IT MORNING GOOD MORNING
EVERYBODY SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS WILL WILL COME TO
ORDER- I SEE WE DON'T HAVE A
QUORUM JUST YET- BUT I WANT TO-
WELCOME THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO
ARE HERE IN PERSON AND THOSE WHO
ARE CONNECTING WITH US VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8216 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS SIX TWO ONE SEVEN ONE SIX
ONE. WE ARE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARING IN THE- STREET
BUILDING I WOULD ASK ALL MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE TO- COME AND
JOIN US HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
QUORUM AND BEGIN OUR HEARING I
DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE
POTENTIALLY FOR SENATE
COMMITTEES MEETING CONCURRENTLY
WITH US SO. WE DO HAVE MEMBERS
WHO ARE DOUBLE BOOKED SOME IN
FACT ARE CHEERING OTHER
COMMITTEES. SO IT WILL CREATE A
CHALLENGE FOR US AS WE HEAR
THESE IMPORTANT BILLS- TODAY
SEVENTEEN BILLS ON OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE FOUR BILLS USE ME THREE
BILLS ARE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR TODAY. ARE THE ITEMS ON
CONSENT OUR FILE ITEM NUMBER
FIFTEEN SB SEVEN NINETY EIGHT.
FILE ITEM NUMBER SIXTEEN SB FIVE
EIGHT TWENTY ONE. AND FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVENTEEN S. B. EIGHT
EIGHT EIGHT BY THE COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS. SO WE'D LIKE TO
INVITE AUTHORS TO COME JOIN US
WE'LL MEET AS A SUB COMMITTEE
PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING A QUORUM
SO OTHERS IN THE BUILDING COME
ON DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR
BILLS. AND WE'LL TAKE A SHORT
RECESS WHILE WE WAIT FOR THEM TO
ARRIVE.
ON TIME THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CENTER SKINNER FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE- FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SB TWENTY FIVE. AND YOU CAN
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH CHAIR- ATP'S ARE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAT'S OKAY SO
IN CALIFORNIA UNDER CURRENT LAW.
YOU MUST BE IN PERSON. IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AT TO FILE
YOUR DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
NOW WE HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE-
SAY YOU'RE A CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBER AND YOU MUST BE IN DC FOR
A VOTE. IT THEN IT BECOMES VERY
DIFFICULT TO BE PHYSICALLY
PRESENT IN CALIFORNIA ON THE
DEADLINE TO FILE CANDIDACY MOST
OTHER STATES ALLOW IN THOSE SUCH
CIRCUMSTANCES THE ABILITY TO GO
BEFORE A NOTARY. IT EVEN IF
YOU'RE NOT IN THE STATE TO GO TO
BEFORE A NOTARY WHERE YOUR
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY IS THE
NOTARIZED AND YOU'RE ABLE TO
FILE SO WHAT THIS BILL DOES IN
THE US SPONSOR IS OUR SECRETARY
OF STATE- DR SHIRLEY WEBER IS
ALLOW FOR THAT EXCEPTION UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU
CANNOT BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT
SAID YOU HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
OR SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE
I'VE MENTIONED. AND IT ONLY
MAKES THAT SINGLE CHANGE TO THE-
LECTION LAW IN ORDER TO ADDRESS-
THAT ISSUE AND I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE TED MAUL HAUSER FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OFFICE
WITH THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF
STATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CENTERS SKINNER. YOUR HOUSE
YOU'RE WELCOME TO BEGIN. THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR- THIRTY
SKINNER- TEN MILES ARE BEHALF OF
SECRETARY OF STATE'S REALLY AND
WEBER PHD- SPONSOR OF SENATE
BILL TWENTY FIVE- THIS I MEASURE
AIMS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
DESCRIBED BY SENATOR SKINNER BY
ALLOWING CANDIDATES TO SUBMIT A
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY USING
AN ARTERIAL CERTIFICATE
PERFORMED. BY A NOTARY
COMMISSIONED- IN ANOTHER STATE-
IF THEY- YOU KNOW LOCATED IN THE
UNITED STATES A SOLUTION GUARDS
AGAINST THE POSSIBLE
DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS BY
REMOVING BARRIERS THE NUMBER OF
CANDIDATES THAT MAY ULTIMATELY
THE VOTERS MAY ULTIMATELY CHOOSE
FROM WHEN THEY CAST THEIR
BALLOTS- AND AGAIN ON BEHALF OF
SECRETARY WEBER RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST RIGHT BUT- THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ARE THERE IS
ANOTHER SECOND AB- PRIMARY
WITNESS IN SUPPORT CENTER
SKINNER JUST ONE JUST ONE OKAY.
SO- AT. THE RULES WERE GETTING
HERE FROM THE- THOSE IN THE ROOM
FIRST IN SUPPORT OKAY OF THOSE
OTHERS AND IN SUPPORT OF THE
ROOMS THAT COME TO THE
MICROPHONE. INDICATE THEIR NAME
AND AFFILIATION AND THEIR
POSITION. IS THIS ONE ARE BEHALF
THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU THANK YOU
. MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS CLIFF
COSTA ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL
NOTARY ASSOCIATION LIKE TO THINK
THE AUTHOR AND SPONSOR FOR
WORKING WITH US AND SOME
TECHNICAL CHANGES. THAT WERE
AMENDED IN THE BILL LAST WEEK
AND FOR THAT WE WILL BE
SUBMITTING A SUPPORT LETTER
WANTED TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT
TODAY GREAT THANK YOU. I JUST
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN NOR
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE'RE GONNA.
HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR AND
OPPOSE IN THE ROOM AND THEN
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LIGHTS THE NOBODY
AT ANYBODY ELSE IN IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL HERE IN THE ROOM. OKAY
THAT'S GOOD OPPOSITION IS THERE
ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL HERE IN OUR HEARING ROOM.
I'D SEEN THAT ANYONE WISH TO
COME TO THE MICROPHONE IN
OPPOSITION. C. NINE WILL GO TO
OUR- TELECONFERENCE LINE
MODERATOR EITHER. I AM HERE
GREAT THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
TODAY. YOU COULD ASK ANYONE
WHO'S AG Q. THAT. THEY WOULD
LIKE TO INDICATE THEIR POSITION
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO SB
SENATE BILL TWENTY FIVE BY
CENTER SKINNER THAT WOULD BE
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION YOU MAY
PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN
THAT IS ONE AND THEN THE OFFER
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF AT
LEAST. TWENTY FIVE. AND ONE
MOMENT WE DO HAVE A FEW CUED UP
. IT IS REMINDER. AND OPPOSITION
UP AT THE. TWENTY FIVE. AND WE
WILL GO TO LINE OF THIRTY NINE
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI I'M
OPPOSED TO THIS BILL AND I AM
FROM MY NAME IS THAT I'M FROM
SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND
REPRESENTING ELECTION INTEGRITY
PROJECT CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. NEXT CALLER PLEASE.
THANK YOU WILL GO LINE TWENTY
SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MY NAME
IS MIKEL FROM THE L. A. COUNTY I
AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
BILL THANK YOU NEXT CALLER
PLEASE. THANK YOU AND NEXT WE'LL
GO TO LINE OF FORTY ONE YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. MARLENA THE FRAME
AND I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS
BILL. THANK YOU NEXT WE'LL GO TO
LINE A TWENTY TWO YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. YES MY NAME IS LIZ WHAT HE
AND I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO
THIS BILL. AB MODERATOR IF YOU
COULD JUST REITERATE THAT THIS
IS SENATE BILL TWENTY FIVE I
KNOW WE HAVE A SENATE BILL
TWENTY FOUR. ON OUR DOCKET
TODAY'S WILL BE CLEAR THAT
THERE. TESTIFYING ON SENATE BILL
TWENTY FIVE. THANK YOU. AND MAKE
SURE WE HAVE NO FURTHER
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT AND KEEP.
VERY GOOD THANK YOU IT'S ALWAYS
DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT
TO A NUMBER FROM CENTER- BURKE
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON
THAT- OKAY WE'RE GONNA BRING THE
ISSUE BACK TO- THE COMMITTEE FOR
DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS ANYBODY
HERE HAVE DISCUSSION OR
COMMENTS. CENTER SKINNER- THIS
IS A GOOD BILL I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT IT TODAY I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY IN YOUR IN YOUR OPENING.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD TO
HAVE A REASON. YOU WERE STUCK A
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR
SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S
PART OF THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT
IT WAS RIGHT OR TO GIVE THE
ILLUSTRATION OF WHY THIS WOULD
OCCUR YEAH. BUT GIVEN THAT THE
STANDARDS THAT ARE HIGH FOR
NOTARIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A ANY
MATERIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
HAVING THAT NOTARIZED HERE IN
OUR STATE FORCES ELSEWHERE
CORRECT DID YOU GIVE ANY THOUGHT
TO IT PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY
THEREFORE I'D- STANDARD TRIP.
COULD BE A CONGRESSIONAL TRIP TO
THE MIDDLE EAST THAT MIGHT BE
LASTING MORE THAN. A JUST A FEW
DAYS ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHETHER
THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN
YOUR BILL- WE HADN'T REALLY
ANTICIPATED THAT AND I THINK
THAT'S A BIT TRICKIER ONLY
BECAUSE- DEPENDING ON WHAT
COUNTRY THEY'RE IN THEIR NOTRE
IS IT. THE NOTARY STANDARDS MAY
NOT BE THE SAME. SO IT SEEMS
MUCH EASIER TO DEAL WITH.
ENSURING THAT AT LEAST WITHIN
THE CONTINENT OR WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES THE NOTARY
STANDARDS ARE. COMPARABLE SO
GREAT AND DOES THAT INCLUDE
PORTER RICO AND SOME OF OUR
OTHER- PHILLY ATTACKS. I BELIEVE
SO BUT IT MIGHT WE MIGHT TURN TO
OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
NOTARY ASSOCIATION TO BE ABLE
TO. INDICATE WHETHER THEY-
STANDARDS ARE THE SAME THEY ARE
I BELIEVE THEY ARE BUT. THE
LET'S HEAR FROM HIM. CENTER I'M
THROUGH THE CHECK OUT TO THE
CHAIR- I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE ON OKAY YOUR
SUPPORT RICOH I DON'T KNOW IT
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SOMETIMES QUESTIONS YOU DON'T
EVEN THINK ABOUT TO YOUR-
TESTIMONIES OF. PER SHARE. I
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WELL THAT
THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD
A WE DON'T HAVE A FULL. SENATE
COMMITTEE HERE AT THIS MOMENT
BUT LAKEPORT RECOMMENDING AND I
WHEN WE DO HAVE A FULL QUARKS
EXCELLENT THANK YOU VERY
PRESENTATION TODAY OKAY. RIGHT
LOOK FOR MORE AUTHOR HERE FOR
SENATE ELECTIONS THOSE. I SEE WE
HAVE SENATOR UMBERG ON THAT VERY
CONFUSING SENATE BILL TWENTY
FOUR- THAT- WE COULD. THE RUBBER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPRESENTS.
HERE OKAY WE WILL WELCOME HERE-
PRESENTATION SO WE START WITH
SENATE BILL TWENTY FOUR FILE
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. OKAY TERRIFIC
. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR. AND-
STAFF. THANK YOU FOR. YOUR
ASSISTANCE OF YOUR PERSONAL
ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS THE EVER
TALENTED SCOTT. MATSUMOTO ON
THIS IS SB TWENTY FOUR WHICH
PROVIDES. FOR LOCAL CONTROL AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT CITIES AND
COUNTIES WHO ARE GENERAL LAW
CITIES AND COUNTIES. WISH TO UP
PROVIDE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC
FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH
CAMPAIGNS- THIS IS BASICALLY THE
SAME THING THAT. US SENATOR BEN
ALLEN DID SOME TIME AGO- BUT- IT
WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF
THE F. T. P. C. OR IN VIOLATION
OF THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES
ACT BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED TO
GO TO THE VOTERS- THIS SIMPLY
WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT OPPORTUNITY
FOR CALIFORNIANS TO VOTE AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT. GENERAL LAW
CITIES AND COUNTIES MAY ENACT
SOME FORM OF PUBLIC FINANCING
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THEY'LL BE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT. OF THE LOCALITIES
WHICH WILL EXPERIMENT WITH
DIFFERENT FORMS OF PUBLIC
FINANCING WE HAVE A CHALLENGE-
WITH RESPECT PUBLIC FINANCING
AND HOW IT DEALS WITH INTENT
EXPENDITURE CAMPAIGNS AND I'M
INTERESTED TO SEE HOW. DIFFERENT
ENTITIES DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE SO
WITH ME IS MISTER TRENT LANG OF
CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY AND ALSO
EVAN MINTON VOICES FOR PROGRESS.
GREAT WE LOOK FOR TO THE
TESTIMONY HERE TO- PRINCIPAL
SUPPORTERS ARE A REMINDER THAT
WE DO TWO MINUTES FOR EACH
SPEAKER TWO MINUTES ON. EACH
SIDE FOR BOTH THE SPEAKERS SO
YOU MAY BEGIN GREAT THANK YOU-
GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN AND-
MISTER. AND. PROVIDE PRESENT
CALIFORNIA MEDICARE. I WILL
PROBABLY BETWEEN FOUR OF
GRATEFUL THE LEADERSHIP OF
CENTER BURKE AND ALLAH FOR OFF
IT. AND FOR THE WERE OF THIS CAN
. UP VOTE ARE INCREASING
CONCERNED OF THE PROBLEM OF
MONEY IN POLITICS AB- IN RECENT
GALLUP POLL ONLY 20% OF
RESPONDENTS FIRST. REPORTED
BEING SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM
WORKS. THE BILL CONDUCTED BY THE
CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY CAMPAIGN
79% OF LIKELY VOTERS. SAID THAT
BIG MONEY CONTRIBUTORS HAVE TOO
MUCH INFLUENCE OVER ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA. IN 68%
SAID ORDINARY VOTERS HAVE TOO
LITTLE INFLUENCE. FIFTEEN STATES
IN NINETEEN MINUTES OF
COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
HAVE ADOPTED VOLUNTARY PUBLIC
FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS THAT
ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. ARE IN
VOTERS AND HELPING KENNETH RUN
CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED
ON THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.
LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO AND
BERKELEY HAVE MATCHING FUND
SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE A SIX TO
ONE MATCH ON SMALL DONATIONS
FROM INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE
CITY. MAGNIFYING THE IMPACT OF
SMALL DONORS IN ALONG CAME AS TO
RUN WITHOUT RELYING A LARGE.
DONATIONS OAKLAND JUST PATH TO
DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PROGRAM
SIMILAR TO SEATTLE'S WHICH
RESIDENTS GET FOR TWENTY FIVE
DOLLARS VOUCHERS. TO GIVE TO THE
QUALIFIED CANDIDATE OF THEIR
CHOICE. WITH THE BY GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY FOUND THE SEATTLE
SYSTEM LED TO A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND
DIVERSITY. OF RESIDENTS WHO
PARTICIPATED. WE BELIEVE IT'S
TIME TO RETURN LOCAL CONTROL THE
GENERAL LAW CITIES DISTRICTS AND
COUNTIES IN THE STATE ITSELF. TO
TRY PUBLIC FINANCING SYSTEMS
LIKE THESE THAT WORK FOR THEM
THE SAME WAY THAT CHARTER CITIES
HAVE. SB EIGHT TWENTY FOUR WOULD
ALLOW THE VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE OF MONEY IN POLITICS.
WHILE ADDING IMPORTANT
PROTECTIONS SO RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST DRIVE OF. THANK YOU SIR
NEXT AS SPEAKER IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MY NAME IS EVAN
MAINTAIN AND I'M WITH VOICES FOR
PROGRESS OUR MISSION IS TO
GALVANIZE THE ADVOCACY OF MAJOR
POLITICAL DONORS BUSINESS
LEADERS AND OTHERS. HE SAID HE
NIGHT TO CHAMPION A HEALTHY
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT.
STRENGTH IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND
ENSURE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. OUR MEMBERS KNOW THE
IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING IN THE
POLITICAL PROCESS. BY HELPING
GOOD CANDIDATES GET THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO RUN FOR
OFFICE. AND THEY'RE FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER THEY ALSO KNOW THAT
DEMOCRACY CAN FUNCTION TO ITS
FULLEST POTENTIAL IF THE VAST
MAJORITY VOTERS. CAN ENGAGE IN
THE SAME WAY. THE VOTERS GET A
SAY THE VOTERS GET INCREASINGLY
CYNICAL ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND GOVERNMENT. WHEN THEY SEE
HOW MUCH CANDIDATES RELY ON
LARGE DONATIONS FROM WEALTHY
INTERESTS. PUBLIC FINANCING
SYSTEMS CAN CHANGE THAT. WITH
MATCHING FUNDS SYSTEMS LIKE IN
LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO AND
BERKLEY. SMALL DONATIONS FROM
CITY RESIDENTS GET MATCHED SIXTY
ONE SO VOTERS KNOW THEY EVEN
THEY'RE SMALLER CONTRIBUTIONS
CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE
SYSTEM. IN FACT IN SEATTLE AT
GEORGETOWN SAID HE FOUND THAT
SEVEN POINT 6% OF VOTING AGE
RESIDENTS. GAVE DEMOCRACY DOLLAR
VOUCHERS TO CANDIDATES IN A VAST
THAT WAS A VASTLY HIGHER RATE
THAN CALIFORNIANS WHO GAVE THE
STATE CANDIDATES. IN THOSE ABOUT
YOUR USERS WERE SIMILAR TO
VOTERS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
IN TERMS OF RACE. AGE AND INCOME
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT BECAUSE IT'S A STARK
CONTRAST TO CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTORS AND MOST CALIFORNIA
CITIES. AND THESE EXAMPLES SHOW
THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC FINANCES
SYSTEMS TO INCREASE VOTER
PARTICIPATION AND TRUST. AND I
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN THE
VOTERS ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE THE
IMPROVE THE PUBLIC FINANCING
ORDINANCES OVERWHELMINGLY. SO
VOTERS ABBOTT VOICES FOR
PROGRESS MEMBERS RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOU TO VOTE YES ON SB
TWENTY FOUR. FOR TWO REASONS
TAKE A NECESSARY STEP TO CREATE
MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR
DEMOCRACY AND. ALSO TO GIVE ALL
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENTS SAME ARE
. THAT ARE CHARTER CITY HAVE.
FOR LOCAL CAN AT THE CAMPAIGN
SYSTEMS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER OTHER
INDIVIDUALS. HERE IN THE HEARING
ROOM AND I WOULD LIKE TO
INDICATE JUST THEIR THEIR
SUPPORT POSITION NAME AND
AFFILIATION ANY. THANK YOU
MISTER TERRIGEN HURST HERE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE SANTA CLARA
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING TOMORROW'S
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS A
CALIFORNIAN VERY STRONG SUPPORT
. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT SEE NO
MORE SPEAKERS IN ITS SUPPORT
WE'RE GONNA GO TO SPEAKERS IN
OPPOSITION IS THERE ANYONE HERE
IN THE HEARING ROOM THAT WOULD
LIKE TO BE THE PRINCIPAL
OPPOSITION ON THIS MEASURE. SAME
RULES APPLY TO SPEAKERS TWO
MINUTES TWO MINUTES EACH. THANK
YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF MY NAME
IS CALLING BRITAIN I'M WITH THE
ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT
CALIFORNIA. AND WE STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL. IS DESIGNED TO
CREATE AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD
FOR LESSER KNOWN CANDIDATES
THAT'S VERY LAUDABLE. BUT DO IT
BY EXTENDING PUBLIC FUNDS TO
BONA FIDE CANDIDATES. BUT THIS
BILL HAS ACTUALLY NOTE OF IS NOT
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AS
WRITTEN. INSTEAD IT GRANTS
INCUMBENTS THE SAME EQUAL ACCESS
TO THOSE FUNDS. THE BILL DOES
NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
INCUMBENTS AND CANDIDATES WAS
SPECIAL INTERESTS BACKING.
UNLESS PRAGUE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE
THE ONLY SOURCE OF CAMPAIGN
FINANCING ALLOWED. AND
DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AMONG ALL
CANDIDATES MEETING A REASONABLE
STANDARDS OF VIABILITY THE
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN INCUMBENTS
AND LESSER KNOWN CHALLENGERS
WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. THE BILL
DOES NOTHING TO ELIMINATE OR
EVEN REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF
SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY. ON
POLITICS AND POLITICAL
CAMPAIGNS. IT FAILS TO ADDRESS
SUPER PACS AND DARK MONEY.
FURTHERMORE ALLOWING INCUMBENTS
TO ACCEPT PUBLIC FUNDING IS A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND RISK
CANDIDATES AND THEIR PARTIES
BECOMING ORGANS OF THE STATE
RATHER THAN PART OF CIVIL
SOCIETY. IF ALL ARE SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF CANDIDATES FUNDING
COMES FROM STATE RATHER THAN
VOLUNTARY SOURCES POLITICAL
PARTIES RISK LOSING THEIR TIES
TO THE PEOPLE THEY SEEK TO
REPRESENT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THE STATE COULD USE PUBLIC FUNDS
TO ENCOURAGE PARTIES OR
CANDIDATES TO BEHAVE AS THEY
EXPECT POSSIBLY IN AN UNETHICAL
INFLUENCE. PUBLIC FUNDS COME
FROM CITIZENS TAXES THEY ARE
INVOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS THOSE
FUNDS SHOULD BENEFIT THE WHOLE
OF THE PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS
LASTLY S. B. TWENTY FOUR IS
VAGUE IN THAT IT DOES NOT
SPECIFY EXACTLY HOW THE
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS WOULD
WORK. THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS
WE URGE YOU KNOW ON SB TWENTY
FOUR THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE
IN THE HEARING ROOM THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS MEASURE.
GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING MY
NAME IS JANET FELT AND I'M JUST
LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL THANK YOU JANET. ALL
RIGHT SEE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN THE HEARING
ROOM WILL GO TO OUR
TELECONFERENCE LINE MODERATOR.
YOU COULD ASK ANYONE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO S. B. TWENTY FOUR
BY SENATOR UMBERG TO- TO SO
INDICATING AGAIN AT THIS POINT
IN THE HEARING REALLY LOOKING
FOR NAME- AFFILIATION IF ANY AND
YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL. THANK YOU SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION OF AT THE TWENTY FOUR
YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO.
AGAIN THAT IS ONE OF THEIR
OFFERED SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
AND WE WILL GO TO LINE OF FORTY
FIVE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THANK
YOU I'M ON A AND ON BEHALF OF
CHANGE BEGINS WITH AND
INDISPENSABLE CALIFORNIA STATE
STRONG. AND STRONG SUPPORT SB
TWENTY FOUR THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE FORTY
THREE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS PAUL STOUT.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY. I HAVE NO
AFFILIATION. AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE. THANK YOU. NEXT TO
BOTTOM LINE OF FORTY FOUR YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HI THIS IS A
STANDARD QUESTION WITH CALPERS.
AND SUPPORT OF SB PLEASE. THANK
YOU. AND NOT GO TO LINE TWENTY
FIVE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI MY
NAME IS BARNETT. FROM THE CITY
OF WHAT ONE I AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSED SB. TWENTY FOUR. THANK
YOU. MEXICO CAROLINA THIRTY YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HI MY NAME IS MARY
SEVEN I LIVE IN SAN MATTEO I'M
DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF SB
TWENTY FOURTH. THANK YOU. AND
NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE A TWENTY
EIGHT YOUR LINE IS OPEN. RAMOS
DAVID CRAIG FROM SAN MARINO
TELLING I HAVE NO AFFILIATION
WITH A STRONGER SINCE THE. FOUR
THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE
TWENTY NINE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS RUTH
WEISS I'M WAS VOLUNTEERS AND
POLITICS I STRONGLY FEEL. THANK
YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE
TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO MY NAME IS MISSY L. A.
COUNTY. REGARDING SB TWENTY FOUR
PUBLIC FIND CAMPAIGN FINANCING I
VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE
THIRTY FIVE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
AT SHE WENT FROM OAKLAND IN WITH
CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF SB TWENTY FOUR THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT WE'LL GO TO
LINE UP THIRTY NINE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. LINE THIRTY NINE DO YOU
HAVE A SUMMIT. I DID CAN YOU
HEAR ME NOW. YES CAN YOU HEAR-
MY NAME IS VETERANS STANDING UP
COUNTY ELECTION INTEGRITY
PROJECT THEY STRONGLY OPPOSE
BILL THIS BILL NUMBER. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU. MEXICO CAROLINA
TWENTY YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GOOD
MORNING I'M A SELF STARTER FROM
THOSE THE MONEY OUT VOTERS IN
AND WE SUPPORT SB TWENTY FOUR
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MEXICO
CAROLINA FORTY EIGHT YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. NANCY NEFF FROM PALO
ALTO IN SUPPORT OF SB. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU AND NEXT WE'LL
GO TO LINE A TWENTY THREE YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. WE INVENTED AIRY
WITH ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT
CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION OF BILL
TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU MEXICO TO
LINE SEVENTEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. HELLO MY NAME IS CATHERINE
COREY FROM SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
. RUN OPPOSITION TO SB. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU MEXICO TO LINE A
TWENTY FOUR YEAR LOW AND IS OPEN
. ROBERT WHITE THE SATURDAY.
AFFILIATION- LET ALEXION
INTEGRITY- VERY STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL. THANK YOU NEXT ACROSS
THE LINE OF FORTY NINE YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. ROMAN DON'T ONE ZERO
EUREKA CALIFORNIA HUMBOLDT
COUNTY REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA I
AM VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE SB TWENTY
ONE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MEXICO
LINE EIGHTEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. HELLO THIS IS SURELY CHAU
INDUCTEE CONTRA COSTA MOVEON IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU NEXT GO TO LINE
THIRTY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
THE ANTI MIGHT LOOK AT A MEETING
WITH THE I. D. A STRAW OPPOSE TO
S. B. TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU FOR
THE LINE FIFTY YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. HERE'S MY NAME IS CRAIG WRIGHT
THE FIRM CALIFORNIA I'M WITTY
IPCA AND I IS STRONGLY OPPOSES
BILL. THANK YOU MEXICO TO LINE
NINETEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MY
NAME IS CHRIS FOSTER FROM ORANGE
COUNTY AND I OPPOSE S. B. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU NEXT OVER THE
LINE THIRTY THREE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. HELLO THIS IS DAVID
SCHMIDT FROM SAN FRANCISCO I'M A
VOLUNTEER FOR THE CALIFORNIA
CLEAN MONEY CAMPAIGN AND I'M IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF S. B. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU THAT'S A GOOD
LINE THIRTY TO YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS JOEY
LEGALITY CALIFORNIA CLEAN WHAT
CAMPAIGN- CALLING FOR BUT A
STRONGLY SUPPORT. SB TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU MEXICO CAROLINA
FIFTY FIVE YOUR LINE IS OPEN- MY
NAME IS SHEILA FAIR AND I'M A
MEMBER OF CONTRA COSTA MOVE ON I
LIVE IN MORAGA AND I'M STRONGLY
IN SUPPORT OF SB. TWENTY FOUR.
THANK YOU NEXT DEADLINE FIFTY
FOR YOUR LINE IS OPEN. YES THIS
IS CARLA HEARING. SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY AND I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED
TO SB. TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU
MEXICO LINE TWENTY SEVEN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HELLO THIS IS
LAWRENCE BASKET REPRESENTING THE
INDIVISIBLE CALIFORNIA STATE
STRONG COALITION IN FULL SUPPORT
OF SB TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU
NEXT WHAT LINE OF FORTY ONE YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. THIS IS MARLENA TO
FRAME AND WITH SANTA CLARA I'M
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND ARE
YOU STRONGLY OPPOSE. SB. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU LINE FORTY YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. THIS IS GERRY
APPEL IN MARIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA
CLEAN MONEY WRONGLY SUPPORT SB.
TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU LINE TWO
THE LION OPEN. FIVE IS JENNIFER
KERR UNITS WITH ALEXA IT'S
PROJECT HOW. AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE SB TWENTY FOUR. THANK YOU
LINE SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN. I AM
VERY IMPORTANT WALNUT CREEK OUR
CONCEPT MOVES ALONG AND OTHERS.
STRONG RETURNS. OF THIS BILL.
THANK YOU MEXICO LINE FIFTY
SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. DURING
QUIT WORK FROM MADERA COUNTY.
WRONGLY OPPOSED TO SB. TWENTY
FOUR. THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD LINE
FIFTY THREE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO IF THE FIFTY THREE. YES
OKAY MY NAME IS CAN TRANSFORM
THEMSELVES INTO HOLOCAUST HE I
STRONGLY OPPOSE S. B. TWENTY
FOUR THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR WE HAVE NO FOR THE
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION IN Q. VERY
GOOD THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MODERATOR WILL BRING THE ISSUE
BACK TODAY THE COMMITTEE FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. AT CENTER
AMBERG- JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT
THERE MAY BE SOME
MISUNDERSTANDING DOES THIS
MEASURE SIMPLY PLACES A MEASURE
ON THE BALLOT. FOR THE VOTERS OF
CALIFORNIA DECIDE IF THEY SHOULD
EXTEND THIS PRIVILEGE THAT YOUR
BILL PROVIDES TO OTHER CITIES
THAT THAT RIGHT THAT'S CORRECT
AND- NO ONE'S REQUIRED TO- TO
ENGAGE IN PUBLIC FINANCING EACH
EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY CAN
DECIDE ON THEIR OWN IT'S NOT
MANDATORY YOU'RE CORRECT VERY
GOOD. ALL RIGHT I NOTED THAT-
THERE ARE STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES TO PUBLIC FINANCING
BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS
A- A VOTER APPROVAL AND LOCAL
CHOICES SOMETHING I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT TODAY. ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS LIKE TO
CLOSE SURE THANK YOU SECURE IT I
DON'T OFTEN AGREE WITH THE
ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT BUT I
DO AS TO THE FACT THAT THIS
DOESN'T ADDRESS STARK MONEY
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THIS
DOESN'T ADDRESS A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT DETAILS. AND THAT'S UP
TO LOCALITIES AS YOU SUGGEST
MISTER CHAIR IS THAT THERE'S
NOTHING MANDATORY ABOUT THIS
THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS FIRST
THE VOTERS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE
IT AND THEN SECONDLY SECONDLY
THE LOCALITY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO
APPROVE. WHATEVER MECHANISM
WHATEVER A CONSTRUCT THEY
CHAIRED TO THEY THEY CHOOSE TO
ENACT. THEY THEN WOULD HAVE TO
APPROVE IT AS WELL EITHER BY
VOTE OF THE COUNCIL OR BY A VOTE
OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT LOCALITY-
I UNDERSTAND THE OPPOSITION I
UNDERSTAND THE OPPOSITION'S
CONCERN THAT THE VOTERS THAT
CALIFORNIA. MIGHT GIVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO LOCALITIES OF
THAT THEY DON'T TRUST CITY
COUNCILS AND PERHAPS BOARDS OF
SUPERVISORS TO ACTUALLY. BE ABLE
TO- CREATE AN ACT IN FORCE SOME
SCHEME- WHICH PROVIDES FOR
PUBLIC FINANCING. I UNDERSTAND
THAT BUT THAT'S SO THAT'S HOW WE
WORK- WE LET LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
MAKE THAT DECISION SO I REGION
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU CENTER
AMBERG. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE
YOUR BILL HERE AS WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED A QUORUM YET BUT
WE'LL TAKE IT UP AS SOON AS WE
DO THANK ALL RIGHT THAT
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU I KNOW
WE HAVE ANOTHER AUTHOR IN THE
ROOM- SENATOR CAFIERO. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS MORNING.
WE HAD ROBERT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
HERE JUST A MOMENT AGO WHICH I
KNOW WE ALL APPRECIATE. SO YOU
HAVE A FILE NUMBER SIX SB SIX
THIRTY TWO. AND YOU CAN BEGIN
WHEN YOU'RE READY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MISTER CHAIR AND I ALWAYS
ENJOY. SEEING THE PUBLIC
PARTICIPATE AT THE IT'S ALWAYS A
GOOD THING- AND I WANT TO THANK
CABS SENATOR UMBERG FOR.
RELINQUISHING THE MIKE SO THAT I
CAN MAKE A LAP. VERY A
PRESENTATION ON A VERY SIMPLE
BELT- THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SB SIX
THIRTY TWO. AS YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA IS GEOGRAPHICALLY
LARGE AND POPULOUS WHICH PLAYS A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HOW THE
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR PUBLIC
OFFICES ARE SHAPED. ASSEMBLY AND
SENATE DISTRICTS AND HOUSE RACES
OFTEN ENCOMPASS MULTIPLE
COUNTIES. FOR EXAMPLE CALIFORNIA
SENATE DISTRICT ONE IS MADE UP
OF ELEVEN COUNTIES. RUNNING FOR
ELECTED OFFICE IS OFTEN A
DAUNTING TASK ESPECIALLY IN
DISTRICTS WITH MULTIPLE COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICES. THAT MAY HAVE
SEPARATE RULES GUIDELINES AND
PROCEDURES FOR FILING THE
APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE PAPERS
SUCH AS NOMINATION FORMS ARE
OTHER FILING DOCUMENTS.
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS ARE FILLED.
FILED WITH EACH COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICE TO BE PUBLISHED AND
COUNTY BOARD COUNTY VOTER
INFORMATION GUIDES THE SERVER IS
A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO INFORM
VOTERS ABOUT A CANDIDATE'S
INTENTIONS. DETAILS ABOUT THEIR
PAST EXPERIENCE. THAT INFORM
THEIR IDEAS. PARITY'S THEY WISH
TO A CALM SHOULD THEY BE ELECTED
AND- IT'S THE THEIR CAUSE.
CURRENTLY TO RUN FOR AN ELECTED
OFFICE IN A MULTI COUNTY
DISTRICT MUST FILE A CANDIDATE'S
STATEMENT IN EACH COUNTY WITHIN
THE DISTRICT. CURRENT LAW ALLOWS
EACH COUNTY ELECTION OFFICES
OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR
NOT A CANDIDATE STATEMENT MEETS
THEIR GUIDELINES AND PROVIDES
THEM THE ABILITY TO REJECT A
STATEMENT UNLESS CHANGED. WHILE
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PROCESS IT CREATES A MAJOR
HURDLE FOR CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE
NAVIGATING SEVERAL COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICES FURTHERMORE IT
RESULTS IN INCONSISTENT SIS
INCONSISTENT CANDIDATE
STATEMENT. ACROSS COUNTIES.
UNDER SB SIX THIRTY TWO
CANDIDATES THAT RUN IN THE
ELECTION THAT COVERS MORE THAN
ONE COUNTY MAY SUBMIT THEIR
CANDIDATES STATEMENT FOR
APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY OF
STATE. ONCE APPROVED THAT
KENNEDY'S STATEMENT MUST BE
SHARED WITH MAY BE SHARED WITH
ALL COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICES
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FURTHER
REVISIONS I YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
PAY FOR IT TO END UP IN THE
VOTER GUIDE. BY THE STATEMENT
WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS IT IS
WRITTEN SB SIX THIRTY TWO IS A
SIMPLE TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW
CONNECT CANDIDATES AND ELECTION
STAFF TO SPEND MORE TIME ON WHAT
WHAT MATTERS WHICH IS REALLY A
SUCCESSFUL ELECTION. WITH ME TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS NOT CRYING
S. GROOM. THANK YOU SENATOR KA
YOUR WE WELCOME YOUR WOULDN'T
SINCE. TO THE MICROPHONE. GOOD
MORNING THANK YOU MORE SURE OF
REMEMBER MY IS KAREN MOM THE
PULL DIRECTOR OF THE CAL.
DEMOCRATS AND ALSO PRINCIPLE OF
FIBER STRATEGIES A- A PUBLIC
AFFAIRS CONSULTANCY IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE I PRIMARILY
WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE SEE
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR LOCAL
OFFICE. OUR THINKCENTRE
CABALLERO UNDER TEAM FOR BEING
FORWARD SB SIX THIRTY TWO ON A
PRAGMATIC COMMONSENSE BILL THAT
IMPROVES ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR
ELECTIONS PROCESS. AS I'M SURE
YOU'RE ALL AWARE FOLLOWING RUN
FOR OFFICE IS OFTEN A CUMBERSOME
PROCESS- THIS BILL MAKES THAT
PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER
ESPECIALLY FOR STATE SENATE AND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT
OFTEN SPRAWL. ON MANY COUNTIES.
WHILE WORKING ON RACE IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY I SEEN HAND THE
CONFLICTING. THAT OFTEN TIME
COMES FROM TWO NEIGHBORING.
COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICES- THESE
COMPLEX INFORMATION OFTENTIMES
MAKES FOR A VERY STRESSFUL- AND
DAUNTING PROCESS OF GETTING YOUR
CANADA STATEMENT APPROVED. BY
STREAMLINING THE PROCESS THROUGH
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
BY STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS
THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF.
STATE'S OFFICE THAT THEY'LL BE A
LITTLE BIT LESS STRESSFUL ON AND
ALSO MORE EQUITABLE. YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE GREAT AND KNOCKING ON
DOORS AND ORGANIZING OUR
COMMUNITIES BUT- NAVIGATING
BROCKERS THE IS NOT AFTER OUR
STRONG SUIT. SB SIX THIRTY TWO
WILL DECREASE ROCKERS THE FOR
FOLKS RUNNING IT IN MULTI COUNTY
DISTRICT- I THINK THIS WILL BE
ESPECIALLY HELPFUL FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE SEE AND FIRST TIME
CANDIDATES. WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY URGE FOR YOUR AYE
VOTES THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR.
ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA INVITE
OTHERS HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM
WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
TO COME UP THE MICROPHONE TO SO
INDICATE IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO
THAT. ALL RIGHT SING ON WE'RE
GONNA GO TO OPPOSITION HERE IN
THE HEARING ROOMS DURING ONE WAS
LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. ALL
RIGHT SEEN NO ONE- JUMPING TO
THEIR FEET WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
THE- TELECONFERENCE LINED
MODERATOR WOULD YOU ASK IF
THERE'S ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO.
INDICATE THEIR NAME AND
AFFILIATION IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION SB SIX THIRTY TWO BY
SENATOR CAFIERO. THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION SB SIX
THIRTY TWO YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND
THEN ZERO FOR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION. MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE
KNOWN IN QUEUE AT THE- VERY GOOD
WE'RE GONNA BRING THE MATTER
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I'M
SENATOR CAFIERO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK ON THIS I ALSO HAVE A
COUPLE COUNTIES THAT I REPRESENT
SO I KNOW THE SAME HARDSHIP IN
WHICH YOU'RE ADDRESSING IN THE
BILL. I DON'T SEE A POSITION
FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE- HAS
AS THEY INDICATED A POSITION ON
THIS BILL WE'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH THEM I THINK- THE STAFFORD
THAT HAS BEEN OUR CONTACT HAS.
NOT FORMALLY SAID YES- I THINK
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT-
WORKLOAD AND- I'VE- WE ARE OF.
CAN WE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH
THEM AND- MAY END UP TAKING
AMENDMENTS THAT TAKE OUT. SOME
OF THE JURISDICTIONS AT THAT
WOULD. POTENTIALLY MY BECAUSE A
LOT OF WORK I'M OUR ANALYSIS IS
THAT FRANKLY- IT'S THE IT'S THE
SENATE CONGRESSIONAL AND
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS THAT ARE
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
WATER DISTRICTS AND OTHER J.
PA'S- DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND
OF PROBLEMS ARE. THE SAME.
ISSUES THAT- POLITIC MORE
POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO VERY
GOOD I DO JUST AS SIMPLY NOTE
THAT TAX I KNOW OUR COMMITTEE
ALWAYS BENEFITS FROM THE- INPUT
ADVICE FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATE AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO
HAVE THAT. DURING OUR HEARING
PROCESS RATHER THAN DOWN THE
LINE SO ABSENT UNFORTUNATELY
DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS CASE BUT
IS A BILL I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT
TODAY WE'RE STILL ONE SHORT OF A
QUORUM SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD
THAT BILL DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE
ANYONE SAYING CLOSING NO I JUST
READ. RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID
SPEAK TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AND AN INFORMAL- WOMEN'S CAUCUS
EVENT OVER. THE FALL AND ADVISED
HER THAT I WAS GOING TO BE DOING
WORK IN THIS AREA AND SO SHE'S
AWARE OF IT PERSONALLY AND WE'RE
WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. THANK
YOU THANK YOU SENATOR CABALLERO.
OKAY I SEE WE HAVE ANOTHER
AUTHOR HERE IN THE ROOM WHO WAS
ALSO DOUBLE BOOKED TODAY- SO LET
ME INVITE UP BUT CENTER WHAT TO
PRESENT FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE
THIS. IS SB FIVE SEVENTY THREE.
WITH CENTER WILL HAVE WHERE
WE'RE OPERATING AS A SUB
COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT SO. NO I
APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU. YOU
OPEN THE AND WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I
THANK YOU CHAIR GLAZIER US
SENATOR STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC- THIS BILL IS A WORK IN
PROGRESS AND TODAY I'LL COMMIT
TO MAKING THIS A ONE YOUR
COOLING OFF PERIOD. IF THE
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO PASS THIS
BILL WITH THAT SAID I'LL
CONTINUE TO PRESENT THIS BILL-
SOME STAFFER UPSET ABOUT THE
INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL BUT
THIS BILL IS NEEDED NOW. THE
BILL IS TO PROTECT POLICY FROM
POTENTIALLY BEING IMPACTED BY
PRIVATE DEALS OR INFLUENCE SB
FIVE SEVEN THREE. IS A LOBBYING
REFORM BILL THAT CREATES A
COOLING OFF PERIOD FOR ALL
EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. DURING THE SHORT
MONTHS AN EMPLOYEE CANNOT BE
EMPLOYED BY A REGISTERED
LOBBYIST. REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST
THEMSELVES OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
TODAY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THIS
BODY OR FORBIDDEN FROM BECOMING
A REGISTERED LOBBYIST FOR TWELVE
MONTHS OR SO STAFF OR NOT. TODAY
ELECTED MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO
FILL A FORM SEVEN HUNDRED
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST A
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL
ASSETS AND INCOME. THAT MAY BE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY THEIR
OFFICIAL ACTS STAFF DO NOT HAVE
TO FILL A FORM SEVEN HUNDRED.
FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE THE
SENATE IS THE UPPER HOUSE AND
ASSEMBLY IS THE LOWER HOUSE THAT
MAKES UP THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY ELECTED
MEMBERS TOTAL BUT MANY. IN THIS
BUILDING REFER TO THE THIRD
HOUSE WHICH IS THE LOBBYING
INDUSTRY. LOBBYISTS RUN THIS
BUILDING WITH MORE ACCESS TO
MEMBERS AND INFORMATION THEN THE
PUBLIC. LET'S BE CLEAR A
LOBBYIST. BY DEFINITION IS ONE
WHO CONDUCTS ACTIVITIES AIMED AT
INFLUENCING OR SWAYING PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND ESPECIALLY MEMBERS
OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY OR
LEGISLATION. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT.
I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY EVEN IF
THEY ARE NOT ELECTED. THE PUBLIC
KNOWS. EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
KNOWS THE REVOLVING DOOR OF
STAFF STAFFER HIRED HAVE CELL
RESPONDED BY TAXPAYERS SPENT A
FEW YEARS IN THE BUILDING
CREATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
MEMBERS AND OTHER STAFF.
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS CHIEFS OF
STAFF POLICY COMMITTEE STAFF BE
OBTAINED POTENTIALLY
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CELL
NUMBERS WHERE PEOPLE GO TO HANG
OUT HAVE DINNER AND DRINKS EVERY
NIGHT WHAT SCHOOLS THEIR KIDS GO
TO MEMBERS PERSONAL SCHEDULES
THEIR STRATEGIES POSITION ON
POLICY. STRATEGIC PLANNING
DETAILS REGARDING CURRENT. AND
FUTURE BILLS INCLUDING TO YOUR
BILLS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY
LEARN HOW TO COUNT VOTES BASED
ON THESE RELATIONSHIPS ALL
INFORMATION GAINED BY BEING
CLOSE TO MEMBERS NOT THROUGH
STUDYING POLICY. LET'S NOT
PRETEND THIS ISN'T THE CASE
THERE ARE PLENTY OF POLICY
EXPERTS ON SUBJECT MATTER AREAS
THAT DON'T HAVE THESE
RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT
ARE NEVER HIRED AS LOBBYISTS.
LOBBYING FIRMS POCHER BEST STAFF
AND PUT THEM TO WORK IN THE SAME
LEGISLATIVE CYCLE CONTRIBUTING
TO HIGHER TURNOVER. AND
POTENTIALLY HAVING THESE
EMPLOYEES UTILIZE THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS BUT THESE
EMPLOYEES DEPART WITH A MASSIVE
INVESTMENT OF STATE RESOURCES
REGARDING THEIR TRAINING AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S
WHY SB FIVE SEVEN THREE NEEDS TO
PASS A SHORT COOLING OFF PERIOD
FROM OBTAINING A LUCRATIVE JOB
IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCESS WITH
EXISTING LEGISLATURE. IS
REASONABLE FOR ALL STAFF THIS
ISN'T A FOREVER BANNED THIS
ISN'T EVEN A FIVE YEAR BAN OR
TWO YOU'RE BANNED FROM
REGISTERING AS A LOBBYIST.
SIMPLY A FEW MONTHS STAFFER.
THAT ACTORS NO ONE HERE WANTS
ANY STAFF TO BE OPERATING FOR A
PAY TO PLAY PLANS TO TAKE A BILL
OR PRESSURE AMENDMENTS QUIT
THEIR JOB WALK OUT THE SENATE
CHAMBER. TO A CORPORATE
LOBBYISTS HEAD QUARTER ACROSS
THE STREET WITHIN TWENTY FOUR
HOURS. THIS BILL SB FIVE SEVEN
THREE PROHIBITS THAT. SB FIVE
SEVEN THREE PRISON PRESERVES THE
INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY LIMITS
UNDUE INFLUENCE AND PERCEIVED
CORRUPTION. CREATES THE MUCH
NEEDED SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT
FORTY MILLION RESIDENTS OF
CALIFORNIA FROM INDUSTRY
LOBBYISTS INFLUENCE ON POLICIES
THAT AFFECT EVERYDAY ASPECTS OF
THEIR LIVES. THIS BILL SB FIVE
SEVEN THREE IS CRITICAL IN
MAINTAINING THE TRUST IN OUR
LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES WE HAVE A
LOT TO DO TO CLEAN UP OUR
POLICIES AS WE ARE ACTUALLY
BEHIND MANY STATES. IN THE
NATION NEW YORK STATE HAS A
SIMILAR TO YOUR COOLING OFF
PERIOD AND ROUGHLY EIGHT OTHER
STATES HAVE WON YOUR COOLING OFF
PERIOD. SB FIVE SEVEN THREE IS A
REASONABLE BILL IT'S THE
PROPRIOCEPTIVE ARTS THAT MANY
OTHER STATES HAVE ALREADY
ENACTED IF WE CANNOT COMMIT TO A
FEW MONTHS OF A COOLING OFF
PERIOD. WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
THE OVERREACH OF LOBBYING POWER
AND THE PERCEIVED CORRUPTION OF
GOVERNMENT TODAY THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA DESERVE THE
COMMITMENT OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. AND THE PUBLIC
SERVANTS THAT WORK ON POLICY.
THANK YOU. GREAT THANK YOU AT
CENTER WILL HAVE THE- BEFORE
PROCEEDING I THINK WE HAVE A
QUORUM PRESENT SO I WANT TO.
TAKE THE ROLE AND ESTABLISH THAT
IF WE CAN SET UP. WITH THE US
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
THIS IS FOR A QUORUM SENATORS
GLAZER PRESENT. GLAZER PRESENT
WHEN I AM HERE. WHEN HERE ALLEN
. ALLEN HERE MCGUIRE BUNCH OF
OUR NEWMAN NUMBER. NUMBER HERE.
WE HAVE OUR ANSWER WE HAVE A
QUORUM PRESENT. ALL RIGHT THE
CENTER HA BLOB IS INTRODUCED HER
BILL WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU
HAVE ANY PRINCIPLE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT THAT NOT AT THIS TIME
OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA INVITE THOSE
HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM WHO ARE
IN SUPPORT. OF SB FIVE SEVENTY
THREE TO COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE SO THEY CAN. INDICATE
YOUR POSITION. AND YOUR
AFFILIATION. ALL RIGHT NOT SEEN
ANYONE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
OPPOSITION NOW HERE IN THE
HEARING ROOM I DON'T HAVE ANY
ESTABLISHED OPPOSITION SO WHEN
LIKE THE FIRST COUPLE SPEAKERS
THE COME UP. TO LIMIT THEMSELVES
TO TWO MINUTES. AND THEN WE'LL
HEAR FROM THE OTHER SO. THANK
YOU FOR COMING PLEASE SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS MY
NAME SAMANTHA CORBIN I'M A
FOUNDER AND PARTNER OF CORNING
KAISER A LOBBYING FIRM. THAT
REPRESENTS PRIMARILY NONPROFIT
AND CAUSE BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS
WELL AS COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO
CALIFORNIANS. I'M ALSO A CO
FOUNDER OF WE SAID ENOUGH AN
ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENDING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT BULLYING AND
ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE. FIVE
YEARS AGO I HELPED TO PASS
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR
CALIFORNIA CAPITOL STAFF AND
TODAY I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION TO
SB FIVE SEVEN THREE. THIS
MEASURE WOULD PLACE EXCESSIVE
AND UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS ON
THE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES ALL LEGISLATIVE
STAFF. HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON
PUBLIC SERVICE REDUCE THE
AVAILABILITY AND OVERALL
EXPERTISE OF THE STATE'S
WORKFORCE. THE RESTRICTIONS
OUTLINED IN THIS MEASURE ARE
UNFAIRLY BURDENSOME AND HAS
WRITTEN CURRENTLY EXTEND FAR
BEYOND WHAT CURRENT LAW IMPOSES.
EVEN ON ELECTED OFFICIALS. UNDER
CURRENT LAW ELECTED OFFICIALS
ARE PROHIBITED FROM LOBBYING
BEFORE THE CAPITOL FOR ONE YEAR
AFTER LEAVING OFFICE HOWEVER
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HOLD
POSITIONS IN PUBLIC POLICY
ANALYSIS. IN AN ADVISORY
EDUCATIONAL OR CONSULTING
CAPACITY THESE LIMITATIONS EXIST
TO ENSURE ELECTED AND APPOINTED
OFFICIALS WHO AUTHOR AND VOTE ON
VARIOUS LAWS AND ITEMS. ARE
SUBJECT TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF
SCRUTINY HOWEVER THIS BILL SEEKS
TO PLEASE MORE EXCESSIVE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN THE
BUILDING. BY DOUBLING THIS
AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT GOES EVEN
FURTHER TO PREVENT STAFF FROM
PURSUING SEVERAL NATURAL CAREER
PATHWAYS INCLUDING TAKING
EMPLOYMENT AS A CONSULTANT WITH
AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES THE
LEGISLATURE. WORKING FOR ANY
LOBBYING FIRM. OR WORKING FOR
ANY CORPORATE ENTITY THAT IS
REGISTERED AS A LOBBYIST
EMPLOYERS. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE
JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN MOST MAJOR
INDUSTRIES FORTUNE FIVE HUNDRED
COMPANIES AND MAJOR LAW FIRMS
LEAVING OPTIONS. OUT OF THE
FIELD OR WITH NON PROFITS WHO
TYPICALLY POOL PAY BELOW MARKET
RATE BUT EVEN STILL LEGISLATIVE
STAFF WOULD BE UNABLE TO EVEN
ACT AS AN EXTERNAL ADVISOR OR
CONTRACT LOBBYIST. TO THOSE SAME
NONPROFIT. LEGISLATORS HAVE SET
TERMS BUT AT ANY TIME THEY'RE
FREE TO LEAVE THEIR OFFICE AND
PURSUE OTHER ELECTED
OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE ALSO SEEN
LEGISLATORS RESIGNED FOR OTHER
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
REASONS. IF SB FIVE SEVEN THREE
WAS IN PLACE LEGISLATIVE STOPPED
FOR NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN WOULD
BE LEFT WITH LIMITED OPTIONS AS
A RESULT OF THE UNFAIR
LIMITATIONS PROPOSED BY THIS
MEASURE. THE EXISTING LAWS AND
REGULATIONS WRAP UP PLEASE THANK
YOU ALREADY GOVERNED THE
ACTIVITIES OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
SUFFICIENT AND THESE
RESTRICTIONS ARE UNWARRANTED AND
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO GOOD
POLICY. THANK YOU MISS CORBIN.
NEXT NEXT WEEK. THE MORNING TURN
MEMBERS LEASE YOUR BENEFIT AS
LEWIS HERE IS PRINCIPLE CO OWNER
OF THE CONSTRUCTION USE AND CO
FOUNDER OF WE SAID ENOUGH AND A
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF. I'M FROM
THE ASSEMBLY I'M HERE IN STRONG
OPPOSITION. THIS MEANT THIS BILL
HAS DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS FOR
EMPLOYEES THAT THROUGH NO FAULT
OF THEIR OWN NEED TO FIND
DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT. IN THE
NEED TO CONTACT TO THIS IS BEEN
THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY FOR
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ASSAULT AND WORKPLACE
BULLYING. AS WE KNOW THROUGH THE
STORIES THEY'VE BEEN SHARED BY
THE BRAVE WOMEN IN THIS CAPITAL
COMMUNITY. STAFF FACED NUMEROUS
SOURCES OF NEGATIVE
DISCRIMINATORY AND UNSAFE
BEHAVIORS. INCLUDING FROM
ELECTED OFFICIALS OTHER
LEGISLATIVE STAFF LOBBYIST FOR
THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IS ALL TOO
OFTEN THE STAFF FACING THESE
CHALLENGES MUST TURNED OUTSIDE
EMPLOYMENT AS THEIR ONLY OPTION.
TO ESCAPE AN ABUSIVE AND
HEALTHIER AND SAFE SITUATION.
AND IF PASSED SB FIVE SEVENTY
THREE WOULD FORCE STAFF TO
REMAIN INAPPROPRIATE OR
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. BY DENYING
THEM THE ACCESS TO OUTSIDE.
EMPLOYMENT FOR WHICH THEY ARE
WELL QUALIFIED. IF SB FIVE
SEVENTY THREE HAD BEEN ENOUGH
WHEN I A STAFF. I WOULD NOT BE
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
IN TWENTY SIXTEEN WHEN I WORKED
AS CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE
ASSEMBLY MY BOSS TURNED OUT. AND
I HAD TO SEEK OTHER EMPLOYMENT.
I LANDED A JOB AT A LAW FIRM HAS
A LOBBYING ARM. IN THE FALL OF
TWENTY SEVENTEEN I WAS FIRED
SHORTLY AFTER SIGNING THE WE
SAID ENOUGH LETTER. SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST THE CULTURE OF
HARASSMENT POLITICS. AND AS THE
BREADWINNER IN MY HOUSEHOLD I
HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE. THE
UNEMPLOYMENT OR TAKE A JOB THAT
PAID FAR LESS THAN WHAT I HAD
MADE PREVIOUSLY. PUTTING AT REST
MY BILLY TO PAY MY MORTGAGE AND
SUPPORT MY FAMILY. BUT THERE WAS
A THIRD OPTION HIRE MYSELF.
RECOGNIZING THE KNOWLEDGE
EXPERIENCE RELATIONSHIPS AND
EDUCATION THAT I EARNED THROUGH
MY HARD WORK. I COULD WORK AS A
CONTRACT LOBBYIST. SETTING UP MY
OWN FIRM AND TAKING CLIENTS OF
MY CHOOSING. I REPRESENT ALL
PROGRESSIVE NONPROFIT CLIENTS.
ALL THIS HAPPENED WITHIN THE
TIME FRAME THAT SB FIVE SEVENTY
THREE WOULD BAR EVEN WITH THE
RECENT PROVISIONS. BECAUSE OF
THIS OPTION TO LOBBY FOR CLIENTS
I'M STILL WORKING IN OUR
INDUSTRY. COLLABORATING WITH
MANY OF YOUR OFFICES OF THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE REFORM WORK. THAT
CALIFORNIA SO PROBABLY VALUES IF
YOU TRY TO WRAP UP PLEASE
REALLY. ON THIS ISSUE WITHOUT
FEAR OF INDIAN PREMIUM PLAYER.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PROPERLY PROVIDE FOR
MYSELF AND MY KIDS. WITH ENOUGH
PROVIDED A SIGN IN SHEET FOR
CURRENT AND FORMER STAFF AND
OVER THE LAST FORTY EIGHT HOURS
RECEIVED OVER A HUNDRED SITE ON.
MOST ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS
BUT THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR. STAFF
WANTS THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE
WORKING HERE BUT HAVE THE
FREEDOM OF CHOICE OF WHAT THEIR
EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS ARE AFTER WE-
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY FOR
THOSE HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM
JUST NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION PLEASE. THANK YOU
CATHERINE BRANDENBURG WITH THE
BRANDON BECAUSE I'M HERE AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF
GOVERNMENTAL ADVOCATES. AND WE
ARE OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT. GOOD
MORNING JACKIE CAME A TWENTY
FOUR YEAR LEGISLATIVE STAFFER
ASKING FOR YOUR OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU. HI ASHLEY LABAR
ASSEMBLY CHIEF OF STAFF OF
EIGHTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE ASKING
FOR YOUR OPPOSITION THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE
HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO- SB
FIVE SEVENTY THREE. ALL RIGHT
SEE NOW WILL GO TO OUR
TELECONFERENCE LINE MODERATOR
WOULD YOU ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO. INDICATE SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO SB FIVE SEVENTY
THREE BY CENTER WAHAD. AND THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR
NAME AFFILIATION AND POSITION.
THANK YOU. SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
OF SB. FIVE SEVENTY THREE YOU
MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO.
AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND THEN ZERO
FAIR IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF
SB FIVE. SEVENTY THREE. WE'LL GO
TO LINE A TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. HI THIS IS MISSY OF L.
A. COUNTY I APPLAUD AND STRONGLY
SUPPORT. SB FIVE SEVEN THREE THE
POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF NINETEEN
SEVENTY FOUR. OBJECT CONFLICT OF
INTEREST. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
WE HAVE NO FURTHER. WE DO ONE
MORE- LINE FORTY THREE YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. YEAH PASSED OUT LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. NO AFFILIATION.
I SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. AND NOW WE HAVE NO MORE
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION AND KILL
ALL RIGHT WILL BRING THE ISSUE
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MEMBERS
SENATE ALLEN. WELL I TO REFORM
I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO- TO THE
GOALS OF THE BILL AND THE
ARGUMENTS MADE AYE AYE AYE. I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT AUTHORS
OFFERED. SOME CHANGES WHAT'S THE
STATUS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE COMMITTEE- I KNOW THE
COMMITTEE HAD SOME LEGITIMATE
CONCERNS AS WELL ABOUT WHERE THE
BILL WAS AND I HAD TO GET A
STATUS UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S GOING
ON BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND THE
OTHER IN CHAIR- AND SENATOR I
APPRECIATE THAT I HAVE
COMMITTED. TO MAKING THIS A ONE
YEAR COOLING OFF PERIOD IF THE
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO PASS THE
BILL WITH- SPECIFICALLY- WHERE
AN EMPLOYEE CANNOT BE EMPLOYED
BY A REGISTERED LOBBYIST
REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST
THEMSELVES OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES- AND THIS IS- ALMOST
MIRRORING THE STATE SENATORS AND
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS HOWEVER
OBVIOUSLY WE FILL OUT A FORM
SEVEN HUNDRED AS WELL WHICH IS.
YOU KNOW NOT IN THIS BILL SO.
FLOOD JUST PRIDES CLARIFICATION
FROM MY END THANK YOU CENTER
ALLEN. AYE OBVIOUSLY HAD TO.
THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH
CENTER WILL HELP ON THIS ISSUE.
I TOLD HER THAT IN THE BILL FORM
THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US THAT IT
WAS NOT SOMETHING I COULD
SUPPORT NOW EXPLAIN THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES BUT- I DID OFFER A-
AN ALTERNATIVE. THAT WOULD
PROVIDE FOR A- A ONE YEAR
COOLING OFF PERIOD FOR
DESIGNATED STAFF. SPECIFICALLY
STAFF THAT I FELT THAT HAVE THAT
MUCH MORE OF A- SERIOUS CONFLICT
ISSUE PRINCIPALLY- CONSULTANT TO
OUR COMMITTEE'S LONGSTANDING
CONSULTANTS TO WORK COMMITTEES.
HI I RECEIVE THE WORD. A DAY OR
TWO AGO THAT IT WAS NOT
SOMETHING THAT. THE SENATOR
COULD SUPPORT AND THAT'S WHERE
THE MATTER WAS LEFT UNTIL
HEARING HER TESTIMONY THIS
MORNING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE
STAND RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S A-
DISAGREEMENT OVER- SO THE MOMENT
SITE AND PROVIDED TODAY OR THE
MOMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO GO WITH
I THINK THAT THERE ARE
REASONABLE AND THEY INCLUDE ALL
STAFF- I THINK THAT. THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT OFFERED WAS
SPECIFICALLY TO POLICY COMMITTEE
STAFF AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S
SUFFICIENT CONSIDERING THE FACT
THAT- POLICY COMMITTEE STUFF OR
ACTUALLY PAID A LITTLE BIT MORE
WHEREAS OTHER STAFF ARE NOT AND
HAVE MORE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF
MEMBERS AND- YEAH AS I RELATE
YES DO WE HAVE ANOTHER WE HAVE
ANOTHER HEARING ONLY. THIS IS
THE LAST ONE IRAQ'S. SO THERE'S
THE STANDOFF RIGHT NOW OKAY WELL
I THAT'S UP TO THE COMMITTEE AS
TO WHAT THEY- HOW THEY WANT TO
HANDLE THE BILL I MEAN. WAS
SHORT. RIGHT BUT- I'M OF COURSE
IN YET WE ALSO WANT TO BE
RESPECTFUL OF THE COMMITTEES
NEGOTIATIONS AND WORK SO- OKAY
BOB THE- HERE THE DISCUSSION
YEAH AND I'M HAPPY NOW PRESS
PERHAPS PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT
MORE CONTRACTS TO ACTIVE MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR. I
ALSO AGREE WITH YOUR INTENTIONS-
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS ARE VERY
SERIOUS ISSUES. AND I THINK THAT
THE AS YOU AND I IT'S I'VE
SPOKEN ABOUT. TRUST IN
GOVERNMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE
DO IS. IS REALLY TIED TO-
INSURING THAT WE DO OUR WORK
WITH TRANSPARENCY AND WITHOUT
CONFLICT- YOU YOU MENTIONED IN
YOUR TESTIMONY THAT. STAFF DON'T
COMPLETE THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS
FORMS AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S
CORRECT I CHECK IT'S ONLY A FEW
STAFF MEMBERS- IN. TOP POSITIONS
IT IS NOT ALL STUFF WHAT'S THE
SIGNIFICANCE STAFF HERE IN THE
BUILDING I THINK THAT WAS THE
REASON THAT LAW WAS PASSED-
QUITE AWHILE AGO WAS TO ENSURE
THAT. THAT THAT STAFF THAT HAVE
SENIOR POSITIONS- THE WHERE
THEIR POINT OF VIEW MIGHT IN-
INTERFERE WITH THEIR OWN
PERSONAL FINANCIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES. ARE REQUIRED TO
FILL OUT THOSE FORMS- YEAH I. TO
ASPECTS OF THIS THAT HAVE
CONCERNED ME ONE IS THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES- THAT
WE- STRUGGLE. A TO- GET THE
HIGHEST QUALITY STAFF TO COME
WORK FOR US HERE I IN THE
CAPITAL. AND THAT'S BOTH FOR OUR
PERSONALS. LEGISLATIVE STAFF AS
WELL AS OUR COMMITTEE STAFF. AND
I COULD SEE AN INCREDIBLE BRAIN
DRAIN. OF A VERY TALENTED
MEMBERS THAT WE RELY UPON- IN IN
LEGISLATING IN THIS SPACE- I DO
AS I LOOK AT THE RANGE OF FOLKS
THAT DO WORK HERE IN THE
CAPITAL- I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT
A LEGISLATIVE AIDE. HAS SUCH
ENORMOUS ACCESS TO PUT. OUR
DEMOCRACY AT RISK BECAUSE THEY
DECIDE TO LEAVE THEIR JOB HERE
IN THE BUILDING. AND GO WORK FOR
SOMEBODY AND INTERESTS OUTSIDE
OF THE BUILDING AND AS WE HEARD
FROM THE TESTIMONY THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY OF. THE IMMENSE AGO.
THOSE THAT WANT TO INFLUENCE US
AS A WIDE RANGE OF- FOLKS FROM
THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY TO THE
FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY. AND AND SO
WHEN I LOOK AT THAT LEGISLATIVE
AIDES OR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS
EVEN CHIEF OF STAFFS- IT'S LIKE
WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE REAL
ADVANTAGE THEY BRING THAT WOULD
SOMEHOW DISQUALIFIED THEM FROM
EMPLOYMENT FOR A YEAR. HAVE THEY
GOT SOME GREAT INSIGHT ON HOW
WE'RE DOING POLICY IN ONE AREA
OR ANOTHER. AND IN THAT
EXAMINATION FOR ME AT LEAST THE
ONLY PLACE WHERE I SEE. A PLACE
THAT HAS SOME- CONCERNED. IS
COMMITTEE CONSULTANTS THAT WOULD
BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND LOBBY
IN THEIR AREA OF AUTHORIZATION
OF THEIR COMMITTEE THEIR AREA OF
EXPERTISE THAT WE RELIED UPON IN
A SPECIFIC POLICY AREA AND SO.
IN THAT IN THAT SPACE IT SEEMS
THAT IT'S THAT IT'S A PLACE THAT
I COULD GET TO. THE TWELFTH
MONTH COOLING OFF PERIOD
UNFORTUNATELY AS YOU ARE
PRESENTING THE BILL TODAY THAT
GOES MUCH FURTHER AND THAT'S
WHAT GIVES ME RELUCTANCE IN
SUPPORTING WHAT YOU'RE
PROPOSING. THANK YOU- I DO JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD. NUMBER
ONE THIS IS NOT ABOUT VICTIMS
RIGHTS THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT
VICTIMS RIGHTS I STAND WITH THE
WITH THE EFFORTS OF ADVOCATES
AND- OBVIOUSLY THE CREATION OF
THE WORKPLACE CONDUCT UNIT
ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO USE
THE MOST MARGINALIZED.
INDIVIDUALS HARM TO CHIP YOU
KNOW COMMUNITIES CHILDREN WOMEN
LGBTQ MEMBERS UNDOCUMENTED
INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR-
TO DISTRACT FROM THE ARGUMENT AT
HAND. IT ALSO CHEAPENS THE
EXPERIENCE OF SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
DISCRIMINATION THIS BILL IS NOT
HOW OR WHERE THEY MEET WILL GET
MADE WHOLE WHICH THEY DESERVE.
AND TO BE USING VICTIMS AS A
PROP- TO NOT HAVE LOBBYING
REFORM IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS DISGUSTING AND NOT
FAIR TO THEM. I FIND IT ALSO
INSULTING AND HARMFUL TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN THAT EXPERIENCE ACTUAL
SOLD LET. ALONE AS AN ADVOCATE
AND SURVIVOR. THAT AN ORGANIZER
WOULD UTILIZE THE TRAUMA OF
PEOPLE TO OPPOSE A BILL THAT
STRICTLY IS ABOUT LOBBYING
REFORM AND I WILL CLEARLY STATE
THAT. YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT I'VE THAT FORD- I DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY
LOOPHOLES KNOWN AS EXCUSE FROM
LEAVING THE LEGISLATURE. TO CASH
IN FOR HIGHLY LUCRATIVE JOBS AS
LOBBYISTS ALL FOR PERSONAL
FINANCIAL GAIN- SELLING OUT
POTENTIALLY FORTY MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. AND I WILL SAY
THIS- THIS IS SPECIFICALLY. TO
SAY THAT THIS TOWN ONLY HAS JOBS
AS LOBBYISTS. IS A STRAIGHT UP
LIE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS
OUT THERE IN THE TO LEAVE THIS
BUILDING AND BECOME AN ADVOCATE
WORKING PUBLIC POLICY. ADVOCACY
OR SERVE THE PUBLIC AT ANOTHER
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
CAPITAL. OF CALIFORNIA SO I HOPE
THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON'T EVER
USE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARM
DISCRIMINATION AS A EXCUSE. EVER
AGAIN BUT WE HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS
STATE. TO HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY THAT
STAFF OR ABOVE REPROACH SO I DO
URGENT I FELT. OKAY ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
LET ME JUST SAY AT CENTER WILL
HAVE THAT DIED IN REGARD TO
LOBBYING REFORM I JOIN AGAIN
WITH YOU AND SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS
TO- IN THAT SPACE- WE HAD A AT A
SPECIAL HEARING OF THIS
COMMITTEE JUST WEEKS AGO JUST ON
THE ISSUE OF. OF WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE DOING THE APPROPRIATE
ENFORCEMENT AND AUDITING OF
LOBBYING FIRMS IN OUR STATE.
THANK GOD THAT I THINK WE
LEARNED SOME. SOME OUTSIDE AND
INSIDE THAT I HOPE WILL LEAD TO
SOME ACTIONS LATER THIS YEAR IN
THAT SPACE SO I THINK AGAIN WE
JOIN TOGETHER IN. A CONCERN
ABOUT THAT WHOLE AREA KEEP
CENTER ON YOUR AYE OKAY LOOK I
MEAN. BERMAN COMFORTABLE
SITUATION HERE BECAUSE I IDEALLY
WE WOULD- PUNTED TEN OF THE NEXT
HEARING- SO AS TO GIVE YEAH
THERE'S NEW. OFFERS BEING MADE.
I MEAN SEEMS TO ME AND WE WERE
JUST. CHATTING ABOUT IT- IF THE
CONCERN IS THAT THE COMMITTEES
PROPOSED COUNTER PROPOSAL IS
TOO. RESTRICTIVE MAYBE THERE'S A
WAY THAT WE CAN. EXPAND IT TO
THE YOU KNOW TO NOT BE ABLE TO.
WORK ON. YOUR PROJECT THAT YOU
WORKED ON RIGHT BEFORE YOU LEFT
FOR A YEAR. YES THERE IS YOU CAN
COME ALONG- INSERTS THAT YOU BE
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT. THE
AUTHOR WAS MEANT TO DO SO WITH
THAT WITH THE CHAIR WAS
MENTIONING BECAUSE I DO I
UNDERSTAND THE PUSHED BACK IN
THE SENSE THAT. JUST YOU LOTS
AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR
PERSONAL STAFF FOR WORKING ON
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY WORK TO OF
COURSE. NOT JUST THE COMMITTEE
STAFF. I'M SO I YOU KNOW I A-
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE AT
THE STAGE BECAUSE I A- ONCE FOR
THE TURN COMMITTEE AND- I SEE
WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS TOO
AND I GUESS I WONDER WHETHER
THERE'S A- ROOM TO. YOU KNOW TO
FIGURE OUT I GUESS YOU'RE A LOT
MORE BILLS TODAY SO MAYBE WE CAN
STILL FIGURE OUT THIS MORNING
BUT IF THERE'S ROOM TO FIGURE
OUT SOME SORT OF COMMON X. SOME
SORT OF I'M I'M LOVING MY TIME
FOR MY EYES AS WELL- THE ONE
YEAR MARK. FOR ALL. LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE STAFF BUT AS WELL AS
LET'S DIRECTORS AND CHIEFS OF
STAFF I THINK THAT THAT IS
SUFFICIENT- AND VERY REASONABLE
. AS CENTER AMBERG OBJECTS- THE
SIMPSONS WERE ALL THROWING OUT
SUGGESTIONS ON GO AHEAD AND
THROW OUT ANOTHER THOUGHT- IT
IN. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN
I WORKED IN WASHINGTON DC IN THE
MINISTRATION- THERE ARE SORT OF
DIFFERENT. CRITERIA FOR
DIFFERENT BANDS IN FACT I HAVE A
LIFETIME BAN ON CERTAIN ISSUES
THAT I THAT I CAN'T WORK ON
BECAUSE PRESUMABLY I HAD
DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY AND
HAVE SPECIAL INFORMATION THAT
MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE USED.
PERHAPS FOREVER- IT DOES MAKE
SENSE IF YOU YOU FOR EXAMPLE YOU
WORK ON A BILL YOUR CHIEF
CONSULTANT ON A BILL AND YOU
TURN AROUND AND THREE WEEKS
LATER. AFTER YOU'VE DONE THE
ANALYSIS AFTER YOU'VE MADE A
RECOMMENDATION. THEN YOU TURN
AROUND AND BEGIN TO LOBBY FOR
ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. AND IT'S
HARD TO. PARSE OUT WHEN YOU MADE
A DECISION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
LEAVE THE COMMITTEE AND PERHAPS
THAT INFLUENCES YOUR YOUR
ANALYSIS. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT HERE IN THAT-
LEGISLATORS ULTIMATELY MAKE THE
DECISION UNLIKE THE
ADMINISTRATION WHERE. INDIVIDUAL
OFFICIALS MIGHT MAKE DECISIONS-
SO I MEAN THAT'S ANOTHER
CONSIDERATION IS THAT. IF YOU
WORK IF YOU'RE ON COMMITTEE
STAFF AND YOU WORKED ON A
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THAT YOU CAN'T FLIP. AS TO
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD. OF
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND HAD
SPECIFICALLY WORKED ON. JUST
ANOTHER THOUGHT THAT ME AND I
JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THIS
IS TWELVE MONTHS. THIS IS NOT A
LIFETIME BAN IT'S NOT A TWO YEAR
BAN IT'S NOT A TEN YEAR BAN.
THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE
ONE YEAR BANS I THINK THAT IS
VERY SUFFICIENT VERY REASONABLE
AND IF WE CARE ABOUT THE
INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD
OF COURSE STAFF DON'T LIKE IT.
RATE BUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S
BEST FOR CALIFORNIANS. OKAY SO
LOOK MY INCLINATION IS ANDROMEDA
RECOGNIZE CENTER ALLEN'S THANK
YOU. I FOR SHOULD I MISTER. VERY
KIND OF YOU THE PROJECT SO
INCLINATION IS TO MOVE THE BILL
AS AMENDED BY THE CHAIR. I BUT
WITH BUT BUT IT'S MY HOPE. I'M
AT THAT DATE SOMETHING ALONG THE
LINES OF WHAT CENTER AMBER HAS.
I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
PERMISSIVE WOULD WOULD WOULD BE
NEGOTIATED- OVER THE YEAR BEFORE
THE BILL GETS TO THE FLOOR THAT
THAT THAT WOULD BE MY
INCLINATION AND THEN. YOU KNOW
THAT WITH HOPING THAT WE COULD
ALL COME TO SOME SORT OF
AGREEMENT- BUT YOU KNOW I'M-
OBVIOUSLY. SIX ONE MEMBERS
COMMITTEE. THANKS THANK YOU
CENTER OUT SO. THAT. NOW THAT IS
SOMETHING I'D BE WILLING TO
SUPPORT- UNDERSTANDING THAT IF
THE AUTHOR WISHES TO TRY TO-
RIGHT IN THAT DEFINITION- THAT
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
SUBJECT TO OF TO MY REGULAR I
GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU MISTER
CHAIR IS. ARE YOU IS THAT IS
THAT YOUR LINE IN THE SAND ARE
YOU WILLING TO- TO CONSIDER A
MORE EXPANSIVE DEFINITION
BECAUSE I TOTALLY HEAR IT IN THE
AUTHOR FEELS IS THAT WHAT YOU
PRESENTED IS TOO RESTRICTIVE I
THINK IT MAY BE. I'M TOO
RESTRICTIVE. ARE YOU AT LEAST
OPEN TO CONVERSATION ABOUT
EXPANDING OUT FROM THAT
DEFINITION SOMEONE I AM ALWAYS
OPEN THE CONVERSATION- TO
UNDERSTAND. AWARE AND- A CHANGE
WOULD BE A MATERIAL EFFECT AND
THE WORK OF OUR OF OUR OF OUR
LEGISLATURE CENTER NUMBER- I
DON'T KNOW IF MY SUGGESTION IS
MORE OR LESS RESTRICTIVE. BUT I
WOULD NOT IMPOSE A BAN ON EVEN
COMMITTEE STAFF IF THEY DIDN'T
WORK ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
ONLY AS TO STAFF THAT WORKED ON
THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. YEAH I
THINK THE CHALLENGES THEY AND
THE WRITING. OF THE OF THE SUCH
AND SUCH A PROVISION. AND
WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE WRITTEN
IN A WAY THAT CAN BE
ENFORCEABLE. AS CHAIR OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE I THINK YOU
APPRECIATE THE ISSUE OF
ENFORCEMENT. ABILITY AND SAID I
AM JUST- IT TERMS OF OUR OUR
WORK HERE IN AND WHAT IS
POSSIBLE WAS FEASIBLE. LET ME
ASK SENATOR BOB- THE BEEN SOME
SUGGESTIONS AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT. THAT YOU ARE NOT AMENABLE
TO THAT THAT LIMITATION. I THINK
THAT- POLICY STAFF OF COURSE
SURE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR THE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR A LOT
OF US- BUT I ALSO THINK THAT.
LOBBYIST LITERALLY ARE PAID FOR
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT
SHOULD EXTEND TO AT LEAST THE
CHIEF OF STAFF AND LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR I THINK THAT IS FAIR. I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT
AMENDMENT AS A WHOLE- AND MOVE
THIS BILL FORWARD. YEAH SO FOR
ME I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DOING
THAT TODAY. SO I'LL IF CENTER
ALLEN YOU WANTED MAKE A MOTION
YOU'RE WELCOME TO WELL I MEAN MY
AT MY IDEA HERE IS TO JUST ALLOW
FOR THE YOU KNOW IT'S JUST AS I
SAY I WERE THE LAST HEARING OF
THE- SESSION IT'S UNFORTUNATE-
OBVIOUSLY. YOU HAVEN'T BE ABLE
TO COME TO TERMS I TOLD
UNDERSTAND THAT HAPPENS
SOMETIMES- I GUESS YEAH I WOULD
. I WOULD MOVE AS AMENDED BUT
BUT WITH THE HOPE THAT THERE
WILL BE WORK. BETWEEN THE AUTHOR
AND THE COMMITTEE AND THE
MEMBERS TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION
BEYOND- YOU KNOW WHERE WHERE
YOU'RE AMENDMENT HAS IT AND YET
UNDERSTANDING THAT. I'M YOU'D
STILL. BE A YOUR IT'S STILL BE
NEGOTIATION I AM THAT I WOULD BE
MY PREFERENCE OKAY LET'S JUST
DOUBLE CHECK WITH CENTER WILL
HOP WHETHER SHE'S OPEN TO THAT
AT ALL. IF NOT YOU DON'T WILL
PUT. ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE
MEASURE YOU PUT PRESENTED
ORIGINALLY HERE TODAY DEFINITELY
AND CHAIR- I THINK YOU ALSO
MENTIONED. SENIOR LEVEL STAFF-
SPECIFICALLY YOU REFERENCED
ALLEGE AID NOT HAVING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND AGAIN A
LOBBYIST LITERALLY IS PAID TO
INFLUENCE POLICY THEY ARE NOT
NECESSARILY- POLICY COMMITTEE
STAFF. THEIR WELL PAID FOR THE
MOST PART IT IS OUR REGULAR DAY
TO DAY STAFF SO LET'S DIRECTOR
AND CHIEF WOULD YOU BE WILLING
TO. ACCEPT THAT I'M NOT WILLING
TO NEGOTIATE HERE AT THIS POINT
IN TIME I. I HAVE TO DIFFER WITH
YOU I DON'T THINK OUR STAFF IS
VERY WELL PAID. SO I'M NOT IN
THAT POLICY. YES AND I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE SOME POLICY
COMMITTEE STAFF THEY'RE NOT TO.
PAGE AND REGARDED THE EXPERTISE
THEY HAVE ALL THAT BEING SAID. I
DON'T THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO
NEGOTIATE I THINK WITH THE TIMES
TO FIND OUT WHETHER THERE'S A
MOTION TO EITHER MOVE THE BILL
FORWARD AS YOU'VE PRESENTED IT
OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK
THAT'S THE MOMENT WHERE WE WERE
AT IN THIS YEAR AT THIS TIME. SO
IF MOVED AS PRESENTED I'M
WILLING TO ALSO MAKE CONCESSIONS
AS WE MOVE THIS BILL THROUGH THE
LEGISLATURE. ACTUALLY IT'S A
LOBBYING REFORM BILL IT'S OKAY
JUST HOLD ON I WANT TO MOVE THIS
ALONG WE HAVE A LOT OF BILLS TO
BE HEARD TODAY SO. IF YOU WANT
WE CAN. TAKE A RECESS ON THIS
BILL AND MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA
AND- AND- LET ME JUST ASK IS
THERE A MOTION ALL AS THE BILL
IS PRESENTED AS AS- AS THE IT
WITH THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED
BY THE AUTHORS ARE A MOTION. AT
THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THAT. I
LIKE THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION BUT
CERTAINLY MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT
MAKE MY MOVE. WELL IF YOU WANT
TO MAKE THE MOTION YOU CAN ON
THE BILL IS PRESENTED WITH HER
AND I DON'T WANT UNDERMINE THE
CHAIR IN THIS SO I. BUT I ALSO
UNDERSTAND I WITH THE WORK WE
HAVE SO MUCH ON IT IF YOU'RE NOT
THEN I'M GONNA SAY THAT THAT THE
WAR WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS IN
ADVANCE FOR THE- DURATION OF OUR
HEARING IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK
WITH THE MOTION. BASED ON
CONVERSATIONS- AS WE AS WE
COMPLETE OUR HEARING YOU'RE
WELCOME TO DO THAT OKAY BUT AT
THIS POINT IN TIME I'M NOT
HEARING A MOTION. UNDER THE
PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED OKAY CIVIL
. PUT THAT ON HOLD THAT THOUGHT
TO SAY THAT BUT IF YOU'RE
WILLING IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
ACCEPT. A MOTION. YOUR TO ACCEPT
THE CHAIRS AMENDS WITH WITH IT
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE'S- THAT THERE'S THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE FOR THE
NEGOTIATION. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE
THAT MUCH. OKAY SO MY CONCERN IS
THAT THE FURTHER NEGOTIATION IF
I'VE ALREADY CUT THIS BILL DOWN.
AND IT'S STUCK TO JUST POLICY
COMMITTEE STAFF. IT'S THE
NEGOTIATION IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
FAIR TO ME BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY
GOT IT THE BILL BASICALLY. SO TO
ME THIS IS VERY SIMPLE TO JUST
INCLUDE LEDGE DIRECTOR. AND
CHIEF I THINK THIS IS A VERY
FAIR. REFORM BILL- THIS IS WHAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT AND IT
AGAIN. OUR PRESERVES THE
INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION.
YEAH IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WERE
THE SITUATION WHERE. I'M WHERE
THE LAST HEARING AND- CENTER
ALLEN AYE I GUESS I'D SUGGEST
MAYBE HAVE A SIDEBAR
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR
AND- YOU WANT TO COME BACK LATER
IN THE HEARING WITH THE
PROPOSAL. WE CAN WE CAN
ENTERTAIN IT. BUT AT THIS POINT
IN TIME I'M NOT HEARING A MOTION
. SO WE'RE GONNA SAY THANK YOU
CENTER WILL HAVE YOUR
PRESENTATION TODAY. AND- WILL.
THANK GOD FOR THE LOBBYING
EFFORTS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DO
SEE IS SENATOR RAZA. AND THEN
WORK. WITH YOU FIRST. AS YOU.
I'M NOT SURE. IT'LL JUST TAKE A
QUICK ADEQUATE POSITIVE.
ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK
TO OUR HEARING THANKS EVERYONE
FOR THEIR PATIENCE SENATOR RAZA
PUBLICLY TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND THAT WE HAVE THE
ITEM NUMBER TWO SB FIFTY TWO AND
YOU'RE WELCOME TO BEGIN WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND MEMBERS- I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING
WITH US SINCE LAST DECEMBER ON
THIS LEGISLATION. S. B. FIFTY
TWO IS A BILL THAT REQUIRES
CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF TWO
AND A HALF MILLION OR MORE TO
ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. IN
ORDER TO DRAW ITS CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT LINES AND HAVE A FAIR
AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS. WELL
THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT DIRECTLY
INTENDED TO ANY SPECIFIC ENTITY
THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THE
LOS ANGELES CITY INSPIRED IT.
FOR DECADES THE EXISTING LA CITY
COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PROCESS
HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH
INCONSISTENCIES AND BIASES.
EVENTS IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO DEPICTED HOW THERE IS
A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR
BIASED AND SELF INTERESTED
MOTIVATIONS TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT
THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR
LOCAL ENTITIES. THAT HAVE NOT
ADOPTED AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING- POLICY REDUCE THE
DISTRICT IN BOUNDARIES FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES
INCLUDING LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
WERE DETERMINED BASED ON THE
WORK OF AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AS THE
STATE HAS SEEN THIS CONTINUED
TREND BUILD OUT TO MORE COUNTIES
THERE ARE STILL MANY LARGE
ENTITIES WHICH HAVE NOT FORMALLY
ADOPTED INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING. LOS ANGELES IS
THE LARGEST REMAINING A LOCAL
ENTITY YET TO ADOPT INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING. CALIFORNIA HAS
TAKEN AN INCREASED INTEREST IN
THE ADOPTION OF INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS FOR
CITIES WITH LARGER POPULATIONS
THIS INTEREST IS BASED ON HOW
THESE LOCAL ENTITIES SERVE. AS
LOCAL STEWARDS WITH THESE OF
BODIES OVERSEEING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES IN
THE BILLIONS. TO FINANCE
CRITICAL SERVICES SUCH AS
HOUSING HOMELESSNESS AND UTILITY
RELIEF. LOS ANGELES WAS THE MOST
GLARING EXAMPLE WHERE MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL DEPICTED AN EXISTING
REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT DOES
NOT PRIORITIZE THE RESIDENTS
WELL BEING ERODING PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE IN THE REDISTRICTING
PROCESS AND FURTHER JEOPARDIZING
THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF VITAL
PUBLIC RESOURCES. THIS BILL
PRESENTS A LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE
TO AN URGENT NEED. OF WHICH AND
IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT DYNAMIC
OF HOW MANY LARGE CITIES ARE
GRANTED AUTONOMY FOR CERTAIN
MATTERS AS CHARTER CITIES BASED
ON EXTENDED LEGAL RESEARCH ON
THAT ISSUE INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT
AND LEGAL OPINIONS GARNERED
GATHERED FROM UC. BERKELEY LAW
DEAN DEAN DEAN CHEMERINSKY AND
OUR OWN STATE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL THERE IS CONSENSUS AS B.
FIFTY TWO HAS STRONG
CONSTITUTIONAL STANDING TO
PRESCRIBE A SPECIFIC INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR
CHARTER CITIES IMPACTED BY THIS
BILL THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS
LEGAL PRECEDENT WHICH GRANTS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE ABILITY
AND THE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE ON
LOCAL LOCAL MATTERS. I EVICT
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
DIMMITT A MATTER OF STATEWIDE
CONCERN. FURTHER THE PROPOSED
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING MODEL
ARE IN THIS BILL STARTED AS A
COPY OF THE COUNTY REDISTRICTING
MODEL. OF AND MY OFFICE HAS
REMAINED ENGAGED WITH VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS TO REFINE THE
REMEDY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY ADVICE THE ADVOCACY
GROUPS AND OTHER LEGISLATORS. I
WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT- ONE
HIGHLIGHT HOW IS B. FIFTY TWO
ALSO INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT
RECOGNIZES ITS CITIES DO
ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.
THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR
OWN CHARTER THAT MODEL WOULD
APPLY IF THE MAYES THE BASELINE
INTENT OF INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING I'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS-
ASSEMBLYMAN BRIAN SENATORS
MENJIVAR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ACLU COMING
BECAUSE COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS
OUGHT TO MAKE THIS THE BEST A
POSSIBLE BILL. WITH ME TODAY TO
TESTIFY IS RICHARD SALDOVAR
PROMINENT COMMUNITY AND STATE
LEADER FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE WALLEZ MAMADI S.
PROJECT TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT. AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME
MISTER CHAIR I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. BOATS THANK YOU
SENATOR RAZA. SHE ADDED THAT MR
THOUGHT OF R. E. THE FLOOR IS
YOURS TWO MINUTES THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH GOOD MORNING
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND THE FOUNDER OF THE
WALLACE MEMORIAL ST LOS ANGELES.
BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF SB FIFTY TWO AND THE
SENATORS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A
REMEDY TO A PROBLEM THAT OUR
COMMUNITY HAS NEEDED TO ADDRESS
FOR DECADES. AS A LOCAL LOS
ANGELES RESIDENT I AM SADDENED
BY THE ARROGANCE THAT WAS
DISPLAYED OF THE TAPE THIS PAST
SUMMER. ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING
PROCESS BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST
TIME THAT'S EVER TAKEN PLACE IT
WAS JUST CAUGHT ON TAPE. THE
CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE
DEPICTED THE CITY COUNCIL
REDISTRICTING PROCESS WHERE
INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS COME BEFORE
THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES THESE TYPES OF
CONVERSATIONS WERE NOT ONLY
CONDUCTED. ON THOSE TAPES BUT
WITH OTHER MEMBERS MEMBERS OF
THE CAL. AT THE PRESS CARRIED
THE STORY ABOUT THE TAPES ALMOST
NIGHTLY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS COMMITTED TO CHANGING
THE PROCESS. AND NOW WITH NO
MEDIA STORIES ABOUT THIS ISSUE
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. IT'S BEEN
MONTHS TO PUT IT SIMPLY OUR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY IS NOT
UPHOLDING ITS COMMITMENT. AS
PUBLIC STEWARDS TO PROTECT OUR
BEST INTERESTS. ALREADY ALMOST A
DECADE THE LOS ANGELES CITY
COUNCIL HAS REMAINED SCANDAL
PLAGUED WITH OTHER INCIDENTS.
INCLUDING FBI INVESTIGATIONS
INTO CORRUPTION AND OTHER SELF
INTEREST MANEUVERS TO PRESERVE
POWER. FURTHER ERODING PUBLIC
TRUST IN CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS
. IT WAS A PUBLIC PAUL PUBLIC
DISPLAY OF FAILURES OF THE L. A.
COUNCIL TO PROVIDE UNBIASED AND
TRANSPARENT SERVICE. TO THE
PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. HOW WE
RESPOND THIS TIME MUST BE
DIFFERENT. NOT JUST ANOTHER
SCANDAL SWEPT AWAY. THE MOMENT
DEMANDS MORE. THE LACK OF TRUST
IN LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITIES
GOVERNMENT IS RIPPING US APART
AT A TIME WE NEED OUR LEADERS
TO. TRULY LISTEN TAKE ACTION AND
BRING US TOGETHER. WE WANT OUR
LEADERS TO BE BETTER WE WANT
MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND
RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT. THAT IS
WHY WE TRULY NEED AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO FINALLY
BE ADOPTED BY THE LA CITY
COUNCIL. BACK IN TWO THOUSAND
AND TWENTY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS-
WANTED TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR
IN A INDEPENDENT COMMISSION BUT
THEY NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH IF
YOU COULD WRAP UP PLEASE. THIS
PROPOSED A PROPOSAL FOR
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
OCCURRED DURING THE NINETEEN
NINETY NINE CHARTER WE REFORM
EFFORTS AND IT WAS REJECTED.
TWENTY FIVE FOR TWENTY FIVE
YEARS THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT
DEMONSTRATED A SERIOUS INTEREST
IN PURSUING INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING. I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT AS OF TODAY THERE IS NO
PROPOSAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW
COUNCIL EFFORTS FOR INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING. AND LET ME JUST
CLOSE WHICH IS VERY PASSIONATE
TO ME. THE LACK OF URGENCY TO
RESTORE CONFIDENCE IS MOTIVATED
MY INTEREST TO SUPPORT THIS THIS
BILL. IT IS CRITICALLY NEEDED
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND
LASTLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
THE STRENGTH OF A DEMOCRACY IS
OFFERED MEASURED BY THE FAITH OF
ITS MEMBERS PARTICIPATION IN THE
ELECTORAL PROCESS. AND LACK
THANK YOU. AND LACK OF
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.
ERODES FREEDOMS AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. WE SEE
OFTEN WITH LOW VOTER TURNOUT THE
INABILITY TO HOLD OUR GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE THANK YOU
I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
TRANSPARENCY I ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES I
ASK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK A VOTE
ON THIS. BILL IS TO MAKE YOUR-
WE'LL BE SURE THAT THAT THE
EXTRA TIME WILL BE ADDED TO THE
OTHER SIDE ANYONE ELSE HERE I IN
SUPPORT ONE IS. INDICATE THEIR
NAME AFFILIATION. IS GONNA. MMHM
. GOOD MORNING CHAIR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND STAFF KRISTOFF MEYER
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES IN SUPPORT THANKS TO
THE AUTHOR FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN SUPPORT. PLEASE
COME ON UP WIENER THREE YEARS
OKAY SURE. LARA'S THE RIVER IS A
CALIFORNIA- IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMISSIONS WE HAVE A SUPPORT OF
AMENDED LETTER INTO SENATOR ALSO
WE APPRECIATE. THE RESULTS FONTS
OF THIS OF HER- OFFICE AND- WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK ON GREAT THANK YOU.
MARQUISE MASON CALIFORNIA MY
VOTERS IN SUPPORT THANKS GREAT
THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT
OKAY WE'LL GO TO OPPOSITION HERE
IN THE HEARING ROOM. ANYONE
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
PLEASE COME ON UP TO THE
MICROPHONE. AND YOU HAPPEN TO
MAKE A STATEMENT IF YOU WISH YOU
HAVE THREE MINUTES EIGHTEEN
SECONDS I'LL KEEP IT SHORT-
THREE OF LOS ANGELES IN
OPPOSITION. OKAY SMALLER BEHIND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ANYONE
ELSE AND IN OPPOSITION I WILL GO
TO THE PHONE LINES MODERATOR.
YOU ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO
WISHES TO- INDICATE THAT ERROR
THERE SUPPORTER OPPOSITION SB
FIFTY TWO BY SENATOR RAZA THIS
IS THE TIME JUST TO GET THEIR
NAME AFFILIATION. AND POSITION
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT- ON THE OPPOSITION OF SB
FIFTY TWO YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. GUINNESS'S SUPPORT
AND OR OPPOSITION. WE WILL GO TO
LINE A TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. OUR MYSTERY FROM LOS
ANGELES COUNTY I STRONGLY
OPPOSE- S. B. FIFTY TWO THE
REDISTRICTING FOR LARGER CHARTER
CITY. THANK YOU NEXT BUT LINE
FOURTEEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GOOD
MORNING MY NAME ISSUE MORE
AMSTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
PARENTS EDUCATORS TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS IN ACTION IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU
IMAGE CHAIR WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION IN Q. VERY
GOOD WILL BRING THE MATTER BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION
AND DEBATE. MEMBERS ANY
DISCUSSION DEBATE I SEE A HAND
FROM CENTER OUT- OKAY THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND-
YEAH THANK YOU SENATOR FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS I MEAN AS YOU AS- I
KNOW YOU KNOW. HI THIS IS A
MATTER OF GREAT IMPORT I YOU
KNOW IT'S PART OF WHY HI.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRIAN AND I ARE
WORKING ON A STATE WIDE. FIX
THAT WOULD HELP TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE- COMPREHENSIVELY I GUESS I
WANT TO FIRST ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THE STATEWIDE EFFORT
EXTENT TO WHICH YOU'RE WORKING
WITH THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
CHAIR. ON THIS. THANK YOU UP YES
I'VE OF MET WITH THE ASSEMBLY
MEN- WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION
AS TO WHERE AND HOW WE COULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER
CERTAINLY. THE SCOPE OF WHAT OF.
HIS INTEREST AS SHARED WAS A
STATE STATEWIDE WITH A MUCH
LOWER THRESHOLD- AND OTHER OTHER
ISSUES SO WE HAVEN'T GONE TO.
THE A REAL- MORE SPECIFIC-
SUPPORT A DECISION YET BUT WE'RE
DEFINITELY WORKING TOGETHER
WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
TOGETHER OKAY I REALLY THINK YOU
FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THAT AND
MAKING THAT HAPPEN IS RIGHT.
YEAH THANK YOU I'M AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK
THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT
FOR US TO TRY TO. ROW ROW IN THE
SAME DIRECTION AS BEST WE CAN
I'M AYE I WAS TIME. I'M I WHY
DID YOU WHY DO YOU WANT TO DRAW
YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT
YOU'RE YOU'RE COMMITTED TO
WORKING. WITH COMMON BECAUSE I
DO WANT. TO DRAW ATTENTION TO
THEIR LETTER. ON THE HOTTEST A
FULL AMENDED A LETTER WE I THINK
ON. IT YOU REALLY MERITS
EXAMINATION- THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF CONCERNS ABOUT- THE LARGEST
SIZE OF THE COMMISSION REQUIRED
BY THE BILL I THINK IF YOU LOOK
AT TWENTY FOUR. PEOPLE AND THEIR
ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
PROPORTIONAL PARTY COMPOSITION
AND THE COMMISSIONER SELECTION
PROCESSES ADDRESS. I'M I KNOW
THAT YOU LARGELY MODELED. YOUR
BILL ON THE COUNTY MODEL WE ALSO
KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
PROBLEMS WITH THE COUNTY.
REDISTRICTING PROCESS LAST TIME
AND I THINK THAT- YOU KNOW I
WOULD LOVE TO JUST GET A BETTER
SENSE AS TO. YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
TO YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
COMMON CAUSE- AS YOU TRY TO
BECAUSE WE TRY TO LAND ON A ON A
GOOD MODEL. FOR THE CITY. OF
WHAT. JUST WITH REGARDS TO. NINE
YEAR- WITH REGARDS TO THEIR
SPECIFIC ISSUES LIKE YOU SAID
THE NUMBER RIGHT OF THE YEAH THE
PARTY COMPETITION IN RIGHT
SELECTION PROCESS AND- WELL THE
NUMBER OF COURSES. YOU KNOW
DEPENDS I MEAN WE HAVE FIFTEEN
OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN LOS
ANGELES RIGHT IF YOU LIMITED TO
FOURTEEN. YOU KNOW HOW DO YOU
DECIDE WHICH DISTRICT DOESN'T
HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTED ON THE
COMMISSION. ON AND THE- THE WAY
WE APPROACH IT IS YOU KNOW YOU
CAN. ADD MORE ALL THE WAY UP TO
TWENTY FOUR AND EACH TIME IT'S-
YOU KNOW IT'S RANDOM IT'S RANDOM
BUT WE WANT THE LAST. THREE OR
FOUR SO A TO SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESS ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM
THAT CAME OUT AS A RESULT OF
THOSE OUR RANDOM SELECTIONS. SO-
I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR WE COULD WE
CAN GET UP WITH THAT BUT- YOU
KNOW THE OTHER THING TO LOOK AT
THIS IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE
TO BE ONE MERGED BILL I MEAN WE
COULD SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND
ADDRESS EACH OTHERS ISSUES AND
CONCERNS AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T
END UP IN ONE SINGLE BILL BUT WE
ARE SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER AS
LONG AS IT'S NOT CONFLICT AND I
THINK THAT'S THE THAT'S THE
SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE'RE HAVING. I'M OKAY I MEAN AT
LEAST FROM THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN
UP IN THE ANNOUNCES THAT SAYS
THAT IT IS TYPICALLY PER OF THE
BILL FACILITY PROVIDES THE
COMMISSION SHALL CONSISTENT
TWENTY FOUR MEMBERS- RIGHT. BUT
IF I MIGHT SENATOR THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT IF
THERE IS A BETTER WAY THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL. UP YOU KNOW CITY
COUNCIL CAN PASS ITS OWN ITS OWN
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
PROCESS SO AS LONG AS IT MEETS A
BASELINE OF WHAT INDEPENDENT
MEANS. AND SO IF THERE ARE
PARTICULAR THINGS THAT WOULD
APPLY BETTER IN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES THEY CAN DO THAT JUST
LIKE IT WOULD APPLY. TO ANY
OTHER ENTITY THAT MIGHT BE A
COVERED UNDER THIS BILL. YEAH
ALL RIGHT I MEAN I'M I'M HAPPY
TO MOVES ITEM I REALLY DO- YOU
KNOW- I PROCEDURE COMMENT YOUR
COMMITMENT TO. YOUR CONTINUING
THAT. THE WORK WITH- WITH CHAIR
BRIAN AND BUT I ALSO- APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS. AND I REALLY DO
HOPE THAT. WILL WILL BE ABLE TO
GET ON THE SAME PAGE COMMON
CAUSES WELL BECAUSE I THINK
YOU'RE THE DEVIL SUBSTANTIVE
LETTERS TWO PAGE LETTER- THEY'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THE SPACE FOR
QUITE SOME TIME WE'VE ALSO SEEN
SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES THAT
EXIST. IN A NUMBER OF THE-
COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS
IS ULTIMATELY ALL ABOUT GETTING
YOUR RIGHT I MEAN THE COMMENTED
IN MATER TOPLEY CORRECT- WE WERE
ALL REALLY DISMAYED BY. WHAT THE
RELEASE OF THAT TAPE- SHOWED
ABOUT- THE WAY THAT- YOU KNOW
THAT THIS PROCESS. HAD PLAYED
OUT IN THE PAST AND THE
ARROGANCE OF WHICH SOME OF- THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF
THE PROCESS YEAH I TOOK TO THIS
PROCESS AND I THINK PART IS PART
OF WHY WE WANT TO REALLY GET IT
RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S- BUT MY
SENSE OF TOTAL AGREEMENT ABOUT
THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT IT
REGISTRY COMMISSIONS WE
CERTAINLY ARE BUYING WITHOUT
MODEL EVERYWHERE WE GO. NOW AND
I JUST I THINK COMMON CAUSES AND
THE KEY- YOU KNOW A PLAYER IN IN
IN THIS ROLL OUT- AND THEY YEAH
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO. SOME
REALLY GOOD COLLABORATIVE WORK.
BETWEEN ALL OF OUR OFFICES IN
THEM AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO HONE THIS IN A WAY THAT WILL
REALLY SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF
THE CITY LOS ANGELES THE PAST.
THANK YOU CENTER ALLEN ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS. OKAY SENATOR RAZA I
APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS
SPACE I THANK GOD- THAT THE WORK
OF THE COMMISSION AND ALLIES
MUCH OVERDUE FOR REFORM AS YOUR
BILL PROPOSES I'VE- OBVIOUSLY
HERE THAT. INTEREST IN OTHERS
OF- IN ADVANCING OF REFORMS
ALONG THESE LINES THAT I WOULD.
I WOULD NOTE THAT DIE I
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT YOU'VE GIVEN LOS ANGELES.
THE CHANCE TO DO IT THEMSELVES.
AND IN A WAY THAT HAS VOTER
AFFIRMATION OF A OF A PROCESS
THAT IS FAIR AND HONEST. AND
TRANSPARENT. WITH THAT HAPPY TO
SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY THANK
YOU GRAYSON AND COURAGE TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN
THE SPACE. ALL RIGHT THAT I'M IN
A RECOGNIZE EMOTION FROM SENATOR
ALAN. ON THIS MEASURE. THIS IS A
DO PASS. YOU TO GOVERN CENTER
THE- AT. AND WITH THAT WOULD
LIKE TO CLOSE. THIS ASK FOR YOUR
I. BOATS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OKAY WITH THE SECRETARY CALL THE
ROLL. THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER
TWO SB FIFTY TWO WITH A MOTION
TO PASS THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE SENATORS
GLAZER AYE. GLAZER AYE WHEN NO
ALLEN. ALLEN AYE MCGUIRE. AND
YOUR- NEWMAN. NEWMAN AYE NUMBER
FIVE. NUMBER. FIVE WE'RE GONNA
PUT THAT BILL I'M CALL AFTER
ABSENT MEMBERS. YEAH. I'D MAYBE
THE SECRETARY DIDN'T HEAR YOUR
VOTE CORRECTLY WHEN WAS THAT NOT
VOTING DID YOU GET THAT. WILL
WILL CONFIRM THAT AND THIS BILL
STAY ON CALL AND WE'LL BRING IT
BACK FOR THANK YOU MEMBERS IN
THIS YEAR ALL RIGHT SENATOR.
WILL KEEPING VERY PATIENT THEIR
APPRECIATE THAT. AND- THIS IS
FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE NOW SB
FIVE EIGHTEEN- BY SENATOR WILK.
THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS.
IN ORDER TO HAVE A VIBRANT
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
PEOPLE AND BECAUSE OF THAT IN MY
TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE I'VE
WORKED ON A COUNT ABILITY
TRANSPARENCY ISSUES WHETHER IT'S
THE GOVERNMENT OR IN ELECTIONS I
KNOW WORKED A LOT WITH THIS
SENATOR ALAN. ON VERTICALLY
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STUFF- I
BELIEVE THE MORE INFORMATION
VOTERS HAVE THE BETTER DECISIONS
THEY MAKE AND THIS BILL IS
REALLY A SIMPLE REFORM AS WE'VE
TRANSITIONED TO MOPE A VOTE BY
MAIL BALLOT FACT A LAST ELECTION
CYCLE I THINK WAS EIGHTY SEVEN A
HALF PERCENT OF ALL BALLOTS WERE
CAST THAT WAY THERE'S A LOT OF
ISSUES PEOPLE- FORGET TO SIGN
THEIR BALLOT. I KNOW FOR ME I
HAD ISSUE WHERE MY SIGNATURE HAS
CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND IT
WAS IT WAS REJECTED DUE TO THAT
AND IT'S SO WE HAVE THIS HOE
CURING PROCESS. IN THE PRIME OF
THE CURING PROCESS NOW IS IT
GIVES A LOT OF LATITUDE TO
WHOMEVER SITTING IN- IN THE THAT
THE COUNTY THE COUNTY OFFICES
HAD A SITUATION DOWN IN CENTRAL
VALLEY VERY TIGHT. SENATE RACE
THIS LAST TIME FOR COUNTIES ALL
FOUR COUNTIES HAD DIFFERENT
DEADLINES. ARE FROM WHEN THEY
WERE GOING TO ACCEPT A CURED
BALLOTS IN FACT OF THE ONE
COUNTY AND- GOT CONFLICTING
INFORMATION OUT OF THAT AND OUR
SITE THAT WE HAD ADDITIONAL TIME
AND THEN WE- WE TURN TO MEN-
THEY SAID NO THE DEADLINE HAS
PASSED. WE GET I DON'T THINK
THAT WAS POLITICAL AT ALL I JUST
THINK IT WAS POOR MANAGEMENT AT
THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE. BUT I
HAD MY CANDID WHO ENDED. LOSING
BY TWENTY TWO. TWENTY TWO VOTES
GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
QUESTIONING THE LEGITIMACY OF
THE ELECTION. I DIED DOING THAT
AT ALL BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE STANDARD
STANDARD DEADLINES SO ALL THIS
BILL DOES. IS THAT ALL CURED
BALLOTS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED- NO
LATER THAN FORTY EIGHT HOURS
BEFORE THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION
WHICH IS YOU KNOW THIRTY DAYS.
SO EVERYBODY. ALL SIDES ON A
LEVEL PLAYING. FIELD AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RULES. WITH
THAT AS I. ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU SO WELCOME YOU HAVE.
HERE AT TO SPEAK SUPPORT I DID
THIS THIS IS. OF DECIDED NOT TO
DO THAT VERY GOOD ANYBODY HERE
WHICH IS TO INDICATE THEIR
SUPPORT- IN THE ROOM. ALL RIGHT
WE'LL GET OPPOSITION ANYONE HERE
OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM. GOOD
MORNING TRISH HOWEVER ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
CORK AND ELECTION OFFICIALS. WE
ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS BILL
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T
MAKE IT INTO THE ANALYSES THAT I
WANTED TO BRING UP. FORWARD IS
THAT FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
WE ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO
CERTIFY IT TWENTY EIGHT DAYS.
AND IT'S FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THERE ARE. ITEMS THAT WE WOULD
DO TO THIRTY DAYS- AND I KNOW WE
HAD MENTIONED NOT TO YOUR
OFFICE- BUT IF THERE IS A
DISCONNECTED THERE IF IT GOES TO
THIRTY DAYS THEN WE HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL
ONES. OKAY I THINK WHAT NOTE
THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN
JUST A MOMENT ANYBODY ELSE IN
OPPOSITION HERE IN THE ROOM. I
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES-
MODERATOR THIS IS ITEM NUMBER
THREE SB FIVE EIGHTEEN ANYONE.
QUEUED UP TO SPEAK IN. SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION JUST NAME AND
AFFILIATION. THANK YOU FOR AND
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION YOU MAY
PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN
THAT IS ONE AND THEN ZERO VERNE
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION AT THE.
FIVE EIGHTY. AND WE WILL GO TO
LINUS SEVENTEEN YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. RIGHT SEVENTEEN DO YOU
HAVE A SON YOU. IT IS TAKE YOUR
SELF OUT. WE'LL GO TO LINE
TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
NOTHING FROM THE- EXCUSE ME L.
A. COUNTY- I SUPPORT. SB FIVE
EIGHTEEN THE ELECTION ELECTION
CERTIFICATION RESULT. VERY GOOD
NEXT NEXT CALLER PLEASE. THANK
YOU. AND WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SUPPORTER THANK YOU AT THANK YOU
I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS OR
DISCUSSIONS ANY MEMBER. A CENTER
WILL CENTER WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT WAS
RAISED THERE ALL I'M LOOKING FOR
IS A SET DATE SO I'M TOTALLY
FLEXIBLE IN THAT HAPPY HAPPY TO
WORK WITH IT WITH THE OPPOSITION
AGAIN ALL I'M ADVOCATING FOR IS
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS- THE RULES
IN ADVANCE AGAIN THIS PARTICULAR
SENATE RACE. FOR COUNTIES FOUR
DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES YEAH AND
NOT ALWAYS COMMUNICATED CLEAR IT
CLEARLY AND AGAIN I DON'T THINK
IT WAS POLITICAL BIAS I THINK
THERE WERE SOME MISMANAGEMENT
WHICH IS A CONCERN AS WELL BUT
IF EVERYBODY'S OPERATING IN THE
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RULES THAT'S
ALL I'M LOOKING FOR HAPPY TO
WORK WITH THEM. TO HAVE A DATE
THAT. HELPED THEM COMPLY WITH
FEDERAL LAW SHOULD I TAKE THAT
AS YOUR CLOTHES YES I AM HAPPY
TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY I
THINK IT'S A FAIR STANDARD
YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY TO
WORK WITH THE CLERKS- ON THAT
ISSUE. CENTER WINS. DID YOU HAVE
A OF MOTION YES- SKEWS ME AT.
DID YOU EVER. WONDER OKAY- I
HAVE RECOGNIZE EMOTION TO SEND
NEWMAN VILLAGERS JERRY. YOU KNOW
WHAT I WANNA COME INTO YOU KNOW
I FULLY. THE BROADER INTENT TO
THIS BILL OKAY THE PROMISES BILL
. WE HAVE FROM. ELECTION DAY
ELECTION EVE TO SOMETHING LIKE
ELECTION MONTH- AND NOBODY KNOWS
WHEN THAT MONTH AND TEN AND THAT
THAT CLEARLY HAS. A BUNCH OF
PROSPECTIVELY CORROSIVE. EFFECTS
SHOULD BE IN YOUR NAME SOME OF
THEM SORRY I THINK IS A GOOD
START I'M GOING TO HEAR THAT
YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH- THE
CLERICS. AB WHATEVER THE DATE IS
SET TO GET THAT TO HAVE THAT
CLARITY ABOUT WHEN ELECTIONS ARE
OVER- WOULD BE HUGELY HELPFUL IN
MANY MANY WAYS TO GLADYS WITH
THE BILL TODAY. THANK YOU THANK
YOU SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
BETTER RECOGNIZE THE MOTION
SENATOR WIN. THIS IS DUE PASSED
TO. THE OPRAH. SECATEURS CALL
THE ROLL. I FILE ITEM NUMBER
THREE THE MOTION TO PASS THE
COMMITTEE I PROBE. SENATORS HI
PLEASE AYE WHEN I ALLEN. ALLEN I
MCGUIRE. MENJIVAR NEWMAN. YOU
AYE NUMBER HI NUMBER FIVE I WILL
GET A HOLD THE ROLE OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS RANK YOU SENT
WELCOME SEE SENATOR. NUMBER
FOUR. SB. FIVE THIRTY TWO. AND
THE FLOOR IS YOURS WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- MISTER CHAIRMAN-
ONE THING THAT WE COMMITTEE YOU
YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR-
WORKING- WITH US IN THIS BILL
MISTER CHAIRMAN YOU AND I
ACTUALLY I THINK I'VE I'VE- I
WORKED DIRECTLY INTENSIVELY ON
THIS BILL- AND- I'M WE HAVE
AGREED ON. AMENDMENTS TO THE
BILL WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO LATE TO BE IN
THE ANALYSIS- I'D LIKE TO STATE
THOSE AMENDMENTS AS I UNDERSTAND
THEM SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
WERE- IN ACCORD- THE AMENDMENTS
SO WILL BE THE FOLLOWING- THE TO
FIX THE FISCAL EXISTING FISCAL
DISCLOSURES WILL REMAIN. ON THE
BALLOT LABEL BUT THE WORDS
REALLY THAT WITH THE WORDS- THAT
COMPRISE THOSE FISCAL
DISCLOSURES WILL NOT COUNT
TOWARDS THE SEVENTY FIVE- WORD
LIMIT THEY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM
THAT LIMIT SO THIS WILL BE ABLE
TO GO OVER SEVENTY FIVE WORDS
NOT TO DESCRIBE. THE USES OF THE
BOND BUT THAT THE PHYSICAL
DISCLOSURES. THAT ARE REQUIRED
I'M NOT A B. FOR BOTH THE TIERED
TAXES AND FOR BONDS THAT
EXEMPTION FROM SEVENTY FIVE OR
LIMIT WILL- WHAT WILL APPLY AND
THEN IN ADDITION- EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS ARGUABLY THE ALREADY THE
LAW. UNDER EXISTING LAW- THAT WE
WILL EXPLICITLY ALLOW- THE
OPTION OF USING BULLET POINTS-
ON THE ON THE BALLOT ON THE
FISCAL ANALYSIS ON. ON THE ON
THE. ON THE FISCAL HOUSE ON THE
FISCAL HOUSES ONLY I'M COULD I
WANT ONE MOMENT PLEASE SURE.
BUT WE YOU AND I HAVE NOT BEEN
EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT BUT WE'RE
WILLING TO GO WITHOUT THAT THE
POLLS WILL BE FOR THE FOR THE
FISCAL. ON SO THOSE WERE THE
AMENDMENTS SO THAT WE AGREED TO
AND- IF THE TEARS AMENABLE WE
CAN HAVE THAT AGREEMENT YES IS
THAT THANK YOU SENATOR WINNER AS
YOU CORRECTLY. IDENTIFIED THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE
WORK THERE TO OF FIND COMMON
GROUND OKAY SO ALEX YOU'RE MY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALL UNDERSTAND
THAT EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT
OKAY OKAY SO WITHOUT WE ACCEPT
THOSE AMENDMENTS AS AS WELL-
GREW ACTED AGREED UPON
COMMITTEE- AMOUNTS AND
APPRECIATE THE TERROR. ARE
WORKING WITH US AND I DO I DO
WANT TO SAID AS I BECAUSE THERE
ARE NOT IN LOVE WITH THOSE
AMENDMENTS- BUT I'M HAPPY TO
COME TO A RESOLUTION SO THAT WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD AND IN PEACE
AND HARMONY AND- AND TAKE A STEP
FORWARD IN ADDRESSING WHAT'S A
VERY VERY REAL I ISSUE A CARD
THAT ISSUE IS. THAT IN TWENTY
FIFTEEN AND TWENTY SEVENTEEN THE
LEGISLATURE AFTER ME DECADES AND
DECADES OF NOT HAVING THESE
REQUIREMENTS THE LEGISLATURE
IMPOSED- REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL
BOND AND TAX MEASURES- BACK IN
THE SEVENTY FIVE OR A BALLOT
QUESTION REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT
EXPLANATION- OF- OF COSTS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THOSE- TO THOSE
MEASURES. I VOTED FOR THE TWENTY
SEVENTEEN WHEN I WASN'T HERE FOR
TWENTY FIFTEEN- I DON'T WANT
SURFACED THIS SEEMS PERFECTLY
REASONABLE WE ALL WANT MORE
DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY. IN
PRACTICE IT HAS BEEN A COMPLETE
MESS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
DISTILLED IS NOT APPLIED TO
SIMPLE TAX MEASURES THAT ONLY
HAVE ONE HERE WE'RE NOT THAT'S
FINE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT BONDS AND TIERED PARCEL
TAX MEASURES THERE ARE THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN THERE SIMPLY ARE NOT
ENOUGH. YOU CAN'T FIT IT IN THE
SEVENTY FIVE WORDS PREDICT
PARTICULARLY WITH A TIERED A
MEASURE. BUT ALSO SOMETIMES WITH
THE BOND THERE TO ARE NOT MORE
TO DESCRIBE THE USE. AND ALL THE
DIFFERENT. COST AND SOME
PRACTICE IT HAS BEEN A ALSO BEEN
EXTRA CAN. BECAUSE THERE
REQUIRES YOU TO VERY
COMPLICATED- AND SOMETIMES-
AMBIGUOUS TIME THE U. S. BUT
UNCERTAIN BOND COSTS BECAUSE OF
BONDS YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PREDICT
WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO USE ESTIMATES
ARRANGES YOU HAVE THEM BOIL THAT
DOWN AND INCLUDED. INSERTED INTO
THE SEVENTY FIVE WORDS IN
ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT
THE BOND IS GOING TO DO. SO IT
IS BEEN A COMPLETE MASSIVE HAS
REDUCED- THE PASSAGE RATE. OF
BONDS AND TAX MEASURES- AND THE
AND THE- AND THEY'RE PASSING BY
LOWER PERCENTAGES. THERE ARE
LOCAL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
CITIES THAT THAT THEY DO THE
POLLING IN THE POLLING TANKS SO
TREMENDOUSLY. WHEN YOU PUT THIS
CONVOLUTED CONFUSING LANGUAGE
AND THAT THEY DON'T EVEN BOTHER
TO GO TO THE BALLOT- IT'S BEEN.
CHARGED A MASS AND SO AND IN
TWENTY NINETEEN WE CAME IN TO
TRY TO FIX IT- THE LEGISLATURE
PASSED AT THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT
WE CAME BACK THIS YEAR. WITH THE
REVISED VERSION OF IT TO TRY TO
ADDRESS THE GOVERNOR'S CONCERNS
IN HIS VETO MESSAGE- I NOW WE
HAVE AGREED TO AMENDMENTS TO NOT
DO EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO.
BUT TO AT LEAST TAKE A STEP. AND
THE STOCK COMPLETELY HANDCUFFING
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE
TRYING. TO DO ONLY THERE TRYING
TO DO IS SERVE THE COMMUNITY
BETTER. WHETHER IT'S FIXING A
SCHOOL. THAT IS DILAPIDATED. OR
SICK OUR KIDS ARE GETTING SICK.
WHETHER IT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS
YOU KNOW TO FIX INFRASTRUCTURE
SO THAT. WHEN SEA LEVEL RISE
HAPPENS WE DON'T HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE. GETTING
COMPLETELY FLOODED OUT. OR OUR
WATER SYSTEMS. SO THAT WE DON'T
HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE IN FLINT
MICHIGAN. THERE ARE SO MANY
WAYS. THAT WE ARE EXPECTING OUR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. YOU WOULD
HAVE FIX INFRASTRUCTURE TO
ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS
AND WE MAKE IT. HARDER AND
HARDER FOR THEM. TO GENERATE
THAT REVENUE AND IS IT ANY
WONDER WE HAVE SUCH DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. ON OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE WELL AND IN IN
TWENTY FIFTEEN TWENTY SEVENTEEN
THIS LEGISLATURE. I'M GONNA SAY
IT SCREWED OVER OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. BY MAKING IT EVEN
HARDER THAN IT ALREADY IS TO
RAISE CRITICAL REVENUE- AND THIS
BILL TODAY WILL HELP US MOVE IN
THE DIRECTION. OF STARTING TO
WALK THAT BACK I HAVE A BETTER
APPROACH TO THE CITY'S SCHOOL
DISTRICTS SPECIAL DISTRICTS CAN
ACTUALLY MEET THE COMMUNITY'S
NEEDS I RESPECTFULLY ASK. FOR AN
AYE VOTE- AND WITH ME TODAY- TO
TESTIFY- ARE REBEKAH A RECORD
CLEAN OF THE- COALITION FOR-
ADEQUATE SCHOOL HOUSING AND
STEVE RUSSELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING
FEDERATION. VERY GOOD WE LOOK
FORTY OR WITNESSES WE HAVE TWO
MINUTES EACH. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS REBEKAH CLEAN
ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION
PRODUCT WHAT SCHOOL HOUSING
REPRESENTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON
SCHOOL FACILITIES ISSUES. EVERY
CHILD IN CALIFORNIA DESERVES
ACCESS TO A CLEAN SAFE SCHOOL
INCLUDING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS
IN OUR NEWLY EXPANDED
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN GRADE
LEVEL REQUIRE SPECIALIZED
FACILITIES. LOCAL BONDS ARE THE
PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE TO
CONSTRUCT THESE CLASSROOMS AND
TO DO OTHER VITAL REPAIRS AND
UPGRADES FOR OUR SCHOOLS. BONSER
COVENANT BETWEEN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND TRANSPARENCY IS VITAL TO
SUSTAIN THE ONGOING COMMITMENT
AND SUPPORT OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES. VOTERS NEED TO KNOW
HOW A PROPOSED BOND MEASURE WILL
HELP THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WILL
AFFECT THEM PERSONALLY YUP THE
CURRENT BALLOT LABEL FISCAL
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT
MAKE SENSE FOR BONDS LEADING TO
VOTER CONFUSION. I'M CONFUSED
VOTERS VOTE NOW. BOND TAX RATES
ARE NOT FIXED INSTEAD OF THE
FLUCTUATE TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST CHANGES ARE DRIVEN BY
THE ECONOMY INTEREST RATES
PROPERTY VALUES PROJECT
SCHEDULES AND MORE. WE DO NOT
BELIEVE IT IS TRANSPARENT TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION WITHOUT
PROPER CONTEXT THAT WE KNOW
CONFUSES VOTERS. THIS VOTER
CONFUSION LEADS TO A VARIETY OF
OUTCOMES SOME SCHOOLS DO NOT PUT
THEIR BOND ON THE BALLOT IF
POLLING DOES NOT SHOW A WINNING
MEASURE IF THEY DON'T PUT IT ON
THE BALLOT JUST TO WATCH IT
FAIL. SCHOOLS WILL ALSO REDUCE
THE SIZE OF THEIR BONDS. AND
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR
FULL SIGNIFICANT NEEDS.
COMMUNITIES WITH A LONG HISTORY
OF PASSING BONDS AND SUPPORT FOR
THOSE BONDS ARE NOW SEEING THAT
THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY PASSING
APARTMENT. WE WILL SEE A
WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES
AND THE HAVE NOTS THE LARGE
DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL FACILITIES
AND THE MOST NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO
STUDENTS AND LOW WEALTH
COMMUNITIES. WE SUPPORT THE
PROPOSED COMPROMISE AS IT ALLOWS
ADDITIONAL SPACE WITHIN THE
EXISTING ABOUT LABEL TO EXPLAIN
BOTH THE FISCAL DISCLOSURES. AND
HOW THE REVENUES WILL BE SPENT
IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THAT
WE URGE YOUR IPHONE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MISS CLEAN.
MISTER RUSSELL. A GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MY NAME IS
STEVEN RUSSELL AND PRESIDENT AND
CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING
FEDERATION. SAN DIEGO HOUSING
FEDERATION REPRESENTS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SECTOR IN SAN
DIEGO AND WITH MORE THAN A
HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
ACROSS THE STATE AND REGION. AND
WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE
DESERVES A HEALTHY SECURE AND
AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
ORGANIZATIONS STRONG AND STRONG
SUPPORT SENATE BILL THREE FIVE
THREE TWO A CRUCIAL BILL WILL
TACKLE THE ISSUES CREATED BY THE
LATEST MODIFICATIONS THE BALLOT
MEASURE ELECTION LAWS. THIS BILL
WILL ESTABLISH CLARITY AND
TRANSPARENCY WHILE SAFEGUARDING
THE CAPACITY. OF LOCAL AGENCIES
AND COMMUNITIES TO FUND
INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. WELL THE
INTENTION BEHIND THE PRIOR
REFORMS WERE INCREASED
TRANSPARENCY IN THE VOTING
PROCESS THEY'VE RESULTED IN
CONFUSION AMONG VOTERS. AS A
SENATOR WIENER HAS HIGHLIGHTED
THIS CURRENT BALLOT MEASURE
REQUIREMENTS TAKE UP A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
AVAILABLE SPACE ON THE BALLOT
LABEL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO
DESCRIBE HOW THESE BONDS WERE
REVENUES WILL BENEFIT THE
COMMUNITY. OVERSIMPLIFIED BUT
WILL BALLOT LABEL FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS DO NOT HELP VOTERS
UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THE RATES
WILL FLUCTUATE ULTIMATELY
MISLEADING THEM. THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO'S AS FACE THIS THE ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
FIRST HAND IN RECENT YEARS. IN
TWENTY TWENTY THE HOUSING
FEDERATION CHAMPION MEASURE A
LOCAL BOND MEASURE THAT SOUGHT
TO GENERATE NINE HUNDRED MILLION
LOCAL REVENUE. THIS FUNDING WAS
AIMED AT TACKLING THE PRESSING
ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS BY
CONSTRUCTING AFFORDABLE IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
HOWEVER THE CURRENT BALLOT LABEL
REQUIREMENTS DRASTICALLY REDUCE
THE SUPPORTER MEASURE A- WHICH
REACH 58% BUT ALTER ALTERNATELY
FAILED TO PASS. POLLING IN MAY
OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN WITH PRE AB
ONE NINETY FIVE LANGUAGE
ILLUSTRATED SUPPORT WELL ABOVE
THE TWO THIRDS MARGIN REQUIRED.
WORST POLLING CONDUCTED A YEAR
LATER IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN DURING
THE CAMPAIGN ILLUSTRATED A
THIRTEEN POINT DROP IN SUPPORT.
CONFIRMED BY ADDITIONAL POLLING
OF BOTH NON A. B. COMPLIANCE AND
COMPLIANCE LANGUAGE IN JULY OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN. OUR EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS BECAUSE- THE
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING CRISIS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOBBLED BY
THE CURRENT BALLOT LABELING
REQUIREMENTS. THIS LIMITATIONS
IMPAIR THE CITY'S ABILITY TO
GENERATE MUCH NEEDED REVENUE TO
COMBAT THE CRISIS IN OUR REGION.
THE REST OF YOU CAN FINISH UP
PLEASE I WILL SIR WE SUPPORT THE
COMPROMISE AT. LISTED HERE TODAY
AS IT ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL
SPACE WITHIN THE EXISTING BALLOT
EXPLAIN BOTH THE FISCAL
DISCLOSURES AND HOW THE REVENUES
WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. FOR
THESE REASONS WE URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR NICK IS OR ANY OTHER
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIKE TO INDICATE
SUPPORT HERE IN THE ROOM HIS
NAME AN AFFILIATION THANK YOU
MISTER CARE MEMBERS I JEAN HURST
HERE JIM BEHALF THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA AND ON
BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS JULIE SNYDER
REPRESENTING THE BAY AREA
HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY AND
ITS PARENT AGENCIES. THE
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION AND ASSOCIATION OF
BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU JULIE. MISTER CHAIR
NUCLEAR DELUCA MAP OF NONPROFIT
HOUSING OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AN OPEN AIR SHOWING TALENT
SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR
COMMITTEE SEVERAL THE WORK ON
THE NEGOTIATIONS. THANK YOU SIR
. IS THIS ONE ON BEHALF OF SAN
FRANCISCO MAYOR LONDON BREED IN
SUPPORT AND HE- EDITAS IN BEHALF
OF THE COMPANY HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS
MARKETS DETWILER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ASSOCIATION AND ALSO ON BEHALF
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
HEALTHCARE DISTRICTS IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR. GOOD
MORNING KRISTOFF MEYER WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU SIR
A BODY ELSE AND US SUPPORT. I
WILL MOVED OPPOSITION ANYONE
HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO. SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS MEASURE. BYS
WALKING WITH THE CALIFORNIA
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION OPPOSITION
BUT WE APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS
PUT FORWARD. GREAT THANK YOU.
BUT AS A CHAVEZ WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS WERE OPPOSED TO THE
MEASURE IN PRINT HOWEVER WE WILL
BE REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS ARE
AND ARE REASSURED BY THE
LANGUAGE PROVIDING COMMITTEE
TODAY. AND WE'LL REASSESS OUR
POSITION AT THAT TIME THANK YOU
THANK YOU MA'AM. OR ANYBODY ELSE
IN OPPOSITION HERE IN THE ROOM I
WILL GO TO THE PHONE LINES
MODERATOR IF YOU ASK ANYONE
WOULD LIKE TO INDICATE SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO SB FIVE THIRTY
TWO TO PLEASE SO INDICATE. AND
WE JUST. NAY OR OBLIGATION. JUST
NAME AND AFFILIATION NOW.
ACCORDING OPPOSITION OF SB FIVE
THIRTY TWO YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND
THEN. ZERO WE WILL GO TO LINE IS
SEVENTY TWO YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
THE MORNING MICHELLE UNDERWOOD
ON BEHALF OF THE CORDLESS
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATORS. BOTH IN SUPPORT
. I REALLY DON'T THINK THANK
YOU. METSOVO TURBINE. EIGHTY
FIVE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GOOD
MORNING MARTIN DOCUMENTS ON
BEHALF OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY
WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT. ONE
THANK YOU WILL GO TO LINE A
TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN. I
THINK A LOS ANGELES COUNTY
AFFILIATED WITH HOWARD JARVIS
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION IN
CALIFORNIA. TAXPAYERS
ASSOCIATION TO ORGANIZATIONS. I
OPPOSE SB FIVE THIRTY TWO THE
BALLOT MATTER MEASURE PERTAINING
TO LOCAL TAXES. THANK YOU NEXT
TO GO TO LINE EIGHTEEN YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. GOOD MORNING MR
CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THIS IS MICHELLE GABLE ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU LINE EIGHTY
ONE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS JEFF FLOCK
OF REPRESENTING THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
ON THE TWENTY THREE SCHOOL
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT IN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU WHAT LINE EIGHTY SIX
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THANK YOU THE
MARKET ON BEHALF OF CS HE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE NOT FOR THE
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION THANK YOU
MODERATE THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
HELP TODAY ALL RIGHT NUMBERS
WE'RE GONNA BRING THE ISSUE BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS ON. ON SB FIVE
THIRTY TWO S. PROPOSED AMENDED
BY SENATOR WIENER I'M OF THE
BILL. C. NO WAY OUT I WILL JUST
SAY CENTER WIENER BEFORE YOUR
CLOSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK I KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS AND- I KNOW THIS
ISN'T THE PERFECT BILL THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE I THINK IT'S A
STEP FORWARD. WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK ON THESE ISSUES IS THAT AS
THE- THE MONTHS GO FORWARD OR
THE YEARS GO FORWARD WITH THAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE THIS FOR
QUESTIONABLE OKAY. THE CENTER
ALLEN HAS MOVED THE BILL THIS IS
A DO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS SECRETARY CALL
THE ROLL. SENATORS GLAZER AYE
GLAZER AYE WHEN NO ALLEN. ALLEN
AYE ACQUIRING MAJORITY. NEWMAN
ALL RIGHT NEWMAN AYE NUMBER.
NUMBER FIVE ALL RIGHT WE'RE
GONNA KEEP THE ROLE OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS THANK YOU SENATOR
WIENER WE'RE GONNA INVITE BACK
TO THE PODIUM CENTER- BURKE WHO
DIDN'T GET TO FINISH ON THE
SECOND BILL- LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING ABOUT THIS AT. THIS NEXT
ONE THIS IS A FILE ITEM NUMBER
NINE. SB. SIX SEVENTY EIGHT.
CLOSE THE LAWYER- IS THE- AT THE
CENTER OF BURKE SKEWS ME. HIDING
IN THE BACK. WHAT WE USUALLY
RESERVE THE FRONT ROW FOR
MEMBERS AT. OWN INVITE YOU TO
THE SENATE. THE. FORTY NINE. BY
THE USED TO WALKING. CENTER NILA
WE WELCOME YOU AND WE'D BE SURE
CERTAINLY INVITE YOU TO SIT IN
THE FRONT ROW NEXT TIME. WELL
THANK YOU I'M A VERY MODEST
PERSON- THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN SB EIGHT FIVE EIGHT YOU
CAN PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY
SIR. THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS- FIRST OF ALL GO KINGS.
I COULDN'T RESIST THAT- SB EIGHT
FIFTY EIGHT. WILL TRANSFER THE
DUTY OF PREPARING A BALLOT TITLE
AND SUMMARY STATEMENTS. USE ME
FOR ALL PROPOSED INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM MEASURES FROM. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE THE
L. A. O. THE INITIATIVE PROCESS
IS AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL
COMPONENT OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN
CALIFORNIA. AND IS BEING
EXERCISED WITH INCREASED
FREQUENCY AND EFFECTIVE
INITIATIVE INITIATIVE PROCESS
NECESSITATES AN IMPARTIAL.
NONPARTISAN ENTITY WITHOUT
POLITICAL LEANINGS TO INFORM
MIRAMAR VOTERS ABOUT THE
MEASURES. THE SOUNDNESS OF OUR
INITIATIVE PROCESS IS
COMPROMISED WHEN VOTER
INFORMATION IS AT ALL PARTIAL.
THAT'S WHY THE L. A. O. PROVIDES
THE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF BALLOT
MEASURES IN THE FIRST PLACE
UNFORTUNATELY BATTLE BALLOT
TITLE AND SUMMARY LANGUAGE IS
DRAFTED BY THE PARTISAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL. CAUSING IT SOMETIMES TO
BE POLITICALLY BIASED. THIS
SOMETIMES LEADS TO A MISINFORMED
RATHER THAN AN EDUCATED AND
ENGAGED ELECTORATE. WHILE
INITIATIVES THEMSELVES ARE OF
COURSE INHERENTLY POLITICAL THE
BALLOT AND TITLE THE BALLOT
TITLE AND SUMMARY SHOULD NOT BE.
CURRENTLY AS I SAID THE L. A. O.
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF EACH
MEASURE AND DOES SO IN AN
EXCELLENT EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND
IMPORTANTLY IMPARTIAL MANNER. IT
JUST MAKES GOOD SENSE THAT THE
L. A. O. BRING TO BRING THIS-
SAME SIMPLE AN IMPARTIAL
APPROACH TO DRAFTING THE TITLE
AND SUMMARY STATEMENT. WITH ME
TODAY I HAVE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
GABE PETEK TO GO OVER WHAT THE
CURRENT ROLE OF THE L. A. O. IS
WITH THE INITIATIVE PROCESS AS
WELL AS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE
ADDITIONALLY I HAVE DORA ROSE OF
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WITH
NAY. ALL RIGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE
BOTH OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE LIKE
TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
MORNING MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS
AND THANK YOU SENATOR NEW LOW I
DO WANT TO JUST BEGIN BY SAYING
THAT OUR OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE A
POSITION ON THIS PROPOSED BILL
AND SO I'M HERE TO DESCRIBE OUR
ROLE IN THE PROCESS- A IS AN
ATTORNEY WILL SAID- AND OUR ROLE
REALLY IS TO PROVIDE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS TO
CALIFORNIA'S VOTERS. ON ALL
BALLOT MEASURES AND REFERENDA
THEY GO BEFORE THE VOTERS WE
HAVE FOUR MAIN DELIVERABLES WHEN
WE DO THIS WORK THE HEART OF IT
REALLY IS IN THE BALLOT ANALYSIS
WHICH IS THE DETAILED ANALYSIS
THAT SENATOR NEW- MENTIONED.
THIS INCLUDES A SECTION THAT
PROVIDES BACKGROUND THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL IN
ANOTHER SECTION AND THEN THE
FISCAL EFFECTS AND A THIRD
SECTION WE ALSO PROVIDE. A
SUMMARY OF THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS
IN OUR FISCAL BULLETS WHICH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL USES AND ATTACH
IS TO THE TITLE AND SUMMARY. AND
THEN WE PROVIDE A SHORT YES NO
SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL THE
MEASURE WOULD DO WELL VOTE VOTE
YES OR NO MEANS FOR THE VOTER.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE. WE RIGHT-
PART OF THE BALLOT- LABEL. WE DO
NOT DO CURRENTLY. THE TITLE AND
SUMMARY WORK THAT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL DOES OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF THE BILL IS THAT THAT WOULD
THAT RESPONSIBILITY WOULD SHIFT
TO US AND I CAN SAY THAT. OUR
STAFF GIVEN THE RESEARCH THAT WE
DO PREPARING THE BALLOT
ANALYSIS. HAS THE ANALYTIC
CAPABILITY TO DO THAT WORK AND I
AM CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO
DO THAT WORK IMPARTIALLY. I
WOULD ALSO THOUGH. NOTE THAT THE
BILL AS WE UNDERSTAND IT SHIFTS
SOME ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
TO OUR OFFICE THEIR
ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE. AND
CALL UPON US TO DO SOME
ACTIVITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO.
AND SO I WOULD JUST MENTION
THESE INCLUDES A MONETARY
RESPONSIBILITY COLLECTING THE
FEES FOR THOSE THAT FILE- A
MEASURE TO GO BEFORE A TO
CIRCULATE TO GET SIGNATURES- IT
INCLUDES- SETTING UP A MECHANISM
FOR. RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT ON
OUR WEBSITE AND THEN MAKING THAT
AVAILABLE TO THE PROPONENTS. AND
THEN THIRDLY JUST THE PRESENCE
OF US STAFF TO RESPOND TO
QUESTIONS OUR UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE DOES RECEIVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THE PROCESS
OUR OFFICE IS QUITE LEAN. SO WE
JUST DO NOT HAVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO DO ALL
OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU
THANK YOU SIR. WARNING DOOR ROSE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEGAL AND VOTERS
OF CALIFORNIA HERE TODAY SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF SB EIGHT FIVE
EIGHT THE CRANDON BILL TO SEE A
THREE. AS WE ALL KNOW CALIFORNIA
LAW ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DRAFTING TOTALING SUMMARIES TO
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE CODE
REQUIRES THAT THE STATEMENTS BE
TRUE AND IMPARTIAL AND NOT
LIKELY. TO CREATE PREJUDICE FOR
OR AGAINST A PROPOSED MEASURE IN
RECENT YEARS THERE'S BEEN A GOOD
DEAL OF CONTROVERSY AND EVEN
LITIGATION AS TO WHETHER THAT
STANDARDS ACTUALLY BEEN MET.
UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S NECESSARILY A PARTISAN
OFFICE BALLOT PROPONENTS AND
OPPONENTS ALIKE CAN ALWAYS
PLAUSIBLY CLAIM UNFAIR TREATMENT
WHATEVER THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE
IS EVEN IF THAT LANGUAGE IS
PERFECTLY FAIR AS IT OFTEN IS.
AND THIS UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC'S
CONFIDENCE IN THE BALLOT
INITIATIVE PROCESS THIS
LEGISLATION ADDRESSES THE
PROBLEM BY GIVING VOTERS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAFFIC.
DRAFTING TITLES AND SUMMARIES TO
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
THE L. L. AS IN NONPARTISAN
PROFESSIONALLY STAFFED OFFICE.
THAT IS PROVIDED FISCAL AND
POLICY ADVICE TO THE LEGISLATURE
FOR SEVENTY FIVE YEARS ITS WORK
PROVIDING MEASURE SUMMARIES IS
AN INTEGRAL STEP IN THE
LEGISLATIVE. PROCESS RELIED ON
BY CALIFORNIANS. AS SOURCE OF
EXPERT AND IMPARTIAL. THERE'S
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE
L. A- WOULD BRING THE SAME LEVEL
OF NONPARTISAN EXPERTISE AND
PROFESSIONALISM TO THE TASK OF
WRITING TITLES AND SUMMARIES.
AND AS IMPORTANT AS THAT
INSULATE THIS IMPORTANT WORK
FROM THE CHARGES OF PARTISAN
BIAS. THIS IS ALL THAT THE MORE
IMPORTANT IN THE STATE LIKE
CALIFORNIA WHERE ONE PARTY HOLD
A SUPER MAJORITY IN BOTH
CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OUR
ELECTORAL PROCESS YOU SHOULD BE
ABOVE REPROACH. THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS KEY
IN KEEPING WITH THAT IDEAL LEGAL
WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA IS
THEREFORE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE HERE AT THE IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL THAT WOULD
LIKE TO INDICATE THEIR NAME AND
AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. OKAY
WE'RE GONNA GO TO OPPOSITION IS
THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS MEASURE.
SEEING THEM WILL GO TO THE PHONE
LINES MODERATOR IF YOU COULD ASK
IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO.
GIVE THEIR NAME AND AFFILIATION
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO- SB
. EIGHT FIVE EIGHT. THANK YOU IN
ORDER OPPOSITION OF SB EIGHT
FIVE EIGHT IMAGE PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. AND WE'LL GO TO LINE
EIGHTY SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
NEYMAR WITH CS HE I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING A
LETTER IN- BUT RESPECTFULLY. I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND
THE TESTIMONY BY FOLKS BUT
RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. AND
THEREFORE. URGE YOU NOT TO
SUPPORT SB EIGHT FRIDAY. THANK
YOU NEXT CALLER PLEASE. THE
THANK YOU LINE TWENTY SIX YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HELLO THIS IS
MISSY WHERE ONCE AGAIN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF SENATE BILL EIGHT FIVE EIGHT.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
MEASURES TITLE AND SUMMARY-
TRANSFERRED TO L. A. O. AND I AM
A MEMBER OF THE HOWARD JARVIS
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU
NEXT CALLER PLEASE. THANK YOU
LINE EIGHTY THREE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. YES NEARLY EIGHTEEN UNDER
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE
NO FURTHER SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
KEEP OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MODERATE WILL BRING THIS THAT
MATTER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ANY
COMMENTS QUESTIONS DEBATE.
SENATOR NEWMAN AT VERY MATURE
SERVICE CENTER NEAR A GUY I AM
HAPPY SUPPORTERS MEASURE THAT I
THINK YOUR POINT- REFERENDA AND
INITIATIVES WE SHOULD ARGUE
ABOUT THOSE MEASURES ABOUT THEIR
MERITS NOT ABOUT THE OBJECTIVITY
OF THE TITLE AND SUMMARY I
THINK- TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT
IS THE STATUS QUO IT'S NOT A
GOOD THING- AND THIS WOULD BE A
GOOD AND POSITIVE CHANGE. IF
ONLY DISTRICT THAT OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION LET'S HAVE THIS
REAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE MERITS
OF PROPOSED REFERENDUM IN
ADDITION- WITHOUT THE SKEPTICISM
THE NECESSARY COMES FROM A
PARTISAN ACTORS DOING THE TITLE
AND SUMMARY SO. ATLANTA
SUPPORTED- IN IT IDEAS TO BE
INCLUDED AS A CO OTHERS AND
WANTED TO MEND BEFORE. THANK YOU
ARE YOU GETTING ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ALL
RIGHT- CENTER WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE YES BOB AB TYPICALLY- AT
THIS POINT I WOULD JUST SAY I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR NOT VOTE
BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS- THE L.
A. OWES A CONCERN AND- WE'LL BE
TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT FRANKLY
I THINK THAT. THAT ALSO DOESN'T
APPROPRIATE LEAVE ALONG WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE ELECTIONS
OFFICIAL IS THE SECRETARY OF
STATE AND PERHAPS THAT'S WHERE
THOSE THINGS SHOULD ARISE BUT I
AGREE WITH THE L. A. THAT- THAT
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND- WE WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT AS THE BILL
MOVES FORWARD SHOULD I. BE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WHERE I HAVE
THE APPROVAL OF THIS COMMITTEE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK AND FOR NOT A
VOTE THANK YOU SENATOR NEAL I'M
HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY
I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE THE MOTION
FROM SENATOR NEWMAN. THAT
CORRECT CENTER DEMONSTRATES. A
CENTER IN THIS MOVE THE BILL DO
PASSED- TO APPROPRIATIONS.
COMMITTEE AND CAN I JUST ADD A
COMMENT THAT IF WE FIVE
RECOGNIZE THE MOTION THAT EXPERT
IN THE RULES IS WHEN WE HAVE TO
GO TO THE TO THE TO A. VOTE SO
YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME BEFORE
THAT. ALL RIGHT SO LET'S
SECRETARY PLAY CALL THE ROLL.
THIS IS A EIGHT FIVE TO PASS THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATE. AND
GLAZER I THERE I WENT. WHEN I
ALLEN. ALLEN I AM MCGUIRE.
MENJIVAR NEWMAN. ALL RIGHT
NEWMAN AYE NUMBER. NUMBER I
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT ON CALL
FOR ABSENT MEMBERS AND MEMBERS I
WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO GET
MOTIONS ON ALL THE MATTERS
REFERRED SO THANK YOU ARE OKAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR NEELAM. WE'RE
GONNA START WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR THIS IS FILE ITEM
FIFTEEN SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN
IS- EMOTION. CENTER ALLEN MOVES
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AT
SECRETARY WOULD CALL THE ROLL.
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
GLAZER AYE GLAZER AYE WHEN. WHEN
I ALLEN. ALLEN AYE MCGUIRE
MAJEURE. NEWMAN NEWMAN AYE
NUMBER. NUMBER FIVE. ALL RIGHT
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT ON
CALL FOR ABSENT MEMBERS REMOVED
BACK TO FILE ITEM ONE SKINNER SB
TWENTY FIVE. ALREADY HEARD THE
MATTER IS OUR MOTION ON CENTER
SKINNER'S BILL. CENTER ALLEN
MOVES THE BILL. OUT SECRETARY
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM NUMBER
ONE SB TWENTY FIVE WITH THE
MOTION TO PASS SENATORS GLAZER.
AYE GLAZER AYE WHEN. WHEN I
ALLEN. ALLEN I MCGUIRE. MENJIVAR
. REALLY THAT A CALL FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS. ON THE DRAWS A BILL-
THREE ALMOST HAVE A FULL HOUSE
HERE MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE'RE
GONNA. WHAT DO WE HAVE A VOTE ON
THAT YET. WHAT THE VOTE TOTAL
AND THAT FORTY ONE. FORTY ONE
THAT'S ENOUGH I WOULD SUGGEST WE
CLOSE THE ROLE GRANT
RECONSIDERATION. AND ALLOW FOR
ANOTHER VOTE TO BE CAST THAT'S
THAT ACCORDING TO THE CLERK
THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE. ASSESS
TO GO THROUGH SO WITHOUT
OBJECTION READY CLOSE THE ROLE
ON THAT THAT BILL IS OUT FOUR TO
ONE. WHEN I RECOGNIZE A MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION. FROM FROM
SENATOR ALAN- AT. AND SO WE'RE
GONNA TAKE A IS THERE A VOTE ON
THAT RECONSIDERATION FIRST.
WITHOUT OBJECTION ON THAT ALL
RIGHTS YOU KNOW OBJECTION WILL
TAKE A ANOTHER VOTE NOW THIS
THAT THAT THIS IS A DRAWS A BILL
THIS IS DUE PASS TO. THE
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE SO IF THE
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL ON THAT
SENATORS GLAZER AYE GLAZER AYE
WHEN. ALLEN ALLEN AYE MCGUIRE
MENDHAR NEWMAN. NEWMAN AYE
NUMBER. NUMBER I REALLY THAT I
CALL FOR ABSENT MEMBERS REMOVED
TO- ITEM THREE THERE- THAT THAT
VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN IS THAT WHEN
WE CALL IT AGAIN SEE IF ABSENT
MEMBERS OVERTURNED. AT THIS IS
FILE ITEM NUMBER THROUGH THE
MOTION DO PASSED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS MCGUIRE. AND MUCH OF
OUR- OKAY THOSE ARE THE ONES
MISSING ON THAT IS THAT THE SAME
ON THE- SKY CENTER WIENER BILL.
YES OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO-
I FILE ITEM SIX COMMA ZERO THIS
IS SB SIX THIRTY TWO WE HEARD
THE BILL. TO GOOD BILL- BUT
DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION AT THE
TIMES ARE MOTION NUMBERS IN THE
CENTER IN THE NEWS THE BILL. IS
TO PASS. TO APPROPRIATIONS
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
SENATORS GLAZER AYE GLAZER AYE
WHEN. WHEN I ALLEN. ALLEN AYE
MCGUIRE. MAJORITY NEWMAN. NEWMAN
AYE NUMBER. NUMBER I BELIEVE
THAT I'M CALL FOR ABSENT MEMBERS
NEXT UP IS FILE ITEM EIGHT- SB
TWENTY FOUR BY AMBER FOR LOOKING
FOR A MOTION ON THAT. SO JUST.
THE NO ITEM EIGHT. THIS IS ITEM
EIGHT CENTER ALAN ARE YOU MOVING
THAT BILL THIS IS DUE PASSED. TO
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. AND
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS GLAZER AYE GLAZER AYE
WHEN NOW ALLEN. ALLEN AYE
MCGUIRE. MENJIVAR NEWMAN. NEWMAN
AYE NUMBER. NUMBER I. I THAT
WILL PUT THAT BILL AND CALL FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS OKAY I THINK THAT
CATCHES UP IS THAT. OKAY NOW WE
WANT TO RECOGNIZE CENTER- BURKE
FOR HIS PRESENTATION WE'VE BEEN
WAITING WITH BATED BREATH. THIS
IS A SB SIX SEVENTY EIGHT. FILE
ITEM NINE.
THE RESEARCH CENTER I'M VERY
WELCOME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
AND WE LOOK FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND MEMBERS SPECIAL THANK
YOU TO YOUR FINE STAFF IN
PARTICULAR- MISS KAREN FRENCH
FOR. YOUR HELP ON THIS BILL SB
SIX SEVENTY WOULD REQUIRE PERSON
PAID BY A CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT A
CANDIDATE OR BALLOT MEASURE
DISCLOSE THAT OF THE COMMITTEE
HAS PAID THEM THAT'S FOR
INFLUENCERS SO FOR EXAMPLE IF
YOU'RE AN INFLUENCER AND YOU'RE
BEING PAID TO SAY POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE THINGS OR INFLUENCE
INDIVIDUALS BY A CAMPAIGN YOU
SIMPLY NEED TO DISCLOSE IT.
WOULD SEEM TO BE FAIR
DISCLOSURES REQUIRED FOR OTHER
KINDS OF CAMPAIGN MATERIALS AND
LOSS OF THIS WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE AYE URGENT AYE VOTE
WITH ME HERE IS LINSLEY
MCCONNELL FROM THE F. T. P. C.
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. MISTER
CHAIR I WOULD LOOK LOOK FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY NOW. GOOD MORNING
THANK YOU AGAIN MY NAME IS LIVES
IN A CONDO IN WITH THE FAIR
POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION.
SB SIX THIRTY SEVEN EIGHT MAKES
IT CLEAR AND STRAIGHTFORWARD IT
IS THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT
RULES FOR DISCLAIMERS ON
CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENTS FOR
ENSURING THAT THE LAW KEEPS PACE
WITH EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY
PRACTICES. BECAUSE THE BILL
WOULD REQUIRE SHORT DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT ON ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS THAT SUPPORTER POSE A
CANDIDATE OR BALLOT MEASURE.
WINDOWS POSTER MADE BY A THIRD
PARTY. WHO IS PAID BY CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE TO MAKE THAT POST. THE
ABSENCE OF ANY DISCLAIMER ON
THIRD PARTY SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
CAN BE MISLEADING TO VOTERS. WHO
ARE VIEWING THAT CONTENT AS THE
CONTENT COULD APPEAR TO BE THE
PERSON'S NATURAL SPEECH AS
OPPOSED TO AS OPPOSED TO A PAID
MESSAGE. DISCLAIMERS LIKE THE
ONE REQUIRED BY SB SIX SEVEN
EIGHT PROVIDE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION TO VOTERS. THAT
HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND THE
CONTEXT OF THE POLITICAL
ENDORSEMENT OR OPPOSITION I
THINK IT IS COMMITTEE FOR
HEARING THE BILL I RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
LEAD SUPPORTER. OF I BELIEVE THE
REST ARE JUST SUPPORT SO CALLED
ME TOO. NOW LET'S HEAR FROM ANY
OTHER SUPPORT WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
AFFILIATION AND YOUR POSITION.
D'EUROS LIAM VOTERS TO
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT
THANK YOU. PRINT LINE CALIFORNIA
MONEY CAMPAIGN STRONG SUPPORT. I
SEEING THE OTHER ONES WE WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO THE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE- ANY
OTHER WITH ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION. WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE A- THANK YOU AT- AT THIS
TIME WILL MOVE INTO A TESTIFIED
VIA TELECONFERENCE CALL.
MODERATE WOULD YOU PLEASE PROPER
INDIVIDUALS WAIT TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF SB SIX
SEVEN EIGHT. THANK YOU IN
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OF SB SIX
SEVEN EIGHT YOU MAY PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE
OF THEM ZERO FOR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION. WE WILL GO TO LINE
EIGHTY TWO YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
NINE EIGHTY TO YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. ALL RIGHT WE'LL MOVE ON TO
LINE TWENTY SIX YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. NOTHING IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF SB SIX
SEVEN EIGHT ELECTION DISCLOSURES
. THANK YOU AND WE HAVE NO
FURTHER SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
KEEL THANK YOU- AT THIS TIME
I'LL BRING IT TO. MEMBERS XIN'S
COMMENTS. MOTION. JUST ONE QUICK
COMMENT I JUST WANNA SAY CENTER
BRIGHAM SO IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE
STILL IN TOUCH WITH THE
INFLUENCER COMMUNITY. THE YOUNG
AT HEART OBVIOUSLY VERY
COMMENDABLE. THANK YOU MY
CHILDREN BE PROUD OF ME. OF. IT
OKAY NOW I'M LOS. OF A MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION CENTER- BUT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE VERSION
I WILL THANK YOU THANK YOU AND
WE HAVE DO YOU PASSED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON UP APPROPRIATIONS
PLEASE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
SENATORS GLAZER HI GLAZER AYE
WHEN I WENT HI ALLEN. ALLEN AYE
MCGUIRE MENTOR NEWMAN. NEWMAN
AYE NUMBER NUMBER FIVE. ALL
RIGHT WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT
BILLING COFFER ABSENT MEMBERS
NEXT STEP I BELIEVE SENATOR
NEWMAN IS THAT RIGHT AS OUR
AGENDA PROVIDES. SENATOR NEWMAN
WHERE DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE.
ONE FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN
WITNESS. YOU MAY. WHAT WE CAN
GET THROUGH TO BILLS IF WERE
ADDITION ABOUT IT SO THAT I
REALLY CENTER AROUND WHICH IS
GREAT. ALL RIGHT OKAY IS S. OKAY
ALL RIGHT OF THE CENTER ALLEN
WE'RE GONNA GO TO CENTER ALLEN
AT THE GRACIOUSNESS TO SENATOR
NEWMAN WHICH DOES SURPRISE ME.
AT THE GRACIOUSNESS BUT THAT
HE'S WILLING TO PROVIDE IN THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE ALRIGHT THEN- ALLEN
THIS IS FILE ITEM FOURTEEN SB
SEVEN EIGHT NINE REGISTER TO
NEWMAN THIS IS A SIMPLE MEASURE
IT MOVES ASK YOU TO FROM LAST
SESSION. TO NEXT YEAR'S GENERAL
ELECTION BALLOT THE MEASURE IS
CURRENTLY SET TO VOTE FOR VOTERS
AT THE MARCH PRIMARY BUT WE'RE
PUTTING IT ON THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT I RESPECT YESTERDAY I
BOTH. GET OUR THEIR WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL HERE. THIS
BILL DOES HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
THE CHAIR SO ENCOURAGE YOUR ROSE
I THINK ALONE VOTERS A
CALIFORNIA THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
IDEA VERY GOOD ANYBODY ELSE HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE- OF THE
MEASURE. I ANYBODY HERE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE PLEASE
COME FORWARD. SEE NOW WILL GO TO
THE PHONE LINES- MODERATOR THIS
IS- SB SEVEN EIGHT NINE BY
SENATOR ALLEN IF YOU CAN ASK IF
ANYONE WISHES TO PROVIDE. THEIR
NAME AND AN AFFILIATION IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THAT
BILL. THANK YOU FOR NOT VERSION
OF IT IS SEVEN EIGHT NINE YOU
MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO.
ADMITTED ONE OF THEIR OFFERED
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION. MISTER
CAREY HAVE NO ONE IN Q. OKAY
VERY WILL BRING THE MATTER BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENT OR
QUESTIONS I SEE WHERE I SEE
SENATOR UMBERG AT THE END HERE.
I'M GONNA FORGO MY TWENTY
MINUTES OF COMMENTARY AND MOVE
THE BILL. WELL I'M NOT GONNA
RECOGNIZE THAT I'M GONNA LOOK TO
SENATOR NEWMAN WHO I THINK HAD
SOMETHING TO SAY NO I WAS JUST
GONNA MOVE THE BILLS AND I DO
RECOGNIZE THE MOTION FOR SENATOR
NEWMAN CENTER I WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE. PROFESSIONAL ALL RIGHT
SO. SECRETARY WOULD CALL THE
ROLL THIS IS A DO PASS. TO
APPROPRIATIONS. BECAUSE I LIKE
WITH THAT. THANK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. SENATORS GLAZER AYE GLAZER
AYE WHEN. ALAN ALLEN I MCGUIRE.
A MAJORITY NEWMAN. NEWMAN AYE
NUMBER. NUMBER I WILL PUT THAT
ON CALL FOR ABSENT MEMBERS ALL
RIGHT SO NOW WE'RE GONNA INVITE
SENATOR NEWMAN OBSCENITY WHEN
YOU HEAD OUT WILL BILL WITH A
WITNESS HERE THAT YOU WISH TO
ACCOMMODATE WHAT WHAT BILL IS
THAT. SB FOUR NINE. S. B. FOUR
OR NINE. THAT IS THE CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS THAT THOSE THE
CANCER- RIGHT AND I JUST WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE- HAD
YOU IN A SIDE ROOM WITHOUT ANY
DEVICES OR STAFF TO WRITE YOUR
STATEMENT TODAY. RED HAT LAST
NIGHT WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE OR
SPELL CHECK. RIGHT PLEASE PLEASE
PROCEED OKAY. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR MY APOLOGIES THIS MAY NOT
BE AS FAST AS CENTER ALEX. SO IT
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS IT IN AND
I THINK THE OPTION PERCENT AS
BEFORE- NINE WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE. THAT CANDIDATES FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA WHO
SEVEN ABOUT STATEMENT WOULD DO
SO BY PRESENTING THEMSELVES IN
PERSON- EITHER AT ACCOUNT
ELECTIONS OFFICER THE SECTOR
STATES OFFICE. AND RECORD THE
STATEMENTS IN PERSON WITHOUT THE
AID OF OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE OR
OTHER MATERIALS DOING SO WILL
PROVIDE VOTERS WITH A MORE
AUTHENTIC AND ACCURATE BASIS FOR
THE ASSESSMENT. OF THE
CANDIDATES ON THEIR BALLOTS. AS
YOU'RE AWARE UNDER CALIFORNIA
ELECTION CODE CAN IS RUNNING FOR
LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICE
MAY PURCHASE SPACE IN THE COUNTY
VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE. FOR A
STATEMENT OF UP TO TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY WORDS. IN THE COUNTY OR
COUNTIES IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
THE INTENT OF THESE PROVISIONS
IS DIVIDED CENTER REPOSITORY AND
AN AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE FOR
VOTERS TO FIND ESSENTIAL
INFORMATION. ABOUT THE
CANDIDATES SEEKING THEIR SUPPORT
ON AN UPCOMING BALLOT ON FORTUNE
LIKE SO MANY OTHER FEATURES MARC
CAMPAIGNING FOR THE CANDY BALLOT
STATEMENTS ARE TOO OFTEN BECOME
BUT ONE MORE ELECTION RELATED
TASK. PERFORMED NOT BY
CANDIDATES THEMSELVES BUT BY
PROFESSIONAL PAID POLITICAL
CONSULTANTS. THIS TREND WILL
ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE HAS LED TO
A STATUS QUO WERE VOTER GUIDES
DESPITE THEIR OSTENSIBLE
PURPOSE. AND SUBSTANTIAL COST TO
THE TAXPAYER HAD BECOME JUST ONE
MORE ELEMENT- IN WHAT I WOULD
DESCRIBE AS THE EDIFICATION. OF
OUR POLITICS AND ELECTIONS. THE
WAY I SEE IT IF YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WRITING YOUR
COLLEGE ESSAY- YOU SHOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR YOUR
CANDIDATE STATEMENT IF YOU'RE
RUNNING FOR OFFICE BY REQUIRING
THE CANDIES PRESENT THEMSELVES
IN PERSON. AND WRITE THEIR OWN
CANDID STATEMENTS WITHOUT THE
AID ABOUT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE.
THIS MEASURE WILL BRING AN
ENHANCED LEVEL OF AUTHENTICITY
TO BALLOT STATEMENTS AND THEREBY
PROVIDE A BETTER. AND MORE
GROUNDED BASIS FOR ASSESSING
THEIR BALLOT CHOICES THE
PROVISIONS OF SB A NINE. ALSO
INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO TAKE. THE
NEXT LOGICAL STEP TOWARD
BRINGING VOTER INFORMATION
GUIDES INTO THE DIGITAL AGE- AND
MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE TO THE
BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE. BY
DIRECTING THE SECTORS STATE TO
IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
WOULD ALLOW CANDIDATES IN
PARTICIPATING COUNTIES. TO
RECORDING PRESENT THEIR BALLOT
STATEMENTS VIA VIDEO. VOTERS
WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO EASILY
ACCESS THE VIDEO BALLOTS. EITHER
GOING TO WEBSITE OF COUNTY LET
OFFICE OR BY. A QR CODE ON THE
COUNTY VOTER GUIDE WHICH WOULD
TAKE THEM TO AN ONLINE
REPOSITORY OF THE VIDEO
VERSIONS. OF CANDIDATES BALLOT
STATEMENTS TO ENSURE
CONSISTENCY. AND EVEN PLAYING
FIELD EACH CANDIDATE VIDEO WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO A BASIC
SET OF SPECIFICATIONS. ON
ELEMENTS SUCH AS ASPECT RATIO.
EXCUSE ME FRAMING- AND
BACKGROUNDS BY ENSURING THAT THE
WORDS INDICATES ABOUT SEVEN ARE
IN FACT THEY'RE OWNED BY
PROVIDING VOTERS THE
OPPORTUNITY. TO VIEW THOSE
BALLOT STATEMENTS IN A MEDIUM
THAT IS SUCCESSFUL AND FAMILIAR.
AS BEFORE AND I WILL ADVANCE THE
CAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ON WHICH OUR
ELECTIONS. AND THE GOVERNMENTS
THEY YIELD. ULTIMATELY DEPEND
ARE STRICTLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE TODAY WITH ME TODAY TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
MEASURE. AS DAVID BURKE IS THE
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF CITIZENS
TAKE ACTION. RIFIC THANK YOU
CENTER NEW MINISTER BURKE WE
INVITE YOU TO COME FORWARD WITH.
TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
I HELLO GOOD THE LATE MORNING
AND THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GLAZER
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS DAVID BURKE I'M THE FOUNDER
OF CITIZENS TAKE ACTION A
NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. AND
WORKS TOWARD IMPROVING
TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT AND
INCREASING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I
WAS ALSO ELECTED TO THE CYPRESS
CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER SO I
KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR CENTER NEWMAN'S BILL
WHICH WOULD. REQUIRE CANDIDATES
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE TO SUBMIT
THEIR BALLOT STATEMENTS IN
PERSON WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. I
BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL
FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. FIRST
REQUIRING CANDIDATES TO WRITE
THEIR OWN BALLOT STATEMENTS WILL
GIVE VOTERS A BETTER SENSE OF
EACH CANDIDATE'S KNOWLEDGE OF
KEY ISSUES. AND THEIR TRUE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS. PRESENTLY
IT IS TOO EASY FOR CANDIDATES TO
FORM OUT VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT
OF THEIR CAMPAIGN INCLUDING
WRITING BALLOT STATEMENTS TO
PAID CONSULTANTS. THIS MAKES IT
DIFFICULT FOR VOTERS TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANDIDATES
WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE SKILLS
WORK ETHIC AND DEMEANOR TO BE
EFFECTIVE LEADERS. AND THOSE WHO
ARE MERELY PROPPED UP BY OTHERS.
I ALSO BELIEVE PASSING SB FOUR
OH NINE WOULD ENCOURAGE ONLY
THOSE CANDIDATES TO RUN WHO ARE
ACTUALLY WILLING TO PUT IN THE
WORK. AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL YOU
KNOW AND I CAN ATTEST THAT IT
TAKES REAL DEDICATION AND ACCU
MEN TO EFFECTIVELY REPRESENT
ONCE COMMUNITY. FOR A CANDIDATE
BEING ABLE TO CLEARLY EXPLAIN
THEIR VIEWS ON MAJOR ISSUES AND
WHY THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE
IS AN ESSENTIAL SKILL. WE ALL
HAVE AN INTEREST IN ENSURING
THAT EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN
DO THAT. SO THERE SHOULD BE
NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT
ASKING CANDIDATES TO WRITE THEIR
OWN BALLOT STATEMENTS RATHER
THAN PAYING SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR
THEM- I ALSO BELIEVE THE
PROVISION REGARDING VIDEO BALLOT
STATEMENTS IS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. IN SOME SB FOUR
NINE WILL HELP VOTERS MAKE
BETTER DECISIONS AND RAISE THE
CALIBER OF OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS. THEREFORE I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR THANK
YOU FOR. DOING THE TRAVEL TO BE
HERE AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
APPRECIATED VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT
ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN THE HEARING
ROOM TO INDICATE THEIR SUPPORT.
FOR THIS LEGISLATION. ALL RIGHT
ANYONE HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM
ONE AT EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITION
TO THIS BILL PLEASE COME FORWARD
.
MY NAME IS THE CALLING BRITAIN
I'M WITH THE ELECTION INTEGRITY
PROJECT CALIFORNIA. WE FIND
ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE WHATSOEVER
IN THIS BILL SPECIALLY IN IN
REGARDS TO SB. SIX THIRTY TWO
WHICH WANTS TO STANDARDIZE. A
CANDIDATE STATEMENT SO IT'S
TOTALLY OPPOSITE- WE WANT THAT
WE WANT IN THE ENERGY OF A
DEMOCRACY WE WANT TO PLAY FOR A-
PLETHORA. OF QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES WITH DIVERSE IDEAS
AND VIEWS THIS BILL WILL ONLY
FURTHER DISCOURAGE NEW
CANDIDATES FROM ENTERING A
CAMPAIGN. PERHAPS THIS IS THE
REAL GOAL OF THIS BILL IN A
DIGITAL AGE WHY WOULD WE NOT
ALLOW POTENTIAL CANDIDATES TO
UTILIZE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TO
ASSIST THEM AND DRAFTING A
CANDIDATE STATEMENT. FOR THE
VOTER GUIDE AND POSTING IT ON
APPROPRIATE PORTAL IT MAKES
ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE SB FOUR OF
NINE WOULD EFFECTIVELY PLACE
CANDIDATES BACK IN THE STONE
AGE. MAY VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE WHO DON'T HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET CANDIDATES
ARE TEND EVENTS RELY HEAVILY ON
THE VOTER GUIDE TO LEARN ABOUT
CANDIDATES PLATFORMS VALUES AND
MORE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY MAKE AN
INFORMED CHOICE. PUTTING THIS
TOTAL UNNECESSARY AND
UNREALISTIC RESTRICTION ON
POLITICAL CANDIDATES NOT ONLY
ADDS TO THE FRUSTRATION OF
POTENTIALLY NEW CANDIDATES BUT
ADDS TO THE ADVANTAGE. OF THE
INCUMBENT WITH DEEP COFFERS ON
THE APPELLATE ABILITY TO
DISTRIBUTE AND MAIL PRINTED CAM
THEN MATERIALS MAKING IT
UNNECESSARY FOR HIM OR HER TO GO
THROUGH THESE RIDICULOUS HOOPS.
I CANNOT STATEMENT IN THE VOTER
GUIDE IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF
THEIR RUN FOR OFFICE. INSTEAD OF
MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT A
CANDIDATE STATEMENT SHOULD BE
FREE. A STATE PROVIDED BENEFIT
FOR ALL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
PROVEN THEIR VIABILITY. LET THE
PEOPLE SEE WHAT EACH CANDIDATE
BRINGS TO THE TABLE WE STRONGLY
URGE A NO VOTE ON SB FOUR OH
NINE. THANK YOU MA'AM ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN THE HEARING ROOM
WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT WE'RE
GONNA GO TO THE PHONE LINES NOW
MODERATOR IF YOU CAN ASK IF
THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
EXPRESS THEIR- PHYSICIAN ON AS
BEFORE- NINE. IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION JUST NAME AFFILIATION
PLEASE. THANK YOU. ORDER
OPPOSITION OF SB FOUR OH NINE
YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO
. AND WE WILL GO TO LINE EIGHTY
TWO YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MY NAME
IS MARLENE INDUCED BRAIN I'M
FROM SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND I'M
IN OPPOSITION TO. SB. FOUR NINE.
THANK YOU NEXT OVER THE LINE.
FIFTY FOUR. PERLINI CONCERNED
CITIZEN I OPPOSE SB. FOUR OH
NINE. THANK YOU LINE FIVE YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. MY NAME IS ARE NOT
FROM THE CITY OF ALL NIGHT AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSED SB. FOUR ZERO
NINE. THANK YOU NOT A LINE
TWENTY THREE LINE IS OPEN.
FLEEMAN TO BURY WITH ELECTION
INTEGRITY PROJECT CALIFORNIA IN
OPPOSITION. TO FOUR OH NINE.
THANK YOU MEXICO LINE AT TWENTY
SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THREE AND
WHAT THE ACTUAL ACCOUNTING
CALIFORNIA I'M IN VIETNAM
OPPOSITION TO SB FOUR OH NINE.
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS IN PERSON
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY
MATERIAL. THANK YOU IN MEXICO TO
LINE OF FIFTY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. NINE FIFTY SEVEN YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. MEXICO CAROLINA SIXTY
NINE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GLORIA
SAID IN SANTA FE SANTA CLARA
COUNTY- THE ONLY OPPOSED AND
NINE THE LANGUAGE YEAH IPTC
EDITING. ALL WHO THANK YOU
MEXICO TO LINE TO TWENTY EIGHT
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THE RECURRING
FROM SAN MARINO COUNTY WITH NO
AFFILIATION I STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BEFORE. NINE THANK YOU
MEXICO LINE THIRTY NINE YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. YES FIVE PRINCE
INDIGO COUNTY OPPOSITION. TO
FOUR OH NINE. THANK YOU NEXT BUT
THE LINE THIRTY SEVEN YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. BANDY MARCIA L. A.
COUNTY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO US
BEFORE- NINE. THANK YOU LINE
SEVENTY SIX FELINE IS OPEN. HI
THIS IS CHRIS FOSTER I'M FROM
ORANGE COUNTY AYE OPPOSED S. B.
FOUR NINE. THANK YOU MY NINETY
THREE YEAR LINE IS OPEN. HI THIS
IS LISA WITH ORANGE COUNTY THE
I. P. C. EIGHT STRONGLY OPPOSE.
FOUR NINE. THANK YOU NEXT OVER
THE LINE NINETY TWO YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. YOUR YOUR RIGHTS FROM
SOLANO COUNTY I STRONGLY OPPOSE
. FOUR NINE. THANK YOU FOR THE
LINE FIFTY THREE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. MY NAME IS JENSEN
QUIRK-SILVA DENOUNCED INTO
CALLUP COUNTY I STRONGLY OPPOSE
SB FOUR OH NINE. THANK YOU LINE
SIXTY THREE LINE IS OPEN. MY
NAME IS FINALLY SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND I STRONGLY OPPOSED SB
FOUR YEAR NINE. THANK YOU ONLINE
EIGHTY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
SHANE MCCALL AND I OPPOSE THIS
BILL THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION Q. I THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANKS FOR ALL
THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED ARE
HEARING TODAY WILL BRING THE
MATTER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MEMBERS
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS SENATOR
OUT. OKAY I'M LOOK I FOR IT WILL
BE SERVICING I. THE VIDEO SIDE
OF THIS BILL IS A REALLY GOOD
IDEA- ON THE ON THE IDEA OF THE
STATEMENT I JUST YOU KNOW I HEAR
YOU- I ALSO FEEL LIKE. IF YOU'RE
SOMEBODY DOES NOT HAVE TO
MEMORIZE OR STATEMENT A MEASURE
REALLY GOOD ACTOR YOU CAN KIND
OF GET ON YOUR HEAD BUT IT I
LIKE TO WRITE THINGS OUT MYSELF
GO OVER IT ADDED IT. HAVE IT ON
MY COMPUTER THAT'S WHERE I
THAT'S HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
THINGS AND THE FACT THAT I CAN
BRING MY OWN STATEMENT EVERITT
MYSELF TO. YOU KNOW TO BE TO
HAVE AS THE BALLOT STATEMENT AT.
JUST SEEMS TOO MUCH TO ME I YOU
KNOW I ANYWAY IF THERE'S ANOTHER
PATH THAT YOU CAN READ SOME OF
YOUR GOALS WITHOUT. KIND OF
IMPINGING UPON A CANDIDATE'S
ABILITY TO. HONESTLY DROPPED A
STATEMENT AS THEY LAKE AND HAVE
IT BE PART OF- OF THE OF YOU
KNOW YEAH THAT'S THE TICKET TO
GET ON THE BALLOT I I'VE I'M
CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT BUT I'M
I'M CERTAINLY NOT. I DON'T LIKE
THE WAY YOU HAVE A FREEZE RIGHT
NOW QUITE FRANKLY I DO I WOULD
LOVE TO. MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
VIDEO PORTION YOUR BILL. IF YOU
CAN WORK OUT. ANOTHER ASPECT OF
THE BILL. RELATING TO THE DOLLAR
THE WRITTEN ABOUT STATEMENT WITH
THE CHAIR I MEAN I'M CERTAINLY
OPEN TO. CONTROL YOU KNOW
LETTING THAT NEGOTIATION
CONTINUE. GO TO SENATOR ROBERT.
JUST A QUESTION OF CENTER NEWMAN
OR OR THE PROPONENT. OF WHAT
LANGUAGE WOULD THIS BE AN- ALL
RIGHT TO DO SO. AS WE MOVE
FORWARD- WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TRANSLATION
WE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT.
ANYTHING BY WAY OF SUBSTANTIAL
COST TO TRANSLATE TO UNDER FIFTY
FEWER WORDS BUT LET ME SAY-
BECAUSE I AM. NO NONSENSE WILL
MANAGE THAT CLEARLY I DON'T HAVE
THE VOTES YEAR DID AND ANY ANY
IDEA I DO THINK. BUT IF THERE'S
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. ABOUT
HOW WE ENGAGE. WITH THE FOLKS.
WHO ASPIRE TO REPRESENT US THAT
WHAT WE ASK OF THEM BY WAY OF-
THERE THE MATERIALS AND INPUTS-
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I I'M
ACTUALLY I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY
THE EXTENT OF THE CALLS IN A
POSITION. TODAY- IT NONE OF THIS
WAS INTENDED. TO DISCOURAGE
CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING ON THE I
THINK ONE OF THE OPPONENTS MAY
HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THEY THEY DID
THIS HAS NOTHING TO WITH COSTS
THOSE COSTS ARE- UP SORT OF. A
REGULATED FOR OTHER REASONS
EITHER UNDER PROP THIRTY FOUR AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL. IT IT'S REALLY
ABOUT IT YOU KNOW THIS THE
BROADER QUESTION ABOUT. IN
ELECTIONS WE THE PUBLIC ARE SO
FAR REMOVED FROM THE PEOPLE WHO
RUN- IS THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD.
SPENT OF WHO THESE PEOPLE REALLY
ARE AS OPPOSED TO HOW THEY ARE
PRESENTED. BY THE INDUSTRY THAT
HAS COALESCED AROUND POLITICS. I
AND SO CENTER OUT TO YOUR POINT
I I'M ACTUALLY MORE THAN OPEN.
TO YOUR SUGGESTION- YOU KNOW
THROUGH THE CHAIR- TO ELIMINATE
THE FIRST PROVISION THE IN
PERSON PORTION. HAVING SAID
THAT. AB YEAH AND I DO THINK
THERE'S MERIT- AND I'VE WORKED
WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF. ELECTED
COUNTY OFFICIALS. FULLER
ELECTION OFFICIALS. ON THIS
CONCEPT A VERY ABOUT SUBMITS ITS
KIND OF ON THE NATURAL THAT WE
WOULD WE WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT
THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT IS THERE'S
NOTHING USUALLY INCLUSIVE OF
THESE TWO PROVISIONS RIGHT SO.
ODD I I'M OPEN TO MANY THE BILL
TO ELIMINATE- THE PROVISION FOR
THE IN PERSON PART BUT HAVING
SAID THAT I I'M NOT SORRY. FOR
INSTIGATING THIS CONVERSATION-
ED AND I I'M REALLY NOT I DIDN'T
GET BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A
VERY COMPELLING CASE. TO YOU
KNOW FORCING. IT ON A TWO
MINUTE. THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
REPRESENT US THE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE PAID AT TO TAKE THESE
OFFICES WE SHOULD HAVE SOME
ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR
THEM- AND NOT FOR THE PEOPLE
THEY HIRE- AND I THINK WE ALL
AGREE WITH THAT MANY OF US.
MIGHT FIND IT UNCOMFORTABLE.
BECAUSE IT MIGHT EXPOSE US. TO A
GREATER LEVEL OF RIGOROUS AS WE
MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS
BUT HAVING SAID THAT MISTER
CHAIR- YOU KNOW YOU'RE OPEN TO
THAT ACCOMMODATION OKAY. ALL
RIGHT. SO- I APPRECIATE THAT
THAT THE- AND I APPRECIATE WRIST
TO IT IT I. AS YOU KNOW BECAUSE
WE'VE HAD DIRECT CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THIS. HI I KNOW YOUR HEART
IS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION- ON
THIS AND- BECAUSE- IT THE AT THE
AT THE FOUNDATION IS ABOUT TRUST
IN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE
THAT THAT THEY SENT TO REPRESENT
THEM. AND I KNOW THAT- FOR ME AS
YOU KNOW THIS DIDN'T LAND A SPOT
THAT I COULD SUPPORT- AT MALLEY
COMMENT IN THAT REGARD IS THAT.
YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE
VALUABLE BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT'S NECESSARILY A DETERMINANT
ISSUE FOR. WHO COULD BE THAT THE
BEST REPRESENTATIVE. THANK YOU
CASES IN OUR PASSED BOTH STATE
AND NATIONALLY WHERE WE'VE HAD-
LEADERS WHO ARE GOOD
COMMUNICATORS. AND HAVE MAY
HAVE- DISABILITIES THAT MAY BE
LIMITED AND OTHER THINGS. AND SO
I WORRY THAT THAT STANDARD MIGHT
BE TO RIGOROUS AND UNFAIR TO
OTHERS. BUT GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE
SAID TODAY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING
THIS BILL FORWARD WITH THE PILOT
PROGRAM. WITH THE Q. R. CODE- AT
AS A STANDALONE- IN THE BILL.
AND DOES SO WITH THAT THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE I
WOULD. SUGGEST THAT WE DO OF A
MOTION. THANK REFLECT. WELL WE
HAVE TWO CHOICES WE CAN TAKE
THAT AS AN AMENDMENT TODAY IF
YOU WANT TO PROPOSE THAT ARE
WEAKENED A MOVE THE BILL FORWARD
IN ITS CURRENT FORM WITH THE
AGREEMENT THAT YOU REPAIR I EAT
WHATEVER IS BETTER FOR THE
CHAIR. FOR THE COMMITTEE TO BE
QUITE ACCEPTED RIGHT BUT LET ME
MAKE ONE WORK ON. SALON OKAY AT
THE END OF THE MOTION WILL BE TO
MOVE THIS BILL THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT- THAT THE- WOMEN WERE GONNA
LIMIT TO THAT PROVISIONS I
MENTIONED SO YOU WANNA CLOSE
SENTIMENT. I JUST WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT THE BALLOT STATEMENTS
JUST ONE OF. LITERALLY HUNDREDS
IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT
BASES FOR COMMUNICATION BY
CANDIDATES TO VOTERS IT HAPPENS
TO BE THE ONE THAT TAKES PLACE-
IT KIND OF IN THE PUBLIC SPACE
WITH PUBLIC RESOURCES. THAT YOU
KNOW SO THAT THAT'S THE SORT OF
JUST OF- THIS NOTION ABOUT. YOU
KNOW IMPROVING THE RICHTER
WRITES A CLEARLY THIS WAS NOT
THE BEST RECIPE FOR THAT TODAY-
BUT I BUT I STAND BY THE
ASSERTION THAT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT- AND- YOU KNOW HAPPY
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AMENDED
BILL. THAT SHOULD NEVER
APOLOGIZE FOR DOING TO THINK IS
RIGHT. THAT I CAN. TAKE THAT AS
YOUR CLOTHES ENTERTAINMENT YES
OKAY SO I WOULD LOOK FOR A
MOTION TO PASS. ON TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT TO. THE
BILL. GOING FORWARDS WILL FOCUS
ON THE PILOT PROGRAM- WITH THE-
Q. R. CODE. SO MOVE CORY I MOVE
BY CENTER- BURKE. SECRETARY.
WOULD CALL THE ROLL. THIS IS
FILE ITEM FOR. WITH THE MOTION
PASS THE COMMITTEE APPROACH.
SENATORS HI GLAZER AYE WHEN.
ALLEN ALLEN I MCGUIRE. MODULAR
NEWMAN. NEWMAN AYE NUMBER.
NUMBER TIME. ALL RIGHT LORD TO
KEEP THE ROLE OPEN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS. FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A RECESS DOWN OUR COMMITTEE
I THINK WE'RE EXPECTING TO
RETURN HOPEFULLY IN THIS ROOM AT
ONE THIRTY. LOOK AT SERGEANTS
FOR GUIDANCE ON THAT OKAY SO
WE'RE GONNA RECESSED. UNTIL ONE
THIRTY THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
RIGHT OKAY D. ACT THE COMMITTEE
ON SENATE ELECTIONS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS WILL
COME BACK TO ORDER THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR PATIENCE WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE BACK TO OUR AGENDA WE
HAVE- FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING
ATTENTION- THREE BILLS REMAINING
ON OUR DOCKET- FILE ITEMS TEN
ELEVEN AND TWELVE. AND WE'RE
GONNA BEGIN NOW WITH FILE ITEM
NUMBER TEN S. B. TWO FORTY EIGHT
BY SENATOR NEWMAN CENTER NEWMAN
THE FLOOR IS YOURS ALL RIGHT
THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHARED
AND- FOR THE FOLKS HERE I THINK
A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR
JUDICIARY SO YOU GET YOU GET A
BONUS A LITTLE LEGISLATIVE BONUS
TODAY. MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
THANK YOU FOR THE UP TO PRESENT
SB TWO FORTY EIGHT WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA SUBMIT AS
PART OF THEIR STANDARD PACKAGE
OF CANDY SHE FINDS A SUMMARY OF
THEIR EDUCATION WORK AND ANY
MILITARY SERVICE THROUGH THE
SECTOR STATE THEREBY CREATING A
LEGAL FRAMEWORK. FOR HOLDING
CANDIDATES RESPONSIBLE FOR LYING
ABOUT THEIR PAST UPON PENALTY OF
DISQUALIFICATION- AND OTHER
PENALTIES AS YOU MAY HAVE
SURMISED THE INSPIRATION FOR
THIS BILL ROSE OUT OF THE
SEEMINGLY. CONSTANTLY UNFOLDING
DRAMA NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN AND
SOCIOPATHIC FABULOUS GEORGE
SANTOS. AS YOU MAY RECALL
SHORTLY AFTER HIS ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO
SENTENCE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
REVEALED AS HAVING. MADE A
STUNNING NUMBER OF FALSE CLAIMS
INCLUDING LIES ABOUT HIS
RESIDENCY IS INCOME AND ASSETS
AS EDUCATION BACKGROUND
EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR HIGH
PROFILE WALL STREET FIRMS. AND
EVEN HIS MOTHER'S WHEREABOUTS ON
NINE ELEVEN. FOR THE LAST DECADE
WE'VE BEEN LIVING. IN AN
INTERESTING AND TROUBLING EUROPE
OF AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE FOR ALL
MANNER OF THE KINDS OF DOORS
WHICH ARE RELIABLY GUIDED THE
CONDUCT OF OUR CIVIC AFFAIRS.
HAVE PROGRESSIVELY FALLEN BY THE
WAYSIDE WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY
TRUE. THAT PERSONAL
EMBELLISHMENT. HAS LONG BEEN A
FEATURE POLITICS VOTERS. TIM
COULD NEVER LESS FAIRLY SAFE
ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT
FOR. WHO CLAIM BE THAT WHILE THE
SANTOS EPISODE REPRESENT PERHAPS
THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE- IT
APPEARS TO BE PART OF A LARGER
TREND- WHERE IS WERE LIVING IN
WHAT SOME HAVE DESCRIBED AS THE
AGE OF THE DEATH OF SHAME WERE
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. EVER MORE
AGGRESSIVELY DANCE ON THE- THE
DARK SIDE OF TRUTH ETHICS. AND
INTEGRITY THE IF WE ALLOW THEM
CONSIDER THIS HEY GEORGE SANTOS
IMPLIED ALL OF THOSE MAGNIFICENT
LIES IN THE SERVICE OF AN
APPLICATION FOR POSITION AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY- ACCORDING TO
THE INFORMATION ON AN
APPLICATION FOR A LOAN HE COULD
HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO BE TO BE.
CHARLIE FIRED. OR PROSELYTISING
- FOR FALSE STATEMENTS ALONE A
RUNNING FOR ELECTION IS AT ITS
MOST BASIC LEVEL ANOTHER
VERSION. OF APPLYING FOR A JOB
ONE WHERE THE HIRING DECISIONS
MADE BY MAJORITY THE VOTERS IN
THE PARTICULAR JURISDICTION- AND
YET AS IT TURNS OUT CALIFORNIA
IS NO DIFFERENT THE NEW YORKER
OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IT'S A FOREST. THERE IS
APPARENTLY NO STATUTORY
MECHANISM CURRENTLY IN PLACE. SB
ON THE PROSPECT OF AN UNWIELDY
AND EXPENSIVE RECALL. FOR
HOLDING CANDIDATES LEGALLY
LIABLE FOR THE WHOLESALE
FABRICATION OF THE CREDENTIALS
IN WAYS THAT MIGHT TO FRAUD
VOTERS. INTO PLACING THEM INTO
OFFICE EVEN WHEN SUCH LIES. ARE
ULTIMATELY UNCOVERED SB TWO
FORTY EIGHT WHICH CLOSES GAPING
HOLE IN ACCOUNTABILITY. BY
REQUIRING THAT ALL CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR OFFICE PROVIDED
BASIC SUMMARY OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS. AND THEN TO
ATTEST UNDER PENALTY OF
DISQUALIFICATION. AND SUBSEQUENT
REMOVAL AS WELL AS POSSIBLE
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THAT THAT
THE INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED
IS ACCURATE TRUE. TO THE BEST OF
THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH PUBLIC
TRUST. IN POLITICS ALREADY AT
ALL TIME LOWS. SB TWO FORTY IT
WOULD BY VOTERS THE ASSURANCE.
OF APPROPRIATE EFFECTIVE
RECOURSE WHILE ALLOWING. FOR THE
FULL EXERCISE OF CANADA'S FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. IF AND WHEN IT
TURNS OUT THAT CANADA'S CHIEF
ELECTION BY RUNNING ON
DEMONSTRABLY FALSIFIED
CREDENTIALS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR EITHER TODAY. THANK YOU
SENATOR NEWMAN DO YOU HAVE ANY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT HERE I DO
NOT. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL PLEASE- HERE IN OUR HEARING
ROOM PLEASE COME FORWARD. A
SENIOR PRIMARY WITNESSES ANYBODY
WHO LIKE TO. READ THERE'S-
PLEASE COME FORWARD. I'D SEEN
NINE NOW WILL GO TO OPPOSITION
IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WOULD
LIKE TO. BE A PRIMARY WITNESS IN
OPPOSITION PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I ANYONE WHO WISHED TO PUT THEIR
RECORD NAME ON THE RECORD IN
OPPOSITION PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT SEEN NOW WILL GO TO
THE- TELEPHONE LINES MODERATE
ARE YOU STILL WITH US. THE CAN I
AM HERE AFTER EFFECT THANKS YOUR
HELP TODAY. YOU ASK IF ANYONE
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK- LET'S PUT
ON THE RECORD THEIR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO SB TWO FORTY EIGHT
BY SENATOR NEWMAN. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF S.
B. TWO FORTY EIGHT YOU MAY PRESS
ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS
ONE AND THEN ZERO FOR IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION. AND WE HAVE- A
COUPLE IN Q. ONE MOMENT. AND
AGAIN THIS IS FOR S. B. TWO
FORTY EIGHT. REPORTER OPPOSITION
. THAT'S CORRECT AND IF IT SAID
GEORGE SANTOS ASKING COME TO THE
HEARING ROOM PLEASE. THANK YOU
AND WE WILL GO TO LINE TWO
TWENTY ONE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO MY NAME IS SUSAN CARLSON
AND I AM REPRESENTING
INDIVISIBLE CA FORTY FIVE AND WE
SUPPORT SB TWO FORTY EIGHT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT CALLER
PLEASE. THANK YOU WE'LL GO TO
LINE TWO HUNDRED YOUR LINE IS
OPEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO MY
NAME IS SCARLET AND I'M IN.
THANK YOU NEXT CALLER PLEASE.
THANK YOU. OKAY ONE MOMENT
THEY'RE GETTING THEIR LINE
NUMBER.
A LINE TO TWELVE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. SHE PLEASE GO AHEAD YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. YOUR LINE IS OPEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. WE HAVE NO MORE
IN Q. ADDRESS AND WILL BRING THE
MATTER BACK TO THE- COMMITTEE
FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. THE HANNAH CENTER
AMBER OR JUST A QUICK COMMENT IS
GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENTS OF THE TWO
THOUSAND OLYMPICS I THINK BOTH
YOU AND I CAN AGREE THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD POLICY
AND SHOULD BE PASSED. THANK YOU
IT AND WHEN I RECEIVED MY NOBEL
PRIZE LAST WEEK- I THOUGHT THE
SAME THING. WHILE I WAS- I'M
STICKING OUT TRYING TO FOLLOW
THAT YOU GOT A GOLD MEDAL IS
THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. A
FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE. ALL
RIGHT SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS-
CENTER NEWMAN AYE I THINK THIS
IS A TERRIFIC BILL HAPPY TO
SUPPORT IT TODAY DO YOU HAVE A
CLOSE I ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER
PROVIDED AN ACRONYM FOR A BILL
BEFORE THIS IS CALLED A DUPE
BACKED AND IT STANDS FOR
DISQUALIFYING UNSCRUPULOUS IN
PATHOLOGICAL ELECTED- OR DO BACK
THEN AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK. FOR YOUR I. GO. IS
ENSHRINED IN THE BILL OR THAT'S
JUST YOUR OBSERVATION IS THAT
IMPORTANT I HOPE TO HAVE AN AND
SHRINE IN PERFECT ALL RIGHT
LOOKING FOR A MOTION HERE
MEMBERS. C. CENTER AMBERG MOVING
THIS IS WOULD BE DO PASSED THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS-
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SENATORS GLAZER HI GLAZER I WENT
. ALLEN MCGUIRE MANY OF OUR-
MEMBER AYE NEWMAN. AYE NEWMAN
AYE NUMBER. NUMBER I'VE- BY
WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON CALL FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS CENTER NEWMAN YOU
TWO BILLS REMAINING WOULD TAKE
THE EASY ONE OF THE HARD ONE.
THAT'S A SUBJECTIVE QUESTION IN
YOUR EASY MY HEART MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT LET ME START WITH WITH
THE S. B. TWO FIFTY ONE. R. S.
B. TWO FIFTY ONE BY NEWMAN
PLEASE FLOOR'S YOURS THANK YOU
MISTER MEMBERS. THAT THANK YOU
FOR AS WELL FOR THE UP TO
PRESENT S. B. TWO FIFTY ONE
WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THE
EMPLOYMENT. OF AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL AS A FULL TIME SALARIED
EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER ELECTED
OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA WITH WHOM
THEY SHARE. COMMON CONSTITUENTS.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SERVICE AS A LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIAL ON CITY
COUNCILS SCHOOL BOARDS COMMUNITY
COLLEGES- IT CUT COLLEGE WORDS
ETCETERA JELLY UNTIL
COMPENSATION ONLY ON A PART
TIME. OR STIPEND BASIS AS A
CONSEQUENCE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. DEPEND
ON OTHER TYPES OF WORK FOR THE
BULK OF THEIR EARNINGS. THIS IS
THE NATURAL BY PRODUCT OF THE
DESIGN OVER GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
BY THE FRAMERS WHO REGARDED
PARTICIPATION. IN THE PUBLIC
SPHERE AS AN ACT OF GENEROSITY
AND CIVIC VIRTUE. WITH THE
PRIVILEGES SERVICE WAS A SOON TO
BE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE
INDUCEMENT AND THE REWARD UNDER
THIS CONTRACT ABLE AND CIVIC
MINDED CITIZENS WOULD BE
INSPIRED TO CAMPUS THEIR
NEIGHBORS. NOW AND STAND FOR
ELECTION AND HAVING BEEN
SELECTED FIND THE TIME. AND THE
SPACE IN THERE OTHERWISE BUSY
LIVES TO ATTEND THE COMMUNITY
CIVIC AFFAIRS. THROUGH THE
PUBLIC SERVICE. WHETHER THIS IS
A GOOD OR EFFECTIVE BASIS IN THE
CURRENT DAY AND AGE. FOR
SOURCING TALENT TO FILL THE DISS
OF CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BODIES IS A MATTER OF DEBATE BUT
IT IS NEVERTHELESS THE FRAMEWORK
IN WHICH PUBLIC SERVICE.
CURRENTLY TAKES PLACE. WHAT THE
FRAMERS OF THE SYSTEM DID NOT
HAVE IN MIND THAT WE'RE
SCENARIOS. WHERE A PERSON WOULD
SERVE IN ONE LOCAL ELECTIVE
OFFICE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
SERVING AS PAID STAFF. FOR
ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH
OVERLAPPING CONSTITUENTS. TO DO
SO IN MY MIND IS FAIRLY SELF
EVIDENTLY PROBLEMATIC- AND
INHERENTLY CONFLICTED SINCE IT
CREATES AN ARRAY. OF MORE LESS
CONSTANT TENSIONS. AND A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT RACES ALL OF WHICH
CONTRIBUTE. TO AN UNDERLYING
DYNAMIC THAT THAT. THE ROADS
CONFIDENCE IN THE OBJECTIVITY
AND FAITHFUL SERVICE- OF THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS SIMULTANEOUSLY
. SERVING SOMEONE ELSE'S FULL
TIME STAFF FOR. ALL RIGHT SO LET
LET ME GIVE YOU. A CONSIDER
IRAQ'S BETWEEN. A AND A STAFFER
WORKS FOR ANOTHER LIKE IF. AND
AGAINST IN ALL OF. GIVING A KIND
OF A TYPICAL SCENARIO SAY I. THE
LAW. IN THIS- AND AMEND OF MY
STAFF. HAVES REMEMBER THE CITY
COUNCIL MY TOWN I LIVE IN
FULLERTON. AND NOW LET'S SAY
THAT I HAVE OVER THE YEARS
RECEIVED GENEROUS SUPPORT. FROM
SAY THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY- AND
THAT THERE'S AN ORDINANCE UNDER
CONSIDERATION IN FULLERTON.
OTHER WOULD LIBERALIZE THE
CITY'S APPROACH TO CANNABIS- AND
ALLOW FOR THE CITING OF
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARIES. THROUGHOUT THAT
CITY NOW IMAGINE THAT MY STAFF
FOR LET'S CALL HIM JOHN SMITH.
WHO REPRESENTS A PART OF THE
CITY WHERE THE NOTION OF
CANNABIS DISPENSARIES. IS
ESPECIALLY CONTROVERSIAL. SO THE
RESIDENTS OF THE JUST
REPRESENTED BY MISTER EVER
ACTUALLY VOICING THEIR
OPPOSITION. TO THE PROPOSED A
MEMBER NOW IMAGINE THAT DESPITE
THAT OPPOSITION. COUNCILMEMBER
JOHN SMITH NO IT WORKED FOR ME
VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE.
A NOW IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS
REASONS. FOR SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE IT'S A PRETTY REASONABLE
INFERENCE- IN FACT I'D I'D SAY
AN UNAVOIDABLE INFERENCE THE
JOHNS MISSPOKE WAS COLORED. BY
HIS SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIP TO
ME- IN HIS DAY JOB. NOW CONSIDER
BRIEFLY SOME OF THE OTHER
DIMENSIONS OF THIS INHERENT
CONFLICT THAT ACCRUES. TO
ELECTED PERSON WORKING FULL TIME
FOR ANOTHER ELECTED PERSON. AS A
MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY
THEY CLEARLY HAVE A DIFFERENT
LEVEL OF INFLUENCE AND A
DIFFERENT SET OF CONNECTIONS-
THAN THEIR COLLEAGUES ON THAT
SAME ELECTED BODY THIS IS BOTH A
SOURCE OF POSSIBLE TENSION- AS
WELL AS PERCEIVED CONFLICT
FURTHER AS A MEMBER. OF THE
OTHER ELECTIVES TEAM. THEY
CLEARLY HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF
MOTIVATIONS INFECTIONS IN THEIR
PEERS. WITHIN THEIR BOSS'S
OFFICE THIS IS ALSO A SOURCE OF
POSSIBLE TENSION. AND PERCEIVED
CONFLICT. LET ME LAST. LAST GIVE
YOU EXAMPLE WHICH IS BOTH RECENT
AND ACTUALLY REAL- ON THE
CENTRAL COAST THERE'S A RECENTLY
ELECTED COUNTY SUPERVISOR. WHO
IN THE AFTERMATH OF BEING
ELECTED HIRED AS THEIR STAFF. A
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. OF ONE OF
THE CITIES. THAT ARE NESTED
WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT BOTH THE
SUPERVISOR AND THE COUNCIL
MEMBER. WE'RE NOW MEMBERS OF THE
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. UNDER. THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES THE PRESUMPTION
THAT THE SENIOR ELECTED
OFFICIALS. EFFECTIVELY NOT ONE
BUT VOTES AT ANY GIVEN TIME- IS
HER TO OF. BUT NONE OF THIS IS
GOOD YEAH AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT
IT'S ALL EASILY AVOIDED I I'D
LIKE TO THINK THAT IN THE KINDS
OF JURISDICTION WE'RE DISCUSSING
HERE. STATE LEGISLATIVE AND
COUNTY SUPERMAJORITY STRICT. AT
THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE
THAN ENOUGH TALENTED QUALIFIED
PEOPLE TO SERVE. IN STAFF
POSITIONS AT THE END OF THE
KINDS OF DOUBLE DUTY THAT THIS
BILL. ADDRESSES ARE NOT IN FACT
NECESSARY OR UNAVOIDABLE
MOREOVER THERE'S ANOTHER
PRINCIPLE AT STAKE HERE. I THE
AVERAGE CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY
PRETTY WELL REMOVED FROM
POLITICS- FOR THE OBVIOUS
REASONS AND BUT IF ELECTED
PEOPLE DROP DEAD BECAUSE YOU
KNOW. BUT THE POINT OTHER
ELECTED PEOPLE. I TO AS THEIR
STAFF IT FURTHER NARROWS IN
ALREADY NARROW SPACE. IN ONLY
INCREASES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
PEOPLE AND POLITICIAN WAYS THAT.
FURTHER PROMOTES CYNICISM AND
CORRODE FAITH. IN GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC PROCESSES SB TWO FIFTY
ONE WILL PROTECT THE INTERESTS
OF CALIFORNIANS. ENSURE TRUST
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY
PROHIBITING ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL
FROM WORKING FOR ANOTHER. IF
THEY SHARE A COMMON SET OF
CONSTITUENTS THIS BILL WOULD NOT
APPLY TO STATEWIDE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS WITH ME
TODAY. TO TESTIFY AS TO WHERE
ROSE WITH THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE.
OF WOMEN VOTERS I AM
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU SENATOR
NEWMAN. THROWS THE FLOOR IS
YOURS TWO MINUTES PLEASE GOOD
AFTERNOON TO ARREST OF THE
DIRECTOR WITH LEGAL MEMBERS A
CALIFORNIA NOT AN OLYMPIAN BUT
HAPPY TO BE IN THIS ACOSTA. I'M
HAPPY TO SAY YOU ARE. AS AS-
HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT THIS TWO
FIFTY ONE THE PRO. TO DOUBLE
DUTY LIKE OFFICIAL ARE READILY.
CAL DOES TO KNOW THAT THE
POSITION THAT ELECTED. TAKER
TRULY THEIR OWN DOCTOR BOSSES.
ALLOWING DOUBLE DUTY CREATES TOO
MUCH OF A DANGER THAT INSTEAD OF
PURELY REPRESENTING THE
INTERESTS OF THEIR OWN
CONSTITUENTS EMPLOYEES WILL BE
INFLUENCED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS
PRIORITIES. AND EVEN IF THERE'S
NOTHING NEFARIOUS AFOOT. THE
APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST HERE UNDERMINES THE
PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
BELIEVE FIVE EVERY DAY TO BUILD
PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR DEMOCRACY WE
WORK HARD TO COUNTER CORROSIVE
MIS AND DISINFORMATION THAT
SPREAD BY. TROUBLED ANGRY PEOPLE
BENT ON DISTORTING DEMOCRACY.
DOUBLE DUTY AT THE VERY LEAST
FEEDS THAT NARRATIVE OF
POLITICAL CORRUPTION THAT WE
NEED TO VIGILANTLY COUNTER. AND
AT WORST IT MAY AT TIMES PROVED
THAT NARRATIVE TRUE. LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IS DESIGNED TO BE
POPULATED BY CITIZEN LEADERS
MOTIVATED BY GENUINE DESIRE TO
SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED
TO PRESERVE THE IDEAL PUBLIC
SERVICE IS A CALLING NOT A TRADE
NOT A BUSINESS. WELL IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S
FAIR COMPENSATION. TO OPEN UP
POLITICS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
AFFORD TAKING ON THE ROLES
WITHOUT REASONABLE PAY.
PROVIDING POLITICAL JOBS IN
OTHER OFFICES FOR THE SAME
CONSTITUENCY IS SIMPLY NOT THE
ANSWER TO THAT PROBLEM. THE FACT
THAT THIS PRACTICE IS COMMON OR
LONG STANDING OR EVEN
UNDERSTANDABLE IS NOT
SUFFICIENT. JUSTIFICATION TO
CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT IT'S TIME
TO CLEAN THIS UP. THE LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS SUPPORTS THE BILL
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
WILL GO TO OTHER SUPPORTERS HERE
IN. OUR HEARING ROOM WHO'D LIKE
TO COME FORWARD. BUT THEIR NAME
ON THE RECORD LCN. HE SO WE'RE
NOW GO OPPOSITE HERE IN THE
ROOM. IS ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THEIR
PRIMARY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
BUT WILL GIVE YOU THE PRIVILEGE
OF. THE FIRST TO AT LEAST BEING
ABLE TO SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES IF
YOU WISH. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
AND MEMBERS- CARLOS MACHADO WITH
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION- SB TWO FIFTY ONE-
ESTABLISHES A BANK A BLANKET
PROHIBITION ON ELECTED OFFICIALS
FROM AND- ARE BEING EMPLOYED BY
ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HAS
AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT IN
COMMON. THE BILL ALSO IMPOSES AN
IMPLICIT PROHIBITION ON
INDIVIDUAL SERVING ON SCHOOL
BOARD FOR COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION. OR EMPLOYED BY
ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT
HAS ANY OVERLAPPING
CONSTITUENCY. OUR SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS ARGUABLY ARE PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST. ACCOUNTABLE IS
DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY SERVE-
SCHOOL WHERE MEMBERS AS SOME
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE NO.
OFTEN ENCOUNTER THEIR
CONSTITUENTS IN THE SUPERMARKET-
DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS PICKING
UP THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL- AND
ALSO. ON THE SPORTS FIELD SO
THEY HAVE THOSE INTERACTIONS
DAILY INTERACTIONS THOSE DAILY
INTERACTIONS I CREATE A
CALEDONIA ON BEHALF OF THOSE. A
MEMBERS TO THOSE GOVERNING
BOARDS. AND YOU'LL PROVIDE THAT
PROTECTION AGAINST ANY TYPE OF
TRANSGRESSION M. MIGHT THAT THIS
BILL MIGHT TRY TO- DEAL WITH HI
HOWEVER THERE'S NO. SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES OF THOSE TRANSGRESSIONS
HAPPENING- THAT THIS BILL WOULD
WOULD PREVENT IN THE. FUTURE- D.
R. NUMBER OF- ELECTED LOCAL CITY
AND CAL REGION AND STATE FEDERAL
OFFICIALS WHO SHARE
CONSTITUENCIES WITH A MEMBER OF
A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION IS
SIGNIFICANT EVEN THE MOST RURAL
PARTS OF THE STATE. OF THE
POLICY PROPOSED IN SB TWO FIFTY
ONE WOULD NOT ONLY MAKE THE POOL
OF CANDIDATES AVAILABLE TO SERVE
ON GOVERNING BOARDS SMALLER. BUT
IT WOULD ALSO BAR INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARGUABLY BRING SKILL SETS.
THAT ENABLE A BOARD TO BETTER
SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT
AND THE STUDENTS AT THE SERVER.
HI SB TWO FIFTY ONE WOULD ALSO
IMPEDE ON. THE RIGHTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES INDIVIDUALS HAVE
TO PARTICIPATE IN REPRESENTED
GOVERNMENT IN A SEEK EMPLOYMENT
IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY CAN
SERVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR
COMMUNITY. FURTHERMORE THE BILL
TAKES AWAY THESE RIGHTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES WITH- LIKE AS
MENTIONED EARLIER NO NO EVIDENCE
THAT THAT YOU CAN WRAP UP NOW
THAT BE GREAT I'M SURE. I'LL
JUST TOUCH UPON THEIR
GRANDFATHER IN CLAUSE- YOU THAT.
DOESN'T NECESSARILY ADDRESS
THESE CONCERNS I THERE'S AN
EXAMPLE OF A BOARD MEMBER THAT
WORKS FOR A DISTRICT ATTORNEY-
IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GETS.
REPLACED THAT MIGHT LEAVE THAT
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WITH WITH
PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD ADDED
OKAY LEGAL AMBIGUITY THAT ASSET
OF BOARDING I DOUBT THAT
COMMITTEES THANK YOU- POSSIBLE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU- NEXT NEXT
WITNESS IN OPPOSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHEN MEMBERS JOHNNY
PINA WITH THE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES HERE AND
SPECWEB ADDITION SB TWO FIFTY
ONE A ONE OF THE BILLS INTENDED
TO ADDRESS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND ETHICS POLICE USED. TO MY
KNOWLEDGE. RIGHT TO THE EXAM
GUNSHIP US ASSURED THAT. EASILY
I'M NOT HEARD OF ANY EXAM. OF-
THIS PARTICULAR- LEADING TO
UNETHICAL BUT OR A HUNDRED OF
INTEREST. THOSE WERE THAT THE
POLITICAL ROOF ACT- ALREADY
REGULATE. REGARDING THE CONFLICT
OF INTEREST OF. HELLO OFFICIALS-
THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
BELIEVE THAT STATE REVISIONS TO
LOG. GOVERNING LOCAL AGENCY
TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS SHOULD
ADDRESS SOME CEREAL AND
DOCUMENTED INADEQUACIES IN THOSE
LAWS AND HAVE A REASONABLE
RELATIONSHIP TO RESOLVING THOSE
PROBLEMS. SB TWO. FIFTY ONE DOES
NOT MEET THOSE CRITERIA AND
COULD LEAD TO CONFUSION UNEVEN
IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON THE
EXEMPTIONS AND BROAD LANGUAGE
CURRENTLY IN THE BILL. FOR THOSE
REASONS YOUR POST AND- JERDON.
HELLO THANK YOU GREAT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE
NEED TO PORTION OF OUR HEARING
NOW IF YOU'RE IN THE HEARING
ROOM WOULD LIKE TO ME TO OPPOSE
POSITION PLEASE COME TO THE
MICROPHONE. SEE NOW WILL GO TO
THE PHONE LINES- MODERATOR IF
YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY
ON THE PHONE LINES WOULD LIKE TO
- GIVE THEIR NAME AND
AFFILIATION IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION S. B. TWO FIFTY ONE.
PROJECT THAT. THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION UP AT THE
TWO FIFTY ONE YOU MAY PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE
AND THEN ZERO FOR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION OF AT THE. TWO FIFTY
ONE. ONE MOMENT WE DO HAVE A FEW
A FEW. I WILL GO TO LINE TWO
THIRTY TWO YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
AND THAT'S SUPPORT BY. ASSEMBLY
FIGHTING IN CARLSBAD. NOT BE
FUNDED WITH ANY DIRECT
AFFILIATION BUT I SUPPORT THIS
BILL. THEY CAN THANK YOU SO MUCH
CONFUSION THANK YOU NEXT CALLER
PLEASE MIGHT HAPPEN. THANK YOU
NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE AT TWO
THIRTY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
YES THIS IS SUSAN WAY- I'M THE
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENERGY IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND WE SUPPORT
THE L. THANK YOU. MISTER CHAIR
WE HAVE NO FOR THE SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION IN Q. I REMEMBER IN
THE MATTER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
FOR QUESTIONS COMMENTS
DISCUSSION NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT- I
WILL- I WILL LEAVE THIS OUT
CENTER NEWMAN THANK YOU. FOR
YOUR- YOUR COMMITMENT TO
IMPROVING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT
IT'S SOMETHING. I KNOW ALL OF IT
SHOULD HAVE A- GREAT DEAL OF
FIVE OF URGENCY AROUND WE'VE HAD
GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR BILL- AND I AS YOU
KNOW- IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN
SUPPORT TODAY AND WHAT AT LEAST
EXPLAIN WHY- YOU KNOW AS IT
RELATES TO CONFLICT I THINK WE
HAVE AGREEMENT THAT THAT THE
CONFLICT LET'S JUST USE A
SENATORS OFFICES AN EXAMPLE THAT
THE CONFLICT IS NOT WITH THE
SENATOR- HIM OR HERSELF. THAT
THE INFLUENCE OF ONE STAFFER
MANY STAFFERS CONSTITUENTS ALL
THAT IS TAKEN IN BY A
REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR POSITION
TO DECIDE WHETHER WE LIKE
SOMETHING AND WE DON'T POSITIONS
WE TAKE IN AND POSITIONS- IN ANY
CASE IT'S A- YOU KNOW THERE IS
NO DIRECT LINK TO THE CHOICES
THAT WE MAKE AND I THINK THAT
EVEN IN OUR CONVERSATIONS YOU
AGREE THAT THERE THAT IS NOT A
DIRECT. CONFLICT THAT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY TRYING TO DEAL WITH.
THE CONFLICT THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO DEAL WITH IS THIS- EMPLOYER
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS- SUPERVISOR
SUBORDINATE RELATIONSHIP A
SENATOR AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH
A MEMBER OF THEIR STAFF WAS ON
AN ELECTED BODY. AND SO THE
CONCERN THERE IS THAT IT'S GONNA
INFLUENCE THE CHOICE THAT
INDIVIDUAL MAKES IN THEIR
ELECTED BODY AND I AGREE THAT
THAT'S A THAT'S A LEGITIMATE
CONCERN- NOW. I THINK THAT- MOST
INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDERSTANDING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST WOULD
RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THAT
MATTERS TO THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU
GAVE. EARLIER ON A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AFFECT
THEM. IN THEIR AT AND THEIR
ELECTED BODY. THEY THEY SHOULD
RECUSE THEMSELVES THEY SHOULD
SAY THIS HAS A CONFLICT WITH MY
EMPLOYER. AND I'M AMENDMENTS NOT
DISSIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION.
JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IF YOU LIVED
WITHIN. FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A-
OF A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN YOUR
AREA IF YOU'RE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AS AN EXAMPLE- NOW- I DO
THINK THOUGH THAT IF THERE'S
CONCERN THAT THIS PERSON
WOULDN'T- YOU KNOW IT- ACT
APPROPRIATELY THAT I'M OPEN TO
THE REMEDIES IN THAT SPACE.
MANDATING A REFUSAL IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETHING THAT I'D
BE OPEN TO. TALKING ABOUT AND
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. BUT IN
ESSENCE YOUR BILL IS GOING TO
TAKE AWAY- A SENATOR AND
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS CHOICE. YEAH
AND WHO THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR
STAFF NOW I HAVE HAD. ELECTED
LEADERS FROM MY COMMUNITY ON MY
STAFF FULL DISCLOSURE- I HIRED
THEM BECAUSE OF THAT THAT WILL
INCREDIBLE QUALITIES AND
QUANTITIES. OF INSIGHT AND
EXPERIENCE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO
MY OFFICE- IN THE SENATE. AND
SO- IN EACH CASE I SPOKE WITH
THEM ABOUT CONFLICTS AND WHAT IT
WOULD MEAN IF THEY CAME ON MY
STAFF THAT. IF THEY WERE A
MATTER OF FACT IN STATE
LEGISLATION FOR EXAMPLE THAT.
THEY WOULD NEED TO RECUSE
THEMSELVES THAT'S THEIR CHOICE
BUT I MADE IT CLEAR. THAT THAT
WOULD BE IT WOULD BE ONE OF MY
EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF COMING
ON MY- MY STAFF. UNFORTUNATELY
YOUR BILL IN ITS CURRENT FORM IT
NEGATES ANY INDIVIDUAL CHOICE BY
ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN MAKING THAT
CHOICE AND THAT'S- THAT ONE SIZE
FITS ALL I'D I DON'T FEEL THIS
KIND OF THING THAT I CAN
UNFORTUNATELY. BE SUPPORTIVE OF
TODAY EVEN THAT WE SHARE THE
SAME GOALS. ABOUT CONFLICT AND
ABOUT IMPROVING TRUST IN
GOVERNMENT. OKAY WITH THAT-
SENATOR MITCHELL. Q. Q. CLEAR
FIVE ME WERE IT WAS IN A MONTH
AND PROPOSED TO THE ALL. I DID
PROPOSED A DEMAND TO THE OFF AND
AN HE HAS DECLINED BILL TO SPEAK
TO IT BUT- LOT OF THE UNITED. I
GUESS ARE NOT. THERE IS A-
MEASURES WE HAVE NEEDS FOR ABOUT
THIS AND I THINK WE DO HAVE A
FINAL DIFFERENCE- OF. THE SPEED
OF PINION ON THIS BILL IT I I'M
NOT. AWARE OF ANYBODY CONFLICT
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PERVASIVE.
INHERENT CONFLICT THAT THAT THAT
ACCRUES. TO THIS SITUATION AND I
THINK MISS ROSE SPOKE DUBBED
QUITE CLEARLY ABOUT IT. IT IT IT
IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER NOT THERE'S
A PARTICULAR INSTANCE. WHERE A
MEMBER OF STAFF MIGHT OR MIGHT
NOT BE. BIASED AS A RESULT OF
THEIR PLAY RELIGION IT'S ABOUT
THE PERCEPTION. BY THEIR
CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY'RE
INHERENTLY CONFLICTED. I AND I
BELIEVE THAT'S A PROBLEM I
THINK. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I
THINK YOU'RE OVERSTATING ITS
IMPACT THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN'T
HIRE. ONE PERSON. IS VERY
DIFFERENT THAN SAYING IT GETS IN
THE WAY OF HIRING QUALIFIED
STAFF- IT YOU KNOW IT'S
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TO HIRE
PEOPLE. WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUT WHO KNEW
WHO ARE NO LONGER- IN ELECTIVE
OFFICE- IN THAT CASE THERE IS NO
CONFLICT- BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT
SOMEBODY'S OCCUPYING A DUAL
ROLE- IT IS IT'S ONLY REASONABLE
IN FACT I THINK IT'S UNAVOIDABLE
FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. ALL
RIGHT TO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
YOU KNOW THEIR ORIENTATION- AND
THEIR LOYALTY. AND I THINK YOU
KNOW TO THE WITNESS. WE ACTUALLY
DO SEE THIS. ALL OVER THE STATE
ON BOTH SIDES THE AISLE- AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CITE
SPECIFIC. INSTANCES OF CONFLICT
IT IS SORT OF BELIES THE BROADER
POINT. AT WHICH IS THE EXISTENCE
OF THIS PERVASIVE INHERENT
CONFLICT. WHICH I THINK VOTERS
FIND DISCONCERTING. YEAH AND I
THINK YOU TO SOME OF THE CALLERS
NOTHING'S REALLY SPOKE. QUICKLY
ABOUT IT. AND SO IT IT'S NOT.
THE YOU DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO PREVENT CONFLICT AS AS A
MEMBER. I THINK YOU WE DO HAVE
AN OBLIGATION NOT TO CREATE THE
APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT. AND I
THINK YOU CAN STAFF IN OFFICE-
IN A JURISDICTION AS LARGE. AS
EIGHT A LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION
OR A SUPER ABSORBENT DISTRICT.
WITHOUT NECESSARILY- YOU KNOW
CREATING THOSE KINDS OF
SITUATIONS. ALL RIGHT TO ONE OF
THE WITNESSES YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
DA SITUATION LET ME SAY VERY
CLEARLY. I'M MORE THAN WILLING
THIS YOU KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST
POLICY HEARING. TO AMEND THIS
BILL TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT
THAT DAY DRESSES CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT ARE OTHER
THAN I THINK THE BROADER GOAL-
AND A BROADER GOAL REMAINS. HOW
DO WE CREATE THAT YOU KNOW EIGHT
A SITUATION. WHERE THE VOTERS IN
AN AREA I HAVE THE FULL
ASSURANCE OF UNBIASED AND HONEST
SERVICE BUT PEOPLE ELECT. THAT
MAKES SENSE. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE MEMBERS.
SENATOR NEWMAN. MONEY GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY CLOSE. APPRECIATE
ANYTHING THAT WAS VERY CLOSE MY
CLOSE ALL RIGHT IT CAN'T. WE AS
MEMBERS- YOU CAN TAKE FOR
GRANTED THE WORLD AS WE SEE IT
WE SEE IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
AT FOR A MEMBER TO LOOK AT
CANDIDATES TO FILL JOBS SALE YOU
KNOW THERE'S A CANDY WHO'S WHO'S
CLEARLY QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALREADY ELECTED IN MY
JURISDICTION. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S
UNDERSTANDABLE BUT BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SEE THE WORLD. JUST
AS OFTEN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FROM
THEIR POINT OF VIEW THAT DOESN'T
FEEL RIGHT- AND AGAIN I WOULD
ARGUE THAT DO THAT AS MEMBERS-
IN JURISDICTIONS LARGE WE HAVE.
THERE SHOULD BE SPACE THERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH QUALIFIED
PEOPLE. TO HIRE THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN PEOPLE ON YOUR STAFF.
WHEREIN NONE OF THEM AT ANY
GIVEN TIME SIR IS THE SAME
PEOPLE ELECT ELECTIVE CAPACITY-
AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD THING- AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS MISSION ON THIS
MEASURE THAT. THANK YOU SENATOR
NEWMAN LOOKING FOR A MOTION
NUMBER. IS THAT RIGHT A MEASURE
HEART MANY BAR BLUES THE BILL
THIS WOULD BE DO PASSED
APPROPRIATIONS. SECRETARY CALL
THE ROLL SENATORS GLAZER. WHEN.
WHEN ALAN. MCGUIRE MENJIVAR.
MANY OF OUR AYE NEWMAN AYE
NEWMAN AYE NUMBER. ALL RIGHT
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE ROLE OF AN
FOR ABSENT MEMBERS THANK YOU
SENATOR NEWMAN YOU HAVE ONE MORE
BILL BEFORE US. AND THAT IS- TH
SB THREE EIGHTY SIX IS THAT
RIGHT THAT IS CORRECT AND I
THINK THIS IS THE ONE THAT FITS
YOUR DEFINITION OF EASY. SO MR
MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY PERCENT SB THREE
EIGHTY SIX WHICH MAKES THREE
MINOR CHANGES TO CALIFORNIA
ELECTIONS CODE ALL IN THE
SERVICE. A FURTHER ENSURING
TRANSPARENCY IN THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS WILL MORE EFFECTIVELY
STEWARDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS
FIRST. SB THREE EIGHTY SIX WOULD
LEAD ANTIQUATED VESTIGE OF
CALIFORNIA ELECTORAL LAW. WHICH
REQUIRES THAT EVERY CALIFORNIA
BALLOT PRINTED IN PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION YEARS. CONTAIN
INSTRUCTIONS INFORMING VOTERS OF
THE PROCESS BY WHICH
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ARE CHOSEN
THESE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE
ELECTION OF POLITICAL PARTY
DELEGATES. AND PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTORS ACTUALLY NO LONGER
APPLY TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS
THEY ARE A VESTIGE OF OUR CODE
REMOVING THE SECTION WILL
ELIMINATE CONFUSION. AMONG
VOTERS REDUCE THE PRETTY COSTS
ABOUT THE COUNTY ELECTIONS
OFFICES IN PROTECT OUR COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICES FOR BAD FAITH
LAWSUITS SECOND. THREE SB THREE
EIGHTY SIX TO INCREASE THE
EFFICIENCY OF THE BALLOT
TABULATION PROCESS BY EXTENDING
THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
PERIOD FOR STATE PETITIONS AND
RECALL SO THAT DURING AN
ELECTION SEASON EMPLOYEES AND
COUNTY ELECTIONS. OFFICES CAN
OFFICIALLY MANAGE THE COUNTY
TABULATION OF BALLOTS AT THOSE
TIMES WHERE THEY MAY ALSO BE
REQUIRED. TO CONDUCT PETITION
SIGNATURE VERIFICATION IN THE
PAST THIS OVERLAP HAS RESULTED
IN THE TO HIGHER SUPPLEMENTAL
STAFF- AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
EITHER DELAY THE VOTE COUNT. OR
RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS
ACCURACY SB THREE EIGHTY SIX
EXTENDS THE DEADLINES AND SECURE
VERIFICATION FOR ENABLING
ELECTION OFFICIALS TO MANAGE
RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY.
FUSION FOR POTENTIAL CANDIDATES
IN CITY ELECTIONS CITY CLERKS
ARE OTHERS WHO ADMINISTER
ELECTIONS FOR A MUNICIPALITY
WOULD WOULD BE REQUIRED TO POST
INFORMATION. TO THEIR WEBSITE AT
LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE
FILING DEADLINE INFORMING VOTERS
OF SEATS. WHICH ARE CONSIDERED
OPEN CONTEST RACES COMPARED TO
THOSE WHICH HAVE INCUMBENTS WHO
HAVE FILED CANDIDACY NOMINATION
PAPERS. FOR REELECTION THE DATES
TIMES LOCATIONS AT THE LOCAL
ACTIONS OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FOR
FILING SUBMISSIONS. YEAH AND
WHETHER. I ANY INCOMING OFFICE
OLD WITHIN THE JURISDICTION MAY
HAVE BEEN DEEMED INELIGIBLE- FOR
THEIR INCUMBENCY STATUS DUE TO
REDISTRICTING WHICH WE'VE SEEN
HAPPEN IN THE LAST CYCLE. EACH
OF THESE THREE PROVISIONS ARE
USEFUL AND NECESSARY TO LIMIT
CONFUSION WHILE PROVIDING THAT'S
TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY IN
THE CONDUCT. OF ELECTIONS HERE
WITH ME TODAY TESTIFIES TRICIA
WEBER SANTA CRUZ RESTORE VOTERS.
AND THE CULTURE OF CA C. E. O.'S
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE I
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR AN
IPHONE THANK YOU CENTER IN THE
NEW WITNESSES TWO MINUTES PLEASE
. I GET AFTERNOON CHAIR TERRY
GLAZER AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS I
AM TRICIA WEBER ON THE SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY CLERK AND REGISTER
VOTERS AND I'M HERE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF CLERK AND
ELECTION OFFICIALS. WE ARE PROUD
TO SPONSOR THE SPELL. THIS
PROPOSAL HAS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT
ARE INTEGRAL TO ELECTION
ACTIVITIES. FIRST AS YOU KNOW
THE INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS THAT
APPEAR ON THE BALLOT ARE QUITE
DENSE- WE CAN DECIDE HOW YOU
WANT TO DEFINE THE WORD DANCE.
BUTTON FOR US- BUT IT DOES
INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO VERY
CONFUSING AND- TAKE UP A QUITE A
BIT OF SPACE. SO REMOVING THE
ANTIQUATED. INSTRUCTIONS FOR
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS- GIVES US
MORE SPACE AND PROVIDES CLARITY
TO VOTERS ON WITH THEIR VOTING
AND MAYBE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
LOOK AT THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
AND INTERPRET THOSE. IT ALSO
WILL REDUCE. OUR OUR PRINTING
COSTS BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE SPACE
THAT WE CAN GET- MEANS THAT WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO ON TO ONE
YOU'LL HAVE ONE LESS CARD. AND
THIS BILL ALSO ADDRESSES
PETITION EXAMINATION PERIOD.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THIRTY
BUSINESS DAYS TO EXAMINE OF
PETITIONS AND THAT'S THIRTY
BUSINESS DAYS REGARDLESS OF WHAT
ELSE IS HAPPENING. SO WE HAVE TO
IF IT'S DURING AN ELECTION TIME
WE HAVE TO SHIFT OUR RESOURCES
AROUND AND MAYBE TAKE THE
COMPUTER TERMINALS. THAT WERE
USING FOR SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
TO DO PROCESSING FOR VOTE BY
MAIL AND SHIFT THOSE OVER TO-
PETITIONS. AND IT FLOWS BOTH
PURSE PROCESS THESE DOWN. AND
TAKES YOU KNOW AND WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE EVERYTHING QUICKLY
SO VOTERS KNOW WHEN THEY'RE VOTE
BY MAIL COMES IN AND PROPONENTS.
WOULD KNOW WHETHER THEIR
PETITION HAS MET THE THRESHOLD
OR NOT. I'M SORRY IN ORDER TO
MEET SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THIRTY DAYS CURRENTLY COUNTIES
RIGHT NOW MAY HAVE TO HIRE MORE
STAFF. THAT DON'T GET AS GOOD OF
TRAINING TO DO SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION- WHICH CAUSES OTHER
STAFF. TO DO ONE MORE PETITION
REVIEW BEFORE QUALIFYING A
PETITION WORD TO- SAYING
PETITION DOESN'T QUALIFY WORK
GOING AND LOOKING AT CHALLENGES
OF- BY MAIL- I'M ALSO COUNTIES
HAVE HAD TO. GET EXTRA SPACE OR
PURCHASE OTHER TERMINALS IN
ORDER TO CREATE MORE
WORKSTATIONS. SO EXTENDING THE
DEADLINE OF A FULL CHECK OF A
PETITION WILL ALLOW ELECTION
OFFICIALS. TO PROVIDE THE
APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY ATTENTION TO ALL
ELECTION ACTIVITIES INCLUDING
PETITIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
AND IF YOU COULD STAND BY HAVE A
FOLLOW UP QUESTION AS WE GET
THROUGH OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
ALL RIGHT ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN
THE HEARING ROOM TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT PLEASE COME ON UP. TO
ROSENBERGER'S CALIFORNIA SUPPORT
THANK YOU ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN
THE HEARING ROOM ON A SO NOTE
THEIR SUPPORT OKAY THAT'S GOOD
OPPOSITION ANYONE HERE IN THE
HEARING ROOM. ONCE REGISTERED
THEIR OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT SEEN
THEM GO TO THE PHONE LINES
MODERATOR IF YOU CAN ASK IF
THERE'S INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE
TO. RECORD THEIR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO SB THREE EIGHTY
SIX. THANK YOU FOR IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF AT. THREE EIGHT
THANK YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND THEN
ZERO FARED SUPPORTER OPPOSITION
. THE LINE UP TO FOURTEEN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. INDIAN GOOD
AFTERNOON MR CARE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HEARING INVOLVES ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY CLERK
FACILITATION OF CALIFORNIANS
SUPPORT. THANK YOU NEXT CALLER
PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND I DO NOT
SHOW ANY OTHER COLORS THANK YOU
AT THE TIME OKAY WILL BRING THE
MATTER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
COMMENTS QUESTIONS. THOUGHTS
CENTER ALAN. MY TO COMMITMENT
AUTHOR AND MOVE THE BILL
INAPPROPRIATE. K. ANYBODY ELSE-
CENTER NEWMAN- THANKS FOR YOUR
WORK IN THIS AREA WITH THE
CLERKS IN PARTICULAR AND HOW I
KNOW WE HAVE ONE OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES HERE. SO THERE
WERE TWO ISSUES THAT I HAD WITH
THIS BILL ONE IS WOULD BE. THE
IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE WENT ON
MEASURES IN CIRCULATION RIGHT
NOW. WHO WOULD MAKE CALCULATIONS
BASED ON ALL THESE TIME LINES
FOR TITLE AND SUMMARY FOR
SIGNATURE GATHERING THERE'S A
WHOLE COLLECTION OF- CAN CAN USE
THAT SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT WE
CAN. MODIFY THIS BILL TO MAKE
SURE IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EFFECT
ON ANYBODY'S TRYING TO QUALIFY
FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
BALLOT. MEASURE IRISH GONNA
UNITE DISCUSSING I I'M ACTUALLY
TAKING MANY RECOUNT OPEN TO.
DELAYING THE UPON. DATE TO
ENSURE THAT THAT IS NOT IN FACT
THE CASE AND GIVING. LOCAL
ELECTION OFFICIALS CHANCE TO
APPLY THIS LEGISLATION SURE THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN OKAY I APPRECIATE
THAT. THE SECOND THING IS. I AM
SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE OF. THE
CONFLICT WHEN YOU HAVE
SIGNATURES TO VERIFY AND
ELECTION TO RUN- BUT- I'M ALSO
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND
THEN THE PRAGMATIC SIDE AND IN.
IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS. A WHERE
THE ELECTION IS IN MARCH- AT A
GIVEN THAT THERE CAN NO DOUBT BE
AN INITIATIVE ON THE PRIMARY
BALLOT BASED ON STATE LAW SO
THEY'RE ONLY DEALING WITH
INITIATIVES ON THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT. IT SEEMS THAT AT LEAST
IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS IT'S NOT
AN ISSUE BECAUSE- THE- THE WHOLE
VOTE BY MAIL PROCESS IS
OCCURRING IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER
JANUARY FEBRUARY AND OF COURSE
THE ELECTION IN MARCH. AND THE
DEADLINE FOR THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION IS MUCH IS BEYOND THAT
TERMS OF SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.
SO THAT'S IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS
AND I KNOW THAT'S JUST ONE HALF
OF OUR SITUATION BUT MAYBE THAT.
REPRESENT OF THE CLERKS TO SPEAK
TO THAT THE PRAGMATIC AFFECTS
AGAIN WHICH I THINK WE'RE ALL
VERY SENSITIVE TO. AT I GUESS MY
MAIN ANSWER TO THAT IS WE
ACTUALLY. ARE CONDUCTING
ELECTIONS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE
TIME. I'M COUNTIES HAVE EITHER
SPECIAL ELECTIONS OR YOU KNOW
THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THE MARCH
THE MARCH PRIMARY FOR A.
PRESIDENTIAL THE JUNE PRIMARY
FOR A STATE A AND THE JOHN AND-
THERE'S ALSO ESTADO ELECTION
DATES AN ODD YEARS. WHERE
THERE'S JURISDICTIONS THAT WILL
COUNTIES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS
THAT ARE RUNNING. SO THERE ARE.
YOU KNOW ALTHOUGH SANTA CRUZ
RIGHT NOW SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY
FOR SANTA CRUZ DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT'S HAVING ANY ELECTION OTHER
THAN NOVEMBER THIRD. OR NOVEMBER
WHATEVER NOVEMBER DATE IS THIS
YEAR- THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES
THAT HAVE AN ELECTION IN JUNE
THAT JUST HAD AN ELECTION IN
APRIL THAT HAD AN ELECTION IN
MARCH ONE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAD.
ALL THREE OF THOSE MONTHS SO IT.
SO IT IS IT'S KIND OF ALL OF
THEM AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING
STATEWIDE PETITIONS THESE ARE
ALL PETITIONS SO WE'RE WE'RE
QUALIFYING LOCAL PETITIONS
RECALL PETITIONS. AS WELL AS
STATEWIDE ALL OF ALL YEAR ROUND
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
AND- YOU KNOW THE JOB THAT YOU
ALL DO IS INCREDIBLE AND- HAS A
GREAT APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF US
WANT ONE FINAL QUESTION MA'AM.
WHICH IS THAT- IT SEEMS THAT IF
YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THIS UNDER THE
CURRENT LAW AS IT STANDS TODAY.
MMHM THIS CHANGE YOU KNOW IT
GIVES YOU EXTRA TIME I
APPRECIATE WHY THAT'S OF VALUE
BUT AT LEAST WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT
THAT YOU HAVE ON HAND NOW. AND
KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW YOU IT'S
NOT A SURPRISE WHEN IT
INITIATIVE IS OUT BEING
CIRCULATED SO YOU CAN PREPARE
FOR. THE SUBMISSION. WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO SUGGEST
THAT YOU'D BEEN ABLE TO DO THE
WORK NOW WHY DO WE HAVE TO
CHANGE THE LAW WHICH-
POTENTIALLY HAS THE EFFECT OF
LIMITING ACCESS TO THE BALLOT.
FOR OTHER MEASURES BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THIS ELONGATION
COULD DO NOT WOULD ALWAYS DO. I
AM. I WOULD SAY. PERSONALLY I
SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE A
HAIRDRESSER SO YOU DON'T SEE
THAT I'M GREAT LOSING IT- BUT-
YOU KNOW. YOU'RE RIGHT WE DO GET
IT DONE- BUT A LOT OF THINGS
SUFFER. I'M WHILE WE'RE WHILE
WE'RE PUSHING TO GET THAT DONE
WE ALSO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
HAVE HAD TO GO TO COURT- IN THE
STATE OF FOR ALL FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES IN ORDER TO EXTEND
DEADLINES BECAUSE THERE ARE
COUNTIES THAT. JUST BECAUSE OF
THEIR RESOURCES ARE UNABLE.
UNABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND OF
GETTING EVERYTHING FINISHED. AND
SO- I THINK FOR THAT MORE THE
MENTAL WELL BEING OF EVERYONE.
AS WELL AS THE ABILITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING
SEAMLESSLY AND MEET THE NEEDS OF
OUR OF THE VOTERS- IF WE HAD
MORE TIME IT WOULD JUST MAKE.
THE WHOLE PROCESS BETTER THANK
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
ASSEMBLY. CENTER NEWMAN AYE I'M
GONNA SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY I
WOULD JUST ASK THAT THAT YOU
FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR OUR
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NOT AFFECTING
ANY MEASURE THAT. HAS BEEN
CIRCULATED OR WILL BE CIRCULATED
FOR THE TWENTY FOUR BALLOT I
THINK ALL THOSE THINGS GET DONE
I THOUGHT THROUGH VERY EARLY
ADVANCE I WOULD WANT. THIS FLAT
THIS CHANGE TO WHAT TO AFFECT
THEM A GIVEN THAT THIS BILL.
MAYBE IT WOULDN'T EVEN GO INTO
EFFECT UNTIL THAT- NEXT YEAR
JANUARY FIRST IF IT GETS THROUGH
THE PROCESS OKAY WITH THAT I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE EMOTIONS
CENTER ALLEN THIS WOULD BE A- I
DO PASS THAT. TO APPROPRIATIONS
OKAY. WITH SECRETARY CALDERON
LET ME JUST CLOSE IF YOU DON'T
MIND THAT I GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO
CLOSE BUT IF I DID NOT GIVE ME A
SECOND CHANCE. YOUR SECOND
CHANCE IS YOUR FIRST CHANCE I
APPRECIATE IT. CHAU AYE AYE ALL
I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO
MICHELLE EVER BUT I DO WANT TO
SAY WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. A IN
CALIFORNIA WHAT AN EXCELLENT
JOB- OUR LOCAL ELECTION
OFFICIALS AND THEIR STAFF TO.
THIS MEASURE. COMES TO ME FROM
THEM. I TO GIVEN THE RESOURCE
AND TRYING TO KEEP DOING THAT
WORK WELL AND. GLAD TO SUPPORT
MY ASTRONOMICAL. ALL RIGHT WITH
THAT- OF THE SECTOR CALDERON-
THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER. TO
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS
GLAZER AYE. GLAZER AYE WHEN.
WHEN NO ALLEN. ALLEN AYE
MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I MENTOR.
MENTOR I NEWMAN. NEWMAN MY
NUMBER. AMBERG I. SIX ONE.
DOESN'T ARE THE BILL IS OUT SIX
TO ONE ALL MEMBERS VOTING. ALL
RIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE
ROLE ONE MORE TIME. BEFORE WE DO
THAT. I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A
MOTION HERE. BELIEVE FROM
SENATOR ALLEN BUT THE MAGISTEAD
JUST. CONSULT HERE FOR ONE LAST
ONE.
ALL RIGHT LET ME DO THIS WEEK WE
HAD A SECURITY CONVERSATION
EARLIER TODAY ON SB FIVE SEVENTY
THREE BY SENATOR BOB- TRYING TO
FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AMONG
THE COMMITTEE- AND- WE PASSED ON
THAT MATTER- UNTIL THIS MOMENT
IN TIME- SO LET ME REFLECT ON.
WHAT WAS PRESENTED AND WHAT I
THINK WILL BE THE- THE CONTENTS
OF A OF A MOTION IN A MOMENT-
WHICH IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION ACCORDING TO
THE CLERK- AND THAT IS THAT-
THAT THE CHIP WILL PUT FORWARD A
PROPOSAL TO. NARROW THE BILL
SIGNIFICANTLY AS FOLLOWS TO ONLY
AFFECT. OF FOR ONE YEAR- STAFF-
CONSULTANT COMMITTEE CONSULTANTS
STAFF FROM LOBBYING WITHIN THE
AREA OF THEIR JURISDICTIONS- IF
THE MOTION IS MADE IN THAT
REGARD WE'LL TAKE IT UP DOUBLES
WILL CAST A VOTE ON IT FOR
PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION. LET
ME MENTION THAT- THAT BILL AS IT
GOES FORWARD IS SUBJECT TO
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS WHETHER
THAT'S HERE IN THE SENATE OR IN
THE ASSEMBLY- THE COMMITTEE WILL
ALWAYS RESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING THE BILL BACK FOR
CONSIDERATION SHOULD THERE BE
AMENDMENTS. SO THAT SOMETHING
THAT'S PART OF OUR GENERAL
RULES- AS WE- AS WE HAVE BEEN
AND ALL MATTERS INCLUDING THIS
ONE- THAT'S WHETHER THERE IS A
AN EFFORT TO EXPAND IT BEYOND
THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE
PUT ON THE TABLE OR NARROW IT.
OR CHANGE IT IN ANY WAY THAT
THAT'LL ALWAYS REMAIN AN OPTION
FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO ASK THAT
THE MATTER BE BROUGHT BACK AT
THE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
CHAIR RIGHT ANY OTHER CLARIFYING
MATTERS BEFORE I RECOGNIZE
CENTER AROUND- I GUESS MY
QUESTION THE RESEARCHERS WITH
THE BILL. I SEE WITH YOUR-
INTENT THAT TO WORK IN GOOD
FAITH TO SEE IF YOU COME UP WITH
SOME SORT OF REASONABLE. IT WAS
ALWAYS AT MY INTENT TO CONTINUE
THE CONVERSATION TO FIND COMMON
GROUND CONGRESS MATTER ANY
OTHERS. OKAY GOOD MORNING NOW
WRECK WELL I'M WITH THE WITHOUT
A SHAM I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. THE
. BILL WITH THE WITH THE CHAIRS
AMENDMENTS- WITH. FOR I
RECOGNIZE THAT I SAW A HAND
THERE AND WE CANNOT DISCUSS ON
SATUR ONCE IT'S BEEN PUT ON THE
TABLE WAIT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
OF SENATOR ON BERG. GUIDE CENTER
OF A MEDIA OF A CLARIFICATION OR
QUESTION BEFORE WE DO IT I DO
HAVE A QUESTION THERE THERE WAS
A- PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE BAND.
TWO ONE YEAR OR TO THE END THE
SESSION WHICHEVER IS SHORTER.
AND ONLY AS TO COMMITTEE
CONSULTANTS WHO WORKED ON THAT
PARTICULAR MEASURE. AND THAT'S
THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE AMBIT OF
THE CHEERS AMENDMENTS ARE RIGHT
THAT IS CORRECT YES IT DOESN'T
MEAN THAT IT IT COULD NOT APPEAR
IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM GOING
FORWARD. BASED ON THE DECISION
OF THE AUTHOR. BUT AS I SAID
EARLIER AND IF ANY MEASURES
CHANGE. OF ANY SUBSTANCE
SUBSTANTIVE WAY. THE COULD THE
COMMITTEE TO THE CHAIR AT THE
RIGHT TO PULL IT BACK. OKAY GOOD
ALL RIGHT I'M GONNA NOW
RECOGNIZE CENTER AROUND FOR.
OKAY OKAY SO JUST FOR CLARITY-
THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FROM THE
SENATOR. AND WE'RE STICKING WITH
THE- LANGUAGE OF AS IMPRINT. THE
ONLY OPTION WE HAVE IS A
COMMITTEE CORDY TO THE CHIEF
CLERK IS TO- AND ENTERTAIN A
MOTION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN
WRITING IN. THAT BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE
HERE. SORRY IS NO OTHER OPTION
THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT ACCORDING
TO OUR RULES EXCEPT TO THE
BALLOT UNITS INCORPORATE IN THE
FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS THE- I THINK
I'VE ON THE RECORD ALREADY ON
THAT POINT OKAY. ALL RIGHT GREAT
OKAY. SO WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
OF A MOVEMENT OF COMMITTEES
AMENDMENTS OKAY SO THERE IS A-
IN WRITING. AMENDMENTS OF INPUT
FOR THE COMMITTEE EVERYBODY
CLEAR ON THAT. RIGHT CLICK OKAY
. I DO. WELL AS A COURTESY TO ME
ASK AT THE CENTER WILL HAVE ARE
YOU. GET ANY POSITION ON THIS
FIFTY YESTERDAY OUR- AT NO I
THINK THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THIS AND I ACCEPT THE
AMENDMENTS AND WE CAN CONTINUE
TO HAVE CONVERSATION VERY GOOD
FOR THEM OKAY. SO WITH THAT THE
SECRETARY WOULD CALL THE ROLL ON
THE AMENDMENTS TO- SB FIVE
SEVENTY THREE. THIS WOULD BE TO
PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS GLAZER
AYE GLAZER AYE WHEN. ALLEN ALLEN
AYE MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I MENTOR.
NEWMAN NEWMAN AYE. NUMBER. OKAY
THAT BILLS AT FOUR ZERO THANK
YOU RIGHT MEMBERS READING GO
BACK TO EVERYTHING ON CALL SO
WHEN YOU WERE MISSING ONE MEMBER
ONE PERSON TO COME BACK IF THEY
WANT TO. VOTE ON ANYTHING WE GO
BACK TO THE ROLE ONE LAST TIME
FOR EACH OF THE BILLS WERE GONNA
START I WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR THIS IS- ITEMS FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN- SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR SENATORS
MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I MENTOR MENTOR
I. ARE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
OUT. THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN ZERO
OKAY I REMOVED OUT OF FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE SB TWENTY FIVE BY
SKINNER THE SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM NUMBER
ONE WITH THE MOTION TO PASS
SENATORS MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE AYE
MANY OF OUR- MOST OF OUR I.
SEVEN. THAT BILL IS AT SEVEN
ZERO FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO S. B.
FIFTY TWO SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS. FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO WITH THE MOTION DO
PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE SENATORS
MCGUIRE. ACQUIRE I MENTOR MUCH
OF OUR AYE SIXTY. THE BILL IS
OUT SIX ZERO- FILE ITEM NUMBER
THREE SB FIVE EIGHTEEN BY
SENATOR WILL PLEASE CALL ABSENT
MEMBERS. FILE ITEM NUMBER
THROUGH THE MOTION TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATORS MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I
MENTOR. MENTOR I SEND THE BILLS
AT SEVEN ZERO. FILE ITEM NUMBER
FOR SB FIVE THIRTY TWO WIENER AS
AMENDED- WITH THE MOTION TO PASS
AS AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATORS MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA. MEASURE I.
PLEASE SIX ON THAT BILLS OUT SIX
TO ONE. FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE WE
JUST TOOK CARE OF AND EVERYONE
WAS HERE FILE ITEM NUMBER SIX SB
SIX THIRTY TWO SENATOR CAFIERO.
BUT THE MOTION DO PASSED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH
THE CHAIR VOTING I AM THE VICE
CHAIR VOTING I SENATORS MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE I MENTOR. MENTOR I SEVEN
ZERO AT THOSE AT SEVEN ZERO FILE
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN S. B. EIGHT
FIVE EIGHT. I SENATOR. NELLO
SECTOR PLEASE CALL ABSENT
MEMBERS I WITH THE DEPRESSION DO
PASSED MOTIONS THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR AND VICE
CHAIR BOTH VOTING I'M CENTERS
MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE AYE MAJORITY.
MUCH OF OUR AYE SEVENTY THAT
THOSE AT SEVEN ZERO. FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT S. B. TWENTY FOUR
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. THIS IS TO
PASS THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
RIGHT- CHAIR VOTING I'VE I SURE
VOTING NO SENATORS MCGUIRE.
REQUIRE I MENTOR. EIGHT I'M INTO
. SIX ONE THAT BILLS OUT SIXTY
ONE. FILE IN A NINE S. SIX EIGHT
BY AMBER PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS THE MOTION TO PASS TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
BOTH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
VOTING I CENTERS MCGUIRE.
MCGUIRE AYE AND MENTOR. MENJIVAR
I SEVEN ZERO A CLOSE OUT SEVENTH
ZERO FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN SB TWO
FORTY EIGHT BY NEWMAN PLEASE
OPEN THE ROLE. WITH THE MOTION
TO PASS THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR VOTING AYE
ALLEN. MCGUIRE A WHEN I. ALLEN
AYE MCGUIRE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PARKINSONIAN MOWING. FOR THE
SEASON YEAH TWO FOUR EIGHT TWO
FOUR YEAH I WOULD. THE
DISCLOSURE CANADA EXPERIENCE
BILL YEAH I'M SORRY OKAY OKAY
MCGUIRE AYE. SIXES ARE THAT
BILLS AT SIX ZERO FILE ITEM
ELEVEN SB TWO FIFTY ONE BY
NEWMAN. THIS IS A MOTION TO PASS
A COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS-
SENATORS GLAZER. WHEN ALLEN.
MCGUIRE NUMBER. ALL RIGHT THAT
BILL FAILS- I ZERO TWO- AND IF
WITHOUT OBJECTION- WILL HAVE
RECONSIDERATION WITHOUT
OBJECTION OKAY THE BILL HAS BEEN
RECONSIDERED THIS IS ITEM NUMBER
TWELVE SB THREE EIGHT SIX BY
SENATOR NEWMAN PLEASE OPEN THE
ROLE. WITH THE MOTION TO PASS
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
CHAIR VOTING I ADVISED HER
VOTING NO. SEVEN ONE THAT'S AND
OUR THAT IS AT SEVEN SEVEN NINE
SIX ONE SIX ONE AT. SIX ONE
MOVED ITEM THIRTEEN S. BEFORE-
NINE BY NEWMAN. PLEASE OPEN THE
ROLE. DO PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR
GLAZERS VOTING I WENT. MCGUIRE
MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA MANY OF OUR
I. SIX YEARS THE VILLAGE OUT SIX
ZERO FILE ITEM FOURTEEN SB SEVEN
EIGHT NINE BY SENATOR ALAN-
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE. WITH THE
MOTION TO PASS THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHURCH
BUILDING I WENT. MCGUIRE AYE AND
OVER AND OVER I SYSTEM OKAY THAT
WAS AT SIX ZERO MEMBERS THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY
THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL STAFF
FOR ALL THEIR WORK. AND GETTING
US READY AND THROUGH THIS
HEARING TODAY- WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE
SENATE- COMMITTEE THIS TO THIS
COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED THANK YOU