THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY
VETERANS AFFAIRS WHO BEGAN WILL
COME TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION
WE WERE GOING TO START NOW
AFTERNOON BUT WE'RE STARTING
EARLIER SO WHAT THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US AND- I WOULD LIKE
TO TELL THE EVERYONE IN THE
PUBLIC AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE
WERE WELCOME- YOU'RE WELCOME TO
BE HERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT
THAT YOU HAVE A VOICE AND WE'D
LIKE TO HEAR. SO INDIVIDUALS
WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY PARTICIPATE NUMBER
IS YOU CAN WRITE THIS DOWN.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
THAT YOU'LL NEED IS. SEVEN THREE
SIX TWO EIGHT THREE FOUR YOU SAY
THAT AGAIN. SEVEN THREE SIX TWO
EIGHT THREE FOUR WE ARE HOLDING
THAT OUR COMMITTEE HEARING
MEETING HERE IN THE OLD BUILDING
IN SACRAMENTO AND I ASK THAT ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO BE
PRESIDENT AND ROOM TWELVE
HUNDRED. SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
QUORUM AND BEGIN OUR MEETING- WE
HAVE FIVE BILLS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY SO BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR
PARTICIPATION ON THE BILLS AND
VOTING THAT'S ESTABLISH A QUORUM
MADAM SECRETARY CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ARCHULETA HERE
GROWTH HERE. OVER OUT OF GUILT.
MININ CHUCK MINUTES MENJIVAR.
ENGINE ARE YOU. AMBERG FORM OKAY
WE HAVE A QUORUM LAY JUMP. THANK
YOU CENTER. FOR MAKING IT OUT
TO. SECRETARY TO CORPS MINUTES A
STEP- THERE ARE FOUR BUILDING
CONSENT CALENDARS CHECKED JERRY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ROLE FOR THE
CONSENT CAL ARCHULETA. HERE
THAT'S WHAT I ARE TO LET AYE
SORRY GROWTH ALL RIGHT GROVE I.
ALGORO GUILT. OVER I MENJIVAR.
AND FOR AM BURKE. THE BILL YOU
SAID IN THE BILL. WITH THE YOU
WANT TO KEEP THE FORTY OF THE
CARD IS ZERO ZERO FORTY OKAY
FORTY ZERO. AND- NOW WE'VE GOT
OUR VERY FIRST BILL- AND WE'VE
GOT CENTERS YARO- YOU MAY
PRESENT YOUR BILL SENATE BILL
SEVENTY THREE AND WELCOME. WELL
THANK YOU HONORABLE CHAIR HANNAH
MEMBERS I AM HERE TO PRESENT S.
B. SEVENTY THREE. AND THIS IS
OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR
VETERANS I HAIL FROM A DISTRICT
THAT HAS A LOT OF VETERANS WE
HAVE CAMP PENDLETON- CORONADO
AMONG OTHER BASES THAT ARE
LOCATED IN AROUND OUR AREA AND
WE HAVE THE MOST AFFORDABLE
HOUSING SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
VETERANS. THAT LIVE IN OUR
REGION AND ONE OF THE STRUGGLES
THAT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY RETURN
FROM THEIR ACTIVE DUTY IS
TRANSITIONING BACK INTO CIVILIAN
LIFE AND A PART OF THAT
TRANSITION- NEEDS TO INCLUDE
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WE HAVE. A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR REGION THAT
ARE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE WILLING
AND READY AND WILLING- TO HIRE
VETERANS- TO HELP THEM WITH
THEIR TRANSITION BUT ALSO
BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY ARE
GETTING SOME QUALITY PEOPLE-
THAT ARE ANXIOUS TO WORK. THE
OTHER BENEFIT TO THIS IS THAT
THEY ALSO- YOU KNOW ADS. INSTEAD
OF BECOMING PART OF THE HOMELESS
POPULATION AND ALSO IS THE DEAL
WITH SOME OF THEIR- THE TRAUMA-
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THAT
THEY HAVE THIS HELPS THEM-
RETURN TO KIND OF A NORMAL LIFE
WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND
SO- SB SEVENTY THREE SIMPLY ADDS
CALIFORNIA TO THIRTY EIGHT OTHER
STATES THAT HAVE CLARIFIED THAT
BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO FOLLOW
THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS EXAMPLE IN CREATING
HIRING POLICIES THEY GIVE
PREFERENCES TO VETERANS SO THIS
IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. ENABLING
EMPLOYERS TO HAVE A POLICIES FOR
VETERAN PREFERENCES AND- I
HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE- TO
HELP OUR- STRUGGLING POPULATION
OF VETERANS ARE COMING HOME AND-
IN NEED OUR HELP. THANK YOU
SENATOR. WE WILL MOVE TO ONTO
OUR LEAD WITNESS IN SUPPORT. IF
WE HAVE ONE. MY LEAD WITNESS WAS
WORN OUT AT THE LAST HEARING HIS
SHE SPENT ALL DAY HERE AND SO-
WITH THE SHORT NOTICE ALSO THIS
MORNING THAT WE CHANGE THE
HEARING DATE- THEIR LEAD
WITNESSES AT HOME AND I'M NOT
TESTIFYING FOR THEN LET'S GO
AHEAD AND HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE
IN THE ROOM. THAT IS IN SUPPORT.
OF THE BILL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND
OPEN UP THE PHONES. THAT- WE CAN
HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT- IS ON THE
LINE. SO MODERATOR IF- YOU A
PROP ANY INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
THE SENATE BILL SEVENTY THREE WE
WILL BEGIN. WITH THE CALL AND.
THANK YOU MISTER ENLACES GERMAN
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION OF SB SEVENTY
THREE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. HI MISTER WEBB
KNOWING HE UP AT THIS TIME TO
SPEAK WOULD YOU ASK ONE MORE
TIME. IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE
NO ONE WISHING TO QUEUE UP AT
THIS TIME THANK YOU MODERATOR-
NOW I'LL TURN IT TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. OF ALL MOVES ABILITY
APPROPRIATE TIME MISTER CHAIR
THANK YOU AND- I WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT. AND ALL OF US
SITTING ON COMMITTEE BEING
VETERANS ALMOST ALL OF THE CITY
NOTES COMMITTEE BEING VETERANS
ESPECIALLY SERVING OVERSEAS I
SERVED IN GERMANY AND COMING
BACK IT IS DIFFICULT AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE COMING BACK FROM IRAQ OR
CONFLICT. OR WAR SITUATION AND-
I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE
VETERANS THAT WE HAVE THAT COME
BACK HAVE TRANSITIONAL SKILLS
AND- I LOVE THE IDEA OF A
VETERANS PRESENTS FOR- A
PREFERENCE FOR EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES. TO KEEP OUR MEN
AND WOMEN WHO SWORE TO DEFEND
THIS COUNTRY AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WORKING.
AND IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE FOR
THEIR FAMILIES AND I THINK YOU
FOR BRINGING THE VOTE FORWARD.
ANYONE ELSE. DATE OF CENTER I'D
LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD I'VE SO HONORED TO
SHARE. THE POSITIVE THAT YOU
BRING FORWARD IN THE- POSITIVES
IN THE BILL I THINK THAT ALL OF
US HERE AS- WHO LOVE OUR GOD AND
COUNTRY. BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD
HONOR OUR VETERANS THIS IS A
GREAT MOVE FORWARD AND I WILL
CERTAINLY- SUPPORT THE BILL. SO
I HAVE A MOTION FROM CENTER
GROVE. AND MATTER SECTOR IF YOU
READ THE ROLE. SENATE BILL SEVEN
THREE TO PASS BUT FIRST RE REFER
TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
ARCHULETA. HI EXCELLENT I GREW.
ROOF I ELDORADO GUILT. OVER GIL
I MINJAVAN. AND OF OUR EYES
NUMBER. SIR THAT. FOUR ZERO FOUR
ZERO ZERO WE HAVE FOUR ZERO
BILLS OUT- THANK YOU WITH WITH
THAT- I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND I'D LIKE
TO THANK- THE COMMITTEE FOR
COMING IN. AND LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING TODAY. AND THE
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY VETERANS
AFFAIRS IS. HEREBY JERK.