THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE WILL COME TO ORDER
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE- THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE
PUBLIC IN PERSON AND VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS OF FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. SEVEN THREE SIX TWO EIGHT
THREE FOUR. WE ARE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE
CAPITAL I ASK ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE BE PRESENT IN
SUITE TWELVE HUNDRED SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH A QUORUM AND BEGIN OUR
HEARING. TODAY WE HAVE TWO BILLS
ON OUR AGENDA- AND BEFORE WE
HEAR- WELL ACTUALLY THERE'S NO
QUORUM WITH THERE'S ONLY TWO
MEMBERS SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TO. A START THIS COMMITTEE
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING AND SO
. LET'S HEAR FROM THE FIRST ART
OUR FIRST OFF THEIR WHICH IS.
SENATOR ALL BROADER GIL ARE
PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
BECKER ON SB. FORTY FIVE.
COULD NOT GOOD MORNING SHARE
DOWNLOAD MEMBERS. WELL ACTUALLY
ANOTHER MEMBER SO. STAFF OF THE
COMMITTEE WELCOME I THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS
SENATE BILL FOR EIGHTY FIVE ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR JOSH BECKER
TODAY. CENTER BACKERS ACCEPTING
ALL THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE BEEF CATTLE
FROM THE PROGRAM AND LIMIT THIS
BILL TO ONLY A VOLUNTARY
INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR DAIRY
CATTLE HE ALSO WANTED TO THANK
THE OPPOSITION FOR WORKING WITH
HIM ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE
LEGISLATION. AND HAS SETTLED TO
TENTATIVELY LIMIT THE
LEGISLATION TO CREATE THE
INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND TO CONVENE
A WORKING GROUP TO PROVIDE AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS OF FEED ADDITIVES WHICH
WILL INFORM THE ROLLOUT OF THE
INCENTIVE PROGRAM. SO MOVING
FORWARD SENATOR BAKER HAS AGREED
TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING THE
DETAILS OF THE WORK GROUP
PARTICIPATION. BUT HAS COMMITTED
TO WORKING WITH INDUSTRY TO
ENSURE THE WORKING GROUP
INCLUDES FARMER REPRESENTATION.
THE CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE IN
THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN A LEADER
ON METHANE EMISSION REDUCTIONS
AS LARA'S SENATE BILL THIRTEEN
EIGHTY EIGHT SET A TARGET OF 40%
METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
WITH THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY BY
TWENTY THIRTY. HOWEVER THIS
TARGET EXCLUDES EMISSIONS FROM
ENTERIC FERMENTATION. THE TWENTY
TWENTY TO SCOPING PLAN FINDS
THAT TO MEET ITS MISSION GOALS
CALIFORNIA SHOULD IMPLEMENT
ENTERIC FERMENTATION STRATEGIES
THAT ARE COST EFFECTIVE.
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN SAFE FOR
ANIMAL AND HUMAN HEALTH AND
ACCEPTABLE TO CONSUMERS AND THAT
DO NOT IMPACT ANIMAL
PRODUCTIVITY AND ALSO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR THESE
STRATEGIES AS NEEDED. MOREOVER
THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES
BOARD MOST RECENT REPORT FINDS
THAT CALIFORNIA MAY FALL SHORT
OF THAT TWENTY THIRTY TARGET.
ABSENT AND ENTERIC STRATEGY
INSUFFICIENT PUBLIC FUNDING. SB
FORTY FIVE IMPLEMENTS CARD
SUGGESTIONS BY CREATING AN
INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR DAIRY
FARMERS EAGER TO BE EARLY
ADOPTERS OF FEED ADDITIVES. THE
BILL CREATES AN INCENTIVE
PROGRAM ONCE THEY ARE
DEMONSTRATED SCIENTIFICALLY TO
BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK OUR INDUSTRY
PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH
US TO ENSURE THAT LEGISLATION
GIVES THEM ENOUGH CERTAINTY
ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THEIR ANIMALS. SENATE BILL FORTY
FIVE EARLY ADOPTION PROGRAM WILL
HELP BOLSTER A MUCH NEEDED
TECHNOLOGY TO MEET CALIFORNIA'S
GHG REDUCTION GOALS AND TO
SIGNAL TO MARKET INVESTORS THAT
CALIFORNIA WILL HELP ITS
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY GET TO NET
ZERO IN A STEADY. THOUGHTFUL
MANNER. TO PROVIDE A TESTIMONY
IN SUPPORT WE HAVE TAYLOR ROSHEN
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
DAIRIES INCORPORATED. THANK YOU
SENATOR I'M GOOD MORNING HEN
CHAIR TAYLOR RUSSIAN ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA DAIRIES
INCORPORATED CDI IS THE IS A
CALIFORNIA BASED DAIRY
COOPERATIVE WITH MORE THAN THREE
HUNDRED FARMING FAMILIES- AS
SUCH THEY TAKE THEIR CHARGE TO
VOLUNTARILY REDUCE METHANE
EMISSIONS SERIOUSLY AND WE
APPRECIATE THE AUTHORS EFFORT TO
HELP. WHEN A NEW METHOD BECOMES
AVAILABLE INCLUDING THE
POTENTIAL OF FEED ADDITIVES I WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CAN'T WORKING TO
CONTINUE ON THE REMAINING
AMENDMENTS- AS MYSELF ARTICLE
MENTIONED AND RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AN AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
. PLEASE COME UP TO STATE YOUR
NAME AND ORGANIZATION A POSITION
ON THE BILL. MEGHAN SHANWEI
RETIRED NURSE IN SUPPORT. IF WE
HAVE NO ADDITIONAL- WITNESSES-
IN SUPPORT WILL- NOW HERE FOR
THOSE THAT ARE IN IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL OF THE MEASURE.
OPPOSITION I'M SORRY. MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS MAP RIGHT HERE ON
BEHALF OF WESTERN UNITED DAIRY
SAY I WANTED THANK THE-
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING WITH US ON
GETTING A SET OF AMENDMENTS THAT
BRING US TO NEUTRAL WE
APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS BILL
AND HOPEFULLY GET TO SUPPORT
THANK YOU. CAN YOU LITTLE WITH
THE CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU AGAIN
ECHOING MARK'S COMMENTS WITH
WITH UNITED DAIRIES THANK YOU
THINKING AUTHOR FOR WORKING WITH
US AND ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS
WE HAVE WITH THE BILL REMOVING
HER OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING
KIRK WILBUR ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN'S
ASSOCIATION AND CCA'S FEEDER
COUNCIL LIKEWISE WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR THE AUTHOR STAFF AND
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH
US ON THIS BILL- WE DO HAVE AN
OPPOSE LETTERING TO YOU I WANT
TO BE CLEAR THAT WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT THE AUTHOR IS
AGREEING TO TAKE. WE ARE NOT
NEUTRAL ON THE BILL THANK YOU.
OKAY IF WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
OUR- TELEPHONE UP. PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE
WAITING TO STATE THEIR-
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR SB.
FOUR EIGHTY FIVE. TO SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR S. B. FOR A FIVE
HE'S PRESS. ONE ZERO. AS CHAIR.
IN A TO BE A MOMENT WHILE WE GET
THERE IN THEM.
AND AGAIN PUT WATER OPPOSITION
BEFORE WHAT SB FORTY FIVE PLEASE
PRESS ONE ZERO FIRST WITH THE
LINE NUMBER TEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD
. THANK YOU FOR THE WILL TO
TESTIFY DAY. YEAH SUPPORT OF AT
FOR A FIVE. MY NAME IS GAMBINO
ANIMALS. AND THE WHOLE LIVESTOCK
IN ALL AT THE YOUR TO DO. THANK
I A M. FOR THIS BILL AND HAD KEY
IN BURKE CAL- AND THEY WE
BELIEVE THAT ENTIRE ROTATION IS
PART OF THE GAS I DON'T THINK
THAT HE TRACK JANUARY ABOUT 28%
OF NOTHING IN. THANK YOU JUST
NAME AND ORGANISED OPPOSED ON
THE AT THE BY. WE YOUR- AND
THERE IS NO MORE IN CUBA AT THIS
TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE
VACATION HERE AND ESTABLISH
QUORUM SO. BECAUSE YOU PLEASE
ESTABLISH FORM. SENATORS HER
TADO PRESENT HURTADO PRESENT
SENATOR GROW. GROWTH HERE ALL
RIGHT AGO HERE OVER AGO HERE.
OKAY FROM HAS ESTABLISHED. OKAY
OF BACK TO THE SB FORTY FIVE
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM BOTH SIDES
OF BOTH ON THE TELEPHONE COMMENT
LINE AND IN THE COMMITTEE
HEARING ROOM WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE CONVERSATION BACK- HERE
TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THE-
ON THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU. THE
TWO TO HAVE OKAY THANK YOU THANK
YOU AND I REALIZE THIS ISN'T-
YOUR BILL BUT I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW I TALK
TO THE AUTHOR YESTERDAY ABOUT
TAKING AMENDMENTS THAT. IN AND I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
AMENDMENT CITY DID TAKE IN THESE
ACTUALLY NARROWED THE TEXT I GOT
BACK SAYS CITY'S NARROW THE BILL
AND TOOK AMENDMENTS. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT AMENDMENT THAT I
REQUESTED ON SECTION THIRTY NINE
SEVEN THIRTY SEVEN POINT FIVES
ON NUMBER TWO SAYS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOLUNTARY
INCENTIVES PROGRAM SHALL BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF
THE WORKING GROUP. THAT'S ONE OF
THE AMENDMENTS I WANT TO MAKE
SURE IS THERE. YES THAT'S
CORRECT SO- IN- EARLIER IN THE
IN THE PRESENTATION AT CENTER
BECKER HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE
NEGOTIATING THE DETAILS OF THE
WORKING GROUP PARTICIPATION AND
HAS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
INDUSTRY TO ENSURE THAT THE
WORKING GROUP. INCLUDES FARMER
REPRESENTATION AND IN THAT-
PROVIDING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FEET AT
ADDITIVES WHICH WILL INFORM THE
ROLLOUT OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
SO THE INTENT. IS TO ENSURE THAT
THE INPUT FROM THE WORKING
GROUP- TRANSLATES INTO. AN
ASSESSMENT WITH SOLUTIONS THAT
ARE THEN CARRIED FORWARD. YES TO
MICHAEL AND I JUST FOUND OUT
THAT THE CEMENT THE IT DOES SAY
THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ONTARIANS IT IS PROGRAM SHALL BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF
THE WORKING GROUP SO THAT
LANGUAGE IS IN THERE. IT'S GOING
TO LEAD COUNSEL TODAY. THERE'S
ALSO OTHER AMENDMENT CITY TOOK-
ARE THE SOLEMN. OKAY SO I
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
THE OTHER AMENDMENTS OTHER
COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMENT SURE
IF IT- I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT
HE TOOK THAT AT LEAST CARBON
BUILD AROUND OVER ALL OF OUR-
DAIRY AND AGRICULTURAL- AT.
PROVIDERS YOU KNOW I ASKED
BECKER ALSO MUCH DO. K. HE HAD
IN HIS DOES THE AT. YOU RIGHT
RIGHT IN THE CENTER AND I WE
HAVE- A LOT OF DAIRY AND CATTLE
IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE PROVIDE
BEEF AND FOOD. AND- IN. MILK AND
DAIRY PRODUCTS CHEESE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE AND YOU COULD
POSSIBLY IMAGINE THAT COMES FROM
A DAIRY PRODUCT. SO THIS
DRASTICALLY ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AGAIN.
AFFECTS THE CENTRAL VALLEY SO
ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WE CAN HELP
GET. TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR
PEOPLE CAN WORK WITH THIS ON THE
GROUND BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO PASS IT ANYWAYS. IS
BENEFICIAL BUT A LOOK AT THE
OTHER MOMENTS BUT THANK YOU FOR
ACCEPTING THAT AMENDMENT THAT I
REQUESTED. I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR OR
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THIS
BILL I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
AND- AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT
WERE ALL INVOLVED- AND COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS- BILL.
HAD IT EVERYONE'S INVOICE AND
INPUT INCLUDED AND- WITH THAT DO
WE- WOULD YOU LIKE TO. CLOSE YES
SO ON BEHALF OF SENATOR BECKER I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
BOATS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON AS
BEFORE EIGHTY FIVE. WITH THE
AMENDMENT. THE SB FORTY FIVE HAS
BEEN MOVED WITH THE AMENDMENTS
BY OUR VICE CHAIR CENTER SHANNON
GROVE. AND CONSULTA Q. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. SB FORTY FIVE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED BUT
FIRST REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS HER
TADO. I HOW DO I. GROWTH GROWTH
HI. ALTERADO GIL HI. ABRAZO GILL
I TO DHEA HI THE DS I. AND AGAIN
I KNOW IT'S MY FAULT THAT I WAS
LATE THIS MORNING AND YOU START
RIGHT AT TEN O'CLOCK AND I DO
APOLOGIZE BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT THE AMENDMENT ALSO
THAT READ REMOVE THE CATTLE
INDUSTRY OUT OF THIS BILL WAS
TAKEN AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND I WILL LOOK AT NOW MOVES THE
GAVEL OVER TO CENTER OUR VICE
CHAIR I WILL BE- PRESENTING MY
BILL. I'M SORRY SENATOR HER
TOTAL WILL PRESENT S. B. TWO
TWENTY FOUR. PERMISSION TO
PRESENT FROM ABSOLUTELY OKAY
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. CHECK
THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS AS YOU
KNOW WE ARE FACING THE GREATEST
THREAT TO MANKIND YET. OUR
CLIMATE CHANGES HERE AND IT'S
IMPACTING US IN WAYS WE DON'T
SEE INCLUDING IMPACTS TO OUR
WATER AVAILABILITY. AND
ULTIMATELY OUR FOOD SUPPLY. HERE
IN CALIFORNIA THE ACCESSIBILITY
AND AVAILABILITY OF OUR WATER
CREATES CHALLENGES FOR FARMERS
AND LIMITS OUR FOOD SUPPLY. WOOD
AND WATER SCARCITY CAN CREATE
SOCIAL DISRUPTION THAT CAN LEAD
TO STATE FAILURE OF MIGRATION
CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES. I
BELIEVE WE CAN OVERCOME OUR
CHALLENGES AND HELP FEED THE
WORLD AS WE HAVE. BUT IT BEGINS
WITH MAINTAINING CONTROL OVER
OUR FOOD SUPPLY. AND SADLY I
STRONGLY BELIEVE WE'RE NOT WE
ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH. GENERAL
CONSENSUS IS THAT TWO ACRES OF
LAND ARE NEEDED TO FEED A FAMILY
OF FOUR. AND CALIFORNIA USES
ABOUT FORTY THREE MILLION ACRES
TO CARRY OUT THE STATE'S
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. THERE
IS NO DOUBT THAT CALIFORNIA HAS
THE MOST FERTILE LAND. NOT EASY
EASILY I HAVE SEEN IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR THE
WORLD. BUT OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF
CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURAL LAND
HAS STEADILY INCREASED BETWEEN
TWENTY NINETEEN TO TWENTY TWENTY
ONE CALIFORNIA LOST OVER SEVENTY
THOUSAND ACRES OF AG LAND TO
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND FOREIGN
ENTITIES NOT ONLY CONTROL CLOSE
TO ONE POINT TWO MILLION ACRES
OF THAT CALIFORNIA AG LAND
ACROSS THE STATE. AS WATER
BECOMES SCARCE ACROSS THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES FOREIGN
OWNERSHIP OF CALIFORNIA ADVANCED
THREATENS OUR WATER SECURITY. AS
LARGE FOREIGN INVESTORS
INCLUDING GOVERNMENTS THROUGH
INVESTORS ENGAGE IN LAND
GRABBING TO GAIN CONTROL AND
ACCESS TO ALREADY LIMITED SUPPLY
OF WATER. THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT
FOOD SECURITY FOR YOU FOR ME.
FOR CONSTITUENTS OF FOR THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WE FEET
ACROSS THE WORLD. THIS IS NOT A
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT ISSUE.
THIS IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT
IMPACTS US ALL. THIS IS WHY
BIPARTISAN EFFORTS AND CAUGHT IN
CONGRESS ARE ALSO UNDERWAY. AND
I WANT TO THANK- ARE VICE CHAIR
FOR BEAN EIGHT A CO AUTHOR OF
THIS MEASURE AS I SAID THIS IS
NOT A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
ISSUE THIS IS. A HUMAN ISSUE
THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT FOOD
SECURITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND
THE U. S. IN THE WORLD. A
BLOOMBERG GREEN RECENTLY
RELEASED OUR FINDINGS ON THEIR
INVESTIGATION OF GROUNDWATER
TITLED WALL STREET IS TURNING
WATER INTO WEALTH LEAVING
CALIFORNIANS OUT TO DRY. I WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR OF THEIR
FINDINGS VERBATIM. THE FIRST
SINCE TWENTY TEN SIX MAJOR
INVESTORS HAVE QUADRUPLED THEIR
FARMLAND UNDER MANAGEMENT IN
CALIFORNIA TO ALMOST A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES IN
ALL. EQUIVALENT TO A THIRD OF
THE CROP LAND IN CONNECTICUT.
THESE COMPANIES HAVE FUELED THE
GROWTH OF PERMANENT CROPS.
SECOND SINCE THE START OF TWENTY
NINETEEN ONE OF EVERY SIX OF THE
DEEPEST WELLS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. HAS BEEN DRILLED ON LAND
OWNED OR MANAGED BY BY OUTSIDE
INVESTORS. OF THE TOP THREE TO
OUR INSTITUTE INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTORS. THIRD THIS LAND GRAB
HAS GIVEN RISE TO GRAB OF. OF AN
EVEN MORE LIMITED GLOBAL
COMMODITY WATER. IN A BID TO
ENSURE THRIVING INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO SOME OF THE WORLD'S
LARGEST FINANCIAL ENTITIES. HAVE
PLACES FROM CALIFORNIA TO AFRICA
AUSTRALIA TO SOUTH AMERICA
GIVING THEM OUTSIDE ROLES IN
MANAGING AN ENDANGERED RESOURCE
THAT'S THE BASIS FOR LIFE HERE
ON EARTH. AND FOURTH AMONG MOST
ACTIVE DRILLERS ALONG THE
CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT SINKING
MIDSECTION IS CANADA'S PUBLIC
SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD
KNOWN AS PSP INVESTMENTS THE
SINKING MID SECTION IS EXPECTED
TO COST. NINE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS TO FIX. THE ISSUE AT
HAND IS NOT UNIQUE TO OUR
NATION. THE GUARDIAN REPORTED
LAST YEAR THAT 72% OF ENGLAND'S
WATER WAS OWNED BY SHAREHOLDERS
IN SEVENTEEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
10% CONTROLLED BY COMPANIES IN
THE UK AND EIGHTEEN PERCENT. ARE
UNACCOUNTED FOR. WE ARE ALSO
SEEING POLICYMAKERS IN TWENTY
FOUR OTHER STATES WORKING ON
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THIS
GROWING CONCERN. SO SHOULD WE
LET IT CONTINUE ON IN OUR OWN
STATE SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO USE
TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS.
FOR THIS. NOW I WISH MY BILL
COULD DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
ADDRESS. AT IT SOME OF THE OTHER
ISSUES BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT THE
THAT WE HAVE A BIG HURDLE HERE
TO CROSS AND THAT EVEN GETTING A
SIMPLE BILL LIKE THIS IS.
DIFFICULT TO GET PAST AND
ITSELF. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST
STEP TOWARDS GREATER
TRANSPARENCY AND THIS BILL HELPS
US AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT GOES
INTO PLACE NEXT YEAR. S. B. TWO
TWO FOUR DOES JUST THAT BY
PROHIBITING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FROM
PURCHASING CONTROLLING INTEREST
IN AGRICULTURAL LAND TO BE
CLEAR. THIS BILL DOES NOT SEEK
TO TARGET SPECIFIC COUNTRIES OR
PEOPLE BUT INSTEAD PROVIDES A
NEUTRAL APPROACH THAT WE CAN.
THAT WE WANT TO TAKE HERE A
CALIFORNIA. AND AS A DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANT PARENTS I RECOGNIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN
IMMIGRANTS MAKE. TO THIS NATION.
MY INTENTION IS NOT TO PREVENT-
OR OR BLOCKED THAT BUT TO MAKE
INFORMED POLICY DECISIONS WE
NEED FULL TRANSPARENCY AND BOLD
STEPS TO PROTECT OUR STATE'S
INTEREST AND THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND THIS BILL DOES
JUST THAT. AND IN ORDER TO
ACCOUNT FOR INCREASING TRENDS OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND LOSS S. B. TWO
TWO FOUR DIRECT THE CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO
COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORTING
HIGHLIGHTING VARIOUS TRENDS
RELATING TO FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
OF. AGRICULTURAL LAND WATER
RIGHTS WATER DESALINATION
FACILITIES AND ENERGY FACILITIES
AND ENSURE CALIFORNIA HAS UP TO
DATE INFORMATION ON TRENDS ON
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF MANY OF
CALIFORNIA'S IMPORTANT RESOURCES
. I'M SPECIFICALLY MORE
CONCERNED WITH THE LIST OF
FINANCE THE PURCHASES OF AG LAND
THIS BILL HELPS CALIFORNIA'S THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORPORATE
TRANSPARENCY ACT GOES INTO
PLACE. THE REPORTS RIGHT TOOL
NECESSARY TO BETTER INFORM
DECISION MAKERS ON HOW
CALIFORNIA CONTINUE LEADING THE
NATION IN MEETING CONSUMER
DEMANDS ON PRODUCE WITHOUT THE
INTERFERENCE OF FOREIGN
ENTITIES. COLLECTING INFORMATION
IS A PART OF INFORMING THE
DECISION MAKING PROCESS AROUND
MANAGING FINITE RESOURCES WITH
ALMOST LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES.
I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE AND
I'M OPEN TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ON POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS. I ALSO WANT TO.
COMMIT TO HAVING A MORATORIUM ON
THE A PROHIBITION TO GIVE THE
LEGISLATURE TIME TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE
CONSEQUENCES THAT FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT OWNED LAND BRINGS TO
OUR STATE. BUT MY NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY THROUGHOUT THESE
CONVERSATIONS WILL BE THE PEOPLE
OF CALIFORNIA. AND WITH ME TODAY
I HAVE TO LEAVE WITNESSES- TO
PROVIDE TESTIMONY UNDER PORT
MATTER. OUR FIRST WITNESS
MADONNA LINK UP FAMILY FARMER
AND- AT AND IN AG LAND REALTOR
ALONG WITH- JOHN ATTEND THAT
WORKS IN THE SAME AREA. YOU HAVE
TO WITNESSES. THANK YOU.
HONORABLE CHAIR AN HONORABLE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR SENATE
BILL TWO TO FOUR TODAY. I AM A
FAMILY FARMER IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN
FARMING IN KERN COUNTY SINCE
NINETEEN THIRTY FIVE. OVER THE
PAST EIGHTY EIGHT YEARS MY
FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE FARM VARIOUS
COMMODITIES FROM ROW CROPS TO
TREES CURRENTLY WE FARM SIX
HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES AND
PISTACHIOS. WE HAVE FARM THE
LAND AND PROVIDED JOBS TOO MANY
IT GIVES OUR FAMILY GREAT JOY TO
SEE THE SUCCESSES OF THE
FAMILIES THAT HAVE WORKED ON OUR
FARMS. THE LAND REPRESENTS
HISTORY AND STORIES WE CARE
ABOUT THE LAND WE STRIVE TO
PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY FOOD THAT
IS SAFE FOR CONSUMERS.
CALIFORNIA HAS OVER FOUR HUNDRED
COMMODITIES IT CAN GROW WE ARE
KNOWN AS THE FOOD BASKET OF THE
WORLD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
FAMILY FARMER AND CORPORATE
FARMS IS THAT WE FARMS BECAUSE
WE LOVE IT. WE MAKE SACRIFICES
TO STAY IN IT EVEN WHEN TIMES
ARE TOUGH WE ARE IN IT TO STAY
IN IT AND NOT TO BECOME RICH.
SENATE BILL TWO TWO FOUR IS AN
IMPORTANT BILL THAT EMPOWERS
FAMILY FARMS JUST LIKE MINE. OUR
LAND IS SCARCE YOU CAN MAKE MORE
OF IT. WITH GROWING ISSUES
REGARDING WATER WE ARE FACING
OVER A MILLION ACRES OF LAND
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED IN THE
YEARS TO COME. MANY OF THESE
ACRES WERE PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND
WHICH PEOPLE BOUGHT BEFORE THEIR
KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD LOSE
THE ABILITY TO FARM IT. THIS IS
THE BEGINNING OF SPOON SCARCITY.
ADD TO THAT THE FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS COMING INTO
CALIFORNIA AND BUYING LAND THAT
THEY CONTROL PUTS IT AS RISK FOR
GREATER FOOD AND WATER SCARCITY.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE BUYING
LAND AND GROWING FOOD FOR THEIR
PEOPLE AND PREPARATION FOR FOOD
SCARCITY IN THEIR COUNTRIES. THE
COVER NIGHT PANDEMIC WE FOUND
THAT WE HAD OUTSOURCED TOO MUCH
OF OUR PRODUCTS. CAN YOU IMAGINE
HAVING TO NEGOTIATE WITH A
FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR FOOD THAT
WAS GROWN HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
ALONG WITH THE RISK OF FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS. COULD USE THE LAND.
THAT COMES WITH THE RISK OF WHAT
THEIR INTENTIONS WOULD BE WITH
THE WATER THAT RUNS WITH THE
LAND. AS PEOPLE EXPLORE OF WATER
MARKETS THIS OPENS UP THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT THESE
MARKETS AND POTENTIALLY SEND
WATER TO OTHER LOCATIONS. THEY
ARE TAKING RESOURCES AWAY FROM
THE CALIFORNIA FARMERS.
CALIFORNIA FAMILY FARMERS ARE
PROUD OF OUR STATE AND OUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO IT. AND I
BELIEVE THIS BILL WILL SUPPORT
OUR GOALS. TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
THAT OWN THE LAND AND PAY THE
TAXES ALSO HAVE A STAKE IN
MANAGING. THEIR LAND IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF OUR STATE AND OUR
COUNTRY. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU.
NEXT WITNESS. GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE MY NAME IS JONATHAN
ROMERO AND I AM THE BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT MANAGER FOR ABORTED
LAND COMPANY AND LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE SAID HER AND HER
FAMILY HAVE. DONE SO MUCH FOR
ALL OF US ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES
THEY HAVE GIVEN US A FUTURE IT
FOR THE COMPANY AND FOR THIS THE
CENTRAL VALLEY I AM A YOUNG
FORMER TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD AND
I HOPE TO SOMEDAY OWN MY LAND
BUT IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.
TO COMPETE WITH THE PRICES THAT
THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE
PAYING AND LIKE HER FATHER HE
HAS BEEN MY MENTOR FOR MANY
YEARS AND HE HAS SHAPE MY FUTURE
TO SOMEDAY OWN THAT LAND. AND HE
WANTS TO SECURE THAT FOR ME BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT SECURE FOR
ME IS WATER SO I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL THESE YEARS OF
INVESTMENT IN THE FARM INDUSTRY
SECURED. AND THE ONLY WAY TO
THAT WAS WHAT WITH WATER SO I
WON'T TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND
I JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW
THAT I ALSO SUPPORT S. B. TWO
TWO FOUR THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WITNESSES SUPPORT IN
ROOM. TWELVE HUNDRED. PLEASE
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR
POSITION ON THE BILL. MEGHAN
SHUMWAY RETIRED NURSE-
CALIFORNIA CITIZENS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHERS IN
ROOM TWELVE HUNDRED IN SUPPORT.
IN OPPOSITION. WELCOME MR ABI
ANI YOU HAVE. FOUR MINUTES IF
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE. I BELIEVE
THERE'S TWO OF US BUT THANK YOU
TWO MINUTE HISTORICALLY. THEN
IT'S ALL GONNA BE HAVE THE
CALIFORNIA SEA DISSOCIATION AND-
WE UNFORTUNATELY MUST OPPOSED TO
SOLICIT AMENDED TODAY. UP THE CD
SUBSTATION WE ARE WHOLE GOAL IS
TO. ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY AND IN
SECURITY AND- REMOTE GENETICS
AND PROGRESS IN RESEARCH. EIGHT
OF THE TOP TEN SEED COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD HAVE RESEARCH
FACILITIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA
THAT REQUIRES. SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT. IN BOTH LAND AS WELL
AS THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES.
AND WEEK WE CHOOSE CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE BECAUSE
OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
BOTH THE CSU AND UC SORT OF
INVESTED. SO GREATLY IN THIS
RESEARCH AND WORLD RENOWNED-
PROFESSORS AND INTELLIGENT. AND
WE USE THIS AS A HUB TO DO
WORLDWIDE RESEARCH AND SO WE
APPRECIATE THAT BUT FINANCING
GETS VERY VERY COMPLEX AND WE
PICK FROM ASSORTMENT OF
DIFFERENT ENTITIES SEVERAL OF
THE TOP COMPANIES IN THE WORLD
ARE ALSO FOREIGN OWNED. AND SOLD
THAT. REQUIRE SOME INVESTMENT A
REQUIREMENTS ARE CROSSED.
WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT PENSION
FUNDS OR WHETHER IT'S GOOD
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ALL THOSE ARE
ARE COMBINED IN ANY OF THE
ACTIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE-
DENTED TO FINANCE THESE VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS. WE'RE
CONCERNED THAT THIS BILL WILL
HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND
DRY UP SOME OF THAT FINANCING
WHICH WOULD THEN. CREATE A
PROBLEM THAT WE COULD NOT EXPAND
AND CONTINUE TO. GROW IN
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AND WE DO
SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY ON THE PART
OF THE BILL INTO SOME REPORTING
SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE
FURTHER EXPLORE- WE HAVE ALSO
SUGGESTED NARROWING IT DOWN TO
JUST ABOUT ACTOR COMPANY
COUNTRIES- BUT I KNOW THAT'S
NOT. BEEN BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS
POINT BUT IF IT COULD BE
NARROWED DOWN THAT WOULD BE A
PLACE TO EXPLORE WITH THIS AT
THIS POINT WE HAVE TO OPPOSE.
AND WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT
WE DON'T. HAVE SOME UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD DROP A
FINANCED WITHOUT THANK YOU DO
THINKING NEXT WITNESS IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING SHARON
MEMBERS I'M BRENDA BASS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND WE RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE SB
TWO TO FOUR UNLESS IT IS
AMENDED. I'M JUST AT THE
BEGINNING I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHARE THE
SENATORS CONCERNS REGARDING
WATER SUPPLY AND SECURITY IN THE
STATE. THE HUGE ISSUE AND YOUR
WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
BUT- WE DON'T THINK THAT THIS
BILL IS NECESSARILY THE WAY TO
ACHIEVE THAT- FOLLOWING MY
COLLEAGUES COMMENTS I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
OUR CONCERNS WITH THE SPELL
THAT- THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THE
VIABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL
BUSINESSES AND THE MANY
BUSINESSES THAT DEPEND. ON
AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE. FIRST
UP. THIS BILL APPEARS TO BE
DIRECTED AT ARE. A PROBLEM THAT
IS SPECULATIVE AT THIS.
PARTICULAR TIME- OUR
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS
NOT ANY OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF
FOREIGN. OWNERSHIP UP FOR
GOVERNMENTAL OWNERSHIP IN
AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN CALIFORNIA
AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ABA
CONSISTENT. WITH THE LOW
PERCENTAGE THAT'S REFLECTED IN
THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS-
FURTHERMORE WHEN THERE IS SUCH
OWNERSHIP IT IS OFTEN AN ENTITY
SUCH AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.
RETIREMENT FUND- THAT'S SIMPLY
OWNS THE LAND AND LEASES IT BACK
TO A FARMER- THE GOAL HERE IS TO
KEEP AGRICULTURAL LAND IN
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION. AND TO
SUPPORT THE FUND'S ESG
COMMITMENTS- FURTHERMORE THE
BILL TARGETS ONLY ONE TYPE OF
LAND USE WHICH IS AGRICULTURAL
USE. SO IN THIS WAY IT PREVENTS
FARMERS FROM ACCESSING. OUR
INVESTMENT THAT IS INCREASINGLY
NECESSARY AS IT BECOMES MORE AND
MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO BUSINESS IN
THE STATE. OTHER TYPES OF LAND
ARE NOT SIMILARLY ENCUMBERED
WHICH PUTS FARMERS. AT A
COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE. IN
ADDITION THE BILL WOULD. EVEN
THE UNITED AND CALIFORNIA'S
CLOSEST FOREIGN ALLIES FROM
INVESTING IN CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURE WE'RE CONCERNED THAT
SUCH AN ACTION WOULD SOUR
PRODUCTIVE TRADE PARTNERSHIPS
WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO
RETALIATION AGAINST CALIFORNIA
BUSINESSES. SO FOR THESE REASONS
WE URGE OF THE THAT THE BILL BE
AMENDED SOME POTENTIAL PATHWAYS
INCLUDE INCREASED DATA
COLLECTION TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
THE REAL PROBLEM AND WHAT ARE
THE BEST WAYS TO ADDRESS- SUCH A
PROBLEM. AND INDEED MORE DATE ON
THIS ISSUE WOULD SATISFY THE-
TRANSPARENCY GOALS IN THIS BILL
WHILE OF WAITING AT THE-
NEGATIVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
OF AN OWNERSHIP PROHIBITION-
ALTERNATIVELY I NARROWED SCOPE
OF COUNTRIES TO WHICH A
PROHIBITION IN OWNERSHIP WOULD
APPLY- COULD ALSO BETTER PROTECT
OUR INTERNATIONAL. PARTNERSHIPS
SO UNFORTUNATELY AS THE BILL AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN WE MUST OPPOSE
OUR- SB TWO TO FOUR IT'S AN-
THANK YOU. FOR OTHERS IN
OPPOSITION PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME. AND A POSITION ON THE BILL
ORGANIZATION A POSITION ON THE
BILL SORRY MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS CHRIS ROSE ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA'S WE ALSO HAVE AN
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED POSITION
FOR THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY
STATED. A GOOD MORNING TAYLOR
RUSSIAN BEHALF OF VARIOUS
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS- AND
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITIONAL CEMENTED
THANK YOU. M. CHAIR SENATORS
DHINGRA FEEL ON BEHALF OF BIO WE
TO OUR PLANS ARE SUBMITTED ON S.
B. TWO TWO FOUR THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS
TRICIA GARINGER WITH
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF
CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED. ELSECAR MANY
OTHERS IN ROOM TWELVE HUNDRED IN
OPPOSITION. MODERATOR WILL GO TO
THE PHONE LINES AND HAVE YOU
COULD HAVE THOSE IN SUPPORT OR
IN OPPOSITION TO STATE THEIR
POSITION. REPORT OR OPPOSITION
FOR SB TWO TWO FOUR PLEASE PRESS
ONE ZERO. AND GOING TO LINE
ELEVEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THERE
I AM GAME YOU CAN USE ON A
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY WITH
FAMILY FARMERS- IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MODERATOR NEXT COLOR.
THERE ARE NO MORE LINE THANK YOU
THANK YOU MR MODERATOR. I'M
GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK
TO THE DYESS- FOR ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. SENATOR OVER AUTO
KILL. THANK YOU- CHAIR GROVER-
YEAH THANK YOU ARE SO- WITH
OTHER FOR THIS TO FORWARD I. YOU
KNOW I AM RELEASED WITH THIS
ONE. SO MIGHT MY STRUGGLE IS
REALLY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO SOLVE RIGHT NOW- IN
TERMS OF OUR AGRICULTURAL LAND
USE- AND HOW IT IMPACTS MY
DISTRICT AND WHEN I WAS ELECTED
INTO THIS POSITION TO SERVE
SENATE-DISTRICT FOR- I
COMMITTED. TO BEING A VOICE FOR
MY DISTRICT THAT HAS VARIOUS-
IDEOLOGIES OF VARIOUS- POLITICS-
BUT NUMBER ONE THE AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMY IS THE CENTER OF WHAT
UNITES US AND I APPRECIATE
SENATE ALTHOUGH STATING THIS IS
NOT A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
ISSUE THIS YOU KNOW THIS IS A
CALIFORNIA ISSUE. AND OUR
AGRICULTURE ECONOMY IS THE
FOUNDATION TO ADD TO
CALIFORNIA'S OVERALL ECONOMY AND
SO THIS BILL FOR ME ALTHOUGH I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTENT IS I
AM HAVING A PRO I'M HAVING
DIFFICULTY. LANDING ON HOW THIS
IS GOING TO- HELP MORE THAN HURT
THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT- SO I'D
LOVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION-
FROM BOTH THAT THE AUTHOR AND CO
AUTHOR- ABOUT THE- URGENCY OF
THIS BILL BECAUSE HE THERE'S
ALSO AN URGENCY CLAUSE IN THERE-
IF YOU CAN KIND OF HELP ME
UNDERSTAND THAT PEACE- YOU KNOW
I I'D LIKE TO HAVE. MORE OF AN
AWARENESS ON THIS BILL. I LIKE
TO RESPOND. I THINK YOU I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS I KNOW
THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE
THAT- IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND IT QUITE FRANKLY IT
TOOK ME AWHILE TO- IT'S TO GET
TO THIS POINT TO HAVE THIS TO
GET TO THIS BILL. BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION
THAT GOES BEHIND IT AND SO I
THINK THAT'S- PART OF THE
CHALLENGE EIGHT AT THE MOMENT IN
TERMS OF. OF THE CONCERNS THAT
ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD IS
THAT THIS BILL SIMPLY ABOUT
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IT'S NOT
ABOUT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOR
INVESTORS CAN STILL INVEST IN
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE COULD
STILL BUY LAND UNDER THIS BILL.
IT'S A FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ARE I
ALSO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT-
THAT WHAT WE DO YEAH WE DO TELL
CALIFORNIA STATES. AT THAT WE
RELY ON SOMETIMES FEET BEAT THE
FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF A FRIENDLY.
COUNTRIES ARE OUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS- BUT- I THINK THAT THE
REASON WHY I PUT AN URGENCY
CLAUSE INTO THIS MEASURES
BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW TO
WHAT EXTENT. THERE IS- LAND THAT
IS OWNED BY BY BY FOUR NATIONS
WHETHER THEIR ADVERSARIES OUR
FRIENDS. AND SO- IT IN IN AND SO
THERE'S- THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF
THAT AND A NUMBER OUT THERE BUT
IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A REAL
NUMBER SEE. IT YOU CAN'T. YOU
CAN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF MORE
TRANSPARENCY AND MORE DATA
COLLECTION AND BELIEVE THAT. AT
THE SAME TIME THAT THE NUMBERS
ARE ACCURATE. IF THE REASON WHY
WE ASK FOR THE TRANSPARENCY IN
B. AND THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING. AND SO IN A TIME
OF AND OF DROUGHT IN A TIME OF
FLOODS ANYTIME- WHAT WHAT WHAT
WHAT WE'VE ALREADY FACED WITH
FOOD SHORTAGES DURING THE
PANDEMIC. AT OUR GROCERY STORES.
THERE'S URGENCY AND SO THAT'S
WHY IN MY STATEMENT I SAID THAT
THERE'S AND THAT I'M OPEN OUT
TO. SIMILAR TO WHAT CANADA DID
CANADA'S IT PUT A TWO YEAR BAN
ON ANY ANY INVESTORS OR ANY.
ANYBODY FRIENDS OR NOT FRIENDS
AT IF YOU'RE FROM OUTSIDE OF
CANADA IF YOU'RE NOT FROM CANADA
YOU CANNOT BUY REAL ESTATE LAND
IN CANADA FOR TWO YEARS. AND SO
I THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE WE TRY
TO SOLVE OR FIGURE OUT HOW DEEP
OF A PROBLEM THIS IS IF THEY'RE
IF EVEN IS A PROBLEM. THAT THAT
WOULD TAKE A LITTLE AT LEAST A
MINIMUM A PAUSE ON. ON ON
OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND THE OTHER
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT
IT BOB. WE HAVE SHELL COMPANY
HE'S OUT THERE. THAT COULD BE
ACTED ON OF GOVERNMENT MEAN
THAT'S UP IT COULD BE ONE OR TWO
ARE FAR YOU KNOW TO REMOVED AND
THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THE- THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORPORATE
TRANSPARENCY ACT IS GOING TO BE
SO IMPORTANT BUT WE GOT A LETTER
THAT IMPLEMENTATION GO INTO.
INTO AFFECTED SO IT HASN'T YET
THERE WILL IN TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE BAND
IS IMPORTANT I THINK THERE'S AN
URGENCY AND TO IMPLEMENT AND
IMPLEMENTING A BATH. I THINK-
THAT I'M I'M OPEN AND I THINK
IT'S REASONABLE TO. IMPLEMENT A
BAN FOR IT TOO FIVE SEVEN YEARS.
AND WHILE WE FIGURE THINGS OUT
BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS.
THIS IS A- NATIONAL- SECURITY
ISSUE IN MY IN MY HUMBLE
OPINION. SO I HOPE THAT I IN IN
MY COMMENTS- I'D ADDRESSED HER
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU
HAVE. YEAH I AM YOU DID ADDRESS
CONCERN I AM HE DID LOOKING AT
SECTION NUMBER FOUR IN THE BILL-
THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO REQUIRING
THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
TO GET THE DATA TO. ANALYZE THE
DATA AND REALLY GIVE US SOME
ANSWERS TO THE CONCERNS THAT
YOU'RE PUTTING FORWARD. I THINK
WHERE I'M STILL STUCK IS ON ITEM
NUMBER TWO WHICH ACTUALLY FOR ME
PUTS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
IS- MAKING THOSE PROHIBITIONS
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA
IN FRONT OF US- AND WHAT I HEARD
YOU SAY IS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO HAVE THAT PAUSE. FOR US TO
KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE
GOING- UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THAT
PAS ALSO MEANS US NOT HAVING THE
NECESSARY DATA TO MAKE DECISIONS
IN TERMS OF HOW IS THIS BILL
WOULD IMPACT. US RIGHT NOW- SO
I'M STILL I STILL AM RELUCTANT-
HI. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
DO WE REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS
DISTRICT FOR AS WELL AS
CALIFORNIA AS A WHOLE AND I.
VALUE VERY MUCH- YOUR AT
LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS A VICE
CHAIR GROWTH. AND SO- ANY OTHER
INFORMATION THAT YOU FEEL IS
PERTINENT. TO HELPING TO ASSESS
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BILL- I
WOULD BE LOOKING TO ADD TO
SUPPORT- BUT WITHOUT NUMBER TWO-
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S- ONE
OF THE AND- AMENDMENTS THAT YOU
WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSIDER- BUT-
AS WRITTEN. RIGHT NOW I WOULD.
NOT BE ABLE TO GO UP ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER COME. I'M GONNA BRING IT
BACK TO. THE DAYS COULD BE THE
ONLY MEMBER HERE AND BEING A CO
AUTHOR OF THIS BILL- THE BILL
GOT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE LAST
CYCLE. NO NO VOTES I BELIEVE NO
NO VOTES. AND THE GOVERNOR
VETOED IT AND HE DID IT BECAUSE
IT WAS GOING TO CDFA. CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE BUT HE-
HE WANTED IT TO BE UNDER THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE THINGS
WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION
HAPPENED DURING. AND THE
PANDEMIC- I AGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES FROM THE CENTRAL
VALLEY WHERE WE TOGETHER HAVE
THE TOP FIVE. FOOD PRODUCING
COUNTIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
AND I AGREE THAT WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE FOR KNOWN COUNTRIES THAT
OWN ESPECIALLY BAD AFTER
COMPANIES- THAT OWN LAND AND USE
OUR LAND AND TO PRODUCE. AT
LEASE OUR LAND AND THE CENTRAL
VALLEY THAT HAS AND I KNOW THIS
INCOMES THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA BUT USES OUR LAND TO
IN THAT IN THAT CENTRAL VALLEY.
THAT HAS THE MOST FERTILE FEET
OF SOIL TO BE ABLE TO GROW THE
MOST WONDERFUL FOOD THAT WE SHIP
ALL OVER THE WORLD AGAIN THE TOP
FIVE FOOD PRODUCING COUNTIES IN
THE WORLD I HAVE THREE SHE HAS
TO. TOGETHER WE HAVE FIVE I'D
LIKE TO HAVE- THE OPPOSITION
COME UP I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
REGARDING A STATEMENT THAT WAS
MADE- OKAY YOU WORK AND- ABOUT
ED YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
PENSION OWNED INVESTING. WHEN I
COME BACK UP HERE AND DRESS THAT
FOR ME WAS FOR THE CHAMBER I
BELIEVE. YOU SAID YOU HAD
INVESTORS THAT WERE PENSION OWN
INVESTORS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED
THAT WITH THIS BILL WOULD BE
LIMITED FROM LAND OWNERSHIP
LEASING BACK TO SMALL FARMERS.
WHAT COUNTRIES HAVE PENSIONED
OWNED INVESTORS. IN OUR STATE.
THAT ARE OWNING THE LAND AND
LEASING IT BACK TO SMALL FOR
FARMERS- MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THE- LARGEST ONE IS CANADA. THE
LARGEST ONE IS CANADA. THERE MAY
BE OTHERS BUT- CANADA'S THE ONE
I'M MOST AWARE OF. SO YOU'RE
SAYING CANADA OWNS LAND HERE IN
CALIFORNIA LEASES IT BACK TO OUR
FARMERS TO FARM. UP POTENTIAL
YEAH- THANK. YOUR DATA. IT
DOESN'T OWN THE LAND WHETHER
IT'S- ALL LEASES OR SOME OTHER
KIND OF ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE
FORMER- IMAGE IS THE LAND TO
THEM THAT'S- YOU KNOW I GUESS UP
FOR DEBATE BUT IT IS- THEY DO
OWN IT. AND THEY DO KEEP IN
PRODUCTION AND I TRIED IT- IT.
FOR THEM IT'S PART OF. YOU KNOW
WAY- GREEN INVESTING- PORTFOLIO
FOR THEM. IT'S A GREEN
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO FOR CANADA
. ACTOR IT'S ABOUT KEEPING LAND
IN PRODUCTION- YOU KNOW CARBON
SEQUESTRATION ALL THIS STUFF TO
KIND OF- INSURE THAT THEIR OWN
PENSION FUNDS ARE YOU KNOW.
QUOTE GREENER OKAY SO AND SO
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CANADA'S
ASSETS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. M. FOR GREENER LAND
BUT YET THIS STATE DOESN'T
ALLOW- I DON'T KNOW YOU GET A
CARBON SEQUESTRATION ON A
NATURAL TREE BUT LIKE ALMOND
TREES ALL THESE TREES AND- THE
STATURE TREES AND ORANGE TREES
AND CITRUS TREES WE DON'T GET A
CARBON SEQUESTRATION THING LIKE
THEY DO A CREDIT. LIKE THEY
WOULD IN CANADA- SO ARE YOU SO
CANADA'S PENSION FUNDS ARE
MAKING MONEY OFF OF OUR
CALIFORNIA PRODUCED FARMLAND. ED
IN WE'RE NOT. AND YOUR OPPOSED
TO THIS BILL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS.
THE IT STOPS CANADA FROM DOING
THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND YEAH I AM UGH. IT'S
NOT ABOUT CANADA SPECIFICALLY
BUT IT'S MORE OF READY RIGHT.
RIGHT I DON'T THINK THIS KIND OF
GOES TO SOME OF MY RETALIATION
COMMENTS WHERE WE'RE CONCERNED
THAT ONCE YOU START BANNING A
COUNTRY FROM DOING SOMETHING
SOME KIND OF BUSINESS IN YOUR
STATE THEN THEY CAN START
HITTING CALIFORNIA WITH
TERRORISTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT
MAKE. TRADE LAST ARE PRODUCTIVE
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES I MEAN
WE'VE SEEN THAT IN RECENT YEARS
WITH- STEEL TRADE WARS AND THAT
KIND OF THING SO WE ARE
CONCERNED THAT ONCE YOU START
LIMITING WHO CAN HAVE ACCESS TO
CALIFORNIA YOU ALSO LIMIT
CALIFORNIA'S THAN ACCESS. TO
THOSE MARKETS WE'RE NOT ASKING I
DON'T THINK THE BILL IS LIMITING
ACCESS TO COMPANIES COMING INTO
CALIFORNIA COMPANIES COUNTRIES
COMING INTO CALIFORNIA. FOR GOOD
PURPOSES WE JUST ONE OF OUR LAND
SPECIFICALLY OUR FOOD PRODUCTION
LAND THAT'S WHAT THE BILL IS AND
THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE AUTHOR
AND THAT'S WHY JOYNER IS A CO
AUTHOR WE DON'T WANT CHINA IRAN.
WE DON'T ANYBODY REALLY TO COME
IN AND OWN PROPERTY IT'S IN OUR
AG LAND SPECIFICALLY I PLAN
THAT'S BY YOU KNOW NAVAL AIR
WARFARE CENTERS OR- LAMAR NAVAL
BASE OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
THERE SHOULD BE AMERICAN OWNED.
AMERICAN HOMELAND BY AMERICANS.
IS THE WAY WE SEE IT THAT'S WHY
WE JOINED IN AGAIN REPRESENT THE
TOP FIVE FOOD PRODUCING COUNTIES
IN THE WORLD. AND I'M REALLY
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
OPPOSITION I KNOW MISTER I'LL BE
ON YOUR SITTING ON THE EDGE OF
YOUR SEAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COME AND TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO
ME. I WILL LISTEN WITH GREAT-
INTENSELY LIKE TO HAVE A
DIVERSITY OF. FOR EXAMPLE I WANT
TO LEAVE MY FRIEND. A BAND I
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HER BEHIND
EITHER SO THERE ARE. THERE
EXAMPLE SUCH AS IN THE FOR JIM
JUST. DOWN IN IN MISTER IN
CENTER IS JUST. THERE'S ENTITIES
THAT THAT IT HAVE INVEST-
COUNTRY SEVEN. IN THE LAND. WEEK
WEEK GROW THAT WHEN YOUR INVEST
RATHER. CAN HAVE BEEN. IN
PURCHASED LAND IN MISSISSIPPI IS
DISTRICT YES AND THEN THEN THEY
WE GROWTH THE- AMERICANS HAVE
JOBS THEY PAID THEY PAY
CALIFORNIA TAXES. THAT AMERICA
YOU KNOW. THERE SPOKES THAT ARE
DOING THE WORK AMERICAN WE'VE
PROCESS THAT IS GOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT I'M ON THE SAME PAGE
AS YOU AMERICAN HAS JOBS. AND
THEY'RE EMPLOYED BY A FOREIGN
CORPORATION TO PRODUCE THE FOOD
. FOR THE ACTUALLY IT'S A-
EXAMPLES ONE OF THE GOV. OF
ENTITIES AS WELL. YEAH IT TO
PRODUCE THE FOR. THEY ARE. SOME
OF THAT IN THE UNITED STATES
SOME OF THE PRODUCED PRODUCTS
ISN'T AS SAFE. SOME GETS. UP BY
YOU KNOW PACKAGED AND THEN SENT
. UP TO THE TO THE GOVERNMENT AS
WELL THEN SOME OF OUR ENTITIES
THAT I MENTION THE STATE
ASSOCIATION WE HAVE INVESTMENTS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND THEN
SOME CALIFORNIA COMPANIES HAVE
INVESTMENTS IN. IN EUROPE AND IN
OTHER STATES AND SO THE- THE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAVELS.
ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS.
AND WE SHARE WE SHARE THE
RESEARCH THIS DEVELOPED. AND SO
I THINK WHAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS
IS IF WE STOP ALLOWING. THOSE
INVESTMENTS IN THE CALIFORNIA
WHAT WILL JUST STOP WITH
INVESTMENTS WHILST SHED TO THE
ACTUAL COMMODITIES WILL BE ABLE
TO BE SOLD. WILL BE RETALIATORY
TRADE EFFORTS OR THERE COULD BE
EVEN RESEARCH BEAM BEING PULLED
BACK TO SAY HEY WE CAN'T SHARE
RESEARCH WITH THESE ENTITIES ON.
GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND WE
THINK ABOUT IN THE GENOMES SEEDS
ARE DEVELOPED ALL THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. AND THE INTERESTING PART
IS THERE MIGHT BE A SEAT THIS
DEVELOPED IT DOES VERY WELL IN
AFRICA YOU BRING IT HERE AND WE
FIND OUT HE IT DOES VERY WELL.
IN A CERTAIN PART OF CALIFORNIA
TO AND SO THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT
AND YOU THIRTEEN OR EXACTLY WHAT
OURS IS OUR GENOMES CAN BE USED
IN. OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
WORLD AS WELL SO THAT'S I THINK
THE CONCERN IS THAT BOTH
RETALIATORY AGAINST OUR PRODUCTS
BUT ALSO WHERE DOES IT STOP. WE
STOP. STATE SHARING. RESEARCHERS
STRUCTURE COOPER TUESDAY SHARING
. WE'RE TALK ABOUT. HERE AND SO
AND THESE VERY VERY VERY
EXPENSIVE. UP ENDEAVOR SIMILAR
CAPITAL INTENSIVE. ENDEAVORS AND
I THINK HAVING THE FREE FLOW OF
CAPITAL IS VERY CRITICAL AND I
THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONCERN
LIES. FROM THE GENERAL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND FROM THE C.
DECISION YOU TELL ME AND THE
BILL AGAIN I PLANET I DON'T AND
THERE'S A LOT OF CODE SECTION IN
HERE I'VE READ IT I'VE HAD STAFF
BRIEFED ME ON IT AS WELL I'VE
TALKED TO THE AUTHOR ABOUT THIS
BILL. EXTENSIVELY OUR GOAL IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOREIGN FOREIGN
COUNTRIES FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
DON'T OWN CALIFORNIA GLENN. CAN
YOU POINT TO THE BILL OR SHARE
WITH ME WHAT LINE ITEM CONCERNED
YOU ABOUT- AS SHARING SEED IDEAS
OR TAKING SOMETHING FROM AFRICA
THAT MAY WORK HERE AND MAY NOT
WORK HERE OR INVESTMENTS IN. THE
UC SYSTEM OR WHATEVER WHERE'S
THAT AT IN THIS BILL THAT SAYS
THE BILL BEFORE US AS I SEE IT
IS. FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS CANNOT
OWN CALIFORNIA FARMLAND. PERIOD
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. AND YOU'RE
SAYING THAT THIS BILL- WILL
ADDRESS. OKAY WHERE IS THE I
WANT TO KNOW WE ARE CAN IS WHY
LOOK AT THE- REALLY FAST IF YOU
DON'T MIND POINTING THAT OUT
YEAH I THINK THAT. THAT THERE
ARE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT AGAIN
I WANTED TO KNOW THAT THERE WE-
GO TO IT I'M GOOD WITH- THAT. I
THINK THE VERY BIG CONCERN IS
THAT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF
THEIR VERY. SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL COMPLEX FINANCIAL
ENTITIES. THAT UP. IN THE STATE
ASSOCIATION. THERE ARE SEVERAL
OF THE ENTITIES ARE FOREIGN.
COMPANIES AND THEY HAVE VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS- OF BOTH
PRIVATE. AND THEY CAN USE PUBLIC
FUNDING TO DO THAT AS WELL. AND
INVESTED IN CALIFORNIA THEY'RE
VERY CONCERNED. THAT THE
FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN ANY
ONE. OF INVESTMENT AND THEY
COULD HAVE IT THEY COULD HAVE
DIFFERENT. ARRANGEMENTS ON EVERY
DIFFERENT YOU KNOW- PLOT THAT
THEY USE AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT
WE'RE SAYING MISTER WE ARE A BIT
THAT DOES LOOK LIKE THE LANGUAGE
IN THE BILL SPECIFICALLY SAYS.
ITS FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. SO
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS CANNOT OWN
CALIFORNIA LAND IF JOHN DOE
FRIEND. I DON'T AUSTRALIA WANTS
TO INVEST IN JOHN DOE IS AN
INDIVIDUAL OR A PRIVATE
BUSINESS. THAT'S OKAY THAT THEY
ENGAGE IN INVESTING WITH YOU
GUYS OR PARTNERSHIPS AND YOU
GUYS INVEST IN AUSTRIA OR
WHATEVER I'M JUST PICKING A
COUNTRY OUT OF HERE RIGHT.
THAT'S IT BUT FOR AUSTRALIA THE
GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA SHOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO OWN LAND IN
CALIFORNIA OR AND I'M JUST
PICKING AUSTRALIA OUT OF THE
YEAR. ANY OTHER. THE BILL SAYS
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS CANNOT OWN
CALIFORNIA WITH THIS BILL THEY
CANNOT OWN CALIFORNIA AG LAND.
AND I FAIL TO SEE YOUR CONCERN
I'M TRYING HARD DAY IF WANT TO
INVEST IN UNITED. CALIFORNIA AND
THEN. IT FOR VARIOUS AND WE HAVE
OPERATIONS SIGNIFICAN OPERATIONS
IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE. THERE
THAT ALSO PARTICIPATE IN
AUSTRALIA. FOR SOME SPORTS
CONTENT EDITOR OBJECT USING YOUR
EXAMPLE IS COTTON ENTITIES THAT
THAT THAT ARE ON BOTH
CONTINENTS. AND ARE VERY
SIGNIFICANT ON BOTH CONTINENTS
YES WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF WE
WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM
INVESTED IN CALIFORNIA THAT THEY
WILL PROHIBIT US NOT ONLY
INVESTING LAND BUT MAYBE EVEN IN
TRADE. IN INSURING OF THERE ARE
A LOT OF HIS APPEALS THAT'S ONE
CONCERN OKAY SO JUST JUST SO
THAT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I WANT
TO COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING
BECAUSE I WAS ALARMED BY YOUR
CONCERNS OKAY SO NOW I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT
COMPLETELY- BEFORE I HAVE A
SERIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THE-
AUTHOR OF THE BILL IS
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE. I'M A CO
AUTHOR. SO YOU SAID THAT AND- ED
WHEN INVESTMENTS ARE MADE. SO
YOU'RE TELLING ME THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING
IN. A COUNTRY ANY COUNTRY AND
THAT COUNTRY. EITHER OR IS
INVESTING IN CALIFORNIA AND YOU
THINK THAT'S GOING TO DISRUPT
THAT ARE YOU TELLING ME IT'S
GOVERNMENT OWNED INDEED LIKE THE
UNITED STATES. AND AUSTRALIA
PICK A COUNTRY ANY COUNTRY FOR
ART YOU MENTIONED. I FORGET THE
WORDS YOU USE BUT HEAVILY
INVESTED PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT
WHICH YOU MENTIONED INDIVIDUALS
IN MY DISTRICT OKAY. ARE THEY
INDIVIDUAL OR FARMING COMPANIES
I KNOW FARMERS THAT I MY
DISTRICT THAT FARM ALL OVER THE
WORLD. THEY DO YEAH BUT IT'S NOT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE
COMPANY ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT
THE UNITED STATES AT ANOTHER
COUNTRY. PICK ANY COUNTRY IS
CONCERNED IF THIS BILL PASSES
THAT AND A PRIVATE ENTITY. WE
ALL JUST THROW IT OUT THERE LIKE
MUNGER FARMS THEY WERE GROWN
BLUEBERRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD
GREENAWAY GROWS ALL OVER THE
WORLD. THESE ORGANIZATIONS GROW
ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT THEY'RE
NOT THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. GOING TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY TO BUY LAND THIS BILL
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITING FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS. NOT JONDO FARMER.
SEED FARMER IN A COUNTRY THAT
WANTS TO COME HERE AND HELP YOU
GUYS DEVELOP SEAT IDEAS TO SEE
IF THINGS WORK AND THE RESEARCH
IT DOESN'T TARGET THEM. WHY ARE
YOU CONCERNED ABOUT PROHIBITS.
PROHIBITING FOREIGN COUNTRIES
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. FROM OWNING
CALIFORNIA LAND. WELL I'M OF
THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE-
RETIREMENT FUNDS BECAUSE EVEN
WHEN IT'S LIKE A SUBSIDIARY OF
THE GOVERNMENT BY THE DEFINITION
IN THE BILL THIS INCLUDES THINGS
LIKE. PENSION FUNDS SO YOU KNOW
I THINK. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHERE
SOMETHING BY CALIFORNIA OR THE
UNITED STATES IS INVESTED IN
LAND IN OTHER COUNTRIES YOU CAN
LOOK AT CALPERS YOU CAN LOOK AT
CAL STIRS I THINK. I WOULD BE
SHOCKED IF THOSE FUNDS DID NOT
OWN PROPERTY IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AS A WAY OF- YOU KNOW. SECURING
THE DEBT FOR- YOU KNOW THERE ARE
PENSION OBLIGATIONS SO THAT'S
KIND OF THEIR- EVEN THOUGH IT'S
NEVER LIKE. YOU KNOW. AUSTRALIA
OF GOVERNMENT. INVESTING AND
WE'RE NOT PICKING ON AUSTRALIA
RIGHT I'M JUST GOING TO IT I'M
JUST. AUSTRALIA AS OUR OUR OUR
TEST CASE FOR RIGHT NOW.
APOLOGIES TO AUSTRIA- IT MIGHT
BE AUSTRALIA PENSION IT MIGHT BE
- I DON'T. TEACHERS SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S STILL MEETS
THE DEFINITION OF A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT AND ITS OWNING THINGS
TO SORT OF ENSURE THAT THERE IS.
COVERAGE FOR FINANCIAL LIABILITY
FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. OKAY SO
I'M GONNA AND I'M STILL I'M
GONNA MOVE THE BILL AND
INIMITABLE DIED BUT I COMMITTEE
THAT I'M GONNA HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH YOU SO THAT I
FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE-
AND IT BUT WHEN I SEE FULLY
UNDERSTAND IT. THE CARD THE
AUTHOR AND MYSELF AND OTHER
PEOPLE ON THIS BILL WANT TO STOP
YOU NAME IT RIGHT FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS FROM OWNING LAND IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THERE
ARE OTHER STATES IN OUR NATION
THAT WE FOUND OUT THROUGH PUBLIC
AND I'D YOU KNOW. PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND FROM NEWS
BROADCASTS THEY OWN OUR LAND
GOVERNMENT'S NOT IT NOT MISTER
ALBION INVESTING IN SOMETHING IN
AUSTRALIA OR WHERE EVER. BUT THE
STATE OF OUR SKIN UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA INVESTING IN SOME
OTHER COUNTRY IN BUYING LAND IN
THE LEASING LAND TO OTHER
FARMERS OR WHATEVER THEY DID IT.
WHATEVER THEY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO PREVENT AND I'M NOT.
I'M JUST SAYING FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS. FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
CANNOT OWN LAND IN CALIFORNIA IF
THIS BILL PASSES AND I AM DEEPLY
CONCERNED UNLESS I COMPLETELY
MISSED SOMETHING. THAT ARE
ADVOCATE SOME OF OUR AND
COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS CHINA
IRAQ. YOU NAME IT IT DOESN'T
MATTER I STE IT DOESN'T MATTER
CANDIDATES. ARE IN ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT. FOREIGN COUNTRIES OUR
ADMIN THIS ARE PRODUCTION. COULD
YOU IMAGINE IF THE AND SEND
VALLEY WAS FORM OWNED HOW WOULD
WE GET THAT LAND HOW WILL WE GET
THE FOOD PRODUCTION FROM IT THEY
COULD SHIP IT OUT OR DO ANYTHING
THAT HAVE OUR WATER SUPPLY TO
GROW THAT FOOD. THIS IS A HUGE
CONCERN THAT I HAVE IN THAT THE
AUTHOR HAS AND- YOU KNOW MAYBE
I'M MISSING SOME AND I'M OPEN TO
A DISCUSSION I AM ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVELY OPEN TO DISCUSSION
AND SOLVING. THIS PROBLEM
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HINDER.
WITH A COMPACT. INDIVIDUALS OR
COMPANIES THAT OPERATE ALL OVER
THE WORLD THAT AFFECT THE GLOBAL
MARKET AND THINGS LIKE THAT
THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION OF THIS
BILL. THE INTENTION IS A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT AM I CORRECT OR
INCORRECT. OKAY THANK YOU DO YOU
WANT TO MAKE A OF REGAL THANK
YOU AND WE LOOK FOR TO TALK TO
YOU A GREAT OFFENSE SAID IN A
FOR. THAT BUT WE HAVE OFFERED TO
NARROW IT DOWN TO THE FOR ABOUT
ACTORS LIST WHICH WERE SOME OF
THE ONES THAT YOU ARTICULATED
THEIR- AND THAT IS PART OF THE-
THE- THE- A MENACE THE WE HAVE
OFFERED. AND WELL I APPRECIATE
THAT AND I READ THOSE AMENDMENTS
BUT I DON'T EVEN IF THEY'RE A
GOOD ACTOR I DON'T THINK ANOTHER
COUNTRY SHOULD OWN AG LAND IN
OUR CENTRAL VALLEY. SO IF- I
MEAN WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS
WITH GREAT CAN'T IF YOU KNOW
SEVERAL COUNTRIES. WE DO HAVE
BAD ACTORS THAT ARE HOSTILE TO
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK AT
ALL SAY IT THAT CHINA IRAQ IN
ALL THOSE COUNTRIES IRAN THEY
SHOULD NOT. OWN LAND IN
CALIFORNIA. BUT I DON'T THINK
ANY GOVERNMENT COULD IT'S UNITED
STATES LAND IT SHOULD. BE OWNED
BY AMERICANS OR AMERICAN
COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS OR
INDIVIDUAL FARMERS LIKE THE LADY
SITTING BEHIND YOU WERE I'VE
KNOWN HER FATHER. FOR THIRTY
FIVE YEARS. SO IF WE'RE MISSING
IF I AM MISSING SOMETHING IN
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE READ AND
STUDIED ON THIS BILL. I WAS GLAD
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BOTH
OF YOU SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT
AND THEN I WILL. I WILL HAVE A
SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING
A CO AUTHOR ON THIS BILL WITH
MY- AUTHOR MY IT MIGHT THE
AUTHOR OF THE BILL. IF YOU GUYS
CAN CONVINCE ME THAT IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES. THAT OWN OUR ATLANTA
. THE THANK YOU THANK YOU. YEAH
SIR. I THANK YOU MADAM. MISTER I
MAY I DO NOT A PROBLEM INQUIRE
IF THAT'S ORDER NOT SIR IF THE
EVEN THE- CHAIR AND TO MOVE BUT
I YOU'RE NOT A TO BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO GAVEL I'M I'M HAPPY TO
AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT.
ABSOLUTELY SIR GO RIGHT AHEAD
THANK YOU MA'AM- I APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO
DATE ON THIS AND I AND I THINK I
AM UNDERSTANDING THE- THE
PROTECTIVE INTENT HERE- AND THAT
I DO UNDERSTAND- I WILL ALSO.
SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME. MY
APPRECIATION TO THE AUTHOR FOR
THE WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO
WORK THE BILL AND TO BE OPEN TO
AMENDMENTS- I THINK ONE OF THE
CONCERNS- ALSO IS TO BE CAREFUL
TO. IN THOSE FUTURE POTENTIAL
MEMBERS TO BE LOOKING AT THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND
I'LL BE FRANK WELL I DO HAVE
SOME CONCERNS. ABOUT SOME OF THE
OVERTONE HERE INTENDED OR NOT-
THAT IS BEING INTERPRETED. BY
FOLKS I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
CONCERN TO THIS MEMBER AS WELL
TO BE CANDID. THAT SAID- I'M
HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS OF THE BILL
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO.
THE WORK TO GET IT TO A PLACE
WHERE- WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS. AND WITH THAT I'M
HAPPY TO MOVE. THANK YOU SENATOR
PER TIA WE APPRECIATE THAT AND
AT ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE
DIESS YES SENATOR OPERATOR GUILT
. ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO M.
THIS DISCUSSION HAS HELPED KIND
OF MOVE ME IN A CERTAIN
DIRECTION- BUT I JUST WANT TO
KNOW. I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
SPECULATIVE PROBLEM AND FOR ME-
CERTAINLY I DO NOT WANT FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS TO OWN. A SPECK OF
DIRT- BECAUSE I DO SEE- THIS IS
A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE AND-
NOT KNOWING THAT ARE ACT LOT ARE
AG LAND IN OUR CONTROL OVER OUR
FOOD PRODUCTION. IS THE FUTURE
OF FARMING AND OUR ECONOMY HERE
IN CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION TO
THAT I KNOW THAT THE YOU THE U.
S. GOVERNMENT IS DOING A VERY
POOR JOB. OF COLLECTING THE DATA
AND REPORTING ON THE DATA OF A
FOREIGN OWNED. LAND IN THE US
AND I SEE THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM
THERE AND I'M I AM VERY.
SUPPORTIVE OF THE DATA I SEE THE
URGENCY BEES BEHIND GETTING THE
DATA. OF- FORWARD. BUT I'M
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND I'M
SEEING THAT- EVEN YOU KNOW EVEN
DO MY RESEARCH STILL ONLY TWO
POINT 8% OF CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURAL LAND IS OWNED BY
FOREIGN INVESTORS. THAT DOESN'T
SAY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS SO. I
STILL DON'T KNOW- WHAT IS THAT
DATA SAID WHAT IS THAT
PERCENTAGE OF LAND. IN
CALIFORNIA THAT IS OWNED BY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IS IT LESS
THAN TWO POINT EIGHT PERCENT. IS
BORN INVESTORS A DIFFERENT
DEFINITION THAN FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS I DON'T KNOW. AND SO
THE URGENCY FOR ME IS CERTAINLY
SECTION OF A FIVE LET'S GET THE
DATA OUT THERE AND I AM-
DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS BILL WAS
VETOED- PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE I. I
KNOW THE SUPPORT WAS THERE AND I
KNOW THE NEED WAS THERE- I'M
LOOKING AT THIS AS TWO SEPARATE
BILLS AS- THE URGENCY CLAUSE IS
MOVING FORWARD LET'S GET THE
DATA LET'S GET CAL OH YES TO
GIVE US WHAT WE NEED. TO THEN GO
TO THE NEXT STEP WHICH IS. PROBE
OF FOREIGN GUY OWNING LAND. I'M
PROPONENT OF NAMING THOSE BAD
ACTORS NAME IN THOSE FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE GOOD ACTORS.
THERE ARE ORGANIC FARMING ACTORS
THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
BEEN DOING YEARS FOR GENERATE
ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH US FOR
GENERATIONS IN GOOD FAITH- AND-
CERTAINLY WHICHEVER DECISIONS WE
MAKE NOW ARE GOING TO IMPACT
YOUR FAMILY FARM. YOUR CHECK
YOUR CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO
FARMING THEIR LAND- AND SO I'M
BEING CAUTIOUS HERE AND- LOOKING
AT THE SPECULAR PROBLEM BUT ALSO
LOOKING TO. SEE THIS ROLLED OUT
IN TWO SEPARATE BILLS. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU- CENTER TOTAL WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE. I WANT TO
THANK. YOU ADVICE AGAIN FOR
BEING A CO AUTHOR ON THIS ON
THIS BILL- ARE LOST YOU DIDN'T
HAVE ANY CONTROVERSY AT ALL AND
MOVED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE
VERY VERY SMOOTHLY. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE CARE
BECAUSE- QUITE FRANKLY I FEEL
LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THIS
TYPE OF DISCUSSION HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND I'M EXCITED AND-
AND YES AND I'M WHAT I'M WORRIED
ABOUT THE BILL DYING BUT- AT THE
SAME TIME I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
AND- AND QUITE FRANKLY I'M
REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN IN. AND
IT WAS PART OF THE SOME OF THE
TACTICS OF TACTICS THAT HAVE
BEEN USED TO. MAKE THIS BILL
SEEM LIKE IT'S IT YOUR- ANTI-
ANYONE THAT'S IN THIS- NOT
AMERICAN OR THE DOESN'T LOOK
AMERICAN AND I'M- AS AS A
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS
THAT CAME HERE FROM MEXICO I
MEAN I HAVE CONSTITUENTS HERE
TODAY. THAT I WANT. JONATHAN TO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF OWNING
LAND. I INCIDENT THAT'S REALLY
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT I THINK.
IT'S ABOUT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
AGAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS- AND-
AND REALLY CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR. AND MAKING
SURE THAT OUR FARMERS HERE
SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE
STRUGGLING AND THERE'S A LOT OF-
CONCERNED WITH- THE REALITIES OF
WE DON'T KNOW IF TWO POINT 8%
HER. THAT'S JUST A FIGURE THAT
IT REALLY IS AN ACCURATE. AND
YES WE HAVE TO DO MORE DATA
COLLECTION ON OUR END HERE IN
CALIFORNIA BUT I ALSO BELIEVE
THAT. WE WON'T REALLY HAVE A
FULL UNDERSTANDING IT TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORPORATE
TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY THAT
GOES INTO A FACT BECAUSE IT WILL
TELL US WHO THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS. ARE TWO X. COMPANY
BECAUSE I COULD BE OF THE
CALIFORNIA- YOU KNOW TO CHERRY
UP FARM COMPANY AND THIS IS JUST
I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REAL
FARM. BUT IT THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS COULD BE TIGHT ONE OR TWO
BUSINESS ENTITIES DOWN THE ROAD
TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. AND WE
DON'T KNOW SO UNTIL THAT GOES
INTO EFFECT WE WON'T HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DEEP OF AN
ISSUE THIS IS IF IT EVEN IS AN
ISSUE. BUT I AT THERE'S URGENCY
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IN MAKING
SURE THAT WE REALLY- PROTECT THE
LAND THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE
THERE'S JUST. SO MUCH TIED TO IT
IT'S NOT JUST. AT AT LANDED TIED
TO FOR FOOD IT'S FOOD IT'S WATER
IT'S ENERGY. IT'S HEALTH IT'S
OUR LIVELIHOOD AND OUR AT THIS
IS THIS IS NOT A BILL AIMED AT
TRYING TO ATTACK ANY SPECIFIC
COUNTRY ANY SPECIFIC A GROUP OF
PEOPLE. ARE AT THIS THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT- THE OUR
LIVELIHOODS AND OUR OUR CHILDREN
AND- AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES. TO CONTINUE
FEEDING THE WORLD SO WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU SENATOR PER DIEM. IN
THE MOOD FOR MOTION. THE BILL
THANK SIR. THE BILL IS BEEN
MOVED MADAM SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. SB TWO FOUR
SENATOR HER TADO THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED BUT FIRST RE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
SENATORS HER TADO. HER TADO II
GROWTH NINE GROVE HI. OBERAMT A
GILL NOBLE. OVER A DEAL NOW.
DHEA. THE D. O. NOT VOTING. THE
FOOT OF THE D. ALL RIGHT. HI.
THAT THREE I AND- ONE VOTE AND
WE LEAVE THE ROLE OPEN NO IT
IT'S CLOSE. I'M NOT THE ONE
VOTING. SHE NOT VOTE. OKAY YEAH
. SO THE IS OUT.
SO I JUST ON S. B. FOUR EIGHTY
FIVE- DO WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE
ROLE. FOR ANOTHER DAY- IT'S ALL
DONE OKAY OKAY SO THE BALL IS
FOUR ZERO AND THE BILL IS OUT.
NUMBER IT'S THREE OH THIS IS
REALLY QUITE. OKAY AND WITH THAT
- THIS CONCLUDE OUR- COMMITTEE
HEARING FOR TODAY AND APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT THANK
YOU SO MUCH AND OUR MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.