AND WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE SENATE
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE WE HAVE
TWELVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING AND THREE OF THOSE ARE
PROPOSED FOR CONSENT.
AND THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MAYES -- A.
B. NINETEEN FIFTY TWO DEALING
WITH SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS TO
FOOD BUT FIRST --
ó WE WON'T GO AHEAD AND OPEN
THE ROLE. TO ESTABLISH A FORM.
SENATORS GALGIANI HERE GALGIANI
HERE WILK RESIDENTS WILL PRESENT
BERRYHILL DIED PAN HERE BAND
HERE.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER PLEASE
PROCEED WITH YOUR BELT THANK YOU
AT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND US
SENATORS THEM.
THE CALIFORNIA IS OFTEN REFERRED
TO AS THE BREAD BASKET OF THE
WORLD BUT IN COMMITTEES LIKE
MINE.
THAT WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO FRESH QUALITY FOOD A
CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY
IN DEMOGRAPHICS UNFORTUNATELY
PROMOTE THE PREVALENCE OF FOOD
DESERT'S.
THE LIMIT FOOD ACCESS FOR
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.
AND THE HIGH HEALTH RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH POOR NUTRITION
HUNGER FOOD INSECURITY AND LACK
OF NOURISHING FOOD CHOICES
CONTRIBUTORY STATES HIGH
CHILDHOOD OBESITY RATE.
AND INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF
DIABETES AND PRE DIABETES
AFFECTING NEARLY FIFTEEN MILLION
CALIFORNIANS AND COSTS AND
COSTING ESTIMATED THIRTY SEVEN
BILLION.
AB NINETEEN FIFTY TWO BRINGS
TOGETHER SKILLED WORK.
IT ALSO PROVIDES ELEVEN HALF
MILLION FOR GRANTS IMPLEMENT
SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE FOOD
ACCESS SENATE PRIORITIZES.
REGIONAL PLANNING CONNECTION
STRATEGY MODELS BETWEEN RURAL
AND URBAN AREAS DEMONSTRATING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOB
BENEFITS IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.
THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE THE FORUM
FOR OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE FOOD SYSTEM TO HEAR FROM
STAKEHOLDERS REIMAGINE.
THE WAY THINGS WORK AND A LAUNCH
AN ACTION PLAN THAT WILL IMPROVE
THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRESH
PRODUCE AND HELP LOW INCOME
CONSUMERS ACCESS FOOD.
FOOD SECURITY IS PRIMARILY A
SYMPTOM OF POVERTY.
RESEARCH TELLS US THAT EVEN ONE
EXPERIENCE OF HUNGER AS A CHILD
CAN IMPACT THE HEALTH THE MENTAL
BEING OF A PERSON INTO THEIR
ADULT YEARS.
A FOOD AREAS ALSO SUFFER FROM
POOR ACCESS TO QUALITY FOOD DUE
TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
HIGHER BEEN DENSITIES IN
TECHNOLOGY THAT SHIPS COMMERCE
OVER STORES I WITNESSES HERE
THAT OF SUFFRAGE THAT WAS UP
INTRODUCED.
AND I DO RESPECT OUT RESPECT
LAST PRIVATE.
I'M SURE HANNAH.
YEAH I WAS WONDERING WHO STARED.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE JUST OF OUR LOW AT THE
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY WE COSPONSORED THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD
BANKS.
OF ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WE WERE
DOING A TOUR WITH ANTI HUNGER
ADVOCATES ON A FARM THAT WAS ONE
OF THAT KIND OF FRONTIER FARMS
TAKE CONTRIBUTE.
DONATED FOOD --
TO FOOD BANKS IN A PROGRAM NOW
REFERRED TO AS FORMED A FAMILY
WHICH HAS BECOME NATIONAL.
A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT FOOD
DOESN'T GET PLOWED UNDER AND
SAID GETS DONATED AND PREVENTS
POLLUTION AND HUNGER AT THE SAME
TIME -- AND
THAT FARMERS SAID SOMETHING ON
THEIR FORGET [inaudible]
HE SAID.
I DON'T GROW FOOD FOR TO GET
PLOWED UNDER.
OR FOR IT TO GET WELL T. AND DIE.
ON THE PRODUCE SHELVES.
I GREW FOODS OF PEOPLE CAN EAT
IT.
AND FOR ME IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT I REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT
FOOD IS A IT IS THE ESSENTIAL
INGREDIENTS TO BRING US TOGETHER
ARE DIVERSE UP FROM OUR GROUP
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES --
WHETHER URBAN OR RURAL WHATEVER
PART IN CALIFORNIA WHERE FROM --
CONSERVATIVE OR PROGRESSIVE --
CALIFORNIA DOES NOT BELIEVE AND
PEOPLE GOING HUNGRY WE HAVE FOUR
MILLION PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
THAT ARE HUNGRY AND WE KNOW WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WE'VE
DONE A LOT OF WORK.
AND AND WERE AT THE PLACE NOW
WHERE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE NEXT BIG
STEPS TO TAKE --
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BILL
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN.
UP PULL TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT
INTEREST GROUPS FROM OF FARMERS
AT ANTI POP POVERTY ADVOCATES TO
GROCERS --
TO FTA FARMWORKERS AND ASK WHAT
WILL WORK --
FOR US TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF
ONGOING.
HUNGER IN OURS IN OUR STATE --
AND FOR THESE REASONS I'M REALLY
PROUD BOTH AS SOMEBODY WHO'S
EXPERIENCE HUNGER PERSONALLY AND
SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED ON THIS
ISSUE FOR TWENTY YEARS ADDS TO
BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND
LOOK FOR TO THE CONVERSATION I
WILL HAVE AS A RESULT OF IT WE
ARE DRIVE VOTE.
THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE THE
SUPPORT.
BRANDON MARCH YOU WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
WERE ALSO IN SUPPORT.
THE DEARBORN REPRESENTING
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
CALIFORNIA DIVISION IN SUPPORT.
KELLY BROKE SOME BEHALF OF THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HERE IN SUPPORT.
AND WONDER WHAT CALIFORNIA
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT.
A WEST SANDS UNITED WAYS
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
HE SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE BRING BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS QUESTIONS
CONCERNS DOCTOR PAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH --
SUMMER MAYES FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD.
IN MY OWN DISTRICT --
WE'VE WORKED WITH --
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT --
GROUPS INCLUDING OUR FOOD BANKS
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE
ISSUES --
TERMS TRYING TO ADDRESS A HUNGER
IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND I THINK
THAT -- IN
MANY WAYS.
WHAT WE NEED?
TO LOOK AT THEIR ACTION LOT OF
DIFFERENCE.
CALL PROGRAMS EFFORTS THAT ARE
SCATTERED AROUND ACTUALLY THIS
SUMMER WE'RE DOING A MILLION
MEALS PROGRAM WORKING THE
COALITION HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
WE ALSO TRY RECOGNIZE THAT --
NO.
THROUGH STATE TO HELP TAKE SOME
LEADERSHIP A LOOK AT SOME OF
THESE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES SELF
EXAMPLE TALKING TO SOME OF OUR
AG LEADERS.
THAT HOW HOW DO YOU TAKE GET THE
FOOD THAT'S BEING RUN THE FARM
THAT THE FARMER MAY SAY YOU KNOW
I CAN'T SELL WHATEVER PLOW UNDER
BUT IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING TO
GET THAT FOOD TOO SOMEONE'S
TABLE.
RIGHT --
OURS LIKE SAY HAVE WERE THE
FUNDS FOR CAPITAL HERE
SACRAMENTO BUT WE CALL OUR
EFFORTS FUND EVERY.
FOR HOW DO YOU GET SO THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE PART LIKE WHAT IS
THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOOD BANKS
HAVE AND I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE
FUNDING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IN
THE STATE BUDGET.
BUT IF SOMEONE SAYS OKAY I HAVE
A WHOLE TRUCKLOAD OF SOMETHING
TO DELIVER HOW WE GONNA GET YOU
KNOW -- HOW
THERE'S A FOOD BANK TO HANDLE
THAT RIGHT?
THE FIT IS WELL HOW DO YOU GET
TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND
THAT TAKES US SO --
IT'S NOT SO TO CONNECTING THE
FOOD TO THE PERSON AT THE AT AND
BEING ASSERTIVE OF ACCESS TO
HIGH QUALITY FOOD.
YOU MENTIONED WERE TO BREAD
BASKET LIKE SAY WERE ALSO THE
FRUIT BASKET NOW NOT BASKET AND
THE YOU KNOW THAT THAT THE THAT
THE MILK JUG AND SAID YOU'RE OF
OF THE OF THE WORLD AS WELL ON
HOW DO WE AND ACTUALLY TALK
ABOUT MILK I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING.
OTHER FOOD BANKS OF SAID THAT
THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A YOU
KNOW TALK TO THEIR FOLKS IS THAT
THEY LOVE TO HELP.
THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES IN
TRAFFIC HOW TO MAKE THOSE KIND
CONNECTIONS BUT WE CAN
STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT THESE
ISSUES.
OF AND THAT I THINK THAT THAT
WOULD.
GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING US
FIGURE OUT THOSE CONNECTIONS
LIVING IN THE END.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN
CALIFORNIA WHERE VIEW ON THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM THAT PEOPLE
WANT A GET DYKES PEOPLE
CONNECTED GET AND ADDRESS HUNGER.
BUT IT'S THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TJX
THINKING ARE ABOUT HOW TO GO
ABOUT DOING THAT AND PULLING
TOGETHER ALL THE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS AND RULES AND SO FORTH
TO FIGURE HOW TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
SOMETHING THAT --
COULD DEFINITELY HELP A LOT SO.
APPRECIATE MEANS BILL FOUR DIED
THROUGHOUT PLEASE MOVE IT.
OKAY SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION
SO CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
A. B. NINETEEN FIFTY TWO THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND RE REFER
TO APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GALGIANI WELL COUNTY WELL I
BERRYHILL DIED.
PAN.
PAN AYE.
BUT WE WILL LEAVE THAT WILL
LEAVE THE ROLE OPEN AND
RELATIVELY CONFIDENT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET IT OUT THANK YOU
THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT.
ALRIGHT UP NEXT ITEM NUMBER TWO
AB TWENTY FIFTY FOUR BY ASSEMBLY
WOMAN GONZALEZ GONZALEZ FLETCHER
AGRICULTURAL PASSED.
SHOT HOLE BORDER BORDER VETO.
THAT'S HARD TO SAY SHOT HOME FOR
BEATLE A GO AND IT TOOK AWHILE.
KILL THEM THERE REALLY UGLY.
ALRIGHT GOOD MORNING.
AND VICE CHAIR MEMBERS A BETWEEN
FIFTY FOUR WOULD TAKE STEPS TO
PROTECT TREES IN URBAN FORCE IN
CALIFORNIA BY SETTING UP A
FRAMEWORK OF COOPERATION BETWEEN
STATE LOCAL AGENCIES IN
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND COMBATING THE SPREAD OF THE
SHOT HOLE BORDER BEALL SHUTTLE
BOARD BEATLES ARE INVASIVE PESTS
THAT ARE SPREADING ACROSS
CALIFORNIA CAUSING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO OUR STREETS
URBAN AND AGRICULTURAL TREES.
THESE METERS BEETLES HAVE
IMPACTED THE AVOCADO INDUSTRY
THEY CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY RISK
FROM FALLING TREES IN URBAN
AREAS INCREASE THE THREAT OF
WILDFIRES IS MORE TREES DIET
WHENCE INFECTED.
CURRENTLY IT IS DIFFICULT TO
STOP THE SPREAD OF BE ON THERE'S
NO STATE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW TO
ADDRESS THIS PAST.
AB TWENTY FIFTY FOUR WOULD HELP
PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S IMPORTANT
NATIVE URBAN AND AGRICULTURAL
TREES FROM THE SHOT HOLE BORE BY
BEGINNING THE PROCESS FOR THE
STATEWIDE COORDINATED EFFORT
WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPED BY
RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS IN
MECHANISMS FOR FUNDING.
OF RESEARCH AND SUPPRESSION
EFFORTS WITH ME TODAY IN SUPPORT
IS KAREN PER PER YEAR.
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
OF RESOURCE DISTRICTS.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I'M KAREN BERGER I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY ON
BEHALF OF AB.
TWO ZERO FIVE FOUR AND THIS IS A
REALLY A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR BOTH
CALIFORNIA'S CONSERVATION AND
AGRICULTURE.
THIS PAST AS A REALLY NASTY ONE
OPERATE AND OVER AS FIFTY EIGHT
TREE SPECIES WHICH MEANS THAT IT
DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AND OAK
WOODLANDS IT CAN GO ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE.
A IN THE LA AREA WHERE IT IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED IT'S EXPECTED
I OR HAS THE POTENTIAL FIFTH TO
KILL ROUGHLY 38% OF THE TREES
THAT ARE THERE.
SO YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT A
LARGE NUMBER THAT IS AND IT
COULD BE REALLY DEVASTATING AND
THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACTS
OF THAT HOUSE FOR THE
TEMPERATURE OF THOSE URBAN
ENVIRONMENTS --
FOR CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE HEAT
ISLANDS FOR LIVE ABILITY OF
CITIES THIS COULD BE REALLY
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
THERE AND THEN YOU SPREAD THAT
OUT TO THE LARGER STATE AS A
WHOLE AND START TO THINK ABOUT
OUR AGRICULTURE AT THE CENTRAL
VALLEY AND THE TREES THAT WE
HAVE AT THE SIERRAS.
AYE IT'S DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BE LARGELY AFFECTING SO WE
ARE HERE TO URGE OUR AYE VOTE --
IN HELPING US TO ADDRESS THIS
REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE IN
CALIFORNIA.
ANY OTHERS SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT.
MISTER SHARON MEMBERS THE
SILENCE OF A SPIDER HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA URBAN
FOREST COUNCIL BOLSA CHICA LAND
TRUSTS.
AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAIN
RECREATION AND CONSERVATION
AUTHORITY ALL HERE IN STRONG
SUPPORT THINK THE AUTHOR FOR
WORK.
MARTIN CAN MEAN FOR THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY AND SUPPORT.
MICHAEL DIMMICK RICHARD CHANGED
IN SUPPORT.
DOUG JOHNSON CALIFORNIA INVASIVE
PLANT COUNCIL IN SUPPORT.
THE MORNING ELAINE OR TEASE ON
BEHALF OF FIX OUR LAND TRUSTS
THE WILDLINGS CONSERVANCY AND
CINEMA AGAN OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
ANYBODY HERE IN OPPOSITION.
SEE NOW CALL BACK TO COMMITTEE
QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS
DOCTOR PAN.
THANK YOU FOR A SHIRT THAT THE
POPE A PICTURE OF THIS THING IS
LIKELY HAD DEATHLY WANNA MOVE
THIS BILL [inaudible]
YEAH [inaudible]
THEY'RE MULTIPLYING.
THE IRAQ PUSH A PRIEST I REALLY
RELATE TO THE BILL BUT I WAS
READING THE ANALYSIS I REALIZE
THIS IS KIND OF ALIEN TERRITORY
FOR YOU.
I'M LOOKING UNDER OPPOSITION TO
SAID NINE RECEIVED.
THAT WAS THAT WAS THAT WE LET IT
HASN'T GOT A SINGLE NOBODY THERE
[inaudible]
I THE TEST OF MYSELF LIKE.
YOU KNOW THIS WAS BAD.
THIS IS A AT NEW VENTURE FOR ME
BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON
URBAN FORESTS AND AND I REALLY
DO APPRECIATE OUR AD PARTNERS --
THAT THEY'D APPRECIATE ME FAR
LESS -- AND
I I GREW UP IN NORTHERN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY WITH WITH AVOCADO
GROWS IN AND WHAT IT THIS IS THE
POTENTIAL WHAT THIS IS DOING TO
THOSE TREES IS DEVASTATING SO.
THAT YU CAN ONE WAY OUT OF
MOTOR SO IS THAT YOUR CATS Y.
CLOSE OKAY GREAT.
WE COULD READ THE ROLE.
AB TWENTY FIFTY FOR THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSING REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI.
WELL CHI WILK AYE BERRYHILL DIED.
DODD AYE PAN AYE PAN AYE.
DON'T SINGLE TIME TO STAND DOWN
REALLY WELL OPEN.
BUT YOU'RE GOOD [inaudible]
THAT.
BLOOM WAS EDUARDO GARCIA IS HERE
NOW.
BUT WE'RE GOING IN FILE ORDER
THAT'LL DO THAT ASSEMBLY GET
NEXT -- FILE
ITEM THREE AB.
TWENTY ONE OH SIX SOME WOMEN
GARCIA.
INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASERS SALE OF
CALIFORNIA PRODUCE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
SENATORS.
I HAVE THIS BILL INCREASES THE
EXISTING BIT PREFERENCE FROM
5210% FOR STATE PURCHASES AS
SPECIFIED FOR CALIFORNIA GROWN
OR CALIFORNIA.
PACKED A PROCESS AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS OVER THOSE PRODUCED AT
A STATE --
THIS WOULD BEGIN JANUARY FIRST
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE THIS BUILDS
ON AN EFFORT STEP FORWARD BY
SOME REMEMBER COME A YEAR OR
LAST YEAR ASSEMBLY BILLY.
TWENTY AT REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT THERE'S ONE STABILITY HOW
FOR A COMMUNITY --
AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO BE
COMPETITIVE --
IN OTHER MARKETS IN OUR REGION
AND IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ARIZONA
AREA WHICH IS A LARGE
AGRICULTURAL STATE.
AS WELL AND TO NOT FAR FROM BILL
COUNTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BORDER WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF COMPETITION AS WELL
WHEN IT COMES.
TO A PRODUCTION OF BAGANS WE
WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY.
ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AND OF
COURSE COMPETITIVE AS WE KNOW
AGRICULTURE IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
APPLE [inaudible]
GREAT.
ANY OTHERS AS SPEAKERS IN
SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING DELIVER THE
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU AND
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
IN IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE PULL BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE QUESTIONS COMMENTS
CONCERNS.
YOU'RE JUST TOO HOT I'VE HAD
SOMEBODY MY OFFICE TALKING TO BE.
ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS --
INCREASING AT FROM 5210% AND
THAT BECAUSE I REALLY STOPPED
AND THOUGHT ABOUT --
THE PRESSURE'S ON AGRICULTURE
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS --
CON POLICIES STATED CALIFORNIA'S
PUT FORWARD WHETHER BEFORE WATER.
CLIMAT MINIMUM WAGE OVERTIME --
ALL YOU KNOW.
PERHAPS LAUDABLE.
YOU KNOW POLICIES AT THE GAG
CULTURE'S TAKEN THAT --
HIT I THINK THIS IS AN
OUTSTANDING --
WAY --
MOVING FORWARD A POLICY --
TO SUPPORT EGG AND I WILL MOVE
THIS BILL [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
DOCTOR PAN INCOME.
NO OKAY GOOD TWO THUMBS UP.
WELL GREAT SO WE HAVE A MOTION
SO WITH THAT YOU CAN CLOSE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR RIVAL.
ALRIGHT WE WE HAVE A MOTION THE
PSALM.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS DO PASS AND
SEND ON TO SENATE --
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
AB TWENTY ONE OH SIX TO PASS AND
RE REFER TO GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI
AYE GALGIANI I WILL TRY WILK AYE
BERRYHILL DIE.
GOD I PAN NINE THEN I IT'S A HE
THAT DOES SOUND [inaudible]
CAPITALISM VOTE.
AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE WAITING
FOR AUTHORS [inaudible]
NDER PARTY [inaudible]
THE PROTOTYPICAL.
THEY WILL PUT IT ON OKAY.
ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUORUM AT
THIS POINT WILL GO AHEAD AND
TAKE UP THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND
THEN WILL PUT THAT ON CALL. FOR
THE SECRETARYPLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
MOTION.
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI AYE WILK
CLIENT WILK AYE BERRYHILL DIED
BANNED BY THEM HIGH.
PHONE CALLS THE CAN SYNC
CALENDARS ON CALL
.
TRYING TO GET ON THE AIR
EVERYWHERE SO [inaudible]
ONLY.
PAINTING THEM.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
AND YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT AB
TWENTY THREE SIXTY DEALING WITH
PEOPLE NUTRITION.
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOOD BANK
PARTNERSHIPS WELCOME THINKING.
THANK A MERGER MEMBERS.
I'M HERE THIS MORNING PRESENT AB.
TWENTY THREE SIXTY FIRST I WANT
TO MENTION THAT I'M CONTINUING
CONVERSATION WITH BOTH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S ON ADDRESSING.
FISCAL CONCERNS WITH THE BILL.
FOOD BANKS SOME IN FUNDING FOOD
INSECURITY.
HOWEVER MORE CAN BE DONE TOP
CONNECTS FOR CHILDREN WITH
HEALTHY FOODS.
IN CALIFORNIA 20% ARE CHILDREN.
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY
MEALS AND FOR MANY STUDENTS
THERE ONLY NUTRITIONAL MEAL FOR
THE DAY.
COME FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.
AB TWENTY THREE SIXTY REQUIRE
THE PARMA FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.
I'M THE PARTNER DUCATION TO
ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES FOR
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND
FOOD BANKS.
THESE GUIDELINES ON INCLUDE
INFORMATION ON FOOD HANDLING
REGULATIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
ON FOOD AND COST CONTROL.
AN EXAMPLE OF WRITTEN
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FOR
PROVIDING THESE GUIDANCE AND
INFORMATION.
AB TWENTY THREE SIXTY WILL
FACILITATE MORE PARTNERSHIP OF
TING SCHOOLS.
AND FOOD BANKS TO COMBAT STUDENT
FOOD.
ARE STRICTLY OUT FOR I LOVE.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
BANKING FEET PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME AND WHO YOU REPRESENTING.
BROWN AND MARTY WITH CALIFORNIA
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WERE IN
SUPPORT [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
IT IT ONE REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES AS WELL
AS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS CALIFORNIA DIVISION
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BILL FOR
THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
AB TWENTY THREE SEVENTY SEVEN
THE MOTION IS.
A AYE SKEWS MAY AB TWENTY THIRTY
SIX THINGS THE MOTION IS TO PASS
AND RE REFER TO APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI
AYE WILK.
BERRYHILL DIED PAN AYE PAN AYE.
HE THAT BILL IS ON CALL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ARAMBULA.
HERE TO PRESENT AB TWENTY FOUR
SIXTY EIGHT DEALING WITH BEES A.
B. AREAS REGISTRATION AND COLONY
RIGHT RELOCATION.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TO WORK TODAY TO
PRESENT ON AB.
TWENTY FOUR SIXTY EIGHT THIS
BILL WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO
MAINTAIN ANY P. AREA THAT IS NOT
REGISTERED AND WOULD CHANGE THE
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT TO THE
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER.
CURRENTLY ANY PERSON RELOCATING
A COLONY OF BEES FROM A
REGISTERED A PUREE AND ONE
COUNTY TO ANOTHER.
COUNTY SHALL NOTIFY THE
DESTINATION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONER WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
THIS NOTIFICATION IS CRUCIAL TO
PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER WITH
ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
LOCATION OF THE BEES TO USE IN
DETERMINING FACTOR WHEN ISSUING
USE PERMITS FOR PESTICIDE
APPLICATION.
THE PERMIT CONDITIONS WILL
TYPICALLY INCLUDE DATE TIME AND
SPECIAL CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY
THE COMMISSIONER THAT MUST BE
ADHERED TO BY THE CERTIFIED
APPLICATOR.
AB TWENTY FOUR SIXTY EIGHT WILL
PROVIDE INFORMATION BY ENSURING
THE COMMISSIONER HAS THE MOST
UPDATED INFORMATION APPROVING A
PESTICIDE USE PERMIT OF A
PESTICIDE HARMFUL DEBBIE'S.
NEAR AN APIARY CAN BE AVOIDED.
THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE
COMMISSIONERS WITH CIVIL PENALTY
AUTHORITY TO ASSIST WITH
INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH
EXISTING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY AG
COMMISSIONER.
WHEN THE TRANSPORTING APIARY
COLONY INTO THE COUNTY?
CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
ARE COMMON TOOL ALREADY USED BY
COUNTY AG COMMISSIONER.
THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK ALLOWS FOR
AN APPEALS PROCESS BEFORE IT
ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE PRIOR TO THE PENALTY BEING
IMPOSED.
THE BILL WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE
TIME TO REGISTER FROM FIVE DAYS
TO SEVENTY TWO HOURS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND
ACCURACY OF LOCATION INFORMATION.
WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
HIS MAPS SILVER LINING FROM THE
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS AND SEALERS
ASSOCIATION.
THE SPONSORS OF AB.
TWENTY FOUR SIXTY EIGHT THANK
YOU.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF NON
CHAIRED SENATORS NOT CYBERLINK
WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONERS AND
SEALERS ASSOCIATION.
OUGHT NOT TO REPEAT TOO MUCH OF
THE EXCELLENT TESTIMONY BY THE
ASSEMBLY EMBER BUT THIS IS --
CURRENT LAW THAT WE ENFORCE AT-THE LOCAL LEVELS AS COUNTY AYE
AYE WE'D APPRECIATE THE
INFORMATION ON THE EQUALITY THE
INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM
BEEKEEPERS AS A COMING OUT OF
THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF
THE YEAR WHEN POLLINATORS ARE
NECESSARY FOR OUR MULTIBILLION
DOLLAR AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY --
WERE SIMPLY APPLYING A VERY A
TOOL TO IT ENCOURAGING
COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW ARE ONLY
RECOURSE IS USING THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WHICH GOES TO THE CRIMINAL
COLONEL PROCESSING CAN RESULT IN
CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR PEOPLE NOT
REGISTERING BEES WHICH IS NOT
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO --
THIS THIS IS MORE OF A SIMPLE
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE PROCESS
COULD RESULT IN AS LITTLE AS A
FIFTY DOLLAR FINE FOR NON
COMPLIANCE WERE PHASING IT IN
OVER A YEAR TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME
TO A TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW LAW.
AND WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE SAFETY OF THE
STATEWIDE AND ARCH RIVAL THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING SAYS IN
MATHEMATICALLY HOUSE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE BEEKEEPERS
ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
BELL AND REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT
WOULD HELP PROTECT THE BEES SO --
DRIVE OUT THINK YOU [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS SENATOR PAN.
THEY GIVE THE POSITIVE BUZZ HAVE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE BILL I
WAS TO MOVE THE BILL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU WE HAD A
HEARING IN THIS COMMITTEE ON
LAST MONTH DEALING WITH THE
SITUATION WITH OUR BEES IN THE
STATE IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
MANY --
ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR
COLONIES AND WE'VE HAD THE
RESULT OF A REDUCED POPULATION
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON
SO MANY LEVELS THAT WILL
CERTAINLY HELP. TO PRESERVE OUR
BEE POLLINATION RB POPULATION
SINCE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD.
AND WITH THAT WILL THE SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
AB TWENTY FOUR SIXTY EIGHT THE
MOTION DO PASSING REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI
AYE GALGIANI AYE WILK.
WILK AYE BERRYHILL DODD.
DODD AYE PAN AYE PAN.
CABELA'S OUT CONGRATULATIONS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON.
AB TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY DEALING
WITH INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL OF
CALIFORNIA.
THE CALIFORNIA INVASIVE SPECIES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT IS FAIRS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL.
TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY AB TWENTY
FOUR SEVENTY WILL FORMALLY
ESTABLISHED THE CALIFORNIA
INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL AND
INVASIVE SPECIES ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND STATUTES.
PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOR
INVASIVE SPECIES RESEARCH AND
PROVIDE FUNDING TO WEED
MANAGEMENT AREAS LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BRING
TOGETHER LANDOWNERS LAND
MANAGERS SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
AND THE PUBLIC TO COORDINATE
THEIR EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THE
COMMON WEED CONTROL PROBLEMS.
AB TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY WILL GIVE
CALIFORNIA AND EFFECTIVE FOR A
PLATFORM TO FIGHT THE SPREAD OF
INVASIVE SPECIES.
AND SAFEGUARD OUR UNIQUE
ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE MY
WITNESS TODAY IS DOUG JOHNSON
FROM CALIFORNIAN BASIC PLANT
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I'M GOOD MORNING TIED.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ADDRESSING
INVASIVE SPECIES REQUIRES QUICK
ACTION AND COORDINATED ACTION
AND THE THREE THINGS THAT THIS
BILL PROVIDES.
ALL SUPPORT THAT THEY CAME OUT
OF THE SUMMIT HELD IN JANUARY
HERE IN THE CAPITAL WITH A
HUNDRED EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE
STATE DECIDING WHAT WE NEED. FOR
TOMORROW TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE
NUTRIA SHOT HOLD OR ALLIGATOR WE
NEED WATER HYACINTH MORE
EFFECTIVELY WHEN THEY COME IN AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS BILL DONE HELPS TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT AND WE URGE AYE
VOTE THANK YOU THANK YOU.
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING BREAKING NEED FOR
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN
SUPPORT.
JAMIE CHO ON BEHALF OF THE MET
PENCILLER REGIONAL AN OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT IN SUPPORT.
NATALIE MAX ON BEHALF OF BOTH A
CHICK A LAND TRUST PENINSULA
OPEN SPACE TRUST AND SUPPORT.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS THE SOLOMON
SALAS POTTER HERE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA TAHOE
ALLIANCE SANTA CLARA VALLEY OPEN
SPACE AUTHORITY.
MOUNDS RECREATION AND
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY AS WELL
AS CALIFORNIA OPEN FORCE COMES
ON STRONG SUPPORTER AND THINK
THE OTHER FOR HIS WORK
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
POLINA ARE TEA IS ON BEHALF OF
BIG SUR LAND TRUSTS THE
WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY CINEMA
AGAN OPEN SPACE DISTRICT IN THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
COULD WELL AS WE HAVE THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
GREENHOUSES AND GARDEN CENTERS
IN SUPPORT.
BANKING ID WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. TO HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS ARE
COMMENTS SENATOR DIED.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BILL.
WELL SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
A. B. BUTTON STIFFLY AB TWENTY
FOUR SEVEN DEEP EMOTIONS DO
PASSING RE REFER TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI
AYE GALGIANI AYE WILL.
WILK AYE BERRYHILL DAWNED ON OF
DODD AYE PAN AYE PAN AYE.
GRADUATION FABULOUS OUT.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
TEAM TO PRESENT AB TWENTY THREE
THIRTY FIVE DEALING WITH THE
NUTRITION INCENTIVE MATCHING
GRANT PROGRAMS.
HEALTHY STORES REFRIGERATION
GRANT PROGRAM WELCOME ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FAKE YOU MADAM CHAIR A.
B..
TWENTY THREE THIRTY FIVE CREATES
A GRANT PROGRAM WITH CDFA TO
HELP CORNER STORES AND OTHER
SMALL SCALE STORES WITH LIMITED
SELECTION OF TWO PRODUCT
PURCHASE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
REFRIGERATION WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FRY THEM.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
HELLO I'M MICHAEL DIMMICK FROM
RICHARD CHANGE I JUST WANT TO
SHARE SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS ARM
ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM
THAT THEY CURRENTLY EXIST OF THE
NUTRITION --
INCENTIVE PROGRAM CALLED MAC
MARKET MATCH BETWEEN TWENTY
THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN THE
NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THIS IS CALLED
FRESH FAMILIES.
ARE ROSE FROM 380-005-0080 TO
TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND
OVER TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN
THOUSAND AND 73% OF THE SHOPPERS
SURVEYED REPORTED AN INCREASE IN
THE PRODUCE PURCHASES 85%.
DAHLE INCREASED THE DIVERSITY OF
THE TYPES OF FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES I BOUGHT AND 67%.
BOMB SHOP FOR MORE PEROT PRODUCE
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY 71% FEEL
OUR FAMILIES ARE ARE ARE
HEALTHIER.
ON THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE AS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL
OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PUBLISHED
RECENTLY ARM INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
THAT OF IMPACTS LIKE THIS CAN
REDUCE THE DIABETES RATE BY 2%.
A 2% REDUCTION OF DIABETES IN
CALIFORNIA WOULD SAVE US FOUR
HUNDRED SIXTY NINE MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR --
THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO REALLY GOOD
FOR FARMERS. 84% SO MORE PRODUCE
74% MAKE MORE MONEY 65% SEYMOUR
CUSTER COME MOST CUSTOMERS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR RURAL
ECONOMIES 37% ARE EXPANDING
THEIR FARMS THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND UC DAVIS IS JUST POP
PUBLISHED THAT FOR EVERY ONE
MILLION SPENT IN PURCHASING FROM
FARMERS.
CREATES THIRTEEN JOBS SO THE
BILL.
IS -- TO
EXTEND IN CHECK INCENTIVES TO
CORNER STORES UP BY PREPARING
THEM WITH THE EQUIPMENT THEY
NEED.
AND THIS MEANS THAT THEY'LL BE A
LARGER IMPACT ON DOES SHE NEED
FRESH PRODUCE AND FOR FARMERS
THANK YOU I URGE YOUR YES VOTE.
SUPPORT.
ELLERY NARROW FOR THE CALIFORNIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SUPPORT.
BOTTOM OGDEN SMITH WITH THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER
ACTION NETWORK ALSO IN SUPPORT.
CHAIR MEMBERS COUNTY MUST WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH SANTA SUIT AS WELL
AS THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION SUPPORT.
CARE MEMBERS JENNIFER APPEARING
ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR FOOD
SAFETY AND THE PESTICIDE ACTION
NETWORK IN SUPPORT.
SENATOR MEMBERS CHECK OF MUSCLE
BEHALF OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS SENATOR PAN.
A SEVERITY FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD AND WE TALK ABOUT
FOOD DESERT'S AND BUT ALSO SOME
BASIC WILL THINK WELL.
SOME PEOPLE AT THE MISTAKEN
IMPRESSION THAT IF YOU HAD SOME
OF THESE FOODS THAT IT'S THAT
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT
IT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT
AVAILABLE AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
TO DESERT ALSO WE'RE TALK.
STORES CORNER STORES FAMILY
STORES WHO DON'T HAVE OFTEN OUR
OPRY AND GRAYSON MARGINS DON'T
HAVE THE CAPITAL.
TO HAVE THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT TO
FOR FRESH PRODUCE SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD TO TREAT THAT'S
OPPORTUNITY SO COULD HELP
ELIMINATE THOSE WHO DOES IT WITH
EXISTING BUSINESSES NOT BY
DISPLACING THEM.
AND JOBS THAT IS LIKE TO MOVE
THE BILL [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM MEMBERS WITHOUT WE HAVE A
MOTION ON THE BILL OF THE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
AB TWENTY THREE THIRTY FIVE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND WE
REFERRED APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI AYE WELL.
WILK AYE BERRYHILL DIED.
PAN HIGH PAN AYE CONGRATULATIONS
YOUR BILL IS OUT THANK YOU.
YOU WANT PRAYER LOCAL FOR DAWN.
I WILL PUT THAT ON CALL.
I ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHEN.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AB.
TWENTY THREE SEVENTY SEVEN
DEALING WITH THE CANNELLA
ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING ACT OF
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM CHAIR A. B. TWENTY THREE
SEVENTY SEVEN WOULD FUND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS
AND RANCHERS SEEKING TO
TRANSITION TO SMART.
A CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES AT 15% BUT
NOT MORE THAN FIVE MILLION OF
THE ANNUAL BUDGETS FOR THE STATE
WATER EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM.
ALTERNATIVE MANURE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM AND HEALTHY SOILS
PROGRAM TO USE TO PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS
AND RANCHERS.
THIS WILL IMPROVE FARMER
PARTICIPATION PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION IN THE IMPACT OF
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS.
WITH ME TODAY IS BRIAN SHOW FROM
CAL CANTA TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF
THIS BILL.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING CHEN
MEMBERS I'M BRIAN SHOWED AND THE
ASSOCIATE POLICY DIRECTOR WITH
THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE AND
AGRICULTURE NETWORK. TWO DOZEN
NINE OUR COALITION OF FARMERS
RANCHERS SUSTAINABLE AGGREGATE
DECISIONS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE
BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT
AGRICULTURE HAS NVOICE AND
AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS HAVE A
ROLE TO PLAY.
IN THE STATE'S CLIMATE POLICIES
IN INVESTMENTS.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO SEE THAT.
ALMOST TEN YEARS LATER --
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED FARMS AND
RANCHES IN ACROSS FIFTY COUNTIES
IN THE STATE HAVE RECEIVED OVER
EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN
INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR
SOIL HEALTH IRRIGATION
EFFICIENCY.
AND INNER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS --
WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRESS
BUT AS WITH MOST PROGRAMS THEIR
FIRST TWO YEARS OF
IMPLEMENTATION HAS REVEALED SOME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I FOR EXAMPLE --
WE'VE HEARD FROM FARMERS AND
RANCHERS THAT THE APPLICATIONS
FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY COMPLEX.
I'M ONE YOUNG TECH SAVVY WIND
CREEK OR FROM THE CLARKSBURG
AREA TOLD US IT TOOK HIM.
OVER FORTY HOURS TO PLAY FOR THE
SWEET PROGRAM.
AND WE'VE HEARD SIMILAR AND
COMMENTS FROM DAIRY PRODUCERS
AND FOLKS APPLYING FOR THE
HEALTHY SERVICE PROGRAM.
BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT EVEN
AFTER FARMERS RANCHERS SOMETIMES
RECEIVE THESE GRANTS THEY
CONTINUE TO NEED ASSISTANCE AND
AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECTS
AND MAXIMIZING THEIR BENEFITS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY INVOLVE A
NEW TECHNOLOGY OR NEW COMPLEX
PRACTICES.
SO THIS BILL ADDRESSES --
THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT
BY AND INTEGRATING A TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY INTO THE
PROGRAM MAKING IT AS A BUILT IN
PART OF THE PROGRAM'S
INFRASTRUCTURE.
INCREASING ITS AVAILABILITY AND
WE THINK THAT --
IT'S KIND OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FROM OUTREACH TO
PROJECT DESIGN --
THROUGH APPLICATION AND FOR NOT
ONLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
FARMERS WHO COULD PARTICIPATE
BUT ALSO AND BREAK DOWN THE
SILOS BETWEEN PROGRAMS INCREASE
THEIR AYE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
FOR THE STATE AND FARMERS
RANCHERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO HERE WITH ME TODAY IS --
JOSE REPLACE HE'S AN ALMOND
FARMER FROM MODESTO --
AND HE'S ONE OF A HUNDRED
FARMERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED A-HEALTHY SOILS GRANT AND SET
WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ABOUT
COMMUNITY.
WELCOME NEAR MY CONSTITUENT.
THANK YOU.
DELEGATES AND MY NAME IS SO
SEVERAL LISTS I AM AN ALMOND
GROWERS.
AND SMALL BUSINESS ON THE FROM
WITH ESTO.
I STARTED FARMING MY ORCHARD
INTO.
THOUSAND FIVE AND I HAVE FACED A
LOT OF CHALLENGES AND STAND.
MY SOIL.
WAS VERY SANDY AND AND HOW MUCH
ORGANIC MATTER.
SO WE DIDN'T HOLD MUCH WATER
[inaudible]
WE USE FLOOD IRRIGATION.
AND JUST COULDN'T FLAT OFTEN
ENOUGH.
THEN ONE AREA OVER ORCHARD GOT
HIT BY NEMATODES.
CRITICS SAY PASSED THAT THRIVES
IN POOR SOILS.
HE AFFECTED OR TREES SO BADLY
THAT WE HAVE TO PULL THEM OUT.
AROUND THE SAME TIME I ATTENDED
SOME WORKSHOPS ABOUT HOW TO
IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH.
THAT WERE ORGANIZED BY AND COUNT
[inaudible]
IN NONPROFIT.
THAT PROVIDES TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS.
ESPECIALLY BEGIN IN SMALL SCALE
AND DISADVANTAGED FARMERS.
THAT'S WHERE I MET DIRECTS THE
FOR WITH REX ASSISTANCE OVER THE
PAST SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE STARTED TO IMPROVE.
OR SOIL BY APPLYING IN MULCH AND
COMPOST.
WHICH HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IMPROVING OR SOIL HEALTH.
GET RID OF THE NEMATODES WITHOUT
THE USE OF ANY PESTICIDES.
AND HAD MADE OR SOIL.
MORE LIKE A SPONGE TO HOLD MORE
WATER.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE
IMPROVEMENT IN OUR ALMOND TREES.
BUT THE RACE STILL A LOT MORE I
LIKE TO DO.
AND AS A SMALL GROWER IN
BUSINESS OWNER.
IT'S HARD TO HAVE ENOUGH CASH ON
HAND TO DO EVERYTHING I WANT TO
DO.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT FROM REX
ABOUT THE HEALTHY SOIL PROGRAM.
I WAS VERY INTERESTED.
LIKE MANY FARMERS.
IRAN THE SECOND BUSINESS TO MAKE
ENDS MEET.
SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO THE
OUT TO DO THE APPLICATION
[inaudible]
THANKFULLY.
REX HELP ME.
APPLY TO HEALTHY SOILS.
THANKS SO THAT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE I'D RECEIVE.
A HEALTHY SOIL GRANT.
BETWEEN.
A HETERO.
AND APPLY COMPOST IN COVER CROPS
FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
THIS PRACTICES WILL IMPROVE THE
HEALTHY OR THE HEALTH OF OUR
SOILS.
AND OUR TREES [inaudible]
SAVE WATER.
ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND
ULTIMATELY INCREASE OUR PROFITS.
A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE CAN
GO A LONG WAY.
I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE YES ON THIS
BILL.
SO THAT OTHER FARMERS CAN
RECEIVE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT I
DID AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING ILLINOIS TEENS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN
SUPPORT THINKING.
PROVIDING JENNIFER BANG ON
BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR FOOD
SAFETY AND SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING SPENCER SACKS OF
FROM THE LOCAL GROUP ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
WINE GRAPE GROWERS IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MELISSA ROMERO WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE IN
SUPPORT.
MICHAEL JAMAICA RICHER CHANGE IN
SUPPORT.
CARE HECKERT CALIFORNIA DIVISION
OF AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST AND
SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING JAMIE GO ON BEHALF
OF JOHN AWAKEN THE CARBON CYCLE
INSTITUTE IN SUPPORT.
PHONE MORNING LAUREN LA I'M WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
FAMILY FARMS IN SUPPORT.
AMY WINDSOR ON BEHALF OF THE
WINE INSTITUTE IN SUPPORT.
MELISSA HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE
FAMILY WINE MAKERS CALIFORNIA
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS WE
HAVE A MOTION ON THE BILL.
WITHOUT WILL THE SECRETARY
PLEASE CUT THE WALL.
AB TWENTY THREE SEVENTY SEVEN
THE MOTION IS DO PASSING
REFERRED APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GALGIANI AND GALGIANI I WILL.
WELL I BERRYHILL DIED.
DODD AYE PAN AYE PAN AYE.
KILKENNY AYE THAT BILL IS NOW
BUT WE WILL KEEP IT ON FILE
THANK YOU.
YEAH VERY GOOD.
FOUND ASSEMBLY MEMBER LIVE
PHOENIX HILL IS HERE TO PRESENT
AB THREE ZERO TWO ONE BUT IF YOU
DON'T MIND WE'D LIKE TO LIFT THE
CALL ON SOME BILLS PLEASE.
ON WHILE WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE
NEARLY EVERYONE HERE --
ITEM NUMBER ONE AB NINETEEN
FIFTY TWO BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER
MAMIE'S.
BUT SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AB NINETY FIFTY DO MOTION
IS DUE PASSING REFERRED
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS GALGIANI
AYE GALGIANI AYE.
BERRYHILL DIED [inaudible]
GOD I THAT BILL IS OUT.
ASSEMBLY BILL TWO ZERO FIVE FOUR
ITEM NUMBER TWO BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER GONZALEZ FLETCHER.
WAS SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AB TWENTY FIFTY FOUR DO
PASSING REFERRED APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS GALGIANI AYE AJANI AYE
BERRYHILL.
THAT BILL IS OUT.
YEAH TWENTY THREE THIRTY FIVE
ITEM NUMBER SIX AB TWENTY THREE
SIXTY BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RODRIGUEZ OF THE SECRETARY.
OF THE WALL.
AB TWENTY THREE SIXTY MOTIONS DO
PASSING REFERRED APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS WELL.
HIGH WILK AYE BERRYHILL GOD.
GOD I KNOW THAT BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER
[inaudible]
AND SEC.
WELL THE SECRETARY OF THE WALL.
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
BERRYHILL DIED.
ON GOD I INSYNC CALENDARS OUTWE
HAVE ONE MORE ROOM FOR HAVE ONE
MORE ITEM ON CALL.
AB. TWENTY THREE THIRTY FIVE TO
HER AND HE THREE THIRTY FOUR
ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB TWENTY THREE
THIRTY FIVE BY ASSEMBLY TING AB
TWENTY THREE THIRTY FIVE TO PASS
A REFERRED APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS BERRYHILL.
DIED.
GOD I HATE IT'S OUT HABILIS OUT.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
AND ITEM NUMBER TEN AB THREE
ZERO TWO ONE DEALING WITH A
GRAIN HANDS AND CONFINEMENT
WELCOME AND THANK YOU.
YOU SUCH RANDOM SHARON SENATORS
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPTION
PROTECT AB THIRTY TWENTY ONE
REQUIRES CAGE FREE HAND HOUSING
FOR ALL AT CLEAN HANDS RAISED OR
WHOSE EGGS ARE SOLD IN
CALIFORNIA BY JANUARY FIRST
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR CALIFORNIA
CONSUMERS AND ANIMAL WELFARE
ADVOCATES.
ARE DEMANDING CAGE FREE
PRODUCTION FOR EXERTING
CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE NATION
MOST NEW EGG PRODUCTION THAT IS
BEING BUILT IS EITHER CAGE FREE
OR ABLE TO BE CONVERTED CAGE FOR
YOU WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL
EFFORT OR COSTS. TO NUYS IMPACTS
ON MARKETS AND CONSUMERS THE
BILL INCORPORATES A STEP.
REQUIRING EACH HAND HOW HUNDRED
FOURTY FOUR SQUARE INCHES IN.
TWENTY TWENTY AND THEN THE
CONVERSION TO CAGE FREE BY
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR THE SAUCE THE
HANDS HE REYES WITH MORE SPACE
AND CONVERSIONS THAT REQUIRE
TIME AND PURPOSE TO COME OVER A
STAGGERED.
PHASE IN PERIOD THIS LEGISLATION
RETAINS CALIFORNIA'S LEADERSHIP
IN ANIMAL WELFARE AND MEET THE
EXPECTATIONS OF CALIFORNIA
CONSUMERS THAT THEY ARE
PURCHASING EGGS RAISED KEY TREE
AND TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF
ANIMAL CARE.
FRESHNESS AND SAFETY WITH ME
TODAY IS IT WILL SUPPORTERS OF
THIS BILL THANK YOU AND ASK FOR
A VOTE.
HELLO DENNIS ALBION WITH THE
CALIFORNIA GRAIN AND FEED
ASSOCIATION AND THE PACIFIC
ARCHOS RENDERING CESSATION.
THE LEAVES ARE SUPPLIERS TO THE
AG INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA AND WE
ARE ADVOCATING THAT WE MOVE TO A
CAGE FREE SYSTEM IN AN ORDERLY
MANNER.
WITHIN A TIME STEPPED UP SYSTEM
AS AS MISTER LEVINE TALKED ABOUT
TWENTY TWENTY YOU GO TO THE
HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR INCHES
SQUARE INCHES WHICH IS WHAT
MANDATED UNDER.
THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS --
OF OF TO BE YOU E. P. CERTIFIED
CAGE FREE.
THEN BY TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
ACTUALLY HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE CAGE
FREE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT
VARIETIES.
FROM THE FLOOR YOU CAN JUST HAVE
THEM IN A BARN STANDARD SYSTEM
FOR THEIR AB AREAS WHICH ARE
VERY SOPHISTICATED.
SYSTEMS THAT WORD DOES DEVELOPED --
AND SOME OF THE HIGHEST A
SCIENTIFIC AREAS ON ON TO
ADDRESS THE MOVEMENT IN THE
BEHAVIOR OF HAND SO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING WE
BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HAVE FAR --
LESS IMPACT ON CONSUMERS WILL
BLATANT WE WILL BE ABLE.
BY -- DO IT
IN A PHASED IN TIME CAME
[inaudible]
A DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION IN
STATE.
AND ALSO BY HAVE STANDARD
ENFORCEMENT AND AND ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS THERE THAT THE BILL
IS.
ALREADY WOULD BE ENFORCED BY AN
ASSESSMENT ON PRODUCERS AS WELL
AS AGE SHIPPED INTO THE STATE SO
EVERYBODY PAYS EQUALLY TO
ENFORCE THE BELT.
AND THERE'S NO GENERAL FUND SO
THOSE ARE --
THAT THE THE REASONS WE SUPPORT
THIS BILL AND WE HOPE YOU CAN --
VOTE YES AND WE WOULD HERE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT.
WITNESSES WITH OPPOSITION.
GOOD MORNING SOSA NOT A NOT A
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE
IN BEHALF OF SOCIAL COMPASSION
IN LEGISLATION IN OPPOSITION
THINKS.
THE MONEY WAS BRADLEY MILLER.
EXCUSE ME THE DIRECTOR HUMANE
FARMING ASSOCIATION --
WE OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION.
OF FR SEVERAL THE SAME REASONS
WE'RE OPPOSING THE THE ROTTEN
EGG INITIATIVE.
A CALIFORNIA VOTERS --
WERE DECISIVE IN THEIR VOTE IN
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT THEY WERE
PROMISED EXPLICITLY BY ACTUALLY
BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
THE CALIFORNIA WOULD BE CAGE
FREE BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND
AND FIFTEEN THEY WOULD HAVE NO
LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED AND
SIXTEEN SQUARE INCHES PER HAND --
WE FEEL THAT THE ONLY ETHICAL
THING THE CORRECT THING TO DO
HERE.
HIS ARE AT THE VERY LEAST HAVE
AN AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL.
THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO HUNDRED
SIXTEEN SQUARE INCHES.
OF MASSACHUSETTS HAS RECENTLY.
AT A PASSED A LAW A BALLOT
MEASURE SPONSORED.
IRONICALLY BY HITCHES US.
OF THAT BECAUSE FOR TWO HUNDRED
SIXTEEN SQUARE INCHES PER HAND.
OF CALIFORNIA.
A SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW --
WE FEEL THAT IT'S CREATING A
SITUATION THIS THIS BILL WOULD.
WHERE IF YOU HAVE A?
OF BY A PRODUCER IN IOWA
APPLYING EXTRA BOTH
MASSACHUSETTS AND CALIFORNIA
[inaudible]
AND IOWA.
THE WIND UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT
SETS OF STANDARDS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE MINIMAL
STANDARD.
OF SHOULD BE TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN
SQUARE INCHES AND OF COURSE --
WE BELIEVE THAT CAGES SHOULD BE
A IT SHOULD BE REAFFIRMED THAT
CAGES ARE ILLEGAL.
IN CALIFORNIA AS OF NOW --
I WILL SAY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
OPPOSED TO THE INITIATIVE AS
WELL AS THIS LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
LEGISLATION.
TAKES UP LESS DESTRUCTIVE
APPROACH.
WE ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE IN ITS
PRESENT FORM WE WOULD ASK.
THAT THERE BE A MINIMUM STANDARD
OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN SQUARE
INCHES OF WE OF COURSE WANT.
CAGE FREE AS OF NOW HOWEVER.
COMPARED TO THE INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A CLEANER.
A MORE HONEST APPROACH
[inaudible]
IT'S CLEAR.
WE'RE CLEARLY OPPOSED TO WHAT IT
CURRENTLY SAYS.
BUT AT LEAST IT ISN'T GOING TO
AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER --
OF MASSIVE BACKLASH ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
OF BOTH IN THE COURTS.
AND OF IT IS.
THE H. ISSUE S. OF THE
INITIATIVES.
SPONSORS HAVE SAID THAT.
THE LEGISLATURE CAN'T DO THIS.
BECAUSE ARE ONLY ANOTHER BALLOT
MEASURE CAN CHANGE THE HAND
HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
A IT'S ALREADY BEEN SHOWN THAT
CALIFORNIA CAN CHANGE AHEAD
HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HIS
INSTITUTE THEIR OWN STANDARD OF
HUNDRED SIXTEEN SQUARE INCHES
THAT STANDS OF AS OF THIS VERY
DAY.
WE DIDN'T SEE H. AS S. OF
OPPOSING THAT --
ONCE IT BECAME ENACTED.
A SO YES --
BECAUSE PROPOSITION TWO DOES
OCCUPY THE FIELD SO TO SPEAK IN
THIS TEN HOUSING AREA --
IF -- IF
ENTITIES WANTED TO CHALLENGE
THIS I BELIEVE IT'S IT'S
VULNERABLE HOWEVER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHALLENGED.
IT'S IT'S IS STILL A OF MORE PER
WONDERED THEN.
THE CURRENT LAW.
SO IT ADDS A FEW INCHES WOEFULLY
INSUFFICIENT IN OUR VIEW --
HOWEVER WE DON'T UNDERSTAND --
Y. THERE'S THIS DISPUTE BETWEEN
THIS LEGISLATION.
WHICH IS.
IN THE INITIATIVE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW FOR
SURE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AS IT RELATES TO THESE MATTERS
IS THAT WE CAN REGULATE.
CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES IN
CALIFORNIA.
IT'S ENTIRELY SPECULATIVE
WHETHER OR NOT.
EFFORTS TO REGULATE IT PRACTICES
IN OTHER STATES.
ARE GOING TO HOLD UP.
SO FAR THEY'VE HELD UP.
BUT WE STRONGLY OPPOSES MEASURE
THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I'M WITH THE AUTHOR WOULD LIKE
TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE
COMMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE.
BUT WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS. TO HAVE A
MOTION ON THE BILL --
MOVE THE AYE AYE FIRST LIKE TO
SAY I I KNOW THIS IS A
CONTENTIOUS ISSUE IN EVERYTHING
I PERCEIVED THE AUTHORS --
THE BILL IS LOOKING AT THE
OPPOSITION AND THE SUPPORT
THAT'S SOMETIMES --
THREADING A NEEDLE AND REALLY
LOOKING BEYOND --
YOU KNOW THAT THE ART OF THE
POSSIBLE AYE EGGS THEY CAN I
THINK YOU CRAFTED A GOOD BILL
HERE NOW --
MOVE THE BILL [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BILL
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE
CULPABLE.
THEY B. THIRTY TWENTY ONE THE
MOTION IS DO PASS AND RE REFER
TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
SENATORS GALGIANI HI GALGIANI
AYE WILK.
WELCOME NO BERRYHILL DIED.
I'VE GOT OUR AYE PAN AYE PAN AYE
IT'S THAT BILL IS OUT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS AND WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND LIFT THE CALL ON MY
TWENTY THREE SEVEN DECEMBER AB
TWENTY THREE SEVENTY SEVEN WITH
THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
AB TWENTY THREE SEVENTY SEVEN
THE MOTIONS TO PASS A WORD FOR
WORD APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR
BERRYHILL.
YOU.
YOU DID NOT LITERALLY.
WHICH WHICH CABLE TWENTY THREE
SEVENTY SEVEN IRWIN.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
OKAY THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY AND THAT CONCLUDES THE
BUSINESS. FOR OUR OUR COMMITTEE
TODAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH