SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER GOOD
AFTERNOON THE SENATE CONTINUES
TO WELCOME PUBLIC IN IN PERSON
AND VIA THE TELECONFERENCE ORVIS
. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 THE ACCESS CODE IS
. SIX NINE FOUR EIGHT NINE THREE
ZERO AND I WILL REPEAT THAT
THROUGHOUT TODAY'S HEARING WE
ARE HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE
HEARING AND THE- STREET BUILDING
I WILL ASK ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE TO BE PRESENT IN ROOM
TWENTY TWO HUNDRED SO WE CAN
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. AND BEGIN
OUR HEARING. WE HAVE SIXTEEN
BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND
THREE OF THOSE ARE ON CONSENT.
NOTICING AN ABSENCE OF A QUORUM
WE WILL BEGIN AS A SUB COMMITTEE
. I DO SEE OUR FIRST AUTHOR HERE
TODAY. SO WE WILL HEAR FROM AND
WELCOME CENTER SKINNER I WILL
PRESENT ON SENATE BILL. THREE
FOUR EIGHT ITEM NUMBER ONE
CENTER YOU READY OKAY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS- PLEASE TO PRESENT SB
THREE FORTY EIGHT- I THINK IS
MOST OF YOUR WHERE CALIFORNIA
NOW PROVIDES TO FREE SCHOOL
MEALS A DAY TO ALL OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS WHICH IS A GREAT
THING. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN
FUNDING- CHANGES TO OUR SCHOOL
INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THEIR
RESTORING KITCHENS IN MAKING
THOSE FIVE MEALS FROM SCRATCH IN
MANY CASES MAKING DIRECT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH FORMER
SOUTHERN FOR THE MEALS IN
GENERAL ARE MUCH HEALTHIER THAN
THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PAST AND
FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE ALSO
IMPROVE THEIR NUTRITION THE ONE
THING THAT THE ONE ASPECT WHAT
WE HAVE NOT DONE IN TERMS OF OUR
NUTRITION GUIDELINES. IS SUGAR
AND SALT AND SO WHAT THIS BILL
DOES IS IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS NOW RECOMMENDED
NEW LEVELS BASED ON- PHYSICIAN'S
RECOMMENDATIONS NEW LEVELS OF.
OF WHAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR
ADDED SALT AND SUGAR CONTENT SO
THE BILL WOULD PUT THOSE INTO
PLACE- BUT WHAT THE BILL IS
BEFORE YOU TODAY IS IT THE OTHER
THING THAT THE BILL DOES. IS IT
EXPANDS THE NEW FEDERAL SUMMER
CHILDHOOD NUTRITION PROGRAMS TO
REDUCE SUMMER HER HUNGER AND
THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT. WE
WOULD BE IN SYNC WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THERE
SOME OTHER PORTIONS THAT ARE OR
IN THE BILL BUT WHAT I'LL DO
RIGHT NOW IS TO MOVE TO OUR
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. IT SOLD
CRICKETERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS AND
ANDREW SHANE FROM THE END CHILD
. POVERTY CALIFORNIA. FOR PLEASE
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. CARE
THAT'S OKAY RIGHT. PLEASE
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY YES
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS YOU
TO GO TO ADDRESS AND I'M WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
FOOD BANKS. WHERE WE HAVE A
NETWORK OF FORTY ONE FOOD BANKS
LEADING THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO
END HUNGER ACROSS THE STATE. NO
CHILD IN OUR GREAT STATE SHOULD
GO HUNGRY. PERIOD CURRENT DATA
SHOWS THAT NEARLY TWENTY FIVE
POINT 8% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH
CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA ARE FOOD
INSECURE WITH DEEP DISPARITIES
FOR LATIN NEXT AND BLACK
HOUSEHOLDS. CALIFORNIA BECAME
THE FIRST STATE TO IMPLEMENT
STATE WILL STATEWIDE UNIVERSAL
MEALS PROGRAM AS A CENTER
SKINNER SAYING SO WHEN OUR
CHILDREN ARE- OUT OF SCHOOL-
THEY ARE ABLE WHEN THEY'RE IN
SCHOOL ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE
MEALS HOWEVER. THAT THE SUMMER
IS A TIME WHEN THERE'S A LOSS
FOR THESE NUTRITIOUS SCHOOL
MEALS AND IT'S ONE OF THE
HUNGRIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR.
LET'S SEE IF BE WE POSED TO
REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PANDEMIC
EBT- P. B. T. AS IT'S ALSO KNOWN
WHICH PROVIDED FEDERALLY FUNDED
CRITICAL FOOD BENEFITS TO
CHILDREN TO REPLACE SCHOOL MEALS
DO TO COPE ED INCLUDING DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS. COMPILED BY
EMERSON HUNGER FELLOW OPENNESS
WAS BASED ON INTERVIEWS AND
SURVEY RESPONSES FROM PBT
RECIPIENTS OVER HALF OF THE
RESPONDENTS SAID THAT P. B. T.
REDUCE THEIR WORRIES ABOUT
PAYING OTHER HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES.
LIKE RENT AND HELP STRETCH THEIR
FAMILY'S FOOD BUDGET. BY
COMBINING THEIR BENEFITS WITH
SCHOOL MEALS AND GROCERIES- AS
WELL FROM FOOD BANKS. FINDING
SHOWED THAT P. B. T. HELPS KEEP
CHILDREN NOURISHED AND HEALTHY
WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FAMILIES
WITH THE ECONOMY TO PURCHASE
FOOD. AND CONVENE CONVENIENT AND
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAYS. ONE
PP TO RECIPIENT SHARED THAT PBT
HELPED US GET MORE FOOD ON THE
TABLE. I WAS ABLE TO COOK MORE
MEALS AND FEED MY CHILDREN.
ANOTHER PIZZA ANOTHER SHARED
THAT P. B. T. HELP MY FAMILY A
LOT BECAUSE WE WERE IN A
POSITION WHERE WE HAD TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO PAY FOR BILLS OR BUY
FOOD. IN CALIFORNIA PBT HAS
BENEFITED OVER THREE POINT EIGHT
MILLION KIDS. AND TO DATE TEN
BILLION BENEFITS HAVE BEEN
DISPERSED. THE PROGRAM AND ITS
FINAL YEAR DUE TO THE IS IT IT'S
IN ITS FINAL YEAR DUE TO THE
ENDING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY. WE KNOW THAT DURING
SUMMER WHEN SCHOOLS ARE OUT
ACCESS TO FOOD IS EVEN MORE
CRITICAL. DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS ONLY FORTY SEVEN POINT 3%
OF CALIFORNIA CHILDREN WHO
RECEIVE BROUGH REDUCED PRICE
MEAL. FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MEALS.
THROUGH SUMMARY CHRISTIAN
PROGRAMS. COUNTY LEVEL DATA
SHOWS THAT GAPS IN ACCESS OR
EVEN GREATER IN RURAL. AND URBAN
COMMUNITIES FACING
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACCESS
HEATING OTHER BARRIERS TO SUMMER
FOOD PROGRAMS. THANKFULLY
CONGRESS TOOK ACTION AND WE HAVE
THE SUMMER EBT PROGRAM. AND
CALIFORNIA SHOULD MAXIMIZE AND
FURTHER BUILD UPON TO LEAD A
NATIONAL MODEL. BY BOOSTING
BENEFITS ADEQUATELY TO FIGHT
HUNGER OVER SUMMER. THANK YOU
AND HAPPY TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS
. HI MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS ENTER
SHANE FROM GRACE CENTER POVERTY
CALIFORNIA- THAT GRACE WE DARE
TO DREAM OF A FUTURE IN WHICH
EVERY CHILL CHILD IS VALUED IN
FREE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY TODAY
THAT IS TOO OFTEN NOT THE CASE
AS IT'S ALL NOTED SUMMER IS THE
HUNGRIEST TIME FOR CHILDREN.
WITH ON JUST DISPARITIES FOR
CHILDREN FROM LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS WHO FACE
DISENFRANCHISEMENT. THIS
REINFORCES THE BEST THE BEST
BENEFITS OF OUR SCHOOL BASED
BREAKFAST LUNCH PROGRAMS AND
WHAT OUR CHILDREN MISSING THOSE
MEALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
PROVIDING CHILD HUNGER YEAR
ROUND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE VISION
OF THE HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS FOR
ALL COALITION AND I THINK CENTER
SKINNER FOR HER CONTINUED
LEADERSHIP ON THIS PRIORITY. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW HOW TO
STOP CHILD SUMMER HUNGER IN
ADDITION TO ROBUST SUMMER FOOD
PROGRAMS AND PARKS LIBRARIES
OTHER PARTNERS. THE RESEARCH ON
SOME EBT PROVIDING GROCERY FUNDS
TO FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOMES IS
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. THE USTA'S
EVALUATION SHOWS THAT SOME E. B.
T. REDUCES VERY LOW FOOD
INSECURITY WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT THE WORST FORM OF HUNGER
MEANING CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY
MISSING MEALS STARVING BY NEARLY
A THIRD WHILE IT REDUCES FOOD
SECURITY A RELATIVELY. MUCH LESS
SEVERE FORM OF HUNGER BY A FIFTH
THIS IS A RARE POLICY
INTERVENTION THAT IS THE
GREATEST EFFECT UPON THE
CHILDREN WITH THE MOST NEED AND
ABLE TO REVERSE AND SORT OF
WORSEN INEQUITIES. THIS POWERFUL
TOOL HAS LONG BEEN A CALIFORNIA
PRIORITY THE SANDY HUNGER
COALITION PUT SOME AB T. ON THE
MAP WAY BACK IN TWENTY FOURTEEN.
HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY
CALIFORNIA MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
EVER SINCE. WHAT THE TWENTY
TWENTY THREE CONSOLIDATED
APPROPRIATIONS ACT FINALLY
ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS A
PERMANENT SEMI B. D. PROGRAM.
THERE'S IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. SB
THREE FORTY WILL ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA DRAWS ON ALL
AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDS TO
MAXIMIZE FOOD BENEFITS TO
CHILDREN. AS WELL AS CRITICAL
RESOURCES TO CVS CSS AND CITY.
TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM- THE
ADEQUACY OF SUMMER WE KEEP AN
EYE. AS ON FOR ESTABLISH THE
PROGRAM. WITH LESS THAN WHAT THE
T. ABOUT. A HOW TO FURTHER STE.
ACCESS TO ENSURE ELIGIBLE
CHILDREN DO NOT GO HUNGRY
BECAUSE OF APPLICATION OR OTHER
PROGRAM BARRIERS AND MORE. IT IS
A MORAL IMPERATIVE EXTRA CHILD
HUNGER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS
LEGISLATION ALSO REVERBERATE
ACROSS OUR VITAL FOOD ECONOMY.
EVERY ONE DOLLAR IN FOOD
BENEFITS CREATES AS MUCH AS A
DOLLAR EIGHTY FOR OUR FARMERS
FARM WORKERS TRUCK DRIVERS AND
RETAIL. CALIFORNIA MUST CONTINUE
TO LEAD AND SB THREE FORTY EIGHT
POSITIONS CALIFORNIA TO DO JUST
THAT. ASSEMBLAGE THE NATION'S
LEADING PROGRAMS THAT OUR
CHILDREN DESERVE AND SHINE A
LIGHT FOR HOW TO STOP CHILD
HUNGER YEAR ROUND FOR GOOD.
DRIVER THANK. THANK YOU. ANY
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE I'LL ASK YOU STATE
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ONLY THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON TURN MEMBERS RACHEL
MILLER WITH VITAMIN GROUP ON
BEHALF OF NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA IN
STRONG SUPPORT BEGIN. GOOD
AFTERNOON KEVIN AS THEIR QUOTAS
FOR CALIFORNIA OVER RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANK YOU. AFTERNOON
JAMIE MARC. PROUD BECAUSE FOX
BILL ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION THANK YOU. HI
THERE HOW CITY NOT I MEAN IT'S
NOT SOME OF THE CHILDREN NOW IN
STRONG SUPPORT INTO. GOOD
AFTERNOON DUNCAN MCFETRIDGE ON
BEHALF OF NO KID HUNGRY IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS HENDRY AND WE ON
BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF CAD
TAYLOR IN TOMCAT GRANTS IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. ALEXIS
RODRIGUEZ AT THE CALIFORNIA
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
THANK. THIS IS A GUN ON BEHALF
OF THE PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK
AND CALIFORNIANS FOR PESTICIDE
REFORM IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
RISES ON BEHALF OF NURSE
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
. GOOD AFTERNOON DEVON ANDERSON
BEHALF OF SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS A CALIFORNIA
DENTAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. FRANK TEMERLOH HUNGER
ACTION LOS ANGELES IN STRONG
SUPPORT THE. I'M HERE WE
ACTUALLY HAVE AN IN BETWEEN
POSITION IF NOW IS THE
APPROPRIATE TIME- ANY OTHER
MEMBERS IN SUPPORT. OKAY HE'S-
AS A TRAINER I HAVE THIS IS
TRICIA GERINGER WITH
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF
CALIFORNIA WHICH INTO EXPRESSED-
GRATITUDE AND- APPRECIATION TO
THE SENATOR STAFF FOR ENGAGING
WITH A THEORY COMMITTEE ON
ENSURING THAT VERY FLUID MILK
FLAVORED AND FLAVORED CAN
CONTINUE TO BE SERVED. AND GIVEN
ITS NUTRITIONAL CONTENT AND HIGH
CALCIUM AND PROTEIN SO WE WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS- HOPEFULLY GET. TO
SUPPORT THANK YOU RIGHT THANK
YOU. IT WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ANY
LEAD WITH IN OPPOSITION. HE SEEN
NONE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION
FOR THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE. REYES THE WE
MOVE TO THE PHONE LINES- I WOULD
LIKE TO ESTABLISH A PROP- QUORUM
ASSISTANCE SMITH WE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. EL DORADO GO HERE. A
CHOI BOGUE YES HER TADO.
MENJIVAR WHAT. BOB. WONDERFUL SO
WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM. LIKE TO
THE BILL'S PROJECT WITH. WE WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO THE WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE WITH PLEASE NOTE
THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE
DISRUPTIVE MAY BE REMOVED FROM
THE REMOTE MEET MEETING SERVICE
ARE HAVE THEIR CONNECTIONS MUTED
AT THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION. I
WILL NOT INSTITUTE TIME LIMITS
ON TESTIMONY ON THIS ITEM I WILL
PERMIT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME
FOR ALL WITNESSES REGARDLESS OF
THEIR POSITION- I ASK THAT ALL
WITNESSES STATE THEIR NAME
AFFILIATION A POSITION ONLY AND
THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
MODERATOR HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE
HAVING Q. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
WE HAVE ACTUALLY. ONE MOMENT
PLEASE. WE HAVE FIFTEEN IN QUEUE
AT THIS TIME OKAY I MEAN THE
ASKS OF THE INDIVIDUALS- BE VERY
BRIEF NAME AFFILIATION POSITION
ONLY. AND GRANT TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR SB THREE FORTY
EIGHT PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO
AT THIS TIME. WE'LL GO TO LINE
ONE OH THREE PLEASE GO AHEAD ONE
OF THREE. THANK YOU MGBS ON
BEHALF OF KAISER PERMANENTE IN
THE COURT. JUST GO TO LINE FORTY
FOUR PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
YOFFIE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ALTERNATIVE EVEN PROGRAM THROUGH
PATIENT IN SUPPORT. AND LINE
THIRTY EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HEY THIS IS MERRY CRISTIANO THE
CHILDREN PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT
. K. M. LINE. ONE THIRTY ONE.
WITH AT THE- BINGER REPRESENTING
GLIDE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. LINE NINETY
EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD. EVEN AT
WORK I REPRESENT HUNGER ACTION
L. A. I WILL BE BRIEF. I AM.
COMPLETELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL I WANT TO SAY THAT I REVIEW
WHAT ALL OF US ARE DOING HERE AS
BEING IN THE PROCESS OF A SOCIAL
I'M SORRY AND- DAVE AN
AFFILIATION PLEASE ONLY AND YOUR
POSITION. THIRD SUPPORT ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU. OUR LINE FORTY
TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD. AFTERNOON
THIS IS REBECCA GONZALEZ WITH
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER IN STRONG SUPPORT ITSELF
THANK YOU. LINE. ONE THIRTY TWO.
ONE THIRTY TWO YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. OKAY WE GO TO NAY FINE LINE
ONE TWENTY THREE. HI THIS IS
BENJAMIN CHOW WITH THE
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY
CENTER WE'RE IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU CAN FIND ONE OH TWO. HI BETH
SMOKER WITH THE CALIFORNIA COULD
INCOMING NETWORK AND STRUCK THE
COURTS. MINE. ONE THIRTY SEVEN.
YOUR NUMBER YOU COULD NOT GET A
PHONE WITH FRANCISCO MARIN SHE
THANK IN SUPPORT OF THREE FORTY
EIGHT THANK YOU YOU. OKAY ONE
LINE LINE ONE THIRTY FOUR. GOOD
AFTERNOON EAGER PENNY COULD WANT
ON BEHALF OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK IN STRONG
SUPPORTER SB THREE FORTY EIGHT.
Q. LINE. ONE FORTY. NUMBER
CRAPPIE ON BEHALF OF PARENTS
VOICES CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT AT THREE FORTY EIGHT.
LINE ONE THIRTY FIVE. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS ASSEMBLY
OUT WITH FOOD BANK WHICH
SERVICES CALLING AT THE PORT OF
S. B. B. FORTY EIGHT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I WOULD APPLY. ONE
TWENTY EIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PARTY A
QUEUE OF PEOPLE THE FOOD BANK
FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALLING IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB THREE FORTY
EIGHT. MINE ONE TWENTY NINE.
LUTHIER COMMITTEE MEMBERS LET
JOHNSON ABOUT THE STATE'S
IMAGINE ABOUT THE SECTION COUNTY
GOVERNMENT WITH THE PROP HOPE
FOR THE FIFTY THREE YOU CALL
YOUR TRUCKS REPORT. THANK YOU.
LINE. ONE THIRTY- MY ONE THIRTY
THREE YEAR OLD BUT NOW. MEDINA
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
THE HUNGER COALITION CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF SPT FORTY EIGHT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU AND LINE ONE
FORTY. HI THIS IS ISABELLA
MULLIN CALLING FROM THE LOS
ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK IN
SUPPORT SB THIRTY FORTY. THANK
YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU ARE
MADAM CHAIR NO FURTHER COMMENTS
THANK YOU AT THIS TIME EXCELLENT
THANK YOU SO MUCH MODERATOR WILL
BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR
MEMBERS. MANY OF OUR MEMBERS
HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. JUST
A COMMENT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
CONTINUED WORK ON THIS SPACE-
CENTERS HERE NO- I BELIEVE IT
WAS TWO YEARS AGO WAS IT LAST
YEAR THAT YOU KERRY THE FIRST
PART OF THE PALE. I WOULD
REQUIRE SEE HAVING UNIVERSAL
AND- I HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND
LEARNED QUITE A BIT WITH REGARDS
TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE LEADING
MONEY AT THE TABLE IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE WORK
THAT YOU DID ON THAT BILL
ALLOWED US TO MAKE SURE THAT
CALIFORNIA RECEIVED- ITS SHARE
OF. THE FUNNY NOT LEAVE LEFT
BEHIND AND THIS IS JUST TO
CONTINUE WORK ON A THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK. THANK
YOU SENATOR. I CENTER SKINNER
AGAIN I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUES' SENTIMENT HERE I'M
GRATEFUL THAT YOU PUT THIS
FORWARD AND I KNOW THE PLAN
APPROPRIATIONS THE EIGHTY
DOLLARS A MONTH ADDITIONAL FOR
THE YOUTH CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER
PROGRAMS GOING TO BE VERY
HELPFUL YOU KNOW WILL BE ABLE TO
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON
BUT THIS HUNGER CLIFF IS REAL
RIGHT NOW- GIVEN THE ALLOTMENTS
THAT ENDED SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR WORK AND I LIKE TO MOVE
THE- BILL FORWARD UPON. WHEN
IT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU
SENATOR- CENTER SKINNER I WANT
TO SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION. THAT
MAKES ME SO EXCITED AND SO
HONORED. TO BE IN THIS IN THIS
ROLE- ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
MOST. YOU LOW HANGING FRUIT IF
YOU WILL OF SERVING OUR KIDS AND
WE SAW ON THE PANDEMIC JUST HOW
IMPORTANT UNIVERSAL MEALS ARE
AND ESPECIALLY THAT SUMMER
BRIDGE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALSO FOR HONORING. THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY OF
CALIFORNIA OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY
AND- OUR GROWERS AND PRODUCERS
THROUGH THIS. LEGISLATION AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE
OUTCOME- I ALSO. ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE ISSUES AROUND OBESITY.
CHILDHOOD DIABETES AND EVEN ORAL
HEALTH CARE- ARE ADDRESSED IN
YOUR BILL THROUGH THE FOUNDATION
OF HEALTHY FOODS. AND SO I'M
JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT THAT
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL WILL HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY. TO HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH WHOLESOME
FOODS THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD OF SUPPORT
THE BILLS WELL. OKAY THE CENTER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE NOW
THANKS SO MUCH BYE BYE- WITH THE
GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND IT
REALLY WAS ALL OF US BECAUSE WE
ADOPTED THAT BUDGET THAT ALLOWED
US TO HAVE THE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL
MEALS. FOR MANY OF OUR CHILDREN
THEY'RE NOW GETTING OVER HALF
THEIR CALORIES AT SCHOOL. SO I
THINK IN OF COURSE IN THE
SUMMERTIME IF THEY'RE NOT IN
SCHOOL THEN THEY AREN'T IN WHICH
IS WHY THE PORTION. ABOUT THE
SUMMER BRIDGE IS SO IMPORTANT SO
I THINK BOTH. HAVE MAKING SURE
THAT IF WE ARE FEEDING OUR KIDS
HALF THEIR CALORIES. AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE TO FEED THEM IN THE
SUMMER TOO WE WANT THE FOOD TO
BE HEALTHY AND WITH THAT I ASK
FOR YOUR I. PHONE. HE THANK YOU
. SO I THINK THE BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED BY SENATOR MAKE IT FAR.
SENATE BILL THREE FOUR EIGHT.
HEY ASSISTANCE MEANT THREE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE THE MOTION IS TO PASS
WITH REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS COLORADO GIL.
I EVERADO GILL I SHOW BOTH. THAT
CHAU BOGART HER TADO. MENJIVAR
MENJIVAR I WALK UP. ZERO OKAY SO
WE WILL PUT WE HAVE THREE EYES
AND WE WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL.
THANK YOU SENATOR CLICK. TWO I
SEE SENATOR LIMON AND I SEE
SENATOR WIENER CATHERINE ARE YOU
READY TO PRESENT. OKAY SO WE
WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM
NUMBER THREE SENATE BILL FOUR OH
SEVEN. WITH. BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
MADAM CHAIR. TODAY I'M
PRESENTING SENATE BILL FOUR OH
SEVEN- TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS
FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
USE- BY- INSURING THAT THEY ARE
IN PLACE AND HOSTILE HOMES- FOUR
OH SEVEN WILL STRENGTHEN THE
RESOURCE FAMILY APPROVAL
PROCESS- BY REQUIRING EXPLICIT
CONSIDERATION OF LGBTQ YOUTHS
AND HOME AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS. BY CREATING
STANDARD DOCUMENTATION BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
FOR THESE IS ASSESSMENTS TO
INCLUDE THE NEEDS OF LGBTQ
YOUTH. BY REVIEWING COUNTY
APPROVED RESOURCE FAMILIES TO
EVALUATE IF THEY ARE MEETING THE
NEEDS OF LGBTQ YOUTH- AND
ENSURING THAT RESOURCE FAMILIES
HAVE THE NECESSARY SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES- TO BE
PARENTS LGBTQ YOUTH I CLARIFY
EXISTING LAW THE CONDUCT THAT
POSES A RISK TO THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY- ABILITY TO SHOOT- IS A
VALID REASON. FOR DENIAL OF A
RESOURCE FAMILY. READY TO THE K.
TO WELFARE IN THE KEY PRO THERE
ARE ABOUT FIFTY THREE THOUSAND
FOSTER YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA-
LGBTQ FOSTER YOUTH ARE ABOUT 30%
SO APPROXIMATELY ONE IN THREE
FOSTER KIDS IN CALIFORNIA.
IDENTIFIES AS LGBT ISSUES THIS
IS NOT A TINY. PERCENTAGE THIS
IS LIKE A IF YOU ARE. GOING TO
BE A FOSTER PARENT THERE IS A-
AND I NINE. TINY TOWNS THERE'S A
REASON WAS AND SEE THAT YOU WILL
HAVE AN LGBTQ KID- AND WE WANNA
MAKE SURE- THAT WE ARE PLACING
THESE KIDS IN THE HOMES WHERE
THERE IS HOSTILITY TOWARDS-
THAT'S NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF
THE KIDS IT'S NOT IN THE
INTERESTS OF THE FOSTER PARENTS-
WE KNOW THAT KIDS WHO HAVE
PARENTAL SUPPORT OR DRAMATICALLY
MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED. AND
DRAMATICALLY LESS LIKELY TO
ATTEMPT SUICIDE- CALIFORNIA HAS
MADE GREAT STRIDES- AROUND THE
NEEDS OF ALL FOSTER YOUTH. A LOT
OF WORK TO DO- INCLUDING THE
NEEDS OF LGBTQ. FOSTER YOUTH BUT
THERE'S MORE WORK- I HAD- AND WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CREATING THE HEALTHIEST SETTINGS
POSSIBLE. FOR THESE KIDS- SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
AND WITH ME- TODAY'S TESTIFIED-
IS JILL JACOBS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF FAMILY BUILDERS. AS
WELL AS CRAIG PULSIPHER THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR. FOR A
QUALITY CALIFORNIA ONE OF OUR
SPONSORS- WE ALSO FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE IF QUESTIONS ARISE
HAVE TYLER RINDE- WITH THE
ALLIANCE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES ALSO A SPONSOR THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU LOOK HERE FOR YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AWESOME
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE FINANCIAL
CHECKUPS THE CEO OF FAMILY
BUILDERS A FOSTER CARE ADOPTION
PERMANENCY AND ALL TO BE
TOGETHER. BECAUSE THE
ORGANIZATION. I ALSO SERVED AS A
BOARD MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE. OF CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES A HUNDRED AND THREE
STATEWIDE NON CAN BASED WORK.
THAT SIR. TO CHILDREN YOU AND
FAMILIES AND CARE WERE ALSO ONE
OF THE CO SPONSORS OF THIS BILL.
AS SENATOR WIENER SAID- LGBTQ
PLUS YOUTH ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED.
IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. WELL
TO BE TO Q. YOU'VE ALSO SUFFER
ABUSE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
AT TWICE THE RATE OF NON LGBT
YOUNG PEOPLE. ABUSE IN FOSTER
CARE COMES FROM CARE GIVERS PAID
STAFF AND HERE'S- LGBT YOUTH
OFTEN END UP IN FOSTER CARE
BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT WERE FOUND
OUT OVER KICKED OUT OF THEIR
FAMILY. REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBER
TO KNOW IS THAT 45% OF LGBT
YOUNG PEOPLE SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERED SUICIDE IN THE LAST
YEAR. MORE THAN HALF OF
TRANSGENDER AND NON BINARY
YOU'VE CONSIDERED SUICIDE.
CALIFORNIA'S ENACTED-
LEGISLATION TO PREVENT
DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING THE
FOSTER CARE BILL OF RIGHTS
HOWEVER THIS PROTECTION IS NOT
REALLY TRANSLATED ONE APPROVING
RESOURCE FAMILIES OF FIVE.
FOSTER FAMILY AGENCIES IN AND
CAN. SB FOUR SEVEN WILL
STRENGTHEN AND CLARIFY THE
EXISTING RESOURCE FAMILY
APPROVAL PROCESS TO PREVENT
DISCRIMINATION THAT STILL
OCCURRING- BECOME RESOURCE
PARENT THERE'S A SET OF CRITERIA
THAT ONE MUST MEET. THIS
INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO
DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF LGBTQ YOUTH
AND THE CAPACITY AND WILLINGNESS
TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. IF THE
PERSPECTIVE CARE GIVER CANNOT
MEET THOSE NEEDS THEY SHOULD NOT
BE APPROVED. WE DON'T KNOW WHICH
YOUTH ARE GOING TO BE GAY OR NON
BINARY OR WHICH CHILDREN WILL
COME OUT THEREFORE WE MUST
ENSURE THAT ALL CARE GIVERS ARE
ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL
CHILDREN WHICH SB FOUR OH SEVEN
WILL DO. AN EXAMPLE OF THE HARM
THAT HAPPENS IS THE YOUNG MAN
THAT WE WORKED WITH- WHEN HE WAS
IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES. HAD BEEN
PLACED IN FOSTER CARE IN A
FOSTER HOME. WHEN HE WAS FOUR
YEARS OLD AND HE DIDN'T REMEMBER
HIS LIFE PRIOR TO THAT SO THE
ONLY PARENTS HERE NEW ORDERS
FASTER PARENTS CALLED THE MOMENT
ON IT WAS THE ONLY FAMILY HE
NEVER KNOWN. WHEN HE TURNED
FOURTEEN HE CAME OUT TO THEM AS
QUE THE DAY AFTER HE CAME OUT HE
WAS REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME. AND
HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS YEARS
INTO HIS TWENTIES AND PROBABLY
SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THAT
BOUNCING AROUND FROM DIFFERENT
INSTITUTIONS IN DIFFERENT HOMES
. YOU'VE RECEIVED PARENTAL
SUPPORT REGARDING THEIR GENDER
IDENTITY. 97% LESS LIKELY. TO
ATTEMPT SUICIDE. WE BELIEVE THIS
BILL WILL ACTUALLY SAVE LIVES
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HAVE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH BONTA OUR NEXT WITNESS
PLEASE- GOOD AFTERNOON CRIPPLES
FROM BEHALF OF THE QUALITY
CALIFORNIA PROTOSTOMES SERVICE
BEFORE- SEVEN- TURN MEMBERS I'M
SURE WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT NO
CHILD SHOULD EVER. BE PLACED IN
A HOME WHERE THEY MIGHT
REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO
EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION OR
VIOLENCE. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S
HAPPENING TO SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE YOUTH IN THE FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM. WE KNOW THE LGBTQ
YOUTH ARE OVER REPRESENTED IN
FOSTER CARE. AND THEY'RE MORE
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE THAN
THEIR PEERS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER
IDENTITY EVOLVE OVER TIME. AND
FAMILIES CARING FOR ANY FOSTER
YOUTH IN THE STATE SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THAT REALITY. OVER
THE PAST DECADE THE QUALITY
CALIFORNIA HAS SPONSORED
NUMEROUS BILLS TO MAKE SURE THE
RESOURCE FAMILIES HAVE THE
TRAINING AND SUPPORT THEY NEED
TO SUPPORT LGBTQ YOUTH. AND ALL
RESOURCE FAMILIES ARE CURRENTLY
REQUIRED TO RECEIVE TRAINING ON
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER
IDENTITY. QUITE FRANKLY IT'S NOT
ENOUGH AN LGBTQ FOSTER YOUTH ARE
BEING RE TRAUMATIZED EVERY TIME
THEIR PLACE IN THE HOME THAT IS
NOT ACCEPTING OR FOR A MEAN OF
THEIR IDENTITY. ALL OF
CALIFORNIA CAN AND MUST DO MORE
TO STRENGTHEN THE RESOURCE
FAMILY APPROVAL PROCESS ON THE
FRONT END TO BETTER PREVENT
DISCRIMINATION OF THESE
VULNERABLE YOUTH. SB FOUR OF
SEVEN WILL STRENGTHEN THE
RESOURCE FAMILY APPROVAL PROCESS
AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL RESOURCE
FAMILIES IN THE STATE. HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE
NEEDS OF THESE HERE. AND THAT
THEY'RE WILLING TO SEEK OUT ANY
AND ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO
HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS. IT WILL
ALSO REQUIRE EXPLICIT
CONSIDERATION OF LGBTQ YOUTH AND
HOME AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS. AND REQUIRE THE
STATE TO ENSURE THAT COUNTY
APPROVED FAMILIES ARE UPHOLDING
THE RIGHTS OF NOT ONLY LGBTQ
YOUTH. ALL FOSTER YOUTH
REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND.
THE BILL IS IN NO WAY INTENDED
TO DECREASE THE ALREADY LIMITED
SUPPLY OF POTENTIAL RESOURCE
FAMILIES. BUT IT IS THE POLICY
OF THE STATE THE L. G. B. T. Q.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT. TO HAVE CARE
GIVERS WHO WILL UNDERSTAND AND
RESPECT THEM. IN CALIFORNIA MUST
DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THAT PROMISE AND
ENSURE THE RESOURCE FAMILY
APPROVAL PROCESS AS A STRONG AS
POSSIBLE. I RESPECTFULLY URGE
TRIBE. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE STATE YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITIONALLY.
SEEING NONE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION
FOR THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE. GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS KATHLEEN DOMINGO AND
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC
CONFERENCE. REPRESENT THE TWELVE
CATHOLIC DIOCESES OF CALIFORNIA
INCLUDING TWELVE MILLION
CATHOLICS IN PARISHES AND
MINISTRIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND SENATOR
WIENER FOR HIS BILL SEEKING TO
SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF ALL CHILDREN AND THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. AS WELL AS
ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND
HARASSMENT FOR CHILDREN. AT THE
SAME TIME I RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE
SB FOUR OH SEVEN AS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR THE
ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES I
BEGAN WORKING ON THE ISSUE OF
FOSTER CARE. I WAS INVITED BY
LEADERS OF OTHER LOCAL CHRISTIAN
CHURCHES TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY
WERE DOING TO RECRUIT AND
MAINTAIN FOSTER OR RESOURCE
FAMILIES IN THEIR CHURCHES. I
WAS AMAZED AT THE LEVEL OF
COMMITMENT FROM MANY OF THE
SMALL FAITH COMMUNITIES TO
PROVIDE LOVING HOMES TO THE
CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM IN LA COUNTY. WHICH CARES
FOR MORE CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER
PLACE IN THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE
FIRST MEETINGS I ATTENDED WITH
L. A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
WITH A BIG DOWNTOWN CONCRETE LA
OFFICE BUILDING. I GOT OFF THE
ELEVATOR EXPECTING TO FIND AN
OFFICE FULL OF CUBICLES AND
DESKS AND SAID WHAT I SAW I
BROKE MY HEART. IT WAS A OFFICE
ROOM FULL OF CHRISTMAS WALL TO
WALL- THE WORKSTATIONS HAVE BEEN
PUSHED ASIDE. AND THE SPACE WAS
MADE HOUSE INFANTS IN THE
STERILE OFFICE BUILDING. STAFF
MEMBERS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO CARING
FOR INFANTS ALL THEY WERE BEING
ASKED TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE.
IS EXPLAINED TO ME THE L. A.
COUNTY WAS IN A CRISIS AND EVERY
ATTEMPT WAS BEING MADE TO FIND
FOSTER FAMILIES BUT THESE TINY
INFANTS WERE RELEGATED TO AN
OFFICE BUILDING. BECAUSE NONE
COULD BE FOUND. THAT EXPERIENCE
HAS NEVER LEFT ME AND AT THAT
TIME I MADE A COMMITMENT THAT I
WOULD PERSONALLY BE CAN A
PROCESS OF RECRUITING FOSTER
FAMILIES FROM WITHIN OUR
CATHOLIC PARISHES AND SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE
NATION. SINCE THEN I'VE HELPED
CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES BECOME
FURTHER ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS
OF IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING
LOVELY LOVING FAMILIES. THE CARE
FOR YOUTH IN NEED OF HOMES AND
LOVE AND- AND FAMILIES. I'M HERE
TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE MANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT SB FOUR OH
SEVEN. I COMMEND THE AUTHOR AND
THE SPONSORS FOR WISHING TO
CREATE PATHWAYS TO PROVIDE
CHILDREN WITH LOVING AND SAFE
HOMES. NO ONE SUPPORTS FAMILIES
THAT HARASS OR DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST ANY YOUTH PLACED IN
THEIR HOME. AT THE SAME TIME IT
IS APPROPRIATE THAT LOVING
FAMILIES MAY QUESTION THE
APPROPRIATENESS OF CERTAIN
SERVICES. THIS MAY COME FROM
THEIR FAITH PERSPECTIVE IT MAY
BE A CONSCIENCE DECISION BASED
ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CHILD AND THEIR PARTICULAR
NEEDS. OR IT COULD SIMPLY BE
QUESTIONING THE MEDICAL
SOUNDNESS OF CERTAIN GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE. I QUESTION THE
ASSERTION THAT EVERY FAMILY MUST
DEMONSTRATE THE CAPACITY AND
WILLINGNESS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
LGBTQ PLUS AND GENDER EXPANSIVE
YOU. INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO HAVE
ACCESS TO ALL AVAILABLE SERVICES
IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT
FOR A LIVING RESOURCE FAMILY IN
CALIFORNIA. I AM HERE AS A
PERSON OF FAITH REPRESENTING
PEOPLE OF FAITH. WHO ARE OR WISH
TO BE RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR
YOUTH AND CALIFORNIA. FOR ME AND
FOR OTHERS RELIGIOUS FAITH IS
NOT A PURELY EMOTIONAL OR
INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE IT'S A
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BRINGING MY
FAITH INTO EVERY ASPECT OF MY
LIFE. FOUNDATIONAL FOR US IS A
CALL TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE OUR
NEIGHBOR WHICH IN THIS CASE
MEANS LOVING AND RECOGNIZING THE
NEED TO FOSTER YOUTH. IT IS THIS
RELIGIOUS IMPULSE THAT BOTH
MOTIVATES PEOPLE OF FAITH. TO
ENGAGE IN CHILD WELFARE WORK AND
INFORMS THE WAY IN WHICH WE
CARRY IT OUT. RATHER THAN
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RESOURCE
FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA I SUPPOSE
THAT I PROPOSE WE OUGHT TO BE
INCREASING THE NUMBER. THE
LIKELIHOOD OF A CHILD FINDING
THE BEST FAMILY FOR THEM IS FAR
GREATER. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER TO COME TO A
SOLUTION IN WHICH PEOPLE OF
FAITH WITH DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS
ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN
PERSON AND SEXUAL INTEGRITY. CAN
BE AND CAN REMAIN EXCELLENT
RESOURCE FAMILIES TO CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA. WHY CAN'T THERE BE
MANY KINDS OF LOVING. FAMILIES
LOVING CHILDREN AND PROVIDING
SAFE PROTECTIVE HOMES. MAKING
THE REPAIR MAY YOU PLEASE WRAP
UP YOUR SLEEVES IF I WELCOME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
AUTHOR OR THE BILL'S AUTHOR AND
SPONSORS TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT
ALLOWS FOR MORE. NOT FEWER
EXCELLENT FAMILIES TO HELP THESE
YOU THINK CALIFORNIA THANK YOU
THANK YOU THINK. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS OPPOSITION PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION POSITION
ONLY.
TO SPEAK LOUDLY I HAVEN'T RAFI
OKAY. MY NAME IS VERNE TYLER. I
REPRESENT HOSANNA PATHWAYS- MY
WIFE AND I. STARTING IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY FIVE. AND FOR ROUGHLY
THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF PERMITTED
OVER EIGHT HUNDRED FOSTER
CHILDREN PERSONALLY. SO WE'VE
EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHILDREN. A
LOT OF SITUATIONS A LOT OF
CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT WE WERE
FOSTER PAIRING FOR ALAMEDA
COUNTY- WE- I WERE RATHER
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT THE
VERY COMMUNITIES THAT. FL'S OF
THE COMMUNITY CREEK THE FAITH
BASED COMMUNITY. WERE NOT COMING
FORWARD AND PROVIDING FOSTER
CARE FOR CHILDREN. SO WITHOUT
OKAY. WILL CERTAIN THE FOSTER
FAMILY AGENCY THAT IS FAITH
BASED. AND WE'LL GO OUT TO THE
CHURCHES SYNAGOGUES AND SO ON
AND RECRUIT FAMILIES SO THAT
HAVE A FAITH BASED AS A- WE DID
VERY WELL WHICH TEN AREA
COUNTIES SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND
SAN JOSE. SO I PERSONALLY
TRAINED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF FOSTER FAMILIES
AND- EVEN TODAY OUR PRIMARY
FOCUS IS TRAINING PARENTS TO
EITHER KEEP THEIR CHILDREN OUT
OF THE SYSTEM OR IF THEY HAVE
THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM
GIVING THE PARENTING SKILLS TO
GET THEM OUT. SO WE'RE VERY VERY
ORIENTED TOWARDS THE FAITH
COMMUNITY AND THE AND THE TWO OF
THE CHILDREN TO GO THROUGH THE
TRAUMA- WELL ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE RUN INTO THE- AND
WE WERE WE DID NOT. RENEW OUR
LICENSE IN TWENTY FIFTEEN
BECAUSE OF THE STATE REGULATIONS
WE WERE JUST FINDING THAT THE-
OPPOSITION. THE TIME THE DOLLARS
IT WAS TIME THAT SPENT TO HAVING
TO TRY TO DEFEND AND SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES. WAS RATHER
OVERWHELMING. AND I'M GONNA
SADLY SAY- HOSANNA BECAME.
LICENSE IN NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE
AND ONE OF OUR PURPOSES OF
COURSE WAS TO EXTEND. TO GET
GOOD CORRUPTS. RECRUIT GOOD AND
TRAIN GOOD FOSTER FAMILIES
RESOURCE FAMILIES. WHAT THE
OPPOSITION THE RESISTANCE WE HAD
WE WERE SPENDING SEARCHER
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF TIME
HAVING TO DEFEND. FAMILIES
BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUES BECAUSE
THEY HAVE YOU WRAPPED UP NOW I'M
SORRY COULD YOU PLEASE WRAP UP
YOUR TESTIMONY. I'M SORRY I
STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU PLEASE
FINISH UP YOUR TESTIMONY YES
OKAY. THERE'S TWO THINGS NUMBER
ONE I WANT TO BE. RESPECTED BE
SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING
THE ISSUE IN TERMS OF ITS
EDUCATION OKAY. EVERYBODY NEEDS
TO BE EDUCATED AND I THINK THE
COUNTIES ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT
JOB WITH REGARD TO THAT AND THIS
ISSUE. BUT WHAT I MANY OF
OPPOSITE IS. WHY FOSTER PARENTS
AND WHY JUDY I HAVE BASICALLY
WITHDRAWN THIS WERE TIRED OF
FIGHTING THE SYSTEM. WHEN
GOVERNMENT COMES INTO MY HOME
AND DICTATES TO ME I'M GOING TO
RAISE MY FAMILY AND- FIREMAN THE
VALUES THAT I HAVE TO ESTABLISH
. MR WONDER WE ARE AS A NATION
AS A STATE AS A COMMUNITY. WHERE
WE ARE TODAY INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO CONTEST AND I THINK THAT'S
WHERE THIS BILL AND- THE ONLY
REASON I'M IN OPPOSITION THANK
YOU SIR I THINK YOU AND YOU DO
HAVE A COMPASSION FOR THESE
CATS. WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE
MICROPHONE ANYBODY ELSE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
A POSITION ONLY PLEASE. YES GREG
BIRD WITH A CALIFORNIA FAMILY
COUNCIL IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU
. HE. ALL RIGHT WE WILL NOW MOVE
ON TO WITNESSES WAITING TO
TESTIFY VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
OR REST. MODERATOR WE PLEASE
PROP INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
SENATE BILL. FOUR OH SEVEN.
WE'RE READY TO BEGIN THE- TO
PROVIDE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR SP FOUR SEVEN.
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. AND WE'LL GO TO LINE
THIRTY EIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD
THIRTY. HI MARY CREAKY ON BEHALF
OF THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP IN
THE COURT. THANK YOU. LINE. ONE
THIRTY TWO. KAREN MEMBERS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH TO THE AUTHORED FOR
PREVENTATIVE SO MICHELLE
TRAMMELL FOR THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN STRONG
SUPPORT. DO YOU. OKAY. NINE ONE
FORTY FIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON
SYDNEY CANNOT HAVE A CALIFORNIA
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES ASSOCIATION OR CASA IN
SUPPORT OF SB FOUR SEVEN THANK
YOU THANK YOU. LINE NINETY NINE.
HELLO MY NAME IS COURTNEY BURKE
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER AND
STANISLAUS COUNTY AND MEMBER OF
THE NATIONAL DEBT SHE
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN VERY
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
THANK YOU. LINE ONE FORTY EIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON REBECCA GONZALEZ
WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
LINE ONE FORTY NINE. GOOD
AFTERNOON JANICE BETTER WITH
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
. LINE. FORTY EIGHT. BUT I CAN
ALSO CHOI CONTROL INCLUDING IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. LINE.
EIGHT THREE. EDITING CHERISH
SOCIAL WORK IN STRONG SUPPORT.
IN Q. LINE ONE FORTY TWO. HELLO
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE MY
NAME'S PRISCILLA MILES-
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
MONTEREY BAY AND I'LL TRANSFER
YOU TO A PART OF SB. FOUR OH
SEVEN THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND
MEDICARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
THANK YOU AT THIS TIME THANK YOU
SO MUCH MODERATOR WILL NOW BRING
THE DISCUSSION BACK TO THE
MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS. SENATOR JOE
WITH SO. THANK YOU SENATOR
WIENER FOR BRINGING THIS MEASURE
FORWARD I THINK ULTIMATELY WE
ALL WANT THE PROPER HOMES MAKE
MAKING SURE THAT WE MATCH ON
EACH TRIAL WITH THE PROPER HOME-
AND I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS SO
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYBODY
HERE THAT UNDERSTOOD OUR KNOWS
HOW THE- THE CHILDREN ARE. OUR
MATCH WITH THEIR FAMILIES BUT
ARE THERE ARE CATEGORIES WHERE
AND- RESOURCE FAMILIES CAN
REQUEST POPLARS OR- CHILDREN OF
A CERTAIN AGE TEENAGERS- OR EVEN
LGBT Q. USED IN ORDER TO MATCH
AND BASS WITH FAMILIES THAT. CAN
MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE
PARTICULAR. GROUPS OF CHILDREN
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES- IT IS
THAT DANCERS YES OF COURSE WHEN.
WHEN YOU HAVE A FOSTER DAUGHTER
COMES INTO A HOME YOU MAY NOT
KNOW. IF THAT SALAS LGBTQ FOR
THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY BECAUSE
JOHN MAY NOT COME OUT YET
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE YOUNGER-
BUT THE ANSWER IS YES BUT
PERHAPS AN EXPERT CAN ELUCIDATE.
I THINK YOU JUSTICE CENTER YES
ON FOSTER PARENTS CAN ALWAYS-
MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ANY
INDIVIDUAL CHILD AND CAN ALL NO
URGENCY FOSTER CARE LONG TERM
FOSTER CARE TODDLERS TEENAGERS
WHATEVER THEY WANT BUT AS THE
CENTER STAND ON LINE WE NEED TO
STRESS. WE DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW
WE DON'T KNOW THE THREE YEAR OLD
IS GOING TO COME OUT WE DON'T
KNOW THE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD IS
GOING TO COME OUT AND SO THAT'S
WHY WITH 30% OF THE POTENTIAL
POPULATION BEING LGBT WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL FAMILIES
COULD BE AFFIRMING. THANK YOU SO
THE INTENT IS- IF I MADE BE
THROUGH THE CHURCH MORE MATURE
EIGHT EIGHT. FINISH MY TRAIN OF
THOUGHT. BECAUSE IT IT REALLY.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO DO CENTER VICE.
DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS
IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF EACH CHILD BECAUSE WE-
CHILDREN HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS-
BUT IN. DO YOU FEEL THAT WE HAVE
THE CAPACITY WITHIN THIS BILL TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE.
AT CHILDREN TO BEST I MEAN IN
THE CATEGORY OF APPLYING TO BE A
FOSTER PARENT YOU YOU CAN
SPECIFY TODDLER CHILDREN LGBT Q.
HAVE FAMILIES RIGHT IS THAT IS
THAT CORRECT JUST ONE MAKE SURE
THAT I AM. NOT OKAY AND THE
TRAINING WE HAVE BASIC TRAINING
FOR ALL RESOURCE FAMILIES AND
INCLUDES LGBT Q. TRAINING. BUT
IT DOESN'T COMPEL. FAMILIES TO
TAKE I MEAN BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
MATCH THE RIGHT CHILD RIGHT WITH
THE FAMILY THAT'S GOING TO BE
ABLE TO BEST MEET AND- I WOULD
WANT. ANY CHILD TO BE WITH A
FAMILY THAT KNOWS AND HAS THE
ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THAT PARTICULAR CHILD- WHETHER
IT'S AGE OR IDENTITY SO THIS
BILL. DOESN'T NECESSARILY COMPEL
FAMILIES TO TAKE A CHILD THAT-
THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
MEET THAT CHILD'S NEED. FOR SAY
IN THIS CASE LGBT Q. THERE
WOULDN'T BE FAMILIES WHO. CANNOT
MEET THOSE NEEDS MATCHED WITH
THAT PARTICULAR CHILD. THE THAT
IS TRUE A RESERVE TO DECLARE AN
IDEAL WORLD WE WOULD KNOW
EVERYTHING PERFECT WORK WE KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY SHOT
EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY FAMILY
AND WILL BE LIKE. YOU HAVE
PERFECT MATCHES ON THE IN THE IN
IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN THAT'S
NOT ALWAYS EASY PARTICULARLY.
AND FOR YOUNGER KIDS YOU MAY NOT
KNOW AT ALL- AND SO WE THAT'S
WHY WE HAVE THE SCREENING
PROCESS FOR FOSTER PARENTS WERE
WE HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY OF
THINGS TO THAT WE SCREEN FOR IT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
CREATE. DANGEROUS VOLATILE BAD
SITUATION AND WE DON'T
EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOSTER KIDS ARE
SO MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BECOME
HOMELESS. OR IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT AND THEN
OTHER KIDS AND SO THE MORE WE
CAN DO TO TRY TO SCREEN AND MAKE
SURE THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IN
SAFE HOMES- THE BETTER IT'S
GOING TO BE SO WITH LGBTQ KIDS.
TO INTERVENE IT'S NOT THIS IS A
LARGE CHUNK OF THE FOSTER USE-
POPULATION RIGHT SERVICES LIKE A
FEW KIDS SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN. IN
THE RIGHT HOMES AND IT'S REALLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD THE HUGE NUMBER
OF THESE KIDS- BUT THE SECOND
THING IS THERE'S SO MANY KIDS WE
DON'T KNOW SERVING PLACE AT
HOME. WHEN THERE ARE ONE OR
THREE OR SEVEN OR TEN OR TWELVE
OR WHATEVER AND WE HAVE NO IDEA-
IF THEY'RE LGBT Q. AND AT SOME
POINT THEY COME OUT. AND THAT IF
THAT PARENT IT IS HOSTILE.
THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM I WANT TO
BE CLEAR INTO THE OPPOSITION NO
THIS ISN'T ABOUT PEOPLE'S
OPINIONS. PEOPLE CAN HAVE
WHATEVER OPINION THEY WANT THIS
IS ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING TO
RAISE. A CHILD AND TREAT THAT
CHILD. SO IF YOU ARE TO IF YOU
IF YOU IF YOU YOUR OWN OF. ABOUT
THE TO PEOPLE. THAT AND THAT
MEANS THAT. YOU HAVE THOSE
THINGS BUT IF THAT MEANS YOU'RE
GOING TO TRY TO PUT YOUR CHILD
IN CONVERSION THERAPY. AND BY
THE WAY THE CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC
CONFERENCE HAS OPPOSED EVERY
EFFORT TO GET RID OF. CONVERSION
THERAPY. IN CALIFORNIA WHICH IS
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE. SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE
NOT. IN KIDS IN THE HOMES WHERE
THEY'RE LITERALLY POTENTIALLY
GONNA VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST
SOME WERE TORTURED THAT'S ALL
THIS IS THE SCREEN. AND SO LET
ME LET ME EXPAND A LITTLE BIT
JUST SO I UNDERSTAND- AND I GET
THAT THE OVERALL. GOAL THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND I
AM COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT WITH
YOU. ON THAT PART BUT I ALSO
WANT TO. MAKE SURE THAT- THIS
BILL WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEEDS
OF LGBT Q. KIDS FROM COMING IN
BECOMING A RESOURCE. OR WILL IT
ACTUALLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST IN
BEING A PART BECAUSE POTENTIALLY
THEY COULD. BE THE TYPE OF
PARENTS AND WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT
WE DON'T KNOW MAYBE THOSE.
PARENTS EVENTUALLY- MAYBE VENN
CHILLY THERE AT THEIR THEIR
HEARTS- YOU KNOW CHANGES IN THE
AND THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT
TO HELP FURTHER UNDERSTANDING
AND TRAINING OR WHATEVER MAYBE I
DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT.
THIS BILL DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MEET
THOSE NEEDS ENTERING THE SYSTEM
WHAT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE
CAPACITY THE- JUST THE CAPACITY
OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF LGBTQ
KIDS IN WHATEVER WHEREVER THOSE
CHILDREN ARE- BECAUSE I GET THE
POINT THAT YOU. THAT YOU HAVE
THAT. I'M JUST ARE USED TO MAKE
SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT
WE'RE NOT THIS WEEK IS PEOPLE
WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MEET THOSE NEEDS. TO BE CLEAR
EXISTING LAW ALREADY BANS
DISCRIMINATION SURE- AND
REQUIRES THAT THEY RECEIVE
INFORMATION AND TRAINING. THIS
BILL SEEKS TO ASSURE. THAT THAT
HAS ACTUALLY SOME CHEN- DOT DOTS
WITH SO WE'RE NOT THERE ALREADY
. THEY ALREADY CAN'T
DISCRIMINATE. WERE SIMPLY
STRENGTHENING THAT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT THE IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT
WORKING OUT WELL RIGHT NOW. AND
SO WE'RE TRYING THAT'S WHY WE
ARE STRENGTHENING OUR- BUT THE
PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION
ALREADY EXISTS UNDER CALIFORNIA
LAW. CAN I GET THAT- I GUESS.
I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW THAT'S
GOING TO WORK I AM TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO
WORK WITH. OUR MONIES WHO.
BECAUSE YOU CAN LEARN YOU CAN BE
YOU CAN BE GIVEN THAT CLASSES
AND NO. BUT IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU'RE
COMFORTABLE OR HAVE THE ABILITY
TO. ENACT THEM. YOU KNOW WE CAN
WE CAN TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO BE
TEACHERS BUT SOME OF THEM WILL
BE GOOD TEACHERS AND SOME OF
THEM WILL NOT BE GOOD TEACHERS
AND WE WANT THE GOOD TEACHERS TO
BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THOSE PARTICULAR KIDS THAT NEED.
THAT SPECIFIC TRAINING RIGHT
SAME THING WITH THE PARENTS WE
CAN TEACH ALL THESE PARENTS AND
HAVE THEM HAVE THEIR CLASSES BUT
SOME WILL BE BETTER OCT TWO AB.
TO ENACT THOSE. THOSE
UNDERSTANDINGS AND SOME MAY NOT
FEEL AS COMFORTABLE OR NOT BE
ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE MATCHING
THE KIDS ONE WE HAVE A WITH WITH
PARENTS WHO HAVE MASTERED THE
ABILITY TO. ENACT THOSE THOSE
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
TRAINING AND THOSE THAT DON'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE OR DON'T HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. OUR
MATCH WITH CHILDREN WHO NEED
THEIR OR- THEIR THEIR ABILITY
TO. TO MEET THE DOSE CARE ACT I
THINK WE HAVE ROOM. TO HAVE A
VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A
VARIETY OF. ABILITIES TO MEET
THESE CHILDREN'S NEEDS- AND I
AND I AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT
END AND NOT DISINTEGRATING
PEOPLE- FROM. ENTERING THE
SYSTEM IN BECOMING FOSTER
PARENTS. CAN BE AS DELICATE AS I
CAN'T. X. AND- WHAT WHAT I WHAT
WHAT I MEAN ASKED TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR QUESTION WAS ANSWERED
BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD TO SENATOR MAKE OF
OUR BUT I DON'T WANT TO. TAKE
TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR YOUR THOUGHT
HERE BUT ONE SURE I. MEAN I
DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. DO
I DURING A THUNDERSTORM COMING
FROM IT'S ALWAYS CASE BY CASE.
BRIGHTMAN'S OF YOU OF LIKE A
FAUCET SOMEONE'S YOUR FOSTER
PARENTS LIKE OKAY I BECAUSE OF
MY BACKGROUND I BELIEVE I'VE-
I'M TRYING I'M TRYING. TO LEARN
BUT I YOU KNOW ANY TO. FIGURE IT
OUT BUT I REALLY WANT BUT ARE
BUT THE THERE ARE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BE
PARENTS CITIES K. ARE NOT
TOWARDS THEM- AND- PUSH THEM TO
SIT WITH. JUST BE BORN- THAT'S
ONE THING IF YOUR PARENTS WERE
LIKE WELL I BELIEVE IN
CONVERSION THERAPY AND I THINK
THAT ANY POSSIBILITIES YOU
COULD. LEAD TO GOING TO
CONVERSION THERAPY TO GET ON THE
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT BACK RIGHT
WITH THAT BUT THAT BUT THAT'S
THAT'S ONE THAT'S YOU KNOW ONE
OF THE EXTREME EXAMPLES BUT THAT
IS REAL. AND SO I THINK THAT'S
WHAT IS A SPECTRUM AND THAT'S
WHAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
EVALUATES EACH FAMILY- SO. SO IF
IT IF THAT. HELPS SO ONCE AGAIN
THE QUESTION IS. WILL THIS BILL
BE ALLOWED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE
PARENTS. THAT HAVE NOT MASTER OR
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR OR
EVEN. AB THE ABILITY TO MEET
THESE CHILDREN AND CAN MEET THE
CHILDREN. OTHER CHILDREN'S
NEEDS. THE THEY WILL HAVE TO
THEIR IN ADDITION THE GROUP
HAVING THE TRAINING. HAVE TO
AFFIRMATIVELY. ASSURE THAT THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE AN
LGBTQ CHILD BECAUSE THERE IS A
ONE IN THREE CHANCE BUT THE
CHILD BEING PLACED IN THEIR HOME
IS ALSO B. TWO Q. AND A AND
SURVEYS BEING. WE WILL NEED TO
BE ASSURED THAT THEY HAVE THAT.
THAT THAT THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT KICKS YOUR
PLACE YOUR HOME. THE KID COMES
OUT AND THE PARENTS AND IT'S
JUST GO SOUTH AND THAT IS SO
DRAMATIC FOR THE KID. IN
ADDITION TO BEING ABOUT
SITUATION. OKAY SO THEN FOLLOW
UP QUESTION. DO WE HAVE WHAT IS
A STATE OR DO WE HAVE THE
ABILITY HAVE PRIVATE ENTITIES
THAT CAN MATCH FAMILIES WHO HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO MEET. CHILDREN
WHO ARE NOT LGBT Q. DO WE ALLOW
THAT IN IN OUR STATE. ****
PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE YEAH I'M
JUST I'M IN THE REASON I'M
ASKING IS BECAUSE SUCH AN
ORGANIZATION SAYS IT SUCH AS AT
THE GYM IN THE JUST MENTIONED. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
FAMILIES. WHO ARE WILLING AND
WANTING TO. TO FOSTER CHILDREN
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND
WE CANNOT. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR
FOR STATE TO SAY YOU HAVE TO
THINK THIS WAY YOU HAVE TO ACT
AND YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT IT. AND
I GET IT FOR TRYING TO DO IT IS
A STATE BUT IF WE DO THAT IS A
STATE. THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW.
DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THE NEEDS. OF THEIR ABILITY
OR THEIR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THOSE NEEDS TO DO WE HAVE
THE FLEXIBILITY- SAY TO MEET.
EVERYBODY'S. NEEDS- AS AS WE
FAMILY GOT INTO THE CAR AND I
THOUGHT WHAT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT
PEOPLE TO. OTHER GOING TO RAISE
THE KIDS AND PERHAPS ONE OF
EXPERT. IN PRODUCT OF THE FALL
CARERS YEAH WITH A- ALL RIGHT
I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M- THAT WE
- IS THE ONE WHO SUPPORTS YOUR
BUILDINGS I WANT. WITH YOU KNOW
THEIR LGBT TO BE. WITH FAMILIES
THAT WANT THEM AND ARE. TO FOR
THE CHILDREN AND THERE'S- NEEDS
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE BEEN
MASTERED THAT ABILITY OR
HAVEN'T- IT'S NOT WITHIN THEIR
FORTE. TO HAVE THE ABILITY. TO
FOSTER OTHER CHILDREN AS WELL-
FIRST ALL THE SORT OF STAND. I'M
GONNA START BE RIGHT THERE JUST
WANT TO MAKE. THAT YOUR QUESTION
GOT A- NOT REALLY TO BRING TO
HER OKAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT CAN MOVE. BECAUSE I KIND OF
LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH
TO THE SAME QUESTION. SO CAN WE
TAKE A PAUSE I GOING TO MOVE IT
TO SENATOR MAY HAVE ARE AND THEN
I'LL COME BACK OKAY THAT OKAY.
SENATE MAILBOX. THANK YOU
MANAGER- YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT AND THAT. YOU CAN'T US
- EIGHT. A KITTEN NOT BE HAVE.
CAME OUT. RIGHT SO IF A TEN YEAR
OLD IS PLACE AND THEN. A YEAR
LATER THEY COME OUT AS LGBT Q.
WHAT DO YOU DO THEN RIGHT. YOUR
FIRST LOOKING TO SET ASIDE WERE
GONNA PUT THE STREET KIDS WITH
THE STREET FAMILY. GENDER IS- IT
GETS ON A SPECTRUM. THEY COULD
BE STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW AND THEN
THEY'LL THEY'LL FIGURE OUT THEIR
TRUE IDENTITY INCOME NOW. I MEAN
IN LA WE SAW THAT TO L. G. B. T.
PLUS FOSTER YOU WORDS. TIMES TO
MORE AT RISK OR REPORTED TIMES
TO THAT THEY RECEIVED POOR
BEHAVIOR TREATMENT. BY THEIR
FOSTER PARENTS COMPARED TO NON
LGBTQ PLUS YOU. THAT'S A
STAGGERING NUMBER AND WHEN YOU
HAVE ONE IN THREE POSSIBILITY-
OF GETTING AN LGBT PLUS. KID IN
YOUR HOME THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE
TO RE IMAGINE HOW WE APPROACH.
NOW WE PUT FOSTER- YOUTH IN INTO
THESE HOMES. AND TWO WITNESSES
WERE SAYING THAT WERE FURTHER
BOTTLE NECKING. IN THE AMOUNT OF
AVAILABLE FOSTER HOMES IF YOU
HAVE TEN FOSTER HOMES AND SEVEN
OF THOSE. ARE NOT FRIENDLY FOR
LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS YOU DON'T
HAVE TERM FOSTER HOMES YOU HAVE
THREE FOSTER HOMES. THOSE ARE
THE ONLY OPTIONS YOU HAVE- SO
THIS AT A TIME OR HAVING THE
HIGHEST RATES. OF ANXIETY
DEPRESSION SUICIDE SUICIDAL
IDEATION AMONG SIR QUEER KIDS
THIS IS PRESSING IN VERY MUCH
NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE
PROTECT. AND INVEST INTO THESE
FOSTER YOUTH BECAUSE THEN
CALIFORNIA'S GONNA HAVE TO COME
BACK. AND THEN PAY FOR SERVICES
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL
INTO THE HOMELESS- CATEGORIES
BECAUSE THEY ALSO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATION AND
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BUILD EVEN MORE
HOUSING. WHICH WERE ALREADY
STRUGGLING WITH AND PROVIDE EVEN
MORE FUNDING INTO OUR SAFETY
NETS PROGRAMS WHICH WERE ALREADY
STRUGGLING WITH THIS IS A
PREVENTATIVE ISSUE THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE. IN KIDS LIVES
ARE LITERALLY ON THE LINE
BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMITTING
SUICIDE RATES THAT WE'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE. SO IT'S VERY WE
HAVE TO I WOULD HAVE. BEEN MORE
TIME BECAUSE YES. I WILL
DEFINITELY GIVE YOU MORE TIME I
JUST WANT TO KNOW IS THERE A
QUESTION FOR THE AUTO THIS IS A
COMMON OKAY THE FEEL THAT.
AUTHOR WHO'S PRESENT IMMENSE
NEED SOME SUPPORT THAT'S THE
ONLY QUEER PERSON ON THIS DIET
IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE. MY VOICE
IS HEARD- SO I THINK THAT WE
HAVE WE'RE WE'RE WAITING FOR NOW
PEOPLE LIFE. AND PEOPLE'S.
COMFORT LEVEL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
WHAT WE'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW AND
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANT MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE STARS TO
REMEMBER THESE ARE KIDS. THIS IS
THIS IS A HUMAN LIFE BECAUSE
THEY WILL COMMIT SUICIDE. IF WE
DON'T PLACE THEM IN STATE TOPS
THAT'S. THANK YOU SENATOR. SHARE
YOUR COMMENTS. AT I WANT TO
BRING IT BACK TO CENTER OCHO OF
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND
THEN WE CAN HAVE OUR WITNESS
ANSWERED THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
. RIGHT I GUESS YOU WERE NEXT
ABOUT TRYING TO ANSWER THAT. THE
QUESTION WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS
THAT- THE CRITERIA TO BECOME- A
FOSTER PARENT RESOURCE. IT IS
THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD IT'S
THE SAME PER RELATIVE SECTOR
CARE GIVERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY COME
THROUGH THE COUNTY. BY COUNTY
PROGRAM OR PRIVATE AGENCIES
PROGRAM. BUT ONE THING I WANT
YOU TO KNOW WE DON'T TAKE THIS
LIGHTLY. ON THE ABILITY TO
ASSESS A FAMILY'S ABILITY TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF AN LGBT YOUTH.
IS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY AND THOSE
OF US THAT DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS
WITH THE CARE GIVERS. SPENDING
GREAT DEAL OF TIME WHEN THE
FAMILY IS HESITANT OR OUTWARDLY-
NOT ABLE TO DO THAT AND IT MADE
NO SENSE YOU KNOW I'M NOT REALLY
TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO REMOVE
THE CHILD. TO WORK WITH HIM
SIGNIFICANTLY TO SEE IF WE CAN
HELP MOVE THEM ALONG SEE WHAT'S
BEHIND THAT SEE IF WE CAN HELP
THEM UNDERSTAND SEE WHAT
RESOURCES SUPPORT WOULD HELP.
BUT SOMETIMES WE GET TO A PLACE
WHERE WE'VE KIND OF HIT A BRICK
WALL AND THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO
GO. AND AS THE SENATOR JUST SAID
WE DON'T HAVE SEVEN FAMILIES
THEN WE HAVE THREE BECAUSE- WE
DON'T KNOW. WHICH THE EXAMPLE I
GAVE YOU WAS A FOUR YEAR OLD WE
DON'T KNOW THAT LITTLE BOY WHEN
HE WAS FOR A PLACE WITH THAT
LOVELY FAMILY WAS GOING TO COME
OUT WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN WE
DON'T KNOW ABOUT. BUT HE DID. IT
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
THAT- A LOT OF OUR LGBT Q.
FOSTER YOUTH IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT- THEY GET
KICKED OUT OF HOME BECAUSE
PARENTS FIND OUT THAT. THE L. G.
B. T. Q. AND PARENTS. ARE NOT
WILLING TO- WORK WITH THAT WITH
THAT CHILD WITH THEIR CHILD WITH
THEIR CHILD ACTUALLY- AND I
COMMEND MANY FAITH. MANY
RELIGIONS RIGHT NOW FOR ACTUALLY
COMING OUT IN IN TALKING TO
THEIR- TO THEIR THEIR- PEOPLE
WITH REGARDS TO MAKING SURE THAT
WE LOVE THAT CHILD BECAUSE EVERY
CHILD NEEDS TO BE LEARNED.
LEARNED EVERY CHILD NEEDS TO BE
LOCKED- BUT WITH REGARD TO THE
CHILDREN TO COME OUT L. ED. WHO
ARE LGBT Q. AND A KICKED OUT OF
HOME AND M. AND PLACED IN HOMES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
CHILDREN ARE PLACED IN HOMES
THAT WANT THAT CHILD THAT REALLY
WANT TO CARE FOR THOSE CHILDREN.
WHAT ARE YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND AND
THAT'S I THINK THAT'S- THAT'S
THE- I THINK THAT'S THE- D. THE
POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE AND
THAT AND THAT I THINK WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE. PLACED
IN IN IN IN HOMES. I THINK NO
ONE KNOWS WHAT CHILD IS GOING TO
DO WHEN THEY'RE BABIES AND WHEN
THEY'RE LITTLE AND- IT'S
SOMETHING THAT IT'S PROBABLY
EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE- TO
ACCOMMODATE ANY CHILD WHEN
THEY'RE LITTLE. BUT BUT I THINK
WHEN WE'RE OLDER WHEN THEY DO
WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO THE
SYSTEM KNOWING. THAT THEY ARE.
THAT THEY ARE MATCHED WITH THE
RIGHT FAMILY THAT CAN MEET THEIR
NEEDS AND I JUST I JUST WANNA
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
CONSIDERATIONS FOR. EVERYONE WHO
HAS THE ABILITY BECAUSE I REALLY
DO BELIEVE THAT IN THIS SOCIETY.
WHERE ALL DIFFERENT I MEAN IT'S
AMERICA WE HAVE DIFFERENT. POSOF
ICAL IDEOLOGICAL SPIRITUAL
BELIEVES RELIGIOUS BELIEVES AND
I THINK IN IN OR IN IN A- IN A
SOCIETY WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE CARE FORD
WE ALSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO.
ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES AS MUCH AS
WE HAVE- THE DIFFERENCES IN
FAMILIES AS WE DO WITH OUR
CHILDREN AND I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT WE- WE TAKE THAT IN
CONSIDERATION AND- AND I'M NOT
SURE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR BILL.
BILL BILL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
DO THAT. ON THAT END- OR THAT WE
HAVE A PRIVATE SYSTEM. DO WE
HAVE A PARTISAN WHERE. FAMILIES
OF. PRIVATE AGENCIES ARE HELD TO
THE SAME STANDARDS OF THE
COUNTIES IN THE STATE ARE BETTER
SO IT IS WHAT IT IMPACT THOSE
PRIVATE ENTITIES. THEY'RE ALL
HELD TO THE SAME SET OF
STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS. THAT
MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO.
GET THE CLASSES. AND ACCEPT THE
FACT THAT THERE. AND I CANNOT
BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANY
FOSTER PARENTS. FORCING A CHILD
TO DO ANY TYPE OF. CONVERSIONS
TO. THAT HAPPENS. FREQUENTLY
THAT'S WHEN I WOULD PROBABLY GO
IN AND SAY WE NEED TO REMOVE
THAT CHILD BECAUSE- WHAT IS IN
WITHIN THAT SPACE BUT- HE MADE
IT. THIS IS DIFFICULT IT
SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT. BUT I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE.
DIFFERENT FAMILIES WITH
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. AND OUR
CHILDREN WITH THE DIFFERENT
NEEDS BEING MATCH CORRECTLY AND
I'M NOT SURE. WE'RE
ACCOMMODATING ALL OF THOSE
FAMILIES DO YOU THINK WE ARE
CENTER WE ARE BECAUSE- YOU KNOW
MY HEART. I DO KNOW YOUR HEART-
I ALSO KNOW. THAT TRAGICALLY.
THERE ARE. FAMILIES THAT.
DESTROYS THE LIVES OF THEIR OF
THEIR LGBTQ KIDS I PAINS ME TO
SAY THAT I'M LUCKY I GREW UP IN
INCREDIBLY LOVING FAMILY WITH
THE AMAZING AMAZING PARENTS. I
KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WERE.
LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO WERE KICKED OUT
OF THEIR HOMES SOME OF WHOM ARE
HOMELESS FOR PERIODS OF TIMES.
BECAUSE OF HATRED DIRECTED THEM
BY THEIR FAMILIES PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NOT HAD CONTACT WITH THEIR
FAMILY FOR THIRTY YEARS. AND
THERE ARE THOSE PARENTS. THAT
THAT DID THAT THEY HAVE EVERY
RIGHT TO HAVE WHATEVER OPINION
THEY WANT. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
RIGHT. TO BRING A KID INTO THEIR
HOUSE. AND MAKE THAT KID
HOMELESS AND DESTROYED A KID'S
LIFE THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL IS
ABOUT THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO
DO THAT TO ANYONE. I AGREE I
AGREE ON THAT POINT- ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU CENTER CHAU
BOKE. CENTER MAKE OF ARE. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WANT
TO MAKE SURE OPEN THE TIME FOR
YOU. HEY I MEAN IT JUST TAKE A
FEW MINUTES HERE SENATOR WIENER.
AB ONE I. HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO
ALL THE- TESTIMONY THE QUESTIONS
AND ONE THING FOR SURE AB I HAVE
FELT THIS. AB IN MOST VISCERAL
PART OF MY BODY- ONE BECAUSE- I
COME FROM FOSTER FOSTER CARE.
SYSTEM BUT ALSO BECAUSE I HAVE
FOSTERED LGBTQ YOUTH. IN THE
PAST AND PER PER PRECISELY THE
REASONS THAT YOU MENTION IS THAT
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY HAVE
BEEN OUSTED FROM THEIR HOMES. AS
YOUNG AS AGE THIRTEEN- AND I'VE
ALWAYS MADE A SPACE FOR THEM IN
MY HOME- I'VE BEEN MOTHER TO THE
SOME ANTI TO OTHERS. AND WAS
ABLE TO WALK IN THAT JOURNEY
WITH THEM. I ALSO CONSIDER
MYSELF A PERSON OF FAITH. AND
UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO
KIDS WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING BY
NEIGHBOR. THERE'S NO SWEETER
LOVE THAN TO LOVE A CHILD. AND
TO HELP THAT CHILD THROUGH THE
JOURNEY OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT
THEY ARE BATTLING WITH WHAT WELL
WHETHER IT'S GENDER IDENTITY OR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR JUST.
FINDING OUT WHO THEY ARE- SO
THIS IS THIS BILL FOR ME NOT
ONLY IT KNOWLEDGE IS THAT. WE
HAVE LOVE IN ALL DIFFERENT FORMS
BUT THAT WE AS ADULTS MUST TAKE
CARE OF OUR CHILDREN- AND THAT'S
THE SOFT POINT FOR ME ON ANY
BILL OR LEGISLATION IS HOW ARE
THE CHILDREN DOING. UP SO FOR ME
YOU KNOW THE THIS HITS HOME FOR
ME AND I- AS AS I'M HEARING THE
TESTIMONY TODAY I JUST CAN'T
WAIT. TO BE A FOSTER PARENT AND-
CHECK THE BOX TO SEND ME LGBT Q.
CHILDREN I WOULD BE. HONORED TO
DO THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT- THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS
I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION. HELLO
THANK CORRECT MOVED BY SENATOR
MAN KUMAR- THAT- WHEN IT WOULD
LIKE TO CLOSE PLEASE. I THANK
YOU CLOSE FORMA RESPECTFULLY ASK
RIVAL RIGHT THANK YOU RIGHT SO
ON BEHALF OF MONEY ANGEL AND
LADYBUG ASSISTANT WOULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM
THREE SB FOUR OH SEVEN THE
MOTION IS TO PASS A RE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
EVERADO GIL. HI OF RAGU I COULD
SHOW BOTH. PROTON MENJIVAR.
IMAGE OF OUR AYE HOP. TO HOME
KERR OKAY WE TO I. AND NO NOS WE
WILL PUT THIS ON CALL AND MOVE
FORWARD THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTER
MINIATURE THING BECAUSE- WE DO
HAVE SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS ON
WITNESSES HERE TODAY. SO I HAVE
TO THAT WILL NEED TO BE OUT HERE
BY FIVE O'CLOCK. SO MANY BARS IN
AMERICA MANY OF OUR NO YOU HAVE
TO. HAVE ONE BILL TODAY RIGHT.
ONE BILL OKAY AND THEN CENTER
LIMÓN YOU HAVE ONE AS WELL OKAY
WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SENATOR LIMON AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO MEN HAVE OUR- THANK YOU SO WE
WILL HEAR SOME OF THEM ON ITEM
NUMBER TWO SENATE BILL THREE
EIGHTY PLEASE PROCEED WHEN
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU KAREN
SENATORS HEALTHCARE IS ESSENTIAL
TO A FUNCTIONING ECONOMY WITHOUT
AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE CHILD
CARE PARENTS CANNOT WORK SINCE
FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY THE CHILD
CARE WORK FORCE HAS LOST EIGHTY
EIGHT THOUSAND JOBS NATIONALLY
TALCHER WORKERS ARE SOME OF THE
LOWEST PAID ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY EMPTY CHECK
EMPTY EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS
BECAUSE PROVIDERS CANNOT HIRE
TEACHERS TO STAFF THEM THIS BILL
WILL HELP. EARLY LEARNING AND
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES
BY TRANSITIONING PROVIDERS TO A
SINGLE COST REIMBURSEMENT RACES
SPENDING FAMILY FEES UNTIL AN
EQUITABLE FAMILY. B. SCHEDULE
CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND MAKE
REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON
ENROLLMENT RATHER THAN
ATTENDANCE. WITH ME TODAY HAVE
WONDER WESLEY DIRECTOR OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE
CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER AND
HEIDI KYSER PUBLIC POLICY ON
PROFITS ENDING. FOR CHILD ACTION
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE
MAKE REMARKS VERY QUICKLY
BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TIME
CONSTRAINT OKAY I'LL TRY TO BE
REALLY QUICK. THANK YOU CHAIR OF
A RATHER KILL FOR SUPPORTING OUR
FIRST HEARING SB THREE EIGHTY
TODAY AND FOR YOUR SERVICES
EDUCATOR I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR. I
AM DOCTOR THE ONE TO WESLEY THE
DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
FOR CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER.
AND WE SERVE OVER FIFTY THOUSAND
CHILDREN IN SAN BERNADINO COUNTY
AS WELL AS NORTHERN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING
FOR TODAY JUST TO BE SURE IS
THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE L.
ADDRESSED IN EQUITIES IN THE
RATE REFORM BILL- IN THE RE
REFER. AND THE RATES THAT WE
PROVIDED TWO CHILD CARE WORKERS
RIGHT NOW AND MANY OF THE CHILD
CARE WORKERS ARE EARNING. AS
MUCH AS- THIRTEEN TWENTY TWO AN
HOUR WHICH IS WHICH IS REALLY
REALLY LOW. AND WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO. INCREASE HIS THOSE
WAGES SO THAT WE'RE AS MENTIONED
TODAY WE'RE LOSING THEM- BY THE
THOUSAND AND JUST IN THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY
THREE WE LOST OVER. THE PAST. WE
LOST OVER TWO THOUSAND- WORKERS
IN THE FIELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SO- WITH THAT SAID WHAT WE'RE
ASKING IS FOR SB THREE EIGHTY IT
WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE TO
DEVELOP. A NEW RATE SYSTEM THAT
IS BASED ON THE TRUE COST OF
HERE A MINUTE PROVIDERS ONLY.
EARNING. AS MUCH AS- HALF THE
CALL FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF.
WHICH IS CALLED- DARK CLASS. AND
FAN TALKING. TO HAVE TO CLOSE.
AND SO BECAUSE WE KNOW A FRAUD
SYSTEM THE- IS- STAFFED BY WOMEN
OF COLOR. AND ALSO PROVIDING
SAME CARE TO WOMEN WHO ARE- ON
SUBSIDY SYSTEMS- AND SO. WITH
THAT I JUST WANT TO ASK
RESPECTFULLY FOR YOUR I WILL
HAVE TO GO FASTER WITH A LOT
MORE. YOU CAN GET THAT IN THERE
BUT WE DO THINK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER
WITNESS IN SUPPORT. HI HI. MY
HIGH BECAUSE THE PUBLIC POLICY
OF PRINT CHILD ACTION. HONORABLE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS- I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK
AND CHILD ACTION WHERE
SACRAMENTO COUNTY'S CHILD CARE
SUBSIDY PROGRAM. AND RESOURCE
AND REFERRAL SERVICES. JUST
WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT AROUND
80% OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE
SERVE OUR PROGRAM OUR SINGLE
INCOME. HOUSES 34% OF THESE WILL
STOP PAYING A FAMILY FEE IN
JULY. THIS WILL. ALMOST
CERTAINLY LEAD TO MANY OF OUR
FAMILIES MAKING THE DECISION TO
TERMINATE THEIR SERVICES. ON THE
OTHER END OF THE EQUATION THERE
IS A SMALL CHILD CARE CENTER
THAT WAS OPERATING IN ONE OF
SACRAMENTO'S MOST. HARD TO REACH
AREAS IT OPENED RIGHT BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. I'M CLOSE WITHIN A
YEAR IT OFFERED NONTRADITIONAL
HOURS. IT ACCEPTED A LOT OF
SUBSIDY CHILDREN UNFORTUNATELY
THE FINANCIALS JUST DIDN'T WORK
BECAUSE OF THE ANTIQUATED.
REIMBURSEMENT RATE. MANY OF OUR
PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO
WORK NINE TO FIVE JOBS.
ANTIQUATED REIMBURSEMENT RATE IT
WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IF IT WAS
CHANGED AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL SB THREE EIGHT ZERO
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE WITH YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ONLY
THINKING GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER
CHAIR MADAM CHAIR SKEWS ME AND
SENATORS ROSANNA CARADJA ELITE
ON BEHALF OF THE- EARLY CARE AND
EDUCATION CONSORCIO IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
SILICON VALLEY OF CRANKS HERE ON
BEHALF OF CAN OCCUR IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK. YOU HI THERE. HE
NOT I MEAN IT'S NOT IT'S NOT
PROUD CO SPONSOR ON BEHALF OF
CHILDREN NOW. PROUD TO SUPPORT
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
BRENDAN TO IT ON BEHALF OF
INVOICE SUPPORT THANK YOU.
CALENBERG SOME BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SANTA
CLARA COUNTY IN SUPPORT. HERE
SEVEN ANDERSON ON BEHALF OF
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. FINANCES ON BEHALF OF
FIRST FIVE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT THANK YOU.
ANDERSON AND I HAVE A VERY
SENSUAL POVERTY CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. MALAYSIAN
WITH THE CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC
CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
Q. THE- RESERVE ARGUS WITHIN AND
IT WAS A CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT.
THANK YOU V. WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
THE- WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION
FOR THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE. THE NUN WILL
MOVE FORWARD TO WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE WITH. MODERATOR
PLEASE PROP INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. OF SENATE BILL.
THREE EIGHTY. THANK YOU TO
PROVIDE THE COMMISSION SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION FOR SB THREE
EIGHTY. PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND WE'RE
GOING TO LINE. THIRTY SEVEN
THIRTY SIX THIRTY SEVEN. GOOD
AFTERNOON HERE CREATE A LEGO ON
THE HAVE HEALTHCARE LAWCENTER IN
STRONG SUPPORT SB THREE THANK
YOU THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING
TO LINE ONE TWENTY FOUR. ONE
TWENTY FOUR. I'M NOT SURE THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
THANK YOU. AND LINE ONE THIRTY
TWO. FOR KAREN PLANET EARTH.
CALTRAIN WILL PARK WITH THE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THANK
YOU TO THE OFFICE FOR BRING THIS
FORWARD INSTRUCTS THE COURT.
THANK YOU- LINE FORTY FOUR
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO Y'ALL IT
WOULD BE CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE
PROGRAM. USURPATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU-
LINE. ONE FOURTEEN. HI THIS IS
JENNIFER CRAPPIE WITH PARENT
VOICES CALIFORNIA A PROUD
SPONSOR IN STRONG SUPPORT AS SB
THREE MAYBE. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT AND LINE ONE SIXTY THREE.
CORRECT AFTER MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS KASIA STEVENS ON BEHALF
OF CATALYST CALIFORNIA AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY
ONE ONE NINETEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD
. OUR FROM BECAUSE OF THE
EDUCATION TRUST WEST INSTRUCTED
PORT THANK YOU. OKAY AND THE
MADAM CHAIR NO FURTHER COMMENTS
THANK YOU AT THIS TIME THANK YOU
MODERATOR WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO WHERE MEMBERS
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR AUTHOR. I JUST
WANNA THANK THE AUTHOR FOR THIS
BILL I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEAL
AND I KNOW IT WOULDN'T I SAID
AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
SITTING IN BUDGET ONE AND I
REALIZED EARLY ON HOW. WE'RE
STILL NOT UP TO PAR IN PAYING
AND MEETING THE NEEDS THAT THE
PAGE- REQUIREMENTS BASED ON
STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE
PAST SO THANK YOU FOR MOVING
THIS FOR AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THE BILL AND HAPPY WHEN THEY
WOULDN'T GIVE HER FREE TIME CAPS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SENATE MAY
HAVE ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS BILL IN BUDGET SUB
THREE WE JUST WENT OVER THIS
THIS PAST THURSDAY REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT IT BEING
PRIORITIZE AND THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR TAKING THIS ON THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CENTER LEMOND- I AM-
IN SUPPORT OF YOUR BILL IN IT
BUT YOU TO CLOSE ASPECTS LAST
FRIEND I HAVE A THREE POINT
ZERO. I DO HAVE MOTION- THE
SENATOR OCHO VOGUE MOOD VAISALA
. OCTOBER SENATE. THREE EIGHTY
AB ASSISTANCE SMITH PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. FILE ITEM TO S. B.
EIGHTY THE MOTION IS TO PASS A
RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION OF ROGO. HI EVERADO
GIVE A TROUBLED BY THE TROUBLED
HER TADO. MENJIVAR IMAGE OF I
WILL HAVE. THREE ZERO FOUR OKAY
. WE HAVE I CIVIL WILL KEEP THIS
ON. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU YOU
CENTER LIMON. RIGHT UNDER MANY
OF OUR WERE RENDON ON TIME SO I
BE REALLY QUICK AS WELL I DON'T
THINK I CAN TALK AS FAST AS YOU
ARE YOU CALLING FOR A FOLLOW UP
RIGHT TO OPEN AND ALLOW YOUR
WITNESS. TO TESTIFY WE CAN COME
BACK TO YOU AS WELL- THAT YOU'D
LIKE TO FIND OUT SO PERFECT I
DON'T THINK IT'S A MUCH BETTER
PLACE. RIGHT SO WE WILL OPEN AND
HERE- ITEM NUMBER TWELVE. SENATE
BILL SIX HUNDRED MEN HAVE OUR-
WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR
WITNESS YES THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SB SIX
HUNDRED. AND MY WITNESSES ARE-
FRANK SOME BOARD A LITTLE THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUNGER
ACTION LOS ANGELES WHEN THE
COSPONSORS SB SIX HUNDRED. AND
PUTTING IT OUT AND WE'RE NOT A
CALFRESH RECIPIENTS WHO CAN
ATTEST TO AT THE END OF THE
EMERGENCY ALIGNMENTS MEAN FOR
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
WELL COME OVER WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. OKAY GOOD AFTERNOON I'M
PRETTY TEMERLOH EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF HUNGER ACTION LOS
ANGELES. CALIFORNIA SHOULD
PASSED SENATE BILL SIX HUNDRED
TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM CALFRESH
BENEFIT FROM TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS TO FIFTY DOLLARS PER
MONTH. OUR STATE IS IN A HUNDRED
CRISIS AS CALPERS TO MERGING SEA
LIONS ENDED THIS PAST MONTH. ONE
IN EIGHT CALIFORNIANS ARE
ENROLLED IN CALFRESH. MANY ONE
AND TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS. FIVE
DROPPED FROM TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY
ONE DOLLARS MONTHLY TO THE
MINIMUM OF A MERE TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS MONTHLY. 13% INFLATION
OF FOOD PRICES HAS ALREADY
DILUTED THE VALUE OF CALFRESH.
STATEWIDE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS
PER MONTH WILL BE LOST FROM ALL
THE REDUCTIONS WHICH WILL WREAK
HAVOC ON OUR FOOD RETAIL
INDUSTRY AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO
LAYOFFS AND EVEN HIGHER FOOD
PRICES. AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA THESE
REDUCTIONS HAVE RESULTED IN A
34% INCREASE IN VISITS TO FOOD
BANKS. WHICH CANNOT MEET
PEOPLE'S NEEDS EITHER VOLUME OR
NUTRITION. THE ONE INTO PERSON
HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY THESE
DEEPER CUTS A CHIEFLY OLDER
ADULTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND LOW WAGE WORKERS. A STARTING
STARTLING ARTICLE IN SALON
YESTERDAY STATES THAT DEATHS
FROM MALNUTRITION. IN CALIFORNIA
SENIORS MORE THAN DOUBLED TO
ROUGHLY FOURTEEN HUNDRED. AND
TWENTY TWENTY TWO ACCORDING TO
DATA FROM THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE
CAN'T LET LOW BENEFITS
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS TRAGEDY. TO
MITIGATE THIS WE NEED TO RAISE
THE MINIMUM CALFRESH BENEFITS TO
AT LEAST FIFTY DOLLARS PER
MONTH. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CAN'T DO THAT NOW AS IT WOULD
REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. WE
SHOULD DO THIS BECAUSE FIRST AND
FOREMOST IS THE MORAL THING TO
DO AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
COULD BE THROWN A LIFELINE FROM
DIRE FOOD INSECURITY. SECOND
RAISING THE BENEFIT WILL BOOST
THE ECONOMY. IS EACH DOLLAR
CALPERS GENERATES BETWEEN A
DOLLAR FIFTEEN DOLLAR EIGHTEEN
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THIRD BY
INCREASING THE CALPERS MINIMAL
HOUSEHOLDS WILL HAVE INCREASED
FUNDS FOR OTHER BASIC NEEDS LIKE
HOUSING. WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AS
RECENT RENTAL PROTECTIONS HAVE
EXPIRED AND HOMELESSNESS IT IS
AN EMERGENCY. NEW JERSEY AND
SOME OTHER STATES HAVE RAISED
THEIR MINIMUM BENEFIT IT'S A
TOUGH BUDGET YEAR BUT CALIFORNIA
SHOULD RECOGNIZE BOTH THE SHORT
AND LONG TERM BENEFITS OF THIS
BILL. FROM PREVENTING HUMAN
SUFFERING TO SUPPORTING OUR
VITAL FOOD ECONOMY THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON SENATORS. MY NAME
IS TURNED DEADLY WHEN A I AM
FIFTY FIVE YEARS OLD I LIVE IN
LOS ANGELES. I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN THE FROM I AM POMONA
I'VE ALWAYS WORKED. AS A CHEF. I
WORK IN BEVERLY HILLS HANDED
CATERING AND DELIVERY FOR
WEDDINGS AND OTHER SPECIAL
EVENTS. I ALSO MANAGE FARMERS
MARKETS IN LONG BEACH. AND- BUT
DELIVERED NO BUT DIABETES SEEMS
TO RUN IN MY FAMILY. BOTH MY
PARENTS HAD A AND THREE OF MY
BROTHERS HAD A IN TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY. I GOT A WOUND IN MY LEG
AND GOT BANG GREEN THEY HAD TO
AMPUTATE. I WAS APPROVED FOR SSI
DUE TO MY DISABILITY WE WERE
TOLD WE WOULD GET. AN ESSAY SSN.
HIGH COST OF LIVING INCREASE OF
A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR. BUT THEY STARTED
CHARGING ME HIGHER RAN IN
DECEMBER BEFORE I EVEN GOT. THAT
READ. AND SO I NEVER REALLY SAW
THAT HUNDRED DOLLARS. I STARTED
GETTING CALFRESH DURING THE
PANDEMIC I RECEIVED THE
CALIFORNIA'S PANDEMIC SUPPLEMENT
. OF TO FIFTEEN DOLLARS. THEN
THIS PAST MONTH THEY CUT MY
CALIFORNIA TO TWENTY FOUR. WHEN
I GOT THE HIGHER AMOUNT I WAS
ABLE TO GET A LOT OF VEGETABLES
WHICH ARE GOOD. TO LOWER MY
BLOOD SUGAR THEN I WOULD BUY
FISH. LEAN MEAT LIKE SAM AND
WHICH ARE HEALTHY BUT COST MORE
THAN MOST THINGS EVEN THEN I WAS
ONLY ABLE TO BUY A BIG. PLAY FOR
THE MONTH I WOULD BUY A LOT OF
STUFF THAT DIDN'T HAVE SUGAR AND
I WOULD READ THE LABELS AND
WATCH. THE CARD IS NOW THIS. NOW
THEY IT'S ONLY TWENTY FIVE
DOLLARS. THAT DOESN'T BUY MUCH
OF ANYTHING. THE NINTH OF APRIL
I GOT A GALLON OF MILK BREAD AND
BUTTER AND I HAVE A DOLLARS LEFT
. I DO HAVE SOME CASH TO PUT
INTO FOOD BUT I NEED THAT CASH
TO PAY FOR RENT AND LIKE THE
BILL GAS BILL PHONE BILL.
INTERNET TRANSPORTATION AND-
OTHER PEOPLE MONEY SO I HAVE TO
PAY THEM BACK EVERY MONTH. THE
REST GOES TO FOOD I REMEMBER
BEFORE CALL THAT I COULD BLOW
FOOD FRESH AND SPEND THE TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY. ON FOOD TO LAST
THE WHOLE MONTH BUT NOW FOUR
BAGS FOR EIGHTY DOLLARS AND SAD.
THAT'S THE CHEAPEST PRICE I CAN
MAKE IT TO. I'M BACK. I'M ASKING
EACH I MATCHING DATA PLEASE
RAISE THE MINIMUM CALFRESH
BENEFITS TO FIFTY DOLLARS. FOR
THAT ME AND THE ON ALMOST ONE
MILLION OTHER PEOPLE IN THE- AND
MY TYPE SITUATION. CAN GET THE
HELP WE NEED THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH. SENATE
CONTINUE ON WITH THE
PRESENTATION BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM- MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
PERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
I'M I'M SURE AS YOU HEARD WE'RE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT SB SIX
HUNDRED. THE PREVIOUS PRESENTER
TALKED ABOUT THE EMERGED
ALLOTMENTS THE ENDED WITH FAMILY
FACES ANOTHER- PROGRAM THAT WAS
CUT. POST COBIT AND THAT WAS THE
INCREASE MEANS OF THE EMERGENCY
ALARM IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY
DOLLARS NOW FAMILIES WANTED TO
ARE ONLY GETTING TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS. A MONTH YOU AND I AM A
100% KNOW THAT WE CANNOT SURVIVE
FOR A FOUR MONTH ON TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS. A MONTH AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE I'M HERE TO ASK THAT
WE INCREASE IT TO FIFTY DOLLARS
AND THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR WHERE
PEOPLE NEED BUT IT'S A CONVERSE
IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT. AND
TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING
RIGHT NOW THIS BILL WOULD IMPACT
ONE IN- SEVEN CALIFORNIANS
THAT'S ABOUT. TWENTY SEVEN
CALIFORNIA RECIPIENTS EXCUSE ME
THAT'S ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE
GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS-
THIS DISPROPORTION IS IMPACTING
OUR SENIORS. IT'S OUR SENIORS
WERE OFTEN LIVING ALONE WHAT WE
KNOW ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND
THIS IS AN- AREA WHERE WE CAN
HELP THEM- AVOID THAT THAT RISK.
WE'VE HEARD FROM THE WITNESSES
THAT. AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE
PAST COUPLE MONTHS THINGS LIKE
EGGS HAVE DRASTICALLY INCREASED
. PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD
THIS. AND ACCORDING TO I TO TALK
TWO THOUSAND AND TWO TO. FROM
THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE. IN
CALIFORNIA KIDS ARE CALIFORNIA'S
YOUNG CHILDREN ARE PARTICIPATING
CALFRESH BY THE TIME THEY TURN
SIX THAT'S ROUGHLY HALF OF
CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN. THEY'RE
PARTICIPATING CALFRESH SO AGAIN
THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPACTFUL AND THOUGHT POSSIBLE
FOR OUR STUDENTS ARE YOUNG KIDS
AND OUR SENIOR. POPULATION AND
WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST STATE TO
DO THIS NEW JERSEY WHERE THE
COST OF LIVING OVER THERE IS WAY
LESS THAN CALIFORNIA HAS JUST
INCREASED THAT TO NINETY FIVE
DOLLARS A MONTH. OTHER STATES
LIKE MASSACHUSETTS MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA ARE FOLLOWING SUIT
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION ON THIS SO
WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE THEM AND
TURN IT BACK TO. NOT WHEN ISSUES
BUT BUT YES. WELL YES YES THANK
YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I MAY
HAVE ARE I DO WANT TO LET
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC- WISHING
TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL
TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION. AND YOUR POSITION
PLEASE THANK YOU SO MUCH- MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS MARTHA GUERRERO
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND-
WE REQUEST ARRIVAL. GIVES YOU.
HI GOOD AFTERNOON AMANDA CURSOR
WITH KENNY WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON RACHEL MILLER WITH
WYOMING GROUP- ON BEHALF OF NEXT
GEN CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. KELLY BROOKS ON BEHALF OF
THE URBAN COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE COUNTY HEALTH EXECUTIVES
ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA AND THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SANTA CLARA
COUNTY IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
FRANCE'S ON BEHALF OF NURSE
CALIFORNIA HAS A PROUD CO
SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THANK YOU
RIGHT. INTERCHANGE GRAYSON CHILD
POVERTY CALIFORNIA PART BECAUSE
SPONSORED VACANCY. THIS IS A GUN
ON BEHALF OF THE PESTICIDE
ACTION NETWORK AND SUPPORT GIVES
YOU. THANK YOU SO OF FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD
BANKS PRO COSPONSOR IN STRONG
SUPPORT. HERE SEVEN AS THEIR
COLUSA CALIFORNIA FOR ITS
ORGANIZATION STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU THINK. TANK WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION FOR THIS BILL PLEASE
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. HEY THE
NUN WILL MOVE ON TO WITNESSES
WAITED TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE.
MODERATOR PLEASE PROP
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. TO
ITEM NUMBER TWELVE SENATE BILL
SIX HUNDRED. THANK YOU TO
PROVIDE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR SB SIX HUNDRED.
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. I WOULD GO TO LINE
ONE THREE TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD.
CURRENT QUARTER MICHELLE TRAN
WALL TO FOR THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS THE
GIRLS IN STRONG SUPPORT SB SIX
HUNDRED THANK YOU THANK YOU.
NINE THIRTY. I AM VERY CREEPY
THEY HAVE THE CHILDREN. AND
THANK YOU. A LINE. ONE SIX
EIGHT. HI THANK YOU MANAGER
MEMBERS COUNTY DOWN AUSTIN ON
BEHALF OF JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES
FOR YOUTH AND SUPPORT TEAMS HERE
. UNLINED. ONE SEVEN ZERO. ONLY
ON A BENDER REPRESENTING GLIDING
TEMPERATURES GO AND STRONG
SUPPORT THINGS. FIVE NINE ONE
SIX NINE. THIS IS MECHANISM WITH
THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD
BANK IN SUPPORT OF SB SIX
HUNDRED THANK YOU THANK YOU. A
LINE. ONE SEVEN FIVE. GOOD
AFTERNOON THIS IS SAM GREATLY
WITHOUT. OPERATIONS SACRAMENTO
CALLING FROM SUPPORT SB SIX
HUNDRED THANK YOU THANK YOU.
NINE ONE TWENTY THREE. LINE ONE
TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD WITH.
RIGHT ANY MENTION OF THE
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY
CENTER ON IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. NINE ONE SEVEN SEVEN.
HI THIS IS BETH LOCKER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CLEAN FARMING OUT
WORK AND STRONG SUPPORT THANK
YOU THANK YOU. AND LINE. ONE
SEVEN THREE. HELLO MRISHO MEDINA
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE SENIOR
HUNTER KOCIAN CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. YEAH AT. NINE
ONE SEVEN ONE. HI THE CATHOLIC
BAKER FIFTY BANK OF COSTA AND
SOLANO IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK
YOU DO YOU. NINE ONE SIX FIVE.
JOINING MILLER WITH THE BIRDS
AND OF LIVE BEINGS AND I'D
SUPPORT THE BILL WITH AMENDMENTS
BECAUSE FIFTY DOLLARS IS REALLY
NOT ENOUGH SENATE. WE SHOULD
HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF NINETY
FIVE DOLLARS IT WAS RAISED TO IN
NEW JERSEY. YOU. NINE ONE SEVEN
SIX. I THINK YOU WITH FOOD FOR
PEOPLE FOOD BANK FOR HUMBOLDT
COUNTY CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NINE ONE SIX
SEVEN. HI RYAN- ON BEHALF OF
INSTACART IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
. NINE ONE THREE FOUR ZERO. HI
THIS IS ISABELLA MOLLEN CALLING
FROM LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD
BANK IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. NINE ONE TWENTY
TWO. ET COLD AND ON SATURDAY IN
STRONG SUPPORT BUT WITH
AMENDMENTS ADVOCATED BY JENNY IT
SHOULD BE AT LEAST NINETY FIVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND MADAM
CHAIR NO FURTHER COMMENTS THANK
YOU AT THIS TIME THANK YOU SO
MUCH MODERATOR WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS
WELCOME CENTER WILL HAVE. THANK
YOU. SENATOR JOE VOGUE THIS ONE
I THINK THE OTHER FOR THE BILL
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING IN THIS IN THIS
FRONT END AND SOMEONE WHO'S AN
ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHY CHOICES
AND YOU KNOW HEALTHY FOOD I AM
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR BILL IN
A- THE HOBBIT MOVIE AT THE BILL
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THANK
YOU SENATOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH I
JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU-
LOOKING AT THE LIST OF SUPPORT
DO YOU HAVE BOTH URBAN CENTERS
AND RULE CENTERS BOTH- PUBLIC
NONPROFIT- I GET VERY HAPPY TO
SEE A LIST THAT SO DIVERSE OF
SUPPORT SO THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT HARD WORK. TO ENSURE THAT
YOU HAVE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT AND
DIVERSITY IN YOUR- IN THE
SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK YOU
THINK MY STAFF IS EXCITED FOR
YOU TO SAY YES. MANY OF OUR
STAFF TO MAKE OF OUR GOOD JOB.
RIGHT RIGHT. RIGHT SO- SENATE
BILL SIX HUNDRED MOVED VICE
ADMIRAL CHOI BOGUE. ASSISTANCE
SMITH WE CALL THE ROLL. FOR
CLOSE. I'M SORRY. CLOSE UP.
THIRTY CENTER MAKE OF ARE WE
PLEASE CLOSE YES THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
NOT ABLE TO HELP ADDRESSES
HUNGER CLIFF. THANK YOU. FILE
ITEM TWELVE SB SIX HUNDRED THE
MOTION IS TO PASS A RE REFER TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
OF RADO GIL. HI OF RUN GO ICE
SHOW BOTH AYE SOBALD AYE HER
TADO. MENJIVAR MENJIVAR I WILL
HAVE. WILL HAVE I. FOUR ZERO
ZERO. GREAT FOR ZERO AND- WE CAN
. AT THE VOTE IS FOR ICE AND
THIS IS THIS VOTERS OUT THANK
YOU. RIGHT CENTER ASHLEY WE HAVE
TO FOR YEARS SENATE BILL ITEM
NUMBER FIVE SENATE BILL EIGHTY
FOUR. AND ITEM NUMBER FOR SENATE
BILL FOUR OH EIGHT THE REPAIR
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
TAKE LEARNING WHICHEVER ONE YOU
WOULD LIKE. IF YOU'D LIKE I
THINK EIGHT TO FOUR MIGHT BE
FASTER YOU WANT TO DO THE FAST
ONE FIRST WELL THEY'RE BOTH
YOURSELF ALL RIGHT LET'S DO IT
LET'S DO EIGHT TO FOUR ORANGE
THAT IF THAT'S OKAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I DID NUMBER FIVE SENATE
BILL EIGHT TO FOUR THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR. AT TODAY I'M HERE
TO PRESENT SB EIGHT TO FOR A
CRUCIAL EXPANSION OF SENATOR
SKINNER'S SB THREE FIVE FOUR.
FROM TWENTY TWENTY ONE
CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER CARE
PLACEMENT PROCESSES HAVE BEEN
IMPROVED IN RECENT YEARS. DUE
LARGELY TO THE LEGISLATURE IN
THIS COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S STILL
EXCLUDES FAR TOO MANY
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BOTH FIT AND
WILLING TO FOSTER CHILD YOU'VE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY
ALREADY BUT DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER
CURRENT LAW DUE TO PREVIOUS
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS. OR NON
FAMILIAL RELATION TO THE CHILD.
SB EIGHT TO FOUR GROUNDS GRANTS
COUNTIES AND COURTS THE ABILITY
TO CONSIDER. AND APPROVE FAMILY
LIKE INDIVIDUALS. HAS POTENTIAL
FOSTER CARE GIVERS. AND IT
ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS WITH A
CRIMINAL HISTORY TO BE
CONSIDERED. AS A POTENTIAL
FOSTER CARE GIVERS SO LONG AS
THERE ARE NO HEALTH OR SAFETY
RISKS TO THE CHILD. STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THE FOSTER CHILDREN IN
KINSHIP CARE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY
TO BE EMPLOYED OR ENROLLED IN
HIGHER EDUCATION LATER IN LIFE.
AND LESS LIKELY TO ANY PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE TO BECOME HOMELESS OR
TO BECOME INCARCERATED. KINSHIP
CARE ALSO PROMOTE SCHOOL
STABILITY. INCREASES THE
LIKELIHOOD OF SIBLINGS REMAINING
TOGETHER WHICH WE KNOW IT'S
TOUGH AND REALLY IMPORTANT.
REDUCES THE RELIANCE ON
CONGREGATE CARE AND LEADS TO
BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE. SB EIGHT TO FOUR
WOULD ENSURE THAT NINE RELATIVES
FAMILY MEMBERS EXTENDED FAMILY
MEMBERS TRIBES AND TO THOSE WITH
CRIMINAL HISTORIES ARE NO LONGER
AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED FROM
FOSTERING A CHILD SO LONG AS
THERE IS NO HEALTH OR SAFETY
RISK. TO THAT CHILD ADDITIONALLY
THIS BILL EXPANDS THE
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE KINSHIP
GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PAYMENT
PROGRAM FOR CAREGIVERS WHO
CHOOSE TO BECOME A GUARDIAN OR
TO ADOPT A KIDDO. SENATOR
SCANNERS SB THREE FIVE FOUR HAS
ALREADY LED TO HEART WARMING
STORIES ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IT'S CLEAR THE
KINSHIP CARE PROVIDES A MORE
STABLE. AND NURTURING
ENVIRONMENT FOR FOSTER YOUTH SB
EIGHT TO FOR FURTHER GUARANTEES
THAT LOVED ONES. WHO CAN FOSTER
CHILD. IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. BE
ABLE TO DO SO CREATE A STABLE
HOME FOR KIDDOS I URGE AND I'VE
. MADAM CHAIR I HAVE TO SUPPORT
WITNESSES HERE TODAY. WHEN
YOU'RE READY OKAY PLEASE
PROCEED. ALL RIGHT FIRST STEP IS
AMANDA KIRCHER WITH THAT.
CALIFORNIA WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION. HI GOOD AFTERNOON
AMANDA CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION WE KNOW
THERE'S ABOUT EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA'S CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM THAT ARE
CURRENTLY PLACED WITH RELATIVES
OR NON. NON RELATED EXTENDED
FAMILY MEMBERS- THERE'S ALSO
ABOUT A HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE
CHILDREN WHO ARE IN TRIPOLI
APPROVED HOMES. AND RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT TO THEIR HOUSE OF
FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES ADVERTISEMENT
THERE CARE GIVERS AND SUFFER
FEWER BEHAVIORAL EDUCATIONAL
CHALLENGES. UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA'S CONTINUUM OF CARE
REFORM CALIFORNIA REALLY TRIED
TO PRIORITIZE KEEPING KIDS AND
FAMILY AND HOME PLEASE. EXPENSE
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD
PARTICULARLY- CHALLENGING TIMES
WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN OVER
SURVEILLED IN OVER POLICED AND
SB THREE FIFTY FOUR BY CENTER
SKINNER AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
MADE SURE THAT CERTAIN-
CONVICTIONS THAT WERE OF NO RISK
TO THE CHILD COULD BE- LOOKED
OVER WHEN OTHERWISE THE LAW THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE
UNFORTUNATELY THAT BILL DID NOT
EXTEND OUT TO- ARE NON EXTENDED
RELEASE FAMILY MEMBERS AND SOME
OF ARE. CURRENTLY APPROVED HOMES
SO EIGHTY EIGHT TWENTY FOUR
FILLS THOSE GAPS- IT PROMOTES
STABILITY AND CONNECTIONS BY
ENSURING THAT KIDS ARE PLEASED
WITH THOSE- LET FRIENDS AND- CAN
RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
WHEN THE KEYS CLOSEST
PERMANENCY. AND EXPERIENCE THE
PROVISIONS OF SB THREE FIFTY
FOUR TO INCLUDE- FAMILY MEMBERS
FOR INDIAN CHILDREN AND IT
ENSURES THAT THE CRIMINAL RECORD
EXEMPTIONS AND ALLOWABLE FUNDING
FOR EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS CAN
ALSO BE PROVIDED TO RELATIVES
SEEKING TO BECOME PROBABLY
APPROVED HOMES. INSTEAD OF
RESOURCE FAMILIES THESE CHILDREN
AND THESE CHANGES WILL HELP US
PUT CHILDREN IN HOME BASED
SETTINGS. WITH FAMILY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS THE CARE ABOUT THEM THE
MORE WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO DO BETTER- OVERALL THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS FOR
SECOND AB CHRISTIAN POWER VICE
POLICY AN AVERAGE FOR THE L.
WHICH RIGHTS. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIRMAN AT ALFREDO GIL MEMBERS
I'M CHRISTIAN WITH THE ALLIANCE
FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND I JUST
WANT TO. EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO
SENATOR ASKED BEFORE CONTINUING
THE WORK THAT CENTERS SKINNER
STARTED WITH SB THREE FIFTY FOUR
AND IS A- CO SPONSOR OF THAT
MEASURE I JUST WANTED TO GIVE
YOU A BRIEF. STORY ABOUT A
FAMILY THAT ONE OF THEIR
ATTORNEYS- HELPED AND TO EXPLAIN
HOW THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WELL
SB THREE FEET FLOOR WAS MOVING
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE A LITTLE
GIRL THAT WILL CALL SERRA. WAS
REMOVED FROM HER MOTHER IN PLACE
WITH HER AUNT AND UNCLE THE AN
UNCLE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A LIVING
PRESENCE AND SERVICE LIFE. SHE
THRIVED IN THEIR CARE WHEN THE
AUNT AND UNCLE PEIFER RESOURCE
FAMILY APPROVAL THE UNCLES
FELONY CONVICTIONS FROM THIRTY
YEARS PREVIOUS RESURFACED HE WAS
HONEST ABOUT THE SITUATION
PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION
REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY. THE
RESEARCH FAMILY APPLICATION WAS
DENIED I'M ALSO- EVERTEC
REMAINED IN THEIR CARE THEY HAD
TO PAY ALL COSTS OUT OF POCKET
AND THEIR FUTURE WAS THERE
REMAINED UNCERTAIN. BUT AFTER
THREE FIFTY FOUR WENT INTO
EFFECT THINGS CHANGE FOR SAYRE
AND HER CAREGIVERS. THE ALLIES
ASSIST THE FAMILY IN REQUESTING.
THAT THERE BE GRANTED RESOURCE
FAMILY APPROVAL UNDER THE NEW
PROVISIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER SB
THREE FIFTY FOUR FIVE DAYS AFTER
THREE FIFTY FOUR WENT INTO
EFFECT. THE UNCLES CONVICTION
WAS ACCEPTED IN THE APPROVAL
PROCESS WAS ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD. WE CAN BRING THAT
STABILITY AND SUPPORT EVEN MORE
CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM. WHO WOULD THRIVE IN THE
HOME OF A RELATIVE NON RELATIVE
EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBER. WE CAN
ALSO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS AN
UNCLE WANTED TO ADOPT A BECOME A
LEGAL GUARDIAN THEY WOULD
RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
CONTINUE THE CARE GIVER. FUNDING
THAT THEY'VE STEPPED UP. TO
PROVIDE. AND WE APPRECIATE
CENTER. ASHLEY LEADERSHIP ON THE
ISSUE ONLY PERSPECTIVE. WE ASK
FOR YOUR I. PHONE. THANK SO WE
WILL NOW FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WE- TEXT. SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILL PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE NOW ASK YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ONLY
PLEASE. MOLLY SHANNON THE
CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR JEFF NEAL ON BEHALF
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ALSO
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION FOR THIS BILL PLEASE
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. SEEING
NONE WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE ADDRESS.
MODERATOR PLEASE PROP
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF. I
DID NUMBER FIVE SENATE BILL
EIGHT TO FOUR. THANK YOU TO
PROVIDE DATA COMMENTS IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION FOR SB EIGHT TO
FOUR. SIX ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME
. WE GO TO LINE ONE FORTY NINE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. ONE THREE NINE
ACTUALLY YOUR LINE IS OPEN NOW.
CORRECT. NO RESPONSE FROM ONE
FOUR NINE. OUR MANAGER NO FOR
THE COMEDY QUEUE AT THIS TIME
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH I WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE MEMBERS
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. FOR AN WHAT HAPPENED
CENTER SHOWBOAT THANK YOU- THANK
YOU SENATOR FOR BRING THIS
FORWARD- I DID HAVE A CONCERN
REGARDING THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS
UTILIZED HERE- AND I HEARD IT
HERE A COUPLE TIMES A- SB
UTILIZING THE WORD INDIAN TH.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND
THAT TO NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER
WILL HAVE THAT'S BECAUSE THE
THAT DOCUMENT THAT RULES OVER
THAT IS CALLED IS CALLED IT
QUOTE AND REFERS TO THE INDIAN
CHILD WELFARE ACT SO IT'S JUST A
CONSISTENCY WITH LAW. OKAY ARE
WE ABLE TO KIND OF- I WOULD
DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT
ONE BUT IT'S OKAY WITH ME BUT I
THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE
FACT THAT HE CONSISTENCY OF
TERMS AND LAW FOR TO APPLY TO A
QUIET WHICH IS THE INDIAN CHILD
WELFARE ACT WHICH OVERSEES. WHAT
HAPPENS TO DROP KIDDOS OKAY AND
THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS
BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE-
ACTUALLY- A BIG FOCUS ON NATIVE
AMERICANS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU
KNOW. BALONEY NATIVES AND SO
FORTH- SO- JUST LIKE A JUST A
FOLLOW UP ON THAT OTHERWISE I
SUPPORT THIS BILL- BUT I JUST
WANT TO ALSO BE. A LITTLE BIT
MORE RESPECTFUL AND LANGUAGE SO
JUST THANK YOU SURE. SENATE
MITCHELL BOTH WHEN YOU'RE READY
- THANK YOU FOR THE WORK- ON
THIS BILL AND I AM IN FULL
SUPPORT AND WILL BE HAPPY TO
MOVE THE BILL- AT THE PROPER
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HE I
JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I. HAVE
VERY SIMILAR FEELINGS OF THE
CENTER WHAT HAAB- I DON'T KNOW
IF ECWA. HAS THEM REACH THE
LEVEL OF WOKENESS IN CALIFORNIA
. BUT THAT WAS A CONFUSING TERM
FOR ME AS WELL SO- I WILL SAY
THAT- HEY I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY
TRIBES NOT ONLY FOR MY DISTRICT
BUT FROM THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA-
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE
KINSHIP CARE. PLAN AVAILABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO FOSTER AND CARE
FOR- THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR
TRIBES SO I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK
WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE URGEN I VOTE
THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THIS IS SMITH WE CALDERON
. FILE ITEM FIVE SB EIGHT TWENTY
FOR THE MOTION IS TO PASS A RE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY. EVERADO GO HI OF
ROGUE- I THOUGHT SHOWBOAT I
SPECIAL BOOK I FURTADO. IMAGE OF
OUR- IMAGE OF OUR I HOP. WHAT BY
. SPORTSHIFT THE VOTE IS FOR I
THE VOTE IS OUT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE
WHICH IS- ITEM NUMBER FOUR
SENATE BILL FOUR AWAIT SENATE
ARE EVER YOU'RE READY. SLIGHTLY
MORE COMPLICATED ON THIS ONE.
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT SB FOUR
OH EIGHT. WHICH WILL SUPPORT
HIGHLY TRAUMATIZED FOSTER YOUTH
WITH COMPLEX NEEDS AND I JUST AS
WE GO THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION
TODAY NEED MY COLLEAGUES TO
UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABOUT.
TRAUMATIZED FOSTERS'S NOT ABOUT
ALL FOSTER YOUTH THE VERY
SPECIFIC SUBSET. SB FOUR OH
EIGHT WILL CREATE AN INTENSIVE
CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR
YOUTH CUTE. TRAUMA BASED NEEDS.
NAME THE SHORT TERM ASSESSMENT
TREATMENT AND TRANSITION
PROGRAM. AS OF JANUARY TWENTY
TWENTY THREE THERE WERE
APPROXIMATELY. FIFTY TWO
THOUSAND CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND OF THOSE
OUR YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF
ELEVEN AND SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD.
SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE REFORM TO
REDUCE THE USE OF CONGREGATE
CARE AND FOCUS ON KEEPING
CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH FAMILIES
OR FAMILY LIKE RELATIONS LIKE
THE BILL WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THROUGH CCR CALIFORNIA REQUIRED
FORMER GROUP HOMES TO CONVERT
INTO A HIGHER LEVEL CENTERS WITH
MORE TREATMENT OPTIONS KNOWN AS
SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL THERAPY
PLACEMENTS OR- S. T. R. T. P.'S
WORK THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS
DONE IN THE YEARS PAST. COMPLEX
NEEDS YOU HAVE NEEDS THAT CROSS
SYSTEMS OF CARE EDUCATION
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE JUST TO
NAME A FEW. TRAUMA THESE YOUTH
HAVE ENTERED OFTENTIMES
COMPOUNDS UNDERLYING NEEDS
MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT
TO FIND APPROPRIATE PLACEMENTS.
THE EXISTING SYSTEM. DOES NOT
WORK FOR SOME YOU. BECAUSE THEY
ARE HIGHLY TRAUMATIZED
UNFORTUNATELY MANY. OF THE S. T.
R. T. P.'S WHICH IS OUR EXISTING
PROGRAM ARE UNDER EQUIPPED TO
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES
AND STATE WIDE GAPS THAT EXIST
IN SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE
HIGHEST NEED CHILDREN. THE S. T.
R. T. PIECE WHICH IS THE
EXISTING PROGRAM THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. CAN DENY A PLACEMENT.
IF THE CHILD'S NEEDS ARE TOO
GREAT THIS BILL ADDRESSES THAT
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY. AS A RESULT FOSTER YOUTH
WITH THE HIGHEST AND MOST
COMPLEX NEEDS ARE OFTEN REJECTED
FROM THOSE PROGRAMS. AND AS A
RESULT THEY EXPERIENCE OVER
STAYS IN SHELTERS OR OVERNIGHT
STAYS IN MOTELS AND MANY OF YOU
SAW THE RECENT SACRAMENTO BEE
ARTICLE WHERE SOME OF THESE
KIDDOS WERE EVEN IN JAIL CELLS
OR IN THE WAITING ROOMS AT
INTAKE FACILITIES AND THAT IS
WHAT THIS BILL IS TRYING TO GET
AT. NONE OF THESE ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN NOT
EVEN FOR ONE NIGHT MUCH LESS AN
OVERSTAY. TO ADDRESS THESE
PROBLEMS S. B. FOR- IT WILL
ESTABLISH THE STAT PROGRAM.
LICENSED BY THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IT
WILL PROVIDE INTENSIVE
STABILIZATION. ASSESSMENT
THERAPY AND DIRECT SERVICES FOR
HIGHLY TRAUMATIZED FOSTER YOUTH
NOT ALL FOSTER YOUTH HIGHLY
TRAUMATIZED FOSTER YOUTH BEFORE
THEY TRANSITION TO YET ANOTHER
PLACEMENT WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS
OVER AND OVER FOR OUR HIGHEST
NEED FOSTER YOUTH. THAT PROGRAMS
ARE INTENDED TO BE VERY SMALL
FOUR TO SIX BED FACILITIES THAT
WILL TAKE IN. ALL YOUTH MEANING
THEY CANNOT BE REJECTED WHO NEED
PLACEMENT AND BUILD UPON
EXISTING STANDARDS TO INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL ON SITE TWENTY FOUR
SEVEN STAFFING. THAT PROGRAMS
WILL INCLUDE DEDICATED CARE
TEAMS WHERE YOU CAN RECEIVE
DIRECT CARE FROM MULTI
DISCIPLINARY TEAMS GET ASSESSED
ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF CARE
AND THEREFORE START TREATMENT
AND THAT MEANS GET TO A BETTER
PLACE OF STABILITY SOONER. THAT
WILL ALSO PROVIDE FAMILY
SERVICES. INCLUDING CARE GIVER
RESPITE DURING THE SIX MONTHS
AFTER CARE PERIOD. SB FOUR OH
EIGHT ALSO CREATES TEN REGIONAL
HEALTH TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE
THEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO YOUTH
AND THEIR FAMILIES IN CRISIS TO
PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT
DIRECT CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER. HAVING A FOSTER
YOUTH IN YOUR HOME IN A BENEFIT
TO THE FULL FAMILY IN TERMS OF
ACCESS TO REGIONAL HEALTH TEAMS.
THESE ARE MULTI DISCIPLINARY
TRAUMA INFORMED TEAMS THAT
PRIORITIZE REFERRALS FROM CHILD
WELFARE PROBATION AND TRIBES.
THESE TEAMS CAN HELP RISK HELP
YOUTH WHO ARE AT THE HIGHEST
RISK FOR SUICIDE AND FOR
ENTERING OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
WHEN CHILDREN ARE REMOVED FROM
THEIR HOMES AND PLACED IN THE
PROTECTION OF CHILD WELFARE
AGENCIES WE OWE THEM THE BEST
CARE AND TREATMENT THAT WE CAN
POSSIBLY PROVIDE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE NOT. DOING
THAT RIGHT NOW. FOR THOSE YOUTH
WITH COMPLEX NEEDS TOO OFTEN WE
ARE RE TRAUMATIZING THEM. WHEN
THEIR PLACEMENTS FAIL AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN. SB FOUR OH
EIGHT ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THESE
GAPS IN PLACEMENTS AND SERVICES
SO THAT OUR HIGHEST NEEDS YOU
CAN RECEIVE THE TREATMENT THEY
DESERVE. TO DO NOTHING. OR TO
NOT ACCEPT US BEFORE AWAY. IS
UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT LEAVES
IN PLACE THE ALTERNATIVE. WHICH
IS SENDING YOUNG PEOPLE TO IN
APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS. THEY ARE
NOT TREATMENT FACILITIES THEY
ARE NOT RECEIVING SERVICES AND
THEY'RE NOT RESERVING CARE THE
ARGUMENT THAT WE DO NOT LIKE
INSTITUTIONS DOES NOT WORK HERE.
BECAUSE THE CHILDREN RIGHT NOW
ARE BEING PLACED IN AN
APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS.
INSTEAD OF BEING PLACED IN
LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN RECIEVE
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND I WILL
LEAVE YOU WITH THESE STATISTICS
BECAUSE THEY'RE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT. SENATOR OCHO ABOVE
YOU OFTEN ASK ABOUT DATA IS
THEIR DATA TO SHOW WHAT IS GOING
ON LOCALLY THE ANSWER IS YES
BASED ON RECENT SURVEYS OF
COUNTY CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES
AND PROBATION DEPARTMENTS.
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO HERE'S WHAT
WAS REPORTED. ONE THOUSAND
INCIDENTS OF CHILD WELFARE
FOSTER YOUTH RESIDING OVERNIGHT
IN AN UNLICENSED SETTING. OVER
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY STAYS IN A
HOTEL OR MOTEL FOR A CHILD. A
CHILD IN A HOTEL OR MOTEL. SIX
HUNDRED AND SIXTY. SIX HUNDRED
AND SIXTY CHILD WELFARE SERVED
YOUTH WERE DETAINED IN A
JUVENILE HALL SETTING THEY
DIDN'T BREAK A LAW THEY WERE
DETAINED THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS
NOWHERE ELSE FOR THEM TO GO OVER
ONE THOUSAND. CHILD WELFARE
FOSTER YOUTH EXPERIENCE A
HOSPITAL OR PSYCHIATRIC
INPATIENT STAY MORE THAN ONE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED INCIDENTS
OF CHILD WELFARE FOSTER YOUTH
AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE
PROBATION FOSTER YOUTH HAD TWO
OR MORE UNPLANNED REMOVAL
NOTICES. AND LASTLY OVER ONE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FOSTER
YOUTH AND SIXTY FIVE PROBATION
FOSTER YOUTH EXPERIENCED. THREE
OR MORE PLACEMENT CHANGES WITHIN
SIX MONTHS THAT'S EVERY OTHER
MONTH WE'RE MOVING AROUND
BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY
EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THEIR HIGH
NEEDS. I WOULD ASK MY
COLLEAGUES. TO PLEASE PUT THIS
BILL THROUGH. TODAY SO THAT THE
CHILD WELFARE DIRECTORS CAN
WORK. WITH ALL OF THE PROVIDERS
WHO NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE TO
BE A PART OF PROVIDING OUR
HIGHEST NEEDS KIDS WITH THE
SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. ADAM TRIED TO LEAD
WITNESSES WHEN YOU'RE READY.
FIRST UP IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
KATHY SANDERLING DONALD. THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS KATHY
SUMMERLIN MCDONNELL TO SEE WTA.
WHAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS IS A REDUCTION IN
PLACEMENTS AND THE REDUCTION IN
THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE
CHILDREN AND YOUTH THAT WE SERVE
IN FOSTER CARE. AND WHAT WE'RE
SEEING NOW IS UNFORTUNATELY THE
RESULTS OF THAT. AS YOU HEARD
THE STATISTICS FROM CENTER ASHBY
RELATED TO THAT MORE THAN ONE
THOUSAND YEARS LAST YEAR WHO
WERE IN AN UNLICENSED PLACEMENT
FOR AT LEAST ONE NIGHT AND IN
SOME CASES MANY MORE THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. IT'S NOT JUST A
PROBLEM IN THE HEADLINES
COUNTIES ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE
AS A RESULT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
THAT THE AVAILABLE PLACES FOR
OUR SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT PROGRAMS THOSE AS TIER
TEEPEES THAT WERE CREATED. AS
PART OF THE CONTINUING CARE
REFORM HAVE GONE DOWN NUMBER ONE
THERE ARE FEWER OF THEM THIS IS
BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN STATE
POLICIES AND CHANGES IN FEDERAL
POLICIES AS WELL. AND SO A
NUMBER OF THE PROGRAMS- WENT OUT
OF BUSINESS THE DOWNSIZED OR
THEY DECIDED THEY NO LONGER
WANTED TO TAKE CHILDREN YOUTH
OUT OF CHILD WELFARE. AND
INSTEAD WOULD TAKE CHILDREN IN
NEWS FROM PRIVATE PLACEMENTS THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM OR THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE
ALL OF WHICH THEY ARE LICENSED
TO BE ABLE TO DO. THEY DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE OUR KIDS AND AS YOU
HEARD THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND
THAT THEY CAN SAY NO. THERE IS
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THAT
IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE A POLICY
IN WHICH PROVIDERS CANNOT SAY NO
THEIR LIABILITY CONCERNS THERE
ARE DO WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF IN
THE FRIEDMAN PROVIDERS CONCERNS.
AND SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING
WITH THIS BILL THAT WE CHANGE
THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT WHAT
WERE IN NEED OF IS A PLACE WHERE
WITH A CHILD OR YOUTH COMES INTO
THE SYSTEM OR IS EACH ACTED FOR
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE GET A
PLACEMENT CHANGE. A REQUEST TO
COME AND GET A CHILD WHICH COULD
BE FROM US HERE GP IT COULD BE
FROM A HOME. A FAMILY BASED HOME
WHERE THEIR PLAY AS AND
SOMETHING IS. DO IN LARGE PART
TO THE TRAUMA. THE SENATOR TOM
ABOUT. THERE MAY BE ACTING OUT
THAT IS NOT BECAUSE THAT'S A BAD
CHILD BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE
THROUGH A LOT. JUST BEING
REMOVED FROM YOUR HOME AND
PLACED IN FOSTER CARE IS AN
ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC EXPERIENCE.
AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED
TO DO NOT ALWAYS COME AS QUICKLY
AS WE WOULD LIKE THESE ARE
THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN. OUT OF
THE CONTROL OF CHILD WELFARE HOW
QUICKLY CAN THEY GET IN TO SEE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. TO SEE A
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO GET THE
REGIONAL CENTER TO GET SERVICES
IN PLACE IF THEY HAVE A DEL
VALLE THAT'LL DISABILITY. TO
WEAR OTHER INTELLECTUAL. THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM GETTING A
SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAN IN PLACE
IF THAT'S NEEDED THESE ARE
THINGS THAT WERE THERE CAN BE
LAGGED IN THE MEANTIME. THINGS
CAN DISRUPT AND GO SOUTH WE END
UP WITH A CHILD AND NO ONE WILL
SAY YES. WE HAVE- STAFF WHO
WHOSE JOB IT IS TO SEND REQUEST.
PACKETS OF INFORMATION ABOUT A
CHILD WHICH CAN BE VERY
TRAUMATIZING TO THE CHILDREN AND
YOUTH. BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING
THE ESSENTIALLY AUDITION FOR A
PLACE IN THESE FACILITIES. THAT
CAUGHT THAT OFTEN SAY NO AND
THAT IS WITHIN THEIR ABILITY.
AND THAT CAN RE TRAUMATIZE THEM
AS WELL FEELING LIKE EVERYONE
HAS FAILED THEM AND THERE IS NO
WHERE TO TURN. HAVE YOU WRAP UP
YOUR THOUGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH
THE WAY THEY ARE NOW IS THERE IN
THE OFFICES. AND WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO HAVE
THEM IN A SAFE. SERVICE RICH
LICENSE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN
WORK WITH THEM THEY CAN'T SAY
NO. WELL WE'RE FINDING THAT NEXT
BEST PLACEMENT AND MAKE SURE
THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING IN AN
OFFICE OR IN A HOTEL. IN
ADDITION MAKING SURE THAT HELL
HAVE TO HAVE YOU WRAP UP OKAY
WHAT OTHER WITH. AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS GREAT THING THAT I'M
SURE THEY'LL BE SOME THAT ARE
RIGHT THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS
PLEASE. HAVE YOU UNDER TWO
MINUTES PLEASE. KAREN MEMBERS.
C. I'LL BE HOW OF THE CHEAP.
OFFICERS OF. PLEASE TO BE A
CAUSE FOR. AND THE SENATOR'S
LEADERSHIP ON THIS IN OUR ON
GOING WORK WITH OUR- CHILD
WELFARE PARTNERS AND MANY OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS- APPROBATION CHEESE
ALONG WITH ALL OF THE ENTITIES I
JUST MENTIONED ARE TROUBLE FOR
PARTNERS IN THIS LEGISLATURE.
HAVE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF WORK TO REALLY DEVELOP THE
SUPPORTS STABILITY. TO HELP
FOSTER YOU THRIVE. ON THE PART
OF THE LENS IN WHICH WE
CERTAINLY LOOK AT OUR WORK IS
HOW DO WE BEST SERVE. A YOUTH
THAT PROBATION WORKS WITH- BUT
ALSO HOW DO WE MITIGATE AND
PREVENT YOU FROM COMING INTO
CONTACT IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN THE FIRST PLACE AND
SO. WE SEE A LOT OF THESE
EFFORTS THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE
LENSES MAKING SURE THAT THE
SUPPORTS ARE NECESSARY. FOR THE
USE THAT WE WORK WITH AND ALSO-
PROVIDING THEM SUPPORTS THAT THE
ART COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE
SYSTEM- AS- THE SENATOR SAID I
THINK YOU KNOW THE- WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THAT THE LEVEL OF
ACUITY AND MANY. OF THE FOSTER
YOUTH THAT WE WORK WITH- HAS HAS
RISEN AND THERE'S- A NUMBER OF
THE YOUTH HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS SUBSTANCE
USE NEEDS. AND CERTAINLY COMPLEX
MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
NEEDS AT THIS BILL SEEKS TO
ADDRESS- SO WE SEE THIS AS- A
FILLING A VERY SPECIFIC GAP AND
A LARGER PART OF THE CONTINUE
ONE- WE KNOW THIS IS. ONE
COMPONENT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
YOUTH SPECIFICALLY IN CRISIS-
AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I
THINK YOU KNOW WE ALSO SEE THIS
MEASURE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL.
ALLOW FOR THOSE CRISIS RESPONSES
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING
FOR HOW DO WE FIND. STABILITY IN
THE LONGER TERM SUSTAINABLE HOME
BI SOLUTIONS THAT WE ALL WANT TO
SEE. A SO FOR THOSE REASONS WERE
PLEASED TO BE A CO SPONSOR OF
THIS MEASURE. TODAY AND ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ONE MOVING. MA'AM
OF THE PUBLIC WE SHOULD TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF
MARTHA GUERRERO REPRESENTING THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS REQUESTING YOUR
RIVALS. YOU. VENTURA MEMBERS
POPULAR BEHALF THE COUNTIES OF
HUMBOLDT IN KERN AND ALSO THE
CITY AND COUNTY SERVICES CORDIER
AYE VOTE THANK YOU THANK YOU. IN
CHURCH JEFF MEAL ON BEHALF OF
THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. HE THANK YOU YOUR
CHAIR YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU
R. DEVARAJ WITH DISABILITY
RIGHTS CALIFORNIA WE PROTECT AND
ADVANCE THE RIGHT. PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. WE OPPOSE
INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS WHEN
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. WE WERE
AS HORRIFIED. AS SENATOR ASHLEY
WAS BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
OLD JUVENILE HALL IN SACRAMENTO
WE ARE USING OUR AUTHORITY.
UNDER FEDERAL LAW THE OUR
MANDATE AS THE STATE'S
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
TO INVESTIGATE THAT. I THINK
EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY WE
HAVE PEOPLE ON SITE THERE- JUST
LAST YEAR NEW LEGISLATION WAS
ENACTED TO PROVIDE A NEW
LICENSURE CATEGORY FOR. A YOUTH
IN CRISIS. AND THERE'S NOBODY IN
THOSE SETTINGS YET. AND HERE WE
ARE WITH ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL
SETTING BEING PUT BEFORE YOU-
PREVAILING RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT
RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS ARE
EFFECTIVE AND PLENTY OF EVIDENCE
THAT THERE IS HARM. NOW HAVING
SAID ALL OF THAT FOR YOU I DO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO MEET WITH THE BILL'S
SPONSOR AND THE AUTHOR STAFF ARE
THIS MORNING. WE STILL OPPOSE
THE BILL WE THINK THERE ARE
BETTER WAYS TO DO THIS WE WANT
TO WORK WITH THEM- WITH ALL OF
YOU AND WE RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE
THE BILL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION PLEASE
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. HI
TYLER IN THE- ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA WENT TO CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES WE HAVE A
TWEENER POSITION- WE APPRECIATE
THE CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR
AND THE SPONSORS SO FAR WE
REPRESENT THE NONPROFIT
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WOULD RUN PAST YEAR TV'S.
SO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH
THE AUTHOR AND SPONSOR THANK YOU
THANK YOU. MAKE. GOOD AFTERNOON
JORDAN SAYS THAT HERE ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION
WHERE YOU FLIP ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION WITH A MEMBERSHIP
OF CURRENT AND FORMER FOSHEE IS
TO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
SUBMITTING A LETTER ON TIME TO
THE COMMITTEE DUE TO THE CHANGE
DATE OF THE HEAT OF THE BILL-
BUT WE ARE IN. OPPOSITION SB
FOUR OH EIGHT THANK YOU FOR THAT
OKAY. WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD TO
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
THE TELECONFERENCE THIS.
MODERATOR PLEASE PRODUCT
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT FOR
OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER FOR
SENATE BILL FOUR OH EIGHT. THANK
YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR SB
FOUR ZERO EIGHT PLEASE PRESS ONE
AND ZERO AT THIS TIME. A LINE
ONE FORTY FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
TO MAKE IT UP WE HAVE THE
CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATE ACTIVATION FOR
COST BUT IS THE FOURTH SB POORLY
YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT BLIND
THIRTY EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MANY CHRYSANTHEMUM THANK YOU.
NINE ONE TWENTY FIVE. HELLO JUDY
CAME CALLING ON THE BEHALF OF
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SUMMER STEPHAN IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL THANK YOU
THANK YOU. LINES. SEVEN ZERO.
EIGHT ONE SEVEN ZERO YOU'RE OPEN
RIGHT NOW. EARLY MYERS ON BEHALF
OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW
PROGRAM IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU
. AND MADAM CHAIR NO FOR THE
COMMENTS ACUTE DISTRESS THANK
YOU SO MUCH I WANNA BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS.
SENATE MAKE OF OUR- THANK YOU SO
MUCH BANTER AND YOU KNOW THE
AUTHOR AND I WE'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS-
YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK
DONE IN THIS FIELD IN THE PAST.
TWO YEARS YEAR AND A HALF- YOU
KNOW AND THE S. YOUR TEEPEES
HAVE GROWN IN CAPACITY RIGHT NOW
THERE'S MORE BEDS THAN YOU WITH
INSIDE OF THEM- AND YOU KNOW
COUNTIES HAVE SOME TOOLS IN
THEIR TOOL BOX TO BE ABLE TO
RESPOND TO IF AN S. C. R. T. P.
A DOES DENY USE ENTRANCE THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE- AND
THIS YEAR TO PAY FOR THAT ONE
YOU WITH. WHERE THEY GET CARE
TWENTY FOUR SEVEN FOR JUST THAT
ONE YEAR WITH- YOU KNOW AFTER
TALKING WITH THE AUTHOR I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL OUT OF
THE OUT OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE
BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT
THE WORK THAT WE PUT INTO IT
HASN'T. HASN'T BEEN GIVEN THE
CHANCE TO BE IMPLEMENTED FULLY
AND WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF
MONEY INTO PREVIOUS EFFORTS-
THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME OR PERHAPS
SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME REFORM
WITHIN THOSE CRIME PROGRAMS- I'M
NOT GONNA TAKE AWAY THE TRAVESTY
OF WHAT'S FACT B. SHOWED AND-
HERE IN SACRAMENTO FOR THE
AUTHOR REPRESENTS. THAT'S
TERRIBLE. AND WE NEED TO FIX
THAT BUT I BELIEVE THERE COULD
BE SOME REFORMS WITHIN THE
PROGRAMS AND NOW. FURTHER
IMPLEMENTING REFORMS THEIR BEST
OUT BESIDES CREATING A WHOLE NEW
PROGRAM THAT TAKES SOME TIME TO
KICK OFF THAT. HAD NEEDS A
BUDGET REQUEST ASSOCIATED TO
THAT FROM WHAT I THOUGHT THEIR
TO CONTINUE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION AND FOR ME TO
CONTINUE HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
WITH THE SPONSORS AND FINING
PERHAPS THE MIDDLE GROUND THERE.
TO COME TO- TO MOVE FORWARD
BECAUSE SOME THE QUESTIONS I
HAVE IS WHAT'S THE DATA BEHIND-
HOW THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RE
TRAUMATIZING. ARE YOU FORGIVEN
THAT'S WHERE WE MOVED AWAY FROM
THESE CONGREGATE LIVING
FACILITIES BECAUSE IT WAS
TRAUMATIZING OUR YOUTH- WHAT'S
THE DATA SHOWING THAT- THAT THE
OTHER PROGRAMS AREN'T. WORKING
AND WHY THIS ONE IS NEEDED AND
THEN. THE ONE MY LAST THING IS.
THAT WAS IT WAS MY LAST THING.
THANK YOU SENATOR. EITHER COME.
CENTER WILL HAPPEN THEN WHEN
THE- BOOK. THANK YOU- YOU KNOW I
REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO WITH THIS- AND I
THINK THAT THE REFERENCE IN
REGARDS TO- THAT SACRAMENTO
SITUATION IS TERRIBLE I READ
THAT I HIGHLIGHTED TWO OTHER
SENATORS AND OBVIOUSLY OUR CHAIR
WHO- YOU KNOW WE- OBVIOUSLY NEED
TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. I THINK
THAT THIS AT THE SAME TIME IS A
LITTLE BIT TO- IT IS A LITTLE
CONCERNING JUST BECAUSE OF THE
FACT THAT- I DID WANT TO. AND
ASK. WHERE DOES J. BAY KIND OF
SIT IN THIS TO BE SUPPORTED TO
THE OPPOSE IT. THEY HAVE NOT
TAKEN A POSITION. OKAY AND THEN-
BUT YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. NO
I HAVE NOT. OKAY AND THEN AS
THERE ARE I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE
THE LEAD AUTHOR ON MY OTHER
BILLS SO I CAN COMMIT TO YOU TO
TALK TO THEM OKAY PERFECT- AND
THEN IT MIGHT MY OTHER CONCERN
WAS THE FACT THAT- WHAT WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSE IN REGARDS TO.
HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS AND
MORE COOPERATION WITH THE FOLKS
THAT OPPOSE THAT HAVE. OBVIOUSLY
HIGHLIGHTED SOME CONCERNS YEAH.
AS THAT IS. AT LEAST THREE OF
YOU WHO ARE WE'RE ALL THREE OF
YOU ARE NEW LIKE ME BUT YOU KNOW
ME WELL I DO NOT LIKE TO DELIVER
A BILL WITH THIS LEVEL OF-
OPPOSITION TO YOU'LL LIKE TO
MAKE YOUR LIFE. AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE BUT THIS IS A
COMPLICATED TOUGH ONE. AND I
TRIED REALLY HARD TO USE MY
COMMENTS ON THE FRONT AND TO
TELL YOU WHERE WE NEED TO LAND.
BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET I MEAN
WHAT THE WE NEED YOU TO ADVANCE
THIS OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE SO
THAT THE WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION IN PROBATION FOLKS.
CAN CONTINUE ANY TO ALL THESE
COUNTIES AND ALL THE CITIES IN
CASA AND ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'RE
CALLING IN. CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TWO OR
THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE.
OPPOSING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
OF THE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE
SAYING THEY'RE TWEENER BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE PROVIDERS AND THEY
UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW. AS IT'S
CURRENTLY SET UP. THESE KIDDOS
CAN BE DENIED. THE THING THAT
WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD NOT ALLOW
THE KIDDOS TO BE DENIED SO WE
HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT.
WHETHER IT'S BY MODIFYING WHAT
WE ALREADY HAVE THIS BILL IS THE
ONLY VESSEL IN PLAY RIGHT NOW TO
DO THAT. SO I GOT TO KEEP IT IN
PLAY. BUT ABSOLUTELY AS I DON'T
EXPECT IT TO LOOK THE SAME THE
NEXT TIME WE SEE IT. BECAUSE
THEY'RE WORKING ON IT ALL THE
TIME. THE COSTA INDIVIDUAL THAT
COLD- OR THE REPRESENTING
THEMSELVES AS CASA ADVOCATE OR
OR THE REPRESENTING THE
ORGANIZATION. DO YOU KNOW IF
COST IS TAKEN OUT. THEY WERE
FROM A SPECIFIC COUNTY. SENATOR
OFFICE I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE
WHAT THAT THEY'RE CALLING ON
BEHALF OF THEMSELVES. OR THAT
COUNTY OKAY. AND THEN- FOR ME
YOU KNOW I THINK YOU AND I HAVE
CHATTED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT-
I DO PLAN ON LAYING OFF OF THIS
PARTICULAR BILL- I WON'T VOTE NO
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT. YOU
KNOW IT DIRECTORS POTENTIAL TO
ALL BILLS BUT- I DO ALSO WANT TO
CIRCLE BACK WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER- SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES
ESPECIALLY MY DISTRICT AS WELL-
THAT. HAVE NOT ACTUALLY
RESPONDED ON THIS BUT- I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I
THINK THAT- THIS IS. A VERY
FRUITFUL BUT IT'S NOT THERE YET
THANK YOU IT'S A TOUGH ONE. HE
SENATE MITCHELL BOTH. SO AM I
APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION IN
TRYING TO WORKING WITH THE
CHILDREN I HAD NO IDEA THIS IS
THIS IS A NEW. SPACE FOR ME- I
WANT TO- JUST ECHO. THE COMMENTS
THAT MY COLLEAGUE HAD BECAUSE
IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME ONE THAT
I HAD WAS THE FACT THAT. WAS
MENTIONED THERE WAS SOMETHING
ALREADY IN PLAY THAT HASN'T HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY STILL ECHO BACK.
DON'T REPEAT THAT- AND SECONDLY-
JUST FOR MY GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING. IS THIS BILL
INTENDED TO EXPEDITE THE
SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN TO-
WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO THE
SYSTEM FOR THE HIGHLY SISTER IS
AT. THAT HAVE ALL THE SERVICES
AND HE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY ARE
IN IN DIRE AND YES BECAUSE RIGHT
NOW THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THE
STREETS AND IN THE WAITING ROOMS
AND BEING PUT IN JAIL CELLS
BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PLACE.
AVAILABLE SO IT. IS A WHEN I SAY
MAKE A COMMENT- AND THEN TO
FOLLOW UP WITH THAT JUST SO THAT
I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT. THE CONCERNS WITH
INSTITUTIONS AND NOT BEING
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE-
CONDUCIVE TO THE WELL BEING OF A
CHILD. ARE WE LOOKING AT PERHAPS
NEARING DOWN AS HE HELD THE KEYS
BASILIDES COULD BE SO THEY'RE
NOT CONSIDERED AN INSTITUTION
BUT MORE YES THEY ARE INTENDED
TO BE NO MORE THAN FOUR TO SIX
INDIVIDUALS. VERY SMALL THANK
YOU. PATTERSON THE W. D. A. A CO
SPONSOR. THE HOPE IS THAT BY
PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES AN
EXPEDITED WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH THAT YOU THE OTHER
FAMILIES. TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE INTO A
FAMILY BASED SETTING IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE. IT COULD POTENTIALLY
BE ANNOUNCED HERE T. PAY OF ONE
OR IN S. T. R. T. P. WITH A
LARGER NUMBER YOU DON'T STAND UP
AS HERE TO BE A ONE IMMEDIATELY
AND THEY DON'T JUST SIT AROUND.
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CHILD
SPECIFIC SIMILAR TO HOW A FAMILY
BASED HOME. YOU WOULD NEED TO
GET THOSE SERVICES IN PLACE SO
WE MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS
THERE WHO SAYS. I WOULD BE
WILLING TO BE A CARE GIVER FOR
THAT CHILD. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
LAST TIME AND MAYBE THE REASON
IS BECAUSE THE SERVICES WEREN'T
IN PLACE. SO FOR US TO BE ABLE
TO SAY ALL RIGHT THEY'RE SAFE
WE'RE WORKING ON THE SERVICES
AND THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW AND
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT
AFTER CARE. TO SUPPORT YOU WITH
THAT NEXT PLACEMENT THIS ISN'T
INTENDED TO BE THE PLACE THAT OR
A PARKING LOT FOR KIDS. IS
INTENDED TO GET THAT GET THINGS
GOING. FOR THEM WHERE IS TODAY
THEY HAVE NOTHING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CENTER I I'D LIKE
TO SEE THE WORK THAT YOU THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON THIS
BILL- AND I KNOW. I KNOW YOU TO
BE. ONE OF OUR FOREMOST EXPERTS
ON THE SENATE IN TERMS OF FOSTER
CARE SERVICES AND- REALLY BRING
INNOVATION TO THE WORK THAT
THAT. YOU PUT FORWARD. ONE THING
I WANT TO KIND OF PUT IN THE MIX
HERE IS- A FRAMEWORK THAT LOOKS
AT SMALL RURAL COUNTIES AND HOW
THEY- IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM YES
BECAUSE- YOU KNOW THE SAN
FRANCISCO'S OUR- WILL. YES
PEOPLE MEANT CERTAIN WAY AND I
WAS GLAD TO SEE KERN COUNTY WAS
HERE BUT I MEAN TO PUSH YOU A
LITTLE BIT MORE. AND HOW THE
SMALLER COUNTIES CAN TAKE CARE
OF THEIR KIDS SO THAT WE'RE NOT
SHIPPING THEM OUT OF OUT OF
COUNTY. AND OUT OF THERE- AREAS
OF SUPPORT REALLY SO THAT'S ONE
OF MY CONCERNS ONE OF MY FEARS.
SO I'M NOT GONNA STAND IN THE
WAY OF THIS BILL AND I'M GOING
TO ALLOW. OR RECOMMENDED THAT
ALL THE MEMBERS VOTE AND HOW ARE
THEY HOW ARE THEY WOULD LIKE-
BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD- AND
REFINING THIS. RIGHT I
APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH OPPORTUNITY CLOSE PLEASE.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY FIRST OF ALL
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH THESE
ARE REALLY GOOD AND YOUR
QUESTIONS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND
SENTIMENTS OF R. I. AS- AS I
PROMISED YOU I WILL. MAKE SURE
YOU GET EVERY ANSWER YOU NEED
ANY OF YOU THAT WANT TO FOLLOW
THIS BILL ALONG WITH ME I'M
HAPPY TO PERSONALLY MAKE SURE.
YOU SEE WHERE IT GOES- I WORKED
IN A LEVEL TWELVE GROUP HOME. I
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WE
USED TO HAVE OF GROUP HOMES I
WORKED AT ONE HERE. AND LOCALLY
IN YOLO COUNTY. SKILLS ARE
REALLY HARD TO SERVE. IT IS NOT
EASY. AND THE THING I JUST NEED
YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT RIGHT
NOW THE SYSTEM ALLOWS PROVIDERS
TO SAY. NO INTEL WE CHANGE THAT.
WILL HAVE KIDDOS SLEEPING ON
CURBS. AND KIDDOS SLEEP IN IN
WAITING ROOMS. AND KIDDOS
SLEEPING IN JAIL CELLS. BECAUSE
IT'S BETTER. THAN THE
ALTERNATIVE- WHICH IS NOT GOOD
ENOUGH SO I URGE AN AYE VOTE ON
SB FOUR OH EIGHT. IT'S
IMPERATIVE. THANK YOU SENATOR.
TO MAKE SURE DIDN'T MISS A
MOTION. SOME OF. THANK YOU
CENTER TROUBLED. THEM HAS MOVED
THIS BILL FORWARD- SISTANCE
SMITH PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE
ITEM FOR SB FOUR OH EIGHT THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH.
EVERADO GIL. HI OF ROGUE- I HAD
SHOW BOTH HI. THE TROUBLED BY
HER TADO. MAJEURE MANAGE OF OR I
WILL HAVE. WHILE BY. THAT'S FOUR
ZERO. I THINK I HEARD HER BACK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR EYES AND
THAT BILL IS OUT THANK YOU SO
MUCH SENATOR GUY SO MUCH. THANK
YOU FOR STAYING. ALL RIGHT WE'RE
GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF A RUN
HERE AND WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE
BILLS- I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT
FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN HAS BEEN
PULLED BY THE AUTHOR. AND THEN-
CENTER WAHABI STILL WITHIN
EARSHOT. THE ISSUE ANOTHER SEVEN
DORTMUND HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE DOOR OKAY- I WAS JUST NO
CONSENSUS HAS ACCURATE OKAY ALL
RIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD- SENATOR SMALLWOOD
CLEVERNESS THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. WE'LL BE HEARING
NUMBER ITEM NUMBER SIX SENATE
BILL FIVE TWO ONE. WHEN YOU'RE
READY. GOOD AFTERNOON SENATORS
THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR IT
IS MY ABSOLUTE HONORED TO
PRESENT TO YOU SB FIVE TWO ONE.
WHICH REQUIRES A GOOD BECAUSE
EXEMPTION FOR CAL WORK SANCTIONS
IMPOSED ON PREGNANT PARENTING
AND LACTATING STUDENTS. WHO ARE
NOT BEING ADEQUATELY
ACCOMMODATED UNDER TITLE NINE
AND- I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I
WAS IN CLASS WITH MEN WHO WERE
ON TEAMS AND THEY HAD. ALL KINDS
OF- PRACTICES AND TOURNAMENTS
AND ALWAYS HAD ACCOMMODATIONS TO
GET THEIR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
DONE LATER THEIR TESTS DONE
LATER ON TO RETAKE TESTS. THIS
BILL IS TO SAY THE PARENTING
LACTATING- IMPREGNATE STUDENTS
DESERVE VERY SIMILAR
ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER TITLE NINE
THIS BILL- ALSO MAKES REVISIONS
TO THE CAL LEARN PROGRAM TO HELP
PARENTING TEENS TO MAINTAIN
THEIR BENEFITS. EXISTING FEDERAL
LAW KNOWN AS TITLE NINE
PROHIBITS A PERSON ON THE BASIS
OF SEX FROM BEING EXCLUDED FROM
PARTICIPATION IN BE DENIED THE
BENEFITS OF OR BEING SUBJECT TO
DISCRIMINATION UNDER ANY
EDUCATION PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY
RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE. THE PROTECTIONS
UNDER TITLE NINE ALSO EXHIBIT
I'M SORRY PROHIBIT PUBLIC
COLLEGE CAMPUSES FROM
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST STUDENTS
PARENTS. AND ARE REQUIRED THE
SCHOOL TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS
TO PARENTING. PREGNANT AND
LACTATING STUDENTS THESE
ACCOMMODATIONS CAN INCLUDE
EXCUSED ABSENCES TO ATTEND A
CHILD MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR TO
PRESS PUMP BREAST MILK.
UNFORTUNATELY STUDENTS ARE OFTEN
SUBJECT TO THEIR INSTRUCTORS
INDIVIDUAL RULES. WHICH
SOMETIMES VIOLATE TITLE NINE
CAUSING THEM TO FALL BEHIND ON
THEIR CLASSES IN OTHER WORDS
THEY'RE PENALIZED. FOR HAVING TO
CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR
PARENTING NEEDS FOR EXAMPLE A
STUDENT THAT NEEDS TO STEP OUT
OF CLASS TO PUMP MILK OR TEN A
PRENATAL APPOINTMENT WITH THEIR
OBGYN. MIGHT HAVE THEIR GRADES
LOWER DESPITE BEING PROTECTED-
BY THESE ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE
NINE SIMILARLY CAL LEARN
PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS
OFTEN FACE CRISES THAT
DESTABILIZE THEIR FAMILIES YOU
KNOW- A CARE TAKER IS ILL AND
THEY NEED TO STEP IN OR- THEY
BLOSSOM HOUSING BENEFITS AND
THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN- IN THAT
TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THEIR
THEIR COURSEWORK. MAKING YOU
KNOW DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT
OFTEN REQUIRE THEM TO BALLOT TRY
TO BALANCE THEIR CHILD CARE AND
FAMILY DUTIES WITH THEIR
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES. WELL
THERE ARE UNUSUAL THEY ARE
USUALLY GRIEVANCE PROCESS THESE
THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO CONTEST
ANY OF THESE VIOLATIONS- TO
SOMEHOW GET THEIR ACADEMIC
RECORD A CORRECTED IT OFTEN
TAKES A LOT OF TIME YOU GOTTA
JUMP THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS IN
THAT JUST CREATES MORE BARRIERS.
FOR OUR PARENTING STUDENTS IN
THE MEANTIME THEIR GRADES ARE
LOWERED AND WIN THEIR GRADES ARE
LOWERED IT CAN EXPOSE THEM TO
SANCTIONS OTHER CAL WORKS
MEANING THEY COULD LOSE A
REDUCTION. IN THEIR- THEY COULD
HAVE A REDUCTION IN THEIR
BENEFITS AND LOSE PRECIOUS
BENEFITS IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN ACADEMIC YEAR
ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND CAL WORK
STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS OF
THESE ABOUT TWO THIRDS ARE
SINGLE MOTHERS. NEARLY 70% WERE
LATIN MIX- AND BLACK A STUDENTS
WE SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHING THE
STUDENTS- FOR FAILING TO MEET-
THEIR INSTRUCTORS UNREASONABLE
AND ILLEGAL DEMANDS. SB FIVE TO
ONE WOULD ADD TITLE NINE
VIOLATIONS TO THE LIST OF GOOD
CAUSE EXEMPTIONS THAT WOULD
EXCUSE PREGNANT PARENTING AND
LACTATING STUDENTS. FROM
PARTICIPATION IN WELFARE TO WORK
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AND ADDS
A SET OF CONDITIONS THAT WOULD
EXEMPTS PARENTING TEENS FROM
MEETING THE CAL LEARN
REQUIREMENTS- I HAVE WITH ME
TODAY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
FIVE. TWO ONE SELES STEIGER WITH
THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION. WHO WILL
SHARE SOME OF HER EXPERIENCES.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS A
LIST ACRE I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF
CALIFORNIA. POLICE POLICY
INSTITUTE DISTURBANCES ON CHECK
YOUR MICROPHONE BECAUSE IT'S
HARD FOR US TO HEAR HERE. OKAY
TRY AGAIN. MY NAME IS TAYLOR
STAGGER. YEAH THANK YOU AND I AM
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN'S
FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA AT
LEAST POLICY INSTITUTE A PROUD
SPONSOR OF SB FIVE TWENTY ONE.
CAL WORKS AND HOW LEARN OUR KEY
PROGRAMS THAT MAKE UP PART OF
CALIFORNIA'S SAFETY NET. BOTH
PROGRAMS PROVIDE VITAL FUNDS TO
PARENTS TO HELP MEET THEIR
CHILDREN'S BASIC NEEDS WHILE
THEY PURSUE EDUCATION TO SECURE
BETTER FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES. HOWEVER BOTH
CAL WORKS AND CAL LEARN
CURRENTLY IMPOSE SANCTIONS THAT
PENALIZE STUDENT PARENTS. FOR
NOT MEETING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
THEREBY REDUCING THEIR MONTHLY
GRANTS. SB FIVE TWENTY ONE WILL
PROTECT PREGNANT PARENTING AND
LYFT HEATING STUDENTS FROM
SANCTIONS UNDER CAL WORKS BY
PROVIDING GOOD BECAUSE IN THIS
SPECIFIC INSTANCE WHEN THEIR
TITLE NINE RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED
AFTER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. SO
THEY CAN CAN AS WELL AS
ELIMINATING SANCTIONS FOR
PARENTING TEENS IN MACAU LEARN
PROGRAM SO THEY CAN CONTINUE ON
THEIR PATH TO OBTAINING HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND COLLEGE
DEGREES. WE HAVE HEARD FROM
STUDENTS PARENTS ACROSS THE
STATE THAT THEY ARE OFTEN NOT
ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATED UNDER
TITLE NINE. A FEDERAL LAW THAT
PROVIDE CERTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS
TO PARENTING PREGNANCY PREGNANT
AND LACTATING STUDENTS. SUCH AS
PERMITTING EXCUSED ABSENCES AND
THE ABILITY TO MAKE UP WORK WHEN
THEIR PARENTING AND LACTATING
DUTIES CONFLICT WITH CLASS
ASSIGNMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE A
NURSING STUDENT REPORTED THAT
SHE WAS ONLY ALLOWED FIVE MINUTE
BREAKS TO PUMP BREAST MILK. AND
IF SHE DID NOT RETURN WITHIN
THAT TIME FRAME SHE RISKS BEING
KICKED OUT OF HER PROGRAM. WHEN
HER GRADES SUFFERED BECAUSE OF
INCREASED PARENTAL DUTIES AND
THE INABILITY TO MAKE UP WORK.
SHE ULTIMATELY HAD TO DROP OUT
OF THE PROGRAM. LACK OF A- CAN
HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT MAKE
IMPACTS FOR MANY STUDENTS
PARENTS. AND AS A RESULT THEY
CAN BE EXPOSED TO SANCTIONS
UNDER CAL WORKS FOR NOT MEETING
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
SIMILARLY COLORED STUDENTS WHO
FACE DISRUPTIONS TO THEIR LIVES
SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OR UNMET. BEHAVIORAL OR
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ARE STILL
REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE AND ARE
STILL SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.
RECOGNIZING THESE SITUATIONS SB
FIVE TWENTY ONE ACTS TO PROVIDE
GOOD CAUSE FOR NON PARTICIPATION
IN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. TO
THOSE CAL WORK STUDENTS WHO
REPORT A DENIAL OF ADEQUATE
PREGNANCY PARENTING. AND
LACTATION RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS
UNDER TIGHT ON MINE. AS WELL AS
EXPANDING PROGRAM EXEMPTIONS FOR
CALDERON STUDENTS WHO FACE THE
TYPE OF DESTABILIZING EVENTS I
HAVE JUST DESCRIBED. FURTHER THE
LEGISLATION ELIMINATE SANCTIONS
ENTIRELY FOR COLOR AND STUDENTS.
THE STUDENT PARENT POPULATION IN
HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS IS A
POPULATION THAT IS OFTEN
OVERLOOKED AND DESPITE RECENT
CHANGES IN THE LAW. THEY ARE NOT
ALWAYS MET WITH THE SUPPORT OF
SERVICES AND PROTECTIONS TO
WHICH THEY NEED AND ARE
ENTITLED. RECENT DATA SHOWS. ALL
WERE ALL CAL WORKS FAMILIES
SIXTY THOUSAND CHILDREN EVERY
MONTH OUR PUSH DEEPER INTO
POVERTY DUE TO SANCTIONS. SB
FIVE TWENTY ONE RECOGNIZES THE
POPULATION OF STUDENTS PARENTS
AND ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. BY
REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SANCTIONS WITH THE MACAU WORKS
AND HOW AND PROGRAMS. GIVEN AS
THE SENATOR MENTIONED THAT IN
THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN NINETEEN
ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR TWO THIRDS
OF THE TWENTY THOUSAND OUR
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROGRAMS WERE SINGLE
MOTHERS. I NEARLY 70% RELY MACS
ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN THE
CONCERNS AROUND ADDRESS BY SB
FIVE TWENTY ONE ARE A MATTER OF
EQUITY. BY PROVIDING GOOD
BECAUSE FOR NON PARTICIPATION
BASED ON PROTECTED ACTIVITIES
UNDER TITLE NINE. PREGNANT
PARENTING IN MARKETING STUDENTS
IN CALIFORNIA WILL BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES
THEY NEED TO STAY. IN SCHOOL AND
OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE. BY
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GOOD
BECAUSE REASONS FOR NON
PARTICIPATIONS IN CALENDAR AND
DUE TO HOMELESSNESS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. BANDS OR UNMET
BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS AS WELL AS ELIMINATING
SANCTIONS IN THE PROGRAM. TEEN
PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THE BENEFITS THEY NEED TO
COMPLETE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMAS. IN THIS WAY SB FIVE
TWENTY ONE WILL FILL AN EXISTING
GAP TO STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY NET
FOR STUDENT PARENTS. ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO COME FROM COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY LACKED
ECONOMIC STABILITY. SO THAT THEY
CAN BECOME COLLEGE EDUCATED AND
FIND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE
INCREASED SOCIAL MOBILITY. I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU'RE EITHER
IN SUPPORT OF SB FIVE TWENTY ONE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU HAVE A SECOND WITNESS I
DON'T OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILLS PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME AFFILIATION AND YOUR
POSITION- MADAM CHAIR MIKE
CARROLL OF THE RETIRED POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR THE WESTERN CENTER
ON LAW AND POVERTY. IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. MALAYSIAN OF THE
CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
LEVINE THAT I MADE IS NOT SENATE
WITH CHILDREN NOW IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES. THE NONE I WOULD
INVITE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION
FOR THIS BILL TO PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE. RIGHT SEEN NONE
WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD TO
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE ARVEST. MODERATOR
PLEASE PROP INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. OR IN
OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER SIX
SENATE BILL FIVE TWO ONCE. THANK
YOU TO A FIVE STAR COMMONSENSE
WORK OR OPPOSITION FOR SB FIVE
TO ONE. SB ONE DIDN'T ZERO AT
THIS TIME. AND WE'LL GO TO LINE
ONE SEVEN TWO. THAT'S CORRECT.
GOOD EVENING AND I CHAIR MEMBERS
JENNIFER VALLEY WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
CONSTRUCT A PART THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OUR ONLINE THIRTY
EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MARY
THREE THE ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT
. THANK YOU. AT LINE ONE NINE
ZERO PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
EVENING THIS IS REBECCA CONSULT
WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS CALIFORNIA
CATHARINE SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
LINE ONE FIVE FOUR THIS CALL.
MAYBE NOT ABOUT THE LAUGHTER
WITH THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE IN
STRONG SUPPORT FOR FIFTY FIVE
TWENTY ONE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR NO FURTHER COMMENTS
THANK YOU AT THIS TIME GREAT
THANK YOU SO MUCH MODERATOR WILL
NOW BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK TO
OUR MEMBERS. BANK OF OUR- SIR
WHAT HAPPENS AND- TO A BOOK THE
QUESTION SENATOR THINKING MAN
CHARGED CENTER THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING THE THIS UP ENOUGH
I'D LOVE HOW YOU INTRODUCED YEAR
YOUR OPENING REMARKS I THINK
THAT'S SO TRUE- LET'S. LET'S
REASSURE PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE NO WAY OUT YOU KNOW
SOME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS UP. THANK YOU
CENTER WHAT I'LL MOVE THE BILL
WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE THINKING
Q. CENTER TO OVERLOOK NO I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THE- FOR THIS BILL
AND I WAS NOT AWARE THAT. PEOPLE
WOULD. DISCRIMINATE AGAINST- IN
. LACTATING MOMS ARE FOR HIM OR
PARENTS AND I THINK WE DO NEED
TO WORK WITH OUR POPULATION
ORDER TO. IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE
TO PUT A STATE QUITE STATUTE IN
PLACE TO MAKE THOSE
ACCOMMODATIONS STANDARD YOU
THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH
THESE. WITH THESE YOUNG MOMS
THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DO
THAT SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THAT FOURTH. I DID HAVE ONE
QUESTION WITH REGARDS IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT. WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND THE-
THE REPORT CARD. FOR THE GRADES
AND THE- REMOVING THAT NEED TO
MAINTAIN OR TO SUBMIT THE REPORT
CARD WHAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND
THAT. SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING
THAT IF A RECIPIENT. FAILS TO
MAKE ADEQUATE PROGRESS OR
DOESN'T SUBMIT A REPORT CARD ON
TIME. THAT WOULD REDUCE THEIR
BENEFITS AMOUNT BY A HUNDRED
DOLLARS. SO INSTEAD OF HELPING
OUR PARENTING LACTATING AND
PREGNANT. STUDENTS. WHO ARE
TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
PARENTING AND CHILD CARE AND
HEALTH NEEDS. WE ARE PENALIZING
THEM AND CHARGING THEM IN THAT
WHAT THAT MEANS A REDUCED
BENEFIT. MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO AGAIN
LEAD INSISTING NAMELY SO THIS
WAS A- WE ARE TRYING. TO FIX
THAT- WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A
FOR TAKE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS TO
SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNDER
TITLE NINE AND TO PROTECT THEM
AGAINST LOSING BENEFITS. OKAY SO
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT WE
HAVE FOR OR MAYBE IT'S A
COMMENT- WOULD BE THAT. M. I
WANNA MAKE SURE THEY WERE STILL
INCENTIVIZING THEM TO
ENCOURAGING THEM TO FINISH THE
PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE WE ALSO.
DON'T HOLD IT LOOKS CERTAIN
LEVEL OF- I CANNOT BELIEVE I
GUESS BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF
THAT'S THE CORRECT WORD OR NOT
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE INCENTIVIZING AND REALLY
ENCOURAGING AND- AND HOLDING
ACCOUNTABLE THESE YOUNG MOMS TO
FINISH THE FORM BECAUSE WE DO
WANT THEM TO FINISH ABSOLUTE- ON
THAT END BUT OTHER THAN THAT
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT. THANK
THANK YOU SENATOR- ONE THING
THAT FRUSTRATES ME IS THAT WE
HAVE TO CREATE LAWS TO ENFORCE
LAWS TO ENFORCE LAWS AND- I
APOLOGIZE- THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT
THIS FORWARD- BUT IT FURTHER.
SOLIDIFIES THAT WE MUST BE VERY
CAREFUL AS LAWMAKERS TO ENSURE
THAT WE DON'T ALLOW CRACKS- IN
IN THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT WE MOVE FORWARD SO THANK
YOU FOR CATCHINESS AND- SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF OUR- YOUNG MOTHERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SHARE RIGHT.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A MESSAGE-
MOTION CONSIDER WHAT HOBBS THAT
CORRECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH-
ASSISTANCE MEDLEYS CALL THE ROLL
. THE CLOSEST- I'M SO SORRY.
SENATOR PLEASE CLOSE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AND I ASK FOR YOUR I.
BOATS. THANK YOU. FILE ITEM SIX
SB FIVE TWENTY ONE THE MOTION IS
TO PASS A RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY EVERADO
GIL HI OF RADO GO I HAD CHAU
BOAKYE SHOBO GUY HURTADO.
MENJIVAR MINGE OF OUR I WILL
HAVE. WELL BY. THANKS TO THE
VOTE IS FOR ICE THAT BILL IS
OUT. OF I AM AT THIS TIME I'D
LIKE TO TAKE A BILLS ON THE
CONSENT- WE HAVE. SEE HERE WE
HAVE THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT ITEM
NUMBER NINE SB SEVEN SEVEN
THREE. ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN S. B.
EIGHT FOUR TWO AND ITEM FIFTEEN
SB SEVEN TO DRIVE A MOTION.
THANK YOU- I BELIEVE IT WAS
MOTION BY SENATOR WHILE HOBBS-
ASSISTED SMITH PLEASE CALL THAT
ROLE. COLORADO GO HI OF RAGU
AHUJA ABOVE I SAW A BOAT I HER
TADO MENTOR. MENTOR FOR I WILL
HAVE. WELL I. THANK YOU THANK
YOU SO MUCH- RATE OKAY SO- I
ALSO HAVE A REQUEST- ON SENATE
BILL FOUR OH EIGHT WITHOUT
OBJECTION I'D LIKE TO GET GRANT
THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
OF SENATE BILL FOUR OH EIGHT. SO
THEY DID THE MOTION IS. TO GRANT
A RECONSIDERATION OF SENATE BILL
FOUR ZERO EIGHT. MOTION BY
SENATOR WHAT HOBBES SO- THIS
MUST BE UNANIMOUS IN ORDER FOR
US TO MOVE FORWARD SO ANY
OBJECTION TO GRANT THAT MOTION.
HEARING AND SEEING NONE.
ASSISTANT WILL YOU CALL THE ROLE
PLEASE FILE ITEM FOR THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF RADO GIL
HI A ROGUE- I'D SHOW BOTH. THE
TROUBLED AYE HER TADO. MENJIVAR
MENJIVAR I WILL HAVE. THREE ZERO
OKAY THE VOTE IS THREE ICE THAT
BILL IS OUT. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU
SO MUCH WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND
I SEE- AUTHOR CENTER CO YET ON
HIS ENTERED THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US AND WE
HAVE TWO ITEMS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SENATE
BILL SIX FIVE SEVEN. AND SENATE
BILL EIGHT THREE ONE SENATOR
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT SB SIX FIFTY SEVEN. SB
SIX FIFTY SEVEN WILL ENHANCE
JUROR JUROR INTO LOGICAL. OR AGE
RELATED TRAINING FOR HOMELESS
SERVICE WORKERS TO BETTER
PREPARE THEM TO ASSIST OLDER
ADULTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. BECCA THE HIGH
COST OF HOUSING AND THE LACK OF
RETIREMENT ASSETS HAS CREATED A
CRISIS AMONG THE SENIOR
POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA.
LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS AMONG SENIORS THE
OLDER ADULTS. BECOME HOMELESS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR
LIVES DUE TO HIGHER HOUSING
HOUSING COSTS AND OTHER ECONOMIC
FACTORS THAT PUT A STRAIN ON
INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON FIXED
INCOMES. AS A MATTER OF FACT
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE
LARGEST POPULATION GROWTH AMONG
THE HOMELESS ARE SENIORS OVER
THE AGE. OF FIFTY FIVE. ALDER
ADULTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY WITH A
FIXED INCOME THAT ONLY INCREASES
NOMINALLY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT
PAYING THE RENT AS CALIFORNIA
RENTS SOAR. SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS INCREASED TO FIVE POINT
9% LAST YEAR WHICH IS AN AVERAGE
OF NINETY THREE DOLLARS. PER
MONTH FOR RETIRED SENIORS
ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE LARGEST
INCREASE IN FOUR DECADES IT WAS
NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN MOST RENT
INCREASES. APPROXIMATELY 40% OF
OLDER AMERICANS RELY SOLELY ON
THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME.
WHICH AVERAGES ABOUT SIXTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN DOLLARS
A MONTH. CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION
CONTINUES TO AGE IN THE SCARCITY
OF FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SUGGESTS THE NUMBER OF OLDER
ADULTS WHO ARE HOMELESS. OR IN
DANGER OF HOMELESSNESS WILL
INCREASE THAT'S ALL THE
PROJECTION HAVE SHOWN THAT TO BE
THE CASE. HOMELESS SHELTER AND
PREVENTION STAFF ARE AN
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE
SUCCESS. TO ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S
HOMELESS CRISIS HOWEVER THE
MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT OF STAFF
ARE NOT TRAINED IN THE ISSUES
AND CONCERNS OF OLDER ADULTS LET
ME JUST SAY THAT- HELPING TO
TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS- AS THEY
AGE WAS A REAL EYE OPENER TO ME
BECAUSE- IT'S WHEN YOU REALIZE
THAT THE MORE ISOLATED THAT
SENIORS BECOME. THE MORE THEY
START HAVING HEARING AND MEMORY
AND COGNITIVE ISSUES- THAT MORE-
THEY STOP DOING THE REGULAR
DAILY ACTIVITIES AND THE MORE
DANGEROUS IT IS FOR THEM FOR
FALSE AND OTHERS THE AND OTHER
ISSUES- AND SO IT REALLY THE
BILL DOESN'T MANDATE ANYTHING IT
JUST- SUBJECT SUGGESTS THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR HOMELESS PROVIDERS
TO HAVE THE TRAINING. NECESSARY
TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE
DIFFERENT ISSUE ISSUES THAT A
SENIOR HOMELESS- MEMBERS.
EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME IS
HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING AND AN A
SENSITIVITY TO THAT THE TRAINING
AIMS TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE
RELATED TO SENIORS NEEDS AND
ABILITIES TO PERFORM TO PERFORM
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. SUCH
AS BATHING DRESSING GROOMING
EATING AND MOBILITY AND QUITE
FRANKLY THERE ARE CULTURAL
ISSUES RELATED TO ALL OF THAT
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT AND COULD BE TAUGHT AS
PART THE PROGRAM- AS WELL. AGE
APPROPRIATE TRAINING ALSO
PROVIDES TOOLS TO IDENTIFY THE
OLDER ADULTS LEVEL OF DEPENDENCY
HELP CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES
AND RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL. UNDERSTANDING THE
BASICS CAN ALLOW STAFF TO UP UP
APPROPRIATELY CARE FOR SENIORS-
DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE
CHANGING THE- THE SCHEDULE- WE
DON'T HAVE ANY WITNESSES TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT SO THIS WILL
BE A REAL SHORT EASY. HEARING
AND SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. WELL THE GOOD
THING IS THAT- YOU'RE HIGHLY
REGARDED AS AN EXPERT IN THIS
AREA ADDS TO YOUR- CONSERVE YOUR
CONSTANT- ACTION TO HELP END
HOMELESSNESS PARTICULARLY IN OUR
RURAL COMMUNITIES AB IS
SOMETHING THAT I VALUE VERY
MUCH. SO I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU
ALIGNING THIS BILL WITH THE
MASTER PLAN ON AGING- BECAUSE I
THINK THAT HELPS PROPEL FORWARD
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT- I WILL-
BRING- SO NO WITNESSES ANYONE IN
THE A PUBLIC WISHING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT. HE ANYONE WISHING TO
OFFER TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION.
OKAY WE WILL MOVE TO WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS MODERATOR.
PLEASE PROMPT ANY IN INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SENATE BILL. EIGHT
THREE ONE. I'M SORRY SENATE BILL
. SIX FIVE SEVEN. SIX FIVE SEVEN
YES. THANK YOU TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION. OF SB SIX BY SEVEN
PLEASE PRESS ONE AND YOUR AT
THIS TIME. I'M SURE WE HAVE NO
COMMENT THANK YOU AT THIS TIME
OKAY THE RECOVERY IT WAS RIGHT
FOR MOVING FORWARD BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS.
YES CENTER MAY HAVE ARE. A
SENATOR I LOVE THIS I THINK THIS
IS VERY MUCH NEEDED EVERYWHERE
I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY TAKE THE
TRAINING- I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S A MANDATING COMPONENT TO
IT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY GETTING THIS
MUCH NEEDED TRAINING I
APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH SENATOR- THERE'S NO
MANDATORY TRAINING- BUT THAT'S
CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD
THINK ABOUT- BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO IS MAKE IT A MORE COOPERATIVE
PROCESS- AND QUITE FRANKLY- TO
THE EXTENT THAT. WORK WELL I
MEAN I THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT-
AGENCIES WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN
WHY THEY MEANT THEY MISSED
SOMETHING IF THEY DIDN'T GIVE
THE TRAINING TO THEIR WORK FORCE
AND- MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO WORK
THAT INTO HOW WE- GRANT
RESOURCES. TO THE HOMELESS
SHELTERS MAJORITY THE MONEY THAT
THAT GOES OUT FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES COMES FROM THE STATE
AND SO AT SOME POINT WE CAN-
EITHER THE BILL CAN MANDATED-
FOR THE GRANT APPLICATIONS CAN
MANDATE THAT THAT THEY OFFER
TRAINING. TO THEIR WORK FORCE TO
THE WORKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY-
DOING INTERACTION WITH THAT WITH
THE INDIVIDUAL AND- SO I'M MORE
THAN HAPPY TO CONSIDER THAT WE
JUST KEPT IT REAL FLEXIBLE FRY
APPRECIATE THAT EVEN I THINK THE
CHAIR SAID A COMMON IN THE
PREVIOUS BILL IS LIKE WE HAVE TO
DO BILLS TO ENFORCE BILLS WIN
FOR SPELLING. I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THIS MUCH NEEDED- TOOL IS-
IS IMPLEMENTED BUT I'LL BE I'M
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT THANK YOU
SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH
APPRECIATED. HEY. WE HAVE A
MOTION BY SENATOR CHOI BOGUE AB
I JUST WANTED TO ADD AS WELL
THAT I LIKE HOW YOU ADDED THE
PORTION ABOUT APPROPRIATIONS
BECAUSE- YOU KNOW. SO MANY
UNFUNDED MANDATES AND
LEGISLATION BUT THIS IS YOU KNOW
KIND OF PROMOTES THAT PROACTIVE
IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING ITS ALIGNED WITH THEIR
GOALS. AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO- A
PROPORTION THAT BUDGET TO HELP
SUPPORT THIS I THINK THAT WOULD
BE AN INCENTIVE AS WELL BUT I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YEAR IS A
LEAN YEAR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION- BY SEN
OVER TO A BOGE. FOR SENATE BILL
SIX FIVE SEVEN ASSISTANCE SMITH
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL- EXCUSE ME.
CENTER CAR YET WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE THANK YOU THINK I SAID
MUCH. RIGHT NOW WILL CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEMS SB SIX FIVE
SEVEN THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING OF RADO GIL HI OF RADO
GO OUTSIDE CHAU BOOK. THE
TROUBLED BY HER TADO. MENJIVAR
IMAGE OF OUR AYE WHO HUB I AM.
WHILE THINK THE FOCUS FOR ICE
AND THAT BILL IS OUT. THANK YOU
CENTER. WILL MOVE FORWARD TO
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SENATE BILL
EIGHT THREE ONE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MADAM CHAIR- THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SB
EIGHT THIRTY ONE. UP RICHARD
GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE
GOVERNOR TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CREATE A
PILOT PROGRAM FOR UNDOCUMENTED
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA IN ORDER TO CREATE A
PATHWAY. TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY
STATUS. THE UNITED STATES IS
HOME TO THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT
POPULATION IN THE WORLD. WELL
ASSIMILATION. RASCHER REMAINS
ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS
ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY. THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IS ONE OF
THE LARGEST INDUSTRY SECTORS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND ITS PERFORMANCE
IS VITAL TO THE ECONOMY OF THE
STATE. AND FEW AND FOOD SECURITY
OF THE CAP OF THE COUNTRY.
CALIFORNIA IS THE TOP
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCING STATE IN
THE UNITED STATES WITH OVER.
FIVE WITH WITH MORE THAN FIFTY
BILLION IN AGRICULTURAL ANNUAL
REVENUE PRODUCING OVER 13% OF
THE U. S. AGRICULTURAL VALUE.
CALIFORNIA PRODUCES OVER FOUR
HUNDRED COMMODITIES. INCLUDING
TWO THIRDS OF ALL FRUITS AND
NUTS AND MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF
ALL VEGETABLES CONSUMED IN THE
UNITED STATES. THESE
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ARE
ALSO GLOBALLY EXPORTED.
ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
EVERY DOLLAR OF VALUE IN FARMING
AND AGRICULTURE RELATED
INDUSTRIES GENERATES AN
ADDITIONAL DOLLAR TWENTY SEVEN
IN THE STATE ECONOMY. FOR EVERY
ONE HUNDRED JOBS IN AGRICULTURE
THERE ARE NINETY FOUR ADDITIONAL
JOBS CREATED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AND THAT INCLUDES JOBS IN
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF- OF THE
DISTRICTS. IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA PORTS TRUCKING. BOMB
TRANSPORTATION ALL OF THOSE JOBS
ARE CREATED BECAUSE OF ACT- ARE
CAN. CAN BENEFIT BECAUSE OF
AGRICULTURE CALIFORNIA'S ABILITY
TO GROW AND FEED ITS POPULATION
AND LARGE PORTIONS OF THE NATION
ARE CENTRAL TO THE NATIONAL
SECURITY. CALIFORNIA'S
AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE STATE'S
ECONOMIC WELL BEING AND IT'S
VITAL TO ITS STABILITY AND
GROWTH. THANK GO ON AND ON ABOUT
THE AT THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY
BUT ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR
FARMWORKER FAMILIES BETWEEN ONE
THIRD TO ONE HALF OF ALL FARM
WORKERS IN THE U. S. RESIDING
CALIFORNIA. OR APPROXIMATELY
500-100-0800 THOUSAND
FARMWORKERS AND SEVENTY FIVE
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 75% OF
FARMWORKERS ARE UNDOCUMENTED.
ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF THEM ARE
WOMEN. SO FARMERS AND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS ARE IN
CALIFORNIA ARE STRUGGLING TO
FIND A RELIABLE AND CONSISTENT
WORK FORCE WHICH IS. AN AGING
WORKFORCE WELL. UNDOCUMENTED
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BASED
MULTIPLE FORMS OF EXPLOITATION
MANY ENCOUNTER UNSAFE OR
UNSANITARY WORKPLACE CONDITIONS
AND ARE RELUCTANT TO REPORT THAT
THE RIGHTS. RIGHTS THAT ARE
RESERVED. FOR ALL WORKERS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN
VIOLATED. AND THIS BECAUSE THEY
ARE AFRAID OF JEOPARDIZING THEIR
JOBS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UNDOCUMENTED AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE
DISABILITY BENEFITS AND THE
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS THAT
THEY EARN AS PART OF THEIR WORK.
DURING THE PANDEMIC THEY WERE
CLASSIFIED AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS
WHO WERE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP
EVERY DAY TO WORK YET WERE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IF THEY NEEDED IT OR
ANY OTHER COVERED RELIEF GRANTED
BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS. THEY FED THE
COUNTRY BUT SUFFERED HIGHER
RATES OF INFECTION AND DEATH DUE
TO COVERT. SB EIGHT THIRTY ONE
WOULD STATE THE INTENT OF THE
LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE GOVERNOR TO CREATE A PATHWAY
TO LEGALIZE AND AGRICULTURAL
WORK FORCE THAT ARE CRITICAL TO
THE STATE'S ECONOMY. AND FOODS
SECURITY AND WHAT WHAT'S
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS BILL IS
IT'S VERY SIMPLE THERE- THE PLAN
IS- IT TO FOLLOW- PROPOSALS THAT
HAVE BEEN. PUT FORTH DONNA ANNA
IN LEGISLATION BEFORE CONGRESS
THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PASS
BECAUSE OF THAT THE DIALOGUE
THAT GOES ON BETWEEN THE STATE'S
ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD BE
RECOGNIZING UNDOCUMENTED
WORKERS. WHO CAME ILLEGALLY WHAT
WHAT THIS BILL SAID IS LOOK IN
CALIFORNIA WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED
THE ISSUE WE WANT THEM TO BE
HERE WE WANT THEM TO BE TREATED-
HUMANELY THEY HAVE HARD EARNING.
EARNING BENEFITS. THAT THEY'LL
NEVER BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SO ALL
THE BILLS THAT YOU SEE HERE THIS
YEAR THAT SAY WE OUGHT TO BE-
EXTENDING THESE THINGS TO
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS. I SUPPORT
A 100% THE POINT IS THAT THEY'RE
THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING INTO THE
SYSTEM SO WE SHOULD JUST USE
THAT SYSTEM. TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY GET THOSE BENEFITS WITHOUT
HAVING TO. PULL OUT OF OUR
GENERAL FUND THOSE FUNDS HAVE
MONEY IN THEM BECAUSE OF.
WORKERS THAT THAT DON'T REAP THE
BENEFITS AND SO- WITH THAT I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU
SENATOR DO YOU HAVE ANY
WITNESSES TO PRESENT LET ME SEE
. I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF
WITNESSES SO. ANYONE HERE TODAY
TO TESTIFY FREE. WHEN I THERE IS
SOMEBODY THAT ALL RIGHT. THERE
WE GO. OKAY WE WILL HEAR TWO
WITNESSES OF THE TOTAL OF TWO
MINUTES EACH PLEASE COME TO THE
MICROPHONE WHEN YOU'RE READY. HE
WILLINGLY WHEN ASKED DAIS
MINORITY IS VICTORIA FALLS
WITHIN WHAT THEY MULLIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE- TO THE
BIGGEST ABRIL IS BUYING YOUR
PHONE ON ME IF YOU DON'T MIND
THAT THAT ISN'T GETTING. A TON
MEANT THAT THAT HAVE A HAVE A IN
LIKE A COOL LARA YOU DO IT ON
THE BALLOT BY THEM YEAH. MAN
MORE DESPERATE CELESTE STOMACH
INCLUDING DANA YOUR OPINION A
CASE. EXPERTS ON THE EQUAL TO A
COLONEL IN WILL BE THE A SINGLE.
IN A CULT THEY THEM. TO ME OTHER
. THAN FEDERAL OUT OF ME. HE
THANK YOU. BEEN IF SEALS THE
SOLUTION MAY BE. ETIAM THE VENOM
THAT IS ABOUT THE LOS IBM ALSO
OF ANY FEES SEALS THE SAME IT
WILL ME IS THAT BLUE CROSS MEDIA
UP TOLD YOU HER MODEL. IN ROOM
NICOLE IS OPEN OF BETTER ME SO
DEEP THAT I HOPE THEY- OKAY MORE
. YEAH I'M UP LITTLE SALMON I
HAD THE WORST IN SINGH'S WILD
MAN THE ECO LOWEST THROUGH MY
MOST WILL SAY TOM ALSO A ME
EITHER. IT COOL THREE MOST A LOT
ECONOMY AT THE BY. MAY ONLY UP
NINETY CENTS SOON A SCUMBAG IN
CALI. BUT I PULLED IT. UP HOLDEN
IN OLDER I'M TALKING BILLS THE
MODELS WILL NOT BE THE MUST.
STYLE BUT I LOS KUMBIA. CALL
MORE. EITHER IN THEN BRING THE
AND WESTERN THEY TO ALSO MOST SO
LET BE THE KING. THAT OUR HOLD
MISSILE EVIL THING I. THE VOICE
THAT THEY LAY. SIEGE BIT FORTY.
THREE THANK YOU IN THE IN THE IT
WOULD BE THE RULES THAT I
HANDLED IS ESSENCE LEASE CABLE
SAY TELL. ME THE- PROCESS WAS
THE TESTIMONY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TEST WILL BECAUSE YEAH WILL HAVE
EXTEND TIME FOR THE- SO IT'S
HELLO MY NAME IS VICTORIA FALLS-
FROM WHAT THE MULLAH FROM THE
DEPARTMENT KNOWS WHO CHEAT THAT
BREAK IS I SPEAK SPANISH FROM MY
NATIVE LANGUAGE IS. KEY TO I
CURRENTLY WORK IN OUR CULTURE
AND DURING THE PANDEMIC WHILE
MANY PEOPLE WERE IN QUARANTINE I
HAD TO BE EXPOSED. TO
CONTRACTING COOLEY NINETEEN AT
WORK I WAS VERY AFRAID OF
GETTING SICK BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE MEDICAL HEALTH BENEFITS SIX
TIME PAY OR IS SOME ALL THEIR
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BECAUSE OF
MY IMMIGRATION STATUS. THE MOST
IRONIC THING IS A I DON'T HAVE
PERMISSION TO WORK LEGALLY HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES EVEN THOUGH
THEY CALL IS ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
AND WITH THEIR HANDS- WE HARVEST
THE FOOD AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ECONOMY OF THIS COUNTRY. I JOIN
THE ORGANIZATION OF LEE THAT IS
CAMPESINOS IN CALIFORNIA TO BE
ABLE TO ADVOCATE AND WORK
TOGETHER TO HAVE A DECENT LIFE-
THIS IS WHY ASK YOU TOO WERE.
TOGETHER WITH US. IN FAVOR OF
OFF AS THIRTY- HANDLE FORGET
THAT WE DON'T THAT THIS. WORK
WERE THE ONE THAT MAKES THAT YOU
HAVE PUT ON YOUR TABLE. THANK
YOU. GET US AS WELL AS THE-
THANK YOU. FOR ANY MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WITH TEXT SUPPORT.
PLEASE COME TO THE MIKE. AND SAY
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION POSSESS
OKAY MY NAME FROM. LEAGUE SATURN
. AND FEES ME ARM THE EXIT
DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY YOU'LL
COME TO THEM. IN ASSOCIATION
FARMER THEIR HAVE BEEN- FOR
FIFTY. SERVING THE FARMER SAYS
TO CAL. AVERAGE WITH SERVER.
FIFTY FOUR FIVE FIVE. IF PRODUCT
OFFICE COMPLIMENTS. CITIES WITH
. AREN'T GOING NINETEEN EIGHTY
SIX. WE HOPE PULL ME NOW SO
SUPPORT. THIS INVESTEC. THANK HE
- EIGHT ANY- ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. HEY HEARING IN C.
NINE WILL MOVE FOR TWO WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE OR VERSUS.
MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF
SENATE BILL. THE EIGHT THREE ONE
HAS SAID UNTIL EIGHT THREE ONE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO FIVE
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR SB EIGHT THREE
ONE PLEASE PRESS ONE AND ZERO AT
THIS TIME. WE WILL GO TO LINE
SIX ZERO PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
THIS IS DANIEL THURMAN FROM-
FARMWORKERS FAMILIES ARE AND ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD I AM HERE
TO. EXPRESS SUPPORT- S. B.
STRONG SUPPORT BUT AS THE EIGHT
THREE ONE- AND- THANK YOU FOR
ANY OF THE FARMWORKERS RECEIPT
OKAY THANK YOU ALL RIGHT HAVE A
GREAT ONE THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR
NO FURTHER COMMENT SECURE THIS
TIME OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
MODERATOR WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND-
TROUBLE. THANK YOU SENATOR AND
CAREER I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL TODAY BUT I DO WANT
EXPRESSED SOME. WELL I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ONE- MY
GRANDFATHER CAME- TO THE U. S.
UNDER THE BRACERO PROGRAM SO
THEY WORK HE WAS ABLE TO GO BACK
HOME AND COME BACK AND THAT'S
WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER WITH HER
CHILDREN WE CITED WE CAN HEAR
TEMPORARILY WORK DURING THE
SEASON AND THEN GO BACK HOME.
WHAT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THESE
WORKING PERMITS FOR FARMWORKERS
TO COME AND WORK IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WE NOT HAVE THOSE
PROGRAMS ANY LONGER OR DO WE
HAVE THEM AND THEIR PRESENT WHAT
IS THE STATUS I REALLY DON'T
UNDER. DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE
SO THE BRACERO PROGRAM WAS
TERMINATED IN THEN I WANT TO SAY
IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES- IT WAS
A PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED
DURING WORLD WAR TWO TO BRING-
IMMIGRANTS INTO THE STATE TO
WORK IN THE FIELDS BECAUSE- THE-
MEN. WHO WERE WORKING WERE NO
LONGER AVAILABLE AND THE WOMEN
WERE WORKING IN THE WAR EFFORT
AND SO- IT WAS SPECIFICALLY IT
WAS A- IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT
ASKED IN THE COUNTRY TO SEND
THEIR WORKERS OVER HERE TO HELP
US- DURING THE WAR AND IT
CONTINUED INTO THE- INTO THE
NINETEEN SIXTIES. SIXTIES WHERE
A LOT OF THE BUTTE ABUSES- AND-
OF THE PROGRAM. ONE OF THEM OF
WHICH WAS THAT 10% OF THE WAGES
THAT THEY EARNED. WAS- I WAS.
NOT PAID. TO THEM AND WAS SENT
TO THE- TO MEXICO. ADD TO BE
HELD IN THE BANK TO ENSURE THAT
THEY WOULD GO BACK TO MEXICO AND
NOT STAY IN THE UNITED STATES-
AND THAT MONEY. WAS
MISAPPROPRIATED. AND THEY NEVER
RECEIVED ANY PAYMENTS- FOR THE
WORK THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE
THAT 10% 10% OF THEIR SALARY
THAT THEY WERE PAID.
ADDITIONALLY WHAT WHAT HAPPENED
IS BECAUSE THEY WERE DEPENDENT
ON- ON- THAT PEOPLE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR THEIR
TRANSPORTATION THEIR HOUSING AND
THEIR FOOD- MANY OF THEM WERE
WERE TREATED VERY VERY POORLY
APART FROM THE FACT THAT THEY
WERE SPRAYED WITH. DDT TYPE TO
TYPE OF CHEMICALS WHEN THEY CAME
OVER THE BORDER TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY DIDN'T BRING ANY PESTS
OR BUGS WITH THEM SO- IT WAS A
REALLY HARSH PROGRAM THAT WAS
FINALLY DISCONTINUED IN THE
NINETEEN SIXTIES DURING THE
CIVIL RIGHTS. MOVEMENT THAT THAT
SAID YOU KNOW WE GOT A TREAT
EVERYBODY- BETTER- WHAT HAS
TAKEN ITS PLACE NOW IS THAT
THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED THE H.
TWO A. PROGRAM. THE H. TWO A.
PROGRAM AGAIN RECRUITS- WORKERS
FROM. SOUTH OF THE BORDER IT'S
MEXICO AS WELL AS OTHER
COUNTRIES- IF THEY'RE REQUIRED
TO. PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO
THE WORKERS FOOD AND HOUSING
AND- AND THEN A THERE'S A
FORMULA FOR DETERMINING WHAT
KIND OF SALARY THEY WILL RECEIVE
THEY THEY THEY RECEIVE- ABOVE
THEM THE MINIMUM WAGE- MAN THEY
WERE CARE FOR AT FOR ONE FARMER
DURING A PERIOD. OF TIME AFTER
WHICH THEY HAVE TO GO BACK- AND
CANNOT STAY AND SO- SO IT THE
IRONY THERE'S A LOT OF IRONIES-
THAT THAT WERE THAT HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED- BY. VICTORIA BOSS-
ONE OF THE IRONIES IS THAT THEY
ARE PROVIDED HOUSING. WHEN UNDER
DOCUMENTED WORKERS HAD BEEN
LIVING HERE FOR TWENTY OR THIRTY
YEARS- ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE
LACK OF HOUSING THE MATTER FACT
IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT
I REPRESENT. BECAUSE OF THE H.
TWO A. PROGRAM AND THE NEED TO
PROVIDE HOUSING- LOCAL RESIDENTS
ARE DISPLACED FROM THE RENTAL
UNITS- AND- AND HAVE TO FIND NEW
HOUSING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE LIVING IN THE
COMMUNITIES THEY'VE LIVED IN FOR
TWENTY YEARS THIRTY YEARS SO. SO
PART OF WHAT THIS THIS BILL
SEEKS TO DO IS TO SAY LOOK WE
HAVE BENEFITTED- FROM THE WORK
OF PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE WITH
GOOD INTENTIONS. AND THAT OF
HAVE SPENT YEARS- THOSE
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SPENT
TWENTY OR THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS
WORKING IN THE FIELDS DON'T HAVE
ANY RETIREMENT BET BENEFITS THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY SOCIAL SECURITY.
AND BECAUSE- THEY THEY ALSO- AS
AS BIG THIRTY OPPOSE SAID WERE
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT-
OR DISABILITY IF THEY GET HURT
OR ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM.
SICK LEAVE- THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
BENEFITS AND SO WHAT THIS SAYS
IS WE'RE GOING TO. BRING THEM
OUT OF THE SHADOWS MANY OF
THOSE. WORKERS LIVE IN THE THEIR
THEIR CHILDREN ARE US. RESIDENTS
OR SOMEBODY IN THEIR FAMILY
MAYBE A SPOUSE AND THEIR THEIR
MIXED FAMILIES AND SO BY KEEPING
THEM- IN AN UNDOCUMENTED STATUS
ON ABLE. TO GAIN LEGAL STATUS
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG.
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SYSTEM- THERE AT RISK AND
THEY'RE AT RISK OF DEPORTATION
IF THEY'RE DISCOVERED IN SO WHAT
WE WANTED TO SCREEN OUT OF THE
SHADOWS. MAKE THEM PART OF- OF
OUR COMMUNITIES WHICH THEY
ALREADY ARE AND- AND- I DO THE
RIGHT THING BY THEM. SO JUST AS
A FOLLOW UP M. WHAT. DYSLEXIC
JUST A THOUGHT. SO. I WISH WE
COULD EXPAND IN IT HAVE MORE OF
THE PERMITS WORK WORKING PERMITS
FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE LEGALLY
BECAUSE I HATE THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE. PEOPLE COMING HERE
UNDOCUMENTED AND BE SUBJECTED TO
EXPLOITATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE
THERE UNDOCUMENTED COMING IN.
BUT WE DO HAVE A NEED- THAT IS
NOT BEING MET LOCALLY SO WE DO
NEED THIS WORKER SO I AM IN FULL
SUPPORT OF EXPANDING ANY PROGRAM
THAT WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS
FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD TO COME AND WORK HERE.
IN A MANNER WHERE THEY DON'T
HAVE TO LIVE IN THE SHADOWS
BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE
THERE'S A NEED AND THEY COULD
EASILY BE MADE YOU MAD BY THE
LEGAL PROCESS. THE ONLY CONCERN
I WANT TO EXPRESS- WITH- WITH
THE WITH PASSING BILLS- SUCH AS
THIS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT
THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AS
SOMEONE WHO YOU KNOW. WE'VE
TRIED TO. MAKE MY MOTHER TRIED
TO IMMIGRATE HER HER FAMILY
MEMBERS LEGALLY AND IT TOOK
ALMOST TWENTY YEARS TO DO IT
LEGALLY- SO THAT WE OUR SYSTEM
IS BROKEN. M. THE ONLY CONCERN
THAT I WOULD HAVE I WITH THIS IS
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF.
ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO COME
HERE AND DOCUMENTING KNOWING
THAT THEY COULD THEY COULD- WORK
HERE- IN A PERMISSIVE MATTER
UNDOCUMENTED SUBJECTING PEOPLE-
TO. PARABLE SITUATIONS AS THE
THEY TRY TO IMMIGRATE HERE OR
MIGRATE HERE FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA. THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHEN
PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE
UNDOCUMENTED- AND THEN- AND THEN
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM WHEN THEY
WHEN THEY COME HERE AND BEING
EXPLOITERS THAT'S THE ONLY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT. OF PASSING LAWS
THAT- BUT MAY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO CONTINUE TO COME HERE ON
DOCUMENT IN WHICH IS WHY I'M SO
AND SO. SO MUCH SUPPORT OF
HAVING PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW TO
HAVE PEOPLE COMING MEET THOSE
NEEDS I'M I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE
BILL BECAUSE I AM. I GUESS SAID
THERE THERE'S AND THERE'S A NEED
FOR INDIVIDUALS BUT I. DO WHEN I
JUST EXPRESSED THE CONCERN THAT
. WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
ABOUT. HOW WE- ACCOMMODATE THESE
THESE INDIVIDUALS THIRD MEETING
THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN
CALIFORNIA WITHOUT ENCOURAGING
ADDITIONAL UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE
COMING HERE IN SUFFERING. OUT
WHAT THEY HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE
OF THE OF. HOW THEY COME TO THIS
COUNTRY FROM AND THAT'S THE ONLY
THING I WANTED TO EXPRESS BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. RAIN IS
FORECAST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FEDERAL HAVE. THANK YOU- I WILL
BE MOVING THIS BILL- BUT I ALSO
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT- YOU
KNOW TO THE COMMENTS MADE
EARLIER- GENUINELY IMMIGRATION'S
A PROBLEM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER THAT- I DO ALSO WANT TO
STATE THAT THESE ARE PROGRAMS
THAT GENERALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO
SURVIVE AND THRIVE- IT'S NOT TO.
TOUCH THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS
IT'S NOT TO DO ANY HARM TO
ANYBODY AT THE SAME TIME IT'S TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO FOOD- AND SHELTER AND
A LOT OF EFFORTS THAT WE CARE
ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY- AND I
WILL STATE THAT- WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT IMMIGRATION AS A WHOLE I
THINK THAT WE- WE ALL HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT IT GRADE-
EVERYONE. HAS HAS A CONCERN
ABOUT IT- I PERSONALLY WILL SAY
I TRULY DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY IS
ILLEGAL- I THINK THAT MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE WEEK WE NEED TO
ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE
ARE LEAVING FROM AND WHAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND AT THE
SAME TIME THEIR KIDS. AND OF
BEING BORN HERE AND- THEY ARE
PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES RATE AND
SO AS AS MANY TEACHINGS GO- WE
HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HER
NEIGHBORS SO. HOWEVER WHATEVER
STATUS THE HALF ON THAT IS THAT
A DUTY THAT I. HOLD VERY
SINCERELY AND GENUINELY- I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND- I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN.
DEFINITELY WORK TOGETHER TO
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MANY THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE
SAID I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THIS BILL DEVELOP AND CERTAINLY
AS A PILOT PROGRAM- I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THAT. HAPPENING HERE IN
CALIFORNIA I HAVE A- QUESTIONS
IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION BUT
I'M NOT GONNA STAND IN THE WAY
OF THIS BILL BECAUSE I FEEL
THAT. THE INTENT IS TO OPEN UP A
PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP- BY A
WOULD JUST LIKE TO LEAVE A ON
RECORD THAT I HOPE THAT OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT- CAN HELP TO.
DEFINE SOME OF THE CRITERIA I
YOU KNOW. THE NUMBER OF FORCE.
NOT BEING CONVICTED OF A CRIME I
MEAN THERE ARE SOME CRIMES IN
OTHER STATES THAT ARE NOT CRIMES
IN OUR STATE. AND YOU KNOW HOW
TO PROVIDE EQUITY- AND THEN-
LIVING CONTINUOUSLY IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR FIVE YEARS YOU
KNOW- HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT
PROVING THAT. SO THAT DEATH
AGAIN THERE'S EQUITY AND-
DIGNITY IN THE PROCESS SO THAT
WE DON'T HAVE THIS APPLICATION
PROCESS THAT GOES NOWHERE- I'M
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THAT FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO- THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND- LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
GROW. OKAY SO I BELIEVE THERE
WAS A MOTION SENATE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE BEFORE TAKING A
SIP OF THANK YOU FOR THE
DISCUSSION I APPRECIATED VERY
MUCH- IF WE WERE A COUNTRY WE
COULD DEAL. WITH THE ISSUE
OURSELVES AND WE LIKE WE JUST DO
IT. BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THERE'S SO MUCH CONTROVERSY. AT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL-
IT'S BECOME SO POLITICIZED IT
THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE'RE GOING
TO GET IMMIGRATION REFORM OVER
THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN THE
MEANTIME WE HAVE PEOPLE. THAT
ARE WORKING HERE AND LIVING HERE
AND- AS VICTORIA POLICE SAID.
IT'S IRONIC THAT THAT THEY WERE
DEEMED ESSENTIAL BUT THEN. THEY
ARE STILL UNABLE TO ACCESS ANY
OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR OUR WORK FORCE-
AND- AND THAT TO ME IS A TRAGEDY
SO THIS IS A SMALL STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION- AND- IT. IT
IT'S BEEN DONE VERY CAREFULLY SO
THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO PROBLEMS
WITH GIVING IT THE GOVERNOR
THIRTY THAT THE LEGISLATURE
HASN'T APPROVED- AND SO IT'S
FAIRLY- BROAD. SO RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR ABOUT THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A
MOTION PLEASE REMIND ME WHO MADE
THE MOTION. CENTER WHAT THANK
YOU. OKAY THE ASSISTANCE SMITH
FOR YOU PLEASE. WOULD YOU PLEASE
THAT CULTURAL. FILE ITEM EIGHT
S. B. EIGHT THREE ONE THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY OF
RODEO I A RIGHT AGO I A SHOWBOAT
HI THE TROUBLED AYE HER TADO.
MENJIVAR MENJIVAR I WILL HOP.
HOP I. WHICH IS THE VOTE IS FOR
ICE AND THE BILL IS OUT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR. WE ALSO
TOOK A VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR WE HAD FOUR EYES SO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ALSO OUT.
OKAY WE'RE AT THE END OF THIS
THAT THIS- MARATHON HERE CENTER
CHAU BOTH. WE HAVE YOU PRESENT
TÍNH M. TWO BILLS M. AS WELL AS
ITEM THIRTEEN SENATE BILL SIX TO
EIGHT ON BEHALF OF CENTERS OUT
OF WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN. I'LL BE
HAPPY TO AT PRESENT AS SENATOR
TATIS OKAY FIRST RIGHT ITEM
THIRTEEN SENATE BILL SIX TO
EIGHT. PERFECT SO I'M HAPPY TO
PRESENT SB SIX TWENTY EIGHT ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR TAYO. GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TODAY
I'M HERE TO PRESENT SB SIX
TWENTY EIGHT ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR FELLOW SB SIX EIGHTY TWO
DECLARES THAT. THE STAFF WAS
POLICY OF CALIFORNIA THAT EVERY
HUMAN BEING HAS THE RIGHT TO
ACCESS SUFFICIENT HEALTHY AND
AFFORDABLE FOOD. ON AVERAGE ONE
OF EVERY FOR CALIFORNIANS DO NOT
KNOW WHEN THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL
COME FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
RESULTING ECONOMIC SHOULD SLOW
DOWN HAS ONLY SERVED TO INCREASE
FOOD SECURITY. KINGS COUNTY FOOD
BANK LOCATED IN SENATOR FATHER'S
DISTRICT INDICATED THAT BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC THEY SERVED AN
AVERAGE ONE THOUSAND FAMILIES A
MONTH. DURING THE PANDEMIC THIS
NUMBER HAS SKYROCKETED TO AN
AVERAGE OVER FIVE THOUSAND
FAMILIES A MONTH A CORRESPONDING
RISE IN NEED HAS BEEN SEEN
ACROSS THE STATE. FOOD BANKS
EXPECT TO SERVE ELEVATED LEVELS
OF DEMAND FOR YEARS THE EFFECTS
OF COVERED NINETEEN INCLUDING
SECURITY ARE SET TO OUTLAST THE
PANDEMIC. CALIFORNIA FEEDS THE
STATE THE NATION AND THE WORLD
BUT NOT ALL OF US NOT BUT NOT.
ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE
THEIR CHILDREN'S NEXT MEAL WILL
COME FROM SB SIX TWENTY EIGHT
REQUIRES STATE DEPARTMENTS TO
CONSIDER THE HUMAN RIGHT TO FOOD
WHEN THEY CREATE AMEND OR ADOPT
REGULATIONS. THEY WILL ENSURE
THAT ACCESS TO FOOD IS TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT AS CALIFORNIA MAKES
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT
CERTAIN POLICIES THIS WILL
FACILITATE OUR ABILITY TO
PROVIDE FOR RESIDENTS TODAY AND
TOMORROW. WE MUST MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE IN OUR STATE ARE FED NOW
AND IN THE FUTURE THIS BILL
WORKS TOWARDS THAT END. NO
WITNESSES HERE TODAY. OKAY ANY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL
PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE
MICROPHONE. ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION FOR THIS BILL PLEASE
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. HERE IN
SEEN NONE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
THE TELECONFERENCE MODERATOR
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SENATE BILL SIX TO
EIGHT. TO COME FORWARD THANK YOU
. THANK YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENTS
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR S.
B. TWO SIX TWO SIX TWO EIGHT.
PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO. I WOULD
GO TO LINE ONE NINE ZERO PLEASE
GO AHEAD. MEETING OF THE
DRAWBACK GONZALEZ OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY AND-
MANAGER NO FURTHER COMMENTS
SECURITY. THANK YOU MODERATOR
OKAY WILL BRING THE DISCUSSION
BACK TO OUR MEMBERS. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. CENTER
MAKE OF OUR- THANK YOU THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SEVEN AND FOR THE
CENTERS PLACE- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS I
JUST WANT TO PUT THE QUESTION
OUT THERE. I- I WANT MY QUESTION
WAS REGARDING WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN AFTER THE DATA IS
COLLECTED UNDER THE BILL HAVE
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT. LANGUAGE
REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
RECOMMENDATION OR ARE WE JUST
GOING TO HAVE A BOOK OF DATA AND
THEN COME BACK TO IT IT WAS JUST
MY QUESTION- WANTED TO JUST PUT
. SO WHAT I DO HAVE HERE IS- A
QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO WHY DO
WE NEED A REPORT ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF FOOD MAYBE THAT MIGHT
HELP. THIS IS BY TWENTY FIFTY
THE GLOBAL POPULATION IS
EXPECTED TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY.
AS MORE LAND IS NEEDED FOR
HOUSING WE MAY LOSE NEEDED
FARMLAND TO FEED THE GROWING
POPULATION. AS THE CLIMATE WARMS
WE MAY HAVE TO TELL DIVERSIFY
THE CROPS TO PRIORITIZE GROWING
WE NEED WORKED A DATA TO LIE IN
A CHANGING WORLD WE'RE TO
PROTECTED. THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WEEKEND AND
NEED TO WORK TOWARDS BOTH WE
MUST DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO
MITIGATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS THAT HUMANS HAVE
CREATED. BUT BE PREPARED TO LIVE
IN A WORLD THAT IS DIFFERENT IN
RESPECT TO THE ONE WE LIVE IN
TODAY. SO I THINK M. I'M NOT
SURE THAT IT FULLY ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION BUT I THINK HER HER
GOAL. IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
POLICIES THAT WERE TAKING
CONSIDERATION. PUT PLANTS THE
SEEDS IN THAT REGARD WITH FOOD
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE IN
CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT'S
GOING ON IN PRIORITIZING WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO DO-
TO ACCOMMODATE CLIMATE CHANGE M.
FARMLAND AND SO FORTH- BUT AS
FAR AS- HOW THAT. IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE AFTER TWENTY TWENTY
AYE AYE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP WITH SENATOR THOUGHT I NEVER
COME UP WITH A GIFT THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE BEST I HAVE. I ALSO A
QUESTION BUT I'M NOT SURE IF
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER BUT I.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE NOTES
THAT- KIND OF PUTS US IN THE
DIRECTION. OF THIS BILL
IDENTIFIES THREE DIFFERENT
AGENCIES TO WORK IN A IN
COLLABORATION. ON A REPORT AND
I'M JUST WONDERING HAS THE CDSS
CDFA IN DO SEE HAVE THEY BEEN
CONSULTED. AND WHAT IS THERE
WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OR WEIGH
IN ON THIS. BILL HYPED UP YES-
WELCOME. YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT-
CENTER TAUGHT AS CHIEF OF STAFF
THEIR BRANDING- YEAH WE'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE
AGENCIES- AS THEY- MISSED ALMOST
HARD TO COMPILE SOME OF THIS
DATA. TO THAT FUTURE MEMBERS OF
THE LEGISLATURE- WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THEN ASSESS THE
DATA AND THEN BRING FORTH-
SPECIFIC POLICIES AND IN
RELATION TO THAT- TO THAT DATA-
SO YES OUR OFFICES COLLECTIVELY-
ATTEMPTING TO WORK WITH WITH
SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES AS
LISTED IN THE BILL. OKAY HAVE
THEY SHOWED ANY OPPOSITION OR
ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY THE LEGISLATURE
SAYING WE NEED YOU TO DO THIS
AND ASKING THEM TO DO MORE WORK-
OR- YOU KNOW MAYBE IT'S WORK
THEY ALREADY DO BUT ITS TO
COMPILE IT BUT- YOU KNOW ASKING
THREE AGENCIES TO COLLABORATE.
IS KNOWING AND I IT IS IT IS A
QUITE A SIGNIFICANT REQUEST- AND
BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED
OPPOSITION AS OF YET BUT
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL KEEP THAT
COMMITTEE A PRIZE AS WE CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH THEM. OKAY THANK
YOU THANK YOU. OKAY I AM CENTER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE- THANK
YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE I BELIEVE
THAT ANSWERED AS SENATOR. IMAGE
OF OURS QUESTIONS SO I THINK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
THE BILL ON BEHALF OF SENATOR OR
THE OTHER AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VIEW.
SO I I'M JUST GOING TO ADD HERE
THAT- I DO HAVE SOME MORE
QUESTIONS FOR THE AUTHOR- I
EIGHTY. WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH
MY VOTE TODAY BUT I'M GONNA
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO. CHANGE MY
VOTE- DEPENDING ON WHAT
DIRECTION THIS THAT THIS BILL
GOES UP. THANK URGE OTHER
MEMBERS TO VOTE- POWER THEY'D
LIKE. RIGHT OKAY. THE BIG DID I
HEAR MOTION I'M SORRY WELL
MOTIONS THANK YOU THANK YOU
CENTER MAY HAVE ARE. HEY
ASSISTANCE SMITH PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM THIRTEEN S. B.
SIX TO EIGHT THE MOTION IS TO
PASS A RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS EVERADO GIL HI
OF ROGUE- I HAD SHOW ABOVE. HI
CHAU BOGART HER TADO. MENJIVAR
MENJIVAR IOWA. BOB HI. MAKE THE
VOTE IS FOR ICE THAT BILL IS
OUT. THANK YOU CENTER OCHO BOTH
MOVE FORWARD. TO YOUR NEXT BILL.
PERFECTLY SB THREE EIGHTEEN OKAY
I FORTY SENATE BILL THREE.
BEFORE WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS. EVERY
DAY THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS
CALL TWO ONE ONE A CRITICAL
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE
THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES IN THEIR
COMMUNITY. TWO ONE ONE PROVIDERS
DO MORE THAN JUST PATCH PEOPLE
THROUGH. TO AGENCIES TWO ONE ONE
SPECIALIST ARE TRAINED TO
IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES OF A
CLIENT'S PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY
CAN CONNECT CLIENTS A WIDE RANGE
OF RESOURCES THAT MEET ALL THEIR
UNDERLYING NEEDS. NOT JUST THE
WIND PROMPTED THE- NOT JUST THE
ONE THAT PROMPTED THE CALL OR
TEXT. DURING THE PANDEMIC IN
RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS
GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND OTHER STATE
OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC
TO USE TWO ONE ONE TO ACCESS
CRITICAL INFORMATION AND
ASSISTANCE RELATED TO EVACUATION
ROUTES. EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE BAXEEN APPOINTMENTS
HOME FOOD DELIVERY FOR SENIORS
AND MORE. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THE
STATE LEADERS DIRECT THE PUBLIC
TO THE ONE TWO ONE ONE SERVICE
WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING INCREASE
IN FINANCIAL RESOURCES BOTH THE
USERS AND THE TWO ONE ONE
SPECIALIST CAN EXPERIENCE
FRUSTRATION. AND STRESS. THIS
LACK OF THE BIN OF INVESTMENT
HAS RESULTED IN LONGER WAIT
TIMES AND EVEN UNANSWERED CALLS
WHICH ALL TWO ONE ONE PROVIDERS
WORK HARD TO AVOID. AS WELL AS
ADDITIONAL STRESS ON CALL
SPECIALISTS WHO PRIDE THEMSELVES
ON DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY
INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO
CALIFORNIANS NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
SIMPLY PUT THE MAJOR CHALLENGE
THAT TWO ONE ONE PROVIDERS SPACE
IS A SERIOUS LACK OF FUNDING.
AND DESPITE STATE REFERRALS TO
THIS CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICE
THE STATE DOESN'T CURRENTLY FIND
TWO ONE ONE SERVICES IN A MEDIUM
BOWL AND ON GOING AWAY. I
INTRODUCED SB THREE EIGHTEEN TO
CREATE A GRANT PROGRAM THAT
FUNDS THE STATE'S TWO ONE ONE
SYSTEM. AND DO SO IN AN
EQUITABLE AND MEANINGFUL WAY. SB
THREE EIGHTEEN IS A BI PARTISAN
EFFORT WITH SENATOR ROTH IN
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS JOAQUIN
ARAMBULA ENGINE PATTERSON. HERE
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT AND ANSWER
ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ARE I.
LANA HITCHCOCK THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND CEO OF CALIFORNIA
TWO ONE ONE PROVIDERS NETWORK.
IN STEVE PREMINGER DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR
SANTA CLARA COUNTY. HE THANK YOU
WILL MOVE TURN LEAD WITNESSES
WILL HEAR TWO WITNESSES FOR A
TOTAL OF TEN MINUTES EACH PLEASE
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. HELLO
TERRY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
MY NAME IS A LOT OF HITCHCOCK
AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND CEO OF TWO IN ONE
CALIFORNIA. REPRESENTING THE AT
TWO ONE ONE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SOME OF YOU
MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE TWO
MEN SYSTEM IS RUN BY A PRIMARILY
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THESE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE VERY DEBT
LEVELS OF FUNDING AND VERY TWO
ONE ONE SERVICES ALTHOUGH THEY
ALL SHARE COMMON STANDARDS. OF
PRACTICES AND DEDICATION TO
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO
COMMUNITY RESOURCES. ALL OF THEM
HAVE RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO
USE THE TO AMONG DIALING CODE IN
THEIR COUNTIES THROUGH THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION BUT THAT IS WHERE THE
COMMISSION'S ROLE ENDS IS
WITHOUT DIALING CODE
AUTHORIZATION. THE TWO MEN
PROVIDERS BY AND LARGE HAVE
AMAZING PARTNERSHIPS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL AND HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON STATEWIDE PROGRAMS TO
BRING ACCESS. TO MORE RESOURCES
FOR MORE CALIFORNIANS HOWEVER AS
CENTER OF TO ABOVE MENTIONED
THERE IS A SERIOUS LACK OF
EQUITY BETWEEN THE REGIONS AND
COUNTIES- INCLUDING SIXTEEN
COUNTIES THAT CURRENTLY DO NOT
HAVE FULL SERVICE TO AND ONE.
THAT ONLY HAVE TWO IN ONE IN
CASE OF DISASTERS BUT ALSO OTHER
RURAL COUNTIES AS WELL WHERE
THERE ARE NOT AS MANY RESOURCES
FOR A ROBUST WOMEN SYSTEM.
DEMAND HAS BEEN UP DESPITE THE
COVERED- PANDEMIC ENDING WE ARE
SEEING YOUR PEAK LEVELS OF
DEMAND. DRIVEN LARGELY BY
HOUSING AS WELL AS THE WEATHER
BUT THIS ISSUE INTERSECTS ALL OF
THE AREAS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES AND
DISASTER. WE SET UP THAT NEXUS
AND WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION
AND DATA AROUND WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
NEEDS AS WELL AS INSIGHTS ON
WHAT IS COMING. AS WE HEAR THEM
AHEAD OF TIME. WE HOPE THAT YOU
FOR YOUR VOTE ON THIS BILL AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. ANY
QUESTIONS THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS STEVE
PREMINGER AND I AM THE-
STRATEGIC AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY
OF SANTA CLARA SORRY I FORGOT MY
TITLE THERE IT'S BEEN A LONG. A
LONG EVENING YES- SANTA CLARA
COUNTY USES A TWO ONE ONE QUITE
HAPPILY WE HAVE LOTS OF
RESIDENTS THAT REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO TURN IN AN EMERGENCY-
THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO TO AND
GETTING OUT THE WORD- THE TWO
ONE ONE HAS ANSWERS FOR
RESIDENTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT-
LAST YEAR PROBABLY. OVER TWO
MILLION CALIFORNIANS CALLED
THERE TO WIN ONE TO GET
ASSISTANCE- THEY CALL TO GET
HELP FOR- HOUSING- PEOPLE WHO
ARE HOUSING INSECURE PEOPLE WHO
WERE FOOD INSECURE. PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR HELP WITH THEIR
BILLS- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE- AS
WAS MENTIONED COVERT- SUPPORT
THERE'S A WHOLE MYRIAD OF
REASONS THAT PEOPLE CALL- TWO
ONE ONE IS VERY CONNECTED TO OUR
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
PROGRAMS IN ALL OUR COUNTIES
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE-
ARE SOCIAL WORKERS CASE WORKERS
PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES IN
PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL AS- MANY
OF YOUR STAFF PEOPLE THAT DO
CONSTITUENTS SERVICE WORK DEPEND
ON TWO ONE ONE- THE LAST THING
I'LL SAY IS WE'VE GONE OVER. A
NUMBER OF MEASURES THIS- TODAY
AND THIS EVENING YOU GO OVER A
COUPLE MORE- ALL OF THESE CAN BE
ASSISTED- THROUGH TWO ONE ONE BY
PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT
SERVICES ARE OUT THERE IN FACT
WORKED OF THE LEGISLATURE- WILL
BE ENHANCED IF THIS. BILL
INCREASING FUNDING FOR TWO ONE
ONE THIS PAST THANK YOU THANK
YOU SO MUCH. RIGHT ANY MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE
THE LAST YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
IN YOUR POSITION ONLY. GOOD
EVENING MATT PLUCKING WITH
UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN A STRONGLY REQUEST
YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
EVENING I'M LARRY OLMSTED OF
UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE'RE BASED IN
READING WE COVER NORTH STATE
COUNTIES AND WE ABSOLUTELY
REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU. HI
CHAIR MEMBERS I'M DOCTOR DANIEL
KYL SHIN STEIN OF REPRESENT
INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNITED WAY OR PROUD CO SPONSOR
AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I
VOTE THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TO
SEAN THOMAS- PUBLIC POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR THE UNITED WAY BAY
AREA HERE REPRESENTING THE
UNITED WAY BAY AREA AND THE
UNITED WAY OF MONTEREY COUNTY
AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES ALL IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. HE WAS A
VARGAS ON BEHALF OF UNITED WAYS
OF CALIFORNIA PROP- SPONSORS OF
THE BILL RESPECTFULLY- DRIVER
THANK YOU CAN KI¾M. GOOD EVENING
RYAN SUES ON BEHALF OF LEADING
IT'S CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU RYAN. RYAN YOU'VE
SPENT MOSTLY EVENING WITH US
TODAY YOU'RE A TROOPER THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT WE'LL MOVE ON TO
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
HEY HEARING AND SEEING THAT WILL
MOVE FORWARD TO WITNESSES
WAITING TO TESTIFY BE A THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. MODERATOR
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SENATE BILL THREE
EIGHTEEN WE ARE READY TO BEGIN.
CURRENTLY THE DOMAIN IF YOU ARE
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION PRESS
ONE THEN ZERO ON YOUR PHONE. AND
WE WILL START WITH MY NUMBER ONE
NINETY NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD. HE
DOESN'T HAVE TO THE CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION. FOR THANK
YOU. YEAH THANK YOU FOR AND NEXT
WE WILL GO TO MY NUMBER HERE
HELLO ONE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIS
IS GENET HEARST IN THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR KILLING HUMBOLDT.
WE LIVE IN A VERY RURAL AREA
COVERING OVER FOUR HUNDRED FOUR
THOUSAND SQUARE MILES. IT'S
DIFFICULT FOR THE PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY WITH JUST YOUR
POSITION PLEASE. SORRY TO CUT
YOU ARE RIGHT I'M SORRY WILL
SUPPORT OF THREE EIGHTEEN THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU NOW WE
WILL BOOK A LINE NUMBER ONE
SEVENTY NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
BUILDING READING CARING THAT IS
HERE REPRESENTING UNITED WAY THE
CALIFORNIA WE'RE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF TWO ONE ONE AND I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR IPHONE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR- THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU AN ACTUAL CLAIM
NUMBER SEVENTY FOUR. I MEAN GET
THE COMPUTER REPRESENTING TO ONE
ONE THING DIEGO HEARING STRONG
SUPPORT THE NEW YORK. THANK YOU
KNOW WE RECORDED LINE OVER. ONE
ELEVEN. ERIN SULLIVAN HAMES I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TWO
ONE ONE SERVICES IN BUTTE AND
GLENN COUNTIES. AQSA PORT THANK
YOU. NEXT TO THE WATER LINE
NUMBER ONE FIVE EIGHT PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI THIS IS KELLY BROWN BE
COMMUNITY INFORMATION OFFICER
FOR INTERFACE CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES IN VENTURA
COUNTY. AND WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. CAN BE JUST
ONE MOMENT SOMEBODY JUST QUEUED
UP HERE. MY BIGGEST IRVINE
NUMBER. HEY NEXT WE HAVE LINE
NUMBER ONE TWENTY SEVEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HELLO THIS IS ALLISON
BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EATEN I AM ARE THE NONPROFIT
THAT OPERATES TWO ONE ONE
ALAMEDA COUNTY I HEARD YOUR AYE
VOTE ON THAT HE CREATED THANK
YOU THANK YOU. OKAY AND THEN WE
DO HAVE ONE MORE LEFT HEARING Q.
IS ONE NINETY TWO. HI THERE GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS CRITICAL
FAMILY COMMUNITY ACTION
PARTNERSHIP OCCURRENCE AND
STRONGLY SIDES ARGUE TO THE
STATE AT YESTERDAY VOTE ON SB
THREE. THANK YOU. CURRENT
MANAGER THERE ARE NO OTHERS IN
Q. I THINK YOU MODERATOR FOR
BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR
MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. FROM THE COMMITTEE.
CENTER WHAT HAPPENS THANK YOU
SENATOR JILL VOGEL AGAIN THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
FORWARD- I'VE NOT ONLY HEARD
YOUR COMMENTS BUT AS WELL AS
COMMENTS OF- SOME OF THE FOLKS
THAT SPOKE- BEING ABLE TO EXPAND
SERVICES AND ACCESS TO MORE
RURAL AREAS AS WAS DISCUSSED IS
VERY IMPORTANT- I THINK THAT WE
ALL SHARE THAT- ESPECIALLY WE
ALL KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT
DISTRICTS AND DIDN'T. OBVIOUSLY
DIFFERENT CONCERNS IN OUR
DISTRICTS SO- I'M MORE THAN
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS THANK YOU.
INDIA HEY. AT CENTER CHAU BROKE
I DO HAVE A- JUSTIN MAYBE THIS
IS A- AN ERROR ON THE- ANALYSIS
BUT I JUST NEED TO HAVE SOME
CLARIFICATION. SOME LOOKING ON
PAGE TWO OF SIX. M. UNDER
SECTION NUMBER FIVE WHICH TALKS
ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE SET TO
BE COLLECTED- TWO ONE ONE
NETWORK COORDINATION WITH THE
FOCUS ON ALL THE FOLLOWING. AND
IT TALKS ABOUT ON DE SCALING UP
IN ASSISTING WITH THE OPERATIONS
OF RURAL COUNTIES. AND I WAS
ELATED TO SEE SEVEN OF MY
THIRTEEN COUNTIES NAMES THERE
SO- THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A
CHAMPION OF OUR RURAL
COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER WHEN I WAS
LOOKING AT THE LIST OF. BROWNIES
THAT WERE CURRENTLY NOT SERVED
PLASTER WAS ON THAT LIST BUT
PLASTER IS NOT ON THE LIST OF
COUNTIES FOR SCALING UP SOME
WONDERING IF THAT WAS AN
OMISSION. OR IF THERE'S A WAY
THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT CLASS OR
AS PART OF THAT LIST. I'M SURE I
I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS THE
CASE BUT WILL BE HAPPY TO
INCLUDE PLACER COUNTY COUNTY AS
WELL SIR I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
DOES ANYBODY. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT
SO ON PAGE FOUR OF SIX UNDER
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION. IT TALKS ABOUT THE
COUNTIES THAT CURRENTLY DO NOT
HAVE TO ONE ONE SERVICES ARE
AMADOR MODE ARE MODOC PLASTER
PLUMAS SIERRA TWELVE MEN YUBA.
SO I WAS USING THAT SENTENCE-
AND THEN KIND OF CROSS
REFERENCING TO WHERE WE'D BE
SCALING UP SO- IF WE CAN ADD
PLASTER THAT WOULD BE EIGHT OF
MY COUNTIES AND I WOULD BE EVEN
MORE LATER TO SUPPORT. IT WILL
BE. I DO BELIEVE WE NEED SOME
UPDATES ON THAT LIST- I SAID
SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED A
PLASTER COUNTY A BELIEVE IT'S
COVERED BY NEVADA'S COUNTIES TO
IN ONE. BUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER
ONES- DO NOT YET ACTUALLY HAVE
FULL TWO ONE ONE- ALTHOUGH SOME
ARE IN THE APPLICATION FACE. I
DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CONFUSION
WITH THAT ALL RIGHT IN A SHOUT
OUT TO ALPINE BECAUSE AL PI
BEING THE SMALLEST COUNTY IN
CALIFORNIA THEY OFTEN GET
OMITTED OR PUT INTO ANOTHER.
ANOTHER COUNTY SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR GIVING ALPINE THAT
RESPECTIVE IDENTITY THAT THEY
DESERVE. PLUS RIGHT I THINK WE
HAVE A- WE HAVE A MOTION BUT
CENTER I'D LIKE YOU TO CLOSE
BEFORE WE DO THAT. HAAPSALU LEE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IN
RESPONSE TO THE INCREASED USE OF
TWO ONE ONE SERVICES TO THIS
CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICE I
BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME FOR
STATE LEADERS TO INVEST AND GROW
TO ONE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH. OTHER
STATES BONDER TWO ONE ONE
SYSTEMS MOST RECENTLY
PENNSYLVANIA INVESTED MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TO SHORE UP AND
EXPAND THEIR STATEWIDE TWO ONE
ONE NETWORK. OTHER STATES
INCLUDE NEW YORK WASHINGTON.
INDIANA MICHIGAN MICHIGAN AND
TEXAS. THIS TWENTY MILLION
DOLLAR GRANT PROGRAM WOULD
INCREASE RESILIENCY IN
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA BY
BUILDING UPON THE CURRENT
INVESTMENT. MADE BY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE FUNDERS
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAVE A
MOTION BY CENTER WILL HELP. I
DID MAKE THE MOTION BUT OUT OF
COURTESY FOR ALL RIGHT YOU KNOW
SENATOR HERE I WILL YES. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT THE BILL HAS DID
MOVE I SAID OR WHAT HAVE
ASSISTED SMITH PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM FOURTEEN SB
THREE ONE EIGHT THE MOTION IS TO
PASS A RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS. EVERADO GIL
HI A ROGUE- I HAD SHOWBOAT HI
THE TROUBLED BY HER TADO
MENJIVAR. IMAGE OF OUR I HOP. HA
BY. THE VOTE IS FOR A- AND THAT
IS OUT. SO. BEFORE WE CALL FOR
DINNER IN. WE ARE- WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAST-
THE LAST ITEM OF THE DAY- IT IS
AGENDA ITEM SIXTEEN SENATE BILL
SEVEN THIRTY THAT IS ALSO FOR
YOU SENATOR JOE BOKE. I HOPE
THIS IS AN EASY ONE FOR YOU ALL.
AS WELL THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS. THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
OFFICE ESTIMATES THAT A NUMBER
OF SENIORS WITH DISABILITIES
WILL INCREASE FOUR HUNDRED AND
35% BY TWENTY SIXTY. THIS MEANS
THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE POINT
FIVE MILLION CALIFORNIANS WILL
LIVE WITH LIMITATIONS IN ROUTINE
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ALSO
KNOWN AS AGL'S. SUCH AS
ADDRESSING SUCH AS DRESSING
BATHING AND USING THE RESTROOM.
DESPITE NEEDING EXTRA ASSISTANCE
MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD
STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND LIVES
INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE HELP OF
CUSTODIAL CARE GIVERS LIKE HOME
CARE AIDES. REFERRED TO AS H. C.
A.'S. REGISTERED H. C. A.'S MUST
COMPLETE ANNUAL TRAINING AND ARE
OFTEN EMPLOYED THROUGH LICENSE
HOME CARE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH
ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE HOME CARE SERVICES
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT. AB TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN IN TWO
THOUSAND THIRTEEN. EXISTING LAW
DEFINES HOME CARE SERVICES AS
NON MEDICAL SERVICES AND
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY A
REGISTERED HOME CARE AIDE TO A
CLIENT WHO BECAUSE OF ADVANCED
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY
CANNOT PERFORM THESE. HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE ONE SEVEN NINE SIX
POINT ONE TWO CLEARLY STATES
THAT TOILETING. AND INCONTINENCE
CARE END ASSISTING WITH MEDICAL.
MEDICATION THAT THE CLIENT SELF
ADMINISTERS ARE INCLUDED IN
THESE DUTIES. HOWEVER THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
HAS NARROWLY INTERPRETED
ASSISTING WITH MEDICATION TO
MEAN ONLY THAT HCA'S CAN REMIND
CLIENTS TO TAKE THEIR MEDICATION
I CANNOT DIRECTLY PROVIDED TO
THEM. FOR EXAMPLE HCA'S CANNOT
OPEN A PILL BOTTLE OR STILL
APPEAL BOX INSTEAD THE CLIENT
WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM A
COMMON AILMENTS SUCH AS
ARTHRITIS MAY NEED TO SEEK
ASSISTANCE ELSEWHERE TO POOR
TASK AGENCIES ARE MORE THAN ABLE
TO PROVIDE. SB SEVEN THIRTY
WOULD CLARIFY THAT ASSISTING
WITH MEDICATION THAT THE CLIENT
SELF ADMINISTERS MEANS EIGHT
EIGHT CA CAN OPEN A MEDICATION
CONTAINER AND FILL A PILL BOX AS
WELL AS APPLY TOPICAL MEDICATION
. WE HAD PROMISING CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE OPPOSITION THIS WEEK
THIS PAST WEEK AND
WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE. THAT WE
CAN COME TO A PLACE OF AGREEMENT
I'M ACTUALLY REALLY OPTIMISTIC.
AS CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION AGES
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT
CARE GIVERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO
PROVIDE THE NON MEDICAL SERVICES
NECESSARY TO ALLOW SENIORS AND
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO
REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES FOR AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE. JOINING ME TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OUR IGNACE TO
SUSPEND THIS AND TONY GONZALEZ
ON BEHALF OF THE HOME CARE
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. THANK
YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE WHEN YOU'RE READY.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS- COUNTY
GONZALEZ- REPRESENTING THE HOME
CARE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA I
LIKE TO THINK THE SENATOR OCHO
BOOK FOR INTRODUCING THE BILL.
AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
WORKING WITH US ON AMENDMENTS
THAT WE TOOK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
I'LL JUST WHAT VERY BRIEFLY
WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A- A
COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMITTEE
THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
OPPOSITION CALIFORNIA NURSES
ASSOCIATION- PROVIDED US
AMENDMENTS LAST WEEK TO
CONSIDER. AND WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING THAT AND- WHEN
WE GO FORWARD WE DEFINITELY WANT
TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO GET
IT RIGHT AS THE BILL MOVES
FORWARD IF IT IS APPROVED TODAY-
AS BILL MOVES FORWARD TO
APPROPRIATIONS AND WITH THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE- IT DOES
JUSTICE FOR THIS WITH A BRIGHT
STAR HERE IN. SACRAMENTO THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE NSSF FOR THIS WITH
PRICE TAG CARE. LICENSE HOME
CARE AGENCY. OUR CLIENTS ARE
ELDERLY PEOPLE AND DISABLED
PEOPLE THAT COME HOME AND ARE
EXPECTED TO HELP THEMSELVES WITH
THE CARE THAT THEY NEED TO STAY
AT HOME. AND THAT CARE USUALLY
REQUIRES. EXPECTATIONS OF LATE
PEOPLE BUT THEY CAN'T DO
THEMSELVES. AND THAT INCLUDES
THINGS SUCH AS OPENING UP THE
BOX SITTING UP THEIR MEDICATIONS
AND BEING OUT KATHIR BAG- OR
TAKING THEIR OWN BLOOD PRESSURE.
AND IT CAN ALMOST DO IT BUT THEY
NEED SOME HELP AND RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO CLARITY AS TO WHERE
THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO WERE NOT.
IN ANY WAY TRYING TO ENCROACH
INTO THE LICENSE SIDE OF THE
ACTIVITIES. BUT TO REMAIN IN THE
NON MEDICAL SIDE BUT LET PEOPLE
STAY HOME AND PROVIDE THE
SERVICES THAT ARE INTENDED FOR
LAY PEOPLE AND IF THEY CAN DO IT
A FAMILY MEMBER. NO LICENSE
FOUNDING MEMBER WOULD WOULD
PROVIDE SO THANK. YOU VERY
SUPPORT. EIGHT ZERO. THE NEW
MEMBERS OF THE WHICH EXPRESS THE
PORT FOR THE BILL. APPROACH BACK
FROM RIGHT GOOD EVENING.
REPUBLICAN BEHALF OF INSTEAD IS
THE- THANK YOU. RIGHT WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION DO WE HAVE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. ANY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE SHOULD
TOOK FIRST OPPOSITION FOR THIS
BILL PLEASE APPROACH. GOOD
EVENING DOUG JOHNSON CALIFORNIA
NURSES ASSOCIATION OPPOSE. THANK
YOU. RIGHT WELL NOW MOVE ON TO
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. MODERATOR
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF SENATE BILL SEVEN
THIRTY THAT WE ARE READY.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IF
YOU ARE IN ORDER OPPOSITION OF
THE L. SEVEN THIRTY PLEASE PRESS
ONE THEN ZERO. THEN WE WILL
START WITH MY NUMBER ONE THIRTY
TWO. YOUR WOMEN AND SENATOR.
SHALL TREMBLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SUPPORT OF SB
SEVEN THREE ZERO THANK YOU THANK
YOU. OKAY MA'AM SO WE DO NOT
HAVE ANYMORE IN Q. ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU MODERATOR I WILL NOW
BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR
MEMBERS MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS. UNDER MAKE OF OUR- HI
I DON'T I JUST SENATOR- I
UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW I I'M
ASSUMING I'M NOT SURE AND I LIKE
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU KNOW
GIVEN THE WORK FOR SHORTAGE THAT
WE HAVE. YOU KNOW I'M NOT MAYBE
THAT'S WHY WE CAN GET A NURSE TO
COME INTO THAT- BUT I WITH MY
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
LIABILITY LIKE YOU WHAT IF
SOMETHING GOES WRONG HOW ARE WE
HOW ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS A
HOMEMADE- PROTECTED. SO THE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTUALLY
EMPLOY THEM ARE ARE REQUIRED TO
BE FULLY INSURED SO UNDER THAT
UMBRELLA THE- HOME CARE AIDES
ARE ACTUALLY NOT LIABLE
WHATSOEVER THEY ARE PROTECTED-
BASED ON THESE PEOPLE TO EMPLOY
THEM. PERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THAT- BUT I WAS ONE OF MY
BIGGEST CONCERNS I'M I DO HOPE
THAT YOU DO I CONTINUE AND I
HEARD YOU WILL BE CONTINUE WITH
OPPOSITION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING ON- THESE
THE LICENSE THE LICENSEES-
BEHIND THIS DEBATE BUT A LOT OF
WORK BEHIND THE- CERTIFICATION
SO. THANK YOU. SO MUCH BUT I
WILL BE VOTING THIS OUT THANK
YOU. THANK CENTER SHOW VOGUE-
THANK YOU FOR WORK WITH THE
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION.
EURASIA YES- NO NOT THAT I WANT
TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR OKAY- BOB.
THANK YOU- SO I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE'RE HAVING WITH- THE
OPPOSITION WHICH IS MAINLY THE
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION
CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT YES OKAY
AND THEN- THE THERE THE MOMENT
THAT IS POTENTIAL. OZ EXPANDING
THE PERMISSIBLE DUTIES OF
REGISTERED HOME CARE AIDES TO
PERFORM PATIENT CARE IF CLINICAL
EDUCATION TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE
REQUIREMENTS ARE INCLUDED
CORRECT. YES WHAT OUR INTENT IS
WITH THE BILL IN THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WE HOPE TO TAKE WITH THE-
AT THE REQUEST OF THE CALIFORNIA
NURSES ASSOCIATION. IS TO ENSURE
THAT THE SERVICES REMAIN NON
MEDICAL. AND THAT THEY IN NO WAY
WOULD BE CONSTRUED AS SERVICES
THAT OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE
BY THE NURSES UNDER THE NURSING
PRACTICE ACT. OKAY AND I JUST.
AND HOME CARE WORKERS ARE OR WE
TALK ABOUT HSS WORKERS IN AND
THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD RESERVE
OF PRIVATE DUTY PAID WORKERS SO
NOT HSS. BUT- FULLY PRIVATELY
PAY FOR ANY CAN YOU GIVE ME AN
EXAMPLE. OF LIKE BRIGHTSTAR CARE
SO THEIR CLIENTS ARE INDIVIDUALS
WHO OF WHETHER FAMILY MEMBERS
OR- OR THEMSELVES PAY FOR THE
HOME CARE SERVICES THERE'S NO
TAXPAYER FUNDING IN THIS PROGRAM
WHATSOEVER IT'S A- ESSENTIALLY A
PRIVATE BUSINESS ACTIVITY THAT'S
REGULATED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO THESE HOME CARE
WORKERS AND JUST FOR. CLARITY.
ARE NOT FILLING UP TILL
ORGANIZER AND- OPENING
CONTAINERS AND SO FORTH WHAT
WHAT DO THEY DO EXACTLY. A RANGE
OF THINGS- IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE
AS A HOUSE CLEANING- SHARING-
GOING TO THE BATHROOM I HAVE A
LIST HERE IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO
YEAH. RIGHT YEAH I HAVE A LIST
FOR YOU SO HEARING HOME CARE
AIDES ARE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED
TO PROVIDE NON MEDICAL SERVICES
IN THIS IS INCLUDING BATHING.
DRESSING FEEDING EXERCISING
PERSONAL HYGIENE AND GROOMING
TRANSFERRING. EMULATING WALKING
POSITIONING TOILETING AND
INCONTINENCE CARE HOUSEKEEPING
MEAL PLANNING AND PREPARATION
LAUNDRY TRANSPORTATION
CORRESPONDENCE MAKING TELEPHONE
CALLS SHOPPING FOR PERSONAL CARE
ITEMS- GROCERIES COMPANIONSHIP
AND ASSISTING WITH MEDICATION
THAT THE CLIENT'S SELF
ADMINISTERS. OKAY YOU KNOW I
DEFINITELY WANT TO FOUR ON THERE
TO BE SOME TYPE OF AMENDMENT- IN
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CALIFORNIA
NURSES ASSOCIATION- LOVE SEAT
NURSES ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM-
HOME CARE WORKERS AND THAT. THEY
DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS RIGHT
NOW YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE
ABLE TO FILL OUT A BOTTLE AND SO
FORTH SO I WILL BE MOVING THIS
OUT OF COMMITTEE BUT I'M
EXPECTING- OBVIOUSLY SOME
CONVERSATIONS AND SOME
AMENDMENTS JUST TO CLARIFY
LANGUAGE SO. THANK YOU AND
SENATOR THANK YOU AND I THINK
THAT'S ONE OF THE- CONVERSATION
THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD ON FRIDAY-
I BELIEVE IT WAS FRIDAY WHEN WE
HAD THE CONVERSATIONS. BUT IT'S
BASICALLY JUST CLARIFYING
LANGUAGE BUT I THINK EVERYBODY'S
IN AGREEMENT THAT AS WE- ALLOW-
THE HOME CARE AIDES TO BE ABLE
TO DO. THINGS SUCH AS OPENING A
PILL BOTTLE FOR INSTANCE OR
FILLING OUT THAT THE- THAT THE
PILL BOX. IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS OUR
NURSES WHO ARE CERTIFIED AND
LICENSED IN THEIR MEDICAL- IN IN
THEIR MEDICAL SPACE TO BE ABLE
TO DO MORE ON THERE AND SO I
THINK IF ANYTHING IT THIS IS
JUST ALLOWING THEM TO DO THE
PROFESSIONAL JOB IN ALLOWING-
DIVISIONS LIKE HOME CARRY. OUT A
SCHOOL TO DO A LITTLE ADDITIONAL
HELP ON THAT END DEFINITELY
THANK YOU AND- CHAIR AYE I WILL.
GLADLY ADD A COURTESY. AND MOVED
ITEM WHEN APPROPRIATE THANK YOU.
ON THE OTHER YOU'RE STANDING
FIVE LIKE WE'RE- WE'RE NEARING
THE END- I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY- THIS EXCLUDES I HSS
WORKERS OR IN HOME SUPPORT
SERVICES SO THAT WAS ANSWERED
FOR ME- I'M FOCUSED ON THE
ARGUMENT IN OPPOSITION- FOCUSED.
ON V. QUOTE THAT SAYS ANY PERSON
OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN CAN
BECOME A REGISTERED HOME CARE
AIDE WITHOUT ANY TRAINING
EDUCATION OR CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE. SO CAN YOU ELABORATE
ON THAT- ONE MY QUESTION IS WHO
DO THEY REGISTER WITH. AND THEN
WHAT IS THE- WHAT IS THE
TRAINING AND EDUCATION OR
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO BE HIRED
. THANK YOU THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION PART OF WHICH I WILL
DEFER TO NASCO. BUT THERE IS A
TRAINING REQUIREMENT IN LAW. IN
THE HOME CARE AIDES PROVIDE NO
CLINICAL. PRACTICE OR EXPERTISE
WHATSOEVER THESE ARE IN NO WAY
MEDICAL PERSONNEL EITHER FROM
NURSE- ON UP TO THE DOCTOR. BUT
AS FAR AS WHAT THE TRAINING
REQUIREMENT ENTAILS I THINK I'D
LIKE TO ASK- COULD NOT SIT DOWN
FOR THAT AND WHO DO THEY
REGISTER WITH I'M SORRY THE-
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES. I
ALSO HAVE A DANCER FOR YOU AND
IF THAT DOESN'T SUFFICE. YOU YOU
WANT TO WANT TO DO THAT
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION THAT'S
REQUIRED FOR A LADY FOR HIRING
PROBABLY MORE THAN HAPPY TO
ANSWER THAT AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING
PLEASE. FEEL FREE TO THAT IS SO-
TO THE HOME CARE AIDES HAVE ANY
EDUCATION TRAINING THE FOLLOWING
IS YES REDUCE YOUR AGENCIES MUST
COMPLETE ANNUAL TRAINING AND ARE
OFTEN EMPLOYED THROUGH LICENSED
HOME CARE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH
ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE HOME CARE SERVICES.
CONSUMER PROTECTION. ACT AT AB
TWO SEVENTEEN TO THIRTEEN THE
ACT CREATED A SYSTEM FOR THE
LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOME
CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
REGISTRATION OF HOME CARE AIDES
FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY TO
SAY THAT HOME CARE AIDES LACK IN
EDUCATION TRAINING OR CLINICAL
EXPERIENCING NOR IS THE MARRIED
OF FORMER HEALTH CARE WORKERS
WHO BECAME HOME CARE AIDES AFTER
THE CLINICAL TRAINING. TO CARE
FOR A LOVED ONE WELL THE
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AT HOME
CARE AIDES ARE SUBJECT TO MAY
NOT BE AS SPECIALIZES THOSE WHO
PERFORM MEDICAL TASKS. TO SAY
THEY HAVE NO EDUCATION TRAINING
OR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IS- OVER
GENERALIZATION. THE CENTER IS A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE ANNUAL
TRAINING- HAPPEN TO BE
REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR DOES IT GO
FROM EMPLOYER TO EMPLOYER. YEAH
THE THERE'S AN INITIAL FIVE
HOURS SIR FROM TRAINING THEY
NEED TO HAVE TO GET REGISTERED
AND THEN TO SEND THIS ON FIRE
FIVE HOURS OF TRAINING EVERY
YEAR EVERY YEAR TO KEEP THE
REGISTRY TO MAINTAIN THEIR
REGISTRATION AND WHAT IS THE-
WHAT'S THE CURRICULUM OR WHAT IS
THE FIVE HOURS ENTAILED YOU KNOW
. ALL THE DIFFERENT TO THE
OXFORD YEAH. THAT IS SO SOME
SOME HOW LOOSELY DEFINED SO
THERE'S SOME BASIC CATEGORIES SO
SOME OF IT IS ABOUT OPERATIONS
AND HOW TO INTERACT WITH AGENCY.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ON THAT TYPE OF
ACTIVITY SAID THAT AGENCY TENDS
TO DO THE MOST SO WE MIGHT IN MY
PARTICULAR AGENCY WE TRAINED
THEM LOG ON INCONTINENCE CARE
AND OUT AND- TOILETING AND SOME
OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
SOMETIMES MORE RISKY WITHOUT THE
TRAINING. WE DON'T TRAINING SO
MUCH ON HOW TO MAKE A SANDWICH
CORRECT YEAH BUT HEY WE TEND TO
TRAIN IN THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE
BEEN MORE RISKY. SO IS IT FAIR
TO SAY THAT WITH THIS- ADDITION
TO- OPENING AND MEDICATION
CONTAINER FILLING UP PILL
ORGANIZER- INSURING WRITTEN
MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN
ASSISTING CLIENT WITH THE
APPLICATION OF TOPICAL
MEDICATION. USING GLOVES AND
APPLICATORS. THAT THAT WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE TRAINING. I
WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE MY AGENTS
TRAINING THOSE OF COURSE OKAY
AND YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE
UNIQUE FOR YOUR AGENCY OR DO YOU
THINK THAT OTHER. HOME CARE
AGENCIES THAT ARE LICENSED TO
EMPLOY REGISTERED HOME CARE
AIDES WOULD FOLLOW THAT. MODEL I
WOULD THINK THEY WOULD THEY
WOULD ALL DO IT IS NOT AND- IS
NOT THERE RIGHT NOW SPECIFICALLY
BUT I WOULD THINK EVERYBODY
WOULD DO THAT. OKAY SO FROM A
CONSUMER'S PERSPECTIVE- IT DOES
AT A CLIENT TO HAVE THE ABILITY
TO- UP FILE A COMPLAINT OR TO
SELECT THEIR HOME CARE AIDE. AT
IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT-
EXPERIENCED IN WHAT THEY'RE
ASKING THEM TO DO. YES THEY CAN
THEY CAN FIND A COMPLAINT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE WHOLE
CARE SERVICES BUREAU AND THEY
CAN ALSO VERIFY THAT THEIR- HOME
CARE AIDE IS REGISTERED AND THEY
CAN VERIFY THAT THE AGENCY IS
LICENSED. AND CAN THEY ASK THE
AGENCY FOR ANOTHER HOME CARE
AIDE IF THEY- DON'T ACT OR FEEL
LIKE THEY THEY'RE NOT TRAINED
WELL ABSOLUTELY YEAH. OKAY YEAH
THEY'RE NOT STACK WITH AN
ASSIGNED HOME CARE AIDE. RIGHT
OKAY THANK YOU. I'M MORE
FAMILIAR WITH THE IN HOME
SUPPORT SERVICES SO THEY KEEP
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I. GET
ALL THE INFORMATION ON BOTH
SIDES BUT- I CERTAINLY AGREE
THAT WE HAVE A WORKFORCE CRISIS
HERE- THROUGHOUT THE U. S. BUT
CERTAINLY IN BEING ABLE TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF OUR AGING
POPULATION AND- I LOOK AT THIS
AS AN ENTRY LEVEL OPPORTUNITY
FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO CONTINUE
IN NURSING IT'S- DIFFICULT TO
GET INTO NURSING SCHOOL I WISH.
YOU KNOW I WASN'T DID HAVE TO
SAY THAT- BUT I BUT KNOWING THAT
YOU KNOW FINDING THE LOVE OF
WORKING WITH THE ASIAN POP IT
POPULATION ARE IN THE MEDICAL
ARENA- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE-
ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS WHERE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GROW AND LEARN
AND DEVELOP AND DEATH. YOU KNOW
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO NOT ONLY HAVE COMMONSENSE
ASPECTS OF SUPPORT BUT ALSO TO
ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE-
GIVING PEOPLE THE DIGNITY OF
THAT WORK. SOUTH STREET THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD OKAY
SO I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION BUT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE BEFORE
WE DO THAT. JUST THINK ABOUT IN
CHAIR. SB SEVEN THIRTY CLARIFIES
EXISTING LAW AND ALLOWS OUR
CONSTITUENTS WITH DISABILITIES
TO LIVE AT HOME AFFORDABLY AND
WITH DIGNITY I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
SENATOR Y. HOP. OVERALL IN SB
SEVEN THIRTY ASSISTANCE PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM SIXTEEN
SB SEVEN THIRTY THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF
ROGO. HI I'M RUNNING GOOD I'D
SHOW BOTH. I CHAU BOGARD
MENJIVAR. MENJIVAR I WILL HAVE.
WELL BY FOUR ZERO THANK YOU FOUR
ZERO AT DON'T LEAVE YET DON'T
LEAVE YET FOUR ZERO THERE'S FOUR
EYES. THAT BILL IS OUT BEFORE WE
FINISH I HAVE TO TAKE UP THE
BILL'S ON CALL. OKAY THANK YOU
MAY HAVE OUR- ASSISTANT PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL OF ABSENT MEMBERS
. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE FILE ITEM
ONE SB THREE FORTY EIGHT. THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING OUTSIDE THE VICE CHAIR
VOTING I. WILL HOP. WHAT BY.
FOUR ZERO. FOUR IS ZERO THAT
BILL IS OUT. FILE ITEM TO S. B.
THREE EIGHT ZERO THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION WITH THE
CHAIR VOTING I THE VICE CHAIR
VOTING I. WILL HOP. WAHA BY.
ZERO IT'S FOR ICE THAT BILLS OUT
. FILE ITEM THREE SB FOUR ZERO
SEVEN THE MOTION IS TO PASS THE
RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY. WITH THE VICE WITH
THE CHAIR VOTING I THE VICE
CHAIR NOT VOTING BOB. HI BY
THREE ZERO. EIGHT THE VOTERS
THREE ZERO THAT BILLS OUT.
MESROP ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT IT
LOOKS LIKE THE IT'S A WRAP THANK
YOU COMMITTEE STAFF FOR ALL YOUR
WORK ON THE BILLS TODAY. THANK
YOU SERGEANTS FOR STAYING WITH
US AS WELL MODERATORS MEMBERS OF
THE AUDIENCE I WILL NOW CLOSE
TODAY'S HEARING OF THE SENATE
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE AND-
WE'LL HAVE SOME DINNER WITH.