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TWO EIGHT THREE FOUR. ROTOR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN THE-
STREET BUILDING ASK ALL MEMBERS
OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE PRESENT ROOM
TWENTY TWO HUNDRED- SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH A CORPSMAN BEGINNER
HEARING. AND WITH THAT BUT
SYSTEM SUPPORT CONSULTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL BAKER HERE BAKER
HERE DALAI YOUR DAILY HERE
REQUIRE. THE FIRM HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED SO WHILST GOING TO
START WITH A DISCUSSION ITEMS
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND- I
BELIEVE WE HAVE DIRECTOR BOTTOM-
HERE TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU- GO AHEAD- WHEN READY
. GOOD MORNING SENATOR CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
CHUCK FONG AND I AM THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
FISH MY LIFE. WHICH I STILL
THINK IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE
WORLD. I'D LIKE TO DO THREE
THINGS BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S
REQUEST AND THE FIRST IS
REINTRODUCED THE DEPARTMENT TO
YOU. STATISTICS CAN REINTRODUCE
THE DEPARTMENT TO YOU. SO ARE
FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWO TWENTY
THREE BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY
ONE POINT TWO SIX BILLION
DOLLARS. THAT'S A COMBINATION OF
STATE FEDERAL BOND FUNDS. WE
HAVE OVER THREE THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES AT THE DEPARTMENT.
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED OF THOSE ARE
LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS. WHICH
MEANS WE'VE GOTTEN OUR WILDLIFE
OFFICER CORPS S. HI IS THIS BEEN
IN THE HISTORY OF THE
DEPARTMENT. THANKS TO YOUR
INVESTMENTS AND GOVERNOR
NEWSOM'S LEADERSHIP. WE MANAGE A
LOT OF LAND. WE ACTUALLY HAVE
MORE PROPERTIES- THAN MOST OTHER
AGENCIES EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR
STATE PARKS ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY PROPERTIES. WHICH COMPRISE
ABOUT ONE POINT ONE MILLION
ACRES. ARGUABLY WE RUN THE
WORLD'S LARGEST HATCHERY PROGRAM
. WE HAVE TWENTY ONE FISH
HATCHERIES ACROSS THE STATE BOTH
FOR INLAND TROUT. NINE
ANADROMOUS FANCY WORD FOR SWIMS
OUT TO THE OCEAN FISH. BUT ALSO
SALMON HATCHERIES UP AND DOWN
THE STATE. THOSE ARE THE
STATISTICS THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A
FULL MEASURE IN MY OPINION OF
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT REALLY IS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THIS
STATE'S OLDEST ENTITIES. WE
TRACE OUR ROOTS TO THE ORIGINAL
BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.
WHICH EMERGED AROUND ABOUT
STATEHOOD. WE STILL DO TODAY THE
THINGS OUR PREDECESSORS DID THEN
. WE MANAGE HUNTING AND FISHING
IN THE STATE. OUR OFFICERS BUST
BAD ACTORS WHO POACH OUR
WILDLIFE. BUT WE DO THINGS TODAY
IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE THAT NO
ONE COULD HAVE CONCEIVED OF. A
HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS AGO. WITHIN
OUR DEPARTMENT IS YOUR- THE
STATE'S PRIMARY RESPOND- IN ANY
OIL SPILL INCIDENT. WITH VAST
RESPONSIBILITIES TO TRAIN
PREVENT. AND SECURE A FUTURE
FREE FROM THE RISK OF OIL SPILLS
KNOCK ON WOOD. WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT IS THE WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD. WHICH WAS
CREATED BY YOU IN STATUTE IN
NINETEEN FORTY SEVEN IT MIGHT
BEEN FORTY TWO SO DON'T QUOTE ME
ON THAT. THE WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD IS YOUR
PRIMARY CONSERVATION REAL ESTATE
AGENT. ON BEHALF OF CONSERVING
LANDS IN CALIFORNIA. BUT EVEN
THAT DOESN'T TELL REALLY WHAT
THE DEPARTMENT IS. WHEN YOU BOIL
DOWN WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WE
HAVE A SINGULAR FOCUS. SAVING
NATURE. WE WERE THIRTY BY THIRTY
BEFORE THIRTY BY THIRTY WAS A
THING. WE DO THAT ACROSS AN
INCREDIBLY DIVERSE STATE. OUR
SCIENTISTS USE A FANCY WORD
CALLED BIO DIVERSITY. THAT JUST
MEANS THE WEALTH OF THE NATURAL
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE MORE
OF THAT NATURAL WEALTH THAN ANY
OTHER OF THE FORTY NINE STATES.
JUST PICK PLANTS IS AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE MORE TYPES OF PLANTS IN
CALIFORNIA THAT ARE FOUND
NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. THEN
ALL THE OTHER CONTINENTAL US
STATES COMBINED. IT MAKES SENSE
WHEN ONE THINKS ABOUT IT GOING
BACK TO TIME IMMEMORIAL. AMAZING
GEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY MOUNTAIN
RANGES VALLEYS CONNECTIVITY'S
MAMMOTH SPECIES MOVEMENT COMING
UP FROM WHAT'S NOW BAJA MEXICO
INTO THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL VALLEY
OVER TO THE MONTEREY RANGE UP
THROUGH THE BAY AREA. ONE OF THE
FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD WITH A
PERSISTENT MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE. AND POCKETS OF SPECIES
ENDEMISM ANOTHER FANCY WORD
WHICH MEANS RARITY. THINGS FOUND
NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. OUR
MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE PROBABLY
THE MOST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
OF ANY DEPARTMENT- IN THE STATE
. OUR OFFICERS ARE CRITICAL
OFFICE EXPERTS IN BUDGETS AND
PROCUREMENT ALL ORGANIZED AROUND
SAVING NATURE. FOR ITS OWN
ECOLOGICAL INTRINSIC VALUE. AS
WELL AS USE AND ENJOYMENT BY
CALIFORNIANS WHAT DO YOU STILL
EKE OUT A LIVING IN THE OCEAN AS
A HARD WORKING. MAN OR WOMAN
FISHING WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO HUNT
DUCKS WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN- A
NEW APPROACH ON ANIMAL
STEWARDSHIP THAT IS AROUND
ANIMAL RIGHTS. AND FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT OFTEN WE'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A DYNAMIC WHERE ON THE
SAME ISSUE. AN IMPORTANT
COMMUNITY WILL ALLEGE WERE TOO
PROTECTIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
N. ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMMUNITY
WILL ALLEGE WE'RE NOT PROTECTIVE
ENOUGH. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE
DEPARTMENT THAT'S THE BEAST OF
THE DEPARTMENT IT'S AN EXCITING
JOB WE LOVE IT. SHE YOU GIVING
ME A FEW MINUTES FOR
REINTRODUCING THE DEPARTMENT TIA
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WANT TO
SAY HOW NICE IT IS TO HAVE
PEOPLE IN PERSON- IN THIS SUB
COMMITTEE SO- GRATEFUL TO YOU
AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE
TODAY- I'M JUST GONNA ASK- BILLY
OF ANY QUICK COMMENTS ON. THE
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW- BEFORE MOVE
ON QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR CARE
SAID IT HAD A CRIMINOLOGIST LATE
OF ANALYSTS AND NOTHING NOTHING
TO THANK. EIGHT WILL THEN MOVE
TO QUESTION- FROM THE- COMMITTEE
. ANYTHING ON THE- JONES THEIR
REQUIRE THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M
NOT COULD BE SPEAKING
SPECIFICALLY ON THE VOTE ONLY
CALENDAR I I'M GONNA PICK A
LITTLE BIT FROM THE SALAD BAR
ITEMS THAT- THE DIRECTORY JUST
ADVANCED- IN JUST HIGHLIGHT A
FEW ISSUES- IF THAT'S ALRIGHT
MISTER CHAIR SO TECHNICALLY
SPECIFIC OF THE MORE GENERAL-
SPECIFICALLY ON ITEM THIRTEEN
AND THAT'S ON THE AYE CLAIM ITS
REMOVAL. JUST HOW CRITICAL THIS
IS RIGHT AND WE ARE HAVING AN
ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC YEAR FOR
SALMON- ON THE NORTH COAST AND
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IN THIS IS
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE
CAN DO- WHEN IT COMES TO ONE OF
THE LAST AND LARGEST ECOSYSTEMS
FOR SALMON THAT IS RELATIVELY
STILL INTACT. MINUSES DAMS- AND
MISTER DIRECTOR AND OTHERS HAVE
BEEN AN ISSUE THAT YOU'VE BEEN
VERY FOCUSING ON COVERING TWO
ADMINISTRATIONS NOW- IF YOU JUST
WANT TO COMMENT. ON THAT IN
REGARDS TO THE NEARLY. LET'S SEE
HERE BUT I TWO POINT FOUR TWO
FIVE TOTAL. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION CHAIR. THE OTHER TWO
ASSIGNMENTS YOU HAVE FOR ME IS
TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON OUR
SERVICE SPACE BUDGET. EXERCISE
WHICH I WILL GET TO IN A MINUTE
AND ALSO PRESENT ON OUR CLIMATE
PERMITTING PROPOSAL YES. BUT AS
TO THE KLAMATH DAMS DYNAMIC. YES
IT IS TRUE RIGHT NOW OUR
DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING- LOW
ABUNDANCE FORECASTS BOTH FOR OUR
SACRAMENTO FALL RUN CHINOOK. AND
OUR KLAMATH RIVER FALL RUN
CHINOOK. EACH OF THOSE FORECASTS
PREDICT WHAT COULD BE THE
ABILITY TO FISH IN THE COMING
CALENDAR YEAR. THERE ARE VERY
FEW GAME CHANGERS ON THE ENTIRE
WEST COAST WHICH ARE RESPONSIVE
TO A DEPRESSED FISHERY. REMOVING
THE DAMS ON THE KLAMATH RIVER IS
DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE TO.
RESTORING THOSE FISHERY RUNS IN
THE KLAMATH. THE DEGRADED STATE
OF THE KLAMATH FALL RUN CONTROLS
A LOT OF OUR OCEAN FISHING
OPPORTUNITY. THROUGH NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND INTO SOUTHERN
OREGON WHEN WE CAN TAKE DIRECT
ACTION TO RIVER RESTORATION THAT
CAN REBOUND POPULATIONS. THAT'S
THE NECESSARY LEADERSHIP I'M
THANKFUL FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT
OVER TIME. OTHERS IN THIS
BUILDING WHO MAY DISAGREE IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT I'VE
WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT. AND
ESPECIALLY FOR GOVERNOR NUISANCE
LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THAT IS A
DIRECT SALMON ACTION IN RESPONSE
TO THE STATE OF OUR FISHERIES.
THROUGH THE CHAIR IF IT'S ALL
RIGHT- ON THAT AGAIN JUST THIS
HORRIFIC SEASON THAT WE'RE
SEEING- YOU HAVE A NOR CAL
GUIDES COLGATE'S HIM
INSUFFICIENT PCF IT ALL COME OUT
AND SAID. THAT WE SHOULD SHUT
THE SEASON DOWN BASED OFF OF THE
NUMBERS THAT WERE SEEN MISTER
DIRECTOR I KNOW THAT SOMETHING
THAT YOU'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED
AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU. FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE-
BECAUSE AGAIN I THINK ALL OF
THOSE WHO. NEED TO MAKE A
LIVING. FROM THE HEALTH FISHERY
ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD SHUT
THIS DOWN JUST BECAUSE OF THE
NUMBERS WHICH I MISTER DIRECTOR
IF YOU CAN PLEASE COMMENT ON
THAT. THANK YOU SENATOR AND YOU
AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH HEADLEY
OTHER DYNAMICS AROUND FISHERIES
CRAB SEA URCHIN. AND SALMON AS
WELL- I'M CONFIDENT. IF WE GIVE
THESE FISH A CHANCE THEY CAN
REBUILD BECAUSE THEY HAVE
RESILIENCY BAKED INTO THEIR
BEING. AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE
DATA IS TYPICALLY THREE YEARS
AFTER A WETTER PERIOD. WE WILL
SEE A UPTICK IN THE POPULATION
STATUS. THAT SAID RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LIVING THE DYNAMIC OF
THINGS THAT HAPPENED THREE YEARS
AGO WHICH WAS VERY DRY. SO
HERE'S WHAT'S AHEAD RIGHT NOW
OUR STAFF IS IN SEATTLE THEY
ACTUALLY ARE JUST ENDING THAT
THAT A FEDERAL FISHERY FORM
CALLED THE PACIFIC FISHERY
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL YOU. THEY'LL
BE CONSTRUCTING A RANGE OF
OPTIONS FOR RECREATIONAL TRIBAL
COMMERCIAL FISHING. THE LOW END
IS GOING TO BE IN NO OPTION. THE
BEST CASE WOULD BE THE MINIMUS
VERY SMALL. WILL SPEND THE REST
OF MARCH KIND OF GETTING INPUT
FROM KEY COMMUNITIES AS YOU
MENTIONED. THEY WILL RECONVENE
EARLY APRIL AND MAKE A DECISION.
AND THEN WILL IMPLEMENT THAT
SEASON APPROACH FOR CALIFORNIA
IF WE END UP WITH NO OPTION AND
I'M COGNIZANT THAT THAT'S WHAT
ARE KEY COMMUNITIES ARE ADVISING
. THEN YOU AND I WILL DO WHAT WE
HAD TO DO BEFORE. WORKING WITH
OUR ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION NAVIGATE A
DISASTER RELIEF REQUEST AN IMAC.
YEAH AND I THINK THAT- I HEAR
YOU IN REGARDS TO- THIS WINTER I
THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE
IS THE YO YO THAT WE'VE BEEN
SEEING. EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA
RUN OUT- HEALTHY POPULATION
RIGHT THIS- CONTINUED UP AND
DOWN UP AND DOWN I THINK THIS IS
AND THAT WE CAN WE COULD HAVE
PREDICTED I KNOW THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU HAVE PREDICTED.
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIRE
SITUATION AND IT'S GOING TO GET
EVEN WORSE AND IT JUST I GUESS
MY CONCERN IS WE CAN'T TAKE MANY
MORE THESE VALLEYS ESPECIALLY IN
SACRAMENTO WATERSHED RIGHT
WHERE- THEY ARE- NEARLY WIPED
OUT. BECAUSE OF HOT WATER
TEMPERATURES AND LACK OF FLOW
SENATOR. I HAVE BEEN LIVING THIS
WITH YOU LIKE MANY OF OUR I
WOULD SAY FRIENDS AT THIS POINT
YEAH AND THE CONSERVATION AND
THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.
WE'VE JUST SPENT ABOUT EIGHTY
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS TO COMPLETELY
MODERNIZE OUR HATCHERY DYNAMICS.
WE MOVE NINETEEN MILLION FISH
DOWN TO THE SAN PABLO BAY SAN
FRANCISCO BAY. IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS. AS A RETHINKING OF OUR
HATCHERY APPROACH IN A MINUTE IN
SERVICE BASED BUDGETING I'D LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT. INVESTMENTS
YOU'VE APPROVED THAT HAVE
ALLOWED US TO MODERNIZE SELL
MODERNIZE OURSELVES TO IMPROVE
OUR EFFICIENCIES THAT EXIST IN
THIS SPACE. IN THE LAST TEN DAYS
BETWEEN THE WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD OF MY
DEPARTMENT WE'VE AUTHORIZED
ALMOST EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS.
OF SALMON AND WATER MANAGEMENT
PROJECTS. JUST THIS LAST SUMMER
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST A
HUNDRED YEARS. WE TOOK
ENDANGERED WINTER RUN SALMON TO
THE UPPER WATERSHED OF THE
MCCLOUD RIVER. IF THESE FISH
REMAINS STUCK IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY FOR IT IS GOING TO BE SO
HOT. COLD CLEAN WATER EXISTS IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY TRIBUTARIES
BATTLE CREEK VIEW CREEK MACLEOD
YUBA. SO IT'S AN ALL OF THE
ABOVE STRATEGY WATER MANAGEMENT
IS ONE OF THOSE ASPECTS AND I'M
COMMITTED WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT
AS I KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
TO SAVE SALMON. I KNOW HOW HARD
IT IS AND YOU'VE BEEN A LEADER
IN THAT SPACE AND I THINK YOU.
YEAH AND WRAP UP IN JUST A
THIRTY SECOND TO DECIDING TO
WATER MANAGEMENT PIECE IS
PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE
SACRAMENTO AND WITHIN THE TRIPS
RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT'S IN- ON
GOING ISSUE. THAT WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS
BECAUSE I. REMAIN SOME CONCERNS
ON MY PART ON THE MANAGEMENT
SIDE ESPECIALLY ON THE
SACRAMENTO- BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT
UP AT TIMES THE JOINT COMMITTEE
BUT AGAIN SIX RECORD THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON
THIS AND REALLY EXCITING NEWS ON
THE CLIMATE. THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU MR GROUP US IN A
REQUIRE FOR THAT IMPORTANT LINE
OF QUESTIONING. I'M GONNA GO
AHEAD AND LET'S TURN THE SERVICE
BASED BUDGETING. OVERVIEW AND
THEN IF WE HAVE SOME MORE
QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS SO
SERVICE SPACE BUDGET. WHAT IS
THAT. TURNS OUT IT'S A-
DISCIPLINE IN EACH WITHIN
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. OTHER
ENTITIES CALLED ZERO BASED
MANAGEMENT SOME OF HER COGNITION
BASED. SERVICE BASED BUDGETING
FOR US IS A TRACK RECORD OF
COLLABORATION WITH THE U.
BECAUSE YOU ASKED US TO DO IT.
I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH
I'VE SEEN THIS WHOLE. ARC WE
ACTUALLY HAVE IN OUR FISHING
GAME CODE. A SECTION. THAT THE
LEGISLATURE INSERTED TO DECLARE
WE ARE. UNDERFUNDED IN MANY WAYS
. FROM THAT MOMENT AND I FORGET
WHEN THIS WAS PERHAPS SIX YEARS
AGO FIVE YEARS AGO. YOU ASKED US
TO DO A COMPLETE REVIEW OF OUR
OPERATIONS. WE WELCOME TO. WITH
YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE HARD
TO LLOYD. ONE OF THE FEW
NATIONAL CONSULTING FIRMS THAT'S
DONE THIS. IN MY JUDGMENT WERE
NOT ONE OF TWO STATE AGENCIES
STATE PARKS AND FISHING MY LIFE.
THAT HAVE DONE A TOP TO BOTTOM
REVIEW. WE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR
ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS. BUDGET
COMMITTEE STAFF. LA STAFF
DEPARTMENT FINANCE STAFF AND
WHEN YOU GET OUR STAKEHOLDERS
TOGETHER IT'S QUITE A SIGHT. WE
HAVE THE FULL RANGE OF VIEWS-
FROM RURAL COUNTIES TO URBAN
COUNTIES. FROM HUNTING COMMUNITY
TO ANIMAL RIGHTS COMMUNITY WE
SAT DOWN. WE IDENTIFIED EVERY
TASK WE DO TO ACHIEVE DEFINED
MISSION ASSIGNMENTS. WE CREATED
A ROSTER A SPREADSHEET OF OVER
TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED TASKS. AND
THEN WE CONVENE A HUNDRED
EXPERTS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WE
ANALYZED TO ACHIEVE THE TASK
WHAT'S THE LABOR. AND WE PUT IT
IN WHICH IT FORMS. AND YOU DO
THE MATH TO ACHIEVE THESE TASKS
AND OUR OUTPUT FROM THE REVIEW
AT THAT TIME WAS. THE DEPARTMENT
WAS UNDER CAPACITY BY THREEFOLD
. SO WE'RE THREE THOUSAND STAFF
. RUN THE NUMBERS. WE'RE NOT
GOING TO TURN INTO NINE THOUSAND
CERTAINLY NOT OVERNIGHT BUT IT
ILLUSTRATES OUR CHALLENGE. AND
WE DID IT WITH YOU AND I THINK
THE DATA IS TRANSPARENTLY
AVAILABLE. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE
SINCE. IS ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE
REFRESH. TO DETERMINE WHERE
WE'RE DECREASING THE GAPS OR
WHERE THE GAPS MAY BE INCREASING
. EVERY FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING
BACK AND WE'RE ABOUT TO START
THIS REFRESHING THE MISSION
LEVEL COST IF YOU WILL AND LABOR
HOURS FOR THAT ROSTER OF TWENTY
EIGHT HUNDRED TASKS. THAT'LL
TURN INTO MORE DATA WHICH IS
TRANSPARENTLY AVAILABLE. IT'S
BEEN A HEALTHY TOOL BECAUSE NOW
YOU'RE ABLE TO SEND US. HEY
CHECK WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS
PART WE'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
S. B. B. SAYS ABOUT IT. AND WE
CAN RUN THOSE NUMBERS AND COME
BACK AND HAVE AN INFORMED
CONVERSATION. GOOD NEWS. THAT
THREE X. GAP. HAS TENDED TO BE
THE BIGGEST IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
PERMITTING SPACE WHICH I'LL GET
TO IN THE THIRD TOPIC. AS WELL
AS OUR SPECIES CONSERVATION
SPACE AND ONE WOULD SEE THAT DAD
AND SAY WELL THAT'S A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THOSE ARE CORNERSTONES
OF WHAT YOUR MISSION IS TO SAVE
NATURE. BUT IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS WE'VE SEEN THAT THREE X.
GAP FOR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT
SHRINK. SO IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE
IT SHRANK TO TWO POINT SEVEN
FIVE. AND IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO IT SHRANK TO TWO POINT FIVE
NINE. THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR
INVESTMENTS. SO YOU CAN CLOSE
THE GAP BY BRINGING ON MORE
POSITIONS WHICH WILL TALK ABOUT
IN A MINUTE. BUT THERE ARE MANY
OTHER WAYS TO CLOSE THE GAP. YOU
COULD REVIEW YOUR MANDATES AND
DECIDE SOME CREATED IN THE
THIRTIES ARE NOT RELEVANT.
RATIONING GAUGED IN THAT PROCESS
. YOU COULD DECIDE TO DO ONE
TIME INVESTMENTS. SO SOME OF
THAT EIGHTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
ARE REFERENCED A MOMENT AGO WE
WENT TO OUR HATCHERIES. AND WE
AUTOMATED EXHORTING. THE
AUTOMATION OF EXHORTING WITHIN A
HATCHERY CREATES INEFFICIENCY
YOU CAN CAPTURE THE EFFICIENCY
YOU CAN SEE A QUANTIFIED IN THE
S. B. B. WORK. BECAUSE WE'RE
DOING IT YEAR OVER YEAR ON THE
ANALYTICAL FRONT. WE ARE ALSO IN
THE MIDDLE OF- THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY FIVE DAYS A YEAR FISHING
LICENSES. YOU CAN FIND
EFFICIENCIES THROUGH ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS YOU'VE APPROVE WITH
THE GOVERNOR'S LEADERSHIP. THE
PURCHASE OF A NEW FIXED WING
AIRCRAFT. THAT AIRCRAFT ALLOWS
US TO BE IN THE YEAR MORE
REGULARLY IN THE BEGINNING OF
THE CRAB SEASON TO MONITOR THE
MIGRATION OF MAJESTIC ANIMALS
ALONG OUR COAST. TO DETERMINE
WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T
GO FISHING. YOU ALLOWED US TO
HER- SPEC BUILD A NEW PATROL
BOAT FOR OUR MARINE WORK AND
PLACES IN FORT BRAGG. PREVIOUSLY
WE HAD NO SUCH. VESSEL BETWEEN
SAN FRANCISCO AND EUREKA. SO YOU
CAN ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES THROUGH
A VARIETY OF WAYS ONE OF WHICH
IS INCREASING POSITIONS WHEN
IT'S SURGICALLY APPLIED. USING
DATA TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST
WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD ITEM
YOU'VE ASKED ME TO TALK ABOUT IN
A MOMENT. LET ME PAUSE THEIR OWN
SERVICE BASED BUDGETING. AND SEE
IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS. SERDANG FIRST I WANT
TO. JUST HANG ON. FIRST I WANT
TO JUST SAY TO THE DOCTOR I.
APPRECIATE THE ABILITY BILL DO
TEXT YOU ANYTIME. LATE EARLY AND
YOU RESPOND I WANT TO SAY THAT
TO YOUR YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE
TO. COMMUNICATE IS AWESOME I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I
WANT TO TOUCH ON- I HAVE A QUITE
A FEW THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON
THE ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THE
ONE TIME. APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE
ALLOCATED OVER THE PAST. COUPLE
BUDGET CYCLES- I BET ON SUB TO
NOW THIS TO ME BY THIRD YEAR SO
CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT. AS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S IN THE NEXT. ROUND OF THE
INFORMATION HELP FORCE AND I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
HATCHERIES. IF YOU COULD EXPAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WERE OUT IN
THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING OUR
HATCHERIES YES. ANOTHER QUESTION
THAT I HAVE IS- BEAR POPULATION
INCREASE- I'VE WE'VE NOTICED IT
IN THE DISTRICT- AND WE KNOW
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
WE'RE IN THEIR TERRITORY. A ARE.
THERE EXPANDING- I KNOW THEY
EXPANDING- ON OUR FARM WE
BELIEVE WE EVER I NEVER SAW
BEAR. UNTIL I THINK IT WAS LIKE
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE. AND NOW WE
SEE HIM. MANY BEAR ALL THE TIME
A LOT OF. EVERY EVERY YEAR WE
SEE. LOTS OF BEARS. CANNABIS AND
WOLVES ARE THE OTHER. COUPLE
THINGS THAT I WANTED YOU TO
TOUCH ON AS WELL. I THINK ALL
THOSE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE NOW
YOUNG OKAY. WE COLLECT IDEAS
FROM. OTHERS A DIVERSE IN THAT.
ONE TIME. IS A SOUND WAY TO
IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT AND THE TRACK RECORD
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. NEW FIXED
WING AIRCRAFT. NEW VESSEL.
TURNING OVER OUR FLEET OF
HATCHERY DELIVERY TRUCKS. SO
THAT THEY CAN TRANSPORT FISH
MORE CAREFULLY AND INCREASE
CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WHEN WE
REPLANT THEM. AGING COMPUTERS
WHICH I JUST MENTIONED. CHILLERS
ONE OF OUR BIG STRUGGLES RIGHT
NOW IS IN THE FIFTIES WE MADE A
FAUSTIN BARGAIN. WITH BUILT
LARGE STANDS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL
FOR CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE. THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ON THE LANDSCAPE FOR
THE MOST PART. WE LOST 95% OF
THE HISTORICAL SALMON HABITAT
NOW ABOVE THOSE BIG DAMS. OUR
PREDECESSORS BUT HATCHERIES AT
THE BASE OF ALL THE DAMS. THOSE
HATCHERIES RELY ON WATER FROM
THE UPSTREAM RESERVOIR GUESS
WHAT. THERE'S LESS OF IT AS
HOTTER. SO WE VIEWS THE ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS TO BUY CHILLERS. AND
PLACE THEM IN OUR MOST STRATEGIC
HATCHERIES. CONTINUING ON THE
ONE TIME LIST- WE WENT TO OUR
LANDS ONE POINT ONE MILLION
ACRES AND A LOT OF TIMES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH USE YOUR ONE
TIME INVESTMENTS. TO CONVERT OUR
OLDER DIESEL PUMPS. TO SOLAR
SAVING ENERGY ON OUR OWN
PROPERTY BUT WATER EFFICIENCIES
. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY
WATER MORE EFFECTIVELY ANGI KEEP
A MODEST AMOUNT OF WETLANDS WET
ON OUR OWN PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF
THAT TRANSITION OF OUR OWN
INFRASTRUCTURE. OF COURSE YOU
ONE TIME INVESTMENTS ARE HELPING
US MOVE OUR FLEET FROM GAS TO
ELECTRIC WHERE APPROPRIATE WE
STILL STRUGGLE FOR A WILDLIFE
OFFICERS. YOU KNOW. TECHNOLOGY
CATCHING UP TO THEIR DEMANDS IN
THE FIELD FOR VEHICLES BUT WERE
WORKING THROUGH THAT. ADDITIONAL
ONE TIME INVESTMENTS INCLUDE-
YOU'VE GRANTED USE ALL
APPROPRIATED A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS TO OUR DEPARTMENT. TO
INVEST IN SALMON EMERGENCY
PROJECTS JUST LAST WEEK WE HAVE
FUNDED A PROJECT WITH THE SUTTER
- BUTTE FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY TO
FINALLY FIX ROBINSON'S RIFFLE AT
YOUR OF ORVILLE WILDLIFE AREA IN
THE FEATHER RIVER. WHICH ALL THE
GUYS ASSOCIATIONS ALL THE
ANGLERS- CENTER YOU MAY BE ONE
WHO LOVES TO FISH ON THE FEATHER
NO THAT'S BEEN A LONG TERM
PROBLEM SO THERE'S A- A LONG
LIST OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR
THOSE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS AND
WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW UP IN
WRITING IF THAT WOULD BE USEFUL.
JUST DO WHAT I WAS ARE ARE THEY
MOVING FORWARD AND GUESTS WERE
SEEN BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND
THAT'S THAT'S THE POINT I WANT
TO GET AYE I'M ALL FORM I THINK
WE NEED TO DO IT WE ALL
OBVIOUSLY THIS. COMMITTEE LAST
YEAR WAS IN I DON'T THINK THERE
WAS ANY OPPOSITION TO IT. JUST
WHERE THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT
OKAY AND IN PROCESS FOR FULL
ENCUMBRANCE ON EVERYTHING
APPROPRIATE SLASHING THAT'S
REALLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO. WE CUT AND IN YOUR IN IN THE
PROCESS OF GETTING IT DONE IF
AND RESOURCES AGENCY AS YOU MAY
NOW NOW HAS A DASHBOARD THAT'S
TRACKING A LOT OF THAT FOR
CONSTITUENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS
A REALLY USEFUL TRANSPARENCY
TOOL ON HATCHERIES. ONE OF YOUR
INVESTMENTS WERE NOW UNDER
CONTRACT. WHAT TO DO A TOP TO
BOTTOM REVIEW OF OUR HATCHERIES.
AND ASKED THE QUESTION. ARE THEY
READY TODAY FOR WHAT THE FUTURE
WILL BE IN TEN OR TWENTY YEARS
AS THE CLIMATE DISRUPTION PLAYS
OUT. THERE NOT. SO WE VAST ONE
OF THE LEADING EXPERTS. TO DO A
TOP TO BOTTOM CLIMATE RESILIENCY
KINDA. DESIGN FEASIBILITY
ASSESSMENT OF OUR ASSETS ARE
THEY READY FOR THE TASK. WE WANT
TO USE THE OUTCOME OF THAT KIND
OF ASSESSMENT. COURSE THAT WOULD
PRESENT A LONG TERM CONVERSATION
WITH OUR SISTER AGENCY IN YOU
BUT- WE MAY NEED TO RETROFIT A
LOT OF THAT ASSET TO KEEP OUR
SALMON FISHERY. SO THAT'S
ENCUMBERED THE HATCHERY QUESTION
BEAR POPULATIONS. ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF ONE TIME INVESTMENT.
IN THE TAHOE BASIN WHICH I KNOW
MAY NOT BE YOUR QUESTION BUT IT
IS AN IMPORTANT DISTRICTS MAYBE
FOR THE ANOTHER PARTY OR FAMILY
. IT IS. A CHALLENGE IT'S THE
SECOND HIGHEST PER CAPITA
BACKGROUND BOB ELATION. IN THE
UNITED STATES. AND I WANT TO SAY
ALSO THE NORTH AMERICAN
CONTINENT. AS ALSO GLOBAL
TOURIST DESTINATION. WE ARE
HELPING ALPINE COUNTY AS A PILOT
PROJECT. GET ALL ITS HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION ALL SHORT TERM
RENTALS UNDERSCORE SHORT TERM
RENTAL IS A CHALLENGE. TO PUT
BEAR BOXES. THE PROPERTIES
BECAUSE HELP PEOPLE MANAGE TRASH
IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR BETTER
MANAGEMENT- CANNABIS- I WOULD
LIKE. TO ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE FOR
FOLLOW UP INCLUDING SENATOR
MCGUIRE KNOWING HUMBOLDT. AND
MENDOCINO WE'RE CRUNCHING SOME
DIED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
. ABOUT THOSE COUNTIES
CONTINUING CONCERN WHERE A
BOTTLE NECK AND STREAMBED
ALTERATION AGREEMENTS WE LIKE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WE WOULD LOVE
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU CENTER
DOLLY. AND WE ALSO HAVE- DYNAMIC
UP ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE LEGAL
CULTIVATION IT'S ONE OF THE
BCPS- THAT I THINK. NOT TODAY'S
SCHEDULE FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN
ON WALLS. I WENT TO THE REGIONAL
COUNCIL RURAL COUNTIES YESTERDAY
- I'M STILL KIND OF. RAINING
FROM THE CONVERSATIONAL MALLS
AND- LET. ANYWHERE YOU GO HERE
IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT- WE
SHOT THESE ANIMALS OUT OF
CALIFORNIA UNDER YEARS AGO.
LITERALLY. NATURE STRONG AND
THEY'VE COME BACK TO CALIFORNIA
. WE SHOULD EMBRACE THAT. I
THINK. BUT ALONG WITH THAT COMES
VERY DIFFICULT DYNAMICS IN THE
WORLD LANDSCAPE. MEN AND WOMEN
WHO MAKE A LIVING RANCHING
RUNNING CATTLE. FARMING AND WE
ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK WELL WITH
OUR LOCAL COUNTIES AND
COMMUNITIES AROUND WHAT IS
TECHNICALLY CALLED DEPREDATION.
LOS BECOMING HABITUATED TO
PREYING ON LIVESTOCK. WE STOOD
UP I THINK THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
COMPENSATION PROGRAM OF ANY
STATE. AND JUST LAST WEEK ADDED
PAY FOR PRESENTS TO IT- WHICH
AGAIN ISN'T ABILITY WE CAN DO
BECAUSE YOU'VE INVESTED IN US
YOU ALL PROPRAETOR THAT FUND TO
CREATE THAT CONVERSATION BUT- WE
GOT A LOT OF CONVERSATION HAS
REALLY DIFFICULT. AND I KNOW YOU
KNOW THAT. ONE ONE LAST QUESTION
MISTER CHAIRMAN SO. IN CENTER
MCGUIRE STARTED OUT WITH
FISHERIES AND- SOMETHING THAT WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT A LOT HERE AND
JUST WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS
ON IT IS. IS OUTSIDE THE I GUESS
COASTAL CONSERVANCY'S BOUNDARIES
OF INTERNATIONAL FISHING. WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES COMING UP TO OUR
SHORELINE AND HARVESTING OUR
SALMON. SO CALIFORNIA HAS
JURISDICTION FROM THE SHORE
THREE MILES OUT. AND WE ARE
PRETTY STRAIGHTENED. ON THAT NOT
REALLY HAPPENING IN STATE WATERS
IT IS A DYNAMIC OCCASIONALLY.
OFF SHORE YOU KNOW OUT INTO THE
ECONOMICS- MUCH OF THAT'S PLAYED
OUT TO THE FEDERAL FISHERY FORM
I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO. AND
OCEAN CONDITIONS DO RELATE TO
THE SALMON DYNAMIC WE'RE
STRUGGLING WITH THE CLIMATE
DISRUPTION THING WITHIN SEVEN
RIGHT NOW CALLED DIAMINE
DEFICIENCY. AS THE FOOD SOURCE
IN THE OCEAN IS CHANGED. IT
APPEARS SALMON HAVE STOPPED
EATING THINGS LIKE KRILL. AND
ARE NOW PERHAPS FLOWS SKIN ON
ANCHOVY. ANCHOVY HAS MOVED IN
THEIR ABUNDANCE AND PRESENCE.
BECAUSE OF CHANGING OCEAN
CLIMATES THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A
ENZYME IN THEM. THAT DECREASES
THE THYMINE IN THE ANIMAL THAT
EATS IT. AND I MEAN IS- VITAMINS
ESSENTIAL FOR ALL OF LIFE. SO WE
NOTICED THIS TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN
FISHERIES FISH COMING BACK TO
OUR HATCHERIES ARE SWIMMING IN A
COUNTER CLOCKWISE CIRCLE. M.
YOUR ONE TIME INVESTMENTS HAVE
HELPED US DEAL WITH THIS WE'RE
NOW INJECTING ALL THE EGGS. WITH
SIMON AND TREATING WATER TO ACT
I MEAN BUT IT'S AN EMERGING A
NON SCIENTIFIC ISSUE. AND IT'S
HAPPENING OUT IN THE OCEAN WHICH
SPEAKS TO. THINGS THAT WE SEE IN
THE RIVER WHEN THE FISH RETURNED
DOES HAVE A CONNECTION TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING WELL FOR SURE. BUT BUT
ARE THERE. INTERNATIONAL
FISHERMEN THAT ARE. THREE POINT
ONE MILES OFF OUR COAST
HARVESTING WHEN OUR WHEN OUR-
WHEN OUR FISHERMEN ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT NOT FISHING AT ALL
WHICH I MEAN LOOK WE CAN DO WHAT
WE HAVE TO DO BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY I DON'T THINK SO ON THE
SAME IN FRONT. OKAY CENTER BUT
LET ME. GO REFRESH MY MEMORY
SPECIFICALLY IN FOLLOW UP TO YOU
I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THOSE. MORE DISTANCE WATERS IS
MORE IN THE TROLLING. AND OTHER
LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS SPACE
THAN. OTHER INTEREST TRYING TO
FISH OR SALMON OKAY THANK YOU.
THERE WERE. TWO QUICK ISSUE SAID
MISTER CHAIR I PROMISE I'LL BE
BRIEF ONE ON THE ISSUE CANNABIS
CLARK IN YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN
FANTASTIC AS YOU KNOW ON
ASSISTING BOTH HUMBOLDT
MENDOCINO COUNTY I THINK
THERE'S- BEEN ON A SPENDING IS A
BIGGER ISSUE ON CANNABIS
MENDOCINO COUNTY- OR WE SEEN
HUMBLED. GET 63% OF. ALL OF
THOSE WHO WORK PERMITTED NOW
FORMALLY PERMITTED WHICH IS HUGE
NEWS- BUT- OBVIOUSLY THIS CAN BE
MORE WORK TO COME IN. YOUR
AGENCY HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD
PARTNER I THINK THERE'S SOME.
ROUGH GOINGS ABOUT THREE YEARS
AGO BUT THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE
DID. THINK REALLY SMOOTH IT OUT
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. ON
ISSUES OF ILLEGAL GROWS. THIS IS
ONLY ALLAH ONE FIVE NINE
DOLLARS- IN THIS IS TWENTY FOUR
MONTHS AGO THE BILL TO GO AFTER-
AGREE JUST ILLEGAL GROW SITES.
AS AFTER WE FOUGHT TO GET THIS
ONE POINT FIVE MILLION IN THE
BUDGET. AND THAT GOES TO COVER.
OVERTIME IS WELL AS PER DIEM FOR
NEIGHBORING AGENCIES SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT- IT'S NOT WORKING.
HAS TO BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. DO
YOU DO GOING. COMBAT IN THESE
LARGE ILLEGAL GROWS- AND- IT'S A
MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION THAT
WE'RE HAVING WITH MICELI THE
DIRECTOR OF- THAT THAT CANNABIS
GROW. BUT ONE OF THE TOOLS IS
FINDING THESE ERADICATION
EFFORTS FOR THOSE AGREED YES. A
LEGAL OPERATIONS THAT ARE
ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED
TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND FIND.
THE LAST PIECES. A SERVICE BASED
BUDGETING. YOU ARE STILL
CHALLENGED. ON I THINK IT'S YOUR
SPECIES AND HABITAT- CATEGORY.
OF A TRACKING PERSONNEL. CAN YOU
UP US BECAUSE A IN A LOT OF FUN
HAS BEEN PUT INTO THAT. AND IT'S
BEEN A CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO
GET FOLKS ON. SO CAN YOU UPDATE
US ON X. I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE ESPECIALLY FOR
PROTECTION OF PUBLIC RESOURCES.
YEAH IN THIS REGARD I THINK IT'S
A COMMON EXPERIENCE FOR MANY OF
OUR SISTER AGENCIES. JUST HIRING
IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS- HAS
BEEN CHALLENGING SIR I DON'T
HAVE. EARNS STATISTIC IT
FINGERTIPS BUT WOULD LOVE A
CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP BUT YOU'RE
CORRECT- I THINK IT'S ABOUT. 65%
TAKE UP RATE FOR THE POSITIONS
INDEED THERE'S STILL SIGNIFICANT
VACANCY IT'S APPROXIMATELY RIGHT
THERE AND I KNOW YESTERDAY WE
WERE DISCUSSING INTERNALLY. JUST
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE
APPLICANT POOL YEAH AND AT THE
QUANTIFICATION LEVEL WE'RE
SEEING FEWER APPLICATIONS
COMPARED EARLIER MOMENT SO WE
HAVE TO. LESS PEOPLE APPLYING.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL SET BY
THIS- IT'S STILL PRETTY
PREVALENT WE THINK AND OUR
RECRUITMENT DYNAMIC THAT.
THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE TO WORK
AT THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF
THAT MISSION TO SAVE NATURE- SO
WE STILL HAVE AN ABILITY TO TAP
INTO THAT BUT WE ARE STRUGGLING-
AS THE JOB. YOU KNOW DYNAMIC IS
SHIFTING OVER TIME. IF IT'S
ALRIGHT WITH YOU WOULD LOVE TO
BE A- WORK WITH YOU AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY THE TRACTOR. FIND OUT
THE SPECIFICS ON THAT BECAUSE
AND AGAIN I KNOW THERE'S A REAL
CHALLENGE OF HIRING BUT- THAT'S
WHERE WE REALLY FOCUS A LOT OF
OUR INVESTMENTS. THANK YOU
MISTER. ABSOLUTELY WE'LL GET THE
CENTERS COVERED REALLY MY
QUESTION SO LET'S MOVE ON TO
WITHOUT VIOLATING. A FIST FIFTY
TWO ISSUE FIFTY TWO AROUND THE
CLIMATE PERMITTING SUPPORT-
CHURCH BERMAN YOU THE GO AHEAD
PERCENT YES- THIS IS A SIMPLE
PROPOSAL. WITH A HIGH RETURN ON
INVESTMENT. SO THE PROPOSAL IS
FOR FORTY POSITIONS. TEN POINT
TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF GENERAL
FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR. AND NINE
POINT SIX MILLION ONGOING. OF
THOSE FORTY POSITIONS WE WOULD
DEDICATE TWENTY FIVE TO WORKING
ON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
PERMITTING AND FIFTEEN TO
CRITICAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
PERMITTING. SO A MOMENT AGO WE
WERE DISCUSSING WAYS IN WHICH
YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR MISSION GAP.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF OPTIONS. I
DIDN'T MENTION AT THE TIME FEES
COURSE YOU COULD INCREASE FEES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU HAVING LIVED
THROUGH SOME OF THAT WITH A FEW
OF YOU. IT'S HARD TO SEE THE
DEPARTMENTS FUTURE ENTIRELY
RELIANT UPON FEE INCREASES. ANY
GIVEN SECTOR MAY OBJECT. BUT
OVER TIME IN THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS WE'VE INCREASED COMMERCIAL
FISHING LANDING FEES. WE RESUME
CHARGING DIFFERENTIAL RATES
BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND NON
RESIDENTS FOR SOME CONSUMPTIVE
ACTIVITIES. EVEN CREASE THE
PAYROLL FEE ON CRUDE OIL TO FUND
SOME OF OUR OLD RESPONSE
ACTIVITIES. WE ANNUALLY ADJUST A
WHOLE RANGE OF STAMPS AND
PERMITS AND LICENSES. BUT AS
SENATOR MCGUIRE KNOWS IF THE
DEPARTMENT COMES FORWARD AND
SAYS ALL ACTIVITIES THROUGH FEE
INCREASES IT'S A VERY PAINFUL
EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND BUDGET
HERE. SO THE QUESTION BECOMES
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS ONE
WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IN ADDITION
TO THOSE OTHER THINGS IS INVEST
IN A PERSON'S. HERE'S WHAT I
THINK THIS PROPOSAL BOILS DOWN
TO. ONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE-
CURRENT PACE AND SCALE OF THIS
WORK. COMPARED TO THE FUTURE
PATIENTS SKILL HERE'S OUR
CURRENT PACE AND SKILL. WE DO
ABOUT. SIXTY SEVEN HUNDRED.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF SOME
SORT EACH YEAR. THAT'S ACROSS
THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT THE CALIFORNIA
BERMAN EQUALITY ACT. PERMITS
WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT LIKE INCIDENTAL TAKE
PERMITS CONSISTENCY
DETERMINATIONS ON FEDERAL
ACTIONS SAFE HARBORS SCIENTIFIC
COLLECTION PERMITS. APPROVALS
WITHIN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
OFFSHORE WIND. CANNABIS
MITIGATION BANKS LAND TRANSFERS
AQUACULTURE. JUST AS ONE METRIC
WE'RE DOING ABOUT THREE THOUSAND
LAKE AND STREAMBED ALTERATION SO
YEAR. THAT'S JUST THE OLD CASE.
HANG ON TO YOUR HATS WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT THE NEW PACE. AND
YOU THINK JUST ABOUT ENERGY. NOW
I DON'T ENDORSE THE NUMBERS. BUT
THE LOOK LARGE SCALE SOLAR
ASSOCIATION SAYS TO KEEP ON
TRACK WITH OUR TWENTY TWENTY
THREE. ENERGY BILL DAHLE GOALS.
THE DEPARTMENT COULD EXPECT. AN
INCREASE OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY
PERMITS. AND A HUNDRED EIGHTY
MITIGATION PACKAGES A YEAR. IT
FURTHER SAYS AND AGAIN I'M NOT
ADOPTING THEIR NUMBERS BUT BY
WAY OF REFERENCE IF YOU GO OUT
TO THE TWENTY THIRTY GOALS. YOU
COULD SEE AN INCREASE OF TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED PERMITS A
YEAR. AND I PONDER RETIREMENT.
AND DOES JUST ENERGY AND EVEN IF
YOU TOOK HALF OF SOME OF THOSE
PRODUCTIONS. AND THEN YOU GO TO
WATER. AND THE RANGE OF
ACTIVITIES ON WATER ARE LARGE
SCALE PROJECTS LIKE SITES IN
CHINO HILLS BUT HOW DO YOU PUT
MORE WATER UNDERGROUND FOR
RECHARGE HOW DO YOU DO TRANSFERS
HOW DO YOU DO VARIANCES. HOW MY
CHIU INVEST IN A WATER
CONSERVATION PROJECT LIKE
MONTAGUE IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND
SHASTA WERE WERE LINING A
NURSING CANAL TO GET
EFFICIENCIES WHICH REQUIRES.
SOME FORM OF WATER PERMANENT
CHANGE AND ACTIVITY. SO WE'VE
PICKED ENERGY. AND WATER. NOT TO
DISCOUNT TRANSPORTATION OR
HOUSING BUT THE ESSENTIAL NATURE
NATURE OF BOTH FIGHTING THE
CLIMATE CHANGE. AND ALL OF LIFE
NEEDS WATER AS A WAY TO NARROW
OUR FOCUS DOWN TO A MODEST
REQUEST OF FORTY POSITIONS. WE
RAN THE MATH. LOOKING ACROSS OUR
DATA ONE POSITION. CAN DO ABOUT
THIRTEEN POINT SEVEN REVIEWS A
YEAR. WE MADE A CONSERVATIVE
ASSUMPTION OF LET'S SAY FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY PROJECTS A YEAR.
IN THOSE TWO PRIORITIES THIRTEEN
POINT SEVEN YOU GET FORTY P. WAS
. AND WE KIND OF LOOKED AT A
TRACK RECORD AND WE KNOW THIS
CAN WORK SO I'LL GIVE YOU TWO
EXAMPLES ON SCALE. SKEWS ME ON
PACE. SO SOME OF YOUR
INVESTMENTS HAVE ALLOWED US TO
CREATE A UNION THEY WERE CALLING
CUTTING THE GREEN TAPE.
RESTORATION IS INFRASTRUCTURE
WORK ITSELF. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DO IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO IS FUND PERMIT AND ASSIST
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOUR
HUNDRED FORTY SIX PROJECTS.
THAT'S RESTORED A HUNDRED AND
THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND ACRES AND A
HUNDRED THREE STREAM HOUSE. AND
WE SAVED THE APPLICANTS WHICH
SOMETIMES ARE NGOS BUT SOMETIMES
IRRIGATION DISTRICTS ONE AND A
HALF MILLION DOLLARS. WITHIN
AVERAGING PROCESSING TIME OF
SEVENTY DAYS. WE DID THAT BY
SAYING HEY FOR A RESTORATION
PERMITS WE WANT TO TARGET A
HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OR LESS. BUT
OUR AVERAGE IS A HUNDRED SIXTY
FIVE DAYS. FOUR WE NOW HOLD IN
TRUST AN EXEMPTION UNDER SEQUEL
FOR START FOR RESTORATION
PROJECTS. FIRST TIME EVER. WE'VE
AUTHORIZED MANY OF THEM WE GAVE
OURSELVES SIXTY DAYS AS A TARGET
FOR LESS TO CONCUR WITH THE LEAD
AGENCIES REQUEST FOR AN
EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION
PROJECT. OUR AVERAGE JUST FORTY
DAYS. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER
ANALOG CASE STUDY WE'VE GONE
THROUGH REVIEW INSTRUCTION ABOUT
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CALTRANS-
SCOTT AB TWELVE EIGHTY TWO. AND
WE WENT TOGETHER AND DID LEAN
SIX SIGMA WHICH IS KIND OF THE
PUBLIC SECTOR VERSION OF
MCKINSEY. ON OUR OPERATIONS
TOGETHER. AND WE DECIDED ONE OF
THE BIG CHALLENGES AND DELAYS IN
PERMITTING IN THE TRANSPORTATION
WORLD. WAS SOME OF THE
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO US
WERE DEEMED INCOMPLETE. AND THAT
EXPANDED THE REVIEW TIMELINE.
WITH CALTRANS WE DECIDED WE
WOULD GO FOR A GOAL OF. AT LEAST
95% OF COMPLETENESS WHEN THEY'RE
SUBMITTED HISTORICALLY WE WERE
AT 49% COMPLETENESS AND WE'RE
RIGHT AT THAT 95% MARK WORKING
WITH CALTRANS. SO WITH THESE
FORTY POSITIONS. WE WILL BE
BETTER ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE
FUTURE SCALE OF THE WORK. AS
WELL AS I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET.
BUT SETTING FOR EACH OF OUR
PERMITS A TARGET. AND MANAGING
THE PACE MORE QUICKLY. THANK YOU
CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR
FROM THE TURN FANS FIRST. ON
THIS. ISSUE. JANUARY PERMANENT
FINANCE NOTHING OKAY ILIO
ANYTHING. ANY PARTICULAR- WEAVER
- THIS FOR PRETTY IN DO NOT HAVE
CONCERNS. OKAY JUSTER WAS
QUESTION- YES CERTAINLY LET OF
GINGER WE TALKED THIS WITH THE-
THE BUDGING APPROACH THE CUTTING
TAPE TWENTY FISH. AS A FORMER OF
THE ARE ALL TO MY EARS AND I
PREACH THE EFFORT- SO WE THESE
P. WERE IS A TIME EXPECT TO.
FILL THE POSITIONS IN WHAT
REGION'S WILL. HIRES BE PLACED.
WE WOULD START AS AS THE BY BACK
IS A- AN- NOT THE COMMERCE I
HAVE A CINEMA ABOUT HIRING. I
HAVE TO GET THESE POSITION
FILLED. WE ARE OVERWHELMED IN
THE CURRENT WORKLOAD WE NEED
THIS ADDITIONAL FORTY TO DEAL
WITH THE PACE AND SCALE PROBLEM
. I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF IT'S
WITHIN A MONTH TWO MONTHS BUT I
PERSONALLY WE NEED TO FILL THESE
POSITIONS AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE
APPROVAL IN ABILITY THAT'S OUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THE QUESTION
SECONDLY SENATOR. WE SEE THE
MAJORITY OF THESE POSITIONS
MOVING OUT TO OUR REGION'S.
BECAUSE OUR OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH
APPLICANTS HAPPENS PRIMARILY FOR
THAT REGIONAL FIELD PRESENCE. I
AM. RELUCTANT TO SAY WHERE THEY
WILL BE ASSIGNED BUT I DO THINK
THERE'S A- CLEAR GUIDEPOSTS. IF
ONE THINKS ABOUT ENERGY. IT'S
PRIMARILY MOVING FASTEST IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE THE
MOJAVE DESERT IS AN EXAMPLE. SO
I THINK YOU COULD SEE MORE
ENERGY STAFF SAY IN FOR US WHICH
REGION SIX REGION FOR. MAYBE
REGION FIVE. WHEREAS ON WATER. I
THINK WE WOULD USE A GUIDEPOST
OF WHERE RIGHT NOW DO WE PREDICT
MOST OF THESE ESSENTIAL WATER
PROJECTS. AND THAT MAY BE MORE
CENTRAL VALLEY. SO FOR US THAT
COULD MEAN THE WATER COULD BE
MORE HEAVILY DEPLOYED. FOR US IN
REGION ONE MORE REGION TO REGION
THREE WE WOULD USE THAT KIND OF
FILTERING. KIND OF A FORECASTING
OF WHERE WE SEE THE MOST
APPLICANT WORKLOAD MERGING.
THANK YOU I DO BELIEVE IT'S
CRITICAL FOR THESE POSITIONS AND
YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
HELP THE LEGISLATURE TO ADDED ON
TRANSMISSION FAST YOU'LL HAVE
ANOTHER BILL NO CENTER DALITS
REQUIRED WE NEED TO- TO- TO GET
THESE PROJECTS PARADE MORE
QUICKLY SO WE CAN MOVE ENERGY
AROUND. OF THE STATE IN THE ONE
OF SPECIAL PROJECTS AS WELL ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE DAHLE
HE JUST IT JUST A COMMENT I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS
FOR WORKING WITH- THE PRODUCERS
AND THOSE YOU MENTIONED- THE
MONTAGUE. LINING AND YOU KNOW
THESE. FOLKS WHO HAVE WATER
RIGHTS ARE ARE GIVING UP SOME OF
THE WATER RIGHTS TO HELP WITH
FISH AND- THE BILL IT'LL GET
DONE I'M I'M FULL SUPPORT
OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD SEE. I THINK
THE DIRECTOR HAS DONE A GREAT
JOB WHEN THE L. A. O. AND NOBODY
NOBODY HAS A COMMENT I THINK
THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO- AND THE
SUPPORT OF OBVIOUSLY THIS
COMMITTEE AND MANY OTHERS THAT
WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS WORK
DONE AND NO MATTER IF YOU. PUT
THAT POSITION IN MY HOBBY IT'S
GONNA RELIEVE SOMEBODY THAT
MAYBE WORKING IN ANOTHER AREA.
AND SO- I AM FULL SUPPORT OF
THAT AS WELL- LOOK FOR TO-
ACTUALLY SEEN THESE PROJECT WE
HAVE A- AN AWESOME WINTER THIS
IS IT MORE WATER IS ALWAYS
BETTER- BUT WE SAW. IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS. WHERE THOSE
POSITIONS NOT BEING FILLED WERE
DELAYING OR NOT BE ABLE TO GET
THOSE PROJECTS IN A CRITICALLY
DRY YEARS. WHERE WE REALLY NEED
THOSE- THE PROJECTS TO BE.
COMPLETED AND SO WE CAN ACTUALLY
YOU KNOW HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
BETTER SO- LOOK FORWARD TO.
SEEING PROGRESS IN- AND ALONG
THE WAY AND- AGAIN ONE LAST
COMMENT ON THE ON THE CAMERAS
AND- SENATE REQUIRE. ASSIST USE
THE AS AS YOU KNOW. A DIRECTOR
BOTTOM THAT IS LIKE GROUND ZERO
FOR CRAZY- CANNABIS STUFF-
FORTUNATELY- WE SEE A LOT OF
OTHER STATES PASSING CANNABIS
LAWS AND I THINK IT'S DRIVING
DOWN THE MARKET SOME FOR.
ILLEGAL CANNABIS TO BE
PROFITABLE. AND WE'RE SEEING A
LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF THERE BUT
WE STILL NEED A LOT MORE
ENFORCEMENT. AND HELLO AND I'LL
BE FOCUSING ON THAT AT THE AG'S
OFFICE TO HELP YOU OUT AS WELL
BECAUSE THE LOCALS JUST DON'T
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET IT
DONE. THIS DIRECT. ELLIOTT AND I
- HAVE SISKIYOU IS- AS A FOCUS
WE ARE. ENGAGED WITH THEIR BOARD
AND SHERIFF. AND THERE'S
IMPORTANT WORK IN THE COMING.
WELL THANK YOU THE- OF THE CREW
OF SUPPORT THERE WOULD SEPARATE
CONDITION FOR NOW WAS TO HOLD
OPEN SO WE WILL DO THAT. AND
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON- TO THE
NEXT ISSUE THE NEXT DEPARTMENTS
OF THANK YOU FOR YOUR- VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME HERE TODAY. AND
WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PREVENTION FOR CALIFORNIA.
ONE THANK YOU WILL SIMPLY START
WITH FORMA REVIEW STRUCTURE
TYLER WE APPRECIATE TO PRESENCE
VOEPEL OF THE TEAM HERE AND- GO
AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU AND GOOD MORNING A GOOD
MORNING SURE BACKERS SENATOR
MCGUIRE SENATOR DOLLY AND STAFF
OF. THE SENATE BUDGET SUB TWO MY
NAME IS JOE TYLER AND THE
DIRECTOR AND FIRE CHIEF THAT
CALIFORNIA. WHEN I REFLECT ON MY
CAREER THIRTY THREE FIRE SEASONS
IN THE THIRTY THIRD FIRE SEASON
OF MY CAREER THE DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION
WHICH WAS KNOWN AS CDF AT THE
TIME HAS EVOLVED IT'S EVOLVED
INTO WHAT IS LATER BECOME KNOWN
AS CAL FIRE TODAY- IN IT IS OF
ALL BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING
CLIMATE. DANCE AN OVERGROWN
FORESTS LANDS LEADING TO
CATASTROPHIC AND DAMAGING.
WILDFIRES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
THAT CALIFORNIA'S FOR THIRTY ONE
MILLION ACRES IN THE STATE
RESPONSIBILITY AREA OF
JURISDICTIONAL LAND. DEALING IN
FIRE PREVENTION FIRE SUPPRESSION
NATURI SOURCE MANAGEMENT. WE
RECOGNIZE A 57% OF THE FORCES
LAND ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS THAT OF OUR
NATIONAL FORCE PARTNERS. IN THE
OTHER PORTION NOT INCLUDED IN
THE THIRTY ONE MILLION ACRES IS
THAT OF OUR LOCAL JURISDICTION
PARTNERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT
CALIFORNIA HAS THE OFFICE STATE
FARM MARSHALL IN THE OFFICE
STATE FARM MARSHALL IS MORE
GLOBAL THAN THAT THIRTY ONE
MILLION ACRES AS IT DEALS WITH
THE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY ISSUES
PIPELINE ENGINEERING ISSUES
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. TEN YEARS AGO
CALIFORNICA AN AUTHORIZED UP
POSITION COUNT OF JUST OVER
SIXTY NINE HUNDRED POSITIONS AND
HAD A BUDGET OF ONE POINT TWO
BILLION DOLLARS. IN THE CURTAIN
ACTED BUDGET CALPERS GROWN TO
OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED POSITIONS AND HAS AN
APPROPRIATION OF THREE POINT
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS INCLUDING
ABOUT. EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY TWO
MILLION THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND. IN THE CURRENT
BUDGET YEAR LOAN CAL FIRE'S
EXPERIENCE THAT SINGLE LARGEST
GROWTH OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS
THAT OVER. ONE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR POSITIONS IN
THE DEPARTMENT. BUT-
INCLUSIVENESS COLLUSIVE OF THAT
OVER. ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED. CALIFORNIA PRECIADO THE
COMMITMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE ADMINISTRATION WE CAN TO THE
THAT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS
GROWTH. AND THE EXPECTATIONS
THAT COME WITH IT. OUR TEAM OF
LEADERS RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T
RESPOND OUR WAY OUT OF A
WILDLAND FIRE. AND WE CAN'T
RESPOND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS
CRISIS AND WE MUST FOCUS EVEN
HARDER ON OUR CRITICAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND FIRE
PREVENTION. INCLUDING INCLUDING
FUELS REDUCTION DEFENSIBLE SPACE
FOREST RESILIENCE HOME
HARDENING. ALL WHILE CONTINUING
TO RESPOND TO AND MITIGATE LARGE
AND DAMAGING WILDFIRES ACROSS
THE STATE WITH OUR LOCAL STATE
FEDERAL TRIBAL AND PRIVATE
PARTNERS BEFORE THOSE LARGE AND
DAMAGING FIRES AFFECT OUR
WATERSHED. ARE FORCED HEALTH. OR
PERSONAL PROPERTY CAUSING
EXTENDED EVACUATIONS. N. AS
SENATOR MCGUIRE WELL KNOWS AS
WELL AS ALL THE SENATORS. THE
FATIGUE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF
THE EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA
LOUISE. BUT THE FIRE SERVICE
ACROSS CALIFORNIA IN THE FIRST
RESPONDERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA
TOGETHER. CALVET CALIFORNIA IS
AN ALL INCLUSIVE TOTAL FORCE
ORGANIZATION. IT IS THE WOMEN
AND MEN OF CAL FIRE WHO OUR
GREATEST ASSETS. THEY WORKING
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO
GET THE JOB DONE. WE ARE I CAN
DO ORGANIZATION. AGAIN COMPRISE
THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FIRE
PREVENTION ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORT OFFICE THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL AND FIRE PROTECTION. OUR
WOMEN AND MEN WORK TOGETHER
CLOSELY ON ANY TASKS THAT
THEY'RE GIVEN. SOME MIGHT
SUGGEST THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND PLATE
INDEPENDENT ROLES TO MEET THE
MISSION OF CALIFORNIA- BUT I
COMMIT TO YOU IN MY THIRTY THREE
YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT. THAT
THESE PROGRAMS DEPEND ON EACH
OTHER. IT'S MY EXPECTATION WHEN
PERSONNEL ARE NOT ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IN MITIGATING
EMERGENCIES. THAT THEY COMMIT TO
FIRE PREVENTION AND FOREST
RESILIENCE ACTIVITIES DEFENSIBLE
SPACE AND EDUCATION OF OUR
PUBLIC. WE SEE THIS ACROSS THE
MEDIA EVERY DAY. AND AS WE WELL
KNOW THE WILDFIRE EFFECTS OF
CALIFORNIA- WEARING ON EVERYONE
. FOUR POINT THREE MILLION ACRES
BURNED IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
AND TWO POINT FIVE MILLION ACRES
BURNED IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
ONE IN THE DIXIE FIRE BECAME THE
SINGLE LARGEST FIRE IN THE STATE
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY. AND THEN
WE SAW THE DIXIE FIRE IN THE
CALGARY FIRE DO SOMETHING THE
FIRE SEVEN DOWNEY CALIFORNIA
BEFORE THEY CROSSED FROM THE
WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SIERRA
FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN
RANGE AND ON TO THE EAST SIDE.
WE OBSERVE COMMUNITIES SUCH AS
GREENVILLE AND GRIZZLY FLATS.
BASICALLY WIPED FROM EXISTENCE.
BUT TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO IS
DIFFERENT WHERE WE SAW JUST
SEVENTY FOUR HUNDRED WILDLAND
FIRE IGNITIONS IN TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY ONE WILDLAND FIRE
IGNITIONS WERE ACTUALLY UP. IN
OVER SEVENTY SIX HUNDRED IN TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO. IN THE
ACREAGE BURNED WAS DOWN TO THREE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND
ACRES STILL MORE THAN I WOULD
DESIRE. BUT IT IS. HAS SHOWN
SUCCESS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS
DECREASING TO THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND. MUCH THE
SAME DAMAGE STRUCTURES INDUSTRY
WENT FROM OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND
IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO OVER
THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY ONE. TO JUST
SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX
AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO.
AGAIN MORE THAN I WOULD EVER
HOPE TO HAVE. THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE WITH THE DECREASE IT WOULD BE
WRONG OF ME NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IT MOTHER NATURE PLAYED A ROLE
IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO. IN
SEPTEMBER. BOTH IN THE NORTH AND
THE SOUTH IS HURRICANE K. BECAME
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ACROSS THE
FAIRVIEW FIRE. THIS SOME OF THE
HELP BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE
WEATHER. THAT THAT DEALT WITH
THAT ASIDE FROM THE WEATHER
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN THE
COOPERATION OF OUR PARTNERS
PLEDGED PLAYED A HUGE ROLE
TIMING OF LARGE AND DAMAGING
FIRES PLAYED A HUGE ROLE. THE
FIRES. ALSO STAYED SMALLER BASED
ON FUELS MODIFICATIONS AND FUELS
TREATMENT THAT OCCURRED.
EXAMPLES ARE ACROSS THE BOARD.
IN OF IN PLASTER COUNTY THE
PLEASANT FIRE STATED JUST TWENTY
ACRES BECAUSE A DROPPED INTO A
SHADED FUEL BREAK. AND WE NEVER
HEARD ABOUT THIS FIRE. WE HAVE
THE ELECTRIFY OR HIT THE PINE
ACRES FUEL BREAK WHICH MODIFIED
THE FIRE BEHAVIOR THERE THE
MCKINNEY FIRE HIT THE CRAIGIE
FUEL BREAK. THE FAIRVIEW FIRE-
IT FUEL BREAKS- IN THE BATISTE
THE AREA IN THE OAK FIRE LOCATED
IN MADERA MARIPOSA- ALSO WAS
ALTERED BY FUEL BREAKS THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT IN. BY THE WOMEN AND
MEN. OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS I
AM PROUD OF THE FUELS WORK BEING
COMPLETED BY CAL FIRE AND OUR
LOCAL STATE FEDERAL TRIBAL AND
PRIVATE PARTNERS. IS PART OF THE
MILLION ACRE STRATEGY WE'RE
INVESTED IN SEEING OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS MEET THEIR FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE GOAL. BY TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE IN THE STATE WORKING
TOWARDS ITS FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE GOAL BY TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE AS WELL. FOR
CALIFORNIA OUR TARGET IS A
MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES. OF FUELS REDUCTION OF
THAT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY IN THE
LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE MET AND
EXCEEDED. THE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRE GOAL. BUT I TELL OUR WOMEN
AND MEN. THAT WE DON'T STOP IT
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES WE NEED
TO HIT THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRE MARK. AND BECAUSE OF THE
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
SEPTEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
TWO. WE SAW A SHIFT IN SOME OF
THAT CULTURE. IN SEPTEMBER
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. WE SAW
RESOURCES DOING PRESCRIBED FIRE
IN THE MIDDLE OF FIRE SEASON AND
THEY BURNED OVER FOURTEEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY ACRES
AND TO HIM A COUNTY. AND IN SAN
BENITO COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY AS
WELL AS OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE
STATE. IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE
THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SEEING
THIS NEED THAT THEY'RE EMBRACING
IT. TO GET FUELS MODIFICATION
DONE FOR HEALTHIER AND MORE
RESILIENT FOREST. FINALLY IN
THIS SPACE THE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE
Y. LAND- THE WILDFIRE ENFORCERS
AGAINST TASK FORCE. IS REALLY
WORKING TO ACHIEVE ACTIONABLE
AND REAL RESULTS ON THE GROUND.
LATER IN THE COMMITTEES AGENDAS
ON OTHER ISSUES TODAY YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS ON CAPITAL OUTLAY
REQUESTS- IN WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT
THAT. I ASKED THE SENATORS TO
THINK ABOUT THIS GROWTH OF THE
LAST TEN YEARS AND SPECIFICALLY
THE LAST YEAR IN THIS.
DEPARTMENT THE GROWTH IS
NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH
AND WELLNESS OF OUR EMPLOYEES
AND AT THE END OF DAY CREATE A
MORE ROBUST MOTIVATED AND
ENGAGED WORKFORCE. THAT WILL
MEET THE CRITICAL NEEDS FOR FIRE
PREVENTION NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE. IN ADDITION THE
FLUCTUATION OF OUR HAND CREW
STAFFING ACROSS THE STATE ARE
CRITICAL TO FUELS REDUCTION A
WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING. IN PLACES
MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT DOESN'T GO
. STAFFING AND CREW INVESTMENTS
LEAD TO INITIAL AND RECURRING
MANDATED TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR
EMPLOYEES NOT JUST THE NEW
EMPLOYEES IN THE LAST FISCAL
YEAR. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE
THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES ACROSS
THE DEPARTMENT TO MEET THIS
TRAINING NEED. AND WHILE WE
CONTINUE TO ADD AUTHORIZED
POSITIONS FOR RELIEF AND HEALTH
AND WELLNESS WE ALSO HAVE TO
HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF
RETIREMENTS THE SIZE OF AN
APARTMENT. EVEN IF YOU HAD 10%
IN A YEAR OF YOUR EMPLOYEES
RETIRING THAT'S A THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES THAT YOU NEED TO.
TRAIN IN ADDITION TO NEW
EMPLOYEES BEING ADDED TO THE
DEPARTMENT. TO PUT IT INTO
PERSPECTIVE MY OPPORTUNITY
BECOME THE DIRECTOR TRICKLES
DOWN THROUGH PROMOTIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES ALL THE WAY TO THE
GROUND. LEVEL THAT CREATE. AN
INITIAL TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR
A NEW EMPLOYEE AND THAT HAPPENS
WITH ANYBODY. AND AS MENTIONED
BEFORE FLUCTUATING HANFORD
AVAILABILITY FROM VARIOUS
PARTNERSHIPS LED THE LEGISLATURE
IN ADMINISTRATION TO INVEST IN
ALTERNATIVE CREW TYPES-
INCLUDING PAID FIREFIGHTERS. AS
A RESULT CAPITAL OUTLAY NEEDS
ARE CHANGING AND INFRASTRUCTURES
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE GROWING
AND CREWS. IN SPECIFIC TO A
FUTURE DISCUSSION ON RALLIES
BURKE CONSERVATION CAMPUS CDCR
LEAD WITH CAL FIRE CONSERVATION
CAMP ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
LENDS WELL. TO THE OPERATIONAL
TACTICAL NEEDS OF OUR NEEDS HERE
CALIFORNIA AND WE SAW THAT IN
THE MISKITO FIRE. THE FACILITY
ITSELF PROVIDES A REHABILITATION
REHABILITATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INCARCERATED FIREFIGHTERS
THROUGH AN OUTSTANDING MOBILE
KITCHEN UNIT A SAWMILL MIL. A
WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY
AND A CABINET SHOP. HOW DO I
KNOW THAT I WAS THE CAMP CHIEF
AND GRILLS FOR CONSERVATION CAMP
. SO MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE
WELL IN THAT CAMP BUT IT IS THE
LAST ONE QUITE HONESTLY THAT I
WOULD EVER CONSIDER CLOSING OR
RE PURPOSING FOR OTHER PURPOSES
. SO MUCH GREAT WORK IS BEING
DONE BY ALL THE PARTNERS
ENFORCED HEALTH AND RESILIENCE
FIRE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION
. I'M COMMITTED TO SEEING
THROUGH THE MISSION OF THE
DEPARTMENT THE GOALS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC AND
TO THE LEGISLATURE. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT WE CAN'T TURN THIS SHIP
OVERNIGHT. WE KNOW THAT WHILE
FIRE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. AND SO
IT AFFECTS SO MANY IN THAT WE
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. TO
COLLABORATE AND PUT ACTION ON
THE GROUND. WORKING TOGETHER I
GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL TURN THIS
CORNER. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR OPENING THE
DISCUSSION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. THE
MUCH CONTRATAR LAYER- CHAU HAS
IN A QUICK QUICK COMMENTS.
HELLING CHRISTY WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
THAT EXACT THING OKAY- WHAT
QUESTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
TODAY CHRIS IS TO MANAGER IN THE
- WHAT FARMS RESILIENCE A- FORCE
BUT TURN OVER TO MY CAR IN THIS
. THERE WERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
- THREE FOUR JEFF IT'S GOOD YOU.
AGAIN CONGRATS TO INDEX FOR YOUR
WORK SIR- IN NO B. S. GRATEFUL
FOR THE SIR YOU AND SO MANY.
WOMEN IN MEN BEHIND YOU ARE PUT
IN YOUR NEW EUROPE. I GOT TO BE
REALLY ON I LOVE TYLER CHIEF
TITHER IS THE THIRD CALIFORNIA
CHIEF. WHO HAS BEEN IN FOR OF
THE COMMITTEE SINCE. MY TIME IN
STATE SEN. AND WHILE WE HAVE
MADE IMPROVEMENTS WHEN IT COMES
TO. IMPROVE IT PREVENTS INCOME
STEP HIRING ADDITIONAL WOMEN
WHAT WOMEN AND MEN FOR RACING
CAL FIRE I AM STILL EMBARRASSED
TO SAY- THERE IS A MASSIVE
CALIFORNIA FIVE FIVE SHORTAGE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS. POLITICS
. WE'RE NOT INVESTING BECAUSE-
IT IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
ENDEAVOR. WE ARE. ADVANCING
BANDAIDS. HIRING UP AT THE CAL
NATIONAL GUARD GRATEFUL FOR
THEIR SERVICE WERE A DANCING
BANDAIDS HIRING UP AT THE CCC
GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE. BUT
WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE- IT'S
CHEAPER CHEAPER HIGHER UP THERE
ARE MANY DAYS WITH CAL FIRE.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE A CAL FIRE
FIREFIGHTER STARTING NOW YOU CAN
GO TO EUREKA IN N. OUT BURGER.
AND MAKE TWENTY ONE BUCKS AN
HOUR. MORE THAN. A COPPER
FIREFIGHTERS START TO. TWENTY
ONE BUCKS AND- SO I AM
INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED THAT WE
ARE HERE YEAR IN AND FRIGGIN
YEAR OUT. TALKING ABOUT THE
SHORTAGE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CALLS A
GOING EVERY YEAR TO MENTAL
HEALTH HOTLINES- WITH CAL FIRE
FIREFIGHTERS. AND I AM A FIRM
BELIEVER THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
PREVENTION. I THINK THAT IS WE
HAVE TO INVEST UPSTREAM. BUT THE
BUDGET IS OUR VALUE STATEMENT.
AND I GET EMOTIONAL TALKING
ABOUT THIS IT IS A VALUE
STATEMENT. AND JUST A COUPLE
MONTHS AGO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
GO GATHER WITH CAL FIRE
FIREFIGHTERS. IN ONE GENTLEMAN
CAME UP TO ME WITH. YOUR TEARS.
AGES DIVORCED. ARE NOT SEEN AS
KIDS. INCREDIBLE DEPRESSION. HOW
FAR FAR FAR FROM SEVEN
CALIFORNIA. HE SPENT. TWO
SUMMERS AGO. THREE MONTHS
STRAIGHT AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW. WE
GO THROUGH THE RANKS OF CAL FIRE
FIREFIGHTERS. YOU HEAR STORY
AFTER STORY AFTER STORY. THE
WHAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF IF I
COULD JUST BE REALLY CANDID.
THIS IS NOW MY SIX YEAR ON THIS
BUDGET COMMITTEE WE'RE STILL
HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION
ABOUT INVESTING IN CAL FIRE IN
INVESTING IN THE RANKS THE BILL
TO KEEP THE WOMEN IN MEN'S. IT
IS EXPENSIVE. ABSOLUTELY BUT THE
VAST BEST INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN
DO TO KEEP CALIFORNIANS SAFE IS
INVESTING IN THE PERSONNEL THAT
MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION STRONG.
SO I'M GONNA SAY ONCE AGAIN I'M
GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A NEW
CONTRACT GOING FROM SEVENTY TWO
TO SIXTY SIX HOURS. THAT WILL
PROBABLY BRING ON CHIEF- BUT NOT
SPIT BALLING HERE FOUR HUNDRED
MAYBE FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
POSITIONS APPROXIMATELY- YOU
NEED AT CHIME IN ON THIS ONE
CHIEF SO- AS I AM A LITTLE BIT
OF A SOAPBOX. BUT HERE'S MY
BOTTOM LINE. IF YOU'RE A
MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTER IN
SACRAMENTO IN HEALDSBURG AND
EUREKA OR LA YOUR WORK IN A
FIFTY FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK.
UNDERPAID OVERWORKED AND WORKING
HARDER AND LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
FIREFIGHTER IN THE CALIFORNIA
FIRE SERVICE IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
AND WE'RE NOT INVESTING. BECAUSE
OF WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE
WE HAD LOSSES UPWARDS OF THIRTY
BILLION DOLLARS. OVER TO FIRE
SEASONS. OF CALIFORNIANS JUST
FORTY EIGHT MONTHS AGO TO
PHARMACY TWO CONSECUTIVE FIRE
SEASONS WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH
SO- I'M GOING TO SAY IS. I'M
GONNA BE BACK. AND I KNOW SO
MANY IN THIS THE CHAIR AND
CENTER DOLLY IT'S GOING TO BE
BACK CONTINUE TO FIGHT. TO GET
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NOT WITHIN
CAL GUARD WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR
NOT WITHIN THE CCC WHICH I'M
GRATEFUL FOR BUT OUT WITH
OFFICER POSITIONS FULL TIME AS
WELL AS ADDITIONAL SEASONAL
POSITIONS BECAUSE THIS IS.
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND
CANDIDLY WE'RE PUTTING
CALIFORNIANS AT RISK OF THE
LONGER WE WAIT TO CONTINUE
INVEST. THANK YOU TO RICK AND
THING WHERE I STAY CIRCUMVENT OR
BRAND CRAP COUNTER FOLK IN
CALIFORNIA AND I'VE HEARD.
STORIES ABOUT. A STRING OF FAN
AND FOR PRO UP- OVER THE LONG
HOURS AND- IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT
THREE THAT- THE WHAT WE ASK OF
THESE THESE MEN WOMEN- SIMILAR.
I'M SORRY CENTER DOT. WELL HE
SAID IT SO WELL I DON'T NEED TO
ADD ANY MORE TO IT I MEAN THE
SENATOR AND I BOTH A- CO
AUTHORED LEGISLATION LAST YEAR
TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
THANK GOD FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF
WET WEATHER IN THE LAST SPRING
IN LAST FALL THE WORD THEY
ACTUALLY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREAK- NOT THE MEGA FIRES WE'VE
HAD SO- THAT ISSUE- I THINK WE
ARE. A COMMITTED TO TRYING TO
FIND THE WORK FORCE THERE BUT I
DO HAVE A COUPLE. OF FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS ON YOUR PRESENTATION-
YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE GONNA DO
WE'RE TRY OUR GOALS A HALF A
MILLION ACRES OF TREATMENT. AND
YOU MENTIONED A HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES THAT WAS MISTREATED. FIRST
QUESTION DOES THAT INCLUDE A T.
H. FEES THAT WERE DONE BY
PRIVATE FOLKS ARE THESE THAT WAS
A HUNDRED DOLLARS MAKERS DONE BY
THE DEPARTMENT. NOT TO MY
UNDERSTANDING TEACHER FEES ARE
NOT INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER
THANK GOD BECAUSE THE BUT IT WAS
A YEAR AGO THAT THERE IF THERE
WAS A CALCULATION WHICH TEACH
FEES ARE GONNA HAPPEN. AND FOR
THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT'S A
TIMBER HARVEST PLAN BY PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS- LANDOWNER THAT'S
GONNA DO SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD
NEWS- WHAT ABOUT FEDERAL GRANTS
AND BEING ABLE TO WORK- THAT
AVENUE TO TRY TO GET MORE-
TREATMENT ON THE GROUND HAVE YOU
GUYS EXPLORED THAT- OPPORTUNITY
. SO THERE IS A LOT OF A FEDERAL
FUNDING- AVAILABLE I WOULD LET
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE-
REALLY DIVE INTO THAT FURTHER
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU AND
WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO. IS IS.
IT IS QUITE AN HONOR HERE JUST
RECENTLY TO SPEAK AT A
CONFERENCE. AND RECOGNIZE THAT
WORKING SO HARD TO BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP. WITH THE UNITED
STATES FOR SERVICE REGIONAL FOR
STURGEON ABBERLINE- IN THIS ONE
YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.
TO HAVE- MARC EMERSON STAND UP
PUBLICLY AND SAY THAT HE
BELIEVES THAT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CAL FIRE IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR SERVICE RIGHT NOW IS
THE BEST THAT IT'S EVER BEEN- I
AM PARAPHRASING- BUT- I. IN THIS
LAST YEAR HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO
BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND
BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND
KNOWING THAT- FIRE KNOWS NO
BOUNDARIES AND THE- DEVASTATION
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. BECAUSE OF
THAT. IS BROAD. IS WORKING
TOGETHER WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE THROUGH
THE WILDFIRE FORCES AGAINST TASK
FORCE AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY WITH
THE AGENCIES. TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT
TREATMENTS IN THE RIGHT PLACES
FOR THE BEST PROTECTION. WELL
I'D LIKE TO JUST FOLLOW UP BY I
KNOW YOU DID COME BY MY OFFICE
AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO BLIND
SIDE ANY- AND WE HAVE WE HAD
THIS CONVERSATION AND SO. I WILL
JUST REVERT BACK TO THE DIXIE
FIRE. WHICH I WAS ON THE GROUND
WITH- THE TOM PORTER- AND WE HAD
THE FOR SERVICE THERE AND IT WAS
A IT WAS THE WE WERE AND WE WERE
IN QUINCY THIS IS WALGREEN BILL
WAS STILL THERE. AND THE FOR
SERVICE LOOK YOU GUYS GO PUT
FIRES OUT DATE MANAGE FIRES IS
WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY TALK
ABOUT. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE.
HUGE AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC OF
FEDERAL LANDS IN OUR DISTRICT.
D. WE WANT TO PUT THE FIRE OUT
WHICH IS WHAT YOU DO. THE FOR
SERVICE MANAGES THE FIRES AND
THEY ALSO CHANGED THEIR- THEIR
GUARD EVERY TWO WEEKS SO. THE
FIRES COMING. UP TO GREENVILLE
AND THEY SET A BACKFIRE AND
THEY'RE CHANGING GUARD AND I
BELIEVE. THAT THEY BURNT MY TOWN
DOWN BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE NOT
GOING THE RIGHT WAY AND THEY LET
THEY LET THAT FIRE. JUST OUTSIDE
OF GREENVILLE. AND SO. I IT JUST
WHO ARE. GREAT FOR MARKETING
PERSON TO SAY THOSE COMMENTS BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE
TO WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM I DON'T
THINK IT'S ON OUR SIDE IT'S THEM
AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR YOUR WE
CAN SAY THIS IS LEGISLATORS AND
I'M GONNA SAY IT. LOUD SO THAT
EVERYBODY HEARS AND HOPE THE
ADMINISTRATION HERE'S A THAT WE
NEED TO WORK WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION THAT DOESN'T BRING
SOMEBODY FROM MINNESOTA. ON THE
FOR SERVICE TO A FIRE. THAT
THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. OR
WHEREVER IT IS WE HAVE MOUNTAINS
HERE AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT WIND
PATTERNS AND WE HAVE. A LOT. OF
DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRES AND YOU
HAVE IN THE POCONOS. AND THOSE
YOU FOLKS LIVE HERE AND
UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT. AND WE
HAVE TO BUILD UP AS SOME SORT OF
A- THE PROCESS. THAT ALLOWS US.
TO MANAGE FIRE IN THE WEST THE
WAY WE NEED TO MANAGE FIRE IN
THE WEST AND SO I JUST PUT THAT
OUT BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA GIVE
UP ON THAT. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MY
COMMUNITIES. GET DESTROYED WHEN
THEY CHANGE SO MUCH THERE'S YOU
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE
GROUND LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS. TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND
SO THAT'S NOT ON YOU I JUST WANT
TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT AND I
WANTED LEGISLATORS TO KNOW. IF
IT WAS YOUR BACKYARD AND YOU SAW
I WAS ON THE GROUND AND SAW WHAT
HAPPENED. AND I HAVE FRIENDS
THAT WORK FOR CAL FIRE MANY OF
MY FRIENDS OR- THAT'S WHY HERE
THE OVERWORKED. I MEAN ONE OF MY
SON'S BEST FRIENDS IS A CAL
FIRE. FIREFIGHTER AND AGAIN HE
WAS NOT HOME FOR. HOWEVER MANY
DAYS NOW HE LOVES IT HE'S A
SINGLE GUY AND WAS MAKING A LOT
OF MONEY BUT- BUT THOSE WHO HAVE
FAMILIES UNDERSTAND SO I JUST
WANT TO. FOR THE RECORD SHOW.
I'M ON THIS AND I'M NOT GOING TO
GIVE UP. I'VE TALKED TO MY
CONGRESSMAN MY CONGRESSMAN WAS
AT THE- AT QUINCY WHEN WE WERE
THERE AND I IN IS NOW IN IT IN
POWER AND SO AND- IN. DC AND I'M
EXPECTING THEM TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AS WELL SO I JUST WANT
TO. PUT THAT OUT THERE- THAT WE
HAVE TO COORDINATE- I MEAN THEY
NEED TO. ADOPT OUR STYLE OF FIRE
FIGHTING FOR THE WEST- BECAUSE
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LOSE. A
LOT OF BAKER DO WE NEED TO TREAT
THOSE ACREAGES AS WELL. THANK
YOU. A FOLLOW UP ON THIS SERVER
. THANK YOU SO MUCH I WILL ECHO
THE FORESTRY. THAT BECAUSE THE
COW FIRE CAL FIRE. IN I. SEASONS
AGO AN ATTORNEY. TEAM FROM
ALASKA CAME IN. RIDING A TEAM
FROM READING. THE BETTER
BACKFILL. BECAUSE IT WAS A LACK
OF FIRE TAX. TO BE AT THE STATE
HAYFORK. THEY PUT A LINE ALL THE
WAY AROUND HAYFORK. IT WAS
CAUGHT FIRE THEY DID THAT. I
MEAN I THINK THERE'S ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FEDS. I
THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG
SHIP THE TERM- IN REGARDS TO.
THEIR ANTIQUATED FIREFIGHTING
PRACTICES WITH THE CLIMATE
REALITY WE'RE FACING HERE IN THE
WEST. I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST
CALIFORNIA. HERE THIS FROM
ALASKA HERE THIS FROM.
LEGISLATORS IN IN IDAHO AS WELL
WERE THERE SEEN SIGNIFICANT
ACREAGE BURNED. THE THE
DIFFERENCE IN ATTACK WHEN IT
COMES TO STATE RESOURCES VERSUS
FEDERAL IT'S MADDENING. IN THAT
TRANSITION. AND SHE FINALLY
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS SO- BUT-
OF THE STATE IT IS MADDENING FOR
COMMUNITIES WITH A COURT DATE
WITH. ON THE FOUR HUNDRED NINETY
MILLION THE BY DEMONSTRATE. I
RECENTLY PUT OUT IN REGARDS TO.
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR WESTERN
FORESTS CAN YOU JUST. TALK ABOUT
THAT I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL
DIFFERENT. NATIONAL FOR SERVING
TARGETED. CAN YOU JUST TALK
ABOUT COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL FUNDS ARE COMING IN. I
KNOW THIS IS A ONE TIME
ALLOCATION. BUT CAN YOU JUST
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW YOU SEE
THESE DOLLARS ROLL OUT- WITH THE
AFORESAID. NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED
IN THE STATE. STEPHEN PARTNER
FINANCE SO I THINK THE FOUR NINE
NINE YOUR- TO THERE IS A- WHY
FROM. YEAH AYE J. IF THEY ALSO
DID AROUND TWO THE INFLATES
REDUCTION ACT HAD ELEVEN MORE
LET. AND SOME INTEREST. IS ON
THESE. MY NAME. YOU MYSELF. HIS
FIRST YEAR AT THREADS THAT YEAH
OKAY. OKAY SO- THIS SO THEY DID
THAT'S MY FURTHER MAYBE SEE
LOCAL SORRY. SO WHEN IF IN PLACE
REDUCTION THERE WERE SOME FUN
THAT IN MORE LET. ACROSS THE TWO
THERE'S NOW TWENTY LANCE
PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN BEEN
UNDER. THAT'S A TOUGH OF NINE
HUNDRED AND TWO NINE ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY MILLION- DOLLARS. TO
THEIR ASKED IS THAT WILL TO AT
OF FIVE AND FIFTY THOUSAND
ACRES. THAT'S CROSSED THE WAY
STATES. SO WHEN YOU PUT THAT TO
WHAT SLATED CAL. OF THE ONE
PRIME SEVEN OF THEM ARE IN OR
PARTIALLY IN CALIFORNIA SO
APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THE
PROJECTS YOU EXPECT YOU DON'T
TYPICALLY THOSE FEDERAL
OCCASIONS ARE COMING AT LIKE 12%
RIGHT OF WHATEVER THE NATIONAL
TOTAL IS. IT OR IS THIS GOING TO
BE LARGER BASED OFF OF NEED CAN
JUST UPDATE US ON. ON HOW THAT'S
GONNA ROLL OUT REGARD TO
SPECIFIC BOX COMING IN ITS OWN
STATE YES MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT'S NOT FUNDING THAT LAKE
FLOW TO STATE DEPARTMENTS THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE FOR SERVICE
MANAGING NINE RIGHT NOW BUT WHAT
WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE
CALIFORNIA'S TOTAL TO BE ADDED
THAT. NEARLY BILLION DOLLARS SO
YEAH. I MEAN AGAIN TWO OF THE
PROJECTS ARE SURE TO SPLIT
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA OREGON OR
CALIFORNIA NEVADA IT'S HARD TO.
ACRES AND DOLLARS THERE BUT IF
YOU TAKE ALL THOSE PROJECTS
ABOUT 61% OR FIVE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
WILL BE SPENT WITHIN CALIFORNIA
NINE SEVEN PROJECTS. AND THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO ARE ESTIMATED. TO
TREAT AROUND A HUNDRED NINETY
FOUR THOUSAND ACRES ABOUT 35% OF
THE ESTIMATED ACRES TO BE
TREATED. AND AGAIN I IT WOULD BE
IN THIS TWO OF THEM THAT ARE
PARTIALLY CALIFORNIA SO I DON'T
KNOW. IN THE KLAMATH PROJECT IN
THE- L. ZERO PRICE. I COME MANY
ACRES ARE WITH WITH THE STATE
BUT- FIVE SEVEN YEAH ROUGHLY SO
SHE'S. AROUND A HALF OF THE A
LITTLE HALF OF THE FOR. THANK
FOLLOW UPS ARE DONE YEAH I WANT
TO FOLLOW UP ON. A COUPLE OF
BUDGET ITEMS THAT I READ SO
THERE'S FIVE DOLLARS IT'S NOT. A
PROPOSED TO DO INTO- AND THE OF
US WHO HAVE HAVE. ROLL LANDSCAPE
AND WHEN WE ENSURE BIG.
OBVIOUSLY FOR. OF PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN HIGH- SEVERITY ZONE SO
WHAT'S THE METHODOLOGY. BY
REDUCING NOT FIVE MILLION WE
COULD. ACTUALLY DO SOME
INSPECTIONS. WE CONSUME BENSON
STAR FINANCE SO WE'RE GOING TO
ACTUALLY HAVE AN ISSUE HERE IN A
MINUTE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
GENERAL FUND REDUCTION- MORE
HOLISTICALLY IT. SPECIFICALLY TO
THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING IS
TAKING A LOOK AT SORT OF RISK
BASE- IN LINE WITH TRYING TO
MAINTAIN AS MUCH FUNDING AS
POSSIBLE. IN PLACES WHERE WE
WERE MAINTAINING SORT OF
MAJORITY OF FUNDING AND PLACES
WERE PERHAPS OR SOME FOR OTHER
FUNDING SO. IN THAT PARTICULAR
INSTANCE- THERE'S A FIVE MILLION
DOLLAR REDUCTION IN TWENTY TWO
TWENTY THREE FROM DEFENSE WILL
SPACE INSPECTIONS. BUT WE
MAINTAIN TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
OF THE OVERALL- INVESTMENTS
THAT'S- BUT 80% OF THE FUNDING.
AND THERE IS SOME BASE FUNDING
IN CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET FOR
DEFENSE AND SPACE INSPECTIONS AS
WELL SO IS AN AREA WHERE. WELL
WE- WHITLEY APPRECIATE THE- OF
AND DON'T IN ANY WAY WHEN
UNDERMINE THAT THE- IT AN AREA
WHERE BASED ON OTHER FUNDING AND
SORT OF TAKING A RISK APPROACH
ACROSS PROGRAMS WHERE WE FELT
THERE WAS AN ABILITY TO TAKE. A
SMALL AMOUNT TO TRY AND HELP
BALANCE THE REDUCTION INSTANCE
STILL MAINTAIN THAT PROGRAM
LARGELY INTACT ONE OF THE-
PROBLEMS IS THERE'S REALLY NO
LEAD AGENCY TO DO THAT I MEAN.
IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENT OR YOU HAVE-
VOLUNTEER THERE'S NO LIKE
CERTIFICATE SOMETHING THAT SAYS
HEY I DID MY WORK OUT THERE AND
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
LOOKED AT- AND ACTUALLY I THINK.
IT MIGHT EVEN SENATOR EGGMAN
SEMI RAN A BILL THAT ACTUALLY
REQUIRED THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO RAN THE BILL. TO TRY TO LIKE
GET GET A CERTIFICATE SO THAT
YOU COULD GO TO YOUR- TO YOUR
HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE PLAN SAY
HEY LOOK WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN DO ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE
OR- THEY'RE IN THERE'S NO PLACE
TO REALLY GET THAT AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT. THAT REALLY
NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE GETTING PRICED OUT OF THEIR
HOMES WITH INSURANCE AND NOT NOT
JUST RULERS URBAN AREAS OF
CALIFORNIA'S WELL. WE WILL COME
BACK TO THAT- AND I THOUGHT TO
COME FROM THAT AS WELL- I. JUST
WANTED TO- WE TALKED ABOUT THE
GOALS HERE THE FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND. AND AS YOU. YOU KNOW
BASS HE SAID THAT THAT THE
ACTUAL NUMBER OF- OF. OF PRETTY
PROJECTS WAS LOWER. AND. IT GOT
TO THE QUESTION OF JUDAH
TREATING ACRES AND WHAT WAS
ACTUALLY INCLUDED. SO JUST
WANTED TO ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY
YOU KNOW HOW DO YOU DEFINE
TREATED ACRES AND- HOW MANY
ACRES WERE TREATED IN TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO. YOU THAT QUESTION. I
WILL START BY SAYING. THAT IS
THAT WHEN WE ENTER THIS
INITIALLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT
MULTIPLE AGENCIES. RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE PROJECT ACRES THEIR
TREATMENT ACRES THEIR TREATMENT
ACTIVITIES. VARIED BY TYPES AND
KIND SO WHEN YOU BRING THE-
WOFFORD FORCES AGAINST TASK
FORCE TOGETHER IN IN THOSE
SPECIALTY GROUPS THE REALLY
REFINING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
THE H. AGENCIES ARE ON THE SAME
PAGE. AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAD
GROUPS THAT WERE DEFINING-
TREATMENT OF BY CALENDAR YEAR BY
STATE FISCAL YEAR AND BY FEDERAL
FISCAL YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
GROUP IS COMING TOGETHER- WITH
AS WELL. NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT
TREATMENT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE
AND MEETING A MINIMUM OF A
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES OF- FUELS
TREATMENT AND- CALIFORNIA'S
RESPONSIBILITY WE RECOGNIZE THAT
AS A AS A WORKLOAD METRIC WE
LOOK AT LOOK AT. WHERE IT IS THE
TREATMENT ACTIVITY THAT WE DID
ON- ON THE GROUND. SO IN. THIS
CALL YOUR- ONE HUNDRED AND.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
EIGHTY ONE ACRES HAD TREATMENT
ACTIVITY ACROSS THOSE- ACROSS
THE ACRE I'M SORRY. SIXTEEN
THOUSAND OR 1-001-600-0500
EIGHTY ONE TREATMENT ACRES IN
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO HUNDRED
AND NINE THOUSAND- EIGHTY THREE
ACRES. AND SO FAR ALTHOUGH IT'LL
BE RECONCILED MOVING FORWARD-
WHAT WE HAVE- AS OF RIGHT NOW IS
300-005-0090 EIGHT ERR. NINE
HUNDRED FIFTY ACRES FOR THIRTY
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
ACRES. IN THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR NOW THAT WILL BE AGAIN
RECONCILED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS
MORE DATA COMES IN FROM THE
TWENTY ONE OPERATIONAL UNITS. TO
INCREASE THAT NUMBER IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES BUT YOUR
QUESTION IS WHAT DO I TO FIND
HIS TREATMENT THERE ARE
DIFFERENT TREATMENTS ON AN ACRE
YOU CAN GO IN AND MASTICATING AN
ACRE AND THEN YOU COULD GO IN
AND PUT PRESCRIBED FIRE ON THAT
SAME ACRE. AND THAT IS PART OF
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES. SO
TO TRULY AT THIS POINT SAY AN
ACRE IS AN ACRE IS AN ACRE IT IS
THE TREATMENT ACTIVITIES THAT
OCCURRED ON AN ACRE THEY GET US
THERE. IN. TO WHO SERVED AS WE-
THAT WITH MADE COST OF TREATING
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND. ACRES
ANNUALLY. I WOULD HONESTLY
SENATOR BAKER SUGGESTS THAT THAT
WOULD BE INTO A MORE ACCURATE
ANALYSIS FOR DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE IN OUR SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY I
HONESTLY COULD NOT GIVE ME THAT
ANSWER. THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AGAIN- BUT SO. I THINK
IT'S A TRICKY QUESTION TO ANSWER
IN THE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO LET
PROGRAM EXPERTS SORT OF EXPOUND
ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NO
BETTER NINETY BUT- I THINK WHAT
IS PROBABLY PARTICULARLY TRICKY
ABOUT ANSWERING THAT QUESTION IS
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT A CAREER
TREATING WHERE IT IS THERE'S-
DIFFERENT COSTS IN TERMS OF WHAT
TYPE OF TREATMENT IS NEEDED. AND
WHAT AND WHERE THAT TREATMENT IS
HAPPENING SO I DON'T KNOW. YEAH
I HAVE SHOULD FOR THE PROGRAM
EXPERTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE
HAVE SORT OF DEVELOPED A GOOD
AVERAGE OR AVERAGE SORT OF BY
VEGETATION TYPES OR THINGS LIKE
THAT- BUT THERE AYE MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A GREAT
DEAL OF. VARIABILITY BASED ON
WHERE YOU'RE TREATING IN THE
TYPE OF EDUCATION YOU'RE
TREATING AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF
TREATMENT IS NEEDED. SO I HAVE
TO KIND OF THE FOR THE PROGRAM
EXPERT TO SEE IF THEY'VE GOT A
GOOD NUMBER ON- FOR ACROSS THOSE
TYPES OF TREATMENTS OR EVEN
WITHIN ENOUGH THERE'S DIFFERENT
AVERAGES. IN ELSE HERE TODAY. WE
WOULD COMMENT ON THE- IF
PERHAPS- SENATOR BAKER. MIGHT BE
AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR
ISSUE FIFTY SIX OKAY. WHEN WE
GET THERE- THE END- BUT I THINK
THERE'S SOME WILL KEEP COMING
BACK TO YOU KNOW GIVEN THE
GOALS. BERMAN JUST ONE LAST
QUESTION ON THE FOR THIS LINE-
QUESTION IS. THE REPORTS NOW
THIRTY SIX MILLION. ACRES OF
DEAD AND DYING TREES- IN LIGHT
OF THAT INFORMATION- IF YOU
BELIEVE THIS SCHOOL FOR MUCH OF
THOUSAND. TRIGGER SHOULD BE
REVISITED OR INCREASED. I THINK
WITH THE MOST RECENT REPORT OF
THIRTY SIX MILLION- TREES THAT
ARE NOW DEAD OR DYING THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE MORE
RECENTLY. WILL HAVE TO BE A
VALUE WAITED BY THE PROGRAM'S AN
INCLUSIVE WITHIN. OUR FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE GOAL
ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT. CAN YOU
TALK ABOUT. DOLLY I JUST WANT TO
GO BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE- THE
TRAINING CAMP IS I OWN ABOUT WE
WITH THE CALL IT. IS IT WHAT IS
IT WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE- IT
IS- IT IS OUR- CALIFORNIA
TRAINING FACILITY IN AMADOR
COUNTY AND I OWN KELSO THAT THE
I READ THE- L. A. O.'S- RESPONSE
TO- THE PROPOSAL AND SO. I BEG
TO DIFFER WE HAVE CCC AND IN
SUSANVILLE WHICH THE GOVERNOR
CHOSE TO SHUT DOWN EVEN THOUGH.
WE HAD- MANY REPORTS OF THE
FACILITY HAVING LOTS OF UPGRADES
TO AND WHAT IT WAS A TRAINING
FACILITY AS WELL. SO COULD YOU
SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THOSE TWO FACILITIES RIGHT NOW I
KNOW THAT THAT DOUBTS. SHUT
DOWN- THE PART OF THIS DOWN BUT
THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN
THEIR STILL. AVAILABLE AND MAYBE
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CALIFORNIA
LOOK AT MAYBE SAVE US SOME
RESOURCES. THANK YOU FOR THAT SO
CURRENTLY WILL ALSO I THINK WE
DO HAVE AN ISSUE ON THAT. TOO
COMING UP IS OK AFTER THAT OKAY
. DISCOVER THE GYM QUESTIONS THE
LISTENER ON TO THESE- ISSUES- HE
MENTIONED THAT THE TASK FORCE.
AS YOU KNOW THE GOALS INCLUDE
INCREASING THE PACE AND SCALE
FOREST HEALTH PROJECTS. THREATEN
PROTECTION OF COMMUNITIES
MINUTES FORCED TO ACHIEVE
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND
DRIVE INNOVATION AND PROGRESS.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOUR OPINION
WHAT WOULD PROGRAMS ARE MAKING
THE MOST PROGRESS. IN REACHING
THESE GOALS OUTLINED BY THE TASK
FORCE I THINK FOR THE NINETY
NINE ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT ARE-
BEING ACHIEVED BY THE- THE TASK
FORCE IN THE SUBCOMMITTEES- THAT
ARE WORKING ON THOSE. THERE ARE-
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND GIVE
YOU THE SPECIFIC DATA BUT I KNOW
THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE GOALS
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED A LARGE
MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE. IN
PROGRESS AND THESE ARE- SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS ON THE GROUND
ACADEMIA- FIRE SCIENTISTS- THAT
ARE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES
TOGETHER AND I THINK. UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF- THE TASK FORCE-
DIRECTOR PATRICK GREAT DOING
GREAT STRIDES IN KEEPING US
TOGETHER COLLABORATING- TO BE
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS TO
BE SPECIFIC. FOR YOU TODAY- I
WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW UP. TO
EITHER WHICH FOR MAKE THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF PRAGUE WERE. CHANGE
REGION THOSE GOALS. I BELIEVE
THAT ALL NINETY NINE ACTUAL AYE-
ITEMS- IN THE TASK FORCE ARE
CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
OKAY IT REVISIT. NINE NINE ITEMS
AND MAKE SURE INNOVATION
PROGRESS AND MEASURE PROGRESS IS
ONE. OF THE- WITH THAT I THINK
LOUIS MOVE AHEAD TO YOU- ISSUE
THE- THREE- THIS IS AROUND THE-
THE PROPERTY. ACQUISITIONS AND
BELIEVE YOU'LL HAVE- THIS
INTERVIEW DR DURGA PRESENTE THIS
. GREAT PLEASE GO AHEAD. TO TURN
THIS ON. EXCUSE ROOM- MY NAME'S
MIKE DUGGAN- SYSTEM TO CORRECT
OVER TECHNICAL SO FOR CALIFORNIA
CIVIL. AND- FOR YOU REDRESSING
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE THE- DO YOU
WANT TO GIVE EVERYTHING UP- YES
IF YOU COULD- JUST GO AHEAD AND
ENTER ABOUT YOUR A LITTLE OVER.
SO TO THE RECENT INCREASES AS
FAR AS FOR FIRE CREWS- WE HAVE
UNDER. PREVIOUS BUDGET AX IN OUR
PREVIOUS AUTHORITY- HAVE-
FUNDING TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN-
PARKER LOCATIONS WHETHER A STATE
OWNED OR LEASED AND- AT THE
SITES WERE- IDENTIFIED IN HIGHLY
STRATEGIC LOCATIONS. IN RURAL
AREAS- WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT-
THAT- VERY MUCH MIRROR- OUR-
CONSERVATION CAMP THAT WE-
RETROFITTED FOR- FREE PEOPLE SO-
PRIMARILY WHAT WE DID HERE WAS-
THESE WERE OUR- EASIEST I WOULD
SAY- OPTIONS FOR SUCCESS AND
WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND PART OF OUR DOING. THIS WORK
FORCE IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE
NEEDED- AND A QUICK TURN AROUND
FOR A CONVERSION THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE PROPOSING THESE FOR
ACQUISITION. QUESTIONS ON. IS A
QUESTION JUST TO. EACH THESE
PROJECTS THEY'RE TIRED YOU'RE
GONNA- COSTS MORE THAN JUST THE
ACQUISITION PRICE M. OTHER OTHER
FUTURE COSTS ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATE WITH THESE PROPERTIES
THAT. CAN BE IDENTIFIED NOW THAT
WILL REQUIRE FUNDING POST
ACQUISITION. WELL- FOR THE START
OFF- PART WERE PARTIALLY
OPERATING OUT OF THEM NOW HE AND
IN TH PREVIOUS BCPS WERE GIVEN-
SPECIAL PAIRS FUNDING TO
ADDRESS- THIS CROSSOVER- SO WE
HAVE- AND WE WERE WORKING ON
REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED THERE-
THESE WERE ALL- WARM SHUT DOWN
FACILITIES- WHAT THAT MEANS IS
BASICALLY THEY'RE NOT OCCUPIED.
BUT THE- PROPERTY OWNERS- SCHOOL
DISTRICT WERE- OR THE COUNTY-
DID I CONTINUE TO OPERATE THEM
AS FAR AS MECHANICALLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY WERE STILL
OPERATIONAL FOR FUTURE NEEDS. SO
THEY WERE STILL FUNCTIONAL- WE
MOVED IN AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN-
FUNDING FOR THAT AND EVEN FOR
THE- FUTURE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE SO- WE DO NOT HAVE
ANY- CAPITAL REQUEST OF THIS
TIME AND- NOR DO WE HAVE ANY IN
THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE- AND IF WE
DID- ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
ACQUISITION IT WOULD JUST BE
PART OF OUR PORTFOLIO AND WOULD
FALL THAT. THE NORMAL READING.
FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY AND SPECIAL
REPAIRS. OKAY LET'S- FROM THE A.
O. ON THIS. WE DIDN'T RAISING
SPECIFIC WITH THIS PROPOSAL- WE
WOULD NOTE. HOWEVER THAT
CERTAINLY THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION ABOUT THE- YOUR COSTS I
THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A THEME
THAT WE'RE GONNA HERE AND PUBLIC
COUPLE TIMES TODAY AND I KNOW
WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST
HEARING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD
AS WELL AS JUST THE GENERAL FUND
CONDITION BOTH THIS YEAR AND IN
THE OUT YEARS AND SO. REALLY
REALLY BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT
COMMITMENTS THE STATE'S MAKING
SO- WITH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
SPECIFIC CONCERNS WITH THE
PROPOSAL. PERSON ANSWER. BEING
IN THE PART OF FINANCED WITH
NOTHING ADDED THIS MONTH OKAY.
BUT WITHOUT THE MOST AFRICA. ON
THAT IS TO HOLD OAK. SO LET'S
MOVE AHEAD TO ISSUE FIFTY FOUR.
OUT OF THIS AT THE GET SMART
QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AROUND.
THAT TRAINING CENTER TO PASS
CITY AND A NEW FACILITY. AND- A
DIRECTOR TYLER TO HAVE PRESENT
THIS. ABSOLUTELY THANK. THE
BUDGET REQUEST IS FOR TWELVE
POINT NINE MILLION GENERAL FUND
TWELVE POSITIONS. BEGINNING IN
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR AND
TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS ON GOING.
ANNUALLY THROUGH THE COMPLETION
OF A NEW TRAINING FACILITY-
DEALING WITH THE OVER CAPACITY
OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAINING
CENTERS. BY PROVIDING FUNDING
FOR TWO TEMPORARY TRAINING
FACILITIES- TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF
HISTORY ABOUT- ABOUT OUR
TRAINING FACILITIES IT GOES BACK
TO CENTER DOLLIES EARLIER
QUESTION. IS- NINETEEN SIXTY
SEVEN- IT WILL PARADE IN
NINETEEN SIXTY SEVEN CAL FIRE
HAD TWO SMALL TRAINING
FACILITIES ONE WAS LOCATED IN
SAN DIEGO. AND ONE WAS LOCATED
IN. JACKSON CALIFORNIA OR MORE
READILY KNOWN AS MARTEL- IT ARE
SUTTER HILL WHAT IS NOW TODAY
CENTER FIRE STATION IN NINETEEN
SIXTY SEVEN. THE TRAINING
FACILITY WAS MOVED. TO ITS
CURRENT LOCATION IN I OWN
CALIFORNIA. IN NINETEEN SIXTY
SEVEN YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SIZE
OF THE DEPARTMENT IN NINETEEN
SIXTY SEVEN- MOVING FORWARD AS
THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO
GROW. THAT FACILITY CONTINUES TO
GROW AS WELL. PART OF THAT
FACILITY REALLY SITS ON SIXTY
SEVEN ACRES OF- OF PROPERTY AND
THEN HAS THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT TWO HUNDRED ADDITIONAL
ACRES- THAT WE HAVE FACILITY USE
AGREEMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS AND
REHABILITATION SITTING NEXT TO
MULE CREEK STATE PRISON. BY TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN CAL FIRE IS
RECOGNIZED- THAT- WE WERE.
BEGINNING TO OUTGROW AND NOT
MEET THE DEMAND AND CAPACITY OF-
THE- NEEDS FOR HIRING TRAINING
OF PERSONNEL SO IN TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN WE ENTERED AGREEMENT
WITH COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT. TO MOVE OUR FIRE
FIGHTER TRAINING ACADEMIES NOT
TO MOVE THEM BUT TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTING TRAINING
ACADEMIES- AT THE BEEN CLERK
TRAINING FACILITY OR WHAT WE'RE
REFERRING TO NOW IS TRAINING
CENTER SOUTH. IN TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN I WAS THE ONE WHO MADE
THAT MOVE IN THE INTENT WAS TO
HOLD FOR ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER
ACADEMIES THERE WHILE OUR
FIREFIGHTER ACADEMIES AND
COMPANY OFFICER CATANESE OUR
DRIVER OPERATOR. TRAINING-
LOCATED- AND I OWN WHICH- TODAY-
BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES HAVE
RAISED IN THEIR STUDENT COUNTS
PER CLASS FROM THIRTY TWO TO
FORTY EIGHT- AND ARE HOLDING
MORE CLASSES THAN EVER INTENDED.
IN FACT FROM TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN GOING FROM FOUR CLASSES
AND BEEN CLERK THERE NOW DOING
AN AVERAGE TO TEN TO TWELVE
CLASSES. SEEING THE MORE RECENT
DEMANDS IN THE LARGEST
ALLOCATION IN TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY TWO IN THE CURRENT BUDGET
YEAR- WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
STILL. BUSTING AT THE SEAMS TO
MEET THE NEEDS NOT ONLY OF NEW
INITIAL TRAINING BUT RECURRING
TRAINING FOR. BECAUSE THE BY
ATTRITION. SO WE ARE- BARKING ON
ENDEAVORS TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL
TEMPORARY TRAINING SITES IN THE
INTERIM- ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS
IS THE SHASTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-
AND THEIR FIRE GROUNDS AS THEY
HAVE DORMITORY SPACE. AND
ADEQUATE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO
HOLD THESE CLASSES AS WELL. AND
THEN ADDITIONALLY TO MOVE OUR
ADMINISTRATIVE CLASSES OFF SITE
FOR MY OWN INTO A LOCATION HERE
IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA TO TRY TO
OPEN UP. CAPACITY FOR THE ISLAND
FACILITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TRAINING. I RECOGNIZE WITH MY-
YEARS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT- REASONABLY SAYING THAT OUR
TRAINING CENTERS ARE BUSTING AT
THE SEAMS. LEADS ME TO HAVE.
THIS PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU SO MUCH CHIEF WHEN SEATED
YOU MISTER VICE CHAIR ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON HIS.
ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE CCC IN
SUSAN BILL AND THE ABILITY FOR
THAT TRAINING FACILITY TO BE
USED FOR SOMETHING- SINCE IT'S-
SITTING THERE AND IT'S HAD A LOT
OF UPGRADES. MY APOLOGIES- SO
THERE ARE TWO MONTHS YES THERE
ARE A MINIMUM OF TWO TRAINING
FACILITIES- THAT WERE IN THE
STATE ONE WAS THE CALIFORNIA
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN
SUSANVILLE. THE OTHER ONE SIERRA
IN JAMESTOWN THE TRAINED ADULT
MALE INCARCERATED FIREFIGHTERS-
FOR OUR CONSERVATION CAMP
PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
HAD A TRAINING FACILITY FOR
ADULT FEMALES- THAT THE TRAINING
OCCURRED- AT THE CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN- IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA FOR OUR USE- DJJ THAT
TRAINING FACILITY WAS OCCURRING.
AT THE PINE GROVE CONSERVATION
CAMP- THERE AT THE CAMP ITSELF
AND SINCE THEN- THROUGH-
APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE ADMINISTRATION WE- OPENED A
REHABILITATIVE PROGRAM FOR IT-
FORMALLY INCARCERATED-
FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THE
CONSERVATION INSTITUTION-
FACILITIES FOR TRAINING AND
VENTURA- TRAINING CENTER LOCATED
IN CAMERINO. NOW I AGREE THROUGH
CONSOLIDATION AND- IN A VARYING
POPULATION THAT- THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS AND
REHABILITATION SHOWS TO- MOVE
THE FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND-
THE ENTIRETY OF THE CALIFORNIA
CORRECTIONAL CENTER- TO- TO MOVE
THOSE LOCATIONS- OF THE- ADULT
FIREFIGHTER- INCARCERATED
POPULATION WAS MOVE FOR ALL
TRAINING WOULD BE DONE AT
SIERRA. CERTAINLY I WOULD TURN
TO MY PARTNERS TO THE RIGHT TO
DISCUSS- AND TALK ABOUT WHETHER
THERE HAD BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION ON THE USE OF A CCC
FACILITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH
THOROUGHLY IS AND- RIGHT WITH
YOU THAT PLEASE THE TO FROM
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. PMID
INTRODUCING YOURSELF GOOD
MORNING YES MORNING MIKE
MCGINNIS WITH DEPARTMENT OF. I'D
AM BREAKING MY BRAIN FOR SPACE-
DISK THAT WAS ON THAT UPPER
FACILITY HOWEVER SOME OF THE
FACILITIES THAT WE DID LOOK TO
THAT WORK EXISTING DID INCLUDE A
SIGNIFICANT COSTS TO RECONFIGURE
FACILITIES ME CAL FIRE'S
TRAINING CENTER NEEDS. I THINK
WE WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU
WITH THE SPECIFICS ON THAT
PARTICULAR LOCATION. EXCELLENT
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SOME THANK
YOU THE A SEPARATE NATION THIS
IS ALSO HOLD OPEN- SO WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THE- NEXT ITEM FIFTY
FIVE. FROM THE GROWS FOR
CONSERVATION CAMP WHICH HE
REFERRED TO. FUND EARLIER- BUT
WILL ASK HIM SAYS DEPUTY- DRUG
INTO. ILLEGAL HERE ON THE SIDE
OF- PRIMARILY SORRY. FORGIVE ME
- THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT-
THE- CARE IS- ITS OPERATIONAL
LIFE CYCLE- WE HAD BEEN BEEN
DATING IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THEIR-
CAPITAL PLAN DUE TO. ECONOMIC
REASONS. AND WE'RE JUST AT THE
FACE OF JUST FINISHING CLEARING
PLANTS IN REQUESTING TO MOVE
INTO WORKING DRAWINGS- AS- CHIU
TOLERATE MENTION THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT- CAMP- IN MAY
CONSERVATION CAMP FOR THE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT
PROVIDES. AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE
REQUESTING TO PUSH IT THROUGH A
WE HAVE THIRTY- IN MAY
CONSERVATION CAMPS LEFT
STATEWIDE THIS WOULD BE THE
FIRST ONE THAT WE WOULD BE
REPLACING. IN THE STATE AND. IT
IS- DESPERATELY NEEDED. HELLO.
HELLING CHRISTY LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE AGAIN WE RECKON
REJECT THIS PROPOSAL- AND A LOT
OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
REALLY SURE THAT THIS CAMP IS
GOING TO BE NEEDED ON ON GOING
BASIS- THE ONE OF THE THINGS I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN
REFERENCE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN
THIS HEARING ALREADY. IS THAT
THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT AWAY FROM
SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL INMATE
CREWS THAT SERVE TO- AT HAND
CREWS FOR THE STATE MORE REALLY
THROUGH THE BACKBONE OF THAT
PROGRAM- AS INMATES- THE INMATE
POPULATION HAS DECLINED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE STATE-
THERE'S BEEN A MOVE AWAY FROM
THOSE FOLKS AND TOWARDS OTHER
TYPES OF CREWS- AND ALSO AS WE
SEEN THE INMATE REDUCTION. SEEN
CLOSURES OF CONSERVATION CAMPS
ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STATE- SO
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE STATE
CLOSED EIGHT CONSERVATION CAMPS
EVEN WITH THE REMAINING CAMPS
THE CURRENT ONES RIGHT NOW ARE
OPERATING AT ABOUT FIFTY
PERCENT. SO THEY'RE NOT NEAR
CAPACITY- THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE PROJECTING FURTHER
DECLINES IN THE INMATE
POPULATION OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS. THAT WE THINK THAT
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE
STATE WILL BE IN THE POSITION OF
LOOKING AT CLOSING ADDITIONAL
CONSERVATION CAMPS IN THE
FUTURE. RECOGNIZING THAT. WE
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY
MAKE SURE THAT- YOU KNOW THAT
THIS IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR
FACILITY IS GOING TO BE NEEDED
ON THE ON AN ONGOING BASIS- AND
WE WOULD NOTE THAT THIS-
FACILITY IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR-
VERY CLOSE TO AN EXISTING CCC
FACILITY- THAT ACTUALLY JUST
BEING RE HAD NOW IT IS FOCUSED
ON FORESTRY SO THAT DOES SERVE
THAT COMMUNITY- TO SOME DEGREE.
AND SINCE THE SAID THE
LEGISLATURE ONCE INCREASED
PRESENCE IN THAT AREA IT'S NOT
CLEAR TO US WHETHER A
CONSERVATION CAMP WHAT IS THE
BEST USE OR BECAUSE THERE IS
THIS MOVE TOWARDS OTHER CREWS-
WHETHER. A CCC CREW ON A
MILITARY DEPARTMENT CREW OR EVEN
A CAL FIRE CREW- WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE IN THE LONG TERM. WE
THINK THAT IF THIS IS REHABS
IT'LL MAKE IT HARD TO MAKE THAT
DECISION IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE-
THE TYPE OF FACILITY FACILITY
YOU'D WANT IT'S GOING TO DEPEND
ON THE TYPE OF CREW- IF YOU HAVE
AN INMATE CREW THEY'RE GONNA BE
ALL MALE. DID ANY LESS SPACE FOR
EXAMPLE THAN A CAL FIRE CREW. SO
REALLY THAT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHAT KIND OF CREW YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE BEFORE YOU INVEST IN
THIS KIND OF. AN ACTIVITY. WE
ALSO NOTE THAT THE COST OF THIS
PROJECTED INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY- IF IN THE LAST.
FEW YEARS EVEN I'M GOING FROM
FIFTY NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS- AND THAT THIS
IS REALLY- GIVEN THE CONDITION
OF THE GENERAL FUND WE THINK
THERE'S A REALLY HIGH BAR FOR
LOOKING AT PROJECTS AND IT'S NOT
CLEAR TO US THAT THIS- PROJECT
MEETS THAT BAR- WE WOULD NOTE.
DID MINISTRATION. OVER THE YEARS
IS A LONG. STANDING PROJECT AS
HIS MEN GEN IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN
IN PROGRESS SIXTEEN YEARS. AT A
COUPLE OF TIMES A THAT BIG
MINISTRY HAS- PIES THE PRIDE.
HAS RIVER. FINE FOR THE- EVEN
LAST REVERTING THE FUNDING FOR
THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF CONCERNS
ABOUT THE HIGHER COSTS AND
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE USE
OF THIS FACILITY. WE THINK THAT
SINCE LAST YEAR POPULATION
NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO
DECLINE WITH. THE INMATE CREWS.
WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE
CONDITION OF THE GENERAL
FRIENDS- SO TO US YOU KNOW
ALWAYS SORT OF FACTORS POINT TO
EVEN MORE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE
USE OF THE SICILY NOT LESS.
THAT'S WHY RECOMMENDING
REJECTION AT THIS POINT. THANK
YOU- TORSIONAL. YES MIGHT BE
DEPARTMENT FINANCE. THE TO THE-
LA- POINTS OF FIRST AS THAT.
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY PARK.
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. THIS FACILITY
IS THE HIGH PRICE. CONSERVE
CAMPS WOULD BE THE- FOR SO THAT
THEY WOULD OPT TO CONSOLIDATE
CLOSER CONVERTING ANY CAPACITY.
ADDITIONALLY THE POPULATION AB-
THE PRISON POPULATION HAS BEEN
DECREASING IS NOT ABOUT THE L.
A. O. HOWEVER THE POPULATION
THAT GROWERS BURKE HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN INCREASING. OVER THE PAST
FEW YEARS. DEPARTMENT COULD
SPEAK MORE TO THE SPECIFICS OF
THAT IS FOR A DESIRED. AND THEN-
WITH REGARD TO- I POTENTIALLY
SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF THE
CAMPAIGN THERE ARE SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UNDERTAKEN
BY THE CREWS THAT CURRENTLY
OPERATE THERE THAT. OTHER
PARTIES WOULD NOT BE AS WELL
SUITED TO PERFORM. AND THEN WITH
REGARD TO THE INCREASING COSTS-
OF THE PROJECT THESE ARE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN
ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CAPITAL
OUTLAY PROJECTS HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. IN THE
INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS ADDITIONALLY IT'S- NOT
UNCOMMON TO SEE PROJECTS GO
THROUGH- CHANGING IN IN COSTS AS
SAID THIS IS DESIGN PHASES-
PROCEEDED MORE SPECIFICS ARE
IDENTIFIED AS TO THAT THE NEEDS
OF A- CAPITAL PROJECT. AND THEN
LASTLY- WITH REGARD TO HAVING-
PERVERTED AND RESTARTED THE
PROJECT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE
PAST THE INCREASE COSTS OR OR. A
REASON WHY NOT TO- CONTINUE WITH
THAT PACKED- IF YOU WERE TO LOOK
BACK AT THE ORIGINAL COSTS OF
THIS FACILITY BACK IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN WHEN WE WERE
FIRST- DISCUSSING IT. BECAUSE
HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
OVER TIME WHICH IS CONSISTENT
WITH CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS
PROJECTS ACROSS THE BOARD. AND
ANY FURTHER- DEFERRAL OR DELAY
OF THIS PROJECT WOULD LIKELY.
RESULT AND SIMILAR INCREASES IN
FUTURE YEARS. ALSO BEING IN THE
PART OF FINANCE I JUST WANT TO
ADD THAT CURRENTLY THE MEASURE
HAS NO PLANS TO. CONSOLIDATE THE
CAMPS AS THEY ARE SO ROSBERG IS
OPERATIONAL CAMP THAT IS OF THE
UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO DEPARTMENT
AND ADDITION TO THAT THE
INCREASED COSTS- THE MAJORITY
THOSE COSTS WOULD BE LEASE
REVENUE BOND FUNDED AND NOT
GENERAL. GENERAL FUND AND JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S- ON
THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
WHO'S CONVOCATIONS- YOU KNOW THE
- YOU DO MENTION THAT- IN. WELL
I GUESS YOU FOR TO NOT
CONSOLIDATING ANY OTHER
MEANINGS. CONSERVATION CAMPS
AND- I GUESS THE QUESTION IS-
WHY NOT A SHOULD WE CONSIDER
CONSULTING IN THE REMAINING
CAMPS IF WE IF THIS PROJECT GOES
AHEAD. YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE-
CONTINUING TO CONSOLIDATE
CONSERVATION CAMPS WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT- HERE JUST FOR
A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THERE
WAS A CONSOLIDATION FROM. FROM
WHAT WAS THIRTY NINE
CONSERVATION CAMPS WITH A
HUNDRED NINETY SIX CREWS TO-
THIRTY EIGHT CONSERVATION CAMPS-
AND A HUNDRED NINETY TWO CREWS
THAT WAS THE CONVERSION- FROM
VENTURA TO THE VENTURA TRAINING
CENTER. AND THEN- THERE WAS A
REDUCTION OF EIGHT CAMPS AS- THE
L. A- RECOGNIZED- THAT- CAUSE
FURTHER CONSOLIDATION- AS OF
TODAY WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY TWO CREWS WE
CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE CLOSELY
WITH OUR LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND REHABILITATION. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ON THAT
SHE'S ISSUE BUT AS WAS SAID AT
THIS POINT THERE'S NO FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS AT AT THIS TIME ON
CONSOLIDATION OF CAMPS. THANK
YOU- DID YOU ENTER YOUR EIGHT
CLOSURES REESE BUT DATA IS SEEMS
SHOW THAT THERE'S OPERATE BELOW
COULD. I'M U. L. A. HAS HAS
SERIES ANSWERS ABOUT THIS WILL
CONTINUE THE- NEON- THE AFRICAN
IS THIS WHOLE FOR NOW. WE WILL-
I THINK THE MET THEM ON TO ITEM
. ON WHICH IS- ITEM NUMBER.
FIFTY BEYOND OF. WE'LL HAVE THE
FINANCE. I BELIEVE IT SAYS
STEPHEN PENCE. TWENTY THREE. THE
LEADING OFF ON ON THE SIDE FIFTY
SO. HELLO AGAIN STEVENS
DEPARTMENT FINANCE- YELLED
PROVIDED OVERVIEW OF THE FREE
AND USE TO DETERMINE GENERAL
FUND. FOR THE WHILE AND FOR
RESILIENCE KHENPO AREA. I THINK
WE YOU'LL SEE IS THE FACT WITH
PROPOSAL THAT SORRY REFLECTS
MINISTRATIONS CONTINUE
COMMITMENT TO THE TO THE
AMBITIOUS GOALS WE PUT OUT IN
THE FOR AND- ALLEGIANCE INVESTOR
OVER LAST YEARS. SO THE TWENTY
AND TWENTY TWO BUDGET. AND
COMMITTED TWO POINT EIGHT
BILLION DOLLARS OVER FOUR YEARS
. AREAS PRO TO STRENGTHEN FORCED
WELFARE RESILIENT STATEWIDE.
THIS BUDGET MAINTAINS TWO POINT
SEVEN BILLION OF THAT WHICH IS
97% SO VERY MINOR- FOR HAIR CUT
TYPE OF REDUCTIONS HERE AND
THAT'S TO REFLECT SORT OF THE
WAY THAT WE PRIORITIZED- WHERE
WE LOOK FOR REDUCTIONS. OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS WILL CONTINUE THE
TWO POINT SEVEN WILL CONTINUE
TO. WORK AT INVESTMENTS TO
REDUCE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE- IN
THERE ARE FIVE SPECIFIC BUDGET
REDUCTIONS INCLUDING ONE SHIFT
THAT'S PROPOSED- IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET SO I'LL TALK
ABOUT THOSE LITTLE BIT- FIRST
I'D LIKE TO AT WHAT I WILL
REITERATE ALL OF THE FRAMEWORK
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK
ANNUAL REVIEW BUDGET BUT JUST
ONE HIT ON A COUPLE OF THE
PARTICULARLY SALIENT. POINTS
THAT WE USED IN DETERMINING WHAT
TO DO IN A WELFARE PACKAGE. SO
ONE OF THOSE COURSES PROTECTING
THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING FOR MOST
PROGRAMS AS YOU HE TALKED ABOUT
97% THIS. YEAH THESE THESE PRO
HAS MAINTAIN- REFLECTING SOME
THE SIGNIFICANCE- OF WILDFIRE IN
TERMS THE STATE'S OVERALL RISKS
WHICH IS KIND OF A SECOND POINT
IS THAT ONE OF OUR FRAMEWORK
THINGS WAS PROTECTING. OF
FUNDING THAT WENT TO MEDIA
CLIMATE RISKS IN WILDFIRE AND
WATERCOURSE TWO BIG EXAMPLES FOR
THOSE AREAS AND- THE BUDGET.
PROTECTS 9897% RESPECTIVELY
THOSE TO KIND OF. YES NOW WE
ALSO CONSIDERED MINIMIZING
DISRUPTIONS TO PROGRAMS AND
WHERE THOSE PROGRAMS WERE IN
TERMS OF AWARDING FUNDING OUT-
THROUGH THROUGH THE FIRST GRANT
PROGRAMS OTHER. CYCLES WE LOOKED
AT POTENTIAL AVAILABLE SHIFTS
THE FUNDING AND POTENTIAL LITTLE
FEDERAL FUNDS. FIRST WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT THROUGH THE MULTI
YEAR NATURE OF THE FUNDING AND
WHERE. FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE AND
DIFFERENT VESTMENTS AND
BALANCING THE BUDGET THIS BUDGET
WINDOW. SO TOUCHING ON THE
SPECIFICS. OF SPECIFIC
REDUCTIONS IN THIS AREA. THERE
WAS THE CLIMATE CATALYST FUND
WHERE THERE'S A REDUCTION OF
FORTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS
GENERAL FUND THAT'S TEN MILLION
OF WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND THIRTY ONE
MILLION IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO. BUT THAT
MAINTAINS OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
MILLION OR 16% SPECIFICALLY FOR
CLIMBING CATALYST FUNDING- FOR
STEWARDSHIP OF ON LANDS THERE'S
A REDUCTION OF TWENTY FIVE
MILLION- THAT'S TEN MILLION FOR
TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE. AND
FIFTEEN MILLION FROM TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR. AND IT
MAINTAINS APPROXIMATE TO AN
EIGHTY MILLION OR 92% OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN
THAT RESILIENT FORESTS AND
LANDSCAPES FOR STATE ON LANDS.
FOR DEFENSE WILL SPACE
INSPECTIONS WE TOUCHED ON THIS A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER. WITH THE
QUESTION WAS RAISED BUT THERE'S
A REDUCTION OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS THERE- IN TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR THAT MAINTAINS
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS OR 80% OF
THE FUNDING THAT WAS PUT FORWARD
FOR POTENTIAL SPACE INSPECTIONS
. WITHIN MONITORING AND RESEARCH
THERE'S A REDUCTION OF FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS PROPOSED IN
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR. THIS
MAINTAINS THIRTY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS 487% OF THE TOTAL FOR
THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM AREA.
AND THEN WITHIN WORKFORCE
TRAINING THERE'S A REDUCTION
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS OF THIS ROTH.
BASED GENERAL FUND IF YOU WILL
BUT THAT'S PARTIALLY OFFSET BY A
SHIFT TO FOR A FOURTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS TO PROP NINETY EIGHT.
GENERAL FUND. THAT WILL ALSO
RESULT IN SORT OF A CHANGE IN
THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAM IS RUN.
SACRAMENTO IS RUNNING FOR THIS
PARTICULAR ALLOCATION BECAUSE
WITH PROP NINETY EIGHT THAT
FUNDING WILL HAVE TO BE- GOING
TO CAN BECAUSE DISTRICTS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE. THE
AVAILABLE SCOPE OF GRANTEES-
THAT CAN RECEIVE THE FUNDING FOR
THIS PARTICULAR. PORTION OF THE
FUNDING. BUT WE'LL YOU KNOW
WE'LL KNOW THAT THERE WAS ALSO-
IT MAINTAINS FIFTY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS 90% OF THE OVERALL
WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDING SO.
IT'S SORT OF A SMALLER PORTION
OF THE OVERALL WORKFORCE
TRAINING FUNDING THAT HAS THE
SPECIFIC. OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FOCUS WITH THE SHIFT- AND THEN
ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS WITH OF
THE VAST MAJORITY. ARE INCLUDED
IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED
GENERAL FUND TRIGGER WHICH WOULD
RESULT IN ESSENTIALLY IF
REVENUES. LOOK BETTER- IN
JANUARY OF TWENTY FOUR THEN IT
WOULD ROLL RESULT IN AN
AUTOMATIC RESTORATION OF THE
FUNDING AT THE LEVELS THAT HAD
BEEN AGREED TO IN THE PACKAGES-
SO THAT PROGRAM CONTINUITY CAN
CONTINUE WITH US. THAT'S IN A
NUTSHELL THE TO TRY TO FIND
SOLUTIONS PROPOSED AND THE AND
THE GERMAN TRIGGER. FOR THE
WELFARE AND PERSONAL INJURY BUT
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS
AND COURSE WE GOT A LOT OF
PROGRAM FOLKS HERE THAT CAN HELP
AS WELL. TROOPS START WITH L. A.
O. AND THEN WILL DO SO DOLLARS.
FEES CALLING KRISTEN AGAIN WITH
THE- IN OFFICE. THE OVERALL WE
THINK GOVERNORS OF MAINTAINING
THEMSELVES FUNDING IN THIS AREA
MAKES LOT OF SAN WHILE. CLEARLY
A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE STATE
ONE HAS- I'M DEVASTATED
COMMUNITIES AS WE HEARD ABOUT
EARLIER- AND SO WE REALLY THINK
THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AREA
TO CONTINUE TO MAKE- MAKE THESE
INVESTMENTS AND- SO WE THINK
THAT. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
RECOGNIZING THAT AS WAS
MENTIONED- I BY MR BENTSEN THE
GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING SOME
TARGETED REDUCTIONS IN THIS AREA
WE THINK MOST OF THEM LOOK
PRETTY REASONABLE- THERE WAS ONE
THAT WE RAISE SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT WAS THE REDUCTION OF
DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTORS WE
DID SOME WORK ON THAT A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO. I MEAN REALLY
FOUND THAT THOSE INSPECTORS ARE
PRETTY FOUNDATIONAL TO THIS
PROGRAM TO GET DATA TO HELP
EDUCATE HOMEOWNERS- AND
HISTORICALLY THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO MEET ITS
GOAL. RELATED TO DEFENSE WILL
SPACE AND ACTUALLY AND DOING
THAT- WHAT INSPECTION EVERY
THREE THREE YEARS FOR ALL
ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES. FROM WITH
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE
PACKAGES. THE DEPARTMENT IS
MAKING SOME PROGRESS TOWARDS
INCREASING ITS NUMBER OF
INSPECTIONS SO WE THINK THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THAT-
WE DID RAISE SOME CONCERNS
THERE. WE ALSO PROVIDED A COUPLE
OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CONSIDER IF
IT'S LOOKING FOR FURTHER
REDUCTIONS AS WITH MENTIONS-
LAST WEEK TO THE COMMITTEE. WE
THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD
CHANCE WE MIGHT NEED TO FIND
SOME ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS- AND
SOME OF THAT MIGHT BECAUSE YOU
WANT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS THAN
THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED BECAUSE
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
OPTIONS WITH ALL THESE PACKAGES.
AND SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE
BECAUSE THE BUDGET SITUATION MAY
WELL GET WORSE BETWEEN YOU KNOW
NOW AND WHEN THAT BUDGET IS
ADOPTED. SO A COUPLE OF OPTIONS
THAT WE POINT OUT IN OUR REPORT
ONE IS THE TRANSPORTATION OF
WOODY BIOMASS WE THINK THAT'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES SO.
DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT
CLEARLY BIOMASS IN THE FOREST-
CAN BE A HAZARD AND IS IMPORTANT
TO HANDLE- ARE. THE ISSUE THAT
WE RAISE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME
EXISTING HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS
THAT ALSO INCORPORATE THAT
ACTIVITY AND SO IT'S NOT QUITE
AS HOW THIS DEDICATED PROGRAM
INTERFACES. WITH THAT. WE CAN
PROVIDE BEING THE- WE- YOU'RE
FINDING FOR ITS HOW THAT GOES.
SEE WHAT YOU KNOW SEE WHAT WE-
ARE. SEE HOW THOSE PROGRAMS WERE
TOGETHER. ON THAT COULD BE
HEALTH. AND REALLY HOW THAT. IS
OPERATE. AND LEGISLATURE COULD
DECIDE IT WANTS TO GO. THAT AND
THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WE
HIGHLIGHT IT IS POTENTIALLY THE
HOME HARDENING PROGRAM THAT'S
ALSO WHEN. I'M AGAIN VERY
IMPORTANT ACTIVITY LIKE
DEFENSIBLE SPACE HELPS HELPS
PROTECT HOMES- AND WE THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT ACTIVITY BUT- IT'S
ALSO A NEW PROGRAM IT'S TAKEN
SOME TIME TO GET UP AND RUNNING
WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO
OPERATE AND- AND HOW IT'S GOING
TO SCALE AND- EFFECTIVENESS. WE
THINK IT'S POTENTIALLY YOGA
SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE COULD
CONSIDER IS JUST. KEEPING THAT
MONEY THAT WAS PROVIDED IN
TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE. I'M
AND LOOKING AT THE EITHER THEIR
CURRENT YEAR THE BUDGET YOU'RE
FINDING AND THAT THE DETERMINING
WHETHER ALL OF THAT AND SHOULD
BE MAINTAINED OR WHETHER SOME OF
THAT. YOU THE LEGISLATURE COULD
RECONSIDER ITS TIME WHEN THERE'S
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT
PROGRAM. ALSO IT WAS NOTED
BEFORE. UNDER RECENT FEDERAL
FUNDING IN THIS AREA- WHICH IS
REALLY EXCITING AND SO WE THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
GONNA CONTINUE TO WANT TO THINK
ABOUT HOW THAT INTERFACES WITH
THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE NOT JUST
THERE'S- THE FUNDING IT WAS
MENTIONED BEFORE THAT'S
ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW THAT THE
FOREST SERVICE IS ADMINISTERING
BUT THEY'RE ALSO SOME OTHER
PROGRAMS. THAT LOCALS CAN APPLY
FOR THAT AND- THAT THE STATE
COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN APPLY FOR
IN SOME CASES AND SO WE THINK
THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE
IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW INFORMATION
IS STILL EMERGING BUT WE THINK
THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
IMPORTANT TO TRACK- IN THE
COMING MONTHS BEFORE THAT. THE
BUDGET IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU. I
YOU SERVICE CENTER. ASSEMBLY WHO
SITS ON THE FULL BUDGET
COMMITTEE. THIS IS SUBCOMMITTEE
. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE THREE
C. BECAUSE- FOR THE- NINETY. TO
WHAT YOUR- MOM'S WE WERE. THAT'S
MINUTES TWENTY BILLION SO THE
PROBLEM. CAN TAKE IT IS- WHAT'S
YOUR PROJECTION FOR OUT FOR THAT
TO. TYPE OF COST SHIFT. HAVE ANY
DE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE TO ME
RIGHT NOW AND TURN THE PROP
NINETY EIGHT. REDUCTIONS THAT
RESULT FROM THAT WHEN WE TALK
WITH OUR- COLLEAGUES WITHIN THE
PARTNER FINANCES OVERSEE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WHAT NOT
THE INDICATED THERE SOME ALREADY
AVAILABLE FUNDING. THAT WAS
APPROPRIATED- BUT STILL LIKE
AVAILABLE. FOR ALLOCATION THAT
THIS COULD THIS COULD BE APPLIED
TO THIS- AND SO IT'S- NOT
DEPENDENT ON WHATEVER SORT OF
REDUCTIONS COME FROM. THE
FUTURE. PROP NINETY EIGHT
FUNDING. THANK YOU THE- THANK
YOU I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW.
QUESTIONS HERE- LET'S SEE YOU
KNOW WE DID IS YOU KNOW. NOTED
OVERALL THIS WAS A SUBSTANTIAL-
THE FUNDING COMMITTED BY TWO
POINT EIGHT BILLION ACROSS
RECENT BUDGET- PACKAGES FOR
FORCE RESILIENCE. I'M IN WE HAD
A FEW YEARS NOW FOR THIS INCOME
INCREASED FUNDING SO. JUST WANT
TO START OUT WITH- KIND OF
THOUGHTS ON THE IMPACT THAT THIS
PHONE IS HEADED PREVENTING
WILDFIRES IN IMPROVING. A FORCE
RESILIENCY. I'M HAPPY TO TALK
ABOUT THAT SENATOR BOOKER AND-
I'M JUST CA MORE SIDE TO BE
SECRETARY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES
AGENCY FOR FORCING WILDFIRE
RESILIENCE I'M ALSO JOINED BY
ADDITIONAL COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY
FROM CAL FIRE WE HAVE CHICKEN A
BRILLIANT. FROM THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL'S OFFICE AS WELL AS
CHIEF MATTHEW REISMAN WHO
HANDLES THE NATURIST FORCES
DIVISION AT CAL FIRE- THROUGH
TWENTY TWENTY TWO WAS REALLY A
GOOD MODEL OF HOW RESILIENCY CAN
WORK IN ACTION THAT THE FUNDING
THAT WE'VE INVESTED THUS FAR-
THAT- YOU KNOW DEPEND WE TWO
POINT SEVEN BILLION OVER THREE
YEARS WHICH INCLUDING THE SIX
HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR MILLION WERE
ASKING FOR THIS YEAR- THAT
FUNDING WHICH STARTED IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE. HAS RESULTED IN OVER
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY FOUR PROJECTS ON THE
GROUND- THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AND- THOSE PROJECTS CAME INTO
PLAY IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. THIS
FIRE SEASON WE SAW- AS YOU HEARD
FROM- CHIEF TYLER WE SAW IT AND
NOT ONLY MORE FIRES- BUT
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IMPACT FROM
THE FIRES. THAT STARTED AND
WHILE THE WEATHER WAS HELPFUL WE
ALSO HAD SOME OF THE MOST
EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS WE
RECORDED IN STATE HISTORY WE
HAD- EXTREME FUEL MOISTURE
LEVELS ARE DOWN THAT 6% LEVEL
WHICH IS WHERE YOU GET THE
PARADISES IN THESE. CATASTROPHIC
FIRES WE HAD SEVERAL FIRES THAT
WERE MODEL TO BE MAKE OF FIRES.
THAT INTERACTED WITH FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS RIGHT OUT THE
GATE AND WERE ABLE TO STAY SMALL
STILL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES ONE
WITH THE ELECTRIFY YOUR IN
AMADOR COUNTY OVER FOURTH OF
JULY LAST YEAR- AND- THAT FIRE
WAS GROWING AT A VERY RAPID PACE
EXTREME CONDITIONS. WITH KICKING
OFF A PYRO CUMULONIMBUS YOU KNOW
ONE OF THOSE GIANT WEATHER
SYSTEMS OFF THE TOP- AND IT HIT
A FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT THAT WE
HAD IN THIS OAK WOODLANDS- ON A
RIDGE TOP. ON ITS ON ITS SECOND
DAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE
CONTAINMENT LINES OFF OF THAT
AND CREATE A MAJOR FLANK AROUND
THE FIRE. AND THEN MANAGED TO
CONTAIN IT WITHIN A FEW DAYS.
AFTER THAT WHICH WAS WE THE
DRAMATIC THIS. BE THE FIRE WAS
MOVING AT I'M ANOTHER ONE IS OF
THAT DID EVEN HIT THE- IN
PLASTER. THERE WAS OAK FOR- LAST
SUMMER HE AND THAT ONE WAS
SPOTTING A MILE AHEAD OF THE
FLAMES THAT MEANS FIRES WERE
STARTING A MILE IN ADVANCE OF
THE MAIN. FLANK AT THE MAIN
FRONT OF THE FIRE AND AGAIN THAT
WAS MODELED IN ALL OF THE TECHNO
SO LET PREDICTION MODELING THAT
THEY DO THAT SAY HOW MUCH. FORCE
YOU NEED TO PUT ON A FIRE THAT
WAS MODEL TO BE A MAKE A FIRE.
AND AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REST
IT BECAUSE THE FIRE SPOTTED
DIRECTLY TIED INTO A FUEL BREAK
THAT WE HAD PUT INTO PLACE WITH
THIS FUNDING- THROUGH THE- ALONG
THE AMERICAN RIVER. AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE SPOTS
AND THEN THE FOR THE FRONT OF
THE FIRE. IT WAS A COMBINATION
OF WE HAD SOME BREAKS IN THE
WEATHER. BUT AREAS THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN MEGA FIRES GIVEN THE
WEATHER AND EXTREME CONDITIONS
THEY WERE FACING. WE WERE ABLE
TO GET ON TOP OF THE QUICKLY
WITH THE RESILIENCE PROJECTS IN
PLACE. AND ALSO THE ADDITIONAL
SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT WE WERE
ABLE TO DO THEY CAL FIRE WAS
ABLE TO DO REALLY FAST EARLY
ATTACK. WITH THOSE TEN
ADDITIONAL HELLA TAKERS AND
OTHERS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP
A LOT OF FIRE SMALL. SO WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THIS
INVESTMENT AND FIRE RESILIENCE
IS PAYING OFF AND JUST AS A
REFRESHER. AND APOLOGIES I'M
KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE
TESTIMONY I HAD PREPARED SO.
THAT'S HELPFUL- AND SO WE- WE'VE
INVESTED THIS WILDFIRE SCIENCE
PROGRAM ACROSS THREE FRONTS OF
ACTIONS AND THEN ALSO A LONG
AREAS THAT HELP US SCALE UP
THOSE ACTIVITIES. SO THAT
INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT
GO INSIDE OF COMMUNITY SETS YOUR
DEFENSIBLE SPACE. HOME HARDENING
INTERVENTIONS AROUND COMMUNITIES
THOSE ARE THE STRATEGIC FUEL
BREAKS THAT I WAS JUST TALKING
ABOUT THAT GIVE FIREFIGHTERS
THAT CAPACITY TO TAKE A STAND.
AND HELP EVACUATION DURING A
FIRE. AND THEN INVESTMENTS IN
PROGRAMS ACROSS LANDSCAPES. SO
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GETTING
ACROSS THIS WHOLE WATERSHED.
PRESCRIBED FIRE PROGRAMS ARE
FORCED HEALTH INITIATIVES- FORCE
LEGACY PROGRAM WHICH WORKS WITH-
PRIVATE TIMBER- THAT'S SO HAVE A
PROGRAM. ACROSS LANDAU. TIE SO
THAT WE HAVE A CA- EFFORT ACROSS
LANDSCAPE. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE- ARE
GETTING ON THE GROUND QUICKLY.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE
ELEVEN. ELEVEN HUNDRED PROJECTS
ON THE GROUND BECAUSE OF SOME
VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE GAVE US WITH THOSE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE EARLY ACTION
DOLLARS- AND THAT INCLUDED
CONTRACTING RELIEF- THE AND-
THAT ALLOWED US TO GET PROJECTS
ON THE GROUND- WITHIN. SEVERAL
MONTHS RATHER THAN TAKING A YEAR
AND A CONTRACTING PROCESS. WE
HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT REGULATORY
REFORM THAT HAS SPED UP OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.
DOWN TO ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM
WHAT WAS POTENTIALLY A YEAR LONG
TWO TWO YEAR LONG PROCESS FOR A
FULL SEQUEL A- REVIEW- AND THEN
ALSO- INVESTMENTS- THAT CHANGED
OUR GRANT TIMELINES AND
PROTOCOLS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
EARLY ACTION. THAT ALLOWED US TO
GET THOSE SURGE OF PROJECTS ON
THE GROUND- AND IN PRACTICE SO
WE SAW A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
TO DIFFERENT TACTICS WITH
CHANGING THE GRANT TIMELINES WE
SAW SOME THAT TOOK THE GRANT
TIMELINES. DID VERY RAPID SORT
OF TWO WEEK TURNAROUND-
HEALTHCARE TOOK A REALLY
INNOVATIVE APPROACH WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY- DID THE GRANT
SOLICITATIONS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE THE APPROPRIATION WAS
EVEN MADE. SO THAT WHEN THE
APPROPRIATIONS READY THEY COULD
AWARD THE DOLLARS SO WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BUDGET
CYCLES IN GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS-
ARE KEEPING PACE WITH THE CRISIS
THAT WE'RE FACING AND WE'RE
TRYING TO BE VERY ADAPTIVE. TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'M
THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE
INVESTING INTO IN ADDITION TO
THOSE KIND OF COR ACTIVITY AREAS
WERE PUTTING RESILIENCE PROJECTS
ON THE GROUND WE'RE ALSO
INVESTING IN THE STRUCTURE THAT
ALLOWS US TO MOVE FASTER. SO
THAT INCLUDES THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT- FUNDING THAT YOU
HEARD ABOUT THAT IS INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS
TRAINING PROGRAMS- AND ALSO
EXPANDING THE CONSERVATION
CORPS. WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
. DEVELOPING- HI ECON OF. HERE
TO BE ABLE TO CONSUME THE WOODY
BIOMASS MATERIAL SO THIS IS.
HELPING US CREATE A SUPPLY CHAIN
OF WOODY FEEDSTOCK THAT CREATES
A PREDICTABILITY IN THE MARKET-
AND THEN PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING
THE MONITORING AND- AND DATA
THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
REAL TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE THESE
EARLY INVESTMENTS ALLOWED US TO-
PUTS THE CONTRIBUTIONS INTO U.
S. G. S. THAT ALLOWED US TO TEAM
UP SO WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN YOU
GUYS GRANTS FROM THE U. S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. THAT NOW HAVE
COVERED OVER THIRTY MILLION
ACRES OF THE STATE IN LIDAR SO
THAT MEANS WE HAVE HIGH SCALE
HIGH RESOLUTION. LASER MAP OF
THE NEW VEGETATION SO IT COVERS
ANY OF THE GAPS WE HAD SO IT'S
ABOUT THIRTY MILLION ACRES. OF
THE HIGH FIRE RISK OR RECENT
FIRE AREAS SO THAT NOW THE STATE
WILL HAVE LIGHT ARE CURRENT
WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS- WHAT
YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THIS NEW DATA
THAT WERE PUT BRINGING IN. THE
WE'RE GETTING DATA MODELING- IN
ADDITION ON THE MODELING WE'RE
GETTING THINGS LIKE- VEGETATION
CHANGE DETECTION WHICH IS
ALLOWING US AND- THE TREE
MORTALITY EARLY WARNING AREA
ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND HOW
AND WHERE TO TARGET- OUR PROGRAM
SO THESE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW AND- AND
WILL BE SORT OF INTEGRATED INTO
THE TOOL KITS- AS THAT DATA IS
PROCESSED. AND AND USED GOING
FORWARD- SO THESE AREAS THAT
WERE INVESTING IN AND THE LAST
YEAR I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS
THE REGIONAL COORDINATION AND
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM- THAT
PROGRAM IS. REALLY CENTRAL IN
TERMS OF ENSURING THAT THAT
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT COMING IN IS
ACTUALLY BEING PUT INTO PROGRAMS
THAT ARE THAT ARE SEEMED UP
NICELY WITH OUR PROGRAMS THAT
ARE ON STATE OR LOCAL OR OTHER
LANDOWNER TYPE SO THAT. WE ARE
HAVING A CROSS JURISDICTIONAL
APPROACH TO REGIONAL PLANNING
AND GETTING PROJECTS ON THE
GROUND SEAMLESSLY- THAT PROGRAM
IS VERY HELPFUL IN BEING A J. I
AM GREEN ARROW. THIS TO THE ARE
FEDERAL PER THAT SAY PUT MONEY
HERE- BECAUSE WE HAD REGIONAL
PLANS IN PLACE IT MADE IT VERY
EASY FOR OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO
BE ABLE TO PUT THAT. ROUGHLY
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
COMMITMENT INTO- SPECIFIC
CALIFORNIA WATERSHEDS TO BE ABLE
TO HELP- EXPAND WHAT WE'RE
ALREADY DOING SO WHAT WE'VE DONE
WITH THE FUNDING THAT- THAT.
THAT CAME FROM THE WILDFIRE
RESILIENCE PACKAGE IS EXPANDED
THOSE REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT PUT THOSE-
STAFFING DOLLARS IN PLANNING
DOLLARS ON THE GROUND IN THOSE
SORT OF WATERSHED SCALE REGIONS.
AND AND NOW IT HAVE COVERED THE
ENTIRE STATE SO EVERY HIGH FIRE
RISK REGION THE STATE INCLUDING
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. NOW HAS-
A REGIONAL COORDINATION ACRE AND
THEN OURS ARC STATE
CONSERVANCIES- WHICH GOT DIRECT
FUNDING IN THE WILDFIRES LEADS
PACKAGE THEY'VE BEEN ANCHORING-
IN THEIR IN THEIR REGIONS. THOSE
ARE REGIONAL CAPACITY PROGRAMS
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE
LANDSCAPE SCALE COORDINATION
WE'RE SEEING THE INVESTMENTS-
START TO PAY OFF. AND I THINK
IT'S A REALLY GOOD MODEL THAT
RESILIENCE CAN WORK WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THIS IS WERE UP AGAINST.
THE PLANET. WE'RE UP AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SO IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE LINEAR LINE OF ST
PROGRESS BY WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS. THESE INTO THESE MODELS WORK
THE INVESTMENTS THE SUITE OF
INVESTMENTS WERE MAKING WORKS
AND THANK YOU TO THE LEGISLATURE
FOR GIVING US THE TOOLS AND THE
RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SCALE
UP. AND TO BE ABLE TO SCALE UP
AT SPEED. THANK YOU. THE YOU
WANT QUESTIONS WERE LESS LEARNED
AT THE U. COVER LOT OF THE- FOB
ON A THIRD AREAS HERE. A OTHER.
APPOINT HE MENTIONED- TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTED TERMINOLOGY ON. ON
WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY SEEN A GROW
IN THAT AREA- YOU MENTIONED
THIRTY MILLION ACRES AND LYFT
ARE- MUNITIONS SPECIFIC- COMPANY
THAT HAS PROVIDED. RESOURCES THE
DEPARTMENT- HOW ARE YOU SORT OF
MEASURING THAT IN TERMS OF NOT
FOUND IN FOR AN OPEN. TO NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSING THEM
WHICH IS TERRIFIC- JUST ONE IF
YOU CAN COMMENT A LITTLE FURTHER
WILL PRESENT FINDINGS BEING
SPENT ON. IN EQUITY NEW DECK
DID. DETECTION PREVENTION AND
SUPPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES IN HER
THINKING ABOUT THAT. YEAH
ABSOLUTELY AND HAPPY TO DEFER TO
OTHER CAL FIRE COLLEAGUES TO
WEIGH INTO BUT LET ME GIVE YOU
KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW SO
WE'VE INVESTED ABOUT TWENTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE- THE
REMOTE SENSING. PORTFOLIO AND SO
THAT IS COVERING EVERYTHING FROM
THE LIGHT ARE THE- TREE
MORTALITY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
VEGETATION CHANGE DETECTION
WHICH- I WAS EXPLAINING IT IT
BASICALLY. ALLOWS US TO SEE
WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT-
ARE ARE WE SEEING FORCE PLANTS
CONVERT TO SHRUBLANDS ARE WE
SEEING SHRUBLANDS CONVERTING TO
GRASSLANDS- AND SO HOW ARE WE
STAYING ON TOP OF THAT OUR
TREATMENTS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE
AFTER THE FIRE GOES THROUGH SO
THAT CHANGE THE TEXAN. REALLY
HELPS US SEE ARE WE ABLE TO
SUSTAIN THE VEGETATION TYPE THAT
IS NATIVE TO THE AREA WHILE
WE'RE GETTING THESE EXTREME
CLIMATE STRESSORS- AND THEN
WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN SORT OF.
A MORE INNOVATIVE THINGS SUCH AS
WE'RE PUTTING A FLUX TOWER INTO
THE JACKSON STATE DEMONSTRATION
FOREST WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE HAD- THE MONITORING
IN THE COAST REDWOODS THAT SHOW
YOU WHAT TYPE OF- WATER VAPOR
CARBON VAPOR AND IT BASICALLY
TRACKS- VAPOR AND GASES. AND AND
SO LITTLE. SHOW YOU KIND OF HOW
MUCH TO THE TO TREES ARE HOW
MUCH WATER LOST OF TRANCE. HOW
MUCH WATER'S COMING IN TO THE
AND WHAT OF CAR CYCLE YOU'RE
SEEING GOING IN AND OUT SO IT'S
A IN. SO OF TWENTY HOUR- I
WAITED REALLY NEW ONES AND ALLOW
US TO ANTICIPATE THE COW THE
CLIMATE CHANGE ARE IMPACTING
THESE COOKIES THESE INCREDIBLY
RARE- FORCED ECOSYSTEMS- YEAH
THEY WERE HAPPY TO DETERRED TURN
TO ANY CAL FIRE COLLEAGUES TO
GUYS HAVE ANY. OKAY SO ONE LAST
THING I WILL HIGHLIGHT IS THAT-
CALIFORNIA HAD A PARTNERSHIP
ALSO ON- EARLY TO CAL FIRE HAS
ANOTHER DIVISION THAT DOES THERE
ARE INDIE- AND TECHNOLOGY SO I
DON'T OVER SPEAK. FOR THEM BUT
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FUNDED OUT
OF THE REMOTE SENSING WAS
POTENTIALLY- A STATIONARY
BALLOONS TO ALLOW US TO HAVE.
STATIONARY AT HIGH NOW- BUT IT
ALLOWS US HAVE- HISTORY.
IMPORTANT. BECAUSE IT IT WOULD
FUNCTION. YEAH YEAH EXACTLY
EXACTLY LET EVERYONE KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE- BUT WHAT IT DOES IT'S
REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO DO
HIGH RESOLUTION ATTENTION OF
FIRE- THAT WHEN YOU'RE USING
SATELLITES OR THINGS OR FLIGHTS
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY IN MOTION AND
SO HAVING WEATHER BALLOONS UP
THERE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO
ACTUALLY HAVE A STATIONARY- WAY.
OF DETECTING THOSE FIRES AT HIGH
SCALE WELL THEY THEY JUST THE
SENATE- AND SO- IS WE GIVE THIS
IS SORT OF MORE COVERAGE SO THAT
THE R. AND D. DIVISION AT CAL
FIRE IS BEING VERY INNOVATIVE
ABOUT SORT OF REACHING OUT TO
NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE ON THE
HORIZON. AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE
CAN POTENTIALLY INTEGRATE THEM
INTO FIELD USE. EXCELLENT WHAT
IS YOUR ONE WEAPON SERVICE SMALL
THAT TIME WHEN WE HAVE A TOWN
HALL WITH US IN AUSTRALIA WITH
THE TEAM ON WILDFIRES IN OTHER
THINGS AND- THEY WERE THERE ON
THE NEWS ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW IN
AUSTRALIA- BEING DEPLOYED THERE
AND SO I KNOW IT'S FANCY CAMERAS
AND EVENTS CAMERAS THAT ACTUALLY
CAN CAPTURE STEPS VIDEO. AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAVE THE
PASSED. VERY IMPORTANT. JUST A
MOMENT ON- IT WILL RESOURCES
MENTIONED TEN HELD TANKERS AND I
THINK THOSE WERE NEW- WHAT'S THE
FULL CAPACITY OF. THE AERIAL
WHAT FOR SUPPRESSION RESOURCES
OF THE DEPARTMENT- RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE TO DO IS
FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD STILL BE
INCREASED. A FURTHER BUT MANY
COULD TELL US WERE FILLED HERE
WHAT WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF OUR
AREA WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
RESOURCES RIGHT NOW. CHIEF
TYLER'S PROBABLY THE BEST ANSWER
BUT KEEP THE LAND YOU KNOW.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO COME UP WHAT
WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP- WITH YOU ON
THAT- BUT TODAY. THE SESSION
DROUGHT MORE READY TALK ABOUT A
WILDFIRE RESULT- OBVIOUSLY HAS
TO TRY TO MENTION THE REACHED.
ALL OF THE SUPPLIERS- THE
INVESTMENTS THAT THE LEGISLATURE
AND ADMINISTRATION IS MADE
PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN
CONJUNCTION WITH OUR FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH. WITH WITH OUR
FORCE MANAGEMENT BUT WE'D BE.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
ON SOME SPECIFICS GREAT-
INFAMOUSLY TO DO THAT. WE DO
HAVE A COMEDY TRIED A DID I JUST
COUPLE THINGS I CAN HIT ON IS
WE- BEEN. IN THE REPLACE OF-
HELICOPTER AND SO WE'RE WORRIED
PLACE VIETNAM ERA HELICOPTER
WITH SOME. WAY CAUGHT FIRE. BUT
THE SERVER. BLACK HAWK- SPIN OFF
IF YOU WILL. THIS CALL THE- THE-
YOU USED STATE. AND THEN THAT
HELLA. THE MISS MORE REFERRED TO
IS THAT'S WE DID MONITOR.
FUNDING LAW YEAR THAT DOES TEND
HELL ATTAINING PER. FOR THREE
YEARS SO THAT WAS. AT THE
CURRENT. BUDGET YEAR AND THEN
THE TRUMP YEAR AFTER THE- THAT'S
IN LIEU OF. THIS ONE THIRTIES
ON. RIGHT SENATE SO GONNA SAY IS
WE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS PROMISED US- SEVEN C. ONE
THIRTIES. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL
DELAYS IN GETTING THOSE AND SO
WE DID THE HELLO TANKERS TO SORT
OF BRIDGE THAT GAP. WE'RE STILL
WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THOSE
HOT TAKERS IN BUT- THE
DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF
OTHER REAL ASSETS AND I'LL DEFER
TO PROGRAM FOLKS TO. GIVE YOU
MORE DETAILS ON HOW WE CAN BRING
BACK BUT NOT REGULAR. HE WOULD
LOVE A FULL FULL VIEW THAT- AT A
FUTURE POINT. IN TWO MORE
QUESTIONS HERE DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
AND THE- UM HOMEM HARDENING- I
BELIEVE. BUDGET MORE AFTER THIS
BUT I DO BELIEVE BOTH IS THERE
IS A CRITICAL HOME HARDENING-
WAS NOT CUT TENCEL SPACE WAS
CUT- AND YOU MENTIONED. YOU
KNOW. PORTION WAS WAS- WAS
CAPTAIN BUT- YOU KNOW FIVE FIVE
I DON'T REDUCTION FOR MONITOR.
INTO THE RECORD. MY OVER. AND.
YOU KNOW GIVE A SMALL THIS YEAR
ARE SINCE. GIVEN THIS NATURE
THAT WORST SO. DID MY PURSE
OPINION WE SHOULD BE SO MORE
THOSE HERE. AND I DON'T THINK
HAS BECOME ON THAT ON THE HOME
HARD THE SUPPORT. OF AT THE
STATUS OF A- CARE. OUT A ON-
BEYOND- YOU KNOW BACK TO. THE
HOME HARDING PILAR PROJECT THAT
- FROM AB THIRTY EIGHT BACK INTO
NINETEEN SO. WOULD LOVE ANY ANY.
ON THOSE THINGS YEAH I'D BE
HAPPY TO COULD HAVE- CHAIR BACK-
CENTER AT ALL IN IN MY- AND- FOR
LENT ACTING STATE FARM MARSHALL
. LAW SEVERAL- WITH. BILL EIGHT
AS REFERENCE- WE HAVE FORMED A
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY WITH
CALLAWAY. WORKING TO BUILD THE
FRAME WE'VE BUILT THE FRAMEWORK.
FOR A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM TO HELP VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS THAT ARE AT RISK FOR
WILDFIRES- TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU- BUT WHILE WE HAD HOPED TO
HAVE ALREADY HAD HAMMER SWINGING
BY THIS POINT- ONE OF THE- HUGE
BENEFITS OF THE WAY THAT THE
LEGISLATION READ WAS. BEING ABLE
TO TAP INTO FEDERAL HAZARD
MITIGATION- DOLLARS AND IN FACT-
SENDS THE LEGISLATION'S PASSED
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO SEE.
MORE POTENTIAL DOLLARS- BE
MATCHED WITH OUR STATE FUNDS
ORIGINALLY IT WAS A SEVENTY FIVE
TO TWENTY FIVE MATCH OF THE-
STATE LEGISLATURE THE
MINISTRATION OF PUTTING TWENTY
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WE WERE
HOPING TO GET SEVENTY FIVE
MILLION. SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO- WORK WITH FEMA TO GET A
90% TO SO MORE MONEY COMMITTED
TO IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THE
CHALLENGE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
WORK ON WITH- OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS- ARE- VERY STRINGENT-
AND- VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS
RELATED TO- FEDERAL-
ENVIRONMENTAL. OUR PARTNERS A
CALLAWAY YES I'VE BEEN WORKING
VERY CLOSELY WITH FEMA- TO TRY
TO COME UP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTOCOLS- AND SAFEGUARDS TO
MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE DOING
THIS CRITICAL WORK WE ARE WE ARE
ENSURING THAT- THE ENVIRONMENT-
IS A IS DRESSED. I WILL MENTION
THOUGH THAT IT AROUND- THIS
PROGRAM WE BUILT THE FRAMEWORK
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE
THE ASSESSMENT APP WE HAVE- THE
PORTAL BUILT FOR HOMEOWNERS TO
APPLY WE HAVE THE TOOLS. OFFERED
THESE COMMUNITIES- TO LEVERAGE
THIS PROGRAM WE'VE BUILT
COMMUNITY OUTREACH WE'VE REALLY
BUILT UP THE PROGRAM IT IS READY
TO GO IT IS READY TO BE SCALABLE
THE LAST HURDLE IN ALL OF THIS
THOUGH AND I THINK THEY GET THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART. IS BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS- THOSE THOSE
FEDERAL DOLLARS- CENTER WHERE
MOVE ARE YOU MAY BE HAPPY TO
HEAR ON MY VERY FIRST- PROJECT
TO LIKELY GET FEDERAL APPROVAL-
THIS SPRING IS KELSEY RIVIERA IN
LAKE COUNTY THEY ARE ONE OF OUR
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS- WE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE- THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. APPROVED THE FEDERAL
FUNDS AND START ACTUAL UPGRADES
TO HOMES- THIS SPRING AND SO- WE
LOOK FORWARD. JUST LIKE YOU DO
TO SEEN A SUCCESS OF THIS
PROGRAM- BUT I WILL TELL YOU WE
ARE RIGHT ON THE CUSP. OF BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS IS FEDERAL
DOLLARS. GET THIS PROGRAM MOVING
IT IS A PILOT BUT WE ARE READY-
TO SCALE UP ONCE WE- REALLY-
OVERCOME. THIS LAST BARRIER. WE
THINK YOU'RE DOING THIS CRITICAL
TRYING TO FINANCE YEAH I JUST I
WANTED TO GIVE ONE LENS ON TERMS
OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS YOU. AS
YOU NOTED BOTH OF THOSE ARE
CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF IT WE
MISS MORRIS TALKED US THROUGH
THE THREE LAYERS OF. FOR THE
FIRE- RESILIENCE IN ONE OF THE
FIRST ONE BEING THAT INNER LAYER
OF COMMUNITY PROTECTION AND
THESE ARE BOTH IMPORTANT TO
THAT. PART OF THE WAY WE LOOKED
AT THAT IS THERE IS A MENTION
EARLY DEFENSE WILL SPACE DOES
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING RETAINED AND IT HAS SOME
BASE FUNDING FOR IT. WHEN YOU
LOOK AT HOME HARDENING THE ONLY
FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM HAS
BEEN THESE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER ONES OF
COURSE I MENTIONED EARLIER IS.
BILLING A LEVERAGE LEVERAGE
FEDERAL FUNDING AND SERVICE HE
BRIAN JUST TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO
LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL. FEDERAL
FUNDING WITHIN THE HOME HURTING
PROGRAM AND SO THOSE WERE SO THE
KEY RE. WHY WE- DO. REDUCTIONS
THERE THE PROGRAM SIR. HAS AN-
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE A PROJECTS
ON THE GROUND AS HELP AS QUICKLY
AS WE HAD HOPED. BUT WE ALSO
HAVE YOU KNOW IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT
OF EXPERIENCE WITH HIM AND SO
THERE'S A- GENERAL RECOGNITION
OF. SORT OF THERE'S- WITH THE
PROGRAMS WORK TO THE STRINGENT
AND IN SO WE CAN ANTICIPATE SOME
DELAYS BUT I JUST. BOTH PROGRAMS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BUT THAT
SORT OF THE LANDS ARE LOOKED AT
AND SORT OF WHERE WE MADE. THE
MINOR REDUCTIONS IS TRYING TO
BALANCE OUT BOTH OF THOSE
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND AVAILABLE
FUNDING FOR THEM- OKAY. A
FANTASTIC- IS. A DO YOU BELIEVE
YOU CAN THERE'S A RELATIVELY
SMALL PART OF BUDGET AND BOTH
HER OR CRITICAL SO LOOK FOR TO
FOLLOWING UP ON. ON BOTH OF
THOSE- ONE MORE QUESTION FOR ME
WILL TURN OVER TOO. SOON
REQUIRE. THE QUITE A CATALYST
FUND- AS WE DISCUSS IT IT IS
SIGNIFICANT CUT- COMING TO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AND STAND THAT.
IT TAKES AWHILE TO GET THESE
PROGRAMS. UP AND RUNNING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS
BEEN DONE INTO DILIGENCE AND-
BEYOND BEING OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY ASSESSING. THESE
PROJECTS AND THEN COMING GETTING
IT READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE SO.
IT- IT- IT IT. IT REALLY HURTS
THE REPUTATION OF THE- STATE
FRANKLIN IN TO BE ABLE TO.
AFFORD THESE THINGS AND IF IN
THE FUTURE IF WE THEN PULL BACK-
AT THIS. POINT WONDERING IF YOU
CAN COMMENT AND- MR OTHERS HERE
AS WELL. THINGS ON A CLUB
COMMENT ON THE CLINIC CALLOUSED.
A PROGRAM AND- CONCERNS ABOUT
STOP AND START NATURE OF A
PROGRAM LIKE THAT. TO ALL COME
IN JUST ON THE SORT OF OVERALL
HOW WE VIEW THAT IN THE TERMS OF
THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE
PROPOSED BUT MAYBE IN THE
MEANTIME IT. DAN ADLER HE EVEN
IF HE WANTS TO COME OUT WE CAN
MAKE SOME SPACE FOR ME AT THE
TABLE HILL BILL THE TALK WITH
PROGRAMMATIC EXPECTED THAT A LOT
BETTER THAN I CAN. BUT SUPPORT
WE LOOKED AT AS A AS A MENTION
WHEN THE FRAMING THIS WAS. WHERE
WE AT IN TERMS OF GETTING THE
DOLLARS OUT IN THE PROGRAMS. AND
BALANCING THAT WITH TRYING NOT
TO DISRUPT THE PROGRAM ANY MORE
THAN NECESSARY. SO THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT DESPITE
YOU KNOW DESPITE IMPORTANCE OF
IT DEMONSTRATION CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT AND COMMITTED TO IT. I'M
GETTING ACTUAL PROJECTS YOU
SIGNED UP FOR THAT PROGRAM I
THINK IS TAKEN AFTER A LONGER
THAN YOU KNOW MAYBE WAS
ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED AND SERVE
THEM THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE
MAINTAINING IS TO SUPPORT- WHAT.
SORT OF HAS MOVED FORWARD AT
THIS POINT- IN A RECOGNIZING
THAT YOU KNOW THE THAT WHAT WAS
NOT YET COMMITTED WAS SORT OF
OUR- SCOPE OF THINGS LOOK AT
REDUCING OUT NO SORT OF WAS. THE
FRAME WE LOOKED AT IS THERE IS A
LOT MORE AVAILABLE THERE THAT
WAS NOT GOING FORWARD AND THAT.
THAT PROGRAM WAS WAS MOVING INTO
HELPING A BIT SLOWER BUT- I'LL
DEFER TO MISTER ALLARD EXTRA.
PAINT A BETTER PICTURE OF THE
PROGRAM. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK
VERY MUCH THANK YOU SENATOR
BAKER- FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK
TO. WHAT THE CATALYST FUND IS
AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
NATURE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
THE BERMAN FINANCES FACING AND
BRING ALL THIS INTO VIOLENCE IN
THE OVERALL CLIMATE BUDGET AND
THE BUDGET PICTURE BROADLY- WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY.
FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW I JOIN THE
PROGRAM LAST APRIL. TALKING WITH
OVER FIFTY DIFFERENT PROJECT
PROPONENTS. SOME OF WHOM ARE
READY FOR ALONE IN THIS IS A
VERY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT I
THINK THAT'S THE KEY THING TO.
REALLY FOCUS ON HERE IT TAKES
LONGER TO GET TO A LENDER WILL
PROJECT TYPE. THAN IT DOES A
CREDIBLE PROJECT TYPE AND WE'RE
VERY COGNIZANT OF THE NEED FOR
PRIVATE LEVERAGE. THAT MEANS
BRINGING IN ALIGNING WITH OTHER
FUNDERS AND- BENEFICIALLY THERE
ARE MORE AND MORE OF THOSE BANKS
AND PRIVATE. PARTIES THAT ARE
PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS
INDUSTRY. WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF PUBLIC LEVERAGE ALONG SIDE.
SO IT IS TRUE THAT IT'S TAKEN
AWHILE TO GET TO THE FUNDING
MOMENT WHICH MUST FOLLOW TERM
SHEETS IN ALIGNMENT WITH PRIVATE
LENDERS. AND I BEING POOR TO
PROVE A PROCESS. BUT I DO WANT
TO INTO. STRESS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN A LOT OF INVEST ACTIVITY.
THAT UNLOCKS MARKET FOR. AND
THAT IS. THE CENTRAL THESIS IS
WE KNOW. WE NEED ALL AVAILABLE
RESOURCES IN THIS CHALLENGE. WE
FOUND GOOD FINANCIAL PARTNERS IN
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS THAT WE
THINK WE CAN WORK WITH. THERE
ARE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES IN
FRONT OF US NOW. IT DOESN'T
FOLLOW AN AWARD CYCLE THE WAY
GRANT PROGRAMS TO AND I THINK
THAT IS. SOMETHING WE'VE PERHAPS
NOT BEEN AS DILIGENT AND
STRESSING IN EXPLAINING THE
NATURE OF THE WORK. THIS IS
DEFINITELY BEEN BUILDING FOR A
LONGER TERM. CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP
AN INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP. BUT
WHEN WE GET THERE IT SKILLS IN A
WAY THAT I THINK. THAT PROGRAMS
HAVE A HARDER TIME. DOING SO.
DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE
SENSITIVITIES AND THAT THE
BALANCE IS THE NEED TO BE
STRUCK- REST ASSURED WE ARE
WORKING. TO MOVE THIS PROJECT
FORWARD WITH WITH THE RESOURCES
THAT ULTIMATELY AVAILABLE TO.
SIX THANK YOU FOR THAT- YEAH I
DO. I MEAN I PERSONALLY IN THE
NATURE OF THE THESE KIND OF
PROJECTS TALK ABOUT AND- THAT
THEY DO TAKE LONGER TO- THAT
DEVELOP AND I THINK IT'S AN
EXCITING- SIXTY SITTING AREA.
FOR US TO BE WORKING IN. AND I
AM CONCERNED FOR USED TO START
STOP THEN. THESE PROJECTS A
DON'T HAPPEN PEOPLE WALK AWAY.
AND WE LOSE REALLY THE
INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE SO-
CERTAINLY CONCERNS FROM FOR
MYSELF ON. ON THAT- SURE TWO OF
. CINNABAR THANK YOU SO MUCH IN
TWO. TWO QUESTIONS MISTER CHAIR
PRETTY GRATEFUL AWFULLY QUICK
THAT. PERSON FROM US I THINK
IT'S- AN WHAT WANNA MAKE EVIDENT
THIS IS NOT AN EASY BUDGET
RIGHT- THAT THERE'S BEEN
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
ESPECIALLY ON WILDFIRE
MITIGATION FOR THE PAST MANY
YEARS. BY THE LEGISLATURE AND-
LED BY I MISS MORRIS OBVIOUSLY
SECTOR CROWFOOT- IN GOVERNOR
NEWSOM. I ALSO WANTED KNOWLEDGE
ON PROGRAMMATIC. FINDING IN THE
BUDGET. HOMELESSNESS HOUSING
SCHOOLS. WILDFIRE THE VAST
MAJORITY IF NOT EVERYTHING IS
INTACT SO WHEN IT COMES TO
WILDFIRE PLEASE PUSH BACK ON ME-
MISS MORRIS BUT ABOUT 97% OF
WHAT WAS PROPOSED. IS REMAINING
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I DO
WANNA JUST POINT OUT THAT THE
ONE AREA- THIS IF YOU PUT ON ONE
ISSUE. SPECIFICALLY IN FIRES
THAT TWENTY FIVE MILLION. FROM
THE THREE AND FIVE MILLION FOR
STEWARDSHIP OF PARKLAND'S.
ACTUALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER
FOR- COUNTIES LIKE CINEMA. WHERE
WE'VE HAD THE NUNS FIRE BURNED-
JUST ABOUT FIFTY SIX THOUSAND
ACRES OF COMING THROUGH STATE
PARKS PLANT. THE GRASS FIRE
SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES IN
TWENTY TWENTY BURNING THROUGH
STATE PARKS LAND IN WHAT HAS
GREATLY BENEFITTED. THOSE
COMMUNITIES WHETHER IT'S GONNA
ALLEN OR THE SIXTY SEVEN HUNDRED
HOME DEVELOPMENT IN OAKLAND HAS
BEEN THE WORK THAT TAPPED IN IT
HAPPENED IN JACK LONDON ORDER
TRAINING ANY DELL TO BE A CREATE
FIRE BREAKS. OPEN UP A ONE
SCREEN OVER FIRE ROADS- AND-
HELP MAKE COMMUNITIES MORE FIRE
SAFE. AGAIN I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR 97% OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED
REMAINS BUT THAT IS BEEN A
WONDERFUL PROGRAM YOU CAN'T
REALLY HAS HELPED KEEP. SOME OF
THOSE COMMUNITIES ON THE
FRONTLINES OF THE WEEK SAFE AND
JUST WANT TO GIVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT NEED TO BE
A PRIORITY FOR THE SENATE.
ABSOLUTELY AND WE'RE REALLY
PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT STATE
PARKS AND FISHING WILDLIFE HAVE
DONE WITH THIS FUNDING THEM
HAVING DIRECT FUNDING TO DO THIS
HAS. RESULTED IN I THINK OVER
FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES ON FISH AND
WILDLIFE PLANNED- GETTING
TREATED- A LOT OF THAT WITH
GRAZING WHICH IS REALLY
EXCITING- THE PARKS LANDS- WE'VE
BEEN SEEN VERY FAST ACTION FROM
STATE PARKS AS WELL. ACROSS I'LL
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
PARK UNITS BUT ACROSS A VAST
MAJORITY. IT'S A IT'S A LARGE
CHUNK OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE
GETTING THAT TREATMENT.
INCLUDING CALAVERAS BIG TREES
RIGHT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK
ON THE GIANT SEQUOIAS- WOULD YOU
HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AND MORE
CONTEXT LEADER. I THINK IT MIGHT
BE. HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE
HIGHLIGHTING WITH CUT IS COME
FROM WAS ACTUALLY IS PROGRAM
THAT WAS FOCUSED ON DEFENSE.
SPACE AND HOW. OF STATE
STRUCTURES IN HIGH FIRE RISK
AREAS SO WOULD HAVE GONE TO
STATE PARKS FISH AND WILDLIFE.
AND CONSERVATION CORPS AND MAYBE
A FEW CAL FIRE UNITS-
SPECIFICALLY TO BE ABLE TO GET
OUR STRUCTURES. INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH EIGHT NEW DEFENSIBLE SPACE
REGULATION THAT'S COMING UP THE
HORIZON- A NEW SORT OF ZONE ZERO
SORT OF A DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONE.
THAT WOULD HAVE NON FLAMMABLE
FIVE FOOT RAIN. AROUND AROUND
STRUCTURES THAT REGULATION- IS
NOT A LIVE YET AND SO WE DIDN'T
WANT TO HAVE FUNDING. TO BE ABLE
TO GET DEPARTMENTS INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATION
THAT IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED YET-
AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT FUNDING
COULD- MOVE TO SOMETHING. MORE
PRODUCTIVE RATHER THAN HAVE IT
SIT. AND AND THEN IN THE
MEANTIME OUR OUR DEPART
OPERATION MAINTENANCE CONTINUES
TO DO. THE HIGHEST HIGH STANDARD
OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND THE
STRUCTURE IS WHAT SO IS TO
CONFIRM BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT
CLEAR IN THE BUDGET SO YOU'RE
SAYING THIS TWENTY FIVE MILLION.
IS NOT FOR- ANYTHING IN REGARDS
A WHILE FOR MITIGATION IT
STRICTLY FOR. THE ISSUES THAT
YOU JUST ADDRESSED. EXACTLY IT
WAS DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO HELP
US GET FAST AT GET QUICKLY INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEWS- TO
FIVE FOOT DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONE.
BECAUSE THAT ZONE- THAT NEW
REGULATION HASN'T COME OUT YET-
WE THINK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
MEET THAT STANDARD. WITH NORMAL
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE- PACES
AND BECOMING IF WE COULD FOLLOW
UP- WITH THE CHAIR ON THIS ISSUE
I JUST WOULD BE IF WE CAN GET
SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFICS
BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT. LAID OUT I
BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE- IN
THIS BUT IN THE BUDGET BUT
PLEASE. JUST ONE CLARIFICATION
OR TO MAKE IS THAT THE STORE TO
PER STATE ON LAND. ASPECT OF THE
INVESTMENTS INCLUDED REALLY
THREE DIFFERENT SORT OF POTS OF
ALLOCATION HE WILL THERE WAS
SOME SPECIFIC TO THE STATE PARKS
THAT WAS- FORTY MILLION. SOME
SPECIFIC TO THE PARTNER FISH AND
WILDLIFE THAT WAS. SIXTY
MILLION. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME
SPECIFIC TWO IS TO SEE. ALLAH IN
SCENERY WERE GOING TO BE. SORT
OF. BROADLY ACROSS IN DEPARTMENT
WHERE THERE'S WAS TECH AND
PREVENT MADE TO YOUR YOUR
COMMENTS MAYBE IT'S ME LET ME TO
THINK OF PARK SPACE WANT TO BE
CLEAR THAT THE REDUCTIONS HERE
NOT TO THE PARKS AND FISH AND
WILDLIFE SPECIFIC PARTS. THERE
TO THE C. N. OR A MORE GENERAL
POT. SO PARKS AND ARTIFICIAL
WILDLIFE ALLOCATIONS. FOR THIS
PURPOSE REMAIN UNTOUCHED. SHE TO
COMPETITION AND WHEN I GO
STRUCTURE TERO. THE PROJECTOR
MAKER FOR WORK AND THEY HAVE
IT'S BEEN A- CHALLENGE. THERE'S
A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN STATE
PARKS IN DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR- A QUICK
MOVING ACTION ESPECIALLY IN SOME
THE MORE FAR FROM COMMUNITIES SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
CONFIRMATION. THIRD ON THE
MEASUREMENT AT FIRST I JUST WANT
TO. TOUCH LIMIT ON THAT CLIMATE
CALLOUS BECAUSE AS A- AS A-
CENTRE BACK OR CUT. MAYBE USES
SPRING MORE BUT- I'LL TALK ABOUT
THE FORESTRY SIDE OF CALIFORNIA
AND- YOU KNOW. OBVIOUSLY FUEL
BREAKS AND- FEW REDUCTION
PROJECTS ARE ARE CRITICAL TO.
MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE
JOB DONE BUT BUT THE BIG
CHALLENGES AND I KNOW THAT- IT.
IS SMALLER SAYS WORK IS ON THE
THIRD WE HAVE A LITTLE MICRO
MAIL AND- AND- EVAN PLUMAS SAID
AND BUT IT'S A MICRO MILL. AT
THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REALLY DO
SOMETHING WITH THIS THIS MASS
AMOUNTS OF. BIOMASS AND- YOU
KNOW OF MY OFFICE IS FILLED
EVERY WEEK WITH SOMEBODY COMING
IN WITH A BIOFUELS PROJECT OR A-
OR A SEND GAS OR YOU YOU NAME
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT WE DO
WE HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE
END OF THE DAY WE HAVE THE
PROBLEM WE WHY WE HAVE TO. ADD
MONEY TO THE BUDGET TO
TRANSPORT. FUELS IS BECAUSE THE
FACILITIES ARE ARE VERY SPREAD
OUT IN A LONG WAYS FROM. OTHER
PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND
THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF
BIOMASS THAT HAS TO BE DEALT
WITH SO I WANTED TO JUST- AND
WILL END THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN
HERE FOR. MIRACLE QUITE AWHILE
BEEN WORKING ON- TRYING TO KEEP
THE PLANTS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY
NOT BE PERFECT. YOU KNOW WITH
THEIR THEIR 97% EFFICIENT BUT
THEY'RE- BUT THEY'RE STILL. YOU
KNOW BURNING BIOMASS TO MAKE
ELECTRICITY- IN THE PROCESS OF
STEAM. AND THERE'S A THERE'S A
WHOLE ENVIRONMENTAL. JUSTICE
FOLKS THAT DON'T LIKE THOSE
PLANS WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THOSE
PLANTS IN THE VALLEY FOR AG- BUT
THIS BUDGET IS YOU PROPOSES 97%
OF WHAT WE HAD AT A 100% AND
THAT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD
AND SO. WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON. ON LOOKING OUT. FOR
THE FOR THE MASS AMOUNT OF WORK
THAT WE HAVE TO DO. TO FIND
THESE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES OR TO
BE ABLE TO. TO FIND THE OFFICE
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO DEAL WITH
THE BIOMASS ISSUE THAT WE'RE
WE'RE CONSTANTLY FACED ITS THIS
LE- THE ADDED VALUE THAT WE
NEED. TO ACTUALLY MAKE THESE
PROJECTS SO WE CAN SO WE CAN GO
FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AN
ACRE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AN
ACRE IN TREATMENT COST. BECAUSE
THERE'S SOME VALUE TO WITH THE
PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE TAKING OUT
OF THERE- WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO
YOU SEE FOR THAT I MEAN WHAT
WHAT WHERE IN THE- CLIMATE
CALIFORNIA WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
ARE INDIE. AND THOSE ARE. THOSE
ARE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
PUT. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
THEM IN RED ROCK IS A PLANT
THAT. WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE
DIESEL WHICH IS. FORTY FIFTY
MILES FROM MY HOME. AND IT'S
MOFFETT SITTING THERE NOT
RUNNING BECAUSE IT JUST. DOESN'T
WORK SO CAN YOU JUST TOUCH ON
THAT IN A MINUTE I KNOW WE TALK
ABOUT FIRE. WE TALK ABOUT. YOU
KNOW. FIREFIGHTERS BUDDY
CALIFORNIA'S TO CALIFORNIA'S
FORESTRY AS WELL AND I THINK
THERE'S- THERE NEEDS TO BE THE
NEXUS- AND LET OUR PEOPLE KNOW
THAT THEIR- THE CHALLENGES. IS
THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE CARE OF
AND WHAT WHAT YOU THINK THE
FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THAT AREA.
ABSOLUTELY IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WERE REALLY WORKING ON- AND- IF.
ANYTHING YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED A
REALLY KEY POINT OF IT SENATOR
DOLLY WHERE. THERE IS THE
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WE
HAVE NOW TO DEAL WITH THE SLASH
PILES IN THE VOLUME OF WOODY
BIOMASS THAT WE HAVE IN THE
FOREST AND NOW. AND THEN THERE
IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
AND THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE
INVESTMENTS WE WANT TO SEE IN
THE FUTURE. AND AND WE TRY NOT
TO THINK OF THOSE AS A TRADE
OFF- BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
PRESSURE TO ONLY INVEST IN THE
FUTURE. WITHOUT SORT OF DEALING
WITH DAY THE CURRENT CRISIS OF
SLASH PILES THE SIZE OF STRIP
MALLS- IN IN THESE FORESTS AND
HAVING TO PUT THE WHOLE FIRE
ENGINES ON THEM DURING A
FIREFIGHT- AND SO THERE'S A FEW
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE AND
WE'RE SEEING VARYING SUCCESS
RATE IT'S A LOT HARDER TO GET.
IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT SUCCESS
WITH ECONOMIC- IN INJECTIONS AS
OPPOSED TO. GOING OUT AND JUST
DOING A TREATMENT OF THE FOREST-
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS
IN THE AREAS WE CAN SEE VERY
MARKED PROGRESS IN TERMS OF OUR
TREATED ACRES AND- AND THE
RESULTS WERE SEEING IN TERMS OF
TREE STAYING ALIVE. AND THEN
THERE'S HOW DO WE JUMPSTART
ENTIRE. ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN
LANGUISHING FOR A LONG TIME AND
SAID. OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO
BE ABLE TO PUT IN KEY
INVESTMENTS IN AREAS THAT WILL
HELP JUMP START THE ECONOMY.
RATHER THAN TRY TO OWN THE
ECONOMY- AND SO A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO
YOU HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE CLIMATE
CATALYST FUND. WHICH IS DESIGNED
TO BRING CAPITAL INTO THE SPACE.
IT'S A NASCENT INDUSTRY UNIQUE
CAPITAL PLUS EQUITY. AND SO WE
ALSO HAVE- TWO PROGRAMS. ONE
THROUGH CAL FIRE THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THE SMALL
BUSINESS LOANS- TO BE ABLE TO
HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR
BUSINESS PLANS AND TO BE ABLE TO
GET SMALL GRANTS. TO BRING SOME
OF THE EQUITY TO THE TABLE- WE
ALSO HAVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION- A FIFTY MILLION
DOLLAR GRANT PRO- PROGRAM. THAT
IS DOING GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE-
CARBON NEGATIVE NEXT GENERATION
TECHNOLOGY SO THAT WOULD BRING
EQUITY. TO THE TABLE FOR THE
NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY THAT
NEEDS TO COME INTO PLAY- A LOT
OF OUR GRANTS SUCH AS THE- MY
CRIMINAL YOU MENTION INFLUENCE
AND- I. IT KNOW WITH THIS YEAR
ABOUT CONSERVE. THOSE ARE COMING
THROUGH JUST NORMAL FORCE HEALTH
GRANTS. ON THE END COMING IN
THROUGH SORT OF COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVE IN INVESTMENTS
THAT WE'RE MAKING. THAT HELP
REALLY GROW THAT RURAL ECONOMY-
TO BE ABLE TO BRING AND SORT OF
THAT SMALL SCALE MIL
INFRASTRUCTURE- BUT WE NEED TO
BE BIGGER AND THAT'S AGAIN WHERE
THE CLIMATE CATALYST FUND COMES
AND WHERE IT CAN GET THOSE LOW
INTEREST LOANS. THE TRADITIONAL
BANKS- AREN'T WILLING TO DO
BECAUSE RURAL BANKS HAVE MOSTLY.
EVAPORATED AND- AND SO- OTHER
AREAS SUCH AS THAT. THAT FUNDING
TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THE
WOODY BIOMASS THAT'S REALLY
CRITICAL IN HELPING US ALL THE
NOW PROBLEM. OF WHERE THE MOST
CRITICAL SLASH PILES CAN WE MOVE
THEM OUT- MOST OF OUR PROJECTS
THAT WERE FUNDING NOW NOW DO
INCORPORATE REMOVAL OF THE
SLASH. AS A KEY COMPONENT OF IT
BUT THE FOR SERVICE AT ESTIMATED
A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THERE WERE
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GIANT
SLASH PILES IN THE TAHOE BASIN
ALONE. AND ANYONE DRIVING
THROUGH AND LIVING IN THE FOREST
SEASONS THESE- DROUGHT. THE
STATE AND SO BEING ABLE TO SORT
OF TARGET AND SUBSIDIZE SOME OF
THOSE MOST CRITICAL ONES AND
JUST GET THEM OUT. IS REALLY
CRUCIAL FOR US AS WELL- AND THEN
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE
WORKING ON ALSO THAT'S AND IN
THIS BUDGET IS- AS WE THE OFFICE
OF PLAY. AND RESEARCH THEY'VE
BEEN DOING COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVES- THESE
ESTABLISHING JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITY IN FIVE AREAS OF THE
STATE. THAT WOULD- THAT WOULD
FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON-
AGGREGATING WOODY FEEDSTOCK ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FOLKS
TO HAVE- THAT YOU KNOW TO START
UP LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE WHETHER
IT'S A MASS TIMBER FACILITY THAT
REPLACES STEEL AND CONCRETE IN
CONSTRUCTION. OR OR SOMETHING
THAT'S NEXT GENERATION
INNOVATIVE SUCH AS LET'S CONVERT
THIS TO- TO JET FUEL RIGHT
THERE'S A COMPANY THAT DOES
THAT. AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE
HESITANT TO COME INTO CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THOSE TEN
TWENTY YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENTS
THAT THEY NEED. BECAUSE SO MUCH
OF THIS FUND IT OF THESE
PROGRAMS ARE ON SMALL FIFTY ACRE
PLOTS AND THAT THAT FIFTY ACRE
PLOT ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU A TEN YEAR SUPPLY
AGREEMENT OR TO YOUR GRANTS. SO
THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US SEVEN
YEAR LIFECYCLE ON THESE DOLLARS
THE WHEN YOU GUYS EXPANDED. THE
EXPROPRIATION TIMELINE ON THE
DOLLARS- THAT REALLY HELP TO AND
FROM TWO YEARS TO SEVEN YEARS.
WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE GIVE
OUT THESE LARGER LANDSCAPE SCALE
GRANTED THINKS YOU'RE NEVADA
CONSERVANCY IS DOING SOME REALLY
BIG INNOVATION WITH THIS- AS
WELL AS YOU THINK WE DID IN THE
NORTH COAST PARTNERSHIP. TEN TEN
MILLION DOLLAR BLOCK GRANT UP
THERE ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE OUT A SUPPLY AGREEMENT.
THAT THAT IS A SEVEN YEAR
COMMITMENT AS WELL AS A
WORKFORCE AGREEMENT FOR THOSE
GRANTEES FOR SEVEN YEARS RIGHT
YOU'RE CREATING A STABILIZING
INFLUENCE- AND SO WHAT OPR IS
DOING. IS BUILDING THESE-
FEEDSTOCK AGGREGATORS WHERE THEY
WOULD ESSENTIALLY CREATE
REGIONAL FEEDSTOCK BROKERS. THAT
GO AND COLLECT THE SMALLER
FEEDSTOCK- COMMITMENTS AND THEN
CAN SELL AND GUARANTEE THAT TEN
YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENT. TO THE
COMPANIES THAT- THAT MISTER
ADLER IS PROMOTING THROUGH THE
CLIMATE CATALYST FUNDS OR GOAL
IS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY IN
THE MARKET. TO CREATE MORE
ACCESS TO ADEQUATE ANY MORE AT.
TO CAPITAL- AND TRY TO- URGENTLY
SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE
IN FRONT OF US NOW. AND YOU KNOW
THE CITY IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED
SUCCESS AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE
IN THE SPACES THAT WE'RE- YOU'RE
YOU'RE OPERATING WITH A LOT OF
UNKNOWNS AND UNCERTAINTIES- AND
DOING A LOT OF LISTENING TO GET
THERE. WELL I. SPENT MY WHOLE
LIFE IT SEEMS LIKE WORKING ON BY
MR BACK FROM QUINCY LIBRARY
GROUP WHICH WAS WHICH IS A
PROJECT TO DEAL WITH FIRE.
THIRTY YEARS AGO DIANNE
FEINSTEIN AND WALLY HERGER-
REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT AUTHORED
LEGISLATION TO WORK ON THE
FEDERAL FORCING. AYE AYE LOBBY
THAT BILL AND IN WASHINGTON. I
WANT TO JUST SAY I KNOW THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS I THINK IT AN
OPPORTUNITY. TO WORK WITH THE
FEDERAL THEM BECAUSE IT WHAT
WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING IS WHAT I
HEAR EVERY DAY FROM. IS A
CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF FEEDSTOCK.
SO WE DO. FEEL BREAK IN THIS
AREA WE DO ONE OVER HERE BUT
REALLY TO TAKE A WATERSHED.
WHICH IS SOMETHING NO THE
CONSERVANCY'S ARE LOOKING AT
YOUR BACK IS A REALLY TRY TO
TAKE A WATERSHED- PAUL MASON WAS
IN MY OFFICE- YESTERDAY TALKING
ABOUT WATER AND WE DO WE ALL OF
US WHO LIVE IN THE POOREST.
UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO TAKE A
WATERSHED APPROACH AND SAY OKAY
WE'RE GONNA TREAT THIS
WATERSHED. AND THAT WOULD GIVE
US A- SUPPLY A TWENTY YEAR
SUPPLY- THEN YOU CAN GET THE
INVESTOR TO INVEST BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THEY HAVE A SUPPLY. OF
INTER WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF
THINGS OUT ABOUT BIOMASS- AND WE
CAN UTILIZE WE ACTUALLY MAKE
TURN A PROFIT AND DO BIO FUELS
AND- AND THINGS THAT WE WILL
HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT THERE
HAS TO BE A LONG TERM APPROACH.
TO MAKING SURE THAT THE INVESTOR
IS GOING TO MAKE A RETURN ON
THEIR INVESTMENT. AND THAT'S
WHERE I THINK WOULD BE KEY FIT
MINISTRATION CAN WORK WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT- I KNOW
THERE'S MANY THAT. THE RULE
COUNTY'S AB THERE- AND IT WAS A
M. O. U. WITH THE FOR SERVICE TO
BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE NEED A
PROJECTS WHICH IS EXCITING. TO
SEE THOSE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN
BUT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT
SECURITY. TO THOSE- INVESTORS
THAT THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE A FUEL SUPPLY.
THE COMES AND DO SO THEY CAN
MAKE THE PRODUCTS THAT WE ALL
NEED NEW SO. JUST ENCOURAGED
THAT I'VE I KNOW IT'S IT IS
HARD. IT WAS EASY WITH IT WOULD
BE DONE A LONG TIME AGO BUT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ALL THOSE
THINGS LINED UP AT THE SAME TIME
BUT- BUT- WE ARE WE STILL ARE
FOCUSING ON THOSE. BECAUSE IT'S
HARD. AND ONCE WE ONCE WE FIGURE
THAT OUT. THE LANDSCAPE WILL
REALLY CHANGE WE WILL REALLY
REDUCE CARBON WILL DO GREAT
THINGS IN THE FORCED. IF COULD
JUST WANTED TO POINT ON TOP OF
ME. COME ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS. BENEFICIAL FORCES IN THE
MARKET RIGHT NOW. INTEGRATING
WITH THESE GRANT PROGRAMS AND
YOU'LL FUMIGATION WORK IS
ESSENTIAL THOSE ARE PUBLIC.
INTEREST CHALLENGES THAT THE
PRIVATE MARKETS WILL TAKE ON
THEIR OWN. BUT AS WE ADDRESS
THEM YOU SEE MORE AND MORE
EQUITY COMING IN. TO SUPPORT
TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I SEE THE
MARKET TAKING SHAPE. BUT THE
CRITICAL THING IS A LARGE AND
RELIABLE AND MARKET INTO WHICH
THESE. BY MESROP PRODUCTS CAN BE
SOLD. FRANKLY IT'S ELECTRICITY
MARKET THAT IS ANCHORING A LOT
OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE COMING
THROUGH. IS THAT THE BEST LONG
TERM APPROACH. BENEFICIAL POWERS
FUHRMAN BASELOAD AND CAN BE
CARBON NEGATIVE. FENNEL
APPROPRIATELY. BUT OTHER. DEMAND
SIGNALS THAT ARE SORT OF POLICY
INDUCED BEARD IN RENEWABLE
NATURAL GAS. HYDROGEN BIOFUELS.
NOT JUST THE NOTIONAL EXISTENCE
OF THAT MARKET BUT SOMEBODY
MAKING A COMMITMENT FROM A
UTILITY OR SOME OTHER ACTOR. TO
ANCHOR THAT DEMAND THEN IT
BECOMES MUCH EASIER TO MOBILIZE
THE REALLY KIND OF RISK AVERSE.
SCALE CAPITAL THAT WE NEED
ALONGSIDE ARE. IN RISK AHLERS WE
CAN PUT TO WORK. WELL THANK YOU
. I DO THINK THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION. INTAGRAM
GOOD TO HAVE THAT- HERE TODAY-
WITH THAT- THE- SEVERAL NATION
ON THIS IS A HOLD OPEN SO- WE
WILL DO THAT I MOVE ON TO THE-
NEXT ISSUE. THE NEXT APARTMENT
THANK YOU ALL. THROUGH THE MOVE
ON TO TURN A PARKS AND
RECREATION.
WE WILL START WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW. AND PATRICK
YOU CAN TEAR NICE TO HAVE YOU
HERE NICE TO SEE YOU- PLEASE GO
AHEAD MANY. YEAH. WE GET. GOOD
AFTERNOON SHARON SENATORS IT'S
REALLY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE
WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH YOU MY NAME IS OUR MONDO
QUINN TERO AND I'M THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SYSTEM
REPRESENTS EXTRAORDINARY
EXAMPLES OF THE STATE'S DIVERSE
HABITATS AND LANDSCAPES
HISTORICAL SITES CULTURAL
RESOURCES RECREATION AND FRANKLY
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE SERVE.
THROUGH THE UNIQUE INCREDIBLE
SYSTEM THE LARGEST STATE PARK
SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES WE
HAVE A PEAK SEASON ALMOST SIX
THOUSAND EMPLOYEES AND DURING
CODED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
SAW IS THESE PUBLIC LANDS BECAME
ESSENTIAL LANDSCAPES FOR THE
PUBLIC HE REALLY BECAME A
REFUGIA FOR PEOPLE FOR THEIR
SOCIAL HEALTH FOR THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH AND FOR THEIR PHYSICAL
HEALTH. SO WE TAKE OUR JOB
EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY AND LOOK
AROUND US NOW TO THE IMPACTS
THAT ARE. AFFECTING US ALL AND
HOW DO WE IS STATE PARKS
PROFESSIONALS CARE FOR THESE
PLACES SO THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY
WELL INTO THE FUTURE. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT
CALIFORNIA STATE PARK PROGRAMS.
EXCUSE ME. AND POLICIES THAT ARE
REFLECTIVE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL
ELEMENTS OF ACCESS INCLUSIVITY.
EQUITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT. OMITTED TO ADVANCE
SEEN OUTDOORS FOR ALL TO
ENABLING SAFE EQUITABLE. AN
ENJOYABLE ACCESS TO PARKS OPEN
SPACES AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND
THE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES FOR
ALL OF CALIFORNIANS. PROVIDING
HIGH QUALITY PARKS AND OPEN
SPACE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES IS
ESSENTIAL. AND IT IMPROVES OUR
HEALTH STRENGTHENS CONNECTIONS
AS I'VE MENTIONED IT IMPROVES
OUR LIVES AND OUTCOMES- IN
MEETING OUR PROMISE THE
CALIFORNIA FOR ALL. THIS
INCLUDES ESTABLISHING NEW
OUTDOOR SPACES WHERE THERE IS
THERE ARE NONE OR TOO FEW HOPING
CALIFORNIA ACCESS THESE
CALIFORNIANS ACCESS THESE PLACES
IN FOSTERING A SENSE. OF
BELONGING FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS
OPPOSE FOR JUST A MOMENT. AND I
AS THE CHERNOW'S I USED TO WORK
AT UC MERCED ADJACENT TO UC
MERCED THERE'S A SIXTEEN
THOUSAND ACRE COMPLEX OF VERNAL
POOLS WHICH ARE ONE OF THE
RAREST. LANDSCAPES CALIFORNIA
ONCE A YEAR THERE'S A CAMP OUT
OUT THERE RESEARCHERS IN M. VAI
DID ONE OF THE FUNDRAISERS ALONG
WITH THE CHAIR OF THE- OF ONE OF
THE DEPARTMENTS TO GO SPEND THE
WEEKEND THERE AND THE YOUNG
FUNDRAISERS NAME IS HANNAH. SHE
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MERCED
WENT TO UC BERKELEY AND THEN
CAME BACK TO MERCED TO RAISE
MONEY FOR THAT CAMPUS. THE
SECOND MORNING THAT WE WERE
THERE HAVING EXPLORED THIS
INCREDIBLE PLACE JUST MINUTES
AWAY FROM CAMPUS. AND WAS
WALKING UP TOWARD ME AS I WAS
TALKING WITH THE CHAIR OF THE
DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS CRYING AND I
SIT HERE OKAY. AND SHE SAID THE
MOST STUNNING THING. AND I THINK
ABOUT CALIFORNIANS BECAUSE OF
HER COMMENT SHE SAID I DIDN'T
KNOW IT LIVED HERE. AND I THINK
THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY
SERVICES THAT STATE PARKS CAN
DELIVER TO CALIFORNIA. IS
LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS
THEIR HOME THIS IS WHERE THEY
LIVE. AND KNOWING HOW THESE
PLACES WORK. CERTAINLY A SENATOR
DAHLE IS WELL AWARE. MAKES A
HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR
CITIZENRY RESPECTS AND CARES FOR
ALL OF CALIFORNIA. I'M SKIS IN A
WAY I'M- JUST. COME UP HERE- SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED
TO MENTION IS THAT WE ARE ABOUT
TO RELEASE A NEW. STRATEGIC
VISION FOR CALIFORNIA STATE
PARKS AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS
CALLED. PLAN THE PATH FORWARD IT
ALIGNS WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM'S EQUITY EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND DASH SIXTEEN DASH TWENTY TO.
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND OUTDOORS
FOR ALL INITIATIVES AND BUILDS
UPON THE EXISTING PRIORITIES
ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE PARK'S
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS. WHICH
HAS COMPLETED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND THE WE ARE INTRODUCING NEW
IDEAS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INTO THE
FUTURE. AND I'M ACTUALLY PLEASED
TO MENTION THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCE
THIS. THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHAT
YOU'LL SEE IS WE ARE ALREADY
WELL UNDERWAY IN ACCOMPLISHING
THE OBJECTIVES OF THAT PLAN.
DEPARTMENT STAFF FROM ALL LEVELS
DEVELOP A PLAN WITH INPUT FROM
OUR PARTNERS RATHER THAN. DOING
THIS WITH THE TOP DOWN APPROACH
THE PLAN CREATES AN ACTIONABLE
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THAT IS
LED BY A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF
KEY LEADERS REPRESENTING ALL
PROGRAM AREAS AND WE ALSO HAVE
PARK PARTNERS AND OTHERS THAT
ARE PARTICIPATING WITH US IN
THIS EFFORT. THE INFORMATION
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WILL
INCLUDE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS
TO CARRY OUT AND MANAGE PROJECTS
TIED TO THE GOALS AND THE
OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN. THE PLAN
IS IN THE FINAL REVIEW AND AS I
MENTIONED IT WILL BE RELEASED
WITHIN THE COMING MONTHS. ONE OF
OUR PRIORITIES CERTAINLY IS
INCREASING ACCESS AND RELEVANCE
AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NUMBER
OF PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS. TO INCREASE
ACCESS TO STATE PARK THROUGH
VARIOUS MEANS AND I'M GOING TO
HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THEM.
AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE
ALREADY FAMILIAR FOR SOME OF
THESE BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF.
THE AUDIENCES I LIKE TO MENTION
THESE. THE GOLDEN BEAR PASS
WHICH IS A PASS THAT IS-
AVAILABLE TO RECIPIENTS OF
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO
GET FOR FREE JUST BY APPLYING
FOR IT. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IT
WAS A CUMBERSOME PROCESS ALONG
LINES OF CUTTING THE GREEN TAPE.
WHAT WE DID IS WE SMOOTHED THAT
OUT AND THEN WORKING WITH
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES. WE
PUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE
LETTER THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF
THE RECIPIENTS THIS YEAR. AND
ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS GO ONLINE
REGISTER AND GET ONE OF THESE
PASSES. SENT TO THEM TO DATE
MORE THAN THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS HAVE RECEIVED THESE
GOLDEN BEAR PASSES. AND THAT IS
COMPARED TO AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF
ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWO
THOUSAND. SO HERE THESE FAMILIES
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN REAL
NEED AND NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS TO
THESE PLACES. ANOTHER PASS THAT
WE PUT IN PLACE WHICH I'M
EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALONG WITH
THE TEAM AT STATE PARKS. IS THE
LIBRARY PASS. AND IT'S A FIRST
OF A KIND PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE
PARKS AND STATE LIBRARIES. AND
WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE HAVE
DISTRIBUTED TWENTY EIGHT
THOUSAND THREE PASSES WHICH ARE
ACTUALLY- HANG TAG THAT YOU PUT
ON YOUR MERE- THAT. THE PUBLIC
CAN GO CHECK OUT OF THE LOCAL
LIBRARIES. IN THESE PASSES ARE
AVAILABLE AT ALL OF THE STATE
LIBRARIES AS WELL AS TRIBAL
LIBRARIES AND WE'RE- WE'RE ABOUT
TO. BE DISTRIBUTE FIVE THOUSAND
MORE PASSES BECAUSE THIS HAS
BECOME THE MOST POPULAR ITEM
CHECKED OUT OF STATE LIBRARIES.
AND IT'S SORT OF NO SURPRISE I
WAS TALKING TO WILL- ONE OF YOUR
FELLOW LEGISLATORS. RECENTLY AND
HE WAS TELLING ME THAT HIS DAD
WAS A COUNTY LIBRARY WHERE HE
LIVED. AND AS I WAS TELLING HIM
ABOUT THIS HE SAID YOU KNOW WHEN
I WAS A KID. WE COULD CHECK OUT
MUSIC AND WE COULD CHECK OUT
ART. FESTIVAL NOW YOU CAN CHECK
OUT PARKS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS
LIBRARY PASS IS IT TAKES
LIBRARIES AND IT MOVES. THE
CUSTOMERS TO THE LIVING
LIBRARIES OF THE STATE. AND THAT
ACTUALLY MAKES ME- THINK ABOUT
PARKS. AS REALLY THE PLACES
WHERE. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS CAN
GET EDUCATED ON THE REAL
CRITICAL ISSUES. THAT WE'RE
FACING IS A STATE. UNDERSTANDING
ISSUES OF WILD FIRE AND THINGS
LIKE WHILE AWHILE AND URBAN
INTERFACE ISSUES. AS WELL AS
UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL ISSUES
AROUND- THINGS THAT WE ARE
COMPLETELY RELIANT ON LIKE
WATER. AND HOW DOES THAT WORK
THAT'S A MYSTERY FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE AND SO PARKS I REALLY
THINK OF IS BEING A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE. CAN COME FOR. HANDS. ON
FIRST PERSON DISCOVERY. SO WHEN
OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PASS.
THESE PASSES WE ARE. DATA FROM
THE USERS. AND 40% OF THE
LIBRARY PATH- PATRONS TO CHECK
THESE OUT. HAVE REPORTED ANNUAL
INCOMES OF SIXTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR LESS SO WE SEE THAT
IS REALLY HITTING THE TARGET
AUDIENCES IN THE PUBLIC OF
PEOPLE WHO WHO. WE WERE THINKING
HAD NOT GONE TO PARKS FOR A
VARIETY OF REASONS AND- THERE
WERE ABOUT 20% OF THE RECIPIENTS
OR OR THE- RESPONDENTS WHO DID
NOT. RESPOND TO THE AT TO THE-
I'M SORRY THE- SURVEYS- BUT MOST
OF THE USERS REPORTED THEY HAD
PREVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO STATE
PARKS OR MIGHT HAVE GONE TO ONE
OR TWO. AFTER TAKING THESE
PASSES OUT NOW THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT WANTING TO VISIT STATE
PARKS MAYBE SEVEN TIMES A YEAR.
WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION
ON THE PARK PASSES WHICH IS A Q.
R. CODE WREAKING IN ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON- ON PARKS AND
ALSO ON THE PART PASSED PROGRAMS
AND IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THOSE
FAMILIES THAT REALIZE THEY CAN
AFFORD AN ANNUAL PASS OR BUYING
THOSE ANNUAL PASSES. SO I'M MY
HOPE IS THAT MORE USERS OF THESE
PASSES ARE REALLY THE PEOPLE IN
NEED BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO
CONTACT- EXCUSE ME TO COLLECT
DATA. ON THE USER'S AND WE'RE
ALSO SEEING SOME OTHER INDEED
HARM THAN EXPECTED BUT NOT
SURPRISING IMPACTS AND ONE OF
THEM IS THE LIBRARIANS ARE.
REPORTING THAT THEY'RE GETTING
MORE KIDS AND FAMILIES COMING TO
LIBRARIES. AND LIBRARIANS ARE
ACTUALLY SETTING UP SECTIONS IN
THEIR LIBRARIES WHERE YOU CAN
HAVE MATERIALS ARE ABOUT THE
PARKS FOR YOU'RE GOING TO GO
WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. AND IN
SPEAKING WITH THE STATE
LIBRARIAN HIS CHEST ABS DAVID IS
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT THIS
AS- AS ARE WE- WELL TO DATE-
RATHER ALREADY MENTIONED THAT
TWENTY THOUSAND PASSES OF GOING
OUT. AND THEN FINALLY WE- THIS
LAST YEAR STARTED SOMETHING
CALLED THE ADVENTURE PASS WHICH
IS DESIGNED FOR FOURTH GRADERS.
AND FOURTH GRADERS JUST HAVE TO
GO ONLINE THEY CAN REGISTER FOR
THIS. AND THEY IMMEDIATELY GET A
PASS AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE
THEIR FAMILIES TO NINETEEN
SELECTED STATE PARKS FOR THEIR
EDUCATION. PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
FOR FAMILIES IN FOURTH GRADE A
SORT OF A SWEET SPOT IT'S WHERE
HER KIDS REALLY WANT TO HANG OUT
WITH US AS PARENTS. AND FOURTH
GRADERS ARE READY TO TELL YOU
WHAT TO DO AND SO TAKING YOU TO
A PARK IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY COOL
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE
FOURTH GRADERS IN THE STATE.
THIS TODAY WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT
TWO TH OR TWELVE THOUSAND OF
THOSE PASSES OUT AND WE KNOW
THERE ARE MANY MORE. STUDENTS
OUT THERE IN FOURTH GRADE TEN
TWELVE THOUSAND SO IT'S OUR
EXPECTATION THAT THROUGH WORKING
WITH A LAB LIBRARIES SCHOOLS
WITH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. AND
WAS LEGISLATORS WE GET THE WORD
OUT AND GET MORE THESE KIDS
BEING THE LEADERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND BY THE WAY I HAVE
TO SAY I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS WERE
NOT TWENTY SEVEN AND TWENTY
NINE. AND IT IS LITERALLY THEIR
REACTIONS TO THINGS THAT I WAS
DOING THAT HAVE OFTEN GUIDED
WHERE I ENDED UP INVESTING MY
TIME AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT
I'M HERE. PART BECAUSE OF THOSE
TWO KIDS- SO ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE ALSO DOING HIS A
PRIORITY PARKING THE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS. AND I'LL JUST SAY
IS AS AN ASIDE WE ARE ALSO
PARTNER WITH OTHER PARTNERS LIKE
PARKS CALIFORNIA WHICH IS
ACTUALLY CREATED. BY STATUTE AND
THEY ARE A POWERFUL PART
PARTNER. AND WE HAVE PARK
PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE PARKS
WE ACTUALLY OF OPERATORS OF
PARKS LIKE THE OF FOLKS WHO
OPERATE. JACK LONDON STATE PARK.
AND THE GROUP THAT OPERATES THE
CENTER OF OUR SANTA BARBARA
PRESIDIO. AND WE'RE BUILDING OUR
PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE AND CONTINUE
TO FIND THESE PARTNERSHIPS TO BE
AN EXCELLENT WAY. TO BE
EFFICIENT ABOUT HOW WE DELIVER
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE- AND
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS
LIKE THIS BUT WITH TRIBES. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING
IS ACTUALLY BUILDING UPON YEARS
OF COLLABORATIVE WORK. WITH
THESE TRIBES. AND AS A IN THE
LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS- AS I
HAVE WORKED WITH TRIBES EVEN
THOUGH I'VE WORKED TO TRIBES.
TRIBAL MEMBERS FOR MANY YEARS IN
MY IN MY CAREER WAS PUBLIC
LANDS- IT'S SORT OF SHOCKING.
ALL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
CONTEXT HERE. FOR THE TRIBE'S.
ANYWHERE BUT IN CALIFORNIA.
OFTENTIMES A PLACES ARE NOW
PARKS OR PUBLIC LANDS ARE
LITERALLY THE PLACES OF THE
BIRTH OF THEIR PEOPLE. THEIR
CEREMONIES THEIR TRADITIONS ARE
ALL BASED IN THESE PLACES. AND
BY WORKING WITH TRIBES WE ARE
NOW DEVELOPING MO USE. WHICH DO
THINGS LIKE ALLOW TRIBAL MEMBERS
ENTRY INTO THE PARK WITHOUT
HAVING TO PAY A FEE. IT ALLOWS
THEM ACCESS TO THEIR CEREMONIAL
SITES. WHERE DIG THEY HAVE
GATHERED. IT SINCE TIME
IMMEMORIAL AND FOR SOME TIME IN
SOME CASES TRIBES HAVE NOW HAD
TO PAY PERMIT FEES PAY OVERTIME
DO SYKORA. AND ALL OF THAT AND
WE WE'RE REMOVING THAT WE ARE
DOING IT TRY BY TRIED. BECAUSE
DRIVERS ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
VERY INTERESTED IN IS MAKING
SURE THAT WE DEVELOP AN
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD WITH
TRIBAL LEADERSHIP. AS WELL AS
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR PARK
LEADERSHIP SO THAT WE STAY
CONSISTENT GOING FORWARD. AND
AND A COUPLE THINGS THERE ONE OF
THEM IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE DO
THINGS LIKE ALLOW. MORE INVITE
TRIBES TO ENTER- AND NOT PAY
FEES BUT THE ALSO CO MANAGE THE
PARTS FOR THIS THEY BRING THEIR
KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO MANAGE THE
LANDSCAPE SO THEY'RE OUT THERE
HELPING US WORK ON. FOREST
RESILIENCY- THE TRIBES UPON THE
YUROK AREA ARE GOING TO BE
WORKING WITH THE RESTORATION
INVOLVED WITH THE TAKING DOWN OF
THE KLAMATH DAMS- BEYOND- THEY
ALSO. IN TO AN ALLOW TO.
TRADITIONAL MATERIALS AND SO NOT
ONLY CULTIVATE BUT ALSO HARVEST
THOSE PLANETARIUMS. THEIR
TRADITIONAL UP PRACTICES ARE
REALLY. SOMETHING THAT. IS
WONDERFUL NOW. DEPENDING ON THE
TRIBE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC
TO EXPERIENCE UP IN THE NORTHERN
TERRITORIES IN THE- REDWOOD
STATE PARK WE WORK WITH THE
YUROK THIS LAST YEAR OR THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS TO TAKE A BUILDING
THAT HAD BEEN RELEASED. FOR
DIFFERENT USES BUT NOT VISITOR
USES NECESSARILY AND WE WORKED
WITH THE YUROK TRIBE TO HAVE
THAT DESIGNED AS A VISITORS
CENTER WHICH THEY DESIGNED THEY
PUT TOGETHER THE YEAR OR THE
EXHIBITS WE DID THAT WITH THEM.
AND NOW AT THE VISITOR CENTER WE
ONLY HIRE YUROK PEOPLE TO TELL
THE YUROK STORY THE FIRST TIME
THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE STATE AND
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT JUST
MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. AND THEY
ARE LIVING CULTURES- AND THEN
HERE'S ANOTHER STORY BUT I THINK
IT. IT REALLY ANCHORS THE
RATIONALE THE VALUE OF THESE
SORTS OF PARTNERSHIPS THE CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE YUROK
TRIBE WAS ENTERING ONE OF THE
PARKING IS WHERE THERE WAS A
FEE. AND HER SEVEN YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE
BACKSEAT SHE SAID MOM CAN I TELL
HER HOW CAN SHE SAID OF COURSE.
AND SHE LEANED BEHIND HER MOM
YOU KNOW BEHIND THE CAR SEAT AND
LOOKED AT THE RANGER AND SAID
WE'RE YUROK AND HE- WELCOME THEM
IN THE PART. IN THE SEVEN YEAR
OLD SAID HER MOTHER. MOM THE SEE
ME. IT'S WHAT WE DO. AND TO
DESCRIBE COOPERATE
COLLABORATIONS WE HAVE NOW- I
AGREEMENTS WITH THE CORONATION.
POMO THE YUROK MOST RECENTLY THE
WASHU ALL AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN
THERE'S THIRTEEN STATE PARKS.
THAT THEY ARE CO MANAGING WITH
US NOW. AND IT'S JUST REALLY
EXTRAORDINARY- AND SO WHAT WE
KNOW WE'RE GOING TO IS GOING TO
COME FROM THIS IS. WE'RE GOING
TO SEE THE REINTRODUCTION
SPECIES EXPANDED HABITAT- THE
APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL
ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH OUR-
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGERS AND
OR CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGERS.
AND THEY ARE ALSO BRINGING
THEIR- PRESCRIPTION FIRE
TECHNIQUES. TO THESE PARKS
THEY'RE ALL REGIONALLY DIFFERENT
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT
ABOUT FIRE AND AS SOME OF YOU
WERE SAYING FOLKS FROM ANOTHER
STATE DON'T KNOW A FIRE. HOW
FIRE BEHAVES HERE BUT CERTAINLY
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE. ALL OF
THEIR ANCESTORS HAVING DEALT
WITH THAT CAN BRING THAT NOW TO
THE TABLE IN THESE PARKS STATE
PARKS MANAGES OVER ONE POINT SIX
MILLION ACRES ACROSS TWO HUNDRED
NAY UNITS. AND MORE THAN 70% OF
THAT LAND IS CLASSIFIED AS STATE
PARKS AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE
LANDS OF COURSE IS TO PRESERVE
THESE OUTSTANDING NATURAL
SCENIC. AND CULTURAL VALUES
ALONG WITH NATIVE AQUATIC AND
TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA. WE
ALSO MANAGE OVER THREE HUNDRED
AND FORTY MILES OF CALIFORNIA'S
COASTLINE. WHICH HAS BEEN
HEAVILY IMPACTED BY ACTUALLY I
HAVE TO SAY IT'S THE CULMINATION
OF ALL THE CLIMATE CHANGE EVENTS
THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS. AND- JUST VERY
QUICKLY SAY THE FIRES OF JUST A
FEW YEARS AGO AGO. YOU KNOW
DESTROYED SWATHS OF FOREST MANY
OF THESE FORESTS WERE RIGHT
ALONG THESE MAJOR RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND THEN WE GOT HIT
WITH DROUGHT WE GOT HIT WITH
HEAT EVENTS IN THAT WEAKENED
ADDITIONAL- YOU KNOW PERCENTAGES
OF THAT FOREST AND THEN WHEN
THESE BIG STORMS ARRIVED- WITH
LANDSLIDES AND OTHER THINGS THAT
HAPPENED MUCH OF THAT BERMAN
MATERIAL AND IN SOME CASES
MATURE GIANT TREES GOT DROPPED
INTO THOSE RIVERS. PUSHED OUT
INTO THE OCEAN. AND THE TIMING
OF THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
COINCIDED WITH THE KING TIDES
THE HIGHEST TIDES OF THE YEAR. I
LIVE IN MARIN COUNTY AND I WAS I
WAS LOOKING AT THE WAVE HEIGHT
BOOTIES- JUST OUTSIDE SAN
FRANCISCO AND WHEN THOSE STORMS
WERE HITTING CALIFORNIA WITH THE
EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY THAT THEY
BROUGHT. AND NOW THE OCEAN
FILLED WITH ALL THESE INCREDIBLE
BATTERING RAMS. WAVE HEIGHTS
REACHING THIRTY AND FIFTY FEET.
JUST A FEW MILES OUTSIDE SAN
FRANCISCO SO THAT WAS WHAT
BROUGHT THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE THAT
WE SAW. IN THE CENTRAL COAST-
AND- I WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT
IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES TEAM.
DEVELOPED A SEA LEVEL RISE
ADAPTATION STRATEGY WHICH
PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK OF HOW TO
DEAL WITH SEA LEVEL RISE
IMPACTS. AND RATHER THAN GOING
DOWN INTO DETAIL OF HOW WE'RE
GOING TO DO THIS THEY PUT
TOGETHER TEN PRINCIPLES OF HOW
DO WE APPROACH THE PROBLEMS HERE
AND HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT HIM.
WHICH I ACTUALLY THINK IS A
REALLY SMART WAY TO LOOK AT
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE IN STATE PARKS.
LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT THE
OVERALL STRATEGY BECAUSE
GEOGRAPHICALLY IN CALIFORNIA
EACH REGION IS GOING TO HAVE
UNIQUE- UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT
WE REALLY HAVE TO BRING THE BEST
WISDOM IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO
SOLVE- THE STATE PARKS HIS EVEN-
WORKS TO RESTORE ECOSYSTEM
HEALTH ACROSS THE SYSTEM. AND.
WE- AS A- I SHALL STOP YOU FOR
JUST A SECOND SAY AS YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT WATER WATERSHED.
MANAGEMENT BEING REALLY THE WAY
TO THINK ABOUT THE PLACES WHERE
WE WILL OPERATE- I HAVE A QUOTE
UNDERNEATH MY COMPUTER SCREEN AT
HOME IS FROM WENDELL BERRY AND
SAYS. TREAT THOSE DOWNSTREAM- AS
YOU NOTE. DO YOU WANT TO THOSE
DOWNSTREAM IS YOU WOULD HAVE
THOSE UPSTREAM DO ONTO YOU. AND
AND ACTUALLY SENATOR MCGUIRE
KNOWS THAT I- I LIVE MARIN
COUNTY THAT WAS ON THEM
REMINISCE FULL WATER BOARD FOR
NUMBER YEARS. AND HELP CREATE
SOMETHING CALLED ONE TOWN. AND
ONE TEN- IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG
FOR AGENCIES THAT MANAGE MOUNT
TAM. AND SINCE TWENTY FOURTEEN
THOSE AGENCIES HAVE COOPERATED
IN THEIR- PRAGUE CREATING
PROBLEM STATEMENTS AND
PRIORITIES AND THE ADVANCEMENTS
THAT THEY HAVE MADE AS A GROUP
OF FOUR FEDERAL STATE. WATER
UTILITY AND THE COUNTY AGENCY I
HAVE MADE I THINK GREAT STRIDES
ON THE MOUNTAIN AND I DO THINK
THAT WE HAVE TO- WE HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT PARKS THAT WAY. SO
WELL THAT'S- YEAH STOP THEIR
EXCELLENT I THINK THAT THIS IS
A- TERRIFIC OVERVIEW REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. WOULD YOU HAVE TO
I'M SURE TO EITHER A OF ANY
GENERAL. QUESTIONS. BEFORE WE
GET TO THOSE ITEMS. FOR I DO OF
THE VERY UP FOR SOME. DIRECTOR I
- I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
YOUR TEAM AT YOUR TEAM. ALONG
WITH YOUR A SOME PRETTY HAIRY
CHALLENGES AND WHAT I AM
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TEAM AND YOU
SEE THIS THROUGH EVERY
DEPARTMENT IF I COULD BE CANDY.
IS THAT YOU TRY TO PROBLEM SOLVE
ANY TRYING TO GET TO YES. I'M
AND IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US
WHEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN
LOCAL COMMUNITIES IF YOU
APPROACH IT WITH AN OPEN MIND.
AN OPEN HEART WHEN I REALLY
APPRECIATE ABOUT YOUR
LEADERSHIP. AND WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT TO PREVIOUS IS THAT THIS
IS PERSONAL FOR YOU THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE. AND
WHAT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY ABOUT
STATE PARKS IS THAT IT'S BEEN
BOTTOM LINE DRIVEN. IN PARK
SHOULD NEVER BE LIKE THAT. RIGHT
THIS SHOULD BE THE MOST POPULAR
DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY
CALIFORNIA- AND I JUST WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU-
ALONG WITH MISS MCGURK. WHO IS
ONE OF THE MOST PATIENT
INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD THE- SO
MUCH CRAP THAT COULD- PLATE IF I
CAN BE HONEST. BUT TRULY IT'S IT
IS SO REFRESHING TO HAVE YOU
HERE- TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE
EXPANDING ACCESS TO SOME OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. ALONG
WITH HOOKING KIDS EARLY TO PARKS
AND BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE
THE TRUE TEST TO OUR SUCCESS IS
THAT REALLY WE CAN GET KIDS
ESPECIALLY. FROM UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES IN THE PARKS LONG
TERM IN YOUR MAKING IT RELEVANT
FOR AS MANY CALIFORNIANS
IMPOSSIBLE AND IS FUN TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. CERDO I JUST WHO I JUST GOT
A CHANCE TO MEET YOU THANKS FOR
DOING THIS IN WITH ME- SAME
ALONG SAME LINES I LOOK FORWARD
TO- BEING A PARTNER. I SHOULD
SAY WITH IT AND AS SOMEBODY WHO
IS A- NORTHERN I LIVE SEVENTY
MILES IN OREGON BORDER SO. THESE
GUYS FROM FROM LOS ANGELES AND
THE BAY AREA IN SAN DIEGO.
REALLY DON'T REALIZE THE VAST
AND STUFF CALIFORNIA AND MY
GOALS BEEN TO EDUCATE. AND I
THINK THAT'S THE KEY HERE IS
THAT WE CAN GET THE INNER CITY-
YOU KNOW. DISADVANTAGED.
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. OUT TO THE
TO THE PARKS AND THEY CAN
REALIZE WHAT AN AWESOME STATE WE
HAVE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
WE'RE GOING TO GROW THAT
KNOWLEDGE WE'RE GONNA THEY'RE
GONNA UNDERSTAND. WHY WHY DOES
THIS YEAR'S MATTER TO SOMEBODY
IN SAN DIEGO BECAUSE YOUR WATER
SOURCE. AND AN ENVIRONMENT AND
ALL THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO JUST
SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT I LOOK
FORWARD TO. SHARING SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED
OUT WITH OF MY CONSTITUENTS BUT
I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE BECAUSE
CENTER REQUIRE AND I. HAPPEN TO
BE AROUND HERE JUST MAYBE A LONG
TIME AND WAS WAS. HERE WHEN THE
DAYS OF. FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
OF- DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND
INSECTS HIGHER THAN THAT I WANT
TO TOUCH ON THAT A MINUTE
BECAUSE- I DO. I READ I READ MY
PASS I GOT MY PACKET AFTER WE
HAD OUR CONVERSATION SO I DON'T
WANT TO BLINDSIDE YOU THIS
DECAY. I WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU IT
THEN BUT- DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT. WE ALL
KNOW IN THE PARKS AREA HAS BEEN.
LACKING AND WE ADDRESS THAT. IN
THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE
PAST WE PUT MONEY ONE TIME
MONIES. TO TRY TO- TAKE CARE
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT NAMES
COULD CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT
BECAUSE OR THE L. A- WHOEVER
WANTS TO TOUCH ON BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT. WE'RE HEADING
INTO SOME TOUGH TIMES. AND THE
THOSE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
PROJECTS ABOARD DEFERRED. FOR
THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND
HERE WE ARE NOW. AND WE'RE
SEEING MORE PEOPLE USE. GET OUT
I MEAN C IF ONE THINK OVER
TAUGHT US WAS. PEOPLE DO NOT
LIKE TO BE COOPED UP AND I WILL
TELL YOU PEOPLE DIDN'T LISTEN TO
THE STATE- MORTARS. THEY CAME TO
OF MY DISTRICT IN DROVES AND
THEIR THEIR CAMPERS. AND OUR
PARKS WERE FULL. EVEN WHEN THEY
WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THE
LEADING CARE. AND THEN PARKED
ALONGSIDE MY FREEWAYS OR
HIGHWAYS AND CAMP BECAUSE THEY
WERE JUST GETTING OUT SO. CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND MAYBE THE L. A.
OVERS. I READ I WENT TO THE
PACKET IS SHOWING THAT WERE.
PUSHING THAT OFFICE- AND TALK
ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE FUNDS
THAT WERE. ALLOCATED BEFORE IF
YOU COULD. SURE- I THINK WE'VE
GOT A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILLION
. WHEN EIGHTY FIVE AND IT IT'S
RECOMMENDED THE THIRTY ONE.
ENTER SO BE TAKEN OUT. AND
VOLUME ANSWERS. ONE MAKE SURE
I'M RIGHT- THE AND BY THE WAY
THIS BRAIN DO WE AND HE HANDLES
A LOT OF THE WORK IN TERMS OF
OUR- ISSUES LIKE DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND HELPING TO PUT
TOGETHER A LIST OF PRIORITIES
AND POTENTIAL NEW PARKS AND ALL
OF THAT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.
BRIAN IN THE SHOP DOES. IS THEY
CREATE A PRIORITIZED LIST THAT'S
CONTINUING NEED CONTINUALLY
SHIFTING DEPENDING ON WHAT'S
GOING ON BECAUSE- A PROJECT IS
DOWN AT NUMBER TWENTY MAY FOR
SOME REASON POPPED UP TO THE
TOP. AND THE RE M. PART OF A
BRIAN AND HIS TEAM. DO IS THEY
KEEP ABOUT A TWO HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLAR. SET A PROJECTS READY TO
GO. UNDERSTANDING THAT FUNDING
IS NOT ALWAYS READILY AVAILABLE
AND WHAT IT DOES SOMETIMES IT'S
A BIT OF A SURPRISE. AND RIGHT
NOW AND I'LL LET YOU. GO DO YOU
TO. TO FILL IN THE CRACKS HERE
BUT- THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE
RETAINING WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT
GOING TO WORK. AND WE THINK THAT
THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN
OUT. IS SOMETHING THAT. WE HOPE
TO GET BACK- BUT WE'VE GOT
PLENTY OF WORK TO DO RIGHT NOW-
OF COURSE OF BEING ABLE TO GET
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE
GREAT BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE
BUDGET PRESSURES ON THE STATE-
BRADY ONCE ANYTHING ELSE. AFTER
BRADY THE US PARKS- SACRAMENTO.
SO TO FOLLOW OF WAR WERE BIRD
BUT OUR MY JUST SAID IS THE
RESULT EIGHTY FIVE THAT WAS
APPROPRIATE TO STATE PARKS. THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THAT- A HUNDRED
FIFTY FOUR MILLION I BELIEVE HAS
BEEN RETAINED FOR SOME VERY HIGH
PRIORITY PROJECTS. THE FALLING
WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT
FINANCES SAID EARLIER IS THEY
WERE LOOKING AT IN THIS BUDGET
SOLUTION PACKAGE. IS FUNNY THAT
NOT BEEN COMMITTED AND WE HAVE
THE AND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
THAT. HAVE HAD CHALLENGES WITH
THE PERMITTING AND- THE PROCESS
AND MAIL TO GET THE PROJECTS OUT
TO BID AND CONSTRUCTED. AND WE
JUST FELT THAT THE THERE'S A
THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT WERE IN GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO
CONSTRUCTION. IN TIME DOING SOME
OF THAT MONEY BY THE BY THE TIME
THAT THAT FUNDING WOULD EXPIRE.
IN SO INSTEAD WE'RE TAKING THOSE
PROJECTS AND WE'RE GONNA
CONTINUE THE DESIGN THE
PERMITTING AND MAKE SURE THEY
ARE READY TO GO. AND THEN- ONE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMES
AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE THOSE
PROJECTS WILL BE THE FIRST-
CANDIDATES FOR THAT NEW FUNDING
. SO JUST AS SOMEBODY WHO IS.
THE OUT TWENTY YEARS AND THE
OTHERS PARK BOND MONEY SAID
THERE'S NO THERE'S A LOT OF
MONEY FOR ACQUISITION. BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WANT
TO PROTECT. BUT THERE'S VERY
LITTLE BUDGETING FOR-
MAINTENANCE AND- AND I HAVE
WONDERFUL BUT NOT BERNIE FALLS I
DRIVE BY IT ON MY WAY HOME ALL
THE TIME BUT- ADA ACCESS. TO THE
FALLS IS. IS PRETTY RUGGED RIGHT
RIGHT AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT. THEY NEVER GET PUT IN THE
BUDGETS BECAUSE- OR- I MEAN
UPGRADES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN SO.
I JUST I'M CONSCIOUS OF THAT AND
WE HAD WINDFALL HERE. FOR THE
PAST TEN YEARS AND WE PRIORITIZE
AS I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE
GETS. DONE AND THAT WE AND WE
BECAUSE WE THERE'S PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITY TO. ADD MORE PARKS
THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES OUT
MORE PARKS THOSE ACQUISITIONS
THAT COST MONEY AS WELL THE
MAINTENANCE. IS NOT BUDGETED
ONGOING THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT
A BOND SET UP TO TAKE CARE OF
THE- OF THE REVENUE THAT YOU
NEED TO MANAGE THOSE PARKS AND
THAT'S BEEN. SOMETHING THAT I
THINK THAT THE- CONSTITUENCY OF
HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF AS WELL AS
LIKE WHY ARE WE BUYING MORE. OR
PRESERVING MORE WHEN WE CAN'T
TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE. THE
BILL SYSTEM ON EXCUSE BUT IT'S A
FACT AND THAT IS THAT- THE FIRST
DAY PARKS WERE SET ASIDE IN
NINETEEN TWENTIES. AND AT ABOUT
EIGHTY YEARS. INFRASTRUCTURE
STARTS TO GET STARTED TO FALL
APART AND WE ARE MEETING THAT
CONFLUENCE RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVE
TO TELL YOU. THAT IT IS MY
PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH. ON THE
FOLKS WHO WORK IN STATE PARKS A
YOU WERE RIGHT SENATE MCGUIRE I
MEAN IT IS. IT IS A TEAM THAT
WORKS WITH HEART AND- AND- AND
SO WE'RE FACING SOME BIG
CHALLENGES AND WE ACTUALLY DO
LOOK FOR OTHER FUNDING FOR
EXAMPLE EVERY YEAR WE GET.
FUNDING FOR WATER PROJECTS WE
ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THAT. TO
HIT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE THINK
ARE GOING TO BE A REAL CONCERN
SO WE DO LOOK. FOR OTHER
ALTERNATIVES OF FUNDING WHEN IT
COMES TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
ELSE ALONG THOSE LINES THAT THE
EIGHTY EIGHT IN THERE THIS VOTE
RADIO. THANK YOU I WENT- ONE OF
OUT THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUT
DOESN'T- TWENTY THREE POINT. TWO
MILLION DOLLARS GENERAL FUND ONE
TIME TO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL ADA
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND SO SOME OF THAT MONEY WOULD
GO TOWARDS THOSE DOCTOR CONSENT
DECREE PROJECTS TO MOVE THIS
ALONG FASTER. IF I MIGHT
SENATOR. I THINK YOUR POINTS ARE
DEFINITELY SPOT ON I MEAN THIS
IS AN ISSUE THAT'S VERY
SIGNIFICANT FOR PARKS THEY'VE
BEEN STRUGGLING WITH MAINTAINING
THE FACILITIES FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS. I THINK THEIR BACKLOG IS
OVER A BILL AB. TWO YEAH OVER
BILLION DOLLARS- SO IT'S VERY
SIGNIFICANT WE THOUGHT IT WAS
VERY APPROPRIATE WHEN THE STATE
HAD SIGNIFICANT SURPLUSES- OF
THE LAST FEW YEARS TO DEDICATE
ONE TIME FUNDS TO THIS AREA FOR
THIS EXACT REASON RIGHT THIS IS
AN AREA THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY.
RED RIBBON CUTTING BUT IT'S SO
IMPORTANT AND TO MAKING SURE
THAT OUR PARKS WORK WELL FOR
FOLKS AND STAY- I'D STAY USEFUL
SO WE DO THINK IN GENERAL IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK THE
EIGHTY EIGHT- ISSUES ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT. AND THEN THERE IS
THIS TRADE OFF RIGHT AND WE'RE
TO TALK ABOUT THIS I THINK THE
NEXT ISSUE RIGHT WE KNOW WE'RE
GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.
DISTRIBUTARIES REALISM PROVIDING
FUNDING FOR NEW PARK SO THERE IS
REALLY THIS TRADE OFF SOMETIMES
AND SO THE STATE REALLY HAS TO
GRAPPLE WITH THAT- RECOGNIZING
THAT WE CAN RAISE SPECIFIC
CONCERNS WITH THIS JUST BECAUSE
IT WAS. IT WOULD PROVIDE A BIG
AUGMENTATIONS THIS IS A PRETTY
MODEST REDUCTION WE DO YOU KNOW
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN AREA WHERE.
THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT NEED
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT
BUDGET CONDITION IMPROVES WE
THINK THAT. THIS IS THE KIND OF
AREA THAT THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE
POTENTIALLY LOOK AT IN THE
FUTURE BUT- IT IS AN AREA THAT I
THINK. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
NOT JUST PROVIDING THIS ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE SPENDING
OUR OFFICE HAS. ARGUED OVER THE
YEARS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO.
HAVE A PROGRAM. WHAT WE'RE
FINDING MADE ON AND ON BASIS
THAT FISH THAT WE HAVE. DOLLAR
BACKLOG. BUILD UP THE THAT'S-
REALLY KIND OF A HUGE NUMBER AND
IT DOES REPRESENT A LOT OF NEED-
AT THE PARKS. TO WITH YOU- LET'S
MOVE FOR I DO HOPE- THAT ISSUE
SHOULD BE MY LIST AS- THE TO DO
- I JUST A- HOW ON FOR MOMENT
MIGHT. MIGHT YOU MISTER WE HAVE
NO EACH OTHER LONG TIME IN I
APPRECIATE YOUR- COMMITMENT AND
I- IT IS ONE OTHER EXAMPLE OF.
ANNUAL VOTE WITH WORSE AS WE
DISCUSS. THE USE OF LEADERSHIP.
AS AN- A- AND- AND HE KIDS
SIMILAR WITH YOURS OR TALK ABOUT
HIS WOULD REALLY NAY BEEN OUT OF
INNER CITY. THAT COME INTO THE-
AND IT'S GOING TO CAREER IN THE
PARKS- SERVICE HERE AND
CALIFORNIA'S REALLY QUITE.
EXTRAORDINARY I'M- SO THAT LET'S
MOVE ON WE'RE TO. AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT THE NEW PARKS WHERE
WE- HIT THAT ONE I BELIEVE
PRESENTING- TRYING TO WILL BE
PRESENTING. A PRESENT ON THE
OKAY EVEN PERCENT IT'S ROUND. SO
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES
FIVE POINT EIGHT MILLION ONE
TIME GENERAL FUNDS AT HAND THREE
POINT THREE MILLION ON GOING TO
ESTABLISH AN OPEN. THOSE REELS
RANCHES IN NEW STATE PARK FOR
DAY USE OPERATIONS. AND TRICK
RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AND
PARK ACCESS TO THE HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. THERE ARE
SOME ATTRIBUTES ABOUT THIS
PROJECT WHICH I REALLY BELIEVE
ARE FORWARD LOOKING FOR ALL OF
US AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. NOT
ONLY DOES THIS PARK UNIT
PROPOSED PARKING IT UP PROVIDE
PARK ACCESS IN THE STREET IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. WHICH IS RISKY
IS A STRATEGIC PART A PART OF
STATE PARKS IN FACT IF YOU LOOK
AT A MAP OF CALIFORNIA. LOOKING
FOR ALL THE PARKS AND A BIG MAP
OF MY OFFICE AND I'VE GOT PINS
IN EVERY PART THAT I'VE BEEN TO.
THERE IS A GIANT VACANT OAK OVAL
WHEN IT COMES TO STATE PARKS AND
IT IS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
AND THEIR BIG COMMUNITIES THERE
AND THERE ARE BIG ISSUES THERE
BUT THERE'S ALSO EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITIES- DESTROYERS RANCH
IS ABOUT A TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED
ACRE AREA THAT FOR THE LAST
TWENTY YEARS OR TEN YEARS- HAS
BEEN- BEEN BEING. BY A NON GROUP
CALLED THE RIVER PER AND THEY
ACTUALLY THEY'VE GOTTEN FUND. TO
GO IN AND DO RESTORATION OF THAT
TWENTY FIVE ONE HUNDRED ACRE
PROPERTY. AND SO IT THINK IT'S
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS HAVE GONE
INTO VARIOUS STATE FUNDS. TO
SUPPORT RIVER PARTNERS WORK
THERE AND IT IS REALLY. IS A
LEADING EXAMPLE OF WHAT I THINK
IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALUE IN THE
VALLEY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY DID. IS ACTUALLY
RESTORED. WHICH FORMALLY WAS
FLOODPLAIN BUT WAS TAKEN OUT OF
FLOODPLAIN OPERATION. FOR FOR
AGRICULTURE AND- ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THIS PARK WILL DO
NOT JUST GET RIGHT TO THE CHASE
OF IT. IT'S TWENTY MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS
OF MODESTO- THERE ARE TWO RIVERS
THERE WHICH OFFERS CERTAINLY
RECREATIONAL AND FISHING
OPPORTUNITIES- THE NOW RESTORED
FOOTPRINT IS GOING TO BE TURNING
INTO A CENTRAL VALLEY. FORESTED
AREA WHICH WILL OFFER HEAT
REFUGIA AND HEAT EVENTS FOR
THESE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY. WE
ACTUALLY WITH THIS PROPERTY A
RECONNECTING FIFTEEN HUNDRED
ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN TO THE
AQUIFER. SO IN THESE RECENT
STORM EVENTS I WENT DOWN IT WAS
SECRETARY CROWFOOT RECENTLY AND
WE WENT THERE WHEN IT WAS
FLOODED WE THERE'S ANOTHER
FIFTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND
WHERE THERE'S WATER SINKING DOWN
INTO THE GROUND. AND SO I THINK
THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT PARKS I
THINK ABOUT THEM IS REALLY
NEEDING TO UTILIZE THEM NOT ONLY
FOR RECREATION BUT CONNECTING
THEM BACK INTO THE LANDSCAPE AS
FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPES. ON WHICH
WE REALLY. DEPEND AND- AND I
WILL JUST SAY THE ON THE OTHER
THING IS THAT THE PARTNERS THAT
ARE OF. AT THE THREE OF US ARE
ARE PRETTY AMAZING WE CONTINUING
OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH RIVER
PARTNERS TO WORK WITH US IN THE
ONGOING MANAGEMENT AND
TREATMENTS THERE. AND THERE ARE
ALREADY I WAS WHEN I WAS THERE
WAS SECRETARY CROWFOOT SEVERAL
WEEKS AGO. THERE WAS A SMALL
GROUP THERE AND THEY IT'S A
NONPROFIT GROUP CALLED CAMP
TAYLOR AND HIT. THE IT'S A
NONPROFIT WAS CREATED A NUMBER
OF YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CHILDREN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
GO TO ALTITUDE. SO THEY FIGURED
ALL THESE RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO IN
THE VALLEY. AND WHEN THEY SHOWED
UP TO OUR TO WALK THE PARK WITH
US. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A
TRAILER BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR
PRIMARY PROGRAMS IS KAYAKING.
AND WHEN I MET THIS TEAM IS THAT
YOU NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH
US WE'RE DOING THE PLANNING HERE
BECAUSE YOUR EXPERIENCE. OF WHAT
THE VALLEY NEEDS AND CAN OFFER
FOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WILL INFORM MUCH MORE THAN THEIR
OWN CONSTITUENTS. IT IS AN
AMAZING PLACE AND I WAS ALSO
REALLY HOPE THAT- THOSE AREAS
CAN BE A MODEL FOR. WHAT I THINK
WE NEED IN MORE AREAS IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY SO WE HAVE- NOT
ONLY THESE FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPES
OR OFFER RECREATION AND HEAT
REFUGIA. BUT LITERALLY AS PLACES
IT CAN BE CLASSROOMS FOR THE
CITIZENS OF THE STATE. TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE OPPORTUNITIES
ARE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER.
THANK YOU- WE'RE GOING TO. TRY
TO FORTY THREE AT PROCESS CAN.
FOR REFUSAL TO WANT TO TRY GET
TO- BUT I'LL GIVE A TORRANCE AND
LA WHICH TO COME ON THIS. BUT MY
BIGGEST BERMAN NOTHING BAD TIME
BUT BILLABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THREE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS
WE DAY WE DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT A
THIS IS THEIR TRADE ON RIGHT
KNOW MAINTENANCE AND EIGHT. AND
OF THAT FOR THIRTEEN PARK BUT ON
THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ME THAT.
WELL THANK YOU I DO HAVE A
QUESTION A PARTNER YOU MEANT-
SOME OF THE OTHERS YOU WANT TO
WHO WILL HELP. IF THERE'S NO
DISH FUNDING THE PART CAL. WHICH
IS A- HAS STATUS THEY RECRUITED
STATS ORDER THINGS IF YOU DON'T
WITH US AND OTHER PARKS LIKE BIG
BASIN IS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY HIRED
OF THE EXPERTISE THAT CAN HELP
US ADVANCE THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING THERE. AND THERE'S A
COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
THERE SO THEY HAVE A SCIENTIST
FOR EXAMPLE IS WORKING WITH THIS
A BIG BASS AND- HAS THAT
SCIENTISTS WORK SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THIS AND DEVELOPING THE
PLANS FOR BIG BASS AND- WE'RE
ACTUALLY DOING IS TRAINING A NEW
EMPLOYEE FOR STATE PARKS. AND SO
UP PARKS CALIFORNIA IN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION OR ALL OUT. DOING
FUNDRAISING AND DOING
PROGRAMMATIC- SUPPORT. PLANNING
WITH US TO SEE WHERE THE HIGHEST
VALUE CAN BE PLACED. AND AGAIN I
THINK THAT- AS WE DEVELOP THIS
PARK I THINK IT. ENDS UP ALSO BE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH
YOU SEE MERCED. WITH THINGS LIKE
THE ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
AND ACTUALLY THIS LAST WEEK AGO
SATURDAY. I SPOKE TO TWO HUNDRED
OF JOSH FOR FRIDAYS- KIDS THERE
WITH THE COLLEGE CORK. AND I
TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE RESOURCES
AGENCY IS A PLACE TO THINK ABOUT
FOR THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE. SO I
THINK THAT THERE. THERE ARE MANY
MORE PARTNERS TO BRING FORWARD
WITH THIS. AND ALSO- I HAVE MET
WITH A NUMBER OF PHILANTHROPIC
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING
WITH PARKS CALIFORNIA. AND THIS
IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT I WANT
TO BRING THEIR ATTENTION TO
BECAUSE IT HAS. SO MANY REAP.
RETURNS IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT
AND- AND I WILL MENTION THE
PARKS CALIFORNIA RECENTLY. WAS
GIVEN UP A VERY SIGNIFICANT GIFT
BY A MAJOR DOLLAR. TARGETED FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS SO. YOUR
EX- WELL FOR. YOU TO KNOW TO THE
- APAR IN A RESURGENT WHO WANT
TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN- WITH
THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE HELLO
ON THIS ITEM SO WE WILL. MOVE
TO. THEM THE LAST IS WHICH IS ON
THE- BUDGET. BEYOND- I THINK.
IT'S REDUCE REUSE OFF YES
MICHAEL BERMAN. SO TO KEEP THIS
BRIEF LIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS
COMMON. THE- PROPOSED BUDGET IS
A ROOF OF THE ADMIN. COMMITMENT
TO ACCESS RECENT THAT FISCAL
YEARS HAVE LEFT US IN A
CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH WE ARE
ABLE TO PROPOSED. SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS AND ACCESS INCLUDING
FUNDING FOR NEW PILOT PROGRAM
SUCH AS THE LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM REFERENCED EARLIER.
STARK ABOUT INVESTMENTS AND
CONTINUING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE
STATEWIDE PARK PROGRAM WHICH
RECEIVED GENERAL FUND FOR THE
FIRST TIME. IN THE HISTORY OF
THE PROGRAM. AND SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN THE PARK SYSTEM
ITSELF IN THE FORM OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY
PROJECTS- IN LIGHT OF THE
PROJECTED TWENTY TWO AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IN THE
GENERAL FUND THE ADMINISTRATION
IS PROPOSING REDUCTIONS TO SOME
OF THESE PROGRAMS HOWEVER THESE
REDUCTIONS WILL PROTECT. OVER AT
79% THAT IS THAT MORE THAN ONE
POINT TWO OF THE ONE POINT FIVE
BILLION PROPOSED. FOR THESE
PROGRAMS AND IN IDENTIFYING
REDUCTIONS THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS PRIORITIZED PROTECTING- THE
MAJORITY IN THE FUNDING SET
ASIDE FOR THESE PROGRAMMES AS
WELL AS PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS
IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. ALL
TURNED OVER TO STOP. AGAIN
AFTER. MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE MY
NAME IS GUSTAVO. AT DEPARTMENT
OF FINE. SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY GO
ALL THE PRO- THAT WILL BE
REDUCTIONS IN THIS GIVEN FISCAL
YEAR YEAH YOU COULD BE FINED
FOUND ON PAGE FORTY NINE OF YOUR
AGENDA. SO STARTING OFF WITH THE
STATEWIDE PARKS PROGRAM WE'RE
HAVING A REDUCTION OF A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY MILLION THIS MAINTAINS
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION
460% OF THE FUNDING. FOR THE
INDIAN HERITAGE CENTRE WE HAVE A
TOTAL REDUCTION OF NINETY FIVE
MILLION. OR THE RECREATIONAL
TRAILS WAY PROGRAM A TOTAL OF
THIRTY FIVE MILLION WILL BE
REDUCED. FOR DIFFERENT MEANING
FOR PARKS REDUCTION OF THIRTY
ONE MILLION THIS MAINTAINS AT
LEAST 78% OF WHAT WE'VE INVESTED
IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. FOR THE
MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAM A REDUCTION
OF TWENTY NINE MILLION. IT
MAINTAINS TWENTY ONE MILLION
FOUR FIVE WHICH IS 42% OF THE
FUNDING FOR THAT. AND WE ALSO
REDUCED THE FOR FUTURE PARKS CAP
OUT WE PROGRAMS. A REDUCTION OF
FIFTEEN MILLION MAINTAINING
THIRTY FIVE MILLION WHICH IS 70%
OF WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN CAP
OUT. IN THE PAST. THREE WEEKS
LAST. YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO-
DIFFERENT HOME CHIEF DIRECT LIZ
MAKE TAKER JOIN ME. THIS OKAY
GREAT- FOR BE AVAILABLE YOU
COMMENTS. SUN HUNG SEEN AGAIN.
SO IN GENERAL WE THINK ARE. ARE
PROPOSED ARE LARGELY WE- AGAIN
THAT THERE ARE MANY WILL PROGRAM
THAT SERVE FOR THE- BUT YOU THE
SCOPES THE BUDGET. UNLIKELY WE
TO LOOK AT SOME OF THEM- THEIR
CUP THINGS THAT SUGGEST THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CAN IS IT JUST
REDUCTION SHOULD NEED SOME ONE
IS THAT CULTURAL ARE INSULAR.
PROGRAM THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS
FOUNDED IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND
WE THINK THAT'S A POTENTIAL
CANDIDATE ON IT WOULD FIND
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT ART
INSTALLATIONS IN STATE AND LOCAL
PARKS BUT MOST DEFINING HASN'T
GONE OUT YET SO THAT'S WHEN WE
THINK. HAS THE YOU KNOW COULDN'T
COULD BE ON A POTENTIAL- AREA
FOR REDUCTION WE ALSO KNOW THAT
THERE ARE A FEW PROGRAMS ARE
SLATED TO GET FUNDING IN THE
BUDGET YEAR AND HOW YEARS SO
THEY HAVE THE MONEY HASN'T YET
GONE OUT FOR- FOR THIS PURPOSE
FOR THOSE AUGMENTATIONS ABSURD.
SCHEDULED BUT IT HASN'T ACTUALLY
GONE OUT YET. WE THINK THOSE THE
OTHER AREAS THIS THE LEGISLATURE
COULD BECAUSE GENERALLY FROM TO
TAKE FUNDING IN THOSE AREAS AND
BE A PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY
KIND OF IN THE PROCESS OF
ADMINISTERING IT. SO SOME
EXAMPLES OF THOSE- OUTDOOR
EQUITY- STATEWIDE PARKS PROGRAM
AND THERE'S- SYMPHONIES FUNDING
SLATED FOR THE REDONDO BEACH
PARK. THEM HAPPY ANSWER
QUESTIONS. OKAY TO REJECT. ANY
ANY QUESTIONS- I'LL JUST TO HAVE
ONE ON THE X. FOR THE COAST
PROGRAM HER A LOT ABOUT THAT- IN
THE LAST- THE INTERNALIZED
HEARING- IN. I WONDER IF YOU CAN
IT CAN GET A COMMENT ON. ON THE
FOR THE BECAUSE PROGRAM THE- OF.
FUNDING REDUCTION AND- PROJECTS
THAT WILL. MIGHT LOSE OUT AND
THE FUNNY DEMAND FOR THIS
PROGRAM. YES I COULD GET I'M AMY
HARTZELL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT
THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY
AND- GREAT TO BE HERE- I COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
EXPLORE THE COAST PROGRAM AND
WHAT- WE- WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. SO
FAR WITH THE FOURTEEN MILLION
AND THEN- THE PROPOSED- A
SOLUTION SO IT IS A GRANT
PROGRAM. TO PROVIDE- SOME REALLY
POSITIVE MEANINGFUL. COASTAL
EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITIES WHO FACE BARRIERS TO
COASTAL ACCESS AND I THINK.
DIRECTOR QUINN TERO TALKED QUITE
A BIT ABOUT THIS- SO WHETHER
THOSE ARE SOCIOECONOMIC
BARRIERS- OR ACCESS FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES- CULTURAL OR
LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR YOU SIMPLY
DISTANCE IN TIME- YOU KNOW. FOR
EXAMPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN- THE
CENTRAL VALLEY- GETTING TO THE
CALIFORNIA COAST- SO WE HAVE
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WITH
THIS PROGRAM FUNDED- ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED GRANTS TO DIFFERENT NON
PROFITS- TRIBES AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS- AND IT SERVED ON TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE HAVE AN
ADVISORY BOARD TO REALLY-
PASSIONATE THOUGHTFUL GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO HELP US DEVELOP THE-
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND- AND
HELP US SELECT THE PROJECTS
THAT. THAT WE FIND- IN SOME OF
THE PROJECTS TO THE FOURTEEN
MILLION ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WE
RECEIVED WE HAVE BEEN COME BIRD
ALL OF THAT EXCEPT FOR THE TWO
POINT SIX MILLION- PROPOSED FOR-
TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET
SOLUTIONS- SO WITH THAT- THAT
PORTION OF THE FOURTEEN MILLION
TO DATE WE HAVE FUNDED THINGS
LIKE PROJECT. AVERY WHICH
PROVIDES CHILDREN OF
INCARCERATED PARENTS- WITH-
TRIPS TO THE MARIN COUNTY
SHORELINE- FOR RECREATIONAL AND
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY ACTIVITIES-
REFUGE ARE MONA WHICH IS- YOUTH
FROM THE COMMUNITY OF OUR MONA
IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- TO
EXPLORE THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
COAST. THE SANTA YNEZ BAND OF
CHUMASH INDIANS IS BRINGING TOO
MUCH YOU TO CATALINA ISLAND- AND
THE CENTRAL COAST OR NOT
CATALINA THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND
THE CENTRAL COAST. TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT MARINE RESOURCES- THE
UNITY CARE GROUP IS FOR CURRENT
AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH- FROM
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO
PARTICIPATING COASTAL OUTING SO
YOU CAN KIND OF GET THE SENSE OF
THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE SELECT
THERE'S A- NUMBER OF OTHER
GRANTEES- THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
DOES PROTECT EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR THESE
GRANTS- THAT COME FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSE PLATE FUND
AND THE COASTAL ACCESS ACCOUNT.
TO OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT
IS HOW MUCH WE RECEIVED ANNUAL.
FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM EIGHT
HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO ON TO DISPERSE ANNUALLY THE
FOURTEEN MILLION WAS A ONE TIME
IN ON THE TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO
BUDGET- AND WITH THE FOURTEEN
MILLION WE FUNDED A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THREE PROJECTS THE GRANTS
RANGE FROM. SIXTEEN THOUSAND TO
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND- WE HAD
JUST PUT OUT A CALL FOR PROJECTS
FOR THE REMAINING TWO POINT SIX
MILLION WE DID THAT IN- DECEMBER
PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
COMING OUT. APPLICATIONS WERE
DUE IN FEBRUARY WE RECEIVED
EIGHTY FOUR APPLICATIONS
REQUESTING SIX POINT THREE
MILLION DOLLARS- SO YET THE
AVERAGE RECRUIT QUESTION THIS
ONE ROUND WITH SEVENTY FIVE
THOUSAND PER PROJECT- SAID THIS
TWO POINT SIX MILLION- COULD
FIND ABOUT THIRTY FIVE PROJECTS-
IN ADDITION THE EIGHT HUNDRED
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND. WOULD
SUPPORT ABOUT TEN PROJECTS. TO I
THINK THAT. YEAH RESPOND TO THE
QUESTIONS THAT THE THAT WE GOT
IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
YEAH THAT IS A- AND I KNOW IT
INSTANTLY MEYER WOULD HAVE BEEN
ONE OF COSTA THAT SOME THESE
PROJECTS WERE IN THOSE AREAS IN
SOME OF THE FACT TO THINK SOME
OF THE CALLERS FROM LAST TIME-
AND TALK ABOUT THE- THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO AND IT'S A
SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY-
PROPORTIONAL TO THE BUDGET BUT-
IMPORTANT PROJECT IN. THANK YOU
FOR COUNCIL BUT MORE MORE ABOUT
IT HERE TODAY- IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU HAD A LOT OF LOCATIONS FOR
THAT MONEY AND- A LOT WON'T GET
FUNDED IF THIS IF THIS. CUT GOES
THROUGH. WITH ALL TO MAKE CALLS
TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS-
RECOMMENDATION IS HOLD OPEN ON
THIS ITEM. AND WITHOUT THAT
CONCLUDES OUR- FORWARD
DISCUSSION FIGHTING PORTION
THANK YOU. GEORGE PATERNO TEAM
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
HERE AND- BUT WITH THAT WE WILL
MOVE NOW TO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO GET
THE VOTES TODAY WILL. HAVE TO-
EFFORTS TO CUT OFF BOB COMMENT
BY THE ONE THIRTY FOR ONE FOUR.
SHORT TWENTY THING WE CAN ALL BE
WHO COMMIT TESTING. TO ASK
PEOPLE TO LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS.
ONE MIN WHEN. THE END OF ROOM
THAT BUT NOT IS EIGHT SEVEN TWO
STE SIX ONCE THREE. ACCESS CODE
SEVEN THREE TWO EIGHT THREE.
FOUR WILL GET HAVE TO COPY OFF.
THAT ONE MONTH WILL BE WITH
WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM TO TWO
HIGH. A GO AHEAD. CHAIRMAN TERRY
SMITH AND READ THE- WHEN I THINK
THIS COMMITTEE ALWAYS AWAY. I WE
DO NEED MORE FOR. WE NEED TO
MAKE A OUR FIRE ARE. REALLY
ONEROUS LONG I ON THE JOB WHICH
IS TO THE FOR TOP ABOUT PREVENT
. IF WE TREAT FIVE HUNDRED ACRES
. THE COST OF A THREE. DOLLARS
AN ACRE AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING
COSTS THAT'S ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS. THE NEW
FIREFIGHTERS WE HIRE WOULD BE
WORKING FULL TIME ON THE PART
PART TIME ON THOSE TASKS WHEN
THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING FIRES. THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE THE
JOB WOULD SAVE MONEY WE HAVE A
MORE EFFECTIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL OF
YOU FOR STANDING UP ON THE PHONE
THE- CAPITOL STEPS SPEAKING
ABOUT THE HEROISM OF THE
FIREFIGHTERS. VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON- TREVECCA MEMBERS THE
COMMITTEE PAUL MASON LOOKS OF IT
TRUST WHAT I THINK INVOLVED FOR
REALLY THOUGHTFUL TODAY IS GREAT
- I ONLY SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE
WILDFIRE- IT'S- A SMALL CUT IN
THE SKIN OF THE GREAT BUDGET
DUSTIN THIS YEAR THE OVERALL
BUDGET BUT IT'S-
DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED TO.
MAXIMIZE THE HARM IN MY OPINION
BY CUTTING MONITORING WE MAKE
OUR HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY BY
CUTTING DEFENSIBLE SPACE WILL
MAKE IT HARDER TO PROACTIVELY
PROTECT HOMES FROM A FIRE. AND I
AM HARD PRESSED TO THINK OF A
MORE PRESSING NEED FOR THAT
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE
REALLY FRUSTRATING I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED CENTER RECORDS
COMMENTS ABOUT YOU KNOW HAVING A
CATALYST FUND AND THEN PULLING
IT BACK THIS IS PEOPLE COMING
FORWARD. IT'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC
SO I WOULD VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE
US TO NOT BE NICKEL AND DIMING
THESE LITTLE THINGS EITHER FUND
THE ENTIRE PACKAGE AS IT WAS
PROPOSAL TO HELP BUILD
CONFIDENCE THE STATE'S SERIOUS.
ABOUT CONTINUE EXPANDING OUR
INVESTMENTS OR ALSO FRANKLY
REDUCING THE GRANT PROGRAMS
WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE
LESS MONEY BUT WE WILL STILL BE
ABLE TO. THE BUILDING WORK FORCE
AND BE KEEPING TRACK WHAT'S
GOING ON THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. COULD HAVE INTERNET
AND MY- ARE MILE ON THE OF THE
SEMPERVIRENS FUND WHICH OPERATES
AND- MATEO SANTA CLARA AND SANTA
CRUZ COUNTIES PROTECTING COAST
REDWOODS AND CONNECTING THE
PUBLIC WITH THE OUTDOORS- AND
SPECIFICALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE PROPOSED CUTS TO STATE PARKS
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUNDING-
THERE WAS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FIVE MILLION ALLOCATED TO STATE
PARKS BACK IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
AND THIS PROPOSED THIRTY ONE
MILLION DOLLAR CUT WOULD BE
ZEROING OUT WHAT'S LEFT OF THAT
MONEY- AND THAT SMALL ONE AND A
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE MILLION
WAS. DOING WHAT IT COULD TO
ADDRESS A HUGE BACKLOG OF
PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE AT THE
OVER TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
STATE PARKS. SO WE JUST LIKE TO
EMPHASIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
OF THIS CUT WOULD HAVE ON
VISITOR EXPERIENCE ON PARKS
FACILITIES. IN CALIFORNIA BOASTS
A WORLD RENOWNED PARK SYSTEM BUT
IT WON'T BE IF WE LET IT
DETERIORATE AND LYFT. FACILITIES
MARKET THE MAINTENANCE THAT THEY
NEED- IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW
SOMETHING THAT IS AND ALWAYS YOU
JUST GLAMOROUS BUT IT'S
EXTREMELY NECESSARY AND WE WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON THAT
PROPOSED CUTS. THANK YOU THANK
YOU. HE COULD HAVE MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS AND HE GOT. HE ON BEHALF
OF NATURE ALL WHERE AN ORGAN.
THAT WORKS OUT OF THE LA AREA TO
ENSURE THAT FOLKS ESPECIALLY
THOSE IN. LOW INCOME AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES HAVE
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE
OUTDOORS. HERE TO PUSH BACK A
LITTLE ON THE ALEJO'S COMMENTS
AROUND ISSUE. OR ITEM FIFTY
EIGHT WHICH- ESSENTIALLY IS
SAYING THAT THE OUTDOOR EQUITY
IN STATEWIDE PROGRAMS OUT PARKS.
IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR
CUTS- JUST WANT TO. OFFER OUR
PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S BEEN THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S
PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT FUNDING
IS EQUITABLE AND IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON THOSE COMMUNITIES- OF
COURSE ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER
THAT. ADDITIONALLY WOULD LIKE
YOU TO TAKE A LOOK A SECOND LOOK
IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO THE- COAST
THE STATE CONSERVANCY COASTAL
CONSERVANCY'S- EXPLORE THE COAST
PROGRAM. WHICH THE GOVERNOR
SUGGEST- BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A TWO
POINT SIX. MILLION DOLLAR CUT
THESE PROGRAMS THESE ARE
CRITICAL- FOR ENSURING EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS AND
WITHOUT THESE FUNDING THERE WILL
BE LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS
TO- BE ABLE TO ENJOY ALL OF THE
BEAUTIFUL NATURAL OPEN SPACES
THAT CALIFORNIA HOUSES SO WE
WOULD APPRECIATE. HAVING A
SECOND LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
THANK YOU WE NOW TURN TO THE
PHONE MODERATOR. THIS PROMPTED
HIS WAY TO PROPOSE COMMENT WILL
BE. THANK YOU IF YOU WISH TO
MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE PRESS ONE
AND ZERO AT THIS TIME. FIRST
START WITH LINE ELEVEN PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SORRY WILL
START WITH LINE NINE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HE KERRY MEMBERS THE
COMMITTEE LOOKED OUT ON BEHALF
OF THE HUNDRED REVITALIZED
CALIFORNIA THE SAN. EIGHTEEN OR
THE KLEIN PERMITTING. PROGRAM IS
HERE W. I'LL ALSO BE ACTED OF
WILDLIFE. PLANTS BY THE LARVAE
DESERT PLAN TRUST NUMBER ON
TRACK GONZALEZ TOP TROUT TROUT
UNLIMITED AND YOU CAN.
AFFORDABILITY IMPLEMENTED
REPORTING ACROSS BUT- CON
PRIORITY ACTION WITH. THIRTY
RESEARCH THANK YOU SEE. OFF THE
MAP AND LOT LIKE. PLANTED MY
DESERT AUDUBON'S. CAL TROUT
PROBABLY NEED TO CONFIRM. IN
SUPPORT OF CONTINUE CARE THREE
IN PROGRAM YES HAVE YOU. AND WE
HAVE HELD FOR. CRITICAL REMOVAL
PERMITS EDS AND HER MCGUIRE
PARADE PRESSURE EARLIER.
MY THIRTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD.
BUYING THIRTEEN. I'M SORRY CAN
YOU HEAR ME YEAH YOUR HEAD I HAD
. THANK YOU MORE HANNAH BECKER
NUMBER CENTER FOR ABOUT OF MY
NATIONAL FEDERATION EAGER
CONSERVING CANADA COURTESY FOR
ALLOWING NETWORK WE HELPED THE
PLAN ON WHAT THAT DOZENS OF OUR
AND TRY MY YOU FOR THE COURT I
IF YOU TWENTY NINE YEAR ET. FIND
THAT DEPARTMENT THERE'S A LOT OF
HEALTHCARE BADLY POSITION ON
THAT LAST YEAR EIGHTY THREE
FORTY RECALL THOSE IN A TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH LOOKING INTO CHOI
OF PUBLIC CONNECTED NEED TO A
FORM OF IDENTIFY POTENTIAL LIKE
EVEN ON OUR STATE HIGH SYSTEM IS
.
I THANK ON HIGHWAY SEVENTEEN
THERE IS SO MUCH POSITIVE
MOMENTUM BEHIND CALIFORNIA'S
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR
PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE BY
PROTECTING AND ENHANCING
WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE
HIGHWAY SYSTEM THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR VOTING TO APPROVE THE TWO
PARTIES PROPOSAL TODAY. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT CALL YOU'RE
RIGHT THIRTY PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON SURE DOCTORS AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS THE START OF
THE POLICY WITH THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY- I RECOGNIZE THAT
TODAY WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING IN
ON C. F. W. AND PARKS AND CAL
FIRE BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A
QUICK MOMENT TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND THINK ABOUT THE NATURAL
RESOURCES BUDGET AS A WHOLE.
MANY CONSERVANCY IS REALLY
CALLING ON THE LEGISLATURE TO
PRESERVE CRITICAL FUNDING IN THE
BUDGET TO SUPPORT CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION GOVERNOR JANUARY
BUDGET PROPOSAL MAKES
SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO NATURAL
RESOURCES AND CLIMATE SPENDING
CUTS THAT ARE FAR GREATER THAN
THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS TO OTHER
AREAS OF THE BUDGET. IN TOTAL
THE JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSES
REDUCING WILL PAY YOUR
INVESTMENT THE NATURE BASED
COMPETITION BY MORE THAN ONE
POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS.
ADDITIONALLY THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL BUDGET PROPOSAL REDUCES
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY. BY
THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT. WE ASK
THAT THE LEGISLATURE REALLY
WORKS TO PROTECT THESE CRITICAL
. INVESTMENTS IN THE RECOGNIZING
WILL BE. TWO IN MORE DEPTH
COMING WE DID REALLY WANT TO
BACK WE APPRECIATE OF YOUR
CONCERN. THAT YOU MUCH. THANK
YOU. YEAH THANK YOU THIRTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AT
LEAST BUNDRICK WITH THE TRITON
PRICE CONSULTING HERE
REPRESENTING CLIMATE PLAN- OKAY
THE PILOT CENTER. AND ON BEHALF
OF THE PRIVATE CENTER WE WANT TO
RESPECTFULLY URGE THE
LEGISLATURE TO REJECT THE DEEP
CUTS MADE TO CALIFORNIA'S
INVESTMENTS IN NATURAL AND
WORKING LANDS- AND THE FUNDING
AS AN INVESTMENT NOT ONLY IN THE
COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVE CARBON
NEUTRALITY BUT- ALSO IT'S COLD
FOR ADAPTATION AND- RESILIENCY.
AND PROTECTING AIR AND WATER
QUALITY FOR ITS RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS. REMARKED WE NOTE THAT
THE WORK WE DON'T DO NOW ON OUR
COASTLINES AGRICULTURAL LAND
URBAN LAND AND OTHER LANDSCAPES
WILL RESULT IN FAR MORE COSTS
AND DAMAGES ARE COMMUNITIES.
ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY DOWN THE
LINE. AS WELL YEAH BY THE ALLEY
OF THE TRIGGER RESTORATIONS ARE
HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO COME TO
FRUITION AND DO ALL THE ECONOMIC
PROJECTIONS. POINTED EVEN LOWER
REVENUES AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE
TREATING THESE. AS PROPOSED CUTS
TO ABOUT AND- STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE BUDGET SHE PART PROPOSAL
SUBMIT BY C. R. EIGHT OF. THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF AB SEVENTEEN
FIFTY SEVEN. THE PROCESS IS
CRITICAL TO LAYING OUT THE
FRAMEWORK ABOUT MUCH NEEDED
SCALING UP OF THE USE OF OUR
NATURAL WORKING LANDS AS A MAJOR
CLIENT SOLUTION. AND LASTLY
CLIMATE PLAN WANTS TO- JUST
REITERATED. THAT **** FORWARD TO
THE DISCUSSION ON THE KIND OF
FIND. OUT THAT WE CAN'T REALLY
JUST RELY ON BACK SOUL FOR THESE
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE
RECENT PERFORMANCE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES ON THE
STATEWIDE BALLOT. AND THE FACT
THAT IF IT'S FOR APPROVED WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUSH THESE
REVENUES OUT AND TELL. TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE WHICH IS FAR TOO
LATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU I TWENTY THREE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON
SHAREHOLDERS ALONG WITH STIFF
YEAH FROM THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. THANK YOU
FOR ASKING ISSUE NUMBER TWENTY
NINE WHICH IS THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL FOR CRITICAL FINDING
THAT MORE THAN NINETY
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORT. HELP FIFTY BILLION
CALTRANS IMPLEMENTED TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR FIFTY FOR THE
WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT. MAKE
ROADS SAFER. FOR BOTH WILDLIFE
AND PEOPLE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MUCH. THANK YOU RYAN TWENTY FOUR
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MISTER CHAIRMAN
RESPECT MARIN WITH THEIR REQUEST
SO SEATS REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS. WE
APPRECIATE IT MIDIS- PUT WILLING
CORD WITH ISSUES AT TWENTY FOUR-
THE CONTINUATION OF CANNABIS
REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
ISSUE TWENTY SEVEN. NUCLEAR
MEDICATION ISSUE TWENTY EIGHT
OIL POLLUTION RESPONSE RESOURCES
AN ISSUE CORDY. PERMITTING
COMPLIANCE AND HABITAT
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WE URGE THE
COMMITTEE SUPPORTED ISSUE FIFTY
TWO REQUIREMENTS- PERMITTING-
THE SUPPORT PROGRAM ALL THESE
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS INTO THEIR-
CONTINUE FUNDING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU
I'M ALIVE IN PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU SHARE BACKER AND
MEMBERS OF THE CHAIR AND STAND
WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
FIRST GREEN SCHOOLYARDS TO CAL
FIRE IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN
A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION OF
FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. OF THE
GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER WORKING
IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
I SEE HOW THIS NEW PROGRAM IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED AND WANTED
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THESE
COMMUNITIES ARE READY AND EAGER
TO PROTECT PROTECT THEIR
CHILDREN FROM A HUNDRED AND
30 DEGREES HEAT PLAYGROUNDS AND
FIGHTS THAT CAN BE UP TO A
HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX DEGREES.
SECOND WHAT'S RESTORE FULL
FUNDING TO THE STATE MY PART
PROGRAM. IN FORESTRY AND URBAN
GREENING. THIS PROGRAM
SUCCESSFULLY SERVE DENSELY
POPULATED URBAN COMMUNITIES.
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
EXTREME HEAT FLOODING AND LACK
OF ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE. YES WE
MUST PURSUE OUR LONG TERM
CLIMATE GOAL BUT WE MUST ALSO
IMMEDIATELY PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE WE'RE EXTREMELY
IMPACTED UP TO AND INCLUDING
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND PREMATURE
DEATH. THIRD WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN
ROBUST FUNDING TO THE WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD TO RETURN
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOAL. AND WE
MUST RESTORE FUNDING FOR THE
COASTAL CONSERVANCY IN ORDER TO
PROTECT AND RESTORE THE COAST
WHICH IS CURRENTLY GETTING
BATTERED WHICH WITH ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS AND SEVERE FINANCIAL LOSS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT CAR.
THANK YOU I TWENTY SIX PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON SHARE
BACKER IN MEMBERS MY NAME IS
RACHEL NORTON AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION. PRESIDING OVER
EIGHTY THOUSAND MEMBERS AND
THOUSANDS MORE CALIFORNIA STATE
PARK ADVOCATE I WANT TO ADDRESS
ISSUE FIFTY SEVEN AND FIFTY
EIGHT. TO START WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSED
THIRTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THE REMAINING FUNDING FOR
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT STATE
PARK. MAINTAINING OUR PART OF
THE CORE STATE REPLACED
POSSIBILITY AND IT'S CRUCIAL TO
ENSURING STATE PARKS AND SERVE
CALIFORNIANS FOR DECADES TO
COME. DURING MAKING IT EVEN
FURTHER SHORTSIGHTED CONSIDERING
THE HUGE EXISTING BACKLOG THAT
WAS REFERRED TO. WE STRONGLY
REQUEST THAT YOU RECONSIDER CUTS
TO THE ONLY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
FUNDING REMAINING AT THE
DEPARTMENT. IT SIMILARLY SHORT
SIGHTED TO ELIMINATE OPERATING A
START UP FUNDING FOR JUST RIO.
STATE ALREADY OWNS IT AND IS
NOTED THE PARK WILL SUPPORT
IMPORTANT INCREASED ACCESS IN A
PARTICULARLY. PART OR PART OF
THE STATE. BY I WOULD ALL LIKE
TO THIS. THAT FUTURE CUTS CAN
COME FROM THE OUTDOOR FROM
GRAHAM OF THE STATEWIDE PARKS
PROGRAM BOTH OF WHICH SERVE A
CONNECT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
TO THE UNIQUE NATURAL BEAUTY OF
OUR STATE. ASTRONOMICALLY
SUCCESSFUL AND OVERSUBSCRIBED IN
THESE RECENT YEARS AND CUTS
WOULD SET US BACK A CHEATING
AFFORDABLE OUTDOOR ACCESS THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU MISTER FOR YOUR WORK NEXT
CAR. THANK YOU I'M THIRTY THREE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. WITH THIS MOVE
ALONG THIRTY THREE. LET'S MOVE
ALONG NEXT CALLER. I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENT THANK YOU. OKAY
EXCELLENT. IF YOU REMEMBER
PUBLIC WAS NOT ABLE TO CALL AND
YOU OF C. CAN SUBMIT- THE
INFORMATION IN WRITING AND WE
WILL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF
THIS. THE HEARING SO WE NOW MOVE
TO THE VOTE ONLY CALENDAR- GONNA
FIRST- CONSIDER ISSUES ONE.
THREE OF FIVE TO TWELVE.
FOURTEEN TO TWENTY ONE. TWENTY
SEVEN TWENTY NINE. THIRTY ONE TO
THIRTY NINE FORTY ONE TO FORTY
FIVE AND FORTY EIGHT TO FIFTY
ONE. I'D LIKE EMOTION FOR A
SINGER DOLLY. I'M BEYOND THAT WE
CALL THE ROLL. BAKER HI BAKER
AYE DOLLY AYE DALY AYE MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE AYE. THE MOTIONS
APPROVED VOTER THREE ZERO THOSE
BUDGET ITEMS FAR OUT WE WILL NOW
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
ISSUES NUMBER TWO. FOUR THIRTEEN
TWENTY THREE TWENTY SIX FORTY
SIX AND FORTY SEVEN MAY I HAVE A
MOTION ON THOSE ITEMS. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. BAKER BY BAKER
AYE DOLLY NO SELLING NO REQUIRE.
REQUIRE HI. THE VOTE IS TWO TO
ONE OF THOSE BUDGET ITEMS ARE
OUT. NOW WE WILL CONSIDER ISSUES
NUMBER. 222-425-2830 AND FORTY.
ASK FOR A MOTION ON THOSE ITEMS
. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. BAKER I
FIGURE I'D DOLLY. THE ONLY NOT
VOTING MCGUIRE RIGHT THE GRANT I
. THE VOTE IS TWO TWO ZERO
MOTION IS APPROVED AND THOSE
BUDGET ITEMS ARE OUT- WITH THAT
VOTING IS DONE THE AND WHEN I
THINK- INDIVIDUALS WHO
PARTICIPATED PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY THIS IS THE IN THE HEARING
AGAIN YOU CAN GET YOUR COMMENTS
TO US IN WRITING. THANK YOU TO
OUR PANELISTS FOR THEIR
EXCELLENT COMMENTARY TODAY FOR
THE DISCUSSION WE NOW CONCLUDE
THE JENNIFER IS HEARING OF
SENATE BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE TO
AND WE ARE CONCERNED.