETURNED TO
BASELINE.
AND IF THEY HAVE RETURNED TO
BASELINE THEN THAT COULD BE ONE
TOOL THAT THE DOCTORS USED TO
CLEAR THEM --
SO WE JUST NOW ENTERING INTO
PHASE.
TWO BUT IT SAYS --
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION SHARING OF THE DATA
WITH THE SOURCE THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION.
THAT THE DATA IS --
CALIFORNIA IS THE ONLY STATE
THAT USING THE RIGHT NOW I KNOW
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING
CHAMPIONSHIP THE PROMOTION IS
ALSO USING THE SAME SYSTEM TO
BASED ON THEIR FATHER'S.
WE ARE SHARING --
WITH PERMISSION FROM THE
ATHLETES OF COURSE WITH WITH
THAT PROMOTION THEY SHARE WITH
US.
BUT CALIFORNIA'S LEADING LEADING
THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IN THIS
PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE SPORTS
AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I
AM I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST
SAID PHASE ONE IS GETTING THE
BASELINE DATA AND THEN YOU HAVE
FACED TO I MEAN HOW MNY PHASES
ARE THERE CAN YOU.
JUST GO BRIEFLY TELL ME WITH
OKAY NOW YEAH PHASE ONE THE
BASELINE DATA ON THIS LIKE THE
LARGEMENT VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR
FIGHTERS --
WHAT'S THE FOLLOW UP ON ON THAT
AND ALSO --
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE AND
AGAIN WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ALSO ENGAGE OTHER --
STATES OR OTHER TO TO EXPAND
THAT DATABASE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION COLLECTED THE
OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT IS YOU
KNOW WHAT THE NEXT AB
DISSOCIATION OF BOXING
COMMISSIONS CONFERENCE I CAN I
CAN MAKE SOME --
MOVEMENTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
TO SEE IF OTHER STATES ARE
INTERESTED TO SEE IF WE CAN
SHARE -- BUT
THE NEXT PHASE IS TO GET NHI
NEAR --
READINGS ONLY SPOTTERS AND THEN
THE THING IS TO TRACK THE
FATHER'S AS THEY GO ALONG TO PRO
LONG NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH OKAY SO
YOU'RE GONNA DO LONGITUDINAL
FOLLOW UP IT'S THAT THAT.
WILL THAT LUNCH TO NO FOLLOW UP
ACTUALLY CONTINUE BEYOND THAT
SAY.
THE FIGHTERS FIGHTING DAYS I
MEAN --
BECAUSE SOME OF THE ENTRIES
MAYBE LONG TERM AS WE KNOW ABOUT
CITY AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
SIR TENSION THAT.
THERE'S GONNA BE FOLLOW UP YOUR
LONG TERM FOLLOW UP BEYOND --
THE TIME WHICH SOMEONE MAY BE
ACTIVE --
THAT THAT WOULD BE THE INITIAL
IDEA MEAN THAT THE INFORMATION
IS WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE TO
THE FATHERS --
BUT THAT I DON'T.
WE WE WE WE REALLY HAVEN'T WERE
TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT NOW
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERYBODY
AGAIN.
AND AND FOLLOW IN AND IN AS WE
GO ALONG OBVIOUSLY DESIGNS GETS
BETTER EVERYTHING GETS BETTER
AND THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENTS SO
THE IDEA IS TO CONTINUE TO JUST
MONITOR THE NEUROLOGICAL HEALTHY
ATHLETES MAKE SURE THE RETURN
PLACE AND MAYBE.
NOT DEPEND QUICKER.
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE MAC
FUNCTIONS IN THEIR REVIEW OF THE
STATE.
THE THE THE MEDICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE IS REVIEW IN THE DATA
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA TO
GOING TO TO EXAMINE THE DATA
ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A FATHER --
WHO PERHAPS --
WE CONDITIONS JUST YET.
THE DOCTORS WILL LOOK AT THAT
DATA COMMISSION HAS A MEDICAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
A WE APPOINTED POSITIONS ON THIS
COMMITTEE ITS ITS SEVEN MEMBER.
FRANK FIVE MEMBER WITH KNOWLEDGE
OF SIN ALL DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
AREAS SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
ARE DOCTOR PAM I WISH THEY WERE
HERE THEY COULD.
PROBABLY GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER
EXPLANATION OF THE PROTOCOLS AN
ONGOING REVIEW AND SOME BUT WE
CAN GET MORE INFORMATION IF YOU
ABOUT THAT YEAH OF APPRECIATED
IF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A MORE
TIME THE HEARING ON THIS BUT I
WOULD ALSO MAKE NOTE THAT --
DE IMPORTANT I MEAN IT'S I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING
THIS AND THIS KIND OF
INFORMATION COULD BE IMPORTANT.
TO NOT ONLY OF COURSE PEOPLE
INVOLVED AND AND THE SPORTS THAT
YOU'RE OVERSEEING BUT ALSO IN
OTHER SPORTS IN TERMS
CONCUSSIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF
HEAD INJURIES AND I HOPE THAT.
THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH
THE APPROPRIATE PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS.
TO RESEARCHERS AS WELL AND ALSO
THAT -- THAT
AGAIN CALIFORNIA BEING IN THE
LEADING EDGE --
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO MORE
LONGITUDINAL FILE SURE SAFETY
AND ALSO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT THE TRAUMA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
ARCHULETA FOLLOWED BY SENATOR
LEYVA.
THANK YOU --
AS WE ALL KNOW THE CITY
CALIFORNIA.
WHETHER IT BE THIS COMMISSION OR
THE OTHER.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE ARE THE
BEST OF THE BEST WE ALWAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE --
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A BENCH IN
TEXAS NEW YORK NEW JERSEY NEVADA.
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DOES YOUR STAFF FOLLOW.
pIN OTHER STATES MAKE SURE THAT
OUR STANDARDS ARE BEING MET.
AND IF WE HAVEN'T.
MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT
WHY WHY DON'T WE FOLLOW RATHER
THAN JUST.
HEAR FROM OR TAX FROM WORK IN AN
EMAIL FROM BUT ACTUALLY SENT
STAFF MEMBERS EVERY SO OFTEN.
AS AN OVERSIGHT TO SOME OF THESE
LOCATIONS.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE THE
PARTICIPANTS ARE TRULY PROTECTED
AS WE JUST HEARD POSSIBLE HEAD
INJURIES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE
BUT THEY HAVE STAFF GO.
WOULD YOU CAN.
ANSWER THAT FOR ME.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF WE DON'T WE
DON'T SEND STAFF TO THE OTHER
STATES.
BROUGHT DOWN WHEN OUR WHEN THE
ATHLETES FROM THE STATE GOING
COMPETE --
IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
CALIFORNIA'S --
YOU ARE CORRECT SIR CALIFORNIA'S
STANDARDS ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE
COUNTRY ACROSS ALL.
RANGES OF COMBAT SPORTS --
SO IF YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT
STATE IN THE NEW YORK HAS
COMPARABLE STANDARDS BUT NOT NOT.
NOT TO THE LEVEL --
BUT OTHER STATES --
SIR ARE --
THERE'S SEVERAL STATES THAT.
THAT ARE NOT UP TO THE
CALIFORNIA STANDARDS SO IT'S AN
INTERESTING IDEA AND I
APPRECIATE YOU REYES AND WELL I
I THINK --
AND IF I MAY MISTER CHAIR JUST
MAKE THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION
THAT PERIODICALLY YOU CAN SEND
SOME YOURSTAFF YOURSELF. TO TO
VISIT SOME OF THESE OF COURSE
ABOUT AS CLOSE AS JUST TO GO AND
SEE AND AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
CALIFORNIA PARTISAN ON OUR
STANDARD EACH.
YES SIR IT'S THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
DEAL WITH THOSE US VIA
CALIFORNIA DISPENSED NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
LEYVA.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR GOOD
MORNING I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
PENSIONS AND WHAT YOUR PLAN TO
IMPROVE AND EXPAND THEM ARE.
OF PENSIONS ARE OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE I THINK SPECIALLY IN
A SPORT WHERE YOUR SHELF LIFE IS
A LITTLE SHORTER MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THESE
ATHLETES WHEN THEY RETIRE IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN MOVING
FORWARD TO IMPROVE THEM.
MYSTERY THANK YOU SENATOR THANK
YOU FOR ASKING US THE QUESTION
CHANCE TO ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY.
THAT OTHER THAN CALPERS --
THE CALIFORNIA SAYS THAT A
COMMISSION HAS BOXES PENSION
FUND.
OF THE FUNDS PROXIMALLY TEN
YEARS OLD NOW.
IT'S WITH THE NEW VERSION OF THE
NEW VERSION IT'S A A PROF HAS A
BOUNCE FROM THE PRESS ME FIVE
MILLION THAT MAINTAINS ITSELF
VERY WELL.
AND A NUMBER OF AREAS TO TRY TO
FIND FIGHTERS THAT THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR BENEFITS --
WITH THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN
THERE IS AND GET NEW OF
DISCLOSURE OF FIGHTERS NAMES
THAT ARE BEING POSTED ON A STATE
WEBSITE. TO HELP LOCATE THEM WE
ARE MAKING DISTRIBUTIONS IT IS A
GOOD THING IT IS ACTUALLY A
REALLY GOOD THING.
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR
A BOX OR WHAT WOULD THEIR
MONTHLY AMOUNT BE --
IT'S MA'AM IT'S A ONE TIME PAY
ALICE IS A LUMP SUM PAYMENT IT
IS AND AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE
USE THE TERM PENSION AND THAT'S
THE TERM THE LAW BUT IT.
THE AVERAGE IS NOT IS NOT LIFE
CHANGING MONEY FIFTEEN OR TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ALTHOUGH WE WE JUST HAVE PAID
ONE OUT RECENTLY THAT WAS EIGHTY
THREE THOUSAND I GUESS ALL
HUNDRED AND SOMETHING THOUSAND
LAST YEAR SOMETIME SO SOMETIMES
IT.
THE THE PSALMS GET GET LARGER
LARGER --
BUT IT IT IS HELPFUL FOR THE
BOXERS THEY'RE PLEASED TO GET IT
AND AND YOU KNOW --
WE WE'VE THEY THEY'VE SO
THANKFUL THEY'RE SO HAPPY WHEN
YOU GIVE IT IN THIS ONE OF THE
MORE REWARDING EXPERIENCE OF
THIS JOB TO GIVE TO GIVE SOMEONE
THEIR PENSION ABSOLUTELY.
AND WHAT IS THE CRITERIA WHAT
HOW WOULD I GET TWENTY THOUSAND
VERSUS.
EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND HOW MANY
ROUNDS OF YOU FOUGHT SENATOR.
THAT WOULD BE NICE WELL ACTUALLY
ONE TIME IN THIRD GRADE AND I
DIDN'T FARE WELL.
I I DID LEARN TO USE MY WORDS
INSTEAD OF MY FACE.
HOW MANY ROUNDS HAVE MANY AND
MANY TIMES YOU FALL IN
CALIFORNIA THERE'S A VERY VERY
STRICT YOU HOW MUCH YOUR PURSE
WAS BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S
PROGRESSIVELY SET SO THAT?
HIGH PROFILE BOXERS ARE MAKING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ARE NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY PAID
COMPARED TO A BOXER MIKE HUNDRED
AROUND OR YOU KNOW SO IT'S IT'S
IT'S SOMEWHAT PROGRESSIVE IN
THAT CASE I WOULD.
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE --
TO TO EXPAND THAT AND I THINK
THAT FOR THE SPORT ESPECIALLY
IT'S MUCH NEEDED THANK YOU THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH A NOUN OR TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GLORIA FOLLOWED
BY SHOWMANSHIP.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN JOHN
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION
I WANTED TO GO TO ISSUE NUMBER.
FIVE IN YOUR REPORT --
SPEAKING TO GENDER --
ISSUES YOU MAY KNOW THAT ONE OF
MY OUR COLLEAGUES HAS INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION TO TRYING TO DRESS --
EQUITY ISSUES WHEN IT COMES UP
PARTICULARLY --
TO PERSONS ARE WINNING --
OF ATHLETIC COMPETITORS A CAN
YOU SPEAK TO WHAT --
YOUR COMMISSION IS DONE ON THAT
OUR IS ANTICIPATION OF THAT
OBVIOUSLY IT'S INTRODUCED LOTS
NOT THERE YET BUT I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE NEED A LOT OF WE SHOULD
REQUIRE A LOT TO DO THIS IT
SEEMS JUST BEAR BUT CAN YOU
SPEAK TO THAT LEVEL OF OF EQUITY
FOR GENDER.
BOTH WOMEN IN --
SO SO.
I'M GIVE YOU KIND OF A DETAILED
ANSWER THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS
WHAT I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE
BIGGER PROBLEMS AFFECT IN EQUITY
FOR FEMALE BOXERS VERSUS MALE
BOXERS.
AND I'M.
HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOUR OFFICE THE
CHART THAT WE DID THAT MADE THE
COMPARISON. TWO MEN IT VERSUS
THREE MINUTE ROUNDS.
OKAY.
TV BLOCKS ARE SET UP FOR THREE
MINUTE ROUNDS SO WHEN --
OF T. V. A PROMOTER GETS --
GETS -- GETS
A FIVE THEY'RE LOOKING AT BLOCKS
OF TIME.
QUE TWO MINUTE ROUNDS DOESN'T
FUNCTION QUAD AS WELL AND AND
AND FOR A LONG TIME WE FALL TWO
MINUTES AND WE STILL.
WOMEN ARE TOO MANY MEN THREE MEN
IT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN OR
STAND AROUND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR
MANNER TWELVE ROUNDS.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS IS NOT THAT
WAY.
WE MADE THE DECISION BACK IN
ABOUT TWO OUT BELIEVES TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THAT THE THAT WOMEN
FOUGHT THE SAME AS ME IN. FIVE
IN FIVE FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS.
RONDA ROUSEY'S ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS SPOTTERS THAT THAT THAT
THAT HAS BEEN.
GâY WE HAVE A LOT OF FEMALES
THAT ARE UP IN COMMON IN THE
RANKS AND I BELIEVE.
I WANT TO SEE MORE DATA TO LOOK
AT IT BUT I CAN'T SEE A GOOD
RATIONAL REASON.
NOW.
AND I WASN'T THIS.
THOUSAND EIGHT BUT I CAN'T TELL
YOU SITTING HERE TODAY THAT I
SEE A GOOD REASON WHY WOMEN
CAN'T FOUGHT THREE MINUTE ROUNDS
AND IF THEY FALL THREE MINUTE
ROUNDS.
I THINK AT THAT POINT YOU SEE AN
EQUITY INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE
STUDY THAT WE DID THE TEN ROUND
FEMALE FIGHTERS MADE MORE THAN
THE TEN AROUND MALE FIGHTERS
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEIR
CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL.
I THINK THAT LEVELS THE PLAYING
FIELD IN SOME RESPECTS.
THAT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU KNOW
I DON'T PROFESS TO UNDERSTAND
ALL THE SECURITIES --
OF OF THESE CATCHES AND HOW THEY
WORK -- BY
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
STARTED JUSTIN --
SOME OF THESE THINGS AT JUST
BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS ALWAYS DONE
IN A PARTICULAR WAYS BY ONE OF
THE WORST EXCUSES FOR ANYTHING --
I THINK IN REGARD TO MAKING SURE
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MORE THAN
HALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE
HAVE AN EQUAL SHOT MAKING ENDS
MEET -- I
APPRECIATE THE STATE AGREED WITH
AND AS THIS ENTITY OF FURTHERING
THE SAME SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
ANSWER AND PLEASE KEEP
PERSISTING THAT IN THURSDAY YOU
CAN SHARE WITH MY OFFICE --
I'D BE INTERESTED SEE.
BIG SUR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMANSHIP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHOWN AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER GLORIA OUT --
AUS.
PART OF MY QUESTION SO I WOULD
BE FOCUSING ON OWN COULD YOU
ELABORATE --
ON THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
LGBT TO AFFLECK [inaudible]
LOCAL --
ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHEERS --
THAT DISCRIMINATION --
HAS NO PLACE ANY COMBAT SPORTS --
THAT.
I'M A FORMER COMPETITOR.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT.
IN THE IN LOOK WE WANT TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUE ROOM WE'RE
GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND I
THINK WE HAVE STARTED ADDRESSING
THE ISSUE.
BUT FRANKLY SERVER WE'RE I
DIDN'T WHEN I GOT INTO A CAGER
WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT
WHEN I PUT ON THE GLOVES.
I DIDN'T CARE [inaudible]
IF.
IN.
IT WE ALL BLEED RED.
OKAY WE ALL BLEED RED AND I JUST
DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ONLY.
I THINK IN THIS INDUSTRY.
THE FATHERS IN THIS INDUSTRY.
ALL A ARE SOME OF THE MOST --
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IS NOT
THIS IS NOT A DISCRIMINATORY TOP
INDUSTRY DID THIS INDUSTRY IS
NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT MCCALL'S
FODDER SPOT WE FIGHT EACH OTHER.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT LET.
DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT ANYTHING
OTHER THAN JUST THE FIVE IN
THERE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THAT
SPECIAL OR SOMETHING THAT MAKES
THAT SPECIAL DISCRIMINATION IS
NOT PART OF AND COULD YOU.
EXPLAIN TO CHEN CHIU BOTH ABOUT
WE HAD THIS HOW THE MATCH MAKING.
MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOU WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE DID IN AND I'M.
WE HAD A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION
AROUND THAT PARTICULAR --
BY OUT A DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT
I TREATED IT JUST LIKE.
A NORMAL MATCH.
HAD A PRO DEBUT FODDER IN MAKING
A DEBUT HAD A DEEP AMATEUR
BACKGROUND I GOT SUBMITTED A
FATAH BELIEVE THE FIRST SPOT WAS
THIRTEEN THEY WANTED THEY WANTED.
A THIRTEEN ON A ROUTE FIVE
EXPERIENCED --
AND I SAID THE MATCH MAKER NOW
THAT THIS IS NOT RIDE THE WE'RE
NOT GONNA PROVE THIS MATCH.
THE CAME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT
OPPONENT US THAT THIS IS OKAY.
THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT ON EVERY
FOUGHT.
AND THERE'S NO --
BUT THERE'S NO GRAY AREA AND AND
AND THE FIGHTER ONE THIRTY NINE
THIRTY SEVEN IF MY MEMORY SERVES
A LOST AROUND. ONE THREE OF THE
FOUR AND IT WAS A GOOD IT WAS IT
WAS IT WAS LIKE A GOOD MATCH AND
NOW.
I HAVE A FATHER WHO'S MORNING NO.
AND I'LL BE MATCH MAKING
OVERSIGHT PROVIDE A MATCH MAKING
OVERSIGHT ACCORDINGLY ON ONE AND
FODDER [inaudible]
THAT'S I DON'T LOOK AT IT ANY
DIFFERENT WITH THAT THAT'S THE
NUTS AND BOLTS MISTER CHAIRMAN
OF TREATING PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY
AN OBJECTIVELY PARTICULARLY
COMBAT ATHLETES.
ADDITION AS A COMMISSION WE
APPOINTED A SUBCOMMITTEE ON
GENDER EQUALITY.
THEIR TO FEMALE --
COMMISSIONERS.
ARE HEADING UP THAT COMMITTEE
AND WILL LOOK INTO NOT JUST OF
PROTECTION.
OF THE RIGHTS --
AND THE STIGMA THAT COULD BECOME
LAW OUTSIDE THE COMMISSION THE
COMMISSION STAFF CORRECT.
BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT --
THEIR OF THEIR ISSUES IN
GYMNASIUMS ABOUT WOMEN'S
PROTECTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT
THE COMMISSION CAN PAY ATTENTION
TO AND SHOULD.
BE PAYING ATTENTION TO SO I
UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND HE
SAID NO TWO THINGS KNOW HAT
WHERE IT WE FUNCTION WE ARE
PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.
AND THAT OUR STAFF FOR TREATING
THESE PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND
DIGNITY THAT ANY FIGHTER WOULD
RECEIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH LIKE TO HEAR
THAT.
THE VERY MUCH ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OKAY MA'AM
COMMITMENT MANY MEMBERS AT THIS
TIME SEEN NONE --
CHECK LATER.
WELL FIRST THAT THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION --
AND I CAN TELL PASSION FOR THIS
US SPORT --
I WANT.
TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR
WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO
ADDRESS --
THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
IN THE ANALYSIS TODAY WE'RE NOT
GOING THROUGH EACH POINT.
BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR
THOUGHTFUL --
ENGAGEMENT ON THOSE POINTS --
CERTAINLY TAKE --
AT A LOT OF PRIDE.
IN THE THE WORK --
YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR OPENING
STATEMENT --
HOW MANY MORE --
ACTIVE IN CALIFORNIA VERSUS
OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY --
BUT THE I GUESS THE THING THAT --
ANNA AND I APPRECIATE DR PANS
ENGAGEMENT ON THE C. THREE LOGIC.
DATA ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL TO US BUT I GUESS --
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT WEE --
OUT THERE THAT WORRY THAT --
AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT
HEAD TRAUMA.
THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT DON'T
NECESSARILY SHOW UP.
RIGHT AWAY.
AND I GUESS I'D BE INTERESTED IN
HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT.
YOU KNOW FIGHTERS WHO HAVE
FOUGHT TWENTY YEARS AGO.
ARE YOU STILL IN TOUCH WITH THEM --
HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE HEALTH OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
SPORT -- IN
IN TRYING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT --
WE SHOULD MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
RAPIDLY IN THIS ISSUE OF FIGHTER
SAFETY.
AT WHAT WHERE THE ASSESSMENTS --
THAT YOU HAVE THE EXAM AND
BEYOND THIS BASELINE --
ISSUE THAT --
WITH THE C. THREE LOGIC.
DATA CAN TO ADDRESS THAT TO ANY
FREE THROUGH THE INSURANCE
GLAZER ON A ANTI WROTE A NOTE TO
ME.
ABOUT A SOMETHING THAT THE I
THINK MY TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS
YOUR QUESTION SIR --
WE ARE WE LEADING THE WAY RIGHT
NOW WE'VE HELD SUMMITS IN LOS
ANGELES AND BIG.
HOTEL ROOMS.
WE INVITED WHAT WE JOKINGLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FIVE FAMILIES
KNOWS THAT THE SANCTIONING
BODIES.
WBC THE NO THE ACRONYMS W. B. AS
OF YET THEY ALL COME IN WE BRING
IN STAKEHOLDERS TEST AND EXPERTS.
AND WE TALK ABOUT RAPID
DEHYDRATION RAPID REHYDRATION
AND WAIT CUTTING IN CREATING
APPROPRIATE WEIGHT CLASS.
REASON I'M ANSWERING YOU ABOUT.
IT CUTTING.
THEY'RE ALL TIED TO IT AND
BANNED SUBSTANCES FOR ALL TIED
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OF FIGHTER.
WHEN YOU DEHYDRATE YOU WORKING
SHRINK?
QUESTION CONCUSSION IS LIKELY TO
BE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN
WHEN YOU GET IN THOSE KINDS OF
STATE SO YOU WAKE UP AND YOU
HYDRATE YOU RAPIDLY REHYDRATE.
YOU PUTTING YOURSELF IN THOSE
POSITIONS THIS IS NEW WHEN WE
TALK TO FIGHTERS I LITERALLY GET.
MY HAIR STANDS AND I WAS LITTLE
I HAVE LEFT ON THAT HAVE NO IDEA.
THE EFFECTS WHEN WE TALK TO THEM
ABOUT THIS ON THEIR BODIES SO
BECAUSE OF THE WORK IN AND HE'S
BEEN DOING ON THIS IN THE
COMMISSION IS DOING.
A LOT OF INFORMATION IS GETTING
OUT THERE WEIGHT CLASSES
APPROPRIATE WALKING AROUND WE
QUESTIONED BEING ESTABLISHED.
REDUCING THE WAY IN TIMES AND
AND MEN MANIPULATING THOUGH SO
THEY CAN'T HARDER TO DROP A LOT
OF WEIGHT AND THEN REGAIN AT
THESE THINGS THAT WERE FOCUSED
ON OR GO DIRECTLY ADDRESSING.
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM A
CONCUSSION SAMPLING.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT IF THEY
WHAT IF THEY FIGHT AT THE
APPROPRIATE WEIGHT AND DON'T DO
THESE DRASTIC MEASURES.
THEY'LL STAY AS HEALTHY AS
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER
AND THEN HAVE A FUTURE.
SO THAT IT DOES THAT WOULD
REJECT HAS SOMETHING TO THAT
[inaudible]
THE I MEAN.
NO I THINK THAT MEAN THAT SUMS
UP WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND
AND AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THE
FATHERS THAT HAVE?
LONG SINCE SINCE RETIRED --
I THINK DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING
NOW IN CONTINUING TO TRY TO
IMPROVE AND AND AND INTO DO
BETTER -- IS
HELP ON ONE THING THAT WE DO AND
I'M SURE THAT YOU GOT A YOU KNOW
BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE WROTE
THE LAW --
WE HAVE BEEN MORE HOURS ON ALL
THE FATHERS AND WE HAVE THAT
PERIODICALLY AND WE'RE JUST PASS
AND REGULATIONS TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER THAT WE GET ON THAT THE
PERIOD THE PERIODIC INSTEAD OF
EVERY FIVE YEARS WILL BE DOING
IT EVERY THREE YEARS --
THE ONE THING THAT SEE THREE
DOES SIR AND AND I DIDN'T GET
THE S. UNTIL I WE STARTED THIS
PROGRAM.
IS THE BRAIN CAN LOOK THE SAME --
WITH VERY MUCH VERY SIMILAR IN A
PICTURE AND THAT THERE'S NOT
PHYSICAL CHANGES BUT SEE THREE
WILL TRACK THE NEUROLOGICAL
FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN.
VERSES THE PHYSICAL --
FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN AND
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THOSE [inaudible]
TWO IN.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT
SIR AND I DON'T WANT THE WORD
YOU'RE MOUTH BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE VOTERS HAVE GOOD
QUALITY OF LIFE LATER.
WE DON'T WANT THE NEUROLOGICAL
DECLINED TO AFFECT THEIR QUALITY
OF LIFE LATER.
SOMETHING ENOUGH I KNOW I KNOW
WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
SOMETHING WE WANT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING
THIS NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION --
PROTOCOLS AND HOPEFULLY THIS
WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON
THE CALIFORNIA'S LICENSEES YET
SO I I APPRECIATE THAT I
APPRECIATE THE WITH WITH THE
WORK IN THE FOCUS ON HYDRATION
AND AND WAIT --
I JUST WONDER IF WE'RE JUST
RUNNING AWAY FROM A FAX THAT'S
OUT THERE AND THAT WE JUST DON'T
WANT TO CONFRONT.
WHICH IS HOW HAVE THESE FIGHTERS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE SPORT
GOING BACK TEN YEARS TWENTY
YEARS WHICH MEANS THERE THIRTY
AND FORTY YEARS OLD.
OR THOSE THAT ARE --
FOR YOUR FIFTH EFFECT OF THIS --
COMBAT SPORT ON THEIR LIVES --
AND THAT I GUESS I'M HEARING
FROM YOU THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD AND YOU HAVE SOME
ACTIVITIES THAT YOU THINK WILL
HELP MAKE THE SPORT SAFER.
BUT IS THERE NO --
WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS.
ON THOSE WHO'VE COME BEFORE. ONE
THING I COULD ADD.
SENATOR THAT --
FOR FOR ME TO IS THAT A LOT OF
THE FIGHTERS TO COME TO THE
EVENTS.
AROUND THE ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE
EVENTS AND ENTER THE VENTS AND
YOU GET TO MEET THEM THE FAMOUS
ONES THAT WE'VE PROBABLY ALL
HEARD OF AND BY THEIR VERY
PRESENCE YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT
OF THE LONG CAREER.
PARTICULARLY --
CAREER --
THAT MAYBE I WENT BACK TO THE
DAYS OF MUHAMMAD ALI WHEN THEY
FOUGHT EVERY MONTH.
AND THEY FOUGHT YOU KNOW.
NUMEROUS ROUNDS AND I HAD ALL
THESE FIGHTS WORK TODAY.
THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANY
LONGER SO.
MAYBE BY THEIR PRESENCE THERE IS
SOME EXAMPLE BUT THERE IS NO
REAL.
KIND OF STUDY OR OR DISCUSSION
ABOUT THAT BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT
IDEA AND I'M SURE THAT SOME OF
THEM WOULD BE WILLING. TO TO
MENTOR AND I THINK DOING MENTOR
YOUNG FIGHTERS ON THE CLEVELAND
CLINIC LATER ONE CLINIC IS DOING
A STUDY ON THAT WELL I I I
APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS
AND UNSETTLED.
YET -- THE
THERE'S LOTS OF IT YOU KNOW
RATIONALIZATIONS FOR FOR HOW WE
DO THINGS.
AND I I IT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY
FROM THE ENERGY THAT YOU'RE
PUTTING INTO HOW WE CAN DO IT
BETTER.
BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO OWN UP
TO THE PAST.
AND AND IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE
AND MAYBE STARK BUT I DON'T
THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE
IGNORED AND I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
TO RAISE THESE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FINAL
QUESTION FROM SOMEONE WITHOUT.
THE RESEARCHER AND SO JUST.
TO SO I HAVE A SON WHO JUST
PLACED FIFTH IN THE STATE IN
WRESTLING OF LAST WEEKEND AND SO
HE'S BEEN HE WAS TO TWENTY WHEN
HE CAME IN FOR FOOTBALL AND HE
CAN'T WAIT --
TO ONE NINETY FIVE SO HYDRATION
IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY CRITICAL --
TO FIGHTER OR WRESTLER ANYBODY
COMPETITIVE SPORTS BUT IN THIS
INDUSTRY.
WEIGHT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE
YOU'RE BRACKETED AND WORRY AND
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE THAT WELL
I KNOW THE CIF AND AND THE HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS HAVE A REALLY.
DETAILED HYDRATION PLAN YOU HAVE
YOU HAVE TO YOU CAN ONLY CUT
WEIGHT SO FAST.
WHAT WHAT ABOUT THAT IN TERM
PERIOD BETWEEN WHERE THEY GO PRO
OR THEY THERE AND THERE'S
THERE'S REALLY NO RATE THERE IF
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE
SPOT FROM?
HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE MAYBES
ACTIVITIES. TO THE PRO RAIKES
WHO'S MONITORING THAT ARIAN
THERE BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A
WHOLE BUNCH OF THIS DATA IN
THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY.
IN A REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
THEY'RE DOING IT IS JAMMED
SOMEWHERE --
TRYING TO GET TO THE TO THE RANK.
SIR A FOR FOR AMATEUR MMA
PROGRAM. FOR LET'S BE CLEAR
WHITE CUTTINGS A BIG PROBLEM IN
BOTH THE SPORTS BUT IT'S BIGGER
PROBLEM MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
BECAUSE OF THE WRESTLING
BACKGROUND THAT YOU JUST.
DID YOU JUST LAID OUT --
BECAUSE THE COMMISSION DELEGATES
TO ARAM AT YOUR ORGANIZATION
CALLED CAMO AND THEY THEY
PROVIDE.
ME ALL THE DATA.
OWN THE FONTS ROM THE AMATEUR
RANKS SO I'M ABLE TO VIEW IT.
OKAY SO YOUR POINT IF I SEE A
MIDDLE WAY TO ANIMATE ONE EIGHTY
FIVE READ BALK ONE EIGHTY FIVE
THE ENTIRE TIME.
A LOT OF TIMES THEN GOSPEL FLINK.
I WOULD BE BETTER IF.
FIFTY FIVE AND THEY'LL TRY TO
CUT THAT.
YEAH OUT I'VE GOT WE GOT A NEW
SYSTEM IN PLACE AND PART OF IT --
PART OF ITS LICENSE IN MY WEIGHT
CLASS IMAGINE THAT CONCEPT THAT
I WOULDN'T DONE THREE YEARS AGO.
AND NOW WE'RE LICENSE IN THE
WEIGHT CLASS HAVE THE DOCTOR
CERTIFY THIS IS APPROPRIATE
WEIGHT CLASS FOR YOU --
SO THAT THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE STILL CUT IN A LOT OF
WEIGHT LET'S BE CLEAR BUT
THEY'RE NOT.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE NUMBER
START TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK PART OF IT IS IF YOU
GET THESE REAL DRASTIC WHITE
CUTTERS --
FOR EXAMPLE YES YESTERDAY I WAS
LOOKING AT ONE WE HAVE NOT SEEN
PERCENT INCREASE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT NOT
TEEN PERCENT --
AT THAT PERSON'S GONNA IN HERE
AND YOU WAIT CLASS IF THEY WANT
TO CONTINUE.
TO FIVE NOT ONLY IS IT ON
HEALTHY IT'S CHEATING.
OKAY HAD ONE IF I HAD ONE LAST
YEAR AND I GOT A NEW WEIGHT
CLASS. ONE FORTY FIVE AND ONE
FORTY SIX WHY IAN DAY. ONE FIFTY
FOUR AND ONE SEVENTY THE NEXT
DAY [inaudible]
OKAY.
YOU SUCK TALKING ABOUT A
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN BODY
WEIGHT.
AND IT'S ON HELP THE IT'S
DANGEROUS IN TO GET TO YOUR
POINT I THINK IT.
AND THE DOCTOR SAYING THE THANK
AND THEY AGREED IT CONTRIBUTES
TO CONCUSSIONS IT'S RELATED TO
DRUG TESTING BECAUSE THEY TAKE
THESE DRUGS IN ORDER TO CUT THIS
WHITE BUT MAINTAIN THEIR THEIR
THEIR STRAND THEIR MUSCLE MASS
THEIR STORY AND THEY GET LANE
DOWN.
THEY TAKE DIURETICS TO HELP THEM
THE IT'S VERY WE TRANSPORTED
QUALIFY YOU FIGHTERS FROM Y.
IAN'S.
CALL IN THE AIMED WANTS TO THE
WHITE IAN IS NOT PART OF THE
DEAL.
EVERYBODY UP YOUR NOSE SPOTTING
IS DANGEROUS THERE'S I'M NOT
GOING TO SIT HERE AND TELL YOU
IT'S NOT DANGEROUS THAT'S WHILE
WE'RE HERE WE TRY TO MAKE THIS A
SITE VISIT CAN BE IT'S A
DANGEROUS ACTIVITY.
BUT WEIGHING ME AND SHOULD NOT
BE DANGEROUS.
WHERE ADDRESS IN IT WE'RE DOING
ALL WE CAN OUR OB THIS IS ONE OF
THE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY
FOCUSED ON BECAUSE I THINK THIS
IS?
THIS IS THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE LOOK
DRUG TESTING IS HARD I HAVE TO
USE A SCIENTIST UCLA IT TELL ME
THIS ISN'T I CAN USE THIS WITH
THE SCALE I CAN LOOK AT MY EYES
EASILY THEM WHY IAN'S UNLIKE.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BILLION BUT
YOUR SON WRESTLES HE MIGHT HAVE
YOU SEEN WATER LOAD YOU SEEN
THAT PRACTICE BEFORE WHERE THEY
TAKE AWAY THE GALLONS OF WATER
AND DRINK YOU.
IN THE NEXT DAY THEY DRINK A
LITTLE LESS THAN THAT ACTUALLY
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THIS FORCES
THE KIDNEYS JUST BOW OUT WATER
YOU CAN JUST CUT ALL CONNELL.
THAT'S NOT HEALTH.
HE ONLY KNEW THAT SO MANY TIMES
THAT SOME BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
IN EASILY THAT WAY WE'RE TRYING
TO GET RID OF THAT STUFF FOR
TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE.
FIVE REGULAR WHAT YOU SAID
EARLIER LICENSING BYE WEEK CLASS.
SO WE DO.
SO WHAT BEING PART OF THIS SPORT.
FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS I'VE BEEN
IN A GYM EVERYDAY WATCHING MY
SON RUSSELL.
AND HE'S SO LIKE I SAID HE WAS A
TWO TWENTY FOOTBALL PLAYER AND
HE'S A ONE NINETY FIVE TO ONE
NINETY SEVEN WRESTLER BUT HE'S
AT THE WEIGHT WHERE HE'S NOT
HAPPENED IT WERE ANY STRONG
THERE.
YEAH.
THAT'S LETTING UNLESS THE OTHER
THING IS YOU WATCH HIM CUT AND
THEIR WEEK THEY CAN'T FIGHT IN
WHERE THEY CAN'T THEIR STREET IS
NOT THERE.
BUT MY WHAT I WANT YOU TO FOCUS
ON FOR ME IS THAT I'VE WATCHING
THIS FOR A LONG TIME THERE'S A
LOT OF KIDS I THINK ARE CUTTING
TO MUCH WEIGHT YEAH.
AND THEY'RE NOT STRONG.
THEY THEY GET WEEK WHAT WE NEED
TO TRACK IT OVER TIME WE NEED TO
WE NEED TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT
WORKS FROM THAT MY SON'S BEEN
RUSSELL SAYS HE'S THREE YEARS
OLD.
NOW THOSE WERE JUST LITTLE ROLL
AROUND COUPLE ROUNDS YOU KNOW
AND HE WAS OUT OF THERE.
AND THEN THE KID WAS DINNER ALL
BREAKS BY WEIGHT.
WHAT WHAT YOU ARE DOESN'T MATTER
YOUR AGE HE'S A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD
KID WRESTLING WRESTLING NINETEEN
YEAR OLD MEN?
BECAUSE A THEIR SAME WEIGHT.
SO I I THINK WE NEED OUT
SOMETHING THAT GOES ALL THE WAY
THROUGH BECAUSE IF YOU DO THIS
PRACTICE A LONG TIME OVER TIME
WE NEED TO CHARGE TRACK AND SEE
WE STARTED SEEING.
YOU KNOW INJURIES.
KIDS PASSED OUT OVER THE YEARS
RESOURCE THE DEATHS ON FOOTBALL
FIELDS FOR HEAT STROKE ALL THESE
THINGS ARE COME TO OUR ATTENTION.
BECAUSE OUR SPORTS ARE GETTING
MORE COULD EVEN YOUNGER KIDS ARE
FOCUSED KNOW WHICH REPORTER
GOING TO FOCUS ON AND THEY STAY
IN THAT SPORT.
ANYWAY I WOULD ENCOURAGE NOT
ONLY JUST AT YOUR LEVEL BUT THE
LEVELS DOWN THAT WE GET A SYSTEM
IN PLACE THAT WE CAN TRACK AND
MAKE SURE THAT.
WE'RE NOT DAMAGING THESE THESE
KIDS IN IN MEN WOMEN OVERTIME.
AND DRASTIC WEIGHT CUT IS JUST
FRANKLY NOT HEALTHY IT DIG INTO
IT MESSES WITH THE BODIES
DRASTICALLY.
AND THERE ARE SOME CRAZY PARENTS
OTHER AND COACHES THAT PUSH
THEIR ATHLETES IN PLACES THAT
ARE NOT SAFE.
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY TRACKING AND
SO WE CAN WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME
INFORMATION.
YOU MIGHT FIND REALLY
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE DATA
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE THOUSAND
DATA SETS FOR YOU TO LOOK AND
STUFF.
ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO
RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
SING THOUGH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS NOW OPEN THIS BUT
PORTION.
OF THE HEARING FOR INDIVIDUALS
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK
ON THIS ITEM WITH ANY MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM WITH RESPECT TO THE REVIEW
OF THE CALIFORNIA FLOODING
COMMISSION.
SEEING NO MEMBERS OF PUBLIC
WISHING TO SPEAK ANY OF CLOSING
COMMENTS FROM EITHER OF YOU --
WE GET ANY CLOSING COMMENTS.
GERMAN THANK YOU TO EVERY
INTERVENTION AND TO SERVE FOR
PUTTING US THROUGH THE MAIL I
WOULD SAY YOU GUYS ARE GREAT
CHIEF INSPECTOR IS THAT --
ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON OUR
ISSUES AND COME UP WITH.
HOPEFULLY A LOT OF GOOD
INFORMATION FOR ALL OF YOU --
NUMBERS TO REVIEWS REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY COME
BEFORE YOU AND THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW PASSED THE THIS OVER TO FOR
OUR NEXT ITEM.
THAT THANK YOU I THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN LOW.
I WANT TO INVITE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE BUREAU OF SECURITY
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES. TO COME
FORWARD.
AND TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
THEIR BUREAU.
AND DISCUSS ISSUES RAISED IN THE
BACKGROUND PAPER
.
COULD YOU UP PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
WELCOME HERE OPENING --
COMMENTS [inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
CHECK GLAZER CHAIR LOW SENATORS
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MYNAME IS DARRELL WOO.
AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF FOR THE
BUREAU SECURITY AND
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES.
I'M JOINED BY TO MY RIGHT MY
ENFORCEMENT CHIEF SAM'S THE DOLL
SKI.
AND TO MY LEFT LICENSING CHIEF
GLORIA ELLA GARCIA.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE BUREAU'S HISTORY
AND FUNCTIONS.
THE BUREAU'S RESPONSE.
THE BUREAU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE REGULATION OF SEVERAL
INJURED INDUSTRIES.
THROUGH SIX PRACTICE AXE.
THE ALARM COMPANY ACT LOCKSMITH
THAT THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AT
THE PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES
ACT.
THE PROPRIETARY SECURITY
SERVICES ACT.
AND THE COLLATERAL RECOVERY ACT.
THE BUREAU PROVIDES OVER FOUR
HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE
THOUSAND LICENSES REGISTRATIONS
AND CERTIFICATES AND PERMITS. TO
OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND LICENSEES IN INDUSTRIES
WHERE PRACTITIONERS HAVE POWERS.
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OVER
PROPERTY AND PERSONAL SAFETY
OUTSIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AS A RESULT.
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC REMAINS
THE BUREAU'S HIGHEST PRIORITY.
THE BUREAU HAS AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WHICH EXAMINES AND
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
BUREAU'S FUNCTIONS AND POLICIES.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSISTS
OF SEVEN PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS
AND SIX PUBLIC MEMBERS.
THE BUREAU ALSO OPERATES
DISCIPLINARY REVIEW COMMITTEES
FOR THE ALARM COMPANY COLLATERAL
RECOVERY PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
AND PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES
INDUSTRIES.
SINCE OUR SUNSET REVIEW IN
TWENTY FIFTEEN THE BUREAU HAS
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TWO
THE BREEZE SYSTEM.
ALONG THE BUREAU TO PROVIDE
ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESSING
AND FEE PAYMENTS FOR MOST
LICENSES.
MIGRATION TO BREEZE HAS HELPED
TO BUILD THE RAW PROCESSING
TIMES FOR THOSE APPLYING ONLINE.
FOR NEARLY ALL OF THESE BUREAU
LICENSES THE BUREAU HAS
DECREASED INTERNAL PROCESSING
TIME. TO IMPROVE CONSUMER
SATISFACTION.
THE BUREAU CONTINUES TO EXPLORE
WAYS TO IMPROVE ITS EFFICIENCY
AND COST EFFECTIVENESS AND
CONTINUES TO ENGAGE WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSUMERS ALIKE
IN LINE WITH THE BUREAU'S TWENTY
SEVENTEEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE
STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE BILL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED
TO STATUTORY CHANGES THAT WILL
ALLOW THE BUREAU TO OPERATE MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
FIRST THE BILL SEEKS TO INCREASE
EFFICIENT OPERATIONS BY
STREAMLINING LAWS RELATED TO
SECURITY GUARD REGISTRANTS
ANNUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION
TRAINING.
THE SECOND PROPOSAL WOULD
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY BY
ALIGNING CURRENT LAW RELATED TO
AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR FIREARM
PERMITS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR AS A LEGISLATURE CONSENT
CONSIDERS OUR SENSE AT EXTENSION.
NOW.
I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE
COMMITTEES IN THE BACKGROUND
PAPER.
FIRST ISSUE IS ISSUE NUMBER SIX
WHICH RELATES TO THE TIMES AND
WHY THESE WEAPONS ARE NOT
SPECIFIED AS A DEADLY WEAPON.
THE IMPACT WEAPONS SPECIFIED IN
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONS CODE ONLINE WITH
THE LIST OF THE IMPACT WEAPONS
SPECIFIED IN THE CALIFORNIA
PENAL CODE C..
PENAL CODE SECTION TWO TWO TWO
ONE ZERO AND TWO TWO TWO NINE
ZERO INCLUDED IN BOTH OF THESE
PENAL CODE SECTIONS IS THE TERM
BILLY.
AS IN BILLY CLUB AND THAT THE
THE PENAL CODE PROHIBITS A
PERSON FROM POSSESSING THE
LISTED IMPACT WEAPONS AND
PROVIDES EXEMPTIONS. FOR PEACE
OFFICERS AND SECURITY GUARDS TO
MEET SPECIFIED CONDITIONS.
PURSUANT TO PENAL CODE TWO TWO
TWO NINE FIVE SUBSECTION BE.
A BUREAU REGISTERED SECURITY
GUARD WHO POSSESSES A BUREAU
BATON PERMIT CAN LEGALLY CARRY
UP THE TIME WHILE PERFORMING
OFFICIAL GUARD DUTIES.
THE BUREAU HAS HAD NO
DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING ITS
REGULATORY DUTIES WE LEFT
RELATIVE. TO BUREAU LICENSES AND
THE USE OF A BATON [inaudible]
THE BUREAU.
BELIEVES THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
TO REVISE.
THE TIME PERMITTING PROCESS IN A
MANNER THAT WOULD HEIGHTEN
REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ENHANCE
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND INCREASE
PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD THE
LEGISLATURE WISH TO REVISE THE
BATON PERMITTING PROCESS.
POTENTIAL ISSUES TO CONSIDER
INCLUDE WHO ISSUES TO BECOME
PERMANENT THE POTENTIAL
REFRESHER TRAINING.
AND GIVEN THAT THE SAFE AND
GIVEN THAT THE SAFE AND PROPER
USE OF THE TIME IS A PERISHABLE
SKILL.
NEXT ISSUE WAS ISSUE NUMBER NINE
WHICH RELATES TO PRIOR WORK
HISTORY OF FORMER ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS AND THE STEPS TO BE OLD
TAKES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
IN MY ROLE AS THE CHIEF OF THE
BUREAU I TAKE SERIOUSLY OUR
MISSION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
HOWEVER WE MUST ALSO BALANCE THE
NEED TO LIMIT BARRIERS TO
LICENSURE.
PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING THE
LEGISLATURE'S PASSING OF AB
TWENTY ONE THIRTY EIGHT LAST
YEAR.
UNDER THE BUREAU ALL APPLICANTS
FOR LICENSURE WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF PROPRIETARY PRIVATE SECURITY
EMPLOYERS ARE FINGERPRINTED AND
BACKGROUND CHECK.
PRIOR TO THE A LICENSE BEING
ISSUE IT'S UNIQUE HOWEVER IN
THAT MANY OF ITS LICENSES ARE
FORMA LICENSEES ARE FORMER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
IF THE ACTIONS OF A FORMER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERRESULTED IN
THE CONVICTION THE BUREAU WAS
RECEIVED THE CONVICTION
INFORMATION AND USE THAT IN ITS
FITNESS DETERMINATION FOR
LICENSURE DETERMINATION.
THE BUREAU DOES BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE SOME TOOLS THAT THEY
CAN USE TO PRO ACTIVELY BE AWARE
OF THE INCIDENTS OF FORMER LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
APPLICANTS POTENTIALLY THE
BUREAU CAN USE THE NEWLY SIGNED
LAW SB FOURTEEN TWENTY ONE WHICH
REQUIRES LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO RELEASE THE
DISCIPLINARY RECORDS OF OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN SHOOTINGS CRIMES OR
OTHER KINDS OF MISCONDUCT.
THE BILL IS AWAITING THE
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW AND HOW
THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION CAN
BE USED TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY.
ADDITIONALLY THE BUREAU'S
RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FARM
ASSESSMENT COULD BE USED AS
ANOTHER TOOL THIS IS ASPEN IS
INTENDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A
SECURITY GUARD REGISTRANT.
CAN DEMONSTRATE APPROPRIATE
JUDGMENT RESTRAINT AND SELF
CONTROL FOR THE PURPOSES OF
CARRYING AND USING A FIREARM
WHEN PERFORMING SECURITY GUARD
DUTIES.
THE BUREAU BELIEVES THAT THESE
TOOLS COULD ASSIST THE BUREAU IN
STRIKING THE DELICATE BALANCE OF
REDUCING BARRIERS TO LICENSURE
AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.
THE BUREAU LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES ON
THIS ISSUE.
THE COMMITTEE'S NEXT THE ISSUE
WAS ISSUE TEN WHICH RELATES TO
FARMS AND BATON TRAINING AND
WHETHER THE BUREAU SHOULD
EVALUATE.
THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
OBTAINING A FIREARMS --
BATON TRAINING INSTRUCTOR PERMIT.
THE BUREAU WAS OPENED TO
CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE THE
VALUATION OF THE EXISTING
REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE AND
MAINTAIN.
A FIVE A BUREAU FARMS OR BATON
TRAINING INSTRUCTOR PERMITS.
PATHWAYS TO OBTAIN A BUREAU
CERTIFICATION FOR EITHER A BATON
OR FIREARMS TRAINING INSTRUCTOR
PERMIT INVOLVED HOLDING A
RESPECTIVE INSTRUCTORS
CERTIFICATE FROM A FEDERAL STATE
OR LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS USUALLY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND HOLDING A COMPARABLE
CERTIFICATE OR HAVING EXPERIENCE
WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
RESTRICTING THE TRAINING
CERTIFICATES TO ONLY THOSE
ISSUED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
MIGHT HELP TO ENSURE A SOUND
CURRICULUM HOWEVER HE COULD ALSO
RESULT IN A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN
THE INSTRUCTOR POPULATION.
THE BUREAU BELIEVES THE ONSITE
INSPECTIONS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN
EDUCATING LICENSEES.
ON AND PROMOTING COMPLIANCE LOS
THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE
FOR TRAINING FACILITIES.
EXPANDING MANDATORY INSPECTIONS
TO BATON TRAINING FACILITIES
WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
ENFORCEMENT STAFF SO THAT THE
BUREAU'S INVESTIGATION
ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT BE
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE NEW
ADDITIONAL WORK WILL.
THE BUREAU'S FIREARMS TRAINING
MANUAL IN BATON TRAINING MANUAL
PROVIDE THE CONTENT AND TRAINING
ACTIVITIES THAT MUST BE COVERED
IN THE RESPECT OF COURSE AS WELL
AS HOW THE TRAINING MUST BE
CONDUCTED. FOR EXAMPLE COMPLETE
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION BEFORE
RANGE INSTRUCTION FOR FIREARMS
TRAINING.
THE BUREAU CERTIFIED TRAINING
FACILITIES AND INSTRUCTORS MUST
PROVIDE THE SPECIFIED TRAINING
COURSE.
AND THE BILL'S REGULATORY
AUTHORITY IS TO INSURE THAT THE
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING ARE
BEING PROVIDED AS SPECIFIED IN
IF NOT. TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FINALLY.
ISSUE TWELVE ASKED THAT THE
BUREAU SPEAK ABOUT POTENTIAL
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO BE MORE
PROACTIVE REGARDING VIOLENT
INCIDENTS INVOLVING.
ITS LICENSEES AND IF WE CAN DO
MORE TO ENSURE PUBLIC PROTECTION
BY EVALUATING THESE INCIDENTS.
SINCE IMPLEMENTATION OF BREEZE
THE BILL HAS BEEN ABLE TO MORE
ACCURATELY TRACK INCIDENT
REPORTS AND REPORTED FAR I'M
JUST CHARGES.
SINCE SB ELEVEN NINETY SIX WENT
INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY FIRST
TWENTY SEVENTEEN THERE HAS BEEN
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
INCIDENT REPORTS WE SEE --
HOWEVER IN IN REVIEWING THE
SOURCE STATED THE BUREAU
RECOGNIZE THAT THE INFORMATION
THAT ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN THE
BUREAU'S TWENTY EIGHTEEN SUNSET
REPORT WAS INACCURATE.
AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO CORRECT
THAT THE INFORMATION REPORTED
ABOVE IN THEIR BACKGROUND REPORT
PAPER CONTAINS THE SAME
INACCURATE DATA.
AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
INFORMING THIS COMMITTEE EARLIER.
THE BUREAU ORIGINALLY REPORTED
THAT FROM JULY ONE TWENTY
SIXTEEN TO JUNE THIRTIETH.
TWENTY EIGHTEEN THERE WERE
THIRTEEN FAR I'M DISCHARGED IN
CITY.
THEN INVOLVED AND ON TO THE
SECURITY OFFICER --
UNDO THE SECURITY GUARD.
THIS NUMBER REPORTEDLY ACTUALLY
REFLECTS A TIME PERIOD OF JULY
FIRST TWENTY SIXTEEN TO JUNE
THIRTIETH TWENTY SEVENTEEN NOT.
TWENTY EIGHTEEN FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR TWENTY SEVENTEEN TO TWENTY
EIGHTEEN THE BUREAU RECEIVED
TWENTY EIGHT RELATED INCIDENT
REPORTS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO NINETEEN TO
DATE THE BILL HAS RECEIVED
FIFTEEN FAR ARE RELATED INCIDENT
REPORTS.
THESE NUMBERS INDICATE THAT
AFTER SB ELEVEN NINETY SIX ONE
INTO AFFECT THE NUMBER OF
FIREARM RELATED INCIDENT REPORTS
REPORTED TO THE BUREAU HAD
DOUBLE.
THE BILL DISCOVERS INSTANCES
WHERE A LICENSEE HAS NOT
REPORTED AN INCIDENT OR A FARM
JUST CHARGE THE BUREAU IS
AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE A CITATION.
TO THE LICENSEE THIS INCREASE IN
REPORTING CLEARLY INDICATES THAT
THE LAWS WORKING AS INTENDED.
SB ELEVEN NINETY SIX AUTHORIZED
THE BUREAU TO SEEK AN EMERGENCY
ORDER AGAINST A FLOCK FIRE ARMS
PERMIT HOLDER.
IS THE BUREAU'S INVESTIGATION
DETERMINED THE PERMIT HOLDER
PRESENTS AN UNDUE HAZARD TO
PUBLIC SAFETY.
SB ELEVEN NINETY SIX WAS SIGNED
INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR BROWN ON
SEPTEMBER TWENTY NINTH TWENTY
SIXTEEN AND BECAME EFFECTIVE
JANUARY FIRST.
TWENTY SEVENTEEN THE BUREAU HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
TO PROGRAM PROMULGATE REAL
REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO PROPERLY
UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY ORDER
PROCESS WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE.
IN THE MEANTIME SAID INSTANCES
WERE LICENSEES ARRESTED.
FOR AN OFFENSE THAT IS OF
SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE
DUTIES OR FUNCTIONS OF THE
LICENSE THE BUREAU CAN AND DOES
PURSUE A PENAL CODE TWENTY THREE
HOLD.
ON THE LICENSE.
IN REGARD TO THE MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ARMED
GUARDS IN INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED
IN A FIREARM INCIDENT WITH AN
ARMED GUARD.
THE SERVICES ARE THOSE GENERALLY
ACCESSIBLE TO ANY CRIME VICTIM
THROUGH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND CRIME VICTIM PROGRAMS WHICH
ARE OVERSEEN BY.
THE CALIFORNIA VICTIMS
COMPENSATION PROGRAM
[inaudible]
FINALLY.
THE BEER RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND ITS SUNSET.
SO CAN CONTINUE REGULATING
SECURITY SERVICES LOCKSMITHS
ALARMS AND REPOSITION INDUSTRIES
AND IN DOING SO THE BUREAU WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES.
AND UP HOLD ITS MANDATE TO
PROTECT CONSUMERS I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THANK YOU --
MR WILL FOR THAT --
THOROUGH REVIEW OF SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN THE
STAFF REPORT AND I WANTED BUT MY
COLLEAGUES --
TO HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
MEMBERS ANY ANY FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS.
YES -- THE
CELL NUMBER OBERNOLTE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR ONE OF
THE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH THE BREEZE
SYSTEM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN YOU
TRANSITION THERE WERE SOME
ISSUES THAT QUICKLY GOT IRONED
OUT.
BUT THERE CONTINUE TO BE SOME
SORT WITH SOME TYPES OF PERMIT
APPLICATIONS AND AND
REGISTRATIONS THAT YOU DO NOT
PROCESS THROUGH BREEZE AND SO I
WONDERED IF YOU COULD.
TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR REASONS
FOR NOT TRANSITIONING THOSE
ELEMENTS OF YOUR PROGRAM
[inaudible]
CERTAINLY.
ON THAT NOTE SOME PLEASE.
SO CURRENTLY --
WE DID NOT PROCESS.
REPOSITION EMPLOYEES AND THE
REASON WHY WE DO NOT IS BECAUSE
THOSE RED --
OR HELD BY THE COMPANY.
THE COMPANY APPLICATIONS IS NOT.
THE EMPLOYEE ITSELF DOES NOT
HAVE --
BREEZE CAPABILITY THEN ALSO --
WE DON'T PROVIDE --
BREEZE SERVICES FOR FIREARM
PERMITS A WE HAD TO REMOVE THEM
FROM THE BREEZE SYSTEM DUE.
TO EXCESSIVE DEFICIENCIES I WILL
KNOW TELL THAT --
IN IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY --
TO EXPLORE --
FIRE ARM --
APPLICATIONS AGAIN THROUGH
BREEZE NOW THAT BREEZE HAS
SETTLED DOWN AND BECOMING A MORE
FIRM --
PLATFORM FOR US --
TO UTILIZE AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE ON
THAT.
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY EXCESSIVE
DEFICIENCIES ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT A LIMITATION OF THE
PREVIOUS PLATFORMERS A SOMETHING
THAT WAS A DEFICIENCY IN THE
APPLICATION THEY WERE IN THE
APPLICATIONS IN THE PROCESSING?
OF THE APPLICATIONS YES NO WE
HAVE WE HAVE REASON WE'RE USING
THE BREEZE PLATFORM AND IT IS --
EXPEDITING OUR APPLICATIONS FOR
ALL OTHER AREAS THAT WERE USING
IT WITH I'M SORRY I'M I'M STILL
NOT FOLLOWING YOU SO THE WHEN
YOU HAVE EXT EXCESSIVE
DEFICIENCIES ARE YOU TALK IS A
SOMETHING THAT IN THE PLATFORM
THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE
APPLICANT IS GETTING WRONG.
IT'S IN THE FAULT OF THE
APPLICANT I WOULD YOU NOT I MEAN
IT STANDS TO REASON THAT IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PLATFORM
YOU'RE HOSTING APPLICATION ON IF.
YOU'RE APPLICANTS CERTAIN ARE
CREATING THESE DEFICIENCIES WHY
WOULD YOU NOT THE ENTRANT WISE
AT A REASON NOT TO TRANSITION
THAT TO BREEZE.
IT WAS WE HAD IT IN BREEZE WE
TOOK IT OUT TO ACCEPT HELP
EXPEDITE THOSE DEFICIENCIES.
AND THEN AND NOW THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE
BREEZE FOR A WHILE WE'RE HOPING
THAT WE CAN MIGRATED WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF
MIGRATING AT THAT TO BREEZE
[inaudible] FIVE HELLO IF I MAY
I WANTED TO SAY --
THERE WAS A 50% ERROR RATE AND
SO WERE LOOKING AT THE
DEFICIENCIES MORE CLOSELY TO SEE
HOW WE CAN EDUCATE THE INDUSTRY --
AND ALSO LOOKING WHEN WE GO BACK
TO TRY TO AUTOMATE THIS IT WILL
BE A LESSER DEFICIENCY RATE.
OKAY -- YEAH
I I WANNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON
THIS MAY WE CAN TAKE IT OFF LINE
AS I'M STILL FAILING TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE BREEZE
PLATFORM IS CONTRIBUTING.
TO THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE
APPLICATIONS --
WHAT ABOUT THE TIME PERMITS SO
THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT
YOU DON'T TRACK ON BREEZE IS
THAT CORRECT?
SO THE BATON PERMITS ARE
ACTUALLY ISSUED BY THE BATON
TRAINING FACILITIES --
WE ISSUE THOSE LICENCES TO THE
BIRTH BATON FACILITIES AND THEN
WHEN THE APPLICANT COMPLETE THE
TRAINING.
THEY ACTUALLY ISSUE TO THE
LICENSEE BY THE FACILITY BASED
MET A LESS TO US.
AND THEN WE WILL --
UPDATE THAT IN THE OKAY SO THAT
THAT'S THAT FALLS INTO THE
CATEGORY OF THINGS THAT YOU
DON'T EXPECT THEM THEY DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO BRUCE YOU DON'T
EXPECT THAT THOSE PERMITS. TO BE
ISSUED THROUGH BREEZE FOR THAT
REASON.
AND THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE PRACTICE
ACT REQUIRES US TO ISSUE THE THE
TIME PERMITS ALL RIGHT WELL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD GET BACK
TO ME ON THAT THE FIREARMS
PERMITS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST WE'RE
GRAPPLING WITH A LARGER ISSUE.
OF BREEZE AT HOW TO SUBMIT MOST
EFFICIENTLY MAKE THAT WORK FOR
ALL OF THE DC A AGENCIES THAT
WANT TO USE IT.
AND SO -- IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND
IF THERE'S A LIMITATION THE
PLATFORM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
WE WILL DO THAT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SELLING MEMBER ANY
OTHER MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION.
FOR THIS GROUP.
ON THIS WILL CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT --
ABOUT --
AGAIN WORK HISTORY WHERE THERE'S
ISSUES WITH FIREARMS --
CAN A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS
FIRED FOR INAPPROPRIATELY.
IMPROPER USE OF FORCE OR FOR
INAPPROPRIATELY DESTRUCTION A
WEAPON BECOME LICENSED --
TO ACT AS A WEAPON WEAPON
VARIANTS SECURITY GUARD CAN THAT
CAN THAT HAPPEN [inaudible]
TODAY [inaudible]
YEAH.
SAID DURING THE APPLICATION
PROCESS ESPECIALLY --
FOR EITHER ACTIVE DUTY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR FORMER LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY APPLY.
THEY SELF IDENTIFY AS BEING --
ONE FORCE IN A NOT.
SO UNLESS THEY SPECIFY TO US UP
FRONT THAT THEY ARE IN FACT ONE
FOUR SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW --
IF THERE.
IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE FIND OUT
THAT THERE WE CAN USE THAT AS
PART OF OUR FITNESS FOR
LICENSURE WHEN WE DO OUR REVIEW.
IT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY REACTIVE.
SO HERE WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO PROBABLY.
YOU KNOW HAS SOME SERIOUS
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY A
WEAPON AND BE LICENSED.
EVEN AS A SECURITY GUARD IS
THERE NOTHING MORE THAT YOU CAN
DO PRO ACTIVELY. TO BE AWARE OF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE AREN'T
THAT MANY IN THE STATE.
SO WHY WOULD YOU BE MORE
EQUIPPED.
VERSUS THE YOU KNOW.
RELYING UPON SELF DISCLOSURE
SEEMS LIKE A VERY PASSIVE
ESPECIALLY IN IN.
IN A PLACE WHERE --
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE S. SERIOUS SERIOUS ISSUES
RIGHT CARRYING A WEAPON WHEN
THEY'VE HAD --
PRIOR WORK HISTORY OF AND I AND
I CLEARLY AGREE WITH EACH IT IS
LIMITATION OF THE TWO PROVIDED
TO THE BUREAU.
TODAY OF PARTICULARLY BECAUSE
APPLICANTS SELF REPORT.
AND SO -- WE
WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK
WITH THE COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW WE
MAKE STRENGTH.
OUR ARTICULATED MOVING FOR GREAT
GOOD TO HEAR I I IT'S IT'S
ANOTHER PLACE THAT --
IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT
DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT THAT.
WE CAN'T DO MORE I APPRECIATE
WORKING WITH STAFF --
TO TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE
APPRECIATE MOVING FORWARD IN
WORKING WITH STAFF AS WELL ARE
ANY OTHER MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS
OF NOT AN OPEN UP TO A PUBLIC
COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT --
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO
COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW PLEASE --
STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
THEY WILL.
CHECK JUST MORNING CHAIRMAN OF
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY
NAME IS DAVID CHANDLER I'M THE
PRESIDENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LICENSE SECURITY
AGENCIES GARCIA ASSOCIATES.
AND OUR MEMBERS REPRESENT OVER
FIFTY THOUSAND LICENSEES IN
CALIFORNIA.
I LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE WE DO
MAINTAIN AND WHAT I FEEL TO BE
AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH
OUR REGULATOR.
WE CONTINUALLY MEET WITH OUR
REGULAR THEY'RE KIND ENOUGH TO
MEET WITH US TO GO OVER ISSUES
THAT WE HAVE IN THE INDUSTRY --
MISRULE HIS ENTIRE STAFF THE
CHIEFS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO
LISTEN TO OUR ISSUES OF COURSE
OUR MAIN ISSUE IS PUTTING PEOPLE
TO WORK --
WHICH IS A VITAL PART OF KEEPING
THE ECONOMY MOVING IN CALIFORNIA
SO THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC
JOB IN LOWERING THE TIME FRAMES
TO GET OUR LICENSE LICENSED --
BUT AS WE WILLAGREE WITH YOU --
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
PEOPLE TO CARRY FIREARMS ALSO SO
WE WORK WITH THE BUREAU TO HELP
THEM OUT ANYWAY WE CAN TRY TO
EDUCATE OUR MEMBERS ALSO.
SHOWN CLOSE AND JUST WANNA SAY
THAT WE DO.
WORK CLOSELY WITH THE BOROUGH
BUREAU AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE --
TO ENCOURAGE THE OF THE
COMMITTEE TO EXTEND THE SUNSET
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANKS YOUR
TESTIMONY.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRS AND MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS RANDY KEHLER I'M A
PAST PRESIDENT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED
INVESTIGATORS AND THE CURRENT
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CHAIR.
IT.
KELLY ARE THE CALIFORNIA LICENSE
VEST HERE'S WAS ORGANIZED OVER
FIFTY YEARS AGO IT HAS ABOUT
TWELVE HUNDRED MEMBERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND WE SUPPORT ALSO BE S. I. S.
WE'VE SPENT MANY HOURS TALKING
TO THEM AND WORKING OUT OUR
ISSUES WITH THEM AND WE WOULD
LIKE THOSE SUNSET REVIEW.
OF BE CONSIDERED AN AND THE
BUREAU KEEP TO KEEP OPERATING.
UP WE CHOOSE A WE'VE ALREADY
DISCUSSED THESE WITH THE BUREAU
SO THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE --
DISCUSSED WITH THE STAFF AS WELL
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST ISSUE IS LICENSE
LOOKUP.
OF THE BREEZE PROGRAM ISSUES
CAME UP A FEW MINUTES AGO AND
PRIOR TO THE AND IMPLEMENTED.
PATIENT OF THE BREEZE PROGRAM.
OF A LICENSEE COULD BE LOOKED AT
BY THEIR PERSONAL NAME.
TODAY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
ARE YOU CAN LOOK UP THE THE MY
UNDERSTANDING AS BECAUSE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS ARE.
THERE AGENCY IS LICENSED AND NOT
THE INDIVIDUAL NAME LICENSED.
THAT THAT WAS ELIMINATED IN THE
PRE SYSTEM IT'S A PROBLEM IT'S A
HUGE PROBLEM FOR US IT'S A
CONSUMER PROTECTION PROBLEM FOR
US.
IF OF IF I HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT
IS -- WANTS
TO HIRE ME AND ALL HE KNOWS IS
MY NAME.
THEN HE WOULD.
THINK I WAS COMMITTING FRAUD
BECAUSE HE'S LIKE ON ME NORMALLY
AND ATTORNEY WOULD NOT KNOW MY
BUSINESS NAME IS SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WOULD ONLY
KNOW ME.
BY MY BY PERSONAL NAME SO THAT
HAS BECOME A SERIOUS.
CONSUMER PURPLE PROTECTION
PROBLEM FOR US AS WELL AS IF
THERE'S UNLICENSED AT OUR
ASSOCIATION DOES OUR OWN
UNLICENSED ACTIVITIES
INVESTIGATION BEFORE IT GETS
REFERRED TO THE BUREAU.
AND WE CANNOT LOOK THEM UP BY
THEIR PERSONAL NAME.
THAT THE PROBLEM TO THE SECOND
IS -- THE
ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION CARD.
SO CURRENTLY WE GET A PAPER CARD
PAPER A PIECE OF PAPER ACTUALLY.
WITH OUR LICENSE NUMBER AND
EXPIRATION DATE.
THEN AS AN OPTION WE CAN GO --
TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING
SERVICES AND GET AN ENHANCED ID
WITH A PHOTOGRAPH HARD.
CARD.
BUT THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE.
SO THEREFORE WE HAVE TO CARRY
TWO CARDS WE WANT TO HAVE A AYE
UP PHOTO ID AND EXPIRATION DATE
WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO CARDS.
WE WOULD LIKE THOSE MERGED INTO
ONE ONE HARD CARD THAT WOULD
HAVE OUR PHOTO ON IT --
THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN USES THE
DMB LICENSE NOT THAT
SOPHISTICATED DOESN'T NEED
HOLOGRAMS AND ALL THE BELLS AND
WHISTLES BUT A PHOTO ID CARD
WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE AND OUR
NAME WOULD BE.
OF SUPER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM --
I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE ISSUES
I'M SORRY I'M TAKING SO MUCH
TIME OF THE NEXT ITEM IS
UNLICENSED ACTIVITY.
SINCE NINETEEN NINETY FOUR SIXTY
FIFTH OF SEVENTY FIVE TWENTY
POINT ONE OF THE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR ACT AS PROVIDED A
PENALTY FOR ENGAGE IN A PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR WITHOUT A LICENSE.
AS AS AN INFRACTION.
ANNA PUNISHABLE BY BY FIND OF A
THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT THERE'S
ANOTHER PROVISION IN THE ACT.
SECTION SEVENTY FIVE TWENTY
THREE OF THE BNP CODE THAT
SPECIFIES THAT IS A MISDEMEANOR
TO REPRESENT.
USE A LETTER HEADER ADVERTISE
ONESELF AS A LICENSEE SO IN
ORDER TO CONFORM THOSE TWO
ISSUES WE LIKE THEM BOTH THE
SAME MISDEMEANOR --
AND IT DOES PRESENT A SERIOUS
RISKS TO THE CONSUMER.
WE WE ACTUALLY HAVE VERY
SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
THIS CONSUMER IS AT RISK IF
THEY'RE DEALING WITH SOMEBODY AT
I'M LICENSE THAT HAS NO
OVERSIGHT BY B. S. I. S..
SO WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT TO
CHANGE AND HAVE MISDEMEANORS IN
BOTH AREAS.
THE LAST OF THE NEXT ITEM IS THE
VS I. S. BUDGET BE ADJUSTMENTS
AND FUND MERGERS.
OUR BOARD HAS NOT ADDRESS THAT
YET ARE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION'S
BOARD IS NOT ADDRESS THAT YET
IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO THEM
NEXT SUNDAY.
HOWEVER --
WE DO WE DO SUPPORT IT AND THAT
FEES INCREASES ARE NECESSARY WE
HAVEN'T HAD A FEE INCREASE SINCE
THE NINETIES WE REALIZE THAT IT.
IT TAKES MONEY TO OPERATE THE B.
S. I. S. BUDGET BUT WE HAVE SOME
ISSUES AND HOPE THAT MAYBE
INCREASED REVENUE WILL ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WAS A P.
I..
EMAIL PUT IN PLACE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS A P. EYES BECAUSE THE
PHONES WERE OVERLOADED.
AND THAT WORKED VERY EFFECTIVELY
FOR AWHILE BUT IT'S LOST
MOMENTUM IN THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS.
P. EYES AREN'T ABLE TO GET THEIR
QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND TIMELY
MANNER THERE ARE ABLE TO GET
SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS AND
SO WE NEED TO HAVE.
A BETTER ACCESS TO THE BUREAU TO
GET THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF
IF I COULD ASK YOU TO SUM UP.
YES AND SO IN SOME RATED BY THE
WAY YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS THANK
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE YOU'RE FOCUSED
ON THE GOOD WORK THAT.
ARE THE WORK THAT THIS THIS
BUREAU DOES AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO
TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
WELL I JUST LIKE TO SUM UP WITH
SAME WITH WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH
THE BUREAU TO RESOLVE THESE
ISSUES.
AYE PROCEDURE TIME IN LETTING ME
EXPAND ON WHAT WE FEEL ARE
ISSUES THANK YOU THANK YOU AND
YOUR YOUR COMMENTS AND I ON
LICENSE LOOKUP AND ENHANCE THE
ID CARDS AND I'M LICENSE
ACTIVITIES ALL ISSUES.
ADDRESSED IN THE STAFF REPORT
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MARCEL
AKELEY I'M THE PRESIDET OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
LICENSED RE POSSESSORS WE WERE
ESTABLISHED IN.
NINETEEN SIXTY ONE WE ARE THE
OLDEST AND LARGEST STATE
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL RE
POSSESSORS IN THE UNITED STATES.
JAI -- YOUR
HEARINGS WE APPRECIATE YOUR WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
IN A PRODUCTIVE MANNER MOVING
FORWARD THROUGH THE SUNSET
PROCESS.
I WOULD MAYOR --
MANY OF FRANCINE'S CONCERNS --
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS THE INITIAL
LICENSING FOR THE REPOSSESSION
REGISTRANT.
AND THAT THE LICENSE IS NOT
PROCESSED WITHIN THE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY DAY TEMPORARY --
ISSUANCE OF THE INITIAL
REGISTRATION SO IT IS THE ONLY
LICENSE THAT IS NOT DONE THROUGH
THE PRE SYSTEM.
OF MY CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE
ID CARDS --
STAFFING LICENSING --
SUPPORT AT WILL MERRICK FACTLY
WHAT --
FRANCINE HAD SAID THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MYSELF.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS MY NAME IS
MARK MILLER I WORK FOR SECURITAS.
AND UP MY COMPANY HAS ABOUT --
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SECURITY
GUARDS IN CALIFORNIA DAILY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT --
CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST THIS.
STANDARDS --
IN SECURITY --
WE DO DOJ FBI BACKGROUND FORTY
HOURS OF INITIAL TRAINING UP
FRONT. EIGHT HOURS CONTINUING
EDUCATION.
UP MISTER HILL A FEW YEARS AGO
PASSED THE BILL --
WHERE BY ARMED PEOPLE TAKE AN
ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED
EARLIER THAT ASSESSMENT IS
WORKING FANTASTIC?
IN MY COMPANY WE USED TO SAY THE
ASSESSMENT AS WELL THAT
ASSESSMENT HELPS TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA A SAFER PLACE.
WE PROTECT HIGH RISE GOVERNMENT
OFFICES COURTHOUSES AMUSEMENT
PARKS NAVAL SHIPYARDS WE PROTECT
A LOT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN CALIFORNIA SO.
WE'RE IN A LABOR CRUNCH AND I
COULD USE A THOUSAND PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M HERE TO
COMPLEMENT THE BUREAU --
THEY ARE PROCESSING OUR GUARD
CARDS VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE DOJ
FBI.
BACKGROUND CHECK UP ONE TO TWO
DAYS THREE TO FOUR DAYS FIVE TO
SEVEN DAYS.
WERE GETTING THOSE GUARD CARDS
BACK KUDOS TO THE THREE SHE FLEW
AND HIS DEPUTY CHIEFS HERE WE
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'RE
DOING.
THEY'RE HELPING TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA A SAFER UP THERE
HELPING TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK IN
A VERY --
EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT
EXPEDIENT MANNER UP THANK YOU
VERY MUCH THANK YOU MISTER MALL
OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
ALL RIGHT WE'RE TO CLOSE THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY --
MISTER WU AND IS GARCIA MISTER
STILL DAHLE SKI THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THIS WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING BOARD WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING ANY FINAL SUMMING
UP COMMENTS ALL I WANT TO SAY IS
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
COME BEFORE YOU TODAY --
WE HOPE THAT YOU --
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD LOOK
FAVORABLY ON RENEWING OUR SUNSET
AND WE AS THE BUREAU LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEES MOVING FORWARD THANK
YOU THAT THANK YOU MISTER --
AND I ENCOURAGE AT YOU AS YOU
HAPPENED TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH OUR STAFFS.
ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE
OUTSTANDING YOU DID ADDRESS A
NUMBER OF THEM WHICH WE
APPRECIATE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS
BACK TO CHAIR.
LOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NOW WE MOVE
ON TO THE REVIEW OF THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY.
PRESENTED BY OUR BOARD PRESIDENT
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT OUR
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OTHER NUMBER
OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED
IN THE REPORT SO PLEASE DO FEEL
FREE TO COME UP.
AND ADDRESS US WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY.
AND IF YOU CAN COMING KEPT THAT
YOUR COMMENTS TO NO MORE THAN
FIFTEEN MINUTES IN TOTAL
.
CHAIRMAN GLAZER GERMAN LOW --
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
BUSINESS PROFESSIONS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AND THE ASSEMBLY.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
COMMITTEE GOOD MORNING AND THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TO YOU TODAY.
MY NAME IS GEORGE FAMILY AT ON
THE PRESIDENT THE CALIFORNIA
BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY OFTEN
REFERRED TO IS TO CVA.
I'M CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
AND A PARTNER AT
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS IN
SILICON VALLEY.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD MEMBERS
AND OUR STAFF IT IS MY PLEASURE
TO BE HERE TODAY. TO DISCUSS THE
OR SUNSET REVIEW.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VALUABLE
PROCESS TO HELP INSURE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
CONTINUES TO PLAY.
AND STAY FOCUSED ON ITS MISSION
OF CONSUMER PROTECTION THAT
MISSION GUIDES ALL THAT WE DO.
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY ON
BEHALF OF OUR BOARD IS OUR VICE
PRESIDENT MARC SILVERMAN.
IN OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER HAD A
DOLLARS. FOR OVER A HUNDRED
YEARS THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
HAS ENTRUSTED CALIFORNIA BOARD
OF COUNTY WITH PROTECTING THE
PUBLIC.
RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF OF
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN CALIFORNIA.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT
CONSUMERS BY ENSURING ONLY
QUALIFIED LICENSEES PRACTICE
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS.
OUR BOARD REGULATES OVER ONE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND
LICENSEES INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS
AND ACCOUNTING FIRMS.
MANY OF THE ACCOUNTING FIRMS.
THAT THE BOARD REGULATES HAVE
NATIONAL WORLDWIDE FOOT PRINTS
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
WERE CPA'S WORK IN A WIDE RANGE.
OF SETTINGS INCLUDING ACCOUNTING
FIRMS PRICE GOVERNMENT ACADEMIA.
CPA'S PROVIDE SERVICES TO
CLIENTS AND EMPLOYERS OF ALL
SIZES AND NEEDS.
THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF
ACCOUNTANCY RECOGNIZE THE SCOPE
OF ITS REGULATORY INFLUENCE WITH
STAKEHOLDERS RANGING FROM
CONSUMERS NEEDING ACCOUNTING
SERVICES LENDERS SHAREHOLDERS
AND INVESTORS.
THAT RELY ON SERVICES RENDERED
BY CPA'S.
AND BUSINESSES LARGE AND SMALL
THAT YOU CPA'S TO ESTABLISH
INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC --
SHAPES POLICIES REGULATION
ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS REACH BY
OUR AGENCY.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR OPENING
REMARKS ABOUT THE MISSION AND
SCOPE OF THE CBA.
AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION SENATOR
GLAZER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOW
WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE TO
DISCUSSING FOR ISSUES IDENTIFIED
THE BACKGROUND PAPER PREPARED BY
COMMITTEE STAFF.
GOOD MORNING THANK YOU PRESIDENT
FAMILY AT IT TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY.
MY NAME IS MARC SILVERMAN AND
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY.
I AM PLEASED TO DISCUSS ISSUE
NUMBER ONE RELATED TO THE CBA'S
REQUEST TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
ALLOWED BY STATUTE THAT THE
BOARD MAY CHARGE FOR ITS LICENSE
RENEWAL.
IN INITIAL PERMIT FEES. TO
ENSURE SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY SO
THAT THE CBA MAY PURSUE FUTURE
NECESSARY FEE INCREASES.
THE CBA REQUESTS THE LEGISLATURE
APPROVED AN INCREASE TO THE
STATUTORY MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR
IT'S LICENSE RENEWAL AN INITIAL
PERMIT FEES FROM TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS TO FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS.
THE PRESENT STATUTORY MAXIMUM OF
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS
HAS EXISTS STOOD FOR
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY YEARS AND
WE BELIEVE THIS INCREASED TO
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WOULD ALLOW
SUFFICIENT.
FUTURE GROWTH AND FEES FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. TO ADD SOME
BACKGROUND ON THIS MATTER DURING
THE CBA SUNSET REVIEW IN.
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN THE
LEGISLATURE EXPRESSED CONCERN
WHETHER THE CBA WOULD BE CAPABLE.
FROM BOTH THE FUNDING AND
STAFFING OF OF INVESTIGATING AND
PROSECUTING THE CASE AGAINST A
LARGE ACCOUNTANCY FIRM.
FURTHER THE LEGISLATURE
INDICATED THAT TO ENSURE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE FOR POSSIBLE
ENFORCEMENT NEEDS IT SUPPORTS
THE CBA MAINTAINING A TWENTY
FOUR MONTH SPENDING RESERVE.
IN JULY TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
THE CBA RECEIVED REPAYMENT OF
LOANS PREVIOUSLY MADE TO THE
GENERAL FUND WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASED ITS RESERVE.
HOWEVER THE CBA'S AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES CURRENTLY EXCEED
ITS REVENUES AND IT'S DRAWING
DOWN THAT RESERVE.
THE CBA ANTICIPATES THAT IT WILL
HAVE A RESERVE A PRICE OF
APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MONTHS OF
OPERATING EXPENSES AT THE END OF
THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. TO
ADDRESS THIS IN JANUARY TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THE BOARD
APPROVED A FEE INCREASE THROUGH
REGULATIONS TO BALANCE ITS
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
IF APPROVED THIS PROPOSED
RULEMAKING WOULD PLACE OUR
LICENSE RENEWAL AND INITIAL
PERMIT FEES AT THE STATUTORY
MAXIMUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS.
WE EXPECT THIS FEE INCREASE TO
TAKE PLACE IN THE SUMMER OF TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY MEMBERS --
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU WOULD
ONLY IMPACT THE MAXIMUM FEE THAT
MAY BE CHARGED AS WITH ALL
pCHANGES TO ITS FEES THE BOARD
WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED. TO
ENGAGE IN THE RULE MAKING
PROCESS TO DETERMINE IN SET THE
ACTUAL FEE AMOUNTS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ACT GOVERNS THE RULE MAKING
PROCESS AND REQUIRES AN AGENCY
TO AMONG OTHER REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISH THE NECESSITY OF ANY
PROPOSED RULE MAKING.
THIS LAW REQUIRES THE CBA TO
SHOW WHAT CLEAR NEED AND
JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS PROPOSED
FEES.
FURTHER THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONS CODE REQUIRES THE
CBA TO LOWER ITS FEES IF IT HAS
MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR MONTHS OF
FUNDING IN ITS RESERVE.
THESE TWO AREAS OF LAW
PREVENTIVE IT'S FEES BEYOND WHAT
IS REQUIRED TO FUND ITS
OPERATING EXPENSES AND MAINTAIN
A PRUDENT RESERVE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS AT THIS TIME
ALL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER
TO OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER MISS
PATTY BOWERS TO DISCUSS ISSUE
NUMBER TWO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT
SILVERMAN AND GOOD MORNING
MEMBERS MY NAME IS PATTY POWERS
AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF
SERVING AS THE BOARD OF
ACCOUNTANCY IS EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
SINCE.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT THE BOARD IS
SEEKING AMENDMENTS TO ITS
PRACTICE FACT TO ALLOW IT TO
CONSIDER.
CERTAIN PAST ACTIONS AS GROUNDS
FOR DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR
CPA LICENSE.
LAST YEAR THE LEGISLATURE PASSED
ASSEMBLY BILL TWENTY ONE THIRTY
EIGHT WHICH RE CAST HOW MOST
BOARDS AND BUREAUS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
EVALUATE PRIOR CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS OR UNPROFESSIONAL
CONDUCT OF THOSE WHO APPLY FOR
AN INITIAL LIKE SINCE.
AB ONE AB TWENTY ONE THIRTY
EIGHT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
BROWN AND TAKES EFFECT JULY ONE
OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THE BOARD
BELIEVES IT IS A COMMENDABLE
GOAL TO ASSIST APPLICANTS WHO
HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. TO
OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND TO
PROVIDE STAKEHOLDERS A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS
EVALUATE PAST CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS.
HOWEVER WE BELIEVE SOME
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO
PROTECT CONSUMERS.
THEREFORE THE BOARD HAS
REQUESTED TO KEY CHANGES.
FIRST WE REQUEST THE LEGISLATURE
REINSTATE THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO
DENY AN APPLICATION FOR
LICENSURE IF THAT APPLICANT HAS
BEEN SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTION OR DISCIPLINE.
BY FEDERAL REGULATORS OR FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS SECOND WE ARE
SEEKING EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO
DENY AN APPLICATION FOR
LICENSURE IF THE APPLICANT HAS
COMMITTED FINANCIAL CRIMES.
REGARDING ACTIONS BY FEDERAL
FEDERAL REGULATORS WE ROUTINELY
MONITORED ANY DISCIPLINE IMPOSED
BY THESE ENTITIES AS CPA'S MAY
PRACTICE BEFORE FEDERAL BODY.
IN PARTICULAR TO NOTABLE FOR ARE
THE U. S. SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
CPA'S MUST REGISTER TO PRACTICE
BEFORE THESE BODIES WHICH ARE
AUTHORIZED TO DISCIPLINE A CPA
FOR UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
INCLUDING ACTS SUCH AS INSIDER
TRADING.
FRAUD AND FILING FALSE FINANCIAL
INFORMATION.
WE SIMILARLY CONSIDER DISCIPLINE
IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO BE
RELEVANT WHEN CONSIDERING AN
APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE.
AS WE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS
WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE US
FURTHER IF ONE OF THE BOARDS
CURRENT LICENSEES IS DISCIPLINE
BY A FEDERAL REGULATOR OR
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
WE WOULD REVIEW THAT ACTION TO
DETERMINE IF FURTHER DISCIPLINE
BY THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF
ACCOUNTANCY IS WARRANTED.
THE BOARD ALSO REQUEST A CHANGE
IN THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY AB
TWENTY ONE THIRTY EIGHT TO DENY
AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE IF
THAT APPLICANT COMMITTED A
FINANCIAL CRIME.
AB TWENTY ONE THIRTY EIGHT
DIRECTS THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
TO CONDUCT A RULE MAKING HER
RELATED TO FINANCIAL CRIMES THAT
ARE DIRECTLY AND ADVERSELY
RELATED. TO THE FIDUCIARY
QUALIFICATIONS FUNCTIONS AND
DUTIES OF A CPA.
THE BOARD REQUEST THE TERM
FIDUCIARY BE REMOVED BECAUSE
MANY OF THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES
A CPA PERFORMANCE FOR A CLIENT
OR AN EMPLOYER DOES NOT HAVE A
FIDUCIARY COMPONENT. FOR EXAMPLE
CPA'S TO PERFORM TAX PREPARATION
AND AUDIT SERVICES DO NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE A FIDUCIARY
DUTY OR RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR
CLIENTS.
REMOVAL OF THE FIDUCIARY
QUALIFIER WILL ENSURE THE BOARD
OF ACCOUNTANCY IS ABLE TO
CONSIDER THE FULL RANGE OF
FINANCIAL CRIMES THAT ARE
DIRECTLY AND ADVERSELY RELATED
TO THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANCY.
AS DESCRIBED IN OUR SUNSET
REPORT OR BOARD PREVIOUSLY
REQUESTED REMOVAL OF THE TERM
DIRECTLY AND ADVERSELY FROM THE
LANGUAGE IN THE BILL RELATED TO
FINANCIAL CRIMES.
SINCE PUBLISHING A REPORT I AM
PLEASED TO SHARE THAT BOARD
STAFF HAVE HAD PRODUCTIVE AND
POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF
FROM THE TO COMMITTEES.
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHOOSE
OFFICE ON A REQUESTED AMENDMENTS.
AT THIS POINT BOARD STAFF NO
LONGER BELIEVE IT NECESSARY TO
REMOVE THE PHRASE DIRECTLY AND
INVERSELY RELATED.
STAFF WILL BRING THIS
RECOMMENDATION TAR BOARD FOR ITS
CONSIDERATION.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR MARCH TWENTY FIRST.
THE CBA APPRECIATE THE TIME HALF
FROM BOTH COMMITTEES AND
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHOOSE OFFICE TO
WORK THROUGH OUR REQUEST RELATED
TO AB.
TWENTY ONE THIRTY EIGHT UNLESS
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME ALL TURN THE PRESENTATION
BACK TO PRESIDENT CAMELOT TO
DISCUSSION ISSUE NUMBER THREE
RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
ALL INTERNAL PROCESSES FOR
LICENSING ENFORCEMENT OF ITS
AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS ARE AT IN
ITS AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS ARE FEW
IN LIMITED.
THE CBA USES DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS --
DATABASE SYSTEM IN SEVERAL
INTERNAL STAND BY LEGACY
DATABASES AS WORK AROUNDS TO
ADDRESS WORKLOAD DEMANDS.
AS NOTED IN THE BACKGROUND PAPER.
THE CBA WAS SLATED FOR THE
BREEZE RELEASE THREE BUT NOW WE
pARE IN FOR PULMONARY PLANNING
PROCESS IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS ON A BUSINESS
MOTORIZATION PROJECT.
BUSINESS MODERNIZATION PROJECT
HAS THE SAME GOALS BREEZE WHICH
IS TO CREATE.
AN TRANSITION TO A SINGLE
ENFORCEMENT.
AND LICENSING DATABASE SYSTEM
THAT PROVIDES INTERNAL ON A
MISSION AND ONLINE CAPABILITIES
FOR STAKEHOLDERS.
IN JULY TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN WE
EXPECT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO
FORMALLY IDENTIFY OUR BUSINESS
NEEDS FOR THIS NEW SYSTEM.
WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
PROJECT IS UNDERWAY TO CVA IS
ALREADY BEGIN TO PROACTIVELY
DEVELOP AND FROM STEPS.
IN SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO HELP
IMPROVE SERVICES TO OUR
STAKEHOLDERS.
PRESENTLY THE CBA IS EXPLORING
INCREASED AUTOMATED SERVICES TO
IMPROVE THE PROCESSING TIME
FRAMES FOR APPLICATIONS THESE
INCLUDE.
INCREASED ABILITY TO SUBMIT
DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY.
OPPORTUNITY FOR APPLICANTS TOOK
PAINS OF STATUS INFORMATION OF
THE APPLICATION ELECTRONICALLY.
IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS.
IN DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN WE LICENSEES TO PAY THE
RENEWAL FEES THE ONLINE PORTAL
WITH A CREDIT CARD AND SUBMIT A
RENEWAL APPLICATION AND RELATED.
A PAPERWORK VIA EMAIL.
BY SUMMER OF TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN THE CBO EXPECTS TO
IMPLEMENT AN ONLINE APPLICATION
FOR INITIAL LICENSURE.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE EMAIL
NOTIFICATIONS THAT INFORM
APPLICANTS OF THE STATUS OF YOUR
APPLICATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH
EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
ALTHOUGH THE BUSINESS
MODERNIZATION PROJECT IS A FEW
YEARS AWAY FROM COMPLETION
MEMBERS WE ARE MAKING THE MOST
OF OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL
CAPABILITIES SO WE CAN ENHANCE
THE SERVICES WE OFFER.
TORO APPLICANTS IN OUR LICENSEES.
WITH.
WITH US TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE IS
JASON PICONE.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT THE DCA.
MR BECOME IS AVAILABLE.
TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BY
THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE ABOUT THE
REASON DEVELOPMENT AT THE C. B.
A.'S SMART BUSINESS
MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
UNLESS THE MET MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS I WILL TURN
PRESENTATION BACKED REJECTED OF
OFFICER PATTI BOWERS WHO WILL
DISCUSS ISSUE NUMBER SIX RELATED
TO REQUESTING.
A REQUEST FOR PERMANENT STAFFING.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT CAMELOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SIX
ISSUE RAISED IN THE COMMITTEE
BACKGROUND PAPER RELATED TO THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
IS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PERMANENT
STAFF.
THE CBA WILL BE WORKING TO THE
APPROPRIATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
IN ITS EFFORTS TO SECURE
APPROVAL FOR A STAFFING
AUGMENTATION INCLUDED WITHIN THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE BUDGET REQUEST SEEKS TO ADD
PERMANENT STAFFING RESOURCES FOR
OUR ENFORCEMENT LICENSING
PROGRAMS AND REDUCE OUR RELIANCE
ON TEMPORARY HELP.
THE BUDGET REQUEST ALSO INCLUDES
LIMITED TERM POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE WORK ON THE BUSINESS
MODERNIZATION PROJECT DISCUSSED
BY PRESIDENT CAMELOT.
OUR BOARD WORKS DILIGENTLY TO
ENSURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE
STAFFING LEVELS AND RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO MEET ITS CONSUMER
PROTECTION MISSION AND ARE
STAKEHOLDER OBLIGATIONS ALTHOUGH
THE NUMBER OF PERMANENT STAFF
HAVE FLOOD HAS FLUCTUATED IN
RECENT YEARS.
THE BOARD IS PRESENTLY OPERATING
AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER
OF PERMANENT EMPLOYEES AS IT DID
IN FISCAL YEAR.
TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN TWELVE
DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD THE
BOARD'S LICENSING POPULATION HAS
INCREASED BY 20%. TO ADDRESSED
INCREASED WORKLOAD IN THE
ABSENCE OF PERMANENT STAFF.
THE BOARD HAS EMPLOYED TEMPORARY
HELP.
THESE EMPLOYEES OFTEN CONSIST OF
CLARK'S INTERMITTENT POSITIONS
AND LIMITED TERM STAFF.
ON AVERAGE THE BOARD EMPLOYEES
EIGHTEEN TEMPORARY STAFF EACH
YEAR.
THERE IS A HIGH TURNOVER IN
THESE POSITIONS AS TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES OFTEN SEEK PERMANENT
EMPLOYMENT.
IN FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN THE BOARD
EXPERIENCED A 44% TURNOVER RATE
IN ITS TEMPORARY HELP.
WITH THIS RATE GROWING 253% IN.
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
ASTHOSE TRANSITIONS OCCUR THE
BOARD SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME ON
THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF
NEW TEMPORARY STAFF.
THIS CONTINUAL TRANSITION HAS
LED TO INCREASED PROCESSING TIME
FRAMES BACKLOGS OF WORK AND
HAVING TO RELY ON STAFF WORKING
WEEKENDS IN THE EVENINGS AND ON
I'M.
EXCUSE ME WORKING OVERTIME IN
THE EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS WE
BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE AND
FISCAL REESE THIS COOLEY
RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMANENT
ONGOING WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY
PERMANENT STAFF.
THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE
FOUR ITEMS TODAY THIS CONCLUDES
OUR PREPARED REMARKS AND WE'RE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND AGAIN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR TO APPOINT
TWO BOARD MEMBERS OF WE VERY
MUCH VALUE YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND
EXPERTISE CLEARLY YOUR
PRESENTATION WHERE.
WAS VERY WELL PREPARED AS WELL
TO A TWO HANDED OFF AT THIS TIME
FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
SENIOR.
CENTER DELIVER PLEASE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR JUST A
QUICK QUESTION ABOUT AUTOMATION
AND ONLINE SERVICES DID I MISS
ARE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THAT AND
TRYING TO AUTOMATE MORE.
YES -- YOU
KNOW IT BASICALLY BREAKING DOWN
AND THERE IS THE ONLINE PAYMENTS --
THAT DAY ONE ON AND BORE IN AND
JUST IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS
WERE WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT
AREAS OR WEAKENED AUTOMATE THE
OKAY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY
HELPFUL.
IN LOTS OF AREAS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AN ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS COMES THE TIME.
AS SEEN NONE OF OPEN UP FOR THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO COME INTO THE
MICROPHONE NO MORE THAN TWO
MINUTES PLEASE WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. TO THE BOX OF THE
CALIFORNIA SIDE OF CPA'S --
CAL CPA REPRESENTS --
CPA'S WORKING SMALL MEDIA NEWS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA --
AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS HE
WORKED CLOSELY IN A REGULAR
CONTACT WITH THE BOARD THE BOARD
STAFF -- WE
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DO
THEY'RE DOING PARTICULARLY ON
THE BUSINESS --
MODERNIZATION EFFORTS AND WE
WANT TO APPLAUD THAT THE
COMMITTEE STAFF ON THE WORK AND
MISS POWERS OUR TEAM OF THE
BOARD OF ACCOUNTS TO THE STRONG
SUPPORT.
GREAT ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME
SEE NOTE DECISIONAL QUESTIONS
COMMENTS ANY FINAL.
COMMENTS.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY JUST THINKING THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY THANK
YOU GREAT THANK YOU AND I KNOW
THAT -- WELL
WE MIGHT BE BRIEF ANY QUESTIONS
COMMENTS I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH
OUR COMMITTEE STAFFS
RESPECTIVELY SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT CONTINUE
CONVERSATION.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSE BOARD
TO COME FORWARD
.
WELCOME TO OUR JOINT HEARING.
I'D -- IT
INVITES YOU --
TO PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES
AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN OUR
BACKGROUND PAPER WOULD BE GREAT
AND SHOULD THERE BE SOME FOLLOW
UP QUESTIONS FROM THERE SO
PLEASE WELCOME --
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS --
MY NAME IS KEVIN.
MY NAME IS KEVIN ALBANY'S AND I
AM A CONTRACTOR MEMBER ON THE
STATE LICENSE BOARD.
WITH ME IS TINY CORCORAN.
RUSH CHIEF DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND
THE REGISTRAR MR.
TO AS I SAID I'M KEVIN ALBINISM
HONOR TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF
THE CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD
AND IS A PAST CHAIR.
YOU WILL HEAR ME REFER TO THE
BOARD AS A CSL BE --
IN OUR COMMENTS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SIX
YEARS AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT
EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE CALIFORNIA.
AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER
REGULATORY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE
COME BEFORE YOU TODAY CS WILL BE
AS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROTECT
CONSUMERS.
THAT MISSION IS AT THE CENTER OF
EVERYTHING WE DO.
OUR BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT
FISCAL YEARS APPROXIMATELY SIXTY
SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
DOLLARS AND CS OB IS ENTIRELY
FUNDED THROUGH OUR LICENSE FEES.
WE LICENSE CONTRACTORS IN FORTY
FOUR DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS.
BASSES ABATEMENT CONTRACTORS AND
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY
OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN CSO BE
DEVELOPS MAINTAINS AND
ADMINISTERS FORTY SIX DIFFERENT
LICENSING EXAMS.
AT EIGHT TEST CENTERS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE LAST YEAR
ADMINISTERING OVER FIFTY ONE
THOUSAND EXAMS.
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN WE
RECEIVE MORE THAN THIRTY ONE
THOUSAND LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
AND TODAY THERE IS ABOUT TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND
LICENSE CONTRACTORS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. TO STREAMLINE THE
APPLICATION PROCESS REDUCE
PROCESSING TIMES SINCE TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN SEE ALSO BE AS
LUNCH TWENTY NINE TWENTY ONE
ONLINE FORMS AND FULLY AUTOMATED
OUR ONLINE SUBMISSION OPTION.
FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION AND
GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.
AN ADDITIONAL LICENSING WE
PROTECT CONSUMERS BY ENFORCING
THE STATE'S CONTRACTOR LICENSE
LOS.
OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ASSIST
CONSUMERS IN ADDRESSING PROBLEMS
DURING A CONTRACTING PROJECT.
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR WE CONDUCT
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THOUSAND
INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST LICENSED
AND UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS.
APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF
THOSE START WITH A CONSUMER
COMPLAINT.
IN FISCAL YEAR.
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO OUR
INVESTIGATIONS LED TO MORE THAN
TWENTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS
BEING RETURNED IN RESTITUTION TO
CONSUMERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN WE
CREATED A SORE TASK FORCE TO
ADDRESS AN INCREASE IN CONSUMER
COMPLAINTS INVOLVING THE SOLAR
INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE WORKED AND CONTINUE TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH THE INDUSTRY
UNLESS A LEGISLATURE. TO ADDRESS
MANY OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN
THOSE COMPLAINTS.
OUR FORSMAN EFFORTS ALSO INCLUDE
WORK WITH LOCAL AND STATE
PARTNERS TO INVESTIGATE LICENSED
AND UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS IN
THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.
WE OFTEN SEEK ADMINISTRATIVE
CRIMINAL OR CIVIL SANCTIONS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS INCLUDE
CITATIONS AS WELL AS ACCUSATIONS
TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE CONTRACTORS
LICENSE.
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THE
LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED YES I'LL
BE TO BEGIN USING A LETTER OF
ADMONISHMENT TO ADDRESS LESS
EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS.
MORE EGREGIOUS CASES ARE FOR TO
LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS FOR
POSSIBLE POSSIBLE CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION.
IN ADDITION A LICENSING
ENFORCEMENT THE THIRD COMPONENT
OF OUR CONSUMER PROTECTION
MISSION IS EDUCATION.
THIS PAST YEAR SEE ALSO BE
LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE FEATURE
THAT ALLOWS CONSUMERS TO
DOWNLOAD A PERSONALIZED LIST OF
LICENSEES WHO WORK IN A SPECIFIC
TRADE.
IN A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
THAT WORK WAS REQUIRED BY AB
TWENTY FOUR EIGHTY SIX ENACTED
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAKER.
WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT IN AN
EFFORT TO BETTER A DISASTER
SURVIVORS AROUND THE STATE WE
FINISH THAT PROJECT ONE YOUR
EARLY.
THE CSO BE WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES
CONTRACTOR LICENSE INFORMATION
INCLUDING DETAILS ABOUT
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AS WELL
AS GUIDES PAMPHLETS VIDEOS AND
OTHER MATERIALS FOR CONSUMERS.
ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF
INFORMATION AND SERVICES FOR
LICENSEES.
APPLICANTS INSURANCE COMPANIES
AND CS WILL BE ALSO MAINTAINS AN
AUTOMATED TOLL FREE PHONE NUMBER
WERE MUCH OF THIS MATERIAL
INCLUDING LICENSING INFORMATION
IS AVAILABLE.
WE STAFF A FULL SERVICE CALL
CENTER DURING BUSINESS HOURS ON
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IN A TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OUR
STAFF ANSWERED MORE THAN A
HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND
PHONE CALLS.
FINALLY I WANT TO BRIEFLY NOTE
THE RESPONDED TO THE DISASTERS
THAT HAVE DEVASTATED PARTS OF
OUR STATE PARTICULARLY OVER THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS BEEN A
VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THIS YES
WILL BE.
CS WILL BE HAS AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DEDICATE SUFFICIENT
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO MAKE
SURE SURVIVORS ARE VICTIMIZED
DURING THE REPAIR A REBUILDING
PROCESS BY UNLICENSED OR
UNSCRUPULOUS CONTRACTORS.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO
CONTRACTORS AS WELL WHO WANT TO
WORK IN THOSE AREAS --
JOINING US AS WELL AS MARLA
RICHARDS INDEED CHAIR OF THE
LICENSE BOARD --
AND THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF
OUR OPENING STATEMENTS WOULD YOU
LIKE US TO GO RIGHT INTO THE FOR
ISSUES OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK
QUESTIONS YOU KNOW WHAT LET YOU
GO RIGHT INTO THE ISSUES BECAUSE
GOOD [inaudible]
SORRY --
CECIL BE HAS FOUR HUNDRED AND
SEVEN AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN
OVER THE PAST YEAR STATUS MAY A
LOT OF PROGRESS REDUCING OUR
VACANCY RATE.
WHICH IS NOW CONSISTENTLY AROUND
TWENTY POSITIONS ARE LESS THAN
5% OF OUR WORKFORCE.
IS SUCCESS IS DUE IN LARGE PART
TO OUR IN HOUSE PERSONNEL UNIT
IN THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE
HAVE WITH DCS HUMAN RESOURCES
TEAM.
OUR STAFF IS ALSO ADAPT WELL IN
THE PAST TWO YEARS SEE SO PEAS
DISASTER RESPONSE THE NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS IN THE TOTAL INTAKE
OF APPLICATIONS.
HAVE ALL INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
EVEN SOCIUS SO BE CONTINUES TO
IMPLEMENT NEW LICENSING
EFFICIENCY SUCH AS PROVIDING
ONLINE FILLABLE FORMS TO HELP.
PROCESSING TIME FRAME TO HELP
KEEP PROCESSING TIME FRAMES LOW.
CECIL B. ALSO ENCOURAGES CROSS
TRAINING OF STAFF SO THAT THEY
CAN QUICKLY BE REDIRECTED FOR
UNEXPECTED EVENTS LIKE DISASTER
RESPONSE. TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT
ON WORKLOADS IN BOTH LICENSING
AND ENFORCEMENT.
CECIL B. ALSO AS A ROBUST
TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDING IN
HOUSING FORSMAN ACADEMY.
IT ALSO UTILIZES OUTSIDE
INDEPENDENT TO CONDUCT THE
LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR MANAGERS
AND SUPERVISORS.
CECIL B. ALSO REGULARLY USES DC
A SOLID TRAINING PROGRAMS SHE WE
CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES IN OUR
WORKLOAD HOWEVER WE MAY SEEK
ADDITIONAL STAFF THROUGH THE
BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL PROCESS.
KEVIN.
THANK YOU --
I WILL ADDRESS ALSO ISSUE NUMBER --
FOR THE PHONE CONDITION THAT WAS
PREPARED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEES
BACKGROUND PAPER --
SERIES OF EXPENDITURES DROVE UP
OUR SPENDING BY ALMOST THREE
MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR.
RESULTING OUR RESERVES DWINDLING.
THIS WAS LARGELY DUE TO
INCREASES IN OPERATIONAL CARS
COST SIGNIFICANTLY A PERSONAL
STATEWIDE PRO RATA.
DISASTER RESPONSE AND ONE TIME
EXPENDITURES FOR FACILITIES.
AND PLEASE NOTE ALSO THAT WE
WENT SIX YEARS BEFORE
IMPLEMENTING IN ASKING FOR A FEE
INCREASE WHICH WE RECEIVED IN.
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND WE
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
LEGISLATURE THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN SUPPORTING
THAT.
THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN FEE
INCREASE WAS PROJECTED TO
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
ANNUALLY TO ENSURE OUR BUDGET
REMAINS BALANCED.
IN ADDITION WE'VE SEEN AN 11%
INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS JUST
SINCE OCTOBER OF TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN HAVE WITH YOUR CURRENT
FISCAL YEAR WE ARE ON PACE TO
EXCEED OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS
FOR THE YEAR.
WITH THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE
GENERATED WE PROJECT OUR FUNDS
TO MAINTAIN A STEADY RESERVE A
TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
THE BOARD CONTINUES TO BE
FISCALLY PRUDENT WITH ITS
RESOURCES AND STAFF PROVIDES
BUDGETARY UPDATES AT EVERY
MEETING.
FINALLY ALTHOUGH WE DON'T TEND
TO RAISE FEES AT THIS TIME IF WE
DO HAVE AN UNFORESEEN INCREASING
COST WE CAN ADDRESS THEM BY
RAISING FEES TO THE STATUTORY
MAXIMUM.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME ROOM THERE.
MOVING ON TO ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT
DIEM FORCE MY PRIORITIES --
FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION PUBLIC
PROTECTION EXCUSE ME FOR
CONSUMER AND PUBLIC PROTECTION.
ALLOCATING CSO BEES ENFORCEMENT
RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE LICENSE
VERSUS UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS IS
AN ONGOING BALANCING ACT.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REACTIVE
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WHICH
INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS COMING
IN FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT WHICH
INVOLVES SUITES OF ACTIVE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SITES AN
UNDERCOVER STINGS TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH LICENSE LOS. TO
MAXIMIZE CONSUMER PROTECTION THE
MAJORITY OF OUR FORCE MEANT TO
DIVISION STAFF ARE CHARGED WITH
HANDLING MEDIATING AND
INVESTIGATING CONSUMER
CONSTRUCTION COMPLAINTS.
AS STATED IN MY OPENING COMMENTS
MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND
INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONDUCTED
LAST YEAR.
ULTIMATELY FIFTEEN THOUSAND OF
WHICH WERE INITIATED BY
CONSUMERS.
OF THOSE.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT 70% OF THE
COMPLAINTS WERE AGAINST LICENSE
CONTRACTORS VERSUS 30% AGAINST
UNLICENSED.
WE BELIEVE OUR CURRENT
ALLOCATION OF ENFORCEMENT RE GO
FOR IT AND WE ANNUALLY REVIEW
OUR ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY MATRIX
ESTABLISHED IN. TWO THOUSAND
THIRTEEN TO PRIORITIZE AND
ENSURE THAT WERE INVESTIGATING
COMPLAINTS THAT INVOLVE EITHER
IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR WIDESPREAD
VICTIMIZATION OF VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.
AND THE LAST ONE IS ON WORKFORCE
INTO DISASTER RESPONSE --
THIS IS ISSUE NUMBER --
NINE IN YOUR REPORT.
WE TAKE DISASTER RESPONSE
SERIOUSLY AND THAT'S WHY WE
CROSS TRAIN OUR STAFF TO ENSURE
WE CAN QUICKLY.
THEM PROPERLY RE DIRECT OUR
RESOURCES IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY.
WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN
RESPONDING TO THE DISASTROUS
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
ESPECIALLY HELP IN EDUCATE
SURVIVORS WHO NEED TO HIRE
SOMEONE TO REPAIR OR REBUILD
THEIR HOMES.
YES O. B. AS POSTED HUNDREDS OF
DISASTER WARNING SIDES IN
DISASTER STONE'S THROUGHOUT THE
STATE INCLUDING BUTTE LAKE LOS
ANGELES MENDOCINO NAPA.
ORANGE SAN DIEGO SANTA BARBARA
SHASTA CINEMA AND MATURE
COUNTIES.
WE'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN
NUMEROUS REBUILDING WORKSHOPS
FOR SURVIVORS AND CONTRACTORS
LOOKING FOR WORK IN THOSE AREAS
AND IT MADE OTHER EDUCATIONAL
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THE
ASSISTANCE CENTERS.
AND OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
AS FAR AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS YES I'LL
BE A SERVED AS A CONDUIT FOR THE
INDUSTRY TO HELP FUND THE
EDUCATION OF THE NEXT
CONSTRUCTION LEADERS.
OUR TEAM OVERSEES THE
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP ACT WHICH
FUNDS FROM GRANTS TO UNIVERSITY
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENTS.
IN DOING SO WE HAVE DISPERSED
OVER ONE POINT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS TO SEVEN DIFFERENT
UNIVERSITIES SINCE.
TWO THOUSAND TWO IN ADDITION WE
HAVE EXCELLENT GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS
THAT HELP US ADDRESS WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS
WITH DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF
APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS.
BUILDING OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE THE LABORS UNION AND
OTHER CRAFT TRADE UNIONS AND THE
NORTH COAST BUILDING BUILDERS
EXCHANGE JUST TO NAME A FEW.
BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN
FEBRUARY OF TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WE'VE HELD MONTHLY LICENSING
WORKSHOPS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND
SPANISH. TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS
SEEKING LICENSURE.
IT IS SOLD WE HAVE HELD FORTY
FOR THOSE WORKSHOPS SINCE --
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT INTO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN AND ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX PEOPLE
ATTENDED.
IN THE PAST WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED
WITH SEVERAL DAY LABOR CENTERS
AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATE TO
PRESENT THE SAME INFORMATION TO
POTENTIAL APPLICANTS.
MOVING FORWARD WE PLAN TO EXPAND
THESE APPLICANT WORKSHOPS BY
INCLUDING PRESENTERS FROM
DIVISION OF APPRENTICESHIP
STANDARDS AND THE EMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO
ADDRESS WORKFORCE SHORTAGES.
INCREASE IN LICENSE CONTRACTORS
AVAILABLE TO THE SURE COMPLIANCE
WITH EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES.
IN ADDITION WE SOUGHT OUT NON
GOVERNMENTAL THEN USED TO HOLD
WORKSHOPS LABOR UNIONS KINDLY
OFFERED THEIR LOCATIONS FOR
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
IN THIS EFFORT.
AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE MORE
PARTICIPATION IS WORKSHOPS
ENFORCEMENT STAFF COMMUNICATE
WORKSHOP DETAILS TO UNLICENSED
CONTRACTORS THEY MEET.
WILL CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH
LOCAL BUILDING OFFICIALS TO HAND
OUT MATERIALS AND I'M PERMITTED
CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE STAFF
SUSPECT UNLICENSED CONTRACT
WORKERS OCCURRING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PREPARED
REMARKS.
THANK YOU --
THANK YOU VERY MUCH --
AND TWO YOU --
MISTER ALBANY'S AND MISS
RICHARDSON THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE --
ON OUR COMMISSIONS --
MEMBERS OTHER QUESTIONS.
GERMAN Là IT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH I I'D HEARD A NUMBER OF
COUNTY TO WHICH IS SITTING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE REPRESENT
MANY OF THOSE COUNTIES AS WELL.
IN THE REPORT YOU REFER TO
RECIPROCITY AS WELL WITH RESPECT
TO OTHER STATES AND WE WAIVER OF
EXAMINATIONS HAVE YOU SEEN THAT
UTILIZATION WITH RESPECT TO SOME
OF THE DISASTERS AT ALL.
YES WE WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE
CONTRACTORS LICENSING AGENCIES
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY.
HELPFUL TO US IN ENCOURAGING
CONTRACTORS FROM OTHER STATES TO
COME IN AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO
OUR CAN OUR CONSUMERS AND A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE WHEN WE
HAD A SHORTAGE OF WELL DRILLERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEND A BULLETIN
OUT THROUGH THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION TO OTHER STATES
ENCOURAGE CONTRACTORS TO COME
THEN.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO OBTAIN A
LICENSE IN MOST CASES INCOME BUT
THEY CAN THEN CONTRACT RASO
EXPLORING RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS
OR EXAM WAIVER AGREEMENTS WITH
OTHER STATES.
MOST RECENTLY WE'VE ENTERED INTO
AN EXAM WAIVER AGREEMENT WITH
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THEIR
COMMERCIAL GENERAL BUILDERS
CONTRACTORS EXAM.
AND SO THEY TEND ASSUME IS THEN
IT SHOULD THERE BE A SHORTAGE OF
WORK FORCE THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME INTO
THE STATE AND VICE VERSA
ABSOLUTELY AND I WOULD ADD ONE
EMPHASIZE WE DO PRIORITIZE THOSE
APPLICATIONS SO WHILE IT MAY BE
A STATE THAT WE HAVE AN EXAM
WAIVER AGREEMENT WITH LIKE
NEVADA ARIZONA UTAH.
EVEN IF IT'S ANOTHER STATE WE
STILL PRIORITIZE THAT IT THAT
APPLICATION --
WE PROVIDE THEM ASSISTANCE IN
PREPARING TO TAKE THE EXAM IF
THEY NEED TO OR THEY CAN BECOME
LICENSED BY HAVING A QUALIFIER
ON THE LICENSE SOMEBODY IS
ALREADY LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT YES WE ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE
OUT OF STATE CONTRACTORS COMING
TO MEET THE NEEDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU MENTIONED --
THE DISASTERS THAT HAVE FALLEN
OUR STATE FOR THE LAST YEAR TO
AND CERTAINLYIT'S AN ISSUE OF
GREAT CONCERN TO US AND I KNOW
TO YOU --
CAN YOU AT THAT ADDRESS A COUPLE
ISSUES THERE I MEAN YOU YOU
MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ACTIVE IN POSTING NOTICES --
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.
BUT WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THAT YOU ARE
DEALING WITH IN THIS IN THESE
AREAS.
YES IF I MAY.
UM WE'VE DEVELOPED A A A VERY --
QUICK RESPONSE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE THEY
HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE CLAIMS ADJUSTERS THAT COME
INTO THE AREAS THEY ARE ALSO
FULL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SO
WHAT.
HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A DISASTER
AS WE ARE MERELY CONTACTED BY
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BUT
MINISTRY OF SIR MERGES HE
SERVICES.
AD WITH THEM WE STAFF THE LOCAL
ASSISTANCE CENTERS A DISASTER
RECOVERY CENTER SO THAT WE HAVE
OUR PRESENCE RIGHT AWAY ONCE
YOU'RE ABLE TO GET INTO THE AREA
WE PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF INSURANCE TO POST ARE SIGNS --
TO BE LOOKING FOR UNSCRUPULOUS
AND OFTEN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
WITHIN THOSE AREAS WE ALSO
WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
DIFFERENT INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT
WE HAVE BUILDERS EXCHANGE U. S.
MEMBERS TO MOST OF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA DISASTER AREAS.
AND WHILE THAT'SIMPORTANT
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'RE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY CONTRACTORS OR
I WANT TO SEE NOT NESTLE
COUNTRIES BUT UNLICENSED
INDIVIDUAL SORT OF COME INTO TO
HARM CONSUMERS.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT HAVING THAT
OUR REACH IT'S ABOUT HAVING A
PRESENCE TO CONDUCTING SWEEP
OPERATIONS AND THEY'RE WORKING
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY TO CONDUCT UNDERCOVER
STING OPERATIONS.
AT WE NOT TOO LONG AGO DID AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH --
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR MARIN
COUNTY I THINK THAT WAS VERY
WELL RECEIVED SO IT'S A
COORDINATED EFFORT SO I JUST
CONTRACTORS BOARDS WORKING WITH
THE COMMUNITY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE.
SO THAT THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THAT AND I'M STILL TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND --
YOU KNOW EFFECTIVENESS SO BEING
PRESENCE PARTNERING
COMMUNICATIONS ALL GOOD THINGS
BUT HOW DO WE ASSESS YOUR
EFFECTIVENESS IN TRYING TO
MINIMIZE.
FRY PARTICULAR THESE CASES OF
DISASTER HOW CAN WE ASSESS THAT
HOW HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT WELL
THE FIRST WAY WE WOULD ASSESS
THAT IS THAT WE GO BACK TO THE
NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE AND WE
THAT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES. NINETY
FOUR EIGHTY NINE FOR A FOR THE
AMOUNT OF EIGHTY FOUR YEAH.
SO IN THE NURSERY AND ARE THERE
HAVE.
NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE WE DIDN'T
HAVE THIS TYPE OF AN APPROACH I
WAS THAT TIME WORKING FOR THE
CONTRACTORS POOR WE DIDN'T HAVE
THAT KIND OF APPROACH.
AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IS A WE
RECEIVED A SO MANY CONSUMER
COMPLAINTS SO WE HAD TO OPEN A
BRANCH OFFICE TO HANDLE THEM ALL.
THE COMPLAINTS FILED BY
CONSUMERS WERE OVERWHELMING AND
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THAT
WHEN THERE IS A DISASTER WE NEED
TO HAVE MORE OF A PREVENTIVE
APPROACH WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE
PUTTING THE INFORMATION OUT.
JUST HELPING IS CONSUMERS
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO
THEY NEED TO TAKE TIME AND
SELECTING THE CONTRACT NOT RUSH
INTO SOMETHING SO WHAT WE FIRST
LOOK AT US. FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL
IN LARGE PART IS IN TO US SAYING
THEY'VE BEEN FINANCIALLY HARM
THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALSO WORKING WITH THE
BUILDING DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE
THE CONTRACTORS OBTAINING THE
PERMITS ARE APPROPRIATELY
LICENSED IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE
THEIR SIZE THEIR SIGNS TO
IDENTIFY UNLICENSED ACTIVITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE BILL IN
APARTMENT ONE WOULD BE AN OWNER
BUILDER PERMIT YOU DON'T WANT TO
SEE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A
PERMANENT WORK.
AND THEN FROM OUR INDUSTRY
PARTNERS THAT ARE OBTAINING
THESE ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN THESE
CONTRACTS ARE THEY REPORTING
THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN
THE CONTRACTORS ARE LOSING A TO
AN UNLICENSED PERSON.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS
HEARING FROM THE CONSUMERS WHO
WE SERVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE NOT BEING VICTIMIZED IN
COMING TO US WITH THESE
COMPLAINTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TAKEN A
PROACTIVE APPROACH.
WELL THAT THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR --
AND I'M CERTAINLY AM ENCOURAGED
BY YOUR OPTIMISM.
THAT TACK THAT CONSUMERS ARE
BETTER PROTECTED NOW --
MAYBE SWITCHING GEARS UP FOR A
MOMENT --
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT
THE THE CONTRACTORS BOND AMOUNT
A FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS A
SUFFICIENT.
OR NOT COULD YOU COMMENT UPON
THAT.
WELL I I BELIEVE A SOMETHING
THAT OUR BOARD WOULD LIKE TO
LOOK AT WE HAVE AN AND PRIOR
SUNSET REFUSED TO DISCUSS
RAISING THE BOND AND DURING
THOSE --
HEARINGS THAT THERE WAS
OPPOSITION FROM SOME OF THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES BECAUSE OF
THE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO
PERFORM UNDER WRITING.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THAT I THINK OUR BOARD WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING A
KEVIN --
MARLOWE WHICH LIKE TO ADD
SOMETHING TO THAT.
NO I THINK IT'S SOME WE
DEFINITELY LOOK AT CONSIDERING --
YOU KNOW FIFTEEN THOUSAND IS NOT
A HUGE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO HARM
CONSUMER YEAH WE'RE ALSO LOOKING
AT TRYING TO KEEP THE BARRIERS
TO LICENSURE DOWN --
IN ALLOW PEOPLE INTO THE
QUALIFIED PEOPLE INTO THE
INDUSTRY SO I THINK THAT'S THE
BALANCE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT
COUPLE YEARS AGO WE INCREASED.
THE BOND AMOUNT TO FIFTEEN
THOUSAND FROM --
TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND
ELIMINATED THE THE AN
OPPORTUNITY --
FOR CONTRACTORS SO THAT THAT
WOULD BE OUR BALANCE --
AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO
LOOK AT AND AND WHAT'S THE COST
TO IT CONTRACTOR OF THE BOND.
TYPICALLY.
AT THAT LEVEL OF FIFTEEN
THOUSAND I I WOULD BE
SPECULATING I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S
MUCH BUT I THINK THE CONCERN --
AS REGISTRAR FULL POINTED OUT
WOULD BE THE UNDERWRITING AND
THE ABILITY FOR CONTRACTORS TO
GET.
A BOND OF YOU KNOW TWENTY FIVE
OR FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
THAT.
BUT ISN'T THE UNDERWRITING. TO
ENSURE THAT --
AND HAS THE FINANCIAL MEANS IN
WHICH TO WORK IN THIS AREA.
APPS ABSOLUTELY AND AND WHAT WE
LICENSE CONTRACTORS WERE
LICENSING CONTRACTORS THAT DO.
YOU KNOW THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR
BATHROOM REPAIRS OR FOR EXCUSE
ME FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR ABOUT THE
REPAIRS ANYTHING UNDER.
FIVE HUNDRED ARE YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED A LICENSE --
TO THESE MEGA YOU KNOW
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES THAT ARE
BUILDING YOU KNOW SKYSCRAPERS
AND BRIDGES SO IT'S IT'S ABOUT.
RIGHT WELL I CERTAINLY WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR REVIEW OF
THAT TO AND I AND I'M NOTMAKING
A JUDGMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
EXCEPT -- TO
KNOW THAT.
A LOT OF WORK --
THAT'S A PRETTY LOW THRESHOLD.
RIGHT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE
OF WORK AT THE FINE WHICH FALL
BENEATH THAT --
AND THE TYPICAL HOME BUT I AND I
I I SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT
ACCESS --
AND AND HOW THIS MAY AFFECT COST
BUT I AT LEAST YEAH I'D BE
INTERESTED IN EVIDENCE THAT MAKE
IT CLEAR THAT.
THAT COSTS OF ARE GOING TO
CREATE ISSUES SO I APPRECIATE
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT --
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
OBSERVATIONS --
FROM THE PANEL OF NOT I'M AN
OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT INVITE
ANYONE WHO HEARS WAS LIKE.
TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS TO COME
UP THE MICROPHONE AND AND
HOPEFULLY BRIEFLY --
SPEAK PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF
BY MARIA GARCIA WITH GREENBERG
TRAURIG HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
THE WORK THE BOARD HAS DONE.
A WITH OUR TRADE BOTH IN AT THE
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY ACTIVITY AND
ENFORCEMENT AND IN ADDITION TO
HELPING MAINTAIN THE
PROFESSIONALISM OF THE SEA
TWENTY SEVEN LICENSURE OF WHICH
ARE MEMBERS ALL.
MAINTAIN AND TWELVE HUNDRED
MEMBERS THROUGH ACROSS THE STATE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING RICHARD MARX AND ON
BEHALF OF THE WESTERN ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION THE
PLUMBING HEATING COOLING
CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA.
AMERICAN FIRE SPRINKLER
ASSOCIATION AND THE INDEPENDENT
ROOFING CONTRACTORS OF
CALIFORNIA I'VE HAD THE GOOD
FORTUNE TO HAVE WORKED WITH --
THE LAST THREE REGISTRARS A
NUMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND
STAFF -- ALL
OF MY CLIENTS STRONGLY SO
ATTENUATION OF THE BOARD AND TO
YOUR QUESTION --
CENTER GLACIER.
I'VE WITNESSED --
HOW SERIOUSLY THE BOARD --
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE BALANCE
BETWEEN MAKING SURE THAT THE
CONSUMER IS PROTECTED BY AN
ADEQUATE BOND IN INSURANCE UP
WITHOUT A CREATING BARS TO NEW
ENTRANTS TO THE FIELD.
CONSTRUCTION IS A VERY POPULAR
AREA. FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
WHO'VE LEARNED THE CONSTRUCTION
TRADE --
EITHER THROUGH CRAFT TRADING OR
TO AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TO
BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR AND TO
ENTER THE WORK FORCE --
AS A PRACTITIONER --
AND SO IT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE THAT BALANCE THAT
THE BOARD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING --
THAT WE NOT CREATE BARRIERS --
TO THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
THAT WE WISH TO START THEIR OWN
CONTRACTING BUSINESS --
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT
CONSUMERS PARTICULARLY IF THE
VERY LARGE PROJECT IS BEING
UNDERTAKEN ARE CERTAINLY FREE --
TO INSIST THAT THEIR CONTRACTOR
HAVE RISK --
HOPEFULLY --
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY
LARGE HOME REMODELING PROJECTS
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS --
THEIR MORE SOPHISTICATED WOULD
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENSURING THAT THEIR CONTRACTOR
HAS ADEQUATE --
LIABILITY PROTECTION WE
APPRECIATE YOUR THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS PHIL
VERMAELEN REPRESENTING THE
FLASHER BARRICADE ASSOCIATION I
HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH
THE CONTRACTORS BOARD ON BEHALF
OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE HAVE
WORKED WITH QUITE A FEW
REGISTRARS AND QUITE A FEW STAFF
THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND I'VE GOT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF
THAT I THINK THAT THEY'RE
FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE THEY'RE
REALLY DOING WELL WE HAVE A LOT
OF CHALLENGES THE UNDERGROUND
ECONOMY.
IS HUGE WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS
THAT THEY'RE LITERALLY EATING
THE LAUNCH OF THE LEGITIMATE
CONTRACTORS IN THE STATE AND
WE'VE GOT A ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES.
COME OUT WITH OF OTHER WAYS OF
ENFORCEMENT --
AFTER THESE TYPES OF PEOPLES BUT
I THINK THE LICENSE BOARD'S
DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
IN TERMS OF THE BONDS YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE FIFTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND YOU MAY NOT
KNOW THIS BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT
THAT THE CONSUMER CAN CLAIM OUT
OF THAT BOND IS ONLY SEVENTY
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO YOU MAY HAVE A FIFTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND BUT THE
ACTUAL AMOUNT IS FAR LESS THAN
THAT.
AND I THINK THAT DOES NEED TO BE
LOOKED AT IT'S AS WELL THAT I
HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT WE WANT TO
OPEN UP AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
GET AS MANY PEOPLE LICENSES
POSSIBLE WE DON'T WANT TO CHILL
THAT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE
WANT TO MAKE.
SURE THAT CONSUMERS PROTECTED SO
IT'S ONE OF THOSE BALANCE TYPES
OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
TO GO IN WITH BOTH EYES OPEN AND
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GO
ADDRESSES TO HELP THE CONSUMER.
WITH THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING --
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS DAMON
COMPLIMENTS SEGMENT ORIGINAL
BUILDERS EXCHANGE AND OUR
AFFILIATED TO EXCHANGES OF OF
CALIFORNIA AND NORTH COAST --
AS WELL AS CENTRAL --
WE WANTED TO ECHO THE PREVIOUS
COMMENTS --
AND WANT TO APPLY TO RESTORING
THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE STAFF
OF ALWAYS BEEN OPEN
COLLABORATIVE AND HELPFULIN
INCREASING THE PROFESSIONALISM
OF THE INDUSTRY --
ALSO A HAT TIP AND TO TO THE THE
STAFF IN THEIR EFFORTS --
TO WORK WITH US TO A CRATE SMART
FORMS AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY
AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE TURN
AROUND PERIOD OF PROCESSING --
WORKERS COMP CERTIFICATES SO
AGAIN -- WE
WANT TO THANK OF THE FINE WORK
THAT -- THE
COMMISSION IN THE REGISTRAR'S
BEEN DOING.
GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY
OTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY THIS
MORNING.
ALL RIGHT SEE NOT ORGANIZED.
CLOSE THAT ASPECT OF OUR HEARING
AND BRING THE MATTER BACK --
COLLEAGUES ANY FURTHER FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS ANY ANY CLOSING
REMARKS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE.
NOTHING THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY --
TO COME TO PRESENT TO YOU AND WE
LOOK FORWARD --
TO THE CENTS EXTENDING THE
SUNSET THANK YOU WELL THANK YOU
AND I I AND I DID.
CHECK MY DATA AND AND OR I GUESS
IS THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE.
AND I'M GLAD THAT --
WE'VE MADE PROGRESS --
SINCE THEN YOU KNOW --
ONE OF THE THE OUT --
GROSS OF THE FIRES IN THE NORTH
AND IN THE SOUTH IS LEARNING
THAT.
THERE ARE A HOMEOWNER INSURANCE
POLICIES --
HAVE BEEN INADEQUATE.
THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T COVER
THE REPLACEMENT COST THAT MANY
PEOPLE EXPECTED.
AND IT WE WE EXPERIENCE THAT
SAME DILEMMA IN IN THE IN THE
CAR INSURANCE SPACE OF WHETHER
OR NOT THE MINIMUM COVERAGES
THAT WE IN THE STATE REQUIRE.
REALLY ARE ENOUGH AND OF COURSE
THE SAME ISSUE IS COMING UP HERE
AND IT IS A IT IS IT A CHALLENGE
TO FIND THAT BALANCE BUT WE HAVE
TO KEEP WORKING AT IT AND AND
CIRCUMSTANCES TO CHANGE.
OUR EXPERIENCES CHANGE.
AND WE DO KNOW OF A LOT OF
PROBLEMS OUT THERE I MEAN THAT'S
WHY YOU GUYS ARE SO ACTIVE --
IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ENGAGED
WITH CONTRACTORS.
AND MOST OF THEM DO THEIR JOBS
EXTRA X..
TERRIFIC BUT THERE ARE THOSE
THAT BAD APPLES OUT THERE THAT
AREN'T IN AND MANY THAT AREN'T
EVEN LICENSE.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP STRIVING TO
TRY TO DO IT BETTER AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU.
TO CONTINUE TO GIVE IT SOME
THOUGHT THANK YOU FOR WORKING
WITH OUR RESPECTIVE STAFFS ON
THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
SOME OF WHICH WE DIDN'T ASK YOU
TO ADDRESS BUT ARE THERE --
AS WELL AND WITH THAT SHERMAN
NOW I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE
THIS PANEL AND TURN THE GAVEL
BACK TO YOU.
GREAT THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH -- MUCH
APPRECIATED.
AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THEN OUR
INFORMATION HERE WITH RESPECT TO
OUR JOINT SENSE OF HEARINGS AND
AGAIN TO THOSE WHO HAVE
PRESENTED WE LOOK FOR TO THE
CONTINUE COLLABORATION WITH
THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE
STAFFS.
AND THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF
THAT WILL ADJOURN OUR JOINT
INFORMATION HEARING [inaudible]
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I WOULD [inaudible]
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