THE SUBCOMMITTEE FIVE ON
CORRECTION SOME PUBLIC SAFETY
WILL.
AGAIN THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL
HEARING IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL
CALL.
CENTER SKINNER HERE. BURNER
ANDERSON RISING.
CENTRE BELL.
EXCELLENT.
.
AND WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER REGGIE JONES
SAWYER WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMPARABLE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE
ASSEMBLY SIDE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF THE STATE'S YOUTH
DIVERSION PROGRAMS.
AND THAT IS WITH.
FRANKIE GOES MEN THAT I WANTED
TO INDICATE YOU CAN SEE ON OUR
AGENDA THAT WE HAVE.
FOR DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ITEMS
WE ONLY HAVE ONE HOUR FOR THIS
HEARING.
SO THE.
THOSE OF YOU ARE PRESENTING
WILL HAVE TO BE BRIEF APOLOGIES
THAT. WE DO HAVE SUCH A
COMPRESSED TIME PERIOD BUT WE
DO.
AND BUT WE FELT THIS WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO. DOUBTS WE ARE
GETTING CLOSER TO.
WRAPPING UP THE BUDGET WE FELT
THIS WAS IMPORTANT.
.
SUBJECT TO.
GET INTO SOME DETAIL AROUND
SINCE THERE'S VARIOUS PROPOSALS
TO LOOK AT A MORE SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN
SOME TIME.
SO LET ME BRING UP.
FRANKIE GRISMAN SO WE CAN GET
STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
SO SHOULD YOU BEGIN.
BOB BARR I THOUGHT.
YEAH SO I COULD AFTERNOON HIGHS
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
SUBCOMMITTEE MY NAME IS FRANKIE
WAS MIND I AM THE DIRECTOR. OF
THE YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE AT
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH
LAW. AYE I'M.
PROUD SUPPORTER OF BEEN WORKING
WITHOUT A MEMBER GET READY JONES
SAWYER IS OFFICE.
BOB AT AS WELL AS WITH OUR
COALITION TO HELP SUPPORT
PROMOTE THIS OUT REINVESTMENT
FUND.
BOB YOU KNOW WHY ARE WE HERE I
THINK YOU KNOW THAT THE MAIN
ISSUE IS.
BUT ISSUE OF HEALTH AND
STABILITY FOR OUR MOST
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA.
BOB TODAY. WE HAVE.
INVESTMENT ANNUALLY MADE OF OF
ONE BILLION DOLLARS INTO
CALIFORNIA'S YOUTH JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
WHAT THAT HAVE PRODUCED IS
YOU KNOW?
?
BUT ON AND ON BALLOTS IN
UNCOUNTABLE NUMBER OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
UNNECESSARILY LOCKED UP. AND
INCARCERATED IN THE YOUTH
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BOB DO REAL NEED TO KNOW WILL
BENEFITYOU KNOW TODAY WE WE
KNOW WITH A ONE BILLION DOLLAR
YOUTH JUSTICE INVESTMENT WE HAVE
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE.
UNACCEPTABLY UNACCEPTABLY HIGH
RECIDIVISM RATES AS HIGH AS
PERCENT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
.
SO YOU'RE TO SAY THAT THAT THAT
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DOESN'T HELP
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THIS IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT BUT WHAT ALSO
NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS.
SO MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE ALREADY STARTING OFF WITH SO
MUCH DISADVANTAGE YOU KNOW THEY
ARE YOUNG.
YOU KNOW THEY DON'T VOTE THEY
DON'T HAVE WEALTH MANY OF THEM
ARE YOUTH OF COLOR.
ALSO IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES
I SOMETIMES DO YOU ADDITIONAL
STIGMA OF BEING MAYBE HOMELESS
OR AND LGBT YOUTH.
OF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY
NEED HELP AND INSTEAD WHAT
THEY'VE WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN IS
INCARCERATION AND SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT THAT HAS IN MANY
WAYS EXACERBATED. THEIR
UNDERLYING AYE ISSUES
AND AN ISRAELI HARM TO OUR STATE
AND I THINK MOST HEAVILY AGAIN
GOT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
YOU KNOW AND I'D LIKE TO JUST
SHARE BY WAY OF YOU KNOW KIND OF
A BACKGROUND YOU KNOW MY OFFICE
AND MICHAEL IN THE COALITION
THAT WE WORK WITH WHICH INCLUDES
LEGAL ADVOCATES. IMPACTED YOUTH
AND FAMILIES PHILANTHROPY AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE DONE A
GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO BEGIN TO
TO TO CHANGE THE TIDE AWAY FROM
A OVER RELIANCE ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO DEAL WITH.
YOUTHFUL BEHAVIOR.
AND AND TOWARDS OF AN APPROACH
THAT IS HEALTH BASED THAT NOT
ONLY DEALS WITH THE UNDERLYING
ISSUES THAT MIGHT GET THEM
INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM IN THE
FIRST PLACE. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW
HELP THEM PROMOTE.
ARE DEVELOP.
POSITIVELY TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT IS
WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN IN IN IN THE
U. THREE INVESTMENT FUND WHICH
WOULD GO TOWARDS DIVERSION.
FOR FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH
BUT ALSO YOU STATEWIDE AS WELL
AS.
TO TO FUND SOCIAL WORKERS
INSIDE A PUBLIC DEFENDER
OFFICES.
WHAT WHAT WHAT I CAN SAY TO THAT
IS YOU KNOW I PERSONALLY I'M I'M
AN ATTORNEY WHO HAVE WORKED ON
THESE ISSUES FOR FOR SIX FOR
SOMETIME BUT I'M ALSO? A
RECIPIENT OF THE OF THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND AS AS SOME OF YOU
MIGHT KNOW I SPENT SIX YEARS IN
THE CALIFORNIA AUTHORITY. FOR A
CRIME I COMMITTED AT AGE
FIFTEEN.
AND HAVING SPENT THAT AMOUNT OF
TIME AS A YOUNG PERSON GOING IN
WITH MY OWN SET OF ISSUES THAT
YOU KNOW DEL WITH TRAUMA AND
ABUSE ABANDONMENT AND NEGLECT.
I FIFTEEN DIDN'T HELP ME IN
ANYWAY AND IN FACT IN A A LOT OF
MY UNDERLYING PROBLEMS.
MORE SEVERE SO THAT WHEN I GOT
OUT I GOT I WITH A A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF NEED.
AND LUCKILY IN MY COMMUNITY I
FOUND THAT SUPPORT.
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
MENTORS.
I KNOW IN AND AND WHAT I'D LIKE
TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS. YOU KNOW
IN SPITE OF THE HUNDRED TO ME
YOU KNOW THOUSANDS IF NOT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE STATE
INVESTED IN KEEPING ME LOCKED UP
TO. UNDER THIS PRETENSE OF
REHABILITATION I NEEDED TO GET
OUT.
TO BE IN MY COMMUNITY WITH FOLKS
THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD ME AND
UNDERSTOOD MY STRUGGLE AND MY
SHORTCOMINGS TO GET THE HELP
THAT I NEEDED. AND IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY BASED
SERVICES BECAUSE OF THESE
MENTORS BECAUSE OF THE SIX
SPACES IN THE AUTHENTIC
RELATIONSHIPS.
I WAS ABLE TO BUILD WITH THESE
THOUGHT COMMUNITY FOLKS I WAS
ABLE TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND
COULD MOVE ON YOU KNOW COMMITTEE
COLLEGE UC BERKELEY AND UCLA
SCHOOL OF LAW. TO NOT TODAY
BEING A YOUTH ADVOCATE.
THE MY VIEW YOU KNOW THERE'S
NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT ME WHAT
WHAT IS SPECIAL UNFORTUNATELY SO
IS THE TREATMENT THAT I GOT
WHICH IS. THE COMMUNITY WAS
ALLOWED TO WRAP THEIR ARMS
AROUND ME AND AND REYES ME
REYES ME IN A WAY THAT SYSTEM
COULD NOT.
AND SO TODAY WE KNOW WE
UNDERSTAND BOTH THROUGH LIVE
EXPERIENCE I THINK MANY OF US IN
THIS ROOM COULD CAN CONTEST TO
BUT ALSO THE RESEARCH THE
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE HAS
PROVEN.
THAT INCARCERATIONS BAD IT'S BAD
FOR FOR ADULTS BUT IT'S
ESPECIALLY BAD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AGAIN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED A LOT IN THEIR LIFE
AND ARE IN MANY WAYS POWERLESS
TO DEAL WITH. MANY OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES AND NEED HELP.
AND WE KNOW THAT DIVERSION IS IT
IS IT IS VERY GOOD IT IS AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSION.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ARREST DIVERSION THAT IS THE
ONLY TRUE DIVERSION. ABOUT IT
YOU KNOW.
SO A MOVIE KIDS AWAY FROM THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM OF PLACING THEM
IN THE COMMUNITY WITH CARING
TRAINED ADULTS THAT ARE ABLE TO
TO TO SUPPORT THEM. AND PUT THEM
ON A PATH TO HELP INSTABILITY.
AND AND AND LASTLY WHAT WE ALSO
KNOW IS THAT COMMUNITY BASED
TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE YOU KNOW THERE. IS A
MEAN WIDE RESEARCH THAT WOULD
SUGGEST THAT YOU NOT BEING
INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BASED
PROGRAMS IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR
YOU KNOW.
THE VARIETY OF TRAUMA TREATMENTS
BUT ALSO JUST NORMAL HEALTHY
DEVELOPMENT TO LEARN. LIFE ON
LIFE'S TERMS
YOU KNOW IT SO WELL AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE YOU KNOW WHEN
WE COMPARE THE ONE BILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE INVEST IN
LOCKING KIDS UP WITH THE SEVENTY
PERCENT RECIDIVISM RATE.
WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE ARE SOME DIVERSION
PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE THAT
ARE ALREADY DOING TREMENDOUS
WORK. BUT THE TRUTH IS THEY ARE
RELATIVELY. UNDER FUNDED YOU
KNOW.
WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LOT
OF THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE
YOUTH OFFENDER BLOCK GRANT. AND
THE.
JJ CPA FUNDS FOR DIVERSION OVER
EIGHTY PERCENT OR MORE THAN
EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FUNDS GO
TO PROBATION AND SALARIES. AND
AND WHAT WHAT'S LEFT.
VERY FEW THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS SO
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT ALTHOUGH THE STATE DOES
INVEST SOME MONEY.
TO TO LOCAL EFFORTS THAT ARE ARE
ARE ARE.
ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR DIVERSION
VERY LITTLE OF THAT MONEY IS
ACTUALLY IN FACT USE ON
DIVERSION WITH MOST OF IT JUST
GOING TO PROBATION SALARIES.
SO THIS PROPOSAL. EFFECTUALLY
TURNS OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IN OUR
IN OUR PRACTICE ON ITS HEAD BY
PUTTING THE MONEY.
A IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
IT IT IT DID BILLS COLLABORATION
BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
ENTITIES BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND ALSO BACK.
HAS A PROVISION ARE IT.
WERE REQUIRES COUNTIES TO
PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS
AND IN SO DOING. THEY THEY
UTILIZE EXISTING AND OFTEN
UNUSED FUNDS OF FOR THE BENEFIT
OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
HE TO AND SO WE KNOW WHAT WEIGH
IN AND SUMMATION WHAT I CAN SAY
ABOUT.
DEFINED IS THAT IT IS BOTH A
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
DE A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PLAN IT
REDUCES OUR OVER RELIANCE ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT BY PRIORITIZING TROM
INFORMED CULTURALLY VALLEY AND
DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE. OFTENTIMES DISADVANTAGE IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES
TO BE TO BE HANDLED BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
IN SAFE SPACES THE BILL THAT
EMOTIONAL CONNECTEDNESS.
AND IT'S SO AND SO DOING TO
REALLY GROW TO BECOME HEALTHY
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. BUSTLE
IMPROVING THE THE LIFE OUTCOMES
OF THESE AT RISK YOUTH AGAIN
INCLUDING.
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND EVEN
YOUTH IN.
AND IN THE SYSTEM TO THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ARE SOCIAL WORK
PROGRAM. WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO.
TO UTILIZE SCARY SCARE FLOW
FORSMAN RESOURCE IS AN APPROVED
PUBLIC SAFETY.
BOB YOU KNOW LEFT AS YOU WANT TO
SAY I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT I I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
IS.
HEARING THAT WAS.
IN SOME WHAT ACCOMMODATING OUR
OUR OUR OUR ASK
IT'S WE REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT AND I MEAN WE HOPE
THAT.
.
WE ASKED WE URGE YOUR RIVAL
THANK YOU.
THIS IS INFORMATION SO WE WON'T
BE ACTING TODAY. AND I WANNA TO
SCRIPT THE RECORD I REFERRED TO
MY COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JONES SAWYER AS THE. CHAIR OF
THE BUDGET SUB IN THE ASSEMBLY
SIDE THAT IS NOT ACCURATE HE'S
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICY PART OF WHICH I AM ALSO
CHEER ON THIS SIDE. AND IT IS MY
COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
SHIRLEY WEBER WHO HAS JOINED US
AT THE DYESS WHO IS THE CHAIR OF
THE ASSEMBLIES PUBLIC SAFETY
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT THEY
ARE BOTH MY PART WE ARE MUTUAL
PARTNERS AND JUSTICE SO I AM
GLAD THAT THEY ARE AT THE TABLE
WITH US.
AND.
LET ME JUST LAY OUT THAT WE'RE
GONNA HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM.
THE I. NEXT ITEM ON THIS
VERY PROPOSAL IS TO HEAR FROM
THE IMPACT AND SCOPE OF SOCIAL
WORKERS ROLE IN THAT VERSION
PROCESS. THEN WE'LL DISCUSS TROM
INFORMED PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE
AMERICAN YOUTH AND THEN WE WILL
DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSAL ON THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER
DIVERSION PROGRAM SO THAT'S THE
ORDER WE'RE GOING TO GO IN. SO
IF ANYONE ON THE DYESS HAS A
QUESTION FOR MR GOOS MOM BEFORE
I GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE
WELCOME TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S ANY OF YOU WHO DO
WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT OR
QUESTION.
RIGHT THEN I WANTED TO LET BE I
WILL HAS PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER
EACH
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE GIVEN OUR
SHORT TIME PERIOD THAT YOU NOT.
STAND UP AGAIN AT THE MIKE SO.
YOU CAN.
.
AND ALSO IF YOU.
REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION AND
THE ORGANISATION LEADER IS SAID
SOMETHING THEN THE OTHER FOLKS
CAN JUST SAY THEIR NAME AND.
YES
SUPPORT ALSO. ALRIGHT SO THIS IS
PUBLIC COMMENT JUST ON THE
OVERVIEW SECTION NOT ON EITHER
THE SOCIAL WORKERS PORTION DAY
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH PORTION
FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS FORTUNATE SO ANY
PUBLIC COMMENT.
STONE.
GO AHEAD AT THE MIKE.
HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
MY NAME IS JOE TO BUYING.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH
JUSTICE COALITION I JUST WANT TO
START OFF BY SAYING IT'S AN
HONOR BEING HERE WITH ALL. THE
PEOPLE IN THE HOPES THAT
CALIFORNIA WILL PASS TO ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR YOU WE
INVESTMENT FUND.
EVERY YEAR.
ACROSS CALIFORNIA TENS OF
THOUSANDS IF YOU COME IN CONTACT
WITH POLICE COURTS IN JUVENILE
HALL AND THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED
FOREVER. OUT WITH ONCE ONE OF
THOSE YOU.
I CAME TO AMERICA AND THE AGE OF
SEVENTEEN WHAT MY OLDER BROTHER
WAS ONE YEAR OLDER THAN ME.
I DON'T KNOW NO ONE. ADDED I
HAVE NO ONE TO. LOOK FORWARD TO.
.
AND WITHIN A SHORT TIME SPAN.
I WAS HOMELESS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MY LIFE. EVEN THOUGH I
WAS GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I
WAS LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE. MY
SCHOOL NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH I WAS
STRUGGLING EVERYDAY I WOULD
SEARCH FOR FOOD AND A PLACE TO
STAY.
AND WE GOT INVOLVED IN THE
STREETS AND I WAS EVENTUALLY
ARRESTED AND LOCKED UP FACING A
YEARS IN JUVENILE HALL IN
JUVENILE HALL I WAS. TAPPED INTO
CENTER SO BLAH.
AND I CAN'T STAY IN ONE ROOM.
FOR A LONG WHILE WITH NOTHING TO
DO.
I FELT LIKE A CAGED ANIMAL
GUARDS TREATED US LIKE WE WERE
LESS THAN HUMAN.
NOT LONG AFTER A YOUNG BOY WAS
WAS RAPED BY TWO WHAT A HUGE AND
A JUVENILE HALL. AND THE NEXT
DAY HE CAME OUT AND HE WOULD A
HOMEMADE WEAPON AND USE TAB ONE
OF THE BOYS AND WE NEVER SAW.
YOU TO ONE OF THOSE BOYS.
EVER AGAIN.
WITH MY FIRST TIME IN THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM SO I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT I WAS LOST
THE GOOD THING IS I HAD A GOOD
PUBLIC DEFENDER. WHO FOUND OUT
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST ME
AND THE CHARGES DROPPED TO A
MISDEMEANOR AND SIX MONTH
PROBATION BUT OVERALL? NO ONE
ASKED ME WHAT I WAS GOING TO AND
NO ONE. REALLY REACHED OUT TO
HELP ME.
BEFORE I WAS ON PROBATION I HAD
GOOD TIES WITH ALL MY TEACHERS
BUT WITHIN A SPORTS TEAM AND I
WAS IN THE CHOIR MY GRADES WERE
REALLY GOOD AND I WAS SEEN AS A
PROGRESSIVE STUDENT. BUT ONCE I
WAS ON PROBATION THE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT INFORMED EVERYONE AT
MY SCHOOL AND CERTAINLY.
THE.
SCHOOL STARTED LOOKING AT
ME-DIFFERENT THE DEAN CALLED ME
INTO OFFICE SOMEONE WHO I HAD A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH CERTAIN.
ANGRY AND DISTRUSTFUL HE SAID
ARE YOU GOING TO BRING.
A DISRUPTION TO MY SCHOOL ONE BY
ONE TEACHER STARTED PUTTING OUT
OF.
OUT OF CLASS I WAS OUT OF SCHOOL
FOR ONE YEAR LA COUNTY PROBATION
NEVER REFERRED ME TO ANY
RESOURCES OR EMPLOYMENT. I GOT
DEEPER INTO THE STREETS BUT
DEMOGRAPHERS HAVE DIED HE WOULD
LIKE A FATHER TO ME. I WANT TO
MAKE HIM PRODUCT JUST DIDN'T
KNOW HOW.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL BUT
A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
THAT HAD A HIGH SCHOOL COACH
PROGRAM STARTED CALLING ME
ASSERTING THAT THEY REALLY
CARED.
OF THE MY TEACHERS TOLD ME THAT
I. I HAD A LEARNING DISORDER MY
GRADES WENT FROM A ONE POINT TWO
TO A FOUR POINT OH JUST BECAUSE
SOMEONE ACTUALLY SHOW MEDICARE.
THAT'S HOW FUND OUT ABOUT DO YOU
JUSTICE COALITION I GOT INVOLVED
IN TO THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND
I FOUND. YOU JUSTICE COALITION
WE HOPE.
BOMB DELUDE DID YOU DEVELOPMENT
AND DIVERSION POT PLANT IN LA.
WHERE WE WILL MOVE AS MUCH AS
TEN THOUSAND YOU? A YEAR FROM
ARREST COURT.
CORD DETENTION AND ANY KIND OF
CRIMINAL CONVICTION.
THE HUNDRED MILLION YOU MOVE
REINVESTMENT FUND CAMPING THESE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO YOU ACROSS
THE STATE ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA IS
AT ALL TIME LOW IN TERMS OF. YOU
CRIME THIS TO IT.
THE STATE AND MOST LOCAL
COMPANIES ARE INVESTING IN YOU.
MOST OF US JUST WANT SOMEONE TO
CARE.
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO US AND PUSHES TO
FEARFUL FOR POTENTIAL AT OUR
DISPOSITIVO A THAT.
YOU SHOULD LOSE THEIR LIVES IN
THIS TWENTY FIRST CENTURY BUT
I'M NOT SURPRISED YOUNG PEOPLE
DIE EVERY TIME WE BRING OUR
EYES.
JUST LAST WEEK.
ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT WHY JC
BUSTER FIFTEEN YOUR COUSIN.
WHILE HE WAS BAR BUYING BURTON
BURGER FRIES WE WAKE UP EVERY
DAY AND FACE THE SAME PAIN WE
CRY BUT NO ONE ANSWERS ONLY
TEARS REMAIN.
I WISH I AM SHARING MY STORY TO
BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS TO
FIGHT FOR YOU. PUTTING THEY CAN
GET JUSTICE CALIFORNIA CAN STAND
WITH US OUR FIGHT AGAINST US
* YOU INVESTMENT FUND
REPRESENTS A CHANCE TO CREATE
YOU LEADERS OR MAINTAIN US AS.
THUGS AND GANGSTERS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
.
I THINK WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
SORRY.
SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS
AROUND THE. CASE
SO THANK YOU MISTER GRISMAN. AND
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SECOND.
AT AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS ON THE
IMPACT AND SCOPE OF SOCIAL
WORKERS ASSISTANCE IN THE
DIVERSION PROCESS AND I BELIEVE
WE HAVE BRENDAN WOODS FROM WHO
IS A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN ALAMEDA
COUNTY MISTER WOODS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU YES MY
NAME IS BRENT WOODS AND THE
PUBLIC FROM THE FOR ALAMEDA
COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY ABOUT
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE YOU TO BE
INVESTMENT FUND. AND THE NEED
FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE
DIVISION OF PUBLIC FRONT
OFFICES.
SO I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC DEFENDER
FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS NOW.
I REPRESENTED PEOPLE CHARGE AT
ALMOST EVERY SORT OF CRIME.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU NOW THAT
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY JOB.
I LOVE WHAT I DO. AND IT LEAVES
AN ABSOLUTE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE
REPS IN OUR CLIENTS.
MY OFFICE LIKE MANY P. OFFICES.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS WILL ROTATE
THROUGH ASSIGNMENTS TO DO
ROTATION AND MISDEMEANORS
FELONIES AND JUVENILE.
I'VE DONE MULTIPLE ROTATION
JUVENILE.
AND HAVE TO ITS ASSIGNMENT THAT
I ACTUALLY DISLIKED IN HATED THE
MOST.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THIS THE
KIDS THE KIDS WERE AMAZING.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DISLIKE THE
PARENTS
THEY WOULD IN THE BEST THEY
COULD WITH CHALLENGING
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE IT JUST LIKE
THE PROBATION OFFICERS OR JUDGES
HOLE. DIDN'T LIKE MOST OF THEM.
*.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THAT.
IT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE
THE TOOLS
TO PROPERLY DO MY JOB.
IMAGINE BEING IN A COURTROOM.
SOMETIME SEEING KIDS AS YOUNG AS
TWELVE AND THIRTEEN MOSTLY KIDS
OF COLOR. BEING SHACKLED AND
BOOKED COURT.
IMAGINE BEING THERE AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET TO ROOT CAUSE
OF WHY THEY'RE THERE.
IMAGINE BEING THERE AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM
SERVICES IMAGINE BEING THERE NOT
BEING ABLE TO TRULY HELP THEM.
PREVENT THEM FROM COMING BACK
INTO THE SYSTEM AND U. S. BOTH
PETER ADVOCATES.
IMAGINE BEING A SYSTEM WHERE.
JUDGES.
PROBATION OFFICERS ATTORNEYS
PROSECUTORS ARE ALL GUESSING.
GETTING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH
THIS CHILD.
WE'RE GUESSING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.
FOR LONG TIME ATTORNEY HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO BE SOCIAL WORKERS.
THE MOVING TRYING OUR BEST AND
HONESTLY. WE ARE TERRIBLE
ADDICTS.
WE HAVE HUGE CASELOADS.
YOU BETTER TURN EAST WENT UP TO
BE PATIENT.
WERE COMBATIVE ARGUMENTATIVE.
WE CROSS EXAMINE WE QUESTION.
AND AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE THAT
WOULD BEEN TRAINED TO DO.
THOSE SKILLS THAT MAKE US VERY
AFFECT THE RETURNEES.
DON'T OFTEN TRANSLATE INTO
GETTING A KID TO OPEN ABOUT THE
TRAUMA.
THAT HE OR SHE HAS ENCOUNTERED
IN THEIR LIVES.
IF THERE IS A PLACE WHERE SOCIAL
WORKERS ARE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
IT IN THE JUVENILE DIVISIONS A
PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES.
SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF
WORKING FROM A TRAUMA INFORMED
PERSPECTIVE.
MANY OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE
EXPERIENCED COME COMPLEX TRAUMA.
DEMAND FOR CASE WHICH EXTEND FAR
BEYOND THE COURTROOM.
OFTEN WE'D ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES
SIMPLE BASE OFFICE DON'T SEE IT.
BUT BASS NOT I'M SORRY BUT
SOCIAL WORKERS SEE IT AND THEY
UNCOVER IT.
SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE THE ABILITY
TO GO MUCH DEEPER.
THEY GET TO ROOT CAUSE OF WHY
THAT CHILD'S IN CRIMINAL COURT.
THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK TO THAT
CHILD WITH SHAMAN EXPERIENCED.
BEGIN TO REVEAL IT TO DISCUSS
IT.
AND THAT TOM CAN RANGE FROM THE
VIOLENCE IN NEIGHBORHOOD. TO
VIOLENCE IN THE HOME TO SEXUAL
ABUSE TO.
VIOLENCE FROM THE CHARM OF
ABJECT POVERTY BEING WORRY ABOUT
WHERE TO GO TO EAT.
WHERE THEY GOING TO LIVE WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR TO SCHOOL?
THE SOCIAL WORKERS GET OF KIDS
TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THAT TRAUMA.
THEY BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION
OF THE ATTORNEY.
ATTY ATTENTION TO COURT.
AND THEY BEGIN TO FIND SOLUTIONS
TO THE PROBLEM.
SOCIAL WORKERS AND.
PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES OCCUPY A
UNIQUE SPACE.
BECAUSE WE AS DEFENDERS ARE
ADVOCATING FOR THAT CHILD WE GET
CHILD ATTORNEY OUR SOUL PURPOSE
IS TO BE THEIR VOICE AND
ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
SO TO WORK WITH AND BECOME A
PART OF THAT TEAM.
THE KIDS SEE SOCIAL WORKERS IN
OUR OFFICES BEING ON THEIR SIDE.
AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR
TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE OFTEN SO DISENFRANCHISED BY
THE SYSTEM.
KIDS WE ENCOUNTER WERE ALSO IN A
UNIQUE SITUATION THERE AT A TIME
OF CRISIS.
DUE TO LEGAL SITUATION. WE HAVE
A MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE THEIR
FOCUSED ATTENTION.
THE DAY WILL LISTEN AT THAT
TIME.
AND.
WHOEVER WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO
DEVELOP A PLAN.
EVERY ABILITY TO PLAN I WAS
THE PLAN WITH THE YOUTH.
AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY FOR THE
YOUTH AT DISTINCTION IS
IMPORTANT.
SO SO WORK CAN REFER CLIENTS A
COSTLY RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS.
SO.
I'VE BEEN IN CHARGE OF MY OFFICE
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I'VE SPENT EVERY YEAR TRYING
TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
AND OUR OFFICE.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS YEAR
THAT SUCCESSFUL.
THE GET FUNDING FOR HALF OF A
BODY.
WITH INFORMAL SURVEY ABOUT
THIRTY PUBLIC FUND OFFICES ONLY
ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM HAD SORTS
WORK IN JUVENILE.
FIFTY PERCENT HAD NO SOCIAL
WORKERS AT ALL.
THE IN MY OFFICE WE HAVE A
SOCIAL WORKER SUPERVISOR WHO
WERE JUST FORTUNATE AND BLESSED
TO HAVE. AND SHE STARTED
INSTANCES GO PUBLIC FUNDS OFFICE
THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE SPENT
THIRTY FIVE YEARS HELPING KIDS
IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM.
AND I TOLD ABOUT THIS FUND.
AND YOU CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID
THIS FUNDS.
THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY CAN
BE TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE.
IT WILL BE A WIN FOR OUR KIDS
THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY
AT LARGE.
IT WOULD LEAD TO FIND PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THESE KIDS WERE TALK ABOUT
THEY'VE SUFFERED TREMENDOUS
TRAUMA.
AND WE CANNOT AS A SOCIETY KEEP
PLACED THEM ON PROBATION.
MOVING FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
PLACE THEM IN GROUP HOMES.
COUNTY CUSTODIAL CAMPS AND LOCK
FACILITIES AND SENT INTO ADULT
COURT.
WE WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE DOING AS A CITING WE'RE
TAKING KIDS.
WE'RE TAKING KIDS AND LOCKING
THEM IN CAGES IN THE NAME OF
PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE HAVE TO GET TO ROOT CAUSE OF
THE PROBLEMS.
WITH THE START THE HEALING IN
ORDER STOP HURTING.
SO WHO WORKS THE HEALERS.
AND IS FUN THAT A TREMENDOUS
IMPACT ON THE SAFETY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THE YOUTH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING UP TO ME TO
SPEAK TODAY.
THANK YOU.
BEFORE AREAS FOR EITHER THE ANY
OTHER FOLKS IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC
COMMENT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
FROM THE DYESS.
I'VE A QUESTION SO.
THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME CHORDS
THAT DO YOU TO LIE SOCIAL
WORKERS IN THIS ROLE IS IT THAT
IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL OR.
CAN YOU TALK THAT ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT YES SO IT'S NOT
UNIVERSITIES SOME PUBLIC
DEFENDER OFFICES THAT DO HAVE
FUNDING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS HER
HOUSE THAT MANY DO NOT.
FROM THE ONES THAT DO HAVE
SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE HAD
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WERE GARCIA
ADVOCATING FOR YOUTH FINDING
ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION
GETTING AND COMMUNITY BASED
PROGRAMS. THE IT IS ALMOST NIGHT
AND DAY COMPARED TO THE SERVICES
THAT ARE PROVIDED TO YOU TO ONE
SOURCE WORKS ARE INVOLVED AS
OPPOSED TO WHEN THEY'RE NOT.
LARRY.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
PARTICULAR ITEM FEW WANT TO
COME TO THE LARGE MIKE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. BY SHOULD SEE
THIS ASPECT OF THE FULL PROPOSAL
GO AHEAD.
MY NAME IS SASHA ATKINS GLORIA
AS A SOCIAL WORKER IN THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE I AM UNIQUELY POSITIONED
TO BUILD TRUST WITH MY CLIENTS.
AND THEREFORE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
TRUE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEMATIC
BEHAVIOR.
AS A MEMBER OF A CLIENT'S LEGAL
DEFENSE TEAM MY CLIENTS ARE MORE
LIKELY TO SEE ME AS BEING ON
THEIR SIDE. THEN OF OCCUPIED ANY
OTHER ROLE.
UTILIZING MY TRAINING IN TRAUMA
INFORMED INTERVENTION IN
COMBINATION WITH PERSISTENT AN
ON GOING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
WITH MY CLIENT AND THEIR FAMILY.
I AM OFTEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN NEW
PIVOTAL INFORMATION ABOUT MY
CLIENT'S LIFE AND NEEDS.
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE TREATMENT PLAN THAT
WILL ALLOW THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY
REHABILITATE.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS BENEFIT THE
INDIVIDUAL CLIENT BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL
REHABILITATION IS INEXTRICABLY
LINKED WITH THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE.
ONE OF MY CLIENTS WAS A SIXTEEN
YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
USE WHO WAS CHARGED WITH
ROBBERY.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILED A
PETITION TO TRANSFER THIS YOU TO
THE ADULT COURT ADULT COURT.
WHERE MY CLIENT COULD FACE TIME
IN THE ADULT PRISON?
ACCORDING TO WRITTEN RECORDS
THAT I REVIEWED FROM THE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND A
PREVIOUS TREATMENT FACILITY. MY
CLIENT HAD EXPERIENCED A QUOTE
TRAUMA FREE CHILDHOOD UNQUOTE.
LEADING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO
BELIEVE THAT HE WAS SIMPLY AN
INCORRIGIBLE USE WHO COULD NOT
BENEFIT FROM TREATMENT.
AFTER EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWING OF
MY CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS
I WAS ABLE TO UNCOVER THE TRAGIC
AND PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN REALITY
OF HIS CHILDHOOD.
MCLEAN HAD GROWN UP IN A FAMILY
WITH INTER. INVOLVEMENT IN
PROSTITUTION PIMPING AND OTHER
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. HE'D
FREQUENTLY FREQUENTLY WITNESSES
OF YOUR DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
AND YET OFTEN LACKED BASIC
RESOURCES THROUGHOUT HIS
CHILDHOOD AS THE RESULT OF A
SINGLE MOTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
WITH THIS NEW CRITICAL
INFORMATION WE WERE ABLE TO
CONVINCE THE COURT TO PROVIDE MY
CLIENT. WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN AN APPROPRIATE
RESIDENTIAL. TREATMENT PROGRAM
IN LIEU OF ADULT COURT OR THE
JUVENILE PRISON.
I REMAIN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
THIS YOUTH AND WILL STAY
CONNECTED WITH HIM UNTIL HE
COMPLETES JUVENILE PROBATION.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS LAUREL ARROYO AND I'M
ALAMEDA COUNTY JUVENILE PUBLIC
DEFENDER. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD CLIENT WHO IS
FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE
IN PRISON. AND HOW A SOCIAL
WORKER MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
MY CLIENT AS A YOUNG BOY WAS
SLEEPING IN ABANDONED HOUSES.
HE WAS OFTEN LOCKED OUT OF HIS
GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AND FORCED
TO SLEEP ON THE PORCH.
PAGE NINE HE WAS SMOKING
MARIJUANA. AT AGE ELEVEN HE WAS
STEALING CARS SELLING HIS BODY
IN ORDER TO GET HIS BASIC NEEDS
MET.
AND ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.
BY AGE SEVENTEEN HE HAD
COMMITTED MUCH MORE SERIOUS
CRIMES
I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ANY OF
THE DETAILS OF MY CLIENTS
TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD IF NOT FOR
THE SOCIAL WORKER.
AS AN ATTORNEY I'M ANCHORED TO
THE COURTROOM AND I DON'T HAVE
TIME TO HAVE DEEP DISCUSSIONS
WITH MY CLIENTS.
THE SOCIAL WORKER SPEND MONTHS
WITH HIM FOR HOURS AT A TIME.
SHE INTERVIEWED MY CLIENTS DRUG
ADDICTED MOTHER IN HER TENT IN
INTENSITY DEEP IN OAKLAND. SHE
TALKED TO GRUPOM COUNSELORS.
HE TALKED TO TEACHERS SHE TALKED
TO RELATIVESSHE WEAVED HIS
TRAGIC TALE INTO A THIRTY PAGE
REPORT. THAT DETAILED THREE
GENERATIONS OF DYSFUNCTION.
BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER. MY
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD CLIENT STATE
IN JUVENILE COURT. WHERE
VULNERABLE TEENAGERS BELONG
RATHER THAN SPENDING DECADES IN
PRISON?
BECAUSE OF A SOCIAL WORKER.
THE COUNSELORS AT DJJ THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUVENILE
JUSTICE CAN BETTER ADDRESS HIS
TRAUMA.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOCIAL
WORKERS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. BUT
ONLY RECENTLY HAVE WE BEEN
ASSIGNED ONE PART TIME SOCIAL
WORKER FOR ALL OF OUR JUVENILE
CASES.
INVESTING IN SOCIAL WORKERS FOR
PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICES IS
WISE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST PEOPLE
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG IN
A CHILD'S LIFE AND HOW BEST TO
SAID.
THANK YOU.
ALL OF.
HELLO MANY GOOD AND YOU CAN
RAISE IT THAT ARE COMING.
HI MY NAME IS ANGELINA SO WEIRD
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER ADAM BECOMES
COST COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE.
I AM THE ONE SOCIAL WORKER BET
A REPRESENT OUR ENTIRE COUNTY. I
LOVE MY JOB.
BUT IT IS IT IS VERY
CHALLENGING.
BEING THE SOLE SOCIAL WORKER
I'M SPLIT BETWEEN ADULT AND
JUVENILE. AND IN ADULT AND AND I
LOVE MY JOB BUT IN ADULT I CAN
SEE THAT IT'S VERY DIFFERENT
THAN WORKING WITH JUVENILE
CLIENTS.
IN ORDER FOR A SOCIAL WORKER TO
REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FULLY ENGAGE INTO. A AND WHAT'S
GOING OUT THERE TO GO CLIENTS.
THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME
TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND SO I FIND MYSELF OFTEN
SPLIT.
I'LL HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT
FELONY ADULT CLIENT AND WORKING
WITH BUT THEN I'VE GOT LIKE MY
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD CLIENT WHO IS
POSSIBLY GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO
DJJ. FOR MAYBE A SERIOUS CRIME.
I MEETING NOT ONLY WITH THAT
CLIENT JUVENILE HALL SEVERAL
TIMES FOR SEVERAL HOURS BUT I'VE
GOT TO MEET WITH HIS FAMILY TO.
AND I'M GONNA OFTEN FIND HIS
FAMILY.
YOU KNOW AND THEN AFTER YOU DO
ALL THAT PEACE AND THEN YOU HAVE
TO GET THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT
PIECE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR YOUTH.
BUT ALSO FOR HIS FAMILY.
AND THEN AFTER GATHERING ALL
THAT INFORMATION PRODUCING A
REPORT FOR YOUR ATTORNEY THEN
YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE
POSITION OF COMING UP WITH A
VERY INTO VISUALIZE PLAN.
BECAUSE EVERY YOUTH IS DIFFERENT
IT'S NOT COOKIE CUTTER YOU CAN'T
JUST SAY WELL THIS IS WHAT THE
CRIME AS THIS KID DESERVES DJJ.
OR THIS KID NEEDS TO GO YOU KNOW
NO TRANSFER HERE HE GOES
STRAIGHT TO ADULT COURT.
THROUGH YOUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE
DOING MYSELF AND A FEW THAT ARE
HERE TODAY. IS THAT WERE REALLY
UNCOVERING THE TRAUMA AND
PULLING AWAY THAT ONION WE'RE
FINDING OUT WHERE THIS KID CAME
FROM WHERE HIS FAMILY CAME FROM
WHERE HIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND
WHAT PROGRAMS ARE IN HIS COUNTY
OR HER COUNTY THAT'S REALLY
GONNA I DEAL WITH THE NEEDS THAT
YOU IDENTIFY.
IF THOSE PROGRAMS DON'T EXIST
YOU HAVE TO FIND THEM.
YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH FERPA
SAYING HEY I NEED YOU TO CREATE
A CERTAIN PROGRAM JUST FOR THIS
KID.
YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH YOU
KNOW DIFFERENT GROUP HOME
SAYING.
IF I SAY THAT THIS KID CAN GO
HERE WILL YOU DO THESE
PARTICULAR THINGS.
YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR KID
SAYING YOU KNOW WE'RE HOW
MOTIVATED ARE YOU.
I MEAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE
CAPACITY CHANGE BECAUSE THEY DO.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE
MANY PUBLIC DEFENDERS ALSO WORK
AT THE FEW THAT I KNOW THAT OUR
JUVENILE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE
DO. WERE TRAINED TO DO THOSE
THINGS.
NOW THERE ARE VERY MANY. ALL
OVER THE COUNTY THERE WORKING
JUST WITH JUVENILE BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T THAT MANY THAT ARE
WORKING WITH ADULTS.
SOME VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE
WITH ALL THESE ADVOCATES I'M
VERY EXCITED THAT HIS BUDGET ASK
IS HAPPENING BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE.
AND I KNOW IN MY COUNTY.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THAT
FUNDING.
IS GONNA BE INSTRUMENTAL BECAUSE
THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE DEDICATED
PERSON WHO'S UNDERSTANDING NEW
LEGISLATION THAT IS FULLY
TRAINED THAT WANTS TO DO WORK IN
IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO DO
THAT WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ROBIN THE
PET SCAN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IN
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND I WANTED
TO JUST BRIEFLY HIT ON A COUPLE
OF POINTS.
.
YOU JUST HEARD FROM ANGELINE
WITH MY OFFICE WEEK WE GOT HER
INTO OUR OFFICE THROUGH AB ONE
ON NINE FUNDING.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I HAVE TRIED
EVERY SINGLE YEAR SENSE TO GET
FUNDING THROUGH MY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OR THROUGH AB ONE ON
NINE FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL.
ONE TWO THREE STE.
SOCIAL WORKERS.
PARTICULARLY FOR OUR JUVENILE
CLIENTS I HAVE NOT BEEN
SUCCESSFUL ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICES
ARE OFTEN TURNED DOWN FOR THIS
KIND OF FUNDING. IS OUT AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL LEVEL OUR. BOARDS OF
SUPERVISORS SEE US AS PROVIDING
CRIMINAL DEFENSE SERVICES AND IT
IS A STRETCH FOR THEM TO THINK
ABOUT SPENDING ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS.
THAT THEY WANTED THEY WANT TO
GIVE TO UMB HEALTH AND HUMAN
SOCIAL SERVICES CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES THOSE TYPES OF AGENCIES
THAT ARE ALSO ASKING THROUGHOUT
MONEY. AND IT'S AND IT'S A LEAP
FOR THEM TO THINK ABOUT FUNDING
PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES TO DO
SOCIAL WORK. IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY COMPUTE SO.
AB ONE OR NINE IT FUNDS MANY OF
THE SOCIAL WORKERS UP AND DOWN
THE STATE THAT DO EXIST BUT
THERE ARE.
TRAGICALLY FEW SOCIAL WORKERS
AVAILABLE TO DO THE JUVENILE
WORK WHERE THE WHERE THE REAL
CRITICAL NEEDS ARE. SO ANOTHER A
COUPLE JUST BRIEF POINTS PROP
FIFTY SEVEN AS YOU KNOW.
PLACE THE BURDEN FOR MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
AID A CHILD STAYS IN THE
JUVENILE SYSTEM OR GOES INTO THE
ADULT SYSTEM.
BACK IN THE HANDS OF A JUDGE SO
WE CAN NOW ADVOCATE IT'S NOT
JUST THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO
CAN DIRECTLY FILE IN ADULT
COURT.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE SOCIAL
WORKERS CAN MAKE A CRITICAL
DIFFERENCE
AS TO WHETHER A CHILD GOES DOWN
THE ROAD TOWARDS PRISON.
OR GETS BACK ON TRACK GETS
SERVICES THEY NEED AND CAN STAY
OUT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
COMPLETELY WE HAVE SEEN THIS
WORK FOR US AND OUR TRANSFER
HEARINGS. WE HEAR SUCCESS
STORIES ACROSS THE STATE IF
THERE ARE THAT TYPE OF PUBLIC.
SOCIAL
TO REACH THESE JUVENILE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS OFFICES BECAUSE WE
HAVE THE TRUST. OF OUR CLIENTS
WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS
WORKING WITH THEM ADVOCATING FOR
THEM AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
REACH AREAS THAT MAY NOT
OTHERWISE BE DISCLOSED IN ANY
OTHER SETTING. SO I AM VERY
EXCITED FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT THANK
YOU.
SO I WOULDN'T THANK YOU SO TO
ASK NOW THE REMAINING SPEAKERS
IN SUPPORT OF LESS THAN A MINUTE
PLEASE.
SO WE CAN STAY TIMELY COULD
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS ELLEN
MCDONALD I'M THE REENTRY
ATTORNEY AT THE CONTRA COSTA
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. I'VE
BEEN AN ATTORNEY OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS OFFICE FOR EIGHTEEN
YEARS I'VE SAT BESIDE HIM
CHILDREN. I'M TINY CHILDREN THAT
NEED TO BE IN BOOSTER SEATS
WHOSE PARENTS DO NOT COME TO
COURT FOR THEM I'M WHO WHO DON'T
HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK UP FOR THEM
AND WHO DO NOT HAVE ADVOCATES
AND THOSE ARE THE CHILDREN. I
THINK OF AS I STAND HERE TODAY
TO ASK YOU TO FUND THIS. AND
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT STOPPING
THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING
PUBLIC DEFENDERS WHAT THEY NEED
TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO KEEP
CHILDREN. IN THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM RATHER THAN IN THE
JUVENILE SYSTEM AND TO STOP THEM
FROM ENTERING THE JUVENILE
SYSTEM SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP
IN THE ADULT SYSTEM. AND ON THE
RE ENTRY SIDE IS THE REENTRY
ATTORNEY WE NEED SOMEONE TO
ASSASSIN DIVISIONS WHO IS A
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN MENTAL
HEALTH. AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER AND TRAUMA AND YOU CAN
PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TO
SERVICES AND LOOK AT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECT THEM
WITH THE COMMUNITY BASED
SERVICES THAT ARE GONNA BE SO
CRITICAL. TO THEIR SURVIVAL INTO
HAVING THEM THRIVE AS WELL SO
I'M SO PLEASED YOU'RE
CONSIDERING THAT WE WOULD URGE
YOU ACT TO MOVE FORWARD THANK
YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS RONALD
ABERNATHY ON THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
OF NAPA COUNTY.
AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE COUNTIES
LIKE NAPA THAT IT BEGAN.
USING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES
FOCUSING ON THE CRIMINAL JETTING
NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS AND OUR
YOUNGER CLIENTS.
HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC REDUCTION
IN RECIDIVISM RATES AS A RESULT.
IN DEALING WITH THESE KIDS AND
THEIR FAMILY ISSUES THEIR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES THEIR USE
OF LEISURE TIME.
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUS
THEY'RE KIND OF CRIMINAL
THINKING THEY'RE YOUNG MALLEABLE
MINES AND. ACCESSING THESE KIDS
WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG WITH A SOCIAL
WORKER AND PROVIDE THEM THE
SERVICES THEY NEED. TO AVOID
THE.
KIND OF THE JAIL.
KIND OF REAL THAT MANY OF THEM
GET ON IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND
PARTICULARLY WITH THE SMALLER
COUNTIES. THAT THESE KINDS OF
RESOURCES ARE NOT PREVAIL
AVAILABLE ON A LOCAL LEVEL SO I
WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BEEN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
I THINK WE WILL BE MOVING O THE
NEXT PANEL UNLESS THERE'S A. YES
SENATOR BELT TO SERVE. UNDER.
IN THE ADULT COURT THERE'S A
CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSAL.
FOR.
OF FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
TO HAVE.
CONFERENCES.
WITH THE JUDGE AND THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER.
AND.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
TO.
TWO DIVERSION TREATMENT PRE
ARREST.
TO NOT ARREST SOMEBODY TO
ACTUALLY GET. TO NOT LET THEM GO
INTO THE.
.
OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
YOU SIR ARE SAY RATHER THAN.
HAVE THE CONFERENCE AFTER
THEY'RE ARRESTED.
YES WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM JUST.
IS IS THAT SUBJECT APPLICABLE
TO HUMAN AISLES AS WELL AS
ADULTS THAT.
DICK ABSOLUTELY ABOUT I THINK
ARE SAYING YES I DE IF I. FUNDS
IN THE HEART OF THE QUESTION
HERE IS PRE ADDRESS DIVERSION
SOME NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITH
JUVENILES ALSO ARREST DIVERSION
IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YES
AND I'D SAY YES THAT TO. A LOT
OF WHAT THE SOME BUDGET ASKS FOR
IS FOR PREVENT DIVERSIONS.
.
IT SOMETIMES IS ACTUALLY HELP OF
HAVE ALL THE PARTIES AT THE
TABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
NEEDED PREACH PRIOR TO REST
WHICH WE A GREAT MODEL. BUT
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF VALUE.
AS YOU CAN SEE AND LETTING THE
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
FIGURE OUT THAT PIECE AND FORGET
WHAT SERVICES SHOULD BEPROVIDED
FOR TO YOU. IN A PREVIOUS
DIVERSION PROGRAM.
OKAY OF. THERE IS A PROPOSAL
RIGHT NOW HAS WE'RE LOW. ON
PRETTY ARRESTS.
DIVERSIONS.
YES SIR GOALS.
SO MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT HOW
IT APPLIES TO THE JUVENILES.
FOR.
OKAY THANK YOU IF YOU COULD WORK
ON THAT WITH ME I'D BE HAPPY TO.
I'D LOVE TO SO SP TWO FIFTEEN IS
THE BILL AND.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT PANEL WHICH IS
DISCUSSION ON THE TRAUMA
INFORMED PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE
AMERICAN YOUTH. WE'LL HAVE
DANIEL.
APOLOGIES GOOD DRAMA QUEEN
IMMIGRANT. YES MA'AM OKAY.
FROM THE CALIFORNIA RURAL
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND SHANNON
ALBERS FROM THE HOOP A VALLEY
YOUTH COUNCIL.
PLEASE PROCEED.
A GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. A MY NAME IS DANIEL
TO MEDINA AND I AM THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL
MANAGER AT THE CALIFORNIA RURAL
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
OR CREATE.
HOW COULD THIS IS W. LEADERSHIP
OF TRUSTS WITH NATIVE PEOPLE
STATEWIDE AND IT'S AN EXTENSIVE
HISTORY OF PROVIDING CULTURE
RESPONSE A TRAINING AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN
CLINICS? PRIOR TO JOINING CRIB I
SERVED AS A THERAPIST AND HEALTH
EDUCATOR AT TWO INDIAN CLINICS
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
I CASELOAD WAS FILLED WITH THE
YOUTH WHO WERE INVOLVED IN A
MYRIAD OF SYSTEMS. JUVENILE
JUSTICE CHILD WELFARE FOSTER
CARE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
FAMILY COURT. THE SERVICES THAT
I AND MY COLLEAGUES PROVIDED
SPECIFICALLY THROUGH PROP SIXTY
THREE FUNDING. ASSISTED THESE
YOU THAN EXISTING TRAMO INFORMED
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
INCLUDING OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
CASE MANAGEMENT. AND PREVENTION
AND EARLY INTERVENTION
PROGRAMMING.
PROP SIXTY THREE DISTRIBUTED
FUNDS THROUGH ALL THE COUNTIES
IN CALIFORNIA.
WHAT THE COUNTIES THAT I SERVED
IN DISTRIBUTED FUNDS TO INDIAN
CLINICS LIKE THE ONE I WORK FOR?
A THIS WAS NOT THE CASE FOR
OTHER INDIAN CLINICS ACROSS THE
STATE SPECIFICALLY IN MANY OF
OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES.
IF THE COUNTIES DID NOT PROVIDE
PROP SIXTY THREE FUNDS TO INDIAN
CLINICS.
AND THOSE COUNTIES HAVE NO
PROGRAMS PAID BY THE STATE THAT
ARE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR
NATIVE YOUTH AND THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH.
I HAVE HAD MANY YOUNG NATIVE
CLIENTS ENTER TREATMENT
INCLUDING THOSE.
WITH HISTORIES INCARCERATION
BECAUSE THEY ATTEMPTED TO DIE BY
SUICIDE.
THE TWENTY FOURTEEN CALIFORNIA
HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY FOUND
THAT NEARLY FOURTEEN PERCENT OF
NATIVE RESPONDENTS THOUGHT ABOUT
DYING BY SUICIDE. ALMOST DOUBLE
THE RATE OF SEVEN POINT EIGHT
PERCENT FOR THE GENERAL
POPULATION.
FROM MY CLIENT SHARED BY BEING
INVOLVED IN FROM INFORMED
CULTURE RESPONSE A FEW MINUTES.
ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS.
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE WITH
INTEGRATION OF HISTORY IN
TRADITIONAL PRACTICE IT TO THEM%
IN THEIR HEALING. I HAD TO
CLIENTS WHO WERE BROTHERS THAT
WERE IN AND OUT OF THE FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM IN JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEMS MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE
RECEIVING ANY SORT OF CULTURE
RESPONSE TO TREATMENT OR
SERVICES.
.
AND WERE ACTUALLY MADE TO FEEL
ASHAMED TO BE NATIVE.
THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT THEY
WERE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE
SYSTEM. SO IT TOOK MORE THAN A
DOZEN TIMES BEFORE THEY CAN TO
OUR.
.
OUR TREATMENT.
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE
SERVICES THAT WERE TOM INFORMED
CULTURE RESPONSIVE.
A MENTAL ILLNESS INCARCERATION
HOMELESSNESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING
LGBTQ ISSUES ALL INTERSECT FOR
FOSTER YOU'D LIKE TO YOU THAT I.
SERVED
BY THE NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD
WELFARE ASSOCIATION REPORTS THAT
NATIVE CHILDREN ARE OVER RISEN
OVER REPRESENTED IN FOSTER CARE.
AT MORE THAN TWO POINT FOUR
TIMES THE GENERAL POPULATION.
AND TWO TO FOUR TIMES THE
EXPECTED LEVEL ARE AWAITING
ADOPTION.
BEING INVOLVED IN STATE FUNDED
TRAUMA INFORMED CULTURES BUT TO
PREVENTION AND EARLY
INTERVENTION SERVICES WILL AID
THESE YOUTH IN COPING WITH THESE
DIFFICULTIES.
AS A PROVIDER AND AS A PERSON OF
COLOR WHO GREW UP IN. SIMILAR
CIRCUMSTANCES AS MANY OF THE
YOUTH THAT I SERVE I HAVE SEEN
THIS FIRST HAND.
SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET ACT
ACTION WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT
STEP IN FULFILLING AN IMPORTANT
STATE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE AND OTHER
SERVICES TO NATIVES LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
YOU MAY BEGIN CHEERLESS.
I QUIT.
NECK NOW SHANNON SIR PERMIT
OMITTAG BLOCK. HELLO HUMM
SHANNON I A LIVING WHO BUT I
COME FROM THE VILLAGES ARE PER.
.
AS YOU CAN HEAR HE'S SPEAKING
ABOUT A LOT OF NUMBERS AND I AM
THOSE NUMBERS I AM TO
STATISTICS.
A A.
I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE NATIVE YOUTH THAT COULD
MAKE IT DOWN. OR THAT ARE GOING
THROUGH THESE THINGS THIS TRAUMA
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT FOR THEM AND
I'M ALSO. SPEAKING ON A LOT OF
THEM THAT CAN BE HERE BECAUSE
THEY'VE COMMITTED SUICIDE OR
THEY ARE NOT BREATHING.
DISTANCE LAST OF DECEMBER DON
NEW YEAR'S A YOUNG MAN SHOT
HIMSELF IN KILL HIMSELF.
AND.
YOU WOULDN'T THINK THEY WOULD
DO IT BUT AND HOOPLA VALLEY
WHERE I COME FROM. A SUICIDE IS
A VERY COMMON TOPIC YOU CAN.
ALLOW PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS TO TALK
ABOUT IT BUT SOMETHING THAT GOES
ON EVERYBODY I'VE EVER KNOWN.
OR TALK TO IN YOUR HEAD.
I I HAVE GONE TO TALK TO MY
FRIENDS LIKE AND I'M REALLY NOT
DOES NOTHING REALLY LEFT FOR
MUNICIPAL THEM BILLY DON'T TO DO
IT. AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM HOW I
WOULD DO IT AND HE'S LIKE YOU
KNOW WHAT. I FEEL THAT TOO. AND
MUSIC WAS IF WE NEED TO GET SOME
HELP WE NEED HELP FOR I DON'T
WANT TO DIE. I'D AND I DON'T
WANT TO DIE BUT THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT FOR ME.
AND WE WILL GO TO OUR OTHER
FRIENDS FOR SUPPORT IN AND NEAR
THE SAME WAY IT'S JUST.
EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL LARGEST
BRADY DID.
STRING THEMSELVES.
AND OR SHOOT THEMSELVES.
AND THE THING IS THAT. THAT'S
HOW IT GOES IS NOT WHEN THE DOES
HAPPEN WHEN SOME KID DOES. GIVE
UP IN THE LOSE THE BATTLE INNATE
DO SHOULD THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE SOMEONE THAT
WAS CLOSE TO THEM CAN'T DO
ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY DEPENDED ON
THEM TO GET THEM TO IT. AND NOW
THEY'RE GONE AND THAT. KID A
LITTLE BROTHER THE ONE THAT
WATCHES HIM WATCHES THEM GO AND
LOOKS UP TO HIM HE'S GONE TO.
THIS IS NOT A ON COMMENTING IT
MAY BE UNCOMMON FOR. BY OTHER
PEOPLE AND MAYBE SOME LIKE THE
OTHER TOWNS IT'S LIKE. BOAT HE'S
GOT THIS PROBLEM INDIVIDUALLY
THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS THIS PROBLEM
BUT WHERE I'M FROM AND THE IDS
I KNOW. IT'S EVERYBODY HAS THIS
PROBLEM EVERYBODY THERE. AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF IT STARTED
DRUG ABUSE IN THE HOMES OF
STARTS IN THE HOME THEY DON'T
HAVE PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'VE
OVERDOSED. A LOT KIDNEY FAILURE
MY DAD DIED FROM CAN YOU FILL
FROM VICTIMS OF THE DEATH MY
MOM'S A CURRENT ALCOHOLIC. SO
I'VE BEEN IN FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
AND EVERYBODY HAD GONE TO SCHOOL
WITH. THEIR IN THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM TO SO FROM. THIS ISRAEL I
MEAN YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THESE
NUMBERS HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL
THE STATISTICS OF ALL THESE KIDS
IN.
WE'RE NOT JUST NUMBERS OR FLASH
FOR KIDS WE WE NEED HELP FROM
ADULTS.
AND WE HAVE NOBODY HELPING US
WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE TO HELP
US GET THROUGH THIS AND THERE'S
NO HELP THERE IS NO SUPPORT. WE
ARE EACH OTHER SUPPORT AND WHAT
WE WERE ASKING FOR HELP.
BALONEY NEXT TIME YOU READ A
STATISTIC ABOUT SUICIDE OR NAY
COULDN'T SUICIDE ARE IN EVICTED
OR IN ANY KIND OF STATISTIC
GOING TO THINK ABOUT. WHO IS
THIS KID THAT'S IN IS WHAT IS
THIS NUMBER?
WHO ARE THESE KIDS
BECAUSE THESE ARE KIDS THESE ARE
PEOPLE IS A SOMEBODY'S SON
SOMEBODY'S DOLLARS SOMEBODY'S
BROTHER SOMEBODY THEY ARE
SOMEBODY?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO
SHARE.
JOIN US.
PUBLIC INTO SHEER NOT ONLY YOUR
PER.
PARENTS FOR.
WE REALLY FOR.
BEFORE I ASK
FOR OTHER COMMENT IN SUPPORT.
DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES MONEY
TO.
GO AHEAD SENATOR BILL. I KNOW.
WHOSE AUTHOR OF THE TRIBAL OF.
FOSTER CARE LAW.
TWO YEARS AGO.
.
AND I THINK.
AND MANY OTHER FOSTER CARE
BILLS.
PUTTING THE ONE THAT EXTEND THE
AGE FROM EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY ONE.
OF I WANT TO KNOW.
IF THERE'S WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE
THE TRIBAL. FOSTER CARE
ADOPTION.
LOS TO OUR FACILITY.
SERVICES.
.
IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
FOR.
.
PROBABLY SCARE SERVICES THROUGH.
THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
ARAFAT'S SO WE LOOKED OUT.
GO GO AHEAD YOU MAY RESPOND.
AS ISLAM. AS A THE KID THAT'S
BEEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND I'VE
HAD SIBLINGS AFTER I'M DONE WITH
ME.
ONE THING THAT I FOUND I'VE
HEARD EARLIER WITH THE OTHER. OF
PEOPLE CAME AND SPOKE.
THAT THESE KIDS DO LOOK TOWARDS
SOCIAL WORKERS AS ADVOCATES FOR
THEM. AND ONE THING I FOUND HARD
AND THAT WOULD MADE MADE THINGS
HARDER FOR ME. IS THAT WE CHAIN
SOCIAL WORKERS.
AND IT'S ONE DAY WHO.
THERE'S A SOCIAL WORKER I'VE
THEIR CARD AND WE'RE IN TOUCH
THEN THEY GET A DIFFERENT DAY IN
THE BUT NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER
DIFFERENT SOCIAL WORKER NOW WE
GOTTA LEARN. LEARN THEM WE GOTTA
READ BILL DISTRUSTING.
IT'S A FIVE ONE THING IF WE CAN.
HAVE ONE SOCIAL WORKER TO STAY
WITH THIS KID.
AND THERE IS SIBLINGS TO THE
WHOLE TIME THERE IN THE FOSTER
SYSTEM I THINK THAT WOULD.
HELPED TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE THEY
WOULD KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS
PERSON IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
HERE. BECAUSE HIS KIDS GO NO
HOMES IN ANY DON'T KNOW HOW I'M
GOING TO BE THAT ARE NOT THE
CONTRACT PEOPLE THE MY NO ONE NO
MORE THEY'RE USED TO BEING
UPROOTED.
BUT WE CAN HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER
STAY THERE INSTEAD. BOOTED WITH
THEM AND GET UPROOTED WITH THE
KIDS
THE NAVY WOULD. PROBABLY FEEL A
LOT MORE SUPPORT AND THEN.
SO THEY GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER
AND UNDERSTAND YOU YEAH.
OKAY THAT'LL BE THEM A GOOD
SUGGESTION.
THE.
TRIBAL ADOPTION LAW.
.
BASICALLY IT USED TO BE THE
COUNTIES WOULD HAVE ON TRIBAL%
ADOPTIONS AND. FOSTER CARE
PLACEMENTS.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE SAID THAT
THE TRIBES THEMSELVES.
WHO DEVELOPED THE SYSTEM IN THE
TRIBE?
TO UNDO THE FOSTER CARE
PLACEMENTS OF. IT BASICALLY.
KEPT.
THE.
DECISION PROCESS WITHIN.
.
TRIBE ITSELF YOU KNOW.
AND.
.
I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING
WHOEVER.
QUESTION IS IS IT CREATING.
THE LACK OF SOCIAL WORKERS A
LACK OF SERVICES.
IS THERE A PROBLEM THERE ARE SO.
HOW ARE WORK WITH YOU ARE TO
IMPROVE THE SERVICES?
AND.
THAT THE CONTINUITY OF YOUR
SOCIAL WORK YOU SAY IS
ESSENTIAL.
OKAY THANKS FOR THAT IDEA.
OH MR ONLY GOING DO YOU WANNA
ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. I'M DIVING
CHEN AND. EXPLAIN IT PRETTY WELL
OF IT WITH THE INDIANS
HOWEVER-ACTING FEDERAL YOU KNOW
IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE WITHIN THE
TRIBES.
TRADITIONAL DECISION TO DECIDE
WHERE THEIR YOUTH THOUGH BUT I
ECHO THAT IDEA OF.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
SOCIAL WORKER AT LEAST AGENCY
BEING.
CENTRAL TO THAT YOUTHS.
JOURNEY HOWEVER SHORT OR LONG
THAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE I SAID I
HAVE YOUTH THAT WERE IN AND OUT
HAD DIFFERENT SOCIAL WORKERS.
DIFFERENT.
ATTORNEYS DIFFERENT THERAPISTS
THAT IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY GOT TO
OUR AGENCY WHO WAS CAUGHT FOR
YOUR SPONSOR OF TRAUMA INFORMED.
AND STAFF WITH NATIVE PEOPLE
THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO STICK
WITH SOMEONE FOR AWHILE BECAUSE
THEY FELT COMFORTABLE THERE THEY
WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP THEY WERE
ABLE TO. BE WHO THEY WERE AND
THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT THAT WANT TO COME TO THE
MIKE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
BENJAMIN MYERS AND I'M A STAFF
ATTORNEY WITH THE NATIONAL
INDIAN JUSTICE CENTER. I'M ALSO
AN ENROLLED MEMBER TRIBAL
MEMBER.
OF THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN
RESERVATION IN MENDOCINO COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THESE
MEN APPEAR IN EVERYONE BEHIND ME
OF PUSHING FOR THIS FUNDING. WE
WORK WITH TRIBAL YOU THAT OUR
ORGANIZATION EVERY DAY AND WE GO
OUT TO ALL OF THESE TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES AND WE SEE. THE
CRISES THAT YOU FACE SOME
SUICIDE IS A VERY PARTICULAR ONE
A WE HAVE VERY HIGH RATES OF
SUICIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND
IT'S NOT JUST TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES.
AS I THOUGHT COLLEGE AND LAW
SCHOOL A LOT OF OUR NATIVE YOUTH
THERE WITH ME INCLUDING ME
STRUGGLED WITH ALL THESE ISSUES
AND WE STRUGGLE WITH SUICIDES IN
OUR. COMMUNITY SO IT FOLLOWS
PEOPLE IT'S NOT JUST YOU THAT
THEIR YOUNGEST AGED GOES ALL THE
WAY THROUGH. AND.
SEEING ALL OF THESE ISSUES RIGHT
IN FRONT OF ME. HAS REALLY
PUSHED ME TO JOIN THE
ORGANIZATION AYE MEN AND TO PUSH
FOR THESE ISSUES SONG THANKFUL
FOR. YOU HEARING ME AND PLEASE
SUPPORT THIS FUND.
THANK YOU.
BUT CHUCKLED MCCARTY.
KNOCK ON THAT DOOR. ADOPTED
SPECTACLE.
THE WANT TO SUE YOU. HELLO
WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH HIM
SECTOR AND WOOD FROM THE
CONFEDERATION THOUGH WITH THE SO
YOU ONLY GET TWENTY DIFFERENT.
WHICH ISN'T THE SUN AND NATIVES.
WITH HIMSELF AMERICA ALSO
REPRESENT THE NATIONAL COMPOSED
THAT WERE WHO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE DROPPED THE NATION
HELPING THE DIVISIONS COMMUNITY
SAYS WELLS. OF URBAN AREAS AND
WE WE URGE YOU STRONGLY TO
SUPPORT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
EFFORT BECAUSE THIS WHO REALLY
MAKES BIG IMPACT WITHIN.
THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE SERVE SIGH URGE YOU
SUPPORTERS THINKING.
BUT I'M HERE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HOUSING AND THE SANTA
ANA.
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
RULING THAT HEALTH BOARD ALSO. A
HEALTH POLICY ANALYST BUT ON
BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
AND.
POLICE HELP DECIDE MIX IS A
REALITY SOON THANK YOU.
YOU QUEEN ACKNOWLEDGING HEDRICK
SHOWING ON MAIL MUCH OUT GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME'S VIRGINIA HAD
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE EUROPE
TRIED. DIRECTOR OF POLICY
PLANNING FOR THE CALIFORNIA
CONSORTIUM FOR URBAN INDIAN
HEALTH AUSTIN ALSO A FOSTER
PARENT. OF TWO YOUNG INDIAN
GIRLS.
MOTHER HAS BEEN OUT OF PRISON
OLDER ONE HER MOM WENT TO PRISON
SHE WAS TWELVE DAYS OLD THEIR
STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION ABOUT AS
A FOSTER PARENT. DID SPEECH YOUR
QUESTION EARLIER THE SUPPORTER
MISSES THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IS
SO OUTDATED IT IS SO OUTDATED
AND OTHER FOSTER BRANDISHES NOT
ENOUGH SUPPORT.
WERE NAVIGATING SYSTEM
SOMETIMES BLINDLY WE DO HAVE A
TRIBALLY APPOINTED SOCIAL WORKER
AND A COUNTY APPOINTED SOCIAL
WORKER IT'S ALSO CONFUSING YOU
WITH SOMEONE WITH ME WITH AN
ADVANCED DEGREE. AND I THINK
THAT AND THAT WHOLE PIECE NEEDS
TO BE.
BUILD AND STRENGTHEN A NUMBER
OF WAYS CALIFORNIA'S HOME TO THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF AMERICAN
INDIANS IN THE WHOLE UNITED
STATES PUT IN PLAIN TERMS ONE IN
NINE AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE
COUNTRY LIVES IN CALIFORNIA. ONE
SEVEN LIVES IN THE CALIFORNIA
CITY SO I URGE YOU ALL TO
SUPPORT THIS IN SUPPORT OUR
NATIVE YOUTH. SHANNON I COME
FROM A COMMUNITY WHO RECENTLY
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
AROUND SUICIDE AND THAT OUR
COMMUNITY FELT THERE WAS NO
NOTHING MORE TO THEN TO DECLARE
A STATE OF EMERGENCY SEVEN YOUNG
MEN. AND LESS THAN A YEAR
COMMITTED SUICIDE BY GUNS.
AS A COMMUNITY WE FEEL THAT IN
A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY OF UNDER
THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE SEVEN IS A
LOT WHAT THAT MEANS THE ECONOMY
INTO THE FAMILIES AROUND THERE
IS DEEP IT'S FELT FOR YEARS AND
YEARS TO COME.
I GREW UP THERE I LIVE HERE IN
SACRAMENTO NOW ON THE YOUNGEST
OF TEN CHILDREN.
AND AS I THINK A TO THE OLDEST
TO ME THE YOUNGEST ONE NIGHT
WHEN WE TRY TO THINK OF THE
NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN. WHO HAVE
GONE DIRECTLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL
TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE WE CAN
THINK OF MORE WHO HAVE DIED BY
SUICIDEOR MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENT? SO I JUST ENCOURAGE
YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THIS PIECE
AND THE NEED TO SPECIFIC HAVE
SPECIFIC CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
PROGRAMMING FOR NATIVE YOUTH AND
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OFTEN INVISIBLE
IN DATA. WHEN YOU LOOK UP AYE IN
THE FOSTER SYSTEM YOU WE SAW
THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
DATA TO SUPPORT IT. AND SO THAT
YET SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR WHY
WE NEED CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AND
MONEY SET ASIDE SPECIFIC FOR THE
FIRST PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA'S I
THINK YOU FOR TIME.
I MEAN IMAGINE LYMPHOMA TRY WITH
AMBASSADOR OF EIGHT YEARS AND SO
I START.
SEEN NOW AND WHERE WITH THAT
FOR ANY INDIAN MUSEUM CALLED.
WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M IN
SUPPORT
SHANNON'S WORDS
I'LL.
BEING FLASH BEING BLOOD.
MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY HE WAS
ONLY FOURTEEN COMMIT SUICIDE BY
OVERDOSE TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY
TORN ABOUT IT. AND THERE'S SO
MUCH.
DRAMA IN HISTORY BEHIND
CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE PEOPLES
THROUGH GENOCIDE THROUGH WAR
THROUGH SLAVERY AND THE TRAUMA
RUNS THE VERY DNA.
SO FUNDING IN THIS NEW THREE
INVESTMENT WILL HAVE MORE
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN YOU NEED
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
YOU CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE JUST GIVE OUR LOW IN
THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY WITH JUST A REMINDER
THAT OUR.
A NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
OUR AMONG THE POOREST IN THE
COUNTRY.
AND.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS
MEASURE THINK.
THANK YOU.
ONE WOULD APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
FOR SHARING THAT AND MAKING YOUR
TESTIMONY BECAUSE I THINK THAT
WE DO FORGET.
WHAT A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF
NATIVE CALIFORNIANS NATIVE
AMERICANS LIVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR
STATE?
AND WHILE WE.
ACKNOWLEDGE THROUGH FLOOR
CEREMONIES FOR EXAMPLE THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE THE HOLOCAUST
IN VARIOUS OTHER. VERY.
SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES THAT
HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD.
WE DON'T HAVE SUCH A CEREMONY
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN.
NATIVE AMERICANS IN NEED OF
CALIFORNIANS AND I DON'T NEED TO
REMIND ANY VIEW THAT
UNFORTUNATELY CALIFORNIA.
PERFECTED.
I GENOCIDE TOWARDS OUR NATIVE
PEOPLES WE WERE. UNFORTUNATELY
ALMOST BETTER AT IT THAN ALMOST
ANY OTHER STATE.
AND THAT TRAUMA ALONE.
OBVIOUSLY CARRIES THROUGHOUT
FAMILIES AS WE KNOW SO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING
THOSE EXPERIENCES REMINDING US
OF THE DUTY WE HAVE
AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.
AND.
GLAD THAT IT'S A COMPONENT OF
HIS PROPOSAL.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PANEL NOW.
SIR WILL GO TO OUR LAST PANEL
WHICH IS IN THE DISCUSSION THE
IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL ON THE
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT OFFERED DIVERSION PROGRAMS
TO YOUTH.
AND WE HAVE ALISHA MURDOCH FOR
ME WHO IS.
USED
JUSTICE PROGRAM MANAGER FROM THE
RISE YOUTH CENTER IN RISE IS
LOCATED IN RICHMOND MY OWN
DISTRICT.
HOW HIGH?
HI.
AGAIN MY NAME IS ALICIA MURDOCK
I AM THESE JUSTICE PROGRAM
MANAGER AT THE RIGHT CENTER IN
RICHMOND.
AND SO THE RICE AND WE DO A
VARIETY OF THINGS WE WORK WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE AGES THIRTEEN OF
TWENTY ONE.
AND HOLD A HOST OF RESOURCES
AND PROGRAMS ALL THE WAY FROM
THERAPY.
ANGER MANAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
CLASSES ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN
THINK OF AND WE REALLY LOOK AT A
LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS ALMOST AS
ENTRY POINTS INTO ARE YOU CENTER
DOESN'T LIMIT THEM INTO THOSE
PROGRAMS.
IN SO ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE
HAVE IS OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM
AND IT IS A PRE ARREST A
DIVERSION PROGRAM.
AND HOW THAT WORKS IS THAT WE
ACTUALLY WORK WITH OUR PD AND
WHEN THEY HAVE A THIRTEEN A
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD YOUNG PERSON
WHO HAS COMMITTED A NON VIOLENT
MISDEMEANORS. THEY WILL SEND
THAT YOUNG PERSON TO RISEON TO
US TO COMPLETE OUR LEVEL WEEK
PROGRAM AND SO WITH IN THAT
PROGRAM THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS.
IN PROGRAMS AROUND NONVIOLENT
COMMUNICATION AND THE CYCLE OF
VIOLENCE.
COLLEGE SUCCESS REALLY LOOKING
AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS
YOUNG PERSON A WHAT IS IT THAT
THEY WANT OR THEY NEED TO DO
BETTER.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT
THOSE OF THE PROGRAMS AND
WORKSHOPS AND THEY ARE EXPECTED
TO ATTEND IN ORDER TO FINISH OUR
LEVEL WEEK PROGRAM IN ORDER TO
GET A CERTIFICATE THAT SAYS THAT
THEY COMPLETED. BUT IN ADDITION
TO THAT THEY ARE ALSO ASKED.
TO GO TO OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE WE
HAVE OUR YOUNG MEN'S GROUP WE
HAVE OUR ALPHABET GROUP GAPS
SISTER CIRCLE GROUPS THAT ARE
VERY. THAT ARE SET UP TO LOOK AT
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE BASED
ON HOW THEY IDENTIFY OR WHERE
THEY COME FROM OR WHAT THEY GO
THROUGH. AND.
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE'VE HD WITH OUR DIVERSION
PROGRAM HAS BEEN OUR
COMMUNICATION WITH OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN RICHMOND.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE
PEOPLE A PART OF OUR DIVERSION
PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING
IS THE ISSUE IS THAT.
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE NOT
BEING SENT US ANYMORE AND SO
WE'VE KIND OF BEEN AT A HALT
LATELY.
BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS
STOPPED AND I THINK THAT THAT IS
WHERE THIS FUNDING.
WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE I
THINK THAT WHEN THERE'S FUNDING
IN FRONT NOTHING'S LA TIMES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE.
NECESSARILY A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ALMOST FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE
LIKE ANOTHER EDGE THAT LIKE YOU
SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
AND SO WE ALSO LAST YEAR WE HAD
A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETION OF
ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ENTERED
DIVERSION LAST YEAR COMPLETED
IT.
AND THEY ALL STAY AT THE RICE
AND THEY ALL COME BACK IN BECOME
MEMBERS AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
WE DON'T SEE THEM. JUST AS A
DIVERSION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG
PERSON YOU DON'T SEE THEM JUST
AS SOMEBODY WHO CAME AND BECAUSE
HE MESSED UP BECAUSE THE END OF
THE DAY WE'VE ALL BEEN YOUNG
PEOPLE. WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES
IT'S A PART OF HOW WE GROW UP
AND I KNOW FOR ME IF I WOULDN'T
HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THE LUCK. OF
FINDING A A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION THAT I COULD PLUG
INTO I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
SITTING HERE. AND HAVING THIS
KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF
YOU I GOT INTO MY FOR A FAIR
SHARE OF TROUBLEI GREW UP IN
RICHMOND.
AND IT IS ITS OWN KIND OF WORLD
OUT THERE WE EXPERIENCE THINGS
THAT WE BECOME NUMB TO
SEASONALLY EVERY SUMMER. OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO
LOSE THEIR FRIENDS.
EVERY SUMMER IT IS SOMETHING
THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GO THROUGH
ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT IT
IS AND THEN WE LOCK THEM UP
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AN
OUTLET. FOR THEIR TRAUMA THEY
DON'T HAVE A WAY TO TALK ABOUT
IT THERE'S NOBODY AT THE SCHOOLS
OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE
ANYWHERE ASKING THEM WHAT'S
GOING ON. GRAY AND SO THAT'S A
BIG PART OF WHAT THE DIVERSION
PROGRAM IS WE DO SOMETHING
CALLED LET'S GET FREE PLANS WITH
THEM.
AND AND THAT IS REALLY TO FOCUS
ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU WE
HAVE A WILL WHERE IT'S LIKE.
FRIENDSHIPS WHERE ARE YOU HOW
ARE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDSHIPS IN
YOUR FAMILY LIKE ONE TO TEN
WHERE IS THAT IN SCHOOL HOW WAS
THAT REALLY VALUE WAITING THEIR
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
AND THEN TAKING THAT AND USING
THAT AS A WAY. TO PLUG THEM INTO
THE PROGRAMS THAT MAKE THE MOST
SENSE ANSAR DIVERSION PROGRAM
LIKE I SAID IS AN ELEVEN WEEK
PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE NEW
CHANGES THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR.
WE TOK OUT OF A COHORT MODEL
WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY
AND ACTUALLY TURNED INTO.
A ROLLING BASIS MODEL SO THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN COME IN
WHENEVER THEY ARE SENT TO US AND
AND STILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND STILL.
GET CELEBRATED IN HIGHLIGHTED
WHEN THEY FINISHING GRADUATE
THIS PROGRAM ARE ONLY ISSUE
RIGHT NOW IS THE COMMUNICATION
WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND
SO THANK YOU AND I REALLY HOPE
THAT YOU ALL CHOOSE THE SUPPORT
THIS I HAVE A QUESTION DOES RISE
TRACK.
WHAT THE?
?
SO WHAT'S THE RATE OF THE USE
THAT YOU WORK WITH IN TERMS A
DIVERSION WHAT'S THE RATE OF
THEIR GETTING BACK INTO.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO. THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WERE NOT WHAT THREE
YEAH SO THAT'S ONE OTHER THING
THAT WE'VE AGAIN I THINK HAS
BEEN A.
DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF OUR
COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT THE VOLUME PEOPLE
THAT COMPLETED DIVERSION LAST
YEAR STILL CURRENTLY COME TO
RISE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
CURRENTLY.
THAT THEY HAVE THAT LINK
QUITS
AND SO THE AGAIN THAT'S WHERE
THE COMMUNICATION PIECE WITH OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT REALLY. HAS.
HALTED SOME STUFF ALMOST BECAUSE
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ALL
OF THAT COULD NUMBERS CHANGE THE
WE CAN'T ALWAYS WE WILL REACH
OUT WHEN WE CAN'T OF THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE INTO THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT SOMETIMES THOSE NUMBER
CHANGED THOUGH NOT THE SAME AND
THEN WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNICATION
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING FROM ONE
AND. IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET ALL
OF THE INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE
DIETS BUT WE'LL HEAR FROM THE.
PUBLIC COMMENT WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS DAVE
R. WILLIAMS I AM A MEMBER OF THE
YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION. I HAVE
BEEN IN THE SYSTEM SINCE THE AGE
OF THREE YEARS OLD I WAS REMOVED
FROM MY PARENTS BECAUSE CITY IN
PLACE SINCE HER FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM. AND MOVE AROUND FROM
HOUSE TO HOUSE AT LEAST. TEN OR
ELEVEN OVER ALL THOSE YEARS.
MY FIRST OF RAF WAS FOR THEFT
TO IT'S NO MYSTERY WHY. SO MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY HOMELESS
AND FOSTER YOUTH ARE ON THE
STREET WE GOT A.
I WAS PUT ONTO JUVENILE
PROBATION FOR YEAR REPORTED
EVERY MINDS. AND I REALLY WASN'T
GIVING ANY PROPER RESOURCES TO
MOVE FORWARD IS FOR IS.
EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER THINGS ALL
I REMEMBER IS THEY SAID YOU
GOTTA GET A LIBRARY CARD. AND GO
TO COUNSELING OR YOU WILL GIVE
VIOLATED.
.
PROBATION.
AND THE PHONE SECURE SYSTEM.
UPS.
OKAY. OR YOU CAN PUT THOSE
YOURSELF.
WITNESS THE OFF IT.
SO EVENTUALLY FROM GOING FROM
THE JUVENILE SYSTEM I ENDED UP
INTO THE ADULT SYSTEM.
AND I GOT OF FELONY WHEN I WAS
EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
AND
I ENDED UP IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT WAS IN NEAR FOR THE.
THE REASON THAT I HAVE NO
CONTROL OVER I HAVE EPILEPSY
WHICH ARE CAESAR'S.
AND I HAD A SEIZURE IN MY CELL
MATES CALLED THE GUARDS. IN
SADDAM'S SONS ROOM WITH HIM. AND
I GUESS THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ME
AND I WAS PLACED INTO SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT. WAS IGNORED IN
THERE AND WASN'T GIVING. THE
PROPER DOSE OF MEDICINE. AND
CONTINUE TO HAVE SEIZURES.
AS A YOUNG WIDOW BEING LOCKED
IT CHANGES TO. AS HUMAN BEINGS
WERE TREATED WORSE
TING CAGED ANIMALS.
WHAT HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED ME
OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE YOUTH
JUSTICE COALITION? WHERE MOST OF
IT MOSTLY ALL OF US ARE SYSTEM
IMPACTED AND WE SUPPORT EACH
OTHER? AHEAD MENTORS SHIP AND
NOW I AM IN LEADERSHIP TAKING
ACTION AGAINST THE SYSTEM.
WE WORK ON THEMES Y. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND PROPEL PROMOTING
THE POSITIVE THINGS LIKE HIGHER
EDUCATION.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THE YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION
IN SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE SUPPORT. AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
SUCCESS AND EMPOWER LEE I HAVE
GROWN SO MUCH. SINCE BEING A
PARTNER THE YG SEE.
WE WASTE SO MUCH TIME.
WEARS DAYS WEEKS MONTHS AND
YEARS AND THE DETENTION SYSTEM
IN CAR OF A. INCARCERATION. IN
ORDER TO DISMANTLE THE
INCARCERATION SYSTEM. WE MUST
INVEST IN. THE YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT.
I EXIT YOU STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
YOUTH REINVESTMENT FINE AND
PRIORITIZE YOU'VE SUPPORTS OVER
YOUTH DETENTION.
THANK YOU.
CONVERSELY.
BELOW ARE YOU DOING.
LUNATICS
MY NAME IS LOU SAID OUTLET I AND
MY PRONOUNS SHE HERS AND.
AN ORGANIZER AT THE YOUNG WOMAN
ST.
I WAS FORMERLY INCARCERATED
CHORES AND A DIET SEVENTY. I
EXPERIENCE GOING TO VALLEY STATE
PRISON FOR WOMEN AND NINETEEN IT
WAS RELIEF AT TWENTY ONE.
I WAS BORN IN MINNESOTA WHERE MY
MOM WAS IMPACTED BY THE CHARM OF
THE VIOLENCE THE GAMES AND THE
CIVIL WAR SO SHE BROUGHT US TO
THE UNITED STATES.
EACH YEAR NEARLY A THIRD OF THE
CALIFORNIA YOUTH ARE PART PER
PREPARE US ARE A PERFECT KID
PROSPECTS APPROACH. YOU DRAW
SECURITY IT CENTER THEN
INCARCERATED OF THE DOG.
THIS FARM THE HUNDRED MILLER
SHOULD BE INVESTED A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION YOU CAN HEATH CARE
NOT CAGES YOU. YOUNG WOMEN AND
GIRLS THE ALTERNATIVES WERE
BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL
JUVENILE HALL PRISON IT WILL
REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM BUILDING
YOUTH LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY SYSTEMS.
THE UNDERGROUND STREET ECONOMY
BUILDING SISTERHOOD AND
BROTHERHOOD TO HELP EACH OTHER
HEAL BUILD BUILD EACH OTHER'S
VOICE AND LEARN EACH OTHER HOW
TO POTENTIAL ARE THEIR STORY IN
THEIR OWN LIFE.
BELIEVING IN HIM BEING ITS
EMPORIUM SPECIAL YOUR IMPACT AT
THE LIST SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION.
YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER
BELIEVE US SO DETERMINATION
ASSAULT ADVOCACY AGAMOTTO
TENTATIVE AB TWENTY FIVE YEARS
OLD I WAS A MOM. WITH THREE IT
WOULD A THREE YEAR OLD SON.
I FROM THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FREEDOM
CENTER WHO HAVE FOR ME. YOUTH
ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LIVES
WITH A STRONG VOICE WHO HAVE NOT
ACTIVATED NAVIGATED DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS ALTERNATIVES PLUGS IN
HOLES WHERE FOLKS ARE GETTING
OUT.
IT I KNOW YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS
WHO ARE BEING OF TO IMPACTED
STILL WHO ARE IN JUVENILE HALL
SITTING DOWN FOR A HOME
PLACEMENT. SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT
OF YOUTHS ARE CHARGED WITH TOOK
A DOOR CORD AND DIRECT FILED.
NINETY PERCENT OF THE YOUTH
SENSUAL DOT PRISON OUR YOUTH OF
COLOR. AND I'M FROM SAN
FRANCISCO AND ARE GOING THIRD
ATTENTION ASIDE JUVENILE HALL
AND THERE ARE ONLY FOUR GIRLS IN
THERE WAITING FOR A HOME
PLACEMENT WOULD KNOWN YOU CHARGE
AND NO VIOLATION. JUST SITTING
THERE FOR A MONTH AND THREE
MILES JUST TO GET A PLACEMENT.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD
SUPPORT THIS BILL. BECAUSE
SWITCHES STAR WOULD OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN
FOURTEEN AND NOT TWENTY FIVE FOR
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE THE MONEY GOING INTO
COMMUNITY. AND TO BUILD YOUTH
LEADERS. THINK.
WHO HOME MANY DEALERS GONZALEZ
I'M HERE WITH YOU MENTORING?
HOME OUT BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING
ELSE SO IT ASKS IF ANYONE HAS OR
PHONO TO PLEASE PUT AWAY AND
LISTEN.
.
I COULD STAY IN THE PARENTS TELL
YOU HOW MY ONE FOR FOSTER HOMES.
FOR MOST MY LIFE.
HOW I LIVE WHERE FAMILY AND THEY
DON'T FEEL LIKE FAMILY?
MORE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF
PAIN THAT. OTHERS HAVE ALREADY
EXPLAINED HERE.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW.
IT CHANGED.
HOME.
A PROGRAM CALLED YOUTH MENTORING
FOUND ME BEFORE I BEGINNING SOON
ANY TROUBLE. AND GOT IN MY WAY.
A MAN NAMED TONY ARM TONY WERE
NAY CRY I DON'T KNOW IF LAST
NAME GOOD SITE. ON TONY.
HA HA.
LED THE WAY FOR ME WILL YOU HELP
ME. A LOT.
AND.
IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
SORRY FROM STUTTERING THIS IS
HARD. ON.
IT'S HARD LIVING WITH THE AMILY
AND NOT ACTUALLY FILLING IT.
AND I WAS LOST IN AND HAVE THEIR
COURAGE AND. GOING TO SCHOOL
BECAUSE.
IT'S HARD NOT.
SOARED.
BUT WHEN YOU FROM ENTERING
CONNECTIONS FARMING.
I WAS BROUGHT IN THEY HAD THEY
GAVE ME A FAMILY THAT I COULD I
NEVER HAD.
THEY GAVE ME HOPE MADE THEY MAKE
THEY HAVE. BE ME ME REALIZE MY
DREAM AND POTENTIAL. NOT ONLY
DID THEY. HELP ME REALIZE MY
GERMAN POTENTIAL BEING CURSED
IT.
NOT ONLY GIVING CURSIVE.
ANOTHER HEALTH ME.
ACHIEVE IT.
AND IT'S TRULY TRULY SOMETHING
SO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS NEEDS TO
BE SUPPORTED.
WE NEED MORE SUPPORT IN THIS
COMMUNITY BECAUSE.
WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE KNOCKING
PAID FOR THIS WOULD ONLY PEOPLE
JUST BEING PAID TO HELP YOUTH.
AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE FOR STILL
DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE
DOING IT FOR FREE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE BRINGING
SOMETHING ABOUT WE NEED IN THIS
COMMUNITY HUMANITY.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE A MY
NAME IS GIOVANNI DORSAL.
I'M ACT FORM AT RISK YOUTH
TURNED VOLUNTEER. I'M HERE WITH
YOUTH MENTOR CONNECTION AS WELL
AND I WANT IT'S A STANDARD ASK
FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT.
FOR THIS LEGISLATION.
AND NOT JUST THAT BUT TO ALSO
BE HAVE THE DISTINGUISHED
PLEASURE. TO SEE IT PASSED
THROUGH THE OTHER LEVELS AND
HAVE IT BE A PARTY FAR GOVERNOR.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HONOR TO
ALLOW LEGISLATION PASSED THAT IS
DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS WHEN IT
COMES THAT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S
PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING
REACTIVE. RIGHT WE HAVE SO MUCH
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS.
HAY IF YOU COMMITTED A CRIME WE
HAVE PROBATION INCARCERATION
THREE STRIKES TAKE YOUR PICK.
THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE BUT WHAT
ABOUT BEFORE THE CRIMES
COMMITTED WHAT DO WE HAVE.
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE.
PROACTIVE.
MEASUREMENTS WITH YOUTH SAVED
MY LIFE.
WHEN I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD I
WAS ALMOST THREE HUNDRED POUNDS
IT DID HAVE A FOCUS IN LIFE.
I WAS LIKE A CANDLE ON ITS LAST
FIRED.
I WAS OFFERED DRUGS BICU FIVE
NEW HOW TO ADD SUBTRACT.
I WAS REYES BY JAMAICAN
IMMIGRANT MOTHER WORKING TWO
JOBS.
SUPPORTING THREE KIDS I JUST TO
GET BY.
I WAS A FORMER FOSTER YOUTH AND
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT UNTIL YEAR
AGO. MY MOTHER WAS ABLE TO GET
ME BACK.
WHEN I WAS A TODDLER.
YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION FOUND
ME.
AND THEY SAVED MY LIFE AND UP
ARMY WITH A MENTOR AND I
TRANSITION FROM TWELVE AT ALL MR
TO POUNCE AT. I WONDER SIXTY
POUNDS WITH A FUTURE IN JUST TWO
YEARS.
AFTER THAT I GRADUATED FROM
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT DIVERSITY
BATCHES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
AND.
I ACTUALLY WORKED AND
VOLUNTEERED FOR A COUPLE OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS ROOM AND
MOVED ON TO WORK FOR.
KAREN BASS HENRY WAXMAN.
CENTER A COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID
GROUP AND A COUPLE OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE BIG PICTURE AND THAT IS YOU
DON'T JUST SEE DIVERSION WORKING
AT THAT SMALL LEVEL BUT THE BIG
PICTURE IS. YOU SEE ME COMING
BACK AS AT RISK YOUTH AND
VOLUNTEER TO HELP TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE YOUTH THAT COMING BEHIND
ME.
SO THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE OF THE
WAY DIVERSION WORKS ALL THESE
PEOPLE THE ROOM REPRESENTATIVES
ARE THE ONES THAT WE COME FROM.
AND.
FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WILL
HELP US THAT'S A PROACTIVE WAY
INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE HAVE
BEEN LEGISLATION ONCE WE FELT
WHAT WE FELT WERE SAYING HEY
WE'RE GONNA BE THERE TO PICK YOU
UP. BUT WHAT ABOUT BEFORE THAT.
AND IT'S IT'S THE SAME SENTIMENT
OF NOT JUST RELYING ON DEFENSE
BLANK ON OFFENSE. THE NBA FINALS
ARE COMING UP.
LEBRON AND.
STEPH CURRY MIGHT BECOME THAT
AGAIN.
IF WE WERE IF IF ANY OF US WERE
ABLE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL OF
SOME OF THE ROOMS IN LOCKER
ROOMS A THING ABOUT THE GAME
PLACE MANY OF THEM WOULD SAY
DEFENSE IS IMPORTANT BUT WE
WON'T HAVE THEM SAY. THAT THEIR
ONLY RELYING ON ALL ON DEFENSE
JUST TO WIN THE GAME. WE HAVE
ONLY BEEN PLAYING DEFENSE WITH
OUR YOUTH
WE HAVE TO ALLOW FOR THE OFFENSE
AND LEGISLATON TO PASS. SO THAT
WE CAN HELP TO ENCOURAGE THEM AS
WELL.
LASTLY IN SUMMARY.
WHAT WE BROUGHT YOU DAY IS ONE
WE'VE SET FROM ACOSTA OF
PERSPECTIVE IT COST LESS FOR THE
STATE TO BOND FUND YOUTH
DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAN
INCARCERATION AND THOSE OTHER
PROGRAMS ONCE THEY FELL?
TWO WE'VE APPROVED AND WERE
RECIDIVISM RATE.
WHENEVER YOU TO GO THROUGH
PROGRAMS OF ALREADY HAVING THEIR
STRIKES ARE GOING THROUGH THE
COURT THEIR REPEAT OFFENDERS AT
EIGHTY PERCENT RATE RATHER THAN
A DIVERGENT RATES THERE AT
TWENTY PERCENT OF RE OF WE
COMMITTED CRIMES.
THREE FROM A ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
BELOW WE'VE ALSO PROVEN THAT
THERE IS A NEED FROM SO MANY
PEOPLE FROM.
OUR FRIEND THAT SAT HERE AND
SAID THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS.
AND LASTLY.
.
WE WANT YOU TO BE THE LEADERS IN
THE COUNTRY FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO PERPETRATE DIVERTS
OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOR SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH BADNESS. AND TEHAMA
GODLESS THANK YOU. SO FEE FOR.
BEFORE ANYONE ELSE SPEAKS.
THE SENATE FLOOR SESSION IS
STARTING AT TWO AND THAT MEANS
THAT THOSE OF US SITTING HERE
WILL HAVE TO DEPART SO I NEED
ALL OF YOU NOW I'M APOLOGIES BUT
I NEED YOU NOW TO JUST SAY YOUR
NAME. AND YOUR AFFILIATION THAT
YOU SUPPORT AND WE'RE NOT GONNA
BE ABLE TO HEAR I KNOW YOU ARE
PREPARED GREAT THINGS TO TELL
US.
FOR NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
THOSE RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED
YOUR NAME. AFFILIATION AND THAT
YOU SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL.
EVEN MARRIED. YES THANK YOU
SENATOR YOU KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T
GET A CHANCE TO SHARE YOUR
STORY.
YOU'RE WELCOME ELL TO WRITE IT
UP AND SEND IT TO US I'LL READ
THROUGH ALL OF THEM. AND SHOW MY
COLLEAGUES WILL TO THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
JARED SIGN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SENT
COUNCIL IN STRONG SUPPORT OF US
THANK YOU.
AND THE REST OF YOU IF YOU CAN
GET CLOSER TO THE MIKE SO WE CAN
MOVE IT THROUGH PRETTY GOOD THAT
BE GREAT THANK YOU.
HELLO I'M KATRINA REYES I AM FOR
ME PHAM INTERNET IT WITHIN THE
USE EQUITY DEPARTMENT AND I AM
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE OF THE
MEASURE GREEK AND YOU CAN PUSH
THE MIKE DOWN FOR HIM. GREAT I
MY NAME IS JUST ONE MIGHT SEE IN
MEMORY SERVES ORGANIZER WITH THE
YOUNG WOMAN'S READINGS AND AND I
HIGHLY SUPPORT THE BILL. THE
BUDGET.
SORRY SIR.
WITH FATHER THE FAMILIES SAN
JOAQUIN YOUTH ORGANIZER YOUTH
MENTOR AND A HIGHLY IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BUDGET.
HI ALL MY NAME IS DANIELLE AS
COULD GO HOME WITH FATHERSAND
FAMILIES OF SAN JOAQUIN I'M A
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN AND I'M HERE
TO SUPPORT DO YOU. THINK.
HELLO MY NAME IS LUCY ANGEL AND
I'M WITH FATHER FAMILY CELL CAN
COME FROM STOCK BONE. AND I
SUPPORT IT IS BUT A BILL.
YEAH.
HELLO I'M REALLY COLBY FROM
CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION IN
STRONG SUPPORT.
HI MY NAME IS THE ONE AND I WAS
NEWARK AND.
I SUPPORT THIS FUNDING.
HI MY NAME IS QUEDAR IT MEANS
AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ALL MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT'S
BEHIND ME AND I SUPPORT THIS
BILL.
MY NAME IS HARRY GRAMMER WITH
NEW EARTH I'VE STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL.
MY NAME.
MY NAME IS DAVID BROOKS AND I
SUPPORT THIS BILL FOR YOUTH
COMMENSURATE CONNECTIONS
BECAUSE.
THEY BELIEVED ME WHEN NO ONE
ELSE DID.
MY NAME'S LEMAR BANKS HAVE A KEY
FOR YOU YOU'VE MINUTES OR
CONNECTION AND I SUPPORT THIS
BILL.
MY NAME IS TONY LERAY I FOUNDED
YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION YOU
HEARD FROM SOME OF MY YOUTH WE
NEED THIS BILL WE REALLY DO
THANK YOU.
THAT'S PART LOW WESTERN CENTER
ON LAW AND POVERTY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BUDGET REQUEST THANK YOU.
ELIZABETH ESPINOSA ON BEHALF OF
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN SUPPORT OF THE
INVESTMENT BANKING.
MICHAEL KLEIN FROM FIGHT CRIME
INVEST IN KIDS REPRESENTING
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED POLICE CHIEF
SHARES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND
CRIMES SURVIVORS IN CALIFORNIA
IN SUPPORT OF THE YOUTH
REDEVELOPMENT FUND.
I'M PENELOPE MARTIN DE I'M A
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD STUDENT FROM
OAKLAND I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT.
MY NAME IS JORDAN I'M SIXTEEN
YEARS OLD FROM OAKLAND I
SUPPORT.
MY NAME IS BAPTISTE I'M A
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD FROM OAKLAND
AND I SUPPORT THE STRIKE.
I'M ANGELINE CLIMB SIXTEEN FROM
OAKLAND AND I SUPPORT THIS BILL.
I AM SO SIGN UP BONUSES SIXTEEN
YEAR OLD FROM OAKLAND ITEMS IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
HELLO I'M ANGERED BOETTCHER AND
I'M SIXTEEN FROM OAKLAND AND I
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
HI MELISSA MEDINA I WOULD RAISE
FALSE IN MY COUNTY ME AT OAKLAND
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL PRIOR
SUPPORT.
WINTER TIME SIGH GARRISON AND
SIXTEEN YEAR OLDS FROM OAKLAND
AND I AM STRONG SUPPORT.
HI I MEDIUM AYE DEMARINI F.
FIFTEEN OUT FROM OAKLAND AND AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE SPY.
BLOOM IS HEATH MADAMA FROM
OAKLAND CALIFORNIA I'M NOT
SIXTEEN BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT.
.
HELLO MY NAME IS SIERRA CROWD OF
SIX ZERO SIXTEEN YEARS SO I'M
FROM CALIFORNIA AND I SUPPORT.
I'M AIMS KILLARNEY SADDAM
SIXTEEN YEARS OLD FROM OAKLAND
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT.
HI WHITNEY.
I'M FIFTEEN AND I'M I'M IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
I AM AMAZED SMALL AND I'M
SIXTEEN BROKEN A STRONG SUPPORT.
I'VE I THINK IMPROVING HIGHWAY
NEAR FILE EYES SIXTEEN A STRONG
SUPPORT.
HI MY NAME IS MARK THEY VITA AND
I HIGHLY SUPPORT THIS.
HI MY NAME IS MY ROSALEE'S I AM
FROM THE RESTORATIVE JUSTIN
PROGRAM AT OAKLAND TECH IN A
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
HI MY NAME'S NICOLE ON A PART OF
THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
OAKLAND TAKEN I SUPPORT THIS.
HI MY NAMES CAMERON FREDERICK
TEACHER THE OAKLAND UNIFIED NAY
STRONGLY SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON CAN GO FROM THE
JUSTICE COALITION WEREN'T STRONG
SUPPORT.
BY ONE IN WITH HE WON ENOUGH
SOUTINE EMPTY SUPPORT IS BUT.
HOMONYMS ROMANO STRONG SUPPORT.
MY NAME IS DANIEL I'M A FORMER
OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT
NOW I WORK FOR OAKLAND PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT.
HI MAUREEN WASHBURN WITH THE
CENTER ON JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE IN STRONG SUPPORT.
HER CHILD DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA STRONG SUPPORT.
OKAY OUR FROM THE ALBUMS FROM
SENATOR SOME CISCO CALIFORNIA A
HIGHLY DEMAND IS STRONGLY.
THAT WE HAVE THIS HAPPEN.
HI MY NAME IS JENNIFER AND I
SUPPORT THIS.
MY LIAM IS EARLIER MONTGOMERY
MERCER WHO SUPPORT.
I AM AND ALONG WITH THE W.
HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE IN
OAKLAND AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE FUNDING THANK YOU.
RESIDENT RARE WITH POLICY LAKE
IN THE LANCER BOYS MEN OF COLOR
IN STRONG SUPPORT.
TANYA JACOBS JUVENILE SOCIAL
WORKER WITH THE YOLO COUNTY.
.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE I
STRONGLY SUPPORT.
TRACY ALSO ANTI PUBLIC DEFENDER
OF YOUR COUNTY AND ASK YOUR
SUPPORT.
LESLIE CALDWELL CHIEF PUBLIC
DEFENDER OF SOLANO COUNTY IN
STRONG SUPPORT.
I EVERITT VIGGO FROM VOICES IN
CINEMA NAPA COUNTY AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT.
MELKY SOUND ALL I'M FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL A AND I COME FROM A PEER
MENTOR VOICES CINEMA AND
STRONGLY SUPPORT.
THANK YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR
COMING OVER THE STATE BECAUSE.
BULLDOGS IN HAYWOOD INSTEAD.
AND OF COURSE ALL OF YOU WHO I
DIDN'T MENTION YOUR SCHOOLS AYE
WE REALLY REALLY FREAK.
YOUR TECH.
HE WAS VERY
CALLING.
AND.
AS YOU KNOW THIS WAS AN
INFORMATIONAL HEARING SORE NOT
TAKING ACTION HERE BUT WE
REALLY.
CREATE YOUR ORGANIZE.
HERE DAY TO.
GOOD GRIEF.
WHY
THIS REINVESTMENT FUND IS NEEDED
SO APPRECIATED NOW ALL THE
SENATORS AS THEY'RE WALKING OUT
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE
FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
THIS CONCLUDES THE INFORMATIONAL
HEARING. OF THE SENATE PUBLIC
SAFETY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE FIVE