WILL START A LITTLE LATER ABOUT
ONE FIFTY PM. UP MA'AM SECRETARY
WHEN WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM SO WE
COULD BE IN BEGIN OUR MEETING
SENATORS ATKINS ATKINS HERE VERY
HEALTHY. VERY HELL HERE LABOR
LABOR HERE CANNELLA. CANNELLA
HERE DAILY ON HERE DAILY ON HERE
OKAY TANK YOU MUCH AMOUNTS OF
TWO WE'VE SUBSEQUENT WHEN WE GO
TO FILE ITEMS. LET'S GO TO FILE
AND HIS NUMBER TWO THROUGH
EIGHT.
TWO TWO EIGHT AND WITH SKIP OVER
NINE AND IN A TEN TO SIXTEEN.
FILE ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT.
AND SKIP OVER NINE AND TEN TO
SIXTEEN SO CAN I GET A MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY MS SLIVER. OF MEN
TODAY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
SENATORS ATKINS ATKINS I BURY
HELLO VERY HELL I LABOR. LABOR I
CAN A LOT CANAL I DAILY ON.
TELLY ON I OKAY CONTESSA
COLLEAGUES THINK YOU WE PASS THE
THIS MOTION FIVE ZERO VOTE.
WOULD GO TO OUR FIRST WITNESS
THAT'S REQUIRED TO APPEAR BEFORE
SINCE MISTER JACOB UP APPLES
WITH THE DIRECTOR OF A BC.
TROUBLE SMITH WELCOME THANK YOU.
WHAT WE DO THIS?
GIVE US A.
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF YOUR PERSON
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FROM THE MEMBERS.
ENTRIES MY FAMILY IS ABSOLUTELY
LOVE I'M I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT
YES OF FRIENDS FAMILY LOVED ONES
UP PLEASE. TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO USE IT TO TOM.
LOTS OF FRIENDS FAMILY AND LOVE
THEM ALL JUST GO WITH FAMILY TO
KEEP IT SHORT ON ACCOUNT SO I
HAVE MY WIFE BETH APPLE SMITH.
WELCOME AND MY DAUGHTER VIOLET
WHO I AM AT THREE FORTY IS
TAKING HER BEHIND THE WHEEL DMV
TESTS.
SO IT'S A BIG DAY.
ANYWAY THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME AND
CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW MY
APPOINTMENT. ALSO WANT TO THANK
THE GOVERNOR FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY. TO CONTINUE THE
WORK THAT I DID IT IN THIS
POSITION WITH HIS DEPARTMENT IN
THE FIRST YEARS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I AM DEDICATED TO PURSUING THE
DEPARTMENT'S MISSION TO. REDUCE
YOUTH ACCESS TO ALCOHOL.
TO.
PROMOTING HEALTH AND SAFETY AND
PUBLIC SAFETY AROUND LICENSED
ESTABLISHMENTS.
AND IN PROVIDING A LEVEL PLAYING
FIELD FOR CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES
TO COMPETE TO PROSPER AND GROW.
SINCE I RETURNED TO THE
DEPARTMENT IN JUNE OF TWENTY
SEVENTEEN. I'VE CONTINUED TO
PRACTICE THE SAME REGULATORY
PHILOSOPHY I DEVELOPED IN MY
FIRST AND AS DIRECTOR.
ALSO IN MY PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
WHICH WAS AS THE CHIEF OF THE
BUREAU OF GAMBLING CONTROL THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. NAMELY
THAT REGULATORS SHOULD BE
PRACTICAL AND REASONABLE.
THAT WE SHOULD FIND WAYS TO HELP
RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE GET INTO
BUSINESS. THAT WE SHOULD HELP
YOUR RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES
REFORM. AND THAT WE SHOULD EVER
BE MINDFUL OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITIES NEEDS FOR ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY. BUT BALANCING THEIR
NEEDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
IN MY SEVENTEEN YEARS AS A
MANAGER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
I HAVE REALLY COME TO
APPRECIATE THAT UNLESS WE CAN
PROVIDE A RESPECTFUL WORK
ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES WERE
NEVER GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE
US.
AND SO I'M COMMITTED TO
LISTENING TO THEM TO TAKING IN
THEIR CONCERNS AND DOING
WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE SURE
THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENTS FOR
PROFESSIONAL. AND THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT I CARE ABOUT
THEM AS EMPLOYEES AND AS PEOPLE.
IT IS TRULY MY HONOR TO BE HERE
TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. TO
THINK YOU'RE MUCH OF HIS
TROUBLES WITH WHAT WE'LL DO IS
WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FROM THE MEMBERS OF.
WE'LL START WITH THE MUSLIM.
THANK YOU MR PRO TEM GOOD
AFTERNOON MR APPLE SMITH IT WAS
VERY GOOD TO MEET WITH YOU
EARLIER TODAY I APPRECIATE. WHAT
YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU HAVE
BROUGHT TO THIS POSITION? I WAS
ONE IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS
DOING NOW THAT CANNABIS AS BEEN.
LEGALIZED AND WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE MIXING BOWL
I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD SO ALCOHOL
AND CANNABIS I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD
SOME. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DOING ABOUT
THAT SO WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH.
LAURIE AJAX AND WITH THE BUREAU
OF CANVAS CONTROL ON MY ALSO
HAVE MET WITH.
SECRETARY ROSS ON HER AGENCY
OURS OVERSEAS PARTS OF IT AS
WELL WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT
OUR COMMON GOAL OF KEEPING
ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS SEPARATE.
IS IS PURSUED.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK
GETTING WORDS OUT TO OUR
INDUSTRY. THAT THE INTENT OF THE
VOTERS WAS TO KEEP THESE
ENTITIES SEPARATE THESE
SUBSTANCES SEPARATE AND THAT WE
DO NOT WANT TO HAVE CANNABIS ON
ALCOHOL LICENSED PREMISES WE DO
NOT WANT TO SEE CANNABIS AND
FUSE AND ALCOHOL PRODUCTS. SO WE
HAVE ISSUED INDUSTRY ADVISORIES
WE RAISE THIS.
WITH VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS WHEN
WE NEED WITH.
MOST OF THE CREATIVE IDEAS HAVE
COME OUT OF THE CRAFT BREW
INDUSTRY IN SOME OF THE WINE
INDUSTRY SO WE HAVE WORKED FOR
THE WINE INSTITUTE. FAMILY WINE
MAKERS AND WITH THE CRAFT
BREWERS ON THESE TYPES OF
ISSUES.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY UP FRONT
THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT EARLY
AND BE CLEAR THE PERSON OR THE
CAR OF A THE.
BUSINESS ENTITY IS NOT QUALIFIED
AND THAT'S ONE. OF ANOTHER WOULD
BE IF THERE ARE.
PROTESTS FROM NEIGHBORS FROM
THE PUBLIC FROM THE CITIES FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE FIND THAT THE THOSE
PROTESTS ARE VALID IN A LICENSE
SHOULD NOT GO INTO THAT
PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT.
SOMETIMES.
WERE ABLE TO PUT CONDITIONS ON
IT THAT WE THINK THE DRESS THE
PROTESTERS CONCERNS. BUT THOSE
ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE TO THE
BUSINESSES FOR MOST COMMONLY
WHAT WE SEE IS BUSINESSES
WITHDRAW APPLICATIONS BEFORE AN
ACTUAL DENIAL OCCURS I SEE SO
THE RE TRIAL OF WITHDRAWAL
BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY'RE
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO. BE
GRANTED THE LABOR ACT OKAY THANK
YOU OUT ONE MORE QUESTION.
IN THE EVENTTHAT AND
ESTABLISHES WANTS TO GET A
LIQUOR LICENSE AND THEY'RE VERY
CLOSE TO A SCHOOL HOW DOES THE
DEPARTMENT HANDLE THAT IS THEIR
PROXIMITY.
YES SO WE WE WOULD CONSIDER WE
WOULD CONSIDER A SCHOOL.
IN ANY EVENT NO MATTER WHERE IT
WAS LOCATED BUT IF THE SCHOOLS
AND SIX HUNDRED FEET.
ONE WE WILL HAVE PROVIDED NOTICE
TO THE SCHOOL. AND ASK THEM
WHERE THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE LICENSE IF THEY THEN PROTEST
THE LICENSE.
WE WOULD. DEPENDING ON THE FULL
ANALYSIS OF WE COULD NOT GET
CONDITIONS TO SATISFY THE
SCHOOL'S CONCERNS I'M IN THAT
SITUATION WE MIGHT DENY A
LICENSE. MOST COMMONLY.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A
DETERMINATION MADE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL ON THOSE ISSUES BUT. IF
THE LOCALS ARM ARE WILLING TO
LET IT GO FORWARD IT MAY STILL
HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AND
WE WOULD. CONSIDER DENYING THE
LICENSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANKING HIS PROTON HERE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MISLABELED.
.
MR BURR HELP. WITH NO QUESTIONS
OF MS SECONDS.
YOU SO MUCH MR PRO TEM AND IT'S
VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU. MISTER
ABBAS SMITH THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
I.
I KNOW THE I.
DELICACY AND DIFFICULTY OF THIS
JOB BUT I WANT TO START BY
SAYING HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE.
THE STAFF IN SAN DIEGO WHO HAVE
BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE. I IN
A VERY HIGH VOLUME.
OFFICE. FROM MY EARLIEST DAYS
AS A STAFF MEMBER TO A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER ABC HAS BEEN
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST.
BUSY N. AND I ACTIVE
DEPARTMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN
ENGAGED WITH FROM A VERY. EARLY
STAGE.
I REALLY LOVE YOUR RESPONSES I
DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK
QUESTIONS BUT I REALLY LOVED
YOUR RESPONSES. ABOUT THE
BALANCE OF OUR.
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ISSUES
AROUND LICENSES TO COMMUNITY
CONCERNS.
WHICH OFTEN I CREATE AN
INTERESTING DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF
FAIRNESS AND I THINK YOU
ACTUALLY YOUR DEPARTMENT AND
YOUR OFFICERS. DO A REALLY GOOD
JOB OF THIS ARE YOU. YOU OFTEN
GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS SO I
WANT TO. TO BE SURE AND AND GIVE
YOU MY. THANKS I PARTICULARLY
LIKED THE POINT WERE YOU MADE A
COMMENT THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO
PRO ACTIVELY WORKING WITH
COMMUNITIES FAR BEYOND WHAT THE
STATUTES REQUIRE. BECAUSE THEY
EXPERIENCE THE PRIMARY IMPACT OF
ALCOHOL IN OUR SOCIETY AND I
KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES IN SAN
DIEGO. BUT ON BALANCE I REALLY
THINK YOU DO THE BEST. TO
RESPOND TO BUSINESSES. ODD TO
GET THEM OPEN IN A TIMELY
FASHION BECAUSE THAT IT QUITE
STIR MONEY THOMAS MONEY BUT ALSO
THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS BECAUSE
WE HAVE AREAS OF OVER
CONCENTRATION.
WHETHER THAT'S DEFINED B LAW.
US CENSUS TRACTS OR WHETHER
THAT'S PERCEPTION BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACT OF THAT SOME OF THE OF
BARS AND ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ON
THE COMMUNITY. I DID WANT TO ASK
I FIRST. HEARD YOU DIRECTLY
SPEAK A FEW YEARS AGO AT ONE OF
THE COMMITTEES GEO. RELATED TO
HAVING ENOUGH INVESTIGATORS ON
THE GROUND AND THERE WAS A
PERIOD OF TIME. WHERE
RECRUITMENT WAS AN ISSUE AND A
PROBLEM AND THE REPORT I GOT
SAYS THAT THAT IS BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY? IMPROVED DO YOU
STILL THINK THAT WE HAVE OUR.
A VACANCY RATE AMONGST THOSE
WORKERS ARM.
AND WE COULD DO BETTER NO I
THINK OUR VACANCY RATE IS ABOUT
THAT THE NATURAL ATTRITION RATE
FOR PEACE OFFICERS WERE DOWN
BELOW FIVE PERCENT AND THAT'S
LARGELY BEEN A FUNCTION OF TWO
THINGS ONE WE INCREASED PAY AND
IT MADE US MORE COMPETITIVE WITH
SOME OF OUR.
LOGICAL COMPETITORS LIKE THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ARM AND
THE SECOND THING IS WE WENT TO
AN ALL YEAR ROUND HIRING PROCESS
WE'RE REALLY ONLY HIRING ONCE A
YEAR. AND SO NOW WE HAVE A
PROCESS WHERE WE'RE REALLY
HIRING EVERY FOUR MONTHS SO WHEN
WE NEED YOU KNOW AS A YOUNG
PERSON IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL HIM
MCCAULEY IN TEN MONTHS WE CAN
TELL WE'RE GOING TO CALL IN TWO
MONTHS AND THAT HAS REALLY
DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE WAY
WE'VE DONE BUSINESS AND REALLY
SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I I I REALLY
APPRECIATE HEARING THAT BECAUSE
YOU MAY RECALL YOU MAY HAVE A
FLASHBACK ONO I KNOWN SIT HERE.
IT WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
AND THE OTHER THING YOU
MENTIONED IS THE.
THE REGULATIONS OUTDATED.
I THINK YOU.
OUR REGULATORY.
REGULATIONS DO YOU HAVE A TIME
LINE IN PLACE OR HAVE YOU
STARTED ON A WORK PLAN. CONCEPT
OF HOW TO APPROACH THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT ALL SORTS OF THINGS
IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION THE
PROBLEM IS IS. YOU HAVE NO STAFF
THAT WORKS ON REGULATIONS
THEY'RE VERY TECHNICAL I MEAN WE
CAN DESIGN THE REGULATION WE
KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT
BUT GETTING IT THROUGH THE
REGULATORY PROCESS. IS JUST A
WHOLE COTTAGE INDUSTRY SO THAT
THAT'S THE PROBLEM REALLY
LOOKING TO SOLVE.
IN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
BECAUSE OUR ARE THE PRIMARY
REGULATIONS THAT I REALLY WANT
TO PROMULGATE ONE CENT ARCHED
CAN HELP BUSINESSES.
BECAUSE THE WAY THE ABC
AFFILIATE LAWS WORK UNLESS OF
REGULATION OR A STATUTE SAYS YOU
CAN DO SOMETHING IT MEANS YOU
CAN'T. SO FOR EXAMPLE DELIVERY
SERVICES THAT'S JUST A ON
OBVIOUS ONE WHERE WE REALLY
THERE'S REALLY AN OUTCRY IN THE
INDUSTRY FOR HAVING SOME
REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT'LL
HELP PEOPLE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT
THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS THE
RIGHT ONE AS THEY GO FORWARD.
AND AND DELIVER MEALS AND
ALCOHOL AND ALL THE THINGS WE'RE
SEEING IN OUR SHARING ECONOMY.
OKAY THANK YOU AND I NOTICE.
THERE. PROBABLY IS A FEE ISSUE
AS IT RELATES TO YOUR NEED AND
TO DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT.
IN TERMS OF THE FUN ARE YOU.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO RAISE OUR
FEES ARE TO HAVE WHAT STATUTE.
ACCREDITED SO SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH FINANCE RIGHT NOW
FINANCE RECOGNIZES WE NEED A FEE
INCREASE.
THERE HELPING US RIGHT NOW DO
SOME.
SOME SOME BUDGING EXERCISES SO
THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT
THEY THINK THE FEE INCREASE
SHOULD BE.
I END LESLIE I'LL END WITH AGAIN
WE'VE MADE USE OF OF YOUR
DEPARTMENT IN YOUR OFFICES TO
KINDA MITIGATE WHEN ISSUES ARE
BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION SO I
WANNA. ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF WHO
DEAL WITH THESE VERY DIFFICULT
ISSUES. I'M SURE ALL THEIR
STAFFS HAVE THE SAME I JUST
WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND LASTLY I
WILL SAY GOOD LUCK TODAY ON YOUR
DRIVING TEST.
ALL THE BEST TO YOUR PARENTS ARE
NOW GOING TO LOSE SLEEP.
BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE SAFE DRIVER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRO TEM
THANK YOU MUCH.
UP MISS ATKINS ABOUT MISTER
VICE CHAIR.
QUESTIONS OKAY FANTASTIC
WOULDN'T LET ME ASK QUESTIONS.
MISTER ROBERT SMITH WITH
REGARDS TO.
HIGH VOLUME AREAS SUCH AS
HOLLYWOOD. OTHER PARTS OF A.
THE STATE.
DOWN IN YOUR BACKYARD.
MISS ATKINS A THE GASLAMP
QUARTER INTO.
IN THEM. PACIFIC BEACH YOU KNOW
DOWN IN IN SAN DIEGO ANOTHER
HIGH VOLUME AREAS WAS A LARGE
CONCENTRATION OF A.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
NIGHT LIFE YOU KNOW. HOLDING
THE SIGNATURES YOU KNOW
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
BECAUSE I KNOW IN AS IF MY. IF
MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT.
IN HOLLYWOOD EVERYTHING THERE'S
OR CNET LAYER WHERE ONE
INVESTIGATOR.
OR IN THE HOLLYWOOD AREA I
THINK WE HAVE OE INVESTIGATOR
SO HOW IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF
INVESTIGATORS SO IN IN IN YOUR
DISTRICT RISKED ALL AND WE HAVE
A. WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN LA OFFICE
WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN VAN NUYS.
AND WE.
ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW.
LICENSING REPRESENTATIVES WERE
THE ONES WERE REALLY DOING THE
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE LICENSES
THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE.
SORT OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
LA QUITE FRANKLY HAS BEEN WITH
THE EFFECTUATE TION PROCESSES.
THE LOCAL THE LOCAL APPROVAL
PROCESSES ARE VERY LENGTHY SO
WHEN WE'VE ACTUALLY DRILL DOWN
OUR OWN PROCESSES THEY TEND TO
BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED
JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH ALCOHOL IN
LA.
LOTS OF NEIGHBORS LOTS OF
COMPETING ISSUES WERE PRIMARILY
IN AN LA AT LEAST IT'S REALLY
BEEN A LOCAL DELAY PROBLEM AND
WORSE SERVICE STANDING ON THE
SIDELINES WAITING FOR THOSE
PROCESSES TO PROCEED. INTO THE
THE LOCAL DELAY.
PROBLEMS.
.
THE REFERENCE TO IS IS THAT THE
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
ARE A LOCAL POLICE AND I
APOLOGIZE DELAY IS PROBABLY TOO
NEGATIVE IT'S IT'S THE REVIEW
IT'S GENERALLY THE REVIEW THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES OKAY.
FOR THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT IS
THIS YOU PAY FOR ALL. OKAY OKAY.
OKAY SO WHEN WE GO TO THOSE.
FOLKS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF
TODAY'S NOMINEE.
THOSE WHO SUPPORTED TODAY'S
NOMINEE WIFE WAS ABOUT TO GET A
THREE AND A.
YEAH.
YOU CAN GO I THERE RIGHT THERE.
ALL YOU CAN GO RIGHT OVER THERE.
BY THAT MICHAEL WRITE. YES THAT
AREA.
THAT'S OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON AFTERNOON MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE AND.
AND A PRESIDENT PRO TEM KEVIN
DALY ON I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
JACOB JACOB APPLES MISS.
APPOINTMENT AS THE ABC DIRECTOR.
I'VE WORKED WITH JACOB IN THE
PAST WINNERS IN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE. AND WORK WITH
THEM WHEN HE WAS THE FORMER
DIRECTOR. AND FOUND HIM IN TERMS
OF THE BEER AND BEVERAGES
REPEATERS IN THE INDUSTRY IN
GENERAL AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND
THE PEOPLE THE STAKEHOLDERS HE'S
BROUGHT IN. THE HAS BEEN VERY
GOOD AT REACHING OUT TO
EVERYBODY.
LISTENING TO CONCERNS. AND BEING
VERY FAIR AND HOW HE TREATS
EVERY MEMBER THE COMMUNITY I
THINK HE HAS HAD A GREAT
RESPECT.
FOR THE LAWS THAT GOVERN
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND A GREAT
UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE RARELY IN
THE PAST AND I'VE BEEN DOING
WORK OUT HERE NOT BECAUSE LIKE
BEVERAGES WITH THE. DEPARTMENT
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE AND
WORKED WITH WINE INDUSTRY AND
I'VE WORKED WITH THE SPIRITS
INDUSTRY DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BEFORE.
AND HE IS THE MOST QUALIFIED
PERSON WE HAVE HAD IN A LONG
TIME I THINK IT'S A PRIVILEGE
THAT WE HAVE A NOMINEE LIKE HIM
TO BE HERE. FORCE AND WE WOULD
HAVE A CHANCE FOR HIM TO SERVE
AGAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE LAWS WITH HIS
ATTORNEY WITH HIS LEGAL
BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING ELSE I
THINK HE IS. AGAIN AMONG THE
MOST OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES
WE'VE EVER HAD TO SERVE IN THAT
POSITION I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
TAKING LETTING ALLOWING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY SAY THAT THANK YOU
COULD YOU OF FOR THE RECORD THAT
STATE FORESTS NAGA FOR
OFFICIALLY.
YOUR FULL NAME IT'S VICTORIA
WHARTON AND PRESIDENT THE
CALIFORNIA BEER AND BEVERAGE
DISTRIBUTORS EVERY. THANK YOU
MUCH THANK YOU MUCH FOR TARA.
IN THE OTHER FOLKS IN SUPPORT OF
TODAY'S SOMEBODY SINGING AND
THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
TODAY'S NOMINEE ALSO SEEING NO
OPPOSITION ON THE ONE THING I
WOULD ADD A PLANT THE SEED.
WITH YOU OF MISTER SMITH ISN'T
IN IN. IN HIGH VOLUME AREA
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
CHALLENGES ARE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL WITH ITS. THE GASLAMP
QUARTER DISTRICT COURT PACIFIC
BEACH WHETHER IT'S A WEST
HOLLYWOOD WHETHER IT'S. SEPARATE
CISCO OR IN THIS CASE HOLLYWOOD
AND AND NOW HAVE YOU SEEN WITH
THE EXPLOSION IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES.
.
WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE PHENOMENAL.
.
IN TERMS OF.
THE MORE YOU MOVE THE PIECES
WITHIN YOUR BUDGET OF A MEME THE
MEME'S NEED MORE ASSISTANCE AT
THE AREAS OF HIGHER NEED HIGHER
VOLUME WAS HIGHER CHALLENGES.
MAY NEED THAT MORE.
THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS AT A BC.
PARK AND THAT'S IT AREN'T SO.
WE HAD FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN
SUPPORT AND THOSE OF OF NO
OPPOSITION.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE? A MOTION FOR
MISTRIAL SMITH. WE HAVE A MOTION
MADE BY MISLABELED.
MAP SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL SENATORS AT CAN. I CAN CITE
VERY. VERY ILL I. LABEL. LABOR I
CAN NO LONGER. CANAL IDEALLY UP
BY.
SHOPPERS WITH CONGRATULATIONS
YOU PASS ON THE FIGHT IS ABOUT.
FOR.
HE LEANED.
OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH
OUR.
LAST FILE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE
US WITH REGARDS TO GOVERNORS
APPOINTMENTS.
BUT BEFORE WE GO WITH.
OUR NECKS.
APPOINTEE TODAY AM I DO WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT.
IRAN WAS THERE.
I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IS LAND OR
ELLINGSON HEALINGS.
ALAS RULES COMMITTEE MEETING
YOU KNOW. AND THAT SHE HAS
SERVED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY
FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
FOR BOTH THE.
THE SENATE AND THAT OTHER
CHAMBER OVER THERE.
AND SHE'S LEAVING US TO BE THE
NEW CD WE KNEW EXACTLY DIRECTOR
FOR THE CENTER OF CALIFORNIA
STUDIES AT. CSU KELSO UNIVERSITY
SACRAMENTO AND SHE HAS BEEN AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE SENATE'S
APPOINTMENT A CONFIRMATION
PROCESS FOR US AS A CONSULTANT.
THAN AS A DIRECTOR OF THE SENATE
OFFICE OF RESEARCH FOR NINE
YEARS CLOSE A DECADE AND THAT AS
A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
APPOINTMENTS AND. THE CONSULTANT
TO THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE.
WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN
YOUR ENDEAVORS WE WE WE THANK
YOU. UP FROM THE BOTTOM MY HEART
IN THE BIPARTISAN SPIRIT THAT IS
THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE. FOR
YOUR YOUR YOUR DEDICATION
COMMITMENT TO THIS RULES
COMMITTEE. WE THINK THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO PLAY A FANTASTIC YOU
KNOW ROLE. IN THE NEW CAPACITY
TO EXPECTED DIRECTOR. AT CAL
STATE UNIVERSITY.
SACRAMENTO.
WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE ONE OF
OUR OWN OVER THERE AND AGAIN
FROM THE BOTTOM HEART WE WISH
YOU THE VERY BEST THAT ARE AT
THE.
THANK YOU.
SO LET'S GO TO HIM AND WHEN
JOAQUIN SQA JOAQUIM. THEM I KNOW
ELLIS GIVEN. YOUR. IN MIND WHEN
WALKING THIS CODE IS GIVEN.
YOU ARE BEFORE US.
.
MR ESKEW A.
FOR THE MEMBER OF THE STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD IF
THERE'S ANY.
LOVED ONES OR FRIENDS THAT YOU
WANT TO INTRODUCE PLEASE DO SO.
GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF YOUR
PERSONAL WILL AS YOU WITNESS
WILL JUST GO TO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FROM THE MEMBERS. THANK
YOU MISTER PRO TEM THANK. VICE
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
APPEAR BEFORE YOU I AM JOINED
TODAY BY MY FATHER. FRANK ASKED
ABOUT.
MY MOTHER NORMA ASK BILL AND
THAT MY PARTNER BRAIN CITY.
FELT.
IF YOU WANT TO.
AND I YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO THINK
ALSO.
I'M I'M DOWN HERE IN SPIRIT OF
FROM MIKE AT MY GRANDPARENTS
WHOSE TIRELESS WORK AND
SACRIFICE THAT IT PROVIDED ME
THE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT I HAVE OF THE BRINGS MAJOR
BEFORE YOU. SAW THE NEED TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN HAVING
GROWN UP IN THE COACHELLA
VALLEY.
I WAS ALWAYS VERY MINDFUL OF HOW
FORTUNATE I WAS FOR THE LOVE OF
THE STABILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES
AFFORDED ME. IN THE VALLEY YOU
HAVE SOME OF THE MOST AFFLUENT
COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE. LIVING
RIGHT NEXT TO IT NOT MORE THAN
THIRTY MINUTES FROM SOME OF THE
POOREST.
AND WHILE THE TWO WERE WHOLLY
INTERDEPENDENT.
THE DISPARITIES IN CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES PRETTY
STRIKING. YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT MY
CAREER AS A PUBLIC SERVANT FIRST
AS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE WORKING
NEARLY A DECADE FOR SENATOR
BOXER IN WASHINGTON DC. AND THEN
FOR THE STATE OF THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY HAVE ALWAYS
FOUND THAT.
FOSTERING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
INTERDEPENDENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY IS. CRITICAL ON ON ANY
ISSUE PARTICULARLY.
CONTENTIOUS ONES AND OUR MOST
CONTROVERSIAL AND IT'S CRUCIAL
TO ANY SUCCESS OF THE SUCCESS OF
ANY INITIATIVE.
IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHALLENGES
FACING OUR STATE IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF OUR WATER
RESOURCES.
IF THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE
CHANGE WERE NOT ENOUGH DEEP
DISTRUST OLD SCARS AND GRUDGES
AND STRONGLY HELD OPINIONS
FURTHER HAMSTRING PROGRESS ON
TACKLING SOME OF OUR MOST WICKED
WATER PROBLEMS.
BEING NEW TO THE BOARD THE MOST
ASKED QUESTION IS OFTEN WHAT I
SEE AS MY GOALS ARE PRIORITIES
DURING MY TIME HERE. IT'S A
QUESTION I CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE
WITH.
INCREDIBLY IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
IT'S BEEN NEARLY A YEAR NOW
SINCE I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD
AND SO THROUGH THE MONTHS I'VE
SETTLED LESS ON A SET OF ITEMS
OUR. PRIORITIES ARE GOALS AND
MORE ON A QUESTION AND THAT IS
WHAT DOES THE TWENTY FIRST
CENTURY REGULATORY AGENCY LOOK
LIKE.
HOW DOES A RRIF TWENTY FIRST
RATE THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
THE TRAINS THE MAKE TRANSPARENT
DATA DRIVEN DATA DRIVEN
DECISIONS AND POLICIES? AND HOW
DO WE GROW AND EXPAND THE
PUBLIC'S TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING
OF OUR FUNCTIONS. HOW DO WE
LEVERAGED ADVANCES IN SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD TRUST
AND LET HER WAY THROUGH THE
INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY OF OUR
BUILT IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT?
WELL MY SUCCESSES AND DRIVING
THESE DISCUSSIONS AT THE BORDER
PRODUCING MEANINGFUL CHANGES AND
IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED
A WHOLLY COMMIT MYSELF TO THE
TASK AND CHALLENGE AHEAD. AND
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU MUCH WAS JUST GIVE A
LOTTA WHEN WE GO TO.
.
USE OF A MISTRIAL RESERVE. A
CAMPSITE BY.
THANK YOU MR PRO TEM GOOD
AFTERNOON MR ASKING BILL IT WAS
GREAT MEETING WITH YOU YESTERDAY
I THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY GREAT
BACKGROUND FOR THIS JOB. WE
TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT
ARE SPECIFIC TO MY DISTRICT I
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK
TO ME ON THAT INFORMATION.
BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEAD IN WATER.
AND MOSTLY JUST COMPLIMENT YOU
ON THE FACT THAT YOU PUT OUT A
BROCHURE IS AMPLE SPANISH AND
ENGLISH TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS.
KNOW ABOUT THESE DANGERS AND
THEY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE WEBSITE THAT YOU'RE
WORKING ON REDEVELOPING.
GREAT THANK YOU.
SO CURRENTLY. YOU KNOW. SO MUCH
OF OF THE THE WORK OF THE BOARD
I THINK.
NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW WE
CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE
WHAT THE THE QUALITY OF THE
WATER IS WHAT NOT WHAT WHAT ARE
THE CHALLENGES BEING FACED IN
THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN
WATERSHED AND SO. WE HAVE.
WE'VE DEVELOPED THE YOU KNOW WE
HAVE SEVERAL PORTALS AT THE THE
BOARD BUT THERE IS A PORTAL
SPECIFIC TO THE HUMAN RIGHT TO
WATER AND WATER QUALITY. AND YOU
KNOW I THINK AS WE BEGIN TO SEE
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS TESTING
IN SCHOOLS FOR LEAD AND AS DATA
COMES TO THE BOARD I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE THAT
BACK TO THE PUBLIC. SO THAT
THERE'S A CERTAIN TEAM CLARITY
OF OF WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THOUGH
THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IS THAT
THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I THINK
THAT'S GREAT AND I WOULD ALSO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT THAT ON THE
WEBSITE IN SPANISH AND MAYBE
OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL. OUT ONE
MORE QUESTION WATER DISTRICTS
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE OFTEN
IN CONFLICT OVER WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. HOW DO
WE GET THESE ENTITIES TO WORK
TOGETHER ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF
THE HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
AND SCARCE RESOURCES?
I'M A I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT.
.
PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND
YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE
THIS THE SETS OF FACTS INTO A
WATERSHED WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS
THAT WE NEED TO.
I ENCOURAGE AND PURSUE IN ORDER
TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST RESILIENT
WATER SUPPLY AND I THINK THERE
ARE VARIOUS FORMS OUT THERE. AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES IS OBVIOUSLY THE
INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL
IN. BRINGING THOSE DIVERSE
ENTITIES AND WATER AGENCIES
THAT.
SOMETIMES I NOT SEE EYE TO EYE
BUT CAN AT LEAST BEGIN TO HAVE
THE DISCUSSIONS TO IDENTIFY
THOSE MOST BENEFICIAL PROJECTS
AND SO. AT THE BOARD IN I'M
INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO COMPLEMENT THOSE IN
A WE HAVE A AND A TREMENDOUS
TOOL IN SO FAR AS THE REVOLVING
FUNDS TO THE STATE ROD THE CLEAN
DRINKING WATER. AND. DRINKING
WATER AND CLEAN WATER REVOLVING
FUNDS AND. IT'S SOMETIMES A
SURPRISE FOR FOLKS TO HEAR BUT
THAT THE LARGEST DIVISION OF THE
BOARD IS OUR DIVISION OF
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SO HOW DO
WE HOW DO WE GET SMARTER ABOUT
THOSE INVESTMENTS HAD WE GET
SMARTER. ABOUT THOSE ARE THOSE
TOOLS FINANCIAL TOOLS AND
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
IN TO YOUR POINT TO TO TO FIND
THOSE PROJECTS AT THE MAKE THE
MOST SENSE AND PROVIDE THE MOST
BENEFIT AND NOT JST. ONE
ENTITIES NEED.
OF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
MISTER PRO TEM BECAME MUCH
MISLED MR BURIAL.
THANK YOU SACRED MOVED BY MY
OFFICE EARLIER TODAY WORKING. AT
ANY TIME THE WATER BOARD IS
BROUGHT UP IN MY. COMMUNITY OF
RED FLAGS GO UP EVERYWHERE SO.
IT WILL TAKE YOU FOR COMING BY
AND.
DISCOS AND SOME OF THE THINGS
WITH ME.
I I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS
TODAY YEAH CONCERNING FLOWS AND
SCIENCE STUFF THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT IT IN MY OFFICE THE.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT YOU WERE POINTED RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE SAID PHASE
ONE.
OF THE BAY DELTA WATER COULD
QUALITY CONTROL PLAN. SO.
UNFORTUNATELY. THE MS SEVERAL
MEETINGS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
OF WHICH THERE WAS MANY
CONCERNED AND CONTENTIOUS A
MEETINGS.
THAT.
BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
SO MY MY FIRST A QUESTION ON
FLOWS IS WHAT IS THE STATUS OF
THE IMPAIRED FLOWS ISSUE ON THE
TRIBUTARIES FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN
RIVER.
AND IF IN BOTH.
AS PROPOSED BY THE BOARD STAFF
IS A BOARD PLANNED TO COMPENSATE
THE GROWERS THAT RELIED ON THAT
WATER FOR OVER THE YEARS.
THESE GUYS ARE SCARED TO DEATH
OF YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE WELL
WATER AND WE'RE GONNA HAE NO
WOULD YOU. KNOW AGRICULTURE
LEFT.
YEAH I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A
GREAT MY AMOUNT OF.
ANXIETY AND FEAR AND MISTRUST
CERTAINLY OF THE THE BOARD'S
INTENTIONS AND THE CONSEQUENCES
OF OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
PHASE WONDER AND. ON AND ON.
OF A FLOW STANDARD.
SO THAT THE STATUS CURRENTLY IS
THAT STAFF IS YOU KNOW WE ARE.
OUR COMMENT PERIOD FOR PHASE
ONE ENDED UP BEING A HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY DAYS AND SO.
THE THEIR COMMENTS.
WERE IN THE THOUSANDS AND STAFF
HAS HAS DONE WELL TO TO BEGIN TO
COME THROUGH IN AND BEGIN TO
RESPONSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
OF THAT PROCESS OF. OF BEEN
COMING BACK TO US WITH A
RESPONSE.
AND TO THE POINT ABOUT THE
IMPACTS OF ON THE COMMUNITY FROM
THE PROPOSAL AND HOW TO MITIGATE
OR OR WHAT WHAT IS THE PATH
FORWARD ON THAT HE I THINK THE
BOARD HAS BEEN BEEN CLEAR ON THE
CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN CLEAR
BETWEEN THE BOARD AND. THIS
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT VOLUNTARY
SETTLEMENTS BEING ABLE TO
EFFECTUATE PERHAPS A BETTER
OUTCOME AND A BETTER OUTCOME IS
IS RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITY
OF.
THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THAT
IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING FLOOR NOT
HAVING FLOW OR OR NOT DOING
RESTORATION WORKER DOING
RESTORATION WORK BUT HOW DO WE
DO THOSE IN COMBINATION SO AS
TO.
ONE MINIMIZING A PACT TO
COMMUNITIES BUT TO ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY RISEN GET GET TRACTION
ON WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY WICKED
PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE IN THE
DELTA IN IN OUR DECLINING
ECOSYSTEMS AND WATERSHEDS AND
WILL ONLY GET WORSE. WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE SO HOW DO WE GET
A MORE UNDERSTANDABLE SYSTEM HOW
DO WE HOW DO WE KEEP THE PUBLIC
TRUST IN MAKING SURE THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY IN
THE SCIENCE IN THE DATA THAT
WE'RE USING TO MAKE. COME TO OUR
CONCLUSIONS ASSUMPTIONS BUT
AGAIN MORE IMPORTANTLY ON
VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENTS CAN BE
MORE DURABLE CAN BE MORE ROBUST.
AND HOW WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
TO TAKE THAT AND AND AND AND.
PROVIDE HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT
WE HAVE THE BOARD CAN ADOPT WE
WE MENTIONED THIS IN THE OFFICE.
TOLD ME WHAT A VOLUNTARY
SETTLEMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
YEAH IT'LL IT'LL BE A
COMBINATION OF UP FLOWING ON
FILM IS MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'LL
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU YOU NEED TO
YOU NEED TO TIME THE TWO WITH
THAT THEY NEED TO BE YET WHETHER
IT'S FLOOD PLAIN INUNDATION.
WHETHER IT'S.
REARING AND HABITAT AND YOU
KNOW THE COSTS WILL COME FOR
THAT YOU HAVE YOU CAN'T JUST PUT
WATER ON THE LANDSCAPE YOU HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE HOW THAT
WATER THEN MOVES THROUGH THAT
LANDSCAPE. AND HOW IT CAN
COMPETE AND CAN PROVIDE MULTIPLE
BENEFITS AS IT DOES SO SO.
I THINK OF A VOLUNTARY
SETTLEMENT BRINGS THOSE
RESOURCES TOGETHER. REALIZES
THAT PEOPLE CAN PERHAPS OPERATE
A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLY THAT CAN
YIELD SOME PERHAPS REALLY GREAT
RETURNS FOR THE ECOSYSTEM
UNCERTAINTY.
THANK YOU.
.
MOVING ON.
A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCIENCE TO
USE ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS
RAISED LAST YEAR BY MY STANDARDS
SO COUNTY ON THE SAID WAS HOW IT
USE SCIENCE IN ONLY CERTAIN
PARTS OF THE DOCUMENT. ACCORDING
TO THEM.
WHAT WE HAVE THE BOARD DONE TO
ENSURE THE SAID USES AND APPLIED
SCIENCE EQUALLY?
THE RESTORATION AND WATER
SUPPLIES SIDES OF THE EQUATION.
SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE
SOMETIMES CAN BE THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OF SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY IN
THE DELTA AND OUR WATERSHEDS AND
SO ON WIN YOU KNOW SAFER PHASE
ONE OR ANY ANY OF THE BOARD'S
ACTIONS WHEN WE. BEGIN TO
COMPILE THE INFORMATION AND SAY
WELL THIS IS THE BASIS OF OUR
DECISIONS AND HERE'S SCIENCE
IT'S OUT THERE IT WILL ALWAYS
BE.
SORT OF NOT ENOUGH RIGHT WE WE
STILL HAVE SO MANY GAPS. ARM SO
I YOU KNOW I AM A FIRM BELIEVER
THOUGH THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY TO BE
ABLE TO BUILD THAT TRUST.
AND BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THE
PROBLEM I TO SPEAK CANDIDLY IS
THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF.
WELL THAT'S YOUR SCIENCE AND
THIS IS MY SCIENCE AND YOU KNOW
WHAT LET'S HAVE THAT LET'S LET'S
BATTLE THOSE OUT IN ME THE
SCIENTIFIC PROCESS IS ABOUT THAT
IS ABOUT. LOOKING AT THE
INFORMATION BUT WHEN WHEN PEOPLE
HOLD ON SO TIGHTLY I THINK AND
AND KIND OF FEEL THAT. YOU KNOW
THIS IS MY SCIENCE AND YOU
SHOULD TAKE MY SCIENCE IN YOUR
SCIENCE IS WRONG BECAUSE MY
SENSE IS BETTER. IT GETS US INTO
SORT OF A ZERO SUM DISCUSSION.
AND. IT'S IT'S HARD TO TO BUILD
A TRUST IN THE DISCUSSION BUT I
THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO YOUR
POINT. HERE THERE IS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DISTRUST
FOR SURE.
IN MY INDUSTRY.
SPEED TRANSPARENCY THAT'S THE
WAY INTO THAT. MANY OF THE
PROGRAMS FUNDED BY GROWER A
PROCESSOR FEES ARE NOT RELATED
TO AGRICULTURE. SURGES BEACH
CLEAN UP. NOW.
WHAT IS MORE DUE TO ADDRESS ITS
DISCREPANCY AND ENSURE FEES?
PAID WHETHER A REGULAR IS
COMMUNITY OR USED CORRECTLY
BECAUSE I THINK. WE CAN ALL
AGREE. THERE'S MONEY OF OF THESE
PHASES BEEN SIPHONED OFF FOR
BEACH CLEAN THOUGH IT'S PROBABLY
NOT THE RIGHT SPOT FOR IT.
APPETITE YOU KNOW WE'VE I KNOW
THAT I MEAN DID DID THAT HAPPEN
TO YOU KNOW.
SO SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT.
SORT OF IRRIGATED LANDS PROGRAM
FEES HAVE GONE TO BE BEACH CLEAN
UP INSTEAD I DON'T KNOW THAT
SPECIFICALLY BUT I THINK. I'M
SERVING WITH THE SENTIMENT IS IS
THAT YOU KNOW WE ARE FEE BASED
OUT BUT THAT INTO THE FEES ARE
JUSTIFIED OR THAT SOMEHOW THOSE
DOLLARS MIGHT BE GOING TO SOME
OTHER PROGRAM BY WAY OF STAFF
TIME OR OR NOT AND. I KNOW.
PARTICULARLY FOR MEMBER
DOTAVICK.
HAS MADE A OF A CONCERTED
EFFORT AND AND A REAL PROGRESS
ON BETTER QUANTIFYING YOU KNOW
PROVIDING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
TOO ARE REGULATED ENTITIES.
AGAIN THIS ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY
ABOUT WHERE STAFF TIME IS GOING
WHAT PROJECTS ARE THEY WORKING
ON JUSTIFYING THE FEES THEN AND
I KNOW THERE IS SORT A
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT THE
BOARD GOES THROUGH. WHENEVER WE
ADOPT NEW FEES IT'S ON A YEARLY
SCHEDULE.
AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER AND
SO ON YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL OF
KNOWLEDGE IS THAT. THAT WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO TURN
IT POINT EXACTLY TO WHERE THE
DOLLARS ARE GOING ENSURING THAT
THEY ARE FOR YOU KNOW THE
VARIOUS REGULATORY PROGRAMS
BECAUSE WE DO COLLECT FEES FROM
SO MANY DIFFERENT FOLKS AND. I'M
I WOULD POINT TO A YEARLY
PERFORMANCE REPORT AS AN AREA
WHERE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION
IS HELD AND AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO
BETTER TO TO PROVIDE THAT.
WELL AND MOVING ON TO FEES.
BUT ONE AREA OF CONTENTION IS
THE FEE INCREASES OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS AND MOST RECENTLY
LAST FALL.
THIS IS JUST THE WATER BOARD'S
PORTION OF THE IRRIGATED LANDS
REGULATORY PROGRAM P.. WAS
PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY TWENTY
ONE POINT NINE PERCENT WHICH IS
A BIG THREE INCREASE.
WHEN SEVERAL REMAINS IFFY
INCREASED YOU JUST LOOK AT THE
SPECIFIC FEE OR DO YOU ALSO TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT THE CAUSE OF ALL
POSE FIJIAN INCREASES AS WELL AS
OTHER ECONOMIC IMPACTS. LIKE
REGULATORY COSTS IN AREAS IS
BECAUSE MY GUYS ARE OUT THERE AS
WE AS WE MADE CALLS ON YOUR
CONFIRMATION.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING
BEAT UP OTHER WAYS FROM SUNDAY
UP THERE AND ALSO THEY GET
ANOTHER GOOD TWENTY ONE POINT
NINE PERCENT FEE INCREASE. WHICH
BLINKS BACK INTO TRANSPARENCY
WHO JUST WANT TO IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GET FEED BY THAT WE WANNA
MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT MONEY IS
GOING.
YEAH YOU KNOW WHEN IT IT COMES
TO.
THE FEE INCREASE.
YOU KNOW IT'S IT IS TWENTY ONE
PERCENT ARM YOU KNOW I ALWAYS I
I DO LIKE TO TO MAKE SURE AND
HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU LOOK AT OUR
OTHER OUR OTHER REGULATORY
PROGRAMS AND. THEY'RE ALL YOU
KNOW FORTY YEARS IN THE MAKING
AND WHEN IT COMES TO IRRIGATED
LANDS AN ACT. IT'S STILL A A NEW
RELATIONSHIP AND IF IT'S A NEW
PROGRAM AND IT'S STILL. IT STILL
EVOLVING OUT WILL SAY AND SO
THAT'S.
IT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THAT
TWENTY ONE FOR TWENTY PERCENT
SIR REPRESENTS AT THE THE TWELVE
CENT INCREASE IN THE PER ACRE
FEET WHICH IS AN INSIGNIFICANT
AND I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO.
SEEM LIKE I'M DIMINISHING ARE
THE IMPACTS OF THOSE FEES WHEN
IT COMES TO HOW WE THEN
STRUCTURE THOSE WE CAN ONLY
REALLY WORK WITHIN OUR LANE AND
SO FAR AS WHAT IS OUR STAFF
TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS THAN THE FEW
GOING BUT I KNOW AS A BOARD
MEMBER I'M VERY I'M VERY
COGNIZANT AND SENSITIVE TO THE
CHALLENGES AGRICULTURE IS
CURRENTLY FACING. DOT IN NOT
JUST ON THE WATER SIDE BUT IS
THAT YOU KNOW CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPACTS ON
AG. IS LABOR ISSUES THAT AG HAS
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL AND.
YOU KNOW I AM MINDFUL OF WHERE
WE ARE IN IN IN THAT WORK. BUT
IT WOULD ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE
SOME CONTEXT SAID YOU KNOW THE
TWENTY ONE PERCENT INCREASE CAN
SEEM SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S TWELVE CENTS PER ACRE AND
SO YOU KNOW AGAIN THIS IS A
RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM SO WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER TO
JUSTIFY.
WELL MY WHENEVER SOMEBODY COMES
UP FOR THE WATER BOARD.
IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S ALWAYS A
LOT OF ANGST AND SO WE TALKED TO
A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. ABOUT
YOU AND.
YOU GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE
FEEDBACK DUTY CALLED ME. A GOOD
TALK WITH HER. AND THE ALL
CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTED TODAY AND
I WISH YOU THE BEST.
THANK YOU.
THE TWO.
THANK YOU MUCH FOR SPERRY HELD
UP SECONDS.
THE PRO TEM AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU TODAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
I JUST HAVE TO I THINK FAIRLY
QUICK THINGS.
.
IT I KNOW THAT.
EACH MEMBER ON THE WATER BOARD
HAS AN AREA OF EXPERTISE
PROBABLY OUT WELL. THE
APPOINTMENTS DELINEATE DAB YOUR
PUBLIC. MEMBER BUT I ALSO KNOW
THAT PEOPLE HAVE SPECIFIC
INTEREST PLUS YOU ALSO ARE THE
LIAISON TO. REGION SEVEN IN SAN
DIEGO. AS WELL AS NON AROUND THE
COLORADO RIVER SO. COUPLE THINGS
THOUGHTS ON THE SALTON SEA I
MEAN I I KNOW THAT YOU NOT ONLY
HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT IN
THIS. REGARD WAS CERTAINLY IN
YOUR FORMER LIFE.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SALTON
SEA AND AND WATER TRANSFERS AND.
ALL A CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME YOUR
THOUGHTS ON HOW WE'RE PROCEEDING
ON THE SALTON SEA AT THIS POINT.
BY THE END THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
I I COULD A CHRYSLER TO GEEK
OUT AND SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME
ON A ON A RESPONSE WORK FOR THE
CITY BUT ASIDE WAY SO WOULD LOVE
THAT. JOB BUT HE'S NOT HERE
TODAY AND WHO KNOWS IF HE'S
LISTENING BUT.
IT'S IT'S WHAT A YET AGAIN YOU
KNOW WE LOOK AT ACROSS OUR STATE
UNIT GEOGRAPHICALLY AND
OTHERWISE AND WE HAVE SUCH GREAT
DIVERSITY AND. REAL CHALLENGES
AND THE SEA IS ONE OF THOSE ON
JUST ON A LANDSCAPE LEVEL YOU
KNOW THE THE SQUARE MILEAGE AT
THE C. ENCOMPASSES ITS
IMPORTANCE TO THE PACIFIC FLYWAY
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY. THE HEALTH
OF THAT CD AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO
THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES
THAT LIVE AROUND IT.
.
IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN NO NO NO
SECRET THAT.
IT'S THE THE PROGRESS AT THE
SEA THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO TO TO
DEMONSTRATE ON THE STATE SIDE.
ISN'T WHERE IT'S AT AND SO WERE
BEHIND THE BALL AND AND. THIS
YEAR WAS LAST YEAR WAS THE LAST
YEAR THAT WE HAD MITIGATION
FLOWS FROM THE QUANTIFICATION
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SO YOU
KNOW THAT THE CLOCK HAS BEEN
TAKING AND WERE PAST MIDNIGHT
NOW AT THE SEA.
BUT. I HAVE A TREMENDOUS.
OPTIMISM ON ON WHERE THINGS ARE.
BECAUSE IF YOU JUST LOOK AT JUST
THE LAST DECADE WE'VE NEVER BEEN
AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE NOW
WHERE THERE'S AGREEMENT AMONGST
SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER
AUTHORITY.
AND DISTRICT IMPERIAL COUNTY
THESE WERE ALL ENTITIES AND
PARTIES THAT WERE SUING EACH
OTHER WRITER SO LONG AND FOR
THEM TO COME TOGETHER IN
AGREEMENT ON A STIPULATED ORDER
THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT IS.
IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S
NOT AS IF EVERYTHING IS PERFECT
BUT IT WE HAVE THIS MOMENTUM IN
THIS OPPORTUNITY. ARM SO I I
THINK I THINK WE IT WILL HAVE A
A. BUT FOR NOW THE PLAN IS FOR A
SMALLER SIZE WITH A SCALABLE SEE
BUT I REMIND EVERYONE THAT EVEN
DOWN AT THE SEA OUT EVEN WITH
THE QUANTIFICATION SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE RECEIVING
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE HUNDRED
AND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE
FEET OF WATER A YEAR.
IF YOU WERE TO IF YOU WERE TO GO
TO ANY WATERSHED IN THE STATE
AND SAY I HAVE FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE FEET OF WATER TO
BE PUT TO BENEFICIAL USE.
AT IT WOULD IT NO ONE WOULD
WOULD PASS THAT UPSET TO SEE WE
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF. THE
WATER RESOURCES THERE'S
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES THERE
SO IT'S HOW DO WE CREATE THE
ECONOMIES AROUND THE SEA THAT
THE BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AND BRING IT TO US ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT. TO ITS LONG TERM
VIABILITY AND HEALTH AND. WE
HAVE SOME POTS OF MONEY ON THE
STATE SIDE AND I THINK IT'S ON
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. CONTINUE
TO SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE ON A
TREND IN THE STATES.
THANK YOU PUBLISHED BY I LIKE
YOUR PHRASEOLOGY GEEK OUT THAT'S
PARTLY TECHNICAL TERM. AND END
ON THE WATER WE COULD PROBABLY
KICK OUT FOR HOURS.
BUT I PROMISED MY COLLEAGUES I
WON'T I WILL ASK ONE LAST
QUESTION OR COMMENT MAKE ONE
LAST COMMENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY.
AN ISSUE RELATED VERY IMPORTANT
IN MY COMMUNITIES. IT
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF
POTENTIAL ROLLBACK OF FEDERAL
PROTECTIONS. AND I AND THIS HAS
TO DO WITH OUR.
.
THOUGH WETLANDS POLICY AND AND
THAT ISSUE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
IN THE MAKING I'M SURE THERE BUT
MANY THINGS THAT KIND OF. I'D
TAKE UP. THE PRIORITY LIST BUT.
WE'VE LOST MORE I THINK THAN
NINETY PERCENT OF THE WETLANDS
AND. AND CERTAINLY RIPARIAN
HABITAT SO I WOULD I'M JUST
CURIOUS DO YOU THINK WE ACTUALLY
WILL GET THIS. DONE BY YEAR'S
END AND THAT'S ONLY ONE PHASE
WHAT ABOUT OTHER FACES IF YOU
COULD JUST COMMENT ON THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. COURSE.
SO CURRENTLY. WE HELD A
WORKSHOP ON THE ISSUE. WERE
HOPEFUL TO GET SOMETHING BACK
OUT FROM STAFF THIS YEAR.
.
THE QUESTION WILL BE IF WE'LL
HAVE TO RECIRCULATE. ARM OF THE
PROPOSAL AT THIS POINT OR IF YOU
KNOW WILL BE ABLE TO WORK
WITHIN.
IT WITHIN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED
AT THIS. AT THIS JUNCTURE I KNOW
INTO YOUR POINT IT HAS BEEN A
DECADE AND YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL
LANDSCAPE UNDER US CONTINUES THE
CHEF AND ITS ITS CONTENT IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY GET
THIS DONE.
BUT TO DO SO IN A IN A CAREFUL
WAY SO AS TO ACTUALLY AFFECT THE
CHANGE WE WANT AND THAT'S TO
PRESERVE OUR EXISTING WETLANDS
AND ENCOURAGE. THE DEVELOPMENT
AND OF OF NEW ONES.
AND SO.
I KNOW STAFF OR YOU KNOW AND AS
BOARD MEMBERS ARE BEING VERY
CAREFUL AS WE PROCEED BUT IT IS
A PRIORITY. AND I WERE LOOKING
TO GET THAT GET THAT OUT THIS
YEAR.
I GUESS I WOULD HOPE I DIE EVERY
YEAR I HAVE A MEETING IN MY
DISTRICT OF.
OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST AND
BROAD AND AND THIS COMES UP AS
AN ISSUE ALMOST EVERY AT WELL IT
COMES UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR SO.
IF THERE IS A WAY GIVEN YOUR
LIAISON STATUS WITH OUR
COMMUNITY YOU CAN. PAY
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THIS I
WOULD REALLY. APPRECIATE IT ON
BEHALF OF MANY PEOPLE DIFFERENT
APPRECIATE THAT I'M SORRY THE
THE LATTER HALF OF YOUR QUESTION
INSOFAR AS PHASE TWO AND THREE.
FOR FOR WETLANDS POLICY
CURRENTLY IT'S THE DREDGE AND
FILL PROCEDURES FOR WETLANDS AND
THEN WE'LL BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAN
OTHER OTHER AVENUES TO NOT JUST
READ AND PHIL BUT. THE OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND.
RIGHT NOW I RUN JUST WE JUST
NEED TO GET THERE IS PHASE ONE
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S EEN
TOO MUCH STAFF WORK ON WHAT
FAITH IN TWO AND THREE MIGHT
LOOK LIKE. OKAY THANK YOU I
GIVEN YOUR HISTORY ON ON THIS
ISSUE WHEN YOU WORK I THINK
WE'RE PRETTY. ARE FORTUNATE TO
HAVE THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE ON A
VERY HARD WORKING BOARD THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR.
THANK YOU THANK YOU MUCH AND THE
SECOND.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS MISTER VICE
CHAIR SIR.
WE JUST MET AND WE ARE MEETING
GOT CUT OFF BECAUSE WE NEED TO
BE HERE SO I JUST TO HAVE A FEW
MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. BUT TO
DO IT JUST TO KIND OF PIGGY BACK
OFF OF A SINNER BURIALS COMMENTS
ABOUT THE STUDIES FOR THE SAID
SO IN MARCH. OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
THE STENCIL SKATEBOARD SENT A
LETTER TO.
WOMAN MARK IS. AN INTEREST THIS
HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT WE'RE. WE'RE HAVING TO THE
CONCERNS THAT WERE HAVING SO
SAYS. JUST BRIEFLY THE APPROACH
TAKEN IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THE SET
IS IMBALANCES AND WON THE
EFFECTS OF THE FLOW.
THE EFFECTS OF THE UNIMPAIRED
FLOW PROPOSAL ON FISHERIES HAVE
BEEN EVALUATED IN A VERY
SPECIFIC DETAIL EXTENSIVELY
DESCRIBED IN THE SAID IN OTHER
DOCUMENTS AND REVIEWED BY
SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC PANELS.
CONVERSELY. THE EFFECTS OF
IMPAIRED FLOWS ON WATER SUPPLY
RESILIENCE ARE DRESSED ONLY IN
THE SAID. THE IS THIS ANALYSIS
UTILIZED A VERY GENERALIZED
APPROACH THAT IS DIFFICULT TO
INTERPRET. AND HAS NOT BEEN
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED BY A
SINGLE SCIENTIFIC PANEL OF
EXPERTS. SO SO THAT'S THE
PROBLEM RIGHT IT'S IT'S ALL THIS
FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASPECTS OF THE UNFAIR FLOWS.
OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING
IMPACTED BY THIS BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE A VERY BIG IMPACT
WHATEVER HAPPENS.
ARE MAYBE OUR SCIENCE FIRST
THEIR SIDE THEY JUST WANT
SCIENCE RIGHT SO THEY'RE THEY'RE
THEY ARE DOING ALL THIS
ADDITIONAL WORK SPENDING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BECAUSE THE
BOARD IS NOT DOING IT. AND THEN
IT'S IGNORED OR NOT REVIEWED OR
NOT INCORPORATED SO I HOPE YOU
SEE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST OUR
SCIENCE IS BETTER THAN THEIR
SCIENCE IT'S PLEASE HAVE SOME
SCIENCE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE
IMPACTS ARE VALID IS THAT IS
THAT MAKES SENSE. DOES.
AN AND I KNOW.
IT'S DIFFICULT AND WE ATE THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE SYSTEM THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT IN THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU COULD
SPEND. STUDYING ANALYZING AND.
IN COMING TO SOME CONCLUSION
COULD IT MEAN YOU COULD OPEN A
COULD BE OPEN ENDED WE COULD BE
HERE FOR DECADES AND STILL NOT
FEEL WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE
NEED TO KNOW. BUT TO YOUR POINT
YOU WE ARE WE DO ALWAYS HAVE TO
DO BETTER AND THERE IS CRITICISM
OFTEN TIMES OF OUR ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS HOW WE HOW WE DO
ECONOMICS FOR WHAT ARE THE
IMPACTS AND AND SUCH AND IN THIS
CASE. I YOU FEEL THAT THE WATER
SUPPLY RELIABILITY SIDE OF IT IS
ALSO NOT UP TO SNUFF ARM AND.
I'M WILLING TO TAKE THOSE
CRITICISMS AND AND SAY WE NEED
TO DO BETTER AND THAT.
WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER I MEAN ARE
WE ARE WE DIGGING AND TO ME
THAT'S A FAIR ARGUMENT RIGHT WE
HAVE ALL THIS SCIENTIFIC? REVIEW
OF.
THE SIDE THAT WE DON'T LIKE AND
YET THE SIDE THAT WE'RE SAYING
LOOK THIS IS A MAJOR IMPACT AND
THERE'S BEEN NO SCIENTIFIC PANEL
SO. I YOU MENTIONED IN OUR
OFFICE THAT YOU HOPE TO HAVE
THIS DONE THIS YEAR. THIS THIS
WHOLE THING WORKED OUT AND I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL WORK BUT
WITH THIS VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT
PROCESS AND HOW LONG THAT TAKES
OBVIOUSLY DAUGHTER RUSH THAT.
BUT. LOOK THIS IS THIS IS A HUGE
DEAL THIS PROBABLY THE MOST
IMPACTFUL THING THAT HAS EVER
HAPPENED TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
AND IF IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT
LONGER TO GET THE SCIENCE RIGHT
I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S
FAIR SO.
IT'S A ANYWAYS JUST.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT SO. BUT IT DOES
GO TO THE CONCERN AND THE THE
MISTRUST OF.
AGRICULTURE OF VERSES THE BOARD
I MEAN THEY THEY FEEL LIKE NOW
ARCHER WILL MARCUS IN THE BORDER
HAVE HAD MEETINGS IN OUR
DISTRICT DOES WERE VERY PAINFUL.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE
SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE OKAY IF YOU
VOTE AGAINST THEM IF THEY FEEL
THAT THEY'VE BEEN HEARD AND I
THINK THE BOARD HAS DONE. A
BETTER JOB AT REACHING OUT TO TO
THE FOLKS IN THE CENTER OF
EITHER TO BE IMPACTED BECAUSE.
AGAIN AS WE TALKED ABOUT YOU YOU
MENTIONED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SIGMA AND AND HOW YOU KNOW
SOME OF THESE AREAS IN MY IN MY
DISTRICT ARE DOING QUITE WELL
WHEN IT COMES TO A BALANCED.
APPROACH TO GROUNDWATER.
WAS WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE THE
AREAS THAT ARE DOING WELL HEADS
HAVE YOUR GEISHA RIGHTS SO THEY
HAVE THE IRRIGATION WATER FROM.
TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT
MODESTO AMER SAID SO THE COSTLY
REPLENISH OTHER BROWN WATER THE
AREAS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO
NOT.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUMP OF A
LOT IN SO THAT'S DRAWING DOWN
THOSE OFFERS IN CREATING THIS
IMBALANCE.
SO IF WE NOW TAKE WATER FROM
THESE AREAS THAT YOUR GATE
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME
PROBLEM BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT.
THE ANALYSIS.
IT'S IT'S IT YOU KNOW I THINK
THE BOARD'S WORK IN A VACUUM AS
THEY HAVE UNIMPAIRED FLOWS INTO
LOOKING AT HAND AND THEN THEY
ALSO HAVE. SIGMA BUT THESE DON'T
MEET RIGHT. WELL IF YOU TAKE
WATER AWAY FROM YOUR GATED LANDS
YOU'RE GOING TO DISRUPT AN
IMBALANCE THE GROWER BECAUSE.
THE ACTUAL STUDY SAYS THAT WILL
DEAL JUST PUMP AND MAKE UP THE
DIFFERENCE THEREFORE. IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE AS IMPACTFUL AS ONE
WHAT'S THOUGHT WELL THOSE ARE
INCONSISTENT DO YOU DO YOU
AGREE.
THEY THEY CAN CONFLICT ARM
UNITED BUT I WOULD YOU KNOW I
WOULD CAUTION AND WITH YOU KNOW
YOU LOOK AT THE DISCUSSIONS FOR
THE BAY DELTA ACCORD AND LOOK AT
THE SIXTEEN FORTY ONE THAT'S.
THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN
PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT WORK FOR A
NEW ONE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE
MODELING IN THE ASSUMPTIONS AND
WHAT THE IMPACTS WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE AND WHAT WAS WITH THAT AND
THAT. AND YOU YOU YOU YOU FAST
YOU GO THROUGH THE YEARS AND
AFTER AND YOU LOOK ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENTATION. THEY LOOK
NOTHING ALIKE AND THAT'S NOT AN
AND AGAIN IT'S NOT TO SAY THEM
IN THIS EFFORT THAT.
WELL ORIGINAL FIGURE IT OUT AND
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE
YOU KNOW WE WE HAVE WE HAVE TO
ACT WE KNOW THE SYSTEM ISN'T
ISN'T WORKING ON ON ON ANYBODY'S
SIDE I MEAN IF WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE UNCERTAINTY. FOR WATER
SUPPLY ISSUES BECAUSE THE THAT
THIS ECOSYSTEM CONTINUES TO TO
DEGRADE SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
GET HOW DO WE GET OURSELVES. NOT
JUST WITH THE PROPOSAL BUT A
PROCESS THAT. IS ITERATIVE AND
ALLOWS US TO TO START DOING
THINGS AS OPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT OVER WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
I UNDERSTAND BUT IT'S IT'S JUST
IT'S INCONSISTENT.
TO SAY THE FARMERS WILL BE FINE
BECAUSE THEY CAN PUMP MORE. WHEN
ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE
SICKNESS SAYING YOU'RE NOT GONNA
PUMP MORE. UPRIGHT SO WE'VE GOT
A. I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE
HONEST LOOK AT THE END OF THE
DAY IT'S GOOD YOU KNOW
WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS
GOING TO HAPPEN BUT. LET'S BE
HONEST IN THE PROCESS AND WE'VE
GOT TO CONNECT THE TWO DOTS
BECAUSE THEY ARE CONNECTED SO.
IT REALLY WAS SCARES ME MOST
ABOUT THE END OF HER FLOWS IT'S
LESS ABOUT THE FORTY PERCENT.
IT'S IT'S MORE AS WE TALKED
ABOUT THE HOLDING OF THE WATER
THAT YOU CAN YOU BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY IF THE WATER NEEDS TO
BE COLDER IN ORDER TO
ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER WE'RE
TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE.
BUT THAT'S LESS WATER THE SYSTEM
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT FORTY
PERCENT BUT THERE'S A LARGE
AMOUNT OF WATER THAT HAS TO BE
STORED. BEEN HELD OVER TO THE
FOLLOWING YEAR SO IT'S IT'S JUST
GONNA BE VERY COMPACT WALLET
JUST. LOOK AGRICULTURE IS OUR
MAJOR DRIVER IN IN MY DISTRICT
IT'S THE MAJOR DRIVER AND WE DO
FEED THE WORLD AND AND
AGRICULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND.
IF YOU TAKE THE WATER.
CONVENIENTLY I THINK IT'S
EXACTLY THE SAME AWARD IS GOING
WITH THE TITLES I'M SURE THAT'S
JUST A BIG COINCIDENCE I'M SURE
NOT CONNECTED AT ALL. BUT IF YOU
TAKE THE WATER THEN THAT'S GOING
TO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT AND IF IF. YOU'VE GONE TO
THE CENTRAL VALLEY YOU CAN SEE A
LOT OF FOLLOW GROUNDS. I MEAN
SOME OF THESE AREAS IT IT'S JUST
SHOCKING TO SEE AND SO I I DO
APPRECIATE THAT YOU MADE THAT
COMMITMENT TO ME. THAT YOU WILL
GO MEET WITH SOME SOME FOLKS IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. MICHAEL
FRANCES A GENTLEMAN WHO'S TAKEN
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. HE IS A
BOARD MEMBER WITH HER LIKE
IRRIGATION DISTRICT HE DOES A
TOUR OF THE RIVER SO I I
APPRECIATE THAT I LET HIM KNOW
THAT AND THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT
TO YOU SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WHAT DID OUR PART WE WE
TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS IS IS
IMPORTANT I KNOW YOU.
YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S THE
ENFORCEMENT ARM BUT THERE ARE. A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THE WATER
BOARD THAT ARE GOING TO THE US
HANDFUL FARMERS AND SAYING. IT'S
GOOD WE HAVE CONTAMINATED WATER
WE HAVE DEEMED IT'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY THEREFORE YOU
WILL PROVIDE A WATER SUPPLY FOR
THESE TOWNS AND.
I JUST THINK THAT'S. A LITTLE
SHORT SIGHTED BECAUSE LOVE THESE
FARMERS THAT THEY DIDN'T CREATE
THIS ISSUE RIGHT. THIS IS THIS
SHOULD BE A STATEWIDE OF
PROBLEMS A STATEWIDE SOLUTION I
DON'T KNOW BENT OVER SENATOR
MONEY HAD A BILL LAST YEAR THAT.
WOULD HAVE STARTED TO ADDRESS
THIS I'M NOT SURE IF THAT BILL
IS GONNA BE REDUCED OR NOT BUT I
THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT FIRST
STEP. BUT.
WE CAN'T HAVE A HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE TRYING TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE A
STATEWIDE SOLUTION SO. I
UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ENFORCEMENT
ARM BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE
BOARD CAN TAKE ACTION TO SAY.
LOOK THIS IS A STATEWIDE PROBLEM
WE NEED STATE WIDE SOLUTION IT
IS NOT TOO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
OUT ENFORCING. ALTERNATELY THEY
WORK FOR YOU GUYS RIGHT. NOW AND
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT
AND AND THE DIFFICULTY IN THIS
AS A BOARD MEMBER IS THAT YOU
KNOW ENFORCEMENT IS. IS IS
FIREWALL FROM US YOU KNOW IT
WOULD BE IMPROPER FOR ME TO EVER
YOU KNOW GO TO OUR A CHRIS CARRY
IN OUR OUR OUR OUR DIRECTOR
CHIEF ENFORCEMENT AND SAY.
THE OWNER DO WHEN IT COMES TO
FORCE AND THAT THEN AND THERE
ARE YOU KNOW IT'S A DID YOU GET
TOWARD PROCESS AND SO FAR AS AN
ABILITY FOR FOLKS TO APPEAL
THOSE AND THEN COME TO US AND
SO.
INHIBITED TO YOUR POINT IT DOES
MAKE. IT DOES MAKE FOR SOME
DIFFICULTY IN THE FEELING THAT
WELL THAT THIS HAND IS AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS OTHER HAND
IS DOING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A
PRIORITY OF THE BOARD. TO FILL
THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO WATER TO
ADDRESS THESE INJUSTICES WHEN IT
COMES TO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES. AND WE DO A LOT
WHENEVER HUMAN RIGHTS TO WATER
PORTAL WE CONTINUE TO TO HELP
AND DRIVE OF THE CONVERSATION
AND AND WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
.
AND AGAIN TO YOUR POINT YES IT
CAN SEEM. A LITTLE DISJOINTED
AND MAY BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
.
I'M LIMITED IN MY ABILITY YOU
KNOW INDICATE THAT AND SO BUT.
YOU KNOW THE CRITICISM MISTAKE
BUT DO YOU THINK IT'S. FAIR.
WHEN IT'S A OF A PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A STATE THAT.
IT'S SHOCKING REALLY TO ME THAT
WE HAVE AREAS IN OUR STATE THEY
CAN'T DRINK THE WATER THAT'S OF
THIRD WORLD STATUS ISSUE OR THE
ISSUE AND WE HAVE IT ON ONE OF
THE MOST PROSPEROUS. STATES IN
THE PROSPERS IN THE MOST
PROSPEROUS NATION IN THE WORLD.
BUT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY
GOING TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CAUSE
IT.
IT IT'S IT IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL
GOOD BUT IT IT'S NOT I DON'T
THINK IT'S EQUITABLE DO YOU
THINK THAT CIRCLE I KNOW THAT'S
NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT YOU'RE NOT
TELLING TO GO OUT AND DO IT BUT
AND AND I MEAN ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS ARE PROMISED OFF OF
FINDING RESPONSIBLE PARTY AND SO
AGAIN I'VE HAVEN'T DELVED INTO
THE SPECIFICS OF THE THE LETTERS
THAT WENT OUT. BUT THEN STAFF
FELT THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE
THAT IT WAS THEIR CONTRIBUTION
THOUGH END BUT. THE COMPLEXITIES
OF THE ISSUE ARE SUCH THAT.
YEAH OKAY WELL STUART HAS A IS A
VERY POWERFUL. AND I'M ASSUMING.
DON'T YOU THINK IT BE BETTER TO
HAVE IT BE A STATEWIDE SOLUTION
RATHER THAN JUST GOING TO
HANDFUL FARMERS ABRAHAM YOU IF
YOU GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
CARE OF IT IN A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION TO IT I AGREE. AND ARE
ARE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING THE
WORK ON THAT ARE YOU WORKING
WITH SENATOR MORNING ON HIS BILL
ARE YOU COMING UP WITH
SOLUTIONS.
SO YEAH YOU KNOW IT'S THE
LEGISLATURE THAT'S IN THIS
DEBATE AROUND A CENTER
CEREMONIES BUILD THE THE THE THE
THE ADMINISTRATION ISN'T SUPPORT
I BELIEVE.
ARCHER FELICE MARKETS WAS JUST
AWESOME. TESTIFYING TO TO THAT
EFFECT ON JUST AN HOUR OR TWO
AGO SO WE ARE YOU KNOW AND AND
IN THAT EFFORT AND ENGAGED BUT
ALSO IN MANY OTHER SO IT'S NOT.
IT'S IT'S ABOUT FINDING A OF OF
OF THE STABLE PULL THE FUNDING
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. BUT
THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF
CONSOLIDATIONS YOU KNOW THESE
ARE MANY TIMES COMMUNITY WATER
SYSTEMS THAT. SERVE YOU KNOW
TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE AND AND DON'T
HAVE THE CAPITAL.
THE THE RATE BASE TO BE ABLE TO.
TO ACTUALLY. PROVIDE CLEAN SAFE
DRINKING WATER SO THERE THERE'S
THERE'S OTHER PARTS OF THE PIE
IF YOU WILL THAT WE CAN GET OUT
THIS IT IS. GETTING YOU KNOW
THAT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
PORTION THAT YOU KNOW NO MATTER
WHAT THESE FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO
AFFORD KIND OF TAKING CARE OF.
BUT HOW WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE
THE SYSTEMS ARE THE INSTITUTIONS
YOU KNOW HOW DO WE HOW WE PULL
RESOURCES BETTER TOGETHER FOR
THESE MANY SMALL COMMUNITY
SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THEM TO TO
ACTUALLY BE SUSTAINABLE AND
PROVIDE CLEAN SAFE DRINKING
WATER FOR FOLKS THAT WE'VE BEEN.
WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON ON
THAT SIDE AS WELL THE THE
CONSOLIDATIONS AND HOW WE HAD TO
INCENTIVIZE VOLUNTARY
CONSOLIDATION. REALIZE THAT YOU
KNOW MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED
FIFTEEN DIFFERENT WATER PRIORS
AND A LOT BECAUSE THEY ARE AT
THE
FOREFRONT THIS BATTLE AND SO
THEY MUST SEE. IN YOU THE SAME
THING WITH THAT BUT I'M SAYING
THAT YOU'RE FAIR THAT YOU'RE
GONNA BE DILIGENT IN A WORK CAR
BUT AGAIN I WILL. I WILL ASK AND
I KNOW IT'S HARD DRIVES ON
PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR. NOW IN THE SENATE AND WE
RELY ON OUR STAFF OR STAFF PLAYS
A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE THEY'RE
PROFESSIONALS THEY DIG IN AND DO
ALL THE WORK AND THEN WERE YOU
KNOW WE NEED TO DIGEST THAT AND
THEN MAKE A DECISION.
BUT STAFF IS ON CHARGE YOU GUYS
ARE IN CHARGE YOU ARE THE
APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS THAT
THAT YOU KNOW THE BUCK STOPS
WITH YOU YOU MAKE THE DECISION.
SO I JUST ASK YOU WHEN THIS ITEM
FLOWS OF PROPOSAL COMES TO YOU.
PLEASE DIG INTO THIS PUMPING
PART IT AGAIN IT'S JUST IT IS
INCONSISTENT TO SAY. WE HAVE
SIGMA WE HAVE A GROUP MAILBOX
REFERS AROUND THE BALANCE
GROUNDWATER'S BEING DEPLETED. IN
THE OTHER SIDE WHEN WE WANT TO
YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET
SOMETHINGPASSED THE UNPAIRED
FLOWS SAY NO NO NO FARMERS WE
FIND CAUSING JUST PUMP MORE.
RIDICULOUS SO JUST PLEASE DIG
INTO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN THE
STAFF IS GREAT. BUT ULTIMATELY
YOU MAKE THE DECISION SO THAT
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU MUCH OF. MR VICE CHAIR
OF COLLEAGUES ANY OTHER FURTHER.
SINCE COMING TO.
TELL. THEM. THE GOOD.
WE CAN GO FK ERIC MCKAY. VERY
GOOD FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT OF
TODAY'S NOMINEE WANT YOU COMING
UP TO THE MICROPHONE. THE
STANDING MICROPHONE FOR THOSE
WOULD SUPPORT THAT JUST LINE UP
I'VE ASKED TO.
GIVE YOUR NAME.
AND JUST A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF
WHY YOU'RE SUPPORTING AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE THANKS FOR THE
pNAME'S BOBBY LARSON I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE.
FROM SANITATION AGENCIES WERE
STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT
REPRESENTS LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES
THAT PROVIDE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT RECYCLE WATER IN A
NOBLE ENERGY. AND IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AND
STRONG SUPPORT FOR WORKING ASK
ABOUT ALL'S COMPOUND FOR NATION
TO THE WATER BOARD.
I THINK AS THE COMMITTEES ARE
QUESTIONING I WAS VERY
ENLIGHTENING AND WHAT IT.
REMINDS ME IS THAT WITH THE
COMPLEXITY AND CONTROVERSY AND
CHALLENGES OF THE WATER BOARD
FACES I'M UNDER NO ILLUSIONS
THAT MISTER ESTEBAN ARE GOING TO
AGREE ON EVERY ISSUE BUT WHAT I
DO NOW FROM MY. WORKING WITH HIM
IN THE PAST AND IN THIS CURRENT
POSITION IS I'M GONNA GET A FAIR
HEARING HE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO
ME. HE'S GOING TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE
RAISED BY THE PEOPLE THAT I
REPRESENT AND HE'S HIS GOAL
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS IS GOING
TO BE THE BEST DECISION. FOR
CALIFORNIA AND FOR THE PUBLIC
AND SO FOR THAT REASON.
I'M VERY STRONGLY SUPPORTED
FIGURE MUCH THAT'S WHEN THE
SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON THE PRESIDENT PRO
TEM SENATORS. I'M BERNARD THEY
ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
IN JUST TO ADD OUR VOICE AS
WELL IN STRONG SUPPORT OF.
MISTRESS GIVENS CONFIRMATION.
WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH HIM A DATING BACK TO
HIS.
TIME AT THE SENATOR BOXER'S
OFFICE AT THE RESOURCES AGENCY
AND EVEN IN THE SHORT TIME HE'S
BEEN.
SERVING AT THE WATER BOARD HAS
IT NOT ONLY TAKING THE TIME TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES.
ABOUT ALREADY IS DEMONSTRATING
LEADERSHIP ABILITIES TO.
TACKLED DIFFICULT ISSUES ONE
WAS MENTIONED.
BY SARAH RECKONS BEING THE
SALTON SEA SO.
WE ARE AGAIN ADDING OUR VOICE
OF SUPPORT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU
WILL CONFIRM TODAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MUCH NECK TWENTY
SUPPORT HIS REPORT TO MEMBERS
GOOD AFTERNOON ROBERT GORE FROM
THE QUALCOMM GROUP ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF FRESNO KERN COUNTY
WATER KING'S RIVER. MODESTO
YOU'RE GAY ASIAN DISTRICTTHE
SAN GBRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY
AUTHORITY OF UNITED WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN ZONE
SEVEN WATER AGENCY. IN THIS TIME
OF.
WATER CRITICALITY CRITICALITY
OF JOAQUIN REPRESENTS FRESH EYES
AN ATTACK INTO INTO A NEW VOICE
HE IS AS HE SAID OF HIS
GRANDPARENTS TIRELESS. ON THE
GROUND HE LISTENS HE LET YOU
KNOW WHERE HE STANDS OF OUR
CLIENTS DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH
HIM. OF BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS
EAGER TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION
AND REACH A COLLABORATIVEAND
HE-IS.
WALKING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. IS
FAR AS DATA GOES HE IS SINCERE
IN HIS DESIRE TO IMPLEMENT A
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY REGULATORY
AGENCY IN FOREVER TO END WHAT
FELICIA MARCUS CALLS. DUELING
POWER POINTS. IT IT WILL BE
THROUGH A ATA AND AND A TWENTY
FIRST CENTURY MET MANAGEMENT
ANALYTICS. SPEAKING PERSONALLY
AND AS THE FATHER FIVE
MILLENNIALS INCLUDING A FORMER
SENATE FELLOW.
WALKING IS A ARM IS A TRUE. AN
ECUMENICAL PROBLEM SOLVER AND
WEREN'T STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU NEXT WHEN THE SUPPORT
ONE OF THE MEAT ON ON BEHALF OF
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA. MY
COLLEAGUES IN MY ORGANIZATION
HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK
WITH MR ESKEW FELL IN A NUMBER
OF ISSUES AND WE'VE ALWAYS
BELIEVED HIM TO BE A FAIR. AND
VERY THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUAL AND
FOR THESE REASONS WE. STRONGLY
SUPPORT HIS NOMINATION THANK YOU
NEXT WITNESSES APART.
GOOD AFTERNOON JAMIE MINOR ON
BEHALF OF THAT SCENE A MARGARITA
WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF MR
ESKEW WELLS UP MEANT APPRECIATE
HIS THOUGHTFUL APPROACH IN. AN
OPEN DOOR POLICY TO THE
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT GO BEFORE
HIM AND I'M LOOK FOR TO WORKING
WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE ON THESE
IMPORTANT ISSUES. THANK YOU NEXT
WHEN SUPPORT GOOD AFTERNOON CODY
BOILS IN BEHALF OF SOUTH VALLEY
WATER ASSOCIATION BRANCH WRONG
SUPPORT FOR MANY REASONS THE
BURDEN STATED. THANK YOU ANNEX
ONE SUPPORT FOR DRAMA TOWNSEND
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL ALSO STRONG
SUPPORT FOR HIS RISK VAL WANTED
NOTRE DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ALL
THE ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE IS
PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS OVER HIS
CAREER. FOR THE CAN EVEN CAROL
PARTICULARLY ON THE SONGS HE'S
THINKING HIS SECONDS FOR RAISING
THAT ISSUE CONSULTANCY THAT THE
NEEDLE HAS MOVED AND WE THINK
IT'S MOVED IN PART TO THE
EFFORTS OF MR ESKEW FELL. LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN
THE FUTURE INSTEAD AND URGE THE
SENATE TO CONFIRM THANK YOU.
THANKS I THINK UNIX ONCE AS PART
OF TRAINING MISTER TERENCE
CENTERS ROSEANNE ACROSS SO HERE
WE HAVE A MISSION SPRINGS WATER
DISTRICT INSTRUCTS THE PORT OF
MISTRUST OF ELVES APPOINTMENT IN
CONFIRMATION. MISSIONS BRINGS
HIS WORKED WITH HIM OVER THE
PAST DECADE MISSION SPRINGS
REPRESENTS A VERY DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY AND.
AND HE HAS BEEN VERY
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO GET
REVENUE AND I'M GRANTS FOR THEM
SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH HIM IN HIS NEW ROLE
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THAT'S GOING TO
SUPPORT. THAT AFTERNOON ELLEN
WE'RE ON BEHALF OF GRASS AND
WATER DISTRICT IN THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY AND WE SUPPORT
WORKINGS APPOINTMENT TO THE
BOARD WE BELIEVE HE UNDERSTANDS
THE NEED FOR COLLABORATION
IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE WATER
NEEDS OF CITIES FARMS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT AND. WE APPRECIATE
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF FEDERAL ISSUE
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT SO WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM
THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT
WITNESSES APART. MISTER CHAIR
AND MEMBERS MARK SMITH WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY CONSULTING
A WALKING AS YOU KNOW A. LARGE
GROUP OF NGOS ARE ARE SUPPORTING
YOU IN YOUR CONFIRMATION TODAY
IN THE AUTHORIZED ME TO BE HERE
ON YOUR BEHALF AND THAT
SPECIFICALLY DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
AND THE CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL
ASSOCIATION SO. GRADUATIONS IN
YOUR NOMINATION WE SUPPORT THE
CONFIRMATION THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH UP. ANY OF THE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF TODAY'S
NOMINEE MISTRESS GIVE AL. AT ANY
OF THE WITNESSES ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTARIES FROM
THE MEMBERS I AM SEEN NONE.
THAT'S RIGHT AND THE OPPOSITION.
THE ONE ENGINE UP SOME
OPPOSITION.
A TEST AND YOU KNOW GIVE YOU
HAVE THE MICROPHONE.
FOR. AND SEE NO OPPOSITION AS
WELL TO.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY JUST THE THE
LOOP.
.
THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HEARD.
PARTICULARLY THE ONES.
WITH.
MISTER A BERRY HILL AND MISTER
ON.
OUR VICE CHAIR OF MR CAMILLA.
WHO GEOGRAPHICALLY HAVE AREAS IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY? OF THAT HAVE
BEEN HARD HITS.
BECAUSE OF DROUGHT HARD HIT.
FULL FOR A REASON SOME.
IS YOU CAN IMAGINE WATER
POLICIES IS VERY CRITICAL ACROSS
THE SPECTRUM WHERE ON THE LEFT
AND RIGHT ARE POINTS IN BETWEEN
IT'S.
IT'S IT'S A TOUGH COMPLEX ISSUE
IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE
CENTRAL VALLEY NO DOUBT AND AND
OBVIOUSLY AS. YOU POINTED IN A
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ISSUE OF
DROUGHT. OR SHOULD SAY CLIMATE
CHANGES I'M NOT GONNA HELP THE
SITUATION EVEN MORE SO SO HOW WE
MANAGE AND HOW WE.
A CONSERVE.
THE FLOW OF WATER.
SO WE CAN KEEP THE ECONOMY
GROWING TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY AND. KEEP FOLKS FULLY
EMPLOYED TO THE BEST ABILITY AND
AND PRESERVE THE NATURAL HABITAT
AND I WAS TO DO WITH THE FRAGILE
ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
WHICH IS THE DELTA. IS IS IS
VERY CRITICAL OBVIOUSLY.
FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
GATHER TO ASCERTAIN. A YOU'RE
VERY WELL QUALIFIED FOR FOR THIS
POSITION AND OVIOUSLY.
YOU BEING FROM.
EVEN LESS OF A RIVERSIDE COUNTY
OR IMPERIAL COUNTY ARE BOTH
COUNTIES YOU KNOW. RIVERSIDE
COUNTY IN COACHELLA VALLEY IN.
THE QUESTION FOR MISS ATKINS
WITH REGARDS TO THE SALTON SEA
AND OUT. OF THIS MAN MADE YOU
KNOW POTENTIAL REAL DISASTER IS
LOOMING ON THE HORIZON
ENVIRONMENTALLY FOR THE WHOLE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. WITH
REGARD TO AIR QUALITY AND.
WHAT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL
AS A STATE LEVEL HAVE TO DO TO
INTERVENE IN?
AND AND PROBABLY FACE A MUCH
LARGER.
FINANCIAL TAB THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO YOU KNOW.
OF RECOGNIZES IS REALLY KEEPING
AN OBVIOUS EFFORT. AS MISS
ATKINS IS MENTIONED FOR CENTER
BEEN WAY SO AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AND WHAT ABOUT SIERRA.
YOUR SILLY MEMBER AND.
YOUR STATE SENATOR.
THOSE ARE.
.
TOO CRITICAL.
LED TO CRIPPLE MEMBERS OF
DEALING WITH AN ISSUE THAT IS A
VERY VERY POOR AND IT'S VERY.
PERSONAL TO THEM AS WELL AND.
IN ENJOYED LISTENING TO YOUR
ANSWERS I RECEIVED THE. THE GO
BETWEEN.
YOU AND THE MEMBERS ESPECIALLY
YOU KNOW. MISTER VERY HELL AND
MR CANELLA.
WHO ARE WATER HAWKS IF YOU WILL?
SOME SAY HOGS WATER HOT.
YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY CARE DEEPLY
YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THEIR
THE REGION AND THE CONSTITUENTS
THAT THEY US TO STICK UP FOR YOU
KNOW.
EVERY DAY IN THE REGION SO WITH
THAT. I LIKE TO ENTERTAIN MAYBE
IN A BIPARTISAN SPIRIT FOR MR
VICE CHAIR. OF WE HAVE A MOTION
MADE BY MISTER VICE CHAIR.
SO WITH THAT SON OF SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS
ATKINS BACK INSIDE VERY HELPFUL
AND VERY HELL I LAID. OFF LATER.
AND NOW I TELL YOU.
PHYLLIS IT OTHERS
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
SO THIS IS NOT ONLY.
THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY. MISSING
LINKS LAST MEETING BUT THIS IS
OUR LAST RULES MEAN BY OUR PRO
TEM A CENTER DAILY OWN IT'S. I
THINK YOU WAS OCTOBER OF TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN YOU BECAME THE
PRO TEM IN AND TOOK OVER THE
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND.
I'VE ONLY SERVED WITH YOU ON
THIS RULES COMMITTEE AND AND I
CAN JUST SAY MY PERSPECTIVE
YOU'VE YOU'VE DONE AN
OUTSTANDING JOB I KNOW IT'S.
IT'S GOT TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
TO RUN THIS MEETING AND WITH ALL
THE INFORMATION THAT COMESTO
YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
ALWAYS PREPARED TO EURO EASE.
AFFAIR I THINK EVEN WITH FOLKS
THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR
VERY. VERY KIND TO THEM AND AND
YOU'VE BEEN VERY KIND TO ME AS
YOUR VICE CHAIR AND I DO YOU
KEEP IN THE LOOP. AND LOOK WE'VE
HAD SOME VERY DIFFICULT THINGS
THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON.
THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY AND I THINK
THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS
AREA HAS GONE A LONG WAY I
REALLY DO I THINK THAT. WE'RE
DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND AND
SYSTEMS AND AND JUST A PROCESS
TO TO DEAL WITH A VERY DIFFICULT
ISSUES IN AND I REALLY.
REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU
HANDLED IT SO. I DON'T KNOW
WHICH PLANS ARE AND IF YOU STILL
STANDS COMMITTEE OR WHAT BUT BUT
IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR TO SERVE
WITH YOU OVER THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS SO. YOU'LL BE MESSED UP
LIKE YOU THINK THIS WAS THE.
IF I COULD JUST ADD TO WHAT THE
VICE CHAIRMAN SAID I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT YOU HAVE CLEARLY GIVEN ME
AND CERTAINLY FOR. HAVING ME ON
THIS COMMITTEE WHICH HAS HELPED
ME TREMENDOUSLY AND I COULD
AGREE MORE WITH THE VICE
CHAIRMAN IN TERMS OF YOUR.
FAIRNESS.
REALLY VALUES SET THE EXAMPLE
FOR HOW TO CONDUCT THESE
HEARINGS. OUT WITH HUMOR ASA. OF
WHICH IS SOMETIMES GREATLY
NEEDED APPROPRIATENESS HARD
QUESTIONS AND AND GREAT COURTESY
TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS SO I WANNA THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO A COMMENTING
FURTHER NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU THANK YOU ESTABLISH A
PROVINCIAL MUCH.
WELL I WILL SAY THIS IS THIS IS
TO MY COLLEAGUES. ON THE ON THE
RULES COMMITTEE THE GOVERNANCE
BODY OF THIS SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE COLLEGIALITY
FOR YOUR PREPAREDNESS FOR YOUR.
YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.
IT IS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND. FOR
ME IT IT'S BEEN BOTH A JOY AND
AN HONOR. TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF
MY COLLEAGUES ALL MY COLLEAGUES
HERE.
TO MY VICE CHAIR YOU KNOW WHAT
I THINK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. YOUR
COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION AT
THE THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN YOU AND
I.
IT HAS HISTORICALLY.
BEEN BOUNDED BY THE RESPECT
THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER AND.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT WOULD BE
ABLE TO. VIEW EACH OTHER'S
PERSPECTIVES WITH A MUCH MORE
OPEN MIND ETS AND.
THAT HAS DEFINITELY.
.
BROUGHT DOWN WALLS AND YOU KNOW
BUILD THE BRIDGES TO BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER AND
AND OUR OUR OUR CONSTITUENCY
SOMEONE I THINK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR.
CREDIBLE COLLABORATION.
TO TO MISS AFGHANS AND TIM
SLAVE ON TO MISTER BERRY HILL
AGAIN OF TO YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN.
PRODUCTIVE AND CONTRIBUTING
POSITIVE MEMBERS TO DISAVOW
RULES COMMITTEE. I WANT TO SAY
TO THE STAFF YOU KNOW
ESPECIALLY.
TO THE STAFF MEMBERS.
YOU OUT STANDING IN THAT FROM
THE BOTTOM MY HEART I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE.
INCREDIBLE OF PREPARATION.
THAT.
YOU DO UP BEFORE WE GET HERE ON
PRIME TIME.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE MICROPHONE
WE GO LIVE AND WE GO LIVE. OF
BEFORE THE.
THE STATE IN THE NATION IN THE
WORLD FOR THOSE WHO BORED ENOUGH
TO GO ONLINE AND AND STREAMED
LIVE STREAM US INTO.
BUT IT'S A YOU ARE.
INCREDIBLE I THINK YOU VERY
MUCH YOU KNOW AND. YOU KNOW IN
THE BOOK THE DEMOCRATIC YOU KNOW
STAFF IN THE REPUBLICAN STAFF AS
WELL TO YOU KNOW. YOUR
OUTSTANDING YOU KNOW AND.
I WISH THAT OTHER LEGISLATIVE
BODIES THROUGHOUT HE COUNTRY'S
SOCIAL WASHINGTON COULD SEE HOW.
THIS MOTION IN THIS RULES
COMMITTEE HOW REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS CAN REALLY. WORK WITH
EACH OTHER AND. AND AND WHEN
IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH AND YOU KNOW
WHETHER IT'S. YOU KNOW ARM
VALUES OR IDEOLOGY OR OR
POLITICS THAT THAT THAT STOP US
FROM SORT OF MEETING PERHAPS
WHAT WE NEED TO GET.
NONE THE LESS IS ALWAYS
COLLEGIALITY AND IS ALWAYS
RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND I
THINK THAT'S A. A CHARACTERISTIC
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY
UNIQUE ABOUT THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE SO. ODD TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
CENTERS TO MY. INCREDIBLE STAFF
MEMBERS HERE.
.
FROM THE BOTTOM MY HEART I THINK
YOU.
I SHOULD BE THINKING ALL OF YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU
HAVE GIVEN ME. TO SERVE AS YOUR
RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR AND WITH
THAT SO WE SHALL MOVE FORWARD SO
WITHOUT GOING TO SAY THAT.
.
THIS.
SENATE RULES
IS WILLING TO.
.
RECONVENE THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE THIS IS A PUBLIC
SETTING AGAIN IT'S A WEDNESDAY
MARCH FOURTEENTH WE'RE GONNA GO
TO ONE WITH SUCH A QUORUM IN
TIKRIT IS CULTURAL. SENATORS
ACTION ACTIONS HERE VERY. VERY
HELL HERE LATER. LIVING HERE CAN
I LOVE. CANAL HERE DAILY ON
HERE.
WE HAVE ONE FILE ITEM DEATHS
WILL BE FORCES FILE OTHER NUMBER
NINE CAN I GET A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MS
SECONDS PM SUBJECT PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL SENATORS CAN ACT
INSIDE.
HELL I LABOR LATER I CAN A LOT
CANAL IDEALLY ON.
OKAY WITHIN ITS.
MOTION PASSES FOR FIVE ZERO
VOTE WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE WERE TO
GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU MUCH.
OKAY