COULD HAVE YOUR WAY WE ARE JUST
WAITING FOR A THIRD MEMBER.
SO WE CAN SOUTH THINK ABOUT IF
YOU SAY IT HAPPENS.
WHAT THE STORY SUBCOMMITTEE
WRITTEN STARTS ó TO START AS A
SEPARATE?
AFTER.
AND WE'RE ALSO WAITING FOR WELL
OVER SERIOUSNESS GOING TO
PERCENT.
NOW.
NOT SO WE NOW HAVE THREE DIA AND
WE WILL START.
THIS HEARING OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AS
A SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE WE
HAVE THE PROXY OTHER BUT NOT THE
BILL SHOW WE'LL HANG
.
RIGHT SUIT SO.
AFTER SENDING NIELSEN AND I ON
BEHALF OF CENTER MORALE YOU ARE
GOING.
NINE TWENTY FOUR LIFE COLLEGES
I.
DIDN'T GO TO THE OFFICE.
WE'LL BE BUILT NEAR PROMOTION
WISE.
THIS BILL PROVIDES A TAX BENEFIT
TO THE SERVICE MEMBERS
CALIFORNIA.
IT WOULD EXEMPT ALL INCOME
RECEIVED BY A NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBER FROM MUCH STATE INCOME
TAX WHEN THAT INCOME IS DERIVED
FROM IT BURJI STATE OF ACTIVE
DUTY.
STATUS.
LEISURE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT.
BUT IT DOES INCONVENIENCE WHO
LIVES OF OUR.
SERVICE FOLKS WHO ARE SERVING IN
THE GUARD.
THE YEAH. THEY CONSERVATIVE
COMMAND OF THE GOVERNOR AND
THESE ARE.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WE KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
THEY DO.
THAT DURING THAT PERIOD OR HAVE
BEEN FULLY TAXED AND.
SO WHAT WE WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT
WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO HELP AND IN FACT RECRUIT MORE
TO SERVE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
.
THE.
BLOW IT LEAVE THESE THIS IS DUE
TO REWARDED AND EMPOWER THEIR
SACRIFICE.
WELL WHAT I WOULD ARGUE HERE IS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOVE.
SERVICE.
DO THE NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.
IT TAKES YOU AWAY FROM FAMILY.
LOT OF WEEKENDS.
SOME WEEKS.
YEAH DON'T ASSIGNMENTS.
FOR PERIODS OF TIME.
AT I THINK IT'S AT LEAST THAT WE
COULD NOW DO.
TO EXEMPT THEM.
DURING THE SHORT PERIODS OF
TIME.
I DO NOT.
ADMIN.
YOUR WITNESSES PLEASE OKAY GOOD
OF ENSURE MEMBERS.
MONEY WILL BE FROM THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA.
OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS ARE
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE SURE.
FORMA SECTION OF THE SITE.
THE PERFUNCTORY VITA SENSUAL LE
DUTIES FOR THE STATE AND
RECENTLY PROVIDED THE STATE WITH
THE ASSISTANT FIRE FIGHTING IN A
MASSIVE OF LANDSLIDES RAIN.
JUST THIS YAR CURLY NATIONAL
GUARD MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE ANY
TAX RELIEF. FOR INCOME EARNED
WHILE SERVING DURING A STATE
EMERGENCY.
S. B..
DIED TO FOR WHAT WOULD CHANGES
BY EXEMPTING ALL INCOME RECEIVED
BY NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS FOR
STATE THAT OUR STATE INCOME TAX
WHEN THAT INCOME IS DERIVED FROM
EMERGENCY STATE ACTIVE DUTY YES
IT DOES THE LCD STATUS.
CALIFORNIA.
NATIONAL GUARD FALLS UNDER THE
UMBRELLA OF THE ACTIVE MILITIA
ACCORDING TO SECTION ONE TWENTY
OF THE MILITARY VETERANS CODE.
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS CALLED TO
SERVICE UNDER THREE DISTINCT ON
STUFF THAT. WAS EMERGENCY STAFF
DUTY WAS TILED THIRTY TO
ANOTHER'S LE TUNNEL TEN WITH ALL
MAKE US MOVE IF YOU WOULD MIND
EXHORTED STEPS YOU QUORUM SO.
AND IF YOU WOULD MIND CALLING
THE ROLE SERVE MAMMON. HERE
NIELSEN HERE.
DODD.
HUESO WHEN.
ROCK.
WILK.
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU WE DON'T SPEAK QUORUM
IS ESTABLISHED PLEASE GO AHEAD
GOOD GOAL IS A SERVICE ON ESADE
STATUS. YEAH ACTIVE MILITIA IN
THE NATIONAL GUARD SERVES AT THE
COMMAND OF THE GOVERNOR.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THEIR
PUT PAID BY THE STATE AND THEIR
MISSIONS INCLUDES STATE
EMERGENCIES WHICH ARE SUCH AS
WILDFIRE FLOODS EARTHQUAKES AND
OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS.
UNDER TITLE THIRTY TWO STATUS
NATIONAL GUARD IS UNDER THE
GOVERNOR'S COMMAND BUT PAID BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
MISSIONS
INCLUDING TRAINING AND OTHER
FEDERALLY AUTHORIZED DUTIES.
UNDER TITLE TEN THE NATIONAL
GUARD IS ALSO ON FEDERAL PAYROLL
FOR DUTIES PERFORMED PRODUCTION
CORRECTION PRIMARILY RELATED TO
THE OVERSEAS TO.
DEPLOYMENTS.
WHEN ACTIVATED ON THE ESSAY THE
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS RESPOND
TO THE MOST DIRE SITUATIONS ONE
EXISTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE
RESOURCES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO
GET THE JOB DONE.
THEY'RE CALLED AWAY FROM THEIR
DAY JOBS AND THEY'RE STABLE
SOURCES OF INCOME TO PLACE THEIR
OUR LIVES AND IMMEDIATE DANGER
FOR THE GOOD OF THE STATE.
SO WAS BEING DENIED FOR IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
TOWARD EMPOWERING AND REWARDING
THEIR FORTUNE.
AND THANK YOU SIR EDWARD NOTING
THAT THEIR SUPPORT ON BOTH
SIDES.
MYSTERY.
THEY CENTER MEMBERS MY NAME IS
SET THREE WAS RE GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS ON BEHALF OF AND VETS
DEPARTMENT CALIFORNIA.
AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE
COMMANDERS VETERANS COUNCIL.
WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
LEGISLATION JUST LIKE TO ECHO
THE SENATOR'S COMMENTS THAT THIS
WOULD BE? A GOOD BENEFIT FOR
RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
AND I I APPRECIATE THE ANY
WITNESSES HERE IT'S IN SUPPORT
OF BILL.
PLEASE COME FORWARD. THE GET
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR
POSITION.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
GOOD LORD AGREES REPRESENTING.
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL.
GOT A GREAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR TERROR ALL MY
NAME IS DON HARPER. AYE MEDIA
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATION TO
COMMISSION FOR THE AMERICAN
LEGION FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL PLEASE VOTE AYE AYE
THANK YOU.
WHICHEVER.
GOOD AFTERNOON SENATORS I'M
JEANNE GOTHAM I'M FIRST VICE
PRESIDENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE COUNCIL OF VIETNAM
VETERANS OF AMERICA AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. LONG
OVERDUE THANK YOU ALL.
ANYONE IS IS IN OPPOSITION.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BILL OFF.
CLOSE THIS CHAIRMAN YOU KNOW THE
DECADES HAVE REPRESENTING
NINETEEN DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF
HAD GREAT OCCASION TO DEAL WITH
THESE
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE GUARD
HE'S BEEN DEPLOYED.
IN FACT IT WAS SOMEWHAT TONGUE
IN CHEEK.
TURNOVER GENERAL THRASHER AND I
WERE IN A PLANE FLYING UP TO
SACRAMENTO RIVER NINETEEN EIGHTY
SIX OF THE FLOODS AND I SAID YOU
KNOW. AND WHETHER YOU AND I
SPEND MORE TIME WITH EACH OTHER
THAN WITH OUR FAMILIES.
WITH A FLAT.
AND IN THE SUMMER BICU AND I
SPENT MORE TIME TOGETHER THAN
WITH OUR FAMILIES AND FIRES.
NOW THAT'S NOT LIBERTY TO AND I
DON'T WANNA MEAN TO IMPLY THAT
THESE. GUARDSMEN SO MUCH OFTEN
IT AFTER DUTY THIS IS GOING TO
BE A HUGE THE TAX BURDEN TO THE
STATE OF LOSING THE FUNDS.
TO GIVE EXEMPT FROM THE TAXES I
DO MEAN TO EMPHASIZE HOW
IMPORTANT.
THE GUARDSMEN ARE
TO THE SAFETY.
WE ARE REWARDING JUST OF.
THANK CENTER NO CEMENT SECTOR IF
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
IN A BILL NINE TWENTY FOUR TO
PASS
FIRST REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS
NEWMAN AYE NEWMAN AYE.
NIELSEN AYE.
I THOUGHT.
HUESO.
WHEN. ROTH. ROTH AYE WILK AYE
WILK AYE SINCE FOUR ZERO. FOUR
ZERO WE WILL HOLD THAT OPEN
THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS.
WE HAVE AND WE HAVE NOT DONE
THAT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT I YOU
SUGGEST WE DO OR YES YOU KNOW WE
DON'T.
YES.
SURE.
OKAY YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO
CENTER OFFICE MADE A MOTION TO
APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR OF
MADAM SECRETARY GOOD.
READ.
SENATE BILL FOURTEEN THIRTY FIVE
DO YOU PASSED THE FIRST REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS CONSENT.
AND SENATE BILL.
EIGHTEEN ZERO ONE TO PASS WITH
RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION TO
CONSENT. NEWMAN. AYE NEWMAN AYE
NIELSEN AYE NIELSEN AYE DOT.
HUESO.
WHEN. ROTH ROTH AYE WILK AYE
LOOK. THAT FORTY FOUR ZERO WE
WILL HOLD THAT OPEN.
ANY OTHER AUTHORS PRESENT AND
NO.
YEAH IS HOW EXCITING EXCITING
SEND US IF YOU GET.
YEAH.
IT'S.
FOR.
THIS GERMAN YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL
BEFORE US TODAY HIM WOULD BE
ABLE TEN THIRTY OR TEN FORTY
THREE THE FIRST ONE DO TAKE UP
OR.
WHATEVER THE YOU TO SHOOT WHAT
FLORIDA I S. YOU LET'S DO IT
ORDER.
CHEN ORDER THAT'S TERRIFIC.
THAT MISS CHAIR SENATORS AS
BETWEEN FORTY THREE WILL
CONTINUOUSLY PROPIA TO SOME OF
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO
COUNTIES TO FROM THE ACTIVITIES
OF CALIFORNIA'S COUNTY. VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICERS WHO PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN CONNECTING
CALIFORNIA'S VETERANS. WITH THE
BENEFITS THEY HAVE EARNED
THROUGH THEIR SERVICE THIS BILL
WOULD ADDITION REQUIRE THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS. TO DEVELOP AN
ALLOCATION FORMULA BASED UPON
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND WOULD
REQUIRE FUTURE FUNDING TO BE
ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THAT FORMULA. CALIFORNIA'S
COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS
OR CSOS AS THEY ARE KNOWN ARE
THE INITIAL LOCAL
CONTACT FOR VETERANS FILING FOR
BENEFITS WITH UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
S. B. SIX ZERO EIGHT PASSED IN
NINETEEN NINETY SEVEN REQUIRED
CALVET TO ANY REPORT THE AMOUNT
OF MONETARY BENEFITS PAID TO
VETERANS BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THAT ARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE REFERRAL
EFFORTS OF CBS OWES ON THE BASIS
OF THIS IN REPORTING AS OF THE
END OF TWENTY SIXTEEN. IT HAD
BEEN DETERMINED THAT FROM
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE TO TWENTY
SIXTEEN AS A RESULT OF THE FIFTY
EIGHT POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS
BUDGET BY THE STATE OVER THAT
SPAN FOR ITS SHARE. OF CVS SO
FUNDING LOCAL VETERANS HAD BEEN
AWARDED OVER FIVE POINT FOUR
BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FEDERAL
WARTS AND SERVICES. THIS
REPRESENTS A RETURN OF A PROXY
NINETY THREE DOLLARS FOR EVERY
DOLLAR ALLOCATED TO
DEVIOUS SHOWS. FURTHER CBS SHOWS
OFF AND SAVE THE STATE
ADDITIONAL MONIES BY QUALIFYING
SHIFTING VETERANS AWAY FROM
MEDICAID ALLEN INTO THE
APPROPRIATE FEDERAL VETERANS
PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE. CALIFORNIA CVS DOES
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THIS
WITHOUT EVER REACHING THE
STATUTORILY ALLOWABLE STATE
BUDGET ALLOCATION. OF ELEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS FORCVS SO
FUNDING SET IN TWO THOUSAND
NINE.
TO DATE CVS DOES HAVE NOT BEEN
BUDGET MORE THAN FIVE POINT SIX
MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FROM
THE STATE EVEN AS THE WORK THEY
DO WELL CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED
PROVIDES SUCH SUBSTANTIAL
BENEFITS.
GIVEN THEIR CURRENT WORKLOADS IN
THE INTENSIFYING NEEDS OF TO
CONCURRENT GENERATIONS OF
VETERANS CALIFORNIA'S AGING
COHORT OF VIETNAM ERA VETS WITH
THEIR SPECIALIZED ISSUES AND
NEEDS ON THE ONE HAND. AND THE
YOUNGER COHORT OF VETERANS OF
THE TWO WARS IN THE IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN WITH THEIRS. IT IS
HIGHLY APPROPRIATE INDEED COST
EFFECTIVE AND A GOOD INVESTMENT
TO INCREASE THE CURRENT LEVEL
FOR CALIFORNIA'S HARDWORKING AND
INVALUABLE CV ESOS. S. B. TEN
FORTY THREE WOULD RIGHTLY DO
JUST THAT.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE WITH US TODAY TO TESTIFY
AYE IS SET TO READ.
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
CALAVERAS SERVICE OFFICERS.
AND A CBS ó HIMSELF WILL HAVE
MISTER IT.
AFTER RUMORS THAT THREE WITH
FREE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
SP TEN FORTY THREE ITS MAIN
GOAL IS VETERANS OUTREACH
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION
OF VETERAN POPULATION THAT DO
NOT KNOW. THAT THEIR ELIGIBLE
FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS MANY OF
THESE VETERANS.
OUR. OUR HOMELESS UNEMPLOYED
UNDEREMPLOYED OR SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL ILLNESS OR PHYSICAL
IMPAIRMENT.
LAST YEAR LAST FISCAL YEAR
CALIFORNIA VETERANS SERVICE.
VETERANS RECEIVED OVER FOREIGN
OF THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN
NEW FEDERAL BENEFITS AS A RESULT
OF CLAIMS.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE CBS
THOSE.
AS AN EXAMPLE I'M A DISABLED
VETERAN. I DIDN'T FIND OUT
UNTIL.
LAST YEAR ABOUT COUNTY VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICERS.
TED IS SITTING RIGHT HERE HELP
ME WITH THE CLAIM AND LAST
WEEKWAS ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED
FOR
AN INCREASE AND DISABILITY.
THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER HELP.
FINALLY MY INITIAL FIRST
CLAIMING I GOT A MILITARY TWO
THOUSAND NINE.
NOW YOU HEALTH AND OTHERS. LIKE
DEBT HELP YOU WRITE.
IT DANGEROUS RESULT A MORE
PROPER ACTION IT TED POINT TELLO
OF WHO IS THE LOCAL COUNTY
VETERANS SERVICE US FROM THIS
AREA MMHM THANK YOU CENTER.
I AM NOT CBSO AND SOLANO COUNTY.
AND NOW I REPRESENT THE. COUNTY.
ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICERS FOR THE STATE ON THE
LEDGE CHAIR PAST PRESIDENT. AND
WE HAVE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THREE MEMBERS IN THE STATE. AND
WE HELPED THE ONE POINT EIGHT
MILLION VETERANS IN IS STATE GET
THEIR BENEFITS AS WE ALL KNOW
THE VA IS NOT A USER FRIENDLY
ORGANIZATION.
AND THE RULES ARE CHANGING.
DALY EVERY DAY WE HAVE A NEW
SECRETARY WE HAVE A NEW.
DISTRICT OFFICER WE HAVEN'T
DIGIS CHANGE CAN YOU KNOW
EVERYDAY. AND THERE'S NO CANCION
CONSTANT IS CHANGE WITH THE WITH
THE VA.
THEY TRAIN US WE HAVE WE WORK
WITH KEITH AND CAL VET WE GET
TRAIN THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE
YEAR WE HAVE A CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH CALVET. ON
ANYTHING THAT COMES UP A WE HAVE
AN EMAIL NETWORK THAT.
.
KNOW WHETHER ORGANIZATION HAS
WHEN IT COMES TO VA. RULES AND
REGULATIONS
LAST YEAR WE FILE CLOSE TO TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND CLAIMS.
THESE ARE CLAIMS THAT GENERATE
REVENUE LAST YEAR THE STATE GOT.
A SEVEN POINT FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS IN REVENUE TAX FREE INTO
THE POCKETS OF VETERANS FROM.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S A
PRETTY BIG.
ECONOMIC STIMULUS RIGHT THERE
IN MY COUNTY ARE ALONE WE GOT
TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS INTO THE POCKETS OF OUR
VETERANS.
OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REALLY
LIKES THAT CUTS OF A MAJOR
ECONOMIC BOON FOR COUNTY.
TO DO THIS WE NEED TRAINED.
PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WHO WILL
STAY THERE
ARE A LOT OF THAT WRAPS THAT
COME AND GO WITH THE COUNTY IT'S
A GOOD JOB. ON THEIR TRAINED
WELL AND CAL THAT AUDITS US
EVERY SIX MONTHS THEY MAKE SURE
WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH TO BE A.
THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE WHAT
CALVET HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER
THAN IT IS NOW AND WE REALLY
THANK THEM FOR THAT.
THIS SAID ONE POINT SEVEN
MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE I THINK
IT'S ONE POINT FOUR MILLION
DOLLAR WOULD GET US ABOUT
SEVENTEEN NEW THAT WRAPS.
WE HAVE LARGE COUNTIES LIKE SAN
DIEGO LA SAN BERNADINE NOW WHERE
THE RATIO VETERANS TO VET WRAP
IS.
CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND
I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY
THAT RAPSON LA HAS ALMOST THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND VETERANS.
AND VERY FEW VET REPS WE NEED
MORE IN THESE BIG COUNTIES TO
GENERATE. REVENUE COMING FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP
THESE KIDS COMING OUT OF THE
SERVICE NOW WE ALSO NEED.
THESE KOREAN WAR VETERANS IN
VIETNAM VETERANS LIKE I AM.
THEY'RE GETTING TO THE AGE LIKE
I AM SEVENTY ONE WHERE YOU NEED
HELP.
AND WITHOUT TRAIN HELP YOU'RE
NOT GONNA GET THAT BENEFIT SO WE
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BILL AND
THANK YOU FOR OF PROPOSING.
THANK YOU TED AND DEVELOPED A
LOT OF OTHERS FOR A LOT OF YEARS
AND YEARS ADJACENT COUNTIES
NEVER KNOW THAT AND YOU HAVE AN
INORDINATE NUMBER BECAUSE OF
TRAVIS AIRFORCE BASE MANY OF
RETIRED TO THAT AREA. THEY LIKE
IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE HERE
IN SUPPORT PLEASE COME FORWARD.
EVEN PALMER ON BEHALF OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY IT'S PART.
ACREAGE FARMER.
LARA GREECE REPRESENTING
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL CHAPTERS WE
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
AND OVER ON ON BEHALF OF
SACRAMENTO COUNTY IN STRONG
SUPPORT.
IN DON HARPER THE DEPARTMENT
CALIFORNIA AMERICAN LEGION WE
STRONGLY SET SUPPORT THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
LORRAINE PLASS AMERICAN VETERANS
STATE LEGISLATIVE SHARE.
WE SUPPORT THIS AND ON A
PERSONAL NOTE IF WARRANT FOR MR
PATIO AFTER THIRTY SIX YEARS I
WOULD HAVE A CLAIM.
THE VA DIDN'T HELP ME HEATED.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CVS DOES.
IS A GOOD ADVOCATE AT WORK.
TING GOTHAM FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL VIETNAM
VETERANS OF AMERICA WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND ON A
PERSONAL NOTE.
TWENTY YEARS AGO ALMOST TO THE
DAY MY COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICER TO POUNDED INTO MY BRAIN
THAT THIS MARINO HAD PTSD.
COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE
PROVIDE CRITICAL.
TRANSITION FOR VETERANS IN THE
STATE.
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BILL
THANK YOU
IF YOU.
THE YOU ARE ATOMS VFW DISTRICT.
A REP.
FINALLY SUPPORT THIS BILL BUT TO
GREAT.
MARCH HIGHLY TRAINED THE
SERVICE OFFICERS OUR DO IT THE
HARD BENEFITTED
STATE.
THE COST SAVINGS.
OKAY
YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON ELIZABETH
ESPINOSA ON BEHALF OF THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
MS ESPINOZA THANK YOU FOR COMING
SO FAR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT.
SO ARRIVE TO CLIENTS THAT ARE
HERE AMERICAN GI MARM DEPARTMENT
CALIFORNIA.
AND COMMANDERS
CALIFORNIA STATE COMMANDER
VETERANS COUNCIL ALSO IN SUPPORT
OKAY WE GOT THEM ON THE RECORD.
ANY. IN SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION.
WELL
BILL IS MOVED BY SENATOR ROTH.
AND WITH THAT SAID WE WILL HAVE
A CLOSING STATEMENTS BY OUR
CHAIRMAN I THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR. I DON'T WORK AT CBS TO
ESOS DO IS ESSENTIAL DIED THIS
IS CLEARLY MONEY WELL SPENT I
WOULD ASK RESPECT WITH AN AYE
VOTE TO.
CHECKED ABLE TO PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
SENATE BILL TEN FORTY THREE DO
PASS BUT FIRST REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS NEWMAN. NEWMAN
AYE NIELSEN AYE NIELSEN AYE
DODD.
HUESO.
WHEN.
ROTH.
BUT I ROTH AYE WILK AYE WILK
AYE.
FOR THE RECORD OPEN FOR WILL
HOLD ON CALL IT A DAY.
GOOD LUCK TO GET.
GENTLEMAN NEXT TO AND BEYOND
SEVENTY NINE.
SHARE.
MY NEXT BILL.
IS.
S. B. LIVES EVERY NIGHT MISS
CHERRY SENATORS.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING SENATE
BILL ELEVEN SEVENTY NINE WHICH
WOULD PLUG IMPORTANT DATA HOLE.
UNDERMINING ADMINISTRATION
CALIFORNIA'S EXISTING DISABLED
VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM. EXISTING LAW ALREADY
MANDATES THAT AWARDING
DEPARTMENTS UPON COMPLETION OF
EVERY DVB CONTRACT. REQUIRE THAT
THE PRIME CONTRACTOR CERTIFY
CERTAIN KEY INFORMATION TO THE
DEPARTMENT SUCH AS THE TOTAL
AMOUNT THE PRIME CONTRACTOR
RECEIVED UNDER THE CONTRACT THE
NAMES OF DVD E. SUBCONTRACTORS.
PARTICIPATING THE PERFORMS A
CONTRACT HOW MUCH EACH DVD SET
PATRICK RECEIVED FOR THE PRIME
CONTRACTOR AND ALL PAYMENTS OWED
TO THE DVD
UNDER THE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN
ROUGHLY MADE. THE SUBCONTRACTOR
RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT FOR
MEASURING PROGRAM GOAL
ATTAINMENT AND ALSO FOR
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PROGRAM
WASTE AND FRAUD WHICH IS WHY
EXISTING LAW ALSO REQUIRES.
THE AWARDING A PARTNER TO KEEP
THE CERTIFICATIONS
FILE.
EXISTING LAW FURTHER OPPOSES
APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL PENALTIES
IN CIVIL LIABILITY ON ANYONE WHO
KNOWINGLY PROVIDES FALSE
INFORMATION
IN MAKING THE CERTIFICATIONS.
IF EVERY TWENTY FOURTEEN ON THE
BASIS OF AN AUDIT OF THE DVB
PROGRAM THE STATE AUDITOR
REPORTED THAT MANY CONTRACT
AWARDING DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
CALTRANS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION.
ARE DOING AN INADEQUATE JOB
ACQUIRING AND MAINTAINING
CERTIFICATIONS OF DDB E.
SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENTS. PROSTATE
HYPERVISOR A PENALTY FOR A PRIME
CONTRACTOR WHO KNOWINGLY
PROVIDES FALSE INFORMATION TO A
WARNING DEPARTMENT REGARDING
IT'S PAYMENT SUBCONTRACTORS
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PENALTY
FOR SIMPLY FAILING TO PROVIDE
THE INFORMATION IN THE FIRST
PLACE. THIS LACK OF ENFORCEMENT
TOOL CONTRIBUTES TO THE DVB DATA
HOLE NOTED IN THE STATE ORDER
AUDITOR'S REPORT. IN ORDER TO
ENSURE PROPER TRACKING
ENFORCEMENT OF DDB CONTRACTS S.
B. ELEVEN SEVEN I CREATES THE
FOLLOWING ENFORCEMENT TOOLS.
FIRST WHEN A PRIME CONTRACTOR
FAILS TO REPORT SUBCONTRACTOR
PAYMENTS THE AWARDING APARTMENT
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE
CONTRACTING FIRM AND GIVE IT A
REASONABLE TIME TO REPORT THIS
DATA.
SECOND IN THE EVENT THAT A
CONTRACTOR FAILS TO RESPOND TO
PROMPTING WITHIN REACH
REASONABLE TIME
THE FIRST TIME PENALTY WOULD BE
A FIVE YEAR SUSPENSION FROM
PARTICIPATING IN DVD
RELATED CONTRACTS. AND LASTLY
ASSESSMENT VIOLATION WOULD
RESULT IN PERMANENT SUSPENSION
FROM THE DVD
PROGRAM. IT IS REASONABLE TO
ASSUME THAT ALL PRIME
CONTRACTORS ALREADY MAINTAIN
RECORDS OF THEIR PAYMENTS TO
SUBCONTRACTORS.
SIMPLY FOR GENERAL BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT AND TAX PURPOSES TO
THE EXTENT THAT THEY ALREADY
HAVE THIS DATA AND CONSIDERING
THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM THE
EXISTING REPORTING REQUIREMENT
IS FAR FROM ONEROUS. IT ALSO
SEEMS REASONABLE THAT AN INITIAL
FAILURE TO REPORT PAYMENTS MIGHT
BE DUE TO SIMPLE FORGETFULNESS
OR OTHER BENIGN AIR. BUT A
FAILURE TO REPORT AFTER BEING
REMINDED AND CAN GIVEN
REASONABLE TIME MAY INDICATE A
WILLFUL INTENT TO AVOID
DISCLOSING DATA DATA THAT MIGHT
INDICATE THE CONTRACTOR IS UNDER
PAYING OR NOT PAYING ITS DVB
EXCEPT CUT.
IN CONTRAVENTION TO EXISTING LAW
DVB CONTRACTORS HAVE INFORMED ME
AND MY STAFF THAT THEY ARE BEING
UNDER USED AND UNDERPAID. AND IN
SOME CASES THAT THEY ARE EVEN
BEING LISTED ON TV
BIDS BY PRIME CONTRACTORS
WITHOUT EVEN BEING INFORMED THAT
THEY'VE BEEN USED.
IN ORDER PROBABLY ANALYZE THE
DVD PROGRAM AND ITS OUTCOMES WE
NEED TO PLUG THE CURRENT ATA
HOLES THROUGH ITS DEPLOYMENT OF
THE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS HE CREATES
S. B. ELEVEN SEVEN I WILL GO
FOR.
TO DO EXACTLY THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
TODAY.
YOU.
DO WE HAVE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
SEEING NONE.
AND THE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
THOSE WHO BY SENATOR ROTH I WILL
ONLY OBSERVE THAT.
GENERAC CONSIDER THIS A
SIGNIFICANT AND NEEDED.
REFORM MY SHOE OR IMPROVEMENT.
AND.
WHATEVER CHEN AYE VOTE.
CALL THE ROLL THE COMMITTEE
PLACE.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN SEVENTY NINE
TO PASS BUT FIRST REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS NEWMAN AYE NEWMAN
AYE. NIELSEN AYE NIELSEN AYE
DODD.
HUESO.
WHEN.
ROTH
ROTH AYE WILK I I WILL AYE FOR.
THEIR GOES WITH A WHOLE LOT OWN
CULTURE. WE HAVE NOW THEN THE
ELEVEN EIGHTY.
THANK YOU WAS CHAIR.
AND MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING SENATE
BILL ELEVEN EIGHTY. VOTE WHICH
ALSO PERTAINS TO THE DISABLED
VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM. ALSO REFERRED TO AS DVB
. AS WITH S. B. ELEVEN
THIRTY NINE WHICH YOU JUST HEARD
EXISTING LAW ALREADY MANDATES
THAT AWARDING DEPARTMENTS UPON
COMPLETION OF EVERY DVB
CONTRACT.
REQUIRE THE PRIME CONTRACTOR TO
CERTIFY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THE
SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENT RECORDS
ARE IMPORTANT FOR MEASURING
PROGRAM GOAL ATTAINMENT. AND
ALSO FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
PROGRAM WASTE AND FRAUD WHICH IS
WHY EXISTING LAW ALSO RECORD
REQUIRES THE AWARDING APARTMENT.
TO KEEP THE CERTIFICATIONS ON
FILE. AS I PREVIOUSLY NOTED IF
EVERY TWENTY FOURTEEN FOLLOWING
AN AUDIT OF THE DVD PROGRAM THE
STATE AUDITOR REPORTED THAT MANY
CONTRACT AWARDING DEPARTMENTS
ARE DOING AN INADEQUATE JOB
ACQUIRING A MAJOR.
CERTIFICATIONS OF TVB'S
SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENTS. S. B.
ELEVEN EIGHTY CLARIFIES THAT
AWARDING APARTMENTS MUST
MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION DATA
PROVIDED BY THE PRIME CUT
CONTRACTOR FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX
YEARS AFTER COLLECTION IN ORDER
TO ENSURE THE ONGOING ACCURACY
AND COMPLETENESS OF THE AWARD
AMOUNTS. AND PAID A MOUSE AGAIN
WE MUST PLUG THE DATA HOLE THAT
CURRENTLY EXIST IN ORDER TO
PROPERLY ANALYZE THE DVB PROGRAM
AND ITS OUTCOMES S. B. ELEVEN
EIGHTY WILL HELP TO DO JUST
THAT.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
TODAY.
HERE SENATOR DODD HAS JOINED THE
COMMITTEE.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES A POST.
THOSE MOVE BY SENATOR ROTH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THE BILL HAS MOVED TO DO PASS
RECOMMENDATION.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN EIGHTY TO
PASS BUT FIRST REFER TO
PREPARATIONS
NEWMAN AYE AYE NEWMAN AYE
NIELSEN. AYE NIELSEN AYE DODD.
DODD AYE HUESO.
NGUYEN.
ROTH.
I WILK YES WILK AYE.
FIVE ZERO CAN HOOK UP OPEN LOGO.
A CENTER.
TO MORE I THINK JUST ONE MORE
ABOUT ANYONE WATER THIRTEEN I
THINK OR. COULD HURT YOU KNOW
TRY OTHER ONES ARE YOU GOING TO
SEND.
LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE
ONE OF WAS ON AND SAY WELL.
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR AND SENATORS S. B.
THIRD YOU KNOW FOR IS A
NECESSARY MEASURE THAT WOULD
GRANT.
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS THE NECESSARY
AUTHORITY TO REACH MORE VETERANS
MEET SPECIALIZED LOCAL NEEDS AND
SERVE AS A VEHICLE TO FOSTER IN
WARD INNOVATIVE APPROACHES. FOR
PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO
VETERANS THROUGH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAL TAB
ENDOWMENT FUND.
THROUGHOUT OUR STATE THERE
CONTINUES TO BE A DEEPENING
DURING WELLSPRING OF GOOD WILL
TOWARD CALIFORNIA'S VETERANS AND
A DESIRE TO SUPPORT VETERANS AS
THEY MAKE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN
THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SERVICE.
AND THE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION
INTO COMMUTE OUR COMMUNITIES AND
THE WORKFORCE. HOWEVER DESPITE
THE FACT THAT CORPORATE
PHILANTHROPIC AND COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR VETERANS IS GREATER
THAN EVER THE EXISTING EMERGING
NEEDS OF VETERANS AND THEIR.
TEN USED TO PROCESS. ALTHOUGH
CALIFORNIA HAS A STRONG BASE OF
VETERAN COMMUNITY PROVIDERS THAT
HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD TO
PROVIDE A COMPETENT AND
COMPASSIONATE SERVICE. AT THE
MACRO LEVEL THE REMAINS AN
OVERALL LACK OF COORDINATION
VISION AND BASIS FOR
PRIORITIZATION LEADING TO A
SPLINTERING OF EFFORTS THE
DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AND
PREVENTING THE AFFECTED
LEVERAGING OF THE MYRIAD OF
FUNDING STREAMS.
PLACE ADDITIONALLY THE CURRENT
SCATTER SHOT APPROACH TO SERVING
CALIFORNIA'S VETERANS LACKS A
CENTRALIZED MEANS FOR DATA
COLLECTION. RESULTING IN LIMITED
AND OFTEN UNRELIABLE METRICS TO
MEASURE ONE SUCCESS.
THE CALIFORNIA TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS CAL TAP WAS
INITIALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE
LEGISLATURE IN TWENTY FOURTEEN.
AND PROVIDES FOR THE CREATION OF
A STATEWIDE STRUCTURE FOR BETTER
AND MORE COORDINATED DELIVERY OF
INFORMATION
AND DIRECT SERVICES TO VETERANS
OF ALL ERAS THROUGHOUT THEIR
LIFE CYCLES. WHEN FULLY
OPERATIONAL THE CAL TECH PROGRAM
WILL INCORPORATE FEDERAL STATE
COUNTY AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS INTO A COHESIVE
FORCE TO BETTER AND MORE FACT WE
SERVE VETERANS CALIFORNIA.
THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT
PROGRAM ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR
SINCE NINETEEN FORTY SEVEN
EXISTING LAW HAS PROVIDED CAL
THAT WITH THE GENERAL AUTHORITY
TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE DONATIONS
IN ADDITION TO THIS GENERAL
AUTHORITY THE LEGISLATURE. HAS
REPEATEDLY ESTABLISH SPECIFIC
THE WAY FOR CALVET TO RECEIVE
MANAGE EXPAND OUR NATION'S OF
MONEY AND PROPERTY TO SUPPORT
PARTICULAR CALVET MANAGE
PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE STATE
VETERANS CEMETERIES ENDOWMENT
FUNDS. AND THE STATE VETERANS
HOMES MORALE WELFARE AND
RECREATION FUNDS
IN KEEPING WITH EARLIER
AUTHORIZATIONS S. B. THIRTEEN
FOR GRANTS CALVET SPECIFIC
AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE AN
APPROPRIATE DONATIONS. IN THIS
CASE TO SUPPORT THE NEWLY
REVISED AND EXPANDED CAL TECH
PROGRAM S. B. THIRTEEN OH FOUR
AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT TO
RECEIVE DONATIONS FROM THIRD
PARTY ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF A
STATEWIDE APPROACH. TO SERVING
VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES MORE
FULLY FOR THIS SPRING THESE
ENTITIES IT IS OFTEN IMPORTANT
TO THEM THAT THEIR DONATIONS ARE
ASSIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
AND KEPT SEPARATE FOR FUNDS FOR
GENERAL USE S. B. THIRTEENTH
WILL FOR WILL ALLOW THE
DEPARTMENT OPPORTUNITY. TO
MAXIMIZE THE FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS GIVEN SUPPORT OF
CALIFORNIA'S VETERANS WHILE
ENSURING EFFORTS ARE COORDINATED
EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT AND
MEASURABLE THANK YOU I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
TODAY AND WITH ME TO TESTIFY IS
MISTER KEITH BOYLAN DEPUTY
SECRETARY. OF THE VETERAN
SERVICES DIVISION OF CALVET.
THANK YOU.
HE'S PROCEED
SENATOR NELSON THANK YOU.
I'M THANKFUL OPPORTUNITY BE HERE
TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK CENTER
NEWMAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON
THIS DEPARTMENT SPONSORED BILL.
S. B. THIRTEEN NO FOUR ON THE
SUIT THOUGH SENATOR SUMMED IT UP
PRETTY WELL. I'M I WOULD ONLY
ADD THAT IN IN IN REITERATE
THAT.
OFTEN THIS IS THIS.
ENDOWMENT FUND IS ARM A NEXT
STEP IN A PROCESS THAT BEGAN
SOME YEARS AGO WHICH WAS WITH
THE GOVERNOR'S INERRANCY COUNCIL
VETERANS WHICH.
WE.
EFFECTIVELY LANDSCAPED.
GOT A LAID OUT THE LANDSCAPE OF
THE SERVICE NETWORKS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE AND ON.
THAT LED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT
THE CAL TECH PROGRAM WHICH IS A
REGIONALLY SPECIFIC ON
EXPANSION.
ON THE TRADITIONAL TAB GPS
PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE OF THIS PROGRAMS
ALLOWED US TO BRING IN ALL THOSE
SAME COMMITTEE PARTNER STATE AND
FEDERAL.
THAT WE HAD IN LISTED IN THIS
PROCESS DURING THE GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR'S INERRANCY COUNCIL
EFFORTS.
AND MOVING FORWARD WE FOUND.
THAT ONCE WE LAY DOWN THE
GROUNDWORK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HAD
MOST FOLKS NAM IF NOT ALL ON THE
SAME PAGE.
ON THEIR RESEARCH SUBMIT SOME
ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES AND AND
THAT WOULD BE WITH A STATEWIDE
STRATEGIC APPROACH AND IS CALVET
BEING THE LEAD ADVOCATE FOR
VETERANS IN THE STATE IS OUR
MISSION STATES. ON IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP CORRAL
SOME OF THESE FUNDS ON
INORDINATE AMOUNT OF FUNDS OF
INCOME IN CALIFORNIA
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THOSE HAVE
BEEN PUT INTO.
.
DID TO DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY COHESIVE
FOR SOME OF THE OTHER EFFORTS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND AS THE
SUN OR SAID THAT LEADS TO.
DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AND MORE
SO ON.
AN INABILITY TO REALLY GAUGE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES SO ON IN SUPPORT OF
THIS COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE IT'S IT'S
VITAL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CROSS
SOME OF THIS ON THE OHER SIDE
WITH THOSE FOLKS GIVEN TO THE
STATE FOUNDATIONS IN FILM
PHILANTHROPIC ENTITIES.
HAVE EXPRESSED ON DUE TO SOME
REALLY VISIBLE NATIONWIDE
CHALLENGES THAT SOME OF THE.
THE LARGER NON PROFITS AND.
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING
VETERANS HAVE COME ACROSS.
SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO GET A
LITTLE GUN SHY ON TERMS ARE AND
WHERE THEY PUT THEIR MONEY. IN
THE ONE OF MAKE SURE THEY GET
THE MOST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK
AND.
I'M
THEY'VE COME TO US AND IT'S AND
IT'S REALLY A AND THEY'RE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE. TICKET TO WORK WITH THE
STATE ENTITY IN SUPPORT OF ALL
THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
ON VERSUS GOING ABOUT IT.
ONE AT A TIME THROUGHOUT THE
STATE'S SPECIAL STATES THE
LARGEST CALIFORNIA IT'S HARD TO
ORCHESTRATE.
HOME A LARGE SERVICE NETWORK IN
THAT CAPACITY SO.
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU SIR NEWMAN
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND.
THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR ALL YOUR
SUPPORT.
THOSE BY SENATOR ROTH. IT WAS
HARD ENOUGH WHEN THERE WAS ONLY
ONE VETERANS HOME WHERE. THESE
PARTICULAR KINDS OF ISSUES AT
THE HOME THEM AND HOMES NOW
PLURAL. TO HAVE ANY ONE IN
OPPOSITION.
TODAY.
FOR THEIR OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT.
STEP THREE BRING GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA STATE COMMANDERS
VETERANS COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
GET DOWN HARPER WITH AMERICAN
LEGION WE HAVE A HUNDRED
THOUSAND MEMBERS IN CALIFORNIA.
WE ALL WANT TO SUPPORT THIS
BILL WE HOPE YOU DO AS WELL
THANK YOU.
LORNA GREECE REPRESENTING
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FORTY ONE
CHAPTERS.
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL.
LORRAINE PLASS AMERICAN VETERANS
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
TING GOTHAM VIETNAM BIRDS
AMERICA WE ALSO SUPPORT THIS
BILL ANYTHING TO HELP DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
YOU.
GEN PENDULUM FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICERS WE SUPPORT THIS
BILL AND WE. THINK THE IDEA OF A
UNIFIED APPROACH AND GETTING
EVERYBODY GOING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION IS A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE NAME
OF COMMITTEE CENTER OFFICE MOVE
THE BILL.
THEN. AGAIN THIS YEAR SEDONA
CLOSE.
I AM ACTUALLY QUITE PROUD MY MY
FOR SIXTY ACTUALLY PARTICIPATION
IN HIS HOUSE IS ACTUALLY AS A
PRIVATE CITIZEN ON BEHALF OF THE
ORIGINAL. AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION FOR CAL TAP. ARE AND
I WANT TO SALUTE THE WORK DONE
BY MISTER BOYLAN BY MR SPANGLER.
BY THE SECRETARY AND EVERYBODY
IN CAL TAP
TRYING TO FIND A BETTER MORE
CONSISTENT MORE COHESIVE
APPROACH TO TRANSITION
CALIFORNIA WE CAN. AND SHOULD DO
MORE FOR CALIFORNIA VETERANS
COMING BACK TO OUR STATE AND
THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK
AN AYE VOTE TODAY. MISTER
CHAIRMAN.
IT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE
COMMITTEE. MOTIONS TO PASS.
CALL THE ROLL.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN AFFORD TO
PASS BUT FIRST REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS NEWMAN. NEWMAN
AYE NIELSEN AYE NIELSEN AYE DOT.
I HUESO. WE SO AYE. WHEN I WHEN
I ROTH.
ROTH I WILL AYE WILL CURRENT
SEVEN.
ZERO THAT ON CALL MOMENTARILY
EVERYBODY'S ON ON THAT. LITTLE
BITTY.
OH YES SHE'S JUST THAT WOULD BE
OUT THE PAST THAT THAT I THINK.
I HEARD YOU BUT I DID NOT SEE
YOU SENATOR WITH. SENATOR WHEN
YOU HAVE FOR US TODAY.
THIRTEEN FOURTEEN.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MISTER VICE
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
TODAY I'M PRESENTING S. B.
THIRTEEN FOURTEEN WHICH REQUIRES
TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
VETERANS AFFAIRS. TO DEVELOP A
PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE VETERANS
SUFFERING FROM COMPLEX MENTAL
AND BEHAVIOR HEALTH NEEDS AT
CALIFORNIA VETERANS HOMES WHILE
ALSO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF RESIDENTS STAFF AND
VISITORS.
IN JANUARY TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN THE LA.
RELEASED A REPORT THAT FOUND
THAT THE STATE VETERANS HOME HAD
LIMITED CAPACITY TO ASSIST
VETERANS WITH COMPLEX MENTAL AND
BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. VETERANS WHO
SUFFER FROM SUCH NEEDS OFTEN
REQUIRE MORE SERVICES BECAUSE OF
STAFFING AND SPECIALIZED CARE
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITED
RESOURCES AVAILABLE SOME
VETERANS HOME. HAVE HAD TO DENY
ADMISSION OR DISCHARGE THESE
VETERANS EARLY.
CONSEQUENTLY VETERANS MOST IN
NEED OF MEADOW BEHAVIOR HEALTH
SERVICE STEMMING FROM THEIR
SACRIFICES AND SERVICE TO THE
STATE AND COUNTRY UNABLE TO
RECEIVE THE CARE THEY NEED.
CURLY THAT CALIFORNIA CURLY
CALIFORNIA EIGHT STATE VETERANS
HOMES SERVE AT CAPACITY NEARLY
THREE THOUSAND ELIGIBLE.
RESIDENTS.
VETERANS WITH LONG TERM CARE.
S. B. THIRTEEN FOURTEEN TAKES
THE LA US RECOMMENDATION TO
REQUIRED CALVET TO DETERMINE
WAYS TO HELP VETERANS ARE
COMPLEX MENTAL AND BEHAVIOR
NEEDS. FOR THE MORE THE READ THE
RECENT TRAGIC A FATAL SHOOTING
AT YOUNG BILL VETERANS HOME
SHOWS THAT EVEN OUR QUITE
VETERANS HOME COULD BE TARGET
FOR VIOLENCE SOMETIMES BY THE
VERY INDIVIDUALS. THESE HOMES
ARE CHARGED WITH CARING FOR.
S. B. THIRTEEN FOURTEEN
CONSUMERS IT WILL NEED A FORM
WORK ASSESSABLE.
CAREFUL ABOUT VETERANS SUFFERING
FROM COMPLEX MENTAL AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS BY
OTHERS ALL WHILE ALSO REQUIRE A
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT. OF THE
SAFETY SECURITY RESIDENTS WHO
SIDE WITHIN A VETERANS HOME
THEIR GUESSES AND THOSE WHO CARE
FOR THEM.
I THINK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND I ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE I HAVE HERE WITH ME IS
SET REEF REPRESENT A COALITION
OF CALIFORNIA'S VETERANS GROUPS.
AFTERNOON SET THREE FOR THREE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
THERE'S A FEW FACTS THAT I'D
LIKE TO POINT OUT.
RESEARCH DONE IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT RAND CORPORATION SURVEY.
HAS SHOWN THAT VETERANS ARE MORE
LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM A MENTAL
OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITION.
THEN GENERAL POPULATION.
PTSD IS ABOUT FOURTEEN PERCENT
AMONG OIF OEF VETERANS.
AND A LIFETIME.
PREVAIL IT'S FOR VIETNAM
VETERANS AT ABOUT THIRTY ONE
PERCENT.
ET ES DE IS AMONG.
THE NATIONAL POPULATION.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
.
VETERANS MAKEUP ONLY
APPROXIMATELY SEVEN PERCENT OF
THE US POPULATION.
AND BY COUNT CLARA THEY ACCOUNT
FOR EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF THE
SUICIDE NATIONWIDE.
WITH THE IMPROVE PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT
PROTECT SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WE
SEE MANY SERVICE MEMBERS AND
VETERANS SURVIVING THROUGH
TRAUMATIC EVENT TO RETURNING.
WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
DISORDERS DECISIVE LISTS
LEGISLATION AIMS TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
MY CLIENTS THE AMERICAN GI FORUM
OF CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA
STATE MANAGED ACTION COUNCIL OR
IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION
THINKING.
WOULD YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES
HERE IN SUPPORT.
OF THE BILL.
LORRAINE PLUS HAM VETS WERE IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
NORTHERN GREECE REPRESENTING
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS.
AS A NURSE FROM THE COLBERT VIA
MYSELF. I SEE A REAL NEED FOR A
PLACE TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE
COMING BACK FROM THE. BACK FROM
THE WAR.
DON HARPER HERE THE AMERICAN
LEGION THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
BILL THE MORE MONEY WE GET FROM
MENTAL HEALTH FOR VETERANS THE.
BETTER IT IS FOR EVERYBODY
PLEASE VOTE I ON THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
THE GOTHAM VIETNAM VETERANS OF
AMERICA WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL AS WELL AS THEIR.
HERO PTSD.
THANK GOD FOR COUNTY VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICER THANK YOU MISTER
GUTMAN.
CHECK UNTIL A REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS AND
SOMEBODY WHO FILES CLAIMS FOR
YOUNG BILL RESIDENTS THIS IS A A
TOTAL BIG NEED FOR THIS SO.
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU
EDU SIR
THE IS GONNA BE PRESENT HERE IN
OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL.
SEEING NONE AND WHO THEY'RE
GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
SENATOR ROTH. HAS EMBARRASSED AS
HE MOVED THE VEIL. THAT WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE CENTER AND I
JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
ARRIVAL.
THANK YOU.
YEAH PLEASE.
.
KNOWING THE REMOTENESS OF THE
VERY FEW OF OUR VETERANS HOMES.
.
THAT ANTICIPATED TO MISTER REED
THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING A
DIFFICULTY GETTING THESE KINDS
OF PROFESSIONALS TO TO WORK IN
OUR VETERANS HOME.
I SENATOR I DON'T LEON.
TIVOLI ANSWER THAT QUESTION
RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT THAT'S OKAY YEAH. I
DON'T MEAN THAT TO TRAP YOU WANT
IT AYE AYE AYE REALLY. OUT OF
THAT JUST TO BE AWARE BECAUSE IN
THE RURAL AREAS THAT IS HIDDEN
DEMOCRATA. WITH HEALTHCARE.
AND THAT WE NEED TO BE.
AWARE OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THE
ATTRACT MORE.
PROVIDERS TO COME INTO THE RURAL
AREAS AND PRACTICE THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
I'LL BE A PART OF THAT ORKING
WITH EVERYBODY HERE AND SO YOU
IT SENATORS YOUR POINT'S WELL
TAKEN TO DANCE SO I GOT AHEAD OF
MYSELF SAYS AND WHAT IF YOU
WANTED. YEAH OF MEDICINE.
MISTER VICE CHAIRMAN I THINK.
THIS BILL IN ITSELF IS JUST
ASKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE.
STUDY ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO
GOING FORWARD ALL OF OUR
VETERANS HOME. NOT SPECIFICALLY
KONO.
WHICH SPECIFIC PROVIDERS WHERE
THEY NEED TO GO AND.
WHAT A JUST TELLING US WHAT WE
NEED? THAT START WITH THAT AND I
THINK I THINK THAT'S THE
NECESSARY OF IT.
I'LL TAKE THAT AS YOU CLOSE
THINKING VERY GET A MATTER
SURGERY PLEASE READ THE ROLE.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN FOURTEEN TO
PASSED BUT FIRST REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS NEWMAN AYE AYE.
AYE. HUSING NIELSEN BY NELSON I
DODD. DODD AYE HUESO LETHAL I
WIN. WIN AYE ROTH. ROTH AYE WILK
AYE WILK AYE SEVEN ZERO. SEVEN
ZERO THAT HAS YOU SO
UNANIMOUSLY.
LET'S OPEN THE RULE ON THOSE
BILLS.
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FINISHED
AND I'M SICK OF PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
SENATE BILL NINE TWENTY FOUR THE
PASSWORD FOR THREE PER. FIRST RE
REFER TO PREPARATIONS DOT.
DODD AYE HUESO.
SO I WENT.
WHEN I AT SEVEN THIRTY CHEVY
ZERO PASSAGE OUT.
SENATE BILL TEN FORTY THREE DO
PASSED THE FIRST REFER TO
PREPARATIONS
DONNA. DOT AYE HUESO. HUESO AYE
NGUYEN. WHEN I AM AT SEVEN ZERO
CAPITAL THAT BILL PASSED AS
WELL.
IT DIDN'T SEVEN SENATE BILL
ELEVEN SEVENTY NINE TO PASS A
FOR FOR FOR APPROPRIATIONS DODD.
THOUGHT AYE HUESO. HUESO AYE
NGUYEN.
WHEN ARE THAT SEVEN CAN'T PASS
IT UP DRAGON.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN EIGHTY. TO
PASS HER FIRST REFER TO
PREPARATIONS.
HUESO. WITH SO I WHEN.
WHEN I ONE MORE CONSENT CALENDAR
THAT ONE PASSES OUT.
THE CHAIR WAS WOUNDED SOME JONES
HE'S HE'S NOT.
GENERATION OR THINK YOU STILL
WEAK GUY CONSENT COUNTY CONSENT
CALENDAR. SENATE BILL FOURTEEN
THIRTY FIVE PASSED FOR SURFER
PREPARATIONS WITH RECOMMENDATION
CONSENT AND SIMPLE FIFTEEN A ONE
TO PASS WITH YOUR CONCLUSION
CONSENT.
ART DOT. DOT I HUESO POLICE SO I
WENT. WHEN I SIMPLY HAVE.
VERY GOOD WITH THAT COMPLETES
TODAY'S HEARING THANK YOU
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE
AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.