THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE WILL COME
TO ORDER SO GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE- THE SENATE CONTINUES
TO WALK ON THE PUBLIC IN PERSON
AND VIA THE TELECONFERENCE ORVIS
AND PERRIN INDIVIDUALS WISHING
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
TODAY'S AGENDA ITEMS THE
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. SIX NINE FOUR EIGHT NINE
THREE ZERO. WE ARE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE-
STREET BUILDING AND I ASK ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO
PLEASE BE PRESENT IN ROOM TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED SO THAT WE CAN
ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM AND BEGIN
OUR HEARING WE'RE GONNA START
TODAY AS A SUB COMMITTEE NOT
BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM
BUT WE HAVE TWELVE BILLS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA SO WE WANT TO-
GET THROUGH THEM EXPEDITIOUSLY
AND THERE ARE. FIVE PERFECT
PROPOSED FOR CONSENT- THE
CONSENT ITEMS TODAY ARE ITEM
NUMBER THREE S. B. EIGHTY TWO BY
SENATOR SEYARTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE
SB FIVE FORTY THREE BY SENATOR
DOLLY AND ITEMS NINE THROUGH
ELEVEN S. B. C. EIGHT EIGHT
SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHT SEVENTY NINE
AND- EIGHT EIGHTY. OF THE THREE
ANNUAL VALIDATING ACTS THAT ARE
AUTHORED BY THE COMMITTEE SO
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS. GO AHEAD
AND GET STARTED. AND SINCE WE
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER AUTHORS
HERE TODAY. THE CHAIR IS GOING
TO RELINQUISH RELINQUISH THE
GAVEL. OUR OF THE GAVEL AND
PRESENT DANGERS AND VERY
DANGEROUS AND PRESENT THE FIRST
BILL.
WELL GOOD MORNING SENATOR THE
GOOD THANK YOU SENDING YOUR BILL
THIS MORNING THANK YOU SO MUCH
SHE'D WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL GOOD
MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS ARE
VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
SB SEVEN OH SIX. SEVEN OH SIX
WILL ALLOW COUNTY CITIES AND
SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO USED TO
USED PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD
DELIVERY METHOD TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. PDB
ALLOWS LOCAL AGENCIES TO
COLLABORATE WITH ONE ENTITY TO
COMPLETE THE DESIGN DRAWINGS AND
CONSTRUCTION FOR A PROJECT AND
TO WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE
THE FINAL COST AND SCHEDULE FOR
THE PROJECT. THIS APPROACH
ALLOWS FOR EARLIER COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE LOCAL AGENCY AND THE
CONSTRUCTION TEAM WHICH HELPS
ENSURE PROJECTS MEET AGENCY
NEEDS. CONTROL COSTS AND REMAIN
ON SCHEDULE. SB NINE NINETY ONE
AUTHORIZED CITIES COUNTIES AND
SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE
WATER SERVICE TO USE PDB FOR
WATER WASTEWATER RECYCLED WATER
AND ADVANCED TREATED WATER AND
SUPPORTING PROJECTS WHILE THIS
WAS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE MANY OTHER
PROJECTS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM
THIS MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
THE PDB OFFERS. SB SEVEN OH SIX
ALLOWS LOCAL AGENCIES TO USE PDB
FOR ANY PROJECT THAT WILL
BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT
PROCUREMENT TOOL AND IMPORTANTLY
THE BILL MAINTAINS KEY
SAFEGUARDS FOR THIS AUTHORITY
LIMITING EACH AGENCIES USED TO
FIFTEEN PROJECTS WHICH MUST
EXCEED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
THESE SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT
LOCAL AGENCIES USE THIS
AUTHORITY ON THE PROJECTS THAT
ARE MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM
THIS MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
IF YOU'VE EVER SERVED IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT YOU KNOW THAT THE-
THE METHOD FOR CONTRACTING- IS
VERY CUMBERSOME. IS RIFE WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAY AN
EXTRA COST AND IN A WORLD WHERE
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO- BUILD
PROJECTS EXPEDITIOUSLY AVOID.
EXTRA COSTS AND NOT DO IT ON
TIME AND ON BUDGET THIS IS
REALLY THE DELIVERY METHOD THAT
PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY SO
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. AND TO
FACILITATE ANY ANY QUESTIONS THE
COMMITTEE MAY HAVE AS MARIANNE
O'BRIEN PRESIDENT OF DESIGN
BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
WESTERN PACIFIC REGION AND J.
BRANDON DECKER FORMER PRESIDENT
OF DESIGN BUILD INSTITUTE OF
AMERICA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION.
HM THIS SO THAT WITNESSES YOU
CAN COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AT
THE MIKE. WE GO. IT WORKS IT
WORKS VERY WELL. ABOUT TO STEP
UP. NO IT'S A LITTLE ODD BUT IT
IT'LL WORK FOR YOU READY YES YES
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING SENATOR
CABALLERO AND ESTEEMED COMMITTEE
I'M MARIANNA O'BRIEN AND I AM.
THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE
PRESIDENT OF THE DESIGN BUILD
INSTITUTE OF AMERICA WESTERN
PACIFIC REGION. WE ARE FOURTEEN
HUNDRED MEMBERS STRONG. 85% OF
THEM IN CALIFORNIA I AM ALSO AN
ARCHITECT WITH SMITH GROUP. THE
OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING AP
FIRM IN THE COUNTRY- AND I AM
HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD. IS BY
FAR THE BEST- METHODOLOGY THAT
WE HAVE TO DATE. IT IS
ADVANTAGEOUS TO ALL PARTIES FROM
THE OWNER'S STANDPOINT THE MOST
EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDING FROM
THE BUILDERS STANDPOINT. IT
OFFERS THE BEST PRICE- RISK
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY BECAUSE SO
MANY PROJECT PARAMETERS ARE
KNOWN WHEN THE PRICE IS
COMMITTED TO. AND FROM THE
DESIGN PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT
IT IS FABULOUS BECAUSE- IT
BRINGS THE BEST MINDS TOGETHER
EARLY IN THE PROCESS WHEN
THERE'S THE GREATEST CHANCE OF
IMPACTING THE PROJECT WHETHER
IT'S SOLVING A TECHNICAL
CHALLENGE OR A SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN CHALLENGE- AND BRINGING
THE BEST STRATEGIES FOR WORDS SO
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS THE
SUPPORT. OF SO MANY OF OUR
DESIGN BUILD MEMBERS TO THIS.
BILL SO THANK YOU. EXPERIENCE
THANK YOU MORE THANK YOU GO
AHEAD SIR HI GOOD MORNING MADAM
CHAIR- AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS
BRANDON DECKER MY PRINCIPLE OF
CANON DESIGN- IN ON THE
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE
DESIGN BUILD AND STEVE AMERICA
WESTERN PACIFIC REGION. THIS IS
AN EXCITING MOMENT AS DESIGN
BUILD DELIVERY HAS EVOLVED OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO ONE
THAT. WAS CONSIDERED AS AN
ALTERNATIVE FORM OF DELIVERY-
NOT LONG AGO TO ONE THAT IS NOW
MORE WIDELY USED THAN OTHER
FORMS OF TRADITIONAL PROJECT
DELIVERY. IN THE LAST YEAR IN
THE LATEST FMI REPORT SPONSORED
BY THE DESIGN BUILD INSTEAD OF
AMERICA IT WAS STATED. THAT BY
THE YEAR 2025407% OF ALL CAPITAL
PROJECTS PUT IN PLACE WE USED TO
SIGN BILL PROJECT DELIVERY
NEARLY EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT. OF
ALL PROJECTS WILL BE USING SOME
FORM OF DESIGN BUILD OR
ALTERNATIVE FORM OF PROJECT
DELIVERY. YOU TOOK A CHANCE A
CHANCE ON US NEARLY THIRTY YEARS
AGO. IN THAT DECISION HAS PROVEN
TO BE A GREAT ONE AS IT IS
TRANSFORM THE WAY PROJECTS ARE
BEING DELIVERED IN THE STATE.
PROGRESSIVE DESIGN DELIVERY
ALLOWS PUBLIC AGENCIES TO
COMPLETE PUBLIC PROJECTS UP MORE
MORE QUICKLY AND AT A LOWER
COST. ALLOWING PUBLIC DOLLARS TO
PROVIDE GREATER BENEFITS TO THE
PUBLIC ESPECIALLY FEDERAL
DOLLARS WITH STRICT. USE IT OR
LOSE IT TIMELINES WITHOUT
SACRIFICING IMPORTANT
PROTECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC
EXPECTS. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DB I A WESTERN PACIFIC
REGION. WE APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AT THIS TIME
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A-
TESTIMONY FOR THOSE WHO WERE IN
FAVOR OF THIS A MEASURE- AT THE-
AT THE SPEAKER UP THERE JUST TO
KINDLY COME UP STATE YOUR NAME-
YOUR SUPPORT. AND WHAT
ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT THANK
THANK YOU SO MUCH HEIDI HANNAH
MEN ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT. CHECK NEAL
REPRESENTING THE COUNTY OF SAN
DIEGO ALSO IN SUPPORT. MARK
NEUBERGER- CALIFORNIA STATE
SOCIAL SENSATION COUNTIES PROUD
SPONSOR AND PROBABLY SUPPORTING
THIS BILL. MORTY BURBAGE WITH
EIGHTY COM AND A FORMER DISTRICT
EMPLOYEE OF THIRTY YEARS FOR K.
TWELVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
UNIVERSITIES. I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK YOU. MARKET SEE
DRUM BEHALF OF THE KIND OF LOS
ANGELES AND SUPPORT THANKS. ALL
RIGHT THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
OKAY SO NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE ANY OPPOSITION WERE THERE
ANY OPPOSITION. THE MAIN
SPEAKERS. THERE ARE THERE IS
THERE ANY OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM
. GOING ONCE GOING TWICE OKAY IF
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION IN THE
ROOM THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
IS THE EIGHTEEN T- PERSON TO GET
OUR TELECONFERENCE THREE
BILLION. SO EIGHTEEN T. DO WE
HAVE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO
WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE. TO SPEAK
OF THIS ISSUE PLEASE PRESS ONE
THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME. YOU'LL
HEAR AN INDICATION BEEN PLACED
INTO Q. AND A T. T. SPECIALIST
WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LINE
NUMBER BY WHICH YOU'LL BE
IDENTIFIED WHEN WE OPEN YOUR
LIGHTS. IF YOU'RE ON A SPEAKER
PHONE WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE PICK
UP YOUR HANDSET BEFORE PRESSING
ANY BUTTONS AND MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR PHONE IS ON MUTE IT. WE'LL
GO FIRST THE LINE SIXTY. WEBER
LARGE BUILDERS AND I'M IN
SUPPORT OF THE FILL. THE LOS
ANGELES THANK YOU NEXT WEEK- WE
HAVE A LOT FOR THE LIGHTING CARE
THIS DOT GREAT NOR BRING IT BACK
TO THE DOES ANYBODY UP HERE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUTHOR.
NOW WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE SENATOR
THIS IS A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE
TO OFFER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
BOATS TODAY GREAT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THAT'S I BELIEVE THE
AUTHOR AND THE- THE CHAIR-
ADVISES A AYE VOTE ON THIS AND
AS DO I- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
IS. A VALUABLE TOOL FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT- TO HELP ANSWER THE
QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE.
ITS WOMEN'S THAT PROJECT EVER
GOING TO GET DONE- BECAUSE THE
DELAYS IN PROJECTS OR SUPER
FRUSTRATING AND THEY'RE
EXPENSIVE. AND SO I APPLAUD THE
AUTHOR FOR HER- HER FORESIGHT
AND CARING THIS BILL. OKAY AND
ALSO THIS BILL DOES HAVE
AMENDMENTS AND DO YOU ACCEPT THE
AMENDMENT DO I SUPPOSE EXCEPT
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU WITH THAT.
I'M SECRETARY ON A CALL THE ROLL
. WE DON'T HAVE YET I'M SORRY.
YEP WE'RE STILL IN. WE'VE GOT TO
PEOPLE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH NOW WE
DON'T. OUR WE STILL HAVE TO MORE
SO STILL AND- COMMITTEE W. MODE
. TWENTY SEVEN. HE IS A- OKAY WE
NEED THE MONEY FIVE OKAY. GREAT
WELCOME MORNING SENATOR I'M
SORRY YEAH. CHECK WE HAVE- MOVED
. THE BILL. NO I DON'T EVEN NEED
TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE CURRENTLY
THAT I APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE
AGENDA- SENATOR ALAN. SB FOUR
ONE FOUR WELCOME THANK YOU
MANAGER MEMBERS FOR ME START BY-
THINKING YOU THE COMMITTEE
STAFFER FOURTEEN CLOSE TO MY
OFFICE AND THIS BILL. WE'RE
GONNA ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
SUGGESTED MANY OUNCES BUT I YOU
KNOW AS AS I THINK YOU KNOW
MANAGER WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL
BE ABLE TO WORK- YOU KNOW
CLOSELY MOVING FORWARD- ON ON.
ON THIS BILL- TO SEE IF WE CAN.
MAKE IT A MORE MEANINGFUL- YOUR
CALIFORNIA'S BEEN FACING ONE OF
THE- IT'S PART OF THE DAY TODAY
AND SOME OF THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
TOWNS OF THE DROUGHT- IN ORDER
TO CONSERVE WATER MANY
MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED
STRICT WATER CONSERVATION
POLICIES INCLUDING. THE
RESTRICTION OF LAWN WATERING.
AND AS A RESULT. SOME CALIFORNIA
SWITCH TO DROUGHT RESISTANT
LANDSCAPING AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE ENCOURAGED A
TRANSITION THROUGH INCENTIVES
FOR HOMEOWNERS TO REPLACE. GRASS
LAWNS WITH VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES
THAT REQUIRE LESS WATER. I SOME
HOMEOWNERS TURN TO ARTIFICIAL
TURF. BECAUSE OF ITS ADVERTISED
EASE OF INSTALLATION AND CARE
BUT I'M YOU KNOW THAT THE DATA
IS NOW CERTAIN TO SHOW THAT IT
DOES CAUSE. SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ACCORDING
USEPA ARTIFICIAL TURF UTILIZE
CHEMICAL COATINGS THAT INCLUDE
TOXINS LIKE LEAD ZINC P. FILES.
THAT HAVE BEEN LINKED TO
NUMEROUS HEALTH PROBLEMS- AND
LIKE MOST PLASTICS ARTIFICIAL
TURF IS A LIMITED LIFESPAN IT'S
RARELY RECYCLE DUE TO THE HIGH
COST OF SEPARATING. INCLUDING
THE MATERIAL AS WELL AS MARKET
RESTRAINTS ON. REUSABILITY AND
SO WHEN ARTIFICIAL TURF NEEDS TO
BE REPLACED AS CALMLY DISPOSED
OF DIRECTLY LANDFILLS WERE THEN
CONTINUES TO LEACH INTO THE OF
THESE TOXINS. I INTO THE
SURROUNDING SOIL WATER AND AIR
CAN I TEXT YOU WHEN IT GETS INTO
THE LANDFILL OFTENTIMES THERE'S
A LOT OF RUNOFF FROM THE- ON THE
TURF AND ENDS UP- JUST PRETTY
MORE PLASTIC POLLUTION THAT GETS
INTO OUR- INTO OUR- YOU KNOW
WATER. WATER SYSTEMS. SO I'M WE
WERE LOOKING TO SAY TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS LOOK- YOU SHOULDN'T
BE USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY TO
SUBSIDIZE. FOLKS PUTTING IN TURF
. I THAT WAS ALL THIS WAS ABOUT
IT DIDN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM
PUTTING IN TURF. BUT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT. THE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
SUBSIDIZATION IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
CHAIR WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. NOT
WANTING TO BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE
WITH REGARDS TO LOCAL. DECISION
MAKING AND SO WITH THE
COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS NOW THE
BILL WOULD JUST PROHIBIT THE USE
OF STATE FUNDS IN LOCAL PROGRAMS
TO INCENTIVIZE. THE INSTALLATION
OF ARTIFICIAL TURF. WHICH IS A
RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION. AND
SMALL SMALL SMALL- PIECE OF THIS
PIE. BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING
TO ACCEPT THE COMMUNE MEMBERS
IT'S DOUBLE REFERRED NOW BUT WE
DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE CHAIR. AND ONE OF THINGS WE
TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE
A TRANSITION TO MORE NATURAL
DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING IN
AWAY FROM THESE TOXIC ARTIFICIAL
TURNED IS THERE A WAY THAT WE
CAN. HELP TO- TO- TO TRANSFER.
TO HELP THIS TRANSITION. I IN A
WAY THAT'S RESPECTFUL LOCAL
NEEDS- WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE
VERY SIGNIFICANT AROUND UNLESS
SHE'S IT PLAYED SO I WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASTRONOMICAL. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- APPRECIATE THAT-
THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE AMENDMENT
AND- CAN AND COMMIT TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON THIS I THINK THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT- NEW SCIENCE
COMES OUT WITH INFORMATION EVERY
DAY AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE
AWARE. OF WHAT THAT. WHAT THAT
IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A
QUORUM. SO IF WE COULD TAKE THE
ROLE- AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SENATORS
CABALLERO. HERE CABALLERO
PRESENT SO I HAVE TO. SAY AT THE
PRESENT LEGSPINNER. LAKE
SUPERIOR PRESENT. DOLLY TO
WRESTLE. WOULD ALSO PRESENT
GLAZER. SKINNER AT PRESENT.
SKINNER PRESIDENT WIENER. WE AT
A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED-
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO.
LEAD WITNESSES IN SUPPORT ARE
THERE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. SEEING NONE LET'S HEAR
IF THERE'S ANY WITNESSES SUPPORT
WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED ARE THERE ANY
SUPPORT WITNESSES. MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBER SYLVIA SO LEAST SHOT
HERE ON BEHALF OF STOP WASTE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. IS
THERE ANYONE ELSE. SENIOR NO ONE
MOVE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IS THERE
ANYBODY HERE IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED IN OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
WITNESSES THAT WOULD LIKE TO
TESTIFY VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
ORVIS MODERATOR IF YOU WILL
PLEASE PROMPT THE INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. OF SB FOUR ONE FOUR.
WE WILL BEGIN. TO WEIGH IN ON
THIS MEASURE PLEASE PRESS ONE
THEN ZERO ON YOUR TELEPHONE
KEYPAD AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO
FIRST TO LINE TWELVE GO AHEAD.
MORNING THIS IS TRULY A HOLIDAY
VISION OF CALIFORNIA WATER
AGENCIES IN SUPPORT. IS ARE
THERE ANY FURTHER WOULD DELIVER
. YES WE HAVE ONE MORE LINE ONE
MOMENT WHILE THE PROVIDER LINE
NUMBER WE'LL GO TO LINE FIVE GO
AHEAD PLEASE. THE MORNING ANDREA
I WAS OUT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION
IN SUPPORT. AND MEDICARE WE HAVE
NO OTHER LINES IN Q. VERY GOOD
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE MATTER
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO SEE IF
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS
COMMENTS CENTER SKINNER- NO
QUESTION- BUT I THINK THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT BILL. AND APPRECIATE
THE AUTHOR BRING IN IT AND- I
WOULD MOVE IT. VERY GOOD THERE
IS A MOTION ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS THUNDER SAY ARE TO.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WANT TO
DO IS GO BACK ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING WHICH IS TRYING TO REPLACE
TURF WITH SOMETHING ELSE- AND
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOOTBALL
FIELDS IN ALL OF THE HIGH
SCHOOLS. HAVE GONE INTO USING
TURF AS OPPOSED TO GRASSFIELDS
BECAUSE THE GRASS FIELDS WERE
DETERMINED TO IN ORDER TO KEEP
THEM. IN IN GOOD SHAPE- DOESN'T
IMPACT- SPORTS HILLS AT ALL.
THIS IS ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL SO
IT'S JUST RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT
DOES NOT BLEED OVER INTO OUR NO
NO NO NO AND YOU IN OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS NO NOT AT ALL NO NO
OKAY. SO BEYOND THAT- EVEN IN
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND BYE
BYE MY PROPERTY IS PROBABLY A
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE LOCAL
AGENCIES THE WATER AGENCIES
WANTED US TO SWITCH. FROM HAVING
GRASS TURF TO ARTIFICIAL TURF
AND NATURAL LANDSCAPE WHICH IS
WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
AND THEIR PROGRAM- WAS IMPORTANT
IN GETTING PEOPLE TO DO THAT
WHICH ENABLED US ALL TO REACH
THAT 25% REDUCTION IN. THE USAGE
OF WATER. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S
THE BIG THING WE GOT TO CUT BACK
ON WATER USE. AND SO EVERYBODY
DID THAT AND- AND THEN GOING
FORWARD WE WANT TO NOT DO THAT.
AND FOR ALL THE REASONS. BECAUSE
WE DID THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE
ONE OF THEM WAS YOU KNOW WHEN
YOUR FERTILIZING YOUR LAWN AND
WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THOSE
THINGS ARE LEACHING INTO THE
GROUND AND NOW YOU HAVE- OTHER
TOXINS GOING INTO THE WATER
TABLE. AND AND SO HAVE THERE
BEEN STUDIES DONE THAT SHOW THE
TOXICITY RATES FOR TURF VERSES
TOXICITY RATES FOR OTHER
CHEMICALS THAT ARE BEING
APPLIED. TO NATURAL TURF BECAUSE
PEOPLE GONNA REPLACE DISTURB
WITH NATURAL TURF AND WE'RE
GONNA GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE
DOING BEFORE. REVERSING OUR
ISSUES WITH WATER CONSERVATION
AND I'LL BE SO THAT'S WHEN YOU
HAVE DO WE HAVE STUDIES THAT
INDICATE WHICH WHICH IS WORSE
AND WHAT WHY IT'S WORSE. WELL
THERE'S NO QUESTION SO THERE ARE
STUDIES- THERE'S NO QUESTION
THAT- THAT THAT THE BEST FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT IS MORE DROUGHT
TOLERANT AND NATURAL IN. I
REMEMBER. NOTHING IN THIS BILL
SAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T PUT AN
ARTIFICIAL TURF- THIS IS A FAX A
**** TO POINT WHERE WERE ALL THE
BILL SAYS. IS THAT IF A PROGRAM
RECEIVE STATE FUNDING WHICH IS
ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL PORTION OF
THESE PROGRAMS. BUT SO IF IT
RECEIVES STATE FUNDING THEN.
THEY SHOULD BE. THEY SHOULD BE
SUBSIDIZING IF THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE A SUBSIDY PROGRAM THEY
SHOULD ONLY INCENTIVIZE ACTUALLY
SUBSIDIZE. THOSE FOLKS WHO WANT
TO SWITCH OVER TO NATURAL.
DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING BUT
NOTHING IN THE BILL IN THIS ON A
GOING FORWARD BASIS NOTHING IN
THE BILL. WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO
TAKE OUT THEIR TURF. NOTHING IN
THE BILL SAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T
PUT INTERFERE. IT'S JUST DIS
INCENTIVIZING LOCAL AGENCIES TO
USE MONEY THAT STATE THE STATE
MAY. RIGHT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT'S
ALL THE BILL DOES NOT. RIGHT
BECAUSE- A LINE GETS A BLURRED
AND WHAT BECOME STATE. STATE
FIND STIRS. MONEY AND AN THEN
THEY USE THAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE
THE STATE WILL DO THE WATER
AGENCIES. ARE THERE THIS WATER
RESOURCE AGENCIES PROVIDE
INCENTIVES AND THAT BECOMES
STATE MONEY FOR LOCAL AGENCIES
WATER DISTRICTS TO CREATE
PROGRAMS TO REDUCE. WATER USE.
AND THEN IF THEY DON'T REDUCE
WATER USAGE EVERYBODY STARTS
GETTING PET AND PENALIZED. AND
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BECAUSE WE'RE THOSE ARE THE
THINGS THAT FRUSTRATE PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEN THEIR RATES GO UP
IN ORDER TO- DO A PROGRAM THAT
THE STATE WANTED THEM TO DO. SO
IF THE I DON'T UNFORTUNATELY
HAVE THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS HERE
I WOULD BE IN THE FOLDER IT
SHOULD BE IN YOUR POCKET BUT-
AND- SO. IF SOMEONE FROM THE
COMMUNITY COULD JUST READ
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEGOTIATED- AND
- BUT- DID YOU HAVE THAT
LANGUAGE MANAGER SO SORRY BUT
BUT BASICALLY IT'S THE- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS. THE LANGUAGE
WOULD WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF
STATE FUNDS IN LOCAL PROGRAMS.
THAT INCENTIVIZE INSTALLATION OF
ARTIFICIAL TURF THAT'S THAT'S MY
- AND SO IF IT BUT IF YOU WANT
RIGHT CLARITY NO THAT'S FINE I
GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I CAN GET
IT LATER IF OKAY. WE WISH BUT-
SO WHAT YOU ASKED TO BE READ IS
BILL'S PROHIBITION APPLIES ONLY
WHEN LOCAL AGENCY ISSUE REBATES
VOUCHERS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES. PAID FROM STATE
FUNDS BUT NOT TO THOSE PAID
ENTIRELY FROM LOCAL FUNDS. OKAY
SO THAT SEEMS PRETTY SPECIFIC
BUT I'M SURE RIGHT. R. O. N. AND
STATE FUNDS HAVE TO BE
SEGREGATED ANYWAY YEAH SO I
THINK I THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF
THAT IS THAT. THE STATUS IS
TAKEN THE POSITION THAT
ARTIFICIAL TURF HAS. TOO MANY-
YEAH. CAUSTIC PRETTY CENTER
LIKELY TO LEACH AND THE WATER IS
WHY YOU SEE THE WATER. AGENCIES
IN SUPPORT SOME OF THE WATER
AGENCY RIGHT SUPPORT THAT'S
WHAT'S GOING ON YOU RIGHT I
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE A YEAH I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ARGUMENT IS
JUST I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT-
WHAT THE REAL LIFE IMPLICATIONS
ARE. REGARDING WATER
CONSERVATION VERSES MOVE
REMOVING TURF AND DISINCENTIVE
ICING PEOPLE TO DO THE
CONSERVATION PARK. SO BUT I DO
THINK IT'S A CALLING SENATOR.
THAT AT THE VERY FOLKS WHO ARE
SO CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT WATER
AVAILABILITY THE WATER AGENCIES
THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE COME
THEY'VE GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS
NOW. IN TERMS OF WATER QUALITY
RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE TOXINS IN
PLASTICS ARE ENDING UP IN THE
WATER THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO
SEE A BILL THEY THEY WANNA SEE.
PROGRESS ON THIS FRONT BASICALLY
DO SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR
THEIR OBLIGATIONS RIGHT AGAIN
IT'S THE P. FAST ISSUE AND
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE FOUNDING
THEY NEED. TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR
THEIR WATER QUALITY WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT THE STATE SHOULD
BE DOING IS NOT JUST A
MONITORING IT'S JUST STOPPING
YOU KNOW I KNOW I KNOW TRIMMING
AND DATE I NEED TO FACILITIES TO
CLEAN AND DO THESE P. FAST
OPERATION UP. SO I APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP IN HELPING ME
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER DONE.
AND I'D LOVE I MEAN EVEN YOU
KNOW LOVE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE
YOUR SUPPORT IN IT. IF YOU'RE
NOT ABLE TO TODAY I'D LOVE TO
WORK WITH THE FURTHER BECAUSE I
THINK. IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM
EVERYTHING YOU'RE ASKING WHERE
WERE- BUT I DON'T SEE IT I SEE
THIS. I SEE DISCORDANT YEAH. SO
WE DO HAVE A MOTION THE BILL ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SING THEN
WILL ALLOW YOU TO CONCLUDE
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION-
CERTAINLY LOOK FOR TOMORROW. OUT
MORE WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AND I RESPECT TRUST AND HAVE A-
VERY GOOD. PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE
. MOTION AS THE PATH AS AMENDED
TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
COMMITTEE SENATOR SCOTT BAIO. HI
CABALLERO I AM SO YOUR TOTAL.
LAKE LAKE SUPERIOR I DOLLY. TO
WRESTLE. DURACELL I. LASER
SCANNER. WIENER I. WIENER WIENER
I. FIVE ZERO THANK YOU MEMBERS
THANK YOU- THE IS OUT FOR DAYS.
BUT WE WERE KEEP THE OPEN FOR-
LET ED ON SLATER- MEMBERS WE
HAVE A COUPLE OF- IT-
HOUSEKEEPING TASKS TO- TO DO M.
WE HAVE. COMMITTEE RULES THAT
HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED IN OUR TEST
TODAY IS ADOPTION OF THE
COMMITTEE RULES AS WELL AS TO
APPOINT. YOU TELL VARGAS AS OUR
COMMITTEE ASSISTANT I'LL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE. VERY
GOOD. THE EMOTION HAS BEEN MADE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MOTION TO
A TOP COMMITTEE RULES SENATORS
CABALLERO HI CABALLERO I SEE
YOUR TOTAL. SO YOU'RE TOE I PLAY
SUPERIOR. LEG SPINNER I DOLLY.
TO WRESTLE DURACELL I GLAZER.
SCANNER SKINNER AYE WIENER
WIENER I. SIX TO ZERO. IF THE
MOTION PASSES WILL LEAVE IT OPEN
FOR. OUT LATE AT. ADD ON LATER
ON WE'RE GONNA TAKE AN ITEM OUT
OF ORDER WHICH IS FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWELVE ORIGINALLY ON THE
CONSENT BUT IS BEEN PULLED FOR
A- DISCUSSION S. J. R. THREE BY
SENATOR ROTH. AND THEN- CENTER
BY THE AYE YOU ARE UP NEXT.
THANK YOU MANAGER AND COLLEAGUES
SO THAT I AM PRESENTING AS CHAIR
THREE IT'S A SIMPLE BUT
IMPORTANT TO A RESOLUTION THAT
CALLS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO WORK FOR THE UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE THE GREAT THE
CITY OF THESE FAIL A NEW AND
INDEPENDENCE OF CODE. SOME OF
THE RIVER OVER THE CITY OF
EASTVALE IS A RELATIVELY NEW
CITY IT WAS INCORPORATED IN TWO
THOUSAND TEN SOME MAY HAVE BEEN
AROUND WHEN WE HAD THE FIGHT- TO
OBTAIN STATE FUNDING FOR THIS
CITY AND THE THREE OTHER NEWLY
INCORPORATED CITIES. OF SEVERAL
YEARS AGO. A SUCCESSFUL I MIGHT
ADD UNFORTUNATELY THIS CITY. HAS
NEVER HAD ITS OWN ZIP CODE OR
EASTVALE MAILING ADDRESS
SURPRISINGLY. THE CURRENT
SHARING OF TWO ZIP CODES WITH
OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES HAS
CAUSED PROBLEMS MAIL DELIVERY
DISRUPTIONS MISCALCULATED
INSURANCE RATES BUSINESS
RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES. AND
POTENTIAL DELAYS IN EMERGENCY
SERVICE RESPONSE. THE SIMPLE
SOLUTION IS TO DRESS ALL OF
THESE PUBLIC CONCERNS. THROUGH
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
INDEPENDENT ZIP CODE FOR THE
CITY OF THESE FAIL AND THAT'S
WHAT THIS RULES RESOLUTION
REQUESTS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT THAT
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY- AND THE
DUTY TO DO SO- HERE WITH ME
TODAY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL IS THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF THESE FILMS TO TODD
RUBY. FOR BRIEF COMMENTS.
WELCOME. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
VICE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND I THINK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
HEARING THIS BILL I'D ALSO LIKE
TO THANK SENATOR ROTH AND- FOR
THE AUTHOR IN THIS BILL AS WELL
AS CO AUTHORS ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
CERVANTES SAT FOR THEIR EFFORTS
IN HELPING SO WHY IS THIS SO
IMPORTANT IN THE CITY OF YOU
STILL THE CITY OF ESAU WAS
INCORPORATED IN OCTOBER TWO
THOUSAND TEN. WE'VE GONE FROM A
DERRY LAND COMMUNITY IN THE
NIGHT LATE NINETEEN NINETIES TO
ALMOST FULLY DEVELOPED CITY IN
TWENTY TWENTY THREE WE HAVE LESS
THAN 10% OF OUR LAND LEFT TO
DEVELOP. WE ALSO HAVE
APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY PLUS
THOUSAND RESIDENTS WE OPERATE
WITH A BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY A
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WE HAVE
GONE FROM INFANCY TO FINANCIAL
STABILITY IN A SHORT TWELVE
YEARS AND RANKED AS NUMBER ONE
WITH THE CITY WITH THE LOWEST
FISCAL RISK. CURRENTLY OUR CITY
HAS TWO DIFFERENT ZIP CODES NINE
TWO EIGHT ZERO NINE ONE SEVEN
FIVE TWO. WHICH ALSO ENCOMPASSES
OTHER CITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
OF YOU SPELL NINE ONE SEVEN FIVE
TWO COVERS APPROXIMATELY 80%
OUTSIDE OF THE CELL ONE NINE TWO
EIGHT ZERO COVERS 22% OUTSIDE OF
THE CELL. HAVING TWO DIFFERENT
ZIP CODES WITHIN THE CITY WHICH
WE SHARE WITH OTHER CITIES IS
BECAUSE MUCH CONFUSION FOR
RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND
VISITORS. THIS CAN ALSO RESULT
IN CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS DURING
EMERGENCY INCIDENTS GET
RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY. TO OUR
CITY OF NOT DIRECTED PROPERLY.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO MAKE A
VALIANT EFFORT TO OBTAIN AN
INDEPENDENCE OF CODE. THE CV
STILL PARTNERED WITH CONGRESSMAN
CALVERT IN CONGRESO MENTOR IS.
AN WITH CONGRESSMAN CALVERT
SUBMITTED A BOUNDARY REVIEW
REQUEST OF THE U. S. P. S. AND
U. S. P. S. IS REPLIED DENYING
THE REQUEST. THE CITY AND
CONGRESSMEN HAVE APPEALED THE
LETTER- HAVE APPEALED THE
DECISION. AND ARE WAITING FOR A
RESPONSE FROM U. S. P. S. THERE
ARE CURRENTLY TWO BILLS IN
CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF YOU STILL
HAVE IN ITS IT DEPENDS ZIP CODE.
ONE IS HR IS SIX NINETY SIX BY
CONGRESSMAN CALVERT AND OTHERS
H. R. EIGHT SIXTY BY CONGRESSMAN
DÍAS DOLLARS. BOTH RIGHT BILLS
REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN
EVERY C. BIPARTISAN CO
AUTHORSHIP FROM REPRESENTATIVES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HAS A MARCH
TWENTIETH. WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER
. ELEVEN HUNDRED LETTERS OF
SUPPORT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES. WE ALSO RECEIVE
LETTERS EVERY FROM OUR LOCAL.
LOCAL FEDERAL AND COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS OF
SURROUNDING CITIES CHINO CORONA
NORCO ON TERRIO. HAVING S. J. R.
THREE ADVANCE WILL SEND A
UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA THE RECOGNIZE OUR
NEEDS. WELL ENDORSED IN OUR
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
BY RESIDENTS WE RESPECTFULLY ASK
IN REQUEST YOUR AYE VOTE AND ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PASSING AS
J. R. THREE TO ASSIST THE CITY
OF YOU SPELL. TO OBTAIN
INDEPENDENT ZIP CODE. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT. HI GOOD
MORNING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE SHARING THEMSELVES
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY CORONA IN
SUPPORT. VERY GOOD ANYONE ELSE
IN ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED.
SEEING NONE I WILL MOVE ON TO-
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IS OR
ANYONE HERE IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED AND OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE AND ASK IF
THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION ON THE TELECONFERENCE
LINE. JUST BECAUSE THIS MEASURE
PRESS ONE THEN ZERO THE AT THIS
TIME. MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO
LINE QUEUING UP. IT WILL BRING
IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
OR A MOTION. MOTION OF MY
PROMOTION. THERE IS A MOTION BY
SENATOR SEYARTO CENTER OUGHT TO
MAKE INCLUDE. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AND RESPECTFULLY AS FOR
AN AYE VOTE. VERY GOOD PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. THE MOTION IS. TO
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. SERVICE CO
AYE IT'LL- AYE CAMBIADO AYE C.
R. THANK. I LAKE CITY. THANKS HI
DOLLY. TO WRESTLE. TO ADDRESS I
GLAZER. SKINNER ALL RIGHT
SKINNER I WIENER. TITISEE THE
BILL ITSELF I TWO ZERO BELIEVE
IT OPEN FOR. ADD ONS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR PER THE AFTER. FILE FILE
NUMBER TWO SB SEVEN NINETY SEVEN
.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT'S
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT SB SEVEN
NINE SEVEN AND- APPRECIATE THE
STAFF WORKING WITH US WE WILL
TAKE THE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED
BY THE COMMITTEE CONSULTANT-
THIS BILL CONTINUES TO BUILD TO
TREMENDOUS SUPPORT BY REGIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS AND PLEASED TO.
ADVISE THAT- WE HAVE FIFTEEN
ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS. SB SEVEN NINE SEVEN
WOULD ESTABLISH THE LITHIUM
EXTRACTION TAX OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE A UNIQUE. STRUCTURE
FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATION
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE.
INPUT DECISION MAKING ANALYSIS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND
REPORTING TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR
A VERY VERY UNIQUELY STRUCTURED
TAX FOR A VERY VERY UNIQUE- A
SITUATION IMPERIAL COUNTY THAT
IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO THAT
REGION BUT FRANKLY TO THE REST
OF OUR STATE. IT IS A NATURAL
AND NECESSARY THIRD STEP THAT
BUILDS ON TWO PRIOR A PIECES OF
GOOD WORK BY THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE PAST WHICH WERE A. B.
SIXTEEN FIFTY SEVEN WHICH
ESTABLISHED A BLUE RIBBON
COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT ANALYSIS OF
THE EMERGING- INTERESTED IN
CALIFORNIA AND IMPERIAL AROUND
THE SALTON SEA AND DEVELOPING
LITHIUM EXTRACTION IMPORTANT FOR
OUR ECONOMY- THE REGIONAL AND
STATE ECONOMY IMPORTANT FOR OUR
TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
AND COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL
MARKET FOR PRODUCTION OF.
LITHIUM PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD IT THEN FURTHER- AFTER THE
CONCLUSION OF THE BLUE RIBBON
COMMITTEES WORK- WE ENACTED SB
ONE TWENTY FIVE WHICH CREATED
THE LITHIUM EXTRACTION TAX.
WHICH IS A UNIQUE TAX BASED ON
INDUSTRY PRODUCTION- WITH THE
VERSION OF THOSE FUNDS GO
BOWLING GOING TO THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL FOR DISTRIBUTION. TO
COMMUNITY BENEFIT THROUGHOUT
AFFECTED REGIONS AND A 20% OF
THOSE- PROCEEDS GOING TO THE-
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY TO ASSIST WITH THE VERY
IMPORTANT. RESTORATION EFFORTS-
IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPOSED AFTER
THE. RECEDING OF THE SALTON SEA-
THIS A UNIQUE- AND NECESSARY
BECAUSE IT ADDS A VERY IMPORTANT
VALUE IT PROVIDES A FORMAL
MECHANISM. FOR US STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT GO
BEYOND JUST GOVERNMENT TO
INCLUDE ALL SECTORS THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. THE NGO SECTOR. AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH SPECIFIED
AREAS OF EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPAR
PARTICIPATORY ROLE. IN OVERSIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTING TO
THE STATE THAT DOES NOT EXIST
THAT IS WHY THE STRUCTURE IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO
BEYOND JUST THE COUNTY WHICH IS.
CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING FUNDS
TO HAVE A WIDER NET OF INCLUSION
TRANSPARENCY AND CERTAINLY TO
CENTER THE EFFORTS AROUND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EQUITY
ISSUES. THIS REGION IS VERY VERY
IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA'S
ECONOMY. AND IT'S VERY VERY
UNIQUE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
THE DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO GROW
BY AS MUCH AS TEN FOLD IN THE
NEXT DECADE. THE LITHIUM VALLEY
SUPPLY WILL PLAY A KEY PART IN
AMERICA'S TRANSITION TO CLEAN
VEHICLES AND HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO UNLEASH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. IN A
VERY HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED AREA
. THIS POTENTIAL GROWTH IS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH IN
Q. IMPERIAL COUNTY AND ANY
REGIONS AFFECTED- WHICH
PARTICULARLY HAS THE HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE STATE
WITH ALMOST A QUARTER OF
PREDOMINATELY LATINO RESIDENTS
LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
THE COUNTY IS REGULARLY RANKED
ALONG SOME OF THE MOST POLLUTED
PLACES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND THIS IS ONLY
EXACERBATED BY THE FURTHER TOXIC
EXPOSURE FROM THE SALTON SEA. IT
IS THEREFORE VERY IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THE BROADEST STRUCTURES IN
PLACE FOR BILATERAL OVERSIGHT.
NOT JUST FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IN THE REGION. ALL OF WHOM WOULD
HAVE TO COME FROM THIS REGION
MULTI SECTOR MULTI EXPERTISE
FROM THE REGION. FOR INPUT
REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT ABOUT
THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE
REGION BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE LOCAL
ENGAGEMENT INPUT. AND OVERSIGHT
TO THE STATE WHICH IS UNIQUE TO
BE SURE THAT THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
IS ALSO DISTRIBUTING FUNDS IN A
WAY THAT REFLECT THE NEEDS. AND
REFLECTS SOCIAL AND OTHER
ECONOMIC EQUITY ISSUES AS WELL
SO IT'S A UNIQUE STRUCTURE THAT
I THINK IS A NATURAL THIRD PIECE
TO THE PROGRESSION SO FAR. AND
PROVIDES AN ADDED BENEFIT IN
THAT WAY THAT IS NOT. CURRENTLY
PRESENT. AND WITH THAT I AM
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY I
HAVE DANIELLE FLORES WHO IS THE
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZER OF IMPERIAL
VALLEY EQUITY AND JUSTICE
COALITION. WELCOME. GOOD
MORNING- CHURKO YET ON MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE- I'M GRATEFUL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF- SB
SEVEN NINE SEVEN. MY NAME IS
DANIEL OF FLORIDA'S EXECUTIVE
ORGANIZER WITH THEM PEARL VALLEY
EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION AND
- COUNTY. OUR COALITION IS AN
INTERGENERATIONAL ORGANIZING
GROUP THAT CAME TOGETHER AT THE
PEAK OF THE COVER NINETEEN
PANDEMIC TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES
THAT RESULTED. IN OUR MAJORITY
LET THE NEXT COUNTY HAVING THE
STATE'S HIGHEST KOVIN MORTALITY
RATE. WE ARE ADVOCATES OF HEALTH
EQUITY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AS WELL AS CIVIC AND
DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE
BEEN STAKEHOLDERS- ACTIVE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFT THE
ARMS- OVER THE YEARS- WE HAVE
ALSO OUR COALITION LAUNCHED A
COMMUNITY SURVEY. TO LEARN FROM
OVER TWO HUNDRED RESIDENTS ABOUT
THE WAYS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
LIFT THE- TAX REVENUE TO BE
SPENT. AND WE HAVE ADVOCATED AT
THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL- TO
MAKE THOSE FINDINGS KNOWN AND
ALSO- TO PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS QUALITY JOBS AND
COMMUNITY BENEFITS- SO WE'RE
STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF SB SEVEN
NINE SEVEN. AS IT'S NECESSARY TO
ADDRESS HISTORIC INEQUITIES AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN
IMPERIAL VALLEY BY IMPROVING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
MAXIMIZING COMMUNITY BENEFITS
FROM THOSE REVENUES. OUR
COMMUNITY HAS A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AND I CAN
ONLY BE REALIZED THROUGH
ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS
THAT CENTER EQUITY AND
ACCESSIBILITY. TO OUR COMMUNITY
SURVEY THIS PAST SUMMER ONE OF
THE TOP COMMUNITY CONCERNS REYES
WAS THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT OF THE ALLOCATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF TAX REVENUE
GIVEN HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF AN
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
RESOURCES AND FUNDS- AND THE
MISTRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY
AND THE COUNTY- THERE ARE NO
DETAILED LOCAL PLANS FOR
RESIDENT. OVERSIGHT OF. THE-
EXTRACTION ARE TAX AND THIS BILL
CREATES THE NEEDED VEHICLE FOR
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE TAX
REVENUE. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED
FROM HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
AND OUR COALITION IS DETERMINED
TO END THAT PRACTICE BY VALUING
AND HONORING THE LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF THOSE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE LITHIUM
DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND JUSTICE IN THE
REGION. THROUGH OUR SURVEY
RESIDENTS EXPRESSED STRONG
SUPPORT FOR MOST OF THE TAX
REVENUE TO BE SPENT IN
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
OVERALL BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR
OUR COUNTY. THROUGH THE CREATION
OF AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS
PROPOSED BY SB SEVEN NINE SEVEN
WE HOPE TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY
BENEFITS MATERIALIZE AND THAT
THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL IS NOT
MERELY AN EXTRACTION SITE AND
INSTEAD IS TRANSFORMED INTO A
COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ALL
THRIVE. WITH THAT I THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE- AND I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- VERY WELL DONE.
IS ARE THERE ANY OTHER WITNESSES
THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT HERE IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED. A GOOD MORNING MENTION
MY NAME'S LISA MELLOW I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- CALL ME THIS
YOU COULD BUY. OR LEADING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATION WITH THIRTY FIVE
YEAR HISTORY OPERATING IN THE
IMPERIAL VALLEY. FOR ME THIS
YEAR BECAUSE IN SUPPORT OF SB
SEVEN NINETY SEVEN BECAUSE COMEY
THIS VEHICLE BELIEVES IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER
HOW IMPERIAL COUNTY STADIUM
TACTICS ARE IN BETTER INVESTED.
FOR VERY LONG TIME IMPERIAL
COUNTY POLICIES HAVE CATER TO
AGRICULTURE. AND LANDOWNER
INTERESTS. AT THE EXPENSE OF
WORKING FAMILIES LIVING LOCALLY
IN DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. HAS
BEEN IT SEVEN NINETY SEVEN WAS
SURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS
ADHERING TO THE SPIRIT OF.
COMMUNITY INCLUSIVITY. IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL IT THEM
EXTRACTION POLICY. AND THE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AT THE
COUNTY PURPORTS TO SUPPORT. WITH
THIS YOU CAN PURCHASE CONTINUED
DISCUSSION BETWEEN- THE OFFICE
CENTER. OF IDEA AS WELL AS
IMPERIAL COUNTY OFFICIALS TO
ENSURE THAT LOCAL EIGHTEEN TAX
DOLLARS ARE INVESTED IN
ESSENTIAL AND REQUESTED
COMMUNITY BENEFITS. WE STAND
READY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
COMMUNITY'S INPUT. TO
INCORPORATE THE IMPERIAL COUNTY
STADIUM EXTRACTION PERMITTING
SITING DECISION MAKING. PROCESS
THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. FOR THAT-
MANJERI MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE ASK FOR YOUR I. BOATS.
ALSO REQUESTING- IN SUPPORT AS
WELL I BE EQUITY SURE HELPLINE.
A ROOTS MULTICULTURAL CENTER.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COALITION
FOR WATER. BAY AREA SYSTEM
CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE NYLUND
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. COMMUNITIES
FOR A NEW CALIFORNIA WEST
BERKELEY ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN AIR
AND SAFE JOBS CAMPESINOS WHO
NEEDLES CALEXICO WELLNESS CENTER
LITTLE MANILA RISING GREEN
ACTION- TRI VALLEY CARES LONG ON
A SET UP WHERE SAYS. HE'LL WE
SEE THE APPLE BLOOD ORANGE WORKS
AND THE CALIFORNIA JUSTICE
COALITION THANK YOU VERY GOOD
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY.
FURTHER WITNESSES IN ROOM TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED. I'M SURE MIKE
MADIGAN IN BEHALF OF THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL AND WE'RE PROUD TO
SUPPORT SB SEVEN NINE SEVEN.
THREE GOOD ANYONE ELSE. SEEING
THEIR NO ONE. ELSE HERE IN
SUPPORT OF WHEN IT SEE IF THERE
IS ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT'S IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS AMERICA ONCE
AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING
IMPERIAL COUNTY. REGRETTABLY THE
SUPERVISORS ADOPTED IN OPPOSE
POSITION SB SEVEN NINE SEVEN AT
LAST WEEK'S BOARD MEETING. AS
YOU KNOW IN TWENTY TWENTY TO THE
LEGISLATURE PASSED SB ONE TWENTY
FIVE WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS
CREATED A LITHIUM EXTRACTION TAX
AND RETURNS 80% OF THE REVENUES
FROM THAT TAX TO THE COUNTY
WITHIN WHICH THE LITHIUM IS
EXTRACTED. IT ALSO SETS ASIDE
20% OF THE REVENUE STATEWIDE TO
HELP MEET SOME OF THE STATE'S
OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THE
RESTORATION OF THE SOLVENCY.
SEPIC TO IMPERIAL COUNTY SB ONE
TWENTY FIVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL
SECTIONS OF LAW TO DIRECT THE
COUNTY'S DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
REVENUES TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE
LITHIUM EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES.
AND SPECIFIES TO WHICH
COMMUNITIES THIS PERTAINS. SB
ONE TWENTY FIVE ALSO HOLD THE
COUNTY ACCOUNTABLE BY REQUIRING
THE COUNTY TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO
THE LEGISLATURE ON EXPENDITURE
OF THESE TAX REVENUES. IMPERIAL
COUNTY PURSUE THIS TAXING
LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
BENEFIT FROM THE EXTRACTION OF
THE RICHES UNDERNEATH THEIR
FEET. THE COUNTY HAS ENGAGED AND
WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND INPUT AND THEY ARE
COLLABORATE ON PLANS FOR THE
MOST EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL USE
OF. NEW TAX REVENUES. WITHOUT
DISCUSSING WITH THE COUNTY OR
OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION
SENATOR PEDIA INTRODUCED SB
SEVEN NINE SEVEN. WHICH THE
COUNTY ARGUES UNDERMINES LOCAL
AUTHORITY AND THE OVERSIGHT OF
THE LITHIUM EXTRACTION RIGHT TAX
REVENUES. AND CREATES
UNNECESSARY AND BURDENSOME
OVERSIGHT THROUGH A STATE
APPOINTED BOARD. FURTHER SB
SEVEN NINE SEVEN REQUIRES THE
NEW OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON HOW
THE REVENUES FROM THE COLLECTION
OF THE A LOT LITHIUM EXTRACTION
EXCISE TAX. WERE ALLOCATED THIS
IS WHOLLY DUPLICATIVE OF
EXISTING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
FROM SB ONE TWENTY FIVE. THE
STATE HASN'T BEGUN TO COLLECT
THESE REVENUES AND THE COUNTY IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP
ITS PLAN FOR THE BEST WAY TO
DISTRIBUTE THE. WHAT PROBLEM SB
SEVEN NINE SEVEN IS SEEKING TO
RESOLVE. AND AT THE SAME TIME
THE COUNTY ARGUES THAT IT IS
WASTING PRECIOUS STATE RESOURCES
FOR NO REAL BENEFIT. THE COUNTY
WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE
SENATOR LATE LAST WEEK AND IS
HOPEFUL THE COMMUNICATION CAN
CONTINUE AND THE SENATOR CAN
BETTER EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LAYER OF OVERSIGHT.
UNTIL A PROBLEM IS IDENTIFIED
AND A SUITABLE SOLUTION TO THAT
PROBLEM IS COLLABORATIVELY
DEVELOPED THE COUNTY MUST.
REMAIN REGRETTABLY OPPOSED TO
SEVEN NINE SEVEN. THANK YOU GOOD
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN ROOM TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED. CNN WILL GO UNDER
THE TELECONFERENCE LINE IN AND
ASK IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR
IN SUPPORT. OF SB SEVEN NINETY
SEVEN. TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR
SUPPORT PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. WE'LL GO TO
LINE THIRTEEN. LINE THIRTEEN YOU
WERE IN QUEUE YOU SEEM TO TAKE
YOURSELF OUT OF QUEUE IF YOU
WOULD LIKE. TO REGISTER OKAY
LINE THIRTEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. GLAD LINE. THIRTEEN DON'T BE
NERVOUS LINE. FIND THIRTEEN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN GO AHEAD. MEDICARE
WE HAVE NO FOR THE LINES QUEUED
UP VERY GOOD- WE'RE TO BRING
THAT THE MATTER BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS SENATOR
EYES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR-
JUST TO QUESTION ABOUT THE-
COMMUNITY BENEFITS- EITHER TO
THE AUTHOR OR TO YOUR YOUR
WITNESSES BUT I WAS I WAS GLAD
TO HEAR. VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT
YOU'RE TALKING YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND
DOING IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
HAVING COME FROM A CITY WHERE
WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST COMMUNITY
BENEFITS IN THE COUNTRY- IT
REALLY PAID OFF. BECAUSE
EVERYBODY WAS THERE TALKING
ABOUT THE ISSUES LABOR WAS THEIR
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
WITH THEIR- PARK SPACE I MEAN.
IT WASN'T A PERFECT BECAUSE IT
WAS THE FIRST TIME BUT IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY WHO NEEDED
TO BE THERE THAT WAS IMPORTANT
TO BE THERE. SO I'M CURIOUS NOW.
AFTER COMMUTER. AGREEMENTS HAVE
EVOLVED AND GOTTEN BETTER WE'VE
GOTTEN BETTER AT IT IF YOU CAN
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS
COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR THAT THAT
REGION AND- I ALSO WANT TO
COMMEND. LABOR FOR BEING A PART
OF THIS SO EITHER YOU AND OR
YOUR WITNESS CENTER BY THE ACT
IF YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
MANAGER WHICH IS GENERALLY
RESPOND TO THE QUESTION BY
SAYING I THINK WE KNOW THAT
THERE IS A SAD. AND DECADES LONG
HISTORY- OF THE ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL A DISPOSITION OF FOLKS IN
THIS PART OF THE STATE AND
PARTICULARLY IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
WHERE AND EVERY FEW DECADES A
NEW BRIGHT SHINY THING COMES
ALONG PROMISING. REAL INVESTMENT
IN THE COMMUNITY IN ITS HUMAN
AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND
TYPICALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF
INVESTMENTS MADE THAT DON'T.
BROADEN THAT SCOPE TO EVEN
CREATE A FRAMEWORK LIKE WE'RE
PROPOSING HERE TO ASSURE. THAT
AB AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE IN
NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS AND
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENGAGED IN
DECISION MAKING NOT JUST
PROVIDING AN OPINION BUT
ACTIVELY ENCOURAGED IN A
STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONAL
MATTERS. AND PART. IN ANALYSIS
AND PARTICIPATE IN REPORTING AND
THAT'S WHAT'S DISTINCT HERE AND
THE INTENT HERE MADAM CHAIR IS
TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO AVOID A
REPEAT. OF THIS SAD HISTORY- I
THINK THE OBJECTION DUE RESPECT
I WOULD I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS
ONE. I DON'T SEE THAT THE BILL'S
INTENT HERE IS OUT OF HARMONY
WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNTY.
IN FACT THAT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN
THE PROCESS WHERE IN THE COUNTY
HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE BUT I
WOULD ALSO RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY.
AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITIES CHARGED
WITH DISTRIBUTING ALL THE FUNDS
CERTAINLY THE ARCHITECTURE OF
ADDRESSING COMMUNITY BENEFITS
WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN
THEY WILL LOOK LIKE WHO THEY
WILL IMPACT. MUST GO BEYOND JUST
THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY THEY MUST
INCLUDE MULTI SECTORS OUTSIDE
THE COUNTY THEY MUST INCLUDE
EXPERTISE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY.
THEY MUST BE BROAD AND BILATERAL
INCLUDING THE ABILITY FOR
LOCALLY APPOINTED- FOLKS AS I'VE
DESCRIBED APPOINTED BY- STE. THE
STATE GOVERNMENT IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH US TO NOT JUST PROVIDE THAT
INPUT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT THE
COUNTY IS DOING AND IMPERIAL BUT
ALSO FRANKLY WITH WITH RESPECT
WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE STATE
AND THAT IS ALSO UNIQUE. AND SO
MANY. OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
COULD BE BUT TRUST HERE NOT JUST
IS HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS IN
CREATING THE SKILLS TRAINING.
AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
THAT LEAD TO AN EMERGING
INDUSTRY FRANKLY THAT ISN'T JUST
IMPORTANT TO IMPERIAL COUNTY BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA'S COMPETITIVE
POSITION. WE SHOULD ALSO NOT
FORGET THAT THE ABILITY TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AROUND THE LITHIUM
EXTRACTION OPPORTUNITY HERE IS
NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL
OPPORTUNITY THAT GOES HAND IN
HAND. BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THERE
ECONOMIC INEQUITIES AND JUSTICE
ISSUES AT PLAY HERE BUT WE'RE
DEALING WITH THE PART OF THE
STATE THAT HAS PROBABLY 99% OF
THE RAW MATERIALS THAT WILL MAKE
CALIFORNIA COMPETITIVE HERE. BUT
ALSO SOME OF THE WORST
ENVIRONMENTAL MAN MADE
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS AND
PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS IN THE
STATE OF FOR SO I WOULD DO.
RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT ACROSS THE
BROAD SPECTRUM WHETHER IT'S
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT-
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND
CLEANUP. IT IS A UNIQUE-
CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
OUR STATE AND THAT IS WHY I FEEL
VERY STRONGLY AS DO MANY OF THE
SUPPORTERS OF GROWING EVERY DAY
OF THIS BILL. THAT WE MUST HAVE
A STRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR THIS
UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE AND FOR THIS
UNIQUE TAX STRUCTURE. THAT GOES
BEYOND JUST THE GOVERNMENT
ENTITY CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING
THE FUNDS IT ISN'T A KNOCK ON
THE COUNTY IT IS SEEKING TO
EMPOWER ALL PARTIES. SENATOR
BAKER. THANK YOU- WELL YOU YOU
MAY HAVE JUST ANSWERED MY
QUESTION BUT WHAT I WHAT I WAS
JUST GOING TO SAY IT IS YOUR
ANSWER THERE WAS. REALLY GREAT
ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE- AND NOT
JUST A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY BUT I
JUST WANTED TO. GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ANY OF
THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNTY
SAID- THAT THAT THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO RESPOND TO THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS AYE I WOULD
JUST RESPECTFULLY. DISAGREE WITH
THE CHARACTERIZATION- I'VE BEEN
OUT IN THE COUNTY OF IT OUT IN
THE COUNTY IN RECENT MONTHS WITH
MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE
COUNTY BOARD. I'VE MADE PUBLIC
REMARKS ABOUT. MY YOU KNOW
CONCERNS AND WILL AND THE WORK
PROGRAM THAT I WAS PUTTING
TOGETHER TO HELP BROADEN EXPAND
AND STRENGTHEN AND PROVIDE A
MECHANISM FOR MEANINGFUL MULTI
SECTOR ENGAGEMENT AND PRIORITY
SETTING HERE. AND IT IT SHOULD
NOT HAVE EVER BEEN A SURPRISE TO
ANYONE. SENATOR C. R. TO.
QUESTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
MECHANICS OF HOW THIS WOULD WORK
SO THE COMMITTEE IS FORMED IN
THERE UNDER THE TAX AND FEE
ADMINISTRATION- AND IT'S FORM
WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS
. AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME
TOGETHER. AND ADVISE OR THEY'RE
GOING TO COME IN TOGETHER. AND
IMPOSED BY A CHANGE IN LAW.
SOMETHING ON TO THE SUPERVISORS
AND OTHER WORDS ARE THEY GONNA.
OR SOUP THERE ARE CERTAIN THE-
USURP THE- THE POWER OF THE
COUNTY IS THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ARE ELECTED FOR THAT
COUNTY. WHAT IT WHAT IS IT WHAT
ARE THEY GOING TO DO AND HOW
MUCH POWER DO THEY HAVE ONCE
THEY FORMED. THE ABILITY. TO
COALESCE. AND LET THEIR ELECTED
SNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. NOTHING IN THE
LEGISLATION SUPPLANTS DIMINISHES
OR- CANCELS OUT THE ROLE THAT
THE COUNTY PLACE HERE THAT
REMAINS IN THE EXISTING STATUTE.
THIS STRUCTURE SIMPLY AUG IT'S
ABOUT ADDITION. IT'S SIMPLY
SPECIFIES THAT THE GOVERNOR- THE
RULES COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE
AND THE SPEAKER IN THE ASSEMBLY
WILL APPOINT PUBLIC MEMBERS FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT AGAIN THESE ARE
NOT FOLKS FROM. SACRAMENTO
BUREAUCRACIES ARE GOVERNMENT
THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND IT SPECIFIES
FURTHER THAT WITH EACH OF THESE
SUBSETS OF APPOINTMENTS THAT
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA OF
VALUABLE. ADDED VALUE EXPERTISE
AND THAT THEIR- THEIR ROLE IS TO
BE PART OF A BROAD MAIN MULTI
SECTOR. NOT JUST THE GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY
GOVERNMENT OR ANY BUT THE
PRIVATE SECTOR THE NGO SECTOR.
AND THE EXPERTS THAT WOULD BE
APPOINTED TO BE PART OF THE
DECISIONAL INPUT AND
CONVERSATION ABOUT SETTING
PRIORITIES WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE
WHY THEY SHOULD BE PRIORITIES
AND TO REPORT THAT TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND I THINK ALSO
UNIQUELY TO ALSO REPORT ABOUT
THE SEGMENT OF DISTRIBUTION
THAT'S GOING TO NATURAL
RESOURCES. SO IT'S A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL
STAKEHOLDERS TO ACTUALLY.
INDIRECTLY PROVIDES SOME
OVERSIGHT AND INPUT ABOUT THE
ACTIONS OF THE STATE AS WELL IN
A FORMAL STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T
EXIST RIGHT RIGHT ONE STEVE.
THEY'VE MADE THESE. WISHES
CLEAR. TO THE BOARD OR THE
AGENCY THE STATE AGENCY. HOW'RE
THEY'D TO IMPOSE THOSE THINGS.
ON THE COUNTY WELL I WOULD HOPE
TO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CAN STILL GET TOGETHER. WAY IN
ALL OF THE INPUT. AND VOTE HOW
THEY- FEEL IS BEST AND THAT MAY
BE A CHAT AND THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR THE QUESTION I THINK THAT
MAY BE A SCOPE THAT IS FOR
CONTINUING DIALOGUE AS WE
CONTINUE TO BUILD SUPPORT AND
I'M VERY OPEN TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNTY ABOUT CONTINUING TO-
TO WORK WITH ALL INTERESTED
PARTIES TO MONTH MAKE
MODIFICATIONS TO THE BILL TO
IRON. SOME OF THOSE
IMPLEMENTING- DETAILS OUT- BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR
FOLKS TO. HAVE SUCH A BROAD
COALITION OF PARTICIPATION UP A
BROAD COALITION OF PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE STATE ESPECIALLY SINCE
THEY'RE APPOINTED BY THE
BRANCHES OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT- SPECIAL PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THEIR EXPERTISE THAT'S
PRESCRIBED IN THIS- THIS
PROPOSED STATUTE. TO THEN TURN
AROUND AND JUST IGNORE THAT I
THINK WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC AND
WHAT ACTUALLY. I WOULD I WOULD I
WOULD ARGUE IT WOULD UNDERMINE
THE COUNTY'S LEGITIMACY IT WOULD
DIMINISH PUBLIC TRUST- AND SO
AGAIN TO THE POINT OF THE BILL.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD IN SOME
WAYS ALMOST TAKE CARE OF ITSELF
CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION THE
WITNESS THAT CAME UP FROM THE
COUNTY. YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE
. YES SIR THIRTY YOU GUYS HAVE A
MEETING ALREADY REGARDING THIS.
YES OUT SO THAT THE COUNTY THE
REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE
SENATOR- THE CENTER WAS. VERY
TALKING ABOUT I AM MEETING WHERE
YOU TOOK PUBLIC INPUT IF THEY
THEY'VE THEY'VE THEY HAVE
ALREADY STARTED HEARING HAVING
PUBLIC HEARINGS ALL OVER THE
COUNTY RIGHT AND- OUR VARIOUS
GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN THAT
ALREADY ABSOLUTELY YES SIR. OKAY
AND THEN SO THAT INPUT WENT TO
YOU GUYS DID YOU HAVE A MEETING
THE OTHER DAY THE TWENTY FIRST
OR SOMETHING. OF THAT YOUR LAST
BOARD MEETING THE COUNTY'S YET
LAST BOARD MEETING THAT SPORT A
SUPERVISORS MEETING THEY THEY
TOOK A POSITION ON THIS BILL-
LAST TUESDAY. SO ON THE BILL.
YEAH BUT NOT. NO NO THEIR LOSSES
IS ONGOING IT IS IT IS IT IS
LITERALLY JUST STARTED YEAH AND
I MEAN THERE THERE'S NO REVENUE
TO BE. YOU KNOW DISTRIBUTED YET
THEY'RE WORKING WITH ALL THE
COUNTY- ALL OF IT UP.
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COUNTY. THEY
THEY'RE MANDATED BY SB ONE
TWENTY FIVE TO ALREADY DO THAT-
THEY ARE REPORTING TO THE
LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY THEY WILL
HAVE TO REPORT TO THE UNION
LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY ALREADY BY
STATUTE- THIS BILL CREATES A NEW
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WILL
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON. ON
ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT DOES SIMILAR SIMILAR TO
WHAT SB ONE BUT I'M JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE
GAINING. BY INPUT WISE WHETHER
THESE GROUPS ARE BEING EXCLUDED
FROM THEIR INPUT. DURING THE
COMMUNITY OUTRAGE REACH PRO
PROCESS SO YOU GUYS OUT REACHING
TO PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE
THAT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
BEING EXCLUDED SENATORS IS
REALLY QUESTION FOR THEM- BUT-
MINE AT MY UNDERSTANDING MY
EXPERIENCE OF THE COUNTY IS THAT
THEY ARE HAVING MEETINGS THEY
ARE REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY
AND ANYBODY. ANYBODY CAN
PARTICIPATE THEY'RE DOING IT ALL
OVER THE COUNTY- THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT THE COUNTY IS
DOING THINGS THAT THAT.
STAKEHOLDERS ARE NOT INTERESTED
IN AT THIS POINT ALL RIGHT THANK
YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOUR INPUT ON THIS. THANK YOU
STEVE THE BILL. INSTEAD OF THE-
CENTER YES SENATOR OF. SARTAJ
ONE TO FOLLOW UP TO MY- FIRST
QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO. THE
COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGAIN I
COMMEND YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND I
WOULD URGE. THAT YOU MAKE IT AND
FORCE. A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW.
SORT OF FLUFF LANGUAGE. IS
INCLUDED I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY
YOU HAVE ALL THE EXPERIENCE IN
THE WORLD BUT I WOULD JUST
REMIND US THAT. THE STRENGTH OF
COMMUNITY BENEFITS WHAT COMES
WITH IT IS THE ABILITY TO
ENFORCE IT. AND THAT'S WHAT
REALLY MATTERS SO. WHATEVER ALL
THE ISSUES ARE THAT YOU ALL WERE
WILL DETERMINE ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THAT'S- ALL I WOULD.
URGE YOU TO DO BECAUSE AS THE
SENATOR SAID. THESE ARE VERY
CRITICAL LIFE. ISSUES LIFE AND
DEATH ISSUES- AND- I THINK WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE. AS YOU ARE
COMING TO THE TABLE BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE
TABLE AS WELL. MAY I RESPOND.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THERE SO IF
YOU DON'T MIND- ADDITION A
DISSENTER HAD MADE A QUESTION
EARLIER AND WE DIDN'T. GET A
CHANCE RIGHT THAT'S FINE THAT'S
FINE GO AHEAD SO- WHEN I STARTED
MY COMMENT EARLIER I SAID. WE
ARE THE MOST PROMINENT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATION BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE
OVER THIRTY PROGRAMS ON AVERAGE
. I AM FROM IMPERIAL VALLEY I'VE
LIVED THERE ALL MY LIFE. I WAS A
COMMISSIONER IN THE LIFTING
COMMISSION. WE CRAFTED I WAS
PART OF THAT TABLE THAT CRAFTED
A REPORT. TO THE LEGISLATURE. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE
THEY ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. WE
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES. BUT WE
ALSO CARRY A HEAVY. LOAD A HEAVY
WEIGHT AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE
ONLY HAD ONE INDUSTRY. FOR THE
LAST HUNDRED PLUS YEARS. AND
THAT INDUSTRY FOR THOSE LAST
HUNDRED YEARS. HIGH SCHOOL-
CUSTOMIZE POLICIES WITH ITS
INFLUENCE. CALIFORNIA HAS LEFT
US ALONE. THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA HAS LEFT US ALONE IN
ONLY IN RECENT YEARS. HAS THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR AND
OTHER LEADERS SUCH AS CENTER BY
D. ASSEMBLYMEMBER GARCIA. HAVE
REALLY BROUGHT ATTENTION TO OUR
COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT A
DUPLICATE OF WE ARE NOT TRYING
TO UNDERMINE THE COUNTY I TALKED
TO THE COUNTY AND THEN- OTHER-
SUPERVISORS SUCH AS SUPERVISOR
KELLY RYAN KELLY WHO'S ALSO
SERVING THE COMMISSION WITH
MYSELF. WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY
HAS LIMITED TOOLS. TO BE ABLE
TO. OVERCOME THE POLITICAL. WALL
THAT EXIST THERE. THAT HAS
DIRECTED. MAJORITY OF RESOURCES
. TO A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF OUR
POPULATION THAT'S WHY WE NEED
ROADS WE NEED BRIDGES WE NEED
COMMUNITY CENTERS WE ARE IN THE
VERY MOMENT OF OUR HISTORY THAT
WE CAN BRING IN INDUSTRY AND DO
IT RIGHT. BUT YET MEETINGS ARE
HAPPENING IN PALM DESERT IN PALM
SPRINGS IN IN RIVERSIDE BECAUSE
WE CAN'T EVEN HOST A COMMUNITY
MEANING THAT A WHOLE MORNING
THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE. WE DON'T
HAVE THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO
CATCH UP AND COUNTY HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LAY OUT GIVE
ENOUGH HOW MUCH. MOMENTUM IS OUT
THERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LEADING THE NATION ON EQUITY AND
JUSTICE INCLUSIVITY THEIR FIRST
DRAFT WAS NO WHERE. IN THAT
REALM AND I HELPED CRAFT
LANGUAGE WEEK HISTORICALLY PUT
LANGUAGE IN S. B. ONE TWENTY
FIVE THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT
THROUGH. WE PUT IN THERE THAT WE
GET- THIS HISTORICAL ASK OF DO
NOT- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESS. WE
ASKED TO ASSURE THAT THERE WAS
EIGHT. EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
NO DOLLARS ARE NOT YET. YET
IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS A CONTRACT
FOR THE PROGRAMMATIC ER.
IMMEDIATELY IT NOW THERE'S A
CONTRACT FOR THE HEALTH IMPACT
ASSESSMENT BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS
NOT GONE THEIR CONTRACTS. SO I
CAN TO GO ON AND ON BUT THIS IS
OUR HISTORY THIS IS OUR
SITUATION. I WOULD STAND STRONG
IN THE COUNTY KNOWS THAT. THAT
IF THEY CAN DO THEIR PART. TO
MAKE THIS BILL GO AWAY WELL
SUPPORTED BUT THEY'RE NOWHERE
NEAR IN THIS AND ANYWHERE. THAT
WE CAN SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE
DOING. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST
THING. BACK WHEN OUT OF GOVERNOR
OF. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AROUND
THOSE A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS
RENEWABLES ENERGIES A LOT OF OUR
AGRICULTURAL LAND WAS
TRANSFORMED INTO SOLAR PROJECTS
. NOT ONCE HAS IMPERIAL COUNTY
EVER RECOGNIZE THOSE DISPLACED
WORKERS THE FARMWORKERS NOT
ONCE. STILL TODAY I TALKED TO
THEM RECOGNIZE THEM IN YOUR
SOLAR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM
THEY RELEASED THAT SAME STATUS
SCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY RELEASED
THEIR STATUS QUO SOLAR- TAX
PROGRAM SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE WANT
TO BE AGAINST EACH OTHER I WANT
TO BE. HAND IN HAND WORKING WITH
THE COUNTY AND WE DID WHEN WE
GOT SB ONE TWENTY FIVE WE WORK
TOGETHER WE WERE WE WERE HERE
TALKING TO YOU TOGETHER. BUT IN
THIS WE REALLY NEED THIS BILL
RIGHT NOW AND HOPE MAYBE DOWN
THE ROAD IF YOU'RE ABLE TO. GET
YOUR SUPPORT MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD
MAY THE COUNTY WOULD DO THE
RIGHT THING AND MAYBE WE WON'T
NEED IT BUT RIGHT NOW WE NEED IT
THANK YOU FOR. THANK THANK YOU
FOR THAT FOR THOSE COMMENTS-
IT'S SAYING THERE'S NO OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT- REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND
COMPLETELY THAT TESTIMONY THAT
THAT WAS JUST GIVEN. THAT ISSUE
OF. PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL LAND
FOR SOLAR IS HAPPENING ALL OVER
THE STATE AND THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING NO
BENEFIT. AS A MATTER OF FACT
THEY ARE LOSING PROPERTY TAX
REVENUE BECAUSE SOLAR DOESN'T
PAY PROPERTY TAX SO THAT.
THERE'S THIS GREAT IN EQUITY-
THE ENERGY GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND- AND NO JOBS ARE CREATED
AND- AND IT'S NOT IN ITS NATURAL
STATE IT'S NOT. YOU CAN'T HAVE
WILDLIFE CLEAN THROUGH A SOLAR-
ARRAY IN SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.
A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES ARE.
TYPICAL WHEN YOU'RE DOING A BOND
. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE
THEY'RE THEY'RE REQUIRED IN MOST
COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO
GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S SOME-
PARTICIPATION. IN THE COMMUNITY-
AND TO ME THIS IS THIS IS
EXACTLY THE SAME THING IT'S
PROVIDING IT'S A IT'S A BIG IT
CAN WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY AND IS
SUPPORTED TODAY RECOMMENDED I
RECCO- I WOULD RECOMMEND MORE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY. I
THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET THEM
TO YES- BUT IT IT'S CHANGING- I
DID TO ME IT'S ADVISORY AND
FRANKLY. THOSE ADVISORY
COMMITTEES BECOME VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LEADERSHIP THAT THEN CAN TAKE
OVER THE ELECTED POSITIONS BUT
IF IT ENDS UP THAT ELECTED DON'T
LISTEN- THEN THEN- THAT'S HOW
YOU DEVELOP COMMUNITY- AT
LEADERSHIP AND GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THE MONEY'S GOING AND HOW IT'S
BEING SPENT SO. I REALLY COMMEND
YOU FOR FREE FOR THIS AND
SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTINUE THAT
DIALOGUE AND- SO- I MOVE ALONG.
WITH THE IMPROVE YOU MOVE THE
BILL THANK FOR THE REMINDER-
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL- YOU MAY
CONCLUDE I THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MANAGER AT A VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE- YOU IN THE MEMBERS
COMMENTS AND THE GOOD THE GOOD
CONVERSATION AND- YOU HAVE MY
COMMITMENT THAT THE DIALOGUE
WITH THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE. I
WOULD JUST AGAIN STATE THIS IS
ABOUT ADDITION NOT SUBTRACTION-
THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL
CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT WILL
BASICALLY BROADENED. BROADENED
SIGNIFICANTLY PARTICIPATION IN
THE INPUT- PROCESS HERE ACROSS
SECTORS AND TO ADD SPECIFIED
LEVELS OF IMPORTANT AND
NECESSARY EXPERTISE IT WILL
BUILD AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY
TRUST. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WILL
CENTER EQUITY AND TRANSPARENCY
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I
THOUGHT. GOOD MOTION IS TO AN
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
SENATORS CABALLERO HI CABALLERO
I SEYARTO. LEGSPINNER LAKE
SUPERIOR I DOLLY. RUSSELL
RUSSELL I GLAZER SKINNER. WINNER
WINNER I'M FORTY ZERO. WE WILL
PUT THAT ON ON CALL THANK YOU
MEASURE VERY GOOD- MEMBERS I
WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP THE
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN
THE REST OF THE- BILLS ARE
COMMITTEE. MEMBERS AND SO WE CAN
GO THROUGH THAT- THEY CONSENT
FOR- JUST AS A REMINDER IS FILE
ITEM NUMBER THREE S. B. EIGHTY
TWO BY SENATOR SEYARTO. AND
NUMBER FIVE SB FIVE FORTY TWO BY
SENATOR DOLLY AND THEN THE NINE
TEN AND ELEVEN WHICH ARE THE
GOVERNOR GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
BILLS SB. EIGHT SEVENTY EIGHT
EIGHT SEVENTY NINE AND EIGHTY
OUT ENTERTAINING MOTION. SOME
OF. THE MOTION AT THEM THERE IS
A MOTION. RUSSIAN IS TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
CABALLERO I CABALLERO I SEE ARE
. RIGHT THERE ARE TWO I LEX. LEG
SPINNER I DOLLY WOULD ALSO.
DOURESSEAUX I GLAZER SKINNER
WIENER WIENER I. FIVE ZERO THE
BILL IS A WE WILL PUT IT ON FOR
THE ABSENT MEMBERS AND THEN- WE
TOOK UP FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT
SB SEVEN OH SIX COME OUT YET-
BILL- IF WE COULD VOTE ON THAT
AS WELL. WE OUT ENTERTAINING
MOTION. I GUESS SOME OF MEMBERS
. CENTER BOXER. THANK YOU.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL I AND THE
MOTION ON THAT IS DO PASS. AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. SENATORS CABALLERO HI
ABIERTO I SEE ARE TO. SEYARTO I
AM LAKE SUPERIOR. THANKS I DOLLY
DO NOT. DURACELL I GLAZER
SKINNER WIENER WIENER AYE
FIGHTERS. THAT BILL IS OUT WILL
PUT A ON CALL WELL SENATOR
WIENER THE GETS IS YOUR BILL
WHICH IS S. B.
FIVE NINETY
THREE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR- AND-
THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TODAY-
AND COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THIS BILL I SB FIVE
NINETY THREE- WILL ALLOW CITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO AND ARE
REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY.
TO BUY GENERATE- FUNDING-
LOCALLY FUNDED- NO IMPACT ON THE
GENERAL FUND. ARE TO REPLACE
MORE THAN. FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED
UNITS OF LOW AND MODERATE
INCOME. HOUSING THAT WERE
DEMOLISHED AND- A TRULY
ATROCIOUS PERIOD IN SAN
FRANCISCO HISTORY FROM THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES TO THE NINETEEN
SEVENTIES- A PERIOD KNOWN AS
QUOTE UNQUOTE URBAN RENEWAL
WHICH IS REALLY URBAN DEMOLITION
AND DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S I KNOW
THERE WAS A- A COMMENT- IN THE
ANALYSIS WHICH I. APPRECIATE
ABOUT WHY WHY SAN FRANCISCO
OTHERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS
PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT THAT THE
OF REDEVELOPMENT THE DESTRUCTION
OF REDEVELOPMENT WORK WITH
THERE'S NOTHING BIBLICAL ABOUT
THAT THAT WAS A DECISION MADE
DURING A BUDGET CRISIS BY THE
LEGISLATURE TO THIS NOTHING
INHERENTLY OFFENSIVE ABOUT A
CITY. PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN
THAT FUNDS LOCALLY AND ASKING
THE STATE FOR ASSISTANCE TO HELP
CREATE THE STRUCTURE TO ALLOW IT
TO DELIVER THIS HOUSING AND THE
IS ON THE OFFENSIVE ABOUT SAN
FRANCISCO DOING THAT NOTHING
WEIRD ABOUT IT- BUT I THINK IT'S
APART FROM THAT- SAN FRANCISCO
I'M NOT SAYING SERVICES WITH THE
ONLY CITY THAT THAT THIS. BUT WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T
JUST A CITY RANDOMLY COMING
FORUMS I HATE GIVE US THIS TOOL
SO WE CAN BUILD MORE HOUSING AND
IT'S A GOOD THING THEY'VE GOT
HOUSING. BUT WE NEED TO ALWAYS
REMEMBER. WHAT HAPPENED IN SAN
FRANCISCO. THIS HOW I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE WAY AT THE SOUTH
OF MARKET AREA WAS ALSO.
IMPACTED THERE WAS A PLAN TO
DEMOLISH. THE HEAT ASHBURY.
THERE WAS A PLAN TO DEMOLISH
DEBOSE TRIANGLE. AND THAT JUST
REALLY WANT AFFORDABLE CARE TIME
BUT JUST IN THE WESTERN DITION
WHICH WAS. KNOWN AS- AS THE
HARLEM OF THE WEST. AND AT THE
CENTER OF BLACK COMMUNITY.
NATIONALLY A REALLY AMAZING
VIBRANT COMMUNITY- TEN THOUSAND
BLACK PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED JUST
PUSHED OUT OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEIR
HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED. TWENTY TO
THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE OVERALL
WERE DISPLAYED JUST BULLDOZE OUT
OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. EIGHT
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE
BUSINESS. DISPLACED. FOUR
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY NINE HOUSEHOLDS
DISPLACED. TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED
VICTORIAN HOMES DEMOLISHED.
ELEVEN HUNDRED SENIOR CITIZENS
INTEREST IN ONE ZONE. READ
DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES
SENIOR CITIZENS- VERY FEW OF THE
ROOT OF THE LIMITED REPLACEMENT
UNITS THAT WERE BUILT WERE
DESIGNATED AS LOW AS- INSTEAD
PEOPLE WERE FORCED OR GIVEN THE
OPTION GOING INTO PUBLIC HOUSING
OR SROS- WHICH- VERY FEW CHOSE
TO DO. IN NINETEEN EIGHTY THE
WESTERN ADDITION HAD FIVE
THOUSAND FEWER HOMES THAN IT HAD
IN NINETEEN FIFTY A THIRTY
PERCENT. DECREASE SAN
FRANCISCO'S BLACK POPULATION IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY WAS 13% OVER
CITY TODAY IT'S FIVE POINT ONE
PERCENT. SO I'M NOT COMING IN
HERE TO SAY HEY PLEASE DO A
SPECIAL FAVOR FOR SAN FRANCISCO
I'M COMING IN HERE ASKING THIS
COMMITTEE IN THIS LEGISLATURE.
TO GIVE SAN FRANCISCO A TOOL TO
REMEDY A TRULY HORRIFIC WRONG.
THAT WAS DONE IN OUR CITY THAT
WE WANT TO FIX LOCALLY AND WE
NEED THE LEGISLATURE TO GIVE US
THIS TOOL TO HELP FIX IT- THIS
PROVIDING NARROWLY AND TAILORED
FUNDING SOURCE THROUGH OUR
REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTY TAX TRUST
FUND. I'M TO THE LIMITED
CONTINUATION OF EXISTING TAX AND
INCREMENTS THAT WILL NOT IMPACT
OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WILL NOT
PULL FUNDING. FROM OTHER
ENTITIES IS THAT THE MONEY THAT
WAS WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE CITY
OF SAN FRANCISCO- THIS WILL HELP
US TO BUILD THESE HOMES WHICH WE
WERE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BUILD
AND WE HAVEN'T DONE SO AND WHEN
REDEVELOPMENT AND THAT. IT
PULLED THE RUG OUT- SO OUR
COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND ALLOWING US TO DO
THIS AND WITH ME TODAY TO
TESTIFY. OR MADDIE SCOTT- FROM
FREEDOM HOMES WHAT FREEDOM WEST
HOLMES AND DR VERONICA HONEY
CUT- WITH THE CITIZEN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. OR THE CITY EXCLUDING
THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE- AT THE
HUNDRED HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE WITH US
AUTHORITIES- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE A SUCCESSOR
AGENCY. WHO'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
FOR THIS REPORT I THINK IT'S
VERY HELPFUL TO SEE. I WANT TO
WELCOME THE WITNESSES UP TO THE
MIKE. HELLO MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU SO
MUCH- FOR HERE AND- I'LL
COLLECTED FORCES FOR JUSTICE MY
NAME IS MANDY SCOTT. I'M A
MOTHER AND A RESIDENT OF THE
FILM A WESTERN ADDITION
COMMUNITY FOR OVER FIFTY FOUR
YEARS RAISE MY CHILDREN THERE- I
SERVICE THE PRESIDENT OF.
FREEDOM WAS HOMES COVERAGE FOR
THE LAST SIX YEARS. I ALSO SERVE
AS THE BRADY CHAIRPERSON- OF.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
ENDING GUN VIOLENCE ON BEHALF OF
FREEDOM WAS SOMEONE EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT OUR SUPPORT AND
SPONSORSHIP OF SENATE BILL OF
FIVE NINETY THREE. FROM THE SAN
FRANCISCO HOUSING REPLACEMENT
AKBAR'S. SENATOR SCOTT WIENER-
WHICH WILL REMOVE BARRIERS FOR
REPLACING THE MORE THAN FIVE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED UNITS OF
LOW INCOME AND MODERATE HOUSES
THAT WERE DEMOLISHED. IN THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES THE SEVENTIES.
READ OF THE BE THE KNOWN AS
URBAN RENEWAL WE NOTICED.
REMOVAL OF I ACT THE IS FELL. TO
DO PRESENT DAY THAT HAPPENED TO
A COMMUTE. I REACHED MY CHILDREN
THERE I WANTED TO SKATE DURING
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD I WENT TO
THE MOVIE DAVISON AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD I SHOP IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD I NO LONGER CAN DO
THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERYTHING WAS DEMOLISHED AND
DISTORT AND TAKEN AWAY.
EVERYTHING ISRAEL WEST
CORPORATION IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST AND OLDEST NONPROFIT
HOUSING COOPERATIVES IN
CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHED IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE. BY THE
LATE GREAT REVENUE JAIL STILL
HALL A BELLBOY IN THE CHURCH.
AND WAS WHERE I WAS ABLE TO BUY
MY FIRST HOME. WAS WRITTEN WAS
HOUSING. CORPORATION WHERE I
REMAIN TODAY. TO THE GOAL OF
THESE PLANS WAS TO CREATE
VIBRANT MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES
THAT RESULT IN WHAT WAS THE
AUTHORIZATION OF WIDESPREAD
CLAIRE'S MASS DEMOLITION AND
RELOCATION OF COMMUNITIES
PARTICULARLY LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR. PARTICULARLY THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. THE URBAN REMOVAL
PROCESS RESULTED IN A NET LOSS
OF SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
NINE. AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
IT ALSO MOVED TWENTY THOUSAND.
FAMILIES OUT OF THE WAY TEN
THOUSAND OR FIFTEEN THOUSAND
POUNDS THAT YOU KNOW NOT NOT
ABOUT THAT WAS NOT RECORDED. IT
WAS A VIOLENT. DESTRUCTION OF
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IMPACTED
US TO THIS VERY DAY. THAT LATER.
RESULTED IN THE CRACK COCAINE
EPIDEMIC. THE GANG WARS AND ALL
THE OTHER THINGS THAT. WE EXPECT
TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. SB FIVE HUNDRED
YOU WOULD ALLOW THE SUCCESSOR
AGENCY TO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO TO REPLACE ALL OF THE
HOUSING UNITS DEMOLISHED ENACTED
SERVICES AS WELL AS PRESERVE
AFFORDABILITY. OF THE
REPLACEMENT. OF BUILT HOUSING
BUILT IN THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES
. WILL RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE
PAST BY FUNDED THE PRESERVATION
OF REBUILDING OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WHILE ALSO SPARKING THE
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION NEEDED
TO CREATE EQUITABLE AND
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOLLOW
CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF
COLOR. DISAPPEARS REPARATION
JUSTICE. PASSAGE S. B. FIVE
NINETY THREE IS REPARATION
JUSTICE. PASS IT S. B. FIVE
NINETY THREE. WILL HELP BRING
BACK FAMILIES WHO WERE DISPLACED
IT WILL HELP TEACHERS AND YOUNG
MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND
GRANDMOTHERS TO BE MADE IN SAN
FRANCISCO. IT WOULD HELP BE THE
SAN FRANCISCO. THAT WE ONCE
COULD BRAG ABOUT THE CITY OF ST
FRANCIS. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL
DEFINITELY CONSIDER PASSED IN SB
FIVE NINETY THREE TO WRITE
WRONGS THAT HAPPENED TO US.
BECAUSE OF THAT BERMAN REMOVAL
DID NOT ONLY IMPACTED US
ECONOMICALLY SOCIALLY IT ALSO
IMPACTED US PERSONALLY I LOST MY
SON TO GUN VIOLENCE. AND I
ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO
US AND HERBAL REMOVAL AS SAN
FRANCISCO FIVE STAND HERE AND
BEHOLD. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE
MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO BLASTED
CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE TO LOST
IT TO MASS INCARCERATION WHO
LOST THEIR HOMES AND THEIR
BUSINESSES. IN OUR COMMUNITY. I
STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING
YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER PASSING
S. B. FIVE NINETY THREE TO RIGHT
THE WRONGS THE REAL REPARATIONS.
FOR FREEDOM WEST AND WEST IN
ADDITION COMMUNITY THANK YOU SO
MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK
YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
CHAIRPERSON CABALLERO. AND
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE GOVERNANCE
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. MY NAME
IS DR VERONICA HONEY CUT I AM
THE CHAIR OF THE HUNTERS POINT
SHIPYARD CITIZENS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. AS WELL AS THE CHAIR
OF THE MEDIAL OF THE WARD
COMMUNITY RECREATION COUNCIL. I
REPRESENT VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS
POINT COMMUNITY THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. I HAVE
WORKED. ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
INITIATIVES FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SENATOR
WIENER FOR PRESENTING THIS BILL
FOR APPROVAL. IT'S AN HONOR TO
SPEAK BEFORE YOU. AND OUR STATE
LEGISLATORS TODAY. SB FIVE
NINETY THREE IS A LONG AWAITED
ACTION TO CORRECT DISCRIMINATION
AND INJUSTICE THAT HAS DECIMATED
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES IN SAN
FRANCISCO. AND THIS SUFFERING AS
MATTER REFERRED TO STILL
CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. WHEN I
WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN THE FILLMORE
WEST IN ADDITION AREAS. I
REMEMBER THE SMITH. BLACK COUPLE
WHO OWNED A DRY CLEANING
ESTABLISHMENT ON FILLMORE STREET
. THE GERMAN DELI OR MY FAMILY
BOUGHT HOGSHEAD CHEESE YOU MAY
NOT KNOW ABOUT HOW KIDS. YOU
KNOW SOME OF YOU DO. THE REXALL
. AND FILLMORE GARY WHERE MY
FAMILY PURCHASE MEDICINE FROM. A
JAPANESE FARM. THE YUGOSLAVIAN.
OVER WHERE WE EIGHT PASTRIES.
HELLO RESTAURANT WE PURCHASE
DELICIOUS CHINESE FOOD. A NEW
HOUSE CLOTHING STORE WHICH
FEATURED PLUS SIZES WHICH MADE
THEM A FORTUNE FOR WOMEN. ALL OF
THIS IS A DISTANT MEMORY.
REDEVELOPMENT WORST AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN WORKING CLASS FOLKS
OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SENATOR
WIENER THROUGH THIS BILL
MITIGATED SAN FRANCISCO'S ON
GOING HOUSING CRISIS. EVERYONE
IN SAN FRANCISCO STANDS TO
BENEFIT FROM SB FIVE NINETY
THREE ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME
WORKERS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND AT
RISK FAMILIES. THE REPLACEMENT
HOUSING FINANCING IS IN THIS IS
A NECESSARY AND URGENTLY NEEDED
SOURCE TO JUMPSTART TARGETED
HOUSING REPLACEMENTS. YOUR YES
VOTE. AND APPROVAL OF SB FIVE
NINETY THREE. WE'LL DO WHAT
WE'LL KEEP HOPE ALIVE AND ALL
POLL JUSTICE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. GOOD MORNING I'M BOBBIE
CISCO WITH BATTLE IN THE CHURCH
I SERVE AS THEIR BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AND GOOD
MORNING MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND TO
THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE I
THANK YOU FOR THIS PURPOSE AND
OPPORTUNITY AND CERTAINLY TO THE
SENATOR I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR EFFORTS AND WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE TO THIS POINT. LET
ME GO BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.
FIFTY YEARS AGO I WAS ON A BOAT
OF DIRECTORS AT THAT TIME BETHEL
AMY CHURCH WHO WERE CELEBRATING
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE
YEARS IN THE WEST IN ADDITION
AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO IT'S THE
OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH
CHURCH IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE
BUILT IN SPONSORED FREEDOM WEST
HOMES OVER FIFTY YEARS AGO ONCE
THEY GOT 298% OCCUPANCY. OUR
INTEREST BAG OUT THERE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS TOOK OVER OUR
SPONSORSHIP CAME TO WORK IN THE
TEKTITE. OUR CHURCH IS SITUATED
ON THAT FOOT PRINT. NOW WE LOOK
AT WHAT IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN
WITH THE WESTERN ADDITION AND
ALL THE ILLS THAT YOU'VE HEARD I
CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING NEW
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND WHAT. HAS HAPPENED
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE REAL CHALLENGE TODAY IS WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
PRESERVE THAT HOUSING FACILITY
THAT WILL GIVE THOSE RESIDENTS
THERE ARE NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED
COOPERATIVE HOMES BACK. AND ALSO
PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TWENTY SIX
HUNDRED UNITS IN MARKET RATE
HOUSING. THAT WILL ALSO BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT. THE COOPERATIVE END
OF IT THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE
LOT OF ACTIVITIES ON THOSE
PROPERTIES. I WOULD. NOT
CHALLENGE ANYONE TO SAY THAT THE
NUMBERS THAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY
REPRESENTS MAKING EVERYBODY HOPE
EVERY DAY THAT THE **** ANALYSIS
WOULD FIND OUT IF SOMEONE
STOPPED YOUR INCOME TODAY. AND
HELD IT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS USING
THE INFLATION USING OTHER
INDICATORS OF WHAT YOUR GROWTH
WOULD BE YOU WOULD DETERMINE
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT A
NUMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AT FOUR
HUNDRED FAMILIES AND OTHER
FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPLACING STEPHENS. GO THE
FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED TODAY TO
HELP US PARTNERSHIP AND SHEPHERD
THIS THROUGH. WOW IT SOUNDS LIKE
A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
OVER FIFTY SIXTY SIXTY FIVE
YEARS IT'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF
MONEY. BUT IT GOES A LONG WAY
AND HELPING US TO CORRECT THIS
INJUSTICE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME YOU ATTENTION AND WE ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OTHER PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF. THE
BILL IN ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED.
WERE WERE NOW AT A POINT AB I
IDENTIFY. AND SUPPORT ABSOLUTELY
NICOLO DA LUCA YOU'RE A
NONPROFIT HOUSING OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU. LOS
GATOS CALIFORNIA AFRICAN
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU TERRAKOM CUP COME YELLOW
MEMBERS FOR KIDS LOSSKY THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SUCCESSOR AGENCY IN SAN
FRANCISCO WE HAVE THE CITIZENS
SAM CISCO THE MAYOR SAM CISCO
AND SUCCESS REGENCY. OF SYMPTOMS
GO- AND THE SENATE LAID OUT VERY
ELOQUENTLY DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO
MY REMARKS JUST TO SAY WE'RE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION-
MY NAME IS PREVENT BRACKET I AM
CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE OC I
COMMISSION WHICH IS THE FORMER
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT. OF SCOTT-
SENATOR SCOTT WIENER'S BILL.
VERY MUCH IS THERE ANYONE ELSE
IN ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED.
THREE NINE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO. OPPOSITION IS THERE
ANYBODY IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED IN OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE WILL GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE AND ASK IF
THERE'S ANYONE ON THE
TELECONFERENCE I'M IT WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. IT IS BIG IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. MADAM CHAIR
WE HAVE NO LUNCH QUEUING UP.
GOOD I THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE AND SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS
. SENATOR I GUESS THANK YOU YES
THANK YOU TO THE AUTHOR AND- FOR
EVERYONE WHO SPOKE ON THIS BILL.
COULD YOU SUMMARIZE- EXACTLY
WHAT. THE BENEFIT OR THE CHANGES
THAT YOU'RE SEEKING- AND- ALSO
HOW DOES IT. CORRECT ALL THE
WRONGS THAT THAT WERE DONE IN
PARTICULAR TO THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY BUT I'M SURE
IT MORE BROADLY- ANYWAY THAT'S
JUST ONE QUESTION YES SO THE-
THE TRUST FUND WHICH NOW
CONTAINS ABOUT THE MONEY THE TAX
INCREMENT- THAT MONEY AFTER.
PAYING THE ENFORCEABLE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE IN THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THEN
WHATEVER'S LEFT GETS DISPERSED
TO DIFFERENT TAXING AUTHORITIES
TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE BOARD NOTHING PART IS
WELCOME NOT MISTAKEN- AND SO
FORTH- THOSE OTHER AND HIS WALL
GET WHATEVER. OWED TO THEM BUT
MONEY THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT WOULD
STAY. AT THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY-
THEY COULD THEN- USE THAT AND
ISSUE AND- SHE BONDS AGAINST TO
BUILD THESE FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME UNITS IN
THE SO OF ALL THE HOMES THAT
WERE DEMOLISHED SAN FRANCISCO
HAS A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO
REPLACE THOSE HOMES. WENT WHEN
THE GOVERNOR FORCED THE
LEGISLATURE TO KILL
REDEVELOPMENT- TEN OR SO YEARS
AGO I'M SORRY TO BE BLUNT BUT
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IT WAS BAD
INSTEAD OF FIXING REDEVELOPMENT
IT'S THROUGH THE BABY OUT WITH
THE BATHWATER WAS TERRIBLE
DECISION. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A
HORRIBLE RECESSION BUT IT WAS I
WISH THAT A DIFFERENT DECISION
HAD BEEN MADE OUT WE ARE AND SO
THIS WILL ABOUT PULLED THE RUG
OUT. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW SAN
FRANCISCO TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT
WORK SO INSTEAD ONLY REPLACING I
THINK NINE HUNDRED OR
THEREABOUTS OF THE SIXTY SEVEN
HUNDRED. THEY CAN PLACE THE
OTHER FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED- AS
WELL- AND THAT'S THAT'S THE-
THAT'S- THAT'S THE. GOAL AND OF
COURSE IT DOES. YOU KNOW THAT
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MOSTLY EMPOWER
WITH FILLMORE WAS DISH SOUTH OF
MARKET- AS WELL- BUT THAT YOU
KNOW AND AGAIN IT'S NOT AS YOU
HER. SOME PERFECT THIS ISN'T
GOING TO. RIGHT EVERY WRONG THAT
WAS DONE BY THE GOING TO HELP
US- AT LEAST TO MOVE IN THAT
DIRECTION. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING- THE
FUNDING THAT WOULD GO SOMEWHERE
ELSE IS GOING TO STAY. TO BUILD
THIS UP THE HOUSING THAT WAS
TORN DOWN BUT- WHERE DOES. WHERE
DOES THE MONEY NOT GO. TO THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND- AND
MAYBE MR OBVIOUS LOSS HE COULD.
PROBABLY ANSWER THAT EVEN MORE.
IN DETAIL THAN BECAUSE I AGREE
WITH YOU WITH THE WHOLE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IT IT
REALLY. IT REALLY CRASHED THE
HOUSING EFFORTS AND I THINK
THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM I'M
JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN SAN
FRANCISCO FROM. EVERYWHERE ELSE
IN THE STATE YEAH SO THIS WOULD
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE OUR
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO. NOTS NOT BE
LIMITED. TO THE EXISTING
OBLIGATIONS BUT MR CONOZCO COULD
PROBABLY ANSWER MARK. THOROUGHLY
THAT I CAN OKAY. THIS CENTER YOU
DOING AN EXCELLENT THANK YOU AND
SO- SO THE PORTION OF PROP TAX
THERE GOES TO THE WITH. TO GO TO
THE CITY. AND A PORTION OF THOSE
FUNDS AGAIN IT'S NOT THE OTHER
TAXING ENTITIES THAT THE SENATOR
HAD REFERENCED THOSE REMAIN
INTACT THAT WAS PART OF THE WAY
THAT THE BILL WAS CRAFTED. ABOUT
THOSE CONCERNS UNDERSTANDING ONE
OF THE REASONS FOR DISSOLUTION
WAS TO RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR
THE SCHOOL SO WE SAID THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT REMAINS
PROTECTED. IT'S THE REMAINING
PORTION THAT GOES TO THE CITY
TODAY THAT A PORTION OF THAT
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE USED ON
THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S A SUBSET
OF A SUBSET. THE CHALLENGE IS
THAT REDEVELOPMENT LAW WAS SET
UP TO ELIMINATE REDEVELOPMENT
AND SO THAT'S THE THAT WHAT
THEY'RE ASKING IS TO BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE TO DO WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WOULD HAVE.
BEEN ABLE TO DO HAD IT NOT BEEN-
THIS. IS THE DISBANDED AND- MAN
I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT BUT-
FOR VERY LIMITED. FOR IT JUST
FOR THAT. PARTICULAR REGION. IN
OTHER WORDS IT GIVES THEM THE
ABILITY DESPITE REDEVELOPMENT
LAW THAT WAS PASSED ANYONE AGREE
WITH YOU IT WAS WAS IT WAS IT
WAS A BAD. WITH A BAD
DISSOLUTION IT AYE I REALLY
THINK THAT PART OF WHAT WE
WANTED WAS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOW
THEY'RE RESTRICTED IN MANY WAYS
ABOUT HOW THEY COULD DO IT TO
CENTER THE CITY SAY ARE TELL YOU
HAD A QUESTION- YOU WANT TO
DEFER TO SENATOR DOLLY. THAT'S
FINE. IT'S GOOD. WELL THANK YOU
I'M SORRY FOR MISSING YOUR
PRESENTATION I WAS WRONG OF IT
ALL IT WAS REALLY I BET IT WAS
ALL AB IT REALLY WAS LIKE IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVINCED I'M
SURE. SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
ON THIS BILL ACTUALLY MORE THAN
I. CARE TO QUITE FRANKLY I
ACTUALLY HAD ASSUME I DON'T KNOW
SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE ON THAT
SOON WITH ME- AND SO. LOOK THIS
IS REDEVELOPMENT I MEAN I WILL I
WILL TO SAY IT AND- I WAS AROUND
WHEN THEY STOP REDEVELOPMENT.
AND IT WAS HORRIBLE AND IT IS
HORRIBLE AND IT'S BAD BUT I
WANNA GO I WANNA GILMORE HISTORY
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE ON THIS
AYE I'M REALLY IN THE MIDDLE I'M
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. I WANNA
GET YOU WHERE YOU'RE GOING. BUT
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
YOU KNOW THERE WAS A REASON WE
SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR STOP
REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S BECAUSE
THERE'S A TAX BASE. THAT GOES
TO. THE STATE. AND TO THE OTHER.
TAXING AUTHORITIES OTHER
PROVOCATIONS AND READ I AM VERY
FAMILIAR WITH REDEVELOPMENT I
WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND WE- WERE TRYING TO DO
REDEVELOPMENT FOR A BLIGHTED
AREA THAT WAS- ARMY DEPOT. QUITE
FRANKLY WAS IT WAS THE
GOVERNMENT'S IN THE WEEK WE GOT
IT AND SO I. SO I WANT TO GET A
LITTLE HISTORY I MEAN ASK YOU.
DID DALY EMINENT DOMAIN THIS
PROPERTY ORIGINALLY AND- THEN
THOSE FOLKS LOST THEIR HOMES SO
THAT HAPPENED SO THAT. WHO IS
THE AGENCY DID THAT THE STATE'S
SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES OF THE EIGHT THEY JUST
CAME IN AND SAID WE'RE KICKING
OUT YOUR HOME. AND WE'RE GOING
TO. WE'RE GOING TO. OR YOUR
BUSINESS. OKAY THAT'S HAPPENED.
FOR DECADES OKAY. SO THAT
HAPPENED. YESTERDAY THEY TOOK IT
THAT'S A TAKINGS IN MY MIND
IT'S- IT'S IT WAS ALLOWED IN THE
CONSTITUTION. REDEVELOPMENT ONLY
OKAY SO THAT HAPPENED. SO NOW WE
IN IN THE MIDDLE THAT WE STOPPED
. REDEVELOPMENT SO YOU DIDN'T
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. BILL
BACK. YES SIR SENATE OUT AND IF
YOU WANNA BE RESPONSIBLE YEAH
WELL. YEAH THIS I MISSED THE
OPENER SO I PLAN ON THAT ALREADY
IT WAS GREAT YEAH WE'RE GOING TO
GO OVER THE ENTIRE K. THE-
REPORT IT SO. WE CAN DO IT VERY
BRIEFLY YEAH NO I WILL I WON'T I
CAN'T. I DID HE DID HE SAID SOME
CREDIBLE BUT WHAT I'LL SAY TO
YOUR QUESTION IN PARTICULAR-
YES. EMINENT DOMAIN WAS. WIDELY
USED THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT
INCENTIVIZE THIS TYPE OF
REDEVELOP RIGHT. END
REDEVELOPMENT. THE DEMOLITION
PRECEDED BY DECADES. THE
RESTORING OF THE UNIT SO YOU
YOU'VE SEEN PERHAPS SOME OF
THESE PICTURES WE CAN PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL ONES. OF FOUR FIVE
SQUARE BLOCKS JUST SITTING THERE
FOR. TEN FIFTEEN TWENTY YEARS.
AND SO IT IS WE NEVER HAD A
CHANCE TO REALLY ACTUALLY GET IN
THERE TO DO THAT THE STATE SO
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AND
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. AMENDED
COMMITTEE ROOM WE DEVELOP LAW
CHAPTER NINE SEVENTY AND SAID
REDEVELOPMENT SAN FRANCISCO. YOU
HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO
RESTORE THOSE UNITS THUS
CREATING THE REPLACEMENT HOUSING
PROGRAM. SO THAT THE STATE SAW
THAT IN ME THAT PROGRAM. OKAY TO
THE ORIGINAL OWNERS THAT WAS
EMINENT DOMAIN OR TO. JUST FOR
CELL. IT'S I THINK THAT'S THE
ISSUE HERE BY TALKING A PEOPLE
WHO DISPLAY. BY THE EMINENT
MOTOR IN DOMAIN AT THE- ARE YOU
REPLACING THEIR HOME ARE YOU
REGIS PLACING ONES FOR SALE SO-
AND- MUSIC SOFTLY CAN ADD TO
THIS. WHO WERE DISPLACED RECEIVE
WHAT'S CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF A
PREFERENCE AND SO IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND ALL OF OUR FOR A
HOUSING WE HAVE LOTTERIES IT'S
BETTER IF YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE
OF PREFERENCE. YOU CAN. HAVE
SOME PREFERENCE IN IN THE
LOTTERY- SO THAT EXISTS AND PMP-
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PEOPLE WHO ARE
STILL IN SAN FRANCISCO PEOPLE
WERE LIVING IN HOMELESS
SHELTERS. PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING
AND ANTIOCH OR IN VALLEJO OR IN
SACRAMENTO. AND YOU KNOW SOME
PEOPLE MAY WANT TO MOVE BACK
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BUT AND
MAYBE A MINUTE BECAUSE ALSO THEY
WERE GIVEN A FAIR MARKET VALUE
FOR THEIR- PROPERTY THE TIME
AND- NO. OKAY ART ART THAT'S
WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
WOULD ARGUE I DON'T KNOW IF
EVERYONE WAS OK SO I LOOK AT
THAT'S NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THE
TESTIMONY IS THAT. THESE FOLKS
ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE-
THEY WERE THEY WERE. THEY HAD A
LOS. AND THEY WANT THE RIGHT
BACK TO GO BACK TO THAT SOMEONE
NUMBER TWO. I WANNA TALK ABOUT-
THE SO YOU'RE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
THE ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS. AND
THAT AND YOU BUILD BACK THE
REDEVELOPMENT MONEY THAT'S THIS
IS WHERE THE GOVERNOR CAME IN
AND SAID. OH YEAH WE WOULDN'T
WANT TO GO YOU GET TO KEEP THAT
LOCAL BASE. AS AS THE RATE GOES
UP YOU GET TO KEEP THAT LOCAL
BASE AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE
BIT IN THE WEEDS BUT THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WANT TO
DO THIS IN MY COUNTY TO. OUR
MICE MY DISTRICT. CITY GUYS. YOU
GET TO KEEP THAT LOCAL MOUNT AND
THERE SOMEBODY LOSES IN THAT.
AND IT WAS THE STATE. AND LOT OF
TIMES IT WAS THE OTHER. TAXI
AUTHORITIES LOST OUT ON THAT
GAME SO WHERE DOES THAT GO. IT'S
THE SITTING THE ONLY CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WILL BE
THE ONE THAT'S LOSING MONEY. AND
THE SITTING KIND OF SERVICES
GROUP IS A CO SPONSOR OF THE
BILL. SO NO ONE IS HAVING MONEY
FORCIBLY. REMOVED FROM THEM THIS
IS A VOLUNTARY THING BY THE CITY
. OKAY THERE ARE. BUT THERE'S A
GAME. AND WHEN THAT GAME IS THAT
THE SCHOOL LOSES IT THERE TO
GAIN AND THEY DON'T GET THE PART
OF THAT. NOT NO SO THIS BILL
SPECIFICALLY- THAT'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO LOOK AT. IT LEAVES
INTACT THE OTHER TAXING
ENTITIES. AND SENATOR WE ARE
WENT THROUGH THEM THE BAY AREA
QUALITY CONTROL RIGHT BUT IT AT
WHAT RATE THOUGH AT THE- AT THE-
ABLATION RATE OR AT THE- RATE
WHEN YOU BUILD THE HOMES BECAUSE
THERE IS AN INCREASE. WHEN YOU
HAVE A VALUE THERE. AND THAT
INCREASE WOULD ALLOW THOSE
AGENCIES TO GET MORE MONEY. IT'S
THE SAME VALUE THAT THEY'D BE
GETTING. WHEN IT GOES TO THEM IN
THE FIRST PLACE THIS PROGRAM
DOESN'T EXIST. TODAY THEY'RE
GETTING. TWO CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
WHATEVER THEY GET. THEY WOULD
CONTINUE TO GET THAT. IN THE
FUTURE THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT
CHANGE THAT. ON HOUSING. OKAY ON
THE ON THE SO IF YOU BUILD A
HOME. THE GAIN ON THAT VALUE. IS
TAXED AT THE SAME RATE AND IS
DISTRIBUTED THE SAME. THAT'S
CORRECT THAT'S THE WAY THE BILL
IS STRUCTURED. OKAY MISTER SEA
ARE TO. THANK YOU SO HAVING HAD
SOME EXTENSIVE- EXPERIENCE WITH
- THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN
BOTH CITIES THAT WERE EXISTING-
THAT NEEDED TO HAVE. SOME
REDEVELOPMENT DONE. AND AND ALSO
CITIES WERE NEWER- THAT USE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES WHILE
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A GRIP
ON HOW ARE THEY WERE GOING TO
HAVE INCLUSIVE HOUSING AND
EXACTLY THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT
WE'RE LACKING TODAY- YEAH I
REALLY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. AND IN THE
TAX INCREMENT IS OUT PROPERTY
TAXES- IT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE BASE VALUE AND THE
VALUE WHEN AFTER IT'S BUILT AND
THAT THAT INCREMENT IS WHAT WENT
INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AND PORTION OF THAT
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES MONEY.
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT
ELEMENT OF EVERYBODY'S HOUSING
ELEMENTS. SO WHEN I GOT BOTCHED
IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. ALL OF
THOSE PLANS WENT OUT THE WINDOW
AND IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
RECESSION AND SO ALL THE CITIES
THAT HAVE THOSE PLANS AND THAT'S
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THIS
DIDN'T GET TO DO. PLUS THEY HAVE
ANYBODY INTERESTED IN BUILDING
THOSE AND SO WE LOST A WHOLE
DECADE OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR
. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND
ALL THIS IS DOING IS I. IS
TRYING TO DO THAT PART OF IT.
THE PART WHERE IT TORE THINGS
DOWN THERE WAS WERE IN SOME
CASES BLIGHTED. BECAUSE THE IDEA
OF THE WHOLE THING WAS LIKE IN A
COMMUNITY THAT I WORKED IN
EXTENSIVELY- SOME BLIGHTED AREAS
WITH WITH BUILDINGS THAT WERE
DILAPIDATED AND NOT BEING USED.
WHOLE BLOCKS OF THEM SOMETIMES
THEY WERE JUST TAKING THOSE OUT
AND TODAY THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL
UNITS IN THERE THERE WERE SOME
SENIOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUILT
USING THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF
INGLEWOOD. AND AND IT WAS
WORKING THE RIGHT WAY IN MOST
INSTANCES SOME CITIES DID GET
OUT OF CONTROL WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND THERE
WERE SOME UNDERHANDED STUFF. AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE THROUGH THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OUT.
INSTEAD OF FIXING IT. IN
OVERSEEING IT. AND CONTINUING ON
WITH THE BENEFITS. THE PEOPLE
LOSE AND THEY DIDN'T LOSE WHERE
THE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING A TAX
INCREMENT WHEN SOMETHING GOT
SCRAPED AND YOU PUT A BUILDING
OF SAY A COLES OR LOWS IN THE
INCREASE IN THE TAX. INCREMENT
FROM THAT WENT INTO THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES INCLUDE
INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT
OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT WENT TO
SCHOOLS. AND OTHER YOU KNOW.
SOME OF THEIR THEIR THING SO
THEY DIDN'T LOSE OUT BUT THEY
JUST DIDN'T GAIN IN SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE IN
THE FIRST PLACE WHICH WAS ALWAYS
MY ARGUMENT. SO DRUM ROLL PLEASE
WE'RE SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY
I OCCUR ON MY DESIGNS I
UNDERSTAND. AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY IT NEEDS TO BE
DONE. AND SO- I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT AND
FOR THE PAIN THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH
WHILE THEIR HOUNDS DID NOT GET
REBUILT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S KIDS.
THERE IF IT WAS BLIGHTED BEFORE
IT DID NOT GET REBUILT. AND NOW
WE NEED TO MAKE THAT THAT RIGHT
THE DISSENTER DOLLIES- COMMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES IN THIS
AND I HOPE WE START TAKING THAT
INTO ACCOUNT IS WE'RE DEALING
WITH OUR HOUSING POLICIES GOING
FORWARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
BILL- APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO FOR YOUR DISTRICT
AND I HOPE- OTHER DISTRICTS ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT
THIS. AND UNDERSTAND. THAT THERE
ARE SOME WAYS TO TRY AND DEAL
WITH THIS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO
FIX OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS
ONE OF THEM THANK YOU THANK YOU.
SENATOR BAKER. THANK YOU. SO
JUST TO CLARIFY AND FOLLOW UP ON
A LOT OF THINGS MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE SAID HERE SO WHAT IN THE
COMMITTEE STAFF REPORT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT IT SAYS HERE IS
THAT THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THE
GENERAL FUND. THE STATE'S
GENERAL FUND AND YOU WILL SAID
THAT IS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
IT ALSO DESCRIBES IT AS NARROW
AND TAILORED FUNDING AND SO. IT
I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE
QUESTION. IS THERE CONCEPTUALLY
ANY PROBLEM WITH EVERY CITY AND
COUNTY COMING TOGETHER AND
HAVING A BILL THAT SIMILAR TO
THIS I MEAN. I DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK FOR OTHER. CITIES AND I
KNOW THIS IS YOU KNOW THERE ARE.
CERTAINLY OTHER CITIES THAT
WOULD WOULD LIKE. I'M SURE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE I WANT
TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW SAN
FRANCISCO NOT UNIQUE. BUT THE
MASSPORT DOZING IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAPPENED SAN FRANCISCO. AND
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A LIMIT TO
NOT A REINSTATEMENT OF. BROAD
FAR RANGING REDEVELOPMENT BUT
LITERALLY SAYING FOR. FIVE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED UNITS. OF
HOUSING ONLY. THE HOMES ONLY
FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED OF THEM. AND
THEN WHEN THAT'S OVER. IT'S OVER
IT'S NOT LIKE A- BROAD
REINSTATEMENT OF REDEVELOPMENTS
TO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
REDEVELOPMENT. USED TO DO THIS
IS VERY LIMITED AND TARGETED-
AND THAT'S WHY YOU YOU KNOW
WE'RE WE'RE ASKING- FOR THIS.
LISTEN I WHAT I LOVE TO FIND A
WAY TO BRING REDEVELOPMENT BACK
IN A BETTER WAY FOCUS ON HOUSING
AND INFRASTRUCTURE NOT. SOME OF
THE ABUSES WE SAW I WOULD LOVE
TO. THAT IS. UNBELIEVABLY
COMPLICATED- YOU KNOW SENATOR
BELL HAD A BILL TO DO IT THROUGH
THE GENERAL FUND THAT WAS VETOED
I THINK TWICE I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND THAT'S AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION THIS IS A VERY VERY
SPECIFIC HARM IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THAT WE WANT TO REMEDY WITH A
VERY SPECIFIC AND LIMITED-
APPROACH WELL I GET ALL THAT AND
I APPRECIATE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF IT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE
INJUSTICE AND I APPRECIATE THE
TESTIMONY AND- AND SO. BUT THE
QUESTION IS THAT IS THERE ANY
CONCEPTUALLY IS THERE ANY REASON
IF A CITY AND A COUNTY WANTED TO
DEDICATE THIS FUNDING STREAM. TO
THIS VERY SPECIFIC NARROWLY
TAILORED IN THEIR OWN CITY AND
COUNTY IF THEY'RE REALLY THE
ONLY ONES WHO ARE POTENTIALLY
LOSING. IN THE CITY AND COUNTIES
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE NOT USING
IT FOR PAVING THEIR STREETS ARE
THERE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
BUILDING A PARK OR FIRE STATION
OR WHATEVER THE THING IS THAT
THEY WOULD ORDINARILY DO WITH
THAT MONEY. SO IF YOU CAN REACH
AGREEMENT IS THERE ANY REASON
THAT THIS COULDN'T BE. BE USED
AS A MODEL FOR OTHER LOCATIONS
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA
WHY I THINK THAT. IF I CITY OR
ACCOUNT ACCOUNTANT HERE WHERE
THE SITTING COUNTER ONE THING-
BUT IF THE IF CITY. COUNTY OR
WHATEVER WANT ONE IT DOESN'T
TAKE A CERTAINLY MAKE A- TOLD.
IN A COULD BE OF VALUE- I DON'T-
YOU KNOW. YEAH I DON'T THINK
THIS OPENS THE DOOR TO. ALL
SORTS OF- OTHER IDEAS COMING IN
BUT I MEAN I THINK WE SHOULD
ALWAYS BE WILLING TO LISTEN. TO
A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT SAYING
HEY WE HAVE AN IDEA TO DO THAT
SO WE WANT YOU TO. AUTHORIZE US
TO DO IT AND THEN WE CAN BAD AT
AND SAY THIS IS A GOOD THING. OR
NOT A GOOD THING AND HERE WE
HAVE THE CITY YOU KNOW. WE'RE
NOT. THOUGHT TAKING MONEY AWAY
FROM ANYONE ELSE- IT'S JUST
SAYING WITH THIS IS THE MONEY
THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ANYWAY. AND
WE WANNA THE LEGAL STRUCTURE TO
BE ABLE TO FINANCES HOMES. SO
HERE'S A HERE'S A GOOD
SUGGESTION- BECAUSE THIS IS
GOING. OFF THE- FURTHER AWAY
FROM THE BILL- IS IT THIS MAY BE
A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO A
HEARING ON. WHERE WE HAVE A-
DISCUSSION WITH THE- I THINK
WITH THE L. A. O. AND ABOUT SOME
OF THE ABUSES THAT. THAT WERE IN
. PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT-
STRUCTURE. AND A DISCUSSION
BECAUSE BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU
YOU HEARD SENATOR DOLLY NEXT
YEAR IS GOING TO HAVE A BILL
THAT DOES EXACTLY. OR HE'S GOING
TO DO A GUT AND AMEND AND TRY TO
DO WITH THIS YEAR. BUT I AM
THERE I THINK THERE ARE A LOT
THAT. MIGHT BE INTERESTED BUT
IT'S THE PARTICULARS OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO
PICK- M. AND A IN ENTITY THAT
HAD A LOT OF ABUSES AND THEN
GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO GO BACK
AND DO IT AGAIN- BUT- BUT YOU
RAISE A REALLY INTERESTING
POINT. OUT MIGHT THIS BE
SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN
THE FUTURE AND I THINK THE
ANSWER IS YES. BUT I THINK WE
NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT WOULD WE WHAT WOULD
BE THE- THAT THE STRUCTURE WE
NEED TO USE IN ORDER TO DO. WHAT
SO YEAH AND I APPRECIATE THAT I
MEAN I DON'T SEE THIS AS- ME
GOING ON SOME FISHING EXPEDITION
I REALLY SEE THIS IS TRYING TO
AIR IT OUT. IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT
THE GENERAL FUND IT DOESN'T
AFFECT SCHOOLS THE INCREMENTS
THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED IT AT
LENGTH IS ACTUALLY BEING
DISTRIBUTED TO THESE OTHER.
TAXING ORGANIZATIONS SO I JUST
WANTED TO NARAL IN A REALLY
ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AND IT
SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS. REAL IS THE LINEMEN OF CITY
COUNTY AND STATE. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THIS
PARTICULAR REASON AND YOU'RE
MAKING THE CASE TO THE STATE.
BUT BUT YEAH SO I'M HAPPY TO
HAVE ANOTHER HERE BUT I DO FEEL
LIKE MY QUESTIONS IS A REALLY
IS. SPECIFICALLY TO UNDERSTAND
THIS PROPOSAL ACT OUT. DO YOU
WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE IN
RESPONSE- MANAGER. JUST BRIEFLY-
YOU KNOW THE HISTORY SUPER
IMPORTANT OF COURSE BECAUSE OF
THE DECIMATION OF BECAUSE OF.
THE OFFENSIVE WAY THAT THINGS
HAPPENED. BUT THIS IS ABOUT. IN
THE FIFTIES SIXTIES AND MOST
INTENSIVELY DURING THOSE
PERIODS- THE RESTORATION DID NOT
OCCUR FOR PLACING THE HOUSING.
STATE INTERVENED AND SAID. YOU
YOU'RE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO DO
THAT. AND SO THIS ISN'T
REANIMATING ANY OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT ALTHOUGH IF THE-
LEGISLATURE HAS INTEREST IN THAT
THAT THAT'S GREAT. IT IS SIMPLY
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMPONENT. WHICH WAS THE LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS AND FOR IT NOT FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
PROHIBITION WE WOULD BE
ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS. ANYWAY HE
WOULD HAVE CONTINUED IT BUT
THAT'S WHY WE SEEKING RELIEF
FROM THE LEGISLATURE HAS VERY
SPECIFIC ISSUE. OKAY THANK YOU
I'LL MOVE IT YOU CAN TAPE. THERE
IS A MOTION ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS BY THE COMMITTEE.
SENATOR WIENER YOU MAY CONCLUDE
I THINK VARIOUS COLLEAGUES
INCLUDING CENTERS THEY ARE TO ME
MY CLOTHES FOR ME SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I'VE-
SEEN BECAUSE- I WASN'T EVEN
PAYING FOR TO SAY THAT BUT- YOU
KNOW I'M- I'M IMPRESSED. SO I
THINK YOU VERY MUCH- THE MOTION
IS TO PASS TO THE HOUSING
COMMITTEE AND THERE'S A REALLY
TOUGH CHAIR THERE SO. YOU. MAY
HAVE MORE OBSTACLES. SERVICE
COME. HI CABALLERO I HERE TO.
ZERO TWO I BLAKE'S. THANKS I.
THE RUSSELL. RUSSELL I GLAZER.
GLAZER I SKINNER. WIENER I
WIENER I. SIX TO ZERO. AT SIX
ZERO WILL PUT IT ON CALL. I NEXT
GOING TO MOVE ON TO CENTER DAHLE
SPELL I FILE ITEM NUMBER SIX SB
. SIX NINETY TWO.
THE MORNING WITH CHAIRED
MEMBERS- I AM PRESENTING SP SIX.
NINETY TWO- RULE AREAS FACE MANY
UNIQUE CHALLENGES ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT IRRIGATION
DISTRICTS IN SPARSELY POPULATED.
SPARSELY POP THIS ON YOUR OWN
SPARSELY POPULATED RURAL AREAS.
STRUGGLE TO FILL THE BOARD
VACANCIES. WITH DIRECTORS IN
THEIR SEATS THE SOUTH FORK YOUR
GEISHA DISTRICT FOR EXAMPLE CAN
BARELY MAINTAIN A THREE PERSON
BOARD DUE TO THE SMALL
POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT. THIS
BILL MODELED AFTER A TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN BILL AB EIGHT
EIGHTEEN SIXTEEN WHICH I
ADDRESSED A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN.
PROBLEM FOR THE TO LIKE YOUR
GEISHA DISTRICT WILL ALLOW THE
SOUTH FORK YOUR GEISHA DISTRICT
TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON TO BE A
BOARD MEMBER IF THEY LIVE WITHIN
FIVE AND A HALF MILES OF THE
DISTRICT BOUNDARY THIS BILL WILL
ENSURE THAT THE IRRIGATION
DISTRICT CAN HAVE. COMPLETE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SO THAT THE
DISTRICT WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE
EFFICIENTLY WITH ME TODAY I HAVE
MILES FLOWN AWAY THE DIRECTOR OF
THE SOUTH FORK YOUR GAUGE
INDUSTRY. HE CAN HE CAN ADD TO.
THE ISSUE BUT BASICALLY. IT'S IN
A FLOOD PLAIN THE DISTRICT IS IT
YOUR GEISHA DISTRICT FOR OR-
FARMERS TO FARM AND IT'S IN A
FLOOD PLAIN THERE ONLY SIX HOMES
IN THE ACTUAL DISTRICT AND SO
WE'RE TRYING TO BROADEN THE
DISTRICT OUT- FOR PEOPLE TO
ACTUALLY OWN LAND IN THE
DISTRICT AND CAN VOTE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE
SO- IF FLOW F. MILES WOULD LIKE
TO ADD TO THAT IT BE GREAT.
HELLO MADAM CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE-
MILES FOR I AM A DIRECTOR ON THE
SOUTH FORK IRRIGATION. DISTRICT
IT'S A VITAL- GEISHA DISTRICT
ALL THE FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN
THE AREA AND- YEAH JUST JUST
LIKE US SENATOR. DOLLY SAID- EGG
BY EXPANDING THE RESIDENCY AREA.
FOR THE- DIRECTORS- TO HAVE MORE
CANDIDATES THAN- WILL BE ABLE TO
FILL OUR BOARD IT'LL TAKE IN-
THE MAJORITY OF ALL THE
LANDOWNERS- THAT OWN. THE
IRRIGATED LAND IN THE IRRIGATION
DISTRICT AND- AND GIVE THEM THE
REPRESENTATION THEY NEED AND-
AND WILL BE ABLE TO FILL OUR
BOARD AND CONTINUE TO DO A- GOOD
JOB. VERY GOOD THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY WE APPRECIATE
IT. IS THERE ANYONE IN ROOM
TWENTY TWO HUNDRED THAT WOULD
LIKE TO. TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE OF WILL SEE IF
THERE'S ANYONE- THAT WOULD LIKE
TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE WILL MOVE TO THE-
TELECONFERENCE LINE AND ASK IF
THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION OF SENATE BILL. SIX
NINETY TWO. AND AS A REMINDER
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO IF
YOU'D LIKE TO US CHAU OPPOSITION
OR SUPPORT ONCE AGAIN IT'S. ONE
ZERO. AND WE HAVE NO ONE IN
QUEUE AT THIS TIME VERY GOOD
WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE AND SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS SENATOR
DURAZO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR-
THANK YOU. FOR THE BILL I'M I
WAS SENT. READING ABOUT THAT
THIS MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUR BILL- BUT
I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT THE OTHER-
REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BE A
DIRECTOR- IT SEEMS LIKE AT SOME
POINT WE ARE YOU REVISIT ALL OF
THE REQUIREMENTS- THAT.
DIRECTORS HAVE TO BE VOTERS
LANDOWNERS AND RESIDENTS IT
SEEMS LIKE A SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T
ALLOW FOR. YOU KNOW. THE BREADTH
OF THE COMMUNITY- THAT WOULD BE
CONCERNED WOULD HAVE- ISSUES
WITH THE WATER YOU KNOW IN THAT
AREA SO- I GUESS I'M JUST MAKING
A POINT OF. BEING A RESIDENT
COULD BE CHANGE BUT HOW ABOUT
THE OTHER ONES OF THE OTHER
REQUIREMENTS AGAIN I KNOW THAT'S
NOT THIS BILL SO I'M NOT HOLDING
YOU TO THAT- AS FAR AS SUPPORT.
BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS
SEEMS LIKE A VERY SORT OF
OUTDATED WAY TO GET TO ELECT
DIRECTORS FOR WATER WHICH IS
SUCH A HUGE ISSUE AND CONCERN
AND LYFT ISSUE FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE. WHAT HER STATE THAT IT
IS BUT THE WAY THAT DISTRICT WAS
STRUCTURED ORIGINALLY WAS- YOU
KNOW AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED
WITH THE ACT OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN A
FLOOD PLACE AND WE'RE BUILDING
CAN HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE
YOU CAN'T BE A RESIDENT INSIDE
OF THAT IT IT YOU HAVE TO BE IN
THE DISTRICT VOTE SO- I KNOW
IT'S A- IT WE AND WE'VE EXPANDED
OUT TO INCOME AND CAPTURE MODE.
MORE PEOPLE ACTUALLY THAT WOULD
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR
THE BOARD SO THAT'S THAT WAS OUR
GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS REVENUE AND THEY CAN'T EVEN
GET ANYBODY TO SIT ON THE BOARD
AT AT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST
NOBODY THERE RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE
ACTUALLY. INCREASING MORE
REPRESENTATION BY EXPANDING IT
OUT AND HAVING COMPETITION AS
WELL. OTHER COMMENTS OR
CONCERNS. SAID ALEX- YEAH-
THAT'S I KNOW IT'S HAVING SERVED
ON A WATER BOARD THE WASTE WATER
WARS ARE SMALL AND I KNOW THAT.
THERE'S ALWAYS A RELUCTANCE TO
DISSOLVE OR OR TO CREATE A YOU
KNOW JOINT ORGANIZATIONS AND I
SERVED A LAUGH CO BOARD AS WELL
AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHEN
THERE ARE THESE REALLY SMALL YOU
YOU KNOW THE OVERHEAD THE RENT
THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS LEGAL
COSTS. JUST TO REALLY BE
THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF. NOT HAVING SO MANY SMALL
DISTRICTS AND MERGING OR
DISSOLVING THEM. I KNOW THAT'S
NOT YOUR BILL AND SO BUT I JUST
WANT TO POSE THAT AS- IN A GOOD
GOVERNANCE SENSE TO HAVE SO MANY
TINY LITTLE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE
A HARD TIME EVEN HAVING ENOUGH.
BOARD MEMBERS IS JUST IT'S NOT A
GREAT SYSTEM. WELL ONE- YOU HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE
DISTRICT GIVE YOU IT WOULD IT
WOULD EXPLAIN ITSELF IT'S- SO. I
KNOW THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO.
ENJOY WITH OTHER DISTRICTS BUT
WHEN THERE'S- REALLY NO OTHER
DISTRICTS- AND NOT OTHER BOARDS.
AMID THESE ARE VERY RULE. VERY
REAL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE-
I THINK THE POPULATION FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTIES LIKE NINE
THOUSAND. AND MOST OF THEM LIVE.
IN THE CITY OF ALTIRIS. AND SO
THESE ARE VERY SPARSE LITTLE
COMMUNITIES OUT THERE THAT JUST
DON'T. I MEAN. PER SQUARE MILE
IT'S LIKE THREE FOUR PEOPLE. FOR
WHOLE COUNTY. SO WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TRYING TO COMBINE IT'S
VERY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO
THAT WE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY
LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
IF WE IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO
IS IT'S NOT LIKE. EVEN IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE YOU HAVE
BIGGER COMMUNITIES AND YOU HAVE
A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
AND- SO- BUT EVEN BUT WE'VE
WE'VE LOOKED AT AND THERE WAS
BILLS BEFORE THAT- BUT IN THIS
CASE. THERE'S JUST NOBODY ELSE
OUT THERE THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE
TO WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE. WE
NEED REVENUE YOU CAN'T RUN A
BOARD MEETING WITHOUT PEOPLE
THERE TO RUN THE BOARD RIGHT AND
YOU HAVE DECISIONS TO MAKE THAT
ARE. THE THAT HAVE TO BE DONE-
FOR THE AGENCIES THAT THAT
REGULATE YOU. AND IT DIDN'T COME
UP IN THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS BUT
PRESUMABLY WITH FIVE MILES.
YOU'RE LOSING SOMEBODY'S LOSING
FIVE MILES RIGHT IF THIS
ORGANIZATIONS NAMING THOSE
RESIDENTS WELL THEY HAVE TO BE
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT NOW.
NO SERVICES THIS IS EXPANDING
THEIR ACTUAL DISTRICT THAT NOT
INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT JUST
CAPTURE MORE PEOPLE- THAT WILL
BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. BUT
THOSE PEOPLE LIVE IN SOME
DISTRICT NOW THIS IS A THIS IS
A- A WATER DISTRICT I KNOW BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICT THAT
COVERS THEM WHERE THEY OWN. SO
THIS IS SO THIS IS ALGA CULTURE
IRRIGATION. AND THERE'S NOT A
COMPETING AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION
DISTRICT NEXT TO IT. THERE'S NOT
A- IS JUST FOR AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION. THE ISSUE IS OR SIX
HOMES INSIDE THAT AREA. SO WE'RE
EXPANDING THAT ARE ACTUALLY
GIVING MORE ACCESS TO IT I THINK
SENATOR ALL THOSE- GOAL WHICH IS
TRYING TO GET MORE DIVERSITY AND
ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE- TRY TO
DO. THIS WILL ACTUALLY. ALLOW
THAT BECAUSE WE'RE EXPANDING
WE'RE NOT COVERING OVER. TAKEN
AWAY MANY BILLS WE'RE JUST
EXPANDING IT. FOR THAT AREA OKAY
THANK YOU RIGHT. GOT IT. I GOT
IT BUT IF YOU WANT YEAH. I GOT
IT. ANY OTHER. COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. SIX THANK GOD THERE
IS A MOTION ON THE BILL WILL
ALLOW YOU TO CONCLUDE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE AND
I'D LIKE TO CUT THE CONVERSATION
AS WELL. IT'S JUST NOT PERTAIN
TO THIS DISTRICT. WHAT WERE AND
WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO TOUR YEAH
COME ON UP. YEAH VERY GOOD I THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO THE
SENATE FLOOR. PLEASE CALL THE
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CABALLERO I AM C. R. TERM. LAKE
SUPERIOR. LEG SPINNER I DALI.
DALI I AM NOT AWESOME. DRESS UP
I GLAZER. GLAZER AYE SKINNER.
WIENER WIENER I'M- SIX TWO ZERO.
THE BILL IS OUT AND WE WILL PUT
IT ON CALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE UP OUR LAST BILL OF THE DAY
SO ONE ENCOURAGED MEMBERS TO
PLEASE- COME DOWN TO THE
COMMITTEE IF THEY NEED TO. ADD
ON TO VOTES AND THAT'S FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN S. B. SEVEN NINETY
EIGHT BY SENATOR GLAZERS. THANK
YOU- CHAIR OF. AT FIRST THANK
THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS
BILL APPRECIATE THAT THE
FEEDBACK. MEMBERS I WANT TO ASK
YOU A QUESTION. SO IT'S ELECTION
DAY. AND YOU'RE GOING INTO THE
BALLOT BOX. AND THE MEASURE ON
THE BALLOT. SAYS THAT SAID IT'S
UP. INCREASES YOUR PROPERTY
TAXES IS FOUR CENTS PER HUNDRED
DOLLARS OF VALUATION. AND LET'S
SAY YOU HAVE A SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE. SO
OUT YOU ALL OF THAT I'VE DONE-
HI EDUCATION IN YOUR IN YOUR
LIFE SO THIS SHOULDN'T BE
DIFFICULT. SO WHAT DOES THAT
COST YOU FOUR CENTS PER HUNDRED
DOLLARS EVALUATION AND YOU HAVE
A SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLAR HOUSE. EASY RIGHT. EASY
MAYBE MAYBE NOT. SIX IF YOU KNOW
THE ANSWER RAISE YOUR HANDS.
OKAY SO I IT'S RHETORICAL BUT
ACTUALLY IT'S VERY REAL BECAUSE-
THAT'S THE LAW THAT WE HAVE
TODAY IN CALIFORNIA ESTABLISH
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO THAT
SAYS THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO
INCREASE TAXES THAT'S HOW U. S.
YOU WILL BE PRESENTED TO A
VOTER. IN A FORMULA THAT IS
REALLY DIFFICULT I THINK FOR
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND LET'S GO
BACK TO THE LAST EXAMPLE I MADE.
FOUR CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS
FOR SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLAR HOUSE HOW DO YOU FIGURE
IT OUT. WELL YOU COULD FOR SOME
PEOPLE IT'S DECIMAL POINTS IN
ITS CALCULATORS- BUT IN ESSENCE
THAT'S FORTY DOLLARS PER HUNDRED
THOUSAND EVALUATION. AND IF IT'S
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLAR HOUSE YOU CAN MULTIPLY BY
SEVEN AND A HALF. AND YOU GET
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS RIGHT. BUT
THAT'S THE CALCULATION THAT OUR
LAWS REQUIRE NOW FOR ANY VOTER
TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THINGS AND
THAT A COUPLE THINGS HAPPEN.
NUMBER ONE OF VOTER DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY SAY HEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING
TO COST ME I'M VOTING NO. AND
FOR US SOME OTHER VOTER IT MIGHT
BE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW BUT IT
SEEMS SMALL. SO I'M GONNA VOTE
YES. BUT ALL THAT COMES OUT OF
SOME LEVEL OF MISUNDERSTANDING
ABOUT WHAT SOMETHING REALLY THE
AT THE HEART OF THE MEASURE.
WHAT IS IT GONNA COST ME AND
WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO THOSE ARE
THE QUESTIONS MOST PEOPLE TRY TO
HAVE ANSWER WHEN THEY GO INTO
THE VOTING BOOTH. AND I KNOW
THIS FROM EXPERIENCE I HAVE
WORKED ON MORE THAN A HUNDRED
THESE. PROPERTY TAX MEASURES IN
MY LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE OFF
WITH THAT. COCHAIRED A COUPLE
SCHOOL BOARD- BUT- MEASURES
PROPERTY TAX MEASURES. BOB ALSO
ADVISED ON ON. YOU KNOW. OVER A
HUNDRED OTHERS. AND SO WE TRY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE VOTER. AB
BEHAVES HOW THEY THINK. AND IT
AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO
TRY TO UNDERSTAND BUT- WHEN YOU
LOOK AT CALIFORNIA LAW NOW FIFTY
YEARS OLD TRYING TO MAKE THIS
CALCULATION ON A HUNDRED
DOLLARS. IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE IS NOT. HELPING PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
PUT BEFORE THEM THAT WE EXPECT
THEM WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL
PARTICIPATE IN. AN ENGAGING. AND
THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT'S
BEFORE YOU TODAY. IS TO CREATE.
A AT LEAST A STANDARD THAT'S
EASY FOR A VOTER TO UNDERSTAND
AND THAT'S IT. TO APPLY IT TO A
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
VALUATION. NOW THAT'S NOT
DIFFICULT. RIGHT BECAUSE OF I
TOLD YOU WAS FORTY DOLLARS. FOR
EVERY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
EVALUATION YOU COULD FIGURE IT
OUT. A LITTLE EASIER. A LITTLE
EASIER THAN WHAT'S THERE TODAY.
SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. I THINK
IT A CREATES A DOLLAR AMOUNT
THAT'S MORE RELATABLE TO A
VOTER. I THINK IT SIMPLIFIES THE
MATH FOR VOTERS TO CONSUME. THAT
MAKES THAT MAKES THE MEASURES
LESS SCARY. I THINK IT COULD
ENCOURAGE EVEN GREATER SUPPORT
THAN THERE IS FOR THESE TYPES
OF. TAXATION MEASURES AND WITH
THAT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I. BOATS TODAY. VERY GOOD-
WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A
LEAD WITNESS IT IT. THERE IS NO
LEAD WITNESSES OR ANYONE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
PLEASE COME FORWARD. JUST I'VE
BEEN GOING BACK WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL WE THINK.
IT'S A GOOD TRANSPARENCY MEASURE
FOR VOTERS RENTAL ACTIONS THANK
YOU. VERY GOOD IS THERE ANY
ANYONE ELSE IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED THAT WOULD LIKE TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. SEEING NONE
OF CHECK AND SEE IF THERE'S
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO-
TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION. ANYONE IN
ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED THAT
WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE WILL GO
TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE AND
ASK IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE LINE
THAT WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY
EITHER IN SUPPORT. OR IN
OPPOSITION. IN THIS BIG ON THIS
MEASURE PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. MADAM CHAIR
WE HAVE KNOWN CUED UP. VERY GOOD
IN SINCE THIS IS OUR OUR LAST
BILL I WANT TO THANK YOU MUCH
MISTER MODERATOR FOR YOUR HELP
TODAY- IT WE REALLY APPRECIATED
VERY MUCH. AND THINK ANYBODY ON
THE LINE AS WELL- WE'RE GONNA
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
FOR COMMITTEE QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS SENATOR BREAKS. SIR
WELL THANK YOU SENATOR I THINK
THIS BILL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
OF COURSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN
FIFTY YEARS AND SO PEOPLE'S HOME
PRICES HAVE GONE UP AND- NOBODY
IS THINKING OF HOME PRICES IN
TERMS OF. A HUNDRED DOLLAR
INCREMENTS SO- I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I
SUPPORT. GOOD OTHER COMMENTS OR
CONCERNS. SINGMAN CENTER WILL
ALLOW YOU TO CONCLUDE THANK YOU
CHAIR AT THAT I THINK THIS
MODERNIZES OUR BALLOT TAX. RATE
STATEMENT SO THAT VOTERS CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE VOTING
ON AND THAT RESPECTFULLY HOUSE
RIGHT. VERY GOOD- HI THERE THERE
HAS BEEN IN MOTION TO MOVE IT.
OKAY YES AND SO- THE MOTION IS
TO PASS TO ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS- AND
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS
CABALLERO HI CABALLERO I SEE
YOUR TOTAL. LAKE SUPERIOR HI THE
EXPERIENCE HI DOLLY. DOLLY I
WOULD ALSO. THE RUSSELL I GLAZER
. GLAZER I. WIENER. FIVE THE
BILL IS OUT WILL- PUT IT ON CALL
FOR. MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
PRESENTLY SO- WHAT I'D LIKE TO
DO IS TO. LET THE SENATORS KNOW
THAT- MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO. VOTE ON
BILLS NEED TO COME DOWN TO THE
COMMITTEE ROOM. SEPARATISTS LEE.
AND SO THAT WE CAN CALL BILLS
AGAIN AND- AND FINISH UP OUR
COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY. WANT TO
THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY- AND FOR
HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE BILLS- WORK AND- AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
PARTICIPATION SO WHAT I MAYBE
WHAT WE'LL DO GIVE ME JUST A
SECOND WE'LL CHECK IT.
PERFECT ALL RIGHTS US FILE
NUMBER NUMBER ONE SB EIGHT FOUR
ONE FOUR MOTION AS TO PASS THIS
AMENDED TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
COMMITTEE CHAIR VOTING I ABSENT
MEMBERS SEYARTO. DALI DALI NO
GLAZER GLAZER I. SIX TWO ONE I
WANTED TO SING ON THE NORTH SIDE
FOR. SKINNER HOLD ON THE SECOND
HOLD ON.
OKAY MEMBERS THAT WE'RE DOING IS
GOING RIGHT DOWN THAT THAT THE-
AGENDA. SENATOR DOLLY NO TWO I.
SEVEN TWO ZERO. THAT THAT BILL
IS OUT. FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO SB
SEVEN NINE SEVEN MISSION IS TO
PASS A CEMENTED TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
VOTING I ABSENT MEMBERS SENATOR
SEYARTO. DALI DALI NO GLAZER
GLAZER AYE SKINNER SKINNER I.
SIX TWO ONE THE BILL IS OUT SIX
TO ONE. GIVE ME THE TICKET THE
CONSENT CALENDAR- CONSENT.
CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION AS TO
ADOPTED CONSENT CALENDAR SOME OF
THE CHAIR CABALLERO BOATING ICE
ABSENT MEMBERS DOLLY. DOLLY I
GLAZER GLAZER AYE SKINNER
SKINNER I EIGHT TWO ZERO EIGHT
TWO ZERO THAT BILL IS OUT. FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR SB FINE NINE
THREE MOTION AS THE PASTOR
HOUSING COMMITTEE CHAIR VOTING I
ABSENT MEMBERS SENATORS TALI.
SKINNER SKINNER I. SEVEN TWO
ZERO. SEVEN TWO ZERO THAT BILL
IS OUT. FILE ITEM NUMBER SIX SB
SIX NINE TWO MOTION IS TO PASS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR CHAIR VOTING
I ABSENT MEMBERS SENATOR SEYARTO
. SKINNER HI SKINNER I SEVEN TWO
ZERO. THAT GOES OUT. OR DO YOU
WANT TO KEEP IT OPEN IT COMING
BACK OKAY WELL WE'LL PUT THAT ON
CALL IF IT'S THEIR PEERS IS IF
WE MAKE IT ONE MORE VOTE. FILE
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN S. B. SEVEN
NINE EIGHT MOTION IS TO PASS TO
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS. SHARE VOTING I
ABSENT MEMBERS CENTER SO YOUR
TOTAL. SKINNER. SEVEN NINE EIGHT
YES HI SKINNER I WINNER WINNER I
SEVEN TWO ZERO. THE DEAL IS OUT
SEVEN ZERO ALREADY. FIGURE JUST
OKAY WHAT PUT OUT A CALL AGAIN
AND I APOLOGIZE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT SB SEVEN OH SIX
MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
VOTING I ABSENT MEMBERS SENATOR
DOLLY. DOLLY I GLAZER GLAZER AYE
SKINNER SKINNER I'M EIGHT TO
ZERO THAT GOES OUT. FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWELVE AS J. R. NUMBER
THREE MOTION AS TO BE ADOPTED
CHAIR VOTING I ABSENT MEMBERS
SENATOR DOLLY. DOLLY I. GLAZER
GLAZER AYE WIENER. WIENER AYE
EIGHT TWO ZERO. THAT BILL IS OUT
EIGHT TWO ZERO. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE
WILL WAIT- FIVE MINUTES AND SEE
IF WE CAN FINISH UP THE- REST OF
THE VOTES.
GOING BACK TO FINISH UP THROUGH
THE ROOF THE ROLL CALL. FILE
ITEM NUMBER SIX SB SIX NINE TWO
MOTION AS TO PASS TO THE SENATE
FLOOR CHAIR VOTING I ABSENT
MEMBERS SENATOR SEYARTO SEN
SEYARTO I. EIGHT TWO ZERO EIGHT
TWO ZERO THE GROSS OUT FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN S. B. SEVEN NINE
AIDS. MOTION AS THE PAST
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS. GERALDINE I ABSENT
MEMBERS SENATOR SEYARTO ALL
RIGHT SEYARTO I AM EIGHT TWO
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