SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER- GOOD MORNING IS WHAT MY
SCRIPT SAYS- THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S PRINT-
PARTICIPATION NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS SIX NINE FOUR. EIGHT NINE
THREE ZERO I WILL MAINTAIN
DECORUM DURING A HEARING AS IS
CUSTOMARY WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL
BE A LOT LESS DRAMATIC THAN SOME
OF THE OTHER HEARINGS THIS
MORNING- WE'RE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE-
STREET BUILDING I WILL ASK ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BE
PRESENT IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
QUORUM- BUT IN THE MEANTIME
WE'LL PROCEED IN SUBCOMMITTEE WE
HAVE ELEVEN BILLS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA- WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED A
LITTLE AT A REPORTER TODAY WAS
STARTING FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE-
SENATOR PIA. YOU MAY PROCEED
WHEN YOU'RE READY ON FILE ITEM
NINE SB SIX OH FIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON- GOOD AFTERNOON
MISTER CHAIRMAN AND COLLEAGUES
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT SB
SIX OH FIVE. I WANT TO BEGIN BY
ACCEPTING COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
AND THANK YOU AND THE STAFF FOR
WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE SB SIX
OH FIVE WOULD DEVELOP A
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR WAVE AND
TIDAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
AND ENERGY GENERATION COSTS.
CALIFORNIA AS WE KNOW HAS SET
LOFTY AND NECESSARY CLIMATE
GOALS BUT TO REACH THEM WE NEED
MORE CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCE OPTIONS. WE HAVE OVER A
THOUSAND MILES OF SHORELINE THAT
REPRESENT AN UNTAPPED SOURCE OF
CLEAN. AND POTENTIALLY PERPETUAL
ENERGY. WAVE POWER IS CLEAN
CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE. IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE THE NASH
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
LABORATORY CONCLUDED THAT EVEN
IF ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE
POTENTIAL ENERGY FROM THE OCEAN
IS CAPTURED. IT WOULD MAKE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
DINNER AND NATION'S ENERGY
NEEDS. THE REPORT ALSO FOUND
THAT WAY POWER IS THE POTENTIAL
TO MEET A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY'S ELECTRICITY DEMAND
. BY ADMINISTRATION HAS
ALLOCATED TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO ADVANCE THIS
TECHNOLOGY. AND THERE ARE AT
LEAST A DOZEN COMPANIES IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF WAVE
AND TIDAL POWER. GENERATION SB
SIX OH FIVE WILL ENHANCE THE S.
B. ONE HUNDRED GOALS AND
ACCELERATE EFFORTS THAT WILL
HELP ENSURE GRID RELIABILITY.
WITH ENERGY GENERATED BY CLEAN
ABUNDANT. AND RENEWABLE SOURCES
. THE BILL REQUIRES THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION TO
STUDY THE POTENTIAL AND
FEASIBILITY AND BENEFITS OF WAVE
AND TIDAL ENERGY IN CALIFORNIA.
TO DRAFT A STRATEGIC PLAN. AND
TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR INTO
THE LEGISLATURE IN ADDITION. TO
APPROVING PILOT PROJECTS AS PART
OF THE EVALUATION AS
APPROPRIATED. THE MORE
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN FOSTER
IN THIS SPACE THE MORE
CALIFORNIA STANDS TO BENEFIT
FROM THIS CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE.
WITH ME TODAY I HAVE TERRY TAMAN
AND FORMER CALIFORNIA E. PA
SECRETARY AND CEO OF ALL TO SEE
AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. AND
ALSO MARCUS LEHMAN OF CALLAWAY
FOLLOWING THEIR TESTIMONY MISTER
CHAIRMAN I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
ALL RIGHT YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. FOR ME
PERSONALLY THANK YOU. MARCUS WAS
NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SO ALL BUT
I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF GIVEN THAT
IT'S LATE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY I AM TERI TAMANNA
THE PRESIDENT CEO OF ALL TO SEE
IF THE NOT A PART OF LOS ANGELES
A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO. THE
BLUE ECONOMY OR HARVESTING THE
OCEAN SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE
CHANGE. I SERVED AS SECRETARY OF
THE CALIFORNIA EPA FOR GOVERNOR
SCHWARZENEGGER AND CONTRIBUTED
TO OUR GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS
ACT OUR- MILLION SOLAR ROOFS
INITIATIVE ARE HYDROGEN HIGHWAY
INITIATIVE. AND OTHER POLICY
MEMBERS TO HELP CALIPH OF
MEASURES TO HELP CALIFORNIA
ACHIEVE ITS CLEAN AIR. AND ZERO
CARBON GOALS AND I MENTION THOSE
ONLY BECAUSE- ALL OF THOSE
MEASURES WE HAVE AND MANY THAT
HAVE FOLLOWED HAVE FOLLOWED HAVE
HARVESTED. THE LOW HANGING
FRUIT. WE NEED NOW TO CONTINUE
TO INNOVATE THE POLICIES
TECHNOLOGIES AND FINANCING OF
NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE AND ENERGY
SOURCES. FOR OUR STATE IF WE
HOPE TO ACHIEVE OUR AMBITIOUS
GOALS FOR CLEAN AIR. AND A
CLIMATE RESILIENT ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL
TO SENATOR PER DIEM AND ARE
PROUD TO SPONSOR SB SIX OH FIVE.
THE WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY BILL.
THE SUPPORT MEASURE WOULD SET
CALIFORNIA ON A PATH TOWARDS
BECOMING A GLOBAL LEADER IN
OCEAN ENERGY. AND DEVELOPING
THIS UNTAPPED SOURCE OF CLEAN
RESILIENT ABUNDANT AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY. THERE'S BEEN SOME
COMMENT THAT UP SOME OF THE-
TECHNOLOGY MIGHT HAVE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHICH OF
COURSE IS SOMETHING THIS
COMMITTEE WANTS TO CONSIDER. BUT
I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
MUCH OF THE TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT
HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
IT'S MOUNTED ON EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BREAK WATERS
AND- AND- OTHER KINDS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN
PLACE. WIND AND SOLAR HAVE
HELPED THE STATE MEET ITS CLEAN
ENERGY GOALS BUT THE SUN DOESN'T
ALWAYS SHINE OF COURSE THE WIND
DOES NOT ALWAYS BLOW. OCEAN WAVE
AND TIDAL ENERGY HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO COMPLEMENT SOLAR
AND WIND ENERGY BY PROVIDING
MORE PREDICTABLE SOURCE OF
ENERGY DAY AND NIGHT. L. AS THE
SENATOR MENTION THERE'S AT LEAST
TWELVE COMPANIES DEMONSTRATING
THE POTENTIAL OF WAVE AND TIDAL
POWER. IN CALIFORNIA OR- READY
TO ENTER A MARKET. IN ITS TWENTY
TWENTY ONE REPORT ON MARINE
ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES THE U. S.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONCLUDED.
THAT CALIFORNIA'S OCEAN ENERGY
RESOURCES HAS ENOUGH POWER TO
POWER THIRTEEN MILLION HOMES.
AND UP THIS CAN HAPPEN SOON I
KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT
THE TECHNOLOGY IS IN ITS
EARLIEST STAGES IN MANY CASES-
AND THAT IT MIGHT TAKE MORE THAN
A DECADE TO DEPLOY AT SCALE. BUT
IN FACT MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY'S COMING FROM EUROPE OF
ALREADY BEEN WIDELY- PROVEN.
USING A MODEL CREATED BY AB FIVE
TWENTY FIVE THAT WAS SIGNED INTO
LAW IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOR
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY. SB SIX OH
FIVE WOULD REQUIRE THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION IN
CONCERT WITH OTHER RELEVANT
STATE AGENCIES. TO STUDY THE
POTENTIAL FEES ABILITY AND
BENEFITS OF WAYS ARE SETTLING
REGIONALES WRAP UP THAT BE GREAT
YES MA'AM. SO WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN
ENSURE GRID RELIABILITY AND
CLEANER ENERGY FOR CALIFORNIA.
MASK OFF MY COLLEAGUE DAN
JACOBSON TO. SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
MARKETS WOMEN. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN MY NAME IS DAN JUNCTION
WITH ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA I'LL
JUST ECHO MY COMMENTS TO THE
FORMER CAL EPA SECRETARY AN
URGENT VOTE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE'LL HEAR
FROM ANY OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES
HERE IN THE ROOM ANY NEED TO SIT
IN THE ROOM. NO SAYING NONE OKAY
WILL- MOVED OPPOSITION WE HAVE
ANY OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSITION
WITNESSES HERE IN THE ROOM. ANY
OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES ANY
ME TO OPPOSITION WITNESSES NOW I
WILL MOVE ON ANY WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE. MONARCHIAL
MODERATOR. LED GERMAN IF YOU ARE
IN. A SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO
SB TWO SEVEN THREE PLEASE PRESS
ONE FOLLOWED BY ZERO ONE FIVE
EIGHT ZERO. AND WE WILL GO TO
LINE FOR SEVENTY TWO PLEASE GO
AHEAD. SHE MY NAME IS JULIA
WROTE ON THE HAPPENED TO TRAVEL
AND WE'RE BOTH BEFORE OF SB TWO
SEVENTY THREE THANK YOU. MISTER
CHAIRMAN. RIGHT FOR SEVENTY FIVE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I THINK THE
MODERATOR ANNOUNCED THE RUN BILL
NUMBER YOU MAY HAVE CALLERS
COMING I'M SORRY THIS IS SB SIX
OH FIVE MISTER MODERATOR. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH SORRY ABOUT THAT
HE COULD PROMPT ANY INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF
OPPOSITION SB SIX OH FIVE. IT'S
DINNERTIME EXCELLENT SORRY ABOUT
THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ONE AND-
AGAIN IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO. SENATE
BILL SIX OH FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD
GO AHEAD PRESS ONE ZERO. ONE
PROBABLY THERE'LL. AND WE'RE
CALLING. FOR SEVENTY FIVE. AND
THEY JUST TOOK THEMSELVES OUT OF
CUBA IT MUST'VE BEEN FOR THE
OTHER ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU
BACK PLEASE GO AHEAD FOR SEVENTY
FIVE. DONALD MARK EVEN
PROPONENTS HE'LL HELP WITH OUR
TECHNOLOGY. YEAH AND- ALSO- YES
ACCORDING TO THE BILL WE HAD A
SUCCESSFUL TEN MONTHS DEPLOYMENT
IN SAN DIEGO FUNDED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IN THE
FUNDING OF. THE TO YOUR LONG
COMMERCIAL PILOT OKAY IF YOU
COULD JUST LIMIT THESE COMMENTS
TO YOUR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE BILL THAT BE
GREAT. MISTER MODERATOR DO WE
HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
NOBODY ELSE IS QUEUED UP SURE
THANK YOU ARE THANK YOU TO ALL
OF OUR WITNESSES DO WE HAVE
ANYBODY ON THE DAYS WHO HAS ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON SB SIX
OH FIVE FILE ITEM NINE. ALL
RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE
THE BILL BY CENTER GROVE- AND I
THINK AT THIS POINT WE CANNOT
ACTUALLY ESTABLISH A QUORUM SO
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT-
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. SENATORS MINUTES. HERE IN
HERE. C. R. SARAH HERE I MEAN
HERE. ALLEN DALY. DALY HERE
EGGMAN. GROWTH GROWTH HERE HER
TADO LAYER. LAYER HERE LET
ALONE. LIMON HERE THE DS. VIDEO
HERE STERN. OKAY AND MISTER IS
CENTER P. I. PO DOES- WITH CORN
ESTABLISHING A FIRST VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR I WHICH IS FILE
ITEM NUMBER FIVE SB FOUR
SEVENTY. BY SENATOR ELDORADO GIL
IN FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN S. B.
EIGHT THIRTY FIVE BY SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. A CONSULTANT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL I WOULD
ACTUALLY MOVED YES I'M SORRY YES
. AND LET'S HAVE A MOTION THEIR
FIRST THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT ON
THE CAN CALENDAR SENATORS MAN I
MEAN I SEYARTO ZERO I ALAN.
DELHI DALY AYE EGGMAN. GROWTH
GROVE I HER TADO. LAYARD THERE I
AM A MOAN. THE MOAN I. DS.
PADILLA I. STERN HE. OKAY THE
VOTE RIGHT NOW IS SEVEN AND
LEAVE THE SEVEN EYES WILL LEAVE
THAT BILL ON CALL- SO I HAVE A
COMMENT. I'M SORRY EIGHT VOTES I
KNOW THAT NO VOTES- AND LEAVE
THAT BILL ON CALL I WANT TO MAKE
A COMMENT ON THIS BILL I
SUPPORTED THIS BILL. WHEN IS FOR
BEFORE SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE
AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT
TODAY I WANT TO THANK SENATOR
PER DAY IF YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE. AND FOR TAKING THE
AMENDMENTS AND WORKING CLOSELY
WITH OUR STAFF I BELIEVE WE HAVE
TO TAKE IN ALL OF THE ABOVE
APPROACH IN ASSESSING INVESTING
IN RENEWABLE ENERGY. AND AS YOU
NOTED IN YOUR STATEMENT AS YOUR
WITNESSES NOTED THERE IS
TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR
OFFSHORE WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY.
TO PROVIDE ZERO CARBON RENEWABLE
ENERGY FOR CALIFORNIA BOTH SMALL
AND LARGE SCALES- THIS BILL WILL
HELP TO ENSURE THAT FURTHER
RESEARCH TO HELP COMMERCIALIZE
THIS POTENTIAL RESOURCE.
RESOURCE CAN OCCUR OUT WE KNOW
THERE ARE TRADE OFFS IN ANY
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS WE
HAVE I AND WE KNOW THERE'S SOME
CONCERNS AROUND IMPACTS OF THIS
PARTICULAR TYPE OF ENERGY SOURCE
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO ENSURE. THAT MONITORING
STRATEGIES ARE INCORPORATED INTO
THE BILL'S REQUIRED STUDY TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN TRY TO
DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF ENERGY
GENERATION. ADAPTIVELY TO
MINIMIZE ADVERSE IMPACTS SO-
APPRECIATE THAT AND WITH THAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE JUST TO
THANK THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
FOR UP WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR NIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BILL
FROM SENATOR GROVE AND THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
APPROPRIATIONS CONSULTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CENTERS MEN AYE.
MAN AYE ZERO. ZERO HI ALAN.
DELHI DALY AYE EGGMAN. EGGMAN I
GROWTH. GROVE I HER TADO.
LAYERED LAYERED I AM THE MON.
LIMÓN I HAVE TO DHEA. DHEA I
STERN. HOW THE VOTE IS EIGHT
ZERO WILL LEAVE THAT BILL ON
CALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND ARE
YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN THANK YOU
SENATOR WIENER. ALL RIGHT SO
WITH THAT WE'LL GO BACK TO FILE
ORDER SENATOR WIENER ARE YOU
READY TO PROCEED. YOU ARE WITH
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE S. B. TWO
SEVENTY THREE. WITH GOOD LUCK
GOOD. I THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN I WANT TO THANK YOU YOU
AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THIS BILL
WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS AS
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS. I ALSO
JUST WANT TO- JUST STRESS FOR
THE COMMITTEE- BUT WE WILL
CONTINUE WHILE I'M SURE WE WILL
WORK. WITH B. C. D. C. WHICH CAN
CAUSE VERY RECENTLY WITH
PROPOSED AMENDMENT WE'VE BEEN-
ANTICIPATED IS A MOMENT FOR OF
FOR ASKING FOR THEM FOR A VERY
VERY LONG TIME. WE'RE FINALLY-
GLAD TO HAVE THEM IN SUMMARY
FORM- WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING
WITH THE C. D. C. AND I AM
OPTIMISTIC- CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
REACH A RESOLUTION- ON. THIS
BILL ARE COLLEAGUES- IT IS ABOUT
PEERS THIRTY THIRTY TWO AND
FRANCISCO. FOR ANYONE WHO HAS
NOT. DIDN'T APPEAR THIRTY THIRTY
TO INSERT THIS CODE THESE ARE
PEERS THAT ARE GRADUALLY
CRUMBLING INTO THE DAY- THE
PURER IS REALLY NOT USABLE
EXCEPT FOR MAYBE PARKING AND
OTHER LIMITED USES AND EVEN THAT
IS GRADUALLY. DECLINING PRETTY
SOON THE P. WILL BE COMPLETELY
UNUSABLE FOR ANYTHING PARTS OF
IT ARE FENCED OFF- IT'S JUST
IT'S A DILAPIDATED- POLITE- ON
THE SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT.
AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN-
TO. OTHER PROPOSED PROJECT BUT
IT ISSUE IN THIS BILL. WILL
REDUCE THE WILL BASICALLY
REMOVED APPEARANCE AND REPLACE
IT- WITH- WITH- UP HERE THAT IS-
ALMOST- 50% SMALLER. SO NEARLY
50% OF THE FOOTPRINT APPEARS
THIRTY THIRTY TWO WILL BE
RETURNED. TO OPEN BAY WATER. AND
WE. WILL HAVE A SMALLER PEER-
THE- THE- WE THEN ON- I'M SURE
UP- THE SEA WALL. ALL WILL
PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE
AREA THE SAN FRANCISCO THE SEA
WALL IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. I
ON THE SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT-
ISN'T HUGE NEED OF
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK- AND THIS
WILL HELP WITH THAT. WE WILL
SEE- VISITOR SERVING RETAIL
GENERAL OFFICE USE WHICH IS WHY
WE NEED A BILL TO DO THIS-
DEEPWATER BERTHING FACILITY AT A
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AQUATIC
CENTER WITH THE PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE FLOATING SWIMMING
POOL- AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO THE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY- WE WILL SEE
URGENTLY NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE
RESILIENCY. AROUND SEA LEVEL
RISE AND SEISMIC RISKS INCLUDING
AS I MENTIONED A SEISMICALLY
ENHANCE- SEE WALL- AND- THANK
YOU. I'M AND ABOUT SIX ACRES A
BAY FELL- WILL BE REMOVED AS I
MENTIONED- AND THIS BILL
AUTHORIZES THE STATE LANDS
COMMISSION TO APPROVE OF THAT
PROJECT- SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
THIS IS NOT APPROVING THE
PROJECT THIS IS SIMPLY
AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL PROCESS
TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE OFFICE
SPACE WHICH WILL HELP SUBSIDIZE
ALL OF THIS OTHER AMAZING WORK.
WE NEED A BILL- THERE WILL ALSO
BE HOUSING ADJACENT SITE THAT IS
NOT PART OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE
IT'S NOT PART OF OUR TRUST LAND-
THE LANSING STATE LANDS
COMMISSION WILL STILL HAVE TO
REVIEW IT BC DC THE US ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE REGIONAL
WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD IN
ADDITION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
PORT COMMISSION AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE WITH ME HERE TODAY TO
TESTIFY IS DAVID BEAUPRE- THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT AT THE PORT OF SAN
FRANCISCO- BEVERLY YOU THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL- IN ADDITION FOR
ANY TECHNICAL LEGAL QUESTIONS
THAT MAY ARISE. WITH JUSTIN
BIGELOW A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE NEARLY
WITNESSES CAN PROCEED AND YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH UNLESS
YOU'RE NOT DIVIDE THAT UP
DIFFERENTLY. A GOOD COMMITTEE
MAY THANK SENATOR MANY IS DAVID
A PRAM TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
PORT I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELAINE FORBES
WHO COULDN'T ATTEND BECAUSE OF
AN EXISTING PORT COMMISSION
MEETING- THIS LEGISLATION IS A
HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. AND
IF APPROVED THE RESULT IN
PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY
THE REGION AND THE STATE. THE
LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW PROJECT-
THE BENEFITS INCLUDE SENATOR
WIENER MENTION SIX ACRES A BAY
FILL REMOVAL. BAY WATER QUALITY
AND HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS
RETENTION OF A SELF DREDGING
DEEP WATER BERTH WHICH IS
CRITICAL TO THE PORT'S CRUISE
INDUSTRY DISASTER RESPONSE FOR
THE CITY. RESEARCH VESSELS AND
CEREMONIAL BURNING. IT INCLUDES
A WATER RECREATION CENTER- THAT
INCLUDES ACCESS TO IN BASS
SWIMMING IN A SWIMMING POOL AS
WELL AS ACCESS TO THE BAY AREA
WATER TRAIL- FIVE ACRES OF NEW
PUBLIC ACCESS IT'S A FOUR
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT IN RESILIENCE AND SEA
LEVEL RISE AND SEISMIC
IMPROVEMENTS WHICH- IN SAN
FRANCISCO ALONE WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO BE A PROJECT. REQUIRING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTMENT
THAT WE DON'T THINK TAXPAYER
MONEY ALONE CAN PAY FOR SO
HAVING PRIVATE. INVESTMENT
LEVERAGE PUBLIC MONEY WILL HELP
THE CITY. THE REGION AND THE
PORT SIGNIFICANTLY INCLUDES A
FOOD MARKET HALL THAT ENHANCES
THE PUBLIC REALM AND CREATES AN
OF THEIR THEIR BETWEEN THE FERRY
BUILDING IN THE BALLPARK.
VISITOR CRUISE RETAIL TO SUPPORT
THE INCOMING CRUISE SHIPS. AND
COMMERCIAL SPACE TO PAY FOR ALL
THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND TRUST
BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT COMES
WITH THAT- SO. THE LAST THING I
WANT TO JUST MENTION IS THE PORT
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ITS
LEGISLATIVE IT'S REGULATORY
PARTNERS- BAY CONSERVATION
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. AND THE
STATE LANDS COMMISSION ON THE
EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN AND
PROGRAM OF THE PARK AND THROUGH
THAT EIGHTEEN MONTH PROCESS THE-
PROJECT SPONSORS HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE
DESIGN OF THE PROJECT SO. WITH
THAT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU. MISTER
CHAIRMAN VERSE BUT REALLY YOU
DON'T HAVE THE STATE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
REPRESENTING HALF A MILLION
MEMBERS STATEWIDE. WE THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
FORWARD UNFORTUNATELY OUR SAN
FRANCISCO BUILDING TRADES LEADER
RUDY GONZALEZ COULDN'T MAKE THE
MEETING TODAY SO I'M HERE- WITH
OUR COMMENTS WERE IN STRONG
SUPPORTER OF SB TWO SEVEN THREE.
WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE A MIXED
USE PROJECT LOCATED ON PIERS
THIRTY THIRTY TWO IN THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. IN
THE MIDST OF A STRUGGLING
ECONOMY AND COMING OUT OF THE
COPA CRISIS WE NEED TO BE
SUPPORTING PROJECTS. THAT BRING
JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
TO THE CITIES IN THE REGION.
THIS ONE POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLAR PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES
FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND
RESILIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
CREATE OVER THOUSAND HIGH PAYING
UNION CONSTRUCTION JOBS ENSURING
THE CONTINUED SUCCESS. OF THE
MARITIME INDUSTRY AND TOURISM
SECTOR. ADDITIONALLY THIS
PROJECT OFFERS ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS BY REDUCING THE SIZE OF
THE PIER FROM THIRTEEN TO SEVEN
ACRES. POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE
ECOLO ECOLOGY OF THE BAY. GREEN
RIVER SOME ONSITE TREATMENT
SYSTEMS WILL CUT CONTAIN AND
TREAT STORMWATER RUNOFF AND
CLEAN POWER HOOK UPS WILL REDUCE
THE USE OF POLLUTING MARITIME
DIESEL ENGINES. THIS PROJECT HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED FOR DECADES AND
THIS IS THE FIRST PLAN THAT
BALANCES ALL OBJECTIVES OF
FINANCIAL SELF SUFFICIENCY
SUPPORT MARITIME. ACTIVITY EIGHT
PUBLIC ACCESS ACTIVATION AND
REMOVING FILL FROM THE BAY. OF
THEIR HAS MAKES SENSE OF INPUT
FROM THE- FOR THIS PROJECT. AND
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT
CONCESSIONS FROM DEVELOPERS AS
WELL. WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS IMPORTANT BILL WHICH WILL
BRING JOBS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT BENEFITS INTO MUST
VISIT WATERFRONT DESTINATION. TO
THE BAY THANKS SO MUCH. THANK
YOU DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES HERE IN THE ROOM FOR
ME TO. TESTIMONY PLEASE LIMIT
YOUR TESTIMONY YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION NOPE NOBODY IN THE
ROOM OKAY I DO HAVE ANY
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM. ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE SIR.
ALL RIGHT I GUESS YOU HAVE UP TO
FOUR MINUTES IF YOU LIKE IT
ALTHOUGH YOUR COURAGE NOT TO
TAKE THAT MUCH THANKS VERY MUCH.
THANKS MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE- I WANT TO THANK
OUR GOOD FRIEND SENATOR WIENER
FOR- CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS
OFFICE AND THANK THE COMMITTEE
STAFFER AN EXCELLENT BILL
ANALYSIS- I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF SAVE THE BAY WHICH HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR MORE. THAN SIXTY
YEARS WORKING TO PROTECT AND
RESTORE THE BAY WERE ACTUALLY
THE ORGANIZATION THAT. LED THE
LEGISLATURE TO CREATE THE BAY
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION UNDER GOVERNOR
REAGAN. AND IT'S DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB AND WE'RE OPPOSING
THIS BILL TODAY EVEN WITH THE
CHANGES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS
RECOMMENDED- BECAUSE THE BILL
STILL PRIMARILY MANDATES AN
OFFICE BUILDING. ON A NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED PIER IT'S NOT A
WARRIOR WATER ORIENTED USE THAT
IS ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW AND
PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE. IT'S A
USED THE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED
AT COUNTLESS UPLAND SITES.
INSTEAD OF IN THE BAY ENERGY USE
THAT ISN'T NEEDED WHEN SAN
FRANCISCO'S EXPERIENCING MORE
THAN 30% OFFICE VACANCY NOW AND
GROWING- THE- REASON THAT WE
OPPOSE THE BILL IS THE BILL DOES
DAMAGE TO- CRUCIAL COASTAL
AGENCY- AND ITS AUTHORITY. TO
REGULATE SHORELINE IN THE
INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AT A TIME
OF RISING SEA LEVEL NOW THAT'S-
A FORTY THAT OUR COASTAL
AGENCIES ACTUALLY NEED MORE
AUTHORITY FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
NOT LESS AT THIS TIME OF RISING
SEAS. THE EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS
THE WRONG APPROACH TO TAKE IS
ACTUALLY IN THE STATUE RIGHT NOW
ON THIS SITE. THE TWO PREVIOUS
TIMES THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED
BILLS ESSENTIALLY MANDATING A
CERTAIN KIND OF DEVELOPMENT
FIRST CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL WITH
AN OFFICE BUILDING. AND THEN THE
WARRIORS ARENA. NEITHER OF THOSE
HAPPENED AT THIS SITE. BECAUSE
THEY WERE NOT THE RIGHT THING
FOR THE SITE. AND THEY BOTH HAVE
HAPPENED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY AND SO COULD THIS. OFFICE
BUILDING. SO ACCOMMODATING
APPROPRIATE USES ON THE
SHORELINE IS SOMETHING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE COULD ACTUALLY.
CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING A BY
TAKING A COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE
APPROACH I'M RECOMMENDING THAT
YOU NOT MOVE THIS BILL BUT IF
YOU DO MOVE THIS BILL ALONG. I'M
IT REALLY NEEDS STRONGER
PROVISIONS FOR DIRECTING. THE
COASTAL AGENCIES THE STATE LANDS
COMMISSION BAY CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION I WOULD
ARGUE THE COASTAL COMMISSION AS
WELL. TO COME BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WITH SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY
STATUTORY CHANGES OR REGULATORY
CHANGES THEY NEED SO THAT THEY
IT CAN ACCOMMODATE SEA LEVEL
RISE AND RESILIENCE. CONSISTENT
WITH THE PUBLIC TRUST THIS IS
ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THE
STATE'S ORIGINAL. CLIMATE
ADAPTATION STRATEGY IN TWO
THOUSAND AND NINE UNDER GOVERNOR
SCHWARZENEGGER ASK THESE
AGENCIES TO DO TO COME BACK TO
YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT
HOW STATUTES NEEDED TO CHANGE.
UNFORTUNATELY A GOVERNOR'S BROWN
AND NEWSOM AND THE LEGISLATURE
HAVE NOT INSISTED ON THAT THIS
BILL WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
MAKE THAT CHANGE IF YOU'RE GOING
TO MOVE THE BILL THANKS VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN
THE ROOM. SEEING NONE MISTER
MODERATOR COULD YOU PLEASE QUEUE
UP THE LINE FOR ANYONE WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF FILE ITEM ONE S.
B. TWO SEVENTY THREE. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR SCS STATUS IF YOUR
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SENATE
BILL TWO SEVEN THREE PLEASE
PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY ZERO AT
THIS TIME WHEN FILED BY ZERO.
AND WE'LL GO TO LINE FOR FIFTY
NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD. FOUR FIFTY
NINE YOUR OFFICE. WELL- ALL THE
MOBILE KAMALA NUMBER- TO THE
ASSEMBLY ON BEHALF OF SCARECROW
CALIFORNIA EXACTLY IN OPPOSITION
THANK YOU. AND ANYBODY ELSE
PLEASE I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY ZERO FOR.
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT TO SB. TWO
SEVEN THREE. NOBODY ELSE IS
QUEUING UP THE STYLISH CARE OKAY
WELL THANK YOU ARE WITNESSES
WILL BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE TO ANY OF OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. OKAY WELL
I WILL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST POLICY COMMITTEE HEARING
FOR THIS BILL. AND THE SIMPSONS
WATERFRONT DOES NEED AS YOU
DESCRIBED EXTENSIVE INVESTMENT
FOR SEISMIC UPGRADES AND PROVIDE
RESILIENCE TO SEA LEVEL RISE. I
THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS ONE WAY
TO HELP PAY FOR THESE NEEDED
INVESTMENTS I WHILE ATTRACTING
VISITORS ANOTHER TO OTHERS TO
THE WATERFRONT I APPRECIATE THE
AUTHOR'S- ACCEPTANCE OF THE
COMMITTEE MET MENSEN IS PLEDGED
TO WORK WITH B. C. D. C. AND
STAKEHOLDERS. IN AN EFFORT TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED BY
OPPOSITION I AND BY B. C. D. C.
BASED ON PAST PRESIDENT I KNOW
THAT IT BILLS INVOLVING
DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC TRUST
LANDS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
AREA HAVE OFTEN INVOLVED
EXTENSIVE LONG LASTING MULTI
PARTY NEGOTIATIONS I TO TRY TO
FIND A BALANCE THAT ALL STATE
STAKEHOLDERS CAN AGREE BEHIND.
AND SO RECOGNIZING THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY OPPOSITION I'M
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY TO
ALLOW YOU TIME FOR THAT EFFORT-
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU
CONTINUE WORKING WITH ME IN THE
COMMITTEE STAFF AS THE BILL
MOVES FORWARD BUT WITH THAT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE. THANK
YOU THANK YOU- MR CHAIRMAN AGAIN
WE DO APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEES
AND- ENGAGEMENT AND- I LOOK
FORWARD TO MOVING THIS BILL
FORWARD. TO THE CONTINUED.
CONVERSATION WE WORK WITH THE C.
D. C. I WANNA TO SIGNAL AS A-
I'M A BIG FAN OF SAVE THE- SAVE
THE BAY AND ACTUALLY FUN FACT I
WAS THE BEST MAN OF MR LEWIS'S
SISTER'S WEDDING THIRTY YEARS
AGO. I WAS LIKE- FOR ALL. THE
TIME TIME GOES BY REALLY
QUICKLY- AND SO- I. CONSIDER HIM
A FRIEND AND IT'S A FANTASTIC
ORGANIZATION AND WILL CONTINUE
THAT DIALOGUE- AS WELL- AND SO.
WITHOUT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU HAVE A MO
ON SB TWO SEVEN THREE. I'M MOVED
BY SENATOR GROVE OKAY-
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL-
INSIDE THE MOTION IS. TO PASS AS
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS. CENTERS
MEANT I. MAN I. SEYARTO SIERRA I
ALLEN. DELHI DALY AYE EGGMAN.
EGGMAN I GROWTH. GROWTH AYE
FURTADO. LAYERED LIMÓN. LIMÓN I
PADILLA STERN. THE VOTE IS SIX
ZERO RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL PUT
THAT THE LONG CALL THANK YOU
SENATOR WINNER THANK YOUR
COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHTS ARE NEXT
WE GET A TRIFECTAS BILLS HERE
FROM SENATOR CAFIERO WHO'S HERE
AND READY I THINK. SKINNER COPY
UP HERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START
WITH FILE ITEM TO SB THREE OH
SIX. YOU CAN PROCEED ON RIGHT.
SOMEBODY A LOT TALLER THAN ME.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND-
SENATORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT SB THREE OH SIX WHICH
SEEKS TO ADDRESS EXTREME HEAT
CLIMATE IMPACTS THROUGH BOTH
DIRECT MITIGATION AND STRATEGIC
PLANNING MEASURES FIRST I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
THEIR WORK ON THE BILL AND I
WILL BE ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN THE
ANALYSIS. CENTERS DURING LAST
YEAR'S CLIMATE CHANGE WORKING
GROUP CHAIRED BY THE GOOD
SENATOR FROM SANTA CRUZ THE
GROUP COMMITTED TO CREATING A
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM. OUGHT TO
BENEFIT LOW INCOME RESIDENTS BY
HELPING THEM TO LOWER THEIR
ENERGY BILLS I RETROFITTING
THEIR HOMES THROUGH ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AT ENHANCEMENTS OR
WHETHER IT'S ATION ON STEROIDS
DOUBLE PANED WINDOWS INSULATION
ENERGY EFFICIENT WATER HEATERS
OR HEATERS AND AIR CONDITIONING
UNITS- YOU KNOW WHEN I WHEN I GO
OUT AND I TALK TO PEOPLE IN MY
DISTRICT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON
THE IN THE FRONT OF THEIR MIND
AND TELL THERE'S A DROUGHT.
UNTIL THERE'S NO WATER AND- PART
OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT IT
ISN'T REAL TO THEM OTHER THAN
INCREASING COST OF BILLS. AND SO
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
OF LIMITED INCOME THEY DON'T
HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THESE
KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR
THEIR THEIR- HOUSING UNITS. TURN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET ONE POINT ONE
BILLION DOLLARS WAS ALLOCATED TO
ESTABLISH THE EQUITABLE
BUILDING. DECARBONIZATION
PROGRAM AT THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION WHICH INCLUDES THE
DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE MINIMAL TO NO COST
ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES. FOR
LOW TO MODERATE INCOME
RESIDENTS. SB THREE OH SIX SIX
TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES AND
GUARDRAILS ON THE NEWLY FUNDED
DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM TO ENSURE
COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED. AND
VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT. POOR
AIR QUALITY AND OTHER CLIMATE
CHANGE EXTREMES ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE GRANT FUNDING FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME
MODIFICATIONS. RESEARCH HAS
INDICATED FOR YEARS NOW THAT HE
KILLS MORE AMERICANS THAN ANY
OTHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENT
INCLUDING FLOODS HURRICANES AND
TORNADOES. WHILE CALIFORNIA HAS
MADE MANY INVESTMENTS IN
PROGRAMS THAT COMBAT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND RISING TEMPERATURES
IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE IS
GETTING HOTTER EACH PASSING
YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE FRESNO COUNTY WHICH
IS IN MY DISTRICT EXPERIENCE
SIXTY NINE DAYS WHERE
TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED A HUNDRED
DEGREES. AND ALL TIME HIGH AND
ALMOST DOUBLE THE HISTORICAL
FREQUENCY OF PAT A PAST WEATHER
PATTERNS AND MY GUESSES ON THAT
APPLIES TO A COUPLE OF OTHER
SENATORS WHOSE DISTRICTS ARE
ARE- VERY VERY SIMILAR.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCH DONE BY
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF
CALIFORNIA EXTREME HEAT EVENTS
WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT. MORE
SEVERE AIR AND LONGER IN
DURATION WITHOUT PROPER
MITIGATION EXPOSURE TO EXTREME
HEAT CAN CAUSE EXISTING HEALTH
PROBLEMS TO BECOME WORSE.
INCLUDING RESPIRATORY AND HEART
CONDITIONS AND IN EXTREME CASES
HEAT STROKE AND DEATH. IN APRIL
OF TWENTY TWENTY TO THE STATE
RELEASED A REPORT ENTITLED
PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM
EXTREME HEAT A STATE ACTION PLAN
TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
THIS REPORT OUTLINED OUTLINED A
MULTI AGENCY APPROACH TO
MITIGATE THE HEALTH ECONOMIC
CULTURAL ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL
IMPACTS OF INCREASING
TEMPERATURES. SB THREE OH SIX
CODIFIES THIS EXTREME HEAT
ACTION PLAN AND REQUIRES THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AND THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
TO UPDATE THE PLAN EVERY THREE
YEARS. EACH AGENCY IDENTIFIED IN
THE EXTREME HEAT ACTION PLAN
WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO
COLLABORATE ON ITS
IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKE THE
STATUS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
WE HAVE ALL HEARD FROM
CONSTITUENTS ARE STRUGGLING NOT
ONLY WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT BUT
ALSO WITH HIGH ENERGY BILLS
PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER.
FOLKS ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR
RELIEF. SB THREE OH SIX WILL
HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON ON
RESIDENTS BILL THE QUALITY OF
THEIR LIVES AND HOMES AND ENSURE
STATE STRATEGIES FOR LONG TERM
HEAT MITIGATION GOALS. ARE
CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND MADE
EXCESSIVELY AND FINALLY
CALIFORNIA WILL MAKE A MAJOR
INVESTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
RESOURCES IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THANK YOU
AND I RESPECTFULLY- REQUEST YOUR
AYE VOTE TODAY WITH ME TODAY TO
TESTIFIED PASSED BY IS MICHAEL
JERRY REPRESENTING CLIMATE
RESOLVE. THANK YOU SAY ONLY
WITNESS. YES OKAY YOU HAVE UP TO
FOUR MINUTES RIGHT GOOD EVENING
MICHAEL JR ON BEHALF OF CLIMATE
RESOLVE COVERS ALL OF THE
NONPROFIT BASED IN LOS ANGELES
THE BUILDS ON COLLABORATIONS TO
CHAMPION EQUABLE CLIMATE
SOLUTIONS. RESOLVE IS PROUD TO
SUPPORT US SUPPORT CENTER
COPIERS SB THREE OH SIX WHICH
WOULD REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING RESEARCH AND THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY TO
UPDATE THE STATE'S EXTREME HEAT
ACTION PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S
CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY ONE
OF CLIMATE RESOLVED AREAS OF
FOCUS IS EXTREME HEAT BECAUSE IT
IS A SILENT KILLER THE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS THE
ELDERLY CHILDREN. LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS THOSE WITH PRE
EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. HE IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LAST
SEPTEMBER LOS ANGELES
EXPERIENCED FOURTEEN CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE A
HUNDRED DEGREES ACCORDING TO THE
UCLA HEATMAPS LOS ANGELES IS
POISED. TO SEE FIFTY EXTRA
EXTREME HEAT DAYS BY TWENTY
FIFTY. MERCED COUNTY HAS ON
AVERAGE HAD EIGHTY FIVE. ON ON
AVERAGE HE DAYS HAD EIGHTY FOUR
X. EXTRA VISITS TO EMERGENCY
ROOMS THERE WILL BE THERE WAS
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE HE
DAYS BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND NINE.
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IN THE
COUNTY THERE ARE SOLUTIONS AND
STRATEGIES TO ADOPT TO MITIGATE
TO THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT.
BUT THEY REQUIRE ACTION FROM
DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES. AS THE
CENTER SAID IN APRIL OF TWENTY
TWENTY TO THE STATE'S EXTREME
HEAT ACTION PLAN WAS RELEASED
WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER NUMEROUS
STATE AGENCIES AND MAKE CONCRETE
RECOMMENDATIONS. MANY OF WHICH
ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AS
WE SPEAK- THE LAST EXTREME HEAT
STATE ACTION PLAN WASN'T TWO
THOUSAND THIRTEEN WE CANNOT
AFFORD TO WAIT NINE YEARS
BETWEEN PLANS. SB THREE A SIX
WILL PUT THE EXTREME HEAT ACTION
PLAN AND STATUTE REQUIRES
REGULAR UPDATES AND ENSURE IT
INCLUDES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
SUCH AS ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO
PROTECT SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS
FROM THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME
HEAT. FOR THESE REASONS CLIMATE
RESOLVE SUPPORTS SB. THREE A SIX
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
SUPPORT WITNESSES HERE IN THE
ROOM JUST LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION POSITION
THE MISSION. GOOD EVENING IN
LILY AND MARCUS WITH M. C. E.
THE STATE'S FIRST COMMUNITY
CHOICE AGGREGATOR HERE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. WE HAVE
ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM ROOM
OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL. SINGING ON DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES HERE
IN THE ROOM. OKAY THEN WE'LL
MOVE ON TO ANY WITNESSES WAITING
TO TESTIFY VIA TELECONFERENCE
MISTER MODERATOR IF YOU COULD-
PLEASE QUEUE UP THE LINE AND FOR
SENATE BILL. THREE OH SIX. THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR IF YOUR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO SB THREE ZERO
SIX PLEASE PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY
ZERO AT THIS TIME ONE FILED BY
ZERO. AND NOBODY IS QUEUING UP
MISTER CHAIR EXCITING BILL ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU TO OUR WITNESS
I'LL RING DISCUSSION BACK TO
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A
MOTION BY SENATOR EGGMAN. ALL
RIGHT CENTER CAREER WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. BOATS. OKAY THANK
YOU CENTER CABALLERO THE MOTION
BY CENTER EGGMAN IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. CENTERS MEN ARE MAN AYE ZERO.
ZERO I ALLEN DELI. DELI I
EGGMAN. EGGMAN I GROWTH GROWTH I
HER TADO. LAYERED LIMÓN. MON I
PADILLA. STERN. SIX OKAY THE
VOTE RIGHT NOW IS SIX ZERO WILL
LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL SENATOR
COPY OR YOU CAN PRESENT I WOULD
LIKE TO PRESENT FIVE AND THREE
OR FOUR NEXT THREE. FILE ITEM
THREE SB THREE SIXTY SIX. THANK
YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS TODAY I
PRESENT SB THREE SIXTY SIX A
BILL THAT WOULD MODERNIZE THE
CALIFORNIA WATER PLAN TO REFLECT
THE STATE'S NEW CLIMATE REALITY
AND ESTABLISH LONG TERM WATER
SUPPLY TARGETS WHEN MET WILL
ENSURE SUFFICIENT HIGH QUALITY
WATER FOR ALL BENEFICIAL USES.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK ON THE
BILL AND ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. CALIFORNIA IS IN A
RACE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
PRESSURED BY MULTI YEAR DROUGHTS
FLOODS AND OTHER INTENSIFYING
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CALIFORNIA'S AGING WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
ARE NAY UNABLE TO KEEP PACE
LEAVING GROUNDWATER BASINS OVER
DRAFTED. WELLS DRY WATER QUALITY
DEGRADED LAND FOLLOWED
BUSINESSES WORKERS AND
COMMUNITIES SUFFERING AND AS
WELL AS SEVERE CUTBACKS IN THE
STATE'S WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM
AND LOCAL SUPPLY. EVERY SECTOR
IN CALIFORNIA IS AFFECTED AND
BOLD CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO
ADDRESS DEFICIENCIES AND
ADEQUATELY SERVE THE STATE'S
POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS NEEDS.
RECENTLY THE STATUS TAKEN STEPS
TO MOVE CALIFORNIA TOWARD
SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDING A MAJOR
INVESTMENT OF OVER A BILLION
DOLLARS FOR WATER PROJECTS IN
THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE NEW SOME
ADMINISTRATION REALLY RECENTLY
RELEASED WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY
ADOPTING TO A HOTTER DRIER
FUTURE. WHICH UPDATES A PLAN
THAT IS TWENTY YEARS OLD. AND
OUTLINES MULTIPLE STEPS AND
GOALS TO ENSURE THE STATE HAS
SUFFICIENT WATER IN THE FUTURE
TO MEET OUR NEEDS. BUT THIS PLAN
IS NOT IN STATUTE AND IT'S NOT
FINANCE. THE CALIFORNIA WATER
PLAN IS CURRENTLY THE STATE
STREET STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
MANAGING AND DEVELOPING WATER
RESOURCES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS. THIS PLAN PRESENTS
THE STATUS AND TRENDS OF
CALIFORNIA'S WATER DEPENDENT
NATURAL RESOURCES. WATER
SUPPLIES AGRICULTURAL URBAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL WATER DEMANDS FOR
A RANGE OF PLEASANT PLAUSIBLE
FUTURE SCENARIOS. SB THREE SIXTY
SIX MODERNIZES THE CALIFORNIA
WATER PLAN PROCESS AND
ESTABLISHES WATER SUPPLY TARGETS
INSTEAD AT U. AMPLIFYING
NEWSOM'S WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY.
AND ENSURING THERE ARE GOALS
THAT EXTEND BEYOND ANYONE
ADMINISTRATION. THE TITLE OF
THIS BILL IS CALIFORNIA WATER
FOR ALL MY INTENT IN OFFERING
THIS BILL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
STATE HAS A PRACTICAL APPROACH.
TO OUR WATER LIMITATIONS AND
THAT THERE IS ENOUGH WATER FOR
ALL BENEFICIAL USAGE WHICH
INCLUDES URBAN AGRICULTURE AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. CALIFORNIA HAS
A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL TRACK
RECORD SETTING TARGETS THROUGH
LEGISLATION IN SEVERAL SECTORS
TO ESTABLISH DESIRED CHANGE
BENEFITING THE STATE'S. THE
STATE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
INCLUDING HOUSING CLIMATE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WATER
TARGETS ARE NEEDED AND WE CANNOT
AFFORD TO WAIT ANY LONGER. FOR
THESE REASONS I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON SB SIXTY
SIX WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY
TESTIFY IS DANIELLE BLANCHETT
HAYDEN. DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION
HE CATHERINE FREEMAN WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES. THANK YOU. MAY PROCEED
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH I
THANK YOU MY AS SCRIPTS AS GOOD
AFTERNOON BUT I THINK WE'RE
OFFICIALLY AN EVENING NOW. GOOD
EVENING TERRY MEMBERS- MY NAME
IS DANIEL BLESSED HAD WITH
CALIFORNIA'S BUTYL THESE
ASSOCIATION WE ARE PROUD TO CO
SPONSOR AND SUPPORT SB THREE
SIXTY SIX. I WANT TO THINK THAT
COMMITTEE AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE
WORK ON A PATH FORWARD FOR THE
BILL IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED- THE
CURRENT ITERATION OF THE
CALIFORNIA WATER PLAN HAS BEEN
IS IT IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER
SIXTY FIVE YEARS. IT PROVIDES
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE
STATE'S WATER RESOURCES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLY
MANAGING THOSE RESOURCES HOWEVER
IT'S MISSING A KEY COMPONENT A
NORTH STAR FOR WATER SUPPLY
PLANNING. IN A WORLD WHERE
CHANGING CLIMATE AND OTHER
FACTORS ARE AFFECTING EVERY
ASPECT OF WATER MANAGEMENT WE
NEED TO MOVE FROM A MINDSET OF
MANAGING FOR SCARCITY AND
INSTEAD PLAN FOR A FUTURE. WHERE
THERE'S ENOUGH WATER FOR ALL
BENEFICIAL USES INCLUDING SMALL
COMMUNITIES URBAN CENTERS
BUSINESS AGRICULTURE AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. AS ONE OF THE
LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE SUCH A
FRAGILE WATER SUPPLY THAT THREE
YEARS OF DROUGHT NEARLY CRIPPLE
OUR COMMUNITIES FARMS IN
FISHERIES. WE HAVE BEEN
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY WET
WINTER BUT WE COULD BE RIGHT
BACK IN SEVERE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS AND A WATER SUPPLY
CRISIS IN JUST A FEW YEARS. SO
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THESE BERMAN
BEST WATER CYCLES IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY. WELL WITH THE
AMENDMENTS SB THREE SIXTY SIX
ESTABLISHES A TEN MILLION ACRE
FEET STATEWIDE WATER SUPPLY
PLANNING TARGET FOR TWENTY.
FORTY WHICH AS SENATOR CAFIERO
NOTED AMPLIFIES THE GOVERNOR'S
WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY FROM
EARLIER- FROM LATE LAST YEAR.
THEN D. W. OURS REQUIRED TO
ESTABLISH A TARGET FOR TWENTY
FIFTY AS PART OF ITS TWENTY
TWENTY EIGHT. UPDATE TO THE
CALIFORNIA WATER AND WATER PLAN
THAT WILL ENSURE. A SUFFICIENT
WATER FOR ALL BENEFICIAL USES.
RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ON THE STATE'S WATER
RESOURCES. AND SYSTEMS SUPPORT A
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND
ENVIRONMENT IT IS PAST TIME FOR
THE STATE TO HAVE A WATER SUPPLY
PLANNING GOAL AND WE THANK
SENATOR KABIR OF. FOR HER
LEADERSHIP THEY'RE BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD. WE SUPPORT SB
THREE SIXTY SIX AND- DRIVE OUT.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN
. THANK YOU AYE CAPTAIN FREEMAN
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA'S FIFTY
EIGHT COUNTIES. I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT COUNTIES IN WATER AT
PLANNING COUNTIES ARE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE CURRENT WATER
WHIPLASH. CONTINUING DROUGHT AND
EXTREME WATER YEARS. SUPPLIES
THESE VOLATILITIES WHOLESALERS
ARE PARTNERS IN GROUNDWATER
SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES. WERE
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THESE
AGENCIES. AND WE LEAD ON
EMERGENCIES. CALIFORNIANS
HYDROLOGY. FRONT ON OUR COUNTY
TO INYO COUNTY TO THE COASTAL
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREAS TO OUR
STRESS AT CENTRAL VALLEY. ARE AT
THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO
ADAPT WE NEED ACTIVE PLANNING
FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION RIGHT
NOW. WE NEED TO MOVE BEYOND THE
NINETEEN SEVENTIES WATER PLANT
OF FOCUS ON THE CURRENT AND
FUTURE OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED THE STATE WATER PLAN TO
ADDRESS REGIONAL WATER NEEDS
WITH SPECIFIC TARGETS. ALL
COUNTIES ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP
NEW REGIONAL HOUSING ALL
COUNTIES. AND WITHOUT WATER WE
CAN'T DO THAT WE NEED A NEW
WATER SUPPLIES NEW TYPES OF
WATER SUPPLIES AND TO BE CLEAR
THIS IS AN ALL OF THE ABOVE.
IT'S NOT JUST WANTED BUT TO
CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES OR
ECOSYSTEMS. AND OUR ECONOMIC
PRODUCTION STATEWIDE. WE HAVE TO
BUILD GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER
SMALL SCALE CONVEYANCE WE HAVE
TO HAVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN A
VERY DIFFERENT WAY. AND TODAY'S
THE DAY TO KIND OF CHANGE THAT.
WE NEED SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR
WHERE WE NEED TO GO FOR WATER
SUPPLY. AND WE THINK THAT THIS
BILL MOVES US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. IF WE WANT TO ADAPT
TO CLIMATE CHANGE. TODAY'S THE
DAY TO CHANGE HOW WE CHANGE
WATER SUPPLY PLANNING. SO
WITHOUT WE ARE KIRCHER AYE VOTE
ME THANK THE AUTHOR FOR HER WORK
ON THIS BILL THANK YOU. THANK
YOU DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN
THE ROOM ANY OTHER SUPPORT
WITNESSES- PLEASE LIMIT YOUR
COMMENTS YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
POSITION ON THE MEASURE THANK
YOU THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS DON CAP KEY WITH MCCUE
CAP KEEPER DRONE ON BEHALF THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC
BALANCE PLEASE TO BE ANOTHER CO
SPONSOR. AND IN STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS CHASE AND I CAN HAVE A
RANCHO CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICT
ALSO IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. YOU
ARE NOT TAKING TIME FOR THE
IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. JAMIE MINOR
ON BEHALF OF TURLOCK IRRIGATION
DISTRICT EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT AND SANTA MARGARITA
WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. A FRIEND OF BASS CALIFORNIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. SORRY STEPHERSON AS
WELL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE
COUNTY LOS PURCHASE MUNICIPAL
WATER DISTRICT IN THE COACHELLA
VALLEY WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. DEAN TELLING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS AND
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. IF YOU MISTER
CHAIR MEMBERS GLENN FARRELL ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE WATER
CONTRACTORS AND CAL THE SOLID
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS ANALLY ACHE IN
ON BEHALF OF SANTA CLARITA
VALLEY WATER AGENCIES AND MESA
WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME DOWN YES WE
CANNOT SACRAMENTO'S MUSTACHE.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE DANNY MERKLEY WITH
THE WALKER GROUP ON BEHALF OF
THE- KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY
KINGS RIVER ENTRANCE MODESTO
IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND
SAMPOERNA DINO- MUNICIPAL- WATER
DISTRICT IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR MEMBERS SAID
MANNING- WITH KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ON BEHALF OF WESTERN GROWERS-
MOJAVE WATER AGENCY AND WESTERN
MENISCAL WATER DISTRICT AND
SPORT THANK YOU. SEE NO OTHER
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT IN THE
ROOM WILL MOVE ON TO LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. AND I
THINK WE HAVE TO HERE WITH US.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
SPLITTING THE FOUR MINUTES HERE
SO YOU MAY PROCEED DENNIS THANK
YOU A CHAIR IN A I'D LIKE TO
THANK THE CHAIR IN THE
CONSULTING FOR THEIR ANALYSIS-
THE COMMITTEE AMENDS. LARGELY
ADDRESS MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE RAISED IN OUR LETTER- AND I
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR
TAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS- HOWEVER
WE CONTINUE TO OPPOSE- TARGETS
INTRO OR OTHERWISE. AS WE NOTED
IN OUR LETTER SITTING PLANNING
TARGETS IN ADVANCE OF RIGOROUS
ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CONDITIONS
UNLIKELY FUTURES IS BACKWARDS.
MANY THINGS NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED
BEFORE PROJECTING WATER TRENDS
OR LIKELY FUTURE HYDROLOGY UNDER
CLIMATE CHANGE. THERE ARE THOSE
PROJECTIONS NEED TO BE
THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND VERIFIED
AND ONLY THEN CAN ONE BE
REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT ANY
IDENTIFIED MISMATCHES OF
SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR PLANNING
PURPOSES. IN OUR LETTER WE ALSO
QUESTIONED THE JUSTIFICATION OF
THE BILLS FIFTEEN MILLION ACRE
FOOT- WATER SUPPLY TARGET-
PROPOSED FOR TWENTY FIFTY. BUT
WHAT ABOUT THE PROPOSED TEN
MILLION ACRE FEET TARGET FOR
TWENTY FORTY. IT'S NOT ENTIRELY
CLEAR WHERE THE TWO MILLION ACRE
FOOT TARGET CAME FROM. BUT LAST
AUGUST THE GOVERNOR LAID OUT A
LONG TERM STRATEGY TO BOLSTER
STATE CALIFORNIA'S WATER SUPPLY.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW COMPANY
REPORT CALIFORNIA'S WATER SUPPLY
STRATEGY ADAPTING TO A HOTTER
DRIER FUTURE QUOTE WE NOW KNOW
THAT A HOTTER AND DRIER- THAT
HOTTER AND DRIER WEATHER COULD
DIMINISH OUR EXISTING WATER
SUPPLY. BY UP 210% IN TWENTY
FORTY. SO WHAT WAS THE
GOVERNOR'S PLAN OF ACTION TO
ADDRESS THAT. ONE POINT EIGHT
MILLION ACRE FEET OF INCREASED
WATER RECYCLING. ZERO POINT
EIGHT MILLION ACRE FEET WILL
CALL A POINT ONE ACRE FEET- FOR
DIESEL I HAVE A MILLION OF
STORMWATER CAPTURE. IN A HALF A
MILLION FOR WATER CONSERVATION
WHICH ADDS UP TO TWO POINT NINE
MILLION ACRE FEET OF WATER FOR
BY TWENTY FORTY. IT ALSO
INCLUDED FOUR MILLION ACRE FEET
OF ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BELOW
GROUND STORAGE BUT IT ALSO NOTED
THAT STORAGE CAPACITY DOES NOT
EQUATE TO AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF
WATER. SO IT MOST THEY'RE
ESTIMATING- SEVEN MILLION ACRE
FEET OF WATER. NOW I'M NOT
ARGUING THAT TEN MILLION ACRE
FEET IS UNACHIEVABLE OR
UNNECESSARILY HIGH. I'M SAYING
THAT I'M PERSONALLY NOT ABLE TO
SAY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF
CONFIDENCE WHETHER TEN MILLION
IS TOO HIGH TOO LOW OR JUST
RIGHT. AND I'D PRETTY SURE NO
ONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM COULD SAY
WITH WITH ANY HIGH DEGREE OF
CERTAINTY. ABOUT THAT EITHER-
THE CURRENT CALIFORNIA WATER
PLAN UPDATE IS SCHEDULED TO BE
RELEASED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR
. AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD
HOLD OFF ON SETTING ANY TARGETS
UNTIL THAT. UPDATE IS RELEASED.
IN OUR LETTER UNDER ITEM FOUR WE
NOTED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS
SMALLER ISSUES INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO A LIST OF ITEMS.
SHOULD THIS BILL PASS THE
COMMITTEE TODAY ONE ITEM THAT WE
STILL WANT TO TALK A DISCUSS
WITH AND HOPEFULLY RESOLVE WITH
THE AUTHORS AND SPONSORS. OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY
AND- RELEVANCE OF MANY OF THE
FINDINGS- THERE ARE OTHER
SMALLER ISSUES TOO BUT WE WILL
DOCUMENT THOSE SETTLED WE DIDN'T
WANT TO PILE ON IN OUR IN OUR
LETTER- NOW. ALL THAT SAID. THE
COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE
AMENDS LARGELY ADDRESS MOST OF
THE ISSUES THAT ARE LETTER ONCE
HUMANS ARE IN PRINT WE WILL
LIKELY BE REVISITING OUR
POSITION ON THE BILL- CURABLE
BELIEVING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH.
FROM A FIRM OPPOSED TO OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED AND WE WILL
DETAILS SPECIFICALLY THE OUR
REMAINING ISSUES. NOW AGAIN
NOTWITHSTANDING THE INTERIM
TARGETS WHICH AGAIN WE- JUST
NEARING FOUR MINUTES RIGHT NOW
TO SO JUST NEARING FOR OKAY. LET
ME JUST SAY THAT WE AGREE THAT
THE CALIFORNIA WATER PLANT NEEDS
UPDATING THAT- FOR THE LAST. TWO
OR THREE UPDATES THERE HAS BEEN
NO PLAN IN THE WATER PLAN. IT
HAS BEEN ON ALL OF ALL OF THE
ABOVE EVERYTHING IS EQUAL
PRIORITY APPROACH AND IF
EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY NOTHING
IS IN IS A PRIORITY IT'S A WE DO
AGREE THAT THAT. WE NEED TO
IMPROVE THE STUFF AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR SHOULD THE BILL PASS THE
COMMITTEE TODAY. I KNOW WE HAVE
A SECOND WITNESS. THE FIRST
WITNESS TOOK OVER FOUR MINUTES
IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP IT VERY
VERY BRIEF. OF COURSE GOOD
EVENING MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS WBG
ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL
RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
APPRECIATE THIS THE SPONSOR AND
CENTERS WILLINGNESS TO TALK WITH
US ABOUT OUR CONCERNS AND
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMITTEE'S ANALYSIS AND
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS. WE STILL
REMAIN OPPOSED TO THE BILL AS
AMENDED. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN
WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE
ISSUES PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON
THE NEED TO PROTECT AND RESTORE
OUR BAY DELTA AND LEAVE WATER IN
OUR RIVERS. WHEN MOSTLY SUPPLY
TOOLS ARE ABOUT TAKING WATER OUT
OF OUR RIVERS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES HERE IN THE
ROOM WITH ALL RIGHT SEEING NONE
I WILL MOVE ON ANY WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE- MISTER MODERATOR
IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROMPT ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAS. WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
OF SB THREE SIXTY SIX WE CAN
BEGIN. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AS
HE STATED IF YOUR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO S. B. THREE SIX
SIX PLEASE PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY
ZERO AT THIS TIME WHEN FILE SIZE
ZERO. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. AND
BEGIN WITH- ONE THREE NINETY TWO
YOUR OPEN. THREE NINETY TWO CAN
YOU HARRIS. JOHN THE BAPTIST
REPUBLICANS WORK. ONE EIGHT FOUR
FIFTY NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO THIS IS ERIN WOOLLEY ON
BEHALF OF SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA
AS WELL AS THE UNION OF
CONCERNED SCIENTISTS IN
OPPOSITION. THANK THANK YOU. ONE
FOUR FIFTY SEVEN YOU ARE OPEN.
EVEN THE KING CARE NUMBERS ID
BUTTON WITH THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WATER ASSOCIATION
REPORT. YEAH THANK YOU. PLEASE
GO AHEAD LINE FOR SIXTY TWO.
HELLO THIS IS SPENCER THANK ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION SANITATION AGENCIES
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MY FOR
SIXTY FIVE YOU ARE OPEN. GOOD
EVENING JULIA HALL WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD
LINE FOR SEVENTY FOUR. MISTER
TERRY MEMBERS THAT A LAWSUIT ON
BEHALF OF INLAND EMPIRE
UTILITIES AGENCY CUCAMONGA
VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AND CANNOT
WATERSHED PROJECT IS ALREADY IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR
. MY FOR SEVENTY EIGHT BUT- YEAH
EVENING HEARING CONVOLVULUS ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORONA IN
SUPPORT OF THREE FIFTY SIX THANK
YOU THANK YOU. FORTY THREE YOU
ARE OPEN. GOOD EVENING SURE
MEMBERS ERIC O'DONNELL WITH
TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF THE YOUR BILL IN THE
WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU. I FOUR EIGHT FOUR
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MY
NAME IS ANDREA EVAN TURNER I
REPRESENT CLEAN WATER ACTION AND
WE ARE IN OPPOSITION AND WOULD
LIKE TO MIRROR AND RDCS
COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MY FORTY
FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE BOY IN
SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THREE VALUE
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AGAIN
IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. ONE FORTY SEVEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING
PAUL HILL OCCUR FROM SAN JUAN
WATER DISTRICT IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF THE BILL AND THE TARGETS
THANK YOU FOR. FOUR EIGHT EIGHT
YOU ARE OPEN FOR EIGHTY EIGHT.
HELLO REGULATE YOUR LOVE WITH
RECALL REMAINED RELATIONS ON
BEHALF OF BELLFLOWER SOMERSET
MUTUAL WATER COMPANY. THAT'S OUR
WATER WHAT ARE JUST OUR WATER
AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE
RECREATION DISTRICT ALPHAMARK
VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.
ROLAND WATER DISTRICT SOLANO
COUNTY WATER AGENCY WHILE NOT
VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AND THE
WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN SUPPORT
OF THE MEASURE THANK YOU. WATER
LINE FOR EIGHTY NINE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THEIR ADDRESS WITH THE
CITY OF BRAZIL IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. WE HAVE A FINAL REMINDER TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
TO SB THREE SIX SIX PLEASE PRESS
ONE ZERO NINE FOUR NINETY PLEASE
GO AHEAD. I FOUR NINETY WITH IF
YOU. OR ANYONE THERE AGAIN I
THINK YOU TOOK YOURSELF OUT IF
YOU THERE YOU ARE. YOUR OPEN. HI
THIS IS ALEX GETTING FROM THE
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU- THIS YEAR WE
HAVE ADJUSTED THE QUEUE AND WE
ARE EXHAUSTED OKAY THANK YOU
DOLLAR WITNESSES WILL BRING
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE PANEL
HERE TO ANY ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF ISTER
SERTA. I'M SORRY- CENTER DOLLY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS-
JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT- FIRST I'M
IN SUPPORT YOUR BILL NUMBER ONE
NUMBER TWO- I KNOW SENATOR
EGGMAN AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN HERE
SINCE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A
BACKGROUND. IN TWO THOUSAND
TWELVE WE WERE COMING INTO A
DROUGHT WE PASSED A WATER BOND-
BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT AND MOST
OF THAT WAS TO DRIVE BY- THE
DROUGHT AND WE NEGOTIATED FOR
WATER STORAGE. IN THE ELEVEN
YEARS I'VE BEEN. IN THIS
LEGISLATURE WE'VE HAD THE- TWO
WETTEST YEARS IN HISTORY TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN WAS A WHAT IS
YOUR- RECORDED OROVILLE DAM
SPILLWAY BROKE. WE WERE IN A
DROUGHT BEFORE THAT WE WENT
THROUGH DROUGHT AFTER TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND WOULD THIS
YEAR MAY BE RECORDED AS ONE OF
THE WHAT IS YEARS AND HISTORY IS
WELL. SO WHEN WE HAVE THE
OPPOSITION COME UP AND TALK
ABOUT WE HAVE NO PLAN THAT'S
EXACTLY RIGHT WE DON'T HAVE A
PLAN. AND WHEN WE DID THE WATER
BOND HOW YOU DO THE WATER BONDS
INTO LAWNS AROUND HERE AS WE GO
AROUND TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT WHO
DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE A CARROT TO
GET THEIR VOTE FOR THE WATER
BOND AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE WE
SHOULD LAID OUT IN A WAY WHERE
WHEN YOU HAVE A BOND. THESE ARE
THE FIVE PROJECTS OR THESE ARE
THE SIX PROJECTS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY GONNA YIELD WATER AND
HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT THE
ENVIRONMENT OUT AND AGRICULTURAL
WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY AROUND
HERE. BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLAN.
SO I'M ENCOURAGED THAT YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE HOPEFULLY STARTING
PLACE THAT WE ACTUALLY OF A PLAN
SO THAT WHEN WE DO A WATER BOND
WHICH I KNOW. CENTER EGGMAN HAS
A BILL COMING FOR THE AGE
CREATES A BOND WE HAVE A PLAN TO
SAY THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO
SPEND OUR MONEY AND WE CAN GO TO
OUR CONSTITUENTS. AN ADVOCATE
FOR THOSE BONDS AND SPEND THE
MONEY ON THOSE PROJECTS AND
ACTUALLY CREATE ONE. REAL WET
WATER. THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
FOR CALIFORNIA WHAT WE HAVE. IN
THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN. IS
CONSERVATION. WE HAVE DONE A
GREAT JOB IN CALIFORNIA
CONSERVATION. AND WHEN WE SEE
THESE CYCLES LIKE THIS WE HAVE
TO. CAPTURE WATER. WHEN IT'S
RUNNING TO THE OCEAN LIKE IT IS.
TODAY AND WE SEE AREAS OF OUR
STATE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE
FLOODED FOR SOMETIME. BECAUSE WE
ACTUALLY OF A SNOW PACK FOR THE
FIRST TIME. SO FOR THOSE
REASONS. I WILL BE SO. IN YOUR
BILL. AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK
WITH THE OPPOSITION BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY. WE TO PLANTS WE
CAN SHOW. AND DEMONSTRATE TO
CALIFORNIANS. THAT WE ACTUALLY
GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT. FOR AGRICULTURE AND
FOR. FOR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED
THIS DESPERATE WATER- IN THESE.
GREAT SWINGS IN THE CYCLES THAT
WE'VE BEEN SEEING. IN THE LAST
TEN YEARS THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SENATOR HOLLINGS ENTERTAINMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH- I'M-
MOVEMENT MOST EVERYBODY WHO.
SUPPORTED THIS ARE ALL. ARE ALL
SOUTH INDIANS YOU KNOW I'M I'M-
SET ON THE DELTA ALL THE WATER
RUNS THROUGH. AND SO I GUESS. IN
IN. IN OPPOSITION TO MY FRIEND
BRIAN DAHLE. I YOU DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH ON ON CONSERVATION HERE
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF
THINGS AND WE DO TALK ABOUT
INCREASE OF. INCREASING REGIONAL
SELF RELIABILITY. BUT I JUST
THINK PART OF ANY PLAN NEEDS
ALSO INCLUDE LOOKING AT
CONSERVATION AT ALL LEVELS.
OTHERWISE WE JUST TALK ABOUT
MOVING. MOVING AROUND THE WATER
THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WHEN YOU
SAY. THAT CONVEYANCE THAT THAT
SIGNALS TO MY FOLKS AND YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT. GOING RIGHT
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF US SO IF.
OF SUPPORTED TODAY AND HOPEFULLY
YOU KEEP WORKING ON. SOME OF
THESE ISSUES THANK YOU. THANK
YOU CENTER EGGMAN SENATE EARLIER
. ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF
SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE IS
THAT. OCCASIONALLY SENATOR DOLLY
NOT VOTE TOGETHER AND WE HAVE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RATIONALES
FOR GETTING. AHEAD R. I WOULD
OFFER AND IT MAKES THE CASE FOR
THIS BILL THAT ACTUALLY. THERE
WAS AN ADMINISTRATION PLAN. THAT
WAS ON ALL OF THE ABOVE
STRATEGY. THAT HAD CONSERVATION.
IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE- SOME
DAYS SAU STORAGE AND IT HAD ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT
WATER BOND IN TWENTY FOURTEEN.
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THERE
WERE NOT REALLY EARMARKS IT WAS
ACTUALLY. YOU HAD TO PROVE THAT
YOU COULD ME. PRODUCE WATER
AGAINST ANY OF THOSE GOALS. AND
THE CASE FOR THE BILL IS THAT
THAT WAS A PLAN THE
ADMINISTRATION DID AND IT WASN'T
IN WHAT WAS THE CONVENTIONAL
WATER POINT. AND THERE IS A
PRECEDENT FOR THIS BECAUSE I
THINK BEFORE THE WATER PLAN THAT
WAS THE ONE BEFORE LAST THE
LEGISLATURE SAID TRIBES NEED TO
BE INVOLVED AND THEY LEGISLATIVE
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE WAS
CONSULTATION AND INCLUSION OF
TRIBAL MADE SENATE. AND I THINK
THE- I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS
BILL. I THINK THEY'RE STILL
NEEDS TO BE ISSUES IN OUR OUR
WASN'T HERE BECAUSE- MANEUVERING
DIFFERENT COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW
TO HEAR SOME OF THE DEBATE. BUT
I THINK ARM. DOES SENATOR IS
STARTING WITH WHAT SHE THINKS
NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT THE WATER
PLAN DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF
THINGS IT DOES INCLUDE
CONSERVATION. AND IT REALLY IS
MAKING SURE THAT WHETHER IT'S IN
YOUR BILL OR IN THE PLAN AND NON
AND RUBIO THAT ALL THOSE THINGS
ARE IN THE WATER PLANT AND THEN
IT BOUNCES OFF SO IT'S- IT'S
TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. AND
TO PRESUPPOSE WHAT SENATOR DOLLY
WOULD SAY IF HE WAS GONNA SPEAK
AGAIN HE WOULD SAY AND THEN
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT IT YOU CAN'T
APPROPRIATE TO STORAGE AND THEN
NOT SPEND SO. HOPEFULLY I JUST
SAVED US ABOUT- TEN MINUTES-
BUT- YOU KNOW AND IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO GET HIM GOING JUST SAY
THE WORD BIOMASS AT THE PODIUM
AND- WE WON'T HAVE AN END OF THE
HEARING. AND SO I THINK THIS
BILL IS A GOOD FRAMEWORK AND YES
WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS TO
ANSWER AND YES THERE'S A
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE
ULTIMATE TARGET IS THE RIGHT
THING. OR AS FLEXIBILITY BUT I'M
EXCITED THAT THIS IS HERE AND I
WANT TO GIVE THE SENATOR A
CHANCE TO. TO WORK ON THOSE
ISSUES AND I WILL RECOMMEND AN
IPHONE. THANK YOU CENTER LAYERED
AS SENATOR HER TADO. THANK THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR- BUT I THINK
THE AUTHOR FOR- BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD AND REALLY WORKING
WITH. ALL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED
TO MAKE IT WORK- I WANT TO MOVE
THE BILL AT THE- TIME. I WILL BE
SUPPORTED TODAY I WANTED TO-
JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ON. HOW
IT KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE WITH
THE- SOME OF THE GOALS FOR
TWENTY FOURTEEN TWENTY FIFTY
THANK YOU HAVE TEN- WHAT IS IT
TO AN MAX. THANK THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION I PER I APPRECIATE
IT AND- LET ME JUST SEE THE SAY
THAT ON. THIS COMMITTEE- PASSED
OUT A BILL. RECENTLY THAT- SET
AS A GOAL TEN. M. A. S. MILLION
ACRE FEET FOR GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE ALONE SO- IT'S
INTERESTING TO ME THAT THIS THAT
JUST SETS A TARGET OF TEN
MILLION ACRE FEET. OUT TO TWENTY
FORTY IS SO CONTROVERSIAL BUT
BASICALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK
ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES FROM
THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN STUDYING WATER- AND THE
IMPACT OF THE DROUGHT ON ON THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY AND
THIS IS ALL- RECENT IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE- INDICATED THAT THERE
WOULD BE A 45260% REDUCTION IN
SIERRA SNOW PACK BY TWENTY
TWENTY FIFTY WHICH RESULTS IN
TEN. EIGHT TO TEN. MAF LOST OUT
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME P. P.
I. C. SAID IN THE REPORT THIS
YEAR THAT BY TWENTY FORTY THERE
WILL BE A TWO POINT SEVEN. MAF
PER YEAR REDUCTION IN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY GROUNDWATER
SUPPLY BY TWENTY FORTY AND-
POINT FOR MAF REDUCTION IN DELTA
EXPORTS BY TWENTY FIFTY DUE TO
CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASED
REGULATIONS. AND THE DELTA
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL SAID IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE THAT THERE
WILL BE EIGHT POINT FOUR FOUR
MAF REDUCTION IN TWENTY FIFTY IN
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY STORAGE.
AND THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
SAID IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE THAT
THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION IN
COLORADO RIVER. SUPPLY OF TWO TO
FOUR MAF. YOUR TOTAL WITHIN
IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA OF
APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF PER
YEAR SO YOU ADD THAT UP AND
THAT'S BETWEEN TWELVE POINT FIVE
AND FOURTEEN POINT FIVE MAF- AND
SO WE PICKED TEN IS THAT AS A
TARGET FOR TWENTY FORTY. AND
FIFTEEN BY TWENTY FIFTY BASED ON
THESE ESTIMATES THAT SHOW THAT
ALL OVER THE STATE- BY REGION
THAT- THAT YOU'D SEE A-
REDUCTION IN AND CURRENT WHAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE IN THE
SYSTEM- AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY
THAT ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS ABOUT DOING THIS WORK IS
THAT- FIVE. I KNOW I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE TURN TURLOCK
IRRIGATION DISTRICT THAT WHAT
THAT WAS HERE THEY FIGURED
THINGS OUT. A WHILE BACK THEY
HAVE A STORAGE ABOVE GROUND
STORAGE A DAM. AND THEY ENDED UP
SPENDING. RESOURCES TO BRING
AND- J. P. L. THE THEIR LIGHTER
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM WHICH RUNS
PLANES OVER THE SNOW PACK IN
THEIR REGION. AND IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE WHAT THE THAT THE
AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT HAD FALLEN
DURING THE WINTER. AND THE
VISCOSITY OF THE SNOW IN OTHER
WORDS IS IT HAVE A LOT OF WATER
IS IT OR IS IT YEAH I'M JUST
VERY VERY FAN. AND WHAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO DO AS THEY WERE
ABLE TO REPURPOSE THEIR DAM SO
THAT THEY DIDN'T RELEASE WATER
DURING THE WINTER. THEY COULD
ALLOW ENOUGH. SPACE FOR THAT
RATE FOR THAT SNOW FALL AND THE
POINT I MAKE IS THAT THAT IS
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN USE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER WE CAN
REPURPOSE OUR ALREADY EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO SAY
WATER. INSTEAD WE SEND SOME GUY
UP THERE WITH THE STICK BUT IT
LOOKS FOR SNOW AND SO IT
FRUSTRATES ME THAT WE HAVE THIS
HUGE ISSUE. AND WE COULD REDO
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
WORKING ON WITH SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST THAT
WOULD GIVE US. A BETTER IDEA OF
WHAT THE SNOW PACK LOOKS LIKE
HOW MUCH WATER IS IN THE SNOW
PACK HOW CAN HOW CAN WE AVOID
FLOODS IN OUR REGION. ON HOW WE
CAN DO FLOOD MORE WITH GROUND
WATER RECHARGE WATER RECYCLING.
D. S. SMALL D. CELL WATER
CONSERVATION INCREASE STORAGE
FROM DOWN REPURPOSE SING FROM
FLOOD TO- TO STORAGE AND SO. IT
THIS PLAN REALLY PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THAT
KIND OF DATA SO WE CAN FIGURE
OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE STATE. AND FRANKLY
HOW THE STATE IS GOING TO
OPERATE. TOGETHER BECAUSE OUR
CONSERVATION GOALS ARE ALWAYS
DONE BASED ON WATERSHEDS. AND
THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF THE
STATE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T
HAVE TO CONSERVE BECAUSE- THEY
THEY PLANNED FOR STORAGE THEY'VE
GOT THE STORAGE THEIR RATE
PAYERS AND PAID FOR IT. AND SO
THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO REDUCE-
THEIR USE WHEN- BECAUSE OTHER
OTHER AREAS AT THE STATE MEET SO
I THINK IT'S ONE SYSTEM IT'S ONE
SYSTEM. AND WHAT I'M HOPING IT
COMES OUT OF THE PLANT IS A
RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING. ABOVE AS
WAS STATED MY BY MY GOOD FRIEND
FROM SANTA CRUZ. IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO MEET OUR NEEDS. THANK
YOU CENTER CARRIER CENTER CENTER
TO MR THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
CENTER CABAYE R. O. FOR BRINGING
FORTH A BILL THAT I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD
ON. AND THAT'S TRYING TO
IDENTIFY ONE OF THE MOST. WATER
SECURING OUR WATER SYSTEM IS ONE
OF THE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES. THAT
WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA IF WE
DON'T FIX THAT IF WE DON'T GET
THAT RIGHT. A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS FAIL ALONG THE WAY. AND-
AND WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT-
ABOUT THIS IS. IT HELPS US
IDENTIFY BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS I'M ALWAYS ATWATER
DISTRICTS. WE FOLKS WHAT WE NEED
TWENTY FIFTY. HOW MUCH WATER DO
WE NEED WE HAVE THIS MUCH
STORAGE NOW WE KNOW. FOR SURE
THAT THIS MUCH STORAGE NOW IS
NOT WORKING. NOT EVEN COMING
CLOSE TO WORKING. AND SO WE NEED
TO INCREASE THAT. AND SO THEY
WENT TO WORK. THEY'RE THE
EXPERTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I ALSO MENTION JIM WAS.
THIS CAN'T BE SOLVED. BY BY
POLITICIANS AND POLITICS THEY
NEED TO BE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME.
SOME ENGINEERING ON THE GROUND
TO HELP US. YEAH WE NEED GOOD
SCIENCE. TO HELP US DETERMINE.
ACCORDING TO OUR- OUR POPULATION
. I AM AND IN AND WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. WHAT
THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE BECAUSE
THAT ALL OF ABOVE ALL ABOVE ALL
OF THE ABOVE APPROACH. IS WHAT
WE'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAVE
TO GET TO BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW
MUCH OF WHAT WE NEED AND WHERE
IT GOES. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO
MAKE THAT PLAN THIS IS NECESSARY
THIS IS A NECESSARY GIANT STEP.
TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT WHAT
WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST TEN
YEARS. IS THIS ACTUALLY WASTE TO
OF THE WETTEST YEARS IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY. AND I'LL
BET YOU IF WE'RE NOT DOING THIS
THAT IN FIVE MORE YEARS WE'RE
GONNA WASTE ANOTHER ONE. BECAUSE
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T
WANT TO THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO MOVE
THIS FORWARD SO I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS BILL I APPRECIATE
THE EXTRA HARD WORK BY ALL OF
THESE WATER DISTRICTS IN
UTILITIES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE SCIENCE. BEHIND WHAT WE NEED
TO GET OUT OF THE POLITICS SO WE
CAN ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE.
SO I SOUNDS LIKE I'M GOING TO
BE- SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY
WHICH I AM. THAT OKAY THANK YOU
CENTER SIRE TO ANYBODY ELSE ON
THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU
TO YOU CENTER COPY OR IN YOUR
STAFF FROM SPONSORS FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS
BILL- AS WE'VE HEARD I AM JUST
AND SEEING THE LIST OF OPPOSE
AND SUPPORT THIS IS A- VERY
CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC BUT WE ALL
KNOW THAT. WATER IS CRITICAL TO
OUR STATE'S FUTURE. I DO JUST
WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE
THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP I KNOW YOU
BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT IN SB
SIX FIFTY NINE WHICH WE PASSED
OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE. EARLIER
THIS MONTH- WE LEFT GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE TARGETS IN AND YOU
MENTIONED THAT. I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE CONFUSION THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT MY STAFF HAD OVERLOOKED AND
DID NOT FULLY APPRECIATE IN
ASSESSING THAT BILL SO- IT'S ON
OUR RADAR WE'RE GOING TO BE
COORDINATING WITH THE OTHER
POLICY IN FISCAL COMMITTEES TO
ENSURE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THIS
BILL AND THAT BILL SHOULD THIS
BILL GET A COMMITTEE. ON THE
SNOW PACK IF YOU JUST WANT TO
DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE
TEN OF THE ANALYSIS BECAUSE THAT
ISSUE IS ADDRESSED. I AND THE
MONO LAKE COMMITTEE POSITION
LETTER I SPECIFICALLY NOTES THAT
ON THE SNOW PACK STUDY THAT YOU
CITED- IT FOCUSES ON SNOW
PACKED. IN PART BECAUSE
PERSISTENT PRECIPITATION LACKS
CONSENSUS. ON WHETHER FUTURE
CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES WILL BE WETTER DRIER OR
MEAN THE SAME. IN OTHER WORDS
THE STUDY OFFERS NO OPINION ON
WHETHER CALIFORNIA WOULD RECEIVE
MORE OR LESS WATER. IN THE FORM
OF PERSISTENT PRECIPITATION IN
THE FUTURE. ONLY THAT LESS OF IT
WILL COME IN THE FORM OF SNOW
SO- I THINK THAT CONSERVATION IS
IMPORTANT. I AND I APPRECIATE
IT. WE HAD A PHONE CALL LAST
WEEK AND THAT WAS VERY.
PRODUCTIVE I THOUGHT. I AND I
I'VE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR
FRUSTRATION- ON THE STATE'S.
APPROACH TO WATER MANAGEMENT. I
CERTAINLY HE NICENE. OF MANAGING
AND STARTING TO BUILD OUT SUPPLY
AND PROCUREMENT AND STORAGE- AT
THE SAME TIME AS WE DISCUSSED I
THINK THAT. WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT
SUPPLY NUMBER DYNAMIC. TO SOME
DEGREE BECAUSE- I THIS IS UNLIKE
OTHER TARGETS IT IS DEPENDENT ON
OUR USAGE. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO
CRITICAL THAT WE IN CALIFORNIA.
GET ON THAT ROAD TO CONSERVATION
AND REDUCING DEMAND EVEN AS ¦
TRY TO YOU KNOW DEAL WITH THE
SUPPLY- WE KNOW DRAFT GONNA BE A
BIG PART OF OUR FUTURE AND I
THINK MANAGING THAT IS GOING TO
BE. VERY VERY IMPORTANT I VOTE
THAT WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE
BILL FROM I BELIEVE IT WAS
SENATOR NO WE DON'T HAVE MOTION
YET WE HAVE A MOTION. I'M SORRY
HER TADO SAID OKAY WE HAVE A
MOTION FROM CENTER HER TADO-
INTO SENATOR- COUPLE YEAR WE
LIKE TO CLOSE. YES AND I THINK
YOU FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION- I
DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE GOT THE
IDEA THE CONSERVATION WAS NOT
GOING TO BE INCLUDED. IT'S WILL
BOTH MAKE IT EXPLICIT SO THAT
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
I. BOATS. THANK YOU THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY CENTER HER TADO.
AND THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CENTERS MEN. MEN I SEE I DON'T.
SEE R. I. ALAN. DELHI DALY AYE
EGGMAN. EGGMAN I GROWTH. GROVE I
HER TADO. TATO I LAYERED.
LAYERED ISLA MOAN. MOAN IDEA.
MEDIA AYE STERN. KERN I. OKAY
THE VOTE RIGHT NOW IS TEN ZERO
WILL LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL.
THANK YOU THANK YOU AND YOU CAN
PROCEDURE LAST BILL SENATOR COPY
OKAY VERY MUCH. WELL MY A NOTE
SAY GOOD MORNING AND OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S NOT RIGHT. ALTHOUGH IF WE
WAIT LONG ENOUGH THREE MAYBE IT
MAYBE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
MISTER VICE CHAIR- AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. SB
SEVEN FIFTY THREE. THIS BILL
WILL ENHANCE THE PENALTY
PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR OR
FELONY WOBBLER. IF AN OPERATOR
AND OF AN ILLEGAL CANNABIS GROW
SITE IS FOUND TO HAVE STOLEN
WATER. TAMPERED WITH WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DAG AND I'M
PERMITTED WELL. CALIFORNIA'S
ARID CLIMATE MEANS THAT EVERY
YEAR REGARDLESS OF THE YEARS
RAIN. OUTPUT RATE OUTPUT OUR
WATER RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED
THIN. CLIMATE CHANGE IS
EXACERBATING CALIFORNIA RICE
SEASON. AND THE STATE IS
EXPERIENCING MORE FREQUENT AND
LONGER PERIODS OF SEVERE EXTREME
ANNEXED EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT LACK
OF RAIN DURING THE WET SEASON
HAS RESULTED IN SHRINKING
FRESHWATER SUPPLY. STRAINING ALL
PARTS OF THE ECONOMY ACCORDING
TO A RECENT CALMATTERS REPORT
EXAMPLES OF WATER THEFT BY
ILLICIT CANNABIS GROWS IN THE
STATE- PROLIFIC. IN IN TWENTY
TWENTY THE BROOKLYN'S INSTITUTE
ESTIMATED THAT UPWARDS OF NINE
POINT FIVE MILLION GALLONS OF
WATER WAS DIVERTED BY ILLEGAL
CANNABIS ACTIVITIES NINE POINT
FIVE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.
THAT'S DRINKING WATER FOR
COMMUNITIES WATER FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT THIS
SUPPORT FISH AND WILDLIFE AND
WATER TO HOT HELP COMBAT. FOREST
FIRES CURRENT LAW DOES NOT
PROVIDE A DETERRENT OR RESOURCES
TO TRACK AND STOP THE ILLICIT
ACTIVITIES OF A MULTI BILLION
DOLLAR CRIMINAL INDUSTRY. THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FIND
ILLEGAL CANNABIS OPERATIONS AND
UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.
FOR STEALING WATER BUT THIS
LEVEL OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY A
FINE BUT BECAUSE OF THIS A FINE
IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH AND I HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE
FOLKS IN SAMBAR TO DINO COUNTY
AND RIVERSIDE THAT AREA- THEY'RE
GOING OUT TO THE DESERT AND
THEY'RE TOTALLY- CHANGING THE
LANDSCAPE BY- HOOKING IT BACK
BILL LIKE BUILDING WELLS AND
HOOKING INTO- OTHER WATER
SUPPLIES IN. AND THE GROCER HE-
THAT'S REALLY BEYOND WHAT WHAT
THE LOCAL ON. SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CAN HANDLE IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
STATE STATE OFFICIAL CHARGE OVER
ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES TO
OVER ONE THOUSAND WATER RIGHTS
VIOLATORS. YET THE PROBLEM
CONTINUES. THE CULTIVATION OF
CANNABIS IN REMARK FOR FORESTED
LAST LANDSCAPE OR AS I SAID IN
THE DESERT AND THE USE OF
PESTICIDES ON SOIL CANNABIS
PLANT AND NEARBY NATIVE
VEGETATION DIRECTLY IMPACTS
WILDLIFE AND FISH. AND NEARBY
WATER SOURCES THIS LEGISLATION
CLARIFIES EXISTING STATE LAW TO
EXPLICITLY PENALIZE GROUNDWATER
POLLUTION AND WATER THEFT IN
CASES OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS
FARMING. THIS BILL WILL PROTECT
ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE
RESOURCES WATER AND PUNISH THE
BEHAVIOR OF ILLICIT CANNABIS
CULTIVATORS THAT REFUSED TO GET.
LICENSED AND UNDERMINE THE WORK
WE'VE DONE TO PROMOTE THE LEGAL
AND SAFE CONSUMPTION OF CANNABIS
PRODUCTS. PUNISHING THIS
ACTIVITY AS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE
IS NOT ONLY WARRANTED BUT
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO PROTECT
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENT VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES ARE DEPENDENT ON
DWINDLING WATER SUPPLIES. WITH
ME WITH WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL AND FACILITY
QUESTIONS IS SAYING MEG POLICY
ADVOCATE FOR RC RC. SIR IF
YOU'RE THE ONLY WITNESS YOU GOT
FOUR MINUTES. OR USE AT ALL
THANK YOU YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE
IT UP TO GET UP TO FOUR MINUTES.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIR GOOD
EVENING MISTER VICE CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS SO
THE HARD KNOCKS AT NAY AUG WITH
REAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE'D LIKE TO
FIRST THANK OUR CRC WOULD LIKE
TO THANK SENATOR CAFIERO FOR HER
CONTINUED. LEADERSHIP IN THE
SPACE INCLUDING THE MEASURE
BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY SB SEVEN
FIFTY THREE- AS THE SENATOR VERY
NICELY LAID OUT ILLEGAL CANNABIS
REMAINS. A SERIOUS THREAT IN
CALIFORNIA ILLEGAL CULTIVATORS
COMMIT WORKER EXPLOITATION.
WATER THEFT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION. AS PAR FOR COURSE
WITH THEIR LIST OF PRODUCTION.
AND BECAUSE SITES CAN GO
UNDETECTED FOR YEARS. THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THEY CAUSE
OVER TIME CAN BE TRULY
DEVASTATING. TO ALL OF OUR
COUNTIES AS AGAIN FOR THE
SENATOR FOR NATIONAL RATE OUT.
ON TOP OF THESE ORDINARY.
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES
COUNTIES PLAYED WITH THE LIST OF
CULTIVATION HAVE ALSO BEEN
RECKONING WITH THE START
DROUGHT. AND EXTREME WATER
SCARCITY. COUNTIES THAT RELY ON
KEY WATER WASTE LIKE THE RUSSIAN
RIVER SUCH AS THE RUSSIAN RIVER
IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. ARE FORCED
INTO GREATER CHALLENGE WHETHER
CONSTRAINED SUPPLY. IS SIPHONED
BY LEGAL ACTORS. OUR CURRENT
PENALTIES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH
UNFORTUNATELY TO DETERMINE THE
VISUALS. FROM ENGAGING IN THIS
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND DIDN'T THEY
DO NOT SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE
THE HARM THAT ILLEGAL ACTIONS
POSE TO LOCAL WATER RESOURCES.
INCLUDING THE- DEVELOPMENT OF
UNPERMITTED WELLS AND THEIR
IMPACT TO OUR GROUNDWATER
RESOURCES. AND I NEED NOT GO ON
TO THIS COMMITTEE TO- ALSO POINT
OUT THE HARM THAT THE ILLEGAL
SECTOR POSES. TO OUR BURGEONING
LEGAL- CANNABIS MARKET HERE IN
CALIFORNIA TODAY- AS V.
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS VERY NICELY-
DETAILS SB SEVEN FIFTY THREE
REFLECTS AMENDMENTS- THAT WERE
DISCUSSED IN. PRIOR COMMITTEE
HEARINGS FOR PRIOR VERSION OF
THIS BILL AND- WE ARE. GRATEFUL
TO THE AUTHOR FOR WORK ON THIS
AND WE'RE PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE
BILL HERE TODAY THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. SEEING
NONE WILL MOVE TO ANY OPPOSITION
WITNESSES DOING LEAD OPPOSITION
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM. CASING
NINE DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN THE ROOM
OKAY SAYING NONE- MISTER
MODERATOR COULD YOU- PLEASE
PROMPT ANY- INDIVIDUAL WAITING
TO TESTIFY VIA TELECONFERENCE.
ON S. B. SEVEN FIFTY THREE.
THANK YOU RICHARD IF YOU ARE
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SENATE
BILL SB- SEVEN FIVE THREE PLEASE
PRESS ONE FIVE ONE FILED BY ZERO
AT THIS TIME WHAT FOLLOWED BY
ZERO. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
LINE FOR SEVENTY SEVEN YOU ARE
OPEN. MISTER CHAIRMAN SENATORS
ARE GONNA COME AFTER ELLIOT
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA GROUNDWATER COALITION
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. LINE FOR
YOU TO YOUR OFFICE. CALL
WATERMAN ON BEHALF OF SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY AND SUPPORT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD LIFE FOR NINETY
ONE. THIS IS YOUR MEMBERS VOLUME
WE HAVE THE SISKIYOU COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THANK YOU
IN SUPPORT. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE
MORE WITH OPERATORS ONE MOMENT
PLEASE. AND WE'LL GO TO FORTY
ONE YOU ARE OPEN. GOOD EVENING
HANNAH DAVIS AND ON BEHALF OF
THE HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE COMMUNITY
SERVICES DISTRICT AND WE ARE
INSTRUCTED PORT. I AND WHAT WE
DO HAVE ONE MORE QUEUING UP ONE
MOMENT PLEASE WITH AN OPERATOR.
I AM GOOD FOR NINETY THREE
PLEASE GO AHEAD TWENTY. HI THIS
IS A ONE OFF WITH CALIFORNIA
NORMAL- WE ATTENDED IN
OPPOSITION LETTER THE BILL IN A
CONTACTED THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
BUT SHE HERSELF DOES HUGE
GARDENS ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT
YOU WANT TO PENALIZE ISSUE WITH
FIFTY PLANTS- WE WANT TO PROTECT
GROUNDWATER TO BUT THIS BILL IS
OVER BROAD AND WE HOPE TO WORK
WITH THE OFFICE TO AMEND IT SO
THAT IT I'M SORRY AND THIS IS
JUST A ME TOO SO. I THANK YOU
FOR THAT ALL RIGHT WELL- WITH
THAT LET'S BRING IT BACK AND
MISTER ANDREA WE ARE. OUT OF
WE'RE DONE WITH THE Q. YEP
EVERYBODY HAS A UP OKAY WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
AND I SEE SENATOR LAYERED. I
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR
BRINGING THE BILL AND IT IS A
GENUINE PROBLEM AND I'M DOING A
COMPANION BILL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
IF YOU'RE THE WATER BOARD YOU
HAVE TO GIVE TWENTY FOUR HOURS
NOTICE AND WHEN THE SHERIFF GETS
A WARRANT. THE SHERIFF DOESN'T
HEAD SO THAT THAT CAN BE
SYNCHRONIZED AND I THINK IN BOTH
CASES. HOME THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL
BILLS THEY'RE NOT LAW
ENFORCEMENT BILLS AND SO- I
SALUTE YOU AND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME ALL BE READY TO
MOVE THE BILL. THANK YOU CENTER
LAYERED A CENTER GROVE. THANK
YOU THANK YOU FOR THIS BILL AND
YOUR PREVIOUS BILL THERE ARE A
LOT OF COMMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS
BILL WHAT I DID SUPPORTED AND I
APPLAUD YOU FOR HAVING A PLAN.
ON THIS BILL- AFTER
REDISTRICTING I REPRESENT KERN
TULARE AND FRESNO COUNTIES BUT
GOT A DEFERRED AREA OF SAMBAR
DINO COUNTY UNTIL THE NEW
SENATOR IS ELECTED IN THAT AREA.
AND WE DID AERIAL TOUR WHEN I
REPRESENTED THAT COMMUNITY THE
SHERIFF DICUS TICKETS ON AERIAL
TOUR. AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA
GROWS. BIG TENTS TO JUST POP UP
IN THE DESERT AREA. THE PRETTY
ILLEGAL- WATER AT IT. ASTROS IN
THE GROUND- THEY POLLUTE OUR
AREA THEY POLLUTE THE WATER
SUPPLY. THEY HAVE- MOATS AROUND
THEIR FACILITIES HERE AFTER I
GUESS- DID SEVERAL BEST. WHERE
THEY HAVE FOREIGN FORCED LABOR.
AND INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY
BROUGHT IN SOME OF THEM BARELY
CLOSE STARVING AND IT'S JUST
CRAZY THAT THAT HAPPENS. IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SO I
THINK THAT YOUR BILL WILL-
ESPECIALLY ADDING THE FELONY
TOUCH TO IT. I THINK THAT- THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THERE'S
NOT AN F. PENALTIES EITHER FINES
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY MAKE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO THEY'LL
JUST START UP. IN THE NEXT FIVE
ACRE LOT OVER- YOU KNOW OVER AND
IT'S JUST OPEN SPACE NOT REALLY
OWNED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL. THEY
JUST MOVED TO THE NEXT LOT AND
SO I APPRECIATE THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION LOOK FORWARD TO
PASSING. THANK YOU THANK YOU
SENATOR WE HAVE CENTER LOAN FOR
TADO AND THEN IT AT DELHI. WELL
I THINK I'M AN ECHO JUST WHAT'S
BEEN SAID I REALLY DO SEE THIS
IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE- SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY HAS ABSENT
CANNABIS GROWING AND SO ONCE YOU
SEE THAT BOTH WHEN THE LEGAL IS
THERE THERE'S ALSO. YOU KNOW A
CONTINUED ILLEGAL GROWS AND M.
WHAT WE'RE JUST SEEN IS THAT THE
CONTAMINATION IN THE WATER WAYS
ARE VERY SERIOUS. AND THEIR
ELABORATE I MEAN THEY'RE SO
SERIOUS THEY'RE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE PUT INTO LAW. YEARS AGO
THAT SAY YOU CANNOT. DO IT THIS
WAY YOU SHALL NOT DO IT THIS
WAY- AND THEY ARE HAPPENING- I
HAVE. YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTING. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU CENTER LAMONT
CENTER HER TADO. AGAIN ANOTHER
GREAT BILL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING
FORWARD. WANT TO BE A CO AUTHOR
AND- IF IT HASN'T MOVED IF THE
BILL HASN'T BEEN MOVED YET I
LIKE TO MOVE BUILT APPROPRIATE
TIME. AND- YEAH GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU CENTER HER TADO
SENATOR DOLLY I'LL BE QUICK. I
WANNA BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR AS
WELL. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF THESE
UP IN THE NORTH WE SEE THE EARLY
HUNDREDS OF- WATER TRUCKS A DAY
STEALING WATER AND ALSO QUOTE
YOU LET'S. AND POLLUTION AND
SALMON BEARING STREAMS. MIND YOU
THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THOSE LEFT
IN CALIFORNIA SO THANKS FOR THE
BILL LOOK FOR SUPPORTING IT.
THANK YOU SENATOR DOLLY ANYONE
ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE. OKAY SO
WE HAVE A MOTION ON S. B. SEVEN
FIFTY THREE THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED APPROPRIATIONS-
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. CENTERS MEN I MEAN I SIERRA.
ALAN DELHI. DELHI I EGGMAN.
EGGMAN AYE GROWTH. GROVE I HER
TITLE. FOR TITLE I LAYERED.
LAYERED I LIMÓN. LIMÓN AYE
PADILLA AYE. VIDEA AYE STERN.
OKAY. EIGHT THE VOTE IS EIGHT
ZERO LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL
THANK YOU CENTER COVER EURO. I
THINK OUR MATCHING THANK YOU TO
THE COMMITTEE. SO I THINK WE
HAVE SENATOR MCGUIRE READY TO
PRESENT AND WE THIS IS FILE
ITEM. SIX SB FIVE HUNDRED CENTER
REQUIRE YOU CAN. PROCEED
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISTER CHAIR
MISTER CHAIR- SB FIVE HUNDRED
EASE THE JOINT COMMITTEES ON.
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ANNUAL
OMINOUS BILL ON THE BUS. HELLO
DEAR LORD IS THE LONG DAY I'M
THE BEST BILL TO REMEDY ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES LARGE AND SMALL
RELATED CALIFORNIA'S FISHERIES
OR AQUACULTURE INDUSTRIES THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CENTER
VIDEOS REALLY BEEN LOOKING
FORWARD TO ALL THE- ALL DAY- HE
WILL NOT CLAIM UP ON THIS ONE SB
FIVE HUNDRED ADDRESSES VARIOUS
ISSUES INCLUDING. ALLOWING THE
COVER DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
WILDLIFE TO REQUIRE SPECIFIC
COLORS AND PATTERNS TO
DIFFERENTIATE FISHING GEAR FROM
ONE ANOTHER I HAVE ANY STATE
MANAGED OFFICIAL. GEAR BE COLOR
CODED WELP IDENTIFY- IN REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF UNKNOWN WHALE
ENTANGLEMENTS NUMBER TWO IT
MAKES URCHIN FISHERY SAFER BY
ALLOWING THE FISHING GAME
COMMISSION TO CREATE A JOHN DOE
DE CAN'T PERMIT. ADDING AN EXTRA
PAIR OF EYES TO URCHIN DIVING
BUT WHEN THE DIVERS UNDERWATER
IN IT EXTENDS THE CURRENT
AQUACULTURE FEED PROGRAM UNTIL
JANUARY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY FIVE
CURRENTLY PROGRAM IS SET TO
EXPIRE ON JANUARY FIRST OF
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO DAVID GOLDBERG
HE WAS THE EXACT ADDRESS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN COMMISSION
IS GONNA JOIN US. THE GARAGE
CLOSED AT SEVEN IN HE WASN'T
GETTING HIS CAR OUT. SO HONEST
GOD TRUTH IS SO HE'S UNABLE TO
BE HERE. ABOUT WE HAVE THE MAN
THE MYTH THE LEGEND MR CHAIRMAN
SERAP ROSS PRESENT THE COMPANY
FISHERIES AND SEAFOOD INSTITUTE
THEY SPEAK IN SUPPORT. OF THE ON
THE BEST THE- THANK YOU ARE YOU
THE ALL ONE THIS YES SIR CASEY
OF UP TO MINUTES THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS I'M ROB
ROSS I REPRESENT THE CALIFORNIA
FISHERIES AND SEAFOOD INSTITUTE
WE HAVE MEMBERS. THAT ARE
MEMBERS OF THE SEA URCHIN
COMMISSION. I ALSO REPRESENT THE
CALIFORNIA AQUACULTURE
ASSOCIATION AN ELEMENT OF THE
BILL THAT- THAT WE HAVEN'T
MENTIONED IS THAT IN BOTH CASES.
INDUSTRY IS. UP AS VOLUNTEER TO
PROVIDE MORE FUNDS. FOR THE WORK
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD NAG
DOES FOR URCHIN ALONG WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT FISH
WILDLIFE. FOR THE FISHERIES AND
WE ASK FOR YOUR I. PHONE. THANK
YOU FOR THAT VERY VERY- SUCCINCT
AND APPROPRIATE TESTIMONY. DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES HERE IN
SUPPORT. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR
TESTIMONY YOUR COMMENTS YOUR
NAME AFFILIATION POSITIONAL BILL
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE OKAY ANY-
WITNESSES THE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON
TO WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY
VIA TELECONFERENCE MR MODERATOR.
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANYONE. IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB FIVE
HUNDRED. THANK YOU ANYBODY'S OF
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SB FIVE
HUNDRED PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO AT
THIS TIME WHEN FILED BY ZERO.
ONE MOMENT PLEASE. AND WE DO
HAVE WON WITH AN OPERATOR.
ANYBODY ELSE- PLEASE HIT ONE
ZERO SO YOU CAN GET YOUR LINE
NUMBER. AND WE WILL BUT ONLY FOR
SEVENTY THREE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
REMEMBRANCES MAY INCLUDE ONE
WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN
SUPPORT. MISTER CHAIRMAN NOBODY
ELSE CUED UP FANTASTIC THANK YOU
TO OUR WITNESSES. OKAY DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER TO ANYONE ON THE
COMMITTEE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON
THIS BILL OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION
PRESENTED OLLIE- CENTER MCGUIRE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE AND I
APOLOGIZE I WILL BE TAKING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AS WELL
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISTER CHAIR
UP FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT.
IN AND HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE
EVENING. THANK YOU SENATE WHERE
IT'S BEGINNING A LONG NIGHT FOR
SOME OF US- ALRIGHT THE MOTION
FROM SENATOR DOLLY IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. CENTERS MEN. MEN I SIERRA
ALLEN. DELLY DELLY I EGGMAN
EGGMAN AYE GROWTH. GROVE I HER
TITLE FOR TITLE I LAYERED AMONG
THE MOAN I DO. JUST CAN'T HELP
MYSELF I. AT STERN. IT OKAY.
SENATE OKAY THE VOTE RIGHT NOW
IS SEVEN NOTHING AND IT WILL
LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL. OKAY
WILL MOVE TO A CENTER ALLEN IS
NOT HERE IN THE ROOM SO MOVE TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN CENTER
DOLLY SB EIGHT THIRTY SIX- YOU
CAN PROCEED ONE EVERY THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS. ONLY BE
LITTLE BACKGROUND BEFORE I READ
THE TEST ME SB EIGHT THIRTY SIX
LAST YEAR I DID A BILL ACTUALLY
WAS TO YOUR BILL. TO TRY TO DO
WATER CONSERVATION CALIFORNIA-
AS A MISUSE WITH MY BILL
CONCERNING STUFF THAT I WAS NOT
TRYING TO DO. THIS BILL SIMPLY
IS JUST TRYING TO WATER
CONSERVATION IN SISKIYOU COUNTY
A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE WATER
THEFT THE LAST BILL WE JUST TALK
ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE WE HAVE.
HUNDREDS OF TRUCKLOADS OF WATER
LEAVING OUR DITCHES OFF OF
COUNTY ROADS THIS BILL- BY THE
WAY THE AGRICULTURE THE FOLKS
THAT HAVE THE WATER ON THE
STITCH- ARE. AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE
30% OF THEIR WATER RIGHT. AWAY
FOR FISH. SO THEY HAVE A 100% OF
THEIR WATER THEY'RE GONNA GIVE
30% AWAY THE PROBLEM IS. WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT WATER IN
A PIPE SO THAT WE DON'T NUMBER
ONE GET IT TAKEN FROM US NUMBER
TWO- WEAK CONTROL LEAKAGE. AND
THEFT SO THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS. ACROSS RULE CALIFORNIA
WATER LOSS IN AGRICULTURE
RESIDENTIAL IS THE RESULT OF
POOR A POOR DELIVERY SYSTEMS
OPENER DITCHES ARE SUBJECT TO
CONTAMINATION EVAPORATION. AND
LEAKAGE RESULTING IN WATER WASTE
WHICH MAY NEVER REACH THE END
USER. SB EIGHT SIX SIX EIGHT
THIRTY SIX ALLOWS WATER RIGHT
HOLDERS AND SISKIYOU COUNTY TO
IMPROVE THE WATER FLOW. OF WATER
EITHER THROUGH LINING A DITCH OR
INSTALLING A CONDUIT. THIS BILL
WOULD REQUIRE THE RATA RIGHTS
HOLDER TO NOTIFY ALL LANDOWNERS
BEFORE MAKING REPAIRS AND
MODIFICATIONS. AND ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FOR THE
COST. EXISTING LAWS SLOWS DOWN
EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND WATER
SERVING IMPROVEMENTS WHEN HONOR
WATER RIGHT HOLDERS RESIST
ACCESS ESPECIALLY DURING DROUGHT
YEARS THE STATE. DESPERATELY
NEEDS WATER CONSERVATION
SOLUTIONS PIPING CAN HELP TO
SOLVE THESE ISSUES FOR THE
CONSUMER AND REDUCE WATER. WASTE
BY UP 250% THIS BILL. CREATES
MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN DEALING
WITH WATER PIPES AND CONDUITS
THAT NEED REPAIR SB EIGHT THIRTY
SIX WOULD IMPROVE WATER
EFFICIENCY. AND WOULD BRING
WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM INST INTO
CALIFORNIA INTO THE MODERN AGE.
I AM TAKING ALSO TAKING AUTHOR
AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY
CALIFORNIA LAND TITLE
ASSOCIATION THAT WAS RIGHT.
RIGHTFULLY THE HONOR EXISTING
EASEMENT WOULD RIGHTFULLY HONOR
EXISTING EASEMENT AGREEMENTS I
HAVE WITH ME. JIM HOW PENNY HERE
TO SPEAK DIRECTLY THE CHALLENGES
HERE THAT- AND MANY OF THE WATER
RIGHT OWNERS THAT ARE FACING HE
ACTUALLY IS- THE PERSON THAT IS
ON THE- IS ON THE DITCH. THANK
YOU IN THIS YOU HAVE ONE WITNESS
SENATE ON JUST OKAY FANTASY YOU
HAVE UP TO FOUR MINUTES THANK
YOU. MY NAME IS JIM HEALTH ANY I
AM A- FARMER- LANDOWNER- WATER
RIGHT HOLDER IN SISKIYOU COUNTY.
AND I'VE HEARD SOME PRETTY LOFTY
IDEAS HERE ON- WHAT WE NEED TO
DO ABOUT WATER IN CALIFORNIA WE
HAVE JUST ONE OF THE SMALL
DETAILS. WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF-
IN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA LAW-
CONSISTENTLY HOLDS THAT OUR
WATER RIGHT HOLDER CANNOT PIPE
OR LINE. AN OPEN DITCH WITH AN
IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL IT'S BEEN
TRIED IN COURT I'VE GOT A LIST
OF AT LEAST FIVE CASES THAT DATE
BACK TO THE LATE EIGHTEEN
HUNDREDS- WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR
IS A CHANGE IN THAT LAW FROM
THOSE DAYS TO WERE WE CAN. CARRY
THAT WATER THROUGH PIPES THAT IT
GETS TO THE END USER WHERE IT'S
NEEDED. TO THE- CERTAIN ÁP
NUMBER OF HIS REAL ESTATE- I'VE
HEARD I READ THE- ANALYSIS BY
THE COMMITTEE. THAT WRITTEN
PERMISSION SEEMS TO BE A BIG
DEAL- BUT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE
WRITTEN PERMISSION- IF I GET
WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ANY LAND
OR I CAN PUT THAT DITCH
ANYWHERE- WE ALREADY HAVE
EXISTING EASEMENTS FOR THOSE
STITCHES- WE HAVE AN EASEMENT TO
CONVEY THE WATER WE HAVE AN
EASEMENT TO MAINTAIN THE DEBTS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN EASEMENT
TO PUT THAT UP THE TO LINE THE
DITCH OR TO PUT IT IN FIVE AND
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE- TO
CHANGE THAT. LEGISLATION THANK
YOU THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL HERE TODAY. OKAY SING
AND WE HAVE ANY OF THE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION. ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES OKAY SAYING
NONE MISTER MODERATOR- IF YOU
COULD PLEASE Q. OF ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB
EIGHT THIRTY SIX WE CAN BEGIN.
FIKIR CHER- IF YOUR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO S. B. EIGHT THREE
SIX PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO. INTEL
BY ZERO AT THIS TIME. D. W.'S
QUEUING UP VERY CONTROVERSIAL
BILL OKAY WILL BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU ARE
WITNESS. ANY BUT IN THE CAN YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
CENTER GROVE TO MOVE THE BILL S.
SENATE ALL THAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE. I JUST SAID. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD MANY OTHER
BILLS THAT- HAVE ADDRESSED SOME
OF THE ISSUES BUT THIS BILL
ACTUALLY IS GOOD CONSERVATION.
THE FOLKS THAT OWN THE WATER
RIGHTS ON THE DITCH ARE WILLING
TO GIVE THEIR WATER RATES UP FOR
FISH- BUT THEY WANT TO GIVE THE
REMAINING AMOUNT TO THE FARMERS
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR DOLLY WE
HAVE A MOTION ON S. B. EIGHT
THIRTY SIX THE MOTION IS TO PASS
AS AMENDED- CONSULTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CENTERS MEN MEN I
SEE ARNOLD ALLEN. ALLEN I DALY
HI DALY AYE EGGMAN. EGGMAN I
GROW. ROME I HER TADO FOR TITLE
II LAYERED. LIMÓN LIMON I DO.
PADILLA I STERN. HE SAID. THE
VOTE IS EIGHT ZERO WILL LEAVE
THAT BILL ON CALL FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS- OKAY WE HAVE TWO BILLS
LEFT SENATOR ALAN. YOU ARE DOING
FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT
IS S. B. WHAT. IS THREE EIGHTY
NINE SO. YOU CAN PROCEED ONE
READY. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH
MISTER CHAIR GOOD EVENING. AND
LET ME START BY THINKING THE
MEMBERS THAT'S RIGHT THE MEMBERS
OF THE STAFF. FOR THE DILIGENT
WORK THEY DID ON THE SPELL.
GENEVIEVE I'LL BE ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS SO I'M
I'M- PLEASE BE PRESENTING THIS
BILL TODAY. WHICH WILL PROVIDE
OUR WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD WITH THE ABILITY TO
VERIFY. THE EXISTENCE AND SCOPE
OF CLAIMS TO SENIOR WATER RIGHTS
- CALIFORNIA'S HAD A COMPLICATED
HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER
RIGHTS THOSE WHO CLAIM THE WHOLE
RIGHTS PRIOR TO NINETEEN FORTIES
TALISMAN. OF WHAT IS NOW THE
WATER BOARD ARE EXEMPTED FROM
THE SAME SCRUTINY GIVEN TO THEIR
POST NINETEEN FOURTEEN
COUNTERPARTS. AS THE STATE FACES
INCREASED DROUGHT AND WATER
SHORTAGES IT HAS BECOME
INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FOR THE
BOARD TO APPROVE NEW DIVERSE
APPLICATIONS OR TO LIMIT ORDERS
FOR REDUCE USAGE GIVEN THEIR
NEED. TO ACCOUNT FOR DIVERSIONS
THEY LACK SUFFICIENT INFORMATION
ABOUT. BY PROVIDING THE BOARD
WITH THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR
PROOF OF THESE RIGHTS ALONG WITH
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ITS
SCOPE THE BOARD'S ABLE TO MAKE
MORE INFORMED DECISIONS WHICH IS
A BENEFIT TO ALL HOLDERS IN THE
SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF THE RIGHT.
OF THE KIND OF RIGHT THAT THEY
MAY HAVE. TO BE CLEAR THE
PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS BILL IS
INFORMATION GATHERING THAT BEING
SAID- THROUGH THE GATHERING OF
EVIDENCE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
HEARING THE BILL GRANTS THE
BOARD THE ABILITY TO ULTIMATELY
ISSUE A DECISION ON THE VALIDITY
OF YOUR RIGHT. THE LANGUAGE IN
THE BILL AND REFERENCING A
NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
HEARING. IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
OTHER WITH OTHER PROCEEDINGS
CURRENTLY IN PLACE. AS OUTLINED
IN THE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH THE
REQUIREMENT OF PLACING THE
BURDEN OF PROOF ON THE CLAIMANT
. IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS
CONCERNS OF THE OPPOSITION THE
COMMITMENTS- I WILL REQUIRE THE
BOARD TO ISSUE A. SETTING OF
REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH MORE
TRANSPARENCY. ABOUT THE HEARING
PROCESS ALONG WITH ALL WE ALONG
WITH KINDS OF EVIDENCE THAT
WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. ALL THE
AMENDMENTS ARE. ONLINE THEN. ON
PAGE NINE. SO THE BILL'S NOT AN
OVERHAUL OF OUR WATER RATES
SYSTEM IT'S A IT'S A IT'S AIMED
AT ENSURING OUR SYSTEMS OPERATE
THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BEFORE
THAT WE RUN OUT OF TIME TO FIX
IT- IT IT. ALTERNATELY COMES
DOWN TO MAKING SURE THAT- THOSE
THAT WERE THE RIGHTS ARE
LEGITIMATE THAT RIGHTS ARE
LEGITIMATE- SO HERE TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL I HAVE
MATTHEW BAKER OF THE PLANNING
CONSERVATION LEAGUE THE BILL'S
SPONSOR ALONG WITH. PROFESSOR
DAVE- AND FROM THE UC. COLLEGE
OF LOS EVERY CISCO. FORMALLY
KNOWN AS HASTINGS. WHO'S THE
WATER AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY
WHO SPECIALIZE IN WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT TO HAVE TWO WITNESSES
YOU EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES THANK
YOU. GOOD EVENING SENATORS
MATTHEW BAKER POLICY DIRECTOR
FOR PLAYING CONSERVATION LEAGUE
SPONSOR OF THE BILL. THIS BILL
IS SIMPLY INTENDED TO BRIGHT
PROVIDE A TOOL FOR THE BOARD TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THE
SYSTEM FOR ALL USERS. THREE
MILLION PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING
WATER ENTIRE FISHERIES ON THE
VERGE OF EXTINCTION. VAST AREAS
OF THEIR CULTURE THAT HAVE BEEN
LEFT DRY OVER THE PAST TWO
DECADES WE MUST DO A BETTER JOB
MANAGING THE SYSTEM. THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD NOT UNDERMINE THE
REAL LIABILITY OF WATER RIGHT TO
SOME. MIGHT SAY RATHER IT IS A
BASIC NOMINAL IMPROVEMENT TO
INDEED AFFIRM THE CERTAINTY OF
OUR SUPPLIES. 45% OF RIGHT
HOLDERS AND 35% DIVERGENCE BY
VOLUME. ARE HELD UP IN PRE
NINETEEN FOURTEEN RIGHTS WHICH
HAVE NEVER BEEN ADEQUATELY
DOCUMENT REMAIN POORLY
UNDERSTOOD. GIVING THE BOARD THE
POWER OF VERIFICATION IS NOT
PUNITIVE IT IS JUST FOR THE
PURPOSES OF INFORMATION GET
GATHERING. IT IS JUST GOOD
ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING THAT
WE NEED. TO BETTER BE PREPARED
FOR THE HARD TIMES AHEAD. WE
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AND I SEE THE REST OF
MY TIME TO THE PROFESSOR
THINKING. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE
UP TO THREE MINUTES SIR. ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. GOOD
LATE EVENING I GUESS- I SAW MY
REMARKS I HOPE TO CONVEY JUST
THREE POINTS ABOUT SB THREE
EIGHTY NINE- FIRST- THE
REPORTING THAT THIS BILL
REQUIRES A PRETTY STANDARD
ELEMENT OF PROPERTY LOSS THERE'S
NOTHING NOVEL HERE. UP SECOND
THERE'S GOOD REASONS WHY THIS IS
A STANDARD ELEMENT OF PROPERTY
LAW- IN THIRD THE METHODS THAT
THE BILL USES ARE ALSO FAMILIAR
THERE ALSO TRIED AND TRUE. SO
START WITH THE FIRST POINT. SB
THREE EIGHTY NINE EMPOWERS THE
STATE WATER BOARD TO COMPEL
WATER RIGHT HOLDERS TO VERIFY
THEIR RIGHTS. BOB AND THAT'S
SIMILAR TO A LOCAL BUILDING
DEPARTMENT ASKING YOU TO PRODUCE
A SURVEY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO
GET A PERMIT TO BUILD YOUR
PROPERTY PROPERTY LINE- IT'S
SIMILAR TO A POLICE OFFICER.
ASKING SOMEBODY'S PULLED OVER TO
SHOW HER LICENSE REGISTRATION-
IT'S ALSO SIMILAR TO THE PATENT
OFFICE ASKING PEOPLE WHO CLAIM
PATENTS JUST. SUPER- SUBMIT
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE- IN OTHER
WORDS THERE'S NOTHING NOVEL IN A
PROPERTY REGIME ABOUT ASKING
PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR
RIGHTS ARE WHAT THEY SAY THEY
ARE- AND IN FACT THE ONLY THING
THAT'S WEIRD. IS THAT IN
CALIFORNIA WATER LAW WE'VE HAD.
SIGNIFICANT CLASSES OF WATER
RIGHTS WE'RE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN
THE STATE THE ABILITY TO DEMAND
THAT VERIFICATION. FOR A VERY
LONG TIME- SECOND THEY'RE VERY
GOOD REASONS WHY WE VERIFY
PEOPLE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS- AND
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT
VERIFICATION STOPS PEOPLE FROM
USING THINGS THAT ARE TEARS.
EITHER INTENTIONALLY. OR
INADVERTENTLY. AND THAT'S A REAL
THREAT WITH WATER JUST AS IT IS
WITH LAND OR- INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OR PATENTS. IF YOU CAN
JUST SAY. THAT SOMETHING IS
YOURS AND THERE'S NO CHECK FROM
THE STATE. NO ABILITY FOR THE
STATE TO VERIFY THAT IN A QUICK
WAY. THEN OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO SAY THINGS ARE THERE
THAT WERE REALLY THERE'S- AND
AGAIN NOT NECESSARILY
INTENTIONALLY IT COULD HAPPEN
ACCIDENTALLY BUT IT WILL HAPPEN.
AND IT WILL PARTICULARLY HAPPEN
FOR SOMETHING LIKE WATER THAT IS
SO VALUABLE AND IT'S MOST LIKELY
TO HAPPEN WHEN WATER IS SCARCE.
AND FINALLY THE METHODS THAT
THIS BILL USES ARE
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TRADITIONAL-
IT USES A PREPONDERANCE OF THE
EVIDENCE STANDARD. WHICH JUST
MEANS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT BASED
ON THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE.
THAT'S THE SAME EVIDENTIARY
STANDARD THAT IS USED IN MOST
CIVIL CASES. AND IT SATISFIES
DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS BY
REQUIRING NOTICE AND AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING. WHICH
ARE THE BASIC AND STANDARD
REQUIREMENTS OF DUE PROCESS. SO
THE BROADER POINT HERE IS THAT
THIS BILL IS JUST ABOUT BRINGING
SOME COMMON SENSE TO CALIFORNIA
WATER MANAGEMENT- FOR A PROPERTY
REGIME TO WORK THE STATE HAS TO
BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO VERIFY
THAT THEY OWN WHAT THEY SAY THEY
OWN- AND- WE DON'T. HAVE THAT
AND HAVEN'T HAD THAT FOR A LONG
TIME IN CALIFORNIA. FOR A
SIGNIFICANT AN IMPORTANT SET OF
PROPERTY RIGHTS THE BIG PROBLEM
AND THIS BILL WOULD FIX. THANK
YOU PROFESSOR I DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL- NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION. ON THE
BILL. WBG NATURI SERVICES
DEFENSE COUNSEL IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL THANK YOU. DENNIS
O'CONNOR MODEL A COMMITTEE IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO
OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES LET'S
MOVE ON TO ANY LEAD OPPOSITION
WITNESSES WILL BE LEAD
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM. RIGHT SING AND WE HAVE ANY
OTHER I'M SORRY LEAD UP OKAY. WE
DO. YOU'RE TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND SUCH. OKAY SO YOU EACH
HAVE TWO MINUTES OR FOUR MINUTES
IN THE AGREED IF YOU WANNA SPLIT
THAT. THANK YOU- GOOD EVENING MY
NAME'S REBECCA SMITH I'M A
PRACTICING WATER IT'S ATTORNEY
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES- HERE TO EXPRESS OUR
CONCERNS ABOUT SB THREE NINE. AT
THE OUTSET I WANT TO SAY WE'VE
SUPPORT WAS SUPPORTS THE GOAL OF
IMPROVING OUR WATER RATES
SYSTEM- THIS OPPOSITION IS NOT
MEANT TO SUGGEST THAT. WATER YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE
OUTSIDE THE LAW OR OUTSIDE THE
LIMITS THAT THEY THEY HAVE
WITHIN THE WATER IT'S- STILL
THERE THERE ARE PRACTICAL AND I
CAN. WILL PROBLEMS WITH THIS
BILL BUT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED-
YOU HEARD THIS BILL CHARACTER
CHARACTERIZED AS JUST LIKE
GETTING SHOWING YOUR DRIVER'S
LICENSE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT
CHARACTERIZATION IS THAT. THIS
IS DARK WATER RIGHTS THAT THIS
BILL IS TARGETING ARE BASED ON
THE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY
AND- PERSONAL USE OF PARTICULAR
PERSONAL. IF YOU COME TO ME
TODAY AND SAY. TELL ME IF I
RIPARIAN WATER RIGHT I WILL SAY.
LET ME SEE THE DATA THE DATA IN
THE HISTORY OF THAT PERSONAL ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE DAY OF THE
PERSONALS PATENT- SO THE FIRST
TIME THAT PASSED AND PRIVATE
OWNERSHIP. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND ALL OF
THOSE RIGHTS ARE DEFINED IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE STRING SYSTEM SO.
RIPARIAN TEACHING JOY ARE
CORRELATIVE SHARE IN THE STREAM
SYSTEM. FOURTEENS HABITS SYSTEM
SENIORITY JUST LIKE OPPOSE
FOURTEENS. THAT ARE DEFINED
AMONG. THE FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY
WITHIN THE SYSTEM. I ALSO KNOW
THE BOARD DOESN'T OPERATE IN A
VACUUM WHEN IT COMES THESE
RIGHTS IT CAN AND DOES HAVE THE
ABILITY TO ISSUE INFORMATIONAL
ORDERS. AND EACH OF THESE
CLAIMANTS ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T
HOLD STATE WORK PERMITS. THEY DO
PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORTS- THOSE
REPORTS INDICATE THE BASIS OF
THEIR RIGHT THE LOCATION OF USE
THE RATE OF DIVERSION. THE
AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S BEING
DIVERTED. SOME OF THOSE OF
ANYONE WHO'S AVERTING OVER TEN
ACRE FEET A YEAR IS ALSO
REPORTING UNDER SPD EIGHT IN
MONTHLY WEEKLY OR EVEN HOURLY
INTERVALS THAT. THE AMOUNT OF
WATER THEY'RE HAVING DIVERTED.
THEIR REMEDIES HERE WHEN THE
USER EXCEEDS THE SCOPE OF THE
RIGHT THE OTHER USERS WORK.
COMPLAINTS TO THE STATE BOARD
CONDITION INVESTED CAN DIDN'T
INSTIGATE AN INVESTIGATION- I
CAN ALSO INSTIGATE. ANY KIND OF
COURT PROCEEDING EDUCATION. THE
STANDARD OF REVIEW IS ALSO AN
ISSUE FOR OUR WATER RIGHTS
HOLDERS OF THESE RIGHTS ARE.
LONG VESTED RIGHTS THAT HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CHALLENGED
HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND IN OUR
SYSTEM FOR A LONG TIME. TWO
MINUTES IF YOU AND I. STILL HAVE
YOUR TIME TO- AND WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE CENTER A REVIEW THERE'S
AN ALRP THERE'S AND THERE'S A
COMPARISON TO THE- STREAM
EDUCATIONS. THE DIFFERENCE IS
THAT A STREAM EDUCATION IS A
USER INITIATED PROCESS. THE
JUDICATA RIGHT AS TO EVERYBODY
WHO'S CLAIMING ON THE STREAM.
THIS IN CONTRAST WOULD BE A
BORDER JUST A BOARD ISSUED A
PROCESS AS TO ONE PARTICULAR
USER. THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL
DIFFERENCE THERE AND WE THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT- WE
WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH THE AUTHOR AND THE
BILL PROPONENTS TO ADDRESS OUR
CONCERNS AND THE BURKE BOARDS
NEED FOR CERTAINTY IN MANAGING
THE WATER IT SYSTEM. BUT THE
BILL AS IT STANDS AQUA
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT.
THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
DON GILBERT ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
ASSOCIATION AND ITS DOZENS OF
PUBLIC WATER AGENCY MEMBERS.
RECOVER REGRETTABLY OPPOSING MY
FRIEND SENATOR ALLEN'S BILL- OF.
OF APPROXIMATELY 80% OF SURFACE
WATER RIGHTS. ARE HELD BY PUBLIC
WATER AGENCIES SO THIS BILL
LET'S BE CLEAR IS DIRECTED AT
PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES OUT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT.
UNLESS THERE'S DATED TO THE
CONTRARY WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN IN
THE ANALYSIS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD
IN ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS BY
THE PROPONENTS. THAT THERE
SHOULD BE. A LITTLE BIT HIGHER
REGARD FOR OUR PUBLIC WHAT WATER
AGENCIES AS GOOD STEWARDS OF.
THIS IMPORTANT RESOURCE UNLESS
THERE'S SOME TRIGGER THAT
SUGGESTS THAT'S OBJECTIVE THAT
SUGGESTS THAT AN INVESTIGATION
IS NEEDED BECAUSE DESPITE WHAT
THE PROPONENTS ARGUED WE'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT SOME MATTER OF
FACT THING. AN INVESTIGATION
THERE'S NO REAL QUOTE PROBABLE
CAUSE THERE'S NO REAL TRIGGER
WITH RESPECT THE EFFORT TO FIX
THAT IN THE AMENDMENT IT'S- ALL
THE WATER BOARD HAS TO SAY IS WE
HAVE COSTS- SO THEN THEY GO AND
THEY INVESTIGATE. AND WE DON'T
THINK IT'S NOTHING THAT WE START
HAVING TO PROVE UP OUR WATER
RIGHT WE THINK THE STATE SHOULD
HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE'S A
PROBLEM BEFORE THEY INVESTIGATE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU IF
YOU COULD WRAP UP HERE YES SO-
AGAIN- THE KEY POINT IS THAT WE
ARE VERY CONCERNED. ABOUT
INVESTIGATIONS BY THE STATE
BOARD OF LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES
WHO ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS
IMPORTANT RESOURCE AND WE
RESPECTFUL. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE BILL
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL
RIGHT DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES HERE IN THE
ROOM LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR TESTIMONY OR
COMMENTS YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
AND POSITION ON THE MEASURE. GO
AHEAD THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS CHASE AND I OCCURRED ON
BEHALF OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT RANCHO CALIFORNIA
WATER DISTRICT IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION ALL IN OPPOSITION
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BRENDA
BASS CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU
. THE FUTURE MEMBERS GOING VIRAL
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE WATER
CONTRACTORS IN OPPOSITION THANK
YOU. HEY THERE JAMIE MINOR ON
BEHALF OF TURLOCK IRRIGATION
DISTRICT AND SANTA MARGARITA
WATER DISTRICT IN OPPOSITION
THANK YOU. D. INTEL WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS AND
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION
RESPECTFULLY POST THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING EARLY MCHALE BEHALF
OF SAN LUIS DELTA MENDOTA WATER
AUTHORITY AND UNITED WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. ANALLY IT
CAN ON BEHALF OF SAN GABRIEL
VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
MESA WATER DISTRICT IN SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THANK YOU
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING CHURCH
MEMBERS OFFERED A MEDINA HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE INTERROGATION
DISTRICT ALSO RESPECTFULLY POST.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING DANNY
MERKLEY AGAIN WITH THE VOCAL
GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION WINE
GRAPE GROWERS- FRESNO'S MAYOR
JERRY DYER. KERN COUNTY WATER
AGENCY- KINGS RIVER INTEREST AND
MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT
OPPOSED THANK YOU. JR MEMBERS
SAID MANY WOULD KEEP THE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF MOJAVE
WATER AGENCY WESTERMANN THIS
BILL WATER DISTRICT AND- WESTERN
GROWERS IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPPOSITION
WITNESSES HERE IN THE ROOM OKAY
NOT SEEING ANY WILL MOVE ON ANY
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE. MISTER MODERATOR
IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROMPT ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SP
THREE EIGHTY NINE APPRECIATE IT
. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR- AS HE
STATED IF YOUR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO SB CREATE NINE
PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO WE'LL
BEGIN WITH LIKE FOUR FIFTY NINE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. FOUR FIFTY
NINE. OKAY THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
ON BEHALF OF SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA THE UNIFICATION
SCIENTISTS CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS ON SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MY FOR SIXTEEN NINETY
WORLD. GOOD EVENING THIS IS NO
WELL CREAMERS OF INSTITUTE AT
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE. PLEASE GO
AHEAD FORTY FIVE. THIRTY FOUR ON
THE HAVE RALLIED MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT IN OFFICE. THANK YOU
YOU LOOK YOU ARE OPEN LATE FOR
EIGHTY EIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD
FOR EIGHTY EIGHT. HELLO
REGULIDAE ALLOWED WITH REPORTER
METHYLATION ON BEHALF OF
ELDORADO YOU FORGET FROM
DISTRICT SISTER WATER AGENCY OF
THE NORTH VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT SOLANO COUNTY WATER
AGENCY AND VALLEY ATWATER
CORRELATION IN STRONG
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU THANK YOU
. LINE FOR FIFTY EIGHT YOU ARE
OPEN. GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS
CODY PHILLIPS ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA COOKIE BRIAN'S IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK
YOU. FOUR NINETY ONE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS RESPECTFULLY IN
OPPOSITION THIS PAUL YODER ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNTIES OF SAN
JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS AND ALSO
THE SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN.
IRRIGATION DISTRICT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. THANK FOR NINETY FOUR
YOU ARE OPEN. I WOULD NOT BE
HAPPY. REPORT THANK YOU. PLEASE
GO AHEAD LINE FOR NINETY FIVE.
GOOD EVENING NO ONE MATIC WITH
THE CITY OF RED CELL IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. LIKE FOUR
NINETY SIX YOU ARE OPEN. GOOD
EVENING TAYLOR RUSSIAN ON BEHALF
OF VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH XIN THANK YOU
. FOUR NINETY SEVEN YOU ARE OPEN
. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF AB
BRITAIN WITH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WATERS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. YEAH
THANK YOU. WE'LL GIVE A QUICK
GUY REMINDER FOOTBALL PLAYS
WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION TO SB. THREE EIGHT
NINE FIVE FOUR NINETY NINE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. DODD FRANK FROM
THE CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE- I'VE GONE TO THE
QUEUE SHARE ALL RIGHT THANK YOU
MR MODERATOR THANK YOU ALL OF
OUR WITNESSES WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE MEMBERS
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE BILL. CENTER
EGGMAN. I'M JUST A DISTANT. TO
APPRECIATE. FOR WHOEVER YOUR
CONSTITUENTS YOU BRING THIS
FORWARD FOR THE FOR MY
CONSTITUENTS IS A VERY HARD TO
TALK ABOUT THE FOURTEENTH WATER
RIGHTS AND AS AS SOME OF THE
OPPOSITION SAID YOU'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S A PROBLEM
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AND LOOKS
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD JUST
GOING AND LOOKING AT EVERYBODY
AND THEN DECIDING IF THEY THINK
THEY HAVE APPROPRIATE WATERS
ANNA AND THEN MAKING THEM PROVE
IT. SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE A
SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM
AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
TODAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU YOU
ARE JUST ONE OF SEVERAL. OKAY
THANK YOU US ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER DOLLY. WELL I. SO WHAT
WHAT I WANT TO. TRY TO GET WHAT
WHAT IT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
PROBLEM WAS THE PROBLEM YEAH
YEAH AND THAT'S I THINK THE
QUESTION. THE NEED TO BE
ANSWERED I MEAN LOOK IF YOU HAVE
A PRE NINETEEN FORTY WATER RIGHT
IT'S NOT LIKE NOBODY KNOWS YOU
HAVE IT. RIGHT LAST YEAR FOR
EXAMPLE DURING THE DROUGHT. WITH
PRE NINETEEN FOURTEEN WATER
RIGHTS IN MY DISTRICT. GOT
CURTAILED BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY
WERE WE HAD A SERIOUS WATER
SHORTAGE SO WE WE'RE I GUESS TO
ME IT WOULD BEGAN TO THE FIRST
QUESTION IS WHAT WHAT. WHAT'S
THE BASIS OF. THE ALLEGATIONS
THAT YOU DON'T THINK ARE GETTING
COVERED RIGHT NOW. YEAH LOOK
WE'VE TASK WE KNOW WE HAVE A
WATER PROBLEM. WE'VE PASSED OUR
WATER BOARD WITH- WITH
INVESTIGATING IN ASCERTAINING.
WATER RIGHTS IN THE STATE. ARE
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THE WHOLE
ISSUE OF- THE OF THESE THESE
RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR
OVER A HUNDRED OVER A HUNDRED
YEARS. AND ALL WE'RE SEEING IS.
THAT THE WATER BOARD OUGHT TO
HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
ASCERTAIN WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE
ACTUALLY REAL OR NOT- THERE'S A
WHOLE STUDY DONE ON THIS A BUNCH
OF WATER LAW EXPERTS GOT
TOGETHER. AND TALKED ABOUT THE
LACK OF FLEXIBILITY THE WATER
BOARD HAS RIGHT NOW. I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE YOU KNOW
THAT THERE'S- YOU THE ONE THE
WATER BOARD'S BEEN IS OUR-
GOVERNMENTAL TOOL. TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS AN AXE THAT
THERE'S AN EQUITABLE. AND FAIR
AND LEGALLY SOUND SYSTEM FOR.
OUR FOR CONTROL OVER WATER AND
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AROUND THE
STATE. I YOU KNOW IF FOLKS FEEL
THAT THE WATER BOARD IS GOING TO
TAKE THIS AND KIND OF BECOME
SOME MASSIVE AUTHORITARIAN.
MACHINE WE GOT TO REFORM THE
WATER BOARD- BUT BUT THERE IT
BUT THERE IT'S THEIR JOB. TO TO
MAKE SURE YOU ASKED ABOUT YOU
KNOW WHAT CONSTITUENT RIGHT I
MEAN WE'RE WE'RE WE ALL HAVE A
STAKE IN THE IN THE WATER SYSTEM
IS THAT CALIFORNIA'S SINGLE ONE
OF US EVERYTHING CALIFORNIA
DOES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS. THE THIRD THAT THERE
IS ACCESS TO AN EQUITABLE-
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO WATER IN THE
STATE. AND IN SO WE'RE NOT
ASKING FOR SOME MASSIVE OVERHAUL
OF THE WATER RIGHTS SYSTEM WE'RE
JUST SAYING THAT YOU FOR THOSE
FOLKS THAT EVEN SITTING ON WATER
RIGHTS FOR A LONG LONG TIME.
THAT YOU TO PROVE UP THEIR CLAIM
IF THERE'S SOME REASON THAT THE
WATER BOARD WANTS TO ASK THEM
ABOUT THEIR CLAIM- THERE SO
WE'VE EVER EVER THIS IS DISOBEYS
ATTENDED A PROPERTY LAW YOU WANT
TO HAVE. SOME PROOF THAT DID YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TITLE TO WHAT TO
WHAT YOU'RE TO DO THIS THIS-
THIS ASSET THAT YOU HAVE. THAT'S
THE CONCEPT HERE AND IT'S A IT'S
SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF A-
PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. REPORT THAT
WAS DONE BY A WHOLE SLEW OF
WATER EXPERT AS REFER TO IN THE-
IN THE- IT'S ABOUT INFORMATION
GATHERING ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE
THAT THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY
WORKING AS INTENDED. WELL I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT- I MEAN. A
LOT OF PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND
COME UP WITH A LOT OF IDEAS BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE A
SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WHERE YOU
HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE YOU HAVE
WATER RIGHT. AND WE HAVE A COURT
SYSTEM THAT IS BEEN TRIED MANY
TIMES. ON THESE WHO HAS RIGHT
AND I TOURED THE DELTA. A COUPLE
YEARS AGO AND YOU KNOW YOU GET
YOU SEE THE RIVER GOES. TO THE
DELTA AND THERE'S- LIKE HOW DID
THIS WORK AND SO I MET WITH SOME
WINE GRAPE GROWERS ACTUALLY
QUITE FRANKLY. AND I'M LIKE HOW
DO YOU HAVE A WHAT DO YOU WATER
FROM. THEY GET OUT OF THE DITCH.
AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT PARIAN
RIGHT. BECAUSE BEFORE THEY WERE
DEVELOPED THERE WAS A SLEW THAT
CAME THROUGH THERE. AND THEY
DEVELOP THEIR WATER RIGHT. SO I
GUESS FOR ME IT'S- WE- AM I BY
THE WAY. IN SUB TO WHICH IS THE
AREA WHERE WE TALK ABOUT- YOU
KNOW. WHAT WE FIND OUT OF THE-
RESOURCES AGENCY WE PUT MONEY.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO
UPGRADING. THE WATER BOARD'S
ABILITY TO ACTUALLY PUT. THE
WATER RIGHTS ON. IT DIGITIZED.
WHICH ARE PAPER SO WE ARE MOVING
IN THE DIRECTION. OF ACTUALLY
GETTING OUT TO WHERE YOU CAN
CLICK A BUTTON. AND IT WILL TELL
YOU. LANDOWNER X. Y. Z. THIS IS
THEIR WATER RIGHT BECAUSE WE
WERE DIGITIZED SO I DON'T I
DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS I
THINK THIS IS. MORE OF AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO FOR
US TO GIVE POWER TO ANOTHER
AGENCY. TO GO OUT AND WIN SOME.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP WANTS TO OR
SOME BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE
SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO HAVE WATER
RIGHT- BUILDER ASK THEM AND- TO
MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING THAT IS
PROVEN AND- IS IT IS PART THEIR
DEED. BUT SAID IT WAS SO MUCH
RESPECT YOU SAID JUST NOW. THAT
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT YOU MUST
DEMONSTRATE YOU'RE RIGHT. THE
WHOLE POINT OF BILLS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM BY WHICH
PEOPLE. DEMONSTRATE THEIR RIGHT
IF THEY'RE PRE NINETY FOURTEEN-
THAT'S WHAT THE BILL'S TRYING TO
ADDRESS INSTITUTIONAL THEY DO
WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED AS OUR
SYSTEM. IS ACTUALLY REALLY OUR
SYSTEM. WITH THE VIRUS NO I
GUARANTEE YOU HAVE A PRE
NINETEEN FORTY WATER RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT DOCUMENTATION YOU
HAVE THE FREE NINETY THE KNOCK
OUT ROUND WITH THIS BILL. WHY
WERE YOU GIVEN AGENCY THE POWER
TO GO OUT AND ARREST SOMEBODY
THAT DOESN'T NEED ARISES NOT
ABOUT HARASSMENT IT'S NOT ABOUT
HARASSMENT. LIKE IF YOU. WHAT
WHAT WHAT. AS SUCH A FUNNY FRAME
RIGHT I MEAN WELL OKAY WILL.
GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO
QUESTION SOMEBODY WHO'S SO
YOU'RE GUILTY UNTIL PROVED. YOUR
GUILTY BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE TO
PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE HOUSING I
DON'T KNOW. THAT LISTEN IT DID
DO YOU THINK THAT THAT- BUT WHEN
YOU WHEN YOU WALK INTO A ONTO AN
AIRPLANE AND THEY ASK YOU TO.
SHOW YOUR ID THAT YOU'RE GUILTY
BUT BEFORE PROVING AND SEND IT
TO BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR
SOME PROOF OF WHO YOU ARE. I
MEAN THE TRUTH IS IT DID YOU
WE'VE GOT A COMPLICATED SYSTEM.
DID THE STAKES ARE INCREDIBLY
HIGH- AND WE'VE TASK THE WATER
BOARD WITH THE SACRED DUTY OF
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE. ANOTHER
WATER FOR EVERYBODY AND THERE'S
A THERE'S A FAIR SYSTEM THAT IS
ACTUALLY GROUNDED IN LAWTON
WATER RIGHTS. AND I THINK I MEAN
YOUR COMMENT I THINK UNDERSCORES
THE VERY POINT WHERE YOU YOU
JUST. YOU SAID JUST OFF THE CUFF
BECAUSE YOU ASSUME THAT THIS IS
RIGHT WE ALSO MISSES RIGHT.
WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM
BY WHICH EVERY OUNCE OF THEM
DEMONSTRATE THEIR THEIR RIGHT.
AND YET WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR
NINETEEN. NINETY FOURTEEN. AND
IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT
THAT THAT EVERYONE'S GOT
DOCUMENTATION THERE'S NO PROBLEM
HERE. I WOULD. BE DEAD THERE THE
WATER BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND BECOMES
A MASSIVE. NEW CAN. YOU KNOW.
THE HARASSMENT. THAT'S NOT THERE
GOAL THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE ALL
ABOUT THAT'S NOT THERE. THAT'S
NOT THEIR MO. BUT BUT THEY HAVE
A NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S
THAT THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE
SOME SEMBLANCE. OF PROOF
ASSOCIATED WATER RIGHTS AROUND
THE STATE THAT'S DIRT THAT'S THE
GOAL THAT WE'VE GOT THAT'S THE
THAT'S THE ROLE WE TASK THEM
WITH- IN STATUTE. AND SO THIS IS
ABOUT A FLUCTUATING THERE. THEIR
ROLE IS ALL IN THE WATER COULD
YOU KNOW TEN FIFTY ONE- THAT'S
WHAT THIS THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL
HERE. NOW YOU KNOW IF YOUR
CONCERN IS ABOUT ABOUT
HARASSMENT I'M HAPPY TO WORK
WITH YOU ON. SOME LANGUAGE THAT
WOULD ENSURE THAT THAT THAT
WOULDN'T. THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN I
MEAN WE WE'VE GOT. AND YOU KNOW
IN THE AMENDMENTS I THINK HEARD
SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS.
I AM IN THE COMMITTEES ASKING
THAT THERE BE A FINDING THAT
THERE'S A REASONABLY THE
INFORMATION WOULD PROTECT THE
PUBLIC INTEREST OR FOR THE STATE
BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER
THE SECTION- AND ONLY UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES CAN
INVESTIGATE THE DIVERSIONS ON
PAGE NINE. OUT SO YOU KNOW IT
LESS THERE IS LESS THE MUSKIES
FOLKS OF TOTALLY. ARE DERELICT
TARGETING THE EJECTOR ELECTING
THEIR- THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY AND
THEY'RE IN THEIR IN THEIR
DUTIES. UNDER LAW. IT WOULD BE
ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEM
TO ENGAGE IN HARASSMENT THEY
HAVE TO. THEY HAVE TO FIND. THE
THERE THERE THERE HAS TO BE A
FINDING THAT THERE'S REASON TO
BELIEVE. THAT THE INFORMATION
OF- IF GETTING THESE RIGHTS
WOULD BE IT WOULD PROTECT THE
PUBLIC INTEREST OR FOR THE
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE HAS TO BE A
PROACTIVE FINDING. ARE. FOR THEM
TO ACT. UNDER THIS BILL. SO I
YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHO WERE
APPOINTED WATER BOARD I MEAN
MAYBE YOU GOT TO GET ON RULES
COMMITTEE AND OPPOSE THEM OR
GET. GET FOLKS THAT ARE LESS
INCLINED TO WELL TRUST ME I DO
OPPOSE MOST OF THE POINTS THAT
COME THROUGH THAT'S THE PROCESS
WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US BUT LOOK
I'M- I'M- I'M- NOT GONNA BE
SUPPORTING BILL OBVIOUSLY TODAY-
AND YOU KNOW. YOU'RE GUILTY- IN
IT AND THIS BASICALLY IS GIVING
POWER TO WATER BOARD. AND THERE
ARE SOME LET'S BE HONEST OR BE
SOME IN THE STATE TO THINK THAT
IF YOU HAVE A PRE NINETEEN
FOURTEEN WATER RIGHT DID. YOU
DON'T DESERVE IT FOR SOME REASON
ARE THERE SOME. THERE'S A
THERE'S A YOU CAN READ LOTS OF
ARTICLES ABOUT THAT- AND SO I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. THIS
KIND OF LEGISLATION. AND I'VE
SEEN TOO MANY TIMES WHERE THE-
LEGISLATURE HAS DELEGATED THE
POWER. TO AGENCIES. BERMAN
EXAMPLES CALIFORNIA RESOURCES
BOARD- AND WE DON'T GET THE
RESULTS AND WE GET. PEOPLE
GETTING- THEIR BUSINESSES
AROUSED. WHEN THEY'RE RIGHTFULLY
IN THE RIGHT SO- I WILL BE A PUT
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY I
THINK IT. IS OVERREACHING. AND I
THINK IT'S- THAT THERE IS
PLENTY. OF OPPORTUNITIES AND
LOSSES THAT THEY PROVED UP ON
THEIR RIGHTS. AND IF THEY
HAVEN'T SOMEBODY SUING THEM
BECAUSE WATER IS A SCARCE RESET
RESOURCE- CALIFORNIA- FUNCTION
UNDER A LOT FOR PEOPLE TO PROVE
. THEIR RIGHTS IF THEY'RE PRE
NINETY FOURTEEN RIGHT NOW. I
MEAN THAT'S JUST THE FACT THAT
SAYS THE FAX AND- WHERE DO YOU
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT SOMEBODY IS
STEALING WATER. IT'S NOT THERE'S
- UNDER PRE NINETEEN FORTY ONE
RIGHT IF YOU WOULD PRODUCE THAT.
THEN WE WOULD MAYBE HAVE SOME
BASIS FOR THIS BILL I'M NOT I'M
NOT ON THE WATER BOARD I'M NOT
TASKED WITH THAT ROLE. THE WATER
BOARD IS IT SAYS THE WATER TOWER
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE- THAT THE
AND YOU HAVE. THREE NINETEEN
FORTY PEOPLE'S TAKING WATER
THERE'S NOT THERE'S IF THEY IF
THEY DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE
LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE
HAVE IN THE BILL. THEY HAVE TO
HAVE A FINDING. THAT THERE IS A
REASON TO BELIEVE THE
INFORMATION THEY'RE GATHERING
HERE WHICH WOULD BE IT WOULD
PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR
FOR THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND
THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE
OUTLINED ON PAGE THREE. OF THE
ANALYSIS SO. YOU KNOW THE- ONLY
UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES COULD
THEY GO AND DO THIS SORT OF
INVESTIGATION YOU'RE SO
CONCERNED ABOUT- CENTER DOLLARS
THAT CHANGE YOUR MIND. NOT ONE
SINGLE BIT OKAY WELL THEN MAYBE
WE CAN WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
THE AUTHOR WHO HELPED ME GET A
BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY. I
RESPECTFULLY THANK YOU VERY BACK
OKAY. WELL WE'LL MOVE ON TO
SENATOR PER DIEM AND THANK YOU
CENTER. THANK YOU SENATOR SO
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T TRADE VOTES
AROUND HERE THAT'S WHAT THE
CENTER WANTED TO SAY I. DON'T
THINK ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO.
THANK YOU CENTER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR CHAIRMAN I THINK THE
AUTHOR. FOR WHAT I WOULD
DESCRIBE AS I THINK I HAVE A
GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICY
OBJECTIVE THE AUTHORS TRYING TO.
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE
SENATOR WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
ELEMENTS OF THE BOARD CHARTER.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD
ACKNOWLEDGE IS. TO SAY THE LEAST
DOES HAVE SOME DEFICIENCIES- IN
SO DISCREET AREAS I APPRECIATE
YOU TAKING AMENDMENTS
PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO.
SORT OF THE THRESHOLD FINDING
REQUIREMENTS. I'M NOT AND I'M
HAPPY TO HELP AT THIS POINT MOVE
THE BILL ALONG SO YOU CAN
INVOLVED EVOLVE IT BUT I WANT TO
BE CLEAR THAT ALL RESERVE- MY
RIGHT TO REVISE AND OPPOSE- AS
THE BUILT IN FINAL FORM MOVES
BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
I'M NOT SURE. THAT THE LANGUAGE
THAT YOU PROPOSED HERE. IS
BEING. DISCREET ENOUGH WITH
RESPECT TO CLEANING UP THE
INHERENT GENERAL CLAIMS AND
FORFEITURE PROVISION TENSIONS.
WITH HOW THE APPELLATE YOU KNOW
WHICH IS THE STATED BASIS FOR
SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF YOUR
BILL. TO CLARIFY THAT
PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT
BETWEEN THE TENSIONS. OF US OR
THE CONFLICTING CLAIMS
PRINCIPLES AT THE APPELLATE
REVIEW OF. BROUGHT TO LIGHT AND
ALSO SORT OF STATUTORY
ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS I'M NOT
SURE WE'RE CLEANING UP SOME OF
THAT. TENSION YET BUT I DON'T
YOU KNOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU IN
YOUR OFFICE- AND THE OPPOSITION
EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF ALL
OF THAT. IN A WAY THAT MAYBE ADD
SOME BENEFIT BUT I WILL BE
CLEAR- I THINK THERE'S MORE WORK
TO BE DONE HERE- AS SOMEONE YOU
KNOW I USED TO WORK WITH MANY
YEARS AGO. A FELONY JOHN GAINEY
WHO IS A MARINE VETERAN SERVED
AS A CITY ATTORNEY SAID IN A
SOUP YET. AND I'M NOT SO SURE
THIS IS STUPID OR IF WE CAN GET
THERE BUT I'M HAPPY TO MOVE
HERE- AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL
CONTINUE TO- MAKE THAT
DISTINCTION A LITTLE CLEARER.
YEAH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT
VERY MUCH SENATOR AND I AND I
ABSOLUTELY WELCOME YOUR OFFICE
IN YOUR YOUR PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT
AND HELPING US TO. TO TIGHTEN UP
THE LANGUAGE YOU FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE. OKAY THANK YOU
CENTER BEGAN WATER IN MY RECIPES
ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF SIX OF
THEM GO CENTER HURTADO RIGHT AND
IT'S NOT SUPER IT'S WATER YEAH.
I PROMISED TO KEEP IT SHORT SO I
WILL TRY TO DO MY BEST I JUST
WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR EFFORTS I'D BEEN ON THIS ON
THIS MEASURE AYE. I DON'T THINK
YOU'RE- YOU KNOW WRONG ON WHAT
YOUR YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO DO I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO I JUST. I DON'T. I
DON'T THINK THAT I COULD SUPPORT
THE BILL IN THE INDEX CURRENT
FORMAT BUT I DO WANT TO- GET
TOOK. OUT I WANT TO GET TO A
PLACE WHERE I CAN SUPPORT THE
BILL AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO-
IF THERE'S ANY. ANY INPUT I
COULD PROVIDE OR ANYTHING OF
THAT SORT I MEAN I I'D LIKE TO
BECAUSE I THINK. THERE'S SOME
ARGUMENTS THAT. YOU MAKE THAT
ARE LEGIT I MEAN THEY'RE LEGIT
ARGUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED- AND SO I WANT TO BE
HELPFUL IN ANY CAPACITY. AND SO
I JUST WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY
LET LET YOU KNOW THAT I. L. O.
WILL BE UP STATING FROM THE
BILL'S FATE BUT I HOPE TO-
SUPPORT YOU. IN THE NEAR FUTURE
YOU CAN IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA WORK
ON AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON
AND I YOU KNOW THERE'S A MEDIA
ISSUE HERE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE
DEALING WITH BUT- WE'RE GONNA
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON WITH
OPPOSITION SEE IF WE CAN- COME
TO A GOOD KID SOLUTION. I THANK
YOU CENTER HURTADO SO I KNOW
THIS BILL HAS A LOT OF
APPREHENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IT-
AND I THINK THERE. WAS AN
ARTICULATED CONCERN THAT I THINK
CENTER DOLLY AND CENTER EGGMAN
RAISED ARE. VERY ELOQUENTLY
THAT. THIS BILL COULD BE SEEN AS
AS SIMPLE REALLY EMPOWERING- THE
WATER BOARD- IT IMPACTING WATER
RIGHTS NAY ABILITY. OF VARIOUS
WATER BOARDS AROUND THE STATE TO
PROVIDE WATER TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS- BUT I WOULD JUST
CLARIFY ONE THING THIS. BILL IS
ABOUT MORE THAN JUST STEALING
WATER IT'S ALSO ABOUT
DETERMINING RIGHTS AND I. I
THINK THAT PERSON THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE-
I IS A LEADING IS BETTER TO
UNDERSTAND THOSE RIGHTS NOW. AND
A FULLY FLESHED THAT OUT THEN TO
DO THAT AT A LATER POINT IN TIME
WHEN THOSE RIGHTS MIGHT BE AT
RISK. WHEN THEY MIGHT BE AT RISK
OF BEING CHALLENGED IN AND WE
FIND OUT THAT ACTUALLY DON'T
HAVE THE WATER RESOURCES THAT WE
THINK WE HAVE- SO I THINK THIS
BILL WILL HELP US DO THAT. I DO
HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH OPPOSITION AND SOME OF THE
REAL CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED-
BUT I THINK THAT BY HAVING A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR
WATER USAGE WEEK WE CAN START TO
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AS WE PLAN
OUT. THE FUTURE WATER AND WE'VE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THAT ISSUE
TODAY SO. FOR THOSE REASONS I'LL
BE SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY
AND- SENATOR ALAN WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE. YEAH I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION I MEAN
I KNOW THIS IS A- A TOUGH SET OF
ISSUES AND I REALLY I DO THINK
THAT THE- THE LANGUAGE. THAT
WOULD THAT WE'RE TAKING IS GOING
TO HOW TO ADDRESS A YOU KNOW A
LOT OF THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
RAISED BY OPPOSITION BUT- I
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S MORE TO
BE DONE AND SO I GENUINELY
WELCOME THE ENGAGEMENT. OF THE-
THE MEMBERS INCLUDING THOSE
FOLKS WHO DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
BEING THERE TODAY- TO SEE. IF WE
CAN. I THINK I THINK YOU'VE
HEARD. YEAH WHERE WHERE WHERE
FROM- MAYBE DON'T FULLY AGREE
WITH THAT WITH SOME PROMISES
BUT- THE COURAGE YOU TO READ THE
REPORT RELEASED EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY- AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
WORK TO. LET'S WORK TOGETHER
LET'S LET'S TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN
COME TO A PLACE WHERE. WHERE
WAIT WAIT WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE
TO- LET THE WATER BOARD DO ITS
WORK- BUT DO SO IN A WAY THAT'S
RESPECTFUL OF. OF OF WATER
RIGHTS HOLDERS AROUND THE STATE
INCLUDING PRE NINETY FORTY
MODERATES HOLDERS- IT'S JUST
IT'S SO IMPORTANT GIVEN. OUR
LONG TERM CHALLENGES WITH WATER-
ARE ONLY GONNA GET MORE.
DIFFICULT AS CLIMATE CHANGE-
SETS IN. I WITHOUT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY WORKING ON.
ASTRONOMICAL THANK YOU CENTER
ALAN DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON-
CITED CENTER. MOVES THE BILL.
AND THE MOTION IS TO PASS. AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS. AS A
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATOR MEN. MEN I SIERRA. ZERO
NO. ALAN HI ALAN HI DELHI. DELHI
NO EGGMAN. EGGMAN NO. GROWTH HER
TITLE. LAYARD LIMÓN. LIMÓN AYE
PADILLA PADILLA I STERN. THANK
YOU MEMBERS THANK YOU. THIS OKAY
SO THAT THE ITEM IS FOUR THREE
ANIMALS REMAIN ON CALL. NEXT UP
. WE HAVE. SEVEN OH FOUR. SB
SEVEN OH FOUR LET SENATOR MAN.
IT'S OUR LAST BILL. SO SENATOR
MAN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU- ALL RIGHT THANK YOU LEADING
RIGHT NOW I KNOW YOU WANT TO
KNOW YOU LIES WANTS TO HEAR MY
BILLS VERY EXCITING ON LEAN ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE THANK YOU VICE CHAIR
SAY ARDO I'M PRESENTING SP SEVEN
OH FOUR WHICH WOULD REMOVE
OUTDATED COASTAL ACT POLICIES-
AND ADD POLICIES PROMOTING
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEPLOYMENT.
THE COASTAL ACT PROVIDES FOR THE
REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR
STATE'S COASTAL ZONE AND
INCLUDES POLICIES TO PROTECT
ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACTED AREAS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
AND TO ADDRESS EQUITY CONCERNS
AN ADVERSE IMPACTS REYES BY
DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE COASTAL ACT
WAS ENACTED A LOOPHOLE WAS
CREATED THAT ALLOWED OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT REFINERIES AND
PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES TO
CIRCUMVENT ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION STANDARDS OTHERWISE
APPLIED TO ALL OTHER PROJECTS.
THIS LOOPHOLE KNOWN AS THE
INDUSTRIAL WROTE OVERRIDE
PROVISION IS OBVIOUSLY SEVERELY
OUTDATED AND CONTINUES TO
PERPETUATE NINETEEN SEVENTIES
ERA STATEWIDE ENERGY GOALS.
FIFTY YEARS LATER NEW OIL AND
GAS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
NECESSARILY CONSISTENT WITH THE
STATE'S EFFORTS TO DECARBONIZE
ITS ECONOMY AND ACHIEVE NET ZERO
CARBON EMISSIONS. SB SEVEN OH
FOUR WOULD CLOSE THE INDUSTRIAL
OVERRIDE LOOPHOLE FOR NEW OIL
AND GAS DEVELOPMENT WHILE
ALLOWING EXISTING FACILITIES TO
CONTINUE TO BE REPAIRED AND
MAINTAINED. THIS BILL LEVELS THE
PLAYING FIELD TO ENSURE THAT ALL
NEW ENERGY DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE
SAME STANDARDS TO BE APPROVED AS
OTHER PROJECTS. THIS IS A LONG
OVERDUE AND COMMONSENSE REFORM.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW MY OWN
DISTRICT WAS DEVASTATED BY THE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE OFFSHORE OIL
PIPELINE SPILL. NEAR HUNTINGTON
BEACH. SB SEVEN OH FOUR ALSO
PROMOTES OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY BY
ENACTING COASTAL ACT POLICIES TO
ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE ITS
DEPLOYMENT. SB SEVEN OH FOR
INSURERS THAT WIND IS AT THE.
BACK OF OFFSHORE WIND. YESTERDAY
AT RISK A LATE OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED LETTER FROM THE WESTERN
STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
I'VE NOT YET HAD A CHANCE TO
REVIEW THAT LETTER BUT I WILL
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WHISPER
AFTER I'VE REVIEWED THEIR LATE
PROPOSAL. TODAY I HAVE WITH ME
TO TESTIFY AND ALEXANDER FROM
THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE
COUNCIL TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL. HI MISS ALEXANDER YOU
HAVE FOUR MINUTES IF YOU'RE THE
ONLY WITNESS. OKAY AND I DON'T
BELIEVE I AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
TAKE IT ALL. AND I DO NOT
BELIEVE I WILL NEED THEM BECAUSE
THIS IS REALLY QUITE
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND YOU MAY
PROCEED OKAY GOOD EVENING MISTER
CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS- I'M AN
ALEXANDER SENIOR ATTORNEY WITH
THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE
COUNCIL. HERE IN SUPPORT OF
SEVEN OH FOUR. CURRENT LAW THAT
GOVERNS OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
IN OUR STATE'S FRAGILE COASTAL
ZONE. IS BADLY IN NEED OF THE
UPDATE THAT- SB SEVEN OH FOUR
WOULD PROVIDE- AS HAS BEEN
EXPLAINED THE LAW CURRENTLY
EXPLAINED CONTAINS A NINETEEN
SEVENTIES YOU'RE A LOOPHOLE. I
ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS OIL AND GAS
AND PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT
SOME OF THE DIRTIEST INDUSTRIES
IN THE STATE- TO DEVELOP WITHIN
CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL ZONE EVEN
IF THEY DON'T MEET THE BASIC.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT
ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERY OTHER
KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS
FRAGILE ZONE. HERE IN TWENTY
TWENTY THREE WE NOW KNOW THAT
GIVING A MASSIVE LOOPHOLES TO
THE OIL AND GAS AND PETROL.
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IS EXACTLY THE
LAST KIND OF ACTIVITY- THAT WE
WANT TO GIVE A FREE PASS TO IN
THIS MANNER. WE KNOW THIS OF
COURSE FROM THE PAINFUL
EXPERIENCE OF THE OCTOBER TWENTY
ONE- PIPELINE LEAK OFF. THE
COAST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH THAT
LEFT US WITH- THE WEST ACTUALLY
WHETHER TAR BALLS WASHING UP
ALONG OUR COAST- WHAT WE ALSO
KNOW IS THAT THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC WHEN POLLED STRONGLY
OPPOSES OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE AT ALL
WHICH SUGGESTED THE VERY LEAST
WE SHOULD NOT BE. ALLOWING A
GIANT LOOPHOLE THAT GIVES A FREE
PASS TO THIS INDUSTRY THEY
SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE TO MEET THE
BASIC STANDARDS- THAT EVERY
OTHER INDUSTRY HAS TO ME.
APPROPRIATELY NOTHING IN THIS
BILL WOULD LIMIT MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS
PERCENT FACILITIES IT WOULD
ONLY. LIMIT NEW CONSTRUCTION IN
THE WAY THAT EVERY OTHER
INDUSTRY IS LIMITED IN THE
COASTAL ZONE IN ADDITION THE
LEGISLATION IS LOOKING NOT JUST
IN THE PAST BUT TO THE FUTURE BY
ENCOURAGING THE COASTAL
COMMISSION TO SEEK. TECHNICAL
ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCERNING OFFSHORE WIND SO FOR
ALL OF THESE REASONS WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU. NOW IS DONE LESS THAN
TWO MINUTES AWESOME. ALL RIGHT
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE
ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO
THE- MICROPHONE TO EXPRESS
THEIR- YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
BILL SEVEN OH FOUR. HIS MATHIS
IN AUSTIN FOR AUDUBON CALIFORNIA
SURFRIDER IN CALIFORNIA MY
MIDDLE DAUGHTER'S IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE. WITH
THAT IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE
ROOM WHO WISHES TO BE A PRIMARY
WITNESS IN OPPOSITION. I THINK
MY MOUSE STOPS WORKING EIGHT SO
WE GOTTA GO FAST HERE. ALL RIGHT
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE ROOM IN OPPOSITION
SO WE'LL GO TO THE PHONE LINES
EIGHTEEN T. OPERATOR. IN OPEN
THE PHONE LINES FOR ANYBODY WHO
WISHES TO COMMENT. AND I MEAN
WISHES TO EXPRESS EITHER
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR SB.
SEVEN OH FOUR. EIGHTEEN T.
OPERATOR WERE HAVING A HARD TIME
HEARING HIM. DID YOU GO HOME.
HELLO. ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA
STAND BY FOR A MINUTE WHILE WE
TRY TO. REESTABLISH OUR
CONNECTION GOOD CONDITION. WITH
THE EIGHTEEN T. OPERATOR. AND
THERE SEVENTY TWO. IT HAS ALSO.
I DEFINITELY THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED. EDUCATION OKAY. I CAN
GO HOME AGAIN. HELLO. BUT THERE
ARE SOME OF. YES HI THIS IS AT
AND T. AS WANT TO RECONNECT YOUR
LIGHT DISCONNECT. THANK YOU
SORRY THAT'S OKAY WHAT HAPPENED
SO WE'RE ON BOARD AGAIN EIGHTEEN
T. OPERATOR WE'RE READY TO TAKE
ANY. ANY OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT-
COMPANIES COMMENTS FROM SB SEVEN
FOUR FOUR S. B. SEVEN OH FOUR
THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU
SO MUCH- ONE MOMENT PLEASE FACT
. COMING. ARE THING OVER HERE.
SPOILER ALERT. SALLY NO YEAH.
MISTER DURING MY BACK SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN T. OPERATE YOU THERE
AGAIN. YEAH WILL BE THERE THE
REST OF OUR NATURAL. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN ON THE FORMS ONLINE
PLEASE PRESS ONE FOUR EIGHT ZERO
ONE FIVE EIGHT ZERO IF YOUR
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SB
SEVEN OH FOUR OR BOTH AND WE'LL
GO TO LINE FIVE ZERO ONE. PLEASE
GO AHEAD FIVE ONE. I WILL ONE.
REESE'S FIVE ONE CAN YOU HEAR
ISSUE ARE OPEN HELLO- AND
WILLIAMS YOU HAVE A VEHICLE
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT YOU GIVE.
WE. THANK YOU IS THERE IN
ANOTHER PERSON. RIGHT YES WE'LL
GO TO LINE FIVE HUNDRED YOU
AROUND AT FIVE HUNDRED. SERIOUS
GOOD EVENING CHRISTY GOOD
EVENING CRISTINA CURRENT WITH
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU
NEXT SPEAKER. MIKE FIVE ZERO TO
PLEASE GO AHEAD. ON IN BUILDINGS
I HAVE A TO DO YOU WANNA GO WE
KILL PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO
EXECUTIVE STUFF OUT ONE FIVE
EIGHT ZERO. FOR ANYBODY ELSE
PLEASE PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY
ZERO PUT YOURSELF IN QUEUE FOR
SB SEVEN OH FOUR YOU ARE OFFERED
FIVE OH TWO. HELLO MOTHERLESS AS
SOON AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU NEXT
BIGGER. SHARE SHARE THERE ARE NO
OTHER PARTICIPANTS CUED UP IF
THERE ARE NO OTHER PARTICIPANTS
YOU EVER GONNA BRING IT BACK TO
THE DÍAS. WE HAVE A MOTION TO
MOVE THE BILL WE HAVE ANY. DO
YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO COMMENT AND EXTEND THIS
YES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. I HAVE
SEVERAL COMMENTS BUT I'M GOING
TO RESERVE THEM. WE HAVE A
MOTION BY MISTER PADILLA SENATOR
PER DHEA. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE SURE I COULD DRAG THIS OUT
BECAUSE I'M JUST GOING TO DO
SHERRY BUT I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. WITH THAT. GO
AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. FILE
ITEM NUMBER TEN S. B. SEVEN OH
FOR THE MOTION IS TO PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENTIMENT HI. MEN
ARE ICY ARCTIC. SEE I DON'T KNOW
ALLEN. ALLEN I DELI. DELI NO
EGGMAN. EGGMAN EYEING GROWTH
FURTADO. FURTADO I LAYERED.
LAYERED I LIVE ALONE. LIMONIIDAE
PADILLA. AYE VIDEA AYE STERN.
SEVENTY ONE. ALL RIGHT THAT BILL
IS SEVEN BUT EYES TO NOSE AND
WE'LL PUT THAT BILL ON CALL- WE
ARE AT AT THE END OF OUR HEARING
AND WE HAVE BILLS ON CALL IF ALL
MEMBERS COULD PLEASE RETURN TO
THE HEARING IMMEDIATELY WE CAN
FINISH LIFTING CALLS. AS SOON AS
YOU ARE HERE. ALL RIGHT I GUESS
EVERYONE IS HERE THEN- SO WE'LL
GO BACK THROUGH FILE ITEM IN
ORDER TO GET THE LIST. WE HAD-
ALL RIGHT SO WE'LL START WITH
FILE ITEM ONE I'M SORRY WILL
START WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR-
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. THIS THANK YOU FOR. THE FOR
THE CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
AND ONE. ALLEN I EGGMAN. EGGMAN
I HER TITLE HER TADO I. AND
STERN. OKAY SO. OKAY THAT BILL
HAS TEN VOTES AND THE BILL IS
OUT. ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER ONE S. B. TWO
SEVENTY THREE BY SENATOR WIENER
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. SB TWO SEVEN THREE THE MOTION
IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. THE CURRENT
LOTUS SIX ZERO WITH BOTH CHAIR
AND VICE CHAIR VOTING I CENTERS
ALLEN. ALLEN I HER TADO. HER
TITLE I LAYERED. LAYARD AYE
PADILLA AYE PADILLA I. OKAY
THAT'S- OKAY THAT BILL. THAT
BILL IS VOTE TENANTS ZERO THAT
BILL IS OUT OKAY WILL NOTIFY LED
HIM TO SB THREE OH SIX BY
SENATOR CAFIERO. WE NEED A
MOTION ON THIS BILL NO WE DON'T
WE HAVE SO MUCH. I'M SORRY. BUT
I'M SORRY THAT IN MOTION IS TO
PASS AS AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS.
ALL RIGHT THE CURRENT PHONE IS
SIX ZERO WITH BOTH CHAIR AND
VICE CHAIR VOTING HI SENATE
ALLEN. ALLEN I HER TITLE. HI HER
TITLE I LAYERED LAYERED IDEA.
PADILLA I. OKAY THAT BILL IS THE
VOTERS TEN ZERO THAT BILLS OUT
OKAY WILL MOVE TO FILE ITEM
THREE SB THREE SIXTY SIX BY
SENATOR KABIR THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS CONSULTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CURRENT VOTE IS.
I'M SO LIFTING THE FIVE CALL ON
FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE SB THREE
SIXTY SIX BY CENTER CABALLERO
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
APPROPRIATIONS YES AND THE
CURRENT LOTUS TEN ZERO WITH BOTH
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR VOTING I
CENTER ALLEN. ALLEN HI. OKAY
THAT BILL IS OUT UNANIMOUSLY
OKAY WILL LIFT THE CALL NEXT ON
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOUR SB SEVEN
FIFTY THREE BY SENATOR CABALLERO
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED
APPROPRIATIONS. CONSULTANT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THE
CURRENT LOTUS EIGHT ZERO WAS
STATE CHAIR VOTING I'D CENTER
SEYARTO HI ZERO AYE ALLEN. ALLEN
I. I THAT BILL HAS TEN VOTES AT
BILLS OUT OUR WILL LIFT THE FALL
NEXT ON FILE ITEM NUMBER SIX SB
FIVE HUNDRED BY SENATE REQUIRE
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS. AS THE
ASSISTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
CURRENT LOTUS SEVEN ZERO WITH
THE CHAIR MONNING ICE CENTER CRT
. OKAY ALLEN. ALLEN I MERIT.
LAYERED I. HI THE BILL HAS NINE
VOTES AND THE BILL WAS OUT OKAY
WILL LIFT THE CALL NEXT ON FILE
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SB THREE
EIGHTY NINE BY SENATOR ALAN THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
APPROPRIATIONS. CONSULTANT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CURRENT
VOTE IS FOR THREE AND CHAIR
VOTING I VICE CHAIR VOTING NO.
SENATOR GROW. HERE CENTER
LAYERED. LAYERED I STERN OKAY.
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE YOU HAVE
TO SAY I'M SO SORRY CENTER HER
TADO. HI OKAY. THANKS THANKS
FOR. A GREAT. I. SIX THREE OKAY
THE VOTE IS SIX THREE THAT BILL
IS OUT OF THE MOVE NEXT TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER NINE SB SIX OH FIVE
BY SENATOR PEDIA THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS CONSULTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CURRENT VOTERS
EIGHT ZERO WITH BOTH CHAIR AND
VICE CHAIR VOTING I CENTERS
ALLEN. ALLEN I. HER TADO. HER
TADO I STERN. OKAY THE VOTE ON
THAT BILLS TENS HERE THAT BILLS
OUT OKAY WILL MOVE NEXT TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER TEN S. B. SEVEN OH
FOUR BY ME- THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED APPROPRIATIONS CONSULTANT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CURRENT
VOTE IS SEVEN TWO WITH CHAIR
VOTING I AM VICE CHAIR VOTING NO
CENTER GROVE. CENTER STERN.
THANKS SEVEN OKAY THE VOTE ON
THAT BILL IS SEVEN TO THE BILL
IS OUT OUR LAST BILL THE DAYS BY
SENATOR DOLLY S. B. FILE ITEM
ELEVEN S. B. EIGHT THIRTY SIX.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. CURRENT LOTUS EIGHT ZERO WHICH
SHARE VOTING ICE CENTERS. ZERO
ZERO I LAYERED MAYBE. WHERE
MAYBE THERE'S LAYERED ICE.
LEHRER DIE STERNE AGEE. OKAY
THAT VOTE IS TEN ZERO THE BILL
IS OUT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
YOUR PATIENCE AND COOPERATION WE
HAVE CONCLUDED THE AGENDA SENATE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER
COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED.