GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING
WE WILL BEGIN OUR OF LABOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT
COMMITTEE HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY
JULY TENTH -- AND THE FIRST
THING WE WILL DO IS ESTABLISH A
QUORUM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HERE HILL HERE BROWN.
JACKSON.
JACKSON HERE MITCHELL.
PAN.
VERY GOOD WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A
QUORUM AND I DO SEE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA HERE BUT WE WILL
MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO AB.
THIRTY FIVE IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU GOOD MORNING MISS
SHARE.
AB THIRTY FIVE WOULD IMPROVE OUR
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE MADE
AWARE OF AND HANDLE CASES OF
LEAD POISONING AMONG WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA.
I WOULD HELP PREVENT REPEATED OR
PROLONGED INCIDENTS A LEAD
POISONING AND REPLACES.
PROLONGED AND REPEATED CASE OF
THAT POISON OR ENTIRELY
PREVENTABLE BUT THE PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE CURRENTLY DO NOT WORK.
AT THIS TIME THE DEPARTMENT OF
OF OF THE PART ABOUT THE CALL
HAS DISCRETION ON WHEN OR
WHETHER IT'S FOR FOR A CASE OF
THAT POSE AND CAL OSHA.
BUDGET FOR INDETERMINATE OUT THE
TIME FOR THE ISSUE IS PROPERLY
ADDRESSED.
SB THIRTY FIVE IT'S A COMMON
SENSE APPROACH TO HELP ENSURE
THAT PROPER NOTIFICATIONS AND
FOLLOW UP BETWEEN DPH AND CAL
OSHA ARE MADE IN ORDER TO
PROTECT PRESENT.
AND FUTURE WORKERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES THE BILL SIMPLY
REQUIRES CAL OSHA TO INVESTIGATE
WORK SITES THAT HAVE WORKERS
WITH ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS
UPON RECEIVING SUCH REPORTS FROM
DPH.
OF A WORKER SAFETY SHOULD BE
PARAMOUNT NOT JUST TO BUSINESSES
BUT ALSO THE AGENCIES TASKED
WITH PROTECTING.
THESE WORKERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY BOAT WITH ME I HAVE A
BILL ARE YOU HOW YOU WITH -- BY
NUMBER.
MORNING MR TURN MEMBERS --
ENVIRONMENT WORKING GROUP -- IS
SPONSORING THE BILL -- THIS BILL
WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE AND IT'S
IMPORTANT BILL TO PROTECT WORKER
SAFETY AS WELL AS FAMILIES
BECAUSE PEOPLE CARRY LEAD DUST
HOME. TO THEIR FAMILIES
INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO ARE
PERMANENTLY AFFECTED BY LEAD --
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
OPPOSITION LED BY THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IS MADE OF REALLY GOOD
FAITH EFFORT.
TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE
BILL BUT IT IT JUST DOESN'T WORK
FOR A COUPLE REASONS ONE IS THAT.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS MOSTLY
ALREADY IN PENDING REGULATIONS
THE CALLOSUM HOUSE AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER QUIRK HAS A BILL TO
MANDATE THOSE RAGS OR ADOPTED
QUICKLY IN TWENTY TWENTY
SECONDLY THERE ARE SCHEME IS
EXPENSIVE?
THE PROBLEM IS GET THE CASES
OVER TO CAL OSHA THAT'S WHAT'S
FAILED TO HAPPEN FOR THE LAST
TWENTY YEARS.
LEADING TO DOZENS IF NOT
HUNDREDS OF LEAD POISONED
WORKERS SO THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE
SAYS.
GET THE LEAD -- CASES OVER TO
CAL OSHA THEY CAN OPEN MUST OPEN
INVESTIGATION HAVE SIX MONTHS TO
DO IT IT DOESN'T LOCK OUT CD PH
THE OFFICE OF LEAD.
POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM
THEY STILL CAN WORK
COLLABORATIVE WITH CAL OSHA FOR
OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IS IT FROM A
HOME OCCUPATION STRIPPING OLD
LEAD PAINT OR IS IT MORE LIKELY.
THE WORKPLACE AND WHAT WE DO
ABOUT THAT KALLUS IT DOES HAVE
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY THE BILL
DOESN'T SAY USE IT JUST SAYS
OPEN THE CASE THEY CAN CITE
SOMEONE FINE AND IF NEED BE.
BUT I BELIEVE OUR OF OUR
INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THEY
WORK COLLABORATE WITH THE
EMPLOYER TO THEY JUST DON'T COME
IN HEAVY HANDED START FINING
PEOPLE.
BUT WE THINK CAL OSHA IS THE
RIGHT PLACE TO GET THESE CASES
TO A HIGHER PRIORITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
VERY MUCH OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT [inaudible]
IS.
PLEASE FIX IT WHEN THEY GO FOR
THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
HEARD SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SURE MEMBERS AS EARLY
AS WE HAVE THE STATE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHERS IN
SUPPORT.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR CHECK A
COMMUNICATION WORKERS
MECHANISTIC NINE SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN
OPPOSITION PLEASE COME FORWARD.
NO ONE HERE BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION IS A VERY
GOOD BILL.
THIS IS SO TIMELY SO NEEDED AND
NECESSARY -- TO PROTECT THOSE
WORKERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
TIMELY AND I THINK THAT'S THE
KEY ISSUE HERE.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THANK
YOU FOR BRING IT FOR TODAY YES.
SAN ANDREAS MAKE A BRIEF FROM
MARK -- AND I APPRECIATE WAS
CERTAIN HEALTH COMMITTEE AND
PASS IT OUT -- I THINK FOR THE
OPPOSITION TO SEE DOES NOT COME --
TO PRESENT -- I WOULD CHALLENGE
THEM -- SINCE -- I THINK -- I
ALSO CHAIRED THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM
ALSO TO COME BEFORE THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND ASK FOR MORE
FUNDING FOR C. P. H. SO THAT
THEY CAN DO MORE INVESTIGATIONS
THEMSELVES AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG
ISSUE.
AS WELL SO THAT'S WHY THIS BILL
SO IMPORTANT WE NEEDED BUT I
APPRECIATE ALSO SOME SOME HELP
IN TRYING TO GET MORE RESOURCE
FOR C. PH THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO THE CENTER AND
APPRECIATE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN THANK YOU
SENATOR PAMPHLETS COMMENTS NOT
AGREE I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT
C. PH NEEDS MORE RESOURCES -- I
DO ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS A
BILL THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE
THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT
NEGATIVELY FROM EMPLOYERS
BECAUSE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY ISSUES EARLIER IN
ACOSTA WHOLE LOT LESS.
THE DIVISIONS IDENTIFIED MANY
MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND
THEY CAN MITIGATE QUICKLY TAKE
CARE THEIR WORKERS TO CARE THE
WORKPLACE.
AND WORK LOUDLY WITH THE STATE
BOTH OF CAL OSHA AND C. PH WITH
THAT RESPECT THE ASTRONAUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I DO HAVE IT
DID JUST MENTION OF A OF A
PERSONAL STORY A GROUP VERY
CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND -- DEVELOP
A PLUMBER.
ACTUALLY AND DEVELOPED FROM VERY
SERIOUS MENTAL.
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS AND IT WAS.
DIAGNOSED AS WITH POISON FROM
THE WORK THAT HE WAS DOING WITH
THE LEAD IN IS IN THE BUSINESS
SO.
WE SHOULD THE BILL WE DO HAVE A
MOTION FROM -- IS SENATOR
JACKSON PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR HILL HI
HILL AYE MORRELL.
JACKSON.
JACKSON AYE MITCHELL PAN.
PAN.
WITH THREE VOTES WILL HOLD THE
ROLE OF A FRACTION MEMBERS THANK
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
[inaudible]
THANK
[inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT'S NICE TO
SEE YOU THIS MORNING WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER.
ONE AB -- FIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GONZALEZ PLEASED TO BEGIN.
YEAH -- AND I WANT TO START AT
BEFORE I START BY.
THANK YOU -- YOUR STAFF FOR THAT
VERY THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THIS
BILL IT WAS ONE OF MY MORE
ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCES TO READ --
IT'S ALWAYS.
COUNTRY ANALYSIS IT IS FULL
FACTUAL AND A SPICY THIS VERY
THING.
COULD JUST TO WANTED IT LAY SOME
GROUND RULES FOR THE HEARING
TODAY AND THERE ARE SIX BILLS ON
THE AGENDA AND WE'RE HOPING. TO
TO MOVE ALONG AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE -- LAST THE PROPONENTS
OF EACH BILL TO CONFINE THEIR
REMARKS.
INTO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS
HAVE -- SIX MINUTES FOR THE
SUPPORTERS AS A GROUP AN
OPPORTUNITY AND THEN SIX MINUTES
FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORT IF
AMENDED -- AND THEN SIX MINUTES
FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION
TO THE LEGISLATION AND THEN WE-WILL CERTAINLY TAKE A LISTEN TO
ALL OF THOSE WHO.
MAY HAVE.
A WHO HAVE COME TO EXPRESS THEIR
THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE BILL AND
THE ME TOO I GUESS ALONG THOSE
WAYS SO I APPRECIATE.
YOUR US THANK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AB FIVE
IS A NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH
TO ADDRESS SEEN ANY QUALITY AND
DIGNITY IN THE WORKPLACE.
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE THE
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
UNANIMOUSLY ISSUED THE LANDMARK
DYNAMICS DECISION AGAINST
DELIVERY COMPANY THAT WAS MISS
CLASSIFYING ITS DRIVERS.
UNDER THE PREVIOUS PERELLA TEST
MISS CLASSIFICATION REMAINED A
WIDESPREAD TACTIC USED TO
EXPLOIT VULNERABLE WORKERS IN
INDUSTRIES LIKE CONSTRUCTION
TRACKING AND DELIVERY FOR
DECADES.
THE DYNAMICS RULING WAS A MORAL
PROCLAMATION BY OUR STATE'S
HIGHEST COURT WITH THE MESSAGE
THAT RANG LOUD AND CLEAR ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH.
THE STATE CAN'T SIT BY WHILE
COMPANIES PASS OFF THEIR OWN
COST OF DOING BUSINESS ON TO
TAXPAYERS IN RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESSES WHILE DEPRIVING
MILLIONS OF WORKERS OF THE LABOR
LAW PROTECTIONS THAT ARE SO
RIGHTLY ENTITLED. TO TO GIVE US
A TOOL TO COUNTER THIS DECADES
OLD PROBLEM THE SUPREME COURT
ESTABLISHED OR AS THE NOW SAYS
POINTED OUT PULLED OUT THE ABC
TEST.
AS IT IS USED IN SEVERAL OTHER
STATES AND EVEN IN CALIFORNIA
PREVIOUSLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS TO MAKE CLEAR WHO
WOULD BE AN EMPLOYEE AND WHO
WOULD NOT.
OUR STATE LEGISLATURES THE
NATIONAL LEADER IN ESTABLISHING
THE COUNTRY'S STRONGEST WORKER
PROTECTIONS MINIMUM WAGE AND
OVERTIME WORKERS COMPENSATION
PAID SICK DAYS THE RIGHT TO
ORGANIZE WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS
AGAINST.
SHIN AND RETALIATION BUT IF
COMPANIES CAN EVADE THEIR SIMPLE
OBLIGATION AS JUST HOW THEY PAY
THEIR EMPLOYEES THEN NONE OF
THESE LAWS HAVE ANY WORSE.
MY MISS CLASSIFYING THE WORKERS
THESE BAD ACTORS UNDER MY THE
PRINCIPLE OF FAIR COMPETITION IN
FORCE BUSINESSES THAT ACTUALLY
FOLLOW THE RULES TO SHUT THEIR
DOORS.
TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T BE ONES LEFT
TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE ESTIMATES
A LOSS OF SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS
IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE BECAUSE
COMPANIES HAVE MISCLASSIFIED
WORKERS FOR SOME TO LIVE WITH
SUBSTANDARD WAGES AND WORKING
CONDITIONS. TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES
AND LEGITIMATE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS AB FIVE CODIFIES THE
DYNAMICS DECISION AND PROVIDES A
UNIFORM DEFINITION FOR HOW TO
DETERMINE APPOINTMENTS STATUS.
FOR ALL OF OUR WORKER PROTECTION
LAWS ACROSS THE SATE'S WAGE
ORDERS THE LABOR CODE IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE.
WELL DYNAMICS IS ALREADY THE LAW
OF THE LAND THE DECISION LEFT
SOME UNCERTAINTY FOR A WIDE
RANGE OF INDUSTRIES.
IN RESPONSE TO THESE CONCERNS
THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES
CLARIFICATIONS TO ENSURE NUMBER
PROFESSIONALS CAN CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENT
BUSINESS OPERATIONS UNDER THE
PREVIOUS CARRILLO STANDARD.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT I HADN'T
THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT RE
INCORPORATING THE BRELO DECISION
INTO THIS BILL AND I THINK THE
ANNOUNCES POINTED OUT RIGHTFULLY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
REVIEW THAT IN FUTURE YEARS
BECAUSE IT IS STILL CLOUDY.
BY AND LARGE EXEMPTED
PROFESSIONS UNDER THIS BILL TEN
OPERATE WITH SIGNIFICANT
AUTONOMY AND BARGAINING POWER IN
THE WORKPLACE AND HAVE
HISTORICALLY EXISTED OUTSIDE
TRADITIONAL WAGE ORDERS.
IN OTHER WORDS MOST OF THESE
FOLKS MAKE OVER TWICE THE
MINIMUM WAGE WHICH IS OUR
STANDARD AN EXISTING LAW FOR
INDIVIDUAL BE EXEMPTED FROM
OVERTIME IN MEAL AND REST PERIOD
REQUIREMENTS.
BE EXEMPTED PROFESSIONS INCLUDE
PHYSICIANS DENTISTS PODIATRIST
INSURANCE AGENTS FINANCIAL
ADVISORS DIRECT SELLERS REAL
ESTATE LICENSEES REPOSSESSION
AGENTS CARE SALAS BARBERS
ELECTROLYSIS AND ESTHETICIANS.
INDIVIDUALS WHO ACT AS SMALL BIT
BUSINESSES PROVIDING
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REQUIRE
LICENSE AND LOG DENTISTRY
ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING
VETERINARY MEDICINE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATION AND COUNTY OR
REQUIRE AN ADVANCED DEGREE
INVOLVING A STUDY OF MARKETING
OR HUMAN RESOURCE ADMINISTRATION.
GRAPHIC DESIGN THERE'S FINE
ARTISTS GRANT WRITERS IN
FREELANCE WRITERS WHO MAKE A
LIMITED AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
TO A GIVEN IN A GIVEN YEAR TO
ANY PUBLICATION.
THESE ARE THE EXEMPTIONS THAT
AFTERTODAY WILL BE ADDED TO THE
BILL.
UNDER AB FIVE WE'VE ALSO
CLARIFIED THAT BUSINESS CAN
CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS
GIVEN THAT THE HIRING ENTITY CAN
DEMONSTRATE THAT THE SERVICE
PROVIDER MEETS SPECIFIC CRITERIA
PROVING.
THAT THEY'RE TRULY ACTING AS AN
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ENTITY IN
OTHER WORDS A BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS EXEMPTION.
AB FIVE CONTINUES BE A WORK IN
PROGRESS WE REALIZE THERE IS
STILL WORK TO BE DONE AND WE
WILL DO SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUE IN OUR ONGOING
CONVERSATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS
THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR
MONTHS AND I'M SURE WE'LL MEET.
THROUGH THE BREAK.
AS OUR DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THEM
I'D LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP IN
MIND THE BIGGER PICTURE IMAGINE
THE HARD ECONOMIC REALITY THAT
WORKING PEOPLE ARE FACING EVERY
DAY.
WE'RE OPERATING AN ECONOMY WHERE
INCOME INEQUALITY IS GROWING AND
IT'S GROWING EVERY DAY TOO MANY
WORKERS LACKED THE BARGAINING
POWER TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKING
CONDITIONS AND PART FRANKLY.
BECAUSE THEY LACK THE ABILITY TO
UNIONIZE.
CLASSIFICATION.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY
ON EMERGENCY ROOM FOR HEALTH
CARE THEY SHOULD HAVE TO DO GO
FUND ME PAGE IS TO FINANCE OUR
MEDICAL.
AND A HOST OF WITNESSES FROM
LABOR OF COURSE AND THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY HERE TO TESTIFY AND
WE'LL START.
WORTH IN THAT THE OPERATIONS I
KNOW YOU DO YOUR BEST AND THAT
THANK YOU [inaudible]
YEAH.
I'LL TRY TO MATCH SO WE WILL
BEGIN -- AND AS I MENTIONED WE
HAVE SIX MINUTES FOR THE THOSE
IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
HEARING MY TEST.
KAREN HEISLER AND I'M AN OWNER
OF MISSION HIGH IN SAN FRANCISCO
WE OPENED OUR BAKERY AND
RESTAURANT IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN
AND FROM THE OUTSET WE'VE WE'VE
BEEN REALLY AMBITIOUS ABOUT
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WE
WANTED TO SHOW THAT A BUSINESS
CAN BE.
PROFITABLE AND ETHICAL MISSION
BY CURRENTLY HAS TWENTY SEVEN
EMPLOYEES OFFERS HEALTH
INSURANCE VACATION PAY A PUBLIC
TRANSIT SUBSIDY.
I'M MATCHING FOUR OH ONE K. AND
COMPETITIVE WAGES EVEN ON
NOTHING IS COMPETITIVE IN SAN
FRANCISCO ANYMORE.
I AM PROUD OF OUR TWO YEAR THE
TWELVE YEARS OF VIABILITY IN A
STATE THAT VALUES WORKERS.
IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO
OPERATE A BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA
AND THE FREEDOM TO LAUNCH A
VISION COMES WITH
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT INCLUDE
ABIDING BY LAWS ON A BUILDING
STANDARDS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY
AND SECURITY.
SO AS THE APPETITE FOR FOOD
DELIVERY GREW IN RECENT YEARS WE
CAME UPON THE UNHAPPY TRUTH THAT
THE NEW SECTOR OF ONLINE FOOD
DELIVERY APPS AS A CHEAP.
A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OVER
RESTAURANTS LIKE OURS INPART BY
ESTABLISHING A MUCH LOWER COST
OF LABOR THROUGH MISS
CLASSIFYING LOW WAGE WORKERS.
FOR FOOD DELIVERY DRIVERS ARE
LARGELY PACIFIED AS CONTRACTORS
NOT AS EMPLOYEES DESPITE.
EIGHTY PROTECTIONS MINIMUM WAGE
OVERTIME SICK LEAVE IN THE
DOLLARS PAID TO THEM ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO PAYROLL TAXES OR
OTHER OUT OR UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE WHEN WE DELIVER A PINE.
ARE PER IN PLAY BECAUSE INCLUDES
ARE REGULATED HOURLY WAGE PLUS
AN ADDITIONAL 25230% WHICH
INCLUDES PAYROLL TAX
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WORKER'S
COMP HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER
BENEFITS.
THESE BECAUSE OUR OUR
CONTRIBUTION THE SAFETY NET.
AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE STATE
BUDGET AS WELL AND THE FOOD
DELIVERY APPS ARE NOT
CONTRIBUTING AND NOT.
WORKERS SOME COMPANIES ARGUE
THAT IF AB IF I WERE TO PASS
THEIR VERY BUSINESS MODEL WOULD
BE THREATENED AND TO THAT I SAY
IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS MODEL
THAT INTRINSICALLY EXPLOITS
WORKERS AND ENDOWS YOU WITH A
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BASED ON
SEARCHING RESPONSIBILITIES AND
VIOLATING Là MAYBE.
YOU NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT
MODEL.
AND SAYING MY BUSINESS MODEL
RELIES ON PAYING THE LOWER
MINIMUM WAGE AND NOT PAYING
PAYROLL TAX YOU WOULD TELL ME TO
GO BACK TO THE DRAWING.
I WOULD HOPE.
SO IS LAWMAKERS FROM MY POINT OF
VIEW YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO HOLD US TO THE SAME STANDARDS.
AND THE HOST A CLIMATE IN WHICH
COMPETITION IS FAIR AND
INNOVATION HAPPENS WITHOUT
SACRIFICE OF THOSE STANDARDS AND
OF THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT ON THEM.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S YOUR
INTENTION TO PENALIZE BUSINESSES
THAT LIVE UP TO OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO REWARD
THOSE THAT DON'T.
BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING YOUR
YES VOTE ON A. B. FIVE WILL
WRITE THAT.
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING FROM SAN
FRANCISCO THIS MORNING.
VERY GOOD SIR MISTER CHAIRMAN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
DAVID KENNY I'M WITH THE GREATER
CALIFORNIA LIVERY ASSOCIATION.
REPRESENT THE FIVE THOUSAND ONE
MILLION IN SEDAN OPERATORS IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY ON A COUPLE OF
ISSUES.
OUR INDUSTRY -- IN REGARD TO AB
FIVE HERE.
MOST OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW
WE OPERATE ON A TWENTY FOUR HOUR
DAY -- SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
BUSINESS -- THERE IS NO SET
SCHEDULE -- WE GET A JOB WE
OFFER TO SHOW FURTHER SHOW FOR
ACCEPTS OR REJECTS THAT JOB.
AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THE
SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDE THE
SERVICES THEY HAVE A LOT OF
CONTROL OVER WHETHER THEY WORK
OR NOT.
OUR SHOW FOR SOME WORK PART TIME
SOME WORK FULL TIME IN THE
INDUSTRY 6270% OF ALL OF THE
CHAUFFEUR'S AT WORK IN THIS
INDUSTRY.
WORK ON A PART TIME AS NEEDED
BASIS.
THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN TRAVEL
PLANS IF YOU PICK UP THE PHONE
AND YOU NEED A CAR TO THE
AIRPORT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THE COMPANY
THAT COMPANIES GOING TO CALL
SHOW FOR AND SAY CAN YOU TAKE
CARE OF THIS RUN.
YES OR NO.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THE
MEDIA AND SOME THINGS THAT SOME
OF THE OTHER OPPONENTS HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
FLEXIBILITY IF I'M A EMPLOYEE I
LOSE MY FLEXIBILITY.
IN OUR INDUSTRY THAT IS NOT THE
CASE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ALL
HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DECIDING
WHEN THEY WORK AND WHEN THEY
DON'T WORK.
SOME OF OUR FOLKS WORK TO FIX
SCHEDULE A MAJORITY OF THEM WORK
ON DEMAND AS WE HAVE BUSINESS.
LAST WEEK WAS FOURTH OF JULY
WEEK.
VERY SLOW WE CAN THE ENTIRE
INDUSTRY MOST CHAU FIRST AND
DRIVERS HAD VERY FEW HOURS LAST
WEEK THEY COULD TAKE THE WEEK
OFF THEY COULD WORK A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY THERE'S OTHER WOULD SET
THEY HAVE TONS OF DEMAND AND
THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SIDE.
DO THEY WANT TO WORK OR DO THEY
NOT WANT TO WORK.
OKAY SO JUST THE FACT THAT OUR
FOLKS ARE EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF
THEM ARE EMPLOYEES HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THEIR ABILITY TO
CHOOSE TO WORK.
OR NOT WORK AND THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT CONCEPT UNDERSTAND
HERE.
THE SECOND ISSUE AND WE TALKED
WITH TALK FOREVER ABOUT LABOR
PROTECTIONS.
YOU KNOW WE PAY MINIMUM WAGE WE
PAY OVER TIME WE HAVE MEAL
BREAKS WE HAVE.
SICK LEAVE YOU KNOW THIS BODY
DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO PAY
TWENTY FOUR HOURS A SICKLY WOULD
PAY FOR THOSE THINGS ARE LARGER.
COMPANIES OFFER HEALTH BENEFITS
AND FOUR OH ONE K. BENEFITS ALL
OF THOSE COME TO HUGE COST FOR
US.
WORKERS COMP UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE DISABILITY INSURANCE.
TRAINING ISSUES ALL OF THAT THAT
COST US TO SOME OF THE WINDS OF
3240%.
OF OUR LABOR COSTS.
OF COURSE WE ARE COMPETING
AGAINST OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO
DON'T PAY ANY OF THOSE COSTS.
SO I HAVE A WE HAVE A FIELD THAT
IS SIMPLY NOT LEVEL AT ALL
[inaudible]
BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE
EMPLOYEES THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
THAT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
THAT I THINK IS MISSING FROM
THIS FATE.
NUMBER ONE WE HAVE TRAINING.
WE TRAIN OUR PEOPLE ON HOW TO DO
A GOOD JOB.
WE TRAIN THEM ON THE SAFETY
ISSUES ON HOW TO OPERATE A
VEHICLE SAFELY [inaudible]
OKAY.
WE DRUG TEST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
OUR SHOW.
FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS
DRUG TESTED WE KNOW.
IF THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING WE KNOW
IF THERE'S A DRUG ISSUE.
OKAY.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY WE SEE
AND MANAGE OUR EMPLOYEES.
WHEN THEY COME TO WORK THEY PICK
UP A VEHICLE AND WE SEE WHAT IS
THEIR DEMEANOR HAVE THEY HAD A
LONG NIGHT ARE THEY TIRED ARE
THE AND SAFE?
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE
WHETHER THESE FOLKS ARE ON THE
ROAD TAKING CARE OF ALL OF YOU
AND YOUR KIDS [inaudible]
OR NOT.
SO WHEN SOMEONE IS AN EMPLOYEE
IN THE TRANSPORTATION ARENA OKAY.
IT'S CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE THAT SAFETY COMPONENT IN
THIS AND AS AN EMPLOYEE.
WE HAVE THE SAFETY THINGS.
THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH THIS IS BIGOTED YOU HAVE.
ONE THING TO SAY JUST A CAITLYN
VEGA FOR THE CALIFORNIA CAITLYN
VEGA FOR THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION WHERE THE SPONSORS OF
THE BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND IN
TESTIFYING AND THAT THAT REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT IS THERE.
ANYONE HERE NOW WHO IS IN
SUPPORT IF AMENDED.
I'M SORRY WE'RE GOING TO FOR
SUPPORT FIRST IS VERY GOOD THANK
YOU I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW GOOD
OF THE PIES.
DID YOU BRING ANY WITH YOU --
I'D SAY THE IS THAT SURGERY
NUMBER SAYS RDS ON BEHALF OF THE
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL IMPROPER IN
STRONG SUPPORT VERY GOOD THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHOULD BE AS
OF THOSE SURVEYED SUPPORT IF YOU
LIKE TO LINE UP IN THE IT WILL
BE.
HAPPY IN AN HONOR TO HEAR.
YOU SHARING.
YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU'RE WITH
WOULD YOU WHO YOU'RE AFFILIATED
WITH AND IN WITH THE USE OF IT
IF YOU SUPPORT THE BILL THANK
YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING --
I'M TERRY BILKING I'M FROM SAN
DIEGO I REPRESENT FIVE HUNDRED
DRIVERS IN SAN DIEGO AND WE'RE
SUPPORT AB.
FIVE ARENA.
THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS LINDA BUNDY VIA
AND I AM WE'VE GOT A MOBILE
WORKERS ALLIANCE AND IF YOU CAN
ASSIGN PHYLLIS.
I YOU WORK FOR OVER AT THIS TIME
AND I AM STRONG I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE A. B. FRIED Là
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MIKE ROBINSON AND I'M
LIFT DRIVERNIGHT WITH MOBILE
WORKERS ALLIANCE LOS ANGELES I
STRONGLY SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU HI MY NAME IS
ARMAND I'M FROM LOS ANGELES I'M
OVER A LIFT DRIVER SEES -- TWO
THOUSAND TWO FINANCE SUPPORT
THINK A. B.. FIVE ONE MIGHT
ALMOST.
A LINK WELL I WILL PUT A MORE WE
WILL RUN A LANSA.
THE LOS ANGELES IT DOESN'T.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.
MY NAME IS ALEXI PACK -- LOS
ANGELES AND I'M WITH RACHEL
DRIVES UNITED AND I SUPPORT A.
B. FIVE THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME'S BENJAMIN VALDEZ
SIMON -- OR REPRESENTATIVE OF
MùT ARE ROGER DRIVERS UNITED
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MARK KOENIG OF
LOCAL THREE SEVENTY EIGHT OUR
WORKERS WELCOME CALIFORNIA WE
SUPPORT THE BILL THANK YOU.
HELLO BUT OVER LINE IS FROM LOS
ANGELES.
I REPRESENT WRITER DRIVERS
UNITED AND I SUPPORT A. B..
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS A STEP CHANGES
AND I AM A MAN AND I'M A MEMBER
OF RIGHT CHAIR DRIVERS AND I DID
WHICH IS.
AN ORGANIZATION OF FIVE THOUSAND
MEMBERS.
WE SUPPORT AB FIVE AND I SUPPORT
AB FIVE PERSONALLY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
HELLO I'M CHRIS RURAL I'M WITH
THAT RUSSIA UNITED NATIONS
SUPPORT I THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME ONLY JENSEN I
FORTY SUPPORT.
MORE POLITE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING MA'AM THE MORNING
LINE IS GREAT MORE AND I'M IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE I'M FROM LOS
ANGELES.
AND I'M ALSO -- FOR STOPPING THE
INCARCERATION WITHOUT BARS IN
OUR CARS [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I WENT HI MY NAME IS LIZ.
I'M PRO SILAS I'M.
I BELONG TO A WRITER FOR I MEAN
I DON'T I SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS VINCE I'M FROM
LA ON WITH THAT RUSSIA DRIVERS
IN I DID NOT SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME IS GEORGE NINE I'M
WITH -- WITH RUSSIA DRIVE A
UNITED WE CAME FROM LOS ANGELES
I SOBRE AB FIVE THANK YOU FOR
COMING THIS MORNING.
MY NAME IS RANI AMBROSE WHO FROM
ASYLUM I SUPPORT AB.
FIVE GOOD MORNING HI MY NAME IS
SURGE HYGIENE.
IS A COW FROM LYLE A IT'S ALWAYS
THE RIGHT SHARE WRITERS.
VIRUS AND THEN LIKE UNITED.
I SUPPORT AB. FIVE THREE THANK
YOU.
HI MY NAME IS.
I'M FROM A LOS ANGELES I SUPPOSE
THAT -- AB FIVE IN CASE THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING SIR.
GOOD ONE EVERYBODY MY NAME IS
JUST YOUR HONOR FROM SAN DIEGO
CA WA LOCAL NINE FIVE ONE NINE
SAN DIEGO AND I SUPPORT AB FIVE
STRUCK YOU.
THANK YOU [inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S JASON
LINDSEY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE STRUCTURAL
REINFORCING ORNAMENTAL IRON
WORKERS LOCAL THREE SEVENTY
EIGHT AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
GLENN BRENNAMAN VACAVILLE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE THANK YOU FOR GOING.
GOOD MORNING KEN MILLER IRON
WORKERS LOCAL THREE SEVENTY
EIGHT AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
AB FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING DEBORAH CHAPLAIN
WITH THE STATE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
DEFINITELY SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
I AM STEVE BENDER -- TEAMSTERS
LOCAL EIGHT FIFTY THREE OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA.
AND I SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING TERRY POST PACIFICA.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHT FIFTY
THREE SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MA'AM GOOD MORNING
CHRIS AND HOW LOCK INTERNATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE -- TEAMSTERS
REPRESENT OUR CANNABIS WORKERS
AND WE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
I CAN MORNING FRANK HUNTINGTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF KELLY
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
LICENSE INVESTIGATORS THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY PERSON GETS ALL OF
WHICH SPORT AB FIVE AS AS A
AMENDED THANK YOU. ONE OF YOU.
JOHN MEMBERS JOHN NORWOOD ON
BEHALF OF THE INDEPENDENT
INSURANCE AGENTS AND BROKERS OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH
UNDERWRITERS IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU MISTER NORWOOD.
GOOD MORNING SHERRY MAGEE
REPRESENTED THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND
FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND SUPPORT
THANK.
YOU.
AND MY DILLON CALIFORNIA
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SUPPORTSAMENDED THANK YOU THANK
YOU WISH TO GO.
G. BEARS WITH CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED
REPOSSESS HERS.
THE AMENDMENTS WE SUPPORT THE
BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CHRIS FOR CARLISLE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
RENEE BY ROS HERE YOU CALIFORNIA
SUPPORT.
VERY GOOD YES HARM TO HAVE THE
CALIFORNIA PLAN MILLERS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
RUSS WELLER ON BEHALF OF
TEAMSTERS LOCAL ONE THIRTY SEVEN
WE DO SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MORNING LAYS A GENTLEMAN JUST OF
A CLEAN ON BEHALF THE DIRECT
SELLING ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE
TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT.
ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR
APPRECIATION TO THE AUTHOR AND
THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS
CONSIDERATION.
WE SHOULD BE IN HERE THIS
MORNING WHY EVERYONE MY NAME IS
MUSTAFA CLASSES I'M FROM SAN
FRANCISCO I'VE BEEN OVER LIVE
DRIVER FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT IN A FIVE
WAY THE BATH TO UNION.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ERICA MY GOD I'LL.
LIFT DRIVER FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS -- HERE IN SACRAMENTO JUST
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE IN THE RIGHT
TO ORGANIZE THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING HI MY NAME IS AND
I'M GLAD I'VE BEEN A LIFT DRIVER
FOR FOUR YEARS AND THE BAY AREA
NOW IN SACRAMENTO AND I'M IN.
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND A PATH TO
UNION SHIP THANK YOU.
THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON
JEOPARDY TEAMSTERS LOCAL THREE
SIX AND WE ARE IN FAVOR OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MOVIE CHANNEL CHAU IS ALSO A
LOCAL THREE SIX AND WE SUPPORT
EVERY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
GOOD MORNING SIR.
OKAY LARRY ADLER WITH THE TO YOU
LOCAL TWELVE SEVEN SEVEN IN
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING ARE REGULAR
PRESIDENT OF AMALGAMATED TRIES
YOU LOCAL TWELVE SEVEN SEVEN LOS
ANGELES ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE BOARD
WHICH REPRESENTS THIRTEEN OTHER
LOCALS IN THIS GREAT STATE.
AND ON BEHALF OF MY THIRTEEN
THOUSAND MEMBERS WE SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
YOUR HELENA SENATORS DAVID BELL
HOP INTO THE CSU EMPLOYEES UNION
AND STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING MADAM OCHO
PRINCIPAL OFFICER TEAMSTERS
LOCAL NINE FORTY EIGHT AND WE
ARE FULL SUPPORT OF LOCAL.
IT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS MATT
BROUGHT FOR THE TEAMSTERS UNITE
HERE MACHINISTS -- EIGHTEEN YOU
INLAND BOATMAN'S UNION I A P. T.
E. LOCAL TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY
AND THE CONSUMER ATTORNEYS IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
STU HELL FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TEAMSTERS CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING LARA GARZON FROM
TEAMS THERE IS -- NINE FOR A AND
I STILL FOR AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING SIR TEMPORARILY ANY
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NINE FORTY EIGHT
TRUSTEE IN FULL SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
TIM FEEL VICE PRESIDENT LOCAL
NINE FORTY EIGHT AB FIVE AS WE
SUPPORTED ALL THE WAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING LISA SCOTT OUT
ABOUT A COUNTY HOME CARE WORKERS
WE SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
LERAY LIVER MORE LOCAL THIRTY
NINE THIRTY IN FULL SUPPORT OF
AB FIVE THANK YOU.
I MORNING AND I WAS BECAUSE WITH
CALIFORNIA BERMAN SAYS SCIENCE
FULL SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK
YOU FOR THE AUTHOR FOR CARRY
THIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SAM APPEL BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK
YOU.
DANIEL BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF
SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT
ALSO REGISTERING SUPPORT FOR
JUSTICE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING SERGIO GARCIA.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHT NINE SIX
DURING SOFT DRINK IN A STRONG
SUPPORT AB.
FIVE MISTY TANNER TEAMSTERS
LOCAL ONE THIRTY SEVEN BUTTE
COUNTY IN FULL SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE CENTER VEGA LOCAL THREE
NINE SIX AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF
AB.
AB FIVE THANK YOU.
HI GOOD EVENING GOOD A GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS KEVIN KALRA
WHICH FEATURES LOOK LIKE NINETY
SIX AND I FULLY SUPPORT.
AB FIVE ALSO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
[inaudible]
AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS BRENDA
DELICADO PROUD NEVER TEAMSTERS
OAKLEY NINETY SIX AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
HELLO MY NAME IS BRUCE DEREK I'M
A MEMBER OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL ONE
THIRTY SEVEN I FULLY SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
MORNING GEORGE TRYING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTHY NAILS ALONG
COLLABORATIVE AND WORK SAFE WE
SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING NICOLE MARQUEZ
SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY WITH WORK
SAFE AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS TANIA
WALKER LOCALLY NINE SIX ALAMEDA
COUNTY I'M A FULL SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING SIR MORNING MY NAME
IS THAT ONE WALKER -- TEAMSTERS
EIGHT NINE SIX AND I FULLY
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MY NAME IS
DAVID CASTRO TEAMSTERS LOCAL
THREE NINE SIX AND I SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU MISTER GUESTROOM.
MORNING JIM SMITH POLITICAL
COORDINATOR FOR TEAMSTERS LOCAL
THREE NINETY SIX AND I SUPPORT
AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MY FATHER STEPS
LOCAL TWENTY SIX AND I'M A
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING REUBEN DURAN FROM
TEAMSTERS LOCAL THREE NINETY SIX
NINE HERE IN SUPPORT OF EIGHTY
FIVE THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
YEAH YES PLEASE HI MY NAME'S
ALEX STEFFEN ON WITH THE
MONTEREY PENINSULA TAX RECURSOS
ASIAN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU TAKING THE
TIME LIKE TO REMIND YOU THIS IS
ALSO A CONSUMER SAFETY ISSUE --
UBER LIFT HIGHER HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE TO USE
INSUFFICIENT GOT BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND WHAT ENDS UP
HAPPENING IS THE APPLYING
CRIMINALS OVER FIFTY WOMEN AND
CHILDREN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
RAPE.
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT LIKE UBER
LIFT DRIVERS IN CALIFORNIA LAST
TWO YEARS THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU MAKE THEM THE PLACE
THEY GOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THEMSELVES THAT THE SCREEN THAT
PROPERLY.
YOUR TIME IS UP THANK YOU.
GOT IT.
WE HEAR YOU THANK YOU
[inaudible]
CATHERINE.
VETERANS BIESTER ON BEHALF OF
LEGALLY THAT WORK AND STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING THIS WAY.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING DEBORAH WARD CRUMMY
LOCAL AT NINE EIGHT SIX AND I AM
IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING GERMAN MEMBERS DANIEL
JOHNSTON LOCAL EIGHT FIVE SIX
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S FRED
WOULD -- TEAMSTERS LOCAL NINE
EIGHT SIX IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK THANK YOU.
HELLO -- MY NAME'S TRACY
MCCORKLE TEAMSTERS EIGHT FIVE
SIX IN SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE MORNING -- MEMBERS MY NAME
IS PAUL DIED SAMANTHA TEAMSTERS
LOCAL EIGHT FIVE SIX AND I
SUPPORT AB.
FIVE MORNING MY NAME'S JOHN
LAWRENCE TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHT
FIVE SIX NUMBERS FOR MAYBE.
FIVE HELLO MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS MY NAME'S DALE MITCHELL
I'M FROM LOCAL EIGHT EIGHT FIVE
SIX AM I SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS GREG SOLOMON.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NINE EIGHT SIX
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
PROPERTIES ON WITH LOCAL EIGHT
FIVE SIX AND I SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MR JACK MANY
MEMBERS MY NAME'S JOHN JOHNSON --
A TEAMSTER AT A LOCAL EIGHT FIVE
SIX AND I SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN ENGLISH MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME'S
READING AND SALAS FROM THE SAN
FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL IT'LL
SAY OF IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THE COMMISSION OF THOSE.
HELLO MY NAME IS ALWAYS A MORE
OP FROM FUTURE LOCAL.
SIX ONE ANA I SUPPORT A. B.
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
SMARTER CORTES FROM LOCAL -- SIX
TO ONE I ALSO SUPPORT AB
[inaudible]
FIVE THANK YOU.
STEVE CRIMEA TEAMSTER LOCAL
EIGHT FIVE SIX A SUPPORT EIGHTY
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SEAN I BOND TEAMSTERS A FIVE SIX
AND I SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S MARK
JOHNSON WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL
EIGHT FIVE SIX NINE SUPPORT
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING EVERYONE MY NAME'S THE
SET UP FOR SOMETHING.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHT FIVE SIX
MY SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS EVANS
YOU SURE.
AND ON A FIVE SIXTEENTHS.
ASK FOR IT AB AB.
FIVE WE'RE GOOD THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS LAUREN HONEST AND I'M
AN INTERNET TEAMSTERS A FIVE SIX
AND I SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK
YOU.
AS YOU GROW ON BEHALF OF YOU SEE
W. S. WEDNESDAY'S COUNCIL
SUPPOR THANKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING
GILBERT DOBBY Là YOU HAVE TO
DOUBLE LOCAL THREE TWENTY FOUR
ORANGE COUNTY.
AND WE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
JASON SHOWING UFC W. FOURTEEN
TWENTY EIGHT CLAREMONT WE'RE
HERE TO SUPPORT.
A. B. O. FIVE THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS DIANE HACKER I'M FOR
RETAIL CLERKS UNION LOCAL
FOURTEEN TWENTY EIGHT AND
CLAREMONT CALIFORNIA AND I'M
HERE TO SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
HELLO CHAIR MEMBERS MY NAME IS
ROOM TO STEAL SOME FROM
TEAMSTERS LOCAL SEVENTY I'M HERE
TO SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THE COMMISSION DEALS.
GOOD MORNING -- GARY VARGAS --
RECENT RETIREE TEAMSTERS LOCAL
SEVENTY IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO JIM FREED -- TEAMSTERS
LOCAL SEVENTY VICE PRESIDENT AND
WE'RE VERY WERE THANK THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHEN COMMITTEE RICH
PO TEAMS LOCAL SEVENTY HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO CHAU SCARANO TEAMSTERS
LOCAL SEVENTY I'M IN SUPPORT OF
LOCAL AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING GLENN AND RODDY
TEAMSTERS LOCAL SEVENTY I
SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU SIR.
THE MORNING JOHN CORTESE RETIREE
TEAMSTERS LOCAL SEVENTY AND I
SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
NOT YET I MEAN JUST.
LOOK SEVENTY I SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
MIKE CRAIG TEAMSTERS LOCAL
SEVENTY STRONG SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE MISTER
CHAIRMAN INTO MEMBERS SO MANY
DISPUTES MARTINEZ SOMEONE
TEAMSTERS LOCAL SEVENTY AND I
MEAN HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
I DO INDEED ALREADY TEAMSTERS
LOCAL SEVE SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TOWARDS SAM'S TEAMSTERS LOCAL
SEVENTY I'M IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JENNY ROMERO.
I SUPPORT OF AB FIVE A LOCAL
SEVENTY TWO USERS.
WHEN THERE IS WAS VERY LARGE ARM
TO THROUGH LOCAL SEVENTY AND I
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH -- GOOD MORNING JIM PERKINS
LOCAL SEVENTY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU SIR.
WICHITA AS A CELLO IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
MORNING MY NAME'S JOHN WAYNE
TOWER AND I SUPPORT THE AB FIVE
I'M FROM LOCAL SEVENTY AND I
ALSO SUPPORT AB.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED THANK YOU.
JERRY SEASON TEAMSTERS LOCAL
THREE FIFTEEN IN SUPPORT OF
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU.
REVENUE -- IQ'S BUSINESS AGENT
TEAMSTERS LOCAL THREE FIFTEEN A
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND I
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
HI MY NAME IS MADELINE DEAN I'M
THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
TEAMSTERS THREE FIFTEEN RECENT
EMERGED A LOT -- AND A SUPPORT
A. B. I'VE.
JOHN REILLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NAPA SOLANO CENTRAL LABOR
COUNCIL SALT SUPPORT FOR A BI
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS MICHAEL AROUSAL
WITH THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL TWENTY
TEN AND WE FULLY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME ES ALEX FOR ME --
AND WITH THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL
TWENTY TEN AND I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND STRONGLY
SUPPORTED EIGHTY FIVE A VERY
MUCH THANKS FOR CALLING.
HI MY NAME IS STILL HE C AND
I'M FROM UC BERKELEY AND I'M
HERE TO SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING.
GOOD MORNING SANDRA BORRERO ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
WARNING WRONG WALKER CSEA
CHAPTER ORLAND FOUR FIVE SIX AND
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH SIR.
GOOD MORNING KATHLEEN MARCIN
WILL IS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
CSEA PRESIDENT IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING GLENN LOVE ALL OF
IRON WORKERS UNION LOCAL THREE
SEVENTY EIGHT IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE AND A MORE EQUITABLE
CALIFORNIA ECONOMY THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A YOUNG CSEA PRESIDENT CHAPTER
FOUR EIGHTY AND WE SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
MY NAME CITY ALLEN ON THE
PROGRAM TURN OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND I'M IN SUPPORT
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JOSE LAND OVER THEM
IN SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE IRON WORKERS LOCAL TO SO IN
THE EIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS ERICA MURPHY I'M IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND I'M OUR
WORKER WITH [inaudible]
THREE SEVEN EIGHT THANK YOU.
I READ ROBINSON I'M HERE FOR
LOCAL THREE SEVENTY EIGHT IRON
WORKERS AND I'M IN SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M TAMMY ROBISON OUT OF COLUSA
CALIFORNIA AND I'M SUPPORT
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU.
MARK BILLINGSLEY AND THEM IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GEORGE
ROMERO THE CEMENT MASONS LOCAL
FOUR HUNDRED AND SUPPORT WITH AB
FIVE THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
VERONICA SANCHEZ AUBURN KEEPS
OUR FAMILY CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FAMILY
SUPPORT OF AB GOOD MORNING THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS OUT A
SILLY I'M A PARENT I HAVE A SON
WITHOUT THE SECOND I'M HERE FOR
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
RESERVOIR THIS SOME UNDER THE
NICER FOR ABOUT THREE SEVEN
SEVEN I DON'T WORKERS.
AND THEY BEFORE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MA'AM GOOD MORNING
A LISA HEARTY UFCW EIGHT GOLDEN
STATE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING THE CULTURE HERE
RICE APPLICANT LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR OF U. S. T. W. EIGHT IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
AMBER BAUER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
U. S. T. W. WESTERN STATES
COUNCIL IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
GOOD MORNING.
DEREK STILL YES W. LOCAL EIGHT
IN SUPPORT OF EIGHTY FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MISTER STEELE
MORNING MATT KRISTOFF YES HE W.
EIGHT IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
JOHN RICK CRAFT YES IT OF YOUR
GREAT IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU STEPHANIE BROWN YES
THE W. EIGHT IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALLOW ME YES HE W. EIGHT IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
MERRY VIRGINIA WATSON AND
NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTH CARE
WORKERS IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
BRIAN B. SAID NATIONAL UNIFIL
COWORKERS AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THEY'LL GARCIA MAYOR SAVE
AMERICAN CANYON REPRESENTING
MYSELF ONLY A SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KEVIN FOR OUR SEGMENT YOUR
BILLING CONSTRUCTION AIDS
COUNCIL WE'RE SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DAVE THE FOYER BRICKLAYERS
TYLER'S ALLIED CRAFTS LOCAL
THREE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
CHRIS GRAINY WITH THE SACRAMENTO
SIERRA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL
SUPPORTING SB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GARY PAY FOR VICE PRESIDENT
BRICKLAYERS NOW LIKE TRAFFICKERS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND ASK YOU
TO DO THE SAME THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
BEVERLY LAN ASKED ME COUNCIL
FIFTY SEVEN RETIREE IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CLAUDIO DOUGLAS COALITION OF
BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS PRESIDENT
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
ANGELO WELLNESS UFCW AND I
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
CLEAR CORNY UFCW IN SUPPORT OF
AB FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO THEY'VE BEEN MOST CARE
ABOUT FROM UFC W. AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
MICHAEL ANDERSON I'M WITH YOU
SEE W. AND I SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE
THANK YOU.
MORNING RAIN SNOW TEAMSTERS REAL
CONFERENCE -- CHAIRMAN HERE IN
CALIFORNIA ALSO WITH UBER AND
LIFT USER I'M IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY QUEST REPRESENTING DISTRICT
COUNCIL SIXTEEN PAINTERS AND
ALLIED TRADES IN SUPPORT THEY
COULD TO US.
ONCE A MONTH DOES UFCW LOCAL
FIVE FROM SALINAS CALIFORNIA AND
I SUPPORT SB FIVE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH -- RHYMING KELLY I'M WITH
UFCW AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF AB
**** YOU THANKS FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING TONY VARGAS LLOSA
W. LOCAL FIVE SAN FRANCISCO
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO JESSICA CRY FROM UFC W..
FIVE FOUR EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING I'M
SIMONE WILLIAMS IN SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE ALSO WITH UFC WO FROM HEY
WHAT THANK YOU.
MORNING JIM EVERY YEAR SAID OF
YOU FIVE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
MORNING NANCY ANDERSON YOU SEE
W. FIVE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
WRESTLING FROM USC W. -- AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
MEGAN STANDS ACT FROM YOUR C. W.
ALSO SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
MORNING LINDSEY MY HONG WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS
COALITION AS WELL AS HAND IN
HAND THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYERS
NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF EIGHTY
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO IN THE DMZ NUMBER
AESTHETIC A TRAVIS I THOUGHT
ABOUT HOW GOOD I LOOK AT IS LIKE
THE LOCAL LOOK THE WAY MORE
HEADED THIS SOME PRACTICAL
CALIFORNIA VIEW WE TRAVEL HAWAII.
IS SO YEAH KEEP IT UP WE ARE NOT
A SOLUTION FOR WHAT THE LOBBY
SCENE.
IN THE IN CALIFORNIA SO I WOULD
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TIME WITH US
INTO IT I HOPE THE NEW UPDATED
CHARTER LAW WHAT I LISTEN.
LEVEL LEVEL [inaudible]
THE INITIAL.
ALSO THAT THE EMPEROR LE
CLASIFICADO SOON YOU RUN YEAH
DIFFICULT AT THE END OF THAT
THESE INDEPENDENT.
WITH A SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOOK
AT ME.
I WOULD ANY SAYS A LOT AND IS A
SYMBOL OF CLICK HERE.
I GUESS THE UP FOR YANDLE.
LARA SO SOON I HAVE A SINGLE.
IN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA'S BUT
I'LL HAVE IT IS A LAW THAT
ASSEMBLY TO SEE IF IT I'M NOT
THE NEEDLE THAT IT'S A LEVEL
THAT IS [inaudible]
A MALL.
THE MOTHER NATURE IS ALSO IN A
TEMPLE Là CLASSIFICA SOON I
DON'T KNOW BUT THEY LIKE ON
DISPUESTOS INDEPENDIENTES.
MOST BUT WHO THE COUPLE CAN
OPENER ANDREAS GO.
A LITTLE THAT I JUST COME ALIVE
WHAT I LIST I'M SO AM I AM ONLY
CHAU.
IT'LL BUT A WHOLE LOT OF
MEDICINE MOST PROLIFIC SOON.
THEY LATE LEVEL AND CALIFORNIA
YES YES THANK YOU THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE LAST SPEAKER.
THAT.
STATE YOUR NAME PAYMENTS -- LET
ME NUMBER DID NOT COME OUT
LOOKING NAY BUT THEN AS WELL.
CLICK THE WEDDING WILL HIT IS
USUALLY UP OF WATER THEY LOVE
THEM THEY LAY EVERYTHING FIVE
WONDERFUL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON ROSSIO IV Là
WITH THE NATIONAL DOMESTICS
WORKERS A LINES HERE IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS SERRA GERMAN
I'M ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
JOBS WITH JUSTICE SAN FRANCISCO
AND I'M IN FAVOR OF AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING I'M NINE HER MADE
THE WITH THE NATIONAL PLAN A LOT
PROJECT HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF AB BY THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS LEVY DAHLE AYE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO -- AND WEBER
DROUGHT I WAS A LITTLE BIT
DRIVER -- OF MY ENGLISH IS NOT --
THE KC SOME.
MEMORY NOW.
JUST HEARING NAY BECAUSE A A
LAST YEAR -- OVER PASSENGER
DOLLED ME.
UP AND OVER OVER.
A NOTHING DO ANY SEE FOR ME.
DAHLE I MEAN I SUPPOSE THAT THE
AB FIVE RESHOOT THAT THANK THANK.
THANK YOU YOU DID GREAT.
HI HOW ARE YOU MY LEGS ELAINE MY
FROM SACRAMENTO I IS SUPER AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS ROSY BROWN AND I'M
A LAW STUDENT CLERK WITH THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I'M JACQUELINE RANGA ALSO
LESSEN MY LAW CLERK AT THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT EIGHTY
FIVE THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS CONCERNED I
MISS CRIME A LAW SCHOOL STUDENT
MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW AND I'M A
FELLOW AT THE NEW.
FASHION THE BASIC WORKERS
ALLIANCE AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
AB THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING.
WHAT'S MORE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
PARTNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
REPRESENTING THE EAST BAY LINES
FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY WORKING
PARTNERSHIPS USA IN SILICON
VALLEY.
THE CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE
UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW
ECONOMY ORANGE COUNTY
COMMUNITIES ORGANIZE FOR
RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
WAREHOUSE WORKERS RESOURCE
CENTER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
AND CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES
IN SAN DIEGO AND WE ALL STRONGLY
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
HI GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS A
TEAM.
FROM SACRAMENTO [inaudible]
I AS FAR ABC PART THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO EVERYONE.
MY NAY SONNET LOOK I'M FROM US
TO COME AND TALK -- OROVER TO
IRAQ I SUPPORT AB FIVE PERIOD
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE ASIAN
PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE
SAN DIEGO CHAPTER.
SO WE DROVE HERE. TO SUPPORT AND
ALL OUR APOLLO MEMBERS ALSO FROM
OTHER DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES ARE
COMING OVER TO SUPPORT AB.
FIVE I AM ALSO REPRESENTING THE
UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS OF
AMERICA.
BEING THE DISTRICT CHAIR OF SAN
DIEGO CHAPTER THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND LET'S MOVE ON THANK YOU --
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S ERIN CHU
I REPRESENT A PILOT THE ASIAN
PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE
SAN DIEGO CHAPTER SO WE DROVE
HERE YESTERDAY AND I TOTALLY
SUPPORT.
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU WE
APPRECIATE YOUR COMING.
EARNING MY NAME IS RAM I AM A
UCLA STUDENT AND PART OF
PARTNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RIGHT NOW SOME BAPHOMET
CONFEDERATION STATE COUNTY
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES A STRONG
SUPPORT AB THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE BALLS IN THE READY.
SENATORS IMPULSO NAME THE
SECRETARY TREASURER OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL THIS
IS A PRIORITY BILL AND IT'S A
VERY HISTORIC BILL THANK YOU
FORMER COLLEAGUE LARA. FOR
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR A CO
AUTHORING THIS AND WE SUPPORT
THIS FULLY THANK YOU THANK YOU
PAULSON THANK YOU FOR COMING
THIS MORNING.
LEARNING ON MY NAME'S KAREN
ROBBINS I'M A BUSINESS AGENT FOR
LOCAL THREE OPERATOR SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING I'M TRYING TO MAKE
THIS QUICK BUT YOU KNOW
BASICALLY I WROTE THIS LAST
NIGHT ALL WORKERS TO SERVE.
JOB PROTECTIONS MINIMUM WAGE
WORKERS COMP UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE AND OVER TIME I'M
SORRY RICHARD.
IN A YOU JUST YOUR NAME EN ONLY
RODRIGUEZ. FORTY THREE AND ASK
YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT JUDGE
GOOD TO SEE YOU TO THANKS FOR
COMING.
MORNING GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S
DAN TAURUS I'M A BUSINESS AGENT
FOR SPRINKLER FITTERS LOCAL
FORTY THREE A REPRESENT OVER
TWELVE HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN
THAT INSTALL TEST.
AND MAINTAIN LIFE SAFETY FIRE
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND I AM IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THE MORNING NAKED ONE SYSTEM
BUSINESS MANAGER FOR YOU A LOCAL
ONE FIVE NINE PLUMBERS CONSIDERS
MARTINEZ CALIFORNIA AND I
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY CLAYTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PIPE TRADES IN
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING MY
NAME'S JOSEPH SHELF -- IN THE
BUSINESS REPRESENTED FOR THE
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL.
ONE OH FOUR REPRESENT THOUSANDS
OF MEMBERS AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT
OF AB **** YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING ROB STOKER REPRESENTING
THE FORTY THOUSAND WORKING MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF
ALAMEDA COUNTY IN STRONG SUPPORT
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED GOOD
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING DTS SHIVER WORKERS
LOCAL -- ONE FOR A WERE AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING -- MATTHEW LABOR
GONZALEZ LIONEL LABORS LOCAL
EIGHTY NINE AND WE ARE STRONG
SUPPORTERS THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS OFTEN
JUST CENTERS LOCAL A NICE INTO
CALIFORNIA WERE SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING JASON BIAS WITH
LABOR'S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
NORTH AMERICA AND WE'RE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH THANKS FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
MATT HANDING.
VICE PRESIDENT SAILORS UNION
PACIFIC SUPPORT A. B. FIVE THANK
YOU.
THE MORNING RUN ROUGH
BRICKLAYERS ALEC RAPPERS LOCAL
THREE WE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING DARYN COMPTON WITH
THE BRICKLAYERS LOCAL THREE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WE
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
STEVE ESPINOZA BRICKLAYERS
ALLIED CRAP WORKERS WE SUPPORT
AB FIVE WE HOPE YOU DO TOO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
MARK THE BILL HE CROSSED HIS
LETTERS LOOKS SIXTEEN SUPPORT
BOAT -- EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
DAVID BEANIE HERE REPRESENTING
THE FORTY THOUSAND CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS OF THE SANTA CLARA AND
SAN BENITO COUNTIES BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
REYES IRON WORKERS LOCAL THREE
SEVENTY SEVEN IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU MISTER IS.
HELLO JULIE LAND I'M THE HEAD OF
THE SAN MATTEO LABOR COUNCIL
HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR NEARLY
EIGHTY THOUSAND MEMBERS TO THINK
ASSEMBLY WOMAN GONZALEZ FOR YOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND TO URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE THANK YOU THANK YOU
MOVEMENT GOOD TO SEE YOU THANKS
FOR COMING.
AARON BURNS WITH THE OPERATING
ENGINEERS LOCAL THREE IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE THANK YOU -- TONY
GARCIA OPERATE ENGINEERS LOCAL
THREE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THE
THING WAS TO PROCEED.
GOOD MORNING MORNING MICHAEL
BACK COOPERATE ENGINEERS SEVER
CISCO SOME TELL COUNTY WE
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH [inaudible]
MORNING.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE.
LOCAL FOR THIRTY ONE FRESNO
TEAMSTERS UNION HERE TO SUPPORT
AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CARLOS POOR BUT CAN BE OFFERED
TEAMSTER DRUG COUNCIL SEVEN WE
SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU THANK
YOU.
THEY RODRIGUEZ INCHES LOCAL
THREE FIFTEEN WE SUPPORT A. B.
FIVE THANK YOU.
MIKE TO PRAY CW A NINE ONE ONE
NINE UP THE ONE EIGHTY FOUR VICE
COMMANDER THE VETERANS OF OAKLEY
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
JIM HART BRIDGE UP THE CW A
NINETY ONE NINETEEN AND I
SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU.
HOLBROOKE'S CW A UP TO NINE ONE
ONE NINE WE SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING THE C. W. -- EIGHT
POWER LEVEL MAIN THING YEAH I OF
COURSE.
AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
SIR COLIN UP THE CW A LOCAL NINE
ONE ONE NINE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF AB.
FIVE HI I'M SELLING YOU MUST
COULD ON UP THE CW A NINE ONE
ONE NINE AND I'M FROM SAN
FRANISCO AND I SUPPORT AB.
FIVE GOOD MORNING ADAM WOULD SAN
FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL
SEVEN NINETY EIGHT SAN FRANCISCO
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT AB.
FIVE MEETING HERE CAN ASK ME
RETIRE RESERVE CALIFORNIA I
SUPPORT AB FIVE WE SUPPORT AB
FIVE AND WE HOPE YOU DO.
TOO GOOD MORNING MICHAEL MY
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED
AMERICANS ORGANIZATION TO WHICH
WE SHOULD ALL ASPIRE AT SOME
POINT IN THEIR LIVES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
[inaudible]
AND WITH [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
AND WE SUPPORT A. B. FIVE AND WE
TRUST THAT YOU WILL TOO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING SIR GOOD MORNING
THOMAS BLANKS.
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
MOUNT THE APPLE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT ASSOCIATION RETIRED NOW
AND STILL SUPPORTING.
WORKING PEOPLE WOMEN MEN
SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES.
THAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY
THOSE ARE THE PARENTS OF OUR
STUDENTS THOSE ARGUE VEY MUCH
OR WHEN WE ARE GOING THIS
MORNING THANK WE SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
MORNING -- STEVE OLDER I'M UP
PRESIDENT CONTRA COSTA LABOR
COUNCIL REPRESENTING EIGHTY
THOUSAND WORKING UP EIGHTY
THOUSAND UNION MEMBERS IN THE
COUNTY.
ALSO A MACHINIST UNION REP AND
FULL SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
MORNING MY NAME'S BRIAN PHILLY --
SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF
CONTRA COSTA LABOR COUNCIL --
I'M ALSO BUSINESS REP FOR THE
MACHINISTS UNION DISTRICT ONE
NINETY IN CONCORD CALIFORNIA.
I SUPPORT AB FIVE AND I HOPE
THAT YOU ALL TO HAVE THE COURAGE
TO SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
HELLO I'M DAVE MATHESON RETIRED
LETTER CARRIER FROM SAN
FRANCISCO AND A LC BRANCH.
TO FOURTEEN IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE EMPLOYEES CAN HAVE FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULES TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MICHAEL
EMINEM AT A LOCAL THREE SEVENTY
EIGHT AREN'T WORKERS STRIVING TO
RETIRE ONE DAY HOPEFULLY I'LL
MAKE IT THERE.
THE THROUGH MY PARTNERSHIP BORN
EIGHTEEN SACRAMENTO AND I WORK
OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
AND 370-707-08118 ALL SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING MY NAME IS KURT
ACCORDING I'M ONE OF THE TOP
LIFT DRIVERS IN ALL OF LIFT I DO
MORE RIGHT TO THE LIFT DRIVER
PERIOD.
I'M THE GUY CAME UP FROM LOS
ANGELES TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THOUSANDS OF LIVES TO DRIVERS.
WHO SUPPORT STRONGLY AB FIVE AND
THE LABOR PROTECTIONS THAT WILL
FOR AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR ME I'LL BE GLAD O
STAY?
BEHIND THANK YOU THANK YOU
[inaudible]
YOUR ONE HI THERE I'M JEFF OTTER --
THE CONSTITUENT OF DOCTOR PENS
AND OR FORMER MEMBER OF YOU A W.
TWENTY EIGHT SIXTY FIVE AND CSEA
AND I'M VERY STRONGLY IN FAVOR
OF A. B. ALL ALSO OF OF FORMER
YOU KNOW. TEN NINETY NINE WORKER
THAT WAS AWFUL SO I'M STRONGLY
SUPPORT BABY FIVE THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS ANDREW GARCIA.
NUMBER OF TEACHERS LOCAL EIGHTY
SEVEN AND I SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MORNING.
MY NAME IS BRIAN PRENDAS I'M
TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHTY SEVEN AND
I SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JOSEPH SOMEONE --
FROM TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHTY
SEVEN AND I SUPPORT A. B. FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING HELLO.
MY NAME IS CARLA JABBAR AND I'M
WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL EIGHTY
SEVEN AND I SUPPORT AB.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING JOHN ROWS LOCAL
EIGHTY SEVEN I'M IN SUPPORT OF
AB.
FIVE THANK YOU. FOR HI MY NAME
IS MARIA I'M HERE WITH UNITED
DOMESTIC WORKERS LOOK AT THIRTY
NINE THIRTY AND I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS
MORNING [inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
THE NUMBER IS THE ROW SON
[inaudible]
UPLOAD YOUR HEY LOU.
I HAVE A SAY.
THE NAME OF THE RULES OVERLY
ALONE.
YES YES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
PRESENT A PRESS UNITED DOMESTIC
WORKERS ASKS ME LOCAL THIRTY
NINE THIRTY AND WE ARE HERE IN
SUPPORT OF AB.
FIVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME GOOD MORNING JOANNE BUT IN
COURT REPRESENTING THE
SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND
FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING DIANE MCCARTY WITH
UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS UNION.
LOCAL.
THIRTY NINE THIRTY THANK YOU AYE
SISTER WERE IN SUPPORT OF SB.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH DONNA AS
AN UNITED WORKERS THANK YOU.
GOODAFTERNOON MY NAME IS DANA
SHORT ON MY SUTTER COUNTY LOCAL
THIRTY NINE THIRTY UNITED
DOMESTIC WORKERS IN SUPPORT OF
AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANNALYNNE MATHIS CDW ASKED ME
LOCAL THIRTY NINE THIRTY
INSURANCE PLAN THANK YOU.
MOLLY BYNUM UW ASKED ME THIRTY
NINE THIRTY HERE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MORNING JOSE GOOD TERRACE
MOBILE WORKERS ALLIANCE --
SUPPORT A. B. FIVE THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS I'M NOT RAMOS AND
I'M HERE WHERE THEY WORK AS THE
LIONS AND I SUPPORT TOOL AB FIVE
THANK YOU. FOR HILL LARA.
PART LOWER CRYSTALLIZE AS A
PARTNER EIGHTY FIVE AND YOUR NEW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING
HOW LASER THEIS MOLLY WORK AS A
LION.
AB FIVE AND AND YOUR NEW THANK
YOU.
MY NAME IS MONEY ON MY FELLOW WE
NEED A SUPPORT FOR AB.
FIVE THANK YOU.
BEATRICE SAYS I CAN'T MOM Là
HERE FOR MORE BALL ALLIANCE AND
I'M.
I'M YOU TO SUPPORT A AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING --
MY NAME IS GLAD I'M IN THIS YEAH --
WILL WATER THIS ALLIANCE IN A
NEW [inaudible]
I AT ELEVEN SINGLE THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
LIVE THAT ONLY COME A CS AND I
AM FOR YOUR MOBILE -- WORKER
THAT I AM IN AS WELL AB LIKE
PERFECT THANK YOU.
GREETINGS GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS --
HONORABLE CHAMBER -- MY NAME IS
LUKE RIVERA OF JOE FOR UBER AND
LIFT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
ALL STATE IN THE UC BERKELEY.
AND WE NEED PROTECTIONS THESE
GUYS HAVE SINCE I'VE BEEN
WORKING FORM THEY HAVE BEGIN.
JUST SQUEEZING THE DRIVERS
TAKING MORE MONEY FOREST FROM
WEST MAIN YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT
AB FIVE YEARS FORTY THANK YOU I
APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH THANKS
FOR COMING TODAY.
OUR PERSICO RETIRED TEAMSTERS
LOCAL EIGHTY FIVE EVERY WORKER
DESERVE RIGHTS ON THE JOB -- I'M
I'M AT THE OTHER END THE SCALE
OF BLOOD PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I
HAVE A PENSION I'VE ALL THE
RIGHTS.
OF A OF A UNION MEMBER AND
EVERYBODY IS DESERVES THAT YES
FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME'S MUDDY
YANKEE M. I'M FROM SAN FRANCISCO
REPRESENTING JOBS WITH JUSTICE.
AND I DO SUPPORT AB FIVE WHOLE
HEARTEDLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME IS RICK HELP LARA AND
ON BEHALF OF COURAGE CAMPAIGN
ARE ONE POINT FOUR MILLION
MEMBERS WE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ OP I YOU LOCAL
TWENTY NINE FORMALLY LOCAL THREE
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORE AFTERNOON KANYE FORD
FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR
COUNCIL AND JOBS WITH JUSTICE
AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
JOSH BY THE ON OVER A LIFT
DRIVER I AM SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MORNING MY NAME IS CARLA GOODBYE
I WATCHED ONE THE FIRST --
TWENTY DRIVERS WERE LIVE STARTED
BACK IN.
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE I SUPPORT AB
FIVE IN A PATH TO UNION THANK
YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING SIR.
MORNING MY NEXT.
TEST MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER
ARIANNA FROM SAN BRUNO I'VE
VOTED FOR YOU A FEW TIMES
SENATOR HILL -- THANK YOU I'M
HERE TODAY FOR IN COMPLETE
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE IN A PATHWAY
TO UNION.
AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP ON THE
PGA ANYTHING BACK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I NEEDED
THOSE VOTE.
THANK YOU MY NUMBERS -- FOR
THEIR NAME ACROSS OFTEN SEES WHO
I'M HERE FOR SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MOHAMMED
ALI AND I'M A SACRAMENTO DRIVER.
AND I SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS
MORNING GOOD MORNING.
I AM EDWARD ESCOBAR ON THE PHONE
OF THE LINES FROM THE PRINT
WORKERS AT THE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL DRIVER'S UNITE
MOVEMENT.
TRUCKERS AS WELL ARE IMPACTED BY
THIS UBER LIFT DRIVERS ALL OUT
BASED DRIVERS WERE RATE RAILING
AGAINST THE TECH TITANS OF
SILICON VALLEY WE'RE IN SUPPORT
OF FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME IS KERRY SANDERS I'M
AND UBER AND LIFT DRIVER AND I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND A
PATH TO A UNION THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
HI I AM IN THE GROUP BOB.
I AM A FULL AT TIME LIFT AND
UBER DRIVER AND I RECENTLY
LEARNED THAT I GET PAID UNDER
TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR I SOMETIMES.
HEY TO DRIVE LIFT THIRTY TO
SIXTY HOURS A WEEK THE
SPREADSHEETS ON MY TWITTER AT
DALY LEFT YOU'LL SIT UP TOP.
I'M HERE THANK YOU FOR GIVE
WORKERS RISING FOR BRINGING US
HERE FIVE THIRTY IN THE MORNING
AND I VERY VERY MUCH SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR
COMING THIS MORNING THANKS TO
FUTURE BEING HERE.
HI MY NAME IS SUSAN WALKER I'M A
LIFELONG CALIFORNIA RESIDENT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE CAPITAL
TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE
LABOR TO CAPITAL.
IT'S WERE DONE WITH THE MAKING
MONEY OFF OUR BACKS.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
BRENT SPENCER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA PUT HE ADDED MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION LIKE TO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR THE MINUTES TODAY IN
THE CREATION A PODIATRIST THANK
YOUNG WE SUPPORT THE BILL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
GLENN SHELLER FROM THE MODERATE
A CENTRALLY BUT COUNCIL WE COVER
SANTA CRUZ IN MONTEREY COUNTY IS
EIGHTY UNIONS ABOUT THIRTY EIGHT
THOUSAND WORKING FAMILIES AND
STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF EIGHTY
FIVE THANK YOU THANK YOU.
IDEA THAN WHAT OTHERS WITH
WORKING PARTNERSHIPS USA AND I'M
HERE TO SUPPORT AB.
FIVE THANK YOU GOOD MORNING
VANESSA BEAN I MAKE A COWORKER
AND SILICON VALLEY -- I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE WITH A
GIGGLE BECAUSE RISING THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
HELLO EASY KILLER BRIAN FROM
BERKELEY AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE IN A PATH TO UNION
AND I'M WITH KICK WORKERS RISING
AND THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR BEING
HERE TO LISTEN TO US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO MY NAME'S STEVE GREAT.
ARE YOU MAY LIFT DRIVER IN SAN
FRANCISCO I'M ALSO AN ORGANIZER
WITH GOOD WORKERS RISING ON HERE
TO SUPPORT -- AB FIVE IN A PATH
TO UNION WE NEED YOU GUYS THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME'S TAYLOR I AM A LIST
AND UBER DRIVER IN SACRAMENTO I
AM SUPPORT OF AB FIVE BECAUSE IN
SACRAMENTO THE MAXIMUM PROFIT
YOU CAN MAKE IS NINE DOLLARS AND
FORTY FIVE CENTS A MINUTE.
A MILE OUR SORRY BECAUSE THE PER
MILE RIGHT IS LITERALLY THE
FEDERAL.
OF THE DIRECTION SO THERE ISN'T
THANK YOU MAIL PROFIT ANYMORE.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS GERRY BRANSON I'M
A UBER DRIVER IN SAN FRANCISCO
I'M HERE TOSUPPORT AB FIVE
BECAUSE EVEN DRIVING AND SAN
FRANCISCO RATES I'M STILL FORCED
TO LIVE OUT OF MY CAR BECAUSE I
CAN'T AFFORD RENTS THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
IT IS FREE TO CASSIE SHE'S HERE.
IT IS A LIVE DRIVER AND I AM IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GEN YOU CAST THREE CALIFORNIA
WORK AND FAMILY COALITION IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS
MORNING.
MY NAME'S CAN COUNT ON AN
ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN ANY UP
TITLE ONE SUPPORTING AB FIVE
WILL SUPPORT THE FAMILIES IN MY
COMMUNITY THANK YOU.
IN ORDER FIRE SALAS YEP WE'LL
OBVIOUSLY IT SINGLE.
THANK YOU.
WELL THE ARMY NUMBER ITALIAN
CAMACHO AT THE OPEN AT LEAST BUT
I WOULD YES THEY GOT ON THE
MENTAL DATE YET THOUGH ALLOWED
UP WHAT IS UP WILL YOU ALLOW
BASING.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS TOMORROW I'M NOT
GONNA MOVE IT EITHER FROM THE
SUN YEAR LISTS I'M SO FUNNY AB
FIGHT AND UNION THANK YOU.
ALL I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS
NUMBER SO THAT I CAN AND I WILL
SEE YOUR FOR YOUR LIVE A SINGLE
UNION.
THANK YOU THANKS FOR COMING WELL
I'M NUMBERS DOES SAY.
WILL EMPLOY A MOBILE WORKERS
ALLY YEAH AND WHEN YOU ON THANK
YOU.
MEAN NUMBERS MEAN MUDDY US UP
ALL YOUR A SINGLE.
NUMBER IS GOING TO MEET THE MAN
YOU WANT.
TO AVOID OBVIOUS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AARON RODRIGUEZ WITH UNIT
CONCERNED SCIENTISTS IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS GOOD I CHILDREN AS
YOUNG I AM FROM LA OVER DRIVER.
I'M HERE FOR EIGHTY FIVE AND THE
UNION THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO MY NAME IS VOTERS MAYBE
GENERAL BUT DRIVER -- CAN YOU
SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE AB FIVE OF
US.
UNION.
THANK YOU.
MORNING -- ARSON IN A GYM.
YOUR TO A SUPPORT AB FIVE AND
THE UNION MOBILE WORKERS
ALLIANCE WE SHOULD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAY LOGIC ABOUT SO YEAH.
I'M OVER DRIVER I'M SUPPOSED AB
FIVE ANYA THANK YOU.
NUMBER THREE THE FLOOR IS HE UP
FOR YOU ALLOW THEIR SEEM COOL HE
IS THAT WHEN YOU ON THE NUMBER
ONE SELLING ELEVEN WAS UP THE
OTHER CITY COUNCIL BY IMPALA
OBVIOUS THING GOING ON THE ON
YES YES.
HI MY NAME IS JUST A FLAT FROM
HERE JUST FOR IN A S. A. B. A
FIVE UNION.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL ONE OF THE S. NUMBER IS MY
CELL PHONE THIS EVENT WHAT WE
AND THE LACK AYE YESTERDAY.
GO AHEAD ORDER.
I HAVE A SINGLE.
WHEN THE VS ME NUMBER AMONG
THERE ARE BASICALLY ON THE ON
THIS PURPOSE TIME IN OFFICE
THANK YOU?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN NUMBER SEVEN
THAT LEAVE US EVEN GO UP WE ARE
NOT OBVIOUS HINKLE?
LOCALS ARE YOU IN THE WORK OF A
POINT.
VERY GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME THAT
ONLY MARTINEZ I'M HERE TODAY
WITH MOBILE WORKERS ALLIANCE AND
I AM IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND
HOPE YOU ARE TOO SO THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING
SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME STRESSING
CHAU VICE PRESIDENT OF LABOR'S
LOCAL THREE TWENTY FOUR AND I
SUPPORT YES ON FIVE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS EDDIE
WITH LABOR'S LOCAL THIRTEEN OH
NINE LONG BEACH SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE SUPPORT A. B. FIVE
WE HOPE YOU DO AS WELL THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
HI GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
ISABELLA SEVEN I WORK.
FOR AND WAG AND I'M IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE AS WELL AS A UNION
THINKING.
Q.. ONE OF THE WHAT ARE THE
OTHER THIRD OF I GOT IT RIGHT WE
GO THERE WE DO HAVE A ROUND UP
IN THE LATTER ARE VERY MUCH AT
THE THINKER.
THE BILL IS A FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS THAT IN ORDER
THE S. AND THEY WERE FOR OVER
AND LEAVE.
AND I SUPPORTER AB -- FIVE AND
THE UNION.
IF WE YOU DON'T FOR US NEXT
LEVEL GOING TO BE HOMELESS THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS SEVEN
SALINAS INCIDENT CAL STATE
NORTHRIDGE I'M IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE ANY UNION THANK THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS QUALITY HUNTER
AND I WORK FOR UBER LIFT AND I'M
IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND THE
FORMING OF A LABOR UNION.
PLEASE GIVE VERY MUCH. ONE OF
THE OTHERS OUT THERE -- BUT
AMONG THE ANALYSES IS THAT WE
HAVE AND THE BOILERS WHEN THE
BOAT IS THERE AB.
DESPITE.
I EVEN WAS BUILT UP FOR YOU THE
UNION THEM IN IF YOU READ THIS
THANK YOU. THREE ONE A SOLID
SCIENCE NOT IN A LOT OF AND THEN
LOCAL YEAH Là.
AB.
FIVE WHAT ABOUT THE I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
HELLO MY NAME IS ALEX EVE FROM
PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA.
A NINE COUNT SUPPORTING THE A.
B. FIVE EIGHT AND UNION THANK
YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH -- LEVEL
IS THE S..
A. IS SOMEBODY GOT EVEN GO UP WE
ON THE LAND THEY AB SINGLE
RESERVOIRS OF THANK YOU. ONE OF
THE S. MY NUMBER IS HOW TO
HANDLE CANYON EVEN THE WAY I'M
THE LADY.
AB FIGHT GONZALEZ THE WE TOOK IT
AS A PRODUCT WHICH HAVE MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING TOMORROW MORNING.
I'M WILLIAM ROOM WHILE LOW AND I
CALM THROUGH LOOKING FOR US
SUPPORT.
FOR OUR MY E. UNION [inaudible]
IS.
MOBILE WORKERS OUR ALLIANCE IN
THE UNION I WORE FOUR LEAF
CLOVER THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO MY NAME IS JACQUELINE I
BROUGHT ON I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
AB FIVE EIGHTY FIVE AND THE
UNION.
THANK YOU.
HELLO HELLO MY NAME IS GABRIEL I
CAME TO SUPPORT MY FATHER.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
IT AB FIVE IT DOES NOT COST
QUITE A SEE EVEN COUPLE YOUNGER
Là BE CINCO.
MESES THANK YOU.
HELLO ME NUMBER HOW DOES THAT
MEAN I'M ALSO EITHER I READ THAT
OVER IN THE EVENING WHEN I
BOILED A LOT AB FI -- UNION
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS SET A FLOOR IS I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE AND
THE UNION BECAUSE UBER AND LIFT
DRIVERS DESERVE RESPECT AND ABLE
TO WORK WITH DIGNITY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH -- THE NUMBER AHEAD OF
EVER TELL ME THAT I KNOW YOU
BINGO ON CAPE WITH THE SUPPORT
THAT I LOVE.
AND I HAVE A SINGLE YELLOW NHà
THANK YOU.
HELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS OUR
MELENDEZ.
I ABOVE THE A. B. FI THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
HI EVERYONE AT THE ESSENTIAL
ZOMBIE HALF OF OUR TWELVE
THOUSAND IBEW LOCAL ELEVEN
MEMBERS AND I LIKE COUNTY WEST
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE MY NAME
IS SELENA DERAIL I'M A FORMER
UNION CARPENTER AND CURRENTLY
WITH TRADE TOO MANY INCORPORATED.
TRADES INK OUT OF OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA I SUPPORT THIS BILL
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND ROGER
DEAN LOCAL NINETY FOUR THIRTY
ONE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF
AMERICA.
WE SUPPORT THE BILL THANK YOU.
SHAWN HE WITH CDA LOCAL NINETY
FOUR HUNDRED IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL THE TWO OUR VAL-D'OR I'M
SUPPORTING AB FIVE ALONA
NEIGHBORS.
UNION THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S JOSE
GARCIA AND I'M HERE WITH LABOR'S
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH
AMERICA AND WE'RE SUPPORTING
MAYBE FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER GARCIA.
GOOD MORNING DANNY THERE GOES
WOULD LIVE IN A IN SUPPORT OF AB
FIVE MARKET THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING DENNY BERNARDINI
NAPA SOLANO BUILDING TRADES
REPRESENTING NINETEEN UNION
AFFILIATES OF NAPA SOLANO COUNTY
AND URGING TO SUPPORT THIS BILL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GRAY HARTMAN WITH ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS INTERNATIONAL UNION
AND WE SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK YOU.
RIGHT RIGHT LG -- I YOU SEE
LOCAL EIGHT SAM CISCO WE SUPPORT --
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOVERNOR ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS
UNION LOCAL EIGHT WE SUPPORT AB
FIVE THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN BURST MY
CONSUMERS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS AND SUPPORT YOU.
MORNING I'M DEALING CLARK IBEW
LOCAL THREE FORTY WE SUPPORT THE
BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MARIANA BATISTE SEIU.
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING NICOLE CHRISTIAN
SEIU LOCAL TEN TO ONE AND WE ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT AB FIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVELYN CHORION
THE SAFETY BOARD TEN TO ONE
ASSEMBLY EMPLOYEES SUPPORT A. B.
FIVE THANK YOU.
JUDGE OF AN SEIU LOCAL TWENTY
ONE FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS
IN CALIFORNIA THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTING A. B..
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
S. CI YOUTH IN TWENTY ONE GUESS
NOW IS THERE.
THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING.
AB FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING THIS MORNING GOOD MORNING
STEPHANIE ROBLESS PAINTERS AND
ALLIED TRADES AND WE SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK YOU.
ROBERT SMITH ROBERT SMITH
PAINTERS ONLY TRADE WE SUPPORT
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER SMITH.
MY FAMILY'S A CHILL WITH ASIAN
AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
EIGHTY FIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MICHAEL WEINBERG
FROM SEIU LOCAL TEND TO ONE IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE EQ.
RYAN FADDIS SEIU LOCAL TIME TO
ONE LIFELONG CALIFORNIA NATIVE
STRONGLY SUPPORT AB FIVE THANK
YOU.
ON BEHALF OF THE RADIOLOGY
PATHOLOGY AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THE MORNING LEARN IF RAIN LOPEZ
WITH -- LABOR UNIONS AND SUPPORT --
SB FIVE AS WE LIKE.
THANK YOU.
THE MEASUREMENT OBERNOLTE COMING
UP WITH UP CAN ATTORNEYS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH [inaudible]
MR BELASCO.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ARE PULASKI CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION.
ABOUT HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
ASKED.
TO HOLD OFF I THINK YOU'VE GOT
THE MESSAGE THOUGH.
WE'LL KEEP THEM FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I SUPPORT THE BILL THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MISTER PULASKI.
MEMBERS TO MADDEN REPRESENT THE
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF AMERICA
BECAUSE EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS IN
SUPPORT OF MAD.
MORNING.
HERE IN MEMBERS BRANDON MARCH
WITH CALIFORNIA MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT WANT TO
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR THE
CONVERSATIONS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
VERY GOOD THANK YOU WE WILL.
NOW I I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE BUT WE WILL.
MOVE NOW TO SUPPORT IF AMENDED.
WE COULD DO THAT AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE
COME AND THAT WE'RE NOT.
ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR VOICES HAVE
BEEN HEARD.
AND WE APPRECIATE THEM COMING
FROM.
AROUND CALIFORNIA. TO MAKE THE
POINT TODAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
AND VERY SPECIAL THAT THEY DID
THAT WE APPRECIATED.
THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR AMENDED
SUPPORTING IF AMENDED.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES
COMFORTABLE AND WE WILL.
I HAVE SIX MINUTES FOR THAT
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
THANK NO THERE WE GO THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE JENNIFER BROWN BEHIND
THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND WE ARE SUPPORTIVE
AMENDED POSITION.
WE FIND OURSELVES IN A VERY
INTERESTING POSITION ON THIS
ISSUE AND I SPECIFICALLY WITH AB
FIVE I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN -- TO
EXPLAIN OR GIVE YOU A FULL
APPRECIATION OF HOW SIGNIFICANT
THE DYNAMICS DECISION WAS JUST
FOR THE BUSINESSES UTILIZE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS BUT FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM
WORK AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
IN ONE DAY OVER THIRTY YEARS OF
A STANDARD THAT EXISTED AND THE
BROTHER DECISION WAS -- TO
COMPLETELY CHANGED AND IT WAS
DONE IN A DECISION THAT ONE DAY
YOU'RE UNDER BROWN LOW AND
LITERALLY THE NEXT DAY YOU'RE
NOW UNDER THE A. B. C. TEST AND
OF FOR A PEOPLE TO EVEN
APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
THAT HAPPENED IT'S STILL ONGOING
WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION OVER.
A YEAR AGO AND AT THAT TIME I
KNEW THAT WE HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT
THE FOR THIS DECISION WASN'T
EVEN SITTING HERE TODAY I CAN
TELL YOU.
THAT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
FULL IMPACT OF THAT DECISION IS
IS PEOPLE ARE JUST CAN -- NOW
LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING AND
THAT THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED AS
A RESULT OF THE DYNAMICS
DECISION SO.
BEEN AROUND THE GIG ECONOMY AND
THEY CERTAINLY ARE PART OF THIS
DISCUSSION SHOULD BE A PART OF
THIS DISCUSSION BUT THERE ARE SO
MANY OTHER PROFESSIONS AND
BUSINESSES -- WHO ARE IMPACTED
AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION
BEYOND THAT -- WHICH IS WHY A
WHITE SO SIGNIFICANT AND SO WE
FIND OURSELVES IN SUPPORT OF
AMENDED POSITION BECAUSE IN AB --
FIVE WE IT'S BECAUSE TO FIND THE
DECISION THAT CAME DOWN THE A.
B. C. TEST AND PUTTING IT INTO
THE LABOR CODE IT'S A LITTLE BIT
BROADER IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S
APPLICABLE FOR THE ENTIRE LABOR
CODE IN THE ENTIRE UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE CODE RIGHT SO.
IT'S BROADER THAN WHAT THE
DYNAMICS DECISION WAS WHICH WAS
LIMITED TO THE WAGE ORDERS BUT
THEN IT ALSO HAS THESE
EXEMPTIONS IN THERE THAT WE ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF THEY HAVE THE
EXEMPTIONS IN THERE THAT IT'S
NOT A TRUE EXEMPTION AND THE
FACT THAT IT JUST.
YOUR ERROR GIVES YOU STATUTORY --
AT STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR STATUS BUT RIVER TO
BACK TO THE BRELO MODEL WHICH I
AGREE NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON AS A
THAT IS NOT A GREAT MODEL FOR
ANYBODY EITHER -- IN THOSE
INDUSTRIES HAVE -- TRADITIONALLY
AND HISTORICALLY BEEN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND THEY
DON'T HAVE A HIGH RISK OF MISS
CASSIFICATION IN THOSE
INDUSTRIES OR PROFESSIONS AND SO
AB FIVE PROVIDES THEM WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THAT
STATUS AND CONTINUE ON KIND OF
WORK AS NORMAL -- WE ARE STILL
HAVE CONCERNS THOUGH IT BECAUSE
AS MENTIONED BY THE PROPONENTS
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO
DO ON AB FIVE TO GET IT TO A
POINT WHERE WE BELIEVE.
THAT IT KIND OF CREATES THAT
BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING
INDIVIDUALS FROM IS
CLASSIFICATION BUT STILL
ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO RETAIN
SERVICES OF INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS AND STILL ALLOWING
THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO
PERFORM WORK AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS TO MAINTAIN THAT
STATUS -- SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS
THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
ON ARE BROADENING THE
PROFESSIONAL EXEMPTION SO THERE
ARE MANY MORE PROFESSIONALS THAN
THOSE ALREADY LISTED.
IN THE AB FIVE IN EVEN IN THE
AMENDED VERSION.
WHO -- HAVE ADVANCED DEGREES WHO
HAVE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES FROM
THE STATE WHO OPERATE AS
PROFESSIONALS IN SHOULD MAINTAIN
THAT SAME STATUS IF THEY CHOOSE
TO AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
I'M THE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
LANGUAGE THAT WAS AYE AYE PART
OF THE PROPOSED A MARKED UP
VERSON TODAY WE APPRECIATE THAT
THAT'S THE INITIAL PART OF THE
OPENING DISCUSSION I FEEL LIKE
ON THIS IN ITS PLACE HOLDER
LANGUAGE.
BUT IT CERTAINLY NEEDS FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE SOME REVISIONS IN
TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
CREATES THAT APPROPRIATE BALANCE.
BETWEEN ALLOWING A BUSINESS TO
UTILIZE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
SERVICES FOR THOSE NEEDS THAT
THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT THEIR
BUSINESS AND PROTECTED AGAIN
WORKERS AGAIN SINCE
CLASSIFICATION I CAN SAY WHEN
THE DYNAMICS DECISION CAME OUT I
THINK IT WAS -- NOT THOUGHT OF
THAT THIS WOULD APPLY TO
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS CONTRACTS
IT WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN A HIRING ENTITY
AND AN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMING A
SERVICE NOT TO LEGITIMATE
BUSINESSES WHO CONTRACT TOGETHER
AND SO TRYING O FIND THAT
BALANCE.
OF HOW WE PROTECT THAT
CONTRACTING VERSES THE
INDIVIDUAL AND HIRING INTO THE
IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE --
SUBCONTRACTING AGAIN SOMETIMES
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE
UNEXPECTED AND YOU NEED A AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STOP UP AND MAKE
SURE THAT YOU HAVE.
ENOUGH WORKERS AB TO PERFORM THE
WORK IN ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN
MAYBE THAT'S PART THE BUSINESS
TO BUSINESS DISCUSSION -- BUT
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME WORK DONE
ON THAT AND THEN RETROACTIVITY --
IS A HUGE PIECE OF THIS THAT
NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH AS WELL
AGAIN THE DECISION CHANGED
OVERNIGHT AND AND IT WAS A
PROSPECTIVE FOR SURE BUT THEN
THERE'S BEEN THIS ISSUE OF
RETROACTIVITY WERE BUSINESSES
ARE BEING HELD.
A RETRO ACTIVELY LIABLE FOR
STANDARD THEY NEVER KNEW EXISTED
FOR YEARS IS THE STATUE OF
LIMITATIONS THAT YOU GET TO GO
BACK FOR UNPAID WAGES AND SO IT
PUTS BUSINESSES IN A VERY UNFAIR
SITUATION WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE
BRELO STANDARD.
THAT WAS WITH THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER TOLD THEM TO DO
THAT'S WHAT EVERY CASE WAS
TELLING THEM TO DO AND NOW
THEY'RE BEING HELD LIABLE FOR
NOT FOLLOWING THE A. B. C.
STANDARD THAT NEVER CAME UP OR
NEVER EXISTED. ONE LAST FINAL
POINT THEN I'LL TURN OVER MY
REMAINING TIME -- THAT THE
INDUSTRY'S OBVIOUSLY THAT ARE
NEEDING TO BE A PART OF THIS
DISCUSSION THE GIG ECONOMY THE
TRANSPORTATION -- I DISAGREE
WITH THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN
HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY AS AN EMPLOYEE AS A
YOU CAN'T AS AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR I THINK IT COMES DOWN
TO WHO MAKES THE DECISION OF
YOUR SCHEDULE.
AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR YOU
GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN
YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE YOU HAND OVER
THAT DECISION MAKING TO THE
EMPLOYER AND SO I JUST THINK.
YES -- THAT THERE ARE SOME OF
FLEXIBILITY THAT MAYBE OUR LABOR
LAWS PROVIDE BUT CERTAINLY
THERE'S A DISINCENTIVE --
FINANCIALLY AND EVEN LIKE WITH
REGARDS TO SOME OF THE AMP --
APPLICATION OF THE LAW THATJUST
MAKES IT UNLIKELY THAT YOU CAN
PROVIDE THAT SAME FLEXIBILITY SO
WE DISAGREE WITH THAT AND THEN --
I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF THE
REASONS WHY YOU DON'T SEE A
BENEFITS BEING OFFERED CERTAINLY
IN THE GIG ECONOMY BUT IN OTHER
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MODELS IS
BECAUSE THE CURRENT LAWS DO NOT
ALLOW FOR IF YOU START GOING
DOWN THAT LINE WHERE YOU'RE
AWFULLY BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS.
YU'D THEN MESSED UP THE LINE OF
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
VERSUS EMPLOYEE AND IT AND IT
MAKES IT.
CONFUSING SO FOR THOSE REASONS
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF AMENDED
POSITION THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
A LIMITED TIME.
TO MAKE IT ON MY DOT COM AND
RIVER CONNECTS FOUNDER'S WITH
PAT CENTERS.
THAT HAD WALKERS WE HAVE TWENTY
THOUSAND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY WORK AN AVERAGE OF SIXTEEN
TIMES A YEAR FOR AN AVERAGE
ABOUT THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A
YEAR THEY ARE TRULY THE MASCOT
FORTUNATE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
RELATIONSHIP.
RIGHT NOW WE WORK WE WORK IN TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ON THAT BILL.
SB NINE FORTY FIVE AUTHORED BY
SENATOR MONEY WHICH GIVE US AN
EXEMPTION FOR PEOPLE WATCHING
THREE ARE PURE DOGS IN HOMES
PRESERVE HOME PET CARE.
IT WERE LOOKING AGAIN TO
PRESERVE CONTACT CARE BY HAVING
THIS EXEMPTION FROM EIGHTY FIVE
TO THE PRESIDENT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
YES MA'AM HI MY NAME IS MELODY
SAUNDERS AND I AM A LIFT DRIVER
I'VE BEEN WITH FOR THREE YEARS.
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN I'M I
WAS MARRIED I HAVE A SMALL
BUSINESS THAT WAS GREAT IN A
DUAL -- INCOME HOUSEHOLDS I GOT
BREAST CANCER MY HUSBAND DECIDED
HE DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH MY
HEALTH.
DIVORCE MISSILE MY CART -- SO.
I TRIED TO FIND A SECOND JOB SO
THAT I COULD BUY A CAR.
GET HOUSING.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO CONVINCE
STARBUCKS TO LET ME COME IN
WHENEVER I FELT LIKE IT BASED ON
MY STUDIO HOURS.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS A THIRTY YEAR
BUSINESS THAT.
FOSTER.
AND THEN I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE
UP JUST BECAUSE OF MY SITUATION.
I'M A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT LIFT
THEY HAVE A RENTAL CAR PROGRAM I
COULD EXTOL THE VIRTUES OF LIFT
BUT I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT
IT'S A GREAT COMPANY INTEGRATES
PROVIDES A GREAT.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE I LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO.
RIGHT I HAVE THE ABILITY I MADE
THE CHOICE TO BE AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR.
SO I WORK AROUND HOURS I NEEDED.
AND I HAVE A GREAT APARTMENT
DOWNTOWN I'M IN AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT PLACE IN ITS BECAUSE
LIVE PROVIDED THAT FLEXIBILITY
WITH BEING AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR.
I COULD NOT FIND A JOB WORKING
AS A WAITRESS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO WORK WHEN
I NEEDED TO AND AGAINST THE
CHOICE THAT I MADE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DISCUSSED IN THERE.
THEN FOR YOU PROTECTION IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND LIFT YEARS WORKING
ON THIS LIST IS VERY OPEN.
WE THEY HAVE GREAT.
FORMS I MAKE AN AVERAGE OF
NINETEEN TO TWENTY SIX DOLLARS
AN HOUR.
LIFT IS VERY GREAT ABOUT GUIDING
US TO BEING THE BEST DRIVERS
THAT WE CAN BE.
FOUND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS.
EXCUSE ME I HOPE THE PANEL THE
COMMITTEE WILL -- TAKEN OVER.
HE FIVE TOLD SOME OTHER --
POINTS CAN BE IRONED OUT THANK
YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
AND THE COMMENTS.
PRESENTATION OF THOSE THAT ARE
SUPPORTING IF AMENDED IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME
FORWARD IN A ME TOO POSITION TO
THE MICROPHONE AND CONVERGED
PRESSURE GIVE US YOUR NAME.
THAT YOURS YOUR POSITION ON THE
BILL YEAH MY NAME IS GERMANY'S
I'M SEVENTY ONE YEARS OLD -- I
AM CONSIDERED A SENIOR CITIZEN.
SO IN THE REAL WORLD OUT THERE
IS THIS NEW CONCEPT IT'S CALLED
AGES.
I SEE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE WE
GRAY HAIR.
GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND A JOB
RIGHT NOW.
THE GRAY HAIR BECAUSE THEY'RE
GOING TO SAY TO YOU YOU'VE DONE
THIS BEFORE NOW THE AVERAGE
SPIRITS IN THE SNOW SORRY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW JOBS THAT
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY SENIOR
CITIZENS CAN GO OUT AND BE
EFFECTIVE ON AND MAINTAIN THEIR
HOUSE AND THEIR LIVES.
THANK YOU I DID YEARS YOUR
SUPPORT IN THIS IF IT'S AMENDED
IS THAT THE CLEAR.
I THINK THE I THINK YOU LIKE THE
WHOLE THING SHOULD BE REPEALED
OKAY I AM.
VERY MUCH THANKS FOR COMING
TODAY.
THIS CHAIRMAN OF MEMBERS A CALL
WANTED HERE TODAY REPRESENTING
TWO GROUPS THAT ARE AND SUPPORT
OF AMENDED.
POSITION AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH
THE AUTHORS OFFICE YOU YOUR
STAFF AS WELL ONE IS THE
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE RECORD
COMPANIES MUSIC INDUSTRY.
AND EVERY TALK ABOUT THE GIG
ECONOMY THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GIG
ECONOMY THIS IS WHERE THE TAKE
THE TERM GIG CAME FROM.
WE HAVE MANY INSTANCES WHERE OF
THIS DECISION IS NOT A GOOD FIT
WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE ACTIVELY
WITH THE AUTHOR IN YOUR STAFF
AND LOOK FOR TRYING TO RESOLVE
SOMETHING -- DURING THE UPCOMING --
SESSION -- SUMMER RECESS
SECONDLY CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL
THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIKE MANY
THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
THAT ALREADY IN THE THE BILL
TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIMILAR
SITUATION. TWO HUNDRED
CHAIRPERSON OKAILEY ON BEHALF OF
THE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION IN
CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.
SUPPORT AS AMENDED THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
CHAIR MEMBERS ALEX HAWTHORN OF
THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION ALSO IN A SUPPORT
AMENDED POSITION PARTICULARLY
AROUND THE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONAL ISSUE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS AMY BEEN
EVERY THIS AND I AM CURRENTLY A
FREELANCE INTERPRETER AND
TRANSLATOR I'M CERTIFIEDBY THE
JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA
AND IS.
AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICES OF THE US COURT IS A
FEDERALLY CERTIFIED INTERPRETER
AND I'M HERE A RIVETING MYSELF
AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF JUDICIARY
INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS AS
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE'RE IN A POSITION OF SUPPORT
IF AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE
PROFESSION OF INTERPRETERS AND
TRANSLATORS.
WE ARE WELL PAID PROFESSION
HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSION AND
ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT
LIST OF PROFESSIONS THAT ARE
EXCLUDED AND WE WOULD.
LIKE TO BE EXCLUDED AS WELL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE COULD
HAVE USED YOUR SERVICES A LITTLE
WHILE AGO.
YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN IF I COULD
IF I GUESS THE QUESTION SHOULD I
IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO
ASSUME THAT THE SUPPORT OF THE
MAN'S ARE LARGELY IF THEIR
PROFESSION IT.
WOULD BE EXCLUDED THE BILL
BECAUSE BECAUSE FOCUS IN SUPPORT
OF THE MANY BUT I DON'T I THINK
AND PHYSICIANS IT IS THE ISSUE
FOR THE EXEMPTION OR TO BE. TO
FIT INTO OUR WITH IN THE
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIPS AND WE GOT IT
ABOUT THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MADELINE NEWMAN REELS
I AM HERE A FOR THE ASSOCIATION
OF INDEPENDENT.
JUDICIAL INTERPRETERS OF
CALIFORNIA I AM ALSO STATE AND
FEDERALLY CERTIFIED AS A COURT
INTERPRETER AND I'M ALSO
CERTIFIED AS AN ATA TRANSLATOR.
AND WE HAVE BEEN IN
COMMUNICATION WITH MISS
GONZALEZ'S OFFICE OF AND I HAVE
A A WRITTEN OF THANK YOU I HAVE
A WRITTEN -- AND THE WE ARE
AWARE THAT OF WE HAVE SEEN PRESS
REPORTS SAYING THAT MS GONZALEZ
WOULD.
CONSIDER EXCLUDING US FROM
TWENTY SEVEN OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS YEAH THANK YOU
VERY MUCH YOU LIKE TO AMENDMENTS
AND WE WILL BE LIVE WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE YES HE SAID IN THE
PRESS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BUT
SHE DIDN'T INCLUDE US TODAY.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT THANK YOU
APPRECIATE YOU COMING THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING
JENNIFER NEVER READ WITH MY
INTERPRETERS AND ALSO SUPPORTIVE
AMEND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING JAMIE CON WITH THE
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS I
THINK WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS
BUT WE STILL NEED TO DEAL WITH
THE HOLLERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
BUT WE APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE
THAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH.
IN THE MORNING.
MY NAME IS HISTORY OF ADAM A
CERTIFIED -- INTERPRETER BETTER
CERTIFIED AND ALSO A CALIFORNIA.
I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF A THIS
WAS IN OF INDEPENDENT
ADDITIONALLY.
ADD ADDITIONAL -- INTERPRETERS
OF CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE
REQUESTING THAT WOULD BE
EXEMPTED FROM -- AB FIVE S. A IS
A SEPARATE PROFESSION HAS BEEN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH HEALTH.
AND MAD TURN THIS YOU COULD
CERTAINLY GIVE TO THE SERGEANT
HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THANK YOU.
MORNING MA'AM HELLO MY NAME IS
DIANE EMBRY AND IN ADDITION TO
BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION OF TRAVEL
ORGANIZATIONS.
I'VE BEEN A TRAVEL AGENT FOR
FORTY TWO YEARS THE LAST TWELVE
OF WHICH AS AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR BY CHOICE.
AND AS SUCH I'M HERE IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE IF IT IS AMENDED TO
PRESERVE THE EXISTENCE OF
INDEPENDENT TRAVEL AGENTS MOST
OF WHOM ARE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME IS BETSY GEYSER IAM
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
TRAVEL ADVISORS I'M IN SUPPORT
OF AB FIVE IF AMENDED FOR
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. FOR
TRAVEL AGENTS THAT CHOOSE TO
OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS AS AN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHARLIE RATE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIAL
MATERIALS ASSOCIATION AND WE
SUPPORT IF I MEANT THANK YOU.
CAN STONE STONE ADVOCACY ON
BEHALF OF THE CIVIL JUSTICE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AS
PART OF THE CHAMBERS SUPPORT OF
A MEDICAL ISSUE THANK YOU.
CALIFORNIA M. OF COMMERCE
SUPPORTIVE AMENDED THANK YOU.
AT THE HEART OF THE CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
WE TO ALIGN OUR COMMENTS WITH
THE CAL CHAMBER SUPPORT OF
AMENDED THANK YOU THANK YOU
APPRECIATED GOOD MORNING.
WENDY COCHRAN LICENSED
ESTHETICIAN AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR ADDING THE AESTHETICIANS
AND ELECTROLYSIS TO THIS BILL
BUT WE ALSO FEEL THAT ALL BBC
LICENSEES IN GOOD STANDING
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS
LANGUAGE.
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE
POPULATIONS OF LICENSE
EXAMINATIONS IN CALIFORNIA OUR
DUAL LICENSE AS MEDICARE.
JAMIE SHOT BACK PHD LICENSE
MEDICARE SINCE NINETEEN NINETY
TWO AND AN OWNER OF A EMPLOYEE
BASE ALONG IN CARMEL CALIFORNIA.
PLEASE DO NOT ISOLATE AND
PENALIZE MANICURISTS FOR THEIR
CHOICE OF LICENSE.
THANK YOU.
YOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
JIM YOUR WITH A CALIFORNIA NEWS
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE
NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY IS FACING
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND
DYNAMICS POSES AN ADDITIONAL
CHALLENGE TO US -- IT THREATENS --
TO THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS AS
WE KNOW THEM NOW WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN
ON LANGUAGE TO TRY TO ADDRESS
THE FREELANCER ISSUE IN THE
DISTRIBUTION ISSUE.
AND WE SUPPORT OF FROM AND IF
THAT LANGUAGE IS MEANT THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
FRED JONES PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY
FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
APPRECIATE AND THE MOCK UP THAT
YOU'VE EXTENDED TO OTHER LICENSE
CATEGORIES ARE JUST ONE
TECHNICAL ISSUE.
IT REFERENCES HAIR STYLIST THERE
IS NO LICENSE CATEGORY CALLED
HAIR STYLIST SO WE DO NEED.
TO ADDRESS COSMETOLOGY THE
COMMISSION JUNGLE.
REMEMBER AS A MATTER OF YOU THE
CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION WE REPRESENT --
GRADUATE STUDENTS LIKE
ASSISTANCE AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
WE'RE ONE OF THE MANY OF HEALTH
PROFESSIONS YOU'LL SEE WHO ARE
ALSO SEEKING AN EXEMPTION MUCH
LIKE THE OTHER -- HEALING ARTS
PROFESSIONALS HAVE ALREADY
RECEIVED AN EXEMPTION WE HOPE TO
WORK WITH THE AUTHOR AND AMEND
DISPEL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RESIDENTS OUT HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS ECHOINGSIMILAR
TO MISS LEVY -- REGARDING OUR
MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS IN AN
EXEMPTION AS WELL THANK YOU.
MY AND HER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY THERAPIST WE ALSO HAVE A
SUPPORT IF AMENDED POSITION AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE
OFFICE THANKS SO MUCH.
G. V. AIRS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION FOR LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELORS
I TESTIFIED ON BEHALF ANOTHER
CLIENT EARLIER THERE.
I'D LIKE TO SO SHAPE MY WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SEARCH IT OURSELVES
OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY OUR
COLLEAGUES JUST -- THE MIDDLE OF
COLLEAGUES JUST BEFORE SOME.
THREE AND WE SEEK A AT AN
EXEMPTION REGARDING -- LAST
PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELORS
AND OUTWARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING HI I'M PAM THE
CLAMMY AND I SUPPORT LEFT AND
I'D LIKE TO SAY YES ON THE BILL
AB FIVE AMENDMENT OF THE
INDEPENDENCE AND FLEXIBILITY
REMOTE INCLUDED.
HELLO MY NAME IS DAVID WATKINS I
DRIVE TO LIVE IN A LIKE SAY YES
MAYBE EIGHTY FIVE FOR THE
FLEXIBILITY ALSO.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS PENNY BOTTOM MA'AM
I'M I'M IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING
THE BILL THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE
DEBT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING MY NAME'S MICHAEL OPTION --
ALSOIN SUPPORT OF SAME YES IF
THE BILL'S AMENDED. FOR A DRIVER
OF UBER AND QUITE A FEW OTHER
PLATFORMS ITSELF THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING THIS LAND AND I
ALSO SUPPORT THE LATE LATE IN
THE FLEXIBILITY THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS RACHEL HEADS
AND I DRIVE FOR LIFT AND DOOR
DASH I SUPPORT THE BILL IF
AMENDED TO PROTECT MY
INDEPENDENCE AND FLEXIBILITY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS FOR FOR
A YOUNG I DRIVE FROM LEFT I
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE BILL
IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT
PROTECT MY FLEXIBILITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
MY NAME IS THERE TEMAS I DRIVE
FOR LIVE TIME IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL IF IT PROTECTS OUR RIGHTS
AS INDEPENDENCE AND FLEXIBILITY
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MY NAME'S KEITH CARLO AND I
DRIVE FOR LIFT AND I SUPPORT THE
BILL IF AMENDED THAT PROTECTS
OUR FLEXIBILITY IN INDEPENDENCE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR JOINING.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PATIENCE IN ALLOWING US TO
SPEAK MY NAME IS JAN KRUGER I AM
A FIVE AND A HALF YEAR OF PART
TIME LIFT DRIVER.
AND I DO SUPPORT THIS BILL IF IT
IS AMENDED TO ALLOW ME TO
MAINTAIN MY FLEXIBILITY BE PART
TIME THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS CHRIS VOIGTS I'M A
FIVE YEAR LIFT THE LIFT DRIVER.
I WILL SUPPORT THE BILL IF IT
MAINTAINS MY FLEXIBILITY I'M
ABLE TO DO.
WHAT CAN YOU DO SUPPORT MY
FAMILY?
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING GOOD MORNING SIR MORNING
MY NAME IS DAVID RIVERA ACHEI
SACRAMENTO'S TAXI DAY -- I AM
INDEPENDENT SELF EMPLOYED CAM
RELEASES IS CAB.
IN THE CAB OVER TEN YEARS AND
I'M FOR THE BILL.
LONG AS WE GET AMENDMENTS FOR
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WERE
TRUE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS YOU
HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET OUR
BUSINESS WE HAVE OUR OWN BOOK OF
BUSINESS SO WE'VE BUILT.
RELATIONSHIPS.
WHICH IS THE NATURE OF THE
IMPENDING I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING.
HELLO MY NAME IS JOSH ONE THE
AREA HAVE BEEN A TAXI DRIVER IN
SAN FRANCISCO FOR LAST THIRTY
ONE YEARS.
AND I'M A TRUE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR POLICE AMEND THE BILL.
LET ME GIVE DURING MY BUSINESS
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHEF IS REALLY EASY --
FROM LOS ANGELES YELLOW CUP IS
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CALLED
MOST COUPLE OF HOUSES OF MY
COLLEAGUES.
IN LOS ANGELES.
WE SUPPORT THE BETTER ONLY IF I
MEANT THAT. TO PROTECT OUR
INDEPENDENT A STATUS THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING MY
NAME IS CARLOS CORDOVA -- FROM
LA.
YELLOW CAB.
AND FEES THAT TAXI I BEEN
WORKING AS A CAB DRIVER FOR
FIFTEEN YEARS AND I I WOULD LIKE
TO KEEP DOING LIKE YOU KNOW.
LIKE IT OUR INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR.
IF YOU GUYS CAM [inaudible]
THE BILL.
I WANT YOU HERE THANK YOU SHE
DID THANK YOU.
HELLO EVERYONE CAN MONITOR THE
LINE SIR MY NAME IS CANDY AND
OUR FROM SAN JOSE YELLOW CAB
DRIVER I'VE BEEN DRIVING SINCE
LAST TWENTY YEARS.
AND I SPOKE MY FLEXIBILITY AND
INDEPENDENCE AS A CONTRACTOR.
ELECTION AMENDMENTS AND YOU'RE
SUPPORTING THANKS VERY MUCH
THANK YOU [inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
MORNING JENNIFER TOWN TO HELL
WITH ERIN READ AND ASSOCIATES I
HAVE THREE CLIENTS TODAY --
SUPPORT AS AMENDED -- THE TAXI
CAB PARA TRANSIT IS A STATION
CALIFORNIA YOU JUST HEARD FROM
THE DRIVERS ALSO THE CALIFORNIA
SOCIETY FOR RESPIRATORY CARE THE
REST FOR A THERAPIST BY CARE.
IN HOME AND CONTRACT WITH
HOSPITALS AND THEN ALSO THE
ENROLLED AGENTS THEY ARE
GOVERNED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE
TREASURY AND PROVIDE TAX.
THEIR TAX SPECIALIST BUT THEY
MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN CARE
OF WITH A CLEAR BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS EXEMPTION SO OF WILL BE
KEEPING OUR EYE ON THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
CAN WOULD SOME A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO I LEFT
MY CORPORATE CAREER AND I IN THE
SMALL BUSINESS IN MY COMMUNITY.
I WENT WITH A FRANCHISE BECAUSE
I WANTED A PROVEN MODEL.
I BUILT THAT BUSINESS CLIENT MY
CLIENT I SURVIVED THE GREAT
RECESSION.
THIS BILL MAKES ME AN EMPLOYEE
MY FRANCHISE OR AND WIPES OUT MY
BUSINESS.
THAT BUSINESS IS MY FOUR OH ONE
K..
THANK YOU.
TINA WILLIAMS I AM A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER I ALSO HAVE A
FRANCHISE AND WE SUPPORT WITH
THE AMENDMENT TO CONTINUE TO BE
A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
MICHAEL ROGERS I AM ALSO A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER AND I SUPPORT THE
BILL IF IT MEANT OR SMALL
BUSINESS FRANCHISE.
RACHEL FRENCH WITH EXPRESS
EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS WERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL -- WITH THE
AMENDMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS
THAT OWN A FRANCHISE -- WE AS
MENTIONED THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOOD
AND WE HELP.
MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE
DOING THAT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING -- JENNIFER SMITH
WITH EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
PROFESSIONALS WE DO SUPPORT THE
BILL WITH THE AMENDMENT FOR A
SMALL BUSINESS FRANCHISE.
THANK YOU.
HI AN MICROBES IN HERE I'M
ACTUALLY NOT IN SUPPORT OF
AMENDED OR SUPPORT OR OPPOSE I
REALLY JUST AND IT WAS REALLY A
LOT OF FOLKS CAME IN UNDER
SUPPORT OF AMENDED AND TALKING
ABOUT FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORK
FORCE SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE COW FREE STAFFING
PROFESSIONALS WHICH IS A
FLEXIBLE WORKS WORK ARRANGEMENT
SITUATION AND I REALLY UST WANT
TO SAY ME KIND OF GOES TO THE
REALLY THAT.
THE PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED AT THE
VERY FRONT END OF THIS.
ON THE COVER STAFFING
PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE PROVIDE
WORK IN A FLEXIBLE MANNER THE
SAME WAY AS THE ORIGINAL TEST
FIRES TESTIFIED TO THAT THAT
THAT -- PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT THE
WORKERS CAN TAKE ASSIGNMENTS IF
THEY WANNA THEY DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE HIM THEY CAN WORK THEY CAN
SET THEIR OWN HOURS.
THEY WORK IN A COMPETITIVE
ENVIRONMENT -- IN THEIR
COMPETING ITS PEOPLE WHO WHO DO
NOT -- NECESSARILY ABIDE BY ALL
THE LABOR LAWS AND SO WE WE
REALLY JUST WHATEVER HAPPENS
WITH THIS BILL GOING FORWARD
AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL WE JUST
WANT TO ENSURE A LEVEL PLAYING
FIELD FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE
ABIDING BY THE RULES AND THAT'S
WHAT THE CALVARY STAPH INFECTION
STILL.
AND JUST ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE IN
THE BACK YOUR HEADS THANK YOU
[inaudible]
ANY MORE [inaudible]
AND THAT [inaudible]
KNOWS OPPOSE.
COME ON UP.
HOUSE COME ON UP SIX MINUTES
EACH.
CARL I ME SORRY.
GIVE OR TAKE A FEW.
MORNING MEMBERS I'M NOT REMOVED
OFF MY TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
WE'RE HERE -- POSE LESS AMENDED
ON THE BILL ALTHOUGH WE WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THE AUTHOR -- FOR
ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE ON THIS
AND HER RECOGNITION. FOR ACE
THAT FOR THE NEED FOR A SOLUTION
FOR OWNER OPERATORS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING THIS.
I WITH ME TODAY IS STAND TRAINED
WHO IS AN OWNER OPERATOR
INTENSITY KAY CAM TRUCKING.
ALTERNA SUMMERTIME OF TO HAVE.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS MY NAME IS
TENSION I AM A HEAVY COMMERCIAL
TRUCK OWNER OPERATOR.
I OPPOSE AB FIVE UNLESSIT IS
AMENDED SO THAT LEGITIMATE OWNER
OPERATORS LIKE ME CAN CONTINUE
TO BE ALLOWED. TO RETAIN WORK
FROM OTHER TRUCKING COMPANIES.
I AM ONE I'M ONLY ONE OF
THOUSANDS OF OWNER OPERATORS
WORKING IN CALIFORNIA.
I BELIEVE THAT WE LIVE IN A
STATE THAT PROMOTES ONTO AND
WORSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS
DOING WHEN I CHOSE TO PUT MY
SAVINGS AND CREDIT ON A
COMMERCIAL TRUCK. TO START MY
OWN SMALL BUSINESS I'VE INVESTED
OVER TO OUR THOUSAND TO START MY
BUSINESS I AM VERY HAPPY THAT I
DID.
I AM CAB COMPLIANT I PAY TAXES
TO THE STATE.
I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME IN
THE BAY AREA AFTER FIVE YEARS IN
CONSTRUCTION TRUCKING.
BEING AN OWNER OPERATOR ALLOWS
ME TIME TO SPEND WITH MY FAMILY
AND SAVES ME A LOT OF UNWANTED
STRESS.
I LIVE I LOVE BEING AN OWNER
OPERATOR I AM NOT TIED DOWN TO
ANY ONE COMPANY OR ENTITY.
IF I FEEL LIKE A TRUCKING
COMPANY IS NOT DOING RIGHT BY ME
I CAN JUST TAKE MY BUSINESS TO
ANOTHER.
IF I WERE AN EMPLOYEE I WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO PICK THE JOBS I
GO ON I WOULD MAKE LESS MONEY
AND IS EVERYTHING I PUT INTO MY
BUSINESS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE
WANTS TO PROTECT TRUCKERS FROM
BAD TRUCKING COMPANIES BUT YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF
LEGITIMATE OWNER OPERATORS WANT
TO REMAIN.
FULLER BURNED OUT RIGHT.
IT IS AN FLAMMABLE TO THINK THAT
THE STATE WOULD FORCE THEM OUT
OF BUSINESS IF AB FIVE IS NOT
AMENDED THIS WERE HURT ME AND MY
FAMILY DEARLY.
PLEASE HELP ME AND THOSE LIKE ME
TO SAVE OUR BUSINESS.
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS CORPS
IN JENSEN WITH TECH THAT --
TECHNICIAN IS IS AN AN OPPOSING
LOS AMENDED POSITION I'M GIVEN
THAT AB FIVE DOES NOT CURRENTLY
AND CONTEMPLATE TECH THAT'S
MEMBERS CONCERNS RELATED TO THE
ON DEMAND ECONOMY WORKERS.
I HAVE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WE
ARE NOT OPPOSE THE DETERMINATION
THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR SOME
INDUSTRIES CURRENTLY IN AB.
FIVE BUT WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR
THE SAME ATTENTION TO OUR UNIQUE
NEEDS AND I TABLE TO DISCUSS HOW
TO BALANCE WORKER FLEXIBILITY
WITH A NEW WEEKLY NET EARNINGS
FLOOR A DRIVER ASSOCIATION AND
BENEFITS INCLUDING WORKERS
COMPENSATION. TO QUOTE THE
RECENT LA TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD
ARTICLE BOTH SIDES ARE PARTLY
RIGHT.
ON DEMAND WORKERS NEED MORE
PROTECTION THAN THEY'RE GETTING
NOW AND IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT
LAWMAKERS HAVE LEFT KEY
QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKERS RIGHT TO
THE COURTS.
BUT IT'S A RISKY FANTASY TO
PRETEND THAT ON DEMAND WORKERS
CAN BE RE CLASSIFIED BY
COMPANIES LIKE THE POST MATES AS
EMPLOYEES AND CONTINUE TO WIELD
THE CONTROL THEY CRAVE OVER
THEIR HOURS AND DUTIES IT JUST
WON'T HAPPEN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH AUTHOR AND APPRECIATE
THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF
DISCUSSIONS THUS FAR WITH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.
SPECIFICALLY FOR GIGA CONNIE
COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE RIDES ARE
FOOD DELIVERY TO DATE THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS
BETWEEN TECH THAT MEMBER
COMPANIES AND LABOR.
HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF
DISCUSSIONS TO FIND A NEW MODEL
THAT IT'S THE NEW ECONOMY.
WE ARE NOT ASKING TO GO BACK
BEFORE THE DYNAMICS DECISION
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE
ABILITY TO CREATE A SOLUTION
THAT INCLUDES A WORKER
DETERMINED.
LEGALLY PROTECTED BENEFITS TO
PROVIDE SECURITY AND MODERN
LABOR PROTECTIONS PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION IS ALSO AROUND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSOCIATION
FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO
PROVIDE A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS
THAT IMPACT THEIR WORK.
ALL SIDES AGREE THAT WE NEED TO
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE SAFETY
NET FOR ON DEMAND WORKERS BUT
THIS WILL NOT AMOUNT TO RESULTS
UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE IN
ADMINISTRATION AFTER THIS YEAR.
TECHNICS MEMBER COMPANIES ARE
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THE HARD
WORK WITH LABOR AND ALL
STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND THE PATH
FORWARD.
ALSO FOR OTHER ON DEMAND A CALL
ON DEMAND COMPANIES WHILE
THOUGHTFUL THE MAY TWENTY FOURTH
AMENDMENTS AB FLAT FIVE WHICH
INCLUDE EXEMPTIONS FOR BEAUTY
SERVICE PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
LEAVE OUT PROFESSIONALS THAT
UTILIZE ON DEMAND PLATFORMS
PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR
SPECIALIZED SKILL PLATFORMS THAT
OFFER ON DEMAND SERVICES SUCH AS
BEAUTY HOME IMPROVEMENT MOVING
SMALL TASK PUTTING TOGETHER THAT
IKEA DRESSER THAT YOU NEED -- AB
FIVE CURRENTLY CREATES
ADDITIONAL BARRIERS BY REQUIRING
AN UNDEFINED PERMIT FOR
INDEPENDENT BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS
AND FOR OTHER PROFESSIONALS
REQUIRING A BUSINESS LICENSE.
THESE REQUIREMENTS MAY PREVENT
PROFESSIONALS FROM BEING ABLE TO
SERVE CUSTOMERS THROUGH THESE
PLATFORMS WE HOPE THE
LEGISLATURE WILL KNOWLEDGE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND WORKER
PROTECTIONS WHILE CONTINUING TO
ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY THAT
WORKERS ENJOY.
TECHNOLOGY HAS ENABLED A NEW
FORM OF WORK -- ADD A GIVES
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW TO WORK
FLEXIBLY TO EARN SUPPLEMENTAL
INCOME AFTER DECADES OF WAGE
STAGNATION BUILDER BUSINESSES
AND TO IMPACT -- AND TO EASE THE
IMPACT OF INCOME VOLATILITY
INNOVATION HAS SUPPORTED MANY
WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS
WELL AS GROCERY STORES AND
RESTAURANTS AND OTHER SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE
OTHERWISE ECONOMICALLY THREATENS.
WE BELIEVE CALIFORNIA IS
UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO LOOK
TOWARD THE FUTURE AND CREATE A
MODEL FOR THE NATION IF WE
CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER
TO FIND A MODERN APPROACH.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING
THE HARD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE
THAT'S FAR AND WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE ADMINISTRATION.
AUTHOR LABOR AND STAKEHOLDERS
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ONE QUESTION YOU
MENTIONED EARLY ON IN YOUR
TESTIMONY ABOUT WORKERS
COMPENSATION YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT [inaudible]
THE HOW HOW DO YOU DEFINE.
WHAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH
THE DETAILS -- AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE ASKING FOR WERE ASKING FOR
A TABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO
HAMMER OUT THE DETAILS IT'S BEEN
TALKED ABOUT IN NEWS ARTICLES
THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT INCREASED
COMPETITION WE REFERRING TO THE
STATE.
PROGRAMS OF WORKERS COMPENSATION
AS OFFICIALLY DEFINED OR SOME
HYBRID.
WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT STILL
BEING DISCUSSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THERE'S IN
OPPOSITION.
WITH ME A LITTLE BIT LEGITIMATE
TRUCK OWNER OPERATORS NET OVER
FIVE TIMES THE MINIMUM WAGE
AFTER ALL EXPENSES ARE BUSY
WORKING TODAY.
AS MUCH OF THE WORK IS SEASONAL
THOUSANDS OF LEGITIMATELY USE
PART ME DEBBIE I'M SORRY EVERY
FERRARI THOUSANDS OF LEGITIMATE
TRUCK OWNER OPERATORS DON'T HAVE
A VOICE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT SOON THEIR
LIVELIHOODS WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER
ALLOWED TO WORK FOR TRACKING
FORMS AS AS STANDARD THEY DON'T
WANT T BE EMPLOYEES THEY'VE
EARNED THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR
OWN BUSINESS WE'VE MADE AN
EXCELLENT CASE AS TO WHAT A
TRACKING EXEMPTION SAID LOOK
LIKE.
IT'S BASED ON PURE FACT
DOCUMENTATION TO STICK TO AND
DECADES OF KNOWLEDGE AND
RESEARCH IT TAKES CARE OF ALL
THE PROBLEMS THAT SUPPORTERS
BABY FIVE A POINTED OUT IN ANY
ARGUMENT TORE EXEMPTION IS
STRICTLY ANECDOTAL.
THERE NO CASES OF A BRUCE BEERS
WHEREAS OUR RULES WERE FOLLOWED
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THIS IS
HAPPENING IN A FREE SOCIETY
IMPOSE UNLESS AMENDED FOR
LEGITIMATE TRUCKERS HE WAS WARY
AND THEY DID CONCLUDE NOW THE
OFFICIAL SIX MINUTE OPPOSITION
TO EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE A NAME
AND THE AND YOUR POSITION.
AND YOUR AFFILIATION THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR SALAS NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT
BUSINESS REPRESENTING SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS REALLY
EMPHASIZING THE INDUSTRY BY
INDUSTRY EXEMPTION PROCESS
DOESN'T DO ENOUGH FOR SMALL
BUSINESS THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
STRUCTURE MEMBER NTHONY MOLINO
HALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA A FARMERS OFTEN AGREE
IF YOU DISSERTATION THE ALLMAN
ALLIANCE IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA.
BECAUSE UNLESS AMENDED AN ACT OF
THE SAME COMMENTS AS THE
CALIFORNIA REALIZATION THANK YOU.
I'M A TRUCKER OF OVER FIFTY
YEARS SAVE THIRTY FIVE YEARS AS
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
AND I OPPOSE AB FIVE UNLESS IT
HAS A CARVE OUT FOR THE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THANK
YOU JIM.
MY NAME'S TONY FLEMING FROM STI
TRUCKING AND I OPPOSE AB FIVE
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING I HAVE A DONALD
SOLOMON A TRUCKING AND PAST
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN
CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE ARE ON THE STANCE OF
OWNER OPERATORS DESERVE TO BE
OWNER OPERATOR VERY MUCH THANK
YOU.
MY NAME'S KATHERINE REGIA I OWN
A SMALL TRACKING CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY AND I OPPOSE AB FIVE
BECAUSE I THINK INDEPENDENT
TRUCKERS SPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE
LEGITIMATE WITH MOTOR CARRIER
PERMIT THANK YOU MAY.
HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK THANK YOU.
THE SPELL OF THE LOAN I'M AN
OWNER OPERATOR FROM.
FOSTER CITY CALIFORNIA AYE
OPPOSED THANK YOU BYE THANK YOU
FOR COMING THIS MORNING.
I WAS THE FLOOR IS AN OWNER
OPERATOR -- FROM DIXON
CALIFORNIA AND I WAS THE LAW
THANK YOU.
MORNING JIM SHORTER WITH HANSON
AMERICANS AUTO TRANSPORT WEST
REGIONAL MANAGER I OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED TO ADDRESS OWNER
OPERATOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING.
PRESSMAN RYAN OWNER OPERATOR --
HANSEN I CAN SEND AYE OPPOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RATHER HERE IN OPPOSITION.
DO YOU THINK OF MY NAME'S ON
WITHIN THOSE JUNIOR I OPPOSE AB
FIVE UNLESS AMENDED I'M A HEAVY
DUTY.
TRUCK OWNER OPERATOR.
THANK YOU YOU TO COME IN THIS
MORNING THANK YOU AND I AM I
WITH THE LEVELS.
THEN I A OR BOTH.
I MIGHT NOT QUOTED OPERATOR
ANDREAS AB FIVE IS AMENDED TO
ADDRESS THANK YOU I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING.
MORNING JOHN SEND I AM IN THE
PROJECT -- I HOLD ON LESS
AMENDED THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WERE ON A
BREAK -- ARE YOU A FULL ON LESS.
AMANDA THANK YOU [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I'M TOM DAVIS I WORK FOR A SMALL
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AYE
OPPOSED AB FIVE UNLESS AMENDED
FOR TRUCKING INDUSTRY ACTORS
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOE RECOMMENCE WESTERN STATES
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION UPLAND
CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE OPPOSED UNLESS AMEND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
WHAT'S IN THE BAR HARBOR
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED TO HAVE A
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS.
EXEMPTION THANK YOU.
DOESN'T CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION --
WEARABLES THANK YOU.
PARTY SAYING I OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDMENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS A HARD USING SANDEL
AND I WAS LIKE OPEN UNLESS MENU
THANK YOU.
OUR MAIL SAYING.
THE INDEPENDENT THE COOKING.
LINK WAYS SO I A BOLD UNLESS I'M
IN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BUDGET SAYING.
I AM MY OWN OPERATE.
TWENTY CONTACT.
AND I SUPPOSE.
HI MY NAME IS RAHMAN SAYING BAD
FROM NORTH AMERICAN BEEN DOBBY
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION AND I A
POLLS.
AB FIVE UNLESS IT'S AMENDED FOR
TRUCKING INDUSTRY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE COMING TODAY
GOOD MORNING.
THE MORNING HI MY NAME'S ANIMAL
AND HANG I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
TRUCKING OWNER OPERATORS I AM
OPPOSED TO EIGHTY FIVE UNLESS
AMENDED THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING THIS MORNING GOOD MORNING
SIR.
I AM THAT A STANDARD.
I OPPOSE AB FIVE UNLESS AMEND IT
TO SUPPORT OR OPERATOR TRUCKERS.
THANK YOU.
HI EVERYBODY MY NAME IS GROUP
HOUSING -- RUN GS TRICKING IN
THE BAY AREA I OPPOSE AB EIGHTY
FIVE ON A SYSTEM RUNNING AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TONY LIKE EARTH FRANK SELIGER
TRUCKING I OPPOSE AB FIVE UNLESS
AMENDED FOR TRUCKING -- THE
DYNAMICS DECISION.
THANK YOU SIR.
WE UNDERSTAND OKAY THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW.
THEY ALSO RADO.
WORK WITH LS TRUCK IN.
AND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE OWNER
OPERATOR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
MORNING THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS JESSE ESCALANTE
ELLIS TRUCKING.
AB FIVE UNLESS AMENDED THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HI MY NAME'S INNER CELEBRITY AND
I OPPOSE AB FIVE UNLESS AMENDED
FOR TRACKING THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OF HI THIS IS TAMARA.
SO.
I OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY.
HI MY NAME IS THE I'M A POLICY
AGAIN.
I AM CLOSEST.
ALLIES AMANDA THIS LONG THANK
YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING I
HAVE SEEN THINGS FEDERAL.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS TO JUST SING I
MEAN ONE OF BUT LOOK WHAT SHOULD
I WOULD.
AND I OPPOSE THIS LAW ON TO
LIMóN.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS JACK BALLS SAYING
I AM ATTACKING ANOTHER PLAYER TO
I AM BOLD ALLOWS AB FIVE IS
AMENDMENT.
OR OR NOT OF BACKING
[inaudible]
THANK YOU.
I AM SO. THREE OH I IMPOSE AN
HONEST MAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING I'M IN THE REDUCING
MAN -- TRUCK OPERATOR MARSHALL
LABELS FIVE ON THIS.
MANDATE THANK YOU.
YES IN THE I'M HI WE HAVE BECOME
A CERTIFIED DRIVERS FOR YOUR MEN
RIGHT UP UNTIL.
AMENDED THANK YOU I APPRECIATE.
HI MY NAME IS MATT LOW I OPPOSE
LESS AMENDED.
THE SUPPORT OR OPERATORS AND
TRUCKING THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LOOKS LIKE I'M IT DAY BUT WE'RE
ON BEHALF OF UNITED CHAMBER
ADVOCACY NETWORK A COALITION OF
LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HERE
IN THE SACRAMENT MARKETPLACE.
OPPOSED UNLESS AMENDED WE HAVE
CAN WE APPRECIATE THE BROADER
BUSINESS EXEMPTION BUT ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT THE
RETROACTIVITY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING.
THE MORNING YOU MISSED THE
MORNING THANK YOU MISTER TODD
BLOOM SIGN FOR THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION.
OPPOSED ON THE THE CONSTRUCTION
TRUCKING ISSUE OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION IS
VERY GOOD THANK YOU.
THAT.
OTHERS IN OPPOSITION.
SEEN NO ONE BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE [inaudible]
OF VERY GOOD THANK YOU --
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF THE
SENATOR PENN.
PLEASE YEAH THANK YOU AND I
WANNA THANK YOU SO MEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR BRING THIS BILL
FORD BECAUSE IT'S THIS BILL.
CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP TO THE
DYNAMIC DECISION BUT CERTAINLY --
IS A VERY IMPORTANT BELT TO HAVE
A VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATION AND
ABOUT.
OUR SOCIETY NATURE OF WORK AND
YOU KNOW WE'VE DECIDED HERE IN
OUR COUNTRY TO ACTUALLY TIE.
A LOT OF OUR SOCIAL SUPPORTS FOR
PEOPLE THROUGH EMPLOYMENT RIGHT
YOU GET YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE
THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER YOU.
KNOW WORKERS COMPENSATION ADMIT
IT THE WHOLE SET OF THINGS ARE
TIED TO EMPLOYMENT SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT SOME OTHER COUNTRIES
WHERE THEY'VE DECIDED TO COME
THROUGH GOVERNMENT OURS ARE
SOCIALIZED IN OTHER WAYS.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE
MISCLASSIFIED NAY.
PRESHEAF THE FOLKS SAYING WELL
YEAH WE WITH LEX ABILITY IT
CETERA -- AND THEN MAYBE ONE
SHOULD TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW.
IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL
STRUCTURE BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IF
SOMEONE'S NOT CONCERNED EMPLOYEE
AND INTO THE CONTRACTOR.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY MEANS THE
DIFFERENCE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND
BASICALLY -- THE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR DEPENDING
ON THE SITUATION REALLY.
LOSES NOT JUST.
ANY.
LOSES A LOT OF THE SOCIAL
SUPPORT AND ACTUALLY IN MANY
WAYS WHAT HAPPENS IS IS THAT --
BECAUSE WE'VE DECIDED OUR
COUNTRY THAT COMES THROUGH
EMPLOYMENT YOU YOU.
YOU YOU'RE REALLY -- ON YOUR OWN
AND BECAUSE GOD FOR ALL THE TALK
ABOUT HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT
DOES AND YOU WE DON'T PROVIDE A
WHOLE LOT BACK UP FOR FOLKS WHO
ARE.
WHO RUN AROUND BUSINESSES IN
THAT WAY?
AND SO YOU KNOW THE ISSUE MISS
CLASSIFICATIONS OF VERY
SIGNIFICANT.
ONE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY
CHALLENGING AT THE THINK I
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR
OPENING -- BECAUSE NOT ONLY OF
COURSE WE HAVE.
DYNAMAX WE THE OLD RULE OF
DECISION REALLY CREATE A LOT OF
LACK OF CLARITY AND I'VE SEEN
MANY SITUATIONS -- ACTUALLY
INCLUDING PROFESSIONALS.
WHO -- YOU REALLY STEP BACK AND
SAY YOU KNOW HAD SOME PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE -- NOT DIRECTLY
MYSELF BUT THE PEOPLE I KNOW
PERSONALLY THAT REALLY SHOULD BE
MORE OF THEM.
THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE
EMPLOYEE.
AND AND AND EMPLOYERS GOT LIKE
WELL YOU KNOW I CAN GET AWAY
WITH NOT HAVING TO PAY AND
SOMEONE IS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY
IS PART OF A SMALL BUSINESS AND
KNOWS THAT YOU SEE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT LINES YOU.
MY SETTING.
OUT WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN HOURS
THAT YOU BETTER WORK THOSE HOURS
IF YOU DON'T GENERATE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT TO PAY FOR THE OVERHEAD.
YOU KNOW AT ITS CENTER -- DAN
YOU'RE IN A MUCH DOES IT SO SO
THE SORT OF FALSE SENSE OF
INDEPENDENCE AND A FALSE SENSE
OF OF FLEXIBILITY.
SO SO IN APPRECIATE WE SAID NO
THIS IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS
BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A BIG THING --
AND SO FORTH I I THINK THERE
WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS HERE
WHO.
NO UP ENSURE YOU YOU KNOW MUCH
MORE AN IDEA ABOUT TRYING TO
WORK IT OUT A YOUNG THE EXAMPLES
OF THE INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS I
THINKMAYBE IT CETERA WE'VE
HEARD TO ITS AT OUR AND AND
AGAIN THIS MANY OTHERS WHO CAME
UP AND SAID BUT I THINK WE HAVE.
TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO ABOUT IT
IS TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND IN
SOME WAYS I'D SAY IS THAT.
AND YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING WILL BE
BRILLO BUT ALSO I APPRECIATE YOU
SAID THAT.
BRELO ITSELF IS NOT A REALLY
GOOD.
IT WAS THE PRE EXISTING STANDARD
BUT DO A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT
AND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
MOVE THAT CONVERSATION.
FORTY OR THE QUALITY EXIST
EXEMPTED PEOPLE A WE'RE NOT DONE
WITH THAT WORK EITHER.
SO -- SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
ON THIS CHALLENGE I'LL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL IMPACT ON
MOVE IT WHEN APPROPRIATE.
AND I AND THE SO -- RECOGNIZING
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS --
BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF WORK
THAT HAS BEEN BUT IT WE REALLY
NEED TO BE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT.
MISCLASSIFIED WE NEED TO BE SURE
pOF EMPLOYMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL TO
AMERICA AND THE WAY WE DECIDE TO
DO CERTAIN POLICIES CELL I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD AND AT THE END --
AND WANT TO SEE IT AND SEE THAT
QUESTION CONTINUE AND ACTUALLY
AND IN THE MANY AND AND BE SURE
THAT WE PROTECT PEOPLE.
AS WELL I WOULD BUY MAKE ONE
JUST BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT.
RETROSPECTIVES BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE THE ON
THE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP
ABOUT WELL WE THOUGHT WAS ONE
SET OF RULES AND THE RULES
CHANGED ON US.
I WOULD YEAH I GOT THAT -- I
HEAR THAT I ALSO WANT TO BE SURE
THOUGH IS IS THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO EXPLOITED THE OLD
RULES.
ODDLY NEAR THE END SO.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT
THE IS THAT IT IS STILL YOU KNOW
YOU KNEW WHAT ONE RULES WORD AND
YOU TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THEM -- BUT THERE ARE SOME
THINGS IN THE GRAY ZONE EVEN
WITH ALL THE ROLES THAT WE STILL
MIGHT WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT
LOVING.
JUST SAYING WELL JUST BECAUSE
THE MURALS WERE GONNA LET YOU
GET AWAY WITH OPERAND AGREES ON
THE OLD RULES BUT I DO THINK WE
ONLY.
RETROSPECTIVELY JUST IN TERMS TO
US BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH BRING
THIS BOARD AND THAT MAYBE YOU
CAN JUST COMMENT ON THAT WE
HEARD.
THE TRUCKERS IT SURE YOU HAVE
THAT AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
ONEY EXEMPTIONS AND SO FORTH AND
AT WHAT.
WHAT WHERE WE ARE WITH WITH SOME
LEGISLATION IS CLOSE I CAN WE
CAN I THAT BECAUSE OKAY
[inaudible]
OKAY.
THANK ALL RIGHT THANK YOU AND
VICE CHAIR MOREAU YES THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR.
YOU KNOW I I AM -- HAD TO
CORPORATIONS. TO CALIFORNIA
CORPORATIONS FOR HAD --
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ONE WAS
A REAL ESTATE COMPANY ANOTHER
WAS A LENDING COMPANY
[inaudible]
BUT I'M.
YOU KNOW I KIND OF GREW UP SO --
YOU KNOW THE GOAL WAS TO START
AWESOME ALL AND HOPE TO BECOME A
LARGER COMPANY AND EVENTUALLY I
WAS FORTUNE OUR COMPANY GROUP --
IN IN THIS WOULD.
HOW DO YOU GET OFF THE GROUND
WITH THIS KIND OF A SITUATION
NOT EVERYBODY IS YOU THANK?
BUSINESSES ARE TRYING TO YOU
KNOW.
YOU KNOW THROUGH PEOPLE RIGHT
THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES DR.
AND SO ANYWAY MINE WAS ONE OF
THEM WE HAD PEOPLE THAT --
DIDN'T MAKE VERY MUCH MONEY
BECAUSE A AND WORK VERY HARD WE
HAD OTHER PEOPLE ONE GUY MADE AS
MUCH AS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS JUST BECAUSE THE HUSTLE
ON COMMISSIONS AND STOP.
AND SO ON I THINK IT'S GONNA BE
A BLOW TO OUR ECOOMY -- I DON'T
KNOW HOW.
NEW BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO GET
STARTED AND BE ABLE TO COME UP
WHEN WHEN AGAIN MOST SMALL
BUSINESSES START -- ON A
SHOESTRING MATTER FACT IT --
MOST OF IN YOUR INTERNET
COMPANIES YOUR BIG ONE STARTED
IN GARAGES -- BUT YOU KNOW I
THINK ABOUT ALL THE CARVE OUTS
IN THAT KIND OF THING WHITE
TRUCKERS FOR EXAMPLE I I
REMEMBER READING A THING FROM
THE HOOVER INSTITUTE AT 78%.
OF OUR GOODS AND SERVICES ARE
MOVED IN -- TRUCKERS FOOD CARS
AND THAT KIND OF THING SO THAT'S
GOING TO BE.
PROBABLY THOSE COSTS ARE GOING
TO BE.
PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS WOULD BE
MY THAT.
BUT ANYWAY HERE'S A QUESTION FOR
YOU YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A
SAYING THAT I I LIKE AND I THINK
ALL POLITICIANS SHOULD FOLLOW
THE SENATE.
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL IN FAVOR
TIZEN TOWARDS NOT.
AND SO WITH ALL THESE CARVE OUT.
YOU ARE CAN WINNERS AND LOSERS
SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
WHY YOU'RE DOING IT THAT WAY AND
AND HOW YOU PROCESS WHO WINS AND
WHO LOSES WHO GETS FAVORITISM?
THERE AND WHO LOSES OUT FIRST OF
ALL IT'S NOT YOU KNOW THAT
THAT'S KIND OF OFFENSIVE TO BE
HONEST WE USE OUR LONGSTANDING
ME BUT THAT'S GREAT BUT THESE
ARE LONG STANDING EXEMPTIONS
THAT CURRENTLY ARE IN THE LABOR
CODE.
UNDER WAGE ORDERS OUR
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE YOU TALK
ABOUT BEING A REAL ESTATE IN THE
YOU KNOW WE WE ALREADY HAVE.
DEBATED THESE IN THIS HALL I'M
NOT SITTING AROUND SAYING YOU
KNOW I I KIND OF LIKE MY REAL
ESTATE AGENT I THINK ALL EXEMPTS
HER OR YOUR DO THEIR CAR ABOUT
HER DOGS TO THAT'S I DIDN'T I I
HAVE NO CARVE OUT FOR DOGS I'M
NOT REALLY SURE WHAT.
YOU'RE TALKING Là NO IN FACT I
GOT THE OWNER WANTS ARE THE PET
SITTER ONCE A CAR BALLOT SO IS
HE GONNA GET FAVORITISM.
NOT UNITY FIRST OF ALL
FAVORITISM WE ARE ABIDING BY IF
YOU READ THE ANALYSIS IT'S VERY
CLEAR IN FACT AND I I THINK
SOMETIMES A MY BRAIN DOESN'T
WORK AS CLEARLY AS WHEN OTHER
PEOPLE CAN WRITE AND I FELT LIKE
IT.
IT CLEARLY -- TALKED ABOUT WHAT
THE COURT TALK ABOUT AND
DYNAMICS WHY WE NEED CERTAIN
THINGS DON'T FIT INTO DYNAMAX IT
AND THAT MAKES SENSE AND WE WERE
GOING TO THAT.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH
INDIVIDUAL LEVERAGE OF THE
WORKERS THEMSELVES NOW DOCTOR
PAM BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT IN
THAT EVEN WITH INDIVIDUAL
LEVERAGED WERE MISSED CLASS FIND
SOME FOLKS.
BUT WE'RE STARTING WITH PEOPLE
THAT NUMBER ONE TAXPAYERS AREN'T
GOING TO HAVE.
TO US SUPPORT WE RECENTLY LAST
YEAR IN FACT WE PASSED IN INCOME
TAX CREDIT FOR INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS THAT MEANS YOU AND
ME ARE SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
OUT THERE WHO CAN'T MAKE ENDS
MEET.
SO WE AS TAXPAYERS ARE DOING THE
JOB OF THE BUSINESSES THAT
SHOULD JUST BE PAIN THOSE
WORKERS CORRECTLY SO THE THE
CARVE OUTS AT THIS POINT WHERE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN.
DEBATED IN THESE HALLS PASSED IN
THESE HALLS WRITTEN UP THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER -- IT AND THEY CAN
BE FOUND NOW IN CERTAIN WAGE
ORDERS WE STARTED WITH THAT
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS ARE COMING
TO THAT WHAT IN WHAT WE'RE GOING
THROUGH A LITANY OF OF OF WAYS
TO TO SUGGEST WE'RE TRYING TO
WRITE THINGS IN THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN RIGHT.
WRITTEN IN WE HAVE POLICIES THAT
DON'T MAKE SENSE WITH EACH OTHER
FOR EXAMPLE YOU -- IF YOU ARE A
AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE IN CALIFORNIA
SALARY EXEMPT EMPLOYEE WE DON'T
WORRY ABOUT YOUR MEAL BREAKS IN
YOUR REST BREAKS WE DON'T WORRY
ABOUT OVER TIME.
BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE MY THE
MINIMUM WAGE AND YET OUR BURRELL
TEST NEVER TALKS ABOUT TWICE THE
MINIMUM WAGE EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW
YOU'RE GIVING UP THE RIGHT. TO
IT TO OVERTIME IN MEAL BREAKS
AND REST BREAKS THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WAS KIND OF MISSING WERE
TRYING TO PUT THAT IN IF
SOMEBODY'S MAKING TWICE THE
MINIMUM WAGE WERE LESS WORRIED
THAT THE STATE IS HAVING TO
SUBSIDIZE THEM.
HOWEVER YOU KNOW I'M NOT SURE
THAT THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH BUT
THOSE ARE THE THE TYPES OF
FACTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
ARE YOU TRULY YOUR OWN BUSINESS
IT'S OFFENSIVE TO BELIEVE THAT
MOST SMALL BUSINESSES START OFF
I MISSED CLASSIFYING PEOPLE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW I COME FROM AT
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
WITH A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES
AND THEY ACTUALLY.
VERY SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY
ACTUALLY AT YOU KNOW A BY BY THE
LAW OF OF OF HAVING EMPLOYEES --
AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD
SAY THAT MOST BUSINESSES START
WITH MS CLASSIFICATION I'M OUR
OUR STARTING POINT IS THAT WE AS
THE STATE SHOULD NOT BE
SUBSIDIZING THE THE ROLE OF
EMPLOYERS WHO AREN'T.
FOLLOWING THE LAW -- WE ALSO
ENSURING THAT THE WORKERS
THEMSELVES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
SET THEIR RATES TO TO HAVE
CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES TO TO
NEGOTIATE FAIRLY THESE ARE ALL
THINGS CONSIDERED.
WHEN THESE EXEMPTIONS WERE
ORIGINALLY MADE EITHER IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE OR
THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CODE OR --
IN THE WAGE ORDERS TO BEGIN WITH
SO THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH I'M
NOT SITTING THERE THINKING YEAH
I LIKE YOU I DON'T LIKE YOU
THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
BECAUSE AGAIN.
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN
FAVORITISM WIRE SOME AGAIN THE
QUESTION YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED
IT CLEARLY ENOUGH OKAY WHY WILL
BRING YOU EVERY CODE SECTION
THAT ALREADY EXEMPTS THESE
WORKERS I'M NOT USING THEM THEY
WERE CHOSEN BY OUR PREDECESSORS?
IT'S IN LABOR LAW TO IT TO EXIST
WHICH YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING I I CAME UP WITH NOW
WE'RE WE'RE FACING NEW
INDUSTRIES THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE AND YES WE DO KIND OF
HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND SAY DO
THEY FIT MORE INTO THIS WHERE.
DO THEY FIT MORE INTO THIS WELL
WE'RE CHOOSING PEOPLE WHERE
WE'RE NOT BETWEEN FAVORITISM IF
YOU WERE SELF SUFFICIENT IF
YOU'RE TRULY SELF SUFFICIENT IN
YOUR MAKING ENOUGH MONEY YOU CAN
PROVIDE YOUR OWN BENEFITS WE
WORRY ABOUT YOU LESS.
AND DYNAMIC SAYS THAT YOU KNOW
THE THE REASONING BEHIND THE
COURT DECISION IS IF I JUST
ALLOW ANYONE IF WE ALLOW ANYONE
TO SAY WELL I WANT TO BE AN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IS.
THEY WILL REPLACE ALL THE WORK.
PLEASE BECAUSE OF COURSE AN
EMPLOYER WOULD RATHER HAVE LESS
COST IN AND DO THINGS CHEAPER OF
COURSE.
WE CAN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO JUST
SAY WHY I WANT TO BE AN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WILL
NEVER HAVE A SOCIAL CONTRACT IN
THIS.
IN THE STATE THAT THAT YOU KNOW
AT AS DOCTOR PAN ISSUED ITS ONE
THAT WE'VE DECIDED ON THAT THE
EMPLOYER PROVIDES THESE THINGS
THE STATE ON THE OTHER HAND
PROVIDES A SAFETY NET.
WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS IT'S
WERE BURNING TAXPAYERS WITH THE
SAFETY NET FOR NOT JUST LITTLE
COMPANIES BUT HUGE CORPORATIONS
THAT ARE NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR
SHARE?
YOUR OWN WORDS. ONE LADY SAID WE
USED TO BE A FREE SOCIETY RIGHT
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SAN WE YOU WE
WOULD YOU WE THE SITE WE DECIDE
WE THAT IS A LONG.
WAY GOVERNMENT AND THAT IS A
STEP TOWARDS CAPITALISM ALL MY
GOSH THE PANTS WERE DEMOCRACY
AND I'LL EAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE
ARE W ARE ELECTED TO MAKE LAWS
TO TO GOVERN THE CALIFORNIA.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHY I AM ELECTED
AND THAT IS HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS
IN SO I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE
WHAT.
IT'S CARVE OUTS AND WHO DOESN'T
WELL THAT'S OUR LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS I SUPPOSE SO YEAH.
RIGHT THANK YOU.
THANK THANK YES.
THANK YOU AND THROUGH THE
CHAIRPERSON BY A SHOULD PROBABLY
SINCE -- MY NAME IS REFERRED TO
EARLIER.
AND I CERTAINLY HAVE TREMENDOUS
RESPECT MY COLLEAGUE TO START IS
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I
TOO HAVE STARTED SMALL
BUSINESSES.
AND AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING
THAT HAVE NOT FOUND THAT IT'S
NECESSARY.
TO THAT ACTUALLY I I CERTAINLY
DON'T SEE HOW EIGHTY FIVE WOULD
HAVE INHIBITED THE BEGINNING OF
THOSE BUSINESSES [inaudible]
SO -- ASIDE JUST BECAUSE THOSE
BROUGHT UP -- AND I THINK PEOPLE
CAN START BUSINESSES AND THEY
WILL START BUSINESSES.
OUT WITH.
EIGHTY FIVE CERTAINLY DYNAMAX IS
BEEN SIDE SO IT'S ACTUALLY READ
THE LAW SO AB FIVE IS ACTUALLY --
CLARIFYING SOME VERY IMPORTANT
POINTS AS WELL AND AND YOU KNOW
AS AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S IT CAN IT CAN
BE DIFFICULT.
YOU ARE THE LAST ONE TO GET PAID
YOU HAVE TO MEET PAYROLL.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
AND ACTUALLY YOU CAN SET WORKING
CONDITIONS.
THE PEOPLE WORK FOR YOU AND
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE YOUR
EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THAT'S
WHY THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SURE
PEOPLE ARE.
IS YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOUR
EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING CARE OF AND
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU NEED
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR THEY
SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT.
SO I THINK THIS CLARIFIES THIS
AND WITH THAT -- CERTAINLY I CAN
APPRECIATE YOU BRING THIS BILL
FOR BY FELT LIKE I NEED TO
CLARIFY SOME POINTS.
THAT I MADE EARLIER THANK YOU
SENATOR PAN OF FOR FIRST I
WANTED TO STE THANK YOU FOR
TAKING ON THIS.
MAJOR MAJOR TASK OF IT IT'S
EXTRAORDINARY MEAN THERE'S A
TREMENDOUS NEED FOR CLARITY AS
WE KNOW I MEAN WE'VE SEEN THAT
IN IN BUSINESS WE KNOW THAT IT
EXISTS AND WE KNOW THE
CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED WITH
THAT AND YOU KNOW CERTAINLY BE
VOTING FOR THE BILL TO TODAY.
BUT WE BECAUSE THE BILL PROVIDE
SOME CLARITY ALREADY.
AND THE IT IN CERTAIN FOR
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES LITTLE MORE
THAN OTHERS AND AND SOMETHING.
IT ALWAYS BEACH NOTHING AS SOON
AS WE HAVE BUT AT LEAST IT'S A
START IN THE IN THE LEGISLATION
UP.
THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF WORK I
THINK WE NEED TO DO AND
CONTINUED I'VE BEEN A LITTLE
FRUSTRATED THAT IT'S BEEN MOVING
A LITTLE SLOWER THAN I THINK WE
ALL LIKE -- BUT SOMETIMES -- YOU
HAVE A DEADLINES FORCES PEOPLE
TO TO TAKE A LITTLE QUICKER AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THERE
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I I WANNA MAKE ONE THING CLEAR
WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE NOT ABLE.
IN THIS BILL TO ADDRESS EVERY
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS.
YOU REACHED OUT TO THE
LEGISLATURE FOR SOME SOLUTION I
THINK THAT'S CLEAR WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE
LEGISLATION.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE ARE
OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF LEDGE OF
THE LEGISLATION AND DO NOT NEED
SPECIAL TREATMENT.
LIKE BOXING PROMOTERS YOU KNOW
THEY THEY DON'T NEED THAT AND
FOR ANOTHER
SO THE FOLKS ASKING FOR HELP
WERE WERE BREAKING THE LAW UNDER
BROWN.
CLEARLY BREAKING THE LAW A
LITTLE LOAN UNDER DYNAMIC.
AND THE AND I WON'T I WON'T HELP
ANYONE CONTINUE TO BREAK THE LAW
THAT'S NOT OUR JOB INACTION
CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WE'RE ELECTED
TO TO DO HERE.
THAT SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF
COMPANIES AND WORKERS THAT NEED
OUR ASSISTANCE IN CLARIFYING THE
LAW.
WE HEARD THAT BY THOSE AND I
KNOW OF THE AUTHOR MADE THOSE
COMMENTS AS WELL.
FIRST I THINK THE BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS LANGUAGE NEEDS FURTHER
CLARIFICATION.
IS NOTED IN THE ANALYSIS WHEN A
CONTRACTOR WORKS FOR A CLIENT.
AND WHEN A CONTRACTORS WORKING
WITH ANOTHER CONTRACTOR OR A
BUSINESS.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR WHEN THAT
APPLIES IN I THINK WE NEED TO DO
THAT WITHOUT CLARIFICATION.
YOUR ENTIRE INDUSTRIES THAT THAT
WE HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED AS
PROBLEMATIC LIKE ADVERTISING AND
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WILL BE OUT
IN THE COLD.
ADDITIONALLY IF A BUSINESS USES
CONTRACTORS FOR CLIENT SERVICES
AS AN ANCILLARY PIECE OF ITS
TOTAL BUSINESS.
OR THE BUSINESS SERVES AS AN
INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE
CONTRACTOR AND CLIENT.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY WE WOULD NEED
TO EXCLUDE THOSE BUSINESSES FROM
THE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
LANGUAGE.
SECOND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
WAGE PROVISIONS IN BOTH THE
SALON IN IN THE BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS PROVISIONS.
I I I UNDERSTAND THE TEMPTATION
TO ENSURE THAT CONTRACTORS ARE
CHARGING. TWO TIMES THE MINIMUM
WAGE FOR THEIR CLIENT TO REFER
THE RATES HOWEVER.
I AND IN YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT
THIS AS WELL BUT HOWEVER BY
DEFINITION.
THE CLIENT OR BOOTH LANDLORD.
CANNOT CONTROL WHAT RATES ARE
CHARGED.
NOR CAN THEY CONTROL THE WORKING
CONDITIONS INCLUDING HOW LONG A
CONTRACTOR WORKS.
OTHERWISE THE CONTRACTOR WOULD
THEN BE AN EMPLOYEE.
THIS PLACE IS A CLIENT KIND OF
AN OF AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION OF
BECOMING AN EMPLOYER EITHER
ACCIDENTALLY OR THROUGH FACTORS
THEY COULD NOT CONTROL IF YOU'RE
GUARANTEEING.
CERTAIN WAGER SAYING.
THAT'S THE WAGE THEN DOESN'T
THAT FIT INTO THE DEFINITION SO
THAT MAY HAVE TO BE WORKED ON
SOME HOW TO ACHIEVE HOW THAT
WOULD APPLY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO REMOVE
THAT LANGUAGE WITH THE NEXT SET
OF AMENDMENTS AND THIRD.
THIS BILL GOES FAR BEYOND
DYNAMICS THIS IS THE DYNAMIC
DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR
INTERMEDIARY.
AS NOTED IN THE ANALYSIS IF YOU
HAVE TRUE RATE SETTING AND
CONTROL OVER YOUR WORK
CONDITIONS.
IT'S HARD TO ARGUE THAT YOU ARE
NOT AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
MUCH LIKE REFERRALS FOR A
REFERRAL BETWEEN ATTORNEYS THERE
NEEDS TO BE A A SPACE FOR FOLKS
TO TO BE ABLE TO LIST AND DID
THEIR SERVICES WITH APPROPRIATE
CONTROLS.
AND PROTECTIONS.
AND I YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT.
NOT ALL THE COMPANIES.
OF THE COMPANIES ARE OF
COMMITTEES OF THE SAME SOME DUE
TO THE LACK OF RATE SETTINGS.
ARE MISCLASSIFIED THEIR THEIR
WORKERS IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
FOR COMPANIES LIKE PASSED RABBIT
IN ROVER HOWEVER WHO DO ALLOW
FOR TRUE RATE SETTING.
AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN AB.
FIVE IN A FOURTH ONE TOPIC THAT
IS HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED MUCH
WITH AB FIVE IS WORKERS
COMPENSATION.
THIS BILL BEGINS THE PROCESS OF
BRINGING WORKERS COMPENSATION
INTO THE DYNAMICS SPACE
INTERFERE IN A AND I'M GLAD AND
HAPPY TO SEE THAT -- BUT WE
CANNOT HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE
WORKERS ARE COVERED BY WAGE AND
HOUR LAW BUT NOT BY WORKERS
COMPENSATION.
THAT SAID WE K WE CAN'T
APPLY.
WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW ON
JANUARY FIRST.
AS WE CAN WITH WAGE AND HOUR LAW.
ORDERS INSURERS AND THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATORS NEED TIME TO
ADJUST THEIR SYSTEMS AS WE KNOW
AND MAKE SURE THAT.
THEY'RE NOT EXPOSED TO UNKNOWN
OR RETROACTIVE RISK.
I THINK WE CAN GET THEIR
RELATIVELY EASILY.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE IMPLEMENT
THE LAW OVER TIME.
IT IS EITHER ABRUPT NOR
RETROACTIVE IN THAT -- IN THE
FIFTH ITEM AS AN AND ANOTHER
FREQUENTLY DISCUSSED TOPIC.
YOU KNOW IS THE TNC AND TAXI CAB
COMPANIES.
LIKE YOU I HAVE CONCERNS.
WITH SOME OF THE ACTIONS OF
THESE DNC'S UBER AND LIFT AND
THEN THE ACTIONS THAT THEY'VE
TAKEN TO BOTH HISTORICALLY AND
RECENTLY I MEAN WE'VE WATCHED.
SOME OF THOSE.
THOSE WORKERS OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS MAKE HALF AS
MUCH AND WORK TWICE AS MUCH TO
GET THERE AND I THINK THERE HAVE
BEEN PROBLEMS.
BUT I'M PRAGMATIC AS YOU ARE AND
I THINK THAT THE TNC SEVEN GRAIN
THEMSELVES FIRMLY.
INTO OUR CULTURE AND I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
THAT'S GOING ON THERE THE IDEA
THAT THEY WILL GO QUIETLY.
INTO THE GOOD NIGHT IS I THINK
DELUSION ALL ON ALL OF OUR PARTS
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE ON GOING WITH THAT THE
EVERYONE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE
IN GOOD FAITH I'M OPTIMISTIC
THAT WE CAN REACH SOME AGREEMENT
WITH THAT THE SIX ISSUE.
ANOTHER DIFFICULT ISSUE THAT
REQUIRES PROGRESSES TRUCKING.
SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO SEE
EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF OWNER
OPERATORS IN THE BILL AS
LEGITIMATE.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS NOW
THAT'S AT THE END AND THERE ARE
THOSE IN TRUCKING AS WE KNOW WHO
ARE NOT LEGIT.
THAT HAVE ABUSED THAT SYSTEM --
AND I'VE SEEN IT LOCALLY AND AND
CERTAINLY AROUND OUR PORCH.
IN THE BECAUSE THEY ARE SOME
ABUSIVE BROKERS IN THIS BUT I I
A TRUSTED WE'VE ALL HEARD THE
TESTIMONY TODAY AND THAT WE CAN
WORK OUT SOMETHING -- AND I KNOW
YOU'D MENTIONED THAT IN YOUR FOR
STATEMENT IN THE ASSEMBLY THAT I
LISTEN TO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
APPROVE THE BILL.
THE BILL WAS IT WAS PASSED.
OF THE SEVENTH ISSUE WE NEED TO
ENSURE THAT THE RETROACTIVE
IMPLICATIONS AND I KNOW THAT WAS
MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO WITH OF
AB FIVE DYNAMICS ARE EQUITABLE.
AND JUST -- IS THE ANALYSIS
NOTED WE ALREADY HAVE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND JUSTLY.
SUFFERING FROM UNNECESSARY
LITIGATION.
THIS IS NOT NONSENSE SABER READ
A RATING FROM THE TORT REFORM
SAID THIS IS A REAL CASE WE HAVE
REAL IMPLICATIONS AND I BELIEVE
CONSEQUENCES WITH THAT.
RETROACTIVITY IN SOME MENTION.
IT CAN BE DEVASTATING.
I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THE PURPOSE
OF THE DYNAMICS DECISION AND I
KNOW IT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF AB.
FIVE WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO
PROTECT BUSINESSES THAT WERE
FOLLOWING THE LAW AND ARE NOW
BEING SWEPT UP IN A SOLUTION. TO
A PROBLEM THAT THEY NEITHER
CREATED NOR WERE PART OF IN ANY
WAY.
BUT AS SENATOR PAN SAID THERE
ARE THOSE WHO UNDER BROWN --
WERE WERE ABUSING THE SYSTEM
ABUSING THE LAW.
AND THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THAT DID
NOT GET A FREE PASS.
FINALLY ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS I GET FROM MY
CONSTRUED CONSTITUENTS AROUND IS.
IS WHY THE BILL LOOKS THE WAY IT
DOES.
IN SOME CASES THE ADVISORY THE
EASY AND OTHERS LESS SO ON A
BILL THIS IMPORTANT AS FAR
REACHING.
THERE IS A NEED FOR MAXIMUM
TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION
AND WHY SOME OCCUPATIONS ARE IN
THE BILL AND SUMMER AND OTHERS
AND I THINK YOU.
ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED AS WE KNOW
THE LAW ALREADY.
APPLIES TO MANY OF THOSE THOSE
OF PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES AS
EXAM.
THAT TO ADD SOME OF THIS WILL
REQUIRE I THINK DIFFERENT OF THE
EDUCATIONAL HEARING INSTITUTE TO
TO FLUSH THAT OUT.
AS WE GO FORWARD AND I I WANT.
TO WORK WITH YOU AFTER THE BILL
LEASES COMMITTEE.
TODAY TO FIND THAT BALANCE
BETWEEN THE SPEED THAT WE NEED
THE EFFICIENCY THAT WE WANT AND
AND THE MAXIMUM COMMUNICATION SO
THAT WE CAN INPUT.
FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT SO MANY
PEOPLE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE
HAPPEN WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
AND FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN
LISTENING TO AN HEARING THAT
MEANS THAT A DAY DOESN'T GO BY
WHERE I'M SURE YOU'RE HEARING IT
AS WELL.
FROM SO MANY CONSTITUENCIES SO
MANY STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE
STATE AND AND WHAT I DON'T WANT
TO DO IS IS MAKE THE MISTAKE OF
OF REALLY IN SOME CASES REALLY
DESTROYING SOMEONE'S LIVING
[inaudible] FOR TO GO FORWARD
IN A BUSINESS THAT THEY HAD IF
IT IF IT'S THE STANDARD AND IF
WE'RE NOT SEEN THE ABUSE THAT WE
HAVE BECAUSE THIS COULD.
AFFECT PEOPLE IN IN VERY.
PAINFUL WAYS THAT HAVE EXISTED
FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE.
RELIED ON THE SYSTEM AS THEY
KNOW IT SO WITH THAT I I'M I'M
CERTAINLY READY TO SUPPORT IN
VOTE I AND IN BEGIN.
IMPORTANT PROCESS OF FINISHING
THIS BILL IN DOING IT IN A
TIMELY MANNER WHERE WE CAN ALL
SIT DOWN AND AND WORKED
DILIGENTLY.
AND AGGRESSIVELY TO DO THAT SO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE THANK YOU AND I
APPRECIATE ALLEN AND LET ME
START WITH WHAT I BELIEVE WILL
BE THE TOUGHEST.
SITUATION AND THAT'S THAT OF
TRUCKERS -- FOR VARIETY OF
REASON -- THEY FILED TWO
LAWSUITS OF COURSE ON THIS ISSUE
ALREADY SAYING THEY IT DOESN'T
APPLY TO THEM -- WHICH PUTS US
IN AN AWKWARD POSITION I WE
USUALLY DON'T INTERVENE WHEN
THERE'S A LAWSUIT GOING ON SO ON
ONE HAND WE HAVE THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE --
PEOPLE WHO ARE.
ACTING LIKE THEIR INTERMEDIARIES
BROKERS BUT ARE ACTUALLY --
SETTING RATE SETTING CONDITIONS
EVEN WITH FOLKS WHO MAY OWN
PARTS OF THEIR TRUNK OR HEAD AND
THEN I HAVE TO LEAST PARTS OF
THEIR TRUCKS.
SO THERE AE SO MANY DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS AROUND TRACKING AND
IT'S AN INDUSTRY THAT WE KNOW
HISTORICALLY HAS MISCLASSIFIED
THEIR WORKERS I MEAN IT AT WE
ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH
FRUSTRATION THE COURTS LARGELY
BECAUSE THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY --
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IN AND WE'RE
CONTINUING TO TRY SO IT'S TOUGH
BECAUSE IN THE PAST EVERY TIME A
COURT.
RULED SOMETHING WITH THE
TRUCKING INDUSTRY SOME I DON'T
ONE OF THEM ALL WITH ONE BRUSH
BUT SOME THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
WOULD SIMPLY SHIFT THEIR MODEL
SLIGHTLY TO TO FIT THE FACTS AND
ARIO OF THAT CASE.
WITH WITH EMPLOYEES WHICH WERE
ONCE EMPLOYEES BUYING THEIR OWN
TRUCKS YOU KNOW SO WE'RE IN THE
SITUATION OF RENTING THEIR OWN
TRUCK RENTING.
LEASING TO BUY FROM THE COMPANY
I MEAN WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS AND IT IS ONE LARGELY
CREATED BY THE TRUCKING
COMPANIES THEMSELVES.
I'M AND I I HATE TO SAY THAT
THAT'S I I I FEEL BAD BECAUSE WE
WE DON'T WANT THIS IS WHAT I
SAID ON THE FLOOR AS WE DON'T
WANT TO PENALIZE SOMEBODY WHO
MADE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR
INVESTMENT.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT
OUT THAT BEING SAID I KNOW THE
BUILDING TRADES ARE IN --
DISCUSSION WITH CONSTRUCTION
TRUCKERS I'M GOING TO CARRY ON
THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE ARE GOING
TO TRY TO GET TO SOMETHING --
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT --
AT THEIR IT IT'S IT'S NOT QUITE
AS IT APPEARS SOMETIMES WHEN
IT'S BEING PRESENTED SO THAT IT
IT'S IT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT.
ONE I'M.
AS FAR AS THE TWO TIMES THE
MINIMUM WAGE AND MAYBE WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE
MAYBE SHOULD SET THE ACTUAL
NUMBER -- THE REASON THAT IS NOT
MEANT TO BE A WAGE IS MEANT TO
BE THE COST OF A SERVICE BECAUSE
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS --
ACCOUNTING OF COURSE AND AND WE
DID IN FACT I HELD HEARINGS AND
WE DID A BUNCH WORK ON NAIL
SALONS.
IN THE FACT THAT WE KNOW -- THE
COST OF THE SERVICE PER HOUR
COULD NOT MEET THE MINIMUM WAGE
FOR THAT WORKER SO THERE'S SOME
DISCONNECTED THERE RIGHT -- IN
THESE ARE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
MET LARGELY MISCLASSIFIED AS
WELL AND WE WANT TO TAKE AWAY
THAT DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE
SALON OWNER AND THE WORKER THAT.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS IS
WORKING UNDER.
SOME OF YOUR CONTROL IS OFFERING
A SERVICE I CAN'T POSSIBLY MEET
THE STANDARDS OF OF A OF AN
EXEMPT EMPLOYEE YEAR WAGE
EMPLOYEE THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM.
IT'S SIMILAR TO BE HONEST TO THE
TNC DISCUSSION BECAUSE WHAT I
HEARD TO DATE IS OF COURSE
TECHNIC SITTING HERE SAYING --
WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO BENEFITS
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED
EMPLOYEES SO WE CAN'T GO THERE?
THERE IS NOTHING THAT EVER.
TOLL THAT THAT SUGGESTED LAW
THAT THEY COULDN'T PAY THEIR
WORKERS MORE.
ARE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
OFFER BENEFITS UNDER IT AND
STILL REMAIN THIS SECTION OF IT
I INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
RELATIONSHIP ARE YOU SURE COULD
PAY YOUR WORKERS A LOT MORE IN
IN IN MANY WAYS THEY KNOW THEY
HAVE THE DATA TO KNOW THAT THEY
ARE -- PROVIDING SERVICES IN A
WAY WHICH WAS WILL NOT ALLOW
THAT WORKER TO MAKE MINIMUM WAGE
WAR EXEMPTS SALARY THAT WE WOULD
EXPECT FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T
HAVE OVER TIME OR OR MEAL REST
BREAKS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT THAT
DISCUSSION AS WELL WHICH IS
DIFFICULT.
AND I I DO I WANNA -- WE'RE
GONNA KEEP WORKING OBVIOUSLY ON
A LOT OF THIS STUFF -- IT'S
DIFFICULT AND WE WE PROBABLY
WON'T FIX IT FOR EVERYBODY THIS
TIME.
YOU KNOW I WE WILL RUN OUT OF
TIME AND AND I'VE NEVER WORKED
HARDER ON A BILL SPENT MORE
HOURS ON BILLS.
AND WE'RE HOURS ON A BILL YET
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO EVERY
SITUATION WE DREAMED UP.
AND I I ANTICIPATE WILL BE
WORKING ON THIS.
FOR A FEW YEARS I'M TO GET TO
THE SITUATIONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO TALK IN
PARTICULAR ABOUT THE GET ECONOMY
BECAUSE IT KEEPS COMING UP AND
THIS SUDDENLY THIS IDEA OF
COMPROMISE KEEPS.
I HAVE TO SAY VERY CLEARLY THAT --
I GET IT WE WANT TO SIT DOWN AND
WE WANT THIS ECONOMY TO EXIST.
BUT I THINK I'M WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT LABOR LIES WE DO HAVE TO
BE TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE EXPECTATIONS.
BECAUSE THE RISING STEM OF
INCOME INEQUALITY IS LARGELY AT
THE FOOT OF THESE COMPANIES WE
HAVE COMPANIES THAT CEOS AND
CIOS ARE MAKING FORTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. FORTY
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR%
THEY WENT PUBLIC IT'S A BILLION
DOLLAR CORPORATION AND THEIR
DRIVERS AS WE HEAR.
OUR SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS.
THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY
WRONG WHEN WE HAVE COMPROMISED
OR ALLOW THE SITUATION TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
AND IF A COMPROMISE MEANS SIMPLY
THAT THE WORKERS LOSE OUT OR
THEY HAVE SOME SUB STANDARD
EMPLOYMENT STATUS OR SOME SUB
STANDARD VOICE AT THE TABLE
THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT UNION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IN THIS BILL.
I'D BE THE ONE TO ALLOW THAT
CONFLICTS IN FACT I CAN'T
IMAGINE I'D EVER VOTE FOR THAT
TYPE OF COMPROMISE.
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
WORLD WORKING IN OUR DEMOCRACY
WORKING NO DEMOCRACY CAN WORK
WITH THIS TYPE OF INCOME.
INEQUALITY WE CANNOT WE ARE FREE
WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF HAVING
SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH OUR OWN
DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA WHEN YOU
HAVE THE WEALTHY HOLD BECOME SO
WEALTHY THE NUMBER OF
BILLIONAIRES ARE BUYING SEVENTY
I I THINK.
THAT THE LIST OWNER BOUGHT A
SEVENTY MILLION DOLLAR HOME THE
DAY AFTER OUR STORY RAN ON ABOUT
HOW MANY OF HIS WORKERS ARE ARE.
ARE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS.
LIKE WHERE IS THE COMPROMISE AND
THEY CAN SIT HERE AND SAY THEY
CARE ABOUT THEIR WORKERS AND
THEY LOVE.
TO PROVIDE BENEFITS WHAT IT
COULD PROVIDE THEM WITH A LOT
MORE MONEY.
THAT WE KNOW AND THEY HAVE.
AND THEY WON'T UNLESS WE FORCE
THEM.
TO AND THAT IS WAY UNFORTUNATELY
EMPLOYMENT.
WORKS AND THOSE WORKERS WILL
NEVER HAVE WHAT THEY EXPECT
UNLESS THEY TRULY HAVE THE
PROTECTIONS OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT SO. FOR THE
LIVE DRIVERS WHO CAME I FEEL SO
BAD WHEN DROPPED WHEN WORKERS
COME IN THEY'VE BEEN TOLD
SOMETHING BY THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR
THEIR SUPPORT OF AMENDED.
AND THEY WANT.
I'LL SAY THIS I'D BE HAPPY TO
ADD INTO THIS BILL THE LAW AS IT
IS TODAY AND THAT IS THAT IT IS
THE EMPLOYER WHO PROVIDES THE
FLEXIBILITY.
ALL THE TIME WE HEARD FROM
STAFFING COMPANIES.
LEFT AND UBER TODAY DECIDE.
WHETHER OR NOT THESE WORKERS ARE
FLEXIBLE WILL DECIDE TOMORROW
I'LL DECIDE IF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THAT IS IN THEIR HANDS IT IS NOT
ANYTHING IN THE LAW THAT SAYS
YOU CAN'T BE A PART TIME WORKER
YOU CAN'T WORK FIVE HOURS A WEEK
ARE YOU CAN'T WORK. TWO HOURS
HERE IN THREE HOURS THERE THERE
IS NOTHING IN OUR LABEL THAT'S A
JUST AND BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT IN
HERE.
I THINK THE WORKERS IN THIS
INDUSTRY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND AND HE EMPLOYERS IN THIS
INDUSTRY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
ARE THE EMPLOYERS SHOULD
UNDERSTAND.
THAT ANY COMPROMISE COULD NOT
COME AT AT THE COST OF THE WORK.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M REFUSING TO
DOING THIS I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
ALL CONTINUE TO TALK I'VE COME
UP WITH LIKE FIVE WAYS THEY
COULD.
WORK THROUGH THIS YOU KNOW YOU
CAN HAVE AN APP IT'S A STAFFING
HALL WITH ALL THESE DRIVERS WHO
ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE OF THIS NEW.
STAFFING AGENCY I I WOULD GET A
YOU KNOW IF I COULD CREATE AN
APP I WOULD.
YOU YOU CAN YOU CAN ALLOW THEM
TO BE EMPLOYEES AND GIVE THEM
CARD CHECK NEUTRALITY AND ALLOW
THEM TO ORGANIZE WITHOUT
INTERFERENCE AND THEN YOU CAN
HAVE A REAL.
A REAL CONVERSATION WITH THE
WORKERS WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY
UNIONS THERE ARE A LOT OF
OPTIONS FOR THEM.
WE CAN ALL BE INNOVATIVE.
LET'S START WITH PROTECTING
WORKERS AND PROTECTING TAXPAYERS
BY DOING IT SO WITH THAT I'LL.
BE SAID LAST NIGHT.
THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES SENATOR JANET IF I MAY UM
AND I APOLOGIZE TO ME AGAIN TOO
MANY THINGS GOING ON THE GREED
THAT WE'VE SEEN I THINK HAS SO
DISTORTED OUR REALITY.
ON THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME.
PART OF WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA'S
SO GREAT IS OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND OUR CREATIVITY AND OUR
INNOVATION.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE BILL
TODAY BECAUSE I AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID BUT
I THINK WE ALSO.
IF THERE'S WE GOTTA FIND THAT
BALANCE AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE
SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE MOM
AND POP AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO
PEOPLE THAT COME IN ON A YOU
KNOW PART TIME BASIS WHEN THEY
NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.
IT'S THESE BIG GUYS WHO FIGHT
THAT THE BATTLE NOW IS HOW.
HOW YOUNG CAN I BE TO BECOME A
BILLIONAIRE?
I MEAN IT'S THE WHOLE WE'VE
SKEWED -- OUR SENSE OF
PRIORITIES AND VALUES IN THIS
COUNTRY AND AND I THINK THE
WORKERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
SUFFER BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE THERE.
THERE'S A WAY YOU KNOW I THINK
OF IN THE FIFTIES AND IN THE
SIXTIES WHEN WE REBUILD THIS
COUNTRY AFTER WORLD WAR.
TWO THE TAX RATE FOR THE HIGHEST
INCOME PEOPLE.
WAS 90%.
AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AFTER HE WAS TWO MILLION DOLLARS
WHICH IS NOT CHICKEN FEED.
YES THE PEOPLE WHO MADE MORE
WE'RE TAX THAT 90%.
NOBODY WANTS TO PAY 90% THEIR
MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT SO WHAT
DID THEY DO THEY REINVESTED IN
THEIR BUSINESSES AND IN THEIR
PEOPLE AND THEY CREATED LOYALTY
AND THEY CREATED.
A FISSION SEASON COMPETENCIES
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO PUT A
CEILING ON PEOPLE'S INNOVATION.
AND YOU KNOW I THINK OF SOME OF
MY FISH FROM.
YOU KNOW THEY GOT A BOAT.
AND THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND IT'S
THAT THERE ARE FISH OUT THERE
AND GRAB A COUPLE PEOPLE OFTEN.
WHO ARE YOU KNOW K LOOKING
FOR WORK AND THEY GO OUT FOR
THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO COME BACK
WITH A BUNCH OF FISH?
AND THIS GUY GETS 15% THIS GUY
GETS.
YOU KNOW.
IF WE SAY THEM YOU GOTTA PAY FOR
THE TIME THEY SLEEP ON THE BOND
THE TIME THEY DO THIS.
AT THE MOST THESE GUYS HAVE A
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA THEIR
FISHERMEN THEY'RE NOT BUSINESS
PEOPLE SO I THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE
THAT.
AND AND PEOPLE WHO CAME UP AND
SAID SUPPORT UNLESS AMENDED.
WELL THEY WANTED EXEMPTION.
BUT I DON'T THINK THE WAY TO GO
ABOUT THIS AND YOU KNOW THIS
BETTER NOW AND I HAVE TO COMMEND
YOU FOR TAKING ON THIS PUPPY
THIS IS NOT A NATION -- ONE IS
TO SOME CRITERIA RATHER CHOOSE
WHO WE'RE GOING TO EXEMPT THIS
GROUP AND WE ONE EXCEPT THIS ONE
THIS ONE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME
KIND OF STANDARDS THAT ARE BOTH.
IT SEEMS TO ME BOTH REFLECTIVE
OF THIS NEWER ECONOMY AND YET
IS THE MIDDLE CLASS THAT MADE
THIS COUNTRY AND THAT WILL KEEP
THIS COUNTRY GOING.
BECAUSE IF WE LOSE THAT MIDDLE
CLASS WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE AND
WE SEE THAT HAPPENING ON A DAILY
BASIS SO.
AGAIN -- I URGE YOU TO KEEP
GOING I THINK THIS IS
[inaudible]
IN ORDER.
DIRECTION I'M GONNA RESERVE MY
RIGHT IF THE AS THIS THING COMES
FORWARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW I THINK
WE WE REALLY NEED TO CELEBRATE
INNOVATION AS WELL.
AND I THINK OF SOME OF THESE
PLATFORMS I WAS HEARING ABOUT
THEM OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE RABBIT TO AND
AND -- AND THESE OTHER YOU KNOW
THEIR PLATFORMS YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE THEY'RE THROUGH THE
YELLOW PAGES.
THERE THE YELLOW PAGES ON A
PLATFORM SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S
OF GREAT NEW IDEA PER SE WE USED
TO WANT TO FIND A PLUMBER YOU GO
TO THE YELLOW PAGES.
I'M NOW YOU CAN GO TO THESE
VARIOUS PLATFORMS WHICH I THINK
IS GREAT BUT THE QUESTION IS.
ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO ENCOURAGE
INNOVATION.
ARE WE GOING TO ENCOURAGE GREED.
ARE WE GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK
FOR THEM AND RESPECT THEM AND
REALIZE THEY HAVE FAMILIES AND
THEY NEED.
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU
KNOW WE WERE OFFER PAID FAMILY
LEAVE WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY
SO LET'S FIND A WAY THAT WE HAVE
THAT FLEXIBILITY AT THE SAME
TIME WE RESPECT.
WORKERS AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE
HOW WE GET THERE BUT I COMMEND
YOU FOR TRYING AND AGAIN -- JT
OPPORTUNITY SHARE MY THOUGHTS
BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS REALLY.
SORT OF AN EXISTENTIAL MOMENT
FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY.
AND AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE
CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING
MEANINGFUL FOR EVERYBODY SO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE BILL
THANK YOU SENATOR TO ACTUALLY
HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR PAN
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR HILL
BY HILL AYE MORRELL.
MORRELL NO JACKSON.
JACK.
JACKSON AYE MITCHELL.
PAN HI CAN I THREE VOTES WILL
HOLD THE ROLL OVER FOR THE
ABSENT MEMBERS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO MOVE NOT ITEM NUMBER
THREE AB ONE SEVENTY ONE
HOPEFULLY A LITTLE LESS.
THIS IS JUST AN EASY ONE A GOOD
ONE ALL THEY'RE ALL GONE.
AB ONE SEVENTY ONE OF THE BILL
FROM LAST YEAR THEY RE
INTRODUCED BECAUSE VULNERABLE
LOW WAGE WORKERS ARE STILL TOO
OFTEN LEFT BEHIND IN
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROTECTING
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE.
BASICALLY THIS BILL CAME ALONG
BECAUSE WHEN WE DID A LISTENING
FOR OF WORKERS WE FOUND OUT THAT%
A LOT OF WOMEN -- IN PARTICULAR
IN SERVICE INDUSTRY AT WE'RE
HAVING EXPERIENCE OF NOT WANTING
TO FILE A LAWSUIT BUT SIMPLY
GOING TO THE SUPERVISOR TO
REPORT.
I ACTIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING
AND I I'LL USE THIS IS WHAT WE
HEARD BUT IT WAS THE AS THE COOK
CAM CHAIN THE WAITRESSES BACKED.
AND THE WAITRESS WOULD GO TO OUR
SUPERVISOR AND SAID I JUST WANT
THIS TO STOP WELL RATHER THAN --
THEN IT SHOULD NOT FILING A
LAWSUIT SO SHE HAS NO IF YOU
HAVE PROTECTIONS THE SHE WOULD
GET HER SCHEDULE CHANGE SHOULD
GET FIRED -- AND THAT'S HOW IT
WOULD STOP AND SO THIS WOULD
JUST BE A PRESUMPTION OF
RETALIATION IF AFTER DOING THAT%
SIMPLE REPORTING -- I HEARD HER
JOB CHANGED OUR FOR HIS BUT IT'S
LARGELY HER -- IT'S A WAY TO
PROTECT LOW WAGE WORKERS WHO ARE
NEVER GOING TO SUE UNDER FEE HEN
DON'T HAVE THE SIMPLE
PROTECTIONS BUT DON'T WANT TO BE
MESSED WITH ON THE JOB.
THE BILL THANK YOU A GOOD
WITNESSES SUPPORT MISTER TURN
MEMBERS CAITLIN VEGA FOR THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION HERE
IN SUPPORT I WOULD JUST NOTE
THIS IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION
WE FEEL THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE A
MUCH GREATER ABILITY. TO READ
BUT A PRESUMPTION THAN A LOW
WAGE WORKER DOES TO TRY TO MEET
THE BURDEN OF PROOF ESPECIALLY
WHEN MOST WORKERS CAN BE FIRED
AT WILL SO ALL THE EMPLOYER HAS
TO SAY IS I FIRED HER BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE IT.
AND TO GET OUT OF IT BEING
RETALIATORY HERE IF THERE'S A
LEGITIMATE REASON IT IT JUST
COINCIDENCE THAT SHE FELT THAT
SHE REPORTED SEXUAL HARASSMENT
BUT THERE IS A LEGITIMATE REASON
THE EMPLOYER SOMETHING HAS TO
MAKE THAT CASE.
WE THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT
BALANCE TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN ARE
ABLE TO COME WOMEN AND MEN ARE
ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND IN
DOING SO NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE
THE CHANCE OF GETTING JUSTICE.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO
PROTECT THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE
THANK YOU THANK YOU OTHERS IN
SUPPORT [inaudible]
MR BROAD.
REMEMBER.
THERE'S ANY NIGHT HERE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
TAKE A BREAK OR THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORK
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OTHERS IN SUPPORT. FOR THANK YOU.
GESTURE ON THE CW A SEND YOU
CALIFORNIANS STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY GOOD OTHERS IN
SUPPORT ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT.
THOSE IN OPPOSITION PLEASE COME
FORWARD THANK.
I KNOW YOU.
AFTER THE CALIFORNIA THANK YOU
I'M ABOUT FOR THE CALIFORNIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WERE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE BILL.
I'LL BE BRIEF YOU'VE HAD A LONG
MORNING THEN A LONG EVENING.
LAST NIGHT.
WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T CONDONE
RETALIATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES WE
DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE
APPROACH TAKEN BY THIS BILL.
WE HAVE A THRESHOLD CONCERN WITH
STATUTORY REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION
SWITCH WE'VE TRADITIONALLY
OPPOSED -- OUR FUDAMENTAL ISSUE
WHEN I WANT TO FOCUS MY
ATTENTION ON IS.
IN OF A NEW BODY OF LAW RELATED
TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
RETALIATION.
IN THE LABOR CODE S OPPOSED TO
THE GOVERNMENT CODE WHERE FAIR
THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING
ACT.
AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT
PROTECTIONS CURRENTLY RESIDE.
WE THINK IT'S CONFUSING WHEN YOU
HAVE A NEW BODY OF LAW IN THE
LABOR CODE AND A DIFFERENT
AGENCY ENFORCING THAT BODY OF
LAW.
AND CAME RESULT IN SOMETHING
CONSISTENT INTERPRETATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO THE FAIR
EMPLOYMENT HOUSING ACT DOES.
NOT COVER SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
RETALIATION AND PROVIDE WORKERS
WITH REMEDIES AND WE THINK
THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR
THESE. TO BE WE THINK THE
GOVERNOR AND HIS VETO MESSAG SB
THIRTY EIGHTY ONE LAST YEAR
RAISE THIS IS A CONCERN.
THEY WERE SIMILARLY DIFFERENT
LEISLATION AND TWENTY SEVENTEEN
EIGHTY FIVE SIXTY NINE WHICH
TRIED TO ADD DIFFERENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
PROJECTS TO LABOR CODE.
GOVERNOR BROWN VETO THAT BILL
AND SAID EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION SHOULD.
RESIDE IN THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT
AND HOUSING ACT.
SO WE HAVE CONCERNS BASED ON THE
PLACEMENT OF THE LANGUAGE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU
ADDED TO THE LABOR CODE IT
IMPLICATES PAGA.
AND SO ON TOP OF THE FEE HAVE
REMEDIES IN THE REMEDIES IN THE
LABOR COULD THAT THIS BILL WOULD
CREATE.
WOULD ALSO -- PAGA VIOLATIONS
FOR THIS. FOR THOSE REASONS WERE
WERE OPPOSED TO THE BILL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH OTHERS IN
OPPOSITION.
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE --
QUESTIONS COMMENTS.
YES SOUNDS GOOD TO ME -- I
APPRECIATE THIS YOU KNOW.
THIS KIND OF MISBEHAVIOR GOES ON
AND IN THE WORKPLACE.
IN SUCH STAGGERING.
OF PERCENTAGES THAT -- SHADE THE
THE IDEA THAT THIS DOES CREATE A
REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION UNLIKE
THE CHAMBER I THINK THERE ARE
PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA IT.
FORCES YOU TO COME FORWARD AND
IT FORCES EMPLOYERS HOPEFULLY
WILL ENFORCE.
A FORTUNE PORTION THINK TWICE
ABOUT THIS IT JUST ISN'T
ACCEPTABLE IT'S NOT WORK RELATED
IT'S DEMEANING IT'S DEGRADING
AND HUMILIATING TO THE WORKERS.
IT ACTUALLY IMPACTS THEIR
ABILITY TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO I WOULD THINK MOST EMPLOYERS
WOULD WOULD WANT TO PROTECT
THEIR WORKERS IN THE WORKFORCE
BUT IT'S A CULTURE SHIFT.
OTHER JUST HASN'T HAPPENED JUST
BECAUSE IT'S IT IS LOGICAL AND
MAKES SENSE SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
BRINGING THE BILL ALL MOVE IT --
AND AWHILE I GUESS ONE COULD
ARGUE THAT THE WORST THE RIGHT
PLACE TO PUT IT AND ALL -- I DO
THINK THAT THIS.
THIS IS A STEP FORWARD AS WE
KEEP READING ABOUT THE JEFF.
PEELING BACK A CURTAIN NOW THAT
MANY OF US.
HAVE KNOWN AS SIX IT HAS EXISTED.
FOR DECADES TO AND THIS I THINK
IS GOOD BILL AND AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUING IN
THIS AREA I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
WORKPLACE NEEDS TO BE SAFE FOR
EVERYBODY AND I DO MOVE THE BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE WILL TAKE
THAT MOTION IS SECONDS ONE TO
CLARIFY THAT THE DEFINITION OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT WILL BE.
FORCED OUT IN IN APPROACH SHOULD
TAKE THAT.
THERE.
GIVEN ME YET YES THANK THANK YOU
VERY MUCH WE FOR THE DISCUSSION
TO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
SENATOR JACKSON WHICH LIKE TO
CLOSE
BY THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE I REMEMBER THREE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS.
SENATOR HILL I I BROWN.
JACKSON AYE JACKSON AYE MITCHELL.
TO VOTE WILL CALL THE ROLL OPEN
THANK YOU MOVED ITEM FOR AB.
TEN SIXTY SIX ABC THANK YOU AB
TEN SIXTY SIX IS NOT A NEW IDEA
SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY EXIST IN
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY IT
BASICALLY SAYS THAT -- WORKERS
WHO ARE LOCKED OUT OR ON STRIKE
CAN ACCESS UNEMPLOYMENT.
INSURANCE BENEFITS IT WOULD
APPLY TO LOCKED OUT WORKERS
AFTER WEEK LIKE ANY OTHER WORKER --
WE WE SAW DURING THE GROCERY
WORKERS STRIKE YEARS AGO -- THAT
THAT BECAME A PROBLEM IN IT
WOULD ALLOW STRIKING WORKERS
AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF BEING ON
STRIKE IN IN RECEIVING NO FUNDS
TO ACCESS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BENEFITS -- DISTRICTS ARE
EXTREMELY RARE I IN OFTEN WHEN
YOU GET TO A FOUR WEEK STRIKE
THE EMPLOYER HAS AGES BALANCE OF
POWER IN IS ENCOURAGED ACTUALLY.
JUST KEEP WORKERS OUT SO THAT
THEY WILL AGREE TO LESS MONEY
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR SO
LONG PEOPLE OFTEN LOSE THEIR
HOUSES AND OTHER THINGS.
I DON'T CLAIM INSURANCE IS NOT
INCENTIVE TO STRIKE IT'S
BASICALLY HALF FOR OF YOUR
INCOME OR BORN IN FIFTY DOLLARS
WHICHEVER IS LESS.
NOT ENOUGH TO LIVE IN BUT IT'S
ENOUGH SOMETIMES TO NOT LOSE
YOUR HOUSE AND NOT LOSE YOUR
LIVELIHOOD SO WITHOUT A RESPECT
LAST NIGHT ABOUT -- THANK YOU
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
[inaudible]
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME'S DIANE HACKER AND I'M A
MEMBER OF THE F. C. W. FOURTEEN
TWENTY EIGHT IN CLAREMONT
CALIFORNIA.
I'M A FRONT END MANAGER FOR
MONTHS AND I'VE BEEN WITH BONDS
FOR FORTY TWO YEARS.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU FIRST HAND
ABOUT BEING A STRIKING WORKER
AND A PICKET CAPTAIN DURING THE
DEVASTATING STRIKE A MOCK OUT OF
THREE A NO.
FOUR WHEN WE WALKED IN THE COLD
AND THE RAIN AND EVEN DURING A
FOREST FIRE TO STAND UP FOR
WORKPLACE JUSTICE THREE DESERVED.
WE WERE LOCKED OUT -- ON STRIKE
DURING HOLIDAYS WE RELIED ON
FOOD BANKS IN CHURCHES TO PUT
FOOD ON OUR TABLES ON A DAILY
BASIS.
MY FELLOW BONTA EMPLOYEES AND I
WERE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
FIGHTING FOR JOBS AND PROVIDING
FOR FAMILIES.
WORKERS AT RALPH AN ALBERTSON'S
DIDN'T GET A CHOICE WORKERS CAME
TO WORK THEY WERE READY TO WORK.
THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK BUT THEIR
CORPORATE EMPLOYERS CHOSE TO
LOCK THEM OUT INSTEAD.
GROCERY WORKERS LOST THEIR HOMES
THEY WORK THEIR WHOLE LIVES.
FOR WORKERS COULD HAVE CONTINUED
TO WORK IF I WON THE EMPLOYERS
HAD CONTINUE TO BARGAIN IN GOOD
FAITH. ONE COUPLE WHO WORKED
WITH ME FOR FUNDS HAD TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GET THE NECESSARY
MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR THEIR
DISABLED DAUGHTER WHEN OUR
HEALTH INSURANCE RAN OUT.
TREATMENTS THAT SHE COULD NOT DO
WITHOUT.
STRIKING IS ALWAYS A LAST RESORT
FOR WORK STANDING UP FOR FAIR
TREATMENT AND SAFE WORKPLACE
CONDITIONS.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DON'T
REPLACE THE PAYCHECK BUT THEY
WILL HELP KEEP OUR HEADS TO
FLOAT WHEN ONE MISSED PAYCHECK
TO DROWNED US.
THE GROCERY STORES KNOW THAT IF
THEY HOLD WITHOUT LONG ENOUGH WE
WILL HAVE TO AGREE TO THEIR
DEMANDS IN ORDER TO FEED OUR
FAMILIES AND KEEP A ROOF OVER
OUR HEADS.
WHEN WORKERS ARE ALREADY LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK MONTH
LONG STRIKE TO DEVASTATE A
FAMILY AND THAT'S WHAT THE
CORPORATE BOSSES ARE COUNTING ON?
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WILL LEVEL
THE PLAYING FIELD BETWEEN
WORKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS
GIVING US THE ABILITY TO FIGHT
FOR THE BASIC DIGNITY OF FAIR
WAGES AND HEALTH COVERAGE.
WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT
COMING HOMELESS NO ONE SHOULD BE
TREATED WITH THE COLD HEARTLESS
DISRESPECT THAT WE SAW DURING
THE WINTER OF THREE AND FOR
PLEASE SUPPORT AB.
TEN SIXTY SIX THANK YOU VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
THIS AFTERNOON OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
AFTERNOON.
HELLO THERE GOOD AFTERNOON.
CHAIRMAN L. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE YOU GUYS HAVE IN THIS
YEAR THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS JUST YOUR HONOR I
WORK FOR EIGHTEEN T. FOR ALMOST
GOING ON TWENTY YEARS -- MEMBER
OF CW A UNION -- NINETY LOCAL
NINE FIVE ONE IN THE SAN DIEGO.
AND JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS
KNOW RIGHT NOW UNDER CURRENT LAW.
WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
C. W. MEMBERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
IF YOU LIVE WORK DUE TO A TRADE
DISPUTE.
THIS END OF THE BUILDING CREATES
AN INCENTIVE FOR EMPLOYERS TO
DELAY NEGOTIATIONS.
I PUT FORWARD ON REASONABLE
TERMS.
THE LONGER THE DISPUTE THE RARE
CHANCE TO WORKERS OWN FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP WILL PERSON BACK TO
WORK.
AB TEN SIXTY SIX TO RESTORE
ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS TO STRIKING WORKERS.
AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF PAST.
THIS BILL WOULD BRING CALIFORNIA
ALONG WITH OTHER STATES LIKE NEW
JERSEY AND NEW YORK.
THAT OFFERS THAT OFFER SIMILAR
BENEFITS THE STRIKING WORKERS.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
ONLY COVER A FRACTION OF THE
WORKER'S PAYCHECK.
THESE MODEST PAYMENTS TO HELP
WORKERS MAKE ENDS MEET AS
BARGAIN THIS PROBLEM.
BY REMOVING THE POSSIBILITY OF
EXTREME FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
DURING A TRADE DISPUTE.
AB TEN SIXTY SIX WILL CREATE A
MORE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD BETWEEN
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
MANY OF OUR SHE TO BE MEMBERS
HAVE WORKED FOR THEIR COMPANIES
FOR YEARS AND DESERVE ACCESS TO
THESE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COMPANIES
ARE PURPOSELY DELAYING
NEGOTIATION.
WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE
ABILITY TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS.
WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPROMISE ON
ESSENTIALS LIKE RENT AND FOOD.
THIS BILL IS CRUCIAL TO MAKING
SURE WE ARE TREATED FAIRLY ON
BOTH SIDES.
ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD
FAITH.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR
YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION
HIRED YOU GUYS -- FOR YOUR
SUPPORT IN THIS MEASURE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANKS FOR COMING
TODAY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
MUCH TIGHTER WITH CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION PROUD TO CO
SPONSOR THIS BILL ALONG WITH CW
AND UFCW.
FALL REASON STATED SO WELL BY
THE AUTHOR AND PREVIOUS
WITNESSES.
JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY COVER
WHAT THE BILL DOESN'T DO -- WE
REALLY DON'T THINK THE BILL IN
ANYWAY FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERS THE
U. I. SYSTEM ALL IT DOES IS
BETTER ALIGNED THE INTENT OF THE
U. I. SYSTEM.
WITH THE WAY THAT IT WORKS OUT
IN PRACTICE WHERE WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST
INDIVIDUAL WORKERS ARE TAKEN
CARE OF WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR
JOBS BUT ALSO THAT.
THERE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES --
ALSO DON'T SUFFER THE IMPACT OF
ESPECIALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE
LOSING THEIR JOB AT ONCE AND
THAT'S WHY THIS APPROACH HAS
BEEN UPHELD BY COURTS IN OTHER
STATES.
IT ALSO DOESN'T CREATE ANY KIND
OF AN INCENTIVE TO STRIKE OUT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WITH THE WAY
THIS WOULD ACTUALLY WORK IN
PRACTICE IT STARTS WITH THAT
MONTH DISQUALIFICATION THAT'S A
MONTH WITH NO WAGES.
AND THEN THE BENEFITS THAT STAR
AFTER THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THE
LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY ON AVERAGE
YOU AYE BENEFITS ARE ABOUT 26%
OF WHAT YOU WERE EARNING AND SO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SYSTEM
WHERE YOU ARE NOTHING FOR A
MONTH AND THEN A QUARTER OF WHAT
YOU WERE EARNING ON TOP OF ALL
THE OTHER REASONS WHY WORKERS
DON'T WANT TO GO ON STRIKE IT'S
A GRUELING DEVASTATING
EXPERIENCES A LOT OF TIME ON A
PICKET LINE IT'S A LOT.
OF ORGANIZING IN DAYCARE AND
IT'S NOT FUN AND IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT IS A DECISION
THAT WORKERS MAKE LIGHTLY SO
WHEN YOU ADD THAT ON TOP OF THE
VERY LOW BENEFITS AND THE MONTH
DISQUALIFICATION THERE'S REALLY
NOTHING HERE THAT'S GOING TO
CREATE AN INCENTIVE TO STRIKE
AND THAT'S WHY.
ET DE ESTIMATES THAT THE COST OF
THIS IS SO LOW AND THAT'S WHY
DOESN'T CREATE ANY KIND OF A
SOLVENCY RISK THE ESTIMATE IS
THAT THIS WOULD ADD SOMEWHERE ON
THE HIGH END OF POINT 1% OF THE
COST OF THE U. I. SYSTEM TO ON
THE LOW END.
POINT 001% TO THE COST OF THE U.
I. SYSTEM SO.
IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY GOING TO
DEAL WITH -- SORRY NOT ANYWAY IN
A WORSE IN THE EXISTING
STRUCTURAL INSOLVENCY ISSUES
THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE US SYSTEM
THAT.
EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS BILL
THEY'LL KEEP GOING UNTIL WE DEAL
WITH THOSE SEPARATELY BUT THE
IMPACT OF IT IS SMALL BECAUSE
THE STRIKES ARE SO RARE BUT THE
IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER
WOULD BE GREAT IN TERMS OF
ALLOWING THEM TO HELP STAY
AFLOAT DURING SUCH A DEVASTATING
LONG.
LASTING STRIKING YOUR SUPPORT
VERY GOOD THANK YOU OTHERS IN
SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE AND MEMBER
MATH ROCK FOR THE TEACHERS AND
UNITE HERE THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
IT'S A POOR I FIGURED AS MUCH
THANK ANGELES USA W. SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
DAVID BELL HAWK INTERPRETING
THIS ISSUE EMPLOYEES UNION
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
JESSICA CRY YES C. W. LOCAL FIVE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR COMING TODAY.
CLAIRE COURTNEY OF CW IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
IF YOU MUST GET OUT YOUR C. W.
AND SUPPORT THE VERY MUCH.
TWENTY VARGAS YEARS HE TO BE
LOCAL FIVE SIR FRANCISCO IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MIKE TO PRAY OAKLEY CW A NINE
ONE ONE NINE OF THE ONE EIGHTY
FOUR RETIREE.
AND VETERANS IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU SIR.
SHOP ALESSIO SIXTY WA NINETY
FOUR FIFTEEN AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
DEREK COHEN OF THE CW A LOCAL
NINE ONE ONE NINE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JIM HART RAGE ELSA RONNIE CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY AND I AM IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
ADAM WOULD SAN FRANCISCO
FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL SEVEN NINETY
EIGHT IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
SODIUM OSCAR DON FROM SAN
FRANCISCO CW A NINE ONE ONE NINE
AN UPPITY AND FULL SUPPORT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
AMBER BAUER U. S. E. W. WESTERN
STATES COUNCIL IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. ONE AFTERNOON SHOT JANE CW
A NINETY FOUR FIFTEEN OAKLAND IN
FULL SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR COMING TODAY.
CHECK ASSIDUOUS NINETY FOUR
FIFTEEN HEY WHAT IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
HOLBROOKE'S -- UP TCW A NINE ONE
ONE NINE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HOW FOR BARBOSA?
EITHER WAY.
NINETY FOUR TWENTY ONE AND
SUPPORT AND ALSO VETERAN THANK
YOU THANK YOU.
JOE MARTINEZ CW A LOCAL NINETY
FOUR TEN OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
WENT TO BRITAIN CW A NINETY FOUR
FIFTEEN IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GREGORY BANKS SEE WA NINETY FOUR
FIFTEEN FRESNO IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
JOHN MERCHANT FOR THIRTY TWO C.
WA AT A PLACERVILLE AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
ERIK LAMBERG CW A NINETY FOUR
TWENTY ONE SACRAMENTO IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
JOSHUA KORMAN MOBILE CW A NINETY
FOUR TWENTY ONE SACRAMENTO AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARSHALL IRVING CW A NINETY FOUR
FIFTEEN IN SUPPORT I APPROVED
THIS MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.
WHEN SAID ABOUT THIS -- SALINAS
CALIFORNIA UFCW LOCAL FIVE I
SUPPORT THE AS A. B. -- YES ON
THANK YOU.
JIM EVER UFCW LOCAL FIVE IN
SUPPORT OF AB TEN SIXTY SIX
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NANCY ANDERSON UFCW LOCAL FIVE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
SIMONE WILLIAMS WITH UFCW LOCAL
FIVE A WORD IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY GIVE.
THE RHYMING GILLY THE A UFCW
LOCAL FIVE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
BRUCE LEAN UFCW LOCAL FIVE IN
SUPPORT.
VERY MUCH.
MEGAN STAND BACK WITH LOCAL FIVE
USING W. IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
DEREK STILL YES W. LOCAL EIGHT
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MATT KRISTOFF UFCW EIGHT AND
SUPPORT. FOR YOU THANK YOU.
ON RECAP LOCAL EIGHT IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
THE CULTURE HERE RICE YES YOU
HAVE THE LOCAL EIGHT IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
ALL OUT A U. S. E. W. EIGHT IN
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
LISA HARDY UFCW RATE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BROWN YES THE W. EIGHT IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF
AMERICA LOCAL NINE FOUR THREE
ONE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR COMING.
CALL ANDERSON US OF YOU FIVE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
ADRIAN ACOSTA COMMUNICATION
WORKERS OF AMERICA DISTRICT NINE
AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
JESSICA MERECE CW A DISTRICT
NINE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
BRAD ROGERS CW A NINE FORTY ONE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU -- GROUND
CW HEY.
AND FOR TWENTY ONE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
GILBERT DOBBY Là YOU HAVE TO
DOUBLE LOCAL THREE TWENTY FOUR
ORANGE COUNTY N SUPPORT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
TO GOOD AFTERNOON IT'S FACING
CHUNKY OF C. W. FOURTEEN TWENTY
EIGHT SAMBAR DINO LOS ANGELES
COUNTY I THINK IT'S SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT SEND LOCAL CW I
LOCAL NINETY FOUR HUNDRED
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYONE ELSE
IN SUPPORT.
T. KNOWN OPPOSITION PLEASE COME
FORWARD AND MAKE A LITTLE ROOM
THANK YOU VERY MUCH [inaudible]
YEAH -- A GOOD MORNING AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON -- CREATURE MEMBERS
AND APOLOGIES -- FOR SO YOU TO
BE THIS LONG TO TRY TO BE AS
QUICK AS I CAN -- RUN WHICH WE
CAL CHAMBER AND WE ARE OPPOSED
TO AB.
TEN SIXTY SIX FIRST I WANT TO
CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID
I'M I'VE DISCUSSION OF WALK OUT
IS MY UNDERSTANDING PRESENTLY
LOCKOUTS AT THIS POINT ALREADY.
THERE UNEMPLOYMENT IS AVAILABLE
I'M IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO
HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT OR
TO TO FIGHT THAT BUT I I
UNDERSTOOD THAT TO ALREADY BE
THE LAW -- SO STATE EARLIER TO
CLARIFY THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR
OPTIONS ABOUT -- SO TRYING TO
THAT. EIGHT MILLION THEY ARE
OPTION IS NOT ABOUT HIS BENEFITS
TO STRIKERS CHANNEL IF THE STATE
WANTS TO PASS YOU KNOW
EQUIVALENT OF OF WHAT IT BENEFIT
PROGRAMS IT DOES NOT PUT THE
BURDEN ON EMPLOYERS IN A LABOR
DISPUTE.
THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR
US YOU KNOW WE ARE SYMPATHETIC
TO THAT OUR CONCERN IS JUST WITH
THE REASON YOU WILL PAY TO HELP
THEM FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITY
RIGHT.
AT THE SAME WAY THE EMPLOYEE
UNDER CURRENT LAWS REQUIRED TO
BE LOOKING FOR WORK AND ABLE TO
TAKE THAT WORK I'M SO THEY CAN
RECEIVE THAT TRANSITORY HELP TO
HELP THEM FIND THE RIGHT SPOT
RIGHT.
THAT IS WHAT ON EMPLOYMENT HAS
BEEN SO I'M GOING TO DISAGREE
WITH THAT THIS IS A CHANGE TIME.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AWORKER WHO
IS LOOKING FOR WORK AND
TRANSITION THIS IS A LABOR
DISPUTE.
I'M WHICH I I DON'T THINK IT'S
BE A SURPRISE IT IS A PROFOUND
CHANGE ONLY A FEW STATES DO THIS.
NO CHANGE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
FIRST WE REMAIN CONCERNED THIS.
PLACE IS AN UNPREDICTABLE AND
AND CONSIDERABLE RISK FOR
EMPLOYERS NOW A WELL WE ARE PUSH
OF THE DATA REGARDING THIS
RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF STRIKES
AND WE ALSO HOPE THAT STRIKES
ARE BRIEF.
AND RESOLVED QUICKLY IN AMICABLY
ABSOLUTELY OUR CONCERN REST THAT
IF A STRIKE IS NOT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE OR TWO OR
THREE WORKERS GOING ON
EMPLOYMENT A GIVEN PERIOD ALL OF
A SUDDEN ROUTING HUNDREDS YOU
KNOW THE ENTIRE UNION IS DOWN OF
BY WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN
TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
A MACRO SENSE WELL I APPRECIATE
THE POINT THAT INDIVIDUAL
WORKERS IS NOT MUCH OF A PAYMENT.
TO RIGHT NOW AS THE STATE'S
CHOICE REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF
UNEMPLOYMENT PROVIDES.
I'M ON A MACRO SENSE IF YOUR
EMPLOYER WITH THOUSANDS OF THOS.
YEAH THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT --
SECONDARILY IT'S IMPORTANT OVER
THIS AFFECTS EVEN PLAYERS WERE
NOT HAVING LABOR DISPUTES.
RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU AYE
FUND IS STRUCTURED OUR CONCERN
IS THAT THIS WILL RAISE THE
RATES FOR EVEN EMPLOYERS WHO.
HAVE NEVER HAD A LABOR DISPUTE.
AND AS TO THE DATA REGARDING THE
SOLVENCY OF THE U. I. FUND WE
WE'RE GLAD WE WHEN WE HOPE THAT
IT DOES NOT AFFECTED HOWEVER WE
STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT.
GIVEN CALIFORNIA'S RANKING AS OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN THE PART OF
LABOR RANKED CALIFORNIA'S YOU I
FIND HEALTH AS LAST IN THE
NATION.
WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS EVEN
SMALL CHANGES HERE SIGNIFICANT
TO US STAYING IN THE BLACK. FOR
THOSE REASONS WE ARE POSTED AYE.
IT WAS WRITTEN OFF THAT WAS VERY
NICE THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
VERSE -- NICOLE RICE CALIFORNIA
MANY FACTORS AND TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION WE TOO ARE OPPOSED
TO THE BILL AND BASICALLY WE
JUST HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL
DISAGREEMENT OF THE POLICY
EXPANSION IN THIS BILL WE KNOW
THAT OTHER. TO OTHER STATES HAVE
ATTEMPTED THIS BUT BASED UPON
WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN OUR
HISTORY WITH THIS THE FACT THAT
EMPLOYERS.
PAY 1100% INTO THIS FINE WE JUST
HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT
ABOUT THIS POLICY EXPANSION --
WE AS IN THE MANUFACTURER'S
ASSOCIATION WE HAVE LABELED THIS
A MANUFACTURING BREAKER BILL
BECAUSE WE WERE AT THE TABLE FOR
THE NEGOTIATIONS RELATED TO OUR
DEEPER SESSION A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO WE HAD JUST COME OUT OF THAT --
AND THERE WERE ADDS OF PREVIOUS
TESTIMONY INDICATED THERE ARE
STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE RELATED TO THE SOLVENCY OF
THE FUN.
BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT AGAIN
AS A 1100% EMPLOYER FUNDED
BENEFIT PROGRAM THAT THERE'S
NOTHING IN THE BILL TO REALLY
ENSURE.
THAT THE EMPLOYERS INVESTMENT
INTO THAT FUND IS PROTECTED AND
THAT THE SOLVENCY OF THE FUND IS
PROTECTED SO NO DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THAT -- WERE.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
LABOR STRIKES ARE ABOUT
NEGOTIATIONS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT EMPLOYMENT
TERMINATION AND THAT IS THE
CRITERIA FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE FUND THAT YOU ARE
PERMANENTLY SEPARATED FROM YOUR
EMPLOYMENT THROUGH NO FAULT OF
YOUR OWN.
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS BILL IS -- THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WHAT IS IT
TERM TO ACTUALLY BE ON STRIKE IF
SOMEBODY.
DECIDES TO A STAND WITH THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON STRIKE
ARE DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE
ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE ALSO EVEN THOUGH THEIR
UNION.
MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE
INVOLVED IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS
AND A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE
NOT COVERED IN THIS BILL AGAIN
TO ADDRESS THE EMPLOYERS
INVESTMENT INTO THIS FIGHT.
I'M TO ADDITIONAL POINTS ARE --
FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE HAD IN THE
PAST AS I SAID -- A SITUATION
WHERE WE'VE HAD THE FUN
COMPLETELY DEPLETED AND NEEDED
TO GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOR ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO KEEP
THOSE BENEFITS FLOWING.
THE SITUATION IN THE CURRENT
RELATIONSHIP THAT CALIFORNIA HAS
AND THIS IS A REAL CONCERN FOR
US IS EMPLOYERS THE CURRENT
RELATIONSHIP THAT CALIFORNIA HAS
IF WE GOT INTO THAT SITUATION
WHERE A WE WOULD NEED A FEDERAL
LOAN IN ORDER TO KEEP
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS GOING TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY.
NEED THEM WELL WE HAVE THE
RELATIONSHIP OF THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION STAYS TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES --
AVAILABLE TO CALIFORNIANS MY
UNDERSTANDING IS IS NOT
NECESSARILY GUARANTEED THAT HAD
NEEDS TO BE GRANTED THAT REQUEST
NEEDS TO BE GRANTED SO WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
ALSO TRADITIONALLY WHEN THE
POLICY MAKERS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE
TAKEN FROM ONE PARTICULAR
RESOURCES OR POT OF RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE FOR DIFFERENT -- OR
EXPERIENCE FOR DIFFERENT.
PURPOSES OR EXPANSION OF
PURPOSES THAT.
ULTIMATELY THE HEALTH OF THAT
ORIGINAL FUN NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED SO WE'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING
TO GET TO A SITUATION WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
TO LOOK AT PUTTING MORE
RESOURCES FROM EMPLOYERS INTO
THAT FINE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THE ACTIVITY AND AND THE FIVE
THE LAST THING I WANT TO POINT
OUT IS THAT WHILE THERE HAS BEEN
A DISCUSSION ABOUT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN.
MANY OF THE STRIKES OCCURRING
THE COMMITTEES ALL ANALYSIS
DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE HAS BEEN
AN UP TO UP TECH IN STRIKES AND
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF
VOLUME AND AN INCREASE IN VOLUME.
THEN AGAIN I THINK OUR CONCERNS
AS EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF
THE FUN AND AND THE IMPACT THAT
THAT WILL HAVE ON US THE FIND.
RESOURCE PROVIDERS IF YOU WILL --
BECOMES A REAL ISSUE SO FOR
THOSE REASONS AND UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS WE ARE RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSED TO THE BILL VERY GOOD
THANK YOU OTHERS IN OPPOSITION
PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WE KNOW ONE THING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE.
QUESTIONS.
CONCERNS.
SO -- THANK YOU SUMMER GONZALEZ
RING THIS BILL FORD CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES FACED
BY WORKERS WHO WERE YOU KNOW WHO.
REALLY ARE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR
THEIR RIGHTS.
BUT CAN YOU TURN THE OPPOSITION
RAISED I MEAN THAT THE HEALTH OF
THE FIVE STAR AND AND AND SO YOU
KNOW DURING THE GREAT RECESSION
WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE --
AND SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT
ALSO.
WORKERS WHO WERE LAID OFF.
DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT AND PART OF
THE REASON PEOPLE ALSO.
CAVS LABOR DISPUTES IS TO TRY TO
PREVENT THINGS LIKE THAT FROM
HAPPENING BUT ALSO IS LIKE. TO
BE SURE THAT FUND IS THERE FOR
THE PEOPLE ALSO WHO MAY BE
EMPLOYED SO CAN GIVE ME SPEAK TO
ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU'VE
LOOKED AT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE PROVIDE.
THOSE PROTECTIONS AND THE SHIRT
AT THE FUND IS THERE FOR ALL THE
PEOPLE. TWO YEAH THAT THAT THAT
NEED IT.
WELL I AM WE WORKED WITH AT FOR
LAST TO BE HONEST THREE FOUR
YEARS -- IN TRYING TO BRING THIS
FORWARD AND AND HELD OFF UNTIL
THE FUN WAS IN BETTER SHAPE I'M
BECAUSE IT APPLIES TO SO FEW
WORKERS -- IN SUCH RARE
CIRCUMSTANCES EDT DOES NOT FEEL
LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE AN
ADDITIONAL PRESSURE THE FUND THE
FUND THE PROBLEMS WITH THE
FUNDERS PROBLEMS WITH FIND IN
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL AGREE
THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
BUT THIS WOULDN'T -- HAVE THIS
WOULD BE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THAT IT WOULD
THAT NOT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL --
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE TIPPING
POINT ON IT AND SO WE BROUGHT IT
IN A WHEN WE WERE OUT OF KIND OF
THAT SITUATION WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BUT YET THE FUND IS
IN A BETTER SPOT.
SO SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW
THAT EDIE'S LOOKED AT THIS AND
SAID THAT THE AND THEY TOLD US
TO HOLD OFF TWO YEARS AGO THREE
YEARS AGO AND SELL OUT WE DID
[inaudible]
NOW.
WELL AT BE HAPPY TO MOVE
BUILDING TIME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR PAN IN THE YOU
KNOW IT AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF
THE CONCERNS WERE RAISED IN AND
I THINK IT'S A IT'S AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE AYE AYE THE FOUR WEEKS IS
I THINK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
TIME -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT
AND THE REALITY THAT AT THAT
POINT AN EMPLOYER COULD?
NO THAT THEY WOULD HOLD OUT
[inaudible]
IN.
SOMETIMES THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
LEARN THE FAIR WAY TO TO DEAL
WITH IT SO.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR
PAM WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
RECESS LAST FOREVER THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THIS ITEM NUMBER FOUR AB TEN
SIXTY SIX PLEASE CALL LITTLE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR HILL HI.
I'M AROUND.
WORLD OF JACKSON [inaudible]
MITCHELL.
THE BILL HAS TO GO TO HOLD THE
ROLE OF THANK YOU HAVE TO
MEMBERS ITEM NUMBER SIX AB
SIXTEEN EIGHTY ONE MY EASY ONE
MAYBE WE GET A STAR ALLEN THIS
ONE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER I
DON'T WANNA -- THIS IS A SIMPLE.
CATION -- FOR SUPERVISORY SCHOOL
OFFICERS AT PEACE OFFICERS AT
SCHOOLS WHO WANT THEIR OWN
BARGAINING UNIT RIGHT NOW YOU
HAVE TO HAVE TWENTY OR MORE OF
THOSE OFFICERS I THINK THERE'S
ONLY ONE SCHOOL.
DISTRICT IN THE AND THE STATE
THAT WOULD SATISFY THAT WE WANT
TO REDUCE THAT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING -- UNIT TWO TO TWO OR
MORE OFFICERS THAT'S ALL THIS
DOES.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
HI MY NAME'S PJ WEB HANNAH
REPRESENT THE SPECIALIZED POLICE
ASSOCIATION COALITION WITH
CORRECT PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH
ASSOCIATION A CALIFORNIA -- HOW
WE -- WE VERY MUCH YOU KNOW SEE
THE NEED FOR THIS BILL -- THIS
THIS.
HELPS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR A
LOT OF THESE FOLKS SOME OF THE
MARTYR ARE DESIGNATED AS AN
REPRESENTED AT ALL SO THERE
REALLY AT THE WHIM OF OF OF
MANAGEMENT.
AND IT REALLY DISCOURAGES --
PROMOTION -- THEY THEY ACTUALLY
WOULD MANY OF THEM LOSE -- PAY
AND BENEFITS WHEN THEY PROMOTE
TO SUPERVISOR.
POSITIONS SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN A BILL
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT?
WITNESSES SINCE OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANY FOR ANY WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION.
SEATED HEARING NONE GREEN RED TO
THE COMMITTEE WE DO HAVE A
MOTION FROM FROM A VICE CHAIR
MORALE WILL TAKE THE MOTION
RIGHT TO CLOSE.
THAT.
THAT IS A CLOSE AT FIRST FOR ALL
OF US.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THE MOTION
IS TO PASS YOUR PREPARATION
SENATOR HILL HI BILL I RURAL.
I JACKSON.
MITCHELL.
I GO AS WE GO TO ALL THE ROLL
OVER AFTER MEMBERS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER
FIVE AB FOURTEEN HUNDRED
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KAMLAGER-DOVE OF
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
[inaudible]
IN.
AND FOR THIS WONDERFUL BILL.
THIS REALLY IS A IT TURNED INTO
A I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL I AM I
AM EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I THINK
THERE WAS A PROBLEM THAT WE NO
ROOM EXISTS AND I THINK THIS
THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION TO GET
TO THE HEART OF THE ME.
IN THE HEART OF IT SOLVE.
THANK YOU.
THERE AND NUMBER [inaudible]
ASSEMBLY.
WE WILL ENSURE THAT THERE ARE
MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN PLACE
WHEN A CITY COUNTY OR SPECIAL
DISTRICT DIRECTS FIRE SUPPORT
SERVICE EMPLOYEES TO AN INCIDENT.
FIRST THE BILL REQUIRES THE
CREATION OF EMERGENCY
REGULATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF
EMERGENCY FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT.
ON OUTDOOR FIRES AB FOURTEEN
HUNDRED INSURERS FRONTLINE
SUPPORT FIRE PERSONNEL RECEIVE
PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
AND POST FEEL DE COUNT
DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES
FOLLOWING A FIRE RESPONSE.
THIS MEANS THE FIRE SERVICE
PERSONNEL HAVE A THOROUGH AND
AGGRESSIVE DECONTAMINATION
STRATEGY FOLLOWING A FIRE EVENT
TO CONTROL CONTAMINATION AND
REMOVE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
THESE FIRE SERVICE EMPLOYEES
SERVING COUNTY FIRE SERVICE
OUTFITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ARE KNOWN
AS FIRE MECHANICS FIRE EQUIPMENT
MECHANICS.
AND OTHER MECHANIC WORKERS.
THESE POPULATIONS OF WORKERS ARE
SOMETIMES CALLED DIRECTLY TO THE
FRONT LINES OF ACTIVE FIRES TO
MAINTAIN AND REPAIR FIRE
EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED BY OUR
FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS WAS A CASE IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY EIGHTEEN
RESPECTIVELY WHEN THE THOMAS AND
WILL THE FIRES RAVAGED
COMMUNITIES IN LA SANTA BARBARA
AND VENTURA COUNTIES.
NEXT REPRESENTED BY ASKED ME
SPENT OVER A WEEK ON THE FIRE
LINES ALONG SIDE OUR
FIREFIGHTERS WITH OUT THE SAME
EQUIPMENT.
THE PROTECTIVE GEAR AND
CONTROLLED BREATHING APPARATUS
IS MEANT TO MITIGATE
FIREFIGHTERS EXPOSURE REST TO
CARCINOGENS.
THEY ARE VITAL TO A FIT ADD TO
INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND
RESPONSE TIME OF ANY FIRE
FIGHTING OPERATIONS SECONDLY AB
FOURTEEN HUNDRED CREATES CAL
OSHA REGULATIONS THAT SET A
PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT. FOR
DIESEL PARTICULATE AS PER
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU KNOW FIREFIGHTERS ARE
EXPOSED TO DIESEL EXHAUST BOTH
IN THE STATION AS THE EQUIPMENT
STARTS UP AND LEAVES AND ENTERS
THE STATION.
AND IN THE FIELD AS THE
EQUIPMENT IS IDOLING.
UNIQUE TO MANY FIREFIGHTERS IS
THAT THEY BOTH WORK AND LIVE IN
THE FIRE STATION SOMETIMES FOR
PERIODS OF TWENTY FOUR FORTY
EIGHT HOURS LONGER.
WHICH INCREASES THE POTENTIAL
DURATION OF EXPOSURE OVERALL
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DIESEL
PARTICULATE MATTER.
FINALLY THE BILL MANDATES THAT
THE COMMISSION ON HEALTH AND
SAFETY AND WORKERS COMPENSATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY
OF LA WILL SUBMIT A STUDY ON THE
EXPOSURE IN CANCER RISK A FIRE
FIGHTER MECHANICS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY VISIT
WITH LA FIRE SERVICE EMPLOYEES
WHO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
THE FIRE SERVICE VEHICLES
[inaudible]
I'M WAS [inaudible]
HEART RENDERING.
AND AND SO BRING TO SEE THE WORK
THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.
AND WATCHING THEM TELL ME THAT
THE WAY THAT THEY DECONTAMINATE
YOU KNOW IS BY TAKING THEIR
CLOTHES ON WITH THEM AND
WATCHING THEM IN THE WASHING
MACHINE THE SAME WASHING MACHINE
THAT THEY'RE USING TO WASH THEIR
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES.
I'M AND THE USING A MASK THAT
ANYONE OF US CAN BUY AT HOME
DEPOT OR LOWES I'M TO KEEP OUT
THE PARTICULAR MATTER -- SO WITH
THAT I WILL -- ALLOW GEHRY
HODGES -- I FIRE EQUIPMENT
MECHANIC FROM LA COUNTY -- TO
SPEAK ON THIS BILL AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK.
THANK YOU -- CHEERING ME FOR
BEING ABLE TO HEAR.
PEOPLE IN MY JOHN TODAY.
WE'VE WRITTEN.
WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THE FIRE
APPARATUS IS SERVICE THAT'S THE
HELICOPTERS FIRE TRUCKS AND
EVERY APPARATUS AS PART OF THEIR
OF PART OF THE PROCESS OF DOING
OUR JOB.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY EXPOSED ON A
DAILY BASIS TO THE CARCINOGENS
AND THE UNKNOWN MATERIAL THAT
THE FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY.
ARE PRESENTED WITH.
THE ISSUE THAT WE COME ACROSS IS
THOUGH THAT WHEN A FIRE. ONE
FIREFIGHTER GOES TO A AND AN
INCIDENT THEY HAVE THEIR PROCESS
WHEN THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THAT
WANT ONE CARCINOGEN OR THAT
EXPOSURE LIMIT.
WHEN WE SEE THE APPARATUS EVEN
IF THE FIRE SHOP THAT?
FIRE APPARATUS MIGHT BE OUT ON
FIFTY DIFFERENT FIRES SO THERE'S
A LAYER OF DIFFERENT EXPOSED --
KRISTIN ENGINES THAT WERE
EXPOSED TO ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PREVENTIVE
MEASURE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO
DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE -- ONE
NINETEEN DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE THE
SELLING ARMS WORK HEARING OUR
VOICE AND THIS COMMITTEE AND
SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL
COME OUT AND CREATE A STANDARD.
THAT WAY CAL OSHA CAN BE
INVOLVED THAT THERE BE SOME KIND
OF PRESIDENT THAT WOULD BE SET
FORTH.
TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MITIGATE
SOME OF THESE EXPOSURES I WITH
THE PEOPLE IN OUR A BARGAINING
UNIT ARE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOT UNIONIZED.
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE.
REJECTED.
ULTIMATELY WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE
TO COME DOWN WITH CANCER THAT'S
THE WHOLE PREMISE BEHIND THAT.
BY AND WE JUST ARE SO GRATEFUL
FOR THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE
ACTUALLY HEARING US IN TAKING OF
OUR COSTS [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
THIS CHAIR MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK -- THE
ASSEMBLY WOMAN FOR TAKING ON
THIS VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT ALSO PLEASE
IDENTIFY.
MY NAME IS BRIAN AUSTIN WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE --
COUNTY EMPLOYEES THANK YOU SIR.
FOR THE RECORD.
I I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK
THE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
AND STAFF ARE FOR BEING WILLING
TO WORK WITH S ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION --
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
CHAIR ARE FOR ME WILL THE JOINT
ON AS A CO AUTHOR AND FOR THIS
COMMITTEE -- FOR TO COMMITTING
TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US TO
REFINE.
ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP -- AND
IN A ROOM AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
THIS BILL TO LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
I JUST QUICKLY -- THE LANGUAGE
AND A. B. FOURTEEN HUNDRED AS
OUTLINED BY THE THE ASSEMBLY
WOMAN AS WELL AS MISTER HAJJ
REFLECTS THE PROGRESS IS MADE.
BY THIS LEGISLATION THIS
LEGISLATIVE SESSION A FORMAL
LETTER SLATER'S ABOUT THE
HAZARDOUS WORKING CONDITIONS
THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE GOING
THROUGH IN THESE SITUATIONS --
THESE OFTEN OVERLOOK CIVILIAN
FAR MECHANIC SUPPORT OUR
FIREFIGHTERS THIS BEEN SAID --
WITH DEVASTATING WILDFIRES
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY GETTING
BIGGER AND DEADLIER EVERY EVERY
YEAR -- WE THINK THIS REPRESENTS
A RESPONSIBLE COMMITMENT TO
PROACTIVELY MITIGATING EXPOSURE
TO THE WHAT WE KNOW ARE KNOWN
CARCINOGENS -- THEN CARCINOGENIC
MATERIAL RESULTING FROM
FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS THAT
GETS ON THE MATERIAL ON THE
VEHICLES THAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS
USE.
AND ARE LEFT -- FOR OUR FARM
MECHANICS AND LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO TO HANDLE -- AS
MENTIONED BY THE AUTHORITY OF
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE TAKEN
ON JULY SECOND -- TAKE -- SOME
VERY CRITICAL STEPS IN MOVING
FORWARD IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS
GOAL THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS A
CRITICAL -- BEFORE JANUARY FIRST
TO ENSURE THE MECHANICS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING.
AND REPAIRING FIREFIGHTERS
FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT OF
VEHICLES -- EITHER AT AN ACT THE
FAR SIDE OR IN THEIR REPAIR
STATIONS RECEIVE.
APPROPRIATE IN SAFETY.
AFFECT THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT --
SECONDLY THE PERMIT REGULATIONS
THIS BILL SEEKS TO ADOPT BY
TWENTY TWENTY ONE WELL TAKEN PER --
PORTS THAT WE BELIEVE AND
ENSURING THAT THE REPAIR
STATIONS THAT THESE WORKERS MOVE
FORTY PLUS HOURS A WEEK AND ARE
SAFE.
MORE HOSPITAL WORKING MORE
HOSPITABLE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
FOR THESE WORKERS -- AND WE
BELIEVE THAT INCLUDES THE FOR
THE PROPER EQUIPMENT THINGS LIKE --
PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT TO
EVACUATE KNOWN CARCINOGENS LIKE
DIESEL EXHAUST ARE THE
PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT THIS
MENTION OF THESE ARE CRITICAL
STEPS WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
ALSO.
WHAT WE ARE MOVING THIS
CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION'S
OUR STANDARDS FOR PROTECTIVE
GEAR?
THIS WELL AND FINALLY BY
REQUIRING THE COMMISSION ON
HEALTHY ON HEALTH SAFETY OF
WORKERS COMPENSATION TO CONDUCT
THE STUDY OF REPAIR SITES -- IN
CONJUNCTION WITH LA COUNTY --
AND WITH OUR APPS MUTE THE THE
THE THE UNION REPRESENTING THE
WORKERS.
ARE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS --
OPERATIONS OF APPROACH -- TO
COLLECT THE DATA THAT'S
NECESSARY TO BEGAN TO CONTINUE
TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW WE
PROPOSE GOOD POLICY
PRESCRIPTIONS TO MITIGATE
EXPOSURE AD PROVIDE.
COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO TRULY
DO NEED IT -- SO FOR ON BEHALF
OF THE NINETEEN MEMBERS WHO.
OF COME DOWN IN THE SIXTY PERSON
UNIT IN LA COUNTY -- WITH CANCER
THAT IS LINKED. TO OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE -- WE THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS
BILL AND WE WOULD --
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR APPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHERS IN
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN VERS
MITCH SNIDER WITH CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION ALSO IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR HARRY WONG LA
COUNTY FIRE MECHANIC I SUPPORT
SMOKING VERY MUCH WE TO ONE OF
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT IS THERE
ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION.
I WOULD HOPE NOT -- BUT THANK
YOU BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE YES.
THANK YOU AND I WANNA THANK YOU
SIMILAR -- CAM MODOC FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD I TO HAD
THE CHANCE TO HEAR SOME STORIES
FROM THE FIREMAN CAN'T ACCESS
AND CERTAINLY THE PHYSICIAN WAS
HEARING ABOUT.
IN THE MASTER TALKING ABOUT WILL
NOT PROTECT THEM AGAINST THE
TYPES OF EXPOSUES THAT --
THEY'VE GOT SO YEAH I KNOW YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE CLOTHES BEING
WASHED AT HOME AND SO FORTH THEY
NEED THESE PROTECTIONS.
AND SO I A CERTAINLY BEEN VERY
STRONG SUPPORT THIS BILL I MOVE
THAT THE PROGRAM TIME THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THE FLU.
OTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS SHEEN
NONE OF THE ADMIN I AGREE THAT
THE TESTING THE COMMENTS SO WE
HEARD AND IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD
WAS SO COMPELLING.
AND REALLY IDENTIFIED A
POTENTIAL PROBLEM IT SEEMS THAT
THERE OF AB ONE BUT THERE WAS
REALLY NO.
MECHANISM IN PLACE TO PROTECT
THOSE WORKERS GOING FORWARD.
OR TODAY OR TOMORROW WHEN
THEY'RE WHEREVER IT IS WHETHER
AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE EVEN IN
THE STATION WORKING ON EQUIPMENT --
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR
THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE
TAKING THE DOWN SO I I IT TOO
EXCELLENT BILL.
AND I APPRECIATE THE THE
CONVERSATION IS BEING ABLE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION THAT GOING FORWARD AND
IT'S WONDERFUL AND BE REALLY
HAPPY TO BE AT A CO AUTHOR OF
THAT AS WELL SO THANK YOU WE DO
HAVE A MOTION FROM US SENATOR
PAN WOULD.
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE ASSEMBLYMEMBER
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND YOU MISTER CHAIR
AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING WITH
US TO MAKE THIS BILL STRONGER
AND BETTER YOU KNOW THE MAN IN
THIS UNIT.
TRIED FOR YEARS TO ACTUALLY GET
FOLKS TO COME IN AND HELP DO A
STUDY.
AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY PLACE
TO CALL.
THEY WERE DENIED THEY SAID WE
ARE NOT COMING OUT BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO EVEN RISK HAVING
OUR STAFF -- CONTRACTS SOMETHING --
AND SO THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW
YOU HOW IMPORTANT -- THIS IS AN
AND HOW UNDER SUCH GREAT
CONDITIONS THEY WORK REALLY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING
US SAFE -- SO WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THIS IS ITEM
NUMBER FIVE BE BEFORE THREE
HUNDRED PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR HILL HI.
BILL I MORAL.
JACKSON JACKSON AYE MITCHELL.
PAN.
GOOD THANK YOU THREE VOTES WILL
HOLD WILL OPEN THE OPTION
MEMBERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL GO BACK TO THE TOP.
ON THE WAY TO WE WILL GO THROUGH
THE THE ROLE OF YOU WITH ITEM
NUMBER.
ONE EIGHTY FIVE OKAY WE WILL
START WITH ITEM NUMBER -- TWO AB
TH THIRTY FIVE OF PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS. TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR MORALE
[inaudible]
HELLO MITCHELL.
THE BILL SO IT'S THREE VOTES
WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN -- ITEM
NUMBER THREE AB ONE SEVENTY ONE
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR MORAL.
MORRELL NO.
MITCHELL.
AND THE HISTORY BOOKS WILL HOLD
THE ROLE OPEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR
AB [inaudible]
TEN THANK YOU.
PERIOD SO -- WILL HOLD THE ROLE
OPEN THEIR FOR THE AFTER MEMBERS
AS WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO YOU WANT ME TO DO.
NUMBER.
SIX THREE THAT WAS NUMBER
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SIX OKAY. TO REVIEW ALL OF THEM
EVERYONE'S HERE WHO'S HERE NOW
FOR ITEM NUMBER.
FIVE SHOWS YOU I WANT TO ITEM
NUMBER.
SIX I REMEMBER SICK YOU DID -- I
GOT YOU NEED YES.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX A.
B. SIXTEEN EIGHTY ONE PLEASE
COLLECTIONS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR JACKSON'S.
JACK I AM MITCHELL [inaudible]
THANK YOU.
IT'S A BUSY.
ONE THANK YOU SENATOR
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WHAT?
WE WILL NOW COLD THE ABSENT
MEMBERS -- ITEM NUMBER ONE
EIGHTY FIVE PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE.
THE BILL HAS FOR VOTE IT IS OUT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO A. B. THIRTY
FIVE WHICH WILL HAVE TO MEMBERS
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR MITCHELL.
MITCHELL THE BILL IS OUT.
A NUMBER THREE AB ONE SEVENTY
ONE PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS QUESTION IS DO PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR MITCHELL.
MITCHELL.
I WAS OUT.
WITH A ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOUR SB
TEN SIXTY SIX PLEASE CALL THE
ESTIMATES THE MOTION IS TO PASS
YOUR PREPARATION SENATOR
MITCHELL.
MITCHELL IN THE BILL IS OUT I
REMEMBER FIVE A. B. FOURTEEN
HUNDRED PLEASE CALL THE AFTER
MEMBER MOTION IS THE PAST TO
APPROPRIATIONS