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OKAY. AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE'RE
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GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET
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STARTED. THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
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RULES WILL COME TO ORDER. AH WE
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ARE HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE
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HEARING IN THIS OH STREET
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BUILDING IN ROOM 2200. AS WE
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CONTINUE TO TAKE SOME
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PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE ONGOING
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COVID 19 RISK. THE SENATE
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CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
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AND HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH
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IN PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
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PARTICIPATION FOR PUBLIC
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COMMENT. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING
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TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA
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THE TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. THE
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PARTICIPANT. TOLL FREE NUMBER
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AND ACCESS CODE IS POSTED ON OUR
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COMMITTEE WEBSITE, AND IT WILL
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BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IN
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FRONT OF YOU TODAY ARE
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PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772. AND
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THE ACCESS CODE IS 864. FOR
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SORRY. ALL THESE NUMBERS
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86446445. THERE'S A LOT OF FOURS
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IN THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE
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DISPLAYED A COUPLE MORE TIMES
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DURING THE HEARING SO THAT
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PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JOIN REMOTELY
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WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT NUMBER
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IF THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT OUR
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COMMITTEE WEBSITE. I AM GOING TO
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MAINTAIN DECORUM DURING THE
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HEARING, AS IS CUSTOMARY, AND
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ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
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DISRUPTIVE MAY BE REMOVED FROM
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THE REMOTE MEETING SERVICE OR
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HAVE THEIR CONNECTIONS MUTED.
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AND FOR OUR WONDERFUL COURT
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REPORTER CHINA. I WANT TO ASK
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ALL SPEAKERS HERE AND
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TELECONFERENCE. WHO SPEAKS
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SLOWLY AND CLEARLY SO THAT WE
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CAN GET YOUR TESTIMONY. AND THAT
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INCLUDES MY COLLEAGUES, UM,
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DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME WE
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HAVE FOUND SOMETIMES IT'S A
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LITTLE BIT HARD TO HEAR WHETHER
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IN PERSON ON A MIC IF PEOPLE ARE
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SPEAKING TOO QUICKLY, OR
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CERTAINLY BY REMOTE, SO IF I
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HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU TO ASK YOU
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TO START AGAIN OR SLOW DOWN,
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND IT'S BECAUSE
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WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GET YOUR
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TESTIMONY. IN OUR COURT REPORTER
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WANTS TO BE ABLE TO RECORD IT AS
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WELL. SO WITH THAT BEFORE WE
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BEGIN TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'RE
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GOING TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM AND
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AS A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES,
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YOU'LL NEED TO TURN ON YOUR
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MICROPHONES FOR THE ROLL CALL,
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AND EVERY TIME WE VOTE. AND WITH
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THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU
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PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? GROOVE
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HERE, GROVE HERE KAMLAGER HERE.
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KAMLAGER HERE, LAIRD HERE HERE.
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BATES BATES. HERE. ATKINS HERE.
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ATKINS HERE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE
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A NUMBER OF MEETINGS GOING ON AT
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THE SAME TIME, SO SOME OF MY
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COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE TO GET UP
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AND GO AND COME BACK. BUT I WANT
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TO ASSURE YOU IT'S THAT THEY'RE
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MULTITASKING. AND, UH AND SO
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WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP MOVING,
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AND IT IS A BUSY DAY. WE HAVE A
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NUMBER OF GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES
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REQUIRED TO APPEAR, BUT BEFORE
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WE GET TO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK
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MY COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN WITHOUT
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OBJECTION TAKE UP ON THE AGENDA
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TODAY. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES NOT
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REQUIRED TO APPEAR AND THAT
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WOULD BE ITEMS TO E. THROUGH G,
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BUT I UNDERSTAND. UH MY
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COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT
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IT SO I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD
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HAVE EMOTION ON ITEM TWO. E AH,
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THAT'S THE CHIEF BUREAU OF
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND SERVICES AND
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F THAT IS THE MEMBER OF THE
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GAMBLING CONTROL COMMISSION. IF
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I COULD HAVE EMOTIONS GREAT.
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I'LL SAY SENATOR KAMLAGER MADE
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THE MOTION. MADAM SECRETARY. WE
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CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS TO EAT
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AND F GROVE. I KAMLAGER AYE,
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KAMLAGER. AYE LAIRD. I BATES, I
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ATKINS ATKINS. I WOULD ASK FOR A
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MOTION ON TO ITEM TWO GOVERNOR'S
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APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
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APPEAR ITEM G, AND THAT'S A
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MEMBER ALSO OF THE GAMBLING
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CONTROL COMMISSION. THANK YOU,
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SENATOR LAIRD, MADAM SECRETARY
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WE CALL THE ROLL GROVE. GROWTH
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NO, KAMLAGER. I AM LONGER. I
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LAYERED I BATES BATES. NO ATKINS
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ATKINS. I 32 TO 3 TO TWO. THANK
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YOU COLLEAGUES. I WOULD ASK FOR
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A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER THREE
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BILL REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES.
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I'LL GIVE THAT TITUS SENATOR
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GROVE THIS TIME. MADAM SECRETARY
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, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
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GROVE? I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER. I
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GLARED. I BATES. I CAN I CAN SAY
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5 TO 05 TO ZERO. THANK YOU
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COLLEAGUES AND NOW WE'RE GOING
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TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE
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FIRST. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEE
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REQUIRED TO APPEAR THAT WOULD BE
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ITEM ONE A AND LET ME WELCOME
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AND INTRODUCE MISS AMY SHH. TONG
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AS SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT
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OPERATIONS AGENCY WELCOME AND,
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UM, LET ME INVITE YOU TO THE TO
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THE DESK. UM ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD
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AND MAKE ANY INTRODUCTIONS OF
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FOLKS WITH YOU. YOU WOULD LIKE
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TO OPENING COMMENTS I THIS IS
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NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO. I'M AWARE
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SO ANY OPENING COMMENTS AND
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WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE MEMBERS OF
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THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS AND
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QUESTIONS WELCOME. SURE THIS IS
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ON THIS ON NOW. GREAT WELL, GOOD
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AFTERNOON, UM, CHAIR ATKINS AND
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VICE CHAIR BATES AND THANK YOU
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FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY
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ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR NEWSOME
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. I POINTED ME TO THIS POSITION
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TO ALLOW ME TO GO THROUGH THIS
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PROCESS AND SUPPORTING ME AS I
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AM CONTINUE. TO WALK MY PATH IN
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PUBLIC SERVICE. THROUGH OUT MY
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LIFE. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
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OF EXPERIENCING IMMERSE SUPPORT
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FROM MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY AND
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MY FRIENDS AND MANY OF THEM ARE
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HERE. SATELLITE TO JUST TAKE A
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MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. UM
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FIRST RIGHT BEHIND ME AND MY
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DAUGHTER, WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED
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FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND HEADING TO
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A UC DAVIS IN A FEW MONTHS OR
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JOINING ME RIGHT BEHIND. AND MY
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HUSBAND AND MY SON AND MY
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ELDERLY PARENTS, AS WELL AS MY
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BROTHER'S FAMILY ARE WATCHING
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LIVE STREAM THE MOMENT AND, UM,
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MY PARENTS SPECIFICALLY WE'RE
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HERE TO JOIN ME WHEN I WAS GOING
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THROUGH THE CONFIRMATION
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PROCESS. FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN I
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WAS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
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TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR OF THAT
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DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT NOW MY MOM
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HERSELF IS FIGHTING A. FIGHT
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HERSELF FIGHTING CANCER, AND
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THAT'S WHY SHE CANNOT BE HERE.
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BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
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AND LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND THE
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THANK THEM FOR BEING ALWAYS
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GREAT SUPPORTER FOR ME IN THIS
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JOURNEY. ALSO I AM LATER ON. I
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BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE
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COMMUNITY WHO I REALLY RELIED ON
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AND ALL MY FRIENDS. IS THIS A
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GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM, HELPING ME
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THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND
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CONTINUE TO PROPEL ME TO DO THE
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GREAT THINGS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE?
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MY PARENTS TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH
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, UM, ON THEMSELVES AND ME BACK
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IN 1986 WHEN THEY IMMIGRATED OUR
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FAMILY TO THE STATE WE BAGGED
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THEN, UM, RELYING ON MANY OF THE
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SERVICES CALIFORNIA OFFERED TO
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NEW IMMIGRANTS AND I STRIVE
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EVERY DAY IN MY WORK TO PAY THAT
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FORWARD BY SUPPORTING OUR STATE
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GOVERNMENT. IN THE ROAD AS THE
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SECRETARY OF GIVE UP AGENCY. AND
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THROUGH MY ROSE LEADERSHIP, AND
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NOT ONLY DOING THE TIME IN THE
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PUBLIC SERVICE THAT I CONTINUE
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TO BE REMINDED THAT IN ORDER TO
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REALLY BE A GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT
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YOU ALWAYS FORGETTING WHAT YOU
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DO NOT FORGET WHERE YOU COME
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FROM, AND REMEMBER YOUR ROUTE
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AND REMEMBER TO GIVE BACK AND
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BECAUSE OF THAT, I JUST WANT TO
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TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT FOR
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THOSE OF YOU WHO SURROUNDED ME
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THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES
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. THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT
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SUPPORTIVE VOICE. AND ALWAYS BE
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THERE FOR ME. I WOULD NOT BE WHO
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I AM TODAY WITHOUT THE PEOPLE
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CENTER FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE
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ECOSYSTEM AS I MENTIONED, AND
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THIS IS WHY, AS SECRETARY OF
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GAVA UP A TWO WILL FOCUS ON
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PEOPLE. CULTIVATING A INNOVATIVE
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CULTURE. AS WELL AS A
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SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION PATH
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FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. IN FACT,
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I'VE IF IMPLEMENTED THOSE VALUE
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AS THE THREE PILLAR OF MY
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STRATEGIC FOCUS FOR THE AGENCY
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SINCE I STARTED ON MARCH, 1ST
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SOME OF MY GOALS AND FOCUS AT
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AGENCY WILL BE CREATING NEW
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COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT
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SUPPORT CONTINUOUS SHARING A
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BEST PRACTICE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
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IN ORDER TO TRULY IMPROVED STATE
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OPERATIONS. I STRIVE TO HAVE A
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HUMAN CENTER APPROACHED
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EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. FROM
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HIRING TO THE GROWTH OF OUR
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EMPLOYEE AND UPWARD MOBILITY. I
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WAS SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENTS SO
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THEY CAN BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE
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OF CALIFORNIA THROUGH MORE
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MEANINGFUL AND THOUGHTFUL
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ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICES THAT
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REQUIRES INTELLIGENT RISK
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TAKING. BY ALLOWING OUR
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EMPLOYEES TO THINK BIGGER AND
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MAKE BIGGER CHANGE. I THANK YOU
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AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS
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OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE MY
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GRATITUDE SHOWS MY WORK ETHIC
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AND MY ACHIEVEMENT AS THE
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SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCY
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AND MY COMMITMENT. TO BE HERE BE
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A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT. THANK
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YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO
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AHEAD AND START BECAUSE HE HAS
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TO GO TO LABOR COMMITTEE WITH
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SENATOR LAIRD. THANK YOU VERY
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MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND WELCOME
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TO THE COMMITTEE AT AND
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GREETINGS TO YOUR FAMILY, WHO
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HER WATCHING AND HERE UM, I
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APPRECIATED THE CHANCE. WE HAD
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TO HAVE A LONG TALK EARLIER THIS
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WEEK AND I WAS GOING TO JUST ASK
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A FEW FOLLOW UP. QUESTIONS FROM
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THAT TALK AND ONE IS THAT WE
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TALKED GLOWINGLY OF THE VERY
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FIRST SECRETARY. AND HOW SHE
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CHANGED THE CULTURE IN MANY WAYS
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OF SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
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EXIST IN THE AGENCY. THE
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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
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IN PARTICULAR AND FIGURED OUT A
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WAY TO BE USER FRIENDLY. UM HOW
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ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE THAT
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WORK IN YOUR ROLE AS SECRETARY?
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THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
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SENATOR LAIR? UM YES, UH,
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SECRETARY OF MIRABEL. BADGER WAS
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THE ONE THAT BROUGHT ME AND GAVE
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ME THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO SERVE
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AS THE DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
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DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. FIVE
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YEARS AGO, AND THE VERY FIRST
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CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, UM,
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THAT I HAD WITH HER AND STILL,
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YOU KNOW, RESONATES WITH ME, AND
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THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO TAKE
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THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY
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FORWARD THAT LEGACY. IT'S HOW
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THE CONTROL AGENCY DGS INCLUDED
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ARE REALLY HERE TO SUPPORT AND
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CONSULT AND THEN HELPED THE
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DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE TO
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PERFORM AT THEIR BEST. SO DON'T
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LOOK AT IT AS IN CONTROLLING AND
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MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS SOME
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COMPLIANCE. BUT LOOKING AT WHAT
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ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP
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DEPARTMENT TO DELIVER BASED ON
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THEIR MISSION. AND THAT IS THE.
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APPROACH THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO
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TAKE AS NOW I'M STEPPING INTO
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THIS ROLE. BY NO MEANS I CAN
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FILL THE BIG SHOES THAT WAS LEFT
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BEHIND BY SECRETARY BADGER. BUT
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UM THE FACT THAT S AN AGENCY WE
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ARE HERE TO HELP REMOVE
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BARRIERS. WE ARE HERE TO SEND AN
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EXPECTATION WHAT CUSTOMER
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SERVICE IT'S ABOUT. AND WE HERE
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TO SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENT TO
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CONTINUE TO BE THAT CONSULTANT
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ROLE AND COACHING ROLE SO THAT
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AT THE END OF THE DAY AGENCY
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ITSELF IS LEAD BY EXAMPLE OF HOW
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BEST TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE
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TO OTHERS. AND WHEN WE TALKED
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ONE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU USED WAS
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SHE HAD INITIATED A MASS OF
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. AND YOU
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TALKED ABOUT REFORMS YOU WANTED
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TO MAKE TO THE RECRUITMENT
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PROCESS. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT
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WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE WHAT YOUR
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VISION IS FOR? FOR THAT?
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ABSOLUTELY UM, BACK THEN. THIS
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IS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. SOME OF
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YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IS CALLED THE
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CIVIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT. SEE,
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ASSIGN INITIATIVE. AND FAST
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FORWARD. UH JUST LAST YEAR, UM
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SECRETARY YOLANDA RICHARDSON,
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MEDIA PREDECESSOR OF ALSO
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STARTED AN INITIATIVE CALLED
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TRANSFORMING STATE OPERATIONS.
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WHICH I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO
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FURTHER PARTICIPATED IN. NOW
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THAT I'M IN THIS PARTICULAR
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ROLE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE CONTINUED
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WITH THAT EFFORT IS IDENTIFYING
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WHAT IT'S MOST NEEDED TO HELP
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THE STATE WORKFORCE TO BE
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SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT STARTS WITH
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THE STATE WAR FORCE CALLED THE
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PEOPLE FOCUSED. AND I HAVE
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ALREADY WORKED WITH THE
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DEPARTMENT OF HR COW. HR STATE
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PERSONNEL BOARD, COUPLE OF THEM
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WITH THE OFFICE OF DIGITAL
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INNOVATION. TO START MAPPING OUT
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WAYS THAT HIRING I SHOULD START
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WITH RECRUITMENT, HIRING EVERY
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TENSION PROCESS WHERE NEEDS TO
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BE STREAMLINED? WHERE IS A
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MATTER OF MYTH THAT NEEDS TO BE
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DEBUNKED? THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW,
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UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND WE'RE
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TRULY AREAS THAT REQUIRES
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IMPROVEMENTS SO WE CAN GO RIGHT
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AT IT FOR THE VERY SINGLE FOCUS
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. HOW DO WE BRING THE BEST
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TALENT TO STATE WORKFORCE IN THE
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MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY? I THINK
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THIS IS VERY TIMELY GIVEN THAT
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OUR LABOR MARKET IS VERY
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COMPETITIVE AND ALSO PEOPLE
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COMING OUT OF A TWO YEARS OF A
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VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN
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DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC. I
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THINK THIS TYPE OF APPROACH
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PROVIDE MORE CERTAINTY IN A MORE
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STREAMLINED APPROACH. WE'RE
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REALLY IT'S A, UM, UPLIFTING
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APPROACH. I WOULD HOPE TO
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SUPPORT OUR STATE WORKFORCE. ONE
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OF THE SPECIFIC REFORMS OR
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INNOVATIONS YOU MENTIONED IS, I
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GUESS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
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OTHER LOCATIONS. AH! BASED ON
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YOUR RESUME YOUR REFERRED FOR
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CERTAIN JOBS. AND IN AND I KNOW
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THIS WHEN I FELT OUT AN
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APPLICATION ONCE I HAD TO CHECK
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WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN AND YOU
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WERE LOOKING TO MAYBE INNOVATE
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THAT IN THE STATE WHERE WOULD
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REFER PEOPLE FOR THE JOBS THAT
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THEIR RESUME INDICATED THEY WERE
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QUALIFIED FOR? HOW WOULD YOU DO
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THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR TAKING
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THAT UP AND THE FIRST THREE
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MONTHS ONE OF THE SELF
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EXPERIMENT THAT I DID MYSELF WAS
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GOING THROUGH THE ACTUAL
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APPLICATION PROCESS, AND IT WAS
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VERY NOTICEABLE THAT NOT ONLY
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HAVE TO GO THROUGH CLOSE TO 100
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QUESTIONNAIRES ON QUALIFIED
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THROUGH AN EXAM AND THE BASED
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ON THAT I HAVE TO LOOK FOR
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DIFFERENT JOBS BASED ON THE
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KEYWORD SEARCH TO SEE WHERE MY
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SKILL AND EXPERIENCE COULD
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MATCH. WHERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING
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AT THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY JOB, YOU
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KNOW A SEARCH PLATFORMS SUCH AS
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INDEED OR GLASS DOOR TO MASTER.
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BASICALLY YOU UPLOAD YOUR
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PROFILE AND THEY MATCH FOR YOU.
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TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW IT. YOU
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WOULD BE A GOOD MATCH FOR AND
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THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M
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ACTIVELY TALKING TO OUR
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DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHETHER THIS
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IS A PROCESS TO STAKE IN ADOPT,
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SO WE'RE BEING A LOT MORE
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PROACTIVE IN FINDING CANDIDATE
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AND HANDING OPPORTUNITY OR
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PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO THEM AS
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OPPOSED TO THEY NEED TO KNOW
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EXACTLY WHAT KEYWORD TO SEARCH
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IN ORDER TO FIND OPENINGS IN THE
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STATE. AND MAYBE THE LAST
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QUESTION. I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE
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FACT THAT TWO OR THREE TIMES IN
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OUR TALK YOU SAID ONE OF THE
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THINGS YOU WANTED TO DO IS
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ENCOURAGE. PEOPLE IN THE AGENCY
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TO TAKE RISKS. UM SORT OF. WHY
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DID YOU GET TO THAT? AND HOW ARE
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YOU GOING TO DO THAT? I IF
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LOOKING BACK ON MY OWN TRACK
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RECORD FOR MY 25, PLUS YEARS OF
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SERVICE IN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR,
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I DO NOT HAVE A PERFECT RECORD.
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AND IN FACT, I AM NOT AFRAID TO
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TALK ABOUT THE IMPERFECTION IN
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MY RECORD AS A LEARNING
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EXPERIENCE AND AS A WAY OF
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ENCOURAGING OTHERS THAT EVEN
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WITHOUT THE PERFECT RECORD, YOU
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CAN STILL MOVE OUT. AND THAT IS
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THE TYPE OF INNOVATIVE CULTURE
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TO BE HONEST THAT I WANT TO
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FOSTER A LOT MORE. BECAUSE
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WITHOUT THAT. RECOGNITION THAT
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FAILURE IS PART OF THE PATH TO
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SUCCESS. PEOPLE WILL BE TOO
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AFRAID. TO MAKE CHANGES OR TRY
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NEW THINGS AND THEREFORE STALL
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AND BEING STATUS QUO. AND THE
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ONLY WAY WE CAN BREAK THAT MODE
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. IF YOU WOULD, IT'S BY EACH ONE
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OF US BEING WILLING TO BE
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VULNERABLE. TO TAKE INTELLIGENT
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RISKS AND THEN LEARN FROM
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MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY AND DO
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BETTER NEXT TIME. AND I FEEL
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LIKE WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT
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IN THE TWO YEARS OF A COVID
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RESPONSE WHERE OUR DECISIONS
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WERE NOT REQUIRES FIVE YEARS TO
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DECIDE WHAT TO DO DECISION WOULD
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WOULD MAKE BASED ON THE
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INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO
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US AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE
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CONTINUE TO ITERATE IMPROVED
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FROM IT. AND AS A PERSON THAT
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WITH THE IMPERFECT RECORD ARE
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ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
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OR UP IF YOU WILL. I HAVE
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BACKGROUND MUSIC CURING ME ON
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RIGHT NOW. IT'S SOMEBODY THAT
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PROBABLY DOESN'T MASTER
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TECHNOLOGY WHAT YOU DO, UM, JUST
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A RUBBER BEST STATEMENT. I WANT
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TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO
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ENCOURAGE THAT RISK TAKING IS
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PART OF THE LEARNING AND
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PROBABLY GROWING. AND FOR THE
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STATE GOVERNMENT CULTURE. WE
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NEED MORE OF THAT, IN ORDER TO
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CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM WHAT WE
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DO. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE
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RESPONSES AND THANK YOU, MADAM
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CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO
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FIRST, AND I'LL BE BACK.
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ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU, SENATOR,
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SENATOR GROVE. THANK YOU, MADAM
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PRO TIM. UM IT'S DEFINITELY A
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PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU BEFORE US A
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THINK YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST
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QUALIFIED IF NOT THE MOST
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QUALIFIED APPOINTEE WE'VE HAD
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SITTING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE,
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SO THANK YOU. AND I DO SINCERELY
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SINCERELY. I'M SORRY ABOUT WHAT
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YOUR MOM IS GOING THROUGH, AND
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WE'LL ADD HER TO A PRAYER LIST
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AND JUST PRAY THAT SHE GETS A
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WHOLE AND COMPLETE HEALING. I UH
00:18:05.584 --> 00:18:08.053
I LOVED WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR
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OPENING OR WHEN YOU WERE
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RESPONDING TO MY COLLEAGUE'S
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COMMENTS. UM YOU KNOW THAT TAKE
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INTELLIGENT RISK AND DON'T
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SETTLE FOR THE STATUS QUO. AND,
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UM. IN THAT SOMETIMES RISK
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TAKING IS GROWING. AND LEARNING
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FROM YOUR MISTAKES IN, UM I
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TRULY DO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. I
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DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
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NOTHING REALLY BIG OR ANYTHING.
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UM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
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WANTED TO ASK YOU WAS IT'S UM
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THIS ROLE THAT YOU HAVE NOW IS
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KIND OF GOING TO EMERGE INTO
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ASSISTING OTHER STATE FACILITIES
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BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE SO GOOD
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AT WHAT YOU DO, AND THE GOVERNOR
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IS NOT AFRAID TO THROW YOU INTO
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THE DMV AND THE E. D. D. UM
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WHICH I'M SURE HOW YOU LOOK AT
00:18:54.533 --> 00:18:57.102
CHALLENGES THAT WILL BE ONE OF
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THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR
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SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
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ENTIRE CAREER TO FIX THOSE TWO
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DEPARTMENTS. JUST MY OWN
00:19:02.841 --> 00:19:06.311
PERSONAL OPINION. UM SO CAN YOU
00:19:06.378 --> 00:19:08.080
GIVE US AN UPDATE? BECAUSE I
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KNOW THAT DEVOPS HAS BEEN ASKING
00:19:10.115 --> 00:19:12.150
, UM, TO ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL
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CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENTS
00:19:13.752 --> 00:19:15.287
HAVE WITHIN A BOX PERF. YOU HAVE
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APPS PURVIEW. WITH THE DMV AND
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THE LED AND HOW YOU SEE WHAT'S
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YOUR VISION? LIKE TO, UH, I
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DON'T REALLY MINCE WORDS
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STRAIGHTENED THOSE TWO AGENCIES
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OUT. WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR
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THAT? THANK YOU FOR THAT
00:19:31.570 --> 00:19:33.739
QUESTION, SENATOR GROWTH. LET ME
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UM, PERHAPS TALK ABOUT DMV.
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PARTICIPATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO
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BE PART OF WAS UNDER THE
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LEADERSHIP OF SECRETARY MIRACLE
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BASHER. THIS IS CASH. I DON'T
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EVEN RECALL HOW MANY YEARS AGO.
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I FEEL LIKE ANY NUMBER OF YEARS
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BEFORE COVID IS JUST BLOB AT
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THIS MOMENT. UM AT THAT TIME I
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WAS SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF
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THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.
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AND OBVIOUSLY IT WAS TO DEAL
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WITH MORE OF THE LEGACY
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TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM OVER AND DMV.
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THAT TO SOLVE AN OPERATION NEED
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FOR DEPARTMENT IS MUCH MORE THAN
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TECHNOLOGY IS ABOUT PROCESS
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IMPROVEMENT. IT IS ABOUT
00:20:26.858 --> 00:20:30.395
TRAINING TO STAFF. BUT BASED ON
00:20:30.462 --> 00:20:32.564
THAT IT'S HEARING FROM STAFF
00:20:32.631 --> 00:20:33.665
WHAT WOULD MAKE THEIR JOB
00:20:33.732 --> 00:20:37.402
EASIER. AND I THINK IT'S THAT
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TYPE OF APPROACH THAT WAS GIVEN
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OR THAT WAS TAKEN BACK THEN TO
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REALLY PROVIDE AN IDEAS THAT
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REALLY CHANGING OR IMPROVING THE
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MV FROM WITHIN. FAST FORWARD SO
00:20:48.714 --> 00:20:50.549
MANY YEARS LATER. GOSH I SORRY,
00:20:50.616 --> 00:20:52.184
I SOMEHOW I JUST FORGET HOW MANY
00:20:52.250 --> 00:20:54.653
WHETHER THAT WAS THE FOUR YEARS
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OR THREE YEARS AGO. THE ENVY
00:20:56.822 --> 00:20:57.923
HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT
00:20:57.990 --> 00:21:02.694
NOT, YOU KNOW. FIXED BY ANY
00:21:02.761 --> 00:21:04.796
MEANS, BUT THE FACT THAT IN THE
00:21:04.863 --> 00:21:06.598
PANDEMIC RISK DURING THE TWO
00:21:06.665 --> 00:21:09.167
YEARS PANDEMIC A LOT MORE OF
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THEIR SERVICES WERE ABLE TO MOVE
00:21:10.469 --> 00:21:12.371
ONLINE AS AN E SERVICES TO OUR
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RESIDENTS. THAT MADE A HUGE
00:21:14.306 --> 00:21:16.475
DIFFERENCE AND NOT ONLY REDUCED
00:21:16.541 --> 00:21:17.542
BACKLOG BUT IMPROVED CUSTOMER
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SERVICE. APPLYING THAT TYPE OF
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APPROACH THAT WAS DEALING WITH
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THE ENVY. LOOKING AT HOLISTIC IS
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EXACTLY WHAT WE TOOK AS I WAS
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PART OF THE STRIKE TEAMS AND BY
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GOVERNOR NEWSOM. AND LEFT BY
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SECRETARY RICHARDSON AT THE TIME
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TO WORK WITH THE DEED. E D,
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OBVIOUSLY VERY WELL KNOWN
00:21:40.465 --> 00:21:41.800
SITUATION THAT THEY DEALT WITH.
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IT WAS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AT
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THE BEGINNING WAS ABOUT THE
00:21:44.870 --> 00:21:46.772
BACKLOG TOWARDS THE END. IT WAS
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ABOUT FRAUD. AND I WAS IN MORE
00:21:51.109 --> 00:21:52.044
INVOLVED AT THE BEGINNING
00:21:52.110 --> 00:21:54.279
PORTION OF IT, AND THEN I HAVE
00:21:54.346 --> 00:21:55.447
KIND OF KEEP WATCHING WHAT'S
00:21:55.514 --> 00:21:59.017
GOING ON THE FRONT SIDE. SIMILAR
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I SHOULD SAY ALMOST IDENTICAL
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BUT VERY, VERY SIMILAR SITUATION
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THAT CONVERSATIONS STARTED WITH
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TECHNOLOGY. CAN THE TECHNOLOGY
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BEING A LEGACY SYSTEM HANDLE THE
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DEMAND? BUT THEN VERY, VERY FAST
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DISCOVER THE TECHNOLOGY ALONG
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DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. DO WE
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HAVE THE RIGHT PROCESS, TOO? ON
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BOTTLENECK SOME OF THE KNOTS IF
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YOU WERE THAT WAS CREATED
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BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE JUST NOT
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WILLING TO TRY NEW PROCESS. DO
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WE HAVE THE RIGHT FOLKS THAT
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WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING IN
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PLACE? BUT EVEN IF YOU HIRE
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FOLKS, THEY HAVE THE TOOLS IN
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FRONT OF THEM, YOU KNOW TO
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PERFORM THEIR WORK. IN ALL OF
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THOSE WERE THE RECOMMENDATION
00:22:38.490 --> 00:22:41.159
VERY LENGTHY, STRIKING REPORT
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THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND THEN
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SINCE THEN, I WAS ABLE TO CHECK
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IN PERIODICALLY WITH THE NEW
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LEADERSHIP OVER AN E, D D AND MY
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UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HUGE
00:22:51.737 --> 00:22:54.072
STRIDE HAS BEEN MAKING TOWARDS
00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:55.574
THE COMPLETION OF THE STRIKE
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TEAM RECOMMENDATIONS. CAN NOW,
00:22:59.111 --> 00:23:00.946
UM THERE ARE NEW PROPOSALS I
00:23:01.012 --> 00:23:03.782
BELIEVE IS IN FRONT OF THE
00:23:03.849 --> 00:23:05.117
MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK. HOW DO
00:23:05.183 --> 00:23:07.185
YOU ADDRESS THIS ONCE FOR ALL,
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SO NOT JUST TEMPORARY FIXES AS
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IN PATCHES. BUT ADDRESSING DD
00:23:12.157 --> 00:23:14.126
FROM THE GROUND UP SO PROCESS
00:23:14.192 --> 00:23:16.528
IMPROVEMENT, SKILL SET TRAINING
00:23:16.595 --> 00:23:18.363
POLICY IMPROVEMENT IN ADDITION
00:23:18.430 --> 00:23:19.498
TO TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT, BUT
00:23:19.564 --> 00:23:24.669
AT THE BASIS OF THAT TAKING INTO
00:23:24.736 --> 00:23:26.338
A CUSTOMER, OR I SHOULD SAY
00:23:26.404 --> 00:23:28.673
HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN BECAUSE
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YOU D D SIMILAR TO DMV THAT
00:23:33.245 --> 00:23:34.446
THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAS TO
00:23:34.513 --> 00:23:35.647
SATISFY WHAT THE RESIDENTS
00:23:35.714 --> 00:23:39.017
EXPECTATION IS. AND THAT'S WHY
00:23:39.084 --> 00:23:42.287
WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO MOVE FROM
00:23:42.354 --> 00:23:43.655
THE PRIMARY TECHNOLOGY TO OFFICE
00:23:43.722 --> 00:23:44.823
OF A DIGITAL INNOVATION, WHICH
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IS A INNOVATION HUB ESTABLISHED
00:23:46.625 --> 00:23:49.661
BY THE GOVERNOR. I AM STOOD
00:23:49.728 --> 00:23:51.530
ACTING DIRECTOR OF THAT AT THE
00:23:51.596 --> 00:23:53.265
MOMENT. THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS.
00:23:53.331 --> 00:23:55.734
IT'S EVERYTHING WE DO HAVE TO
00:23:55.801 --> 00:23:57.335
CENTER AROUND. HOW DO WE IMPROVE
00:23:57.402 --> 00:23:58.436
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN DEALING
00:23:58.503 --> 00:24:00.672
WITH THE STATE SERVICE? IT'S A
00:24:00.739 --> 00:24:02.674
THAT WOULD BE THE FOCUS OF MY
00:24:02.741 --> 00:24:04.910
CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE D D
00:24:04.976 --> 00:24:07.345
M D M B. THANK YOU. I REALLY DO
00:24:07.412 --> 00:24:08.980
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR WHOLE
00:24:09.047 --> 00:24:10.448
APPROACH RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S THE
00:24:10.515 --> 00:24:12.417
TECHNOLOGY PORTION. THE PROCESS
00:24:12.484 --> 00:24:13.952
LEAN PROCESSES OPERATIONAL,
00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.387
WHERE THE STAFF IN TRAINING AND
00:24:15.453 --> 00:24:17.222
PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON
00:24:17.289 --> 00:24:19.658
THAT. LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT YOU
00:24:19.724 --> 00:24:22.160
OBVIOUSLY EXUDE MAY JUST POURS
00:24:22.227 --> 00:24:24.162
OUT OF YOU IN THE WAY THAT YOU
00:24:24.229 --> 00:24:25.330
RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU
00:24:25.397 --> 00:24:26.765
BROUGHT UP AND AGAIN. I'M JUST
00:24:26.832 --> 00:24:28.567
GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION. I
00:24:28.633 --> 00:24:29.734
DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE
00:24:29.801 --> 00:24:31.036
ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. BUT YOU
00:24:31.102 --> 00:24:32.637
BROUGHT IT THEN. THE DIGITAL THE
00:24:32.704 --> 00:24:34.806
DIGITAL USE IT AS THE YOU SAID,
00:24:34.873 --> 00:24:38.276
YOU SAID. YOU SAID AT THE AS THE
00:24:38.343 --> 00:24:39.778
DIGITAL INNOVATION, THE DIGITAL
00:24:39.845 --> 00:24:41.680
INNOVATION AND YOU ARE NOW
00:24:41.746 --> 00:24:43.682
CURRENTLY SITTING AS THE ACTING
00:24:43.748 --> 00:24:46.218
DIRECTOR, ACTING DIRECTOR. AND
00:24:46.284 --> 00:24:47.752
APPOINTED FOR THIS IS THERE. I
00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.354
MEAN, I GUESS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH
00:24:49.421 --> 00:24:51.523
THE D, D AND ALL THE STUFF THAT
00:24:51.590 --> 00:24:53.458
YOU DO WITHIN THE HR DEPARTMENT,
00:24:53.525 --> 00:24:55.827
IF YOU DEAL WITH THE D, D AND D
00:24:55.894 --> 00:24:57.062
M V, YOU'RE DEALING WITH VERY
00:24:57.128 --> 00:24:58.063
SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT
00:24:58.129 --> 00:24:58.630
BELONGS TO ALL OF OUR
00:24:58.697 --> 00:25:00.165
CONSTITUENTS, INDIVIDUALS. THAT
00:25:00.232 --> 00:25:01.867
EITHER GO ONLINE OR GO INTO THE
00:25:01.933 --> 00:25:02.534
BUILDING TO PROCESS THEIR
00:25:02.601 --> 00:25:03.702
DRIVER'S LICENSE. I D S
00:25:03.768 --> 00:25:04.803
OBVIOUSLY SO SECURITY NUMBERS
00:25:04.870 --> 00:25:09.474
WITH UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT,
00:25:09.541 --> 00:25:11.076
BUT THEN ON THE DRIVING SIDE,
00:25:11.142 --> 00:25:12.310
YOU KNOW, DATA BIRDS, ALL THE
00:25:12.377 --> 00:25:14.112
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD FILL OUT
00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:16.514
WHEN YOU GO TO THE DMV. ALL OF
00:25:16.581 --> 00:25:17.515
THIS VERY SENSITIVE SINCE
00:25:17.582 --> 00:25:18.250
INFORMATION. IS THERE A
00:25:18.316 --> 00:25:19.751
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
00:25:19.818 --> 00:25:20.385
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING NOW
00:25:20.452 --> 00:25:22.554
VERSUS QUANTUM PHYSICS, THIS NEW
00:25:22.621 --> 00:25:23.989
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING OUT?
00:25:24.055 --> 00:25:25.156
AND WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT
00:25:25.223 --> 00:25:29.794
THAT? WOW. I PROBABLY WOULD NOT
00:25:29.861 --> 00:25:31.630
BE THE BEST TO SPEAK TO THE NEW
00:25:31.696 --> 00:25:32.731
TECHNOLOGY. QUANTUM FIX IT
00:25:32.797 --> 00:25:34.699
BECAUSE I CAN'T BUT I CAN GIVE
00:25:34.766 --> 00:25:37.168
YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW ON
00:25:37.235 --> 00:25:38.136
WHAT TECHNOLOGYTHAT WE'RE USING
00:25:38.203 --> 00:25:41.039
TODAY. OKAY HUESO OF ENSURING
00:25:41.106 --> 00:25:43.441
THAT PRIVACY AND SECURITY
00:25:43.508 --> 00:25:45.877
PROTECTION OF THE SENSITIVE DATA
00:25:45.944 --> 00:25:47.045
OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY MUCH A
00:25:47.112 --> 00:25:49.281
TOP PRIORITY. FOR THE
00:25:49.347 --> 00:25:52.050
ADMINISTRATION. UM, WHEN I WAS
00:25:52.117 --> 00:25:53.451
WITH DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
00:25:53.518 --> 00:25:54.953
AND OBVIOUSLY STILL ONE OF THE
00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:57.923
DEPARTMENT IN GAVA, UM AND EVEN
00:25:57.989 --> 00:25:59.658
EVERYDAY I'M EMPHASIZING ON
00:25:59.724 --> 00:26:01.493
SECURITY AND PRIVACY, PROTECTION
00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.428
OF THE PUBLIC ASSETS THAT WE
00:26:03.495 --> 00:26:05.931
HAVE. IS UTMOST IMPORTANT,
00:26:05.997 --> 00:26:07.799
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC TRUST
00:26:07.866 --> 00:26:10.802
IS BUILT UPON. I HAVE THE
00:26:10.869 --> 00:26:13.571
PRIVILEGE BACK AT CTT DIRECTOR,
00:26:13.638 --> 00:26:15.674
TOO COLD, LEAD A CALIFORNIA
00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.542
CYBERSECURITY INTEGRATION CENTER
00:26:17.609 --> 00:26:18.176
WITH DIRECTOR MARKKULA DUTY OF
00:26:18.243 --> 00:26:22.747
RICK KELLY. YES. AND THAT WAS
00:26:22.814 --> 00:26:24.950
ESTABLISHED NOW THINKING BACK A
00:26:25.016 --> 00:26:27.152
LITTLE BIT OVER FIVE YEARS AGO,
00:26:27.218 --> 00:26:29.421
IT HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL
00:26:29.487 --> 00:26:32.057
IN TERM OF LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
00:26:32.123 --> 00:26:35.894
NOT ONLY PREVENT CYBERSECURITY
00:26:35.961 --> 00:26:39.030
OR THESE TYPE OF FRAUD, I SHOULD
00:26:39.097 --> 00:26:41.266
SAY CYBERSECURITY BREACHES AND
00:26:41.333 --> 00:26:44.402
GATHER INTELLIGENCE SO ACROSS
00:26:44.469 --> 00:26:45.637
THE BOARD WORKING WITH FEDERAL
00:26:45.704 --> 00:26:46.738
AND LOCAL ENTITY, INCLUDING THE
00:26:46.805 --> 00:26:49.274
STATE SO THAT IF INDEED SOME
00:26:49.341 --> 00:26:50.775
UNFORTUNATE EVENT OF BREACHES
00:26:50.842 --> 00:26:53.278
HAPPENED, THERE'S A QUICK RAPID
00:26:53.345 --> 00:26:55.180
RAPID RESPONSE TEAM TO HELP
00:26:55.246 --> 00:26:56.314
BUSINESS TO RESTORE AND THE
00:26:56.381 --> 00:26:59.084
FOUNDATION TO ALL OF THAT. IS
00:26:59.150 --> 00:27:00.652
WITH KING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:03.989
TECHNOLOGY CYBER SECURITY TEAM.
00:27:04.055 --> 00:27:05.023
TO CONSTANTLY WORK WITH
00:27:05.090 --> 00:27:06.558
DEPARTMENTAL REMIND THEM WHAT WE
00:27:06.624 --> 00:27:09.761
CALL SECURITY HYGIENE. THEIR
00:27:09.828 --> 00:27:11.863
PRIVACY, HYGIENE AND DATA
00:27:11.930 --> 00:27:13.898
DEFINITION. THERE NEEDS TO BE A
00:27:13.965 --> 00:27:15.400
GOOD DIFFERENTIATION IS WHAT'S
00:27:15.467 --> 00:27:17.769
IMPORTANT WAS LESS IMPORTANT SO
00:27:17.836 --> 00:27:18.703
YOU CAN PRIORITIZE THIS
00:27:18.770 --> 00:27:20.105
RESOURCES AND PROTECTING THOSE
00:27:20.171 --> 00:27:23.208
ARE MOST SENSITIVE DATA. UM AND
00:27:23.274 --> 00:27:24.709
THAT IS THE PRACTICE THAT HAS
00:27:24.776 --> 00:27:27.245
BEEN IN PLACE WITH A LOT OF
00:27:27.312 --> 00:27:28.480
TECHNOLOGY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:27:28.546 --> 00:27:30.515
THE PRIVATE SECTOR, GIVING
00:27:30.582 --> 00:27:32.050
CALIFORNIA, SILICON VALLEY.
00:27:32.117 --> 00:27:34.152
THERE'S CONSTANT CYBER SECURITY
00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:37.155
TASK FORCE INVOLVED TO TRY OUT
00:27:37.222 --> 00:27:39.157
DIFFERENT NEW TECHNOLOGY TO SEE
00:27:39.224 --> 00:27:41.092
WORK WORK REST IN THE STATE
00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:43.628
GOVERNMENT. AND WORK MAY NOT,
00:27:43.695 --> 00:27:44.863
FOR EXAMPLE, FACIAL RECOGNITION
00:27:44.929 --> 00:27:46.531
WHEN I'M GOING TO GO THERE, UM
00:27:46.598 --> 00:27:48.433
THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THE
00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:50.668
PROACTIVE AS WELL AS VERY
00:27:50.735 --> 00:27:51.903
TACTICAL MEASURE THAT WE HAVE IN
00:27:51.970 --> 00:27:52.971
PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO
00:27:53.038 --> 00:27:55.240
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC DATA.
00:27:55.306 --> 00:27:56.441
THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:27:56.508 --> 00:27:58.009
SUPPORTING YOUR CONFIRMATION. I
00:27:58.076 --> 00:27:59.844
DO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY
00:27:59.911 --> 00:28:01.813
THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON. UH
00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.048
FOR THIS JOB, AND I APPRECIATE
00:28:03.114 --> 00:28:04.249
YOU TAKING IT ON. THANK YOU.
00:28:04.315 --> 00:28:06.584
THANK YOU, SENATOR. THANK YOU
00:28:06.651 --> 00:28:09.154
VERY MUCH, SENATOR GROVE. MADAM
00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.255
VICE CHAIR. YOU WANT TO GO
00:28:10.321 --> 00:28:15.393
AHEAD? BUT WELCOME SECRETARY
00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:18.663
TONG AND, UM I'M SO VERY
00:28:18.730 --> 00:28:20.532
IMPRESSED WITH THEIR YEARS OF
00:28:20.598 --> 00:28:22.333
SERVICE AND HOW YOU'VE MOVED UP
00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.469
THE LINE, AND NOW YOU HAVE A
00:28:24.536 --> 00:28:25.937
RATHER HUGE JOB IN GOVERNMENT
00:28:26.004 --> 00:28:27.705
JOBS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT ALL
00:28:27.772 --> 00:28:29.774
THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT YOU
00:28:29.841 --> 00:28:30.775
ARE OVER, IT'S PRETTY
00:28:30.842 --> 00:28:32.444
SIGNIFICANT. SO I PROBABLY HAVE
00:28:32.510 --> 00:28:33.711
MAYBE THE SIMPLEST QUESTION
00:28:33.778 --> 00:28:35.513
YOU'RE GOING TO GET. I AM VERY
00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:37.015
BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:28:37.082 --> 00:28:38.283
EXCESS STATE PROPERTY FOR
00:28:38.349 --> 00:28:39.517
HOUSING DVELOPMENT AND HOMELESS
00:28:39.584 --> 00:28:42.654
SHELTER IN WHEN I'M DIRECTOR LAW
00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:44.222
. SO WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY ON
00:28:44.289 --> 00:28:45.657
TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S
00:28:45.723 --> 00:28:49.027
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO IDENTIFY THAT
00:28:49.094 --> 00:28:50.328
EXCESS STATE PROPERTY SO WE CAN
00:28:50.395 --> 00:28:52.197
GET IT OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY
00:28:52.263 --> 00:28:53.765
PROVIDE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
00:28:53.832 --> 00:28:55.266
WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THAT
00:28:55.333 --> 00:28:56.501
HOUSING THAT IS SO DEFICIT IN
00:28:56.568 --> 00:29:00.038
OUR STATE. HAND I THINK AT THAT
00:29:00.105 --> 00:29:01.539
TIME THEY MENTIONED ABOUT 92
00:29:01.606 --> 00:29:03.108
PROPERTIES WERE AVAILABLE, AND
00:29:03.174 --> 00:29:04.542
AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE 73
00:29:04.609 --> 00:29:07.679
PROPERTIES THAT ARE STILL LEFT
00:29:07.745 --> 00:29:10.048
FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I BELIEVE
00:29:10.115 --> 00:29:11.549
THE AUDITOR TOOK A LOOK AT IT
00:29:11.616 --> 00:29:13.751
AND SAID, WE HAD MADE A LOT OF
00:29:13.818 --> 00:29:17.021
PROGRESS SINCE 2019 HOW WAS 73
00:29:17.088 --> 00:29:18.923
LEFT, AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT
00:29:18.990 --> 00:29:20.425
SEVEN YEARS TO MOVE THOSE
00:29:20.492 --> 00:29:23.027
FORWARD AND KNOWING YOUR
00:29:23.094 --> 00:29:26.231
COMMITMENT TO YOU KNOW, MAKING
00:29:26.297 --> 00:29:27.265
THE PROCESS WORK BETTER ON SOME
00:29:27.332 --> 00:29:29.467
IDEAS YOU HAVE THAT MIGHT BE
00:29:29.534 --> 00:29:31.636
ABLE TO REALLY EXPEDITE THOSE
00:29:31.703 --> 00:29:32.871
WOULD BE SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR
00:29:32.937 --> 00:29:35.240
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OUR
00:29:35.306 --> 00:29:38.476
STATE TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE
00:29:38.543 --> 00:29:39.210
HAVE OUR FOR REGIONAL HOUSING
00:29:39.277 --> 00:29:42.080
NEEDS AND THOSE PROPERTIES, IF
00:29:42.147 --> 00:29:43.581
THEY'RE AVAILABLE CAN IS THERE A
00:29:43.648 --> 00:29:45.650
WAY WE CAN EXPEDITE THEM. AND
00:29:45.717 --> 00:29:47.585
HAVE YOU HAD ANY TIME TO EVEN
00:29:47.652 --> 00:29:49.420
LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU VICE
00:29:49.487 --> 00:29:51.322
CHAIR FOR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO
00:29:51.389 --> 00:29:53.491
SAY BEING, YOU KNOW FAIRLY NEW
00:29:53.558 --> 00:29:55.760
TO THIS ROLE. UM I PROBABLY
00:29:55.827 --> 00:29:57.061
HAVEN'T DEALT THAT INTO THAT AS
00:29:57.128 --> 00:30:00.498
MUCH AS I SHOULD BEEN. HOWEVER I
00:30:00.565 --> 00:30:02.066
KNOW I HAVE BEEN IN THE
00:30:02.133 --> 00:30:03.601
CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTORAL
00:30:03.668 --> 00:30:05.837
ALSO, WHO APPEARED IN FRONT OF
00:30:05.904 --> 00:30:08.373
YOU ARE JUST NOT TOO LONG AGO,
00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.908
AND THIS IS ON TOP OF HER
00:30:09.974 --> 00:30:11.776
AGENDA. TO WORK THROUGH AS I
00:30:11.843 --> 00:30:12.977
BECOME MORE SUBTLE IN MY NEW
00:30:13.044 --> 00:30:16.247
ROLE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW THAT THE
00:30:16.314 --> 00:30:18.216
CABINET EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION
00:30:18.283 --> 00:30:19.417
. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY
00:30:19.484 --> 00:30:21.586
COLLEAGUE OVER AT B. C S. H. TO
00:30:21.653 --> 00:30:23.154
TAKE A LOOK. ALL THE HOUSING
00:30:23.221 --> 00:30:24.689
NEEDS AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS
00:30:24.756 --> 00:30:26.124
WITH THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES IN
00:30:26.191 --> 00:30:28.660
CALIFORNIA. AND WHAT CAN WE DO
00:30:28.726 --> 00:30:30.295
AS THE MINISTRATIONS TO NOT ONLY
00:30:30.361 --> 00:30:32.730
WORK IN A STATE LEVEL, BUT AS
00:30:32.797 --> 00:30:33.731
YOU MENTIONED PARTNERING WITH
00:30:33.798 --> 00:30:35.466
LOCAL ENTITY A LOT CLOSER. TO
00:30:35.533 --> 00:30:37.602
FIND SOLUTION AND FOR THOSE
00:30:37.669 --> 00:30:39.604
HOUSING THAT ARE EXCESSES YOU
00:30:39.671 --> 00:30:42.640
MENTIONED I READ THE AUDITOR'S
00:30:42.707 --> 00:30:44.242
REPORT UNDERSTAND THE BASED ON
00:30:44.309 --> 00:30:46.711
THE CURRENT PEACE IS GOING TO
00:30:46.778 --> 00:30:47.745
TAKE MUCH, MUCH LONGER TIME.
00:30:47.812 --> 00:30:50.415
HOWEVER I DO HAVE THE COMMITMENT
00:30:50.481 --> 00:30:52.150
FROM A DIRECTOR LAW SO AS WELL
00:30:52.217 --> 00:30:54.052
AS MY SUPPORT FOR HER TO JUST
00:30:54.118 --> 00:30:55.353
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TURN EVERY
00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:57.922
ROCK OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT WE
00:30:57.989 --> 00:31:00.792
CAN DO TO STREAMLINE THAT. SO I
00:31:00.858 --> 00:31:03.161
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITY, PROBABLY
00:31:03.228 --> 00:31:05.496
IN THE FUTURE TO COME BACK,
00:31:05.563 --> 00:31:06.731
PERHAPS WITH A LOT MORE IDEAS
00:31:06.798 --> 00:31:07.832
AND SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS
00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:10.101
PRESENTED THE GREAT WE WILL BE
00:31:10.168 --> 00:31:11.669
GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE AUDITOR
00:31:11.736 --> 00:31:13.104
DID MENTION A NUMBER OF
00:31:13.171 --> 00:31:15.807
LEGISLATIVE FIXES THAT MIGHT BE
00:31:15.873 --> 00:31:16.941
NECESSARY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
00:31:17.008 --> 00:31:18.576
CAN FALL. YOU KNOW, IN OUR
00:31:18.643 --> 00:31:19.911
PURVIEW AND SOMETHING I THINK
00:31:19.978 --> 00:31:21.713
WE'D ALL BE VERY INTERESTED. IF
00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.548
THAT WILL HELP. MOVE THIS ALONG
00:31:23.615 --> 00:31:24.415
AND MOVE THAT TIMELINE OR
00:31:24.482 --> 00:31:25.450
RAPIDLY. IT WILL BE VERY
00:31:25.516 --> 00:31:28.152
IMPORTANT SO WELL, HAVE YOU
00:31:28.219 --> 00:31:29.120
CHECKING BACK WITH US? OR
00:31:29.187 --> 00:31:30.455
PERHAPS ON THIS LAST HOLE
00:31:30.521 --> 00:31:31.990
BECAUSE THAT FOR MY PARTICULAR
00:31:32.056 --> 00:31:34.325
DISTRICT IS A HUGE ISSUE. WE
00:31:34.392 --> 00:31:36.327
HAVE MANY ENCOUNTER MINTS. WE
00:31:36.394 --> 00:31:38.730
HAVE A MAJOR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
00:31:38.796 --> 00:31:39.897
HOPING TO IMPLEMENT IT WITH THE
00:31:39.964 --> 00:31:41.266
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. SPORT
00:31:41.332 --> 00:31:42.467
ADDRESSING HOMELESS, A
00:31:42.533 --> 00:31:44.035
CALIFORNIA CARE COURT AND ALL OF
00:31:44.102 --> 00:31:45.703
THAT THAT'S BECOMING FORWARD SO
00:31:45.770 --> 00:31:47.171
HAVING PROPERTIES LIKE THIS
00:31:47.238 --> 00:31:49.340
AVAILABLE VERY FUNDAMENTAL TO
00:31:49.407 --> 00:31:51.576
MEETING THOSE GOALS AND MAKING
00:31:51.643 --> 00:31:52.577
HOPEFULLY HAVING CALIFORNIA LEAD
00:31:52.644 --> 00:31:55.046
THE WAY IN ENDING OUR HOMELESS
00:31:55.113 --> 00:31:57.615
PROBLEM, SO JUST LAY THAT ON ON
00:31:57.682 --> 00:31:58.983
ALL THE OTHER THINGS ON YOUR TO
00:31:59.050 --> 00:32:01.252
DO LIST, BUT YOU SEEM SO VERY,
00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.920
VERY CONFIDENT. IN THE WAY OF
00:32:02.987 --> 00:32:04.188
YOU HAVE ADDRESSED MANY OF THE
00:32:04.255 --> 00:32:06.457
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP
00:32:06.524 --> 00:32:07.225
IN AND QUESTIONS SO YOU WILL
00:32:07.292 --> 00:32:09.527
HAVE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR YOUR
00:32:09.594 --> 00:32:10.628
CONFIRMATION AND AGAIN. THANK
00:32:10.695 --> 00:32:13.331
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION
00:32:13.398 --> 00:32:14.932
OVER ALL THESE YEARS TO PUBLIC
00:32:14.999 --> 00:32:16.234
SERVICE. THANK YOU. YOU, MADAM
00:32:16.301 --> 00:32:20.638
VICE. THANK YOU, MADAM. VICE
00:32:20.705 --> 00:32:23.574
CHAIR, SENATOR KAMLAGER. THANK
00:32:23.641 --> 00:32:25.209
YOU, MADAM PRO TEM AND GOOD TO
00:32:25.276 --> 00:32:28.079
SEE YOU. UM AND STRUGGLING HERE
00:32:28.146 --> 00:32:29.247
WITH THE LIGHTS BECAUSE OF MY
00:32:29.314 --> 00:32:31.382
EYES, BUT AND WHAT'S WANNA
00:32:31.449 --> 00:32:38.756
APPLAUD YOU AND I TO WAS IT?
00:32:38.823 --> 00:32:41.426
WARMING TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU
00:32:41.492 --> 00:32:43.294
KNOW, FAILURE IS ALSO PART OF
00:32:43.361 --> 00:32:44.962
SUCCESS, AND IT IS REALLY
00:32:45.029 --> 00:32:47.432
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SERVANTS
00:32:47.498 --> 00:32:48.499
, PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT ARE
00:32:48.566 --> 00:32:51.569
WILLING TO BE VULNERABLE. AND
00:32:51.636 --> 00:32:53.137
THAT SEE IT AS PART OF THIS
00:32:53.204 --> 00:32:56.040
GREATER LINK TO REALLY ALSO HELP
00:32:56.107 --> 00:32:58.042
INFORM CONSTITUENTS HOW
00:32:58.109 --> 00:32:59.911
GOVERNMENT CAN BE A PROBLEM
00:32:59.977 --> 00:33:01.446
SOLVER RATHER THAN A PROBLEM.
00:33:01.512 --> 00:33:04.282
CREATOR AND YOU HAVE THE
00:33:04.349 --> 00:33:05.550
LEARNING LESSONS IN THE BUILDING
00:33:05.616 --> 00:33:08.386
BLOCKS THAT WE HAVE COME FROM
00:33:08.453 --> 00:33:08.886
SNAFUS AND MISTAKES AND
00:33:08.953 --> 00:33:11.756
FAILURES. BECAUSE THOSE ARE
00:33:11.823 --> 00:33:12.924
THAT'S THE MUSCLE THAT WE NEED
00:33:12.990 --> 00:33:15.326
TO HELP US. FIGURE OUT. HOW TO
00:33:15.393 --> 00:33:17.528
MAKE THINGS WORK, SO I'M JUST
00:33:17.595 --> 00:33:19.697
GRATEFUL THAT YOU SAY THAT
00:33:19.764 --> 00:33:21.599
BECAUSE I SAY THAT A LOT. UM YOU
00:33:21.666 --> 00:33:23.701
KNOW WHERE I AM AND IN MY HOME
00:33:23.768 --> 00:33:25.803
AND IN MY OFFICE, UM, WAS
00:33:25.870 --> 00:33:28.106
EXCITED FOR US TO GET A CHANCE
00:33:28.172 --> 00:33:30.842
TO TALK AND THIS DEPARTMENT OF
00:33:30.908 --> 00:33:31.909
DIGITAL INNOVATION AND WAYS IN
00:33:31.976 --> 00:33:34.579
WHICH WE CAN UM, HELP DIFFERENT
00:33:34.645 --> 00:33:36.781
AGENCIES OPTIMIZE THEIR
00:33:36.848 --> 00:33:38.282
PROCESSES. I THINK IT'S
00:33:38.349 --> 00:33:41.919
IMPORTANT THAT, UM THE STATE IS
00:33:41.986 --> 00:33:44.355
ON PAR WITH HOW CALIFORNIANS ARE
00:33:44.422 --> 00:33:45.790
OPERATING RIGHT HOW THEY'RE
00:33:45.857 --> 00:33:46.824
WORKING AND HOW THEY'RE
00:33:46.891 --> 00:33:47.859
INNOVATING AND HOW THEIR
00:33:47.925 --> 00:33:51.195
ENTREPRENEURIAL IN. CAN I MAKE
00:33:51.262 --> 00:33:53.898
THAT A VERB AND ACTIVE VERB? UM
00:33:53.965 --> 00:33:55.666
AND ALSO HOW THEY INTERACT WITH
00:33:55.733 --> 00:33:58.536
US, AND SO, UM, WOULD LOVE IT.
00:33:58.603 --> 00:34:00.905
IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE SHARE A
00:34:00.972 --> 00:34:01.672
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU
00:34:01.739 --> 00:34:04.041
SEE. HAS THE VISION BEHIND THAT
00:34:04.108 --> 00:34:05.643
PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT IN WAYS IN
00:34:05.710 --> 00:34:08.045
WHICH IT CAN PROPEL SO MANY OF
00:34:08.112 --> 00:34:10.815
ITS PARTNERS, YOU KNOW INTO, UM
00:34:10.882 --> 00:34:12.950
DEEPER INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
00:34:13.017 --> 00:34:14.652
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU, SENATOR
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.854
FOR THAT. SO CURRENTLY THE
00:34:16.921 --> 00:34:18.923
OFFICE OF DIGITAL INNOVATION
00:34:18.990 --> 00:34:20.525
ACTUALLY IS IT'S LITERALLY IN
00:34:20.591 --> 00:34:21.926
THE PROCESS AS PART OF THE MAIN
00:34:21.993 --> 00:34:23.828
REVISION WILL BE BECOMING OFFICE
00:34:23.895 --> 00:34:26.964
OF DATA AND INNOVATION. AND THAT
00:34:27.031 --> 00:34:29.067
WAS PROMPTED BY THE FACT THAT,
00:34:29.133 --> 00:34:31.969
UM MAIN LEAD IN THE PAST TWO
00:34:32.036 --> 00:34:34.305
YEARS OF A COVID RESPONSE, WHILE
00:34:34.372 --> 00:34:36.007
INNOVATION ON THE DIGITAL SIDE
00:34:36.073 --> 00:34:38.075
IS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE
00:34:38.142 --> 00:34:39.844
INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO
00:34:39.911 --> 00:34:42.146
THE FASTEST ROUTE AS POSSIBLE AS
00:34:42.213 --> 00:34:44.916
WELL AS YOU KNOW, IN IN IN IN
00:34:44.982 --> 00:34:46.451
THE WAY OF SHARING THE DATA THAT
00:34:46.517 --> 00:34:48.019
PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE
00:34:48.085 --> 00:34:49.520
GOVERNMENT'S TRANSFORMING OR IS
00:34:49.587 --> 00:34:51.456
DOING THROUGH DASHBOARDS AND
00:34:51.522 --> 00:34:52.690
LOTS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
00:34:52.757 --> 00:34:55.426
THE WEBSITE AND ALL THAT. IT WAS
00:34:55.493 --> 00:34:57.862
ALSO VIVID IN TO SEE THAT THERE
00:34:57.929 --> 00:34:58.930
IS A POPULATION THAT ARE
00:34:58.996 --> 00:35:00.264
AFFECTED BY DIGITAL DIVIDE. AND
00:35:00.331 --> 00:35:03.034
BECAUSE OF THAT, WHEN I JOINED
00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:04.902
THE ORGANIZATION BACK IN JANUARY
00:35:04.969 --> 00:35:06.103
, AND I'M CONTINUING TO
00:35:06.170 --> 00:35:08.439
CHAMPIONING THAT IS THAT NUMBER
00:35:08.506 --> 00:35:09.807
ONE IN ORDER FOR THIS
00:35:09.874 --> 00:35:11.742
ORGANIZATION TO HELP OTHER 150.
00:35:11.809 --> 00:35:14.312
YOU KNOW, STATE ENTITY TO REALLY
00:35:14.378 --> 00:35:16.347
IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TO
00:35:16.414 --> 00:35:17.748
RESIDENT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
00:35:17.815 --> 00:35:20.017
THAT INNOVATION COMES IN
00:35:20.084 --> 00:35:22.653
MULTIPLE FORMS DIGITAL OR NOT.
00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:25.656
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE OFFICE
00:35:25.723 --> 00:35:28.025
NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO BE IN THE
00:35:28.092 --> 00:35:29.594
MAIN REVISION, BECOMING A DATA
00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:31.229
AND INNOVATION SO THAT THE
00:35:31.295 --> 00:35:32.663
INNOVATION BASED ON THE DATA
00:35:32.730 --> 00:35:35.333
DRIVEN APPROACH. SO THAT IT
00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:37.101
COULD BE A LOT MORE THOUGHTFUL
00:35:37.168 --> 00:35:38.870
AT THE SAME TIME USING DATA AS A
00:35:38.936 --> 00:35:41.572
CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT TO SEE
00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.673
WHETHER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS
00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:45.877
ACTUALLY MADE AN IMPACT. SECOND
00:35:45.943 --> 00:35:48.679
TO THAT I WANT I WANTED TO SHARE
00:35:48.746 --> 00:35:50.648
IS THAT AS A, UM PERSONAL
00:35:50.715 --> 00:35:52.149
EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH THE
00:35:52.216 --> 00:35:54.185
TEAM OF OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS
00:35:54.252 --> 00:35:55.586
IN THIS OFFICE, WE REALIZED THAT
00:35:55.653 --> 00:35:59.891
BYE. REACHING OUT THE DEPARTMENT
00:35:59.957 --> 00:36:02.326
ALONE TO SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO
00:36:02.393 --> 00:36:03.961
IMPROVE YOUR PROCESS IS PROBABLY
00:36:04.028 --> 00:36:07.398
NOT GOING TO GO VERY FAR. BUT BY
00:36:07.465 --> 00:36:08.966
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND
00:36:09.033 --> 00:36:10.935
BRINGING TO SAY AT THE END OF
00:36:11.002 --> 00:36:13.371
THE DAY OR GO HERE IS THE BEST
00:36:13.437 --> 00:36:14.539
OF SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS OR ARE
00:36:14.605 --> 00:36:16.541
RESIDENTS THEN WE NEED TO BRING
00:36:16.607 --> 00:36:17.375
THAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS
00:36:17.441 --> 00:36:19.110
BACK TO THE HUMAN CENTERED
00:36:19.176 --> 00:36:21.546
DESIGN APPROACH. TO SEE WHAT IS
00:36:21.612 --> 00:36:23.714
WORKING. WHAT IS NOT WORKING,
00:36:23.781 --> 00:36:24.982
AND FOR THOSE NOT WORKING IS AN
00:36:25.049 --> 00:36:27.151
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT SO
00:36:27.218 --> 00:36:28.853
THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT CRITICISM OF
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:30.054
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT
00:36:30.121 --> 00:36:32.256
IT'S PENDING A PICTURE. THAT
00:36:32.323 --> 00:36:34.258
WHERE THE AREA OF IMPROVEMENT
00:36:34.325 --> 00:36:35.893
THAT ARE LAID IN FRONT OF YOU,
00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.595
AND THEN WITH THE CONSTANT
00:36:37.662 --> 00:36:39.630
FEEDBACK INTERACTION WITH OUR
00:36:39.697 --> 00:36:40.731
RESIDENTS, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING
00:36:40.798 --> 00:36:44.735
TO DRIVE CHANGE. AND LASTLY, ONE
00:36:44.802 --> 00:36:46.771
OF THE THINGS THAT THE OFFICE OF
00:36:46.837 --> 00:36:48.172
A DIGITAL INNOVATION OR SOON TO
00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.474
BE OFFICE OF DATA IN INNOVATION,
00:36:50.541 --> 00:36:51.409
WE ARE GOING TO TAP INTO THE
00:36:51.475 --> 00:36:52.343
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF
00:36:52.410 --> 00:36:55.513
CALIFORNIA. THERE'S SO MANY
00:36:55.580 --> 00:36:58.416
BUSINESS SO MANY ENTITIES
00:36:58.482 --> 00:37:00.451
LARGER, SMALL THAT JUST WANT TO
00:37:00.518 --> 00:37:02.119
GET INVOLVED AND HELP THE
00:37:02.186 --> 00:37:05.122
GOVERNMENT TO BE ALL WE CAN BE.
00:37:05.189 --> 00:37:07.191
AND AS MANY HAVE SEEN THE LAST
00:37:07.258 --> 00:37:08.993
TWO YEARS THAT IT'S BEEN
00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:11.095
INCREDIBLE WORK. AND SO MANY OF
00:37:11.162 --> 00:37:13.164
THEM ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS TO
00:37:13.230 --> 00:37:14.532
SAY, HEY, WE WILL NEED TO COME
00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:16.334
AND GIVE YOU IDEA. TRY DIFFERENT
00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:18.536
CONCEPTS, PILOT DIFFERENT THINGS
00:37:18.603 --> 00:37:20.771
IN THE STATE SO THAT YOU KNOW
00:37:20.838 --> 00:37:22.907
THE STATE IS NOT ALWAYS SITTING
00:37:22.974 --> 00:37:24.141
ON THE SIDELINE TO SEE. YOU KNOW
00:37:24.208 --> 00:37:25.776
WHAT'S BECOMING AVAILABLE TO US,
00:37:25.843 --> 00:37:28.279
BUT BEING PART OF THAT SOLUTION
00:37:28.346 --> 00:37:29.180
, AND THAT IS SOMETHING I
00:37:29.246 --> 00:37:31.282
INTENDED TO DO WITH THIS OFFICE
00:37:31.349 --> 00:37:32.917
OF DATA AND INNOVATION, MOVING
00:37:32.984 --> 00:37:33.417
FORWARD TO CREATETHOSE
00:37:33.484 --> 00:37:37.655
INNOVATION, ROUNDTABLES. SO OUR
00:37:37.722 --> 00:37:39.290
INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE A PLATFORM
00:37:39.357 --> 00:37:42.393
TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. WELL
00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.894
GOOD FOR YOU. I SAW IT IN MY
00:37:43.961 --> 00:37:45.529
BUDGET COMMITTEE AND HAD SO MANY
00:37:45.596 --> 00:37:47.164
QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO THOUGHT IT
00:37:47.231 --> 00:37:48.866
WAS REALLY GREAT APPROACH
00:37:48.933 --> 00:37:49.867
INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE, SO I'LL
00:37:49.934 --> 00:37:53.571
BE ROOTING FOR YOU. MY LAST
00:37:53.638 --> 00:37:55.039
QUESTION IS JUST ASKED TO DO
00:37:55.106 --> 00:37:57.475
WITH, UM, A THE BLOCKCHAIN
00:37:57.541 --> 00:37:59.543
WORKING GROUP AND BE THE
00:37:59.610 --> 00:38:00.978
GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
00:38:01.045 --> 00:38:03.114
CRYPTO OR DIGITAL CURRENCY. UM,
00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:07.251
YOU TALKED ABOUT. ENTREPRENEURS
00:38:07.318 --> 00:38:09.186
AND INNOVATION AND MOVING INTO
00:38:09.253 --> 00:38:11.255
THE DIGITAL AGE AND NOTICE THAT
00:38:11.322 --> 00:38:12.523
THIS WILL ALSO BE UNDER YOUR
00:38:12.590 --> 00:38:14.158
PURVIEW AND JUST WANT TO HEAR
00:38:14.225 --> 00:38:15.760
FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT
00:38:15.826 --> 00:38:16.961
OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU CURRENTLY
00:38:17.028 --> 00:38:17.762
SEE FOR THE USE OF THESE
00:38:17.828 --> 00:38:19.530
TECHNOLOGIES BY THE STATE OF
00:38:19.597 --> 00:38:22.633
CALIFORNIA. YES UM, SO COUPLE OF
00:38:22.700 --> 00:38:24.635
YEARS AGO IS WHEN THE BLOCKCHAIN
00:38:24.702 --> 00:38:26.671
WORK GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED AND
00:38:26.737 --> 00:38:29.674
RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF COVID YEAR
00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:32.643
2020 REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN
00:38:32.710 --> 00:38:36.447
TERM OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
00:38:36.514 --> 00:38:38.249
THE BOUNDARY IF YOU WOULD ON
00:38:38.315 --> 00:38:41.652
TESTING OUT BLOCKCHAIN USE CASE
00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:43.821
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOW
00:38:43.888 --> 00:38:45.489
THAT THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
00:38:45.556 --> 00:38:46.323
PREDOMINANTLY ON CRYPTOCURRENCY
00:38:46.390 --> 00:38:49.326
IS DIGITAL ASSET. BLOCKCHAIN WAS
00:38:49.393 --> 00:38:51.262
ALSO MENTIONED IN THE EXECUTIVE
00:38:51.328 --> 00:38:54.365
ORDER SPECIFIC TO COVER UPS ROLE
00:38:54.432 --> 00:38:55.800
AND WHERE THAT IT WAS SPELLED
00:38:55.866 --> 00:38:57.334
OUT THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCY AS I
00:38:57.401 --> 00:38:59.003
MENTIONED BEFORE WOULD BE MOVING
00:38:59.070 --> 00:39:00.604
FORWARD WITH THE REQUEST FOR
00:39:00.671 --> 00:39:01.706
INNOVATIVE IDEA WE CALL RFE
00:39:01.772 --> 00:39:04.542
SQUARE. AS A WAY OF ENGAGING
00:39:04.608 --> 00:39:08.112
WITH INDUSTRY. TO TAKE A LOOK
00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.647
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE
00:39:09.714 --> 00:39:10.981
THAT IT'S A GOOD PILOT CASE TO
00:39:11.048 --> 00:39:14.085
APPLY TO STATE. AND I HAVE HAD A
00:39:14.151 --> 00:39:15.386
CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES
00:39:15.453 --> 00:39:18.456
IN THE CABINET TO SEE WHETHER
00:39:18.522 --> 00:39:20.324
YOU KNOW, FOOD SAFETY IS ONE OF
00:39:20.391 --> 00:39:23.160
THOSE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY IT OUT
00:39:23.227 --> 00:39:25.930
. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
00:39:25.996 --> 00:39:27.465
WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING
00:39:27.531 --> 00:39:28.532
FORWARD, AND I'M VERY INTERESTED
00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.267
TO HEAR FROM THE INDUSTRY AND
00:39:30.334 --> 00:39:31.402
PARTNER AWAY WITH THEM MOVING
00:39:31.469 --> 00:39:35.106
FORWARD. WELL ME TOO. AND UM, TO
00:39:35.172 --> 00:39:38.109
LIKE MY COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT. I
00:39:38.175 --> 00:39:40.411
WANT TO ADD TO YOUR LIST, UM,
00:39:40.478 --> 00:39:44.949
WITH DGS. AH A PROPERTY THAT I
00:39:45.015 --> 00:39:46.550
HAVE IN MY DISTRICT ON 54TH AND
00:39:46.617 --> 00:39:48.419
CRENSHAW. IT WAS NEEDED BUILDING
00:39:48.486 --> 00:39:50.955
THAT WAS LITIGATION GOING ON FOR
00:39:51.021 --> 00:39:52.757
A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE THE STATE
00:39:52.823 --> 00:39:54.558
WAS ABLE TO FINALLY REST LIT
00:39:54.625 --> 00:39:56.093
BACK AND IT HAS. I THINK MOVED
00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:58.429
FROM THE G S TWO E D D NOW, BUT
00:39:58.496 --> 00:40:00.631
NOT IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND IT'S A
00:40:00.698 --> 00:40:03.701
PARCEL THAT MY DISTRICT IS
00:40:03.768 --> 00:40:06.971
DESPERATELY WANTING TO REOPEN
00:40:07.037 --> 00:40:08.405
SHOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE
00:40:08.472 --> 00:40:11.742
KINDS OF SERVICES AND TO BE ABLE
00:40:11.809 --> 00:40:13.410
TO CO LOCATE WITH OTHER SERVICES
00:40:13.477 --> 00:40:14.345
THAT ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
00:40:14.411 --> 00:40:18.182
YOU KNOW, I HAVE ONE. STATE. UM
00:40:18.249 --> 00:40:24.088
FACILITY. IN MY DISTRICT. AH AND
00:40:24.155 --> 00:40:26.157
THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS IN SOUTH L
00:40:26.223 --> 00:40:28.559
A. AND NOW IT'S GONE, AND SO THE
00:40:28.626 --> 00:40:29.760
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN YEARNING FOR
00:40:29.827 --> 00:40:31.061
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, SO
00:40:31.128 --> 00:40:33.164
EVERY TIME I CAN GO ON RECORD TO
00:40:33.230 --> 00:40:34.098
TELL PEOPLE THAT I AM STILL
00:40:34.165 --> 00:40:36.500
WORKING TO GET THIS FACILITY
00:40:36.567 --> 00:40:37.635
REOPENED IN THE WAY THAT THE
00:40:37.701 --> 00:40:39.170
COMMUNITY NEEDS I WILL TAKE THAT
00:40:39.236 --> 00:40:40.504
OPPORTUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:40:40.571 --> 00:40:42.239
BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU FOR
00:40:42.306 --> 00:40:43.507
YOUR CONFIRMATION AND THANK YOU
00:40:43.574 --> 00:40:45.509
FOR YOUR TIME. AND FOR YOUR
00:40:45.576 --> 00:40:46.777
SERVICE. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
00:40:46.844 --> 00:40:48.546
THANK YOU, SENATOR KAMLAGER. AND
00:40:48.612 --> 00:40:50.414
LET ME JUST CONFIRM THAT IS
00:40:50.481 --> 00:40:51.816
TRUE. IN THIS VERY COMMITTEE
00:40:51.882 --> 00:40:53.417
ALONE. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS
00:40:53.484 --> 00:40:55.719
PARTICULAR SITE A NUMBER OF
00:40:55.786 --> 00:40:57.321
TIMES SO WE WILL BE THRILLED
00:40:57.388 --> 00:41:00.891
WHEN OUR COLLEAGUE HAS THAT
00:41:00.958 --> 00:41:02.293
OPPORTUNITY. I MEAN THAT, IN ALL
00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:03.460
SINCERITY, I KNOW WHAT'S
00:41:03.527 --> 00:41:06.664
IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY. UM I
00:41:06.730 --> 00:41:08.165
WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY
00:41:08.232 --> 00:41:09.266
COLLEAGUES. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
00:41:09.333 --> 00:41:11.202
YOU HERE. IT'S GREAT THAT YOUR
00:41:11.268 --> 00:41:12.536
DAUGHTER IS HERE TO SEE YOU IN
00:41:12.603 --> 00:41:14.672
ACTION, AND I SEND MY BEST TO
00:41:14.738 --> 00:41:16.540
YOUR FAMILY WHO ARE WATCHING.
00:41:16.607 --> 00:41:19.543
YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND POSITIVITY
00:41:19.610 --> 00:41:21.478
THAT YOU BRING IN YOUR OPENING
00:41:21.545 --> 00:41:23.948
COMMENTS ARE REALLY EVIDENT AND
00:41:24.014 --> 00:41:25.249
YOU KNOW, I FOCUSED ON A COUPLE
00:41:25.316 --> 00:41:27.117
OF THINGS YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED
00:41:27.184 --> 00:41:29.086
BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT MORE THAN
00:41:29.153 --> 00:41:29.954
ONCE IN YOUR OPENING COMMENTS,
00:41:30.020 --> 00:41:31.355
WHICH I REALLY APPLAUD BECAUSE I
00:41:31.422 --> 00:41:33.624
THINK THAT IS THE HIGHEST
00:41:33.691 --> 00:41:35.159
OPPORTUNITY THAT THOSE OF US IN
00:41:35.226 --> 00:41:39.630
THIS WORLD HAVE AND BRING IN
00:41:39.697 --> 00:41:40.431
YOUR TALENTS TO GOVERNMENT IS
00:41:40.497 --> 00:41:42.766
CERTAINLY NEEDED BECAUSE WHEN I
00:41:42.833 --> 00:41:43.868
LOOK AT THE LONG LIST OF
00:41:43.934 --> 00:41:46.437
DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU OVERSEE
00:41:46.503 --> 00:41:48.505
THEIR CRITICAL ON THE GROUND.
00:41:48.572 --> 00:41:50.441
SOME MIGHT LOOK AT HIM AND SAY
00:41:50.507 --> 00:41:52.309
THERE'S NOT A LOT SEXY ABOUT
00:41:52.376 --> 00:41:54.678
THIS LIST. BUT IF IT WEREN'T FOR
00:41:54.745 --> 00:41:55.412
THIS LIST, I'M NOT SURE OUR
00:41:55.479 --> 00:41:57.448
FOUNDATION WOULD WORK AND THIS
00:41:57.514 --> 00:41:58.582
INCREDIBLY LARGE AND COMPLEX
00:41:58.649 --> 00:42:02.419
STATE I WANT TO ASK A FIRST
00:42:02.486 --> 00:42:03.954
GENERAL QUESTION. I'M JUST
00:42:04.021 --> 00:42:05.723
INTRIGUED WITH ALL THAT YOU THE
00:42:05.789 --> 00:42:08.459
RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE. I'M
00:42:08.525 --> 00:42:10.561
JUST CURIOUS OF THE LIST OF
00:42:10.628 --> 00:42:12.062
THINGS THAT YOU OVERSEE. WHAT
00:42:12.129 --> 00:42:14.531
ARE THE AND WITH NO DISRESPECT
00:42:14.598 --> 00:42:17.434
TO ANY TOPIC OR ITEMS. WHAT
00:42:17.501 --> 00:42:19.670
KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT? WHEN YOU
00:42:19.737 --> 00:42:21.038
LOOK AT THIS LIST OF THINGS THAT
00:42:21.105 --> 00:42:22.273
YOU HAVE SUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:27.378
WOW. UM. THAT IS DEFINITELY A
00:42:27.444 --> 00:42:30.981
VERY, UM, HAD INSIGHTFUL
00:42:31.048 --> 00:42:32.850
QUESTION TO ASK, GIVING THAT THE
00:42:32.917 --> 00:42:34.018
RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO
00:42:34.084 --> 00:42:36.787
GROW. AND IF I COULD ALSO ADD TO
00:42:36.854 --> 00:42:39.723
THAT CHAIR ATKINS THE FACT THAT
00:42:39.790 --> 00:42:42.493
THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND IT'S
00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:44.295
FAIRLY UNIQUE IN A WAY THAT IT
00:42:44.361 --> 00:42:46.864
OVERSEES THE 12TH DEPARTMENT OF
00:42:46.931 --> 00:42:48.565
13 DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE ARE
00:42:48.632 --> 00:42:49.900
REPRESENTING DIFFERENT AREAS OF
00:42:49.967 --> 00:42:51.035
RESPONSIBILITY TO THERE'S
00:42:51.101 --> 00:42:55.873
RANGING FROM REVENUE TO PENSION
00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.875
TO THREE CONTROL AGENCY AS WELL
00:42:57.942 --> 00:43:00.744
AS VICTIMS CALM AND YOU KNOW YOU
00:43:00.811 --> 00:43:04.214
NAME IT. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST
00:43:04.281 --> 00:43:05.883
THING WHEN I WALK INTO THIS
00:43:05.950 --> 00:43:07.718
ROLE, I MEAN, LIKE, WHERE AM I
00:43:07.785 --> 00:43:09.219
GONNA FOCUSING ON? IF I FOCUS ON
00:43:09.286 --> 00:43:10.387
EVERYTHING, I'M SIMPLY GOING TO
00:43:10.454 --> 00:43:12.356
SPREAD MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WAY TOO
00:43:12.423 --> 00:43:14.858
THIN, RIGHT? AND THE NEXT
00:43:14.925 --> 00:43:16.226
QUESTION IS WHAT IS IT THAT
00:43:16.293 --> 00:43:18.796
KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT THAT I
00:43:18.862 --> 00:43:20.965
NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO SO I
00:43:21.031 --> 00:43:23.133
WOULD SAY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:25.836
QUITE FRANKLY, UM, CYBERSECURITY
00:43:25.903 --> 00:43:26.971
IS AN AREA THAT I'M GOING TO BE
00:43:27.037 --> 00:43:28.038
CONTINUED PAYING A LOT OF
00:43:28.105 --> 00:43:30.708
ATTENTION. T<c.cyan> ESPECIALLY GIVING</c>
00:43:30.774 --> 00:43:33.477
THE GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
00:43:33.544 --> 00:43:35.245
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM,
00:43:35.312 --> 00:43:37.982
THAT AND TWO YEARS OUT OF
00:43:38.048 --> 00:43:39.516
TELEWORKERS SETTING THAT WAS
00:43:39.583 --> 00:43:42.586
TRANSITIONED VERY, VERY FAST. UM
00:43:42.653 --> 00:43:44.221
AND THEN RECENTLY, ALL OF THE
00:43:44.288 --> 00:43:45.622
FRAUD THAT'S GOING ON.
00:43:45.689 --> 00:43:47.091
UNFORTUNATELY THE BACK ACTOR
00:43:47.157 --> 00:43:49.493
TAKING OPPORTUNITY OF THIS I
00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:50.794
FEEL LIKE ANYTHING RELATED TO A
00:43:50.861 --> 00:43:54.465
DIGITAL SERVICES. THAT WE NEED
00:43:54.531 --> 00:43:56.467
TO STEP UP OUR GAME TO MAKE SURE
00:43:56.533 --> 00:43:58.168
THAT WE DON'T FALL BEHIND. UM
00:43:58.235 --> 00:43:59.670
YOU KNOW, IT WENT WHEN COMPARED
00:43:59.737 --> 00:44:01.205
TO WHEN COMPETING WITH THESE
00:44:01.271 --> 00:44:02.806
BACK ACTORS ON WHAT THEY CAN
00:44:02.873 --> 00:44:04.675
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLIC
00:44:04.742 --> 00:44:06.276
PUBLIC SERVICES OUT THERE. SO
00:44:06.343 --> 00:44:08.078
THAT AREA IS GOING TO CONTINUE
00:44:08.145 --> 00:44:10.214
TO BE MY MAJOR FOCUS. THE OTHER
00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:12.616
PART THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME OR
00:44:12.683 --> 00:44:14.685
KEEPING ME AT NIGHT AS I
00:44:14.752 --> 00:44:17.488
MENTIONED WITH A COMPETITIVE JOB
00:44:17.554 --> 00:44:20.357
MARKET AND THE HIGH VACANCY RATE
00:44:20.424 --> 00:44:23.394
OF THE STATE AT THE MOMENT, AND
00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:24.461
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEELING BURNT
00:44:24.528 --> 00:44:26.363
OUT AND RETIRE FROM TWO YEARS OF
00:44:26.430 --> 00:44:28.665
COVID RESPONSE. I WANT TO MAKE
00:44:28.732 --> 00:44:30.868
SURE THE STATE WORKFORCE FEEL
00:44:30.934 --> 00:44:32.970
THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED THAT
00:44:33.037 --> 00:44:37.708
THERE IS A ASSUMED TO CALL IT. I
00:44:37.775 --> 00:44:38.942
DON'T KNOW IF RESET IS THE RIGHT
00:44:39.009 --> 00:44:42.713
WORD. BUT THERE'S HOPE THERE IS
00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:44.248
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
00:44:44.314 --> 00:44:45.816
AND THERE IS A REGENERATION OF
00:44:45.883 --> 00:44:48.218
ENERGY ON WHAT WE NEED TO COME
00:44:48.285 --> 00:44:49.420
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR NEXT
00:44:49.486 --> 00:44:50.521
GENERATION OF WORKFORCE LOOK
00:44:50.587 --> 00:44:54.992
LIKE. IT'S NOT SO MUCH IT'S A
00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:57.227
VULNERABILITY PER SE, BUT IT IS
00:44:57.294 --> 00:44:59.163
SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE IN
00:44:59.229 --> 00:45:00.330
ORDER FOR THE STATE TO CONTINUE
00:45:00.397 --> 00:45:02.766
TO TRANSFORM AND DELIVER. WE'VE
00:45:02.833 --> 00:45:04.234
GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE
00:45:04.301 --> 00:45:06.136
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY
00:45:06.203 --> 00:45:07.838
, AND THAT IS MY PRIMARY FOCUS
00:45:07.905 --> 00:45:10.340
IN GOVERNMENT AGENCY. WELL,
00:45:10.407 --> 00:45:13.877
THANK YOU REALLY INSIGHTFUL. I
00:45:13.944 --> 00:45:15.879
I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN SOMEONE
00:45:15.946 --> 00:45:16.447
ASKED ME WHAT ARE MY TOP
00:45:16.513 --> 00:45:18.248
PRIORITIES? I'M LIKE, I DON'T
00:45:18.315 --> 00:45:20.284
JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO OR I, BUT
00:45:20.350 --> 00:45:21.518
TO YOUR POINT. I THOUGHT THOSE
00:45:21.585 --> 00:45:22.719
WERE REALLY CYBER SECURITY WAS
00:45:22.786 --> 00:45:24.755
TOP OF MY LIST, AND SO I GIVE
00:45:24.822 --> 00:45:26.723
MYSELF AN A FOR HAVING THE RIGHT
00:45:26.790 --> 00:45:27.825
ANSWER, AS OPPOSED TO THE
00:45:27.891 --> 00:45:32.496
REVERSE. UM YEAH, I, UM I WANTED
00:45:32.563 --> 00:45:34.765
TO ASK YOU, UM, GIVEN THE ROLL
00:45:34.832 --> 00:45:38.569
OUT OF BROADBAND, UM, JUST HOW
00:45:38.635 --> 00:45:40.270
YOU THINK IT'S GOING? I KNOW AT
00:45:40.337 --> 00:45:42.139
THIS POINT, I THINK OUR STAFF
00:45:42.206 --> 00:45:44.942
TELL US YOU KNOW THE INITIAL
00:45:45.008 --> 00:45:46.009
PROJECTS TOTAL MORE THAN 850
00:45:46.076 --> 00:45:49.713
MILES. YOU KNOW, JUST AN UPDATE
00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:51.415
ON HOW YOU THINK WHAT YOU THINK
00:45:51.482 --> 00:45:53.250
THE NEXT STEPS ARE AT THIS
00:45:53.317 --> 00:45:55.319
POINT. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT
00:45:55.385 --> 00:45:58.222
THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM
00:45:58.288 --> 00:46:01.258
QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND AS I
00:46:01.325 --> 00:46:02.226
MENTIONED EARLIER, THE VERY
00:46:02.292 --> 00:46:03.861
REASON I WAS EVEN SUGGEST
00:46:03.927 --> 00:46:04.695
DROPPING TOWARD DIGITAL FROM THE
00:46:04.761 --> 00:46:06.263
OFFICE OF THE JOINT NOVATION IS
00:46:06.330 --> 00:46:09.199
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND AND THE
00:46:09.266 --> 00:46:11.435
COVER RESPONSE. HOW NEGATIVE
00:46:11.502 --> 00:46:14.071
IMPACTED THOSE THAT ARE, YOU
00:46:14.138 --> 00:46:15.906
KNOW THAT THAT FACING DIGITAL
00:46:15.973 --> 00:46:20.611
DIVIDE? THAT'S WHY. WHEN SB 1 56
00:46:20.677 --> 00:46:22.112
WAS PASSED WITH SUPPORT THE
00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.313
GOVERNOR ENDED AND THE
00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:25.782
LEGISLATURE WE WERE SO THRILLED
00:46:25.849 --> 00:46:26.884
THAT CALIFORNIA IS MAKING A
00:46:26.950 --> 00:46:30.120
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS. $6 BILLION
00:46:30.187 --> 00:46:31.855
I'M BUILDING AN OPEN ACCESS
00:46:31.922 --> 00:46:33.857
MIDDLE OF MY OWN NETWORK COUPLE
00:46:33.924 --> 00:46:35.826
WITH LAST MILE THAT IS
00:46:35.893 --> 00:46:38.028
RESPONSIBLE FIGHT BY SCP C.
00:46:38.095 --> 00:46:40.597
SPECIFICALLY ON THE MIDDLE OF MY
00:46:40.664 --> 00:46:43.267
OWN NETWORK. UM THERE HAS BEEN A
00:46:43.333 --> 00:46:46.236
MONTHLY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
00:46:46.303 --> 00:46:48.238
THAT IN A PUBLIC SETTING. BOTH
00:46:48.305 --> 00:46:49.640
SENATOR MCGUIRE AND SENATOR
00:46:49.706 --> 00:46:51.742
GONZALEZ ARE ON THE PANEL, ALONG
00:46:51.808 --> 00:46:54.077
WITH TWO I SUPPOSE SIMPLY MEMBER
00:46:54.144 --> 00:46:57.214
WOODS AND ASSEMBLY QUIRK-SILVA.
00:46:57.281 --> 00:46:59.583
THE PROGRESS, I WOULD SAY IS HOW
00:46:59.650 --> 00:47:04.087
DO I DESCRIBE IT? WE ARE FLYING
00:47:04.154 --> 00:47:06.490
THE PLANE. WHY ARE BUILDING IT?
00:47:06.557 --> 00:47:08.725
BECAUSE OF THE TIME PRESSURE
00:47:08.792 --> 00:47:09.526
FROM THE FUNDING THE FEDERAL
00:47:09.593 --> 00:47:11.028
FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
00:47:11.094 --> 00:47:13.964
THIS HAPPEN IS EXCITING. IS
00:47:14.031 --> 00:47:16.633
SCARY AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THE
00:47:16.700 --> 00:47:19.736
AMOUNT OF ENERGY BEHIND THIS, UM
00:47:19.803 --> 00:47:22.506
CHAIR. ATKINS. IF YOU HAVE A FEW
00:47:22.573 --> 00:47:24.174
MINUTES ONE OF THESE STATES TO
00:47:24.241 --> 00:47:25.309
SPEND THE TIME TO WATCH THE
00:47:25.375 --> 00:47:28.845
PUBLIC MEETING IT WAS JUST SO
00:47:28.912 --> 00:47:30.847
INFECTIOUS ON HOW PEOPLE ARE
00:47:30.914 --> 00:47:33.083
DEDICATED TO MAKING THIS WORK.
00:47:33.150 --> 00:47:35.852
UM THE PROGRESS THAT ENTIRE
00:47:35.919 --> 00:47:37.721
STATEWIDE MAP HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
00:47:37.788 --> 00:47:40.724
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THERE HAS
00:47:40.791 --> 00:47:42.726
BEEN INITIAL 18 PROJECT FROM THE
00:47:42.793 --> 00:47:44.828
ENTIRE STATE THAT HAVE ALREADY
00:47:44.895 --> 00:47:46.630
LAUNCHED AT THE END OF LAST
00:47:46.697 --> 00:47:49.433
YEAR. AS A WAY OF TRYING OUT
00:47:49.499 --> 00:47:51.034
TAKING THE PILOT APPROACH. WE
00:47:51.101 --> 00:47:52.502
CAN LEARN FROM SOMETHING SMALL
00:47:52.569 --> 00:47:54.304
AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THERE
00:47:54.371 --> 00:47:56.173
IS GOING TO ATTRIBUTE TO WHAT
00:47:56.240 --> 00:47:57.975
WE'RE GOING FORWARD. THE
00:47:58.041 --> 00:47:59.876
COLLABORATION WITH THE
00:47:59.943 --> 00:48:03.347
DEPARTMENT OF COW TREND, WHICH
00:48:03.413 --> 00:48:05.482
HEAR MORE FROM NEXT OF
00:48:05.549 --> 00:48:09.720
APPOINTEES AS WELL AS CPUC. AND
00:48:09.786 --> 00:48:11.288
THE INDUSTRY TO LOOKING FOR
00:48:11.355 --> 00:48:12.823
WASTE. AND NOT, PERHAPS NOT.
00:48:12.889 --> 00:48:14.224
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE BUILT
00:48:14.291 --> 00:48:16.393
FROM FROM GROWL. MAYBE WE CAN
00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:17.794
PARTNER WITH INDUSTRY TO LEASE
00:48:17.861 --> 00:48:19.763
SOME OF THE LINES ARE THOSE
00:48:19.830 --> 00:48:21.698
CREATIVE THINKING. TO MAKE SURE
00:48:21.765 --> 00:48:23.300
THAT WE CAN STRETCH OUR DOLLAR
00:48:23.367 --> 00:48:26.136
FURTHER OUT SO THAT MORE MILEAGE
00:48:26.203 --> 00:48:28.038
CAN BE COVERED. MORE MILEAGE CAN
00:48:28.105 --> 00:48:28.705
BE EXTENDED, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE
00:48:28.772 --> 00:48:32.342
WORLD COMMUNITY. AND ALL OF
00:48:32.409 --> 00:48:33.810
THOSE EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE
00:48:33.877 --> 00:48:35.512
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THOSE
00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:38.415
CONNECTIVITY EVERY HOME POSSIBLE
00:48:38.482 --> 00:48:41.551
IN CALIFORNIA. WELL THANK YOU.
00:48:41.618 --> 00:48:43.654
THAT WAS THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
00:48:43.720 --> 00:48:46.890
50,000 FT. RESPONSE TO I MEAN, I
00:48:46.957 --> 00:48:48.358
THINK OUR BIGGEST FEAR AS WE
00:48:48.425 --> 00:48:50.060
WERE DOING. THIS IS THE
00:48:50.127 --> 00:48:51.928
IMPLEMENTATION IN A STATE OF OUR
00:48:51.995 --> 00:48:53.330
SIZE. WHEN YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE
00:48:53.397 --> 00:48:55.832
DEPARTMENTS WITH DIFFERENT, UM
00:48:55.899 --> 00:48:58.735
MANDATES THE IMPLEMENTATION, SO
00:48:58.802 --> 00:49:00.337
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS
00:49:00.404 --> 00:49:02.839
ON THAT AND YOUR INTEREST. YOU
00:49:02.906 --> 00:49:05.108
KNOW WHEN I THINK OF IT AND LOOK
00:49:05.175 --> 00:49:06.743
AT ONE OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
00:49:06.810 --> 00:49:08.078
DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL, WHICH HAS
00:49:08.145 --> 00:49:10.347
BEEN A LONG ROAD TO TRYING TO
00:49:10.414 --> 00:49:13.250
FIGURE OUT SO I APPRECIATE THAT,
00:49:13.317 --> 00:49:15.819
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:49:15.886 --> 00:49:16.653
DOING A LOT OF CHECK IN
00:49:16.720 --> 00:49:17.688
OVERSIGHT. MOSTLY TO FIND OUT
00:49:17.754 --> 00:49:19.690
HOW THINGS ARE GOING. TO GET AS
00:49:19.756 --> 00:49:21.692
MUCH AS WE CAN FOR THAT SIX
00:49:21.758 --> 00:49:24.895
BILLION YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE
00:49:24.961 --> 00:49:27.531
ONE LAST QUESTION. UM I MEAN, IT
00:49:27.597 --> 00:49:29.566
MAY BE THE TOUGHEST ONE FOR YOU,
00:49:29.633 --> 00:49:34.071
TOO. THREAD THIS NEEDLE. BUT UM
00:49:34.137 --> 00:49:36.373
, YOU KNOW, WE, UM DURING THE
00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:38.642
PANDEMIC WITH THE RESOURCES WE
00:49:38.709 --> 00:49:40.010
HAD IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
00:49:40.077 --> 00:49:41.712
TO PROVIDE STIMULUS FOR FOLKS.
00:49:41.778 --> 00:49:45.015
UM YOU KNOW, I HEAR AND I THIS
00:49:45.082 --> 00:49:46.316
MAY FLOW THROUGH ONE OF YOUR
00:49:46.383 --> 00:49:48.685
DEPARTMENTS, BUT IN TERMS OF
00:49:48.752 --> 00:49:50.120
CHECKS GETTING TO PEOPLE THAT
00:49:50.187 --> 00:49:51.121
THAT'S STILL CHECKS HAVE NOT
00:49:51.188 --> 00:49:52.622
GOTTEN TO PEOPLE FROM STIMULUS
00:49:52.689 --> 00:49:54.858
FROM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO
00:49:54.925 --> 00:49:56.893
OUR SYSTEMS OBVIOUSLY I NEED
00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:58.995
WORK. WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE
00:49:59.062 --> 00:50:01.398
CRISIS OF THIS SIZE, MUCH LIKE
00:50:01.465 --> 00:50:03.367
WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE CRISIS
00:50:03.433 --> 00:50:05.001
THAT HIT ENDED IN TERMS OF THE
00:50:05.068 --> 00:50:07.738
VOLUME THAT WE COULD CONTROL AND
00:50:07.804 --> 00:50:08.805
HANDLE THROUGH OUR SYSTEMS,
00:50:08.872 --> 00:50:13.477
ETCETERA, ETCETERA. BUT, UM. I
00:50:13.543 --> 00:50:15.846
WONDER IF WE ARE HAVING BROAD
00:50:15.912 --> 00:50:17.314
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET
00:50:17.381 --> 00:50:20.150
MORE STIMULUS OR OUR REBATE IF
00:50:20.217 --> 00:50:21.351
YOU WILL TO PEOPLE AND WE HAVE
00:50:21.418 --> 00:50:23.286
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO HOW WE
00:50:23.353 --> 00:50:25.489
THINK THAT COULD BE HANDLED. IF
00:50:25.555 --> 00:50:27.324
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, A
00:50:27.391 --> 00:50:28.525
PROPOSAL OUT OF ONE ARENA OF
00:50:28.592 --> 00:50:32.863
GOVERNMENT FOR THE F T B AND THE
00:50:32.929 --> 00:50:35.265
TAX BOARD TO GET REBATES OUT
00:50:35.332 --> 00:50:38.001
ANOTHER THROUGH DMV, ANOTHER. I
00:50:38.068 --> 00:50:39.336
DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT SYSTEM IT
00:50:39.403 --> 00:50:41.371
IS TO GET RESOURCES TO PEOPLE
00:50:41.438 --> 00:50:43.373
WHO NEED IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW
00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:45.375
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN DO IT.
00:50:45.442 --> 00:50:48.545
AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A
00:50:48.612 --> 00:50:49.746
SYSTEM THAT COULD DO THAT?
00:50:49.813 --> 00:50:51.848
SHOULD WE WANT TO GET MONEY TO
00:50:51.915 --> 00:50:53.016
RATEPAYERS OR TAXPAYERS OR
00:50:53.083 --> 00:50:57.721
CONSTITUENTS. I WOULD SAY IT IS
00:50:57.788 --> 00:51:00.657
THE FRANCHISE TEXT BOARD IS WHO
00:51:00.724 --> 00:51:02.125
ARE TASKED WITH THE GOLDEN STATE
00:51:02.192 --> 00:51:05.195
STATE SIMILAR LIST CHECK AND I
00:51:05.262 --> 00:51:07.364
HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
00:51:07.431 --> 00:51:07.864
EXECUTIVE OFFICER SALVI
00:51:07.931 --> 00:51:10.767
STANISLAW ABOUT THIS. MY
00:51:10.834 --> 00:51:12.936
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS
00:51:13.003 --> 00:51:15.238
IT'S LIKE MANY THINGS THAT WE DO
00:51:15.305 --> 00:51:16.740
AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU HAVE
00:51:16.807 --> 00:51:18.875
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO OUR
00:51:18.942 --> 00:51:20.777
RESIDENTS, CHECKS WERE ABLE TO
00:51:20.844 --> 00:51:22.813
GO OUT. BUT THEN YOU HAVE A LONG
00:51:22.879 --> 00:51:23.980
TAIL. THAT ARE SMALLER
00:51:24.047 --> 00:51:24.881
PERCENTAGE, BUT IT IS BEING
00:51:24.948 --> 00:51:27.217
STRETCHED LAW FOR THOSE THAT ARE
00:51:27.284 --> 00:51:28.485
PERHAPS HAVING COMPLETE
00:51:28.552 --> 00:51:29.853
INFORMATION OR DUPLICATE
00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:31.121
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO
00:51:31.188 --> 00:51:33.290
TAKE THE TIME IT TOOK TO SORT
00:51:33.356 --> 00:51:35.492
OUT TO CLEAN UP SO THE CHECKS
00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:36.927
GOES TO THE RIGHT ACCOUNT AND
00:51:36.993 --> 00:51:40.797
THAT WAS GOING ON. THAT WAS
00:51:40.864 --> 00:51:42.432
STATE STIMULUS. LEARNING FROM
00:51:42.499 --> 00:51:44.568
THAT EXPERIENCE, AND ALL THIS IS
00:51:44.634 --> 00:51:46.002
GREAT CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING
00:51:46.069 --> 00:51:47.103
ON AT THE MOMENT, LED BY
00:51:47.170 --> 00:51:49.906
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ABOUT THE
00:51:49.973 --> 00:51:51.107
DON'T KNOW WHERE WE LANDED IN
00:51:51.174 --> 00:51:52.976
THE TURN THE GUESTS REBATE OR
00:51:53.043 --> 00:51:54.211
THE TAX REBATE AND ONE OF THOSE
00:51:54.277 --> 00:51:56.446
AND THE VERY CONSIDERATION THAT
00:51:56.513 --> 00:51:58.081
HAD BEEN EXPLORED IS
00:51:58.148 --> 00:52:01.518
OPERATIONALLY. HOW DO YOU GET?
00:52:01.585 --> 00:52:02.285
YOU KNOW AT THE QUICKEST
00:52:02.352 --> 00:52:03.720
POSSIBLE TO THE BIGGEST
00:52:03.787 --> 00:52:05.055
POPULATION POSSIBLE OF THIS
00:52:05.121 --> 00:52:09.059
REBATE? IF YOU WOULD. ONE OF THE
00:52:09.125 --> 00:52:11.862
BEAUTY THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON
00:52:11.928 --> 00:52:13.697
NOW IS PERHAPS YOU KNOW, A
00:52:13.763 --> 00:52:15.632
SINGLE SYSTEM MAY NOT BE THE
00:52:15.699 --> 00:52:17.868
ANSWER. WE WANTED TO COLLABORATE
00:52:17.934 --> 00:52:19.302
WITH ALL OF THE BEST OPTION IN
00:52:19.369 --> 00:52:21.037
MIND WITHIN THE MINISTRATIONS TO
00:52:21.104 --> 00:52:23.473
TAKE A LOOK. HOW DO WE UTILIZE
00:52:23.540 --> 00:52:25.509
ALL THE RESOURCES POSSIBLE TO
00:52:25.575 --> 00:52:27.344
MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND I THINK
00:52:27.410 --> 00:52:29.546
THAT'S WHERE THE ROLE OF BOB IS
00:52:29.613 --> 00:52:31.882
PLAYING IS BEING THE FACILITATOR
00:52:31.948 --> 00:52:33.950
TO BRING IN THE BEST OPTION TO
00:52:34.017 --> 00:52:35.819
COLLABORATE AMONGST DIFFERENT
00:52:35.886 --> 00:52:36.953
DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN
00:52:37.020 --> 00:52:38.355
PRESENT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD.
00:52:38.421 --> 00:52:41.324
HOW TO REACH THAT GOAL. THANK
00:52:41.391 --> 00:52:42.459
YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
00:52:42.526 --> 00:52:44.828
THOUGHTS ON THAT. I KNOW. WE
00:52:44.895 --> 00:52:47.063
TOSS A LOT AT THESE DEPARTMENTS
00:52:47.130 --> 00:52:49.099
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
00:52:49.165 --> 00:52:51.501
SO. UM I THINK I AGREE
00:52:51.568 --> 00:52:53.169
WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I DON'T THINK I
00:52:53.236 --> 00:52:54.271
KNOW I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH
00:52:54.337 --> 00:52:56.072
MY COLLEAGUES. YOU HAVE THE
00:52:56.139 --> 00:52:56.873
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO DO THIS
00:52:56.940 --> 00:53:00.010
AND TO LEAD THIS. AND I THINK
00:53:00.076 --> 00:53:00.877
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE
00:53:00.944 --> 00:53:05.248
SUCH A PUBLIC SERVANT. UM I
00:53:05.315 --> 00:53:08.184
THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO. UM UH,
00:53:08.251 --> 00:53:10.220
TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND I
00:53:10.287 --> 00:53:11.721
SHOULD HAVE SAID WHILE SENATOR
00:53:11.788 --> 00:53:13.957
LAIRD HAS TO GO TO LABOR SENATOR
00:53:14.024 --> 00:53:15.292
GROVE ALSO HAS HEALTH COMMITTEE
00:53:15.358 --> 00:53:18.461
AND YOU MAY AS WELL OKAY. WE'VE
00:53:18.528 --> 00:53:20.931
GOT HARDWORKING SENATORS HERE. I
00:53:20.997 --> 00:53:23.867
WILL JUST SAY THAT WITH, UM
00:53:23.934 --> 00:53:26.002
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES
00:53:26.069 --> 00:53:27.604
. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
00:53:27.671 --> 00:53:28.738
WITNESSES WHO MAY BE HERE IN
00:53:28.805 --> 00:53:34.110
SUPPORT. IN ROOM 2200. AND SO
00:53:34.177 --> 00:53:35.845
I'M GOING TO SEE IF PEOPLE WOULD
00:53:35.912 --> 00:53:38.114
LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND I WOULD
00:53:38.181 --> 00:53:40.150
ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY TO KEEP THE
00:53:40.216 --> 00:53:41.651
DISTANCE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW
00:53:41.718 --> 00:53:43.286
SOME OF OUR PROTOCOLS AND GIVE
00:53:43.353 --> 00:53:46.890
ME YOUR NAME. YOUR ORGANIZATION
00:53:46.957 --> 00:53:47.991
, IF ANY, AND VERY BRIEF
00:53:48.058 --> 00:53:49.926
COMMENTS WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON
00:53:49.993 --> 00:53:52.629
PRO TIM. HACKEN SENATORS COULD
00:53:52.696 --> 00:53:54.397
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS DEAN RAFAEL
00:53:54.464 --> 00:53:56.833
Ó. ON BEHALF OF JOHNSON
00:53:56.900 --> 00:53:58.001
CONTROLS WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
00:53:58.068 --> 00:54:00.804
APPOINTMENT. FOR SECRETARY TOM
00:54:00.870 --> 00:54:02.572
AND ASK YOUR I VOTE FOR
00:54:02.639 --> 00:54:04.941
CONFIRMATION ON A PERSONAL NOTE.
00:54:05.008 --> 00:54:06.309
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING
00:54:06.376 --> 00:54:08.612
AMY FOR OVER A DECADE FIRST WHEN
00:54:08.678 --> 00:54:10.547
SHE WAS A KEY LEADER OF A
00:54:10.614 --> 00:54:12.248
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. AND THEN
00:54:12.315 --> 00:54:14.184
MORE RECENTLY, WHEN I WAS AT THE
00:54:14.250 --> 00:54:15.318
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
00:54:15.385 --> 00:54:18.755
SHE DIDN'T HESITATE. SHOW ME THE
00:54:18.822 --> 00:54:20.624
ROPES. BEING A NEW DIRECTOR. HE
00:54:20.690 --> 00:54:21.691
WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:54:21.758 --> 00:54:24.628
TECHNOLOGY. I MENTIONED THIS TO
00:54:24.694 --> 00:54:25.695
UNDERSCORE WHAT MANY OF YOU
00:54:25.762 --> 00:54:27.831
ALREADY KNOW ABOUT AMY. AT HER
00:54:27.897 --> 00:54:30.834
CORE. SHE IS DRIVEN BY SERVICE
00:54:30.900 --> 00:54:32.302
TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVICE TO
00:54:32.369 --> 00:54:34.404
THE PUBLIC VALUES THAT WILL
00:54:34.471 --> 00:54:36.339
CONTINUE TO BEST GUIDE HER AS
00:54:36.406 --> 00:54:38.341
SECRETARY. AGAIN WE'RE IN FULL
00:54:38.408 --> 00:54:42.545
SUPPORT OF HER CONFIRMATION. AND
00:54:42.612 --> 00:54:44.814
ASK THAT YOU VOTE I TODAY. THANK
00:54:44.881 --> 00:54:46.282
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY
00:54:46.349 --> 00:54:48.752
MUCH. NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. GOOD
00:54:48.818 --> 00:54:50.186
AFTERNOON, MADAM PRO TEM AND
00:54:50.253 --> 00:54:52.322
MEMBERS KATE BELL HERE AND
00:54:52.389 --> 00:54:53.123
STRONG SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF
00:54:53.189 --> 00:54:55.825
GOOGLE CLOUD. I'D ME WALTER
00:54:55.892 --> 00:54:57.027
NETWORKS AND VM WARE URGE YOUR I
00:54:57.093 --> 00:54:58.561
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT
00:54:58.628 --> 00:55:02.098
WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
00:55:02.165 --> 00:55:03.600
CHAIR MARTIN NORIEGA WITH
00:55:03.667 --> 00:55:05.869
ACCENTURE HERE IN SACRAMENTO. I
00:55:05.935 --> 00:55:08.171
TOO AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
00:55:08.238 --> 00:55:10.907
SECRETARY TONGUES CONFIRMATION
00:55:10.974 --> 00:55:12.042
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATE
00:55:12.108 --> 00:55:13.977
FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND MANY
00:55:14.044 --> 00:55:15.311
OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN IN
00:55:15.378 --> 00:55:17.080
PARTNERSHIP WITH AMY AND HER
00:55:17.147 --> 00:55:18.982
VARIOUS ROLES. I WORK DIRECTLY
00:55:19.049 --> 00:55:20.850
WITH AMY ON THE PANDEMIC AND
00:55:20.917 --> 00:55:23.353
RESPONSE TEAM, AND IT WAS HER
00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:24.854
LEADERSHIP THAT ACTUALLY DROVE
00:55:24.921 --> 00:55:27.157
US THROUGH THAT WALL. IT WAS A
00:55:27.223 --> 00:55:28.324
TRYING AND DIFFICULT PROGRESS
00:55:28.391 --> 00:55:31.161
PROGRAM TO OPERATE. AND AMY WAS
00:55:31.227 --> 00:55:32.128
THERE AT THE FRONT OF THAT
00:55:32.195 --> 00:55:34.130
PACKED LEADING US ALL. AND SO I
00:55:34.197 --> 00:55:37.200
REALLY AM STRONGLY SUPPORTING
00:55:37.267 --> 00:55:39.436
HER CONFIRMATION AND I VOTE FOR
00:55:39.502 --> 00:55:41.237
OF ALL OF THE SENATORS ON THE
00:55:41.304 --> 00:55:42.372
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
00:55:42.439 --> 00:55:46.743
VERY MUCH. NEXT WITNESS WELCOME.
00:55:46.810 --> 00:55:48.111
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
00:55:48.178 --> 00:55:49.612
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:51.281
NAME IS STEVENSON LAWSON AND I'M
00:55:51.347 --> 00:55:52.782
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN
00:55:52.849 --> 00:55:53.717
PACIFIC STATE EMPLOYEES
00:55:53.783 --> 00:55:55.518
ASSOCIATION OR UPSET. ABSOLUTELY
00:55:55.585 --> 00:55:56.653
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT
00:55:56.720 --> 00:55:57.654
IS DEDICATED TO EQUAL
00:55:57.721 --> 00:55:59.089
OPPORTUNITY AND ADVANCEMENT OF
00:55:59.155 --> 00:56:00.790
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS IMPLIED
00:56:00.857 --> 00:56:01.558
EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF
00:56:01.624 --> 00:56:03.693
CALIFORNIA. I'M HERE THIS
00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:04.794
AFTERNOON ON BEHALF OF UPSET TO
00:56:04.861 --> 00:56:06.162
OFFER OUR SUPPORT. STRONG
00:56:06.229 --> 00:56:07.130
SUPPORT FOR SECRETARY AMY
00:56:07.197 --> 00:56:09.632
TONGUE. SECURITY TONGS THAT
00:56:09.699 --> 00:56:10.600
RECOGNIZED LEADER WITHIN THE
00:56:10.667 --> 00:56:11.634
STATE GOVERNMENT WITH MORE THAN
00:56:11.701 --> 00:56:13.169
25 YEARS OF STATE SERVICE,
00:56:13.236 --> 00:56:15.538
SERVING SIX STATE ORGANIZATIONS
00:56:15.605 --> 00:56:16.573
AND PETITIONS OF INCREASING
00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:19.142
LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY.
00:56:19.209 --> 00:56:20.477
WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT
00:56:20.543 --> 00:56:22.112
MISS TANG, BEING A FIRST
00:56:22.178 --> 00:56:23.379
GENERATION IMMIGRANT WHO ARRIVED
00:56:23.446 --> 00:56:25.815
IN THIS COUNTRY AS A TEENAGER TO
00:56:25.882 --> 00:56:27.517
DEDICATE HER LIFE TO PUBLIC
00:56:27.584 --> 00:56:28.718
SERVICE BECAUSE OF HER IMMENSE
00:56:28.785 --> 00:56:29.719
GRATITUDE TO THE PUBLIC
00:56:29.786 --> 00:56:32.222
SERVICES. THAT HELPED HER FAMILY
00:56:32.288 --> 00:56:33.256
SURVIVED AND FLOURISHED IN THIS
00:56:33.323 --> 00:56:35.859
COUNTRY AS NEW CITIZENS, AMY'S
00:56:35.925 --> 00:56:36.960
MURDER SUSPECTED LEADER IN THE
00:56:37.026 --> 00:56:39.929
API COMMUNITY. OUTSIDE OF WORK.
00:56:39.996 --> 00:56:41.097
SHE VOLUNTEERS THE TIME WITH
00:56:41.164 --> 00:56:42.031
UPSET AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY
00:56:42.098 --> 00:56:44.934
ORGANIZATIONS. SHE CONTINUES TO
00:56:45.001 --> 00:56:46.703
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE
00:56:46.770 --> 00:56:48.772
NEXT GENERATION OF CIVIL SERVANT
00:56:48.838 --> 00:56:49.973
LEADERS THROUGH HER CIVIC
00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:52.375
ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL WORK. HER
00:56:52.442 --> 00:56:53.343
LIFE STORY, CAREER SUCCESS AND
00:56:53.409 --> 00:56:54.277
DEDICATION REFLECT THE
00:56:54.344 --> 00:56:57.313
CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUES. OF HOW
00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:59.849
DIVERSITY ENRICHES THE STATE OF
00:56:59.916 --> 00:57:01.518
CALIFORNIA. CONSIDERING THE
00:57:01.584 --> 00:57:03.920
DEPARTURES OF DAVID KIM, FORMER
00:57:03.987 --> 00:57:05.288
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND
00:57:05.355 --> 00:57:06.289
JULIE SU, FORMER LABOR
00:57:06.356 --> 00:57:09.025
SECRETARY. IF CONFIRMED, THIS
00:57:09.092 --> 00:57:11.261
TONG WILL BE THE ONLY ASIAN
00:57:11.327 --> 00:57:12.095
AMERICANS SERVING AS A MEMBER OF
00:57:12.162 --> 00:57:13.730
THE GOVERNOR'S CABINET. WE LOOK
00:57:13.797 --> 00:57:14.931
FORWARD TO THE SENATE RULES
00:57:14.998 --> 00:57:15.799
COMMITTEE'S UNANIMOUS
00:57:15.865 --> 00:57:17.400
CONFIRMATION OF MS TONGUES
00:57:17.467 --> 00:57:18.468
APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:57:18.535 --> 00:57:20.737
FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
00:57:20.804 --> 00:57:25.175
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS WELCOME.
00:57:25.241 --> 00:57:26.543
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:57:26.609 --> 00:57:28.244
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS YK
00:57:28.311 --> 00:57:30.280
CHALLENGE. CHARLA WAKING WAIT.
00:57:30.346 --> 00:57:32.615
OKAY, IT'S TECHNOLOGY AND THE
00:57:32.682 --> 00:57:34.083
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM CITY
00:57:34.150 --> 00:57:36.920
ARE FALSE. UM AND I KNOW AMY
00:57:36.986 --> 00:57:38.121
TONG THROUGH THE STATE SERVICE
00:57:38.188 --> 00:57:41.891
AND I HAVE SEEN HER GROWING UP
00:57:41.958 --> 00:57:43.593
THROUGH HER RANKS THROUGH HER
00:57:43.660 --> 00:57:45.795
HARD WORK, DEMONSTRATING WHAT IS
00:57:45.862 --> 00:57:49.499
RIGHT FOR POWER TO STATE WHICH
00:57:49.566 --> 00:57:51.901
DEPARTMENT EACH DEPARTMENT SO
00:57:51.968 --> 00:57:54.237
SHE WILL BE THE GREAT SECRETARY
00:57:54.304 --> 00:57:55.772
UNDER TECHNOLOGIES BECOMING
00:57:55.839 --> 00:57:59.142
NOWADAYS INTEGRAL PART OF THE.
00:57:59.209 --> 00:58:01.945
GOVERNMENT SERVICE. IT IS SUCH A
00:58:02.011 --> 00:58:04.747
CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, STATE WE ARE
00:58:04.814 --> 00:58:08.151
. WE NEED A TECHNOLOGIST LEADING
00:58:08.218 --> 00:58:09.018
TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT
00:58:09.085 --> 00:58:10.787
OPERATIONS. WE SUPPORT BEING A
00:58:10.854 --> 00:58:12.655
TECHNOLOGIES AND ANNOYING OUR
00:58:12.722 --> 00:58:15.191
LEGACY SYSTEMS AND MISS STRONG
00:58:15.258 --> 00:58:16.426
WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE EDITED
00:58:16.492 --> 00:58:20.697
AND, UM ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD
00:58:20.763 --> 00:58:22.599
TECHNOLOGIES. THEY WERE BUILT
00:58:22.665 --> 00:58:23.733
FOR 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT
00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:26.803
THEY'RE SERVING 14 MILLION
00:58:26.870 --> 00:58:29.038
PEOPLE. SO THIS IS WHERE I THINK
00:58:29.105 --> 00:58:32.041
THE TECHNOLOGY GO UP. SECRETARY
00:58:32.108 --> 00:58:34.143
IS GOING TO PUT THAT VISION. NO
00:58:34.210 --> 00:58:35.712
SECRETARY BEFORE I BELIEVE IN
00:58:35.778 --> 00:58:38.114
RECENT PAST WAS THAT BACKGROUND
00:58:38.181 --> 00:58:39.983
SO I FULLY SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH
00:58:40.049 --> 00:58:42.685
I'M A LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS MY
00:58:42.752 --> 00:58:44.988
DMV IN CITY OF FALSE, UM, IS
00:58:45.054 --> 00:58:47.824
GOING TO BE BETTER SOLD FOR MY
00:58:47.891 --> 00:58:48.758
LOCAL CONSTITUENTS THROUGH THE
00:58:48.825 --> 00:58:50.526
GO UP SECRETARIES APPOINTMENT.
00:58:50.593 --> 00:58:52.629
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALL THE
00:58:52.695 --> 00:58:56.266
SENATORS TWO, PLEASE. BUT YES,
00:58:56.332 --> 00:58:57.267
AMY TONGS, CONFORMATION. THANK
00:58:57.333 --> 00:59:04.040
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELCOME
00:59:04.107 --> 00:59:06.509
MY NAME IS ROBBIE AVALON AND
00:59:06.576 --> 00:59:07.977
FORMERLY WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
00:59:08.044 --> 00:59:10.313
STATE AND DISTRICT DIRECTOR IN
00:59:10.380 --> 00:59:11.547
THE LEGISLATURE. BUT I WANT TO
00:59:11.614 --> 00:59:13.583
GO BACK TO 16 YEARS AGO WHEN I
00:59:13.650 --> 00:59:14.984
MET AMY AS A STUDENT AT
00:59:15.051 --> 00:59:16.586
SACRAMENTO STATE, AND SHE
00:59:16.653 --> 00:59:18.221
INVITED ME TO COME JOIN THIS
00:59:18.288 --> 00:59:20.056
FORUM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HEAR
00:59:20.123 --> 00:59:21.190
ABOUT CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS
00:59:21.257 --> 00:59:22.759
FROM 2006 ELECTION AND IT
00:59:22.825 --> 00:59:24.594
SPARKED SOMETHING IN ME TO I
00:59:24.661 --> 00:59:26.829
WANT TO MAKE A CAREER INTO IT IN
00:59:26.896 --> 00:59:28.498
FIVE YEARS LATER, WE'RE ABLE TO
00:59:28.564 --> 00:59:30.700
CONNECT WITH AMY, AND SHE HELPED
00:59:30.767 --> 00:59:32.035
PLACE INTERNS WHO ARE KIND OF
00:59:32.101 --> 00:59:34.304
SIMILAR TO WHEN I WAS A STUDENT
00:59:34.370 --> 00:59:35.071
. AND FOR FOUR YEARS WE WERE
00:59:35.138 --> 00:59:37.340
ABLE TO GET ROUGHLY 10 STUDENTS
00:59:37.407 --> 00:59:38.641
TO SEE PUBLIC SERVICE FIRSTHAND
00:59:38.708 --> 00:59:40.710
, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE ALSO
00:59:40.777 --> 00:59:41.811
MADE THE JUMP INTO PUBLIC
00:59:41.878 --> 00:59:43.179
SERVICE. SO ANYONE. THANK YOU
00:59:43.246 --> 00:59:44.113
FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
00:59:44.180 --> 00:59:46.049
DONE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE
00:59:46.115 --> 00:59:47.317
THE CONFIRMATION TODAY. THANK
00:59:47.383 --> 00:59:50.386
YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS.
00:59:50.453 --> 00:59:55.425
WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
00:59:55.491 --> 00:59:57.493
PRO TEM AND SENATORS. MY NAME IS
00:59:57.560 --> 00:59:58.494
ROB GROSS CLOUSER, AND IT'S A
00:59:58.561 --> 01:00:00.496
PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AND
01:00:00.563 --> 01:00:01.397
SUPPORTING THE CONFIRMATION OF
01:00:01.464 --> 01:00:03.633
SECRETARY TONGUE OFFICIALLY ON
01:00:03.700 --> 01:00:04.968
BEHALF OF SPLUNK, GRANT,
01:00:05.034 --> 01:00:06.602
THORNTON AND LUMEN WOULD LIKE TO
01:00:06.669 --> 01:00:07.303
ENDORSE HER CONFIRMATION AND
01:00:07.370 --> 01:00:09.305
THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE. I LIKE
01:00:09.372 --> 01:00:11.441
TO JUST ADD A BIT MORE. I TO GO
01:00:11.507 --> 01:00:13.343
BACK YEARS AND KNOWING SECRETARY
01:00:13.409 --> 01:00:15.678
TONG BACK TO ELK GROVE AND THE
01:00:15.745 --> 01:00:17.413
COMMUNITY THERE AND HER EFFORTS
01:00:17.480 --> 01:00:19.816
IN THE LOCAL, UM SORT OF LAND
01:00:19.882 --> 01:00:23.152
USE SPACE ONE NOT BUT I JUST
01:00:23.219 --> 01:00:25.121
WANT TO SAY THAT SHE IS
01:00:25.188 --> 01:00:27.423
ABSOLUTELY FAIR, ACCESSIBLE AND
01:00:27.490 --> 01:00:28.958
ETHICAL PERSON IN MY YEARS OF
01:00:29.025 --> 01:00:31.094
WORKING WITH HER AT CDT AND NOW
01:00:31.160 --> 01:00:33.029
GIVE UPS AND THEY'RE JUST GOING
01:00:33.096 --> 01:00:34.897
TO BE A BETTER PERSON FOR THE
01:00:34.964 --> 01:00:36.199
CITY, CALIFORNIA. SHE IS A MODEL
01:00:36.265 --> 01:00:38.101
PUBLIC SERVANT. I DON'T KNOW IF
01:00:38.167 --> 01:00:39.402
HER FAMILY ACTUALLY RECOGNIZES
01:00:39.469 --> 01:00:41.738
HER BECAUSE SHE SEEMED TO BE
01:00:41.804 --> 01:00:42.772
WORKING ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT
01:00:42.839 --> 01:00:45.041
DURING COVID, AS I KNOW MANY
01:00:45.108 --> 01:00:47.143
FOLKS WERE, BUT SHE'S A MODEL
01:00:47.210 --> 01:00:48.511
PUBLIC SERVANT, AND I KNOW THAT
01:00:48.578 --> 01:00:49.779
SHE'LL DO CALIFORNIA PROUD. AND
01:00:49.846 --> 01:00:51.514
THE GOVERNOR HAD A GREAT CHOICE.
01:00:51.581 --> 01:00:52.482
INSPECT DINNER, SO THANK YOU.
01:00:52.548 --> 01:00:55.318
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY UM,
01:00:55.385 --> 01:00:56.919
BEFORE WE GO TO SPEAKERS AND
01:00:56.986 --> 01:00:58.388
OPPOSITION, LET ME ASK THE
01:00:58.454 --> 01:01:00.656
NUMBER TO GO BACK UP THERE FOR
01:01:00.723 --> 01:01:02.992
THE TELECONFERENCE LINE. FOR
01:01:03.059 --> 01:01:05.094
THOSE WHO WISH TO CALL IN TOLL
01:01:05.161 --> 01:01:09.866
FREE THE NUMBERS 8772268. THE
01:01:09.932 --> 01:01:14.937
ACCESS CODE IS 8646445. AND WITH
01:01:15.004 --> 01:01:17.106
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ANYONE
01:01:17.173 --> 01:01:18.341
IN THE ROOM THAT MIGHT BE
01:01:18.408 --> 01:01:28.684
WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
01:01:28.751 --> 01:01:30.253
I'M SORRY. THAT SHOULD BE THE
01:01:30.319 --> 01:01:32.588
THANK YOU, SENATOR GROVE. THAT
01:01:32.655 --> 01:01:33.456
SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER FOR
01:01:33.523 --> 01:01:35.658
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CALL IN
01:01:35.725 --> 01:01:36.959
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COLIN IN
01:01:37.026 --> 01:01:38.795
SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE YOU
01:01:38.861 --> 01:01:44.801
KEEPING ME ONLINE. UM SO, UM.
01:01:44.867 --> 01:01:46.602
MISS MR OR MS MODERATOR, WHOEVER
01:01:46.669 --> 01:01:50.273
MIGHT BE THERE, UM CAN I ASK IF
01:01:50.339 --> 01:01:52.275
YOU CAN T UP THOSE WHO WISH TO
01:01:52.341 --> 01:01:53.443
CALL IN SUPPORT ON THE
01:01:53.509 --> 01:01:54.610
TELECONFERENCE LINE BEFORE WE GO
01:01:54.677 --> 01:01:59.315
TO OPPOSITION? ABSOLUTELY SO
01:01:59.382 --> 01:02:01.217
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO
01:02:01.284 --> 01:02:06.389
AT THIS TIME AGAIN, IT'S 10. AND
01:02:06.456 --> 01:02:08.324
WE CAN FIRST GOAL LINE. 44 GO
01:02:08.391 --> 01:02:17.834
AHEAD. 44 YEAR LINE IS OPEN. YOU
01:02:17.900 --> 01:02:24.941
MAY BE MUTED. FAMOUS LAST WORDS.
01:02:25.007 --> 01:02:30.113
MOGUL LINE, 41. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:02:30.179 --> 01:02:32.381
KIM LEWIS SETTING PHOENIX WANTED
01:02:32.448 --> 01:02:34.117
TO EXPRESS OUR ENTHUSIASTS
01:02:34.183 --> 01:02:38.054
SUPPORT MISSION AND WE SHARE HER
01:02:38.121 --> 01:02:40.423
PASSIONATE COMMITMENT. DIGITAL
01:02:40.490 --> 01:02:42.458
DIVIDE PHENOMENAL PARTNERS WITH
01:02:42.525 --> 01:02:43.726
ON THE PROJECTS AROUND 1, 56
01:02:43.793 --> 01:02:46.729
IMPLEMENTATION AND WHEN I SEE
01:02:46.796 --> 01:02:48.698
HER LEAVE. THE STATE HAS A GREAT
01:02:48.764 --> 01:02:50.366
PUBLIC SERVANTS BEFORE YOU GET
01:02:50.433 --> 01:02:52.001
OFF THE LAND. CAN YOU GIVE ME
01:02:52.068 --> 01:02:53.436
YOUR NAME AGAIN? I THINK OUR
01:02:53.503 --> 01:02:55.571
COURT REPORTER WASN'T ABLE TO
01:02:55.638 --> 01:02:57.440
GET YOUR NAME. AND IF YOU IF YOU
01:02:57.507 --> 01:02:59.275
REPRESENT ANY ORGANIZATION YES,
01:02:59.342 --> 01:03:01.010
OF COURSE HIM. LEWIS, A. I M W I
01:03:01.077 --> 01:03:07.717
S. REPRESENTING PHOENIX, E AND I
01:03:07.783 --> 01:03:10.119
SEE. THANK YOU. WE HEARD YOUR
01:03:10.186 --> 01:03:11.954
TESTIMONY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
01:03:12.021 --> 01:03:14.991
THAT. NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. LINE
01:03:15.057 --> 01:03:23.933
NUMBER 45. I NEED SOLO ON BEHALF
01:03:24.000 --> 01:03:26.035
OF FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS AND
01:03:26.102 --> 01:03:27.570
CROWN CASTLE. WE WORK CLOSELY
01:03:27.637 --> 01:03:29.939
WITH SECRETARY HONG ON BROADBAND
01:03:30.006 --> 01:03:31.741
DEPLOYMENT AT HER TIME OF THE
01:03:31.807 --> 01:03:32.742
DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY. SHE
01:03:32.808 --> 01:03:34.577
DIDN'T HAVE STANDING JOB AND WE
01:03:34.644 --> 01:03:36.179
THINK SHE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
01:03:36.245 --> 01:03:37.246
CAME OUTSTANDING JOB. GIVE UP,
01:03:37.313 --> 01:03:38.314
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
01:03:38.381 --> 01:03:41.284
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:03:41.350 --> 01:03:45.888
OTHER WITNESSES. OUR NEXT ONE IN
01:03:45.955 --> 01:03:50.927
LINE IS NUMBER 55 0. GOOD
01:03:50.993 --> 01:03:51.861
AFTERNOON. THIS IS RICHARD
01:03:51.928 --> 01:03:54.096
COSTIGAN. YOU ALL HAVE MY LETTER
01:03:54.163 --> 01:03:55.798
OF SUPPORT. I JUST WANTED TO
01:03:55.865 --> 01:03:57.800
CALL AND GIVE MY SUPPORT FOR
01:03:57.867 --> 01:03:59.769
SECRETARY HONG. I HAVE WORKED
01:03:59.835 --> 01:04:00.937
WITH HER IN A DIFFERENT
01:04:01.003 --> 01:04:02.305
PERSPECTIVE. AS AFFORDABLE 90
01:04:02.371 --> 01:04:03.839
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SHE'S
01:04:03.906 --> 01:04:06.209
INCREDIBLE. SHE'S EXACTLY AS YOU
01:04:06.275 --> 01:04:07.243
READ MY LETTER EXACTLY WHAT WE
01:04:07.310 --> 01:04:09.812
NEED IN THIS STATE EMPLOYEE AND
01:04:09.879 --> 01:04:11.047
A STATE LEADER. SO THANK YOU FOR
01:04:11.113 --> 01:04:12.548
YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONFIRMATION.
01:04:12.615 --> 01:04:13.749
THANK YOU SO MUCH OTHER
01:04:13.816 --> 01:04:16.619
WITNESSES. AND THEN FURTHER IN Q
01:04:16.686 --> 01:04:19.822
AT THIS TIME. OKAY THANK YOU
01:04:19.889 --> 01:04:21.691
VERY MUCH. NOW I'LL GET BACK ON
01:04:21.757 --> 01:04:24.293
TRACK, AND, UH, SEE IF THERE'S
01:04:24.360 --> 01:04:26.195
ANYONE IN ROOM 2200, WHO WISHES
01:04:26.262 --> 01:04:30.499
TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. OKAY
01:04:30.566 --> 01:04:32.301
SEEING NO ONE STEPPING FORWARD
01:04:32.368 --> 01:04:34.170
TO THE DIESS. UM MODERATOR, I
01:04:34.237 --> 01:04:36.806
WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU COULD T
01:04:36.872 --> 01:04:38.140
UP THOSE WHO MAY BE WISHING TO
01:04:38.207 --> 01:04:39.442
CALL IN VIA TELECONFERENCE FOR
01:04:39.508 --> 01:04:44.780
OPPOSITION. CERTAINLY AND IF SO,
01:04:44.847 --> 01:04:46.449
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME
01:04:46.515 --> 01:04:50.219
AGAIN. IT'S 10 TO OPPOSE
01:04:50.286 --> 01:04:54.423
CURRENTLY NONE IN QUÊ. THANK YOU
01:04:54.490 --> 01:04:55.825
SO MUCH. WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU
01:04:55.891 --> 01:04:57.393
A LITTLE WHILE LATER IN THE
01:04:57.460 --> 01:04:58.894
HEARING WITH THAT, LET ME BRING
01:04:58.961 --> 01:05:00.930
IT BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES HAVING
01:05:00.997 --> 01:05:01.931
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:05:01.998 --> 01:05:03.032
SUPPORT, AND OPPOSITION SENATOR
01:05:03.099 --> 01:05:08.304
KAMLAGER. MAKE THE MOTION. THANK
01:05:08.371 --> 01:05:09.372
YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY,
01:05:09.438 --> 01:05:14.443
WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. GROVE I
01:05:14.510 --> 01:05:17.413
GROVE. I KAMLAGER KAMLAGER. AYE
01:05:17.480 --> 01:05:22.852
LAIRD. FAITH I ATKINS ATKINS, I
01:05:22.918 --> 01:05:24.387
WE WILL LEAVE THIS ON CALL. SO
01:05:24.453 --> 01:05:26.489
SENATOR LAIRD CAN COME BACK AND
01:05:26.555 --> 01:05:27.623
ADD ON WITH OUR INCREDIBLE
01:05:27.690 --> 01:05:29.358
THANKS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY
01:05:29.425 --> 01:05:31.227
FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR
01:05:31.294 --> 01:05:37.199
YOUR SERVICE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:05:37.266 --> 01:05:39.402
LET ME JUST CHECK WITH OUR
01:05:39.468 --> 01:05:40.536
SECRETARY. GOOD TO KEEP GOING,
01:05:40.603 --> 01:05:42.405
OR WOULD YOU LIKE A FIVE MINUTE
01:05:42.471 --> 01:05:43.005
BREAK? FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE
01:05:43.072 --> 01:05:44.273
WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS
01:05:44.340 --> 01:06:01.157
AND BE RIGHT BACK.
01:06:08.698 --> 01:06:11.834
CONFIRM ME AND SAY, WELCOME TO
01:06:11.901 --> 01:06:13.402
OUR SECRETARY OF THE STATE
01:06:13.469 --> 01:06:15.004
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. TOKES
01:06:15.071 --> 01:06:17.039
ONLY SHAKEN AND I'M PRETTY SURE
01:06:17.106 --> 01:06:18.641
I ALWAYS MASSACRE YOUR NAME,
01:06:18.708 --> 01:06:20.476
SIR. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL
01:06:20.543 --> 01:06:21.977
CORRECT ME. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
01:06:22.044 --> 01:06:26.515
AGAIN. LET ME WELCOME YOU AND
01:06:26.582 --> 01:06:28.651
OFFER YOU THE SAME OPPORTUNITY
01:06:28.718 --> 01:06:29.719
TO INTRODUCE ANYONE THAT MIGHT
01:06:29.785 --> 01:06:31.654
BE WITH YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND
01:06:31.721 --> 01:06:33.489
OPENING COMMENTS AND WE'LL GO
01:06:33.556 --> 01:06:34.657
RIGHT TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
01:06:34.724 --> 01:06:36.726
WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM PRO
01:06:36.792 --> 01:06:40.229
TIM, VICE CHAIR BATES MEMBERS OF
01:06:40.296 --> 01:06:41.864
THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE
01:06:41.931 --> 01:06:44.166
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU
01:06:44.233 --> 01:06:48.571
TODAY ERUPTION. YEAH LET'S MAKE
01:06:48.637 --> 01:06:50.473
SURE THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO
01:06:50.539 --> 01:06:52.775
FORWARD AGAIN. WE'RE GOOD.
01:06:52.842 --> 01:06:55.611
SHOULD BE GOOD. OKAY THANK YOU
01:06:55.678 --> 01:06:56.912
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR
01:06:56.979 --> 01:06:58.214
BEFORE YOU TODAY AS YOU CONSIDER
01:06:58.280 --> 01:06:59.081
MY CONFIRMATION AS
01:06:59.148 --> 01:07:02.084
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY. FOR
01:07:02.151 --> 01:07:04.653
OUR STATE. IF YOU DON'T MIND,
01:07:04.720 --> 01:07:05.855
MADAM PRO TIM. I WANT TO
01:07:05.921 --> 01:07:08.791
INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF MY FAMILY
01:07:08.858 --> 01:07:10.760
MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE NUMBER ONE
01:07:10.826 --> 01:07:12.561
WANT TO START OFF WITH MY WIFE,
01:07:12.628 --> 01:07:14.063
JULIA, SHOCKING AND NURSE
01:07:14.130 --> 01:07:16.832
PRACTITIONER SHE TAKING TIME OUT
01:07:16.899 --> 01:07:19.135
OF HER BUSY SCHEDULE TO BE HERE.
01:07:19.201 --> 01:07:21.337
WHEN THE ROCK BEHIND ME FOR
01:07:21.404 --> 01:07:23.839
NEARLY 20 YEARS AND HAS BEEN A
01:07:23.906 --> 01:07:25.908
PART OF MUCH OF MY SUCCESS. ALSO
01:07:25.975 --> 01:07:27.376
HERE PRESENT IN THE ROOM. MY SON
01:07:27.443 --> 01:07:29.178
ARISING 11TH GRADER AT JESUIT
01:07:29.245 --> 01:07:32.715
HIGH SCHOOL. HE? I'M GLAD HE'S
01:07:32.782 --> 01:07:33.949
GETTING A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE
01:07:34.016 --> 01:07:35.651
THAT THEY LIKE THEY LIKE TODAY.
01:07:35.718 --> 01:07:37.887
AS HE CONTINUES TO LEARN ABOUT
01:07:37.953 --> 01:07:39.555
GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL AND NOT
01:07:39.622 --> 01:07:42.625
ABLE TO BE HERE IS MY DAUGHTER
01:07:42.691 --> 01:07:43.559
AS WELL. JOY ALMOST SHOCKING,
01:07:43.626 --> 01:07:44.493
GRADUATING FROM THE EIGHTH
01:07:44.560 --> 01:07:49.432
GRADE. IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO.
01:07:49.498 --> 01:07:51.066
AND I KNOW SHE WILL GET A CHANCE
01:07:51.133 --> 01:07:52.735
TO WATCH THIS VIRTUALLY LATER IN
01:07:52.802 --> 01:07:54.770
YOUR SON'S NAME. I'M SORRY HE
01:07:54.837 --> 01:07:56.472
WOULD HE WOULD PICK ON ME ABOUT
01:07:56.539 --> 01:07:58.507
THAT LATER. JEREMIAH HERE TO
01:07:58.574 --> 01:08:01.444
SAVE YOU, SIR. WELCOME THANK
01:08:01.510 --> 01:08:03.979
YOU. PRO TIP. UM ALSO JUST WANT
01:08:04.046 --> 01:08:05.014
TO RECOGNIZE HIM. IMPORTANT
01:08:05.080 --> 01:08:07.316
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEING A
01:08:07.383 --> 01:08:09.618
MAJOR PART OF MAKING A DAYLIGHT
01:08:09.685 --> 01:08:11.053
TODAY HAPPEN MY SIBLINGS SHOLA,
01:08:11.120 --> 01:08:13.055
WALLY AND JOCKEY, OTHER
01:08:13.122 --> 01:08:15.458
IMPORTANT FAMILY MEMBERS
01:08:15.524 --> 01:08:17.593
FAMILIES, THE 11TH FAMILY ONLY
01:08:17.660 --> 01:08:19.428
TOLD YOU FAMILY BUBBLE AH LÀ
01:08:19.495 --> 01:08:20.763
KATWE DOG BEALL AALIYAH. AND
01:08:20.830 --> 01:08:26.101
FINALLY AH! DR AND MRS OMI
01:08:26.168 --> 01:08:28.704
SHOCKING WHO TOOK A LEAP OF
01:08:28.771 --> 01:08:31.373
FAITH IN 1970 52 YEARS AGO. TO
01:08:31.440 --> 01:08:35.644
IMMIGRATE FROM NIGERIA. TO COME
01:08:35.711 --> 01:08:36.946
AND WORK IN THIS COUNTRY AND DO
01:08:37.012 --> 01:08:41.417
VARYING POD JOBS. TO GO ON TO
01:08:41.484 --> 01:08:42.985
WORK IN UNIVERSITIES AND
01:08:43.052 --> 01:08:44.487
INSTITUTIONS ARE AROUND THE
01:08:44.553 --> 01:08:46.555
COUNTRY. I WANT TO THANK THEM
01:08:46.622 --> 01:08:47.456
FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OVER
01:08:47.523 --> 01:08:50.326
OVER ALL OF MY LIFE. THE MANY
01:08:50.392 --> 01:08:54.530
YEARS OF MY LIFE. AND VERY
01:08:54.597 --> 01:08:56.265
IMPORTANTLY, ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:08:56.332 --> 01:08:57.333
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM FOR
01:08:57.399 --> 01:08:58.300
POINTING ME TO THIS
01:08:58.367 --> 01:08:59.301
RESPONSIBILITY. AS SUCH A
01:08:59.368 --> 01:09:02.638
PIVOTAL MOMENT. IN OUR INDUSTRY.
01:09:02.705 --> 01:09:04.373
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS. AS YOU
01:09:04.440 --> 01:09:08.577
KNOW. TRANSPORTATION IS
01:09:08.644 --> 01:09:10.279
ESSENTIAL TO CALIFORNIA'S
01:09:10.346 --> 01:09:11.947
ECONOMIC PROGRESS BECAUSE IT
01:09:12.014 --> 01:09:13.082
MOVES ARE NEARLY 40 MILLION
01:09:13.148 --> 01:09:15.251
RESIDENTS. AND CONNECTS PEOPLE.
01:09:15.317 --> 01:09:19.321
SERVICES AND GOODS. WE'RE AT A
01:09:19.388 --> 01:09:20.389
CRITICAL MOMENT IN OUR
01:09:20.456 --> 01:09:23.259
TRANSPORTATION FUTURE. THERE IS
01:09:23.325 --> 01:09:25.160
POLICY AND FUNDING ALIGNMENT AT
01:09:25.227 --> 01:09:26.795
THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
01:09:26.862 --> 01:09:27.897
LEVELS ON CLIMATE, EQUITY AND
01:09:27.963 --> 01:09:32.034
SAFETY. AND WE AS A STATE. ARE
01:09:32.101 --> 01:09:34.036
LEADING A MASSIVE TRANSFER
01:09:34.103 --> 01:09:35.437
TRANSFORMATION IN TRANSPORTATION
01:09:35.504 --> 01:09:39.008
POLICY BY PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
01:09:39.074 --> 01:09:40.142
THERE'S SOME MAJOR ISSUES THAT
01:09:40.209 --> 01:09:43.312
WE MUST ADDRESS. ALONG THE WAY.
01:09:43.379 --> 01:09:45.080
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE IS A
01:09:45.147 --> 01:09:47.883
CRISIS ON OUR ROADWAYS AND MORE
01:09:47.950 --> 01:09:50.152
PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM CRASHES.
01:09:50.219 --> 01:09:51.787
JUST RECENTLY. NITSA, THE
01:09:51.854 --> 01:09:53.022
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
01:09:53.088 --> 01:09:53.489
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
01:09:53.556 --> 01:09:57.126
ADMINISTRATION. ESTIMATED. THAT
01:09:57.192 --> 01:10:00.696
42 NEARLY 4200 PEOPLE. DIED ON
01:10:00.763 --> 01:10:01.897
OUR ROADWAYS IN CALIFORNIA JUST
01:10:01.964 --> 01:10:05.234
LAST YEAR. THAT IS NEARLY 10% OF
01:10:05.301 --> 01:10:06.769
ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS IN THIS
01:10:06.835 --> 01:10:10.339
COUNTRY. SECOND NEARLY 50% OF
01:10:10.406 --> 01:10:11.507
ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN
01:10:11.574 --> 01:10:12.775
CALIFORNIA. COME FROM THE
01:10:12.841 --> 01:10:16.312
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. AND
01:10:16.378 --> 01:10:17.546
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR
01:10:17.613 --> 01:10:19.748
STATE THE BRUNT OF THAT
01:10:19.815 --> 01:10:23.252
POLLUTION. THIRD THIS PAST YEAR
01:10:23.319 --> 01:10:25.554
EXPOSED THE NEED FOR LONG TERM
01:10:25.621 --> 01:10:27.790
SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY, WHICH
01:10:27.856 --> 01:10:29.191
REQUIRES A GOODS MOVEMENT SYSTEM
01:10:29.258 --> 01:10:31.760
CENTERED ON SAFETY. AND
01:10:31.827 --> 01:10:34.129
EFFICIENT FREIGHT THAT MINIMIZES
01:10:34.196 --> 01:10:34.663
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO
01:10:34.730 --> 01:10:37.633
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
01:10:37.700 --> 01:10:40.035
AND FINALLY, THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS
01:10:40.102 --> 01:10:41.537
OF FORMULA AND DISCRETIONARY
01:10:41.604 --> 01:10:43.038
DOLLARS AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW
01:10:43.105 --> 01:10:46.275
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
01:10:46.342 --> 01:10:47.343
WITH THAT WE HAVE THE
01:10:47.409 --> 01:10:49.578
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE SAFEST
01:10:49.645 --> 01:10:49.979
AND MOST CONNECTED
01:10:50.045 --> 01:10:50.813
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE
01:10:50.879 --> 01:10:53.048
NATION. THIS WILL REQUIRE BOTH
01:10:53.115 --> 01:10:53.515
CHANGE AND THOUGHTFUL
01:10:53.582 --> 01:10:57.019
LEADERSHIP. AFTER SERVING AS
01:10:57.086 --> 01:10:58.520
CALTRANS DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST
01:10:58.587 --> 01:11:00.556
2.5 YEARS, AND WHAT MY DECADES
01:11:00.623 --> 01:11:01.423
OF PRIOR TRANSPORTATION
01:11:01.490 --> 01:11:03.092
EXPERIENCE I'M LOOKING FORWARD
01:11:03.158 --> 01:11:04.793
TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES HEAD
01:11:04.860 --> 01:11:07.696
ON. WE HAVE A VISION FOR
01:11:07.763 --> 01:11:08.964
TRANSPORT FOR TRANSPORTATION
01:11:09.031 --> 01:11:10.633
FUTURE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE.
01:11:10.699 --> 01:11:13.168
SERVICES AND GOODS THROUGH A
01:11:13.235 --> 01:11:15.137
SAFE, MULTI MODAL NETWORK THAT
01:11:15.204 --> 01:11:16.238
IS CLIMATE FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT
01:11:16.305 --> 01:11:19.408
AND EQUITABLE. TRANSPORTATION
01:11:19.475 --> 01:11:21.310
NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE
01:11:21.377 --> 01:11:23.078
SOLUTION TO HELP MEET THE
01:11:23.145 --> 01:11:24.246
STATE'S AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS
01:11:24.313 --> 01:11:25.447
SET BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THIS
01:11:25.514 --> 01:11:29.385
LEGISLATURE. THAT MEANS MORE
01:11:29.451 --> 01:11:30.419
INVESTMENTS IN ZERO EMISSION,
01:11:30.486 --> 01:11:33.756
TRANSIT FREE AND REAL. AS WELL
01:11:33.822 --> 01:11:34.790
AS PROJECTS THAT EXPENSIVE
01:11:34.857 --> 01:11:37.159
ACCESS TO WALKING AND BIKING.
01:11:37.226 --> 01:11:38.193
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF
01:11:38.260 --> 01:11:40.295
STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP REDUCE
01:11:40.362 --> 01:11:42.831
OUR DEPENDENCE ON DRIVING BY
01:11:42.898 --> 01:11:43.832
DELIVERING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE
01:11:43.899 --> 01:11:46.635
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. THE
01:11:46.702 --> 01:11:48.337
STRATEGIES ARE ALSO THE
01:11:48.404 --> 01:11:50.139
FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY
01:11:50.205 --> 01:11:51.674
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN LOW
01:11:51.740 --> 01:11:52.841
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:11:52.908 --> 01:11:53.409
NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR. BUT
01:11:53.475 --> 01:11:54.576
OFTEN BEAR THE BRUNT. OF
01:11:54.643 --> 01:11:58.447
POLLUTION. AND HAVE LIMITED
01:11:58.514 --> 01:11:59.581
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MOBILITY
01:11:59.648 --> 01:12:02.818
OPTIONS. BY CONNECTING AND
01:12:02.885 --> 01:12:04.319
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHOICES FOR
01:12:04.386 --> 01:12:06.155
PEOPLE AND GOODS TO MOVE ABOUT
01:12:06.221 --> 01:12:08.157
OUR STATE. WE WILL HELP IMPROVE
01:12:08.223 --> 01:12:09.692
THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM,
01:12:09.758 --> 01:12:10.859
BUT WE WILL ALSO CREATE MORE
01:12:10.926 --> 01:12:13.562
JOBS. PROVIDE A BOOST TO THE
01:12:13.629 --> 01:12:14.563
ECONOMY AND IMPACT HEALTHY
01:12:14.630 --> 01:12:17.533
LIVING. MANY OF THESE STRATEGIES
01:12:17.599 --> 01:12:19.034
ALSO VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH
01:12:19.101 --> 01:12:21.270
THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.
01:12:21.336 --> 01:12:23.639
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL
01:12:23.706 --> 01:12:24.673
AND FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS AND
01:12:24.740 --> 01:12:25.741
PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT THIS NEW
01:12:25.808 --> 01:12:28.677
LAW. I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO
01:12:28.744 --> 01:12:29.978
ADVANCE IN THE NATION'S FIRST
01:12:30.045 --> 01:12:32.114
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT. WHICH
01:12:32.181 --> 01:12:33.515
IS A MAJOR EMPLOYER AND
01:12:33.582 --> 01:12:34.516
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CENTRAL
01:12:34.583 --> 01:12:37.886
VALLEY ECONOMY. AS CONSTRUCTION
01:12:37.953 --> 01:12:38.987
CONTINUES ON THE MERCED TO
01:12:39.054 --> 01:12:41.056
BAKERSFIELD SEGMENT. MOST MAJOR
01:12:41.123 --> 01:12:43.092
INVESTMENT TAKE TIME. AND
01:12:43.158 --> 01:12:47.362
REQUIRE PERSEVERANCE. HIGH SPEED
01:12:47.429 --> 01:12:49.264
RAIL IS CRITICAL TO OUR STATE'S
01:12:49.331 --> 01:12:51.667
TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE GOES
01:12:51.734 --> 01:12:52.868
, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
01:12:52.935 --> 01:12:54.169
IMPORTANCE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP
01:12:54.236 --> 01:12:56.305
WITH THIS LEGISLATURE. AND I
01:12:56.371 --> 01:12:58.774
PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
01:12:58.841 --> 01:13:00.943
YOU TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT. I
01:13:01.009 --> 01:13:02.144
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE
01:13:02.211 --> 01:13:06.582
SAFETY. SB $1 CONTINUE TO
01:13:06.648 --> 01:13:08.751
SUPPORT FIX IT. FIRST PROJECTS
01:13:08.817 --> 01:13:10.519
INCLUDED BRIDGE REPAIR HIGHWAY
01:13:10.586 --> 01:13:13.522
MAINTENANCE PAVEMENT REPAIR.
01:13:13.589 --> 01:13:14.223
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND
01:13:14.289 --> 01:13:15.023
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
01:13:15.090 --> 01:13:17.659
SYSTEMS. THESE INVESTMENTS WILL
01:13:17.726 --> 01:13:21.997
MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER. WE HAVE
01:13:22.064 --> 01:13:23.398
TO CONTINUE OUR MARCH TOWARDS
01:13:23.465 --> 01:13:25.000
ZERO DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS.
01:13:25.067 --> 01:13:26.902
CALIFORNIA IS DOING EVERYTHING
01:13:26.969 --> 01:13:28.403
POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT
01:13:28.470 --> 01:13:30.305
COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY
01:13:30.372 --> 01:13:31.507
MEASURES TO A LIMITED DEBTS AND
01:13:31.573 --> 01:13:33.642
SERIOUS INJURIES. ON OUR
01:13:33.709 --> 01:13:35.644
RAILWAYS AS A PART OF OUR SAFE
01:13:35.711 --> 01:13:38.046
SYSTEM APPROACH. WHEN OUR
01:13:38.113 --> 01:13:39.615
DEPARTMENTS PUT PEOPLE FIRST THE
01:13:39.681 --> 01:13:43.919
SERVICES WE PROVIDE WILL HAPPEN.
01:13:43.986 --> 01:13:45.521
WILL HAPPEN VERY WELL UNDER
01:13:45.587 --> 01:13:47.523
SAFER MOBILITY CHOICES AND
01:13:47.589 --> 01:13:50.058
CONNECTIONS WE CREATE CONTINUE
01:13:50.125 --> 01:13:51.260
TO HELP MAKE CALIFORNIA THE MOST
01:13:51.326 --> 01:13:52.394
LIVABLE STATE IN OUR NATION.
01:13:52.461 --> 01:13:55.664
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THESE
01:13:55.731 --> 01:13:57.399
ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN FRONT
01:13:57.466 --> 01:13:59.368
OF US AND THE TIME TO ADDRESS
01:13:59.434 --> 01:14:02.070
CLIMATE. EQUITY AND SAFETY
01:14:02.137 --> 01:14:02.905
CHALLENGES THROUGH
01:14:02.971 --> 01:14:03.305
TRANSPORTATION AND
01:14:03.372 --> 01:14:07.276
INFRASTRUCTURE. IS NOW. I WILL
01:14:07.342 --> 01:14:08.343
TAKE ON THESE CHALLENGES ON THE
01:14:08.410 --> 01:14:10.212
BEHALF ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC
01:14:10.279 --> 01:14:12.247
WE SERVE. WITH ENTHUSIASM AND
01:14:12.314 --> 01:14:13.448
RESOLVE AS YOUR TRANSPORTATION
01:14:13.515 --> 01:14:17.052
SECRETARY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
01:14:17.119 --> 01:14:18.821
YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION
01:14:18.887 --> 01:14:21.323
TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
01:14:21.390 --> 01:14:23.759
VICE CHAIR. YOU WANT TO START US
01:14:23.826 --> 01:14:27.362
OFF TODAY? WELL, THANK YOU,
01:14:27.429 --> 01:14:29.431
SECRETARY AND WE HAD A VERY IN
01:14:29.498 --> 01:14:31.600
DEPTH AND I THINK, CERTAINLY
01:14:31.667 --> 01:14:32.601
VERY VALUABLE CONFERENCE
01:14:32.668 --> 01:14:33.802
CONVERSATION. YESTERDAY'S FROM
01:14:33.869 --> 01:14:35.904
MY PERSPECTIVE. I SHARED WITH
01:14:35.971 --> 01:14:39.675
THE SECRETARY THAT THE PRESENT
01:14:39.741 --> 01:14:43.278
APPROACH OF MOVING PEOPLE, NOT
01:14:43.345 --> 01:14:45.647
CARS. THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
01:14:45.714 --> 01:14:47.883
THE ROAD USER CHARGE. ALL THOSE
01:14:47.950 --> 01:14:48.784
ARE EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL.
01:14:48.851 --> 01:14:49.852
CERTAINLY IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH
01:14:49.918 --> 01:14:53.155
IS IF NOT, IT'S NOT RURAL, BUT
01:14:53.222 --> 01:14:54.890
IT'S CERTAINLY SUBURBAN. AND
01:14:54.957 --> 01:14:57.159
SOME OF THESE IDEAS JUST DON'T
01:14:57.226 --> 01:14:59.061
WORK THERE. THE SECRETARY SPENT
01:14:59.127 --> 01:15:01.730
THE LOT OF TIME SHARING WITH ME
01:15:01.797 --> 01:15:03.699
APPROACH THAT IS GOING TO BE
01:15:03.765 --> 01:15:06.835
TAKEN. WITH THE NEW APPROACH, OR
01:15:06.902 --> 01:15:10.973
I GUESS WE'LL SAY IF IT'S NOT A
01:15:11.039 --> 01:15:12.608
NEW APPROACH HAS BEEN A THEORY
01:15:12.674 --> 01:15:14.576
OUT THERE. QUITE A WHILE.
01:15:14.643 --> 01:15:15.544
PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT
01:15:15.611 --> 01:15:17.079
EMISSIONS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
01:15:17.145 --> 01:15:19.081
MEASURE IN TERMS OF MOVING, YOU
01:15:19.147 --> 01:15:22.084
KNOW, CARS WITH LESS ADMISSIONS
01:15:22.150 --> 01:15:24.453
. WE HAVE REDUCED THE GREENHOUSE
01:15:24.519 --> 01:15:25.988
GASSES IN THE AIR RESOURCES
01:15:26.054 --> 01:15:29.558
BOARD TELLS US THAT THOUGHT THAT
01:15:29.625 --> 01:15:30.592
IS, WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS
01:15:30.659 --> 01:15:31.760
THERE. SO OUR CONVERSATION
01:15:31.827 --> 01:15:35.163
REALLY CIRCLED AROUND. UM YOU
01:15:35.230 --> 01:15:36.798
KNOW HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT SOME
01:15:36.865 --> 01:15:38.834
OF THESE NEW POLICIES THAT ARE
01:15:38.901 --> 01:15:40.736
QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE
01:15:40.802 --> 01:15:42.638
HAD IN CALIFORNIA. SO RATHER
01:15:42.704 --> 01:15:44.306
THAN ASKING QUESTIONS OF YOU
01:15:44.373 --> 01:15:46.508
AGAIN THAT WE SHARED YESTERDAY.
01:15:46.575 --> 01:15:47.910
IT WAS MORE OF A CONVERSATION. I
01:15:47.976 --> 01:15:49.411
THOUGHT A VERY GOOD ONE TO HELP
01:15:49.478 --> 01:15:50.913
UNDERSTAND TIMELINE STAGING
01:15:50.979 --> 01:15:54.416
STRATEGY, NO COOKIE CUTTER. HOW
01:15:54.483 --> 01:15:55.918
YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT
01:15:55.984 --> 01:15:57.452
BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF THE LEAD
01:15:57.519 --> 01:15:59.554
DOG IN THIS AND IT'S NOT GONNA
01:15:59.621 --> 01:16:01.123
BE EASY ONE AND YOU'VE TAKEN IT
01:16:01.189 --> 01:16:03.558
ON. AND FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD
01:16:03.625 --> 01:16:04.059
SAY, I COMPLIMENTED THE
01:16:04.126 --> 01:16:05.560
SECRETARY. HE WAS CALTRANS
01:16:05.627 --> 01:16:07.262
DIRECTOR, AND WE HAD A FEW
01:16:07.329 --> 01:16:09.264
LITTLE BUMPS ALONG OUR ROADS IN
01:16:09.331 --> 01:16:10.299
SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY, AND HE WAS
01:16:10.365 --> 01:16:12.401
EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND HE BRINGS
01:16:12.467 --> 01:16:14.403
TO THIS POSITION. RATHER
01:16:14.469 --> 01:16:16.538
INCREDIBLE RESUME, BUT THAT
01:16:16.605 --> 01:16:18.974
DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY OUT THERE
01:16:19.041 --> 01:16:19.608
IN THE DISTRICTS FOR OUR PEOPLE
01:16:19.675 --> 01:16:22.010
THAT UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW,
01:16:22.077 --> 01:16:23.645
UM, THE CONGESTION ISSUES
01:16:23.712 --> 01:16:24.880
CERTAINLY IS A BIG ONE. BUT WHEN
01:16:24.947 --> 01:16:26.281
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MUST HAVE A
01:16:26.348 --> 01:16:28.717
CAR. YOU CANNOT DELIVER CHILDREN
01:16:28.784 --> 01:16:31.753
TO SCHOOL TO THEIR GAMES TO
01:16:31.820 --> 01:16:34.456
ANYTHING CHURCH WHATEVER. AFTER
01:16:34.523 --> 01:16:36.892
SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHEN YOU CAN.
01:16:36.959 --> 01:16:38.393
YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR, CERTAINLY
01:16:38.460 --> 01:16:39.528
WHERE I LIVE, AND CERTAINLY IN
01:16:39.594 --> 01:16:41.229
THE RURAL AREAS. WE KNOW THAT
01:16:41.296 --> 01:16:42.364
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY
01:16:42.431 --> 01:16:44.333
DIFFICULT. THAT UNITY IN AND
01:16:44.399 --> 01:16:45.033
NEAR TERM, SO I THINK THE
01:16:45.100 --> 01:16:48.036
STRATEGY THE AGING AND WHAT IF
01:16:48.103 --> 01:16:49.571
IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THE
01:16:49.638 --> 01:16:51.740
FALLBACK, SO LEAVE IT TO YOU TO
01:16:51.807 --> 01:16:52.307
GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON
01:16:52.374 --> 01:16:57.946
THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE
01:16:58.013 --> 01:16:59.614
CHAIR AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR
01:16:59.681 --> 01:17:01.016
YOUR SERVICE AS WELL ON
01:17:01.083 --> 01:17:03.352
TRANSPORTATION AS THE VICE CHAIR
01:17:03.418 --> 01:17:05.887
ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. I
01:17:05.954 --> 01:17:07.456
APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU GAVE ME
01:17:07.522 --> 01:17:08.090
YESTERDAY TO TALK THROUGH THESE
01:17:08.156 --> 01:17:10.759
ISSUES. I THINK MANY OF THEM ARE
01:17:10.826 --> 01:17:14.463
PHILOSOPHICAL. THE POSITION THAT
01:17:14.529 --> 01:17:16.665
WE HAVE AND THAT I HAVE AND THAT
01:17:16.732 --> 01:17:18.233
THE ADMINISTRATION IS VERY MUCH
01:17:18.300 --> 01:17:21.570
BACKING IN POLICY AND FUNDING.
01:17:21.636 --> 01:17:23.238
IS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST AS YOU
01:17:23.305 --> 01:17:25.340
MENTIONED IN MOVING PEOPLE MORE
01:17:25.407 --> 01:17:26.475
AND NOT NECESSARILY VEHICLES.
01:17:26.541 --> 01:17:30.178
THIS LEGISLATURE. HAS PASSED.
01:17:30.245 --> 01:17:32.781
LAWS AND BILLS RECENTLY. SB 7 43
01:17:32.848 --> 01:17:35.250
IS PROBABLY 99 YEARS OLD ROUGH
01:17:35.317 --> 01:17:36.718
ROUGHLY NOW THAT WE ARE STILL
01:17:36.785 --> 01:17:38.820
WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THAT MOVES
01:17:38.887 --> 01:17:40.322
OUR STATE FROM THE MEASUREMENT
01:17:40.389 --> 01:17:42.991
BEING HOW FAST AND HOW MANY CARS
01:17:43.058 --> 01:17:45.160
WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR ROADWAYS.
01:17:45.227 --> 01:17:47.662
BUT TO MOVING INTO WHENEVER WE
01:17:47.729 --> 01:17:48.697
MAKE A TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT
01:17:48.764 --> 01:17:49.931
TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T
01:17:49.998 --> 01:17:52.300
NECESSARILY INCREASE. THE
01:17:52.367 --> 01:17:54.436
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO
01:17:54.503 --> 01:17:55.404
CLIMATE RESILIENCY, CHALLENGES
01:17:55.470 --> 01:17:57.806
THAT WE HAVE AS A STATE. AS I
01:17:57.873 --> 01:17:59.708
MENTIONED IN MY REMARKS, NEARLY
01:17:59.775 --> 01:18:02.944
50% OF ALL THE BAD AIR QUALITY
01:18:03.011 --> 01:18:04.980
IN CALIFORNIA COMES FROM OUR
01:18:05.047 --> 01:18:07.749
SECTOR, AND IT'S MORE THAN ANY
01:18:07.816 --> 01:18:08.984
OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S
01:18:09.051 --> 01:18:11.686
AHEAD OF EVEN WHAT THE WORLD IS
01:18:11.753 --> 01:18:12.754
DOING NATIONALLY, THAT NUMBER IS
01:18:12.821 --> 01:18:15.323
29. GLOBALLY IT'S 15% AND
01:18:15.390 --> 01:18:17.492
CALIFORNIA IS NEARLY 50. SO WE
01:18:17.559 --> 01:18:19.394
GOT OUR CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US.
01:18:19.461 --> 01:18:23.198
BUT I WOULD ALSO SHARE WITH YOU.
01:18:23.265 --> 01:18:25.534
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AS A
01:18:25.600 --> 01:18:27.903
LEADER.STATE IN THIS IS THAT WE
01:18:27.969 --> 01:18:29.805
CAN'T USE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
01:18:29.871 --> 01:18:32.474
APPROACH. BECAUSE WHAT MAY BE
01:18:32.541 --> 01:18:33.742
HELPFUL IN YOUR DISTRICT,
01:18:33.809 --> 01:18:37.245
ULTIMATELY, MAYBE OCCASIONALLY A
01:18:37.312 --> 01:18:40.248
WIDENING PROJECT THAT MOVES CARS
01:18:40.315 --> 01:18:41.516
BUT THAT CAN BE APPROACHED. THAT
01:18:41.583 --> 01:18:43.251
CAN'T BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. OUR
01:18:43.318 --> 01:18:44.853
FOCUS HAS TO BE ON HOW DO WE
01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:46.088
SAFELY EFFICIENTLY MOVE PEOPLE?
01:18:46.154 --> 01:18:51.393
FOREST. BEFORE WE SAY. WHAT THE
01:18:51.460 --> 01:18:53.395
DEFAULT OPTION HAS BEEN FOR MANY
01:18:53.462 --> 01:18:55.297
YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN WE HAVE A
01:18:55.363 --> 01:18:57.132
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. LET'S
01:18:57.199 --> 01:18:57.899
MAKE IT THE ROAD WIDER AND
01:18:57.966 --> 01:19:00.702
BIGGER, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT
01:19:00.769 --> 01:19:01.169
TRANSITION TO TRANSIT
01:19:01.236 --> 01:19:01.970
INVESTMENTS, REAL WALKING,
01:19:02.037 --> 01:19:06.374
BIKING JUST AS MUCH AS WE'VE
01:19:06.441 --> 01:19:07.609
BEEN MAKING INVESTMENTS FOR THE
01:19:07.676 --> 01:19:09.711
AUTOMOBILE IN OUR STATE. THANK
01:19:09.778 --> 01:19:13.348
YOU. I THINK WHEN WE ARE MOVING
01:19:13.415 --> 01:19:14.349
PEOPLE INTO ELECTRIC CARS,
01:19:14.416 --> 01:19:16.318
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL BACK WITH
01:19:16.384 --> 01:19:18.120
THE COUNTRY. THE CONFLICT I HAVE
01:19:18.186 --> 01:19:19.521
IS THAT WE DO HAVE WE'RE
01:19:19.588 --> 01:19:21.156
LOWERING EMISSIONS JUST BY
01:19:21.223 --> 01:19:24.159
REQUIRING ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
01:19:24.226 --> 01:19:25.260
ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES IN THE
01:19:25.327 --> 01:19:27.329
NEXT 10 YEARS THE DECADE JUST IN
01:19:27.395 --> 01:19:31.299
FRONT OF US. SO IS IT ABOUT? THE
01:19:31.366 --> 01:19:32.367
MISSION'S CLIMATE CHANGE, OR IS
01:19:32.434 --> 01:19:35.437
IT ABOUT YOU KNOW, JUST FORCING
01:19:35.504 --> 01:19:37.239
PEOPLE TO USE A DIFFERENT FORM
01:19:37.305 --> 01:19:39.207
OF TRANSPORTATION. WHEN THAT
01:19:39.274 --> 01:19:41.243
TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO BE
01:19:41.309 --> 01:19:42.010
DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE
01:19:42.077 --> 01:19:44.312
WAY WE GET AROUND NOW WE HAVE A
01:19:44.379 --> 01:19:45.847
PROBLEM WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT. WE
01:19:45.914 --> 01:19:47.649
HAVE A CONNECTIVITY ISSUE ON
01:19:47.716 --> 01:19:49.384
PUBLIC TRANSIT. WE HAVE A
01:19:49.451 --> 01:19:50.652
RIDERSHIP ISSUE. WE'RE ALWAYS
01:19:50.719 --> 01:19:53.822
SUBSIDIZED ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
01:19:53.889 --> 01:19:55.323
CANCEL THESE ARE THINGS THAT
01:19:55.390 --> 01:19:57.592
STILL ESCAPE LOGIC AND SEEM TO
01:19:57.659 --> 01:20:00.695
ME TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
01:20:00.762 --> 01:20:02.230
THEY JUST DON'T. THEY'RE NOT
01:20:02.297 --> 01:20:03.732
CONGRUENCE IN TERMS OF WHERE
01:20:03.798 --> 01:20:05.333
WE'RE TRYING TO GET IF WE'RE
01:20:05.400 --> 01:20:06.735
TRYING TO REDUCE CONGESTION,
01:20:06.801 --> 01:20:09.771
CLEARLY THE CARPOOL LANES OFF
01:20:09.838 --> 01:20:11.907
WITH ZEBRAS HAVING SPECIAL USE
01:20:11.973 --> 01:20:13.408
OF THOSE HELPED LIKE WE'VE
01:20:13.475 --> 01:20:17.679
REDUCED AS HE SAID. THE. THE
01:20:17.746 --> 01:20:19.147
AIRPORT. WE'VE IMPROVED THE AIR
01:20:19.214 --> 01:20:20.649
QUALITY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
01:20:20.715 --> 01:20:22.817
EMISSIONS BY WHAT IS IT 90% SO
01:20:22.884 --> 01:20:23.752
IT'S STILL DOESN'T ALL FIT
01:20:23.818 --> 01:20:25.153
TOGETHER AND NOT TO BELABOR IT
01:20:25.220 --> 01:20:27.889
HERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. THAT
01:20:27.956 --> 01:20:29.257
I STILL WRESTLE WITH THAT
01:20:29.324 --> 01:20:30.692
BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR
01:20:30.759 --> 01:20:32.294
ME AND MY DISTRICT AND THE
01:20:32.360 --> 01:20:34.062
PROBLEMS THAT I'VE HAD WITH,
01:20:34.129 --> 01:20:35.463
LET'S SAY PUBLIC TRANSIT AND
01:20:35.530 --> 01:20:38.300
PROVIDING THAT FOR THE THIRD
01:20:38.366 --> 01:20:39.234
PART OF MY DISTRICT AND THE
01:20:39.301 --> 01:20:40.769
NORTHERLY NORTHERN PART OF MY
01:20:40.835 --> 01:20:42.938
DISTRICT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
01:20:43.004 --> 01:20:44.139
YEARS, AND WHEN I WAS ON THE
01:20:44.206 --> 01:20:45.307
ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
01:20:45.373 --> 01:20:47.876
AUTHORITY IS VERY CRITICAL. WE
01:20:47.943 --> 01:20:49.144
HAD TO STOP BUS SERVICE BECAUSE
01:20:49.211 --> 01:20:51.846
THE RIDERSHIP WAS SO LIMITED. WE
01:20:51.913 --> 01:20:53.481
COULDN'T WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FARE
01:20:53.548 --> 01:20:54.783
BOX COVERAGE THAT WAS REQUIRED
01:20:54.849 --> 01:20:55.517
TO GET OUR FEDERAL
01:20:55.584 --> 01:20:56.484
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS. SO ALL
01:20:56.551 --> 01:20:58.153
OF THOSE THINGS ARE INTEGRAL. TO
01:20:58.220 --> 01:21:02.257
WHAT THE PLAN. THAT'S ON THE
01:21:02.324 --> 01:21:05.160
BOOKS CAN DO VERSUS THE PLAN
01:21:05.227 --> 01:21:07.028
THAT WE HAVE AND THE PHASING
01:21:07.095 --> 01:21:09.464
INTO WHAT THE NEW PLAN IS. SO I
01:21:09.531 --> 01:21:11.600
LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. BUT TODAY I
01:21:11.666 --> 01:21:14.769
WILL ABSTAIN. AND YOU KNOW THAT
01:21:14.836 --> 01:21:15.937
I HAVE THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR
01:21:16.004 --> 01:21:17.138
YOU. SO IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO
01:21:17.205 --> 01:21:19.641
BRING SOME RESOLUTION BETWEEN
01:21:19.708 --> 01:21:22.644
THE PRESENT AND MY WORK WITH MY
01:21:22.711 --> 01:21:24.179
DISTRICT AND MY LONG TERM
01:21:24.246 --> 01:21:25.747
INVOLVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
01:21:25.814 --> 01:21:27.449
IN HOW WE ACTUALLY FIT THIS
01:21:27.515 --> 01:21:29.784
WHOLE THING INTO THE NEAR TERM
01:21:29.851 --> 01:21:32.520
OR THE DISTANT TERMS. DISTANT
01:21:32.587 --> 01:21:34.155
TRUE MIGHT BE EASIER AS
01:21:34.222 --> 01:21:36.258
TECHNOLOGY HELPS US ALONG, BUT
01:21:36.324 --> 01:21:39.561
THE CURRENT TIMELINE THAT SEEMS
01:21:39.628 --> 01:21:42.530
TO BE PROJECTED IS GOING TO BE
01:21:42.597 --> 01:21:43.598
VERY DIFFICULT TO MEET AND IT'S
01:21:43.665 --> 01:21:45.500
GOING TO CREATE. I THINK SOME
01:21:45.567 --> 01:21:46.868
SIGNIFICANT CONTROVERSIES AND
01:21:46.935 --> 01:21:48.236
PERHAPS THE LIMITATION OF
01:21:48.303 --> 01:21:50.505
FUNDING WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING
01:21:50.572 --> 01:21:52.674
WILLING TO CONTINUE THEIR
01:21:52.741 --> 01:21:54.442
SUPPORT OF SOME OF THE MEASURES
01:21:54.509 --> 01:21:55.710
THAT WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE
01:21:55.777 --> 01:21:56.578
REVENUES LIKE OUR LOCAL TAX
01:21:56.645 --> 01:21:59.681
DOLLAR MEASURES. THE SALES TAX
01:21:59.748 --> 01:22:01.049
ON ISSUES THAT WERE PUT OUT IT
01:22:01.116 --> 01:22:03.618
ACTUALLY SUPPORTED IN MY
01:22:03.685 --> 01:22:04.886
DISTRICT, A VERY CONTROVERSIAL
01:22:04.953 --> 01:22:06.488
ISSUE TO BEING LEFT. I THINK WE
01:22:06.554 --> 01:22:08.523
HAD 60 OR 70% SUPPORT OF ADDING
01:22:08.590 --> 01:22:10.458
A SALES TAX SO THAT THEY COULD
01:22:10.525 --> 01:22:12.894
GET ADDITIONAL ARTERIALS
01:22:12.961 --> 01:22:15.363
COMPLETED, WIDENING A FEW OF THE
01:22:15.430 --> 01:22:17.732
FREEWAYS WITH MORE HIV LANES.
01:22:17.799 --> 01:22:19.834
THOSE ARE ALL PROMISES MADE AND
01:22:19.901 --> 01:22:21.636
USING THE MANTRA FROM ORANGE
01:22:21.703 --> 01:22:22.270
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
01:22:22.337 --> 01:22:25.307
PROMISES MADE OUR PROMISES KEPT
01:22:25.373 --> 01:22:28.410
AND THAT CONTINUES. I THINK THE
01:22:28.476 --> 01:22:30.578
TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND THE AND
01:22:30.645 --> 01:22:32.514
THE PLANS THAT WE LAY OUT THERE
01:22:32.580 --> 01:22:35.784
FOR THEM. SO I WILL PASS THE
01:22:35.850 --> 01:22:37.419
MICROPHONE TO MY COLLEAGUES. BUT
01:22:37.485 --> 01:22:39.454
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I
01:22:39.521 --> 01:22:41.156
KNOW IT'S A ROBUST ONE. AND I
01:22:41.222 --> 01:22:42.524
THINK I ACTUALLY THINK YOU
01:22:42.590 --> 01:22:44.459
ENJOYED IT BECAUSE IT'S A
01:22:44.526 --> 01:22:46.461
CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE IT IS ON
01:22:46.528 --> 01:22:48.697
YOUR TO DO LIST AND ON YOUR WORK
01:22:48.763 --> 01:22:50.699
PLAN, AND SO I WILL CERTAINLY BE
01:22:50.765 --> 01:22:52.400
A COLLEAGUE AND A SUPPORTER AS
01:22:52.467 --> 01:22:54.502
WE GO FORWARD, BUT I NEED TO
01:22:54.569 --> 01:22:56.705
UNDERSTAND IT IS YOU'RE LAYING
01:22:56.771 --> 01:22:58.973
IT OUT ON A SPECIFIC STAGING AND
01:22:59.040 --> 01:23:00.141
TIMELINE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE
01:23:00.208 --> 01:23:02.544
PILOT PROJECTS. THAT THE STUDIES
01:23:02.610 --> 01:23:04.245
ARE GOING TO COME FROM NORTHERN
01:23:04.312 --> 01:23:06.381
HOUSE WORKING, BUT RIGHT NOW TO
01:23:06.448 --> 01:23:08.717
SUGGEST A ROAD USED TO USER
01:23:08.783 --> 01:23:10.785
CHARGE SALES TAX MEASURES TO BE
01:23:10.852 --> 01:23:15.256
ONE GAS TAX. IT'S THE TIMING IS
01:23:15.323 --> 01:23:16.958
NOT THE BEST TO TRY TO EXPLAIN
01:23:17.025 --> 01:23:18.760
THAT THIS IS A DIRECTION THAT WE
01:23:18.827 --> 01:23:20.929
NEED TO GO IN, AND ONE THAT I
01:23:20.995 --> 01:23:22.230
COULD SUPPORT, MADAM, ACTUALLY,
01:23:22.297 --> 01:23:24.232
IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I COULD
01:23:24.299 --> 01:23:26.167
BRIEFLY RESPONDED AND PROTEIN
01:23:26.234 --> 01:23:28.503
MAC AND JUST THREE THINGS THAT
01:23:28.570 --> 01:23:31.206
YOU MENTIONED JUST JUST BRIEFLY
01:23:31.272 --> 01:23:32.674
. NUMBER ONE. I UNDERSTAND WHERE
01:23:32.741 --> 01:23:34.576
YOU ARE AND WHERE YOUR
01:23:34.642 --> 01:23:35.577
CONSTITUENTS ARE IN YOUR
01:23:35.643 --> 01:23:37.846
DISTRICT AND HOW SOME PEOPLE MAY
01:23:37.912 --> 01:23:39.414
NOT BE ON BOARD WITH SOME OF THE
01:23:39.481 --> 01:23:41.349
DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN,
01:23:41.416 --> 01:23:44.152
BUT JUST TO MAKE CLEAR. I DON'T
01:23:44.219 --> 01:23:46.187
THINK OUR GOAL IS AT ANY POINT
01:23:46.254 --> 01:23:48.289
TO TRY TO FORCE PEOPLE. AND OF
01:23:48.356 --> 01:23:50.425
THEIR CARS. THE GOAL THAT WE'RE
01:23:50.492 --> 01:23:51.893
TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS TO MAKE
01:23:51.960 --> 01:23:55.330
pTO PEOPLE AS WE CREATE A
01:23:55.397 --> 01:23:56.064
MULTIMODAL NETWORK. TO OFFER
01:23:56.131 --> 01:23:59.734
THOSE CHOICES TO PEOPLE. AS THEY
01:23:59.801 --> 01:24:01.636
LOOK TO GET BACK TO WORK TO
01:24:01.703 --> 01:24:03.371
PLAY, ETCETERA AND NOT HAVE TO
01:24:03.438 --> 01:24:06.441
GET TO THEIR DESTINATION BY ONLY
01:24:06.508 --> 01:24:07.642
ONE PARTICULAR MODE WE'VE UNDER
01:24:07.709 --> 01:24:10.178
INVESTED IN THOSE OTHER MODES.
01:24:10.245 --> 01:24:11.379
AND NOW WE'RE SHIFTING POLICY.
01:24:11.446 --> 01:24:12.447
THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE
01:24:12.514 --> 01:24:16.050
GOVERNOR SHIFTING POLICY POLICY
01:24:16.117 --> 01:24:17.285
TO SAY OUR INVESTMENTS NEED TO
01:24:17.352 --> 01:24:20.522
BE DIVERSE. NOT JUST IN ONE
01:24:20.588 --> 01:24:21.823
PARTICULAR MODE OF
01:24:21.890 --> 01:24:23.324
TRANSPORTATION. ONLY SO CHOICES
01:24:23.391 --> 01:24:24.559
IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. YOU
01:24:24.626 --> 01:24:25.627
MENTIONED TVS JUST QUICKLY ON
01:24:25.693 --> 01:24:28.129
THAT. ABOUT LETTING VEHICLES ARE
01:24:28.196 --> 01:24:29.631
HELPING. WE'RE LEADING THE
01:24:29.697 --> 01:24:32.100
NATION WERE MORE THAN 40% OF THE
01:24:32.167 --> 01:24:33.868
NATIONAL MARKET. WHEN IT COMES
01:24:33.935 --> 01:24:35.437
TO TVS. IT'S MAKING A BIG
01:24:35.503 --> 01:24:36.504
DIFFERENCE IN CLIMATE IN OUR
01:24:36.571 --> 01:24:39.340
STATE. BUT E. V S WILL MAKE
01:24:39.407 --> 01:24:42.710
NECESSARILY CONGESTION GO AWAY.
01:24:42.777 --> 01:24:44.913
THEY WON'T SOLVE OR HELP MANAGE
01:24:44.979 --> 01:24:46.514
OR CONGESTION CHALLENGES. PEOPLE
01:24:46.581 --> 01:24:48.783
WILL STILL END UP SITTING IN
01:24:48.850 --> 01:24:51.686
ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN TRAFFIC. SO
01:24:51.753 --> 01:24:53.855
AGAIN. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS
01:24:53.922 --> 01:24:55.056
CONTINUE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN
01:24:55.123 --> 01:24:56.991
THE V S, BUT ALSO DIVERSIFY
01:24:57.058 --> 01:24:58.793
AGAN. HOW PEOPLE COMMUTE AND
01:24:58.860 --> 01:24:59.761
GET ABOUT OUR STATE. AND
01:24:59.828 --> 01:25:01.930
FINALLY, ON SB ONE YOU MENTIONED
01:25:01.996 --> 01:25:04.299
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LAWS
01:25:04.365 --> 01:25:06.034
IN TRANSPORTATION IN THE STATE'S
01:25:06.100 --> 01:25:08.269
HISTORY. IT'S GENERATING $5
01:25:08.336 --> 01:25:10.738
BILLION A YEAR TO MAINTAIN AND
01:25:10.805 --> 01:25:12.807
IMPROVE THE SYSTEM OF THE STATE
01:25:12.874 --> 01:25:14.108
. THOSE PROMISES WERE MADE AND
01:25:14.175 --> 01:25:15.243
WE'RE KEEPING THOSE PROMISES
01:25:15.310 --> 01:25:17.412
WERE ABSOLUTELY STICKING TO
01:25:17.479 --> 01:25:18.746
MAKING SURE PAVEMENTS ARE
01:25:18.813 --> 01:25:20.281
CULVERTS BRIDGES, TRANSPORTATION
01:25:20.348 --> 01:25:21.449
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOLS. ARE
01:25:21.516 --> 01:25:27.689
WORKING. AND IN PLACE. SO UH,
01:25:27.755 --> 01:25:29.324
GET OUR YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHICAL
01:25:29.390 --> 01:25:32.060
DIFFERENCES ON HOW WE GO ABOUT
01:25:32.126 --> 01:25:33.495
IMPROVING MOBILITY AND
01:25:33.561 --> 01:25:34.696
TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE OF THE
01:25:34.762 --> 01:25:37.165
STATE AND I VERY MUCH RESPECT.
01:25:37.232 --> 01:25:38.600
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR
01:25:38.666 --> 01:25:40.201
PHYSICIAN ON THAT. THANK YOU
01:25:40.268 --> 01:25:41.970
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SECRETARY
01:25:42.036 --> 01:25:45.206
. THANK YOU, SENATOR KAMLAGER.
01:25:45.273 --> 01:25:46.140
THANK YOU, MADAM PRO TEM AND
01:25:46.207 --> 01:25:51.412
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM SO I
01:25:51.479 --> 01:25:54.883
APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND
01:25:54.949 --> 01:25:56.284
RESPONSES THAT JUST HAPPENED AND
01:25:56.351 --> 01:26:00.855
WANT. TO DELVE INTO THAT SPACE A
01:26:00.922 --> 01:26:02.423
LITTLE BIT MORE AND ALSO TALK
01:26:02.490 --> 01:26:03.992
ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
01:26:04.058 --> 01:26:06.327
AND I DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM,
01:26:06.394 --> 01:26:08.563
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE. UM,
01:26:08.630 --> 01:26:11.266
IN YOUR MIND, BASED ON THE
01:26:11.332 --> 01:26:13.301
CHARGES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT
01:26:13.368 --> 01:26:15.803
OF YOU AS IT RELATES TO YOU'RE
01:26:15.870 --> 01:26:18.940
VERY HEAVY LOAD. AH! WHAT'S THE
01:26:19.007 --> 01:26:20.942
NEXUS BETWEEN? BUILDING
01:26:21.009 --> 01:26:25.280
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN
01:26:25.346 --> 01:26:26.848
OPTIMIZING OUR CURRENT
01:26:26.915 --> 01:26:30.451
INFRASTRUCTURE USING TECHNOLOGY
01:26:30.518 --> 01:26:33.688
ADVANCEMENT. THANK YOU. FOR THE
01:26:33.755 --> 01:26:37.792
QUESTIONS, SENATOR. THE NEXUS
01:26:37.859 --> 01:26:40.361
IS, IF WE ARE GOING TO TOUCH
01:26:40.428 --> 01:26:41.329
DOWN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEFORE
01:26:41.396 --> 01:26:43.097
ALREADY IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
01:26:43.164 --> 01:26:44.899
THE PLACE WHERE MOBILITY IS
01:26:44.966 --> 01:26:46.935
IMPROVING. WE'RE CREATING
01:26:47.001 --> 01:26:48.002
LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES AND
01:26:48.069 --> 01:26:51.339
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS SAFER.
01:26:51.406 --> 01:26:53.775
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO SOLELY
01:26:53.841 --> 01:26:56.344
INVEST ON MAKING BIGGER OR WIDER
01:26:56.411 --> 01:26:56.911
OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
01:26:56.978 --> 01:26:59.814
THAT'S BEEN OUR FOCUS FOR YEARS.
01:26:59.881 --> 01:27:00.348
THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED
01:27:00.415 --> 01:27:03.217
SEASONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
01:27:03.284 --> 01:27:05.853
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS. THE
01:27:05.920 --> 01:27:07.055
MORE WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO
01:27:07.121 --> 01:27:08.990
MANAGE AND OPERATE THE SYSTEM
01:27:09.057 --> 01:27:11.893
BETTER TO GET THE MOST OUT OF
01:27:11.960 --> 01:27:12.527
THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE
01:27:12.594 --> 01:27:13.895
HAVE THE BETTER OFF, ULTIMATELY
01:27:13.962 --> 01:27:16.931
THAT THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE
01:27:16.998 --> 01:27:18.800
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS JUST TO
01:27:18.866 --> 01:27:20.602
QUICKLY SAY IS OPTIMIZING
01:27:20.668 --> 01:27:23.037
SIGNALS USING TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO
01:27:23.104 --> 01:27:26.841
PRIORITIZE CERTAIN USES. THE
01:27:26.908 --> 01:27:28.009
EASIEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE IS
01:27:28.076 --> 01:27:30.645
BUSSES ON A HIGHWAY. ON A STATE
01:27:30.712 --> 01:27:31.846
HIGHWAY WOULD SIGNAL TRAFFIC
01:27:31.913 --> 01:27:35.617
SIGNALS ON IT. WE CAN TÌM AND
01:27:35.683 --> 01:27:38.419
PUT TECHNOLOGY IN BUSSES TO
01:27:38.486 --> 01:27:39.887
COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SIGNALS TO
01:27:39.954 --> 01:27:41.589
MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSSES HAVE
01:27:41.656 --> 01:27:42.724
PRIORITY TO BE ABLE TO GET
01:27:42.790 --> 01:27:46.995
THROUGH. THE HIGHWAY SAFER AND
01:27:47.061 --> 01:27:49.964
QUICKER HUESO USING THAT
01:27:50.031 --> 01:27:52.066
TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE HAVE
01:27:52.133 --> 01:27:53.368
TO BE AN IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL
01:27:53.434 --> 01:27:55.603
PART. OF THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE
01:27:55.670 --> 01:27:57.038
MOVING FORWARD, NOT JUST LOOKING
01:27:57.105 --> 01:27:59.374
TO WHAT OR MAKE BIGGER OF THE
01:27:59.440 --> 01:28:00.441
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE SO
01:28:00.508 --> 01:28:02.076
VERY IMPORTANT TO GREAT. THANK
01:28:02.143 --> 01:28:06.314
YOU, UM. AND SO WE ALSO TALKED
01:28:06.381 --> 01:28:10.184
ABOUT RECONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS
01:28:10.251 --> 01:28:12.253
, THE PROGRAM AND SO EVEN THOUGH
01:28:12.320 --> 01:28:14.088
THE PRESIDENT, UM SORT OF
01:28:14.155 --> 01:28:17.759
UNDERFUNDED THIS, UM YOU KNOW
01:28:17.825 --> 01:28:20.294
WHAT? WHAT WAYS CAN YOU UTILIZE
01:28:20.361 --> 01:28:21.929
GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S HIGHWAYS TO
01:28:21.996 --> 01:28:24.832
BOULEVARDS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT
01:28:24.899 --> 01:28:25.500
RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN
01:28:25.566 --> 01:28:28.469
NEIGHBORHOODS VERY IMPORTANT.
01:28:28.536 --> 01:28:30.505
QUESTION SOONER. KAMLAGER THE
01:28:30.571 --> 01:28:31.873
MENTIONED THAT THE PRESIDENT YOU
01:28:31.939 --> 01:28:38.112
KNOW? MY WORDS YOU SAID HE UNDER
01:28:38.179 --> 01:28:40.348
INVESTED. I THINK HIS INITIAL
01:28:40.415 --> 01:28:41.849
PROPOSAL FOR RECONNECTING
01:28:41.916 --> 01:28:43.618
COMMUNITIES WAS IN THE
01:28:43.685 --> 01:28:45.820
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 22 $23 BILLION.
01:28:45.887 --> 01:28:48.823
WHAT CONGRESS ULTIMATELY PASSED
01:28:48.890 --> 01:28:51.459
WAS ONLY A BILLION DOLLARS OVER
01:28:51.526 --> 01:28:52.660
FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS NOT A LOT
01:28:52.727 --> 01:28:56.364
OF MONEY, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER
01:28:56.431 --> 01:28:58.332
THE DOWN PAYMENT AND TO A
01:28:58.399 --> 01:28:59.567
COMMITMENT THAT WE CAN TRANSFORM
01:28:59.634 --> 01:29:01.069
COMMUNITIES. IF WE RECONNECT
01:29:01.135 --> 01:29:05.039
THEM. GOVERNOR NELSON AS YOU AS
01:29:05.106 --> 01:29:07.108
YOU MENTIONED AS PROPOSED
01:29:07.175 --> 01:29:08.076
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN HIS
01:29:08.142 --> 01:29:11.746
BUDGET. FOR HIGHWAYS TO
01:29:11.813 --> 01:29:13.047
BOULEVARDS PROGRAM. THAT'S VERY
01:29:13.114 --> 01:29:16.217
SIMILAR NATURE. WHAT I CAN SEE
01:29:16.284 --> 01:29:17.418
AS FAR AS HOW HE WOULD
01:29:17.485 --> 01:29:19.153
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS BY
01:29:19.220 --> 01:29:20.455
THE WAY THAT $1 BILLION THAT'S
01:29:20.521 --> 01:29:22.023
IN THE PRESIDENT BILL. FOR NOW,
01:29:22.090 --> 01:29:25.860
LAW IT'S DISCRETIONARY MONEY,
01:29:25.927 --> 01:29:27.361
MEANING WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY
01:29:27.428 --> 01:29:28.996
AND FIGHT FOR THAT MONEY TO COME
01:29:29.063 --> 01:29:30.932
TO CALIFORNIA. IT'S NOT FORMULA
01:29:30.998 --> 01:29:32.567
BASED. WE'RE NOT WE DON'T GET IT
01:29:32.633 --> 01:29:33.434
AUTOMATICALLY. BUT WITH THE
01:29:33.501 --> 01:29:36.904
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL CULT TRANS
01:29:36.971 --> 01:29:38.740
ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER MY
01:29:38.806 --> 01:29:41.909
PURVIEW HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED
01:29:41.976 --> 01:29:44.946
69 LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
01:29:45.012 --> 01:29:46.814
WHERE WE COULD EXPLORE THESE
01:29:46.881 --> 01:29:48.683
OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT
01:29:48.750 --> 01:29:51.819
COMMUNITIES AGAIN AND IN YOUR
01:29:51.886 --> 01:29:52.353
PARTICULAR DISTRICT. IT'S
01:29:52.420 --> 01:29:56.057
PROBABLY CONSIDERED. FREE WILL,
01:29:56.124 --> 01:29:59.026
HOW WE CENTRAL FOR THE STATE OF
01:29:59.093 --> 01:30:00.895
CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE
01:30:00.962 --> 01:30:01.929
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE L. A
01:30:01.996 --> 01:30:05.366
REGION. TIME TO EXPLORE. IT MAY
01:30:05.433 --> 01:30:07.335
BE ONE OF THOSE 69. I CAN'T SAY
01:30:07.401 --> 01:30:08.703
FOR SURE, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED
01:30:08.770 --> 01:30:10.304
COMMUNITIES ALREADY THAT WE CAN
01:30:10.371 --> 01:30:12.874
EXPLORE THOSE CONNECTIONS. THANK
01:30:12.940 --> 01:30:16.377
YOU. UM I DID, UM, THE
01:30:16.444 --> 01:30:18.880
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE. THAT WAS
01:30:18.946 --> 01:30:20.114
WE PASSED A BILL. I THINK A
01:30:20.181 --> 01:30:22.083
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO ESTABLISH
01:30:22.150 --> 01:30:23.184
IT RECENTLY CAME OUT WITH THEIR
01:30:23.251 --> 01:30:27.989
PRELIMINARY REPORT. ONE OF THE
01:30:28.055 --> 01:30:29.524
SECTIONS DEALS WITH RACISM AND
01:30:29.590 --> 01:30:31.292
ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:30:31.359 --> 01:30:32.927
THEY DO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
01:30:32.994 --> 01:30:34.562
TRANSPORTATION. THEY TALK ABOUT
01:30:34.629 --> 01:30:35.630
POLLUTANTS, THEY TALK ABOUT
01:30:35.696 --> 01:30:38.866
HEAVY TRAFFIC USE. IN AFRICAN
01:30:38.933 --> 01:30:41.302
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. WE HAD A
01:30:41.369 --> 01:30:43.671
DISCUSSION ABOUT REPURPOSING
01:30:43.738 --> 01:30:47.074
HIGHWAYS. UM AND AS AS, UM AND
01:30:47.141 --> 01:30:52.780
SO VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL
01:30:52.847 --> 01:30:54.515
BE A LENS THROUGH WHICH YOU
01:30:54.582 --> 01:30:56.150
CONTINUE TO LOOK THROUGH AS YOU
01:30:56.217 --> 01:30:59.187
ARE NAVIGATING THIS INCREDIBLY
01:30:59.253 --> 01:31:00.655
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO THAT YOU HAVE
01:31:00.721 --> 01:31:04.859
IN FRONT OF YOU. UM AND WILL AND
01:31:04.926 --> 01:31:06.460
THESE ARE ALSO ISSUES THAT ARE
01:31:06.527 --> 01:31:07.261
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
01:31:07.328 --> 01:31:08.296
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
01:31:08.362 --> 01:31:11.165
CAUCUS AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT
01:31:11.232 --> 01:31:13.634
YOU CAN LEAN ON US AND BE
01:31:13.701 --> 01:31:14.468
WILLING TO PARTNER WITH THIS
01:31:14.535 --> 01:31:16.938
PARTICULAR CAUCUS AS IT RELATES
01:31:17.004 --> 01:31:19.407
TO THESE ISSUES BECAUSE WE
01:31:19.473 --> 01:31:20.708
CERTAINLY WANT FOLKS TO BE ABLE
01:31:20.775 --> 01:31:22.743
TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
01:31:22.810 --> 01:31:25.580
WE WANT THERE TO BE AN EQUITABLE
01:31:25.646 --> 01:31:27.014
SHARE OF INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE
01:31:27.081 --> 01:31:28.249
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE WANT
01:31:28.316 --> 01:31:30.351
PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE. AND
01:31:30.418 --> 01:31:31.452
COMMUTING AND USING
01:31:31.519 --> 01:31:32.620
TRANSPORTATION THAT IS PROVIDED
01:31:32.687 --> 01:31:35.523
TO THEM. AND I THINK ULTIMATELY
01:31:35.590 --> 01:31:36.924
WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE
01:31:36.991 --> 01:31:39.827
A HOLISTIC, YOU KNOW, APPROACH
01:31:39.894 --> 01:31:41.796
TO HOW WE ARE MANAGING CLIMATE
01:31:41.863 --> 01:31:43.497
CHANGE HOW WE ARE KEEPING THESE
01:31:43.564 --> 01:31:47.301
KINDS OF RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE.
01:31:47.368 --> 01:31:51.038
AND ALSO AFFORDABLE AND MAKING
01:31:51.105 --> 01:31:53.140
SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE KIND
01:31:53.207 --> 01:31:54.475
OF ACCESS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT
01:31:54.542 --> 01:31:57.078
AND DESERVE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW
01:31:57.144 --> 01:31:58.145
YOU'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE
01:31:58.212 --> 01:32:01.549
WORKLOAD. YOU HAVE UM, BUT I
01:32:01.616 --> 01:32:03.484
BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME TOOLS AT
01:32:03.551 --> 01:32:05.152
YOUR DISPOSAL TO HELP YOU DO
01:32:05.219 --> 01:32:07.388
THAT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM,
01:32:07.455 --> 01:32:09.624
CONFIRMING YOU. IF I COULD JUST
01:32:09.690 --> 01:32:11.759
SAY SENATOR KAMLAGER JUST REAL
01:32:11.826 --> 01:32:12.960
QUICK. THE YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT
01:32:13.027 --> 01:32:15.730
FROM ME. TO SUPPORT THE VISION
01:32:15.796 --> 01:32:17.832
AND THE COMMENTS. YOU JUST
01:32:17.899 --> 01:32:20.935
OUTLINED. I HAVE LONG BELIEVED,
01:32:21.002 --> 01:32:22.737
AND I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU
01:32:22.803 --> 01:32:23.304
BEFORE THAT TRANSPORTATION
01:32:23.371 --> 01:32:26.707
SHOULD BE A UNITER. NOT A
01:32:26.774 --> 01:32:29.110
DIVIDER, AND IN SOME CASES, THE
01:32:29.176 --> 01:32:30.044
HISTORY WE'VE HAD WITH THE
01:32:30.111 --> 01:32:31.078
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HIGHWAY
01:32:31.145 --> 01:32:33.581
SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. AND HAS
01:32:33.648 --> 01:32:35.583
CREATED SOME DIVISION AND WHAT
01:32:35.650 --> 01:32:37.318
AN OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF
01:32:37.385 --> 01:32:40.321
MYSELF AND OUR ENTIRE INDUSTRY
01:32:40.388 --> 01:32:42.156
TO TRULY MAKE IT A UNITING PART
01:32:42.223 --> 01:32:43.925
OF THE SECTOR. OF THE STATE.
01:32:43.991 --> 01:32:47.161
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
01:32:47.228 --> 01:32:51.966
SENATOR GROVE. THANK YOU, MADAM
01:32:52.033 --> 01:32:54.001
PRO TIM. THANK YOU FOR BEING
01:32:54.068 --> 01:32:55.703
BEFORE US HERE TODAY. UM, MY
01:32:55.770 --> 01:32:59.106
COMMENTS WILL KIND OF THE LINE.
01:32:59.173 --> 01:33:00.374
MY COLLEAGUE MY VICE CHAIR THAT
01:33:00.441 --> 01:33:03.244
I SHARE THE COMMITTEE. UM
01:33:03.311 --> 01:33:05.446
SOMETIMES THIS IS THE EASIEST
01:33:05.513 --> 01:33:06.414
COMMITTEE FOR ME, AND SOMETIMES
01:33:06.480 --> 01:33:07.915
IT'S THE HARDEST AND I THINK
01:33:07.982 --> 01:33:10.785
IT'S THE HARDEST WHEN I THINK
01:33:10.851 --> 01:33:12.153
EACH OF US ARE SHAPED BY OUR
01:33:12.219 --> 01:33:13.354
LIFE EXPERIENCES. YOU OBVIOUSLY
01:33:13.421 --> 01:33:17.058
HAVE UM, I READ YOUR BACKGROUND
01:33:17.124 --> 01:33:18.292
. YOU HAVE AN IMMIGRANT LIFE
01:33:18.359 --> 01:33:19.293
EXPERIENCE. YOUR PARENTS CAME
01:33:19.360 --> 01:33:21.128
HERE TOOK A REST. I BELIEVE YOU
01:33:21.195 --> 01:33:22.330
WERE ALSO BORN IN NIGERIA,
01:33:22.396 --> 01:33:24.966
RIGHT? I WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN
01:33:25.032 --> 01:33:26.734
AMERICA BUT GREW UP IN NIGERIA
01:33:26.801 --> 01:33:28.269
LIVING UP THERE FOR 10 YEARS.
01:33:28.336 --> 01:33:30.838
UM, I AND I LOOKED AT YOUR
01:33:30.905 --> 01:33:33.941
REWORKED IN TENNESSEE. AND I
01:33:34.008 --> 01:33:35.209
LOOKED AT YOUR BACKGROUND AND I
01:33:35.276 --> 01:33:37.411
LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS
01:33:37.478 --> 01:33:38.512
THAT YOU DID THERE WHILE YOU
01:33:38.579 --> 01:33:40.247
WERE UNDER THAT SECTOR OF YOUR
01:33:40.314 --> 01:33:42.416
LIFE, EVEN READ THE ARTICLE HAVE
01:33:42.483 --> 01:33:44.518
BEEN COMING. 40 40 AND INCOMING
01:33:44.585 --> 01:33:47.621
PEOPLE TO WATCH, SO I KNOW YOU
01:33:47.688 --> 01:33:49.924
ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, QUALIFIED
01:33:49.991 --> 01:33:50.658
INDIVIDUAL FOR THE
01:33:50.725 --> 01:33:51.692
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
01:33:51.759 --> 01:33:55.596
POSITION. UM AND WE DO WORK FOR
01:33:55.663 --> 01:33:57.064
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THIS
01:33:57.131 --> 01:33:58.833
GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNOR AND THE
01:33:58.899 --> 01:34:00.034
LEGISLATURE. THE MAJORITY
01:34:00.101 --> 01:34:03.771
LEGISLATURE, UM, BELIEVES
01:34:03.838 --> 01:34:05.339
WHOLEHEARTEDLY FROM THE DEPTHS
01:34:05.406 --> 01:34:06.440
OF THEIR SOUL ABOUT GREEN
01:34:06.507 --> 01:34:08.442
TECHNOLOGY. AND THE WAY TO COME
01:34:08.509 --> 01:34:10.044
TO THAT POSITION FOR ZERO CARBON
01:34:10.111 --> 01:34:11.412
EMISSIONS AND LET CALIFORNIA BE
01:34:11.479 --> 01:34:14.915
THE LEADING STATE. I, ON THE
01:34:14.982 --> 01:34:16.017
OTHER HAND, REPRESENT CURRAN
01:34:16.083 --> 01:34:18.552
COUNTY. UM AND THE CENTRAL
01:34:18.619 --> 01:34:21.288
VALLEY AND MY LIFE EXPERIENCES
01:34:21.355 --> 01:34:23.357
WITH A SINGLE MOM WHO RAISED ALL
01:34:23.424 --> 01:34:24.425
FIVE OF US KIDS GROWING UP. I
01:34:24.492 --> 01:34:27.428
DON'T HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
01:34:27.495 --> 01:34:28.929
UM, BUT HAVE STARTED A BUSINESS
01:34:28.996 --> 01:34:31.198
FROM THE GROUND DEPTH. BEEN
01:34:31.265 --> 01:34:32.266
SUCCESSFUL IN THAT BUSINESS,
01:34:32.333 --> 01:34:36.904
AND, UM. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST
01:34:36.971 --> 01:34:38.072
WOMAN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE
01:34:38.139 --> 01:34:41.442
AREA THAT I REPRESENT. SO UM,
01:34:41.509 --> 01:34:44.445
JUST I THINK OUR LIFE
01:34:44.512 --> 01:34:48.315
EXPERIENCES SHAPE WHO WE ARE, UM
01:34:48.382 --> 01:34:50.918
, MY, UH, THE DATA OR THE
01:34:50.985 --> 01:34:52.086
INFORMATION THAT I HAVE IS WOMEN
01:34:52.153 --> 01:34:53.554
GO INTO TRANSPORTATION. IS
01:34:53.621 --> 01:34:55.356
CALIFORNIA'S CONSUME ABOUT 1.8
01:34:55.423 --> 01:34:56.490
MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EVERY
01:34:56.557 --> 01:34:57.525
SINGLE DAY. THEY'RE DOING THAT
01:34:57.591 --> 01:35:01.862
RIGHT NOW. UM IN THE
01:35:01.929 --> 01:35:04.331
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR FOR
01:35:04.398 --> 01:35:06.333
BACKLOGS OVER PORTS AND THINGS
01:35:06.400 --> 01:35:07.935
LIKE THAT. WE TRANSPORT THE
01:35:08.002 --> 01:35:09.737
MAJORITY OF THAT OIL FROM
01:35:09.804 --> 01:35:10.404
FOREIGN COUNTRIES WE TRANSPORTED
01:35:10.471 --> 01:35:15.309
FROM RUSSIA. AH! I BELIEVE THAT
01:35:15.376 --> 01:35:16.777
AND NOT TO BE POLITICAL OR
01:35:16.844 --> 01:35:18.712
CONTROVERSIAL, BUT I BELIEVE
01:35:18.779 --> 01:35:19.480
THAT THE MONEY WE PAID THE
01:35:19.547 --> 01:35:20.648
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY
01:35:20.714 --> 01:35:23.617
FUNDS. IN PART INVASION OF
01:35:23.684 --> 01:35:27.354
UKRAINE. UM I ALSO KNOW THAT WE
01:35:27.421 --> 01:35:29.590
BRING OIL IN CALIFORNIA
01:35:29.657 --> 01:35:33.227
PURCHASES. 53% OF ECUADOR'S OIL,
01:35:33.294 --> 01:35:34.528
WHICH HAS BROUGHT HERE BY SHIPS.
01:35:34.595 --> 01:35:39.233
ONE SHIP. FROM THAT LOCATION TO
01:35:39.300 --> 01:35:43.938
CALIFORNIA EMITS 27.67 METRIC
01:35:44.004 --> 01:35:46.841
TONS OF CARBON EMISSION WARMER
01:35:46.907 --> 01:35:47.475
TIMES THAT NUMBER 27.67 METRIC
01:35:47.541 --> 01:35:52.313
TONS. OF CARBON EMISSION TO
01:35:52.379 --> 01:35:53.414
BRING US THAT OIL THAT WE
01:35:53.481 --> 01:35:57.051
CONSUME. ALL DAY IN THE CARS,
01:35:57.118 --> 01:35:59.286
MOSTLY THAT WE DRIVE, BUT OIL
01:35:59.353 --> 01:36:00.521
HAS A LOT OF PETROLEUM, BRIGHT
01:36:00.588 --> 01:36:02.690
PRODUCTS, PLASTIC CEMENT ALL
01:36:02.756 --> 01:36:03.858
THOSE THINGS, BUT MOSTLY IN THE
01:36:03.924 --> 01:36:08.429
CARS THAT WE CONSUME. UM SO WHEN
01:36:08.496 --> 01:36:09.830
WE TALK ABOUT CARBON REDUCTIONS
01:36:09.897 --> 01:36:10.931
, I THINK FROM TRANSPORTATION
01:36:10.998 --> 01:36:15.035
PURPOSES, THERE IS A WE'RE WE'RE
01:36:15.102 --> 01:36:16.637
BEATING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
01:36:16.704 --> 01:36:18.672
WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION
01:36:18.739 --> 01:36:20.274
AND VEHICLES. UM EVEN ELECTRIC
01:36:20.341 --> 01:36:24.578
CARS REQUIRE. YOU KNOW, 35
01:36:24.645 --> 01:36:27.214
GALLONS OF OIL TO MAKE A TIRE.
01:36:27.281 --> 01:36:28.415
YOU GET FIVE TIRES FOUR AND A
01:36:28.482 --> 01:36:30.718
SPARE PLASTIC. YOU KNOW ALL THAT
01:36:30.784 --> 01:36:33.020
STUFF? SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
01:36:33.087 --> 01:36:34.688
BEATING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
01:36:34.755 --> 01:36:35.956
WHILE WE'RE LETTING THE ELEPHANT
01:36:36.023 --> 01:36:37.892
CONSUMED THE ROOM WITH
01:36:37.958 --> 01:36:38.425
TRANSPORTATION FROM OTHER
01:36:38.492 --> 01:36:42.630
FOREIGN COUNTRIES ON OIL. SO TWO
01:36:42.696 --> 01:36:44.632
PORTS AND ALL OF THAT, AND I'M
01:36:44.698 --> 01:36:45.933
JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN MY
01:36:46.000 --> 01:36:47.268
BACKGROUND SO THAT I DON'T WANT
01:36:47.334 --> 01:36:49.537
TO APPEAR IN ANY WAY HOSTILE.
01:36:49.603 --> 01:36:51.472
AND SOMETIMES I HAVE THE HABIT
01:36:51.539 --> 01:36:52.640
OF REDMI PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY
01:36:52.706 --> 01:36:54.141
AND I DO APOLOGIZE. UP FRONT.
01:36:54.208 --> 01:36:57.178
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT
01:36:57.244 --> 01:36:59.947
UM YOU SAY MOVING PEOPLE VERSUS
01:37:00.014 --> 01:37:00.581
MOVING VEHICLES IN THE CENTRAL
01:37:00.648 --> 01:37:04.552
VALLEY. TAKE HIGH SPEED RAIL,
01:37:04.618 --> 01:37:06.820
FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S GONNA GO FROM
01:37:06.887 --> 01:37:07.855
IT, SAYS BAKERSFIELD. BUT IT'S
01:37:07.922 --> 01:37:09.256
REALLY SHAFTER, WHICH IS
01:37:09.323 --> 01:37:11.192
PROBABLY WHAT 21 MILES OR 18
01:37:11.258 --> 01:37:14.728
MILES OUTSIDE OF BAKERSFIELD.
01:37:14.795 --> 01:37:16.931
LITTLE TOWN, SHAFTER POPULATION
01:37:16.997 --> 01:37:18.632
. NOT VERY MUCH. I WISH I HAD
01:37:18.699 --> 01:37:20.534
THE NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
01:37:20.601 --> 01:37:22.469
TO MERCED. UM WHAT DO WE DO WHEN
01:37:22.536 --> 01:37:25.839
WE GET TO MERCED? AFTER WE DRIVE
01:37:25.906 --> 01:37:27.408
THE SHAFT OR GET ON THE HIGH
01:37:27.474 --> 01:37:29.109
SPEED RAIL ONCE IT'S BUILT, AND
01:37:29.176 --> 01:37:31.178
WE GO TO MERCED, AND WE'RE ON
01:37:31.245 --> 01:37:33.214
OUR WAY TO SACRAMENTO. DO WE
01:37:33.280 --> 01:37:35.983
RENT A CAR TO DRIVE THE REST OF
01:37:36.050 --> 01:37:37.251
THE WAY. THERE'S NO AIRFARE.
01:37:37.318 --> 01:37:39.253
THERE'S NO ERROR TRANSPORTATION.
01:37:39.320 --> 01:37:41.055
IT'S A VERY DIVERSE STATE, AND I
01:37:41.121 --> 01:37:42.389
DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF THE
01:37:42.456 --> 01:37:43.958
STATE YOU LIVE IN. BUT IN MY
01:37:44.024 --> 01:37:46.093
PART OF THE STATE RIGHT HERE IN
01:37:46.160 --> 01:37:47.194
SACRAMENTO, SEE SO MY FIRST
01:37:47.261 --> 01:37:48.729
DATE. WE NEED A VEHICLE. WE
01:37:48.796 --> 01:37:50.197
VEHICLE, UM IN A LOT OF CASES
01:37:50.264 --> 01:37:52.199
JUST TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
01:37:52.266 --> 01:37:57.638
UM AND SO, UM, AND TO BE FRANKLY
01:37:57.705 --> 01:38:01.675
HONEST, I DRIVE UP AND DOWN 99
01:38:01.742 --> 01:38:02.876
OR I FIVE AND I LEAVE
01:38:02.943 --> 01:38:03.944
BAKERSFIELD, EITHER ON SUNDAY OR
01:38:04.011 --> 01:38:06.413
MONDAY. AND I DRIVE TO
01:38:06.480 --> 01:38:07.781
SACRAMENTO AND THEN I LEAVE
01:38:07.848 --> 01:38:09.049
SACRAMENTO EITHER ON THURSDAY OR
01:38:09.116 --> 01:38:10.818
FRIDAY, AND I DRIVE BACK TO
01:38:10.884 --> 01:38:12.086
BAKERSFIELD. AND THE LAST. I
01:38:12.152 --> 01:38:14.121
GUESS THE LAST 16 OR 17 WEEKS,
01:38:14.188 --> 01:38:15.256
I'VE MET A HABIT TO TAKE A
01:38:15.322 --> 01:38:18.459
PICTURE OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
01:38:18.525 --> 01:38:20.494
OVERPASS THAT'S IN FRESNO. YEAH
01:38:20.561 --> 01:38:21.895
THERE'S NEVER ANYBODY WORKING.
01:38:21.962 --> 01:38:25.833
THERE'S NEVER ANYBODY THERE. UM
01:38:25.899 --> 01:38:28.068
AND I JUST I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
01:38:28.135 --> 01:38:30.371
FUNDING. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
01:38:30.437 --> 01:38:32.640
PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED
01:38:32.706 --> 01:38:35.609
AND NOT AVAILABLE THERE. I'M
01:38:35.676 --> 01:38:37.745
CONCERNED ABOUT A TREMENDOUS
01:38:37.811 --> 01:38:39.313
AMOUNT OF THINGS I REALLY DO
01:38:39.380 --> 01:38:41.115
FEEL LIKE BY LISTENING TO AND
01:38:41.181 --> 01:38:42.116
READING YOUR BACKGROUND. YOU
01:38:42.182 --> 01:38:43.917
HAVE A GRASP OF THESE THINGS. I
01:38:43.984 --> 01:38:48.222
JUST, UM. I THINK WE HAVE
01:38:48.289 --> 01:38:49.823
DIFFERENT WAY DIFFERENT WAYS OF
01:38:49.890 --> 01:38:50.991
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ACCOMPLISH
01:38:51.058 --> 01:38:53.894
THAT AND GET THERE. SO UM, WHEN
01:38:53.961 --> 01:38:55.195
YOU ANSWERED MY COLLEAGUE'S
01:38:55.262 --> 01:38:56.797
QUESTION, THE VICE CHAIR ABOUT,
01:38:56.864 --> 01:38:58.165
YOU KNOW, WIDENING ROADS. I KNOW
01:38:58.232 --> 01:39:00.734
THAT THERE IS A BIGGER L A TIMES
01:39:00.801 --> 01:39:01.735
ARTICLE WHERE EVEN THE UNIONS
01:39:01.802 --> 01:39:03.170
ARE OPPOSING THE POSITION ABOUT
01:39:03.237 --> 01:39:05.506
NOT WIDENING ROADS AND
01:39:05.572 --> 01:39:08.242
ELIMINATING CONGESTION AND LIKE
01:39:08.309 --> 01:39:09.977
YOU SAID TVS WOULD STILL BE
01:39:10.044 --> 01:39:12.446
WAITING IN LINE BY WIDENING NOT
01:39:12.513 --> 01:39:14.648
WIDENING, ROSE. WHY IS IT SUCH A
01:39:14.715 --> 01:39:15.282
STAUNCH POSITION NOT TO WIDEN
01:39:15.349 --> 01:39:19.920
ROADS AND ALLOW ACCESS FOR
01:39:19.987 --> 01:39:21.555
VEHICLES TO TRAVEL MORE FREELY
01:39:21.622 --> 01:39:27.227
IN THE STATE. SENATOR. GROWTH
01:39:27.294 --> 01:39:30.931
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SMILING. I
01:39:30.998 --> 01:39:33.834
KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A LOT
01:39:33.901 --> 01:39:36.970
LOT. THAT LOT IN NO WAY THERE'S
01:39:37.037 --> 01:39:40.274
ANY OF THIS IS, DOES IT COME
01:39:40.341 --> 01:39:41.709
ACROSS AS CONFRONTATIONAL TO ME
01:39:41.775 --> 01:39:43.143
AT ALL? I'LL SAY JUST CLEARLY.
01:39:43.210 --> 01:39:44.278
AND BY THE WAY, IT REALLY
01:39:44.345 --> 01:39:45.913
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR STORY, YOUR
01:39:45.979 --> 01:39:50.084
BACKGROUND. NO COLLEGE EDUCATION
01:39:50.150 --> 01:39:54.154
OF RAISING THE KIDS. RAISING
01:39:54.221 --> 01:39:55.122
FIVE KIDS AND STARTING A
01:39:55.189 --> 01:39:58.892
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. MANY KUDOS
01:39:58.959 --> 01:40:00.127
TO YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO DO
01:40:00.194 --> 01:40:01.995
THAT. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS
01:40:02.062 --> 01:40:03.630
CLEARLY NOT AN EASY ABOUT
01:40:03.697 --> 01:40:05.032
SUCCESS STORY THAT YOU'VE HAD.
01:40:05.099 --> 01:40:07.067
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL TOUCH ON
01:40:07.134 --> 01:40:08.135
JUST BRIEFLY. SEVERAL OTHER
01:40:08.202 --> 01:40:10.537
THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED FIRST.
01:40:10.604 --> 01:40:14.608
MERCED TO BAKERSFIELD. THE PLAN
01:40:14.675 --> 01:40:16.210
ULTIMATELY IS TO HAVE THE FIRST
01:40:16.276 --> 01:40:19.079
PHASE IS TO HAVE A 500 MILE
01:40:19.146 --> 01:40:21.014
CONNECTION FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
01:40:21.081 --> 01:40:22.983
ALL THE WAY FROM SAN JOSE. I
01:40:23.050 --> 01:40:24.885
SHOULD SAY EITHER FROM SAN JOSE
01:40:24.952 --> 01:40:27.154
DOWN TO L, A 400 MILES OF THEIR
01:40:27.221 --> 01:40:29.156
500 MILES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
01:40:29.223 --> 01:40:30.257
DOCUMENT FOR THAT HAS BEEN
01:40:30.324 --> 01:40:31.225
COMPLETED ALREADY NEARLY 400
01:40:31.291 --> 01:40:34.261
MILES. WHEN YOU LEAVE MERCED THE
01:40:34.328 --> 01:40:36.697
IDEA IF THE TRAIN OF THE HIGH
01:40:36.764 --> 01:40:38.098
SPEED RAIL IS NOT COMPLETE, YET,
01:40:38.165 --> 01:40:40.100
THE IDEA OF THAT YOU CAN EITHER
01:40:40.167 --> 01:40:41.769
USE ADDITIONAL TRANSIT. SO BUS
01:40:41.835 --> 01:40:43.203
IS, UH, CONNECTION TO GET TO
01:40:43.270 --> 01:40:45.339
YOUR DESTINATION. OR YOU MAY
01:40:45.406 --> 01:40:48.609
ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE YOUR CAR.
01:40:48.675 --> 01:40:50.244
TO USE A CAR. AND I THINK SOME
01:40:50.310 --> 01:40:52.112
PEOPLE THAT THE NOTION THAT IS
01:40:52.179 --> 01:40:53.414
OUT THERE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING
01:40:53.480 --> 01:40:55.749
TO COMPLETELY GET RID OF CARS
01:40:55.816 --> 01:40:56.884
ARE STOPPED. IT'S NOT AN ANTI
01:40:56.950 --> 01:40:59.987
CAR MOVEMENT BY ANY MEANS. THE
01:41:00.053 --> 01:41:02.289
IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE
01:41:02.356 --> 01:41:03.290
INVESTMENTS IN THE STATE TO HAVE
01:41:03.357 --> 01:41:05.459
MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO
01:41:05.526 --> 01:41:06.727
BE ABLE TO GET WHERE THEY NEED
01:41:06.794 --> 01:41:09.696
TO GET TO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
01:41:09.763 --> 01:41:11.298
COMPETITIVE ECONOMICALLY, BUT
01:41:11.365 --> 01:41:13.667
BEYOND WHAT IF WE THINK BEYOND
01:41:13.734 --> 01:41:15.636
THE MOBILITY AND THE
01:41:15.702 --> 01:41:18.672
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH REASONS
01:41:18.739 --> 01:41:19.807
WHY WE SHOULD MAKE THIS
01:41:19.873 --> 01:41:21.308
INVESTMENT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
01:41:21.375 --> 01:41:22.509
COMPETITIVE FOR THE FIFTH
01:41:22.576 --> 01:41:23.844
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
01:41:23.911 --> 01:41:28.482
CHINA TODAY. CENTER GROUP,
01:41:28.549 --> 01:41:30.551
KENNEDY HAS 24,000 MILES OF HIGH
01:41:30.617 --> 01:41:32.653
SPEED RAIL. ALL BUILT WITHIN THE
01:41:32.719 --> 01:41:36.757
LAST 20 YEARS. SPAIN COUNTRY
01:41:36.824 --> 01:41:39.760
ROUGHLY OUR SIZE THE SIZE OF OUR
01:41:39.827 --> 01:41:42.229
STATE 45 46 MILLION PEOPLE.
01:41:42.296 --> 01:41:44.865
THERE ARE 2000 MILES OF HIGH
01:41:44.932 --> 01:41:47.568
SPEED RAIL, ALL BUILT IN RECENT
01:41:47.634 --> 01:41:50.003
YEARS, SO THESE ARE ECONOMIC
01:41:50.070 --> 01:41:52.039
POWERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND SO
01:41:52.105 --> 01:41:53.273
THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE REASON
01:41:53.340 --> 01:41:56.043
WHY AGAIN BEYOND THE
01:41:56.109 --> 01:41:57.344
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PURE MOBILITY
01:41:57.411 --> 01:41:59.079
REASONS WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS.
01:41:59.146 --> 01:42:00.547
YOU MENTIONED YOUR DRIVE THROUGH
01:42:00.614 --> 01:42:02.716
FRESNO AND I WAS JUST RECENTLY
01:42:02.783 --> 01:42:04.618
THERE TO GO AND VISIT AND SEE
01:42:04.685 --> 01:42:05.686
WHAT THE STANDARDS OF THE
01:42:05.752 --> 01:42:07.187
PROJECT IS. AND YOU MENTIONED
01:42:07.254 --> 01:42:08.222
SOMETIMES NOT SEEN WORKERS
01:42:08.288 --> 01:42:11.425
THERE. I CAN TELL YOU TODAY.
01:42:11.492 --> 01:42:14.428
THERE ARE 24 DIFFERENT SITES.
01:42:14.495 --> 01:42:16.430
WHERE THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
01:42:16.497 --> 01:42:17.731
PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
01:42:17.798 --> 01:42:18.732
MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE 1000
01:42:18.799 --> 01:42:22.903
PEOPLE EVERY DAY. COME TO WORK
01:42:22.970 --> 01:42:24.538
ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT
01:42:24.605 --> 01:42:26.206
ACROSS THE STATE SINCE WE
01:42:26.273 --> 01:42:29.810
STARTED THE PROJECT 7800 NEARLY
01:42:29.877 --> 01:42:31.011
8000 TRADE WORKERS HAVE HAD AN
01:42:31.078 --> 01:42:34.848
OPPORTUNITY. COULD BE A PART OF
01:42:34.915 --> 01:42:36.350
THE PROJECTS. PEOPLE ARE WORKING
01:42:36.416 --> 01:42:37.417
. IT'S A JOB CREATOR AND
01:42:37.484 --> 01:42:42.222
PROVIDER. EVERY DAY IN OUR
01:42:42.289 --> 01:42:43.490
STATE. TWO MORE QUICK ISSUES YOU
01:42:43.557 --> 01:42:48.161
MENTIONED. THAT UNIONS AND. IN
01:42:48.228 --> 01:42:50.697
THE FACT THAT THEY MAY BE
01:42:50.764 --> 01:42:53.667
OPPOSED TO OUR CURRENT DIRECTION
01:42:53.734 --> 01:42:57.037
FOR TRANSPORTATION. I MENTIONED
01:42:57.104 --> 01:42:59.673
TO THE MEDIA AS THEY'VE HAD A
01:42:59.740 --> 01:43:00.807
CHANCE TO ENGAGE ME ON THIS
01:43:00.874 --> 01:43:03.310
TOPIC AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:43:03.377 --> 01:43:04.778
AS WELL. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
01:43:04.845 --> 01:43:06.146
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE
01:43:06.213 --> 01:43:07.281
TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
01:43:07.347 --> 01:43:08.348
GOVERNMENT. IN TRANSPORTATION
01:43:08.415 --> 01:43:13.587
AND LABOR. IT'S THAT'S HOW I SEE
01:43:13.654 --> 01:43:16.056
IT IS. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. BE
01:43:16.123 --> 01:43:18.058
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO
01:43:18.125 --> 01:43:19.092
THE STATE FOR TRANSPORTATION ARE
01:43:19.159 --> 01:43:20.727
GOING TO BE RECORD BREAKING.
01:43:20.794 --> 01:43:22.696
MORE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE
01:43:22.763 --> 01:43:24.765
STATE. CALTRANS THE DEPARTMENT
01:43:24.831 --> 01:43:26.466
OF I USED TO OVERSEE THEIR BIT
01:43:26.533 --> 01:43:28.235
BUDGET THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE
01:43:28.302 --> 01:43:29.369
NEARLY $20 BILLION FOR THE
01:43:29.436 --> 01:43:32.706
UPCOMING BEFORE. ABOUT THE
01:43:32.773 --> 01:43:37.044
PRESIDENT THROUGH HIS BILL. $40
01:43:37.110 --> 01:43:38.645
BILLION WILL COME TO CALIFORNIA
01:43:38.712 --> 01:43:40.547
GUARANTEED OVER THE NEXT FIVE
01:43:40.614 --> 01:43:43.450
YEARS, THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED
01:43:43.517 --> 01:43:45.218
TENT NEARLY $10 BILLION FOR
01:43:45.285 --> 01:43:46.219
TRANSPORTATION TO THE SURPLUS
01:43:46.286 --> 01:43:48.689
MONEY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A
01:43:48.755 --> 01:43:51.325
TON OF WORK FOR LABOR FOR US TO
01:43:51.391 --> 01:43:53.293
PARTNER WITH LABOR TO DELIVER
01:43:53.360 --> 01:43:54.728
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND IF
01:43:54.795 --> 01:43:56.730
THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION, IT'S THE
01:43:56.797 --> 01:43:57.331
CONCERN THAT LABOR WOULD LOSE
01:43:57.397 --> 01:44:01.168
OUT. LABOR WILL ABSOLUTELY GAIN.
01:44:01.234 --> 01:44:02.169
IN THIS DIRECTION WE'RE GOING
01:44:02.235 --> 01:44:04.071
AND FINALLY YOU SAID WHY SUCH A
01:44:04.137 --> 01:44:08.275
STANCH POSITION ON NOT WIDENING
01:44:08.342 --> 01:44:09.910
HIGHWAYS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S
01:44:09.977 --> 01:44:13.747
THE CASE, NECESSARILY. WHAT
01:44:13.814 --> 01:44:14.915
WE'VE BEEN SAYING. AND WHAT I'VE
01:44:14.982 --> 01:44:16.917
BEEN SAYING IS THAT THE DEFAULT
01:44:16.984 --> 01:44:21.054
OPTION. CAN NO LONGER BE THAT
01:44:21.121 --> 01:44:22.723
ANY TIME WE HAVE A
01:44:22.789 --> 01:44:23.790
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM, WE
01:44:23.857 --> 01:44:26.026
IMMEDIATELY JUMPED TO WIDENING.
01:44:26.093 --> 01:44:27.294
IN MAKING OUR FREEWAYS AND HOW
01:44:27.361 --> 01:44:28.228
HE'S BIGGER. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE
01:44:28.295 --> 01:44:30.397
DONE FOR THE LAST 60 TO 70
01:44:30.464 --> 01:44:31.565
YEARS. AND LOOK WHAT IT'S
01:44:31.632 --> 01:44:34.267
CREATED. THE DEFAULT ACTION HAS
01:44:34.334 --> 01:44:36.203
TO BE WHAT IS WHAT ARE THE TOOLS
01:44:36.269 --> 01:44:40.007
IN OUR SOLUTION BOX? TECHNOLOGY.
01:44:40.073 --> 01:44:43.810
TRANSIT REAL WALKING, BIKING.
01:44:43.877 --> 01:44:44.911
ALL THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ON
01:44:44.978 --> 01:44:47.280
THE TABLE AND INVESTED IN MORE.
01:44:47.347 --> 01:44:49.516
THAT'S HOW I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
01:44:49.583 --> 01:44:50.684
GOING TO GET OUT OF THE
01:44:50.751 --> 01:44:52.552
SITUATION THAT WAY AND NOT THE
01:44:52.619 --> 01:44:54.421
SOUL. INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN
01:44:54.488 --> 01:44:55.722
MAKING FOR SO MANY YEARS IN
01:44:55.789 --> 01:44:57.557
CALIFORNIA AND THE REST OF THE
01:44:57.624 --> 01:44:58.892
COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
01:44:58.959 --> 01:45:02.295
VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO I LIKE MY
01:45:02.362 --> 01:45:03.397
COLLEAGUE DEVICE HERE WILL
01:45:03.463 --> 01:45:06.099
OBSCENE AND I THINK IT'S I THINK
01:45:06.166 --> 01:45:08.035
I THINK YOU'RE QUALIFIED TO DO
01:45:08.101 --> 01:45:10.103
THE JOB. I REALLY DO. I JUST
01:45:10.170 --> 01:45:12.539
HAVE A WAY DIFFERENT OPINION. I
01:45:12.606 --> 01:45:14.608
APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO CAN, YOU
01:45:14.675 --> 01:45:16.877
KNOW, CONGENIAL AND WILLING TO
01:45:16.943 --> 01:45:18.645
WORK ON ISSUES THAT WE HAVE? I
01:45:18.712 --> 01:45:19.746
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY
01:45:19.813 --> 01:45:22.215
MUCH. I DO HAVE A KIND OF
01:45:22.282 --> 01:45:25.719
LIGHTER QUESTION TO ASK. UM IT'S
01:45:25.786 --> 01:45:27.487
REALLY KIND OF PERSONAL. I GUESS
01:45:27.554 --> 01:45:28.255
YOU MARRIED TO JULIE AND YOU
01:45:28.321 --> 01:45:30.991
NAMED YOUR KIDS. JEREMIAH ENJOY
01:45:31.058 --> 01:45:35.662
. UM THAT'S A J THING. AH I JUST
01:45:35.729 --> 01:45:37.731
NOTICED IT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT
01:45:37.798 --> 01:45:41.568
YOUR BIO SENATOR, YOU RAISED
01:45:41.635 --> 01:45:43.103
FIVE CHILDREN, AND YOU KNOW HOW
01:45:43.170 --> 01:45:44.638
CHALLENGING THAT RESPONSIBILITY
01:45:44.705 --> 01:45:47.674
IS. SHE ALLOWED ME TO MARRY HER
01:45:47.741 --> 01:45:50.143
PARENTS SIGNED OFF ON THAT. SO
01:45:50.210 --> 01:45:51.912
SHE GOT TO MAKE THE DECISION ON
01:45:51.978 --> 01:45:54.014
THE NAMES OF THE KIDS, SO I CALL
01:45:54.081 --> 01:45:57.017
THEM THE JADE. SHE RUNS. THE
01:45:57.084 --> 01:45:58.552
HOUSE WAS SOMETHING THERE SO
01:45:58.618 --> 01:46:00.654
NAMED AFTER HER AS JULIE. THANK
01:46:00.721 --> 01:46:02.122
YOU, SIR. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
01:46:02.189 --> 01:46:03.790
DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
01:46:03.857 --> 01:46:04.624
MA'AM. THANK YOU, SENATOR GROVE.
01:46:04.691 --> 01:46:06.960
SENATOR LAYERS. YES, WE'RE
01:46:07.027 --> 01:46:11.264
MOVING TO THE TO THE J SECTION
01:46:11.331 --> 01:46:16.136
ON THE RULES. WE ARE QUICK. YOU
01:46:16.203 --> 01:46:18.739
GOT TO GIVE US THAT. THAT'S A
01:46:18.805 --> 01:46:20.273
PRETTY QUICK STUDY. UM FIRST
01:46:20.340 --> 01:46:21.775
THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING
01:46:21.842 --> 01:46:23.677
YESTERDAY. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
01:46:23.744 --> 01:46:27.047
AND IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT
01:46:27.114 --> 01:46:28.215
YOUR APPOINTMENT AND I REFLECT
01:46:28.281 --> 01:46:32.619
SOMETIMES WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE
01:46:32.686 --> 01:46:34.554
BOARD OF REGIONS AND TWO MEMBERS
01:46:34.621 --> 01:46:37.958
OF THE CSU FORD A FEW WEEKS AGO
01:46:38.024 --> 01:46:41.561
AND REALIZED ALL WERE FROM SORT
01:46:41.628 --> 01:46:43.196
OF A DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND TO
01:46:43.263 --> 01:46:44.765
FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY. AND
01:46:44.831 --> 01:46:47.634
WHAT A DIFFERENCE. AH IT IS IN
01:46:47.701 --> 01:46:49.669
SORT OF WHO WE'RE SEEING. AND
01:46:49.736 --> 01:46:50.403
TODAY WE HAVE TWO CABINET
01:46:50.470 --> 01:46:51.371
SECRETARIES WITH IMMIGRANT
01:46:51.438 --> 01:46:53.507
BACKGROUNDS AND THAT IS JUST
01:46:53.573 --> 01:46:55.375
AMAZING. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT
01:46:55.442 --> 01:47:00.046
THAT THAT HAPPENS REGULARLY. AND
01:47:00.113 --> 01:47:01.515
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION
01:47:01.581 --> 01:47:04.417
. I ASKED YOU IN THE ARE MEETING
01:47:04.484 --> 01:47:05.752
AND WHAT YOU REFLECT, AND THAT
01:47:05.819 --> 01:47:09.723
IS, IS THAT YES, YOU'VE HAD 2.5
01:47:09.790 --> 01:47:11.358
YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG IT HAS
01:47:11.424 --> 01:47:13.693
BEEN AT CALTRANS, AND THAT IS A
01:47:13.760 --> 01:47:15.428
BAPTISM BY FIRE. BUT PRIOR TO
01:47:15.495 --> 01:47:17.364
THAT YOUR YOUR ADULT CAREER WAS
01:47:17.430 --> 01:47:21.802
OUT OF STATE. IN SO IT'S SORT OF
01:47:21.868 --> 01:47:24.504
COULD BE ONE OF TWO WAYS IT CAN
01:47:24.571 --> 01:47:25.672
BE. HERE COMES SOMEBODY FROM THE
01:47:25.739 --> 01:47:28.608
OUTSIDE THAT IT IS COMPETENT IN
01:47:28.675 --> 01:47:30.210
THE ISSUES AND HAS A REAL VIEW
01:47:30.277 --> 01:47:32.412
OF SORT OF WHAT CAN BE DONE OR
01:47:32.479 --> 01:47:34.414
IT CAN BE. HERE'S SOMEBODY THAT
01:47:34.481 --> 01:47:36.116
DOESN'T HAVE RELATIONSHIPS AND
01:47:36.183 --> 01:47:37.684
HASN'T LIVED IN THE STATE
01:47:37.751 --> 01:47:38.952
REFLECT ON THAT AND HOW YOU
01:47:39.019 --> 01:47:43.857
FEEL. YOU SIT IN THAT WORLD?
01:47:43.924 --> 01:47:45.091
YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
01:47:45.158 --> 01:47:46.893
SENATOR. LITERATE AND VERY MUCH
01:47:46.960 --> 01:47:48.461
AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT SORT OF
01:47:48.528 --> 01:47:50.330
HISTORIC NATURE, SOMETIMES
01:47:50.397 --> 01:47:51.331
OVERLY, POSSIBLY TODAY THAT
01:47:51.398 --> 01:47:53.733
IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS YOU
01:47:53.800 --> 01:47:56.203
MENTIONED. I THINK THIS COUNTRY
01:47:56.269 --> 01:47:57.204
IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST
01:47:57.270 --> 01:47:58.305
IMMIGRANT STORY THAT'S EVER BEEN
01:47:58.371 --> 01:48:00.440
BEEN TOLD THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
01:48:00.507 --> 01:48:02.142
PROVIDED FOR SO MANY PEOPLE AND
01:48:02.209 --> 01:48:03.777
FAMILIES. BUT TO YOUR QUESTION
01:48:03.844 --> 01:48:07.781
ABOUT COMING TO A STATE AS VAST
01:48:07.848 --> 01:48:08.949
AS THIS ONE AND BEING ABLE TO
01:48:09.015 --> 01:48:11.251
DIE THEN AND WORK. AND THAT JUST
01:48:11.318 --> 01:48:13.854
WORK. BUT TO DRIVE AND BE
01:48:13.920 --> 01:48:15.822
SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING THINGS
01:48:15.889 --> 01:48:17.190
DONE. I THINK YOUR QUESTION TO
01:48:17.257 --> 01:48:19.926
ME YESTERDAY WAS ONE OF THE PROS
01:48:19.993 --> 01:48:22.295
AND CONS KIND OF BEING. BEING
01:48:22.362 --> 01:48:24.464
FROM THE OUTSIDE QUALITY IF YOU
01:48:24.531 --> 01:48:27.400
WILL. SO THE CANS CLEARLY ARE
01:48:27.467 --> 01:48:29.369
WHAT YOU WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS
01:48:29.436 --> 01:48:30.370
YOU COME INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
01:48:30.437 --> 01:48:33.874
WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY.
01:48:33.940 --> 01:48:35.675
AND THERE COULD POSSIBLY NEED
01:48:35.742 --> 01:48:38.178
MANY LANDMINES THAT YOU'RE ABOUT
01:48:38.245 --> 01:48:40.247
TO STEP ON OR THAT YOU'RE ABOUT
01:48:40.313 --> 01:48:42.282
TO WALK OVER A LOT OF CLOSE
01:48:42.349 --> 01:48:44.251
CALLS. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE
01:48:44.317 --> 01:48:46.186
BIG CHALLENGE IS YOU HAVE TO BE
01:48:46.253 --> 01:48:49.289
PATIENT. AND DEVELOPING
01:48:49.356 --> 01:48:51.691
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE TO TRY
01:48:51.758 --> 01:48:53.426
TO GAIN THE TRUST OF PEOPLE AS
01:48:53.493 --> 01:48:55.328
WELL. THEY HAVE TO TRUST YOU.
01:48:55.395 --> 01:48:57.864
YOU JUST TRUST THEM. UM AND AS
01:48:57.931 --> 01:48:59.699
THAT HAPPENS OVER TIME,
01:48:59.766 --> 01:49:02.402
HOPEFULLY THE SUCCESS COMES BUT
01:49:02.469 --> 01:49:04.237
THE PRO SIDE IF YOU WILL OF THAT
01:49:04.304 --> 01:49:07.374
SAME EQUATION IS THE FACT THAT
01:49:07.440 --> 01:49:08.642
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SORT OF, YOU
01:49:08.708 --> 01:49:14.514
KNOW. BIASED VIEW ABOUT CERTAIN
01:49:14.581 --> 01:49:15.949
POLICY DIRECTIONS OR PEOPLE,
01:49:16.016 --> 01:49:16.950
EVERYBODY YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM
01:49:17.017 --> 01:49:19.719
A CLEAN SLATE. THE POLICY ISSUES
01:49:19.786 --> 01:49:21.588
YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM A CLEAN
01:49:21.655 --> 01:49:22.822
SLATE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE
01:49:22.889 --> 01:49:25.458
BAGGAGE. IF YOU WILL, THAT COMES
01:49:25.525 --> 01:49:26.760
ALONG WITH IT, AND YOU'RE ABLE
01:49:26.826 --> 01:49:28.561
TO LOOK AT THINGS ARE NEW AND
01:49:28.628 --> 01:49:30.830
FRESH. SO IT'S A YOU KNOW,
01:49:30.897 --> 01:49:33.233
THEY'RE PROS AND CONSIDER IT BUT
01:49:33.300 --> 01:49:37.837
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CHALLENGE. UH
01:49:37.904 --> 01:49:39.773
ALWAYS LOOK LOOK FORWARD TO
01:49:39.839 --> 01:49:41.141
TAKING ON MAJOR MAJOR CHALLENGES
01:49:41.207 --> 01:49:44.411
AND SORT OF HUMBLE MYSELF
01:49:44.477 --> 01:49:46.313
THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND THAT'S
01:49:46.379 --> 01:49:47.847
CLEARLY WHAT THIS HAS BEEN, BUT
01:49:47.914 --> 01:49:49.983
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THE
01:49:50.050 --> 01:49:51.818
PEOPLE AT CALTRANS. THE TEAM
01:49:51.885 --> 01:49:53.186
THAT I WORKED WITH THAT HAD A
01:49:53.253 --> 01:49:55.055
CHANCE TO HIRE MOST OF THE
01:49:55.121 --> 01:49:57.157
LEADERSHIP TEAM THERE. THEY WERE
01:49:57.223 --> 01:49:59.192
INCREDIBLE AT FACING WHAT I
01:49:59.259 --> 01:50:00.260
THINK IS THE MOST CHALLENGING
01:50:00.327 --> 01:50:02.128
PERIOD THE STATUS EVER FACED IN
01:50:02.195 --> 01:50:04.497
ITS HISTORY. WHICH IS THE LAST
01:50:04.564 --> 01:50:06.900
THREE YEARS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
01:50:06.967 --> 01:50:08.001
FIRES NATURAL DISASTERS ON AND
01:50:08.068 --> 01:50:11.037
ON. THE PEOPLE THAT CLEARLY
01:50:11.104 --> 01:50:14.641
HELPED MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK
01:50:14.708 --> 01:50:15.775
YOU. AND YOU, YOU JUST
01:50:15.842 --> 01:50:16.843
REFERENCED CALTRANS AND ACTUALLY
01:50:16.910 --> 01:50:20.246
AND IT'S SORT OF MY ADULT LIFE.
01:50:20.313 --> 01:50:22.282
CALTRANS IS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE
01:50:22.349 --> 01:50:23.850
DIRECTORSHIP IS NOT ALWAYS BEEN
01:50:23.917 --> 01:50:27.754
THE TICKET TO A PROMOTION. SO
01:50:27.821 --> 01:50:31.391
CONGRATULATIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT
01:50:31.458 --> 01:50:33.426
THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT OVER THE
01:50:33.493 --> 01:50:35.362
LAST SIX OR EIGHT YEARS TO
01:50:35.428 --> 01:50:36.997
ADDRESS THE HISTORIC CULTURE OF
01:50:37.063 --> 01:50:38.298
CALTRANS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT
01:50:38.365 --> 01:50:43.269
THAT YESTERDAY. EVEN THOUGH. A
01:50:43.336 --> 01:50:44.771
SORT OF HOW DID YOU CONTINUE
01:50:44.838 --> 01:50:47.807
THAT PROCESS AS DIRECTOR AND AS
01:50:47.874 --> 01:50:49.409
A CABINET SECRETARY, WHICH WILL
01:50:49.476 --> 01:50:50.977
HAVE CALTRANS HOW WILL YOU
01:50:51.044 --> 01:50:53.947
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT? I
01:50:54.014 --> 01:50:55.382
THINK IT'S HAVING IT'S A VERY
01:50:55.448 --> 01:50:56.516
IMPORTANT QUESTION. YOU YOU
01:50:56.583 --> 01:50:58.284
ASKED YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW IF
01:50:58.351 --> 01:51:03.490
WE'RE. EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO
01:51:03.556 --> 01:51:05.291
GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THE
01:51:05.358 --> 01:51:06.559
DEPARTMENT LIKE CALTRANS, AND
01:51:06.626 --> 01:51:07.727
IT'S SOME OF THE CRITICISM,
01:51:07.794 --> 01:51:10.263
POSSIBLY FAIR. BUT I KNOW
01:51:10.330 --> 01:51:11.197
SEVERAL OF THE PRIOR DIRECTORS
01:51:11.264 --> 01:51:12.866
THAT CAME BEFORE ME IN THAT
01:51:12.932 --> 01:51:16.636
ROLE. AND MANY VERY SMART, WELL
01:51:16.703 --> 01:51:17.604
MEANING LEADERS WHO'VE RUN
01:51:17.670 --> 01:51:21.641
ENGINEERS WHO HAVE RUN RUN THE
01:51:21.708 --> 01:51:23.810
DEPARTMENT. BUT MY APPROACH
01:51:23.877 --> 01:51:25.311
COMING INTO THE DEPARTMENT WAS
01:51:25.378 --> 01:51:28.048
THAT AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS TODAY
01:51:28.114 --> 01:51:29.082
ALREADY, AND IT CAN BE VERY
01:51:29.149 --> 01:51:31.951
CLICHE. BUT MY BELIEF IS THAT
01:51:32.018 --> 01:51:34.354
PEOPLE SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF
01:51:34.421 --> 01:51:37.424
ANY DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING.
01:51:37.490 --> 01:51:40.093
NOT NECESSARILY THE PROJECT OR
01:51:40.160 --> 01:51:41.961
THE BRIDGE OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE
01:51:42.028 --> 01:51:43.963
ITSELF. THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM
01:51:44.030 --> 01:51:44.397
LINE PHILOSOPHICAL,
01:51:44.464 --> 01:51:46.766
PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEF. WITH LEAD
01:51:46.833 --> 01:51:48.835
WITH THAT IN MIND IF WE LEAD
01:51:48.902 --> 01:51:51.071
WITH THAT IN MIND THEY WOULD
01:51:51.137 --> 01:51:52.338
TRANSFORM NOT ONLY HOW THE
01:51:52.405 --> 01:51:53.339
DEPARTMENT OPERATES INTERNALLY
01:51:53.406 --> 01:51:56.810
LIKE HOW IT FUNCTIONS DAY TODAY.
01:51:56.876 --> 01:51:58.144
BUT ALSO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE
01:51:58.211 --> 01:52:00.413
WILL SEE FOR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD
01:52:00.480 --> 01:52:02.048
. AND SO THAT WAS MY APPROACH
01:52:02.115 --> 01:52:03.183
COMING IN, BUILD A TEAM OF
01:52:03.249 --> 01:52:05.485
PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST. AND LET'S
01:52:05.552 --> 01:52:09.355
FOCUS ON PEOPLE EXTERNALLY.
01:52:09.422 --> 01:52:11.391
EXTERNALLY AS WELL. AND THE WAY
01:52:11.458 --> 01:52:13.827
TO DO IT. MY BELIEF JUST REAL
01:52:13.893 --> 01:52:14.461
QUICKLY IS THREE THINGS HAVE TO
01:52:14.527 --> 01:52:15.195
HAPPEN. NUMBER ONE. THE ACTIONS
01:52:15.261 --> 01:52:19.899
YOU TAKE THE POLICIES THAT YOU
01:52:19.966 --> 01:52:21.835
PUT IN PLACE OR REGULATIONS THAT
01:52:21.901 --> 01:52:23.069
YOU PUT IN PLACE. AND FINALLY,
01:52:23.136 --> 01:52:25.038
THE RESOURCES. THOSE THREE
01:52:25.105 --> 01:52:27.006
THINGS NEED TO BE CENTERED
01:52:27.073 --> 01:52:28.074
AROUND THAT PEOPLE BASED
01:52:28.141 --> 01:52:29.576
APPROACH THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE
01:52:29.642 --> 01:52:31.778
THOSE PEOPLE BASED OUTCOMES THAT
01:52:31.845 --> 01:52:33.046
YOU WANT TO HAVE, AND THAT'S
01:52:33.113 --> 01:52:36.950
WHAT WE WERE IN MY BRIEF TENURE.
01:52:37.016 --> 01:52:38.351
THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO
01:52:38.418 --> 01:52:39.719
TRANSFORM THE DEPARTMENT INTO
01:52:39.786 --> 01:52:40.687
FOCUSING ON THAT PROJECT
01:52:40.753 --> 01:52:41.321
DEADLINES AND PROJECT OUTCOMES
01:52:41.387 --> 01:52:43.990
AND LET'S SAVE THIS AND WE'RE
01:52:44.057 --> 01:52:45.125
TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR
01:52:45.191 --> 01:52:50.930
PEOPLE. BAD ONE. THANK YOU, AND
01:52:50.997 --> 01:52:52.398
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT
01:52:52.465 --> 01:52:53.166
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE'RE
01:52:53.233 --> 01:52:56.669
INTERESTED IN AND SO OVER TIME.
01:52:56.736 --> 01:52:58.037
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M SURE WE
01:52:58.104 --> 01:53:00.373
WOULD ALL CONTINUE TO WANT TO
01:53:00.440 --> 01:53:01.007
TALK ABOUT ABSOUTION. AND THEN
01:53:01.074 --> 01:53:05.912
MAYBE. LASTLY JUST ONE OF THE
01:53:05.979 --> 01:53:11.417
BIG QUESTIONS. IS. OBVIOUSLY
01:53:11.484 --> 01:53:12.685
EVERYBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION
01:53:12.752 --> 01:53:14.053
IS ALL HANDS ON DECK ON CLIMATE
01:53:14.120 --> 01:53:18.024
AND. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES
01:53:18.091 --> 01:53:20.260
HAS BEEN THE TRANSPORTATION
01:53:20.326 --> 01:53:25.031
SECTOR AND. IN IF WE'RE REALLY
01:53:25.098 --> 01:53:27.200
GOING TO MEET THE GOALS, WE HAVE
01:53:27.267 --> 01:53:29.135
TO MEET TO THE NEXT 10 OR 15
01:53:29.202 --> 01:53:30.470
YEARS. IT IS BECAUSE WE WERE
01:53:30.537 --> 01:53:31.671
SUCCESSFUL IN THE TRANSPORTATION
01:53:31.738 --> 01:53:34.841
SECTOR. SO WHAT DO YOU SEE YOUR
01:53:34.908 --> 01:53:37.877
ROLE AS SORT OF PART OF AN
01:53:37.944 --> 01:53:39.379
ADMINISTRATION THAT'S WORKING ON
01:53:39.445 --> 01:53:41.414
THAT IN SORT OF ACCOMPLISHING
01:53:41.481 --> 01:53:42.315
THAT OR MOVING TOWARDS THOSE
01:53:42.382 --> 01:53:43.383
SKULLS IN THE TRANSPORTATION
01:53:43.449 --> 01:53:46.953
SECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
01:53:47.020 --> 01:53:50.590
SENATOR. IT'S THIS IS PROBABLY
01:53:50.657 --> 01:53:52.725
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE NEXT TO
01:53:52.792 --> 01:53:53.860
THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE FACE
01:53:53.927 --> 01:53:56.429
AS A STATE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE
01:53:56.496 --> 01:53:57.263
BIGGEST CHALLENGE. IT'S AN
01:53:57.330 --> 01:53:58.798
EXISTENTIAL CRISIS THAT WE'RE
01:53:58.865 --> 01:54:00.300
GOING THROUGH. I THINK THAT
01:54:00.366 --> 01:54:02.435
THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE
01:54:02.502 --> 01:54:03.937
HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AND FOCUS,
01:54:04.003 --> 01:54:05.171
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE MENTIONED
01:54:05.238 --> 01:54:09.909
ALREADY NUMBER ONE. THE ZEV
01:54:09.976 --> 01:54:11.911
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS
01:54:11.978 --> 01:54:13.112
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND NOT ONLY
01:54:13.179 --> 01:54:16.683
FOR PEOPLE BUT ALSO IN SINCE
01:54:16.749 --> 01:54:19.219
I'VE MADE A NAME FOR MYSELF AND
01:54:19.285 --> 01:54:20.820
THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, MAKING
01:54:20.887 --> 01:54:24.190
EVERYBODY DEFINE AN ACRONYM, UM
01:54:24.257 --> 01:54:25.225
, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ZERO
01:54:25.291 --> 01:54:26.593
EMISSION VEHICLES, RIGHT? I'M
01:54:26.659 --> 01:54:27.927
SORRY. JUST CHECKING. I'M SORRY,
01:54:27.994 --> 01:54:31.164
CORRECT. IS ZERO EMISSION
01:54:31.231 --> 01:54:32.832
VEHICLES, THE ZERO EMISSION
01:54:32.899 --> 01:54:33.800
VEHICLE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE
01:54:33.866 --> 01:54:36.402
MAKING. AND THE GOVERNOR HAS
01:54:36.469 --> 01:54:39.739
PROPOSED 10 BILLION OVER THE
01:54:39.806 --> 01:54:42.775
NEXT THREE YEARS FOR ZEB. ZEB
01:54:42.842 --> 01:54:46.045
DEFINED IT ONCE YOU'RE YOU SOUND
01:54:46.112 --> 01:54:47.113
LIKE A PROFESSOR, SENATOR LURK
01:54:47.180 --> 01:54:54.687
B. SUGGESTIONS NOT RUNNING IN
01:54:54.754 --> 01:54:58.458
BAKERSFIELD. I'M GOOD, OKAY? GET
01:54:58.524 --> 01:55:03.196
YOUR, UM THOSE, UM THAT THAT'S A
01:55:03.263 --> 01:55:05.732
CRITICAL PART TO THE FUTURE OF
01:55:05.798 --> 01:55:06.299
TRANSPORTATION, NOT JUST FOR
01:55:06.366 --> 01:55:08.101
CARS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING.
01:55:08.167 --> 01:55:10.370
BUT FOR THE FREIGHT AND GOODS
01:55:10.436 --> 01:55:12.171
MOVEMENT IN OUR STATE AS WELL.
01:55:12.238 --> 01:55:15.008
WE'VE GOT NEARLY 90% OF ALL THE
01:55:15.074 --> 01:55:16.075
FREIGHT THAT MOVES IN CALIFORNIA
01:55:16.142 --> 01:55:19.479
MOVES ON RUBBER WHEELS. SO NOT
01:55:19.545 --> 01:55:22.582
ONLY CARS FREIGHT MOVEMENT FOR
01:55:22.649 --> 01:55:25.852
REAL AND TRUCKS NEEDS NEED TO BE
01:55:25.918 --> 01:55:27.153
SERVED AS WELL. BUT THERE ARE
01:55:27.220 --> 01:55:29.289
TWO OTHER COMPONENTS TO GET INTO
01:55:29.355 --> 01:55:30.490
THIS GETTING US TO REDUCE THIS
01:55:30.556 --> 01:55:32.592
CLIMATE CHALLENGE. DIVERSIFYING
01:55:32.659 --> 01:55:33.593
CREATING A MORE MULTIMODAL
01:55:33.660 --> 01:55:38.131
SYSTEM. HAS TO BE AGAIN A BIG
01:55:38.197 --> 01:55:39.365
PART OF THAT INVESTMENT. THE
01:55:39.432 --> 01:55:40.266
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED A BILLION
01:55:40.333 --> 01:55:42.068
DOLLARS FOR ACTIVE
01:55:42.135 --> 01:55:43.903
TRANSPORTATION THROUGH HIS
01:55:43.970 --> 01:55:46.072
BUDGET INVESTMENTS OR HIGH
01:55:46.139 --> 01:55:48.174
SPEED RAIL ON AND ON AND ON
01:55:48.241 --> 01:55:49.709
AGAIN TO CREATE THAT MORE
01:55:49.776 --> 01:55:50.743
MULTIMODAL NETWORK. THAT'S THE
01:55:50.810 --> 01:55:53.613
DIRECTION THEY WERE HEADED IN
01:55:53.680 --> 01:55:54.847
BUT THIRD AND FINAL THAT WE
01:55:54.914 --> 01:55:56.816
DON'T TALK ABOUT A LOT IN
01:55:56.883 --> 01:55:59.419
TRANSPORTATION. IS LAND USE. AND
01:55:59.485 --> 01:56:01.888
THE FACT THAT WE'VE GROWN AND
01:56:01.954 --> 01:56:02.922
DEVELOPED AS A STATE AND AS A
01:56:02.989 --> 01:56:04.924
COMMUNITY IN A VERY SPARSE WAY.
01:56:04.991 --> 01:56:07.760
IN A VERY SPRAWLED WAY. IF WE
01:56:07.827 --> 01:56:09.228
CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP IN
01:56:09.295 --> 01:56:11.898
THAT SPRAWLED FASHION IN A SORT
01:56:11.964 --> 01:56:15.034
OF SPARSE WAY. PEOPLE WILL
01:56:15.101 --> 01:56:16.669
CONTINUE TO HAVE TO GO LONG
01:56:16.736 --> 01:56:18.404
DISTANCES FOR SERVICES AND GOODS
01:56:18.471 --> 01:56:20.606
TO GET TO WORK TO GET TO PLAY.
01:56:20.673 --> 01:56:22.842
SO WE HAVE TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF
01:56:22.909 --> 01:56:25.378
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SENSITIVE TO
01:56:25.445 --> 01:56:27.747
THE TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION.
01:56:27.814 --> 01:56:29.849
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT AS MUCH NOT
01:56:29.916 --> 01:56:31.184
TO SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO
01:56:31.250 --> 01:56:32.852
DEVELOP IN SUBURBAN AND RURAL
01:56:32.919 --> 01:56:34.954
AREAS. WE VERY MUCH NEED TO DO
01:56:35.021 --> 01:56:36.189
THAT WE HAVE HOUSING NEEDS TO
01:56:36.255 --> 01:56:38.691
THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF UNITS.
01:56:38.758 --> 01:56:40.927
THAT WE NEED AS A STATE. BUT
01:56:40.993 --> 01:56:42.695
CONSIDERING THE INFILL
01:56:42.762 --> 01:56:43.730
OPPORTUNITIES FIRST WILL HAVE TO
01:56:43.796 --> 01:56:47.233
BE KEY. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET
01:56:47.300 --> 01:56:49.068
THERE FROM REDUCING OUR G H G
01:56:49.135 --> 01:56:50.069
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
01:56:50.136 --> 01:56:53.172
IN THE STATE. THANK YOU. I
01:56:53.239 --> 01:56:54.974
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK
01:56:55.041 --> 01:56:57.944
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND
01:56:58.010 --> 01:56:59.445
YOU'VE BEEN REALLY RESPONSIVE IN
01:56:59.512 --> 01:57:01.781
A DIVERSE SET OF QUESTIONS. I
01:57:01.848 --> 01:57:03.015
LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU.
01:57:03.082 --> 01:57:04.917
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
01:57:04.984 --> 01:57:06.786
THANK YOU, SENATOR. ALERT. THANK
01:57:06.853 --> 01:57:10.022
YOU, SENATOR. WELL I THINK MY
01:57:10.089 --> 01:57:13.226
SPOUSE JENNIFER WOULD POINT OUT
01:57:13.292 --> 01:57:14.927
THAT HE HAS A MASTERS OF ARTS IN
01:57:14.994 --> 01:57:16.996
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING. SO
01:57:17.063 --> 01:57:18.831
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CALTRANS AND
01:57:18.898 --> 01:57:19.899
PROJECT BASED AND ENGINEERS, I
01:57:19.966 --> 01:57:23.336
THINK YOU'RE GETTING THE OTHER
01:57:23.403 --> 01:57:24.937
SIDE OF THAT. WHICH IS WHY YOU
01:57:25.004 --> 01:57:27.140
JUST BROUGHT UP LAND USE AND THE
01:57:27.206 --> 01:57:28.941
NEXUS TO HOUSING AS WELL AS
01:57:29.008 --> 01:57:31.978
TRANSPORTATION. SO, UM YOU KNOW
01:57:32.044 --> 01:57:33.513
, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:57:33.579 --> 01:57:34.614
HAVE CONVERSATIONS. I WANT TO
01:57:34.680 --> 01:57:38.251
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON ON
01:57:38.317 --> 01:57:41.187
PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOUT MOVING
01:57:41.254 --> 01:57:43.322
PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WE HAVE
01:57:43.389 --> 01:57:45.391
ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY, MY VICE CHAIR
01:57:45.458 --> 01:57:47.860
IS QUITE AWARE OF THE LOW SAND.
01:57:47.927 --> 01:57:49.962
SITUATION AND THE RAIL LINE
01:57:50.029 --> 01:57:52.098
THERE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
01:57:52.165 --> 01:57:53.166
, IS THE SECOND BUSIEST LINE IN
01:57:53.232 --> 01:57:55.101
THE COUNTRY RELATED TO MOVING
01:57:55.168 --> 01:57:57.537
PEOPLE AS WELL AS GOOD FROM SAN
01:57:57.603 --> 01:57:58.738
DIEGO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
01:57:58.805 --> 01:58:02.542
NORTH SO I THINK YOU KNOW THAT'S
01:58:02.608 --> 01:58:04.610
A PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS IN
01:58:04.677 --> 01:58:07.246
PARTICULAR. ME, SO I APPRECIATE
01:58:07.313 --> 01:58:08.314
IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
01:58:08.381 --> 01:58:13.186
THAT. MORE THAN ANYTHING. I AM
01:58:13.252 --> 01:58:15.188
GOSH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER. I'M
01:58:15.254 --> 01:58:17.723
LOOKING AT AS MY COLLEAGUES DID
01:58:17.790 --> 01:58:20.326
YOUR TIMELINE AND LONG SOMEWHERE
01:58:20.393 --> 01:58:22.161
BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019. I WAS
01:58:22.228 --> 01:58:25.398
ACTUALLY DRIVING FROM MEMPHIS TO
01:58:25.465 --> 01:58:28.534
NASHVILLE TO VIRGINIA ALL NIGHT
01:58:28.601 --> 01:58:30.002
RADIO. I CAN GIVE YOU A COUNTRY
01:58:30.069 --> 01:58:32.104
SONG ABOUT ALL NIGHT RADIOS TO
01:58:32.171 --> 01:58:35.875
BUT LISTENING TO THE RADIO
01:58:35.942 --> 01:58:36.976
BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
01:58:37.043 --> 01:58:39.812
HOW TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION AS
01:58:39.879 --> 01:58:41.247
I WAS DRIVING THROUGH YOUR STATE
01:58:41.314 --> 01:58:43.716
AS YOU WERE THE DEPUTY
01:58:43.783 --> 01:58:44.717
COMMISSIONER, CHIEF OF PLANNING
01:58:44.784 --> 01:58:45.551
AND ENVIRONMENT WITH THE YOU
01:58:45.618 --> 01:58:46.552
KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:58:46.619 --> 01:58:49.422
TRANSPORTATION. AND LISTENING TO
01:58:49.489 --> 01:58:50.556
THE VERY SAME DISCUSSION IN
01:58:50.623 --> 01:58:53.793
TENNESSEE. AT NIGHTTIME RADIO
01:58:53.860 --> 01:58:55.561
THAT WE WERE HAVING RIGHT HERE
01:58:55.628 --> 01:58:57.263
IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT HOW ARE WE
01:58:57.330 --> 01:58:59.298
GOING TO PAY FOR OUR ROADS? HOW
01:58:59.365 --> 01:59:01.300
ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR? YOU
01:59:01.367 --> 01:59:02.835
KNOW, AND I WAS IT WAS LIKE A
01:59:02.902 --> 01:59:04.003
LIGHT. WHEN I'M LIKE, GOSH, WE
01:59:04.070 --> 01:59:05.872
ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES HAVING
01:59:05.938 --> 01:59:07.340
THIS SERIOUS CONVERSATION. UM
01:59:07.406 --> 01:59:09.475
RED STATES, BLUE STATES, PURPLE
01:59:09.542 --> 01:59:10.510
STATES, THEY'RE ALL HAVING
01:59:10.576 --> 01:59:11.811
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
01:59:11.878 --> 01:59:12.945
INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WE COME FROM
01:59:13.012 --> 01:59:15.615
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. IN TERMS
01:59:15.681 --> 01:59:17.283
OF HOW WE SHOULD ADDRESS SOME OF
01:59:17.350 --> 01:59:18.217
THESE THINGS, BUT THE ISSUE IS
01:59:18.284 --> 01:59:20.887
THE ISSUE. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE
01:59:20.953 --> 01:59:21.854
OUT HOW TO ADDRESS
01:59:21.921 --> 01:59:23.222
TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN I'M HAPPY
01:59:23.289 --> 01:59:24.824
TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT IT FROM
01:59:24.891 --> 01:59:26.425
THE PERSPECTIVE OF BRINGING IN
01:59:26.492 --> 01:59:28.060
THE LAND USE PATTERNS BECAUSE
01:59:28.127 --> 01:59:29.262
THAT WAS A NEW CONCEPT A NUMBER
01:59:29.328 --> 01:59:33.733
OF YEARS AGO, SO I APPRECIATE
01:59:33.799 --> 01:59:35.301
THAT. YOU HAVE A BIG JOB. I
01:59:35.368 --> 01:59:36.903
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
01:59:36.969 --> 01:59:39.105
OBVIOUSLY YOU COME FROM A BUNCH
01:59:39.171 --> 01:59:40.306
OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO
01:59:40.373 --> 01:59:42.942
BRING IT TOGETHER. AND I DO
01:59:43.009 --> 01:59:44.544
ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A
01:59:44.610 --> 01:59:45.144
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE IN
01:59:45.211 --> 01:59:48.848
YOUR EDUCATION TO TRY TO COME UP
01:59:48.915 --> 01:59:50.850
WITH NEW IDEAS AND WAYS TO DO IT
01:59:50.917 --> 01:59:53.553
SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND
01:59:53.619 --> 01:59:55.922
QUESTIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES. AND
01:59:55.988 --> 01:59:59.292
CERTAINLY I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE-THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO
01:59:59.358 --> 02:00:01.294
COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND NEW
02:00:01.360 --> 02:00:03.129
WAYS TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
02:00:03.195 --> 02:00:05.031
AND SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY
02:00:05.097 --> 02:00:06.332
QUESTIONS OTHER THAN JUST TO SAY
02:00:06.399 --> 02:00:07.166
THANK YOU KEEP IN MIND SOUTHERN
02:00:07.233 --> 02:00:09.802
CALIFORNIA. WE WANT TRANSIT AS
02:00:09.869 --> 02:00:12.738
WELL. WE WANT MUCH LIKE OUR
02:00:12.805 --> 02:00:15.107
WATER PORTFOLIO IS SO DIVERSE IN
02:00:15.174 --> 02:00:16.075
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE NEED OUR
02:00:16.142 --> 02:00:18.511
TRANSPORTATION PORTFOLIO TO BE
02:00:18.578 --> 02:00:21.480
DIVERSE AND WORK TOGETHER SO I
02:00:21.547 --> 02:00:22.648
APPRECIATE THE ROLE THAT YOU'RE
02:00:22.715 --> 02:00:26.752
PLAYING TO DO THAT. UM IF I
02:00:26.819 --> 02:00:28.754
COULD JUST QUICKLY COMMENT PRO
02:00:28.821 --> 02:00:31.390
TEM MADAM PROTON JUST QUICKLY.
02:00:31.457 --> 02:00:33.559
LOW SECTION AND DELMAR BLUFF ARE
02:00:33.626 --> 02:00:35.528
HIGHLY DEFINITELY ON MY ON MY
02:00:35.595 --> 02:00:36.729
RADAR KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
02:00:36.796 --> 02:00:40.967
TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
02:00:41.033 --> 02:00:43.269
AND IN, ESPECIALLY IN SAN DIEGO
02:00:43.336 --> 02:00:45.204
COUNTY AND IN THE REGION. IT'S
02:00:45.271 --> 02:00:47.974
OKAY OUR REGION. AND AS FAR AS
02:00:48.040 --> 02:00:50.910
THE GET SUPER MEMORY, A GREAT
02:00:50.977 --> 02:00:53.746
MEMORY BECAUSE THAT AREA THAT
02:00:53.813 --> 02:00:54.647
PERIOD YOU MENTIONED AT EXACTLY
02:00:54.714 --> 02:00:55.815
RIGHT. THE CONVERSATION THAT
02:00:55.881 --> 02:00:58.918
CALIFORNIA WAS HAVING. I WAS IN
02:00:58.985 --> 02:01:00.753
TENNESSEE AT THE TIME. 2015
02:01:00.820 --> 02:01:02.955
THROUGH 2017. I'M TRYING TO
02:01:03.022 --> 02:01:04.523
FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR
02:01:04.590 --> 02:01:05.858
TRANSPORTATION AND SB ONE PAST
02:01:05.925 --> 02:01:08.561
YEAR AND THE IMPROVED ACT AS
02:01:08.628 --> 02:01:09.996
WHAT IT WAS CALLED, ULTIMATELY
02:01:10.062 --> 02:01:12.098
PASSED IN TENNESSEE. SO IT'S A
02:01:12.164 --> 02:01:14.133
KEY PART OF OUR FUTURE IS MAKING
02:01:14.200 --> 02:01:17.970
THESE INVESTMENT. WELL THANK YOU
02:01:18.037 --> 02:01:20.006
. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE
02:01:20.072 --> 02:01:22.642
GLEANED AND GOT YOUR EXPERTISE
02:01:22.708 --> 02:01:23.476
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. UM, VERY
02:01:23.542 --> 02:01:27.980
MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD
02:01:28.047 --> 02:01:29.482
AND GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
02:01:29.548 --> 02:01:31.217
WHO MAY BE HERE TO SPEAK. WE'RE
02:01:31.283 --> 02:01:33.386
GOING TO START IN SUPPORT, GOING
02:01:33.452 --> 02:01:34.253
TO ASK PEOPLE TO DISTANCE AS
02:01:34.320 --> 02:01:36.188
BEST THEY CAN. WE'RE STILL
02:01:36.255 --> 02:01:37.189
FOLLOWING SOME GUIDELINES TO
02:01:37.256 --> 02:01:38.791
KEEP US ALL SAFE. BUT PLEASE
02:01:38.858 --> 02:01:40.593
COME ON FORWARD. WHOEVER WANTS
02:01:40.660 --> 02:01:45.831
TO GO FIRST. YOU CAN UM. YOUR
02:01:45.898 --> 02:01:47.466
NAME ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, ANY
02:01:47.533 --> 02:01:49.335
ANY EXCUSE ME AND BRIEF
02:01:49.402 --> 02:01:51.737
COMMENTS. GREAT GOOD AFTERNOON
02:01:51.804 --> 02:01:52.938
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE E. ATKINS,
02:01:53.005 --> 02:01:54.373
MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE
02:01:54.440 --> 02:01:55.775
CHRISLEY ON BEHALF OF THE
02:01:55.841 --> 02:01:57.243
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
02:01:57.309 --> 02:01:59.011
COUNTIES HERE TODAY IN STRONG
02:01:59.078 --> 02:02:00.880
SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATION OF MR
02:02:00.946 --> 02:02:02.048
AMOS SCHOCKEN. AS SECRETARY OF
02:02:02.114 --> 02:02:04.216
CALISTA. THERE'S A LOT OF
02:02:04.283 --> 02:02:05.251
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT
02:02:05.317 --> 02:02:07.219
HIM TO BE THE SECRETARY. BUT I'M
02:02:07.286 --> 02:02:09.221
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO THAT WE
02:02:09.288 --> 02:02:10.356
WROTE UP IN OUR LETTER. FIRST
02:02:10.423 --> 02:02:11.190
HE'S INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE TO
02:02:11.257 --> 02:02:13.225
LOCAL AGENCIES IN TRANSPORTATION
02:02:13.292 --> 02:02:14.360
IF YOU'RE HAVING ANY SORT OF
02:02:14.427 --> 02:02:16.862
COMPLEX PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO
02:02:16.929 --> 02:02:18.731
HAVE A MIX OF FEDERAL, STATE AND
02:02:18.798 --> 02:02:20.332
LOCAL FUNDING AND THAT REQUIRES
02:02:20.399 --> 02:02:22.868
COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.
02:02:22.935 --> 02:02:24.203
SO WE BROUGHT SUPERVISORS IN. WE
02:02:24.270 --> 02:02:25.604
BROUGHT OUR PUBLIC WORKS
02:02:25.671 --> 02:02:27.039
DIRECTORS IN AND HE LISTENS. HE
02:02:27.106 --> 02:02:28.674
TAKES GREAT NOTES AS YOU'VE SEEN
02:02:28.741 --> 02:02:30.943
DURING THIS HEARING, AND WE HAVE
02:02:31.010 --> 02:02:33.979
SEEN OUR CONCERNS ELEVATED. WHEN
02:02:34.046 --> 02:02:35.147
WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES
02:02:35.214 --> 02:02:36.449
GETTING ENCROACHMENT PERMITS FOR
02:02:36.515 --> 02:02:38.584
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ON STATE
02:02:38.651 --> 02:02:40.286
HIGHWAY SYSTEM, WE SEE THAT
02:02:40.352 --> 02:02:41.487
REFLECTED IN ITS DIRECTORS
02:02:41.554 --> 02:02:43.522
POLICY ON COMPLETE STREETS, AND
02:02:43.589 --> 02:02:45.124
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY NEEDS
02:02:45.191 --> 02:02:48.094
, WE SEE DEAL CUT FOR THE IDEA
02:02:48.160 --> 02:02:49.261
IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE
02:02:49.328 --> 02:02:50.830
WORKING GROUP PROCESS THAT
02:02:50.896 --> 02:02:51.764
MAXIMIZES FUNDING FOR LOCAL
02:02:51.831 --> 02:02:52.565
SAFETY GRANTS. THAT'S REALLY THE
02:02:52.631 --> 02:02:54.333
SECOND ISSUE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO
02:02:54.400 --> 02:02:56.235
HIGHLIGHT. THAT SUPPORT FOR
02:02:56.302 --> 02:02:57.870
SAFETY AND REALLY EVERYTHING
02:02:57.937 --> 02:02:59.271
THAT CAL STONE CALTRANS DOES IS
02:02:59.338 --> 02:03:00.706
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR
02:03:00.773 --> 02:03:02.174
COUNTIES. WE HAVE INCREDIBLY
02:03:02.241 --> 02:03:03.876
HIGH RATES OF FATALITIES ON OUR
02:03:03.943 --> 02:03:05.811
PART OF THE SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH
02:03:05.878 --> 02:03:07.379
THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE DRIVING.
02:03:07.446 --> 02:03:09.148
AND SO THAT EMPHASIS AND
02:03:09.215 --> 02:03:11.383
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY INCREDIBLY
02:03:11.450 --> 02:03:12.785
IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY SYSTEM
02:03:12.852 --> 02:03:14.019
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED
02:03:14.086 --> 02:03:15.821
PARTNERSHIP AND HOPE THAT YOU
02:03:15.888 --> 02:03:17.289
WILL CONFIRM HIM AS SECRETARY.
02:03:17.356 --> 02:03:18.557
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:03:18.624 --> 02:03:21.360
NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. GOOD
02:03:21.427 --> 02:03:23.095
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARK WATTS
02:03:23.162 --> 02:03:25.397
IN MADAME PROTEIN AND COMMITTEE
02:03:25.464 --> 02:03:27.099
MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY ON
02:03:27.166 --> 02:03:28.200
BEHALF OF TRANSPORTATION
02:03:28.267 --> 02:03:29.568
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTING OUR
02:03:29.635 --> 02:03:30.870
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KONO, VIANA,
02:03:30.936 --> 02:03:31.904
VALENTINE AND OUR CHAIR STEVE
02:03:31.971 --> 02:03:33.105
CLARK. NAMES THAT YOU'RE
02:03:33.172 --> 02:03:38.344
FAMILIAR WITH. SECRETARY WE ALSO
02:03:38.410 --> 02:03:40.279
REPRESENT A MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
02:03:40.346 --> 02:03:41.514
, WHICH IS A WIDE RANGE OF
02:03:41.580 --> 02:03:44.483
INDUSTRY AND ALLIED LABOR. WE
02:03:44.550 --> 02:03:46.285
TOO HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER
02:03:46.352 --> 02:03:47.319
WON'T GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF
02:03:47.386 --> 02:03:49.421
IT, AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE
02:03:49.488 --> 02:03:50.189
TO SUPPORT THE APPOINTMENT AND
02:03:50.256 --> 02:03:51.257
CONFIRMATION OF MR AMOS SCHOCKEN
02:03:51.323 --> 02:03:52.324
AS SECRETARY. SPEAKING
02:03:52.391 --> 02:03:55.628
PERSONALLY AS A FORMER
02:03:55.694 --> 02:03:58.264
UNDERSECRETARY IN A PREVIOUS
02:03:58.330 --> 02:04:00.199
ADMINISTRATION AND JOINTLY AS
02:04:00.266 --> 02:04:02.368
WELL FROM OUR INDUSTRY GROUP. WE
02:04:02.434 --> 02:04:03.536
BELIEVE MR AMOS SCHOCKEN HAS THE
02:04:03.602 --> 02:04:04.503
REQUISITE SERVICE AND
02:04:04.570 --> 02:04:06.639
TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
02:04:06.705 --> 02:04:07.773
DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
02:04:07.840 --> 02:04:09.475
THAT QUALIFIES HIM TO SERVE AS
02:04:09.542 --> 02:04:13.879
SECRETARY. MORE OF A HEAT. AS MR
02:04:13.946 --> 02:04:16.882
LEE POINTED OUT, HE HAS A SOLID
02:04:16.949 --> 02:04:19.018
DEMONSTRATION OF WORKING WITH
02:04:19.084 --> 02:04:22.354
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
02:04:22.421 --> 02:04:23.756
WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMATIC
02:04:23.823 --> 02:04:25.024
ISSUES THAT ARISE VERY
02:04:25.090 --> 02:04:26.325
ACCESSIBLE AND AS A VERY
02:04:26.392 --> 02:04:28.961
IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE IN THIS DAY
02:04:29.028 --> 02:04:32.064
AND AGE, AND I THINK AT THIS
02:04:32.131 --> 02:04:33.966
POINT I WAS CLOSE AND JUST SAY
02:04:34.033 --> 02:04:36.135
WE FIND HIM TO BE A BOLD LEADER.
02:04:36.202 --> 02:04:37.636
ON SOME VERY DIFFICULT
02:04:37.703 --> 02:04:38.370
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS HE
02:04:38.437 --> 02:04:40.806
WORKS HIS WAY THROUGH AND HIS
02:04:40.873 --> 02:04:42.208
HIS DEPARTMENT'S WORK THEIR WAY
02:04:42.274 --> 02:04:43.776
THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE IJ
02:04:43.843 --> 02:04:45.544
WORKGROUPS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
02:04:45.611 --> 02:04:46.712
HE'S BEHIND THE SCENE MAKING
02:04:46.779 --> 02:04:49.281
SURE IS GOOD UNFAIRLY. AND WE
02:04:49.348 --> 02:04:50.983
ARE PROUD TO RECOMMEND HIM TO
02:04:51.050 --> 02:04:52.351
SERVE AS SECRETARY FOR
02:04:52.418 --> 02:04:53.185
TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU VERY
02:04:53.252 --> 02:04:58.490
MUCH. NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. GOOD
02:04:58.557 --> 02:05:01.293
AFTERNOON, MADAM PRO TEM AND
02:05:01.360 --> 02:05:02.394
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE RULES
02:05:02.461 --> 02:05:04.330
COMMITTEE DAMON CONKLIN ON
02:05:04.396 --> 02:05:06.765
BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF
02:05:06.832 --> 02:05:09.435
CALIFORNIA CITIES SINCE 2019.
02:05:09.501 --> 02:05:10.569
WE'VE ENJOYED A VERY STRONG
02:05:10.636 --> 02:05:14.506
PARTNERSHIP. UM WITH THEN
02:05:14.573 --> 02:05:17.409
DIRECTOR OF A SHOCK AND UNDER
02:05:17.476 --> 02:05:19.712
HIS DIRECTION LEADERSHIP AT
02:05:19.778 --> 02:05:21.947
CALTRANS. HE'S IMPLEMENTED
02:05:22.014 --> 02:05:25.851
INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES. AND TO
02:05:25.918 --> 02:05:26.552
CREATE MORE OF AN EQUITABLE
02:05:26.619 --> 02:05:28.921
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR ALL
02:05:28.988 --> 02:05:31.023
USERS WON'T REALLY IMPROVING
02:05:31.090 --> 02:05:33.058
SAFETY AND LIVABILITY OF
02:05:33.125 --> 02:05:34.126
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE STATE.
02:05:34.193 --> 02:05:38.964
MM. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP JUST TO
02:05:39.031 --> 02:05:41.033
POINT OUT WITH BREVITY IN MIND
02:05:41.100 --> 02:05:42.635
AND WANT TO ECHO THE SAME
02:05:42.701 --> 02:05:43.903
SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED
02:05:43.969 --> 02:05:47.039
EARLIER. BUT THREE DISTINCT
02:05:47.106 --> 02:05:50.209
POINTS HERE. HE'S UNDER HIS
02:05:50.276 --> 02:05:52.511
LEADERSHIP. CALTRANS ACCELERATED
02:05:52.578 --> 02:05:54.280
100 OVER 100 MAJOR ROADWAY
02:05:54.346 --> 02:05:58.083
PROJECTS. DURING THE PANDEMIC,
02:05:58.150 --> 02:06:00.052
AND THAT'S MUCH LIKE YOU KNOW,
02:06:00.119 --> 02:06:03.923
UM WORKING UNDER THE MOST
02:06:03.989 --> 02:06:06.425
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, SUPPLY
02:06:06.492 --> 02:06:07.927
INTERRUPTIONS TO SUPPLY CHAIN
02:06:07.993 --> 02:06:11.096
AND ADJUSTING SCHEDULES TO MAKE
02:06:11.163 --> 02:06:12.698
THOSE ADJUSTMENTS IN ORDER TO
02:06:12.765 --> 02:06:13.933
MAKE SURE ALL THE TRAINS ARE
02:06:13.999 --> 02:06:17.503
MOVING ON TIME. BUT ALSO, UM
02:06:17.569 --> 02:06:18.704
REALLY SPEARHEADING THE
02:06:18.771 --> 02:06:21.674
TRANSFORMATIVE CLEAN CALIFORNIA
02:06:21.740 --> 02:06:24.410
INITIATIVE, WHICH IS JUST BEEN
02:06:24.476 --> 02:06:25.177
REVITALIZING PUBLIC SPACES
02:06:25.244 --> 02:06:29.982
ACROSS THE STATE. CITIES ENJOY
02:06:30.049 --> 02:06:31.884
PARTNERSHIP. WE ENJOY OPEN DOOR
02:06:31.951 --> 02:06:33.986
ACCESS AND THE COLLABORATION AND
02:06:34.053 --> 02:06:35.087
WE MUST CONTINUE TO WORK
02:06:35.154 --> 02:06:37.189
TOGETHER IN THE ACTING SECRETARY
02:06:37.256 --> 02:06:40.759
IS NEW NEW ROLE. I AM. WE CAN'T
02:06:40.826 --> 02:06:42.561
THINK OF A MORE QUALIFIED AND
02:06:42.628 --> 02:06:43.896
MORE DEDICATED PERSON AND
02:06:43.963 --> 02:06:46.765
ABSOLUTE TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. SO
02:06:46.832 --> 02:06:48.567
WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
02:06:48.634 --> 02:06:51.236
AND ASK FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU.
02:06:51.303 --> 02:06:52.338
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
02:06:52.404 --> 02:06:57.042
SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI TYLER,
02:06:57.109 --> 02:06:58.577
MUNCHING ON BEHALF OF THE
02:06:58.644 --> 02:06:59.478
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING
02:06:59.545 --> 02:07:00.779
COMPANIES, CALIFORNIA
02:07:00.846 --> 02:07:03.215
REPRESENTING OVER 1000 DESIGN,
02:07:03.282 --> 02:07:05.284
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING FIRMS
02:07:05.351 --> 02:07:06.118
IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS OVER
02:07:06.185 --> 02:07:09.088
25,000 DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. THE
02:07:09.154 --> 02:07:11.890
MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE CERTIFIED
02:07:11.957 --> 02:07:15.027
. SPT B D V V AND ARREST AND
02:07:15.094 --> 02:07:16.195
JUST WANTED TO EXTEND OUR
02:07:16.261 --> 02:07:17.429
SUPPORT FOR SECRETARY MARSH AKAN
02:07:17.496 --> 02:07:20.766
AS WELL. WE'VE HAD A VERY
02:07:20.833 --> 02:07:23.135
SUCCESSFUL, VERY APPRECIATIVE
02:07:23.202 --> 02:07:25.371
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM BOTH IN
02:07:25.437 --> 02:07:26.939
THIS CURRENT ROLE AS WELL AS
02:07:27.006 --> 02:07:28.207
THAT CALTRANS AND PREVIOUSLY
02:07:28.273 --> 02:07:29.008
WITH OUR AFFILIATE IN TENNESSEE
02:07:29.074 --> 02:07:33.679
AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO SPEAK
02:07:33.746 --> 02:07:37.216
THAT WE SHARE A LOT OF YOUR SAME
02:07:37.282 --> 02:07:38.751
VALUES IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY IN
02:07:38.817 --> 02:07:40.052
TERMS OF SAFETY IN TERMS OF
02:07:40.119 --> 02:07:42.888
INNOVATION, CLIMATE, OBVIOUSLY
02:07:42.955 --> 02:07:45.324
THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
02:07:45.391 --> 02:07:46.291
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND THE
02:07:46.358 --> 02:07:48.861
LIKE, AND JUST WANT TO EXPRESS
02:07:48.927 --> 02:07:51.430
HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE AGAIN
02:07:51.497 --> 02:07:52.965
FOR THAT OPEN ACCESS. WE HAVE A
02:07:53.032 --> 02:07:53.399
VERY ROBUST LIAISON
02:07:53.465 --> 02:07:56.535
RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY. WITH
02:07:56.602 --> 02:07:59.038
THE DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU WERE THE
02:07:59.104 --> 02:08:00.072
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT AS
02:08:00.139 --> 02:08:01.607
WELL AND LOOK FORWARD TO
02:08:01.673 --> 02:08:03.542
CONTINUE THAT AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY,
02:08:03.609 --> 02:08:05.477
WITH REPLACEMENT AND ENJOY THIS
02:08:05.544 --> 02:08:08.414
RELATIONSHIP AND JUST WANT TO
02:08:08.480 --> 02:08:10.115
COMMEND THEM TO YOU AND URGE
02:08:10.182 --> 02:08:11.517
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY
02:08:11.583 --> 02:08:13.419
MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
02:08:13.485 --> 02:08:16.555
WITNESS, PLEASE. WELL, MADAM
02:08:16.622 --> 02:08:17.356
PROTEST AND MEMBERS OF THE
02:08:17.423 --> 02:08:18.390
COMMITTEE MATT ROMAN HERE
02:08:18.457 --> 02:08:19.324
REPRESENTING UNION PACIFIC
02:08:19.391 --> 02:08:21.260
RAILROAD, UH, WHOLEHEARTEDLY
02:08:21.326 --> 02:08:23.028
SUPPORT MR MARSHAK INS
02:08:23.095 --> 02:08:24.096
APPOINTMENT. WE'VE WORKED THEM
02:08:24.163 --> 02:08:25.931
ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES DURING HIS
02:08:25.998 --> 02:08:27.699
TIME. CALTRANS. I HAVE ALWAYS
02:08:27.766 --> 02:08:29.368
FOUND HIM TO BE FAIR AND VERY
02:08:29.435 --> 02:08:30.803
KNOWLEDGEABLE GOING AND LOOK
02:08:30.869 --> 02:08:31.336
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
02:08:31.403 --> 02:08:32.204
RELATIONSHIP GOING FORWARD.
02:08:32.271 --> 02:08:33.439
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:08:33.505 --> 02:08:37.910
NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. MADAM
02:08:37.976 --> 02:08:39.411
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MICHAEL
02:08:39.478 --> 02:08:40.479
PIMENTEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
02:08:40.546 --> 02:08:41.747
THE CALIFORNIA TRANSIT
02:08:41.814 --> 02:08:43.649
ASSOCIATION, HERE TODAY ON
02:08:43.715 --> 02:08:45.150
BEHALF OF MY 220 MEMBER
02:08:45.217 --> 02:08:47.453
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING 85
02:08:47.519 --> 02:08:48.720
TRANSIT AND RAIL AGENCIES HERE
02:08:48.787 --> 02:08:50.756
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
02:08:50.823 --> 02:08:53.192
WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE
02:08:53.258 --> 02:08:56.829
AND SUPPORT OF MR MARSHAK AND IN
02:08:56.895 --> 02:08:59.131
THIS CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR
02:08:59.198 --> 02:09:00.766
THE ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE
02:09:00.833 --> 02:09:01.834
CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION
02:09:01.900 --> 02:09:04.169
AGENCY. AND OUR SUPPORT FOR MR
02:09:04.236 --> 02:09:05.604
MARSHAK AND HIS PREDICATED ON
02:09:05.671 --> 02:09:07.406
HIS LONGTIME LEADERSHIP ON
02:09:07.473 --> 02:09:09.641
ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY
02:09:09.708 --> 02:09:11.443
, MULTI MODALITY AS WELL AS
02:09:11.510 --> 02:09:13.946
EQUITY. I'LL SAY THAT AS AN
02:09:14.012 --> 02:09:15.280
ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE TAKEN
02:09:15.347 --> 02:09:17.950
INCREASING BET TOWARDS ELEVATING
02:09:18.016 --> 02:09:20.219
THE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES OF
02:09:20.285 --> 02:09:20.652
CONCERN WITHIN THE
02:09:20.719 --> 02:09:24.256
TRANSPORTATION LANDSCAPE. WE SEE
02:09:24.323 --> 02:09:26.391
THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE
02:09:26.458 --> 02:09:27.893
REALLY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:09:27.960 --> 02:09:28.827
RE EVENT OR TRANSIT
02:09:28.894 --> 02:09:30.963
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, GIVEN
02:09:31.029 --> 02:09:32.264
THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL
02:09:32.331 --> 02:09:33.398
GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE IDEA, AND
02:09:33.465 --> 02:09:36.535
ALSO TO THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS
02:09:36.602 --> 02:09:38.403
THAT YOU ALL ARE HAVING. AND WE
02:09:38.470 --> 02:09:39.938
THINK THAT MR AMOS SCHOCKEN IS
02:09:40.005 --> 02:09:41.507
EXACTLY THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL TO
02:09:41.573 --> 02:09:42.808
LEAD OUR INVESTMENTS MOVING
02:09:42.875 --> 02:09:45.944
FORWARD TO REALLY TRANSFORM OUR
02:09:46.011 --> 02:09:47.312
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
02:09:47.379 --> 02:09:49.014
ULTIMATELY UPLIFT OUR
02:09:49.081 --> 02:09:50.616
COMMUNITIES INCREASED BETTER
02:09:50.682 --> 02:09:53.018
CONNECTIONS FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS
02:09:53.085 --> 02:09:55.454
WITH THAT. DO YOU WANT TO URGE
02:09:55.521 --> 02:09:57.022
YOUR I VOTE TODAY AND THEN VERY
02:09:57.089 --> 02:09:58.190
FINALLY TAKING OFF MY CALIFORNIA
02:09:58.257 --> 02:10:00.926
TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HAD I WANT
02:10:00.993 --> 02:10:02.528
TO VOICE ON BEHALF OF THE
02:10:02.594 --> 02:10:03.262
PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING
02:10:03.328 --> 02:10:04.163
ASSOCIATION, OR SUPPORT FOR MR
02:10:04.229 --> 02:10:06.431
MARSHAK IN AS WELL. THANK YOU.
02:10:06.498 --> 02:10:07.599
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
02:10:07.666 --> 02:10:12.471
SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU,
02:10:12.538 --> 02:10:14.006
MADAM PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE
02:10:14.072 --> 02:10:15.941
COMMITTEE. TODD BLOOM STEIN ON
02:10:16.008 --> 02:10:17.075
BEHALF OF THE SOUTHERN
02:10:17.142 --> 02:10:17.543
CALIFORNIA CONTRACTORS
02:10:17.609 --> 02:10:20.812
ASSOCIATION. YES AND ALL UNION
02:10:20.879 --> 02:10:22.281
ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL
02:10:22.347 --> 02:10:24.283
ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS AND
02:10:24.349 --> 02:10:26.418
THEIR AFFILIATES MEMBERS HELPED
02:10:26.485 --> 02:10:27.619
CONSTRUCT OUR STATE'S HIGHWAYS,
02:10:27.686 --> 02:10:28.520
ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AIRPORTS AND
02:10:28.587 --> 02:10:31.089
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY
02:10:31.156 --> 02:10:33.125
REGULARLY CONSTRUCT PROJECTS FOR
02:10:33.192 --> 02:10:35.427
CALTRANS THAT LIKELY AMOUNTS IN
02:10:35.494 --> 02:10:36.495
THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
02:10:36.562 --> 02:10:39.031
DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. SCC IS PROUD
02:10:39.097 --> 02:10:40.465
TO SUPPORT MR OMAR SCHALKEN'S
02:10:40.532 --> 02:10:42.768
CONFIRMATION TODAY. UNDER HIS
02:10:42.834 --> 02:10:44.269
LEADERSHIP, CALTRANS HAS BEEN
02:10:44.336 --> 02:10:45.470
EXTRAORDINARILY ACCESSIBLE A
02:10:45.537 --> 02:10:46.672
WORD YOU FREQUENTLY HEARD WITH
02:10:46.738 --> 02:10:49.775
THE ADVOCATES TODAY. THROUGH ITS
02:10:49.841 --> 02:10:51.176
QUARTERLY INDUSTRY, LIAISON
02:10:51.243 --> 02:10:52.878
MEETINGS, TRUCKING PERMIT
02:10:52.945 --> 02:10:55.747
MEETINGS AND LEGISLATIVE UNIT.
02:10:55.814 --> 02:10:57.716
FCC AND MEMBERS HAVE COMPARED
02:10:57.783 --> 02:10:58.717
OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES TO
02:10:58.784 --> 02:11:01.019
CALTRANS. AND HAVE STATED TO ME
02:11:01.086 --> 02:11:02.988
THE CALTRANS IS A PREMIER PUBLIC
02:11:03.055 --> 02:11:05.157
WORKS CUSTOMER. HOWEVER THERE
02:11:05.224 --> 02:11:06.758
ARE MANY CHALLENGES THAT FACE
02:11:06.825 --> 02:11:08.560
OUR INDUSTRY MATERIAL SUPPLY
02:11:08.627 --> 02:11:11.063
COSTS, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
02:11:11.129 --> 02:11:12.664
ENTERPRISE LIMITATIONS, FOR
02:11:12.731 --> 02:11:14.967
INSTANCE, SEC S LABOR AGREEMENTS
02:11:15.033 --> 02:11:17.469
PRECLUDE UNION CONTRACTORS FROM
02:11:17.536 --> 02:11:18.604
CONTRACTING WITH NONUNION DBED
02:11:18.670 --> 02:11:22.040
CONTRACTORS. THE DANGERS OF
02:11:22.107 --> 02:11:23.942
STRIKING UNMARKED CALTRANS OWNED
02:11:24.009 --> 02:11:25.644
UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE OR
02:11:25.711 --> 02:11:27.045
ALL CONCERNS WE'VE SHARED WITH
02:11:27.112 --> 02:11:28.780
THE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF WOULD
02:11:28.847 --> 02:11:30.682
LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE
02:11:30.749 --> 02:11:32.317
SECRETARY HIMSELF PERSONALLY. WE
02:11:32.384 --> 02:11:33.952
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY
02:11:34.019 --> 02:11:35.754
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
02:11:35.821 --> 02:11:37.522
VOTE ON HIS CONFIRMATION. THANK
02:11:37.589 --> 02:11:39.091
YOU, MADAM PRO TEM. THANK YOU
02:11:39.157 --> 02:11:42.527
VERY MUCH OTHER SPEAKERS. OKAY
02:11:42.594 --> 02:11:44.096
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE,
02:11:44.162 --> 02:11:48.100
UM TELECONFERENCE, AND I'M GONNA
02:11:48.166 --> 02:11:49.268
HAVE THAT NUMBER DISPLAYED
02:11:49.334 --> 02:11:53.605
AGAIN. 877. 2268163 THE TOLL
02:11:53.672 --> 02:11:55.874
FREE NUMBER. THE ACCESS CODE
02:11:55.941 --> 02:12:00.245
8646445 AND MODERATOR WILL COME
02:12:00.312 --> 02:12:02.748
BACK TO YOU TO TEACH PEOPLE WHO
02:12:02.814 --> 02:12:05.584
MAY WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.
02:12:05.651 --> 02:12:07.085
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LADIES
02:12:07.152 --> 02:12:08.754
AND GENTLEMEN, THE BOMBS IF YOU
02:12:08.820 --> 02:12:10.789
WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, HE'S
02:12:10.856 --> 02:12:12.124
PRESSED 10 IF YOU'VE NOT ALREADY
02:12:12.190 --> 02:12:14.593
DONE SO THEY'RE NOT QUITE 10 OF
02:12:14.660 --> 02:12:15.761
A SECOND TIME, BUT THAT WILL
02:12:15.827 --> 02:12:18.096
MOVE YOU FROM THE QUÊ. OUR FIRST
02:12:18.163 --> 02:12:19.197
COMMENT COMES FROM LINE 46,
02:12:19.264 --> 02:12:25.037
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I BELIEVE
02:12:25.103 --> 02:12:27.339
THAT'S LINE 46. THAT'S ME, MADAM
02:12:27.406 --> 02:12:29.775
CHAIR MEMBERS, ANDREW ANTWI ON
02:12:29.841 --> 02:12:31.743
BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF AGENCIES
02:12:31.810 --> 02:12:33.445
AND SUPPORT OF SECRETARY OF
02:12:33.512 --> 02:12:34.413
SCHALKEN'S CONFIRMATION HERE,
02:12:34.479 --> 02:12:36.682
RUN THROUGH THE LIST OF COURT.
02:12:36.748 --> 02:12:40.352
OF LOS ANGELES. SOUTHERN
02:12:40.419 --> 02:12:41.219
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL
02:12:41.286 --> 02:12:42.454
AUTHORITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
02:12:42.521 --> 02:12:46.191
METROLINK. UM LOS ANGELES MAYOR
02:12:46.258 --> 02:12:47.826
ERIC GARCETTI AND THE LOS
02:12:47.893 --> 02:12:49.061
ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
02:12:49.127 --> 02:12:52.164
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. THANK
02:12:52.230 --> 02:12:59.538
YOU. NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE. OUR
02:12:59.604 --> 02:13:00.706
NEXT COMMENT COMES FROM THE
02:13:00.772 --> 02:13:04.643
LINES. 54 IS GOING AHEAD. HI MY
02:13:04.710 --> 02:13:06.244
NAME IS MARTHA MILLER AND THE
02:13:06.311 --> 02:13:07.612
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
02:13:07.679 --> 02:13:08.747
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO
02:13:08.814 --> 02:13:10.182
AUTHORITIES, WHICH CONSISTS OF
02:13:10.248 --> 02:13:11.616
THE 11TH PUBLIC COMMERCIAL
02:13:11.683 --> 02:13:13.652
SEAPORTS IN CALIFORNIA. AND I'M
02:13:13.719 --> 02:13:15.754
HERE JUST TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT
02:13:15.821 --> 02:13:18.357
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF, UM
02:13:18.423 --> 02:13:20.359
SECRETARY POPE. HE I THINK
02:13:20.425 --> 02:13:21.360
YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY FOLKS
02:13:21.426 --> 02:13:22.928
ALREADY, BUT HE ALREADY IN A
02:13:22.994 --> 02:13:24.863
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAS BEEN
02:13:24.930 --> 02:13:26.431
EXTREMELY ASSESSABLE AND YOU
02:13:26.498 --> 02:13:27.466
KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON
02:13:27.532 --> 02:13:29.401
WITH THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
02:13:29.468 --> 02:13:30.168
RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING TO BE A
02:13:30.235 --> 02:13:32.037
CRITICAL PARTNER FOR US AND HAS
02:13:32.104 --> 02:13:33.705
ALREADY SHOWED THAT HE HAS BEEN
02:13:33.772 --> 02:13:35.640
SO ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH
02:13:35.707 --> 02:13:36.408
RESEARCH STATION OF PORT
02:13:36.475 --> 02:13:37.342
AUTHORITIES. WE ASKED FOR YOU TO
02:13:37.409 --> 02:13:40.045
PLEASE. SO IN SUPPORT OF THIS
02:13:40.112 --> 02:13:41.413
CONFIRMATION, THANK YOU. THANK
02:13:41.480 --> 02:13:43.248
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WITNESS,
02:13:43.315 --> 02:13:45.317
PLEASE. LINE. 56, PLEASE GO
02:13:45.384 --> 02:13:49.988
AHEAD. PULL THEM OUT, UM,
02:13:50.055 --> 02:13:50.989
PROTEST STEVE BAKER WITH AARON
02:13:51.056 --> 02:13:52.357
REGION ASSOCIATES REPRESENTING
02:13:52.424 --> 02:13:54.059
THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN
02:13:54.126 --> 02:13:56.027
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF
02:13:56.094 --> 02:13:57.462
SECRETARY OF SHOTGUNS
02:13:57.529 --> 02:13:58.296
APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK
02:13:58.363 --> 02:14:01.733
YOU SO MUCH NEXT WITNESS. FLYING
02:14:01.800 --> 02:14:08.473
45 IS GOING ON. MADAM PROTON AND
02:14:08.540 --> 02:14:09.975
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MATE SO LOVE
02:14:10.041 --> 02:14:11.543
ON IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
02:14:11.610 --> 02:14:13.044
CONFIRMATION ON BEHALF OF
02:14:13.111 --> 02:14:15.847
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCIES
02:14:15.914 --> 02:14:21.186
, TONY. FRANCISCO WATER
02:14:21.253 --> 02:14:21.920
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
02:14:21.987 --> 02:14:23.321
AUTHORITY AGAIN IN STRONG
02:14:23.388 --> 02:14:25.290
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:14:25.357 --> 02:14:27.492
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS. BLIND
02:14:27.559 --> 02:14:31.763
52, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
02:14:31.830 --> 02:14:33.432
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS,
02:14:33.498 --> 02:14:35.467
KIRK BLACKBURN OF MOST MAPS TO
02:14:35.534 --> 02:14:37.035
CITY COHEN AND BEYOND THE CITY
02:14:37.102 --> 02:14:37.969
OF INGLEWOOD AND ENGLAND MAYOR
02:14:38.036 --> 02:14:39.204
JAMES B. BUT SUPPORTIVE
02:14:39.271 --> 02:14:40.972
CONFIRMATION FROM A SHOCKING AS
02:14:41.039 --> 02:14:43.875
SECRETARY OF THROUGHOUT HIS
02:14:43.942 --> 02:14:45.510
TENURE AS DIRECTOR OF CALTRANS,
02:14:45.577 --> 02:14:46.678
MR MARSHAK HAS DEMONSTRATED
02:14:46.745 --> 02:14:47.813
COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND
02:14:47.879 --> 02:14:50.282
ACTUAL TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING
02:14:50.348 --> 02:14:52.017
THE FORMATION OF THE CALTRANS
02:14:52.083 --> 02:14:53.485
OFFICE OF RACE AND EQUITY, AS
02:14:53.552 --> 02:14:55.253
WELL AS ONGOING EFFORTS BEFORE
02:14:55.320 --> 02:14:55.787
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION,
02:14:55.854 --> 02:14:59.391
INCLUDING TRANSIT. TIME IN
02:14:59.458 --> 02:15:00.859
CALIFORNIA HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED
02:15:00.926 --> 02:15:01.393
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
02:15:01.460 --> 02:15:02.828
TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS AND
02:15:02.894 --> 02:15:05.096
ITS INFRASTRUCTURE. MR. STOCKTON
02:15:05.163 --> 02:15:06.131
IS THE RIGHT LEADER TO HELP
02:15:06.198 --> 02:15:07.666
DELIVER THE SUSTAINABLE AND
02:15:07.732 --> 02:15:08.533
ACTUAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
02:15:08.600 --> 02:15:10.035
THAT CALIFORNIA DESERVES. FOR
02:15:10.101 --> 02:15:11.603
THESE REASONS AND MANY OTHERS,
02:15:11.670 --> 02:15:13.171
THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD URGES YOUR
02:15:13.238 --> 02:15:14.172
SUPPORT FROM HIS CONFIRMATION.
02:15:14.239 --> 02:15:15.974
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
02:15:16.041 --> 02:15:20.245
NEXT WITNESS. I'M SURE THERE ARE
02:15:20.312 --> 02:15:21.680
NO ADDITIONAL RESPONDENTS AND
02:15:21.746 --> 02:15:22.981
QUÊ THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL
02:15:23.048 --> 02:15:25.684
BE BACK WITH YOU IN A MOMENT.
02:15:25.750 --> 02:15:28.220
UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
02:15:28.286 --> 02:15:29.454
THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN
02:15:29.521 --> 02:15:30.522
OPPOSITION WILL START IN ROOM
02:15:30.589 --> 02:15:32.290
2200. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN
02:15:32.357 --> 02:15:37.629
OPPOSITION. OKAY, SEEING NO. ONE
02:15:37.696 --> 02:15:40.298
AH, MODERATOR. WE WILL. MR.
02:15:40.365 --> 02:15:41.299
MODERATOR WILL BE BACK WITH YOU
02:15:41.366 --> 02:15:43.568
NOW. DO YOU WANT TO T FOLKS UP
02:15:43.635 --> 02:15:45.437
WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK IN
02:15:45.504 --> 02:15:47.606
OPPOSITION? THANK YOU, MADAM
02:15:47.672 --> 02:15:48.807
CHAIR, SPEAKING OPPOSITION PRESS
02:15:48.874 --> 02:15:57.549
10. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SO FAR
02:15:57.616 --> 02:15:59.217
LINE WE HAVE MORE COMING LINE,
02:15:59.284 --> 02:16:04.222
39 IS GO AHEAD. AND HAS LEFT THE
02:16:04.289 --> 02:16:11.930
QUEUE LINE. 44 GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
02:16:11.997 --> 02:16:14.165
ONCE AGAIN TO COMMENT. PRESS 10
02:16:14.232 --> 02:16:16.268
DO NOT PRESS 10 2ND TIME FOR YOU
02:16:16.334 --> 02:16:21.940
REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE QUÊ.
02:16:22.007 --> 02:16:26.945
LINE. 39, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
02:16:27.012 --> 02:16:29.080
YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR
02:16:29.147 --> 02:16:33.552
YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD. SENATOR
02:16:33.618 --> 02:16:35.320
GOOD AFTERNOON, SENATORS. THANK
02:16:35.387 --> 02:16:37.289
YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
02:16:37.355 --> 02:16:39.791
MY NAME IS A SANDY, BUT I AM THE
02:16:39.858 --> 02:16:42.494
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. OF THE
02:16:42.561 --> 02:16:43.728
SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF
02:16:43.795 --> 02:16:46.698
GOVERNMENT SUNDAY. I WOULD LIKE
02:16:46.765 --> 02:16:51.469
TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT
02:16:51.536 --> 02:16:53.471
FOR THE NOMINATION OF THE
02:16:53.538 --> 02:16:54.906
SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA TEST
02:16:54.973 --> 02:16:59.177
DEFICIENT AGENCY. CALIFORNIA HAS
02:16:59.244 --> 02:17:01.212
AND THE SEGMENTED CHANGE THE
02:17:01.279 --> 02:17:05.450
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW.
02:17:05.517 --> 02:17:06.918
THE LEVEL OF FUNDING BECOMING
02:17:06.985 --> 02:17:08.587
AVAILABLE PHYSICAL THAT WE HAVE
02:17:08.653 --> 02:17:11.890
THE RIGHT LEADER. IN PLACE TO
02:17:11.957 --> 02:17:15.293
ENSURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT. I
02:17:15.360 --> 02:17:20.799
BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT 63. GO OUT
02:17:20.865 --> 02:17:24.869
AND I HAVE WITNESSED AND THE
02:17:24.936 --> 02:17:26.771
LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT AND
02:17:26.838 --> 02:17:28.873
FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON THE
02:17:28.940 --> 02:17:32.377
SECOND DRINKS AS WORK. THIS
02:17:32.444 --> 02:17:33.945
FOCUS ON EQUITY CLIMATE ACTION.
02:17:34.012 --> 02:17:39.250
AND SAFETY. HAS HELPED.
02:17:39.317 --> 02:17:40.518
MODERNIZE THE CULTURE OF
02:17:40.585 --> 02:17:43.588
TRANSPORTATIONS WHILE THE STATE
02:17:43.655 --> 02:17:46.057
AND THE KIDS EXPERIENCE IN THE
02:17:46.124 --> 02:17:47.559
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY HAS
02:17:47.626 --> 02:17:49.761
DEMONSTRATED HIS ABILITIES TO
02:17:49.828 --> 02:17:52.063
SUCCESSFULLY NEED AND SETTLE THE
02:17:52.130 --> 02:17:53.365
LARGE AND COMPLEX TRANSPORTATION
02:17:53.431 --> 02:17:57.435
ISSUES. THE CORNEA FACING
02:17:57.502 --> 02:18:01.006
SUCCESSFUL SECOND PIVOTAL
02:18:01.072 --> 02:18:02.574
COORDINATION EFFORTS. SANDBAG
02:18:02.641 --> 02:18:07.846
TALK NINES. AND OUR PARTNERS IN
02:18:07.912 --> 02:18:09.748
MEXICO TO HELP EVERYONE IRISH,
02:18:09.814 --> 02:18:15.387
THE FUTURE ALTAI MEASURE. THIS
02:18:15.453 --> 02:18:16.688
FROM A SECOND HAS BEEN PHYSICAL.
02:18:16.755 --> 02:18:21.726
OUR COURSE, REALIZED THAT. TO
02:18:21.793 --> 02:18:23.361
MAKE SURE THAT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
02:18:23.428 --> 02:18:27.666
AND. THE MINUTE TAKE HIS WORDS
02:18:27.732 --> 02:18:29.701
OF THE FACT THAT THIS WILL
02:18:29.768 --> 02:18:30.969
CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY FOR
02:18:31.036 --> 02:18:33.738
THE STATEMENT. HIS SUPPORT TO
02:18:33.805 --> 02:18:35.740
THE FIVE BIG MORE THAN EFFICIENT
02:18:35.807 --> 02:18:40.545
PLAN. OPPORTUNITIES FOR SANDACK
02:18:40.612 --> 02:18:42.881
PARTNER IN THE STATE IN WAYS
02:18:42.947 --> 02:18:45.750
LIKE NEVER BEFORE. AND SECURITY
02:18:45.817 --> 02:18:49.087
LOCATION HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY
02:18:49.154 --> 02:18:51.089
TO ENGAGE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION.
02:18:51.156 --> 02:18:52.257
THERE'S LIGHTS AND THAT TWO
02:18:52.323 --> 02:18:55.160
OUNCES FOR YEARS WORKING
02:18:55.226 --> 02:18:57.662
COLLABORATIVELY TO DEVELOP
02:18:57.729 --> 02:18:58.196
LASTING PARTNERSHIP AMONG
02:18:58.263 --> 02:19:01.232
AGENCIES ACTIVELY LEVEL. WE
02:19:01.299 --> 02:19:03.301
THANK THEM FOR THAT LOOK FORWARD
02:19:03.368 --> 02:19:06.538
TO CONTINUED VISION. WE STRONGLY
02:19:06.604 --> 02:19:09.941
SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF THOMAS
02:19:10.008 --> 02:19:12.110
SECOND FOR SECRETARY. THANK YOU
02:19:12.177 --> 02:19:14.446
VERY MUCH FOR LOVE. THANK YOU.
02:19:14.512 --> 02:19:15.947
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY SO
02:19:16.014 --> 02:19:18.650
THAT WAS IN SUPPORT. UM MR
02:19:18.717 --> 02:19:21.086
MODERATOR, I THINK WE'RE STILL
02:19:21.152 --> 02:19:22.087
ON ANYONE WHO MIGHT WISH TO
02:19:22.153 --> 02:19:24.556
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. DO YOU SEE
02:19:24.622 --> 02:19:27.125
FURTHER WITNESSES IN THE QUEUE?
02:19:27.192 --> 02:19:28.860
THEY HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL WITNESS
02:19:28.927 --> 02:19:30.829
IN THE QUEUE LINE. 44, PLEASE GO
02:19:30.895 --> 02:19:33.732
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, SPEAKING
02:19:33.798 --> 02:19:35.333
A STRATEGY THROUGH STRATEGY
02:19:35.400 --> 02:19:36.735
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
02:19:36.801 --> 02:19:38.269
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
02:19:38.336 --> 02:19:39.971
GOVERNMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE
02:19:40.038 --> 02:19:41.172
COURT OF OAKLAND AND SUPPORTED
02:19:41.239 --> 02:19:42.841
MR OMAR SHOPPING CONFIRMATION
02:19:42.907 --> 02:19:45.910
AFFECT CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
02:19:45.977 --> 02:19:47.479
AGENCY TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK
02:19:47.545 --> 02:19:48.580
YOU. ARE YOU STILL THERE? IF
02:19:48.646 --> 02:19:50.348
YOU'RE THERE, WILL YOU GIVE ME
02:19:50.415 --> 02:19:52.283
YOUR NAME AGAIN? IT WAS A LITTLE
02:19:52.350 --> 02:19:54.652
HARD TO HEAR. YEAH STEPHANIE HAS
02:19:54.719 --> 02:19:55.954
STARTED WITH STRATEGIES. GOT IT?
02:19:56.020 --> 02:19:58.256
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANOTHER
02:19:58.323 --> 02:20:01.292
PERSON IN SUPPORT. LET ME UM AND
02:20:01.359 --> 02:20:02.794
I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT.
02:20:02.861 --> 02:20:03.995
I'M SURE THE SECRETARY DOES AS
02:20:04.062 --> 02:20:07.332
WELL. IS MR MODERATOR. IS THERE
02:20:07.398 --> 02:20:11.669
ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE? OKAY
02:20:11.736 --> 02:20:13.204
ONCE AGAIN, LADIES AND
02:20:13.271 --> 02:20:14.339
GENTLEMEN, THE PHONES IF YOU
02:20:14.405 --> 02:20:16.608
WANT TO COMMENT IN A POSITION
02:20:16.674 --> 02:20:27.652
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. MADAM
02:20:27.719 --> 02:20:28.820
SHARE A SHORT POSITIVE HAVE NO
02:20:28.887 --> 02:20:30.989
RESPONDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:20:31.055 --> 02:20:32.423
I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN
02:20:32.490 --> 02:20:33.558
HELPING US FACILITATE THE
02:20:33.625 --> 02:20:37.262
SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION. WILL
02:20:37.328 --> 02:20:39.364
BRING IT BACK HAVING GIVEN THE
02:20:39.430 --> 02:20:41.199
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK
02:20:41.266 --> 02:20:43.401
IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION. I'M
02:20:43.468 --> 02:20:45.170
GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO MY
02:20:45.236 --> 02:20:50.208
COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF EMOTION.
02:20:50.275 --> 02:20:52.377
SENATOR LORD THANK YOU. A MOTION
02:20:52.443 --> 02:20:54.045
HAS BEEN MADE. MADAM SECRETARY,
02:20:54.112 --> 02:20:55.814
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
02:20:55.880 --> 02:21:00.118
GROVE I DROVE. I KAMLAGER AYE,
02:21:00.185 --> 02:21:04.355
KAMLAGER. AYE, THERE'D BATES.
02:21:04.422 --> 02:21:08.660
NOT VOTING IS NOT VOTING. ATKINS
02:21:08.726 --> 02:21:11.629
ATKINS, I 4 TO 0420.
02:21:11.696 --> 02:21:12.764
CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU FOR
02:21:12.831 --> 02:21:17.335
YOUR TIME TODAY. AND UH TO YOUR
02:21:17.402 --> 02:21:18.903
FAMILY FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS
02:21:18.970 --> 02:21:20.405
AND BEING HERE AS WELL. WE THANK
02:21:20.471 --> 02:21:24.375
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU
02:21:24.442 --> 02:21:26.344
. LET ME LET ME DO ONE THING
02:21:26.411 --> 02:21:28.580
BEFORE I CHECK AND SEE IF WE
02:21:28.646 --> 02:21:30.415
NEED ANOTHER BREAK. LET ME ASK
02:21:30.481 --> 02:21:32.817
YOU, MADAM SECRETARY TO OPEN THE
02:21:32.884 --> 02:21:34.586
ROLL ON ONE A, WHICH WAS THE
02:21:34.652 --> 02:21:36.487
APPOINTMENT OF A MI TONG AS THE
02:21:36.554 --> 02:21:37.789
SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT
02:21:37.856 --> 02:21:42.894
OPERATIONS AGENCY. LAIRD I 5 TO
02:21:42.961 --> 02:21:45.897
05 TO ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH
02:21:45.964 --> 02:21:47.232
FOR THAT. LET ME SEE IF WE COULD
02:21:47.298 --> 02:21:49.133
TAKE A SHORT BREAK A SHORT
02:21:49.200 --> 02:21:50.268
BREAK. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK
02:21:50.335 --> 02:22:06.451
YOU ALL.
02:22:14.259 --> 02:22:16.527
WE NEED SNAPS. I'M GOING TO GIVE
02:22:16.594 --> 02:22:18.096
US 62ND WARNING BECAUSE OUR
02:22:18.162 --> 02:22:19.564
COURT REPORTER SAID TO SHORT
02:22:19.631 --> 02:22:21.266
BREAK AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO
02:22:21.332 --> 02:22:23.434
SHORT BREAK. SO 60 SECONDS WE'RE
02:22:23.501 --> 02:22:40.718
GOING TO GO BACK INTO RECESSION.
02:23:07.412 --> 02:23:11.282
OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
02:23:11.349 --> 02:23:12.550
RESTART THE RULES COMMITTEE
02:23:12.617 --> 02:23:16.254
MEETING. I KNOW THAT SENATOR
02:23:16.321 --> 02:23:17.388
KAMLAGER WILL REJOIN US IN A
02:23:17.455 --> 02:23:21.125
MOMENT. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO
02:23:21.192 --> 02:23:25.063
GO TO ITEM ONE. C AND D AND THAT
02:23:25.129 --> 02:23:28.333
IS THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES.
02:23:28.399 --> 02:23:30.168
MEMBERS TO THE STATE BOARD OF
02:23:30.234 --> 02:23:32.804
EDUCATION. SO LET ME WELCOME DR
02:23:32.870 --> 02:23:36.207
JOSE FRANCISCO ESCOBEDO AND DR
02:23:36.274 --> 02:23:38.042
CYNTHIA GLOVER WOODS. THANK YOU
02:23:38.109 --> 02:23:39.410
BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR
02:23:39.477 --> 02:23:42.914
INCREDIBLE PATIENTS TODAY.
02:23:42.981 --> 02:23:44.549
WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. AND I WILL
02:23:44.615 --> 02:23:47.185
START WITH YOU. DR ESCOBAR ASK
02:23:47.251 --> 02:23:48.619
YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
02:23:48.686 --> 02:23:49.721
ACKNOWLEDGE ANYONE YOU WOULD
02:23:49.787 --> 02:23:51.556
LIKE TO MAKE OPENING COMMENTS.
02:23:51.622 --> 02:23:53.925
THEN DR GLOVER WOOS, WE WILL GO
02:23:53.992 --> 02:23:55.526
TO YOU ALLOW YOU THE SAME
02:23:55.593 --> 02:23:57.962
OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WE WILLGO
02:23:58.029 --> 02:23:59.230
TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
02:23:59.297 --> 02:24:02.033
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO EACH
02:24:02.100 --> 02:24:04.502
OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. HOWEVER
02:24:04.569 --> 02:24:05.370
THEY WANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
02:24:05.436 --> 02:24:07.472
THEY WILL DIRECT THE QUESTION OR
02:24:07.538 --> 02:24:08.940
COMMENT TO YOU DIRECTLY. THIS
02:24:09.007 --> 02:24:10.441
COULD BE A LOT EASIER THAN WE'RE
02:24:10.508 --> 02:24:13.378
ONLINE. BECAUSE ALWAYS, WE HAD
02:24:13.444 --> 02:24:14.579
TO KIND OF FACILITATE
02:24:14.645 --> 02:24:16.114
DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS A LOT
02:24:16.180 --> 02:24:17.915
HARDER. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT
02:24:17.982 --> 02:24:19.617
YOU'RE HERE TODAY. AND WITH THAT
02:24:19.684 --> 02:24:20.218
, THE DOCTOR ESCOBEDO, LET ME
02:24:20.284 --> 02:24:23.388
ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD. I
02:24:23.454 --> 02:24:24.422
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY ME
02:24:24.489 --> 02:24:28.292
SEE IF THAT'S ON THERE YOU GO. I
02:24:28.359 --> 02:24:29.527
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:24:29.594 --> 02:24:30.828
ATTEND THIS SENATE HEARING TO
02:24:30.895 --> 02:24:32.597
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
02:24:32.663 --> 02:24:35.033
FROM YOU TODAY AND WOULD LIKE TO
02:24:35.099 --> 02:24:36.768
INTRODUCE TO YOU, MY LOVELY
02:24:36.834 --> 02:24:37.368
WIFE, LATISHA, WHO'S SITTING
02:24:37.435 --> 02:24:39.570
BEHIND ME AS WELL AS MY AMAZING
02:24:39.637 --> 02:24:41.973
DAUGHTER, SOPHIE, WHO IS JUST
02:24:42.040 --> 02:24:43.508
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND
02:24:43.574 --> 02:24:44.475
WILL BE GOING TO FORDHAM
02:24:44.542 --> 02:24:48.012
UNIVERSITY. IN A FEW MONTHS.
02:24:48.079 --> 02:24:48.946
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
02:24:49.013 --> 02:24:50.681
SERVING COUNTLESS STUDENTS,
02:24:50.748 --> 02:24:53.351
PARENTS AND EDUCATORS DURING MY
02:24:53.418 --> 02:24:56.988
30, PLUS YEARS AS A K 12
02:24:57.055 --> 02:24:58.923
EDUCATION DURING MY ROLE AS A
02:24:58.990 --> 02:25:00.024
TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL AND
02:25:00.091 --> 02:25:03.694
SUPERINTENDENT. AND PRESENTLY I
02:25:03.761 --> 02:25:05.063
AM SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE
02:25:05.129 --> 02:25:06.964
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER
02:25:07.031 --> 02:25:08.466
OF URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION
02:25:08.533 --> 02:25:09.567
BASED IN SAN DIEGO STATE
02:25:09.634 --> 02:25:13.271
UNIVERSITY. YOU WILL SEE THAT I
02:25:13.337 --> 02:25:14.305
WILL BRING MY PASSION FOR
02:25:14.372 --> 02:25:16.541
EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY TO THE
02:25:16.607 --> 02:25:17.942
ROLE OF STATE BOARD MEMBER UPON
02:25:18.009 --> 02:25:22.413
YOUR CONFIRMATION BEAM BEING A
02:25:22.480 --> 02:25:24.449
CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS. I REALIZED
02:25:24.515 --> 02:25:27.718
THAT EDUCATION PLAY SUCH A
02:25:27.785 --> 02:25:29.720
PIVOTAL ROLE IN TRANSFORMING MY
02:25:29.787 --> 02:25:33.458
LIFE, NAMELY, BY GAINING AN IVY
02:25:33.524 --> 02:25:35.359
LEAGUE EDUCATION, BUT JUST AS
02:25:35.426 --> 02:25:38.796
IMPORTANT AS BEING A EMPATHETIC
02:25:38.863 --> 02:25:39.430
AND COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEING,
02:25:39.497 --> 02:25:42.467
UM ALTHOUGH BEING AN EDUCATOR
02:25:42.533 --> 02:25:47.572
TRULY WASN'T MY GOAL GROWING UP.
02:25:47.638 --> 02:25:48.806
IT WAS THROUGH MY BRIEF TIME IN
02:25:48.873 --> 02:25:51.576
LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY LEARNED TO
02:25:51.642 --> 02:25:53.711
GRAVITY AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE
02:25:53.778 --> 02:25:54.946
EFFECT OF ATTAINING A
02:25:55.012 --> 02:25:57.815
COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION. TO THIS
02:25:57.882 --> 02:25:59.684
EXPERIENCE AS A POLICE OFFICER
02:25:59.750 --> 02:26:02.019
LED ME TO MAKE HELP ME MAKE A
02:26:02.086 --> 02:26:05.156
DIFFERENCE IN WHAT I WAS DOING.
02:26:05.223 --> 02:26:06.157
SO INSTEAD INSTEAD OF
02:26:06.224 --> 02:26:08.593
INCARCERATING PEOPLE YOUTH, I
02:26:08.659 --> 02:26:13.631
WAS TEACHING YOUTH. SO IT IS
02:26:13.698 --> 02:26:14.732
WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND
02:26:14.799 --> 02:26:15.766
CONVICTION THAT I CONTINUE MY
02:26:15.833 --> 02:26:19.070
ROLE. AND IT HAS SEEN THE LIVES
02:26:19.137 --> 02:26:21.005
OF NOW OVER SIX MILLION STUDENTS
02:26:21.072 --> 02:26:25.243
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND
02:26:25.309 --> 02:26:26.511
IT IS A ROLE THAT WILL TAKE
02:26:26.577 --> 02:26:28.779
VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND AGAIN
02:26:28.846 --> 02:26:31.716
THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. THANK
02:26:31.782 --> 02:26:33.784
YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR. DR GLOVER
02:26:33.851 --> 02:26:39.690
WOODS. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO
02:26:39.757 --> 02:26:42.860
VERY MUCH. MADAM PRO TEM AND
02:26:42.927 --> 02:26:44.295
ESTEEMED SENATORS OF THE SENATE
02:26:44.362 --> 02:26:46.330
RULES COMMITTEE. I AM HONORED TO
02:26:46.397 --> 02:26:47.965
BE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR
02:26:48.032 --> 02:26:50.268
CONSIDERATION FOR CONFIRMATION.
02:26:50.334 --> 02:26:52.403
WHILE NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN
02:26:52.470 --> 02:26:53.237
THE ROOM. DUE TO OUR COVID
02:26:53.304 --> 02:26:56.307
PROTOCOLS. I DO HAVE JOINING ME
02:26:56.374 --> 02:26:57.808
REMOTELY IN SUPPORTING MY MOTHER
02:26:57.875 --> 02:27:02.013
, CAROLYN GLOVER FROM OCEAN SIDE
02:27:02.079 --> 02:27:03.748
. I HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE
02:27:03.814 --> 02:27:04.515
COUNTRY HERE. MY HUSBAND BYRON
02:27:04.582 --> 02:27:06.584
WOODS AND EAST VILLAS. WELL AS
02:27:06.651 --> 02:27:08.819
MY DAUGHTER, ALINA. AND MY OTHER
02:27:08.886 --> 02:27:10.254
DAUGHTER, WHO JUST RECENTLY
02:27:10.321 --> 02:27:13.024
GRADUATED ON MOTHER'S DAY AS A
02:27:13.090 --> 02:27:14.725
MATTER OF FACT HAILING FROM
02:27:14.792 --> 02:27:17.028
VIRGINIA AND HOST OF OTHER
02:27:17.094 --> 02:27:19.030
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SO I'M JUST
02:27:19.096 --> 02:27:20.498
SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THEM AS MY
02:27:20.565 --> 02:27:22.633
SUPPORT WHO I CONSIDER TO BE THE
02:27:22.700 --> 02:27:24.268
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS. AND THE
02:27:24.335 --> 02:27:26.637
WORK THAT I DO, UH, I AM PROUD
02:27:26.704 --> 02:27:28.039
TO BE A PRODUCT OF THE
02:27:28.105 --> 02:27:29.407
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EDUCATION
02:27:29.473 --> 02:27:31.108
SYSTEM. I WAS RAISED IN A
02:27:31.175 --> 02:27:33.344
MILITARY FAMILY AND I STARTED MY
02:27:33.411 --> 02:27:36.614
12 CAREER IN FRESNO UNIFIED. AND
02:27:36.681 --> 02:27:38.683
MY FATHER GOT TRANSFERRED AND WE
02:27:38.749 --> 02:27:40.284
MOVED TO OCEANSIDE, AND THAT IS
02:27:40.351 --> 02:27:41.419
WHERE I FINISHED GOING FORWARD
02:27:41.485 --> 02:27:43.688
FROM THERE. BOTH OF MY PARENTS
02:27:43.754 --> 02:27:45.456
WERE BORN IN THE SEGREGATED SELF
02:27:45.523 --> 02:27:47.291
AND RAISED DURING THE JIM CROW
02:27:47.358 --> 02:27:49.227
ERA. MY FATHER MADE A DECISION
02:27:49.293 --> 02:27:53.097
TO GO INTO THE MILITARY. AND HE
02:27:53.164 --> 02:27:54.465
RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES
02:27:54.532 --> 02:27:56.667
MARINE CORPS VERY, VERY PROUD TO
02:27:56.734 --> 02:27:57.935
DO SO AND WENT ON TO HIS SECOND
02:27:58.002 --> 02:28:01.105
CAREER AT THE SAND AND NOT FOR A
02:28:01.172 --> 02:28:02.940
NUCLEAR PLANT FOR SOUTHERN
02:28:03.007 --> 02:28:04.008
CALIFORNIA EDISON. HE CHOSE THE
02:28:04.075 --> 02:28:06.043
CAREER PATH. MY MOTHER, WHO WAS
02:28:06.110 --> 02:28:07.612
THE FIRST TO GRADUATE HIGH
02:28:07.678 --> 02:28:09.513
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DECIDED TO GO
02:28:09.580 --> 02:28:11.449
FORWARD AND BE A HIGH SCHOOL
02:28:11.515 --> 02:28:13.484
ENGLISH TEACHER. SHE CHOSE THE
02:28:13.551 --> 02:28:15.920
COLLEGE PATH. THE REASON THAT I
02:28:15.987 --> 02:28:17.154
SHARE THAT IS THAT WHEN WE THINK
02:28:17.221 --> 02:28:19.290
ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, WE KNOW THAT
02:28:19.357 --> 02:28:20.925
WE WANT POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS
02:28:20.992 --> 02:28:22.460
FOR ALL OF THEM, WHETHER IT BE
02:28:22.526 --> 02:28:24.495
THROUGH A CAREER PATH OR A
02:28:24.562 --> 02:28:27.164
COLLEGE PATH. THANK YOU AS A
02:28:27.231 --> 02:28:30.167
WORKING MOM. I BEGAN TO FIND OUT
02:28:30.234 --> 02:28:31.769
VERY FIRST HAND THE
02:28:31.836 --> 02:28:33.371
PRACTICALITIES OF BRINGING
02:28:33.437 --> 02:28:36.841
CHILDREN THROUGH SCHOOL AS I
02:28:36.907 --> 02:28:38.109
SURE TO HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND
02:28:38.175 --> 02:28:40.778
MY HUSBAND. WHO WORKED FOR 34
02:28:40.845 --> 02:28:42.079
YEARS FOR L. A COUNTY SHERIFF
02:28:42.146 --> 02:28:43.214
DEPARTMENT HAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
02:28:43.281 --> 02:28:46.550
OFFICER.WE WERE HAD TO WORK
02:28:46.617 --> 02:28:47.785
TOGETHER THROUGH HIS VARIOUS
02:28:47.852 --> 02:28:50.288
SHIFTS IF YOU WILL TO BRING OUR
02:28:50.354 --> 02:28:52.123
CHILDREN THROUGH SCHOOL, AND I
02:28:52.189 --> 02:28:53.658
REALIZED FIRST HAND HOW
02:28:53.724 --> 02:28:55.693
CHALLENGING IT COULD BE TO WORK
02:28:55.760 --> 02:28:58.062
FULL TIME. AND COME HOME AND
02:28:58.129 --> 02:28:59.563
HELP WITH HOMEWORK AND DARE I
02:28:59.630 --> 02:29:00.164
SAY SCIENCE PROJECTS, MISSION
02:29:00.231 --> 02:29:04.235
PROJECTS AND THE LIKE. AND I
02:29:04.302 --> 02:29:06.037
STARTED TO REALIZE IF IT WAS
02:29:06.103 --> 02:29:08.739
CHALLENGING FOR ME WITH THE
02:29:08.806 --> 02:29:10.808
SPOUSE WITH RESOURCES WITH THE
02:29:10.875 --> 02:29:11.842
BACKGROND IN EDUCATION AND HOW
02:29:11.909 --> 02:29:14.045
TO NAVIGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
02:29:14.111 --> 02:29:16.681
WHAT MUST IT BE LIKE FOR
02:29:16.747 --> 02:29:17.782
FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT
02:29:17.848 --> 02:29:18.349
LEVEL OF RESOURCE. SO WHEN I
02:29:18.416 --> 02:29:22.520
THINK ABOUT MY WIFE WHY AM I SO
02:29:22.586 --> 02:29:24.155
EXCITED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU
02:29:24.221 --> 02:29:27.725
THIS AFTERNOON? WHY AM I EXCITED
02:29:27.792 --> 02:29:29.327
TO BE CONSIDERED ONCE AGAIN FOR
02:29:29.393 --> 02:29:31.395
THE VERY HONORABLE POSITION OF
02:29:31.462 --> 02:29:33.431
MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF
02:29:33.497 --> 02:29:35.032
EDUCATION? IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW
02:29:35.099 --> 02:29:36.033
THE DIFFERENCE THAT THE PUBLIC
02:29:36.100 --> 02:29:37.101
EDUCATION CAN MAKE. IN THE LIFE
02:29:37.168 --> 02:29:39.236
OF CHILDREN. THEIR FAMILIES AND
02:29:39.303 --> 02:29:41.005
THEIR GENERATION. I'M AN EXAMPLE
02:29:41.072 --> 02:29:45.142
OF THAT. I ALSO KNOW FROM MY
02:29:45.209 --> 02:29:46.610
BACKGROUND, STARTING AS AN
02:29:46.677 --> 02:29:48.312
INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, SO
02:29:48.379 --> 02:29:49.780
WORKING IN CLASSIFIED POSITIONS
02:29:49.847 --> 02:29:53.084
AS WELL AS BEING A TEACHER.
02:29:53.150 --> 02:29:54.185
PRINCIPAL AND DISTRICT AND
02:29:54.251 --> 02:29:57.621
COUNTY OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR. HOW
02:29:57.688 --> 02:29:58.756
IMPORTANT POLICY AND PROGRAMS
02:29:58.823 --> 02:30:01.959
ARE FOR SCHOOLS. AND I REALIZED
02:30:02.026 --> 02:30:03.561
THAT OUR POLICIES AND STRUCTURES
02:30:03.627 --> 02:30:05.930
CAN BE A BRIDGE. OR THEY CAN BE
02:30:05.996 --> 02:30:11.969
A BARRIER. AND MY GOAL. IN
02:30:12.036 --> 02:30:14.004
SERVING THIS CHILDREN IN THE
02:30:14.071 --> 02:30:15.139
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS
02:30:15.206 --> 02:30:17.274
THE FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS. IS
02:30:17.341 --> 02:30:20.044
TO BE SURE THAT OUR POLICIES AND
02:30:20.111 --> 02:30:21.078
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
02:30:21.145 --> 02:30:25.349
POLICIES SERVE SERVE AS BRIDGES.
02:30:25.416 --> 02:30:27.351
NOT BARRIERS IN SURELY NOT TO
02:30:27.418 --> 02:30:29.286
TEAR THOSE BRIDGES DOWN FOR
02:30:29.353 --> 02:30:30.454
STUDENTS, SO I'M JUST VERY
02:30:30.521 --> 02:30:32.156
EXCITED TO HAVE HEARD THE
02:30:32.223 --> 02:30:35.326
APPOINTEES BEFORE ME. AND JUST
02:30:35.393 --> 02:30:36.894
KIND OF REALLY HELPED TO
02:30:36.961 --> 02:30:38.996
SOLIDIFY AS I LISTENED TO THE
02:30:39.063 --> 02:30:40.631
NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY, THE NEED
02:30:40.698 --> 02:30:41.866
FOR ENGINEERS, THE NEED FOR
02:30:41.932 --> 02:30:43.134
WORKERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. HOW
02:30:43.200 --> 02:30:45.936
IMPORTANT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL
02:30:46.003 --> 02:30:49.440
SYSTEM IS AND I AM HAPPY TO
02:30:49.507 --> 02:30:51.575
SPEAK WITH YOU AND ANSWER ANY
02:30:51.642 --> 02:30:52.710
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS
02:30:52.777 --> 02:30:54.578
AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:30:54.645 --> 02:30:56.547
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. I'M
02:30:56.614 --> 02:30:59.016
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH
02:30:59.083 --> 02:31:00.518
SENATOR LAIRD, WHO JUST ALSO
02:31:00.584 --> 02:31:02.853
HAPPENS TO BE THE BUDGET SUB FOR
02:31:02.920 --> 02:31:05.055
ONE, WHICH IS EDUCATION. WELL,
02:31:05.122 --> 02:31:06.991
THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY EASY
02:31:07.057 --> 02:31:10.461
BECAUSE I HAD A GREAT MEETING
02:31:10.528 --> 02:31:12.463
WITH BOTH OF THEM. I READ WHAT
02:31:12.530 --> 02:31:15.199
YOU SUBMITTED AND POOR DR GLOVER
02:31:15.266 --> 02:31:16.567
WOODS HAD TO GO THROUGH
02:31:16.634 --> 02:31:18.769
CONFIRMATION ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO
02:31:18.836 --> 02:31:20.671
. SO SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE
02:31:20.738 --> 02:31:23.174
MILL RECENTLY. SO I'M VERY
02:31:23.240 --> 02:31:24.074
COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR
02:31:24.141 --> 02:31:25.142
APPOINTMENTS, AND I HAVE NO
02:31:25.209 --> 02:31:28.279
QUESTION. WOW THAT'S EXCELLENT.
02:31:28.345 --> 02:31:30.681
SENATOR LAIRD OBVIOUSLY HAS DONE
02:31:30.748 --> 02:31:32.883
HIS HOMEWORK. AND SO BOTH OF THE
02:31:32.950 --> 02:31:35.419
DOCTORS WOULD BE VERY VERY
02:31:35.486 --> 02:31:37.555
ACCOMMODATING AND COMMENDING OF
02:31:37.621 --> 02:31:39.790
YOU. UM WELL, MADAM VICE CHAIR.
02:31:39.857 --> 02:31:41.292
WHY DON'T I ASK IF YOU WANT TO
02:31:41.358 --> 02:31:43.561
GO NEXT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:31:43.627 --> 02:31:46.564
AND THANK YOU. HUM PRO TEAM AND
02:31:46.630 --> 02:31:48.732
THANK YOU, DR GLOVER, WOODS AND
02:31:48.799 --> 02:31:52.603
DR ESCOVEDO FOR YOUR DEDICATION
02:31:52.670 --> 02:31:54.171
HERE AND COMING FORWARD TO SERVE
02:31:54.238 --> 02:31:55.739
ON THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
02:31:55.806 --> 02:31:59.076
BOARD OF EDUCATION. UM I BELIEVE
02:31:59.143 --> 02:32:01.779
WHEN YOU WERE HERE THE LAST TIME
02:32:01.846 --> 02:32:03.581
DR GROVER WOODS. WE TALKED ABOUT
02:32:03.647 --> 02:32:04.648
THE MATH, CARILLO CURRICULUM AND
02:32:04.715 --> 02:32:06.684
MY UH, SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AT
02:32:06.750 --> 02:32:10.921
THAT TIME ABOUT THE CRITICISMS
02:32:10.988 --> 02:32:12.323
OR THAT LET'S SAY THE CONCERN
02:32:12.389 --> 02:32:14.592
WITH WHAT WAS COMING FORWARD. IT
02:32:14.658 --> 02:32:16.994
SEEMS TO BE HEIGHTENED. INFO UM
02:32:17.061 --> 02:32:19.597
I REMAIN EVEN MORE CONCERNED,
02:32:19.663 --> 02:32:20.931
AND I'D ASK BOTH OF YOU TO
02:32:20.998 --> 02:32:23.534
ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT HAS
02:32:23.601 --> 02:32:24.101
COME BEFORE US. THERE WERE
02:32:24.168 --> 02:32:26.237
SERIOUS FLAWS IDENTIFIED BY UC
02:32:26.303 --> 02:32:28.672
AND CSU FACULTY. AS WELL AS
02:32:28.739 --> 02:32:31.208
INDUSTRIAL THE INDUSTRY
02:32:31.275 --> 02:32:32.209
PROFESSIONALS THAT WE SHOULD HIT
02:32:32.276 --> 02:32:34.178
THE RESET BUTTON AND START THE
02:32:34.245 --> 02:32:35.980
MATH CURRICULUM FROM SCRATCH AND
02:32:36.046 --> 02:32:39.817
A NUMBER OF EDITORIALS TO THAT.
02:32:39.884 --> 02:32:42.586
EFFECT AND IT'S TROUBLING
02:32:42.653 --> 02:32:44.288
KNOWING THAT THE CURRICULUM IS
02:32:44.355 --> 02:32:46.390
VOLUNTARY. YOU KNOW, WE
02:32:46.457 --> 02:32:48.259
DISCUSSED THAT LAST TIME THAT
02:32:48.325 --> 02:32:50.694
THE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE TO ADAPT
02:32:50.761 --> 02:32:51.428
THAT. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
02:32:51.495 --> 02:32:53.297
WHAT THE SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE TO
02:32:53.364 --> 02:32:54.732
DO, AND THAT'S THEIR GUIDANCE IN
02:32:54.798 --> 02:32:56.100
ITS HIGHLY CRITICIZED BY, YOU
02:32:56.166 --> 02:32:57.134
KNOW, KILLER PULITZER PRIZE
02:32:57.201 --> 02:32:59.637
WINNERS LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE
02:32:59.703 --> 02:33:03.107
REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IN X WAS
02:33:03.173 --> 02:33:07.044
SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE ON WHAT IS
02:33:07.111 --> 02:33:08.779
NEEDED IN THE MATH CURRICULUM TO
02:33:08.846 --> 02:33:10.481
MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS CAN
02:33:10.548 --> 02:33:12.049
ADMIT. COLLEGE. AND ON UP. INTO
02:33:12.116 --> 02:33:17.955
YOU KNOW. THE. SOCIETY IN THE IN
02:33:18.022 --> 02:33:21.025
THE DECADES AND GENERATIONS TO
02:33:21.091 --> 02:33:21.959
COME. IT'S TROUBLING TO KNOW
02:33:22.026 --> 02:33:25.996
THAT THESE. SPOKE THESE
02:33:26.063 --> 02:33:27.298
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS ARE SAYING
02:33:27.364 --> 02:33:30.000
THIS DOESN'T MAKE IT. SO WHAT
02:33:30.067 --> 02:33:34.405
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON? HOW WE
02:33:34.471 --> 02:33:36.206
ADDRESS AND ADJUST GOING FORWARD
02:33:36.273 --> 02:33:38.075
. DO WE NEED TO START OVER? DO
02:33:38.142 --> 02:33:40.444
YOU NEED TO MEET WITH THESE
02:33:40.511 --> 02:33:41.478
INDIVIDUALS SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU
02:33:41.545 --> 02:33:42.680
KNOW DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE
02:33:42.746 --> 02:33:44.515
BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED.
02:33:44.582 --> 02:33:47.451
AND WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING
02:33:47.518 --> 02:33:49.887
IS LACKING AND IN PARTICULAR,
02:33:49.954 --> 02:33:53.624
CALL OUT HOW THIS REALLY HURTS
02:33:53.691 --> 02:33:55.926
THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
02:33:55.993 --> 02:33:57.595
OUR STUDENTS IN THE LOW INCOME
02:33:57.661 --> 02:34:00.564
AREAS. FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN
02:34:00.631 --> 02:34:03.267
POVERTY, LOW LOW ACHIEVING
02:34:03.334 --> 02:34:05.736
SCHOOLS WILL INCOMES THAT
02:34:05.803 --> 02:34:07.171
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST
02:34:07.237 --> 02:34:08.138
AT RISK WITH WHAT'S BEING
02:34:08.205 --> 02:34:09.907
PROPOSED HERE IN TERMS OF THEM
02:34:09.974 --> 02:34:12.109
BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE IN THE
02:34:12.176 --> 02:34:15.346
FIELD OF MATHEMATICS AND
02:34:15.412 --> 02:34:16.780
THEY DON'T HAVE THE BUILDING
02:34:16.847 --> 02:34:18.649
BLOCKS TO ACHIEVE AT A COLLEGE
02:34:18.716 --> 02:34:20.684
LEVEL, SO SHARE WITH ME YOUR
02:34:20.751 --> 02:34:23.487
YOUR THOUGHTS. ABOUT THE
02:34:23.554 --> 02:34:24.121
CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
02:34:24.188 --> 02:34:26.156
AND HOW YOU MIGHT ADDRESS THAT
02:34:26.223 --> 02:34:27.091
GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THERE IS
02:34:27.157 --> 02:34:29.193
SIGNIFICANT AND LET ME GIVE YOU
02:34:29.259 --> 02:34:30.060
A PERFECT EXAMPLE. I WANTED TO
02:34:30.127 --> 02:34:33.864
BE GO INTO PSYCHOLOGY. AND
02:34:33.931 --> 02:34:35.833
BECAUSE I DIDN'T ADVANCE IN
02:34:35.899 --> 02:34:39.303
MATH, I TOOK ALGEBRA. AND I TOOK
02:34:39.370 --> 02:34:41.905
, UM, GEOMETRY, AND I TOOK
02:34:41.972 --> 02:34:42.940
ALGEBRA TWO. I SKIPPED
02:34:43.007 --> 02:34:44.441
TRIGONOMETRY. SO WHEN I GOT TO
02:34:44.508 --> 02:34:46.143
COLLEGE, I DID REALLY GREAT ON
02:34:46.210 --> 02:34:49.013
THE POLICY ISSUES IN ACADEMIA,
02:34:49.079 --> 02:34:51.081
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE SCIENCE
02:34:51.148 --> 02:34:51.649
AND STATISTICS, STATISTICS,
02:34:51.715 --> 02:34:54.585
FUNDAMENTAL HIS PSYCHOLOGY AND
02:34:54.652 --> 02:34:56.053
BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE BEHAVIOR
02:34:56.120 --> 02:34:58.422
. AND WHY, AND WHY NOT? IT
02:34:58.489 --> 02:34:59.790
HAPPENS. I WAS SORELY IN, YOU
02:34:59.857 --> 02:35:04.161
KNOW, DEFICIENT. INTACT BY
02:35:04.228 --> 02:35:05.929
STATISTICS PROFESSOR GAVE ME A C
02:35:05.996 --> 02:35:08.232
BECAUSE I TRIED SO HARD AND HE
02:35:08.298 --> 02:35:09.433
WORKED DIRECTLY WITH ME. BUT
02:35:09.500 --> 02:35:11.835
THAT LITTLE BUILDING BLOCKS
02:35:11.902 --> 02:35:12.870
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, AND WITH
02:35:12.936 --> 02:35:13.971
WHICH PATH I TOOK LEAVING
02:35:14.038 --> 02:35:19.109
COLLEGE. SO AND I WAS NOT, YOU
02:35:19.176 --> 02:35:20.611
KNOW SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE
02:35:20.678 --> 02:35:23.514
MONEY TO AFFORD. LET'S SAY OUR
02:35:23.580 --> 02:35:25.783
TUTOR AT THE TIME, BUT IT JUST
02:35:25.849 --> 02:35:26.817
WASN'T UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT
02:35:26.884 --> 02:35:28.686
LITTLE PIECE UNDERSTANDING THAT
02:35:28.752 --> 02:35:31.021
LITTLE PIECE PROBABLY CRITICAL
02:35:31.088 --> 02:35:32.523
TO ME SUCCEEDING AND GOING
02:35:32.589 --> 02:35:34.792
FORWARD ON ON THAT DIFFERENT
02:35:34.858 --> 02:35:36.260
PATH. AND SO NOW WE'RE TALKING
02:35:36.326 --> 02:35:37.828
ABOUT EXPERTS WHO ARE SAYING
02:35:37.895 --> 02:35:39.196
THAT YOU ARE ELIMINATING THE
02:35:39.263 --> 02:35:40.197
BUILDING BLOCKS THAT ARE
02:35:40.264 --> 02:35:42.466
ESSENTIAL. FOR STUDENTS TO BE
02:35:42.533 --> 02:35:44.868
ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN IN THE STEM
02:35:44.935 --> 02:35:46.437
WORLD AND IN THE FUTURE OF
02:35:46.503 --> 02:35:47.905
TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS, AND
02:35:47.971 --> 02:35:50.574
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY
02:35:50.641 --> 02:35:53.877
ARE ESSENTIAL TO THEM BEING ABLE
02:35:53.944 --> 02:35:55.212
TO PURSUE CAREERS IN THOSE
02:35:55.279 --> 02:35:56.880
FIELDS. SO YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE
02:35:56.947 --> 02:35:58.248
I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE
02:35:58.315 --> 02:35:59.283
HAD SOME READING THOSE
02:35:59.349 --> 02:36:01.051
CRITICISMS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM
02:36:01.118 --> 02:36:04.121
HERE? T WANT DR GLOVER WOODS TO
02:36:04.188 --> 02:36:07.357
GO FIRST GLOVER LIBIDO BECAUSE
02:36:07.424 --> 02:36:08.826
GO AHEAD, DOCTOR OVER WITH AN
02:36:08.892 --> 02:36:10.761
OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER AND SHARE
02:36:10.828 --> 02:36:12.763
THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT. WELL,
02:36:12.830 --> 02:36:14.898
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
02:36:14.965 --> 02:36:17.334
ARTICULATING WHAT WE KNOW TO BE
02:36:17.401 --> 02:36:20.504
MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND
02:36:20.571 --> 02:36:22.339
MATHEMATICS AND HOW THAT
02:36:22.406 --> 02:36:23.674
ACTUALLY OVERLAYS FOR STUDENTS
02:36:23.741 --> 02:36:26.543
IN OUR STATE. THE R MATHEMATIC
02:36:26.610 --> 02:36:29.246
STANDARDS ARE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT
02:36:29.313 --> 02:36:31.014
CHILDREN NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW
02:36:31.081 --> 02:36:33.851
AND BE ABLE TO DO AS THEY
02:36:33.917 --> 02:36:34.752
MATRICULATE THROUGH VARIOUS
02:36:34.818 --> 02:36:36.086
GRADES IN MATHEMATICS COURSES.
02:36:36.153 --> 02:36:38.021
THE MATHEMATICS FRAMEWORK, WHICH
02:36:38.088 --> 02:36:41.892
IS UNDER REVISION RIGHT NOW IS
02:36:41.959 --> 02:36:43.494
THAT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT SENATOR
02:36:43.560 --> 02:36:45.596
BATES THAT YOU SPOKE TO? AND
02:36:45.662 --> 02:36:47.698
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE
02:36:47.765 --> 02:36:49.967
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DID CLOSE
02:36:50.033 --> 02:36:54.738
AGAIN FOR THAT ON MAY 16TH, AND
02:36:54.805 --> 02:36:56.607
THERE HAS STILL BEEN QUITE A BIT
02:36:56.673 --> 02:36:59.576
OF COMMENT AS A STATE BOARD.
02:36:59.643 --> 02:37:02.012
WHAT WE WILL DO IS LOOK AT THAT
02:37:02.079 --> 02:37:03.881
COMMENT. LOOK AT THOSE
02:37:03.947 --> 02:37:06.617
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED REVISIONS
02:37:06.683 --> 02:37:07.885
AND WHEN THE FRAMEWORK COMES
02:37:07.951 --> 02:37:09.987
FORWARD TO US FOR APPROVAL, WE
02:37:10.053 --> 02:37:12.122
WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS NEW
02:37:12.189 --> 02:37:15.692
LAYER. OF INFORMATION AND MAKE
02:37:15.759 --> 02:37:17.494
SOME DECISIONS ON WHAT THE NEXT
02:37:17.561 --> 02:37:19.863
STEPS WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS
02:37:19.930 --> 02:37:20.998
WITH OUR FRAMEWORK AND I'LL SAY
02:37:21.064 --> 02:37:22.966
THIS AND I WILL STOP SO THAT MY
02:37:23.033 --> 02:37:24.101
COLLEAGUE CAN ALSO RESPOND. UH
02:37:24.168 --> 02:37:28.906
ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT. JOBS
02:37:28.972 --> 02:37:30.808
THAT WE HAVE IN THE EDUCATION
02:37:30.874 --> 02:37:33.744
COMMUNITY IS HOW TO BEST PROVIDE
02:37:33.811 --> 02:37:36.480
GUIDANCE THAT WILL MEET THE
02:37:36.547 --> 02:37:37.548
NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS IN
02:37:37.614 --> 02:37:40.017
CALIFORNIA. AND WE KNOW WE HAVE
02:37:40.083 --> 02:37:43.921
STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN
02:37:43.987 --> 02:37:44.988
SOME AREAS OF MATHEMATICS, AND
02:37:45.055 --> 02:37:46.557
WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE
02:37:46.623 --> 02:37:49.092
TOTAL ROCK STARS IN MATHEMATICS
02:37:49.159 --> 02:37:50.828
, SO THE CHALLENGE AND I WOULD
02:37:50.894 --> 02:37:54.298
ALSO SAY THE BLESSING. IS HOW TO
02:37:54.364 --> 02:37:56.266
HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES
02:37:56.333 --> 02:37:58.135
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO ALLOW FOR
02:37:58.202 --> 02:38:01.705
STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE. THAT ARE
02:38:01.772 --> 02:38:03.640
HAVING THAT MATHEMATICAL ABILITY
02:38:03.707 --> 02:38:06.743
AND DESIRE AND ALSO HOW TO
02:38:06.810 --> 02:38:07.711
SCAFFOLD OR PROVIDE SOME
02:38:07.778 --> 02:38:09.713
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR STUDENTS
02:38:09.780 --> 02:38:11.081
THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING A
02:38:11.148 --> 02:38:13.383
LITTLE BIT, BUT CAN STILL MASTER
02:38:13.450 --> 02:38:14.785
THOSE MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICAL
02:38:14.852 --> 02:38:18.055
CONTENT, SO THAT AGAIN IF I CAN
02:38:18.121 --> 02:38:19.156
KIND OF HEARKEN BACK TO THE
02:38:19.223 --> 02:38:20.257
APPOINTEES THAT WE HEARD JUST
02:38:20.324 --> 02:38:22.059
PRIOR TO US, THEY LEAVE OUT WITH
02:38:22.125 --> 02:38:23.894
THE SKILLS IF THEY'RE WANTING TO
02:38:23.961 --> 02:38:25.195
GO INTO ENGINEERING ORANGE
02:38:25.262 --> 02:38:28.899
TECHNOLOGY OR INTO TEACHING OR
02:38:28.966 --> 02:38:32.269
ANY OTHER, VERY NOBLE FIELD, SO
02:38:32.336 --> 02:38:33.337
I WOULD SAY IN CONCLUSION ONCE
02:38:33.403 --> 02:38:36.006
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
02:38:36.073 --> 02:38:37.107
THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
02:38:37.174 --> 02:38:42.145
GIVEN UP TO THE MONTH OF MAY
02:38:42.212 --> 02:38:44.314
16TH. THAT DATE STAYS IN MY MIND
02:38:44.381 --> 02:38:45.115
WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
02:38:45.182 --> 02:38:47.184
WHAT NEXT STEPS MAY BE NEEDED AS
02:38:47.251 --> 02:38:49.052
IT RELATES TO THE FRAMEWORK.
02:38:49.119 --> 02:38:53.690
WOULD LIKE TO ADD. THERE ARE
02:38:53.757 --> 02:38:56.260
ALREADY BY THE WAY STUDENTS OF
02:38:56.326 --> 02:38:59.696
POVERTY STUDENTS THAT ARE AH!
02:38:59.763 --> 02:39:01.698
FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS,
02:39:01.765 --> 02:39:02.499
NOT SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOLS.
02:39:02.566 --> 02:39:06.069
WHETHER WE USE PREVIOUS
02:39:06.136 --> 02:39:07.104
FRAMEWORKS OR WHEN WE HAVE
02:39:07.170 --> 02:39:11.275
CURRENTLY. SCHOOLS AREN'T DOING
02:39:11.341 --> 02:39:14.278
THE BEST JOB, SO JUST WANNA JUST
02:39:14.344 --> 02:39:16.179
SHARE THAT? YES WE MAY BE
02:39:16.246 --> 02:39:17.381
HEARING FROM THESE EXPERTS,
02:39:17.447 --> 02:39:20.951
HOWEVER. WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS
02:39:21.018 --> 02:39:23.887
DEFINITELY NOT SUFFICIENT. BUT
02:39:23.954 --> 02:39:25.322
WE ALSO DO KNOW IS THAT
02:39:25.389 --> 02:39:27.457
SOMETIMES THIS WORD OF EQUITY
02:39:27.524 --> 02:39:29.192
AND EXCELLENCE IS SOMEWHAT
02:39:29.259 --> 02:39:30.294
MISCONSTRUED, YOU KNOW, AND I
02:39:30.360 --> 02:39:33.697
TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW?
02:39:33.764 --> 02:39:35.332
EQUITY WITHOUT EXCELLENT SYSTEM,
02:39:35.399 --> 02:39:37.634
MEDIOCRITY AND EXCELLENCE
02:39:37.701 --> 02:39:38.568
WITHOUT EQUITY. IT'S AN
02:39:38.635 --> 02:39:41.171
OXYMORON. WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH
02:39:41.238 --> 02:39:44.675
RIGHT? THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
02:39:44.741 --> 02:39:47.077
THOSE TEARS, SCAFFOLDING SUPPORT
02:39:47.144 --> 02:39:48.779
TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS THAT
02:39:48.845 --> 02:39:49.546
PERHAPS DID NOT ATTAIN THOSE
02:39:49.613 --> 02:39:53.450
IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCKS. THAT
02:39:53.517 --> 02:39:55.552
THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH
02:39:55.619 --> 02:39:56.386
SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS TO BE
02:39:56.453 --> 02:40:00.090
ABLE TO SUCCEED BECAUSE TRULY, I
02:40:00.157 --> 02:40:01.959
THINK THE SPIRIT IS TO MAXIMIZE
02:40:02.025 --> 02:40:06.430
THE ABILITY FOR STUDENTS TO, UM
02:40:06.496 --> 02:40:08.999
AND HANDSOME AND MASTERED THE
02:40:09.066 --> 02:40:10.300
STANDARDS AND IT'S NOT TOWARD
02:40:10.367 --> 02:40:11.301
DOWN TO STANDARDS. I THINK
02:40:11.368 --> 02:40:15.706
SOMETIMES. WE HAVE TO DO A
02:40:15.772 --> 02:40:17.641
BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING THAT.
02:40:17.708 --> 02:40:19.476
NO, WE WANT EXCELLENCE. WE WANT
02:40:19.543 --> 02:40:22.813
OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO
02:40:22.879 --> 02:40:24.581
OBTAINED THESE HIGHLY TRAINED,
02:40:24.648 --> 02:40:28.318
HIGHLY SKILLED STEM JOBS. BUT AT
02:40:28.385 --> 02:40:29.419
THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO FIGURE
02:40:29.486 --> 02:40:31.488
OUT WAYS OF CREATING BRIDGES,
02:40:31.555 --> 02:40:34.925
RIGHT? SO FORTH STUDENTS TO BE
02:40:34.992 --> 02:40:36.960
ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE STANDARDS.
02:40:37.027 --> 02:40:39.496
EVEN IF MAYBE ENGLISH IS THEIR
02:40:39.563 --> 02:40:41.264
SECOND LANGUAGE, OR THEY MAY
02:40:41.331 --> 02:40:42.432
HAVE SOME TYPE OF LEARNING
02:40:42.499 --> 02:40:45.469
CHALLENGES. SO I KNOW DR WOODS
02:40:45.535 --> 02:40:47.070
AND I WILL BE REVIEWING ALL OF
02:40:47.137 --> 02:40:50.507
THESE COMMENTS. AND I WAS SURE
02:40:50.574 --> 02:40:54.478
YOU THAT THAT THAT PLACE OF
02:40:54.544 --> 02:40:56.646
EXCELLENCE AS WELL AS WELL AS
02:40:56.713 --> 02:41:01.118
EQUITY OR 22. T<c.cyan> THRESHOLDS. WE</c>
02:41:01.184 --> 02:41:04.588
WILL REALLY FOCUS ON AND MAKE
02:41:04.654 --> 02:41:05.822
ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO OUR
02:41:05.889 --> 02:41:10.093
OUR FRAMEWORK. WELL, THANK YOU.
02:41:10.160 --> 02:41:12.562
I JUST CLOSE WITH I THINK YOU
02:41:12.629 --> 02:41:14.598
HERE ON MY CONSTERNATION AND
02:41:14.664 --> 02:41:16.833
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL
02:41:16.900 --> 02:41:18.101
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE
02:41:18.168 --> 02:41:19.002
EXPERTISE OF THIS NUMBER OF
02:41:19.069 --> 02:41:22.606
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BASICALLY
02:41:22.672 --> 02:41:24.441
COMMUNICATED WITH YOU THAT WHAT
02:41:24.508 --> 02:41:25.909
YOU'RE PLANNING DOES NOT WORK
02:41:25.976 --> 02:41:27.377
AND DOES NOT HELP THE VERY
02:41:27.444 --> 02:41:29.112
PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
02:41:29.179 --> 02:41:30.914
HELP WHO COULD ADVANCE INTO STEM
02:41:30.981 --> 02:41:35.018
JOBS. SO IT WOULD BE MY HOPE
02:41:35.085 --> 02:41:37.254
THAT YOU WILL ENGAGE THESE
02:41:37.320 --> 02:41:38.655
INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
02:41:38.722 --> 02:41:40.424
I SPOKE TO MY ACTUALLY MY STAFF
02:41:40.490 --> 02:41:42.759
SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF THEM TODAY
02:41:42.826 --> 02:41:43.727
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING
02:41:43.794 --> 02:41:44.928
. AND THE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU
02:41:44.995 --> 02:41:47.264
KIND OF START OVER. AND TAKE
02:41:47.330 --> 02:41:49.599
SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING
02:41:49.666 --> 02:41:51.568
. NEEDS TO BE IN THE BUILDING
02:41:51.635 --> 02:41:53.036
BLOCKS SO THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T
02:41:53.103 --> 02:41:54.137
ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT YOU SET
02:41:54.204 --> 02:41:56.907
FORWARD. SO UM, I'M JUST HOPING
02:41:56.973 --> 02:41:58.675
THAT THAT WILL TAKE THAT VERY
02:41:58.742 --> 02:42:00.644
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
02:42:00.710 --> 02:42:02.746
IMPERATIVE. IF WE'RE REALLY
02:42:02.813 --> 02:42:04.214
GOING TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS
02:42:04.281 --> 02:42:07.050
WHERE OUR KIDS ARE NOT ACHIEVING
02:42:07.117 --> 02:42:08.985
STARTING THEIR MATH PROGRAMS TOO
02:42:09.052 --> 02:42:10.320
LATE TO BE COMPETITIVE OUT
02:42:10.387 --> 02:42:14.057
COLLEGE OF THAT'S THAT'S GOING
02:42:14.124 --> 02:42:16.226
TO BE ON YOU GUYS AND YOU NEED
02:42:16.293 --> 02:42:18.061
TO BE VERY, VERY AWARE OF THAT.
02:42:18.128 --> 02:42:20.263
AND I THINK YOU COME TO US WITH
02:42:20.330 --> 02:42:20.764
INCREDIBLE CREDENTIALS,
02:42:20.831 --> 02:42:21.431
INCREDIBLE COMPASSION AND
02:42:21.498 --> 02:42:24.167
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. NO
02:42:24.234 --> 02:42:26.470
DOUBT OF THAT. BUT I THINK THAT
02:42:26.536 --> 02:42:28.738
WE ALL HAVE TO BE OPEN TO WHEN
02:42:28.805 --> 02:42:31.241
WE GET CRITICIZED TO THE LEVEL
02:42:31.308 --> 02:42:32.642
THAT THERE'S A CRITIQUE ON WHAT
02:42:32.709 --> 02:42:33.276
IS BEING PLANNED. WE HAVE TO
02:42:33.343 --> 02:42:34.911
LISTEN TO IT. AND THESE ARE
02:42:34.978 --> 02:42:36.780
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED AMAZING
02:42:36.847 --> 02:42:37.948
THINGS IN THEIR PROFESSIONS. AND
02:42:38.014 --> 02:42:40.050
SO WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM.
02:42:40.117 --> 02:42:42.085
AND SO THAT I WOULD HOPE YOU TO
02:42:42.152 --> 02:42:43.286
DO THAT. BUT TODAY I WON'T BE
02:42:43.353 --> 02:42:45.388
ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU UNTIL I KNOW
02:42:45.455 --> 02:42:47.390
FOR SURE. THAT THAT'S THE PATH
02:42:47.457 --> 02:42:49.392
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO ON AT THE
02:42:49.459 --> 02:42:50.293
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO
02:42:50.360 --> 02:42:51.294
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM.
02:42:51.361 --> 02:42:53.497
VICE CHAIR, SENATOR KAMLAGER.
02:42:53.563 --> 02:42:55.632
THANK YOU, MADAM PRO TIM. UM I
02:42:55.699 --> 02:42:57.767
WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
02:42:57.834 --> 02:43:01.338
HERE AND WE KNOW THAT, UM MANY
02:43:01.404 --> 02:43:03.473
STATES ARE NOW BANNING BOOKS
02:43:03.540 --> 02:43:05.041
THAT THEY DEEM INAPPROPRIATE AND
02:43:05.108 --> 02:43:06.076
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO
02:43:06.143 --> 02:43:08.912
HAPPENING HERE. UM IN CALIFORNIA
02:43:08.979 --> 02:43:10.147
, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
02:43:10.213 --> 02:43:14.484
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ETHNIC STUDIES
02:43:14.551 --> 02:43:16.153
CURRICULUM AND WHAT THAT SHOULD
02:43:16.219 --> 02:43:16.987
LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT CAN BE MORE
02:43:17.053 --> 02:43:18.855
INCLUSIVE AND JUST WANT TO KNOW
02:43:18.922 --> 02:43:19.823
YOUR THOUGHTS GENERALLY ON
02:43:19.890 --> 02:43:23.760
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. CHOICES TO BAN
02:43:23.827 --> 02:43:26.496
OR TO TAKE CERTAIN BOOKS OUT OF
02:43:26.563 --> 02:43:28.565
CELL. UM AND FOR BOTH OF YOU SO
02:43:28.632 --> 02:43:32.369
THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I
02:43:32.435 --> 02:43:33.904
THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL.
02:43:33.970 --> 02:43:35.772
OBVIOUSLY THE AGE DEVELOPMENT IS
02:43:35.839 --> 02:43:37.541
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO
02:43:37.607 --> 02:43:40.610
ACCOUNT. HOWEVER HOWEVER, YOU
02:43:40.677 --> 02:43:42.245
KNOW WE'RE IN AN AGE WHERE
02:43:42.312 --> 02:43:44.648
KNOWLEDGE IS READILY ASSESSABLE.
02:43:44.714 --> 02:43:47.584
AH WHETHER YOU OBTAIN IT IN THE
02:43:47.651 --> 02:43:49.853
SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK OR IN THE
02:43:49.920 --> 02:43:51.788
INTERNET, AND I THINK IS REALLY
02:43:51.855 --> 02:43:54.457
CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
02:43:54.524 --> 02:43:57.060
TO INTRODUCE THE TRUTH AND TO BE
02:43:57.127 --> 02:44:01.364
ABLE TO DISCERN WHAT IS YOU KNOW
02:44:01.431 --> 02:44:05.368
, NOT VERIFIABLE TRUTH OR NOT SO
02:44:05.435 --> 02:44:06.503
I THINK BANNING BOOKS IS AN
02:44:06.570 --> 02:44:10.540
ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY
02:44:10.607 --> 02:44:12.542
CAREFUL HOW WE TRIED RIGHT
02:44:12.609 --> 02:44:14.644
BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
02:44:14.711 --> 02:44:16.980
WHERE I KNOW MY DAUGHTER. HE
02:44:17.047 --> 02:44:19.616
GETS NEWS AND LIKE A MULTITUDE
02:44:19.683 --> 02:44:21.084
OF WAYS, AND I THINK IT'S
02:44:21.151 --> 02:44:22.018
IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION,
02:44:22.085 --> 02:44:26.022
TOO. SHARE THAT TRUTH AND BE
02:44:26.089 --> 02:44:27.524
ABLE TO CERN. WHAT IS YOU KNOW,
02:44:27.591 --> 02:44:29.659
FACTS. VERSUS FICTION VERSUS
02:44:29.726 --> 02:44:35.031
MYTH, SO I THINK I THINK WE NEED
02:44:35.098 --> 02:44:37.300
TO EXPOSE IN AN APPROPRIATE AGE
02:44:37.367 --> 02:44:39.803
LEVEL. YOU KNOW, INFORMATION
02:44:39.869 --> 02:44:41.104
THAT OUR OUR OUR CHILDREN ARE
02:44:41.171 --> 02:44:46.977
CONSUMING. AND I WOULD ADD ONTO
02:44:47.043 --> 02:44:51.781
THAT TO SAY THAT. WHEN WE HAVE
02:44:51.848 --> 02:44:54.317
CONVERSATIONS AROUND BOOKS THAT
02:44:54.384 --> 02:44:55.952
ARE GOING TO BE BANNED OR DESIRE
02:44:56.019 --> 02:44:57.053
TO BAN BOOKS, IT'S VERY
02:44:57.120 --> 02:45:01.424
IMPORTANT. FOR THE COMMUNITIES
02:45:01.491 --> 02:45:02.392
THAT ARE HAVING THOSE
02:45:02.459 --> 02:45:03.860
CONVERSATIONS AND ANY OTHERS
02:45:03.927 --> 02:45:05.829
THAT MAY BE INVOLVED TO REALLY
02:45:05.895 --> 02:45:08.732
GET TO THE ROOT OF THE Y. WHY IS
02:45:08.798 --> 02:45:12.035
THIS BOOK UNDER SUCH CONCERNS?
02:45:12.102 --> 02:45:14.671
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE BOOK THAT
02:45:14.738 --> 02:45:16.706
IS BRINGING CONCERNED TO THE
02:45:16.773 --> 02:45:18.308
LEVEL OF WANTING TO EXCLUDE IT
02:45:18.375 --> 02:45:20.076
FROM STUDENTS. THAT'S THE AREA
02:45:20.143 --> 02:45:24.414
TO START IN. AND FROM THOSE
02:45:24.481 --> 02:45:26.950
CONVERSATIONS, THEN I THINK
02:45:27.017 --> 02:45:29.519
DECISIONS CAN BE MADE TO IS THE
02:45:29.586 --> 02:45:31.254
BOOK APPROPRIATE FOR THE AGE?
02:45:31.321 --> 02:45:35.325
FOR THE CURRICULUM. FOR THE
02:45:35.392 --> 02:45:38.061
LESSONS THAT ARE TO BE TAUGHT,
02:45:38.128 --> 02:45:41.598
OR IS IT NOT? I DO AGREE WITH DR
02:45:41.665 --> 02:45:43.700
ESCOVEDO AS FAR AS WE ARE IN THE
02:45:43.767 --> 02:45:45.835
21ST CENTURY, WHERE OUR YOUNG
02:45:45.902 --> 02:45:47.570
PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS TO PRETTY
02:45:47.637 --> 02:45:50.373
MUCH ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT. OF
02:45:50.440 --> 02:45:52.442
VIA TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER OTHER
02:45:52.509 --> 02:45:55.512
MEANS. SO AS EDUCATORS AND THOSE
02:45:55.578 --> 02:45:57.080
OF US CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN,
02:45:57.147 --> 02:45:59.683
WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL THAT
02:45:59.749 --> 02:46:02.919
EXCLUDING SOMETHING FROM A
02:46:02.986 --> 02:46:05.422
CURRICULUM BANNING A BOOK MAY
02:46:05.488 --> 02:46:08.458
NOT NECESSARILY KEEP THAT BOOK
02:46:08.525 --> 02:46:09.659
AWAY FROM CHILDREN. IT MIGHT
02:46:09.726 --> 02:46:13.663
EVEN HEIGHTENED THEIR DESIRE. TO
02:46:13.730 --> 02:46:15.398
FIND AND SEEK THAT BOOK, EVEN IF
02:46:15.465 --> 02:46:16.766
THEY DO NOT FIND IT IN THE
02:46:16.833 --> 02:46:18.401
SCHOOLHOUSE, SO I DON'T KNOW
02:46:18.468 --> 02:46:20.003
THAT THERE IS A ONE BLANKET
02:46:20.070 --> 02:46:22.372
ANSWER TO BANNING BOOKS OR NOT
02:46:22.439 --> 02:46:23.206
BANNING BOOKS WHAT I WOULD
02:46:23.273 --> 02:46:26.710
ENCOURAGE AND MY PERSPECTIVE. IS
02:46:26.776 --> 02:46:30.180
TO REALLY DELVE INTO THE
02:46:30.246 --> 02:46:31.481
THE CONCERN? WHERE DID THE
02:46:31.548 --> 02:46:33.049
CONCERNS LIE? AND THEN TO MAKE
02:46:33.116 --> 02:46:34.851
SOME DECISIONS FROM THAT POINT
02:46:34.918 --> 02:46:38.455
GOING FORWARD? GREAT. THANK YOU.
02:46:38.521 --> 02:46:39.122
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE
02:46:39.189 --> 02:46:41.391
. I MEAN, ONE OF THE MOST
02:46:41.458 --> 02:46:42.192
COMPELLING FILMS I'VE EVER SEEN
02:46:42.258 --> 02:46:44.494
AS FAHRENHEIT 4 51, AND I
02:46:44.561 --> 02:46:45.862
ACTUALLY THINK THAT BOOKS ARE
02:46:45.929 --> 02:46:49.999
RATHER SACROSANCT. AND THE THING
02:46:50.066 --> 02:46:51.434
THAT MAKES OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM
02:46:51.501 --> 02:46:53.069
BOTH COMPELLING AND DISTINCT IS
02:46:53.136 --> 02:46:54.204
THAT IT OFFERS GUIDED PATH TO
02:46:54.270 --> 02:46:57.474
BEING EDUCATED. AND SOMETIMES
02:46:57.540 --> 02:46:58.942
TRUTHS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT IT
02:46:59.008 --> 02:47:00.577
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T
02:47:00.643 --> 02:47:03.113
BE EXPOSING THOSE TRUTHS TO OUR
02:47:03.179 --> 02:47:05.181
YOUNG PEOPLE, SO THAT THEY HAVE
02:47:05.248 --> 02:47:06.316
THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT
02:47:06.383 --> 02:47:08.385
THEY NEED. TO GROW UP AND
02:47:08.451 --> 02:47:10.353
ACTUALLY BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
02:47:10.420 --> 02:47:12.055
HOW WE MAKE THE KINDS OF CHANGES
02:47:12.122 --> 02:47:14.657
THAT MANY OF US AS SPOUSE, SO
02:47:14.724 --> 02:47:15.825
I'LL BE SUPPORTING YOU ALL TODAY
02:47:15.892 --> 02:47:17.794
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
02:47:17.861 --> 02:47:21.531
THANK YOU, SENATOR. I THINK I
02:47:21.598 --> 02:47:23.366
ONLY HAVE ONE BROADER QUESTION.
02:47:23.433 --> 02:47:25.101
BECAUSE I YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZE
02:47:25.168 --> 02:47:28.004
HOW MUCH GROUND YOU HAVE TO
02:47:28.071 --> 02:47:30.974
COVER AND HOW MANY ISSUES AND WE
02:47:31.040 --> 02:47:32.142
TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE LAST
02:47:32.208 --> 02:47:35.311
BEFORE US. UM WE'VE LIVED
02:47:35.378 --> 02:47:36.980
THROUGH A NUMBER OF YEARS OF
02:47:37.046 --> 02:47:38.014
THIS PANDEMIC AND NO, NO ONE HAS
02:47:38.081 --> 02:47:39.916
BEEN MORE AFFECTED THAN OUR
02:47:39.983 --> 02:47:42.986
YOUNG PEOPLE. AT EVERY UM AT
02:47:43.052 --> 02:47:44.921
EVERY AGE EVEN INTO HIGHER
02:47:44.988 --> 02:47:46.022
EDUCATION, THE IMPACT IT'S HAD
02:47:46.089 --> 02:47:49.392
ON STUDENTS. LET ME ASK YOU JUST
02:47:49.459 --> 02:47:52.796
BROADLY. WHAT HAVE YOU PULLED
02:47:52.862 --> 02:47:54.397
OUT OF THIS TIME PERIOD AS IT
02:47:54.464 --> 02:47:56.766
RELATES TO YOUR SERVICE ON THE
02:47:56.833 --> 02:48:01.538
COMMISSION OR THE BOARD. UM. AS
02:48:01.604 --> 02:48:03.106
IT RELATES TO THAT. I MEAN,
02:48:03.173 --> 02:48:04.674
YOU'VE HAD TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS
02:48:04.741 --> 02:48:06.142
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
02:48:06.209 --> 02:48:08.912
MAYBE NOT AS LONG BUT IT'S I'M
02:48:08.978 --> 02:48:10.847
JUST CURIOUS YOU THE ISSUES WE
02:48:10.914 --> 02:48:13.116
HAVE QUESTIONS ON HAVE BEEN THE
02:48:13.183 --> 02:48:14.517
LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA
02:48:14.584 --> 02:48:16.019
AND THE DASHBOARD AND HOW
02:48:16.085 --> 02:48:18.788
PARENTS ACCESS IT AND, YOU KNOW,
02:48:18.855 --> 02:48:20.824
IS IT USABLE, FRIENDLY, ALL THE
02:48:20.890 --> 02:48:22.091
WAY TO ETHNIC STUDIES AND THE
02:48:22.158 --> 02:48:23.193
DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT? I KNOW
02:48:23.259 --> 02:48:24.894
YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT
02:48:24.961 --> 02:48:26.496
DEALT WITH THESE ISSUES MATH
02:48:26.563 --> 02:48:29.999
CURRICULUM. JUST BROADLY
02:48:30.066 --> 02:48:31.234
SPEAKING. WHAT DO YOU STAY
02:48:31.301 --> 02:48:33.269
FOCUSED ON ISSUE SERVE ON THIS
02:48:33.336 --> 02:48:35.972
BOARD. UM AND APPROACH ALL THESE
02:48:36.039 --> 02:48:38.041
DIFFERENT ISSUES. WHAT'S YOUR? I
02:48:38.107 --> 02:48:39.242
MEAN, I THINK YOU SAID IT IN
02:48:39.309 --> 02:48:40.944
YOUR OPENING COMMENTS IN TERMS
02:48:41.010 --> 02:48:42.312
OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT BRINGS
02:48:42.378 --> 02:48:44.013
YOU TO THIS POSITION, BUT TELL
02:48:44.080 --> 02:48:46.749
ME CONNECT ALL THAT AND JUST
02:48:46.816 --> 02:48:47.917
GIVE ME JUST A SIMPLE THOUGHTS
02:48:47.984 --> 02:48:49.853
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE KIDS.
02:48:49.919 --> 02:48:51.421
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO CALL
02:48:51.488 --> 02:48:53.223
THEM KIDS. KIDS HATE TO BE
02:48:53.289 --> 02:48:55.091
CALLED KIDS, YOUNG PEOPLE, UM,
02:48:55.158 --> 02:48:57.393
AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THROUGH
02:48:57.460 --> 02:48:58.828
THIS TIME PERIOD. AND WHAT
02:48:58.895 --> 02:49:00.730
LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT
02:49:00.797 --> 02:49:03.066
HELP CENTER YOU MOST AROUND.
02:49:03.132 --> 02:49:05.168
KIND OF THE BIGGER PICTURE, BUT
02:49:05.235 --> 02:49:06.269
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THESE YOUNG
02:49:06.336 --> 02:49:08.404
PEOPLE TODAY? I'LL START WITH
02:49:08.471 --> 02:49:10.673
YOU, DR GLOVER WOODS AND THEN
02:49:10.740 --> 02:49:14.244
YOU DOCTOR ESCOVEDO. THANK YOU,
02:49:14.310 --> 02:49:16.513
SENATOR ATKINS. ONE THING THAT
02:49:16.579 --> 02:49:19.182
I'VE THAT HAS BECOME CRYSTAL
02:49:19.249 --> 02:49:20.183
CLEAR, ESPECIALLY OVER THESE
02:49:20.250 --> 02:49:22.652
LAST TWO YEARS. IS THAT OUR
02:49:22.719 --> 02:49:28.057
YOUNG PEOPLE? ARE SPONGES.
02:49:28.124 --> 02:49:28.591
REGARDING EVERYTHING THAT
02:49:28.658 --> 02:49:31.995
HAPPENS AROUND THEM. AND THEY
02:49:32.061 --> 02:49:34.330
HAVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
02:49:34.397 --> 02:49:36.566
ABLE TO PROCESS WHAT IS
02:49:36.633 --> 02:49:38.601
HAPPENING AROUND THEM WHAT THAT
02:49:38.668 --> 02:49:40.770
MEANS FOR THEM IN THE PRESENT
02:49:40.837 --> 02:49:41.971
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM IN
02:49:42.038 --> 02:49:43.740
THE FUTURE. WE ALSO HAVE SEEN
02:49:43.806 --> 02:49:44.974
THAT FOR MANY OF OUR YOUNG
02:49:45.041 --> 02:49:47.810
PEOPLE. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL
02:49:47.877 --> 02:49:50.580
WELL BEING HAS BECOME EVEN
02:49:50.647 --> 02:49:52.148
LARGER CONCERN. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
02:49:52.215 --> 02:49:54.017
A CONCERN, BUT AN EVEN LARGER
02:49:54.083 --> 02:49:55.985
CONCERN AS AGAIN THEY HAVE HAD
02:49:56.052 --> 02:49:57.854
TO ABSORB THE SHOCK THAT WE'VE
02:49:57.921 --> 02:49:58.621
ALL GONE THROUGH. OVER THESE
02:49:58.688 --> 02:50:00.557
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN GOING
02:50:00.623 --> 02:50:03.560
FORWARD. SO WHAT? I BELIEVE IN
02:50:03.626 --> 02:50:06.563
WHAT I HAVE SEEN. IN OUR
02:50:06.629 --> 02:50:08.097
RESPONSE AND EDUCATION IS THAT
02:50:08.164 --> 02:50:10.533
OUR SYSTEM CAN BE A LOT MORE
02:50:10.600 --> 02:50:12.302
NIMBLE THAN WE EVER THOUGHT IT
02:50:12.368 --> 02:50:13.369
COULD BE. WE WENT FROM AN
02:50:13.436 --> 02:50:14.671
IMMEDIATE EVERYBODY IN CLASS
02:50:14.737 --> 02:50:17.807
RECEIVING IN PERSON INSTRUCTION.
02:50:17.874 --> 02:50:19.075
TO ALMOST A VERY QUICK
02:50:19.142 --> 02:50:21.377
TURNAROUND OF HAVING TO PROVIDE
02:50:21.444 --> 02:50:23.413
INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN IN A
02:50:23.479 --> 02:50:24.013
REMOTE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE
02:50:24.080 --> 02:50:25.148
THEM WITH THE DIGITAL DEVICES
02:50:25.214 --> 02:50:26.449
AND TOOLS THAT THEY NEEDED NOW.
02:50:26.516 --> 02:50:27.850
GRANTED, IT WASN'T 100% PERFECT.
02:50:27.917 --> 02:50:31.821
THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. BUT THERE
02:50:31.888 --> 02:50:33.623
WAS A VERY QUICK PIVOT THAT HAD
02:50:33.690 --> 02:50:35.091
TO HAPPEN. THAT SHOWED ME AGAIN
02:50:35.158 --> 02:50:36.960
THAT OUR SYSTEM CAN BE MORE
02:50:37.026 --> 02:50:39.562
NIMBLE. IN RESPONDING TO THE
02:50:39.629 --> 02:50:41.397
NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND RESPONDING
02:50:41.464 --> 02:50:43.900
TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES
02:50:43.967 --> 02:50:45.068
, AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE
02:50:45.134 --> 02:50:47.070
LESSONS FOR US TO BUILD OFF OF
02:50:47.136 --> 02:50:49.005
NOW. MOVING FORWARD WHAT THINGS
02:50:49.072 --> 02:50:50.940
HAVE HAPPENED THAT WE NEED TO
02:50:51.007 --> 02:50:53.176
KEEP IN PLACE. AND HOW DO WE
02:50:53.242 --> 02:50:55.345
BUILD OFF OF THAT? TO MAKE SURE
02:50:55.411 --> 02:50:56.679
THAT THE SHOCK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
02:50:56.746 --> 02:50:59.515
HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THIS TIME
02:50:59.582 --> 02:51:02.418
FRAME, UH, LESSONS AND ALLOWS
02:51:02.485 --> 02:51:03.653
FOR THEM TO REACH THEIR
02:51:03.720 --> 02:51:06.356
POTENTIAL AND SUCCESS. THANK YOU
02:51:06.422 --> 02:51:07.857
. THANK YOU FOR THAT, DOCTOR
02:51:07.924 --> 02:51:10.493
ESCOVEDO. I THINK PART OF MY JOB
02:51:10.560 --> 02:51:12.328
IS PSYCHO TO SCHOOLS AND DO
02:51:12.395 --> 02:51:14.497
FOCUS GROUPS WITH STUDENTS AND
02:51:14.564 --> 02:51:15.598
PROBABLY THEIR NUMBER ONE
02:51:15.665 --> 02:51:18.001
RESPONSE WHEN I ASKED HIM YOU
02:51:18.067 --> 02:51:20.403
KNOW WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT'S YOUR
02:51:20.470 --> 02:51:21.504
GREATEST NEED, OR WHAT DO YOU
02:51:21.571 --> 02:51:23.740
LIKE MOSTLY ABOUT SCHOOLS THAT
02:51:23.806 --> 02:51:25.008
THEY LOVE TO BE INTERCONNECTED
02:51:25.074 --> 02:51:26.442
WITH THEIR WITH THEIR TEACHER
02:51:26.509 --> 02:51:28.478
AND WITH THEIR PEERS. AND I
02:51:28.544 --> 02:51:29.879
THINK WHAT I'VE LEARNED DURING
02:51:29.946 --> 02:51:32.582
THIS PERIOD IS THAT CONNECTION
02:51:32.649 --> 02:51:34.250
THAT OUR STUDENTS LOST WITH
02:51:34.317 --> 02:51:35.852
THEIR FRIENDS WITH THEIR WITH
02:51:35.918 --> 02:51:40.590
THEIR SCHOOL. HAS HAS. TRULY
02:51:40.657 --> 02:51:43.626
CREATED A HOPEFULLY REVERSIBLE
02:51:43.693 --> 02:51:45.061
EFFECT, NONETHELESS HAVE
02:51:45.128 --> 02:51:46.195
PROFOUND EFFECT NOT ONLY IN
02:51:46.262 --> 02:51:49.098
LEARNING LAWS BUT ALSO THEIR
02:51:49.165 --> 02:51:51.401
ABILITY TO SOCIALIZE WITH ONE
02:51:51.467 --> 02:51:53.770
ANOTHER AND REALLY FEEL
02:51:53.836 --> 02:51:54.971
CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL OR TO
02:51:55.038 --> 02:51:59.742
THEIR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK.
02:51:59.809 --> 02:52:02.879
SERVING ON THIS ROLE AS SCHOOL
02:52:02.945 --> 02:52:04.247
BOARD MEMBER. THAT IS SOMETHING
02:52:04.313 --> 02:52:06.616
I WILL TAKE WITH ME IS HOW WE'RE
02:52:06.683 --> 02:52:08.685
GOING TO MITIGATE ONLY LEARNING
02:52:08.751 --> 02:52:11.521
LOSS IN THE ARAB ACADEMICS, BUT
02:52:11.587 --> 02:52:13.022
THE LOSS OF NOT CONNECTING WITH
02:52:13.089 --> 02:52:16.826
ONE ANOTHER AND I. I HOPE OUR
02:52:16.893 --> 02:52:20.196
HOPE PUSH WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
02:52:20.263 --> 02:52:23.166
WILL CREATE JUST A GREAT IMPETUS
02:52:23.232 --> 02:52:26.502
AND MITIGATING THOSE OF FACTS. I
02:52:26.569 --> 02:52:30.339
HOPE, UM, OUR ABILITY TO ENHANCE
02:52:30.406 --> 02:52:32.241
INSTRUCTION AND ACCELERATE
02:52:32.308 --> 02:52:33.776
STUDENT LEARNING, BUT ALSO HELP
02:52:33.843 --> 02:52:38.414
MITIGATE THOSE EFFECTS. BUT I DO
02:52:38.481 --> 02:52:40.783
KNOW THAT DURING THESE COUPLE OF
02:52:40.850 --> 02:52:43.953
YEARS, IT HAS AFFECTED OUR
02:52:44.020 --> 02:52:45.588
STUDENTS AND MULTIPLE WAYS. SO
02:52:45.655 --> 02:52:47.623
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WILL TAKE
02:52:47.690 --> 02:52:50.293
WITH ME. THE NEXT DURING MY
02:52:50.359 --> 02:52:53.863
TENURE AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD.
02:52:53.930 --> 02:52:55.832
WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALSO
02:52:55.898 --> 02:52:56.365
MENTIONED MENTIONING THE
02:52:56.432 --> 02:53:00.436
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. PROJECT I'M
02:53:00.503 --> 02:53:03.372
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, AND
02:53:03.439 --> 02:53:04.907
IN THE PROGRAM. THE PARTNERSHIP
02:53:04.974 --> 02:53:08.845
PROGRAM APPRECIATE THAT. I I'M
02:53:08.911 --> 02:53:10.980
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE
02:53:11.047 --> 02:53:12.081
CAN HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE
02:53:12.148 --> 02:53:14.083
PUBLIC NOW AND SO THOSE OF YOU
02:53:14.150 --> 02:53:15.284
THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN
02:53:15.351 --> 02:53:17.153
SUPPORT. WE'RE GOING TO START IN
02:53:17.220 --> 02:53:18.521
SUPPORT RIGHT HERE IN ROOM 2200.
02:53:18.588 --> 02:53:21.624
AS COME ON UP TO THE DIET, YOUR
02:53:21.691 --> 02:53:23.993
NAME ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, THAT
02:53:24.060 --> 02:53:26.129
YOU REPRESENT, AND VERY BRIEF
02:53:26.195 --> 02:53:26.729
COMMENTS. WELCOME YES. THANK
02:53:26.796 --> 02:53:28.664
YOU, MADAM PRO TIM, MEMBERS OF
02:53:28.731 --> 02:53:31.033
THE COMMITTEE. JEFF WALKER,
02:53:31.100 --> 02:53:32.135
REPRESENTING THE RIVERSIDE
02:53:32.201 --> 02:53:34.303
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION,
02:53:34.370 --> 02:53:36.005
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
02:53:36.072 --> 02:53:37.173
OF SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH
02:53:37.240 --> 02:53:40.276
NOMINEES TODAY. I'M GOING TO
02:53:40.343 --> 02:53:42.011
FOCUS RIGHT? VERY REMARKS ON DR
02:53:42.078 --> 02:53:43.946
GLOVER WOODS BECAUSE I'VE HAD
02:53:44.013 --> 02:53:45.915
THE PRIVILEGE FOR THE PAST SIX
02:53:45.982 --> 02:53:47.350
YEARS OF BEING A COLLEAGUE OF
02:53:47.416 --> 02:53:50.019
CYNTHIA'S AND SHE MENTIONED THE
02:53:50.086 --> 02:53:52.188
TERM ROCKSTAR A LITTLE EARLIER,
02:53:52.255 --> 02:53:53.956
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SHE
02:53:54.023 --> 02:53:56.159
IS CLEARLY AND EVIDENTLY A ROCK
02:53:56.225 --> 02:53:58.161
STAR AND THE EDUCATION WORLD.
02:53:58.227 --> 02:54:01.831
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
02:54:01.898 --> 02:54:03.900
THINGS THAT CYNTHIA CARES ABOUT
02:54:03.966 --> 02:54:05.635
THAT DR GLOVER WOODS CARES ABOUT
02:54:05.701 --> 02:54:07.436
OUR ISSUES CONCERNING STUDENTS.
02:54:07.503 --> 02:54:09.906
ALL TOO OFTEN. WE GET CAUGHT UP
02:54:09.972 --> 02:54:11.040
IN ADULT ISSUES WHEN WE'RE
02:54:11.107 --> 02:54:13.409
TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION POLICY.
02:54:13.476 --> 02:54:15.011
AND THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE CASE
02:54:15.077 --> 02:54:17.180
WITH DR GLOVER WOODS, CARRYING
02:54:17.246 --> 02:54:18.881
OFFICERS OF EDUCATION PLAY A
02:54:18.948 --> 02:54:19.816
VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE TERMS
02:54:19.882 --> 02:54:22.084
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
02:54:22.151 --> 02:54:24.320
AND DR GLOVER WOODS WAS THE HEAD
02:54:24.387 --> 02:54:27.223
OF OUR DIVISION AT R. C O E THAT
02:54:27.290 --> 02:54:29.258
WAS LOOKING AT ACCOUNTABILITY
02:54:29.325 --> 02:54:30.293
ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUOUS
02:54:30.359 --> 02:54:31.227
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL
02:54:31.294 --> 02:54:34.130
DISTRICTS. SO I THINK SHE IS AN
02:54:34.197 --> 02:54:36.866
IDEAL PERSON TO BE ON THE STATE
02:54:36.933 --> 02:54:39.135
BOARD. DR ESCOBEDO IS
02:54:39.202 --> 02:54:40.536
CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN
02:54:40.603 --> 02:54:42.305
SIGNIFICANT AND VERY POSITIVE AS
02:54:42.371 --> 02:54:43.639
WELL. AND WE'RE PLEASED TO
02:54:43.706 --> 02:54:44.941
SUPPORT BOTH NOMINEES. THANK YOU
02:54:45.007 --> 02:54:50.479
VERY MUCH. NEXT WITNESS. GOOD
02:54:50.546 --> 02:54:52.415
EVENING, JESSICA SOCKO ON BEHALF
02:54:52.481 --> 02:54:54.784
OF CHILDREN NOW HERE IN SUPPORT
02:54:54.851 --> 02:54:56.419
OF BOTH NOMINEES DOCTOR ESCOBEDO
02:54:56.485 --> 02:54:59.088
AND DR GLOVER WOODS, WITH
02:54:59.155 --> 02:55:00.656
RELATIVE TO DR GLOVER WOODS, WE
02:55:00.723 --> 02:55:02.525
ARE HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH
02:55:02.592 --> 02:55:04.026
HER OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SHE
02:55:04.093 --> 02:55:05.561
SERVED ON THE BOARD,
02:55:05.628 --> 02:55:06.596
EXEMPLIFYING HER LEADERSHIP BY
02:55:06.662 --> 02:55:08.764
MOVING FROM A NEW MEMBER TO VICE
02:55:08.831 --> 02:55:10.533
PRESIDENT IN TWO YEARS. SHE
02:55:10.600 --> 02:55:12.635
BRINGS TO THE BOARD A LONG
02:55:12.702 --> 02:55:14.203
HISTORY AND A JOURNEY OF
02:55:14.270 --> 02:55:16.639
EDUCATION THAT TOOK HER FROM THE
02:55:16.706 --> 02:55:18.040
CLASSROOM ALL THE WAY TO THE
02:55:18.107 --> 02:55:19.275
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. SHE
02:55:19.342 --> 02:55:21.344
KNOWS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN
02:55:21.410 --> 02:55:23.412
AN EDUCATIONAL CAREER PATH. AND
02:55:23.479 --> 02:55:25.548
SHE ALWAYS PUTS KIDS AND EQUITY
02:55:25.615 --> 02:55:27.516
AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISIONS
02:55:27.583 --> 02:55:28.985
THAT SHE MAKES ON THE BOARD AND
02:55:29.051 --> 02:55:30.853
WE ARE PLEASED TO SUPPORT HER
02:55:30.920 --> 02:55:31.787
NOMINATION RELATIVE TO DR
02:55:31.854 --> 02:55:34.457
ESCOBEDO. HE BRINGS WITH HIM A
02:55:34.523 --> 02:55:36.092
WONDERFUL TRACK RECORD OF WHAT
02:55:36.158 --> 02:55:38.027
IT REALLY MEANS TO ELEVATE KIDS
02:55:38.094 --> 02:55:40.429
IN SCHOOLS. THROUGH HIS WORK AT
02:55:40.496 --> 02:55:41.297
THE TULA VISTA ELEMENTARY
02:55:41.364 --> 02:55:42.965
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WAS
02:55:43.032 --> 02:55:45.234
CALLED OUT AS A POSITIVE OUTLIER
02:55:45.301 --> 02:55:46.235
BY THE LEARNING POLICY
02:55:46.302 --> 02:55:49.872
INSTITUTE. JUST THE OUTCOMES OF
02:55:49.939 --> 02:55:51.407
THOSE KIDS GOING THROUGH THE
02:55:51.474 --> 02:55:52.909
ROOF UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, AND
02:55:52.975 --> 02:55:54.610
THEN FINALLY HIS WORK AT THE
02:55:54.677 --> 02:55:56.245
TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SCHOOLS
02:55:56.312 --> 02:55:57.380
HE BRINGS TO THIS WORK A
02:55:57.446 --> 02:55:59.949
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. THAT WE
02:56:00.016 --> 02:56:01.450
CAN LEARN FROM OTHER STATES AND
02:56:01.517 --> 02:56:03.586
WHAT THEY DO TO ADVANCE KIDS AND
02:56:03.653 --> 02:56:05.087
BRING EQUITY AT THE CENTER OF
02:56:05.154 --> 02:56:06.222
ALL OF OUR WORK. AND FOR THOSE
02:56:06.289 --> 02:56:08.024
REASONS, CHILDREN NOW IS PROUD
02:56:08.090 --> 02:56:09.058
TO SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE
02:56:09.125 --> 02:56:10.126
NOMINEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
02:56:10.192 --> 02:56:15.197
NEXT WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON,
02:56:15.264 --> 02:56:16.966
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
02:56:17.033 --> 02:56:19.101
LINDSAY TERRITORY ON BEHALF OF
02:56:19.168 --> 02:56:19.602
THE CALIFORNIA COUNTY
02:56:19.669 --> 02:56:20.703
SUPERINTENDENTS EDUCATIONAL
02:56:20.770 --> 02:56:23.005
SERVICES ASSOCIATION. UM WE
02:56:23.072 --> 02:56:25.041
REPRESENT CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTY
02:56:25.107 --> 02:56:26.509
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS WHO
02:56:26.575 --> 02:56:27.543
SERVED OVER 1000 SCHOOL
02:56:27.610 --> 02:56:28.511
DISTRICTS AND SIX MILLION
02:56:28.577 --> 02:56:30.446
STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
02:56:30.513 --> 02:56:33.049
HERE TO SUPPORT BOTH DR ESCOVEDO
02:56:33.115 --> 02:56:34.583
AND DR GLOVER WOODS IS
02:56:34.650 --> 02:56:36.719
APPOINTMENTS TO STATE BOARD OF
02:56:36.786 --> 02:56:37.987
EDUCATION AS REFERENCED IN OUR
02:56:38.054 --> 02:56:39.255
LETTERS OF SUPPORT WE HAVE
02:56:39.322 --> 02:56:42.525
EXPERIENCED AND WITNESSED. THE
02:56:42.591 --> 02:56:44.827
INCREDIBLE CAREERS THAT BOTH
02:56:44.894 --> 02:56:48.230
APPOINTEES HAVE WITH EDUCATION.
02:56:48.297 --> 02:56:49.098
THEY ARE BOTH EXPERIENCED
02:56:49.165 --> 02:56:49.899
VETERANS AND NAVIGATING
02:56:49.966 --> 02:56:52.101
CALIFORNIA'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
02:56:52.168 --> 02:56:53.269
GLEANED FROM THEIR OWN HANDS ON
02:56:53.336 --> 02:56:54.503
EXPERIENCES OF WORKING DIRECTLY
02:56:54.570 --> 02:56:55.604
WITH STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND
02:56:55.671 --> 02:56:57.940
COMMUNITIES. THEIR STUDENT
02:56:58.007 --> 02:56:59.475
CENTERED PHILOSOPHIES, INFORMED
02:56:59.542 --> 02:57:00.443
, THOUGHTFUL AND INFORMED
02:57:00.509 --> 02:57:02.511
DECISIONS WE HAVEN'T OBSERVED
02:57:02.578 --> 02:57:03.980
BOTH OF THEM MAKE DURING
02:57:04.046 --> 02:57:05.548
PREVIOUS STATE BOARD MEETINGS,
02:57:05.614 --> 02:57:07.683
AND IT IS THERE'S NO DENYING THE
02:57:07.750 --> 02:57:08.517
PANDEMIC HAS SHIFTED OUR
02:57:08.584 --> 02:57:09.752
EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND IT
02:57:09.819 --> 02:57:12.355
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. WE
02:57:12.421 --> 02:57:14.490
KNOW THAT WE NEED BRAVE LEADERS
02:57:14.557 --> 02:57:15.992
TO HELP WHO WILL LEAD THE WAY
02:57:16.058 --> 02:57:17.593
FOR INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO
02:57:17.660 --> 02:57:19.061
FOCUS ON LEARNING ACCELERATION,
02:57:19.128 --> 02:57:20.830
PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND THE
02:57:20.896 --> 02:57:21.964
OVERALL SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELL
02:57:22.031 --> 02:57:23.833
BEING OF OUR KIDS. THE SASSER
02:57:23.899 --> 02:57:25.468
HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN BOTH DR
02:57:25.534 --> 02:57:26.902
GLOVER WOODS AND DR EXCAVATORS,
02:57:26.969 --> 02:57:28.871
PASSION ABILITY ABILITY TO MAKE
02:57:28.938 --> 02:57:30.106
THESE DECISIONS AS OUR STATE
02:57:30.172 --> 02:57:31.073
BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK
02:57:31.140 --> 02:57:35.845
YOU VERY MUCH NEXT WITNESS.
02:57:35.911 --> 02:57:37.079
MADAM PROTEST AND SENATORS ADAM
02:57:37.146 --> 02:57:38.914
KAGAN WITH ACTING ON BEHALF OF
02:57:38.981 --> 02:57:40.149
THE CALIFORNIA TERRORIST SCHOOLS
02:57:40.216 --> 02:57:41.884
ASSOCIATION HERE, THE PROUDLY
02:57:41.951 --> 02:57:43.352
SUPPORT THE CONFIRMATION ABOUT
02:57:43.419 --> 02:57:45.321
DR GLOVER WOODS AND DR ESCOBEDO.
02:57:45.388 --> 02:57:48.257
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
02:57:48.324 --> 02:57:51.594
OTHER WITNESSES IN ROOM 2200.
02:57:51.660 --> 02:57:54.730
OKAY WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO OUR
02:57:54.797 --> 02:57:55.765
TELECONFERENCE LINE FOR THOSE
02:57:55.831 --> 02:57:57.600
WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT. UM
02:57:57.666 --> 02:57:59.135
THAT TOLL FREE NUMBER IS
02:57:59.201 --> 02:58:07.543
87722681. MR MODERATOR, LET ME
02:58:07.610 --> 02:58:09.512
WELCOME YOU BACK TO TEE UP THOSE
02:58:09.578 --> 02:58:11.947
WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.
02:58:12.014 --> 02:58:13.382
GIVE MADAM SHARE MOVIES AND
02:58:13.449 --> 02:58:15.151
GENTLEMEN, PHONES IF YOU WOULD
02:58:15.217 --> 02:58:17.086
LIKE TO COMMENT AND SUPPORT US
02:58:17.153 --> 02:58:18.988
10 AND THE SAME. DO NOT PRESS 10
02:58:19.055 --> 02:58:20.256
2ND TIME OR YOU WILL REMOVE
02:58:20.322 --> 02:58:22.224
YOURSELF FROM THE QUÊ. ONE
02:58:22.291 --> 02:58:23.426
MOMENT WHEN WE GET THOSE LINE
02:58:23.492 --> 02:58:40.376
NUMBERS COMING FOR YOU.
02:58:42.178 --> 02:58:43.379
WE'LL GO FIRST. SO LIGHT NUMBER
02:58:43.446 --> 02:58:46.382
43 IS GOING TO THANK YOU, MADAM
02:58:46.449 --> 02:58:48.417
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ANDREA PAUL ON
02:58:48.484 --> 02:58:49.518
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
02:58:49.585 --> 02:58:50.619
ASSOCIATION OF SUBURBAN SCHOOL
02:58:50.686 --> 02:58:53.889
DISTRICTS. SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
02:58:53.956 --> 02:58:55.658
OF THE CONFIRMATION OF DR GLOVER
02:58:55.724 --> 02:58:58.394
WOODS AND DR ESCOBEDO, AS WE
02:58:58.461 --> 02:58:59.995
STATED IN OUR LETTER, WE HAVE
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REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING
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EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS WHO HAVE
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WORKED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN A
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VARIETY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
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SCHOOL SITE. COUNTY OFFICE
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POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING
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COVID. WE'VE HAD IT THE
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BENEFITED FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE
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AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS
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TO REALLY IMPLEMENT POLICY. AND
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HOW DID TRANSLATE POLICIES MADE
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AT THE BOARD INTO WHAT'S GOING
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ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS. THEY'RE
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BOTH COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THE
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NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATORS AS
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WELL. WHICH WE KNOW IS SO
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IMPORTANT. SO ON BEHALF OF
02:59:33.529 --> 02:59:35.197
SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE
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LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED
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PARTICIPATION ON THE STATE BOARD
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OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THANK
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YOU VERY MUCH NEXT WITNESS.
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FLYING 58, PLEASE GO AHEAD. DINA
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VOODOO ON BEHALF OF THE
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ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL
02:59:50.045 --> 02:59:51.380
MINISTERS AND STRONG
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CONFIRMATION OF DR GLOVER WOULD
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AND DR ESTIMATORS STATE BOARD OF
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EDUCATION. UM BOTH MEMBERS,
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EFFORTS AND INCLUSION, ACCESS
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AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RESULTED IN
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EXCEPTIONAL AND A TRACK RECORD
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OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. THAT WE THAT
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WILL BE VALUABLE TO THE BOARD
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COMMISSION RANGE STUDENTS. THANK
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YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT
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WITNESS. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE
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NO OTHER RESPONDENTS AND QUÊ
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL BE
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BACK WITH YOU. IN A MOMENT. WE
03:00:19.942 --> 03:00:21.277
WILL MOVE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO
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SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. LET ME ASK
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IF THERE'S ANYONE IN ROOM 2200
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THAT WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD
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AND SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. OKAY
03:00:29.952 --> 03:00:31.420
SEEING NO ONE APPROACH IN THE
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DIOCESE. MR MODERATOR, LET ME
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COME BACK TO YOU TO TEA AT FOLKS
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WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK IN
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OPPOSITION. THE LADIES AND
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GENTLEMEN, THE PHONE JUST
03:00:40.162 --> 03:00:41.197
PICKING UP POSITION. PRESS 10 AT
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THIS TIME. MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE
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NO ONE QUEUING UP PROPOSITION.
03:00:51.740 --> 03:00:53.509
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
03:00:53.576 --> 03:00:54.543
ASSISTANCE. TODAY WE GREATLY
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APPRECIATE IT. UM OKAY. UM I AM
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GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE CAN TAKE
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BOTH APPOINTMENTS TOGETHER. OKAY
03:01:04.386 --> 03:01:05.654
MADAM PRO TEM. I JUST LIKE TO
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MAKE A COMMENT ON THE RECORD. I
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WAS MUCH BETTER WITH ENGLISH AND
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I SAID PEEL IT SURPRISE WINNERS
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AND I MET NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. SO
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PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THEY
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HAVE WEIGHED IN HEAVILY ON
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OFFERING THEIR SERVICES ACTUALLY
03:01:19.802 --> 03:01:21.437
TO MEET WITH YOU, AND I AM SHARE
03:01:21.503 --> 03:01:22.905
THEIR CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY
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WORK OUT SOMETHING THAT THAT'S
03:01:24.173 --> 03:01:27.276
BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE. THANK
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YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU
03:01:29.345 --> 03:01:30.212
. THE RECORD HAS BEEN CORRECTED
03:01:30.279 --> 03:01:34.083
. LET ME ASK, UH THANK YOU,
03:01:34.149 --> 03:01:37.353
SENATOR KAMLAGER. SO THAT IS FOR
03:01:37.419 --> 03:01:40.689
BOTH ITEMS. ONE C AND D MEMBERS
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OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT
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WOULD BE DR ESCOVEDO AND DR
03:01:44.260 --> 03:01:45.227
GLOVER WOODS. MADAM SECRETARY,
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WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
03:01:48.230 --> 03:01:55.304
GROVE. KAMLAGER KAMLAGER I
03:01:55.371 --> 03:01:59.808
LAYERED I BATES VOTING BATES NOT
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VOTING. ATKINS ATKINS? AYE. ON
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CALL EM NO. OKAY NOT RETURNING,
03:02:08.417 --> 03:02:11.320
SO WE'RE GOOD TO CLOSE THAT OUT
03:02:11.387 --> 03:02:13.656
3 TO 03 TO ZERO WITH OUR
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CONGRATULATIONS AND OUR
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INCREDIBLE THANKS FOR THE
03:02:15.891 --> 03:02:17.192
SERVICE YOU GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS
03:02:17.259 --> 03:02:20.062
IN CALIFORNIA. END TO YOUR
03:02:20.129 --> 03:02:22.197
FAMILIES FOR STICKING THROUGH
03:02:22.264 --> 03:02:25.034
THIS LONG DAY. CONGRATULATIONS
03:02:25.100 --> 03:02:27.736
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY THIS
03:02:27.803 --> 03:02:28.737
CONCLUDES TODAY'S PUBLIC PORTION
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OF THE AGENDA. I WANT TO THANK
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EVERYBODY, ALL OF THE
03:02:32.107 --> 03:02:33.942
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN
03:02:34.009 --> 03:02:36.211
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY IF YOU
03:02:36.278 --> 03:02:37.746
WERE NOT ABLE TO TESTIFY, PLEASE
03:02:37.813 --> 03:02:39.248
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS OR
03:02:39.315 --> 03:02:40.316
SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE
03:02:40.382 --> 03:02:42.284
RULES COMMITTEE. OR VISIT OUR
03:02:42.351 --> 03:02:44.286
WEBSITE FOR INSTRUCTIONS. YOUR
03:02:44.353 --> 03:02:45.821
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS REALLY
03:02:45.888 --> 03:02:48.290
ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE WANT
03:02:48.357 --> 03:02:50.125
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE INCLUDED
03:02:50.192 --> 03:02:51.794
IN THE OFFICIAL TESTIMONY AND
03:02:51.860 --> 03:02:53.395
OUR HEARING RECORDS. SO EVERYONE
03:02:53.462 --> 03:02:54.997
AGAIN THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE,
03:02:55.064 --> 03:02:58.100
COOPERATION TODAY AND TO THE
03:02:58.167 --> 03:02:59.668
SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES WE
03:02:59.735 --> 03:03:00.836
WILL NOW MOVE TO EXECUTIVE
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SESSION.