RULES COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
MADAM SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS MINING HERE MINING HERE
ROTH.
ROTH HERE WILK RESIDENTS WILL
CARE CANNELLA.
ATKINS HERE ATKINS HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR VICE CHAIR I
IS ON HIS WAY SOON TO BE HERE.
BUT THAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO
IS GO AHEAD AND DISPENSABLE
ITEMS THAT WE WILL NOT NEED TO
HEAR.
SO I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO
APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
APPEAR ITEM AYE THROUGH T.
I WOULD ASK.
FOR I THINK YOU IF IF YOU WOULD
MR --
SENATOR WILK LET ME ADD ITEM
NUMBER THREE THE REFERENCE OF
BILLS TO COMMITTEES.
ITEM NUMBER --
FOUR THERE IS A RULE WAIVER
REQUEST.
AND ITEM NUMBER --
FIVE OF SLORC KNOWLEDGE BEEN
REQUESTED WEEK AND THOSE WOULD
THAT STILL BE A MOTION.
SO MUCH SENATOR.
WITH FAT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
SENATORS MONEY.
MONNING AYE.
ROSS AYE WILL.
WILK AYE CANNELLA ATKINS MY
CONCERN I SO WHAT PLACE THAT ON
CALL.
AND WE WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED ON ITEM NUMBER ONE A
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES REQUIRED
TO APPEAR.
AND WE WILL START WITH OUR
COMMISSIONER FROM THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL --
WORN STANLEY BUT I WOULD.
TO GIVE THE COURTESY TO OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM THE ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JONES SAWYER
SENIOR TO MAKE GUYS SOME OPENING
BRIEF COMMENTS.
THANK YOU HERE.
AND I'M HONORED TO GET
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
MEASURE [inaudible]
WARRANTIES.
QUESTION CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY
ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE.
I AM A FIFTY REALLY FAMILIAR
WITH THAT ONE ONLY TO CHIEF PETE
DOES BUT WHAT ALL OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT DOES.
HOWEVER COMMISSIONER STANLEY.
HAS SHOWN HIS DEDICATION AND
COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA BY SERVING OVER
THIRTY SIX YEARS.
ON THE HIGHWAY CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL.
IS HELD EVERY POSITION IN C. H.
P. AND HIS EXCEPTIONAL WORK
ETHIC LED HIM TO BE APPOINTED TO
BE.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND NOW TO THE
COMMISSIONER POSITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
COMMISSIONER STANLEY.
IF POINTED WILL BE THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN IN HISTORY THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO
SERVE AS COMMISSIONER.
I ALSO LIKE TO TO HIGHLIGHT DEAD
AS ACTING COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER STANLEY LEAD TO SEE
HP.
THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S MOST
DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLIEST
WILDFIRE.
SEASON ON RECORD.
UNTIL THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR LAST YEAR FIRED BURNED
OVER ONE POINT THREE MILLION
ACRES COST FORTY THREES FOR
TALENT HE'S.
ON TO FIX HOUSE OF WHICH WERE
FIREFIGHTERS ACOSTA ST AT LEAST
NINE BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES
[inaudible]
TELL YOU.
THAT HE HAS SERVED AS DEPARTMENT
WELL BUT ALSO HAS PERFORMED
EXCEPTIONALLY.
UNDER FIRE.
IN THE TIME WHEN THIS STATE AT
THAT TIME HAD THE WORST FIRE.
IN IN THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA.
THE COMMISSIONER BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE JOB LEAN THE CHP IN
SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING DOZENS
OF EVACUATIONS.
ROAD CLOSURES AND RESCUE
MISSIONS DURING THAT TIME.
AND THEN.
WE ARE FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW
DURING THE ANOTHER REALLY
CATASTROPHIC FIRE SEASON.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN BUT TO SEE
HP IS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
NATURAL DISASTERS ANOTHER CRISIS.
AND COMMISSION STANLEY HAS
ALREADY PROVEN MORE THAN CAPABLE
OF ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE
PUBLIC.
MEMBERS FOR THESE REASONS I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF
WARREN A STANLEY FOR
COMMISSIONER THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ASSEMBLY
MEMBER THAT'S A THAT'S A STELLAR
INTRODUCTION.
AND DIE WHILE YOU'RE NOT A
MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE IN VOTE
I'M SURE THAT THAT'S GOTTA.
BE A RINGING ENDORSEMENT THAT
WILL THE SCALES --
AS WE GET TO THAT POINT BUT NOW
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY AND FOR THOSE GREAT
REMARKS.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR
AYE CONFEREE --
WARREN STANLEY TO MAKE HIS
OPENING COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL
GET RIGHT INTO CONVERSATION WITH
THE WITH THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COULD
HAVE WELL KNOWN SENATOR CANNELLA
SENATOR MONNING SENATOR ROTH.
AND SENATOR WORLDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CONSIDERING MY APPOINTMENT AS
THE NEXT COMMISSIONER OF THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND EXCITED
TO LEAD THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION
AND I WANT YOU KNOW I COULDN'T
BE MORE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT
ARE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN DO
EVERY DAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR
TOWARDS A MODERN HAVING
EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
THAT IS DEDICATED TO SERVING THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
HAVE SO PRIORITIES AS
COMMISSIONER OF THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL.
I WILL EXPAND OUR EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE THE TRUST BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUTER.
BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS IN THE
COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
FOCUS ON MAKING CALIFORNIA'S
ROADWAY SAFER FOR EVERYONE.
AND WORK TO IMPROVE OUR
EFFICIENCY ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY ROLE INCLUDING MAKING
SURE WE ALWAYS READY TO THE
CITY'S FIRST RESPONDERS AT THE
LOCAL EVER.
AND THAT ESPECIALLY IN.
THE EYES.
THE SOONEST ORDER SAID DURING
DISASTERS LIKE THE FIRES AND THE
SIZE THAT WE HAD.
I'LL MKE SURE WE'VE ALL THE
BEST PRACTICES IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR THE INNOVATIVE
PRACTICES TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN
A DIVERSE WORKFORCE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR
PRIORITIZE THE WELL BEING OF OUR
PERSONNEL.
A PRIORITY THAT IS IN SHARP
FOCUS FOR ME AS WE PREPARE FOR
THE FUNERAL FOR OFFICER MARKED
REYES WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY ON AUGUST TENTH. TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IT IS MY HOPE
THAT ARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LEGISLATURE WILL HELP
US ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS IN
BETWEEN TO MAKE CALIPHATE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES THAT
ALL OF US CAN BE PRODUCT.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE ME
FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
AS YOU CONSIDER MY CONFIRMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER --
BEFORE WE GO TO MEMBERS OUGHT TO
ASK QUESTIONS LET ME ASK YOU TO
WITH THE CALL ON THE CONSENT
ITEMS AND OF FOR YOUR ARM
BENEFIT MISTER VICE CHAIR WE DID
TYPICALLY ITEMS TWO THROUGH.
FIVE AS A CONSENT.
SENATOR CANNELLA.
CANNELLA AYE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT AS A
UNANIMOUS DECISION AND NOW OFF
LET ME ASK MR MONNING WOULD YOU
LIKE TO START US OFF.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
IN LET ME START BY
CONGRATULATING THE COMMISSION ON
YOUR APPOINTMENT FROM THE
GOVERNOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
STELLAR. THIRTY SIX YEARS OF
SERVICE --
AND ALSO LIKE START BY JUST
OFFERING THE CONDOLENCES I
BELIEVE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE
FOR THE LOSS OF OFFICER GRIS.
IT'S PAST WEEK --
AND WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONVEY
OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY
TONE OF YOUR TEAM.
I WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE THAT THE
HOW A PATROL PLAYED IN MY
DISTRICT WHEN WE LOST TWO
OFFICERS IN SANTA CRUZ.
AND TO ALLOW THE OFFICERS OF
THAT DEPARTMENT TO ATTEND THE
MEMORIAL.
IN SAN JOSE THE HIGHWAY PATROL
PROVIDED.
SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF SANTA
CRUZ AND I KNOW YOU WERE
INVOLVED IN THAT DEPLOYMENT SO I
WANNA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVICES
WHILE [inaudible]
HOME.
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE OH WE HAVE
HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE
MANY FUNCTIONS THAT YOU WILL NOW
LEAD IN OVERSEEING.
WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
ó ONE OF THE ISSUES WE
DISCUSSED WAS.
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
FEMALE.
SOARING FEW MY SHARE WITH THIS
LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IN THAT REGARD IN PROSPECTS FOR
THE FUTURE.
WELL I BELIEVE OUR PROSPECTS FOR
THE FUTURE ARE VERY BRIGHT --
OVER THE LAST YEAR OR YEAR AND A
HALF WE SEE AN INCREASE.
AND RECRUITMENT OF FEMALE
OFFICERS INTO OUR RANKS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT THIS.
CLASS ACADEMY CLASS.
AND THAT WILL REPORT ON MONDAY
AUGUST TWENTIETH --
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ONE
HUNDRED CADETS IN THAT CLASS IN
OF THE HUNDRED CADETS THAT.
AND WILL BE IN THAT CLASS WILL
BE. EIGHTEEN FEMALE RECRUITS
WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT --
ON AUGUST THIRD AND WE GRADUATED
A CADET CLASS OF FIFTY ONE NEW
OFFICERS IN IN THAT CLASS THERE
WERE.
HAVE FIVE FEMALE OFFICERS THAT
GRADUATED.
AND THE CURRENT CADET CLASS
EIGHT ZERO RIGHT NOW THAT WILL
GRADUATE NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH.
WE HAVES --
SEVEN FEMALE CADETS IN THAT
CLASS.
AND WE'RE ALSO A AND THOSE OF
THE CLASSES THAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT BUT AS FAR AS RECRUITING
WE ARE WORKING.
VERY WELL WHAT THE A NUMBER
STAKEHOLDERS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT IN THE CRENSHAW DISTRICT
AND ARE SOUTHERN DIVISION OFFICE
THEY HAVE A CAN.
AND WHAT THE TEAM IS
SPECIFICALLY FOREST'S THEY PLAY
SEVERAL ROWS.
ONE IS TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY
CURRENTLY ARE TRAFFIC SAFETY
MESSAGE OF WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITIES AND THE TRAFFIC AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AIR.
THAT TO KNOW THE SERVICES WE
PROVIDE TO THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT MAINLY IN THE CRENSHAW
DISTRICT BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT LA
COUNTY.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT THAT
GROUP DOES IS THEY'RE THERE TO
HELP RECRUIT.
A WOMEN THAT THE OF OF ALL RACES
I HAVE.
AND THEN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES.
AND HISPANICS FROM AT THAT PART
OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA NAY BEEN
DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND THEY ALSO I WORK WITH THE
SCHOOL LOCAL SCHOOLS DOWN THERE.
AND PROVIDING TRAFFIC SAFETY
MESSAGES SO IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
THANK YOU AND THEN ANOTHER AREA
WE DISCUSSED AND I KNOW THIS IS
A BROAD SUBJECT BUT THEME WITH
THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN
CALIFORNIA THE CHALLENGE FOR
YOUR TROLL OFFICERS ANNA.
IN MEASURING DEGREES OF
IMPAIRMENT I KNOW THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO GOOD TESTING
MECHANISM BUT MAYBE IF YOU COULD
JUST UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON
QUOTES.
UNFOLDING IN A FEW NOTICED --
ANY INCREASE IN TRAFFIC RELATED --
INCIDENTS RELATED TO IMPAIRED
DRIVING.
YEAH AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO
IMPAIR DRIVING WHEN THEY COME
SPECIFICALLY TO CANNABIS THERE
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES.
UNLIKE --
ALCOHOL WHERE THERE'S A
PRESUMPTIVE LIMIT POINT ZERO
EIGHT THERE'S NO PRESUMPTIVE
LIMIT.
AT THIS POINT FOR CANNABIS.
PHYLLIS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WERE
TASK WOULD.
AND WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN
DIEGO THEY HAVE A CANNABIS
RESEARCH CENTER DOWN THERE WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH THEM
[inaudible]
ON IF THERE IS A WAY TO
DETERMINE LE.
AT WHAT LEVEL.
I WOULD TEACH SEE IN THE SYSTEM
WOULD SOMEBODY BE IMPAIRED.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS A
DEVICE TO MEASURE IMPAIRMENT --
OUT ON THE ROAD OUR OFFICE OF
USE OF WHAT WE CALL A PASS A
PRELIMINARY ALCOHOL SCREENING
DEVICE.
A DEVICE THAT THEY CAN USE TO
TEST SOMEONE'S --
ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE FIELD --
RECENTLY THERE BEEN SEVERAL
COMPANIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED
SOME DEVICES --
WE PURCHASED TWO OF THEM.
AND OUR IMPAIR DRIVING UNIT AT
OUR HEADQUARTERS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE IN
OUR DRUG RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
DECEIVE GOES WILL BE ABLE TO
HELP US THAT DETERMINE USE IT AS
AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL SEAT THEY
CAN HELP US DETERMINE OF
SOMEONE'S IMPAIRMENT.
THANK YOU IN HIS.
IS IT CORRECT THAT OFFICERS CAN
STILL CONDUCT A FIELD SOBRIETY
TESTS HARPER.
IMPAIRMENT WHATEVER THE CAUSE OH
YES THEY CAN STILL DO THAT FIELD
SOBRIETY TEST --
IS DOING BUT WE DO THOSE AND THE
WAS STILL BE ABLE TO USED NOT
ONLY FILL SOBRIETY TEST BUT
OTHER OBSERVATIONS --
TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEONE IS
DRIVING.
OF THE INFLUENCE OF IT CANNABIS
OR OR OTHER DRUGS [inaudible]
MEET.
BOB THANK YOU AGAIN I JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE --
SERVICE COMMISSIONER THANK YOU
IRAQ THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
[inaudible]
THANK YOU [inaudible]
SENATE WILK.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
CONGRATS CONGRATULATIONS I CAN
SENATOR HOW --
THEY REALLY ENJOYED OUR OUR
CONVERSATION YESTERDAY BILL
REALLY --
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU I
THINK YOU ANSWERED A MALL
YESTERDAY --
ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE EXTEND
YOU KNOW MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES
TO THE GRACE FAMILY.
AND JUST A REMINDER JUST HOW ON
CHANGERS THE JOB OF A CHP
OFFICER IS UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME
IN MY DISTRICT WE ARE HOME TO
THE NEW HOME MASSACRE.
WHERE WE LOS FOUR CHP OFFICERS
IN FIVE MINUTES IN JUST A BRUTAL
BRUTAL BRUTAL KILLING SO?
YOU AND YOUR AND YOUR MEN AND
WOMEN OUT THERE ON THE FRONTLINE
EVERY DAY AND JUST REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND I
KNOW YOU CAN DO GREAT THINGS --
OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND
JUST YOU KNOW BEST OF LUCK TO
YOU.
BECKY CENTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR ROTH.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR NOT A
QUESTIONBUT JUST A A COMMENT
FIRST CONGRATULATIONS AND
COMMISSIONER [inaudible]
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF FIRST
MEETING THE COMMISSIONER BACK IN
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SHIRLEY
AFTER I TOOK OFFICE AND TOOK MY
SEAT UP HERE IN THE SENATE WHEN
HE WAS AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
AND I HAVE TO SAY FOR THE GROUP
HERE IN MY COLLEAGUES I WAS A
CERTAINLY IMPRESSED.
WITH HIM THEN AND I HAVE
CONTINUED TO BE IMPRESSED WITH
THE THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS
LEADERSHIP OF EVERY DAY OF EVERY
YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE AN
EXTRAORDINARY --
INDIVIDUAL EXTRAORDINARY
PERFORMANCE AND I HAVE TO SAY
THAT WE WITNESS YOU OR YOUR
LEADERSHIP --
IN THE DISTRICT BOTH MY DISTRICT
STAFF IN THE CONSTITUENTS THAT
WE SERVE.
ON A DAILY BASIS DOWN THERE AS
WELL AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
VERY VERY MUCH FOR A FOR YOUR
EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY THE EXTRAORDINARY
WORK.
OF YOUR PERSONNEL AND I WILL BE
DELIGHTED.
TO US SUPPORT THE CONFIRMATION --
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR IF YOU
SENATOR THAT WOULD THAT WOULD
PASS ON YOUR KIND WORDS TO THE
MEN AND WOMEN.
IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH --
SENATOR VICE CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU I AM I JUST A COMMENT
I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY THOUGHTS --
AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE. TO THE
OFFICER AND FAMILY I THAT YOU
LOST OR THAT WE HAVE LOST.
NAM IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITMENT
AND DIVERSITY AND THANK YOU FOR
THE UPDATE ON WOMEN AYE
CANDIDATES AND IN THE ACADEMIES.
I WOULD JUST POINT OUT IT LOOKS
LIKE WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
CERTAINLY IN THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES --
HISPANIC LATINO LOOKS YOU KNOW.
LOOKS PROMISING --
BUT CLEARLY TO HAVE THE OFFICERS
REFLECT THE STATE DIVERSITY SO
I'M SURE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO
YOUR HEART ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN
OF COURSE.
WHO WOULD IS EVERY EVERY DAY --
I APPRECIATE THAT IN LOOKING AT
USE OF FORCE ARE.
CLEARLY IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
HAS HAS FARED FAIRLY WELL IN
TERMS OF THE STATS IN THE
NUMBERS --
THE INCIDENTS THAT ARE
HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SEEM TO BE MORE AND SAN
BERNARDINO LOS ANGELES COUNTIES
AND ANOTHER THERE ADJACENT AND
CLOSE TO ANY COMMENTS ON EVAN
AND CLEARLY VOLUME I'M SURE
VOLUME I HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
THAT PARTICULAR IN THE LA AREA.
ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON ON
THIS ISSUE IN THE WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING.
BUT I THINK THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT ONE
OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
DOING AND WHEN I SEE WE'VE UC'S
PMI MY EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT'S
SITTING BEHIND ME.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW
UNDER REVISION OF OUR OF OUR USE
OF FORCE MANUAL.
WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW ONE
OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT.
IS COMING ONLINE AND WHEN I MEET
ONLINE IS LITERALLY COMING ON
LINE WE ARE BUT TOGETHER A
PERSONAL IN TRAINING DIVISION
THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AN
ONLINE TESTING PROGRAM.
SO THAT WE CAN TEST OUR
UNIFORMED PERSONNEL.
THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS ON USE
OF FORCE --
PURSUITS --
THAT PURSUITS AND THE OTHER
HIGHWAYS STOPS OF THAT MAJOR
THEY CAN TAKE ONLINE TESTS AND
WE CAN GET THE RESULTS RYBACK
ALSO SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
WE CONTEST AMONG THAT ONLINE.
ALSO IT IN REGARDS TO OUR USE OF
FORCE TRAINING --
EVERY OTHER YEAR OUR OFFICERS
ARE REQUIRED. TO RECERTIFY IN
WHAT WE CALL PM A PHYSICAL
MATHIS EVERESTOR DEFENSIVE
TACTICS THE REQUIRED TO DO THAT
EVERY OTHER YEAR.
BUT EVERY YEAR THE REQUIRED TO
GET EIGHT HOURS OF ANNUAL
TRAINING.
AND USE OF FORCE AND THE OTHER
THING THAT WE DO WE PUT OUT
SOLID REALISTIC --
ONGOING VERIFIABLE TRAINING
EVERY DAY IS BASICALLY WHEN THE
SERGEANT --
COMES INTO THE BRIEFING ROOM.
EVERY DAY THERE'S A AT A ONE
PAGE TRAINING ITEM AND THE
SERGEANT HERE SHE REACHED THAT
ONE PAYS TRAINING ITEM ABOUT.
JUST DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON
IN THE STATE AND M. WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AND AT LEAST TWICE A
MONTH A THOSE THOSE SOLID
REALISTIC ONGOING VERIFIABLE
TRAINING SCENARIOS.
THAT ARE AT LEAST TWO THAT DEAL
WITH THE USE OF FORCE SO.
OUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING
TRAINING ON THE DAILY BASIS WERE
ALWAYS TAKING A HARD LOOK ON OUR
DOING THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
DONE -- BY
MY PREDECESSOR COMMISSION FAIRLY
STARTING IN.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND WE'VE
RECEIVED ACCREDITATION IN TWO
THOUSAND TEN FROM THE COMMISSION
ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES KILLILEA --
WE WENT THROUGH THEM WE GOT
ACCREDITATION NOT ONLY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM BUT FOR OUR
TRAINING ACADEMY IN FOR OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH PROGRAM.
AND WHAT COULD FILIA DOES.
THEY COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT YOUR STANDARDS ALL YOUR
POLICIES ARE ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED
AND BEFORE POLICIES THAT THEY
TAKE A LOOK AT AND THEY TAKE A
LOOK AND TO SEE IF THEY MEET THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS OF
PROFESSIONALISM AND WE WERE ABLE
TO DO THAT.
AND UP UNTIL.
JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO OR A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE WERE THE
LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
IN THE NATION. TO BE ACCREDITED
BY COOLEY.
A RECENTLY SHOT CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT GOT ACCREDITED
[inaudible]
SO.
CONSISTENTLY WERE ALWAYS TAKE A
LOOK AT ALL OUR POLICIES BUT
PARTICULAR USE OF FORCE.
WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
TO BE REALLY PROUD OF AND GIVEN
THE DATA AND THE NUMBERS IT
SEEMS LIKE IT WORKS.
IT DOES IT DOES IT BECAUSE IT
MAKES US TAKE A HARD LOOK AT
OURSELVES BECAUSE I THINK.
ALL OF US ALWAYS THINK THAT
WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB BUT WHEN
YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN FROM
THE OUTSIDE AND SAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING
THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
OBJECTIVE AND SAY THAT YOU ARE
DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO A
LITTLE BIT BETTER OVER HERE TO
HAUNT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IS
MADE.
US ALL BETTER.
WELL CONGRATULATIONS THINKING I
KNOW YOU'LL KEEP WORKING AT IT I
WILL BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER SORT
OF RELAX ON THESE ISSUES BUT I
WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THIRTY
SIX YEARS AND THE FACT THAT
YOU'RE COMMITTED AND WANT TO
CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK --
I WON I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY CLEARLY WE GOT A LOT OF
WORK --
COMMENTS --
FROM FOLKS TAT WERE POSITIVE SO
THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO YOUR
SERVICE FIGURING.
WITH SAD LA I'M GOING TO ASK IF
WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT.
OF THE COMMISSIONER IF YOU COULD
STEP UP TO THE MIKE I WOULD ASK.
IN THE INTEREST OF SO MANY
APPOINT TODAY THAT YOU GIVE YOUR
NAME AND BE BRIEF IF YOU
POSSIBLY CAN WE WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT COME ON FORWARD.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
BROOKS ALISON ON BEHALF OF A
NUMBER OF CLIENTS CALIFORNIA
TOOK TRUCK ASSOCIATION EMERGENCY
ROAD SERVICE COALITION OF
AMERICA.
WESTERN STATES TRUCKING
ASSOCIATION OF NO INTEREST OR
STANLEY FOR QUITE A WHILE WE
WORK TOGETHER HE IS TOUGH FAIR
REASONABLE AND ACCESSIBLE AND WE
CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON
TO HOLD THAT POSITION THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS DOUG VILLAGERS ON THE
PRESIDENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION AYE WE PATROLMAN.
WE REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MEMBERS BOTH
ACTED RETIRED TO ALSO INCLUDE
COMMISSIONER STANLEY.
I AM A THIRTY FIVE YEAR ACTIVE
MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION
SEVEN YEAR PRESIDENT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT TO I'VE
WORKED ALONGSIDE THIS FINE MAN
THROUGHOUT BOTH OUR LONG CAREERS.
BUT IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
BUT HE'S A GOOD MAN HE'S A FAIR
MAN AND HE'S A GREAT LEADER.
AND IDEA I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE
TO STAND HERE TODAY AND TELL YOU
THAT I SUPPORT --
HIM FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
A MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE TIM CHIANG WITH THE
AUTO CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
A WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A
COMMISSIONER STANLEY DURING HIS
TIME IN LOS ANGELES.
A WE HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE HIGHLY --
INTELLIGENT --
PROFESSIONAL ALL THE THINGS THAT
OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY BEEN SAID.
AND A WE FULLY ENDORSE HIS HER
CONFIRMATION AS COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
REPRIMAND CHAIR MEMBERS
COMMITTEE JEFF SIEVERS ON THE
APP TRIPLE A OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
AND ALSO LIKE TO ECHO ALL THE
COMMERCE BEEN SAID IN. FOR
WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE
SUPPORT COMMISSIONER THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS COURCELLES
ALONE BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION WE WORK
WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL. FOR A
LONG TIME WE'VE WORKED THROUGH
BEGINNING OF THE COMMISSIONERS
TENURE AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BE
HERE IN SUPPORT OF HIS A
CONTINUED WORK AND CONFIRMATION
HERE TODAY THANK YOU
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I'VE NEVER WITH CAP OR TRUCKING
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING
FOURTEEN HUNDRED TRUCKING
COMPANIES AROUND CALIFORNIA AND
WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT
COMMISSIONER IN HIS CONFIRMATION
TODAY.
WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING
WITH THEM AND CAN'T THINK OF
ANYONE ELSE BETTER.
WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION
[inaudible]
COME FORWARD.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WOULD
LOVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO MOVE THANK YOU MISTER ROTH
[inaudible]
SENATORS MODDING.
MONNING AYE ROTH.
ROTH AYE WILK.
WILK AYE CANNELLA.
CANNELLA AYE ATKINS AYE INSIDE.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS COMMISSIONER
STANLEY CONGRATULATIONS USER.
WHO CAN BE AS WE ARE ADJUSTING
IN SHIFTING WE'RE GOING MOVE TO
ITEM ONE H. --
LA NAY MONTHS.
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT WATER
RESOURCES AND WILL TAKE A MINUTE
SO THAT.
SHE GETS STARTED WILL BE ABLE TO
HEAR AND GET HER OPENING
COMMENTS
.
MY MOTHER IS ALWAYS GET IT WRONG
[inaudible]
HIS [inaudible]
GLAZER
[inaudible]
DOWN.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH --
LET ME GO AHEAD AND I INTRODUCE
A IS IT NEMO THIRD NEMESIS.
FAMOUS NEMETH EYES TO SEE A
THIRD OPTION.
I DON'T LIKE TO GET PEOPLE'S
NAMES WRONG SO.
I MISS NEVER THANK YOU AND
WELCOME AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE
ANYONE THAT MIGHTBE WITH YOU
AND THEN MAKE YOUR OPENING
COMMENTS.
WHERE YOU BAD THANK YOU VERY
MUCH --
FIRST ACTUALLY JUST WALKING IN
THE DOOR IS MY MY MOM QUE AND MY
BROTHER MICHAEL WHEN MY MY
NEPHEW GABRIEL WHO ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT ME TODAY SO THANK YOU
FOR HAVING IN THIS IS A GOOD
LESSENING GOVERNMENT FOR MY
NEPHEW.
WELL HE HAD THE BEST WAY.
TO UP TO A NO OFFENSE TO YOUR
MOTHER --
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE IT IT'S TRULY AN HONOR
TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY --
TO DISCUSS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES IN AND WATER
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN
CALIFORNIA --
I WANT OPEN BY SAYING --
WE REALLY HAVE OF ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENTS CHALLENGES A REALLY
TRACE BACK TO TO FOUNDATIONAL
ISSUES AND THAT IS.
A CHANGING CLIMATE IS IS
CHANGING CALIFORNIA'S HYDROLOGY.
AND IT'S DOING THAT AT A TIME
WHERE WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE
WITHOUT PAGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THESE THINGS HAPPENING
SIMULTANEOUSLY --
OFFER A CALIFORNIA TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK OF A
REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT --
UNDER MY LEADERSHIP IDW ARE IS
CONTINUING TO A EXPAND ITS
INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES
THAT CAN GREATLY IMPROVE OUR
ABILITY TO OPERATE OUR SYSTEMS --
WITH MUCH GREATER EFFICIENCY AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
REALLY BE AT A PREMIUM AS WE WE
FACE THE FUTURE.
SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DO
THAT IS TO IMPROVE OUR ARE
FORECASTING ABILITIES IN THAT
ENABLES US TO REALLY ADAPT TO
SOME OF THE CLIMATE VARIABILITY
WE'RE NOW EXPERIENCING.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEW FLOATING
WATER QUALITY LAB AND THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
ENABLES US TO MEASURE WATER
QUALITY IN REAL TIME.
HOW IN THE DELTA AND OPERATE OUT
OF THE WATER PROJECTS WITH OF
MUCH GREATER EFFICIENCY AND COST
EFFECTIVENESS --
TO ME A SUSTAINABLE WATER SYSTEM
IS ONE THAT MAKES CONSERVATION
WAY OF LIFE.
IT ALSO EXPANDS OUR WATER
STORAGE CAPACITY --
IT INCREASES OUR LOCAL --
SELF RELIANCE AND IT RESTORES
ECOSYSTEMS. TO IMPLEMENT THIS
VISION I PLAN TO SECURE THE
STATE WATER PROJECT FOR THE
BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
OF EXPAND --
OUR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
BOTH FLOOD PROTECTION AND DAM
SAFETY --
IMPROVE OUR INTEGRATED WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.%
AND MAKES THE DEPARTMENT AN
EMPLOYER OF CHOICE OF BOTH IN
OUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE AND ALSO
FOR PRACTITIONERS OF GOOD
GOVERNMENT.
AND ON THAT LAST NOTE --
I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN AROUND THE
DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
SO I I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE
INNER WORKINGS BUT I WOULD ALSO
OFFER THAT WHAT NOW WHAT HAS
REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL SURPRISE
IS -- A FUND
AND ENTHUSIASM THAT'S INVOLVED
IN BEING THE DEPARTMENT'S
DIRECTOR --
WE HAVE AMAZING STAFF WE HAVE
STAFF THAT ARE --
ORDER SOME OF WHICH ARE IN
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THEIR
RELATIVELY NEW TO THOSE
POSITIONS.
A THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AND
INTEREST IN ADAPTING AND
CHANGING AS A DEPARTMENT TO
BETTER ENABLE US TO TO MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF OUR FUTURE --
SO WITH THAT I WILL JUST CLOSE
BY THANKING YOU AGAIN THE VERY
DOT DEEP OUR PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL HONOR TO BE WITH
YOU TODAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I USUALLY GO
LAST BUT I'M GONNA START AND GET
SOME THINGS OUT OF THE WAY --
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.
FOR TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET WITH --
MY STAFF EARLIER TODAY AND
CERTAINLY THE RULES STAFF IN
ADVANCE --
YOU HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE I'M
GLAD YOU SAID FINE AND
ENTHUSIASM IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
ACTUALLY HAS THAT KIND OF
OUTLOOK AND AND ATTITUDE --
IT'S GOOD THAT YOU LOVE YOUR JOB --
WATER AND THE MASTER PLAN FOR
THE STATE IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR
MOST CRITICAL ISSUES I KNOW WE
HAVE A SHORT LISTED SEEMS TO
GROW.
BUT AND I I KNOW YOU'RE PER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT --
I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S EFFORTS
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF
STATEWIDE WATER SUPPLY
RELIABILITY AND CERTAINLY.
AS IT RELATES TO THE DELTON ECO
SYSTEM ARE.
HAVING THAT'S LEADERSHIP ITS
VISION YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE --
BUT THAT IS THE JOB OF AN
EXECUTIVE AND TO PUT THE PEOPLE
IN PLACE THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
OUR STATE DEPENDS ON IT --
YOU KNOW I WANT TO BRING UP
SOMETHING RELATED TO THE WATER
FIX A PROPOSAL.
AND BECAUSE I AM AT THE END OF
THE PIPELINE IN SAN DIEGO.
YOU KNOW I'M NOT IMMUNE I'VE HAD
TO SIT AS A CITY COUNCIL AND
I'VE TAKEN THE HARD VOTE TO WAIT
REYES WATER RATES.
MULTIPLE TIMES THAT IS NOT AN
EASY THING TO DO AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT --
OUR RATEPAYERS OF HAD ALMOST TWO
DECADES OF ANNUAL WATER RATE
INCREASES ALREADY AND THAT'S
WITHOUT --
THE WATER FIX OR THE TUNNELS
PROJECT.
I INCLUDING DESALINATION PLANT
WHICH WAS NOT IN EXPENSIVE.
BUYING CARLSBAD WERE ABOUT TO
PAY AND HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR
MAJOR WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT
THE PURE WATER PROJECT THAT'S
GOING TO RECYCLE A THIRD.
OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S WASTE
WATER AND WE USE IT AND WE'VE
BEEN TRYING VERY HARD TO BE LESS
RELIABLE.
ON WATER SOURCES TO THE NORTH
MAINLY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD --
TO SECONDARILY I WOULD SAY IT'S
A PER [inaudible]
DO [inaudible]
BUT I AND IT'S COST US MONEY TO
DO THAT --
SO MY LOCAL WATER AGENCY.
THOUGH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER
AUTHORITY RECENTLY PUBLISHED A
MEMORANDUM.
STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION OR
WHEELING COSTS WOULD BE USED TO
DETERMINE RATES THAT CUSTOMERS
PAY.
I MET HAS COUNTERED WITH ITS OWN
MEMO AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP --
IT IT DIDN'T TO THE WATER
AUTHORITY BOARD THE TRANSMISSION
WOULD NOT BE THE DETERMINING
FACTOR.
AND I'M SURE IT SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN THERE --
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO
HAPPEN AND THE ESTIMATES HAVE
MOVED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND
TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH.
I'M SURE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN THERE BUT WHAT I WOULD
ASK IN WHAT ASSURANCES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT THE
CHARGES THE SAN DIEGO RATEPAYERS
WILL BE REASONABLE AND I NEED TO
DEFINE THAT BECAUSE WE NEVER
DEFINE THAT WORD UNTIL LATER.
AND IT CAN CHNGE HOW CAN WE BE
GUARANTEED THAT TRANSMISSION
COSTS AND STATEMENTS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN MADE WILL NOT BE
THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR
HIGHER RATES IF THAT'S WHAT
MEANT HAS SAID.
WE CAN SAY THAT TODAY.
AND SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW THERE
WILL BE A DIFFERENT CAST OF
CHARACTERS A DIFFERENT GOVERNOR.
AND YET I'M YOU KNOW WELL SIX
YEARS FROM NOW I MAY STILL BE
HERE MAYBE IF I'M LUCKY --
SO.
YOU KNOW THESE THINGS COME BACK
TO US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE'VE
ALL HAD THAT HAPPEN.
SO I ECONOMY ONE UNDERSTAND WHAT
GUARANTEE CAN BE GIVEN THAT
TRANSMISSION COSTS WILL NOT BE
THE DETERMINING FACTOR AS STATED.
UP FOR THE HIGHER RATES AND YEAH
I CAN YOU AMEND THE EXISTING SWP
CONTRACTS TO LOCK THAT INNER TO
ENSURE THAT'S THE CASE WHAT ARE
THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE.
THAT THAT'S ACCURATE.
I'M WELL THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION AND AND I DO APPRECIATE
THAT --
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RATE PAYERS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WHO ARE.
EVALUATING --
THE COSTS OF VARIOUS PROJECTS
AND AND THIS ONE IS A BIG ONE ON
IT'S GOT BIG NUMBERS THAT YOU
KNOW GIVE PEOPLE PAUSE SO I
APPRECIATE THAT AND I WELCOME
THE QUESTION --
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
DOING IS --
WE ARE -- IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PROCESS OF
AMENDING THE STATE WATER
CONTRACT --
TO ALLOCATE COSTS FOR WATER FIX
AND TO IMPROVE.
THE ABILITY --
FOR WATER CONTRACTORS SOUTH OF
THE DELTA TO ENTER INTO LONG
TERM TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS WITH
OTHER STATE WATER CONTRACTORS
THAT'S A WAY --
TO MOVE WATER TO WHERE IT'S
NEEDED UP AND TO PROVIDE SOME --
DEGREE OF PREDICTABILITY AND AS
EVERYONE IS WORKING TO ABSORB
THE COSTS OF OF UPDATING THIS
PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OF
THE THINGS --
WE'VE DONE --
THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AS PART
OF THAT PROCESSES COURSE WE
HISTORICALLY HAVE HAD TO GENERAL
A A CHARGE CATEGORIES OF
CONSERVATION CATEGORY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY --
BASED ON SOME OF THE INPUT FROM
THE SAN DIEGO A COUNTY WATER
AUTHORITY --
AND OTHER PARTIES PARTIES WHO
ARE NORTH OF THE DELTA WOULD NOT
BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT AND
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE
CHARGED FOR THE PROJECT --
WE'VE PROPOSED A A NEW CATEGORY
OF OF CHARGE ON OUR STATEMENT OF
CHARGES TO THE STATE WATER
CONTRACTORS IN THAT.
EXPLICITLY BREAKS OUT WATER FIX
THE CAPITAL COSTS AND THE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
I THINK THAT IS --
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT SIGNAL AND
THAT'S ONE THAT WILL --
WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THAT --
PUT TOGETHER THE CONTRACT
AMENDMENT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
ENABLE --
THIS NEW COST CATEGORY BUT I
THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME
THAT'S A VERY STRONG SIGNAL TO
METROPOLITAN THAT THIS IS A
SEPARATE CHARGES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
DOES NOT CONSIDER IT A
TRANSPORTATION CHARGE --
WHICH I BELIEVE --
SORT INFLUENCES IF YOU WELL THE
WAY IN WHICH METROPOLITAN ITSELF
AMONG ITS MANY MEMBER AGENCIES --
SETS ITS OWN CHARGES RELATED TO
THEIR VARIOUS WATER SUPPLIES --
I BELIEVE THAT --
TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE
WATER PROJECT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS I
THINK -- THE
DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO IMPROVE SO
THAT THE STATE WATER CONTRACTORS
AND THEY'RE OF RETAILER AGENCIES
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR SPENDING
RATE PAYER MONEY.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO MADAM
CHAIR IS --
TO LEAD A DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF
OUR STATE WATER CONTRACTORS
ABOUT HOW WE MAKE OUR OF OUR
STATEMENT OF CHARGES AND ARE
COST ALLOCATION DECISIONS MORE
TRANSPARENT.
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S
CALLED BULLETIN --
ONE THIRTY TWO THAT IS AN ANNUAL
REPORT THAT THE DEPARTMENT PUTS
OUT OF THAT DESCRIBES OF THE
OPERATING COSTS OF THE THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AND I THINK
THERE'SSOME WORK THAT WE CAN DO
THERE -- TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT REACHES
BROADER AUDIENCE --
YOU KNOW FRANKLY BASED ON THE
RATIONALE THAT IMPROVE
TRANSPARENCY ALSO IMPROVES
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT IS IS VERY INTERESTED
IN AND PURSUING THAT KIND OF
THAT KIND OF A TASK.
I'D BE DELIGHTED TO REPORT BACK
TO YOU AT A AT AN APPROPRIATE
TIME WITH THAT INFORMATION HOW
WE CAN MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT.
BY I APPRECIATE THAT I THINK --
BY THE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ISSUE
ARE WHAT BUSINESS YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS VERY BIG
AND I THINK --
CERTAINTY FOR THE AGENCIES WHO
HAVE --
ADMISSION AND IT --
JOB TO DO LOCALLY UP AND DOWN
THE STATE THEY REALLY HAVE TO BE
WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS
AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FIVE DOLLARS AND TWENTY
DOLLARS.
AND THE RATE PAYERS WILL FEEL
THAT AND SOMEHOW BETWEEN NOW AND
YOU KNOW.
THESE CONTRACTS ARE BEING DONE
NOW AND THEY'LL BE IN FOR EIGHTY
YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE
DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AND WHERE WE DO HAVE IMPACT IN
THE ABILITY --
TO A GET SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE
CONCRETE --
I WOULD LIKE THAT SO BETWEEN NOW
AND OBVIOUSLY ó WE ARE GOING
TO BE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET
THESE APPOINTMENTS DONE BY THE
END OF AUGUST WHEN WE ARE THESE
ARE IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS TO
GET CONFIRMED.
AND TO THE FLOOR SO BETWEEN NOW
AND THEN I HOPE WE HAVE A CHANCE
TO TALK A LITTLE FURTHER ABOUT
THAT -- IT
TO AND I JUST WANNA SAY I DO
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THE EXPERTISE.
I CALIFORNIA'S VERY FORTUNATE IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE
HAVE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS BOARDS.
AND CERTAINLY DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES WE ARE FORTUNATE --
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
PART OF THAT.
AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
MR ROTH WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAR
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OKAY.
A MISTER MONNING.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR --
ó JOINING CONGRATULATING YOU
ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AND FOUND
OUR CONVERSATION --
VERY SATISFACTORY IN TERMS OF
YOUR BREATH OF KNOWLEDGE WELL
THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS SON.
THE DEL TEN THAT ONGOING WORK.
IS IMPORTANT TO OUR ENTIRE STATE.
WE TALKED SOME ABOUT SEISMIC
SAFETY ISSUES WE'VE HAD THE
OROVILLE DAM THAT WAS RELATED TO
FLOODING BUT WE HAVE OTHER.
DAM SYSTEMS AROUND THE STATE
COULD YOU MAYBE JUST SHARE A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR IN
OVERSEEING OUR SAFETY AND
SEISMIC SAFETY.
HERE SO THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO
THAT ONE ARE THE TWENTY SIX
STAMPS THAT ARE PART OF THE
STATE WATER PROJECT --
IN THE STATE WATER PROJECT
ITSELF I'M AS PART OF ITS
OVERALL --
MAINTENANCE AND AND AND APPROACH
TO ASSET MANAGEMENT HAS ITS OWN
OFFICE OF DAM SAFETY THAT --
HELPS PRIORITIZE DOES INVEST
STATE WATER PROJECT DAMS AND I
HELPS PRIORITIZE THOSE FOUR OF
FOR REINVESTMENT.
SEPARATELY THE DEPARTMENT HAS OF
THE DIVISION OF SAFETY OF DAMS
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION THAT
IS A REGULATORY BODY THAT HAS
JURISDICTION NOT ONLY OVER THE
STATE WATER PROJECT BUT IN TOTAL
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED DAMS --
AND SO THE DIVISION OF SAFETY OF
DAMS OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE THE
FAILURE OF THE SPILLWAY AT OR
AVAIL --
THERE HAS.
PAST I'M SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION
TO IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO DO
THEIR WORK OUR MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS ON THAT --
THAT INCLUDES --
CONVENING OF EXPERTS TO UPDATE
THE DAM SAFETY PROTOCOLS BUT IN
CALIFORNIA THAT IS REQUIRED TO
BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR AND I'M I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE
TO REPORT THAT WE'VE CONVENE
THAT THAT BODY OF EXPERTS AND WE
ARE.
I'M HEADED TO TO MEET THAT
DEADLINE --
THE ONGOING SAFETY OF DAMS
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
SEISMIC SECURITY --
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
WE HAVE ARE THE DURATION OF OF
THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS IN THE
PERMITTING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM --
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK
THE DEPARTMENT --
PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE STATE
WATER PROJECT CAN --
CAN WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY TO
REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PARTNER
AGENCIES --
BOTH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL
LEVEL TO GET THOSE PROJECTS ON
TRACKING COMPLETED AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THEN WE
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS
THIS WHEN WE MET EARLIER AND I
WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
ON THE RECORD WE RECEIVED.
A LETTER AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT
FROM SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN
THE DELTA CAUCUS.
RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT.
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
SLATED TO YOUR CRIER EMPLOYMENT
WITH THE METROPOLITAN WATER
DISTRICT --
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN AS
TWENTY GIVE YOU CHANCE ON THE
RECORD DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY
CONTRACTUAL OR FINANCIAL
INTEREST WITH NO I DO NOT ANSWER
HIM.
AND IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO
OFFER ON HERE.
LACK OF CONFLICTS AT THIS POINT --
YOU KNOW HONESTLY I WOULD SAY AT
AS THE DIRECTOR I WORK ON A
WHOLE VARIETY OF ISSUES AND IT
REALLY IS.
INTEREST OF ALL CALIFORNIANS NOT
THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I'M --
I'M CONFIDENT THAT TIME I CAN --
PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THIS JOB
WITH WITHOUT SUCH CONFLICT THANK
YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
SHARING THAT ON THE RECORD.
I SHARE THAT CONFIDENCE AS WELL
AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH.
BRETT OF YOUR SCOPE OF
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL OF OUR
WATER ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA SO
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER WILK.
BAKE AT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
AND A CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
APPOINTMENT WE FIRST MET EARLIER
THIS YEAR WHEN HONEST VERY SHORT
NOTICE SHE CAME OVER BECAUSE I
HAD A DISTRICT STATE WATER
CONTRACTOR AND AND MIGHT CHECK
WITH THEM THAT'S BEFORE WE CAME
TO HEARING TODAY.
AND ALL THE PLEDGES THAT YOU IT
MADE US IN THAT ROOM YOU ARE
IMPLEMENTING THAT AND THEY'VE
BEEN VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE THE
PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING.
ON THE WATER ON THE WATER
TRANSFERS BY THAT QUESTION A
COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU WE'VE
ALREADY DISCUSSES SO.
I WON ITS FROM ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES THEY WANT WANTS TO
KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS
REGARDING THE DEPARTMENTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NIELSEN
GALLAGHER LEGISLATION AB.
TWELVE SEVENTY TERM SO I I
TOUCHED ON THEM BRIEFLY AND AB
TWELVE SEVENTY IS ONE OF THE ONE
OF ITS REQUIREMENTS IN IS THE
UPDATE OF THE DAM SAFETY
PROTOCOL FOR A DIVISION A DAM
SAFETY.
WHERE WELL DOWN THE PATH OF
ACCOMPLISHING THAT TASK?
THE OTHER REQUIREMENT WAS I
THINK --
HERE TO FOR THE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATION REQUIRED THE
EVALUATE.
THE FACT OF THE A. B. TWELVE
SEVENTY WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE
DIVISION OF SAFETY OF DAMS IS
DOING THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO WE HAD WE DO HAVE SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED DAMS TO EVALUATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THAT LAW I'M
WE'VE DIVIDED THEM INTO THOSE
THAT ARE EXTREMELY HIGH HAZARD --
SIGNIFICANT HAZARD HIGH HAZARD
IN THEN HIGH HAZARD SO.
THE MESSAGE IN THERE IS THAT --
THERE ARE THERE ALL HAZARDOUS WE
NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR WORK AND
IN SOME IN SOME MEASURE --
WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THOSE --
IN -- AT A
VERY SERIOUS WAY AND WILL BE
ABLE TO COMPETE THOSE
EVALUATIONS ON TIME IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION.
I THINK IT'S A FOLLOW UP TO THAT
IS YOU KNOW I HAVE.
THOSE DAMS MY DISTRICT REMITTED
IN CAST DAY TURNING CAST TAKES A
PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC FOR YOU
OF THE COMMUNITY OF CASTAIC
HELLO AND IN FACT AFTER THE
NINETEEN NINE NINETY FOUR
NORTHRIDGE QUAKE AS YOU KNOW
FIBA.
REQUIRED TO MOVE.
REQUIRED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
MOVE THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP
ON AMOUNTS SO AND YOU HAVE A
SENSE OF MORE FIRM TIMELINE IN
TERMS OF CASTAIC AND PYRAMID.
YES OUT SO ON THOSE ARE BOTH.
AND THEY ARE PRIORITIZED WITH IN
THE STATE WATER PROJECT FOR SOME
OF THE REASONS THAT YOU POINT
OUT THAT PUT SOME IN THIS HIGHER
HAZARD CATEGORY.
ON WHICH IS A CATEGORY THAT'S
NOT ONLY BASED ON YOU KNOW
EXISTING CONDITIONS BUT ALSO
SEISMIC HAZARD.
SO THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNITIES
NEARBY AND AND WHAT THE RISK IS
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY SO --
BOTH OF THOSE --
THOSE RESERVOIRS ARE VERY MUCH --
PART OF THE STATE WATER PROJECTS
EXISTING PRIORITIES WE HAVE --
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR BEGUN SOME
VERY PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS --
AS TO WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS --
THOSE PROJECTS WOULD REQUIRE --
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE
ESSENTIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT
SUCCESS AND I THINK THAT THE
OROVILLE INCIDENT REALLY --
PUT AN EVEN FIGHTER POINT ON
THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT VERY MUCH
NEEDS TO A PARTNER WITH NOT ONLY
LOCAL WATER JURISDICTIONS BUT
ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY.
JURISDICTIONS SO WE ARE A DOING
THAT OUTREACH --
BOTH TO THE STATE WATER PROJECT --
IN STATE WATER PROJECT AREAS BUT
ALSO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES --
MORE STATEWIDE WHERE WE HAVE THE
STAMPS THAT --
THAT HAVE OPPOSED THE USE
HAZARDS TO THE PUBLIC SO --
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION I'M
I'M GLAD TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION --
WITH YOU SIR AS WELL AS SOME OF
YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT I
KNOW VERY INTERESTED AND WE
WOULDVIEW AS OUR PARTNERS AND
AND HELPING TO IMPLEMENT THE
IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIRMAN.
THE COMMAND CHAIR --
FIRST QUESTION WOULDN'T WHAT IS
THE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAY DELTA
PLAN.
OF I PRESUME BY SENATOR
REFERRING TO THE WATER QUALITY
CONTROL PLAN SO TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IS
A WATER RIGHTS HOLDER --
FOR THE STATE WATER PROJECT AND
SO ANY --
NEW.
CRITERIA THAT'S DEVELOPED BY THE
WATER RESOURCES TROLL BOARD.
THE STATE WATER PROJECT WOULD
NEED TO ABIDE BY ON SO WE WOULD
BE -- AS A
CONDITION OF OUR OUR PERMITS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT WE
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE
PROJECT IN A WAY THAT MEETS
THOSE OF WATER QUALITY
REQUIREMENTS.
OKAY SCIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT FLOW
ISN'T THE ONLY FACTOR IN HAVING
A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM IN THE DELTA.
AND THERE ARE SOME NON FLOW
FACTORS THAT CLEARLY A PRODUCE
MORE FISH.
HAVE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE SOLUTIONS OF THE WATER
DISTRICTS.
I HAVE PUT TOGETHER INCLUDING
THAT'S WALL ME RIVER MANAGEMENT
PLANNED AND DO YOU INTEND TO
RESPOND TO THESE PLANS.
YOU BET --
THE DEPARTMENT IS AND ABSOLUTE
AGREEMENT WITH YOU SENATOR THAT
WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY PLAGUING
OUR OUR WATER.
SIMPLY --
LACK OF WATER BUT IS ALSO A LACK
OF ATTACHED AND OTHER FACTORS
THAT ARE LIMITING THE ABILITY OF
SOME OF OUR NATIVE OF FISHERIES
TO TO RECOVER.
THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY ENGAGED
IN AND THE VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT
ASSESS A GOVERNOR BROWN I
DIRECTED DE W. ARE --
AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE --
TO WORKS TO BRING --
SOME OF THOSE --
NON FLOW MEASURES I PREDATION
CONTROL --
PHYSICAL HABITAT RESTORATION AND
OTHER KINDS OF IDEAS TO THE
TABLE -- AS
A WAY OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD
BE --
PRODUCING A PLAN THAT'S MORE
VIABLE.
IS IT ADDRESSES THE OTHER
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN
LIMITATIONS TO TO SPECIES
RECOVERY --
AND DOESN'T DIE IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE WATER DISTRICTS AND AND
WE BELIEVE THAT --
HAS -- THE
POTENTIAL TO BE A MUCH MORE
DURABLE SOLUTION FOR US SOME OF
THESE ISSUES THAT.
WERE WERE STRUGGLING WITH IN
CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW AND THAT
THE OUR BORDERS IT IS --
WORKING TO TO UP TO UPDATE THE
THOSE --
FLOW REQUIREMENTS IN WATER.
IN THOSE PARTICULAR WATERSHEDS.
HOWEVER THE VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENTS OF PROGRESSING
BECAUSE WHO WATER BOARD JUST HAS
A GUN AT THE HEAD OF ALL THE ONE
DISTRICTS THEM.
RIGHT NOW JUST SEEMS LIKE A
THREAT AT THIS POINT SO IS THERE
ANY POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THAT.
WELL I AM SO JUST THIS AFTERNOON
I KNOW THAT SECRETARY LAYERED --
REQUESTED OF THOUGH WATER BOARD
CHAIRMAN FELICIA MARKETS THAT --
THAT SHE NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON
NEXT WEEK ON THE PHASE ONE
DOCUMENT --
AND WE HAVE ASKED THAT --
WHERE DEPARTMENTS?
OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES
INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES.
AB BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DESCRIBE THE WORK THAT THERE'D
THAT WE ARE DOING --
TO DEVELOP --
SCIENCE THAT --
THE THE ABILITY OF A COMBINATION
OF LOCAL RESTORATION AND UP FLOW
PROVE MINTS CAN HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT --
WHERE WERE VERY COMMITTED --
TO PURSUING THOSE AGREEMENTS AND
FULL AND WE LOOK FORWARD.
TO THING THE REPLY FROM THE
BOARD CHAIR AND AND WE LOOK
FORWARD --
TO PRESENTING SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION NEXT WEEK.
IT THIS IS IT'S IT'S BAD THE
NEGOTIATING WHEN THERE'S THIS
GIANT THREAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW TO TRY TO
GET THIS FLOW THING SOLVED IN.
THE WATER BOARD IS IS YOU KNOW
HELL BENT ON TAKING THE WATER
FROM THE LOCAL DISTRICTS AND
IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO
VOLUNTARY --
VOLUNTARILY SETTLE WHEN THERE'S
THIS GIANT THREAT SO HOPEFULLY --
THE SMARTEST MOVE TAKE ADVICE OF
MR LAYERED IN AND THEY WILL TAKE
ACTION BECAUSE IF THEY DO THIS
WILL BE IN COURT FOR A HUNDREDYEARS AND SERVING AKA BENEFIT
THE DELTA SO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WE'RE
THOUGHTS ON THE CALIFORNIA WATER
FIX PROJECT.
WHAT CHANGES TO WATER RIGHTS
WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS
PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD --
SO THE THE WATER FIX PROJECT IS
IS RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF
WATER RATES PROCEEDING IN FRONT
OF THE WATER BOARD --
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES AS THE OWNER OPERATOR
OF OF THE NEW DIVERSIONS --
THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE
SACRAMENTO RIVER DOES NEED A
WATER RIGHT PERMIT FROM THE
BOARD -- FOR
TO ALLOW THOSE I ADDED POINTS OF
DIVERSION THERE ARE --
TWO THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES IN
WHICH THE WATER BOARD EVALUATES
THE FACTS OF THE PROJECT ONE IS
WHETHER OR NOT THAT PROJECT
CAUSES HARM OR INJURY TO OTHER
WATER USERS.
BOMB AND THEN THE SECOND HIGH
CATEGORY IS --
WHETHER THE PROJECT --
YOU TO PROTECT THE BENEFICIAL
USES OTHER BENEFICIAL USES OF
WATER IN THE SYSTEM WE ARE ON
THROUGH THAT FIRST PART OF
INJURY TO OTHER USERS WE'VE JUST
STARTED THE SECOND PART --
IN TERMS OF OTHER BENEFICIAL
USES AND THEN THE WATER BOARD
ITSELF --
WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND
PROVIDE CONDITIONS.
GETTING THAT WOULD BE THERE.
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO
OPERATE.
DEPARTMENT IN SUCH A MANNER TO
AVOID HARM TO OTHER PARTIES ANNA
AND TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT
[inaudible]
THE ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK YOU THE QUESTIONS REMAIN
AS TO WHETHER THE CALIFORNIA
WATER FIX WOULD ACHIEVE THE
REGULATORY APPROVALS NECESSARY
TO PROCEED.
IN YOUR VIEW WHAT STEPS SHOULD
THE STATE CONSIDER MAKING TO
IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY.
AND THE DELTA ECOSYSTEM OF THE
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX PROJECT
DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD.
WELL I THINK THAT'S WHERE --
SOME OF THE MY EARLIER COMMENTS
I THINK COULD BE.
COULD BE VERY FULL AND AND
ENABLING CALIFORNIA --
TO MOVE WHILE [inaudible]
HIS -- CLARA
ISLESS IMPACT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S REALLY
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN NEW
TECHNOLOGIES --
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE'VE
BUILT WHEN WE HAD SIXTEEN
MILLION CALIFORNIANS AND IT'S
REALLY.
IT'S IN CERTAIN WAYS THE SAME
SYSTEM OR AND I BELIEVE THAT AS
AS THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES WORKS TO AND REINVEST
IN THAT BACKBONE THERE ARE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN EIGHT CAN
ENABLE --
THE DEPARTMENT OPERATE THE STATE
WAER PROJECT WITH GREATER
EFFICIENCY AND THAT'S GOOD AT
THAT MAKES IT BETTER AT MOVING
WATER WHEN IT'S SAFER FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT.
RIGHT NOW OR NOT PALM REALLY NOT
SET UP TO TO DO THAT VERY WELL
PARTICULARLY IN LARGE STORM
EVENTS -- SO
I WOULDN'T --
EXPECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD --
PURSUE EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVELY
NEW TECHNOLOGIES --
THAT CAN HELP US SOME OF THAT
INCLUDES YOU KNOW BETTER-FORECASTING IN MORE OF OUR
WATERSHEDS SO THAT --
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN OPERATE THE
SYSTEM AND AND MORE OF A QUOTE
UNQUOTE REAL TIME CAPACITY THAN
THAN WE EVEN EVER IMAGINED WE
WOULD HAVE TO DO FIFTY YEARS AGO.
GREAT THANK YOU.
OF ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES IN
ACHIEVING CROWN WATER
SUSTAINABILITY.
YOU THINK LOCAL AGENCIES ARE ON
TRACK TO DEVELOP THE GROUND
WATER SUSTAINABILITY PLANS BY.
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR CRITICALLY
OVERDRAFT BASINS AND TWENTY
TWENTY TWO FOR HIGH MEDIUM
PRIORITY OVERDRAFT FACES.
YEAH -- THE
SUSTAINABLE GROUND WATER
MANAGEMENT ACT I THINK IS --
IS.
BUT A REAL GAME CHANGER --
FOR WATER USERS AND COMMUNITIES
ON THE GROUND IN HERE --
POINTING OUT OF A PART OF THE
STATE THAT REALLY HAS SOME VERY
SEVERE PROBLEMS --
HAVE OVER DRAFT --
AND AND THEY NOW NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL --
TO PUT PLANS IN PLACE THAT --
ENABLE THOSE --
THOSE GROUND WATER BASINS TO
COME SUSTAINABLE YIELD WHERE
YOU'RE PUTTING AS AS MUCH AND AS
YOU'RE TAKING OUT --
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT
FORTY YEARS BUT THE DEPARTMENT
HAS TWO FUNCTIONS --
ONE IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE --
TO TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AS
THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS
ON TO IS TO EVALUATE ON ONCE
THOSE PLANS COME IN THE THE
REASONABLENESS OF THOSE PLANS IN
ACHIEVING.
SUSTAINABILITY TARGET WE KEEP
THOSE FUNCTIONS VERY SEPARATE
OUT THE DEPARTMENT --
NEED TO CERTAINLY DON'T WE WE
CERTAINLY WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR
IMPARTIALITY WHEN WE TRANSITION
INTO THE EVALUATION PHASE.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WE ARE VERY
FOCUSED ON THE MICHAEL
ASSISTANCE --
SUITED TO COMMUNITIES OF OF
THESE HIGH PRIORITY BASINS SO
THAT THEY HAVE --
THE BEST INFORMATION THEY HAVE
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
UNDERGROUND AND WHAT KIND OF
FACILITIES WE CAN PUT PLACE --
TO TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR
PLANS. TO ME IT'S ONE OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR
THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD OF
COURSE IS HOW WE INTEGRATE ALL
THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING --
SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
WERE DOING IN THE AREA OF OF
EXPANDED WATER STORAGE CAPACITY.
SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
WERE DOING AND THE TO NEEDY TO
USE FLOOD WATERS FOR FOR
RECHARGE ALL OF THESE THINGS
NEED TO BE INTEGRATED --
INTO THE THINKING --
THAT THAT SUPPORTS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE
pALSO ONE THAT SUPPORTED BY OUR
VARIOUS FUNDING --
FUNDING CAPACITIES SOME OF IT
BEING IN A IN THE INTEGRATED
REGIONAL OF WATER MANAGEMENT
GRAHAM.
YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WATER SO THAT
I'M FROM THE SUCH ABOUT WE HAVE
MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE GROUND
WATER.
AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY
POSITIVE STEP MOVING FORWARD TO
TRY TO GET SOME GREAT ROUND WHAT
SUSTAINABILITY BUT PLEASE
UNDERSTAND AS YOU'RE IN A
WORKING ON THIS VOLUNTARY
SETTLEMENT.
IF YOU TAKE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF ACRE FEET OF
SURFACE WATER.
THE FARMERS ARE NOW GOING TO
PUMP MORE WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE
THE SITUATION WORSE SO.
IT'S JUST IT'S THAN ONE SIDE
WERE SAYING LET'S GET OUR
GROUNDWATER STABLE ON THE OTHER
SIDE THE WATER WE USED TO MAKE
OUR OUR STABLE IS NOW GOING TO
BE TAKEN TO PUT IN THE DELTA SO.
THOSE TWO DON'T WORK TOGETHER
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETIMES TO
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T
CARE WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ARE DOING.
BUT THAT'S THE FEAR THAT WE HAVE
IN THE VALLEY WHEN WERE LARGELY
IN AG BASED ECONOMY.
AND YOU KNOW ONCE WE GET RID OF
OUR GROUNDWATER IT'S IT'S NOT A
COME BACK SO MUCH TWO MORE QUICK
QUESTIONS A I'M GONNA BE QUICK
HERE A THIS IS FOR MY FRIEND
SENATOR NIELSEN.
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT
ANOTHER WAR BILL DAM SPILLWAYS
CATASTROPHE WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN?
I THINK WE HAVE THE RESOURCES
AND ROADMAP --
TO TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN AGAIN WE'VE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO EVALUATE OUR AFTER --
THAT PROGRAM IS ENTIRELY A FEE
BASED PROGRAM AND THE DIVISION
THE SAFETY OF DAMS IS RIGHT NOW --
WORKING ON REGULATIONS TO ADJUST
THAT FEE PROGRAM THAT WILL
ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT --
TO PROVIDE THAT CONFIDENCE THAT
THAT --
EVERYONE IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
THE CITIES.
BUT DAM OWNERS PAY THOSE FEES.
ME OUT THAT THAT IS A PROGRAM
THAT IS ENTIRELY FOR IT IS IT'S
SUBSTANTIALLY SHORT OF THE
NECESSARY.
FUNDS OR DO THESE INSPECTIONS
HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED EXACTLY WHAT
THE WHAT THE DEFICIT IS HOW WE
HAVE -- I
DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT MY
FINGERTIPS BUT CLEARLY THERE ARE
AYE AREA WHERE --
YOU KNOW THE DAMS ARE IN MORE --
RURAL SETTINGS ARE LARGELY
AGRICULTURAL AREAS SO THEY DON'T
HAVE THE OF THE RATE BASE IF YOU
WILL THAT SOME OF THE THE OTHER
DAMS IN LARGER AREAS SO.
OF THE DIVISION OF SAFETY TO OF
DAMS HAVE PUT OUT WITHOUT
REGULATIONS THAT --
EFFECTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN
HAVE A SLIDING SCALE --
AND WE THE DEPARTMENT IS AND MY
PRETTY RIGOROUS BACK AND FORTH
WITH THOSE REGULATIONS HOW WITH
ALL THE DAM OWNERS --
THE CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION
IS THE OVERSIGHT BODY WHERE THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTS THAT KIND OF
INFORMATION --
AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED
TO WORKING WITH THOSE DAMN
OWNERS.
TO ESTABLISH WHAT --
HA WHAT A REASONABLE RATE
STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE AND AND
UNDERSTAND AND ARTICULATE --
THAT THE DEFICIT THAT THAT MAY
BE INVOLVED SHOULD THOSE FEE
STRUCTURES OF NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH
TO DO THE JOB WE NEED THEM TO DO.
MY LAST QUESTION OR ARE WE
CONFIDENT THAT THE THE SPILLWAYS
BEEN REBUILT TO MODERN STANDARDS
AND JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS
GONNA MEET.
ALL THE CURRENT GUIDELINES YES
AND I SAY THAT --
QUITE DEFINITIVELY BECAUSE WE
HAVE -- WITH
US EVERYDAY --
UP IT OR A BILL --
BOTH OF THE REGULATING AGENCIES
FOLKS THE DIVISION A SAFETY OF
DAMS.
THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY
COMMISSION --
WITH US WE HAVE --
BOB BOARD OF CONSULTANTS THAT
ARE OUTSIDE EXPERTS THAT ARE
REVIEWING EVERYTHING AND IN REAL
TIME -- THAT
WILL ENABLE US --%
TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE --
RECOVERED SPILLWAY THAT HAS
ADDRESSED ALL THE ISSUES RAISED
IN THE INDEPENDENT FORENSIC TEAM
PORT.
OKAY THANK YOU WITH THOSE ON THE
QUESTION.
VERY MUCH MR VICE CHAIRMAN.
LET ME TURN TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND ASK IF THERE ARE
PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT.
I AM GOOD AND AGAIN GOING TO
REMIND FOLKS THAT WE HAVE A LOT
OF CONFEREES TO GET THROUGH
TODAY SO IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR
NAME.
AND VERY BRIEF COMMENTS WE WOULD
REALLY APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS CINDY TALK WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU THAT WAS A GREAT
EXAMPLE.
THEY KEEP THE PRESSURE'S REALLY
ON THINKING MAYBE IS DONE.
KEEP DONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
SITES REYES WORD JPA AS WELL AS
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MINE
WORKERS IN STRONG SUPPORT WE'VE
HAD A GREAT COLLABORATIVE
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MISS.
MISNAMED OFFEND FOUND HER TO BE
AN EXPERT THAT KNOWS HOW TO GET
RIGHT INTO THE ISSUES AND HELP
SOLVE THEM SO WERE VERY
SUPPORTIVE [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I'M JENNIFER PARA WITH THE STATE
WATER CONTRACTORS WE REPRESENT
TWENTY SEVEN PUBLIC WATER
AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THAT CONTRACT FOR THE STATE
WATER PROJECTS SUPPLIES.
ALL SAVE ALL MY EXAMPLES THAT WE
STRONGLY ENDORSES CONFIRMATION.
THANK YOU.
IT AFTERNOON ROBERT OR FROM THE
LOCAL GROUP ON BEHALF OF A
DIVERSE GROUP OF CLIENTS SO THAT
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DIRECTOR.
CITY OF ANTIOCH DELOITTE.
KERN COUNTY WATER KINGS RIVER
WATER MODESTO IRRIGATION SAFECO
SANDRA DINO VALLEY SAN GABRIEL
VALLEY AND ZONE SEVEN ALAMEDA
COUNTY [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
TODAY MY NAME IS MAURICE HALL
I'M ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR
WATER OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE FUND WHERE A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION IT WORKS TO ADVANCE --
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR WATER
SUPPLIES ACROSS THE WEST.
I'VE HAD THE A OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME A WORKING.
WITH THEM HIS NAME IT'S OVER THE
YEARS AND JAPANESE CHALLENGING
WATER RESOURCE ISSUES.
AND I'VE FOUND THAT SHE S.
AROUND HERSELF WAS SHARP PEOPLE
AND LISTENS TO THEM.
I AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT EVEN
WHEN I DIDN'T NECESSARILY AGREE
WITH HERSHEY.
LISTENED AND LEARNED AND I WE
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSE.
HER.
APPOINTMENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CHAIRMAN BRENT TASTY WITH
THE YUBA WATER AGENCY AND
PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES AND
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS NOMINATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHERS IN
SUPPORT.
ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE.
I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIRMAN
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SENATORS
MODDING.
MONNING AYE ROTH.
ROTH AYE WILK.
WILK AYE CANNELLA.
CANNELLA AYE ATKINS AYE INSIDE
THANK YOU THAT WAS UNANIMOUS
CONGRATULATIONS --
WE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT --
THREE AWAY IN HAND THE GAVEL TO
MY IT WILL VICE CHAIRMAN AND I
WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN
THANK YOU.
RIGHT SO MACHEL BOSS.
MY SENATE DIRECTLY ARE WRITING
AND MICHAEL.
WILKENING.
ALRIGHT SO WHAT'S A QUITE DEL
THOUGH IT PEOPLE LEAVING THE
ROOM.
IT'S OUR WITH OPENING STATEMENTS
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN GET THAT
QUESTIONS.
SCHOOL TYPE FOR A MINUTE.
ALRIGHT PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR VICE CHAIRS
SENATORS [inaudible]
ECHO THEIR AT FIRST LIKE TO
INTRODUCE SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY --
MY WIFE LISA MUNGER HER DAUGHTER
SYDNEY.
HER SISTER LESLIE AND OUT WAVING
SO SURE THEY'RE HERE.
DAY I'VE SEEN THE MALL I KNOW
THEIR OWN AREA [inaudible]
SO -- SIR
SISTER LESLIE AND HER CHILDREN
NATHAN AND KATE.
LEASES PARENTS THOMAN JOANNE HAM
AND MY MOM NANCY VOLES AND JIM
LOCK.
MY SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW
SHAWN AND MIKE TERMINATE MY
UNCLE AND AUNT DALY CAROL WILL
CONTAIN [inaudible]
WELL HOUSE WELCOME.
NO.
I'M I'M UNDER THE GOVERNOR BROWN
IS APPOINTED ME TO SERVICE
SECRETARY AND APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNISTIC WITH YOU TODAY
[inaudible]
I'VE [inaudible]
SURE [inaudible]
YEAH [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
HOMEOWNER THE GOVERNOR BROWN HAS
APPOINTED ME TO SERVICE
SECRETARY AND APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA'S
UNDERSECRETARY AND WORKING WITH
THE TREMENDOUS TEAM OF
INDIVIDUALS SO THAT HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY FOR NEARLY
TEN YEARS.
TOGETHER WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN
STAKEHOLDERS WHO MADE
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS INCLUDING
DRAMATICALLY REDUCING THE
PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAL AND
ESTABLISHING A COVER CALIFORNIA.
WHO PROVIDED SUBSTANTIALLY MORE
CASH AID FOR CALIFORNIA'S MOST
NEEDY FAMILIES BY INCREASING CAL
WORKS GRANDSON ELIMINATING THE
MAXIMUM FAMILY GRANT RULE?
WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF
CALIFORNIANS RECEIVING FOOD
ASSISTANCE BY LIMITING
ELIMINATING THE SSI ASSESS P.
CASH OUT.
AND BY MODERNIZING THE
APPLICATION PROCESS.
MY DUAL ROLES AS SECRETARY AND
CHAIR OF COVERED CALIFORNIA.
PROVIDE ME WITH A UNIQUE
POSITION TO SOLIDIFY THE GAINS
HAVE MADE.
AND STRENGTHENING THE SAFETY NET
FOR THOSE MOST IN NEED.
AND EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE DATA
AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE
[inaudible] FOR CALIFORNIANS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEGISLATURE
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE THE
LIVES OF CALIFORNIANS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISMOS.
AFTERNOON VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE TO
BEGIN BY --
YOU SEE MY PARENTS JOHN AND SO
WITH THE RAY AND THANK THEM FOR
THEIR CONTINUED LOVE AND SUPPORT
IN MY HAS BEEN.
A MICHAEL AND SONS MARCO AND
NICHOLAS WHO CAN'T JOIN US TODAY
ON IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE
TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
PRIVILEGE TO WORK IN PUBLIC
POLICY FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN
YEARS.
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
SENATE OFFICE OF RESEARCH SENATE
BUDGET COMMITTEE AND NOW HERE AT
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
PICKING ON THE POSITION OF
UNDERSECRETARY.
THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS ARE FILLED WITH SO
MANY STUDY KATE AND SMART PEOPLE
DRIVEN TO MAKE A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
CALIFORNIANS.
THE PROGRAMS THAT THE HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PROVIDE
SUPPORT TO MANY CALIFORNIANS WHO
KNEW I'D NEED THAT EXTRA BOOST
OF HAVE NEED SINCE THAT SOCIAL
SAFETY NET.
MY GOAL IS UNDERSECRETARY IS TO
PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO THE
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES WITHIN
AGENCY. TO ENSURE THESE PROGRAMS
AT OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY TO OPTIMIZE THE
RESOURCES OUT THESE PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ALRIGHT THANKS VERY MUCH MOVED
QUESTIONS A SENATOR MONNING.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN LET ME
START BY CONGRATULATING BOTH OF
YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AND
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR EXTENSIVE
SERVICE.
TODAY I WAS [inaudible]
ROOM.
IMPRESSED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
YOUR SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE --
BOTH OF YOU IN IN OUR
CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY.
NOW IF I COULD I'D LIKE TO
DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO MR
WILKENING ON WE TALK SOME
EARLIER ABOUT --
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
OUR OBJECTIVE OF MOVING --
RESIDENTS CLIENTS AT OF STATE
HOSPITALS INTO COMMUNITY HOMES
BUT THE CHALLENGE OF THE
ECONOMICS FOR PROVIDERS.
FACING INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE TO HOUSING COSTS ARE.
HOW ARE WE DOING IN THAT PROCESS
AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
HOW WE FACE SOME OF THESE
CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD?
THANK YOU SENATOR MONEY.
SO THIS IS GONNA A LONG TERM
PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING I
WHEN I STARTED IN NINETY FIVE AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WE
WERE REALLY STARTING TO MOVE
PEOPLE FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS INTO A COMMUNITY SETTING.
AND ONLY ACCELERATED SENSE --
AS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE PROPOSED
TO CLOSE THE REMAINING
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AS PART OF
THAT PLAN DEVELOPED THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT WE NEED
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
TO THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY --
THERE'S FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS
IN A DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
THERE'S A SIMILAR PERSON WHO'S
IN THE COMMUNITY SETTINGS SO WE
KNOWTHAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE
SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY
SETTING --
WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS
THAT WE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE WHEN THEY'RE SET BACKS
FOR PEOPLE ON WHEN THEY NEED TO
ADDITIONAL SERVICES?
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN
DEVELOPING THOSE CRISIS UNITS IN
THE WE'VE BEEN USING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS THAT WERE
STARTING TO DEVELOP THOSE IN THE
COMMUNITY SETTING AS WELL.
WHEN WE REAUTHORIZE THE --
THE MANAGED CARE TAX AND SPECIAL
SESSION.
WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INFUSION
OF CASH INTO THE DEVELOPMENT ALL.
INTO THE DTS SYSTEM AT THE TIME
I WAS ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WAS ABOUT A HALF A BILLION
DOLLARS THAT WE PUT INTO THE
SYSTEM.
AT THE TIME WE RECOGNIZE THAT
WHILE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
INFUSION OF CASH.
THAT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT
THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE MORE
AND IN THE COMMUNITY --
AND WE COMMITTED TO DOING A RATE
STUDY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT REALLY
IS NEEDED AND THEY IN THE
COMMUNITY CITING.
BEEN A LONG TIME BEEN REVIEWED
AND SO THE SPRING THAT RATE
STUDY WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S
GOING TO HELP HER TO DRIVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED
TO DO. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE'VE HAD FOR QUITE SOME
TIME IS AROUND MINIMUM WAGE AND
IF IT'S STATE MINIMUM WAGE
THAT'S THAT'S CAUSING THE OF THE
ISSUE.
THAN THE STATE PAYS FOR THAT THE
IMPACT.
LOCAL MINIMUM WAGES THAT POLICY
IS BANNED THAT THE STATE DOES
NOT PAY FOR THE LOCAL MINIMUM
WAGE.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST THAT'S
RATHER THAN HAVING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STRIVE WHAT THE
STATE'S PAIN WE'VE MADE THE
POLICY DECISION TO THE ONLY PAY
FOR THAT THE STATE --
STATE DRIVEN MINIMUM WAGE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S IT WE'RE
GONNA SEE SOME OF THAT IMPACT
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RATE STUDY
AND AND WHAT IMPACT THAT'S OUT
OVER TIME.
AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO
AFFORD.
WE'VE ALSO MOVED AWAY FROM AND
JUST CONTRACTING WITH PROVIDERS
AND INSTEAD TRYING TO ACTUALLY
PURCHASE HOMES.
AND PUT THOSE IN THE LONG TERM
LEASES SO THAT IF A PROVIDER
DECISIVE THEY DON'T WANT TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
THAT WE AREN'T LOOKING FOR A NEW
LOCATION FOR THE SERVICES BUT
INSTEAD LOOKING FOR PROVIDER.
WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT --
AS THE IN MANY AREAS IT SO IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING
FOR DEVELOPING DISABLED.
I'M A SPECIALIST SPECIAL NEEDS
AND SO --
IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE THAT
HOUSING STOCK AVAILABLE AND THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROVIDERS AND
NOT PROVIDERS AND A PLACE TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
IN LOOKING AT THE REMAINING
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS NAM WHO ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION DO
WE HAVE SUFFICIENT.
NO PROVIDER HOMES FOR THOSE
RESIDENTS.
NOT YET BOUNCE SO WE NOBODY
MOVES UNTIL THEIR INDIVIDUAL
THAT OF HER PROGRAM PLAN HAS
BEEN LOOKED THROUGH AND WE HAVE
THIS RESOURCES AVAILABLE THERE
THEIR DAY PROGRAMS.
AND THEIR THEIR HOUSING
SITUATION IN PLACE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT WE
ARE CA CLOSE A DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER JUST TO CLOSE A
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE
AVAILABLE FOR THE CLIENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE
PLACEMENTS AND SO THOSE ARE
DEVELOPED.
NOW THERE RESOURCES IN THE
BUDGET EVERY YEAR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP RESOURCES.
AND THOSE ARE DEVELOPED AS WE
CONTINUE TO TO LOOK AT WHO'S
GOING TO BE MOVING.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT FOR SO NOW
MY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR
YEAR THAT THAT THE LAST CLAIM
WILL MOVE OUT.
AND THAT WE HAVE THE STOCK
AVAILABLE FOR FOR ALL OF THOSE
MOVEMENTS BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL
OF IT FOR FAIRVIEW REPORTER
FULLY AND THOSE ARE CONTINUING
TO BE DEVELOPED.
THANK YOU AND THEN.
ANOTHER FRONT NEAR CAPACITY --
I BELIEVE CURRENTLY AS CHAIR OF
COVERING CALIFORNIA --
GIVEN THE CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL --
WITH RESPECT --
TO HEALTH CARE REFORM.
OBAMACARE IN AN EROSION OF SOME
OF THE PROTECTIONS THERE.
QUITE QUITE IS CALIFORNIA DOING.
TO PROTECT NAM OUR ABILITY
[inaudible]
TO FULFILL.
OUR EXPANSION OF SERVICES TO THE
TO CALIFORNIANS WHO OTHERWISE
WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE.
SO CALIFORNIA'S IN A MUCH BETTER
PLACE THAN THE MOST OTHER STATES
WE BOTH EMBRACE THAT THE
EXPANSION OF MEDICARE HOW.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VERY
ROBUST EXCHANGE SO WE HAVE DONE
A LOT OF OUT REACH AND
ADVERTISING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A GOOD RISK POOL.
THAT WE HAVE HEALTHY PEOPLE IN
IN THE INSURANCE POOL FOR THE WE
DON'T JUST HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED
SERVICES BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY.
NOT JUST TRYING DOWN THE
BRINGING RESOURCES AND AS WELL
[inaudible]
THE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
MADE CHANGES THAT HAVE IMPACTED
THE THE STATE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE WE REACT TO THE ACTUAL
CHANGES THAT ARE MADE RATHER
THAN.
ANTICIPATING ALL OF THE CHANGES
THAT COULD BE MADE.
AND SO BOTH A AT COVERED
CALIFORNIA AND ALSO THE
DEPARTMENT HEALTHCARE SERVICES
WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS
THAT ARE.
THAT ARE PENDING IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
AND LOOK AND SEE WHICH ARE
LIKELY TO OCCUR ON WHAT IMPACT
THAT'S LIKELY TO HAVE ON THE
STATE.
SO FOR INSTANCE THE THE
INDIVIDUAL MANDATE WITH THAT THE
RESCISSION OF THE PENALTY.
THAT HAD ABOUT A THREE AND A
HALF PERCENTAGE THE RATES --
THIS IS THE LAST RACE OR JUST
RELEASED.
AND AND SO THAT WAS YOU KNOW IT
WOULD BE NICE NOTTO HAVE THAT
IMPACT BUT IT'S FAR BETTER IN
CALIFORNIA THAN HAS BEEN AND AND
OTHER STATES OTHER STATES ARE
FEELING THAT IMPACT MUCH MORE.
AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT
FEELING IT AS MUCH AS BECAUSE WE
HAVE THAT ROBUST RISK POOL.
WHICH IS THE RESULT OF ALL OF
THE OUTREACH THAT WERE WERE
DOING SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE
GETTING OUT THERE MAKE SURE THEY
WERE ADVERTISING MAKE SURE THEY
WERE TELLING PEOPLE WHY
INSURANCES IS A GOOD IDEA AND
WHY.
TAKING THE GAMBLE ON NOT HAVING
IT IS NOT A GOOD GAMBLE --
AND THEN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE
WHAT WHAT IMPACT THOSE POLICIES
ARE HAVING ON OUR RATES IN HONOR
RISK POOL.
THANK YOU AND THEN A FINAL
QUESTION ON THE COVERED
CALIFORNIA WE TALKED SOME ABOUT.
THE WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED ON OPENING THE MARKET
TO INSURANCE PRODUCTS THAT DON'T
NECESSARILY INCLUDE THE
ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS --
INNER MARKET IT IS LESS
EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS BUT THEN
DON'T.
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL COVERAGE FOR
PATIENTS --
QUITE IS CALIFORNIA DOING.
TO NAM OR CAN CALIFORNIA DO IN
RESPONSE TO THAT.
THERE IS PENDING LEGISLATION IN
THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW BOTH
[inaudible]
TO I HAVE.
PROHIBITED THE USE OF THE SHORT
TERM PLANS FOR A LONGER PERIODS
OF TIME AND THEN ALSO --
TO PROHIBIT THAT THE USE OF SO.
WE HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE THE
MINIMUM --
FEDERALLY CA MINIMUMS AND
COVERAGE IN ORDER.
TO IF THOSE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WERE TO PASS AND BE
SIGNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THEN.
PERMITS BUS A QUESTION ON THE
OFFICE OF PATIENT ADVOCATE.
YOU FOLLOWED THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THAN SOME OF ITS TRANSITION.
ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS JUST
KIND OF A CURRENT EVALUATION AND
MAYBE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THE ROLE THAT THAT OFFICES
DESIGNED TO PERFORM.
THE TWO MAI RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE OFFICE THE PATIENT ADVOCATE
IS -- TO HAD
PRODUCED ANNUAL HEALTH PLAN
REPORT CARDS AND THOSE REPORT
CARDS EFFECTIVELY --
PROVIDE METRICS ON DIFFERENT
HEALTH PLANS AND ANOTHER
FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE THE
CONSUMER I'D COMPLAIN DATA
REPORTS AND NOT ALSO I'M
PROVIDES INFORMATION TO
CONSUMERS ON HOW --
COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS HEALTH PLAN SYSTEM SO
THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
COVER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGED HEALTHCARE.
TO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS
POSTED NOT ONLY ON THE OFFICE OF
PATIENT ADVOCATES WEBSITE BUT
ALSO ON THE AND OPEN DATA PORTAL
SO --
CONSUMERS ADVOCATES RESEARCH --
AND UTILIZE THAT DATA KIND OF IN
THE IN IN --
MEANS A THING NECESSARY TO
EFFECTIVELY MAKE DECISIONS OR DO
RESEARCH.
AND FOR PATIENTS ARE CONSUMERS
WHO CONTACT.
OFFICE PATIENT ADVOCATE WHAT IS
THEIR LANGUAGE CAPACITY.
HOME. TO TO RECORD COMPLAINTS
SIR HIT THE COMPLAINTS COME
THROUGH THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT
MANAGE HEALTH CARE'S HELP CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES THEIR OMBUDSMAN IN
THOSE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
EITHER DO LIVE TRANSLATIONS ARE
HANDOFF --%
TO BAD TRANSLATION SERVICES TO
HELP ASSIST INDIVIDUALS
[inaudible]
IT THANK YOU I'M SURE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS THANK YOU BOTH.
I CENTER WILL GIVE QUESTIONS.
I DO THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
FIRST QUESTION BOOK LEARNING
WHAT IS THAT [inaudible]
YEAH.
GERMAN IS GERMAN YES ON MILKEN
POLISH GUY.
OKAY WE GOT THAT ALL THE WAY.
FEW MORE LETTERS THAN YOURS WILL
HAVE.
NO ACTUALLY MY REGIONAL ONES
LIKE FORTY FOUR LETTERS LONGIT
SO WHEN THE CAME OVER THEY CUT
IT. FOUR LETTERS ONE SYLLABLE
PEOPLE SCREWED UP ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL BECAUSE WE'LL KEY ALL THE
TIME TOO AND AND MY DAD'S
JOHNSON LIKE JOHN WILKES BOOTH A
SENATORS WERE NOT GOOD.
HOPEFULLY I WAS THE OF SCOTT'S
THAT'S A GOOD.
ALRIGHT HAVING GOT THAT OUT OF
THE WAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
VERY VERY IMPORTANT --
I KNOW YOU'RE A TALK WITH WITH --
WITH A RULES COMMITTEE STAFF
WHICH AT WHICH I APPRECIATE.
AND THE I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE THAT
RECENTLY I SENATOR RICARDO LARA --
SOMEONE LACKEY MYSELF REQUESTED
A JOINT AUDIT WHAT WE WERE TO
JOIN AUDIT COMMITTEE ASKING FOR
AN AUDIT OF LA COUNTY --
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
EARLIER THIS YEAR --
ALLEGEDLY --
A YOUNG THE YOUNG MEN TO YOUR A
BOY THAT WAS --
TORTURED AND AND KILLED BY THE
MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND.
AND WE ARE YOU KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT I HAD NO THEIR CONSTITUENTS
COUPLE YEARS AGO GAVE US
FERNANDO SEVEN YEARS OLD AGAIN
SIMILAR SITUATION.
WHERE THE CHILD WAS TORTURED AND
KILLED AGAIN BY A MOTHER'S
BOYFRIEND?
DESPITE AND AND THAT IT WAS IS
CLEARLY LOOK OF THE KING AT THE
RECORD --
THAT PARTICULARLY COUNTY AGENCY
HAD BEEN NOTIFIED MANY MANY MANY
MANY TIMES --
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
HOME IT AND TO AND TO NO AVAIL
SO I GOT A QUESTION IN A FOLLOW
UP IS GIVEN TO YOU A ONE TIME.
WHAT ROLE IF ANY DOES THE STATE
HAVE BEEN MONITORING THESE --
COUNTY CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENTS.
AND WHAT AND IF THEY'RE GAY IF
THEY DON'T BECOME WORSE WITH
MORTARS RESPONSIVE WHAT ACTIONS
ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU TO TO TAKE.
BUT LET ME START BY SAYING THAT
ANY ANY DEATH BUT HOW BY ABUSES
TRAGIC AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING.
TO THE STOP THAT.
AND SO THE THE ROLE OF THE
DEPARTMENT LIKE MANY OF THE
PROGRAMS AND HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES WE HAVE COUNTY RUN
PROGRAMS.
WAS STATE OVERSIGHT OF THE OF
THE ACCOUNTING.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE
THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION
AND FOR GOING AND THEN DOING
THEY INVESTIGATIONS AND SO MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR LA
COUNTY --
REQUIRED TO THE OFFICE OF CHILD
PROTECTION TO GO IN AND AND LOOK
AT WHAT HAPPENED.
IN BOTH CASES --
THE OFFICE OF CHILD PROTECTION.
FOUND THAT THE SYSTEM HAS
IMPROVED BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND
THIRTEEN IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH.
AND THEY TO HAVE qE SYSTEMIC
ISSUES THAT THAT THE THE REPORT
SUGGESTED SHOULD BE ADDRESSED --
INCLUDING INCLUDING THINGS LIKE
REVISING THE VOLUNTARY FAMILY
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SO THAT'S
WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE CHILD IN
THE IN THE FAMILY AND THEN
SOMEONE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING
INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AT THE HOME --
IMPROVING THEIR DAY INTERVIEWING
IN FACT GATHERING SKILLS OF
SOCIAL WORKERS [inaudible]
AND INCREASING COLLABORATION
BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
CHILD PROTECTION.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO
BE DONE IN THOSE ARE ALL
IMPORTANT THINGS --
I BELIEVE THAT --
THE OTHER THE ROLE OF THE
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES IS TO
LOOK SYSTEMICALLY AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTIES.
AND WHEN THINGS ARE NOT WHEN YOU
HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAN TO A
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS
IS CHANGING SO THAT THESE SORTS
OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND SO THE DEPARTMENT DOES THAT --
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING
AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT
LOOKED AT OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL
AND AND THEY THEN EVALUATE
WHETHER CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
NOW I BELIEVE THAT THE THE J.
LACK AUDIT WILL WILL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR
EVERYBODY.
GREAT THANK YOU.
THE FIRST QUESTION I SENATOR OFF
THANK YOU MISTER VICE CHAIR OF
MISS SECRETARY WOULD NOT HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OF ALL
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'VE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK DIRECTLY TOGETHER BUT I'VE
REVIEWED A THE MATERIALS BEEN
PROVIDED TO YOU AND I'M VERY
VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO US [inaudible]
DEAR CONFIRMATION.
AND MADAM UNDERSECRETARY OF YOU
NO I'VE BEEN ON THE ABOUT A
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR EVER
SINCE I GOT HERE SO THAT'S ABOUT.
TO SIX YEARS NOW WE'RE ROUNDING
THE BEND MOVING INTO SEVEN I WAS
PRIVILEGED --
TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND WITNESSED EVERYDAY
YOUR ABSOLUTE EXTRAORDINARY
PERFORMANCE AND CAPABILITY AND
LET ME JUST SAY THAT OUR LOSS
HERE ON THE RED CARPET IS THE
ADMINISTRATION'S GAIN AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO EUROPE.
CONFIRMATION AS WELL FIRST A
COMMENT AND THEN A QUESTION HAS
TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING.
AS YOU MAY KNOW I COME FROM
INLAND SO THE CALIFORNIA AND
THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT I'M
PRIVILEGED. TO TO REPRESENT AND
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT.
WHEN MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING WAS
REALIGNED BACK IN? NINETEEN
NINETY ONE OR SO.
THAT THE REALIGNMENT FUNDING
FORMULA WAS BASEDON THE COUNTY
POPULATION AT THE TIME IN THE
MENTAL HEALTH CASELOAD AT THE
TIME AND THERE WAS A THIRD
FACTOR THAT FRANKLY.
I'M OLD AND I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT
RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN THOSE DAYS
HAD ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE OR SO.
AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CASELOAD
WAS --
APPROPRIATELY [inaudible]
SIMILARLY LOW.
AND TODAY THE COUNTY'S
POPULATION IS APPROACHING TWO
POINT FIVE MILLION.
WITH THE CASELOAD THAT HAS
APPROPRIATELY OR SEVERAL ONLY
INCREASED.
THE FUNDING ALLOCATION HOWEVER
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT
CHANGED AND I HAVE BEEN INFORMED
BY DATA THE MAYBE A LITTLE LOW
BUT FOR EXAMPLES OF CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN MARIN
COUNTY.
RECEIVE ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER CAPITA.
FORM MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING.
AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY THEY TELL
ME GETS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY DOLLARS PER CAPITA.
SO NOW THE QUESTION.
IS THAT ROUGHLY ACCURATE.
AND IF SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT
IT.
IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
I WE I DON'T THINK WE'VE LOOKED
IT WE CAN'T VERIFY THOSE NUMBERS
AT THIS POINT --
BUT I I I WAS RECENTLY HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ABOUT
THE INEQUITIES IT DID SOME
RESEARCH ON THIS WHEN I WAS WITH
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
I'M IT IT IS A LONG STANDING --
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION --
AND MAKE IT WOULD INVOLVED I'M
REALLY LOOKING AT THE
REALIGNMENT STATUTE AND THE
FORMULAS IN STATUTE FOR THAT
FUNDING.
WELL I WOULD.
I WOULD I THINK I WOULD AGREE.
A I AND I KNOW IT IS NOT GONNA
BE SOLVED HERE IN THIS IS NOT OF
OVERSIGHT HEARING OR A POLICY
HEARING BUT I WOULD.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF DURING
YOUR TENURE IF YOU HAVE TIME IF.
IF YOU TO WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT AND I THINK THERE ARE
SEVERAL OF US IN THE LEGISLATURE
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST INLAND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT'S
IMPACTED I'M SURE THE CENTRAL
VALLEY IS SIMILARLY IMPACTED.
AS PARTS OF A NORTHERN --
INTERIORCALVINISM PART OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA --
IS ALSO IMPACTED AND I'M LIKE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO.
A GIVEN THE POLITICS OF THE
SITUATION. TO TRY TO REMEDY THIS
AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
EQUITY.
OF NEW TO THE INLAND PARTS OF
THE STATE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW THE
POPULATION IS SHIFTED.
OVER THE LAST SERIES OF DECADES
IN AS IT SHIFTS FROM THE HIGHLY
POPULATED URBAN AREAS ON THE
COAST TO THE INTERIOR PARTS OF
THE STATE --
IN MANY CASES NOT JUST THIS ONE
WHETHER IT'S COURT FUNDING AND
OTHER ASPECTS THE FOR THE
FUNDING FORMULAS OF NOT SHIFTED
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POPULATION
SHOULD SO.
WE LIKE TO WORK FOR WITH YOU ON
THIS LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND I
ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING A
CONFIRMATION THANK YOU MISTER
VICE CHAIR.
HE WITH THAT WILL HAVE THOSE IN
SUPPORT COME FOR MAKE SOME BRIEF
COMMENTS PLEASE.
BETH TELL ON BEHALF OF
HEALTHAXIS CALIFORNIA WE'VE HAD
THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH
MISTER WILKENING THROUGH SEVERAL
ADMINISTRATIONS BOTH REPUBLICAN.
AND DEMOCRATIC IN THE TRUE WHICH
TO WORK WITH HIS BOSS.
DURING HER TIME IN THE SENATE AS
WELL IS THAT THE AGENCY WERE
PLEASED TO SUPPORT BOTH.
WHICH CHAIR SENATORS COULD BE
PRESERVED THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS I'VE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MISTER
WORKING FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE
NOW AND AYE FROM A LABOR
PERSPECTIVE IN A LABOR UNION
PERSPECTIVE HE TICKS ALL THE
BOXES HE'S VERY RESPONSIVE.
HE'S VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY
THOROUGH AND HIS RESPONSES AND
HE'S VERY FAIR SO FROM US WE
CAN'T HELP BUT SAY THANK YOU AND
YOUR SUPPORT [inaudible]
BENQ.
ROBERT BENSON OF CD CAN SUPPORT
APPOINTMENT OF MY QUILT CAN
[inaudible]
ACTIVELY.
PARDEE EMOTO CALIFORNIA
DISBELIEF A SENIOR TO ME ACTION
NETWORK IN THE CALIFORNIA PERSON
SENATE ETHICS THE PARTNERSHIP.
ALSO FAMILY MEMBER MY OLDER
SISTER HAD.
ALSO WAS A DIRECT CARE WORKER SO
I SAY THIS FROM A PERSPECTIVE
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
HOW MUCH REYES SUPPORT THE
APPOINTMENT OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS --
I'VE WORKED WITH BOTH OVER THE
YEARS IN DIFFERENT NEAR
DIFFERENT ROLES --
THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN VERY OPEN TO
TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS TO
TALKING TO FAMILIES.
I AM IN A VERY DIRECT.
AND REAL WAY AND WHAT WE WANT
THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY
WANT OUR IS HONEST ANSWERS.
AND DISCUSSION AND WE ALWAYS GOT
NAP FROM BOTH OF YOU.
PER MISTER WILKENING ESPECIALLY
WHEN THERE WAS ISSUES REGARDING
REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES IN THE
FUNDING ISSUES BACK IN TWENTY
SIXTEEN WHEN HE WAS ACTING
DIRECTOR WE WORK WITH THEM HE
MET WITH.
MANY OF THE FAMILIES AND
PROVIDERS THAT WE ORGANIZED AND
HE WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT WORKING
WITH THE US ON UNMET NEED
REDUCING DISPARITIES IN
COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED
EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL THOSE REASONS
WE SUPPORT.
BOTH AND WE HOPE THEY'RE THEY'RE
THEY'RE IN THE POSITION FOR A
LONG TIME THANK YOU.
WE JUST MAKE A COMMENT LITTLE
BRIEFER MOVING FOR WE HAVE A
MORE CAUGHT FREE CITY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE AND DISTINGUISH
STAFF OF MY NAME'S RICK ROLLINS
I'M REPRESENTING OUR BECAUSE SO
SHE SHOW YOU DON'T CENTER
AGENCIES AND AGAIN WE'RE HERE TO
STRONG SUPPORT THE CONFIRMATION
OF BOTH.
A MISTER WELCOME HIM DESPITE
BASS WE'VE HAD.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN WORKING
WITH BOTH OF THEM AND MY
PERSONALLY THANK THE PARENT OF A
SON WITH AUTISM.
THE GREAT WORK AND DEDICATION TO
THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
COMMUNITY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER VICE CHAIR
MEMBERS VERENIGDE TING ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
REPRESENTING ALL FIFTY OF
CALIFORNIA'S COUNTIES IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE CONFIRMATION OF
BOTH MISTER WELCOME IN MISS BOSS.
THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL PARTNERS
FOR COUNTIES AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
GOOD AFTERNOON BEVERLY YOU ON
BEHALF OF UT W. ASKED ME LOCAL
THIRTY NINE THIRTY WE REPRESENT
OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN HOME
SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDERS IN.
BUT OF COURSE SORRY ABOUT THAT --
BEVERLY YOU WITH UT W. ASKS ME
LOCAL.
THIRTY NINE THIRTY WE REPRESENT
OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN HOME
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROVIDERS
AND TWENTY ONE COUNTIES --
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND BASED
ON OUR WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN MR
WILKENING AND MISS BOSS AND
FULLY SUPPORT THEIR APPOINTMENT
TODAY THINKING.
GOOD AFTERNOON LINDA WAY WITH
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY.
THE AGENCY OVERSEES MANY
DEPARTMENTS THAT BENEFIT BY LOW
INCOME CALIFORNIANS AND HAVING
HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
BOTH AT MISTER OPENING AND MISS
LAST.
A PLEASED TO SUPPORT BOTH THEIR
CONFIRMATION.
JENNIFER RALLY WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION HEALTH
PLANS WE ALSO HAS SUPPORT THE
APPOINTMENT OF A BOTH OF THEM I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THEM IN THE THANK YOU.
BARBARA GLAZER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTING OVER FOUR HUNDRED
HOSPITALS.
I'M HERE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF THE NAM AT THE CONFIRMATIONS
OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WE'VE
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS ON MEDI
CAL HOSPITAL P. ISSUED WAIVER
ISSUES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE THANK
YOU.
KIMBERLY CHANNEL THE CALIFORNIA
PAN ETHNIC HEALTH NETWORK CPN
HOWEVER TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY
FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WERE IN
HE YEAH STRONG SUPPORT TODAY --
SUPPORTING THE CONFIRMATION OF
MISTER OPENING UP AND HIS BOSS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE
WORK WITH THANK YOU.
BY TERESA START WITH KAISER
PERMANENTE HEY WE ARE ALSO HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THAT CONFIRMATION
OF MISTER WILKENING IN RESPONSE
WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS
IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES.
AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEIR
EXPERTISE AND THEIR THEIR
OPENSSL WILLINGNESS TO HEAR US
OUT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT THANK YOU.
THINK I'M FRANK MECCA THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.
OUR MEMBERS ADMINISTER OUR MOST
OF THEHUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS
IN THE STATE.
I'M WE ARE PLEASED TO SUPPORT
BOTH OUR NOMINEES THE STATE
COUNTY PARTNERSHIP IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO
DELIVERING NEEDED SERVICES FOR
SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
PEOPLE IN OUR STATE.
AND BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE --
ARCH THE SHIP THERE EFFECTIVE
LEADERS AND THEIR FAIR AND
COLLABORATIVE AND WE'RE PLEASED
TO SUPPORT THAT.
MICHELLE GIVENS AT THE COUNTY
HEALTH EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA WE REPRESENT THE
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WE TOO
ARE HERE AT IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
THE CONFIRMATION OF MISTER
OPENING [inaudible]
LAST AND LEAD TO HAVE ENJOYED A
COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO MEETING THINKING.
CHAIR MEMBERS KEPT MOST WITH THE
LOCAL HEALTH PLANS A CALIFORNIA
REFERENCING THE SIXTEEN
NONPROFIT NONPROFIT MEDI CAL
MANAGED CARE PLANS AROUND THE
STATE WE HAVE CERTAINLY HAD THE
PLEASURE OF WORKING BOTH.
WITH MISTER WILKENING AND MISS
BASS OVER THE YEARS --
WE WE APPRECIATE THE
INTELLIGENCE AND THE OPENNESS
THEY BRING TO THOSE JOBS AND WE
WANT TO BE ON RECORD AND CAN I
AM SUPPORTING THEIR CONFIRMATION
THINK.
JENNIFER CIDER COUPLE ADVOCACY
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
RETAILERS ASSOCIATION THEIR
PHARMACY PROVIDERS RETAIL
PHARMACIES AND ALSO THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES
IN BOTH CASES.
I'M OUR RETAIL PHARMACIES ARE
VERY COGNIZANT AND ALWAYS VERY
WORRIED ABOUT MEDI CAL AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PROGRAM
AND WE'VE HAD THE THE PRIVILEGE
TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THESE FOLKS
OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY WITH
MICHELLE EVEN.
IN OUR CAPACITY BOTH THE AGENCY
AND HERE I AM IN THE SENATE AND
SO WE STRONGLY SUPPORT AND THEIR
APPOINTMENTS FELT THAT BOTH OF
THEM HAVE BEEN FAIR REASONABLE
AND VERY RESPONSIVE.
AND HELPFUL WHEN WE NEEDED IT SO
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
NOMINATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON ROBERT GORE FROM
THE GLAUCO GROUP ON BEHALF OF
DELOITTE AND CERNER HEALTH CARE.
WE'RE HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT ON
OF A SECRETARY WELCOMING
HAS ARE THE UNIQUE COMBINATION
OF DEEP TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND
PASSION FOR POSITION AND CLIENTS
I ALSO SPEAK IS A FORMER
COLLEAGUE THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO HAVE A RANDY
FROM COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE CONFIRMATION OF
THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS --
THANK YOU.
RICHARD MEMBERS CORSO'S ALONE WE
HAVE THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION HERE IN
SUPPORT.
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY
WELCOMING WE WORKED TOGETHER
VERY CLOSELY ON ISSUES OF SHARED
INTEREST SPECIFICALLY MENTAL
HEALTH.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO SUPPORT HIS
NOMINATION THANK.
THANK YOU OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION.
I KNOW OPPOSITION SORA TAKE TWO
DIFFERENT VOTES AND SO I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE --
ONE OF THE CONFEREES.
THE MOTION TO SECRETARY CALL THE
ROLL [inaudible]
SENATORS MONNING.
MONNING AYE ROTH.
ROTH AYE WILK AYE AYE WILK AYE
CANNELLA AYE AYE CANNELLA AYE
ATKINS LEAVING.
WILL LEAVE IT ON CALL FOR THE
PRO TEMAS SHE RETURNS.
AND THE MORE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR ROTH
FOR MISS BOSS.
ACTUALLY CALL THE ROLL SENATORS
MONNING.
MONNING AYE ROTH ROTH AYE WILK.
WILK AYE CANNELLA AYE AYE
CANNELLA AYE ATKINS OCCUR LEGAL
BECAUSE WELL THE LIKE YOUR
CHANCES CONGRATULATE.
BUT WE'VE GOT SOME ROOM CLEARLY
DO HERE.
SO YES WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MUCH
ELECT FIVE OR TEN MINUTES.
WOULD TAKE ABOUT A FIVE OR TEN
MINUTE BREAK SO YEAH ALRIGHT.
HOW'S THE TEMPERATURE NOW.
FEEL BETTER YEAH.
LEFT [inaudible]
BUT
SO WE'LL START WITH THE YOUR
CONFIRMATION AND SO FIRST I SAW
YOUR KIDS WHEN WE ALSO INTRODUCE
YOUR FAMILY AND THEN.
AN OPENING STATEMENT.
ALRIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MY FAMILY MY ROCK MY
MOTHER MARION SANDERS.
IN THE BACK THERE MY FATHER
MICHAEL MARIUS SENIOR MY
MOTIVATION.
MY MOTHER IN LAW THE NET BURGER
AND CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS THAT
ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME TODAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT INSPIRE
ME AND REMIND ME EVERY DAY TO
BREATHE AND SMILE.
MY SON MICHAEL MARRIED A THIRD
MY BABY BOY TIED IS MARION AND
MY SOUL MATE IN LIFE PARTNER
DOCTOR TO MAKE AMERICAN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
[inaudible]
ALRIGHT.
SENATE APPROACH HIM PACKINGS
NIGHT HERE.
INVITE YOUR CANNELLA SENATORS
AND COMMITTEE STAFF IT IS TRULY
A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THAT'S A LIFELONG EDUCATOR WHOSE
DREAM TO ONE DAY BE.
WHOSE DREAM OF ONE DAY BEING IN
THE U. S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
WHO HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM A
STUDENT WORKER OF STAFF TO
FACULTY.
AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTRATOR IN A VARIETY
EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE IT'S AN HONOR AND
PLEASURE TO BE GIVEN THIS RARE
OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN FOR
INTERESTED IN ME ALL THAT IS
NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THIS OATH OF
OFFICE. FOR ARE GREAT STATE ALSO
FOR ALLOWING E TO COME BEFORE
YOU FOR MY SECOND APPOINTMENT.
AND FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
TO CONFIRM AT THE NEW BUREAU
CHIEF FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA'S PART OF POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SINCERELY
THANK PART THANK OUR TEAM AT PPP
<c.green&gt; THE CHIEF THE MANAGERS TO</c&gt;
STAFF.
AND THE MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS
TEAM WORK EVERY DAY TO CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO
PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
CONSUMER PROTECTION.
OUR GOAL AS A BUREAU IS TO GO.
SO IN CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO
LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE BY CARTER
G. WOODSON WHO WAS VERY SICK WHO
VERY SIMPLY WORDS DRIVE ME AT
OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE
BUREAU.
REAL EDUCATION IS TO INSPIRE
PEOPLE TO LIVE A MORE ABUNDANTLY.
TO LEARN TO BEGIN LIFE WITH AS
THEY FIND IT IN MAKING BETTER.
MY GOAL FOR THE BUREAU AND OUR
CONSUMER IS SIMPLY JUST MAKE IT
BETTER THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
I THINK YOU DOCTOR MARION US
SENATOR MONNING HIM QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN.
DOCTOR MANY THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AND THANKS
TO YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING
YOU IN IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
WELL WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO
TALK A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN.
YOU COVERED --
A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT.
PERTAIN TO THIS TO THIS
APPOINTMENT. ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE IN OUR STATUS
WITH SOME OF THE PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION --
THAT HAVE GOTTEN INTO FINANCIAL
PROBLEM AND LEFT STUDENTS HIGH
AND DRY WITHOUT A DEGREE OFTEN.
WITH LOAN OBLIGATIONS ETCETERA --
TO QUIT HAS THE STATE DOES YOU
IN THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR TO
PROTECT THOSE STUDENTS.
ABSOLUTELY AS A BUREAU CHIEF IT
IS MY ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
TAKE CARE OF OUR CONSUMERS IN
THIS GREAT STATE AND I'M LUCKY
TO SAY WE HAVE --
SAR WHICH IS A NEW DEPARTMENT
THAT IT WAS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AGO
WITHIN THE BUREAU THAT FOCUS
SPECIFICALLY.
ON THE SITUATIONS OF SCHOOL
CLOSURES AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF
OVER TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IN RESERVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THESE TWO MINUTES BUT OUR TEAM
IS DEATHLY GOING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGING THEM AND LET
THEM KNOW THAT.
WE'RE RECENT.
SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE
DEFINITELY READY FOR OF THE SITE
SITUATIONS THANK YOU AND COULD
YOU SHARE MAY BE QUIET.
OUTREACH NAM STRATEGIES IN
CAPACITY YOU HAVE BOTH KIND OF
PRO ACTIVELY MAKING SURE
STUDENTS ARE PURSUING.
THE RIGHT MATCH NOT
BUILDING HUGE DEBT AND THEN
ENDING UP IN A JOB IT'S NOT
GONNA BE COMMENSURATE WITH
PAYING OFF THAT DEBT ABSOLUTELY
SO NARROW WE DOING OUTREACH TO
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FAIRS
WERE ALSO.
ATTENDING MILITARIES ONE OUT THE
CAT WITH CAL SAVE TO OUR
MILITARY BASES WERE ALSO WORKING
WITH C. SACK AND DOING OUTREACH.
AND ONLY THAT WE ARE ALSO HAVING
A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITHTHE
DEPARTMENT OF THE WHICH IS BEING
ACTUALLY A NEW RELATIONSHIP THAT
WE'RE BUILDING WITHOUT WITH THE
ONE LOCATED DOWN SAN FRANCISCO
SO.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE BUILDING
IN DOING THIS UP PROACTIVE OUT
REACH WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT
CRITICAL FORCED TO FINAL
QUESTION.
ATTACKS ARE.
THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING TO
SAY THAT.
TO SO FINAL QUESTION YES SIR
HOME YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES TO FULFILL THAT OUT
REACH ROLE.
GREAT QUESTION I THINK AT THIS
POINT I THINK WE DO I HAVEN'T
SEEN THAT WE HAVE IT BUT I THINK
WE'LL BE OK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR.
NO FOR THE BETTER OFF.
BIGGEST VICE CHAIR JUST JUST ONE
QUESTION HAVING TO DO WITH THE
IT SYSTEMS WE SPEND A LOT OF
TIME ON THOSE APPEAR IN.
HAVE SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME
ON HIM IN SIX YEARS SO.
MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TELL US
WHERE YOU ARE WITH RESPECT TO
REPLACING YOUR LEGACY SYSTEM AND
WHAT CHALLENGES [inaudible]
THE OTHER.
ON THE HORIZON IN DOING SO LATER
LEAD LEGACY SYSTEM --
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS REALLY IDENTIFYING AND
LOCATING A TIMELINE IN WHICH WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR NEW
SYSTEM IN PLACE.
WHICH IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE WHICH
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT
COMMITMENT AND ACTUALLY WE'RE
DOING WORKING ON OUR BUSINESS
MONITORS STATIONED RIGHT NOW
PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE IN.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE ARE YOU
WORKING WITH CELTIC IN TERMS OF
TECHNOLOGY IN DOING SO SO AWARE
WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF ANNA
IT SUBMITS ITS THAT THE
TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS AT DCA I SEE
OKAY.
THANK YOU ADVICE.
TO RIGHT WHICH SENATOR ROTH SO.
DOCUMENT CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE
BUREAU ASSIST STUDENTS OF CLOSE
SCHOOLS.
APPARENT THERE'S A STUDENT
TUITION RECOVERY FUNDS SO
EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW
WAS THAT FUND FUNDED.
ABSOLUTELY SO EACH INSTITUTION
PAYS INTO THAT FUN.
WITH A CAPITAL OF TWENTY FIVE
MILLION CURRENTLY WE'RE AT
TWENTY SIX MILLION RIGHT NOW SO
WE'RE NOT COLLECTING AT THIS
POINT PASSED THE CAP ON THE FUND
BUT WE HOW THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE
TO GO.
SO OF INSTITUTION CLOSE THIS
WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR OUR OUR
STAFF WILL GO OUT TO THE SCHOOL
INTO PRESENTATIONS AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION AS TO THOSE STUDENTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED I
HEALTH PROGRAMS.
AND LET THEM KNOW ALL THE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE
FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THOSE FUNDS AND OR HELP THEM
TRANSFER IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO
TRANSFER.
THE ABSOLUTELY SO IF YOU'RE OVER
FUNDED NOW DOES THAT MEAN WE
THAT THE FUND HASN'T BEEN PAYING
OUT.
ANY MONEY RECENTLY NOW WE
DEFINITELY BEEN PAID OUT ADS IN
THE LAST YEAR WE WON SAY WE PAID
ALMOST ONE POINT FIVE MILLION
[inaudible]
STUDENTS.
IN YOUR VIEW WHAT ADDITIONAL
STEPS IF ANY SHOULD BE PP
TAKE TO PREVENT SCHOOLS FROM
MISLEADING OR DEFRAUDING
STUDENTS RIGHT I THINK.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS A
BUREAU THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF ONCE
AGAIN HAVING THOSE ARE IN PLACE
BECAUSE THERE ARE FACE O BE
ABLE TO GET OUT TO THESE
INSTITUTIONS IN FRONT OF
STUDENTS.
SO WE ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE THE
BUREAU THIS DOING WORKSHOPS AND
PRESENTATIONS BUT WE ALSO HAVE A
LOS ARE GOING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY DOING THESE
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL SO WERE
ACTUALLY ON DOING IT BOTH SIDES.
OKAY GREAT UNLESS QUESTION OF
CAN YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HOW
YOUR DEPARTMENT IS REGULATING.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND
OTHER STATES THAT OFFER COURSES
TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
ABSOLUTELY SO WHAT WE HAVE IN
PLACE RIGHT NOW IS WHEN OUT OF
STATE INSTITUTIONS COME
OPERATING CALIFORNIA THEY HAVE
TO BE APPROVED WITHIN THAT STATE
AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE IN
LICENSE.
AND SO I ALSO LASTLY THEY HAVE
TO BE IN THE PAYLOAD PAIN STRYFE
WHICH IS THAT TWENTY FIVE
MILLION I WAS TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER SO.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT
WE ARE WORKING THAT COMES
OPERATE CALIFORNIA WAS SENATOR
MONEY SO I CAN'T IMAGINE GOING
TO A COLLEGE THINKING I'M GOING
TO GET A DEGREE AND THEN THE
SCHOOL CLOSES ALWAYS DEFRAUDED
IN SOME WAY AND NOW I'M LEFT
WITH MASSIVE DEBT AND NO.
ABILITY TO TO GET A DEGREE YOUR
JOB SO I DID KNOW THIS
DEPARTMENT EVEN EXISTED SO IT'S
ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR IN
OKAY THAT'S WHY I HOPE.
WE'VE DONE GREAT WORK IN A YEAR
SO I THINK IT'S LOOK WE KNOW
SOME OF THE THE NEWS IN.
AND THE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE'S
LIVES I THINK IT'S GREAT YOU
SEEM LIKE A PERFECT PERSON TO
RUN THIS DEPARTMENT SO.
I WITH THAT --
WILL OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC OR IF
THERE IS ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT.
I OTHERS LOVE SUPPORTERS YOU
UPSET BECAUSE SEE HEADS NODDING
SO -- ANYONE
IN OPPOSITION.
VOTE.
THE A SUPPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SAY SOMETHING OKAY [inaudible]
WHAT WAS [inaudible]
NO.
I CAN HEAR YOU FINE BUT ARSON
AUGUR.
FOR YOU AGGRESSIVELY SET UP AND
I SAID OPPOSITION JUST SO YOU
KNOW SO WAS MISLEADING.
YOU GOT TO YOU NEVER TALKED
SLOWLY.
YEAH I'M NOT KNOWN FOR TALKING
SLOWLY -- MY
NAME IS KATHERINE LEE CARRYI AM
THE CHAIR OF THE DPP
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I'VE SERVED ON THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEES SINCE IT STARTED IN --
TWO THOUSAND TEN AND SO I HAVE
BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF BPP
<c.green&gt; DIRECTORS.</c&gt;
FAST EIGHT YEARS --
AND I WANTED TO COME TODAY JUST.
SUPPORT FOR FOR DOCTOR MARION --
HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PROACTIVE
WITH THE COMMITTEE HE'S BEEN --
REACHING OUT TO US TO GET TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMITTEES
ROLE IS WITH THE BUREAU --
HE IS VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN I
COME TO HIM WITH QUESTIONS --
AND HE BRINGS A REALLY WANT A
FRESH LOOK AT HOW THE BUREAU IS
RUN ON OBVIOUSLY THE BUREAU HAS
HAS SORT OF RE EMERGED IN.
TWENTY TEN AND AFTER THE THE
DARK PERIOD AS WE CALL IT.
A AND WE'VE WE'VE GONE THROUGH
SOME LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT THE
BEER OVER THAT TIME AND HAVING
SOMEONE LIKE MY COMMAND WHO IS
VERY I'M OPEN TO NEW IDEAS OFF
REALLY WANTS TO TALK TO
EVERYBODY IF BRITNEY LISTENS --
IT IT HAS BEEN --
AGREED EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH
HIM AND I THINK THAT HE'S A
GREAT CHOICE FOR THIS POSITION
SUCH AS ONE TO COME AND EXPRESS
MY SUPPORT.
RIGHT.
ANYWHERE YELTSIN SUPPORT.
ANY ONE IN OPPOSITION.
OUR I SEE NONE A CINDER WILL
KEEP HERE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY GREAT AROUND WITH THAT
THOUGH INTO MOTION.
EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL CALL THE
ROLL PLEASE.
SENATORS MORNINGS MONNING MINING
I'VE ROTH ROTH AYE WILK.
WILK AYE CANNELLA BY CANNELLA
AYE ATKINS OR I WILL LEAVE IT ON
CALL FOR THE PRO TEM AND
CONGRATULATIONS [inaudible]
YEAH.
SO NEXT UP WE HAVE BRIAN AND HIS
SECRETARY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.
S. WAYS SECULAR PEOPLE LEAVE THE
ROOM AND
IF MORE PEOPLE COME IN
HERE JUST.
ALRIGHT SUSSER BICU LIKE TO
INTRODUCE ANYONE TO MAKE SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS PLEASE
PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON IT'S THAT MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY.
I HAVE HERE MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE
JANA MY SON CHARLES AND MY SON
JACOB.
WELCOME.
AB WELL THANK YOU MISTER VICE
CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY TODAY.
ESSENCE BY APPOINTMENT IN
FEBRUARY IT HAS BEEN MY GREAT
HONOR TO LEAD TO MORE THAN
THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND DEDICATED
EMPLOYEES WHO WORK WITHIN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY.
AS COMMISSIONER STANLEY NOTED
EARLIER AT THIS HEARING
TRAGICALLY WE MOURN THE LOSS OF
AN EMPLOYEE THIS WEEK CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER KIRK GRIS.
AND NINETEEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE
DEPARTMENTWHO WAS KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY LAST WEEK.
WE'VE LOST TOO MANY CHP OFFICERS
AND TOO MANY CALTRANS HIGHWAY
WORKERS OVER THE YEARS.
REDUCING ROADWAY FOR TALENT EASE
FOR EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS AND
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC MUST BE A
PRIORITY.
OVER THIS PAST YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL
ONE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK
PERFORMED BY MY CALLOUS T. A
STAFF.
AS WELL AS THE TEAMS IT CALTRANS
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
AND ALSO ARE MANY LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS.
THE COUNT OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY
SENATE BILL ONE IS NOW OVER.
SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED AND THE RUN
THE GAMUT FROM FILLING POTHOLES
ON LOCAL ROADS.
YOU CRITICAL BRIDGE SAFETY
REPAIRS.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE RAIL AND
CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS.
THESE PROJECTS ARE TRULY
REBUILDING CALIFORNIA.
ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY.
IS FIXING THE UNACCEPTABLE
CONSUMER WAIT TIMES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
I HAVE DIRECTED AGGRESSIVE NEW
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THIS AT THE
DMV AND LAST FRIDAY DIRECTOR
SHIMODA SIN A LETTER TO THE
LEGISLATURE OUTLINING THESE
EFFORTS.
MISTER VICE CHAIR MEMBERS I
UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT
CALIFORNIANS ARE FACING DAILY.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
SOLVING THIS PROBLEM QUICKLY IS
OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO ME AS
WELL.
TRANSPORTATION IS CENTRAL TO OUR
ECONOMY QUALITY OF LIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT.
I AM EXCITED BY THE MANY
TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS AND WORK
AHEAD.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
QUESTIONS ARE A GREAT WE'LL
START WITH SENATOR ROTH.
WELL FIRST CONGRATULATIONS SO
MUCH SECRETARY.
I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT YOU UP ON
THE D. M. V. --
SITUATION WE HAD PLENTY OF LAST
WEEK IS A RECALL.
A I DO THINK IS YOU NOTED IT'S A
CRITICAL ISSUE.
IN TALKING WITH MY OWN DISTRICT
STAFF.
AHEAD OF THE LEAST ONE STAFF
MEMBER ACTUALLY TWO STAFF
MEMBERS WHO SPENT HOURS.
AT A LOCAL OFFICE.
A ONE HAD HER DRIVER'S RENEW
DRIVER'S LICENSE SENT TO THE
WRONG ADDRESS.
A HOME BY THE TIME WHEN SHE GOT
AND SHE WAS TOLD SHE HAD TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT.
IT WAS MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS OUT.
SHE SAID MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IS
EXPIRED.
SHE EVENTUALLY GOT IT WORKED OUT
THEY GAVE HER SOME HAND WRITTEN
DOCUMENT THAT I AM HOPING MY CH
PRE CHP FRIENDS ACCEPTED SHE
STOPPED ON THE ROAD.
BUT I'M CONFIDENT BASED ON MY
PRIOR EXPERIENCE WORKING
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.
IN YOUR PRIOR CAPACITY AND THE
TIME I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR CURRENT
CAPACITY.
THAT YOU GET A HANDLE ON THIS
AND GET THIS THING FIXED QUICKLY.
AND FIXED RIGHT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION I'M
CONGRATULATIONS I WILL BE AND BE
DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT YOUR
CONFIRMATION AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME.
THANK YOU MISTER VITAL ROTH BY
COULD JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS
VERY GENEROUS COMMENTS AND IN
FACT -- I
MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO FIX THE
THE DMV WAIT TIMES JUST AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE PEOPLE
OF CALIFORNIA DESERVE BETTER AND
WE'RE FIXING IT AND WILL SEE
IMPROVEMENT INCOMING WEEKS
[inaudible]
ARE [inaudible]
CENTER WILK.
I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ANGLE
S. B. WHEN THE NEW BUT I'M HAPPY
TO TO THAT --
LOCAL.
YEAH ALRIGHT WE'LL GO TO SENATOR
MONNING.
YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN I ALSO ADD
MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
APPOINTMENT AND WE DID HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS A NUMBER
OF ISSUES.
I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
DMV I DID SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF
THE COMPLAINTS THAT MY STAFF HAS
RECORDED IN THE SEVENTEENTH
SENATE DISTRICT --
AND WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF THE THE
LETTER FROM.
THE DIRECTOR OF STEPS BEING
TAKEN AND DEPLOYMENT OF OF STAFF
BUT IF.
IF YOU COULD MAYBE JUST NAM
HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE STEPS
THAT ARE BEING TAKEN KIND OF FOR
THE PUBLIC RECORD I THINK IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL --
IN THIS FORUM TO SHARE SOME OF
THE STEPS BEING TAKEN.
TO NAM EXPEDITE THE CUSTOMER
SERVICE PARTICULARLY I THINK THE
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW
DRIVERS LICENSE ARE PART OF
WHAT'S BUT ON THAT CAN MAYBE
SHARING THAT CONTEXT --
WITH WHICH IS NOT JUST OUR
COMMITTEE BUT WITH THE PUBLIC
WHO HAVE ACCESS TO TODAY'S
HEARING.
OR THINKING CRIME THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION --
INDEED THE HAD THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP A
REQUIREMENT OF FOR A ENHANCED ID
TO BOARD OF FEDERAL EXPORTED
PLANE HAD A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT
STARTING IN OCTOBER. TWENTY
TWENTY AND THAT REQUIREMENT CAN
BE MET IN A COUPLE WAYS IT COULD
BE MET WITHOUT A PASSPORT.
OF THE OTHER COMMON WAYS TO ONE
OF THESE ARE RELY DE COMPLIANT
CARDS IN THAT REQUIRES CUSTOMERS
IF THEY CHOOSE THAT OPTION TO
COME BACK INTO A DE IN THE
OFFICE IN RE VERIFY THEIR
IDENTITY [inaudible]
AS SO THAT HAS.
BEEN OCCURRING IN CALIFORNIA
SINCE JANUARY --
WE ARE FINDING THAT A LOT OF
FOLKS EVEN IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE
TO GET A REAL ID HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT IT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THE
CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING ONE OR
NOT HAVING.
ONE AND IF THEY DECIDE THEY
WOULD LIKE ONE THOSE QUESTIONS
ON WHAT TYPES OF DOCUMENTS THAT
THEY WOULD NEED TO BRING AND TO
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR
APPLICATION --
STARTING IN LATE APRIL WE
STARTED TO SEE WAIT TIMES FAIRLY
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE AT DMV
OFFICES.
A MANY MEASURES WERE TAKEN
HOWEVER.
I'VE DIRECTED NEW ACTION IN
RECENT WEEKS BECAUSE THOSE
MAJORS WORK CREATING THE THEIR
AB.
AT THE FIX IS THAT WE NEED THE
WAIT TIME REDUCTIONS THAT WE
NEED SO I'VE DIRECTED AT SEVERAL
A ACTIONS ON AN EXPEDITED
SCHEDULE AND I'M REALLY.
THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE
BROADER ADMINISTRATION OR NOT
ONLY SENDING DIEM THE
HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYEES TO THE
DISTRICT OFFICES BUT WE'RE
BORROWING EMPLOYEES FROM OTHER
OFFICES.
THAT HELPS GET TECHNICIANS BACK
TO THE THE WINDOWS WHERE THEY
CAN PROCESS TRANSACTIONS --
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A REAL
CUSTOMER FOCUS FOR ALL THE
DIFFERENT MAJORS ARE PUTTING
INTO PLACE AND THAT.
AB THINK BRINGS FOCUS TO A WHAT
THE CUSTOMER'S EXPERIENCING
ALTERNATELY HELP WITH THE
METRICS AND THE NUMBERS WERE
SEEN AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS --
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN
REACH A CUSTOMER BETTER BEFORE
THEY SHOW UP AT THE OFFICE WERE
REVAMPING THE WEBSITE SOME OF
THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
ALSO WIN A CUSTOMER'S CHECK AND
WERE AT WITH JUST ADDED
SOMETHING THIS PAST SATURDAY TO
MOST OF MANY OFFICES THAT'S
COMMON WHEN YOU MIGHT GO OUT TO
A RESTAURANT YOU CAN GET A TEXT
MESSAGE.
WHEN YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME IS
GETTING NEAR SO SLOT OF A LOT OF
THAT CONSUMER FACING THINGS
WE'RE DOING A WE HAVE SOME
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES
BETTER BE IN PLACEMENT VERY AT
NEXT FEW WEEKS SO?
MANY --
ACTIONS ARE ON WE'LL START
SEEING BENEFITS IN THE COMING
WEEKS THANK YOU I APPRECIATE
THAT AND JUST FOR THE RECORD
AGAIN.
IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SECURE THE
REAL ID THAT'S DICTATED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
THAT'S CORRECT SO WHEN.
IF A CUSTOMER SHOWS UP WHO
PRESENTS DOCUMENTS THAT DON'T
MEET THE FEDERAL CRITERIA.
THE DMB DOES NOT HAVE
FLEXIBILITY AND THEY ARE
MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT'S CORRECT WE
NEED WE MUST FOLLOW THE FEDERAL
RULES ARE THEY WON'T HONOR THE
CARD.
AT TO DEATH AT THE AT THE
AIRPORTS IN YOU WON'T FEEL THE
ISSUE IT IF LACK THEY DON'T
PRESENT THE CRACKED DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN JUST AFINAL QUESTION.
YOU HAVE A BROAD PORTFOLIO --
BUT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL IS PART
OF THAT AND I THINK --
I REPRESENT SOUTHERN SANTA CLARA
COUNTY SAN JOSE SOUTH TO MORGAN
HILL.
I KNOW --
SOME OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
FUNDS VOTED BY VOTERS IN TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HAVE BEEN USED TO
CONVERT THE CALTRAIN FROM DIESEL
TO ELECTRIC COULD YOU SHARE THE
STATUS OF THAT --
OF THAT TRANSITION SURE SURE
WELL WITH FLAG AT CALTRAIN --
WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT --
WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL FUNDS ARE
THE FUNDING FOR THAT
ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT WAS
COMPLETED.
SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING
FORWARD ARE BOTH ARE PUTTING UP
THE ELECTRICAL CAN MARRY.
AND THROUGH SOME OTHER FUNDS
THAT TACK CALTRAIN IS OBTAINED
INCLUDING SOME SENATE BILL ONE
FINDS THEY'RE ABLE TO REPLACE
THEIR DIFFICULT DIESEL
LOCOMOTIVES WITHOUT ELECTRICAL
MULTIPLE UNITS SO.
I THAT PROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BE
COMPLETED IN.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUT THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS IS THAT
CORRECT.
ACT CORRECTED CURRENTLY IN
CONSTRUCTION NON THE GROUND IN
RAIL CARS ON ORDER RATE.
NUMB AND I THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
HAS AN IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFIT AND AIR QUALITY BENEFIT
FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONG THAT
RAIL LINE IS THAT CRAFTS THAT'S
CORRECT AND IT DOES INCREASE
THEIR THE SPEEDS OF THOSE TRAIN
SERVICES THOSE NEW TRAINS CAN
ACCELERATE A LITTLE FASTER SO IT.
IT OPENS AT NEW CAPACITY AND
DATA A REDUCES POLLUTION FOR
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR RIGHT UP SOLD.
BUG YOU ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND GO
OVER THE SENATE WILK VS FOR A
MORE FOLLO BUT AT THE DMV%
SITUATION SO THE REAL ID.
THAT REQUIREMENT PASSED IN TWO
THOUSAND FIVE WHICH WAS THIRTEEN
YEARS AGO.
WERE PEOPLE CHEST NOT.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT INTO
LATIN TO EXCEPT FOR THE LAST FEW
MONTHS IS THAT WHAT'S CAUSED THE
PROBLEM.
NO AT CENTER CANNELLA THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION SINCE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONCE THEY
PASSED THE LAW WENT TO THAT
MULTI YEAR PROCESS ON REGULATION.
I WORK WITH STATES ON DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE GIVEN
EXTENSIONS ARE SO BACK IN --
AT THE SPRING OF TWENTY
SEVENTEEN AT THE DEPARTMENT
BROUGHT FORTH THAT A BUDGET
REQUEST WHICH LEGISLATURE
APPROVED AND SET THE
IMPLEMENTATION AT TED JUNE ISSUE
ME JANUARY TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND
THAT WAS THAT THE MONTH THE
IMPLEMENTATIONBEGAN.
OKAY.
SO BUT IT IS REAL I D. THAT'S
CAUSING THE PROBLEM RECORD IS
VERY HANDS ON YOU'VE GOT A LOOK
AT A BUNCH OF DOCUMENTATION.
CORRECT YEAH WE'RE SEEING THAT
AT LOT OF THINGS A BIT DIFFERENT
THAN EXPECTATIONS IN THAT IN
THAT FINANCE LETTER.
AYE WE'RE SEEING MORE CUSTOMERS
THAT ARE PATH TO RETURN WITH
THEIR DOCUMENTS SO WE WE
ANTICIPATED SOME LEVEL OF
CUSTOMERS HAVING TO RETURN HOME
TO GET DOCUMENTS BUT THAT THAT
IS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED AND
ENHANCE SOME OF OUR EFFORTS NOW --
AND DAD LIKEWISE BECAUSE WE'RE
OFFERING IT TO CONSUMERS IS A
CHOICE.
YOU KNOW WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE
KNOW WHAT THE CARD LOOKS LIKE IF
YOU CHOOSE A REAL ID WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE IF YOU DO NOT AND
SOME OF THOSE IMPLICATIONS WE
ARE GENERATING QUESTIONS IN
THOSE.
THOSE QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE THAT
MAY ULTIMATELY NOT DECIDE TO
OBTAIN A REAL ID ARE TAKING SOME
TIME AS WELL.
IT A DEEP HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A
PAIN RIGHT TO GO TO IF YOU HAVE
AN APPOINTMENT I HAD AN
APPOINTMENT IT WAS IT WAS A
LITTLE EASIER BUT THE WAIT TIMES
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN [inaudible]
PRETTY TOUGH SO ARE WITH THE
THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING THEM
IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUICK ARE YOU
GO BE SEEN ANY RELIEF YET OR
WHEN WILL WE START SEEING RELIEF.
IN -- AS WE
LOOK AT THE STAFF IT'S GOING OUT
INTO THE FIELDS I MENTIONED
EVERY DIRECTED HEADQUARTERS
STAFF AND SOME OF THOSE FOCUS
OFFICE WHERE WHICH SENT THEM
WHERE WORST TIMES OF SEEING OF
THE ARE THE WORST WE ARE SEEN
SAN.
SOME BETTER RESULTS AT IN THOSE
PARTICULAR OFFICES ALSO ADD THE
SATURDAY OFFICES THAT HAVE BEEN
EXPANDED.
OF THOSE ARE SERVING A LARGE
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS I LOOKED
ABOUT. FORTY FORTY SEVEN
THOUSAND CUSTOMERS SERVED DURING
SATURDAY HOURS THE LASTTWO
SATURDAYS THOSE WAIT TIMES ON
SATURDAYS WERE MORE TYPICAL OF
OF WHAT HISTORICALLY YOU SEE.
AS SO THAT SAID AND THERE'S
THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS BEING
PUT INTO PLACE THAT I THINK ARE
IMPROVING THAT CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE AND OF COURSE.
A WE'RE AB GONNA BE REPORTING
MONTHLY TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH
DIFFERENT METRICS SO A YOU CAN
SEE HOW WE'RE DOING WHERE THE
IMPROVEMENT IS AND WHAT FURTHER
WHERE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON
GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO HOW WAS YOUR AGENCY
MONITORING S. B. ONE FUNDING.
A WAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF
THE LEDGE I KNOW YOU BROUGHT
LEAGUE MENTIONED WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY FROM SP ONE
HAS BEEN AWARDED TO DATE ROUGHLY --
SO -- VERY
VERY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE
COMPLETED REALLY THE FIRST CYCLE
OF SP ONE MEANING WITHIN THROUGH
MOST OF THE PROGRAMS AT LEAST
ONCE SUMMER IN THE SECOND CYCLE
ALREADY.
BUDGET WE COUNT ABOUT NINE
BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN A
RUN THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO
DATE HOW MUCH NINE BILLION.
AND THAT'S SOME PROGRAMS MAY BE
A ONE YEAR CYCLE SO MAYBE A FOUR
YEAR CYCLE SO DOES VERY --
IN DDITION TO THAT A MY AGENCY
AWARDS THE TRANSIT GRANTS
DIRECTLY AND AT THE AT THAT
PROGRAM HAD AN AWARD LEVEL IF I
TWO POINT SIX BILLION.
A FOR A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
RECENTLY SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
OVER TEN BILLION OF THESE
VARIOUS SP ONE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
AWARDED [inaudible]
RIGHT.
SO IF VOTERS APPROVED
PROPOSITION SIX AT THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT?
WELL WELL WE'RE ESTIMATING IS IF
I IF IF THE SP ONE REVENUES WERE
TO TO TO GO AWAY.
THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE PROJECTS
WOULD BE YEAH I DELETED OR
DEFERRED.
SO THEY'RE NOT BE FUNDING TO
COMPLETE MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS.
I IN THE CASE OF PROJECTS THAT
ARE DEFERRED AD SUPPORTED NOTED
THAT WHEN IF THEY DO COME BACK
IN THE FUTURE THE LIKELY HAVE
HIGHER COSTS BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION INFLATION AND OTHER
FACTORS PERHAPS HIGHER RIGHT
AWAY COST.
IN THE CASE OF MAINTENANCE A
NAME WE THIS STATE PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE WINDOW SO WHEN WE DO
COME BACK TO MAINTENANCE COSTS
ARE GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE.
AS A DATA THAT WOULD BE AT THE
BROUGH THE PROCESS OF DE
PROGRAMMING PROJECTS WITH WITH
HAD TO FACE IT BEFORE THAT
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAD.
A THE LEADER DELAY ABOUT ONE
POINT FIVE BILLION IN.
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AS SO.
AND THERE THERE'S A PROCESS FOR
IT BUT AGAIN IT RESULTS IN MANY
PROJECTS NOT BEING ABLE TO GO
FORWARD.
SO ARE AYE SPORT SP ONE I I
STILL SUPPORT S. B. ONE THAT
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CRITICISM OF
THE SIGNS THAT ARE ON THE
PROJECTS THAT SAY SUPPORTED WITH
SP ONE DOLLARS.
A SOME OF SAID THAT THAT'S NOT
LEGAL CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT
HAVE YOU HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO
THAT YOU HAVE AN OPINION SURE.
BUT THAT IS A COMMON PRACTICE
THAT IN CALIFORNIA HAS DONE THIS
OVER MULTIPLE DECADES IN FACTOR
THAT ASSIGNS REPLACED.
FOR A PROPOSITION NO ONE BE THE
BOND ACT TWENTIES AT TWO
THOUSAND SIX ALSO FOR THEIR FOOD
FEDERAL A RECOVERY ACT PROGRAM
OF TWO THOUSAND NINE WE ACTUALLY
WERE ABLE TO FIND A SIGNED IT AS
FAR BACK AS NINETEEN TWENTY
EIGHT THERE WAS INDICATING THAT.
ARE WHERE THE REVENUE FOR
CERTAIN PROJECT WAS COMING FROM
ALRIGHT SO IN YOUR VIEW IT'S NOT
BE ILLEGAL WHEN YOU GONNA
CONTINUE DOING.
CORRECT YEAH WE SEE THIS ISRAELI
STANDARD YOUR RESPONSE SIEBEL
WAY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF
WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS COME
FROM AND WHERE THEY WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.
SO ASIDE FROM HIGH SPEED RAIL
ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RAIL SERVICE
PRIORITIES.
I'M A BIG FAN OF THE A STRAIN
WHICH ISRAEL AND THE BIG GUY.
A OF ALLOCATION FOR THAT
RECENTLY WHICH WE APPRECIATE
VERY MUCH BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT THE REAL PRIORITIES SURE
WELL I AM.
WHO EXIST DAD WITH CALTRANS THAT
WE PUT OUT TO A WHILE BACK AT
DRAFT STATE RAIL PLAN?
AND IT WAS A IN MY VIEW A MUCH
IMPROVED RAIL PLAN FROM OF
VERSION OF ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE IT REALLY INTEGRATES ALL
THEIR RAIL PROVIDERS NOT JUST
THE INTERCITY RAIL LIKE AT THE
SAN JOAQUIN'S IN YOUR AREA BUT
IT ALSO BRINGS IN THE A STRAY.
SIMILARLY IN THE SOUTH NOT JUST
THE SURFLINER AMTRAK BUT ALSO
THE METROLINK IN THE COASTER.
AND THAT PLAN REALLY LAYS OUT
THIS DIVISION OF WHEN YOU
INTEGRATE RAIL AND COORDINATE
THOSE SERVICES THAT THE GREAT
BENEFIT YOU CAN SEE IN SOME KEY
CORRIDORS.
FREQUENCIES OF EVERY THIRTY
MINUTES AB AND THEM BUSIEST
DURING COMMUTE TIMES MAYBE EVEN
FIFTEEN MINUTES AT FREQUENCIES
FOR SOME OF THESE HE COMMUTER
CORRIDORS.
NO IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
A THE PLAN INCLUDES MAJOR NORTH
SOUTH RAIL IMPROVEMENTS THAT.
A AND THAT WOULD AND THAT IS THE
EXCITING THING ABOUT ABOUT RAIL
RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE THE PLANS
WE HAVE THE VISION.
BED WITH SP ONE WE ALSO HAVE THE
MONEY TO GET STARTED.
AND AS YOU AYE IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY --
THERE WAS AT GRANT OF ABOUT FIVE
TO DO A MAJOR AT NORTH SOUTH
IMPROVEMENTS SAID.
TO NOT ONLY SAN JOAQUIN'S BUT
ALSO WAYS THAT REALLY SERVE
FRESNO MERCED SERIES I STOCKTON
SACRAMENTO SO A LOT OF EXCITING
A RAIL PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
YEAH I'M I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER SO
I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE BUT THE REALITY IS
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING O DO THAT
MEAN THE FOR NOT CAN EXPAND OUR
FREEWAYS MUCH MORE AT SUCH A
EXPENSIVE COMPLICATED.
NEW PROJECT OF RAIL I THINK IS.
IS A GREAT WAY TO GO AND SO
EVERY CHANCE I GET TO RIDE RAIL
ANYWHERE I DO IT TO GET TO RELAX
AND AVOID THE TRAFFIC I THINK
IT'S GREAT I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN RAIL FOR YEARS IT
COMES I THINK IT REALLY DOES
CHANGE THE THE QUALITY.
OF LIFE FOR THE FOLKS TO GET YOU
IT'S ABSOLUTELY I WITHOUT YOU
ANYMORE QUESTIONS ARE WILK.
YES MR VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU.
ABOUT TO FALL OPEN SP ONE IN IT
MAYBE I'D I DON'T I DON'T GET
THE MATH OF IT SO.
YOU JUST HAD MENTIONED NINE
BILLION IN IN SPENDING AND I
GUESS SOME OF THOSE ARE MULTI
YEAR PROJECTS.
BUT IT'S WILL BE FIVE POINT TWO
BILLION A YEAR IN TAX REVENUE
AND WE CAN START TO NOVEMBER.
SO HAD WE SEE HOW WE SPENT NINE
BILLION DOLLARS.
FOR SURE SO THAT WHEN I MENTION
A MULTI YEAR PROGRAM SO THOSE --
AB WHERE WE PROGRAM ARE PLANNED
FOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD START.
IN YOUR TOUR YEARS.
THREE AND DEPEND ON YOUR TOUR
YOUR YEARS THREE MONEY TO GO
FORWARD.
OKAY GOOD NUMBER GAS A QUESTION
FROM A CONSTITUENT I WISH I HAD
THE LETTER I'VE TAX MY STAFF
THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED.
BUT I A CONSTITUENT UP IN THE
END OF THE ALLEY.
WHO HAS A COMMERCIAL LICENSE?
AND SHE SHE WED. TO THE LOCAL
I'M I'M AGAIN I'M GONNA HANDLE
THIS TO YOU LATER SO I HOPE TO
TAKE NOTES. THIRTY SHE WOULD
LOOK GOOD IN THE OFFICE BATES
TOLD HER SHE HAD TO GO DOWN TO
SANTA CREATE WAS ABOUT FORTY
FIVE MINUTE DRIVE.
SO SHE GOES DOWN THERE AND WHEN
SHE WOULD TO GO DO IT SHE SHE
DID HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION
IN THE DARK WHICH ACTIONS NOT.
IT'S NOT LIKE ON THE FORMER
DOESN'T SAY WHAT DOCUMENTATION
SHE NEEDS TO SHOULD TO DRIVE
BACK TO HER HOME IN PALMDALE.
AND THEN BACK IT SEEMS TO ME IF
WE KNOW IN.
THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THAT THAT
SHOULD BE ON THE FORM SO PEOPLE
ARE BETTER PREPARED I THINK IT'S
ALL THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE SAID
SOMETHING WE HADN'T HEARD BACK
SO.
I'M HOPING WE CAN EXPEDITE IT
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT GREAT THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT I'M I'M FINE THANK
YOU SIR.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU JUST ON THE
RELAY DE BRIEF THAT I GREW
SENATE LOOK IT'S NOT SUPER CLEAR
I'VE HAD I HAD TO GO.
OF APPLY FOR THAT AS WELL AND I
FOR TO HELP DOCUMENTS BUT IT
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A YOU KNOW
A SCAVENGER HUNT TO FIND ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS SO MIGHT BE NICE
JUST TO PUT IT BOLDLY ON THE
WEBSITE YEAH I HOPE IF YOU DID.
DID YOU DID HAPPEN TO CHECK THE
INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE A
WEEK OR SO AGO YOU LOOK AGAIN
NEXT WEEK BILL KEYSER THAT
SHOULD BE MUCH CLEARER THAT
SORRY.
PRIORITIZE PERFECT GREAT THANK
YOU BY WITH THAT WILL OPEN UP TO
THOSE ARE IN SUPPORT IF YOU
WOULD COME FORWARD AND BREVITY
IS ACTUALLY BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE
RUNNING LATE HERE SO.
THANK YOU MISTER VICE CHAIR
MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE JEREMY
SMITH ARAB HALF OF THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL SUPPORT [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE IF WINTERS HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATE GENERAL
CONTRACTORS AND ALSO ON BEHALF
OF MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE WHO'S
A ME HERE OF THE CALIFORNIA
COUNCIL LABORERS WHO IN A RUSH
OFF TO ANOTHER MEETING.
HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR CANDIDACY
URGE YOUR CONFIRMATION.
THINK MISS FRESHER KEITH ON HER
BEHALF SUFFOLK COUNTIES
COALITION WE GOT PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH CERTAIN ANISE FOR
ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AND HIS
VARIOUS ROLES HER THE STATE HE'S
ALWAYS BEEN.
AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL AND BRING STATE
ASSETS TO IT TO HELP US RESOLVE
OUR PROBLEMS VERY STRONG SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON KIANA BALLANTINE
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AS
WELL AS THE LEADER CALIFORNIA
CITY THIS AFTERNOON.
I HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
SECRETARY ENNIS'S CONFIRMATION
HAVE WORKED WITH HIM FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS HE KNOWS LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND
POLICY VERY WELL.
AND LOOK FOR TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH HIM THINK YOU.
I MEMORY WITH HELPER TRUCKING
ASSOCIATION.
MATT ROMAN WITH COVERING
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION --
HAD WE BEEN WORKING WITH
SECRETARY PERRY LONGTIME WE ARE
PROUD THAT SUPPORT HIS THAT
CONFIRMATION.
ADAM MISSED SHARING THEM MEMBERS
TIM CHIANG WITH THE AUTO CLUB OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WITH
OTHER A SPEAKERS WE HAVE WORKED
WITH MR ANAS FOR QUITE AWHILE WE
FIND IN VIA VERY ACCOMMODATING
AND WE ARCHER.
A CONFIRMATION TODAY.
MISTER CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
ROGER DICKINSON ON BEHALF OF
TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA I ECHO
THE COMMENTS OF THOSE WHO'VE
PRECEDED ME MY MY COLLEAGUES AND
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
CONFIRMATION OF SECRETARY ANISE
THANKS.
OR THANK YOU OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN
OPPOSITION.
ALRIGHT SEE NO OPPOSITION WE
HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR ROTH OF
THE SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL
[inaudible]
SENATORS MONNING.
MONNING AYE ROTH.
ROTH AYE WILK.
WILK AYE CANNELLA AYE AYE
CANNELLA AYE ATKINS AWARE LEAVE
THAT ON CALL FOR SENATE RACKETS
CONGRATULATIONS MISS RANDA'S.
ALRIGHT SO WE CAN CLEAR THE ROOM
OF MISTER HANNAH SUPPORTERS
SWING GUITAR LAST TWO CAPRICE
TODAY --
HONORABLE FRANK DAMN REAL JUNIOR
AND SUSAN T. HARDER.
HONORABLE JUDGE HONORABLE SCOTT
IS SYNONYMOUS ISN'T.
NOW OKAY.
YEAH I NEWS OF JOBS [inaudible]
HAVE [inaudible]
ALRIGHT.
SO START IF YOU HAVE ANYONE TO
INTRODUCE OR IF YOU DON'T THEN
JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO YOUR
COMMENTS PLEASE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VOICE YOUR CANNELLA
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF BEING
HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON
THE DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL.
DURING MY THIRTY FIVE PLUS YEARS
OF WORKING IN WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE ATCHED CALIFORNIA MOVE
MORE AND MORE TOWARD INTEGRATED
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
SINCE THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES.
THE LAW AND POLICY MAKERS IN
THIS STATE AND THE WATER
MANAGERS [inaudible]
HAVE CREATED.
OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT
ENCOURAGE WATER TRADING AND
TRANSFERS.
WE'VE INCENTIVIZED INTEGRATED
RESOURCE WATER MANAGEMENT
PLANNING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL
[inaudible]
WE PASSED.
AMAZING LANDMARK FLOOD
LEGISLATION.
THAT ALSO SEEKS TO INTEGRATE.
OF WATER MANAGEMENT WITH FLOOD
MANAGEMENT.
WE PASS THE SUSTAINABLE GROUND
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT.
THE LAST FRONTIER FORWARD WE
TRULY INTEGRATING OUR WATER
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MOST
RECENTLY WE PASSED.
A LEGISLATION.
THAT.
MAKES WATER USE EFFICIENCY A WAY
OF LIFE.
SO IN MY VIEW WE HAVE THE
AUTHORITIES AND MAJOR POLICY
MECHANISMS. TO REALLY MOVE
FORWARD ON INTEGRATING ARMOR
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA
AND I VIEW THE COUNCIL AS AN
AGENT.
OF INTEGRATED RESOURCE.
WATER RESOURCE --
MANAGEMENT PLANNING --
THE COUNCIL USES SCIENCE BASED.
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT TO GUIDE.
LAND AND WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT IN THE DELTA.
THROUGH ITS LONG TERM DELTA PLAN.
AND I WOULD BE HONORED AND
PRIVILEGED TO CONTINUE SERVING
ON THE COUNCIL THANK YOU.
BUT JUST ERA.
BUT GOOD AFTERNOON NO VICE CHAIR
A CANNELLA.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE --
MY MODEST.
MS HARDER DID NOT MENTION SHE IS
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL SO
SHE SAID.
A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON AND IS
RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY A FULL
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IN TWO THOUSAND AND NINE THE
LEGISLATURE DECLARED THAT THE
THE DELTA THEM.
WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
ESTUARY [inaudible]
AND WETLANDS.
ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
AND IT CERTAINLY IS THE SAME
TODAY.
AS A RESULT.
THE COUNTING THE LEGISLATURE --
OUTLINED A THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE NEED.
FOR THE COUNCIL [inaudible]
AND I CAN.
AYE IF CONFIRMED I CERTAINLY
INTEND. TO TO CONSIDER CONTINUE
THOSE EFFORTS THAT I THAT I
ALREADY HAVE A SPEND IT ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL.
AND TO FOLLOW THE LEGISLATIVE
MANDATE.
OF THE REFORM ACT THAT THE
REFORM ACT.
WHICH IS TO PROVIDE MORE
RELIABLE WATER FOR CALIFORNIANS.
AND A ENHANCED.
AND READ RESTORE THE ECO SYSTEM.
OF THE DELTA [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU US CEREMONY
WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN.
WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU BOTH --
ANYA REAPPOINTMENT BUT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SIR. TO
DATE AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH
HERE.
COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
MANY ISSUES FACING NOT JUST THE
DELTA BUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THAT COULD START WITH MS HARDER --
WE TALK SOME ABOUT THE AMENDED
BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN IN
FEBRUARY.
TWENTY SIXTEEN INCLUDING REFINED
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND WIFE
YOU JUST SHARE CAN OF A SNAPSHOT
OF WHAT'S OUR PROGRESS SINCE
TWENTY SIXTEEN WITH THE REFINED
PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
AND OUR WE A HOW HOW DO WE
MEASURE.
THAT CO EQUAL OBJECTIVE SIEVE
PROTECTION OF THE DELTA AND
SPENDING OUR CAPACITY FOR
CONVEYANCE.
THE PROGRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES HAS OWN IT'S BEEN
PROGRESSING STEADILY SINCE THE
TIME YOU MENTIONED.
WE NOW HAVE A DASHBOARD.
ON THE WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS A
ANYONE TO SEE.
OTHER PROGRESS ON ON WHAT WE
CALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
AND THOSE ARE THE MEASURES.
AND YOU CAN CLICK.
ON ANY ONE OF THE TOPICS IN SEE --
WHICH AGENCIES.
ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON WHICH
PART.
THEY'RE PLAYING IN IN
IMPLEMENTING THE DELTA PLAN --
THEY OUTPUT MEASURES WHERE WE'RE
CONTINUING TO REFINE.
AND BY THAT I MEAN I'LL GIVE YOU
AN EXAMPLE.
OF THE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FOR EXAMPLE FOR ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION.
ARE BEING REFINED THAT TO
INCORPORATE.
THE CURRENT INFORMATION.
AND BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND
FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.
THE V. CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN
ACTIONS.
ON THAT WERE MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING
FURTHER REFINED --
IF THIS EVIDENCE HEARING ACROSS
IT DOES I THINK NAM I KNOW
THERE'S CREE DETAIL IN SOME OF
THESE.
EFFORTS SOME IS IT FAIR TO SAY
THAT YOU WERE LYING ON SCIENCE
BASS TOM.
INFORMATION IN MOVING FORWARD I
BELIEVE THERE'S A SCIENCE PANEL
THAT YOUR LAN CIOS WE HAVE.
AN INTERNAL SCIENCE PROGRAM.
A AND WE ALSO HAVE AN
INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD AND
THEY BOTH PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS
INPUT.
AND TO CREATION AND REFINEMENT
OF THE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
WE ALSO HAVE A LEAD SCIENTIST DR
JOHN CALLAWAY.
WHO?
HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A LOT OF HELP
IN REFINING THE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.
WE DEPEND VERY HEAVILY ON OUR
SCIENTISTS READ APPRECIATE THAT
MAN.
PREJUDGED HIM ROUND --
I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES WITH LACK OF
AVAILABLE RESOURCES IS.
PROTECTION OF DELTA LEVEES AND
HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO.
THE MOVING FORWARD --
WITH CO EQUAL GOALS AND I GUESS
A RELATED QUESTION --
ON LEVY CURIOUSLY IN TERMS OF
SEISMIC KOREA'S SCORE.
OR OTHER RISK IS THAT PART AND
PARCEL OF THE BROADER --
WATER FIX IN THE PURSUIT OF THE
CO EQUAL GOALS.
NOT PART OF WATER FIX BUT IT'S A
PART OF THE WE ADOPTED A
AMENDMENT --
CHAPTER --
SEVEN I BELIEVE. TO THE PLANT.
WHICH WE WHICH REQUIRES SECURE
LEVEES OF PROTECTION OF THE OF
OF THE DELTA ITSELF.
AT THE ISLANDS OF THE DELTA.
AND THAT WE HAVE --
AS RECENTLY AS APRIL OF THIS
YEAR WE DID THOUGH WE'VE WE'VE
WE FURTHER REFINE THAT AMENDMENT.
AND AS A RESULT OF I THINK WE
HAVE OF IT ACTUALLY TO
REGULATION NOW.
AS A REVIEW OF THE THE ISSUES
THAT WE DISCUSSED BECAME
REGULATIONS UNDER THE PLAN
ITSELF.
THAT IT REQUIRES.
THE PRIORITIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE AS AS
A MS HARDER INDICATING THE
SCIENCE CAN PUT.
EH AS WELL AS OF THE CONSULTANTS
THAT WE HAVE --
HAVE GIVEN US OF THE SENSE OF
PRIORITIES WITH RESPECT TO
SECURING THOSE LEVEES.
AND IT'S CRITICAL.
THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO AND
IN TERMS OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE
WITHIN THE DELTA AND WORK WITH
AN ADULT IN THE FORM OF THE
DELTA.
BLUES LEVEES HAVE TO BE.
AT AND THE STATE INTERESTS
OBVIOUSLY.
AND THE PRIORITIES WILLIE START
WITH PEOPLE.
THEN PROPERTY IN THE STATE
INTERESTS.
ALL OF WHICH HAVE TO BE
PROTECTED AS A RESULT OF THIS
THAT'S AN AMENDMENT THAT WE'VE
ADOPTED.
AS A REGULATION.
THANK YOU AND THEN MY FINAL
QUESTION. FOR YOU --
JUDGE TAMRIEL.
GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A
FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE ROLE OF THE
COUNSELING HEARING APPEALS HAD
IS THAT PRIOR EXPERIENCE INFORM
YOUR CURRENT ROLE.
WELL IF IT THERE IS A THERE'S
OBVIOUSLY BUT OF THIS LITIGATION
AND MATTERS OF THAT THAT THAT
THAT.
COME BEFORE NOT NOT COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL BUT WE HAVE TO
CONSIDER BECAUSE IT OR THERE IS
A AND IN PHARMACY APPEALS GO --
IS IS I I DON'T THINK THAT MY
PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE --
HOPEFUL.
AS AS AS PART OF A DISCUSSION
THAT WE HAVE AND AND THAT
PROCESS --
BUT BY NO MEANS.
DO OF DO I HAVE ANY PARTICULAR --
EXPERTISE OVER ABOVE WITH THIS
IS HARD TO BRIDGE THE TABLE FOR
EXAMPLE.
A OR OR THE CHAIR BRINGS.
THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT WERE THAT
REALLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING --
OF WATER ISSUES WHICH IS WHY I
COME TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH MY
BACKGROUND BUT THAT THAT'S THE
NATURE OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT THIS* OR NETWORK
CAPACITY OF THINK THAT.
YOU KNOW PROVIDED ANY EXPERTISE
PER SE MAN Y. APPRECIATE THAT I
THINK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE
I KNOW THIS IS OFTEN.
THANKLESS WORK BUT WE KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS SO THINKING
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
THERE WILK QUESTIONS.
FIX DINNER ROTH.
MISTER VICE CHAIR ABSOLUTELY NO
QUESTIONS I JUST WANT OF THANK
YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STATE AND I
LOOK FORWARD.
TO SUPPORTING A CONFIRMATION AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
RIGHT THANK YOU SO I DO HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS.
A THE STATE WATER BOARD IS
PROPOSING TO MASSIVELY INCREASE
INSTREAM FLOWS AND ALL OF THE
RIVERS TRIBUTARY TO THE DELTA.
THIS COULD LEAD TO A DECREASE
CARRY OVER STORAGE IN THE
RESERVOIRS LEAVING THE MULTITUDE.
A BENEFITS SCHMIDT OFFICIAL USES
WITH LESS PROTECTION IN THE CASE
OF A DROUGHT.
WHAT WILL THE COUNCIL DO TO
ASSURE THAT THE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES BY THE WATER BOARD WILL
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DELTA
PLAN [inaudible]
WELL [inaudible]
THE COUNCIL'S.
ROLL IS ONE OF COVERED ACTIONS
AND BEING A REGULATORY BODY THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO CERTIFY --
OUT THERE IS NOT IN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL.
WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IS PROVIDE?
INPUT ON THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS.
THAT THE BOARD HAS PUT FORTH FOR
THOSE FLOWS --
ARE.
INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD AND OR
SCIENCE PROGRAM BOTH
[inaudible]
REVIEWED.
THE THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENTATION.
AND PROVIDED.
COMMENTS --
DEATH THE MOST RECENT LETTER WAS
MARCH.
OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN BUT
THERE WERE THERE WAS ONGOING
INTERACTION.
THE BOARD ACTUALLY ASKED THE THE
INFANT SCIENCE BOARD TO REVIEW.
SOME OF ITS WORK --
AND THAT'S OUR ROLES.
IN TERMS OF THE THE FLOWS. FOR
THE BAY DELTA WATER QUALITY
CONTROL PLAN.
BRIDGES EMERALD YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ADD THE THING WELL I I THINK
THAT ONE THING I WOULD ADD AND
AND THAT I THINK.
IT IS HARDER DID ALLUDE TO THIS
AND THAT THE THE FACT THAT.
I URGE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.
AND DEALING WITH THAT WITH THE
WITH ANY.
PARTICULAR FLOW.
ALTHOUGH IT'S BEYOND OUR
JURISDICTION CERTAINLY BUT THAT
THAT IS THE KEY I THINK HIM AND
I THINK WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT
TO THE THE BOARD.
BEFORE THE AT ANY ACTION WAS
TAKEN JUST THINK IT SHOULD BE
ADAPTIVE OTHER WORDS.
ADAPT TO CIRCUMSTANCES AND BE
WILLING TO ADAPT AT THAT WOULD
BE OUR SUGGESTION POLICE I THINK
THAT'S WHY.
FROM MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT
CORRECT THIS IS HARDER CITY THAT
SAYS YES I WOULD CONFIDENT OF
THAT.
IF SHE SAYS YES.
OKAY SO WELL THE DELTA
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL YOU THE
STEWARDS OF THE DELTA RIGHT SO.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE
ADDITIONAL FLOWS FROM OUR
RESERVOIRS ARE NECESSARY TO
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE DELTA.
MENDEZ BICU LOOKED AS YOUR
SCIENCE TEAM LOOKED AT THAT.
YES IT DOES BOTH THE SCIENCE
PROGRAM AND THE INFINITE SCIENCE
BOARD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT
[inaudible]
A I DON'T WANT TO GET IT WAY
DOWN INTO THE WEEDS BUT THERE
THE THE RANGE OF PERCENTAGES.
FOUR UNIMPAIRED FLOWS AND DID
INCLUDE WHAT THE BOARD IS
PROPOSING.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE
JUDGE SAID.
ON YOU KNOW WHETHER IS 35% OR
60% -- IT
REALLY IS IMPORTANT [inaudible]
TWO CONSTANTLY MONITOR.
THE THE THE BENEFITS IN THE
CONSEQUENCES.
OF THIS ACTION.
AND AND AND PRACTICE ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT IN.
AND IMPLEMENTING --
THAT PARTICULAR [inaudible]
ACTION [inaudible]
THE OTHER.
OF TOPIC ADDRESSED BY THE
SCIENTISTS --
IN OUR COMMENT LETTERS.
HAD TO DO WITH NON FLOW MEASURES.
ON AND ON FLOW MEASURES OUR
THINGS LIKE RESTORING --
A STREAM BED.
HABITAT.
OR WE CONNECTING THE FLOOD
PLAINS TO THEM TO TO THE WATER
BODY.
OR A CAN YOU KNOW CONTROLLING
POLLUTANTS SIN.
I MEAN THERE ARE NUMBER OF OF
NON FLOW ACTIONS.
AND A I THINK.
THE NON FLOW ACTIONS ARE JUST AS
IMPORTANT.
AS AS THE FLOW ACTIONS --
SELECT A YOU KNOW I HESITATE TO
SAY THAT THE THE WE'RE GOING.
TO OWN COMPLETELY RESTORE THE
HABITAT FROM THIS ONE ACTION.
A IS BUSINESS DISHONOR REALISTIC
I THINK A COMBINATION OF FLOW
AND UNTIL ACTIONS.
IT IS THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH
BUT ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE
YOU 60% FLOWS WOULD DEVASTATE
THE CENTRAL VALLEY SO.
IT'S A YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY ALL OF
OUR REVERSAL TO ME MAKE IT OUT
TO THE DELTA WHICH PROVIDES
FLOTA FROM LOTS OF POSITIVE USES
IN THE DELTA.
IF WE DRAIN THE RESERVOIRS TO
WHAT THEY'RE BASICALLY DEAD
PULLS THAT PROVIDES NO WATER FOR
THE DELTA SO.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE THE
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL WOULD HAVE
LOOKED AT THAT TO SAY THAT'S
THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE NO WATER
RUNNING IN THE RIVERS OF HALL
RIGHT.
YES WE DO WHO HIT DUPLICATE THAT
AND 60% IS NOT RECOMMENDED BUT
AGAIN.
WILL IT WILL CUT OR EVEN PERCENT
JUST AS BAD IN MY GETTING.
ALL THE SCIENTISTS TO COALESCE
AROUND IT.
EIGHTY A NUMBER IN TERMS OF
NEEDED FLOW IS [inaudible]
NOT LIKELY.
AND AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY
PUSH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.
AND A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
HOLISTIC LOU.
VIEW OF OF A WATERSHED.
SO TO YOUR POINT ON ON
PARTICULAR RESERVE WARS
[inaudible]
OWN.
THERE'SIT THERE'S A WAY.
TO EMPLOYMENT FLOW MEASURES IN A
MANNER THAT.
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT [inaudible]
THE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
CONDITIONS OF EACH [inaudible]
CATCHMENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE THAT'S WOLLEMI
STANISLAUS THE MERCED.
I DON'T THINK THE THAT THE BOARD
I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE
BOARD BUT IN MY MIND
[inaudible]
ON IN IMPLEMENTING A FLOWS
STANDARD YOU WOULD LOOK AT EACH
OF THE CATCHMENTS YOU WOULD.
LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS AND AND
NOT JUST FOR FISHERIES AND
HABITAT FOR WATER SUPPLY.
THE COMICAL GOALS [inaudible]
AND DETERMINE AN APPROACH.
THAT WOULD NOT.
DEVASTATE THAT PARTICULAR
CATCHMENT THAT WOULD IN FACT.
FURTHER THE CO EQUAL GOALS.
AND SINCE THE STATE WATER
BORDERS IN IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
OF THE DELTA PLAN THAT THAT
WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION.
CONSUMER HOME INTO THE I WOULD
GET IN WEAVES ON THIS OF THE
LITERARY THAT WOULD DO THAT BUT
BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT THE
BOARD HAS JURISDICTION.
THEY DETERMINE THE FLOWS WE
DON'T.
BUT WE WILL MONITOR.
WHATEVER THEY DO DETERMINE.
AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE
OF OUR COUNSELORS IS ABOUT AND
THAT IS THAT.
WE HAVE THE SCIENCE THE
SCIENTIST WITH THE PROGRAM AND
INDEPENDENT SELLING SPORT I
THINK WILL BE VERY CAREFULLY
MONITORING WHATEVER.
IS DECIDED BY THE BOARD. TO BE
ARE FUNCTION HERE THIRD THERE
ARE SOME ON THE STEWARDSHIP
COUNCIL THAT HAVE.
OF BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS
TRYING TO HELP WITH THE
NEGOTIATIONS OF THE SET UP A
POLLS.
AT TIMES WHEN IT'S NEEDED WOULD
BE BETTER THAN A UNIMPAIRED FLOW.
SO THERE ARE SOME OF THE
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL THAT.
BUT I'M ASSUMING BASED ON NEAR
SCIENTISTS THAT HAVE COME TO
THAT CONCLUSION SO.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE STATE WATER
BOARD IS NOT JUST LOOKING NEAR
TALKING TO THEIR OWN SCIENTISTS.
BUT A TALKING TO OTHERS AS WELL
TO TRY TO YOU KNOW LOOK WHAT WE
NEED TO DO.
THE IN THE DELTA IS DEAD THE
DELTA NEEDS HELP OBVIOUSLY IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
BUT YOU KNOW OUR WAY OF LIFE IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS IMPORTANT
AS WELL AND AND AND WE'RE GONNA
FIGHT FOR THAT TOO SELF.
HEALING WITH THAT WELCOME BACK
META PRO TEM IN OF CONCLUDE LET
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER
CHAIRMAN.
LA I APPRECIATE YOUR DOING THIS
LET ME ASK IF THERE ARE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT.
I THINK ALL THE ABOVE THE
COLLEAGUES HAVE OKAY.
MEMBERS SO IN SUPPORT COME
FORWARD OF THE PUBLIC THAT IS.
OKAY SEEING NONE IN OPPOSITION.
SEEING NONE I AM THRILLED TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION. FOR OF BOTH
APPOINTMENTS MISS HARDER IN
MISTER --
DEMEROL JUNIOR.
YOUR HONOR.
SORRY LA PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
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APPROVED.
WITH IF.
I THINK I WILL LIVE AND HAVE A
WONDERFUL AFTERNOON --
I WILL ASK THE SECRETARY TO LIFT
THE CALL.
ITEM ONE BE.
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SO CALLED.
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS --
ITEM BC DE.
ARE OUT UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WITH THAT ADDS --
WE WILL --
TURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION