THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER GOOD ALMOST
AFTERNOON AS WE CONTINUE TO TAKE
SOME PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE
ONGOING COVID 19 RISKS. 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 VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE, THE
PARTICIPANT, TOLL FREE NUMBER
AND ACCESS CODE IS POSTED ON OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE. AND I WILL
ANNOUNCE IT NOW. TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772. AND
THE ACCESS CODE IS 1 TO 2. 9718. I WILL MAINTAIN DECORUM DURING
THE HEARING, AS IS CUSTOMARY,
AND ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
DISRUPTIVE MAY BE REMOVED FROM
THE REMOTE MEETING SERVICE OR
HAVE THEIR CONNECTION
CONNECTIONS MUTED. WE ARE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HEARINGS
HERE IN THE STREET BUILDING. I
ASK ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
TO BE PRESENT IN ROOM 2100 SO WE
CAN ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM AND
BEGIN OUR HEARING. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE
LAST SCHEDULED HEARING OF THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND
IT IS THE LAST HEARING THAT I
WILL BE SERVING AS CHAIR. IT HAS
BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE ON THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR
EIGHT YEARS. AND BE THE CHAIR
FOR FOUR OF THOSE YEARS AND I
HAVE TO THANK COMMITTEE STAFF
BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET ANYTHING
DONE WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. UM I
KNOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT
THEIR COMMITTEE STAFF IS. WE
UNDOUBTEDLY IN EDUCATION
COMMITTEE HAVE THE BEST
COMMITTEE STAFF SO THANK YOU,
LYNN LORBER. THANK YOU, LAUREN
AND TO EVERY ALL THE OTHER
COMMITTEE STAFFERS THAT ARE
WATCHING AND AREN'T HERE TODAY.
UM YOU'VE HELPED ME DO A GOOD
JOB AS YOUR CHAIR. SO I THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE
HAVE 23 BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
. WE ARE GOING TO BE BUSY. THE
FOLLOWING BILLS HAVE BEEN PULLED
BY THE COMMITTEE. ITEM 11 A B
1939 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US ITEM 14, MAYBE 2034
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S O'DONNELL
ITEM 15, MAYBE 2044 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S O'DONNELL. I BE
EIGHT. EXCUSE ME, ADAM 16, A B
2058 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
O'DONNELL. WE HAVE ONE BILL ON
CONSENT. THE BILL ON CONSENT IS
ITEM 22. A B 27 47. WE DO NOT
HAVE A QUORUM YET SO WE WILL
START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE
A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
TODAY AND WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH DR AKILA WEBER. SHE HAS
THREE BILLS. PLEASE COME
FORWARD. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
THEM IN ORDER? ALRIGHT LET'S
START WITH FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE
A. B 17 97 PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. I'M
HERE TO PRESENT A B 17 97 A BILL
TO IMPROVE THE CALIFORNIA
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY AND
EXISTING PUBLIC HEALTH
INFRASTRUCTURE TOOL.
IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS
ARE CONFIDENTIAL, POPULATION
BASED COMPUTERIZED DATABASES
THAT RECORD IMMUNIZATION DOSE IS
GIVEN BY PARTICIPATING
PROVIDERS. ALL 50 STATES HAVE
THEM. THE CALIFORNIA
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY CAME INTO
EXISTENCE OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
EXISTING LAW ASSURE STRICT
CONFIDENTIALITY. THE PATIENT,
PARENT OR GUARDIAN, MAY REFUSE
TO ALLOW THIS RECORD SHARING.
CAR'S ABILITY TO FOSTER HIGH
IMMUNIZATION RATES DEPENDS ON
THE AVAILABILITY OF TIMELY,
ACCURATE AND COMPLETE
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO
VACCINATIONS RECEIVING RECEIVED
BY MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION.
CURRENTLY IN CALIFORNIA. NOT ALL
IMMUNIZATION PROVIDERS CHOOSE
RECORD IMMUNIZATIONS THEY GIVE
THE INFORMATION AND CARE IS ONLY
AS COMPLETE AS THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY THE IMMUNIZATION
PROVIDERS. A B 17 97 WILL
REQUIRE THREE SIMPLE THINGS TO
EXIST IN THE EXISTING REGISTRY.
IT WILL REQUIRE ALL VACCINE
PROVIDERS TO RECORD THE
INFORMATION INTO THE REGISTRY TO
BOLSTER COMPLETE AND ACCURATE
DATA. IT WILL REQUIRE THE
COLLECTION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
TO BE AS A NECESSARY RECORDED
FIELD INSTEAD OF AN OPTIONAL ONE
AS IT IS NOW TO ADVANCE HEALTH
EQUITY AND RECOGNIZE HEALTH
DISPARITIES. ALTHOUGH PEOPLE CAN
OPT OUT OF THAT AS WELL. AND
CLARIFY SCHOOLS CAN'T ASSESS
VACCINATION STATUS DURING A
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO AID
AND STUDENT SAFETY. A B 17 97 IS
SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA
IMMUNIZATION COALITION PROTECT
US AND SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND SUPPORTED BY THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY
PHYSICIANS, CALIFORNIA DENTAL
ASSOCIATIONS. LAST ANGELES
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AMONG
OTHERS. WITH ME TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY IS KATHERINE FLORES,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A
CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION
COALITION AND OVER THE PHONE.
SUSAN BARN DOLLAR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF NURSING AND
WELLNESS. FOR THE SENEGAL
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK
YOU, ASSEMBLYWOMAN AND I THINK I
HEAR LET'S GO AHEAD AND
ESTABLISH A QUORUM BEFORE WE
HEAR YOUR WITNESSES. MADAM
ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
LABOR. HEAR HEAR IT SHOW BOOK.
HEAR HEAR CORTESI HERE, DELI.
SALLY HERE, GLASER MCGUIRE, PAN.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT
, LET'S START WITH YOUR LEAD
SUPPORT. MS MARTIN, ARE YOU HERE
? VERY GOOD. YOU HAVE TWO
MINUTES. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR LEYVA AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS KATHERINE FLORES MARTIN.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
THE CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION
COALITION. AND THIS BILL MAKES
SIMPLE CHANGES AND UPDATES THAT
WILL HELP ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIA
IS BETTER PREPARED TO ADDRESS
OUR NEXT PANDEMIC. OUR NEXT
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCYUM, AND
HELP ENSURE GREATER EQUITY AND
ACCESS TO VACCINES BY THOSE THAT
HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY HARMED BY
THIS CURRENT EVENT. THE PROPOSED
UPDATES WILL REQUIRE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE
DATA ON THE VACCINES THEY
ADMINISTER ARE ENTERED INTO THE
REGISTRY THAT THE PATIENT'S
WRAITHS AND ETHNICITY DATA
RECORDED AND ALL ALONG WITH
ARTHUR PENN. IT ALSO AUTHORIZED
THE SCHOOL HEALTH STAFF TO VIEW
THE DATA ON VACCINES RELATED TO
STUDENT SAFETY DURING A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY. AS DR WEBBER
SAID, IT'S A SECURE CONFIDENTIAL
SYSTEM USED BY DOCTORS AND OTHER
HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS WITH
THE GOAL OF TRACKING
IMMUNIZATIONS SO THAT ALL
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS GET THE
VACCINES THEY NEED WHEN THEY
NEED THEM AND NOT MORE THAN THEY
NEED. IT HELPS HELPS PREVENT
OVER IMMUNIZATION WHEN WE CAN'T
FIND RECORDS ON CHILDREN UM,
SINCE 1998. MILLIONS OF DOSES
HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE
REGISTRY, AND IT'S BECOME A
VITAL RESOURCE, ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS TIME FOR THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED
USERS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS TO
DOCUMENT TO LEARN WHAT THE
STATUS OF OUR I MEAN. OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE WITH REGARD TO
VACCINES. UM ALL OF YOUR USERS
ARE TRAINED TO USE THE SYSTEM
THEY SIGNED. CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENTS IS USERS. THEY SIGN A
CONTRACT AND CONFIDENTIAL
AGREEMENT AS A PROVIDER WHO
ADMINISTERS THE VACCINES AND
PUTS THE DATA IN THE SYSTEM HAS
BEEN IN PLACE FOR VERY LONG TIME
AND THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC,
THIS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS IN A
KEY A KEY RESOURCE FOR OUR
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
ACCOMPLISHES IMPORTANT WORK TO
SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
EFFORTS AND OUR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
COMMUNITY AND HEALTH CARE
PRACTITIONERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
USED THE REGISTRY FOR DECADES.
THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THIS SYSTEM,
AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ALRIGHT. WE'LL GO TO THE
PHONE LINES MODERATOR, IF YOU
CAN MAKE SURE THAT MS BARN
DOLLARS LINE IS OPEN, MR BARN
DOLLAR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SUSAN BARN
DOLLAR AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF NURSING AND WELLNESS
AS THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS
THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL IN THE
DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. WE SERVE
AS STUDENT POPULATION OF 100,000
STUDENTS AT 187 SCHOOL. NEARLY
55% OF OUR STUDENTS ALSO QUALIFY
FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH MEALS
AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT PANDEMIC
HAS DEMONSTRATED IN NEED FOR
INFORMATION TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE
STUDENTS AND DO IT WITH EQUITY.
AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, WE DEFINE
EQUITY AS PROVIDING STUDENTS
WITH WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY
NEED IT AND HOW THEY NEED IT SO
THEY CAN COME TO SCHOOL, STAY IN
SCHOOL AND BE SUCCESSFUL. AS A
SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE AND HELPING
ARE MOST IMPACTED STUDENTS IS
KNOWING WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED
AND CAN ENROLL IN SCHOOL
INFORMATION IN THE CALIFORNIA
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY OR CARE IS
OFTEN INCOMPLETE BECAUSE ALL
VACCINE PROVIDERS ARE NOT
CURRENTLY REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
INFORMATION ABOUT STATE REQUIRED
VACCINE. A B 17 97 CORRECT THIS
AND CONSISTENCY AND WILL GREATLY
HELP DISTRICTS ENROLL STUDENTS
IN A TIMELY MANNER AND MINIMIZE
DISRUPTIONS WHEN FAMILIES HAVE
DIFFICULT TIME LOCATING AND
PROVIDING REQUIRED IMMUNIZATION
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS. ACCESS
TO CARE IS ALSO CRITICAL FOR US
TO ASSESS THE STATE MANDATE
VACCINES STATUS OF STUDENT TO
MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE PLAN TO
USE CARE AS OUR ONLY
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY ACCESS TO
THE REGISTRY DURING A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY WILL ALSO
REMOVE THE BURDEN ON PARENTS AND
THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES TO
COMMUNICATE WITH SCHOOLS WHEN
THEIR CHILD HAS BEEN VACCINATED.
YOU ARE. DAVID SCHOOL WILL BE
LOST BECAUSE OF IMMUNIZATION
CARD ISSUE DISTRICT HAS HAD
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SUCH AS
PROTESTED MENINGITIS AND
HEPATITIS A IN ADDITION TO COVID
, LOOKING AT VACCINE STATUS
DURING OUTBREAKS IS CRITICAL FOR
A FAST RESPONSE. ACCESS TO THE
REGISTRY WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO
MINUTES PLEASE WRAP UP SCHOOL.
FOR THESE REASONS, AND DIEGO
UNIFIED AS A PROUD CO SPONSOR OF
80 17 97 AND THINKS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WEBER FOR HER
LEADERSHIP IN OFFERING THIS
PROPOSAL. WE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE ON A B 17 97
THANK YOU. VERY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ALRIGHT WE ARE NOW GOING
TO GO TO ANYONE HERE IN ROOM
2100, WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT A B
17 97. PLEASE PROCEED. LEILANI
HELD ON BEHALF OF SACRAMENTO
CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
MODERATOR PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF A B 17 97. TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT. PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME, AND 18 T SPECIALISTS
WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A LINE
NUMBER WILL OPEN UP YOUR LINE
HAS WE'RE READY FOR YOU. WELL,
FIRST GO TO LINE 59 GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON DIRECT COMISKEY
FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LINE 80. LINE 80. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HI. I'M
ACTUALLY AN OPPOSITION. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THIS
CORRECT TIME YOU'LL BE UP NEXT
CALL FOR A OPPOSITION. 9 48. GO
AHEAD, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS DENNIS
QUELLA FROM MEADOW WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT LINE 91. MY 91. YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE CHECK YOUR
MUTE FEATURE OR PICK UP YOUR
HANDSET. WE WILL MOVE ON TO LINE
92. T. TRUST ME, KEISHA THOMAS
FOR FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. LINE 61.
THE REVOLUTIONARY MEMBERS. THIS
IS BRIAN RIX OF LOS ANGELES
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
SUPPORT LINE 62. MONARCH,
MONTANA WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DENTAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
LINE 89. LYDIA BORN REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES
ORGANIZATION AND THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
CALIFORNIA DIVISION. BOTH ARE IN
SUPPORT OF A B 17 97. LINE 78.
HOW IS THAT ME? YES. GO AHEAD.
WHY POST THIS AND I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE MODERATOR.
NEXT CALLER, PLEASE. LINE 81.
I'M NOT IN SUPPORT NÓI ME,
ABREGO AND, UM I AM WHAT CORBYN
TABLE CAMPAIGN. AGAINST LIKE YOU
ABOUT HER. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO
FURTHER LINES IN CUBA AT THIS
TIME. THANK YOU, MR MODERATOR.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO
TO LEAD OPPOSITION, BOTH OF WHOM
I BELIEVE ARE HERE. WE WILL
START WITH CHRISTINA HILL BRAND.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
CHRISTINA HILDEBRAND IN I'M HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
CHOICE ADVOCACY. OUR POSITION
TODAY IS FOCUSED ON PRIVACY AND
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE TO AREAS
WHICH CALIFORNIA THANKFULLY, HAS
PROVEN TO HAVE STRONG ETHICAL
RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS BILL ROAD
REQUIRE THE PATIENT INFORMATION
FOR EVERY VACCINATION GIVEN IN
CALIFORNIA TO BE RECORDED IN THE
REGISTRIES WITH NO WAY FOR THE
PATIENT TO REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL
INFORMATION. GONE WILL BE THE
DAYS WHEN CALIFORNIA CAN TELL
UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES THAT THEY
CAN GET VACCINATED WITHOUT
SHOWING PAPERS OR FEAR OF BEING
REPORTED, AS WE DID DURING THE
COVID. CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION
REGISTRIES CLAIM TO BE OPT OUT
REGISTRIES, BUT THEY ONLY
ACTUALLY ALLOWED FOR THE LOCKING
OF DATA WITH ALL DATA, INCLUDING
PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE DATA
REMAINING IN THE SYSTEM. AS
RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK. WE'VE
SEEN THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION
FROM DATABASES, INCLUDING
GOVERNMENT DATABASES ARE NOT
IMMUNE FROM BEING HACKED OR
ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED. THIS BILL
WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR ENSURING
THOSE VACCINATED IN CALIFORNIA
ARE DOCUMENTED AND TRACKED AND
FOR ENSURING ACCURATE
VACCINATION STATISTICS ARE STATE
IS PROUD TO BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR
MEDICAL CARE, TELLING THOSE IN
OTHER STATES THAT THEY CAN COME
TO CALIFORNIA IF THEIR STATE
DOES NOT PROVIDE SERVICES.
THEREFORE THE IRONY SHOULD NOT
BE LOST ON YOU THAT THIS BILL
WOULD CAUSE THOSE WANTING
PRIVACY IN THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS
OR THOSE NOT WANTING THEIR
PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE
ENTERED IN A GOVERNMENT DATABASE
TO HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT
STATE TO GET THEMSELVES AND
THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED. THE
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT
GIVES CONSUMERS THE ABILITY TO
REQUEST THEIR PERSONAL
INFORMATION BE FULLY DELETED
FROM THE CONSUMER BUT DATABASE.
HOWEVER THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO
GOVERNMENT DATABASES, EVEN IF
THEY'RE USED FOR MARKETING,
WHICH THEY IMMUNIZATION
REGISTRIES ARE WE ASKED THE
AUTHOR IN THIS COMMITTEE TO
STICK BY YOUR ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
OF ENSURING CALIFORNIA IS A SAFE
HAVEN FOR MEDICAL CARE AND AMEND
THE REGISTRIES TO REFLECT THE
CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT AND BE
TRULY OPT OUT WHERE PATIENTS CAN
ASK FOR THEIR PERSONAL
INFORMATION TO BE DELIVERED. SO
THAT THOSE CONCERNS DON'T HAVE
TO GO TO ANOTHER STATE TO GET
VACCINATED TO ENSURE THEIR
SAFETY AND PRIVACY. WE URGE YOU
TO OPPOSE A B 17 97 USING YOUR
CALIFORNIA'S MORAL COMPASS AND
ONLY PASS IT WITH THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WILL ALLOW PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO BE
DELETED. THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO
THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A
LYNETTE CINEMA. MY SAYING THAT
REMOTELY CLOSE, OKAY. VERY GOOD
. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES IS
RONETTES SINEM, FORMER TWO TIME
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEVADA
CITY, CALIFORNIA AND I HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT FOR MANY
DECADES FOR LGBT EQUITY AND
FAIRNESS AND TO STOP
DISCRIMINATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT TODAY WE'RE STILL TRYING TO
LEGISLATE THIS TYPE OF
LEGISLATION. I'M ACTUALLY VERY
ANGERED BY THIS. I'VE NOT ASKED
TO BE IN YOUR DATABASE
WHATSOEVER. JUST LIKE AS A
LESBIAN. I'VE NEVER ASKED TO BE
DISCRIMINATED UPON. WHAT YOU'RE
DOING IS YOU'RE ACTUALLY
CREATING AND CODIFYING RIGHT.
SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES CIVIL
RIGHTS, OUR RIGHT TO MEDICAL
FREEDOM AND CHOICES, AND YOU'RE
CREATING AN ERROR OF OTHERNESS
OF DIVISION. FROM THE SCHOOLYARD
TO THE NEW YORK HEADPIECES.
PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TARGETING
THE UNVACCINATED, AND THERE'S NO
WAY IN THE WORLD. YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SAY TO ME, THIS
DATABASE IS GOING TO BE
PROTECTED WHEN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL JUST HAD A MASSIVE
BREACH AROUND, CONCEAL AND CARRY
PERMIT HOLDERS. I ALSO THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD THIS IS A
SLIPPERY SLOPE. MOST PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE THE U. S CENSUS.
ACTUALLY WHAT LED TO US GOING
OUT AND TARGETING THE JAPANESE
TO PUT THEM INTO INTERNMENT
CAPS. I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF
YOU TO STOP CODIFYING AND
LEGISLATING THESE DIVISIVE
TACTICS ALLOW US TO MAKE OUR OWN
CHOICES AND OUR OWN PRIVACY AND
THE RIGHTS OF HER OWN HOMES AND
DECISIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS
WE HAVE WITH THEIR DOCTORS AND
KEEP IT OUT OF THE BILLS. PLEASE
VOTE NO ON 17 97. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT LET'S
GO TO ANYONE HERE IN ROOM 2100
WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE. PLEASE
COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME
AND OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. MY
NAME IS DENISE AGUILAR, CO
FOUNDER OF FREEDOM. ANGELS
PRESIDENT ASSEMBLED COUNTY
LIBERTY COALITION AND
REPRESENTATIVE OF LEXUS. THE
LATINO EXIT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND OPPOSITION. THANK YOU.
TARA THORNTON, CO FOUNDER OF
FREEDOM, ANGELS, URBAN GLOBAL
HEALTH ALLIANCE AND FREEDOM,
TRAVEL, ALLIANCE. AND STRONG
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. H GIL,
OUR FOUNDER OF HOPE DEALERS IN
ACTION IN STRONG OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO
ONE ELSE. MR. MODERATOR CAN YOU
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE ON THE
LINE WHO WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR
OPPOSITION FOR A B 17 97? TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION PRESS ONE,
THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME. LINE 78.
LINE 78. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. AND
YOUR PHONES. AND NEXT, PLEASE
LINE 93. YES I'M NICOLE YOUNG
PASTOR COUNTY CHAPTER CHAIR OF
MOMS FOR LIBERTY. WE ARE IN
STRONG OPPOSITION. I REPRESENT
OVER 2000 FAMILIES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LINE 97. THIS IS
GABRIELLE INGRAM, FOUNDER OF
STAND UP SACRAMENTO COUNTY,
REPRESENTING A COUPLE 1000
PARENTS WE OPPOSE. THANK YOU.
LINE 103. HI. MY NAME IS DORITO
, MOTHER AND EDUCATOR FROM THE
ANGELUS AND I START THERE. 9
100. LINE, 100. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. LINE 100 HAS TAKEN
THEMSELVES THAT A QUEUE LINE 82
HELLO. MY NAME IS CELINE AND
REPRESENT UPLAND PARENTS FOR
CHANGING FREEDOM AND WE STRONGLY
OPPOSE A B 17 97. LINE 88.
HELLO. MY NEIGHBORS, MIKE WITH
WHO OWNED YOUR BODY DOESN'T WHO
ON YOUR BODY? WHO ON YOUR BODY
AND YOU DON'T OWN YOUR BODY, AND
THAT MAKES YOU LINE 69. GOOD
MODERATOR. MY NAME IS MONIQUE
COLD GAIN REPRESENTING WHITTIER
PARENTS FOR TOYS IN L. A COUNTY
AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS
BILL. 9 77. MEANING COURTNEY
PETERS CHEN ACROSS AND WE
STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL. 9 36.
LINE 36. YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO. THIS IS QUENTIN LEVEQUE
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH
POLISH IN ADVOCACY IN
OPPOSITION. LINE 98. TELL ME MY
NAME IS KIM SCOTT FOSTER COUNTY
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
LINE 91. SO DOES THAT MEAN GO
AHEAD. GREAT SHOOTER, WATCH
LEADERS AND EVERYBODY. SPEAKING
IN BEHALF OF JAMES TO BRIBERY
CAMPAIGN. FOR LABORATORY
PROFESSIONALS. AND WE ARE IN
STRONG OPPOSITION OF A B 17 97,
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A NO VOTE
RIGHTS. LINE 53. UM YES, THIS IS
RENEE NIELSEN ON THIS STAND UP.
SACRAMENTO STRONGLY OPPOSED 17
7. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LINE
ONE. OH, ONE. HI MY NAME IS
JULIANA RAMIREZ. SELENA'S
STRONGLY OPPOSED. BUYING ONE OR
TWO. HELLO MY NAME IS BLANCA AND
I'M FROM FORCE THEM CALIFORNIA.
I'M A MEMBER OF STANDARDS
SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND STRONGLY
OPPOSED 80 17 97. LINE 84. I
GUESS FELICIA KRUGER AND
COUNTING AND STRONG OPPOSITE.
LINE 81. HI YES. NO, ANY OF THAT
TO GO AGAIN? REPRESENTATIVE OF
LEGS IT OVER 500,000 LATINOS IN
THE NATION AND ALSO TV PARENTS,
UNITED AND OTHER FREEDOM
FIGHTING. PEOPLE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AGAINST THIS IN THE
VARIOUS AND OVERREACH OF THE
GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. LINE 90.
HI MY NAME IS LINDSEY AND I AM A
MOTHER AND TEACHER IN
CALIFORNIA, AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSED THE BILL. LINE 100.
HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
GREAT GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
SPECIAL. WILLIAMS I AM A MEMBER
OF MONTHS FOR LIBERTY PLASTIC
COUNTY AND ALSO A MEMBER OF
PROTECTION OF EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
CASE. ASKING FOR A NO VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LINE 96.
HELLO. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. MY NAME IS GROVER AND
I'M IN ROSEVILLE AND 17 97 IS A
VIOLATION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS.
AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO
BUSINESS. REGISTERING US LIKE
NEXT CALLER, PLEASE. LINE 99.
HI. MY NAME IS HOLLY HAYES. RAY
AND I REPRESENT FREEDOM FIGHTERS
IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSED ABC.
LINE 1 10. HI HEATHER KELLER,
SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND STRONG
OPPOSITION TO 17 97. LINE 1 12.
LINE 1 12 YEAR LINE IS OPEN. GO
AHEAD, PLEASE. LINE. 1 12,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. TO MOVE ON TO
LINE 1 14. BARBARA AND I HAVE
BOTH. LINE 1 11. HELLO THERE. MY
NAME IS T HAS BEEN END. I AM IN
, UH, ON BEHALF OF EXETER,
PORTERVILLE, VISALIA COUNTIES
AND HILLARY COUNTIES. WITH THE
PROTECTION OF MINORS PRIVACY
COALITION. I STRONGLY OPPOSED
THIS BILL 17 97. LINE 1 18. YES
MY NAME IS LINDA MARKER. I'M
IMPACTED COUNTY AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE ITSELF. IT MAKES ME SICK.
YOU NEXT CALLER, PLEASE. LINE 1
21. HOW MANY WAS JUST GREAT TO
RADIUM, CALIFORNIA FREEDOM FOR
THE OPPOSITION. WE'LL GIVE LUCK.
WE'LL RETURN TO LINE 1 12 AHEAD,
PLEASE. LINE 1 12 YEAR LINE IS
OPEN AGAIN. LINE 1 24. LINE 1
24, PLEASE GO AHEAD. LINE 1 24
IS TAKING THEMSELVES OUT TO YOU
. WE HAVE NO MORE LINES IN CUBA
THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR
MODERATOR. ALRIGHT LET'S BRING
THE DISCUSSION BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS
CONCERNS SENATOR GLASER. YEAH
THANK YOU. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE
BILL. HAPPY TO MOVE IT AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. I KNOW IT'S
ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT PRIVACY
ISSUES, AND I DON'T THINK WE
ADVANCED BILLS LIKE THIS WITH
THE THOUGHT THAT THERE'S GOING
TO BE A BREACH. WE WENT TO THE
APPROPRIATE SECURITY. I'M SURE
THE AUTHOR WOULD SPEAK TO THAT.
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. I'M
HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU, SENATOR GLASER. IT'S
SENATOR DOLLY. YES I ALSO WOULD
LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON SO JUST
AS YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW DAYS
AGO. UM ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE BREACHED OR SOMEHOW
LEAKED OUT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS. SO
WHAT? HOW HOW WOULD THIS BILL
ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE
SAME ISSUES AND THEN THE OTHER
QUESTION. I WANTED TO ASK AS
WELL AS, UM AS THE GOVERNMENT
ALSO SELLING OUR INFORMATION.
COULD YOU JUST THOSE TWO ITEMS.
THANK YOU. PLEASE PLEASE ANSWER
, HARVEY. WHICH I DON'T KNOW
THAT THE BILL ADDRESSES. I DON'T
THINK SHE CAN ANSWER WHY THERE
WAS A BREACH BUT FEEL FREE TO
ANSWER IN WHICHEVER WAY YOU
LIKE. OKAY WELL, YES. WHAT'S THE
SAFEGUARDS IN IT? THAT WAS GOING
TO ALLOW THIS NOT TO HAPPEN
AGAIN. WHAT WE JUST SAW A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO AND THEN THE
GOVERNMENT DOES SELL OUR
INFORMATION BECAUSE I RAN A
BILL. IF YOU GO TO THE D THE D.
M V CELLS ARE INFORMATION. I RAN
A BILL TO ACTUALLY STOP THE DMV
FROM AND THEY DIED IN COMMITTEE.
SO THAT IS A CONCERN AS WELL. SO
IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THOSE,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
DOLLY FOR BOTH OF THOSE
QUESTIONS, AND I WILL ASK
CATHERINE FLORES FROM THE
CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION
COALITION TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AFTER I SAY WHAT I'M
GOING TO SAY, BUT ONE OF THE
GOOD THINGS ABOUT UM THIS
PARTICULAR BILL IS THAT WE'RE
NOT NECESSARILY DEALING WITH
SOMETHING NEW CALIFORNIA
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY HAS BEEN
IN PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND
DURING THAT TIME I ASKED IN A
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE. THERE HAVE
BEEN ZERO BREECHES NOW. UM IS IT
POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE? ANYTHING
IS POSSIBLE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO
THAT. BUT WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO IS
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST
OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS. AND
THERE HAVE BEEN NO BREACHES. SO
I THINK THE SECURITY SYSTEM THAT
THEY HAVE IN PLACE IS SET AND TO
MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DO NOT SELL ANY
OF OUR OUR INFORMATION. AS
REGARDS TO OUR IMMUNIZATION. UM
TO ANYONE AND AGAIN THAT'S BEEN
IN PLACE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS SO
YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT AND SPEAK
MORE TO THAT. YES BRIEFLY. THE
CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY
LIKE ALL 50 STATE REGISTRIES
HAVE THE FOLLOW STRICT, VERY
STRICT GUIDELINES ON NATIONAL
GUIDELINES WITH REGARD TO
KEEPING TRACK OF THE DATA
PROTECTING THE DATA, AND I CAN
GET HELP DIRECT A SPECIFIC
QUESTION TO THE IMMUNIZATION
REGISTRY STAFF ABOUT HOW
RIGOROUS THAT IS, BUT THEY
MONITORED CONSTANTLY, TO THE
EXTENT THAT THEY KNOW IF
SOMEBODY IS NOT IF SOMEBODY IS
LOOKING UP TOO MANY RECORDS THAT
THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS LOOKING
AT, THEY WILL FLAG THAT SO THEY
WOULD LOOK AT THIS CAREFULLY AND
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SALES OF
THE DATA AND THE UM, THE LAW.
THE ORIGINAL LAW ADDRESSED ALL
OF THE PROTECTIONS AND STANDARDS
THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, MET FOR THE
REGISTRY BACK WHEN WE STARTED
THIS IN 1998. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.
THANK YOU INFORMATION. AND TO
THAT POINT, UM, HEALTH
INFORMATION IS, UM, IS PROTECTED
PRETTY WELL. YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON
THE BACK END THAT ARE ACTUALLY
LOOKING TO SEE LIKE SHE SAID.
WHO IS ACCESSING THE INFORMATION
? UM HOW OFTEN THEY'RE GOING
INTO IT? I AS A PARENT, BUT ALSO
A PHYSICIAN HAVE EVEN GOTTEN
FLAG FOR LOOKING AT MY OWN KIDS
INFORMATION BECAUSE I WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. AND I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME. SO
IT'S IT IS REALLY WELL MONITORED
AND TRACKED. WELL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTION. OR FOR YOUR
ANSWERS. I JUST WOULD WANT TO
SAY I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY. UM, FOR
THE FACT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT FIRST OFF THAT IT IS
SECURE, AND WE'VE SEEN A BREACH
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND I
DO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE D M
V DOES SELL OUR INFORMATION THAT
THAT'S NOT THEY DON'T DISPUTE
IT. THEY DO SELL OUR INFORMATION
IT'S KNOWN AND WE ACTUALLY,
ACTUALLY THEY STATE MAKES MONEY
OFF OF IT. AND I ACTUALLY RAN A
BILL TO TRY TO STOP THAT. IT
WASN'T SUCCESSFUL IN HERE. SO
FOR THOSE REASONS, I WON'T BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY
. THANK YOU, UH, SENATOR COBURG.
SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. LET ME JUST
PROFESSOR. I WON'T BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY, AND I
DO HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS. AND
NUMBER TWO. HAS THERE. BEEN ANY,
UM. ANY DISCUSSIONS ASKED TO
WHETHER OR NOT HAVING SOMETHING
IN PLACE SUCH AS THIS WOULD
DISCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS FIRM
GETTING IMMUNIZATIONS. BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR
INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH THE
GOVERNMENT. SO WOULD IT HAVE?
HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OR
CONCERNS WITH AND HOW THIS MIGHT
NEGATIVELY AFFECT PEOPLE WANTING
OR DESIRING OR PURSUING TO GET
VACCINATED? NUMBER TWO. UM, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR THOUGHT
PROCESS IS, WITH REGARDS TO THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MAY
EVENTUALLY BE USED, AND I KNOW
PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
MERITS OF THE CURRENT POLICY,
BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO
TRY TO THINK OF THINK ABOUT HOW
AND WHERE THIS IS GOING. WHAT IS
THE NEXT STEP? AND WHAT DOES
THIS GIVE A FOUNDATION OR
PRESIDENTS TO MOVING FORWARD?
AND SO THE CONCERNS THAT MANY
GROUPS HAVE IS THAT IF WE START
REQUIRING. THESE REGISTRIES
WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS AS
MENTIONED EARLIER BY ONE OF THE
WITNESSES, YOU HAVE THE CONCERN
THAT YOU CREATE CLASSES OF
PEOPLE VACCINATED, UNVACCINATED%
. AND WHAT IS THAT? WHERE COULD
THAT TAKE US AS A AS A SOCIETY.
NEXT MEANING? ARE WE GOING TO
REQUIRE ONLY PEOPLE VACCINATE TO
ATTEND OR YOU KNOW? BE ABLE TO
ENTER CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN THAT
IN THAT SENSE OR ATTEND SCHOOL
BECAUSE THEY'RE VACCINATED OR
NOT IN THAT ALREADY OCCURS, BUT
THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN
WE GATHER THIS DATA, AND WE HAVE
NAMES, ADDRESSES, I MEAN
EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING THAT IS
WHO YOU ARE IN A GOVERNMENT. UM. DATABASE THAT THOSE ARE THE
POSSIBILITIES OF WHERE WE GO
NEXT WITH THE WITH THE WITH WITH
OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CULTURE, AND
I THINK THAT IS THERE IS THERE
IS GENUINE FEAR WOULD LOVE TO
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THOSE FEARS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. AND
AGAIN, ACTUALLY, FOR BOTH OF
YOUR QUESTIONS, IT GOES BACK TO
THE FACT THAT THIS SYSTEM HAS
BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE IF THIS WAS A BRAND NEW
DATABASE, UM THEN I MIGHT. YOU
KNOW, I MIGHT AGREE A LITTLE BIT
MORE. BUT NONE OF THAT HAS
HAPPENED FOR THIS PARTICULAR
DATABASE OVER THE LAST 20. PLUS
YEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
THIS IS JUST UPDATING THE
EXISTING REGISTRY SO I COULD I
UNDERSTAND, AND I HEAR BUT THIS
HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE FOR A
VERY LONG TIME AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT HAVE NOT HAPPENED OVER THE
LAST 20. PLUS YEARS. I DON'T
HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL CAN'T LOOK
INTO THE FUTURE, SO I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT COULD HAPPEN. BUT I
CAN ONLY SAY THAT IT HAS NOT
HAPPENED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT
VERY GOOD SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS. ASSEMBLYWOMAN, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THIS BILL PROMOTES UNIFORM
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND
PRIORITIES. REPORT PRIORITIZES.
EXCUSE ME, STUDENTS HEALTH ABOVE
ANY NON DATA DRIVEN CONCERNS,
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYWOMAN.
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR GLASER. MADAM ASSISTANT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VIOLATE
HIM ONE A B 17 97. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS, BUT FIRST WE RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LIVER SHOW BOOK,
NO JOB. NO CORTEZ E. ORTEZ EI
DOLLY! CELLINO GLASER GLASER I
MCGUIRE HAND ALRIGHT. THAT BILL
WILL LEAVE ON CALL FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO A B 25 98
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. I HAVE
LUNCH UPSTAIRS. THANK YOU. ARE
YOU GOING? GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE
, ASSEMBLYWOMAN. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. WELL NOW GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO
PRESENT A B 25 98, WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
CONSULT WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
DEVELOP BEST PRACTICE MODELS OF
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND MAKE
THEM AVAILABLE ON THE CDC
WEBSITE. RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
EMPHASIZES REPAIRING THE HARM
DONE TO PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS
RATHER THAN SOLELY FOCUSING ON
PUNISHING THE OFFENDERS. OUR
YOUTH ARE IN NEED FOR THIS BILL,
AND PARTICULARLY OUR MINORITY
YOUTH. WHEN STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED
TO THE TRADITIONAL JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM, THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BLACK MEN IN CALIFORNIA ARE 5.5
TIMES OVER REPRESENTED COMPARED
TO THE POPULATION AND LATINOS
ARE 2.9 TIMES OVER REPRESENTED.
IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR CURRENT
METHODS OF PROPERLY ADDRESSING
YOUTH OFFENSES HAVE NOT PRODUCED
THE RESULTS INTENDED AND HAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
YOUTH OF COLOR, PLACING THEM ON
THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.
AS A MOM OF TWO BLACK BOYS. IT
IS. IT'S HEARTENING TO SEE THAT
BOYS WHO ACCOUNT FOR 51% OF
ENROLLMENT RECEIVE ALMOST 70% OF
IN SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. AND 71%
OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. A
B 25 98 WOULD GIVE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOLS THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO
BEGIN THE USE OF RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE BEST PRACTICES AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO SUSPENSION,
EXPULSION OR ARREST. IT WOULD
REQUIRE THE CD TO WORK WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP A
STANDARD MODEL TO IMPLEMENT
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE BEST
PRACTICES ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS AND
MAKE THE STANDARD MODELS
AVAILABLE ON THE C. D S INTERNET
WEBSITE FOR USE BY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES.
AS A PART TO IMPROVE CULTURE,
CAMPUS CULTURE AND CLIMATE. HERE
TO SPEAK TO ME AND SUPPORT TODAY
IS SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR
PAUL GOT OLD AND SO WHITE, YOU
KNOW HIM FROM DISABILITY RIGHTS,
CALIFORNIA TERRIFIC. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. DOCTOR GARFIELD. ARE
YOU GOING FIRST? IT DOESN'T
MATTER. WHITE SIEM. OKAY PLEASE
PROCEED. YOU HAVE TWO MINUES.
GREAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I AM SO WHITE CM. I'M
HERE ON BEHALF OF DISABILITY
RIGHTS, CALIFORNIA WE ARE THE CO
SPONSORS OF THIS BILL, RESEARCH
AND DATA SHOW THAT PUNITIVE AND
OR ZERO TALENT TOLERANCE
MEASURES THAT RELY ON
EXCLUSIONARY PUNISHMENTS ARE IN
IT INEFFECTIVE. AND THAT THEY
REALLY DO STAND IN THE WAY OF
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. DATA ALSO
SHOWS THAT THESE PUNITIVE
DISCIPLINE POLICIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BLACK
STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES. A RECENT
REPORT OF SACRAMENTO UNIFIED AT
SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWED THAT
BLACK MALES ARE FIVE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED THAN THE
STATEWIDE AVERAGE. THE BLACK
MALES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ARE
10.4 TIMES MORE LIKELY. TO BE
SUSPENDED THAN THE STATEWIDE
AVERAGE FOR THEIR SAME GREAT
PIERS, AND ALSO ONE THIRD OF ALL
BLACKMAIL. FOSTER YOUTH WERE
SUSPENDED IN SACRAMENTO CITY
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN 2018
AND 19. AND THE MOST RECENT
REPORT OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS OF EDUCATION SHOWS
GLARING DISPARITIES IMPACTING
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE
SERVED ACCOUNTED FOR 22.7% OF
TOTAL PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT BUT
ACCOUNTED FOR 56.9. OF STUDENTS
THAT WERE EXPELLED. UM FURTHER,
UH, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES,
UM AND K THROUGH 12 REPRESENTED
30 13.2% OF THE TOTAL STUDENT
ENROLMENT. BUT YET 23.3% WERE
EXPELLED. UM AND THE I THINK THE
DATA REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
AND WHY THE NEED FOR THIS BILL?
UM THESE DISPARITY IS REALLY
WORSENED WHEN THE DATA FOR
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE
DISAGGREGATED FOR BLACK
STUDENTS, UM YOU KNOW, AND FOR
THESE STUDENT GROUPS BEING
SUBJECTED TO HIGHER SUSPENSION
RATES THAN THEIR PEERS REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS IN TWO MINUTES AMONG
STUDENT GROUPS, AND WE REALLY
URGE YOUR SUPPORT AND BELIEVE
THAT THESE BEST PRACTICES
PROVIDED FOR WITH THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AD WILL
REALLY EQUIPPED SCHOOLS TO
IMPLEMENT SORT OF PRACTICES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
DOCTOR GOT HOLD. YOU ARE UP NEXT
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AS
WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY, SHERIFF. SUPPORT OF
A B 25 98 THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ONGOING SUPPORT OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING
THESE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES AS A
FORMER COURT SCHOOL TEACHER FOR
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OPPOSITE AND
IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND THE
HONOR OF WORKING WITH OUR
EXPELLED AND IT COSTS
INCARCERATED YOUTH. MAYBE 25 98
WOULD ASSIST SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO
RETHINK HOW WE TREAT OUR
CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN
NEED. PRIOR TO THE LOCKDOWN, 53%
OF 11TH GRADERS REPORTED THEY
HAD A CONNECTION TO SCHOOL, AND
ONLY 62% FELT THAT THEY BELONGED
ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT. IT PROVIDES A
FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL OFFICIALS
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR
STUDENTS AND ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS THAT LED TO THOSE
BEHAVIORS A COMPLETE DEPARTURE
FROM MANY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
THAT PUNISH THE SYSTEM WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE Y IN OUR
EXPERIENCE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
DISCIPLINING ISSUES ARE MORE OF
A CRY FOR HELP FROM THE STUDENT
RATHER THAN A REFLECTION OF WHO
THE CHILD REALLY IS RESTORED TO
PRACTICE STUDENTS AND SCHOOL
OFFICIALS. TO WORK TOGETHER IN A
MUCH DIFFERENT CONTEXT THAT
PROMOTES DIALOGUE AND DEEPENING
RELATIONSHIPS ARE EXPERIENCES
WHEN THE STUDENT FEELS EMPOWERED
AND IN CONTROL OF HIS OR HER
AGENCY, THEY ALMOST INEVITABLY
CHANGE NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS. AS
THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
FULLY COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING
THESE RELATIONSHIPS, WE BUILT A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER STAFF
WITH A CERTIFICATED TEACHER INTO
MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS. THE
STUDENT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED
FROM THE CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS.
THEY WERE TRANSPORTED. TO THIS
CENTER, WHERE THEY RECEIVE
MENTAL HEALTH INTAKE IN ORDER TO
FIND OUT IF THERE ARE OTHER
ISSUES. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF
PROVIDE MORE SUPPORTS TO THE
STUDENT OF FAMILY. IN ADDITION,
THE WORK FOLLOWED THEM FROM THE
CLASS SO THAT THEY RECEIVED
ACADEMIC SUPPORT FROM THE
TEACHER. ENSURING THEY WOULDN'T
FALL BEHIND ACADEMICALLY.
FINALLY, ADDITIONAL EFFORTS
BROUGHT EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES
TOGETHER. THE COMING UP WITH
AGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. FROM THAT
POINT ON, NONE OF THIS WAS
DICTATED. THE AGREEMENTS WERE
UNANIMOUS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
, STUDENTS WERE NEVER SENT HOME
WITH THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS.
DISTRICT WENT FROM 58%
GRADUATION RATE TO OVER 93%
WHILE SUSPENSIONS DECREASED FROM
18% UNDER 2. AT SANTIAGO COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION. WE HAVE
BUILT A RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
TEAM OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS,
PARTNERED WITH OUR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S SUMMER SEVEN
NATIONALS. IN SHORT, WE'RE
SEEING A COMPLETE REDUCTION OF
EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES
EXPULSION. SUSPENSIONS
PARTICULARLY FOR MARGINALIZED
POPULATIONS. WE STAND BY TO
SHARE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THIS
ANYWAY WE CAN THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. ANYONE
HERE IN ROOM 2100, WHO SUPPORTS
THE BILL? PLEASE STEP TO THE
MICROPHONE AND STATE, YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION AND YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THE BILL. HI ADRIAN MOHAMMED
WITH LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR
AND SENATORS ADAM KEIGWIN WITH
AFTER THEM ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS
ASSOCIATION IN SPORT. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON J. DORSET
BOARD MEMBER ON BEHALF OF THE
ALPHA COMMUNITY EDUCATION
INITIATIVE. WE SUPPORT THIS BILL
. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SEE NO ONE
ELSE. MR MODERATOR, CAN YOU
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE ON THE
PHONE LINES WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 25 98. THANK
YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF A B 25 98 PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. WE'LL START WITH LINE
ONE. OH SIX AHEAD HERE. 106
SWEET. TRY ALIGN 79, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. THIS IS JIM LINDBERG ON
BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS COMMITTEE
ON LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, RYAN. 1 19, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. REBECCA
GONZALEZ, THE NATIONALIST
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. 65. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MHM MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, NICK
ROMLEY. I'LL BE HAPPY
DIFFERENCES GO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU,
RYAN. ONE. OH, FOUR. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GRADUATING MEMBERS. BRIAN
PATH ON BEHALF OF TIPS. SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BYE.
IN 106, PLEASE GO AHEAD. TRUST
ME. HE SHOULD THOMAS FOR FRESNO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I
STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
IN. Q THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR
. ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO WE HAVE
NO LEAD OPPOSITION. IS THERE
ANYONE HERE IN 2100, WHO WISHES
TO OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE MADAM
MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE A B
25 98 THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A B 25 98
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. FIND 78.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU NEED TO
ALLOW OPPOSING WAYS. LINE. 98,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. KIM SCOTT FROM
CLASSIC COUNTY. I STRONGLY
OPPOSED A B 25 98. THANK YOU.
RIGHT. 81, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU
KNOW POSITION AS A FORMER ONE ON
ONE AID THAT WOULD ONLY QUÊ.
THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS IN. Q. THANK YOU, MADAM
MODERATOR. LET'S BRING IT BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.
SENATOR CORTEZ. I JUST WANT TO
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR HER
LEADERSHIP. I LOVE THIS BILL AND
I WOULD BE HONORED TO BE A CO
AUTHOR. IF THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY STILL TO ADD ON
AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD. THANK YOU, SENATOR
CORTESI SENATOR CO. BOGAN AND
SENATOR GLASER. SO. UM I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND WORKING WITH A
SIMILAR BILL WITH DEALING WITH
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND
HAVING INCLUSIONARY PRACTICE AND
ANOTHER IMPORTANCE. OF HAVING
THAT IN PLACE. ALSO I WOULD JUST
WANTED TO ECHO WHAT YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER WITH REGARDS
TO THE CONCERNS AS A MOTHER OF
TWO SONS. I'M ALSO A MOTHER OF
ONE SON AND TWO DAUGHTERS. AND
MY YOUNGEST IS MY 16 YEAR OLD
BOY, BUT I AM EXTREMELY
CONCERNED WITH THE RESEARCH AND
THE FINDINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING
TO THEY'RE COMING THROUGH IN THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH
REGARDS TO THE ACADEMIC
SUCCESSES OF OUR MALES OF OUR
BOYS, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THAT, UM THAT IS VERY CONCERNING
TO ME BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE WANT. AS MUCH AS WE WANT OUR WOMEN
TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND BE STRONG
AND INDEPENDENT. WE ALSO WENT
WANT OUR SONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL
IN SCHOOL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS AND
AS MALES TO BE REPRESENTED AS
WHO THEY ARE, AND I THINK WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO RIGHT
NOW, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
RESEARCH THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
THAT ARE MAKING US AWARE OF THE
CONCERNS THAT WE SHOULD BE
HAVING AS A SOCIETY AND ARE
MALES AND THEIR SUCCESSES. SO I
AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING HERE WOULD BE HAPPY
TO BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR AND
WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU
MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT WE CAN
DO TO HELP OUR MALES BE
SUCCESSFUL. IN THEIR ACADEMIC IN
THEIR IN THEIR FUTURES AS MILLS
AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THEY
PLAY IN OUR SOCIETY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SENATOR COBO CENTER
GLASER. THANK YOU, DR WEBBER FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. I
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEGISLATE
IN THIS AREA OF THE STORAGE OF
JUSTICE. CAME OUT OF THE GREATER
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
REPAIR AND HEAL AND TRY TO
CONSTRUCTIVELY ADVANCED THE
CONFLICT THAT DOES HAPPEN IN OUR
WORLD. WE WERE ABLE TO GET $5
MILLION IN THE BUDGET TWO YEARS
AGO TO START UP RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PILOT PROGRAM IN SAN
JOAQUIN COUNTY, AND WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
PROGRESS AND GOOD RESULTS, AND
YOUR BILL. BRINGING IT TO OUR
SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A IS ADMIRABLE
AND WORTHY OF GREAT SUPPORT. AND
I WOULD ALSO IF YOU AMEND THIS
BILL AND ADD CO AUTHORS LOVE TO
BE ADDED AS WELL WITHOUT HAPPY
TO MOVE IT AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. THANK YOU, SENATOR GLASER.
SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? YES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALL OF THE COMMENTS. IT IS
DEFINITELY LONG OVERDUE FOR
CALIFORNIA TO IMPLEMENT.
ALTERNATIVES TO EXCLUSIONARY
PUNISHMENT. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IS A HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVE THAT
WOULD KEEP OUR CHILDREN IN
SCHOOL AND GIVE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE ON A B 25 98. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR GLASER.
MADAM ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM TO A B 25 98.
THE MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LABOR KOBO KOBO
GUY CORTEZ, CORTEZ, EI DOLLY,
DOLLY, I GLASER. GLASER. I'M
MCGUIRE PAN. THAT BILL HAS
ENOUGH VOTES TO GET OUT, BUT
WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS. FILE ITEM THREE A B 27
74 BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU. SO GOOD AFTERNOON.
ONCE AGAIN. MY LAST BILL THIS
AFTERNOON IS A B 27 74. A BILL
TO MAKE PROGRESS IN CLOSING THE
EDUCATIONAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS THAT STILL PERSIST
STATEWIDE. MAYBE 27 74 WOULD
CREATE A NEW SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT
CATEGORY IN THE LOCAL CONTROL
FUNDING FORMULA. TO INCLUDE THE
LOWEST PERFORMING SUBGROUP OF
STUDENTS STATEWIDE. THE BILL
WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THIS
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TO ANNUALLY IDENTIFY
THE LOWEST PERFORMING SUBGROUPS
BASED ON THE MOST RECENT
AVAILABLE MATHEMATICS OR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ART RESULTS. ON THE
CALIFORNIA ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT
PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS. THIS
WOULD ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT
IN THE LOWEST PERFORMING
SUBGROUP IS GENERATING
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES TO INCREASE THEIR
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE DATA BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
TEST SCORES ROSE CONSIDERABLY,
AND YET THERE REMAINS AND
GROWING ACHIEVEMENT GAP. 2019
DATA SHOWS THAT 67% OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDENTS DON'T READ OR
WRITE AT GRADE LEVEL. AND MORE
THAN 79% ARE BELOW GRADE LEVEL
IN MATH. THAT MEANS THAT
CALIFORNIA IS FAILING THESE
STUDENTS WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
PROVIDING THOSE WHO NEED MORE
RESOURCES, THE TIME AND THE
ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHAT THE LOCAL CONTROL
FUND FORMERLY FUNDING WAS WAS
CREATED FOR. WE HAVE A SPECIAL
CATEGORIES FOR FOSTER YOUTH ARE
HOMELESS OR LOW INCOME YOUTH IN
ENGLISH LEARNERS. BUT WE REALLY
NEED TO START ALSO FOCUSING ON
THOSE WHO ARE NOT ACHIEVING THIS
BILL WAS ALSO RECENTLY AMENDED
WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
SPECIFICALLY DEFINE LOWEST
PERFORMING AND HIGHEST
PERFORMING PUPILS, SUBGROUPS.
LOWEST PERFORMING IN HIGHEST
PERFORMING ARE DEFINED AS A
SUBGROUPS, WITH THE LOWEST OR
HIGHEST PERCENT OF STUDENTS,
RESPECTIVELY, WHO SCORE IN LEVEL
THREE OR FOUR ON THE C A. S P P
SMARTER BALANCE. SUMMIT OF
ASSESSMENTS FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATH. WITH ME
TO TAKE A TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT
AS MARGARET, FORTUNE PRESIDENT
AND CEO OF FORTUNE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION, AND SHE'S HERE IN
PERSON. AND BROOKLYN WILLIAMS,
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE CALIFORNIA
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, WHO WILL BE
TESTIFYING REMOTELY. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN. LET'S START WITH
MARGARET. FORTUNE. PLEASE
PROCEED. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR LEYVA
. MY NAME IS DR MARGARET FORTUNE
ON THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
FORTUNE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. WE
CREDENTIAL TEACHERS FOR OVER 60
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH A
MISSION TO CLOSE THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT GAP. UM
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS BACK
IN 2013 WERE LEFT OUT OF THE
LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA AS
A SUPPLE, A GROUP THAT WOULD
DERIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING AND
CONCENTRATION GRANT GRANTS.
TODAY WE BRING THEM UP IN A B
2774 NOT BECAUSE OF THE RACE.
BECAUSE OF THEIR BUT BECAUSE OF
THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
BLACK STUDENTS ARE THE LOWEST
PERFORMING SUBGROUP. THAT DON'T
ALREADY RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTAL
STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING. UM IT
REALLY IS APPALLING. THAT 67% OF
BLACK KIDS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DON'T READ OR WRITE AT GRADE
LEVEL. AND 79% DON'T DO
MATHEMATICS AT GRADE LEVEL. WHEN
YOU LOOK AT SCIENCE, THEIR
PERFORMANCE IS EVEN WORSE. UM
WELL OVER 85% ARE NOT GRADE
LEVEL IN SCIENCE. THIS IS A
CRISIS THAT WE ARE WELL WITHIN
OUR RESOURCES TO FIX. AND A B
2774 WOULD DO JUST THAT. NOT BY
JUST PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT
SERVE THE 80,000 BLACK STUDENTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNFUNDED. BUT
ALSO BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY. IN THE LOCAL
CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS
THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING AT THE
BOARD LEVEL AND DEVELOPING WITH
THE COMMUNITIES THAT HEY SERVE
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE'RE
LOOKING FOR THIS ACCOUNTABILITY
. UM AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND WE ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. I WANT TO THANK
THE STAFF FOR YOUR COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS, UM, WITH THE TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS THAT WE SAW WE'VE GOT
A BROAD COALITION. THAT HAS COME
HERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO SUPPORT THIS
MEASURE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU
ALLOWING THEM TO TIME TO LET
THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. WE ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH. DR WEBBER FOR AUTHORING
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES AND
WE WILL QUEUE UP BROOKLYN
WILLIAMS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
AS WELL. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS BROOKLYN. WILLIAMS AND I
SERVE AS SENIOR ADVISER TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. TONY
THURMAN, WHO IS PROUD TO CO
SPONSOR MAYBE 2774 ON HIS
BEHALF. I'D LIKE TO ALSO, THANK
, REMEMBER WEBER FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE. SUPERINTENDENT SERMON WAS
PRACTICAL Ó AUTHOR THE PREVIOUS
VERSION OF THIS BILL A B 26 35
BY SECRETARY OF STATE DOCTOR
SHIRLEY WEBER, AND HE IS
THRILLED TO SEE THE BATON PASSED
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DR
ACCUWEATHER'S THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, PLACES, EQUITY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF HIS
AGENDA. CALIFORNIA STUDENTS ARE
STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH FAMILY
MEMBER DEATH. MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND RACIAL
INJUSTICE, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP AND SO MUCH MORE.
UNFORTUNATELY THESE TRAUMAS
FALLS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON OUR
MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND
STUDENTS OF COLOR. WE MUST TAKE
BOLD ACTION NOW TO MEET STUDENTS
NEEDS AND TO REDUCE THE LEARNING
LOSS. THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE. ONCE
THE WAY WE CAN HELP CLOSE THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP IS BY CREATING A
NEW SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT AND THE
LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA
FOR THE LOWEST PERFORMING
STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING
FUNDS. FOR CONTEXT. IN THE FALL
SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCED PLANS
TO BUILD A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT AND
SHE'S MADE IN CALIFORNIA. IN
ORDER TO ADVANCE THIS GOAL. HE
CONVENED A TASK FORCE THAT
BROUGHT TOGETHER PRACTITIONERS
ADVOCATES, RESEARCHERS
FOUNDATION PARTNERS THOUGHT
LEADERS AND OTHER EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD TO IDENTIFY T STRATEGIES
TO INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE.
82 774 ALIGNS WITH THAT CHARGE
AND IS A CRITICAL AND TIMELY
INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC HAS WORSENED
EDUCATIONAL INEQUITY. I'M A FIRM
BELIEVER THAT A RISING TIDE
LIFTS ALL BOATS AND THIS MUCH
NEEDED ADDITION TO L. C. F S
WILL BRING ABOUT MUCH NEEDED
POSITIVE CHANGE TO OUR
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. AND WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASPIRIN. I
VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO ROOM
2100 HERE, PLEASE STEP UP STATE
, YOUR NAME ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE
BILL. THANK YOU. GET AFTERNOON
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M
DR SAMI SCALES OUT OF SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA AND I STAND IN THE
GAP FOR AFRO COMMUNITY EDUCATION
INITIATIVE, AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS KEISHA THOMAS,
FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
TRUSTEE AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THANK YOU, 774. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ROBERT BROTHERS.
REMEMBER ALFA FILE FRATERNITY
INCORPORATED ARE STRONGLY
SUPPORT ASSEMBLY BILL 2774.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS YOLANDA MORE I'M A PARENT AT
A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT ASSEMBLY. BILL
2774. THANK YOU. ADRIAN MOHAMMED
WITH LITTLE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF THE BLACK LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M
DR ELIZABETH CHERYL DAVIS WITH
THE NATIONAL COALITION OF 100.
BLACK WOMEN SACRAMENTO CHAPTER
REPRESENTING 45 MEMBERS AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT A B 2774. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN MULLINS. I'M
THE PUBLIC POLICY CHAIR FOR THE
NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK
WOMEN IN SACRAMENTO. AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS BERTHA GAFFNEY
GORMAN. I'M A MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK
WOMEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT 27 74. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR, AND SENATORS PAMELA
GIBBS, REPRESENTING THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION, AND WE'RE PLEASED TO
SUPPORT THE BILL. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING BEING A LEFT OF ITS
TRUSTEE ON THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ARE FULL
BOARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS DR ALFRED BROWN SR.
TRUSTEE SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION. ALSO ADVANCING
COMMITTEE AT U. C. DAVIS
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
COMMITTEE AND I SUPPORT STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ARIANA
MICHAEL RECENT GRADUATE FROM THE
FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,
AS ELL AS THE MEMBER FROM THE
BLACK STUDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL FOR MYSELF. AND FOR MY
YOUNGER PEERS, THANK YOU. HELLO
MY NAME IS TIM CYBER HANNU. I'M
A RISING SENIOR WITHIN AL GROVE
UNIFIED SCHOOL ISTRICT. I AM
REPRESENTING BS YOU AND ON
BEHALF OF MY FELLOW PEERS. I
SUPPORT THE ASSEMBLY. BILL 2774.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. I'M NOXEEMA ABDUL HAMID
GRADUATE FROM CLASS OF 2022,
REPRESENTING THE BSC. YOU ON
BEHALF OF OUR FUTURE STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL.
THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS
SAMANTHA SMITH. I REPRESENT THE
BSC. YOU AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS ANGELA BAR FROM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLACK
STUDENTS OF CALIFORNIA UNITED
AND EMPLOYEE PRESIDENT COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL FOR
OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS GEORGE
SPENCER CAMPBELL. I'M A
GRANDMOTHER MEMBER OF N DOUBLE A
C P. SAN BERNARDINO AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT A B 2774. THANK
YOU. THANKS FOR COMING UP FROM
SAN BERNARDINO. HELLO I AM ALSO
FROM SAN BERNARDINO, A RECENT
GRADUATE FROM FONTANA UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART
AND EACH OF MY REPRESENTATIVES
FROM BLUE EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS OWEN
NAPPER. JUNIOR I AM I STAND ON
BEHALF OF BLUE EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION. AND I SUPPORT THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
. MY NAME IS JAY LYNN BELL. I AM
A STUDENT AT U C L A AND
INTERNET, THE BLUE EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION, AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL
MORRIS. DID BHARTI I'M A 30 YEAR
AT U. C BERKELEY. I'M FROM
FONTANA AND I'M AN INTERN AT THE
BLUE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, AND
I STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A B
2774. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
. MY NAME IS CARL LOPEZ VALDEZ.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER
FOR PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND WE SUPPORT THIS, BILL. THANK
YOU. GREETINGS EVERYONE MEMBER
OF NEW PRESIDENT GROUP AT HIS
CHURCH. I'M A NAIL SACRAMENTO
RETURN STATE WORKER 41 YEARS OF
MY GRANDMOTHER. AND I'M ALSO A
COMMUNITY LEADER. I DEFINITELY
SUPPORT A B 2774. MAY GOD
CONTINUE SMALL, YOU GOD BLESS
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS RODNEY DAVIS OR ABDUL
AND I STAND IN, UH, YES, ON A B
2774. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LINDA
WHITE. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE
SACRAMENTO NATIONAL PANEL IN THE
COUNCIL, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF
DELTA SIGMA THETA AND I TO
SUPPORT A B 2774. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON NAME IS ROBERT
REPORTER. I'M THE SENIOR PASTOR.
GENESIS CHURCH, THE FOUNDING
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK SACRAMENTO CHAPTER AND
REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL
NETWORK WESTERN REGIONAL, UM, IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF A B TWO SEVENS
AND FOUR THANK YOU. HI MY NAME
IS DR AYANA BALOGUN, AND I AM
ALSO FROM ELLEN EMPIRE. AND I AM
YES, REPRESENTING BLACK PARENT
ALLIANCE, AN EDUCATOR AS WELL AS
A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS LESLIE EVANS. I'M A
PARENT FROM RIALTO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS CHLOE FERGUSON ON BEHALF OF
THE CDP BLACK CAUCUS LEDGE
COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTED A B
2774. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CHASE WRIGHT,
PRESIDENT OF SAN MARINO BRANCH
OF WHENEVER NW CP AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT A B 2774. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TODD
ALLEN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL FAITH BASED
COALITION. WE ARE PROUD CO
SPONSORS FOR THIS BILL, AND WE
PROBABLY SUPPORTED BY 27 74.
THANK YOU. ARAMBULA ANTOINE,
PARENT IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT
27 74. GOOD AFTERNOON, MELISSA
BARDO ON BEHALF OF THE
EDUCATION, TRUST WEST AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. ANTHONY ALLEN ALLEN
EMPIRE REPRESENTING BLUE
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU BEFORE WE
GO TO THE YES. COME RIGHT UP
ANYONE ELSE SHARING SENATORS
ADAM KEIGWIN, WITH ACTING ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA CHARTER
SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL LET ME
JUST SAY BEFORE WE GO TO THE
PHONE LINES HOW AWESOME IT WAS
TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE UP HERE,
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SINCE
COVID BEFORE COVID THAT WE'VE
HAD SO MANY WITNESSES, AND, UH,
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FROM THE
INLAND EMPIRE WHO CAME UP. IT'S
NOT A SHORT DRIVE. ALRIGHT,
WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO THE
PHONE LINES. MADAM MODERATOR,
COULD YOU PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF A B 2774? THANK YOU IF YOU
WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B
2774 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS
TIME. LINE. 63, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
LEAH BARROWS ON BEHALF OF
DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE AND SUPPORT THANK YOU,
RYAN. 1 38, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, SALLY CHING ON
BEHALF OF A SALE YOU CALIFORNIA
ACTION IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
LINE 1 41, PLEASE GO AHEAD. LINE
141. COME ON GOOD AFTERNOON ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL
OF COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR, HEALTH
AGENCIES AND SUPPORT THE MEASURE
, BUT WHAT LIKE TOWARDS THE
OPERATE ON THEM IN CERTAIN THE
BILL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M
1 47, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHARLIE BAND MEMBERS
. ERIN HAPPY SENIOR LEGISLATIVE
COUNSEL WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATES
SUPPORT 82 774. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU LINE 81. HEY. GO
AHEAD. 9 81, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
LINE. 73, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND
MY NAME IS ROXANNE NAZARIO,
PARENT ADVOCATE AND ALSO A
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DELEGATE. AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
A B 2774. THANK YOU. I'M 76.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MORNING I'M
SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS WERE STANDING
IN CALIFORNIA, HAWAII IN TRUMP
SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
75, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHRIS LARSON, LEAD
ORGANIZER WITH THE AMERICAN
REDRESS COALITION OF CALIFORNIA
. ALSO PROUD PART OF MEMBER WITH
B. J. E. C COALITION FOR JUSTIN
. EQUITABLE CALIFORNIA WORKING
FOR REPARATIONS, REPAIRED OF
JUSTICE AND STRONG SUPPORT OF 18
27 74. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS IN. Q THANK
YOU, MADAM. MODERATOR ALRIGHT,
WE HAVE NO LEAD OPPOSITION
LISTED. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN
2100, WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE
SEEING NO ONE. MADAM MODERATOR,
CAN YOU PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE A B 2774?
THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION TO A B 2774 PRESS
10 AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENTS ON CUE. THANK YOU,
MADAM MODERATOR. LET'S BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS
. SENATOR DOLLY MOVE THE BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYONE ELSE?
ALL RIGHT, SENATOR CORTEZ E. I
JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN BUY
ONE OF THOSE T SHIRTS THAT
EVERYONE WAS WORRIED. I BET
SOMEONE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT
FOR YOU. BEFORE YOU CLOSE.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
BACK. I VOTED FOR IT WHEN YOUR
MOM FIRST INTRODUCED IT. I THINK
IT' A GREAT BILL, AND IT'S LONG
OVERDUE. AND WE NEEDED TO. WE
NEED TO DO THIS FOR A LONG TIME
. SO THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO
CLOSE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU. ARE YOU TAKING THE
AMENDMENTS? THANK YOU. SORRY
ABOUT THAT. AND I THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE COMMENTS AND ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. WE JUST
ASK THAT YOU JOIN AND SUPPORT
OUR VILLAGE AND OUR EFFORTS TO
CLOSE TO FINALLY CLOSE THIS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I VOTE
. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYWOMAN.
MADAM ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM THREE. MAYBE
2774. THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES
AMENDED BUT FIRST AMEND AND RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LEVA LEVA COBURG
CORTESI DOLLY. DELI. I GLASER
GLASER. I'M MCGUIRE PAN. THE
BILL HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO GET
OUT. BUT WE WILL KEEP IT OPEN
FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA FOR
YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE GOING TO
GO TO YOUR ITEM, WHICH IS FILE
ITEM NINE A B 17 46 PROCEED WHEN
YOU ARE READY. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. BEFORE I
PRESENT THE BILL. A B 17 46. I
JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL
THANK YOU TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR
FOR THE EIGHT YEARS THAT WE HAVE
WORKED TOGETHER. YES, CHAIRS OF
OUR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, AND
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE AS CHAIR OF THE HIGHER
ED COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH YOU
HERE IN THE SENATE. I FEEL THE
SAME WAY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA
. WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO SOME GOOD WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE SO I'M
PLEASED TO PRESENT THE CAL GRANT
REFORM ACT, A CONCEPT WHICH MANY
OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH A B 17
46 MODERNIZES, STREAMLINES AND
EXPANDS ACCESS. TO THE LARGEST
STATE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. CAL
GRANT A B 17 46 ENACT SEVERAL
NECESSARY REFORMS SPECIFICALLY
REMOVES ALL ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS
TO GO CAL GRANT SUCH AS GRADE
POINT AVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
IT SIMPLIFIES AND MODERNIZES THE
PROGRAMS BY CREATING TWO AWARDS
GRANT TO AND CAL GRANT FOR THE
LINES, THE STATE WITH SEVERAL
WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID
POLICIES. INCLUDING INCOME
ELIGIBILITY. THIS IS A POLICY
THAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MYSELF.
MCCARTHY AND SENATOR LABOR HAVE
CHAMPIONED THROUGH BOTH THE
BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I'M
PROUD TO BRING THIS FINAL
PRODUCT TO THIS COMMITTEE. I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FROM THE
FIXED FINANCIAL AID COALITION
WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO SEE SACK
TO ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE TIRES
LEAST SLEEVE FOUGHT FOR THIS SO
THAT THROUGH THESE MANY YEARS.
IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE WE WOULD
NEVER GET TO THIS POINT. BUT
WITH THIS HISTORIC BUDGET, I AM
VERY PROUD AND HOPEFUL FOR OUR
STUDENTS HERE TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT IS JAKE BREMER OF THE
STUDENT AID COMMISSION. AND
FRANCISCA RUBIO OF REALLY
COLLEGE. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MR BREMER,
PLEASE PROCEED. WHEN YOU'RE
READY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR LEYVA AND
SENATORS. I'M JAKE BREMNER. I'M
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLICY
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE
STUDENT AID COMMISSION HAVE TO
ALSO START MY COMMENTS BY
THANKING YOU CHAIR LABOR AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA FOR YOUR
SERVICE TO THE STATE AND TWO
STUDENTS. I'M VERY PLEASED TO
JOIN YOU TODAY TO SPEAK ON A B
17 46 LEGISLATION THAT OUTLINES
THE CAL GRANT EQUITY FRAMEWORK,
A NEW SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO
STATE FINANCIAL AID THAT I'M
ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE WAS
INCLUDED IN THE 2022 23 STATE
BUDGET AGREEMENT CONTINGENT ON
REVENUE PROJECTION IN MAY OF
2024. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC. WE KNEW THAT
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS WERE ALREADY
STRUGGLING TO MEET THEIR BASIC
NEEDS AS THEY TRY TO PURSUE
HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT WE
HAVE A STATE FINANCIAL AID
SYSTEM TODAY THAT STILL LEAVES
OUT FAR TOO MANY STUDENTS BASED
ON FACTORS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO
DO WITH THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS
BARRIERS BASED ON THEIR AGE,
THEIR TIME SINCE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION. OR THEIR GRADE POINT
AVERAGE, THEIR GPA EVEN IN THE
CASE OF OUR COMMUNITY, COLLEGE
STUDENTS 80 17 46 REMOVES THESE
BARRIERS AND STREAMLINES OUR
STATE FINANCIAL AID SYSTEM FROM
EIGHT CURRENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE
TODAY TO PROGRAMS SO THAT IT IS
NOT ONLY EASIER TO NAVIGATE FOR
STUDENTS AND CONSERVE MORE
STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO
SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES AND
STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND BEFORE
THEY APPLY. I CAN MAKE PLANS
AROUND BASED ON WHAT FINANCIAL
SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
TO THEM AS THEY CHOOSE TO PURSUE
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION OR
TRAINING. THE NEWS EARLIER THIS
WEEK AROUND THE STATE BUDGET
AGREEMENT TO THE POINT RAISED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA
REPRESENTS WORK THAT'S BEEN
YEARS IN THE MAKING. UH WE JUST
ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS SENATOR
LAVOIE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTY AND, OF
COURSE, OUR CO SPONSORS, THE
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
UNITE ELLA AND THE FIXED
FINANCIAL AID COALITION OF
STUDENT LEADERS. ACROSS ALL OF
OUR CALIFORNIA SEGMENTS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. SO AGAIN, JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MEDINA FAIR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS CAUSE OVER
THE YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
MOVING TOWARDS THIS NEW SYSTEM
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER
SERVE MORE STUDENTS IN
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU. IN HEALTH
. SO THANK YOU. OF COURSE YOU
KNOW YOU CAN COUNT ON ME AS AN I
VOTE. MY ABLE BODIED VICE CHAIR
WILL TAKE OVER WILL GO TO THE
PHONE LINES FOR FRANCESCA.
FRANCISCA RUBIO. PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS, UH
FRANCISCA RUBIO APPRECIATE IT.
BAD STUDENT AND REALLY COLLEGE.
I AM HERE.
CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? GOOD FOR
HIGH. MS RUBIO? YES. PLEASE
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. I
APOLOGIZE IN TRANSITION. OKAY MY
NAME IS FRANCIS SAID RUBIO. AND
I'M A STUDENT HERE REALLY
COLLEGE? I AM A I'M HERE AS A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT
ADVOCATE FOR REFORM OF THE COW
GRANT SYSTEM ASA SINGLE MOTHER
. THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN, 1911
AND EIGHT. GOING TO SCHOOL HAS
BEEN DIFFICULT APPLYING FOR THAT
HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO LACK OF
INFORMATION, UNNECESSARY
BARRIERS AND INTO FRIENDSHIP
FUND. OVER THE PAST SIX
SEMESTERS AND MY PURSUIT OF MY
ASSOCIATES DEGREE I HAVE ONLY
RECEIVED PALGHAT AND TWO OF
THOSE SEMESTERS. BOTH TIMES I
ONLY RECEIVED THE COW GRANTS
SEAT. INSTEAD OF THE SINGLE
PARENT WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
GRANTS WHICH LOWERED MY
DISPERSEMENT. I MADE IT HARDER
FOR ME TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY
WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL. 11 A
SMART AS TOWN IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. MOST PEOPLE MY TOWN ARE
MIGRANT FARM WORKERS ARE WORKING
IN PACKINGHOUSES. 16 HOUR SHIFTS
ARE NOT UNCOMMON TO US. AND
NEITHER IS MINIMUM WAGE TO EVEN
BELOW MINIMUM WAGE FOR CASH IN
HAND. THE MEDIAN LEVEL OF INCOME
PROTECTIVE, ACCORDING TO THE
CENSUS IS JUST OVER $10 10,000
DOLLARS A YEAR, WHICH IS VERY
UNSUSTAINABLE. GOING TO COLLEGE
. STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME BECAUSE
I NEEDED MONEY TO SUPPORT MY SON
AND I WHEN I WAS GRADUATING HIGH
SCHOOL, THERE WAS A LOT OF
INFORMATION, CONFUSION THAT
SURROUNDED OF FINANCIAL AID FOR
COLLEGE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THE
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE
AVAILABLE TO ME. I ALSO DIDN'T
KNOW ALL THE BARRIERS THAT WOULD
KEEP ME FROM RECEIVING GRANTS.
AND DID IT HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION? TO NAVIGATE THROUGH
IT'S CONFUSING APPLICATION
PRACTICE. CONSIDER POINT TO
COLLEGE DEVOTED OVER 10 YEARS OF
MY LIFE FOR LOCAL PARTITIONS.
MONEY WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR.
THERE WAS NO SUPPORT. I COULD
BEEMAN. HAD I KNOWN MORE ABOUT
CAL GRAU OR HAD HELPED TO
NAVIGATE THE CONFUSING
APPLICATIONS. I MAY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE RIGHT AWAY
AND THEN SETTLED IN MY CAREER BY
NOW. NOW THAT I HAVE RETURNED TO
COLLEGE AS AN ADULT LEARNER, IT
STILL IS THE EASY GROUND SPEED
DOES NOT DO ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
ME, BUT IT HELPS. I'VE ONLY BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET BECAUSE I
HAVE AN ON CAMPUS JOB AND I ALSO
RECEIVED COWARD. TOKENS THE ODDS
AND PROMISED THAT EVEN WITH THE
FUNDING FROM THE RESOURCES AND
STILL BELOW POVERTY LINE AND
STRUGGLED TO SUPPORT MY CHILDREN
, JUST MY INCOME AND GRANT
NUMEROUS TIMES I ALMOST DROPPED
OUT SELECT. I WASN'T RECEIVING
ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUT I WANT
YOUR RIGHT AT YOUR MARK OR TWO
MINUTE. MARK WOULD YOU MIND JUST
CLOSING YOUR STATEMENT? YES.
IT'S BEEN HARD AND WE NEED TO
REMOVE THE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS
LIKE THE REQUIREMENTS AND TIME
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, SO THE
PROCESS COULD BE MORE SIMPLIFIED
AND WE DON'T TURN AWAY POTENTIAL
STUDENTS. WE NEED TO INCREASE
THE WARD TO ENSURE THAT PHOTO
COST OF COLLEGE IS BEING MET.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY TODAY WILL NOW
CONTINUE WITH, UM WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 17 46 HERE IN
ROOM. 20 2 21 100. MADAM CHAIR
AND SENATORS ADAM KEGEL WITH
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE
TELEVISION ACADEMY FOUNDATION
AND SUPPORT. AFTERNOON TERRAN
MEMBERS MELISSA BARDO ON BEHALF
OF THE EDUCATION TRUST WEST IN
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, LINDA
VASQUEZ WITH THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IN
STRONG SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KATIE H|'M FROM
UCSB. AND I'M A POLICY FELLOW
FOR UCS A AND WE ARE SUPPORTING
THIS BOOK. GOOD MORNING.
CAROLINE NGUYEN. ALSO WITH UCS
SAY WE ARE IN VERY STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, THE NEGOTIATING ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON JAZZ AND PRASAD VP, A
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND ON
BEHALF OF THE STUDENT SENATE FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IS
PROUD TO BE A CO SPONSOR AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH SEE NO ADDITIONAL WITNESSES
, AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON
TO OUR WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. VR
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE, MADAM
MODERATOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
QUÊ ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF
17 46. WE WILL VEGAN. THANK YOU
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF A B 17 46, PLEASE PRESS ONE
AND ZERO AT THIS TIME. WE'LL
START WITH LINE. 50, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS HANNAH BRAGG
SAID. PHILOSOPHY ASSOCIATION AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU AND 1 55, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, REMEMBERS
MANU'S ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. THINK
YOU'RE 54 GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON AND ALL THAT OTHER ONE
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, RYAN. 1 59, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THIS IS DONNA
HOFFMAN CULLINAN WITH COUNSEL
FOR A STRONG AMERICA AND READY
NATION AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU AND 1 61, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS MANAGED
YEARS REPRESENTING THE TOWNS,
THEY EVER FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, RYAN. 1 29, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON ADRIANA
CHAMPAGNE WITH A LEGAL WOMEN,
VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND 1 63, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CAROL GONZALEZ ON
BEHALF OF BURRITOS COLLEGE,
PASADENA COLLEGE, SANTA MONICA
COLLEGE, LOWEST REAL COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, LONG
BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
, SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT IN SUCH STRONG
SUPPORT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND 1 68, PLEASE GO AHEAD. LINE
ONE CENTURY. THE NEXT THING
CALIFORNIA AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THINGS YOU WOULDN'T WANT 70.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON
. ESTRADA WITH CRUZ STRATEGIES
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
FORWARD ACTION FUND AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M 1 57, PLEASE GO AHEAD. MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS, NICK BRAMLEY ON
BEHALF OF THE WESTERN
ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE
ADMISSION, COUNSELING AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I'M 56.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON
, JOSHUA HAGEN ON BEHALF OF THE
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
IN SCOTLAND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
RYAN 49, PLEASE GO AHEAD. TIME
MY NAME IS CASEY CHANG AND CARE
REPRESENTING CHINA OR GENERATION
UP. WE SUPPORT THE CALDERON
EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS THAT HAVE MADE IT A
PRIORITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
58. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS RON RAP SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG SUPPORT,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU LINE 1 64,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. IT'LL BE ONE
MOMENT FOR THE LAST COMMENT IN 1
64. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS JEFF
VODKA REPRESENTING THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I
HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS IN QUÊ.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM AURA
READER. NOW WE WILL GO ON TO, UM
, ART WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO
A B 17 46. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
LEAD OPPOSITION WITNESSES ON
RECORD WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION HERE
IN ROOM 2100. SEEN NONE. MADAM
MODERATOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
PROMPT OR QUÊ ANY WITNESSES THAT
WE MAY HAVE THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICES FOR A B 17 46? THANK
YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 17 46 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. LIKE 91,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. SEE, I TIE MY
COMMENTS, ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT
WITH AMENDMENTS. MY NAME IS REAL
AS CALLING FROM COUNTY I WAS.
THE COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE. STILL
PEOPLE ALL DISPARITIES, PAY
TAXES A LOT, ALLOWING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AT THIS TIME
. WE'RE TAKING WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION WITH THE NAME AND
YOU'RE EITHER SUPPORT ROCKS
RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING
OPPOSITION. AND THE ORGANIZATION
THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING. BUT IF
YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS,
THANK YOU. AND IF I MAY JUST A
REMINDER IF THERE IS ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE
NOT HEARD YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED
TO SHARE AS A LEAD WITNESS,
WHETHER IT'S IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION. WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO SUBMIT ANY LETTERS WITH ANY
INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE. SO
HAVING HEARD FROM ALL OUR
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT AND
OPPOSITION ROLL, BRING IT BACK
TO THE, UM TO THE COMMITTEE.
CENEDELLA. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MEDINA. IS THIS GOING TO BE THE
LAST BILL? I'M GOING TO SEE FROM
YOU IN THE IN THE HISTORY OF
YOUR TIME HERE. I THINK THIS IS
MY LAST BILL IN PRESENTING
PERIOD. YES. WELL, FIRST I WANT
TO MOVE YOUR BILL. THANK YOU
THAT I KNOW THAT. IT'S BEEN
GREAT WORKING WITH YOU SITTING
BEHIND ME IN THE ASSEMBLY AND
ENJOYING THOSE CONVERSATIONS
OVER THE YEARS. JUST THANK YOU
FOR DOING WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDSHIP. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH DO WE HAVE SCENARIO GLACIER
NO GOOD. I THOUGHT LAST WEEK WAS
YOUR LAST ONE. TODAY IS THE LAST
PROMISE PROMISE? VERY LAST,
SENATOR. SENATOR BAN. THANK YOU
. SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WANTED
TO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION.
IN FACT, THE VERY FACT THAT
WE'RE TALKING HERE. YOU'RE BUILT
THE BILLIARD PRESENTING. IS THIS
VERY IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANT
REFORM OF CAL GRANT PROGRAM. I
THINK IS QUITE SYMBOLIC OF THE
IMPACT YOU'VE MADE ON AN
EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY HIGHER
EDUCATION HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP. CERTAINLY SUPPORTING
YOUR BILL. I KNOW MY GOOD FRIEND
HAS ALREADY SECONDED IT MOVED IT
, BUT, YOU KNOW, PROUD TO HAVE
BEEN IN YOUR SEAT MATE AND THE
ASSEMBLY. AND ALSO TO HAVE
WORKED WITH YOU AND SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TO PULL ME ALONG A
LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT I'M
RODINA AS YOU YOU THOUGHT STAR
LITTLE FARTHER THAN I DID. BUT
PROUD TO HOPEFULLY BEEN A GOOD
PARTNER WITH YOU AND MOVING
AHEAD THINGS LIKE THE ETHNIC
STUDIES REQUIREMENT. OTHER TYPES
OF THINGS, UH AND OCCASIONALLY
HAD TO LIKE PAN. YOU GOTTA COME
ON. YOU'RE NOT QUITE THERE WITH
ME YET KEEP COMING AND SO REALLY
PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT
OF YOUR THIS THIS VERY IMPORTANT
REFORM, BILL. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SO, YOU KNOW
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE HERE IN THE FIELD OF
EDUCATION. I KNOW WE'VE, UM I
DIDN'T SERVE WITH YOU IN THE
ASSEMBLY. BUT I APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD
FROM COLLEAGUE TO COLLEAGUE.
WELL ESPECIALLY IN THE AIRPORT,
AND YOU'RE FINE GENTLEMAN. IT'S
A PLEASURE IN ORDER TO WORK WITH
YOU. THANK YOU AND TO CLOSE I
JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO
SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND
ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF
EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SOMETHING MORE MEDINA. WE DO
HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR PAN. IN
THE MOTION. I'M SORRY, SENATOR
DOLLY! I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE
. I HEARD BACKWARDS AND THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS. BUT FIRST BE
WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. MADAM CONSULTANT
. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. I LET HIM NINE A B 17 46.
THE MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST
WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LABOR VOGUE. I
BOOK I CORTEZ E. PRETTY AS THE
EYE DOLLY DOLLY! I, GLASER
GLASER. I'M MCGUIRE PAN AND I
PERFECT VERY MUCH. WE HAVE.
WE'LL LEAVE IT UNCALLED FOR ARE
ABSENT MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WHAT'S HE DOING? MR RAMOS FIRST
NEXT. MCCARTHY ACTUALLY. OKAY?
OKAY OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S NAZARIAN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR AND
SENATORS AND THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUES FROM RIVERSIDE, SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIGHT HERE IN
SACRAMENTO FOR ALLOWING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP THE LINE. UM
COLLEAGUES. THIS IS, AS YOU
ALREADY KNOW, CAL KIDS WAS
ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE BUDGET
IN 2019. THE PROGRAM WAS ONLY
AWARDED AT THAT TIME. A ONE TIME
ALLOCATION OF 25 MILLION FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CALCULATES, SO
THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS
PROGRAM WAS GOING TO CONTINUE
AND BASED ON THE CONSTRAINT OF
25,000,001 TIME INVESTMENT. WE
CAME UP WITH BOTTOM LINE
PARAMETERS OF WHAT CAN BE PUT
PLACED IN CHILDREN'S SAVINGS
ACCOUNT IN 5 29 ACCOUNTS. IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
STRETCHED TO 25 MILLION OVER A
COURSE OF 10 YEARS. AND SO
THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE
FIGURE OF WELL, LET'S START AT
$25 MINIMUM. AH FORTUNATELY, AS
THE GOVERNOR MADE THE MAJOR
INVESTMENT LAST YEAR OF TWO
BILLION PLUS 100 MILLION,
ONGOING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THIS
PROGRAM LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT,
BUT THE BOTTOM LEVEL THE FLOOR
LEVEL OF THE INVESTMENT HAS
STILL REMAINED AT A MINIMUM, NO
LESS THAN $25. AND WHAT THIS
BILL DOES IS INCREASE IT TO AT
LEAST $100 SO THAT EVERY CHILD
BORN IN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSALLY
STARTS AT $100 MINIMUM
INVESTMENT. AH I'LL KEEP IT
SHORT TO THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO QUALITY,
CLARIFY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
I VOTE. THANK YOU REMEMBER
NAZARIAN. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
LEAD SUPPORT WITNESSES ON RECORD
, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ANY ELITE
WITNESSES HE OR ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 25 48 HERE IN
ROOM 2100. WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT OF 25 48. SEEN AND
WILL MOVE ON TO ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 25 48. WE ARE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES. UM
MADAM MODERATOR, IF YOU WOULD
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 25 48. WE WILL WE
WILL BEGIN. THANK YOU IF YOU
WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B
25 48, PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS
TIME. I HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MATTER
MODERATOR HAVING AH, NO. IS THIS
IN IT AND SUPPORT ON OUR
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES WILL NOW
CONTINUE WITH ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 25 48. WE DO
NOT HAVE ANY WITNESSES
REGISTERED FOR LEAD OPPOSITION,
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO A B
25 48 HERE IN ROOM 2100. SEEN
NOW WILL CONTINUE TO ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO A B
25 48 BR TELECONFERENCE
SERVICES. MADAM MODERATE. IF YOU
WOULD PLEASE QUEUE UP ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO A B
25 48. WE WILL BEGIN THANK YOU
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 25 48 THESE
FRESH 10 AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENTS IN. Q THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, UM, PROBLEM SO WE'RE GOING
TO BRING IT BACK TO REMEMBER. WE
HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR PAN AND
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS OR DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER? THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS BUT FIRST BE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. MADAM
CONSULTANT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. PILOT HIM 21 A B
25 48. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
BUT FIRST BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
LABOR. COBURG KIKE ORTEZ E
DOLLY. GLASER MCGUIRE PAN PEN?
AYE. WE HAVE FOUR VOTES AND
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE ROLE OPEN
FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AGAIN. DO WE DO? WE
HAVE OH, LADIES FIRST. WELCOME
UH, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES.
WE HAVE ITEM 19, MAYBE 24 59.
YES THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR IN
SENATORS FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 24 59
TODAY. I DO WANT TO BEGIN BY
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AS
DESCRIBED ON PAGE FOUR OF THE
ANALYSIS TO CLARIFY THAT THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED UNDER THIS
BILL REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO
CAMPUS HOUSING. MOREOVER I
COMMIT TO WORKING WITH THIS
COMMITTEE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS
BILL APPLIES ONLY TO CAMPUSES.
CAMPUS OWNED AFFILIATED CAMPUS
HOUSING FOR STUDENTS. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENT
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS BILL.
ADDITIONALLY MY TEAM AND I HAVE
HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH
BOTH THE CSU AND YOU SEE, AND WE
ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
THEM TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS FOR
CONSIDERATION. OUTLINE ON PAGE
FOUR OF THE ANALYSIS SENATORS. A
B 24 59 WOULD REQUIRE EACH
CAMPUS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
, CSU AND UC SYSTEMS THAT
PROVIDE A CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING
TO POST INFORMATION. ABOUT
STUDENT HOUSING ON BOTH THEIR
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL WEBSITES.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE CAMPUSES. HOUSING
STOCK, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
REQUESTING HOUSING AND HOW MANY
STUDENTS ARE ON THE HOUSING WAIT
LIST. A B 24 59 WOULD ALSO
REQUIRE EACH SEGMENT TO SUBMIT
AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE. COMPILING SIMILAR
DATA. AS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EXPAND THEIR HOUSING CAPACITY.
WE MUST ENSURE THAT THIS
LEGISLATURE KNOWS WHETHER EACH
CAMPUSES MEETING THEIR STUDENT
HOUSING NEEDS. ALTHOUGH EACH OF
THE SEGMENTS HAVE INCREASED
THEIR SPENDING ON NEW HOUSING,
THEIR HOUSING SUPPLY IS STILL
UNABLE TO MEET THE GROWING
DEMAND. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS
SCANT HOUSING DATA THAT IS
AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS TO CAMPUS
BASIS. AS A RESULT, THE
LEGISLATURE REMAINS LARGELY IN
THE DARK ABOUT WHICH CAMPUSES
ARE MEETING. STUDENT HOUSING
NEEDS IN WHICH ARE NOT THE DATA
PROVIDED BY THIS BILL, BOTH IN
AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND POSTED SEVERAL
TIMES A YEAR ON EACH CAMPUSES
WEBSITE WILL ALLOW THE
LEGISLATURE TO EXERCISE PROPER
OVERSIGHT AND ACCURATELY
ASSESSED STUDENT HOUSING NEEDS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. YOU MAY
ASK WHY, WITH THE ANNUAL
REPORTING REQUIREMENT, THIS BILL
ALSO REQUIRES HOUSING
INFORMATION TO BE POSTED AND
UPDATED ON EACH CAMPUS IS
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WEBSITES
SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THIS
INFORMATION ON EACH CAMPUSES
WEBSITE IS TO PROVIDE OUR
STUDENTS WITH UP TO DATE DATA TO
HELP THEM MAKE INFORMED HOUSING
DECISIONS. THIS CAN INCLUDE
WHETHER TO TRY TO SEEK CAMPUS ON
CAMPUS HOUSING OR LOOKING AT
PRIVATE HOUSING OFF SITE. THIS
HOUSING INFORMATION CAN ALSO
HELP PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH
CAMPUSES TO ATTEND, BASED ON HOW
MUCH HOUSING IS AVAILABLE. THIS
DATA IS EVEN MORE VITAL FOR
FINANCIALLY UNDER RESOURCED
STUDENTS WHO MUST MAKE VERY HARD
DECISIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY
CAN AFFORD THEIR DREAM OF A
HIGHER EDUCATION. WE ALL KNOW
THAT PROVIDING OUR COLLEGE
STUDENTS WITH MORE HOUSING
OPTIONS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS WE FACE IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. THIS BILL WILL HELP
PROVIDE SOLUTIONS BY ALLOWING
THIS LEGISLATURE TO HAVE MORE
CAMPUS BY CAMPUS DATA TO PROVIDE
MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT AS WELL AS
HELPING OUR STUDENTS MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
OWN HOUSING SITUATION. MEMBERS
ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE WITH ME TO TESTIFY. IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL IS JOSE, A
STUDENT AT CAL POLY POMONA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE
TO IT IS ALREADY HAVE WON.
TODAY. THE OTHER STUDENT WAS
UNABLE TO JOIN US. YES.
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL. OKAY SO WE
WILL BEGIN WITH AMINA HURNS FROM
U U C RIVERSIDE STUDENT. HELLO.
DO YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, AMINA,
PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE
READY. OKAY? YOU ARE HERE
VERIFIED YESTERDAY VIRTUALLY TO
COME FOR EATIN, AMINA, WE HAVE
A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, WOULD
YOU MIND? UM, I'M NOT SURE IF
YOU'RE IN A SPEAKER PHONE OR IF
YOU COULD SPEAKER. OKAY RIGHT
NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY.
OKAY ALL RIGHT. ALL STARTS NOW.
THANK YOU. MY STUDENTHOUSING.
IS ONE OF THE MOST. THAT MYSELF
SERIOUS SPACE FOR ARE CURRENTLY
FACING. WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
NO, THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MANY
HOUSING UNITS THERE ARE. WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY
WEIGHTLESS ARE ON FOR HOUSING
AND ACTUALLY PERSONALLY AS A
STUDENT WHO'S CURRENTLY WITHOUT
HOUSING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
I AM ON THE WAIT LIST, AND I
DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'LL HAVE
HOUSING AND THE WHOLE QUARTER. I
KNOW THIS REALLY SEVERELY IMPACT
STUDENT PARENTS POPULATION. UCR
IS 11 OF YOU USED TO HOLD THE
MOST STUDENT PARENT. AND I HAVE
A LOT OF FRIENDS AND HERE'S WHO
ARE STUDENTS. PARENTS.AND HAVE
PRETTY MUCH OUR PARENTS FULL
TIME STUDENTS FULL TIME AND I
HAVE FRIENDS WITH THEM WHO ARE
NOT ON HOW WHO HAVE DON'T EVEN
KNOW IF THEY'RE ON HOUSING FOR
THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO
KNOWING THIS INFORMATION AND
KNOWING HOW MUCH UNITS WE HAVE
BE MORE AT USE AND MORE
STABILITY WITHIN OUR LICENSE TO
PURSUE OF OUR EDUCATION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AMINA WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND LEAD
WITNESS, UM, IN SUPPORT OF A B
25. I'M SORRY. 24 59 JOSE
CUAUHTEMOC. ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
HELLO. I WOULD SAY. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO PROCEED? OKAY. THANK YOU
. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOSE
SOPHOMORE CUP PUBLIC. RAMONA
WHERE I'M PURSUING ENGINEERING
DEGREE. I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
DURING THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC, AND I'VE SPENT THE
LAST TWO YEARS OF MY COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE VIRTUALLY FOR MANY
STUDENTS IN MY GENERATION, WE
HAVE TO RELY ON WHAT WE SEE ON
OUR COMPUTERS AND WHAT WE FIND
AVAILABLE ONLINE. I WAS NOT ABLE
TO VISIT MY CAMPUS BEFORE TAKING
MY POSITION OF WHERE I WISHED
WITH HIM COLLEGE. I STILL DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED. BUT I
RELY ON VIRTUAL CAMPUS STORES. I
SAY THIS TO SHARE THAT IS LIKE
MYSELF WILL CONTINUOUSLY RELY ON
DATA AND RESEARCH IS ACCEPTABLE
ONLINE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR
WEBSITE. THE ASSUMPTION
OFTENTIMES RELY ON INFORMATION
ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PROACTIVE
FIGURE OUT THE IMPACT OF EVERY
DECISION WE MAKE. I DISAGREE. I
FORTUNATELY BELONGS TO MY SCHOOL
COPD AND PROJECT SUCCESS
PROGRAM, WHICH ENSURES THAT MORE
MEN OF COLOR GET THE DEGREE OF I
WAS DOING HAVE COMMUTER SCHOOL
AND THE REALITY OF WHAT MY
CONFIRMATION WILL LOOK LIKE.
THEY'RE FRIGHTENED. I DO NOT
WANT TO CALL IT AND WE'LL HAVE
TO TAKE OTHER TRANSPORTATION.
TOTAL NEARLY THREE HOURS TO
CAPITAL IN THREE HOURS BACK.
WHICH INCLUDES 3 TO 5, ENTERING
TRANSFERS. I NEED TO MAKE A
DECISION TO LIVE ON CAMPUS
BECAUSE I STARTED SCHOOL DURING
COVID 19, AND THERE WERE SO MANY
UNKNOWNS TO WHEN WE WOULD RETURN
TO KANSAS. I MISSED SEVERAL
CAMPUS HOUSING APPLICATION
DEADLINES AS A RESULT.
THANKFULLY I CAN STILL LIVE WITH
MY PARENTS. BUT THAT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE FOR STUDENTS. I
KNOW MANY OF MY FEARS WERE ON
HOUSE OR HAVE BEEN COUCH SURFING
THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY LEFT ME
TO BE LEARNING HOW COVID 19
IMPACT THE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO
ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ALL
THE DATA NECESSARY TO MAKE THE
BEST DECISION FOR OURSELVES AND
FOR FUTURE AND CURRENT STUDENT I
SUPPORT A B 24 59 BECAUSE IT
DOES THAT IT WILL PROVIDE
STUDENTS WITH THE SCHOOLS TO
HOLD OUR UNIVERSITIES
ACCOUNTABLE AND DURING A TIME
WHEN WE RELY ON WHAT WE FIND
ONLINE DUE TO THE LACK OF
RELATIONS ON CAMPUS AND WITH OUR
PERIOD IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE DATA
AVAILABLE. CAMPUSES ARE NOT ONLY
SPEAK TO ROME ARE STUDENTS SO
SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO OFFER HOUSING. A B 24 59 WILL
HELP OVERSEE WHETHER THEY ARE
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
COMPANIES TO RESHAPE THE
INFORMATION THEY SHARE WITH
PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AND, OF
COURSE, THIS LEGISLATIVE JOSE,
YOU'RE TWO MINUTES. DID YOU
CLOSE? I THINK HE CLOSED RIGHT.
OKAY. PERFECT WELL, NOW CONTINUE
WITH WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF A B
24 59 HERE AND ROOM 2100. SEEN
AND WILL CONTINUE TO WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT OF A B 24 59 BR
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES. MADAM
MODERATOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF A B 24 59, WE WILL
BEGIN THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 24 59
PRESS 1 10 0 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
MODERATOR, HAVING HEARD FROM OUR
SUPPORT, WITNESSES WILL NOW
CONTINUE WITH ANY LEAD
OPPOSITION. WE DO NOT HAVE
ANYONE ON RECORD. WILL NOW
CONTINUE WITH ANY, UH, WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION TO HERE IN ROOM.
2100 SEEN NONE. WE WILL CONTINUE
WITH WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES, MADAM
MODERATOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 24 59, WE WILL
BEGIN. THANK YOU IF YOU WANT TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A B 24 59
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENTS ON CUE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MADAM MODERATOR. AND
HAVING HEARD FROM ALL OUR
SUPPORT WITNESSES, WE WILL NOW
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
SENATOR PAN. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SENATOR CERVANTES AND
CERTAINLY VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT
OF YOUR BILL. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS NOTED IN THE ANALYSIS
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON
IS THE FREQUENCY. SO I THINK IN
YOUR ORIGINAL PROPOSALS EVERY
OTHER MONTH, THERE IS SOME
SUGGESTION BY THE STAFF, PERHAPS
IN TERMS OF THE UTILITY THE
INFORMATION ASIDE FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORTS AND SO FORTH THAT
PERHAPS DOING AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEMESTER OR QUARTER MAY
BE MORE USEFUL TO STUDENTS. SO I
JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU WHETHER
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE
PLANNING TO ADDRESS OR YOU
CONSIDERED WHY YOU STILL LANDED
ONTO EVERY OTHER MONTH. YES NO,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SENATOR FOR
YOUR COMMENTS AND RELATING TO
THE FREQUENCY. YES, WE ARE
WORKING WITH BOTH CAMPUSES. CSU
AND AH! B SYSTEMS TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S THAT PATH. LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE NOT SET ON. WHAT IS
CURRENTLY IN THE BILL. WE'RE
LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE WORKED
BEST FOR EVERYONE SO CERTAINLY
WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AS IF
THIS BILL GETS OUT OF COMMITTEE
TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION,
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING
AT THAT GREAT AGAIN. IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT. I JUST WANNA BE SURE
TO STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE
INFORMATION WHEN IT'S MOST
USEFUL TO THEM. SO WITH THAT,
CERTAINLY SUPPORTING THE BILL
AND WOULD MOVE TO BUILD
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR PEN. OTHER COMMENTS DO
WE HAVE EMOTION? YOU DID. I'M
SORRY. I PROBABLY JAI'S THANK
YOU, SENATOR PAN. WE DO HAVE A
MOTION BUT BY SENATOR PAN, THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED,
BUT FIRST AMEND, AND WE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
MADAM WAS MET HIM. CONSULTANT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM
1924 59. THE MOTION IS AMENDED,
BUT FIRST AMEND I'M SORRY. CAN
YOU MUTE YOUR PHONE, PLEASE?
BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING HERE.
SORRY. START OVER FILE ITEM 19.
MAYBE 24 59. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSES AMENDED BUT FIRST AMEND
AND RE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS LIVER. JOBURG
BOOK I. CORTEZ E. PRETTY THE
IDEALLY VALLEY I GLASER. LASER
EYE MCGUIRE PAN AND I VERY MUCH
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
FIVE VOTES WILL LEAVE THE ROLE
OPEN FOR ARE ABSENT MEMBERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL NOW
CONTINUE WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS. YES. YEAH ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY YES. WELL THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MR MEMBER RAMOS FOR
YOUR, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF
FOR OUR MEMBERS TRYING TO GET
HOME THIS WEEKEND. UM WELCOME.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S VIA DAIRIES
WERE ON FILE NUMBER EIGHT. WE'RE
GOING NOT QUITE IN ORDER TODAY,
JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE
FLIGHTS. TODAY YOU WILL BE
PRESENTING A B. 312 3 12, PLEASE
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS FOR
ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT A B 31 TO
THE SAUGUS STRONG ACT. ALL OF US
IN THIS ROOM, OUR PARENTS OR
GRANDPARENTS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
RELATE TO THIS. BUT WHEN I COME
UP TO SACRAMENTO AND WORK ON
LEGISLATION, I OFTEN THINK ABOUT
MY DAUGHTER. WHO IS JUST
STARTING KINDERGARTEN. I THINK
ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FUTURE WE ARE
HELPING TO SHAPE AND HOW SHE'LL
DO EVERY DAY. I THINK ABOUT
THAT. AND SO EVERY DAY I WORK TO
TRY AND MAKE THE FUTURE BRIGHTER
, MORE PROMISING AND SAFER. AS
MANY OF YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT
SANTA CLARITA, WHICH WAS ROCKED
TO ITS CORE BY THE 2000 AND 19
SAUGUS HIGH SHOOTING. IT UPENDED
LIVES AND LEFT A GAPPING HOLE
GAPING HOLE IN MY COMMUNITY. TO
THE CHILDREN, PARENTS, TEACHERS
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIRECTLY
IMPACTED. IT IS AN EARTH
SHATTERING OCCURRENCE THAT NEVER
SEEMS TO GO AWAY. IT WAS THE
LATEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN
CALIFORNIA AND I WANT TO MAKE IT
THE LAST THAT IS WHY I
INTRODUCED THE SAUGUS STRONG ACT
. IT'S A BILL THAT WOULD
ESTABLISH IN CALIFORNIA, ONE OF
THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS TO
REDUCE VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS, A
STATEWIDE ANONYMOUS REPORTING
SYSTEM. THE ADAGE. SEE SOMETHING
SAY SOMETHING IS EXTREMELY TRUE.
ALL TOO OFTEN PRIOR VIOLENCE
HAPPENING ON CAMPUS, SOMEONE
OTHER THAN THE PERPETRATOR IS
MADE AWARE OF IT. THIS BILL
MAKES SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF
WHO THAT PERSON IS THAT VITAL
INFORMATION IS PASSED ALONG TO
THE PROPER AUTHORITY. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
IMPLEMENTED WITH GREAT SUCCESS
IN MULTIPLE OTHER STATES. THIS
PROGRAM HAS SAVED LIVES. IT HAS
PREVENTED MASS SHOOTINGS AND IT
STOPS STUDENT SUICIDES. IT HAS
HELPED END THE CODE OF SILENCE
AMONG STUDENTS. IT MAKES SURE
THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE KNOW THE
RIGHT INFORMATION. BEFORE IT'S
TOO LATE. IT'S A SIMPLE AS THAT.
WE'VE GOT THE CHOICE TODAY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL
THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN OVER THE
PAST FEW DECADES TO SAVE LIVES.
SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON
THIS MEASURE TODAY TO MOVE IT
FORWARD IN THE PROCESS AND TO
CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT
DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING SAFETY
ON CAMPUS HERE TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORTED THE BILL TODAY ON THE
PHONE LINES IS SUSAN PAINE, THE
FOUNDER AND FORMER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF COORADO'S ANONYMOUS
REPORTING PROGRAM. AND JOE
MESSINA, PRESIDENT OF THE
WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN. OKAY BOTH
OF YOUR WITNESSES ARE CALLING IN
MS PAIN. WE WILL START WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HELLO
EVERYONE. THIS IS SUSAN PAINE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
I WILL STAY IN THE 20 YEARS
SINCE THE TRAGEDY AT COLUMBINE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW
THROUGH EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
IS THE LESSONS LEARNED
THROUGHOUT THESE TRAGEDIES, BUT
ALSO WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS AND
GAPS? WE KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
NO LONGER FOUR ADULTS. WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND
THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY NEED
TO BE ENGAGED AND EMPOWERED IN
WHAT TO LOOK FOR. WHAT HOW TO
SPEAK UP IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS
THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE. THAT
INFORMATION HAS TO BE SHARED IN
A WAY THAT GOES TO A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM AT THE
SCHOOL AND IN SOME CASES, UM TO
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, DEPENDING
ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING
OBTAINED. IT'S BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THIS
COUNTRY. ONE OF THE TOP THINGS
THAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE COST OF
THE LOSS OF Y PRICE SUICIDE OR
RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE OR
TARGETED VIOLENCE. AH COST OUR
COUNTRY MORE IN DOLLARS THAN THE
LEVEL OF PREVENTION THAT WE PUT
IN. AND HOW WE CAN SAVE NOT ONLY
WHAT MAKES COMMON SENSE BUT ALSO
SAVES SENSE WITH THE SEA. SO I
HOPE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THIS PROGRAM THAT IS EVIDENCE
BASED AND HAS REALLY IDENTIFIED
THROUGH RESEARCH THAT 80% OF ANY
SCHOOL SHOOTING. IN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES THAT MORE
THAN 80% OF THE TIME SOMEBODY
KNEW BEFORE IT OCCURRED. AND YET
THAT INFORMATION WENT
UNADDRESSED AND THAT INFORMATION
WAS NOT SHARED OR REPORTED. THE
LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT
AS WE REACH INTO THE DIGITAL AGE
AND THE NEED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THE WEST HAPPENING ONLINE. IS
THERE SEEING THINGS THAT ARE
RATES THAT WE CAN'T EVEN
COMPREHEND WHEN THEY SEE
SOMETHING OVER DIGITAL MEDIA,
WHETHER IT'S A THREAT TO CAUSE
HARM OR THREAT TO CALL SOMEONE
TO CAUSE HARM TO THEMSELVES? IT
IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE
ENGAGED AND EMPOWERED IN HAVE A
SOLUTION ON HOW TO REPORT IT.
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES DON'T
ALWAYS APPLY BECAUSE A REPORT IN
ONE STATE COULD SAVE AND PREVENT
A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN ANOTHER
STATE, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
IT'S PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION. TO SCHOOL SAFETY AND
IT REALLY BUILD THAT SAFER
STUDENT THAT'S SAFER SCHOOL AND
THAT'S SAFER COMMUNITY. THANK
YOU. ALRIGHT LET'S GO TO YOUR
NEXT WITNESS. JOE MASSINO,
PLEASE PROCEED. WHEN YOU'RE
READY. YOU ALSO HAVE TWO
MINUTES. WELL, MY NAME IS JOE
MESSINA, CURRENT PRESIDENT. THE
WILLIAM S. HART HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT, PARADA I WANT TO THANK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DEVELOPED AREAS
FOR ASKING ME TO TESTIFY IN THE
COMMITTEE FOR GRANTING ME THE
TIME TO SPEAK. MY DISTRICT
SERVES A COMMUNITY OF 22,000
KIDS. 16 SCHOOL FACILITIES AND
OVER 2000 POINTS IN NOVEMBER OF
2000 AND 19. I WOKE UP TO THEM.
QUÊ TING TARGET SCHOOLS. NOW I'M
FROM MASSACHUSETTS, AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS TARGETED HIGH
SCHOOL IN MOUNT THE JUICE. IT'S
BUT I LIVED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN I HEARD THE HELICOPTERS, MY
HEART SANK. I REALIZED IT WAS
OUR SCHOOL AND WENT DOWN TO SEE
IF I COULD DO ANYTHING, AND I
WAS WRECKED BY THE LOOK OF THE
TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS BASIS.
BOARD MEMBERS ARE STILL
RECOUPING FROM THIS AS WELL AS
STAFF. AND STUDENTS AND I'M
WELLING UP JUST TALKING ABOUT
IT. WE HAD A WE HAD, AND WE HAVE
A WE TIP KIND OF LINES. THE
RECEIVING NO CALLS ABOUT THAT
SHOOTER. WE RECEIVED MANY CALLS
THAT HELP OUR STAFF AND SHARES
DEPARTMENT SAYS SITUATIONS FROM
POTENTIAL GANG FIGHTS, CHILD
ABUSE AND TO WHAT MAY BE
PERCEIVED AS HINTS OF THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING. THIS YEAR ALONE. WE
HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN A DOZEN
PITCH FOR POTENTIAL ACTS OF
VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS WITH THE USE
OF GUNS BECAUSE OF GETTING THE
SENSIBLE TO THE AUTHORITIES.
EARLY ENOUGH, WE WERE ABLE TO
AVERT ANOTHER TRAGEDY. WE'RE
ABLE TO EVEN PROBABLY SAVE SOME
YOUNG LIVES OF KIDS THAT WERE
SUICIDAL. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE
THAT NO PARENT TEACHER STUDENT,
A BOARD MEMBER HAS TO GO THROUGH
THIS AGAIN. I HEAR THE STATE HAS
A SURPLUS OF FUNDS. LOOKED
ALLOCATE SOME OF THESE FUNDS TO
KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT LET'S GO HERE
TO ROOM 2100 FOR WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. SEEING NO. ONE LET'S GO
TO THE PHONE LINES. MODERATOR
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A
B 312. THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 312
PLEASE PRESS ONE THAN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. I HAVE NO COMMENTS
IN. Q THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR
. ALRIGHT LET'S GO TO LEAD
OPPOSITION. I THINK WE HAVE
MEGAN BAUER BEAR. MEGAN, MY
SENIOR LAST NAME, RIGHT? NICE TO
SEE YOU. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. YOU HAVE TWO
MINUTES. THANK YOU. MEGAN BEAR
WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
. WE DON'T YET HAVE AN OFFICIAL
POSITION. UM, AND WE APPRECIATE
THE AUTHOR'S INTENT VERY MUCH.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL
AND PRINT, THOUGH CURRENTLY,
MOST OF OUR DISTRICTS DO HAVE
LOCALLY RUN ANONYMOUS REPORTING
SYSTEMS. THERE ARE EVEN
APPLICATIONS THAT STUDENTS ARE
INDIVIDUALS CAN REPORT
ANONYMOUSLY ON THEIR PHONE. THEY
DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL
. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT A
STATEWIDE TIP LINE MAY DIVERT
CRITICAL INFORMATION AWAY FROM
THE HANDS OF LOCAL LEADERS WHO
CAN ACTUALLY ACT ON IT QUICKLY,
SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THOSE
ARE OUR CONCERNS, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT ANYONE HERE
IN ROOM 2100, WHO WISHES TO
OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE. MADAM
MODERATOR, COULD YOU PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO WOULD WISHES
TO OPPOSE A B 312? THANK YOU IF
YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
TO A B 312 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. I HAVE NO COMMENTS
IN. Q THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR
. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE
BOARD OF THE COMMITTEE. ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
YES CONCERNS. ABSOLUTELY SO.
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? MY
CONCERN IS THAT IF SHE WOULDN'T
MIND ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS
THAT THE WITNESS OKAY, PLEASE
FIRST READ EACH OTHER'S MINDS.
SO CURRENTLY TO DATE THERE ABOUT
36 DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SOME FORM
OF UNANIMOUS ANONYMOUS REPORTING
SYSTEM, INCLUDING SAUGUS HIGH
SCHOOL. THERE ARE 1000 DISTRICTS
IN CALIFORNIA, SO THE INTENT OF
THIS BILL IS TO MAKE A
STREAMLINED STATEWIDE PROGRAM
THAT ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE A
COMMITMENT OF FULL TIME STAFF.
VERSUS A LOT OF THESE OTHER
SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE PART TIME
FACULTY PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES THE
WHETHER IT'S AN EMAIL AND A TEXT
. SOMETIMES IT GOES WEEKS
WITHOUT BEING ANSWERED. THIS
WOULD STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND
ACTUALLY GET INFORMATION
CRITICAL INFORMATION MORE
RAPIDLY TO THE PROPER
AUTHORITIES. SO WHILE I AM
WILLING TO COME TO WORK ON THIS
BILL TO ACCEPT ANY AMENDMENTS
THAT COULD MAKE IT BETTER. I
STILL THINK THAT THE OBJECTIVE
IS FOR THE LESS THAN 3% OF OUR
DISTRICTS HAVE ANONYMOUS
REPORTING SYSTEMS. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MAKE
AVAILABLE FOR EVERY CHILD IN
EVERY SCHOOL. VERY GOOD. THANK
YOU, SENATOR PAN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SUMMER, THOUGH
THERE, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH
THE BILL AND CERTAINLY, UH AND
ALSO TRYING TO ADDRESS A VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEM. I GUESS, MY, UM
QUESTION AND CHALLENGE AND WHEN
LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING, THIS
IS THE LAST POLICY COMMITTEE.
IT'S GOING TO AND THERE'S SEEM
LIKE THEY'RE STILL LIKE MYSELF,
FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE'VE HAD
DISCUSSIONS ON OTHER BILLS SERVE
SIMILAR TWO IN TERMS OF OKAY, SO
WE HAVE AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BILL. IT
WOULD BE HANDLED BY A TEAM FROM
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM AND IT
WOULD BE THE CITY WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE. OKAY WELL, OKAY.
YOU HAVE ALRIGHT STATEWIDE,
THEN, UM AND SORT OF SPECT THAT
SCHOOL MINISTERS I'M JUST TRYING
TO THINK IMPLEMENTATION WISE. SO
GOAL WISE. OKAY. SOUNDS SOUNDS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET
THAT INFORMATION. IMPLEMENTATION
WISE AND, UH, I'M THINKING, LIKE
, ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO
GET IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
ACTIONABLE RIGHT? BECAUSE
OTHERWISE IT JUST GETS LOST IN
THE FOG, POTENTIALLY UNLESS
THERE IS WELL LAID OUT STEPS AND
THEN WHO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE SO
FOR EXAMPLE, UM HAS THERE YOU
KNOW, IN ADDITION TO, OF COURSE
, EDUCATION AND WHERE THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE BUT FOR
EXAMPLE, IS THIS WHO'S GOING TO
FOLLOW UP ON THESE TIPS? IS IT
GOING TO IS IF YOU TALK? YOU
KNOW HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT WEIGHED
IN IN TERMS OF THEIR ROLE. UM IS
IT GOING TO BE COMMUNITY GROUPS
BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE
CONCERNED ABOUT OVER POLICING.
I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO. YOU
KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS,
QUESTIONS ARE STILL KIND OF
FLOATING OUT THERE. NOT SURE. SO
I HEAR WE HAVE A TIP LINE. YOU
KNOW, SOMEONE CALLS IN THE
STATE'S GOING TO SET UP AND THEN
WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE?
RIGHT. SO HOW HOW DOES IT THEN
END UP? TO SOMETHING ACTIONABLE
TO AGAIN ADDRESS THE VERY
PROBLEM YOU TALKED ABOUT,
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO TRY TO
PREVENT THESE SHOOTINGS. SO I DO
I JUST SO, UM SO MAYBE IF YOU
CAN TRY TO, AT LEAST WHAT YOUR
DESIRE YOUR INTENT IS UH, IN
TERMS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION,
RIGHT, SO C D E WOULD HAVE 24
300 HOURS A DAY 365 DAYS A WEEK
TRAINED COUNSELORS THAT CAN
ASSESS THE TIP. AND THEN EACH
DISTRICT WOULD HAVE THREE
PERSONNEL WHO THEY DESIGNATE.
AND FOR SOME SMALLER DISTRICTS
THAT MAY HAVE LESS PERSONALITY.
WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE SOME
EXCEPTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS FOR
THOSE DISTRICTS, UM, THEY WOULD
REPORT IT TO THEM AND THERE
WOULD BE A PLAN IN PROCESS I
WOULD LIKE TO DIFFER ALSO TO OUR
WITNESS ON THE LINE, WHO HAS, UM
, COLORADO HAS HAD THE SAFE TO
TELL PROGRAM IN OPERATION FOR
OVER TWO DECADES. AND THERE'S A
STATEWIDE PROGRAM. SO COULD YOU
ANSWER HOW IT WORKS IN COLORADO
JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE SO THE
COMMITTEE CAN HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT GETS
DOWN TO THE DISTRICT. AND THEN
ALSO HOW THE DISTRICT WOULD THEN
HANDLE THE INFORMATION, THEN.
AND SENATORS. THOSE ARE
WONDERFUL QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT
IS. I WISH THAT I COULD ACTUALLY
SHOW YOU IN PRESENT TO YOU SO
YOU CANVISUALLY SEE IT. BUT
PART OF IT IS. THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG IS WHEN SOME EMPOWERED
YOUNG PERSON SEES SOME CONCERN
THAT HE HE OR SHE CAN THEN
REPORT WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A
MOBILE APP. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH
AN ONLINE PROCESS OR LIVE ON
CALL. THAT GOES TO THAT LIVE
ANSWERING POINT. UM NEBRASKA
JUST LAUNCHED THEIRS, AND THEY
HAVE TRAINED LIFE COUNSELORS 24
7 THAT ANSWERED THEIR REPORT. UM
THOSE REPORTS THEN ARE ROUTED
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WHICH, IF
YOU WORK WITH THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND MINISTRY LEVEL, YOU HAVE
AN IDENTIFIED MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TEAM THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN
ADMINISTRATOR A COUNSELOR, IF
YOU HAVE AN S, R O OR SECURITY
PERSON. UM AND ALSO LIKE SOCIAL
WORKERS. A LOT OF THESE TIPS
RESULTS IN NEEDED SOCIAL
SUPPORT. THAT TIP IS ROUTED AND
YOU GET A TEXT ALERT THAT
THERE'S A TIP IF IT'S YOUR
JURISDICTION, SO I APPRECIATE IT
WITH THE CALIFORNIA UPS, OR I
THINK THEY WERE ADMINISTRATORS
REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATORS.
PART OF THAT IS THE TIMELY
COMMUNICATION THAT GOES WITHIN
THIS SYSTEM. IMMEDIATELY TO THE
APPROPRIATE LOCAL JURISDICTION
FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK AND
RESPONSE. SAVES EVERYONE TIME
AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE
IF YOU'RE THE COUNSELOR OR
SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THE STUDENT
THE BEST IT ALSO WORKS IF IT'S A
WEEKEND OR A HOLIDAY, SO AND
SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE IT'S
AN URGENT, IMMINENT SITUATION,
AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK THE
WELFARE OR RESPOND TO A THREAT
OR ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THE LAST
PART IS THAT WITHIN THE SYSTEM
AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE
HAD TO OVERCOME IN THE LAST FEW
DECADES WAS IF SOMEONE WAS
TEXTING YOU. THEY WERE LIMITED
BY THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS IF A
STUDENT TOOK A PICTURE WITH A
DIFFERENT DEVICES, SNAPCHAT OR
AN INSTAGRAM THREAT OR SOMETHING
ONLINE. THEY WOULD WANT TO BE
ABLE TO UPLOAD A VIDEO OR
PHOTOGRAPHS OR ONE OF THOSE
THINGS. THAT'S 1000 WORDS FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT RESPOND. THE
GOAL IS THAT EARLY INTERVENTION
NOT ONLY PREVENTS TRAGEDY AND
LOSS OF LIFE IN MENTAL HEALTH
SITUATIONS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONCERNS, BUT IT ALSO HELPS
IDENTIFY FROM A BYSTANDER. THAT
IS THE WITNESS THAT HAS SEEN
THAT SOMEONE NEEDS HELP THAT IS
CRYING FOR HELP. UM SO IT IS A
VERY SOPHISTICATED FRAMEWORK.
THAT ONCE THAT COMES IN IT
IMMEDIATELY GOES SO IN STATES
AND I BEEN TO FLORIDA TE
PARKLAND TO SANDY HOOK. ALL OF
THE STATES THAT HAVE WORKED
THROUGH THIS PART OF IT IS
SHOWING HOW SOPHISTICATED THAT
FRAMEWORK IS. AND HOW THAT SETS
UP TIMELY. ACCOUNTABLE
COMMUNICATIONS DELIVERED TO THE
LOCAL JURISDICTION BOOTS ON THE
GROUND. THANK YOU. SENATOR PAN.
DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS? IT IS QUICK. UM, SO
IN TERMS OF SO THIS PROPOSAL
MODEL THAT PARTICULAR STATES
PROGRAM COLORADO SOMETHING OR
CORRECT, WHICH WHICH PROMISED
SANDY HOOK. OKAY SO THE ONE CAN
GUESS. DO THEY OPERATE ON
CONNECTICUT? OR CORRECT? OKAY?
ALRIGHT. OKAY ACTUALLY CLARIFY
THAT. YES VERY QUICKLY, PLEASE.
THAT SANDY HOOK PROMISE CAME IN
AND TRIED TO. WE HAVE A
STATEWIDE PROGRAMS. THEY PROVIDE
THIS SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUAL
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO
NOT HAVE A PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN
EXPAND ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU NEED TO. OKAY. OKAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SENATOR PAN. FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALRIGHT
ASSEMBLYWOMAN. I AM I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU A COURTESY VOTE TODAY
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A RECENT
GUT AND AMEND AND IT NEEDS A LOT
OF WORK. I DON'T KNOW THAT CD
HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO WHAT YOUR
BILL IS ASKING THEM TO DO. IF
THE BILL GETS OUT TODAY BECAUSE
MY MEMBERS ARE FREE TO VOTE,
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LIKE, UM
PLEASE LET US WORK WITH YOU AND
TRY TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I THINK
YOUR INTENTIONS ARE GREAT. I
JUST DON'T THINK THE BILL IS IN
THE FORM OF REALLY BEING ABLE TO
ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WANT TO
RETREAT. ACHIEVE SO WITH THAT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES,
SENATOR PAN TO JOIN THE CHAIR.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF WOR THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE. SO I, TOO WILL VOTE FOR
THE BILL TODAY, BUT, UM I'D LIKE
TO SEE A LOT MORE WORK BEFORE IT
SHOWS UP ON THE FLOOR IN TERMS
OF WORKING OUT THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE
PROCEED. WELL I APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM ME AND MY STAFF ARE MORE
THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU
AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF. TO
MAKING THIS BILL AS WORKABLE AND
HIS BEST AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OUR
CHILDREN DESERVE IT. UM I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING
DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE. I
APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AND
CONCERNS CONCERNS RAISED TODAY
AND I WANT TO COMMIT AGAIN TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE THIS A
BETTER BILL. BUT I WANT TO PUT
THIS FORWARD VERY DIRECTLY. YOU
ARE VOTING TODAY ON A PROGRAM
THAT HAS SAVED AND CONTINUES TO
SAVE. YOUNG LIVES AND OTHER
STATES. I ASK YOU. IN FACT, I
PLEAD WITH YOU DON'T LET THIS
OPPORTUNITY KEEP OUR STUDENTS.
NOT KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE.
BECAUSE I PROMISED YOU. ONE DAY
IT COULD BE YOU. WAKING UP IN
YOUR COMMUNITY. ATTENDING. A
UNITY RALLY WITH OVER 10,000
PEOPLE. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO
REGRET. THAT TODAY YOU COULD
HAVE TAKEN A VOTE. THAT COULD
HAVE STOPPED THAT. THAT TRAGEDY
FROM COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN. I THINK WE ALL
AGREE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOUR BILL ACCOMPLISHES YOUR
GOALS AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON
THE BILL. SENATOR GLAZER HAS
MOVED THE BILL. MADAM ASSISTANT
, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL VIOLATED
EIGHT. MAYBE 31 TO THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST BUT FIRST WE RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LABOR CODE BOOK
BOOK ORTEZ. DELI, GLASER. GLASER
MCGUIRE PAN AND I VOTES TO GET
OUT, BUT WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBER THANK YOU. ALRIGHT
SEND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. LET
ME FIND YOU HERE IN MY MANY
PAGES. OKAY? YOU'RE HERE
PRESENTING FILE ITEM 10 A B
1936. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU
ARE READY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR IN SENATORS. A B
1930 STICKS WOULD STRIKE THE
NAME HASTINGS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW. AND
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE
CONSULTATION PROCESS BETWEEN THE
ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES, THE
UK COMMITTEE AND THE COLLEGE OF
THE LAW TO DETERMINE A
REPLACEMENT NAME FOR THE
INSTITUTION. IT WOULD ALSO ENACT
SEVERAL EFFECTIVE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE POLICIES FOR THE YUKI
INDIAN PEOPLE AND THE ROUND
VALLEY TRIBAL GOVERNMENT. AS YOU
MAY KNOW. YOU SEE, HASTINGS WAS
THE NAME IN STATUTE IN 19TH
CENTURY AFTER CEREMONIOUS
HASTINGS, THE STATE'S FIRST
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, BUT WHAT
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS ALSO A DARK
PAST IN HISTORY OF HOW HE GOT TO
THAT POINT AND HOW THE STATUTE
NAMED THE LAW SCHOOL AFTER HIM.
THERE WAS LAND UP IN EDEN VALLEY
, WHERE THE UK INDIAN PEOPLE
PRESIDED AND LIVED WITHIN THEIR
CUSTOMS AND CULTURES. HASTINGS
UNPAID FOR MILITIAS THAT WILL GO
OUT AND KILL AND BROUGHT
ATROCITIES AND GENOCIDE TO THE
UK INDIAN PEOPLE. THAT PART OF
HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN TOLD IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS THAT PART
OF HISTORY THAT ONCE THE LAW
SCHOOL MOVE FORWARD TO DEVELOP A
WHITE PAPER REVEALED THAT
HISTORY TWO ALARM AND TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN WHICH NOW
THERE HAS BEEN AGREEMENT TO
RENAME THE NAME AND STRIKE THE
NAME HASTINGS. THAT PROCESS IS
ONGOING NOW. I UNDER DEUCE THIS
BILL TO BRING FORWARD THAT DARK
HISTORY SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE
THAT AND HEAR ABOUT THAT IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT ALSO TO
BRING A VOICE TO THE TABLE WHEN
THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN
DEBATED. THAT THAT VOICE OF
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE AND
PARTICULARLY ROUND VALLEY INDIAN
TRIBES, AND THE UK INDIAN PEOPLE
ARE AT THE TABLE WHEN THIS WAS
BEING DISCUSSED. THIS BILL. IS
CO SPONSORED BY. THE UC HASTINGS
COLLEGE OF THE LAW, ROUND VALLEY
, INDIAN TRIBES AND AUTHORSHIP.
UM PEOPLE HAVE JOINED ON FROM
THE SENATE, INCLUDING SENATOR
AMBERG. AND ALSO SENATOR WIENER
, SENATOR MCGUIRE AND LAYERED
AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
BUILDING THAT COALITION MOVING
FORWARD A B 1936 IS THE ONLY
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE CURRENTLY
MOVING WITH THOSE CO AUTHORS
COMING ON FROM THE SENATE. WITH
ME TODAY. TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
AS PRESIDENT JIM RUSS OF THE
ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES.
STEVE BROWN, CHAIRMAN OF THE UK
INDIAN COMMITTEE, AND THE
CHANCELLOR AND DEAN DAVE
FRAGMENT OF THE UC HASTINGS
COLLEGE OF THE LAW TO TESTIFY
AND SUPPORT. AND I UNDERSTAND
MADAM CHAIR THAT THE THREE
WITNESSES HAVE BEEN GRANTED, UM
, THE TIME ALLOTTED TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF TWO MINUTES. THEY WANT
VERY WELCOME. DO YOU WANT TO GO
IN THE ORDER THAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED STARTING WITH
PRESIDENT JIM? RUSS YES, MADAM.
MR. RUSS, PLEASE COME RIGHT UP.
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UM, UM, JUST
TAKE US JUST A SECOND TO THANK
THE GREAT SPIRIT, OUR LORD IN
HEAVEN FOR THIS DAY, BRINGING
ALL OF US TOGETHER HERE TODAY TO
DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
SECONDLY I'D LIKE TO THANK
CHAIRMAN LABOR, LABOR AND THE
REST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. AND THIRD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO
SOME OF THEM RAMOS FOR HIS TIME
ANDHIS EFFORT AND HIS
LEADERSHIP DURING THIS PROCESS
THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. MY
NAME IS JAMES REST. I AM AN OLD
MEMBER ARAMBULA INDIAN TRIBES.
I'M OF WHY LUCKY DESCENT AND I
AM THE CURRENT TRAVEL CHAIRMAN
ARE TRIBAL PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBAL
COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KNOW THAT
OUR ROUND VALLEY INDIAN
RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN
NORTHEASTERN MINISTRY, NO COUNTY
WHERE ONE OF THE OLDEST LARGEST
RESERVATIONS IN THE STATE EXCUSE
ME. ALL THIS LARGEST LAND BASED
RESERVATIONS IN THE STATE. THE
TRIBES THAT ARE UNDER OUR
JURISDICTION AND OUR STATUS RY
LUCKY NORMAL LACKEY. PALMO CONK
OUT PITT RIVER AND, OF COURSE,
THE UK TRIBE, WHICH IS
INDIGENOUS TO OUR RAM VALLEY
AREA. THE TRIBES. OUR HISTORY IS
VERY SIMILAR TO MANY OR MOST OF
ALL THE TRIBES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IT'S A HISTORY OF
GENOCIDE AND OF THE ATROCITIES
AGAINST INDIAN PEOPLE BY THE
DOMINANT SOCIETY. THAT WAS JUST
ELOQUENTLY MENTIONED BY, UH,
SOME GERMAN RAMOS. EXCUSE ME. I
SPEAK OUT TODAY AND SUPPORT OF A
B 1936 AND I WANT TO REALLY
EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT A NAME CHANGE. IT'S ABOUT
A PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE
COLLEGE AND WITH THE UK
COMMITTEE, AND UM AND ALL OF THE
OTHER PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED, BUT I'D LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, D INFECT MAN
FOR HIS EFFORTS AND HIS TIME.
AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COLLEGE AND HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF
TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS AS
WELL. MHM. AND SO, UM. THIS HAS
BEEN FACILITATED BY SULLIVAN
RAMOS, BUT WE HAVE HAD OUR
PEOPLE AT THE TABLE WHICH IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE
HAVE A SAY IN, UM AND WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH OUR HISTORY OF OUR
CULTURES AND OUR TRIBES. SO, UM
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UK
CHAIRMAN STEVE BROWN, THE
CURRENT, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FORMER MONO
WANDA SON WHO PUT A LOT OF TIME
AND EFFORT TO THE INTO THIS AS
WELL. SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A
NAME CHANGE OVER TIME. SORRY
I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP BY SAYING
THAT ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO
THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE FOR YOUR TIME. AND
I DO SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF A B
1936. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO MR STEVE
BROWN. WELCOME. PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE. MY NAME IS STEVE BROWN
. I'M A YUKI FAMILY DESCENDANT
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. K
COMMITTEE FOR THE ROUND VALLEY
INDIAN TRIBES. OUR PEOPLE WERE
NEARLY EXTERMINATED IN THE MID
18 HUNDREDS. THERE WERE 20,000
OF US AND MURDERED DOWN TO LESS
THAN 300 BY THE LOCAL SETTLERS
AND SARANDOS HASTINGS, SERENA'S
HASTINGS FOUNDED A LAW SCHOOL IN
HIS NAME FROM SOME OF THE
PROFITS OF HIS MURDEROUS DEEDS.
HE NAMED THE LAW SCHOOL, THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
HASTINGS SCHOOL OF THE LAW. ON
NOVEMBER 2ND 2021, THE LAW
SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED
TO REMOVE HIS VILLAINOUS NAME
FROM THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL HAS
OFFERED 21 INITIATIVES AS
RESTORED OF JUSTICE, AND WE ASK
FOR A YUKI TRIBAL LANGUAGE NAME
NAM, WHICH MEANS ONE PEOPLE. TO
BE THE REPLACEMENT. WE SUPPORT A
B 1936 AS A POSITIVE STEP IN
THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT LET'S NOW
GO TO DAVID BAGMAN. THE
CHANCELLOR OF UC HASTINGS,
PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE
READY, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I AM DAVID HAGEMAN,
CHANCELLOR AND DEAN OF THE
HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, AND
I'M PROUD TO BE SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF A B 1936. I WANT TO
BEGIN BY THANKING OUR READ
AUTHORS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS
AND TING AS WELL AS PRESIDENT
JAMES ROSS. YUKI COMMITMENT
COMMITTEE MEMBERS STEVE BROWN
AND MONA WANT ANSON AND SENATORS
WIENER, HAMBURG AND HERZBERG FOR
THEIR EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH
THE COLLEGE. THE CRAFT
LEGISLATION. THAT WOULD PROVIDE
A BLUEPRINT FOR THE SCHOOL AND
THE TRIBES OF ROUND VALLEY TO
WORK TOGETHER IN MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL WAYS, OUR SHARED
GOALS OR TO DEFINE CONCRETE
EFFORTS. IT WAS SORT OF JUSTICE
AND TO REMOVE THE NAME HASTINGS
FROM OUR LAW SCHOOL. MAYBE 1936
AS PART OF A LONGSTANDING
PROCESS THIS PROCESS OF
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AMONG OUR
COMMUNITIES BEGAN IN 2017. WHEN
I FIRST GO INTO THE HISTORY OF
OUR FOUNDERS ACTIONS IN THE
ROUND. ROUND VALLEY THAT RESULT
IN THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF
YUKI TRIBAL MEMBERS. THAT YEAR,
I POINTED WHAT CAME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE HASTINGS LEGACY REVIEW
COMMITTEE, WHICH EXAMINED THE
HISTORY OF SURROUNDINGS HASTINGS
ACTIONS IN THE 18 FIFTIES AND WE
REACHED OUT TO THE TRIBES OF
ROUND VALLEY. THIS WORK WENT TO
THE BUILDING OF TRUST IN
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITIES. A NUMBER OF
INITIATIVES WERE STARTED OVER
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING
HAVING MULTIPLE CONSULTATIONS
BETWEEN HOW THE OFFICERS AND THE
COMMUNITIES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
AN INDIGENOUS LAWCENTER AT THE
COLLEGE THAT SAYS SIDE OF HARVEY
VISIBLE SPACE IN THE LOBBY OF
THE SCHOOLS MINISTER
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AMONG
OTHER THINGS. A B 1936 IS THUS
THE CONTINUATION OF EFFORTS AT
THE COLLEGE AND ROUND VALLEY
TRIBES STARTED MORE THAN FOUR
YEARS AGO. WE SUPPORT HAVING
THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUE TO GROW
ORGANICALLY. WE HAVE DEVOTED
MANY PRODUCTIVE HOURS IN
DISCUSSION ON THESE ISSUES WITH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS, WHO HAS
BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH THIS
TIME WE BOTH RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE ARE STILL DETAILS TO BE
WORKED OUT. I WOULD BE REMISS,
HOWEVER. IF I DID NOT MENTION
THE REMAINING ISSUE OF FUNDING,
I REALIZED THAT THIS IS THE
POLICY COMMITTEE AND THE FISCAL
ISSUES ARE FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH WITH RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE EFFORTS AND RENAMING. WE
ESTIMATE THAT TWO MINUTES COST
OF CHANGING THE NAME ALONE WILL
EXCEED $4 MILLION, AND WE HOPE
THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THE SUPPORT
OF THE STATE. THE FUND IS WORTHY
EFFORT CONCLUDED SIMPLY BY
SAYING. THE COLLEGE IS PLEASED
TO SPONSOR A B 1936, WHICH
REMOVES THE NAME HASTINGS FROM
THE EDUCATION CODE DIFFERS TO
THE HASTINGS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR FINAL RECOMMENDATION. ON A
NEW NAME AND ESTABLISHES A
FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE EFFORTS. THANK OU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT
ANYONE HERE IN ROOM 2100, WHO
WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT?
SEEING NO ONE MET A MODERATE
SORRY. I'M A LITTLE FAST. COME
ON UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME
IS LUIS WEAPON. I'M THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE ROUND VALENTINA
TRIBE. AND I SUPPORT A B 1936.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT MADAM
MODERATOR. IF YOU CAN PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 1936.
THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 1936 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. 9 47,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS PAT MORAN WITH AARON
READING ASSOCIATES REPRESENTING
THE FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT
RANCH. TORREON SUPPORT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE
COMMENT. JUST ONE MOMENT FOR
THAT COMMENT.
OUR NEXT COMMENT IS FROM LINE 1
17. 91 17, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO. WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS MY
NAME IS SYDNEY HOFF WITH
RESOLUTE ON BEHALF OF THE
ABOMINABLE PROMO OF UPPER LAKE
TRIBE AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS AND QUÊ. THANK
YOU, MADAM. MODERATOR ALRIGHT,
WE WILL NOW GO TO WITNESSES LIED
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. I
BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
THEY'RE BOTH HERE IN PERSON.
CHRIS WHITTON AND RICHARD FLYER
WHO WANTS TO BEGIN. THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN AND SENATORS. I'M CHRIS
WHITTEN, A CLASS OF 1973
GRADUATE OF HASTINGS COLLEGE OF
THE LAW AND A RETIRED CALIFORNIA
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. I JUST
WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I
AM VERY DISAGREEMENT. DISAGREE
WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF
SURRENDERS. HASTINGS INVOLVEMENT
IN WHAT WAS A GENOCIDE. UM, AND
MY COMMENTS ARE LARGELY
PROCEDURAL. THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION IN THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THE
LEGISLATURE FROM PASSING BILLS
OF ATTAINDER OR EXPOSED FACTOR
LAWS AND FROM IMPAIRING THE
OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS. THE
DESCRIPTION OF SERENA'S HASTINGS
18. 78 AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE
CONTAINS IN COUNSEL'S ARGUMENT
IN THE CALIFORNIA REPORTS
DESCRIBED IT AS A COMPLETE
CONTRACT BETWEEN HASTINGS AND
THE STATE. A PRIVATE ELIO
MERCENARY, PERPETUAL TRUST. THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS
HELD THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTS NO
MATTER WHAT THEIR FORM THAT
APPLY EITHER TWO NAMED
INDIVIDUALS OR EASILY
ASCERTAINABLE MEMBERS OF A GROUP
IN SUCH A WAY AS TO INFLICT
PUNISHMENT ON THEM WITHOUT A
JUDICIAL TRIAL. OUR BILLS OF
ATTAINDER. PROHIBITED BY THE
CONSTITUTION AND THAT EXPOSE
FACTOR LAWS PROTECT LIBERTY BY
PREVENTING GOVERNMENTS FROM
ENACTING STATUTES WITH
MANIFESTLY UNJUST, OPPRESSIVE,
RE RETROACTIVE EFFECTS. THE
CRIMES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED BY
SERENA'S HASTINGS. RSS ARE SET
OUT IN THE FINDINGS IN A B 1936
ITS REMOVAL. OF THE HASTINGS
NAME FROM THE COLLEGE AND THE
ELIMINATION OF THE HASTINGS
FAMILY HEREDITARY SEAT ON THE
COLLEGE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RETROACTIVELY PUNISHED THE LATE
JUDGE HASTINGS AND HIS
DESCENDANTS. AND IMPAIR THEIR
CONTRACT WITH THE STATE. IT IS
AN INDICTMENT AND JUDGMENT IN
ONE FELL SWOOP. ALSO UNDER A B
1936 THE MONEY TO CHANGE HANDS
TO CHANGE THE NAME WOULD GO TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
NOT UC HASTINGS. BUT THE
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HAS
SAID THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT
COMPETENT. TO SHIFT
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
OVER OVER US HASTINGS TO THE
UNIVERSITY. IT IS A CONSTANT, IT
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO RETROACTIVELY
SINGLE OUT. JUDGE HASTING IS IN
HIS FAMILY FOR PUBLIC SCORING
AND PUNISHMENT, ESPECIALLY
WITHOUT AND FIRST TRANSPARENTLY
REVIEWING ITS OWN 18 60
INVESTIGATION. WHICH AFTER ALL
ADDRESS THE SAME EVENTS THAT
HAVE NOW CAUSED IT TO WRONGFULLY
CHARGED JUDGE HASTINGS WITH
HEINOUS CRIMES. THANK YOU, SIR.
ALRIGHT NEXT WE WILL GO TO MR
RICHARD FLYER. PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M RICHARD FLYER FOR 20 YEARS I
WAS A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IN
CALIFORNIA. I'M IN FAVOR OF
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AS OUTLINED
BY DEAN DEAN FEYNMAN. HOWEVER,
THIS CHANGE OF 144 YEAR
INSTITUTION NAME IS NOT IT. AND
HERE'S WHY. FIRST IT ISN'T
JUSTICE. ALTHOUGH THE NARRATIVE
YOU'VE HEARD INDICATES THAT
HASTINGS WAS A KILLER OF NATIVE
AMERICANS, IF YOU READ THE SWORN
TESTIMONY GIVEN TO THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN 18 0,
YOU SEE THAT HE WAS INNOCENT OF
THESE CHARGES, AND, IN FACT,
YOUR PREDECESSOR LEGISLATURE
EXONERATED HIM. OF THESE
WRONGDOINGS, SORT OF WONDER IF
START TO CEASES EVEN EXISTENCE
EFFORTS IN SACRAMENTO. WE'VE
SEEN DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS
IN WASHINGTON, DC THE IMPORTANCE
OF SWORN TESTIMONY WHEN WE'RE
CONFRONTING A CONTRIVED
NARRATIVE. A BIG LIE IN OUR
SITUATION. THE ONLY SWORN
TESTIMONY IN THIS CASE OCCURRED
IN 18 60. I WAS TOLD BY A
LEGISLATOR THAT HE BELIEVED THE
NEW YORK TIMES NARRATIVE BECAUSE
IT PUBLISHED QUOTE ALL THE NEWS
THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. EVIDENTLY
LEGISLATORS SAID IT DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT NEWS IS NOT TRUTH.
RELYING UPON A NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT
CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE OUR ONLY
PATH AND IT LEADS TO ERROR AND
MISTAKE. NEXT A NAME CHANGE
ITSELF OF ANY SORT WILL ONLY
INTENSIFY THE DISTRUST AND
JEALOUSY BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
TRIBES. THE THOUSANDS OF
HASTINGS ALUMS AND THE SOCIETY
IN GENERAL. IT WILL ALIENATE
RATHER THAN UNIFY. THINK ABOUT
IT. A NAME CHANGE WILL NOT PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE, ELECTRICITY
IN OUR HOMES, GAS IN OUR CARS.
BUT GRADUATING FROM A KNOWN
EMPHASIZE KNOWN PRESTIGE SCHOOLS
SUCH AS HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE
LAW WILL DO THIS DO THOSE
THINGS. AND CONCLUSION I SUPPORT
TRUE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. I
GENUINELY SUPPORT PROVIDING
DIRECT SERVICES AND AIDS, THE
VARIOUS TRIBES THAT NEED IT. I
SUPPORT LEGAL WAYS TO ENCOURAGE
AND ALLOW NATIVE PEOPLES TO HAVE
A PLACE IN ALL OF OUR STATE LAW,
SCHOOLS, ALL PEOPLES IN OUR
STATE TO FEEL THAT CALIFORNIA
WILL RIGHT. PREVIOUS WRONGS AND
GIVE EVERYONE A SEAT AT THE
TABLE. HOWEVER BY COMPARISON TO
THOSE NOBLE PURPOSES, THIS
PROPOSED NAME CHANGE WILL DO
NONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT IS YET
ANOTHER PROMISE WITHOUT
SUBSTANCE, AND IT WOULD BE A
TRAGEDY TO DECEIVE NATIVE
AMERICANS AGAIN. I WOULD URGE
YOU TO NOT PASS THIS
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. AND
CERTAINLY I'LL BE HERE WITH
CHRIS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE OF OUR ART OUR POSITION
. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE
WILL NOW GO TO ROOM 2100. WE
HAVE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE THIS BILL
SEEING NO ONE META MODERATOR, WE
ARE GOING TO GO TO YOU. PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANYONE ON THE LINE WHO
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF
1936? THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A B 1936
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
ALRIGHT LET'S BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS CONCERNS. MOVE THE
BILL, SENATOR GLAZER AND THE
BILL'S BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR
PAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLYMAN RAMOS. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK IN THIS AREA AND FOR
FINDING A WAY TO UM BRING THE
NUMBER OF THE PARTIES TOGETHER.
WE HEARD THE BILL BY SENATORS.
HAMBURG. I THINK WIENER AND
HERZBERG EARLIER UM, I WANTED TO
SPEAK TO THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE
BEEN RAISED BY A COUPLE OF
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. THE
FIRST SPOKE TO THE ISSUE OF
JURISDICTION. UM IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT THAT'S CONTRACT LAW. NOT
NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO
ADJUDICATE AND I ASSUME THAT THE
SCHOOL AND OTHERS WOULD THAT
MATTER WOULD BE SETTLED OUTSIDE
OF OUR ARENA. THE SECOND ISSUE
WAS THE ISSUE OF ACCURACY. AND
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COLLEGE
AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT INVOLVED
IN AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT
FUTURE NAME SHOULD BE. SELECTED
WOULD GO THROUGH THAT.
HISTORICAL DATA THAT WE HAVE
HEARD ABOUT ANOTHER'S CERTAINLY.
IMPORTANT DATA POINTS THAT YOU
HAVE PROVIDED AND MAKE THE BEST
JUDGMENT THAT THAT THAT YOU
WOULD SEE FIT IN THAT REGARD.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT VIEW, AND IF
YOU HAVE OTHER PERSPECTIVES, I'D
LOVE TO HEAR IT. I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THE FLOOR
IS YOURS. WELL, THANK YOU, UM
AND THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT. AH!
THINGS WRITTEN ABOUT THE HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AMERICAN GENOCIDE, UM
, TALKS ABOUT THE GENOCIDE THAT
TOOK PLACE HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT ATTEST TO THE
ACCURACY OF THE DESCRIPTION OF
GENOCIDE. BEING INFLICTED UPON
THE UK INDIAN PEOPLE IN THE EDEN
VALLEY AREA. ROUND VALLEY INDIAN
TRIBES A WHITE PAPER ESTABLISHED
BY THE SCHOOL ITSELF ATTEST TO
THAT WRONGDOING THAT HAS MOVED
FORWARD. INTO THE QUESTION AS
FAR AS WILL THIS MOVE FORWARD, A
SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING AND
ACKNOWLEDGING A HORRID PAST
ALLOWS FOR TRAUMA TO CONTINUE
TO, UM, BE LIFTED UP. WHEN THOSE
TRULY ARE ACKNOWLEDGED OF IRAN
AND HORROR PASS IT WAS INFLICTED
UPON THEM AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THIS PROCESS OF A B 1936
IS ALLOWING THE VOICE THE VOICE
OF THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE
INDIVIDUALS THAT OUR ANCESTORS
OF THE UK INDIAN PEOPLE TO SIT
AT THE TABLE TO HAVE THEIR
VOICES HEARD THAT WAS ABSENT. IN
18 60 WHEN THOSE TESTIMONIES
WERE BEING RECORDED. NOW IS THE
TIME FOR THIS LEGISLATURE TO
STAND UP FOR ALL IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND INCLUDES THE
VOICES OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE I URGE AND I VOTE ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
SEEING NONE. WE WILL TAKE THAT
AS YOUR CLOTHES. YES, THANK YOU,
SIR. THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR PAN. MADAM ASSISTANT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. HIGHLIGHT.
UM 10 A B 1936. THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST BUT FIRST WE RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LIVER. LEAVITT
IACOBUCCI. SHOW BOOK I CORTEZ E
Z. I DOLLY! GLASER. BLAZER I'M
MCGUIRE PAN HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO
GET OUT, BUT WE'LL LEAVE IT ON
CALL FOR ABSENT MEMBER. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALRIGHT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTY, I
THINK YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT A
FEW BILLS. WE WILL START WITH
FILE ITEM FOUR A. B 22. QUÊ.
THEY HAVE THE THREE FROM THE
OTHER MEMBERS. OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO FIRST OFF. THANK YOU FOR
WORKING WITH US AND FIND A WAY
TO RECYCLE THIS BILL FROM LAST
YEAR TO DO SOMETHING EFFECTIVE
RELATED TO EARLIEST YOUNGEST
LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA. THIS
WOULD UPDATE THE CAL PAD SYSTEM
TO INCLUDE ALL SCHOOL BASED PRE
K PROGRAMS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE
THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM. AS WELL AS TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN WAS WHICH, AS WE
KNOW IS BEING IMPLEMENTED THIS
YEAR, SO CAL PADS IS A LESS THAN
10 YEAR OLD PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES
ON DATA. IN LONGITUDINAL
INFORMATION FOR OUR LEARNERS,
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED IN THIS SO
WE COULD MAKE SURE WE MAKE
DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE AND
PROPERLY SPEND OUR CALIFORNIA
TAX DOLLARS. UH WITH ME ARE I
THINK TWO WITNESSES ON THE PHONE
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU I
THINK ONE OF YOUR WITNESSES IS
HERE IN PERSON. MR IS IT PER
YEAR? YES PLEASE PROCEED. YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE NEVER NEED
PRAYER ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION. AND WE'RE PROUD
SPONSORS OF A V 22. REPRESENTS
OVER 250,000 CLASSIFIED WORKERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING
EDUCATORS AND TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. THIS
EXPANSION OF UNIVERSAL
TRANSITIONAL CANDIDATE GARDEN
ADOPTED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
WILL GIVE CALIFORNIA'S YOUNGEST
LEARNERS A STRONG START. AND
CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EARLY EDUCATORS. THE LOW
CHILDHOOD ADULT RATIOS AND TK
CLASSROOMS, BENEFITS STUDENTS
AND WILL CREATE JOBS BY ENSURING
MOST TK CLASSROOMS ARE STAFFED
BY TWO EDUCATORS. RESEARCHERS
ESTIMATE THAT BY 2026 UNIVERSAL
T K WILL CREATE 12,000 NEW
CERTIFICATED POSITIONS AND
16,000 NON CERTIFICATED
POSITIONS. OVER EARLY EDUCATORS
TK CLASSROOMS THESE JOBS OR
CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EXPERIENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATORS TO MOVE INTO TK
CLASSROOMS IF THEY CHOOSE OR
REMAIN IN THEIR CURRENT
PRESCHOOLER HEAD START PROGRAM.
EITHER WAY, IT'S CRITICAL FOR
THE STATE TO COLLECT DATA TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF
UNIVERSAL T K ON THE E
WORKFORCE. A B 22 WILL REQUIRE
SCHOOLS TO REPORT THE SAME
EDUCATOR DATA FOR TAKE A SCHOOL
BASED PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AS THEY
DO FOR KINDERGARTEN. THIS DATA
WILL HELP PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF
THE SHIFTS IN THE EC WORKFORCE
AS UNIVERSAL TK CREATES NEW
OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INFORMATION
IS CRITICAL TO INFORM FUTURE
POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS TO
SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S CRUCIAL EC
WORKFORCE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, ALL RIGHT. ET A
MODERATOR. IF YOU COULD PLEASE
MAKE SURE THE LINE IS OPEN FROM
MISS PATTY HERRERA HERRERA, YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES. SHE'S NOT
HERE. OKAY? VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT
IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE ROOM
WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
PLEASE PROCEED. LEILANI
AGUINALDO ON BEHALF OF SAN DIEGO
. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
SUPPORT. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MADAM MODERATOR.
WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR
ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF A B 22.
THANK YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 22 PLEASE%
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. FLYING.
WANNA WAIT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBER
EDWIN BARBONE ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IT'LL JUST BE ONE
MOMENT FOR THE NEXT COMMENT.
LINE 1 81 GO AHEAD. RICK UH,
MORALES WILL BE HALF OF THE
EDUCATION TRUST WEST AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE
MORE COMMENT INCURABLE ONE
MOMENT.
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS IN. Q
THANK YOU, MADAM. MODERATOR
RIGHT? WE HAVE NO LEAD
OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN ROOM 2100.
SEEING NO ONE MAN MODERATOR,
COULD YOU PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE A B 22?
THANK YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION TO A B 22 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENTS IN. Q. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE OF THE BILL. THANK YOU
. ALRIGHT SEEING NO DISCUSSION,
SEEING SOME DISCUSSIONS, CENTER
GLASER QUICK, UH, WORKED IN THIS
AREA AND AFTER A BIG SUPPORTER
OF THE DATA COLLECTION TO
CERTAINLY THE GOVERNOR'S EMBRACE
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS IN HIS
CRADLE TO CAREER. SYSTEM AND
THEN EXPANSION OF IT IS AS
PROPOSED IS VERY, VERY
NECESSARY. SO HAPPY TO MOVE THE
BILL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUDGE
CLOSE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW THERE
. THERE ARE EXCITING
OPPORTUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA. WE
HAVE A COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. YES
YES, EXACTLY. THANK YOU SAW SOME
ACTION HERE EXCEPT THAT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. AND IT'S A
EXCITING TIME IN CALIFORNIA WITH
EXPANSION OF EARLY EDUCATION,
BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN AS
WE KNOW. QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR
WORKFORCE. QUESTIONS ABOUT
EXISTING PROGRAMS AND HOW THIS
HOW THESE CHANGES WILL IMPACT,
ESPECIALLY YOUNGER KIDS IN THE
SYSTEM, AND THESE QUESTIONS CAN
BE ANSWERED BY HAVING
APPROPRIATE DATA COLLECTED. AND
SO THIS DOES JUST THAT SO WOULD
THAT RESPECTFULLY ASK ME WHY I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED
BY SENATOR PAN MADAM ASSISTANT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
HIGHLIGHTING FOR MAYBE 22
MOTIONS DO PASSES AMENDED BUT
FIRST AMEND AND RE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
LABOR KOBO ORTEZ E DOLLY GLASER.
LASER EYE MCGUIRE PAN, AND I
LOVE ONE SECOND. BUT SENATOR OTO
BUG WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON A
B 22? FOR ALL CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS CALL THE ABSOLUTE
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, UM HIGHLIGHT
THEM FOR MAYBE 20 TO THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSES A MINUTE, BUT
FIRST AMENDMENT WE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROBES A
SHOWBOAT. TO A BOOK I DELI
MCGUIRE. TERRIFIC THANK YOU VERY
MUCH BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEXT
BILL. SOME OF THE MEMBER LET'S
CALL THE ROLL ON CONSENT IN CASE
WE LOSE ANY OTHER MEMBERS. WITH
SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT
CONSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR PAN HAS MOVED THE
CONSENT CALENDAR CONSENT LEVER
LEVER, KOBO ORTEZ E. WHAT IS THE
I DELI? GLASER. LASER EYE
MCGUIRE PAN. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T I
THINK IT WAS JUST ONE, WASN'T
IT? FOUR TEAMS PULLED SO JUST
ITEM 22. YES OKAY. ITEM FIVE A B
24 20 TO PROCEED WHEN YOU ARE
READY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS RELATES TO OUR CSU SYSTEM
AND MAKES IT TECHNICAL CHANGE IN
THEIR INVESTMENT. UM POLICIES,
WHICH WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO IN
THE BUDGET FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BUT DIDN'T DO SO.
FOR THE CSU. CURRENTLY THEY CAN
INVEST 30% OF THEIR TOTAL
PORTFOLIO, MUTUAL FUNDS AND REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT. THIS WILL
ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE THAT CAP
FROM 30% TO 65. THE REVENUE
GENERATED HERE, UM, CAN MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE ON OUR CAMPUSES
FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, GIVING
THIS STRONG WRECKED. STRONG
TRACK RECORD WAS CSU INVESTMENTS
. WE THINK THERE ARE ADEQUATE
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE AND AGAIN.
/C HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE
PAST FEW YEARS WITH SUCCESS AS
WELL WITH ME TODAY ARE TO
REPRESENT REPRESENTS FROM THE
CSU SYSTEM AND I ASKED ME,
RIGHT, BILL. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE
HAVE MARY. MY WELL, MY SAYING
THAT OIL THANK YOU. PLEASE
PROCEED. WHEN YOU'RE READY. YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK THANK
YOU, MARY MOYLE WITH THE SAFETY
ISSUE, AND WE ARE THE SPONSORS
OF THE OF THE BILL WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR
AUTHORING THE BILL, AND WE'D
ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STATE
TREASURER'S OFFICE. WHICH HAS
WORKED WORKED WITH US O THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A B 24 22 OVER
THE PAST YEAR. AND THEY ARE ALSO
SUPPORTING THE BILL. FOR OUR
MAIN WITNESS. I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE ROBERT EATON, WHO IS
THE ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR
FOR FINANCE, TREASURY AND RISK
MANAGEMENT FOR THE CSU. WHO IS
NOW ON THE PHONE LINE. TERRIFIC
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR EATON,
YOU'RE UP. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK
YOU. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY.
WE SURE CAN. ALRIGHT VERY GOOD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAS
MARRIED A SYNDICATED I'M ROBERT
EATON. THE SYSTEM BY CHANCELLOR
FOR FINANCING TREASURY RISK
MANAGEMENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY. TO SPEAK ABOUT
A B 24 TO 2, WHICH WILL
PRUDENTLY ALLOW THE CSU TO
GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUES. TO
ADDRESS ONE TIME CAMPUS FACILITY
NEEDS BY ENHANCING ITS EXISTING
INVESTMENT AUTHORITY. THIS BILL,
AS NOTED EARLIER HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED WITH THE STATE
TREASURER'S OFFICE TO BUILD UPON
THE SUCCESS OF LEGISLATION FROM
2000 AND 16, WHICH GAVE INITIAL
AUTHORIZATION TO THE CSU TO MAKE
MODEST MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENTS.
THAT LEGISLATION RESULTED IN THE
CREATION OF THE SUS TOTAL RETURN
PORTFOLIO, OR TRP. WHICH WAS
DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE NEW INVESTMENT AUTHORITY,
AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT
SINCE INCEPTION, THE TR HE HAS
BEEN A SUCCESS ACHIEVING THE
GOALS ENVISIONED BY THAT 2016
LEGISLATION. CONSEQUENTLY $113
MILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO
CAMPUSES FOR ONE TIME DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL PROJECT.
SUCH AS ROOF REPAIRS AND UTILITY
SYSTEM UPDATE. PROVIDING
BENEFITS TO OUR STUDENTS,
FACULTY AND STAFF ON CAMPUSES.
THE SUCCESS OF THE TRP HAS AGAIN
PROMPTED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO
EXPLORE HOW WE CAN GROW THE
AUTHORITY TO FURTHER MAXIMIZE
OUR ABILITY TO ENHANCE EARNINGS
IN A SAFE MANNER. MAYBE 24 TO 2
IS THE RESULT OF THOSE
DISCUSSIONS AND INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING KEY PROVISIONS. FIRST
IT PROVIDES TOTAL RETURN
PORTFOLIO MAY INVEST INTO
ADDITIONAL TYPES OF FUNDS.
INSTITUTIONAL CO MINGLED FUNDS
AND EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS, WHICH
ARE VERY SIMILAR TO MUTUAL
FUNDS, BUT HAVE SOME BENEFITS
KEY WHICH THOSE IS THAT THEY'RE
MORE COST EFFECTIVE LOWER FEES.
AND SECONDLY, AS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTHY JUST
NOTED A MOMENT AGO, A B 24 TO 2
WILL RAISE THE CURRENT TOTAL
RETURN PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT
CEILING FROM 30% OF TOTAL CSU
INVESTMENT. UP TO AS MUCH AS 65%
OF TOTAL CSU INVESTMENT. ALL
EXISTING GUARDRAILS TWO MINUTES
TO ENSURE THAT COULD TO ENSURE
THAT CORE OPERATIONS ARE
PROTECTED AGAINST POTENTIAL
INVESTMENT LOSSES. THAT
CONCLUDES MY PREPARED REMARKS,
AND I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ROOM 2100
ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT? SEEING
AND HEARING NO. ONE CAN GO TO
THE PHONE LINES AND QUEUE UP
ANYONE MADAM MODERATOR WHO
WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT AND
SUPPORT OF A B 24 22. THANK YOU
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF A B 24 22 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE ONE MINE
IN QUÊ. IT'LL JUST BE ONE
MOMENT. THANK YOU.
OUR COMMENT IS FROM LINE 50 TO
LIKE 52, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
MY NAME IS CONNIE CHAMP AND THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR STATE
TREASURER FIONA MOSS. THE
TREASURE SUPPORTS 80 24. 22
THINKS OFFER FOR THE LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. MODERATOR
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE NO LEAD
OPPOSITION. DO WE HAVE ANYONE
HERE IN ROOM 2100, WHO WISHES TO
OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE. LET'S GO
BACK TO YOU, MADAM MODERATOR
OPEN THE LINES FOR ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE A B 24 22.
THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION TO ABBY 24 22,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S BRING
IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE,
SENATOR PAN. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, AND I THINK I
REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE WENT
AROUND FOR THE BUT I GUESS THE
QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THAT
CLEARLY THIS THESE KIND OF
INVESTMENTS IN THE STOCK MARKET
AGAIN? I KNOW YOU'RE TOO
RESTRICTING IT TO FTS AND MUTUAL
FUNDS AND SO FORTH. NEED A
LONGER TIME HORIZON. RIGHT? SO,
UM AND FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW
WE'RE IN A BEAR MARKET. RIGHT?
SO, UM AH. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT
FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE, BECAUSE
WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING TO ARE YOU
INVESTING THAT HAVE THAT TIME
ARISING WHERE? OKAY WELL, THEN
WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A BEAR
MARKET. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO WAIT UNTIL IT COMES UP. IT
COULD BE THREE. YOU KNOW, IT
COULD BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE
YOU CAN RECOVER. THAT WOULD YOU
THEN PUT THINGS ON PAUSE FOR THE
SPENDING ON ON THE FUNDS THAT
THIS WOULD THEN DIRECTED TO. SO
JUST IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT WHAT TYPES OF FUNDS ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT BEING PUT INTO
THESE TYPES OF EQUITY
INVESTMENTS. THINK I'LL LEAVE
THAT QUESTION. OKAY? WHO'S GOING
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? YOUR
PROPERTY. YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION. YEAH, I'LL ANSWER
THE QUESTION. PLEASE, PLEASE
PROCEED. YEAH. SO THE ANSWER TO
YOUR QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, SO THE
TOTAL RETURN PORTFOLIO PRESENTLY
IS ABOUT 1.3 BILLION. BUT WE
HAVE ABOUT 6.2 BILLION IN TOTAL
INVESTMENT. AND THE OTHER TWO
PORTFOLIOS WE HAVE ARE IN HIGH
QUALITY FIXED INCOME INVESTMENTS
PER STATE GOVERNMENT CODES.
THAT'S 16430. AND THOSE
PORTFOLIOS OR WHAT WE USED TO
MEET EVERY DAY DAILY LIQUIDITY
AND SO THE PORTFOLIO THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE IS NOT NEEDED
FOR IMMEDIATE LIQUID
INTERMEDIATE NEEDS, SO WE DO
HAVE A LONGER HORIZON.
OPERATION. INVESTMENT HORIZON.
PARDON ME, AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO
WRITE THROUGH CYCLES UP AND DOWN
. AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO DO IS WE
INVEST PERIODICALLY OVER TIME.
WE JUST DON'T PUT ALL OF OUR
MONEY AND AT ONCE WE SPREAD IT
OUT AND DIVERSIFY OVER TIME. SO
WE DO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. AS
MARKETS GO UP AND DOWN, WE WILL
ACCELERATE OR DEFER SOME OF
THOSE MOVEMENTS INTO THE
PORTFOLIO AS THE OPPORTUNITIES
ARISE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE'S
A DOWN MARKET, WE HAVE
ACCELERATED. OR INVESTMENT IN
THE PORTFOLIO. OLD MAXIMUM BILOS
SELL HIGH SO WE CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF MISTREATMENT. I
THINK THAT'S GOOD. CAN I GET TO
THE THAT YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE I
GET THAT? I GUESS THE QUESTION
IS. WHAT IS THAT MONEY ASSIGNED
FOR? RIGHT SO WHAT IS THE MONEY
THAT HAS THIS LONG TERM HORIZON?
SO WHAT? WHAT PART OF YOUR POT
IS THAT WE'RE DEFERRING SPENDING
WOULD BE DEFERRING BECAUSE WE'D
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RETURNS TO
GET BACK, ETCETERA. SO I GET YOU
KNOW YOUR BALANCE, ETCETERA. SO
I USED TO CHAIR THE PURSE
COMMITTEE. SO I THINK I
UNDERSTAND LONG TERM
INVESTMENTS. SO JUST LIKE, WHAT
IS THIS MONEY? RETIREMENT MONEY
IS THIS I KNOW IT'S NOT
RETIREMENT. IT'S BUILDING MONEY.
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT FUNDS ARE
THESE? USUALLY DESIGNATED IN
EFFECT ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS
ALL OF THE PORTFOLIOS THAT I
PREFERRED TO ALL OF THEM ARE ALL
OF THE FUNDS THAT COME INTO THE
CSU'S COFFERS, SO IT CAN BE ALL
OF THE FUNDS THAT CAN BE
TUITION, HOUSING REVENUES,
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST REVENUES. IT
ALL GOES IN THERE INTO THE SAME.
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS. SO WE DO
NOT DISTINGUISH WE DO NOT TELL
YOU THAT REVENUES GO INTO THIS
PORTFOLIO OR NOT, SO THIS THESE
ARE KIND OF LIKE LONG TERM
RESERVES. ESSENTIALLY IN EFFECT
. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE
POINT I WAS MAKING EARLIER. IT'S
NOT NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE
LIQUIDITY. OKAY WE HAVE OTHER
PORTFOLIOS THAT DO THAT. SO IT'S
MONEY THAT YOU'RE NOT NEED TO BE
APPLIED IMMEDIATELY CAN TAKE
JUST MAKE BRIEFLY MAKE A COMMENT
THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE
LEGISLATURE DURING RECESSION
WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CUTS NEED
BEING MADE TO FINANCIAL, CSU AND
OTHERS. I HOPE YOU WILL BE
HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
USE OF THESE RESERVES TO BUFFER
TUITION INCREASES IN OTHER TYPES
OF THINGS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT,
CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW
THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE MORE RISK. BUT WILL YOU
HAVE A CHANCE FOR A GREATER
RETURN? SOME SUPPORTING THE
BILL? BUT YOU KNOW THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PART OF A LOT
OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SORT
OF, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE HOW HOW
WE ALLOCATE MONEY AND INVEST,
YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY AND IT'S
IN OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES, WHICH
, OF COURSE WE ALLOCATE THROUGH
THE LOT OF GENERAL FUND MONEY
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SENATOR
GLASER JUST TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF
WITH DR PANS, QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS AND PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS
MIGHT AS WELL HAPPY TO MOVE THE
BILL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? THANK YOU FOR THE
DISCUSSION. ASK YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THE BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED BY SENATOR GLASER, MADAM'S
ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HIGHLIGHT AND FIVE A B 24 22.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS BUT FIRST
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LABOR PHð BOOK.
JOE BOOK, CORTEZ E DOLLY GLASER
GLASER. I'M MCGUIRE PAN. ALRIGHT
THAT BILL HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO
GET OUT, BUT WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN
OR NON CALL FOR OUR ABSENT
MEMBER. HIGHLIGHT HIM SIX A. B
25 07. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS RELATED TO OUR AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRST WANT TO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS? THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. CALIFORNIA LEADS THE
NATION IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WORK KIDS
WHO GO TO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
ARE IN BETTER GRADES HAVE LOWER
SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION. UM,
MARKS ON THEIR ON THE RECORD.
AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM. MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE
FOCUSED ON THE EARLIER GRADES,
GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX,
UM, APPROPRIATELY, NOT MUCH IS
FUNDED, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR
OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND
THIS YEAR AS WE KNOW WE VOTED ON
LAST NIGHT. WE'RE FOCUSING ON A
$5 BILLION MULTI YEAR COMMITMENT
TO HAVE UNIVERSAL AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMS CALLED THE EARLY
LEARNING OR THE EXPANDED
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
NOT SURE WE DON'T WHY WE JUST
CALL IT AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
OTHER THING, UM THIS WOULD MAKE
SURE THAT WE DEDICATE AN
APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO THE OLDER
KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL. BY LOCKING IN THE
CURRENT LEVEL OF STATE MONEY AND
REDIRECTING 45 MILLION OF THE
FEDERAL FUNDS TO MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THIS WILL HELP
MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF OUR YOUTH
ARE LEFT BEHIND AND TO REALLY
LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING
ALLOCATIONS AND OUR NEW HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
THINK BOTH OF YOUR WITNESSES ARE
NOW ON THE PHONE. UH JENNIFER
DIETRICH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
YOU. FIRST. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE ANNUAL
DOLAN. PLEASE PROCEED, JENNIFER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS
JENNIFER DIETRICH ON BEHALF OF
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND
YOUTH. UM THE ENDEMIC HAS REALLY
INCREASED DEPRESSION, ANXIETY
AND STRESS AMONG STUDENTS, AND
THIS BRINGS, CDC WARNED.
ACCELERATING MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS AMONG ADOLESCENTS, WITH
MORE THAN FOUR IN 10 TEAMS
REPORTING THAT THEY FEEL
PERSISTENTLY SAD AND HOPELESS
AND ONE IN FIVE MAINLY
CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
ADDITIONALLY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES
ARE STRUGGLING WITH A DRAMATIC
INCREASE. EXCUSE ME A DRAMATIC
DECREASE IN DOING ATTENDANCE
ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS REOPENED. WE
KNOW THAT AFTER SCHOOL AND
SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS ALSO
NOTICED EXPLAINED AND LEARNING
PROGRAMS THEY BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEARING IN
SUPPORT OF ADULT MENTORS. THEY
PROVIDE SPACES WHERE STUDENTS
STILL CONFIDENCE AND FEEL A
PRINCIPAL LONGING AND THEY
CONNECT SCHOOLS WITH FAMILIES
AND COMMUNITIES. THERE IS AN
URGENT NEED TO ENSURE SIMPLE
ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS AND
ADOLESCENTS ARE BEING LEFT
BEHIND. DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING
LESS THAN 25% OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN
CALIFORNIA RECEIVED ANY STATE OR
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING. CURRENTLY LESS THAN
3% OF CALIFORNIA'S TOTAL FUNDING
FOR AFTER SMOKE PROGRAM. IT'S
PROTECTED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS. AND EVEN WHEN THE
STATE HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN THE
STANDARD LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
PROGRAM YELLOW P. WHEN THAT
REACHES $5 BILLION BY 2025 LESS
THAN 1.5. OF THE STATE'S TOTAL
FUNDING WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND NO
FUNDING WILL BE SPECIFICALLY
PROTECTED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT WITH THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. THIS BILL WOULD
PROVIDE CRITICAL COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EXISTING AGE
21ST CENTURY PROGRAMS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY SRVING STUDENTS FROM
T K TO 12 GREAT AND WHEN L O P
REACHE $5 BILLION LOBSTER
PRIORITIZED AN ADDITIONAL 10%
FEDERAL SPENDING FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS. AND ENSURE A MINIMUM
PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING IS
PROTECTED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL
PROGRAMS AND ELEMENTARY PROGRAM
IN FUTURE GRANTS SO FORTH.
LASTLY THIS STILL WOULD ENSURE
THAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF STATE
FUNDING FROM BASIS FOR IT IS
PROTECTED, UM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
YOUTH, AND IT CANNOT BE REDUCED
IN FUTURE GRANTS COHORT.
TERRIFIC STUDENTS DESERVE. IT
TASTES AND ENRICHING PLACE TO GO
AFTER SCHOOL THAT COMPLEMENTS
SCHOOL DAY AND LEARNING AND
HELPS THOSE SCHOOLS. SKILLS AND
CRITICAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL
HELP THEM SUCCEED IN SCHOOL
CAREER AND LIFE. WE SUPPORT A B
25 7. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT DANIEL.
AH DOLAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHERRY LOVE YOU AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS DANIEL DOLAN, DIRECTOR
OF POLICY FOR GENERATION OF IT
DIDN'T LEAD AS THE GROUP FOCUSED
ON EDUCATION EQUITY. WE ARE
PROUD SPONSORS AND ASSEMBLY BILL
2507. ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES CHEN
UP COUNTED ON IS THAT EQUAL
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LEARNING AND GROWTH FOR ALL
STUDENTS? ENGAGING NATURE OF ALL
THE VEHICLE PROGRAMS AND
PROMOTING GROWTH. STUDENTS OF
COLLEGES CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.
AND THIS PROCESS APPLIES
ESPECIALLY TO USE IN MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL. PROGRAMS STUDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND
USE THEIR CRITICAL THINKING
SKILLS WITH THE GARDEN
TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE AND
LEADERSHIP. YOU CAN PARTICIPATE
IN REPUTABLE PROGRAMS HAVE
GREATER SUCCESS IN THE
CLASSROOM, THE WORKPLACE AND THE
REAL WORLD. THE DRAMATIC
DECREASE IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
FROM COVID 19 HAVE BEEN
EMPHASIZED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
PROGRAMS BY THEIR VERY NATURE
GIVES STUDENTS INCREASED
OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE
WITH THEIR PEERS AND BUILD THE
SKILLS THEY WILL NEED TO NOT
JUST SURVIVE BUT THRIVE AS THE
MATURE THIS PROGRAMS ENGAGE
STUDENTS, WHICH IS NECESSARY AS
WE COMBAT COVID LEARNING LOSS
AND BUILD THE FUTURE. JENNA
APPLAUDS CALIFORNIA'S EXISTING
INVESTMENTS IN UNIVERSAL
OBSTACLE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES OF
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. THEY WILL
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR LOW
INCOME STUDENTS WITHOUT
OPPORTUNITIES AS THE MORE
ABSOLUTE TEARS. YET THE CLEAN
INVESTMENT BY THE STATE FROM THE
UNIVERSAL ABSOLUTE PROGRAM IS
PRIORITIZED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENT WHILE IT IS HIGHLY
IMPORTANT TO FOCUS IN THE
BEGINNING OF OUR LIVES THEY
DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
SUPPORT AT FURTHER STAGES OF
THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.
ASSEMBLY BILL 257 WILL ENSURE
THAT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS MAINTAIN ACCESS TO
BENEFICIAL ABSOLUTE PROGRAMS AS
TAKE CONTINUES TO MAKE THEIR
CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS A
PRIORITY. WE REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
ON ASSEMBLY, BILL C 507. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
COME HERE TO ROOM 2100 OR ANY
SUPPORTERS. PLEASE GO FORWARD,
COME FORWARD NAME ORGANIZATION
AND SUPPORT FOR THE BILL,
PLEASE. MARK EPSTEIN, CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION. UM AND OVER THE YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN IN IN AS FAR AS
DEALING WITH SECONDARY STUDENTS
THAT OVER THE LAST NAME, NAME
AND SUPPORT 20 YEARS, THERE'S
BEEN A GREAT DECLINE IN SUPPORT.
OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT
NEXT WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
JANICE SOMALI WITH AFSCME,
CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SEEING
NO ONE ELSE HERE IN ROOM 2100
META MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF A B 25 7. THANK YOU. IF
YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
A B 25 07 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. FLYING 1 59, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
DONNA HOFFMAN, CALLING IN WITH
COUNSEL FOR A STRONG AMERICA AND
FIGHT CRIME, INVESTMENT KIDS AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU AROUND 1 86, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
MEMBERS LIKE CHING ON BEHALF OF
AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA ACTION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE
COMMENT IN CUBA IN 1 88. PLEASE
GO AHEAD. ON BEHALF OF THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH
AND THE CALIFORNIA AFTER SCHOOL.
HAVOC, SEA LIONS EXPLOIT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENT. AND TERRIFIC.
WE HAVE NO LEAD OPPOSITION TO
HAVE ANYONE HERE ROOM 2100 WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE
MADAM, MODERATED BACK TO YOU TO
QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
OPPOSE A B 25 07. THANK YOU IF
YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
TO A B 25 07 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. I HAVE NO COMMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S PRE IMPACT TO THE
COMMITTEE. FOR QUESTIONS.
COMMENTS CONCERNS THE BILL. THE
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THANK YOU. WE ALL KNOW THAT
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WORK, AND
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS FROM THE WITNESSES. AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ABOUT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR PAN. MADAM ASSISTANT,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VILE ITEM
SIX A B 25 7. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS AS AMENDED BUT FIRST AMEND,
AND WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS KOBACH BOAKYE
CORTESI, DOLLY GLASER GLASER I
MCGUIRE PAN. CAN I HAS ENOUGH
VOTES TO GET OUT, BUT WE'LL
LEAVE IT ON CALL, AND I KNOW YOU
HAVE OTHER MEMBERS BILLS TO
PRESENT MR MCCARTY, BUT I'M
GOING TO LET ACTUAL AUTHORS WHO
ARE HERE, GO AHEAD AND PRESENT
THEIR BILLS FIRST. COME ON UP
SOME OF THE MEMBER PHÊN. ALL
RIGHT. YOU HAVE FIVE ITEM 13 A B
1958. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. GOOD
AFTERNOON. FIRST. I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK THE COMMITTEE
CONSULTANT FOR WORKING WITH ME
ON THE BILL EXCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. TERRIFIC THANK YOU.
BILL IN 1958 CREATES TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT
ACCESS. ATTENTION AND DID
CANCELATION PROGRAM. THIS BILL
WOULD GIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND EFFECTIVE TOOL TO RETAIN AND
TO GROW THEIR STUDENT ENROLLMENT
, AND HE'S VERY CHALLENGING
TIMES AS A RESULT OF PANDEMIC.
THE RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS GOING DIRECTLY TO
COLLEGE AFTER GRADUATION. REALLY
DECLINED. FURTHERMORE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES HAVE EXPERIENCE DOUBLE
DECISION CLIENTS AMONG ITS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS.
MAYBE 958 WOULD ESTABLISH A
PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR
ENABLING AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
TO DISCHARGE. STUDENT UNPAID
FEES TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
WHICH HELPS STUDENTS CONTINUE
THEIR EDUCATION. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN IBOOK THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, OKAY. WE HAVE NO ONE
LISTED AS LEAD SUPPORT. IS THAT
CORRECT? CORRECT? OKAY. VERY
GOOD. ANYONE HERE IN ROOM 21.
100 WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT A B
1958 SEEING NO ONE, MADAM
MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE ON THE PHONE LINES WHO
WISHES TO SUPPORT A B 1958?
THANK YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 1958 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT WE ALSO HAVE
NO LEAD OPPOSITION. IS THERE
ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE?
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES.
MADAM MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE A B
1958. THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A B 1958
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL BRING
IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE BILL
HAS BEEN MOVED. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
OU WIN FOR HAVING THE EASIEST
BILL TODAY AND WE THANK YOU
SINCE WE HAVE A VERY LARGE
AGENDA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
? THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS RECYCLING ASKED FOR
A NEIGHBOR. VERY GOOD. THE BILL
HAS BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR PAN.
MADAM ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ITEM 13 A B 1958. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED,
BUT FIRST AMENDED. WE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LEYVA. I LEAVE
IT. IACOBUCCI CORTEZ E DELI
GLASER GLASER. I'M MCGUIRE PAN
AND I ALRIGHT, THAT BILL HAS
ENOUGH VOTES TO GET OUT, BUT
WE'LL LEAVE IT ON CALL. THANK
YOU. ALRIGHT, MR MCCARTHY. WHO
ARE YOU PRESENTING FOR? I DON'T
KNOW THE NAMES ABOUT IRWIN, NOT
FEDERAL. GORDON. ALRIGHT LET'S
GO WITH SIMILAR MEMBER IRWIN.
ITEMS. SEVEN A. B 99 BEGIN WHEN
YOU ARE READY. THANK YOU ON
BEHALF OF THE AUTHOR FIRST. WE'D
LIKE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. BILL WILL
REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
ESTABLISH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
SCHOOL THREAT ASSESSMENT
RESOURCE TEAM IN ORDER TO CREATE
A SCHOOL CLIMATE THAT ENCOURAGES
COMMUNICATION. DRESSED AND
SUPPORT. WRITING A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACHES THAT IS EVIDENCE
BASED AND WILL HELP TO RAPIDLY
IDENTIFY AND RESPOND AND SUPPORT
STUDENTS WHOSE BEHAVIOR MAY
INDICATE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY
OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THESE
TEAMS WILL BE COMPOSED OF
SPECIALLY TRAINED ADMINISTRATORS
, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ALL
HEARD ABOUT THE STRESS AND
STRAINS OR EDUCATED SPACE.
THAT'S WHY THE SUMMARY MEMBER
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MANY
STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE TO
PROVIDE THIS BILL WITH US TODAY.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY IS A
THREAT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR
FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. I
THINK THAT IS DR JOSEPH
HOLLIFIELD. YES, IT IS. ALL
RIGHT. PLEASE PROCEED. YOU HAVE
TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. CINNAMON
MCCARTHY, UM MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M DR
JOSEPH HOLLIFIELD, A SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGIST IN CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST FOR 26 YEARS
SPECIALIZING INSURANCE CHILDREN
, ADOLESCENTS, AND I PRESENTLY
HAVE A PRACTICE IN SELLING
SPECIFIC COUNTY. I'M AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.
AND THE ASSOCIATION OF THREAT
ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS. I HAVE
AS A PROFESSIONAL. WITH 22 YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE WITH SCHOOL
BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT.
I'M HERE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF A B 99 PRESENTLY AND STANLEY
SPECIAL COUNTY ON THE GRANT
RECIPIENT AND THREAT MANAGEMENT
COORDINATOR. OF THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ASSESSMENT RESPONSE
PROJECT OR BE HEART. PROPOSITION
63 FUNDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ACT INNOVATION GRANT. OUR PILOT
PROJECT IS A COMMUNITY BASED
THREAT ASSESSMENT APPROACH.
FOCUS ON DIFFERENT SILOS,
EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. AND OTHER
MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND
INTEGRATING THESE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS TO INTO A SINGULAR
UNITARY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND
SAFETY MANAGEMENT MODEL. SO IN
OTHER WORDS, ONE COMMUNITY ONE
MODEL. THE ONE COMMUNITY. ONE
MODEL APPROACH HAS BEEN
DEMONSTRATED BY THE STRONG
INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION OF
KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. OUR COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOLS
SHERIFF'S OFFICE DIRECTOR OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHIEF
PROBATION OFFICER IN OUR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE ARE
STARTING TO EXAMINE HOW WE MAY
INTEGRATE. THIS PROJECT INTO OUR
COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. ESPECIALLY
FOR SMALLER AND RURAL DISTRICTS
AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
THIS BILL FOCUSES ON THREAT
ASSESSMENT AND TARGETED VIOLENCE
PREVENTION. BUT WHAT DOES
STRATUS SYSTEM OF TARGETED
VIOLENCE ACTUALLY MEAN?
BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT. IS ABOUT
DETERMINING WHETHER A STUDENT
POSES A THREAT AND HAS THE MEANS
TO CARRY OUT AN ATTACK ON A
TARGET. THREAT SSESSMENT IS
ABOUT DIVERTING THE STUDENT OF A
PATHWAY TOWARDS AN ATTACK. AND
FINDING SUPPORT FOR THAT STUDENT
IN THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. IS
A PREVENTIVE TOOL, NOT
REACTIONARY. YOU'RE YOU'RE AT
YOUR TWO MINUTES. IF YOU COULD
WRAP UP, THAT'S A HAVE FOUR OR
TWO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE FOUR
SENSORS? ONLY ONE WITNESS.
ALRIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE
WELCOME. YES I AM THE ONLY
WITNESS. I THINK GRANT FUNDING
HAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY TO HAVE A
SERIES OF THREAT ASSESSMENT.
TRAININGS FOR SCHOOL. THIS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. AND HOW
TO IDENTIFY ASSESS AND MANAGE
THREATS TO SCHOOLS WERE TRAINED
OVER 200 PROFESSIONALS THAT
INCLUDED LAW ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL COUNSELORS
AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN
OUR COMMUNITY. IN PRACTICE. WE
ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THE
PROVISIONS OF BABY 99. OUR THIRD
ASSISTANT APPROACHES IS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS AT
SCHOOL SCIENCE ASSESSMENT
PROTOCOL PROTOCOL HAS A BUILT IN
EQUITY LENS TO GUARD OF
POTENTIAL BIAS AND PROMOTE A
SCHOOL CULTURE OF SAFETY
RESPECT. TRUST. EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT OF THE STUDENT AND THE
PROCESS. EXCITED ABOUT 80 99TH
LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING L. A, IS TO
ESTABLISH COMMITTEES TO OVERSEE
TEAMS. AND DESIGNATING LIAISON
TO CONSULT WITH THE TEAM AND
PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
SINLESS WHISTLE. COUNTY GRANT
FUNDING HAS ALLOWED US TO CREATE
A THREAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A
MULTI PROFESSIONAL, MULTI
DISTRICT MULTI AGENCY GROUP MADE
UP OF LIAISONS. HAVE BEEN
TRAINED IN ADVANCED THREAT
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
SKILLS. WE HAVE STARTED
DISCUSSING SCHOOL THREATS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND PROBLEM SOLVED%
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS. THE TRAGIC
EVENTS OF OXFORD HIGH IN
MICHIGAN. AND ROB ELEMENTARY AND
TEXAS REMINDS US OF THE
POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES THAT
MAY EXIST IN SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITIES. IT IS MY BELIEF
THAT SCHOOL SAFETY AND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION IS BEST WHEN SHARED
COLLECTIVELY WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RESOURCES
FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING,
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS, DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION. A B 99 PROVIDES
A TEMPLATE TEMPLATE TO MAKE THIS
A REALITY. CALIFORNIA, THE
GOLDEN STATE. DESERVES A GOLD
STANDARD THREAT ASSESSMENT AND
VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEGISLATION
. OUR SCHOOLS, 18 OTHER STATES
HAVE ADOPTED STATEWIDE THREAT
ASSESSMENT STANDARDS. ENCOURAGE
YOUR STATE LAWMAKERS TO THE SAME
IN SUPPORTING NAVY 99. I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE AND BE A WILLING PARTNER IN
THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOUVERY MUCH. ALRIGHT ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN ROOM 2100, WHO
WISHES TO SUPPORT NAME
ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT,
PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS, ANDREA BALL ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS APPRECIATE
THE AMENDMENTS SUPPORT THE BILL.
TERRIFIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE YOU A TWEENER? YES RIGHT
AHEAD. MEGAN BEAR WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS. WE JUST WANTED
TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND HER
STAFF AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF
FOR THE WONDERFUL AMENDMENTS. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING OVER THE
SUMMER TO WORK OUT THE REMAINING
SMALL ISSUES. SOUNDS PERFECT.
THANK YOU. ALSO A TWITTER. YES
AGUINALDO AND BE FAT ON BEHALF
OF THE SCHOOLS ACCESS LIABILITY
FUND. WE ALSO DON'T YET HAVE A
POSITION ON THE BILL APPRECIATE
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND THE
AUTHORS FOR TAKING THEM AND THE
CONCERN WE HAVE STILL IS ABOUT
LIABILITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION
OVER THE SUMMER. SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. META
MODERATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE QUEUE
UP ANYONE ON THE LINE WHO WISHES
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 99?
THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD JUST
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 99 PRESS
10 AT THIS TIME. 41 89, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. THEY DID REMOVE
THEMSELVES THROUGH. Q I DO NOT
HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. MODERATOR
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE NO UH WELL, WE
HAVE OUR TWEENER. WE HAVE NO
LEAD OPPOSITION. ANYONE HERE IN
THE ROOM WHO OPPOSES SEEING NO
ONE MET A MODERATOR BACK TO YOU
TO BRING UP ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
OPPOSE A B 99. THANK YOU IF YOU
WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A
P 99 110 AT THIS TIME. LINE 1
89, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AND FOR
THE ORGANIZATION. NEVER AGAINST
THE A. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENT. TERRIFIC. THANK
YOU, MADAM MODERATOR. LET'S
BRING IT BACK WITH THE BILL.
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED. SEEING NO
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS
. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? VERY
GOOD. THANK YOU. THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR PAN. OUT
OF ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. HIGHLIGHT. UM 7 18 99. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED
BUT FIST AMEND, AND WE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS FLAVOR. LEAVITT,
IACOBUCCI, CORTEZ E. DOLLY
GLASER. LASER EYE MCGUIRE PAN.
ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE
I HAD. UH SANTIAGO IS AT THE
NEXT ONE AND RAISE OKAY. LET'S
DO RAISE FIRST FILE ITEMS 17 A B
20 TO 22. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY, QUICK. THIS BILL
WOULD CREATE UPON APPROPRIATION.
THE BUDGET. A PROGRAM WITH THE
STUDENT COMMISSION TO HAVE A
FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK IN THE
MENTAL HEALTH FIELD. WE KNOW
THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF
CALIFORNIA. THIS BILL WOULD SET
UP A PROGRAM TO HELP THE JEWELS
WORKING THIS NEEDED PROFESSION.
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
TO LEAD SUPPORT. KIM LEWIS, YOU
ARE HERE IN PERSON, WHICH IS
GREAT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE PROCEED. YEAH. GOOD
AFTERNOON, KIM LEWIS,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION FOR YOUTH. WE ADVOCATE
ON BEHALF OF YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH
JUST PROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
BY PEOPLE OF COLOR AS WELL AS L
G B T Q. PLUS INDIVIDUALS.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT
CHALLENGES THE PANDEMIC HAVE PUT
ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE HEALTH WORKFORCE AS WELL
ARE NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING THIS ENTIRE TIME TO
REMAIN STAFFED? I'M CONSISTENT
WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL
EXPOSURES WITH COVID AND
EVERYTHING, AND WE REALLY WANTED
TO SEE A PLACE FOR OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE
FIELD TO HELP OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE
AND ENSURE THAT THE WORKFORCE
LOOKS LIKE THEM AND HAS
EXPERIENCES LIKE THEM AND HAVE
THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE SO THEY
CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND SUPPORT
OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.TO HAVE
PATHWAYS, TOURIST SUCCESSFUL
CAREERS THAT CAN REALLY HELP
THEM OUT OF POVERTY AND LIVE
LONG AND PROSPER. THANK YOU.
TERRIFIC THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT NEXT WITNESS IS NICK.
MARIANA NICK. I BELIEVE YOU'RE
ON THE LINES. PLEASE PROCEED.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MY NAME IS
NICK. MARIANA I'M A REGISTERED
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
. AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
20 TO 22. I'VE SUPERVISED STAFF
IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD
FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS AND THE
STAFF UP FRONT LINE WORKERS IN
THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES WHO'VE EXPERIENCED
TRAUMA SUCH AS VIOLENCE,
HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. IN MY
OPINION, THE STAFF HAVE THE
HARDEST JOB IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
BECAUSE THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH
THE MOST CHALLENGING AND INTENSE
SITUATIONS, WHICH OFTEN INCLUDE
EXPERIENCING VICARIOUS TRAUMA.
IN ADDITION, THESE DEDICATED
PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE TO WORK TWO
JOBS TO EARN A LIVING WAGE. A
COMMON SENTIMENT I HEAR FROM MY
STAFF IS THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO
GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND EARN A
MASTER'S DEGREE TO ELEVATE THEIR
POSITION AND PAY, BUT THEY CAN'T
AFFORD QUITTING THEIR JOBS IN
TAKING OUT LOANS. ALSO OFTEN
THESE FACTORS RESULT. INFREQUENT
STAFF BURN UP IN TURNOVER AND
ULTIMATELY, THE FIELD LOSES
SKILLS AND NO WHOLE INDIVIDUALS
AND THE CLIENT SUFFER. DURING MY
OWN EXPERIENCE IN GRADUATE
SCHOOL, I WAS LIVING IN DALY
CITY, AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD
AFFORD TO ATTEND SCHOOL TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING
THROUGHOUT MY PROGRAM. IT WAS
DIFFICULT, BUT I WAS VERY
PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS. MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT AS
PRIVILEGED AS I AM. AND THIS
THIS SCHOLARSHIP ENVISIONED BY
80 20 TO 22 WOULD HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND MADE IT
EASIER FOR ME TO FOCUS MY FULL
ATTENTION ON MY GRADUATE
PROGRAM. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORT AND BELIEVE 20 TO 20 TO
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOOD
PEOPLE TO DO GOOD, NOBLE WORK IN
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD. AND
TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT AND HAVE
CLIENTS SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE
THEM WORKING WITH THEM. I MEAN,
IT WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE
FIELD. FOR THESE REASONS TO ASK
THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE YES, ON A B
20 TO 22. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT
IN ROOM 2100. SEEING NO ONE
MODERATOR, COULD YOU PLEASE
QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR A B 22 22?
THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 20 TO 22,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME.
FLYING 1 65, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE MEXICANS,
SALAS FOR THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS,
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I
HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND QUÊ
TERRIFIC. WE HAVE NO LEAD
OPPOSITION ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
OPPOSE HERE IN 2100 SEEING NO
ONE MADAM MODERATOR, COULD YOU
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE A B 22 22.
THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION TO A B 20 TO 22,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S BRING
IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE
BILL. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS
COMMENTS, CONCERNS SEEING NONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? VERY
GOOD. ALRIGHT THE BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED BY SENATOR PAN. MADAM
ASSISTANT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
VIOLATE HIM. 17 A V 22 22. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LEVA LEVA THO
BOOK. KOBO GUY CORTESI DELI,
GLASER. LASER EYE MCGUIRE PAN
PAN. I VERY GOOD THAT BILL HAS
ENOUGH VOTES. ALRIGHT I KNOW YOU
HAVE ONE LEFT, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO LET THE ACTUAL AUTHOR WHO'S
HERE PRESENT THEIR BILL, AND
THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU PRESENTING
FOR MR SANTIAGO. THANK YOU. COME
ON UP. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON
WE GIVE PREFERENCE TO PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY COME TO PRESENT THEIR
OWN BILLS. YOU'RE PRESENTING
FILE ITEM 23 A B 27 94 PROCEED
WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR AND, UM
SENATORS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
ME TO UM PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL
27 94, WHICH SEEKS TO IMPROVE
SCHOOL SAFETY AND SCHOOL CLIMATE
BY EQUIPMENT BY EQUIPPING STAFF
WITH THE TRAINING AND THE AND
THE PROPER DE ESCALATION METHODS
, AND UM AND STUDENTS CONFLICT
RESOLUTION BEFORE I BEGIN, I
WOULD LIKE TO, UM ONE THING AND
THIS THIS COMMITTEE UM AND
ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AND THANKS
TO YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING VERY
CLOSE WITH MINDS IN ORDER TO, UM
, BRINGING FORTH THESE
AMENDMENTS TO MAKE THIS BILL
BETTER. THIS BILL HAS RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND DOES NOT
HAVE ANY KNOWN, UM, OPPOSITION,
IMPROVING SCHOOL CLIMATE IS ONE
OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES. WE HAVE FOR
ACCURATELY, UM FOR MAKING SURE
THAT STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND IT'S
SUPPORTED RECENTLY, THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S
DATA SHOW. THAT HE REFERRAL TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL
RELATED ARRESTS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
STUDENTS OF COLOR AND STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES. WE ALSO KNOW
THAT DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINARY
MEASURES MOSTLY IMPACTS MINORITY
STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN
AMERICAN BOYS. TO BE CLEAR. THIS
IS NOT A NEW IDEA OF SAN
FRANCISCO RAMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. HAVE ALREADY
IMPLEMENTED DE ESCALATION
TRAINING IN THEIR STAFF
CURRICULUM IN SAN FRANCISCO'S
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WHO
COMPRISED OF 10% OF A ROLE MINT
MADE UP 50% OF THE SUSPENSION IN
2000 AND 13. SINCE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE THESE
TECHNIQUES, THIS NUMBER HAS
DRASTICALLY BEEN REDUCED.
STUDENTS HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT DE
ESCALATION STRATEGIES NOT ONLY
PREVENT CURRENT CRISIS, BUT
OVER TIME THEY CAN HELP PREVENT,
UM OTHER BEHAVIOR. ISSUES FROM
SPILLING OVER TO THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT
DE ESCALATION, UM, AND FIGHTS
AND CONFLICTS, BUT ESPECIALLY
SHOWING POSITIVE WAYS AND ALSO
STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS
WHILE ON CAMPUS, JOINING ME TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY. TO
THIS BILL 27 94 WOULD BE BROOKLY
UM BROOKLYN WILLIAMS, SENIOR
ADVISOR FOR THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, MR TONY THURMAN. I
BELIEVE SOMEONE IS HERE IN
PERSON. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. OKAY
PERFECT. STEP RIGHT UP AND YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. GOOD
AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. BLAKE JOHNSON
HERE TO SUB, OKAY? BLAKE
JOHNSON, REPRESENTATIVE HERE, UM
, FROM THE PART OF EDUCATION,
TESTIFIED TO HAVE A STATESMAN
TENDER PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TONY
THURMAN. WAS PROUD TO CO SPONSOR
PROUD TO SPONSOR A B 27 94. I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBER GIBSON
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE. SCHOOL SAFETY CONCERNS
ABOUT AN ALL TIME HIGH AS
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS
GRAPPLE WITH THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN
VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS SCHOOL
FIGHTS AND DISRUPTIONS THAT ARE
ON THE RISE AND STUDENTS HAVE
RETURNED FROM DISTANCE LEARNING.
STUDENTS ALSO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
CONCERNS THAT ARE STEMMING NOT
ONLY FROM THE TRAUMA AND
ISOLATION BROUGHT ON BY THE
PANDEMIC, BUT CURRENT SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL
CONCERNS. IN MANY INSTANCES,
STUDENT CONFLICTS THAT ARE
BROUGHT ON BY THESE TYPE OF
MENTAL HEALTH PRESSURES DO NOT
START OFF AS VIOLENT AND COULD
BE RESOLVED STAFF INTERVENTION
RATHER THAN A REFERRAL TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT. 82 794 PROVIDES
FUNDING TO SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE
TRAINING MATERIALS AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
STAFF AND METHODS TO IMPROVE
SAFETY AND SCHOOL CLIMATE, WHICH
INCLUDES DE ESCALATION OR
CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING. DO
YOU ESCALATION STRATEGIES ARE
ONE OF THESE OPTIONS TO SOLVE
THESE CONFERENCE BEFORE THEY
INTENSIFY THIS IS NOT A NEW
IDEA. WE'VE SEEN EARLY SUCCESS
FROM SCHOOL SITES WHO HAVE
TURNED TO DE ESCALATION
STRATEGIES. THIS IS SIMPLY A WAY
TO EXPAND THE IDEA ACROSS OUR
STATE. IF WE CAN EXPAND THE
ESCALATION STRATEGIES IN OUR
SCHOOLS, IT WILL IMPROVE SCHOOL
CLIMATE BY EMPOWERING STAFF TO
DEFUSE CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY
WORSEN. WE'RE ALSO INTRODUCING
STUDENTS TO WAYS THEY CAN
RESOLVE THE DIFFERENCES. WITHOUT
TURNING TO VIOLENCE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO
OTHER LEAD SUPPORT ANYONE HERE
IN ROOM 2100. PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, AND
SENATORS PAMELA GIBBS,
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL.
THANK YOU, PAMELA. ALRIGHT LET'S
GO TO THE PHONE LINES. MADAM
MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF A B 27 94 THANK YOU
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF A B 27 94 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. LINE 1 92, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, REBECA
GONZALEZ FOR THE NATIONALISTS
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS,
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS AND QUÊ.
TERRIFIC THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO
LEAD OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE
HERE WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE SEEING
NO ONE MADAM MODERATOR BACK TO
YOU. PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF
27 94. THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A B 27 94
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME.
THEY DO HAVE ONE COMMENT IN CUBA
WILL JUST BE ONE MOMENT.
PLANE. 1 95, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON. JIM LIVES. JIM
LINDBERG ON BEING AT THE FRIENDS
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENT. THANK YOU.
TERRIFIC THANK YOU, MADAM
MODERATOR. LET'S BRING IT BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE. MOVE THE BILL.
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED, SEEING
NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? YES THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I UM BECAUSE OF THE HOUR.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHEN I VOTE
AND WISH EVERYONE A GREAT
HOLIDAY. WE LIKE THAT. AND WE
WISH YOU A GREAT HOLIDAY AS
WELL. MADAM ASSISTANT, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL OF THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR PAN
VIOLATING 23 27 90 FOR THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED
BUT FIRST AMEND AND WE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
. LEYVA LEAVITT IACOPO CORTESI,
DOLLY GLASER. BLAZER I MCGUIRE
PAN HIGH. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S
ENOUGH TO GET OUT. WE'LL LEAVE
IT OPEN FOR ABSENT MEMBER. THANK
YOU. ALRIGHT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MCCARTY GET UP HERE QUICK BEFORE
SOME OF THE MEMBER CARILLO COMES
IN. IT WAS BUILT TO, UH, YEAH,
WE GOT WELL SEE? OKAY IS IN 18
82 266. THANK YOU, BILL. YOU'RE
VERY FAMILIAR WITH A COUPLE
YEARS AGO, WE PASSED FREE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE OF A BUDGET ISSUE. WE
HAD TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME PEOPLE
THAT WERE FULL TIME. BUT NOT
FIRST TIME. THIS WOULD REMOVE
THAT EXEMPTION AND ALLOW ALL
FULL TIME STUDENTS TO GO TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR FREE. WE
BARELY MADE IT. SORRY. GO AHEAD.
ASKED ME ARRIVAL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE
TO LEAD WITNESSES, SELENA
MULDANO AND ALSO MARIA VILLAS,
VILLAS AND WE'LL START WITH MISS
MALDONADO. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON
, SHIRLEY. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARDI. I AM
SELENA MALDONADO. I AM HONORED
TO JOIN YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I
JUST COMPLETED MY A AND
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AT
LEAST LOST ANGELES COLLEGE. I AM
HERE TODAY ON A PROMISE. THE
ONLY WAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO
ENROLL AND PERSISTENT COLLEGE
WAS BECAUSE OF THE LOS ANGELES
COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM. THE
PROMISE THAT PALACE ANGELES
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT GAVE
ME ALLOW ME TO EARN MOST OF MY
LOWER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION
UNITS AND COVERED ALL OF MY
CLASS AND REGISTRATION FEES. ALL
OF THEM. WHEN I AM ROLLED IN THE
L. A PROMISE PROGRAM. I WAS
FIRST TIME STUDENTS OVER THE AGE
OF 28 UPON ENROLLMENT. I
RECEIVED A NEW LAPTOP. I THOUGHT
, ACADEMIC COUNSELING AND
QUALITY EDUCATION. MOST RECENTLY
I WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE MAYA
PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A
SELECT GROUP OF COMMERCE
STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TRAVEL I RECENTLY RETURNED FROM
A LEARNING BROAD EXPERIENCE IN
MEXICO. WITH OTHER PROMISED
STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM HAS
OPENED SO MANY DOORS OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. THAT ARE NOT
AVAILABLE TO OTHERS. A B 266
WELL, CORRECT THAT I ATTEND
COLLEGE WITH MY SON RETURNING
COLLEGE STUDENT SPEAKER. KEY
WOULD PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED IN
COLLEGE. HE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE L. A COLLEGE
PROMISED PROGRAM. A B 2266.
WE'LL ALLOW MY SON AND OTHER
STUDENTS LIKE HIM TO ENROLL IN
THE COLLEGE FROM ITS PROGRAM AND
TO BENEFIT FROM THIS LIFE
CHANGING PROGRAM. THERE ARE NOT
THAT MANY EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS PROGRAM
FOR ME, MY SON AND LOW INCOME
FAMILIES. I AM NOT HERE TODAY,
JUST FOR MY SON THAT FOR MANY,
JUST LIKE HIM. I AM HERE TODAY
FOR A PROMISE I'M HERE TODAY FOR
A PROMISE OUT OF POVERTY. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARDI FOR
THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. I
URGE YOUR I VOTE ON A B 2266.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT
, LET'S GO TO MARIA VILLAS.
MARIA, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES OR
YOU'RE ON ONLINE FOR TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS ONLY. SO LET'S GO
AHEAD AND GO TO ANYONE HERE IN
2100, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK
YOU, JANICE O'MALLEY WITH AFTER
ME, CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM MODERATOR
, LET'S GO TO YOU TO THE PHONE
LINES FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 20 TO
66. THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 22 66
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. IN
1 63. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON CARROLLTON SCHOLARS
HOLLYWOOD AND ON BEHALF OF SANTA
MONICA COLLEGE. AND LOS RIOS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER
COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO
LEAD OPPOSITION ANYONE HERE WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE SEEING NO ONE.
MADAM MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE
MAYBE 20 TO 66. THANK YOU IF YOU
WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO A
B 22 66 PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS
TIME. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S
COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF
THE BILL. BILL HAS BEEN MOVED.
ALRIGHT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S? THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR GLASER,
MADAM ASSISTANT. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ILE ITEM 18. MAYBE 20 TO
66. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT
FIRST WE RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
LEYVA COBURG, CORTEZ, CORTEZ EI
DOLLY GLASER. LASER EYE MCGUIRE
PAN AND I WRITE THAT BILL IS OUT
. ALRIGHT LET'S GO TO FILE ITEM
20 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARILLO ÁP
25 01 PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THIS IS OUR NO. WE HAVE ONE MORE
SALAS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE
PRESENTED BY DR PAN. PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. SENATORS. I'M HERE
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 25. OH
ONE A BILL THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSAL AFTER
SCHOOL WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. THIS ENTITY WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A ROADMAP TO
PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ALL
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL
AND SUMMER PROGRAMS PROVIDE
SAFE, SUPPORTIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS AND ENRICHED
OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCREASED
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC
OUTCOMES. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
MASTER PLAN TASK FORCE OR
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS
IMPLEMENTATION OR SUSTAINABILITY
CHALLENGES AND ENSURE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EXPANDED.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS
BILL WILL CLOSE THAT GAP. HERE
TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OVER THE
PHONE IS CHEN DEEDRICK, DIRECTOR
OF POLICY FOR THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND
AMANDA REEDY, WITH GILROY
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
APPROPRIATE TIME OR RECYCLING
REQUESTS, AND I VOTE. TERRIFIC
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYWOMAN.
ALRIGHT JAN DIETRICH, WE WILL
START WITH YOU. YOU HAVE TWO
MINUTES. PLEASE PROCEED. THANKS
SO MUCH, OKAY. WE CANNOT HEAR
YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND
NOISE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
US ON SPEAKER. MM HMM. NO THAT
IS BETTER. YES, THANK YOU. OKAY.
THANK YOU. PERFECT. OKAY, UM.
CHEN DIETRICH ON BEHALF OF THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND
YOUTH IN THE CALIFORNIA AFTER
SCHOOL ADVOCACY ALLIANCE. THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS
SET THE GOAL FOR UNIVERSAL
ACCESS TO QUALITY EXPANDED
LEARNING, ALSO KNOWN AS AFTER
SCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING
PROGRAM. WITH A FUNDING
COMMITMENT OF $5 MILLION BY
2025. AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORIC COMMITMENT
INVESTMENT IN EXPANDED LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALL STUDENTS
DESERVE. AND LAST YEAR, THE
STATE PROVIDED 1.7 BILLION TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO LEARNING FAN OF
LEARNING PROGRAMS. AND DIRECTED
DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TO WORK TOGETHER TO MERGE
EXISTING AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER
LEARNING PROGRAMS THROUGH THE
21ST CENTURY PROGRAMS. AND THEIR
FUNDING STREAMS EMERGE THAT
ALTOGETHER FOR WITH THE EXPANDED
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE A SINGLE,
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR
STUDENT HOWEVER, A CRITICAL
COMPONENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS
INVESTMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR
STUDENTS IS MISSING. WE NEED A
SHARED TABLE TO FOCUS ON
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOW KEY IN
COORDINATION WITH AND TO ENSURE
STUDENTS. P K THROUGH 12 HAVE
ACCESS TO THESE VITAL SERVICES.
PRACTITIONERS AND CRITICAL
STAKEHOLDERS HAVE LARGELY BEEN
LEFT OUT OF DEEP PLANNING
CONVERSATIONS AND IN ORDER TO
REACH UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO AFTER
SCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING
PROGRAMS. WE NEED EXPERIENCE AND
EXPERTISE. FROM LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, COMMUNITY
BASED PARTNERS, FAMILIES AND
OTHER INTEREST HOLDERS TO
ADDRESS SO MANY OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND
SUSTAINABILITY QUESTIONS AND
CHALLENGES AND TO ENSURE THAT
THE STATE'S INVESTMENT ISN'T IT
IS IT IS EFFECTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE
, MOST PROGRAMS AREN'T BACK TO
PRE PANDEMIC STAFFING LEVELS AND
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO SERVE
MORE STUDENTS. THROUGH THE
EXPANDED DAY AND YEAR. ALSO
AFTER SCHOOL PROVIDERS ARE
TRYING TO BLEND AND BRADY ELOPE
WITH EXISTING FUNDING PROGRAMS.
UM BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING
RATES. YOU'RE TWO MINUTES IF YOU
COULD WRAP UP, PLEASE. YES
SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT WORK OF
THE CHILDCARE RATE AND QUALITY
STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP,
CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA NEEDS A
WORKGROUP TO HELP ENSURE AFTER
SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO MEET. STATE
QUALITY STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS
ACROSS THE STATE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT MISS AMANDA REIDY, YOU
ARE UP. PLEASE PROCEED. YOU HAVE
TWO MINUTES AS WELL. HI. THANK
YOU. I'M AMANDA REALLY FROM GIL
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I
AM HAVE BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING EXTENDED
LEARNING PROGRAMS. AND AS YOU
KNOW, WERE GREAT, VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE NEW MONEY. IT'S
COMMITTED BY THE STATES TO THE
XTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAMS, FUNDING AND I JUST
WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAT IS
OUT THERE IN OUR STATE REGARDING
EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS. IS
EXCEPTIONAL AND THE MINDSETS AND
THE COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ALREADY
STARTING ALREADY IN PLACE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. UM ARE
INVALUABLE INTO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
OUR DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS
ABLE TO START MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I
THINK WE OPENED IN NOVEMBER
BECAUSE WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE
. WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING. WE
WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT RIGHT
AWAY. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER
DISTRICTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF HAVING THE EXPERIENCE
OF THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE
ALREADY, AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO GET UP AND RUNNING RIGHT
AWAY. AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE
IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL
FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS FUNDING
THAT WE ALL KNOW IS SO
NECESSARY. UM, IN BRINGING IT A
GROUP TOGETHER WHERE WE CAN
SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE. WE ALREADY
HAVE SUMMER SITE VISITS, WHERE
PEOPLE CAN COME AND SEE WHAT
PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE IN PERSON.
AND WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, YOU
KNOW OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH THOSE DISTRICTS. I'VE
MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT ANY
DISTRICT WHO'S LOOKING WHERE TO
START CAN COME IN AND OBSERVE US
AND WE'LL SHARE OUR INFORMATION
WITH THEM. AND UM, THIS SUMMER,
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ACTUALLY HAD
SOME SHIFTING AND STAFF AND WE
REALIZED THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN
OPERATING ON KNOWLEDGE. AND
EXPERIENCE AND NOW EVERYBODY IS
IN A DIFFERENT POSITION, AND WE
REALIZED WE DON'T HAVE THE
DOCUMENTED STEPS OF HOW TO
OPERATE PROGRAM AND SO ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
DO, WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND WITH
THE NEW ELOPED FUNDING. WE'VE
ADDED ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATOR,
SO I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITHIN
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RUNNING
THIS. WE CONTRACT WITH OUR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
PARTNERS, AND WE'RE HIRING
SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO HELP
COORDINATE THIS SO THAT WE CAN
CREATE THOSE SYSTEMS WHERE WE
HAVE CHECKLISTS. SO HERE'S THE
THING TO DO TO RUN UP QUALITY
PROGRAM YOUR TWO MINUTES, PLEASE
WRAP UP. OH OKAY. AND THAT'S
WHERE I FEEL LIKE IT. ONCE YOU
HAVE DISTRICTS LIKE THIS THAT
ARE DOING THESE THINGS WE CAN
SHARE WITH OTHERS, AND I FEEL
LIKE IT WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE A WORKGROUP LIKE THERE'S
STILL RECOMMENDING FOR SHARING
THAT INFORMATION AND SPREADING
IT AND REALLY IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF PROGRAMS ACROSS THE
STATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT. THOSE IN SUPPORT HERE
IN ROOM 2100. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS, ANDREA BALL ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF SUBURBAN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CHAIR
MEMBERS. JANICE SOMALI,
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM MODERATOR, PLEASE QUEUE UP
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF A B 21 25 OH, ONE,
PLEASE. THANK YOU. IF YOU WISH
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF MAYBE 25
OH ONE, PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS
TIME. WE'LL START WITH 1 98,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I DIDN'T ASK,
CALLING INTO BORDER ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN AND
YOUTH, AND WE SUBMIT A COALITION
LETTER WITH MULTIPLE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT UNFORTUNATELY
WE HAVE MULTIPLE ORGANS. THANK
YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU AND 1 99 AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON RESULTED ON BEHALF OF
PUBLIC ADVOCATES AND WE ARE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF A B 25. OH,
ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, RYAN. 1 96, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, NICK
BRAMLEY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ALLIANCE OF AMC
A AND SUPPORT THANK YOU, RON. 1
59, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
DONNA HOFFMAN CULLINAN ON BEING
ACTIVE FIGHT CRIME, INVESTMENT
KIDS AND COUNSEL FOR A STRONG
AMERICA AND THANK YOU LINE 1 87,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MARYLAND
FIGURES. MAN WITH ELLA'S BEST
AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. WE
HAVE NO LEAD OPPOSITION. IS
THERE ANYONE HERE IN 2100 SEEING
? NO ONE. MADAM MODERATOR,
PLEASE QUEUE UP. ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION FOR
A B 25 OH, ONE, PLEASE. THANK
YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 25 OH, ONE,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I
HAVE NO COMMENTS THINKING
TERRIFIC. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE FOR THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED. SENATOR CORTEZ I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF THE VILLAGE. JUST
JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO
CURIOSITY AT THE RISK OF
EXTENDING THINGS TOO MUCH HERE,
JUST LOOKING FOR A SHORT ANSWER.
IS I UNDERSTAND THE BILL TO BE
PROMOTING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
, OF COURSE, BUT IT ALSO SEEMS
LIKE A SORT OF MAPPING CHALLENGE
, GIVEN ALL THE COMMUNITY BASED
AGENCIES AROUND NOT JUST
DISTRICTS BUT EACH AND EVERY
SCHOOL IS THAT PART OF THE
STRATEGY HERE THAT THAT WE
ESSENTIALLY END UP WITH A
STATEWIDE MAPPING OF WHAT EXISTS
IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN MY
COMMUNITY AND SO FORTH AND JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND
THAT PIECE OF IT, BUT IT'S
CORRECT SENATOR SO THERE ARE A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT UM AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAMS UNDER THE ASIS
PROGRAM. EACH OF THEM OPERATING
INDIVIDUALLY AND DIFFERENTLY
ACROSS THE REGION. WE KNOW THAT
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS
INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL TO
CHILDREN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
AND WE JUST PASSED THE HISTORIC
BUDGET ON EDUCATION THAT'S
HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR. SO HOW
DO WE INCREASE THE VALUE OF
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM? AND HOW DO
WE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS ACROSS
THE BOARD? THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
SHALL WE TAKE THAT AS YOUR
CLOTHES? ABSOLUTELY VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR PAN. UM MADAM ASSISTANT,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FINAL
ITEM. 2025. OH, ONE THE MOTION
IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS LEYVA PHùBOOK
BOOK I. CORTESI DELI, GLASER.
LASER EYE. MCGUIRE. WHERE I PAN
HIGH. THAT BILL IS OUT. ENJOY
YOUR SUMMER BREAK. WE'LL SEE YOU
IN AUGUST. THANK YOU. AND IF I
COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF
PRIVILEGE TO THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR IS MAYBE ONE OF YOUR THAT
I MADE THE LAST OPPORTUNITIES TO
PRESENT IN YOUR COMMITTEE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARILLO. ALL
RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE BILL LEFT.
AND THAT IS, UH SOME OF MEMBER
SALAS, WHICH IS BEING PREVENTED
PRESENTED BY WHATEVER YOU WOULD
LIKE TO DO STATE. YOUR DESK IS
JUST FINE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE DOING
FILE ITEM 12. A B 1940. SOME OF
THEM ARE SALAS BEING PRESENTED
BY SENATOR PAN. PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR SENATORS ACTUALLY USED.
THIS IS NOT OUR LAST HEARING
SCHEDULED YET IS IT IS IT IS IT
IS OKAY. IF I MAY JUST HAVE THE
BRIEF PRIVILEGE. I KNOW WE'RE
ALL EXCITED TO GET TAKING OFF.
BUT AS SOMEONE WHO SERVED ON THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. I THINK
SINCE I CAME TO THE SENATE OF
YEARS AGO, I REALLY WANT TO
THANK OUR CHAIR SENATOR LABEL
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, IT'S
CERTAINLY NOT ONLY BEEN A
PLEASURE, BUT AN HONOR TO SERVE
WITH YOU AND THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AND YOU'VE REALLY LEAD
IN MANY VERY IMPORTANT EDUCATION
REFORMS, WHETHER IT'S AUTHORED
BY YOURSELF, OR, OF COURSE
FACILITATED THROUGH THIS
COMMITTEE, SO I JUST WANTED TO
TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS
YOU. I WON'T BE HERE AS WELL.
BUT I THINK MANY PEOPLE MISS YOU
AND I WILL FROM FROM THE FROM
AWAY FROM THE SENATE. THAT IN MY
TEENS IN THE LEGISLATURE WILL
MISS YOUR YOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU, SENATOR PAN, AND IT'S
BEEN A PLEASURE. WE'VE SERVED
EIGHT YEARS ON THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE TOGETHER, AND IT'S
BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU
ON HEALTH AS WELL. SO WILL USHER
IN A NEW ERA. RIGHT HERE YOU GO
. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU. OKAY AND PLEASED TO
PRESENT A B 1940 ON BEHALF OF
THE SAME MEMBER SALIS AND WHICH
UPDATES AND MODERNIZES EXISTING
SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER GRANT
PROGRAM TO MEET THE CURRENT
NEEDS OF STUDENT HEALTH. SOON
BASED HEALTH CENTERS OF FIRST
PLAYING STATUE IN 2000 AND SIX
AND BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN FUNDED
BY THE STATE DIRECTLY, AND
THERE'S CURRENTLY 293 SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTERS THAT
PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE TO
ABOUT 20. 286,000 CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA. BUT THAT'S ONLY
ABOUT 3% OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN
THE STATE. AND LESS THAN 50% OF
MEDICAL CHILDREN RECEIVING ALL
THE REQUIRED PREVENTIVE SERVICES
, INCLUDING PEDIATRIC OFFICES,
VISITS WHICH HAVE GONE DOWN 27%
SINCE 2020 AND WE ARE TRYING TO
ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. BUT SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTERS GIVE
CHILDREN FAMILY EASY AND SAFE
ACCESS TO MUCH NEEDED HEALTH
CARE TO PROVIDE SERVICES
CATERING TO THE CHILDREN'S
PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL NEEDS, AND STUDIES
HAVE SHOWN THAT SCHOOLS WITH
STUDENT BASED HEALTH CENTERS
HAVE LESS ABSENCES. LOWER
DROPOUT RATES, FEWER
DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS. IMPROVED
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. CHILDREN
YOUTH SERVED BY STUDENTS. SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTERS LIVE IN
MANY OF OUR STATE'S MOST UNDER%
RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
CHILDREN OFTEN FACE MULTIPLE
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CRITICAL
PREVENTIVE CARE, AND THEY BECOME
THE ACCESS POINTS FOR THAT CARE
. MAYBE 1940 UPDATES THE SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTER GRANT
PROGRAM TO MATCH OUR CURRENT
UNDERSTANDING OF CHILDHOOD AND
YOUTH HEALTH NEEDS INCREASES THE
GRAND AMOUNTS AVAILABLE. SCHOOLS
TO CONSTRUCT NEW STUDENT BASED
HEALTH CENTERS EXPAND GREAT
LISTENING ONCE THIS BILL IS A
VITAL TOOL TO ADDRESSING THIS
DISPARITIES AND CHILD AND YOUTH
HEALTH AND EDUCATION OUTCOMES,
AND CERTAINLY PLEASED TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL WHEN IT PASSED OUT OF
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AS WELL, I
HAVE WITH ME TO TESTIFY. LISA
EISENBERG AND STEPHANIE OCAMPO
FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BASED
HEALTH ALLIANCE, AND I'LL JUST
MAKE A NOTE TO THE WITNESSES. UM
THIS IS THE LAST BILL. I THINK
THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT. SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
PAN. MISS EISENBERG, PLEASE
PROCEED. WHEN YOU'RE READY. I
WILL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY TESTIFY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TWO QUICK
POINTS ABOUT SCHOOL BASED HEALTH
CENTERS. THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH
THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MODEL,
WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ON THE
COMMITTEE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THEY
BRING RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE
HEALTHCARE SERVICES AS PART OF A
COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THE GRANT PROGRAM
FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DOES NOT
ALLOW DOLLARS TO BE USED. FOR
FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, LIKE
BUILDING NEW SCHOOL BASED HEALTH
CENTERS. SO A B 1940 REALLY GETS
AT THAT BY PROVIDING FACILITY
AND START UP GRANTS FOR SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTERS THAT ARE
COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS MODEL. I ALSO WANTED TO
REALLY QUICKLY SHARE SOME REALLY
NEW, FASCINATING DATA THAT COME
FROM OUR PARTNERS IN LOS
ANGELES, THEY CONDUCTED A STUDY
OF MORE THAN 16,000 STUDENTS
ATTENDING A MIDDLE OR HIGH
SCHOOL WITH A SCHOOL BASED
HEALTH CENTER. AND THEY FOUND
THAT ONE VISIT WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH AN INCREASE IN SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE STUDENTS,
SO THE STUDY FOUND THAT STUDENTS
ATTENDANCE INCREASED BY 5.4
SCHOOL DAYS PER YEAR FOLLOWING
ANY VISIT TO A SCHOOL BASED
HEALTH CENTER. AN INCREASED EVEN
MORE SEVEN SCHOOL DAYS PER YEAR
AFTER A VISIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT, SO I THINK THIS IS VERY
ALIGNED WITH THE VALUES OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND WE URGE AND ASK
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT LET'S GO TO MS SUSAN
ARNELL, WHO IS ON THE LINE. YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES. SHE'S SHE?
WHAT? I AM SO SORRY THAT THE
CHAIR IS GETTING A LITTLE
EXCITED. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO
TO ANYONE IN SUPPORT HERE IN
ROOM 2100, PLEASE PROCEED. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. I AM STEPHANIE OCAMPO
, A SENIOR AT CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. FRESNO AND ALSO A
YOUTH BOARD MEMBER FOR THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BASED HEALTH
ALLIANCE. I AM HERE IN SUPPORT
OF A B 1940 FOR THE REASONS THAT
I WENT TO A SCHOOL BASED HEALTH
CLINIC IN KERMAN. AND THROUGH
PARENTS' PERSPECTIVE, I WAS ABLE
TO, UM, SEE THE IMPACT OF HAVING
A SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER
THERE WITH THEM. A LOT OF THE
PARENTS KNEW THAT HAVING YOU
KNOW OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS
WILL GIVE THEM GREATER SUCCESS
IN THEIR HEALTH AND ALSO IN
THEIR EDUCATION BY ALSO
INCREASING THEIR ATTENDANCE
RATES AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS. I
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE
FOR THIS. GREAT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ALRIGHT MADAM MODERATOR,
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES TO
QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A B 1940.
THANK YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF A B 1940 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. I'LL
START WITH MY 1 69, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. KENNEDY
MEMBERS CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
RYAN. 1 85, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES. HI GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
MEMBERS. THIS IS EDWIN BARBONE
ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN'S
PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RYAN
200, PLEASE GO AHEAD. MEMBERS
ERIKA HOFFMANN, ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU AROUND 1 52, PLEASE
FOREHEAD. LINE 152. GOOD
AFTERNOON. SIMON V BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF
COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR, HEALTH
AGENCIES AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU,
RYAN. 1 94, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
VIDEO BORN REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES
ORGANIZATION, WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 62, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. S MONICA, MONTANA
WITH THE CALIFORNIA DENTAL
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
IN. Q THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT. WE DID HAVE LEAD
OPPOSITION. MISS SUSAN ARE NON,
BUT I BELIEVE SHE MAY NOT BE ON
THERE. OKAY VERY GOOD. ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN THE ROOM
SEEING NO ONE, MADAM MODERATOR,
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO OPPOSE A B 1940. THANK
YOU. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO A B 1940 PLEASE
PRESS 10 AT THE TIME. I HAVE NO
COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM MODERATOR. LET'S BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
YES. SO THESE ARE CLINICS ON
CAREFUL. TURN YOUR MICROPHONE
ON. SO THESE ARE CLINICS ON
CAMPUS. OH, SORRY. YES THEY
OFTEN ARE ON CAMPUS. CORRECT SO
MANY OF THEM ON CAMPUS AND I
UNDERSTAND HERE. UM THAT THERE
ARE, UM, THIS WOULD PROVIDE ALSO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.
THAT'S A DECISION BY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG
STANDING IN THE EDUCATION CODE.
SO THIS BILL DOESN'T ADD
REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES. BUT IT
WAS PASSED LEGISLATURES WHO
DETERMINED THAT REPRODUCTIVE
WELL, WE PRODUCTION IS PART OF
THE HUMAN BODY, AND IT SHOULD BE
ALSO INCLUDED. IF THAT'S THE
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION,
PURPOSES AND FOR THE RECORD SO
THESE HEALTH FACILITIES THAT
COULD BE ON CAMPUS ON MIDDLE
SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS COULD
POTENTIALLY IF APPROVED BY THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDE
ABORTION SERVICES. I WOULD SAY
NO, THAT'S NO NO. THAT'S COULD
NOT PROVIDE ABORTION SERVICES ON
CAMPUS. OKAY NOW WE'RE TALKING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH
SERVICES AND THE END THEY'RE
OVERSEEN BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHAT THEIR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS
SO IT WOULD BE BUT, UM AH, AND
THAT SO THAT WOULD BE THE NATURE
SERVICES AND PERHAPS I WILL HAVE
MY SPONSOR, MRS EISENBERG, I'M
HAPPY TO JUST QUICKLY ANSWERED
THAT NO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH
CENTER DELIVERS ABORTION
SERVICES. THEY SOME PROVIDE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES,
AND THAT IS UP TO THE
DISCRETION. OF THE LOCAL
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO PROVIDE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. SO
IN THIS SCHOOL, ABOUT HALF DO
CURRENTLY AND IT'S JUST THAT FOR
THE RECORD WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
DEFINE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SERVICES, WHAT DOES THAT
NORMALLY INCLUDE? YEAH, THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION NORMALLY INCLUDES
SCREAMING AND TREATMENT FOR
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION.
IT MAY INCLUDE. DIAGNOSING AND
PRESCRIBING BIRTH CONTROL.
CONTRACEPTION UM, LOTS OF TIMES
THAT INCLUDES HEALTH EDUCATION
ABOUT HOW TO HAVE HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PARTNERS.
HOW TO ACCESS SERVICES. YEAH.
BUT NOTHING DELIVERED. NO
ABORTIONS ARE DELIVERED THROUGH
SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS JUST
WANTED TO HAVE THAT FOR THE
RECORD BECAUSE I HAD IT ON MY
DEFINITION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE HAD IT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? BILL HAS BEEN MOVED.
SENATOR PAM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE ON BEHALF OF THE SIMILAR
VERSE? SALAS, ESPECIALLY S WHEN
I VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR. THE BILL
HAS BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR
GLASER. MAN OF ASSISTANT. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL HIGHLIGHT. UM 12 A
B 1940. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS,
BUT FIRST, THEY RE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
FLAVOR, A BOOK OR CORTEZ. WAS HE
OUT, DOLLY! GLASER HIGH. MCGUIRE
HIGH PAN. I VERY GOOD THAT BILL
IS OUT. YES ALRIGHT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS. CERTAINLY THANK YOU SO
MUCH, AND I DON'T MEAN TO EVER
STEP ON TOES OR VIA THE LINE IN
YOUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE I KNOW I
WILL FEEL THE WRATH. UM WHAT?
THERE WE GO, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT. AS I
KNOW. SENATOR PAINE DID JUST SAY
IF YOU THANK YOU'S TO YOU IF
IT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU, AND I'M
GONNA TRY TO STAY WITHOUT
GETTING CHOKED UP, YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE ME CRY, BUT I JUST WANT
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HOW
GRATEFUL I HAVE BEEN TO BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH CONNIE LABOR. SHE
IS THE REAL DEAL. SHE IS ONE OF
THE MOST TENACIOUS LEADERS FOR
WORKING FAMILIES THAT I HAVE
EVER MET. SHE'S DEDICATED HER
LIFE TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE
LIVES OF FRONTLINE WORKERS, THE
MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. AND SHE IS ALWAYS
FIGHTING FOR KIDS. SHE WEARS HER
VALUES ON HER SLEEVE. IF YOU
CROSS THAT YOU ARE IN TROUBLE
BECAUSE SHE CARRIES A TWO BY
FOUR. BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST
THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT
CONNIE LEYVA. SHE NEVER BACKS
DOWN EVEN IN THE FACE OF GOLIATH
INTEREST. BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS
PUTS PEOPLE FIRST. SHE'S THE
TYPE OF PERSON THAT YOU WANT. ON
YOUR SIDE IN LIFE'S BIGGEST
FIGHTS. OR IN A DARK GALLERY. UH
SHE IS SO INCREDIBLY SMART.
SHE'S INNOVATIVE. SHE IS
DEDICATED. SHE'S A TRAILBLAZER.
SHE WAS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST WOMAN LABOR LEADERS. AND
SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH GOOD IN HER
LIFETIME. AND I'M A FIRM
BELIEVER THAT I'M STRONGER
BECAUSE I HAVE MET HER AND THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE. OUR
STATE IS STRONGER. THE INLAND
EMPIRE HAS NEVER HAD SUCH A
FIERCE ADVOCATE. IN OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE BENEFITED.
THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR
TENACITY, YOUR VISION AND YOUR
UNWILLINGNESS TO BACK DOWN. AND
ALL OF US ARE STRONGER BECAUSE
YOU'VE CHOSEN TO DEDICATE YOUR
LIFE TO SERVICE. MADAM CHAIR, I
GOT TO SAY I AM SO EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. YOUR
GRANDKIDS ARE GOING TO BE SO
HAPPY. SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE
HOME. BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU
AND AGAIN I DON'T MEAN TO GET
BLUBBERY, BUT WE CAME IN
TOGETHER, AND I JUST I'M SO
GRATEFUL. CALL YOUR FRIEND. OH
MY GOSH. THANK YOU, SENATOR
MCGUIRE. GIVE ME A HUG. OH MY
GOODNESS. GRACIOUS MADAM CHAIR
CAN EXTEND A THANK YOU CAN'T TOP
THAT, UM, IN IN THAT HISTORY
THATTHE TWO OF YOU HAVE
TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE IT VERY
MUCH HEARING THAT AS I'M SURE
EVERYONE EVERYONE ELSE DID AS
WELL. MY FIRST. COMMITTEE
MEETING AS STATE SENATOR WAS
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. IN FOR
PROBABLY EVERYONE, INCLUDING
FOLKS ON STAFF OR ANYBODY ELSE
WHO'S WALKED IN THE FIRST
COMMITTEE MEETING. YOU AREN'T
REALLY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. AND
IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE
DAY THAT THE GOVERNOR SORT OF
PARACHUTED IN AND I CAN SAY IT
THAT WAY. YES PANDEMIC SCHOOL
REOPENING PLAN. THE ORIGINAL
ONE. YEAH LEGISLATIVE VERSION,
BUT IT WAS SO IT WAS A LITTLE
BIT OF A BAPTISM IN FIRE. BUT IT
WAS JUST, UM IT WAS SUCH A GOOD
ONE. GOOD. BAPTISM AND I
REMEMBER AFTERWARDS ASKING THE
CHAIR IF I WAS OUT OF LINE IN
TERMS OF COMMENTS I MADE BECAUSE
IT WAS SUCH A STIMULATING,
PROVOCATIVE CONVERSATION THAT I
THINK EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE
I SPENT SOME TIME, YOU KNOW,
REALLY KIND OF DIVING INTO THE
MATERIAL AND IN YOU DID WHAT YOU
ALWAYS DONE WITH ME AND YOU SAID
ABSOLUTELY. KEEP SPEAKING UP.
YOU KNOW HE DID THE RIGHT THING,
UM, IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON EVER SINCE. SO, YOU
KNOW, I'VE JUST TRUTH BE KNOWN.
I'VE TRIED TO EMULATE HOW YOU
HOW YOU HOW YOU RUN A MEETING?
THE WAY YOUR DEMEANOR THE WAY
YOU YOU MANAGE THINGS. AND UM,
YOU KNOW, IN MY OWN COMMITTEE,
FIRST OF ALL, BUT SECONDLY, WE
ARE SEAT MATES. NOW WE STILL
WILL BE C YES, WELL LONGER, SO I
WILL TELL YOU. SHE ACTUALLY
DOESN'T CARRY A TWO BY FOUR
SECURES A BASEBALL BAD. JUST AS,
UM. AND JUST AS EFFECTIVE. ALL
SAID THAT HUESO ANYWAY, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH YOU, BUT MOREOVER, TO BE,
FRANKLY, MENTORED QUITE A BIT
AND YOU KNOW, I SAY THERE WERE
MANY, MANY YEARS OF POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE MYSELF. BUT TO STEP
INTO A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE
CAN STILL MENTOR YOU AFTER 30
YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UM I
THINK SAYS A LOT, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SENATOR. FORTESE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HMM. THANK
YOU. OH, MY GOODNESS. GRACIOUS
WELL, OH, DEAR SENATOR AS YOUR
VICE CHAIR PAST YEAR AND A HALF
SO MY FIRST MEETING WAS ALSO IN
EDUCATION. YES THE FIRST TIME I
, UM I'M GOING TO GIVE THE GAVEL
AND, UM AND TRY TO CHAIR A
MEETING AND I HAVE TO JUST SHARE
WITH EVERYONE. THAT IT WAS SO
REASSURING TO HAVE HER AS A
CHAIR BECAUSE HER WORDS I WAS
TERRIFIED. I WAS TERRIFIED. THAT
DAY, AND HER WORDS WERE. WE'RE
GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
SUCCEED. AND TO COME INTO A
COMPLETELY NEW ENVIRONMENT. TO
OME. AND JUST SOMEONE WHO MIND
YOU IS. UM A COLLEAGUE FROM, UM
, A DIFFERENT PARTY TO COME IN.
AND AS A WOMAN, TELL ME WE'RE
NOT GOING TO LET YOU FAIL WAS
INCREDIBLY COMPLETELY A SIGN OF
CHARACTER WHO YOU ARE AS A
PERSON AND AS A LEADER, AND I
WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I
APPRECIATED THOSE WORDS. HOW
MUCH THEY JUST INGRAINED IN MY
BRAIN AND I WILL CARRY THAT ON
AND I HAVE, AND I AND I SHARED
WITH HER PUBLICLY IN PRIVATE
ACTUALLY IN PUBLIC. HOW MUCH I
RESPECTED HER AS A CHAIR OF A
COMMITTEE AND HOW MUCH, UM JUST
CLASS SHE HAD WHEN CHAIRING THE
COMMITTEE AND HOW MUCH SHE AS
MARTESE MENTIONED EARLIER. I
HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HER ON
THAT. AND SO WE HOPE TO STRIVE
THAT AND BEYOND THAT, BESIDES
THAT, SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST
DRESS SENATORS WE HAVE IN THE
LEGISLATURE. I AM SO IMPRESSED
SO OH, I WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY
BEST. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO
SERVE AS YOUR VICE CHAIR. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE COUNCIL. YOU'VE GIVEN ME
BOTH PUBLICLY. IN SPECIALLY IN
PRIVATE. YOU'RE SO WELCOME.
WELCOME THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATE. THANK
YOU. OH, MY GOODNESS. GRACIOUS,
WELL, IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW I
TOP ANY OF THAT. JUST THANK YOU
ALL AND THANK YOU TO COMMITTEE
STAFF. I COULDN'T DO MY JOB
WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. UM, BUT
THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN SUCH A
PLEASURE. TO SERVE ON EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AND WHEN I MADE THE
DECISION NOT TO RUN AGAIN, UM
THING HEAVIEST ON MY HEART WAS
NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE THIS
COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HAVE JUST
LOVED IT SO MUCH. AND SERVING
WITH ALL OF YOU AND I FEEL LIKE
WE REALLY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE
FOR OUR STUDENTS, BOTH K 12 AND
HIGHER EDUCATION, SO NO PRESSURE
, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP IT UP
WHEN I'M GONE, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ALL TRULY FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART. ALL RIGHT.
WHERE ARE WE DO WE NEED TO OPEN
THE ROLE? OKAY, LET'S WELL,
LET'S START WITH CONSENT.
CONSENT BELLY MCGUIRE WHERE I.
IN SIX YEAR OLD. WHAT IT COULD
SEND A THANK YOU. CONSENT DID
YOU GET TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING
OKAY, VERY GOOD. OKAY SO THAT IS
OUT, 60. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK
YOU, MADAM ASSISTANT. FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE SORRY A B 17 97.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
UM ONE A B 17 97. THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST BUT FIRST BE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MCGUIRE. WHERE I
PAN AND I ALRIGHT, THAT BILL IS
OUT 602, BUT SORRY. I'M GOING TO
RUIN MY GOOD STANDING HERE,
WHILE ITEM NUMBER TWO A B 25 98
VIOLATE HIM TO 18 25 98. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST WE
RE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MCGUIRE. AND
WHERE I PANTS AND I ALRIGHT,
THAT BILL IS OUT 60. THAT RIGHT?
7070 VERY GOOD. THAT'S WHY WE
STILL HAD EVERYONE HERE. OKAY
LET'S DO FILE ITEM THREE A B 27
74. VIOLATING THREE A B 27 74.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES
AMENDED, BUT FIRST AMENDED
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MCGUIRE. WHERE I
PAN AND I 70 THAT BUILDS OUT 70
FILE ITEM FOR 20 TO 22. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED,
BUT FIRST AMENDED REFERS TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DOLLY MCGUIRE. WHERE I THAT BILL
IS OUT. 60 VERY GOOD. VIOLATE
THEM. 5 24 22 5 A B 24 22. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST BUT FIRST BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS DAILY MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE. I THAT BUILDS OUT 60.
SIX A B 25 07 FILE ITEM SIX.
MAYBE 25 7. THE MOTION IS DUE
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AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS DELI MCGUIRE
WHERE I BILLS OUT, 60. WELL ADAM
SEVEN A B 99 AM 7 18 99. THE
MOTION IS DUE PROCESS AMENDED
BUT FIRST AMENDED REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DOLLY MCGUIRE. WHERE I BUILDS
OUT 60 WELL, AND I'M EIGHT A B
3128 83 1 TO THE MOTION IS DUE
PAST BUT FIRST BE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
CORTEZ MCGUIRE. AYE. YOU WEREN'T
YOU? YOU WERE NOT VOTING ON THIS
ONE, BUT I JUST HAVE TO REVALUE.
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, SO I THINK THAT IS, MCGUIRE
SAID. I HE SAID, I HAVE 060.
GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH LIGHT
. UM NINE A B 17 46 ITEM NINE A
B 17 46. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
BUT FIRST WE RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
LABOR LABOR. I MCGUIRE I'M AWARE
I 607070 THANK YOU VERY MUCH
VIOLENT. UM 10 1938 B 1936 I LET
HIM 10 1936. THE MOTION IS DUE
PAST BUT FIRST BE REFERRED TO
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DOLLY MCGUIRE. AND WHERE I THAT
BILL IS OUT. 60 ITEM 17, MAYBE
20 TO 22. NO WHAT DID I MISS?
12. WELL, 12 OUT. OH SORRY. I
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FILE ITEM. 12 A B 1940 SORRY
ABOUT THAT. NO FIRE. 11. 11
DIDN'T GET PULLED. YEAH. OKAY
SORRY. HIGHLIGHTING 12 GOT OUT.
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HIGHLIGHTING 13 13 A B 1958 FILE
ITEM. 13 1958. THE MOTION IS DUE
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APPROPRIATIONS. DOLLY MCGUIRE.
FROM WHERE I THAT IS OUT. 60 NOW
FILE ITEM 17, MAYBE 20 TO 22
FILE ITEM 17 22 22. THE MOTION
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REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS DOLLY MCGUIRE.
I'M AWARE I THAT BUILDS OUT 60.
WELL AND MAY 18 22 66 THAT ONE
OUT. THAT IS OUT. OKAY A B 19
FELL OUT OF 19. MAYBE 25 24 59
MAYBE HIGHLIGHT IN 1980 24 59.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED
FOR FIRST AMEND IN REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
LABOR MCGUIRE WHERE I 70070 FILE
ITEM. 28 25. OH ONE. THAT ONE.
THAT ONE'S OUT. VERY GOOD. HOW
ABOUT 21? 21 WE NEED TO DO A B
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MCGUIRE WHERE I WAS OUT, 60. AND
I'M 23 YEARS THAT OUT NOW WE
GOTTA GET TO 23. OKAY, FOLLOW
HIM. 23 A B 27 94 23 27 94. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED BUT
FIRST AMEND AND REFERRED TO
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DOLLY MCGUIRE, WHERE I OUT, 6 TO
0 CONFIRM SO. 15 AND 16 ARE ALSO
BEEN OLDER. YES. OKAY JUST ALL
RIGHT, DONALD BILLS, CORRECT.
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