THE CENTER NATURAL RESEARCH AND
WATER COMMITTEE WILL NOW COME TO
ORDER. GOOD MORNING AS WE
CONTINUE TO TAKE SOME
PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE ONGOING
COVID 19 RISK. THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
AND HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH
IN PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE
A TELECONFERENCE SERVICE, THE
TOLL FREE PARTICIPANT NUMBER AND
ACCESS CODE IS POSTED ON OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE. AND WILL BE
SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN AND I'LL
ANNOUNCE IT NOW. TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772268.
AND THE ACCESS CODE IS 404. 5092. MAINTAIN THE QUORUM DURING THE
HEARING, AS IS CUSTOMARY, AND
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DISRUPTIVE
MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE REMOTE
MEETING SERVICE OR HAVE THEIR
CONNECTIONS MUTED. WE'RE HOLDING
OUR COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN
THE STREET BUILDING, AND I ASK
ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BE
PRESIDENT ROOM 2100. BUT FOR NOW
WE'LL BEGIN THIS COMMITTEE AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE 12 BILLS
ON THE MM. 12 BILLS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. ALL THOSE SIX ARE
ON PROPOSED CONSENT. UM SO
RATHER THAN ESTABLISHED QUORUM,
LIKE AS I SAID, WELL, WE'LL
BEGIN AS A SUB, AND I THINK
WE'VE AGREED MUTUALLY, THAT MR
WOOD WILL PRESENT FIRST. SO THAT
IS PILOT AND NUMBER NINE A. B 24
51 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GOOD MORNING
AND WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I DON'T THINK
MY MR BENNETT FOR LET ME JUMP IN
LINE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. FIRST
OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE AS START BY TAKING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS AND THANK
THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD
WORK ON THIS BILL. MAYBE 24 51
IS ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE,
SOMETHING WE DON'T ALWAYS DO
WELL IN GOVERNMENT. CURRENTLY
THE WATER BOARD HAS NO FULL TIME
STAFF DEDICATED TO DROUGHT
PLANNING AND RESPONSE. THIS
MEANS THAT WHEN DROUGHT STRIKES,
THE GOVERNOR DECLARES AN
EMERGENCY AND THE BOARD
TEMPORARILY ASSIGNS EXISTING
STAFF TO THESE DUTIES FOR THE
DURATION OF THE EMERGENCY. THIS
IS PROBLEMATIC BOTH BECAUSE IT
MEANS WE ARE BEING REACTIONARY
AND BECAUSE WE ARE PULLING STAFF
AWAY FROM THEIR DAY JOBS.
LEADING UNDER OTHER WORK, OTHER
IMPORTANT WORK UNDERSTAFFED. TO
ADDRESS THIS. THE FIRST ELEMENT
OF THIS BILL CREATES A DEDICATED
DROUGHT UNIT AT THE WATERBOARD.
SECOND THIS BILL ESTABLISHES A
PILOT PROJECT IN SOME OF THE
STATE'S MOST CRITICAL SALMON AND
STEELHEAD. WHAT BEARING
WATERSHEDS. THE GOAL IS PILOT IS
TO CREATE A BALANCE OF
INCENTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT
WILL KEEP WATER USERS AND SELECT
WATERSHEDS UPDATE OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND USAGE
PATTERNS AND BE MORE PREPARED
FOR THE EXTENDED DROUGHT PERIODS
THAT HAVE BECOME ALL TOO
FAMILIAR. ULTIMATELY THE
CONTINGENCY PLANS WILL CREATE
TRANSPARENCY, PREDICTABILITY AND
RESILIENCY DURING TIMES OF
SEVERE DROUGHT. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE
CORRECTLY CAPTURED THE
APPROPRIATE WATERSHEDS FOR THIS
PILOT. AND THAT WE GIVE THE
BOARD CLEAR DIRECTION ABOUT THE
KINDS OF INCENTIVES IN
PARTNERSHIPS WHO WANT TO SEE IN
THIS PILOT PROGRAM. MEMBERS LAST
YEAR, I WORKED ON LEGISLATION
THAT ADDED CAPACITY TO CAL FIRE
TO START PREPARING FOR THE NEXT
FIRE BEFORE IT STARTS BURNING.
IT IS PAST TIME THAT WE START
PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DROUGHT
BEFORE IT STOPS RAINING. HERE TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. R. J.
ZIEGLER WITH THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY AND REGGIE COLLINS
WITH CAL TROUT. GREAT THANK YOU
. SO, MEMBER. UM WELCOME, MR
ZIEGLER. YEAH YOU'RE JUST RIGHT
UP TO THE MIKE. YOU'RE GREAT.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS.
THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
WITH YOU TODAY. WE REALLY NEED
TO CHANGE CALIFORNIA'S WATER
MANAGEMENT TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW
REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AND
HYDROLOGY CHANGES THAT THAT HAS
BROUGHT TO OUR DOORSTEP.
FUNDAMENTALLY RAIN AND SNOW
PATTERNS UPON WHICH OUR CURRENT
SYSTEM WAS BUILT NO LONGER EXIST
TODAY. WE'RE STRETCHING OUR
SYSTEMS TO THE LIMIT TODAY ARE
AQUIFERS ARE RUNNING DRY
SNOWPACK IS CRITICAL, YOU
DEPLETED AND WE KNOW THAT WE
CANNOT CONTINUE BUSINESS AS
USUAL. A B 24 51 RECOGNIZES THAT
WE HAVE TO PREPARE AND RESPOND
TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THESE NEW
REALITIES. THE ONLY WAY TO
PROTECT FRESHWATER, UH EQUAL
PHOTOGRAPHERS, THE VALUES THAT
FOR WILDLIFE AND TO ENSURE THAT
THESE STREAMS ARE NOT RUNNING
DRY. IS TO ESTABLISH A
COORDINATED RESPONSE AS I SPEAK
24 51 CALLS FOR LET'S BUILD
CAPACITY AND RESPOND TO
FREQUENTLY AND EXTREME DROUGHTS.
A B 24 51 RECOGNIZES THAT THIS
IS FUNDAMENTALLY NECESSARY AND
PUTTING NUDE CAPACITY AT THE
BOARD. FOR DROUGHT SECTION THAT
CAN IMPROVE DROUGHT PLANNING,
DROUGHT RESPONSE AND RESILIENCY
. THIS NEW DROUGHT SECTION WILL
BE COMPRISED OF DEDICATED AND
APPROPRIATELY RESOURCED STAFF
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING DRAFT
PLANS. DROUGHT PLANS
FUNDAMENTALLY A B 24 51 ASKS THE
STATE BOARD TO IDENTIFY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS
WATER USERS TRANSITION TO MORE
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT.
THROUGH PRACTICES SUCH AS
CONJUNCTIVITIS TO USE AND SMALL
SCALE SEASONAL OFF STORAGE,
WHICH IS CRITICAL IN OUR
STREAMS. CALIFORNIA WANTS TO
ACHIEVE A FUTURE WITH DROUGHT IS
NOT AN EMERGENCY. 24 51 IS A
CRITICAL STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TO BUILD NECESSARY
CAPACITY AT THE BOARD TO GET
AHEAD OF THESE PAINFUL DROUGHT
CYCLES. I WOULD ALSO CAUTION
THAT FROM A NATURE PERSPECTIVE
IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION TODAY,
WE'RE STARING IN THE FACE THE
REALITY OF DECLINING FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE AND
THE FUNDAMENTAL REALITY THAT 80%
OF OUR ENDEMIC FRESHWATER
SPECIES, FROM TROUT TO FLORA
FAUNA AROUND THESE FRESHWATER
STREAMS WILL DISAPPEAR BEFORE
THE END OF THE CENTURY. SO WE
ASKED HER WITH THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY IS STRONGLY IN
SUPPORT OF MAYBE 24 51. WE THANK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD AND WE
ASKED HER. I VOTE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT REGGIE
COLLINS WITH CAL TROUT. MY NAME
IS REGGIE COLLINS FROM
CALIFORNIA TROUT AND THE LEGAL
AND POLICY DIRECTOR. TOGETHER
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND TROUT
UNLIMITED FORM THE SAME
CONCEALED COALITION ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO. IT IS IN THIS
CAPACITY THAT I COME BEFORE YOU
ALL AND PROVIDING FURTHER DETAIL
ON THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE AND
IMPACT OF 24 51 ON THE NORTH
COAST AND THE NORTH CENTRAL
COAST. A B 24 51 CALLS FOR
DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR
NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL COAST
WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN TO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN. THERE MUST BE
SMALL STREAMS THAT ARE
PRIORITIES UNDER STATE AND
FEDERAL SALMON AND STEELHEAD
RECOVERY PLANNING EFFORTS. THESE
STREAMS, UNLIKE MOST AREAS OF
THE STATE, LACK MEANINGFUL WATER
MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THE DRIER
AND MORE VARIABLE WATER EARS
THAT WE EXPECT. THESE AREAS DO
NOT HAVE LARGE MUNICIPAL WATER
AGENCIES TO PLAN FOR WATER
SHORTAGES, NOR DID THEY HAVE
RESERVOIRS THAT IMPLEMENT FLOW
STANDARDS. AS A RESULT. THESE
AREAS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE TO
IMPLEMENT LONG TERM DROUGHT
PLANNING. SOLUTIONS DO EXIST.
THESE STREAMS HAVE ENOUGH WATER
AND CURRENTLY HAVE GOOD FISH
HABITAT, MEANING THERE IS NO
FUNDAMENTAL CONFLICT. WE CAN
IMPLEMENT COORDINATED APPROACHES
WITH WATER USERS, INCLUDING THE
USE OF WATER TANKS, PONDS AND ON
FARM EFFICIENCY PROJECTS, WITH
ALL THREE OF OUR GROUPS
IMPLEMENT REGULARLY. AND IF I
COULD JUST ASK YOU IF YOU CAN
JUST WRAP UP YOUR REMARKS
BRIEFLY, ABSOLUTELY. INITIAL
WITNESS TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME.
YEAH, YEAH, NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
THAT'S OKAY. UNDER 24 51. WE
WILL IMPLEMENT PRINCIPLE AND
GUIDELINES THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
THE USE OF WATER IN THESE
COASTAL WATERSHEDS DURING THESE
TIMES OF WATER SHORTAGE. THESE
PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES WILL
GIVE WATER USERS THE TOOLS TO
VOLUNTARILY MEET THE WATER NEEDS
FOR PUBLIC TRUST, USES PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HUMAN
RIGHT TO WATER. THANK YOU FOR
THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO
PREVENT THIS TESTIMONY AND
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT A B 24 51
. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF
REMEMBERING JUNETEENTH AND THE
IMPORTANT THAT HISTORY TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW
TURN TO GENERAL WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT ANYONE IN THE HEARING
ROOM WHICH CAN TESTIFY ON THIS
MEASURE IN SUPPORT. PLEASE COME
FORWARD STATE YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION. SEEING NONE. MR
MODERATOR, LET'S TURN TO THE
PHONE LINES. ANYONE ON THE
PHONES WHO WISH TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE. THANK
YOU TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORTIVE A
B 24 51, PLEASE PRESS 10 ON YOUR
PHONE. AND WE'LL START WITH
LINE. 13, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU. THIS IS ALEX BLOOMER ON
BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE FUND AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU NEXT. NEXT WE HAVE
LINED 26, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR STERN AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. THIS IS KIM
DELFINO, REPRESENTING THE
AUDUBON, CALIFORNIA SONOMA LAND
TRUST AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NEXT. NEXT WE HAVE
LINE 21, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIS
IS SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ WITH
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU NEXT. IF
YOU HAVE LINE 23, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MORNING MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS RICHARD MARCUSSEN FOR
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS. 18,000 CIVIL
ENGINEERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PRACTICE AND STRONG SUPPORT OF
THE 24TH ONE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU NEXT. NEXT WAVE LINE. 20,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING,
CHARLIE SCHNEIDER WITH TROUT
UNLIMITED IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU NEXT. AND THAT IS ALL
I HAVE IN. Q OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE
DON'T HAVE ANY LISTED OPPOSITION
, BUT ANYONE IN THE HEARING ROOM
WE SHOULD TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION.
PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW. SEEING
NONE WILL TURN TO THE LINES
MODERATED. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION WISHING TESTIFY ON A
B 24 51? COMPARISON ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION OF A B 24 51, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT THIS TIME.
THAT IS ONE THAN ZERO ON YOUR
PHONE. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN. Q.
OKAY THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING IT
BACK TO THE DIOCESE. THEN
COMMENTS QUESTION, SENATOR
LAIRD. UM MM HMM. I THINK
THERE'S A GOOD BILL. I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT. AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. I HAD A
QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT THE
WATER BOARD IS GENERALLY A FEED
DRIVEN AGENCY. UM ARE THEY ABLE
TO ABSORB THESE COSTS WITH
EXISTING FEES OR HOW DO WE KNOW
HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR
OVERTIME BECAUSE IN READING THE
ANALYSIS, IT'S AN AMBITIOUS
BILL. UM WE BELIEVE IN TIME THAT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS
, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I
DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR
YOU, SENATOR. ENTER I'M
CONFIDENT YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT
ANSWER BY THE TIME IT GETS TO
THE FLOOR OR EVEN APPROPRIATIONS
. GREAT I'M ON APPROPRIATION, SO
WE'LL HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR
YOU. THEN. PERFECT OKAY. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH OUT OF THIS
COMMITTEE. UM YES, SARAH EGGMAN
. THANK YOU. I'LL ASK MAYBE
EASIER QUESTION. HE'S TRICKY.
THAT GUY THAT HE'S TRICKY
QUESTION. YEAH UM, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THIS BILL WOULD
NOT AFFECT REGION FIVE, WHICH IS
SACRAMENTO SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
AREA, RIGHT? IT'S JUST OKAY FOR
THE COASTAL. UM SO IT'S ALWAYS
NICE TO SEE SOMEBODY CARRY A
WATER BILL THAT DOESN'T HAVE A
TON OF OPPOSITION SO GOOD ON YOU
FOR THAT. AND ALSO I KNOW ONE OF
MY FAVORITE PLACES TO VISIT IS
FORT BRAGG. AND I KNOW THE KINDS
OF WATER PROBLEMS THEY HAD UP
THERE BECAUSE OF THIS VERY KINDS
OF ISSUES THAT I THINK YOU'RE
TRYING TO ADDRESS SO I THINK
IT'S A GOOD BILL. I LOOK FORWARD
TO SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. OKAY THANK YOU. UM UH,
ENTERTAIN MOTION. THE COMMITTEE
SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL. YES SO
WE'LL HAVE TO. WE'LL HAVE TO
WRAP UP COMMENTS AND SO, UM,
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEE TAKING THIS UP. WE
KNOW THERE'S A BCP PENDING. WE
KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PENDING IN
THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. I'M
HOPING THAT MOVES FORWARD IN A
CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER THAT WE
ACTUALLY GET ADEQUATE RESOURCES
TO GET AHEAD OF THE NEXT CRISIS.
SO WHEN THE WE HAVE FULL
COMMITTEE. I'LL BE SUPPORTING
THE MEASURE AS WELL. AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. UM
WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? UH SEMINARY
BENNETT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. COME PLEASE COME
FORWARD, AND I THINK YOU HAVE A
B 21. OH NINE BEFORE US TODAY
HERE, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY MAYBE
21 OH, NINE WILL PROHIBIT THE
USE OF BAIT OR ANIMAL DECOYS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING OR
VIEWING WHITE SHARKS. THE WARM
WATERS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. HAVE ATTRACTED AN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF JUVENILE
SHARKS AND THEIR TERRITORY HAS
MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY NORTHWARD AS
THE OCEANS WARM. NATURALLY THE
PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN SEEING
THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES.
OFTEN UP CLOSE AND SOME PEOPLE
WHO RUN WHITE SHARK VIEWING
TOURS BY BOAT HAVE REQUESTED TO
USE ATTRACTANTS FOR CAGE DIVING
OPERATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY THESE
ARE OFTEN IN THE AREAS WITH AN
ABUNDANCE OF BOTH WHITE SHARKS
AND OCEAN USERS. POTENTIALLY
PUTTING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT
RISK. UM THE USE OF ATTRACTANTS
, WHICH ARE FEEDING CUES FOR
WHITE SHARKS MAY INCREASE THEIR
INTEREST AND OTHER THINGS IN THE
WATER, SUCH AS SWIMMERS AND
SURFERS. WE HAVE JENNIFER
FEARING HERE TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORTED THE BILL. I RESPECT
LEAVE. AS FOR MY VOTE, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SOME MEMBER. MR VERY
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS JENNIFER FEARING AND I'M
PLEASED TO TESTIFY TODAY BEFORE
YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
FISHING GAME WARDENS SUPERVISORS
AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, THE
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM AND OCEANA
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY,
BILL 21. OH, NINE. WHITE SHARKS
ALSO CALLED GREAT WHITE SHARKS.
SO THE EARTH'S LARGEST OCEAN
PREDATORY FISH, AND THEY REMAIN
ONE OF THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD
OCEAN ANIMALS. DESPITE THE
ENORMOUS PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC
INTEREST IN THEM, WHITE SHARKS
OF CALIFORNIA ARE PART OF THE
GENETICALLY DISTINCT NORTHEAST
PACIFIC POPULATION. SATELLITE
TAGGING STUDIES HAVE DOCUMENTED
THAT THE SHARKS MIGRATE LONG
DISTANCES TO HAWAII, MEXICO AND
THE FAMOUS WHITE SHARK CAFE,
WHERE THEY CONGREGATE THOUSANDS
OF MILES FROM SHORE AS TOP
PREDATORS. WHITE SHARKS PLAY AN
IMPORTANT ROLE KEEPING
CALIFORNIA'S OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
HEALTHY BY HELPING CONTROL
POPULATIONS OF SEALS AND SEA
LIONS AND KEEPING FISH
POPULATIONS STRONG BY REMOVING
SICK AND WEAK INDIVIDUALS.
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD'S OCEANS,
ECOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND THAT
HEALTHY SHARK POPULATIONS ARE AN
INDICATOR OF OVERALL ECOSYSTEM.
HEALTH A HEALTHY POPULATION OF
WHITE SHARKS HELPS ENSURE MORE
RESILIENT OCEAN ECOSYSTEM IN THE
FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT
RECENT ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT
THE POPULATION IS IN THE PROCESS
OF RECOVERING FROM HISTORIC
DEPLETION. THEY ARE COMMONLY
SEEN AT THE OCEAN SURFACE AND%
JUVENILE WHITE SHARKS ARE
FREQUENTLY SEEN NEAR SHALLOW
WATERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT NURSERY
AREA FOR THEM, AND AS THE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SAID THEY ARE
INCREASINGLY FOUND IN MONTEREY
BAY DUE TO WARMING OCEAN WATERS
CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA REGION, FROM
ANYA NUEVO POINT TO POINT RACE
OUT TO THE FAIRYLAND ISLANDS,
WHICH IS A PRIME GREENING
FEEDING GROUND FOR ADULT GREAT
WHITES. WITH INCREASED SIGHTINGS
COMES INCREASED INTEREST IN THE
PUBLIC HAS BECOME MORE AWARE OF
THEIR PRESENCE, FURTHER,
INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR
HUMAN SHARK INTERACTIONS. SO AS
MR BENNETT STATED, SOME
INDIVIDUALS ARE RUNNING WHITE
SHARK VIEWING TOURS AND USING
ATTRACTANTS PROHIBITING THIS
PRACTICE WILL PROTECT BOTH WHITE
SHARKS AND THE PUBLIC WHILE
KEEPING THIS IMPORTANT NATURAL
PREDATOR WILD. WE APPRECIATE
YOUR CHAMPIONING THIS EFFORT, MR
BENNETT AND WE URGE HER I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY, ANY OTHERS WISHING
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT THIS MORNING
ON THIS MEASURE, PLEASE COME
FORWARD. MORNING WELCOME. GOOD
MORNING, GENESIS GONZALEZ ON
BEHALF OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
LENNY KALLAKIS IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS IN
SUPPORT, SEEING NONE. WE DON'T
HAVE ANY LISTED OPPOSITION AT
THIS POINT. UM I'M SORRY. TURN
THE PHONE LINES MODERATOR,
ANYONE WISHING TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT YES, THANK YOU. TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OF A B 21. OH, NINE.
PLEASE PRESS 10 ON YOUR PHONE.
WE'LL START WITH LINE. 26,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, KIM DELFINO,
REPRESENTING DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. THANK YOU NEXT, AND NEXT.
WE HAVE LINE NINE. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, SHERRY
PEMBERTON ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS
COMMISSION AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. NEXT. AND THAT IS ALL I
HAVE IN QUÊ. OKAY THANKS. WE'LL
TURN NOW TO OPPOSITION, IF ANY,
HAVE ANY LISTED ANYONE IN THE
HEARING ROOM WILL TESTIFY,
SEEING NONE. TURN TO THE PHONE
LINES. MODERATOR. ANYONE WISHING
TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO A B 21
OH, NINE. TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION OF A B 21 OH, NINE,
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT
THIS TIME. THAT IS ONE, THEN
ZERO ON YOUR PHONE. AND I HAVE
NO ONE IN QUÊ. OKAY THANKS. UM
WE'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE
DIARIST SARAH LAIRD. I WOULD
JUST SAY THAT THAT THE STATEMENT
BY THE AUTHOR THAT WHITE SHARKS
ARE AMONG THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD
IS VERY ACCURATE. AND YET
THERE'S A MYTHOLOGY ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE WHEN THE PBS DID THE
AMAZING SERIES ABOUT THE
MONTEREY BAY, THE HEAD AND
AERIAL PHOTO THAT SHOWED PEOPLE
SPLASHING IN THE WATER AND A
SURFER AND A WHITE SHARK JUST
SITTING THERE. IN ITS GLORY A
FEW FEET AWAY. AND YOU EVEN
THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO PLAY INTO
THE MYTHOLOGY THERE'S A NUMBER
OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT I'M SURE
DO AND THE LAST THING THEY WOULD
WANT TO THINK IS THAT WE'RE
FIGURING OUT WAYS TO ATTRACT
THEM INTO AREAS WHERE THERE ARE
PEOPLE SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
BILL. WHEN WE GET A AH, QUORUM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IT.
GREAT ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
QUESTIONS UM, ONE THING I WAS
GOING TO ADD ITS PRESIDENT. THE
ANALYSIS BUT WE JUST WE
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH THE
COMMITTEE AND GOING FORWARD. WE
KNOW THERE'S SOME TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS BEING SORTED OUT
AROUND. INADVERTENT TAKINGS AND
SOME OF THE OTHER OUTSTANDING
ISSUES, SO JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL
CONTINUE. TO WORK WITH US AND
KEEP DOING GREAT RESOURCES WORK
AS YOU'VE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR
SUDDENLY REMEMBER, AND WITH
THAT. I WOULD ASK YU TO CLOSE
THE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE
COMMITTEE. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO
HAVE A WORKABLE BILL THAT MAKES
COMMON SENSE AND DEALS WITH ALL
OF THOSE TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO WE
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT. WHEN
THE TIME COMES, WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UM WE'LL
MOVE NOW TO I THINK A SIMILAR
RAMOS IF THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR ARAMBULA FOR
YOUR PATIENTS. WELCOME
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GOOD MORNING
MORNING. WE HAVE FILED ADAM FOUR
MEMBERS, MAYBE 2022. WELCOME TO
MASS OFFER. PLEASE PROCEED AS AS
YOU WISH, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND
SENATORS. A B 2022. WILL START
TO SET SOME CORRECTION IN THE
STATE'S HISTORY. BUT I ALSO LIKE
TO START OFF WITH SAYING I WOULD
ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.
MAYBE 2022 PROHIBITS. USING THE
WORD UM SQUAW, FROM THIS POINT
ON WILL REFER TO THAT AS THE S
WORD FOR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
IN PLACE NAMES WITHIN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN ARE THE PILLAR OF NATIVE
AMERICAN FAMILIES, BRINGING
STABILITY AND RESPECT. THIS WORD
IS STILL BEING USED IN WELL OVER
100 GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND IT'S PUTTING A
DISSERVICE TO THE THOUSANDS OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE STATE.
THIS BILL REQUIRES EVERY STATE
AGENCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
GOVERNMENT GOVERNING BODY OR
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN THE
STATE TO IDENTIFY OUR
GEOGRAPHICAL SITES, PUBLIC
LANDS, WATERS AND STRUCTURES
UNDER ITS JURISDICTION
CONTAINING THIS RACIAL TERMS. A
B 2022 ESTABLISHES A PROCEDURE
TO ELICIT INPUT AND RENAME
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED. WHEN SELECTING
REPLACEMENT NAMES LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, STATE AGENCIES IN
THE CALIFORNIA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE SHALL SOLICIT INPUT
FROM TRIBES MAINTAINED ON THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION LIST. WE ARE
STRONG SUPPORT AND COALITION
REPRESENTING MANY ORGANIZATIONS
AND TRIBES WITH ME TODAY I HAVE
ROMAN ROMAN RAINTREE FROM RENAME
S VALLEY COALITION. AND ON THE
LINE. I HAVE TEDDY SIMON FROM A
C L U NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
UM WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST LEAD
WITNESS. THANK YOU. MANU WHO?
HELLO MY NAME IS ROMAN SUE
RAINTREE. I'M A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF FRESNO COUNTY AND
ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE DUNLAP,
MAN MONO INDIANS AND TRY. NOT
MANY PEOPLE. I'M HUMBLED AND
HONORED TO BE WITH YOU ALL OF
YOU TODAY HERE TO CHAMPION A B
2022. THE WORD SQUAW HAS BEEN
USED FOR OVER 200 YEARS TO
DEGRADE, SEXUALIZED AND
OBJECTIFIED NATIVE WOMEN AND
JUSTIFY THE OPPRESSION.
MARGINALIZATION AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE THEY EXPERIENCE THEY
ARE. AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA HAS SPENT DECADES
ARTICULATING THE PAIN THAT THIS
NAME IN FLICKS AND THE
COMMUNITY. AND FEDERAL COUNTY
TRAVEL MEMBERS, ALLIES AND
MYSELF HAVE BEEN COLLECTIVELY
BEEN WORKING FOR DECADES TO
RADAR AND SISTER HOMELANDS. THE
WORD THAT PERPETUATES A
DEHUMANIZING, SEXUALIZED
NARRATIVE OF OUR MOTHERS,
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS. MY
ANCESTRAL TREVOR HOMELAND
CONTINUES TO BE FORMALLY
RECOGNIZED AS SQUAW VALLEY. THE
RESTORATION OF OUR HUMANITY
BEGINS WITH CHANGING THE NAMES
OF OUR HOMELANDS. FOR MANY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEIR
HOMELAND IS THE CENTER OF THEIR
UNIVERSE. INNUMERABLE CULTURAL,
SPIRITUAL AND TRAVEL CONNECTIONS
ARE FORGED WTH THE LAND ON
WHICH THEY ARE BORN ON. HUMANITY
ITSELF WAS BORN FROM MOTHER
EARTH. EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS A
MOTHER TO THANK FOR THEIR LIFE.
NO RESPECTABLE PERSON WOULD CALL
THEIR MOTHER THE C WORD YET.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE S WORD
DOES TO OUR PEOPLE. LANGUAGES
SEXUALIZED IS AND TO GRAZE
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN FURTHER
VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM WHEN
PEOPLE ARE SYSTEMATICALLY
HUMANIZED, IT SENDS THE MESSAGE
THAT THEIR LIVES ARE NOT WORTH
PROTECTING. ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIAN POLICY RESEARCH CENTER,
NEARLY HALF OF A NEIGHBOR
AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE REPORTED
HAVING EXPERIENCED SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND OVER ONE THIRD WILL
BE RAPED IN OUR LIFETIMES. I
CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH. ONE IN
THREE NATIVE WOMEN WILL
EXPERIENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT
SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME. IN
CALIFORNIA. CASES OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN
THE NATION. ONLY ONE WORD IS
MOST COMMONLY LINKED PRIOR
DURING AND AFTER A SEXUAL
VIOLENCE UPON A NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMAN, AND THAT WORD IS SQUAW.
THE S WORD PAINFULLY REDEFINES
IN THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL TERMS
ARE MOST RESPECTED INDIVIDUALS.
OF OUR INDIAN, CALIFORNIA INDIAN
COMMUNITIES ARE LIFE. BRINKER'S
PLEASE SUPPORT A B 2022 AS IT
WOULD ELIMINATE FURTHER
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA.
INFLICTED WITH ITS UNITS.
UTILIZATION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR POWERFUL
TESTIMONY WILL TURN TO THE PHONE
LINE FOR THE OTHER LEAD WITNESS
FROM A C L U EDDIE SIMON. IS
THAT RIGHT ON THE ON THE LINE,
RIGHT? OH, IN PERSON. WE HAVE IT
DOWN AS ONLINE. YEAH BUT IF
YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, YOU DON'T
GET ON THE PHONE PERSON. THE
MODERATOR PLEASE TURN TO THE
PHONE LINE. MODERATOR, DO YOU
HAVE. I DO NOT SEE HIM LISTED.
IF YOU HAVE CALLED IN AND ARE UM
, DID NOT GIVE YOUR NAME PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO. OH, DEAR.
I'VE GOT FOUR PEOPLE IN MIND. UM
WE'RE LOOKING FOR TEDDY. SIMON'S
OF IF YOU ARE IF ONE OF THE FOUR
OF YOU ARE TEDDY SIMON, PLEASE
HANG ON THE LINE. AND IF NOT
PLEASE DROP OFF. YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST TEDDY SIMON FOR NOW. YES,
THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE
PRESS ONE AND ZERO AGAIN. IT
WILL REMOVE YOU FROM THE QUEUE.
YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF RIGHT BACK
IN IN A MOMENT. THAT'S GONNA
BRING EVERYBODY ON. AND LET ME
TRY LINE. 29, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES I AM. SIMON, MEMBER OF THE
NAVAJO NATION AND INDIGENOUS
JUSTICE ADVOCATE AT THE U OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS YOU'VE
HEARD, THE EXPERT WAS USED FOR
MANY DECADES IF NOT CENTURIES,
IN REFERENCE TO NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN AND THE MOST INHUMANE TERM
TERM. THAT IS WOMEN OR HUMAN
BEINGS, BUT HARMFUL OBJECTS FOR
WHITE COLONIZERS TO ABUSE, RAPE,
MURDER AND DISCARD. THE BOARD
MEMORIALIZES VIOLENCE AGAINST
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
MEMORIALIZES RACIST BELIEFS THAT
PERPETUATE THE CENTURIES LONG
ATTEMPTED GENOCIDE OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND IT APPEARS
ON THE MAP IN OUR STATE AND WELL
OVER 100 PLACES. OUR STATE IS
NOT ONLY HOME TO THE LARGEST
NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION IN
THE COUNTRY, A POPULATION THAT
IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE,
CULTURALLY RICH AND LEADING THE
WAY ON SO MANY ISSUES OF
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO US ALL.
WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF
LEADING STATES IN THE CRISIS OF
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE. SOME 80% OF NATIVE WOMEN
WILL SAY SOME KIND OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE ARE RAISED IN OUR
LIFETIME, ALMOST ALWAYS AT THE
HANDS OF NON NATIVE MEN. WORDS
LIKE THE S WORD JUSTIFY, ENABLE
AND PERPETUATE THE SILENCE.
SYMBOLS IMAGES AND WORDS DEFINE
OUR REALITY AND GIVE MEANING TO
EVERYTHING AROUND US. THE IMAGE
THAT HAS LONG BEEN PERPETUATED
OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS DIRTY
LACEY. POOR MOTHERS OBJECTS FOR
THE SEXUAL SATISFACTION OF
SETTLER MEN CONTINUES TO BE A
POWERFUL TOOL AND DISMANTLING
TRIBES AND SEVERING THE CULTURAL
AND TRADITIONAL IDENTITY, A
FUTURE INDIGENOUS GENERATION.
10. OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY
HAVE REMOVED THE EXPERTS FROM
THEIR MASKS AND THEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING
TO DO THE SAME ON FEDERAL BAND.
IT IS TIME WE DO THAT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. PLEASE JOIN US IN
SUPPORTING THIS BILL TO PROHIBIT
THE USE OF THIS HARMFUL
TRAUMATIC TERMS IN OUR STATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL NOW TURN TO GENERAL
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT AND
HEARING ROOM. ANYONE WISHING
TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OF A B 2022
WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING, FRED WILLIAMS. A CELL.
YOU CAL ACTION ON BEHALF A CELL.
YOU CAL ACTION AND OUR CO
SPONSOR GROUPS, INCLUDING THE
ALLIANCE OF BOYS, MEN OF COLOR
AND RESTORING JUSTICE FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM. SEEING NONE WILL
TURN TO THE LINES. MODERATOR
WOULD YOU PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE
WISHING TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OF
2022? THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME AND
WE WILL START WITH LINE. 27,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. 27 REMOVED
THEMSELVES. IF YOU WISH TO STILL
SPEAK, PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN 01
TIME YOU WILL HEAR THAT YOU ARE
IN THE QUEUE FOR QUESTION
ANSWERS. UH WE'LL START WITH
LION 16. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING TURN MEMBERS, STEPHEN
MEYERS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT. WE HAVE
LINED 31, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU, MR SHARON AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS CAROLYN VEAL HUNTER ON
BEHALF OF YESTERDAY HE WENT TO
NATION. WE'RE PROUD TO THE
COURT. MAYBE 2022. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH NEXT. NEXT. WE HAVE
LINE 11, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS SYDNEY. HOFF
WAS RESOLUTE AND ON BEHALF OF
THE HUSBAND OF FAMILIAR INDIANS
, UPPER LAKE BAND OF HOMO
INDIANS AND THE CAR HE A TRIBE
IN SUPPORT OF A B 2022. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT.
NEXT WE HAVE LIKE LINE 25,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FRANK MARINA ON BEHALF
OF THE SALMON, WELL BAND OF
MISSION NDIANS, AND THE SAME
THING HAS BANNED ASSUMES INDIANS
AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT. NEXT
WE HAVE LINE 13, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. FRANCE'S OUT ON BEHALF OF
SET UNLIMITED FRENCH SCOUT
NATURE CONSERVANCY PLANNING
CONSERVATION LEAGUE, SAVE THE
BAY AND CLEAN WATER ACTION IN
STRONG SUPPORT. VERY GOOD. THANK
YOU SO MUCH NEXT. THANK YOU. AND
I BELIEVE WE HAD SOME CONFUSION
. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD
, PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO.
THIS IS FOR SUPPORT ON A B 2022.
FROM LINE 27, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY
GUEVARA, DUNLAP, BANDA MONO
INDIANS. I AM IN SUPPORT OF
MAYBE 2022. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY NEXT. AND
THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE IN. Q
OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH. WE'LL TURN
NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LISTED
OPPOSITION AND IN THE HEARING
ROOM, THOUGH, WHICH TESTIFYING
OPPOSITION SEEING NON MODERATOR
, PLEASE TURN TO THE LINES.
ANYONE WISHING TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 20 TO 2.
ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION, MAYBE 20
TO 2, PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN
ZERO. THAT IS ONE, THEN ZERO ON
YOUR PHONE. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN
. Q OKAY, WE'LL TURN BACK TO THE
DIOCESE, THEN SENATOR HUESO.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO. I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
FORWARD AS I AS I LOOKED AT IT.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED
BECAUSE I REALLY WASN'T AWARE.
THAT THIS WAS A DEROGATORY TERM,
AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE INDIGENOUS
LINGUISTIC ALS. FEATURES TO IT.
AND MAYBE I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
AS MANY PEOPLE MAY AH,
MISUNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A
NATIVE WORD AT SOME POINT WHEN
THIS BILL CAME FORWARD I STARTED
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND
LEARNED THAT IT HAD IT LIKE AN
EASTERN AMERICA ORIGIN THAT
BASICALLY TOOK OVER AN ENTIRE
COUNTRY, AND IT'S JUST LIKE A
WORD THAT'S BECOME VERY
NORMALIZED. AND THE MOST
SHOCKING THING IS THAT NOBODY IN
THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
EVEN USES THIS WORD. AND THAT'S
THAT'S AN AMAZING THING. AH! I
MEAN, THERE'S I THINK THERE'S
DISCRIMINATION IN EVERY SINGLE
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, BUT I
DON'T KNOW ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
WORLD WHERE THERE'S A SPECIFIC
TERM. FOR FEMALES OF A
PARTICULAR NATION OR ETHNIC
GROUP OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S
THAT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE TO
ME. SO I, YOU KNOW. AS I LOOKED
AT THIS BALL, I THOUGHT THAT'S
THIS IS A YOU KNOW, A GREAT
PROCESS THAT'S ESTABLISHED. AND
MY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IF
THERE ARE SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE
STATE THAT ARE YOU KNOW, YOU
MENTIONED SQUAW VALLEY AND THERE
ARE I'VE PROBABLY HEARD MORE
THAN ONE LOCATION TO BILL SAYS
THERE'S OVER 100. I BELIEVE THAT
BUT AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED
AN IDENTITY. AROUND A COMMUNITY
NAMED AFTER DEROGATORY WORD, AND
I HOPE THAT DURING THIS PROCESS,
THERE'S AT LEAST SOME
EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IN THIS
BILL. THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME.
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS IS TRULY DEROGATORY TERM.
AND WHAT WHAT? UH HOW THIS HAS
BEEN USED THROUGHOUT OUR
COUNTRY'S HISTORY TO
SPECIFICALLY SEPARATE. CERTAIN
WOMEN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
SEPARATE THEM AND IN A BAD WAY.
AND THAT IT'S PART OF A VERY
DARK HISTORY AND THAT SOMEHOW.
UH THAT THIS THIS BILL COULD BE
USED FOR THEIR EDUCATE. I THINK
THAT EDUCATED ME. I THINK IT
EDUCATES. AH! FURTHER OTHER
CALIFORNIANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
IN MANY CASES, I CAN'T YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT TODAY. IT
COULD BE A 10 INTENTIONAL AND IF
IT IS, YOU KNOW THIS. THIS BILL
WILL REALLY HELP WITH THAT. AND
IF IT ISN'T AT LEAST THERE COULD
BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO
THE BILL AND PROVIDING SOME KIND
OF NOTICE. AH WITHOUT HAS AN
EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY THOSE
CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. AND
REALLY WHAT THIS WORD MEANS AND
HOW IT'S BEEN USED TO, UH, TO
DEMEAN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S YOU KNOW, SAD THING THAT
THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY PLACE
IN THE WORLD WHERE THIS EXISTS.
VERY SAD THING. BUT I THINK THIS
SHOULD HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL
COMPONENT AND GOING FORWARD. YOU
CONSIDER THAT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR THAT CENTER HUESO,
SENATOR EDMUND. THANK YOU. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO
WASN'T 100% YOU KNOW, I MAKE
BREAD AND, UH AND I WAS ASKING
SOMEBODY WHAT KIND OF BREAD THEY
WANTED, AND THEY ASKED ME FOR
THE S WORD BREAD. AND I AM LIKE
WHAT? AND I AND SO I DID SOME
RESEARCH LIKE MY COLLEAGUE OVER
HERE AND REALIZE THAT BECAUSE
THEY WERE SAYING, WELL, WHAT?
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THAT'S AND SO I JUST CAME BACK
AND I EXPLAINED WHAT MY WHAT MY
RESEARCH HAD HAD TOLD ME. AND
THAT IT WAS A UH AND WHAT IT WAS
WAS A GIFT BETWEEN THE
COLONIZERS AND THE NATIVE WOMEN
. AND SO I SAID, WHY DON'T WE
JUST CALL IT FRIENDSHIP? BREAD?
IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD THAT'S WHAT
IT WAS. IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP
BREAD BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF
WOMEN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD
CALL IT, NOT THE DEROGATORY
TERM, SO I ALSO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I
THINK THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UM TO
BE ABLE TO ADDED ADDED TO IT,
AND I WAS ALSO GLAD TO HEAR A
WOMAN'S VOICE ON THE LINE. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU
FOR THAT, SENATOR EDMUND. UM AND
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE UNDER
THE LEGISLATION THAT IT STARTS
IN 2024. I BELIEVE THE
COMMISSION ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
THE PROCESS. AND THEN THERE'S A
THERE'S A SUBMITTAL PROCESS AND
THEN A VOTING PROCESS. 90 DAYS
AFTER EACH SUBMISSION. I BELIEVE
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. SO
HOPEFULLY, THAT TIMELINE AFFORDS
. UM ASKED THE ABILITY TO DO
THAT THAT BASIC EDUCATION THAT
IS SO NECESSARY THAT YOU FRANKLY
BEEN LEADING ON IN SO MANY
CAPACITIES AROUND THIS STATE, UM
AND RELEARNING WHO WE ARE AND
WHERE WE COME FROM, AND NOT
IGNORING THE UGLY PARTS OF OUR
HISTORY TO, UM SO I APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING ALL THAT TO LIGHT.
UM AND IT WAS WONDERING, I MEAN,
I KNOW THIS GEOGRAPHIC NAMING
COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT, UM.
STATE GEOGRAPHIC MARKERS, AND
THEN THERE'S ALSO A FEDERAL
PROCESS UNDERWAY. BUT IN TERMS
OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THEY
STILL. THEY STILL HAVE
DISCRETION TO RETAIN THAT NAME,
BUT IT WOULD SORT OF THROUGH
THIS PROCESS AND THEORY, THE
UNDERLYING, UM THE UNDERLYING
GEOGRAPHIC TERM WOULD WOULD BE
CHANGED, BUT THE CORPORATION IN
THEORY COULD CONTINUE. CAN I
JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT
WOULD WORK? IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF
YOUR WITNESSES IS EAGER TO
CLARIFY. YEAH. FEDERAL WINS
ACTION. THE BILL ITSELF WILL
PROHIBIT THE NAMING ANYTHING
OFFICIALLY UNDER THIS NAME AND
WILL ALLOW THE BORDER GEOGRAPHIC
NAMES FOR ALL PLACES ON STATE
LAND. THAT WAS SENT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF ALTERNATE
NAMES THAT NEED TO OCCUR, AND SO
THERE WILL BE A NOTICE THAT YOUR
NAME IS NOW NOT LAWFUL UNDER
EVERY 2022 A PROCESS OF CERTAIN
HOW YOU'D LIKE TO RENAME THAT SO
THE PRIVATE CORPORATION COULD
RENAME THAT IN WHATEVER WAY THEY
PLEASE, BUT IT WILL BE
PROHIBITED TO KEEP TO MAINTAIN
THAT YOU GOT THE NAME OF THAT.
SO EVEN BEYOND A LOCALITY OR A
PARK OR STATE LAND AND ALSO
APPLY TO A CORPORATION.
DEFINITELY YEAH, AND THERE'S A
LITTLE YOU KNOW IF THAT
CORPORATION LOCATED IN
CALIFORNIA SOLELY LIKE A FEDERAL
, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THAT STATE
CORPORATION, THERE WILL BE A
LITTLE MORE THEY'D HAVE TO WORK
BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE, BUT
ON TERMS LOCATED HERE IN THE
STATE, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANKS
SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
REALLY AND AGAIN REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU. JUST YOUR
MISSION IN GENERAL VEG KIÞM NOT
JUST THIS LEGISLATURE, BUT THE
STATE ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING HERE
SO HEARTILY SUPPORT THE BILL.
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEE. WE'RE STILL SHORT ONE
VOTE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM
ENOUGH TO MAKE A MOTION ON YOUR
BILL. BUT THE APPROPRIATE TIME
I'LL BE SUPPORTING ALLOW YOU TO
CLOSER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO THE
SENATORS FOR THE DISCUSSION ON
THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. AND
AS YOU SEE THE DIALOGUE TAKE
PLACE HERE TODAY AT THE DIETS
THAT EDUCATION IS TAKING PLACE
FIRSTHAND. AND AS THIS BILL
MOVES FORWARD AND COMMUNITIES
START TO RE LOOK AT THE NAME
ITSELF WILL BRING THAT
EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FORWARD.
THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD
ALSO TEST IN THE SCHOOL BOOKS OF
THESE DEROGATORY NAMES AND HOW
THE STATE LEGISLATURE MOVE
FORWARD TO CHAMPION WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHERE THE
SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR SECRETARY HOLLAND HAS
MOVED FORWARD AND NOW HAS PLACED
THIS NAME AS A RACIAL SLUR
TOWARDS NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SO THE EDUCATION COMPONENT IS
UNRAVELING AS WE SPEAK FIRSTHAND
, AND ALL THESE COMMENTS WILL BE
USED IN CLASSROOMS IN THE
FUTURE. I THANK THE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS FOR COMING ON BOARD AND
SUPPORTING THIS BILL. O AUTHORS
ON THIS BILL WITH ME. AND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME WOULD URGE AND
I VOTE TO FURTHER THEIR
EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT
WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THEN WITH
CONTINUED BILL PRESENTATIONS. WE
HAVE SOME MEMBER ARAMBULA. VERY
PATIENTLY WAITING. I THINK IT'S
THE FINAL ITEM ON YOUR FILE
MEMBERS FILE ITEM. WE HAVE TWO
MORE DAYS NUMBER 12 ON THE FILE
ITEMS PENSION. YES SO IT'S A B
28 95, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE
GOT A FEW MORE MEASURES WAITING.
UM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN SENATORS. I'M GRATEFUL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
ON A B 28 95 WITH YOU TODAY AND
I AM HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS. 8 28 95
UPDATES THE TEMPORARY WATER
TRANSFER PROCESS BY CREATING AN
ADVANCED NOTICING FRAMEWORK, AND
IT STREAMLINES PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT. THE STATUTE WHICH
ESTABLISHED THE WATER TRANSFER
PROCESS WAS PASSED OVER 30 YEARS
AGO, AND MINIMAL UPDATES HAVE
BEEN MADE SINCE OUR MODELING OF
HYDROLOGY IS EVOLVING, AND SO IS
HOW THE PUBLIC ENGAGES WITH THE
STATE PROCESSES. A B 28 95
CREATES A PROCESS FOR THE WATER
BOARD TO ADEQUATELY PLANETS
STAFFING NEEDS FOR THE WATER
YEAR. FURTHER. THE PUBLIC WILL
BE ABLE TO RECEIVE UPDATES IF A
WATER SELLERS DECIDE TO SUBMIT A
TRANSFER PETITION AFTER
PROVIDING ADVANCED NOTICE. ALL
THESE CHANGES AIM TO MAKE A MORE
EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT
PROCESS FOR A CRITICAL TOOL IN
CALIFORNIA'S WATER RESILIENCY
TOOL BELT. HERE TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT IS CHARLES DELGADO,
POLICY DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. GOOD MORNING, MR DELGADO.
MORNING CHAIR STERN AND MEMBERS
. MY NAME IS CHARLES DELGADO,
POLICY DIRECTOR FOR SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION. SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION IS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON BRINGING
TOGETHER BUSINESSES, LANDOWNERS,
COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. TO MEET THE WATER
NEEDS OF CALIFORNIA'S
ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE AND ECONOMY
FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS AND SEEKING OUT
COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE
A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ADVANCING
SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER
MANAGEMENT AND ACCELERATING THE
STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL AND
WORKING LANDS AND WATERWAYS. I'M
HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF A B 28
95. CALIFORNIA IS ONCE AGAIN
EXPERIENCING A PROLONGED DROUGHT
AND WE MUST RECKON WITH HOW TO
BEST MANAGE OUR VALUABLE WATER
RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITIES AND
NATURAL HABITATS. IN ADDITION TO
INCREASINGLY FREQUENT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS ARE STATE MUST ALSO
ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ON OUR WATER SUPPLIES. TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE
FUTURE. WE MUST DEVELOP TOOLS AT
ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO
ALLOW WATER MANAGERS TO ADAPT
FROM RELIANCE ON THE RELATIVELY
PREDICTABLE RAINFALL AND RUNOFF
PATTERNS OF PRIOR DECADES TO
CAPTURING WATER, WHEREVER AND
WHENEVER FEASIBLE. AND MOVING
SUPPLIES TO WHERE THEY'RE
NEEDED, WHETHER FOR DRINKING
WATER SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION OR
RECHARGING, DEPLETED AQUIFERS.
THIS BILL IS A STEP TOWARDS
BUILDING THE WATER MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS NOW
AND INTO THE FUTURE. A B 28 95
WOULD STREAMLINE THE WATER
TRANSFER PETITION REVIEW PROCESS
BY MODERNIZING THE NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFERS.
ENCOURAGING COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN STATE PERMANENT AGENCIES
ENABLING BETTER COORDINATION
BETWEEN TRANSFERRING PARTIES AND
GIVING THE STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD THE FLEXIBILITY IT
NEEDS TO REVIEW WATER TRANSFER
APPLICATIONS IN A TIMELY AND
EFFICIENT MANNER. IMPORTANTLY
THIS BILL CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE
BOARD TO APPLY ITS EXPERTISE AND
AUTHORITY IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO
PREVENT ANY POTENTIAL ABUSES OF
THE WATER TRANSFER SYSTEM THAT
MAY RESULT IN AN EQUITABLE
OUTCOMES FOR STAKEHOLDERS AND
ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF DOWNSTREAM
USERS WHILE REDUCING THE
REGULATORY BURDEN FOR BENEFICIAL
TRANSFERS THAT COULD BE USED FOR
DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, MULTI
BENEFIT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
PROJECTS, HABITAT RESTORATION
PRESERVATION OF OUR AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR AND ALL OTHER USES. THERE
IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO
ENSURE THAT WE GIVE WATER
MANAGERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL
LEVELS THE TOOLS TO MAKE THE
WISEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE. 28 95
BY MAKING SMART CHANGES TO THE
WATER TRANSFER SYSTEM TO ENABLE
MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUR WATER
SUPPLIES. IS AN IMPORTANT STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WILL SIGNAL
THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO
ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING WATER
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANY
OTHERS WISHING TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM
TODAY? SEEING NONE WILL TURN TO
THE PHONE LINES. MADAM MODERATE
. CAN WE? UM, TURN THE LINE TO
ANYONE WISHING TESTIFY IN
GENERAL SUPPORT? WISHING TO
TESTIFY AND SUPPORTIVE AB 28 95,
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO.
THAT'S LONDON ZERO ON YOUR
TELEPHONE. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN
TWO. OKAY UM, LET'S TURN NOW TO
OPPOSITION. I THINK WE HAVE. ONE
LEADER POSED WITNESS LISTED ON
MY FILE EAST. UM NOT REALLY GOOD
NEWS. AND I KNOW THERE WAS AN
OPPOSING LESS AMENDED IN. THERE
ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL WORK A
SHORT STATEMENT. SO LET ME OKAY.
GOOD MORNING, JERRY MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS DANIEL BLASTED HAYDN
WITH CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL
UTILITIES ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO
HERE REPRESENTING THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES. WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE AUTHORS INTEND TO IMPROVE
THE PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY WATER
TRANSFERS, AS THESE ACTIONS ARE
CRITICAL PIECES SUSTAINABLE
WATER MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN
OUR NEW CLIMATE, REALITY.
SIMULATE AQUA, HAVING OPPOSED
UNLESS AMENDED POSITION ON THE
VERSION OF A B 28 95 PRINT,
WHILE THE RECENT AMENDMENTS
ADDRESS NUMBER OF OUR CONCERNS
AND WERE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF
THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE
EXISTING PROCESS, AN IMPORTANT
CONCERN REMAINED REGARDING
CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE. WHICH WE
BELIEVE INSTEAD OF STREAMLINING
THE PROCESS MAY INADVERTENTLY
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT OR
DELAYED IS CRITICAL TRANSFERS.
WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS RECOMMENDS
DELETING THAT LANGUAGE AND WE'RE
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE AUTHOR
WILLING TO TAKE THAT AMENDMENT
WITH THE CHANGE BOTH OF OUR
ORGANIZATIONS, PLANTER MOVE OUR
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHERS WISHING TO MAKE
SIMILAR COMMENTS OR STILL IN
OPPOSITION? YES THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS AARON EVANS ON
BEHALF OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY
WATER DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAVE AN
OPPOSING LESS AMENDED POSITION.
BUT FOR THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY
STATED BY MY COLLEAGUE AT CMU A
. I'LL JUST ECHO HER COMMENTS
AND THANK THE COMMITTEE OF THE
AUTHOR AND THE OTHER STAFF.
THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ANY OTHERS WISHING TO
TESTIFY OR REMOVE THEIR
OPPOSITION, SEEING NONE WILL
TURN TO THE LINES. MADAM
MODERATOR, PLEASE QUÊ ANYONE UP
, PUSHING, TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION
OR MAKE A COMMENT, REMOVING
OPPOSITION. I THANK YOU. LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK ON A B 28 95 PLEASE PRESS
ONE THAN ZERO ON YOUR PHONE. AND
ONE MOMENT WHILE WE GET A LINE
NUMBER HERE.
AND FIRST. WE WILL GO TO LINE
NUMBER 34, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI
GOOD MORNING. MR CHAIR REMEMBERS
. THIS IS DEBBIE MICHAEL
MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO SITTING IN THE
OPPOSED UNLESS AMENDED POSITION
UM, AND WITH THE AMENDMENTS
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS WILL BE
MOVING THE NEUTRAL POSITION.
JUST WANT T EXPRESS OUR DEEP
APPRECIATION TO YOU, MR CHAIR
AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF TO WORK
ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ALL GOES TO STAFF. UM
MODERATE OR ANY OTHERS IN
OPPOSITION OR. AND THAT IS THE
ONLY COMMENT I HAVEN'T QUÊ YOU
KNOW, AND I'LL JUST SAY AT THE
OUTSET, UM I MEAN THAT ALL THIS
ALL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND
CLEVER WORDSMITHING IS
DEFINITELY NOT THIS CHAIR IS
DOING BUT, UM MR O'CONNOR'S
HANDIWORK, SO I THINK I
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEE ON ON THIS PROCESS,
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S STILL
ACCOMPLISHES THE GOALS AND THE
INTENT. I THINK THERE'S SOME
MODERNIZATION HERE THAT ACTUALLY
COULD BE PRESIDENTIAL IN SOME
WAYS TO BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THIS
ALL EVOLVED BUT APPRECIATE YOU
WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THESE
CRISES AND NOT HAVE THE SHORT
TERM TRANSFERS BE SUCH SHORT
TERM PROCESSES, BUT REALLY PLAN
THAT OUT A LITTLE FURTHER, SO
WE'RE NOT JUST CHASING CRISIS
AFTER CRISIS. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? YES, SENATOR EDMUND
AND THEN COME TO CENTER LAIRD. I
WOULD JUST, UH, ALSO THINK
STAFFER WORKING ON THIS AGAIN?
WATER BILLS ARE ALWAYS
COMPLICATED AS YOU KNOW, BUT IN
OUR AREA, NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN WATER AND AIR AS
IT RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITY
HEALTH, SO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND AGAIN.
THREADING THAT NEEDLE BUT THE
HELP OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU
. YES MR CHAIR. I WAS JUST GOING
TO SAY WHEN I WAS IN THE
ASSEMBLY. THERE WAS A RATHER
HEATED CONVERSATION WITHIN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S NAMED ARAMBULA.
OVER A WATER TRANSFER THAT WAS
PROPOSED FROM FRESNO TO THE
POSTURAL VALLEY. AND I THINK IF
THIS BILL HAD BEEN IN EFFECT IN
THE CLEAR WAY, IT'S BEEN AN
AMENDED HE WOULD HAVE HAD NO
REASON TO BE AS HEATED AS HE WAS
AT THAT TIME. IN SO JUST
CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS ABOUT
15 YEARS LATE BECAUSE IT COULD
HAVE SAVED ME SOME TIME, BUT
GOOD WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS
AND ALL THE WORK THAT MOVED
EVERYBODY ON LOAN. OKAY WE STILL
DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT MEMBERS TO
MAKE A MOTION BUT WOULD ALLOW
YOU TO CLOSE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND WHEN
THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH SIMILAR.
UM I THINK THAT'S ALL THE
AUTHORS HERE. I'M GOING TO
PRESENT. UM UM, AS A MATTER OF
FRIEDMAN'S BILL, IF ANYONE'S
WILLING TO TAKE THE GAVEL
MOMENTARILY, ARE YOU UP FOR IT?
ONE OF YOU, YOU MIGHT BE PULLED
UP PROBES MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO
SO DO YOU MIND HOLDING IT, OKAY?
ENOUGH. THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL BE. YEAH I'M GOING TO PRESENT JUST
JUST FROM RIGHT HERE. SO WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE TO SOMEWHERE.
FRIEDMAN IS NOT PRESENT TODAY.
SO FILE SHE'S ASKED ME TO
PRESENT VIOLATE HIM. SEVEN GOT
IT 23-14. FOR OKAY. NEXT UP, WE
HAVE A B 23 44 BEING PRESENTED
BY THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE
IN PLACE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
FRIEDMAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
PROCEED, SENATOR? THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE PRESENT
23-14 FOR ON BEHALF OF SOME
MEMBER FRIEDMAN, WHICH REQUIRES
STATE AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT
WILDLIFE CROSSINGS AND
IDENTIFIED CONNECTIVITY AREAS
FOR NEW PROJECTS. AND TO ADDRESS
EXISTING BARRIERS IDENTIFIED AS
PRIORITIES. SPECIFICALLY THE
BILL REQUIRES CDF W AND CALTRANS
TO ESTABLISH AND REGULARLY
UPDATED WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY
ACTION PLAN A PRIORITY LIST AND
FOR CALTRANS TO ADDRESS AND
REMEDIATE BARRIERS TO
CONNECTIVITY IN NEW AND EXISTING
PROJECTS. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT
KNOW MEMBERS. HIGHWAYS ARE A
MAJOR CAUSE OF WILDLIFE DEATHS
IN CALIFORNIA AND A MAJOR
CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECLINE OF
WILDLIFE POPULATIONS BECOME
ISOLATED BY HABITAT
FRAGMENTATION AND LOSE
CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THEIR
RANGE. WE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO
LOST THE CURB, NOW MATURE. A
MOUNTAIN LION KILLED AT THE VERY
SAME PLACE. THEIR MOTHER WAS
KILLED YEARS AGO IN THE SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS, BUT IT'S NOT
JUST LIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE ALL RANGE OF SPECIES
FROM DEERS AND BEARS TO SNAKES
AND SALAMANDERS. UM AND THE
OBSTACLES TO WILDLIFE MOVEMENT
ARE ALSO A MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY
RISK. IN THE LAST 56 YEARS FROM
2016 TO NOW OVER 44,000
COLLISIONS WITH LARGE WILDLIFE
WERE REPORTED BY CHP. ON AVERAGE
, FIVE PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND
OVER 250 PEOPLE ARE INJURED
EVERY YEAR DUE TO WILDLIFE
VEHICLE COLLISIONS, THE COST CAN
BE SIGNIFICANT AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE YOU KNOW, FROM FROM
A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BUT THE
CROSSINGS THEMSELVES ARE
ACTUALLY QUITE COST EFFECTIVE IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE BROADER
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
BUDGET. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
$30 BILLION EXPENSE TO MITIGATE
HABITAT LOSS, BIODIVERSITY LOSS
AND HUMAN LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE.
THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATED THIS
PROCESS WITH, UM NOTABLE
ENTHUSIASM DEDICATING ALREADY
OVER $61 MILLION TO THIS WORK.
THERE'S A FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL THAT LOOKS AT THIS NATURE
BASED INFRASTRUCTURE IS A VIABLE
NEW COMPONENT OF THE NATIONALLY
SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGHWAY
PROGRAM. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT
WITH BETTER PLANNING AND DESIGN
THAT THE KIND OF CROSSING WE SEE
AT LIBERTY CANYON THAT'S BEING
ANTICIPATED IN CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA IN THE NORTH. CAN BE
JUST A BASIC PART OF HOW WE DO
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND
DESIGNING THE STATE BUILT INTO
OUR ACTUAL PROCESS, NOT AN
AFTERTHOUGHT, TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT TODAY 23-14 FOR OUR
JUSTIN DELLINGER, A CARNIVORE
BIOLOGIST AT UC DAVIS, WHO I
BELIEVE IS HERE IN PERSON, AND
THEN WE ALSO HAVE TIFFANY YAP
WITH THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY WAS ON THE PHONE.
BUILD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE
ASSEMBLY AND NO OPPOSITION SO
I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PLEASE.
FIRST WITNESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ALLOWING MY
COMMENTS. MY NAME IS DR JUSTIN
DELLINGER. I'M, A WILDLIFE
RESEARCHER FORMALLY WITH
CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE AND
NOW WITH U. C. DAVIS WILDLIFE
HEALTH CENTER, AND I STUDY
ASPECTS OF LARGE CARNIVORE
ECOLOGY ACROSS CALIFORNIA WITH A
SPECIAL FOCUS ON HABITAT
CONNECTIVITY. OTHER RESEARCHERS
AND I HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT
VEHICLE STRIKES OUR PRIMARY
SOURCE OF MORTALITY FROM
OUTLINED ANOTHER WILDLIFE,
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN THE BAY AREA.
FURTHER MOUNTAIN LIONS NOT
KILLED BY VEHICLES IN THESE
AREAS ARE STILL NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED BY BUSY ROADWAYS, BUSY
ROADWAYS ACT AS BARRIERS AND
CREATE ISLANDS OF HABITAT FOR
MOUNTAIN LIONS CAN BECOME
ISOLATED AND EXPERIENCED
INBREEDING. IN FACT, THE CURRENT
PETITION TO LIST MOUNTAIN LIONS
AS THREATENED UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT. IS ESSENTIALLY DUE TO THE
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF VEHICLES AND
BUSY ROADWAYS ON THE SPECIES
WITHOUT WILDLIFE CROSSING
STRUCTURES TO HELP CROSS BUSY
ROADWAYS. THIS TOP CARNIVORE
COULD POSSIBLY GO EXTINCT IN
PARTS OF CALIFORNIA. LOSS OF
THIS TOP CARNIVORE COULD LEAD TO
THE UNRAVELING OF ECOSYSTEMS
REGIONALLY. NOT ONLY ARE
CALIFORNIA'S BUSY ROADWAYS A
THREAT TO EXISTING POPULATIONS
OF NATIVE CARNIVORES, THEY'RE
ALSO PROVEN TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THE ABILITY OF OTHER CARNIVORES
LIKE GRAY WOLVES TO RECOLONIZE,
CALIFORNIA. THE WOLF OVER 93 IS
EVIDENCE OF THIS GIVEN. HE WAS
HIT AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE ON
OUR FIVE LAST YEAR. THUS
WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES ARE
NECESSARY TO ALLEVIATE THE
PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
FROM MOUNTAIN LIONS AND OTHER
WILDLIFE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT TO
BE EFFECTIVE RESEARCH ON
WILDLIFE MOVEMENT IN A GIVEN
LOCALE IS NEEDED. LASTLY MANY
STAFF WITHIN IT. IMPERTINENT
STATE AGENCIES AGREE THAT THESE
CROSSING STRUCTURES ARE
IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, STAFF IN THE
SAME AGENCIES REGULARLY DEAL
WITH MULTIPLE PRIORITIES AND ARE
UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO DEVOTE
THE NECESSARY TIME AND
RESOURCES. SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
AND CONSTRUCTION OF CROSSING
SRUCTURES UNLESS MANDATED TO DO
SO. THUS IF THIS BILL IS NOT
PASSED, IT IS UNLIKELY MUCH
NEEDED CROSSING STRUCTURES WILL
BE BUILT. LET'S ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE AND ACT NOW TO CONSERVE
CALIFORNIA'S WILDLIFE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
WITNESS, PLEASE. BUT I THINK
WILD LINES NETWORK IS ON THE
LINE. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES,
WE CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY
GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE. YEAH I'M A
SCIENTIST AT THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IS PLEASED
TO SPONSOR THE SAFE ROADS AND
WHILE ITS PROTECTION ACT AND WE
APPRECIATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
FRIEDMAN AND CHOLERA AND CHAIRS
BURN FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN
THIS AREA CALIFORNIA'S RICH
BIODIVERSITY IS BEING DECIMATED
BY ROADS AND CONNECTIVITY.
CALTRANS ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS
READY AND ABLE TO HELP INTEGRATE
CONNECTIVITY INTO TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS, AND THERE'S A PUBLIC
AWAKENING OF THE CRITICAL
BENEFITS OF IMPROVED
CONNECTIVITY ON OUR ROADS. PUMAS
DESERT TORTOISES, NEWTS AND MORE
ARE AT GREAT RISK, AND SO ARE
PEOPLE THERE WERE ABOUT 44,000
REPORTED COLLISIONS WITH LARGE
MAMMALS FROM 2016 TO 2020
ESTIMATED A COST MORE THAN A
BILLION DOLLARS. AND SORRY
SUGGESTS THESE NUMBERS COULD BE
3 TO 9 TIMES HIGHER. IN AREAS
WHERE OTHER STATES HAVE BUILT
WELL PLANNED WILDLIFE CROSSINGS
. WE'VE SEEN UP TO 98%
REDUCTIONS IN SUCH COLLISIONS
AND IMPROVED WILDLIFE MOVEMENT,
AND A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT
SAVINGS FROM PREVENTED
COLLISIONS FARTHER PAST THE COST
OF CONSTRUCTION OVER THE
LIFETIME OF A CROSSING. NOW IS
THE TIME TO COMMIT AS A STATE TO
BUILD WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY INTO
OUR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE BOTH
PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE SAFER. I
URGE YOUR I VOTE TODAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW
WE'LL GO TO OTHER PEOPLE AND
SUPPORT ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT
IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM. PLEASE
COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE.
MODERATOR. LET'S GO TO THE PHONE
LINES. OTHER PEOPLE SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF A B 23 44. THANK YOU
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT. PLEASE
PRESS 10 ON YOUR PHONE. AND
FIRST WE WILL GO TO LINE 16.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING
TURN MEMBERS, STEPHEN MEYERS ON
BEHALF OF THE NRDC ACTION FUND,
PENSACOLA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PARKS FOUNDATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. NEXT CALLER, PLEASE. NEXT
WE HAVE LINED 21, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THIS IS SANTIAGO WITH
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT
CALLER, PLEASE. NEXT WEEK ON
LINE 39, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, KIM DELFINO,
REPRESENTING THE SONOMA LAND
TRUST, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE AND
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH NEXT COLOR, PLEASE.
NEXT WAVE LINE. 35, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS
CHRISTINA SCARINCI FROM ANIMAL
DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL FROM OUR
HEADQUARTERS IN LOS ANGELES AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. NEXT CALLER, PLEASE.
NEXT WE HAVE LINE 36, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR
AND SENATORS LUCASVARITY ON
BEHALF OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
IN SUPPORT OF MAYBE 2344. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT
COLOR LINE. 37, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING TO REMEMBERS AUSTIN
WEBSTER WITH W STRATEGIES ON
BEHALF OF THE ANIMAL LEGAL
DEFENSE FUND IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT CALLER,
PLEASE. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE
IN. Q THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
BEFORE WE GO TO OPPOSITION,
WHICH NONE IS LISTED, LET'S
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL. SENATORS STERN.
HERE STERN HERE. JONES JONES
HERE, ALAN. EGGMAN HERE, EGGMAN
HERE, GROVE. HERTZBERG HERZBERG
HERE, HUESO. LAIRD HERE ADHERE
LIMÓN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A
QUORUM IS ESTABLISHED. THERE IS
NO LISTED OPPOSITION. BUT IF
THERE'S ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM
WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
TO 23-14 FOR PLEASE DO SO NOW.
SEEING NONE. MODERATOR AND TURN
TO THE PHONE LINES. ANYBODY IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 23 44. TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF ABBY
23-14 FOUR, PLEASE PRESS 10 ON
YOUR PHONE. THAT'S ONE THEN
ZERO. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN QUÊ.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BRINGING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. SENATOR LAIRD, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THE E IN MY
PURPOSE. ISHAN THERE WAS AN
INCIDENT OR AT LEAST ONE AND
MAYBE TWO PUMAS WERE KILLED. ON
HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN SAN JOSE AND
SANTA CRUZ AND UH, COUNT TRANS,
INTERESTINGLY HAD DONE A ROAD
PROJECT AND REMOVE THE
CORRUGATED UNDERGROUND THING
UNAWARE THAT THAT WAS A WILDLIFE
CROSSING, AND SO THE PUMA
STARTED TO CROSS OVER. AND
CALTRANS SAID IT WASN'T ALLOWED
FOR MONEY UNLESS IT WAS AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES. THE WHOLE
ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY DID NOT
QUALIFY, SO I WORKED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
, AND THEY DID A DEFINITION THAT
ALLOWED UH, THAT OVER CROSSING
OR UNDER CROSSING FOR WILDLIFE
CONNECTIVITY TO BE ELIGIBLE,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND THAT
PROJECT IS MOVING AHEAD. THEN
SENATOR STERN SHOWED TREMENDOUS
LEADERSHIP BY PUTTING THAT
DEFINITION INTO STATUTE, SO IT
APPLIED EVERYWHERE. AND NOW THIS
BILL. IT SAYS WE WON'T BE
REACTIVE TO SPECIFIC PLACES. WE
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN. WE
WILL ADDRESS CONNECTIVITY.
CALTRANS WILL BE BROUGHT IN
RATHER THAN SORT OF BEING
REACTIVE THEMSELVES, AND THAT'S
WHY THIS IS A VERY GOOD BILL. SO
I WOULD BE PLEASED TO MOVE THE
BILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SEEN
EARLIER. THAT BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED ANY OTHER MEMBERS AND HE
SEEING NONE. SENATOR STERN WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT IN
HISTORY THERE AND AGAIN. WE
CAN'T REACT TO THIS CRISIS
BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING SIMPLY
TOO FAST. WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD
OF IT APPRECIATE SOME OF
FRIEDMAN'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS
MATTER AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE. AND THE GOVERNOR
HIMSELF WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY
RESPECTFULLY AS FOR I VOTE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM 7 23 44
. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS BUT
FIRST BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
SENATOR STERN. STERN. I JONES.
ALAN. ELLEN I EGGMAN I GROW.
HERTZBERG. HERTZBERG. I WAS SO
LAIRD LAIRD. AYE. HEY THAT'S
OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE THAT MEASURE
ON CALL FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS
AND I WILL. I WILL WELCOME A
SENATOR MULLING UP, BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, I WOULD BE WILLING TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. MOTION
FOR DINNER. HERTZBERG. UM CHIEF
COMMITTEE ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. CALENDAR FILE ITEMS
NUMBER ONE A. B 17 89 NUMBER
THREE A B 2016 NUMBER 5 22 51
NUMBER SIX A B 22 87 NUMBER 10
26 OH SEVEN AND NUMBER 11 28 78
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SENATORS
STERN. ALRIGHT I JONES JONES. I
ALAN. ELLEN I EGGMAN I GROVE.
HERTZBERG HERZBERG? AYE, HUESO.
LAYERED LAIRD. AYE. VERY GOOD.
WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON CALL FOR THE
ABSENT MEMBERS THAT IS SEVEN
VOTES. GOOD MORNING, SIR. SORRY
SIX VOTES. SORRY, ASSEMBLYMAN
MULLEN. A B. 23 62 WELCOME
VIOLATE HIM. EIGHT MEMBERS FOR
THOSE FOLLOWED. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT A B 23 62 TODAY, I
WOULD LIKE TO START BY ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED
AMENDMENTS SITE. THANK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD
WORK AS USUAL, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING
WITH THEM AS THE BILL MOVES
FORWARD. AS YOU MAY KNOW,
CALIFORNIA'S ECOSYSTEMS ARE
VITAL TO OUR ABILITY TO
WITHSTAND AND RECOVER FROM
EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS. AND
OFFER MULTIPLE BENEFITS SUCH AS
FLOOD CONTROL, WILDLIFE HABITAT
AND WATER SUPPLY. THE STATE IS
ADOPTED AMBITIOUS CONSERVATION
GOALS SUCH AS THE 30 BY 30
INITIATIVE. AS PART OF OUR
CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGY AS
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AS THE
STATE MOBILIZES TO RESTORE AND
REBUILD OUR ECOSYSTEMS, HOWEVER
, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECTS
REQUIRE PERMITS. JUST AS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DO THE
CURRENT REGULATORY PROCESSES FOR
RESTORATION PROJECTS ARE TOO
SLOW AND COSTLY TO EFFECTIVELY
RESPOND TO ONGOING CLIMATE
IMPACTS. IN SOME INSTANCES, UP
TO A THIRD OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR
RESTORATION PROJECTS AND GO TO
PLANNING AND PERMITTING AND CAN
TAKE YEARS OR DECADES TO
COMPLETE. 23 62 ADDRESSES. THIS
ISSUE BUILDS OFF THE STATES.
CUTTING GREEN TAPE INITIATIVE
WITH WHICH YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR.
THIS BILL REQUIRES THE STATE
AGENCIES TO COORDINATE THEIR
PERMIT STREAMLINING EFFORTS
ENSURE THAT EXISTING PERMITTING
EFFICIENCY MEASURES ARE FULLY
UTILIZED. AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK
FOR AN ONLINE PERMITTING PORTAL
WHILE CONSULTING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS COMPRISED OF
RESTORATION EXPERTS WITH ME
TODAY. CHARLES DELGADO, POLICY
DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AND TO
HOPEFULLY ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION TO SOME MEMBER AND
FOR WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE.
WE DO APPRECIATE IT AND WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. SO ONCE AGAIN, MY
NAME IS CHARLES DELGADO, POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION. A NONPROFIT
DEDICATED TO COLLABORATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS
CALIFORNIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL
CHALLENGES. I SPEAK TODAY I'M
PROUD SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF
A B 23 62. CALIFORNIA FACES
PROFOUND ENVIRONMENTAL
CHALLENGES IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. PROTRACTED DROUGHTS,
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, SEA
LEVEL RISE, DEVASTATING
WILDFIRES AND MANY OTHER
PROBLEMS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE
NEED TO TAKE URGENT ACTION TO
PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
THIS IS A NEED RECOGNIZING THE
GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND
80 TO 20 THE PATHWAYS TO 30 BY
30 STRATEGY, STATE CLIMATE
ADAPTATION STRATEGY AND
ELSEWHERE. THE CUTTING GREEN
TAPE INITIATIVE PIONEERED BY CNR
IN COLLABORATION WITH STATE
AGENCY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS
, AND THE RESTORATION AND
NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES IS AN
IMPORTANT TOOL TO ACCELERATE THE
RESTORATION WORK THAT WILL BE
NEEDED. TO QUICKLY ACHIEVE THE
STATE'S CONSERVATION GOALS.
CUTTING GREEN TAPE FOCUSES ON
ACCELERATING RESTORATION BY
MAKING STATE PERMITTING
PROCESSES SMARTER, MORE
EFFICIENT AND FRIENDLIER TO THE
PEOPLE WHO CARRY OUT THESE
PROJECTS. ENABLING MORE RAPID
CONSERVATION WHILE MAINTAINING
NEEDED ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS. SUSTAINABLE
CONSERVATION HAS DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING TOGETHER WITH
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
HELP ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS GET
BENEFICIAL RESTORATION DONE BY
DEVELOPING PROGRAMMATIC UNIFIED
PERMITS. IN COOPERATION WITH
AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL WILDLIFE, THE STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD,
THE UNITED STATES FISH AND
WILDLIFE SERVICE, THE ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS AND OTHERS. WE HAVE
DONE THE WORK TO CREATE
PERMANENT PROGRAMS ARE
COORDINATED BETWEEN AGENCIES
THAT ARE SIMPLER AND EASIER TO
NAVIGATE. AND THAT RESULT IN
MORE PROJECTS BEING APPROVED IN
LESS TIME, ALL WITHOUT
SACRIFICING THE ENVIRONMENT.
THESE PROJECTS ARE INTENDED TO
PROTECT OUR ORGANIZATION
RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO
ACCELERATE CRITICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
PROJECTS RECOGNITION THAT HAS
LED TO OUR PARTICIPATION IN
CUTTING GREEN TAPE. AND
SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS BILL REPRESENTS THE NEXT
STEP FORWARD. WE'RE CUTTING
GREEN TAPE BY CONVENING A
WORKING GROUP OF RESTORATION
PERMITTING AGENCIES AND
RESTORATION PRACTITIONERS AND
PROVIDING DIRECTION FOR THIS
GROUP TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES. TO IMPLEMENT
SMART, EFFICIENT PROGRAMS TO
QUICKLY APPROVE BENEFICIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS WITHOUT
SACRIFICING NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS
IN THE REVIEW PROCESS IN OUR
WORK, SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION
HAS SEEN THE VALUE FIRSTHAND OF
ONGOING OPEN CHANNELS OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. PERMITTING
AUTHORITIES, GUIDELINES AND
PRIORITIES CHANGE CONSTANTLY AS
A STATE CONTINUES TO ADAPT TO
THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
, ENSURING AN ESTABLISHED
PROCESS FOR AGENCIES TO WORK
TOGETHER WILL HELP TO KEEP
REGULATORS ON THE SAME PAGE. AND
AVOID OVERLAPPING DUPLICATIVE
PRACTICES IN THE SHORT TERM AND
DEVELOP NEW EFFICIENT PERMITTING
MECHANISMS SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
IMPORTANTLY THIS BILL
ESTABLISHES A PLACE FOR
RESTORATION PRACTITIONERS IN THE
CONVERSATION. ALLOWING ALL
PARTIES TO BENEFIT FROM THERE ON
THE GROUND EXPERTISE AND
EXPERIENCES. I'D LIKE TO THANK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MULLEN FOR HIS
SUPPORT OF CUTTING GREEN TAPE
AND FOR CARRYING THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION. ADDITIONALLY WE
WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS
BILL AS WELL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
COMMITTEE AND THE REST OF OUR
PARTNERS TO CONTINUE REFINING
THIS BILL AS WE MOVE TO THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 23 62 WILL
CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK OF THE
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY IN MOVING CUTTING REAPED
IN CUTTING GREEN TAPE FORWARD, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT GENERAL WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
AARON EVANS ON BEHALF OF THE
SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER
DISTRICT. ALSO IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. NO THERE ISN'T
SUPPORTED HEARING ROOM TURNED
THE LINES. MODERATOR, PLEASE
CALL ANYONE WISHING TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT A B 23 62, PLEASE
PRESS 10 ON YOUR PHONE. AND WE
WILL START WITH LINE. 18, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
ALEX TORRES, DIRECTOR OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITH THE
BAY AREA COUNCIL, WHEREIN STRONG
SPORTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU NEXT. NEXT IS LINE 16,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS STEPHEN MEYERS
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PARKS, FOUNDATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF REGIONAL OPEN
SPACE DISTRICTS AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU NEXT. AND NEXT WE HAVE
FLYING 40. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
ROGER DICKINSON ON BEHALF OF
CIVIC WELL, FORMERLY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IN SUPPORT
. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND THAT IS ALL I
HAVE IN. Q. OKAY VERY GOOD.
WE'LL TURN THE OPPOSITION. WE
HAVE NONE LISTED ON FILE AND IN
THE HEARING ROOM, SEEING NONE.
MODERATOR PLEASE TURN TO THE
LINES AND WISH TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 23 62. WE HOLD
ON ONE SECOND HOLD ON ONE SECOND
MODERATOR, MAYBE A TWEENER. I'M
NOT SURE AESTHETICALLY TO VALUE
WATER AGENCY. WE SUPPORT SUPPORT
. OKAY LATE SUPPORT ALL GOOD.
THANK YOU, MR ABE EONNI. SORRY
WELL, WILL NOW TURN TO, UM.
WELL, THAT TURNED MODERATE TO
OPPOSITION ON THE PHONE LINES.
THEY SHOULD GET THEIR CLEARANCE.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION OF A B 23
62, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO.
THAT IS WHEN THAN ZERO ON YOUR
TELEPHONE. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN
Q. OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE'LL TURN
BACK TO THE DIA CENTER, LAIRD. I
THIS GOOD EFFORT. GOOD BILL.
LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT.
SAME QUESTION I HAD FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD EARLIER
WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE
FINANCING BECAUSE FISH AND
WILDLIFE THERE WAS ACTUALLY IN
THE LAST DAY CAUSE NUMBERS OF
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BEEF
UP THEIR FINANCING, AND THEY
WERE NEVER APPROVED. THEY WERE
ALWAYS EVEN BEHIND WHERE THEY
WERE BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION
. ARE THERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO THIS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
REVENUE? THAT IS CERTAINLY HOPE
WE ARE. THAT'S CERTAINLY THE
HOPE SENATOR. WE ARE CREATING
SOME MECHANISMS TO ALLOW FOR, UH
, IF THEIR FEES, CONTRIBUTIONS
AND SO FORTH. TO ALLOW, UH
FURTHERANCE OF THIS EFFORT
SUPPORT OF THE EFFORT, BUT I
THINK BY CODIFYING SOME OF THESE
EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
COMPLEMENTARY TO THE CUTTING
GREEN TAPE. EVER BY CODIFYING
THIS. I THINK WE ARE SORT OF
CREATING A STRUCTURE HERE. WHERE
WHERE STAFFING AND FUNDING CAN
BE MADE AVAILABLE, BUT MORE THAN
HAPPY TO GET ESPECIALLY GIVEN
YOUR EXPERTISE AS CABINET
SECRETARY LEVEL WHO UNDERSTANDS
IN IN REALITY, HOW ALL THESE
THINGS GET FINANCED? UH, MORE
THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON
STRENGTHENING THE BILL TO ENSURE
THAT THE FUNDING IS, UH, IS
AVAILABLE AND PROBABLY MORE
RELEVANT AND ITEMS TO WHICH
SENATOR HERZBERG JUST OBJECTED
IS I'M ON THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW THIS BILL
IS HEADED THERE, SO HOPEFULLY IT
WILL GET ADDRESSED IN THAT
CONCEPT. THANK YOU HAVE A FILE
CONVERSATION, SENATOR. UM AND I
WOULD NOTE FOR 20 SENATOR EGGMAN
ON THAT POINT AND THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE BILL DO ADD A NOTABLE
PROVISION THAT WAS NOT IN THE
PREVIOUS MEASURE, WHICH IS A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY PROVIDE
FUNDING. TWO OTHER STATE
ENTITIES PARTICIPATING IN THIS
INTERAGENCY GROUP. SO GOING TO
BE ON CNN RAY TO GO FIGURE THIS
PART OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE
SORT OF THEY'RE GOING TO BE
EMBEDDED IN IN, UM, IN THAT SORT
OF INTERAGENCY WORK, WHICH IS,
IN OUR VIEW, THE RIGHT THE RIGHT
AGENCY TO BE AT THE HELM OF SUCH
A PROCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO
THEIR SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION.
SENATOR EDMUND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AS A MEMBER. UM I HAVE
SOME CONCERNS ON THIS BILL AND
MAYBE THE AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS
IT, AND I'M NOT SURE BUT THE WAY
IT CURRENTLY STANDS FOR PROJECTS
OF PUBLIC BENEFIT. UM SO OF
COURSE, REPRESENTING THE DELTA
REGION WHERE ALWAYS CONCERNED
ABOUT A CONVEYANCE PROJECT BEING
SLIPPED IN WITHOUT WITHOUT OUR
THROUGH THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS
. SO ARE YOU COMMITTING TO BE
ABLE TO PROHIBIT THE STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FROM
USING ANY OF THIS AUTHORITY?
DERIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS
BILL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTING A CONVEYANCE.
SENATOR MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS THAT
YOU HAVE TO CLARIFY. UH THE
INTENT HERE. THE FOCUS IS
PROJECTS THAT RESTORE
ECOSYSTEMS. IF WE NEED TO TAKE
AN AMENDMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE
TUNNEL ISSUE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
DO THAT, BECAUSE SOMEONE ARGUE
THAT WHAT IT WOULD DO VERY
QUICKLY. OKAY UM, I WILL TAKE
YOU AT YOUR WORD AND BE LOOKING
FOR THIS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM THE MINUTE
MEMBERS. THERE'S A MOTION CENTER
HERZBERG SOME MEMBER WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? RESPECTFULLY
ASKED FOR AND I VOTE, SENATOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE. UM AND
WITH THAT THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
AS AMENDED, BUT FIRST.
PERSONALLY REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY. CHIEF COMMITTEE
ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
FILE ITEM EIGHT A B 23 62. D
PASSES AMENDED, BUT FIRST
AMENDMENT RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY SENATOR STERN STERN, I,
JONES JONES. I ALAN ALAN, I
EGGMAN. QUALIFIED I EGGMAN I
GROVE. HERTZBERG HERZBERG, I SO
LAIRD? AYE. OKAY OKAY, THAT
MEASURES SUFFICIENT VOTES, BUT
WE WILL LEAVE IT ON CALL FOR THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. UM SENATOR LAIRD. WE HAVE
FOUR BILLS THAT WE HEARD WHEN WE
WERE IN A SUBCOMMITTEE AND I
WOULD LOVE TO MOVE THEM IN SYRIA
, AUTUMN AND I WOULD BEGIN WITH
AH A B 21 09 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BENNETT FINAL ITEM TWO. I WOULD
MOVE THAT BILL. UM THAT'S
VIOLATE HIM TO ITS EMOTIONAL
CENTER. LAIRD IN THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS, BUT FIRST REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN ITS BILL ON WHITE
SHARKS. UM CHIEF COMMUNITY
ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL,
SENATOR STERN, I JONES, 21 OR
NINE? YES. JONES. I, ALAN. ELLEN
I EGGMAN EGGMAN I GROVE HERZBERG
HERZBERG. AYE USO LAIRD. AYE.
OKAY SUFFICIENT VOTES, BUT WE
WILL LEAVE IT ON CALL. SO NEXT.
HIS FINAL ITEM FOUR A B 20 TO 2
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS. I
WOULD MOVE TO BILL THAT'S A DO
PASS AS AMENDED, AND BUT FIRST
AMENDMENT WE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION CHIEF COMMITTEE
ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATOR STERN STERN. I, JONES
JONES. I ALAN. ALAN I EGGMAN
EGGMAN I GROVE HERTZBERG.
HERTZBERG I WHISTLE LAIRD AYE.
OKAY WE'LL LEAVE THAT MEASURE ON
CALL FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
NEXT SENATOR. FINAL ITEM NINE A.
B 24 51 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD
I WOULD MOVE TO BUILD VERY GOOD
. THAT'S A MOTION TO DO PASS AS
A BENEFIT FIRST AMENDMENT
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATOR STERN STERN. I JONES
JONES? NO, ALAN ALAN, I EGGMAN.
EGGMAN I GROVE HERZBERG HERZBERG
. I WHERE SO, LAIRD? AYE. OKAY
VERY GOOD. WE'LL LEAVE THAT
MEASURE ON CALL FOR THE ABSENT
MEMBERS AND THEN THE LAST ON HIS
FINAL ITEM, 12. MAYBE 28 95 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ARAMBULA AND I
WOULD MOVE TO BILL VERY GOOD.
THAT'S EMOTIONAL CENTER LAYER DO
PASSES AMENDMENT FIRST AMEND AND
RE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. MR CHAIRMAN. YES
BILL. DID THE AUTHOR ACCEPT
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE? YES YES,
AND OPPOSITION WAS REMOVED FROM
ALL OPPOSITION. THAT'S RIGHT. UM
SO AGAIN DO PASS AS AMENDED WITH
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. FIRST
AMENDMENT REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE SYSTEM. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. SENATOR STERN I, JONES
JONES. I ALAN. HI, ALAN. I
EGGMAN. EGGMAN I GROWTH HERZBERG
HERZBERG. AYE, USO. WHERE SO I
LAIRD, I OKAY, SO WE WILL CLOSE
THAT MEMBER OUT THERE BILL OUT
AND THAT THE BILL IS OUT. LET'S
WE HAVE VOTED ON EVERY MEASURE,
BUT SOME HAVE NOT. SO WE'LL LIFT
THE CALLS FOR THE ABSENT
MEMBERS, STARTING WITH THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY? CONSENT
CALENDAR. SENATOR STERN. I'M
SORRY. I'M SORRY. SARAH USO, SO
I CROQUET. YEAH. CONSENT IS OUT
. WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO
HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER TO A B 21.
OH, NINE. BENNETT. OKAY? YEAH
ONE TIME. CURRENT VOTE IS 60
WITH CHAIR VOTING I AND VICE
CHAIR VOTING I SENATORS GROWTH.
QUEST. SO WHERE SO I. OKAY
SUFFICIENT VOTES THAT BUILDS OUT
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOUR A B 2022.
THE CURRENT VOTE IS 60 WITH
CHAIR VOTING I AND VICE CHAIR
VOTING I SENATORS GROVE. WHERE
SO I. KILLER BUILDS OUT. FOLLOW
HIM. SEVEN MAYBE 23 44 FRIEDMAN.
CURRENT VOTE IS 50 CHAIR VOTING?
AYE. JONES, NOT VOTING HASN'T
VOTED. SENATOR JONES. SARAH
GROVE. WHERE SO WHERE, SO I
BILLS OUT 58 A B 23 62 MULLEN.
UM CURRENT VOTERS. 60 IS THE
CHAIR VOTING I AND VICE CHAIR
VOTING? AYE. SENATOR GROVE. WHY
SO I. OKAY BILLS OUT. IF I LET
HIM 9 24 51 WOULD CURRENT VOTE
IS 50. SENATORS STERN CHAIR
VOTING I AND JONES VOTING NO,
SENATOR GROVE USO NÓI. HE BUILDS
OUT, UH, THAT DOES IT REMEMBERS
. THANK YOU FOR EFFICIENT
HEARING. THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY
STAFF TO MAKING OUR JOBS EASY.
AND WITH THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS
ADJOURNED.