.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH HE PLEASE
CALL ROLL [inaudible]
HERE [inaudible]
LIKE.
HERE FLOOR LOS [inaudible]
AND WELL IF YOU'RE [inaudible]
IN NEXT AND THEY'RE VERY CLASSY
HERE BLOOD [inaudible]
AIR.
THANK YOU THE SECRETARY NOTICES
THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
ON AS I OPENED IN GAVEL DOWN IN
THE LAST HEARING.
FIRST BY THIS WEEK SENATOR
NELSON I WAS GONNA SAY AND THIS
WILL BE THE FINAL BUDGET
COMMITTEE HEARING OF THE YEAR
AND I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN COM WE'VE
GOT BECAUSE I'M TO BE HEARD
TODAY EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE AND
A. B. EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT YOU
HAVE ANY OPENING COMMENTS
SENATOR NELSON OR SHALL WE GET
STARTED.
I WOULD ONLY OBSERVE THAT
THEY'LL BE STILL COMING NEXT
YEAR [inaudible]
ALRIGHT.
AND WITH THAT.
MISS COST SIR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE WILL HERE
EIGHT A. B..
EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE IN HOME
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROVIDER
ORIENTATION.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MISTER
VICE CHAIR MEMBERS IN COST WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THIS
BILL WHICH APPLIES ONLY TO LOS
ANGELES ORANGE AND MERCED
COUNTIES REQUIRES THE COUNTY OR
PUBLIC AUTHORITY AND A
RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION.
UPON REQUEST OF EITHER PARTY TO
MEET AND CONFER REGARDING THE
STRUCTURE TIME AND MANNER OF THE
ACCESS OF THE EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE TO IHS*
PROVIDER ORIENTATIONS.
THIS BILL ANA AND THE MEET AND
CONFER PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL
PART MAY BECOME AN OPERATIVE ON
JULY FIRST.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE THE BILL ALSO
APPROPRIATES TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS GENERAL FUND TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
BILL WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU QUESTIONS OF COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ON A. B..
EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE THEME NONE
ANY ALISON TO NIELSEN.
I WILL JUST OBSERVE THAT.
I DO NOT THINK.
THE BUDGET IS A PLACE TO HAVE
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
INTERVENE.
AND THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS IN THIS PARTICULAR AND
RATHER BLATANT MANNER.
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT YES WE
PROBABLY DONE THINGS LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
BUT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE MORE
OF IT.
DO NOT THINK IT'S BECOMING OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
THANK YOU SIR UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE DON'T
EVERYBODY RUSHED TO THE MARKET
WANTS.
TO BUT PLEASE QUEUE UP.
I THINK YOU SENATOR MITCHELL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS CHRISTINA BOSS HAMILTON I'M
HERE REPRESENTING YOU W. WE
REPRESENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND I
JUST US WORKERS.
IN TWENTY ONE COUNTIES OF
INCLUDING ORANGE MERCED AT THIS
IS A HIGH PRIORITY PRIORITY FOR
US BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE US
PARITY.
ON WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO A ME
INCOME FOR OVER STRUCTURE TIME
AND MANNER OF OF ORIENTATION
SIMILAR TO ALL THE OTHER PUBLIC
WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE THANK YOU.
NEXT WITNESS.
MICHAEL YOUNG WITH THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION A
ONE ASSOCIATE MY COMES THOSE OF
YOU W. WE BELIEVE THAT --
INCREASE COMMUNICATION ACCESS
BETWEEN WORKERS AND UNIONS
PERSECUTE PARTICULARLY I JUST AS
WORKERS WHO --
WORK INDIVIDUALLY AND SOMETIMES
AWAY FROM ANY SORT OF CORD BRICK
AND MORTAR INSTITUTION --
HAVING THIS IN PLACE ALLOWS THEM
SAID BETTER BE INFORMED ABOUT
THERE ARE RIGHT THERE BENEFITS
AND FOR THOSE REASONS THAT WE
SUPPORT.
JUSTIN GARRETT CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES I'M WE
ARE REGRETFULLY OPPOSED TO THIS
BUDGET TRAILER BILL --
THE LANGUAGE KIND OF CONFUSES
THE STATUTORY ROLES OF COUNTIES
AND OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES A
NICE US COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
I'M COUNTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE AYE SAYS
PROVIDE ORIENTATIONS.
BUT THIS BILL CREATES A
SITUATION WHERE.
CONDITIONS FOR AYE TESTS PROVIDE
ORIENTATIONS COULD BE IMPOSED
UPON A COUNTY THROUGH
ARBITRATION THAT THE COUNTY
OBJECTS TO HOW WE PROVIDED
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS THAT
WOULD-CREATE.
AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TOM
FLORA COUNTIES IN.
UNFORTUNATE MOMENTS I'M NOT
ACCEPTED AND THE UPDATED
LANGUAGE DOES NOT REFLECT
OVERALL CONCERNS.
AND FINALLY I WOULD JUST NOTE
THAT THE THREE COUNTIES THAT ARE
DESIGNATED IN THIS BILL I'M. TO
COMPLY WITH STATE LAW RELATED TO
PROVIDE AIR I'M READY.
TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION ACCESS
THAT PROVIDE ORIENTATIONS WERE
NOT CLEAR WHY THOSE SPECIFIC
COUNTIES THAT DOESN'T IN THIS
BILL I'M FOR ALL THESE REASONS
I'LL WEAR OF ACTUALLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THINKING.
THE D. SANTA IS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR IN HOME
SUPPORTIVE SAID SERVICES WANTED
TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT SEE
SACK SAD.
BUT THE INHERENT PROBLEM ISN'T
WITH THE GOAL AS STATED BY THE
UNIONS TO BETTER ENSURE THAT --
PROVIDERS ARE A WILL HAVE ON
THEIR ORIENTATION --
PRESENTED TO THEM IN A WAY THAT
IS GOING TO BE MOST HELPFUL TO
THEM BUT RATHER THAT THE BILL AS
WRITTEN CONFLATES AND CONFUSES
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHY UNDER
THE UNIQUE IE CHASTISE.
SYSTEM THE REASON WHY --
OUR UP BY ORIENTATION REPORTS
WANTS ABILITIES AND RULES WERE
NOT INCORPORATED INTO ONE
NINETEEN IS BECAUSE IT'S
NECESSARY. FOR THEM TO BE
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT BECAUSE
THE COUNTY HAS WORKED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDE
ORIENTATION THE P. A. S. HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IT'S IN A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SECTION. TO
REQUIRE THAT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING BE REQUIRED TO BE RE
OPENED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
ALSO LEADS TO CONFUSION ABOUT
WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT PARTICULARLY IF BINDING
ARBITRATION IS ENTERED INTO
FINALLY I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT
THERE IS PRECEDENCE. FOR
ENTERING INTO NOT --
A NEGOTIATION BUT AN ASIDE
AGREEMENT WE AS AYE AYES BUT
REPRESENTATIVE FROM C. STOCK
MENTIONED WE HAD PROVIDED
ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE.
ARM WHICH WHICH MIRRORS THE
LANGUAGE THAT WAS CONTAINED IN
--
EYES FIJI ASKS ASKS OUR SIDE
LETTER WHICH AUTHORIZED --
THE PARTIES TO ENTER WESTSIDE --
ARRANGEMENT RATHER THAN A SIDE
AGREEMENT AND ON FOR THOSE
REASONS WE ARE REGRETFULLY A
POST BANG THANK YOU LET'S
WITNESSED.
BECOMING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AYE WONDERS
ECHO THE COMMENTS OF THE
PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS BUT MORE
SO JUST ECHO THE OPPOSITION WITH
RESPECT TO LA COUNT.
WITH INTO A PRETTY GOOD WORKING
RELATIONSHIP PAT DOWN SOUTH WITH
OUR RESPECTIVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
UNIONS WE WERE CONTACTED ABOUT
THAT BEING A PART OF THIS PILOT
PROJECT.
SO THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE
WHAT THE ISSUES WERE AS OUT DOWN
SOUTH BEFORE A BILL POPPED UP ON
THURSDAY.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR PULLING THE BILL
YESTERDAY SO WE CAN AT LEAST
ATTEMPT TO FIX THE OVER ARCHING
ISSUE.
OF THE COUNTY BEING TOLD WHAT TO
DO AFTER BEING A AN AGREEMENT
BEING ARBITRATED AYE BY THE
PUBLIC AUTHORITY AS THE SEX HAD
BEEN VIRTUALLY NEVER CAME TO A
RESOLUTION ON THAT SO WE FIRST
THE FUTURE PROBLEMS HAPPENING
WHEN THIS IS IMPLEMENTED.
AND WITH THAT WE RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSE THE BILL.
I'M SURE MEMBERS JOINED FORESTS
ON BEHALF THE EARLY COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA ALSO IN OPPOSITION
THIS AFFECTS TWO OF OUR COUNTIES
LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE.
ON WE DID IT WERE PART OF THE
COALITION TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE
AMENDMENTS WHICH WERE NOT
ACCEPTED.
OF WE JUST DID NOT THINK THIS IS
WORKABLE AS WRITTEN AND PRINT SO
WE ARE OPPOSED THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIRWOMAN MEMBERS AMY
JENKINS ON BEHALF OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
OPPOSITION FOR THE ARGUMENTS
PREVIOUSLY STATED THANK YOU
[inaudible]
OF COMMITTEE [inaudible]
STERN.
THANK YOU AND CHAIR --
CURIOUS MISS MISS COSTED Y.
THESE COUNTIES.
I DEFER TO THE CHOIR INTO THE
CHAIR ON THAT QUESTION THIS IS
ACTUALLY NOT AN ADMINISTRATION
PROPOSAL WE DO SUPPORT IT.
ON BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY
THOSE PARTICULAR COUNTIES ARE
UNDERSTANDING IS IS THAT THE AND
THE BILL'S CLEAR WHICH IS THAT
IT'S TO COURAGE LOCAL CLOUD.
I'M AND SO WERE SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
MISTER MOORE LA [inaudible]
YOU.
MISTER MOORE LA.
KATE THINKS VENTURE --
THIS IS A BUDGET A REAL BILL.
BECAUSE IT'S GOT TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN IT.
WHY TO BUDGET TRUE?
THE ONLY APPROPRIATIONS.
ALL TRAILER BILLS ARE REQUIRED
TO CONTAIN AN APPROPRIATION THIS
BILL DOES ON ITS TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
[inaudible]
SO THAT'S IS THAT MAKE THIS.
QUALIFIED UNDER PROP TWENTY FIVE
THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO
OTHER TRAILER BILLS FOR BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE ON OUR
ORIENTATION PROVISIONS ARE
ISABEL HEARD EARLIER IN THE
SESSION AND MORE BROADLY ON AND
CLARIFYING STATUTE ON
ORIENTATION EMPLOYEE
ORIENTATIONS I THINK IT
DEFINITELY FITS WITHIN THAT
CATEGORY [inaudible]
SO.
UNDER THE THIRTY SIX PLUS
BILLION DOLLARS WERE DOING A TEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR.
BUDGET TRAILER BILL I I THINK
IT'S PROBABLY ABUSIVE OF OF PROP
TWENTY FIVE MADAM CHAIR IDEA.
A RECEPTOR MARCH COUNTIES WILL
BE OPPOSED.
AND YOU KNOW THIS THIS.
AS THAT YOU KNOW WHO YOUR DADDY
SMELL IT JUST MOVE.
THIS IDEA HOW WHO'S RUNNING THIS
PLACE AND I'M I'M REALLY.
THE PLAN THIS BILL WILL BE
OPPOSED THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
[inaudible]
THE BILL.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION LET'S OPEN
UP FOR THE ROLL CALL.
AB ONE TWENTY THREE THE MOTION
IS TO PASS MITCHELL AYE MITCHELL
AYE NIELSEN.
NIELSEN NO ANDERSON.
BELL PLACER JACKSON MCGUIRE
MONNING MONEY AYE MORLOCK MORE
LUCK NO PAN PORTANTINO.
PORTANTINO AYE ROTH.
ROTH AYE SKINNER [inaudible]
STERN.
STERN AYE STONE.
STONE NO WAY BECAUSE HE BECAUSE
HE AYE WILK [inaudible]
WELL NOW.
LINKS TO CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
OFF FOR AB EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE
ONE MORE TIME PLEASE.
ANDERSON WELL LASER JACKSON
MCGUIRE PAN AYE PENT AYE
[inaudible]
SKINNER.
WELL HOLD THAT ITEM WILL PULL
THAT ITEM OLD THEN --
AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO
ADD ON THIS THE AWRY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MOVING ON TO THE
SECOND BILL UP FOR DISCUSSION
TODAY A. B..
EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TAXATION PROHIBITION
GROCERIES.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR THIS BILL
WOULD PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM IMPOSING OR INCREASING ANY
TAX OR FEES ON GROCERIES WHICH
DOES NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES CANNABIS PRODUCTS OR
CIGARETTES AND LEFT BOTH OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET.
BUT TAXES GENERALLY APPLICABLE
TO A BROAD RANGE OF BUSINESSES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY OR PRODUCTS
AND THE TAX DOES NOT IMPOSE A
HIGHER TAX RATE ON ANY
PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION OF
GROCERIES.
WITH BOTH GRANDFATHERS AND TAXES
ON GROCERIES THAT WERE PASSED
OUT BEFORE JANUARY FIRST OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND SUNSETS IN
IS REPEALED ON JANUARY FIRST.
TWENTY THIRTY ONE WITHOUT WE'RE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR MILLER IS HERE FROM THE LA
OATH TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AS
WELL.
AND COLLEAGUES YOU SHOULD HAVE
ALLEY ó.
REPORT WITH TODAY'S DATE ON THE
JUNE.
TWENTY SIX THE SERGEANTS WOULD
MAKE THAT AVAILABLE THANK YOU
THE MEMBERS HAVE THAT ELLIOT
REPORT.
I THINK MEMBERS HABIT
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I GOOD AFTERNOON --
FOR THE MIKE ON THE AIR
[inaudible]
WELL.
THE NEARBY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE RYAN MILLER FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE.
BECAUSE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
AN INITIATIVE --
THAT WOULD CHANGE --
RULES AND VOTE THRESHOLDS CLOSER
TO YOU.
S. GOT IN THE DOOR THAT WOULD
CHANGE RULES AND VOTE THRESHOLDS
FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
I BELIEVE THAT --
YOU SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT FROM
OUR OFFICE IN FRONT OF YOU I
WANTED AS I BEGIN WITH A FEW
BRIEF REMARKS ABOUT OUR OFFICES
ROLE.
IN THE PROCESS --
IN THE SEVENTIES THE VOTERS TASK
OUR OFFICE WITH PROVIDING.
PARTIAL ANALYSES OF ALL OF THE
BALLOT MEASURES THAT --
VOTERS DECIDE ON THAT STARTS
WITH THAT INITIAL LETTER THAT WE
PREPARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WERE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SECOND
PHASE OF THAT PROCESS WHICH IS
TO PRODUCE THE ANALYSIS THAT
WILL APPEAR IN THE VOTER
INFORMATION GUIDE IN THE FALL --
BECAUSE ARE STILL WORKING ON
THAT ANALYSIS MY REMARKS WILL BE
LARGELY BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS
FROM OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM
JANUARY --
ON PAGES TWO AND THREE OF THE
HAND THAT WE HAVE SOME BRIEF
INFORMATION ABOUT.
STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE I WANT
TO FOCUS IN PARTICULAR ON VOTE
THRESHOLDS.
ARE THE STATE CONSTITUTION
REQUIRES THAT INCREASES IN STATE
TAXES RIFF SIVA TWO THIRDS VOTE
OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
AND THE LEGISLATURE CAN INCREASE
FEES AND OTHER CHARGES WITH THE
MAJORITY VOTE --
BY CONTRAST VOTERS CAN INCREASE
EITHER STATE TAXES OR FEES BY
MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE
--
NOW BY COMPARISON LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS GENERALLY FACE
ADDITIONAL AYE REQUIREMENTS FOR
INCREASING TAXES --
COMPARED WITH THE STATE --
A LOCAL TAX INCREASES REQUIRE
EITHER A MAJORITY VOTE OR TWO
THIRDS VOTE --
OF A GOVERNING BODY OR LOCAL
ELECTORATE DEPENDING ON THE USE
OF THE REVENUE.
I AND IN GENERAL --
TAX INCREASES --
WERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN USE
THE TAX REVENUE FOR ANY PURPOSE
ARE ARE GENERALLY USE
[inaudible]
PASS --
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN INCREASE
FEES -- ON
THE OTHER HAND WITHOUT VOTER
APPROVAL.
I'M PAGE FOUR OF THE HAND OUT WE
HAVE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE
AFFECTS OF THE MEASURE --
THE MEASURE WOULD EXPAND THE
DEFINITION OF ATTACKS IN THE
CONSTITUTION TO INCLUDE SOME
CHARGES THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS CURRENTLY CAN
IMPOSES FEES.
AND THIS WOULD MEAN THAT MORE
TYPES OF STATE LOCAL REVENUE
GENERATING MEASURES WILL BE
SUBJECT TO THE HIGHER VOTE
THRESHOLDS FOR TAXES --
UNDER THE MEASURE ANY INCREASE
IN LOCAL TAXES WOULD HAVE TO BE
APPROVED BY EITHER A TWO THIRDS
VOTE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY
AND A TWO THIRDS VOTE.
ELECTORATE IN THE CASE OF TAXES
SOUGHT BY GOVERNING BODIES.
OR A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE
ELECTORATE IN THE CASE OF
CITIZEN INITIATIVES.
ARE THE MEASURE WOULD REQUIRE
THAT --
STATE AND LOCAL TAX INCREASES
SPECIFY HOW THE REVENUES CAN BE
USED.
I AND LASTLY.
OF THE MEASURE REQUIRES THAT
CERTAIN FEES AND OTHER CHARGES
IMPOSED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS --
RECEIVE EITHER A TWO THIRDS VOTE
OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IN
THE CASE OF LOCAL FEES.
OR A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE
ELECTORATE IN THE CASE OF LOCAL
CITIZEN INITIATIVE FEES.
ARE THE MEASURE ALSO ALLOWS --
LOCAL FEES TO BE STOPPED BY
CITIZEN REFERENDA --
BLAKE MANY MEASURES THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT
HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT THE STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO
RAISE REVENUE AND THEREFORE IT'S
DIFFICULT --
TO ASSIGN IT A EXACT DOLLAR
AMOUNT -- IN
OUR ASSESSMENT HOWEVER --
RELATIVE TO THE SZE OF THE
STATE BUDGET WE THINK THAT THE
FISCAL EFFECTS ON THE STATE
WOULD BE MINOR.
NOW BY CONTRAST --
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ALREADY FACE GREATER
RESTRICTIONS AND RAISING
REVENUE.
I WE KNOW IN THE HANDOUT THAT
ROUGHLY HALF OF THE MAJORITY TAX
MAJORITY VOTE TAX MEASURES
ENACTED SINCE.
TWENTY TWELVE RAISING HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
DID NOT RECEIVE A TWO THIRDS
VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED OF THIS
MEASURE HAD BEEN IN EFFECT.
ARE THERE FOR THE EFFECT ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COULD BE
SUBSTANTIAL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
AND HEAVY AND THANK YOU I JUST
WANTED CLARIFY TO MAKE SURE
MEMBERS OUT WERE CLEAR.
THE LA ALL REPORT THE
PRESENTATION WE PRESENTATION WE
JUST HEARD IS --
FOCUSED ON THE IN THE
INITIATIVE.
NOT SPECIFICALLY THE CONTENTS OF
THE TRAILER BILL BEFORE US BUT
IT WAS TO GIVE US CONTEXT TO
HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
TRAILER BILL.
OKAY SENATOR ROBB FIRST THE
ROUGH THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR.
I'D IMAGES TRYING TO GET IT
CLEAR IN MY MIND.
BUT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE IF THE
INITIATIVE PASSES.
AND URINALYSIS SHOULD PAGE THREE
AND MAYBE YOU SAID MAYBE YOU
ANSWER MY QUESTION AND I WAS
ASLEEP IN A TOKYO PLEASE JUST
LET ME KNOW MY SKIN IS VERY
THICK THESE DAYS.
BUT YOU REFERENCE SEVERAL LOCAL
TAXES SALES TAXES UTILITY TAXES
HOTEL TAXES TO UT OR WHATEVER WE
CALL THEM IN THE PROBABLY SOME
OTHER FEES THAT YOU KNOW THAT I
DON'T KNOW.
WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON THE
ABILITY TO ENACT THOSE SORTS OF
REVENUE MEASURES?
IF THE INITIATIVE PASSED.
A HOTEL TAX FOR EXAMPLE TOT
TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX.
I'M WILL THEN THE AFFECTS OF THE
MEASURE DON'T BREAK DOWN AS MUCH
ALONG THE LINES OF THE TYPES OF
TAXES AS MUCH ABOUT THE USE OF
THE REVENUE.
ARE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION --
TAX INCREASES UP FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS --
WHERE THEY ALREADY SPECIFY A
NUMBER OF USES THOSE ALREADY
REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS VOTE THE
ELECTORATE WHAT'S AFFECTED BY
THIS MEASURE OUR GENERAL USE
TAXES --
THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CURRENTLY
CAN USE FOR ANY PURPOSES THOSE
pTHE MAJORITY VOTE.
WHICH THAT'S WHICH WOULD BE WHAT
TYPE WOULD GIVE ME SOME EXAMINED
WOULD BE ANY I THINK ANY OF THE
TYPES THAT YOU MENTIONED THE
IT'S AGAIN IT'S ABOUT WHETHER
HE WHETHER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I CAN USE IT FOR ANY PURPOSE OR
NOT AND SO.
OF FOR EXAMPLE --
MEASURE YOU THAT SACRAMENTO
PASSED I BELIEVE IN TWO THOUSAND
TWELVE THAT WAS WHAT WAS CALLED
THE GENERAL TAX MEANING THAT
SACRAMENTO COULD USE IT FOR ANY
PURPOSE.
AND ONLY REQUIRED A MAJORITY
VOTE AND THAT WAS A SALES TAX
FOR EXAMPLE I HAD THIS MEASURE
BEEN AFFECTED WOULD HAVE NEEDED
A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE
ELECTORATE.
I SEE SO HOTEL TAXES YOU JUST
UTILITY TAXES THAT GENERALLY GO
TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
FOR UTILITY USE IF YOU HAVE A
MUNICIPAL UTILITY.
SALES TAXES THAT ARE
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO A
PARTICULAR USE.
ARE CURRENTLY MAJORITY VOTE
MEASURES.
BUT WITH THE INITIATIVE WOULD GO
TO TWO THIRDS [inaudible]
THAT.
PERFECT THANK YOU THINK A
MINIATURE [inaudible]
PETER PAN.
I THANK YOU --
SO IN TERMS OF FIVE THE IMPACT
OF SUCH.
IF I WOULD MAKE NOTES THAT OFTEN
HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE WE TALK
ABOUT THE POINTS OF LOCAL
CONTROL.
THAT'S OFTEN ARE BROUGHT UP IN A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT.
CONTEXTS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT
POLICIES ARE BILLS THAT WE
PASSED THE POINT OF LOCAL
CONTROL.
AND YET I WOULD MAKE NOTES THAT
--
BASED ON YOUR ANALYSIS THAT WE
WOULD [inaudible]
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THE
ABILITY OF LOCAL.
GOVERNMENT ARE CITIES COUNTIES
ARE TO RAISE LOCAL FUNDS --
I BELIEVE PEOPLE MAY NOTE THAT
FOR EXAMPLE AFTER PROPOSITION
THIRTEEN SIMPLY THE STATE HAD
THE BACK FILLED THEIR FOR OUR
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
FUNDING HAS SHIFTED MORE TO THE
STATE.
AND ISSUE ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL SO
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT OF
THIS INITIATIVE ESSENTIALLY ON
LOCAL LOCAL CONTROL.
ESPECIALLY SINCE NOW IT'S MORE
WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR
LOCALITIES RAISE REVENUES THEY
NEED INSTEAD THEY'RE MORE LIKELY
TO TURN TO THE STATE AND OF
COURSE.
AS MUCH AS WE RESPECTFUL
CONDITIONS ON THE FUNDING WE
PASSED DOWN TO A CALORIES SO
WHAT.
IT ARE OF SOME THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES ARE POTENTIAL
CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING IT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR LOCALITIES TO
RAISE FUNDS TO PURSUE THEIR OWN
PRIORITIES.
WELL I I THINK THAT THERE TO
KIND OF PARTS OF OF AN ANSWER
THAT QUESTION AYE I'LL PROVIDE
SO I THINK THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE
IS THAT.
AS YOU NOTED THIS WOULD MAKE IT
HARDER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
RAISE REVENUE.
AND SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE
FINANCES MAY BE SOMEWHAT MORE
CONSTRAINED IF THE MEASURE WERE
TO PASS.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT AS YOU
MENTIONED HOWEVER WAS IS THAT
THAT THE A SORT OF A STATE AND
LOCAL FISCAL RELATIONSHIP
QUESTION AND AND THIS MEASURE --
WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A
DIRECT IMPACT ON THAT.
AND BUT AS YOU NOTED THERE COULD
BE YOU KNOW FUTURE DECISIONS
MADE IF THE MEASURE PASSES I
GUESS THAT COULD CHANGE THAT
RELATIONSHIP SOMEONE.
I WOULD KNOW THOUGH THAT --
THAT THAT THIS IS.
GENERALLY A PERSPECTIVE MEASURE
OF MEANING THAT IT WOULD AFFECT
FUTURE TAX AND REVENUE MY
PROPOSALS --
IT WOULD BE INCREMENTAL OF THAT
NATURE SO I I WOULDN'T I
WOULDN'T --
I WOULDN'T COMPARATORS MUCH TO
SAY PROPOSITION THIRTEEN WHICH
WAS A MAJOR.
DECREASE --
ALL AT ONCE THAT WOULD KIND OF
COMPOUND SLOWLY OVER TIME AND
AND SO I I YOU KNOW I I WOULDN'T
SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE AS AS
KIND OF A A MEDIA A MAJOR
IMPACT.
F. OKAY I HAVE READ PREACHY AT
THAT BUT I THINK --
YOU DO KNOW THERE MIGHT BE AN
EMPTY I'M THE BUDGET SUBCATEGORY
A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES I
KNOW M GOOD FRIEND.
COMPANY DOES --
CHAIRS THE BUXOM COMMUNITY
OCCASION BOUND THOUGH IN MY OWN
SUBCOMMITTEE FOR EXAMPLE I
COUNTIES --
BASICALLY HAVE FISCAL NINETY ONE
REALIGNMENT RIGHT SO FUNDS DO
FLOW FROM THE STATE TO LOCALS
LOCALS HAVE THEIR FUNDS AND
COUNTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE THERE
ARE.
AND CUT AGENTS THERE ARE YOU
KNOW THEY BASICALLY TO DELIVER
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SO
THAT RELATIONSHIP IS OFTEN NOT
WELL KNOWN TO TAXPAYERS ARE TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
HOWEVER NOW WE'RE IN BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE'RE DEALING
WITH WELL HOUSE MONEY FLOWING
FROM THE STATE TO THE COUNTY AND
THE COUNTY'S ABILITY AYE EXIT
FRANKLY.
THAT'S I SEND A LOT OF TIME IN
MY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE DEALING
WITH THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN
STATE AND LOCAL TH THAT IT'LL
STATE LOCAL FUNDING AND WHOSE
PORTION ETCETERA.
AND HOW THAT DRIVES THE BILL AND
I HAVE COUNTIES COMING UP THE
TESTIFYING ALL THE TIME ABOUT.
THE OKAY WE NEED THE STATE'S
HEALTH.
ETCETERA AND ORDER TO CARRY OUT
THE THINGS THE STATE'S EXPECTING
AND AND FACT WE SET THINGS THAT
THE COUNTIES HAVE TO DO.
YET SOMETIMES DON'T PROVIDE THE
FUNDING AND VICE VERSA CEDRAS SO
--
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS
DYNAMIC.
BETWEEN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AND OUR STATE.
AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WHAT
HAPPENS NGUYEN ESSENTIALLY A
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE
CONSTRAINED AND ABILITY TO RAISE
OUR OWN REVENUE AND HOW THAT
AFFECTS THAT DYNAMIC.
AYE WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL
CONTROL AND BUT CALLIE'S MEAL
PURSUE.
THEIR OWN PRIORITIES VERSUS THE
STATE'S PRIORITIES --
THE OTHER THING I JUST MAYBE
JUST BRIEFLY ONE OUTSIDE JUST TO
CLARIFY IN THE I THINK WE ALL
KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BUT WE
SERVE.
ESSENTIALLY AN INITIATIVE IKE
THIS WHICH RAISES A THRESHOLD TO
SUPERMAJORITY DOESN'T REQUIRE
THE SAME SUPERMAJORITY TO AGREED
TO PASS IT.
OURS IT ERA WE ASKING A A
SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF
CALIFORNIANS GET TO DECIDE THE
FATE FOR A LARGER GROUP OF
CALIFORNIANS IN THE SENSE THAT
WELL WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT.
WILL.
IT'S LESS THAN TWO THIRDS THAT
ESTABLISHED A TWO THIRDS AND
THEN WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE
HAVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE EVEN THAT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCESS IT
REALLY SUPPORTED IT IS NOT AS
LARGE AS THE PEOPLE.
AS THE OF THE MOUNT WORSE
PERCENTAGE SAID WE'RE EXPECTING
PEOPLE TO PUT THINGS IN THE
FUTURE AS IS THAT MAKE SENSE IS
FROM A POLICY POINT OF VIEW.
THAT WE'RE DEMANDING THAT A
LARGERPROPORTION OF OUR
ELECTORATE HAS TO PROVE
SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE OF THE
VAN THE PROPORTION OF ELECTRIC
ACTUALLY MADE THE DECISION FIRST
PLACE.
WELL I I AT YOU AS YOU KNOW THE
MEASURE WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY
VOTE OF THE STATE ELECTORATE ON
IT WOULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES I I
DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY
PERSPECTIVES TO SHARE ABOUT YOU
KNOW THE POLICY MERITS OF THE
THRESHOLD ITSELF.
THANK YOU SENATOR PAN ANYONE
ELSE.
SENATOR STONE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR --
SO KURT THERE'S AN INITIATIVE
THAT'S HAS A DEADLINE I THINK OF
THURSDAY RIGHT DUH THAT CAN BE
WITHDRAWN BY THE THE SPONSORS.
AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS
THAT -- THE
INITIATIVE WOULD WOULD CHANGE
THE THAT --
WAY WE IMPOSE A LOCAL TAX.
SUCH THAT I IN ALL INSTANCES
THAT WE REQUIRED TWO THIRDS
MAJORITY AS OPPOSED TO A SIMPLE
[inaudible]
CRACK [inaudible]
OKAY SO WHAT.
I'M CONCERNED I I COME FROM.
A COUNTY THAT [inaudible]
IS -- HAS A
LOT OF OF MIDDLE CLASS WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE THAT ARE.
OUR TAX EXHAUSTED [inaudible]
AND THE A I THINK EMBRACE.
MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT THERESE TAXES
ON THEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF
A DEAL THAT IF YOU WITHDRAW THE
INITIATIVE THAT WOULD MAKE IT A
MORE ONEROUS.
THRESHOLD TO PASS LOCAL TAXES
THAT WE ARE IN TURN.
SUPPORTING E. BE EIGHTEEN THIRTY
EIGHT ALLEGEDLY --
WHICH IS GOING TO PROHIBIT.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM TAXING.
A MORE ON NARROW --
TYPE OF COMMODITY IF YOU WILL.
NAMELY SUGARY DRINKS CORRECT.
ORBITZ AT ALL GROCERIES.
I MEAN ALL THE OTHER GROCERIES
OF MOST GROCERIES ARE NON TAXED.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS
TARGETED TOWARDS --
ANY SALES TAXABLE ITEMS THAT YOU
CAN BUY IN A GROCERY STORE.
COULD DEFINES GROCERIES IN THE
BILL AND SO IT IS SLIGHTLY
BROADER I'M IT'S THE RAW ARE
PROCESSED AND MATERIALS FOR
HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND EXCLUDES
TOBACCO CANNABIS --
IN A COUPLE OTHER PRODUCTS BUT
IT IS --
MORE BROAD THAN JUST BEVERAGES
OKAY.
AND THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE
MAJORITY VOTE [inaudible]
THAT.
WE CERTAINLY CAN'T --
HANDCUFFS FUTURE LEGISLATURE'S.
WE COULD COME BACK NEXT YEAR
MADAM CHAIR AND WE COULD
[inaudible]
WE VERSUS.
WITH JUST.
A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
AND SO.
IF WE'RE REALLY GONNA DEAL --
TRANSPARENTLY WITH THE CITIZENS
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHY DON'T WE MAKE THIS A TWENTY
SEVEN VOTE BILL LISTLESS LET'S
LET THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO DECIDE WHETHER NOT
THEY FEEL THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAX THEM OR NOT TAX THEM --
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE
GIVING AWAY A PRETTY BIG
CONCESSION TAKING AWAY THIS MUCH
MORE ONEROUS --
TAXING --
MODALITY --
IN LIEU OF SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
CHANGED BY A SIMPLE VOTE.
IN THE FUTURE CELEBRITIES NO
TEETH.
AB THIRTEEN EIGHTEEN THIRTY
EIGHT EXCEPT.
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR [inaudible]
SO LE.
MY QUESTION TO THE CHAIR IS
WHETHER BE ANY --
WHAT WOULD BE THE THE --
THE MECHANISM.
TO MAKE THIS A TWENTY SEVEN VOTE
AND ALLOW GO TO THE CITIZENS FOR
RATIFICATION IF THE CITIZENS
HOPE SO FEEL THAT THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT TO GET LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS OPPORTUNITY TO TAX
THE MORE.
WELL WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY --
IS A BILL THAT'S BEEN IN PRINT
SINCE JUNE TWENTY FIFTH THAT WE
ARE -- GOING
TO TAKE ACTION ON TODAY BY
EITHER VOTING ON IT OR NOT --
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD PRECLUDE
YOU FROM PUTTING FORTH A NOTHER
BILL TO BE CONSIDERED BY THIS
BODY I DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD BE
A BUDGET TRAILER BILL.
BUT IF A SENATORS DON'T
INTRODUCE BILL ON FOCUSED ON
WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED.
I CERTAINLY COULDN'T STOP IT I
DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING I
IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD STOP
YOU BUT IN TERMS OF OUR ACTIONS
TODAY.
WE WILL BEAT CASTING A VOTE UP
OR DOWN ON THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN
IN PRINT.
BUT THE SUBSCRIBE SEVENTY TWO
HOURS OKAY SO THAT ON MY OWN
TIME AGAIN LET'S JUST BE
TRANSPARENT ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
IF THE INITIATIVE WERE TO MOVE
FORWARD IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOCALITIES TO
TAX OUR CITIZENS A HIGHEST TAX
UNIT IN THE STATE THE HIGHEST
TAX IN THE COUNTRY [inaudible]
AND BY.
BABY AND SWITCHING IF YOU WILL.
BY SUBSTITUTING AB.
EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT WE'RE
TELLING THE CITIZENS OF THE
STATE [inaudible]
THAT INSTEAD.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A
PROPOSITION ON GROCERIES.
BUT WE'RE GONNA WINK AT YOU
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR WE CAN CHANGE
THAT.
AND WE CAN GO AHEAD LET LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS GO AHEAD AND TAXI
WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE
RATHER THAN A TWO THIRDS
MAJORITY VOTE AS WELL TO MAKE
SURE TRANSPARENT ABOUT TELLING
THE CITIZENS.
AND FOR THAT REASON I'M NOT
REALLY SUPPORT OF THE BILL TODAY
WELL IN IN IN THE SPIRIT OF
TRANSPARENCY.
I MIGHT THINK THAT YOU ARE --
MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT
FUTURE ACTIONS WILL BE AND THE
SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY THE
ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING TODAY ARE
REFLECTED IN THE LANGUAGE NOTED
NAY BE.
EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT THE WEEK
AT ALL ASSUME WHAT FUTURE
LEGISLATURE'S WILL DO OR WHAT WE
WILL DO NEXT YEAR BUT THAT'S NOT
THE ACTION.
THAT'S BEFORE US IF WE GET A
MOTION ON THIS BILL TODAY IT'S
NOT.
SENATOR PORTANTINO I MAKE A
MOTION.
THE BILL BUT ALSO YOU KNOW
OFTENTIMES WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE
PROCESS BUT THE PROCESS IS THE
PROCESS I MEAN THESE ARE THE
CARDS WE'VE BEEN DEALT.
THIS IS THE CIRCUMSTANCE WE HAVE
BEFORE US --
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
VOTE ON THE PROCESS THAT HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE
IN THE PAST WE CAN ASSUME WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHANGE THINGS
DOWN THE ROAD BUT THIS IS WHAT'S
BEFORE US AND SO I I WISH THEM A
VOTE I THANK YOU IN JUST TWO UP
PROVIDE FURTHER CLARITY MISS
COSTA -- WAS
REFERRING TO HOW GROSS IS A
DEFINED IN THE BILL COLLEAGUES A
SECTION E. ON THE BOTTOM OF
PAGE.
THREE ON AND ONE LINE IN THE TOP
OF PAGE FOUR GIVES THAT COMPLETE
DEFINITION I THINK SHE HIT --
THE MAJOR CATEGORIES BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I DO IT TO YOUR
ATTENTION.
BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE IN THE BILL
ANYONE ELSE.
SENATOR NIELSEN FOLLOWED BY
SENATOR MONEY.
THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE HERE
[inaudible]
BEFORE US.
IS MORE GOVERNED IN MY OPINION
BY [inaudible]
RECENT HISTORY.
THEN BY THE MOMENT.
AND RECENT HISTORY INDICATES
THAT.
TIME AFTER TIME.
AND THIS IS IN A HIGH NUMBER.
THEN MATTERS RELATED TO THE
BUDGET.
AGREEMENTS FRAUD IN THE BUDGET.
THEY ARE THEN UNDONE.
THE VERY NEXT YEAR.
CLEARLY THIS LEGISLATURE COULD
NOT.
OBLIGE A FUTURE LEGISLATURE.
BUT I MUST CONFESS I HAVE ALMOST
NO CONFIDENCE.
IN THE FUTURE.
THAT AGREEMENT FRAUGHT TODAY.
WILL BE HEEDED.
TOMORROW.
THE RECORD THUS FAR.
IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS
ABYSMAL.
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN
SENATOR MONEY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR --
NO WE STILL AWAIT.
I KNOW WE STILL AWAIT PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THIS I DO HAVE TO GO
SO IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH MADAM
CHAIR I WANNA.
RESPOND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED PLACE BUT
OFFER SOME OF MY OWN
OBSERVATIONS I APPRECIATE THE LA
CLARIFICATION OF VOTING
THRESHOLDS IN THE HISTORY OF
BOTH OUR STATE BALLOT MEASURES
IN OUR LOCAL TAX MEASURES --
I AM NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE
BILL TODAY --
IN MY REASONS ARE AS FOLLOWS --
WHEN I LOOK AT HOW THE?
BALLOT PROCESS IS USED WHEN I
LOOK AT IT.
IN THIS INSTANCE I SEE THE
BALLOT.
CITIZENS BALLOT MEASURE THE
PROPOSITION PROCESS EING ABUSED.
I SEE IT BEING ABUSED BY ONE
SPECIAL INTEREST.
THAT WITH VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED
RESOURCES HAS BEEN ABLE TO PAY
SIGNATURE GATHERERS QUALIFY
MEASURE FOR THE BALLOT.
THAT GOES NOT TO JUST ITS OWN
SELF INTEREST [inaudible]
BUT SEEKS.
IN THE REMEDY PUTS BEFORE VOTERS
TO CHOOSE UPON CHANGING.
HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN RAISE
REVENUES ARE CRITICAL?
HIS SERVING THE CONSTITUENTS
THAT THEY REPRESENT.
I'M REFERRING TO BIG SODA TO THE
BIG SODA INDUSTRY.
THAT HAS FUNDED THE SIGNATURE
GATHERING.
ON THIS BALLOT PROPOSITION.
QUALIFIED FOR THE BALLOT IN NOW
USES THAT EXTRAORDINARY MONETARY
AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCE. TO HOLD
THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA
HOSTAGE TO HOLD THIS LEGISLATURE
HOSTAGE AND TO PROPOSE A REMEDY.
THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE UPON.
THAT DOES SERVE THEIR SELF
INTEREST WHICH WOULD NOW GRANT
THEM -- MORE
THAN TEN YEARS.
OF A PROHIBITION FOR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO CONSIDER PASSING
A TAX BY MAJORITY OR TWO THIRDS
VOTE DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF
IT TO TAX SODA PRODUCTS TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF
CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
IN THE REASON THEY'RE DOING
THIS.
IS BECAUSE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
CITIZENS HAVE VOTED.
IN BERKELEY IN ALBANY IN SAN
FRANCISCO IN OTHER COMMUNITIES
--
TO TAX A PRODUCT THAT HAS NO
NUTRITIONAL VALUE.
AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO BE THE
LEADING CAUSE OF INCREASE
CALORIES LEADING TO OBESITY AND
PREVENTABLE DIABETES IN
CHILDREN.
AND ONE THING WE ALL SHARE IN
COMMON IN THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
EPIDEMIC HAS TAXPAYERS.
IS THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA PAY THE
COST.
OF UNCHECKED PREVENTABLE
DIABETES.
NOW OTHER COUNTRIES IN
JURISDICTIONS HAVE PASSED
MEASURES [inaudible]
ATTACKS THIS DEADLY PRODUCT.
THE COUNTRY OF MEXICO.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
pJURISDICTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
AND WHILE THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR
THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS.
THEY'VE ALL PROVEN THAT WITH
THAT TAX ON THIS PRODUCT IT'S
REDUCED CONSUMPTION.
AND THE REVENUES GATHERED HAVE
BEEN USED TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH.
SO BIG SODA HAS DETERMINED IN
FIGURED OUT A PATHWAY. TO GET
THIS LEGISLATURE TO VOTE.
INSULATED TO PROTECT IT FROM
CITIZEN VOTES.
TAKING
THAT RIGHT AWAY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL. FOR TWELVE YEARS.
SAYING TO A GENERATION OF
CHILDREN.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO PROTECT YOU.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THAT YOU WITH
THEIR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS THEIR
MULTI LINGUAL ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGNS.
AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU DOWN THE
PATH OF PRE DIABETES.
AND ULL BLOWN PREVENTABLE
DIABETES AND A GUARANTEED
SHORTEN LIFESPAN. FOR THAT
REASON I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS
MEASURE.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
CHOICE THAT WE ARE NOW.
FORCED TO MAKE.
AND I DO NOT IN ANYWAY.
ON DENY THOSE WHO SEE THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES FROM VOTING IN
SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE.
SINCE I CAME TO THE LEGISLATURE
IN.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT I'VE WORKED
ON DIFFERENT MEASURES IN FACED
THIS WAR CHEST OF BIG SODA
[inaudible]
BLOCKING.
EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CONSUMERS
WITH THE SIMPLE RIGHT TO KNOW A
LABEL WARNING STATING SCIENTIFIC
FACT [inaudible]
THESE PRODUCTS [inaudible]
BECAUSE OBESITY.
DENTAL CAVITIES AND PREVENTABLE
DIABETES.
THAT'S NOT POLITICAL IT'S NOT
LEGISLATIVE THAT SCIENCE THAT'S
DOCTORS.
SO THEY'VE MANEUVERED WITH THEIR
BIG WAR CHEST. TO PUT US INTO
THIS.
FAULTS CHOICE OF HAVING TO
PROTECT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY
LETTING THEM CONTINUE TO POISON
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
SO FOR THAT REASON MADAM
CHAIRMAN COLLEAGUES.
I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MEASURE
TODAY.
I DO HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER
MEETING I WILL BE BACK FOR THE
VOTE MADAM CHAIRMAN I APPRECIATE
YOUR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO OFFER MY COMMENTS AT THIS
PERIOD.
THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR MAY MAKE A COMMENT
IS REALLY BRIEFLY I'M PARTLY
DISCUSSED AT MATURATION AND
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN NOTED
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A CHOICE.
THE FOREST WITH THE INITIATIVE
ON AND TYPICALLY THE
ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T SUPPORT
--
YOU KNOW REALLY LIMITING LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS REVENUE GENERATION
ABILITY HOWEVER GIVEN THE CHOICE
BEFORE US AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY
TALKED ABOUT THE INITIATIVES AND
PACKED ON THE STATE'S FINANCES.
AND ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE THE
ANALYSTS CALLING THOSE COST
MINOR.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT A IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL STATE
BUDGET RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT
TWO HUNDRED ONE BILLION TOTAL
FUNDS.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT THAT
WOULD BE BY POLICY AREA AND IF
YOU LOOK AT POLICY AREAS LIKE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
ON THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS
INITIATIVE COULD BE DEVASTATING
IN THOSE POLICY AREAS AND SO IF
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WORK TOO
AND MEAN THAT THE INITIATIVE
WOULD BE PULLED THE
ADMINISTRATION IS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT MISS COST ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
CALI.
WELL I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO
THERE ARE. THREE OR FOUR
HEARINGS ON STILL GOING WE HAD
MEMBERS HAD TO GO TO
TRANSPORTATION THE VIAL --
I'M GONNA OPEN THE ROLE SO THE
MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE --
CAN CAST THEIR VOTES AND THEN WE
WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN I'LL
HAVE SERGEANTS CALL TO DETERMINE
--
ETA'S OF THE BALANCE --
OF OUR COMMITTEES --
HOW MANY COMMITTEES ARE CLOSE TO
SHUTTING DOWN WHATEVER THE CASE
MAY BE TO GET A SENSE OF HOW
LONG WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE
ROPE AND?
I GUESS WHAT I SHOULD DO.
IN A SLOW MY ROLL.
AND OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
LET'S DO THAT.
PLEASE QUEUE UP I'M GONNA ASK
I'M GONNA ASSUME THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE QUITE A LONG LINE.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU ALL --
LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO UNDER A
MINUTE AND FEEL FREE TO SAY
DITTO -- IF
ANYONE IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE SAID
WHAT YOU NEEDED TO SAY --
SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE PRETTY QUICKLY WILL
START WITH YOU SIR DO MY BEST TO
KEEP IT UNDER A MINUTE BUT I WAS
COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ROLE --
FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY I
COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD
OKAY SORRY TERRY BRENNAN BEHALF
S. YEAH YOU CALIFORNIA.
COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH SENATOR
MONNING ABOUT.
HOW WE GOT HERE?
AND THE DIFFICULTY BEING HERE I
REPRESENT THE LARGEST HEALTH
CARE UNION IN CALIFORNIA.
WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER AND AN
ADVOCATE FOR THESE --
HEALTH INITIATIVES --
TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND US
CITIZENS AGAINST --
THE IMPACT OF THESE --
SUGARY SODA PRODUCTS --
BUT WE ARE WHERE.
THE DEPARTMENT FINANCE DESCRIBED
US WITH THE CHOICE OF AND THE
THE ADVERSELY PACKED.
OF THE INITIATIVE THAT WILL BE
WITHDRAWN WITH THIS AGREEMENT --
FAR OUTWEIGHS THE BENEFITS --
OF THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXES
ON SUGARY SODA PRODUCTS --
IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM
GOING FORWARD IN DOING SOMETHING
STATEWIDE IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE
US FROM STILL WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE DIRECTLY.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A GUN TO OUR
HEAD.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WHERE 48% OF
THE TAXES WE PASSED WOULD NOT.
HAVE MADE THE THRESHOLD.
THAT WAS IMPOSED BY THIS
INITIATIVE THREE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS OF REVENUE THAT WAS
PASSED.
ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT JUST LAST
MONTH.
WOULD THE BENNETT RATIFICATION
IT ANYTHING ON THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT WOULD ALSO BE REPEALED SO
FOR THAT REASON WE SUPPORT IT
AND ARCHER AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS MY
CONSUMERS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS I WOULD LIKE TO
ASSOCIATE MY COMMENTS WITH THE
PREVIOUS SPEAKER COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH SENATOR MONNING
SENTIMENT.
THAT THIS BALLOT MEASURE THAT
WE'RE FACING WOULD HAVE A
DEVASTATING IMPACT ON LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS ABILITY TO LEVEL
LEVY TAXES.
SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES
LIKE POLICE AND FIRE --
WE SUPPORT THE BILL BEFORE YOU
AND WHAT ASPIRATE THINKING.
MICHAEL YOUNG WITH THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION AYE
TO ASSOCIATE MY COMMENTS WITH
THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME A WE
BELIEVE THIS MEASURE THIS BILL
WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE
NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE.
WHICH TIES THE HANDS OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS IT PREVENTS AND
LIMITS THE ABILITY FOR THOSE
THAT BOTH THOSE LOCALITIES --
TO INCREASE REVENUE INCREASE
TAXES WHICH YOU HAVE DETRIMENTAL
IMPACT ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT THE
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE
RESIDENTS DEPEND ON FOR THOSE
REASONS WE ARE TO SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS THANKS FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY JOINT COMMITTEE
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA'S MANIC
CHAMBERS.
AND ARE SIXTY SEVEN MEMBER
CHAMBERS AND AFFILIATES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL THANK YOU.
TURN MEMBERS KATHY MOSSBERG WITH
BOTH THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
AS WEALTHY AS THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION WE JUST WANT TO BE
ON RECORD AS OPPOSING THIS
MEASURE.
ON WE WOULD ASSERT WE WOULD
CERTAINLY ORT OF CHIME IN TO
THE COMMENTS MADE HERE BY
SENATOR MONNING WE HAVE A PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS ON OUR HANDS AND
WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN THWARTED AT THE
STATE LEVEL AS RELATES TO A BILL
THAT DOES A STATE WHY TAX.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS LOCALS HAVE
TAKEN A CHALLENGE ON AND WHAT
THIS BILL IS IT PREVENTS US
LOCALS FROM DOING THIS GOING
FORWARD?
ON LOCAL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
ISSUES IN THEIR CITIES AND IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
PERFECTLY THOSE LOW INCOME THOSE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT ARE
BEING SEVERELY HIT WITH DIABETES
PRE DIABETES.
AMID ALL AND OBESITY AND ALL
THOSE CONDITIONS WILL NOT GO
AWAY BECAUSE WE MAKE THIS CHOICE
AND THIS DECISION TODAY.
WE WOULD HOPE AND WE WILL TAKE
MISTER BRENNAN UP ON HIS OFFER
WE THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT
WAS HOPE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS TO
WORK ON THIS AS A STATEWIDE
ISSUE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE NEED MORE
DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC HEALTH TO
PREVENT THIS CRISIS AND SO WE
WOULD HOPE THAT THIS LEGISLATURE
WOULD BE WITH US WITH ON THAT
ISSUE.
AND WE AND WE WE WILL BE BACK AT
THIS.
ONCE ONCE YOU WILL PASS THIS
BILL BUT WE ARE POST THINK.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
BY NELSON ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION STATE COUNTY
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES OFFER MANY
OF THE REASONS ALREADY STATED BY
MY COLLEAGUES OUT WE'RE IN
STRONG SUPPORT ITS MEASURE.
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT VOTE
BELIEVE DISAPPROVING COMPROMISE.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS JOHN LET RUN
HAVE CALIFORNIA RETAILERS
SITUATION WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL IS FOR THE COMPROMISE.
DENNIS ALBION AB HALF AMERICAN
BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION THE GROCERY
MANUFACTURERS WE SUPPORT THIS
COMPROMISE THANK YOU.
CAN REALLY CHEN ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA PAN ETHNIC HEALTH
NETWORK WE MUST OPPOSE OF THIS
MEASURE BEFORE YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PREDICAMENT
THAT WE ARE IN TODAY BUT MUST
NOTE THAT THE A EPIDEMIC OF
DIABETES AND PRE DIABETES HAS A
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND FOR
THAT REASON WE MUST OPPOSE THIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MICHELLE GIVEN
THAT THE KIND HOPE EXECUTIVES
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WE
REPRESENT LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAD JUST ONE
EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AND YOU
KNOW I THINK WE HAVE CONCERNS
REGARDING STIFLING WHAT WE
PERCEIVE AS A POTENTIAL FUNDING
SOURCE.
AND YOU KNOW AND TAXING THE
INDUSTRY AND INCREASING
AWARENESS THROUGH THE LINKAGE IN
REDUCING CONSUMPTION ALSO
PROVIDING A VITAL FUNDING
SOURCE.
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREVENTION
ACTIVITIES HOWEVER WE AS THE
DECISION THAT YOU'RE FACED WITH
TODAY AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE INITIATIVE GOING FORWARD
WOULD HAVE A MORE DEVASTATING
IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT AGAIN WOULD JUST
ENCOURAGE AND THE LEGISLATURE
LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A
STATEWIDE SOLUTION FOR
PREVENTION ACTIVITIES THANK YOU.
A MILLION AS FOR THE LATINO
COALITION FOR HEALTHY CALIFORNIA
AND WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE
SPILL FOR THE REASONS STATED BY
SENATOR MONNING THIS WILL
NEGATIVELY AFFECT LOW.
INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
BECAUSE IT US LIMITS THEIR
FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
PREVENTION PROGRAMS THANK YOU.
GREGOR ON BEHALF OF THE CAN
MANUFACTURES INSTITUTE IN
SUPPORT OF COMPROMISE.
EVEN ALTAMONT IN SMITH WITH THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER
ACTION NETWORK AND WE ARE ALSO
IN OPPOSITION WOULD LIKE TO
ALIGN OUR COMMENTS WITH MS
MOSSBERG AND THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH PH I
THINK.
AFTER YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS TROSZYN BROWN OF
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS WE'D LIKE TO LINEOUR
COMMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE SEIU
ASKED ME CPF ETCETERA.
I IN SUPPORT OF THIS COMPROMISE
THANK YOU.
IN MARIN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA GROWERS ASSOCIATION
IN SUPPORT TAX.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON DECK KARAGANDY
HOPEFULLY GET CALIFORNIA CITIES
OUT WE'VE BEEN ONE OF THE KEY
OPPONENTS A TWO THE BALLOT
MEASURE.
AND TO ITS IS BAD AS SOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE
HAVE FOUGHT A DISCUSSED IN TERMS
OF ITS IMPLICATION ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT --
WE COULD'VE HELD OUR NOSE ON
THIS BILL --
EXCEPT FOR ONE PREVENTION AND
THAT PROVISION IS IN AND SO ON
PAGE FIVE SUBDIVISION OUT OF IT
WITHOUT PROVISIONS US.
I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS BUILDING
FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS I'VE SEEN
LOTS OF PENALTIES APPLY TO
PEOPLE THAT VIOLATE A LAW.
THIS PENALTY.
UP WITH HOLDING THE COLLECTION
OF ALL SALES TAXES.
IS GONNA BE APPLIED IF A COURT
DECIDES TO A CHARTER CITY UP
EITHER BY THE ACTION OF THE
CHARTER CITY OR BY THE ACTION OF
THEIR VOTERS.
THAT THEY'VE LAWFULLY EXERCISE
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
SO SO THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY
APPROVING UNDERSTAND THE
SPONSORS OF THIS MEASURE
INTENDED TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING
ON THE BALLOT THAT WOULD CAPTURE
THIS POPOSAL AS WELL WHICH IS
WHY WE THINK WE HAD TO SAY
SOMETHING.
THE IDEA OF PENALIZING --
AN ENTITY OR PERSON FOR A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IS
SOMETHING THAT'S REPUGNANT AND
THERE FOR THOSE REASONS WE
OPPOSE THIS TRAILER BILL.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS CHECK OF
MOSQUES ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC
HEALTH ADVOCATES WE ARE ALSO
OPPOSED TO THE TRAILER BILL.
WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THE
INITIATIVE WAS AWFUL BUT WE
DON'T THINK THAT REPLACING AN
AWFUL BILL WITH A BAD BILL AND A
CLOSE PROCESS IS NECESSARILY THE
BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ALIGN
OURSELVES WITH MR MUNNINGS
COMMENTS THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
IT EITHER PUBLIC COMMENT
[inaudible]
GLAZER --
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I THIS IS I'VE BEEN A FAST
MOVING VEHICLE --
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS I CERTAINLY
--
CHALLENGED BY THE CHOICE IN THE
AND THE AND THE LACK OF TIME TO
FAIRLY AND THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER
IT BUT I HAVE GOTTEN SOME
FEEDBACK FROM MY COMMUNITY FROM
MY LOCAL CITIES ON THE ISSUE.
I IT IS A ENCOURAGE ME TO
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY BUT I'M
HOPING FOR MORE FEEDBACK OVER
THE COMING. TWENTY FOUR TO FORTY
EIGHT HOURS BEFORE IT COMES TO
THE FLOOR SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE.
MOVE OVER WITH THE TODAY ONE OF
BUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS.
ARE I WOULD SAY I THINK I'LL IN
LISTENING TO THOSE WHO
PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT IT
WAS AN INTERESTING --
AMONG A GROUP OF INTERESTING.
A DIVISION OF SUPPORT VERSES
OPPOSITION.
AND I HAVE.
BEEN CO AUTHOR OF SENATOR
MINING'S VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO
DEAL WITH THE LABELING ISSUE --
HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE MANY THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE OPPOSING
THE BILL TODAY AW I'M GOING TO
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY --
RECOGNIZING AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE SENATE
--
THE FISCAL RAMIFICATIONS TO THE
STATE.
BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IF
THERE IS INDEED [inaudible]
A ARM.
REAL FORTHRIGHT CONCERN ABOUT
THE HEALTH STATUS OF LOW INCOME
CALIFORNIANS COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BY
--
OBESITY.
ALL LIFE EXPECTANCIES THAT ARE
SHORTENED A VARIETY OF REASONS
--
CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS --
THAT CONTRIBUTE BY THE QUALITY
OF FOOD IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS
THE BILL BILL IF CHEAPER FOODS
IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS IF WE
HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES
BROADLY.
A WE LOVE TO BEAT UP ON THE
THIRD INDUSTRY WITH A
REFRIGERATOR FULL OF SODA RIGHT
HERE BEHIND THIS VERY --
DAY YES --
BUT YOU KNOW --
DE SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES
ACROSS THE BOARD ON CAN BE
CHALLENGING AND SO I HOPE THAT
AT SOME POINT WHEN WE GET BEYOND
THIS POLITICAL.
SELFISH CHOICE THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES IN THAT WE REALLY CAN
HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION
ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES ACROSS
THE STATE ON WHO HAS ACCESS TO
WHAT WHO PAYS FOR IT.
AND HOW WE CAN GET TO A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN ALL HAVE A
TRANSPARENT FAIR CONVERSATION
LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE AND
NOT THE FACT THAT WE ARE
PRIORITIZING.
ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF ALL
CALIFORNIANS I HOPE WE GET THERE
AT SOME POINT.
OUT WITH THAT.
SEEN NO FURTHER COMMENT ALL I
WILL ASK THAT YOU CALL THE ROLL.
IT BE EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT THE
MOTION IS TO PASS MITCHELL BY
ALL AYE NIELSEN.
NIELSEN NO ANDERSON WELL PLACER
BAZAR AYE.
JACKSON MCGUIRE MONNING BARLACH
PAN PORTANTINO PORTANTINO AYE
ROTH.
SKINNER STERN STONE.
STONO MAJKOWSKI WILK
[inaudible] THREE TWO GOT IT
[inaudible]
GOT [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
COULD YOU ALL CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS ON AID BE EIGHTEEN
THIRTY EIGHT ONE MORE TIME FOR
ME ANDERSON WELL JACKSON MCGUIRE
MONEY MORLOCK PAN.
PAN AYE.
SO FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE STAFF
WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE IN
THE SERGEANTS --
I AM GOING TO HOLD THE ROLE
OPEN.
UNTIL FIVE TWENTY FIVE AND SO WE
ASK THAT MEMBERS --
GET HERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
TO ADD ON TO THE ROLE
EIGHTEEN
TWENTY THREE WHAT'S OUR CURRENT
VOTE ON THAT.
THE CURRENT VOTE ON EIGHTEEN
TWENTY THREE IS SEVEN TO FOUR
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
[inaudible]
YEAH [inaudible]
PLEASE [inaudible]
NOW.
THANK YOU THE CURRENT IN THAT IS
A FIVE IN CAN YOU CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS PLEASE ON EIGHTY
BE EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT OUR
CURRENT VOTE COUNT IS.
FLORIDA TO CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS [inaudible]
LIKE [inaudible]
I'VE.
CURRENT BOOK ON THIS FORTY THREE
WILL KEEP THAT ITEM OPEN
[inaudible]
BY.
THREE CURRENT BOOK I WAS FIVE
THREE ISSUE AT IT WAS FORCED TO
WRITE
IS IT TOO CHEN ONE VOTE ON
THE FIRST BILL [inaudible]
MITCHELL SAYS.
YES HE DID OKAY MISS JACKSON IS
HAS A VOTE ON ANYTHING.
THINNER WAY BECAUSE HE NEEDS AT
THE OKAY.
MADAM SECRETARY PLEASE OPEN THE
ROLE FOR ABSENT MEMBERS ON OUR
FIRST BILL UP A. B. EIGHTEEN
TWENTY THREE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS WOULD BE EIGHTEEN TWENTY
THREE BELL.
PLACER JACKSON JACKSON AYE
MCGUIRE. NINE FIVE THANK YOU
CURRENT VOTERS NINE FIVE WILL
KEEP THAT ITEM OPEN.
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE ON A. B.
EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS THE EIGHTEEN
THIRTY EIGHT BELL.
JACKSON.
JACKSON AYE MCGUIRE.
MONEY [inaudible]
MORE LUCK.
MONEY NO MORE LUCK [inaudible]
SKINNER [inaudible]
STERN.
STERN AYE MAKOVSKY BECAUSE IT
AYE WILK [inaudible] EIGHT THREE
THAT'S CURRENTLY IS AT EIGHT
THREE WILL TAKE FOUR EIGHT FOUR
EIGHT FOUR WILL KEEP THAT ITEM
OPEN
.
BUT MADAM SECRETARY WOULD YOU
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE IN A. B.
EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE AND CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS AB EIGHTEEN
TWENTY THREE BELL.
I FELL AYE GLAZER MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE AYE [inaudible]ELEVEN
FIVE YOU VOTED ON THAT WHEN THE
LAST TIME WE OPENED. EIGHTEEN
TWENTY THREE IF YOU.
TWENTY THREE AND THE VOTE IS.
OF ELEVEN LIFE WITH A VOTE OF
ELEVEN TO FIVE THAT MEASURE
PASSES.
MADAM SECRETARY WOULD YOU PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE ON A. B. EIGHTEEN
THIRTY EIGHT AND CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS AB EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT
BELL.
BELL AYE MCGUIRE [inaudible]
MORE LOCK [inaudible]
SKINNER [inaudible]
SKINNER NO [inaudible]
WILK [inaudible]
NINE WITH OF
THAT MEASURE PASSES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMITTEES
ADJOURNED