ORDER.
AND I WOULD ASK OUR SECRETARY TO
CALL THE ROLL SENATORS MINING.
RUNNING HERE ROSS.
ROSS HERE WILL PRESENT WILL HEAR
CANNELLA CANNELLA HERE ADKINS
HERE I CAN SEE HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM WE HAVE A
QUORUM THANK YOU.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
BEFORE WE TAKE UP ITEM ONE WHICH
IS THE APPOINTMENTS OF CS YOU --
AND AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE
WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD WE
ARE GOING TO GO [inaudible] TO
OUR WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF
THOSE VOTES THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD
AND TAKING IT OUT OF THE WY.
AND IN TERMS OF GOVERNORS
pAPPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
APPEAR -- IN
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE WE'RE
GOING TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT
SEPARATES A NUMBER OF THE VOTE
--
SO FOLLOW ALONG ON ITEM NUMBER
TWO TO MY COLLEAGUES PLEASE.
SO GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEE IS NOT
REQUIRED TO APPEAR.
WE WILL TAKE ITEM K..
L..
M..
N. O..
S..
T..
YOU AND V. AS ONE GROUP.
AND I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIRMAN.
A CALL THE ROLL SENATORS MINING.
MINING I ROSS.
ROSS I WILL.
WILL I CAN I LET.
YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN FIND A
CONCISE.
OKAY AT THE NEXT ITEM I WOULD
REQUEST A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER
[inaudible]
I J. N. P..
THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE MADAM
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL SENATORS
MINING.
MINING I ROSS.
ROSS I WILL [inaudible]
CANNELLA.
ATKINS FIGHT HAPPENS I FOR GROUP
NUMBER THREE I WOULD ASK FOR A
MOTION ON CUE AND ARE.
THANK YOU CALL THE ROLL SENATORS
MINING.
MINING BY ROUGH.
ROSS I WILL LOOK INTO WILL KNOW
CANNELLA.
CANELLA NO ATKINS DIED INSIDE.
AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD ASK FOR
A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER H.. TO
SPEAK ON THAT ONE REPORT
ABSOLUTELY MISTER VICE CHAIRMAN
SO THIS IS FOR MR CURTAIN AND I
HAVE --
KNOWN MR CURTAIN FOR MANY YEARS
OF I CONSIDER A FRIEND ACTUALLY.
AND I HAVE SUPPORTED HIS --
APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMPANY
WATER COMMISSION THAT I'VE HAD
AND WHAT I WILL DO IT TODAY AS
WELL BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE
WATER COMMISSION.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE IN THE
ALLOCATIONS THAT THEY MADE
RECENTLY TWO OF IGNORE.
TEMPERANCE FLAT WHICH WAS PART
OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT WE PASSED THROUGH WATER
BOND IS.
IS VERY DISHEARTENING BUT I'M
GOING TO LET MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH MR CURTAIN IN HIS YEARS OF
SERVICE TO THE STATE PREVAIL
TODAY AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT
HIM BUT BUT I AM I AM
DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
SO THANK YOU.
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY CALL
THE ROLL WITH THE MOTION FELT
DID I THOUGHT I HAD A MOTION
OKAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CALL THE ROLL SENATORS
MINING.
MONICA HI ROSS.
ROSS FIVE WILL GO WILL KNOW
CANNELLA.
CANAL I CAN FIGHT A CONCISE.
THANK YOU --
THAT MEASURE PASSES ON SO AT
THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE EARTH.
THREE THE BILL REFERRALS AND
ASKED FOR A MOTION I THINK
ACTUALLY WE CAN TAKE ITEMS.
THREE FOR RULE WAIVER REQUEST.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN
THAT ITEMS OF THE FLOORING
KNOWLEDGE MINTS ITEM.
567-891-01112 AND THIRTEEN I
WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
SECRETARY [inaudible]
SENATORS MINING.
MONICA ROSS.
ROSS HI WILL.
WILL I CAN I LOVE.
CANAL I CAN I CAN SAY.
THAT CARRIES THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM SECRETARY AND NOW THAT WE
HAVE DISPENSED.
WITH MOST OF THE ITEMS.
THAT COULD BE DONE QUICKLY WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE
GOVERNORS APPOINTEES.
REQUIRED TO APPEAR AND START
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES I WOULD ASK.
THE APPOINTEES TO COME FORWARD
REBECCA ISON.
GENE FURSTENBERG WIND OF WHEN TO
PHONG.
ASIDE JOHN MCGRORY AND
CHRISTOPHER STEINHAUS SIR.
AND I THINK WE HAVE YOUR NAMES
UP HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AS WE ADJUSTED LIGHTS
--
AND I I THINK I WOULD.
START PROBABLY BY ASKING IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO EACH MAKE AN
OPENING COMMENTS.
FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE ANYONE --
THAT'S WITH YOU WHAT KNOWLEDGE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUT IF YOU
HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS.
LOVE ONES IT IS OUR CUSTOM AND
PRACTICE TO LET YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THE PEOPLE.
WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TRAVEL ALL
THIS WAY WITH YOU TO SIT THROUGH
THIS PROCESS?
SO I WILL START WITH YOU MISS
ISON AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN AND
THEN PROCEED DOWN THE LINE.
AND HERE WAS AT A MEETING
RECENTLY WHERE WE ALL INTRODUCED
OURSELVES AND WE WERE TOLD NOT
TO SAY ANYTHING YOU COULD
ALREADY LEARN ON GOOGLE SO.
I WILL.
TRY TO COMPLY OR A LITTLE MORE
OF A WARM AND FRIENDLY THAN THAT
VERY GOOD VERY GOOD.
SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU
WOULDN'T LEARN FROM GOOGLE ABOUT
ME IS THAT I WAS.
A LUCKY THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO
TO MEET A YOUNG MAN ON A PARK
BENCH OUTSIDE OF PARIS HE IS.
MY CURRENT HUSBAND --
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH A FEW YEARS
LATER TO ADOPT THREE CHILDREN AT
BIRTH ONE OF WHOM JUST BECAME.
A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IN
RICHMOND CALIFORNIA THANK GOD.
HE GOT A JOB AND I WAS VERY
LUCKY SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I
RECEIVE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND IT'S BEEN
A A BLESSING IN MY LIFE.
AND IT WILL BE A FURTHER
BLESSING TO SERVE WITH THESE
FOUR OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS.
IF YOU GIVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY
THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
OF IT SEEMS LIKE IT WASN'T THAT
LONG AGO.
WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU OF MY NAME IS JEAN
PICKER FURSTENBERG [inaudible]
OF I WAS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE FOR
ALMOST TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
WE WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
TO PRESERVE AMERICAN FILM
HISTORY.
AND TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION
OF WOMEN AND MEN WHO WANTED TO
BECOME ARTISTS.
BY TELLING STORIES.
USING MOVING IMAGES.
WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ABOUT TWO AND
A HALF YEARS AGO?
AND I LOOKED AT THIS INCREDIBLE
INSTITUTION OF TWENTY THREE
UNIVERSITIES.
OF WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND STUDENTS.
AN FIFTY THOUSAND OF OUR FACULTY
AND STAFF.
AND A BUDGET OF ALMOST SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS AND I FORGOT TO
MENTION THAT THE A. FIVE BUDGET
WAS THIRTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
I WAS TO SAY THE LEAST
OVERWHELMED.
WHAT I FOUND THOUGH SOME
FASCINATING?
OVER THESE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
IS THAT THE MISSION OF THE
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AND THE
MISSION OF CAL STATE.
IS ABOUT ONE THING [inaudible]
OUR STUDENTS.
THAT IS WHO WE CARE ABOUT.
IT IS THEIR LIVES THAT WE CAN
CHANGE.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FOR
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LIVE
PRODUCTIVE EFFECTIVE.
CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVEROLES
IN OUR WORLD OUR SOCIETY AND OUR
STATE AND THAT'S REALLY OUR
MISSION.
IT HAS BEEN.
A HIGH HONOR TO SET UP THE BOARD
TABLE [inaudible] TWO OF MEET A
CHANCELLOR WHO I THINK IS ONE OF
THE MOST BRILLIANT.
EXECUTIVES I HAVE EVER MET.
AND THE TWENTY THREE PRESIDENTS.
WHO SERVE THIS INSTITUTION?
AND THESE COLLEAGUES AND ARE ALL
OF THE TRUSTEES WHO ARE DEVOTED
TO ONE THING.
AND THAT IS TO MAKE YOU PROUD.
THIS STATE CAPITAL IN THE U.
LEGISLATORS PROUD OF SUPPORTING
THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISS VAUGHN.
THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MY FAMILY MEMBERS OF
FIRST MY HUSBAND OF TWENTY FIVE
YEARS DANIEL FEDERALLY.
WHO SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY
SPECIAL FORCES ACTIVE DUTY AND
RESERVE FROM?
NINETEEN SEVENTY TO TWENTY TEN
AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS MY SISTER
MERRILY ALONG.
HER HUSBAND DOCTOR GORDON HUANG.
MY BROTHER DOCTOR BERRY FONG.
HIS WIFE VICTORIA.
MY NEPHEW TIMOTHY WONG.
MY NEPHEW DOCTOR GARRETT WRONG.
MY KNEES DOCTOR RACHEL JOE LONG
AND HER SON JEREMY.
SO THANK YOU VERY WELL NEED TO
STAND UP WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
SO YOU'RE HERE AT LEAST.
WELCOME.
THAT'S QUITE A SUPPORTIVE GROUP.
PLEASE I AM SO FORTUNATE.
OUR GRANDPARENTS CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE CHINESE
EXCLUSION ACT.
I OFTEN HEARD MY MOTHER TELL MY
GRANDPA TELL ME THAT MY
GRANDPARENTS CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY.
SO THAT THEIR GRAND CHILDREN
THEIR CHILDREN WOULD NEVER HAVE
TO LIFT ANYTHING HEAVIER THAN A
PENCIL.
ALL AFFORDED TO US BECAUSE OF
HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO BE
NOMINATED AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
MY FORTY PLUS YEAR CAREER IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BEGAN AS
A TELEVISION HOST.
THEN AS A PRODUCER DIRECTOR AND
CREATIVE EX EXECUTIVE.
I HAVE HUNDREDS OF CREDITS FROM
TV SPECIALS AWARD SHOWS SITCOMS.
LIVE SPECTACULARS TALK SHOWS
VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTARIES.
NEVER DID I DREAM THAT I WOULD
WORK WITH ELVIS FRANK SINATRA OR
WITH PRESIDENTS PRIME MINISTERS
OR THE POPE.
I BEGAN IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR
WHEN THERE WERE VERY FEW WOMEN.
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE
CAMERA ESPECIALLY ASIAN
AMERICANS THERE WERE VERY FEW OF
US.
I HAD TO CUT MY OWN PATH.
IT MADE ME DETERMINED TO PAVE
THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW AND
I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE
CSU.
DURING MY ENTIRE CAREER I WAS
ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH DIVERSITY
ESPECIALLY THE ASIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A PARALLEL
CAREER.
I SERVED ON MANY BOARDS CO
FOUNDED SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING CAPE THE COALITION OF
ASIAN PACIFICS AND ENTERTAINMENT
WHICH IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
ORGANIZATION FOR AP EYES IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
MY WORK IN DIVERSITY LED ME TO
THE FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
WHERE I ESTABLISHED THE CREATIVE
DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT.
I WAS THEN APPOINTED TO LAUNCH
AN OVERSEE AMERICAN IDOL.
THAT LED ME TO THE ALTERNATIVE
ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT WHERE I
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF
PROGRAMMING.
I HAVE BEEN MOST FORTUNATE.
MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS
SHOWED BY EXAMPLE THAT WITH GOO
FORTUNE COMES THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO GIVE BACK. TO SERVE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IT IS WHY I AM SO
HONORED TO MOVE TO BE SITTING
BEFORE YOU AT THIS CONFIRMATION
HEARING.
SINCE MARCH IT IS BEEN MY
GREATEST PRIVILEGE TO BE SERVING
AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY.
I HAVE LEARNED HOW REMARKABLE
THE CSU IS MY MISSION IS TO
ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CSU
STUDENTS.
AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS. TO
ADVANCE THE CSU AND THEREFORE
CALIFORNIA AND OUR NATION.
THANK YOU.
MUCH MUCH MORE GORY.
THEN PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE --
AMONG OF VIRTUALLY FROM BOSTON
AND IRISH WORKING CLASS --
GO RED SOX.
BY THEN WE WAS LOOKING AFTER THE
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT
AND I GOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO
COLGATE UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK.
AND THEN SPENT FOUR YEARS AS AN
END THE MARINE CORPS.
I CAME BACK FROM ASIA AND GET
STATION CAMP PENDLETON.
AND THE FIRST DAY I BECAME A
CALIFORNIA AND I'VE NEVER LEFT
--
I SPENT ANOTHER TWO YEARS THERE
AND THEN IT STARTED WITH THE
CITY OF SAN DIEGO AS A TRAINEE
AND WORK MY WAY UP.
TO CITY MANAGER FOR SEVEN YEARS
IN THE NINETEEN NINETIES I GOT
pADMINISTRATION SENEGAL STAY
TONIGHT AND THEN MY LAW DEGREE
AT USD. TO THE CITY I WORK FOR
SELL PRICE OWN CEO PRICE
ENTERPRISES.
AND THEN A I BECAME CEO THE
PADRES AND WE BILL PICKLE PARK
WE HELPED ALL THE REST SHE WE
BECAUSE WE FENCE LAST PLACE IN
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST FOR
THREE YEARS IN A ROW --
BUT WE LEAST GOT THE BALL PARK
DONE -- I
THEN GET WENT BACK TO WORK WAS
ALWAYS UP INTERNATIONAL RETAIL
COMPANY.
SORT OF FORTY STORES IN AND
COLUMBIA.
ALL THE COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND WE
AND WHEN HE DIED THAT FORM
ANOTHER COMPANY HOME WITH MARK
JOHNSON WHO WAS FORMALLY ON THE
IS THE ISSUE BOARD TRUSTEES.
AND WE HAVE A REAL SAID I HAVE
HIS WIFE.
BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED A SENIOR
STATE I'VE TAUGHT.
AS A LECTURE FOR TWENTY SEVEN
YEARS IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.
AND A BEEN IN NINE YEARS ON THE
CAMPANELLA FOUNDATION BOARD THE
LAST TWO YEARS AS CHAIR --
DURING WHICH TIME WE RAISED
EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO
BE HERE AND I HAVE A GREAT
PASSION ABOUT THE CSU SYSTEM.
OF 40% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST
GENERATION STUDENTS LIKE I WAS
IN AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP THEM
AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BECOME SUCCESSFUL CALIFORNIANS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE I THANK YOU FOR GIVING
ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
YOU TODAY --
LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES --
I TOO AM A FIRST GENERATION BOTH
MY PARENTS ARE HIGH SCHOOL
DROPOUTS.
AND AS A FOURTH GRADER MY CHILD
MY DAD WOULD DRIVE US BY CAL
STATE LONG BEACH AND SAY YOU
WILL GO TO SCHOOL HERE ONE DAY
AND SURE ENOUGH I WAS THE FIRST
OF SIX BOYS TO GO TO SCHOOL TO
HIGHER ED.
I'M SITTING HERE IN MY SEAT
TODAY AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THE CSU
SYSTEM.
SO CONGRESSMAN HORN WAS THE
PRESIDENT OF C. ISSUE WHEN I WAS
A STUDENT THERE MY WIFE IS A
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM CAL
STATE LONG BEACH.
BOTH MICE CHILDREN RECEIVE THEIR
CREDENTIALING CREDENTIALS AT CAL
MASTERS FROM CAL STATE LONG
BEACH AND MY DAUGHTER WILL
RECEIVE HER MASTERS THIS JUNE --
FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
I FEEL IT'S A SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY THAT I HAVE TO
GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE THIS
GIVE ME SO MUCH. TOO LONG WHICH
COLLEGE PROMISE I'VE SEEN WHAT
CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN YOU WORK
TOGETHER AND I JUST.
THINK ON THE GOVERNOR AND I
EVERYONE FOR THIS POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITY IN THESE INDIVIDUALS
TO MY RIGHT HERE ARE AMAZING
PEOPLE DEDICATED TO OUR
YOUNGSTERS THINKING.
HE VERY MUCH WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE
FOR A SET OF RESUMES.
I AM GOING TO TURN TO MY
COLLEAGUE.
MISTER MINING AND ASK IF YOU'D
LIKE TO START.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO START BY
ADDING MY THANKS TO EACH OF YOU
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
ALL OF YOU IN PREPARATION FOR
TODAY AND JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH
THE YEAR.
NOT ONLY YOUR LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
SPEAR SHIN.
UNDERSTANDING THE CSU SYSTEM AND
YEAR COMMITMENT.
TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR NEW
LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE ROOM.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EACH OF
YOU NEED TO ANSWER.
EACH OF OUR QUESTIONS BUT I
THINK WE'LL JUST KIND OF INVITE
YOU.
TO APPEAR INSPIRED.
TO TAKE ON AN GRAPPLE WITH THE
QUESTION WE MIGHT THROW TO YOU
TO TO FEEL FREE TO DO SO IN.
THAT RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES
WILL TRY TO KEEP.
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES.
BRIEF WITHOUT WITHOUT LIMITING
IMPORTANT DETAILS.
SO THE GRADUATION INITIATIVE THE
COMMITMENT ARM OF THE GOVERNOR
IN OUR BUDGET TO TRY TO IMPROVE.
OF FUNDING TO IN TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE GRADUATION INITIATIVE.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS CHALLENGES
OF REMEDIAL WORK FOR SOME
STUDENTS AND A QUESTION THAT I
THINK I RAISED WITH MOST OF YOU
AND WOULD APPRECIATE KIND OF A
PUBLIC RESPONSE.
FROM A CERTAIN COHORT OF FACULTY
ARE PART TIME THERE OFTEN
WORKING NOT JUST TO THE CSU
CAMPUS BUT THEY'RE MIGRANTS
THERE MAYBE WORKING AT A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND AS SUCH THEY'RE NOT
NECESSARILY PRESENT THEN TO
PROVIDE FULL TIME SUPPORT FOR
STUDENTS SO.
I'M CURIOUS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
TO SUPPORTING THOSE PART TIME
FACULTY MEMBERS.
TO CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF
MORE STABILITY WITHIN THE SYSTEM
US SO THAT THEY CAN EARN A
LIVING WAGE AND ALSO MOST
IMPORTANTLY IN THE SPIRIT OF
DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR
STUDENTS.
I THINK WE INCREASE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION.
BY INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF
OUR FACULTY AND PART OF THAT I
THINK IS.
A SPARRING.
TO CONVERT THEM FROM PART TIME
TO FULL TIME POSITION SO.
ANYONE LIKE TO LEAD OFF.
AS WELL AS PART TIME FACULTY
MEMBERS -- I
THINK IS AN INTRINSIC GRADUATION
INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE THE LOWEST
PERCENTAGE OF TENURE TRACK
FACULTY.
AND WE'VE HAD TEN YEARS WITH 55%
--
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS
ARE PROPERLY SUPPORTED WITH FULL
TIME FACULTY WITH WHAT I THINK
THAT THAT PERCENTAGE NEEDS
INCREASE.
DISPENSE SOME DISCUSSION SETTING
A GOAL OF 75% BUT BY VARIOUS
PEOPLE I JUST THINK WE NEED TO
BEGIN AN IMPROVEMENT --
TO GET A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
THOSE A PART TIME FACULTY.
MEMBERS WERE NOT ON CAMPUS WE
DON'T HAVE OFFICES WERE NOT
AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS REALLY
OUTSIDE OF CLASSES THERE IS A
GOOD BLIND TO HAVE PART TIME
FACULTY WHO HAVE REAL PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE IN THE IN THE CLASSES
THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT.
BUT IT SHOULD BE BLENDED WITH
FULL TIME ACADEMIC FACULTY WHO
CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
SUPPORT.
SO I THINK AS PART OF GRADUATION
INITIATIVE WE NEED TO INCREASE
THE PERCENTAGE OF TENURE TRACK
FACULTY.
THANK YOU ENOUGH OTHERS MAYBE
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT TOO IS.
IS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE OF
REMEDIATION FOR STUDENTS WHO
WERE.
ARRIVING WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE
THE PREPARATION NECESSARY I
THINK IT TIES IN WITH THE FIRST
PART OF MY QUESTION.
UNDER THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE
PROMISE WHICH WE'VE HAD FOR OVER
TEN YEARS NOW.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO
DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS NEEDING REMEDIAL
SUPPORT BY OFFERING THOSE
COURSES IN THE K. TWELVE ARENA
IS FOR EXAMPLE IN TWELFTH GRADE.
SO -- AND
WORKING WITH PARTNERS I THINK WE
CAN DO A LOT MORE IN THAT ARENA
ENDS IN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY
HELP.
WITH --
STUDENTS GETTING OUT IN FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS IN A TIMELY MANNER
THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WHICH HAS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED
THIS FALL IS IT IS IT IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN.
IN BED REMEDIAL SUPPORT INTO THE
RED A LOT ON THAT WE'RE DOING IN
THIS A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CABLE
PARTNERS.
THANK YOU MR STEIN HAS EARNED I
APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE
LONG BEACH PROMISE A NUMBER OF
MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT --
CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG
BEACH CITY COLLEGE IN LONG BEACH
CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
A FEW YEARS AGO AND TO SEE THE
INTERCONNECTION OF BRINGING
FACULTY FROM THE COLLEGE INTO
THE HIGH SCHOOL IN SENDING HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE COLLEGE.
IN CREATING THIS SEAMLESS.
TRAJECTORY AND I THINK TODAY YOU
TOLD ME THEY'RE STARTING IN THE
FOURTH GRADE LEVEL NOW WITH.
THE PREPARATION SIDE I KNOW NOT
EVERY COMMUNITY IS ORIENTED
GEOGRAPHICALLY AS LONG BEACH'S
BUT I THINK.
THERE'S MUCH THAT WE CAN LEARN
FROM THAT SUCCESS THAT I WOULD
HOPE THE BOARD WOULD.
LOOK -- TO
ENCOURAGE OTHER.
REGIONS OF THE STATE TO PURSUE
THAT.
AND IF I COULD ALL GET BACK TO
MY QUESTION.
THE FIRST ONE ABOUT --
TIME FACULTY I KNOW IT ALL BOILS
DOWN TO MONEY AND OUR CHALLENGES
THE STATE IS.
THERE'S GREAT PRESSURE FROM MANY
SECTORS JUST EDUCATION K.
THROUGH TWELVE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES YOU SEE IN ADDITION TO
SEE ISSUE.
AND WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND
WE CAN'T PREDICT WHAT OUR
ECONOMIC FUTURE ME LOOK LIKE.
ON THAT SAID.
THE ISSUE OF EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION COMES UP.
AND WHEN I RESPOND TO MY
CONSTITUENTS AND SOME OF THOSE
BEING.
FACULTY AND STAFF AT C. ISSUE
TWO CAMPUSES IN MY DISTRICT.
ARM.
HIGH EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
APPEARS.
TO DRAW FROM--
SUSTAINABLE COMPENSATION LIVING
WAGE COMPENSATION FOR SOME OTHER
STAFF.
AND FACULTY ON THE CAMPUS.
I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH ISSUE BUT I
WOULD HOPE THAT YOU DO USE THIS
PUBLIC HEARING TO ADDRESS WHAT
CAN WE DO AND HOW DO I RESPOND
TO MY CONSTITUENTS.
WHEN THEY SEE HIGH EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION NOT JUST THE
PRESIDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES?
BUT OTHER HIGH LEVEL MANAGEMENT
FOLKS AND I KNOW WE'RE COMPETING
INTERNATIONAL MARKET.
I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS SOME OF
THOSE ISSUES --
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
DESERVE.
TAX DOLLARS THE SHINS AND IF OUR
PRIMARY COMMITMENT IS STUDENTS
WE HAVE TO FIND THE CORRECT
BALANCE.
THAT DOESN'T ALLOW OUR TAXPAYERS
TO FEEL.
CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE.
CASHING IN INORDINATELY WHILE
OTHERS ARE NOT MAKING IT BY SAY
I SEEN MISS I SOON WOULD YOU
LIKE TO LEAD OFF ON THAT THANK
YOU SO MUCH OBVIOUSLY IS AN
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE I'M
GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND THANK
YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
GRADUATION INITIATIVE.
WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA.
YOU KNOW THE BOARD HAS.
A HUGE BROAD AUTHORITY WITH
RESPECT.
TO THE CSU BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS RESERVED UNTO ITSELF
VERY SPECIFICALLY.
IS THE HIRING AND COMPENSATION
OF OUR PRESIDENTS AND THE
CHANCELLOR --
AND IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING
THEM REVIEWING THEM.
OF TALKING ABOUT THEIR
COMPENSATION WE HAVE HAD THE
GREAT PLEASURE REALLY OF
LEARNING.
WHAT THESE PRESIDENTS DO FOR A
SYSTEM AND HOW OF SORT OF?
AT THE HEART.
OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH THEY ARE --
I THINK SOME OF THE FACTS
AROUND.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION OR NOT
ENTIRE.
SO WE HAVE OVER THE SIX YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD --
HIRED FOURTEEN NEW PRESIDENTS
OUT OF THE TWENTY THREE
CAMPUSES.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE RIGHT
DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY. TO
INCREASE THEIR COMPENSATION
BEYOND WHAT THEIR PREDECESSORS.
HAD BEEN MAKING WE DID NOT ONCE
DO THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THOSE FOURTEEN PEOPLE WAS PAID
WHAT THEY'RE PREDECESSOR WAS
PAID AND NO MORE.
AND WE HAVE NOT.
PROVIDED ANY INCREASES TO OUR
EXECUTIVES UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN THERE WAS A
BIG LAG FROM 200-082-2000.
FOURTEEN SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE
LAST DECADE --
AND I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT'S BUT I
THINK IT'S ILLUSTRATIVE.
THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION
TODAY.
IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS TEN YEARS
AGO PLUS TWELVE AND A HALF
PERCENT AND THAT'S THE TWELVE
AND A HALF WE'VE MANAGED TO GIVE
THEM AND SORT OF AT A COST OF
LIVING.
INCREASES OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS --
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO WE GET
NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST AND THE
BRIGHTEST IN THE YOU KNOW MOST
IDEAL PERSON TO BE A PRESIDENT
WE WANT THE PERSON.
WHO UNDERSTANDS OUR MISSION?
WHO HAD IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR
THAT CAMPUS AT THAT POINT IN
TIME?
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO GET
A TWENTY THREE PRESIDENTS WHO
ARE AS COMMITTED. TO THE MISSION
AND I OR NOT SALARY DRIVEN.
THEY'RE NOT ADVOCATING FOR BIG
RACES AT I THINK THEY WANT WHAT
EVERYBODY WANTS WHICH IS TO BE
TREATED FAIRLY.
OF THEIR COMPENSATION INCREASES
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS COMPARED
TO FACULTY AND STAFF IS ABOUT
HALF THE INCREASES FOR FACULTY
AND STAFF WE'VE MANAGED.
TO PROVIDER ABOUT 2122% OVER
THAT TIME VERSUS THE TWELVE AND
A HALF.
THAT THE EXECUTIVES HAVE
RESPONDED.
IF YOU THINK ALSO ABOUT THE THE
THE BENEFIT WE GET FOR THOSE
DOLLARS I MEAN.
WE USE TO ASK PRESIDENTS OF
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO OVERSEE
THE CURRICULUM AT SECTOR.
WE NOW ASK THEM TO BE THE
CHAMPIONS OF THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE WE ASK THEM TO BE
FUNDRAISERS WHICH PUBLIC
INSTITUTION PRESIDENTS DID NOT
PREVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO.
AND THAT IS WHAT I THINK
ACCOUNTS FOR WHY PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS PAY TWICE AS MUCH
TO THEIR PRESIDENTS AS WE DO. TO
OURS THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS
BUT MORE AND MORE OF THEM.
AND I THINK WE'VE SO FAR DONE A
VERY GOOD JOB FINDING AS BEST WE
CAN.
THE BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING
THE TAXPAYERS AND THE STUDENTS
INTEREST.
IN PUTTING AS MANY DOLLARS AS WE
CAN TOWARD STUDENT SUCCESS.
AND KEEPING UP WITH US THESE
VERY TALENTED.
SINCE THAT WE'VE HAD WELL THANK
YOU AND THAT'S A HELPFUL ANSWER.
I'D BE THE FIRST TO ACKNOWLEDGE
WITH.
SOME OF THE NEW HIRES THAT NOW
WE HAVE A HALF OF THE
PRESIDENT'S OVER HALF FOR WOMEN.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST IN A GREAT
MODEL THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF
AND BOAST IN.
GREATER DIVERSITY.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THOSE THAT
HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO BE
PRESIDENT.
THAT SAID I THINK WHEN WE
COMPARE PERCENTAGE INCREASES.
FOR A FACULTY OR STAFF MEMBER TO
GET A 3% INCREASE.
AND FOR SOMEBODY MAKING THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET
A 3% INCREASE.
IT'S IT'S NOT APPLES AND ORANGES
END.
AND I THINK --
PEOPLE WHO SERVE.
AS EXECUTIVE SAYS PRESIDENTS IN
OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR
CALIFORNIA IT'S AN HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AN ANAL.
THEY ALL FEEL THAT.
THAT SAID IS IT A STEPPING STONE
TO A NEXT HIGHER PAID POSITION
IN.
ARE WE COMPETING WITH OTHER
INSTITUTIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY --
TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN BECAUSE I
THINK FOR THE STATE. ONE OF THE
BEST THINGS FOR A CAMPUS IS
CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP AND
CHANGE CAN BE GOOD.
TOO BUT NOT.
NOT RAPID CHANGE WE DON'T WANT
SO WHILE TO GET ESTABLISHED IT
TAKES AWHILE TO SET FORTH A
LEADERSHIP STYLE INNOVATION.
WHY I APPRECIATE THE BALANCING
TEST BUT I WOULD JUST URGE ON
BEHALF OF?
STUDENTS ONCE AGAIN.
TAXPAYERS FACULTY IN LOWER PAID
STAFF --
THAT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
COMPETITIVE BUT WE HAVE TO DO SO
WITH AN UNDERSTANDING.
OF LIMITED DOLLARS CAN'T ALSO
INVESTING IN FACULTY AND STAFF
AND STUDENTS SO.
MADAM CHAIR THANK YOU FOR THE
THE TIME I KNOW OTHERS YOU PRY
HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS AS WELL
BUT I WANT.
TO SEE TO MY COLLEAGUES IN IF
YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY TO ONE
OF MY QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN KEY OFF ONE OF THEIRS
THANK YOU.
MR MINING MISTER WELK.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR PERSONAL
CONGRATULATIONS AND I ENJOYED
OUR TIME TOGETHER YESTERDAY --
IN ADDITION TO YOUR OUTSTANDING
RESUMES YOUR YOUR PASSION REALLY
SHONE THROUGH.
WHICH IS A REALLY WAS GONNA TAKE
FOR FOR US FOR US TO SUCCEED BY
AS YOU KNOW I WAS I WAS A
BENEFICIARY OF THIS ISSUE
EDUCATION --
STAR OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WHICH WAS BACK THEN JUNIOR
COLLEGE SUMMIT.
I'M DATING MYSELF AND IT WAS
FREE BECAUSE PART OF IT WAS PART
OF THE MASTER PLAN AND THEN A
MINIMUM OUT IN C. ISSUE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY.
I WAS GOING TO GET.
A DEGREE SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND
I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF
WHAT WHAT THE CONCERT AND OPEN
THIS UP TO ANY OF YOU WANT TO
TALK.
ARM.
WHAT ARE YOU CONSIDERATIONS FOR
A PROPOSAL?
FOR WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WOULD
YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE
INCREASING TUITION.
AND THEN TO OUR THERE'S THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO ON THE REVENUE
SIDE THAT IT COULD MITIGATE.
HAVING TO INCREASE TUITION.
MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD WE
FACED THE QUESTION OF A TUITION
INCREASE.
AND IT WAS PURE AGONY.
ARMED INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
DIFFICULT MOMENT BUT WE HAD JUST
STARTED THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE AND WE REALLY FELT
THAT.
WAS THE FUTURE FOR THIS ISSUE --
I THINK OF MY SENSE OF THE BOARD
IS THAT TUITION INCREASES --
WILL BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
[inaudible]
OF WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO KEEP
THE ABILITY OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE TO COMETO SEE ISSUE AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS WE
HAVE TO DO THAT.
IS TO RAISE THE PROFILE.
OF THE CSU.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE STORY TO
TELL.
AND I'M NOT SURE WE'RE TELLING
IT AS WELL AS WE COULD.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW
THIS INSTITUTION YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW IT FUNCTIONS [inaudible]
AND OF ARE YOU JUST MENTIONED
THAT OF THIRTEEN OF THE ARM.
I'M TWELVE OF THE TWENTY THREE
PRESIDENTS ARE WOMEN.
THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT.
IN THE HISTORY OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
NOT ONLY.
BUT IN AMERICA.
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE WAY.
AND THESE TWELVE WOMEN ARE
EXTRAORDINARY.
AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON
US. TO TELL THAT STORY SO THAT
WE RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE C.
ISSUE AT THE TIME WE DO THAT.
I THINK WE CAN RAISE MORE MONEY.
WE CAN BRING PRIDE TO OUR
ALUMNI.
AND WE CAN SHOW.
NOT ONLY THE STATE BUT THE
NATION THAT CALIFORNIA IS
LEADING SO I THINK THIS IS A A
MOMENT IN TIME THAT THE CSU AND
THE BOARD I BELIEVE.
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
MOMENT.
AND ALL.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER
AND I THINK THAT THE LESS I WANT
TO THANK THE LEGISLATURE.
FOR HELPING US THIS YEAR YOU
MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN
OUR ABILITY. TO CONTINUE THE
GRADUATION INITIATIVE AND TO
KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
THANK YOU.
DO I TO RECORD AND THEN THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP --
IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT TO THIS ISSUE SYSTEM.
I THINK TUITION INCREASES HAVE
TO BE THE LAST RESORT I THINK
THAT'S THE LAST OPTION IN OUR
TABLE.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE
TO SOMEHOW A SUSTAINABLE
FINANCIAL MODEL FOR THE CSU
SYSTEM WE SEEM TO ROCK FROM YEAR
TO YEAR AND FROM FINANCIAL
CRISES AND WE DON'T HAVE AN
IDENTIFIED.
A LONG TERM MODEL IS GOING TO
WORK FOR THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE
DON'T HAVE CONTINUE TO HAVE
THESE THREATS OF TUITION
INCREASES.
BECAUSE THE STUDENTS RILED UP
AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY I
THINK THEY WERE WE RELY STRICTLY
ON ON TUITION STUDENT FEES AND
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE --
FOR SUPPORT I THINK WE NEED TO
LOOK MORE AT THE DEVELOPING AS
WE DID SEND A STATE A CULTURAL
PHILANTHROPY.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM RAISES FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
WHICH IS A PITTANCE COMPARED TO
THE UC SYSTEM IN MANY SCHOOLS.
40% OF THAT FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
COMES FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
SAN DIEGO STATE WE SHOULD HAVE
FOUNDATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
SYSTEM THEIR ALUMNI HAVE DONE
VERY WELL THEY GOT A GREAT
EDUCATION AT A VERY DISCOUNTED
PRICE.
THEY SHOULD GIVE BACK AND WE
NEED TO DO IT BEGINS AT SCHOOLS
LIKE USA HAVE DONE AND CREATE
THIS CULTURE.
OF PHILANTHROPY AND WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DOUBLE AT FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN A FEW YEARS
WE HAVE TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE GONNA GO OUT THERE.
AND LEAVE THOSE CAMPAIGNS AND I
WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE OUGHT TO
BE LOOKING AT MORE
ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES ON
THE CAMPUSES AND SURPLUS REAL
ESTATE --
BRANDING A LOT OF THINGS AND
SOME OF THE CREATIVE
UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE DOING WE SHOULD BE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF AND LAUGHED AT THE
LAST MEETING WE CREATED.
TO A GROUP LED BY THE CHANCELLOR
AND AND THREE TRUSTEES TO GO OUT
AND LOOK OUT TO THOSE KIND OF
ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
FIND WITH THE BEST PRACTICES
ARE.
AND BRING SOME ADDITIONAL
REVENUE INTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT
WE'RE NOT ALWAYS COMING TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS ARE
REALLY LIKE THAT IN LET'S LET'S
LISTEN LISTEN AS TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN I DID FOR YOU KNOW.
I WANT THIS GENERATION HAVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD SO
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE COMING
OUT LOOKING FOR TIER LEADERSHIP
LOOKING FOR TO WORKING WITH YOU.
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
CALIFORNIA HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
A CHEAP TO ACHIEVE THAT DREAM SO
AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISTER ROTH ALL LET OUR VICE
CHAIR FINISH THE ALERT YOU GO
NEXT THANK YOU OF THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR I JUST HAVE A
COMMENT FALL HOPEFULLY BY A
QUESTION THAT THEY DID TEACH ME
SOME MORE IDEAS THOSE.
BUT YOU KNOW I THINK IN HIGHER
EDUCATION AND I'M SURE YOU AGREE
THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE
FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE WITH
RESPECT.
TO CHANGES IN THE JOB MARKET AND
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IN THE HEALTHCARE MARKET FOR
EXAMPLE THERE'S A MOVE TOWARD A
PREFERRING IF NOT REQUIRING THE
HIRING OF BACHELOR'S DEGREE
NURSES.
AND I KNOW THAT SEE ISSUE HASN'T
HAS SOME OUTSTANDING NURSING
PROGRAMS IN YOUR SYSTEM.
BUT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTED
CERTAINLYIS MY UNDERSTANDING IN
THEIR IMPACTED BECAUSE THE
NURSING PROGRAMS THE COURSES.
ARE A LABOR INTENSIVE THERE'S A
STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO THAT
NEEDS TO BE MET THIS BRICK AND
MORTAR.
THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
PROGRAMS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
THERE --
HEALTH CARE TRAINING SLOTS
OUTSIDE AGENCY ISSUES THAT ARE
SOMEWHAT LIMITING.
OUR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES.
EQUALLY HAVE SOME VERY
OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATE DEGREE
NURSES NURSING PROGRAMS AND
THEIR STUDENTS GIVEN THE CHANGES
IN THE JOB MARKET WHO WANT TO
MOVE FROM THOSE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAMS.
INTO THE SEA ISSUE IF THEY CAN
BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER. TO GET THE
BACHELOR'S DEGREE THAT THEY NEED
TO QUALIFY FOR JOBS IN THIS EVER
CHANGING.
MARKET THE PROBLEM IS AS I
UNDERSTAND IT AND HOPEFULLY YOU
WILL LOOK INTO IT AND HOPEFULLY
PROVE ME WRONG.
THAT THE PIPELINE BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRAMS AND RC
ISSUE NURSING PROGRAMS
[inaudible]
IS CONSTRUCTED.
AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
NOW IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR ASSOCIATE
DEGREE.
IN NURSING.
AND YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE
BATCHES DEGREE PROGRAM IN THE C.
ISSUE.
THERE ARE VERY FEW NURSING
COURSES MAYBE TWO OR THREE THAT
YOU NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO
COMPLETE YOUR BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND THOSE ARE NON CLINICAL
COURSES SO WE'RE NOT IMPACTED BY
THE TOOT TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS
WERE NOT IMPACTED BY THE BROKER
MORE MORE BRICK AND MORTAR.
ISSUES WERE NOT IMPACTED BY THE
A CLINICAL SETTING ISSUES THAT.
WE HAVE IN THE IN THE CLINICAL
COURSE.
BUT YET THE PIPELINE IS
CONSTRICTED AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY.
WE CAN'T OPEN UP THAT PIPELINE
IF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IS FRANKLY A LIBERAL ARTS
COURSE.
AND WE DON'T NEED FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE MISSION
CREEP WE DON'T NEED NECESSARILY
TO GRANT HE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
IS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT TO
AWARD BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN
NURSING.
BECAUSE YOU DO THAT BUT WHAT WE
DO NEED WE NEED YOU.
AND WE DID THE ADMINISTRATION TO
WORK ON EXPANDING THAT PIPELINE
AND IT COULD BE CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT IT COULD BE DUAL
CREDENTIALING YOU COULD TEACH
THOSE LIBERAL ARTS COURSES ON A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS WAS C.
ISSUE INSTRUCTORS YOU COULD HAVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS
AND MEET YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
TEACHING THOSE COURSES. FOR FOR
C. ISSUE CREDIT THERE MAY BE
SOME CURRICULUM ADJUSTMENT THAT
NEEDS TO BE MADE.
BUT WE HAVE A HEALTHCARE CRISIS
IN THIS STATE AND IT'S
PARTICULARLY ACUTE IN THE AREAS
THAT THAT I COME FROM IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY.
IN THE IN THE INLAND PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN AND AND NURSES
PROVIDE A VALUABLE COMPONENT TO
THAT HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
SO I GUESS WHAT I NEED FROM YOU
IS I NEED YOUR COMMITMENT TO
LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.
AND TO HELP US BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK IT'S A DIFFICULT PROBLEM
TO SOLVE.
AND WE NEED TO DO IT UP HERE AND
HELP YOU WITH LEGISLATION OR
BUDGET OF PROVISIONS THEN I'M
GONNA BE THE FIRST TO STEP UP IN
LINE TO TRY TO DO THAT BUT I DO
NEED.
A COMMITMENT FROM YOU TO WORK
THE ISSUE IT'S NOT REALLY A
QUESTION NODS OF YOUR HEAD ARE
SUFFICIENT BUT I WANTED YOU TO
KNOW THAT I'M AWARE OF THE
PROBLEM.
AND I'M I'M.
I I WILL CERTAINLY LISTEN TO YOU
IF YOU ULTIMATELY SAY WHEN YOU
LOOK INTO IT THAT IT'S NOT.
ONE SENATOR ROTH THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT I DON'T THINK --
WE HERE AT THIS TABLE ARE AWARE
OF THAT CLOG IN THE PIPELINE
ACTUALLY --
ONE OF MY NEPHEWS WIVES JUST GOT
HER DOCTORATE IN NURSING.
THROUGH FRESNO ONLINE.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF THE SHORTAGE
OF NURSES ALSO THE CSU GRADUATES
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF NURSES
FOR CALIFORNIA THAT ALSO NOT
ONLY SERVE CALIFORNIANS BUT ALSO
THE NATION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY
TO LOOK INTO THIS WE WOULD LOVE
TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU.
SO WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
YOU ON THIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I ALSO BURZUM ROOM MEDICINE NOT
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
CONTINUED SERVICE ON THE SEA
ISSUE BOARD THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR.
STRESS CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU AND SHARE --
CENTER ROB AND I WILL HAVE TO
LEAVE TO GO VOTE NJ LACK RESORT
TO SAY I HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT
ALL ALL THE QUESTIONS BEEN
ANSWERED.
I'M AT UC GRADUATE AND I WAS
GONNA SAY FOLKS FROM YOU
[inaudible]
I KNOW OF FOR REASONS IN HERE
AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
THEM.
BUT I ALWAYS USE THE USE THIS
ISSUE AS AN EXAMPLE OF OF WHERE
WE CAN MEET STUDENTS.
I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU'VE
KEPT THE TUITION REASONABLE.
VIEW EXPANDED PROGRAMS I THINK
YOU REALLY ARE ARE DOING QUITE A
SERVICE.
FOR THE STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA
AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR
THAT AND I WILL BE GONE BUT I
WILL LOOK FOR HIS FORTY WHEN I
GET BACK SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELL THANK YOU AND I
IN A WELDER TAKEN OFF HOW ABOUT
I I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND
THEN MAKE SOME --
SUPPORT AND I'M RIGHT GO GO GO
AND COME BACK WILL.
JUST TRYING TO HURRY THINGS
ALONG -- I
WILL ASK THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
APPOINTMENTS TO PLEASE COME TO
THE MIKE.
AND VERY BRIEFLY GIVE YOUR NAME
AND FREE IT I MEAN AS BRIEF AS
POSSIBLE COMMENTS WOULD BE
APPRECIATED BUT PLEASE STEP
FORWARD.
THOSE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF ANY
OR ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WE WILL
TAKE YOUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY NOW.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
ANDREA BALL HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION.
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENTS
NINE HOUSE OR TO THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
YES LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH
THE SCHOOL BOARD SHIN AS WELL AS
HIS OWN BOARD AND STAKE HOLDERS
AND REALLY IMPROVING OUTCOMES
FOR STUDENTS.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE I AM A
PRODUCT OF THE LONG BEACH
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING
WITH SUPERINTENDENTS NINE HOUSE
EARLY IN MY CAREER AND IT'S JUST
WONDERFUL TO HAVE HIM ON THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE.
OKAY ASIDE FROM MS FONG'S FAMILY
WHO.
WHO STOOD UP IN SUPPORT?
MR MINE.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION THIS MAY BE
A LITTLE UNORTHODOX BUT I
RECEIVED A TEXT FROM ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BONTA WHO'D HOPED TO BE
HERE YES COULD I JUST BRIEFLY
SUMMARIZE THEM LOOSELY --
IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE API THAT.
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CARCASS.
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY HAS VOTED TO ENDORSE
WINDOW FONG FOR APPOINTMENT TO
THE C. ISSUE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
UNDERSTAND SHOULD BE BEFORE THE
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CONFIRMATION
WANTED TO BESURE YOU'RE AWARE
OF OUR STRONG SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
THAT'S FROM OUR API CARCASS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
MINING FOR PASSING ON THAT THAT%
MESSAGE I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
TO SENATOR LET ME ASK ARE THOSE
WHO ARE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO
AN OF THE CANDIDATES PLEASE
STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE I AND GIVEN THAT MY
COLLEAGUES LEFT I WILL THAT NOW
MAKE MY COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO
TRY TO BE SOMEWHAT QUICK ON
THEIR BEHALF --
I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE THE
ANSWERS AND COMMENTS TO YOUR
QUESTIONS YOUR OPENING COMMENTS.
I WANT TO ADD.
TO SENATOR MINING'S COMMENTS
ABOUT THE REAL COMMITMENT TO
DIVERSITY OF THE PRESIDENT'S AND
OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HIRED --
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
REFLECTS.
THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STATE AND
OUR STUDENTS AND I THINK THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT WE CAN GIVE A
LOT OF COMMENTS AND LIP SERVICE.
TO CREATING DIVERSITY --
BUT IT TAKES REAL ACTION TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN AND I'M PARTICULARLY
PLEASED TO SEE MISTER GORE HERE
WHO WAS THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE
I WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE LEFT AS I
GOT ELECTED BUT I I I I WILL SAY
IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY ISSUE
THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT WE
HAD AT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WAS
BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK.
ARE AND I I ACTUALLY HAVE
FORGOTTEN THAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT
FOR ALL THESE YEARS THERE.
AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN --
WHETHER WE'RE TALKING AND YOU
SEE OR SEE ISSUE THAT THE
APPOINTEES THAT COME BEFORE US
REALLY REFLECTED SPEND TIME
TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS.
AND THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF THE
THE FACULTY I'M PLEASE STAY HERE
DISCUSSION ABOUT --
THE COMMITMENT TO MORE FULL TIME
FACULTY AND SUPPORT FOR THEM.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE
ON ON THE DIVERSITY OF FACULTY
AND WHAT THAT BRINGS TO THE
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT.
I AS THE SPEAKER EMERITUS IN THE
AUDIENCE KNOWS.
AND I WAS SPEAKER I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE BRIEFLY AS
A TRUSTEE AND I WILL TELL YOU I
LEARNED A GREAT DEAL AND IT WAS
ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING.
UP PARTS OF BEING THE SPEAKER
ODD TO REALLY SIT AMONGST A
NUMBER OF YOU THAT WERE THERE
WHEN I WAS THERE BRIEFLY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS AND RESPONSES ON THE
THE PAY.
EXECUTIVE PAY ARE HIGH LEVEL
STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE PAY I DO
KNOW THAT YOU DO THIS VERY
THOUGHTFULLY I DO KNOW --
THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE
COMMITMENT TO PAY FOR FACULTY
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE TO DO ASIDE TO DO AS
MUCH AS YOU CAN TO SUPPORT
FACULTY.
AS WELL AS TO OUR SUPPORT IN
TERMS OF NOT INCREASING TUITION.
THESE ARE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS
I KNOW YOU TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY I
FEEL REALLY WELL SERVED.
BY THESE APPOINTMENTS THAT THE
GOVERNOR HAS MADE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU GOING FORWARD I COMMEND
ALL OF YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT YOUR SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT I WOULD ENTERTAIN
A MOTION.
THANK YOU.
FANNED OUT WE WILL CALL THE ROLL
SENATORS MINING.
MINING I'D ROUGH.
WILK WILL COME ALIVE CANNELLA
ATKINS HIGH AND WE WILL LEAVE
THE WORLD OPENED SO WHEN OUR
COLLEAGUES COME BACK THEY'RE
ABLE TO LEND THEIR VOTES.
I FEEL CERTAIN THAT THERE WILL
BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME HERE AND I
JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
FOR AS WE TRANSITION WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR THE
TRANSITION TO THE NEXT AND
ALLOW.
OUR TRANSCRIBER TO TAKE A BRIEF
--
HAND RELAXATION BREAK
[inaudible]
COULD
.
THAT SHORT BREAK WE WILL.
GET GOING AGAIN AND I ALREADY
ARE. TWO APPOINTEES ARE BEFORE
US.
CARL LONGLEY AND CARMEN RAMIREZ
--
ON THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL
BOARD.
AND I WILL I ASK YOU TO GIVE
SOME OPENING COMMENTS AND THEN
WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS
OF THE RULES COMMITTEE.
CARL WHAT ARE MR LONGLEY SORRY
LET ME START WITH YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
AT CONSENT SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE MEMBERS --
I WAS TOLD TO KEEP THIS SHORT SO
I WILL I'VE SERVED ON THE CENTER
VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY
CONTROL BOARD. FOR MANY YEARS
AND I AM PROUD OF THE MANY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THAT SIGNIFICANTLY PROTECT WATER
QUALITY THAT HAVE OCCURRED
DURING MY TENURE ON THE BOARD.
WHAT PROGRAM DURING A DEVELOPED
DURING MY BOARD CAN YEAR --
HIS THE IRRIGATED LANDS PROGRAM
IN THIS.
RIGHT PROGRAM IS CONTINUES TO
EVOLVE INTO AN EVEN MORE HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PROGRAM FOR PROTECTING
WATER QUALITY.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A
LONG TIME.
THE PROGRAM IN WHICH I TAKE
SPECIAL PRIDE IS A CV SALTS
PROGRAM STAKEHOLDER BASED
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS SEVERE
CENTRAL VALLEY SALINITY ISSUES
THAT WAS ADOPTED ON MAY THIRTY
FIRST THIS YEAR.
THAT MOVES INTO PHASE.
TWO AND IT'S THIS IS OUR VERY
INTENSE AND EXPENSIVE PROGRAMS%
OVER TIME. TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY
REGIONAL OF BORDER LIFETIME A
PROFESSIONAL WATER ENGINEERING
AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND
SUCCESS.
I SINCERELY HOPE THAT I CAN
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
FURTHERANCE OF THE IMPORTANT
MISSION OF PROTECTING IMPROVING
WATER QUALITY IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY.
VERY MUCH MISS FROM PARIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON --
YES I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
MERCED CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL
VALLEY.
MY PARENTS SETTLED THERE WHEN
THEY AFTER THE IMMIGRATED FROM
HE GO.
AND THEY'VE INVESTED THEIR LIFE
THERE AND I DECIDED TO LIVE MY
LIFE THERE AND RAISE.
MY CHILDREN THERE WITH --
WITH MY HUSBAND WE LIVE IN THE
IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF HER
SAID SO WE DEPEND ON GROUND
WATER FOR WATER SUPPLY AND WE
ALSO HAVE A SEPTIC TANK --
I'M SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURE --
AND PART OF WHERE I'M AN
ATTORNEY AND SO PART OF MY
PRACTICE IS UP IN.
MARIPOSAS SO I GET A CHANCE TO
SEE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
COME BEFORE US IN THEIR
APPLICATION IN REAL LIFE --
IT ON A PERSONAL NOTE MY PARENTS
WERE.
ARE SO IMPRESSED THAT I'M HERE
AND YEAH TICKLED ABOUT THAT BUT
ONE OF THE STORIES THAT THEY
TOLD ME IS THAT.
THEY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT
THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD ONLY
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY
LIVE.
AND WHEN WE WERE LITTLE OF MY
MOM AND MY DAD HAD NO MONEY ZERO
MONEY AND MY MOM PACKED MY DATA
TO MEET HER FOR LUNCH.
AND SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE WE
KNEW PEOPLE WHO WORKED.
ENOUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET
FREE TOMATOES ARE ORANGES.
SHE SAYS IF WE LIVED IN A VERY
POPULATED AREA DON'T KNOW WHAT
WE WOULD HAVE DONE.
SO FROM THE BEGINNING I'VE
UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF
WATER AND COOPERATION AND AND
AND HOW THINGS GO TOGETHER.
SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN --
APPOINTED AND NOW RE APPOINTED
--
UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT TODAY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M
ENTHUSIASTIC I'M REASONABLE I
THINK I'M.
A TRY TO BE SMART AND WHAT YOU
GET FOR ME IS MY BEST EFFORT.
MY BEST JUDGMENT AND I'LL ALWAYS
PREPARE.
AND TAKE THE MATTERS BEFORE ME I
UNDERSTAND THE CHARGE OF
PROVIDING.
AND PROTECTING WATER FOR A SEAT
OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS TODAY
AND IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WELL THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH
MISTER RUNNING I'M GONNA START
AGAIN WITH YOU IF THAT IS OKAY
THAT'S FINE THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND WITH THESE NOMINEES I
ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU.
FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STATE
AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITIES BEYOND THIS DIRECT
SERVICE ON THE WATER BOARD.
I ENJOYED OUR OPPORTUNITY GET A
LITTLE BIT ACQUAINTED YESTERDAY
AN IF SORRY I THINK I'LL START
WITH MISTER LONGLEY AND THEN
I'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION
FOR MISS RAMIREZ SPIT.
BOTH OF YOU IN YOUR ANSWERS
DETAILED WITH SOME GREAT
EXPERTISE THE CHALLENGE OF WATER
CONTAMINATION FROM BOTH.
AGRICULTURAL CREATED POLLUTANTS
BUT ALSO NATURALLY OCCURRING.
POLLUTANTS MANY PEOPLE THINK
THIS IS A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO THE
CENTRAL VALLEY OR TO YOUR WATER
DISTRICT BUT WE KNOW IT IT SPANS
FROM THE OREGON BORDER TO THE
SAN DIEGO BORDER BUT IF I COULD
START WITH YOU MISTER LONGLEY.
HOW'D THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM
IS ENORMOUS WE HAVE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS WITHOUT ACCESS TO
CLEAN SAFE DRINKING WATER.
HOW DO WE REVERSE THIS IN
ESTABLISH OR HONOR THE HUMAN
RIGHT? TO SAFE CLEAN DRINKING
WATER IN CALIFORNIA --
THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION SIR AND THE HUMAN RIGHT
TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ENEMY AT
THE HANDS AND GOOD SANITATION.
IS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TO WORK
VERY HARD TODAY TO ADDRESS AND
ADDRESSED SUCCESSFULLY.
OF THE I THINK THAT THE STATE
COURT REFERRED I JUST MENTIONED
THE SALTS PROGRAM THAT WAS
ADOPTED --
IS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN
THIS DIRECTION AND THE BEAT IN
THE SENSE THAT. FOR INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE FAR MEAN ON LANDS.
THAT OVERLIE --
INTO THE POLLUTED GROUND WATER.
HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
PARTICIPATE IN AN EFFORT TO
PROVIDE DRINKING WATER --
TO THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED
WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND MAY I ADD AND THAT YOU'RE
THE SENATE BILL IT TO SPONSOR.
SIX TWENTY THREE IS I THINK AN
IMPORTANT COMP THE WITH THE CV
SALTS PROGRAM.
CD SALES PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN
IMPLEMENTED YET IT WOULD JUST
PASS IT HAS TO GET THROUGH THE
SEAPORT.
AND AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW FOR THE GROUNDWATER PART WE
CAN IMPLEMENT THEN THE QUICK
AFTER CLOSE.
TO A WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE EIGHTH
OF SURFACE WATER PORTION OF IT.
BUT I THINK THAT.
THAT'S A START.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES HERE
THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN ONE
OF THEM I THINK THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE
VERY SMALL WATER SYSTEMS.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING
THIS UP BECAUSE JUST LAST NIGHT
I RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN
INDIVIDUAL AND IN A
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY TALKING
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A
PART TIME.
AGREED ONE OPERATOR WHO TOLD
THEM THAT THEIR WATER QUALITY
WAS FINED FOR OUR STAKE WHEN IN
FACT THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS OVER
THE LIMIT.
THESE FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE
TECHNIQUE --
CAPABILITY AVAILABLE TO THEM TO
REALLY GIVE THEM THE KINDS OF
GOOD ANSWERS THEY NEED.
AND TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO NEXT
HOW HOW DO WE WORK TOWARDS
GETTING STATE FUNDS. TO TO
ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM FEDERAL
FUNDS THROUGH THROUGH THE
VARIOUS PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT --
WE HAVE TO LOOK TO HOW DO WE
CONSOLIDATE.
MANY OF THE SMALL RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
AND IT JUST SAYS UP AS A
FOOTNOTE LET ME SAY THE SAME
PROBLEM EXISTS IN --
ERA AREAS WITHIN URBAN AREAS --
CERTAINLY SACRAMENTO HAS IS
SMALLER HAS DISADVANTAGED
pBOUNDARIES.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM THEY
CAN BE CONSOLIDATED AND INTO THE
CITY SYSTEM BUT WHERE WE HAVE
FOLKS OUT.
IN THE DESPAIR AND LOCATIONS IN
RURAL AREAS WE HAVE TO HAVE A
MECHANISM TO ESTABLISH
MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS. TO TAKE
CARE OF THOSE SYSTEMS AND WE CAN
DO IT BOTH FOR GROUNDWATER I
MEAN SHE'S BEEN BOTH FOR WATER
AND FOR SANITATION --
BUT SCALE IS VERY AND THESE IF
WE CAN BRING UNDER ONE
ADMINISTRATION THE LESS OVERHEAD
THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU HAVE LESS LESS IN THE WAY OF
INVENTORY OF PARTS YOU HAVE --
LESS PERSONNEL QUITE FRANKLY IN
A VERY SMALL ROOM I CAN OPERATE
A DOZEN OR MORE SYSTEMS WITH THE
KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE
TODAY.
COURSE YOU HAVE CIRCUIT WRITERS
OUT THERE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF
THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS THAT
NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF THESE
SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY
SHOWS UP ONCE TWICE THEY'RE
LUCKY THREE TIMES.
A WEEK AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM
IF MAYBE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE
SOMEONE SHOWS UP TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT PROBLEM A PULP THAT'S DOWN
OR A LINE BREAK OR WHAT HAVE
YOU.
OF WITH THE KIND OF SYSTEM WE
CAN HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENS
ELSEWHERE NEW MEXICO IS ONE GOOD
EXAMPLE --
YOU CAN.
THE SYSTEMS ARE ALARMED AND SO
FORTH YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY
THERE.
WITHIN AT LEAST WITHIN A PERIOD
OF HOURS TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PROBLEM THANK YOU AND I I KNOW
YOU HAVE EXPERTISE IN THIS NINE
PRESHEAF HERE.
SHARING SOME OF THAT
ADMINISTRATIVE SITE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BOND
FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE AND THAT'S ONE
OF THE GAPS WE HAVE FOR THESE.
UNDERSERVED DISADVANTAGE
COMMUNITIES IS THAT YOUR
UNDERSTANDING THAT'S THAT'S
CORRECT --
WE WE CAN GET MONEY TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE WE CAN'T GET
MONEY TO OPERATE IT.
THANK YOU AND IF I COULD.
MISTER MAYOR [inaudible]
THE DISTRICT.
YOU BOTH REPRESENT IN THE
REGIONAL WATER BOARD.
VERY DIVERSE LOT OF IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY.
HOW DO YOU SEE BOTH YOUR ROLE IN
THE ROLE OF THE BOARD PORTER
STEPS YOU'VE TAKEN OR THAT YOU
THINK YOU CAN TAKE? TO CREATE
MORE OPENNESS AND PARTICIPATION
PARTICULAR WITH COMMUNITIES THAT
MAY NOT BE ENGLISH SPEAKING. FOR
THAT QUESTION --
THERE'S BOTH A FORMAL ROLE IN AN
INFORMAL ROLE THAT'S DEVELOPED.
SO WE NORMALLY HAVE MEETINGS IN
SACRAMENTO OF IN A LOT OF TIMES
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARE OF AND
SINCE YOU KNOW.
DON FROM TULARE COUNTY KERN
COUNTY JUST TO ATTEND OUR
MEETINGS SOMETIMES ONLY FOR
THREE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. FOR WHEN WE SEE LIKE WE
SEE THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE SEE
THAT THERE IS --
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE BREWING
OR SOMETHING THAT'S PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT WE'VE MOVED OUR ME
WE'VE MOVED MEETINGS OR
WORKSHOPS TUTELARY COUNTY KERN
COUNTY.
AND WE'VE HAD SPECIAL SESSIONS
WHERE -- WE
ATTEND.
TO YOUR CONCERNS.
OF AND WE INTERPRETERS OUT
HEARINGS --
SO THAT.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THE
CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE THERE OR
GET A CHANCE TO TO HEAR EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IN THE PERSONAL BECAUSE OF THE
EFFORTS OF MY PARENTS I'M I'M
FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH OF
BOTH READING WRITING AND AND
SPEAKING.
AND SO THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT
I'M APPROACHED SORT OF SIDE BAR
OR EVEN FROM --
FROM THIS THE PODIUM WHERE
PEOPLE SAY CAN I PLEASE TELL YOU
WHAT I'M FEELING IN SPANISH AND
THAT'S TRANSLATED BUT I'VE BEEN.
YOU KNOW GRANTED PERMISSION FROM
THE CHAIR AT TIMES. TOO
ADDRESSED.
AND RESPOND IN SPANISH AND SO
THAT'S BEEN A SPECIAL ISSUE YOU
KNOW THEY'VE APPROACHED AND
SAID.
IT'S SO NICE T SEE SOMEONE THAT
YOU KNOW LOOKS LIKE US ON ON THE
BOARD AND I SAID WELL.
I DON'T JUST WANT TO BE PERCENT
LOOKS LIKE YOU WANNA PERSON
ADVOCATES IN.
IN IN CAN RELATE.
OF ANOTHER THING THAT THE TOOK
TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE.
IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES DAY
IN AND DAY OUT WITH WATER.
ON WATER ISSUES AND THAT
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE INVESTED
WHEN THERE WERE NO --
ISSUES HAVE REALLY PAID OFF
TODAY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES NOW
GIVEN FEDERAL CLIMATE --
PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO REACH OUT
WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES.
ANYTHING AND HAVE ANY CONTACT
WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE A
GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
AND SO WHERE A LOT OF TIMES
THOSE THINGS WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN
ADDRESSED WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET
CALLS.
FROM PEOPLE WHO WHO'VE WORKED
AND BEEN ADVOCATES THAT
COMMUNITY WHO TRUST US AND SAY
LOOK THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING OR
THESE ARE CONCERNS.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD.
OF CAN ONE OF YOUR STAFF COME
OUT THERE AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO DO THAT AND SO.
THAT SOME OF THE FORMAL THINGS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
INFORMALLY IN IN MY AREA.
WHEN THERE'S DRINKING WATER
ISSUES OR FOR EXAMPLE A MCSWEEN
SCHOOL OF WHERE MY KIDS GO JUST
HAD A AND I'VE SEEN CENTER CAN
EITHER BEFORE?
OF WE JUST GOT A LETTER LETTING
US KNOW ABOUT NO THAT'S NOT
DIRECTLY WHAT I DO.
I'M I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE ME AS THE WATER
CONTACT.
IN SO I CAN AT LEAST GIVE SOME
ORIENTATION AND SO I'M PROUD OF
THE WORK.
THAT I DO FORMALLY FOR THE
REGIONAL BOARD AND I'M VERY
PROUD TO BE INFORMALLY A CONTACT
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT.
I'M HERE --
I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THINKING JUST A FINAL QUESTION.
THE CONSEQUENCES PUBLIC HEALTH
OR ECONOMIC. TO DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY CAN'T
DRINK THE WATER.
FROM THEIR WATER SYSTEM.
HAS THAT TRANSLATE INTO THE
HUMAN IMPACT THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT.
IS IS MAGNIFIED AT THE STAGE
WHEN.
PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THEIR
WATER RATES THAT THEY NORMALLY
PAY BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO USE
SOME OF THE ALREADY LIMITED
FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY
LOW INCOME.
LOW EARNING PEOPLE CAN USE THAT
WATER TO GET ALTERNATE.
KING WATER SOURCES SO THERE'S
THE HASSLE OF GOING TO THE STORE
THERE'S THE THE FINANCIAL ISSUE
OF BUYING IT.
INTO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT ALL SEE
IN WHAT THEY'LL TELL ME IS THAT
WHEN I DON'T HAVE TIME I JUST
GET THE WATER TO BOIL IT.
AND KNOWING WHAT KINDS OF
CONTENT CONSTITUENTS FOR THEIR
WHERE THAT MIGHT WORK IN MEXICO
WHERE SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE
BACTERIAL.
HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE
DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS THAT
DOESN'T AND THE PARENTS ARE
SCARED AND AND AND FAMILIES ARE
CONCERNED THEY WANT TO DO WHAT'S
BEST FOR THEIR KIDS BUT
SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF TIME AND
MONEY --
THEY THEY TAKE STEPS THAT THEY
THINK PROTECT THEM BUT IT'S IT'S
A IT'S A IT'S A TOLL ON THEM
VERSION WHEN YOU SAY
CONSTITUENCY MEAN THE ACTUAL
POLLUTANTS IN THE WATER YES.
YES SENATOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU BOTH THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR.
HE MISTER WELK.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR OF FAME
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND
I'M HIGHLY COMPANY YOU'RE GONNA
BE REAPPOINTED SELL ABOUT MOVING
FORWARD --
THERE'S GONNA BE A QUESTION IN
HERE SO JUST BEAR WITH ME
BECAUSE I AM.
I GET FRUSTRATED WITH THE
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL
BOARD SO I KIND OF WANT TO LAY
OUT A SCENARIO THAT DOESN'T
AFFECT YOU PLACE IN MY DISTRICT.
AND AND JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU
RESPOND TO IT.
SO.
THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD
HAS SET CHLORIDE LEVELS.
PERCENT OF CREATIVE VALLEY ADD.
UP HUNDRED PARTS PER MILLION.
AND THEY NEED TO REDUCE IT WHEN
WE STARTED WE'RE ABOUT.
TWO TWENTY WE'VE MADE PEOPLE RIP
OUT THEIR SALT WATER.
YOU KNOW THEIR SALT WATER WATER
SOFTENERS ALL THAT WE'RE NOW
DOWN LIKE A ONE SEVENTEEN OKAY.
NOT A HUNDRED AND READ WHAT WE
HAVE TO DO IS THEY SAY THAT WERE
HARMING DOWNSTREAM USERS WHICH
YOU KNOW NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT
IT'S AVOCADO STRAWBERRY NURSERY
FARMERS. TO THE END THAT'S THE
SANTA CLARA WATERSHED THE
CRAIG'S WATERSHED WAS JUST TO
THE SOUTH.
HAS THE SAME USERS DOWNSTREAM
AND THERE'S A SET AT ONE FIFTY
SO IF OUR IF BARS WERE SET ONE
FIFTY WE'D WE BE DONE BUT NOW --
THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD
IS GOING TO MAKE IT SPENT A
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR NEW FACILITY.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED WE CAN'T
USE BOND MONEY FOR OPERATING
EXPENSES IN THIS PROJECT TO BE
AN ADDITIONAL FOUR POINT.
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND
THIS IS TO PLACES BURDEN ON A
HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE SO.
THEY SAY THEIR SOUND SCIENCE
BEHIND IT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE WHERE THE SOUND SCIENCE IS
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS YOUR YOUR
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND HOW DO
YOU ADDRESS AN ISSUE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION
AND AND NOT KNOWING.
SOME OF THE MY NEW* TO THAT
QUESTION IF YOU WILL.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO FREELANCE
AND MAYBE GO THE WRONG DIRECTION
GONNA COST YOU.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT
IS BENEFICIAL USES.
AND WE ALSOLOOK AT THE MAXIMUM
HAVOC LEVELS IN THE IN THE
RECEIVING WATER --
YOU MENTIONED THE BENEFICIAL
USES IN THE ONE STREAM --
THAT THERE WAS GROWERS OF
STRAWBERRIES AND OTHER PLANTS AS
I RECALL THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO
COLOR RIGHT I'M NOT AWARE OF
WHAT THE OTHER THE BENEFICIAL
USES ARE IN THE OTHER SHARING.
THE SAME STRAWBERRY AVOCADO I IT
SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A DICHOTOMY
THERE.
I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
GOOD I LIKE YOUR ANSWER.
YEAH DOCTOR LONELY CAN THAT ALSO
HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THE WITH
THE AMOUNT OF DILUTION THAT'S
AVAILABLE MAYBE OR CONSTITUENTS
ARE ALREADY NATURALLY OCCURRING
IN THE GROUND MAYBE IN.
WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE NOT
SCIENCE YEAH THIS STANDARD WAS
IT WAS LIKE ARBITRARILY SEND
SEVENTY EIGHT IT HAS NEVER BEEN
CHANGED AND EVERYBODY IS THE
SAME DOWNSTREAM USERS SIDES I
CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT NO ONE CAN
KNOW GIVES US AN ANSWER.
WELL WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT%
HORIZON IT IN A GOOD EXAMPLE IN
OUR REGION IS UP NORTH WAY UP
NORTH OVER.
IN THE MOUNTAIN AREA --
AROUND FALL RIVER MILLS HERE
BEEN THERE IT'S BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY. THREE LOVE QUESTS TO
SEE MOUNT SHASTA.
THE PITT RIVER THROUGH THERE IS
NOT A MOUNTAIN STREAM IS A VERY
SLOW MOVING STREAM.
AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING AROUND
TO LOOKING AT WE'VE BEEN BUSY
FOR A LONG TIME ON ON THEIR
GATED LANCE PROGRAM BUT WE'RE
PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE
THE BENEFICIAL USES THERE ONCE
AGAIN IT'S BENEFICIAL USES THAT
WERE SENT.
BACK WHEN THE THE IN THE EARLY
SEVENTIES WHEN WE DEVELOP THE
BASE IMPLANTS.
AND AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED
AT SINCE THEN SMALL GROUP OF
PEOPLE A SMALL EVEN SMALL GROUPS
OF PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LOOKED TO
TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ISSUES.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY
CAREFULLY AT THAT BUT IT'S BEEN
THERE IT'S WHAT'S TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW.
FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND SOME
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME
PUSHING TO GET TO GET THE
BOREDOM MOVED TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT AT THAT TO SEE IF IT'S
APPROPRIATE.
GREAT I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER
AT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU SENATOR --
SENATOR ROTH.
JUST ONE THE FIRST THANKS FOR
YOUR SERVICE. ONE QUICK QUESTION
MAYBE THIS WAS COVERED IN THE
OPENING STATEMENTS I APOLOGIZE I
WAS IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND
WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE BUT YOU
KNOW WE SWITCH BUT A LOT OF TIME
IN THIS.
UNDER THIS DOME TALKING ABOUT
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROUND WATER
MANAGEMENT.
WE DID A N. AN ACTIVE FEW YEARS
AGO TO DEAL WITH THAT WHAT DO
YOU THINK THAT THE CENTRAL
VALLEY REGIONAL BOARDS ROLE VIS
A VIS THE STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GROUND
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT.
AND ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE
WITH RESPECT.
TO THE LOCAL AGENCIES AND
HELPING THEM GET THROUGH THIS
PROCESS [inaudible]
WELL THAT'S PRIMARILY A WATER
RIGHTS ISSUE WHICH IS STATE
BOARD WITH THAT SAID THERE'S
QUITE A BIT THAT WE CAN DO --
FIRST OF ALL WITHIN SICK MOTHER
IS A WATER QUALITY PARK.
AND WITHIN THE IRRIGATED LANDS
PROGRAM IN FACT WE HAVE BEEN
VERY ON ON A OF HYDROLOGICAL.
REGION BASIS WE'VE BEEN VERY
ACTIVE IN THE STAB IN
DETERMINING WHAT WHAT
GROUNDWATER QUALITY IS
DEVELOPING ACTION PLANS. TO TO
ADDRESS THAT.
THOSE SHOULD BE THE SAME IT IS
THAT YOU SEE UNDER SIGMA.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING
NOW FOR THOSE UNDER GATED LANDS
I WOULD BE VERY MUCH SURPRISED
SEQUENCING MY GETS DOWN AND
START TO DRESS IN THE WATER
QUALITY BOARD OF SIGMA.
THAT THEY SAY I DON'T WANT TO
PAY TWICE.
WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S
IT'S OUR INTENT OBVIOUSLY TO TRY
TO MERGE THE TWO PROGRAMS WHEN
THEY GET TO THAT POINT THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE.
TO REDO WORK IT'S ALREADY DONE
THAT'S IT ONGOING PROGRAM WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO MERGE IN.
THE OTHER PART THAT I THINK IS
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THIS
IS A STATE BOARD DWI OUR
REGIONAL PROGRAM.
I MEAN AND AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
FOOD NAG IS IS THIS ISSUE OF
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE.
AND IN PASSING YOU LOOK AT THE
END THIS IS THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA KLAY HERE IN IN THEM
IN THE DRIER ISN'T IN THE SAN
JOAQUIN AND KILLER LAKE BASINS
AND DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
STREAM CHANNELS ARE VERY SMALL.
AND HISTORICALLY AND IT WASN'T
SO WE STARTED BUILDING DAMS
THAT.
TO THE CORE AND OTHERS CAME IN
AND STARTED CLEANING UP THOSE
CHANNELS.
WHEN WE USED TO GET FLOODS IT
WOULD?
I'M OLD ENOUGH I REMEMBER.
IT HEN I'M TALKING ABOUT PRE
SHAS.
THE FLOOD.
IT FLOODED.
AND IT FLOODED OUR FARM.
AND NOW THAT WAS A PROBLEM
ACROSS THE RIVER WAS CITY A
PORTABLE I GREW UP IN CENTRAL
VALLEY.
AND SO DAMN --
NO MORE FLOODING.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON FLOODING
THAT WATER ENDED UP IN SALUTES.
AND OTHER LOW LOW LOW
IMPRESSIONS IN THE GROUND AND
AND IT IT RECHARGED.
AND SO THIS BIG CALL SO WATER
SPREAD OUT AND A LOT OF IT GOT
INTO THE GROUNDWATER.
WHEN WE STARTED CHANNELING
STREAMS WE DIDN'T THANK GOD
NATURE WAS PUTTING WATER IN THE
GROUND AND WE DIDN'T THINK
ABOUT?
GOING BACK INTO THE LARGE SCALE
RECHARGED OFFSET WHAT IS NOT
HAPPENING NOW.
SO THE RECHARGE PROGRAMS THAT
ARE NOW BEING --
PUT TOGETHER AN AND IMPLEMENTED.
ARE I THINK A CENTRAL PROGRAMS
TO REALLY DO WHAT WHAT NATURE
USED TO DO.
THAT WILL BE THAT WILL NOT
ENTIRELY ADDRESS OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT OVER
PUMPING AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT
SEGMENT WILL ADDRESS.
BUT BUT THAT WILL BEGIN TO
ADDRESS THIS WHOLE ISSUE GETTING
SOME WATER BACK AND INTO THE
GROUND. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I'VE SEEN.
IS THAT GROWERS HAVE.
HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS AN
INCENTIVE FOR THEM BOTH WAYS --
I THINK 99% OF WE COME ITO
CONTACT WITH ARE GOOD STEWARDS
OF THE LAND THEY WANT TO BE GOOD
STEWARDS OF WATER ALSO.
AND SO WHAT PROGRAMS LIKE THE
IRRIGATED LANDS PROGRAMMED SOME
BEST BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
OF SHOWN.
IS THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED THIS
TECHNOLOGY WITH WHICH ALLOWS
THEM WITH PRECISION. TO APPLY
ONLY THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT
THE CROP WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO
TAKE.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY'LL DO
IS THEY'LL ACTUALLY APPLYING NEW
TREES NO LONGER THROUGH FLOOD
IRRIGATION BUT DIRECTLY ON THE
LEAF ONLY AT THE POINT OF TIME.
WHERE THE TREE WILL ACTUALLY UP
TO GET IN SO THERE'S BEEN A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MY EXPERIENCE?
OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY WITH REGARDS TO
EFFICIENCY IN GROUNDWATER SO
THAT HAS BEEN.
VERY REWARDING TO SEE I AM
SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT
GROWERS JUST FOR A SEAT ON THE
GROUND AND WAIT FOR THEM TO GROW
AND IT IS.
A SCIENCE AND AND AND WATER IS
PART OF THAT WELL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR RESPONSES IN FOR YOUR WORK
AND OF COURSE I LOOK FORWARD.
TO SUPPORTING YOUR CONFIRMATION
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THANK
YOU BOTH THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU MISTRUST HIM AND MAKE
YOU I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES
FOR THEIR VERY THOUGHTFUL AND
THOROUGH QUESTIONS AND I ALSO
THANK YOU --
FOR AND FORGIVE ME DOCTOR
LONGLEY FOR CALLING YOU MR IDEA.
WE LOOK AT THESE AND I TAKE AWAY
FROM YOUR EXPERTISE.
LET ME ASK IF THERE ARE PEOPLE
HERE IN SUPPORT OF EITHER OR
BOTH CANDIDATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO COME FORWARD TO THE
MICROPHONE.
AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND
COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.
WELL THAT CHAIR NUMBERS THE
COMEDIAN TIM JOHNSON PRESIDENCY
OF THE CALIFORNIA RICE
COMMISSION.
I'M ALSO HERE TODAY IS SPEAKING
ON BEHALF WESTERN GROWERS AS YOU
KNOW WESTERN GROWERS REPRESENTS
THE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY IN THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA
RICE COMMISSION REPRESENTS ALL
THE STATE'S RICE FARMERS AS WELL
FOR RICE.
SELLERS --
IN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PER SIDE LIKE TO ADDRESS MY
COMMENTS RELATIVE TO DOCTOR
LONGLEY --
YOU KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH DOCTOR
LONGLEY NOW FOR OVER TWENTY
YEARS ON THE REGIONAL BOARD.
RICE OF PROBABLY ONE THE
EARLIEST REGULATED CROPS IN THE
STATE WITH REGARD TO SURFACE
WATER QUALITY.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU THAT --
UNDER DOC ON THE BOARD AND
LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR OF THAT
BOARD HAS WORKED WELL AND BY
WORKS WELL I MEAN NOT ONLY FROM
A FROM A REGULATOR.
INDUSTRY'S PERSPECTIVE DOES THE
REGULATION WORK WELL.
THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY IT
WORKS WHILE I'LL TALK ABOUT WHY
THAT IS BUT ALSO FROM THE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
PROTECT RIGHT MIGHT SURFACE
WATER AND GROUNDWATER FOR
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND IT'S REALLY DOCTOR LONGLEY'S
COMMITMENT TO BEING FAIR. TO A
COMMITMENT TO STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS.
I BELIEVE THAT IN TEN YEARS WILL
BE STANDING HERE TALKING ABOUT
THE SUCCESS OF CV SALT.
I WAS A TEN YEAR STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS.
THAT WAS REALLY DEVELOPED UNDER
DOCTOR LONGLEY'S LEADERSHIP HE
ATTENDED TEN YEARS OF MEETINGS
WITH AGRICULTURE.
GW'S WHICH ARE OUR SEWER
TREATMENT PLANTS.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY
ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS
WAS WELCOME.
AS WE CRAFTED THEN A BASIN PLAN
AMENDMENT THAT WILL ALLOW
SEVERAL THINGS FIRST AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY IT GETS REPLACEMENT
DRINKING WATER GETS CLEAN
DRINKING WATER THOSE PEOPLE THAT
NEED IT.
IT ALSO PROTECTS GROUNDWATER
QUALITY MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE
AGRICULTURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
STEP UP NOT ONLY.
AND HELP PROVIDE DRINKING WATER
BUT ALSO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ARE REALLY
UNPRECEDENTED.
BUT IT ALSO GIVES AGRICULTURE
REGULATORY PATH FORWARD WE NOW
KNOW WHAT THE RULES OF THE GAME
WILL BE WE CAN MANAGE OUR CROPS
TO THOSE OBJECTIVES JUSTICE.
CARMEN HAD SAID AND I THINK
WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY WAS AT STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS THAT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
TEN YEARS AND ALL REPEAT WHAT I
SAID TO THE BOARD.
WHEN THEY CONSIDERED THE
ADOPTION A CV SALTS AND THAT'S
WHAT I'LL SAY TO THE STATE
BOARD?
THAT COMMITMENT DOCTOR LONGLEY'S
COMMITMENT REGION FIVES
COMMITMENT TO THAT STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS.
REALLY DEVELOPED A DIALOGUE AND
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE
DIFFERENT.
DIALOGUE AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT
NOT ONLY HELP TO SCRAP THE BEST
CV SALTS BASIN PLAN AMENDMENT
POSSIBLE BUT ALSO --
BUILT RELATIONSHIPS TIONS THAT
HELP SUPPORT THE BOND MEASURE
THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IN NOVEMBER
BUT ALSO OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT
THIS BODY IS CONSIDERING NOW
RELATIVE TO REPLACEMENT DRINKING
WATER.
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
WITHOUT DOCTOR LONGLEY'S
LEADERSHIP IN CENTRAL VALLEY
REGIONAL BOARDS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO A
CARMEN RAMIREZ HE'S A NEWER
MEMBERS TO THE BOARD.
BUT SHE BRINGS A GREAT
PERSPECTIVE SHE IS VERY FAIR SHE
IS ALWAYS ENGAGED AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY.
HE HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE WE WOULD
LOOK FOR THAT OUT OF A MEMBER IN
THE MERCED AREA THAT SAYS LOOK I
I HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF
AGRICULTURE.
BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME CONNECTION
ROOTS IN A GREAT UNDERSTANDING
OF THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T GET OFF FROM THIS BOARD
AS AGRICULTURE BUT WHAT WE DO
GET.
AS A STATE OR A SET OF
REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN WORK
WITH BUT THAT MORE IMPORTANTLY
NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO FORM BUT
GETS WATER TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT
NEED IT AND HELPS US TO CLEAN IT
UP MOVING FORWARD SO WITH THOSE
COMMENTS.
ABOVE CALIFORNIA RICE COMMISSION
WESTERN GROWERS OFFERS ARE
STRONG AND UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT
OF THESE TWO MEMBERS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER JOHNSON.
OTHER MEMBERS AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU --
MICHAEL BOOKER DOOR WITH WEST
COAST ADVISORS SIDE ALSO HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE THE
REGIONAL BOARD.
ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLIENTS
BEHALF OVER THE LAST TWENTY
YEARS AND WORKING WITH OCTOR
LONG WAY.
AND WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
BOTH APPOINTEES TO DASH IS
STARTED WITH THAT --
IS THIS IS THANKLESS WORK THAT
THESE FOLKS DO IT SO DIFFICULT
WHEN YOU'RE REGULATING
DISCHARGERS REGULATING INDUSTRY
AND WRECKED REGULATING WATER
USERS -- IN
THE STATE AND SO IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT WORK.
A THANKLESS WORK BUT IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT WORK AND SO WE JUST
APPRECIATE THAT THEY COME
PREPARED.
THAT THEY'RE THOUGHTFUL THAT
THEY'RE OPEN TO SOME OF THE
REGULATED COMMUNITIES AND WE
HAVE FOUND THAT OVER THE YEARS
WITH DOCTOR LONG.
AND WE'RE FINDING THAT WITH --
A MIS REMEMBERS THIS WELL AND SO
WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
THEIR APPOINTMENTS TODAY THANK
YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE LAUREN
ONLY PAYCHECK ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL
CALIFORNIA COTTON JENNER'S AND
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS
CALIFORNIA DAIRIES INK AND
WESTERN AND PROCESSORS
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS PREVIOUSLY STATED WE ARE
ALSO IN SUPPORT OF BOTH DOCTOR
LONGLEY AND MR MARIS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHERS IN
SUPPORT.
INDIVIDUALS HERE IN OPPOSITION
IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND
GIVE ME YOUR NAME.
IN BRIEF COMMENTS I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU.
IAN FOR FRIENDS OF THE NORTH
FORK IN AMERICAN RIVER GROUP.
AND THANK YOU PRO TEM THAT
CONCERT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE AT THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD.
THE SAME CHAIR WAS THERE IN TWO
THOUSAND SIX FOR OUR FIRST CALL
FAX IN PT YES THE WATER
POLLUTION PRINT PROCESS AND
THANKS TO AN ALERT SEE THE
CENTER VALLEY BOARD MEMBER WHO
WASN'T SOON NO LONGER THERE.
WE GOT THE FIRST INFLOW AND
INFILTRATION.
GOT THE FIRST INFLOW AND INFO
FLOW AND INFILTRATION CONDITIONS
IN AN ORDER.
OF INFILTRATION INTO THE THE
COLLECTION SYSTEM.
OVEN THE BOARD LATER STOP THIS
PROCESS BEFORE WAS COMPLETE.
THAT WE RESPECT THE GOVERNOR'S
CHOICES BUT THE GOVERNOR AND
YOUR CONSTITUENTS COUNT ON THE
SENATE.
WE NEED THE SENATE'S TRADITION
HERE.
THERE IS A ANOTHER HAVE ABOUT
HALF A DOZEN ISSUES OR GO
THROUGH VERY QUICKLY IN A
SUMMARY WAY.
THE IN DURING FAILURE HERE IS
THE ABSENCE OF PUBLIC FROM THE
DIRECTOR'S CHARGER PERMIT
PROCESS THE NPT S. CLEAN WATER
PROGRAM.
A PROCESS AND THE WDR --
STATE WATER STATE A PORTER
COLOGNE ACT.
IT JUST THE SUMMERS'S WE NEED
COMMUNITY MEETINGS WORKSHOPS AND
TRAINING ON THESE CRITICAL
ISSUES ESPECIALLY FOR THE THE
SEWER PLANTS AND THAT'S WHERE.
MOST OF OUR WORK IS HAND IN THE
AREAS I'VE WORKED ON A BAN ON
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS LIKE THE COST
OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE STATE
BOARD.
OR OR WHAT WATER.
DRINKING WATER ONE IN THE
REGION.
THOSE WERE MADE UP OF ALMOST
ENTIRELY.
OF THE STAKEHOLDER OF OF THE
DISCHARGERS.
VIRTUALLY NO.
GENERAL PUBLIC THERE HAD NO
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS OF AND SOME
OF THEM SIMPLY OPERATOR THIS
ABOUT THE AGRICULTURE ONCE WAS
AND WITH WHICH I HAVE NO
EXPERIENCE.
THERE INTERNAL LOBBYING GROUPS
FOR DISCHARGES IN THE FACT.
NOW A KEY ISSUE WE HAVE PROBABLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE RECENT
ONE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS A
GENERAL ORDER. FOR OF ABOUT A
DOZEN THERE IT AND NUMBER OF THE
SEWER PLANTS. TO GO INTO A
GENERAL ORDERS THAT ARE
SUGGESTED TO BE INSTEAD OF THE
INDIVIDUAL NPDES.
PERMIT FOR EACH PLANT I MEAN
THAT IS THE LINCHPIN OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT.
AND THE WAY THAT THE PUBLIC AND
YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED TO GET
INVOLVED.
IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY HAS TO
OPERATION WHICH DIRECTION
THEY'RE DOING THE HEAD IS REALLY
ESSENTIAL IF THEY ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE.
TO JUDGE WHETHER THE WATER RATES
ARE PAYING SET PROPERLY OR IF
THEY'RE BEING.
AT THE BENEFIT.
THEY'RE PAYING.
FOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CLEANED UP.
BEFORE IT WENT IN THE SEWER
SYSTEM.
UP NOW. SEVEN MONTHS AFTER I
WORKED HERE IN THE SENATE IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO I WAS
TESTIFYING TO CONGRESS ON THE
CLEAN WATER ACT WE AUTHORIZATION
AND A FOCUS THERE ON THE
INDUSTRIAL.
PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT THAT
I WANTED TO FOLLOW YORK CITY AND
A CHALLENGE IN THE NPDES PROCESS
THE INS AND THE THE
IMPLEMENTATION WHICH WE DIDN'T
SUCCEED BUT THE FOR THE PRI THE
SUBSEQUENT ODYCH AUDITS SHOW
THAT WE WERE WE WERE CORRECT IN
OUR CONCERNS.
NOW.
WE THOUGHT THAT IT ON OUR
SECOND.
RENEWAL BEFORE BEFORE COLFAX
THERE WAS WARDING IN ORDER THAT
WE THOUGHT MEANT.
THAT.
THE BOARD SUPPORTED DOING.
AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT WHETHER
COLFAX AND NEEDED AN INDUSTRIAL
PRE TREATMENT PROGRAM.
IT'S MANDATORY TO HAVE MORE THAN
FIVE MILLIONS OF GALLONS A DAY
BUT COOL FAXES LESS THAN THAT
HOWEVER.
WHEN IT CAME TO EPA PAYING FOR
THAT STUDY THE REGIONAL BOARD
SAID ALL THEY ONLY NEEDED TO
STUDY ONE DISH CHARGER?
OF A SWEET DRINK BREWER --
THEN.
THAT COLFAX SAID WAS THE ONLY
PERMIT NEEDED THE AUDIT FOR THAT
SHOWS MULTIPLE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS
AND HEADACHES WITH THAT PROJECT.
BUT NO RECOMMENDED.
ENFORCEMENT.
SO IN NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO PRE
TREATMENT THE PURPOSE WAS TO
CLEAN UP SEWAGE SLUDGE TALK TO
END TODAY.
IT'S ESSENTIAL AND I'M COMING TO
THE KEY REASON I'M HERE FOR YOU.
ESSENTIAL FOR RECYCLED WATER FOR
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION FOR
GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND FOR
DIRECT POTABLE WASTE WATER USE
REGULATIONS THE LEGISLATURE
VOTED A DEADLINE [inaudible]
FOR AND THE CENTRAL POINT TODAY.
IS THAT FOR TWO THINGS.
POOR POTABLE WATER FROM SEWER
PLANTS.
AND WHAT THEY DID DIVISION OF
DRINKING WATER THAT WAS
TRANSFERRED IS TRANSFERRED FROM
THE HELP FROM HEALTH AND SOUPS.
HUMAN SERVICES. TO THOSE WHO
STAYED TO THE WATER BOARDS A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE NEED APPOINTMENTS NOW WITH
BACKGROUNDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
EPIDEMIOLOGY WATER QUALITY
ENGINEERING.
WATER ECOLOGY AND SOME ENGINEERS
SURELY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING.
LAWYERS ARE HELPFUL BUT THE
BOARD CHAIR SEATED SO LONG.
WITH A MIXED RECORD.
IS REASON TO CHANGE THERE ARE
IMPORTANT ISSUES BEING
ADDRESSED.
WE ARE WORKING ON ISSUES THAT
ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN THAT
WE FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO BE
AWARE OF ON MAJOR ISSUES LIKE
WATER RECYCLING [inaudible]
AND BUT THERE IS OTHER ISSUES
ESPECIALLY THE PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT PROCESS SO WE NEED A
CHANGE OF THIS BOOK ON THIS
BOARD.
IS STARTING NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMMENTS THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE THE TESTIMONY
FROM ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY
IT'S CLEAR TO ME.
THAT --
FOLKS ARE ENGAGED OBVIOUSLY
PUBLICLY AND IN THE WORK TAKEN
PLACE.
I DARE SAY GIVEN THAT THERE'S
HISTORY HERE IN TERMS OF LOOKING
AT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE CONTACTED
US UP PRIOR TO AN UP TO TODAY'S
PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT THESE ISSUES ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE ISSUES IT IS MY HOPE OF
COURSE.
THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
HERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER
TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS --
IT IS MY OPINION JUSTIN
LISTENING THAT WE HAVE TWO VERY
QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN AND
WHO ARE?
ARE CERTAINLY CONCERNED I DON'T
WANT TO DISMISS THE CONCERNS OF
THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
BECAUSE THESE ARE.
SERIOUS ISSUES AND WE LOOK AT
THE COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE I
EXPERIENCED GREAT ISSUES --
IN POTABLE DRINKING WATER AND
OTHER ISSUES AND SO --
YOU KNOW I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE
DIALOGUE AND THE CONTROVERSY AND
THE DIFFICULTY.
TODAY I EAT NOW I FEEL.
AS ONE INDIVIDUAL OF THIS
COMMITTEE ARE THAT THESE ARE
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO SERVE.
I KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT
ISSUES AS SOMEONE SAID ONE OF
THE SPEAKERS SAID --
WELL THANKLESS THAT'S AN EASY
WORD TO REMEMBER A THANKLESS
TASK I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU
DO.
I APPRECIATE HOPE YOU'VE HEARD
ALL OF THE COMMENTS TODAY OF
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
AND WITH THAT --
IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE [inaudible]
NOT.
HAPPY TO TAKE.
YOUR MOTION CENTER FOR WANTING.
MADAM SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS MINING.
MORNING I ROUGH NIGHT WRATH I
WILL WRITE WILL DIE CANELLA.
NO I ACTIONS BY.
THAT IS SAW IT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
I CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION ON GIVE IT A FEW MINUTES
HOW -- I'M
SORRY WE YES WE CAN MEANS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR VICE
CHAIRMAN --
I WILL ASK WELL WHILE WE'RE
TRANSITIONING IF THE SECRETARY
WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ON ITEM. ONE EIGHT THROUGH E..
THE CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SENATORS ROSS.
ROSS I'D CANNELLA CANAL I THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THAT VOTE FOR THE
TRUSTEES IS FIVE ZERO I'M SURE
THEY WILL BE THRILLED TO HEAR IT
WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND AGAIN WE ARE TRANSITIONING
TO EXECUTIVE SESSION