PRESIDENT QUILT HERE ADKINS HERE
ADKINS HERE MORNING HERE.
THANK YOU AND I KNOW THAT --
SENATOR BATES IS ALSO ON HER WAY
AS IS TYPICAL WE HAVE MULTIPLE
COMMITTEES -- GOING ON AND I
KNOW THAT IT'S A BUSY DAY BUT WE
WILL GET RIGHT INTO IT -- I WILL
ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD
ENTERTAIN A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEE
IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR.
THAT WOULD BE ITEM C. D. E. N.
F..
N. -- ITEM THREE BILLS REFERRAL
I CAN TAKE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ON
CONSENT SO MOVED.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIRMAN --
MADAM SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS FATES MINING.
I MORNING I ROCK ROCK I WILL I
WILL I ATKINS HI.
I AND WE WILL LEAVE THE ROLE
OPEN FOR SENATOR BATES WHEN SHE
ARRIVES AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
ON GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEE IS
REQUIRED TO APPEAR IN AS KEVIN
HOLD MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS. TO SET FOR HI WELCOME.
YOU.
WE WILL I ASK IF YOU.
AND FOR THE RECORD I CAN GO
AHEAD AND SAY THAT -- SENATOR
BASES HERE SO -- WE ARE FULL
FORCE -- I WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER
SO THAT SHE HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK
AT THE CONSENT CALENDAR --
WELCOME MR WHOLE LET ME ASK IF
YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY OPENING
COMMENTS THANK ANYONE THAT'S
HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND THEN WE
WILL GET RIGHT INTO.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WELCOME THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT MADAM PRESIDENT SENATORS AND
STAFF.
MY NAME IS KEVIN HALL.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
AND THANKS AS WELL TO YOUR
RESPECTIVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO
TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME
LAST MONTH.
IN ADDITION I THINK GOVERNOR
BROWN FOR POINTING ME TO THIS
IMPORTANT BOARD.
AND GOVERNOR NEWSOME FOR GIVING
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
FORWARD.
SO THAT I MAY SIT SERVE THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I ALSO ONE ENGINE INTRODUCED MY
WIFE OF THIRTY FIVE YEARS.
KATHLEEN KELLY.
WHO IS HERE WITH ME TODAY AND IS
A JUDGE ON THAT SAM CISCO
SUPERIOR COURT?
I GREW UP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
EMMA PROUD GRADUATE OF OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE.
IN FACT CITY COLLEGES DEEPLY
ROOTED MY FAMILY AS MY MOTHER INALL SIX OF MY BROTHERS ATTENDED
THERE AS WELL. FOR ME PERSONALLY.
CITY COLLEGE WAS MY INTRODUCTION
TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
IN THE SPRING BOARD TO
COMPLETING MY UNDERGRADUATE AND
LAW DEGREES.
LIKE SO MANY FAMILIES TODAY
ABSENT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OPTION.
MY FAMILY SIMPLY WOULD NOT EVEN
ABLE TO AFFORD THE COST OF POST
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION ESPECIALLY
FOR SEVEN BOYS.
I AM VERY INVOLVED MY HIGH
SCHOOL IN LAW SCHOOL.
AND THAT IS WHY I AM SO THANKFUL
AND EXCITED TO NOW BE DEEPLY
INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WHICH OF ENHANCE MY LIFE
IMMEASURABLY.
I'VE SERVED ON VARIOUS BOARDS.
AND I KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO
BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.
AND I INTEND TO BE ACTIVE ON
THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IF I AM.
IN FACT CONFIRMED.
I WILL BRING MY SKILLS AS A
LITIGATOR IN A TRIAL ATTORNEY
THE ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THE
RESULTS OF PROGRAMS PRESENTED TO
THE BOARD.
MY GOALS ARE TO SEE THAT AS MANY
STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE ARE
PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTEND OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
AND DEFINE THEIR PATHS TO
SUCCESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENHANCE THE
REPUTATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SO THEY BECOME THE DESIRED.
CHOICE FOR STUDENTS GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND THOSE
SEEKING REENTRY.
PLEASE KNOW THAT I AM HONORED TO
BE HERE.
AND I TRULY LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING CONFIRMED TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU.
YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR MINING LET
ME START WITH YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MISTER
HALL THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR I GUESS
NOW DO APPOINTMENTS BY.
GOVERNOR BROWN AND GOVERNOR KNEW
SOME.
WHEN I THINK YOUR WIFE FOR HER
SERVICE IN OUR COURTS AS WELL?
AND WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON A
COMMON FOUNDATION IT YOURSELF
SCHOOL OF LAW -- CODONS -- IN
OUR CONVERSATION WHICH I
APPRECIATED.
THE NEW ONLINE -- CALIBRATE
EFFORT -- WE TALKED SOME ABOUT
THAT IN.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON LOCAL
CAMPUSES BUT I THINK YOU SHARED
WITH ME SOME SOME OF THE VISION
OF HOW.
THIS CAN HELP -- MAYBE
NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS RE
ENTERING STUDENTS AND LIKE YOU
TO SHARE SOME OF THAT PLEASE.
pIT WAS WAS DEVELOPED BY GOVERNOR
BROWN.
WITH THE GOAL OF ASSISTING
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ATTEND REGULAR
COLLEGE CAMPUSES PRIMARILY
BECAUSE OF WORK OBLIGATIONS.
IN.
THROUGH THE ONLINE COLLEGE THE
GOAL IS TO HELP THEM.
GET PROMOTIONS OR RECLASSIFY
THEIR JOBS AND IMPROVE THEIR
THEIR JOB SITUATION WHICH IN
TURN HOPEFULLY LEADS.
TO A HIGHER SALARY FOR THEM AND
JUST A SENSE OF DIGNITY THAT
THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING UP IN THE
WORK FORCE.
AND I THINK THAT THE THREE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE KICKING OFF.
CAL BRIGHT ARE VERY GOOD
ESPECIALLY THAT THE CYBER
SECURITY PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT COMMUNITY COLLEGES BEING.
EMBEDDED WITHIN COMMUNITY FACING
THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN
COMMUNITIES FROM.
HOMELESSNESS TO CRIME AREAS
ETCETERA -- YOUR THOUGHTS ON
STUDENT SAFETY IN PARTICULAR AND
HOW WE MAKE OUR CAMPUSES.
SAFE IN SAFER IN NOT ONLY FROM
EXTERNAL THREATS BUT THE PRESS
GREATER AWARENESS NOW OF STUDENT
ON STUDENT VIOLENCE SOME.
HAVE HAVE YOU SEE THE BOARD
OVERSEEING IMPROVING SECURITY OF
OUR CAMPUSES.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST WE NEED
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT
THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES AND I
THINK THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES
HAVE.
TO MAKE PROPER REPORTING ABOUT
CRIME STATISTICS.
MOM.
FRANKLY AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE'S
BEEN CRIME ON CAMPUSES FOR FOR
DECADES NOW I DON'T KNOW TRUE IF
IT'S INCREASED.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING URY ARE YOU
ASKING ABOUT HOMELESS?
WHAT KIND OF THE WHOLE PANOPLY
OF CHALLENGES FACING?
OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES
AND COMMUNITIES.
HOMELESS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES
THE OTHER RELATED TO IS VIOLENCE
BUT RIGHT WELL.
I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS AT
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE
FACING OUR NATIONAL IN NATURE.
WHETHER IT'S FOOD AND SECURITY
OR OR CRIME HOMELESSNESS.
THEY'RE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS IT.
RUBBING HARD TIME RECTIFIED ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL IF THE PRIMARY
FOCUS OF OF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO EDUCATE KIDS.
TAKING ON THE EXTRA BURNS IS
GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE BUT
IT CAN BE DONE.
IF CRIME IS AN ISSUE WE NEED TO
KNOW THE STATISTICS WE NEED TO
HIRE MORE SECURITY IF POSSIBLE.
HANDLING THE HOMELESS.
STUDENTS SITUATION IS A WHOLE
NOTHER.
CAN A WARM SO TO SPEAK.
THAT UP.
WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.
I'M FROM SAN FRANCISCO WE'RE
SPENDING.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IF NOT A
BILLION DOLLARS.
TRYING TO DEAL WITH MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS POEMS PROBLEMS.
IT IS NOT BEEN SOLVED.
AND SO FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
TRY TO DEAL WITH IT WILL BE A
BIG CHALLENGE.
HE DID SHARE SOME THOUGHTS SOME
[inaudible]
ON STUDENT NUTRITION IN.
YOU KNOW THE CHALLENGE OF
HOMELESS STUDENTS.
LIVING IN CARS ON CAMPUSES IN.
MAY THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH
AND WELLNESS.
SO WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S
BEEN AN EYE OPENER FOR ME SINCE
I STARTED ON THE BOARD BACK IN
JANUARY IS THIS IDEA THAT.
THERE'S FOOD IN SECURITY.
AND I GUESS I WAS A LITTLE BIT
NAIVE ABOUT THAT I I DID NOT
EXIST IF IT DID NOT EXIST WHEN I
WAS GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
IT'S A TOUGH ISSUE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE FOOD BANKS
AND FOOD PANTRY SET UP ON
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THAT'S
CERTAINLY.
A POSITIVE THING TO HAVE SET UP
IN AND AND TRY TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT MY THOUGHT IS IN THIS WAY
I'D I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE MORE AS
A BOARD MEMBER.
IS.
THE VIABILITY OF SETTING UP.
MANY FARM SO TO SPEAK ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES.
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO WITH FOOD
AND SECURITY YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FOOD IS
WHERE IT COMES FROM.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF
CAMPUSES CAN SET UP.
FARMERS ARE THERE ACTUALLY
GROWING FOOD AND IF YOU'RE A
FOOD IN SECURE PERSON YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO WORK ON THAT FARM.
AND GET THE BENEFITS OF YOUR
LABORS MEANING.
YOU GET.
TO GET SOME OF THE FOOD YOU'RE
GROWING WITH BEATS A CANNY KALE
OR WHATEVER.
AND AND I THINK THAT.
AND THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NOTHER
BIG ISSUE ABOUT WHY THAT'S SUCH
A GOOD THING BUT IT'S A IT'S A
GREEN WAY TO EXIST IN A TEACH
PEOPLE WHERE FOOD COMES FROM.
IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMICAL WAY TO
HANDLE THINGS IN MY OPINION IT'S
LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUY.
GOOD FOOD FROM A STORE PREPARE
YOURSELF AND GO TO A LOCAL FAST
FOOD.
RESTAURANTS SO.
THE FOOD INSECURITY NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED AND I THINK IT NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED. ONE ISSUE TO
LOOK AT IS NOT A PANACEA FOR THE
WHOLE PROBLEM ONE ISSUE WOULD BE.
GROWING FOOD ON CAMPUS AND I
KNOW I KNOW SOME CAMP HAS
ALREADY DO THAT.
BUT MAYBE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM
SO THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY
SOMETHING THAT THAT I'D LIKE TO
EXPLORE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
APPOINTMENT THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
BATES.
I THINK YOU ARE.
WE JUST HAD A GREAT MEETING NOT
MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO SO I DON'T
HAVE -- MORE QUESTIONS ALTHOUGH
I THOUGHT THAT WHAT YOU SHARED
WITH ME WHEN I RAISE THE ISSUE
OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND
PERHAPS THE THE BURDEN IF A
FINANCIAL BURDEN POTENTIALLY ON
COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PROVIDE.
HOUSING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT
CERTAINLY YOU GAVE I THINK --
PERSPECTIVE TO IT IN TERMS OF
THE AE.
OF THE AVERAGE AGE NOW OF ALL
THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HOW THAT
DIFFERS FROM.
YOU KNOW MY GENERATION YOUR
GENERATION WHERE WE LIVED AT
HOME AND WENT TO A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND I CERTAINLY HAD A
COUPLE OF YEARS SIDE OF MYSELF
DOING INDIVIDUAL UNITS AND I
THOUGHT THAT PERSPECTIVE IS
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SHARE HERE
BECAUSE WE WILL BE FACING AND AS
WE GO.
FORWARD BE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND IT HELPED TO ME KIND OF
CHANGE MY VIEW OF WHY THAT ISN'T
SO.
YOU KNOW FLETCHER A NEW A CRAZY
IDEA IN TERMS OF THE COST OF IT
IF IF THERE'S A WAY TO FINANCE
IT IN A IN A OUR PARTNERSHIP
PERHAPS WITH THE THE THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
JUST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT UNITE
TALKED ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT.
WHEN I WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
[inaudible]
CAN PERSONALLY.
NEVER MOST PEOPLE THAT I KNEW
WHO WENT TO CITY COLLEGE.
WE LIVE AT HOME.
TOOK A BUSSER DROVER HITCHHIKE
TO SCHOOL.
SO HOUSING WASN'T EVEN AN ISSUE
AND I THINK TRADITIONALLY
HOUSINGS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE THAT.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE HAD
CONTROL BECAUSE THEIR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES YOU LIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
USED TO BE LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
YOUR EIGHTEEN NINETEEN TWENTY
YEARS OLD AND YOU YOU GO TO YOUR
LOCAL.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND THAT WORKED FOR DECADES I
THINK NOW THAT THE WE'VE WE'VE
SEEN UP A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN
THAT.
MANY STUDENTS ARE OLDER I
BELIEVE THE AVERAGE AGE NOW.
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE SO A
LOT OF THESE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
ART LIVING AT HOME THEY MOVED
AWAY WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO.
SPOKE TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND SHE'S GOT
FOUR KIDS.
SO IT'S AN OLDER POPULATION.
AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A RIGHT
TO MOVE AROUND THE STATE WHETHER
IT'S JOBS -- WHATEVER IT TAKES
AROUND AND SO MAYBE WE ARE AT
THE POINT WERE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES HAVE TO START THINKING
ABOUT SOME HOUSING -- IT'S A
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
BECAUSE AGAIN IN SERVICES OR THE
BAY AREA HOW TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS OR HAS A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO A
STUDENT.
THE CITY'S HIMSELF CAN'T DO IT
SO.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOUSING AGENCY
SET UP A CREATIVE WAY TO COME UP
WITH.
HOUSING FOR STUDENTS AND I THINK
IF.
CAMPUS IS WANT TO DO IT I
BELIEVE.
THE LOCAL CAMPUSES HAVE THE
POWER TO RAISE MONEY AND PERHAPS
BUILD.
DORMITORIES ON THE CAMPUSES I
BELIEVE THERE'S TEN OR ELEVEN
CAMPUSES OF ARE DOING THAT RIGHT
NOW.
EITHER HAVE OR BUILDING
DORMITORIES.
SO AS AS THE POPULATION THE
STUDENT.
BECOMES A LITTLE OLDER IT MIGHT
BE.
AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO GRAPPLE WITH.
I THINK A TRACKING OUR STUDENTS --
BE LOOKING AT THAT AS A FOUR
YEAR EXPERIENCE ALSO WAS ANOTHER
COMPONENT OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE THOSE PILOTS GOING ON ONE
AND ONE AND MY GUESS RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU MR HOLE -- VERY
IMPRESSED WITH RESPONSES IN OUR
CONVERSATION SO I CONGRATULATE
YOU AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY HAVE --
MY VOTE I DO NEED TO LEAVE -- TO
MAKE A QUORUM AT ANOTHER
COMMITTEE MEETING THAT TAUGHT ME
HOLD THE ROLE OKAY IF I DON'T
MAKE ABOUT.
FIGURE MUCH SOONER.
THANK YOU SENATOR MR VICE
CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR POINT
AND I PLAN -- TO BE VOTING I
TODAY AND ALSO APOLOGIZE THAT WE
DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GET
TOGETHER BUT BUSY DAY TO DAY.
PARTICULAR BILL I NEEDED TO HAVE
MY MY **** IN THE SEAT SO I DID
THAT -- THAT IS A TECHNICAL TERM
AND AND AND I ACTUALLY
APPRECIATE.
YOUR BACKGROUND -- ME TOO I GREW
UP WORKING CLASS MY ONLY OPTION
WAS BACK IN SCHOOL TO JUNIOR
COLLEGE -- AND THAT'S HOW I GOT
HERE TODAY SO I'M GLAD YOU CAN
BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE IN.
SO I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ONE
QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T
NORMALLY ASK QUESTIONS IN PUBLIC
THAT HAPPEN AS A PRIVATE BUT
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GIVE ME THE
ANSWER ONE SO THAT'S GOOD.
SO ONE OF MY BIGGEST FOR SURE SO
MY DISTRICT IS NORTHERN LA
COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY SO THE MAGIC
MOUNTAIN AREA WHICH IS WHERE I
LIVE IN IN THE HIGH DESERT.
SO I REPRESENT NINE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE.
I HAVE.
ZERO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER LEARNING I WE HAVE A ONE
SMALL EDUCATION CENTER FROM CAL
STATE BAKERSFIELD IN LANCASTER
THAT'S IT.
YOU CAN IF YOU WOULD GO RIGHT
NOW GOOGLE SOUTH DAKOTA. EIGHT
HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE THEY HAVE SEVEN FOUR YEAR
PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
SO IT BACK IN TWENTY FOURTEEN I
VOTED FOR IT AND I'M HOPEFULLY
ALL THIS DID.
WAS THE THE PILOT PROGRAMS TO
ALLOW COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO
OFFER BA PROGRAMS.
I HAVE ONE IN MY DISTRICT.
AND IN A VALLEY COLLEGE WHERE IN
PALMDALE WE HAVE ALL THE
AIRSPACE PRIME MANUFACTURERS SO
WE'VE GOT YOU BOEING LOCKHEED
NORTHRUP RAYTHEON.
AND AND I WOULD HAVE THE HONOR
SPEAK AT THE FIRST GRADUATING
CLASSES MANUFACTURING AIR
FRAMING TECHNOLOGY.
AND THE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING
WITH THEIR AGE YEAH WELL OVER
THIRTY EIGHT BUT THEY DIDN'T
HAVE TO COMMUTE BECAUSE THE
COMMUTE FROM AN APP FROM
LANCASTER.
JUST DOWN THE NORTHRIDGE.
BY NINETY MINUTES EACH WAY AND
THEY ARE GRADUATING.
I MERELY HAVING MORTGAGE PAYING
JOB SO I KNOW THIS IS SET TO
SUNSET IN TWENTY TWENTY FOUR I
JUST CURIOUS HAVE WHAT WHAT THE
PROGRESSES AT THIS PROGRAM AND
IF THEY'RE ALL AS SUCCESSFUL AS
THE ONE IS IN IN MY DISTRICT.
AND ARE YOU OPEN TO AND POSSIBLY.
PUSHING TO EXPAND THAT.
AFTER THE SUNSET CENTER AT I
THINK THIS SINCE IT'S BEEN
PUSHED BACK TO TWENTY TWENTY SIX
ACTUALLY OKAY SO.
I THINK THAT WAS BASED ON A
RECOGNITION THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORKING.
AND THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF OF BE
A. B. S. DEGREES OUT THERE SO
THIS IS CERTAINLY GOING TO
ASSESS THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE.
FIFTEEN BATCH BUT BACCALAUREATE
PROGRAM SET UP AT THIS POINT.
OUR AND I THINK THERE'S A FIRST
GRADUATING CLASS [inaudible]
LAST YEAR.
MOM.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THEM I MEAN IF
THE COLLEGES CAN DO IT AND DO IT
WELL.
AND PEOPLE ARE IN FACT
GRADUATING WITH THAT DEGREE THEN
I I'M ALL FOR IT.
SIR YOU'RE OPEN TO MORE.
I AM A IF IF THEY WORK IN AND IT
FILLS A GAP THAT THE THAT THE C.
ISSUE IN THE YOU SEE YOU'RE NOT
DOING I I DON'T SEE WHY WE
WOULDN'T DO THAT.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
SENATOR ROTH THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR STROKING GRADUATIONS THANK
YOU SIR WELL QUALIFIED
EXCEPTIONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
MOVING YOUR CONFIRMATION AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
IN THE AREA OF WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT WORK FORCE EDUCATION --
I'VE BEEN CONCERNED FOR SOME
TIME ABOUT.
HOW WE ALIGN FRANKLY THE
OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF OUR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES K. THROUGH?
TWELVE WITH ACTUAL REGIONAL
WORKFORCE.
JOB NEEDS SKILL NEEDS.
IN PREPARING FOR A HEARING THAT --
I PARTICIPATED IN.
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO MY
STAFF FOR ONE OF MY STAFF
MEMBERS MENTIONED TO ME THAT
THERE WAS A SITUATION IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR EXAMPLE
WERE.
ABOUT AS I RECALL THAT FIVE
HUNDRED STUDENTS I COULD BE OFF
FOR TRAINING FOR IN A PARTICULAR
FOR A PARTICULAR SKILL JOB TYPE.
IN WHEN YOU TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT
THE ACTUAL NEEDS IN THE REGION
WERE.
THE REGION NEEDED ABOUT.
TWO WHEN WE GET INTO THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND
OTHER.
A JOB SKILL [inaudible]
INVENTORY ENTITIES TO TELL US WE
NEED.
PEOPLE TO WORK IN LOGISTICS
PEOPLE TO WORK IN HEALTH CARE
PEOPLE TO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND I READ THAT I WONDER WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN.
WHAT TYPE OF LOGISTICS POSITION
WHAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION JOB?
WHAT TYPE OF SPECIFIC HEALTH
CARE JOB BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE
MANY OF THEM AND THEY HAVE
VARIED?
SKILL REQUIREMENTS SO AS A BOARD
MEMBER WHAT STEPS DO YOU THINK
THAT THE BOARD COULD TAKE OR
SHOULD TAKE -- TO BETTER ENSURE
THAT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD
IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS -- BETTER
COORDINATES IN THIS WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ARENA.
IF THAT'S A CLEAR QUESTION
[inaudible]
PERFECTLY CLEAR.
I GUESS I GUESS LIKE ANY OTHER
ENTERPRISE WERE YOU HAVE --
COOPERATION ATTEMPTED
COOPERATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT
AGENCIES IT'S A QUESTION OF
PROPER COMMUNICATION.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT.
THE LOCAL SLASH REGIONAL.
KENNEDY'S SHOULD BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY WHAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED.
WITH SOME SPECIFICITY AND ONCE
THAT'S DONE.
THEN IT'S UP TO THE THE SYSTEM
ITSELF TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND AND
FOCUS ON ON THOSE PARTICULAR
NEEDS SO.
IT JUST SEEMS TO ME IF THERE IF
THERE ARE STATISTICS OUT THERE.
OR COMPANIES OR UNION ST THIS IS
WHAT WHAT WE NEED.
THAT TO BE FOLLOWED UP ON SO IF
IT'S NOT HAPPENING THEN I'D SAY
IT'S IT'S A IT'S A
COMMUNICATIONS ISSUE THAT THAT
NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.
WHAT LINE I'M NOT SURE THAT
THERE'S ANY ONE ANSWER AND SO I
APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE?
I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT IT BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO ME
THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AT ALL
LEVELS THAT COULD PUSH BACK ON
TRYING TO ME.
GET DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S TO
REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE JOB
NEEDS ARE WITH THE SKILL NEEDS
ARE. TO DESIGN SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
TO MEET NEEDS IN A PARTICULAR
REGION.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND ON
THE DEMAND SIDE.
WE HAVE PUSHED BACK FROM
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND
AND THOSE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
THING WELL THAT'S NOT REALLY MY
JOB.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK --
MAYBE A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GET
BOTH SIDES TOGETHER TO THE TABLE
TO REALLY.
IDENTIFY NEEDS AND DEVELOP A
DONE A FINE JOB AS A REGIONAL
BASIS SO WE WE MAXIMIZE THE
MONEY THAT WE DRIVE DOWN TO THE
FIELD AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TRAINING
PEOPLE. TO GO INTO ACTUAL JOBS
AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT'S
ASPIRATIONAL SO I WOULD ASK THE
JUSTICE WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT.
I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT
BECAUSE WE NEED TO WE NEED TO
WORK RIGHT PERIOD -- CLICK AND
IF WE'RE TRULY INTERESTED IN IN
TRAINING PEOPLE FOR JOBS THAT
ARE IN DEMAND WE SHOULD BE DOING
THAT.
IT IS NOT WORKING THEN AN UP UP
I'LL LOOK INTO THAT PERFECT
REPORT ABOUT IT AGAIN
CONGRATULATIONS LOOK FORWARD TO
MOVING INTO MUCH.
THANK YOU SENATOR -- I A VICE
CHAIRMAN I'M I WILL BE AS
SUPPORTIVE AS I CAN I FEEL LIKE
IN SAN DIEGO WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE WEALTH OF EDUCATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE CS YOU A YOU SEE
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
AND QUITE A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO
BE.
SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL -- AND I
VERY MUCH AM PROUD OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE TAKING
CLASSES THERE MYSELF -- OVER
TIME.
I AM MAYBE A COUPLE MORE
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ACTUALLY AND
I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO MEET -- IT'S THE BEEN ABSENT
WITH A COLD AND I'M SORRY I'M
NOT CONTAGIOUS I THINK -- ARE
YOU GET YOU GET BACK TO ME.
I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
TO MY ATTENTION.
IN TERMS OF THEONLINE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE IT WAS.
OUR UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE
APPROVED -- THE WHOLE PROCESS OF
ONLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE A
SEPARATE -- ONE FROM EXISTING
COPY COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT
ALSO HAVE ONLINE PROGRAMS.
THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE
DUPLICATION OF ODD SUBJECT
MATTERS.
AND I'M HERE AND I DID I DON'T
KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE BUT I'VE
HEARD.
THAT -- A NUMBER OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT ARE BEING OFFERED ARE
SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE THEY ALSO OFFER THE SAME.
ONLINE PROGRAM SO I WOULD JUST
KIND OF LIKE TO GET YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THAT -- GIVEN
THAT THAT WAS.
THE COMMITMENT WHEN WE SUPPORTED
THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS I
THINK MY COLLEAGUE WAS CHAIR OF
THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE AT THE
TIME.
THIS WAS APPROVED -- SO I LOVE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
A MAN PRESENT UP.
CALIBRATE THE ONLINE COLLEGE IS
UNDER LEGISLATIVE MANDATE TO
STAY WITHIN CERTAIN.
AREAS AND NOT GO BEYOND THAT.
THE GOAL IS.
TO HAVE WORKING PEOPLE.
IN ROLE IN THE COLLEGE INTAKE
FOR FOR THE TIME BEING THREE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
IMPACTING EXISTING PROGRAMS IT
AT CAMPUSES AS YOU JUST SAID.
AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT
ARE SPECIFICALLY BEING IMPACTED
SO I I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
IN THAT THE CAL BRIGHT ONLINE
PROGRAM IS KNOWN AS COMPETENCY
BASED.
TRAINING AS OPPOSED TO STUDENTS
AT TRADITIONAL CAMPUS IS -- ALL
THE OTHER CAMPS IS GETTING.
CREDITS AND DEGREES.
SO I THINK THE FOCUS IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT ACTUALLY AND IT'S
NOT.
IT'S REALLY NOT INTENDED TO
COMPETE IF IT'S HAPPENING I
THINK WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT
AS A AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND LOOK INTO IT AND ESPECIALLY
IF.
INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES ARE
EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT IT
[inaudible]
BUT AS A TRUSTEE I KNOW THAT
WE'VE GOT TO STAY WITHIN THE
LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE.
AND AGAIN IT'S THIS.
I DON'T THESE APPLES APPLES AND
APPLES.
IT'S COMPETENCY BASED TRAINING
AS OPPOSED TO A DEGREE TRAINING
SO I THINK THEY THEY START OFF
AT DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR INSTANCE
ON THE CYBER SECURITY-- CODING
BUT I WOULD NEED T KNOW ABOUT
THAT THAT IF IF THERE ARE ACTUAL
CONFLICTS I WILL I I APPRECIATE
THAT AND I WILL.
DOUBLE CHECK THROUGH -- THE
COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD IN JUST --
IT MAYBE IT IS A CLARIFICATION.
BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND ALSO
REFER THAT TO THE BUDGET SUBS IF
THAT IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAME
UP DURING.
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THIS YEAR AND
THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE
REALLY HAS TO DO WITH --
PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
DELICATE ISSUE WHICH IS.
THE FACULTY RECENTLY AND
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE
IN THE CHANCELLOR [inaudible]
I AND I I JUST KIND OF WONDER
WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE IN THE
PLAN IS. TO TRY TO BRING THESE
PARTIES BACK TOGETHER OR A DRESS.
A A A SERIOUS COMMUNICATION
PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN WE DEAL
WITH EITHER LEGISLATION OR
BUDGET ISSUES THAT IMPACT -- THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WE LIKE
PARTIES TO BE AS ALIGNED AS
POSSIBLE NOW WE FULLY KNOW THAT
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE WE
DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY.
BUT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT.
DISTURBING AND I KNOW THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS IS VERY
DIFFERENT THAN YOU SEE AND YOU
SEE THERE ARE THREE VERY
DIFFERENT ANIMALS -- AND I'M
QUITE AWARE OF THAT BUT I JUST
KIND OF WONDER HOW YOU APPROACH
THAT I MEAN YOU'RE RELATIVELY
NEW ON THE BOARD.
BUT THIS IS NOT A NEW SITUATION
I THINK THIS WAS OUR PRIOR TO
THE BUDGET SO YOUR THOUGHTS ON
HOW TO HELP.
FIX THAT.
SO I I WAS SURPRISED THAT BILL
CAME OUT ALTHOUGH IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT.
ANY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE BEAT
ONE PERSON OR A THOUSAND PERSONS
IS NOT GOOD BUT I I BELIEVE THE
PERCENTAGE OF FACULTY WHO VOTED
ON THAT WAS.
RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE
ENTIRE.
FACULTY -- POPULATION BUT LIKE I
SAID ANY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE.
IS NOT GOOD.
I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE IN MY
CONTACTS SO FOR THE CHANCE --
I'LL I LOOK AT HIM AS BEING
HIGHLY COMPETENT.
AND FOCUSED.
EVERY SINGLE DAY AS HIS ENTIRE
HIS ENTIRE STAFF ON MAKING
STUDENTS LIVES BETTER AND MORE
SUCCESSFUL -- AND THE REASON I
WAS SURPRISE ALSO IS BECAUSE
WHEN I FIRST GOT THE APPOINTMENT
BACK IN JANUARY.
I GOT A CALL ONE NIGHT OUT OF
THE BLUE AND ITS CHANCELLOR.
DELAY INTRODUCING CHANCER OAKLEY
INTRODUCE HIMSELF I THOUGHT I
WAS A REAL NICE GESTURE TO CALL
ME UP.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY HE SEEMED
VERY OPEN AND COMMUNICATIVE.
BUT MORE TO YOUR POINT.
THE CHANCELLOR HEARD THAT N. AS
THE BOARD WE MET WITH HIM.
AND HE'S HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT
HE NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE BETTER.
N. I THINK.
HE PROBABLY THOUGHT HE WAS
COMMUNICATING WELL BUT WE SAT
DOWN AS A GROUP AND SAID YOU'VE
GOT TO YOU'VE GOT TO DO MORE.
SO.
HIS GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS TO
COMMUNICATE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE --
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON IT IN AND I THINK THERE'S
THERE'S A BIT OF A CULTURAL
ISSUE GOING ON AS WELL.
THE CALL DOES IT HAVE BEEN
WORKING UNDER.
YOU KNOW THE THE SAME SYSTEM FOR
FOR DECADES AND IF A PROFESSOR'S
VERY COMFORTABLE AS HE OR SHE
SHOULD BE.
TEACHING WHATEVER COURSE THEY
TEACH AND SUDDENLY.
THERE'S THESE NEW PROGRAMS BEING
THRUST UPON THE COLLEGE I THINK
IT'S NATURAL TO EXPECT SOME PUSH
BACK [inaudible]
I THINK.
THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO IMPLANT WILL SUCCEED WILL
MAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGES BETTER
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT.
IN A SHORT TIME HE'LL HAVE A
VOTE OF GREAT CONFIDENCE FROM NO
COFFINS DEGREE COMMAS BECAUSE I
THINK PEOPLE WILL SEE THE
RESULTS OF OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH.
THANK YOU.
I'M IDEA GOT PLENTY OF OF
FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO REALLY
BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE ADDITION. TO TO THIS
BOARD AND SO I WANT TO THANK FOR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AND I HOPE.
IN TERMS OF A COUPLE OF THE
MESSAGES -- MAYBE YOU WILL CARRY
THAT BACK TO THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS I THINK THERE ARE
THERE IS SOME WORK THAT
OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE DONE AND
THE ONLY.
WAY THAT WE HAVE TO IMPACT THAT
SOMETIMES IS TO MAYBE SEND THAT
MESSAGE -- TO TO THE SYSTEM
THROUGH ANY MEANS THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO US AND THIS IS.
ONE BUT CLEARLY -- THE BOARD IS
LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS THE
APPOINTMENT FROM BOTH GOVERNOR
BROWN AND GOVERNOR NEWSOME SO I
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
AND LOOK FORWARD.
TO WORKING WITH YOU AND GET YOU
INFORMATION SO THAT MY CONCERNS
ARE NOT JUST HERE TODAY ON THE
TABLE BUT THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH.
I APPRECIATE IT DEFINITELY.
WITH THAT ODD LET ME -- ASK
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
HERE IN SUPPORT.
OF OUR NOMINEE TO STEP FORWARD
TO THE MIKE.
OF OKAY I HERE'S THE REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE -- I AM
HAPPY SENATOR ROSS TO ENTERTAIN
YOUR MOTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM SECRETARY SENATORS BATES
MINING.
MORNING I'M RALPH.
RALPH I WILL HI WILL I CAN I CAN
I AND WE WILL LEAVE THE ROLE
OPEN SO SENATOR BATES AS SHE
INDICATED UPON HER DEPARTURE
WANTS TO CAST HER I VOTE WILL
LEAVE THAT BOAT OPEN BUT YOU ARE
CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
YOU FOR JOINING HIM TODAY WE
WELCOME.
ALL FAMILY MEMBERS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
SAYS SENATOR MINING SAID TO THE
BENCH.
WE WILL WELCOME YOU UP I DIDN'T
IS OUR FEAR FREE -- I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO
REALLY MESS UP NAMES.
SO FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME --
WELCOME AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU
WOULD JOIN US WE APPRECIATE THAT
TODAY -- PLEASE INTRODUCE ANYONE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR
OPENING COMMENTS AND YES.
SO WONDER WE WERE HOPING YOU
WOULD BRING A HORSE -- WE ALWAYS
WE ALWAYS LOVE LIVES.
TESTAMENTS TO THE TO THEM ANYWAY
THANK YOU.
I AM MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
COMMITTEE HERE -- THANK YOU FOR
THIS AFTERNOON -- GOOD AFTERNOON
I WAS I WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO
CONSIDER BEING BECOMING A MEMBER
OF THE CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING
BOARD AT THAT TIME I REFLECTED
ON MY INVOLVEMENT WITH HORSES.
OF MY FAMILY PARTICULARLY MY
FATHER HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
SPORT SINCE BEFORE I ARRIVED ON
THE SCENE.
LIVING LESS THAN A MILE AWAY
FROM SANTA ANITA RACETRACK.
AS A YOUNG MAN I BECAME INVOLVED
WITH ALL ASPECTS OF COURSE
RACING.
BECOMING FRIENDS WITH.
MEMBERS OF THE BACKSTRETCH
COMMUNITY -- JOCKEYS GROOMS THE
HOT WALKERS THE PERSONNEL AT
SANTA ANITA THAT MAKE THE PLACE
HOME AND WAS VERY VIBRANT.
I KNOW HOW VITAL THE SPORT OF
HORSE RACING IS DOUBLE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND TO THE ENTIRE
STATE -- I DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE
OFFERS I FELT WITH MY LOVE OF
THE SPORT IN MY BUSINESS
BACKGROUND MIGHT ADD A FRESH
PERSPECTIVE.
AND UNIQUE INSIDE.
MY PRIMARY GOAL AND THAT OF THE
ENTIRE BOARD.
IS THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF
THE HORSES AND THE WRITERS.
RETURNING THE DIGNITY HONOR AND
INTEGRITY INTEGRITY TO THE SPORT.
I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT THESE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TIMES.
BUT THE BOARD HAS STEPPED UP.
IT HAS INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF
MAJOR RULES CHANGES THE WE
BELIEVE ENHANCE ALL ASPECTS OF
EQUINE AND WRITER SAFETY --
WITHOUT.
HI THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'LL START
WITH SENATOR ROTH.
THANK YOU MA'AM SURE ACTUALLY I
HAVE NO QUESTIONS BUT SIR
CONGRATULATIONS I LOOK FORWARD
TO MOVING YOUR CONFIRMATION FOR
PETER.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FIRST OF
ALL JUST LOOK AT YOUR RESUME I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
WORK WITH THE LA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S YOUTH FOUNDATION.
I HAVE TO THE CENTERS IN MY
DISTRICT -- MY WIFE AND I'VE
BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE WANT
TO CAST A WEST FIRST RUNNING FOR
THE ASSEMBLY AND MET OFFICER
ROUTINE EVERYBODY THERE NO MY
WIFE STARTED A MY WIFE STARTED A
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE YOUNG
WOMEN'S CALLED.
IS CALLED GO GIRLS AND THEY DID
IS SEVEN YEARS NOW.
IT'S JUST AMAZING THOSE GIRLS
WHEN THEY STARTED.
THEY WANT TO BE A COP OR MOM.
BECAUSE THOROUGHLY POSITIVE ROLE
MODEL WAS OFFICER ROONEY.
OUR FIRST GROW JUST WENT OFF --
TO CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO FOR
ENGINEERING BECAUSE THEY GOT A
BROADER PERSPECTIVE -- THROUGH
THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION AND
AND THROUGH THIS MENTORING SO
THAT'S GOOD.
HOW YOU'RE COMING ON IT VERY
INTERESTING TALKING OBVIOUSLY?
AND I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS. NINE
TERMS OF THE THERE'S BEEN.
A NUMBER OF REFORMS -- AND YOU
GUYS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
IMPLEMENTING THEM SO CONSIDERING
ALL THE THE NEGATIVE PRESS WE'VE.
WE'VE RECEIVED WANNA KNOW WHAT
THE STATUS OF THOSE ARE AND IS
THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE NOT
DOING NOW THAT YOU LIKE TO TO
SEE IT HAPPEN HAPPEN MOVING
FORWARD.
WELL. ONE OF THE BIG -- A BIG
TOOL IN OUR TOOL TRUST NOW IS
THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED.
THE GOVERNOR'S BILL OF SP --
FOUR SIX TIME -- THAT GAVE US
THE THE AUTHORITY NOW TO ACT
QUICKLY.
IF THERE IS ISSUES THAT THAT
COME UP OF OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUES
THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT SAM I NEED --
AND AM FROM THAT ALSO WE WERE
ABLE.
TO THE GOVERNOR HAD ASKED FOR A
FIVE MEMBER PANEL REVIEW PANEL.
THAT PANEL IT HAS ALREADY
STARTED DOING ITS WORK IN A BIG
WAY -- THE LAST SIX DAYS OF
RACING AT SANTA ANITA. THIRTY
EIGHT HORSES WERE DENIED AND
SCRATCHED.
UP THE POOR NOT QUALIFIED TO
RACE THEY WOULD HAVE RACED
WITHOUT THAT PAM -- SOLD THAT IS
TERRIFIC OUT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND
THIRTY THE FOUR HUNDRED THREE
I'M SORRY.
SO THIRTY EIGHT HORSES OUT OF
FOUR HUNDRED THREE THAT WERE
SCRATCHED -- THE LAST SIX DAYS.
THEN THE MEAT MOVED TO LOS
ALAMEDA'S IN THE OLD FOR SIX
DAYS OF LOS ALAMEDA'S THERE BEEN
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE
HORSES THAT I'VE RUN.
AND TWENTY ONE HORSES WERE
SCRATCHED.
SO THE PANEL IS WORKING
DILIGENTLY -- LOOKING AT ALL
THESE FORCES THAT ARE ENTERED --
IN ALL -- THERE IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW -- IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA
HORSE RACING BOARD ALONG WITH
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY A LOS
ANGELES COUNTY.
AND THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT
INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE.
WERE WERE HOPING BY THE END OF
SUMMER WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY
TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE END AND
AND FIND THE SEE THE FINDINGS OF
WHAT.
THEY CAME UP WITH -- IT'S IT'S
BEEN A TRAGEDY AND BUT IT'S ALL
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IT'S A
WHOLE NEW DAY.
IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL OF
THIS BOARD IS VERY COMMITTED TO
AND WE'RE VERY SERIOUS AND
PASSIONATE ABOUT HORSES.
AND AND THE AND THE WRITERS AS
WELL BUT GREAT.
I THANK YOU SO LOOK FOR TO
VOTING FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION
TODAY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANY SPEAKERS THEY'RE GONNA BE
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT BUT I I DID
RECEIVE A TAX OF THIS MORNING
FOR FORMER SOME WOMEN MIGHT
COTTO -- SAYING -- HIGH PRAISES
ABOUT YOU SO MUCH MONEY I WANTED
YOU TO KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SENATOR MINING.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I
ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY.
TO GET ACQUAINTED THIS MORNING
WHEN WE MET YOU ANSWERED ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
I THINK YOU'RE COMING ON TO THE
BOARD AT THIS TIME IN IS YOU
REFERENCED -- THE GOVERNOR'S
COMMITMENT TO GIVING.
MORE T. SEND MORE OVER SATAN
FORSMAN CAPACITY IT'S PERHAPS
OVERDUE BUT AT LEAST IT'S NOW
HERE IN I THINK YOU'RE THE RIGHT
PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TODAY
CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU SO.
MUCH AND I SHOULD ALSO ADD I GOT
A TEXT FROM.
FORMER SIMILAR MEMBER GOT TO
LAST NIGHT.
EXPRESSING.
HIS STRONG SUPPORT FOR SO
[inaudible]
YEAH.
I JUST HAD TO GET THAT IN.
BUT FOUR SEVEN MEMORIES I'VE
ALREADY DELETED IT.
I NEED TO LEARN FROM YOU I HAVE
FORTY FIVE THOUSAND UNREAD
MESSAGES HERE.
I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER AFTER HE
SAID THAT IN MY ELEVEN THOUSAND
ARE YOU A SENATOR BATES ALL ASK
QUESTIONS FIRST TO GIVE YOU TIME
TO RE ACCLIMATE IN THE EVENT
THAT YOU WANT TO ASK.
QUESTIONS -- YOU KNOW I I
REPRESENT -- DEL MAR HAS YOU
PROBABLY ARE AWARE.
AND SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL
OF THIS VERY CLOSELY.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
THAT I'M THRILLED THAT YOU'RE
HERE -- YOU GIVEN YOUR HISTORY
AND BACKGROUND.
YOU MENTIONED A NUMBER THE
CHALLENGES HORSES AND TRAINERS
LEAVING CALIFORNIA FOR OTER
STATES.
AVERAGE PURSES ARE HIGHER IN
OTHER STATES WHY EXACTLY IS THAT
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT
ARE OTHER STATES DO AND AND
FURTHER BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THIS
ALL IN.
ONE KIND OF RESPONSE YOU
MENTIONED IN ONE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS THE BUSINESS MODEL IN
CALIFORNIA IS SOMEWHAT BROKEN.
SO I GUESS I'D KINDA I KNOW THE
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA
IS UNIQUE IN TERMS OF OTHER
STATES IN TERMS OF OTHER TYPES
OF WAGERING IF BETS OR WHATEVER
ELSE IS GOING ON SO WHAT IS IT
THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON NO.
REALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF BETTING
AT ALL IT'S ONE IS THE ISSUE OF
THE THE THE THE PURSE OF THE
LARGE THE MOST OTHER STATES FOR
QUITE A FEW OTHER STATES HAVE
KENTUCKY BEING ONE OF THEM --
YOU KNOW THEIR PURSES ARE QUITE
A BIT LARGER THAN OURS NOT IN
ALL RACES BUT MOST IN SOME RACES --
I THINK WE NEED TO DO -- WE WE
NEED TO PROMOTE WITH THE STAKE
HOLDERS.
THE DIFFERENT TRACKS TO TO
PROMOTE GETTING HOT TOO YOU KNOW
RAISING THOSE STEAKS KEEPING
THOSE HORSEMEN INTERESTED TO
RACING HERE IN CALIFORNIA -- I I
THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A
COMMITMENT FROM ALL OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS I'VE TALKED TO
SEVERAL TRAINERS.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE THERE
THEY THEY HATE TO MOVE THEIR
HORSES OUT OF CALIFORNIA BUT
THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
OUT OF STATE SO THAT'S WHY THEY
DO THAT.
BUT THEY BRING THEM BACK I'M A
HORSE OWNER I AM FORCING
KENTUCKY THAT I JUST BROUGHT
BACK TO CALIFORNIA BECAUSE I'M
GONNA.
LOVE STABLE AND HORSE -- AND
RACE THIS HORSE -- AT DEL MAR --
BUT I'VE ALWAYS KEPT MY WORSE IS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA BUT ONCE IN
AWHILE WE SHIP THE BACK THERE.
MAINLY IT'S BECAUSE I'VE
PURCHASED A HORSE IN KENTUCKY.
AND M. THEM BY WOULD BRING THEM
OUT TO CALIFORNIA SO A LOT OF
THAT GOES ON BUT THE THE
BUSINESS MODEL IS SOMEWHAT
BROKEN WERE WE DON'T HAVE.
YOU KNOW YOU GO TO SOME OF THE
TRACKS NOT DEL MAR IS NOT A GOOD
EXAMPLE BUT IF YOU GO TO
CENTIMETER OF THE PLACE IS EMPTY
RIGHT.
AND PEOPLE ARE BETTING -- WITH
SATELLITE WAGERING AND OFF TRACK
BETTING AND THINGS FOR THEM THE
INVENTION OF THE IN ALL THE
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN
THAT.
PEOPLE ARE BETTING ARE HANDLE
STILL A PIE FROM PEOPLE THEY'RE
BETTING OUT OF STATE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING
ON AND SO THE ENTHUSIASM FOR
HORSE RACING AND BETTING HAS NOT
DIMINISHED -- QUITE QUITE TO THE
CONTRARY -- BUT THE ATTENDANCE
IS THE PROBLEM I THINK WE NEED.
TO TO GIVE COME UP WITH SOME
IDEAS I'D LIKE TO ROLL UP MY
SLEEVES.
AS A DEVELOPMENT PERSON AND
BUSINESS PERSON AND LOOK AT ALL
THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO
BRING TO THESE FACILITIES.
THE BRICK AND MORTAR AND AND AND
PARTNER THE BILL THE STAKE
HOLDERS ALL HAVE TO DO THIS IT'S
NOT THE CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING
BOARD BUT IT WOULD JUST BE
GIVING THEM IDEAS.
ON ON HOW THEY CAN -- LOOK AT
NEW WAYS TO BRING FAMILIES AND
PEOPLE ON THE WEEKENDS AFFAIRS
GET THAT.
THE FARES HABIT OKAY I MEAN
THEY'RE FINE BUT IT'S IT'S THE
OLD FACILITIES LIKE SAMMY TO
JUST.
JUST WERE NOT GETTING THE PEOPLE
ARE NOT COMING OUT AND SO WE
NEED TO THINK OF WAYS.
OF ASTRONOMY GROUP THAT OWNS THE
GULF STREAM IN FLORIDA THEY'VE
DONE A GREAT JOB THERE BECAUSE
THE ATTACHED TO A MALL SHOPPING
RETAIL MALL.
RIGHT TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE
RACE TRACKS SO.
ALL YOU KNOW THEY GET WHOLE
FAMILIES COME THERE MOM AND THEN
THE KIDS GO TO THE MOVIES AND
SHOP AND DO THINGS AND MEET FOR
LUNCH.
AND THEN THE DADS GO INTO THE
RACE TRACK AND THEN THE FAMILIES
ALL GET TOGETHER AND THEY'VE
EVEN BROUGHT WAYS.
TO WITH WITH FAMILY FAIRS AND
THINGS INSIDE THE RACE TRACK TO
ATTRACT.
THOSE PEOPLE SO IT'S KIND OF A
I'M SORRY TO BE A LITTLE SLOPPY
ON THAT ANSWER BUT I JUST THINK
THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT I THINK
THE INDUSTRY'S BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME AND
THEN AS YOU SEE SOME OF THE THE
NUMBERS INCREASE IN TERMS.
OF DEATHS FOR ANY NUMBER OF
REASONS.
I IT IT JUST BRINGS IT HOME EVEN
FURTHER.
ARE THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF RESEARCH DONE IN TERMS OF
TRYING TO DETERMINE -- FRACTURES
OR I DON'T KNOW ALL THE
TECHNICAL TERMS BUT THE PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE
THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- MADDIE
YES.
IS IT NOT HOT I MEAN I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THAT PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT IS IN CLEARLY IT'S
EXPENSIVE IT'S SORT OF SOME TYPE
OF X. RAY MACHINE I IMAGINE THAT
IS AVAILABLE.
RIGHT.
AT IT SEEMS TO ME -- WORTH THE
INVESTMENT TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE
SURE THAT'S AVAILABLE BUT MOST
OF THE RACE TRACKS EVEN IF IT IS
A PORTABLE ABLE TO MOVE DO YOU
HAVE.
THE TECHNOLOGY OR THE TECHNICIAN
ABLE TO USE THE EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS TO ME --
EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE ADVANTAGEOUS WELL CERTAINLY
NEEDED DID ANNOUNCE THAT THEY
WERE INVESTING HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS.
TO BUY A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO
BRING TO SANTA ANITA.
NOW AGAIN THAT IT'S A LOT OF
MONEY BEEN ORDERED AND I KNOW
THAT FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD
IT'S BEEN ORDERED AND THEY WILL
HAVE IT THERE -- SO MAN
HOPEFULLY FOR THEIR FALL MEET --
YES VERY MUCH SO THAT'S VERY
MUCH ON THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S
MIND.
AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS I
THINK ARE ALL LOOKING AT THAT TO
HAVE.
WHETHER IT BE A PORTABLE ONE OR
SOMETHING BUT HAVE THE MOVE FROM
ME TO ME BECAUSE THE TIMES ALL
CHANGE AND ALL RIGHT KEEP MAYBE
ONE HERE IN SOUTHERN AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ONE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- WE'RE
GETTING TOWARD THAT -- ANOTHER
THING THAT SPAN OF THAT I THINK
IS VERY EXCITING.
IS THAT WE NOW HAVE MICRO CHIPS --
THAT THAT WHOLE ISSUE NOW WITH
HORSES -- BY THE YEAR TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY I UNDERSTAND
WOULD BE ALL HAVE TO IF THEY'RE
RACING OR THEY'RE IN THE STATE
WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE TO BE MICROCHIP AND
SAW THAT PIECE OF KNOWLEDGE AND
INFORMATION WILL BE READILY
AVAILABLE NOT ONLY TO THIS PANEL.
BUT TO ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
ANY OF THE TRACKS AND FACILITIES
THAT ALLOW THESE SORES.
EVEN UNDER THE PROPERTY SO THEY
HAVE TO FILE THAT INFORMATION
FROM.
AND SO THAT'S A WHOLE NEW DAY
TWO WE NEVER USED TO DO THAT
RIGHT THAT'S SO -- ONE LAST HE
WOULD KNOW ABOUT COMES PRE
CONSIST IT'LL PRECONDITION RIGHT
YOU KNOW ISSUES AND I I
CERTAINLY KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH THE TRACK -- ISSUES
AND HOW.
TO MAKE SURE THE THE TRACKS ARE
IN GOOD SHAPE AND I I MEAN
THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
IF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW THIS AND
YOU RESEARCH IT THERE'S QUITE A
LOT THAT GOES INTO.
MAKING FOR SUCCESSFUL -- SAFE.
OUR SITUATION THE SEA HRB HAS
STEPPED UP ARE YOU KNOW.
INTERESTED IN IN KNOWING EXACTLY
WHAT.
THESE TRACKS UP THE SURFACE OF
THE TRACKS IN ALL OF THAT I MEAN
THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OF THIS
BOARD. TO MAKE SURE THE TRACKS
ARE SAFE FROM FROM.
WELL THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE -- AND
CERTAINLY THE LEGISLATION OUR
COLLEAGUE.
ADVANCED HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE YOU
MORE -- EIGHT OF THE ABILITY--
TO INDIRECT THINGS THAT NEED TO
HAPPEN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
DO WE I WILL MOVE TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC DO WE HAVE.
OKAY SIR THANK YOU SENATOR BATES.
COMMENTS QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU ACTUALLY WE HAD A
GREAT MEETING.
MR ALL THEORY WAS IN MY OFFICE
JUST OUT OUR SO THOSE SOLD GREAT
MEETING AND HE COVERED ALL OF
THE TOPICS IN DEPTH FLOCKING TO
THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE -- VERY
REWARDED HAVING HIM JOIN THEM
ODD HE KNOWS A LOT ON SOURCES SO
I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
I DID NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT A
QUESTION.
ON THAT A LOT OF THE INJURIES
AND PERHAPS A EUTHANASIA OF THE
HORSES THAT COURAGE -- WITH
DURING TRAINING SO I'M HOPING
THAT SOME OF THE THINGS WE
TALKED ABOUT WOULD ALSO COVER
THE TRAINING -- PERIOD FOR THE
HORSES BEFORE THE RACES BUT WITH
THAT NOW YOU HAVE A HIGH FIVE
FOR ME ON AND I WILL BE
SUPPORTING US.
YOUR CONFIRMATION AND
CONGRATULATIONS GREAT ADDITION
THANK YOU.
OKAY NOW I WILL GO TO MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC ANYONE THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
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IN OPPOSITION.
WONDERFUL -- SENATOR ROSS THANK
YOU FOR THAT MADAM SECRETARY
CALL THE ROLL SENATORS BATES.
BATES I MINING.
MORNING I ROCK.
ROCK I WILL.
WILL I ACTED HI CONSULTING
GRADUATIONS IT'S UNANIMOUS THANK
YOU.
I WILL GO BACK -- TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND ASK IF.
YOU WILL CALL THE ROLL.
SENATOR BASE.
SENATOR BASE I FIVE ZERO THAT'S
FIVE ZERO ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR LET ME GO BACK TO ITEM
ONE EIGHT KEVIN HALL AND ASK YOU
TO OPEN THE ROLE.
SENATOR BASE. EIGHT FIVE AND
THAT IS UNANIMOUS -- THAT IS
WONDERFUL WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE
PUBLIC BUSINESS WE WILL ADJOURN
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
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THANK YOU