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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE- THE
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ACCESS CODE IS. SEVEN THREE SIX
TWO EIGHT THREE FOUR WE'RE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HEARINGS
HERE IN THE- STREET BUILDINGS
ARE ASKED THAT ALL MEMBERS OF
COURSE BE PRESENT SO AS SOON AS
YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR OTHER
COMMITTEES THAT ARE NOT. AS
IMPORTANT AS THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE YOU CAN COME TO TWELVE
HUNDRED SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
QUORUM AND BEGIN OUR HEARING-
AND SO WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA START
WITH US SENATOR ALAN WHO IS OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBER BUT HIS. I
WOULD LIKE A LITTLE OUT OF FILE
ORDER HERE WHICH IS A FILE ITEM
NINE SB FOUR SEVENTY THREE
SENATOR ALLEN ON DRIVER'S
LICENSE. SENATOR ALLEN YOU MAY
BEGIN MUCH MANAGER LET ME JUST
START BY THINKING THE CHAIR- AND
THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING
SO CLOSE TO MY OFFICE ON THIS
BILL I'M DEFINITELY ACCEPTING
THE AMENDMENT- THAT- THAT WAS TO
GET IN THE MAIL ANALYSIS TO. TO
ADDITIONALLY REQUIRE A STUDY OF
THE GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSE
EXPANSION PROPOSED BY THIS BILL-
THIS BILL WILL IMPROVE THE
SAFETY OF CALIFORNIA'S ROADWAYS
BY EXPANDING OUR GRADUATED
DRIVER LICENSING PROGRAM TO
INCLUDE EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY REAL
FIRST TIME DRIVERS THE GDL
PROGRAM IS YOU KNOW CURRENTLY
REQUIRES TEENS UNDER THE AGE OF
EIGHTEEN TO PROGRESSIVELY EARNED
DRIVING PRIVILEGES. A YOUNG
DRIVER UNDERGOES A SIX MONTH
TRAINING PERIOD THAT INCLUDES
THIRTY HOURS OF DRIVER EDUCATION
COURSES. SIX HOURS OF TRAINING
BEHIND THE WHEEL WITH A DRIVING
SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR. AND THEN
FIFTY HOURS OF ON THE ROAD
PRACTICE SERVICE SUPERVISED BY A
LICENSED ADULT OVER THE AGE OF
TWENTY FIVE. AND AFTER
COMPLETING. THE TRAINING PERIOD
THE DRIVER HAS TO THEN PASS
WRITTEN IN BEHIND. THE WHEEL
TEST. WITH THE DMV AND HAS A-
THAN A ONE YEAR PROVISIONAL.
LICENSE PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY
CAN DRIVE UNSUPERVISED BUT THE
RESTRICTED FROM LATE NIGHT
DRIVING IN TRANSPORTING YOUNG
PASSENGERS. NOW THE WAY THE
RULES CURRENTLY WORK IF YOU
DELAY GETTING YOUR LICENSE UNTIL
YOU'RE EIGHTEEN YOU CAN BUY P.
BYPASS ALL THESE CRITICAL
TRAINING EDUCATION ACQUIREMENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEMS
START TO KICK IN THE CENTER FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
AND THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC
HEALTH. HAVE POINTED TO MOTOR
VEHICLE COLLISIONS AS A LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH FOR TEENAGERS AND
YOUNG ADULTS. FIVE MINUTES SAID
HE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CRASH DATA
FROM TWENTY TWENTY. INDICATES
YOUNG DRIVERS AGED FIFTEEN TO
TWENTY ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY 9%
OF DRIVERS INVOLVED IN FATAL
CRASHES THAT YEAR DESPITE MAKING
UP ONLY 5% OF ALL. DRIVERS ON
THE ROAD. SO NEARLY DOUBLE.
THEIR THEIR THEIR PROPORTIONAL
RATE. ADDITIONALLY A TO A TWENTY
THIRTEEN CITY ALSO FROM ITSELF
FOUND THAT IN EXPERIENCE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY ROLES
FOCUSING ON THAT PARTICULAR.
GROUP THE EIGHTY TWENTY RULE
DRIVERS WERE INVOLVED IN FATAL
CRASHES IT IT RATES UP 260%
HIGHER. THAN OTHER THAN OTHER
AGE GROUPS. SO BOB. YOU KNOW I
PERSONALLY HAD. WAITED TILL I
WAS EIGHTEEN SO I GOT MY LICENSE
BUT I DID TAKE A DRIVER'S
EDUCATION COURSE- BUT I WOULD
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT I WAS THE
RIVER THINKING HOW CRAZY WAS
THAT JUST BECAUSE I. YOU KNOW
WHEN HE- DID WITH THE AYE AYE
THIN SAID WE BECAME A LOT MORE
MATURE THIS IS THE DAY I TURNED
EIGHTEEN. FROM WHEN I WAS
SEVENTEEN AND I AND I KNOW WHAT
IT BENEFITS ALL MY PEERS HAD
WHEN THEY- TOOK THOSE DRIVER
TRAINING COURSES. AND IT'S MY
FEELING ESPECIALLY I'VE HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME. FAMILIES
OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
WHO- WHO WHO MIGHT WHOSE WHOSE
KIDS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED IF WE
HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM PLACED
EARLIER. IT'S MY THOUGHT THAT
ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO
EDUCATE YOUNG DRIVERS THIS IS
GOING TO. SAVE LIVES ARE
CERTAINLY A LOT OF DATA SUGGESTS
TO SHOW THAT. THIS BILL WILL DO
THAT BY EXPANDING THE GDL
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE NEW EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY YEAR OLD. DRIVERS
WE'VE GOT SOME TESTIFIED
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
TODAY. HI PAT HINES. SECOND
DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC TO OR IS IT
SEE FROM LASSEN. AND NORA HÌNH
SUNDAY IMMENSE BARROW. THE STATE
PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND HEALTH.
AND WITH THAT I WAS A FRESHMAN I
VOTE. MADAM CHAIR. MISTER VICE
CHAIR MEMBERS I'M CATHY BRAND
CAN WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION FOR CHILDREN'S SAFETY
AND HEALTH. AND I APOLOGIZE OP
PAT HINES AND STEVE BEAR OR
RUNNING LAST MINUTE. ERRANDS AND
ARE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE COMING
UP SO. QUICKLY BUT I DID WANT TO
INDICATE ARE VERY STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THIS BILL WHAT PAT HINES
WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU IS OF RIP
REALLY SAD STORY. HER DAUGHTER
WHO WAS HELPING HER WITH SAFE
MOVES IN CALIFORNIA. EDUCATE
TEENAGERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING PROPERLY TRAINED. HER
OWN DAUGHTER WAS KILLED AT A
DANGEROUS INTERSECTION OF LOS
ANGELES. BY AN INEXPERIENCED
DRIVER WHO HAD NOT HAD DRIVER
TRAINING. SO YOU KNOW. THERE
COULD NOT BE A MORE IMPORTANT
BILL. IN MY OPINION THIS SESSION
BUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNG
DRIVERS HAVE THE SKILLS THAT
THEY NEED. IN ORDER TO AVOID
BEING IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING AN
ACCIDENT BEING A VICTIM OF AN
ACCIDENT SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE
YOU TO CONSIDER THIS BILL AND WE
THANK SENATOR ALAN FOR HIS WORK
ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND
I THINK- YOU HAVE OTHER-
SUPPORTERS INSIDES YES. WILL
TAKE THEM ON WITH OKAY WHEN THEY
GET HERE IF THEY SHOULD PREPARE
AT THIS TIME AND I BELIEVE WE
HAVE A QUORUM SO- MADAM
CONSULTANT IF YOU CAN. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS GONZALEZ
HERE. GONZALEZ HERE NEELAM. NEW
LOW HERE ALLEN HERE ALLEN HERE
ARCHULETA. BAKER BAKER HERE LAKE
SUPERIOR. THANKS FOR HERE
CORTESE. COURTESY HERE DALLY.
POLICE HERE DODD. LIMÓN MCGUIRE
. NEWMAN NEWMAN HERE WHEN. WHEN
HERE C. R. TOTH. SO HERE- BURKE
. BOB OKAY THANK YOU HAVE A
SALAS A QUORUM- SO SENATOR ALLEN
WE'RE AND FILE ITEM NINE MEMBERS
AS WE HAVE SENATOR ALLEN WHO IS
ON SUPPORT DO WE HAVE ANYONE
ELSE IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
TWELVE HUNDRED WHO'D LIKE TO
COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT. OF SB
FOUR SEVENTY THREE. OKAY THE
NUNS WILL MOVE ON TO OPPOSITION
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE ANY
REGISTER OPPOSITION ANYONE WHO'D
LIKE TO COME FORWARD IN ROOM
TWELVE HUNDRED IN OPPOSITION
PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY
STANCIL MOVED TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE- MODERATOR
IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE ON THE
TELEPHONE. MANAGER I'M SO SORRY
I YOU BECAUSE OKAY WENT EARLY
AND I YES ABSOLUTELY WHAT I
THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
COME OUT OF HERE. I WOULDN'T
MIND WRITER MINISTER SHE'S FROM
. LA GOOD AFTERNOON SORRY WE
SITTING OUT GETTING SAUCE TO BE
IN- THANK YOU VERY MUCH I UP.
FOR HAVING TO READ THIS BUT I'VE
SPOKEN TO THIRTY HIGH SCHOOLS
OVER THE LAST THIRTY DAYS. AND I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET THROUGH
MY STORY WITHOUT CRYING SO IF
YOU WOULD ALLOW ME I WILL READ
MY STATEMENT. MY NAME IS PAT
HINES THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SAFE MOVES FORTY
YEAR OLD NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO EDUCATING CHILDREN
ON TRAFFIC SAFETY. SINCE THE
DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER NORE ROAD
SIGNS I BECOME THE FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
NEUROSCIENCE FOUNDATION. I LOOK
AT THE LIFE OF MY DAUGHTER NORA
HEN I MARVEL AT ALL SHE
ACCOMPLISHED IN HER NINETEEN
YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED IN A
COLLISION ON NOVEMBER TWENTY
FIFTH. TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
SHE DID NOT BENEFIT FROM THE GDL
BECAUSE SHE WAS EIGHTEEN. SHE
WAS KILLED BY A DRIVER WHO IS
EIGHTEEN WHO DID NOT BENEFIT
FROM THE G. DO- KIANA BROWN- WAS
A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS DRIVING
RECKLESSLY. SHE WAS IN THE CAR
WITH FIVE OTHER TEENAGERS NOT
WEARING SEAT BELTS DRIVING ON A
VERY DANGEROUS STREET. IT WAS A
LOVING DAUGHTER. SISTER AND
FRIEND SHE WAS COMPASSIONATE
COURAGEOUS AND GENEROUS GENEROUS
AND VERY TALENTED SHE WAS A
FRESHMAN AT UCLA AS A MUSICAL
THEATER. MAJOR AND JUST HAD
GOTTEN HER FIRST ROLE IN
AMERICA'S TREAT MOVIE WHICH SHE
BUYS NOT. ALIVE TO. DISSIPATE
AND- SHE WAS A HUMANITARIAN WHO
DEVELOPED A LOVE OF CHILDREN
SHE- VOLUNTEERED AT A
GUATEMALAN. ORPHANAGE TEACHING
GUITAR LESSONS AND SHE ALSO
WORKED AT MY NONPROFIT TEACHING
YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT TRAFFIC
SAFETY. THEM WITHOUT NOR WARNING
NORA WAS GONE IN MY LIFE IS
CHANGED FOREVER. I KNOW THAT
LOSING A CHILD IS THE GREATEST
FEAR OF ANY PARENT BUT IS TRULY
UNIMAGINABLE WHEN IT HAPPENS TO
YOU. TIME CAN'T FIX THIS KIND OF
LOS HEALING I'M LEARNING COMES
FROM CHOOSING TO PURSUE LIFE
AGAIN A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS CAN BE
A STARTING PLACE FOR SOMETHING
NEW. I THINK THAT- THAT THE BILL
WILL GIVE TRAGEDY- IT WILL TURN
TRAGIC TRAGEDY AROUND FROM MY
DAUGHTER'S DEATH NOR DID NOT DIE
WITHOUT A LEGACY AND A PURPOSE
FOR THEM SHE LEFT BEHIND I HONOR
NORA BY DOING ALL I CAN TO
EDUCATE TEENS ON SAFER CHOICES
AND TO PROVE. IMPROVE STREETS
AND REDUCE DEATH FROM INJURIES
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE
BRADY JERRY DRIVER SAFETY ACT IN
NINETEEN NINETY SEVEN IT WAS
EXPECTED THAT MOST TEENAGERS
WOULD GET THEIR FIRST DRIVER'S
LICENSE BEFORE THEY TURNED
EIGHTEEN. THINGS HAVE CHANGED
NOW AND MORE THAN 40% OF YOUNG
PEOPLE DO NOT GET THEIR LICENSE
UNTIL THEY'RE EIGHTEEN OR IN
AGED OUT OF THE GDL. PROGRAM
THEY DID NOT GET THE BENEFIT OUT
OF ALL THIS EVIDENCE BASED
DRIVER EDUCATION IT'S ESTIMATED
FIVE HUNDRED TO SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND YOUNG CALIFORNIANS DO
NOT GET THEIR FIRST LICENSE
UNTIL THEY AGE OUT OF GDL AT THE
AGE OF EIGHTEEN. WITH THE
PASSING OF S. B. FORCE SEVEN
THREE WE CAN REDUCE INJURIES AND
DEATHS. AMONG FIRST TIME DRIVERS
BY FORTY PERCENT. IT'S A HUGE
NUMBER. OF OUR RECORD IN ONE OF
THOSE WHO. HAS A WRAP UP IF YOU
DON'T MIND THE SILENCE HERE ON
JANUARY. I JUST IMPLORE YOU TO
VOTE FOR- FOUR SEVEN THREE THANK
YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE
APPRECIATE THAT- IN YOUR
TESTIMONY ARE THERE ANY OTHER.
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. THAT. IS SB FOUR SEVENTY
THREE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. MY
NAME IS. ON THE STATE PRO TO FOR
THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND HEALTH.
AND LIKE PAT I'M AN AFFECTED
FAMILY MEMBER. ALTHOUGH UNLIKE
PAT MY SON DIDN'T DIE- HE WAS
STRUCK AS A PEDESTRIAN IN A
CROSSWALK BY A- HERE IN.
DISTRACTED YOUNG DRIVER GOING
FORTY MILES AN HOUR. WE'RE STILL
REBUILDING PARTS OF HIS BODY SO
HE CAN WALK IN HEALTH FIELD GET
BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND STUFF.
BUT THIS BILL HAS BEEN RESEARCH
FOR YEARS- IT. I MOSTLY HERE TO
ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE GRADUATED DRIVER'S LICENSE
PROGRAM. ALSO WHAT THE BILL WILL
DO MOVING THE AGE RANGE UP TO
TWENTY ONE WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
FOR EIGHTEEN NINETEEN OR TWENTY
YEAR OLDS BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALREADY GOING TO WORKING.
FAMILIES AND SCHOOL STUFF SO I
WILL NOT SAY A WHOLE LOT MORE
OTHER THAN- I KNOW. AS A
PARAMEDIC WHEN I WAS A PARAMEDIC
WHAT IT WAS LIKE GOING TO THE
SCENES AND NOW AS A PARENT GOING
TO A SCENE. WHERE MY OWN CHILD
WAS HIT- AND UNLIKE PALCO- OUR
SON SURAJ SOLDIERS WAIT FOR
QUESTIONS. GREAT THANK YOU
MISTER VERO. OKAY WELL ASK AGAIN
THERE ANY OTHER- WITNESSES AND
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF S. B.
FOUR SEVENTY THREE OKAY C. NONE
OPPOSITION ONCE AGAIN IS THERE
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO AS
BEFORE SEVENTY THREE AT THIS
TIME. STUDENTS WILL TAKE IT TO
THE TELECONFERENCE LINE
MODERATOR TO HAVE ANYONE IN THE
QUEUE AND SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
OF SB FOUR SEVENTY THREE PLEASE
. THANK YOU PLEASE PRESS ONE
ZERO AT THIS TIME OF SORROW. AND
WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HEAR WILL
GROW LINE FORTY THREE PLEASE.
THE WOMAN HERE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS MARK BOOKS
THE BENCH CALLING ON BEHALF OF
STREETS FOR ALL IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK YOU.
GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE AGAIN IT'S
ONE ZERO. IT'S. AND YOU CAN GO
TO- LINE FORTY SIX PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI THIS IS ALLISON EIGHTY
ON BEHALF OF THE PERSONAL
INSURANCE FEDERATION OF
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG. SB FOUR
SEVENTY THREE THANK YOU. I AM
CURRENTLY IN AND FURTHER IN Q.
OKAY THANK YOU MODERATORS WILL
TAKE IT BACK FOR ANY QUESTIONS
SENATOR NEWMAN'S. ZERO TO GUIDE
I'M A BELIEVER IN THIS BILL I'M
GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT- THE-
ANALYSIS NOTES. YOU KNOW A TREND
IN YOUNG DRIVERS TO NOT GETTING
THEIR LICENSES AND CERTAINLY.
GETTING THEM LATER. YOU KNOW A
GUY I'D ARGUE LARGE BECAUSE THE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING
THAT SERVES ON RELATED
DISABILITY THERE'S A VERY STRONG
ARGUMENT FOR. RESTORING DRIVER'S
ED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS I KNOW
THAT'S NOT PART OF THAT BUT I
THINK IT'S WORTH TOUCHING ON
RIGHT NOW BUT I DO HAVE A
QUESTION AT THIS BILL- WERE
VERSIONS OF IT HAVE BEEN TRIED.
SUCCESSIVE TIMES. AND HAVE
FAILED IN THE APPROPRIATIONS
USED VIA VETO WHAT'S DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS VERSION. OF THE BILL-
THEN THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS
TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY
NINETEEN PRIOR TO THAT I THINK
TWENTY SEVENTEEN YEAH- I'M- NOT
A LOT I WILL SAY I DID A DEEP
DIVE INTO THE- ONE WAS. TO
WHETHER TO DO THIS BILL OR NOT A
CERTAIN YEAH. EXPERIENCE AREA
IT'S RACES RIGHT FLAGS ONE OF. I
FAILED IN THE PAST AND YET IT
SEEMS THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME-
THERE ARE MORE POLITICS.
INVOLVED WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE
BILL THAN SUBSTANCE. HI AND- WE
KNOW THE LAST TIME IT MADE IT
OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE WENT TO
THE GOVERNOR. I WAS PREVIOUS
GOVERNOR. AND ALL INDICATIONS
SUGGEST THAT THE CURRENT
GOVERNOR IS MUCH MORE AMENABLE
TO IT- THEN THE GOVERNOR BROWN
WHY SANTA. WHAT YOU WANT WHAT
ARE THE POLITICS MEETINGS REALLY
STRAIGHT FOR YOU KNOW TO ME THE
END. OF THE POLITICS POLITICS
INVOLVING THE LEGISLATURE
POLITICS AS OPPOSED GOING TO
STAND OKAY TO BE ABOUT THE
ACTUAL THE PEOPLE MAD AT THE
AUTHOR YOU KNOW STUFF LIKE THAT-
THAT THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. AGAIN I
DO I THINK THE BILL HAS- YOU
KNOW REALLY COMPELLING MERITS
AND I AM GLAD TO SUPPORT TODAY
SHOULD THANK THANK YOU READY MY
QUESTION. A MEASURE. AND I
BELIEVE IT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED IN
TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN WHICH IS THE
DIFFERENCE AS WELL AFTER TWENTY
MP THAT STRICT OUTSIDE ALDER-
THREE ALSO ADDED WE'RE WORKING
THE CITY BOARDING REQUIREMENT AS
WELL WHICH I THINK HE'S AGREED
TO. TAKE US OUT SENATE
COMMITTEE. SO THAT SENATOR
BOOKER. I JUST AS A PARENT OF
TWO TEENAGERS RECENTLY WENT
THROUGH THIS. WITH BOTH THEM I'M
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL A MOVE
TO BUILD. PROPER TIME THANK YOU
. SENATOR DOLLY THANK YOU THAT
DON'T KNOW WHY PAULA IS PLAYING
AND THIS WAY YOU CARRY THE BILL
SO THINK TO THE GOOD. HALF TWO
YEARS. I HAVE A- SO- SOME WHO.
AT COME OR DOUG AT THE HAD A
BILL LAST ABOUT TRY. LIKE
GETTING. AND I SAID THAT- BUT AS
AN EMPLOYER SO. A LOT OF THE-
FIRST WOULD LIKE TO LITTLE MORE
SAID. BECAUSE I'D- SO OF THE
INCIDENTS. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS
THE NUMBER OF- INCIDENTS WHERE
THEY THEY DON'T HAVE THEY DIDN'T
DO TRAINING VERSUS ONCE A DAY
TRAINING. CREPERIE FONG WHAT I'M
YEAH I DO I DO NOW AND I'VE GOT
SOME INFORMATION ON THAT BUT I
DO KNOW I JUST I THINK THAT
THAT'S HE'S GOT THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE OKAY. IF YOU DON'T
MIND. SO THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS
A REALLY HEAVILY NATIONALLY AND
STATEWIDE STUDY. SO PEOPLE THAT
DON'T GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AND TWENTY AND
QUITE FRANKLY THAT'S- WHEN YOU
TALK TO ME. IT'S ALL ABOUT COST
AND ECONOMICS NOWADAYS IT'S NOT
ABOUT DOCKING THAT YOU DEAL. BUT
THOSE THAT DON'T. GET GDL
BECAUSE THEY'RE AGED OUT THERE
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN TWENTY TO GO
GET THE REGULAR LICENSE. THEY
HAVE A 4260% HIGHER FATAL CRASH
RATE OKAY AND THAT IS INCREDIBLY
. HI AND THAT HIS BORN OUT
THROUGH STUDIES BY NHTSA. HERE
BY OUR OWN DMV CHP YOU KNOW.
THERE THERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE AND THE TRAINING OF
HOW TO. PRIMARILY NOT BE
DISTRACTED WHILE THEY'RE
LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE. THAT'S
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AND SO
THAT'S THE IT'S FORTY JUST. 60%
THERE SIXTEEN TO SEVENTEEN YEAR
OLD PEERS WHO WENT THROUGH GDL.
AT 55% IN CALIFORNIA FIFTY FIVE
PERCENT. FEWER FATAL CRASHES SO
IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT THAT'S-
WILL TAKE THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
YOU KNOW 50% BRIAN YEAH. THANK
YOU THAT IS EXACTLY THE I'M
GONNA BE SUPPORTING YOUR BILL
BUT I DO HAVE. THE ONE THING I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT.
HELLO MATE ONE OF THE MAIN
REASONS THAT WE SEE. STOOPS
STUDENTS OR PEOPLE IS A COST
THERE'S A COST TO GOING TO THE
PROGRAM AND I. HAVE BE CHILDREN
AS WELL AND- IT'S AMAZING WHEN I
TURNED SIXTEEN I WAS A PARTY TO
THE COURSE AND GOOD WAY TO GET
MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BUT- THE
GENERATIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
EVEN MY OWN CHILDREN. WERE GOING
OFF TO COLLEGE AND DIDN'T HAVE A
DRIVER'S EYES ON LIKE A NEW
DRIVERS LICENSE HE CAN GET
AROUND. AND SO WE ENDED UP
HAVING TO PAY FOR A CORE SO I
WANTED TO. JUST A THOUGHT. YOU
KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF LOW
INCOME DISADVANTAGED. FOLKS WHO
CAN'T AFFORD. WHO ARE. TYPICALLY
MIGHT NOT THEY MOVE A LOT THEY
MIGHT NOT BE IN THE SYSTEM WHERE
THEY CAN GET THE SO. I ONE OF
THE MOST SUPPORT YOUR BILL BUT I
THINK WE NEEDED SOME HELP THINK
ABOUT IT. ALONG THE WAY.
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S THIS ACCESSIBLE TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE EX IS
ACCEPTABLE TO. THE OTHER THING
IS WHEN THEY TURN EIGHTEEN DOES
THE TIME THEY'RE GOING TO GO
INTO THE WORK FORCE. AND THEY
NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK AND
FORTH TO WORK AS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE SEE IN THE RULE
AREAS A LOT. WHERE IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE YOU'RE
NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO
WORK. AND IF YOU CAN'T GET TO
WORK YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO
BE ABLE TO GET THE PROGRAM PAID
FOR SO THOSE ARE. JUST SOME
THOUGHTS I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOUR
BILL OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS SHOW
THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS- BUT THE
OTHER THING THE OTHER THING WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON IS HOW WE GET
THESE. YOUNGER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO AFFORD TO GET INTO THE
PROGRAM AND THE AND THE PROGRAMS
BE AVAILABLE IT'S A GREAT POINTS
UNDER THE WAY WE HAVE A SEARCH
RIGHT NOW AND CERTAINLY HAPPY
TO. YOU KNOW THIS THIS ACTUALLY
TO SEE THAT THE CHECKERS COOKER
IS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT AS WELL
AND- PART OF THE STUDY THAT.
THAT THE COMMITTEE ADDED IN. IS
GOING TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE
BUT THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED NOW
THE BILL REQUIRES. DRIVING
SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE UP TO TWELVE
MONTHS- FINANCING FOR LOW INCOME
STUDENTS WITH NO INTEREST OR
FEES. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S
CURRENTLY STRUCTURED SO THAT-
THAT. GATHERED BE THE BE A- AND
A LITTLE TO NO. COST NO FEE NO
INTEREST. FINANCING SYSTEM FOR
ANY LOW INCOME. STUDENTS BUT- IF
YOU WANT TO MORE ROBUST WE CAN.
WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. BUT
THE MAIN POINT IS I JUST WANT TO
LEAVE ANY BEHIND BECAUSE THEY
FINANCIALLY CAN'T DO IT THAT'S
THE POINT AND- WHEN I WAS GOING
TO SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE
ACTUALLY THE SCHOOL DID IT.
WITHOUT IT IT'S COOL AND THAT'S
TO THIS. SENATOR NEWMAN'S THREE
POINT- AND WE ALL DID IT
BECAUSE- HE WANTED A DRIVER'S
LICENSE AND WE'RE ROTH SAY FOR
THEM SO. WE TO CHICKEN IN A KIND
OF ONE OF WHICH CARS TO FOR FREE
TO ANY SCHOOL. HEY WE SELL AUTO
SHOP. YEAH WELL THAT'S A BROADER
PROBLEM. YOU KNOW- MAY WE- WORK
IN THAT. ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.
YOU SENATOR DOLLY IS A- ONE OF.
FIRST ISSUES THAT WE'VE BROUGHT
UP AS A COMMITTEE SO I THINK THE
SENATOR FOR BRING THAT FORWARD.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
SENATOR ALAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE- REALLY RUDE. FREESHEET
THE ROBUST DISCUSSION I AND I DO
WANT TO. I GOTTA TELL YET. WHEN
I FIRST HEARD THIS BILL AS A
YOUNG LEGISLATOR WITHOUT KIDS IT
. WAS MEANINGFUL TO ME. NOW TO
HAVE A LITTLE- IT YOU KNOW THE
STORY SUGGESTED. MUCH HARD. YOU
SPENT HE'S PUT SO MUCH. LOVE
ATTENTION. TIME THIS INVEST.
INTO THESE KIDS AND- TO THINK
THAT ALL THAT COULD BE TAKEN
AWAY INTERNET. BECAUSE SOMEONE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAINING-
GOSH I REALLY I HOPE I HOPE WE
WILL GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE THIS YEAR. LET'S WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE
AND EFFECTIVE- BUT BUT
ULTIMATELY THIS IS ABOUT SAVING
LIVES AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL. DISCUSSION AND ASK
HER ABOUT. THANK YOU SO CAN WE
ENTERTAIN A MOTION I THINK
THIRTY GOT ONE BY SENATOR
BACKER- SO WITH THAT. A MAN
BECAUSE ON CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. FOR FILE ITEM NINE SB
FOUR SEVENTY THREE BY SENATOR
ALAN THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
SENATORS GONZALEZ HI AND SALAS I
NEELAM. AYE MILLER AYE ALLEN.
AYE ALLEN AYE ARCHULETA. AYE
ARCHULETA AYE. BAKER BAKER I
LIKE SPEAR. LIKE SPEAR I CORTES
HE- THE- ALL RIGHT DALY I. .ORG
DOT. LIMÓN MCGUIRE. NEWMAN I
NEWMAN I WHEN. THANK I'M- WHAT.
OKAY HAVE NINE. THOSE SO FAR SO
LEAVE THAT ON CALL. US A MEMBERS
WORKING TAKE A THAT WE'VE AS- A
FORMER GONNA TAKE UP THE-
CALENDAR AND ACTUALLY JUST A
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT ITEM EIGHT SB
THREE TWELVE BY SENATOR WIENER.
AN ITEM- THIRTEEN SB SIX EIGHTY
NINE BY SENATOR BLAKE SPARE OFF
OF THE- AGENDA AT THIS TIME SO
WE'LL BE HEARING FIFTEEN
MEASURES. OF COURSE WE'VE
ALREADY HEARD ONE ON TODAY'S
AGENDA. WITH SIX OF THOSE
PROPOSED FOR CONSENT TO THE
PROPOSED CONSENT ITEMS ARE AS
FOLLOWS ITEM FOR SB SIXTY EIGHT
BY SENATOR MCGUIRE ITEM FIVE SB
THREE A ONE BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO S. ITEM SEVEN SB
THREE ZERO FOUR BY SENATOR
LAYERED. ITEM ELEVEN SB SIX OF
SIX SIX ALL RIGHT TO KILL ITEM
TWELVE SB SIX SEVENTEEN NEWMAN
ITEM SIXTEEN AS C. R. TWENTY
FIVE BY SARATOGA- CAN WE-
ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AND A MOTION
. WE HAVE A MO AND THEIR ARE NO
I THAT WOULD BE PULLED CONSENT
THIS TIME TO SEND OUR TO LET IT
THANK YOU AND- CONSULTANT CAN WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONSENT. FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR SENATORS WHO GONZALEZ
HI GONZALEZ I AM NEELAM.
CANNELLA AYE ALLEN. ALLEN HI
ARCHULETA AYE ARCHULETA AYE
BAKER. BAKER I LAKE SUPERIOR.
CLICKS I CORTES HE- THE DAILY.
DALY AYE DODD. AYE DODD AYE
LIMÓN. MCGUIRE NEWMAN. AYE
NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. THEY ARE
SORRY WHEN I. THEY ARE DON'T
HIGH THEATER I NUMBER. FOUR HOT
. ELEVEN VOTE SO FAR THE CONSENT
SO LEAVE THAT ON HOLD AS WELL
SO- NEXT WE HAVE A AUTHOR HERE
SENATOR PORTANTINO WHO WILL
PRESENT FILE ITEM SIX SB THREE
FIFTY SEVEN AND I'M GOING TO
HAND THIS OFF TO MY VICE CHAIR
SENATOR NEAL LOW WHO WILL TAKE.
OVER FOR A BIT WHILE I'M AWAY
THANK YOU YOU ARE. I AM SO SORRY
. WELL SENATOR PORTENT YOU MAY
PRESENT. THANK I DON'T CARE THE
NUMBER. EVERYTHING AN AMENDMENTS
THE ARE NOT THE ONES OUT IN THE
COME NOW LET'S THE WERE OUR SON
PURPOSE. PER FOR TWO TWENTY NINE
ON A VOLUNTARY REPORTING SYSTEM
REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT THE
DMV TO PRODUCE A REPORT BY
TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN ANALYZING
CHANGES IN REPORTING PATTERNS
FROM DOCTORS BEFORE. AND AFTER
IMPLEMENTATION IN CRASH RATES
BEFORE AND AFTER SO THOSE ARE
THE MOMENTS WERE ACCEPTING AND
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT SB THREE FIVE SEVEN AND
AGAIN THANK THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
AND STAFF AND MY STAFF FOR
WORKING THAT OUT IN THE SPONSORS
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL. SB THREE
FIFTY SEVEN WOULD PROVIDE
DOCTORS WITH MORE DISCRETION
REPORT CONDITIONS THEY BELIEVE
WILL IMPAIR A PATIENT'S
INABILITY TO DRIVE INCLUDING
EPILEPSY EPILEPSY IS THE FOURTH
MOST COMMON NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDER DISORDER AFFECTING MORE
THAN FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS. AND
THREE POINT FOUR MILLION
AMERICANS IN NINETEEN FIFTY
SEVEN- A STATE LAW WAS PASSED
THAT MANDATED PHYSICIANS TO
AUTOMATICALLY REPORT THESE
DRIVERS TO THE DMV EVEN THOUGH
THE IS THERE IS EVIDENCE DRIVERS
WITH EPILEPSY DON'T HAVE
MEANINGFUL HIGHER ACCIDENT RATE.
THAN THE BROADER POPULATION THE
REPORTING REQUIREMENT IS LED TO
PATIENTS NOT DISCLOSING THEIR
CONDITIONS TO THE DOCTORS OUT OF
FEAR THAT THEY MAY RISK THEIR
LICENSE. BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
NOT DISCLOSING ALSO MEANS
PATIENTS ARE GETTING LESS ACCESS
TO APPROPRIATE CARE AND HAVE AN
INCREASED RISK OF SEIZURE.
INJURY AND EVEN DEATH BY GIVING
DOCTORS MORE DISCRETION WILL
ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO GET THE
CARE THEY NEED WITHOUT RISK OF
LOSING THEIR ABILITY TO DRIVE
AND PROTECT THE DOCTOR PATIENT
RELATIONSHIP. THIS BILL WILL
LASTLY UPDATING OUTDATED LAW AND
ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIA JOINS
WITH THE OTHER FORTY FOUR STATES
THAT DO NOT MANDATE REPORTING.
WITH ME TODAY I HAVE REBEKAH
HOLLY WELL FROM THE EPILEPSY
FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES AND
DAVID PARKER THE PARENT OF A
CHILD WITH. EPILEPSY TO
TESTIFIED SUPPORT. AFTERNOON
ABOUT HALL WELL THE UP COUNTY OF
THE- I THINK YOU TO THE CHAIRED
THE COMMITTEE- CALIFORNIA IS.
ONLY ONE OF THE LAST OF SIX
STATES IN THE NATION THAT HAS
MANDATORY REPORTING AND AS
YOU'RE AWARE PHYSICIAN REPORTS
THAT LAPSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IT
MAKES ITS WAY TO THE DMV. D. V.
THEN DECIDES OREGON A BREAKFAST
ISSUE LICENSE DENY RENEWAL
MEDIALLY SUSPEND OR REVOKE AN
INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS LICENSE AT
THE TIME I CAN BURY BUT IT'S ON
THE FURTIVE TO WAIT AT LEAST.
TWO MONTHS A MINIMUM- TWO MONTHS
AT MINIMUM OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
DRIVE TO WORK TWO MONTHS A
POTENTIAL LOSS OF INCOME EITHER
TEMPORARILY OR INDEFINITELY- AND
IS REPORTING JUST CAN BE
UNNECESSARY BURDEN- ESPECIALLY
FOR THE NEARLY SEVENTY PERCENT.
OF PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY WHO
FINDS TAXIS ARE CONTROLLED BY
MEDICATION OR THE PERSON WHO
ONLY HAS SEIZURES AT NIGHT- LAW
AS IT EXISTS TODAY COMPROMISES
THE PATIENT DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP.
AND JEOPARDISES. THE PATIENT
FROM ACCESSING CARE. BECAUSE OF
THIS CURRENT. AND TO INVITE US
IMPORTANCE PROCESS WITHIN
UNKNOWN OUTCOME. PEOPLE HAVE A
CHANGER CHANGE IS COMES RELY TO
KEEP. THIS TO THEIR DOCTOR ARE
THE DOCTORS THEN NOT ABLE TO
EXPLORE WHAT WHY DID THEY HAVE
THAT BREAKTHROUGH CAESAR HOT
MAYBE WHICH AND WHICH HAPPENS
OFTEN DID THEY GET THE WRONG
MEDICATION PHARMACY. TO THEIR
INSURANCE COMPANY SUDDENLY TO
SAY HEY THAT'S ON THE FORMULARY
ANYMORE. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY
BETTER GIVEN A SUBSTITUTE. ON
THAT POLICY CAN ARE ALSO
DECLINING NEWER POTENTIALLY
BETTER AND MORE BENEFICIAL
TREATMENTS. FOR THE FEAR OF A
BREAKTHROUGH SEIZURE AS THEY
TRANSITION FROM ONE THERAPY TO
ANOTHER. AYE DOCTORS CAN'T
PROPERLY CARE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY IF THERE IS AN HONEST
AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.
UNCONTROLLED SEIZURES ARE
SERIOUS AND CAN LEAD TO INJURY
AND DEATH. MORTALITY RATES FOR
THOSE WITH UNCONTROLLED EPILEPSY
CAN BE FOR EVEN SEVEN TIMES
HIGHER THAN THOSE WITHOUT. A
CONTROL TO CONTROL SEIZURES-
ULTIMATELY SB THIRTY THREE FIFTY
SEVEN DOESN'T CHANGE SO THAT
GIVES S. U. B. CHANGE THE
EXISTING PROCESS. BUT JUST
SIMPLY ALLOWS DOCTORS THE
ABILITY TO NOT REPORT. WHEN THE
SITUATION ISN'T WARRANTED- WE
RESPECTFUL RESPECTFULLY. ASK
YOUR I. ABOUT THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS DAVID
PARKER I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
OF THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION US
ANGELES. AND THE CHAIR OF OUR
PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE- FOR
THANKS IN THEIR PORTANTINO FOR
AUTHORING THIS IMPORTANT BILL
AND CHECK AND SALAS AND THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR
WORKING WITH US TO MAKE THIS
LEGISLATION THE BEST IT CAN BE.
EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM LIKELY
KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S HAD A
SEIZURE. THAT MAY COME AS A
SURPRISE BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN
DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR
SEIZURES. WITH GOOD REASON
OUTDATED LAWS LIKE THE ONE WE'RE
TRYING TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW MEET
PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY AFRAID TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR SEIZURES WITH
THEIR OWN DOCTORS FOR FEAR OF
LOSING THEIR LICENSES. WHICH CAN
MEAN LOSING THEIR JOBS THEIR
LIVELIHOODS THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
DESPITE ITS PREVALENCE EPILEPSY
HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY ONE
MOST MISUNDERSTOOD AND
STIGMATIZED MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
MANDATORY REPORTING NOT ONLY
PERPETUATES THAT STIGMA IT'S
VERY EXISTENCE IS ROOTED IN
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION.
THE NINETEEN FIFTY SEVEN LAW
CENTER PORTANTINO REFER TO
REQUIRING PHYSICIANS TO REPORT
IMMEDIATELY EVERY PERSON
DIAGNOSED AS A CASE OF EPILEPSY
OR SIMILAR DISORDERS
CHARACTERIZED BY LAPSE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS. HAS REMAIN
SUBSTANTIVELY INTACT FOR WILL
SEVEN DECADES. THAT MEANS THAT
THE CURRENT MANDATORY REPORTING
LAW DATES FROM A TIME WHEN THE
CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
PROHIBITED LICENSES FROM BEING
ISSUED TO ANYONE. AND I QUOTE
WHO IS INSANE FOR FEEBLE MINDED
OR AN IDIOT IMBECILE OR
EPILEPTIC. THE LANGUAGE OF
SHAMEFUL AS THE ATTITUDE
REPRESENTED. BUT THAT IS THE
CONTEXT IN WHICH MANDATORY
REPORTING WAS INTRODUCED. THREE
VERY CLEAR. WE SUPPORT
PHYSICIANS CONTINUING TO BE ABLE
TO REPORT PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT
BE SAFE TO DRIVE. WHAT YOU'RE
STANDING UP AGAINST IS SINGLING
OUT DRIVERS WITH SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS INCLUDING EPILEPSY.
BASED NOT ON DATA OR EVIDENCE OF
INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS ABILITIES.
BUT AN OUTDATED ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT CERTAIN DIAGNOSES. I WILL
SHARE ONE PIECE OF DATA. ONE
STUDY ESTIMATED THAT POINT
00001% OF ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED
BY DRIVER WITH EPILEPSY THAT'S
ONE IN A MILLION. THIS BILL WILL
NOT TAKE ANY AUTHORITY AWAY FROM
THE DMV TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS
ON INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS BUSINESS.
SB THREE FIFTY SEVEN WILL SIMPLY
REPLACE A DISCRIMINATORY SCHEME
THAT STIGMATIZES AND
MARGINALIZES CALIFORNIA IS BASED
ENTIRELY ON A DIAGNOSIS WITH AN
EVIDENCE BASED PHYSICIAN DRIVEN
PROGRAM. IT MATTERS THAT PEOPLE
WITH EPILEPSY BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR SEIZURES WITH THEIR
DOCTORS. IT MATTERS THAT PEOPLE
WITH EPILEPSY BE ABLE TALK ABOUT
THEIR SEIZURES PERIOD. MY
DAUGHTER IS EIGHT SHE SAID
SEIZURES SHE WAS FIVE MONTHS OLD
. SHE'S ON THE MORE SEVERE AND
OF THE ABILITY SPECTRUM AND
BARRING ANY MAJOR MEDICAL
ADVANCES SHE IS UNLIKELY TO EVER
DRIVE. BUT A LAW THAT
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ONE PERSON
WITH EPILEPSY DISCRIMINATES
AGAINST THEM ALL. WE WILL NOT
MOVE PAST OLD PREJUDICES AND TO
CHANGE THE LAWS BUILT UPON THEM
. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
CONSIDERATION. IF THERE ARE ANY
OTHER- WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. FOR
THIS BILL PLEASE COME FORWARD
AND- IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR
POSITION IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR BRANDON
MARCH YOU AT THE CALIFORNIA
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SHANE
GUSMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
TEAMSTERS AND THE AMALGAMATED
TRANSIT UNION AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. IN ROOM TWELVE HUNDRED-
SO DO WE HAVE LEAD TO WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION HERE IN THE ROOM.
OR ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN THE ROOM.
WELL WE WILL MOVE TO THE OUR
PHONE LINES- AT THE KEY PIECE
OF. THE PLEASE PRESS ONE TO ZERO
FOR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. TO SB
. THREE FIFTY SEVEN. PLEASE
STAND BY. THANK YOU MATTER
PLEASE OPEN THE LINES. ONE
MOMENT PLEASE. AND WE TO HAVE
ATTESTED Q. UP THIS TIME THE
STAND BY. THREE THREE CLICK FULL
. WE WILL GO TO LINE FORTY FOUR
VALLAPUDUA HAD FORTY FOUR. THANK
YOU GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
LAUREN NORTHFIELD LEE AND I'M
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN UP LET'S SEE SOCIETY
AND STRONG SUPPORT SB THREE FIVE
SEVEN. THANK YOU. BANCO TO LINE
IT FIFTY ONE PLEASE GO AHEAD
FIFTY ONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME. YES
. OKAY SO I'M JUST HEARING BUT
MY FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING
THANK YOU FOR EVEN ALLOWING THAT
I'M BUT I FIGURED OUT HOW TO
PARTICIPATE AS- I DO LOVE
FOLLOWING- DIDN'T. IN THE FLOOD
AND REGARDLESS EPILEPSY HERE IN
THE RESEARCH WOULD PRESENTED.
SHOW THAT IT WAS SO LOW AND I'M
A BIG SUPPORTER OF FREEDOM SO. I
THINK THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE
ANY DISCRIMINATION ABOUT.
ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THEIR
LICENSE- AND I HOPE THAT EVEN
THE PROCEEDINGS FOLLOW A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF A SLOWER CALMER
PACE. I WAS TRYING TO
PARTICIPATE OF COURSE SEVEN
THREE AND EXIST GOT MISSED
THROUGH IT AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO
FOLLOW THROUGH AND WRITING. THE
I THINK OF. EIGHT POINT SEVEN ME
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEST. THANK
YOU. BURKE TO LA FOR TWO
PRESCRIBE IT. HI LAURIE WIDER
APATHY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA AND
SUPPORT SB THREE FIVE SEVEN.
THANK YOU. IS THAT THE END OF
THE- TESTIMONY ON THE PHONE
LINES I BELIEVE IT IS. YES THERE
WERE- SENATOR PORTANTINO EXCUSE
ME- WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE-
TO THE MEMBERS- IF ANYBODY WOULD
LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A
COMMENT. SENATOR ARCHULETA I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF US
WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
ILLNESSES. STROKES THINGS OF
THAT NATURE AND IT'S USUALLY ONE
TIME. THEY'RE CURED WITH THE
MEDICAL TREATMENT WE HAVE TODAY
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET UP
AND BEGIN THE LIFE ONCE AGAIN
AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE'RE
GOING FORWARD WITH THIS AND- AND
REACHING OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY
AND I THANK YOU AND I. WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE RIGHT NOW. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THE BILL
OF TWELVE CENTER PORTANTINO YOU
MAY CLOSE. AT LEAST ON THIS
ISSUE WITH RESPECT. THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY SENATOR ARCHULETA.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FOR FILE
ITEM SIX SB THREE FIFTY SEVEN BY
SENATOR PORTANTINO THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY SENATORS GONZALEZ.
NEELAM HI NEIL AYE ALLEN.
ARCHULETA HI ARCHULETA AYE BAKER
. BAKER I EXPERIENCE FIVE BRICKS
I CORTES HE- DALY I SALLY AYE
DODD. AYE DODD AYE LIMÓN. CHOIR
NEWMAN ALL RIGHT NEWMAN I. ZERO
TWO FIVE ZERO FIVE NUMBER. WHAT
. I WHEN I. I WILL KEEP. FOR
MEMBERS TO CATCH UP- WE HAVE
WE'RE GOING TO FILE ORDER- IS-
SENATOR UMBERG HERE HE'S
CURRENTLY CHAIRING A MEETING I
BELIEVE. THE MEETING WHERE I'M
SUPPOSED TO BE TO- IT'S A FUN
DAY- SO DO WE HAVE ANY AUTHORS
NOT ON THE COMMITTEE IN THE ROOM
. THAT AND- SENATOR BAKER YOU
ARE UP.
SENATE RECORD YOU WILL PRESENT-
FILE ITEM TO SP FORTY NINE THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS.
CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO BUILD MORE
THAN. ONE HUNDRED. GIGAWATTS
ABUSE OR THREATS THREE TIMES OUR
CURRENT AMOUNTS ALONG WITH
TRANSMISSION TO DELIVER ALL THAT
CLEAN ENERGY TO OUR CITIES IN
ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR 100% CLEAN
ENERGY GOAL. SB FORTY NINE
SUPPORT SOLAR IN TRANSMISSION
LINES THAT AVOID CONSTRUCTION ON
UNDEVELOPED OR AGRICULTURAL LAND
WITH TWO APPROACHES FIRST
INCENTIVIZES SOLAR CANOPIES.
OVER PARKING LOTS OR SCHOOL
LUNCH AREAS FOR EXAMPLE BY
EXEMPTING THOSE PROJECTS FROM
SALES TAX. WE SAW OVER PARKING
LOT COMMISSIONERATE ESTIMATED
THIRTEEN THOUSAND MEGAWATTS OF
NEW SOLAR WITHOUT NEEDING ANY
NEW LAND. ROVER PROVIDE SHADE
FOR ALL THOSE CARS SO DON'T GET
SO HOT. SECOND THE BILL DIRECTS
CALTRANS DEVELOP A STRATEGIC
PLAN FOR MAKING UNUSED LAND
WITHIN HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY
AVAILABLE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
GENERATION. AND FOR RELIGION
JERRY ENERGY STORAGE AND
TRANSMISSION LINES OTHER STATES
ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WHEN
NORTH CAROLINA ANALYZED ITS
HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAYS THEY FOUND
FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES OF SPACE.
SUITABLE FOR SOLAR DEVELOPMENT
BUT NOT FOR FIVE THOUSAND TO TEN
THOUSAND MEGAWATTS. ASSEMBLY
TRANSMISSION THESE RIGHT OF WAYS
CAN HELP US SPEED UP THE PROCESS
BY VOIDING THE NEED TO CITED ON
PRIVATE LAND. THAT'S OWNED BY
HUNDREDS OF SEPARATE LANDOWNERS
. THE STATE CAN ALSO EARN
REVENUE FROM LEASING THE LAND IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY TO SOAR
DEVELOPERS TO THIS EFFORTS COULD
EVEN PAY FOR ITSELF. WITH THESE
TWO APPROACHES WE GET MORE
RENEWABLE ENERGY BUILT SUPPORT
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS PROVIDE SHADE
FOR CARS IN KIDS AND- IN THE
STATE REVENUE FROM LEASING LAND
FOR SOLAR DEVELOPMENT. THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS A
TECHNICAL FIX AND ADD A
REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR
CALTRANS PROGRESS ON CITING
TRANSMISSION. AND I'LL BE HAPPY
TO WORK ON THOSE FOR THE NEXT
COMMITTEE I STRICTLY ASKED HER
AYE VOTE TODAY HAVE DAN JACOBSON
FOR ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA. AN
ALLEY KELLY FROM THE READY TO
TESTIFY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
CHAIRMAN MY NAME IS DAN JACOBSON
WITH ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA
FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK THE
SENATOR FOR HIS HARD WORK ON
THIS. SO OFTEN WE SEE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA THAT WE'RE SETTING
AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY
HOW DO WE GET TO A HUNDRED
PERCENT. THE STATE IS SAID WE
NEED TO BUILD SIX OR SEVEN
GIGAWATTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN
ORDER TO MEET THAT GOAL YET
EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE SEEM TO
FALL SHORT OF THAT. BY SEVERAL
GIGAWATTS. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS
COULD BE WRESTLED WITH NOT
NECESSARILY IN THIS COMMITTEE
BUT BY OTHER POLICY COMMITTEES
IN TERMS OF CITING IN TERMS OF
TRANSMISSION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
DO THE PERMITTING ON THIS ONE.
THIS ISSUE IS MORE OF THE LOW
HANGING FRUIT THIS LOOKS AT
WHERE COULD WE EASILY
ESTABLISHING COURT SOLAR AND
STORAGE. ON THE LAND IT'S
ALREADY BEEN DISTURBED IN IN
LOOKING AT THE PARKING AREA THAT
SENATOR BECKER HAS ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY ALONE THERE'S A HUNDRED
SQUARE MILES. OF THE PARKING. IN
THE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IF WE JUST PUT THIS STROLLER ON
ON HALF OF THE PARKING LOTS.
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE STATE
WE CAN GENERATE UP TO THIRTEEN
GIGAWATTS. OF CLEAN ENERGY THIS
IS ENERGY THAT WE CAN PUT ON
QUICKLY HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THAT HOPEFULLY
DOESN'T THAT THAT. WE SPEED
THROUGH SO MUCH OF THE
PERMITTING AND OTHER ISSUES THAT
WE SOMETIMES STRUGGLE WITH. WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO
CLEAN ENERGY. THE OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES HERE IS IT NOT
ONLY IS THIS CLEAN ENERGY BUT
ALSO A FORCE FOR GOOD JOBS HERE
IN CALIFORNIA AND WE'LL HEAR
FROM OTHER FOLKS AS WELL. NEXT
OLD SEE THE REST OF MY TIME OVER
THE ALLEY KELLY. WHO CAN TALK
ABOUT HOW THIS WORKING. IN TERMS
OF PUTTING SOLAR IN THE RIGHTS
OF WAY ON THE HIGHWAYS. HELLO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
STAND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK WITH YOU ABOUT SENATE BILL
FORTY NINE. THANK YOU SENATOR
BAKER FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
MY NAME IS ALLEY KELLY I'M
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN ATLANTA
BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
CALLED THE RAY. THE RAY AS A
NONPROFIT FACILITATES
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND THE
PUBLIC SECTOR. IN FACT TO THE
RAY IS NOW WORKING IN TWENTY
SEVEN STATES. WITH THREE DOZEN
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES. AND
MUCH OF OUR PROJECT WORK IS
FOCUSED ON UTILIZING THE RIGHTS
OF WAY FOR CLEAN ENERGY. FOR
STRUCTURE AS DESCRIBED AND
SENATE BILL FORTY NINE. I JUST
WANT TO SUPPORT THE COMMENTS
THAT SENATOR BECKER HAS ALREADY
MADE. NUMBER ONE SENATE BILL
FORTY NINE DOES NOT CREATE ANY
FISCAL BURDEN. AS IT RELATES TO
RIGHT OF WAY SOLAR AND RIGHT OF
WAY TRANSMISSION ANALYSIS FOR
CALTRANS OR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THE RAY AS A
NONPROFIT OPERATES A POWERFUL
GIS MAPPING TOOL. THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO US FREE OF CHARGE BY
AS THREE WERE ABLE TO INPUT. THE
PERSONAL DATA FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES WERE
ABLE TO UTILIZE THE STATE'S
ELEVATION AND THE STATE'S
SURFACE MODEL TO FIND THE MOST
SUITABLE SITES AND THE RIGHT OF
WAY FOR SOLAR DEVELOPMENT. AND
BASED ON THAT SUITABILITY
ANALYSIS WE'VE BEEN CARRY
FORWARD PROCUREMENT TO EXECUTION
OF THESE PROJECTS IN FACT STATES
WHO HAVE UTILIZED THEIR RIGHTS
OF WAY FOR SOLAR DEVELOPMENT
HAVE SAVED MONEY ON DAY ONE.
BECAUSE FOR THE LIFE OF THESE
PROJECTS THE STATE IS NO LONGER
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF THOSE PARCELS. MOWING AND
OTHER TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
ACTIVITIES ON THE ROADSIDES CAN
BE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND MY HOME
STATE OF GEORGIA WE SPEND SOME
FORTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS EVERY
YEAR. SPRING WEEDS AND MOWING
GRASS ON THE ROAD SIDES SO EACH
PARCEL THAT'S DEVELOPED INTO
SOLAR IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVING
THE STATE AND THE AGENCY-
IMPORTANT FUNDS WHICH ARE
DIRECTED- TO ROADSIDE
MAINTENANCE. ALSO WITH MAIN DOT
SITES RECENTLY DEVELOPED IN
THEIR CAPITAL CITY OF AUGUSTA ON
I NINETY FIVE FACILITATED BY THE
RAY RESULTED IN NEW REVENUE
SOURCES FOR MAINE DOT. FOR THE
TWENTY YEAR PERIOD OF THOSE
SOLAR SITES MAIN DOT WAS ABLE TO
LEVERAGE A FEE FOR THE LAND OF
LICENSES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE. MAIN DUTY WAS ALSO
ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A POWER
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHICH WILL
LOWER THEIR ENERGY COSTS AS A D.
O. T. THEIR ENERGY COSTS LOWERED
BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE
TWENTY YEAR PROJECT PERIOD. SOME
MONEY SAVED ON ROADSIDE
MAINTENANCE MONEY SAVED ON DOT
UTILITY COSTS AND MONEY EARNED
SIMPLY BY UNLEASHING THE
PRODUCTIVITY OF THE ROADSIDE
LAND FOR. RIGHT OF WAY SOLAR WE
ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED A TOOL FOR
ANALYZING THE ROADSIDES FOR
INCORPORATING TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION AND THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE CO LOCATED
WITH THE FIBER IN THE ROAD SIDES
CREATING A LAYER CAKE THAT VALUE
AS A POTENTIAL FOR A ROADSIDE
LANDS- FINALLY I WILL JUST KNOW
THAT THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
HAVE. BEEN FACILITATED AND HAVE
BEEN LAUDED BY OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FEDERAL HIGHWAYS HAS
TWENTY TWENTY ONE GUIDANCE WHERE
AND THEY LIST ALL OF THE WAYS IN
WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL FACILITATE THESE PROJECTS.
THEY THEMSELVES WILL WHERE IT
WILL WAIVE THEIR FAIR MARKET
VALUE REQUIREMENTS THEY WILL-
ESSENTIALLY INCORPORATE MANSION
STYLE PERMITTING REFORM FOR
THESE PROJECTS AND REDUCE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS IN ORDER
TO FACILITATE THESE PROJECTS.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE HAVE RECOGNIZED RIGHT OF
WAY TRANSMISSION IN THEIR TWENTY
TWENTY TWO GAME CHANGERS REPORT
AS ONE OF THE THIRTY SEVEN GAME
CHANGERS THAT THE UNITED STATES
MUST IMPLEMENT. AND OUR OUR WORK
TO ADDRESS THE CLIMB CRISIS.
WITH THAT AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY MY COLLEAGUE
DAVID PETERS WHO CAME TO THE RED
FROM ASHEVILLE IS WITH ME TO
HELP ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH DO WE
HAVE- OTHER WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM AND SUPPORT. PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME ORGANIZATION AND YOUR
POSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON MELISSA
ROMERO CALIFORNIA BERMAN TO
VOTERS IN SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON MEMBERS KILEY WALKING
HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION OF UTILITY
EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WHERE MARTIN ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR
AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON CRISTINA
SCREENED WITH THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THE COMPLAINT
ON BEHALF OF THE SILICON VALLEY
LEADERSHIP GROUP IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON STEVEN
KING ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE CLIMATE
CENTER LOS ANGELES BUSINESS
COUNCIL. INDIVISIBLE MARION
CLIMATE ACTION MENDOCINO CLIMATE
HAWKS VOTE CITIZENS CLIMATE
LOBBY SO CAL TRI COUNTIES
CHAPTER PROGRESSIVE ZIONISTS OF
CALIFORNIA DIRECT CONNECT AND
RECALLED ENERGY THANK YOU. HELLO
MY NAME IS JOHN JONES
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA.
INDIVISIBLE CALIFORNIA STATE
STRONG A COALITION OF EIGHTY ONE
INDIVISIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING OVER EIGHTY
THOUSAND CONSTITUENTS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH OUR
STRONG SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL
FORTY NINE SUPPORT SYSTEM. IT'S
GOT TO BE. CYNTHIA SALAD ON OF
SACRAMENTO AREA CONGREGATIONS
TOGETHER IN STRONG SUPPORT.
TERRY CHAIRMAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S CEO OF ALL TO SEE
THE PART OF LOS ANGELES I'M
ACTUALLY BY THE RISING IN
SUPPORT OF- SB FORTY NINE AS THE
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE
CALIFORNIA EPA. AND ONE OF THE
ARCHITECTS OF THE MILLION SOLAR
ROOFS INITIATIVE AND I WANTED TO
GIVE YOU THIS ADDITIONAL PIECE
OF DATA THAT- THAT WHEN WE
LAUNCHED THE MILLION SOLAR ROOFS
INITIATIVE TEN YEARS LATER WE
WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE
MILLIONS INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP
SOLAR. IN IN CALIFORNIA WE
PREDICTED WHEN WE CREATED THIS
INITIATIVE THAT WOULD GENERATE
ABOUT THREE GIGAWATTS OF CLEAN
ENERGY IT ENDED UP GENERATING
EIGHT GIGGLE EIGHT POINT NINE
GIGAWATTS IN THE TEN YEARS AND
NOW IT'S WELL OVER ONE POINT SIX
MILLION. SO WHATEVER THE
ESTIMATES ARE FOR THE POTENTIAL
FOR MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY HERE
THEY'RE PROBABLY GROSSLY
UNDERESTIMATED ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION I
KNOW MUCH OF THE TESTIMONY HAS
BEEN ABOUT THE ROAD SIDES WHICH
I'VE I GREATLY APPRECIATE. BUT
WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
THE SHADE STRUCTURES ON PARKING
LOTS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES THAT LESS AFFORDABLE IS
BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO
BUILD THE CANOPY IN ORDER TO PUT
THE SOLAR ON TOP OF IT SO THIS I
THINK WOULD TAKE SOME OF THOSE
ECONOMICS AND TURN AROUND-
ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT CHANGES-
IN THE NET METERING LAWS SO LONG
STORY SHORT. THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY HERE BOTH TO ACHIEVE
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ARE CLEAN
ENERGY GOALS. AND AND OF COURSE
ARE A LOT OF CLEAN ENERGY JOBS
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO
ANY LEAD- WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION ARE THERE ANY. HERE
IN THE ROOM. GOOD AFTERNOON
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS BEEN
TRIPPED OVER THE LEGAL
CALIFORNIA CITIES WE REGRETFULLY
HAVE TO BE OPPOSED TO SUBMIT AN
SB FORTY NINE. CAL CITIES DOES
SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE BILL
AND THE- DEVELOPMENT OF
RENEWABLE ENERGIES UNFORTUNATELY
CALIFORNIA CITIES CANNOT AFFORD
ANY ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL LOCAL
TAX BASE. TO THAT AND WE DO HAVE
SOME OF THEM IS THAT WE PROPOSE
THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE WE DO KNOW
OUR CONCERNS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY. GERMANE TO THIS
COMMITTEE- SO WILL BE ADDRESSING
THOSE AND GIVE OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY- OTHER
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY VIA A TELECONFERENCE AND
AS A REMINDER TO THOSE WITNESSES
PLEASE. TELL US YOUR NAME YOUR
ORGANIZATION WHETHER YOU SUPPORT
OR OPPOSE THE BILL- MODERATOR IF
YOU'D PLEASE THAT PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS- WAITING TO TESTIFY
. THANK YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENT
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION SB
FORTY NINE. EXPRESS WANTED ZERO
AT THIS TIME. AND WE DO HAVE TO
GO TO ONE FIFTY ONE PLEASE GO
AHEAD FIFTY ONE. THE PHONE.
ACTUALLY FIFTY ONE- DISCONNECTED
LET'S GO TO LINE FIFTY FIVE.
WHICH GO AHEAD AT FIVE. JANET
MOCK THE CLIMATE ACTION
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OR TRY
BACK TO LINE FIFTY ONE PLEASE GO
AHEAD FIFTY ONE. HELLO MANY
INCHES DOWN THERE AS- BUT I'M
NOT WITH ANY ASSOCIATION WITH
THE SENATE TAXPAYER COUNTY AND
I'M A TRUMP SUPPORTER. THANK YOU
. FOR THE FIRST TIME GO TO LINE
FIFTY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. FIND
REPRESENTING NG NORTH AMERICA. I
. HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME YES WE
GET AREA. THE SITE IS STILL.
REPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR
NOW GO TO LINE THIRTY SIX PLEASE
GO AHEAD THIRTY SIX. HELLO THIS
IS CATHY SCHAEFER ON BEHALF OF
THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF CLIMATE
REALITY IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL NOW GO TO LINE FORTY
THREE THAT'S CORRECT. THIS
AFTERNOON CALLING FROM ST PAUL
WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL POSITION
ON THIS BILL BUT WE DO HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEED FOR
INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CITY
IS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS OUR
BOTH OUR DMG AND GREENHOUSE. GAS
EMISSIONS AND HOW THIS BILL
INTERPLAY'S. AT THE TIME THANK
YOU. THANK PHOTO LINE FORTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. NANCY HABER.
THREE FIFTY BAY AREA ACTION IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. FOR
NOW GO TO ONE FORTY FIVE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS
ELISE FONG CRIME TREND PRICE
CONSULTING ON BEHALF OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. AND AT THIS
TIME WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
IN Q. THANK YOU MODERATOR AND-
THANKS TO- EVERYONE WHO
TESTIFIED SO LET'S- BRING IT
BACK TO THE MEMBERS- QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS- CENTER DOLLY.
THANKS FOR READING THIS BEFORE
THEY AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT
IDEA- TO. USE THIS RIGHT AWAY
THAT WE HAVE BUT THAT ONE THE
ONE I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GEO
NEXT SO I'M ASSUMING WITH THE
ONE THING THAT I DO HAVE A
CONCERN WITH ON THE BILL THIS.
IS THE TAX SO WE ALREADY. FOR
SOLAR COUNTIES SURVIVE ON AND
CITY SURVIVE ON A TAX BASE YOU
CAN'T HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU
CAN'T HAVE. PARKS YOU CAN HAVE
ALL THOSE THINGS ALL OF THOSE OF
US THAT CAME OUT A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT THOSE SALES
TAX AND THOSE. ON SECURE ROLE
TAXES ALSO AND PROPERTY TAX
HELPED FUND THE SERVICES AT
LOCAL LEVEL AND WE HAVE
TYPICALLY BEEN EXEMPTING SOLAR
FROM. THE SECURE ROLE AND FROM
THE TAXES SO- THAT'S THE PART OF
THE BILL I DON'T LIKE I THINK
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE MADE
WHOLE- AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
DO THAT- ALONG WITH BEING ABLE
TO PUT THESE TRANSMISSIONS I'M A
VOTE FOR THE BILL TODAY- BUT I
KNOW IT'S GOING TO COME TO. I
THINK IT'S GOING TO GEO- ARE
GIVEN FINANCE AND I'M ON THAT
COMMITTEE AS WELL AND I WILL
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADDRESS. THE
TAX ISSUE THAT I THINK NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED- TO MAKE THIS A
REALLY GREAT BILL. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER- QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. CENTER DRIVE. THE- SIR
DAHLE IT TO YOU BRING UP A GOOD
A GOOD POINT ON THE TAX BASE BUT
I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS RIGHT
NOW. THERE IS NO TAX BASE ON
THAT LAND. THAT'S RIGHT AWAY
LAND. PRESUMABLY WHICH IS
CALTRANS RIGHT AWAY LAND WE'RE
TRYING TO DO THIS. TO PROMOTE
MORE. SOLAR I DON'T REALLY SEE-
I DON'T REALLY SEE THE VALUE
AND- I COULD CERTAINLY SEE THAT.
THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND C.
SACK. COMPLAINING ABOUT IT BUT-
I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT AS THE
AYE AYE I NEED TO TALK TO ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE TO. SEE IF
THAT'S REALLY A- VIABLE- YOU
KNOW CONCERNED. SECOND TO THE
AUTHOR OF TWO OKAY- CENTER
BECKER. I THINK THIS IS GREAT
BUT ALL I KEEP HEARING ABOUT IS
THAT WE HAVE. MORE SOLAR THAN WE
NEED RIGHT NOW. AND WE GET TO
FIVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT UNLESS YOU
HAVE. BATTERY STORAGE YOU'RE
JUST. THE GIVING IT AWAY OR
ANXIOUS GOING AWAY. IT CONTINUE
TO PROMOTE MORE MORE SOLAR.
WITHOUT THE BATTERY BACKUP TO GO
ALONG WITH THAT IS THAT I MEAN.
WOULD IT BE ASK YOURSELF IS THIS
A SMART POLICY. HE'LL GO YOU
KNOW GOING FORWARD I DON'T HAVE
THE ANSWER TO IT BUT I'D LOVE TO
HEAR MAYBE EVER. EXPERTS GIL
COMMENT ON. MY CAR IF IT MAKES
ANY SENSE OR NOT. SURE I WILL
ADD UP TO ADDRESS ENTERED ALWAYS
QUESTION MY CLOTHES- BUT I THINK
YOUR YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY WE
STILL NEED MORE SOLAR AND I
ASKED MY TEAM IS A HUNDRED
TRILLION HUNDRED GIGAWATTS. AND
THE REALITIES WE ARE DEVELOPING
MORE STORAGE- AND TO OUR CERTAIN
DAYS OF THE YEAR RIVER COULD
TELLING. WHY YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE
ACTUALLY RIGHT WE TO FOCUS ON
PEAK WHICH IS MILEAGE. IS A
FOCUSED ON THAT PEAK TO GET TO
FOUR SEVEN THERE ARE A FEW DAYS
A YEAR WE'RE WORKER TOTALLY SICK
CURTAILING SOLAR MEETING LIKE
JUST. JUST DISBURSING IT- BUT
MANY MANY MORE DAYS WERE WE
STILL NEED THAT SOLAR AND SO WE
WILL DO DE DEVELOP SOLAR WE
NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
BATTERIES. FOR STORAGE FOR THE
FOR THAT PEAK AND EVEN LONG TERM
STORAGE WHEN DAYS WHEN IT'S NOT
A SUNNY. SO I LOOKED INTO THIS
AND WE YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE
STILL CERTAIN SPECIFIC DAYS THAT
ARE VERY SUNNY THAT WORKER
TELLING SOLAR. WEEK WE STILL
NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SOLAR.
SENATOR BLAKE SPEIR THAN-
SENATOR ARCH ALETTA. THANK YOU
THANK YOU. THE WAY THAT I READ
THIS BILL IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES
STORAGE AND I WAS ENVISIONING
WHEN I FIRST WAS READING THROUGH
IT. I WAS THINKING THAT THE
ISSUE OF SOLAR PANELS ON THE
CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY. IS ONE
THING BUT HAVING BATTERY STORAGE
ON THE CALTRANS RIGHT AWAY AS
YOU WOULD GET A LOT MORE BANG
FOR YOUR BUCK AND ALSO IF
THEY'RE- LEASING THIS. TICKET
THAT WOULD BE A REVENUE
GENERATOR FOR THEM I KNOW I WAS
ON A WASTE WATER DISTRICT WHERE
WE PUT IN A LOT OF BATTERY
STORAGE. AND IT IT'S A MAJOR
REVENUE GENERATOR SO. SO I JUST
WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS
WHAT THE BILL DOES RIGHT ON THE
RIGHT AWAY PCS YEAH YEAH. YEAH I
THINK WE OBSERVED OUTSIDE MORE
ABOUT THE PARKING LOTS RIGHT
RIGHT I'LL BE PRIMARILY SORT BUT
YES ACTUALLY STORAGE. ON IT
RIGHT AWAY PLEASE OKAY THANK YOU
THAT HELPS. FIVE CENTER
ARCHULETA THE SECURE MICHAEL.
CENTER IS- THE INFERENCE. WE
ENTITY FROM CAL- WE ENERGY THE-
DISABILITY BE RISK. FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THE BUILDING UP-
THE SOLAR STRUCTURES. WITH THE
SOLAR PARKING LOT SHOULD BE
SOLELY DEVELOPERS. SO WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE TO
DEVELOPERS WITH THAT TAX- WITH
THE ADDED TAX CREDITS OR
ADDRESS. MAYBE CENTER DOLLIES
POINT THEN- IN RESPONSE TO YOURS
AS WELL WHICH IS WE TRY TO MAKE
IT ATTRACTIVE WHY WOULD SUCH A
PARKING LOT TODAY WISE OR NOT
SOLAR. BECAUSE IT'S NOT
FINANCIALLY. HAS BEEN
FINANCIALLY ATTRACTIVE AND
ACTUALLY WITH NET ENERGY
METERING. I CHANGES IT'S GONNA
MAKING EVEN LESS ATTRACTIVE. SO
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO- RIGHT
NOW IF YOU TAX ZERO YOU GET
ZERO. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE-
WITH THIS BILL MAKE IT MORE
ATTRACTIVE. TO PUT SOLAR ON THE-
ON THE CANOPIES ON PARKING LOTS
AND NOT BE DEVELOPERS ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE. IT WILL BE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA. COMMENT
WHERE DOES OTHER PLACES BUT
ALLEN MAYBE HAVE A QUICK
COMMENT. WILL BE TRANSMITTED FOR
STRUCTURE DEVELOPERS. ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT OF WAY SO CAN BE. BY A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES OF
COURSE THE STATE DOT OR
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY CAN
DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE
THEMSELVES. I WILL TELL YOU THAT
MOST TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES ARE
NOT TRYING TO BUILD ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPAND THEIR
ALREADY BURDENSOME- IN THEM-
WHAT IS MOST LIKELY IS THAT TO A
SOLAR DEVELOPER OR UTILITY WILL
WORK A DEAL WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY TO BRING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE RIGHT
OF WAY. ONE ADDITIONAL OPTION AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN
BLESSED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY
SOLAR. ON THE RIGHT OF WAY BY
PRIVATE ENTITIES SO IT
DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR- SOME
KIND OF MANUFACTURING CENTER
ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
CAN DEVELOP PRIVATE SOLAR ON THE
RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE DIRECT
CONNECT TO THEIR FACILITY FOR
RESILIENCE. AND THAT IS
ALLOWABLE AND ENCOURAGED AND
FACILITATED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT- WE JUST NEED TO
STATE GOVERNMENTS STATE AGENCIES
TO BRING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD
FOR THE FEDS TO FACILITATE THEM
. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FROM- MEMBERS-
SEEING NONE SENATOR BAKER YOU
MAY CLOSE THANKS ARE. A-
PREACHING THE ROBUST DISCUSSION
LOOK FOURTEEN CONVERSATIONS AND
GET A NEW THIS WILL COME UP THE
GOVERNOR FINE AGAIN THAT THE KEY
ISSUE WITH THE PARKING LOTS AS-
WE TAX ZERO WE GET ZERO AND SO
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY
ATTRACTIVE. FOR FOLKS TO BUILD
THERE. WITHOUT ARE STRICTLY
ASTRONAUT VOTE. THANK YOU DO WE
HAVE MOTION. WHO WOULD SET.
SENATOR NEWMAN. CALDERON FOR
FILE ITEM TO SB FORTY NINE BY
SENATOR BECKER THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE SENATORS
GONZALEZ. HELLO I KNEW LOW AYE
ALLEN. ARCHULETA ARCHULETA I
BAKER HI BAKER I EXPERIENCE. THE
EXPIRY I CORTES HE- DALY- DALY
AYE DODD. DODD AYE LIMÓN. LIMÓN
I MCGUIRE. NEWMAN RIGHT NEWMAN
AYE NGUYEN. WHEN I SEE ARE TWO.
ZERO TWO I NUMBER. NUMBER I WILL
HOP. ELEVEN ELEVEN- WILL- KEEP
THE ROLE OPEN FOR A MISSING
MEMBERS- CENTER BAKER IF YOU
DON'T MIND YOU DO HAVE ONE MORE
BILL AFTER THIS BUT- CENTER-
BURKE IS HERE WHO IS CHAIRING
ANOTHER COMMITTEE ON ANOTHER
ROOM SO IF WE COULD LEAD CAPSULE
IT ALWAYS DEFERRED TO. SIT
AROUND OR. WELL THANK YOU YOU
WILL FORGIVE ME FOR NOT BEING IN
YOUR MEETING I WANT TO- I WILL
UNDERSTAND BUT NOT FORGIVE YOU
SO- THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND
THANK YOU SENATOR BAKER FROM
FOUR DIFFERENT FOR A MOMENT I
HOPE IS ONLY A MOMENT- I'M HERE
TO PRESENT. SB FIFTY FIVE
CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT I
THINK EVERYONE ON THIS COMMITTEE
EVERYONE'S ROOM KNOWS THE
EPIDEMIC. PROPORTIONS OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS HERE
IN CALIFORNIA IT HAS AFFLICTED
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF CALIFORNIANS IT IS QUITE
PREVALENT OF THE MOST RECENT
VICTIM OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER
THEFT WAS THE BELOVED
WIENERMOBILE I'M NOT ACTUALLY
TALKING ABOUT A CENTER SCOTT
WIENER'S VEHICLE ON TOP OF THE
OSCAR MAYER VEHICLE- THAT HIT
ITS CATALYTIC CONVERTERS STOLEN
OVER SUPER BOWL WEEKEND- THIS
HITS I REMEMBER EVERY COMMUNITY
IT'S EVERYONE BUT IT
PARTICULARLY HITS LOW. AND
MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS MOST
PROFOUNDLY- IT CAN COST ANYWHERE
FROM A THOUSAND TO FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC
CONVERTER AND WHAT THIS BILL
DOES THIS BILL ASSIST IN THE
ARREST DETERRENCE IN PROSECUTION
OF THOSE WHO STILL CALIBERS IF
YOU STILL CATALYTIC CONVERTER.
AND CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH A
SPECIFIC VEHICLE IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE THE
INDIVIDUAL. WHO IS FOUND FOR
EXAMPLE WITH A TRUCKLOAD OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS THIS BILL
DOES IS REQUIRES THAT- AN
ETCHING BE DONE OR SOME SORT OF
PERMANENT MARKING- OF THE OF A
UNIQUE IDENTIFIER LIKE THE VIN
NUMBER ON THE CATALYTIC
CONVERTER- THIS BILL IS. A WORK
THAT HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS NOW
FOR TWO YEARS- I THINK WE HAVE
RESOLVED MOST OF THE ISSUES. AND
I WOULD URGE YOU TO VOTE. AND
YOU HAVE- TO I YES I DO DO I
WITNESS I HAVE MISS ALEXANDER
CAR CANYON FROM LOS ANGELES
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
. MY NAME IS ALEX FOR CAN AND
I'M A DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY. LOS
ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WITH SPONSORS OF THE BILL- I
JUST WANT TO TALK WITH YOU
BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CATALYTIC
CONVERTER ISSUE IT'S NOT A
SURPRISE TO ANYBODY HERE THIS IS
A BROUGHT BIG PROBLEM ALL ACROSS
LOS ANGELES- NOT JUST LA. BUT
CERTAINLY ALL ACROSS CALIFORNIA-
THE THING IS I WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOME UPDATES AS TO WHAT WHAT'S
GOING ON RECENTLY FIRST OFF
ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING
THIS ISSUE FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS- UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT
GETTING BETTER THIS PROBLEM IS
ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE AT THIS
POINT IN TIME. AND AS THE
SENATOR POINTED OUT WHAT WE NEED
ARE THESE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THE CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS BECAUSE UNTIL WE ARE
ABLE TO STOP THE PEOPLE FROM
DOING THIS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A HIGH PROFIT LOW RISK CRIME
AND SO LONG AS THEY'RE MAKING A
TON OF MONEY DOING THIS AND
THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE TO DOING IT
THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO GO
AWAY- ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF
THE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF LA.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS BILLS CAN
HELP US TURN THE CORNER- WE NEED
THIS IDENTIFYING NUMBER IN ORDER
TO PROSECUTE THAT BEEN ASKED TO
GIVE YOU JUST A COMMON SCHEME AS
TO WHAT HAPPENS THIS HAPPENS ALL
THE TIME. THE SENATOR MENTIONED-
YOU'LL HAVE A TRUCK DRIVING
THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT TWO
AM. PLEASE STOP THE TRUCK IN THE
BACK OF THE TRUCK THIS TWENTY
THIRTY FORTY CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS. AND A SAWS ALL WHICH
IS ONE OF THESE BATTERY OPERATED
SAUCE. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT
THESE CATS AND WE KNOW THEY'RE
STOLEN. AND THE GUYS WHO WERE
THERE THEY KNOW THAT WE KNOW
THAT THEIR STOLEN. AND WE CAN'T
PROVE IT. AND SO LONG AS WE CAN
IMPROVE IT AND WE CAN'T PUNISH
THESE PEOPLE WILL NEVER HOLD
THEM RESPONSIBLE IF YOU CAN HOLD
RESPONSIBLE. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT
GOING TO GO AWAY. THIS FOR THE
TIME I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY.
THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE
OTHERWISE I JUST ASK YOU TO VOTE
ON. PLEASE GIVE US THE TOOLS TO
DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. SURE MAY I ASK
WHO IT IS FOR WHAT YOU NEED SURE
HE- SAID HE WOULD. OPEN UP
QUESTIONS. SURE HOW- OKAY. HOW
ARE WE IDENTIFYING THESE THIEVES
AND PROSECUTING. WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE THE ID'S MECHANISM IN PLACE
RIGHT NOW LARGELY RIGHT NOW
WE'RE NOT- HERE'S WHAT'LL HAPPEN
. A WILL CATCH SOMEONE ACTUALLY
IN THE ACT. FOUR MAYBE IN A VERY
RARE CASE WILL CATCH SOMEBODY ON
LIKE A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WE
ACTUALLY SEE HIM IN THE ACT. BUT
UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE
SPECIALIZED CIRCUMSTANCES
THERE'S ALMOST NOTHING WE CAN DO
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY JUST
WALK RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. TO DO
IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THANK YOU
. ANYBODY ELSE. DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER LEADER NO THE WITNESSES
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM- IN
SUPPORT. OF SB FIFTY FIVE.
MARTIN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MORE
TALK ON BEHALF THE ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PUBLIC
AGENCIES ARE ALSO FACING THE
STAFF AND WE SUPPORT THE BILL.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS AND
THE SAMPSON ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS
ASSOCIATION WE APPRECIATE ALL
THE WORK THAT THE AUTHORED A
STAFF OF INTO THIS AND- AS OF
THE LATEST AMENDMENTS WERE
PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE
THANK YOU- MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
TIM CHANG WITH THE AUTO CLUB OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN SUPPORT
. GOOD AFTERNOON MR CHAIRMAN FOR
SECURE ROSS ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF BURBANK IN SUPPORT.
JONATHAN CLAMP OUT OF THE CITY
EVEN SENATORS AND SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON SURE MEMBERS KURT
BLACKBURN I'M AFTER THE CITY OF
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE IN SUPPORT
. AGAIN THE QUEUE ON THE HALF OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA- JUST
MAILERS ASSOCIATION WANT TO
THANK CENTER REMEMBER GONNA
STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US AND
WE'RE NOW IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MANUALLY ON
BEHALF OF CARVE ANA A WANT TO
THANK THE AUTHOR IN THE CHAIR
FOR THEIR WORK- WE ARE NEUTRAL
WITH THE AMENDMENTS. GOOD
AFTERNOON MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
ANGIE MINETTI HERE REPRESENTING-
MANNHEIM AUTO AUCTIONS WHO'S A
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL AUTO
AUCTION ASSOCIATION WE'RE
PLEASED TO ALSO BE NEUTRAL ON
THIS BILL AND THINK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF AND SENATOR
UMBERG AND HIS STAFF FOR WORKING
SO DILIGENTLY TO RESOLVE OUR
ISSUES. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE
ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL IN THE ROOM. DO WE
HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
IN THE ROOM- PEERING. THE WE
HAVE SOMEBODY COMING FORWARD. NO
NO. FIVE THERE APPEARING TO BE
NONE- WILL NOW MOVE TO WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY. VIA
TELECONFERENCE- AS A REMINDER
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME- THE
ORGANIZATION THAT YOU MAY BE
REPRESENTING AND WHETHER YOU
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE BILL.
MODERATOR IF YOU'D PLEASE PROMPT
THE INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY. THANK YOU TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION SB FIFTY FIVE. PLEASE
PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME
. WE'LL GO TO LINE FIFTY ONE
THIS CALL IT SUSPICION OF THE-
IN JAPAN RIGHT ON A CORNER
COUNTY- THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING
INFORMATION POLITICAL BURGER. I
IT WAS THE FIRST ITEM AGAIN MY
FIRST TRYING SENATE. AND I WOULD
STILL WANTING TO ANOTHER PAYMENT
REQUIRED TO THAT DEGREE FOR NINE
THE TACK ISSUE. MEMBERS OF THE
DON'T THAT I WASN'T ALLOWED WEEK
AGAIN SO FINDING THE PROCESS. I
WOULD I WOULD- EXCUSE ME I WOULD
THE YOU- SUBMIT WE'VE ALREADY
FOR- FORTY NINE IF YOU PERHAPS
YOUR- COMMENTS IN WRITING AND
THE- MEMBERS CAN- REVIEW THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT EVERYTHING
DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS TO MAKE ON
THIS BILL SB FIFTY FIVE. I
WANTED TO HEAR IT AGAIN BECAUSE
THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME SANTA
CLARA COUNTY I HAVEN'T HEARD IT
SUCH A BIG PROBLEM AND SO I
COULDN'T FULLY COMPREHEND AS I
WAS TRYING TO TAKE THOSE HOPING
THAT WOULD NOT BE HEARD AGAIN
FOR FORTY NINE SO I JUST KIND
OF. THE INFORMATION FOR BENNETT
CAN PLEASE THANK YOU ALL RIGHT
WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR- FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION. BOOK ONLINE
FIFTY EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD
SIXTY EIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON BE A
BELIEVE SHAW HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF SAN MONICA IN FOR
SUPPORT THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE
NO FURTHER COMMENT QUEUE WITH
THE TIME- THING YOU VERY MUCH
ALL OR WITNESSES WILL BRING IT
BACK TO- QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
BY THE MEMBERS- AS FOR ONE- AS
ONE- AFFECTED BY THE BILL- I
THINK THE AMENDMENTS MAKE GOOD
SENSE BUT- AND AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION. I WILL NOT BE VOTING ON
THE MY ON THE MEASURE- CENTER
BACKER. AND THEN CENTER
ARCHULETA. APOLOGY THIS BUT IT
WOULD NEVER BILLS LAST YEAR ON
THIS- AND JUST JUST. GRABBED ME
AND LIKE WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR
AND IS THIS BILL ADD ON TO IT
WHICH IS A BILL THAT DID NOT.
THIS IS A BILL THAT- SAW ITS
DEMISE IN THE ASSEMBLY ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU I THINK IT'S A
FANTASTIC BILL AND I'D BE
HONORED TO BE IN A CO AUTHOR.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S DIFFERENT
THIS BILL IS THAT IT IS UP TO
THE OWNER OF THE AUTOMOBILE WHEN
THEY'RE PURCHASING THE
AUTOMOBILE. TO REQUEST THAT THE
I. D. THE REGISTRATION NUMBER HE
PLACED ON THE CONVERTER. SO IT'S
UP TO THE BUYER SO WE HAVE TO
ENCOURAGE BUYERS. ENCOURAGE THE
OWNERS OF THESE CARS TO GO TO
THE DEALERS GO WHEREVER THEY
POSSIBLY CAN AND GET THOSE ID'S-
ON THEIR COMPUTERS. BUT- I'D BE
HONORED TO BE A- OF A SPONSORED
IDEA MOVE THE BILL. IF YOU
COULD. RESPOND YES SENATE
ACTUALLY THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
POINT ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AS TO HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS. NOT JUST ON
RECENTLY PURCHASED OR ORDERED
NEWLY PURCHASED. VEHICLES BUT ON
ALL VEHICLES IN THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND-
TRIPLE A AND A BUNCH OF OTHER
FOLKS INCLUDING- BASICALLY BODY
SHOPS MY OWN DISTRICTS. OFTEN
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS
COMING HAVE THEIR KELLY CONVERT
TEXT FOR FREE AND- THAT'S ONE OF
OUR CHALLENGES IS TO MAKE SURE
WE GET THE WORD OUT THAT. THE
MORE PREVALENT THE ETCHING IS
THE FEWER. THEFTS WE'RE GOING TO
SEE. OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS
FROM MEMBERS YES CORTESE NUMBERS
WORD OF THE BILL AND- ALSO LIKE
TO BE CONSIDERED AS A CO AUTHOR.
THANK YOU THANK YOU. SENATOR
DODD. YEAH I'D LIKE TO BE
CONSIDERED AS CO AUTHOR AS WELL
I THINK WE HAVE A LIMIT. OF
MISTER CHAIR ON THE NUMBER OF
AUTHORS SO I'M I'M NOT SURE OF
CENTER DOT IS ACTUALLY. EXCEEDED
THE LIMIT BUT WHAT I WILL I WILL
COINCIDE WITH DEFERRED TO YOU
ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT OKAY WILL
LOOK WILL LOOK. OKAY OKAY. UNDER
QUESTION. A MAN'S FOR. MEMBERS
SEEING NONE CENTER NUMBER YOU
MAY CLOSE THANK YOU THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU AND I
AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION. TO
CHAIR GONZALEZ HER HARD WORK ON
THIS AS WELL AS JACOB O'CONNOR
WHO WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF
TIME. TRYING TO REFINE THIS TO
GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
HAVE- UNANIMITY. THANK YOU I
THINK WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
SENATOR ARE TO LET IS THAT RIGHT
SO CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. FOR
FILE ITEM ONE SB FIFTY FIVE A
SENATOR UMBERG THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY SENATORS GONZALEZ
HI GONZALEZ I KNEW LOW. VOTING
ALLEN. ARCHULETA HI. I BAKER.
BAKER I LIKE SPIRIT BY LAKE
SUPERIOR I CORTES HE- PROTECTS
THE AYE DALY. DAILY I DODD.
LIMÓN LIMON I MCGUIRE. NEW WHEN
I SEE OUR TO ALL RIGHT HERE TO I
NUMBER NINE NUMBER I WAS. YEAH
NO NO LATER GREAT JOHNSON JR.
YES I WANT TO KNOW IS YOUR
STARTING TO FUN. I KIND OF DON'T
WANT TO YOU THE GERMAN. BACK TO
YOUR- WE LIKE. PEOPLE
INTERESTING TODAY THANK YOU. OUR
. NUMBER THREE. THANK YOU SO.
SENATE ANYWAY PRIEST CHU MUCH MR
VICE CHAIR OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING
TO HEAD- TO SENATOR BACKER THIS
IS I THREE SB SIX ZERO EIGHT A
CHILD HEALTH AND SEE.
YOUR FUTURE GONZALEZ AND- THANK
YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO THIS BILL
WHICH WILL UPDATE THE PLATE
LIGHTS KEY PLATES LICENSE. IF
YOU PRODUCE WORK TO TRY TO HELP
AND SAY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE
STATE. THE KIDS PLAYED SPECIALLY
VEHICLE LICENSE PROGRAM PRESS
CRITICAL FUNDING TO ESSENTIAL
LOCAL COMMISSIONS AND STATE
DEPARTMENTS COMMITTED TO
CHILDREN'S SAFETY. IT'S ENACTED
THIS. THIS THIS PROGRAM STARTED
BY- JACKIE SPEAR WHICH IS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE HAS YEAR OVER
SIXTY MILLION IN PLAYED SALES
REVENUES FOR CHILD SAFETY
PROGRAMS AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR
POINT FIVE MILLION IS DEPOSITED
INTO THE TROUT HEALTH AND SAFETY
FUND EACH YEAR. OR THE KIDS PLAY
PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED
SINCE ITS CREATION IN NINETEEN
NINETY TWO DESPITE THE NEEDS OF
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CHANGING
AND GROWING. THE KIDS PLAYED
SALESMAN WILL PROGRAM PRICING
HASN'T CHANGED SO IT'S HALF THE
PRICE OF OTHER PERSONALIZED
LICENSE PLATES. AND AS A
CONSEQUENCE ONLY FIFTEEN COUNTY
SUCCESSFULLY ACCESS THESE FUNDS
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE
SHE'S NOT A FUNDS. THIS BILL.
WHICH CARS MISTER ASKED ME TO
UPDATE WILL BRING THE SALES
PRICE BUT THE KIDS PLAYED FROM
THE NINETEEN TWENTY TWO PRICE OF
FIFTY DOLLARS UP TO NINETY
DOLLARS. WHICH IS TWO POINT 80%
THE AVERAGE OF THE OTHER
PERSONALIZED PLATES WHICH IS
EIGHT HUNDRED NINE. BY JUST A
PRICING WHEN YOU THE DOUBLE THE
FUNDS AVAILABLE. BUT SECONDLY IT
WILL EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE THE
FUNDS TO ALL COUNTIES SO DOLLARS
DIRECTLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED IT MOST. ONE OF MY-
WITNESSES WHO HEARD FROM EARLIER
PREVIOUS BILL HAD TO LEAVE AN
EMERGENCY SO WE STILL HAVE TO
WITNESSES AND ALTER OF THE SURE
TO CALL WITNESSES THANK YOU.
OKAY THANK YOU SENATOR BAKER- IT
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT TO
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND HEALTH- AS
WELL AS CALIFORNIA LIFE AND
HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES. WILL
ACTUALLY GET A GOOD AFTERNOON
MADAM CHAIR LUCAS FRERICHS EMMA
YOU'LL COUNTY SUPERVISOR AT ONE
OF THE- PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
I'M ALSO A COMMISSIONER FOR.
YOLO COUNTY FIRST FIVE
COMMISSION I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF- SENATOR
BACKERS SB SIX AWAIT WHICH WOULD
MAKE NEEDED ENHANCEMENTS TO THIS
PROGRAM. AND IT'S BEEN THIRTY
YEARS AS THE- SENATOR SAID SINCE
THE ANY PER UPDATE TO THE
PROGRAM HAVE BEEN MADE- AND YOU
KNOW THE FOR THE SENATE PRICE
BASED ON THE SPECIALTY PLATE
PRICING BACK IN NINETEEN NINETY
TWO SO BRING THE PLATE. PRICING
UP TO TWENTY TWENTY THREE LEVELS
IS LONG OVERDUE. THE KIDS PLATES
FUNDING COMES FROM VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY VEHICLE
OWNERS ACROSS THE STATE WANTING
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
THE REFORMS IN SB SIX AWAIT BOTH
INSURE ALL FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES
THROUGH THEIR FIRST FIVE
COMMISSIONS GET THEIR FAIR SHARE
OF KIDS PLATES FUNDING-
INCLUDING THAT SUPPORT. INTO
PREVENTION FUNDING. AND THE
PRICING INCREASE SUPPORT
INCREASE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL
CHILDREN'S SAFETY PROGRAMS
REACHING THOSE CHILDREN FAMILIES
MOST AT RISK. I'M GRATEFUL FOR
THAT AND- FORMER CONGRESSMAN
SPEARS ORIGINAL LEGISLATION.
CREATING THE KIDS PROGRAM OVER
THIRTY YEARS AGO AND I
APPRECIATE SENATOR BACKERS
LEADERSHIP NOW IN AUTHORING SB
SIX AWAIT RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR
AYE VOTE THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR
. MISTER VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE KATHY BURBANK IN
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND HEALTH. WE
WERE OF THE CO AUTHORS OR CO
SPONSORS I'M SORRY. OF ALL THE
NINETEEN NINETY TWO LEGISLATION
CARRIED BY JACKIE SPEAR. AND
WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
THIS MONEY GO OUT INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES. THE PROBLEM IS IF
YOU ARE IN. THE CENTRAL COAST
YOU'RE IN THE- ORANGE COUNTY
AREA LOS ANGELES AREA SAN DIEGO
SAMBAR TO DINO AND I COULD GO ON
AND ON. YOUR COUNTIES HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY OF THIS MONEY SO WHAT
THE SENATOR ARTICULATELY. TOLD
YOU IS THAT. NOW THIS MONEY WILL
GO TO ALL FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES
IT WILL GO TO SAFETY
ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE COUNTIES.
AND ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THESE
PROGRAMS AS WELL. ALL THE OTHER
PROBLEM IS THAT SEVERAL YEARS.
RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT THAT PUTS
THIS MONEY OUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH HAS DECIDED RATHER
THAN PUT THE MONEY OUT AT ALL
THEY WOULD JUST BUY EQUIPMENT.
AND PASSED OUT AROUND TO THE
VARIOUS COUNTIES SO ONCE AGAIN
THIS. IS THE DISPARITY IN WHERE
THE FUNDING GOES AND HOW THE
SPENDING IS USED OUR COALITION
THE SPONSOR DOESN'T OF BILLS
OVER THE YEARS. EVERYTHING FROM
CRIBS SAFETY BICYCLE HELMETS
POOL SAFETY WE WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR PUTTING THE LEGISLATION
THROUGH THAT HAD THE WARNING
LABEL ON THE FIVE GALLON
BUCKETS. SO FOR US IT'S MORE
THAN JUST A NUMBER JUST TO A
BILL THAT WILL GIVE MONEY TO ALL
THE COUNTIES. IT WILL SEE ALL
THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR
THIRTY YEARS SPONSORED HAVE
FUNDING IN THE COUNTIES YOUR
COUNTIES- AND BE IMPLEMENTED SO
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT
UPDATE. TO THE SPEAR LEGISLATION
. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU VERY
SECOND YOUR LEAD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT I DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN
AND WE'LL TAKE BOTH SUPPORT AND
OPPOSITION HERE IN ROOM TWELVE
HUNDRED PLEASE COME FORWARD.
CARE MEMBERS CUT THE MUSTARD
WITH THE FIRST FIVE ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD
LIKE TO COME FORWARD ON SB SIX
ZERO EIGHT. SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
SEE NONE THE MOVE TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE A MODERATOR
TO HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB SIX
ZERO EIGHT. AND TO PROVIDE
COMMENT TO AND FOR ALL
OPPOSITION. SB SIX AWAIT PLEASE
PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME
. AND WE HAVE NO COMMENTS IN
QUEUE AT THIS TIME OKAY THANK
YOU AND WE'LL TAKE IT BACK HERE-
TO MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. OKAY SEE NONE A
COMMUNITY THE MOTION FOR SB SIX
ZERO EIGHT PLEASE. OKAY SENATORS
AMONG THANK YOU AND US SENATOR
BAKER WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE OKAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH- AND CONSULT
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
FOR FILE ITEM THREE SB SIX ZERO
EIGHT BY SENATOR PACKARD THE
MOTION IS TO PASS THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GONZALEZ HI GONZALEZ I NEELAM.
NERO I ALLEN. ARCHULETA FIVE
PARTULA I BAKER AYE BECKER AYE
LAKE SUPERIOR. LEG SPINNER I
CORTES. CORTEZ THE AYE DALY.
DALLI I THOUGHT. DODD I LIMÓN.
BERMAN I MCGUIRE. NEW WHEN I
WHEN. SEE OUR DON'T. HERE TO I
AM BURKE. BOB. OKAY THAT BILL
HAS ELEVEN VOTES ENOUGH TO GET
OUT BUT WE'LL KEEP IT ON CALL
THANK YOU SENATOR BAKER. ALL
RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE A FILE ITEM
FOURTEEN SB SEVEN TWENTY WHICH
IS SENATOR STERN. AND WE HAVE
SENATOR LIMON WHO WILL A PRESENT
ON HIS BEHALF THAT IS FOR
AVIATION AIRPORTS REPORT ON
EMISSIONS. THANK YOU MADAM AND
MEMBERS I'LL BE PRESENTING SB
SEVEN TWENTY ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR STERN BUT BEFORE I BEGIN
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
SENATOR STERN AND THE CHAIR HAVE
AGREED UPON AMENDMENTS TO BE
TAKEN IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE.
THESE AMENDMENTS SEEK TO AVOID
PREEMPTION REMOVE CALTRANS WHO
DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
GHG EMISSIONS AND NARROW THE
BILL'S SCOPE TO ONLY THE LARGEST
AIRPORTS IN DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. THE SENATOR
BELIEVES THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
IT THAT THESE IMPORTANT CHANGES
HELP ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF OPPOSITION
AND MAKE THIS A STRONGER BILL.
AS AMENDED THE BILL WOULD
REQUIRE EVERY AIRPORT WITH FIFTY
THOUSAND PRIVATE FLIGHT TAKE OFF
ANNUALLY IN AN E. G. COMMUNITY
TO REPORT TO CARVE ON THEIR
PROGRESS TOWARDS NET ZERO GHG
EMISSIONS AND REPORT THEIR
EFFORTS TO MITIGATE E. J. AN AIR
QUALITY CONCERNS TO LOCAL AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S.
ADDITIONALLY THE BILL WOULD
REQUIRE CARP TO CONSIDER
REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
OF EMISSIONS FROM AVIATION. THE
AVERAGE. A PRIVATE JET BURNS
AROUND FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS OF
FUEL PURE OUR THE EQUIPMENT OF
THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT FOUR
HUNDRED PASSENGER CARS IN THIS
AT THE SAME TIME. AVIATION
SUBJECTS AND GENERAL AVIATION
ACCOUNT 41% OF THE STATE'S TOTAL
GHG EMISSIONS. THOUGH THIS MAY
SOUND INSIGNIFICANT THIS IS A
MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TONNAGE PER
PERSON CONSIDERING THE ENERGY IN
THE YEAR TWENTY SEVENTEEN LESS
THAN HALF OF THE US POPULATION
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY AT
ALL. PRIVATE JETS PRODUCED FIVE
TO FOURTEEN TIMES MORE POLLUTION
PER PASSENGER THAN COMMERCIAL
PLANES AND FIFTY TIMES MORE
POLLUTION THAN HIGH SPEED RAIL
TRAINS. WELL AVERAGE COMMERCIAL
PLANE BURNS ABOUT HALF AS MUCH
SB SEVEN TWENTY GIVES OUR STATE
DEPARTMENT'S KEY INFORMATION TO
IDENTIFY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS
THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY REDUCING
THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
AIR QUALITY IMPACTS OF FLYING
FOR DISSIDENT. VANTAGE
COMMUNITIES IT ALSO EMBARRASSED
CARP TO RE EXAMINE OUR
REGULATORY PROCESS IN LIGHT OF
THIS INFORMATION TO ORIENT OUR
STATE TOWARDS LONG TERM
SUSTAINABILITY IN AVIATION- HERE
TO SUPPORT THE BILL. IS A BET
BILL MCGOVERN WITH THE COALITION
FOR CLEAN AIR. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH BILL MCGOVERN WITH
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR IN
SUPPORT- CENTER WE MOAN SAID
AVIATION IS A SIGNIFICANT AND
GROWING SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. I WOULD ADD THAT THE
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
BODIES WHICH ARE CHARGED WITH
REDUCING AVIATION EMISSIONS HAVE
FALLEN WAY BEHIND. IN THAT
EFFORT- IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
HAVE A VERY DISPROPORTIONATE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE BENEFITS AND
BURDENS OF AVIATION ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVATE JETS.
WHICH ARE USED ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY BY THE VERY WEALTHY
OFTEN WITH VERY FEW PASSENGERS
BUT THEIR MISSIONS ARE GOING OFF
IN INTO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR. SO IT'S NOT JUST A
CLIMATE ISSUE THEIR AIR QUALITY
PROBLEMS BEING CAUSED BY THE
GROWTH IN AVIATION SO WE THINK
THAT THIS BILL IS WELL TARGETED
TO GET SOME DATA. ON THAT ISSUE
AND GET IT TO THE AGENCIES SO
THAT THEY CAN RESPOND IF THEY SO
CHOOSE. I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO
HEAR ABOUT THE AMENDMENT
CLARIFYING THE JURISDICTION THAT
IT SHOULD NOT BE IN CALTRANS
WHICH IS NOT A REGULATORY
AGENCY- IT SHOULD BE A CARP
WHICH ACTUALLY. REGULATES
ENGINES AND FUELS USED IN
TRANSPORTATION BETTER THAN ANY
OTHER AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY SO-
WITH THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT THE
BILL. THANK YOU MISTER. AND I
THINK THAT CONCLUDES YOUR LEAD-
WITNESS AND IN SUPPORT OF ANYONE
ELSE IN ROOM TWELVE HUNDRED LIKE
TO COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SB SEVEN TWENTY
PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHRISTINA SCOURAGE
WITH THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD
LIKE TO COME FORWARD SEEN NONE
STILL MOVED TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE MISTER
MODERATOR- CAN YOU PLEASE LET US
KNOW WHO'D LIKE TO SUPPORTER UP
AS- OPPOSED SB SEVEN TWENTY. AND
TO PROVIDE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION THAT'S SB SEVEN
TWENTY PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. TO HAVE A
LOOK AT THE LINE FIFTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. IN DECEMBER
AND- SENATOR CAN TALK. TRUMP
WHAT. BUT MY TELEPHONE. OKAY AND
WE HAVE YOU KNOW FOR FURTHER
COME IN Q. AT THIS TIME OKAY AND
I JUMPED HEAD TO TOE. A LINE BUT
WILL- AT IF ANY WHO WOULD LIKE
TO FORMALLY A- PLEASE COME. I
KNOW WE HAVE A ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS. GOOD
AFTERNOON JIM LIGHTS ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS
COUNCIL WHICH IS THE THIRTY ONE
COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS IN THE STATE
AND THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS WHICH IS
THEIR GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS-
WE GOT THE AMENDMENTS ABOUT A
HALF HOUR BEFORE THIS HEARING
STARTED SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO
DECIPHER WHAT THIS MEANS WE
THINK. THAT THE FIFTY THOUSAND
FLIGHT THRESHOLD WILL STILL
CAPTURE SOME OF THE LARGER
COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS IN THE STATE
THAT ALSO HAVE A LOT OF GENERAL
AVIATION ACTIVITY ONE OF THE
DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AMENDMENTS
AND I'M JUST KIND OF SPEAKING
OFF THE CUFF HERE HAVING HAD
JUST A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THEM.
PRIVATE FLIGHTS INCLUDE AIR
AMBULANCES THEY INCLUDE AERIAL
FIREFIGHTING THEY INCLUDE
HELICOPTERS SO IT COULD BE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER
EXACTLY WHAT CAPTURED- WHAT THE
WHAT THIS LANGUAGE CAPTURES. BUT
THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT AIRPORTS
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES FOR
WELL OVER A DECADE WE'VE BEEN
DOWN THIS DISCUSSION WITH CARB
FEDERAL LAW PROFESSOR BINNS
INDIVIDUAL STATES FROM
REGULATING AIRCRAFT. ABOUT SIX
YEARS AGO CARB ADOPTED A SHUTTLE
BUS REGULATION FOR MANDATING
THAT ALL AIRPORTS- PROVIDE
ELECTRIC SHUTTLES THAT ALREADY
INCLUDES A REPORTING
REQUIREMENT. THE THIRD SOURCE OF
EMISSIONS AT AIRPORTS OR GROUND
SERVICE EQUIPMENT THE TUGS TO
PUSH THE PLANES BACK AND FORTH.
OUR LARGEST AIR CARRIER IN THE
STATE BY MARKET SHARE SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES THEY CONVERTED ALL OF
THEIR EQUIPMENT OR MOST OF IT TO
ELECTRIC OVER A DECADE AGO AND
CARB HAS DECLINED TO PURSUE A
RAG. ON THAT TOPIC BECAUSE MUCH
OF THAT IS ALREADY ELECTRIC SO
WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS CREATES A
NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR
AIRPORTS TO RECORD TO CARB ON
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN
DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH CARB. FOR
OVER TEN YEARS AND SO WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WORK WITH
THE AUTHOR ON LANGUAGE THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE
FOR AIRPORTS TO ACHIEVE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO. SUCH AS BOOST THE PRODUCTION
OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IN
THE STATE THAT WILL MOVE THE
NEEDLE FOR AIRPORTS AND WE
WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE AUTHOR AND ALL AND
OTHERS. TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OKAY WITH CONCLUDE SUPPORT IN
OPPOSITION- WE'LL TAKE IT BACK-
HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS
BY MEMBERS. OKAY SEE NON- CAN WE
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON SB SEVEN
TWENTY. SENATOR BOOKER THANK
YOU- SO CONSULTANT CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CUT OR
FILE ITEM FOURTEEN SB SEVEN
TWENTY BY SENATOR STERN THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES SENATORS
GONZALEZ. I CAN SELL IS AYE
MEELO NO ME LO NO ALLEN.
ARCHULETA HI ARCHULETA I BAKER.
ALL RIGHT BAKER I EXPERIENCE.
COURTESY DALLI. DALLI NOW DODD.
LIMON AYE LIMÓN AYE MCGUIRE.
NEWMAN WHEN. WHEN NO ZERO. ZERO
TOMORROW NUMBER. BOB. OKAY THAT
HAS- FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME
LEAVE THE BILL ON CALL THANK YOU
SENATOR LEON. ALL RIGHT- I DON'T
SEE. OKAY SO I'M UP IT LOOKS
LIKE SO I'M GONNA SEND THIS BACK
TO VICE JOURNEY ALONE AND I'M
GOING TO PRESENT MY BILL WHILE
WE WAIT FOR OUR OTHER AUTHORED.
THANK YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT.
SENATOR GONZALEZ YOU MAY PRESENT
SB EIGHTY FOUR OKAY THANK YOU MR
VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS I'M HERE
TO PRESENT SB EIGHTY FOUR- WHICH
WILL EXTEND FUNDING FOR
CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AN AIR
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
UNTIL TWENTY THIRTY FIVE AS YOU
ALL KNOW THE TRANSPORTATION
SECTOR IS THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND HARMFUL POLLUTION
IN CALIFORNIA THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN ADDRESS THIS. AND MEET OUR
AMBITIOUS GOALS- CLINICALS IS BY
SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATIVE
PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE CAT A CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SINCE THE
INCEPTION IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN
THESE PROGRAMS HAVE DIRECTED
OVER A BILLION DOLLARS AT
FUNDING TO INCENTIVIZE
MANUFACTURERS TO DEVELOP NEW
TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TO HELP ESTABLISH MARKETS
FOR THE MAIL MILLIONS OF ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES THAT ARE
NEEDED TO MEET OUR STATES OUR
GOALS. THE BILL ALSO PRIORITIZE
THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
DEPLOYMENT OF MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY
VEHICLES AND TO FILL GAPS IN
LIKE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE SB
EIGHTY FOUR WILL ALSO PRIORITIZE
EQUITY BY REQUIRING 50% OF CTP
FUNDS TO BE SPENT ON PROGRAMS
AND PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY
BENEFIT OR SERVICE RESIDENTS OF
DISADVANTAGED IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES. MY CONSTITUENTS AND
THOSE OF MY PARTNER ON THIS
LEGISLATION WHICH IS ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MAJORITY LEADER REYES ARE
OVERLY IMPACTED BY EMISSIONS AND
POLLUTION OF HEAVY DUTY
VEHICLES. AND HAVE THE MOST AT
STAKE IN SEEING THE HEAVY AND
MEDIUM DUTY MARKET JUMPSTARTED
AN EXPANDED. TO MEET THE
TRANSITION REGARDING THE
OPPOSITION I UNDERSTAND THE
DESIRE OF THE HYDROGEN INDUSTRY
TO REALLY PRESERVE AND INCREASE
THEIR EXCESS EXCLUSIVE OF CARVE
OUT OF THE C. T. P. FUNDING- BUT
MANDATING A THIRD OF THE FUNDS.
TO BE AWARDED TO SPECIFIC
INDUSTRY IS NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF
THIS COMPETITIVE AND TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRAL PROGRAM. I RECOGNIZE
HYDROGEN WILL BE A PART OF THE
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING.
DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AS WE HAVE
BEEN DOING- THAT BEING SAID I'M
HAPPY TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS
AS MENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IS AT THE TABLE.
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT TODAY I
HAVE OR BILL THOMAS. WHO IS A
STATE POLICY DIRECTOR WITH CAL
START AS WELL AS MISTER BILL
MCGOVERN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR. THANK
YOU BOTH THREE AFFECT VS FOR
NIGHT MR VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU
SENATOR. IN AFTERNOON TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBER THANK FOR. TIME
MY NAME SEVERAL TO. STATE POLICY
DIRECT CALLOUSED. AS SENATOR.
THIS RE AUTHORIZATION OF
EXISTING FEES WOULD HELP FUND
SOME OF. THE STATE'S LEADING
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAMS. AND SHE DID A GREAT
JOB SUMMARIZING IT. IN TOTALITY
BUT I WANT TO. DIAL DOWN A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER. IF YOU MAY
LET ME. TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT ACTUALLY. STRUCTURE FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYDROGEN
FUEL CELL VEHICLES. TO SUPPORT
PASSENGER VEHICLES TRUCKS AND
BUSES TO LIGHT DUTY MEDIUM DUTY.
AND HEAVY DUTY. AIR QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM A QUIP.
SUPPORTS BOTH THE DEMONSTRATION
AND DEPLOYMENT OF CLEANER
COMBUSTION ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES. AN EXAMPLE IS THE
TRUCK LOAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
THAT HELPS TRUCK OWNERS WHO FALL
BELOW CONVENTIONAL LENDING
CRITERIA. AND ARE UNABLE TO
QUALIFY FOR TRADITIONAL
FINANCING. LOOKS THEM OKAY
CLEANER VEHICLES IN ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES WITH LOW
INTEREST FINANCING. AND THE
ENHANCED FLEET MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM HELPS LOW INCOME EARNERS
RETIRE OLDER HIGHER POLLUTING
PASSENGER VEHICLES. SAN SWITCH
TO CLEANER TRANSPORTATION BE. WE
ALL KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS
GOING TO FISCAL UNCERTAINTY SO
PROGRAMS LIKE A CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND THE
OTHERS THAT THE SENATORS PUSHING
FOR RE AUTHORIZATION TO
CONTINUE. IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR INDUSTRY IT SENDS A SIGNAL
TO THE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY THAT
CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO WANT TO
SHOW. D. LEADERSHIP ON THE NEXT
ROUNDS OF INNOVATION. ALLOWS OUR
COMMUNITIES TO INVEST IN CLEANER
TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES THANK
YOU RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR
I. PHONE. GOOD AFTERNOON- BILL
THE GOVERNMENT COALITION FOR
CLEAN AIR IN STRONG SUPPORT
ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL
BILL- SUPPORTED AB ONE EIGHTEEN
BACK IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN WHICH
ESTABLISHED THESE PROGRAMS AND
THEY- HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. IN
FORCING THE NEED FOR THEM IS NOT
GOING AWAY. I TRANSPORTATION
STILL CAUSES ABOUT 80% OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT AIR POLLUTANTS IN
CALIFORNIA AND MOST CALIFORNIANS
ARE NOT ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY
BREEZE CLEAN AIR THAT'S
PARTICULARLY TRUE IN OUR LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THAT ARE OFTEN DOWNWIND OF MAJOR
FREIGHT FACILITIES LIKE PORTS
AND RAIL YARDS AND FREEWAYS. AND
THE FUNDING CONTINUES TO BE
NECESSARY. TO CLEAN UP THOSE
SOURCES OF EMISSIONS THE GOOD
NEWS IS THAT CALIFORNIA IS
REALLY A HOTBED OF INNOVATION IN
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
AND THIS FUNDING REALLY HELPS TO
SUPPORT. THOSE GROWING NEW
ENGINES FUELS THAT ARE THE
SOLUTIONS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION
POLLUTION. AND WHAT WE'RE
PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITHIN CENTER
GONZALEZ IS BILL AN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RACES BILL IS THE
ATTENTION TO EQUITY. THE
GUARANTEE THAT OVER HALF THE
FUNDING WOULD GO TO BENEFIT
THOSE IN DISADVANTAGED LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES WHO NEED IT
THE MOST SO THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF DELIVERING
HEALTHY AIR TO CALIFORNIANS AND
WE URGE YOU TO MOVE THE BILL
FORWARD TODAY. DO WE HAVE- OTHER
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM AND SPORT
. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND YOUR POSITION.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAKAYLA HELD ON
BEHALF OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING ASSOCIATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHRISTINE IS CURRENT
WITH THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
ANYWHERE ELSE ON BEHALF OF THE
GREEN LINE INSTITUTE IN SUPPORT
. ANY GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF
VALLEY CLEAN AIR NOW IN STRONG
SUPPORT. FROM THE LISTING WITH
THE PREY IN THE KEIGHLEY ON
BEHALF OF CHARGE POINT IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU DO WE HAVE-
ANY WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON
SENATORS- JORDAN CURLY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA HYDROGEN
COALITION IN IRAQ CALIFORNIA
HYDROGEN BUSINESS COUNCIL WHO
ARE BOTH OPPOSED TO EIGHTY FOUR
AND SB EIGHTY FOUR UNLESS IT IS
AMENDED TO ALLOCATE 30% OF THE
PROGRAM DAUGHTERS. WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR SMALL FOR THE
CONVERSATIONS WE DO APPRECIATE
THE ON GOING ON A CONVERSATION
WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THERE-
BUT WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT
THIS REQUEST IS NOT ARBITRARY IT
ALIGNS WITH THE TWENTY TWENTY
ONE HYDROGEN SELF SUFFICIENCY
ANALYSIS DONE BY CARB. WHICH
STATES SELF SUFFICIENCY CAN BE
ACHIEVED IN MOST REPRESENTATIVES
THEIR SCENARIOS BY TWENTY THIRTY
WITH THREE HUNDRED MILLION OR
LASSEN STATE SUPPORT BEYOND
EIGHTY EIGHT TWENTY THE TWENTY
FOURTEEN LEGISLATION. THIS WILL
ALSO CREATE A STATEWIDE FUELING
NETWORK PROVIDING ACCESS 294% OF
THE GEOGRAPHICAL STATE AND 90%
OF PERCENT OF DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES HYDROGEN IS A
CRITICAL PART OF CALIFORNIA'S
TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES WHERE IS THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH CHARGING ONLY
FUTURE CONCERNS AROUND
AVAILABILITY OF PRECIOUS METALS.
SERVING THE 40% OF RESIDENTS
LIVING IN MULTI FAMILY DWELLINGS
SUPER COMMUTERS. NOT HYDROGEN A
SAFE NON TOXIC NON TOXIC NON
GREENHOUSE GAS OPTION READY AND
WILLING TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S
ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION
TRANSITION- SORRY. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH THE AUTHOR AND THE MEMBERS
OF THIS COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT
THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE OUT RE
AUTHORIZATION OF THE CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FULLY
FUND THE STATE. AND FUNDS AS
STATEWIDE HYDROGEN FILLING
NETWORK. THANK YOU ARE THERE
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NO ONE COME
FORWARD WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE-
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY BY.
TELECONFERENCE AND- AS A
REMINDER PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME
AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT
YOUR POSITION AS MODERATOR
PLEASE. PROMPT THE INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY. AND TO
PROVIDE COMMENT IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SB EIGHTY FOUR.
THESE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. THE STEP BY. WE WILL
GO TO ONE FIFTY ONE PLEASE CLICK
A FEW BUTTONS. AND HONOR. AND
CHARACTER COUNTY. THE OPPOSITION
I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR. ANY OF THE
DETAILS OF WHAT A READY. AND
DONE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
ALSO INCLUDED THE ELDERLY BEING
ABLE TO SWITCH THEIR VEHICLE
WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD GOAL.
THE NUMBER EIGHTY FOUR. AND
THERE'S A LOT OF THE GOLDEN
EIGHTY FOUR IN A COVERED A LOT
AND SIX THE CHRISTMAS STORY. AS
I HAVE- THE NEIGHBOR WHO OWNS
DECLINED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY AS I SAID I'VE WHAT
WHAT WE'D LIKE IS- YOUR NAME AND
THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT
IF ANY AND WHETHER YOU SUPPORT
OR OPPOSE THE BILL. NUMBER AS-
SOMERS A QUICK CAL AT THE
BEGINNING THIRTY TO HEAR ME MY
**** OUT PRETTY OLD. STILL
HAVING FUN SURE AND WE WILL
FOCUS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU
KNOW HOW I THIRTY NINE. PLEASE.
THIS MONEY ARRIVED WITH THE
AMERICA LONG FOR. AND THANK YOU
. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA
LINES SIXTEEN TWO PLEASE GO
AHEAD SIXTY. GOOD AFTERNOON
MADELINE COOPER WITH CAPITAL
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF BLINK IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE
NO FURTHER COMMENT TO QUEUE AT
THIS TIME. OKAY THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE WITNESSES THAT TESTIFIED
THAT WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE-
TO THE MEMBERS- JUST STEPS FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE THERE ARE TWO.
ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THE BILL
WOULD YOU CONSIDER DRESSING YOUR
CLOTHES IF YOU'D LIKE THAT-
WHICH ONE IS THAT THIS PROGRAM
IS DEVELOPED FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
AND PERHAPS IT REALLY NEEDS TO
BE SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED- BEFORE
WE- CONTINUE THE FEES. AND THE
OTHER- ISSUE THAT COMMON NUMBER
SEVEN- EXCUSE ME NUMBER FOUR IN
THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS- SAYS IS
DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OR EFFICIENCY OF
THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE GIVEN THE
WIDE VARIETY OF GOALS AND
PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM IN OTHER
WORDS WE- HERE'S WE REALLY CAN'T
MEASURE ITS EFFECTIVENESS SO. IT
WOULD SEEM TO ME BEFORE WE-
RENEW AND RENEW THE FEES- THAT
WE OUGHT TO UPDATE THE PROGRAM
AND ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR.
ISSUE SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE-
ARCHES CENTER ARCHULETA THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR AND MY COMMENTS
ARE TO THE CHAIR- AS SENATOR
GONZALEZ- FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU
BRING IT FORWARD AND KEEP AN
OPEN MIND. BUT AS CHAIR OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HYDROGEN
ENERGY. I DO SUPPORT THE
EXTENDING OF THE CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BUT ALSO
HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE-
PRAGUE MATTER CHANGE PROPOSED
UNDER THE BILL. SAYS THAT YOU'RE
MENTIONED- OVER THE LAST FIFTEEN
YEARS TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM THE AIR QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THE
ENHANCE. MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES OF SOME
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND
TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAMS IN THE
CARBONIZED SEEN CALIFORNIA'S
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. THIS IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SINCE THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR REPRESENTS
ABOUT 40% OVERALL GREENHOUSE
GASES EMISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A SPECIFIC
REFERENCE TO I DO CHEN. FUELING
THEM AND FUNDING INCLUDING
STATION TARGETS. THE PROGRAM WAS
ESTABLISHED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
ASSEMBLY BILL ONE ONE H. BACK IN
TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN BUT
WASN'T UNTIL ASSEMBLY BILL EIGHT
IN TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN
THAT CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY
ESTABLISH A HYDROGEN FUELING
STATION TARGET OF ONE HUNDRED
STATIONS. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF AB EIGHT THEN GOVERNOR BROWN
FURTHER PUSHED OUR HYDROGEN
STATION GOLD BY A AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER AND SET THE TARGET OF TWO
HUNDRED FUELING STATIONS.
CANDIDLY WE ARE NOT CLOSE TO THE
TWO HUNDRED HYDROGEN FUELING
STATIONS AND THAT TARGET. BUT
THAT'S NOT DUE TO THE POLICY
SUPPORT THAN LEGISLATURE. THE
BAD IS BECAUSE OF LOCAL
PERMITTING ISSUES AND FUNDING
DELAYS AT THE ENERGY COMMISSION
. THAT A SOURCE OF OUR PROBLEM
THE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
IS ONE OF THE ONLY PROGRAMS IN
EXISTENCE THAT SUPPORTS LIGHT
AND MEDIUM DUTY HYDROGEN
FUELING. HOWEVER SENATE BILL
EIGHTY FOUR AS IT IS IN PRINT
DOES NOT RE ESTABLISH A HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION TARGET. AND
INSTEAD LEAVE CHARGES IN LIGHT
AND MEDIUM DUTY FEELING FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FUTURE OF
SUCH COMPLETELY IN THE HANDS OF
THE ENERGY COMMISSION. IF
CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO MEET ITS
AMBITIOUS TRANSPORTATION GOLD WE
WILL NEED MORE ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES OPTIONS THEN PLUGIN
ALONE. WE'VE GOT A COMBINED
EVERYTHING HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
VEHICLES ARE COMPLEMENTARY ZERO
EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY AND LOOK TO
FILL THE PLUG IN THE GAPS. WE'VE
GOT A CUTE INCLUDE EVERYONE AS I
SAID BEFORE NOT JUST IN THE
HEAVY DUTY SPACE BUT IN THE
MEDIUM AND LIGHT DUTY SECTORS
WELL. IT IS TRUE THAT BATTERY
ELECTRIC CARS ARE FAR AHEAD OF
THE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
BATTERIES. AND VEHICLES BUT THAT
IS MAINLY BECAUSE THE BATTERY
ELECTRIC CAB RECEIVE MORE STATE
AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND HYDROGEN
IS STILL AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM
TAKES SERIOUSLY. IF WE WANT
TECHNOLOGIES LIKE AI GENETIC
SEED WE NEED TO SEND THAT THE
INDUSTRY SIGNALS OF SUPPORT. NOT
REESTABLISHING A HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION GOAL IN SENATE
BILL EIGHTY FOUR IS THE WRONG
SIGNAL. I PLAN TO SUPPORT THE
BILL TODAY. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN
THE GOALS OF THE CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BUT I
RESERVE MY RIGHT TO CHANGE MY
VOTE ON THE SENATE FLOOR. I
AGREE WITH THE GOALS OF THE
CHAIR HE'S TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
WITH THIS BILL AND LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE CHAIR AND
HER STAFF TO ENSURE HYDROGEN
CONTINUES TO HAVE A PLACE AT THE
CLEAN. TRANSPORTATION TABLE IN
THE PROGRAM SO PLEASE MADAM
CHAIR- GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO REACH OUT
AND BRING ALL THE ENERGY THAT WE
CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR FUTURE
OUR CHILDREN AND CLEAN AIR.
THANK YOU MISTER- DOLLY. DID YOU
WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT OR DO
YOU WANT ME TO AHEAD OF THERE IS
A- FOR SO I A QUESTION ACTUALLY
MAKES SO MAYBE THAT WILL HELP
YOU. TO A COUPLE YEARS BACK-
CENTER FOR CENTER BRADFORD
ACTUALLY DID A AUDIT OF
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES BOARD ON
ALL ON THE ON THESE FEES AND
WHAT THE- WHAT THE REDUCTION OF.
GHGS WAS AND THE AUDIT CAME BACK
SAYING THAT THEY HAD NOT MET.
ANY THEIR GOALS WITH ALL THE
PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT FOR WITH
ALL THE RESOURCES CAN SO CAN YOU
DRESS WHY WOULD WE BE. MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE FEES WHEN WE
HAVEN'T MET ANY OTHER TARGETS
THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES
BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION FIRST AND FOREMOST I
THINK- YOU KNOW CLEARLY. THE
OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS A
BILLION DOLLARS I WOULD SAY
WOULD BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT FOR
US TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH OF
REDUCING. OUR GHG EMISSIONS AND
THAT MEANS ENSURING IN WHAT WE I
DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT YOU
KNOW FANTASTICALLY GREAT IS
ENSURING THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE
ACTUALLY THE PLACES THAT NEED IT
THE MOST PLACES LIKE LONG BEACH.
AND SOUTHEAST L. LANDERS PICKING
ON MY OWN DISTRICT WHO HAVE THE
WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE NATION
WITH PORTS DIESEL TRUCKS WE NEED
TO GET THOSE THE CARBONIZED A.
S. A. P. AND WHOEVER CAN GET TO
MARKET FIRST WHETHER THAT'S IN
WE'RE NOT PICKING WINNERS OR
LOSERS IN THIS BILL WE'RE
SAYING. WHETHER IT'S HYDROGEN OR
ELECTRIC WHOEVER CAN GET THEIR
FIRST I THINK THE FASTER WE CAN
SEE THOSE GHG EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS IN. SOME OF THE
HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA I'M SURE YOU HAVE
THEM IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL-
BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THESE
DOLLARS ARE FOCUSED. ON THE
MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY SECTOR'S BEST
ESPECIALLY- WE KNOW THAT IT'S
MOST EMITTING. AND ESPECIALLY
KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO FILL IN
THE GAPS WITH LIGHT DUTY
INFRASTRUCTURES WHILE- AND THEN
DO SOME REFORMS- TO ENSURE THAT
YOU KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT LIKE
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AND
WORKFORCE TRAINING WILL STILL
HAVE THAT. IN THIS IN THIS BILL
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT MORE WE CAN
DO- TO LOWER EMISSIONS BUT I
THINK TO YOUR POINT WE WANT TO
DO THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE
FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS
IN THIS NEXT. THIS NEXT DECADE
WAS SORT OF THE POINT IS THAT
THAT. WE'VE SPENT ACCORDING TO
THE AUDIT. THAT I WAS IN THE
HEARING WHEN THE CALIFORNIA
RESOURCE DAUGHTER ACTUALLY CAME
FORTH AND SAID WE DID THE
CALIFORNIA RESOURCE WITH THE
MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE. NEVER
MET THE TARGETS NOT ONE OF THE
TARGETS WAS EVEN CLOSE TO MEET.
THE GOAL THAT WAS SET. TO FOR
TWENTY TWENTY. WHAT WAS IT
THIRTY TWENTY THIRTY. TO TWENTY
THIRTY GOALS WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE
GONNA GET THERE SO. DID YOU KNOW
TO CONTINUE TO TAX OR PUT A FEE.
ON THIS IS VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
THIS IS THIS IS THOSE
DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE THAT.
HAPPEN TO PAY THIS BILL AS WELL
WHEN THEY LICENSE OR CAR. AND
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE SO
THAT I THINK TO THE FRUSTRATION
IS. AT LEAST FOR ME IS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO SET GOALS WE
CONTINUE TO RAISE THE RESOURCES
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE
NOT GETTING ANY BANG FOR BUCK
AND- AND SO IN THIS LEGISLATION
WHAT IS DIFFERENT. THAN WHAT WE
HAD BEFORE. OTHER THAN. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PORTS. WHICH
HARPER SAID AGREE THAT THAT'S
WERE THE MISSIONS ARE COMING
FROM. BUT THE CARD AS IT MET THE
GOALS. TO GET THEIR- WISH FOR
THE MONEY BUT WE'RE NOT REDUCING
CARBON. ALSO LET MISTER THOMAS
COME FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL
COMMENTARY. THANK YOU SENATOR
DOLLY AND I THINK PART OF THIS
IS. TO YOUR POINT HOW DO WE GET
THERE FASTER AND SO AS THE
STATE. HAS LEGISLATURE YOU GUYS
ARE ABLE TO APPROPRIATE. THE
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING THAT CAR IS
LOOKING FOR TO HELP MEET ADVANCE
CLEAN TRUCK ADVANCE CLEAN FLEET
GOALS ON THE INDUSTRY
PERSPECTIVE. THIS COMMITMENT TO
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS. DOES ALLOW
COMPANIES TO INVEST IN NEW FOOD
FUEL CELL HYDROGEN VEHICLES AND
NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR BATTERY
ELECTRIC. IT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO
INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ATTAIN THOSE GOALS.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CLEAR
VEHICLES AND TECHNOLOGIES ARE
CHEAPER FOR MASS ACCELERATION
INTO THE POPULATION SO. TO YOUR
POINT YES THERE ARE GOING TO BE
AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE ON
AND I THINK. TO CENTER GONZALEZ
CREDIT THIS BILL DOES ALLOW US
TO REALLY ALLOCATE. TO THE
PROBLEM AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO
OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
DECARBONISATION. AND IT WILL
HELP US TO GET TO THE TWENTY
THIRTY GOALS FASTER. WELL WE
HAVEN'T DEMONSTRATED IN THE IN
THE PREVIOUS. FEE STRUCTURE. ANY
REDUCTION IN CARBON TO MEET THE
GOAL. THAT WAS THE AUDIT THAT
CAME OUT THE SAID SO FOR UNTIL
WE HAVE A PLAN THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. THAT
SHE'S GOING TO PRODUCE
SOMETHING. I CAN'T JUSTIFY
PUTTING A BURDEN ON THOSE SAME
FOLKS THOSE LOW INCOME FOLKS WE
TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY HERE THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN
CALIFORNIA. ARE GOING TO PAY
THEIR LICENSE FEES THIS IS
EXTENDING THAT. AND IT IS A TAX
AND IT IS. COMMUNITY IT COMBINED
IS DESTROYING THE LOW INCOME
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO HELP- IN
THOSE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO.
YOU KNOW LICENSE OR CAR OR PUT
FUEL IN THEIR CAR OR EVEN
CONVERT. OVER TO A TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS AFFORDABLE SO FOR THOSE
REASONS I WON'T BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY. IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF
ENERGY WILL TALK ABOUT WHETHER
IT'S HYDROGEN BATTERY. OR LOW
CARBON FUEL IT DID THE DAY WE'RE
NOT GET MEETING THE TARGETS THAT
WE'RE GETTING. TOWARD THAT WERE
STRIVING FOR- IN CALIFORNIA AND
IT WAS PROVEN. DURING THE
AUDITORS CENTER BRADFORD ASKED
FOR AN IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
AND WE SIT AND WE HEARD IT AND
SO. UNTIL WE START MEETING SOME
OF THESE BENCHMARKS IT'S HARD TO
GO BACK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
CONTINUE TO TAX THEM- AND- SEE
THERE THERE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE
IN CALIFORNIA. ANY OTHER SENATOR
NEWMAN. THANK YOU MISTER. THE
APPRECIATION OR DOLLARS
CONCERNED. THAT I I'D- FOR ONE I
BELIEVE THAT THE EXTENSION OF
THE CTP IS ACTUALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT- AND I DO THINK WE'RE
MAKING PROGRESS BUT THAT
PROGRESS HASN'T BEEN. THE CURVE
AS MANY STEEP AS WE LIKE BUT YOU
KNOW WE BELIEVE IT IS- IT IS
GETTING STEEPER AS WE MOVE
FORCES ESPECIALLY AROUND BATTERY
ELECTRIC VEHICLES. I SANDERS I
WAS YOU I HAVE TALKED ABOUT- MY
CONCERN ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE
LEVELS OF FUNDING FOR HYDROGEN
AB TWO COULD NOT TOUCH IN LIGHT
DUTY INFRASTRUCTURE- I WANT TO
BUILD ON THE COMMENTS OR LEAST
ALIGN MYSELF WITH THE COMMENTS
OF MISS CURLY. AND SENATOR
PARTULA. THE WE HAVE COULD
LAGGED. THE IN TWENTY FIFTEEN
TWENTY NINETEEN IN THE AND THIS
IS AT THE C. C. LEVEL PROVIDING
THE FUNDING- AND EXPEDITING THE
BUILD OUT OF THE LIGHT TO THE
HYDROGEN. FUELING NETWORK
INTERNET WE FIND OURSELVES IN
KARACHAY POSITION- WHERE WHICH
IS A KIND OF A TAUTOLOGICAL
THING WHERE PEOPLE SAY WELL YOU
KNOW IT'S BEHIND. GO IT'S NOT
GOING TO SUCCEED THE REASON IT'S
BEHIND IT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WE
HAVEN'T MADE THE APPROPRIATE.
INVESTMENTS ARE PRIORITIZED
NATIONALLY MOREOVER WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION IN AB
EIGHT GUY AND THE GOVERNOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER AROUND TWENTY
THIRTY FIVE PROHIBITION ON
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. WE
ARE GOING TO NEED HYDROGEN WE'RE
GONNA NEED FUEL CELL VEHICLES TO
MEET THAT GOAL FOR SOME SHARE OF
THE FLEET IN IT SO WE CAN ARGUE
ABOUT. THE SIZE OF THAT YEAR BUT
HE ARGUABLY IT'S BETWEEN TWENTY
AND FORTY PERCENT. OF CALIFORNIA
DRIVERS ARE NOT EASY TO
DECARBONISE. FOR A BUNCH OF
FAIRLY OBVIOUS REASONS WHY LONG
COMMUTES- THEY HAVE JOBS THAT
DON'T LEND THEMSELVES WELL TO
RECHARGING. ARE THEY LIVE IN
AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE
ACCESS. TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING.
AND SO THAT'S ONE HUNDRED TWO
IMPORTANT SO IT'S A MONEY ISSUE
HERE- TO MISS CURLEY'S POINT IS
IF WE DO NOT EXTEND THE SUNSET
AND PROVIDE. A SPECIFIC
ALLOCATION PROJECT PARTICULARLY
IN LIGHT. OF THE ABOVE YOU KNOW
SHOULD BE A REAR H. I NEED
RESTAURANTS. I THINK THAT PLACES
IN THE JEOPARDY THE WHOLE
PLATFORM- AND I THINK IT'S FAIR
TO ASK. YOU KNOW THE AGAIN AB
EIGHT JUDGE YOU DON'T ENDEAVOR
NOT TO MAKE. A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE
TYPES OR TECHNOLOGIES. WE'RE
DOING THAT BY THE BY INFERENCE-
IF WE DON'T FIND HYDROGEN TO GET
IT TO SELF SUSTAINABILITY. AND
IF WE DO THAT I THINK IT ONE OF
THE WITNESSES MENTIONED. THE
EQUITY LENS WHICH I THINK IS
VERY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE MANY
DRIVERS. WHO SORT OF FIT THAT
THAT- CARRIAGES ASIAN THAT ARE
GOING TO NEED FUEL CELL VEHICLES
WILL MAKE THAT TRANSITION. TO
ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE
TECHNOLOGY- AND SO. I'M GONNA
STAY OFFICE TODAY BUT SPEECH IF
FOR THAT. BE I THINK WE NEED. TO
TWO X. ALLAH FOR FUEL CELL IF
YOU FEEL TECHNOLOGY IN THE
EXTENSION CDP IF WE CAN DO THAT-
DIE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU. AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. THANK YOU ARE
EXERCISING A PRIVILEGE OF THE
CHAIR I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT CENTER NEWMAN HAD PROBABLY
THE BEST EVER. APRIL FOOLS DAY
POST ON TWITTER GO TO HIS FEET
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT- SENATOR
DODD. I WOULD SAY. THAT YEAH I
WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA. COME
BACK I THINK IT'S GONNA PASSED
TODAY I. WILL SUPPORT IT TODAY.
BUT IT'S COULD BE A TWO THIRDS
VOTE ON THE FLOOR I. AGREE WITH
SENATOR NEWMAN AND CENTER
ARCHULETA- IN OTHERS I'VE BEEN A
COP TWENTY SEVEN I'VE BEEN A
MOST RECENT TRIP TO DENMARK I'VE
BEEN AT. A NUMBER OF PLACES I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT
CALIFORNIA THAT WE- ARE NOT. IT
EMBRACING CERTAINLY IT'S NOT IS
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT AS FAR
ALONG. AS THE AS THE PLUG IN
VEHICLES- IN THIS IS NOT A
COMMON AGAINST THE PLUG IN
VEHICLES I THINK WE OUGHT TO.
CONTINUE DOING THAT. BUT WE
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE. A
DIVERSITY. IN THE TYPE OF FUELS
THAT WERE USED IN THE STATE AND-
I FOR ONE THINK IT'S- JUST A
MATTER OF. EXTENDING THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY THAT GOES TO THE
HYDROGEN SO THAT WE CAN GET THE
HYDROGEN HIGHWAY. YOU KNOW BUILT
SEND. SIGNALS TO THE MARKET.
THAT THE LEGISLATURE FEELS THAT
THIS TECHNOLOGY. IS IT IS IT IS
VALID AND LIKE THE REST OF THE
WORLD- PEOPLE ARE BETTING ON
THIS AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO AS
WELL. THANK YOU. FEDERAL
EXPRESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
TO THE AUTHOR THERE ARE MANY
IMPORTANT COMMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE AND I JUST WANTED TO
ASK YOU TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WAS WRITTEN IT- BY
THE CONSULTANTS IN THE REPORT
WHICH WAS. THAT SINCE TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT THAT WE HAVE MUCH
MORE AGGRESSIVE GOALS FOR ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES AND MUCH MORE
STRANGE STRINGENT REGULATIONS
FOR CRITERIA POLLUTANTS. SHOULD
THESE GOALS AND REGULATIONS BE
REFLECTED IN THE PROGRAMS AND
THEN IT GOES ON WITH ANOTHER OF
THE BULLET POINTS TO JUST SAY
SOME CLEAN UP COULD SHARPEN THE
STATUTE. IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE
BEEN LAYERS AND LAYERS THAT HAVE
ADDED OVER TIME AND- IT'S IT MAY
BE YOU CAN'T. EAT AN ELEPHANT
ONE BITE SO THIS IS THE EFFORT
TO DO TO MAKE THAT THE FIRST BY
WHICH IS REALLY NECESSARY AT
THIS POINT BUT I JUST WANTED TO
SEE IF THERE'S ANY. GIVE ANY
THOUGHTS ON ON THOSE POINTS YEAH
ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK THIS IS
WHY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION CENTER I THINK AGAIN
THIS IS I WILL FOCUS. MY ENERGY
TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING SO
FAR IS THAT. THE FOCUS WOULD BE
MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY THIS CRITERIA-
CRITERIA POLLUTANTS LIKE. SOX
AND DOCKS AND DIESEL PARTICULATE
MATTER THAT SO MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE INHALING EVERY
SINGLE DAY WE KNOW THOSE ARE THE
TOP EMITTERS. SO WHY NOT FOCUS
OUR EFFORTS- 50% OF THE DOLLARS
TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES- FOCUS
ON MEDIUM HEAVY- REFORM THE A
QUICK PROGRAM SO WE CAN- AND
SURE THAT YOU KNOW THESE DOLLARS
ARE GETTING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITIES FAST ENOUGH. SO WE
CAN ADDRESS THE- EMISSIONS AND
WE CAN ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW. WE
ARE GETTING TO- THE GOALS THAT
WE STEP FORWARD. AS A SENATOR
DOLLY MENTIONED AS WELL- BUT
AGAIN DOING SO IN A WAY THAT'S
TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL NOT PICKING
THE WINNERS AND LOSERS I
UNDERSTAND WHAT MY- COLLEAGUES
ARE SAYING ON THE- HYDROGEN
SIDE. I TO I BELIEVE IN HYDROGEN
AS WELL BUT I JUST THINK. WE
HAVE INVESTED IN AND I WOULD
LOVE TO OUTLINE ALL THE DOLLARS
THAT WE'VE INVESTED IT'S BEEN
OVER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS IN FACT OF THE LAST TEN
YEARS WE'VE INVESTED IN
HYDROGEN. CALIFORNIA BELIEVES IN
THIS BUT WE'VE GOT TO. ENSURE
THAT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE
FOCUSED THESE NEXT TEN YEARS. DO
SO ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT MEET
THE MOST THAT NEED IT THE MOST
AND- AND OF COURSE WELCOME ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN THIS IN
THESE NEXT. FEW LEGISLATIVE
SESSIONS. TO BE ABLE TO REFORM
THE BILL. AND ARE THERE YES
SENATOR BAKER. THANK YOU ARE
TRYING TO SAY- WHERE IS THE
CHAIR BUDGET SUB TO. THAT A VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BILL AND WE
KNOW THAT WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO
DO YOU. CAN GET THE PENETRATION
OF. THE COMMISSION VEHICLES
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND I
APPRECIATE THE TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRAL. APPROACH AS WELL. HERE
AND- BE. PROUD SUPPORT THIS BILL
TODAY. SENATOR CORTESE. HE WAS
SURE. OF I'M- PROBABLY CUT TO
THE CHASE AND- MY CALL- WITH-
CENTER DIED IN IRAN'S- HE CENTER
NEWMAN PARTICULARLY. I JUST WANT
TO SAY AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE.
ARGUMENTATIVE AT ALL BUT TO
SUPPORT THE- RESEARCH THAT I'VE
DONE ON MY OWN. IT PARTICULARLY
SINCE THE LAST SESSION THROUGH
THE ENORMOUS SOURCE. LITERALLY
GOING UP AND DOWN HAIFA I TRIED
TALKING TO FOLKS WHO. HAVE TO
MEET- ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR GOALS
ARE LEGISLATIVELY THAT EVEN THE
STYLIST- I'M PRETTY CONVINCED
THAT. TUNER FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS HAS BEEN INVESTED THUS
FAR IS. FRANKLY KIND OF A
PITTANCE RELATIVE TO WHAT'S
GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE ON THE
HYDROGEN SIDE IF INDEED WE'RE
NOT GOING TO SOMEHOW RELAX. OR
OUR CLIMATE GOALS I DON'T SEE IS
DOING THEN AT LEAST BOY THIS
LEGISLATORS COMPOSED- THERE'S-
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY WAY-
IMPAIR FROM SILICON VALLEY. I
WOULD HOPE I'D BE RIGHT ON THE
CUTTING EDGE OF KNOWING WHETHER
OR NOT BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS
GOING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE.
THIRTY FORTY FIFTY TONS-
TRANSPORT IS GOING TO BE.
AVAILABLE ON ON BATTERY
VEHICLES- SO ALL THAT JUST TELLS
ME WE OUGHT TO BE. WE ARE ERR ON
THE SIDE OF- AGGRESSIVENESS WHEN
IT COMES TO FUNDING HYDROGEN AND
FRANKLY JUST. PLAYING CATCH UP
ON HYDROGEN UNTIL WE GET TO A
POINT WHERE WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT
BETTER- YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY
GOING TO EMERGE OR SOME
COMBINATION OF BOTH IS WHAT I
REALLY SUSPECT. THAT SAID THAT
SAID- I KNOW- THAT. THE AUTHOR
IS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK ON
IT IN IN ALSO KNOW THAT THE
AUTHOR- WAS PREVIOUSLY INFORMED
THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS BILL AND I'M GONNA KEEP MY
WORD AND BE AN AYE VOTE TODAY
BUT I JUST I. IN FAIRNESS I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE
THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT-
BY THINKING ON THIS WHOLE ISSUE
HAS BEEN SHIFTING AND SHIFTING
AND SHIFTING OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS. THANK YOU. FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS- SEEING
NONE. YOU MAY CLOSE WELL THANK
YOU THIS IS BEEN A VERY EXCITING
AND ENGAGING- UP PROCESS AND I
WANT TO THANK ALL THE SENATORS-
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE FOR
BRINGING FORWARD ALL OF THESE-
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BECAUSE
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN
ORDER TO MAKE THIS REALLY ROBUST
PLAN. AGAIN WITH THE GOAL OF
ENSURING THAT WE'RE REDUCING
EMISSIONS A TACKLING THAT
CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS- AND
ENSURING THAT YOU KNOW THE
INNOVATORS OUT THERE IN INDUSTRY
ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WE MEAN
BUSINESS AS IT PERTAINS TO
GETTING- WHETHER IT'S HYDROGEN.
OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES- AND THE
LIGHT DUTY INFRASTRUCTURE-
COMPLEMENTARY OUT IN INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT OF COURSE NEED
IT THE MOST THE MOST EQUITABLE-
OPPORTUNITIES- THAT WE NEED TO
YOU KNOW FOCUS ON SO. WITH THAT
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
AND I LOOK FOR TO MORE
DISCUSSIONS WITH EVERYONE THANK
YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION. MOVED
BY SENATOR ALONE. CALL THE ROLE
PLAYERS. FOR FILE ITEM SEVENTEEN
SB EIGHTY FOUR BY SENATOR
GONZALEZ THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SENATORS
GONZALEZ. HI GONZALEZ I NEELAM
NO MILANO ALLEN. R. J. HI
ARCHULETA I BAKER. BAKER I
EXPERIENCE I LIKE SPARE I CORTES
HE- CORTEZ THE I DALY. DALLI NOW
DOT. LIMON LIMÓN I MCGUIRE.
NEWMAN NEWMAN KNOW WHEN. C. R.
DON'T KNOW CERTAIN- NUMBER. BOB
BOB I. SEVEN OKAY THE VOTE HAS-
THE BILL HAS SEVEN VOTES WILL
KEEP THAT ON CALL AT THIS TIME
THANK YOU- AND I JUST WANT TO
REMIND MEMBERS- WE ACTUALLY HAVE
SB FIFTY FIVE EIGHTY BY SENATOR
BRADFORD HAS BEEN PUT OVER THAT
IS FILE ITEM. TEN WHICH HAS BEEN
PUT OVER SO WE WILL NOT BE
HEARING THAT BILL TODAY. ALL
RIGHT- LAST ON OUR AGENDA WE
HAVE SENATOR GLAZERS WHO IS HERE
FILE ITEM SEVENTEEN THAT IS SB
EIGHTY FOUR PROGRAM FUNDING- I'M
SORRY TWO SEVEN. EIGHT TWO SEVEN
MY APOLOGIES I AM SAYS BEFORE.
FILE ITEM FIFTEEN SB EIGHT TWO
SEVEN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
REPRESENTS A DISTRICT THANK YOU
OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR AGAINST-
AND MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PRESENT THIS BILL I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE STAFF. FOR
THEIR EXCELLENT ANALYSIS ON THE
BILL I HOPE EVERYONE HAD THE
CHANCE TO READ IT. HI THIS BILL
WOULD IT WOULD A POLITICAL I
EXISTING STATUTORY AUTHORITY
GRANTED TO OUR CALTRANS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
INSPECTOR GENERAL. TO THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT
OR BART INSPECTOR GENERAL ALIGNS
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND
DUTIES. CALTRANS TO BART THE
SAME SPECIFICALLY THE BILL
PROPOSES TO EQUIP THE BAR
INSPECTOR GENERAL WITH ACCESS TO
PART RECORDS AND PROPERTY. ALONG
WITH ACCESS TO- RECORDS. ARE
LESS STATE LAW EXPLICITLY
PRECLUDES ACCESS AND PROVIDES A
LIST OF MODEST SANCTIONS AS A
PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTING THE WORK
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. AGAIN
SAME RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS
THAT WE HAVE WITH CALTRANS THAT
WE'VE ENACTED. CALTRANS
INSPECTOR GENERAL. AREA VOTERS
CREATED THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IS A PART
OF THE BALLOT MEASURE THAT ALSO
GAVE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITIES THE POWER TO RAISE
BRIDGE TOLLS TO FINANCE
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. THE
THINKING WAS FORECAST FOR MORE
TAXPAYER MONEY LET'S MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S APPROPRIATE
OVERSIGHT. TO THE OR THE MAJOR
BENEFICIARIES OF THAT MONEY AND
THAT WAS PART AND THAT WAS THE
CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL. IT'S A CRACK
CRUCIAL OFFICE TO GIVE THE
PUBLIC IN THE SYSTEM RIDERS AN
INDEPENDENT SET OF EYES AND
EARS. TO MONITOR THE AGENCY
SPENDING OPERATIONS- CURRENT LAW
DOES NOT GRANT THE BART
INSPECTOR GENERAL SUFFICIENT
INDEPENDENCE NECESSARY TO DO HER
JOB. FOR EXAMPLE MOST IT HI JEEZ
IN INDEPENDENT AUDITORS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO INTERVIEW ANY AGENCY
EMPLOYEE. ACCESS ANY AGENCY
RECORDS. AND FACILITY ALLOW THEM
TO BE INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT
WATCH STOCKS. THIS BILL WOULD
GIVE THOSE COMMON TOOLS TO THE
BART INSPECTOR GENERAL. NOW AS
PART SEEKS ADDITIONAL STATE AND
TAXPAYER FUNDING TO STAVE OFF
WHAT THEY CALL THEIR FISCAL
CLIFF. IT'S SIMPLY INCUMBENT
UPON THE LEGISLATURE TO ENSURE
THAT THE SAME SYSTEM SPEND
PUBLIC RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY.
INHERENT IN THE PROCESS OF
MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCIES ARE
STABLE STRUCTURES OF
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THE BART
INSPECTOR GENERAL POSITION IS NO
EXCEPTION. FORMER BART INSPECTOR
GENERAL HARRIET RICHARDSON
SUPPORTS THIS BILL AS TIED TO
THE ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AUDITORS. AND THE BAY
AREA COUNCIL. THE BARD INSPECTOR
GENERAL NEEDS THESE CHANGES TO
FULFILL THE MISSION THAT THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE VOTERS BASS
THEM TO UNDERTAKE. WITH ME TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. IS BART
DIRECTOR LIZ AMES AND ALEX TOUR
AS THE STATE GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR
FOR THE BAY AREA COUNCIL. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIRED GONZALEZ AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ANALYSTS
AIMS- AND I'M ONE OF NINE OF
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. I AM HERE TODAY TO
SEE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AS
SENATE BILL EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN.
AS THE FORMER ISSUES BECAUSE- AS
A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PALO
ALTO COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION I KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT WAS
TO ALLOW FEDERAL AUDITORS. AND
COMPLETE ACCESS TO EVERY EMAIL
AND EVERY FILE TO PREVENT FRAUD
WASTE AND ABUSE. AS A LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEER I
SAW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR
CITY AUDITORS TO DO THE SAME FOR
A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF A STREET
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM I MANAGED.
BART HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED
AUDITS WHERE THEY HAVE TO ALLOW
ALL FILES AND EMAILS. TO BE
DISCLOSED FOR AN EVALUATION OF
THEIR PERFORMANCE ON PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES. THE AUDITS THEY
RECEIVE FOCUS ON EXPENDITURES.
ENTER NOW AND ARE NOT ON HOW
INVESTMENTS ARE CHOSEN AND
PROJECTS ARE MANAGED. THIS KIND
OF OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
IS WHAT TAXPAYERS NEED. IN ORDER
TO TRUST HIM BARRED. WITH SB
EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN PART WILL BE
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MORE
INFORMATION TO JUSTIFY THEIR
BUDGETS. AND PROJECT DETAILS
BEFORE EXPENDITURES ARE MADE.
THE PUBLIC DEMAND TRANSPARENCY
AND OVERSIGHT AND WANTS TO KNOW
HOW BIRD SPENDS OUR TAX DOLLARS
. THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE THE
PUBLIC'S TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.
IS BY HAVING ADDITIONAL
OVERSIGHT WITHOUT INTERFERENCE.
SINCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN TWENTY
NINETEEN IT HAS ENCOUNTERED
NUMEROUS CHALLENGES. IN ITS
ABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK WITH
THE INDEPENDENCE EXPECTED. A TO
PERFORM THE WORK OF IT OF THE
INDEPENDENCE EXPECTED OF AN
INSPECTOR GENERAL AS DESCRIBED
IN THE BILL'S ANALYSIS. I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT PART.
DOES NOT OBSTRUCT THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND I HOPE
THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK
YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS-
ALEX TORRES DIRECTOR OF STATE
GOVERNOR ELATION FOR THE BAY
AREA COUNCIL HERE TODAY
REPRESENTING OVER THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY EMPLOYER MEMBERS IN THE
NINE COUNTY BAY AREA. EXPRESS
SUPPORT FOR SB EIGHT TO SEVEN
AND THE COUNCIL'S A LONG HISTORY
WITH AND ARE A WERE CLOSELY TIED
WITH PART WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL
IN THE CREATION OF BARTON THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES HAVE BEEN
PIVOTAL OVER THE YEARS AND
ENSURING THE REGIONAL TRANSIT
BACKBONE HAS THE RESOURCES IT
NEEDS TO PERFORM TO THE BEST OF
ITS ABILITIES. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS
RM THREE REGIONAL MEASURE THREE
IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN- PROVIDING
OVER FOUR POINT FOUR FIVE
BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE BAY A
PORTION- WHICH PART RECEIVED
VARIOUS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. OUR
EMPLOYEES ALSO PROVIDED FUNDS
FOR THE CREATION OF THE IN
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE
BART MAKES EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR
M. THREE REVENUE AND IN GENERAL
OPERATES EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY THE COUNCIL WAS VERY
SUPPORTIVE THIS FUNDING
ALLOCATION ARM THREE. SINCE ITS
INCEPTION STOP IN AT THE OFFICE
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THE FULL
SCOPE OF ITS ANTICIPATED ROLE
FOR WHICH IT WAS CREATED. THE
RECURRING CHALLENGES FACED BY
THE FORMER PART I. G. HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED AND DISTRIBUTED
PUBLICLY IN VERBAL AND WRITTEN
REPORTS THE LEGISLATURE AND TO
BART'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS
IS A MUCH NEEDED MEASURE THAT
WEIRD AND WE ARE DEEPLY INVESTED
IN PART SUCCESS TODAY AND IN THE
FUTURE WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH
THE COALITION OF THESE. SURVIVE
AND THRIVE COALITION. TO ENSURE
THAT PART SURVIVES THIS FISCAL
CLIFF CRISIS AND THAT THE SYSTEM
THRIVES MOVING FORWARD. SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SENATOR GLAZERS
POINTS. THAT WE IDENTIFY
EFFICIENCIES WHERE POSSIBLE AND
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR IS
SPENT APPROPRIATELY. INHERENT IN
THE PROCESS OF MAXIMIZING
EFFICIENCIES ARE STRONG STABLE
LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
PART I. G. POSITION IS NO
EXCEPTION FOR THESE REASONS WE
ARE PROUD TO BE IN SUPPORT TODAY
URGE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. JIM LIGHTS ON
BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT WE
ARE SUPPORT IF AMENDED. WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE CRIMINALIZATION
. VERSIONS CHANGE TO SUBPOENA
POWER FOR THE IG. AND ENSURE
THAT THE SCOPE OF THE IG'S WORK
DOES NOT. CONFLICT WITH THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AT BART.
NOR THE OFFICE OF THE
INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR THANK
YOU. Q. OKAY ANY OTHER-
WITNESSES IN IN SUPPORT OF SB
EIGHT TO SEVEN PLEASE COME
FORWARD. OKAY AND NOW- WILL MOVE
ON TO WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION-
WE'VE GOT. A FEW FOLKS THAT LIKE
TO COME FORWARD. S. CI YOU ASKED
ME IN EIGHTEEN YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. GONZALEZ AND- SENATE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JESSE HUNT
AND I AM THE PRESIDENT BUSINESS
AGENT FOR AMALGAMATED TRANSIT
UNION LOCAL FIFTEEN FIFTY FIVE.
REPRESENTING ROUGHLY ONE
THOUSAND MOSTLY FROM MY MART
WORKERS- THIS BILL I'M HERE
TODAY SPEAKING OPPOSITION OF
SENATE BILL EIGHT TO SEVEN THIS
BILL IS OPPOSED BY NOT ONLY THE
MEMBERS OF AMALGAMATED TRANSIT
UNION BUT ALSO SEIU ANNE ASKED
ME. TOGETHER WE REPRESENT THE
MAJORITY OF PART WORKERS. I
LEGISLATION ON THIS SAME TOPIC
WAS INTRODUCED AND ULTIMATELY
VETOED LAST YEAR WE OPPOSED THAT
BILL LARGELY BECAUSE IT DID NOT
ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZE WORKER
PROTECTIONS AND REPRESENTATION
RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES. BEING
INVESTIGATED AND INTERVIEWED BY
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. SOME MAY
ARGUE THAT THIS NEW LEGISLATION
DOES NOT ADDRESS THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S ACCESS TO EMPLOYEES
BUT THIS WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS.
INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE
OF REPRESENTATION AND DUE
PROCESS FOR WORKERS THIS BILL
INSTEAD ADDS THE THREAT OF
CRIMINAL REFERRAL. WHICH WE
BELIEVE WILL SERVE TO COURSE
WORKERS AWAY FROM THEIR RIGHTS.
TO REPRESENTATION WORKERS WILL
BE FORCED. TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
PROTECTING THEIR EMPLOYMENT
RIGHTS AND THE THREAT OF
CRIMINAL REFERRAL FOR DOING SO.
ADDITIONALLY THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WILL CAUSE MASSIVE
CONFUSION BY DUPLICATING
INVESTIGATORY AND AUDIT
FUNCTIONS. THAT WILL LEAD
ULTIMATELY TO LABOR STRIFE BY
CASTING DOUBT. ON DECADES OF
BARGAIN FOR REPRESENTATION
RIGHTS APART DURING A TIME WHEN
THE AGENCY. CAN LEAST AFFORD IT
. ALSO THE EXISTING STATUTORY
FOR THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE FOR
THE BARK OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL WORKS WELL AT NEW
LEGISLATION IS NOT NECESSARY.
THE BAR- I. G. HAS SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED AUDITS AND PRODUCE
HELPFUL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
BART IS NOW IMPLEMENTING.
FINALLY THERE IS A LOCAL
SOLUTION TO ANY OUTSTANDING
ISSUES THAT REMAIN. BAR IS
CREATING A CHARTER TO CLARIFY
THE O. I. G.'S ROLE. WITH THE
RECENT RESIGNATION THE BARTON
SPECTOR GENERAL THE PROCESS IS
UNDERSTANDABLY ON HOLD UNTIL A
REPLACEMENT IS APPOINTED. FOR
ALL THESE REASONS. WE URGE
OPPOSITION ON THIS PROPOSAL AS A
LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT ANY CHANGES TO THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE ARE
MADE. IN A THOUGHTFUL AND
DELIBERATE MANNER. AND THAT
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE
PERSPECTIVES OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED. S. CI U. S. MEN A TO
URGE OPPOSITION THIS LEGISLATION
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHOI
GONZALEZ- SAL CRUZ- AND- MEMBERS
OF THE US SENATE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE- I'M THE PRESIDENT OF
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE
COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL
THIRTY NINE NINETY THREE. ALSO
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF APPS ME UP
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA- WE
REPRESENT SUPERVISORY AND
PROFESSIONAL STAFF APART. THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ALL OF THE
LABOR UNIONS AND PARTS
STAKEHOLDERS HAPPEN MEETING. TO
DEVELOP A CHARTER THAT RESOLVES
ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ALL THE
PARTIES OF PUT FORWARD INCLUDING
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL- WE'VE MET
AND HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST IN
THE CURRENT DRAFT FORM- A
CHARTER THAT WOULD ADOPT THE
MAJORITY WITH INSPECTOR. GENERAL
HAS BEEN SEEKING OBVIOUSLY AT
THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT
PROCEED BECAUSE INSPECTOR
GENERAL- RESIGNED- RETIRED AND
WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING THE
GOVERNOR APPOINTS- A NEW
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S WE CAN
PROCEED WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL WE
CAN GET THERE- BUT IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO- TO MAKE IT
CLEAR IT ALL UP TO ALL OF YOU
THAT. ARE REPRESENTATION RIGHTS
WHICH WERE BARGAINED FOR DECADES
AGO I WORK FOR US THIS WE
FIGURED THIS OUT A VERY VERY
LONG TIME AGO. THE PROBLEM WE'RE
DEALING WITH NOW IS THAT WE HAVE
AN AGENCY THAT'S FOLLOWING THESE
GUIDELINES AND WE HAVE THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
THIS FOLLOWING DIFFERENT
GUIDELINES SO WE HAVE THIS
CONFUSION THAT'S HAPPENING
AMONGST A REPRESENTED WORKFORCE.
THAT WE WISH TO RESOLVE. WE URGE
A NO VOTE ON THIS BILL SOLVE
STAKEHOLDER CAN. WORKING TOWARDS
A FINAL RESOLUTION. THROUGH A
LOCAL CHARTER THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU
OKAY IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE
TO COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT. OR
OPPOSITION OF AFSPA TWO SEVEN.
MADAM CHAIRMAN SENATORS TERRY
BRENNAN ABOUT VETS YEAH YOU
CALIFORNIA WE REPRESENT OVER
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND HARD
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN
CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THE BULK OF
THE- PART IN PLOY HE SAID AND I
JUST URGE YOU TO. GIVE PEACE A
CHANCE GIVE THESE GUYS A CHANCE
TO NEGOTIATE THIS AND LOCAL
LEVEL. AND HOLD THIS BILL WE
COULD DO IT AGAIN ANY TIME WHEN
IT. NEEDS TO BE DONE THANK YOU.
JOHN RUN TO THIS PRESENT BY
CHOPPED ARE ASKING YOU- TEN
TWENTY ONE. REPRESENTING ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
MAINTENANCE AND CLERICAL WORKERS
. I STRONGLY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE-
SENATE BILL EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU. STAND
FOR WORKERS REPRESENTATION
RIGHTS. THANK YOU CHAIR AND
SENATORS. MADAM CHAIR SHINGLES
BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
CONFERENCE BOARD OF THE
MAGNITUDE TRANSIT UNION IN
OPPOSITION. MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHRISTOPHE
MAIRE WITH THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASKED ME
CALIFORNIA. IN OPPOSITION. RENTS
BILLION A S. YEAH YOU TURN
TWENTY ONE BARK CHAPTER- A
TRANSIT VEHICLE MECHANIC IN
CHIEF STEWARD- MY MEMBERS AND I
OPPOSE. THIS BILL THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS CARMEN
WILLIAMS BAR CHAPTER CHEN TWENTY
ONE SECRETARY AND ALSO ON THE
FLOOR WORKER AT BART. UP
OPPOSITION OF THIS. EIGHT TWENTY
SEVEN THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME
IS TERRA FONG A REPRESENTATIVE
SORRY HE ATTENTION ONE PART
CHAPTER CHIEF STEWART AND SENIOR
STOREKEEPER. BAR AND THE MEMBERS
OF MYSELF- TOOLS OFFICES FOR SB
TWENTY SEVEN THANK. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME SUSAN AMADOR
FOR THIS YEAH YOU TEN TWENTY ONE
BY CHAPTER. I AM THE ACTING
CHIEF THROUGH FOR THE UTILITY
WORKERS IN OPPOSITION TO SENATE
BILL THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING.
WORKERS RIGHT SENT. MY NAME'S
THOMAS CARLSON IS A OF A TEN
TWENTY ONE OR CHAPTER- CHIEF
STEWARD TVM TRANSAMERICA
MECHANIC AND WE OPPOSE THIS.
THANK YOU. HERE. RANA MORE- S.
YEAH YOU TEN TWENTY ONE
ELECTRICAL CHIEF STEWARD US IN
OPPOSITION BILL H. SEVEN. DRAW
THE MOST OVER I'M A CHIEF STORE
FOR TRACK INSTRUCTORS AND MYSELF
AM ATTRACTING STRUCTURES MADE
HIS PERSONNEL I'M IN OPPOSITION
OF THE BILL SB. EIGHT TWO SEVEN.
JOSHUA MALDONADO SEIU TEN TWENTY
ONE. APART CHAPTER. I'M
INTERESTED FOR A COMPUTER GROUP
OF THE COMPUTER I'M SORRY.
COMPUTER ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS
AND- IN OPPOSITION SENATE BILL
SB EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN. GOOD
AFTERNOON MEMBERS- GYMBOREE AC
YOU TEND TO ONE PER CHAPTER
CHIEF STEWARD FOR BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS. I AND MY MEMBERS OPPOSE
SENATE BILL SB EIGHT TWENTY
SEVEN. THANK YOU SENATORS FOR
SUPPORTING WORKERS THANK YOU
OKAY ANYONE ELSE IN ROOM TWELVE
HUNDRED LIKE TO COME FORWARD IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OKAY THE
NONE- MODERATOR WILL TAKE IT TO
THE CALL TELECONFERENCE LINE FOR
ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SUPPORTER
OPPOSED SB EIGHT TO SEVEN PLEASE
. AND TO PROVIDE COMMENT IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB.
EIGHTY EIGHT TO SEVEN. S. ONE
AND ZERO AT THIS TIME.
LET'S GO TO LINE FIFTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD FIFTY ONE. HELLO
AGAIN. SANTA CLARA COUNTY. AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT. NUMBER EIGHTY
SEVEN. AND I WANT TO FOR THE
MORE HEARING THE OPPOSITION LIKE
TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT THE FIRST
TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S
SOMETHING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY FOR
PROFIT OR THAT'S AFFECTING
INCOME PEOPLE JOBS IN ST CLAIR
COUNTY OR INTERVIEW AT THIS TIME
WE'RE JUST TAKING. THE BLACK
AUDIT THANK YOU WERE TAKING OF
IN THE OREGON AND YOUR NAME
PLEASE. THE SECOND PART IS VERY
IN NEED OF LIKE IT FOR EVERYBODY
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
COMMENT MY APOLOGIES. I JUST
NAME ORGANIZATION AND WHETHER
YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE SB TWO
SEVEN PLEASE. LINE SIXTY FIVE
PLEASE. I IN THE BRIDAL INDUSTRY
ONE BOARD DIRECTOR FOR SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT
AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE
EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN THANK YOU. GO
TO NEXT FINE SKYLINE SIXTY
PLEASE GO AHEAD. AFTERNOON
BERLIN TO BRIGHTON SENATE SAYING
NO AFFILIATION. EXTREMELY STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. GO TO LINE
FIFTY THREE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. RICHARD SINCE THE
RECENTLY RETIRED ART INSPECTOR
GENERAL I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES I FACED DURING MY
TENURE THANK YOU. AND WE WILL GO
TO LINE FORTY PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO AND THANK YOU CARE
GONZALEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS I
AM MARIE HOGAN DE RETIRED
ELECTED CITY AUDITOR FOR THE
CITY OF BERKELEY. IT CAME ON
BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITORS WHICH
STRONGLY SUPPORTS THIS BILL WE
ARE THE PRIMARY PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
PROFESSIONALS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA INCLUDING
AUDITORS. AND INSPECTORS GENERAL
. THANK YOU. AT WE HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS THANK YOU AT
THIS TIME OKAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MODERATOR- SO WE'LL PICK
TICKET BACK TO THE DICE I'M
GONNA JUST BEGIN- REALLY QUICKLY
I. FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU
SENATOR GLAZER AND FOR ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHO PROVIDED
TESTIMONY AND THOUGHTFUL
CONVERSATION I KNOW WE'VE BEEN
HERE BEFORE- BUT SENATOR GLAZER
AS WE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THE
HEARING AS ARTICULATED DURING
THE HEARING THERE ARE VARIOUS
OUTSTANDING CONCERNS- INCLUDING
THE TIMING OF THE BILL THE
BILL'S PROVISIONS RELATED TO
CRIMINAL PENALTIES. AN EMPLOYEE
MAIN KERR AND QUESTIONS RELATED
TO ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION
DURING AN INVESTIGATION WHICH I
KNOW ARE STILL OUTSTANDING- IN
FACT WHEN A SIMILAR BILL WAS
PROPOSED LAST YEAR GOVERNU SOME
VETO THE BILL AND IN HIS VETO
MESSAGE HE NOTED- HE AGREED WITH
THE LEGISLATION HE UNDERSTOOD
THAT THERE IS ONE RESULT ISSUE
REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION. OF
ALL REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES OF
THEIR RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION-
WHICH STILL REMAINS OUTSTANDING
SO GIVEN THE CONVERSATION TODAY
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE- THE ISSUE
AS A MENTION OF THE RIGHT FOR
EMPLOYER REPRESENTATION AND
PRESENTATION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED
AND FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AT A
LOCAL LEVEL IN MY OPINION ARE
NEEDED. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
FACT THAT THERE'S AN INSPECTOR
GENERAL ON ON THEIR WAY I THINK
THERE'S THREE NAMES ON THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK AS WE SPEAK- TO
BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
THIS- FOR THIS POSITION. SO FOR
THOSE REASONS I WILL PERSONALLY
LAY OFF THE BILL TODAY- I THINK
I'VE FREE TO READ THAT TO YOU-
WHEN WE SPOKE A FEW TIMES
BEFORE- AND I ENCOURAGE AND HOPE
THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO
ENSURE THAT WE GET TO A PLACE
WHERE- ALL FEEL. YOU KNOW THE
HEARD IN ALL FEEL LIKE WE CAN
MOVE IN A DIRECTION WHERE-
RESPONSIBILITY TRANSPARENCY BUT
ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT-
WORKERS RIGHTS AND INVOICES ARE
HURT TOO. SO WITH THAT. CAN I
GET A RESPONSE HERE YOU WANT ME
TO WAIT. YOU CAN RESPOND IF
YOU'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO BEGIN
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT. NOTHING IN
THIS BILL AFFECTS BARGAINING
RIGHTS NOTHING. DOESN'T CHANGE
ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN PART OF
THEIR EMPLOYEES. NOTHING IN THIS
BILL CHANGES THAT. DEAL THE ONLY
THING THAT THIS BILL DOES IS
ALLOW. IN INSPECTORS GENERAL TO
INTERVIEW A WHISTLEBLOWER.
SOMEONE SAYS I KNOW WHERE
THERE'S FRAUD OR WASTE OR
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS THERE
HAS BEEN. IT ALLOWS THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INTERVIEW
THAT PERSON TALK TO THAT PERSON
. THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
CONCERN ON. SO CALLED WORKER
RIGHTS- I AGREED. TO AN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE
REFER TO AS WEINGARTEN RIGHTS.
WHICH MEANS THAT BEFORE
INSPECTOR GENERAL CAN. TALK TO
AN EMPLOYEE. AT THE ELECTED NAME
THEY MUST LET THE EMPLOYEE KNOW
THAT THEY CAN BE REPRESENTED. BY
THEIR UNION IF THEY WISH AND
IT'S THAT WHISTLEBLOWERS CHOICE
AS TO WHETHER THEY- INCLUDE THAT
PERSON OR NOT- AND THAT WAS
REQUESTED BY CHAIR STONE.
CHAIRED THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
IN THE ASSEMBLY. AND HE FELT
THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER
THAT COULD BE DONE. TO RESOLVE
ANY THAT THE ISSUE OF WHETHER
NOT WORKER RIGHTS ARE BEING
PROTECTED. THERE IS NO STRONGER.
PROTECTION FOR WORKERS ANYWHERE.
IN A PUBLIC AGENCY. THEN THE
WEINGARTEN RIGHTS THERE'S
NOBODY'S CREATED ANY OTHER
STANDARD. TO SOMEHOW PROTECT.
WORKER RIGHTS AND PRIVACY. IF
YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS HEARD
ABOUT FRAUD. IT'S THEIR CHOICE
WHETHER THEY WANT OTHER PEOPLE
TO KNOW ABOUT IT. WHAT AT THAT
THE UNION IS SUGGESTING IS THAT
THEY SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM. FOR
THAT INTERVIEW AND THAT'S SIMPLY
A COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE IN
TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO DO THE
WORK. INSPECTOR GENERAL SO WE
HAVE CONCEDED EVERY ISSUE THERE-
EXCEPT FOR. INTERFERING IN
PRIVACY RIGHTS WE DON'T
INTERFERE WITH COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING. WHICH IS SIMPLY LEAD
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUST LIKE A
CALTRANS. DO THE SAME THING THAT
THAT THAT THAT THE PART
INSPECTION WOULD BE ABLE TO DO
UNDER THIS BILL. INTERVIEW
EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS TO RECORDS
THAT'S ALL THAT THIS BILL DOES.
WELL I THANK YOU FOR THAT I JUST
THINK WE'RE STILL AT AN IMPASSE
IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW I THINK
BOTH SIDES OF SAID THAT THEY
CONCEDED. X. PERCENT. AND I
DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S
NECESSARILY THE CASE ON ON
EITHER SIDE SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
BUT I YOU KNOW. HERE WE ARE AND
I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS-
FIGURED OUT BUT I WOULD THINK
THAT YOU KNOW AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
WOULD BE THE BEST. OPPORTUNITY
TO DO SO WITH THAT I HAVE A FEW
MORE MEMBERS THAT HAVE
QUESTIONS- SENATOR NEWMAN THAT
WE HAVE SENATOR ARCH LETTER. DID
THINK ABOUT YOUR SERVICE SHOWS-
SYNAGOGE YOU'VE YOU'VE GOT TO.
PART OF MY QUESTION I GUESS MY
CONCERN BUT BUT I ACTUALLY LIKE
MR HUNT- IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
THAT TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE
SPECIFICALLY AND WE CAN BE LIKE
IN THE MOST LAYMAN TERMS YOU
CAN'T. DO YOU KNOW EXPLAINED TO
US OR GIVE US A SCENARIO WHERE.
ONE OF YOUR WORKERS
REPRESENTATION RIGHTS MIGHT BE
COMPROMISED. BY AN I. T. ACTION
OF THE WAYS. THAT I THINK RAISE
CONCERNS. I THINK IT'S AN-
UNFORTUNATE COUNTRY TO THE
SENATOR'S. EXPLANATION THERE'S
NO. RAIDER PROTECTION THEN THE
WEINGARTEN RIGHTS. APART WE HAVE
ACTUALLY THE PARTIES HAVE
NEGOTIATED SOME GREATER
PROTECTIONS IN THE WEINGARTEN
RIGHTS. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION-
AND EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO EXERT THEIR WEINGARTEN
RIGHTS. OR THEIR THEIR RIGHT FOR
REPRESENTATION- AND SO. WE HAVE
THAT BARGAIN IN OUR CONTRACTS WE
EXPECT IN OUR WORKERS. HAVE
FOUGHT HARD TO HAVE THAT
REPRESENTATION. IT DOESN'T
INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY FOR
THE INVESTIGATIONS TO MOVE
FORWARD. IT SIMPLY MEANS THE
MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO
REPRESENTATION WHILE THEY'RE
MOVING FROM THOSE. THOSE
INVESTIGATORY IMAGE INTERVIEWS.
THERE'S NO INTENT BY THE PARTIES
TO- IN SORT OF CELLS IN A
WHISTLE BLOWER IT WAS SIMILAR.
THAT IS A CONVERSATION BY THE
WHISTLEBLOWER WITH THE EMPLOYER.
NOT AN AND AN EMPLOYER INITIATED
. CONVERSATION WHEN IT BECOMES
EMPLOYER INITIATED. THAT'S WHAT
OUR PROTECTION SHOULD BE KICKING
IN THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE
RIGHT TO NOTIFICATION. AND THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR REPRESENTATION
DURING THAT PROCESS AND AGAIN IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE ME A
LIKE A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE
WHERE WHERE ONE OF YOUR WORKERS.
I GUESS IS PARTY TO WERE
SUBJECT. TO INVESTIGATION DID IS
HE HYPOTHETICALLY RIGHT TO LOOK
AT HOW IT WOULD PLAY OUT. AS AS
WE'VE SEEN IT- EMPLOYEE IS
CALLED IN FOR AN INVESTIGATORY
INTERVIEW BY THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL- THEY'RE NOT AFFORDED
THE NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED
THAT WAS- IN OUR CONTRACT. AND
THE CONVERSATIONS WOULD WOULD
BEGIN THAT EMPLOYEE MAY FOR
EXAMPLE- WE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE.
CONVEY A PRACTICE THAT HAS
DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY THAT
IS NOT EITHER COVERED BY POLICY
BUT IT'S A WIDESPREAD PRACTICE.
AND OLIVES ON THAT INDIVIDUAL IN
THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL FIND
THEMSELVES THE TARGET OF THE
INVESTIGATION AS OPPOSED TO
SIMPLY REPORTING ON THE
SITUATION. AND THAT CAN CONVEY
OVER TO EMPLOYMENT- TO
DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR THAT
EMPLOYEE. WHICH IS THE REASON
THAT EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR UNION
REPRESENTATION. YOU KNOW WHAT
YOUR ARGUMENT IS THAT. THAT
REPRESENTATION THIS YEAR IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE WORK OF
THE I. G. WENT DOWN PROBABLY TO
CORRECT IT YEAH SHE'S NOT THE
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT THE HR
DEPARTMENT OF. BART THERE TO
INVESTIGATE FRAUD AND ABUSE. AND
IF THERE WAS SOME- CONDUCT. THAT
THAT THEN PLOIDY THAT WAS IN
QUESTION OF COURSE THEY SHOULD
BE AFFORDED ALL THE RIGHTS. THIS
IS NOT MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE
WHICH IS THAT. THE OUTCOME OF
THE BARGAINING THAT THIS
GENTLEMAN DISCUSSED. NO NO ONE
MILLION- INTERFERENCE IN ANY OF
THAT. THIS IS IN IN THE IN THE
COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION BEEN
ABLE TO INTERVIEW EMPLOYEES WHO
MAY HAVE KNOWLEDGE. ABOUT
CONFLICT OF INTEREST FRAUD ABUSE
THAT TO US THAT THAT I. G. IS
INVESTIGATING AT AND HAS
INVESTIGATED ADVERTISERS IS
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING
REPRESENTATION. PRESENT THAT
GETS IN THE WAY THAT THE ROADS
ARE WHY NOT DEFER. TO THE UNION
AND ALLOW FOR THAT. THAT ELEMENT
RIGHT FOR THE- I LOT OF THE CASE
IN KNOW WE HAD IT RICH ON THE
LAW AND RUSHED STILL THERE THAT
CAN BE DIRECT TESTIMONY TO HER
WORK AS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
BUT IN THE COURSE OF THAT WORK
YOU'RE NOTIFIED THE- COMMONLY BY
WHISTLE BLOWERS PEOPLE WHO ARE
AWARE OF. THE PROBLEM THE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THEY
THEN TAKE THAT COMPLAINT AND
THEY INVESTIGATED- IF YOU
INTERVIEW THAT INDIVIDUAL AND
YOU GIVE NOTIFICATION RIGHTS TO
THE UNION. TO BE PRESENT- THAT
COMPROMISES THE ANSWER IF YOU
INTERVIEW THE WHISTLEBLOWER YET
OR THE OR THE DOOR IT'S SOMEBODY
WHO IS PARTY TO THE ACT. NOT A
NOT A PARTY TO THE ACTORS THAT
WAS OKAY IT IS IN THIS COMPLAINT
IS AN ISSUE TO THE
INVESTIGATION. YOU YOU YOU WERE
WITH YOUR WORK IN SOMEWHERE IN
THE PARK. A SYSTEM THEN YOU SEE-
WE'RE CONTRACTORS BEEN LET OUT
TO SOMEONE WHO USED TO BE AN
EMPLOYEE OR IS A SON OR DAUGHTER
OF AN EMPLOYEE SOMETHING THAT.
YOU THINK VIOLATES THE ETHICS
OR- CODES OF THE AGENCY. AND IF
I WAS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL I
WANT TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THAT- I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A
PRIVATE CONVERSATION AND PROTECT
YOUR ANONYMITY. IF YOU SO WISH
I'M STILL CONFUSED BECAUSE
HAVING MISTER HUNT DESCRIBES
SITUATED THAT THAT IT'S THE- THE
WHISTLE BLOWER THE EMPLOYEE
INITIATE COMPLAINT. YOU DON'T
SEE AN ISSUE IS THAT CORRECT
THAT'S CORRECT IT'S THE RESPONSE
THE FOLLOW UP WHERE OTHER
EMPLOYEES ARE BROUGHT IN THE
CONVERSATIONS. ANY CONVERSATION
ISSUED BY THE- BUT- THERE WOULD
YOU LIKE TO COME UP IN. OF MY
GUMS WOULD BE GREAT- I'M SORRY-
YEAH THE CONCERNS PRIMARILY IS.
EMPLOYER OR INSPECTOR GENERAL
INITIATED CONVERSATIONS WITH
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AFTER THEIR
WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT. THAT'S
WHEN THOSE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE
ENTITLED TO THE REUNION
REPRESENTATION FOR THAT THAT
PROCESS AND THAT HAS BEEN
COLLECTED BARGAIN. THAT'S
CORRECT OKAY I GUESS THANK YOU
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY
CONCERNS ABOUT ABOUT THAT. IN
FACT THE WEINGARTEN RIGHTS THAT
WE AGREE TO PREVIOUSLY. I WOULD
REQUIRE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO
THE DID SAY TO ANY EMPLOYEE THAT
THEY'RE TALKING TO. YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO HAVE UNION
REPRESENTATION AND I SUPPORTED
THAT. LAST YEAR IN THE BILL BUT
IF IT'S TRUE THAT YOU'RE SAYING
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO IT.
IS ALSO TRUE. THAT THE UNIONS.
REMAIN OPPOSED RIGHT TO YOUR
OPPOSED. ON YOUR INTEREST. OF
THE- THAT'S CORRECT TO THE- WAY
. GARDEN IS ACTUALLY HAS TO
EMPLOYEE IN THE- ON ANOTHER
WEINGARTEN'S. THAT THE EMPLOYEE
MAY RECALL. YOU REPRESENTATION.
BASED ON THEIR REGIONAL BELIEVE
THEY MAY BE- SUSCEPTIBLE TO
DISCIPLINARY ACTION. YOU SHOULD
AND TO BE CLEAR I'M SORRY OUR
CONTRACT HAS BARGAINED. A HIGHER
STANDARD THAN THAT WEINGARTEN
STANDARD DID YOU DID MAKE IT
CLEAR SAID THANK YOU- AND- TO
MISTER BRANDON'S OTHER BOYS. IT
DOES SEEM WORTHWHILE TO WORK
THIS OUT. AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
GIVEN. THE AND BECAME BEAUTY
HERE IS YET TO BE RESOLVED SAID
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR
NEWMAN AYE WE APPRECIATE THAT
THE FEEDBACK AS WELL AND SENATOR
ARCHULETA. THANK YOU MANAGER-
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE WORKING
FAMILIES. SOUNDS TO ME. THAT
THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING PUNITIVE
THAT MUST'VE HAPPENED. IN THE
PAST THAT BECAUSE THIS BILL
BECAUSE THE- THE NUMBER OF
REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE
OF THE UNION OBVIOUSLY YOU
REPRESENT HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS
UPON HUNDREDS OF WORKERS. AND WE
THINK WHO KEEPS PART MOVING IT'S
ALL OF YOU. TO ALL OF YOU ARE
COMING TOGETHER WITH AN ISSUE.
THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT
SOUNDS TO ME THAT SOMETHING IS
VERY PUNITIVE THAT'S UNDERLYING
HERE AND AS A CHAIRED MENTIONED
WE ARE IN THE- IN THE POINT OF A
POINT IN A BRAND NEW. INSPECTOR
GENERAL AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD A
CHANCE TO WORK WITH MEET WITH
HER UNDERSTAND THEIR PHILOSOPHY
HIS OR HERS. SO I SEE THAT
THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD HISTORY
YEAR OR ELSE IT WOULDN'T BE HERE
YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. SO I THINK
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE
AUTHOR WHO I'VE SUPPORTED OVER
THE YEARS- I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS
BILL. BECAUSE IT IS IN MY-
ESTIMATION. FOR THE OFFENSE THE
PUNISHMENT- THE FINES AND MAYBE
EVEN TERMINATION IT IS TO
PUNITIVE TO THE WORKING FAMILIES
THAT WERE HERE TODAY THAT
REPRESENT. THE HUNDREDS UPON
HUNDREDS OF- PEOPLE SO- I THANK
YOU FOR ALL COMING TO ENLIGHTEN
ME CERTAINLY AND- I AM GOING TO
STAY OFF THIS BILL AND VOTE NO.
SO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I HOPE
THAT YOU CAN NEGOTIATE JUMPED IN
THE FUTURE WORK WITH THE NEW
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND- LET'S GET
THIS STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD. THANK
YOU. OKAY THANK YOU I'M GONNA GO
TO CENTERS THEY ARE TO AND THEN
OFF TO US IN ORDER TO. OKAY
HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE.
WITH THE UNION REPRESENTATION ON
BOTH THE EMPLOYEE SIDE IN THE
MANAGEMENT SIDE- IT I'M I'M
STRUGGLING WITH HOW THE HOW THE
UNION DOESN'T GET
REPRESENTATION- ONCE SAID ONCE
THE WHISTLE BLOWER. HAS HAS BEEN
INTERVIEWED BY THE BETTER COME
FORWARD TO THAT THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL. AND HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION- IF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS GOING TO GO OUT. AND
INTERVIEW ANYBODY- HERE THIS IS
ON NOT UNLIKE ANY OTHER LARGE
ORGANIZATION- IF EACH IF THE- IF
THE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF
INVESTIGATING ANYTHING- WOULD
CONTACT ME OR ANY OF. OUR GUYS-
DAY IMMEDIATELY OUR OUR VICE TO
GIVE THEM YOU KNOW EXERCISE
WEINGARTEN RIGHTS OR IN THEIR
CASE. THE HIGHER AMOUNT OF
RIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT
STOPS THIS FROM HER FROM
HAPPENING. HI AT LEAST DO YOU
STILL GET THAT OF COURSE I JUST
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY THERE
IS A FEELING THAT SOMEHOW
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET
REPRESENTED- AND THE ONLY TIME
REALLY YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT NEEDING REPRESENTATION. IS
THIS IF YOU. IF SOMETHING IS
WRONG- AND THAT SOMETHING WRONG
IS ACTUALLY WHY THIS WHOLE THING
CAME ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE-
TAXPAYERS ARE ARE PUTTING.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THESE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND
THINGS AND- IT'S THE TRUTH IT'S
THE TAXPAYERS. THAT NEED THIS
TRANSPARENCY TO KNOW THAT THEY
CAN THAT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
INVEST. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO
A- BASE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF ITS
FAILING. WE NEED TO FIX IT SO
IT'S NOT. BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T.
AND IT CONTINUES TO TELL. I HAVE
ISSUES- HE WILL LOSE THE SUPPORT
OF PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES. I AND
THEREFORE YOU LOSE THE SUPPORT
OF THE FUNDING THAT IS REQUIRED
AND THERE WON'T BE ANY JOBS SO
REALLY THIS IS ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY THIS IS ABOUT
TRYING TO ROOT OUT ISSUES THAT
TRANCE BUT THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF
ALWAYS HAD WHICH AGENCIES
ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
AND CAN ENSURING AND SHOWING
THEM. BECAUSE IS IN A MURINE
SPECTOR GENERAL CAN GO THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. AND FIND
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. AND
THAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER HAD A-
MISINTERPRETATION OF AN EVENT.
AND THAT THE EVERYBODY WAS
ACTUALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. AND
WHEN THAT'S REPORTED OUT PEOPLE
GAIN. MORE THERE I THINK
THEY'RE- HAPPIER WITH THE
PROCESS AND THEY HAVE
CONFIDENCE. IN IN THEIR AGENCY
AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THAT
AGENCY IS DOING. AND HOW THEY'RE
TAKING CARE OF THEIR WORKERS AND
HOW THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR
PASSENGERS BUT MORE THAN THAT.
HOW THEIR- TAKING CARE OF THE
MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE.
TED TO SERVICE. RIGHT AND- SO I
I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT
WITH THIS CONCEPT IS SOMEHOW
THEY LOSE THEIR- THEIR RIGHTS
ONCE IT GETS PAST THE AG THE
INITIAL. THE INITIAL
CONSULTATION WITH A WHISTLE
BLOWER. BECAUSE IF IT IS THAT'S
A FAILURE OF- LEADERSHIP ON THE
WORKERS SIDE. TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THEIR WORKERS BECAUSE WE'VE
ALWAYS COMMUNICATED IN OUR UNION
WITH OUR WORKERS. TO ENSURE THAT
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
EXACTLY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IF
THEY ARE APPROACHED ABOUT ANY
INVESTIGATION. SO I LAND ON THE
SIDE OF SUPPORTING YOUR BILL
BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE GO
FORWARD I'D LIKE SOME OF THESE
ISSUES ADDRESSED A LITTLE MORE
YOU KNOW I SHOULD GO ALONG- NOW
AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
OPPOSITION. TO INSURE THIS BILL
IS TIGHT- BUT IT IS AS WE GO
THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS. AND
WERE ASKED TO. YEAH THERE'S A
THERE'S CUTS ON THE TABLE BUT
THERE'S ALSO WERE BEING ASKED TO
PUT ONE POINT EIGHT BILLION
DOLLARS MORE INTO JUST SHORED
UP. SO DOESN'T GO OVER THAT
FISCAL CLIFF. BOOKS WE NEED A
REASON NOT WE NEED A REASON TO
DO THAT. AND IT AND THE ONLY WAY
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE
CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE DOING THE
RIGHT THINGS IF WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION WE NEED. AND WE KNOW
THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS TIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS FACTORED
GENERAL DOES. SO THANK YOU THANK
YOU SENATOR SEYARTO- CENTER DOT
. YEAH I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T HERE
FOR THE WHOLE HEARING I HAD A
SERIES OF MEETINGS I HAD TO BE
AB TRYING TO WATCH IT. ON TV
BUT- YEAH THERE'S A LOT OF
HISTORY HERE CLEARLY BETWEEN THE
SENATOR AND IN THE IN THE IN THE
DIFFERENT UNIONS I THINK CENTER
SEYARTO- I THINK SAID IT BEST I
MEAN. IT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
BIG **** FROM BART THERE'S GOING
TO BE A BIG GAS FROM TRANSIT ALL
THROUGHOUT. THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. FOR THE LEGISLATURE
TO WEIGH IN ON THIS TO LEAN IN
ON THIS. AND PROVIDE FUNDING. IT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT WE HAVE SUCH A HUGE
INVESTMENT. IN THESE
ORGANIZATIONS AND IN MY VIEW. WE
HAVE TO KEEP ON RUNNING. BUT IF
WE IF WE ARE CONSUMERS DON'T
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE. INSTANCE UP
THERE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ALL
THE VOTERS DON'T HAVE. THAT
CONFIDENCE. THAT KIND OF- IT
JUST THE ROAD TO THE COP BUT
IT'S NOT JUST A BARD BUT- ALL
THE GOVERNMENT DOES- I GAVE THE
AUTHOR CENTER GLAZER MY-
COMMITMENT LAST NIGHT THAT I
WOULD SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I
WILL. BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF THE
HISTORY. BETWEEN WE USE SENATOR
IN IN THE UNIT I JUST THINK THIS
BEG FOR. FURTHER CONVERSATION IT
DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO BE
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO.
OVERCOME AREA AND- IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF BOTH PARTIES BE
WILLING TO. TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN
WE CAN'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
YES I THINK- I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO THE OTHER CENTER WAS- THAT
MADE THE DEBATE THE POINT BUT-
WE CAN HAVE IT WAS THE CENTER
SEYARTO. YOU CAN'T HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE- THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE ABSOLUTELY DOING A BAD JOB
OR THE SUBJECT OF THE
INVESTIGATION- YOU KNOW. NOT
BEING ABLE TO BE YOU KNOW NOT BE
ABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT AT
THE SAME TIME. FRANKLY I DON'T
HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH. HAVING
REPRESENTATION IN MAYBE I MISSED
SOMETHING IN THE TESTIMONY BUT
I'M HOPING THAT THE PARTIES WILL
GET TOGETHER BEFORE BETWEEN NOW
AND THE TIME THIS GETS TO THE-
ASSEMBLY. AND IT MAKES
AMENDMENTS THIS THING THAT
CREATES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF BETTER TRUST BETWEEN. THE
PARTIES. THANK YOU SENATOR DODD
SENATOR CORTESE. THANK YOU
RICHARD- A TO HEAD OF HAD SOME
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR-
YOU KNOW WITH REGARD TO. WHERE
WE'RE AT THIS YEAR RELATIVE TO
LAST SESSION- A. SUPPORTED THE
VERSION LAST SESSION. REALLY
BASED ON A PHILOSOPHY THE
GENERALLY HAVE THIS EARLY IN IN
THE SESSION ESPECIALLY TO ALLOW
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK. WORK
THINGS OUT- HE AND I WANT TO
GIVE THE AUTHOR AN OPPORTUNE TO
RESPOND HERE IF THAT'S OKAY
THROUGH THE CHAIR BUT- AT THE
CHURCH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
MADE BY THE CHAIR ABOUT. AT ONE
OF HER FOR HIS WHICH HE SAID
WILL HEARD WHICH HE SAID BUT-
ABOUT THE BILL'S ULTIMATE DEMISE
LAST YEAR- WHICH JUST SEEM TO
HANG ON. AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL
IN THIS. CONCEPT THAT. THE LABOR
ISSUES NEED TO BE RESOLVED- WE
OBVIOUSLY. HAVE OF UNRESOLVED
LABOUR ISSUES THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF TALK ABOUT- WHO WHO INITIATES
YOU KNOW AN INQUIRY THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL OR THE
EMPLOYEE AND YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER
SITUATION BUT- THAT THE LINK THE
TWO PAIRS OF LANGUAGE THAT
BOTHER ME THE MOST HE REALLY
AREN'T ON BEHALF OF THE WORK
FORCE WHICH- FRANKLY I THINK OR
UNNECESSARY IN. AND PROBABLY
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN TERMS OF
MOVING THE BILL ON ONE IS THE
MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE IT JUST
BASED ON WHAT I READ IT THE
LANGUAGE IS BROAD ENOUGH THAT I
THINK OF I WORKED THERE IT WOULD
SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME- THAT.
IF I ASSERTED MY RIGHTS. THE
VICE ADMIRAL TO PROTECT MYSELF
BASED ON THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
THAT IS IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME
EVEN AS AN ATTORNEY THAT. THAT
THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IN THOSE
RIGHTS. SORT OF CROSS. OR
SUPERSEDE OR PREEMPT WITH THIS
STATUTE WOULD SAY WHICH IS A IF
YOU FAIL TO COOPERATE OR IF YOU
INTERFERE. AND I THINK I THINK
ASSERTING YOUR RIGHTS COULD BE
CONSTRUED AS INTERFERENCE. OR
BRING IN A JOB STEWARD IN WHO'S
WHO SAYS YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK
TO MY PERSONAL ASSET QUESTIONS
WE'RE GONNA INSTRUCT MY- OF MY
EMPLOYEE NOT TO RESPOND TO THAT
QUESTION IS THAT BECOME
INTERFERENCE THAT SUDDENLY
BECOMES A MISDEMEANOR AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN. IN THE GOOD SPIRIT OF
YOU TRYING TO HOLD. THE PART.
ADMINISTRATION AND INDIAN FOLKS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR FRAUD IN IN IN
IN ACCESS. HE WAS SUDDENLY
BECOMES. PEOPLE COULDN'T. A
RECORD CRIMINAL RECORD SO TO ME
THAT'S JUST A NON STARTER- IN IT
WHICH IS HAVE TO GO AWAY AND I
DON'T SEE. THAT HAPPENING SO FAR
YOU KNOW BASED ON PROMISES AND
AUTHOR. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE. IS
JUST. RECORDS WITH THAT LANGUAGE
. IT IS TOO BROAD FOR ME RIGHT.
AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT
WHAT I JUST SAID BUT AT WHAT
POINT. DO WE HAVE. A PROBLEM
HERE IN TERMS OF CONFLICT OF
LAWS WITH WITH REGARD TO ANYONE
TRYING TO REPRESENT SOMEBODY'S
RIGHTS TO KEEP THEIR THAT WHAT
YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS PRIVACY
AND- A PERSONAL. ARTICLE
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE- IT MAY BE
OTHER KINDS OF PRIVACY SUCH
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. OUT OF. YOU
KNOW OUT OF. THE INVESTIGATIVE
PROCESS. WITHOUT BRINGING ON.
YOU KNOW THAT SEEM INDIVIDUAL-
THE WRATH OF THE I. G. IN. THE
END THE REMEDIES THAT THE IG HAS
AT HER DISPOSAL- TO JUST KEEP
MOVING FORWARD H. SOME IT SEEMS
TO ME ON THE ONE HAND IN A- I
HAD SOME. CONVERSATIONS WITH
COLLEAGUES SENATORS WELL THAT
YOU LOOK AT THE BILL AND SAY.
WITH SOME. HELLO PROBABLY SOME
FAIRLY SWEEPING CHANGES BUT WITH
SOME CHANGES YOU COULD BE VERY
VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S JUST NO
CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THAT LINE IS
EVER CROSSED. THE PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE ALWAYS ALWAYS PREMIUMS
ANYTHING IN THIS BILL ANYTHING
COURSE I MEAN ALSO AND YOU START
GETTING ME INTERESTED IN
SUPPORTING THE BILL BECAUSE ARM
SENATE I CAN GO BACK TO THE
WORKING FOLKS HERE IN SAY. WHAT
MORE DO YOU WANT YOU CAN ASSERT
YOUR PERSONAL PRIVILEGE YOU CAN
ASSERT YOUR RIGHTS YOU CAN
ASSERT EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE
RIGHT NOW A 100% TIME IT'S NOT
THAT YOU'RE GASOLINE IT'S THE
BILL ACTUALLY SAYS THAT. YOU
KNOW CLEARLY AND WITHOUT ANY
AMBIGUITY. YEAH IT'S- YOUR- LIKE
SPIRITS WITH YOU AS AN AUTHOR IS
THAT YOU'RE VERY SOPHISTICATED
IN HOW YOU APPROACH THINGS I
APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU- BUT
IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF. EITHER
WHOLESALE CHANGES FROM GREAT
NUANCE SOPHISTICATION I THINK TO
GET TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE
FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'RE
NOT STATE THAT THEY'RE NOT.
GOING NEUTRAL OR OR DROPPING
OPPOSITION ON SOMETHING THAT
FEELS THAT THREATENING I DON'T
WANT TO YOU KNOW OVER EXTEND MY-
POINTS HERE. YOU WANT TO GIVE
YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND MY
INCLINATION IS TO STAY OFF
ESPECIALLY WITH THE- THE
CRIMINAL LANGUAGE STILL HERE
BUT- I WANT TO GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO RESPOND. TO THE CHAIR THANK
YOU- FOR FIRST. THERE'S A LONG
PROCESS HERE- I HAD ON A BILL SO
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. TO- TO
MAKE CHANGES LISTEN TO. THE BILL
IN ITS PRESENT FORM IS THERE
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. AND
SO RATHER THAN IDENTIFIES
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS THAT THE I.
G. COULD UNDERTAKE BECAUSE THE
PREVIOUS VERSION THIS BILL JUST
MATCHES IT WITH OUR CALTRANS
INSPECTOR GENERAL SO EVERYTHING
THAT. YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE'S ESTABLISH
FOR OURSELVES. SO CAN THOSE
THINGS BE MODIFIED OF COURSE
THEY CAN BE MODIFIED. THERE'S
NOTHING THAT I WANT TO DO THAT
WANTS TO GET THEM IN THE MIDDLE
OF A PERSONNEL ISSUE. SO ALL THE
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS THAT YOU'RE
DISCUSSING AREN'T. OF ANY
INTEREST TO ME THAT THIS BILL
WOULD EVER AFFECT ANY OF. THOSE
WORKER PROTECTIONS. WE SIMPLY IN
THIS BILL ONE TO HAVE THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL TO TALK TO
SOMEONE. WHO SEES A PROBLEM IN
THE AGENCY WANTS TO SHARE IT
WITH THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
THAT'S ALL THIS. BILL ATTEMPTS
TO DO AND ACCESS THE RECORDS SO
THAT THEY CAN. BE A GOOD
INVESTIGATOR AND GET THE FACTS
OUT THAT THAT'S ALL THIS BILL
DOES SO SENATOR I THINK THAT IF
THIS BILL GOES FORWARD TODAY
THAT OF COURSE I'M INTERESTED IN
TRYING TO. WORK THOSE ISSUES
OUT. ON THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES
ISSUE AGAIN THAT'S IN OUR
CURRENT. LAW IT OF CALIFORNIA
FOR OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL- BUT
I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT OUT. IF
THE GOVERNOR FEELS THAT THAT.
WOULD RESOLVE HIS CONCERNS I
DON'T WANT HIM TO SAY HEY YOU TO
CRIMINAL PENALTIES OUT. SO NOW
THAT IT'S A WEAKER BILL THEN I
WOULD SUPPORT SO I NEED TO HEAR
FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT. IS A MY
WILLING TO DO THAT THE BART.
REPRESENT ABOUT THE BART BOARD
STOOD UP AND SAID WE SUPPORT
WITH AMENDMENTS HE AFTER THREE
AMENDMENTS. YES THAT THE THAT
THE ACTS THAT THE I. G. NOT. BE
ABLE TO A INTERFERE WITH THE
INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS I AGREE. HE ASKED THAT
THE I. G. NOT IN INTERFERE WITH
THE POLICE AUDITOR. I AGREE ANY
ASSET THE CRADLE BRINDLE
PENALTIES BE REMOVED AND
REPLACED WITH SUBPOENA POWER. I
AGREE. SO LONG AS THE GOVERNOR
DOESN'T SAY THAT THAT CREATES
NEW WISHES FOR HIM I AGREE. AND
AS THE BILL MOVES FORWARD I'M
HAPPY TO HOPEFULLY. GET THAT
FEEDBACK AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND AND I THINK THAT PER SOLVES
A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU
HAVE IT. BUT THAT MEANS THE BILL
NEEDS TO. TO ADVANCE AND HAPPY
TO WORK THOSE THINGS OUT AS IT
GOES THROUGH. THANK YOU SENATOR
CRITICISM REFLECTS. THANK YOU.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THE ROBUST
DISCUSSION HERE- I WAS LISTENING
VERY INTENTLY TO THE EXCHANGE
ABOUT WHAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF.
WHAT WOULD BE VIOLATIVE OF THIS
AND- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
ME IT WAS IMPORTANT TO READ THE
HISTORY OF THIS VERY FRAUGHT AND
EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP. FROM THE
GRAND JURY REPORT- FINDING THAT
BOARD AND MANAGEMENT IMPEDED THE
EFFORTS TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT
OVERSIGHT. AND THEN ALL THE WAY
FORWARD TO JUST LAST MONTH
WHERE. ACTUALLY THE FUNDING WAS
INCREASED TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS
ASKED FOR BY THE I. G. BY ONE
POINT SEVEN MILLION AND THE
BOARDS OF PART AND MTC WILL BE
TAKING THAT UP. LATER THIS
SPRING BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE
LIKELY TO PROVE THAT SO. THERE'S
AND THEN THIS- DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN BY THE
I. G. IT SEEMS. TO ME THAT. THAT
THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT
MAKES SENSE TO HAVE LEGISLATIVE
INVOLVEMENT. IF NEEDED AND
THAT'S POSSIBLY IS WHAT'S
NEEDED- AND- I DON'T PERCEIVE
THAT THERE IS THAT MUCH
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
TO ME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
MOST IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS
THAT. THERE'S A VERY BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AUDIT AND
AN INVESTIGATION. AND SO THE
ISSUE OF WHETHER SOMEBODY IS
ACTUALLY COMMITTING SOMETHING
THAT WOULD LEAD TO THEM BEING
FIRED LIKE FOR EXAMPLE
HARASSMENT. NEPOTISM FRAUD YOU
KNOW WHEN IF THIS IS AN COVERED
IN SOME WAY THEN THAT WOULD GO
OVER INTO. SOMETHING LIKE THE
WORKPLACE CONDUCT UNIT AN HR
ROLE AND SO THE AUDITOR THE IG'S
ROLE IS REALLY. IN A WELL
FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATION WHICH I
THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
CREATE ULTIMATELY IS TO HAVE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES. THAT
THAT ARE WRITTEN DOWN THAT
IMPART CLEAR TO EMPLOYEES THAT
THEY CAN FOLLOWS THAT THERE IS
AN ALIGNMENT OF EXPECTATIONS AND
THAT THE AGENCY IS PERFORMING AT
ITS HIGHEST LEVEL. AND SO RIGHT
SO THE QUESTION. THIS QUESTION
TO ME THAT THAT THIS DISCUSSION
RIGHT HERE. IS PART MAKES IT
CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU COULD FIND
COMMON GROUND BECAUSE I BECAUSE
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE AUTHOR
IS NOT ACTUALLY SAYING THAT
ANYBODY SHOULD NOT BE
REPRESENTED DURING THE AUDIT
PROCESS. THE ISSUE OF PRIVACY OF
A WHISTLEBLOWER OR OTHERS SAYING
I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE CONFIDENTIALLY. I
MEAN ALL OF THOSE THINGS SEEM TO
ME LIKE THEY COULD BE WORKED OUT
WITH LANGUAGE SO BUT I AM LIKE
MY COLLEAGUE. COULD VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE MISDEMEANOR
PENALTY TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE
HAVING A CRIMINAL ELEMENT TO
THIS DOES HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT
THAT IS NOT GOOD- AND SO. THAT
CONCERNS ME AND JUST THE FACT
THAT THESE HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED
OUT THE FACT THAT LABOR IS SO
OPPOSED TO THIS AND IT'S NOT
CODIFIED I MEAN IT'S NOT WRITTEN
IN A WAY. THAT FOR EXAMPLE YOU
CAN POINT TO AND SAY THIS IS WHY
IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS WILL OR
WILL NOT HAPPEN- SO. I'M FIRE
CAME INTO THIS HEARING UNCLEAR
ABOUT WHERE WHERE I WAS ON IT I
DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE WORK
TO BE DONE I DON'T KNOW. IF
THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF
COMING BACK TO US I MEAN MY
INCLINATION IS. TO NOT VOTE ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER ON IT UNTIL
SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE THE
MISDEMEANOR ARE DEALT WITH IN
SOME OF THIS IS CLARIFIED ABOUT.
THE AUDITOR- AND WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE SO
CLOSE THAT I DO HAVE HOPE THAT
YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THERE. SO
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR BOXER CENTER
BECKER. THANK YOU ARE SO. ST
THE- AWFUL CONVERSATION HERE
TODAY I'VE LISTENED VERY
INTENTLY I'M VERY TORN- YOU KNOW
TRANSIT IS STRUGGLING AS WE ALL
KNOW POST PANDEMIC AND- FORTY
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT
FOR OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES IN IS
VERY SURE THAT. THEIR CAUCUS
HAVE PLAN TO FIGHT VERY HARD.
FOR THAT- AND- YOUR FOR THAT WE
DO NEED TRUST AND OF THE PUBLIC
AS WAS MENTIONED AND- THROWS A
LOT OF PUBLICITY AROUND THE LAST
INSPECTOR GENERAL- AREA AND- AND
SO. I'M I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I
KNOW WE WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT
MONEY. TO MAKE SURE WE PREVENT
SERVICE CUTS AND PREVENT ANY
LAYOFFS AND SO. WHEN I SEE THAT
NEED FOR TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY
START. SENSE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO DO I DO YOU HOUSE OR HAVE
CONCERNS- MANY THE SAME CONCERNS
THAT WERE RAISED I WON'T BELABOR
THEM BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL JUST IN GENERAL THIS IS
THE- CONCERNS FROM- FROM. FOLKS
IN THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WERE RAISED HERE TODAY. WHEN IT
JUST REALLY MAKE SHORT AND IF
IT'S A WAY TO CLARIFY- VERY
CLEARLY THAT WE CAN THEY HAVE
THE REPRESENTATION RIGHTS IF
WHEN THE STRUCTURE GENERAL GOES
BACK. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT-
BUT FUTURE COMPASS ALONG THOSE
LINES IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THEY
ARE PROTECTED. IF THE DISPATCHER
GENERAL GOES THEN GOES BACK TO.
FOLKS JIM LITTLE CONFUSED A
DISCUSSION RIGHT THAT SOUNDS
LIKE WE'RE MOVING OUR DIRECTION
AGAIN IT IS EARLY. IN THE
PROCESS HERE I DO THE CONCERNED
ABOUT MISDEMEANOR AND THE AND
THE CRIMINAL- PART OF THAT THAT
WAS RAISED IN THE HERE- BUT
AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S EARLY I THINK
THIS IMPORTANT WORK OF ALL TO
MOVE IT FORWARD. AND NEVER LETS
YOU CONTINUE WORKING AND. COULD
YOU DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. THANK
YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
MEMBERS. OKAY SENATOR GLAZERS
YOU'D LIKE TO GO. YET THANK FOR
THAT THOUGHTFUL HEARING FOLKS- A
COUPLE THINGS IN CLOSING. ONE
IS- YEAH THIS ISN'T A NEW ISSUE
IT IS A NEW ISSUE- FOUR YEARS
AGO FIVE YEARS AGO THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S OFFICE WAS CREATED
UNDER A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT HOW WE CAN OPERATE
INDEPENDENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
AND THEN I GOT A ROAD
IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS START FOR
MONEY- AND THAT POSITION WAS
INTERFERED WITH WITH THE
INTERVIEWING AN EMPLOYEE- IT GET
ACCESS TO DATA. SO THERE WAS
AGREEMENT TO TRY TO WORK THESE
THINGS OUT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
IS HIRED BY BART AND THE
GOVERNOR THIS ISN'T MY PERSON
THIS IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT
PERSON. AND SO THEY SAID LET'S
CREATE A CHARTER TO TRY TO.
CODIFY OUR ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SO FOR THE
LAST YEARS THEY WORKED ON THIS
CHARTER. AND MANAGEMENT SAYS I
DON'T LIKE IT. AND THE UNION
SAYS I DON'T LIKE IT AND THEY
PUT FORWARD A CHARTER. A COUPLE
YEARS AGO SAME THING. NO
AGREEMENT THIS IS NOT A NEW
THING ISRAEL ARENA SAY LET US
KEEP WORKING ON THIS- I THAT'S
VERY ALLURING. I MOVE A BILL
LIKE SAY THE OP. THAT'S A
REASONABLE THIS BILL IF THEY
THINK THEY CAN RESOLVE THESE
ISSUES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
PERFECT. PERFECT LET'S LET'S SEE
IF THAT REALLY IS TO BE BECAUSE
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS IT
REALLY HASN'T HAPPENED FOLKS.
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT IT. WHEN
THIS ORIGINAL LEGISLATION WAS
ADVANCED. THAT THE UNION DIDN'T
SUPPORT IT. AND THEY'VE NEVER
SUPPORT ANYTHING GOING FORWARD
SINCE THAT NOW I'M I'M HOPEFUL
THAT WE CAN WORK. THINGS OUT I'D
LIKE TO SEE THEM BE WORKED OUT.
AND I THINK THE WAY TO ENCOURAGE
THAT FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS TO
MOVE THIS BILL ON. WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT AGAIN ON
THE FLOOR. IT'S LIKELY TO BE
AMENDED OVER THE ASSEMBLY UP
ANOTHER CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT IN
AUGUST. AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK
AND SEE WHAT THE PROGRESS WAS
MADE. WAS PROGRESS MADE. BUT
HERE'S THE THING FOLKS. SO MANY
TIMES WE GO TO OUR OUR VOTERS
AND WE ASK FOR. THAT MONEY FOR
SCHOOLS- MONEY FOR EDUCATION
MONEY FOR WHATEVER THE ISSUES
ARE AND- AND I KNOW AND YOU KNOW
MAYES CERTAINLY MANY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PEOPLE HERE IN THE
ROOM NOW. THAT WE ALWAYS ADD ON
TO THOSE QUESTIONS. SUBJECT TO
AN AUDIT. SUBJECT TO A COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALL THE
THINGS THAT DEAL WITH WHAT ARE
MANY OUR VOLVO VOTERS THINK
ABOUT WHICH IS THAT I WANTED TO
GIVE YOU THE MONEY. LET ME HAVE
THE TRUSTED IT'S GOING TO BE
SPENT RIGHT. RIGHT HOW MANY
TIMES DO YOU HEAR THAT. SO WE AS
ELECTED SAY OKAY WE GOT TO BE
RESPONSIVE. WELL THAT'S THE CASE
HERE. THIS MEASURE. ALLOWED FOUR
BILLION DOLLARS TO GO INTO
TRANSIT FOR BILLION BECAUSE WE
SAID. WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL TO
INDEPENDENTLY DO THEIR JOB. AND
NOW LOOK WHERE WE ARE. SHE'S NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DO OUR JOB. THE
GRAND JURY IN ALAMEDA COUNTY NOT
SUCH A CONSERVATIVE PLACE.
THURSDAY FAILED TO. COOPERATE
WITH HER. THE NEWSPAPERS THE
MERCURY NEWS THE CONTRA COSTA
TIMES OF ALL SAID. BART HAS
FAILED TO COOPERATE. AND NOW
WE'RE BACK IN THE SITUATION
WHERE. WE STILL HAVE THIS
CONFLICT BUT THEY SAY THEY CAN
WORK IT OUT. SO LET'S I'D SAY MY
CLOTHES TO BE LET'S MOVE THIS
BILL LONG AND LET'S CHECK IT
OUT. AND YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES. TO SAY HE DIDN'T
DO ENOUGH. BUT WE'RE WORKING
VERY HARD TO TRY TO FIND THAT
MIDDLE GROUND IN YOUR SUPPORT
TODAY WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT. SO
THAT RESPECTFULLY ASTRONOMICAL
THANK YOU SENATOR GLAZERS-
CONSULTANT CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
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TEMAS SHIN MY APOLOGIES- OKAY
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EVERYBODY WAS HERE FOR ABOUT K.
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OTHER MEMBERS TO ADD ON I THINK
WE'RE CALLING FOLKS NOW THANK
YOU THE- WITH THE. IT'S A
PERFECTLY DIFFICULT. IT WAS OVER
SHE DEVOTED. EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN
YEAH. YES WE- SO. OKAY OKAY.
GRANTED IT'S NOT GAP HOLD ON ONE
SECOND. IF.
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ITEM TWO SB FORTY NINE SENATOR
BACKER RENEWABLE ENERGY THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE SENATORS ALAN. ALLEN I
MCGUIRE. FIFTEEN OKAY FIFTEEN
THE BILL IS OUT. FOR MUCH OF
WHERE. THIS IS. MCCARTHY I WAS.
BUDGET OFFICE. DOUBLE CHECK WITH
. EMPIRE. OKAY MY APOLOGIES
STILL WAITING FOR ANOTHER MY-
OKAY WILL RUN THROUGH THESE- HE
GETS HERE FILE ITEM THREE SB SIX
ZERO EIGHT SENATOR BACKER. SHE
IS DO PASSED THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS ALAN.
ALLEN I MCGUIRE NEWMAN. YEAH
UMBERG. THIRTEEN THIRTEEN OKAY
WE'LL MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM SIX
SB THREE FIFTY SEVEN PORTANTINO.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY SENATORS
ALAN. MCGUIRE OKAY. FILE ITEM
NINE CENTER ALLEN WAS HERE FOR
THAT REASON THE ISSUE OKAY THE
SEATTLE REST OF THEM. I'M NOT ON
SEVEN TWENTY NINE. ALL RIGHT
WE'LL MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM
FOURTEEN SB SEVEN TWENTY BY
SENATOR STERN THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
SENATORS ALAN. ALLEN I. MCGUIRE
OKAY THAT THAT WAS A SOLID ICE
THAT'S TEN VOTES OKAY WE'LL KEEP
THAT ON CALL FILE ITEM FIFTEEN
SB EIGHT TO SEVEN SENATOR
GLAZERS. THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
SENATORS GONZALEZ ALLEN. ALLEN I
THINK SEVERE. OR DOES HE- LIMÓN
. MCGUIRE NEWMAN. WHEN WHAT.
OKAY SO WE NEED TO. AT. AND THEN
SENATOR- GONZALEZ FILE ITEM
SEVENTEEN SP EIGHTY FOR HER
SERVICE THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY SENATORS ALAN. ALAN I.
TODD MCGUIRE. OKAY THANK YOU ALL
RIGHT. NO I DO SEE AS A FOR THE
OKAY SO WE WILL WAIT FOR SENATOR
MCGUIRE TO COME BACK AND WE WILL
MOVE FORWARD WITH.
MAYBE TWO SINCE YOU.
OKAY WILL RESUME TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AND WILL START FROM
THE TOP THREE OF SENATOR MCGUIRE
HERE WE'LL START WITH THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT
CALENDAR CONSISTING OF SB SIXTY
EIGHT BY SENATOR REQUIRE SB
THREE OH ONE BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO SB THREE OR FOUR BY
SENATOR LAYERED SB SIX THE SIX
BY SENATOR AVOCADO GIL SB SIX
SEVENTEEN BY SENATOR NEWMAN S.
C. R. TWENTY FIVE BY SENATOR C.
R. DEL SENATORS MCGUIRE AYE
MCGUIRE AYE. SIXTY OKAY CONSENT
CALENDAR ADOPTED I WILL START
WITH FILE ITEM ONE SB FIFTY
FIVE- BURKE THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
SAFETY SENATORS NEELAM MCGUIRE
ACQUIRE I. FIFTEEN FIFTEEN
FIFTEEN FIFTEEN OKAY THE BILL IS
OUT FILE ITEM TO SB FORTY NINE
SENATOR BAKER MOTIONS DO PASSED
THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE SENATOR MCGUIRE. I.
SIXTEEN OKAY SIXTEEN THE BILL IS
OUT FILE ITEM THREE SB SIX AWAIT
BECKER THE MOTION IS TO PASS THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS MCGUIRE MCGUIRE AYE
NEWMAN NUMBER. FOURTEEN FOURTEEN
VOTES THE BILL IS OUT. FILE ITEM
SIX SB THREE FIFTY SEVEN
PORTANTINO THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
SENATORS ALAN MCGUIRE. ACQUIRE I
. FIFTEEN FIFTEEN VOTES THE BILL
IS OUT. FILE ITEM NINE SENATE
FILE ITEM EIGHT WAS REMOVED FILE
ITEM NINE SENATOR ALAN AS BEFORE
SEVENTY THREE. THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS REQUIRE
. MCGUIRE AYE WHEN C. R. TO.
THIRTEEN OKAY THE BILL HAS
FOURTEEN BOTH OUT. FILE ITEM TEN
WAS REMOVED FROM THE FILE FILE
ITEM THIRTEEN REMOVED FILE ITEM
FOURTEEN SB SEVEN TWENTY SENATOR
STERN. THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES SENATORS
MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I. THE FIFTY
OF. FIFTY THE BILL HAS ELEVEN
VOTES IT IS OUT FILE ITEM
FIFTEEN SB EIGHT TWO SEVEN
GLAZER. THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
SENATORS GONZALEZ. LAKE SUPERIOR
COURT HAS THE- THE MON MCGUIRE.
NEWMAN WHEN WHAT. SEVEN THE BILL
HAS SEVEN VOTES IT HAS FAILED-
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE. A
LITTLE GRANT RECONSIDERATION AS
WELL- FROM THE AUTHOR. OKAY AND
FINALLY FILE ITEM SEVENTEEN AS
THE EIGHTY FOUR GONZALEZ THE
MOTION IS TO PASS THE COMMITTEE
ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SENATORS DODD. MCGUIRE MCGUIRE
AYE WHEN. OKAY THE BILL HAS TEN
IT IS OUT RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES
OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
THANK YOU SO MUCH MEMBERS. MAN
COMMITTEE.