GOOD MORNING AS WE CONTINUE TO
TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE
ONGOING COVID 19 RISKS, THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME
PUBLIC. PROVIDED FOR ACCESS TO
BOTH IN PERSON AND
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPATION.
FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. UH THE
NUMBER IS 84429. THE ACCESS CODE
IS 141. 114 OH, THE COMMITTEE
WILL ALLOW FOR TO BEING
WITNESSES PER SIDE AND WILL THE
AND WILL LIMIT EACH WITNESSES TO
TWO MINUTES EACH. OTHER'S
WISHING TO TESTIFY MUST LIMIT
THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR NAME
AFFILIATION POSITION ON ON THE
INITIATIVE. I WILL MAINTAIN THE
QUORUM. IT'S CUSTOMARY I'M SURE
NOBODY WILL BE DISRUPTIVE AND
WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED REMOVED
FROM THIS MEETING. I WILL DO MY
ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR A, UH
WE HAVE THE QUORUM NOW, SO
BEFORE WE HEAR PRESENTATION,
LET'S TAKE THE ROLE OF SECRETARY
DODD. HEAR HEAR NIELSEN ALLEN
ARCHULETTA ARCHULETTA HERE,
BECKER. HERE. BRADFORD BRADFORD
HERE GLASER WEST. SO JONES HERE
KAMLAGER RENDEZ PORTANTINO
QUARANTINE. OH, HERE, RUBIO,
PRESIDENT RUBIO. PRESIDENT WILK
PRESENT PRESENT. OKAY FANTASTIC
. LET'S BEGIN AND END WITH OUR
ONLY ITEM. SB 34 BY SENATOR
UMBERG. SENATOR PLEASE BEGIN.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE
CHAIR IN FELIPE LOPEZ FOR THEIR
HARD WORK ON THIS BILL. IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT BILL. THE RISES
OUT OF A AN ISSUE IN ORANGE
COUNTY CONCERNING THE SALE OF
ANAHEIM STADIUM, UM, WITHOUT
GOING TOO DEEPLY IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO
BASICALLY NEGOTIATED SALE OF
ANAHEIM, STATING IT IS MY
PERSONAL VIEW. THAT THAT
NEGOTIATION WAS NOT DONE IN GOOD
FAITH THAT THE MAYOR WAS ACTING
ON HIS OWN BEHALF RATHER ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENTRUST
HIM WITH PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
UM AND AS SUCH, THE FBI GOT
INVOLVED. ULTIMATELY THE DEAL
WAS VOIDED. BUT WHAT THIS BILL
DOES IS THIS. THIS BILL SAYS
THAT IF YOU'RE AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL, OR YOU WOULD APPOINT
OFFICIAL AND YOU'RE ACTING AT
THE BEHEST OR ON BEHALF OF, FOR
EXAMPLE, A PARTICULAR
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND YOU ARE
NOT ACTING IN THEIR BEST
INTERESTS. YOU'RE ACTING YOUR
OWN PERSONAL INTEREST, THEN THAT
CONTRACT IS VOIDABLE. IN OTHER
WORDS, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN
LATER ON, SAY, WAIT A MINUTE. NO
IT'S AVOIDABLE. UM THAT'S ALL
SPILL DOES URGENT. I VOTE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON
TO ANYONE WANTING TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT. ARE THERE ANY
INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM SEEING
NONE. MODERATOR CAN WE GO ONLINE
NOW TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF SB 34.
IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF SP 34,
PLEASE PRESS 1 10 0. AND THERE
IS NO ONE Q AT THIS TIME. THANK
YOU, MODERATOR. NOW WE'LL MOVE
ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY. V UH, IN THIS ROOM
AGAINST SB 34 SEEING NOBODY
COMING FORWARD. MODERATOR CAN WE
DO THE SAME THING ON OPPOSITION
TO SB? 34, PLEASE? IF YOU ARE AN
OPPOSITION OF SP 34, PLEASE
PRESS ONE THAT ZERO. AND THERE
IS NO ONE IN Q AT THIS TIME. DO
ANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SENATOR
ARCHULETTA? YES. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. QUICK QUESTION. IF THE
MAYOR OBVIOUSLY IN THIS INCIDENT
, UH, WAS FOUND TO BE GUILTY AND
VIOLATED LAW BECAUSE HE TOOK A
BRIBE OR WHATEVER. AND IF IT
WERE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TOGETHER
, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY
REPRESENTATIVES ARE, IF THE 231
WHATEVER ARE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING UNDER THE TABLE
BRIBERY THEN THE WHOLE CONTRACT
AVOIDABLE DOESN'T MATTER THAT
IT'S THE MANAGER, CITY MANAGER
OR THE MAYOR, SO THEY DON'T NEED
THAT POSITION AS LONG AS THEY
WERE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT IT
BECOMES AVOIDABLE. YOU ARE
CORRECT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S
SAY THE CITY COUNCIL EMPOWERED
ONE UM, EVEN A PRIVATE ENTITY,
UM, TO NEGOTIATE ON THE CITY'S
BEHALF. TURNS OUT THAT PRIVATE
ENTITY WAS, YOU KNOW, GETTING
MONEY UNDER THE TABLE FROM THE
OTHER SIDE, OR, FOR WHATEVER
REASON WAS NOT ACTING, UM, IN
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THOSE WHO
HAD EMPOWERED THAT ENTITY OR
THAT INDIVIDUAL. THEN THE
CONTRACT IS AVOIDABLE. THAT'S
CLEARS IT VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUST A LITTLE
FURTHER CLARIFICATION IF I MAY,
UM I THOUGHT EARLIER YOU SAY
THEY THEY CITY COUNCIL CAN COME
BACK LATER AND SAY IT'S NOT
VALID TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO
TAKE A VOTE ON THAT, OR IT'S
AUTOMATICALLY DISSOLVED. NO,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO AFFIRMATIVELY
VOID THE CONTRACT, SO IN OTHER
WORDS, IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ACT
SO THE CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE
THAT 10 YEARS LATER, WE FIND OUT
THAT SOMEBODY WAS ACTING
INAPPROPRIATELY ILLEGALLY
WRONGFULLY IN THIS CONTRACT'S
BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 10 YEARS,
CITY COUNCIL AT THAT POINT COULD
EVALUATE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK 10
YEARS AND AVOID THIS CONTRACT.
UM IF IT DON'T. IF IT HAD ONLY
BEEN IN EXISTENCE. TWO MONTHS
THEY COULD SAY YEAH, WE'RE GONNA
WE'RE GONNA AVOID THIS CONTRACT.
SO IT IS A THEN A DISCRETIONARY
ACT ON HARD ON BEHALF OF THE
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. I'M JUST
GONNA PROVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
, SO I THINK IT'S WHAT MR
ARCHULETTA WAS ALLUDING TO
OTHERS. LET'S TAKE THREE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THE ACT OF, YOU KNOW
, DECEIT AND NOT WORKING IN THE
BEST INTERESTS OF A COMMUNITY.
AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE TO
OVERTURN THAT CONTRACT AND YOU
HAVE MY MINORITY ON A COUNCIL AS
YOU KNOW. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE TWO TO
OVERTURN SOMETHING THAT THREE
DID SO WITH THAT LEAVE THAT
COMMUNITY AND NO SITUATION WHERE
THEY CANNOT OVERTURN THAT
CONTRACT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY A FIVE
PERSON CITY COUNCIL AND THREE OF
THEM WERE TAKING BRIBES. UM AND
IF ALL THREE OF THEM SURVIVED
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND
REMAINED ON THE ON THE GOVERNING
BOARD, I SUPPOSE THAT THEY COULD
THEN RATIFY THE CONTRACT THAT
THEY ILLEGALLY ENTERED INTO. UM
AND THEREFORE, UM, GIVE FURTHER
EVIDENCE FOR THEIR OWN
CONVICTION. SO I THINK IT'S
POSSIBLE. YEAH. BUT THE OTHER
THE OTHER SIDE IS THOSE PEOPLE
WHO WOULD NOT BE AN OFFICE
ANYMORE, THEY WOULD HAV HAD TO
HAVE FORFEITED THEIR OFFICES.
ONE WOULD WRITE IF YOU'RE TAKING
A BRIBE, AND IT'S DETERMINED
THAT YOU WERE NOT ACTING IN THE
BEST INTEREST. YOU'RE ACTING
YOUR PERSONAL INTEREST. AND I
SUPPOSE IF YOU'RE NOT PROSECUTED
YOU, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO REMAIN,
BUT THOSE ARE UNLIKELY EVENTS IF
YOU ARE BOTH ACCUSED AND
CONVICTED, OR AT LEAST THERE IS
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU HAVE NOT
BEEN ACTING IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OR THE GROUP HAS NOT
BEEN ACTING IN THE BEST
INTEREST. UM YOU KNOW, I WOULD
HOPE THAT IF YOU WEREN'T
PROSECUTED LIST, DEMOCRACY WOULD
WORK AND YOU WOULD BE BUMPED OUT
OF OFFICE. THANK YOU. OKAY
CENTER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
VOTE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE
THE BOAT MOVEMENT. THANK YOU,
SENATOR ARCHULETTA. WHAT'S THAT?
THE VOTE. I MOVED THE MOTION IS
THAT THE ASSEMBLY? AMENDS BE
CONCURRED IN THE SECRETARY OF
POLICE CALL THE ROLL. GOD. I
NELSON. ALAN. ARCHULETTA TÔI
BECKER BECKER. I BORE GIS,
BRADFORD BRADFORD. I GLASER.
HUESO. JONES JONES. I KAMLAGER
MELENDEZ. PORTANTINO WARRANTY.
NÓI RUBIO RUBIO. I WILL. I WILL
I. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE ROLE
OPEN FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU
FOR THOSE WHO CAME. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. YOU HAVE EIGHT VOTES.
BUT YOU HAD A QUART. D. THE
CONTRACT INTO USED WHEREBY TÌM.
THAT THE THOSE ARE. YES
DISQUALIFYING DISQUALIFIES. WALK
OVER THAT STUFF, TOO. CHECK
RIGHT HERE. THERE'SNO 15%
THEY'RE NOT ISSUED.
AMENDMENTS BE CONCURRED IN
ABSENT MEMBERS. NIELSEN ALLEN, I
GORGEOUS GLASER HUESO KAMLAGER
MELENDEZ. BUILDS ON CALL FOR TWO
MORE MINUTES.
THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE
AUTHOR. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
ROLL ON FIGHT THEM FILE ITEM ONE
SP 30 FOR SECRETARY. PLEASE OPEN
THE ROLE ABSENT MEMBERS,
NIELSEN. GORGEOUS GLASER ER I
WEST, SO KAMLAGER MELENDEZ 10 0.
YEAH THAT BILL IS OUT. 10 0.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR
PATIENTS COOPERATION WE HAVE
CONCLUDED THE AGENDA, THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION IS ADJOURNED. OKAY?