BEGINNING OF OUR AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE HEARING WE HAVE ONE
ITEM ON THE FILE.
AND THAT IS FINE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ON A CUDDLY L. AB ELEVEN SIX
SIXTY FIVE DURING LATE
[inaudible]
REGULATORY ALIGNMENT.
COR LET'S PLEASE FIRST CALL THE
ROLL [inaudible]
ESTABLISH QUORUM.
SENATORS GALGIANI HERE GALGIANI
HERE WILL PRESENT WELL.
BERRYHILL DIED.
PAN HERE AND HERE.
THANK YOU PLEASE PROCEED REGRET
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR
AND SENATORS I'M PLEASED TO
PRESENT A. B. ELEVEN SIXTY FIVE
WHICH ESTABLISHES THE
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH COUNSELED.
THE EASE THE CHALLENGING
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE
OFTEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTS
CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY.
THE AGRICULTURAL GROWTH COUNSEL
BRINGS RELIEF TO SMALL AND MID
SIGN MID SIZE FARMERS BY
BRINGING TOGETHER THE STATE
AGENCIES THAT REGULATE THE
INDUSTRY PLUS APPOINTEES FROM
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
WITH AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS IN
ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE
REGULATORY CONFLICTS.
AS A STATE WORKS TO REACH
LAUDABLE BUT AGGRESSIVE CLIMATE
CHANGE REDUCTION GOALS THE
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY FACES MORE
REGULAR REGULATIONS DICTATING
HOW THEY USE WATER.
ENERGY SOIL TRANSPORTATION LET
LABOR PESTICIDES AND MORE.
FARMERS RANCHERS AND GARY MEN
TELL ME ROUTINELY THAT THE
SECOND POSITION HIRED ON AT FARM
TODAY IS A REGULATORY AFFAIRS
MANAGER THEY SAY THIS TONGUE IN
CHEEK BUT THERE IS TRUTH TO THE
SENTIMENT.
WITH VARIOUS REPORTING AGENCIES
FROM REGIONAL WATER CONTROL
BOARDS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
NAVIGATING THE ARRAY OF
REGULATIONS IS COMPLEX COSTLY
AND TIME CONSUMING.
THE AVERAGE AGRICULTURE BUSINESS
IN CALIFORNIA MUST ABIDE BY
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED REGULATIONS
HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF THEM OF
WHICH ARE FOLK FOCUSED ON THE
ENVIRONMENT.
UNFAIRLY FARMERS FIND THEMSELVES
IN THE UNTENABLE SITUATION WHERE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE
REGULATION CREATES DE FACTO
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER.
IN TURN THEY HIRE LAWYERS TO
NAVIGATE REGULATORY HEARINGS
INCURRING MORE COSTS RESULTING
FROM THE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS AT
WHAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE.
COMPLIANCE.
EVERY FARMER MEETS THE SAME
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS WHETHER
THEY'RE A SINGLE PROPRIETOR
FAMILY OWNED FARM OR A LOWER A
LARGE CORPORATE ENTITY.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE COSTS ARE
COMMON DENOMINATOR THAT EVERY
AGRIBUSINESS MISSING CURRENT SO
THESE TAKE ON A LARGER
PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUES FROM
SMALL AND MID MID SIZE FARMS.
THIS PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN ON
THE SMALL AND MID SITES FARMER
WHICH DIRECTLY IMPEACH IMPACT
THEIR ABILITY TO STAY IN
BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA.
LOSING THE SMALL AND MID CYCLE
MIDSIZE FARMS UNDER A THOUSAND
ACRES TAKES AWAY AND ECONOMIC
PATHWAY FOR RULE RESIDENTS AND
THREATENS THE DIVERSITY OF
PRODUCE THAT MAKES ACT.
CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY SO HEALTHY.
SINCE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN THE
NUMBER A SMALL AND MID SIZED
FARM IN THE STATE HAS THE
DECREASED DRAMATICALLY.
MEANWHILE THE AVERAGE FARM SIZE
HAS INCREASED IN THE ACREAGE OF
LAND UNDER OWNERSHIP OR
MANAGEMENT FROM CORPORATE OR
OWNED FARMS HAS INCREASED TRENDS
DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE LOSS
OF SMALL AND MIDSIZE FARMS.
ADDITIONALLY CROP DIVERSITY
DIMINISHES AND MORE ACRES ARE
DEVOTED TO HOMOGENEOUS CROP
TYPES AS CORPORATE FARMERS
CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS IN SCALE
PROTECTIONS FOR EFFICIENCY AND
BETTER MARGINS.
THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF A
SINGLE CATASTROPHIC CATASTROPHIC
CROP FAILURE HAVING A
DISPROPORTIONATE NEWLY NEGATIVE
IMPACT.
AND WITH CALIFORNIA'S PRODUCING
A MAJORITY OF SOME PRODUCTS LIKE
FRUITS NUTS AND RICE.
AN INFESTATION ACROSS FAILURE
WOULD BE A FOOD SECURITY.
AS WELL AS AN ECONOMIC DISASTER
IN RURAL RURAL CALIFORNIA AND
FOR THE STATE.
AB ELEVEN SIXTY SIX SIXTY FIVE
PROVIDES A MODICUM OF RELIEF TO
AN INDUSTRY THAT IS UNDERGOING
MONEY MONUMENTAL CHANGE HELPS TO
PROVIDE SAFE HARBOR.
WHEN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE
REGULATION PUTS THE OWNER
PERFORMER AT RISK OF NON
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY A
SISTER AGENCY?
THESE COMPLEX WOULD BE PRESENTED
TO THE ACT.
WHO COULD RESOLVE THE REGULATORY
CONFLICT AND CLARIFY COMPLIANCE
IN A NEUTRAL SETTING?
INTERN STREAMLIGHT STREAMLINING
THESE REGULATIONS WILL LIGHT
LIGHTEN THE REPORTING LOAD FOR
SMALL AND MID SIZE BUSINESSES
GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
WHAT THEY DO BEST WHICH IS GROW
OUR FOOD WITH MORE CAPITAL TO
AREA REINVEST INTO THEIR
PRODUCTION.
INSTEAD OF DEFIANCE IN
ATTORNEY'S FEES --
THATTHE COMMITTEE MADE IT A
SUGGEST AS A SUGGESTION ARM AND
I ACCEPT THAT WHICH IS TO ACCEPT
LANGUAGE THAT PERMITS THE
REPRESENTATIVE IF EACH STATE
AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT TO ATTEND.
TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
AND I AM --
ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING WITH FIVE
CD AFRAID TO MAKE THE BELL ON
MORE REVENUE NEUTRAL.
THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A MOTION THE BILL.
WITH THE SECRETARY PIVOTAL.
AB ELEVEN SIXTY FIVE THE MOTION
IS FIFTH PASS AS AMENDED RE
REFER TO APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI AYE WILK
BUT I WILL YOU AYE BERRYHILL.
DIED PAN AYE PAN AYE.
CONGRATULATIONS BUT WE'RE GOAL
HAD AND PUT IT ON CALL FOR ONE
MORE MEMBER TO JOIN US IN
ADHERING MATCHING PLEATED.
THERE IS A GREAT WEEK ONE N. F.
RIGHT NOW THERE [inaudible]
WHO SENDS?
WHEN HEARING GEHRY [inaudible]
EASY.
WHEN YOU DELIVERY COSTS
[inaudible]
OKAY.
OKAY AT THIS POINT WILL GO AHEAD
AND LEFT THE CALL ON A. B..
ELEVEN SIXTY FIVE WELL THE
SECRETARY PLEASE COLORFUL AB
ELEVEN SIXTY FIVE TO PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS BERRYHILL.
DIED [inaudible]
BOTH.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL [inaudible]
SENATORS BERRYHILL [inaudible]
DOT.
GOD I THINK THAT BILL IS OUT.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE MEETING
NEVER THEY HERE.
ONE AND I THINK THAT