THANK ON BUSINESS PROFESSIONS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL
COME TO ORDER GOOD AFTERNOON
ACTUALLY THIS AFTERNOON WE
CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE OR WORSE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT THE PARTICIPANT
NUMBER IS. 877-226-8216 AND THE
ACCESS CODE IS. 621-716-1621
SEVEN ONE SIX ONE. WE'RE HOLDING
OUR COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY AND
R. TEN TWENTY ONE- STREET
LOCATION I ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS
OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT TO ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM AND BEGIN
OUR HEARING. WE HAVE SEVEN BILLS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA AT THE REQUEST
OF THE AUTHOR FILE ITEM NUMBER
FOR SENATE BILL FOR EIGHTEEN HAS
BEEN PUT OVER. THERE ARE TWO
MEASURES PROPOSED FOR CONSENT
FILE ITEMS NUMBER FIVE SENATE
BILL EIGHT ZERO TWO AND SEVEN
SENATE BILL EIGHT ONE EIGHT. WE
WILL HOLD OFF TRYING TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM UNTIL WE HAVE
A FEW MORE MEMBERS REPORT TO THE
HEARING ROOM AT THIS POINT WE
WILL START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND
OUR FIRST ITEM IS FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE. SENATOR BRADFORD.
PROCEED WHEN READY. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS. I'M HERE
TO PRESENT. SB FIFTY ONE WHICH
WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT
OF CANNABIS CONTROL TO ISSUE
PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR LOCAL
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT
LICENSEES FOR CANNABIS RETAIL
ACTIVITY FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS
THE BILL AUTHORIZES DCC.
ANNUALLY RENEWED THE PROVISIONAL
LICENSE UNTIL IT ISSUES OR
DENIES A PROVISIONAL LICENSEE
ANNUALS LICENSE OR UP UNTIL FIVE
YEARS FROM THE DATE THE
PROVISIONAL LICENSE WAS
ORIGINALLY ISSUED WHICH EVER IS
EARLIER. IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION SIX
SIXTY FOUR WHICH AUTHORIZES THE
LICENSURE SALE AND REGULATION OF
CANNABIS FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL
ADULT USE AND MEDICAL USE. IN
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THE STATE
BEGAN ISSUING PROVISIONAL
LICENSE TO GENERAL APPLICANTS
THAT ALLOW BUSINESSES TO BEGIN
OPERATIONS WHILE THEY WORKED
TOWARD FULFILLING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF AN ANNUAL
LICENSE ISSUED BY THE STATE AND
AS WE ALL KNOW IT'S VERY
CUMBERSOME CONFERENCE. THIS GAVE
GENERAL APPLICANTS A FIVE YEAR
PERIOD TO OPERATE THEIR
BUSINESSES WHILE THEY PREPARED
TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL. ANNUAL
LICENSURE IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS ACT
EQUITY ACT SB TWELVE NINETY FOUR
WHICH I AUTHOR AUTHORED- WHICH
IS FUN WHO IS FINDING I SHOULD
SAY FOR GRANTS TO LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO ESTABLISH
PROGRAMS TO ASSIST. LOCAL SOCIAL
EQUITY APPLICANTS IN THE GET THE
NAVIGATING THE LOCAL LICENSING.
OUR PROGRAM TO SUCCESSFULLY
OPERATE IN THE STATE REGULATED
CANNABIS MARKET PLACE SCHOECK
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS INCLUDE
PERSONS THAT WERE JUST
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
THE WAR ON DRUGS SPECIFICALLY AS
IT RELATES TO CANNABIS
PROHIBITION. MANY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE NOW PREPARING TO
LAUNCH THEIR OWN SOCIAL EQUITY
LICENSING. PROGRAMS AT THE SAME
TIME THE AUTHORIZATION OF A
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS. FOR
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS TO
APPLY FOR PROVISIONAL LICENSE
WILL EXPIRE. THIS MARCH THIRTY
FIRST OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE. TO
COMPLICATE MATTERS FURTHER THE
DEPARTMENT CANNOT ISSUE
PROVISIONAL LICENSES. AFTER JUNE
OF THIS YEAR AND ALL PROVISIONAL
LICENSES WILL EXPIRE ON JANUARY
ONE OF TWENTY TWENTY SIX THIS
MARCH DEADLINE IS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE FOR NEW
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS BECAUSE
OF THE MANY TIME CONSUMING
CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL
APPROVAL. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE
ACCESS TO CAPITAL TECH GROUP
TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT LICENSING FEES DOT
APPLICATION PROCESSING DELAYS
PROSENJIT DELAYS FROM LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS. AND JUST PICK THE
EVEN COMPLYING WITH SYKORA-
REQUIREMENTS CALIFORNIA CANNABIS
LICENSE PROGRAM IS A DUAL
LICENSE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRES. A
STATE AS WELL AS A LOCAL LICENSE
IN ORDER TO OPERATE A
PROVISIONAL LICENSE ALLOWS THE
LICENSEES TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS
WHILE THEY ARE STILL MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS TO ATTAIN A
PROVISIONAL LICENSE. THE GOAL OF
SB FIFTY ONE IST AUTHORIZED
DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL
TO ISSUE PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR
LOCAL CANNABIS EQUITY APPLICANTS
FOR RETAIL ACTIVITY FOR UP TO
FIVE YEARS PROVIDING SOCIAL
EQUITY. A LICENSEE THE SAME
RUNWAY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE
GENERAL. APPLICANTS IN THE
BEGINNING OF THIS LEGAL PROBLEM
MARKET. ARE HERE TODAY TO
TESTIFY ON BEHALF OKAY WE HAVE-
HE COULD KEITH REPRESENTING THE
SOCIAL EQUITY WORKERS OWNERS
ASSOCIATION AND- HE'LL- ELIANA
GREEN REPRESENTING HOOD
INCUBATOR I SEE BOTH OF THEM
HERE SO. COME FOR PLAYERS. AT
THE PROPER TIME I READ. ASK FOR
A VOTE. THANK YOU PLEASE STEP
FORWARD. TO THE MICROPHONE. NAME
AND AFFILIATION PLEASE CERTAINLY
. MY NAME IS QI COULD. I AM THE
PROUD OWNER OF GUERRILLA R. X.
ONE THE SCOPE THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN OWNED SOCIAL EQUITY
DISPENSING LOS ANGELES. AND
PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIAL EQUITY
ON ISM WORKERS ASSOCIATION CO
SPONSORS OF THIS BILL. WE ARE
NONPROFIT SOLELY OPERATED BY
SOCIAL EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS. WE
ARE COMMITTED TO FAIRNESS
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IN THE
FORMULATION OF PUBLIC POLICY.
AND OVERSIGHT OF INSTITUTION
SERVING DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. I'M HERE BEFORE YOU
TODAY AS A DRUG WAR SURVIVOR A
SINGLE MOTHER THREE BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTERS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL LOS
ANGELES. WHO'S TAUGHT BY MY
PARENTS TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN
TO BE A VOICE OF THE VOICELESS.
MY TESTIMONY TODAY JOHNSON BOTH
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND MY
ENGAGEMENT WITH THOUSANDS OF
ASPIRING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES
FROM CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. I
AM FOR THE COMMITTEE TO FIRST
RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORICAL
INJUSTICES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS.
WHICH WAS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION
OF INTENTIONAL RACISM FOR SOME
POLICIES. WE USE THE TERM
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND
ONE JUDGES IF ITS TERMINOLOGY.
FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
WE LIVE EACH AND EVERY DAY AS
WITNESSES TO THE TRAUMA AND THE
COLLATERAL DAMAGES. THE BROKE
FAMILIES HORSEMEN ARE BABIES AND
THAT THE FOR THE LOWEST RUNG OF
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES. WHAT DO I
MEAN WHEN I SAY
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED. LOS
ANGELES BY PEOPLE REPRESENT ONLY
8% OF THE POPULATION BUT A 740%
OF THE ARRESTS. IN OAKLAND WE
REPRESENT 70% OF THE REST
DESPITE MAKING UP ONLY 30% OF
THE POPULATION AND EVEN RIGHT
HERE IN OUR STATE CAPITOL. TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE TO TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN. AFRICAN AMERICANS
REPRESENT A 43% OF THE ARRESTS.
WILL COMPRISE IN ONLY 15% OF
SACRAMENTO'S POPULATION. THESE
ARE THE POPULATION THE PEOPLE
WHO INTENDED TO BENEFIT FROM
SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. THE BILL
SENATORS ARE PROVIDED A SMALL
SAMPLING- I'M SURE YOU'LL BE
RECEIVING THAT SHORTLY. OF A
MULTITUDE OF DECLARATIONS WE
RECEIVE FROM DRUG WAR SURVIVORS.
SOCIAL EQUITY WE TELL APPLICANTS
WHO HAVE FAITH IN HIM AND
HARDSHIPS BARRIERS AND DELAYS AT
THE HAND OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS
OF THE LAW. SENATORS I BESEECH
YOU. READ THESE PROFOUND STORIES
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SINGULAR.
THESE ARE STORIES THAT ARE NOT
THE EXCEPTION. THIS IS THE
NARRATIVE OF A STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR BLACK AND BROWN
CALIFORNIANS THAT WOULD
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
FAILED DRUG POLICIES. MANY LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS INCLUDING MY OWN
SET OF SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICATION
PROCESS LONG AFTER GENERAL
OPERATORS HADDOCK HAD ENTERED
INTO THE MARKET. WHICH WOULD
SOCIAL EQUITY OPERATORS LIKE
MYSELF. AT A CLEAR DISADVANTAGE.
NUMEROUS LOCAL AGENCIES HANDLING
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICATIONS BASED
PROBLEMS LIKE NOT HAVING ENOUGH
STAFF. FOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS
AND ADMINISTRATIVE DELAYS. LA
BEGIN AROUND AS CANNABIS FULL
STRUCK WITH HIM LICENSING. AND
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN WE
COOK QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE
PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO FAIL
THERE WAS NO BUDGET NO TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE NO EDUCATION. NO
ACCESS TO CAPITAL. WE HAVE TO
HAVE A PROPERTY TO APPLY. IN
MARCH OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN I
WOULD LEAST MY RETAIL LOCATION
ON CRENSHAW BOULEVARD FOR
FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A
MONTH. FOR A VACANT BUILDING NOW
REMEMBER WE HAD TO BE LOW INCOME
TO APPLY. WE WERE SET UP FOR
PREDATORY INVESTORS WOULD NOT
ESTABLISH EQUITY SHARE
GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS NO
ACCESS TO BANKING NO ACCESS TO
GRANTS A FEEDER FOR ALL THAT
WERE PROMISE. WE WERE FOUND TO
THE WAS WITH NO LEGAL ASSISTANCE
ARE OVERSIGHT A SHARECROPPER
AGREEMENTS. AND DESPITE BUDGET
ALLOCATION FOR THE SOCIAL. HOURS
AND SAY GRANTS AND TOOK OVER
SEVEN HUNDRED DAYS BEFORE EQUITY
APPLICANTS COULD APPLY FOR A
MINIMUM OF THIRTY THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. PENNIES COMPARED TO THE
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. IN RENT WILL OUR
EXPENSE HOLDING ARE VACANT
PROPERTY FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS. NOW MULTIPLY THAT TIMES
THE HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL EQUITY
APPLICANTS WHO IN MY SAME
POSITION MILLION THE DOLLARS
WERE LOST BUREAUCRATIC DELAYS
AND MY STORY IS NOT AN
EXCEPTION. WE BELIEVE ENTERED
THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY WITH THE
TRUTH OPPORTUNITY FOR
GENERATIONAL WELL. REBUILD OUR
COMMUNITIES IN THE GOVERNOR
NEWSOM SAID RIGHT THE WRONGS OF
THE WAR ON DRUGS. WE DEPENDED
AND WE LISTEN TO THE WORD THAT
WAS SPREADING THAT WAS ACTUALLY
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED. THE
DRESS TO DISPARITIES IN EQUITIES
THAT EXISTED IN THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE CAMPUS EQUITY AT THE TWO
THOUSAND. EIGHTEEN SB TWELVE
NINETY FOUR ACTUALLY WAS WRITTEN
TO HELP US OVERCOME BARRIERS TO
ENTRY. WELL I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
I BEAR WITNESS TO THE FAILURE OF
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HERE TO
THE LETTER OF THE LAW
ADMINISTERING FAIRNESS EQUITY
AND INCLUSIVENESS. MEDIUM STORY
AND THIS PACKAGE. ABOUT THREE
YEARS HE RENTED EMPTY STOREFRONT
LOST TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS WAITING THROUGH DELAY
AFTER DELAY ONLY TO HAVE A
DAYCARE OPEN ON THE BLOCK.
MAKING HIS COMPLIANT PROPERTY
NON COMPLIANT. THANK YOU TIME
FILLING A PLANE. OF KALINA AND-
ANGELA IS PREDATORY IN. ABANDON
THEM AND- OTHERS EQUITY RETAIL.
AT FINISH LINE LET THAN NINE
MONTHS AGO. WITH NO PROPERTY AND
DEBT FOR ITS THEM TO START ALL
OVER. AT INVESTING THEIR GRANT
MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVE. AND
YEARS OF THEIR TIME AND LABOR WE
ARE EXHAUSTED FROM FIGHTING HIM.
MY TIME AT WELL IT'S BEEN FIVE
MINUTES OKAY I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP I WILL BE
HAVE I THINK WE HAVE IS ONE OR
BEHIND YOU ALL RIGHT AND HER
TIME IS NOW. ABOUT THREE MINUTES
OKAY I DON'T HAVE IT UP AND THEN
I HAVE SOME OTHERS I'M SURE IN
THE ROOM WHO WILL NEED TO TALK
TO ALL RIGHT- KNOWLEDGE AS
THAT'S OKAY I HATE THAT WE HAVE
TO TELL ARE FIVE YEARS IN FIVE
MINUTES. NO I UNDERSTAND- BUT WE
DID A FIVE AND A HALF HOURS WITH
ME I UNDERSTAND- IT TOOK ME
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY THIRTEEN
HUNDRED FORTY DAYS OPEN MY
STORE. IN THERE PLENTY OF US
HUNDREDS BEHIND ME. THEY HAVE
THE LICENSE AN OPPORTUNITY
CANNOT OPEN THEIR DOORS. AND
LONG BEACH SAN JOSE L. A. COUNTY
THEY'RE ALL OPENING UP RETAIL
STORES THE GENERAL OPERATORS
HAVE FIVE YEARS. WITH A
PROVISIONAL LICENSE. NOW THE
SOCIAL EQUITY FINALLY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY WITH THEIR RETAIL
LICENSE WERE ASKING FOR THAT
SAME RUNWAY PLEASE SUPPORT. SB
FIFTY ONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MA'AM. AND TRY TO KEEP IT. THE
MINUTES YES. I GOT YOU ON THE
CLOCK. APOLOGIZE GOOD AFTERNOON
SENATORS MONEY IS ELLIE GREEN
THE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN OUR INTEREST AT
THE TOURNEY AT THE HOOD
INCUBATOR. AT THE HOOD INCUBATOR
WE EMPOWER DRUG WAR SURVIVORS IN
THE DRUG WAR BY TWENTY FORTY. TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARA
BUILDING A POLICY ON ADVOCACY WE
ALSO FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT
CANNABIS RELATED LAW THE
POLICIES ARE AT GLOBAL INTRO
COURSE VIBER FRIENDLY WHILE
DRESSING IN PREVENTING FUTURE
DISPARITIES. WE'RE PROUD CO
SPONSOR OF SENATE BILL FIFTY
ONE. AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE BILL
FIFTY ONE WHICH THIS BEFORE YOU
TODAY WE MUST KEEP IN MIND THE
SPIRIT OF PROPOSITION SIXTY
FOUR. AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF
THE CANNABIS EQUITY ACT OF TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. PROP SIXTY
FOUR WAS PASSED IN PART TO
REDUCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY INTO
THE LEGAL REGULATED CANNABIS
MARKET. AND THE CANNABIS EQUITY
ACT INTENDED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE
TO THOSE MOST HARMED BY CANNABIS
CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY.
MAKING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE'S
POPULATION. THESE TWO PIECES OF
THE ALREADY SHOULD SERVE. AS A
GUIDE FOR ACTIONS TODAY. AT AS
WE MOVE FOR IN OUR DISK TODAY
WANT TO DO BE REPAIRED. BANK
WILL PASSING THROUGH BILL FIFTY
ONE HELP FULFILL. THE SPIRIT LA
. IN OF BOTH PROPERTIES FOUR IN
CANNABIS EQUITY. OR IN CONTRAST
WILL INACTION HEIGHTEN BARRIERS
FOR THOSE MOST HARMED BY CANDACE
. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS
EIGHTEEN SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAMS
HAVE ROLLED OUT THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. IN IN JUST THE LAST TWO
GREAT YEARS AN ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
AN ADDITIONAL THIRTEEN LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS HAVE APPLIED FOR
FUNDING TO START DEVELOPING
THEIR EQUITY PROGRAMS. BUT
AREN'T QUITE READY TO LAUNCH
THIS MEANS ONLY ABOUT HALF OF
THE JURISDICTIONS HAVE SHOWN
INTEREST IN DEVELOPING A SOCIAL
EQUITY HAVE ACTUALLY LOST LAUNCH
THEIR PROGRAMS. SO AS A KEY
COULD MENTION IN HER TESTIMONY
THE STATE ISSUES TWO FIVE TO
LICENSE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE IN
THE ANNUAL LICENSE. WITH THE
PROVISIONAL LICENSE BEING A
TEMPORARY FORM OF APPROVAL AND
SO YOU CAN GET THE FULL
COMPLIANCE. WITHOUT SENATE BILL
FIFTY ONE FORTHCOMING SOCIAL
EQUITY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL
NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BENEFIT FROM THE PRIVILEGES. OF
A PROVISIONAL LICENSE AS THEY
WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME. TO
QUALIFY FOR THEIR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS BY THIS FRIDAY.
BECAUSE THE KEY COULD DESCRIBE
IN DEPTH THERE'S SO MANY TIME
CONSUMING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED
WITH LOCAL APPROVAL. THE
BENEFITS OF A PROVISIONAL
LICENSE INCLUDE LARA REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS A LESS RESTRICTIVE
RUNWAY TO LAUNCH AND GROW A
BUSINESS. THE DIFFICULTY LOWER
EXPENSES AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION. AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME COMPLIANT
WITH ALL THE ROAD. RELEVANT
SAFETY ISSUES OF YOUR BUILDING
LAST THE EARNING REVENUE. SO
WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW
SET OF THIRTEEN JURISDICTIONS
PREPARE TO ROLL UP THEIR SOCIAL
EQUITY PROGRAM. BUT IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN BEFORE THE
EQUITY PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE THE
STATE BEGAN ISSUING. ISSUING
PROVISIONAL LICENSES THE GENERAL
APPLICANTS UNTIL JUST LAST YEAR.
BUT GENERAL APPLICANTS WERE ABLE
TO LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE TO GAIN
SEVERAL EXTENSIONS AND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISIONAL
LICENSING SCHEME THAT WE SEE
TODAY. AS COVERED IN YOUR
BACKGROUND PACKET. THIS
ULTIMATELY GAVE GENERAL
APPLICANTS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO
GET THE FULL BUSINESS
OPERATIONS. AS THEY APPLY FOR IN
CAME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
RULES FOR ANNUAL LICENSE. SO WE
HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES. WHAT IT
ACTUALLY BE EQUITABLE TO
EFFECTIVELY CHANGE THE ROLE OF
THE PATHWAY FOR OBTAINING A
LICENSE. NOW THAT BOTH IMPACTED
BY PROHIBITION ARE FINALLY ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE. WELL LET'S TALK
ABOUT WHAT EQUITY IN THE MEAN
THAT THIS FREE. CONFUSE WOULD
REQUIRE. EQUALITY MEANS EACH
INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF PEOPLE
GIVEN THE SAME RESOURCES OR
OPPORTUNITIES. EQUITY ON THE
OTHER HAND RECOGNIZE THAT EACH
PERSON HAS DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALLOCATE THE
EXACT RESOURCES AND
OPPORTUNITIES NEEDED TO REACH AN
EQUAL OUTCOME. SO IN EQUITY A
CANNABIS EQUITY PROGRAM SHOULD
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OPERATE IS
IMPACTED BY CANNABIS
PROHIBITION. MAY NEED DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF SUPPORT TO ACHIEVING
EQUAL OUTCOME WITH THE GENERAL
OPERATING YEARS. BUT IN THIS
INSTANCE BY ELIMINATING THE
POSSIBILITY FOR FORTHCOMING
SOCIAL EQUITY OPERATES TO HAVE A
PROVISIONAL LICENSE. WE'RE NOT
ONLY ROBBING THEM OF EQUITY BUT
WE ARE EVEN OFFERING THEM AN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN COMPARISON
TO THEIR PEERS. IN CONCLUSION.
PASSING SENATE BILL FIFTY ONE IS
ESSENTIAL TO FULFILLING THE
SPIRIT AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF
BOTH PROP SIXTY FOUR IN THE
CANNABIS EQUITY ACT. WILL MAKE
IT EASIER FOR DRUG WAR SURVIVORS
TO INTO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.
AND PREVENT THE HIDING OF
BERRIES FOR THOSE MOST HARMED BY
CANNABIS CRIMINALIZATION. THANK
YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR
PERSPECTIVE AND WE URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES ON. ONE THOUSAND. YEAH
THANK YOU. WELL IT'S MOVED ANY
OTHER WITH. HERE IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED YOU WOULD LIKE TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF SENATE
BILL FIFTY ONE. LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE. I
WANT YOUR NAME. I WANT YOUR
AFFILIATION AND I WANT YOU TO
TELL ME YOU EITHER SUPPORT OR
OPPOSE THE BILL. THAT'S IT
THAT'S IT. EXCELLENT I CAN DO
THAT. THANK YOU I'M KAREN WITH
FRIENDS OR IF CUBA CONVICTIONS
AND GIVE US HOUSING SERVICE AND
WE SUPPORT SB FIFTY ONE. THANK
YOU EXCELLENT. X. GOOD MORNING
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS AMY JENKINS
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IN
STRONG SUPPORT PERFECT. NEXT
PLEASE I LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA CANNABIS
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU NEXT. ROBUST
GUM HALF THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU SIR.
THANKS PLEASE. WEAR A TOP ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
AND SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS KALO FORKS
AND PRESIDENT NOT A CORALLITES
AND CALIFORNIA EQUITY POLICY
COUNCIL IN FULL SUPPORT PERFECT
NEXT PLEASE. PAMELA LOPEZ ON
BEHALF OF. GROUP IN CALIFORNIA
NORMAL IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON WONDERFUL
COMMITTEE MY NAME IS OUT FOR TO
OREGON- ON THE FOUNDER AND CEO
OF SPACEFLIGHT RETAIL DISPENSARY
AND I'M ALSO THE CFO OF SOCIAL
EQUITY OWNERS A WORKERS
ASSOCIATION WERE IN FULL SUPPORT
OF THE BILL THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR COMING NEXT PLEASE WHAT IF
MY NAME IS AMIR GRESHAM. I'M A
NATIVE LOS ANGELENOS- BOARD
MEMBER OF THE SOCIAL EQUITY
OWNERS WORKERS ASSOCIATION AND
WE SUPPORT SB FIFTY ONE THANK
YOU SIR NEXT PLEASE. MORNING MY
NAME IS MIKE SNELL I'M A LOCAL
VETERAN AND MEMBER OF SACRAMENTO
SOCIAL A SOCIAL EQUITY COR
COMMUNITY AND I WILL BE OPENING
A STORE FOR ME TO HEAR
SACRAMENTO AND I'M FULL SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL THANK YOU SIR NEXT
PLEASE. IN A STUDY WHILE TIME
HALF OF THE HOME IN VALLEY.
COMPANY OF VETERAN FOUND IN
FOCUS ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE IN
FULL SUPPORT THANK YOU MA'AM.
NEXT GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SHEILA BERMAN BEHALF OF CARRILLO
EXCELLENCE I'M SUPPORT OF SB
FIFTY. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS KEITH
HOUSING- I'M A CO FOUNDER OF
GUERRILLA ARE EX WELLNESS AND WE
ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF SB FIFTY
ONE PERFECT THANK YOU FOR COMING
NEXT PLEASE. THIS IS YOUR
MEMBERS RANDY MARTIN ON BEHALF
OF THE PARENT COMPANY WHICH IS A
VERY LARGE SOCIAL EQUITY- EFFORT
GOING ON NOW. AND WE'RE SUPPORT
OF THE BILL THANK YOU. NO THAT'S
THE TO DO IT THANK YOU. BUT MOVE
TO ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL FIFTY
ONE OPPOSITION WITNESSES AS YOU
KNOW MUST BE. PRESENT IN THE
HEARING ROOM ANY OPPOSITION
WITNESSES. ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS
IN ROOM TWENTY ONE TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED WISHING TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS MEASURE.
SEEING NONE LET'S MOVE TO THOSE
WITNESSES WERE WISHING TO
TESTIFY VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
ORVIS. ON THE GROUND RULES FOR
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE FOR THOSE
YOU ONLINE OR THE SAME I NEED
YOUR NAME. YOUR AFFILIATION. I
NEED YOU TO SAY WHETHER YOU
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE BILL. YOU
KNOW I'M PRETTY LENIENT DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I CANNOT
AFFORD TO BE TODAY BECAUSE OF
OUR SENATE SCHEDULES SO I INTEND
TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT TO
FIFTEEN MINUTES. SO FOR THOSE OF
YOU ON THE LINE IF YOU TAKE.
VERY LONG YOU'RE CUTTING YOUR
NEIGHBOR OUT OF AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK IN STATE A POSITION. SO
MODERATOR IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
PROMPT ANY INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. TO SENATE BILL FIFTY
ONE WE WILL BEGIN WITH THEM.
THANK YOU AND IT TOLD PLEASE
PRESS ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME
AGAINST ONE ZERO SPEAKING FOR
SCOT A LINE NUMBER CAN PLEASE GO
AHEAD. MISTER CAREY MEMBER
SYLVIA BELIEVES SHOT HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
THIRTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING JOHN. EXECUTOR THE
UNITED CAN THE BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS IN STRONG SUPPORT
AT THE FIFTY ONE THANK THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. NUMBER SEVEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD. I FOR OR- OPPOSES BY
PHONE TO BROAD OF YOU KEEPING.
OUT AND SAYING YOU'RE A LIMIT
COMMON WHEN HE IS JUST BEGUN
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT IRON FISTED
LAWMAKERS. CONTROLLING HEARINGS
. JUST A AN ASIDE SO- BE WELL
BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD SCHEDULE
YOUR HEARING IS A LITTLE BIT
BETTER TO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE
RATHER THAN YOUR OWN ARBITRARY
RULES ABOUT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT
BE INCLUDED IN YOUR PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS
NEXT PLEASE. ONE MOMENT HERE WE
HAD ON. ARE THEY DROPPED HERE I
IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT PLEASE
PRESS. ONE ZERO. AND GIVE ME
YOUR PHONE NUMBER NINE YET. NO
HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME YES PLEASE
YES GO AHEAD PLEASE. YES GOOD
AFTERNOON SENATORS MY NAME IS
YVETTE MCDOWELL AND I AM CHAIR
OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR
ASSOCIATION CANNABIS SECTION AND
WE ARE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF
SB FIFTY ONE. THANK YOU UNTIL
NEXT PLEASE. LINE NUMBER.
FIFTEEN HELLO. PLEASE PROCEED.
HI MALACHI A MAN WITH AND FROM
FOR. AND STRONG SUPPORT FOR AT
THE FIFTY ONE. THANK YOU SIR
NEXT PLEASE. IN NUMBER NINETEEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. GRADING BIG
DANIEL WOULD LIKE BELLAMY GROUP
THAT WELL AS THE RED ARE A AND I
SUPPORTED FIFTY ONE THANK YOU
NEXT. AND NEXT WE'VE GOT. SEVEN-
THAT WOULD MEAN AT LEAST
AGREEING OF LABOR AND I AM- IF
MONTHS YES THEY YOU NEXT PLEASE
. AND ACTIVISTS JUST ABOUT ME
WILL GET A TO PERSON. ALL RIGHT
WE HAVE LINE TWENTY PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME
IS MY ASIA HOCKEY I AM THE CEO
AND CO FOUNDER OF KRISTALLNACHT
TO SPEND HERE AND I IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE
. AND ONE MORE WITH AN OPERATOR
AGAIN ME JUST A MOMENT. AND
WE'VE GOT LINE EIGHTEEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HELLO FINALLY GET.
YOUR OPEN BY NINETEEN MY NAME IS
MICHELLE GROGGY AND I AM THE
EXACT INTERMIX ACTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
REGULATION HERE IN THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES THE
FIRM SUPPORT OF THIS BILL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE
FURTHER IN Q. HERE THANK YOU
MODERATOR NOW LET'S BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES
ON THE DAIS COLLEAGUES ANY
QUESTIONS COMMENTS. THERE WAS- I
APPRECIATE THIS BILL I WILL MOVE
THE ITEM OKAY. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS COMMENTS THIRTY LOW.
UP COMMENT. I IDEA IT DOESN'T
MEAN TO DO WITH IT'S OUT SUPPORT
THE BILL- BUT THE PROBLEM WE
HAVE IS A REGULATORY STRUCTURE
ACTUALLY- CREATED BECAUSE OF THE
COMPLICATIONS OF THE INITIATIVE
ITSELF- THAT IS JUST BASICALLY
DYSFUNCTIONAL. AND- WE WILL
CONTINUALLY HAVE TO- MANIPULATE
OUR APPROACH TO IT- IT WOULD BE
NICE I SUPPOSE WE COULD START
ALL OVER AGAIN BUT IT WAS
INITIATED BY AN INITIATIVE THAT
MAKES IT DIFFICULT BUT- LEARNING
ABOUT THE REGULATORY- CHALLENGES
HERE- IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO
SEE HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL THE SAYS.
THANK YOU CENTER NIELSEN-
ARCHULETA. THANK YOU MISTER AND
LIKE TO THANK- THAT. YOU
AUTHORED THE BILL AND OBVIOUSLY-
ARE SENATOR PRESENTED IT SO.
PROFESSIONALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH
I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TRYING TO
SURVIVE- BUILD THE FAMILY BUILD
WEALTH THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT
YOU CAN'T DO IT. IF YOU CAN OWN
A BUSINESS IF YOU CAN'T OWN YOUR
HOME AND THIS PATHWAY I BELIEVE
WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE UNFAIRNESS
THAT I'VE JUST HEARD. BROWN AND
BLACK CROSS THE BORDER CROSS THE
STATE THE SHAME THAT IT'S TAKEN
SO LONG AND SOME OF THESE THINGS
WERE SET UP TO FAIL NOT TO
SUCCEED AND I'VE HEARD THE
STORIES WHERE YOU HAD THAT
BUILDING RENTED AND YOURS THE
SMALLER BUT I'VE HEARD AS MUCH
AS TEN FIFTEEN AND THIRTY
THOUSAND A MONTH. JUST TO KEEP
THE DOORS OPEN TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAD A BUILDING WHERE YOU
WEREN'T GUARANTEED SO IT'S A
SHAME IT HAPPENED- BUT THIS I
THINK WILL BALANCE IT OUT A
LITTLE BIT AND I SAY A LITTLE
BIT. BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND
I WILL SUPPORT THE BILL AND I
HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO
DO THIS- AND BE INVOLVED THIS
ENTITY LEGALLY. PLEASE WORK WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK WITH THOSE
OFFICIALS IN THE CITY. YOU'VE
GOT TO GET THE THOSE IN THE
LEGAL WAY OF DOING THESE THINGS.
UP FRONT SO THEY CAN JOIN THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKE ME BY
THE COMMUNITY. AND GIVE BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY GOD WILLING THERE
BE SOME WEALTH TO SHARE. AND IF
YOU DO THAT THEN YOU COULD BE IT
IT RAP BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
WHO NEED YOUR HELP. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND I
GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
BUT LET'S BAND TOGETHER TO KEEP
THE BAD GUYS. OUT GOOD LUCK ON
YOUR BUSINESS. THE IT THANK YOU.
COGS IN THE QUESTION. THEY'RE
BRADFORD WITH YOU LIKE TO GO.
THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY-
FROM THE DEBTS BUT ALSO THE
TESTIMONY FROM. THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO ARE FACING THE
CHALLENGES RIGHT. HERE RIGHT NOW
IN REAL TIME. AND I THINK THEY
ARE ELOQUENTLY STATED WHAT WE
FACE AND I AGREE WITH SENATOR
AND NEIL SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE WERE BECAUSE OF AN
INITIATIVE THAT WAS. POORLY
WRITTEN AND- THE DESIRE TO HAVE.
LEGAL CANNABIS WITH A LOT OF RED
TAPE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO LEGALLY
ENTER THE SPACE. I THINK THIS IS
A- SMALL PIECEMEAL APPROACH TO
TRYING TO CORRECT THEM THOSE
WRONGS THAT EXISTS BUT IT'S ONE
THAT YOU NEEDED TO HAPPEN. SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE TODAY THANK YOU THANK YOU
CENTER LET'S ESTABLISH A QUORUM
. IN ORDER RUFF. HERE ROCK HERE
WHEN HERE OF OUR OF GUILT IS IT
. OVER WITH HIM HERE ARE JULY.
ARCHULETA ASH. BECKER HERE BAKER
DODD. DOT EGGMAN. EGGMAN HERE GO
. NAY LOW. YEAR MILLER HERE'S-
CUEVAS YOU'RE WELCOME THIS YEAR
WHY. BOB HERE WILK. WE HAVE A
CORE. SENATE BILL FIFTY ONE HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SEN WILL HAVE THE
MOTION TO PAY TO SEND PER.
PLEASE THE ROLL. RIGHT I ROTH
AYE WHEN. ARABICA HI OVER I
ACTUALLY. ARCHULETA I. BECKER
BAKER I DODD. DODD I. A AYE
GLAZER. NEED I KNEW I SMALL
WOULD I SPOKE WITH HIS ITEM BOB
. BOB I WILK. THE BILL HAS SAID
VOTES HOLD THE MATTER FOR. EPSON
MEMBERS A YOU MISTER MEMBERS
THANK YOU. NEXT UP. SENATE BILL
TWO EIGHTY FOUR CENTER WINNER.
PROCEED WHEN READING. THANK YOU
WITH A RESERVE CHAIR OF A
BLOCKBUSTER BILL TODAY- FOR YOUR
VENDING- SB TWO EIGHTY FOUR-
REQUIRES A PERSON WHO OWNS A
VENDING MACHINE POST- THEIR
TELEPHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS
WE'RE BOTH ON THE MACHINE. AND A
CONSPICUOUS LOCATIONS IN
ADDITION TO THEIR NAME AND
PHYSICAL ADDRESS- THIS WILL COME
FORM THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONS CODE TO OUR TO THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR RIVAL. I
DON'T SEE WHETHER YOU HAVE THE
OF LEAD WITNESSES CENTER NOPE.
OKAY LET'S MOVE TO WITNESSES
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL TWO
EIGHTY FOUR. SEEING NONE LET'S
MOVE TO WITNESSES WHO. I'D LIKE
TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO
SENATE BILL TWO EIGHTY FOR THOSE
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED.
ANY TAKERS SEEING NONE LET'S NOW
MOVE TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
ORVIS MODERATOR FEW PLEASE
PROMPT ANY SUCH. INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL TWO
EIGHTY FOUR WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
WITH THEM. AND PLEASE PRESS ONE
ZERO AT THIS TIME. REALLY NOBODY
IN Q. HERE OKAY THAT'S PERFECT
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD
MOVE THIS BLOCKBUSTER REBEL.
QUESTION THERE ARE OTHER OF
ROBERT GILL I'M NOT SURE TO
BLOCKBUSTER BILL IS SO I BUT-
I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT-
CENTER WE KNOW JUST A QUESTIONS
FOR CLARIFICATION SO THERE'S
ALSO A PORTION OF THE BILL. THAT
TALKS ABOUT- THE VIOLATION OF
PROVISIONS NOT BEING A
MISDEMEANOR I'M TO SAY MORE
ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF YOUR BILL
AND WHY THAT WAS PART OF THE
PACKAGE FOR THE- THE CURRENT LAW
DOES MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR FOR
NOT PUTTING YOUR NAME OR ADDRESS
ON THERE WERE ADDING SOMETHING
MORE ON WERE BUT WE'RE NOT
LOOKING TO CREATE A NEW CRIME-
FOR THAT. SO IT'S A YOU KNOW WE
WANT TO DROP THE HAMMER IF THEY
FORGET TO LEAVE THEIR EMAIL
ADDRESS OFF SO YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR MORE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
TO KIND OF HELP WITH COMPLY
ANSWER WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
IN TERMS TO YOU. YES OKAY RIGHT
AND THEN- CURRENTLY WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THAT.
THESE. THIS INFORMATION IS ON OF
ANY- WELL FOR THE CURRENT TO IT
WOULD IT WOULD BE. OF THAT WOULD
BE DISTRICT ATTORNEY- WOULD DO
IT. SO AB LITERALLY. I DON'T
KNOW IF THERE'S AN EIGHT ABOUT
HAVE THE- TO DO IT YES OKAY
BECAUSE BY RE. THAT I'M
WONDERING WHO WOULD BE OVER NOT
FOR ENFORCING OF. YES I MIGHT
WERE NOT REMOVING FOR THE NAY
ADD FIRST. BY ADDING YOU. WERE
NOT EXTENDING IT TO THOSE NEW
REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT THE BASIC
REGIME IS STILL ENFORCEABLE IN
THE SAME WAY AND IT'S STILL A
MYSTERY TO WE'RE NOT REMOVING
THAT MISTER PAST THANK YOU FOR
THE CLARIFICATION OUT SORRY
ABOUT THAT THANK YOU. THE OTHER
QUESTIONS. THEIR NEW LOW.
SENATOR WIENER THIS BLOCKBUSTER
- IS THIS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU
INTEND TO PURSUE THROUGHOUT THE
UP PROCESS. I MEAN I HAVE
INTRODUCED THIS BILL BEFORE- BUT
AND WE DID NOT. PASS IT INTO LAW
SO WE'LL SEE. BECAUSE I'M NOT
EXACTLY SURE HOW THIS BILL IS
GOING TO END UP ALL THESE THINGS
OFF. THANK CENTERS SIR WINNER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN IRA WE
DO HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY
SENATOR EGGMAN THE MOTION IS TO
PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ROTH HI ROTH I
WENT. OVERALL GUILT NOT VOTING.
ARCHULETA ALL RIGHT ARCHULETA I
ASHLEY. BECKER ALL RIGHT BAKER I
DOT HI DODD AYE AND EGGMAN AYE
GLAZER. HELLO ACCORDING. TO OUR
CREVICE I SMALLER CRAVEN I WILL
HAN I WILL HAVE I WILL. THE BILL
HAS SEVEN VOTE WILL HOLD OPEN
FOR ABSENT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES
THANK YOU SIR. MOVE ON TO SENATE
BILL THREE SEVENTY TWO CENTER
MENJIVAR. RECEIVE AN READY. GOOD
AFTERNOON. HIS TONGUE. GOOD
AFTERNOON EVERYONE A CHERRY
MEMBERS. UP FIRST THANK YOU TO
THE COMMITTEE STOP WORKING WITH
MY TEAM ON THIS BILL SB THREE
CEMENT TOMB. YOU'LL NOTICE TODAY
THAT SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE
WEARING PANTS. INTO SAY TRANS
PEOPLE BELONG IS BECAUSE THIS
WEEK- OUR STATE CAPITOL IS
CELEBRATING. TRANSGENDERS
ABILITY ACTION DAY BECAUSE THIS
FRIDAY IS TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY
DAY. SOME HERE TALK TO YOU ON
BILL THAT IT SITS SO PERFECTLY
TUNED TO BARBARA PRESENTED TODAY
ON THIS SPECIAL WEEK THANK YOU
CHAIR FOR PUTTING IT ON RIGHT
NOW. SB THREE SEVENTY TWO WOULD
WORK TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY AND
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF TRANSGENDER
NON BINARY INDIVIDUALS
CALIFORNIANS BY LIMITING THE USE
OF DEAD NAMES AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSUMER ATTORNEYS. THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER ATTORNEY
LICENSE VARIOUS PROFESSIONALS
FROM MANICURIST TO SOCIAL
WORKERS AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
KNOW WHEN TRANS GENDER NON
BINARY INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OR
COME OUT. THEY MAY CHOOSE TO
LEGALLY CHANGE THEIR NAME AND NO
LONGER USE WHAT'S CALLED THEIR
DAD NAME OR THEIR NAME IS NOT
ASSIGNED AT BIRTH. ON TOP OF
PROTECTING TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUAL NON BINARY PERSON
PERHAPS THERE'S SOMEONE A VICTIM
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT
LEGALLY CHANGES HER NAME FOR
FEAR OF BEING A FOUNDER SO
SOMEONE LEGALLY CHANGES HER NAME
BECAUSE OF MARRIAGE. ALWAYS SETS
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE DOES THE
PART- DEPARTMENTS RETURNEES
HOW'S YOUR- NAME IN THE SYSTEM
THE BREEZY SYSTEM SO WHAT
HAPPENS IS A TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUAL WHO CHANGED THEIR
NAME WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEIR DAY
NAME FOLLOW THEM THROUGHOUT
THEIR CAREER. WHEN I THINK ABOUT
THIS BILL I THINK ABOUT A FRIEND
OF MINE WHEN I WENT TO SOCIAL
WORK SCHOOL- HIS NAME IS JORDAN
. AND WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL TO
BE TRAIN IT TO HELP OTHER
INDIVIDUALS HIS DAD NAME WAS
CONSTANTLY BEING UTILIZED EVEN
IN A PROGRAM THAT WAS MADE TO
HELP OTHERS SO YOU WOULD THINK
IT WOULD BE- IN TUNE TO PROTECT
AND SERVE US. IN A WAY THAT
WOULD BETTER HELP US TO SERVE
OTHERS. I THINK ABOUT HIM HOW
HIS DAY NAME STILL FOLLOWS HIM
NOW AS A LICENSED CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER. WHO HELPS-
TRANSGENDER YOUTH AT CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL LA TODAY. SO THE INTENT
OF THIS BILL IS TO REWRITE SOME
OF THE WRONGS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR
A COUPLE FOR DECADES NOW
TRENCHER THAT PEOPLE GET THEIR
LEGAL LEGAL NAME CHANGE ON THE
BREEZY. ONLINE SYSTEM RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN THAT REFERRING TO A
LICENSE TO USE IN THEIR CHOSEN
NOT NAME. ALSO REDUCES
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND SUICIDAL
IDEATION FOR TRANS PEOPLE AS
WELL. THE BILL WILL NOT CHANGE
ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS AFFILIATED
WITH THE LICENSEES FORMER NAME
OR THEIR LICENSE NUMBER THEIR
LICENSE NUMBER STAYS THE SAME
AND THAT'S WHAT'S SHOULD FOLLOW
EVERYONE. IT REQUIRES A DCA
ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY
A LICENSE. A LICENSE COS CHANGE
YOUR NAME IF NECESSARY FOR
PURPOSES OF A COMPLAINT FOR
SOMEONE TO MAKE HIM COMPLAIN AND
THEY DON'T FIND THAT NAME. THIS
BILL IS REQUIRED TO SEE A TO
COME UP WITH A PROGRAM TO
ADDRESS THAT. SB THREE SEVEN TO
TAKE THE SIMPLE STEP TO PROTECT
YOU SEE A LICENSOR LICENSEES
INCLUDING TRENDS AS WELL AS
GENDER NONCONFORMING LICENSE
PROFESSIONALS AT A TIME WHEN IT
IS MORE IMPORTANT. THAN EVER SO
HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF
THIS BILL I HAVE. DOCTOR TRISTEN
BOOT BOOTH WAS THE NAME. IT
CLINICAL FRIEND PSYCHOLOGIST AND
GENDER AFFIRMATIVE CARE
SPECIALISTS OF FOLLOWED BY DR
TRICIA WALLACE. A PSYCHOLOGIST
AND LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL
WORKER SPECIALIZING IN GENDER.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD OF STATE
YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND
PROCEED DREADED KEEP IT TO.
THREE MINUTES IF YOU CAN THANK
YOU SIR MY NAME IS DOCTOR
TRISTEN BèC ANY. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIRMAN ROTH AN ESTEEMED
MEMBERS MY NAME IS DOCTOR
TRISTEN BUSY I AM A LICENSED
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN OUR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. FOR THE
MAJORITY OF MY FIFTEEN YEAR
CAREER I HAVE ALSO BEEN A CIVIL
SERVANT WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
SOME OF OUR MOST UNDERSERVED.
VULNERABLE AND DANGEROUS PATIENT
POPULATIONS I AM ALSO A
TRANSGENDER MAN. IT'S BEEN
NEARLY A DECADE SINCE I WAS
GRANTED A CONFIDENTIAL COURT
ORDERED NAME CHANGE AND HAVE MY
ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE
SEALED. THIS FACT IS DIRECTLY
CORRELATED WITH MY SAFETY AS A
TRANSGENDER MAN. MY DAD NAY NAME
ASSIGNED AT BIRTH BEEN STRONGLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEMALE
IDENTITY MAKING IT AN IMMEDIATE
SOURCE FOR AUDI ME AS
TRANSGENDER. DESPITE THIS I HAVE
BEEN SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT
THREATS LOSS OF JOB
OPPORTUNITIES IN INCOME. AND
THEN PUBLICLY OUTED WITHOUT MY
CONSENT AS A RESULT OF OUR
STATE'S CURRENT PRACTICE OF
DEADENING TRANSGENDER AND NON
BINARY LICENSEES IN PUBLIC
RECORD. AS A RESULT OF THESE
DISCLOSURES I HAVE BEEN
DESPICABLE HE REFERRED TO USING
MY DAD NAME BY DISGRUNTLED
FORMER PATIENTS AND COWORKERS.
HAD NEW CLIENTS REFUSE TO WORK
WITH ME OR CANCEL CARE ABRUPTLY.
BEEN THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL HARM WORKING WITH
PATIENTS IN OUR CORRECTIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS. IN SUBJECT TO
EXTORTION ATTEMPTS AND I
PROVISIONAL JOB OFFERS RESCINDED
AFTER MY LICENSING RECORD WAS
TRACKED. THE ACT OF THE NAMING
TRANSGENDER AND NON BINARY
LICENSEES IS EXCRUCIATINGLY
PAINFUL TO OUR PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LIVES. THE IMPACT
OF DEAD NAMING LICENSEES IS
MULTI FACETED AND FAR REACHING
PUTTING US AT RISK AND KEEPING
OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR JOB
SAFELY. THE PASSAGE OF SB THREE
SEVENTY TWO WOULD ALLOW US TO
ENGAGE IN OUR WORK WITH RESPECT.
DIGNITY AND SAFETY I THANK YOU
SENATOR MENJIVAR. FOR YOUR
IMPORTANT WORK IN THIS AREA AND
THEY KEEP HIM IN ROTH AND THE
CITY MEMBERS URGING YOUR AYE
VOTE FOR SB THREE SEVENTY TWO.
DR THANK. YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
YES MA'AM. HI GOOD AFTERNOON I A
DOCTOR WALLACE MLAS I CALL. AND
LYFT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M A
GENDER SPECIALIST- WORKING AS A
CIVIL SERVANT AND IN MY OWN
PRIVATE PRACTICE. FOCUSING ON
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE WITH
TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE
INDIVIDUALS. OVER THE PAST THREE
YEARS WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED OUR
EFFORTS WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. I
WORK WITH TRANSGENDER AND
CISGENDER PSYCHOLOGISTS LCSW
LMFT LPC SEES. COLLEAGUES IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
INAPPROPRIATE CURRENT PRACTICE
OF DEAD NAMING FOLKS. UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS IN
CALIFORNIA. I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY
CONTACTED BY MANY LICENSED
THERAPISTS WERE AFFECTED BY THE
DEAD NAMING PRACTICE. AND
SEVERAL MORE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL SB THREE SEVENTY
TWO. AS A PSYCHOLOGIST AND
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
I WORK IN GENDER FIRMING CARE
I'VE PERSONALLY BECOME AWARE OF
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT MY BY MYSELF AS A
CISGENDER PERSON. HAVE IN TERMS
OF GREAT PRIVILEGE. I DO NOT
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A CLIENT
STOPPING TO WORK WITH ME IF THEY
FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT MY
GENDER IDENTITY I DO NOT HAVE
THE TO HAVE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF
A RECENT A JOB OFFER. OR
WONDERING IF THEY LOOKED AT MY
LICENSE AND THAT NAME FOR ME IT
WAS THE NAMED. I DO NOT OF THE
STRESS OF CONSIDERING OF WHETHER
OR NOT TO SEEK OUT ANOTHER JOB
FOR FEAR OF NON ACCEPTANCE OF MY
GENDER IDENTITY. ALL BECAUSE OF
THE DENIM YOU PRACTICE THE
CURRENTLY EXISTS. I DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT MY SAFETY WHEN
WORKING WITH PATIENTS OR CLIENTS
BECAUSE OF MY SISTER UNDER
IDENTITY. THESE ARE CONSTANT
EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AS
WELL AS TANGIBLE CONCRETE
PHYSICAL. THINGS THAT MY EIGHT
TRANSGENDER AND NON BINARY
COLLEAGUES HAVE TO FACE EVERY
DAY. SB THREE SEVENTY TWO WOULD
END THIS PRACTICE. AND IT'S TIME
TO DO SO. I COME FROM A LONG
LINE OF HELPERS MY GRANDMOTHER
WAS A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER FOR
MANY YEARS. SHE TAUGHT ME TO
SPEAK UP WHEN SOMETHING'S NOT
RIGHT. MY FATHER TAUGHT ME TO DO
THE RIGHT THING. AND PASSING SB
THREE SEVENTY TWO IS THE RIGHT
THING. THANK YOU SENATOR MUCH OF
OUR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR
AUTHORSHIP FOR THIS IMPORTANT
BILL AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT ALL
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO
HAVE A RESOUNDING. I VOTE TODAY
THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NOW
LET'S MOVE TO ANY. OTHER
INDIVIDUALS HERE IN ROOM TO WHEN
HE ONE HUNDRED WHO WOULD LIKE TO
TESTIFY. AND SO. OF SAN. BILL
THREE SEVEN TWO AS WE DID
BEFORE. THE GROUND RULES FOR
THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM OR-
NAME AFFILIATION AND SUPPORT OR
OPPOSE YES SIR MISTER CHAIRMAN
PAUL YOUR ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION.
THE PSYCHIATRIST PROUD BECAUSE
WALTER DRIVER. THANK YOU. NEXT
PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHEN
MEMBERS JAMES MICHAEL POLLOCK
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES. WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK YOU
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. GOOD
AFTERNOON MEMBERS- GEORGE
STORIES OF THE CALIFORNIA
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SIR NEXT PLEASE. I'M
GOOD AFTERNOON JENNIFER ALLEY
WITH THE CALIFORNIA
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ALSO
IN SUPPORT FROM CO SPONSOR THANK
YOU FOR COMING NEXT PLEASE. GOOD
AFTERNOON MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
REBEKAH GONZALEZ WITH THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS CALIFORNIA CHAPTER ALSO
A PROUD CO SPONSOR THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SEMI
AND HEART ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
FOR A ONE OF THE PROUD CO
SPONSORS OF THE BILL. ALSO A
RECORDER SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA DENTAL
ASSOCIATION THANK YOU THANK YOU
MA'AM NEXT PLEASE. GOOD
AFTERNOON KAREN MEMBERS I'M
DOCTOR CORINNE MCINTOSH SOKOLOW
I'M WITH THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND WE
ARE STRONG SUPPORT OF SB THREE
SEVEN TWO. THANK YOU DOCTOR NEXT
PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M
KATHLEEN HUGHES AND I'M A
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
THERAPISTS AND A BOARD CERTIFIED
BEHAVIOR ANALYST I'M IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU MA'AM
NEXT PLEASE. AFTERNOON JOHN
DRIVEN- WAS STEVIE SAY THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES PROUD
CO SPONSOR AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU
EXCELLENT. NOW LET'S MOVE TO ANY
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO
SENATE BILL THREE SEVENTY TWO
OPPOSITION WITNESSES YOU KNOW
MUST BE PRESENT IN THE HEARING
ROOM. ANY OPPOSITION WITNESSES.
ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE
HEARING ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY
IN A POSITION. SEEING NONE LET'S
MOVE TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY ONE WHERE THE OTHER VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS MODERATOR
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROMPT ANY
SUCH INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY. IN SUPPORT FOR
OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL THREE
SEVEN TWO WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THEM. THANK YOU AND AGAIN IT'S
ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME. WHAT A
LINE NUMBER TWELVE. WE'VE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON CRAIG
OPRAH. OF A QUALITY. STRONG
SUPPORTS. THANK YOU SIR NICHOLAS
NUMBER. PARDON ME MY NAME TWENTY
TWO PLEASE COURT. THANK YOU
DON'T HAVE HELP ACADEMY OF HOW
IN OUTLOOK BY. AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. EXCEPT OUTLINED
FOUR. ASSEMBLY MEMBER THE FIND
THE IN THE- NEXT PLEASE. WE'VE
GOT LINE. TWENTY FIVE. IF I THAT
ME. YES PLEASE PLEASE. OH GREAT
HI HI JR ENSURE MEMBERS MANY
MICHELLE ACTION CALLING PLASTIC
. I'M AND STRONG UP. AS EIGHT
SEVEN TWO BILLS THANK YOU. NEXT
YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT BELT LINES
. PLEASE GO AHEAD LINE. SEVEN
NEXT PLEASE. FIVE NOBODY OFTEN
TO AT THIS POINT THANK YOU
MODERATOR ELLIS BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES
IN THE DIS CAL USING THE- CERNEY
LOW. THANK U. S. SURE. I AM VERY
SYMPATHETIC TO THE INTENT OF THE
BILL LIFE BY TRULY M. BUT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES- THE NAME- OF THE
LICENSEE CAN BE CHANGED- FOR ANY
REASON PERSON- CHANGE THEIR NAME
OR THEIR IDENTITY AND- WELL
THERE IS A PROCESS FOR A
CONSUMER TO. ASK ABOUT THAT THE
CONSUMER WOULD HAVE NO-
PARTICULAR- REASON FOR ASKING
THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION AND-
AGAIN WELL SYMPATHETIC THE
INTENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS IS TO PROTECT
CONSUMERS AND I THINK THIS
POTENTIALLY COMPROMISES THAT.
COULD YOU FURTHER EXPLAIN HOW IT
WOULD POTENTIALLY COMPROMISE. IF
A PERSON CHANGES THEIR NAME
BECAUSE OF OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES
AND THAT WAS NOT KNOWN TO- A-
CONSUMER. THEY COULD BE MISLED
AGAIN IT'S AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE I'M SURE YOU DON'T
MEAN THAT AND I UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY- YOUR REASON FOR
PROPOSING THIS AND I'M
SYMPATHETIC TO THAT. BUT I'M
ALWAYS MINDFUL OF UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES WHICH AND
LEGISLATION- WE PRACTICE THAT
ALL TOO OFTEN. HE I'D LIKE TO
ALSO GIVE SOME TIME TO MIGHT WIN
IS BUT I WILL SAY THE STATE PARK
CURRENTLY HAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE
SHOULD SHOULD SOMEONE A CONSUMER
BE WANTING TO REACH OUT TO
SOMEONE A LAWYER WHO. HAS A
DIFFERENT BIRTH NAME THERE'S A
NUMBER IN PLACE FOR THE CONSUMER
TO CALL AND REACH AND FIND OUT
DIRECT PERSON- SO MY INTENT HERE
IS ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TO CA. TO
PUT A PROGRAM AB A PROCESS IN
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE THAT IN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE BUT IF THERE'S
SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE MY
WITNESS CAN ADD TO THAT THERE
ISN'T A QUESTION PENN OKAY BUT
IF I IF THERE'S SOME
CLARIFICATION FURTHER
CLARIFICATION SENATOR I'M HAPPY
. LET ME GET THIS MEMBERS ME
JUST. SO JENNIFER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CYCLE ASSOCIATION
THIS IS A LEGAL NAME CHANGE
WOULD ALSO APPLY TO VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO BE LEGALLY
CHANGED HER NAME AND MAY NOT
WANT TO BE FOUND ON THE PRE
SYSTEM. ALL THE OTHER
INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS- IS
CONFIDENTIAL BASED ON. HEALTH
INFORMATION LIKE A DOCTOR CAN'T
RELEASE INFORMATION ON THEIR
PATIENT AND SO- WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS TO ENSURE THAT ANY.
FORMER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LICENSE
REMAIN LINKED IF THERE WAS A
LICENSE SEARCH DONE. I'M REALLY
JUST SAYING THAT WHEN YOU DO THE
INITIAL SEARCH ON A LICENSE
NUMBER FOR YOU KNOW JENNIFER ALI
ONE TWO THREE FOUR BUT THAT IS
THAT WAS WHAT WOULD BE SHOWING
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I WOULD BE
WORKING PROFESSIONALLY. BUT THE
PROBLEM IS WHEN BOTH NAMES
APPEAR ON THE IMPACT IT HAS ON
INDIVIDUAL SO I THINK. YOU KNOW
WE WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT
WE WANT TO PROTECT CONSUMERS
WITH THE RIGHT TO KNOW
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ANY.
ANYBODY AT LICENSE UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
THAT THEY MAY DO BUSINESS WITH
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT-
LICENSEES PRIVATE INFORMATION
THAT IT IT REMAIN PRIVATE. THANK
YOU MA'AM. CENTER OVER OVER TO
GIL. I CENTER MAKE OF ART THANK
YOU FOR BRING THIS FOR I DO HAVE
SOME. QUESTIONS PERHAPS YOU ARE
YOUR WITNESSES CAN HELP- SO
CURRENTLY IF A CONSUMER WORK TO.
LOOK UP THE LICENSE OF A
PROFESSIONAL THE MENTAL HEALTH
BEHAVIOR HEALTH. THEY WOULD GET
THEY WOULD SEE WHAT. THERE IS TO
THEIR NAME SO THE LICENSE STAYS
WITH YOU EVEN IF YOU LEGALLY
CHANGE YOUR NAME AND THE BREEZY
SYSTEM ONLINE SYSTEM CHANGES
THAT NAME. A LICENSE NUMBER
STILL STAYS THE SAME SO IF I'M
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE. WHO TREATED
ME TEN YEARS AGO AND UNBEKNOWNST
TO ME THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS A
DIFFERENT NAME. I WILL LOOK FOR
THE LICENSE NUMBER. AND THAT
LICENSE NUMBER WILL SHOW ME A
DIFFERENT NAME BUT IT'S THE SAME
PERSON THAT TREATED ME. SHOULD
MY BILL PASSED RIGHT BECAUSE THE
NAME WOULD BE DIFFERENT BUT THE
LICENSE NUMBER WOULD STAY THE
SAME. SO CONSUMER WOULD STILL BE
ABLE TO SEARCH SOMEONE BY THEIR
LICENSE BECAUSE THAT NEVER
CHANGES. IS THERE ANY OTHER
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THAT
SHOWS UP ON. AS A CURRENT STATUS
CURRENTLY STANDS- ADDRESS IS
ATTACHED TO A LICENSEE. NUMBER
MY WIFE WHEN SHE SUBMITTED HER
INFORMATION SHE HAD TO PUT OUR
OWN HOME ADDRESS. ON THERE SO
IT'S YOUR NAME HOME ADDRESS
SINCE LICENSE NUMBER IN IF I'M
MISSING SOMETHING ELSE. NOPE
THAT'S IT- IS WHEN YOU LOOK UP
THE LICENSE IS THE GENDER.
REVEALED ON BREEZY. I THAT AYE
I'D DON'T THINK SO NO THE NAME.
ADDRESS YEAH IN THE TYPE LICENSE
IT IS OKAY- SO I'M I'M THINKING
ABOUT. YOUR BILL AND ALSO
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THE
SENATOR YELLOW MENTIONED. ADD TO
MY EXPERIENCE WITH BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND LOOKING FOR-
PRACTITIONERS. THAT MATCH UP
CONSUMERS NEEDS AND WANTS
OFTENTIMES GENDER IS ONE OF
THOSE QUESTIONS THAT'S CORRECT
THAT'S BROUGHT UP RIGHT WOULD
YOU PREFER ONE GENDER OVER THE
OTHER- AND I'M- I'M I'M
CONCERNED THAT. THE WAY THAT THE
BILL IS DRAFTED CURRENTLY THAT
THAT LEVEL OF CONSUMER INQUIRY
WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED- AND SO
BEING THAT THIS IS COMING FROM
DCA I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT BALANCES BECAUSE- EVEN
WITH HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES
WHEN YOU'RE CALLING FOR- FOR
CARE. THE QUESTION THAT THEY ASK
IS DO YOU PREFER ONE OR THE
OTHER AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
OPTION TO ASK FOR OTHER THAN
MALE OR FEMALE SO WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO THAT I MEAN I WOULD SAY
TO THAT YOU KNOW YOU COULD
ANYONE HERE COULD BE HAVE A
THERAPIST AND YOU DON'T KNOW
THEIR SEXUALITY. THAT'S NOT ON
THERE RIGHT NOW SO YOU CAN BE
TREATED BY A LESBIAN AND YOU
WOULD AND NOW THAT'S PRIVATE
INFORMATION RIGHT IF YOU TREATED
BY TRANSGENDER MAN A TRANSIENT
WOMAN. THAT'S PRIVATE AND
INFORMATION U. S. FOR MEN.
YOU'LL GET A MAN RIGHT I MEAN I
GUESS THAT'S MY RESPONSE TO THAT
BECAUSE THERE'S NO. THERE'S NO
OPTION THE RIGHTS FOR. SEXUAL
ORIENTATION. YOU COULD ASK
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THAT
PUBLICLY LIKE. MY WIFE'S PROFILE
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A
THERAPIST SO SHE'S. LGBT Q.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT
THAT SPECIFICALLY. BUT OUTSIDE
OF THAT. IT FOR MANY A MAN AND-
YOU DON'T SAY I WANT TO. MATTER
I TO TRANSFER WOMAN. UNDER WOMAN
YES YES THE- CENTER MAY HAVE I
KNOW YOU TO BE A VERY DEEPLY.
DEEPLY CARING PERSON AND A
CHAMPION OF LGBT Q. ISSUES AND
YOU KNOW CERTAINLY YOU KNOW
BRINGING YOUR EXPERIENCES
FORWARDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN
YOUR- YOUR FIGHTER AND I LOVE
THAT ABOUT YOU- FOR THE FOR THIS
BILL PARTICULARLY I'M STILL
LOOKING TO FIND OUT HOW. THE
CONSUMERS VOICE WOULD BE
REPRESENTED HERE AND WHAT I SEE
IN YOUR LIST OF SUPPORT IS THAT
WERE COMING FROM A
PRACTITIONER'S POINT OF VIEW.
AND WHAT I'M MISSING IS THE
CONSUMER'S POINT OF VIEW OF HOW
THIS WOULD. IMPACT A CONSUMER
WANTING TO. SEEK INFORMATION
ABOUT A PRACTITIONER THAT THEY
SHARE THEIR VERY DEEP AND
VULNERABLE AND SOMETIMES YOU
KNOW LIFE OR DEATH. OF
SITUATIONS SO THAT'S WHAT'S
MISSING FOR ME- I'M NOT GOING TO
OPPOSE THE BILL BUT I'D LIKE TO
ASK MORE QUESTIONS AS IT GOES
THROUGH AND I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW
THAT'S PROBABLY FOR A BILL LATER
ON IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR A
CONSUMER TO KNOW. THE DEEP
PRIVATE LIFE OF A THERAPIST
THAT'S FOR SOMEONE ELSE I
WOULDN'T RUN THAT BUT THAT'S MY
INTENT OF MY BILL. THE ONLY
INTENT OF MY BILL IS TO ENSURE
THAT THE THERAPIST SEEN THEIR
NAME THEIR LEGAL NAME. IS
REFLECTED IN THE ONLINE. SYSTEM
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SENATOR OF
WHAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU
SENATOR FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
FORWARD THANK YOU TO ALL THE
WITNESSES THAT HAVE SHARED YOUR
PERSONAL TESTIMONY- AS WELL.
THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE BILL IN
PARTICULAR YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE
PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR NAMES FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS INCLUDING
MARRIAGE INCLUDING. ADOPTION AND
FOSTER YOUTH AND MUCH MORE I
THINK THE EASIER WE MAKE IT- THE
BETTER- THIS HAS NO DEEPER.
IMPACT AS MUCH AS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IT SO I WILL MOVE THE ITEM
AND I YOU CAN ADD ME AS A CO
AUTHOR THANK YOU THANK YOU
SENATOR. THANK YOU CENTER CENTER
EGGMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I
ALSO AM SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND
THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE. ABOUT SEVEN WHO IS A
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
I DON'T WANT EVERYONE I MEAN IS
IT IS NOT THE CONSUMERS. UNDER
THE CONSUMERS PURVIEW TO KNOW
ALL MY DARK HE COULD DEEPER
SECRETS ARE THINGS ABOUT ME.
BEFORE I BEFORE I TREAT THEM
PEOPLE DO YOU BASED ON YOUR
VIEWS BASED ON YOUR LICENSE- AND
PEOPLE MAKE THAT CHOICE THEY
DON'T HAVE ACCESS. AND THAT IS
THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING
SERVICES IS TO BE. THAT BLANK
SLATE FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO
TALK TO NOT. THAT THEY KNOW ALL
YOUR THINGS- IS IT LIKE
INAPPROPRIATE IN A THERAPEUTIC
RELATIONSHIP TO OVER SHARE WITH
A CLIENT. ABOUT YOUR OWN
PERSONAL THINGS AND I AS ALSO
SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN ADOPTED
DAUGHTER- HER NAME IS HER NAME
NOW HE'S AN EGGMAN. SO- WE DON'T
NEED OTHER NAMES FOLLOWING HER
AROUND SO I APPRECIATE THIS
BILL. THANK YOU US SENATOR
SENATOR SMALL CUEVAS. I JUST
WONDER- SAY. YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL AND I APPRECIATE THE
SENATOR'S COMMENTS TO ME THIS.
IS A WAY OF STREAMLINING. THE
PROCESS AND HELPING THE
CONSUMER- GET TO THAT PERSON
THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO A TO
ADDRESS. CONCERNS I APPRECIATE
THIS- WAY OF STRENGTHENING THE
CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THIS.
CASE AND- LOOK FOR TO SUPPORTING
THIS BILL. THANK YOU CENTER
SERMON. THE THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN- CENTER I GUESS. YOU
MENTION ABOUT. PEOPLE CAN LOOK
UP. THE LICENSE NUMBER STAYS
WITH THEM. BUT IF IT WAS TEN
YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW IF I. MOST
OF TIME I DON'T GO AND LOOK FOR
PEOPLE'S LICENSE NUMBER. I DON'T
KNOW ACTUALLY VS MANY OF THE
LAST NAME OF OTHER. FOLKS THAT
EITHER DOCTORS OR WHOEVER I'VE
MET. I DON'T ASK FOR THE LAST
NUMBER I REMEMBER THEIR NAMES.
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS IS OF. TEN
YEARS FROM NOW IF I WANTED TO
LOOK FOR X. PERSON. HOW DO I
LOOK FOR THAT PERSON IF THE NAME
HAS CHANGED AND NOW I DON'T KNOW
THE LICENSE NUMBER IN THE IN
THEIR OFFICE POLYESTER AT THE
BALI MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. HOW DO
I DO THAT ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE
CHANGE YOUR NAME WHAT IF IN TEN
YEARS OR NOT PRACTICE IN THE
SAME CITY AND YOU'RE LOOKING UP
A PERSON'S NAME. IN THE CITY AND
THAT PERSON DOESN'T COME UP SO
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH
THE T. C. A. TO PUT TOGETHER A
PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN. PERHAPS
CALLING THE NUMBER OR TYPE IN
SOMETHING DIFFERENT JUST LIKE
THE STATE BAR HAS BEEN DOING
ALREADY THE STATE BAR HAS A
PROCESS IN PLACE. TO LOOK FOR
INDIVIDUALS JUST LIKE YOU ASKED
WHO PERHAPS DOESN'T HAVE THE
SAME NAME THEY GOT MARRIED THEY
GOT DIVORCED THEY CHANGED THEIR
NAME THE STATE BAR HAS A PROCESS
WHERE CONSUMER CALLS IN AND SAYS
IS THE INFORMATION I HAVE. CAN
YOU HELP ME FIND THAT PERSON.
THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER
PRACTICING IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
THEM THERE- EITHER WAY SO WE'RE
LOOKING WE'RE WORKING WE DO SEE
A TO REALLY FIND- TUNE. THE THE
PRICES A CONSUMER CAN GO THROUGH
TO FIND THAT INDIVIDUAL AND I
WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT I THINK IT
MIGHT EVEN BE MORE CONFUSING FOR
CONSUMERS ARE LOOKING UP SOMEONE
THEY HAVE THEIR DEAD NAME- AND
THEN THEY GO MEET THEM AND IT'S
NOT THE- NOT THE PERSON THEY-
WERE IN. ANTICIPATED BECAUSE
THEY MADE AN ASSUMPTION OFF OF
THE NAME. BUT THAT IS NOT
CURRENTLY IN THE BILL THAT
RIGHT. YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE
C. A. YES IT IS IN THE YES IN
THE BILL- WITH THAT WE ARE. WE
HAVE REQUESTED DCA TO PUT
TOGETHER A PROCESS THAT IS IN
THE BILL. YES THANK YOU. PLEASE
PROCEED. SENATE RIGHT JUST
WANTED TO DO A POINT OF
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT MY COMMENT WASN'T
MISUNDERSTOOD SO. MY QUESTION
WAS AROUND. GENDER AND ALLOWING
FOR GENDER IDENTITY TO BE-
SEARCHABLE OR- DISCLOSED TO. A
CONSUMER. NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION
I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS
PROTECTED AND IS NOT THE NITTY
GRITTY THAT I WOULD. EVER PUT
OUT THERE- BUT- AS SPECIFICALLY
TO GENDER SO I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE YOU'RE- YOU. YOU UNDERSTOOD
THAT FOR YEAH HE AND YOUR
COMMENT WAS. ABOUT GENDER
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN THE
BREEZY SYSTEM YOU CAN. P. A. SO
CURRENTLY THAT THAT INFORMATION
IS AVAILABLE NOW BUT WHAT WOULD
YOU ARE USING YOUR HEALTH PLAN
INSURANCE THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE
ON THE HEALTH PLANS DIRECTORY
AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
RIGHT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY
UNDER ALL THE HEALTH LICENSES
UNDER DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS CONTRACT WITH EVERY
PLAN. AND SO YOU WOULD DRILL
DOWN FOR THAT LEVEL OF
INFORMATION IN DETAIL WHEN
YOU'RE FINDING OF. A PROVIDER IN
THE DIRECTORY OR HEALTH PLAN
THIS IS SEPARATE THIS IS THE-
THE STATE LICENSING BOARD SO.
THAT INFORMATION THAT'S A
CONVERSATION FOR YOU KNOW THE
HEALTH PLAN DIRECTORY
LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING THROUGH
NOW NOT NECESSARILY HERE WE'RE
NOT ADVOCATING TO INCLUDE.
GENDER INFORMATION AT DEPARTMENT
OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS WERE REALLY
JUST LOOKING FOR THE PROTECTION
YES. SO I HEAR THAT AND THANK
YOU- WHAT I ALSO HEARD FROM THE
TESTIMONY WAS PART OF THE
PROTECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING IS
TO NOT HAVE A DEAD NAME AS AN
IDENTIFIER. FOR PREVIOUS GENDER
AND SO I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO
BRING THAT QUESTION FORWARD AND
WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT REMOVING ANY CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS- IN MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE DEFINITELY NOT. THANK
YOU. WE EXHAUSTED ALL THE
QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES. OKAY
CENTER MENJIVAR WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE I THINK IT COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND
ENGAGE ME IN. ENGAGING WITH ME
IN THE DISCUSSION TODAY ON
TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY ACTION
THERE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU
TAKE ACTION AND BILL I ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SENATOR WE HAVE A MOTION ON
SENATE BILL THREE SEVEN TWO
BULLS BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR
WAHHAB THE MOTION IS TO PASS THE
SENATE JUDICIARY. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ROTH HI ROTH I WENT
NO. WHEN NOW AROUND AGO.
ARCHULETA HI ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY
. BAKER DODD AYE DODD AYE
EGGMAN. EGGMAN AYE GLAZER AYE.
LASER AYE NAY LOW. NAY LOW NOW
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS IOWA HOT. BOB I WILK. THE
VOTE IS SEVEN TO TWO WILL HOLD
THE ROLE OPEN FOR ABSENT MEMBERS
THANK YOU CENTER. LET'S TAKE A
PART CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE ARE
TWO MEASURES PROPOSED FOR
CONSENT FILE ITEMS NUMBER FIVE
AND SEVEN SENATE BILL EIGHT OH
TWO AND SENATE BILL EIGHT ONE
EIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR ROTH HI
ROTH I WENT. WHEN I EL DORADO
GIL HI OF ARTICLE II ARCHULETA.
ARCHULETA I ASHLEY. BAKER BAKER
AYE DODD DODD AYE EGGMAN. EGGMAN
AYE GLAZER AYE LASER AYE NAY
LOW. YELLOW EYES SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS I SMALLER GREATEST I WILL
HOT. WILL HAVE I WILL. WELL GUYS
. WHAT IS. ZERO IT IS OUT. OKAY
.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL BE HEARING
ITEM SIX SB EIGHT SEVENTEEN
MISTER CHAIRMAN. PLEASE PROCEED
WHEN YOU'RE READY THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR THIS BILL SENATE
BILL EIGHT SEVEN TEAMS SIMPLY
ENSURES THAT THE BOARD OF
BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY DOES
NOT CHARGE MORE THAN FIFTY
DOLLARS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
SEEKS TO BECOME A HAIR STYLIST.
AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THE LAW
LEAVES OPEN THE POTENTIAL FOR
THE BOARD TO CHARGE OVER FIFTY
DOLLARS AND MORE THAN IT CHARGES
OTHER PROFESSIONALS LIKE
COSMETOLOGISTS AND BARBERS. SO
WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO LIMIT THE
FEES CHARGED TO THOSE WHO SEEK
TO BECOME HER SALAS. IS THAT A
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ABOUT
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN WOULD
NOW MOVE ONTO YOUR NEEDS
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT I THINK.
THAT WOULD BE ME OKAY. WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO OTHER WAY HERE IN
THEIR- SEEING NONE WILL MOVE TO
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. AND
ALSO TO THOSE IN THE ROOM TO
OPPOSE. C. NONE- WE WERE NOW
MOVES ON TO THE WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATED
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION SB.
EIGHT SEVENTEEN. PLEASE BEGIN
THANK YOU AND IF SO PLEASE PRESS
ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND
CURRENTLY NOBODY IN Q. THANK
YOU- WE WILL I WOULD LIKE TO NOW
MOVE BACK TO MEMBERS COMMENTS
QUESTIONS FEDERAL LAW I THANK
YOU FOR THIS BILL I'LL MOVE IT.
SEVEN MISTER CHAIRMAN WOULD LIKE
TO CLOSE. SPEC FEARS FOR A VOTE
THANK YOU THERE'S A MOTION- AND
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO SEND
APPROPRIATIONS PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL A WEBSITE SENATE PLEASE I'M
SORRY MY BACK I'VE ALWAYS. SORRY
I JUST WANTED TO I THANK CHAIR
FOR BRING IN FORWARD YOU
CONTINUE THE EFFORTS THAT
PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE THAT DONE IN
THIS SPACE TO TRY TO CREATE
EASIER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE THAT
ARE. TRYING TO CREATE AN
ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND I KNOW
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT
EFFORT AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THANK
YOU HIS FORMER CHAIR. THANK YOU
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL RON
ALL RIGHT ROTH I WENT HI AND I
I'LL GONNA GUILT I WOULD RATHER
GO I'D OUR JULY AYE OUR AYE ASH
. BECKER I BAKER I'D- DOT AYE
EGGMAN. EGGMAN AYE GLAZER AYE
LASER AYE NAY LOW HI THE LAW I
SMALL WOULD CUEVAS I SMALLER.
AYE WILL HA. BOB I. LOCI. I
THANK YOU.
COMING INDIVIDUAL AND- THE-
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE ROLE FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS. WE'RE GONNA OPEN
THE ROLE FIRST WITH US SENATE
BILL FIFTY ONE. ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THE CURRENT VOTE IS- NINE ZERO.
SENATOR WHEN. ASHBY GLAZER
GLAZER AYE WILK WILL DIE. FULL
COUNT IS ELEVEN ZERO. THAT. BUT
IT WAS. THAT BILLS OUT ITEM
NUMBER TWO SENATE BILL TWO
EIGHTY FOUR. CURRENT VOTE IS-
SEVEN ZERO. PLEASE CALL ROLE
WHEN ABOUT A GILL. ASHBY GLAZER
. NERO AND WILK. AT THE BILL THE
VOTERS SEVEN ZERO THAT BILL IS
OUT. I REMEMBER THREE SENATE
BILL THREE SEVENTY TWO. CURRENT
VOTE. SEVEN TO TWO PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ALVORADA GIL ASHLEY
BAKER. VOTE EIGHT TWO TWO THAT
BILL IS OUT. AND THE VOTE ON
ITEM NUMBER SIX SENATE BILL
EIGHT SEVENTEEN. WELL THE ZERO
THAT THE BILL IS OUT. THAT
CONCLUDES OUR- HEARING TODAY
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS
PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. IS ADJOURNED.