SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER GOOD MORNING THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON AND VIA OUR
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8216 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. SIX TWO ONE SEVEN ONE SIX
ONE I WILL MAINTAIN DECORUM
DURING THE HEARING AS IS
CUSTOMARY- WE ARE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE-
STREET BUILDING AND I ASK ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO BE
PRESENT IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED- SO THAT WE CAN
ESTABLISH QUORUM AND BEGIN OUR
HEARING BUT FOR NOW WE'LL START
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. I DO HAVE ONE
ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE THAT- FOR
THIS HEARING SENATOR BACKER WILL
BE REPLACING SENATOR HENRY STERN
WHO IS- UNAVAILABLE FOR GOOD
REASONS- SO TODAY WE HAVE TWELVE
BILLS ON THE AGENDA- HEARING
WILL START WITH THE SPECIAL
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR ONE BILL
AND THEN THE REMAINING BILLS
WILL BE HEARD IN FILE ORDER. ONE
BILL FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE- SB
FIVE FIVE NINE MIN IS TESTIMONY
ONLY. THREE BILLS ARE ON
PROPOSED CONSENT FILE ITEM
NUMBER THREE SB SIX SIX EIGHT
AUTHORED DODD. SB FIVE THIRTY
NINE STERN AND FILE ITEM NINE SP
FIVE FIFTY SENATOR GROW. HI
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM
WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH A
SUBCOMMITTEE AND WILL ESTABLISH
QUORUM LATER- SO WITH THAT I
GUESS IT IS. ME.
THANK YOU ARE- AS THE DEFINITE
RANKING MEMBER PRESIDENT OF ALL
THE OTHERS THAT ARE PRESENT
BEHIND THE CHAIR I'M GOING TO A
CHAIR THIS PORTION OF THE
HEARING AND- ITEM NUMBER ONE IS
SB FIVE FIVE NINE SENATOR MEN
AND HIS TESTIMONY ON SO WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR- FROM SENATOR MEN
AND THEN GO TO TESTIMONY IN THE
ROOM OR TESTIMONY ON THE
TELECONFERENCE. AND THEN ANY-
THAT SHOULD RUN THE COURTS SO
WELCOME TO YOUR COMMITTEE MR
CHEN THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB TODAY
WELCOME AND THANK YOU MY FELLOW
MEMBERS- CARE LAYERED I'M HERE
PRESENT SB FIVE FIVE NINE WHICH
SEEKS TO END THE PRACTICE OF
OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING IN
CALIFORNIA STATE WATERS- THIS
BILL IMPACTS JUST THREE OFFSHORE
RIGS- EVA. AND ME AND ANSWERED
ALL OF WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATE
OFF THE COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY
THESE PLATFORMS WERE CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN NINETEEN SIXTY THREE AND
NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE AND ARE THE
LAST REMAINING OIL PLATFORM
STILL IN OPERATION IN STATE
WATERS. NOW ENTERING SIXTY YEARS
OF LIFE THESE PLATFORMS HAVE
OUTLETS LIT LASTED THEIR
INTENDED LIFESPAN AND IF LEFT TO
OPERATE. WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
THREAT TO OUR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
COASTAL COMMUNITIES. AND OUR
STATE'S VIBRANT COASTAL ECONOMY.
AS WE ALL WELL KNOW IN OCTOBER
TWENTY TWENTY ONE A MAJOR OIL
SPILL BILL TOOK PLACE OFF THE
COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY. ACTUALLY
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS OF
OIL SPILLED INTO COASTAL WATERS
KILLING BIRDS AND FISH FORCING
BEACH CLOSURES AND HARMING LOCAL
ECONOMIES. IT TOOK NEARLY
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE AND
ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN
STATE FUNDS TO CLEAN UP THE
SPILL. FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
REPORTED THAT THE OIL LEAK
STRETCHED OVER HUNDREDS OF MILES
FROM THE COAST OFF OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH DOWN PAST THE MEXICAN
BORDER. AND BY THE WAY WE DID
AVOID THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IN
THIS PARTICULAR SPILL AS THE
INITIAL ESTIMATES. ARE ESTIMATED
COULD HAVE BEEN FAR FAR WORSE ON
THE SCALE OF REFUGIO BEACH. I
JUST AS COASTAL BUSINESSES
STARTED TO RECOVER FROM THAT
EVENT TWO MONTHS LATER PLATFORM
EVA EXPERIENCED A LEAK. OFFSHORE
OIL PRODUCTION IN BOTH FEDERAL
AND STATE WATERS OFF THE COAST
OF CALIFORNIA. ACCOUNTS FOR LESS
THAN ZERO POINT 3% OF ANNUAL
PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES
EACH YEAR IT'S LESS THAN A DROP
IN THE BUCKET OF U. S. OIL
PRODUCTION- AND YET IT POSES A
HEART A CONTINUED THREAT TO OUR
COASTAL ECONOMIES DUE TO THE
OUTDATED INFRASTRUCTURE- A
COASTAL ECONOMY THAT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA IS. ESTIMATED TO
GENERATE NEARLY TWO TRILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR IN REVENUE. IT'S
TIME TO STOP POLLUTION WHERE IT
STARTS AND AID THE STATE IN ITS
TRANSITION TOWARD MORE
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE
PROCUREMENT. WHILE PROTECTING
OUR BEAUTIFUL COASTLINES SB FIVE
FIVE NINE WOULD DIRECT THE STATE
LANDS COMMISSION TO BEGIN
NEGOTIATIONS. BREVAN TERRY
RELINQUISHMENT OF OIL PRODUCTION
IN CALIFORNIA STATE WATERS.
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES BY
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE. IF
NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT. REACH OR
NOT DID NOT RESULT IN THE
SETTLEMENT BY THE END OF TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE. THIS BILL WOULD
REQUIRE STATE LANDS COMMISSION
TO TERMINATE THE LEASES OF OIL
PRODUCTION IN STATE WATERS. NOW
THERE IS CURRENTLY A COST STUDY
UNDER WAY- THAT CAN POTENTIALLY
INFORMED WHAT SHAPE THIS BILL
SHOULD TAKE NEXT YEAR. AND SO AS
OF NOW SB FIVE FIVE NINE REMAINS
A WORK IN PROGRESS. THAT BEING
SAID I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT WE CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT ENDING
OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION IN THE
STATE. I AS WE MOVED OUR CLEAN
ENERGY FUTURE BUT ALSO AS WE
LOOK TO PRESERVE OUR COASTAL
ECONOMY. WE OWE IT TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS TO MEET OUR ENERGY
TARGETS WHILE PRESERVING THE
NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR
COASTLINES. WITH THAT I WANT TO
THANK MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR THIS
DISCUSSION. AND CENTER DO YOU
HAVE ANY LEAD WITNESSES WHO DO
NOT TODAY OKAY THEN- WE WILL GO.
TO THE COMMITTEE ROOM AND WE
WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. PLEASE COME TO THAT
MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE. GOOD
MORNING CRISTINA IS CURRENT WITH
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN SUPPORT WE KNOW
THEIR SUPPORT OF THE BILL IS
PREMISED UPON AN EXPECTATION
THAT THE FAIR COMPENSATION TO
ALL COMPANIES. CONTEMPLATED BY
THE BILL FOLLOWING TERMINATION
OF THE OF THE LEASES WOULD BE
ZERO WE BASIS ASSUMPTION ON
FACTS INCLUDING CONTINUED
OPERATION OF THE LEASES
CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
THE ABATEMENT OF WHICH DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE A TAKING. AND THE
DECOMMISSION AND RESTORATION
COSTS OF REMOVAL OF THE
PLATFORMS AND OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE LEASES
WITH THE LEASES LIKELY FAR
EXCEED ANY REMNANTS VALUE OF
CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE
LEASE. WILLING GAS PRODUCTION
HAS LONG POLLUTED AND DISRUPTED
COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
IMPOSING CONTINUING RISKS ON
COASTAL COMMUNITIES ECONOMIES
HEALTH AND ENVIRONS. MUCH OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLD AND
CORRODED LONG PAST ITS LIFESPAN.
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH
LIMITED DELIVERABLES RISK
STRANDED ASSETS AS INDUSTRY
OFFLOADS DECOMMISSIONING AND
CLEANUP OBLIGATIONS UPON THE
PUBLIC FROM THE ELEVEN REMAINING
ACTIVE OIL AND GAS LEASES IN
ONLY THREE ACTIVE OFFSHORE
PLATFORMS IN STATE WATERS. POSE
ONGOING AN UNACCEPTABLE THREATS
TO THE FORTY FOUR BILLION DOLLAR
COASTAL ECONOMY AND IS IN
CONFLICT WITH CALIFORNIA CLIMATE
POLICY THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND
I LET YOU GO BECAUSE WE HAD NO
LEAGUE WITNESS AND I'LL DO THE
SAME THING FOR THE OPPOSITION
BEFORE WE GET TO THE ME TOOS. IS
THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES
TO DO A ME TOO IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL. SEEING NONE IS THERE
ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION AND. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS PAUL DEAR-
REPRESENTING THE WESTERN STATES
PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION. AS YOU AS
WE KNOW WHEN AND AS THE SENATOR
DESCRIBED THE BILL REQUIRES THE
STATE LANDS COMMISSION TO
TERMINATE ALL REMAINING OIL. AND
GAS LEASES UNDER ITS
JURISDICTION AND TIDELANDS AND
SUBMERGED LANDS WITHIN STATE
WATERS. WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE
AND THE OPERATORS FOR THESE
LEASES. UNILATERALLY JUST
TERMINATING LONG LONGSTANDING
CONTRACTS THAT EFFECTIVELY GO
INTO PERPETUITY. THIS BILL IS
WITH THE HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
BEING UNCONSTITUTIONAL COULDN'T
COULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL
LIABILITY THE STATE FOR TAKINGS
CLAIMS. AS YOU KNOW WE IMPORT
OVER 75% OF OUR OIL THAT THE
REFINERIES NEED TO MEET THE
DEMAND OF CALIFORNIA DRIVERS.
THAT WE IMPORT THEM ALL FROM-
FOREIGN COUNTRIES SAID THEY COME
HERE VIA VESSELS- IT THE- THIS
WITH THIS WOULD PRODUCE FURTHER
RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL IMPORTS.
CREATES RISK AND COULD IMPACT
OUR ENERGY SUPPLY MARKET
VOLATILITY INTERNATIONAL TURMOIL
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND
INCREASED GLOBAL AIR EMISSIONS.
WE DO NOT AT THIS POINT BELIEVE
THAT THE COST STUDY IS
INADEQUATE SOLUTION TO ADDRESS
THE- THE POTENTIAL TAKINGS
ISSUES. AND FOR THOSE REASONS WE
STAND OPPOSED TO THE BILL. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- THIS WOULD BE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT
WISHES TO. SIMPLY STATE THEIR
OPPOSITION. IN THE ROOM. SEEING
NONE ARE WE WILL GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE- MODERATOR
WELCOME- WE ARE WE WILL TAKE-
ANYONE THAT WISHES TO BRIEFLY
TESTIFY ON THIS BILL WHETHER IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY FOR S. B. FIVE FIVE
NINE PLEASE PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. THE COMMAND
AGAIN. ONE ZERO. AND WE HAVE NO
COMMENT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH A MODERATOR- I AM SURE
GERMAN MAN'S GOING TO BE BACK TO
YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE- THIS WAS
TESTIMONY ONLY I DON'T THAT DOES
THAT INCLUDE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO
ASK YOU QUESTIONS. FOR A FROM
THE COMMITTEE I DON'T HAVE ANY
AND I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO
ASK QUESTIONS OF YOURSELF SO
THIS IS FAIRLY MUCH A MOOT ISSUE
. GREAT THEN- THAT COMPLETES THE
TESTIMONY AND THE TESTIMONY ON
WHITE AND I AM HAPPY TO TURN TO
THE CHAIR BACK TO SEND. THANK
YOU CHAIRMAN THERE I BELIEVE AT
THIS MOMENT WE ARE WAITING ON
OUR NEXT BILL PRESENTERS SO-
WE'LL SIT TIGHT. ALL AMERICAN
INVENTOR THEIR- BUSINESS CENTER
THERE WE ARE I HAVE YOUR BILLS
IF YOU WANT IT LET'S GO AHEAD
PERCENT SEND ALERTS BILLS YOU
WANT ME TO WALK AROUND. OKAY GET
YOUR STEP SENSOR. EXACTLY.
NUMBER. SIX WELCOME SENATOR
LAYERED YOU MAY PRESENT YOUR
BILL SB THIRTY NINE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MISTER CHAIR. IN TWO
THOUSAND FOUR. THE LAST YEAR IN
THE LEGISLATURE THAT YOU COULD
TOMBSTONE A BILL. THE GOVERNOR
SIGNED A LAYERED LESLIE ACT TO
CREATE THE SIERRA NEVADA
CONSERVANCY THIS YEAR NEVADA
CONSERVANCY HAD TWO GOALS-
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART OF THE
ARRANGEMENT WAS. THAT THERE
WOULD BE SIX MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD THAT WOULD BE LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THERE ARE
ZONES WITHIN THE SIERRA
CONSERVANCY. THAT EACH LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIAL RUNS FROM IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE SENATOR DOLLY
- AUTHORED S. B. TWO OH EIGHT
WHICH I WAS A CO AUTHOR OF THAT
ADDED TERRITORY TO THIS YEAR
CONSERVANCY AND ADDED ACTUALLY
NEW COUNTIES AND SO IT REQUIRES
A REALIGNMENT OF THE COUNTIES
FOR. THE SELECTION OF THE
DIFFERENT LOCAL OFFICIALS THIS
BILL- DOES THAT REALIGNMENT IT
WAS RECOMMENDED. IN THE ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY THE
CONSERVANCY. AND I SHOULD NOTE
THAT SENATOR DOLLY HAS A BILL
THIS YEAR SB FORTY ONE THAT
WOULD ADD ACREAGE TO THIS YEAR
CONSERVANCY AND SISKIYOU COUNTY.
BUT IT WOULDN'T ADD COUNTIES SO
IF THIS BILL MOVES AHEAD. IT
WOULDN'T REQUIRE REVISION IF
THAT OTHER BILL PASSES OF THIS
BILL HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT NO
REGISTERED OPPOSITION I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASTRONOMICAL. OKAY
DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO.
ALL RIGHT. AND ANY OTHERS IN THE
ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. OKAY DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. OKAY DO
WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR
OPPOSITION. TO SB. THIRTY NINE.
OKAY WITH THAT WILL MOVE ON TO
THE WITNESS ANY WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. OPERATOR
MODERATOR IF YOU'D PLEASE PROMPT
ANY INDIVIDUAL WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
SB THIRTY NINE WE CAN BEGIN. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY FOR SB THIRTY NINE
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO THAT
COMMAND AGAIN. ONE ZERO. THANK
YOU MODERATOR IF YOU COULD
PLEASE OPEN THE LINES AND CALL
ON ANY WITNESSES INDIVIDU WE CAN
CONTINUE. WE HAVE ONE PERSON
KILLING NO ONE MOMENT PLEASE
WHILE WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THEIR
LINEUP.
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE LINE
AT. GOOD MORNING CARE AND
MEMBERS- THIS IS REALLY A WHOLE
WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. MODERATOR WE
HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES QUEUED
UP- MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE NO
FURTHER- WITNESSES AT THIS TIME.
OKAY AND SINCE WE ON THE OTHER
MEMBERS HERE THERE'S NO OTHER
MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY-
CENTER LATER WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR NINE FROM. THANK YOU. AND
CENTER LAYERED- WILL WAIT TILL
WE HAVE OTHERS TO TAKE A MOTION
TO VOTE ON THIS BILL- AND WITH
THAT WE CAN- HAVE YOU PERCENT S.
B. TWO SEVENTY TWO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. SENATE BILL TWO
SEVENTY TWO WILL BOOST OUR
STATE'S COASTAL RESILIENCY BY
ENSURING CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL
COMMUNITIES ARE PLANNING AND
PREPARED. FOR SEA LEVEL RISE IT
BUILDS OFF OF THE PRO TEM'S S.
B. ONE ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND
FOLLOWS HER EFFORTS WITH
GUIDELINES AND PROCESSES FOR
CARRYING OUT THE LOCAL PLANNING
LAID OUT IN OUR BILL. OF THE
BILL REQUIRES A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE OR THE
JURISDICTION OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ALSO
KNOWN AS BC D. C. TO ADDRESS C.
LEVEL RISE PLANNING AND
ADAPTATION. TO AN EXISTING
COASTAL OF LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
OR SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE
COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN IT SETS
A DEADLINE OF JANUARY TWENTIETH.
A JANUARY TWENTY THIRTY FOUR
WITH A GOAL OF COMPLETING. A
PLANS BY JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY
NINE A SEA LEVEL RISE PLAN MUST
INCLUDE THE BEST USE OF EVASION
AVAILABLE SCIENCE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT A C. LEVEL RISE
ADAPTATION PLAN A TIME LINE FOR
UPDATES. THE ISSUE HERE. HAS
BEEN ACCENTUATED BY THE
ATMOSPHERIC REVERSED OUT OF HIT
CALIFORNIA IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS. IF YOU LOOK JUST AT MY
DISTRICT WHICH IS GROUND ZERO
FOR THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT
HAS SUFFERED TREMENDOUS IMPACTS.
IN MY OWN HOME TOWN OF SANTA
CRUZ ARE ICONIC WESTCLIFF DRIVE
WHICH IS TWO POINT SEVEN MILES
OUT FROM THE BOARDWALK TO
NATURAL BRIDGES PARK. OF THE
WAVES CRASHED OVER THE ROAD AND
PARTS OF THE ROAD FELL INTO THE
OCEAN AND IT IS QUITE LIKELY
THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
BE RESTORED. AND SO THERE'S A
HORRIBLE DECISION TO BE MADE.
ABOUT HOW TO SECURE IT FOR NOW.
AND WHAT THE PLAN FOR IN THE
FUTURE THAT HAPPENED IN MANY
OTHER PLACES IN CARMEL THE WAVES
CAME INTO THE LAGOON THEY BROKE
UP. OF SEWER PIPES WE'RE GOING
OUT INTO MIDAIR FROM THE BEACH
THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO
PLAN FOR THAT BIG SIR IS THE
POSTER CHILD FOR TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT WITH THE SLIDES OF
CLOSE THE HIGHWAY. AND THEN
MORAL BAY WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH
THAT WEEKS BEFORE THE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HIT. THE
SEWER TREATMENT PLANT WAS CLOSED
A NEW RECYCLING PLANT AWAY FROM
THE BEACH WAS OPENED OR THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC
FAILURE OF RAW SEWAGE IN THE
OCEAN. THESE ARE PLANNING ITEMS
THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL
JURISDICTION IS GOING TO HAVE TO
DO. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL
DOES. IT WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO
YOU BECAUSE IT. IT PASSED
THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE IN A
NEARLY IDENTICAL OF FORM WITH
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. OUR LAST
YEAR WITH THE SUPPORT OF EVERY
RETURNING SENATOR THAT SITTING
HERE TODAY. BUT THE GOVERNOR
BELIEVED WHEN IT GOT. TO HIS
DESK THAT THERE WAS NOT MONEY
HERE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUBJECT
TO APPROPRIATION IN THE BILL AND
THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BOND. OF
THE OR THE CLIMATE RESUME.
PACKAGE THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR SO IT'S VERY
DISAPPOINTING. AND NOW THE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HAVE REALLY
MADE THE CASE FOR IT AND SOME OF
US ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
43% CUT IN THE BUDGET IS NOT
MADE. AND SO THIS IS A VEHICLE
FOR MAKING SURE THIS PLANNING
GOES AHEAD. AND IS FUNDED BY THE
BUDGET AND THE CASE HAS BEEN
MADE THE LAST FEW MONTHS FOR
DOING IT. R. AS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN. OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES
IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAVE
LAID OFF ON OPPOSING THE BILL
AND I SEE SOME OF THEM HERE
WE'VE WE MAY HEAR FROM THEM. I
WORKED HARD LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS
THEIR CONCERNS AND WAS ABLE TO
MOVE THEM TO NEUTRAL ON THIS
BILL. SO I HAVE HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF SARAH GRIFFIN WITH
THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION AND I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASTRONOMICAL
. GOOD MORNING HONORABLE MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE MY NAME IS SARAH
GRIFFIN AND I'M HERE TO PROBABLY
SUPPORT SENATE BILL TWO SEVENTY
TWO ON BEHALF OF THE SURFRIDER
FOUNDATION. SURFRIDER PROTECTS
THE BELOVED COAST LINE THAT IS
DRAWN SO :Y
CALIFORNIA. AS WERE WELL AWARE
SEA LEVEL RISE IS SQUEEZING OUR
BEACHES. FOR THOSE OF US WHO
LIVE ON THE COAST WE'RE SEEING
ONE OF THE GREATEST LAND BATTLES
OF OUR TIME PLAY OUT. DEVELOPERS
BUSINESSES PROPERTY OWNERS
INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTS ALL
WANT A PIECE OF THE SHRINKING
SIZE OF LAND OR TO PROTECT THEIR
COASTAL ASSETS AT ALL COST.
WITHOUT PROPER PLANNING THESE
PUBLIC SPACES AND RESOURCES THE
DEFINE R. COSTA WILL NO LONGER
EXIST. WE HAVE TO LET BEACH IS
MOVE IN WORD AND RELOCATE OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PLACES WHERE
IT WILL NOT CONTINUALLY FAIL AND
FLOOD. ALL OF THIS TAKES LOCAL
PLANNING SUPPORTED BY THE STATE.
SENATE BILL TWO SEVENTY TWO
KEEPS CALIFORNIA BEACHES IN
EXISTENCE BERROCAL BY REQUIRING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PLAN FOR
SEA LEVEL RISE. CALIFORNIANS
CARE ABOUT THE COAST AND WE MUST
URGE FORWARD THINKING AND
PLANNING TO PRESERVE OUR
COASTLINE. IF WE DO NOT ACT FAIL
TO PLAN AND INSTEAD RESPOND
THROUGH EMERGENCY ARMORING OUR
BEACHES WILL DISAPPEAR. AS A
RESIDENT OF HALF MOON BAY I'M
SEEING THIS FIRSTHAND. THE AREAS
THAT WERE HIT HARDEST BY THIS
WINTER'S BARRAGE OF STORM
EVENTS. AND COASTAL FLOODING
HAVE BECOME DAMAGED WITH DEBRIS
AND POLLUTED BY SEWAGE.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE AREAS WE
CAN'T SAFELY SURF WALK OR ACCESS
THE OCEAN. SURFRIDER URGES THIS
COMMITTEE TO MOVE THIS BILL
FORWARD WITH THE YES VOTE TODAY.
SO WE CAN KEEP BEACHES
ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC AND ENJOYABLE
IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SENATOR LATER DO YOU HAVE
ANY OTHER WITNESSES HERE TODAY.
ON NO THAT WAS THE- ANY OTHER
PEOPLE WISHING TO TESTIFY I WILL
JUST ASK YOU TO LIMIT YOUR
COMMENTS YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
AND POSITION ON THE MEASURE.
LET'S HEAR FROM ANY OTHER
SUPPORT WITNESSES. ROBINSON ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
PARKS FOUNDATION AND MAN MADE
PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN SUPPORT IN THE ROOM
. OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. EACH
SIDE WILL BE PERMITTED TO
MINUTES FOR THE TWO PRIMARY
WITNESSES- GO AHEAD SIR THANK
YOU MUST THINK YOU MISTER CHAIR-
ALEX TAURUS HERE DIRECTOR STATE
GOVERNMENT RATIONS FOR THE BAY
AREA COUNCIL- ON BEHALF OF OUR
OVER THREE HUNDRED THIRTY
MEMBERS WE ARE RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED AT THIS
TIME BUT WE WANT TO KNOWLEDGE
THE AUTHORS OFFICES EFFORTS TO
HEAR US OUT- THE SENATOR ALLUDED
TO HIS EFFORTS LAST YEAR ON A
VERY SIMILAR BILL TO GET.
OPPOSITION TO NEUTRAL I THINK WE
ACTUALLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE
INTO. A SUPPORT POSITION AND-
LOOK FOR TO WORKING FOR THOSE
AMENDMENTS. ARE ORGANIZATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGE CLIMATE CHANGE IN
SUPPORT SOUND ACTIONS TO LIMIT
IT- OUR PROBLEM WITH THE MEASURE
AS IT SITS NOW WAS THAT. SB TWO
SEVEN TWO WOULD CIRCUMVENT
EXISTING COLLABORATIVE MULTI
YEAR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH
AGREEABLE AT THE ADAPTATION-
GUIDELINES. THE AMBIGUOUS
LANGUAGE PRESENTS ADDITIONAL
OBSTACLES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE STATE MANDATED LOCAL
PROGRAM- TWO SEVEN TWO DOES NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE TO EXISTENCE HE
WROTE. LEVEL RISE PLANNING
EFFORTS DEVELOPED WITH
WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT ON KEY
PRINCIPLES AND DIRECTION FOR
ACTION- FROM A DIVERSE GROUP OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS
ONE EFFORT BY THE COASTAL
COMMISSION THE OTHER BY THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. UP
ESSENTIALLY A LOT OF
COLLABORATION AND WORK WENT INTO
THESE EXISTING REGIONAL EFFORTS
THAT AREN'T ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE
BILL AND WE SEE THAT AS A-
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE AND ONE
THAT WOULD LEAVE A LOT OF.
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
COLLABORATION. ON THE TABLE-
LASTLY IT'S UNDER. AS A DRAFT TO
TWO IS AN- BE ENTIRELY INCENTIVE
BASED IN THE SOLE CONSEQUENCE IN
THAT THE SOLE CONSEQUENCE FOR A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT
ADOPT AND SUBMIT. A LOCAL PLAN
DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE APPLICABLE GUIDELINES OF THE
COSTA COMMISSION OR B. CDC. IS
THAT SHALL NOT BE PRIORITIZED
FOR SEA LEVEL RISE FUNDING
APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
WE BELIEVE IT'S AN IMPORTANT
MAKE CLEAR THAT NOTHING IN THE
BILL ESTABLISHES ANY OTHER FORM
OF PENALTY OR CONSEQUENCE
INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTION OR
LIMITATION ON PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS BUT- LIKE
I SAID WE HAVE SOME- AMENDMENTS
WE SUBMITTED THE AUTHORS I THINK
YOU FOR. WORKING TO RESHAPE THAT
. PRIMARY WITNESS IN OPPOSITION
TO THAT LIMIT TO TWO YEAH VERY
QUICK MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBER
SILVIO FROM HAPPY CALIFORNIA
BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
AND THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION OF THE BAY AREA-
SIMILARLY POSITIONED AS THE BAY
AREA COUNCIL WHO JUST SPOKE. AND
WE AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENTS
THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED WE
ACTUALLY THINK YOU KNOW IF WE
CAN LOOK TO THOSE PREVIOUS
PROCESS SEES WHEN BUILDING
CORPORATE SOME GREAT PATRICK
THANK YOU. REALLY GREAT A WIN
WIN FOR EVERYBODY SO LOOK FOR TO
WORK ON THIS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU- NOW WILL MOVE ON TO AND
ANYONE. WHO IS WISHING TO
TESTIFY IN THIS ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. I LET ME IN THEIR
COMMENTS ARE NAME AFFILIATION
AND POSITION THE MEASURE.
REMEMBER NECROPHILIA CALIFORNIA
CITIES PRIMATES CONFIRMED. OUR
CHILD IN A RESPECT FOR THE
SENATOR. NOW WE HAVE SOME
TREPIDATION WITH. LCP PROCESS IS
A LONG AND COSTLY PROCESS. AND
SOME WORK AS YOU NOTED IN THE
ANALYSIS SO THE WAY. THAT WE
HAVE TO WORK WITH THANK THANK
YOU AND JUST IF WE COULD LIMIT
THAT TO NAME POSITION. ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM. OKAY I WITH
THAT WILL MOVE ON A WITNESSES
WAITING TO TEST FIVE YET THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS- THOSE
WISHING TESTIFY SHOULD LIMIT
THEIR COMMENTS THEIR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE. MODERATOR IF YOU COULD
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY. IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION SB TWO SEVENTY TWO
WE CAN BEGIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR S. B.
TWO SEVENTY TWO PLEASE PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. THAT COMMAND
AGAIN ONE. ZERO THANK YOU
MODERATOR- HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE
HAVE WAITING TO TESTIFY. ALL
RIGHT NOW JUST ONE OKAY THANK
YOU LETTER MATTER IF YOU COULD
PLEASE OPEN LINES AND CALL THEM.
THAT PERSON WILL CONTINUE. LINE
FIFTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THAT
PERSONAL DATA INCLUSIONS WITH
THAT CALIFORNIA. RESIDENTS TALK
FOR OF AT EACH. YOU AND ALL THE
WORK THAT GO TO THE- DAVE. FIBER
IT THANK. MODERATOR DO WE HAVE
ANYONE ELSE ON THE- MISTER WE
HAVE NO FURTHER AT THE TIME.
OKAY WITH- SINCE WE DO HAVE A
CORE HERE I'D LIKE TO JUST
ESTABLISH QUORUM AT THIS POINT
IN TIME- SO- LOOKING HERE. AKORN
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED- THIS IN
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS
MEN. MEN HERE SEYARTO HERE ZERO
HERE ALLEN. BECKER DALY. EGGMAN
EGGMAN HERE GROWTH. GROWTH HERE
HER TADO. LAYARD HERE WHERE HERE
LIMÓN. BAKER I'M I'M SORRY VIDEO
. VIDEO HERE QUORUM ESTABLISHED
- CHRIS ASSISTANT HAS NOTED A
QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED-
WITH THAT THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN PROVIDED
COMMITTEE RULES FOR REVIEW.
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE COMMITTEE
RULES FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TO TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BE
ADOPTED. OKAY WITH THAT WE CAN
RETURN BACK TO YES SENATOR-
SHOULD BE CONCERNED- I DON'T SEE
THAT I CAN'T. TWO SEVENTY TWO-
WILL- TAKE IT BACK TO MEMBERS
AND I DO HAVE SOME BRIEF
COMMENTS MYSELF- OR DO WE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS AND DIES THANK.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND THANK
YOU MY GOOD COLLEAGUE THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
VERY EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT
MATTER AND MANY OTHERS YOU ARE
ONE OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE WILL
COLLEAGUES THAT I SERVE WITH ON
THE STATE SENATE AND SO I KNOW
THAT- AND- I KNOW THAT YOU
WORKED REALLY HARD LAST YEAR TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMOVED ALL
THE OPPOSITION IS IT YOUR INTENT
TO. WORK WITH THIS BECAUSE I
IT'S A BAY AREA BILL RIGHT IT'S
YOUR AREA YOUR BILL AND I BUT I
DO HAVE A SYMPATHETIC CART FOR
PEOPLE THAT HAVE COLLABORATED
AND WORK TOGETHER LIKE THIS
CITIES AND- AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BUILT
THIS LONG TERM- COLLABORATION TO
MAKE SURE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY
IS MET WITH BUILDING AND
EVERYTHING BUT ALSO PROTECTING.
THE SHORELINE SO THE SHORT
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES
YES. AND I THINK THE YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW I WAS GOING TO MENTION
AND- IN THE CLOTHES THAT HELLO
ARE THERE SLOTS OF ISSUES THAT I
THINK ARE BETWEEN SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND B. C. D. C. IN
THIS INSTANCE AND IT PUTS ME IN
A ROLE OF HAVING TO MEDIATE THE
LITTLE. I FIGURE IT OUT YOU WILL
FIT I WILL FOR IT OUT I IS. TO
ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES AND MOVE
THEM TO NEUTRAL OR SUPPORT AND
MOVE THIS BILL THANK YOU THANK
YOU FOR ASKING HERE. THANK YOU
SAID OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS- THANK
YOU NIGHT I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
CENTER WHERE FOR ALL YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN ATTENTION TO THE
ISSUE OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND- I
KNOW THAT YOU WORKED. VERY HARD
LAST YEAR AS YOU DESCRIBED TO
TRY TO GET THIS TO A PLACE
WHERE. MOST FOLKS FELT RECENTLY
HAPPY WITH IT AND I APPRECIATE
THAT EFFORT AND- WORKING WITH
ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION- WITH THAT I'VE
I'M SUPPORTING BILL TODAY
WITHOUT AMENDMENTS BECAUSE I
WANT TO SEE YOU CONTINUE TO WORK
TO TRY TO. ALLOW THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS TO CONTINUE AND I
HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH WITH ME IN THE COMMITTEE
STAFF AS THIS BILL MOVES FOR.
THANK YOU BRIEFLY MISTER
CHAIRMAN JUST ADD A COMMENT AND
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR HIS WORK
TO- BRING COLLABORATION TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE ECHO THE
CHAIR'S COMMENTS IN JUST A
SOMEONE WHO'S DEALT WITH THIS
ISSUE. EXTENSIVELY UP AND DOWN
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA ONE OF
THE GREAT RISK REGRETS- THAT I
OBSERVED WAS. THE SORT OF
INCOMPLETE PROCESS THAT YOUR
BILL SEEMS TO ADDRESS. WHICH IS
THE STATE WOULD INVEST
FINANCIALLY- IN SUPPORTING THE
PLANNING PROCESS WITH LOCAL
PARTNERS AND SPECIAL DISTRICT
PARTNERS IMPORT PARTNERS UP AND
DOWN THE STATE ONLY. TO HAVE
DISAGREEMENT OVER THE CONCEPT OF
THE CONTENT EXCUSE ME OF A LOCAL
COASTAL PLAN. AMENDMENTS PORT
MASTER PLAN AMENDMENTS TO THEN
FALL APART. BEFORE PRE
CERTIFICATION OCCURRED WITH
COASTAL AND TO WITHDRAW THEIR
APPLICATION AT THE LAST MINUTE.
BOTH THROWING AWAY ALL THE TIME
THAT WAS INVESTED. AND THROWING
AWAY THE STATE'S FINANCIAL
COMMITMENT IN SUPPORTING THE
TIME THAT WAS INVESTED. SO THIS
SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS- AN
OVERDUE- EFFORT TO REMEDY THAT
AND TO GET EVERYONE IN
PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON DOING THE
RESILIENCY PLANNING THAT NEEDS
TO BE SENT TO BE DONE I'M HAPPY
TO SUPPORT AND I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR VIDEO SET ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS. SENATE THANK YOU SENATE
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION REITERATE MY
COMMITMENT RESPECTFULLY
ASTRONOMICAL AND THANK YOU TO
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR
EGGMAN THE MOTION IS TO PASS- TO
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE. OUR
SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS MEANT BY. MAN I SEYARTO
. ALAN HI. ALLEN AYE BECKER.
DALY EGGMAN RIGHT. EGGMAN FIVE
GROWTH. GROVE I HER TADO. LAYER
BY LAYER I LOAN. VIDEA HI. DEAR
I. CURRENTLY IT'S SIX ZERO WILL
LEAVE THE BILL ON CALL- WANTED
TO REVISIT SB THIRTY NINE WAS
SENT EARLIER PRESENTED JUST A
FEW MOMENTS AGO DO WE HAVE A
MOTION ON SB THIRTY NINE- MOVE
MY CENTER EGGMAN ASSISTANT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS
MAN I'M TRYING TO MOLD IS- THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. SB THIRTY NINE
MOTIONS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. CENTER MAN I
MEAN I SEE RDO. ALLEN ALLEN FIVE
BECKER. EGGMAN EGGMAN I GROWTH-
I HER TADO. FLARED THERE I AM A
MOAN. VIDEA DEAR I. THE VOTE IS
SIX ZERO AND LEAVE THAT BILL ON
CALL- WITH THAT SINCE WE DO HAVE
A QUORUM I'D LIKE TO ALSO JUST
MENTION THAT WE HAVE THREE BILLS
ON CONSENT. FILE ITEM NUMBER
THREE SB SIX SIXTY EIGHT FILE
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SB FIVE THIRTY
NINE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE
SB FIVE FIFTY MISTER CHAIR I
MOVED THE CONSENT COME ON MOVE
THE MOVE BY SENATOR LAYERED-
WITH THAT ASSISTANT CAN WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CENTERS
MEN. MEN I SEYARTO. SEYARTO AYE
ALLEN. ALLEN I BAKER. EGGMAN
EGGMAN I GROW. STROKE I HER TADO
. LAYERED MERRITT ISLAND MON.
VIDEA VIDEA I. THE VOTE COUNT ON
OUR CONSENT CALENDAR IS SEVEN
ZERO WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER US SENATE ALL
YOU LOOK PREPARED YOU CAN
PRESENT YOUR BILL SB THREE SIXTY
ONE. THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS SB THREE SIXTY ONE
DIRECTS THE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT
WATER RESOURCES TO RE ACTIVATE
UPGRADE AND INSTALL NEW STREAM
GAUGES AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO
PROVIDE THEIR LONG TERM
MAINTENANCE. I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT
THE SUGGESTED BET AMENDMENTS ON
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE OF THE
ANALYSIS. CALIFORNIA MUST
PREPARE FOR EXTREME CLIMATE
CHANGE RELATED EVENTS INCLUDING
DROUGHTS AND FLOODS IT IS
CRITICAL THAT THE STATE
EFFECTIVELY MANAGE WATER ACROSS
ALL OF YOUR TYPES- TO MAXIMIZE
THE BENEFITS OF LIMITED WATER
SUPPLY. TO DO SO CALIFORNIA
NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
WATER FLOWS DOWN RIVERS AND
STREAMS AND WHEN THOSE FLOWS
OCCUR FOR EXAMPLE DURING
EXTREMELY WET- TYPES LIKE THE
RECENT SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS STREAM GAUGES HELP ASSESS
RISKS DOWNSTREAM. THEY CAN
INFORM EMERGENCY MEASURES TO
PROTECT LIVES. INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PROPERTY CURRENTLY THERE'S A
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CONSISTENCY
AND ACCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF VARIOUS
SOURCES OF WATER DATA. 70% OF
LOCAL WATERSHEDS HAVE NO HISTORY
OF A STREAM GAUGING AT LESS THAN
HALF PROVIDE DATA ON KEY METRICS
FOR WATER MANAGEMENT. IN
ADDITION MANY OF THE ACTIVE
GAUGES DO NOT- PROVIDE REAL TIME
REPORTING. IN TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN I AUTHORED S. B.
NINETEEN WHICH REQUIRED THE
WATER BOARDED D. W. R. TO
DEVELOP A PLAN TO DEPLOY NETWORK
OF STREAM GAUGES. THE BOARD
DEPARTMENT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB
OF COMPLETING THE PLAN THIS
YEAR. SB THREE SIXTY ONE TAKES
THE NEXT STEP IN DIRECTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE
PLAN. I URGE YOUR VIBE I VOTE ON
THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WATER
MANAGEMENT BILL WITH ME TODAY IS
CAITLYN REDNER- REPRESENTING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND AND
KURT. KLAAS MEYER REPRESENTED IN
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. ON THIS TO
TWO MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE
PRIMARY WITNESSES. THANK YOU MAY
PROCEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
GOOD MORNING SHARON MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AND CAITLIN REDNER
CENTER CALIFORNIA. FOR SB THREE
SIXTY ONE. CLIMATE CHANGE IS
BROUGHT A NEW DRYER REALITY TO
CALIFORNIA PUNCTUATED BY
INCREASINGLY FREQUENT AND MORE
INTENSE STORMS KIND OF LIKE WHAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY. MAKING
EFFECTIVE WATER MANAGEMENT
DECISIONS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS
REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
MUCH WATER FLOWS DOWN RIVERS AND
STREAMS AND WHEN THOSE FLOWS
KIRK. MANAGING OUR WATER SYSTEM
WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION IS AKIN
TO MANAGING A BUDGET WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH INCOME WE
HAVE OR HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING.
STREAM GAUGES AND OTHER WATER
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE ARE CRITICAL
TOOLS IN GATHERING THIS
INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE FORM
DECISIONS. EDF HAS EXTENSIVE
HISTORY DEVELOPING TOOLS AND
SUPPORTING BETTER WATER DATA FOR
DECISION MAKERS WE DEVELOPED AN
OPEN SOURCE GROUNDWATER
ACCOUNTING PLATFORM AND CO
DEVELOPED A NEW WEB APPLICATION
CALLED OPEN T. E. T. TO ENABLE
FARMERS AND WATER AGENCIES. TO
ACCURATELY TRACK WATER
CONSUMPTION USING DATA FROM
SATELLITES AND OTHER WATER IS IT
STATIONS USE ME. ADDITIONALLY
OUR STAFF PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR
THE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WATER
DATA ACTING CO FOUNDED THE
CALIFORNIA WATER DATA
CONSORTIUM. COMPREHENSIVE
STREAMFLOW INFORMATION AND OTHER
WATER DATA ARE ESSENTIAL TO
MANAGE WATER FOR MULTIPLE NEEDS
INCLUDING FLOOD PROTECTION WATER
QUALITY WATER SUPPLY AND
PROTECTION OF CREDIT FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS. BY FACILITATING THE
CREATION OF A ROBUST AND
RELIABLE NETWORK THIS BILL WILL
ALLOW LOCAL AGENCIES ALONG WITH
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
MANAGE OUR WATER MORE
EFFECTIVELY. THEY WERE VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF SENATE RESIDES
LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE OVER
THE YEARS AND ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER LEAD WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
. ME OF THE WARNING CARE AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS KURT KLAUS MEIER AND I WORK
FOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF DATA SCIENCE.
FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON PROMOTING THE
IMPORTANCE OF WATER DATA IN
CALIFORNIA. AND WE'VE PARTNERED
WITH SENATOR DODD TO HELP
SUPPORT SB NINETEEN. WE I SERVED
ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STREAM GAUGING PRESERVATION
PLAN. ONE THING WE LEARNED IS
THAT MANAGING WATER IN
CALIFORNIA IS DIFFICULT. IN
ASKING MANAGERS TO DO WITHOUT
DATA IS LIKE ASKING A PERSON TO
NAVIGATE A DARK ROOM WITH A
BLINDFOLD ON. AND OUR HANDS TIED
BEHIND THEIR BACK. IT'S GONNA BE
PAINFUL AND THEY'LL PROBABLY
MAKE SOME MISTAKES. WE'RE ASKING
YOU TODAY TO VOTE AYE ON THIS
BILL TO. MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE
STREAM GAUGING NETWORK IN
CALIFORNIA. TO IMPROVE FLOOD
SAFETY. IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY AND
WATER QUALITY. AND TO IMPROVE
THE HEALTH OF OUR- FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS. I LOVE DATA. AND IT
HURTS ME TO SEE THAT 70% OF OUR
WATERSHEDS HAVE NO DATA IN THEM
NO HISTORY OF STREAM GAUGING
AND- CURRENT STREAM GAUGES. IT
MAKES MY JOB FINDING. ADEQUATE
FLOWS FREE ECOSYSTEMS VERY
DIFFICULT. WHERE TO KEEP MOMENT
RIGHT NOW WHERE THE WATER
MANAGERS HAVE AUTHORED A PLANT.
THAT HAD OUTLINES SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS AND THE COSTS TO MAKE
A COMPREHENSIVE STREAM GAUGE
NETWORK. THIS BILL BASICALLY
GIVES THEM A DEADLINE AND I KNOW
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I
WOULD CERTAINLY WORK BETTER WHEN
I HAVE A DEADLINE. THE DEADLINE
IS TWENTY THIRTY AND SO THERE'S
PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THIS DONE.
I TO CLOSE A COMPREHENSIVE
STREAM NETWORK IS ESSENTIAL FOR
WATER MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE I IN
SUPPORT OF THIS TO GET OUR WATER
MANAGERS OUT OF THE DARK. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES HEARING
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED IF YOU COULD
LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE THAT WOULD BE
APPRECIATED. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS BOB REID WITH
READ GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA CENTER
VALLEY FLOOD CONTROL
ASSOCIATION. AND SOLANO COUNTY
WATER AGENCY IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. CATHERINE FREEMAN ON BEHALF
OF C. SACRIFICE ENDING THAT
FIFTY EIGHT THAT COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. THE MORNING MICHAEL
BELL THE COMPANY ASSOCIATION WHY
GROUP GROWS I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF WINE INSTITUTE THIS
MORNING THAT'S WHICH EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE BILL. OF
SUSTAINABILITY STEWARDSHIP ARE A
BIG PART OF OUR ICONIC INDUSTRY
WE THINK THE AUTHOR FIRST
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE WE HAVE
WILL SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE ALEX LIMB ON BEHALF OF
TROUT UNLIMITED CALIFORNIA
TROUT. SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS
LEAGUE GREENBELT ALLIANCE. THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER
ASSOCIATION AMERICAN RIVERS AND
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. SEQUEIRA
CARTER ON BEHALF OF SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
. GOOD MORNING ANDREA ABERGELE
MAP OF CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL
UTILITIES ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHRIS
NELSON ON BEHALF THE SAN LUIS
DELTA MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
HERE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
TRIBUNE HERE IN SUPPORT. OKAY
WE'LL MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION AGAIN EACH SIDE
WOULD IS PERMITTED TO MINUTES
FOR PRIMARY WITNESSES BUT LOOKS
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION SO- LET'S HEAR FROM
ANY OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES
HERE FROM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. NO
ALL IN SUPPORT OKAY WITH THAT
WILL MOVE ON TO ANY WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE OR THIS. AGAIN
THOSE LATE WISHING TO TESTIFY
SHOULD LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS
THEIR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURE.
MODERATOR IF YOU COULD PLEASE
PROMPT ANY INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SB THREE SIXTY ONE
WE WILL BEGIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC THAT MONEY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR AT B.
THREE SIXTY ONE PLEASE PRESS ONE
AND ZERO. THAT COMMAND AGAIN
ONE. ZERO THANK YOU MODERATOR IF
YOU CAN NOW GO AHEAD. OKAY WE
HAVE TWO PEOPLE QUEUED UP AND
THE FIRST PERSON IS LINE
THIRTEEN. THANK YOU. YOUR CHAIR
AND MEMBERS APERAM WITH ERIN
READING THIS SO SEE IF
REPRESENTING THE K. ASSOCIATION
OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT DISTANCE
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT
WE'LL HEAR FROM LINE TEN. GOOD
MORNING JULIE HALL WITH THE
EXPECTATION CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES IN COURT. AND MISTER
CHAIR THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT
WELL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO
TESTIFIED WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE MEMBERS
TO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS- CENTER
LAYER I JUST HAVE A COMMENT THAT
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
BILL AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF THE- NEED FOR. FOR
MEASUREMENTS EVEN OF THE REASON
THAT THEY'RE FLOOD BY PASSES
HERE IS THAT FOR EIGHTY YEARS OF
FLOOD CONTROL WAS BUILT WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT COULD HOLD
AND THERE WERE FLOODS THAT
HAPPENED IN MEASUREMENT TURNED
IT AND THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF
BILLS TO DO THIS. THIS IS REALLY
HELPFUL TO THE PROCESS AND I
WOULD MOVE TO BILL. THANK YOU
CENTER GROVE THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR I SUPPORT THE BILL I THINK
IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE NEED A
MONITOR THE STREAMS WE NEED TO
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE HOW MUCH
WATER IS COMING IN AND THEM.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT
IS VERY VERY SUPPORTABLE WE NEED
TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION I DO
HAVE A COMMENT THOUGH AND I KNOW
THE BILL DOESN'T ADDRESS IT I
WOULD HOPE THAT DAM. AS I KNOW
THESE THINGS ARE VERY VERY
EXPENSIVE IN IT YOU KNOW PUTTING
THEM IN POSITION WILL BE VERY
EXPENSIVE I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS
BODY WOULD USE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
LICENSE PLATE FUND AND THE
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FENDER
THE GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF.
PUSHING IT BACK TO WATER USERS I
KNOW THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN THE
BILL BUT I KNOW IT'S ALL THERE
ALL IN THE PLAN. THAT WAS
BROUGHT FORTH THAT YOU. THAT YOU
HAD- PRODUCED LAST YEAR. SO AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND FOLLOWING THROUGH.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO
MISTER MEASURING WATER IN THE
STATE. NEXT SATURDAY. ANYONE
ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE WHICH THE
SPEAKER S. COMMENTS OKAY. I
SENATOR DODD WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL. DO
WE HAVE A MOTION ON. SB THREE
SIXTY- CENTER LAYERED. THE BILL
HAS BEEN MOVED BY CENTER LAYERED
- THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS BECAUSE
NOT HAVING A MOTION OR
RECOMMENDATION IS LIKE. HAVING
NO DATA FOR WATER- SORRY. OF A-
PLEASE CALL ROLL. SENATORS I.
MIN AYE SEYARTO FIVE. ZERO I.
ALLEN ALLEN I BECKER. THANK
EGGMAN I GREW. BROKE I HER TADO
. LAYER LAYERED I AMONG. THE DS
. MEDIA VIDEA I. THANK SENATOR
THANK YOU MEMBERS. END OF OCALA
IS SEVEN ZERO WILL THAT ON CALL
- CENTER COPIER IN THE ROOM OKAY
SENATOR JONES ARE YOU PREPARED
TO PRESENT. AND WE HAVE SB SEVEN
OH EIGHT WITCHER WILL BE
PRESENTING. THANK YOU SENATOR
LAYER I'VE CENTER JONES. THANK
YOU CENTER MEN AND MEMBERS-
BEFORE I START MY PRESENTATION
OF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED I WAS
DOWN IN ANZA BORREGO LAST
WEEKEND. AND THE OF FLOWERS ARE
ABSOLUTELY- GOING OFF RIGHT NOW
SO I'D LOVE TO SHARE ANY
PICTURES WITH YOU IF THAT HELPS
GET THE BILL. UP APPROVED THIS
AFTERNOON. ANYWAYS I'M HERE
SOON- CENTER MEN AND MEMBERS FOR
SB SEVEN AWAIT. CALIFORNIA
BALANCES RECREATIONAL INTERESTS
OF HAVE OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES
WITH THE NEED TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. THE GREAT SUCCESS
OF THE OAG RECREATION HAS COME
FROM A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
THE RULES AND THE WILLINGNESS OF
OHB ORGANIZATIONS. TO SHARE
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH
THEIR MEMBERS THE OAG
COMPETITION STICKER PROGRAM WAS
DISCONTINUED BY THE CALIFORNIA
AIR RESOURCES BOARD. FOR
COMPETITION MOTORCYCLES AFTER
TWENTY TWENTY TWO HOWEVER THE
DISCONTINUATION OF THE STICKER
DOES NOT OUTLAW COMPETITION. SO
NOW WE ARE LEFT IN THE NEED OF A
WAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE VEHICLES
AND PROVIDE CLEAR RULES TO EVENT
ADMINISTRATORS. AS MOST OF YOU
WILL REMEMBER I'VE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS ISSUE FOR FOUR YEARS.
BUT LAST YEAR'S EFFORT WAS
VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR DUE TO
ITS COSTS THE GOVERNOR DID NOT
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POLICY.
AS HE WROTE IN THE VETO MESSAGE
THAT HE RECOGNIZES THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF OHB TO RURAL
COMMUNITIES- HIV COMPETITIONS
ARE POPULAR WITH FAMILIES AND
HAVE MADE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
DESTINATION PLACES FOR FANS. WE
WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION WITHIN PARKS AND
FORGED WHAT IS NOW A MUCH MORE
STRAIGHTFORWARD SOLUTION. BASED
ON EXISTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE
SNOW PARKS PERMIT. SB SEVEN
AWAIT PER CREATES A PERMIT TO
IDENTIFY OFF HIGHWAY V.
COMPETITION MOTORCYCLES. AND
MAKES PERMITS AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE MAIL WITHOUT REQUIRING DMV
TO REGISTER AND IDENTIFY
COMPETITION VEHICLES LIKE MY
PREVIOUS BILLS DID. THIS PROGRAM
WILL SIMPLY PROVIDE A CLEAR AND
SIMPLE SOLUTION TO IDENTIFYING
WHO IS ALLOWED ON A COMPETITION
COURSE. I AM PROUD TO SAY THERE
IS NO OPPOSITION. I HAVE WITH ME
TODAY TERRY MCHALE OF ERIN READ
ASSOCIATES AND DON AMADOR OF THE
O. H. V. COALITION. WILL MOVE ON
TO LEAD WITNESSES IN SUPPORT AND
AGAIN EACH SIDE IS PERMITTED TWO
MINUTES FOR EACH PRIMARY
WITNESSES EACH OF THEIR TWO
PRIMARY WITNESSES. AND ALL
OTHERS WISHING TO TESTIFY SHOULD
LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE. GO AHEAD SIR. MORNING
IS CHAIRMAN TERRY MCHALE WITH
ERIN READ NECESSITY IT'S
PERSONAL I WANT TO THANK
KATHERINE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK
ON THIS IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD
THERE IS NO OPPOSITION. HI THIS
IS A STREAMLINED SOLUTION TO A
BUREAUCRATIC PROBLEMS. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE
RECREATION DURING COMPETITION
RACES. ARE CLEARLY AN ABSOLUTELY
IDENTIFIED THIS IS WHAT THIS
DOES THE FEES COLLECTED BY STATE
PARKS FOR THIS PERMIT. WILL BE
USED TO OFFSET THE COST OF
ISSUING THE PERMIT. IT WORKS IS
SIMPLE WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR READING OF THE- WE- AND
. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND BOARD
MEMBER MY NAME DAWN M. OR COVER
AFFAIRS WITH AMY DISTRICT SIX.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT SB SEVEN OH
EIGHT. A BILL THAT WILL CREATE
AN ONLINE SANCTIONED EVENT
PERMIT PROGRAM FOR MODEL YEAR
TWENTY TWENTY. TO A NEWER
COMPETITION MOTORCYCLES. THAT
WILL BE ADDED LIKE HER BEFORE TO
AN EXISTING STATE PARK PROGRAM.
THIS NEW PERMIT PROGRAM IS
NEEDED BECAUSE CARB. ENDED THE
RED STICKER PROGRAM IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE WITH NO SUBSEQUENT.
IDENTIFICATION PROCESS IN PLACE
FOR THE NEWER MODELS. THAT LACK
OF A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION DE
CAL HAS CAUSED CHAOS AND
CONFUSION. WITH NUMEROUS STATE
AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THOSE VEHICLES AT
SANCTIONED EVENTS ON PUBLIC
LANDS. AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY
SEVEN AWAIT ALSO RESTORES FEE
MONIES. THAT WERE ONCE COLLECTED
THAT WERE LOST WHEN THE
RESTRICTIVE PROGRAM ENDED IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THOSE FUNDS
WILL ONCE AGAIN HELP WRITERS
PAPER VET RELATED COSTS SUCH AS
TRAIL MAINTENANCE CONSERVATION
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGAIN THIS
NEW PROGRAM WOULD MIRROR CURRENT
PERMITS AT STATE PARKS INCLUDING
THE- EACH BE NON RESIDENT.
STICKER AND THIS NO WORK
PERMITS. MAKE THE PURCHASE OF
ALWAYS BEING NON RESIDENT
PERMITS UNNECESSARY FOR
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS TRYING TO
REPLACE. THE OBSOLETE RED
STICKER DECALS ASPIRIN I VOTE BY
THIS COMMITTEE THANK YOU THANK
YOU DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ASHLEY WALKER
WITH NASIM IN ON BEHALF OF THE
MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY COUNCIL IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE
IN THE ROOM IN SUPPORT. OKAY ANY
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. NO
ANY OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
. NO OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY
WITNESSES WISHING TO TESTIFY VIA
THE TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. AGAIN
THOSE WISHING TO TESTIFY SHOULD
LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS THEIR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE MODERATOR IF YOU COULD
PLEASE PROP THE INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TESTIFIED TO TESTIFY. IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SB
SEVEN AWAIT WE WILL BEGIN. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. S. B. SEVEN OH EIGHT
THE PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO THAT
COMMAND AGAIN ONE. ZERO AND WE
HAVE ONE PERSON QUEUED UP- FIRST
WE WILL HEAR FROM LINE TWELVE
THANK YOU MODERATOR. CHAIRMEN
AND MEMBERS GEN QAMAR ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA MORE THANK YOU HAS
THE VISION AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
. THANK YOU FOR OUR OUR
WITNESSES- WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS
TO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS.
OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE
THE BILL SENATOR- JONES WE LIKE
TO CLOSE THANK YOU- MISTER CHAIR
JUST ASK YOUR AYE VOTE THANK YOU
THANK YOU CENTER GROVE HAS MOVED
THE BILL- THE MOTION IS TO PASS
AS AMENDED TO TRANSPORTATION-
SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS MAN I MEAN AYE SEYARTO.
HI ZERO AYE ALLEN. ALLEN I BAKER
. EGGMAN EGGMAN I GROWTH. BROKE
I HER TADO. LAYERED LAYER I AM
THE MON. PADILLA MEDIA I. THE
VOTE COUNT IS SEVEN ZERO AND
LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL FOR MANY
MEMBERS THANK MISTER THANK YOU
CENTER JONES. OKAY OUR NEXT
PRESENTERS AND SENATOR CABALLERO
IS NOT HERE IT'S AN ORDINARY
PREPARED TO PRESENT. THANK YOU
SENATOR EGGMAN- YOU'VE TWO BILLS
TODAY SB FIVE EIGHTY SIX AND S.
B. SIX THIRTY EIGHT. AND YOU MAY
PRESENT WHEN READY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- AND GOOD MORNING. TO
ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY. I AM
PRESENTING SB FIVE EIGHTY SIX
AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEES
AMENDMENTS ON THIS BILL.
FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA IN
TWO THOUSAND FIVE CALIFORNIA
BEGAN TO RE EVALUATE OUR OWN
LEVY SYSTEMS- IN THE IN AND
THROUGH THAT- PASSED A FOUR
BILLION DOLLAR BOND THE LAST
FLOOD BONTA WAS PASSED IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA- AND IN TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT- ONE OF MY
PREDECESSORS- SUPPORTED SB FIVE.
WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS
INCLUDED A DEADLINE FOR PROJECTS
LOCATED IN THE REGION TO ACHIEVE
A TWO HUNDRED YEAR STANDARD
FLOOD PROTECTION BY TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE Y. TWENTY TWENTY
FIVE TO SAY JUST KIND OF AN
ARBITRARY NUMBER. THAT THEY PUT
OUT THERE- AND OF COURSE PART OF
THAT RATIONALE WAS ASSEMBLY SAID
BEFORE IF THEY DON'T HAVE
DEADLINES PEOPLE DON'T WORK
TOWARDS THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE
WORKING. TOWARDS THE DEADLINE-
OF COURSE FUNDING THESE TYPES OF
PROJECTS IS A COMPLEX AND
LENGTHY PROCESS YOU NEED SUPPORT
FROM. THE FEDS. LOCALS HAVE TO
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR PART
IN A LOT OF THAT IS YOU RAISE
THE MONEY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
FEES AND OF COURSE IF YOU DON'T
BUILD AND YOU DON'T HAVE
DEVELOPMENT FEES AND YOU CAN'T
DO THE PROJECTS BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T PARTNER WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. I'M SO. AND OF
COURSE AS YOU ALL KNOW RELYING
ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN BE
A LENGTHY PROCESS THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS IS NOT ALWAYS- AS
NIMBLE AS- A AS YOU'D LIKE. AND
SO DOES PROCESS CAESAR THE
DEADLINES OFTEN GET DELAYED- SO.
AND AS YOU KNOW THE PROBABLY NO
WAY TO GET THAT WIN THESE BIG
PROJECTS DONE WITHOUT SO I'VE
GOT A COUPLE AREAS IN MY
DISTRICT- AND WE'VE TAKEN THE
AMENDMENT TO THIS THE ONLY
APPLIED TO THE MAS STILL TRACK
AREA AND WEST SACRAMENTO. TO DO
AWAY WITH THAT DEADLINE BECAUSE
WE HAD TO MOVE IT A COUPLE
TIMES. AND SO THIS WOULD JUST
SAY WE EVERYONE IS WORKING
TOWARDS THAT WE HAVE. IF YOU'D
SEE ARE THE CITY OF LATHROP YOU
SEE RIVER ISLAND'S BIG LOVELY
PROJECTS THAT- HAVE REALLY BEGUN
TO TRANSFORM MY AREA IN A WAY
THAT. MUCH MORE LIVABLE- AT THE
END AND WE NEED MORE HOUSING
RIGHT WE NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE
TO LIVE. SO AS SO WE'RE ASKING
THIS LET'S GET LET'S GET RID OF
THAT OUR ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE AS
WE CONTINUE. TO WORK TOWARDS
IMPROVING OUR LEVEES AND KEEPING
THEM ALL. UP TO UP TO SPEED. NOW
AND WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY IS
SCOTT SHAPIRO THE GENERAL
COUNSEL FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN
FLOOD. CONTROL AREA JEFF THANK
YOU CENTER EGGMAN WILL MOVE ON
TO LEAVE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK
TODAY MY NAME IS SCOTT SHAPIRO
I'M GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE SAN
JOAQUIN AREA FLOOD CONTROL
AGENCY. OR THANKS TO THE SENATOR
FOR INTRODUCING A VERY IMPORTANT
BILL FOR OUR AREA. AS WELL AS
WEST SACRAMENTO. IT'S TRUE THAT
SOME OF THE BEST WORK THAT'S
BEEN DONE IN FLOOD CONTROL IN
OUR CENTRAL VALLEY HAS BEEN DONE
AS RESULT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NEARLY
THREE BILLION DOLLARS OF
INVESTMENT IN THE LAST TEN
YEARS. AND THEN INVESTMENT WORKS
BEST WHEN IT'S A PARTNERSHIP OF
THE STATE THE LOCALS IN THE
FED'S. ALLOWING US TO SPREAD OUR
LOCAL AND STATE MONEY EVEN
BETTER- THIS BILL WILL ALIGN THE
DEADLINE FROM AN ARBITRARY
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. TO THE
DEADLINES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE FEDERAL PROJECTS AND CREATE
THAT FLEXIBILITY. WITH THAT I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE A FILL IN BEHIND THE
SENATOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER WE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM WISHING TO
SUPPORT. WARNING MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS BOB REID WITH READ
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL
VALLEY FLOOD CONTROL ASSOCIATION
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING MR TERROR MEMBERS KAREN
LAYING OFF OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS CARE OFF ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF STOCKTON STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
AUDREY RETIRED CHECK FROM CRUISE
STRATEGIES ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM IN
SUPPORT. OKAY LET'S HEAR FROM-
LEAD UP WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
WE HAVE IN HERE TODAY. NOW DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER IT OPPOSITION
WITNESSES HERE TODAY. OKAY WE'LL
MOVE ON TO WITNESSES WISH
WISHING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE- MODERATOR COULD
YOU PLEASE PROMPT ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB
FIVE EIGHTY SIX. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION SB FIVE
EIGHTY SIX. PLEASE PRESS ONE AT
THE END ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND
WE HAVE. NO COMMENT AT THIS
TIME. OKAY I THANK YOU DOLLAR
WITNESSES WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE MEMBERS-
ANY MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS-
SENATE EARLIER- I'M A COMBAT AND
IT'S- I'M GOING TO HAPPILY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. AS THE-
ANALYSIS POINTS OUT- I HAD ONE
OF THE BILLS THAT WAS IN THE TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN FLOOD PACKAGE AND
IT WAS REALLY HARD FOUGHT. TO
THE- MY PIECE WAS ABOUT PLANNING
AN EVACUATION AND SAFETY BUT THE
LIABILITY. AND DEVELOPING AND
DEEP FLOOD. ZONES IT HAD SOME
EUPHEMISM I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT
IT WAS WERE THE ONES THAT
STALLED THAT PACKAGE FOR THREE
OR FOUR YEARS. AND THE SHOW THE
R. AND APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS
YOU TALK THAT NARROWED IT TO THE
TWO AREAS THAT THAT'S REALLY
SIGNIFICANT MY ONE CONCERN IS
THAT I JUST OFFERED BECAUSE IF
THIS. IF PEOPLE ARE LISTENING
THINKING THIS IS A PRECEDENT FOR
OTHER AREAS IT CONCERNS ME THAT
AND THAT IS THAT. THE FACT THAT
IN THE- THE DESCRIPTION THAT AN
ACTIVE FEDERAL PROJECT IN
PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OR
CLOSE OUT. THE PAPAROA ONE WHICH
WE GOT FUNDED LAST YEAR
COMPLETELY AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT
IN TIME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
WITH THE FLOOD HAPPENING. WAS IN
PLANNING FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS
AND SO IF YOU ARE PLANNING AS
ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR WHICH YOU
CAN MOVE OFF THE DEADLINE THAT
IS REALLY NO DEADLINE. IT JUST
MEANS THAT YOU CAN BE WORKING ON
PLANNING AND YOU CAN HAVE THE
DEADLINE MOVED OFF FOREVER WHEN
PEOPLE LIKE IN PARK ROW ARE IN
HARM'S WAY AND YOU WANT. EVERY
BIT OF PRESSURE ON IT TO MOVE
THE PROJECT AND BELIEVE ME I
GET. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
BECAUSE IT TOOK THE STATE
CHANGING HOW WE FINANCE PROJECTS
AND THAT WANT TO REALLY BURKE
THE MONEY OUT OF THE CORE OF
ENGINEERS AT AND GET IT
COMPLETELY FUNDED SO. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AND I
WILL HAPPILY MOVED THE BILL.
THANK YOU CENTER LET ANYONE
ELSE. ALL RIGHT SO I DO A SOME
COME IS ONE I AYE SHE SOME OF
THE CAN. OF MIGHT CALL. FROM
MONTEREY- THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN
A YEAR WHERE EVEN TODAY WE'RE
EXPERIENCING A LOT OF RAINFALL-
IT'S BEEN AN EVENTFUL YEAR FROM
A WATER PERSPECTIVE IN AND WE'RE
ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT HAVE-
BECAUSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE AROUND THE STATE. WE'RE
ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE I BELIEVE
OUR FIFTEENTH ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
THIS YEAR. NOW THIS BILL LIKE
FLOOD MANAGEMENT GENERALLY IS
VERY COMPLEX A CENTRAL VALLEY
HAS ONE THE HIGHEST FLOOD RISKS
IN THE NATION. AND ON THE ONE
HAND WE DO WANT TO GIVE OUR
LOCALS THE TOOLS AND FLEXIBILITY
NECESSARY TO PARTNER. WITH THE
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND
GET THESE IMPORTANT FLOOD
PROTECTION PROJECTS DONE. I TO
MAKE SURE THAT AREAS LIKE THE
ONES THAT ARE AUTHOR REPRESENTS
A CHIEF URBAN LEVELS OF- FOR
PRODUCTION THAT ARE ADEQUATE.
OBVIOUSLY THESE PROJECTS CAN AND
HAVE BEEN GETTING DELAYED. ON
THE OTHER HAND THE LAST THING WE
WANT TO DO IS EXAMPLE AREAS FROM
ADEQUATE FUND FLOOD PROTECTION.
AND POTENTIALLY PUT PEOPLE AND
BUSINESSES IN HARM'S WAY SO I
KNOW THAT THE AUTHOR HAS WORKED
VERY VERY DILIGENTLY. ON
INCLUDING WITH OUR COMMITTEE
STAFF TO TRY TO GET THIS PLACE
IS THIS BILL IN A PLACE WHERE A
LOT OF US FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH IT. I AM FINDING THAT RIGHT
BALANCE BETWEEN ENSURING THAT
RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED WITH
COMMONSENSE FLOOD PROTECTION. I
WILL MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
PROGRESS ON MOVING THESE
PROJECTS FORWARD SO. I
APPRECIATE IN PARTICULAR YOU
NEARING THIS BILL- TO SPECIFIC
AREAS THAT HAVE DELAYED ARMY
CORPS PROJECTS. AND REDUCING
POTENTIAL STATE LIABILITY FOR
FLOOD DAMAGES DURING EXTENDED
TIME PERIODS. I WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR WORKING WITH OUR
STAFF AND- YOU KNOW LOOK FOR
DISSING THIS BILL BUT WITH THAT
WE DO RECOMMEND AN AYE VOTE
HERE- AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
ON SB FIVE EIGHTY SIX FROM
SENATOR LAYERED- THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSES AMENDED TO GOVERNANCE
AND FINANCE. ASSISTANCE PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CENTERS MEN ALL
RIGHT. MAN I SEE ORDER. ALAN.
OUR I BAKER. EGGMAN HI. EGGMAN I
GROWTH. GROWTH I HEARD. LAYERED
LAYER I MOAN. PADILLA PADILLA I
. EIGHT SIX ZERO LEAVE THAT
BELONG CALL. IMAGE ALL RIGHT
CONSIDERING ARE YOU PREPARED TO
PRESENT SB SIX THIRTY EIGHT I
AM. A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. OF AN KNOWS THIS
MAY SEEM LIKE I'M- BACKSTEP AND
REGULATES I SAY WE WANT TO YOU
KNOW GIVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY
AND THEN I SAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE
FLOOD WHO NEEDS MORE MONEY BUT
THEY GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE
WELL AS I SAID. IN MY EARLIER
STATEMENT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A
FLOOD BOND IN A LONG TIME. IT IS
TIME NOW AS WE'VE ALL SEEN- SO
THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR A SIX
BILLION DOLLAR BOND- THAT WILL
PROVIDE CRITICAL FUNDING FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. BUT FOCUSED PRIMARILY IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY- AS WE HAVE
ALL SEEN AND EXPERIENCE I HAVE
PARTS OF MY DISTRICT UNDERWATER
I KNOW CENTER GROVE DOES I KNOW
CENTER LAYER DOES- AND IT'S TIME
FOR THE STATE TO TAKE SOME MORE
ACTION ON THESE PROJECTS IS
THESE ARE NOT ABOUT THE STORAGE
PROJECT. WE HAVE ALL THE MULTI
BENEFIT USE WE DO HAVE SOME
CARVED INTO THAT FOR THIS. BUT
THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY FOR THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE AS WE ALL
KNOW OUR THE LEVEE SYSTEMS. THAT
NOT ONLY- PROTECT PEOPLE BUT
MOVE WATER UP AND DOWN A PROVIDE
FOR THE AGRICULTURAL THAT WE ALL
NEED- ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT
IS SO- WITH ME TODAY SO THAT WE-
WE KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T DO
SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO COST AS
WELL OVER. TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO BE ABLE TO- TO BE REACTIVE
AFTER IT COMES SO IT'S TIME TO
BE PROACTIVE AGAIN TO PROVIDE
MORE FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE
PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT OTHERS
DISTRICTS. AND WITH ME HERE
TODAY I HAVE BOB REAP ON BEHALF
OF THE BILL SPONSOR CAN CENTRAL
VALLEY. BUT ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN
A GREAT PARTNER- TO THE WORKING
WITH HIM SINCE LAST YEAR TO GET
THIS JUST RIGHT WE HOPE- AND
ALSO JOHN CAIN WITH. RIVER
PARTNERS THANK YOU AND AS A
REMINDER IF YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIRMAN BOB REED WITH
THREE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL
VALLEY FLOOD CONTROL
ASSOCIATION. IT'S A FACT THAT
CALIFORNIA'S BEEN UNDER
INVESTING IN ITS FLOOD
PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR. DECADES.
WITHOUT ADEQUATE AND CEMENT IN
IN THAT SYSTEM. HELLO MAY EXPECT
AS MUCH TWO THREE POINT TWO
BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AND-
FIVE HUNDRED DEATHS. ON AVERAGE
PER YEAR IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
BY TWENTY SEVENTY TWO. THE
CALIFORNIA CENTER VALLEY FLOOD
PROTECTION BOARD WAS CREE-
CREATED BACK IN TWO THOUSAND
SEVEN. AND GIVEN ADDITIONAL
DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES WITH
RESPECT TO THE STATE PLAN FLOOD
CONTROL FACILITIES. THAT THEY'VE
PROVIDED THREE UPDATES TO THEIR-
TO UPDATE THEIR INITIAL. PLAN
AND TWENTY TWENTY TWELVE. THE
TWENTY TWENTY TO UPDATE CALLS
FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF TWENTY
FIVE TO THIRTY BILLION DOLLARS
IN CENTER VALLEY FLOOD CONTROL.
SYSTEM OVER THIRTY YEARS. OUR
DAMS LEVEES AND- WHERE'S AND
BYPASSES ARE GENERALLY SEVENTY
FIVE YEARS OLD. IMAGINE DRIVING
DOWN A FREEWAY IN YOUR DISTRICT
THAT HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED OR
IMPROVED IN SEVENTY FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
IN OUR SYSTEMS IT DEMANDS A
SIGNIFICANT STATE INVESTMENT BUT
IT'S NOT THE STATE ON ITS OWN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FUNDS
65% OF THE COST OF FEDERAL FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECTS TO PROTECT
URBAN AREAS. SO WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE A LOT OF
MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND FROM LOCAL AGENCY
PARTICIPATION- IN THIS MEASURE.
I WOULD- JUST CLOSE BY SAYING
THAT- THE BILL PROVIDES A ROBUST
AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR- THE STATE
PLAN FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES
FOR URBAN PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE
CENTRAL VALLEY FROM SAN DIEGO
ALL THE WAY UP THE COAST- AND IT
ALSO INCLUDES A VERY ROBUST- DAM
SAFETY. A FUNDING PROGRAM WHICH-
IS BASED ON A PROGRAM THAT- THE
NEWSOME ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT WATER RESOURCES AND A
BROAD COALITION OF DAM OWNERS I
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND THIS
WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING- AT A
50% MATCH FOR THAT PRODUCT FOR
THAT PROGRAM THANK YOU HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
WE HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS. HELLO
MY NAME'S CAN IN THE COUNTRY
DIRECTOR AT RIVER PARTNERS-
REPORTERS IS A NON PROFIT. THAT
FOCUSES ON FLOODPLAIN
RESTORATION SINCE OUR AND OUR
FOUNDING BY FARMERS- TWENTY FIVE
YEARS AGO WE'VE RESTORED SIXTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN
MOSTLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
HER PARTNERS GRATEFUL FOR THE
SENATORS LEADERSHIP. ON THE
PROPOSED BOND. AND SUPPORTS THE
BOND. THE INVESTMENT THE WILL BE
FINANCED BY THE BOND IS
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE
CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION
PLAN. AND PREPARE FOR A CHANGING
CLIMATE THE WILL BRING MUCH
LARGER FLOODS AND SEVERE
DROUGHT. ANALYSIS OF THE FROM
THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD
PROTECTION PLAN ESTIMATES THE
DAMAGES. FROM A MAJOR EVENT
COULD TOTAL ONE TRILLION DOLLARS
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. DAMAGES
THAT COULD BE LARGELY AVOIDED.
PARTICULARLY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY BY IMPLEMENTING THE
CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION
PLAN. RIVER PARTNERS AND SEVERAL
OTHER NONPROFIT CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATIONS WERE VERY ENGAGED
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN
IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND TO
UPDATE SAID. SEVENTEEN AND
TWENTY TWO. LAND PRIORITISES
MULTI BENEFIT FLOOD MANAGEMENT
PROJECTS. IT INCLUDES A
CONSERVATION STRATEGY TO ENSURE
THAT INVESTMENTS IN THE FLOOD
PROTECTION ALSO IMPROVE
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ALONG THE
RIVERS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY THE
PLAN CALLS FOR EXPANDING OUR
FLAWED WAYS BY PASSES TO
ACCOMMODATE THE FLOODS THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BRING. IT
CALLS FOR EXPANDING THE YOLO
BYPASS CREATING A NEW FLOOD BY
PASS IN THE SOUTH DELTA BETWEEN
STOCKTON AND TRACY TO DIVERT
FLOOD WATERS AWAY. FROM URBAN
AREAS IN THE STOCKTON
METROPOLITAN AREA I CALLS FOR
LARGE SCALE FLOODPLAIN
RESTORATION IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. MODELED AFTER THE- RIVER
PARTNERS DOES REALIZE PROJECT.
WHICH IS FEATURED ON THE COVER
OF THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO C. B.
F. P. P. THAT IS ALSO NAMED- FOR
STATE PARK BY THE GOVERNOR AND
IN THIRTEEN HERE STATUS WE HAVE
STATE PARK. RIVER PARTNERS IS
WORKING WITH SENATOR EGGMAN AND
OUR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE
BOND WHAT ADEQUATELY ADEQUATELY
A FLAT FIND. FLOODWAY EXPANSION.
PARTICULARLY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. WHERE PEAK FLIGHTS ARE
EXPECTED TO TRIPLE IN THE NEXT
FIFTY YEARS YOU COULD CLOSE THAT
BE GREAT. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. FROM
FLOODING IS TO GIVE RIVERS MORE
ROOM TO CONVEY FLOODS AND LET
FLOOD WATERS RECHARGE AQUIFERS
THANK YOU THANK YOU. I DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES
HEARING TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. GOOD
MORNING HOW ARE NOT TAKING TIME
I HEAR FOR YOU BUT WATER AGENCY
IN SUPPORT AND ALSO IRVINE
BRANCH- WATER DISTRICT
SUPPORTIVE AMENDED WITH A
PARTICULAR NOTE OF THANKS FOR
THE DAM SAFETY AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE PLEASE. THANK YOU.
HELLO KRISTEN OLSEN HER BEHALF
OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER
AUTHORITY AND UNITED WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT. HERE IN
SUPPORT OF SB THREE SIX SIX
THIRTY EIGHT IN PARTICULAR THE
DAM SAFETY FUNDING THANK YOU.
THE GRANDMA BE HAPPILY OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES APPRECIATE THE
SENATE LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.
ANDREA ABERGELE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
SO SHE XIN IN SUPPORT AND
REQUEST THE AUTHORING COMMITTEE
TO CONSIDER VALLEY WATERS
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE
ARE FROM THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE
FOR JOBS IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THAT'S A LOSS ON BEHALF OF SAN.
SERRANO WATER DISTRICT IN
SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY ON THE DAM
SAFETY FUNDING THANK YOU THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING SENATORS ADAM
COMMUNIS ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES WITH THE SUPPORT IF
AMENDED POSITION HAPPILY WORKING
WITH THE SPONSOR AND AUTHOR ON
AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BROADEN
SOME OF THE FUNDING CATEGORIES
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SKETCH
BUREAU AGAIN GENERAL COUNSEL FOR
THE SAN JOAQUIN AREA FLOOD
CONTROL AGENCY AND SEVERAL
DOZEN. OF MAYBE MAINTENANCE
AGENCIES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
SUPPORTING THANK YOU. MISTER
CHAIRMAN FIVE RE BEGIN ON BEHALF
OF- TWO OF OUR OTHER CLIENTS
THAT SOLANO COUNTY WATER AGENCY
IN THE CENTERPIECE FLOOD CONTROL
AGENCY IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU I
GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE A
FLOOD OF SUPPORT WITNESSES- DO
WE HAVE ANY. OTHER WITNESSES IN
THE ROOM OKAY SORRY DAD JOKES-
OKAY DO YOU HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. ALL
RIGHT DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES HERE IN
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. OKAY
MODERATOR IF THAT WILL MOVE THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE DO WE
HAVE ANY- IF YOU COULD PLEASE
PROMPT INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. OF SB SIX THIRTY
EIGHT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION SB SIX THIRTY EIGHT
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO.
THAT COMMAND AGAIN ONE ZERO. AND
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE QUEUED UP
FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM LINE
NINETEEN. GOOD CARE OUT WHICH
ONLY HAPPENS. DISTRICT NO FORMAL
YEAH WOULD LIKE TO URGED.
FUNDING TO. LEVEL I CLOSE
COMMUNITY IN THE FLOOR TO
WORKING THE DOCTOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE ALL MORE
PER- CUED UP ONE MOMENT PLEASE
WHILE WE PROVIDE THE WITH THEIR
LINE NUMBER. AND ONE OUT GO TO
LINE EIGHTEEN. GOOD MORNING AT
THE JACK WALKER WITH THE
DOCUMENT OF METRIC CHAMBER
REPRESENTING OVER SIX HUNDRED
MEMBER BUSINESSES IN THE SIX
COUNTY REGION WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY WITH THAT THANK YOU TO ALL
WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS BILL I
WILL BRING DISCUSSION BACK TO
MEMBERS- SENATOR THEIR- I'M A CO
AUTHOR OF THIS AND I THINK IT'S
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LEADERSHIP
OF SENATOR EGGMAN. SHE IS JUST
PUTTING A STAKE IN THE GROUND WE
HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE TWO
THOUSAND SIX WAS THE LAST TIME
THERE WAS A STATE WIDE FLOOD
BOND AND WE HAVE SOME AUTHORIZED
PROJECTS NOW. THAT AREN'T FULLY
OF FUNDED WITHIN THE STATE PARKS
COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE ONCE THAT EVERYBODY
WAS TESTIFYING ABOUT AND WHAT
WHEN SHE WAS FIRST INTRODUCING
IT I JUST EXPRESSED. THE DESIRE
THAT IT COULD BE BROUGHT TO
EVERY PLACE IN THE STATE OF NOW
WE HAVE SEEN WHY THAT'S THE
ISSUE AND I THINK OUR- PROBLEM
WILL PROBABLY BE WHEN YOU
NEGOTIATE THIS HOW DO YOU COVER
EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
COVERED HOW DO YOU MAKE PROGRESS
BUT- THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING
AND I'LL HAPPILY MOVE. ON THE
SIDE OF. ANY OTHER CA OR
QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW MEMBERS AS
SENATOR GROWTH. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR M. I SUPPORT THE BILL I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT
FORWARD AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR
YOU KNOW ALL AGAIN WORKING WITH
OPPOSITION I JUST HAVE ONE
COMMENT THAT WILL APPEAR
ACTUALLY IT IS VERY NEGATIVE I
HAVE ONE COMMENT. AND IT IS VERY
NEGATIVE AT LAST YEAR WE HAD A
HUNDRED BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET
AND WE COULDN'T FIND SIX BILLION
DOLLARS AND A HUNDRED BILLION
DOLLAR BUDGET. TO FUND. AND A
PROJECT THAT LIKE MY COLLEAGUE
MY GOOD COLLEAGUE THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SAID WE HAVEN'T HAD A- A FLOOD-
BOND IN YEARS. ED THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS. A DRASTICALLY
NEEDED ACCORDING TO OTHER
COMMENTS. AND IT IS VERY
DISAPPOINTED THAT WITH A HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN
BUDGET. FOR OUR FLOOD CONTROL
AREAS AND FOR THE TOTAL BUDGET
WE CAN FIND SIX BILLION IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET. I KNOW WE HAVE
BUILT A EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT A
DEFICIT THIS YEAR- BUT WE STILL
HAVE TO EARN TO- TWENTY THREE
BILLION DOLLARS. AND IT'S ALL
ABOUT PRIORITIES AND HOW WE
SPEND MANY SAID GO BACK TO THE
TAXPAYERS. DISAPPOINTS ME BUT I
DESPERATELY NO IMMEDIATE. AND SO
I PLEDGE YOU FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD BUT I DO WANNA MAKE THAT
COMMENT THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S
ABOUT PRIORITIES AND HOW WE
SPEND OUR MONEY. AND THAT WE
COULD COME UP WITH SIX BILLION
DOLLARS LAST YEAR WITH A HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLAR. AT INCREASE OR
INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET. THANKS I
CENTER AROUND. YEAH I JUST WANT
TO. ALSO BE EXPRESS MOST OF FOR
THE- KNOW WE THE NECK. BY ON THE
AGENDA- IS. OUR OTHER BOND IN.
SO I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SO
WORK UNDER WAY. BETWEEN OUR
OFFICES AND OF COURSE OUR
PARTNERS ON THE SOME SIDE TO.
SEE WHERE THIS BOND CONVERSATION
GOES BUT I CERTAINLY- YOU LOTS
OF LOTS OF VERY IMPORTANT FOR
STRUCTURAL NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH
YOUR- PROPOSAL IN AND- LOOKING
FOR TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU
. ANYONE ELSE OKAY I WANT TO
MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL THIS IS-
AS SENATOR ALLEN NOTED ONE OF
TWO CLIMATE BOND PROPOSALS THE
COMMITTEE'S GONNA HERE TODAY.
AND THE COMMITTEE IS
RECOMMENDING A DO PASS FOR BOTH
BILLS SO THAT WORK ON THEM CAN
CONTINUE- IS CERTAINLY WE HAVE
MAJOR FLOOD PROTECTION NEEDS AS
HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO- THIS IS
PRIMARILY A FLOOD PROTECTION
BOND WITH SOME ADDITIONAL. DAM
SAFETY ANOTHER PROPOSALS- AND
WHILE I SUPPORT THAT EFFORT WE
OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE NOT NEGLECTING OTHER
CLIMATE RESILIENCY. I PRIORITIES
THAT WERE FACING ACROSS THE
STATE INCLUDING WILDFIRE DROUGHT
EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION AND SO
MUCH MORE INCLUDING IN DISTRICTS
LIKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I
AND SO ARE SOME OF THESE TOPICS
LIKE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND
OTHERS OR INCLUDE IN THE BILL
BUT I DO THINK MORE IS NEEDED-
AND I DO THINK WE ALSO NEED TO
ENSURE THAT THERE IS REGIONAL
PARITY- EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
AS WE TALK ABOUT- A BOND THAT.
YOU KNOW WE MAY NOT SEE ANOTHER
BOND PROPOSAL LIKE THIS FOR SOME
TIME IF THIS GETS OUT SO. LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR HAVING OUR STAFF WORK
WITH THE OTHERS A BILL MOVES
FORWARD LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO
PROPOSALS HERE- BUT THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION I
BELIEVE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A
MOTION. MAY I CLOSE MISTER I'M
SORRY YES PLEASE CLOSE THANK
YOU. I'M YEAH AND I SEE THIS.
ARE ON RIGHT I MEAN I DID WAKE
UP AND SAY I WANT DO A FLYBY.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AROUND WHAT'S
GOING ON WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S
SOMETHING IS TO BE DONE AND WE
REALLY WANT TO PUT A STAKE DOWN
THOSE OF US IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY IN THE AREAS THAT ARE SO
PRONE TO FLOOD TO SAY. WHATEVER
BIGGER THINGS MIGHT COME ALONG
WE HAVE TO BE RIGHT AT THE
TABLE. BECAUSE THIS IS- THIS IS
URGENT AND WE PROTECT MOST OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT REALLY.
GOES AROUND THE REST OF STATE
AND NOT YOU KNOW NOT. MINIMIZING
OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE
ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. AND TO
WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE
SET THE STABLE. WITH ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS THAT WE NEED TO BE
THERE. ANY KIND OF LARGE BONTA
COMES TOGETHER OR WE CAN JUST.
GO AHEAD WITH THIS ONE TO TAKE
CARE OF OUR FLOODS. PROTECT
PEOPLE. AND GET THAT DAM SAFETY.
I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU
AND SORRY FOR ALMOST CUTTING OFF
THAT ELEGANT CLOTHES- THE BILL.
I LET YOU GO. OVER TO THE LAST
TIME THAT I WAS GOING ABOUT
THAT. MASON OKAY THE BILL. ABLE
FUN MY SECOND HEARING SO MY
PHONE- CENTER LAYER HAS BEEN.
HAS MOVED THE BILL THE MOTION
IS- DO PASS- AS AMENDED TO- DO
PASSED THE GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE. AND. ASSISTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. SB SB. THREE
EIGHT THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE SENATORS
MEANT HI. MAN I SEE ORDER. ALLEN
ALLEN I BAKER. EGGMAN HI EGGMAN
I GROWTH. GROW FIVE FURTADO.
LAYERED LAYERED I AM A MOM. THE
MOAN I DO. VIDEO I. BILL VOTE SO
FAR SEVEN ZERO LEAVE THAT ON
CALL- THANK YOU SENATOR EGGMAN.
WITH THAT- SENATOR CABALLERO.
ZERO ARE YOU PREPARED TO PRESENT
YOUR BILL S. B. FOR THIRTY EIGHT
. YOU MAY PROCEED. TO THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS. FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT S. B.
FOUR THIRTY EIGHT A BILL THAT
CLARIFIES PROVISIONS FROM LAST
YEAR'S CARBON CAPTURE REMOVAL
UTILIZATION AND STORAGE. OR CCR
U. S. PROGRAM. WANT TO BE CLEAR
I WILL BE ACCEPTING THE
AMENDMENTS ONE IN THREE OUTLINED
IN THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
AMENDMENT ONE CLARIFIES THAT THE
INADVERTENT RELEASE OF OIL FROM
A WHILE SERVING AS AN
UNDERGROUND GEOLOGIC STORAGE
FACILITY. AND INJECTING CARBON
DIOXIDE WOULD BE A CLASS SIX
WELL AS WELL AS ADDS ADDITIONAL
REPORTING LANGUAGE FOR SUCH
INCIDENTS AND AMENDMENT THREE
DELETE DELETE SECTION ONE IN
FOUR RELATED TO THE UNIFIED
PERMIT APPLICATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINES THIS
AMENDMENT WAS- AT MY OFFICES
REQUEST AFTER STAKEHOLDER
FEEDBACK. AFTER FURTHER
DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE I
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO RELATED TO
PROPOSITION SEVENTY. WHICH BUT
WILL BE REMOVING SECTION THREE
IN ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE THAT
PROPOSITION SEVENTY LANGUAGE
WILL BE COVERED BY SENATOR DODD
SB TWO FIFTY SIX IT WAS.
INADVERTENTLY STUCK IN MY IN MY
BILL AND I DON'T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING TO PREJUDICE SENATOR
DODD SPELL SO ON TO THE BILL
PRESENTATION. CLIMATE CHANGE IN
CALIFORNIA HAS INCREASED IN
SEVERITY AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT
THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY
THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
CALIFORNIA HAS LED THE WORLD TO
CREATE POLICIES THAT REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
MOVE OUR STATE TO MEET THE GOAL
TO ACHIEVE NET CARBON NEUTRALITY
BY TWENTY FORTY FIVE AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T
GET THERE UNLESS WE DO CARBON
CAPTURE. NUMEROUS EXPERTS
INCLUDING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE THE
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAWRENCE
LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY UC
BERKELEY UC LOS ANGELES. AND THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES AIR
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD AGREE
THAT CARBON CAPTURE REMOVAL
UTILIZATION AND STORAGE IS
CRITICAL AND NECESSARY COMPONENT
OF CLIMATE CHANGE- AND WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH. MOST OF THE
SCIENTIST IN CRAFTING THE
SOLUTIONS THAT WE BEEN PROPOSING
FOR CALL FOR- CARBON CARBON
CAPTURE. ON SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH
TWENTY TWENTY TWO AB NEWSOM SIGN
INTO LAW IS BEING OH FIVE. AS
PART OF THE HISTORIC CLIMATE
PACKAGE ESTABLISHING BREAK
THROUGH POLICY FOR C. C. R. U.
S. APPLICATION. AN ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT AND COMMITMENT IN THAT
BILL WAS TO ACHIEVE CARBON
NEUTRALITY THE BILL ESTABLISHED
THE CARBON CAPTURE REMOVAL
UTILIZATION STORAGE PROGRAM TO
EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY
OF CARBON CAPTURE. AND REMOVAL
TECHNOLOGIES TO MAXIMIZE
WORKFORCE WORKFORCE BENEFITS AND
PROTECT FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES BY
MINIMIZING IMPACTS TO HEALTH
SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM
THESE NEW INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES. SINCE THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS
AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS HAVE
ASSISTED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO
CLARIFY THE INTENT OF THE
SPECIFIC PROBATE PROVISIONS WERE
CONTAINED IN THAT BILL WITHOUT
CHANGING THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION
OR MEANING OF THE POLICY. SB
FOUR THIRTY EIGHT AS PROPOSED TO
BE AMENDED SPECIFICALLY
CLARIFIES THAT UNINTENDED
RESIDUAL OIL THAT IS EXPRESSED
DURING SEQUESTRATION IS NOT AND
SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED
ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY WHEN THERE
IS NO OIL PRODUCTION. WELL
EQUIPMENT PRESENT THERE'S NO
INTENTION TO HAVE THAT BE- THAT
YOUR THIS SIMPLE CHANGE WILL
ALLOW CALIFORNIA TO CONTINUE ITS
WORK TO BALANCE EFFICIENT
PROJECT APPROVAL PROCESSES WITH
THOROUGH HEALTH AND SAFETY
GUIDELINES AND REPORTING
MECHANISMS MECHANISMS AND GIVES
CALIFORNIA AN AVENUE. FOR
EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECTS
WHILE MAINTAINING OUR STRICT
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. I THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT THIS BILL TODAY AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT IS VERGER WELCH FROM THE
CALIFORNIA CARBON SOLUTIONS
COALITION. PLEASE GO AHEAD MR
WELCH AND NO MORE THAN TWO
MINUTES. WELL IT'S WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CARBON SOLUTIONS
COALITION WHERE BUSINESS LABOR
ORGANIZATION WORKING TO ENSURE
THAT SEEKS U. S. TECHNOLOGIES
CAN SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT OF
CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE GOALS
INCLUDING CARBON NEUTRALITY IN
TWENTY FORTY FIVE. AS THE
SENATOR MENTIONED- LAST YEAR
THERE WAS SOME TREMENDOUSLY
IMPORTANT WORK DONE TO ADVANCE
THE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR C. C.
U. S. AND OUR STATE. BOTH SB
NINE OH FIVE AND THE- CLIMATE
CHANGE COPING PLAN DEVELOPED AND
ADOPTED BY THE CALIFORNIA AIR
RESOURCES BOARD- CALIFORNIA HAS
A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES THAT. CAN
BENEFIT FROM DEPLOYMENT OF CCS
TECHNOLOGIES WE HAVE THE- SOME
OF THE BEST GEOLOGY ON THE FACE
OF THE EARTH TO PERMANENTLY AND
SAFELY STORE- EMISSIONS IN
FURTHERANCE OF OUR CLIMATE
GOALS- AND WE HAVE A SKILLED.
WORKFORCE THAT CAN. HELP TO
DEPLOY THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND
BENEFIT FROM THE JOB THAT WE CAN
CREATE AND MAINTAIN FROM CCS
TECHNOLOGIES- SO WE MADE A LOT
OF PROGRESS- IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION- AS VIRTUALLY EVERY
CREDIBLE EXPERT HAS IDENTIFIED
WE ARE GOING TO NEED THIS
TECHNOLOGY TO MEET OUR CLIMATE
GOALS- THIS BILL. FURTHER THOSE
EFFORTS- KEEP UP MOMENTUM- AND
WE'RE PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS
BILL AS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE CCS
TECHNOLOGY. TO MEET OUR
CLINICALS IN CALIFORNIA THANK
YOU THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER PRIMARY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT TODAY. PLEASE LIMIT
YOURSELF TO TWO MINUTES THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS THE-
PAY HOST REPRESENT THE CALPINE
CORPORATION- WE ARE STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS
BILL. DOES NOTHING TO WEAKEN AND
LEMOND BILL OF LAST YEAR TO
PROHIBIT ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
THIS IS SIMPLY A TECHNICAL CLEAN
UP. THAT SAYS IN CASE YOU HAPPEN
TO BE STORING CO TWO. IF YOU CAN
IMAGINE THAT IN MANY OF THESE
SEQUESTRATION SITES. THERE WAS
AT ONE TIME COULD HAVE BEEN SOME
OIL OR THAT WAS PRODUCED OR
MAYBE IT WAS NEVER PRODUCED BUT
YOU JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF
RESIDUAL OIL THAT COMES UP TO BE
NO. EQUIPMENT TO CAPTURE THAT
WILL TAKE IT TO MARKET WOULD
SIMPLY BE CLEANED UP SO IT'S
PURELY A TECHNICAL A CLEANUP
BILL AND FOR THOSE REASONS WE
SUPPORT THE BILL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR FROM ANY
OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES HERE IN
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. THANK
YOU GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR
ISRAEL SALAS YOUR WITH SO CAL
GAS AND SAN DIEGO GAS AND
ELECTRIC IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THE MORNING AGAIN KRISTIN OLSON
HERE ON BEHALF OF DTE ENERGY IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
WITNESSES HERE IN SUPPORT OKAY
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY LEAD
WITNESSES HERE IN OPPOSITION DO
WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN
OPPOSITION. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
THANK YOU. THANK YOU HI GOOD
MORNING CRISTINA SYRINGE WITH
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN OPPOSITION. CCS IS
A DANGEROUS DELAY TACTIC
CHAMPION BY THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY. AND OTHER POLLUTERS TO
CONTINUE BUSINESS AS USUAL WHILE
TAKING RESOURCES. AWAY FROM A
NEEDED TRANSITION TO CLEAN
CHEAPER RENEWABLE ENERGY. CCS
HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVEN TO BE
EXCEPTIONALLY UNSAFE.
INEFFECTIVE ECONOMICALLY UNSOUND
AND UNNECESSARY. DESPITE DECADES
OF DEVELOPMENT IN BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT. BIOENERGY
WITH CCS OUR BACKS COMES WITH
SAFETY HEALTH AND CLIMATE
DANGERS. AND GIVEN THE HEAVY
LEAD USE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
IN LOGGING NEEDED. THE FEEDBACKS
FACILITIES IT ADDS UNACCEPTABLE
HARMS TO BIODIVERSITY AND
ECOSYSTEMS THE CLIMATE FOOD AND
WATER SECURITY IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
SO CD ARE IS NOT THE SAME THING
AS CCS THERE ARE IPCC PATHWAYS
THAT DON'T REQUIRE SEE SEE US.
WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS CCS AND
BACKS ARE NOT VIABLE JUST
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WE MUST INVEST
IN EQUITABLE TRANSITION TO CLEAN
RENEWABLE SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY.
BATTERY STORAGE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES THAT HAVE HOLDEN VERY
MIDDLE JUSTICE INSURERS NO
WORKER OUR COMMUNITY IS LEFT
BEHIND. N. N.'S FOSSIL FUELS AND
OTHER DIRTY ENERGY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER.
LEAD WITNESSES HERE AND
OPPOSITION. NO SO WITH THAT WE
HAVEN'T OTHER ON. WITNESSES HERE
IN TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. NO OKAY
WITH THAT WILL MOVE ON TO
WITNESSES WAITING TO TEST I'M
SORRY. WE WANT OTHER I'M SORRY
GO AHEAD SORRY IT TOOK AWHILE TO
GET UP HERE SORRY BUT THIS
SECURE CORNER OF THE OFFICE YOUR
CALL CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE
HERE IN OPPOSITION. OKAY WE'LL
MOVE ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
ORVIS- AGAIN LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS
TO YOUR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURE AND FOR
THOSE WISHING TO TESTIFY. OR
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT- NUMBERS EIGHT SEVEN
SEVEN. TWO TWO SIX EIGHT TWO ONE
SIX AND THE ACCESS CODE IS SIX
TWO ONE SEVEN ONE SIX ONE.
MODERATOR IF YOU COULD PLEASE
PROMPT ANY INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SB FOUR THIRTY
EIGHT. WE COULD BEGIN. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION SB FOUR THIRTY EIGHT
PLEASE PRESS ONE AT THE END ZERO
AT THIS TIME. AND MISTER CHAIR
WE HAVE NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT WILL BRING
THE DISCUSSION BACK TO THE
MEMBERS DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS. AYE
SENATOR BAKER. THANK YOU I'M-
JUST WANTED TO THE- IT MAY BE A
PROBLEM TO ME THAT WAS RAISED BY
ONE OF THE- THAT WITNESSES AS
WELL- IT IS YOUR BELIEF THAT
SAYS THAT WE CAN GET KIND OF
THAT. THEY ENHANCE OR RECOVERY-
PIECES OF THE OF UP TO THE
PREVIOUS BILLS. ON THAT'S
CORRECT YEAH. I'M THE END OF THE
EFFECT IF I COULD ON THAT YEAH.
WITHOUT WITHOUT- MOM AND GET MY-
MY GOOD COLLEAGUE WHO WORKED
WITH ME ON THIS IS THAT- THE
ALLEGATION AND THE POSSIBILITY
IS THAT. CARBON CAPTURE- AND
STORAGE COULD BE USED AS A WAY
TO- EXTRACT OIL AND- CONTINUE
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY I'M WE
MADE IT VERY VERY CLEAR IN THE
BILL THAT PASSED LAST YEAR THAT
THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE PER PER
PERMITTED. BUT BUT AS YOU'RE
STORING CARBON THE- IT IT IT IT
WHAT YOU'RE DOING BASICALLY A
SHOPPING THE CARBON INTO THE
PORES I'M WAY BELOW THE EARTH'S
SURFACE AND THAT MAY AS PART OF
IT- OF THAT EQUALIZATION. IT MAY
EXPRESSED SOME OIL BUT IF
THERE'S NO. OPPORTUNITY IF
THERE'S NO SET UP TO BE ABLE TO
CAPTURE IT AND USE IT AND- AND-
AND USE IT AS PART OF A
PRODUCTION- THEN- THEN THERE'S
NO PROBLEM SO THE WHOLE POINT OF
THIS IS JUST TO MAKE IT VERY
CLEAR. THAT IF THERE'S NO
EQUIPMENT THERE TO BE ABLE TO
CAPTURE THE OIL AND PUT IT IN A
PIPE AND TO USE THAT IT IT THE
EXPRESSION OF THAT OIL. FROM THE
CART CARBON SEQUESTRATION WOULD
NOT BE- IN VIOLATION OF THAT THE
STATUTE THAT THE REGULATION THAT
WEEK WE PASSED. RIGHT WE'LL GET
WHY IT WILL- YOU DON'T YOU. KNOW
SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY
SOME ARE FRIENDS AND FAMILY
JUSTICE COMMUNITY I KNOW THERE'S
A B. CONTINUE BE ADDRESSED GOING
ON INTO YOUR WORKING ON THESE BY
WILL BE SPRING THIS BILL TODAY
AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A
COMPROMISE WE ALL WORKED ON-
LAST YEAR GOING FORWARD THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WOULD
MOVE THE BILL. THANK YOU SENATOR
ALAN YEAH JUST THE SOCI MYSELF
OF- SENATE BACKERS COME INSIDE I
KNOW YOU KNOW THE BILL'S GOING
TO GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SO I'M- YOU KNOW OPERATIVE OF
BILL TODAY HERE AND AFTER. AND
WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT IT OVER
THERE. HI SO LOOKING FOR TO THAT
. DISCUSSION I CENTER LIMON.
THANK YOU AND I AND I WILL SAY-
THE AUTHORED. BEFORE THE BILL
WAS A- DID REACH OUT TO OUR OFF
TO LET US KNOW- AND WHAT I FEEL-
IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO KNOW IS
THAT- IN THOSE MOMENTS WHERE
THERE IS. SOME KIND OF
EXPRESSION OF OIL- THAT WOULD
NEED TO BE REPORTED SO THE
LEGISLATURE IN THE AGGREGATE
WOULD HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
OFTEN THIS IS OR IS NOT
HAPPENING. AND THAT TO ME AS THE
AUTHOR- OF THE- THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN THE OTHER BILL- IS
HELPFUL RIGHT THAT WOULD THIS
WON'T BE KIND OF A PRACTICE
THAT. WILL JUST KEEP HAPPENING
WITHOUT NOTICE LIKE WE WILL HAVE
THE ABILITY TO NOTICE TO MONITOR
TO FOLLOW IN TO ENSURE THAT IN
NO WAY. IT BEERS OFF TRACK TO BE
LIKE A BACK DOOR. TO THAN
CREATING A HEALTH OR RECOVERY SO
I THINK THAT THAT'S- PART OF THE
BILL IS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION- AND I WILL BE
SUPPORTING IT. FOR THOSE REASONS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOES ANYONE
ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I DO WANT
TO JUST SAY. I FOR SO I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR- WORK HERE THANK
YOU FOR THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR
WITNESSES. WERE OBVIOUSLY FACING
A SEVERE CLIMATE CRISIS AND- I
THINK WHEN YOU'RE FACING
SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE THAT THE
SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US WERE
FACING. OUT WE HAVE TO TAKE A
REALLY A KITCHEN SINK APPROACH
NOTHING CAN BE OFF THE TABLE
AND- I KNOW THERE'S SOME
CONTROVERSY AROUND CARBON
CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION BUDGET
IS POTENTIALLY. A VERY IMPORTANT
TOOL THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL IN IN
EXTRACTING CARBON FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT. THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD
HAS SAID IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM-
THIS IS A TECHNICAL BILLS I
THINK ONE OF YOUR- WITNESSES
TESTIFIED. I IT'S A AND I
APPRECIATE YOU NARROWING THE
SCOPE OF THIS BILL TO MAKE IT A
TECHNICAL BILL A CLEANUP BILL.
SO I SUPPORT THE BILL WITH THE
AMENDMENTS- AND I THANK. YOU FOR
YOUR YOUR WORK IN NEGOTIATIONS
HERE. I I'M SORRY AND I'M FORGOT
AGAIN SENATOR. WE LIKE TO CALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH- MISTER
CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR ALL THE COMMENTS HERE TODAY
THAT. QUESTIONS RAISED- AND I
AND I WANNA I WANNA SECOND READ
WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY IS THAT- WE
IF THIS YEAR. HAS NOT. CAUSED
ANYBODY TO PAUSE. AND TO SAY. WE
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN- TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE
CHANGE. THEN I WANT TO INVITE
YOU TO COME TO MY DISTRICT SO
THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TREMENDOUS
DEVASTATION IT IS RIDE IT
DOESN'T END UP. BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE A GOOD- MEDIA SYSTEM
ANYMORE IN THE STATE WE YOU
DON'T READ THE IT ON THE FRONT
PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPERS. BUT IT'S
DEVASTATING AND. IN THE STATE
THAT'LL BE UNUSUAL BECAUSE I'VE
GOT THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER
WATER RIGHT NOW AND IT'S
RAINING. SO WE CAN'T TAKE
ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE AND NOT
ONLY THAT BUT OUR ENERGY NEEDS
ARE SUCH THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE
A LOT OF OPTIONS ON THE TABLE
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE. THAT
WE HAVE WE HAVE THE ENERGY WE
NEED WE HAVE THE JOBS THAT WE'RE
GONNA NEED THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND THAT.
AND THAT WERE SEQUESTERING
CARBON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
AND SO WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I. BOATS. THANK YOU
SENATOR CAFIERO WE HAVE A MOTION
BY SENATOR EGGMAN TO MOVE THE
BILL- THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
OUR SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. SENATORS MEN I. MEAN I
SEYARTO. ALAN ALLEN I BAKER.
BAKER I EGGMAN. EGGMAN I GROW.
GROW I HER TADO FOR TITLE I
LAYERED. LAYERED I AM THE- MON
IDEA. VIDEO I. BILLS THE- OKAY
THE BILL THE VOTE IS NINE ZERO
WILL LEAVE THAT BILL ON CALL. I
THANK YOU CENTER CABALLERO SO WE
HAVE OUR LAST BILL BUT WE'RE
NEARING AND WERE HILL HEARING
AND I JUST WANNA. ST ALL MEMBERS
THAT WE HAVE BILLS ON CALL IF IT
MEMBERS OUT THERE COULD PLEASE
RETURN TO OUR HEARING.
IMMEDIATELY WE CAN FINISH
LIFTING CALLS AND GET OUT OF
HERE WITHOUT DELAY- WITH THAT
SENATOR ALLEN ARE YOU PREPARED
TO PRESENT S. B. EIGHT SIXTY
SEVEN. PLEASE PROCEED WHATEVER
YOU LIKE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN PERSON
I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AB EIGHT
SIXTY SEVEN TODAY- COURSE ME
FIRST START BY ACKNOWLEDGING
THIS IS VERY MUCH A WORK IN
PROGRESS- I'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL
BONDS IN THE PAST AND IT ALWAYS
SEEMS TO GO TO A LAST MINUTE IS
THE WAY THINGS WORK AROUND HERE-
SO IF. THIS LEGISLATION IF
ENACTED IN PASSED BY THE VOTERS
NEXT YEAR WILL PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR CONCRETE STEPS. OUT FOR OUR
STATE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF
RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES AND
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN INVEST
IN NECESSARY PREVENTIVE
MEASURES. TO PROTECT OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND OUT
TO RESOURCES. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT
THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED CLIMATE
CHANGE- THE CALIFORNIA FOR
CLIMBING ASSESSMENT SUGGEST THAT
BECAUSE THE CLIMATE TEACHER
CALIFORNIA ALONE COULD BE MORE
THAN A HUNDRED THIRTEEN BILLION
DOLLARS ANNUALLY BY TWENTY
FIFTY. WHICH IS WHAT I'M I'M
GOING TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND-
WE COURSE HOW TO HISTORICALLY
MEANT BUDGET TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO BUT ONLY A QUARTER THAT
FUNDING WAS SPENT ON NATURAL
RESOURCES. AND YET SENATOR
MENTIONED THAT EARLIER ACTUALLY
DURING THE DISCUSSION OVER
CENTER ADMINS- BOND PROPOSAL.
AND IT'S ONLY A OF THAT FUNDING
WAS WITH AFTER RESOURCE DESIGNED
TO SAY KEEP OF AND FLOODS.
DROUGHTS AND EXTREME HEAT. AND I
THINK AS WE START TO GET OUR
HEADS AROUND THIS THE SCALE OF
WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO DELIVER A
CLIMATE RESILIENT CALIFORNIA'S
REALLY EXTRAORDINARY IN THE
LONGER WE WAIT TO MAKE THESE
INVESTMENTS. THE HIGHER THE COST
WILL BE TO RECOVER FROM THE
CLIMATE IMPACT AS WE GO. WHAT IS
THE MOST IMPACT I MEAN YOU KNOW
LAST YEAR THIS YEAR'S
EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL WHILE
USING DROUGHT CONDITIONS VERY
GOOD IT'S LED TO MASSIVE
FLOODING IN DEVASTATED
COMMUNITIES RAVAGING FARMLANDS.
IN MANY OF THE TOWNS THAT ARE IN
YOUR DISTRICTS ARE 20% OF THE
STATE'S POPULATION LIVES IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THAT NUMBER
IS EXPECTED TO GROW AS CLIMATE
CHANGE CONTINUES TO. SET IN AND
CAUSES MORE CONCENTRATED RAIN
STORMS. LIKE THE ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER SO WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR
RATHER THAN THE MORE FREQUENT
SMALLER SHOWERS WHICH ARE.
NGUYEN COULD HANDLE BETTER. ON
THE VALUE OF BUILDINGS
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING IS
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND FIVE OR
SEVEN FIVE BILLION. WITHOUT
VEHICLE OF PUBLIC INTEREST. SUCH
AS ROADS AND AIRPORTS AND
SEAPORTS. SO IT'S ART STRONG
BELIEF THAT CONCENTRATED
INVESTMENTS ARE NEEDED TO
PREVENT THE DEVASTATION THAT
WE'RE NOW EXPERIENCING. I
INSTEAD CAPTURE THE STORM WATER
SO IT CAN BE USED TO RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER BASIN SUPPLEMENT
TWIN LING AND- SURFACE WATER
SUPPLIES. PREPARES FOR THE DRY
YEARS THAT WE KNOW. ARE COMING
BACK. LET'S NOT FORGET OF COURSE
EVEN WITH THIS RECORD BREAKING
RAIN WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR THE
LAST THREE. WATER YEARS. WERE
THE DRIEST ON RECORD. SO THIS IS
THIS NEW WEATHER PATTERN THAT
WERE- YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR YOU
KNOW THE BACK TO BACK EXTREMELY
DRY YEARS. PUNCTUATED BY SEVERE
STORMS. YOU ARE OUR CURRENT.
SYSTEMS ARE JUST NOT DESIGNED
FOR THIS NEW NORMAL. WE GOT
INVEST NOW TO RESHAPE THE
SYSTEMS AND BE BETTER PREPARED.
SO WHILE TODAY'S NEWS IS FOCUSED
ON REACH LEVEES AND ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS AND A LOOMING SNOW PACKET
FRIENDS EVEN MORE FLOODING. WE
KNOW THE FIRE SEASON IS FAST
APPROACHING IS GOING TO BE A LOT
OF. BUILD UP IN THE BRUSH. AND
THEN- YOU KNOW THINGS ARE DRY-
COME FIRE SEASON THAT COULD
CERTAINLY BE A CHALLENGE I MEAN
WE ALSO SEE HOW MUCH WILDFIRES
ARE BECOMING MORE INTENSE EACH
YEAR DUE TO HOTTER TEMPERATURES
WILD SCALE. HI TREE DEATH CAUSED
BY PROLONGED DROUGHT. WE HAD YOU
KNOW THIS. TWENTY TWENTY ONE I
THANK GOD THAT THE HIGHEST AND
SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF ACRES
BURNED. IN HISTORY- SO ANYWAY
THIS IS LOTS OF PROBLEMS ON OUR
HANDS AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO TRY TO GET SOME RESOURCES. TO
ADDRESS THESE THREATS OF THIS
BILL- THIS BONDS THAT'S OF
COURSE. TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY
OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS BY
INVESTING IN NECESSARY MEASURES
TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES IN OUR
VITAL NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE
ENSURING. WERE BETTER PREPARED
TO ADOPTED DEDICATES MONEY. TO
PROJECTS THAT WILL REDUCE FIRE
RISK YOUR COMMUNITIES ENSURE OUR
FORESTS ARE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO
WITHSTAND MORE INTENSE
WILDFIRES. I REDUCE THE RISK OF
CATASTROPHIC FLOOD EVENTS BY
SLOWING CAPTURING RUNOFF WHICH
WOULD IMPROVE GROUNDWATER
INFILTRATION AND HELP TO
STABILIZE. DRINKING WATER
SUPPLIES. ON THE IT ALSO SEEKS
TO PROTECT COASTAL COMMUNITIES
FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND ALSO
HELP URBAN COMMUNITIES. ADAPT TO
RISING TEMPERATURES BY REDUCING
THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THROUGH
GREENING PROJECTS INVESTING IN
MEASURES SUCH AS COOLING CENTERS
TO PROVIDE TERM. MY MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. SO YOU
KNOW I'D- WE KNOW WE NEED TO
TAKE A- PRICE. STEPS TO THE
ENTIRE WE KNOW THAT OUR- THIS
ONE STEP THAT EFFORT AND- WITH
ME TODAY. HAS IN SUPPORT OF AB
EIGHT SIXTY SEVEN. IS ELIZABETH
FORSBERG WITH THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY NOW AND COMMUNIS
WITH AQUA. THE SUPPORT. THANK
YOU MOVE ON A LEAD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT AS A REMINDER FOR
PURPOSES OF TIME YOU'RE LIMITED
TO TWO MINUTES. EACH THANKS SO
MUCH TO ME PERSONALLY. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS LIZ FORCE BURKE AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR POLICY FOR THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
IS. AT STAKE IN CALIFORNIA
EXTREME HEAT FLOODING DROUGHTS
SEA LEVEL RISE AND CATASTROPHIC
WILDFIRES THREATEN OUR HOME. THE
RECENT STRING OF ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER EVENTS IN THE OVER ONE
BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES THEY
BROUGHT ARE JUST THE LATEST
EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE FAILING TO
PROTECT CALIFORNIA. THE MIX
CELEBRATING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. DESPITE RECORD BREAKING
STATE BUDGET STATE INVESTMENT IN
NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE NOT
MATCHED THE PACE AND SCALE OF
THAT A FIGHT NEEDS. I SENATOR
ALLEN MENTIONED WITHOUT
INTERVENTION THE COST OF CLIMATE
CHANGE TO CALIFORNIA'S ESTIMATED
TO REACH A HUNDRED THIRTEEN
BILLION ANNUALLY BY TWENTY
FIFTY. WE APPLAUD SENATOR ALAN
FOR INTRODUCING SB EIGHT SIXTY
SEVEN WHICH WILL PROVIDE A
STRUCTURED INVESTMENT PLAN TO
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROVIDE LAW
STABLE LONG TERM FUNDING. FOR
NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
OPPORTUNISM AS ISSUE SEVERAL. IN
THE- OR- THAT. A ROAD MAP
CLIENTS COMMIT RESILIENCY INCOME
. THE WILL HELP GUIDE AND DRY
INVEST. THE STRATEGIC ALSO
UNDERSCORE THE SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING FOR CLIMATE AND NATURE
BASED SOLUTIONS. SB EIGHT SIXTY
SEVEN WILL DRIVE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THESE PLANS. AND WILL FINANCE
PROJECTS TO IMPROVE WATER
RESILIENCE PROTECT THE STATE
FROM CACHE CREEK WILDFIRE CIVIL
RIGHTS IN EXTREME HEAT. AND
ENSURE CALIFORNIA MEETS ITS
COMMITMENT TO PROTECT 30% OF ITS
BIODIVERSITY BY TWENTY THIRTY.
OUR STATE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO
KEEP CLEANING UP ONE DISASTER
AFTER THE NEXT WE NEED SERIOUS
INVESTMENTS IN NATURE BASED
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND SB EIGHT
SIXTY SEVEN OF THE PATHS PATH TO
GET US THERE. THANK YOU. YOU
PROCEED. BEEN AGAIN MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS ADAM COMMUNIS ON BEHALF
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
WATER AGENCIES. WHEN I THINK THE
SENATOR WHO STOLE MY BEST
TALKING POINTS. FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL
AS HIS STAFF WHO'VE BEEN LEADING
ON THIS ISSUE THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. SENATORS NOW IS THE TIME
TO INVEST IN CALIFORNIA'S AGING
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM. AS
THE LAST YEAR HAS SHOWN US- THE
STATE'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEM WAS NOT TO DO DESIGNED TO
EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE WEATHER
EXTREMES THAT WE ARE FACING
TODAY. DURING THIS TIME THE
STATE IS EXPERIENCE ONE OF THE
DRIEST PERIOD ON RECORDS WHERE
RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS RAN DRY TO
HISTORIC RAINFALL THAT IS WHAT
IT MUCH OF THE STATE.
DEVASTATING COMMUNITIES HOMES
AND BUSINESSES. INVESTMENTS ARE
NEEDED TO STRENGTHENED
CALIFORNIA'S WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT A
RELIABLE AND SAFE WATER SUPPLY.
AND TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
AS THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
HIGHLIGHTS THE COST OF INACTION
WILL FAR EXCEED THE COST OF
INVESTMENT TODAY. AKEL
REPRESENTS OVER FOUR HUNDRED
SIXTY PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA THAT ARE
DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
TODAY. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE
WORKING WITH SENATOR ALLEN'S
OFFICE ON AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD
HELP SECURE CALIFORNIA'S WATER
FUTURE. OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
WOULD FOCUS INVESTMENTS IN A
NUMBER OF KEY WATER CATEGORIES
INCLUDING. RECYCLED WATER AND
DESALINATION GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE. FLOOD PROTECTION IN
DAM SAFETY. CAPTURING AND MOVING
ADDITIONAL FLOOD FLOWS. A SAFE
DRINKING WATER HEALTHY
WATERSHEDS. THE STATE WATER
PROJECT AND OF COURSE WATER
CONSERVATION. WE'VE SEEN SOME
REALLY GREAT INVESTMENT OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM THIS
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW MUCH THAT
IS APPRECIATED. BUT WE MUST DO
MUCH MUCH MORE TO ADAPT TO OUR
CHANGING CLIMATE. AB ONE FROM
FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE STATE P.
FAST CONTAMINATION OF
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES SUBSIDENCE
CAUSED BY OVER DRAFTING AND OUR
INABILITY TO CAPTURE FOR FLOWS
THESE ALL IMPACT CALIFORNIA'S
WATERS RELIABILITY AND WE MUST
INVEST NOW. REP THE BEGINNING OF
THIS PROCESS AND ONE AGAIN I
THINK SENATOR ALLEN AND HIS
STAFF. AND OUR PARTNERS AS WE
WORK TO BUILD A PROPOSAL THAT
HELPS EVERY REGION OF THE STATE
TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE THANK YOU. THANK
YOU CENTER WHERE THEY WENT YOU
KNOW ADAM COMMUNIS IS A BIG MORO
BAY GUY AND I THINK IT'S
ACTUALLY SEEN SOME OF THE YEAH
IMPACTS OF THE FLOODING
FIRSTHAND. HAVE BEEN. ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU WE'LL HEAR FROM ANY
SUPPORT WHEN THIS YEAR ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED IF YOU CAN IF
YOU CAN LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO
NAME AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON
THE MEASURE THAT BE GREAT. THANK
THAT. I THANK YOU SENATORS BETH
A LOSS ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL
CLIENTS- FIRST WATER REUSE
CALIFORNIA ALL THE STATE'S WATER
RECYCLERS. YOU KNOW THERE'S A
LOT OF WATER IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT
NOW BUT WE APPRECIATE THIS
COMMITTEE'S FORWARD THINKING TO
THE NEXT ROUTE- AND ENCOURAGE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
RECYCLED WATER. ALSO ON BEHALF
OF US RUN A WATER DISTRICT-
INVESTMENT IN DAM SAFETY TO DO
OF ALL THE WATER IN THE SYSTEM
RIGHT NOW- SO APPRECIATE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. AS THIS BILL
MOVES TOWARD THANK YOU THANK
YOU. J. MINOR ON BEHALF OF THE-
STORM WATER QUALITY ASSOCIATION-
APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STORMWATER
INVESTMENTS IN. THE LEGISLATION.
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT TO THAT REGARD TO
BOTH- IT TO HELP WATER QUALITY
AS WELL AS REDUCE FLOOD IMPACT
AND MAKE SURE CAPTURING AND
STORING THAT WATER. ADDITIONALLY
ON BEHALF OF THAT EASTERN
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT- WHAT'S
BASS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
SANTA MARGARITA WATER DISTRICT
AND MONTEREY ONE WATER- OFFICE.
I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
AQUA AND WATER USE IN SUPPORT OF
FUNDING FOR WATER RECYCLING IN
ANY SORT OF WATER. OR KIND OF
FUN THANK YOU THANK YOU.
REMEMBER NICK ROMAN HAPPILY
CALIFORNIA CITIES WEEK. CITY
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE
APPRECIATE CENTER ALLEN
LEADERSHIP. AFTER FOUR AFTER
CITY SUMMIT WE PLAN TO. INCREASE
ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. CALIFORNIA TAKING EFFORTS
IRVINE WATER. AS PART OF AMENDED
POSITION WITH PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN RECYCLE WATER AND
DAM SAFETY FUNDING THANK YOU.
HELLO AGAIN UNDER AVERAGE OUT
THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL
UTILITIES ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
AND URGE THE AUTHOR AND
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER SENUA'S
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BOND
THANK YOU. IS THE CHAIR MEMBERS
DILUTION HERE A TESTIFYING ON
BEHALF OF A FORTY ACRE
CONSERVATION LEAGUE OF THE
STATE'S ONLY BLACK LIT LAND
TRUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE. EQUITY
AND DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND
RANCHERS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN
THE BOND OF VERY SIMILAR TO THE
BOND OVER IN THE ASSEMBLY LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS ANALLY EIGHT
GAIN ON BEHALF OF MESA WATER
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT IF AMENDED
IN ALIGNMENT WITH OFFICE
PRIORITIES THANK YOU. JOHN CAIN
OF RIVER PARTNERS ARE EXPRESSING
OUR SUPPORT LOOK FORWARD TO
ENGAGING AS THEY- AS A MEASURE
OF OFFICE THANK YOU. THANK YOU-
ALL RIGHT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION WE
HAVE ANY LEAD WITNESSES HERE
TODAY. ALL RIGHT DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER OPTIONS OPPOSITION
WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED. OKAY THEN WE'LL
MOVE ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY VIA TELECONFERENCE.
MODERATOR IF YOU COULD PLEASE
PROMPT INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
OF S. B. EIGHT SIXTY SEVEN WE
CAN BEGIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION AT V.
EIGHT SIXTY SEVEN PLEASE PRESS
ONE THEN ZERO. I COMMAND AGAIN.
ONE ZERO. AND WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE
QUEUED UP FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM
LINE FIFTEEN. THANK YOU
MODERATOR. WE CAN GO. WHY
FIFTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. AND-
LINE. EIGHT THANK YOU SENATORS
MY NAME IS DIANA WINE AND I'M
CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE REALITY
PROJECT SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION OF ALL
COMIC REALITY CHAPTERS IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND ONCE
AGAIN- LINE. FIFTEEN MY FIFTEEN
PLEASE CHECK FOR ME. AND WE LOST
BY FIFTEEN. A NO FURTHER COMMENT
AT THIS TIME OUR LOS OKAY- I
THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR WITNESSES
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE- CENTER GROWTH
CONSIDERING. OF CENTER EGGMAN
YOU WANNA GO FIRST. THANK YOU
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR- MISTY
OFF YOUR BILL TODAY UNLIKE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM STOCKTON AND WHO
HAS LANGUAGE AGAIN HER BILL- AND
I REALIZE THAT- THERE COULD BE
AMENDMENTS TAKEN TOWARD BILL BUT
IT'S NOT AS IN YOU SAY IT'S A
WORK IN PROGRESS YOUR BILL IS A
WORK IN PROGRESS. AND WHERE
THERE'S DETAILED INFORMATION ON
MY COLLEAGUES FROM STOCKTON'S
WATER BOND IT'S GOING TO TALK
ABOUT- ADDRESSING HAVING THE
PEOPLE VOTE FOR FLOOD
PROTECTION- FOR THE CENTRAL
VALLEY BECAUSE WE'RE OFTEN
OVERLOOKED AND LEFT BEHIND OF
GOT TULARE YOU KNOW THE TO THE
RIVER AND IN THE TO THE LAKE OUT
THERE IS JUST FLOODING- INTO
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING
AND I THINK MY- MY COLLEAGUE
FROM STOCKTON FUND WILL HELP.
ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND I LOOK AT
THE LANGUAGE IN YOUR BILL IF YOU
LOOK AT PAGE FOUR AND FIVE AND
IT JUST BASICALLY SAYS NUMBER
ONE BLANK DOLLARS. IN NO DOLLAR
AMOUNT FOR DROUGHT WATER BLANK
TO IS A BLANK THREE IS A BLANK
FOUR IS A BLANK FIVE IS BLANK
SIX BLAKE SEVEN AM IS A BLINK
AND THEN WHEN IT TALKS OF THE
TOTAL SAM THAT'S A BLANK THIRTY
STARLINK'S IS ALL GOING TO BE
FAIR YEAH OKAY IT'S- I JUST NOT
JUST A HORSE. OKAY SO THAT'S ALL
BLANKS AND I REALIZED. I THINK
YOU ARE ON AT I THINK YOU'RE
SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH EVERYBODY
IN THE COMMUNITY SO I'M NOT
GOING TO HAVE IN. IN THE
STAKEHOLDERS. TOGETHER I'VE
LEARNED THAT ABOUT YOU SINCE
I'VE BEEN SERVING WITH YOU IN
THE SENATE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD BOND
THAT GOES BEFORE THE PEOPLE. BUT
I JUST COULDN'T I CAN'T VOTE ON
IT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE NO
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA STAY IN
LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE REASON
WHY IS BECAUSE THERE'S- THERE'S
JUST NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION. IN
THE BILL ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
PUT THIS MONEY AND WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN TO IT YEAH. THANK YOU
SIR. THANK YOU CENTER GROVE
CENTER EGGMAN. BUT YOU- AND I
BEEN A AND I'LL MOVE BILL WILL
BE. A TODAY AND APPRECIATE
LEADERSHIP AND THIS WHOLE SPACE
- I WAS ONE OF THE- THE TO GO.
ON THE TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN
WATER BOND I THINK WE DIDN'T
LOOK FOR TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS
YEAH- AND I GUESS I JUST LIKE A-
COMMITMENT FROM YOU I KNOW.
YOU'RE PART LOS ANGELES
DELEGATION THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH
OF YOU SO THOSE OF US FURTHER UP
NORTH AND SPECIALLY IN THE
VALLEY HAVE TO BUILD A MORE
SCRAPPY. WHICH IS WHY WE GOT ALL
OUR LANGUAGE IN A REALLY SAID
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT. OUR
NEEDS ARE. SO I GUESS I'M JUST
LOOKING FOR A COMMITMENT TO YOU
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER. IN THAT YOU HEARD
ABOUT OUR NEEDS TODAY AND THAT
WE WON'T JUST GET DWINDLED DOWN-
AS THIS PROCESS KEEPS GOING
FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY I MEAN. YEAH
THIS IS TRULY A STATEWIDE.
EFFORT EVERYBODY. YEAH MAKE SURE
THEIR VOICES ARE BROUGHT TO THE
TABLE I KNOW. YEAH I KNOW YOU
WERE. AND I KNOW I'VE ALREADY.
YEAH MY GOOD FRIENDS ISN'T.
VALLEY GONNA MAKE SURE THAT
CENTRAL VALLEY. YOU NEEDS ARE
MET WITH THE BAY AREA FOLKS AS
WELL- THIS WHOLE THING HAPPENS
AS A MASSIVE NEGOTIATION AS YOU
KNOW WELL INVOLVING EVERYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW. THE NEEDS OF. THE
YOUR REGION ARE ARE VERY
IMPORTANT- NOT ONLY TO OUR STATE
PRIORITIES BUT- TO THE YOU TO
THE- TO THIS BOND. EFFORT AS
WELL. I JUST I JUST SAW. THE
DIAMOND DIAMOND LAKE DOWN. AND
DOWN SOUTHERN JUST GOT. FILLED
UP. FROM OPEN UP TO THE- WATER
WASTE COLLECTED AND SO IT'S LIKE
THE FIRST TIME AND I DON'T KNOW
HOW LONG. THREE YEARS AT THE
THAT LAKE IS NOW FULL- THANKS TO
YOU KNOW HAVING A SYSTEM IN
PLACE THAT CAN ACTUALLY MOVE
WATER WHEN WE NEED TO AND NOT
JUST. LUCIDA MASSIVE FLOODS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU CENTER
EGGMAN CENTER BECKER THAN SENATE
EARLIER. THANK YOU SO TO SAY AS
A CHAIR BUDGET SUB TO YOU ON.
ANNOUNCED RESOURCES BERMAN
PROTECTION ENERGY I'M VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF. THESE EFFORTS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU SENATOR
REPRESENT EARLIER. THANK YOU. I
GUESS IF THE DEATH. IS- SCRAP
FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN THE
CENTRAL COAST HAS TO BE SCRAPPY-
AND WE HAVE FORMED A CAUCUS THE
BILL. BECAUSE OF. OF WHAT WE
WERE LOST BUT THE ONE THING IS I
REALLY APPRECIATE- OF THE FACT
THAT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT THESE PARTS ARE BLANK.
BECAUSE THE AUTHOR WILL BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMENTS THAT
ARE MADE. IN MOVING FORWARD AND
YOU HAVE A BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE
THERE'S A DEMAND. THAT IS
OVERWHELMINGLY LARGER THAN THE
AMOUNT THAT WILL BE IN THIS BOND
AND THE ONE THING. IN ADDITION
TO EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID. THAT
WHAT WE DISCOVERED AND I'VE
BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A BROKEN
RECORD BUT THE- SOME OF THE
MAJOR PROBLEMS WE HAD AND
CLIMATE IN THE STORMS IN THE
CENTRAL COAST. WITH THE FACT
THAT CALTRANS BRIDGES I'VE NEVER
BEEN REYES DIDN'T END IN THE
CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AFTER HUNDRED
YEAR STORM FORTY YEARS AGO WE
RAISED TO FOUR BRIDGES. BECAUSE
REDWOOD TREES BATTERED DOWN A
BRIDGE AND WE WANT TO BE
RESILIENT BUT WHO DIDN'T-
CALTRANS IN THE FIRST BRIDGE
COMING INTO TOWN ON THE RIVER
THAT. THAT COSTS SO MUCH DEGREE
THAT IT BACKED UP AND FLOODED A
RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THERE'S
THREE DIFFERENT BRIDGES IN OUR
COUNTY. THAT THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED TO AND RIGHT NOW IF YOU
WISH TO DO RESILIENCY PROJECT TO
PREVENT FUTURE FLOODING. IT
COMPETES AGAINST EVERY OTHER
ROAD PROJECT THAT EXISTS NOW
UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BOND
LIKE THIS TO KICK START SOME OF
THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT. IS THAT
IT IT JUST- AND IF YOU'RE IN A
SMALL JURISDICTION RELATIVELY-
THEN THAT JUST MAKES IT ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE YOU'RE CHOOSING
BETWEEN. A CONGESTION OR
ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION OR
WHETHER OR NOT TO TECH PEOPLE.
WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY DURING- A
BIG STORM AND BUT I WOULD JUST
HOPE THAT. IN THE LONG LIST OF
THINGS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THIS
COMMITTEE WILL YOU JUST ADD THAT
TO IT AND- THINK ABOUT IT I
DON'T AGO GRANTED. I'M GONNA
HAPPILY SUB FOR THE MOTION.
THANK YOU CENTER. CENTER GROVE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AND- A TELL
MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE- DEBATE CO
AREA THAT I'M GLAD THAT HE GOT
RID. FROM THE WATER BOND IN A
WRITTEN. AND ALLOCATE FRIEND.
THIS BOUGHT. TO BE ABLE TO A
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HE HAS
IN HIS- DISTRICT. BUT AGAIN I
STICK WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND I
KNOW SHE SUPPORTING THIS BILL IN
A CO AUTHOR AND SHE'S PART OF
THAT NEGOTIATIONS. FOR THESE
RESOURCES BUT YOU KNOW NINETY
NINE. WHICH AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE
STATE WAS FLOODED IN MY AREA AND
IT WAS CLOSED DOWN AND THEY WERE
DIVERTED FOR SOME A COUPLE OF
DAYS COMING UP HERE. AND ON THE
ON THE NORTHBOUND FREEWAY. ED
THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE STATE
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD RESOURCES IN
A LONG TIME WE HAVE. GAPING
HOLES IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ON
ROADS WERE SOME COMMUNITIES IN
RURAL AREAS HAVE YOU KNOW TEN
FOOT DROPS IN ROADS. AND THAT
WERE WATER HAS BEEN RUNNING OVER
BRIDGES IN SO THIS FLOOD
SITUATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
HAS SHOWN. A DRASTIC EFFECT ALL
OVER STATE BUT AGAIN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY SEEMS TO BE LEFT OUT. AND
GOES I WISH WE WERE STRONG
ISRAELI DELEGATION WE'RE NOT BUT
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS IN OUR
AREA THAT DO HAVE IMPACTS ON THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND I WOULD
HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE
THAT. AS YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY I
GUESS I GOT MY ONLY QUESTION YOU
CENTERS WHERE WHERE DO YOU FEEL
AS A POTENTIAL VALUE LEFT OUT I
MEAN THERE THERE BLANKS ON
EVERYTHING. ANY COASTAL PRAIRIE.
ME THAT. IT'S I THERE'S- THE IS
I. YES I. THE SENATE IS NOT
GOING TO BE LEFT OUT IN THIS
PROCESS AND I GUESS I DO. I
DON'T KNOW. I I'M NOT. WHAT IS
MAKING YOU AS THOUGH. WHAT
WHAT'S GIVE ME THAT FEAR I
SUPPOSE I. SO HISTORY BUT ALSO
THAT THERE'S A AND THEN THERE'S
BLANKS AND EVERY AND I REALIZE
IT'S A NEGOTIATION MOVING
FORWARD BUT HISTORY HISTORY
SPEAKS VOLUMES. OF THE CENTER
VALLEY BEING CONSTANTLY
OVERLOOKED. THERE'S AN ARTICLE
IN THE PAPER RIGHT NOW D. W. R.
HAS RELEASED 80% OF THE WATER TO
GO TO OUR FARMERS. WHAT'S GREAT
BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN GET A
100% IN THIS KIND HERE I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HAVE TO GET FARMERS CENTER
PERCENT OF THEIR WATER
ALLOCATION. AND SO JUST YOU LOOK
AT THE CENTRAL VALLEY IT JUST
CONTINUALLY ON ALL ASPECTS NOT
JUST THIS SUBJECT MATTER. GETS
OVERLOOKED AND SO I APPRECIATE
YOU SAYING THAT THE CENTRAL
VALLEY IS NOT. GOING TO BE
OVERLOOKED SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
THANK YOU CENTER GROVE AND I
HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE
MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF THEY'RE
CONVERSATIONS THAT COULD BE HAD
OFFLINE OUTSIDE THE HEARING THAT
BE GREAT SENATE EARLIER THAN
CENTER EGGMAN. ALL BE BRIEF ARE
WE DID NOT GET STATE RESOURCES
FOR THOSE BRIDGES AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL WE HAD TO DO IT OURSELVES.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF
REMEMBERING HISTORY. I WAS
BUDGET CHAIR WHEN WE DID. OUR
THE LAST TRANSPORTATION BONTA
THE ONLY GEOGRAPHIC CARVE OUT.
IN THE EIGHTEEN BILLION DOLLAR
TRANSPORTATION BONTA. ONLY
GEOGRAPHIC CARVE OUT. WAS ONE
BILLION FOR HIGHWAY NINETY NINE
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. EVERYBODY
ELSE COMPETE AT. HIGHWAY NINETY
NINE GOT ITS OWN BILLION DOLLARS
SO. FAR- THERE. THANK YOU
SENATOR YEAH. THANK YOU. SENATE
NO BETTER. TO HAVE ABOUT. IN
TONIGHT. IT FOR OKAY- SENATOR
TODD. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR ON
. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO YOUR
BEST TO. THIS VALLEY AND END OF.
TO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S-
SIGNIFICANTLY RIGHT NOW AND- I
KNOW WE'VE HAD COMMERCE. ABOUT
ALLEN'S WERE. AND YOU'VE BEEN
THE- YOU'VE BEEN. A IT'S THEIR
THEIR- NEEDS HAVING SOME. REALLY
ODD DEEP CHALLENGES THERE'S- I
KNOW THE- YOU ARE. IN HELPING
THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS WELL WHAT
FOR THAT REASON I'LL BE SO BUILT
. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS
MY COLOR. ALL RIGHT WHY SAY IS
THE LOAN REP OR COUNTY AT THAT.
TODAY WE LIKE SOMETIMES LIKE
WITH A LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER
OF A L. A. SO- YOU KNOW I
APPRECIATE WILL SOMETIMES WE GET
WE GET OUR RESEARCH AND
SOMETIMES WE GET OUR LUNCH MONEY
STOLEN FROM OUR BIG BROTHER-
BUT- I JUST WANT TO SAY WE
SUPPORT THIS BILL THE. COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TODAY'S TO DO
PASS. BECAUSE I THINK WE WANT TO
SEE THIS GET OUT BUT I THINK
YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS HERE
TODAY AND I HOPE YOU DO TAKE
THOSE TO HEART- THE FRAMEWORK IS
PROMISING BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
DETAILS MATTER- THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT OF A GOLDILOCKS YOU KNOW A-
THING HERE I THINK I YOU KNOW I
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE- DAY.
FOCUS AND DETAILS OF THE
PROPOSAL FROM CENTER EGGMAN I
THINK YOURS HAS A FRAMEWORK AND
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THAT
WE DO I BELIEVE WE NEED A
BROADER FRAMEWORK AND YOU YOU
ADDRESS A LOT OF ISSUES BUT- THE
DETAILS DO MATTER AND- I DO HOPE
THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS AS I KNOW
YOU'LL DO. A PARTICULARLY THOSE
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH
CENTER EGGMAN- AND WITH OUR
COMMITTEE STAFF AS YOU MOVE THIS
BILL FORWARD BUT THAT. A
RECOMMENDATION DAY IS DO PASS.
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
SENATOR EGGMAN AND SO WITH THAT-
DO YOU WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE YEAH I APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION I APPRECIATE
EVERYONE'S. UNDERSTANDING OF THE
COMPLEXITY OF. THIS ARTICLE
SHISHA IT TURNS OUT THE ASSEMBLY
HAS OPINIONS TO. THE
ADMINISTRATION HAVE OCCASIONS
TO- AND IT WAS ALSO FUNNY THIS
IS JUST I GUESS PART OF THE JOB
BUT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO THINK.
THAT THEIR PUT UPON RIGHT THE L.
A. **** IS ALWAYS. GET TOGETHER
TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BAY AREA
IS ALWAYS GETTING MORE THEIR
FAIR SHARE THE BAY AREA PEOPLE
FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT EVERYONE
ELSE. SO IT'S ON IT'S PART OF
THE GREAT CHALLENGE OF OUR WORK
IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. AND-
AMERICORPS SO MANY THESE PRESS I
MEAN I WILL SAY THERE ENDS UP
BEING. MORE OF THE MONEY
TYPICALLY DOES GO TO- AT LEAST.
YOU KNOW IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT A
PORTION OF THE POPULATION MORE
THAN AND- MORE TYPICALLY ENDS UP
GOING. TO RURAL AREAS JUST
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE THAT
THE SPACE EXISTS FOR A LOT OF
THE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE- BUT- YOU
KNOW. IT'S YEAH IT'S ALL- IT
IT'S IT IT'S A DIFFICULT AT YOUR
- BECAUSE WE NEVER. ENOUGH MONEY
TO DO EVERYTHING WE KNOW WE NEED
TO DO AND- IT'S TO ME IT'S
ULTIMATELY A MATTER OF MAKING
SURE THAT. EVERY VOICE IS. IS IS
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND WORK
WERE ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER
WE'RE REALLY HEARING EACH OTHER
AND CORPORATE EACH OTHER'S.
NEEDS AND YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT
THERE'S A REALLY STRONG
ADVOCATES FOR THE- FOR THE VALUE
HEARING THIS COMEDIAN IN OUR IN
OUR- IN OUR SENATE ARMED
ASSEMBLY IN THEY'RE GOING TO BE
REALLY POOR PARTS OF THIS
DISCUSSION- SO I. YOU KNOW. I
APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMENTED
AND MADE- I DRIVE THE NINETY
NINE A LOT MYSELF WE LIKE TO. WE
LIKE TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH. I
WE ALWAYS DO THE NINETY NINE
TYPICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
MORE TO DO ALONG THERE. I WITH A
FOUR YEAR OLD MAN ON THE FIVE.
AND SO I CARE ABOUT THE FLOODING
THEIR TO DO SO WE COULD GET UP
TO WORK. THEN ON THE MONDAY-
BUT- THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT
OF WORK IN I THINK EVERYONE FOR
RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITY OF
THIS EFFORT. AND REALLY DO
WELCOME EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVES
AS WE AS WE MOVE THIS PROCESS
ALONG. AND WITH THAT I RESPECT
YES RIGHT. THANK YOU SENATOR
ALAN AS A MENTION THE BILL'S
BEEN MOVED BY CENTER EGGMAN THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
ASSISTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THINNERS MEANT I. MEANT I SEE
ART OF. ALAN BY. ALLEN I BAKER.
BAKER I. VALLEY EGGMAN. EGGMAN I
GROWTH. HER TADO. FURTADO I.
LAYERED LAYERED I LIMÓN. MON I
DO. DEAR I. RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE
BILL IS EIGHT ZERO. BILL IS OUT-
WITH THAT WE WILL- HERE THE
BILL'S ON CALL- SO WE'LL START
WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE
SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FOR
THE CONSENT CALENDAR WE HAVE
FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE SB SIX
SIX EIGHT FILE NUMBER EIGHT SB
FIVE THREE NINE AND FILE NUMBER
NINE SB FIVE FIFTY WITH CHAIR
VOTING I AM VICE CHAIR ALSO
VOTING I. SENATORS BECKER. BAKER
I. DALY HER TADO. CENTRE HER
TADO I LIMÓN CEREMONY BY. THE
BILL IS OUT WITH A- EIGHT ZERO
OKAY- INTERNATIONAL. HE DESERVES
A TEN ZERO BILLS ATTENDEES. ALL
RIGHT WE'LL MOVE TO- S. I FILE
ITEM NUMBER TWO SB THREE SIXTY
ONE THE SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. S. B. THREE SIX ONE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. THE CURRENT VOTE
IS SUCH SHARE VOTING AYE AND
SPICED YOU'RE ALSO VOTING I. IN
THE CURRENT VOTE COUNT IS SEVEN
ZERO CENTERS BECKER. BAKER I
DALY HER TADO FURTADO I LIMÓN.
LIMÓN I. THE VOTERS TENS HERE
THE BILLS OUT- WAS MOVED TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR S. B. FOUR
THIRTY EIGHT CABALLERO SYSTEM
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. JUST
BEFORE THIRTY EIGHT THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THE
CURRENT- THE MOTION THE CURRENT
VOTE IS- NINE ZERO WITH CHAIR
VOTING I. IT'S CENTER SEYARTO.
CENTER DELI. OKAY AND THAT IS.
CANCER IT'S- TEN ZERO THE BILL
IS OUT WILL MOVE TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER FIVE SB SEVEN AWAIT JONES
ASSISTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CENTER S. B. SB SEVEN OH EIGHT
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
TRANSPORTATION. THE CURRENT VOTE
IS SEVEN ZERO WITH CHAIR VOTING
I INVOICE YOU'RE ALSO VOTING I
CENTER BECKER. BAKER I DALY HER
TADO FURTADO I LIMÓN. LIMON I.
THE VOTE IS TEN ZERO THE BILL IS
OUT- WILL MOVE TO S. B. FILE
ITEM NUMBER SIX SB. THIRTY NINE.
OUR SYSTEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. SB THIRTY NINE THE MOTION IS
TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. THE
CURRENT LOTUS SIX ZERO WITH
SENATOR WITH SHARE VOTING I AM
VICE CHAIR NOT VOTING YET
CENTERS SEYARTO. HE BAKER. BAKER
I DALY HER TADO HER TADO I LIMÓN
. MON I. THE VOTE IS TEN ZERO
THE BILL IS OUT. HI NINE ZERO
I'M SORRY NINE ZERO THE BILL IS
OUT- WILL MOVED A FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN S. B. TWO SEVENTY
TWO CENTER LAYERED- THE SYSTEM
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SB TWO
SEVEN TO THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
CURRENT VOTERS SIX ZERO WITH
CHAIR VOTING I. SENATOR SEYARTO
. CENTER BECKER HI BAKER I HER
TADO. DELHI LIMÓN. MON. FIVE THE
VOTE IS NINE ZERO AND THE BILL
IS OUT- WILL MOVE TO S. B. FILE
ITEM TEN SB FIVE EIGHTY SIX
EGGMAN. OUR SYSTEM PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. SB FIVE EIGHT SIX IS
TO PASS AS AMENDED TO GOVERNANCE
AND FINANCE. THE CURRENT LOTUS
SIX ZERO WHICH YOU'RE VOTING ALL
RIGHT BY SHARE MANY OF. CENTER
SEYARTO. BAKER HI BAKER I DALY.
HER TADO HER TADO I AM A MOAN.
MON I. THE VOTE IS ZERO BILL IS
OUT- WILL MOVE TO A ELEVEN ESPYS
THIRTY EIGHT EGGMAN OUR SYSTEM
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SB SIX
THREE EIGHT. IS TO PASS TO
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE THE
CURRENT LOTUS SEVEN ZERO WHICH
YOU'RE VOTING I. THE VICE YOU'RE
NOT VOTING YET CENTER SEYARTO.
HE CENTER BECKER. HI BAKER I
DALY HER TADO FURTADO I. THE
VOTE IS NINE ZERO IN THE BILL IS
OUT. FINAL VOTED THE DAY S. FILE
ITEM ELEVEN S. B. EIGHT SIXTY
SEVEN ALLEN ASSISTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. I'M SORRY AND
THAT DOES ALREADY VOTED OUT MY
APOLOGIES- WE LIKE TO OF THERE'S
A MOTION TO MOVE AND I OPENED.
IT'S DIFFICULT NOW MMHM THE
VOTER OUT. I DID. M. OKAY SO. I
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR IN
COOPERATION WE CONCLUDE THE
ENGINE. THE SENATE NOW RESOURCES
IN WATER COME. IT WAS THE FOOD
ON THE- FOUR THIRTY I ONE MOMENT
. FOUR THIRTY. OKAY WITH THAT
BUT ONE NUMBER FOUR WE VOTED ON
IS NINE ZERO TENS IS IT WOULD
THE VOTER.
OKAY I'M SORRY- ONE CORRECTION I
FILE ITEM FOR SB FOUR THIRTY
EIGHT THE VOTE COUNT WAS NINE
ZERO I INCORRECTLY SAID THE TEN
ZERO EARLIER. WITH THAT THE
WE'RE DONE VOTING AND SO THANK
YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE
AND COOPERATION WE CONCLUDED THE
AGENDA AND THE SENATE NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE IS
ADJOURNED. I THINK.