MORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE IN
BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW WILL
COME TO ORDER AND AS WE CONTINUE
TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGER
ONGOING COVERT NINETEEN RISKS
THE SENATE WELCOMES THE PUBLIC
AND HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH
IN PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
BURKE DISSIPATION FOR OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY
WE HAVE THE TELECONFERENCING
SERVICE AND THE PARTICIPANT TOLL
FREE NUMBER AND ACCESS CODE IS
POSTED ON OUR COMMITTEE WEBSITE.
HE WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT FOR YOUR LISTENING
AND WRITE IT DOWN TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 THE ACCESS CODE IS
. SEVEN THREE SIX TWO EIGHT
THREE FOUR. I WILL MAINTAIN
DECORUM AS IS CUSTOMARY ANY
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DISRUPTIVE MAY
BE REMOVED FROM THE REMOTE
MEANING SERVICE OR HAVE THEIR
CONNECTIONS MUTED. WE ARE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HERE AT
TEN TWENTY ONE- ST ROOM TWELVE
HUNDRED AND- AS I INDICATED FOR
A HOPE ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WILL COME DOWN HERE SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM THOSE
PROVIDING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE TODAY ARE
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. AND
REMOTE PARTICIPANTS YOU KNOW THE
DRILL BUT YOU CAN PLEASE MUTE
YOUR PHONES OR COMPUTERS WHEN
YOU ARE ABOUT TO PRESENT. AND
EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO BE
RECOGNIZED PLEASE USE THE RAISE
YOUR HAND FEATURE IN THE PROGRAM
AND I CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU- R. I.
T. PERSONNEL YOU PUT YOURSELF
YOU ON MUTE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU
PERCENT BUT OUR T. PERSONNEL
WILL PUT YOU BACK ON MUTE WHEN
YOU ARE DONE. TO ALLOW THE
PUBLIC ACCESS WE HAVE ADMITTED
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE
HEARING ROOM TO THE EXTENT THAT
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS
ALLOW- AND AS I MENTIONED IN
OPENING WE WILL HAVE A
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. PUBLIC
COMMENT WILL BE HEARD AFTER. WE
RECEIVE THE PRESENTATIONS FROM
THE LA ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND AFTER THE COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN ABLE TO ASK THE
QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. SO
LET'S SEE CAN WE ESTABLISH A
QUORUM YET SO WE CAN'T EXCELLENT
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS SKINNER I AM HERE.
BIGELOW HERE. BAKER HERE.
CABALLERO BUT WE. TORONTO EGGMAN
. OF. WHERE'D HERE. REQUIRE. THE
MEASURE OF OUR HERE. MAIN STREET
NEWMAN BECAUSE I. HERE'S SHOBO
HERE FORTY. W. HERE. ROTH YOUR-
SEYARTO. SMALL CUEVAS. YEAH IS
THAT. WE A QUORUM GREAT- YOU
WANT TO CALL THE MEMBERS WHO
JUST CAME IN JUST. GROWTH YEAH.
YEAH ANYROAD ALREADY CAPTURED
MISTER MEANT GREAT EXCELLENT ALL
RIGHT SO WE HAVE QUORUM. SO
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE
DEPARTMENT FINANCE IN THE OLEO.
LET ME OPEN WITH THIS IS OUR
INITIAL BUDGET HEARING FOR THE
YEAR AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS
HEARING TODAY IS TO GET AN
OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET THAT THE
GOVERNOR PRESENTED- JESSICA LAST
WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE IT'S
ALREADY BEEN SO FAST. ANYWAY-
THAT IS OUR PURPOSE AND
SUBSEQUENT TO TODAY'S HEARING
OUR SUBCOMMITTEES OF WHICH WE
HAVE FIVE WILL HOLDS NUMEROUS
HEARINGS. YOU BEGIN TO GET IN TO
THE GREAT DETAIL ABOUT VARIOUS
OF THOSE PROPOSALS AND ALSO DO
SOME OVERSIGHT ON THE
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS- WE WILL
ALSO HAVE FULL COMMITTEE
HEARINGS. BOTH ON LARGER TOPICS
AND ON SOME OVERSIGHT ISSUES AND
THOSE THAT SCHEDULE BE ANNOUNCED
SOON. BUT THE MORE IN DEPTH
DISCUSSIONS TO THE POINT OF
TODAY IS THE OVERVIEW THE MORE
IN DEPTH DISCUSSIONS REGARDING
THE PROPOSAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN
BOTH SUBSEQUENT FULL BUDGET
COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND BUDGET
SUB COMMITTEES NOW THAT'S NOT TO
INDICATE THAT YOU CAN. YOU ARE
FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS TODAY
COURSE MAKE COMMENTS- BUT I'VE
JUST LAYING OUT THAT WE ARE
GETTING OVERVIEW ON THE WHOLE
BUDGET AND NOT NECESSARILY
DELVING INTO ONE PARTICULAR
PROPOSAL. SPECIFICALLY ARE
BUDGET SEPT COMMITTEE HEARINGS
WILL START AT THE END OF
FEBRUARY AND RUN THROUGH MAY.
SEVEN OF THOSE OF YOU WHO-
FOLLOW THE BRIDGE THE GOVERNOR'S
ANNOUNCEMENT TEN HIS PROPOSAL
YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT REFLECTS THE
CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
SINCE THE- BUDGET ACT OF TWENTY
TWO TWENTY THREE WITH WHICH WE
ADOPTED. LAST YEAR. SO WHAT IT
NOTES IS THAT THEY'RE SLOWER
ECONOMIC AND REVENUE GROWTH.
CHECK THE BOTH THIS YEAR AND
PROJECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS. BUT THE GOVERNOR NOTED
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT. GIVEN
THAT THERE HAS BEEN OVER A
DECADE OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION
VOTER APPROVED ACTION AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. AROUND
CRUDE- ESTABLISHING AND FUNDING
VARIOUS RAINY DAY FUNDS. DEALING
WITH LONG SOME OF THE LONG TERM
DEBT. THAT WE HAVE VERY GOOD
FISCAL RESILIENCY RIGHT NOW IN
THE STATE IF WE COMPARE TO THE
CIRCUMSTANCE WE FACED IN A MUCH
GREATER. A SHORTFALL AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE RECESSION. SO
THE STATE IS IN A STRONG
POSITION TO ADAPT TO AT LEAST
THE PROJECTIONS OF CHANGING
REVENUES TO DATE. AND I WAS
PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL RETAINS MANY
OF THE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND HE
AGREED TO MADE IN PASS BUDGET AX
. OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET DOES RECOMMEND SOME SHIPS
IN FINDING SOME DELAYS AND
PERHAPS SOME CUTS THAN THOSE OF
COURSE ARE OUR PURVIEW TO
DISCUSS IN DETAIL AND TO.
NEGOTIATE AS TO WHETHER THOSE
ARE THE DIRECTIONS IN TERMS OF
DEALING WITH SHORTFALL IS THAT
THE SAME APPROACH THAT WE WOULD
TAKE- SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING THE MIX OF PROPOSED
SOLUTIONS AND DETERMINING THE
RIGHT MIX. OF PRUDENT CHANGES TO
PROTECT OUR PROGRESS AS WE
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SUPPORTING
CALIFORNIA'S RESIDENCE FAMILIES
BUSINESSES. AND OF COURSE THE
WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IS
ESSENTIAL AS EVER- AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU AS A COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE
THE SENATE'S WORK. IN CRAFTING
THE STATE'S BUDGET FOR THE
UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO AS I
INDICATED EARLIER WE HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
WITH US TODAY THEY ARE BOTH
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. BEFORE I
START WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS I
WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW
CHAIR- IS NOT NEW TO THE
COMMITTEE THOUGH NEW TO THE
SENATE'S COMMITTEE. RATHER HE'S
NOT NEW TO BUDGET VICE CHAIR
SENATOR NEW LOW. AND- A VICE
TIERNEY LOW WAS SET IN THE NOW-
CENTERVIEW YOU VICE CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY
I WAS WITH SENATOR LAYERED. LAST
TIME WE HAD A RATHER SIGNIFICANT
BUDGET CHALLENGES AND- TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT AND NINE. IT'S
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. SO THE
MAGNITUDE IS QUITE A DIFFERENT
HOWEVER- BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND I'M SURE I THINK THE MESSAGE
IS DON'T PUT HIM ON THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND THEN WILL BE IN
GREAT SHAPE. WELL THAT MIGHT
SPEAK FOR YOU TO- LET'S BEGIN
HAVE REELECTED THE CHAIR
WHATEVER. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE
PRESENTATION OF THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET BY ERICA LEE OUR CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ERICA
YOU SEE. THAT YOU'RE POISED AND
READY SO. YOU CAN BEGIN. GOOD
MORNING- GOOD MORNING MADAM
CHAIR VICE CHAIR NEW LOW AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ERICA
LEE WITH THE APARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND I WILL BE PROVIDING
AN OVERVIEW OF THE GOVERNOR'S.
BUDGET TO THE COMMITTEE THIS
MORNING- AS MENTIONED BY MADAM
CHAIR WE ENTER TWENTY TWENTY
THREE AND A VERY DIFFERENT-
ECONOMIC POSITION THAN THE
PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. THE LAST TWO
BUDGET TAX INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT
CAN GENERAL FUND SURPLUSES EACH
AROUND ABOUT A HUNDRED BILLION
DOLLARS THIS YEAR THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES
EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT TWO
HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN BILLION-
THE FORECAST. REVENUE DECLINES
UP TWENTY NINE POINT FIVE
BILLION OVER THE BUDGET WINDOW
AND THAT INCLUDES A THREE YEARS
BOB THE PRIOR YEAR THE CURRENT
YEAR THAT WERE IN. AS WELL AS
THE BUDGET YEAR AND AFTER
TRANSFERS AND ADJUSTMENTS WE ARE
ACTUALLY FACING A TWENTY TWO
POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET
DEFICIT SO- AWHILE IT IS A
DEFICIT IS MUCH LESS SIGNIFICANT
BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT BUT MUCH
LESS THAN. A MINUTE NOT GREAT
RECESSION. OBVIOUSLY AND EVEN IN
TWENTY TWENTY- HELLO HAVE IS
USED TO THE AND DOWNS BECAUSE BY
OUR TAX STRUCTURE. WHICH
INCLUDES. ALLY ON THE AND TAX OF
. INCOME EARNERS- AS WELL AS
CAPITAL REVENUE. AND THAT'S A
MOST OF THE DOWNWARD REVISION
THAT WE'RE SEEING IN FORECASTING
IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET- WHEN
COMPARED TO THE BUDGET AFTER
TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS DUE TO A
TWENTY FIVE BILLION DOLLAR
REDUCTION IN PERSONAL INCOME
TAXES- WHILE WE ARE UP AGAINST
DEFINING REVENUES WHICH IS
REALLY MORE. A MODERATION OF THE
GROWTH THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. HOWEVER
DOES THESE REVENUE TO GET- WE
ARE BETTER POSITIONED TO HANDLE
THE SLOW DOWN THAN WE EVER HAVE
BEEN IN THE PAST- AGAIN AS
MENTIONED BEFORE. RIVAS ACTIONS
INCLUDING A PROPOSITION TO WHICH
THE VOTERS APPROVED IN TWENTY
FOURTEEN CALIFORNIA NOW ANNUALLY
SETS ASIDE ABOUT WHAT- ACT
EXACTLY ONE POINT 5% OF GENERAL
FUND REVENUES IN TRANSFERS. AS
WELL AS CAPITAL GAIN REVENUES
ABOVE 8% OF THE GENERAL FUND TAX
PROCEEDS. AND ADDITIONALLY AND
IMPORTANTLY OVER THE LAST TWO
BUDGETS. WE HAVE BUILT IN BUDGET
RESILIENCE MEASURES AND IN CASE
OF A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY IN
FACT- I. BUT AT THE MAYOR VISION
AS WELL AS OF THE BUDGET ACT- I
TESTIFIED TO THE RISKS THAT WERE
ON THE HORIZON AND INDEED SOME
OF THOSE RISKS HAVE BEEN BORNE
OUT. HOWEVER THE BUDGET
RESILIENCE THAT WE DID INCLUDE-
WHICH INCLUDES STRONG-
RESERVISTS SUPPLEMENTAL DEPOSITS
TO BOTH A SYMBOL OF THE RAINY
DAY FUND AS WELL AS THE STATE DO
NOT RESERVE FUND- END OF.
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
TO DEAL WITH PRICE INCREASES. AS
WELL AS- REDUCING BOM LIABILITY
THROUGH CASH PAYMENTS-
IMPORTANTLY SPENDING. MOST OF
THE PAST REVENUE WHICH WAS ONE
TIME AND ONE TIME PROGRAMMING
RATHER THAN A- MAINTENANCE. ALL
OF THESE MEASURES ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY HELP MITIGATE SOME
OF THE CUTS- THAT ARE REQUIRED
TO BRIDGE THE GAP- AND- ATTACKS
ARE SPEEDING UP PROGRAMS WHICH
WERE DEEPLY CUT DURING THE GREAT
RECESSION- THEY ALSO HELP
PROTECT MANY OF THE PARTY
INVESTMENTS AGAIN THAT WAS
NOTED- THE OUTSIDE. SO HOW DO WE
SOLVE THE MEASURE CALL THAT THE
GOVERNOR BUDGET FALLS BETWEEN
TWO POINT BILLION BUDGET.
THROUGH BALANCE MIX. OF
APPROACHES THE MISSING. SEVEN
POINT FOUR BILLION AND FIND
DELAYS. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT
MEANS IS THAT THE BUDGET SPREADS
EITHER INITIATES SOME
PROGRAMMING LATER OR SPREAD OVER
THE MULTI YEAR THE PROGRAMMING
THAT WAS COMMITTED TO OVER THE
PREVIOUS BUDGETS- WE HAVE A FIVE
POINT SEVEN BILLION FOR
REDUCTIONS IN COLFAX- THE BUDGET
REDUCES SPENDING FOR VARIOUS
ITEMS AGAIN ACROSS THE TWENTY
ONE. THROUGH THE TWENTY TWENTY
ONE TWENTY TWO IF THE TWENTY TWO
TWENTY THREE FISCAL YEARS TO
THAT BUDGET WENT OFF. AND PULLED
BACK CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN THE TWENTY TWENTY TO
BUDGET ACTS- THAT PROVIDED THAT
ADDITIONAL RESILIENCE THAT I
MENTIONED MOST NOTABLE IS THREE
BILLION AND INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT THAT WE INCLUDED IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET- AS WELL AS A
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND PAYMENT.
BOB THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR- THIS
YEAR IT WAS. A TOTAL OF ONE
BILLION OF WHICH TOOK TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION WAS FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR- HOWEVER THE
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION FOR
THE BUDGET YEAR- IS. INCLUDED IN
OUR PRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE FOUR
POINT BILLION IN FUNDS. AND
BUDGET SHIFTS US EXPENDITURES IN
THE CURRENT AND THE BUDGET- FROM
GENERAL FUNDS TO OTHER FUNDS
MUST- ARE A LOT OF TO SEE IF YOU
CAPITAL- WE WILL BE- PROVIDING.
A GENERAL FOR DEBT SERVICE TO
RATHER THAN PAYING FOR THOSE
COUPLE. CASH WILL BE- WE'RE
PROPOSING- CSU ISSUE. INSTEAD OF
REVERTING CERTAIN BONDS TO CASH
PROJECTS FROM THE TWENTY TWO
BUDGET ACT BACK TO BONDS. AND
MOST NOTABLY ONE POINT FOUR
BILLION THAT- WELL AS PROVIDED
FOR IS I'M AS I'M PACKAGE THAT
ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE PACKAGE-
WILL BE SHIFTING. TO THE
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION ON.
ANOTHER SET OF SOLUTIONS IS
POINT NINE BILL IN TRIGGERING.
ARE IN THE BUDGET REDUCES FROM
TWENTY TWENTY ONE THREE TWENTY
THREE THANKS FOR THE BUDGET
YEAR- CERTAIN OBSTACLES AND
PLACES THEM IN A TRIGGER THAT
WOULD RESTORE THE REDUCTIONS. IN
A YEAR'S TIME SO AT THE NEXT
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THERE'S ENOUGH
REVENUE TO PROVIDE FOR WORKLOAD
AS WELL AS THOSE TRIGGER
REDUCTIONS. AND THE- THE TRIGGER
WOULD BE TURNED OFF ACTUALLY-
I'M- CHILLED- THE TRIGGER WOULD
BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY SORRY JULY
ONE OF THIS YEAR AND COULD
POTENTIALLY BE TRIGGERED OFF- IN
JANUARY. THE BULK OF THOSE.
TRIGGER REDUCTIONS ARE
EXCITEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION-
AND THOSE ALREADY HAD MOST OF
THE ONE TIME SPENDING A TOTAL OF
ABOUT THREE POINT ONE BILLION
FOR TIME AND TRANSPORTATION IS
INCLUDED IN THAT TRIGGER ALONG
WITH SIX HUNDRED MILLION
HOUSING. ONE HUNDRED MILLION FOR
PARKS AND. FIFTY FIVE MILLION IN
WORKFORCE TRAINING. AND OUR LAST
SOLUTION. IS ONE POINT BILLION
LIMITED BORROWING ADDRESS
GENERATION ON THE MORE. OF THE
FIVE IN THIS. FOR THE YEAR DRIVE
FROM LOAN FROM SUCH FUNDS TO THE
GENERAL. AS WELL AS PROPOSAL TO
RENEW THE MANAGED CARE
ORGANIZATION TAX OR THE MCO TAX
- AS I PREVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT OF
INCLUDING BUDGET REYES MEASURE.
IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGETS ARE WE
USE MANY OF THEM BUT OF NOTE-
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE
CAMINO WE DID NOT TOUCH THE
RIVER THE GENERAL UP WE DID NOT
TOUCH THE RESERVES- IN THE- THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES NOT
PROPOSE A WITHDRAWAL FROM THE
RESERVES AT THIS TIME. AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE
LOOKING TO IN THE SPRING TO SEE-
HOW THINGS CONTINUE I THINK IT'S
CONTINUE TO- GO BADLY ON THE
ECONOMIC FRONT THEN WE
POTENTIALLY HAVE TO TAP INTO
THAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE MAYOR
VISION AND BUDGET ACT. JUST
WANTED TO KNOW THAT AT THIS TIME
THE TOTAL RESERVES ARE THIRTY
FIVE POINT SIX BILLION DOLLARS
OF WHICH TWENTY TWO POINT FOUR
BILLION IS IN THE RAINY DAY
FUND. THE BUDGET STABILIZATION
ACT- EIGHT POINT FIVE BILLION IS
FOR THE SCHOOL RAINY DAY FUND.
AND ANOTHER NINE HUNDRED MILLION
INTO SAFETY NET RESERVE AND
THREE POINT EIGHT BILLION AND
OUR- STATES OPERATING RESERVE
THE SPECIAL. FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTIES. OUR THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES NOT. WORK
RICH. HOWEVER DO. THAT AS I SAID
EARLIER THERE ARE. MANY RISK
SOME WHICH HAVE BEEN WORN OUT
BUT BRIDGE THAT ARE STILL. ON
HORIZON NAMELY HIGH. AND THEIR
TYPE OF MY POLICY- AS FEDERAL
RESERVE- POTENTIALLY- CONTINUES
TO RAISE. RATES SHOULD THINGS
GET WORSE WE COULD ENTER A MILD
RECESSION. AND THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A REDUCTION
IN GENERAL FUND REVENUES. OF
BETWEEN TWENTY TO FORTY BILLION
GENERAL FUND ON TOP OF THIS
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION-
IF THINGS GET WORSE AND THERE IS
A MODERATE TO A SEVERE RECESSION
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT. OVER
SIXTY MILLION. A DROP IN GENERAL
FUND REVENUES AGAIN THIS ON TOP
OF THAT A TWO POINT FIVE
BILLION- THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT NOW- BUT- AGAIN RIGHT NOW
NOT TRYING SUMMARY. IT'S ALSO.
AND MORE ON. MORE TOOLS AND
ENDED FORGET- SERVICE. SHOULD
REVENUES TO DECLINE FURTHER IN
SPRING- I ONE THING. TO NOTE IS
THAT THIS BY DOES PROTECT OF THE
- THAT WERE AGREED UPON- AT THE
- AND THE LATEST. AND ACTUALLY
TO GET SOME- SOME OF THOSE PRIOR
IN CASE. AND ARE PROUD I EIGHT
OTHER REVISED ESTIMATES OF FUND
. ARE ONLY. REDUCED AND MODESTLY
REDUCE THAT PROPOSITION NINETY
EIGHT GUARANTEE OF BY ONE POINT
FIVE BILLION ACTUALLY LESS THAN
WHAT WAS BOTTOM FORECAST AT
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET OCT FOR
THIS. BUDGET YEAR- THE
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT
GUARANTEE IS A HUNDRED EIGHT
POINT EIGHT BILLION FOUR HUNDRED
NINE BILLION AND THIS EQUATES TO
ESSENTIALLY SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED NINETEEN- HER
PEOPLE SPENDING. FOR GENERAL
FUND AND IF YOU ADD ALL FUNDS
THAT'S TWENTY THREE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS PER PEOPLE SO CAN
PROTECTING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC.
SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS. WE
ALSO INCLUDE THE FUNDING FOR
THE- K. FOR ALL FOUR ZERO YOU.
SCHOOL MEALS. WE INCLUDE THIS
COLA EIGHT BUT WHEN ONE EIGHT
POINT ONE THREE- AS WELL AND I
MULTI. DOES ARE NEEDS SCHOOLS
AND CAN ARTS CULTURAL- ONE THAT
IS RE. IT IS ALSO BY NINE HAVE
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS TO THE
NEWLY IN PROP. TWENTY EIGHT I
MEAN HIGHER AND- THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET MAINTAINS BOX HIGHER ED
COMPAQ'S WHEN C. AS YOU IN THE
UC AS WELL AS A ROAD MAP WITH
BEING A COLLEGES. WITH FOR THIS
PART RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE. AT
THREE YOU SEE THIS- AND SUPPORT
FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS TO
CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
COST OF ATTENDING HIGHER
EDUCATION. AND HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES THE BUDGET IS FULL
STEAM AHEAD ON HEALTHCARE ACCESS
TO ALL ELIGIBLE CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIANS. NO MATTER THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS WILL CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT CAL AIM WHICH WILL
INCLUDE A TEN BILLION I WENT
FULLY IMPLEMENTED- THE BUDGET
MAINTAINS. DOES FOR THE B.
HOPKINTON OR EIGHT BILLION- IN.
FAIR AS WELL AS MAINTAIN PUBLIC
INTEREST. AND SUPPORT GRANDPRIX
SO FOR THE S. I. S. HE PROGRAM.
AS WELL AS A POINT NINE FOR BUT
HOW WORKS. IN PUBLIC SAFETY THE
GOVERNOR BUDGET. TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING.
POSITIVELY SINCE G. IS PRETTY
FAR WHICH THEFT AND BILEH
ILLEGAL DRUGS OTHER CRIME-
PROPER HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
. THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET MAY AND
IN HELP AND HOMELESS OF COURSE-
AND ANNEX THOSE WITH THAT KIND
OF THE COMPANY ACCOUNT PASSABLE
LEVEL. AND CAN TO PROVIDE FOR
ASSISTANCE- AND- OTHER PROGRAM
TO SUPPORT. LOCAL ENTITIES OF
BATES CAN BUILD FAIR SHARE OF
HOUSE- INCLUDING A UNITS AS WE
AS STATE WORKS FOR THOSE AND TWO
POINT FIVE MILLION UNITS. AND
CLAY LAND CURRENTLY THE CAN TO
INCLUDE A RECORD ONE TIME
STRUCTURE AND THAT IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE- OVER THE PAST
TWO YEARS. THE BUDGET HAVING
FIFTY FOUR BILL. A ONE TIME OVER
MY YOU INTO. ARE THIS BUDGET
MAINTAIN FOR EIGHT BILLION OR
EIGHTY NINE AND CONTINUE TO.
EQUITY AND EQUITY IN IN PARTY.
THAT ARE- DISPROPORTIONATE. HIT
FOR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CRISIS
. OKAY THE PROJECTED IN GENERAL
FUND REVENUES BY TWO INCLUDES
REDUCTION. PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES
PROGRAMS SOME OF WHICH ARE
OFFSET BY TO OTHER FINES- IN
COURT OUT MOST OF THESE
PRODUCTION ARE AND IN THE THAT I
MAY EARLIER- AND SHOULD THERE BE
AN AFFRONT IN THE YEAR THEY
WILL. RESTORED FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUE TO LOOK
INTO TO PURSUE AGGRESSIVELY
FUNDS- BOTH THROUGH THE-
REDUCTION ARE IRATE OR THE INTO
- INFRASTRUCTURE INVEST AND JOBS
FOR I. J. TO ATTEND TO OFFSET
SOME OF THOSE. ADDITIONAL THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REACHED
OUT TO BLOOD TO DISCUSS. THE
POSSIBILITY OF A BOND- IN. THIS
A SICK TURN IN. THIS BUDGET IS A
TO PRINT INSTANCE HIGH PRIORITY
COMMITMENTS FROM PREVIOUS
BUDGETS THAT- WE'RE COMMITTED TO
BY THE BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
ADMINISTRATION- AND THIS IN NO
SMALL PART IS DUE TO THE
DESTRUCTIVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
THAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER THE PAST
DECADE. AS WELL AS WISE
DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE LAST
TWO BUDGETS IN REGARDS TO BUDGET
RESILIENCE SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSION TO FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
LEGISLATURE- AS WE WORK TOWARD
BUILDING THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE
BUDGET- THANK YOU I'M JOINED BY
SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
LINE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS. AT THE PERFECT TIME
THANK YOU FOR- THANK YOU MISLI.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO
IS HAVE THE L. A. O. PRESENTED
BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS. SO
THAT WE GET THE OVERVIEW NOT
ONLY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
MEANING THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE BUT ALSO FROM LA- WHICH
AS YOU KNOW IS OUR- NONPARTISAN.
ANALYSTS FOR SUCH- ISSUES AND WE
WILL THEN HEAR WHAT THEIR
TICKETS SO LET ME TURN NOW. TO
GET A PATRICK WHO IS- ARE THE
HEAD OF L. A. O. FIFTY PERCENT.
MR PADDOCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR THE
DEVICE CARE AND SENATORS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING US
INTO THE HEARING MY NAME IS K.
PADDOCK LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AND
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE A COPY OF OUR
SIDE HAND OUT WHICH- I CAN ALSO
SHARE- AND- YOU KNOW WHAT THAT-
A LOT THROUGH THE HAND OUT. IN
THEN AND THEN- ONE MY COLLEAGUES
WILL BE HER TO RETURN ANY. YOU
MAY HAVE SETTLED- PRETTY ONE RE
. YOU CAN ACCESS THE HAND THAT
W. DOT DOT L. A. O. D. CA DOT
GOV SO- WITH THAT I WILL JUST GO
RIGHT INTO IT ON BEGINNING ON
PAGE. AS- MY COLLEAGUE FROM-
INDICATED FIVE ACTUALLY BOTH OUR
OFFICE IN OUR NOVEMBER FISCAL
OUTLOOK AND- THE ADMINISTRATION
NOW ESTIMATE THAT THE STATE DOES
BEAT THE BUDGET PROBLEM OR A
DEFICIT FOR TWENTY TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR- THAT IS- NEATLY
INDICATED AND IT AND IT BUDGET
DOCUMENTS REFERENCED THE
ADMINISTRATION REFERS TO. A
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION
DOLLAR BUDGET PROBLEM. HOWEVER
AS WE EVALUATE THE PACKAGE-
ASSESSMENT SUGGESTS THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL FALL
THAT SOMEWHAT SMALLER EIGHTEEN
BILLION DOLLAR PROBLEM. SINCE-
JUST TO HELP YOU. UNDERSTAND
HERE ARE THE DISCREPANCY THERE
ARE TWO MAIN EXPLANATION FOR WHY
WE SEE. THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL
FOUND THAT REFLECTING A SOMEWHAT
SMALLER PROBLEM THAN HOW IT IS
CHARACTERIZED IT IS ON THAT
FIRST- THE ADMINISTRATION AS WAS
MENTIONED THE ADMINISTRATION
DOES BEGAN. WITH ITS EXPENDITURE
ESTIMATES INCLUDING STATE THREE
BILLION DOLLAR AMOUNT OF
UNALLOCATED SPENDING FROM THE
LAST BUDGET PROCESS THAT WAS
INTENDED TO COVER. THE COSTS
RELATED TO HIGHER INFLATION. AND
THEN A SECOND MEDIUM. BEEN BASED
- DOESN'T THE PLAN SHIPPED TO
PASS FUND CERTAIN. OUTLAY
INSTEAD OF USING LEASE REVENUE
BY. AND WE WERE IT NINE OF THE-
ACTION DIRECTED CHANGES. HAD
BEEN A AND BUDGET LEGISLATION SO
OUR OFFICE DOES NOT INCLUDE THEM
IN THE INCOMING SPENDING BASED.
AND THEREFORE WE ALSO DO NOT.
YOU KNOW THEY DON'T THAT THAT
STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUDGET
PROBLEM AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF
THOSE OPERA. FROM YOUR YEARS YOU
NOT READ TO LOSE AWAY WE WOULD
JUDGE THINK OF IT. AND THEN-
JUST TO POINT OUT ADDITIONAL. SO
THEY GO- DOES PROPOSE AROUND TWO
BILLION IN NEW DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY A
PART OF- EXISTING LAW. AND SO
THE ADDITION OF THE SPENDING
PROPOSAL THAT SUFFOCATES
ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS OF THE LIKE
AMOUNT- GIVEN THE BUDGET
SITUATION AND THE CATEGORIES OF
THOSE- SPENDING PROPOSALS ARE
SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE ON THE
FIRST PAGE. SO MOVING TO PAGE
TWO- I'M HERE- MY COLLEAGUE FROM
FINANCE REALLY KIND OF WALK
THROUGH A LOT OF THAT- WILL
REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED SOLUTION
THAT GOVERNOR IT PUT FORWARD. I
CAN JUST HELP- CATEGORIZE A
LITTLE BIT OF IT BY SAYING THAT-
YEAH WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE-
PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE
GOVERNOR SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE
SPENDING SIDE CHANGES TO THE
SPENDING SIDE OF THE BUDGET
SNOWS IN OUR- CALCULATION THE
COME TO ABOUT THIRTEEN POINT SIX
BILLION OR THREE QUARTERS OF THE
TOTAL SOLUTION. IN WITH THE
OTHER 25% OR AROUND FOUR POINT
THREE BILLION- BEING. AS
CAUTIOUS AS WE CALL IT. OF THE
THIRTEEN POINT SIX BILLION IN
SPENDING SIDE SOLUTIONS WE'VE
USE AROUND SEVEN POINT ONE
BILLION OF THOSE AS DELAYED
SPENDING WHICH- AND WAS
DESCRIBED REALLY- SHIFTING THE
TIMING OF CERTAIN PROPOSED
SPENDING FROM OCCURRING WITHIN
THE BUDGET YEAR WITHIN THE
BUDGET WINDOW TO. A LATER PERIOD
BUT STILL WITHIN THE MULTI YEAR
PERIOD WHICH GOES THROUGH TWENTY
TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN SO
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. MANY
OF THESE DELAYS ARE IN THE AREAS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AND HEALTH
AND BROADBAND. SIX FINANCE THE-
ALL WAS TALKING- THERE ARE.
SEVERAL WE NEVER AMOUNT OF-
SPENDING REDUCTION THAT ARE
SUBJECT TO TRUE AFTER. THE ROUND
HOW THROUGH THE AND JOHN OF
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR THE
ADMINISTRATION DETERMINES THAT
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES-
WE SOME THOSE TO ABOUT THREE
POINT EIGHT BILLION AND GOES
MOSTLY DO OCCUR IN THE AREA
NATURAL RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION
AND ONE FROM IN HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS ACTIVITIES- THERE
ARE AROUND TWO POINT SIX BILLION
IN MORE OUTRIGHT SPENDING
REDUCTION. REPRESENTING ABOUT
20% OF THE SPENDING SIDE
SOLUTIONS THE LARGEST OF THOSE-
SPENDING REDUCTION. IS B.
CANCELLATION OF THE
DISCRETIONARY PRINCIPAL PAYMENT
TOWARDS OUR- THE STATE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE- LOAN TO
THE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
YES AND THEN- THE FOUR POINT
THREE BILLION AND CAUTIOUS
INCLUDE THE- ONE POINT FIVE
BILLION AND- SHIFT IN OF THE-
YOU'RE A MISSION VEHICLE RELATED
INITIATIVES FROM A GENERAL FUND
TO THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
FUND- SHIFTING THE COSTS IN
THERE. AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE
OTHER ITEMS- WE MENTIONED- AND
ALSO A MINOR REVENUE SIDE
SOLUTION INCLUDE RELATIVELY
MINOR- GIVEN THE TRIED TO THE
BUDGET. IS THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MILLION AND- GENERAL FUND
BENEFIT FROM A NEW STATE
SPEAKING TO RE AUTHORIZE THE
MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION TAX
WHICH- WOULD INCREASE REVENUES
BY AROUND THREE HUNDRED TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION IN
TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
BUT IT WOULD HAVE A LARGER
GENERAL FUND IMPACT IN THE OUT
YEARS OF. TWO BILLION OR SO BY
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE-
BUT THAT PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE
FEDERAL. APPROVAL TO AN OVERVIEW
OF HOW SEE THE- EIGHT BUDGET
CONDITION THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL AS NOTED THAT THERE IS
NO PROPOSED- USE OF THE RIVER
STATE THE RAINY DAY RESERVE-
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR DID NOT
DECLARE A BUDGET EMERGENCY WHICH
WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MAKE A
WITHDRAWAL FROM THE BSA. AND- ON
THE FLY YOU CAN BE THAT AT THE
END OF THE BUDGET YEAR OF ALL
THE ASSUMPTIONS WERE TO HOLD
THAT STATE- BOB READING RESERVE
OR DISCRETIONARY RESERVED A
SPECIAL PLAN FOR ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY WOULD HAVE A BALANCE
OF ABOUT THREE POINT EIGHT
BILLION AT THE- AT THE END OF
THE YEAR- NOT SHOWN ON THIS.
SLIDE BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT HEADS
TO THE WILL PAY YEAR FORECAST.
WHICH GOES THROUGH- TWENTY
TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN THE
ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL WOULD
RESULT AND DEFICIT- IF ALL THE
ASSUMPTION PULLED IT WOULD
RESULT IN DEFICIT OF NINE
BILLION IN EACH OF THE- TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE AND
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX
THE SCHOOL YEARS. AND THEN THE
DEPTH THAT WOULD DECLINE TO
ABOUT FOUR BILLION IN TWENTY
TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN UNDER
UNDER THOSE ASSUMPTIONS- WORD ON
- THE- NINETY EIGHT WHICH WE
WERE TO AS THE BY WITHIN THE
BUDGET- AND IS IT AS A- WE
MENTIONED THE- UNDER THE AND
THAT. COMPARED WITH THE ENACTED
BUDGET THE ADMINISTRATION
ESTIMATES THAT THE MINIMUM
GUARANTEE WOULD DECLINE BY.
THREE POINT FOUR BILLION IN THE
CURRENT YEAR AND THEN ONE POINT
FIVE BILLION IN THE BUDGET YEAR
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF
THE LOWER REVENUE ESTIMATES. AND
WITH THESE DECLINE THE CURRENT
YEAR MINIMUM GUARANTEE WOULD
COME IN AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVEN BILLION FROM- ONE HUNDRED
AND TEN POINT FOUR BILLION AT
BUDGET ENACTMENT. AND THEN- THE
ESTIMATED GUARANTEED IN THE
BUDGET YEAR WOULD BE A HUNDRED
AND EIGHT POINT EIGHT BILLION.
THE EVEN WITH THE LOWER FUNDING
LEVEL THOUGH THERE ARE STILL
APPROXIMATELY SIX BILLION
AVAILABLE FOR NEW COMMITMENTS.
AND THAT'S THE- BECAUSE SOME
PREVIOUS ONE TIME INITIATIVES
ARE REACHING CONCLUSION. AND
ALSO- CERTAIN PROGRAM COSTS-
WITHIN EDUCATION OR TRAINING OUT
TO BE LOWER THAN EXPECTED. IN
DOLLAR TERMS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT PROPOSAL IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. IS FOR A COST
OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT EIGHT
POINT 13% WHICH COMES. WHEN
TRANSLATED TO DOLLARS FOR. FOR
OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND THEN
ANOTHER NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
MILLION TO EXPAND- CERTAIN
PLANNED- ONGOING PROGRAM
EXPANSIONS. TO COVER THAT- THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL DOES NOT RELY ON
ABOUT ONE POINT FOUR BILLION OF
ONE TIME BOND- TO SUPPORT THE
ONGOING COSTS- SO THAT DOES
LEAVE A BIT OF A DEFICIT IN THE
FOLLOWING YEAR ABSENT AN
INCREASE. IN THE LEVEL OF
FUNDING UNDER PROPOSITION.
NINETY EIGHT- LEVINE TO PAGE
SIX. NO YOU COULD PROVIDE YOU
WITH DETAILED AND FUNDED BY. WE
DO THAT THE GOVERNOR APPROACH
WHICH DOES EMPATHIZE- SPENDING
CUTS SOLUTION THAT FIRST AND NOT
IMMEDIATELY TAPPING INTO- THE
STATE'S BUDGET RESERVE IS
PRUDENT. AND IT'S REFLECTIVE OF
THE FACT THAT THE STATE FACES A
NOTABLE BUT MANAGEABLE BUDGET
PROBLEMS- WE DO KNOW HOWEVER
SAID THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR
ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING AS I MENTIONED. DOES
ADD TO THE NEED FOR ABOUT TWO
BILLION DOLLARS OF THE- PROPOSED
SOLUTION SHE HAS PUT FORWARD.
ALSO ONE THING WE WOULD POINT
OUT IS THAT THE YOU KNOW UNDER
UNDER OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES FROM
OUR NOVEMBER- FISCAL OUTLOOK WE
ESTIMATED LOW SOMEWHAT LOWER
REVENUES THAN WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION- IS CURRENTLY AT
THE MEETING. AND AS A RESULT WE
WOULD THINK THAT THE LEGISLATURE
AT LEAST CONSIDER PLANNING FOR
IT SOMEWHAT LARGER BUDGET
PROBLEMS AND WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION AND- INDICATING.
R. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE DO
SUGGEST CONTINUING TO EXPLORE-
POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS AND- THE
LARGE ONE TIENEN TEMPORARY
SPENDING FROM RECENT YEARS
BECAUSE- IT WILL BE EASIER TO
TAKE A DELIBERATE APPROACH- TO
BANNING. THOSE SOLUTIONS NOW
THAN IT WOULD BE IN MAY BUT OF
COURSE THE RESERVES ARE ALWAYS
STILL AVAILABLE IF THAT'S THE
PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE WORSE
THAN ANTICIPATED. AND THEN RIVER
THE MULTI YEAR OUTLOOK WE DID
HAVE TO- MAY NOT- THE PERSON
THAT REALLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
PERIOD THE SIX YEAR PERIOD- THE
BUDGET WINDOW PLASTIC FREE
FUTURE YEARS. OUR OFFICE AND
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAVE VERY
SIMILAR REVENUE ESTIMATES THAT
DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAVE IS
REALLY JUST AN PINENE. THAT IS
WE HAVE LOWER REVENUES IN THE
EARLY YEARS OF THAT PERIOD. WITH
OUR REVENUES RECOVERING AND
REVERTING TO HISTORICAL GROWTH
RATES TOWARD THE END OF THE
OUTLOOK PERIOD. THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS HIGHER
REVENUE THAT FIRST AND THEN-
MORE STAGNANT REVENUE GROWTH- IN
THE FUTURE YEARS SO- RELATED TO
THAT WE DO. RECKON THAT THE GIRL
THAT THE- THINK ABOUT- PLANNING
NOT NOT ADOPTING A BUDGET THAT
WOULD PUT THE STATE ON A COURSE
TO HAVE DEFICITS IN FUTURE YEARS
SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE- TAKING
SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION TO- YOU
KNOW- THE- SPENDING TO. WITH
COULD TO YOU KNOW OUT- PRESSURE
. OR THE STATE- THE LEGISLATURE
COULD ALSO CONSIDER- OTHER
MECHANISMS LIKE TRIGGERING. IN
THE EVENT THAT REVENUE DO NOT
RECOVER OVER THE- THE BUDGET
PROBLEM PERSISTS INTO FUTURE
YEARS. LAST WEEK- PRODUCT OF THE
CONCLUDING POINT BUT WE WOULD
NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH WE THINK THAT
THE GOVERNOR'S APPROACH IS
REASONABLE AND PRUDENT SOME A
STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT. THAT THE
FED OF SOLUTION BUT THE GOVERNOR
PUT FORWARD- NEED NOT BE THE
ONES THAT THE LEGISLATURE ADOPT
BETTER REDUCE THE LEGISLATURE
MAY. EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO
ADHERE TO THE GENERAL APPROACH
THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT FORWARD
COULD SELECTABLE DIFFERENT FAT
OF SPECIFIC SOLUTION. AND SO
WITH THIS IN MIND IN OUR
OVERVIEW DOCUMENT- WE DID
PROVIDE SOME CRITERIA YOU MAY
WISH TO IMPLY FOR REVIEWING ALL
OF THE REASON AUGMENTATIONS.
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WHEN- YOU
KNOW SOMEONE WHEN AN
AUGMENTATION MEET THESE CRITERIA
YOU MAY WISH TO RETAIN THEM AND
THOSE THAT DO NOT YOU COULD BE I
THINK OF THEM AS POTENTIALLY
GOOD CANDIDATES FOR REDUCTION OR
DELAYED SO. THE LIST OF THOSE
CRITERIA IS PROVIDED ON THE
SLIDE AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN
OUR OVERVIEW. DOCUMENT WITHOUT
ALL STOP IN- BE HAPPY TO RESPOND
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MISTER
PERRY CAN OF COURSE- PREVIOUSLY
ARE THANKED ME. PRESENTATION
FROM THE OF BUT APPRECIATE BOTH
OF YOUR AT PRESENT. I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I RECOGNIZE
MY CALL. I SEE LAYERED AS A
SANTA VENUE ELSE YOU'RE A ANY
POINT YOU CAN SIGNAL TO ME AND I
WILL PUT YOU ON THE LIST- SO AS
- FIRST FOR MR PADDOCK- I
APPRECIATE L. PERSON. THAT THE
MINISTRATIONS PROPOSAL THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL WHICH
INCLUDES. TWO BILLION EUROS TO
MINUTES TWO BILLION OF NEW
DISCRETIONARY- EXPENDITURES AT A
TIME WHEN WE HAVE A- A PROJECTED
SHORTFALL. THAT THAT IS. WHY I
WILL PUT IT YOU THAT YOU'VE
CHARACTERIZES POTENTIALLY NOT
WISE. BEYOND WHAT I DO- YOU'VE
NOT NECESSARILY IN YOUR
PRESENTATION GIVEN EVALUATION
AND I IMAGINE YOU THE OFFICE
WILL- DURING SOME OF THE BUDGET
SUB HEARINGS BUT ON THE MERITS
OR NON MERITS OF. SAY SOME OF
THE- TRIGGER NOT TRIGGER BUT
SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS- OR
DELAYS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS PROPOSED. HOWEVER THE POINT
MY QUESTION IS- IN THE END THIS
IS OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T. ANY
ANALYSIS OF THE MERIT OTHER THAN
JUST NOT WISE TO IT THE NEW A
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING THERE
WERE NO DISCUSSION REALLY ON THE
MERIT OR NON MERIT OF THOSE
SPECIFICS AND I GUESS
CONCEPTUALLY WHILE I AGREE WITH
THAT IN PRINCIPLE- YOU KNOW IT'S
CERTAINLY THERE COULD BE. AN
AREA I NEED WE'VE DISCOVERED
WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED INFLATION
WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED- NINE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENTS I THINK
MR LAYERED WILL GET INTO
INTERNET WE'VE WE'VE EXPERIENCED
A NUMBER OF THINGS CHANGES IN
ADDITION ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
SINCE WE ADOPTED THE LAST BUDGET
AND IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT WE
MAY WE THE LEGISLATURE OR THE
ADMINISTRATION MIGHT IDENTIFY
APPROPRIATE NEW PLACES TO SPEND
EVEN IN A TIME OF SHORTFALL TO
ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS. SO I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU. COULD COMMENT
ON THAT. YES MA'AM CHAIR I THINK
YOUR POINT IS THAT. IT SPOT ON
ITS ACTUALLY YOU KNOW TRUE WHAT
I WAS JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT
IS THE ADDITION OF THOSE. NEW
PROPOSED- ACTIVITIES OR THE COST
OF THOSE NEW ACTIVITY JUST IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT MEANS THAT
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR ANY INCREASE
SPEND NEW SPENDING- WHEN WORK
BASED BUT THE BUDGET PROBLEM
REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL SOLUTION
BUT YOU KNOW SOME OF THE LARGER-
ACTIVITIES PROPOSED INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE FOR- URBAN FLOOD.
MANAGEMENT FOR EXAMPLE AND SO
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS THAT YOU DID MENTION THAT
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
AND OF COURSE ISN'T BUT WHEN
FACED WITH THIS KIND OF A BUDGET
OUTLOOK WHICH- AGAIN LIKE I DO
WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE THINK IS
MANAGEABLE THE MANAGEABLE SIZE
PROBLEM- BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S
JUST. THERE'S NO ALI YOU KNOW
EASY SOLUTION CARE THERE'S GOING
TO BE TRADE OFFS ON DOING- MORE
OF SOMETHING NEW REQUIRES DOING
LESS OF SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY
DOING SO OKAY. AND THAT WAS THE
PERSPECTIVE I WAS JUST HOPING TO
BRING INTO THE DISCUSSION GREAT.
AND THEN- ONE REQUEST I WOULD
HAVE IS THAT. AS WE DO OUR-
SUBSEQUENT BUDGET HEARINGS IN
THIS COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES
HAVE HEARINGS. IF THE L. A. HAS
A- HAS ANY INFORMATION OR
RESEARCH ON. AVAILABLE FEDERAL
FUNDS OR FEDERAL FUNDS WE MIGHT
TAP INTO IN SOME OF THE AREAS
THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS
PRIORITIES. THAT THAT COME
FORWARD I JUST I AM CERTAIN THAT
OUR OWN STAFF IN THE N. T. O. F.
WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO THAT.
BUT L. A. O.'S- PERSPECTIVE ON
IT WOULD BE HELD TO. AS WE GO.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU AND I HAVE-
SOME THINGS I WANTED TO RAISE.
ABOUT TRIO IN CHILD AND A FEW
OTHER BUT I WILL SEE WHETHER
OTHER MEMBERS ARE RAISE THOSE
ALL ALL HOLD OFF ON MINE. AND
CALL ON OTHER MEMBERS AND THEN
IF THE POINTS THAT- THE ROUTER
THE ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO GET
A FEW- A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION
ON DON'T COME UP. THEN I'LL
RETURN TO MYSELF AND ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT SO LET ME
GO TO MISTER LAYER AND THEN I
HAVE SENATOR MEN AND- MR RASO.
IN SENATOR MENSCH OF OUR- AND NO
WORRIES IF I DON'T HAVE YOU YET
AND YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO
ASK THAT OF COURSE I WILL CALL
YOU. THIS GROVE AND THEN- MR-
BAKER. OKAY MISTER ALERT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MANAGER. AND I
HAVE A COUPLE OF. AND TO
QUESTIONS AND JUST A PREP
FINANCE ONES IN K. THROUGH
TWELVE AND ONE'S IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. MMHM MMHM END. TO
JUST QUIT COMMENTS- LAST YEAR.
OF THE LEGISLATURE. MADE A DEAL
WITH REGARD TO DEMO CANYON WITH
THE GOVERNOR AND IT INVOLVED ONE
BILLION DOLLARS TO KICKSTART
RENEWABLE ENERGY TO ADD TO A
CHRISTIE. AND IT WAS OVER THREE
YEARS IN ADMINISTRATION HAS HELD
TO THE DEAL. AND NOT DONE A
REDUCTION IN THIS AND I JUST
WANT TO CALL IT OUT AND THANK
THEM AND THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING
FOR THAT. AND THEN ON THE ON THE
SUBJECT THAT OF CARE SKINNER
TEED UP- IN CLIMATE THE GOVERNOR
THE BUDGET APPROVED AT FIFTY
FOUR BILLION. THIS BUDGET LOWERS
IT TO FORTY EIGHT BILLION IT'S
AN 11% REDUCTION. AND APPLY
STAFF REDUCTION ACROSS THE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WHICH IN SOME
CASES IT'S FIVE IT'S ALIVE AND
IT'S FOURTEEN. AND THE ONE PLACE
THAT WAS OUT OF SYNC WITH THAT
WAS A 43% CUT IN COASTAL
RESILIENCY INCLUDING- A CUT TO
HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLANNED
FOR THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL
RISE. INDEED MINISTRATIONS
DEFENSE. BOB THIS WAS DONE
BEFORE EVEN THE FIRST OF NINE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HIT. BUT THIS
LAST. WEEKEND- I WENT EVERYWHERE
AND SAW. THE HEARST CASTLE ROAD
STATE ROAD IS ON. BY IN PISSED
BEACH. THINGS ARE JUST FALLING
THE OCEAN- HE IN CAPITAL ITS
SWAMP TO THE BUSINESSES IT
KNOCKED DOWN THE WHARF IS NOT
DOWN THE WHARF. TO STATE PARK
WORD EVEN TOOK THE SEQUEL WAS SO
STRONG IT TO THE SEQUEL WAS
GOING INTO HOMES AND JUST WAVES
BREAKING INTO LIVING ROOMS AND-
AND IN MY HOME TOWN THE ICONIC
WEST CLIFF DRIVE STARTED TO FALL
INTO THE OCEAN AND SO. IN THE
DISCUSSIONS AND WE HAD MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND LEGISLATORS IN
THE DISCUSSIONS IT WAS BASICALLY
OKAY HERE COMES THE TOUGH
PLANNING. WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY
REBUILT WHAT DON'T YOU REBUILT
MORE JEFF TO CONSIDER AND
STEPPING BACK FROM THE OCEAN. SO
THE MAJOR PART THAT WAS CUT WAS
PLANNING MONEY FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS AND I CAN DEAL WITH AN
11% CUT BUT A 43% CUT. IS OUT OF
SYNC AND- I WOULD JUST SAY WE
HAVE FOUR MONTHS TO DO THE
BUDGET AND I JUST HOPE WE- ARE
CONSIDERED GETTING THAT BACK TO
WEAR ONCE. AND THEN THE OTHER
COMMENT WHICH IS ON THE
EDUCATION BUDGET AND IN SOME
WAYS IT'S AS MUCH FOR MY
COLLEAGUES- IF YOU LOOK AT THE
TOP LINES AND SOME OF THEM WERE
MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S TOTALLY CONFUSING. AND YOUR
CONSTITUENTS WILL BE TOTALLY
CONFUSED. BECAUSE THE REVENUE
DROPS SLIGHTLY. AND YET WE ARE
INCREASING THE LOCAL CONTROL
FUNDING FORMULA FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. BY OVER 8% IN THIS
BUDGET AND SO IT'S COGNITIVE
DISSIDENCE MONEY GOES DOWN
FORMULA INCREASES. AND WE PUT
AMAZING AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT
WERE ONE TIME INTO COVERT
RESPONSE MORNING LOS. AND THAT
IS GOING AWAY IN A MAJOR. WAY
AND SO. HOME WE WILL TO LOOK AT
THAT ARE. WHEN WE GO THROUGH
THIS AND WE WILL HAVE TO HELP
THEM TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS WHEN
THEY HAVE BEEN COMING FROM
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T
UNDERSTAND. FORMULAS ARE GOING
UP BUT REVENUES COMING DOWN. AND
IT WILL MEAN LESS MONEY TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT IT WOULD BE
LESS MONEY THAT DON'T EXPERIENCE
IN A ONE TIME PROGRAMS THAT
EXPIRED. AND J. AND SOME OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS BELIEVE. THAT
THE LEARNING LOS NEED IS STILL
THERE EVEN IF THE MONEY ON THE
PROGRAM EXPIRES SO WE WILL HAVE
DISCUSSIONS IF WE STAND IN THE
EDUCATION BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE.
ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S THE PROPER
ADJUSTMENT HOW TO EXPLAIN IT TO
PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO. OFFER
THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT. NOT TO
BURN. SINCE BOARDS WILL SOME OF
THEM ARE ALREADY MEETING WITH ME
SO I JUST KNOW THAT WILL BE
HAPPENING TO MEMBERS AND I WANT
TO DO THAT AND THEN ON THE TWO
QUESTIONS. ARE ONE IN K. THROUGH
TWELVE AND THAT'S AT THE VOTERS
JUST APPROVED- ARCH IN SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S SCHEDULED. TO START.
AND THEN- THE ONE THAT TIME
INVESTMENT SO CONCLUDED IN
RECENT RECENT BUDGETS LED TO
DECISION TO REDUCE THE ARTS
MUSIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS BLOCK GRANT. AND COULD
SOMEBODY AND FINANCE TALK ABOUT
HOW. MORE REDUCING THOSE BLOCK
GRANTS ONE WE'RE ADDING THE
MONEY- FROM THE- UNTARNISHED
GIVEN ANOTHER PEOPLE INITIATIVE
THOUGHT THAT. THERE WOULDN'T BE
CUTS AN INITIATIVE WOULD JUST BE
AN ADDITION SO COULD SOMEBODY
COMMENT ON THE PRIORITIES
BETWEEN. THE ADDITION. IN
GENERAL BUT THE CUT IN THE BLOCK
GRANT. SURE CENTER LAYER COOLEY
WITH APARTMENT FINANCE I WILL AT
START BACK- RESPONSE AND THEN I
MAY HANDED OVER FOR MORE DETAILS
TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
LINE BUT YOU ARE RIGHT IN THIS
MAY TWENTY TWO BUDGET DID
INCLUDE THREE POINT FIVE BILLION
AND PROP NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND FOR- AN ARTS AND MUSIC
GRANT IN DISCRETIONARY GRANT.
PROGRAMS THAT COMPETITION EIGHT
LAST THIS PAST YEAR- YOU DID AND
I MAY THIS IN ONE OF MY
HIGHLIGHTS AT NINE FORTY MILLION
- ADDITIONAL. AND AS PART OF-
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET- WITHIN
THE BUDGET WITHIN THE BUDGET
THAT PROP NINETY EIGHT GUARANTEE
H. WHAT DECISION WAS MADE TO
BRING IN THAT LARGER NUMBER DOWN
JUST HELP FIND SOME OF THE
OTHER- PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE
TABLE. CALPERS SHOULD THAT
RESPONSE BUT- IT'S JUST OBVIOUS
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT
IS AS WE HEAD INTO IT AND THEN
AND HIGHER EDUCATION- THERE WERE
SOME PROJECTIONS MADE AND MAYBE
IT'S TWO PARTS BECAUSE-
COMMUNITY COLLEGES SOMETIMES
THIS IS WITH PROP NINETY EIGHT.
BUT- THERE THERE WAS A
PROJECTION ABOUT. OUR 1% GROWTH
AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND CAL
STATE UNIVERSITY. AND THEN
THERE'S BEEN A FALL OFF IN
ENROLLMENT AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES
THAT IS STARTING TO COME BACK.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TALK ABOUT HOW YOU ARRIVED AT
THE PROJECTIONS. FOR NEXT YEAR
ON ENROLLMENT. AND HOW YOU SEE
THOSE TRENDS GOING AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR US IN IN DOING THIS
PROJECT. SURE TO START OFF WITH-
BOTH UCSD IS YOU WILL BE
RECEIVING THEIR 5% FACED
INCREASE- AND I KNOW YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND- WE
HAVE SEEN A DROP OF ABOUT
SIXTEEN PERCENT. IN ENROLLMENT
AT THE CCC THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES- BUT WE DO HAVE TWO
HUNDRED MILLION INCLUDED IN THE
PROP NINETY EIGHT. PACKAGE TO-
SUPPORT RETENTION AND TO SUPPORT
MORE STUDENTS COMING BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES I'M AS
FOR INVOLVEMENT THE NUMBERS- I
WILL HAVE TO TURN TO A COLLEAGUE
ON THE LINE FOR SOME MORE
SPECIFICS. YOUR CHRIS FERGUSON
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE SO I
THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE
SEGMENTS- YOU KNOW IN IN REVERSE
ORDER IT'S- FLAT TO SOFT
ENROLLMENT AT. THE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA- WE'VE SEEN SOME
RECENT ENROLLMENT DECLINES AT
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND WE'VE SEEN YOU KNOW THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT DECLINES
AT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. I THINK WE'RE STARTING
TO SEE SOME POLITICS ON THE
FLOOR. ODD THAT THE ENROLLMENT
TRENDS ARE REVERSING AND THAT
THE UNIVERSITIES ARE STARTING TO
REGAIN- SOME OF THAT LOST
ENROLLMENT WHAT WE HAVE DONE
THROUGH THE COMPACTS- IN OUR
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SEGMENTS
WE- ALL KNOW THAT THE UC AND CSU
FRONT WE'VE CERTAINLY. I WORK
WITH THEM TO SAY THE LONG TERM
GOAL SHOULD BE TO GET BACK TO
YOU THE PRIOR ENROLLMENT LEVELS
PLUS THE AGREED UPON 1%
INCREASES. AND THAT SHOULD BE
THERE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WE HAVE
CERTAINLY PUT FOR TWO HUNDRED
MILLION ONE TIME TO HELP WITH
RECRUITMENT. AND RETENTION OF
STUDENTS AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM WHAT WE'VE ALSO
PUT FORWARD LANGUAGE. INDICATING
THAT IF WE DON'T SEE OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BEGAN
TO REVERSE SOME OF THOSE
ENROLLMENT. AT THAT WE SAW
DURING THE GREAT RECESSION- THAT
THEY SHOULD EXPECT THE
ADMINISTRATION TO PROPOSE A
MECHANISM IN THE NEXT BUDGET
CYCLE SO IN TWENTY FOUR TWENTY
FIVE. I TO BEGIN ADJUSTING
DISTRICT PROJECTS TO ACCOUNT
FOR- YOU KNOW THOSE ENROLLMENT
TRENDS- JOHN DO YOU MIND IF I
JUST ASK GOOGLE FORTIN ALL OF
THE COMING DONE- I. DO BASED ON
WHAT YOU DO DESCRIBED.
DEPARTMENT FINANCE- JUVENTUS
THAT YOU. YOU ARE SEEING SOME.
THAT THE CS AND UC WHICH IS REAL
IT WAS ALL DOWN YOUR SEEING IN
ROME CATCHER BUT ARE YOU STATING
THAT WE IN WE ARE NOT SEEING
WHICH IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND ALSO
BUT ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE
NOT SEEING. THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT CATCH UP IN
THE SAME WAY. YOU KNOW DIFFERENT
EFFECTIVELY WE'RE SEEING. SOME
NEW NO INDICATION DEPENDING UPON
THE DISTRICT THAT THERE'S SOME
LEVEL OF RETURN- ON- ENROLLMENT
IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
BUT IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL AND IT'S
CERTAINLY NOT. ON NEAR THAT THE
AMOUNT OF DECLINE THAT WE SAW.
HI THIS IS JENNIFER AND SALAS AT
THE LEDGE ANALYST OFFICE SO JUST
IN CASE THAT'S HELPFUL WHAT
WE'RE SEEING AT UC IN TWENTY TWO
TWENTY THREE ITS DOWN VERY
SLIGHTLY JUST A FEW HUNDRED
STUDENTS SO AS YOU'RE SAYING
VIRTUALLY FLAT. NOW THEY'RE
INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASSES WE
THINK ARE INCREASING BUT THEY'RE
CONTINUING STUDENTS ARE
CONTINUING TO DECLINE I SEE
ISSUE THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS ARE
ARE MORE STEEPLY DOWN. BUT AGAIN
THEIR FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE-
INCOMING CLASSES ARE LOOKING TO
BE BALANCED BUT THEIR TRANSFERS
ARE DOWN. WE KNOW FROM TRENDS
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT
TRANSFER RATES ARE DOWN. I'M
SORRY THE NUMBER OF TRANSFER
STUDENTS IS DOWN RETENTION RATES
ARE DOWN AND CREDIT LOAD PER
TERM IS DOWN. SO LEASE
POTENTIALLY COULD CREATE
CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD WITH
THE SMALLER COHORTS WORKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. SO
THEY MINISTRATION HAS THESE 1%
ENROLLMENT GROWTH TARGETS FOR
THE UNIVERSITY'S PENCILED AND
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS BUT WE DO HAVE MORE DATA
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DATA TO
SEE WHAT DEMOGRAPHICS. WHAT THE
JOB MARKET WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATES- ARE ARE ARE INDICATING IN
TERMS OF WHAT GROWTH MIGHT
OCCUR. OR AND WE CAN DO SOME
ANALYSIS REGARDING RETENTION
RATES IF THEY REBOUND WHAT WE
WOULD SEE. WHAT CONTINUING
STUDENT GROWTH SO WE'RE LOOKING
AT ALL THE INFORMATION WHEN YOU
GET TO SUB COMMITTEES WE HOPE.
TO BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO THOSE
ISSUES MORE DEEPLY. AND THEN IS
THAT HE'S- THE COMMENT THAT THE
CHAIR. AT THE- THAT THIS MIGHT
INCLUDE MORE- OVERSIGHT. AND I
IN THE END. BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE
. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE FOUR
FIVE ISSUES IN DEPTH AND THEN
SEE WHAT FALLS FROM IT IN THE
BUDGET. AND I THINK ONE OF THEM
THAT THAT JUST CAME UP THAT'S A
LOGICAL CANDIDATE. IS ENROLLMENT
IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES BECAUSE-
IT'S DOWN IN HISTORICALLY WHEN
THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
ENROLLMENT GOES UP PEOPLE GO TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL TO RETRAIN. AND IT
PRESENTS AN AWKWARD BUDGET
SITUATION US BECAUSE AT THE TIME
WE HAVE LESS REVENUE AND WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO CUT. THERE ARE
RESOURCES GO- OR WHAT THEY DO
GOES WAY UP AND DEMANDED WE HAVE
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE
THAT AND- AND I THINK WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND- THAT IS THERE SOME
MECHANISM TO CUT THEM BECAUSE OF
THE ENROLLMENT THAT MIGHT NOT BE
THE NOT RIGHT RESPONSE INTERNET
OUT HERE AND SO. WE'RE GOING TO
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND GO
DEEPLY INTO IT AND THEN JUST ON
UC AND CSU. L. IN THE ROOM IS
THAT LAST YEAR. THE LEGISLATURE
SAN ABOUT HIGH. IN EACH OF THEM
TO THE GOVERNOR ANY BLUE
PENCILED THE MONEY DOWN TO THE
FIVE PERCENT. IN THE PLAN AND
THAT BARELY KEEPS UP WITH
INFLATION OR IT DOESN'T EVEN AT
A TIME THAT PARTICULAR CSU IS
DOING AGO SHE RATIONS WITH
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY
WERE SET FOR THAT GEN AND THAT
MONEY DIDN'T SURVIVE AND SO I
THINK. THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS
LIKE THAT IN IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND IF YOU ARE ONE
APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE FACT THAT. IN A TIGHT
REVENUE TIME THEY'RE KEEPING
WITH THE COMPACT FOR FIVE
PERCENT. BUT THAT DOESN'T KEEP
UP WITH INFLATION AND IT DOES
NOT ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES AT
THE LEVEL ONE WE WANT TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT SO A
PRE I KNOW EDUCATION IS ROUGHLY
HALF THE BUDGET SO. I WAS TRYING
NOT TO TAKE HALF THE TIME SO
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR
ALLOWING ME TO ASK THIS QUESTION
YOU'RE WELCOME CENTER LEARN I'M
GONNA JUST ALLOW- CENTER
SMALLWOOD DID ASK A QUICK FOLLOW
UP ON THAT AND THEN I'LL GO BACK
TO MY LIST AS SOPHISTICATED. NO
I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
MANAGER APPRECIATE- THE CONTEXT
IN IN OF INSTITUTIONAL NOT. THAT
HAS SENATOR. LATER CHAIRED. YOU
KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE
LOOK AT ENROLLMENT I THINK WE
ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT- THE
DISPARITY WITHIN THE DISPARITY
AND- SOME ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE
BY THE NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARING
HOUSE. ASSEMBLY LOOKING AND I
THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
MAKING THE RECESSION. BUT I
THINK CO THAT ALSO DID A DOUBLE
WHAMMY IN A DOUBLE PUNCH-
APPOINT ENROLLMENT PARTICULARLY
IN COMMUNITIES. OF COLOR WHERE-
BLACK STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANT
STUDENTS WERE ALREADY IN THE IN
THE DECLINING PARTICIPATION. AT
THIS THE STAFF WAS THAT
NINETEEN. PERCENT OF BLACK MEN
FOR EXAMPLE AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES HAVE DISAPPEARED-
COMING OUT OF BECAUSE OF IT. AND
THAT'S- THAT OVERALL YOU KNOW
DECREASE THAT THAT SIGNIFICANT
SO MY- MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE
USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN
TERMS OF. SETTING PRIORITIES FOR
THE FUNDING- THAT WE HAVE. THAT
WE HAVE TO SO PRECIOUS LEE-
CONSIDER FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET
ROUND. AND HOW ARE WE ALSO
LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT ADULT
EDUCATION- WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF
FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT
PARTICIPATING IN A LOW JUST WHAT
HOW IS THE GOVERNOR GOING TO BE
THINKING ABOUT. THE DEMOGRAPHICS
IN SETTING. PRIORITIES FOR THESE
FUNDS. DEPARTMENT WORKING HI
IT'S SORRY I'M GONNA TURN THE
QUESTION TO CHRIS. FOR YOUR
CHURCH SO AT WE THINK ABOUT A-
IN BOWL TIRED AND K. TWELVE. IN
OUR FOCUS HAS LARGELY BEEN
CLOSING EQUITY GAPS TRYING TO
ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS THAT
ARE ENTERING OUR SYSTEMS CAN I
BE SUCCESSFUL IN COMPLETING
THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY
WHETHER THAT'S YOU KNOW HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA WHETHER THAT'S- A
CERTIFICATE OR DEGREE. I'M
TRYING TO GET TO THAT PARTICULAR
ASPECT THE CONTACTS IN THE CCC
ROAD MAP REFLECT THAT COMMITMENT
THEY THEY BOTH HAVE A GOLD- YOU
KNOW FOCUSING SYSTEM ON CLOSING
EQUITY GAPS. OUR SYSTEM IS NOT
SYSTEM- CERTAINLY NEVER THE
FOCUS WITHIN THE CALL BUDGET
DANCE. WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT
ARE FOCUSED ON I'M STUDENT IT'S
CALLED THE STREET EQUITY IN A
TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT IS
CERTAINLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO
HELP CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OF NOT THE
LARGEST- CATEGORICAL PROGRAM IN
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET.
ARM ADDITIONALLY IN THE IN THE
K. TWELVE BUDGET WE HAVE PUT
FORWARD IN HEALTHY. MULTIPLIER
AS WELL AS- YOU KNOW WE ARE
PROPOSING TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE
TO JUST. AT THE K. TWELVE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO BETTER
ASSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL. APPRECIATING THAT
AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF DETAILS ON THE- PROPOSED-
PROP NINETY EIGHT EQUITY
MULTIPLIER BUT COULD YOU SHARE
SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THAT
MULTIPLIER IS EXPECTED TO WORK.
IF I COULD TURN TO MY COLLEAGUE
AMBER I ALEXANDER. THANK YOU
CHRIS I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION
AND SO IN TERMS OF THE MECHANICS
ON THE ALLOCATION FUNDING PEACE.
FUNDING WHAT FLOW OUT TO AND
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES-
WITHIN SCHOOL SITES THAT ARE
SERVING HIGH PERCENTAGES OF AND
OUR STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
FREE MEALS. AT THAT- ELEMENTARY
AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WE ANTICIPATE
THAT THAT THRESHOLD WOULD BE 90%
OR MORE FREE MEAL ELIGIBILITY AT
SCHOOL SITES AND AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL LEVEL THAT WOULD BE 85%
OR MORE FREE MEAL ELIGIBILITY AT
THE SCHOOL SITES. AND FROM THERE
THE ALLEY AS THAT ARE GENERATING
THE FUNDS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
USE THOSE FUNDS- THAT ARE THAT
ARE COMING FROM THE- HEALTH
EFFECT EQUITY MULTIPLIER ACT
THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY- GENERATING
GENERATING THE FUNDING FOR THAT
PROPOSAL. ADDITIONALLY THERE
WOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES AS MY COLLEAGUE
MENTIONED AND TO ENSURE THAT THE
FUNDING THAT IS GENERATED
THROUGH THAT AND THROUGH THAT
BILLS ENOUGH EQUITY MULTIPLIER
IS BEING USED- FOR A VARIETY OF
PURPOSES INCLUDING- ADDRESSING
STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE IN THE
RED AND LOW PERFORMANCE. LEVEL
ON THE I'M ON CALIFORNIA'S
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD IN
THOSE ARE THE TWO- LOWER AT
LOWER TIERS. IN TERMS OF
PERFORMANCE LEVELS. PRECIADO
CATENAE. YOU KNOW IT'S WANT TO
ALWAYS READY. FOR MY- AT- OUR
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AT SECOND
LARGEST IN THE NATION L. A. U.
S. T. BUT WE HAVE EIGHTY
PERCENT. OF OUR CHILDREN OUR
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE
AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE SO.
WOULD LOVE. LOOK FORWARD TO
WATCHING MORE CLOSELY HELD THE
EQUITY MULTIPLIER WILL BE
APPLIED AND HOW THOSE STUDENTS
WILL BE SERVED. THANK YOU AFTER.
A GREAT NUMBER TO GO BACK TO MY
LIST NGUYEN. SO TO BE SENATOR
MAN FOLLOWED BY SENATOR DRAWS
WHO FOLLOWED BY SENATOR MENJIVAR
AND OTHERS WHO INDICATED DON'T
WORRY YOU ARE ON THE LIST SO.
SENATOR MEAN GO AHEAD. THANK YOU
OF. I WANT TO THANK LA- AND
DEPARTMENT FINANCER BEING HERE
TODAY OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY
SOBER TOPIC AND I WANT TO THANK
MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES
FOR. MAKING THOSE COMMENTS I
THINK- I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH HER AND THE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
AND DRILLING DOWN WE OFTEN TALK
ABOUT HOW BUDGETS ARE FLEXION
ARE VALUES BUT WE KNOW THAT. IN
EDUCATION IN THE STATE AT EQUITY
IN ACCESS OR A VERY VERY
IMPORTANT- AND WHAT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT AS THIS BUDGET
GETS FLUSHED OUT THAT THAT WE'RE
NOT- IT HAMPERING THOSE GOALS.
SO I HAD TO HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS
AND I GUESS THE FIRST ONE I
WANTED TO ASK WILL REALLY COULD
BE FOR EITHER DAILY OR
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUT- YOU
KNOW HAVE WE SEEN ANY TREND
LINES ON REVENUE THAT THEY KIND
OF GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT WHAT
THE LONGER TERM BUDGET PICTURE
LOOKS LIKE OBVIOUSLY THIS.
DOWNTURN THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
IS REVENUE DRIVEN I DO WE SEE
ANY TEA LEAVES IN AND THEY
KANEMI THAT MIGHT LEAD LEAD LEAD
US TO BELIEVE WITHOUT BEING
OBVIOUS WE CAN'T PREDICT THE
FUTURE BUT- OUR THEIR TEA LEAVES
THAT. LEAD US TO MAYBE SENSE
THAT THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A
LONGER. SITUATION FACING OR
MAYBE. SOMETHING LIKE A TWO OR
THREE YEARS SITUATIONS. GO AHEAD
AND- CAN. MEN- I CAN THAT AND
MAYBE. OVER CALL OUR INSTRUCT-
BUT AS A STATE. YOU KNOW WE ARE
NOT- A RECESSION. AND WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IS VERY VERY SLOW GROWTH-
OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. OVER
THE OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD-
AND INTO THE MULTI YEAR AND SO
THAT JUST MEANS AGAIN. COMING
OUT OF. TWO YEAR IS A HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUSES WE ARE
KIND OF MODERATING ONE OR GOING
BACK TO NORMAL. AND IT FEELS
PAINFUL BECAUSE OF THE PAST TWO
YEARS. BUT WHAT OUR ECONOMISTS
ARE SAYING IS THAT WE WILL WE
SHOULD. SEE A- SLOWER GROWTH-
THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK AS I
MENTIONED- DURING MY
PRESENTATION OF. ASIAN THIS
STICKY INFLATION REMAINING OUR
OR OUR- GOING EVEN HIGHER AT
THIS POINT AS IT HAS DECREASED-
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS- THE
GREAT SEEING. THE FED RESPOND
AND THE LAST RATE HIKE WAS
SMALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT WERE MONITORING OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS- AS WE GO INTO THE MAYOR
INVASION AND WILL HAVE AN
UPDATED FORECAST PROVIDE AS
WELL- THE BILL TURNER. MISTER IT
YOU MAYBE IF I JUST FOLLOW
REALLY QUICKLY THEN EASILY- WHEN
YOU SAY. WE'RE EXPECTING SLOWER
GROWTH IN. THAT YEAR COMMUNIST
DO THEY HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THAT
PRODUCE LOGO IS UNLIKELY LAST.
ALLEN LET ME TURN TO- MIGHT BE
ECONOMIST ONLINE IF IT. AS AN
AND IF THAT IF THEY ARE NOT WILL
GET BACK TO US. HI THIS IS THE
SCHOOL BUS SORRY THIS CALL THE
WHITE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IS
JUST- JUST ADDING A BIT TO WHAT-
ERICA MENTIONED- WE'RE WORST
REALLY. WERE REALLY SEEN JUST A
MODERATION OF GROWTH AND IN
RECENT YEARS AND WE ARE
EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE FOR
MULTIPLE YEARS WE SAW DURING THE
THAT. DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
FOLLOWING IT. WE SAW A LOT OF A
LOT OF THE INCOME ACCRUED TO
HIGH HIGH INCOME EARNERS THAT
HAD A YOU KNOW AS AS ASSET
PRICES INFLATED AND- DURING
TWENTY TWENTY ONE SO IT'S THE
STATE EXPERIENCED VERY STRONG
REVENUE GROWTH. DURING THE
DURING FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO AND SO WE DO- IT YOU
KNOW AT LEAST YOU SEE THAT LIKE
THINGS LIKE A CERTAIN INDICATORS
LIKE EMPLOYMENT IS STILL STRONG-
BUT WE DO SEE ANECDOTAL-
ANECDOTAL REPORTS OF. LAYOFFS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT AT
TECHNOLOGY FIRMS THAT- THAT HAVE
HIGHER INCOME EARNERS THAT
AFFECT OUR REVENUES SO OUR MULTI
YEAR. FORECAST REALLY DOES
REFLECT JUST A. A MODERATION OF
THIS GROWTH OVER THE LONGER
TERM- IF I MAY IT THROUGH THE
YES YOU KNOW WHAT YES YOU MAY
DOWN JUST AS I WAS GOING TO CALL
AND YOU VOTE FOR THE FOR. MISS
IF YOU- OF COURSE ANSWER THE- OF
OUR COLLEAGUES AND TURN TO ANY.
OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE D. O.
F. THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ADD-
BUT ALLOW ME TO INDICATE WHETHER
THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE
WILL HAVE. JOINED THIS- SO IN IN
OTHER WORDS I WILL. INDICATE
WHETHER WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE
L. A. OR DESTROY AND OF COURSE
MISTER REDDICK WE DO SO GO
AHEAD. THANK YOU- YEAH I MEAN I
THINK- THE QUEST IT'S VERY GOOD
QUESTION WHAT WE YOU KNOW IF I
GO BACK TO OUR FISCAL OUTLOOK IN
NOVEMBER WHAT WE WERE SEEING AND
BUT THE SHARPEST DECLINE IN
REVENUE IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR
INTO. YOU KNOW GOING INTO THE
BUDGET YEAR AND THEN WHAT WE SEE
IS SOME THANK NATION KIND OF
THAT THAT TROPPER A COUPLE OF
YEARS. AND THEN IN TWENTY TWENTY
FIVE TWENTY SIX AND TWENTY SIX
TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN WE'D BE.
REVENUE GROWTH RESUME TO- KIND
OF HISTORICAL GROWTH RATE- OF
COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY THE FURTHER YOU GO
OUT IN THAT PERIOD THE MORE
IMPORTANT THE REVENUE FORECAST
BAKAN. AND I THINK IN THIS WEEK
THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT AND WE
WOULD AGREE THAT A LOT OF THIS
AND IS ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE-
INFLATION TREND WHICH HAVE COME
DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT WE HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL ABOUT. THE FALLS DOWN
HERE BECAUSE- YOU KNOW IT'S
STILL QUITE HIGH ON A YEAR OVER
YEAR BASIS WITHIN THE 6% RANGE.
WHICH IS WELL ABOVE. THE FED'S
TARGET INSTEAD OF THE EXTENT
THAT BAD REMAIN. VERY FOCUSED ON
BRINGING DOWN INFLATION AND THE
WAY THAT THEY DO THAT OF COURSE
IS BY RAISING INTEREST RATES AND
THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF SLOWING
THE ECONOMY SO. IT DOES.
CONTINUE TO PUT ARAKAN AFTER OF
THE- A RECESSION. WHICH WE HAVE
BEEN DECATUR WE BELIEVE- THERE
IS AN L. RISK OF BIRTH. LIKE
FIND WE DO NOT ASSUME A
RECESSION IN OUR IN OUR-
ESTIMATES OF REVENUES BUT- WE DO
THINK THAT THERE IS A INCREASED
RISK OF RECESSION RELATIVE TO
OTHER RETAIN HERE. AND IF THAT
HAPPENED IF THERE REALLY WERE A
RECESSION- THE REVENUE THAT WE
ESTIMATED COULD BE DOWN BY AN
ADDITIONAL THIRTY TO FIFTY
BILLION AND OF COURSE IT COULD
PUSH OUT THE RECOVERY OF THOSE
TRENDS THAT I JUST REFERENCED A
COULD BE A- A LONGER EXPERIENCE.
THAN THAT SO- UNFORTUNATELY. YOU
KNOW GIVE A- DEFINITIVE ANSWER
BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE
SEEING THE WORLD AT THIS TIME. I
THANK YOU I JUST HAD ONE OTHER
QUESTION AND I THINK THAT'S
HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE- IT
OBVIOUSLY WE- NEED TO HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LONG
THIS TREND LASSEN- I NOTE THAT.
MR PATRICK I THINK THAT YOU BE
YOU KNOW PRETTY. ARTICULATED
THAT SO MUCH OF THAT. SPENDING
SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS
ARE PREDICATED ON. DELAYED
SPENDING CAN TRIGGER RESTORATION
I THINK. AND FROM LOOKING AT
THESE NUMBERS CORRECTLY
SOMETHING LIKE- TEN POINT NINE
BILLION OUT OF THE THIRTEEN
POINT SIX BILLION AND SEND IT
SPENDING RELATED BUDGET
SOLUTIONS. DOT COM MADDIE'S
BASICALLY- KICKING THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD. AND I GUESS MY
QUESTION IS IF THIS ALL COMES
OUT OF TO THE- UNALLOCATED
PORTION OF ONE TIME SPENDING- SO
TO SORT OF TWO STEP PARTS MY
QUESTIONS ONE HOW MUCH ON
ALLOCATED SPENDING DO WE HAVE AT
THIS POINT IF WE NEED TO. HAVE A
BROADER- SOLUTION IF THEY'VE
REVENUES DECLINED EVEN FURTHER
BETWEEN NOW AND LATER THIS YEAR
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I
HAVE IS- A. P. MAKING A LITTLE
BIT ON MY COLLEAGUES FROM
SENATE- FROM. SANTA CRUZ- AND-
IT LEARNING LOTS AND OTHER
THINGS WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS- IF
OF THESE- TRIGGER RESTORATIONS
DELAY SPENDING. AND WHAT WOULD
BE THE IMPACTS- IF YOU IF WE
ENDED UP HAVING TO DELAY THESE
BEYOND TWO TO THREE YEARS IF
IT'S THAT. BUDGET SITUATION
CONTINUES TO REMAIN- THE ONE
THAT IS PROBLEMATIC. GET SOME
MISTER MANNERS MY UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE ASKING MISTER PATHETIC
AROUND THE- UNALLOCATED SPENDING
IN YOUR ASKING DO F. AROUND THE
LEARNING LOSSES THAT- I THINK I
AM ASKING BOTH AROUND. IF THEY
HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS SIR
THEY'VE DONE ANY ANALYSIS WELL-
LET US START WITH MR PADDOCK AND
THEN WE'LL. TURN TO DEAL WITH
THANK YOU. DID PADDOCK WOODS
WITHOUT SO- TO MY KNOWLEDGE
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY OF.
ANALOGY FAN WE WERE AFTER THAT
BILLION WE DO IS- NO A PART OF
THE SPEND BASED WOULD INCLUDED
IN THE BY. PROCESS YEAR FOR- TO
COVER AND- COSTS. SOME I SUPPOSE
YOU COULD SAY THE- INDIAN THREE
POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR
BALANCE IN THE ASSET BE YOU- IS
ON ALLOCATED BUT YOU KNOW IT IS.
PRETTY IN DEPTH PLAN FOR AN
OPERATING A POSITIVE OPERATING
BALANCE AND NOT RESERVE- IT IT'S
FOR A THAT. THE SECOND ON LEARN
A LOT MAYBE I COULD ASK MY-
EDGAR CABRAL YOU COULD- WAITING
ON THAT ONE AND I THINK THE
QUESTION BE MORE SPECIFIC ISSUES
NOT JUST RELATED TO LEARNING
LOSS BUT MORE BROADLY- DO WE
HAVE A SENSE I MEAN I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK
BACK CLOSELY BUT BUT WHAT THE
IMPACTS MIGHT BE. ACROSS THE
BOARD- OF THESE DELAYS
ESSENTIALLY AND SPENDING AND
ALSO WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE IF
WE END UP DELAYING THEM BEYOND
TWO TO THREE YEARS OR IF WE CUT
THEM COMPLETELY- YEAH I DON'T
KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE
HAVE- I MEAN IT VERY IT WAS
REALLY GOING TO VERY BY PROGRAM
I THINK SO IT REALLY DEPENDS I
THINK I WOULD HAVE TO- I'M- NOT
SURE. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD
WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT
PARTICULAR QUESTION BUT- YEAH.
YEAH AND THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY
ONE OF THE FIRST THING WE WILL
BE LOOKING AT IN THE COMING
WEEKS. PFIZER WILL TURN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION CENTER
MENTOR COOLEY WOULD DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE AND JUST- AND ON THAT
TOPIC UP ON ALLOCATED SPENDING I
THINK. BOTH THE L. THE L. A. O.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE A
DIFFERENT- DEFINITION OF CURRENT
LAW AND- WHAT WE HAVE COUNTED
AS- BUT FOR EXAMPLE THE THREE
BILLION AND THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT. WAS SOMETHING THAT
WAS YOU COULD CREATE UPON AS LOT
AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. FOR THE
MOLD FOR THE OUT YEARS. FOR
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY
FOUR TWENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE
TWENTY SIX WE HAD A TOTAL OF TEN
BILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS
ESSENTIALLY THOSE ARE NOT
ALLOCATED. TO A PARTICULAR
PROGRAMS AND THE INTENT WAS TO
BE ABLE TO USE THEM SHOULD COSTS
INCREASE AND SO. WE COUNT THAT
AS PART OF. IT IT'S AN ALLEY-
BUT IT IS WAS IN THE TIRES I
WOULD SAY THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY
SOMETHING WE WOULD COUNT AS
UNALLOCATED SO JUST AS AN
EXAMPLE. THE SAME THING WITH THE
SUPPLEMENTAL DEPOSITS TO BOTH
THE RAINY DAY FUND AND THE STATE
DO NOT RESERVE THOSE ARE SORT OF
HELD. AS SET ASIDES TO BE
SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS IN THOSE
YEARS SO AGAIN WE WOULDN'T COUNT
THAT AS AN ON ALLOCATED.
NECESSARILY ODD IN THE SAME WAY
THAT DOT THE LA OPEN. IN REGARDS
TO LEARNING. BUT THAT IN YOUR
QUESTION IS MORE BROAD- ONE
THING I WANT TO JUST SITE IS
THAT THE SEVEN POINT NINE
BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE PUT
INTO THE DELAY MARKET REALLY IS.
NOT NECESSARILY I WOULD I
WOULDN'T NECESSARILY. DESCRIBE
HIM AS KICKING THE CAN THESE ARE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE. OBVIOUSLY
PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT TO
MAINTAIN IT BUT WE WILL. SPREAD
THEM OUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS
MAYBE THREE VERSUS TWO OR FOUR
VERSUS THREE. AB INTENSELY
STARTING THEM IN A LEADER HERE-
IN ORDER TO PRESERVE. BOTH THE
PROGRAM FOR THE FUTURE YEAR
UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY START IN THE BUDGET
YEAR. REMEMBER YOUR PLUS ONE IT
COULD BE BEYOND THAT BUT WE
WANTED TO PRESERVE THOSE
PROGRAMS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A
NOTE OF THAT. OBVIOUSLY IF THEY
DON'T START- AS THEY WERE
PLANNED THEN THE BENEFITS OF
THOSE PROGRAMS WILL BE ACCRUED
UNTIL LATER BUT AGAIN JUST
WANTED TO FIGHT THAT AND WHAT
WE- ATTEMPTED TO DO- IN THE
TRIGGERS. WAS TO PROVIDE A
MECHANISM FOR SOME OF THOSE
REDUCTIONS WHICH IS DIFFERENT
THAN THAT THE DELAYS. TO BE
TRIGGERED BACK ON SHOULD
REVENUES COME IN HIGHER THAN
WHERE. TO SPEAKING AT THIS TIME
. SENATOR DURACELL. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR- MY FIRST. IS IF
THERE'S A- LAYMAN'S EXPLANATION.
POSSIBLE IS AS I UNDERSTAND IT
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF.
BETWEEN EIGHTEEN BILLION DOLLAR-
BUDGET PROBLEM THAT. THE- THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL IS TRYING TO
ADDRESS AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT
THE L. A. ALWAYS SAYING IT'S A-
CLOSER TO TWENTY FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS. IS THAT. THE CORRECT-
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S AT-
WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE. OR IS
THERE THE OTHER WAY THE WAY
AROUND OKAY. ANYWAY SURE
RESEARCH TEAM BILLION SOMEBODY
ELSE IS SAYING TWENTY FOUR
BILLION IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE-
THAT WERE PART OF WHAT WE'RE
HAVING TO ADDRESS HERE IS WHICH
ONE TO FOLLOW WHEN WE COME UP
WITH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET- GO
AHEAD. MISLI YES AND YOUR OTHER
I'M AND I CAN'T I WOULD SAY THAT
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SEES THE
BUDGET PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION SO
. I MEAN THOSE TWO NUMBERS- AND
THAT DOES INCLUDE- FATE HAVING A
BALANCE OF THREE POINT EIGHT
BILLION AND THE- SPECIAL FUNDS
FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY OR OR
AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT I COLLEGE
I'M DISTRICTS CHECKING ACCOUNTS
AND THINGS THAT- MAY COME UP
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE- ADDITIONAL
FINES FOR THAT'S THREE POINT
EIGHT BILLION ON TOP OF. OF THE
ACTUAL BUDGET GAP. WHICH BRINGS
US TO TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE
BILLION- I BELIEVE THAT THE L.
A- I CITED THAT THEY DON'T COME
CERTAIN THINGS AS EXPENDITURES
SO THEY WOULDN'T COUNT THAT AS
PART OF. TRYING TO SOLVE FOR
THAT BUT YOUR PROBLEM- AND SO
THEIR NUMBER IS A DIFFERENT
NUMBER- BUT THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S NUMBER- IS
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION
WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR SOME
BALANCE IN THE STATE OF MIND FOR
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. BERMAN YES
MR PRODUCT YES THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AGAIN PATRICK REALLY- AND-
I WOULD AGREE I THINK THAT WE DO
IF WE- ON A TECHNICAL LEVEL WE
DO. HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF
VIEWING SOME OF THE- WAYS THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION MEASURES THE
INCOMING SPENDING COMMITMENTS SO
IN OUR ASSESSMENT. THE
ADMINISTRATION STARTS THE
PROCESS WITH HIGHER. HI FROM A
HIGHER LEVEL OF- EXISTING
SPENDING AND WHEN YOU- START
WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXISTING
SPENDING AMEND HAVE LOWER
REVENUE ESTIMATES BECAUSE OF THE
SLOWDOWN- IT RESULTS IN THE
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS
REFERENCING. WE THINK SOME OF
THAT REALLY IS IN A IN EXISTING
BUDGET LOTS SO WE WOULD COUNT
THE PROBLEM IS EIGHTEEN BILLION
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION'S
PROPOSAL. HOWEVER THAT SAID WE
ACTUALLY THINK THE REAL PROBLEM
COULD WIND UP BEING LARGER AND
MORE LIKE TWENTY FOUR BILLION AS
WE INDICATED. IN OUR- FISCAL
OUTLOOK- RATHER- SOMETHING
LARGER THAN THE EIGHTEEN
BILLION. BECAUSE WE THINK THAT
REVENUE ESTIMATES WILL BE LOWER
THAN WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND
ESTIMATING AND SO THAT'S
PROBABLY THE KEY DIFFERENCE HERE
IS. WHAT REVENUE ESTIMATE THE
LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO PROCEED
CRAFTING ITS BUDGET WITH SO IF
YOU ADOPT THE LOWER LEVEL OF
REVENUES- LIKE WHAT WE THINK IS
POSSIBLE. THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO
FIND ADDITIONAL. BUDGET
SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU- IF I HAVE
TO MCGUIRE ONE IS ON- I KNOW
THAT OUR RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE
HOW DO WE FILL THE GAP HERE AND
THAT MEANS GOING TO ALL OF THEIR
FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
BUDGET TO SEE. WHAT'S LESS
PAINFUL WHAT WILL CAUSE THE
LEAST DAMAGE WHERE DO WE KEEP ON
MOVING FORWARD AND NOT LOSE
MOMENTUM OF WHAT WE STARTED TO
DO- AND THAT START I THINK-
THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE- WITH
REGARDS TO STUDENT HOUSING
FUNDING- HOUSING IN GENERAL. IS
IT A CRISIS IN THE STATE AND SO
FOR ME. EVEN MORE THERE IS EVEN
GREATER IN SECURE HOUSING AND
SECURITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING YOU KNOW
TO- THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST
THEY'RE STUDYING THERE REALLY
MAKING A LOT OF SACRIFICE AND
YET HAVE A HOUSING AND SECURITY
SO. THERE'S A YOU KNOW A LARGE-
REDUCTION IN THE STUDENT
HOUSING- A GRANT PROGRAM. AND
THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND- I'M
TRYING TO LOOK AT THE WHAT
THEY'RE FACING AS- HOMELESS
PREVENTION PROGRAM BECAUSE WE
REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE- THAT-
THIS DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF
THEM BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE
THEIR STUDIES SO. IF SOMEONE- OF
THE L. A. O. AND OR POSSIBLY THE
DEPART OF FINANCE- EXPLAINED THE
RATIONALE WERE FACING HOUSING
SHORTAGE BUT YOU WE HAVE SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS- THAT COULD GET
UP AND READY TO READY TO GO
WHAT'S THE RATIONALE AND- INTO.
THIS FUNDING- YES AND THANK YOU
AGAIN IT DOES BOTH- PROPOSAL ARE
NOT CUT THEY ARE. FOR AND LIGHT
- THAT FUND A CERTAIN THAT WE'RE
IN. THE- HOW RIVER FUND HAD ONE
POINT EIGHT BILLION ALLOCATED IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN BUDGET
YEAR WITH NINE HUNDRED MILLION-
WE'VE MOVED THAT AND SPREAD IT
OVER TO TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE
TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX- IN IN
REGARDS TO THE STREET HOUSING
GRANT PROGRAM WHICH HAD ABOUT
TWO POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS
AND THAT. OF THE ALREADY WE HAD
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION GO AND.
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT IN THE
CURRENT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE. FIVE
HUNDRED- THE PERSON SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY STYLE FIVE HUNDRED
IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR BUDGET
YEAR BUT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
SORRY. YES TWO HUNDRED FIFTY OF
THAT SEVEN FIFTY THAT WAS
INITIALLY ALLOCATED WILL BE
SPREAD OUT TO. THE TWENTY OR
TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF. JUST
WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT-
DIMINISHES AGREES THAT- WE HAVE
A HOUSING CRISIS HAVE A HOUSING
CRISIS- FIRST AS WELL AS- IT
FAMILIES SO WE DON'T WANT TO CUT
THOSE PROGRAMS BUT WE ARE
SPREADING THEM OUT THERE ARE
LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND FROM
TRYING TO CREATE- SOLUTION AND
SOME SPACE. SO THAT WE CAN
RETAIN THOSE PROGRAMS BUT DELAY
THEM AND SPREAD IT OUT OVER
MULTIPLE YEARS. THANK YOU AND I
HAVE A ONE MORE AND THAT'S ON
TRANSPORTATION- WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING. REALLY HARD TO INCREASE
THE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION
IS- AND I SEE IT I KNOW IT'S PUT
IN ITS OWN. BUCKET AS
TRANSPORTATION BUT I REALLY SEE
IT AS- CLIMATE ISSUE. IT'S A
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE IT'S
A MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS ISSUE
IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE ALTOGETHER AND THAT'S WHY
I FEEL. YOU KNOW WE'LL FEEL SO
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE INCREASE IN
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES
INTO TRANSPORTATION- THE
GOVERNOR'S. BUDGET INCLUDES TWO
POINT SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS IN
GENERAL FUND OUR REDUCTIONS- AND
SO I AM. EXTREMELY CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAD. JUST
STARTED TO. MAKE SOME HUGE
PROGRESS A BETTER PROGRESS. IN
FUNDING- ALL THE NEEDS ACROSS
THE STATE- AND NOW THE PROPOSAL
IS A PRETTY DRAMATIC- SO WHAT IS
THE RATIONALE AND HAVE YOU
THOUGHT OF OTHER WAYS- AND HOW
DO WE ADDRESS THIS IS. TO BE A
HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE PROGRESS
THAT WE'VE JUST BARELY STARTED
TO MAKE. YES OF THE MINISTRY
GREASE- OF THE TRANSFER IS NOT
CAN'T BE IN ITS OWN BUCKET IS
REALLY PART OF CLIMATE AND HOW
DO WE DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE WHEN
TRANSPORTATION AS THE SYSTEM
DOES CREATE OVER HALF OF THE
EMISSIONS SO- WE- JUST TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT. ADMIT TWO THINGS
IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION
BARTIER UP GET YOUR QUESTIONS IS
THAT THE ACTUAL CUTS TO THE
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE WE TALK
ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS
ALLOCATED OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS WAS ACTUALLY TWO POINT TWO
BILLION. BECAUSE WE DID SHIFT
AROUND FIVE HUNDRED MILLION FOR
A STATE HIGHWAY ACCOUNT SO THE
ACTUAL DEFICIT IS. TWO POINT TWO
BILLION AND THE RATIONALE REALLY
WAS AS WE WERE THINKING THROUGH
REDUCTIONS. ARE THINKING THROUGH
ALL OF THE SOLUTIONS IS WHERE
COULD WE POTENTIALLY BACK FELL.
AND SAW THAT IT TRANSPORTATION
DOLLARS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
CLIENTS OTHER CLIMATE BUCKET
DOLLARS. OTHERS GOT HUGE
OPPORTUNITY AT THE FEDERAL
FUNDED FEDERAL LEVEL TO PROVIDE-
FUNDING FOR THEM TO PROVIDE
FUNDING TO THE STAGE- FOR
TRANSPORTATION. THROUGH THE AYE
AYE G. A. AS- FOR CLEMENT
THROUGH THE- INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE
RATIONALE FOR SOME OF THESE CUTS
IS WHERE COULD WE POTENTIALLY
BACK FILL. WITH LARGER AMOUNTS
OF FUNDS AND TRANSPORTATION WAS
ONE OF THAT NOTING IT EVERYTHING
THEY'VE SAID WE'VE ALSO.
PROVIDED- SOME. ABOUT WHAT WE
ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE- OF
THE- AS WELL AS- WE THERE IS A
TRIP FOR SOME OF THE CLIMB. CUTS
TRANSPACIFIC LANE THE- SOUTH
PACKAGE. REALLY THE
ADMINISTRATION'S FOR ALL WAYS.
IF WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE
REDUCTION TO JUMP A BACK FULL
THEM. TWO SEVEN ONE THAT YOU
MEANT THE FIVE DOLLARS FROM THE
STATE IT. WHAT WAS THAT INSTEAD
FOR- I WILL HAVE TO WHEN I
COLLEAGUES THIS THIS ON THAT.
HELLO THANK YOU THE SYMBOLS
DEPART OF FINANCE- IN REGARDS TO
FIVE HUNDRED ON BSE J. ALL
ESSENTIALLY HA FUNDING- TOWARDS
THE MAIN HI WE REBUILD STATION.
WHICH IS THIS FROM. AND THAT
PROGRAM IS HE A MULTI BILLION
DOLLAR YEAR PRO SO- OVER OVER
THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD THE NEXT
PROGRAMMING CYCLE. WE WILL HAVE
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION LEICESTER
PROGRAM INTO THAT BUT TO PUT
THAT IN PERSPECTIVE- THE PROGRAM
IS ABOUT A TWENTY BILLION DOLLAR
PROGRAM AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE
PROGRAMS WE'VE YET TO PROGRAM IN
THE NEW RIAJ FUNDS. SO WE LOOKED
TO BE INCREASING- THE FOUR YEAR
PROGRAM TO CAPACITY- BY SEVERAL
BILLION DOLLARS SO- YOU KNOW IT
WAS IT WAS AN ATTEMPT ON THESE
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE- CERTAINLY
WERE ABLE TO REACH ALL OF OUR
COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAD ALREADY
MADE. AND SO- SO THAT'S KIND OF
WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.
OKAY SO THANK YOU. FOR THIS
MENJIVAR FOLLOWED CENTER GROUP
AND SENATOR BECKER AND DON'T
WORRY ABOUT MORE OF YOU ON THE
LIST YOU MANAGE- AND WHILE THIS
IS A TOPIC WANT TO DRIVE A MORE
AND SUB THREE I JUST WANTED TO.
SOME FIRST BASE QUESTIONS ON
THIS- I APPLAUD THE
ADMINISTRATION'S CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CARE ACT- BUT I AM A- THIS IS AN
ASSUMPTION HERE I'M WE WEREN'T
ANTICIPATING L. A. COUNTY TO
INITIATE THEIR PROGRAM A YEAR
AHEAD OF TIME. SO I'M WONDERING
IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING
AT RE EVALUATING THE MONEY THE
FUNDING ALLOCATION- I FEAR THAT
TO GIVE IN. YOU KNOW THE COUNTY
BEING THE MOST POPULATED COUNTY.
IN THE STATE WITH 40% OF OUR
MOST. IN OUR MOST RECENT COUNT
40% OF OUR IN HOUSE INDIVIDUALS
ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
BURKE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION
BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT OF
FOCUS AND RESOURCES ON CARE
IMPLEMENTATION HERE SO I FEAR.
THAT SOME OF THESE CUTS ARE
DINNER IMPEDE- L. A. COUNTY FROM
BEING SUCCESSFUL. SO SOME OF THE
THINGS I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE
IS ANY- CONTINUE CONVERSATION A
RECONSIDERATION. IS AROUND- AMID
THE DELAY IT INVESTMENT ON WORK
ABOUT PER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
FOR THIS IF EVERY OTHER DAY I'M
SEEN IN LA TIMES L. A. COUNTY
STRUGGLING IN MEETING THE MOUNT
OF MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS ARE
PROFESSIONALS I NEEDED TO
ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. SOME OF THE
IN THE SECTION REGARDING OUR
SOCIAL WORK INITIATIVE ADDICTION
PSYCHIATRY AND ADDICTION AND IT
IN ADDITION FELLOWSHIP- A
GROUNDS FOR OUR UNIVERSITY IN
COLLEGES FOR BEHAVIOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS. AND R. M. S. W.
MASTERS IN SOCIAL WORK SLOTS.
ADDED TO THAT QUESTION IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION.
HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING FOR MY
INDIVIDUAL OR EVERYONE
CLARIFICATION I SEE UNDER
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS TO
STATE THAT IT MAINTAINS THE
FUNDING. BUT UNDER HELD THAT
STATES THAT IT DELAYS THE
FUNDING SO. THOSE ARE MY TWO
FIRST QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK YOU
SENATOR MEASURE I'M TRYING TO
WRITE DOWN ALL YOUR QUESTION SO
I WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THEM IN
ORDER THAT YOU BROUGHT THEM UP-
IN REGARDS TO CARE ACT AND LA
JOINING THAT COVERT ONE. YOUR
CRACK THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE
ORIGINAL ENVISIONED COURT ONE
SO- WE WILL HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS ON THE NEED FOR THAT
IN FACT WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH.
THE COUNTY- THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION FOR A COUNTIES- FOR
THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL LEVEL- IN
REGARDS TO WORKFORCE MANY OF OUR
WORKFORCE I THINK PARTICULARLY
THE ONES THAT YOU MENTIONED
SOCIAL WORK PSYCHIATRY PAYER
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND- AND
I'M A STUDIES- AT THOSE
WORKFORCE DOLLARS AND GENERALLY
BEEN DELAYED AND SO SOME OF THAT
WHAT WE'LL JUST GO OUT AGAIN.
LATER OR OVER A MULTI MULTI
YEARS MULTIPLE YEARS- AND THEN
THE DELAY FOR BRIDGE HOUSING
THAT IS CORRECT WE DID NOT QUITE
REACH HOUSING IT IS JUST
DELAYED- AND THAT IS- A COMBINED
YEARS FOR YOU. IT'S THE SORRY
THE AMOUNTS. THERE IS A BILLION
IN THE CURRENT YEAR. ONE FIFTY
MILLION GO OUT IN I'M SORRY A
BILLION RIGHT TWENTY TWO TWENTY
TWO. OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION- GOT OUT OF BUDGET YEAR
AND THEN TO FIFTY MILLION WILL
GO OUT IN. TWENTY FOUR TWENTY
FIVE. OKAY SO IT'S NOT OKAY AS
IT BREAKS IT UP MR RUSSIAN NOW I
GUESS FURTHER DELAY OF THESE
PROGRAMS- GIVEN THE FACT THAT
YOU KNOW WERE. WERE LACKING IN
MENTAL THERAPISTS ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SURE I AND
AGAIN I THINK I'M THE DELAYS WE
WERE REALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE
THOSE PROGRAMS AND KEEPING THEM
HOLDING NOT CUTTING THEM. AND SO
ONE SOLUTION WAS TO SPREAD THEM
OUT OVER MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE
WE DO IN FACT HAVE TO ADDRESS R.
TWENTY TWO POINT FIVE BILLION
DOLLAR- FIVE BUDGET DEFICIT.
OKAY AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION
IS ON CHILD CARE- CAN YOU TALK
TO ME ABOUT- YOU KNOW WHEN
THERE'S A PUSH FOR SINGLE RATE
STRUCTURE- AND I KNOW WE HAVE. A
COMMITTEE WORKING ON THIS- AND
I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A
PROPOSED PLAN OR TIMELINE TO
DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SINGLE
STRUCTURE AND IF THERE'S ROOM
FOR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO
PROVIDE INPUT INTO THIS. OUTSIDE
OF THE COMMITTEE. YES AND THERE
IS THE JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT
GROUP THAT HAS A MEETING TO
DISCUSS THE REALLOCATION I
BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY MANY
STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE
REPRESENTED- IN- IN THIS BUDGET
DOES MENTION- THAT WE WERE IN
PROCEEDS THE DEPARTMENT FINANCES
ARE STATE OF SENT RECORD. AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO. REVIEW THAT
AND CONSIDER- WHAT ARE THE NEXT
STEPS TO MOVE TOWARDS A SINGLE
APPLICATION. AND I ALSO WANTED-
THAT THAT IS- SOMETHING THAT.
YOU KNOW WOULD BE BARGAINED FOR
AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE- IF
YOU NOW I'M BALD- IT'S AT THE
PINK IS IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT
THAT THAT IS PART OF- THE
MARKETING. DEPARTMENT THANK YOU
. I'M JUST FOLLOW UP ON THE
MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS THAT
SENATOR MENJIVAR RAISED. SOME
DEFERMENT FINANCE IS IT. WHO ARE
MY CHARACTERIZATION BUT ARE YOU
VIEWING THE DELAY IN MENTAL
HEALTH. AS A CONVENIENT DEAL
DELAYED TO DEAL WITH THE
SHORTFALL BECAUSE OF THE WORK
FORCE SHORTAGES FOR YOU REALLY
FEEL THAT. THEN AGAIN I'VE NOT
READ THEIR DECEIT MINISTRATION
FEEL REALLY THAT THIS IS AN
AREA. THAT- NO SINCE IT'S BEEN
SELECTED FOR DELAY IS- WHATEVER
EITHER DESERVE ENOUGH OR YOU
KNOW COULD LEGITIMATELY BE
DELAYED. FIVE AND ARE YOU
SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
WORKFORCE- TWELVE- I'M IF I
COULD SEE A LOGIC THOUGH THE
NEED FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THE
NEED HERE IS SO GREAT. WHICH IS
WHAT SENATOR MENTOR FIRST POINT
WAS RELATED TO IT- L. A. COUNTY
BUT I THINK ANY OF US AT THE
DIESS COULD DESCRIBE. THE NEED
IN OUR AREAS THAT THE NEED IS SO
GREAT THE WE- WE'VE ALREADY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT OUR JAILS AND
AFFECT OUR- WHICH- WERE THEY
EVER DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
FACILITIES NOW. AND YET THEY ARE
IN YET THEY AREN'T BECAUSE IT'S
NOT THAT YOUR PERSONAL HAVE
TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH-
DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. SO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY THE
ADMINISTRATION THE LEGISLATURE
ALL OF US HAVE. REALIZED AND
ACKNOWLEDGED THIS VERY SERIOUS
GAP. IN WILL GET UPDATED. A VERY
LARGE NEED OF INCREASED DEMAND
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN A
LARGE GAP IN OUR ABILITY TO FILL
IT. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE
SEEING NOW IS SOME OF THAT GAP
IS DUE TO A WORK FORCE SHORTAGE
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS ARE THE
VARIOUS DELAYS IN THESE AREAS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S.
RECOMMENDING DUE TO YOUR
KNOWLEDGE ONE OF THAT WORK. FOR
SHORTAGE OR SOME OTHER RECENT. I
THINK IT'S INFORMED BY- A LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE JUST
SAID YES- THERE ARE WORKFORCE
SHORTAGES ACROSS THE MULTIPLE-
AREAS. AND IT'S NOT AN OBVIOUSLY
WE'VE WE'VE SEEN IN THE STATE
SECTOR ALSO SEND A PRIVATE
SECTOR- BUT- BUT ON THE FLIP
SIDE AS YOU MENTIONED- THESE ARE
PROPOSED FOR DELAY AND AFTER
CUTS AND SO IN COLLEGE AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING- WITH HIS
PROFESSIONAL WORK FORCE. FOR IN
CALIFORNIA- AND I ALSO JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET IS ALWAYS THAT STARTING
POINT FOR DISCUSSIONS AND AS WE
CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS
SPRING- THESE. RESULT LIKELY
MORE- AND SEVEN ALSO YOU KNOW WE
ARE- WE ARE INFORMED BY-
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE LEGISLATURE
AND- WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AND-
I'LL ALL ASPECTS OF BUDGET. AND
I THINK CLEARLY MEANT MOST OF
THE PEOPLE ON THE DIESS ALSO
LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE
DISCUSSIONS IN THIS AREA AND
DIGGING INTO A DEEPER SO NOW LET
ME. CALL ONE SENATOR GROW
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR BECKER
SENATOR ROB IN SENATOR SMALL
CUEVAS. SENATOR NEWMAN IN
SENATOR MCGUIRE'S. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT
TEXT I TO DO A UP I DIDN'T
REALIZE I WAS NEXT THE LIST I'M
A FOLLOW UP TO. MY COLLEAGUE
SENATOR MINGE BURST QUESTION. I
GUESS- IN READING WHAT WE WERE
ABLE TO EXTRACT FROM THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE
GOVERNOR- WITH WE ALL RECOGNIZE
ON THIS DAY IS THAT THERE IS A
VERY LARGE NEED FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES. ESPECIALLY IF
YOU TAKE THE ROUTE I TAKE INTO
THE CAPITAL COMING DOWN TWELFTH
STREET. AND THERE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE NEED
ESPECIALLY IN THE HOMELESS
POPULATION. AND THE GOVERNOR
RICHEST IN LOS ANGELES LAST WEEK
RULING OUT THE CARE COURT
PROGRAM. BIG PRESS RELEASE INTO
THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE TO
FOLLOW UP ON SENATOR MAJOR FIRST
QUESTION IS WHY WOULD THE
GOVERNOR HOLD BACK FUNDING ON
THE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS BUT
PROVIDE FUNDS. YET TO BE
IMPLEMENTED FOR NEW CALIBER A
MEDIC CAL ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION
PROGRAMS THAT IS NOT YET EVEN IN
THE WORKS BUT THEY'RE READY TO
GO AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES
ARE TO GO WITH MENTAL HEALTH
BEDS. SO WHY WHY WOULD THAT
FUNDING BE DELAYED AND MY SECOND
QUESTION. FOR THAT FOLLOW UP ON
THE CARE COURT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW
IF THERE IF YOU GUYS AGREE
EITHER DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE- IF
YOU AGREE THAT THE CARE COURT
FUNDING FOR COUNTIES BECAUSE
COULD BE. A MANDATE FOR COUNTIES
IN THE BUDGET IS INSUFFICIENT OR
SUFFICIENT. AND WHAT AMOUNT IS
GOING TO BE ONGOING YOU'RE GOING
FORWARD- MAYBE I'LL START WITH
THAT YOUR TRUCK QUESTION AND
WORK. FORWARD ARE BACKWARDS SO-
I'M SURE CORD I THINK AS WE
DISCUSSED AND AT THE BUDGET ACT
LAST YEAR- WHEN WE FIRST INCLUDE
INTERPRET DOLLARS. IN THE
BUDGET- BUT WE NEEDED TO HAVE
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LOCAL
IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS WOULD BE
LIKE AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS- TO
HAVE DROUGHT THIS SPRING- THE
FIRST. COHORT WON'T BEGIN
IMPLEMENTATION TO LATER THIS.
FALL INTO WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION THAT AND BUT WE WILL
ALSO HAVE. OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DISCUSSION- IN REGARDS TO LOCAL
FUNDING- I AM BELIEVE YOU ASKED
ABOUT- THE INVESTMENTS AND-
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL THAT'S
DEFINITELY A PRIORITY IS BOTH
EARNINGS FOR THIS GOVERNOR- AS
YOU CITED. AS WELL AS YOU
DISTRIBUTION TO PROVIDE- COUPLES
GOT MARRIED CAL TO ALL AND
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
AND THAT CONTINUES TO GO THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE. A
COUPLE MORE YEARS OF INVESTMENT
AND SO THAT IS A 100% FUNDED IN
THIS BUDGET- IN TERMS OF THE
BRIDGE FUNDING I THINK YOU ALSO
MENTIONED. WE DO HAPPENING
THINGS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A HUNDRED AND ONE.
POINT THREE BILLION GOING OUT-
LAST THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THAT
PROGRAM IT'S JUST SOME OF THAT
IS PUSHED. OUT INTO TWENTY FOUR
TWENTY FIVE. THANK YOU I. THINK
YOU I HOPE I ON YOUR YOUR COST.
YOU'D JUST IT CREATED QUESTION
AGAIN GUESS I ASK CLEAR NET I
REALLY DO A- AND I'M SORRY I'M
LOOKING AT THE SCREEN LIKE THIS
BUT- I REALLY DO APPRECIATE AND-
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
PROVIDED BUT AGAIN AND YOU JUST
MENTIONED THAT THE MEDICAL CARE
FOR ALL. WILL GO OUT IT WON'T BE
IMPLEMENTED FOR TWO YEARS. BUT I
MEAN AND I MAY BE DIFFERENT TO
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIETS BUT
WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE NEED. FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. IN IN MY
COMMUNITY AND I'M SURE AND
EVERYONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I
GUESS WHY WOULD WE NOT TO SHOUT
WHEN THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S NOT
IMPLEMENTED YET. OR NOT READY TO
BE PUT INTO ACTION INSTEAD OF
SENDING AN IMMEDIATE NEED. NOW
THAT WE ALL SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY
WE GO THROUGH OUR DISTRICTS.
SURE AND I APOLOGIZE THE FULL
SCOPE ED CAL WILL BE- IN ONE
YEAR WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY
ONE BY GENDER ONE OF NEXT YEAR-
AND THERE IS IMPLEMENTATION OF
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN
REGARDS TO SYSTEMS NOW. IN ORDER
TO MAKE THAT DEADLINE SAID I'M
SORRY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
MYSELF CLEAR IN TERMS OF THAT
THAT TRIMMING. THANK YOU THANK
YOU MA'AM VERY MUCH AND SO THOSE
WERE MY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS I DO
HAVE QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT
THAT YOUR FOR CALLING ON ME- FOR
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THE
ADMINISTRATION'S GONE BACK AND
HAS THE ADMINISTRATION GONE
BACK. IN RE EVALUATED PROGRAMS.
YOU KNOW PUT TOGETHER LIKE
MEASURING GOALS DECEIVE PROGRAMS
THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED IN THE
PAST. LET'S SAY FIVE YEARS. ARE
THEY ACTUALLY WORKING AND WE
HAVE THE SOME TYPE OF SUCCESS
RATE WITH THAT. AND I SAY THOSE
MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE HOMELESS
POPULATION WE'VE INVESTED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN
THE HOMELESS POPULATION- BUT THE
POPULATION SEEMS TO BE GETTING
MUCH WORSE. AND SO I HAVE THAT
QUESTION AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO
KNOW IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF
LIKE I SAID MEASURABLE GOALS.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION THAT
I HAVE ON THAT PARTICULAR
SUBJECT MATTER. WE'VE SPENT
ROUGHLY- I THINK I CALCULATED
IT. IN THE TWENTY TWENTY TO
TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET WAS A
HUNDRED SIXTY SIX BILLION
DOLLARS FOR GENERAL FUND
SPENDING. THE ENACTED BUDGET.
FOR JENNIFER AND SPENDING WOULD
BE ABOUT HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR
BILLION. OF AND- THIS BUDGET
THAT'S BEING CAN. IS ROUGHLY
HUNDRED. DOLLAR MORE THAN THAT.
DO WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM
AND WE'RE NOT MEASURING THE
PROGRAMS ARE SETTING GOALS FOR
PROGRAMS THAT WERE SPENDING
MONEY ON. OR IS IT TRULY A
REVENUE PROBLEM AND I KNOW I
REALIZE IT REVENUE FLUCTUATES A
LOT IN CALIFORNIA. BUT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL
HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS AND HAVE
WE GONE BACK TO MEASURE. THE
PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING
FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS OR IS
THERE SOME KIND OF. I MEAN IN
THE BUSINESS WORLD THE REAL
WORLD I CALLED AN ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM. IS THERE SOME TYPE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU TAKES SIMILAR
TO WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT THE
HOMELESS POPULATION WE'VE
INVESTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY. AND THE PARK IN THE
POPULATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE- I
WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
SURE I'LL START WITH BY. YOUR
QUESTION ON HOMELESSNESS OR OR
KIND OF JENNA BUT SPECIFICALLY
ON HOMELESSNESS I JUST WANT TO
POINT OUT A FEW OF THE THINGS
THAT. WE HIGHLIGHT IN- THIS
BUDGET AND THAT WE HAVE FUNDED
IN THE PAST OUR- ARE CENTERED
AROUND. BILITY AND- OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE QUITE AND
SPECIFICALLY OVER THREE BILLION
DOLLARS FOR OUR LOCAL HOMELESS
FRANCE ARE WHAT WE CALL HAPPEN.
FUNDING TO LOCAL ENTITIES AND IN
THIS BUDGET WE ARE TRYING THIS
LAST BILLION DOLLARS THAT IS
GOING OUT THIS YEAR. BOB BUDGET
IN THE BEEN TWENTY THREE TWENTY
MARCH TWO LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
PLANS WHERE THERE ARE GOALS AND
THERE ARE METRICS. THAT LOCAL
NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE. THOSE FUNDS AND SO IN
THE PAST- THAT HASN'T
NECESSARILY BEEN THE CASE- AND
UNDERSTANDING THEY NEED TO SHOW
PROGRESS. AND TO TAKE GOAL IS
REALLY IMPORTANT THE GOVERNOR'S
REPORT TO THIS MINISTRATION- A
COUPLE YEARS BACK WITHOUT IT WE
FUNDED AN ACCOUNT. WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE LEGISLATURE
CORRESPONDENT ON ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE- ASKED THE- OUR OUR
HOUSING PUNITIVE. HOUSING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT- WHERE
THEY PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL ENTITIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ONE
FOLLOWING HOUSING LAW. INTO
PRODUCING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF
HOUSING- AGAIN WE ARE IN IN A
HOUSING SHORTAGE AND WE ARE
PROVIDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER
UNITS- WE ARE. PROVIDING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR LOCAL
ENTITIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
ISSUES AND SO IN THAT REGARD WE
WANT TO TIED TO ACCOUNTABILITY-
I'M B- I HOPE I IT RESPONDED TO
THAT QUESTIONS ON ABSOLUTELY
MA'AM THANK YOU. AND YOU HAD
ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT A HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLAR IN GENERAL FUND
AND I I'M NOT QUITE SURE I
UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION- AND I
MAY HAVE TO TURN THAT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE. LISA MARIE'S ENGAGED-
BUT COULD YOU REPEAT THAT THAT
THE ACTUAL QUESTION AND MAYBE
THAT THAT. THE TIMING YOU
MENTIONED TWENTY TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWENTY AND TWENTY TWENTY
ONE- ABSOLUTELY MA'AM SO WHAT
THE BE IN FOR. I HAVE TO TWENTY
TWENTY TWO WHEN THERE'S ROUGHLY
ABOUT A HUNDRED C. SIX. DOLLARS
IN SPENDING- AND- IN TWENTY
TWENTY SKEWS ME IN TWENTY TWO TO
TWENTY THREE WE'RE LOOKING AT
TWO HUNDRED FORTY BILLION
DOLLARS. ROUGHLY IN SPENDING
THERE'S AN INCREASE OF ROUGHLY
ABOUT A HEN YOU KNOW ROUGHLY
FORTY FORTY OKAY SO EIGHTY
BILLION DOLLARS SEVENTY BILLION
DOLLARS. SEVENTY FIVE BILLION
DOLLARS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS
BUT I THINK THE GENERAL FUND. IN
ACTED BUDGET. WAS A HUNDRED
THIRTY FOUR BILLION. BACK IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG YOU GUYS ARE THE SMART
PEOPLE. AND SO- I GUESS MY
QUESTION IS THAT THERE WAS AN
ADDITION ARE DO WE HAVE A
SPENDING PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'VE
INCREASE SPENDING BY ROUGHLY
SEVENTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IS
WHAT I SEE. IS THAT CORRECT OR
NOT IT JUST TO POINT OUT THAT
TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET
WAS B. COLVIN BUDGET. AND SO
YOU'RE SEEING THERE WAS A
REDUCTION OF FIFTY FOUR POINT
THREE BILLION WELL THERE WAS A
DEFICIT OF FIFTY FOUR POINT
THREE BILLION AND SO OBVIOUSLY
ALL THE SPENDING. WHAT WE HAVE
TO TRUST THAT DATA SAID AND
BRING DOWN SPENDING SO IN THE
FOLLOWING TWO YEARS BUT YOU'RE
SAYING THE TWENTY TWO TWENTY
THREE BUDGET THE GENERAL FUND.
DIDN'T GO OUT BECAUSE WE WERE
EXPERIENCING A HUGE SURPLUS. BUT
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SURPLUS
YEARS SO HUGE AMOUNT OF REVENUE
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS
FORECASTED. POST. PANDEMIC OKAY
. THAT MAKES PERFECT OF THE YOU
FOR HIGHLIGHTS THAT I DO
APPRECIATE IT. SUSTAIN ON THE
FOCUS OF HOUSING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY I SEE THAT THE
GOVERNOR- AND I APPRECIATE ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE
TRYING TO DO FOR THE HOMELESS
POPULATION I JUST SEE IT GETTING
WORSE IN THE NUMBERS- VERIFY
THAT- THE GOVERNOR JUST OPENLY
READ JUST RELEASED. A LEGALLY
BINDING. A GOAL FOR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE A PLAN TO
BUILD TWO POINT FIVE MILLION
HOMES- SO THEY HAVE TO. PUT
TOGETHER A PLAN- IT'S REQUIRING
IT'S A LEGALLY BINDING GOAL FOR
THAT. PLAN TO BE PUT TOGETHER
FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. THAT WE REPRESENT-
INTO SPEND TWO POINT FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW HOUSING
UNITS BY TWENTY THIRTY. I'M JUST
IN PREVIOUSLY THOUGH- THE
GOVERNOR PREVIOUSLY SET A GOAL
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO
BILL THREE POINT FIVE MILLION
NEW HOUSING UNITS- IN FOUR YEARS
THIS IS SET. SEVERAL YEARS AGO A
COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND THERE WAS
A CAL MATTER OUR OUR ACCOUNT
MATTERS ARTICLE THAT POINTED OUT
THAT JUST THIRTEEN PERCENT. HAD
HAPPENED LIKE WE JUST BUILT 13%
OF THE GOVERNOR'S GOAL- I JUST
AM CURIOUS ABOUT- WHAT POLICY
BARRIERS THAT THE GOVERNOR I
MEAN MEANING THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAD THIS GOAL OF.
PRODUCING THREE POINT FIVE
MILLION NEW HOMES WHAT POLICY
BARRIERS- FEDERAL MAYBE SEE WHAT
MAYBE OTHER THINGS BUT I'D LIKE
TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
POLICY BARRIERS. THAT PREVENTED
THE GOVERNOR FROM ACHIEVING THAT
GOAL AT ONLY 13% BUT YET NOW
REQUIRING ALL OF OUR LOCALS. TO
MANDATING THEM TO ACHIEVE A
GOAL. OF TWO POINT FIVE MILLION
UNITS BY TWENTY THIRTY. SO I
GUESS MY QUESTION IS AND I'M NOT
TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE I'M JUST
RECEIVED IF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR COULDN'T
DO IT. NOW IS GOING TO MANDATE
IT TO US. CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF THE BARRIERS THAT MAYBE YOU
GUYS AND COUNTERED THAT
PREVENTED US. FROM HAVING THAT
HOUSING. I'M SURE I'LL CONTENT
RESPOND A QUESTION- I WOULD SAY
THAT BUILDING HOUSING HAS.
REALLY BECOME A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN STATE SUPPORT AND
PROVIDING A AGAIN TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING TO LOCAL
ENTITIES- AND TO FUND PROGRAMS
TO BUILD. FOR MULTI FAMILY
HOUSING- BUT I WOULD POINT TO
THE AGAIN SHARED PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION
LEGISLATURE IN PASSING TWENTY
SEQUEL RELATED. HOUSING BILLS
TO- IT JUST AT WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT REDUCING SOME OF
THE BARRIERS TO BUILDING MORE.
HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SO I
THINK THAT A LOT OF THE BARRIERS
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE
LEGISLATION WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO
ADDRESS THROUGH. FURTHER
FUNDING- THAT IS THE- TWO POINT
FIVE MILLION UNITS IS OUR GOAL
TO REACH IS A STRETCH GOAL IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO
MAINTAIN- DID NOT HOUSING FOR
THE GROWTH OF. YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIANS- AND SO THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT- IS A LOT OF
LOCAL GOAL TO WORK TOWARDS THE
END BUT THE STATE WANTS TO
PROVIDE AGAIN- WHAT IT CAN BUT
THERE LEGISLATION. AS WELL AS
FOR FUNDING FOR LOCAL AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCALS
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT- SOME OF
THOSE- AT SOME THE LEGISLATION
HAS HAS INCREASED EFFICIENCIES
REDUCED TIME- TO. ACTUALLY BUILD
THINGS WE HAVE- PROVIDED AGAIN
THOSE SIX STREAMLINING. FOR
CERTAIN- BUILDINGS AND- IN
CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND SO I THINK
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS ON ALL THE
ALL THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS AGAIN WITH
PARTNERSHIP THE LEGISLATURE WITH
PARTNERSHIP. WITH. ALLEGED CHIEF
. OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT I GUESS
I JUST WANNA FOCUS ON THE ONE
THING THAT I FEEL I IT YEAH I
DID DIDN'T GET ANSWERED I REALLY
DO APPRECIATE COMMENTS- AGAIN MY
CONCERN IS THAT THE GOVERNOR AND
HIS WORDS NOT MINE. LEGALLY
BINDING HE'S GONNA LEGALLY BIND
OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO. THE
PLAN TOGETHER TO BUILD TWO POINT
FIVE MILLION UNITS BY TWENTY
THIRTY. YET THE STATE COULDN'T
DO IT. AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA
DRESS THOSE BARRIERS WITH
LEGISLATION- APPRECIATE THAT I'D
I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THOSE. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
BARRIERS IT'S- I DON'T KNOW
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND
PERMITS AND FEES AND- IT'S ALL
THESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO
SEQUIN EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU CAN
EVEN DRIVE THE FIRST NAIL- SO I
GUESS- THAT'S MY QUESTION IS IT.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COULDN'T
DO IT BUT YET THE- THE GOVERNOR
IS USING HIS WORDS LEGALLY
BINDING OUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO
DO IT AND SO I HAVE A GREAT
CONCERN ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY
WHEN FUNDING IS GOING TO BE
WITHDRAWN. COMMENT I GUESS AND I
HOPE THAT WITH THE CHAIRS
INDULGENCE I DO HAVE AND- I DO
HAVE QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY
REGARDING THE YOU I SEND SO I
BORROWED CENTER I WILL GIVE THAT
INTELLIGENCE BUT LET ME NOTE
THAT IT IS- ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES
TO ELEVEN I DO HAVE TO CREATE. A
SPACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MY
INTENTION IS- PUBLIC COMMENT AT
ELEVEN THIRTY. AM WE WILL CLOSE
AT NOON AND THERE ARE. AT LEAST
SIX OTHER MEMBERS WHO DO WANT TO
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPEDE YOU
SAID I AM GROSSLY I JUST WANTED
TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT BUT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. FOR OUR
MEMBERS TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS
OUT AND RAISE THESE ISSUES FOR
BOTH THE ADMINISTRATION AND-
WHAT'S ON OUR MINDS FOR THAT OUR
COLLEAGUES TO SEE SOME OF THE
DIRECTIONS WERE THINKING ABOUT.
AND ALSO THE PUBLIC BUT I WOULD
ASK EVERYONE TO TRY TO. TO YES
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS BUT- MAKE
THOSE QUESTIONS AS- COMMUNICATE
THE MISSING CLEARS YOU CAN'T
THANK YOU THANK YOU MA'AM MY
LAST THE SAME QUESTION THAT I
HAVE IS THAT THAT WE'RE ROUGHLY
ABOUT EIGHTEEN BILLION DOLLARS
IN. DEBT ON THE U. I FIND. AND
THERE WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT THIRTY
TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN FRAUD I
REALIZE THAT WAS WITH THE POOL
WITH. A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE
FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. AND
BUSINESS IS BARELY COMING OUT
JOB CREATORS WHERE. YOU KNOW THE
EMPLOYEE PEOPLE AND- GIVE PEOPLE
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. IT
LOOKS LIKE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
WITHDRAW THIS- MONEY THAT WAS
PROMISED FOR PAYMENT DOWN FOR
THE U. I. FUNDS FOR THE
OVERDRAFT. THAT IS GOING TO BE
PULLED BACK. IS DO YOU
ANTICIPATE. IF YOU ANTICIPATE
THAT GOING BACK TO THE EMPLOYERS
IN THIS THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND TWO
ON THE FOOD TAX REDUCTION OR DO
YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL
POSSIBLY BE MANY. FOR THE
WAITRESS SPENT- YES ONE OF.
REJECT DID INCLUDE THE TRYING
TO. HUNDRED MILLION FOR THE- I
TRY FUND- TO HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION OF WAS PROVIDED THIS
YEAR- BUT AS PART OF OUR
SOLUTIONS. PEOPLE THAT SECOND
PAYMENT- SO THAT DOES MEAN- WELL
A COUPLE THINGS FURTHER
DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY WITH
LEGISLATURE. ON THAT POINT- BUT
ANYWAY IT IT WOULD BE- SOMETHING
THAT WOULD NOT BE AT THIS MOMENT
. HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FOOD UP-
IN IN FUTURE. I BELIEVE NEXT
YEAR. NEXT YEAR AS IN TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR. YES I BELIEVE SO- I
AND NINE GET CONFIRMATION ON. IT
FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
LINE AND WHEN THAT- UP FRONT IT
WOULD GO AWAY- AND YOUR- FINANCE
- SO THE- THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE
SAN HUNDRED AND NINE DOLLARS HE
MADE IN TWENTY THREE TWENTY
FOUR- WON'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON
CITY TAX CREDIT REDUCTIONS- BUT
THE FOOD TAX CREDIT REDUCTIONS
CONTINUE TO. THE RIGHT THE
CREDIT CONTINUES TO BE REDUCED
AS LONG AS A YOU I TRUST FUND IS
AND THAT- SO THEY WOULDN'T BE
SOLELY- LIKE THAT THE TAX RATE
REDUCTIONS WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK
ONLINE. UNTIL THE- THE I TRUST
FUND IS NO LONGER AT THAT- SO
WHEN THE ENTIRE DEBT IS PAID
OFF. AS A GIVEN THAT THE SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
PAYMENT WHEN THEY GOING TO PAY
OFF THE ENTIRE DEBT- WE WOULD
STILL SEE THE FOR THE TAX CREDIT
REDUCTIONS CONTINUE. I JUST.
THANK YOU THAT FOR OF IS LIKE
YOU YOU ARE ALWAYS IN FOR BUT I
A- YOU AND THREE MIKE. THINKING
HERE. THANK YOU SO I'VE ALREADY
PUT THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT SENATOR BAKER
SENATOR ROTH SENATOR NEWMAN
SENATOR MCGUIRE SENATOR VIDEO
SENATOR TO BAR CABALLERO.
CONSIDER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SELF
BAKER GO AHEAD. GREAT THANK YOU
I'M ON- OF TWO QUESTIONS LATEST
UP TO AN INCH WHETHER. PUBLIC
QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST WHAT
EXACTLY MY- COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA
CRUZ ON COSTA RESILIENCE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BUT
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING CUTS GIVEN
EVERYTHING GOING ON- RIGHT NOW-
SPECIFICALLY ON THE GREENHOUSE
GAS FUNDS OUR NEWEST PLACES THE
BUDGET WHERE. SAYS FUNDING FOR
THE GENERAL FUND'S BEEN REDUCED
FOR CLIMATE. AND THAT THAT IS
SHIFTED TO COME FROM THE
GREENHOUSE GAS FUNDS FROM OVER
TWO BILLION DOLLARS. BUT NOWHERE
CAN I FIND IT WAS TO SAY WHAT.
G. YOUR CURRENT PROGRAM IS BEING
FUNDED. THROUGH THE GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION FUNDS TO REDUCE
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE
WHAT WILL NOT BE FUNDED- IS THAT
LISTED ANYWHERE- WHERE WHERE-
WHAT AREAS OF. GREENHOUSE GAS
FUNDS. WILL GET LESS FUNDING.
THE PHARMACIST HE ASKED. THAT
YOU'RE SEEING FROM GENERAL FUND
ARE THE GREEN HAS GOT HER. THE
MINISTRY OVERALL PLAN IT IS
FADED IN OUR SUMMARY PAGE- AT
THIS POINT. OKAY SO WE EXPECT
THAT AT A LATER DATE. YEAH OKAY
W. IS THERE S. ON FEDERAL FUND
REFERRED TIMES TO FEDERAL THAT
MY BE ABLE TO FILL SOME THAT GAP
IS TO KEEP TO THIS. AS TO OF OR
EVEN A RANGE OF FUNDING THE
MIGHT BE THAT FOR THE
INFORMATION ABOUT ACTORS
INFRASTRUCTURE ACTON. HELP SOME
OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE
DELAYING. SURE SO AT THIS POINT
BETWEEN BOTH THE I. R. A. AND
THE I. J. WE HAVE A DETAILED
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN- NOT. GIVEN
THE CHECK YET BUT HAS BEEN
ALLOCATED ABOUT FORTY EIGHT
BILLION DOLLARS- FOR BOTH. BOTH
THE IRA AND I H. OUR A. AND IDA
SO THAT IS- GENERALLY AND
FUNDING FORMULA WE HAVE.
COMPETITIVE FINDS THAT WE WILL
BE AGGRESSIVELY- CHASING AFTER
AS WELL- AND CAN. WE CAN EXPECT-
TENS OF BILLIONS MORE COMING
DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A- BOB.
AS BUSINESS SPECIFIC NUMBER AT
THIS POINT BUT IT COULD BE UP TO
TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MARC
PROPOSE BOB FEDERAL FINANCE.
OKAY GREAT LOOK FOR THE DIVING
INTO HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE
ALLOCATED ONE TO THAT THAT THIS.
CURRENT MOMENT- TO THE GENERAL
QUESTIONS PER PEOPLE FINDING IT
LOOKS MORE ESTIMATES ABOUT
TWENTY THREE K. PER PEOPLE
FUNDING NOW FOR. FOUR K. TOTAL.
WAS ACT. IN TOTAL FUNDS IT'LL
FUNDS THAT'S UP FROM TWENTY
KAYLA YEAR'S ARE IN- I THINK IT
WAS ABOUT TWO. LAST YEAR. THAT'S
TWENTY THREE THIS YEAR ABOUT.
OKAY EXCELLENT- THANK YOU CENTER
THAT RANKS NOW IT VERSUS OTHER
STATES- I DON'T KNOW I. TO TALK
ON THE LINE. A WE DON'T HAVE
THAT AT THIS POINT- HISTORICALLY
THE RANKINGS ACTUALLY LOOK BACK
TO- PRIOR YEAR ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES AND THAT'S WHAT'S
BEEN COMPARED TO WE DON'T HAVE
THAT FOR THE BUDGET YEAR AT THIS
POINT. OKAY WITH MY LAST
QUESTION ON THE FOR THE HOUSING
OTHER SOME. THAT COMES FROM ZERO
ZERO GROVER AND YOU SHOULD BE
CLEAR IN A WIN WIN WHEN I
STARTED I THINK THEY- GAP IN
TERMS OF- BEFORE BUT HOUSING
DOLLARS BEING REQUESTED BY
LOCALITIES FOR SHOVEL READY FOR
THE HOUSING PROJECTS- FIRST IS
WHAT WAS BEING FUNDED FROM THE
STATE WAS ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE
BILLION AS OUR- RECALL I THINK
BUT SEVEN ENGINE FIFTY MILLION
OF THAT WAS FUNDED. MY FIRST
YEAR HERE AT TWO YEARS AGO IN
THE LAST ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
MILLION SO IS THERE MORE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FILL THAT
GAP OF PROJECTS THAT READY TO GO
RIGHT NOW THAT NEED FUNDING FROM
THE STATE. I'M AT THIS POINT
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR HOUSING THEIR NEW FUNDING WE
DO HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
WE HAVE INVESTED OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS OTHERS THAT ARE
STILL GOING OUT. I'M IN IN ONE
YEAR IN PARTICULAR- WE HAD ABOUT
ONE POINT SEVEN FIVE BILLION
THAT IS COMING OUT TO SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS. SO THIS POINT A
LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE
COMMITTED IN THE PAST- ARE
MAINTAINED BUT NO NEW FUNDING.
IN IN THIS GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
OKAY GREAT GIVE ME GREAT SUPPORT
YOU UNDERSTAND. WHAT THE GAP IS
CURRENTLY BECAUSE THOSE WHO WANT
TO BUILD HOUSING AS YOU MENTION.
BUT IN THE PAST WE MY DISTRICT
HAS BEEN FOR A HOUSING PROJECTS
READY TO GO. THAT ARE WAITING
FOR STATE MONEY CAN'T GET STATE
MONEY SO. WE COULD UNDERSTAND.
NETTING ALL THAT OUT WITH WHAT
THE GAP IS TODAY. SO HOPEFULLY
WE CAN THAT FUTURE. VENTURA
COULD MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO
GROUPS AND BACK MEAN CENTER
RECORD JUST SPOT COLLEGE.
SENATOR ROTH. YOU CAN GO ME
WHATEVER YOU WANT MANAGER. JUST
TO CALL COMMENTS WANTED YOU WITH
MY COLLEAGUES IN NOTING THE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THE
NEED FOR. A SERIOUS FUNDING HERE
IN THE STATE IN ADDITION TO THE
SHORTAGE OF. A MENTAL HEALTH
WORKERS WE AS YOU ALL KNOW WHEN
THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE A
CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF MENTAL
HEALTH. CARE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS.
AROUND THE STATE FOR EXAMPLE- IS
MY UNDERSTANDING SUB YOU
CONFIRMATION IN A RIVERSIDE
COUNTY WE HAVE NO. YEAH TRICK
THE CUTE CARE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS.
PERIOD AB ONE SECOND COMMENT HAS
TO DO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING IN THE OFFSETS AND I'D I
DO APPRECIATE THE
ADMINISTRATION'S LINKAGE BETWEEN
CLIMATE PROGRAMS AND
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. BUT
GIVEN THE RELATIONSHIP AT LEAST
AS I UNDERSTAND IT BETWEEN. SB
ONE THE GAS TAX IN THE STATE
HIGHWAY FUND. AND THE
SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUE TO SOME
OF US. CERTAINLY FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. HI THIS CITY
ADMINISTRATION ALSO BE SENSITIVE
TO THAT RELATIONSHIP- WHEN
PREPARING TO USE THE STATE
HIGHWAY FUND TO OFFSET SOME OF
OUR- OF FUNDING SHORTFALLS IN
THE STATE. WITH THAT THANK YOU
MANAGER. THANK YOU SENATOR
BROUGHT THEM TO ME YOU MAKING
THE POINT NOT NECESSARILY ASKING
FOR THEIR RESPONSE. THAT'S
CORRECT PENSIONS OKAY SO LET ME
NOW CALL ON SENATOR NEWMAN
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR MCGUIRE
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR PDF OKAY SIR
THANK. ARE GOOD YOU KNOW GLAD
MISS MADAM CHAIR OF I'M GLAD TO
A LINE MIGHT. COME AS THE CENTER
OF THIS RELEASE JUST BE ONE
HIGHWAY FUNDING I WANT TO GO
BACK TO WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG
TIME AGO TO DETERMINES QUESTION.
REGARDING THE DEFICIT AND I
THINK THE POINT WAS MADE A
DEMAND MADE WELL THAT THAT THIS
DEFICIT THIS YEAR AS WITH LAST
YEAR SURPLUS IS THE RESULT OF
THE STRUCTURE OF CALIFORNIA'S
REVENUE SYSTEM AND IT IS HIGHLY
DEPENDENT. ON CAPITAL GAINS
PERFORMS THE STOCK MARKET HIGH
NETWORTH EARNERS SURE WE DO RUN
THE RISK IN FACT WE RUN I THINK
THE REASONABLE CERTAINTY OF
ADDITIONAL DEFICITS AND GREATER
DEFICITS PARTICULARLY AS- THE
OUR ECONOMY CHANGES. AS PREDICT
THE WEATHER IS THE REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE
SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE
CREATED THESE WINDFALLS MAY OR
MAY NOT THRIVE MAY OR MAY NOT
EVEN BE LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA.
SHOW IT TO COMMENT BUT I JUST
WANT TO KIND OF LAY DOWN A
MARKER- IT I I'D LIKE THE BEEF
IF WE CAN MISTER PATRICK IF YOU
COULD RISK RESPOND QUICKLY BUT
IT. IT WOULD BEHOOVE US. TO TURN
TO THE L. A. O. AS WE LOOK
FORWARD TO START THINKING
SERIOUSLY ABOUT HOW. TO ADDRESS
THOSE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN THE
COMING YEARS OTHERWISE I THINK
WE DO FACE THE CERTAINTY. OF
MUCH LARGER DEFICITS WITH THE
LESS ROOM. TO MANEUVER IN THE
FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YEAH
NEWMAN AYE- WE'RE WILL BE HAPPY
TO. WITH YOU AND THE OTHER
MEMBERS ON THOSE KIND OF
QUESTIONS I THINK BE. A POINT
YOU SAID ABOUT- THE INCOME YOU
KNOW DIDN'T REVENUE VOLATILITY
AND THE- STRUCTURE OF OUR TAX
SYSTEM ARE ARE GERMANE. I WOULD
NOTE LIKE IN ADDITION TO OUR
CAPITAL GAINS RELATED TAXES ARE
WITHHOLDING TAXES ARE ALSO- DOWN
AT THIS TIME AS WELL. OF COURSE
THAT IS ALSO RELATED TO SOME OF
THE- INVESTMENT ACTIVITY BECAUSE
A LOT OF THE- DR GRANT THAT ARE
GIVEN OUT WHEN A COMPANY GOES
PUBLIC IN THE TECH SECTOR FOR
EXAMPLE. THAT DOES GENERATE A
HIGH LEVEL OF WITHHOLDING TAX-
PROCEEDS UNTIL RIGHT NOW- WITH
HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND A
WEAKER STOCK MARKET WE'RE SEEING
A LOT LOWER- THAT. LOWER LEVEL
OF ACTIVITY. IN THE- IPO MARKET
UNTIL THE THING THEY'RE ALL
INTERCONNECTED OF COURSE SEVERAL
BUT YET YET IN GENERAL I MEAN
WE'D BE HAPPY TO CAN YOU KNOW
WORK ON THESE QUESTIONS WITH.
WITH YOU. THANK YOU MATCHING.
THANK YOU SIR NEWMAN. MIKE THANK
YOU SO MUCH I MET CHAIR AND
APPRECIATE BRINGING THIS BACK
TOGETHER. HERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR
HAS FLOWN BY MY GOODNESS- I'M
GONNA BE QUICK IN I JUST HAVE
COMMENTS- I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SIT DOWN WITH US IN OUR
COPIER- HERE THAT'S WHY WE WERE
LATE ON. ALL ISSUES OF
BROADBAND. AND TWO COMMENTS ON
FRIDAY NUMBER ONE- I UNDERSTAND
THAT WE ARE. SEEING SOME
CHALLENGES WITH THE BUDGET-
NUMBER ONE ON THE DEFERRAL OF
THE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
OF CAPTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION FOR THE LAST MILE I'M
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
DEEPLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THAT'S
THE MONEY THAT GOES TO
GOVERNMENTS THAT WILL THEN
CONNECT TO THE MIDDLE MILE THAT
THE STATE IS GOING TO BE TO
POINT. IN THAT FIVE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MILLION DEFERRALS WE ALL
KNOW- DEFERRAL COULD ALSO BE
CODE FOR IT'S NEVER GONNA COME
BACK. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE OUR EYE ON THAT THIS WAS
BEEN THIS IS BEEN A BIPARTISAN
PRIORITY OF THE SENATE AS WELL
AS THE ASSEMBLY AND I. THINK
THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE A
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT IN
ADDITION THERE'S- HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DEFERRAL
TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE FOUR
HUNDRED MILLION TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR FOR THE LOAN LOSS
RESERVE FUND. ON BROADBAND IN
THAT IS ACCESS FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR. TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR EXAMPLE. AND THAT
DEFERRAL- I WORRY ABOUT. THAT
WILL IMPACT HOW LAST MILE HOOKS
UP TO MIDDLE MILE AND ESPECIALLY
SINCE THE MIDDLE MILE HAS SUCH
STRINGENT TIME LIMITS. HAVE TO
BE. HAVING A CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT OUT FOR THOSE TEN
THOUSAND MILES A MINUTE MILE BY
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. THE VAST
MAJORITY THAT IS FEDERAL.
FUNDING THEN THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO WRAP
UP PER FEDERAL GUIDELINES BY
TWENTY TWENTY SIX. SO IF WERE.
TAKEN AWAY. THAT FIVE HUNDRED
FIFTY MILLION- FROM LAST MILE
THAT GOES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
HOW DOES THAT COORDINATION WORK
AND HOW DO WE BE ABLE TO MEET
THE DEADLINES WE JUST DON'T HAVE
THE MIDDLE MILE WHERE- LOCALS
CAN'T HOOK UP TO. SO DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT I KNOW
THERE'S A LOT OF PRIORITIES BUT
WANT TO PUT A FLAG INTO THAT.
THE LAST ITEM. ON THIS ISSUE. IS
THE TWO BILLION FOR RURAL AND
URBAN SO- I THINK IT WAS TWENTY
FOUR MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A DEAL
STRUCK BETWEEN THE SENATE
DISSEMBLING THE MINISTRATION. ON
LAST MILE FUNDING AND TWO
BILLION GUARANTEED FOR RURAL TO
BURYING GUARANTEED FOR URBAN SO
THAT BOTH SCOTT EQUAL THAT
AGREEMENT. AT SUNSETS JUNE
THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
SO I'M WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION- IN DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT FOUND WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE- LEADERSHIP
OF THE CHAIR AND KNOW THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF COMPETING
PRIORITIES SO. I SAY THIS-
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING. THE LAST
ITEM IN THIS IS NOT RELATED TO
THE ISSUE OF BROADBAND IS ON
COASTAL PROTECTION IN ESPECIALLY
WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE STORMS.
OVER THESE PAST THREE WEEKS I
THINK WE RECEIVE MORE RAIN AND
SINCE CHRISTMAS AND WE HAVE AN
ALMOST A HUNDRED AND THIRTY
YEARS- TIME PERIOD- IS. THE FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION- OVER TWO YEARS
NOW IT'S BEEN WILL- WHEN I'M
DOWN TO ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SITE
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION FOR
COASTAL PROTECTION. WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES- IN FOR
OCEAN RESOURCES AND THE IMPACT
C. LEVEL RISE AND OTHER IMPACTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE I KNOW THAT
WILL BE A FURTHER CONVERSATION
THAT. ARCHER BAKER WILL BE
HAVING A BUDGETS HAVE TO BUT I
JUST WANTED TO PUT A FLAG INTO
THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A MASSIVE
HIT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
COASTAL RESILIENCY IN PLANNING.
IN I WILL NOT STOP TALKING AND
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY. THE CITY SHE WORKS
. THANK YOU SENATOR MCGUIRE
CENTER FIFTIETH YOURS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MA'AM SURE AND JUST
BRIEFLY- FIRST ASSOCIATE MYSELF
WITH THE NUMEROUS COLLEAGUES-
COMMENTS MY COLLEAGUES WITH
RESPECT TO CHANGES IN ACUTE
CIRCUMSTANCES DEALING WITH
RESILIENCY PLANNING IN THE
COASTAL ZONE AND CERTAINLY. ON
THE QUESTION OF- THE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE CRISIS- WITH RESPECT
TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND
JUST THE FLAG FOR STAFF ASSUME
WILL DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL- AND SUB FOR BUT-
THE PROPOSED BUDGET SUGGESTS A
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLAR
MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION- IN
HOUSING RELATED. PROGRAMS AND
COULD YOU COULD BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A SENSE OF HOW THAT
BREAKS OUT IN TERMS OF
PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT- WHAT AMOUNT
OF SUGGESTED- REDUCTIONS WOULD.
AFFECT ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM AND WHAT AMOUNT MAY
IMPACT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO
FACILITATE OR- INCENTIVIZE
PRODUCTION ON THE PRODUCTION
SIDE SO PROGRAM ON
AFFORDABILITY. AND IMPACT TO A
PROGRAMS THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE
PRODUCTION. BERMAN FINANCE. YEAH
SO IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION
OVERALL WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR
IN IN- AS WE WERE MAKING
DECISIONS FOR OUR CUTS ARE
PARTICULARLY. AS A CONCERN
HOUSING WAS TO ACTUALLY NOT
IMPACT ANY- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE BUILDING. SO TO SPEAK AND
WHAT WE DID LOOK AT INSTEAD IT
WAS. COME UP THE HOMEOWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS THAT MAYBE THIS IS NOT
THE BEST TIME TO BE-
ENCOURAGING. OR SUPPORTING
PROGRAMS THAT- WE GET FOLKS
INVOLVED IN- HIGH INTEREST RATE
MORTGAGE LOAN AND SO YOU'RE
SEEING SOME OF THAT HERE WE HAVE
A THREE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
DOLLAR REDUCTION- OF WHICH TWO
HUNDRED MILLION IS FOR DREAM FOR
ALL PROGRAM. AND THAT'S
ESSENTIALLY- I DON'T FIVE
HUNDRED SO LEAVING US THREE
HUNDRED LEFT IN THEIR- THERE IS
A ONE HUNDRED. MILLION DOLLAR
REDUCTION FOR CAL HOME- AND THAT
WAS AN ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED
FIFTEEN MILLION SO WE HAVE TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION- REMAINING
AND THEN WE HAD FIFTY MILLION
FROM THE PS THREE DRAWING UNITS
PROGRAM OR EIGHTY USE- AND AGAIN
THESE WERE AT THREE PROGRAMS
THAT WERE MORE ON HOMEOWNERSHIP-
SUPPORTS VERSUS. ACTUAL UNITS
BUILDING UNITS AND BUILDING
AFFORDABLE UNITS IN PARTICULAR
SO THAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR
WHY THOSE PROGRAMS IN
PARTICULAR- WE TOOK A CUT. AND I
THAT THAT'S HELPFUL NO WANT TO
DRILL A LITTLE FOR. DOWN AND I
THINK THAT ALL A DEEP COME. WE
NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE ONE OF THE
CONCERNS THAT I'VE LONG HAD- IS
THE FOCUS OF THE CONVERSATION IS
ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE AND THE
REALITY IS WHEN IT COMES TO
AFFECTING AFFORDABILITY IT'S NOT
SIMPLY A QUESTION. OF SUPPLYING
DEMAND OR SCARCITY WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BUILD OUR WAY INTO
AFFORDABILITY NO MATTER WHAT
WE'RE TOLD. AND I THINK THAT IN
THE SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
AT REDUCING PROGRAM- ALLOCATIONS
WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT
HOW STRATEGIC WERE BEING AND
WE'RE WE'RE ALLOCATING RESOURCES
AND WHAT THAT AND IMPACT REALLY
LOOKS LIKE. AND IT ISN'T JUST ON
FACILITATING MORE AND MORE
PRODUCTION BECAUSE THERE'S
CERTAIN FALLACIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION
AND I WANT TO YOU KNOW COME BACK
TO THAT SECOND OF ALL I MEAN
THAT PROPOSED BUDGET LOOKS AT
MAINTAINING SORT OF A STATUS QUO
ON PROGRAMS DIRECTED AT
HOMELESSNESS BUT THE GOVERNOR.
OF BUDGET- MESSAGE CONTINUALLY
REFERENCES ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY IT'S NOTED IN THE
MEMO- OBVIOUSLY WERE AWARE OF
WHAT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WERE
BUT WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT IN
TERMS OF. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
POTENTIAL CRITERIA FOR PROGRAM
EVALUATION- METRICS ON- YOU KNOW
AND DEVELOPING DATA SETS WERE
WEAK. WITH THAT A WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE. SURE I TURN TO AND
MAKE. FOR ANY MORE DETAIL ON-
FROM THE METRICS. CHRIS COOK
WITH THE- OF FINANCE. EXCUSE ME
SO. THE ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS
AS WAS NOTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND
AS YOU YOU MENTIONED ARE-
FORTHCOMING IN OUR- TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE WHICH WE WILL. RELEASED
AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY SO-
THOSE ARE STILL BEING. FINALIZED
THOSE- THOSE METRICS- BUT WE
JUST KNOW THAT. WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS BUILDING ON. A LOT OF THE
EXISTING ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS
THAT WERE ARE AND- PROGRAM
DESIGNED THAT WERE ALREADY IN
PLACE FOR. THE BEHALF OR THE
HOMELESS THE HOMELESS HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AB
PREVENTION PROGRAM- THAT WOULD
THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET
SO BILL BE FORTHCOMING TRAILER
BILL LANGUAGE THAT OUTLINES THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE BILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE HOMELESS AID
THAT'S IN THE BUDGET. THAT WE
LOOK FOR THANK YOU MANAGER.
THANK YOU SENATOR PER DIEM I'LL
GO TO SENATOR KABIR- FOLLOWED BY
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS AND
SENATOR SEYARTO. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MADAM CHAIR- I WANT TO-
ASSOCIATE MY COMMENTS WITH-
CENTER MCGUIRE ALSO THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOMELESSNESS
DOLLARS I'VE BEEN. HARPING ON
THAT IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER BUT I
ALSO WANT TO RAISE AN ISSUE
THAT- THAT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT SOME
POINT IN THAT IS OUT MEDICAL
FUNDING- AND ITS IMPACT FOR ITS-
THE- CORONA VIRUS. AND MEDICAL
FUNDING IMPACT ON SMALL
HOSPITALS AND THAT'S TO INCLUDE
RURAL HOSPITALS BUT SOME IN THE
URBAN CENTERS ABOUT ONE HOSPITAL
THAT HAS HAS CLOSED IT IT IT
PROVIDES URGENT CARE- RESOURCES
IN THE CITY OF MADERA AND- IT IS
CAUSED A HUGE CRISIS IN THE
COUNTIES IN THE- ADJOINING
COUNTIES BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
ONLY HOSPITAL AND I'VE GOT A
SECOND HOSPITAL IT'S POOREST- TO
CLOSE- IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND IN AND WE'VE DONE SOME
RESEARCH- WITH THE C. H. A. AND-
SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES- THAT
PROVIDE HOSPITAL SERVICES URGENT
CARE SERVICES. AND- I'M GONNA BE
ASKING A NUMBER OF SENATORS TO
JOIN ME ON A COMMITTEE. BECAUSE
THEY THEY HAVE HOSPITALS THAT
ARE- IMMINENTLY GONNA CLOSE
PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WE MAY SEE A WHOLE
CASCADING IMPACT A HOSPITAL
CLOSE CLOSINGS- TRYING TO KEEP
THE GROUP OF THIS SMALL SO
THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT OR
NINE OF US BUT THERE'S ANOTHER
EIGHT OR NINE OF US WHICH IT
GETS TO PASS THE SENATE- THAT
WAS THAT COULD SEE HOSPITAL
CLOSING WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHTEEN
MONTHS TO TWO YEARS SO THE POINT
OF THAT IS THAT- WE I THINK WE
NEED TO RETHINK HOW WE'RE DOING
HEALTH CARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND LOOK AT HOW WE- PROVIDE
RESOURCES FOR- OUR HOSPITALS TO
REMAIN VIBRANT PART PARTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY- IT'S ESTIMATED THAT
TO KEEP. THESE TO SOLVE THE
WHOLE FOR THIS YEAR IT'S
PROBABLY BILLION DOLLARS WE'RE
NOT TALKING ABOUT CAN CHANGE BUT
THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU START THINKING OF
EMERGENCY SERVICE AND I'M NOT
TALKING JUST ABOUT EMERGENCY
SERVICES. THESE ARE MATERNITY
WARDS- THERE ARE URGENT CARE
FACILITIES ARE CLINICS- AND-
IT'S ALL THE SERVICES. THAT WE
TAKE FOR GRANTED. SORRY I PUT UP
ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE I THINK-
WELL TO ME AND HAVE TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS- OUR MEDICAL
FUNDING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
GOING TO. HELP OUR HOSPITALS. TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ALL THE
SERVICES. THANK YOU SENATOR
CAFIERO SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND- MY- I
WANTED TO. MAKE REFERENCE TO ADD
THIS THIS COMMENT ABOUT YOU
KNOW. WHERE DO WE MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS THAT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE- IN FURTHER RECESSION
PROOF- OUR COMMUNITIES AND I-
WANTED TO POINT OUT TED-
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAS. HAS
THE LEGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
CUT- FROM UNDERNEATH- WORKERS
AND- IF WE WANT TO SEE- A WAY TO
PROTECT COMMUNITIES. WE'VE GOT
TO BE INVESTING IN WAYS FOR
WORKERS TO GAIN SKILLS- TO
ACCESS QUALITY JOBS THAT WILL
HELP THEM SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILIES
RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT HALF A
BILLION DOLLARS. IN WORKFORCE
TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEEN
WITHDRAWN OR DELAYED AND FORTY
FOUR FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY
SEVEN MILLION CHEST IN THE
HEALTH CARE SECTOR AND WE KNOW-
OF WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOSPITALS
AND HEALTH CARE IF WE DON'T HAVE
WORKERS. WHO COULD ACTUALLY
PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES- WE HAVE
YOU KNOW YOU GET ANOTHER SIDE OF
THE CRISIS AND YOU KNOW. SENATOR
AT NEWMAN TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL
GAINS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH-
BUSINESS TAX HELPS TO SUSTAIN
OUR COMMUNITIES- BUT INCOME
TAXES TO- AND SO DOES SALES TAX
AND I BELIEVE IN AN ECONOMY
WHERE WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY
SUSTAINING AND GROWING OUR
ECONOMY WHEN WE ARE IN A- REAL
RECESSION AND ECONOMIC CRISIS WE
GIVE CHECKS. TO THE CITIZENS TO
INVEST IN OUR ECONOMY TO GET IT
GOING AGAIN WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN
QUALITY JOBS IS AS MUCH A AND
ECONOMIC STIMULATOR- AS A
CAPITAL GAINS. TAX SO I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE NOT
INVESTING HEAVILY. IN RESEARCH
AND PREVENTION TOOLS LIKE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND- AND
AS I LOOK AT YOU KNOW THE LIST
OF CUTS YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT
YOU KNOW- HOUSE- THAT SOLVES. A
THE CONSTRUCTION AND THOSE JOBS
AND OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT'S
ALSO A WAY TO RECESSION PROOF
YOU KNOW OUR ECONOMY AT THE
DELAYS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
THAT YOU SEE ALSO. HURTING OUR
ABILITY TO ACTUALLY RECESSION
PROOF OUR COMMUNITY SO I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE METRICS FOR HOW
WE DECIDED- THAT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN
QUALITY JOB TRAINING AND ACCESS-
IS GOING TO BE ON THE- SORT OF
THE CHOPPING BLOCK ACROSS THE
BOARD- IN THE BUDGET IN. AND FOR
US TO HEAR FROM FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN WAYS THAT
WE- AND IN IN THIS BUDGET THE
WAYS THAT WE MAY WANT TO THINK
ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF THE
LADIES. WITHDRAWALS AND-
DEFERMENTS IN IN THIS PARTICULAR
PART OF THE BUDGET. IF YOU WANT
TO RESPOND YES GO AHEAD. JUST A
HIGH LEVEL- CENTER- RIGHT YOU
KNOW THE GOVERNOR DID MENTION
AND HIS. FISCUS TO GET ON THE
BUDGET THAT CHILD CARE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ARM ON THE DRIVER'S
PART. AND I THINK THAT WE TRY TO
KNOWLEDGE IN OUR BUDGET BY YOU
KNOW WE HAVE OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS- IN
EDUCATOR WORKFORCE AND HEALTH
CARE WORKFORCE- IN HIGH ROADS
TREATING AND OTHERS THAT WE'VE
INVESTED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS
THERE ARE WHILE THERE ARE SOME
DELAYS AND THERE ARE SOME KINDS.
THE KNOWLEDGE MEANT THAT THE OF
THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VALUE OF
THOSE WORKERS TO THE ECONOMY- IT
CAN'T BE STRESSED ENOUGH- AND WE
AGAIN WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
LEGISLATURE IN REGARDS TO THE
RIGHT MIX OF DELAYS AND CUTS.
ARE INSURED. TRYING NOT TO- I
HEARD ANY. YOU KNOW GROUP OR
ANOTHER BUT REALIZING- KNOW WHAT
THE BALANCE SO AGAIN THIS IS A
AND THAT THE GOVERNOR BUDGET IS
- A LUNCH PAD FOR DISCUSSION.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH LEGISLATURE ON WHAT THOSE
SOLUTION UPSET FOR QUITE. THANK
YOU. GREAT CENTER SIRED. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR- ALL OF THE
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY VERY
VALID. THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
IN CALIFORNIA- MORE MANY- AND WE
NEED TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW
TO SOLVE THOSE. I THINK ONE
THING THAT THE LAST SIX YEARS.
SHOULD TEACH US IS THAT NO
MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU POUR
INTO A PROBLEM IF YOU DON'T FIX
THE PROCESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO
FIX THE PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY BILLION
DOLLARS TO SPEND THIS YEAR AND I
WOULD BET YOU. IN TWO OR THREE
YEARS WE STILL HAVE A BUNCH OF
HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HAVE A BUNCH
HOUSING PROJECTS HE CAN'T GET
BUILT. WE HAVE A LACK OF
EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE LACK
OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE- THAT
THAT WANT TO- YEAH CENTER
BUSINESSES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO.
RESPONSIBLY DO A BUDGET- FOR
CALIFORNIA WE NEED TO LOOK AT
OUR PROCESS AND MATCH THAT. OF
OUR TAXPAYERS ARE FRUSTRATED OUT
THERE WITH HOW THEIR MONEY IS
BEING SPENT. AND HOW AND THEY
AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ASK
THEMSELVES HOW COME. WE SPEND
ALL THIS MONEY AND WE STILL SEE
ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND I'M GOING
TO JUST POINT TO TWO. EXAMPLES
THEY'RE PRETTY BAD ONE EVERYBODY
KNOWS ABOUT AND ONE PROBABLY
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT. ONE OF THOSE
LIKE HIGH SPEED RAIL. THE
INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF COSTS
FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL HIGH SPEED
RAIL IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT A
BAD IDEA IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S
A GREAT IDEA IN EUROPE IT'S A
GREAT IDEA IN JAPAN. PUT IN
CALIFORNIA IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA
WHY BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROCESS WE
HAVE REGULATIONS WE HAVE ALL
SORTS OF. IMPACTS THAT ED THAT
MAKE IT NOT A FEASIBLE PROJECT.
AND SO FOR US TO GO DOWN THAT
PATH AND KEEP GOING DOWN THAT
PATH. WHEN WE WERE NOT GOING TO
BUILD THIS THING. I MEAN IT. IT
MIGHT GET BUILT A HUNDRED YEARS
BUT IT'S GOING TO COST. A LOT OF
MONEY THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW FOR
OTHER THINGS. AND YET WE KEEP
GOING DOWN THAT PATH WE DON'T
HAVE A PROCESS IN CALIFORNIA
THAT ALLOWS FOR THOSE TYPE OF
THINGS. AND UNLESS WE CHANGE
THAT. THEN WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
. SO ANOTHER THING- ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES BROUGHT UP- ISSUES
WITH HOUSING- TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN WE STARTED EIGHTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. IN
MARIETTA. AND TO THIS DAY THERE
WAITING FOR FUNDING FROM. THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY. IT'S BEEN
HELD UP FOR SIX YEARS IN THE
MEANWHILE WE'VE HAD ONE TWO
THREE OTHER MARKET RATE.
APARTMENT UNITS START AND GET
BUILT. BEFORE THAT. SO WE CAN'T
JUST BLAME THE CITY'S FOR NOT
BEING ABLE TO DO IT. I'VE TAUGHT
I'VE KEPT IN COMMUNICATION THESE
FOLKS. THAT'S WHY IT'S OUR IT
AGAIN IT'S THE PROCESS. IT'S NOT
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE
POURING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTO THINGS AND WE'RE
NOT SEEING RESULTS. AND SOMEHOW
WE NEED TO TRANSLATE. THE WAY
THAT WE NEED TO RE LOOK AT THIS
AND DECIDE YOU KNOW WHICH IS
MORE THAN JUST POURING MONEY. WE
NEED TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESS AND
SEE WHAT'S GOING WRONG WITH THE
PROCESS BECAUSE WE WILL STILL
HAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
COASTAL EROSION WE HAVE
EDUCATION ISSUES WE HAVE PRE K.
AND T. K. THE FOLKS THERE IN
THOUGH IF YOU TALK TO THEM THEY
HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENDING
MONEY ON THAT THEY'RE GETTING.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE WAS NO
RAMP UP TO HEY THIS IS WHAT THIS
PROGRAM SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO TEACH. TRYING TO FIGURE IT
OUT RIGHT NOW BUT IN THE
MEANWHILE WERE POURING MONEY
INTO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH
IT. I'M TALKING TO TEACHERS OUT
THERE THAT HAVE NO IMPACT FROM
WHAT WE'VE POURED BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTO EDUCATIONAL LAST
TWO YEARS. THEY DON'T SEE AN
IMPACT AT THEIR LEVEL AT ALL. SO
WE REALLY NEED TO RETHINK HOW
WE'RE DOING THINGS WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THIS IS A BIGGER
PICTURE. IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE
MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE
EFFICIENT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT
WE DO SPENT. AND MAKE SURE THAT
OUR TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING THE
BANG FOR THE BUCK. THE DAY
EXPECT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW LIKE I
SAID. THEY'RE FRUSTRATED. AND
AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU I'M ASSUMING THAT'S
A COMMON PART SO. STARTED YEAH
I'M SORRY IT IS A COMMENT NO
QUESTION. NOT A PROBLEM- ALL
RIGHT. TO TURN OFF MY- BIKE.
RIGHT SO WE ARE ABOUT TO GO TO
OUR- PUBLIC COMMENT PHASE I DO
WANT TO RAISE ONE ISSUE HOWEVER
ON. TRANSIT WE'VE RAISED THE
FACT THAT THERE IS C.
RECOMMENDED DELAY. BY THE
ADMINISTRATION IN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. BUT I
WOULD POINT SPECIFICALLY TO THE
TRANSIT ASPECT. AND WHILE WE
KNOW THAT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IS
DOWN- AND THERE ARE SOME. MIGHT
LOOK AT WELL PERHAPS THE NEED IS
NOT AS GREAT. WE KNOW THAT OUR
TRANSIT OPERATORS WILL. BE PUT
IT THAT HERE'S MY PERSPECTIVE
THAT TRANSIT IS AN ESSENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHILE IT
MIGHT NOT BE UTILIZED AT LEAST
IN THE BAY AREA TO LEVEL IT HAS
IN THE PAST WE CERTAINLY SEE
VERY EXCELLENT RIDERSHIP IN THE
LA AREA. BUT THE POINT BEING IS
THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ESSENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. IF WE- I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF DELAYING ITS FUNDING IN A WAY
THAT CRIPPLES ITS FUTURE AND
THUS PUTS US IN A SITUATION
WHERE PERHAPS WE DO NOT HAVE.
SUCH AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO RELY
IN THE FUTURE A FUTURE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT SO I
DON'T KNOW IF A DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE WANTS TO COMMENT AT ALL
ABOUT- THAT PARTICULAR- I'D-
BUDGET SHORTFALL ADJUSTMENT THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION IS- LOOKING.
SUBCOMMITTEES WILL GET INTO SOME
DETAIL ABOUT IT BUT- BERMAN
FINANCE YOU'RE WELCOME. SKINNER
IN JUST TO NOTE THAT THE THERE'S
EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION
ACTUALLY NOT A DELAYED PART
TRANSIT AND I'M GOING BACK TO MY
PREVIOUS COMMENT- SOME OF THE
RATIONALE BEHIND THAT WAS
FEEDBACK FILL PHAM OPPORTUNITIES
THAT EXIST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
FOR AGAIN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
OF. DOLLARS AS WELL AS BASED
AHLERS- THROUGH THE I. J. OUR
PROBLEMS SO- AGAIN- WELL.
UNDERSTAND THAT WILL HAVE MORE
MONEY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ISSUE
BUT IT JUST WANTED TO AGAINST A
HIGHLANDER RATIONALE FOR THAT
PARTICULAR- PRODUCTION. GREAT
FOR SO. I THINK WITH A- EVERYONE
IS BEEN ABLE TO- MAY A QUESTION
OR COMMENT I THINK WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE. TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW
YES SENATOR DRAWS OVERHEAD. FIVE
I KNOW BEEN TRYING TO ALL THE
ISSUES AND THE CONTRA AND
DISAGREEMENTS BUT I WANT TO GIVE
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR. CONTINUING
TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH FOR ALL IN
THE BUDGET THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. SKEWS ME. SENATOR ARE FOR
MAKING APPLE- BOB- FIRST HEARING
MANY OF US ARE ALL. AIRING
THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE
TO WANT TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL
ON BUT I THINK IT IS.
APPROPRIATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
IN I THINK MOST OF US WOULD
AGREE. THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S
APPROACH TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE
THOSE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS
THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT ARE SO
NECESSARY FOR MANY PORTIONS OF
OUR POPULATION THAT ARE. HAVE
HIGH SPEED THAT THAT IS WELCOMED
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND
OF COURSE- AS WOULD HAPPEN IN
ANY KIND OF HEARING WE MIGHT
FOCUS A BIT MORE ON THOSE AREAS
THAT WE DON'T HAVE FULL
AGREEMENT ON. BUT I THINK IT IS
IN GENERAL THAT WE FEEL THAT
THIS IS A AS THE L. A. O.
POINTED OUT THAT ADDRESSING OUR
SHORTFALL. WITH EITHER DEFERRALS
DELAYS OR- ARE POTENTIALLY
EXPECTATIONS THAT WE MIGHT GET
FEDERAL MONEY ARE APPROPRIATE
WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR
SHORTFALL AND OF COURSE WE'LL
JUST HAVE TO BE IN THE
DISCUSSION FROM THIS POINT ON AS
TO. WHAT WE THINK ARE THE
APPROPRIATE REDUCTIONS DEFERRALS
OR DELAYS SO WITH THAT LET ME.
NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT WE WILL
HEAR FROM THOSE IN THE ROOM
FIRST AND THEN WE WILL GO TO
THE- TELEPHONE- COMMENT LINE
WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT
TO USE THE TELECONFERENCE LINE.
LET ME STATE AGAIN WHAT THAT
NUMBER IS IT'S. 877-226-8163
WITH THE ACCESS CODE SEVEN THREE
SIX TWO EIGHT THREE FOUR. AND I
WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE BE AS
BRIEF AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE- THOSE WHO WANT TO
SPEAK GO AHEAD OF THOSE IN THE
ROOM WITH STARK. GOOD MORNING
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS CHRIS
MCKINLEY ON BEHALF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND IF
I CAN. FOLLOW YOUR EARLIER
COMMENTS JUST MADE MADAM CHAIR
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED-
ELOISE TRANSIT FUNDING ON A
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PROJECTS
BASED UPON THE JUNE BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY THE DEFERRAL IS OF
GREAT CONCERN WE'VE IDENTIFIED
THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY PROJECT
THE FOOTHILL EXTENSION OF THE
GOLD LINE AS WELL AS THE WEST
SANTA ANA BRANCH IS ALL PROJECTS
POTENTIALLY IN JEOPARDY- WITHOUT
DEFERRAL. AND AS YOU ALSO NOTICE
AND SHEER ALTHOUGH FOCUSED ON-
THE BAY AREA NUMBER OF TRANSIT
AGENCIES ARE FACING THE
PROVERBIAL A FISCAL CLIFF. AND
SO FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS IS
CRITICAL FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES
INCLUDING L. A. METRO-
DEFINITELY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS
AS WE ADDRESS ISSUES REGARDING
FARES. CERTAINLY THE HOMELESS
POPULATION AT OUR FACILITIES ON
AND ON A NUMBER OF OUR LINES SO
THANK YOU THANK YOU. A GOOD
MORNING SENATORS AGENDA SO
MENTALLY WITH THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IT'S GREAT
TO SEE YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR-
WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THE
IMPACTS OF SOME OF THE AREAS
THAT WERE- SUSTAINING CUTS LIKE
TRANSIT CHILD CARE- PRISON
CLOSURES- WE BELIEVE THAT THE
OVERALL APPROACH TO THE BUDGET
PRESERVES MANY OF THE- GOOD
INVESTMENTS. THAT THE
LEGISLATURE GOVERNMENT AID LAST
YEAR ESPECIALLY TO MEDICARE FOR
ALL- WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH US SOME OF YOU ALL LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEWER
FACES ON THE DAIS. ON
RECRUITMENT. RETENTION WORKING
CONDITIONS AND WORK FOR
STABILITY AND IT REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
SENATORS PAUL CUEVAS SON.
RECESSION PROOFING THE ECONOMY
BY BOLSTERING UP OUR WORK FORCE-
AND ENSURING WORK FOR STABILITY-
AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT- YOU
KNOW JUST WON A PEN THAT. THESE
THE CRITICAL WORK FORCES SUCH
AS- EMS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES ARE HEALTH CARE AND
EDUCATION WORKFORCE- REALLY
LOOKING FOR TO THOSE
CONVERSATIONS- AND FINDING
SOLUTIONS DURING- THIS DOWNTURN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING TERM MEMBERS MY
NAME IS MICHELLE GIVENS AT THE
COUNTY HEALTH EXECUTIVES
ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA WE
REPRESENT LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND
WE'RE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL TO
CUT FORTY NINE POINT EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
TRAINING PROGRAMS. I APPRECIATE
THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RAISED
AROUND WORKFORCE HERE TODAY AT
PUBLIC HEALTH IS AN OPTIONAL THE
PANDEMIC REMINDED US OF THAT AND
PUBLIC HEALTH IS A NECESSITY A
KEEP SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES OPEN
AND KEEPS PEOPLE ALIVE AND WELL.
AND IT DEPENDS ON A TRAINED AND
SKILLED WORK FORCE THAT HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH HARASSMENT AND BURN
OUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THESE THE PROGRAMS THAT
WOULD BE IMPACTED INCLUDES
PROGRAMS THAT WOULD TAKE EARLY
CAREER PROFESSIONALS FROM THOSE
VERY COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND
ALLOW THEM TO COME INTO
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GAIN
THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME
PART OF THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. IT ALSO INCLUDES
PROGRAMS TO UP SKILL OUR
EXISTING WORKFORCE TO ALLOW THEM
GROWTH IN PROMOTIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH TRAINING
AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO GROW
THE PULL OF EPIDEMIOLOGIST GROW
THE POOL OF CERTIFIED
MICROBIOLOGIST IN LAB DIRECTORS
ALL THAT WORK IN OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH LABORATORIES THAT HAVE
BEEN ON DEMAND TO THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC. AND THIS PROPOSAL IS
NOT A TRIGGER CUT IT'S NOT A
DEFERRAL IT'S JUST A CUT- TO
THESE MUCH NEEDED WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CALIFORNIA
DID DESERVES A TRAINED AND
ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH. PROGRAM
WORK FORCE AN APARTMENT AND WE
RESPECTFULLY WOULD ASK THAT THE
SENATE REJECT THE PROPOSED CUTS
TO THESE PROGRAMS. I ALSO JUST
WANT TO THANK US SENATOR LAYERED
AT IN HIS ABSENCE FOR THE
COMMENTS ON THE CUTS TO THE
CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING
RESILIENCE GRANTS. THOSE GRANTS
WOULD GO TO LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS TO BEGIN THAT
PLANNING PROCESS TO IN IN TERMS
OF RESILIENCE BUILDING FOR
COMMUNITIES AND WE ASK FOR YOUR
REJECTION OF THAT. THE
PROPOSAL'S. WELL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS MIKE WESTRA
RESENTING THE STATE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT TODAY ON THE PROPOSED
BUDGET- THE BUILDING TRADE IS IN
FULL SUPPORT. OF THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL PROJECT- AND CONTINUED
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT WILL RESULT IN
LIFE CHANGING. CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICES
INJURE ANY WORKERS IN THE
BUILDING TRADES. ON WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT WE OPPOSE CUTS OR
SHIFTS IN FUNDING TO PROMOTE
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT LIKE THE
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION UNIT AT
THE D. I. R. ESPECIALLY RELATED
TO CHILD CARE GRANTS AND OTHER
VALUABLE PROGRAMS TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN. IN THE
BUILDING TRADES. ON
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE BUILDING TRADES OPPOSES CUTS
OR REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR
STATE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
WE GET REGARDING DROUGHT
RESPONSE. AND WATER RESILIENCE
THE BILL TRADE- FULL. OF WHAT
PRICE. AND EVENTUAL FUNDING IN
PROP ONE WATER PROJECTS. RELATED
TO- WAGE CLAIM ADJUDICATION THE
BUILDING TRADE SUPPORTS EFFORTS
TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY. AND
TIMELINESS OF PROCESSING OF WAGE
AND HOUR CLAIMS. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU. IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS
ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL AS OTHER
ISSUES WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
INCLUDING HOUSING. CAPITAL
OUTLAY TRANSITIVE RESEARCHER AND
MAINTAINING BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION PROGRAMS THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR SKIN AT A SKINNER. AND
HONORABLE MEMBERS AMY HI SCHAIK
WITH WILDCAT CONSULTING FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
NETWORK WE HAVE NOTICED THE
REDUCTION IN CALHOUN FUNDS IN
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
WE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT NOW IS
THE MOMENT MORE THAN EVER THAN
THE THAT THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE
USED IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
POSSIBLE. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT
THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL
BE PERMITTED TO UTILIZE EXISTING
CAL HOME FUNDS WHICH WOULD BE
AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER WARD
THIS YEAR THE WAIT CALIFORNIA
CAN MAXIMIZE THE USE OF CALHOUN
FUNDS WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS. IS BY PLACING EIGHTY
USE ON C. LTL GLANDS WE CAN
DRIVE DOWN THE PER UNIT COST FOR
PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND MAKE
MORE PROJECTS PENCIL OUT IN
ADDITION TO ASSISTING MORE LOW
INCOME WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. TO STAY IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND THRIVE FOR THE
C. LTE NETWORK IN HOUSING NOW WE
HOPE THIS YEAR TO GAIN TRACTION
FOR THE COMMUNITY ANTI
DISPLACEMENT AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
CAP CHAMPIONED BY SENATOR. ANNA
CABALLERO FOR FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR WE
RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED MILLION IN
THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
PACKAGE BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OUT
DURING FINAL BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IT IS
CLEAR THAT PRESERVING NATURALLY
OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
TODAY THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
PRECARIOUS HOUSING SITUATIONS
FOR LOWER. INCOME WORKING CLASS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD BE
STABILIZED AND PRIORITIZED.
PLEASE INVEST IN THE CAP THIS
YEAR. FOR ABUNDANT HOUSING LA WE
ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE TWENTY
TWENTY TEN. TO BUDGET ACT
INVESTED. TEN POINT TWO BILLION
INTO SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS.
BUT IT IS MAINTAINING ONLY ABOUT
A THIRD OF THE PRIOR YEAR
SPENDING LEVEL AND WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO
RECONSIDER THE CUTS. OF THREE
POINT FOUR BILLION. ON THE
HOUSING GENERALLY WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION IN
CUTS. INCLUDING THE TWO HUNDRED
MILLION FOR THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
FOR ALL PROGRAM ONE HUNDRED
MILLION FOR CAL HFA TO ASSIST
LOWER INCOME FIRST TIME
HOMEBUYERS. AND FIFTEEN BILL
FIFTY MILLION. TO ASSIST IN
THAT- FINANCIAL AID TO USE.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE RECONSIDER.
THESE CUTS THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. RESTAUR THANK YOU AT YOUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF MY
NAME IS RYAN MORE MUNY- ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WHICH
REPRESENTS ALL FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES. GIVEN THE STATE'S
PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT C. SACK
IS GRATEFUL THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT PRESERVES
CRITICAL LOCAL INVESTMENTS. FOR
HOMELESSNESS AND ENCAMPMENTS-
RESOLUTION- LOW SUPPORT FOR
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARE ACT
AS WELL AS FIRE PREVENTION FLOOD
PROTECTION AND- EXPEDITING WATER
SUPPLY PROJECTS. HOWEVER REMAIN
CONCERNED WITH ANY CUTS TO
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT-
RESILIENCY PROGRAMS. FURTHER
DELAYS TO BROADBAND EXPANSION-
AND ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL
STATE SUPPORT FOR DJJ
REALIGNMENT. SO COUNTIES REMAIN
EAGER TO WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE ADMINISTRATION TO
ENSURE. WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF
OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS STAR
SHARED CONCERNS. SO IN
PARTICULAR WERE COMMITTED TO
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THE
DEVELOPMENT. OF A COMPREHENSIVE
SYSTEM- FOR HOMELESSNESS TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. AND THAT
CLEARLY DEFINES THE ROLES
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT. AND ALSO PROVIDE
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU. MORNING VENTURA MEMBERS
JARED CALL WITH NURSE
CALIFORNIA- WE ALSO WANT TO
EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE
GOVERNOR'S BROAD APPROACH- IN
HIS PROPOSALS THAT THAT DOES
STAVE OFF MAJOR CUTS TO THE
SAFETY NET BUT WE ARE VERY
DISAPPOINTED. WITH THE LACK OF
INVESTMENT IN FOOD AND NUTRITION
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WHEN ONE
IN FIVE CALIFORNIANS WHO IS
STILL FACING FOOD INSECURITY IN
OUR LINES AT FOOD BANKS- AND-
CALFRESH ROLES ARE JUST AS
ELEVATED AS THEY'VE BEEN
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. AND
SPECIFICALLY WHAT WERE
DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE PLAN TO
DELAY THE EXPANSION OF THE
CALIFORNIA FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM WHICH WAS SET TO EXPAND
ELIGIBILITY TO THE CHARACTER OF
VITAL FOOD ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
TONIGHT CALFRESH SOLELY DUE TO
THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS THAT'S
NOW. SCHEDULED TO THE NOT EVEN
BEGIN UNTIL TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANTS AND
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN
PARTICULAR FACE FOOD INSECURITY
AT MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE OF
THE OVERALL POPULATION THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER
HALF DECADE TO TAKE. I'D BE ABLE
TO AND EQUITABLE SAFETY NET. SO
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU- AND THE LEGISLATURE. TO
MOVE THAT TIME LINE UP AND
ENSURE FULL EXPANSION AS WELL AS
POSSIBLE AND ALSO LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE IN
THE LEGISLATURE TO MEDICATE. THE
UNPRECEDENTED HUNGER CLIFF- THAT
WORK CALIFORNIANS ARE FACING-
WHEN THE EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
THOSE CALFRESH BONUSES THAT WERE
HAPPENING DURING THE PANDEMIC
WILL EXPIRE ABRUPTLY IN MARCH
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
GO FROM RECEIVING SIT THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO TWENTY THREE DOLLARS
A MONTH SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU TO STAVE OFF
THAT CRISIS THANK YOU THANK YOU
. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS ABRAHAM AND DOES ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY WATER
CENTER WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE NONPROFIT THAT'S BASED
IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN THE
CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA-
WELL ORGANIZATION IS GLAD TO SEE
THE PROPOSED INCREASES TO
DROUGHT CONTINGENCY FUNDING. AND
THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT TO
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS
LEVEES WE WISH TO REMIND THE
COMMITTEE THAT THE DROUGHT IS
NOT OVER. AND NEITHER ARE THE
NUMEROUS DRUG RELATED ISSUES
PLAGUING COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR
STATE. LAST YEAR OVER FOURTEEN
HUNDRED WELLS WENT DRY IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. AND THIS BACKLOG
COULD TAKE OVER TWENTY YEARS TO
ADDRESS. IF THE CURRENT RATES
WELL DRILLING HOLD. WHAT WE KNOW
THE ECONOMIC FORECAST PROJECTED
DEFICITS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS. THE STATE MUST
PROACTIVELY PLAN FOR CONTINUED
DROUGHT CONDITIONS. INVEST IN
THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO
ADDRESS THE WELL BACKLOG. AND
ENSURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHO
RELY ON OUR STATE'S AQUIFER FOR
THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DRINKING
WATER. AND FINALLY I WANT TO
MENTION THE NEED FOR THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO
WORK ON WATER AFFORDABILITY.
WATER RATES CONTINUE TO RISE
FASTER THAN THE RATE OF
INFLATION. AND THE GOVERNOR
IDENTIFIED THIS PROBLEM LAST
YEAR IN HIS WATER SUPPLY
STRATEGY. WE HOPE TO WORK WITH
EVERYONE TO ADDRESSES THE NEXT
YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
ASSEMBLY BUDDY. MY NAME IS JAMES
THEIR ACTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE COUNCIL LABORS AND- ON
BEHALF OF OUR THE SEVENTY
THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN WE
REPRESENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND THE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL-
FOR THE GOVERNORS CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTATION-
INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. HOWEVER WE DO SHARE SOME
CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED TODAY.
IN THE COMMITTEE. REGARDING THE
PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IN
TRANSIT PROJECTS. A WINNER
STAND- THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT
THE STATE IS FACING. HOWEVER
THESE CUTS THESE PROPOSED CUTS
ARE NOT INSIGNIFICANT AS SUCH.
WE THINK THAT THEY POSE A LOT OF
THREATS TO GOOD PAYING UNION
JOBS. AND THEY ALSO MAY DELAY-
THE STATE'S GHG REDUCTION GOALS.
SO WITH THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATOR AND
FINDING SOME- AMENABLE
SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CAN REALLY ROSENBERGER WITH S.
ON BEHALF OF OUR SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND MEMBERS- WE HAVE SOME
CONCERN BUT WE'RE ALSO
APPRECIATIVE THAT A LOT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES FOR MAINTAINED I
THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY BY
ALL OF YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES AT
WORK FORCE IS IMPORTANT. WE SAW
A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT GAVE US
PAUSE WHERE WE SAW A DEFENSEMAN
IN- TRAINING AND WORKFORCE IN
TWENTY THOUSAND SLOTS FOR CHILD
CARE. THESE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AND ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN BECAUSE WE ARE
PROVIDING SOCIAL SAFE THE NET
SERVICES. CHILD CARE I HSS OUR
SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS ARE
SCHOOL WORKERS ARE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS THEY ARE ALL CRUCIAL IN
THIS MOMENT AND WE LEARNED IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT. THAT A SHORT
TERM SOLUTION IS MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG TERM TO RE
IMPLEMENT WORKFORCE WE'RE TRYING
TO FIND STAFFING NOW BUT WE
AREN'T ABLE TO BECAUSE WE LOST
SO MANY LOW LAST TIME SO WE
WOULD URGE CONSIDERATION. WE
WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE HERE
FOR COLLABORATION- AND WE ARE
WILLING TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT
DECISIONS IN ORDER TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIA AND OUR- OUR MEMBERS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMENT BEFORE WE- KEEP UP AND
GO TO. FOR LINES AGAIN FOR THOSE
WHO WANT TO CALL IN FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT NUMBER IS ON OUR
WEBSITE- THE I FIND I MADE THE
POINT AFTER- A NUMBER OF MEMBERS
RECENT THREE ISSUES AROUND
MENTAL HEALTH THAT. WONDERING
WHETHER OR THE- MINISTRATIONS
REACTION TO SOME OF THAT DELAY
WAS DUE TO WORK FORCE SHORTAGES.
I INTENDED TO ALSO MAKE. TO ASK
THE QUESTION OR AT LEAST MAKE
THE COMMENT IS- IF WE LOOK AT
THE CHILD CARE SLOTS. THAT THE-
THE WE APPROPRIATED A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S A RATIONALE FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DELAY THAT OR
REDUCE IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN TAKEN UP BY FAMILIES. TO
THE DEGREE THAT- MAYBE WAS HOPED
OR ANTICIPATED HOWEVER WE ALSO
KNOW THERE'S A WORKFORCE
SHORTAGE WITHIN OUR- CHILD CARE.
PROGRAMS AND- THAT IT IS VERY
POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE FAMILIES
NOT TAKING UP SLOTS BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT FIND CHILDCARE. SO OF
COURSE- WE DO NOT WANT TO ADD TO
THAT PROBLEM BUT WE ARE
OBVIOUSLY GOING TO GET INTO MORE
DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. IT WILL
BE THE WHOLE- EARLY CARE AND
EDUCATION FOR ZERO TO FOUR WILL
BE ONE OF THE COMMITTEES FULL
COMMITTEES OVERSIGHT HEARINGS AS
WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE
SUBCOMMITTEE CAN GET INTO THAT
DETAIL. BUT NOW TO OUR- TO OUR
PHONE PARTICIPANTS- MODERATOR.
YOU CAN OPEN LINES AND CALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC-
INDIVIDUALLY AND AGAIN WE WILL
HAVE A HARD STOP AT NEWS. SIR
MODERATOR GO AHEAD. THANK YOU
LAYS IN GERMAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO BUY SOME PUBLIC COMMENT YOU
MAY DO SO BY PRESSING ONE NINE
ZERO. DIFFICULT AT LINE SIXTEEN
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MMHM LET ME
SEE ONE MOMENT BIRD SIXTEEN. ONE
SIXTEEN YOU'LL HAVE TO RE QUEUE
UP. WE'LL GO TO LINE AND
NINETEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. YES-
GOOD MORNING- LEGISLATORS MY
NAME IS CHRIS CHAVEZ I'M THE
DEPUTY POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR WHICH IS
A MEMBER OF CHARGING HAD
CALIFORNIA. WELL WE UNDERSTAND
THE DIFFICULT BUDGETARY
CONDITIONS FACING THE STATE WE
URGE BOTH LEGISLATION THE
GOVERNOR TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE
TO THE MASSIVE CUTS THE CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION. TO BE CLEAR
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE JUST ABOUT
REBATES FOR ELECTRIC CARS RATHER
CUTTING FUNDING FOR TRANSIT
CLEAN HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS IN
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING
TO HURT LOW INCOME EARNERS IN
REFERENCE OF DISADVANTAGED TEENS
THE MOST. TO LIVE NEAR POLLUTING
GOOD THROUGH THE CORRIDORS AND
HUBS WHAT THESE CUTS UNDERMINE
CALIFORNIA'S REPLICATIONS OF
GLOBAL CLIMATE LEADER THEY ALSO
MOVE CALIFORNIA EVEN FURTHER
AWAY FROM MEETING ITS
OBLIGATIONS TO MEET THE FEDERAL
AND STATE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.
TELL YOUR TO MEET THOSE
STANDARDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
MORE PAIN SUCH AS LOSS OF
FEDERAL HIGHWAY FUNDING. FURTHER
SAYING THE PROPOSED CUTS ONLY
REPRESENT 11% OF FUNDING IS
INACCURATE WELL IT DOES
REPRESENT 11% OF THE MULTI YEAR
INSTEAD OF FUNDING PLAN THEY'RE
ALL HAPPENING THIS BUDGET YEAR
WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMS
EXPERIENCING CUTS FAR LARGER
THAN SIXTY CARRY IT. WORK. FOR
DILLON LEVIN PERCENT. CALIFORNIA
THE OP TO PREVENT THESE OF CUTS
LAST AND IT'S- THE STATE TAKE
THAT OFFER. NOW THAT FACING A
MAJOR SHOW HAVE CAL. PER CLIMB
IN THAT. BENEFITS TO EVER CALL
IN OUR MOST OF. TO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO
LINE SIXTEEN. RIGHT AROUND THE
OPEN. IT LATE MORNING CARE
NUMBERS BANNEKER DARNELL ON
BEHALF OF THE DEBT FREE JUSTICE
KEEPING FAMILIES CONNECTED
COALITION. BUDGET BOTH OF WHICH
ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM CONTACT ON
CALIFORNIA FAMILIES. SENATE AND
IN PARTICULAR BACK WATER AT THE
ONE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN CENTS.
ENTER INTO RAZA. AS WELL AS THE
BUDGET FOR THEIR WORK AND
LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES
GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY ON
PROVIDING FREE PHONE CALLS AND I
STATE PRISON SYSTEM. LET'S
RECALL BEGAN AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR THERE'S BEEN AN
OUTPOURING OF GRATITUDE TO
CALIFORNIANS IMPACTED BY THIS
TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY CHANGE. WE
ALSO WANTED TO RAISE THAT NOW
THE STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYING FOR THESE PHONE CALLS
IT'S TIME TO RE EXAMINE THE RATE
BEING PAID FOR THE TELECOM
PROVIDER AND TO EXPLORE THE
POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING A
LOWER RATE. BASED ON NATIONAL
INFORMATION ON PHONE CALL RATES
WE BELIEVE A RATE FAR BELOW THE
THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL
COST INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
JANUARY BUDGET IS ACHIEVABLE- WE
ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS ON ENDING
RESTITUTION BINDING CALIFORNIA
WHICH WAS NAMED AT THE TOP RIGHT
BUT IT PRIORITY FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO COME FOR THIS
YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK
YOU. THANK YOU THE NEXT TO GO TO
LINE A TWENTY THREE YEAR LINES
OPEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS
NICOLE WATERMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP. THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP THANKS
GOVERNOR NYESOM FOR AVOIDING
CURRENT AND FUTURE CUTS TO
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS THAT HINDER
CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND WELL BEING
. WE SUPPORT MAINTAINING THE
EXPANSION OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH
COVERAGE. CONTINUING TO PROVIDE
UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS. THE
SCREENING FUNDING FOR SUPPORTING
THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND
FUNDING RACIAL EQUITY AND YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION. NOW
THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO IN OUR
STATE'S BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT AND
EXPAND POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
ACCORDING TO THE IMMEDIATE AND
LONG TERM HEALTH OF CHILDREN OF
COLOR AND KEEP THEM CONNECTED TO
SPORTS THEY NEED TO BE HEALTHY
AND THRIVE. THESE INCLUDE
EXPANDING THE CALIFORNIA'S FOOD
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
ALL AGES INCLUDING CHILDREN NO
MATTER IMMIGRATION STATUS.
DURING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF
YOUTH AND YOUNG CHILDREN. SAN
VALUING COMMUNITY WITH THEM AND
LEADERSHIP AND HEALTH DELIVERY
BY NOT DELAYING THE COMMUNITY
HEALTH WORKER WORKFORCE
CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING.
THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
PROPOSED TRIGGER CUTS IN THE
AREAS OF CLIMATE TRANSPORTATION
AND HOUSING GIVEN THE MAJOR
IMPACT THESE AREAS HAVE ON
HEALTH EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE
FOR CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN. WATCH
HISTORY IS CLOSELY AND ADVOCATE
FOR THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO
SUPPORT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOR
CHILDREN OF COLOR CALIFORNIA
THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU
BENECKE FOOTBALL TO LINE A
TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU THANK
YOU CHAIR SKINNER AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS MANY MISSILE CASINGS ON
THE FOSSIL FUEL PHASE OF MANAGER
WITH THE CLIMATE CENTER. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO CRAFT A
SOUND BUDGET FOR OUR STATE FOR
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT. ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA JUST EXPERIENCED YET
ANOTHER DEADLY CLIMATE DISASTER
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS THIS IS
NO TIME TO WALK BACK INVESTMENTS
IN A CLIMATE SAFE FUTURE. WE
SHOULD BE HOLDING THE LINE ON
CRITICAL CLIMATE INVESTMENTS
TODAY OR PAY THE PRICE IN LIVES
AND DOLLARS FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE CLIMATE CENTERS PARTICULARLY
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE ONE
POINT ONE BILLION IN CUTS TO
PROGRAMS THAT WOULD XCELERATED
CALIFORNIA'S TRANSITION TO CLEAN
ELECTRIC VEHICLES. NOT ONLY IS
TRANSPORTATION THE NUMBER ONE
SOURCE OF CLIMATE POLLUTION IN
THE STATE THE CALIFORNIA'S
GROWING FLEET OF ELECTRIC CARS
TRUCKS AND BUSES. COULD BE ONE
OF THE GREATEST ASSETS IN
IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF OUR
ELECTRIC GRID. INVESTING IN
VEHICLE GRID INTEGRATION
TECHNOLOGIES TODAY PARTICULARLY
BI DIRECTIONAL CHARGING WILL
UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL TO USE
BATTERIES. ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO
BACK UP OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES
AND BUSINESSES WHEN THE GRID
GOES DOWN. THE CLIMATE CENTERS
ALSO DISMAYED TO SEE SOME OF THE
LARGEST CUTS. BEING MADE TO
NATURE BATES CARBON
SEQUESTRATION INITIATIVES. WITH
THE PASSAGE OF AB SEVENTEEN
FIFTY SEVEN LAST YEAR CALIFORNIA
IS POISED TO BECOME A WORLD.
LEADER IN SOLUTIONS. BOTH REMOVE
CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE AND BUILD RESILIENCE
TO EXTREME WEATHER LIKE WE'VE
EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST THREE
WEEKS. FLUSHING WITH FUNDING FOR
EVERYTHING FROM URBAN GREENING
TO COMPOST APPLICATION UNDER
CUTS THIS IMPORTANT WORK TRIPS.
IT'S GETTING UNDER WAY. NUMBER
CLIMATE SENATE AND GOVERNORS
CEMENT LEADERS A LETTER OUT.
RECOMMENDED TO STE INVEST IN THE
EMISSION. OFFICE GROUP
RELIABILITY WOULD BE TO MAKE
THAT LED AVAIL FOR THE COMMITTEE
REVIEW THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THE NEXT TO GO THROUGH
AND TO TWO YEAR LINE IS OPEN.
YOU YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
MICHAEL PIMENTEL EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSIT ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO
JOIN YOU MADAM CHAIR AND SENATOR
ROSALYN VOICING OUR CONCERNS.
WITH THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE
TRANSMITTER SEE REAL CAPITAL
PROGRAM THAT WERE INCLUDED IN
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'VE COURSE UNDERSTAND STATE IS
FACING SOME VERY DIFFICULT.
FINANCIAL TIMES BUT I DO WANT TO
RECALL THAT THAT FUNDING FOR
THIS PROGRAM- WHAT THE CENTRAL
COMPONENT LAST YEAR'S
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PACKAGE.
AND WILL BE CRITICAL FOR
LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDING TO
ADVANCE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS
IN THE COMING YEAR- WE JUST ASK
THAT THE LEGISLATURE THE
ADMINISTRATION MAINTAIN FUNDING
FOR THIS PROGRAM. AT THE
PREVIOUSLY PRESCRIBED LEVELS. IN
THE SAME BREATH I ALSO WANT TO
ELEVATE THE PANDEMIC'S IMPACT ON
TRANSIT AND RAIL RIDERSHIP. AS
WELL AS OPERATING CAPITAL COST
CONTINUES TO LOOM LARGE- AS SUCH
WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE
LEGISLATURE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE NEW
FUNDING TO ADDRESS OPERATIONS
FUNDING SHORTFALLS. THESE BY
TRANSIT AGENCIES TO OPENLY
SUPPORT THEIR RECOVERY FROM THE
PANDEMIC. ALSO WHAT YOU WOULD
MAKE A PLUG FOR AN EXTENSION OF
THE STATUTORY RELIEF THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY THE
LEGISLATURE- WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE THAT STATUTORY RELEASE
EXTENDED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE
RECOGNIZING THAT THE UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS THAT NECESSITATE
NECESSITATED THAT RELIEF. STILL
OBTAIN TODAY I'LL JUST FINALLY-
CLOSE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
FULL LIST OF OUR BUDGET I
REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION THAT
WERE INCLUDED IN A LETTER- WE
SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP IN.
DECEMBER THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY. THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU
NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE THIRTY
FIVE LINE IS OPEN. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS I'D LIKE TO
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
ITEM ON PAGE NUMBER FORTY FOR
THE SMARTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
WHICH READS. THE BUDGET INCLUDES
IN GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY OF ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY SIX POINT SIX BILLION
DOLLARS TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT
THE PUBLIC AGAINST COVERT
NINETEEN. MURDER WHICH STAND FOR
SHOTS MASS AWARENESS READY THIS
AND TESTING. A RECENT RASMUSSEN
SURVEY FOUND THAT MORE THAN ONE
IN FOUR AMERICANS BELIEVE IS
THAT THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO
LIKELY DIED AS A RESULT OF THE
COVERT SHOCKED. THERE'S BEEN AN
ALARMING SPIKE IN DEATHS OF
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES IN THEIR
PRIME DUE TO STROKE AND HEART
ATTACK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
ARE REPORTING LOSSES DUE TO A
40% INCREASE IN ALL CAUSE
MORTALITY RATE. OF THE EMPLOYED
POPULATION SINCE THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE COVERED
VACCINE MANDATES. THE TWITTER
FILES REVEALS THAT EVEN HEAVY
CENSORSHIP COULD NOT STOP THIS
INFORMATION FROM REACHING THE
PUBLIC YOU THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE GOVERNOR HAS SPENT BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OF OUR DOLLARS ON
VACCINES TRACKING TESTING
TRACING. AND INSTEAD WE THE
PUBLIC WANT TO SEE THESE FUNDS
BUT IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THIS NEWLY EMERGING DATA
REGARDING THE DEVASTATING.
INJURIES AND DEATH. HERE ARE DE
. IRREFUTABLY BE CALL BY THE
COLD BACK. FOR WHAT DO YOU THE
LETTER. IN TO DO TO HELP REBUILD
PUBLIC TRUST IN AMERICAN
INSTITUTIONS IN PARTICULAR THE
CDC NIH AND THE FDA THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU. THANK
YOU THE NEXT TO GO TO LINE OF
THIRTY EIGHT YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO AARON AFTER HE WOULD
PUBLIC ADVOCATES COMMENTING ON
THE PROPOSED KITAB. BUDGET BY
THE GOVERNOR FOR PROTECTING
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
AND CREATING A DIVERSE AND
WALKER PARA EDUCATOR WORK FORCE
. RECENTLY THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED
ESTABLISH ON THREE HUNDRED
MILLION SOUTH. EQUITY MULTIPLIER
. GLOBACOM POVERTY INCREASED
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
BY OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM
ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN
STUDENTS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT THAT WOULD DOUBLE
DOWN ON IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES
AND OUTCOMES FOR LOW PERFORMING
STUDENT GROUPS FIRST PERFORMANCE
GAPS AND HELP ATTRACT AND RETAIN
QUALIFIED TEACHERS OTHER STATES
LOWEST INCOME SCHOOL. YEAH APPLY
THE GOVERNOR'S TO UPDATE STATE
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY. SECURE
MARKS THE TENTH AND A OF THE
LOCAL CA FUNDING FORMULA AND THE
MULTIPLE MY CAN WITH AND ACROSS
. SYSTEM DUE FOR AN UPDATE YOU
MUST BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT
CLOSING OPPORTUNITY AND
PERFORMANCE CAPPED AT THE SCHOOL
LEVEL FOR BLACK AND BROWN
STUDENTS AND MULTILINGUAL
LEARNERS. TO LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE ADMINISTRATION TO REFINE
THESE PROPOSALS AS A CELL THE
EQUITY PROMISES ABOUT THE FF
THANK YOU THANK YOU. CARDS JUST
REMINDER WE WILL BE STOPPING AT
NOON SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL
GOING TO BE CALLED ON BRIEFER
YOU CAN BE TOMORROW HERE FROM.
OKAY GO AHEAD MODERATOR. THANK
YOU FOR EIGHT LINE IS OPEN. I'LL
BE BRIEF YOU NEED TO STAY TILL
MIDNIGHT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC
NOONE IS ARBITRARY OUT OF THE
CHAIR YOU SHOULD EXPAND PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE CUT OFF THE FIRST
AMENDMENT MATTERS AND YOU NEED
TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK
YOU SEE. THANK YOU MEXICO LINE
FORTY ONE. GOOD MORNING ANDREA
SAN MIGUEL ON BEHALF OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OF CALIFORNIA. THANK
YOU TO GOVERNOR STRUCK BUDGET
MAINTAIN LAST YEAR'S INVESTMENT
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AREN'T ANY
CLEANINGS THE PORTABLE PROVIDER
AND PATIENTS. WE ARE ALSO VERY
OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH THANK
YOU NOT A LOT FIFTEEN CON THAT
THE CAN YOU BUDGET AND LOOK FOR
TO CONTINUING KERR. FORGIVENESS
ON THE- ACTUALLY ON YOUR TALK A
LITTLE HEAT OUR JOINT BALLOT
ORGAN. AND WANTING TO THE MEDIC
PROGRAM GROUP TO BETTER SERVE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH A LOT OF. TO ENSURE THAT
THE HEALTHCARE DOT OCCUR TO
EQUITY INCOME. BURKE. YES THANK
YOU. THANK YOU LINE A YOUR LINE
OF THE. MORNING MARCO GEORGE ON
BEHALF OF THE CAN. PUBLIC
CONSERVANCY. FREE WITH. URGE THE
FOR AND GOV THREE FOR THE
FIFTEEN MILLION FOR THE THIRD
YEAR OF. THE PUB DEFENDER. OF IN
THE LAST DECADE CAL HAS THE NEXT
AND I'M- OF CRIMINAL FOR. IN AN
EFFORT TO REVERSE I'M NOT
HARSHEST. AND CARS TO RAISE. AT
THE MANHATTAN BLUE IN BROWN'S.
INCLUDE FELONY MURDER LAW WE
SHOULD POST CAN RELIEF THE FACT
CONVICTION FOR NOT SHOULDN'T
EMMA. AND ALLOWING THE TO RECALL
FINISH THAT NO LAW SIR. THE
INTEREST OF JUSTICE SYSTEM
OTHERS WE- HE THAT RESULTS. THIS
FUN FACES MONEY. LOOKING ONLY AT
ONE MEDIUM SIZE CAL. COUNTY
PUBLIC DEFENDER OF THE LAST TWO.
HAVE ALREADY FACE THE TAX PAY OF
LOS FOUR BILL DOLLAR. IN FUTURE
PRISON BECAUSE- BY HAVING IN THE
BILL FOR. FROM SIAP. FOUR AND
FOUR YEAR. IN A ELIMINATE THIS
WILL CALL THE STATE AND LOCAL
COMMITTEE COMMUNE MY- BECAUSE WE
- THE REST THE PUBLIC SAY. I DO
WAY RE IN PLAN FOR IN. TO BE
SAFER RELEASED AFTER YEARS NOT.
WHAT FOLK MUSIC WILL TALK WITH
THE LOS COME FROM A SUPPORT
POINT. ARE ABLE TO REACH HOME
FROM THIRD ON THE BECOME
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR.
DESCENDERS CERTAINLY TO
IMPLEMENTING THESE THREE. THAT
FUND OUR WILL BE. LEADING INTO
WHO ARE KNOWN DAY. ONLINE AND-
AT STATED. AND NON SERVICE TO BE
HONEST TO. BASED ON INVALID
CONTENT. THANK YOU AND WE LOOK
FOR TO WITH THEM. AND THE
GOVERNOR. THANK YOU I MY PAULA
BUT IT IS TWELVE ON ONE AND
FIVE. WE ARE ONE TO ENCOURAGE
THOSE YOU WHO MAY BEEN IN THE-
WELCOME YOUR- AND WE YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT THEM TO US
INTO. TO THE BUT AND HIS REVIEW
COMMITTEE WHICH DO EASILY
THROUGH OUR THAT COMMITTEES
WEBSITE FOR DIRECTLY- YOU CAN
FIND ON THAT WEBSITE ALSO THE
PARTICULAR CONSULTANCY MALES IF
YOU WANT TO SEND IT. IN THE- IF
IT'S REGARDING A SPECIFIC AREA
OF THE BUDGET AND YOU WANT TO
SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THEIR
CONSULTANT SO EITHER WAY WORKS
AND OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE OUR
AND WE WILL START OUR BUDGET SUB
COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN LATE
FEBRUARY OR MARCH AND- THE
PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS THERE. AS
WELL AS AT OUR OVERSIGHT
HEARINGS AND FULL COMMITTEE
HEARINGS THAT WE HOLD IN THE
FUTURE SO I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY.
GOOD COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BY
MY COLLEAGUES THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE IN LA OWES-
PRESENTATIONS ALSO ALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM AND THANK
YOU STAFF FOR YOUR PREPARATIONS
FOR US. IN WITH THE ACT I AM
GOING TO CONCLUDE THE MEETING OF
THE SENATE BUDGET. AND FISCAL
REVIEW COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.