NEW EVERYONE THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON RULES WILL COME TO
ORDER- WE CONTINUE TO WELCOME
THE PUBLIC IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS WE'RE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HEARING IN
THE- STREET BUILDING IN ROOM
TWENTY TWO HUNDRED AND FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER AND
ACCESS CODE ARE POSTED ON OUR
COMMITTEE WEBSITE WILL BE
DISPLAYED ALSO ON THE SCREEN
RIGHT NOW AND A COUPLE OF TIMES
THROUGHOUT THE HEARING TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS. EIGHT
SEVEN SEVEN TWO TWO SIX EIGHT
ONE SIX THREE. AND THE ACCESS
CODE IS ONE SIX ONE EIGHT ZERO
FIVE ONE AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF
OUR INCREDIBLE COURT REPORTER I
WOULD ASK ALL SPEAKERS AT MY
COLLEAGUES AND WITNESSES ALIKE
TO SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE GET TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE FIVE I HAVE
TO STOP YOU AND HAVE YOU START
AGAIN IT'S ONLY SO WE CAN GET
YOUR COMMENTS. OF FOR THE
OFFICIAL RECORD BEFORE WE BEGIN
TODAY'S AGENDA- WE NEED TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM SO- REMINDER
COLLEAGUES YOU'LL NEED TO TURN
ON YOUR MICROPHONES FOR THE ROLL
CALL AND EVERY TIME THAT WE VOTE
AND WITH THAT MADAM SECRETARY
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HERE LAYERED WERE TROUBLED HERE
THE TROUBLE CARE SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HERE
GROWTH ATKINS HERE ATKINS HERE
THANK YOU WE DO HAVE A QUORUM
AND I JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S
BENEFIT WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THIS
COMMITTEE THAT SERVE ON MULTIPLE
COMMITTEES AT THE SAME TIME SO.
AS YOU SEE PEOPLE LEAVING AND
COMING BACK IT REALLY HAS
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT
THAT THEY'RE SERVING ON- THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE FOR ONE THING
AND ALSO- PRESENTING BILLS SO-
PEOPLE MAY COME AND GO AND JUST
BEAR WITH US WE IT TENDS TO
WORK. I PROMISE YOU. WE'RE GONNA
GO AHEAD AND- DISPENSE WITH SOME
ITEMS THAT WE CAN AND I HAVE
BEEN ALERTED TO DO SOME VOTE
SPLIT SO I JUST WANT TO. TELL
YOU THE MOTION I WOULD ASK FOR
BASED ON UNDERSTANDING- THOSE
VOTE SPLITS OF SOMETHING DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE EXACTLY RIGHT JUST
FLAG ME ON THAT BUT- WE'RE GOING
TO START WITH GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
APPEAR. AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A
MOTION FOR ITEM TWO S. N. G.
TOGETHER THESE ARE. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER
STANDARDS. F. AND G. OUR WOULD
SO MOVES AND SO I AM PROUD TO
BECAUSE ONE OF THEM'S THE
SHERIFF OF MONTEREY COUNTY THIS
OUTSTANDING. AT ABSOLUTE YOU HAD
SAY THAT BECAUSE- SO- SEEING
THAT THAT IS A- TO MY COLLEAGUES
WE WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE ON
ITEM TWO FNG GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRED TO
APPEAR. LAYERED HI THERE I WOULD
CHOI BOGUE. I TROUBLED. SMOKE
PREVIOUS FIVE MOTIVATED. GROW AT
CAN HI ATKINS AYE CALL AND WE
WILL LEAVE THE ON CALL SO THAT.
TO CAN ADD ON WHEN SHE- I WOULD
ENTERED. A MOTION ON ITEM TO H.
AND K. AND THESE ARE MEMBERS OF
THE ARTS COUNCIL. SO MOVE THANK
YOU SENATOR ITEM TO H. AND K.
CALL THE ROLL. THERE ARE THERE I
WOULD SHOW. FOR TROOP NOW
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS I MOD CLAVUS.
GROWTH ACTION HI AT INSIDE ON WE
WILL LEAVE IT ON. I WOULD ASK A
ON ITEM TO HI J. E. N. L. THESE
ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE ARTS
COUNCIL NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR
SOME OF THANK YOU CENTER LAYERED
MADAM SECRETARY WE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL LAYERED HI THERE DIED
OR TROUBLED. A TROUBLED GUYS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SMALLWOOD
CRITICIZED GROWTH. ATKINS HI A
CONCISE UNCLE WE WILL LEAVE THAT
ON CALL I WOULD TAKE A MOTION ON
ITEM THREE- BILL REFERRALS SO
MOVE. THANK YOU SENATOR CALL THE
ROLL. THE HI THERE TO HIGH TOLD
FIVE OR TWO GUIDE WITH.
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS FIVE GROW AT
THE HI I CAN SAY ON CALL. OKAY I
WOULD INTERACT- ON CA READ. ITEM
NUMBER FOUR I WOULD MOVE ITEM
NUMBER FOUR AND THIS IS-
APPOINTING SENATOR ALLEN IS A
MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOW SAND RAIL
CORRIDOR RESILIENCY. MADAM
SECRETARY WE CALL THE ROLL
LAYERED HI THERE TONIGHT WHICH
WILL BOTH I TROUBLED ICE CREVICE
. BOTH THE SIDE. HAD HI CONCISE
. WE WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL. I
AM GOING DO A VOTE. A SPLIT ON
THE NEXT- ITEMS FLOOR A
KNOWLEDGE MINTS I WOULD TAKE A
MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND
THAT IS- YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS.
MR MCGRORY. THIS IS A REQUEST BY
MYSELF FOR FLOOR INTRODUCTIONS
DURING THE SESSION ON MONDAY THE
TWELFTH TO RECOGNIZE THE SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AZTECS
FOR REACHING THE NATIONAL
COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME. I USUALLY DON'T SAY ALL
THAT BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO- TRULY AGREES AGREES WE
SHOULD DO THAT I WANT TO MOVE
ALL THAT. THANK. YOU ARE. ALL
RIGHT- OKAY WELL I'M GOING TO
THAT THIS PAST. ED OF SECRETARY
. THE ROLE LAYERED FIVE THEIR
DIE OR CHILL. BY A TROUBLED ICMA
CRAVE SIDE SMALL CUEVAS GROWTH
ATKINS I ATKINS I ON CALL WE
WILL LEAVE THAT- ON CALL AND
THEN THE FINAL IS A REQUEST. BY
SENATOR RELATED TO THE WOMAN
CAUCUS- RECCA OF- SOME SIS
CENTER FROM SOUTH- A MO PLEASE.
I WITH SOME OF THANK YOU CENTER.
UP PLEASE THE ROLL THERE ON
THERE DIE- TROUBLE. NUMBER
CUEVAS MODE QUIVER. GROWTH AT HI
I CAN SEVENTY ON AND WE WILL
LEAVE THAT ON CALL AND NOW WE
WILL GO TO. ITEM NUMBER ONE
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES REQUIRED
TO APPEAR AND WE'RE GONNA START
WITH ITEMS ONE A AND B. AND
THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS OF
MEMBERS TO THE AIR RESOURCES
BOARD SO LET ME WELCOME UP AND
INVITE- JOHN EISENHART. AND
DIANE TECH BORIAS- UP I YOU HAVE
NAME TAGS RIGHT THEY YEAR. AND-
WHAT WE WILL DO. IS INVITE EACH
OF YOU. TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
OUR RECOGNIZE OUR THANK ANYONE
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AND THEN
MAKE SOME OPENING COMMENTS AND
THEN WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM. THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND MR
EISENHOWER WILL START WITH YOU
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO MISS TECH
FOR YOU WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
VISIT WITH YOU TODAY. I A FIRST
WISH TO INTRODUCE MY SPOUSE OF
MORE THAN FIFTY DECADES. AND YES
FIFTY YEARS. FIFTY YEARS. YOU
LOOK VERY GOOD WELL I WAS TRYING
TO. CONVERT YEARS TO DECADES.
AWAY FIFTY YEARS- AND- C. HAS
BEEN HE IS MY- ADVOCATE AND
CHEERLEADER SO THANK YOU DEAR.
THE I WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO
THIS BOARD- BY THEN GOVERNOR
JERRY BROWN AND HAVE BEEN
REAPPOINTED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM-
APPOINTED TO OCCUPY A SEAT ON
THE BOARD THAT IS DESIGNATED AS
A SEAT WITH BACKGROUND AND
EXPERTISE IN EITHER AGRICULTURE
LAW OR SCIENCE. AND BOTH
GOVERNOR BROWN AND GOVERNOR
NEWSOM HAVE DESIRED TO HAVE AN
APPOINTEE TO HAS A BATH WHO HAS
A BACKGROUND IN AGRICULTURE. AND
I'VE BEEN THAT DESIGNATED
APPOINTEE IT'S MY. MY WHOLE MY
ADULT LIFE- HAS BEEN I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE AND
FARMING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND
ENTERPRISES. AND I THINK IT'S
BEEN HELPFUL TO THE DISCUSSION
OF THE BOARD AS WE HAVE WORKED
ON SOME VALLEY ISSUES AND SOME
FARMING ISSUES- THERE IS ONE I
GUESS I'LL USE AS AN EXAMPLE-
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE
WERE ENGAGED IN A DISCUSSION
ABOUT EGG BURNING- AND I'VE-
AYE. WE REACH THE RIGHT
CONCLUSION I BELIEVE BUT IT WAS
A IT WAS A PROCESS AND I THINK
THE FACT THAT I WAS- A BOARD
MEMBER PROBABLY THE ONLY BOARD
MEMBER WHO HAS OPERATED UNDER A
BURN PERMIT. ADDED TO THE
TEXTURE OF THAT CONVERSATION SO
THAT THAT'S- THAT'S MY
BACKGROUND AND MY INVOLVEMENT.
ON ON THE BOARD I NEED TO BE
VERY CLEAR THAT I. EMBRACE THE
MISSION. OF BOARD- ARCH TO BRING
HEALTHY AIR. TO ALL COMMUNITIES
AND ALL RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
. AND TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF
LEGISLATIVE THIRTY SB THIRTY TWO
AND GOVERNOR NUISANCE CALL FOR
NET NEUTRALITY- BY FORTY FIVE-
THOSE I AM CONGRUENT WITH THOSE
GOALS AND ALSO CONGRUENT AND AS
A MEMBER OF THE AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY- WITH THE GOALS OF.
DOING SO IN A MANNER THAT IS
BRINGS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
CONTINUES TO BRING ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY TO THE STATE SO THOSE
ARE MY COMMENTS I LOOK FORWARD
TO OUR CONVERSATION THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS FLORIAN
. THANK YOU- THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT SENATORS IT'S A REAL
OPPORTUNITY A PLEASURE TO SPEAK
WITH YOU TODAY. I HAVE SERVED ON
CARVE ON A SINCE I WAS FIRST
APPOINTED IN TWENTY SIXTEEN AS
THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
NUMBER BY THEN ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
TONI ATKINS- AND NOW OF COURSE
SENATE PRESIDENT. AND SO SENATOR
ATKINS I WANT TO START BY
EXPRESSING MY HEARTFELT
APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR GIVING
ME THAT OPPORTUNITY AND FOR
HAVING THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU
HAD IN ME THAT I WOULD BE AN
EFFECTIVE MEMBER. I'M ALSO
GRATEFUL TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM FOR
REAPPOINTING NEED TO CARVE AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
SERVE. MY FAMILY'S NOT WITH ME
TODAY- BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR
INSPIRATION INCLUDING MY
HUSBAND- NOT OF FOUR HUNDRED
YEARS BUT A FORTY YEARS- WHOSE
NAME IS BOB RAE AND WHO HAS
ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME- I WANNA
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MY GRANDMOTHER
NOT SILLY- WHO SURVIVED THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND WHEN THE
REST OF HER FAMILY DID NOT WHO
MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES-
AND TO ENABLE ME TO BE THE FIRST
IN OUR FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM
COLLEGE. IN WHOSE MEMORY SERVES
AS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF OUR.
NEED TO FIGHT BIGOTRY WHEREVER
IT IS. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO I'VE
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH FOR THESE PAST FORTY YEARS.
THEY TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I COULD
EVER IMAGINE ABOUT RESILIENCE
AND POLICY AND ORGANIZING BUT
MOST OF ALL ABOUT PATIENCE
BECAUSE THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME-
TO CHANGE. AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK THE FORTY ORGANIZATIONS
AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SAID.
SUBMITTED THEIR SUPPORT- FOR ME-
FOR DISAPPOINTMENT. AS I SAID I
CAME TO CARB- IN TWENTY SIXTEEN
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION
ONE OF THE OLDEST ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY. WHERE I HAVE WORKED FOR
OVER FORTY YEARS IN THE SAN
DIEGO TIJUANA REGION- TO IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL
RESIDENTS. IN OUR LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
ADJACENT TO PORTS TO FREEWAYS TO
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS. THE U. S.
MEXICO BORDER AND- THE U. S.
NAVY- AND WE RANK IN THE NINETY
FIFTH PERCENTILE OF THE MOST
POLLUTED IN THE STATE. CHILDREN
HAVE FIVE TIMES MORE ASTHMA
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND LIFE
EXPECTANCY IS TEN YEARS SHORTER
. SO I ALSO SERVED AS THE CO
CHAIR OF THE CALLIE PA
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE IN TWO THOUSAND AND
TWO. THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE EFFORT IN THE STATE
WHICH ISSUED WIDE RANGING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALL
CALIPHATE IN CITIES INCLUDING
THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WHICH
WAS TO ADDRESS CUMULATIVE
IMPACTS. THAT ACTUALLY TURNED
INTO CALLIN VIRAL SCREEN- AS IT
REPRESENTED THE REALITY THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE FACED A MULTIPLE
STRESSORS THAT IMPACT OUR
COMMUNITIES OF RACISM POVERTY
AND POLLUTION. A MAJOR PART OF
MY BACKGROUND IS ALSO AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS
QUITE SIMILAR TO A SMALL
BUSINESS. SO I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE PAYROLL
AND COMPLY WITH MANY REGULATIONS
WHICH HAS GIVEN ME A STRONG
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES
EXPERIENCED BY THE BUSINESSES
THAT ARE SUBJECTED TO.
HEARTBREAK ELATION SO I FEEL
LIKE I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHEN HE
STARTED IT COLE CARVED A FOCUS
ON ADDRESSING THE MOST IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES WAS JUST BEGINNING
TO TAKE SHAPE. BUT I'VE BEEN
PROUD TO BE PART OF DEVELOPING-
ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
REPRESENTATION INCLUDING THE
TRANSITION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A
PERMANENT COMMITTEE WHICH WE
JUST DID THIS YEAR. THE CREATION
OF FIRST DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
OFFICER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. PROMOTING THAT
COMMUNITIES LEAD A. B. SIX
SEVENTEEN COMMUNITY ARE
PROTECTION PROGRAM WHICH HAS NOW
EXPANDED TO NINETEEN COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND
WORKING TO ENCOURAGE AMBITIOUS
AND FEASIBLE MEASURES. EXCUSE ME
TO TRANSITION VEHICLES FROM
BUSES TO TRUCKS AND CARS TO ZERO
MISSION. GOING FORWARD MY FOCUS-
IS TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO
ACHIEVE A CALIFORNIA'S PLANS TO
SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL USE
TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR
POLLUTION. I THINK WINNING
DOWNTON NOW NEED TO TURN OUR
FOCUS TO EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AND-
AMBITIOUS RULES WE'VE ADOPTED.
OUR TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS IN
BOTH REDUCING POLLUTION AND
TRANSITIONING WORKERS. WE MUST
NOW STAY THE COURSE TO ACHIEVE
RACIAL EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE BUT NEARLY ALL CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITIES STILL SUFFER FROM
UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF AIR
POLLUTANTS. AND DANGEROUS
POLLUTANTS ARE THREE TIMES
HIGHER IN DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND LASTLY MY NOR
STARS REALLY PUBLIC HEALTH
REDUCING AIR AND CLIMATE
POLLUTION MUST RESULT IN
IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
FOR ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA SO THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD
TO. YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU- I
LET ME JUST SAY- IT IS OBVIOUSLY
TIME CONSUMING TO SERVE ON
CARPET IS NOT ONE OF THE- LIGHT-
THE EXPECTATION BODIES TO SIT ON
SO TO YOUR FAMILIES I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU WILL THANK YOU
DURING THE COURSE OF. THE
HEARING BUT TO YOUR FAMILIES AND
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE FOR
YOU TO DO THIS WORK IN ADDITION
TO YOUR JOBS IN THE WORK THAT
YOU DO- I JUST WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. HOWEVER MANY
DECADES OR OR- NOT IF YOU'VE
BEEN TOGETHER AND DISTRIBUTE-
IT. I WANNA I WILL GO AHEAD AND-
AND MINIMIZE YOUR AYE LET FOLKS
KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING
AND GOING BECAUSE OF COMMITTEES
AND- HOW WE TAKE THIS WORK
SERIOUSLY IN THIS COMMITTEE BUT-
THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE MULTI
TASKING- SO THEY KNOW THAT BUT I
WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO CATCH
YOUR BREATH AND ASK OUR-
SENATORS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS IF YOU
WOULD START IN LEASES OFFICE.
SURE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TWO
NOMINEES FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER.
THIS WEEK- IT WAS A VERY
INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION AND I
WANT TO ECHO OF THE PRO TEM
CINEMATOGRAPH. HOW DIFFICULT
THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IS- BUT
HOW TREMENDOUS AN IMPACT THIS
BOARD IS MAKING ON OUR STATE AND
IN LEADING US INTO OUR OWN GREEN
REVOLUTION SO. I'M APPRECIATIVE
OF YOUR WORK NOW BUT ALSO IN THE
PAST- YOU KNOW. WE TALKED YOU
KNOW WE RECKON. ALL OF- SAID
THEY HAVE BEEN MADE IN TERMS OF
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAN
AIR FOR ALL IN. MY ROLE- IN THIS
CONVERSATION OFTEN IS ABOUT THE
INTERSECTION OF RACIAL EQUITY
AND ECONOMIC EQUITY AND FOR ME
I. I SEE THIS THE OPPORTUNITY OF
CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN CALIFORNIA
AS AN ECONOMIC PROPOSITION.
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED. BY ENVIRONMENTAL
RACISM- AND EXPOSURE- TO- TOXINS
IN IMPACTS THAT CREATE A WHOLE
SLEW OF DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
THAT. HAVE BEEN ADVERSE TO SO
MANY COMMUNITIES- AND SO YOU
KNOW. I ALSO REPRESENTS SOUTH
CENTRAL LOS ANGELES AND OUR-
FOLKS FORGET THE SOUTH CENTRAL
WAS ONCE SORT OF. ONE OF THE
LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS OF
THE WORLD'S THE SECOND PRODUCER
OF AUTOMOBILES BEHIND DETROIT-
AND WHEN YOU TRAVEL THROUGH SOME
OF THOSE CORRIDORS NOW BEEZER
YOU KNOW LARGE MANUFACTURING
SITES THAT ARE NOW SWEATSHOPS.
OR THEY'RE JUST BOARDED UP. I
AND AS WE LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT
THAT CARB IS OVERSEEN- IN TERMS
OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY INDUSTRY.
AND SOME OF THE WORK FORCE-
OPPORTUNITIES MY CONCERN IS
ALWAYS AS WE'RE MOVING INTO YET
ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL SHIFTS AND
OTHER ECONOMIC SHIP WILL MY
COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES LIVE
SITE SOUTH CENTRAL BE LEFT
BEHIND PARTICULARLY WOMEN-
IMMIGRANTS BLACK WORKERS- WHO
WERE LEFT OUT OF THE FIRST SHIFT
AND SO. YOU KNOW MY QUESTION HAS
TO DO WITH YOU KNOW HAVING YOU
ALL ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE
AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AND ARE
MEETING ABOUT THE INTENTIONALITY
OF CARB TO ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA HAS. YOU KNOW A
SUFFICIENT WORK FORCE TO CARRY
OUT. THESE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN
BOLD- CLIMATE RESILIENCY
INITIATIVES- GIVEN CAR THE AYE
EFFORTS BOTH IN. AND WE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND YOU MENTION
THAT- IN IN YOUR YOUR COMMENTS
ABOUT REALLY SIMMERING RACIAL
EQUITY INTERNALLY. HOW DO WE
ALSO DO THAT EXTERNALLY- AND
PARTICULARLY AROUND- THE JOB
CREATION YOU KNOW OPPORTUNITY SO
WHICH STRATEGY STRATEGIES HAVE
YOU IMPLEMENTED SO THAT.
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN
THESE MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY
BE EMPLOYED AND WHAT WE WANT AND
WILL MANDATE TO BE GOOD JOBS- IN
IN THE GREEN ECONOMY AND I'D
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. YOU KNOW
LIFTING UP. THE ACCESS IN
TRACKING AND INTENTIONALITY
AROUND WORK FORCE AND ALSO
ENSURING THAT THESE ARE HIGHROAD
GOOD JOBS AND I WOULD LIKE BOTH
OF THE NOMINEES TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
START- I WILL START WITH- WITH
ME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE CAN
YOU PLEASE TELL ME YOUR NAME
AGAIN I WANNA MAKE SURE YES I
WANT TO PRONOUNCE RICHARD
READING TO THE TECH FOR AN- TECH
KOREAN THANK YOU MISTER KOREAN.
THANK YOU- THANK YOU I. YOU KNOW
I THINK THE- THIS SOUNDS TOO
LOUD NO YOU'RE GOING OKAY- I
REALLY APPRECIATED OUR
CONVERSATION AND- I HATE. YEAH
IF YOU LIKE MY- TRAJECTORY IN
TERMS OF EXPERIENCE STARTED WITH
WORKERS- WHO WERE WHO ARE ON THE
FRONT LINES SO WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WE HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT WORKERS JUSTICE IN
TERMS OF THEIR EXPOSURE TO
POLLUTANTS ON THE JOB. AND SO
SOME OF OUR FIRST EXPERIENCES MY
FIRST EXPERIENCES WERE WORKING
WITH SHIPYARD WORKERS- WHO- HAVE
OF IT HIGH LEVELS OF EXPOSURE.
TO TOXIC TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF
MORTALITY AND- VERY SERIOUS
INJURIES AND SO WORKING WITH
UNIONS- AT THE SHIPYARDS IT WAS
VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO ENSURE
THAT THEY- BEGINNING TO BE
PROTECTED. THOSE EMISSIONS FROM
THE SHIPYARDS AS WELL AS FROM
OTHER INDUSTRIES LIKE THE ONES
THAT YOU NAMED- ARE ALSO
IMPACTING- COMMUNITIES BUT SOME
OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
WENT TO COLLEGE ON THEIR PARENTS
WORK IN THE SHIPYARDS- THAT'S
WHAT LIFTED THEM UP AFTER OUT OF
POVERTY. SO WE'RE VERY AWARE OF
THE RULE OF THE ECONOMIC
RELATIONSHIP- THAT EXISTS AND
THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO
ENSURE THAT THERE ARE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WHO MAY
NOT- HAVE COLLEGE EDUCATIONS AND
WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHO
SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE THESE. OPPOSITION SO I
GUESS I WANT TO FIRST SAY I
UNDERSTAND THAT A JUST
TRANSITION IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY AND THAT THAT'S THE
PATH WE NEED TO BE ON. THERE ARE
A VARIETY OF PLACES WHERE- CARB
HAS- INCORPORATED IT INTO OUR
RULES TO REQUIRED. THAT
REPORTING COME BACK TO THE
BOARD- SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT
FOR INSTANCE AS SOME OF THESE
TRANSPORTATION BILLS COACH
EARNED RULES GO FORWARD. THAT WE
CAN SEE HOW THOSE JOBS ARE
BEING- ALLOCATED SO I'M JUST
GOING TO CONSULT WITH MY NOTES
BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M
SAYING THIS CORRECTLY IS. THAT-
FOR THE- SOME OF THE CLIMATE-
YEAH. CALIFORNIA IN. A CCI-
WE'VE LOOKED AT AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS SOME TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DIRECT
INDIRECT- POSITIONS SO THE
QUESTION I HAVE AND I DON'T HAVE
AN ANSWER FOR THIS I THINK WE
NEED TO- CREATE THE TRACKING
SYSTEMS. SO THAT WE KNOW WHETHER
THOSE WORKERS THAT ARE IN
SHIPYARDS- IN FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY OR WORKING- IN THE
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY AS WELL HOW
ARE THEY COMING INTO- THIS GREEN
A WORK FORCE AND I DON'T THINK
WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE KNOW IS.
THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
CREATE THOSE JOBS WE'RE DOING A
GOOD JOB I THINK WITH
INTERNSHIPS WITH- RELATING TO
UNIVERSITIES IN BRINGING FOLKS
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY- OF
THE EXISTING WORKERS ACTUALLY
TRANSITIONING MEMBERS FOLKS
COMING INTO THE SCREEN WORK
FORCE BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO
THE ONES THAT ARE. IN A
DIFFERENT KIND OF WORK FORCE AND
ARE THEY TRANSITIONING SO I
THINK THE INTENTION IS THERE BUT
WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR DATA
SYSTEMS I THINK SAID THAT WE- I
DON'T HAVE AND I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THE DIRECT
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION- BUT I
THINK IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION
THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER AS WE
MOVE FORWARD. BUT I AM PLEASED
THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE
OF THE JOBS WE'RE CREATING AND I
THINK WE TALKED ABOUT MID CAREER
FOLKS WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON
THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN
MAKE THAT TRANSITION. THANK YOU
THANK YOU MISTER EISENHOWER. THE
WAS GOOD QUESTION TO BE SECOND-
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AFFIRM WHAT
AND- WHAT I HEARD DIANNE. AS
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. AND WE
DISCUSSED IS THE THREE OF US-
YESTERDAY. AND I THINK WE
EXPLORED. A WE EXPLORED A NUMBER
OF ISSUES. AND PART OF THE
RATIONALE- THAT OCCURRED TO ALL
OF THOSE OF HIS THAT AS WE
WATCHED. AND YOU MENTIONED IT IN
YOUR IN YOUR IN YOUR COMMENTS-
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION AND-
ON. AREAS OF CALIFORNIA AND
NATIONALLY. WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO OVER TO. MITIGATE
THOSE IMPACTS BEFORE THEY OCCUR.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS
TECH FLORIAN'S ASSESSMENT THAT.
WE HAVE THE INTENTION- I'VE SEEN
IT IN THE RECENT RULEMAKING THAT
WE'VE ADOPTED. I THINK WE NEED
TO AGAIN I AGREE WITH DIANE WE
NEED TO TRANSLATE THAT ATTENTION
INTENTION INTO MORE ROBUST-
TRACKING- AND- IN REVIEWING THE-
WELL TERMED A LAYERED DASHBOARD.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO- TO
CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED
INTO UP ACROSS SILOS- SO THAT
THE RESULTS OF OUR ACTIVITIES
OURS ARE SPECIFIC TO EMPLOYMENT
AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH SO I THINK
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION IS YES THE INTENTION IS
THERE. NO I APPRECIATE THAT IN
THE IN THE COMMITMENT TO REALLY
LIFT UP THE TRACKING-
OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE ENSURE
THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE
ACTUALLY HITTING THOSE MOST
IMPACTED. COMMUNITIES I GUESS MY
OTHER QUESTION STEMS THEN FROM
SORT OF THE INTERNAL PROCESS AND
IN IT WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT-
THE WAYS IN WHICH- YOU- AS PART
OF THE BOARD- ARE SUPPORTING
STAFF AND PARTICULARLY BLACK
STAFF WHO- ORGANIZED IN CAME
TOGETHER TO REALLY LIFT UP THE
NEED FOR MORE INCLUSION INSIDE
OF- THE AGENCY ITSELF AND WITHIN
THE BOARD STAFFING. CAN YOU
SHARE MORE ABOUT WHERE THOSE
PLANS ARE AND HOW YOU FEEL THE
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE- TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION IN PARTICULARLY
CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING
FOR THOSE- BLACK EMPLOYEES WHO
LIFTED UP THOSE CONCERNS. WHO
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME MISTER
I'LL ASK THIS IS I HAD TO SURE
THANK YOU THE- I THINK THIS THIS
JOURNEY HAD TWO PARALLEL TRACKS
IN THE FIRST WAS. OUR
INVOLVEMENT OR RESPONSIBILITY.
UNDER THIS SO CALLED SIX
SEVENTEEN PROGRAM WHICH MADE US
OF MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITIES-
MORE AWARE OF- MORE AWARE OF.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS AND
THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL- AT
THE MICRO LEVEL RATHER THAN AT
THE AVERAGE LEVEL AND IN A
PARALLEL WAY AS AS YOU ALLUDED
TO IN YOUR QUESTION- WE THERE
WAS A COMMUNICATION FROM A WELL
WRITTEN- AND HEARTFELT AND
POSITIVE COMMUNICATION. FROM A
GLUE GROUP OF BLACK EMPLOYEES
THAT LET US KNOW THAT WE WERE
NOT AS DIVERSE AND NOR INCLUSIVE
AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE- AND I
WOULD ADD THAT. UP OVER THE OVER
THOSE OVER TIME- WE HAVE A NEW
CHAIR OF WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE
OFFICER ESSENTIALLY SELECTED BY
THAT YEAR- WE HAVE. HAS AND
ALLUDED TO A REFERENCED IN HER
OPENING REMARKS WE HAVE A NEW
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER- I AM.
AND TO BACKTRACK ONE SECOND THE
BOARD FOLLOWING THE LETTER FROM
THE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES- THEN
BOARD MEMBER PHIL SERNA CRAFTED-
AN ACTION ITEM THAT THE BOARD
UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED- SUPPORTING
AND ENCOURAGING DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSIVENESS- AND ALL ASPECTS
OF WHAT WE DO OUR OWN OUR OWN
EMPLOYMENT AND IN OUR PROGRAMS.
AND WE AS PART OF THAT ACTION
REQUESTED- ANNUAL REPORTING THAT
HASN'T I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS
ENOUGH- THERE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH
ELAPSED TIME YET TO HAVE THE
FIRST OF THOSE ANNUAL REPORTS
I'M I'M WAITING- EXPECT THOSE OF
THIS FALL- SO THOSE ARE THOSE
ARE THE- BEST PROGRESS WE HAVE
MADE. THANK YOU- THINK OF WHAT
WE KNOW IS THAT RACIAL JUSTICE
NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO
EVERY ASPECT OF CARBS
FUNCTIONING BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY AND WHEN WE RECEIVED
A LETTER FROM BLACK EMPLOYEES
AND DID ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
THAT- MR EISENHART OF REFERENCE
TO I WAS. ALL EQUITY- AND ALSO
THE DARE PROGRAM. NOT FORGET
WHAT STANDS FOR BUT- BASICALLY-
TO MOVE US FORWARD- AND SO I
THINK THERE'S A RACIAL JUSTICE A
FRAMEWORK THAT'S EMERGING- THAT
HAS EMERGED AND IS POSTED ON
CARBS- EQUITY- RACIAL EQUITY
WEBSITE NOW- SO I THINK THAT'S
GOOD I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE DONE
A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IN FOR. A
HIRING NEW FOLKS- INTO CARBON
THAT THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ARE
MUCH EXPANDED- WE'RE LOOKING AT
NEW PLACES TO RECRUIT- AND BRING
OF. A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE- TO
THE TO THE AGENCY SO I FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THAT HAVING BEEN AN
ADVOCATE EXTERNALLY- I CAN SAY
SOMETHING SUCH A WORLD
DIFFERENT- NOW THAN THEY WERE
TEN YEARS AGO SO- I THINK THAT
THE IT'S VERY MUCH CHANGE THERE
ARE. DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN
AT EVERY MEETING- THERE'S
INTERPRETATION FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS PRE PANDEMIC WE WENT TO
EVERY SIX ONE SEVEN COMMUNITY
AND HELD THE HEARINGS THERE-
WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IT
HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY- SO WE HAD
A- MUCH STRONGER UNDERSTANDING I
THINK OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS
GOING FOR SO. IT'S HAPPENING IN
- BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY. NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR
SPUR SOME OF US IMPATIENT. FOLKS
BUT- BUT I THINK WE'RE MOVING.
THANK YOU SEE THANK YOU SO FOR
THOSE ARE I'M HAPPY TO CAN TO
WITH YOU I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING ABOUT THE PLAN- THAT
COMES OUT OF THE RESOLUTION AND
THEN IN THE NEXT STEPS AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
CONFIRMATION TODAY. THANK YOU
SENATOR- SENATOR ACCIONES VOGUE
. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR- GOOD
AFTERNOON AND WELCOME. I HAVE- A
COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR BOTH THE
VIEW AND- YOU CAN BOTH TAKE
TURNS BECAUSE START WITH
ACTUALLY. I THINK WITH HER WITH
THAT. MISS AT THE BORDER TO WORK
IN. TECHNIC SORRY FOR TIME. TECH
MOREAN IDEA TO SAY. HE ISSUES
WITH WORKING. JUST OUT IF THAT
HELP. ALL RIGHT GOT IT AND THE
ARTWORK TECH FOR- IN THE STARS
AND SO. MY HAVE TO DO- WITH THE
THAT RECENTLY FORD HAD A DOG IT
THE EMISSIONS TRUCK FLEET OUT
RULES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE SOME OFF RAMPS.
COMPANIES TO COMPLY ON THAT END
. SO MY IT MIGHT QUESTION GOING
TO BE REALLY TO TRACKING- IN.
AND THE ABILITY COME. WITH THOSE
REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRIFICATION
AND THE COMPETITION THAT THEY
HAVE WITH HOUSING IN GETTING THE
AB. I WHERE THEY CALLED ELECTRIC
. DELAY THAT CAUGHT THAT TAKE A
WHILE TO WITH THE- ORDERED
INCREASE AN ORDER TO BE AT. IN
THAT CAPACITY AND ALSO IN
ADDITION TO THAT- AB WONDERING
THE FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU'VE
IMPLEMENTED IN THE IN THAT
POLICY TO ALLOW FOR THE CABIN
THE DELAY THAT WE HAVE IN BOTH-
SUPPLYING THOSE ELECTRIC TRUCKS.
THE ABILITY TO CHARGE THEM AS
WELL AS THE COST AND THOSE
COMPANIES- REQUIRING THAT IS.
REQUIRING THE CHANGES THAT ARE
IMPLEMENTED SO WANTED TO HEAR
YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW DO YOU
MEASURE- ALL OF THOSE
EXPECTATIONS IN ACCOMMODATING IT
WITHIN TWO DAYS- TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY IN AVAILABILITY. AND
THE COST TO THE COMPANIES. WHICH
EVENTUALLY TRICKLES DOWN TO THE
CONSUMERS. IN I SURE CONFUSED-
YES- THAT'S A THAT'S A BROAD
QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE IT
VERY MUCH- I THOUGHT I WANT TO
START WITH OF ONE OF THE THINGS
I THINK YOU MENTIONED WERE I
THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE
CHARGING STATIONS- THAT- WE-
THAT ARE CLEARLY NOT AT THE-
LEVEL THAT THEY NEED TO BE OUT
WHEN THE- WHEN THE REGULATION
ACTUALLY COMES TO BE FULLY.
IMPLEMENTED WHAT IS THE GOOD
NEWS I THINK- IS THAT WE HAVE
SET OUT A PHASED PROGRAM SO THAT
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR
EACH CATEGORY OF TRUCKS THAT
MUST COMPLY WITH THIS REGULATION
WITH OR FLEETS THAT MUST. COMPLY
WITH THIS REGULATION SO YOU KNOW
THE FIRST A REAL DEADLINE IS FOR
EACH YEAR DRAYAGE TRUCKS THAT
SERVE THE COURTS AND- THE PORTS
FOR THE MOST PART- AND THAT'LL
BE IN TWENTY THIRTY FIVE SO- ALL
OF THEM MUST BE ZERO EMISSION BY
THAT TIME SO WE HAVE TIME. AND
USE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR HAVE. THE AWARDED SOME
NINE DOLLARS- AND I KNOW THERE'S
BUDGETS AND THOSE WILL GO
FORWARD BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S
ABOUT NINE BILLION DOLLARS THAT
WILL BE- AVAILABLE FOR
INCENTIVES FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY
DUTY TRUCKS AS WELL AS OTHER.
VEHICLES THAT ARE TRANSITIONING
TO ZERO SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INCENTIVES AS
THEY TRANSITION AND CERTAINLY
THOSE THAT CAN TRANSITION
EARLIER- MAY HAVE A LARGER
BENEFITS SO- I THINK THE
INCENTIVES ARE VERY IMPORTANT-
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY CARP IS
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE- ENERGY
COMMISSION. AND THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO
ENSURE THAT CHARGING STATIONS
ARE ESTABLISH AND THAT THERE ARE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE- FOR THEM AS
WELL. THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS IN
THE ADVANCE CLEAN FLEET
REGULATIONS IF- CHARGING IS NOT
AVAILABLE FOR A PARTICULAR
FLEET. AND IF VEHICLES ARE NOT
ABLE TO BE PURCHASED FOR A
SPECIFIC USE. SO A LOT OF THAT'S
BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH WE ALSO
HAVE A TECHNOLOGY REVIEW THAT
WILL COME. UP IN ABOUT TWENTY
TWENTY EIGHT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
EVALUATE HOW THE PROGRESS IS
GOING ESPECIALLY WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ZERO EMISSION
HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW THAT
PROGRESSES. IS SO MOVING FORWARD
. I THINK YOU. THANK YOU I. MY
AN IS. TO MR FLORIAN. WOULD
POINT OUT THAT. ARE CHAIR A
RECENTLY CAME FROM ONE OF THE
ENERGY REGULATORY AGENCIES AND
HAS A VERY CLEAR- WORKING
KNOWLEDGE OF THAT PROCESS AND
ALSO- KNOWS TO FOLKS WHO ARE
INVOLVED. IN A PROVIDING FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S REQUIRED-
AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THERE
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE AND
THAT'S CLEAR- CHEST SUBSEQUENT
TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FLEET
RULE ARE EXACTLY EXECUTIVE
OFFICER CONVENE THE MEETING- IN
THE VALLEY- SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
TO- INCLUDING ALL THE PARTIES
INVOLVED- THE REGULATORY
ENTITIES THE- UTILITIES AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE. BECAUSE I THINK
TO YOUR POINT- THERE. ARE
ALREADY- AREAS AND SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES. WHERE ENERGY- WHERE-
TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE-
FOR CURRENT DEMAND- AND THERE
WAS A CLEAR- DISCUSSION OF THESE
ISSUES- I WOULDN'T SAY THERE
WERE RESOLUTIONS BUT THERE WAS
AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PARTIES
OF WHAT THE ISSUES WERE- AND
AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION WITH ASSIGNED
RESPONSIBILITIES- WOULD IT BE
REGULATORY ENTITIES CAR BEFORE
UTILITIES- IN A PATH MOVING
FORWARD AND THEN TO YOUR
QUESTION. THERE ARE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF OFF RAMPS ARE
EXEMPTIONS- EMBEDDED IN THE
FLEET RULE- THE FIRST OF WHICH
IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND- CLEARLY
WE CAN'T REQUIRE. TRUCKS TO BE
CHARGED IF THE ELECTRIFICATION
IS NOT THERE AND THE AND THOSE
EXEMPTIONS ARE EMBEDDED IN THAT
ACTION- AND AS TO. ABOUT THE
ECONOMICS OF THE CHALLENGE OF
ADOPTING ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES
CURRENTLY- AND OUR HOPE AND
EXPECTATION IS AS AS THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS ADOPTED THE
CAPITAL COST OF THOSE- VEHICLES
WILL DECREASE BUT UP THE CAPITAL
COSTS ARE HIGHER- AS AND THERE
ARE THE OPERATING COSTS ARE
LOWER- AND IS DIANNE INDICATED.
THERE ARE THERE ARE. INCENTIVES
AVAILABLE TO HELP FOLKS WITH THE
ADOPTION OF THOSE ORIGINAL
CAPITAL COSTS- SO ANYWAY I THINK
THAT'S RESPONSIVE TO YOUR
QUESTION THANK YOU. THIS IS A
FOLLOW UP ON THAT END AND IT'S
VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU JUST
MENTIONED AND IT TRIGGERED MY
MIND. TO THINK ABOUT- THE IMPACT
OF. YES THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE
IS HIGHER IN COST IN TRYING TO
DEVELOPING GETTING THAT THROUGH-
INTERCEDED CALIFORNIA. BUT THE
AB THEY USE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE
LOWER OR NOW IT IT'S LAURIE
BECAUSE IT'S ELECTRIFIED
COMPARISON TO FUEL BUT- THE
LEGISLATURE IS ALSO LOOKING INTO
TRYING TO MAKE UP THAT LOSS OF
REVENUE TO TRY TO COMPENSATE IN
IN. IN HAVE REVENUE AVAILABLE IN
A DIFFERENT MATTER TO MAKE UP
FOR THAT LOSS OF VERY TO COVER
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF IT SO
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE
GOING AROUND AND AROUND. AND AB
AND I AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE
IF ANYTHING PLANT THE SEED THAT
HAS WE HAVE CONSIDERED THESE
REQUIREMENTS FOR- ADVANCING OUR
ZERO MOTIONS- GOALS THIS IS A
CALIFORNIA THAT DOES HAVE-
ULTIMATELY A FINANCIAL IMPACT ON
THE CONSUMERS AND EVERYDAY
CONSUMERS. AND IF ANYTHING
MOVING FORWARD THAT WE THINK
ABOUT THAT IMMEDIATE IMPACT-
ESPECIALLY IN ON THE COST OF
LIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND I SAY
THAT BECAUSE I EVEN PERCENT THE
INLAND EMPIRE. WHICH IS- HEAVY
WHEN IT TO THE MOVEMENT AND- NOT
SO MUCH MONEY FOR- INTO BASED
WITH A OF THE MOVEMENT THAT WE
SEE IN GOOD WITHIN THIS. AND I
CAN TELL YOU THAT I ATE THE
COSTS THAT WE THAT WE ENCOURAGE
THEIR COMPANIES INCUR IN TRYING
TO MOVE THESE GOODS ULTIMATELY
IT OUT IMPACTS SO I GET MARRIED
THE GOALS AND- RESPECT THE
GOALS. BAD HOW QUICKLY WE
IMPLEMENT THOSE FOR AT. THE
IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR
COMMUNITIES IS GREAT SPECIALLY
IN THE COST OF LIVING- FOR THOSE
AB THAT ARE THE LOWER SOCIAL
ECONOMIC AREA- ESPECIALLY IN MY
COMMUNITY SO I JUST WANT TO PUT
THE SEAT DOWN ON TACTIC THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS
TODAY. THANK YOU CENTER SENATOR
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN. YOU
ARE. AT A MEETING WITH YOU.
PROJECT WILLINGNESS TO WHAT DID
THE SERVICE AND- MISTRUST AND
HOT IN PART ANSWERED ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK IN
ITS- HOW YOU WERE IMPLEMENTING
THE DASHBOARD BUILD- LAST YEAR'S
PART OF THE CLIMATE PACKAGE WE
ASKED. THAT YOU DO A DASHBOARD
SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHERE
WE STAND ON ALL THE ISSUES AND-
SINCE I MET WITH YOU YESTERDAY
THE FIRST ITERATION OF WAS SENT
TO ME SO IT IS VERY GOOD AND-
LET ME ASK MORE GENERALLY TO
BOTH OF YOU AND START WITH. A
MISTER ROGERS AND HART. HOW DO
YOU FEEL THAT- OUR AIRPORT COULD
IMPROVE IN COMMUNICATING WHAT
IT'S DOING AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED
TO DO. THANK YOU AYE I. TOOK
SOME TIME TO REVIEW THE
DASHBOARD- AND I ALLUDED. A HIGH
HIGH- REFER BACK TO THE TO THE
TO MY PREVIOUS ANSWER HI I THINK
THAT THERE ARE SOME TARGETED
GOALS- SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IT
HAS TO DO WITH EMPLOYMENT WHICH
IS SILOS. AND THAT DASHBOARD AND
THE INFORMATION IS THERE BUT IT
WOULD IT REQUIRES THE USER TO
SUM IT UP- AND I AM. A I THINK
AS WE WORK AS THE DASHBOARD- A
SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS FOR PEACE
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE THOSE KINDS
OF INTEREST IS A IS APPROPRIATE-
SO I THINK THAT'S MY BEST ANSWER
YEAH APPRECIATE IT MR. KIM ZORRO
A REFILL RENAMING IT TO THE
LAYERED MOUTHWATERING. A. B.
SURPRISE MAN HE IS THAT SEPARATE
SECRETARY RESOURCES. YEAH ONE IF
THAT WERE REAL FOR IT WOULD TELL
YOU THAT IF COUNTY WORST WOULD
BE THE FOR FOURTH OR- STATE TO
NEW STATES DOES NOT REMEMBER ON
REALTOR. FOR PLEASE I
INTERRUPTION OF MY CAR. AND OKAY
THINK I STARTED SO IF IT I'D-
MISTER BRING YOU DID NOT START
OKAY. THIS IS IT YOU KNOW OUR
OUR CORPORATE NEW IN ADVANCE IN
WAS TO IN WAY OF. SO DESCENT
SPEAKING ABOUT GO AHEAD
EXPERIENCE- WELL. THE I THINK
THE DASHBOARD IS GREAT STORE
YEAH- I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
IT SHOULD WHY THE- WHAT THE
REDUCTIONS BEEN IN- I WILL LIKE
TO SEE OF MORE FINE TUNING- I.
OF NOT THE DASHBOARD BUT OF ALL
COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT KIND OF
WITH THE- CONVERSE WE WERE
HAVING ABOUT HOW WE'RE CHANGING
EXTERN. RELATED TO AN BECAUSE I
THINK EQUITY ABOUT EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDING WHAT OF THE
STATE'S DOING IN PARTICULAR IN
THIS CASE WHAT CARBS DOING SO
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BEING OF MORE
IN LINE WITH A POPULAR EDUCATION
KIND OF APPROACH WHERE WERE
SPEAKING AND- COMMON SENSE.
COMMON LANGUAGE SO THAT EVERYONE
CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING
AND WHAT THE WHAT THE CHANGES
ARE AND I THINK THE DASHBOARD TO
GOOD A START FOR THAT. BUT
HAVING- COMMUNICATED A LOT LOVE
WHAT BEEN COMMUNICATED TO AND
COMMUNICATING A LOT WITH FOLKS
WHO DON'T LIVE AND BREATHE THIS
LIKE A LOT OF US DO I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO TALK ABOUT WHY THESE
REGULATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND
WHY THEY MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND BUSINESSES.
SO THAT TO A IT'S MUCH CLEARER
AS WE THINK ABOUT HEAVY DUTY
TRUCKS FOR INSTANCE THE ONLY
REPRESENT 12% OF TRANSPORTATION
OF THE TRANSPORTATION-
POPULATION BUT- ALMOST 50% OF
ALL OF THE KNOX EMISSIONS. THAT
TO ME IS COMPELLING- AND
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD FIGURE
OUT HOW TO TALK ABOUT MORE
EFFECTIVELY. YES FOR I COULD ADD
TO MY ANSWER. I WOULD LOVE AND
ACRONYM FREED DASHBOARD. THAT
WAY I THINK I TOLD YOU IN THE
MEETING YESTERDAY I WAS ON A
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ACRONYMS THAT
WOULD BE MY GOAL FOR THAT SMART
WITH THE MOVE ACTUATION OF THE
DASHBOARD I APPRECIATE THAT
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO.
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY DON'T TO FOR DESCENT
INTO ACRONYMS. I THINK THE OTHER
QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WE
TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY AND THAT
IS THAT. I KNOW THAT. THAT OUR
MEMBER TODD GLORIA AND IS NOW. A
PUBLIC MEMBER BY APPOINTMENT BUT
ORIGINALLY WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE CATEGORY. AND MISTER ICE
AND HOT WHAT IS IN THE-
AGRICULTURE AND SO YOUR TO.
REPRESENT EACH. SORT OF THAT
AREA BUT YOU HAVE A LARGER TASK
INTO THE IT AND TO MAKE A BRIEF
COMMENT ABOUT THE LARGER TASK
BECAUSE- I THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN
THE HEARING. IS THAT. THE AIR
BOARD ONE ASSEMBLY BILL THIRTY
TWO WAS PASSED IN TWO THOUSAND
SIX. WAS ACTUALLY CHARGED. WHAT
WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN
MONEY WAS CHARGED WITH LOWERING
EMISSIONS AND IT AND MEETING OUR
GOALS AND THERE'VE BEEN TIMES IN
THE LEGISLATURE WHERE PEOPLE
SAY. WHO HOW COME THIS ON
ELECTED BOARD IS DOING THIS SUN
ELECTED BOARD IS DOING THIS
BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR. STATUTORILY TASKED TO
THEM WAS DOING IT THIS WASN'T A
GRAB OF POWER AND SO NOW. IS
THERE IS THIS LARGER TASK IT IS
HOW DO WE MEET THESE GOALS TO
LOWER EMISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA
AND IN INCREMENTS BY DECADE
UNTIL TWENTY. FORTY FIVE EACH OF
THESE START OR STARTED WITH A
NICHE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE
YOUR NICHE IS REPRESENTED AND
HOW DO YOU EMBRACE THE LARGER
TASK OF MEETING THESE GOALS. MAY
WILL GO ON THE SAME ORDER AGAIN
. WHAT WAS THE SAME ORDER THAT
YOU. WELL I WOULD I'D I WOULD
EXPAND ON YOUR- OPENING COMMENT-
I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF. A
REPRESENTATIVE EVER AND THE
CULTURE. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE
A REPRESENTATIVE AND THE OATH I
TOOK IS TO THE CITIZENS AND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. I
CONSIDER THAT I BRING AN
AWARENESS OF AGRICULTURE- AND
THE CHALLENGE IS TO INTEGRATE
THAT AWARENESS- THIS. INTEGRATE
THAT AWARENESS WITH THE WITH THE
TASKS THAT WE HAVE- UNDERTAKEN.
AND. YOU DO THAT. CAREFULLY
KNOWINGLY- AND ALWAYS EMBRACING
THE FINAL OUTCOME I THINK THAT'S
THE BEST ANSWER THE MOVE IT
BEFORE WE GO TO YOUR COLLEAGUE
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TOLD ME
WHEN WE WERE MEETING. IS THAT
YOU ARE THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER
THAT HAS HAD TO APPLY FOR A BURN
PERMIT THAT'S TRUE ED TALK ABOUT
THAT A SECOND AND HOW THAT
INFORMS YOU IN IN WHAT YOU DO.
WELL IT HI AND I ALLUDED TO
THAT. YOU MISSED MY OPENING
COMMENTS BUT I DID I DID
INCREASE THAT TOPPING IT IN MY
OPENING COMMENTS THAT VERY
SPECIFICALLY- WE HAD. A WE ADOPT
WE ENGAGED IN SOME RULE. ON OPEN
BURNING- AND THERE WAS SOME
VERY- I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
FAR IN THE WEEDS ON THIS BUT
THERE WAS SOME COMPLEX ISSUES-
THAT. DOUBT THAT WHERE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS
POSSIBLE AND WHAT WAS NOT
POSSIBLE- AND THAT AND I THINK I
BROUGHT THAT UNDERSTANDING TO
THE TABLE AS PART OF OUR
DISCUSSION. AND I BELIEVE IT
ADDED TO THE TEXTURE AND THE
OUTCOME. OF THE RULE MAKING THAT
WE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED AND IT
ALSO HELPED IN CONVERSATION
WITH- INDUSTRY FOLKS- WHO
FRANKLY WERE PUSHING US IN SOME
DIRECTIONS- AND MAKING
PRONOUNCEMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY
COULD AND COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH.
AND I WAS ABLE TO CHALLENGE SOME
OF THOSE ASSERTIONS ABOUT WHAT
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO SO I
THINK IT WAS IT IT WAS A- IT WAS
A TWO WAY CONVERSATION. TOMORROW
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT. YOU YOU'RE
NOT. PER SE REPRESENTING
AGRICULTURE BUT EXPERIENCE YOU
HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE CULTURE THAT
IS WHAT REALLY GROUND TRUTH
CERTAIN THINGS THAT COME IN
FRONT OF HIM THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY AND- GO TO YOUR COLLEAGUE-
THANK YOU- YOU KNOW IT'S INCHING
THE ONE HAND IF THAT WERE ALL
MADE UP OF US WERE VERY MULTI
LAYERED RATE AND HAVE MULTIPLE
EXPERIENCES AND- I THINK IN MY
OPENING WHICH MAY HAVE MISSED
ALSO I SAID- I'VE RUN A
NONPROFIT FOR MORE THAN FORTY
YEARS SO I FEEL LIKE I RUN A
SMALL BUSINESS- AND MADE
PAYROLL. AND HAD TO COMPLY WITH
REGULATIONS SO I HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT
WHAT'S AT THE TOP OF MY RESUME
BY APPLICATION SO I FEEL LIKE I
BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES BUT I'VE
NEVER FARMED- OR HAS A CULTURAL
EXPERIENCE AND SO THAT'S WHAT.
WHERE I FEEL LIKE OUR BOARD IS
DIVERSE AND PROVIDES US WITH A
VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE
CAN ALL CALL ON. BUT YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT IN A BROADWAY
THERE'S NO WAY FOR ANY OF US TO
THINK NARROWLY. OF THAT SAID I
THINK THAT AS WE FOCUS ON
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
THE POLLUTION THAT'S THERE-
WE'RE BENEFITING THE ENTIRE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AS WE AS WE
TRANSITION- HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO
ZERO EMISSION THAT'S GOING TO
BENEFIT EVERYONE. YES IT'S GOING
TO BENEFIT THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT. HAVE BEEN- IMPACTED THE MY
FOR BEING NEXT TO A YARD AND
FOUR. AND AND- THEY'VE BEEN
IMPACTED NORTH THEY'RE GOING TO
GET MORE BENEFIT- JUST THAT'S
THE MATH BUT THE WHOLE STATE
WILL BENEFIT AS WELL SO I FEEL
LIKE. MOST THINGS ARE- WELL WE
MAY HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS
REALLY SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT THE IMPACTS
ARE ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU
APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS FROM BOTH
. THE MAN AND VICE CHAIR. THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR M. THANK YOU
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE
TODAY AND MYSTIC FOR AND I YOUR
STORY IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL AND
TO BE THE FIRST PERSON. IN YOUR
FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND TO
COME HERE- FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY
AND IN SEIZE THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND BECOME THE PERSON THAT YOU
ARE TODAY WITH THE WEALTHY YOUR
FAMILY HAS AMASSED AND I JUST
THINK THAT'S- I THINK THAT'S
WHAT EVERY. PERSON COMING THE
UNITED STATES DESIRES FREEDOM
AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE UPWARD
MOBILITY TO THE- YOU KNOW. JUST
WHAT AMERICA OFFER SO THANK YOU
AT MISTER EISENSTAEDT THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR MEETING WITH ME I
DO. RIGHT FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT
OF MY COLLEAGUE- THE FORMER
CHAIRMAN UP TO RESOURCES
COMMENTS ABOUT YOU KNOW YOU
REPRESENTING AGRICULTURE. YOU
DON'T REPRESENT IT BUT YOU DO
HAVE AN AGRICULTURE BACKGROUND
AND THE FEEDLOT I BELIEVE YES
ORDERS. IS THAT CORRECT. I AM SO
I APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILY'S
DEDICATION AND HARD WORK AND
THAT THE TIME THAT YOU HAD THAT
YOUR FAMILY HAD THAT FEEDLOT IN
THE EXPERIENCE THAT IT BROUGHT
YOU. BECAUSE I BELIEVE WITH WHAT
MISSED AT TECH FOR IN SAID
ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL WE
ALL ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IN THE
WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED IN
SOCIETY OR THE WAY THAT WE'VE-
LET OUR LIVES. AND I THINK WE
COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES MY
COLLEAGUES FROM THE BAY AREA. I
REPRESENT REPRESENT THE TOP
THREE FOOD PRODUCING COUNTIES IN
THE WORLD. AND 70% STATES OIL
58% OF THE STATE'S RENEWABLE
ENERGY. MY COLLEAGUE- CENTER
SMOKY THIS HAS A LARGE SWATH OF
LOS ANGELES IN A VERY. YOU KNOW
VERY. URBAN AREA. AND SO I KNEW
WE'D WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT-
AREAS OF THE STATE THAT WE
REPRESENT AND WE'RE ALL. SHAPED
BY OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES I GUESS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH BEING
THERE I WANT TO DIVE RIGHT INTO
QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE AREA.
THAT I REPRESENT WHICH IS THE
FARMING COMMUNITY. AND- THE OIL
INDUSTRY I- I REALIZE THAT
LEGISLATURE SETS THE LAW I
REALIZE THAT IN YOU GUYS ARE.
JUST THERE TO YOU KNOW ADOPT THE
RULES AND- DO YOUR BEST TO
COMPLY WITH WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ADOPTED. SO THERE IS GONNA
BE A TURNOVER- IN HEAVY DUTY
FLEET VEHICLES HEARD AND NOT
EVEN JUST OFFERED VEHICLES BUT
HEAVY DUTY FLEET VEHICLES. AS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE
ELECTRIFIED ERA THERE'S- THAT
TEN TWENTY THIRTY SIX. BUT IN
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR THERE WILL BE
CERTAIN VEHICLES NOT ALLOWED ON
THE ROAD AND BECAUSE THEY WERE
PURCHASED IN I BELIEVE TWO
THOUSAND AND SEVEN EIGHT. AND
THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME FRAME
THERE WHICH THESE VEHICLES WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET
RECERTIFIED BY CARD THE ENGINE
NOT THE EQUIPMENT. SO MY
QUESTION IS THAT I REALIZE THE
LEGISLATURE PUT AN END DATE.
THAT YOUR SPECIFIC DATE. HAS
THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT ABOUT AND
- USING MILES OR THE VEHICLE
IT'S THE ENGINE ITSELF FOR
INSTANCE I TALKED TO SEVERAL
FARMERS- WHEN THEY FOUND OUT YOU
GUYS WERE COMING UP FOR
CONFIRMATION. ONE FARMER HAS
SIXTEEN VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO BE
REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE YEAR
THAT THEY WERE IN ONE VEHICLE
HAS TEN THOUSAND MILES ON IT.
THE TIES VEHICLE HAS THIRTY
THOUSAND MILES ON IT NOW. IF YOU
THIRTY THOUSAND MILE VEHICLE.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY NEW VEHICLE
. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ENGINE
CAPACITY AND SO THE QUESTION I
BELIEVE- THAT MR AT MISTER ICE
AND HAD GOT PART OF AN ANSWER
FOR ME WHICH I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE IT SOLVE THIS
QUESTION WILL GO TO YOU MISS
TECH MOREAN. IF IF BIO FUELS ARE
A REDUCTION OF KNOX EMISSIONS-
FOR THESE VEHICLES AND WE RUN
BIO FUEL THREES OLDER VEHICLES
AND IT REDUCES THE EMISSIONS.
WHY WOULD WE REQUIRE OUR FARMING
COMMUNITIES AND OUR EQUIPMENT
OPERATORS AND OUR ROAD
CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE TO BUY BRAND
NEW VEHICLES. IF WE CAN RUN BIO
FUELS THROUGH THE VEHICLES
THROUGH THE ENGINES AND REDUCE
EMISSIONS THAT WAY. OKAY THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION- I'M GONNA
TRY TO ANSWER WHAT I CAN
ENSURING THAT WE MAY END UP WITH
PARTS I CAN'T- BUT- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS. THAT THERE
THAT WE HAVE CREATED SCHEDULE-
TO REMOVE LEGACY TRUCKS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA FLEET AT THE END OF
THEIR USEFUL LIFE- OR EIGHTEEN
YEARS. HOWEVER IF A TRACTOR
EXCEEDS EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
MILES IT WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED
AT THE- FROM THE FLEET AT THE
END OF THAT YEAR UNLESS THE
ENGINE IS STILL LESS THAN
THIRTEEN YEARS. SO IT'S A
COMPLEX- SYSTEM BUT- I BELIEVE
THAT IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'RE
NOT ASKING FOLKS TO- PURCHASE
NEW TRUCKS AND LESS THEY HIT ONE
OF THOSE. BENCHMARKS THAT THAT I
THINK IS THE FIRST PART OF YOUR
QUESTION- AND FOR ALL. OTHER
VEHICLES INCLUDING YARD TRUCKS
THE USEFUL LIFE IS EIGHTEEN
YEARS REGARDLESS OF MILES. SO
YOU MAY BE REFERENCING A TRUCK
THAT HAS HIT EIGHTEEN YEARS- AND
HAS. HOWEVER MANY MILES IT HAS
ON IT- SO- INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE WITH A TWENTY FIFTEEN
ENGINE WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE
UNTIL TWENTY THIRTY THREE BEFORE
IT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM
THE CALIFORNIA FLEET- SO THAT'S
MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
LEGACY WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE
LEGACY TRUCKS- WOULD OPERATE
AND- SO IT I THINK THE INTENTION
WAS. TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TIME AN
OPPORTUNITY IN THAT SYSTEM OF
FOUR. USERS DRIVERS TO PREPARE
FOR THAT TRANSITION I APPRECIATE
THAT ANSWER- BUT I THINK THE
OVERALL GOAL OF THE LEGISLATION
IS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS ARE GO TO
ZERO EMISSIONS. AND PART OF THAT
HAS BEEN A PROCESS FOR ALL TO
LOW CARBON FUELS LOW CARBON
FUELS AND YOU KNOW THE I GUESS
THE DASHBOARD- YOU KNOW WHEN AND
HOW THESE VEHICLES WILL BE
REPLACED SO WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY
THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE BACK WHEN
THIS LEGISLATION WAS PASSED WITH
BIOFUELS AND BIODIESEL. AND
BIODIESEL IF YOU COULD RENT BIO
DIESEL WHICH THE TESTING IS OUT
THERE. IN REDUCES EMISSIONS
EQUIVALENT TO A NEW VEHICLE OR
80% REDUCTION OF KNOX EMISSIONS
WHY WOULD WE REQUIRE AND AGAIN
YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY WHITE
WHITE WITH THE BOARD WHY WOULD
WE REQUIRE. CARD NOT TO CERTIFY
AN OLDER ENGINES WITH BIO FUELS
WHICH WOULD COMPLICATE HAS THE
SAME GOAL OF EMISSION REDUCTIONS
BUT DOESN'T COST THE USER. A
SINCE YOU KNOW MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS- WELL I THINK WE'RE
LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION AS THE
MAJOR SECTOR THAT NEEDS TO. BE
REDUCED IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS
AND- I BELIEVE THAT IT'S FAIR TO
SAY THAT UNLESS WE MOVE TO ZERO
EMISSION. VEHICLES WE'RE NOT
GETTING THE SAME EMISSION
REDUCTIONS SO THAT IS THE
INTENSE IN A AND ON BOTH THE
LIGHT DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY SIDE
AS I UNDERSTAND IT- AND SO WHILE
THERE MATE THERE ARE. SOME
EXCEPTIONS- BUILT INTO THE
ADVANCE CLEAN FLEET ROLE- I
THINK THOUGH GOAL IS FOR US TO
MOVE TO ZERO EMISSION AND TO
GIVE ADEQUATE TIME FOR EVERYONE
TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION IN
ADDITION TO. OF I THINK QUITE
GENEROUS OF INCENTIVES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
LEGISLATURE AND- AND THE BUDGET-
SO THAT OF DRIVERS AND FLEET
OWNERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE
THOSE CHANGES. I AGREE I AGREE
1100% WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
THERE'S TIME THERE'S RESOURCES
AVAILABLE FOR AND SENSITIVE TO
BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND
ELECTRIC I AGREE WITH YOU 1100%
I GUESS I DIDN'T MAKE MY POINT
FOR A QUOTE FOR A RESPONSE IN A
QUESTION. IS IF THE NEW
TECHNOLOGY FOR- BIOFUELS BIO
FUEL DIESEL BIODIESEL WILL
REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS TO WHAT
WE'RE IT WILL GO TO ZERO. BUT IT
WILL BE 80% IF THAT. IS THAT'S
TESTED AND TRUE BASED ON CARBS
BASED ON CARP IF THAT'S TOO SOON
TRUE WHY WOULD WE REQUIRE IN
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR FOR SOMEBODY
GET RID OF THE TWO THOUSAND AND
FIVE VEHICLE. THAT ONLY HAS
THIRTY THOUSAND MILES ON IT IF
WE RUN BIODIESEL THROUGH INSTEAD
OF REGULAR DIESEL WE STILL HAVE
80% REDUCTION WHICH MEETS THE
STANDARD. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO
BUY A NEW VEHICLE AND THEN A FEW
YEARS LATER TEN YEARS AT TWENTY
THIRTY SIX BY ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLE IF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY
AND FUEL WILL ACHIEVE THE SAME.
LOW CARBON EMISSION GOAL. WHY
ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT THAT. I
DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT
LOOKING AT THAT- THROUGH THE LOW
CARBON FUEL STANDARD- AND HOW
THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ARE YOU
REFERENCING THE DRAYAGE TRUCK
REGULATION FOR TWENTY TWENTY
FOUR. SO YES SO THAT'S ONLY FOR
DRAYAGE TRUCKS AND THOSE ARE
ONLY FOR NEW DRAINAGE TUGS THAT
WOULD ATTEMPT TO. WANT TO COME
INTO THE REGISTRY IF YOU'RE
ALREADY IN THE DRAYAGE REGISTRY
AND YOUR OF FOSSIL FUEL DIESEL.
TRUCK YOUR YOUR THERE UNTIL- YOU
MEET ONE OF THESE OTHER OF
BENCHMARKS- SO. IT WOULDN'T
APPLY NO ONE'S BEING ASKED TO
BUY A NEW TRUCK IN TWENTY TWENTY
FOUR UNLESS. THEY ARE WANTING TO
BECOME A DRAYAGE. TRUCK AND
REGISTER WITH ONE OF THE PORTS
FOR THE CITY CALIFORNIA OKAY AM
I WILL LOOK FOR THE RESPONSE I
GOT FRIEND CARBON AND CLARIFY
THAT OKAY I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP
AGAIN MR EYES AND HAD IDEA OF
QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO BUT I WANT
TO ASK THEM. FOR IN A OF MORE-
IT YOU MENTIONED- THE PORTS YOU
MENTIONED THE NINE BILLION
DOLLARS IN DOLLARS THAT WE THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALLOCATED FOR.
AND INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO BUY
ELECTRIC ELECTRIFIED EQUIPMENT.
SO I MET WITH- THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ALL FROM FRESNO DOWN
TO LONG ISLAND DOWN TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER. A LIFT TRUCK
OPERATORS FOR TOYOTA THE
PROVIDES THESE. AT A LOT OF THEM
OPERATE WITHIN THE PORT SYSTEM
LONG BEACH PORT AND THESE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE PROBLEM
THE PORT HAS. IS THAT IN ORDER
TO LEASE A FACILITY ON THE PORT
TO OPERATE YOU HAVE TO COMPLY
WITH CARBONS THAT CARBS ELECTRIC
VEHICLE. FORKLIFT A STANDARDS-
EQUIPMENT STANDARDS. BUT THE
COURT ITSELF HAS VERY OLD
BUILDINGS AND DOES NOT HAVE
THREE PHASE POWER IN A LOT OF
THESE PLACES AND THEY'RE USING.
AND TAG GAS POWERED GENERATORS
TO CHARGE THEIR ELECTRIC
FORKLIFTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE.
CONNECTIVITY IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING FOR OR
WITH SI PC HERE YOU KNOW ENERGY
COMMISSION OR WHATEVER TO
ADDRESS THESE THE PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION TO ADDRESS THESE CAN
ACTIVITY ISSUES. THAT PEOPLE ARE
REALLY STRUGGLING WITH SO MISS
AT DIFFERENT. I THINK THE- THE
SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES WE'VE HAD
MULTIPLE MEETINGS OF A- WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OF THE
ENERGY COMMISSION- AND OTHERS IN
ORDER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE-
OUR SYSTEM SHOULD BE THAT CAN
EXPEDITE- INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT. END OF PORTS ARE
CERTAINLY ONES THAT NEED TO HAVE
AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS I THINK WE
CAN PROVIDE TO THEM. AND IF YOU
HAVE THOSE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WHAT ARE THE
SOLUTIONS THAT YOU'RE OFFERING
WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS DISCUSSED
IN COMING FORWARD. IS IT RATE
INCREASES ON UTILITY PAYERS IS
IT LIKE HOW HOW WE GONNA PAY FOR
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW IS
IT GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE IN
ORDER TO ACHIEVE CARPOOLS. WELL
I THINK THE- ENERGY COMMISSION
IS FANTASY PIECE HERE WORKING ON
THAT- I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT
ANSWER TO THAT SINCE I DON'T
SERVE ON THAT COMMISSION YEAH
BUT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
THEM. WE HEAR REPORTS FROM THEM-
AND UPDATES FROM THEM IN BECAUSE
INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE IS- AS I THINK MR
EIZENSTAT SAID EARLIER OF. A
COMMON TOPIC LET'S PUT IT THAT
WAY. I AGREE IT SAYS MY PHONE
RINGS OFF THE HOOK REGARDING
THAT COMMON TOPIC. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH THANK YOU SEARCHED
YOUR QUESTION MISTER ICE AND HAD
THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME.
AND OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING THE
TOP THREE FOOD PRODUCING
COUNTIES IN THE WORLD AND LIKE
HAVING YOUR COLLEAGUE OF. BURKE
BROUGH BURKE IN HAS RUN A
NONPROFIT HAS NEVER GROWN FOOD
WE GROW FOOD. IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY- ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS- FARMERS
ARE VERY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE- M. THIRTEEN NEAR
EXPECTATION AWAY FOR. AND HEAVY
DUTY ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES. THEIR
CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE IS NOT
THE TECHNOLOGY WHICH THERE IS
NOT NOW AVAILABLE. HOW WILL OUR
FARMERS THAT PRODUCE. TOP THREE
FOOD PRODUCING COUNTIES IN THE
WORLD TO THE IMPACT OF THE
WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY. HOW WILL WE
GET OUR COMMODITIES TO THE
BORDER AS CALIFORNIA NEVADA
ARIZONA SO THAT WE CAN OFFLOAD
THAT EQUIPMENT ON TO DIESEL
TRUCKS OR TRUCKS THAT WILL
TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES AND DELIVER OUR PRODUCTS.
LIKE HOW DO WE GET IT THERE.
MMHM FIRST FIRST LET ME GO BACK
TO YOUR COMMENT AND I WANT TO
CLARIFY. I AM WAS NOT INVOLVED
IN THE FEEDLOT BUSINESS BUT IN
THE ON THE BUSINESS I NEED TO
MAKE THAT SORRY. I NEED TO MAKE
THAT CLARIFICATION. THE THIS.
THE ADOPTION OF. THE OF THE
FLEET. AND OTHER CLEAN TRUCK
REQUIREMENTS. IS A LONG FACED IN
ADOPTION. AND IT HAS OFFRAMP.
SPECIFICALLY THE ADVANCE CLEAN
FLEET RULE HAS SOME TECHNOLOGY
OFFRAMP. AND IF THAT TECHNOLOGY
IS NOT THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE THE
ADOPTION WILL BE DELAYED-
PENDING THE- AVAILABILITY OF
THAT TECHNOLOGY SO I'M- I KNOW
THAT THAT FOLKS HAVE ANXIETY
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE THEY
DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE- THAT
THAT THIS ACTION IS TECHNOLOGY
FORCING- WE DO HAVE THAT
CONFIDENCE. AND TO THE FOLKS
WHO. WHO ARE WORRIED. THIS AND
MISS TECH FOR INTERNET I ARE
UNIFIED IN THIS ONE WE WON WHEN
WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS AT THE
BOARD LEVEL. ARE CONSISTENT
REQUEST OF STAFF- OUR
EXPECTATION OF STAFF IS THAT WE
WILL HEAR ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE
PROGRESS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY- AND
IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK
WILL GO BACK AND LOOK BUT OUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH. OKAY I
APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH- AND
THAT REALLY DOES EASE A LITTLE
BIT OF MY CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN I
HAD THE MEETING WITH THESE
GROWERS AND FARMERS AND PEOPLE
THAT PROVIDE THIS PRODUCT OR
THIS COMMODITY TO THE WORLD. THE
EQUATED IT TO SIXTY FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE LEAVING A CON A
CON ED A CONCERT IN TRYING TO
ALL GET OVER DRIVER TO GET THEIR
PRODUCT MOVED- TO GET HOME SO I
THINK THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER
ON OUR OUR BORDER THAT GOING
EAST. SAID THANK YOU FOR THAT A
MISTAKE FOR IN DO YOU CONCUR
WITH THAT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CHANGE THAT- I AGREE I THOUGHT
IT WAS I WAS RESPONDING TO THE
ANALOGY THAT YOU WERE GIVING
ABOUT THE- I WAS JUST ONE OF THE
ONES THAT THE FARMERS SPREAD IF
I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I DO MISS
TECH FOR AND I DO WANT TO ASK
YOU ONE MORE QUESTION IT'S JUST
A FOLLOW UP BASED ON WHAT YOU
SAID. ON AN- EXCUSE ME ON THE M.
IMPACTED ADVANCE CLEAN FUEL
RULE. AND NOT JUST STRAIGHT EDGE
SO THERE- OTHER FLEETS OTHER
THAN JUST WHAT IS CONSIDERED IN
THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF EVER THE
DEFINITION THAT YOU PUT FORWARD
AND DRAYAGE. AT OTHER FLEETS ARE
IMPACTED AS WELL INCLUDING
TRACTORS AND FROM LIKE WESTERN
GROWERS USE IT'S NOT JUST
DRAYAGE FLEETS THAT ARE
AFFECTED. THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN
GO BACK TO MY QUESTION MINE I
REALIZE THERE'S- ALL THIS OTHER-
I WAS A COMMOTION ON THE SIDES
ABOUT YOU KNOW MILEAGE IN RULES
AND THIS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS. IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. AND IF YOU CAN
ACHIEVE THOSE EMISSIONS BY USING
BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS NOT
AVAILABLE IN THE PAST. AND YOU
CAN ACHIEVE THAT WHY WOULD YOU
GET RID OF YOUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S
PERFECTLY GOOD IF THE BIO FUELS
WILL REDUCE THE IN OUR BIO
DIESEL WILL REDUCES EMISSIONS.
AND IT AFFECTS MORE THAN DRAYAGE
AND EQUIPMENT. YEAH I WAS JUST
RESPONDING TO SIX GO BACK
THROUGH THE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED SO SAD
STRAIGHTEDGE REGISTRATION SO.
OTHER TRUCKS HIGH PRIORITY
FLEETS SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO
HAVE MORE THAN FIFTY TRUCKS IN
THE FLEET- ARE ON A PHASED OF.
SCHEDULE STARTING IN. TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE TO TWENTY FORTY.
TWENTY FORTY TWENTY FORTY TWO SO
THERE'S A SCHEDULE FOR THAT SO
I. IF I MISSPOKE I APOLOGIZE NO
YOU DIDN'T- I A FLIPPER HERE
WITH ME. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD-
AND- THERE WILL BE I THINK AS
MISTER EISENHOWER MENTIONED.
TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS AND A REPORT
THAT'S COMING FORWARD AND-
TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT- AND THAT
WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER. SYSTEMS
THAT WORK. AS WELL. I NO IT'S
OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT WHAT I'D
LIKE YOU TO DO AND I KNOW I'VE
EXHAUSTED MY TIME AND I
APOLOGIZE TODAY MADAM CHAIR FOR
DOING THAT BUT I JUST WANT TO
DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT. EVEN
AFTER THIS COMMITTEE HEARING IF
YOU GUYS GO BACK TO YOUR STAFF
AND YOU HAVE A BOARD AND THEY'RE
HERE IN THIS ROOM ARE LISTENING
TO THIS CONVERSATION I REALLY
REALLY REALLY WOULD LIKE AN
ANSWER. THAT IF YOU CAN USE THE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTED BY BIO DIESEL
AND BIO FUELS THAT WOULD REDUCE
THE EMISSIONS. EVEN OLDER
VEHICLES WHY ARE WE NOT USING
THAT INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THE
NEW PURCHASE BECAUSE YOU'RE
LOOKING AT. CHANGING THE FUEL
PRODUCT AND STILL ACHIEVING
EMISSION GOALS VERSES PAINTER
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BRAND
NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT
SIGNIFICANT. SO JUST THINK ABOUT
THAT AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF
YOU WOULD FOLLOW EITHER OF YOU
OR BOTH OF YOU IN FOLLOW UP WITH
MY OFFICE THANK YOU FOR TAKING
MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MADAM
VICE CHAIR- AND- IT CLEARLY. YOU
KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS HERE A
LOT OF REALLY. IN DEPTH
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS HAS
OBVIOUSLY. ARE NOT BEEN AN EASY
TOPIC TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNDO
BEHAVIORS CHANGE. AYE CHANGING
TECHNOLOGY OBVIOUSLY ECONOMICS-
ARE. CALIFORNIA THE SIZE- STATED
IT IS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
DEPENDENT UPON WHO YOU ASK- YOU
KNOW THERE A LOT OF ISSUES TO BE
CONSIDERED- SO I APPRECIATE THE
FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DIVE
INTO THESE. THESE ISSUES SO
DEEPLY. AGAIN IT'S NOT A FULL
TIME JOB AND YET. WE SPEND A LOT
OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE
ISSUES AND VARIOUS BILLS AND
POLICIES COME FORWARD- BASED ON
OUR DISCUSSIONS AND THESE ARE
OUR FULL TIME JOBS SO. SHE DEBT
I AND MY COLLEAGUES OF ASK A LOT
OF QUESTIONS- I COULD GO INTO
GREAT DETAIL ABOUT A CAP AND
TRADE BETTER I ACTUALLY. I AM
GOING TO DIFFER BECAUSE OF TIME
FACTORS BECAUSE I GET TO HAVE
THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU
DIRECTLY- I IN PARTICULAR DIANE
WHO LIVES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I
JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION
ABOUT LOCAL AIR DISTRICTS ODD
BECAUSE THAT THEY'VE COMPLAINED
ABOUT THE FUNDING- RELATED TO AB
SIX SEVENTEEN HASN'T KEPT PACE
WITH THE RATE OF ADDITIONS OF
NEW COMMUNITIES- TO THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS THE EXISTING FUNDING
FOR THE PROGRAM IS BEING SPREAD
MORE THINLY AS MORE COMMUNITIES
BEEN ADDED THAT MAKES SENSE. HOW
SHOULD CAR BALLOTS ADDING MORE
KEEP COMMUNITIES TO THE PROGRAM
VERSUS SUPPORTING EXISTING
COMMUNITIES TO MEET THE GOALS
WHAT YOUR FRAMEWORK FOR
APPROACHING THAT IN THIS TECH
FOR IN ALL LET YOU GO FIRST THEN
I'LL ASK MR EYES AND IF YOU WANT
TO ADD ANYTHING. THANK YOU- I
WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT
THAT- THAT WITH THE AIR
DISTRICTS ARE CORRECT THAT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GROW THE
POT OF MONEY SO- WE'RE AT
NINETEEN COMMUNITIES NOW. AND AS
THE LEGISLATURE- THERE WAS EXTRA
MONEY- MADE AVAILABLE IN THIS
LAST BUDGET CYCLE THAT ALLOW
THERE TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE
INITIAL- ALLOCATIONS FOR THEN
NEW. TO NEW COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE BEING ADDED- AND ONE OF
THOSE- WAS THE INTERNATIONAL
BORDER COMMUNITY SO WE'RE PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH THAT- NO DOLLARS
WERE ADDED AT THE POINT WHEN
THAT COMMUNITY CAME ON- SO JUST
IN OUR REGION- I THINK THERE'S
AN ISSUE. OF ACT WE NEED MORE
MONEY- HONESTLY IN ORDER TO DO
THIS WORK IT'S DEEP WORK- IT'S
WORK THAT REQUIRES COMMUNITY
MEMBERS YOU KNOW THIRTY. AT
LEAST COMING ON THE COMMUNITY
DRIVEN COMMUNITY STEERING
COMMITTEES THEY CREATE A VERY
DETAILED PLAN THE AIR DISTRICTS
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WERE
PAYING STIPENDS TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO BE THERE- AND SO.
IT'S NOT INEXPENSIVE TO DO IT
AND THEN THERE'S ALL THE
INCENTIVES. IN ORDER FOR THESE
COMMUNITY EMISSION REDUCTION
PLANS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE NEED
TO HAVE MONEY TO ALLOCATE SO
THAT THE VEHICLES CAN TRANSITION
SO THAT WE CAN DO A VARIETY OF
THINGS SO- I WOULD SAY THAT- WE
HIT THE LEGISLATURE. TO CONTINUE
TO FUND THOSE PROGRAMS AND I
THINK WE NEED IN THIS IS NOT A
CARB PERSPECTIVE IT'S MY
PERSPECTIVE AND THAT IS THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ALLOCATIONS ARE EQUITABLE ACROSS
THE COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN- AND- I THINK WE
NEED TO RE LOOK AT THAT AND I
THINK CARBS VERY WELL EQUIPPED
TO DO IT AND SHOULD DO THAT.
POINT THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT.
ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT.
I'M DEBATING- WHAT I WOULD ADD
IS A- I WOULD I AGREE WITH WITH
A MISSTEP FOR INCESSANT- AND-
RECOMMENDATIONS- I THINK THAT.
THAT MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE WE
HAVE A CAR AND THERE WILL BE
THERE IS AN ONGOING ASSESSMENT-
OF THE SIX SEVENTEEN LESSONS
LEARNED- PASS FORWARD AND I WE
EXPECT TO HAVE THAT- THAT SS MEN
AVAILABLE TO US I BELIEVE- THIS.
LATE FALL EARLY WINTER- SO THAT
WILL BE. THIS INFORMATION
COMING. I MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT
WE HAVE. GARNERED A SUBSTANCE
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT. THE
COMMUNITY YEAH PROTECTION-
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT- AND THAT MOVING
FORWARD RATHER THAN WE NEED TO
THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A
BLUEPRINT. FOR ACTION AMONG ALL
ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE
IF WE IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO ADD
FIVE COMMUNITIES HERE- TO THIS
PROGRAM- THERE WILL BE WINNERS
AND LOSERS- AND I RESIST THAT-
AS AN OPERATING TECHNIQUE. WELL
THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITION-
THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENT- YOU
KNOW I WE'RE GONNA GO TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC NOW I FEEL LIKE IF
WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND HOURS
BECAUSE I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE. OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS JUST TO HAVE THAT
DIALOGUE BUT I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'RE BOTH A WILL WILLING TO OF
FOLLOW UP THERE ARE TAKE OUR
CALLS MAYBE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS
OR OR CONCERNS I DO WANT TO SAY
I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH I WANT
TO THANK YOU. FOR THE ROLE THAT
YOU PLAY MISTER EISENHOWER IN
THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT THE
PERSPECTIVE YOU BRING AND
OBVIOUSLY TO YOU AS WELL MISHECK
FAURIA AND- YOU KNOW. TO THE
FARMER SECRETARY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES OBVIOUSLY WE LIKE TO
GIVE HIM SOME GRIEF THERE
ACTUALLY ISN'T A DESIGNATED E.
J. APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD I
DON'T BELIEVE I THINK THERE'S
BEEN PIECES OF LEGISLATION
ADVANCED. ODD TO PUT DIFFERENT
OUR MEMBERS BUT WHAT I SEE ARE
TWO PUBLIC MEMBERS. AG LAW AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL- AND SIX AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVES A SENATE
APPOINTMENT AND AN ASSEMBLY
APPOINTMENTS SO. YOU KNOW I
THINK WE TRY TO COVER A LOT OF
BASIS WHEN WE- PUT APPOINTMENTS
ON TO THESE PORTS OR APPROVE
APPOINTMENTS THEIR DESIGNATED
ONES- SHE- THE L. PERSON. I KNOW
COLLEAGUE FROM CA COUNTY DOES.
AS WELL AS OTHERS BUT- I ALSO
APPRECIATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. POSITION AND APPRECIATE
YOUR ROLE IN AND DAY OUT- AS
WELL- SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
AND- WHERE WERE YOU POINTING- I
AS I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY TO
MY VICE CHAIRS BACKING ME UP
QUITE WELL- WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND I'M
GONNA LET HER START THAT PROCESS
SO I CAN STEP OUT FOR ONE
SECOND. BUT I WILL BE RIGHT BACK
MANBIJ SHARE THANK YOU FOR THANK
YOU THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
SIMILAR TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
IN THIS ROOM IF YOU A STEP
FORWARD TO THIS MICROPHONE WILL
TAKE- AT POSITIONS OF SUPPORT
AND OPPOSITION BOTH. HI
RIQUELME'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA OF JUSTICE ALLIANCE
HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
NOMINATION OF TANTECH FLORIAN
ALSO REGISTERING SUPPORT FOR BUT
FOR THE ASIAN PACIFIC
ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
ENVIRONMENT HEALTH COALITION
SCOPE CCHA AND CAUSE THANK YOU
THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS. YES I'VE
BEEN A LEADER COUNCIL FOR
JUSTICE ACCOUNT AND SUPPORT OF
DAY INTENT FOR A NOT. THANK YOU
NEXT WITH. SEVERE AFRICA WHAT
THE CODE FOR CLEAN AIR AND
CHUNKS OF FOR- MEMBER I AND HAD
AN BOARD MEMBER FOR A FOR THIS
COMPANY. THANK VERY MUCH WENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO BE A HERE ON
THE BEHALF OF PHYSICIANS SOCIAL
IS. LOS CA FOR A BETTER AND
RECEIVE E. THE CENTER AND PART
BY MAY OR SYRUPY AND PUT THEIR
IN STRONG. OF DIANE TECH PLAN
THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS
. GOOD AFTERNOON LITTLE BEHALF
THE NAY RESOURCE DEFENSE AND
SUPPORT OF CASH THANK YOU MISTER
LITTLE NECK WITNESS. BANJO WITH
ENTERPRISE. IN SUPPORT BOTH
BEFORE YOU THEIR SEASON-
PRINCIPLED AND PRAGMATIC. THANK
YOU THANKS WITNESS. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON TAYLOR BE OF THE-
FRESH PRODUCE. WAS FROM HEALTH
IS A- WESTERN AGRICULTURAL THIS
PLAY CALIFORNIA ONE THE
COMMISSION. AND A CALIFORNIA.
INQUIRES IN SUPPORT OF MR RICE.
LOOKING. MICHAEL POLIDORO BEHALF
THE AGAIN COSTS AND SUPPORT
MYSTERIES WE'VE ALSO HAD GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF MISS TEMPLE
RAN ON SOME OF OUR IS AS WELL.
AND FIND HER TO BE VERY OPEN
LEARNING THANK YOU THANK YOU.
FOR ANY OTHER IN ROOM. TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED. SO I GUESS WE'LL GO
TO MODERATOR MY IF YOU'RE A DO
WE HAVE ON THE LINE THAT WOULD
BE ABLE TO BUT LIKE TO COMMENT
WILL TAKE OFF THE- AND THE- IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE.
COMMENT TODAY PLEASE PRESS ONE
THE END AT THIS TIME. AND WE
HAVE A COMMENT FROM LINE TWENTY
SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS
KEVIN HAMILTON DIRECTOR CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA HAS A COLLABORATIVE
AND ALSO REPRESENTING VALLEY
IMPROVEMENT- PROJECT IN.
STANISLAUS COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF
BOTH THE DISTRACTION ACT MYSTERE
KOREAN. THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR.
MISTER MODERATORS ARE ANOTHER.
WE HAVE TWO MORE COMMENTS COMING
THROUGH ONE MOMENT PLEASE WHILE
WE PROVIDE THEM WITH LINE
NUMBERS THANK YOU SIR. AND WE
HAVE A COMMENT FROM LINE TWENTY
SEVEN. MY NAME IS MELINA MASON
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FAN
YOU'LL COUNTY- POLLUTION CONTROL
DISTRICT AND WITH STRONG SUPPORT
FOR DAN CATEGORY. THANK YOU
THANK YOU. WE LOST TO THE OTHER
COMMENT- SO WE HAVE NO COMMENT
FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU MR MODERATOR I
APPRECIATE THAT WILL BE BACK
WITH YOU SHORTLY AND WE GET TO
OUR NEXT CONCRETE- BRING IT BACK
TO THE DYESS. MANAGER YES SIR.
WE CAN DO THIS IS ONE MOTION FOR
BOTH OF THEM RIGHT THEY HAVE TO
BE SEPARATED SIR. OKAY THEN I
WILL MOVE A MEMBER EYES AND
HEART FIRST THANK YOU
CONFIRMATION. BEN SECRETARY MR
AYE SENATE'S CONFIRMATION WOULD
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
LAYERED FIVE LAYERED I WOULD
CHAU BOOK. THE TROUBLED NOT
VOTING SMALLWOOD DAVIS HI MOM
CRITICIZED. HI GROOVE I THANK. A
CONCISE. BORDER. ZERO AND THEN
MADAM CHAIR I WOULD. A MEMBER
FOR CON. THANK YOU SENATOR
LAYERED. LAYERED ARE LAYERED I
OR CHOI BOGUE. A TROUBLED NOT
VOTING SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SIZEABLE
CRITICIZED GROWTH NOT VOTING
GROOVE NOT VOTING ATKINS. AT
INSIDE THREE TO ZERO THANK YOU
SO BOTH OF YOU AND THEN- VOTED
OUT OF RULES COMMITTEE TO GO TO
THE FULL FLOOR VOTE- HOPEFULLY
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE YOUR
WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU BOTH OF YOU
DO AND THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR FAMILIES IF THEY'RE
HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. DO WE
NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK. I
KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AT THE
NEXT ORDER OF CONFEREES HAVE
BEEN WAITING THAT WE DO NEED TO
GIVE OUR COURT REPORTER A LITTLE
BIT OF A BREAK. M. AS HE TAKES
DOWN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE
SAY SO WE'LL BE BACK IN FIVE
MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY COLLEAGUES LET ME GO AHEAD
AND CALL US BACK TO ORDER AND
WHILE WE DO THIS LET ME ASK OUR
SECRETARY WE'RE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL ON SOME
OF THESE VOTES ON MANTA VICE
CHAIR SO- LET'S SEE ON ITEM AND
I WILL TELL YOU HOW IT WAS DONE
IN THE VOTES WERE BROKEN DOWN SO
MADAM SECRETARY WE YOU CALL THE
ROLL ON GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES
NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR F. ANGIE
AND THOSE WERE THE COMMISSION ON
THE PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND
TRAINING. THE GROWTH HI GROVE I
FIVE TO ZERO FIVE ZERO THANK YOU
AND THEN ITEM TO H. AND K.
TOGETHER THESE ARE MEMBERS OF
THE ARTS COMMISSION GROSS OH NO
SORRY GROW FLOW THROUGH TO OKAY
THREE TWO THIS OUT THANK YOU AND
THEN- ITEM TO AYE J. AND L.
TOGETHER ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
ARTS COMMISSION OPR CALL THE
ROLL GROWTH HIGH GROWTH RATE
FIVE ZERO FIVE TWO ZERO THANK
YOU ITEM THREE REFERRAL OF
BILLS- CALL THE ROLL. GROWTH
HIGH GROWTH FIVE FIVE ZERO THANK
YOU FIVE ZERO ITEM FOR US
SUBCOMMITTEE RATIFICATIONS.
OPENED CALL THE ROLL GROVE HI
GROW FIVE FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO
THANK YOU ITEM FIVE OF FLOOR A
KNOWLEDGE MINTS AND THIS IS THE
ONE BY MYSELF FOR SDSU AZTECS
OPEN THE ROLE GROWTH I GREW FIVE
FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO THANK YOU
AND THE LAST ITEM ITEM SIX A
REPORT REQUEST FROM SENATOR
SKINNER TO INTRODUCE- SOME
FOLKS. COULD OPEN THE ROLE
GROWTH NOT VOTING GROUP THAT'S
BUILDING THREE TO ZERO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- THREE ZERO THAT IS
OUT- WE WILL GO NEXT TO ITEM-
ONE- SEE THE N. E. N. THESE ARE
MEMBERS TO THE K. STATE YOU.
BOARD OF. LET ME WELCOME OUR
LESLIE GILBERT LAURIE. JACK
MCGRORY AND JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS
AND- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
BY THE WAY- WE WILL ASK EACH OF
YOU TO DO WHAT THE FORMER-
APPOINTEES DID WHICH IS TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF THANK ANYONE
YOU WOULD LIKE ORG KNOWLEDGE
ANYONE AND THEN MAKE SOME
OPENING COMMENTS. WE'LL START
WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE ROW WILL
START WITH YOU. MR VARGAS THING
GO TO MYSTERY. MOOR GLORY AND
THEN- MISS LORI- ACTUALLY IT'S
GILBERT LAURIE DID YOU WANNA
ASSAM. IF THESE TWO INVOLUNTARY
ME TO GO FOR. ALL THEY DID. WELL
THAT'S KIND OF THEM- MISS GORE
YOU HAPPY TO LET YOU GO FOR D.
HAVE A- FOR WHO GOES SECOND.
YEAH ABSOLUTELY OKAY ABSOLUTELY
OKAY YOUR TEAM HERE. HIGHLY TEAM
WORK- WHAT IS PHRASE. THREE
THREE WORKING. SO IT MISSED
GLORY GO AHEAD AND THEN I WILL-
PROCEED. WITH THE PRESIDENT- PRO
TEM ATKINS WHOSE A MINIMIZE
FALTERING- ENDEAVOR- AND I'VE
BEEN ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS WAS
APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR BROWN AND
AFTER. A ONE HOUR AND FORTY FIVE
MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH HIM- I'VE
GOT MADE IT THROUGH IT- AND-
IT'S BEEN A REAL HONOR TO BE
PART OF THE BOARD. JUST LITTLE
PERSONAL INFORMATION- I GREW UP
IN SOUTH BOSTON- NEITHER MY
PARENTS ARE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES THE WARDEN INTERRUPTED
THEIR- HIGH SCHOOL AND OFF THEY
WENT AND- I WAS A FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS SO I
GOT TO THE COLGATE UNIVERSITY ON
A FULL SCHOLARSHIP BLOOD TO
DIVISION ONE SPORTS- THEN THE-
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD GOT
A HOLD OF ME AND I SPENT THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS AS A MARINE
CORPS INFANTRY OFFICER. IN WHEN
I CAME BACK AFTER THIRTEEN
MONTHS IN ASIA I ENDED UP AT
CAMP PENDLETON AND- THAT WAS
FIFTY YEARS AGO AND I LOVE
CALIFORNIA AND SAN DIEGO COULD
NEVER. LEAVE AGAIN- A CAREER-
TED- AFTER AFTER THE MARINE
CORPS I WANT TO IN THIS OF SANTA
CITY GO. FOR TWO THREE YEARS.
STARS OF THE- TRAINEE THEN AND
UP US YEARS SITTING ON. AND
THEN- GET RECRUITED BY THE PRICE
TO BE CEO OF PARTS ROOSEVELT WAS
THE- PRICE CLUBS. AND EVENTUALLY
COME. AND DOES A FEW DOING THAT
. WE BUILT UP TO COME AND SOLD
AND THEN I BECAME CHIU OPERATE
OFFICER THE SAN POT. IN THE
PRESS BECOME THE BUILT UP A
PARK. IN WE GET DON'T PUT GO
PARK A REALIZE THAT WE'D COME IN
LAST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE WEST FOR THREE YEARS IN A
ROW. THIS PROBABLY WASN'T A GOOD
FUTURE FOR ME- AND I WENT BACK
TO- BACK TO WORK WE SOLD WE
FOUNDED PRICE CLUB COMPANY IN
CENTRAL AMERICA. THE CARIBBEAN
AND SOUTH AMERICA AND NOW WE
HAVE FIFTY FIVE STORES- ENOUGH
TO DIE TO HAVE MY OWN COMPANY-
WHICH IS A REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT COMPANY- I'VE BEEN.
HEAVILY ASSOCIATED WITH SAN
DIEGO STATE WANT TO START WITH
THE CITY. I WENT OUT TO SENDING
A STATE AND GET MY MASTERS IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT NIGHT.
AND THEN GOT MY LAW DEGREE FROM
USD AT NIGHT AND- PROCEEDED
THROUGH MY CREW THE CITY. I'VE
TRIED SENDING A STATE FOR TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AT NIGHT AS AN
INSTRUCTOR. I'VE BEEN ON WAS ON
THE CAMPAIGN WILL FOUNDATION
BOARD AT SAN DIEGO STATE. THE
LAST THREE YEARS. I WAS CHAIR
AND WE COMPLETED IN EIGHT
HUNDRED THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR
CAMPAIGN BUT- FONG BEHALF OF
STATE SO. IT'S BEEN FUN- THEN
JOINED IT ALL I'M STILL CHAIR OF
THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS A
SENIOR STATE AND SURE OF THE
VETERANS COUNSELOR. ALONG WITH
THE DUTY SAY HELP ON THE SUIT
THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY. BOARD
LESLIE. MS GILBERT LAURIE GOT.
S. THANK YOU AND I GUESS YOU
SHOULD LAST AS. BUT I. THINK YOU
FOR SENATORS. INVITING US TODAY
. I'M ON THAT THE GOVERNOR GIVEN
ME THIS OP. AND I ALL WANTED. I
REALLY APPRECIATE MY WONDERFUL
HUSBAND CLIFF GILBERT LAURIE. I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TENS OF
DECADES WE'VE BEEN MARRIED BUT-
AND MY COLLEAGUE EMILY MEYER WHO
ARE BOTH HERE IN SUPPORT. I WAS
BORN IN LOS ANGELES AND I'M A
PRODUCT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH LAW SCHOOL.
AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AT UCLA I
GAINED INVALUABLE BOARD
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL
POLICY EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS
APPOINTED TO BE THE STUDENT
REGION AT THE- ON THE BOARD OF
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SO. THIS SORT OF LIKE
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
ALMOST COMING BACK HERE. AND I
WAS THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND THEN
FROM LAW SCHOOL I CLERKED FOR
THE NINE SIT FOR A NINTH CIRCUIT
JUDGE AFTER LAW SCHOOL WORKED
BRIEFLY AT A LAW FIRM AND THEN
SPENT. MUCH OF MY CAREER AS A
TELEVISION EXECUTIVE AT NBC- I
WAS THAT HAD A COMEDY THERE AND
RAN THEIR IN HOUSE PRODUCTION
COMPANY NBC PRODUCTIONS WHILE I
WAS THERE I- HELPED FOUND A
NONPROFIT CALLED THE ALLIANCE
FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. WHICH IS
A NONPROFIT LAW CENTER THAT
FOCUSES ON FOSTER YOUTH AND
THIRTY YEARS LATER I'M STILL ON
THE- ALLIANCE BOARD AN
INTEGRALLY INVOLVED- WHEN I LEFT
IN BC I WAS APPOINTED. TO BE ON
THE L. A. COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION WHERE I SERVED FOR
THIRTEEN YEARS. DURING THAT TIME
I ALSO WROTE A MEMOIR BENDING
TOWARD THE SUN WHICH EXPLORES MY
MOTHER'S EXPERIENCE AS A CHILD
IN THE HOLOCAUST. AND
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
OF TRAUMA SO I SORT OF GO FROM
COMEDY TO TRAGEDY MY MOTHER AND
I SPEAK FREQUENTLY ABOUT OUR
BOOK IN. CONNECTION WITH EVENTS
IN THE WORLD TODAY AT SCHOOLS
HIGH SCHOOLS MIDDLE SCHOOLS
COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY-
I ALSO CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF HUMAN
RIGHTS THE ELLIE. MAE HERE'S
FUND BOARD THE PACIFIC COUNCIL
ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY BOARD.
AND THE UCLA FOUNDATION YOU
SILLY LAW SCHOOL BOARD IN UCLA
HOSPITAL BOARD. ALSO I BRING TO
THE CSU EXPERIENCE MIGHT I SAID
I WOULD TALK SLOWLY. OKAY I
BRING TO THE CSU EXPERIENCE IN
EDUCATION BUSINESS STRATEGIC
PLANNING ADVOCACY AND
CREATIVITY. AND I ALSO BRING A
HUMILITY I HOPE THAT COMES FROM
HAVING THREE YOUNG ADULT
CHILDREN WHO OFTEN REMIND ME
THAT I GREW UP IN A DIFFERENT
WORLD AND- THAT- I CAN'T REALLY
RELATE TO A LOT OF THEIR
OPINIONS. IN THIS WORLD WHICH I
THINK I'M STILL A PART OF. ALL
OF THIS WELL- HOW I APPROACH
THIS GREAT CHALLENGE I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CSU
TEAM- MY TEAM UP HERE AND EACH
OF YOU TO MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE
EQUITABLE DIVERSE COLLABORATIVE
FORWARD THINKING USER FRIENDLY.
AND FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE I'D
LIKE TO PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING
TO CREATIVELY BROWN THE SISTEM
SHOWCASING WHAT MAKES EACH
CAMPUS UNIQUE. AND I ALSO WANT
TO WORK WITH OUR BOARD TO ENSURE
THAT STUDENTS STAFF AND FACULTY
FEEL SAFE FROM DISCRIMINATION
HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE OF. ANY
TYPE- I'LL JUST END BY SAYING I
WANT THE CAL SYSTEM TO NOT JUST
BE THE BIGGEST BUT TO BE THE
VERY BEST IN THE COUNTRY. AT
WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MR VARGAS. MMHM THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE- IS. THAT
ON THE DAY. C. SAID SOMEONE TO
THANK- I WOULD LOVE TO THINK MY
- SHE'S ALWAYS AGO MOVE. SHE
SENT ME TO A- THROUGH YEARS AGO
THIS OFFICE- AND BECAUSE OF OUR
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WE HAVEN'T
SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE MMHM- BUT
SHE SENT ME HERE- AND SHE SENT
ME HERE- MY GRANDMOTHER HER
MOTHER RAISED ME SO. ONE OF MY
WAS ON MY DRIVE HERE- I WAS
THINKING MY FAVORITE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE POEMS BY DR MAYA
ANGELOU WHAT'S CALLED GRAND. IN
THE POEM SHE SAYS YOU KNOW I
COME AS ONE BUT A SANTA SEND
THOUSAND. I CALLED MY
GRANDMOTHER ON MY WAY HERE TO
REMIND MYSELF KIND OF WHO I AM.
AND I AM A JOURNALIST BY
TRAINING SO I HAVE TO CHECK MY
FACTS I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE SO IF I AM
CONFIRMED HERE APPARENTLY I
WOULD BE THE FIRST FILIPINO AND
THE FIRST UNDOCUMENTED.
IMMIGRANT WHOSE REGULARLY
APPOINTED TRUSTEE TO THE SYSTEM
- I AM THE GRANDSON OF THIS
WOMAN BILLION US LENIS SHE MADE
ONLY UP TO SIXTH GRADE. AT D. BY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SYMBOLIC
IN THE PHILIPPINES- BECAUSE SHE
HAD TO GO WORK SO SIXTH GRADE
WAS IT- THE VALUE OF EDUCATION
IS DEEPLY INSTILLED WITH WHO I
AM- I GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE
I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE. AND
AFFORDABLE WE UNDERLYING
AFFORDABLE EDUCATION. I AM
FORTUNATE TO CALL THIS STATE MY
HOME YOU KNOW BECAUSE IN OUR
STATE FOR ALMOST WHAT 30% OF THE
POPULATION IS FOREIGN BORN. FOR
A- MORE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
AFFORDED TO IMMIGRANTS
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS- I CANNOT SAY THE SAME
ABOUT MOST OF THE STATES IN THIS
COUNTRY. OF AN L. I WILL NOT
TALK ABOUT THE OTHER STATES-
WHEN IT COMES TO UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS. BECAUSE I'VE HAD
THESE OPPORTUNITIES- I ENDEAVOR
TO HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT AS
POSSIBLE AND LIVE MY LIFE. AS
FREELY AS I CAN I'M A JOURNALIST
BY TRAINING I'M ALSO AN AUTHOR-
I'M I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT. MIGHT
THE BOOK THAT I THE FIRST BOOK
THAT I WROTE DEAR AMERICA NOTES
OF AN UNDOCUMENTED CITIZEN. THE
FIRST UNIVERSITY TO REALLY LOOK
AT IT AND STUDY IT IS CAL STATE
NORTHRIDGE I WAS REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT THAT. I'M THE FOUNDER OF A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED
DEFINE AMERICAN AND I OWN A
PRODUCTION COMPANY- I MAY NOT
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A
VALID U. S. PASSPORT OR GREEN
CARD BUT. I AM CREATIVELY
BORDERLESS- AND I AM TO BE. A
CENTRIST OF THIS. I TO PAY MY-
FOR. TO EVERYONE. OUR LIST OF
RACE CLASS OR IMMIGRATION
STATUS- I ARRIVED HERE AS I SAID
IN NINETEEN NINETY THREE I THINK
THAT WAS THE ALSO THE SENIOR
THAT TONI MORRISON- ENDED UP
BEING AWARDED THE- FIRST NOBEL
PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. FOR A
BLACK WOMAN AND SHE HAS THIS
GREAT THING THAT I CARRY WITH ME
A LOT. THE FUNCTION OF FREEDOM
IS TO FREE SOMEONE ELSE. THE
FUNCTION OF FREEDOM IS TO FREE
SOMEONE ELSE- TO THIS QUESTION
HOW DO YOU DEFINE AMERICAN. I
TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY I'VE
BEEN TRAVELING AROUND THE
COUNTRY IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY
REGARDLESS OF. WHAT THEY THINK
OF MY STATUS- ASKING THIS
QUESTION AND AS I SIT HERE. WITH
MY COLLEAGUES. I CANNOT IMAGINE
DEFINING AMERICAN WITHOUT
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WITHOUT
FILIPINO PEOPLE IN THEM. SO I'M
JUST VERY HUMBLY- VERY HUMBLED
TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH- BOB
WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM EACH OF
YOU. I AM GONNA. TURN AND START
WITH YOU SENATOR LAYERED WHO-
WEARS MULTIPLE HATS ONE OF WHICH
IS ON THE- BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE
RELATED TO EDUCATION. CENTER
EARLIER. THANK YOU HE- JUST AS
HEARING TEAMS MONDAY AND-
OPENING STATEMENTS IN A IN. ONE
OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK
CAN YOU BOTH. THE ALL THREE OF
YOU ALMOST TOTALLY ANSWERED IT
ANYWAY BUT HOME TO GIVE YOU A
CHANCE TO ADD. WHAT UNIQUE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. ALL THREE
OF YOU HAVE- HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD WHERE
BUT WHAT POINT YOU'RE GET AND
I'M GONNA ASK YOU MORE MONDAY
QUESTION IN A MINUTE BUT- BUT
WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE MORE
MUNDANE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO
PROVIDE IN THE SYSTEM HOW IS
YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE. ARE GOING
TO. INFLUENCE HOW YOU OPERATE AS
A BOARD MEMBER. YOU ARE
DIRECTED- I THINK- ALL SWITCH
ORDERS BECAUSE WERE VOTING NOW
I'M JUST TEASING- WILL START
WITH GILBERT. AND I COMIC TO MY
GLORIA VARGAS IF THAT'S- THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR OFFER TO AN
THAT QUESTION- IT ACTUALLY
THERE'S SO MANY WAYS I COULD
APPROACH IT I'M STRUCK ON OUR
BOARD BY HOW UNIQUE. SO MANY OF
THE TRUSTEES- ARE WHEN YOU GET
TO TALK TO THEM AND KNOW THEM
AND IT SEEMS THAT WHAT BONDS US
ALL IS A PASSION FOR. STUDENTS
AND THE POTENTIAL OF AN
EDUCATION- BUT I THINK YOU KNOW
MAYBE WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT ME
IS- I HAVE- WHY I'M NOT SURE I'M
NOT SURE IT'S UNIQUE BUT I THINK
I'M A GOOD COMMUNS COMBINATION
OF. BEING AN INHERENTLY CREATIVE
PERSON A WRITER SOMEONE WHO
DOESN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER IF
I THINK THAT IT'S INCUMBENT THAT
WE FIND A SOLUTION AND- YOU KNOW
THAT COMBINED WITH A LEGAL
BACKGROUND TO AND A LOT OF SPENT
AND I'M AN ATHLETE SO I THINK
THAT. I HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HOW
TEAMS WORK AND THAT THAT THAT
WE'RE STRONGER WHEN WE WORK
TOGETHER I ALSO THINK MY
MOTHER'S I BRING UP MY MOTHER'S
EXPERIENCE AS A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR BECAUSE- I THINK THAT
EVEN THOUGH I CARRIED AROUND MY
WHOLE LIFE A GUILT THAT I HAD SO
MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY. THAN MY
MOM THINGS LIKE BIRTHDAY PARTIES
AND MOMS AND NORMAL AND GOING TO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I HAVE A SENSE
OF BOTH BEING AN OUTSIDER AND
INSIDER AND I FEEL THOSE BOTH
AND I ALSO FEEL THAT I AM WHO I
AM TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE
MENTORS IN MY LIFE. SO I BRING A
SENSE OF WANTING TO CONNECT WITH
STUDENTS I MEET WANTING THEM TO
COME ALONG AND I CONNECT ALMOST
EVERYTHING I'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN
MY LIFE TO HAVING BEEN. A
PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN
CALIFORNIA AND I WANT THE CSU I
WANT EVERY STUDENT AT CSU TO
BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE
ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BE AS A
RESULT OF GOING THROUGH. THE
SYSTEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
GOREY. IT'S A TOUGH ONE- TO
ANSWER BUT I THINK I WANT TO TRY
TO DO. IS NOT TO FORGET- WHERE I
CAME FROM- YOU KNOW CAME FROM A
TOUGH SOUTH BOSTON. IRISH
CATHOLIC WORKING CLASS
NEIGHBORHOOD I WAS IN A GANG AT
ELEVEN YEARS OLD- IT WAS JUST
TOUGH PLACE TO GROW UP IN A LOT
OF THE- STUDENTS THAT YOU WERE
IN A GANG AND AGAIN YOU KNOW. AT
ELEVEN YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
LAST ONE OF THE THREE I WOULD.
BY NO. BUT IT'S BUT- FOR THIS IN
OUR IN OUR SYSTEM. YOU MORE. THE
VAST. OF FIRSTHAND CALL KIDS
THERE REALLY. YOU KNOW THEY THEY
COME FROM CERTAIN. AND WE HAVE
TO DO IT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
IS THE UNIVERSITY PROBABLY IN
THE COUNTRY WE HAVE TO DO MORE
TO SUPPORT THEM- AND KEEP THAT
IN MIND THAT- WHERE THEY CAME
FROM WHAT THEY- WHAT THEY NEED-
IN TERMS OF BEING SUCCESSFUL IN
THEIR- IN THEIR CAREERS AND-
IT'S GOING TO IT TAKES A LOT OF
WORK TO SALUTE. THIS IS OUR
SYSTEM IS THE SOCIAL MOBILITIES
ENGINE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE NEED TO
REMEMBER THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE- PROVIDING ALL THESE KIDS.
EVERY OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED
AND TO GET A COLLEGE. DEGREE AND
MOVE ON THE PART OF OUR LABOR
FORCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH- I
JUST WANT A SECOND A COUPLE
SOMETHING THAT. LESLIE SAID
WHICH IS JUST THE SHEER
DIVERSITY OF ALL THE BOARD
MEMBERS LIKE WHEN I WALK TO MY
FIRST BOARD MEETING IT WAS.
REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE YOU
CAN REALLY GET TO SEE WHY THE
VARSITY MATTERS. RIGHT LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE YOU KNOW ONE OF OUR
APARTMENTS IS LOOK LOOK KISHA
FIREMAN. OF THE FEW FOLLOW HER
AND HER CAREER LIKE. AND I'M
SAYING THAT AS A WHEN YOU ASK
ABOUT THE UNIQUE THING I AM A
JOURNALIST BY TRAINING I BECAME
A JOURNALIST AND I WAS LIKE
SIXTEEN- AND BEING A JOURNALIST
FOR ME IS. NOT JUST SOMETHING I
DO WHICH IS THE WAY THANK- AND
SO SOMETIMES. I FEEL AS IF. WE
FOCUS SO MUCH ON ANSWERS WITHOUT
ACTUALLY FIGURING OUT FOR ASKING
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. SO THAT IS
THE KIND OF DISCERNMENT INTO
THINKING THAT I'M THAT I HOPE TO
BRING TO THIS WHICH I'M GONNA BE
REALLY HONEST THIS IS
OVERWHELMING. JUST HOW YOU WISH
THE SYSTEM IS. RIGHT AND SO. I'M
STILL KIND OF GRASS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY. WHAT IT IS
WE'RE NOT ASKING AND WHY WE'RE
NOT ASKING THEM. SO I THINK
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. AND THE
SECOND THING AND THEY HAVE TO
SAY IS. MAYBE BECAUSE I'M NOT A
CITY. I FIND QUESTION OF
CITIZENSHIP. VERY IMPORTANT. I
WOULD SAY REALLY CRITICAL. THAT
WERE NOT JUST. HANDING OUT
DIPLOMAS WERE ACTUALLY TALKING
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART
OF THE STATE WHAT WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE A CITIZEN OF CALIFORNIA.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE.
IMMIGRANT STATUS. AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT I THINK I'D LIKE
TO BRING TO THIS. THE SYSTEM
LIKE WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW UP A
SPECIFIC PARTICIPANT. WHAT WHAT
IT MEANS TO ARM. TO BE A
CONTRIBUTING PART OF. OF ART OR
STATE I'M GLAD THAT JACKSON IS
LIKE. LESLIE OF THE MEETINGS YOU
KNOW. THE PAIRING FOR THIS WAS
WAS QUOTING THIS MISTER TO STICK
THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR. INVESTED
IN THE CITY IN THIS IN THE CSU
SYSTEM WE GET SEVEN DOLLARS BACK
. RIGHT THAT'S NUMBER THAT'S
GREAT BUT- I WAS THINKING ABOUT
THAT IN TERMS OF. WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR COMMUNITIES RIGHT THE
MAJORITY THE GREAT MAJORITY OF
CSU GRADUATES STAY IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES STADIUM IS. ON
STATE. AND I WANT TO BE A PART
OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THAT. MEANS MOVING FORWARD
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS
APPOINTMENT. IS FOR AN EIGHT
YEAR TERMS ALL BE LIKE FIFTY.
OVER KID JEFF OLD. I JUST SAYING
. ACTUALLY SAY I'LL BE. ONE THE
TIME THAT TERM IS OVER- THAT'S
ALONG WITH A LONG TIME AND I
WANT TO BE REALLY. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I USE THAT TIME
AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE. WELL LET
ME THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR
ANSWERS AND- HAVING HAD A- ON
EVEN PASSED AWAY WHERE I AM HERE
IT'S HARD TO TALK PERSONALLY-
ABOUT IT IF YOU DID AND I JUST
REALLY. OR SHOULD THAT AND THEN.
THE FOR MARCH. MORE MONDAY IN
QUESTION BUT IT IS THE TOP OF
THE LINE FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE CHAIR.
THREE THE FOUR. EDUCATION BUDGET
SUB COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OR
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND
IN THIS ROOM WE CONSIDERED THE
CSU BUDGET EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND IT IS IN CRISIS THERE'S NO I
DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER
WAY TO SAY IT- HE- THERE'S
BILLIONS OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE INCREASED
THE LAST TWO YEARS DOESN'T EVEN
KEEP UP WITH INFLATION AND YOU
OF LABOR AGREEMENTS COMING UP
AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING OVER
UC SETTLING AND THINKING THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY. TO GO MUCH
FURTHER THAN MAYBE THE RESOURCES
SO WHILE. LAST YEAR WE ATTEMPTED
WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION TO GO
ABOUT THREE TIMES FARTHER. THAN
THE GOVERNOR WAS IN THE BUDGET
BECAUSE WE HAD A RECOGNITION OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING
FACED. BY THE CSU. AND NOW. CAN
YOU HAVE A REPORT IN FRONT OF
YOU I THINK TRUSTY JULIO LOPEZ
DID IT. ARM THAT REALLY LAYS OUT
YOUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO WHAT
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT
THIS YEAR MUCH LESS IN THE YEARS
TO COME AND SO. IT SORT OF AND
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR
MEETING. IT AND THANK YOU FOR
THE MEETING IT IT IS FIRST HOW
DO YOU SEE THAT CHALLENGE. AND
HOW DO YOU SEE OTHERS AND YOUR
ROLE AS MANAGERS YOUR ROLE AS
ADVOCATES TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO
DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MEET THESE
NEEDS GOING FORWARD AND ADDRESS
WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THOSE
STUDIES. IN MIDDLE GOING REVERSE
ORDER THE STUFF. OF SO OFTEN I
GREW UP IN MOUNTAIN VIEW- AND- I
WOULD I GOT THERE GOOGLE THEIR-
SO. I'M REALLY INTO IN JACK WAS
ACTUALLY ME GIVEN HIS MANY YEARS
ON THE BOARD. YOU KNOW HIS HIS
SERVICE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT
PARTNERSHIPS WE CAN BE FORMING
WITH BETWEEN THE TECH ENGINES-
IN THE STATE IN THE HOLIDAY.
INVEST IN THE CSU SYSTEM AND
THEY DON'T. HOW THEY DO AND THEY
DON'T INVEST IN THE CSU SYSTEM
RIGHT- YOU KNOW I'M I'M SURE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY IS WONDERFUL
UNIVERSITY I'VE NEVER GONE THERE
BUT- THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
THAT A LOT OF THE TECH COMPANIES
THAT ARE BASED IN THE BAY AREA
GIVE STANFORD VERSUS WHAT THEY
GIVE TO CSU. EAST BAY OR SAN
FRANCISCO STATE OR SOME OF THE
STATE CINEMA- YOU KNOW I. THAT'S
THE KIND OF THINKING THAT I'M
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. I'M
ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND GIVING
ARE DECLINING ENROLLMENTS CLICK
HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE
OF THE CSU DIPLOMA- I HAD A
FASCINATING CONVERSATION. WITH
PRESIDENT NEW NEW FELT AT THE OF
CSU SAN MARCOS BECAUSE YOU KNOW
HER HER UNIVERSITIES THE TOP
CONSIDERED IN THAT SOCIAL
MOBILITY INDEX REPORT CAME OUT
LAST YEAR FROM COLLEGE THAT. IT
WAS FASCINATING I THINK NINE OF
THE TOP TWENTY. IN THAT IN THAT
IN THAT LIST WHICH TO ME BY THE
WAY IS IT MORE IMPORTANT LIST
AND THE U. S. NEWS RANKING AND
WORLD REPORT. NINE OF THAT MORE
C. S. USE. I WONDER IF OUR
STUDENTS KNOW THAT HOW DO WE
TELL LESLIE AND I AM OVER THIS
HOW DO TELL A BETTER. ABOUT THE
SYSTEM AND THE UNIQUENESS OF
EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES. WE HAVE
A STORYTELLING CHALLENGE RIGHT
AND I WANT TO MEET THAT
STORYTELLING CHALLENGE AND
FIGURE OUT HOW CAN I TRACK MORE
INVESTMENT. AND MORE FRESH
THINKING AND KEEP STUDENTS RIGHT
BASICALLY I'M I'M HAPPY TO SAY
THIS THIS. THIS SEASON I'VE
CONVINCED THREE OF MY RELATIVES
ONE NEPHEW ONE NIECE AND ONE
COUSIN. TO GO TO A CSU INSTEAD
OF A YOU SEE OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE I SAT THEM
DOWN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IS THAT
C. IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. RIGHT
AND I'M THINKING CAN I GO TO THE
CSU WEBSITE CAN GO TO THE
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT LIMITED
TOPPING FOR THIS. HOW DO WE HOW
DO WE ACTUALLY TELL THIS BETTER
STORY OF THIS CAMPUS. I DON'T
FOR ME WHEN I HEARD THE
WASHINGTON POST IN TWO THOUSAND
FOUR BRAD A COLLEGE- IS
SURROUNDED BY PRINCETON YALE AND
HARVARD GRADS I WAS SO HAPPY TO
SAY. I WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO
STATE A **** IN BLACK STUDIES
AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND. I
PAID EIGHT FIFTY A SEMESTER. HOW
DOING. RIGHT I WAS REALLY HAPPY
TO THAT AND- I WOULD I WOULD
THINK THAT THAT'S THE OF THING
THAT OUGHT TO BE CAN. THAT KIND
OF PRIDE INTO WHAT THE SYSTEM
IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISTER
MCCURRY. HE DOES A MEMBER OF A
OF THE TRUSTEE WHO OPPOSES TASK
FORCE AND- WE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME. LOOKING AT THE EXPENSES-
LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL
REVENUES. WHERE CAN WE SAVE
MONEY- WE'RE- WHAT ARE THE
POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES THAT
WE CAN LOOK AT- INCH AND SHE DID
A DEEP DIVE SHE DID A GREAT JOB
LEADING THIS DISCUSS FORCE. AND
I MEAN AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED
EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE WE'VE
GOT A REALLY BEGIN TO LOOK AT
HOW DO WE SUSTAIN. THE UNIVERSE
THIS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM LONG
TERM. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS
YOU ALL WELL TO KNOW WE WELL
KNOW. WE HAVE TO COME TO YOU
EVERY SPRING AND WE ASK FOR
MONEY AND WITH IT WE DON'T. LOOK
AT OTHER POTENTIAL SOURCE OF
REVENUE AS HARD AS WE DO WE
SHOULD PROBABLY. I THINK WERE
UNDERFOOT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE
MISSING THE MARK AND
PHILANTHROPY- WE WERE ONLY
RAISING ABOUT FIVE MILLION A
YEAR IN SENDING A SIX HUNDRED
THIRTY THAT- WE SHOULD BE READY
SAN JOSE SAN FRANCISCO. THOSE WE
GET DEEP POCKETS AND WE NEED TO
DO A MUCH BETTER JOB LIKE THE UC
DOES. IN RAISING MONEY WE NEED
TO AS AS AS AS I SAID. EXPAND
RELATIONSHIPS WITH CORPORATE
PARTNERS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A
GREAT RELATIONSHIP IN NORTHRIDGE
WITH APPLE- SINCE IT'S GOT A
GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALCOMM
THEY PUT MONEY INTO THE
UNIVERSITY. THEY PROVIDE
INTERNSHIPS IN THE PROVIDE JOBS
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO
THAT. CAMPUS BY CAMPUS AND BUILD
OF THIS MANY CORPORATE
PARTNERSHIPS. AS WE CAN AND- IT
WE'D STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
OTHER REVENUE SOURCES WE LOOK AT
THE GOVERNOR'S COMPACT. IS A
MINIMUM LEVEL FUNDING- WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT IS. AGAINST THE FLAG
TUITION THIS YEAR. IT'S A TWO
POINT 6% INCREASE IN IN OUR
FUNDING AND- BUT WE GOT A LOT OF
CHALLENGES I MEAN WE'VE GOT.
DOES IS DOES A SAID DECLINING
ENROLLMENT THAT WE'VE GOT TO
TACKLE- WE HAVE WE HAVE MAJOR
ISSUES- IN TITLE NINE. YOU'RE
ALL TOO AWARE OF THAT WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH-
IMMEDIATELY. AND WE GOT THE
LABOR UNIONS ALL AT THE TABLE AS
OF JULY FIRST. NEGOTIATING THE-
NEGOTIATING FOR NEW CONTRACTS WE
WANT TO PAY THEM A FAIR AND
EQUITABLE WAGE. BUT WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY. FOR AND
THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
THANK YOU FOR MUCH. I AGREE WITH
I AGREE WITH- EVERY. THAT HAS.
AND JACK- SAID IN ADDITION WAY I
THINK ABOUT IT IS- IT. IS JACK
SAID. WELL I WOULD SAY THE ONLY
THING THAT'S OFF THE TABLE IS
THE CSU FAILING. ON OUR WATCH WE
CAN'T LET IT FAIL SO WE DO HAVE
TO LOOK AT. EVERY ALTERNATIVE
POSSIBLE WE HAVE TO TELL BETTER
STORIES AND SELL OUR SCHOOLS
BETTER SO THAT STUDENTS
UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS IN
EDUCATION WORTH PAYING FOR. THE
STUDENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
FOR IT. SHOULD BE ASKED TO PAY
FOR IT AND THOSE WHO CAN'T WE
NEED TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY FROM
THE STUDENTS WHO CAN. TO HELP
FUND THE STUDENTS WHO CAN'T
AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT WE NEED TO
SELL THE STATE I READ SOMETHING
INTERESTING IN ADDITION TO THE-
ONE EVERY ONE DOLLAR INVESTED
THE STATE GET SEVEN DOLLARS BACK
I WAS READING. AN INTERESTING-
ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY THAT
TALKED ABOUT WORKERS WITH A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CALIFORNIA
EARNED 62% MORE. THAN WORKERS
WITHOUT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND
WORKERS WITH THAT. UGH GRADUATE
DEGREE OR 90% MORE THE AVERAGE
INCOME OF A GRADUATE A COLLEGE
GRADUATE IS EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS AS OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE
IN THE STATE. AND IT IS- 12% OF
THAT. ONLY FOR GRADUATES WITH A
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND THE
FINAL THING COLLEGE GRADUATES.
OVER THE LONG TERM HAVE THREE
TIMES MORE WEALTH THAN NON
COLLEGE GRADUATES SO TO ME. IT'S
THE MATH IS REALLY CLEAR THAT IN
THE LONG RUN INVESTING IN THE
CSU WHICH IS THE LARGEST
UNIVERSITY IN THIS STATE IN THIS
COUNTRY BUT IN THE STATE. IS
INVESTING IN OUR STATE IT'S
BRINGING WEALTH AND MONEY INTO
THE STATE SO I THINK WE HAVE TO
LOOK WE- WE HAVE TO BE ADVOCATES
AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING. EVEN WHEN
PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
FOR WHAT WE HAVE WE CAN'T BE
GRATEFUL IF WE THINK WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THE CSU
WE HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL AND STILL
ADVOCATE FOR MORE. FROM THE
STATE WE HAVE TO SELL OUR
STUDENTS ON WHY THIS IS WORTH
INVESTING IN AND THEN AS JACK
SUGGEST WE NEED TO RAISE MORE
MONEY OUR ALUMNI DO NOT HAVE A
CULTURE. OF GIVING AND I'VE
TESTED THAT OUT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN SINCE I'VE BEEN APPOINTED
I'M SHOCKED TO SEE THAT OUR
ENTIRE ENDOWMENT FOR THE CSU. IS
LESSEN UCLA'S ENDOWMENT I MEAN
WE JUST DON'T HAVE A CULTURE OF
GIVING AND WE HAVE TO. GROW THAT
AND WE ALL ARE THE AMBASSADORS
AS CSU TRUSTEES SO. SO GOING OF
CORPORATE SECTOR GOING TO THE
PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR- TELLING
STORIES AND WE JUST HAVE TO
BELIEVE HOW GREAT WE ARE TO SELL
IT TO EVERYONE ELSE. FOR IT.
THANK YOU THIS WAS. ARE VERY
POWERFUL PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND
VERY MEATY. TESTIMONY THE FAX
AND IT'S LIKE I MADE SOME
SUGGESTIONS IN THE MEETING AND I
HEARD THEM COME BACK SO. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AND- YOUR
GREAT STUDENTS. A. N. I WISH YOU
LUCK TONIGHT I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SENATOR LAYERED- MADAM
VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU MA'AM PRO
TEM HI. I AM. VERY IMPRESSED BY
ALL OF YOUR BACKGROUNDS- OF THE
HISTORY SIR SPECIFICALLY TO YOU.
M. AS THE FIRST FEMALE VETERAN
THAT'S EVER SERVED IN THIS
BILLION BUILDING THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING YOUR HAND IN THE AIR TO
SWEAR TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC AND YOUR SERVICE.
YOU'RE TALKING TOO FAST. JUST
DURING READ SIR. TO THE CAN. I
DO TALK FAST I PLEDGE. IN BOTH
OF YOU AND GILBERT LARA AND
VARGAS. YOUR STORIES VERY
COMPELLING AND DEM. I LOVE THE
BALANCE THAT YOU PUT BETWEEN AND
WHAT YOU CALLED YOUR GUILT
VERSUS YOU KNOW YOUR WHAT YOUR
MOM WENT THROUGH. AND I CAN'T
EVEN IMAGINE- I THINK IT'S
SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES OUR WAR
VETERANS COME BACK WITH YOU KNOW
THEY COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW.
MISSING TWO LEGS- HOLE AND HAVE
PTSD BUT THEY CAME BACK IN SO
YOU HAVE. WHEN YOU SURE ABOUT
THAT THE GUILT THAT YOU KERRY
HAVING BIRTHDAYS A MOM JUST
SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT SHAPE
ALL OF US. MR VARGAS YOU
RECOGNIZED YOUR MOM. AND I JUST.
I JUST THINK THAT THE LIFE
EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR STORIES
OF YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE ALL OF
YOU. AM I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON
THE CSU STAFF. AND SO. S. YOU
TALK ABOUT MANY ANY TALK ABOUT
FUNDING AND I LIVE MISTER MARCUS
HOW YOU SAID WE GOT TO TELL A
STORY GET A TICK TOCK I DON'T
THINK MR JUST MAKING AN
ASSUMPTION HERE LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE DICK EARLIER I'LL
THINK YOU'RE ON TECH TALKS. OKAY
YOU KNOW FORGIVE ME BUT- I'M YOU
KNOW THE ME OF OUR USE IN
COLLEGE AGE KIDS ARE THOSE
APPROACHING THAT AGE ARE AND
TAKE TALK THEY ARE ON INSTAGRAM
THEY ARE ON SNAPCHAT THERE ON.
AND YOU KNOW SEVERAL OTHER
PLATFORMS AS I THINK. A LOT OF
MARK YOU KNOW ON SOME PLATFORMS
LIKE FACEBOOK I THINK THE THING
THAT'S AN OLD PERSON'S THING
THAT'S THE- ONLY IN IRAN OR SEES
ME SAID PRETEND IRAN FACE
BUTTONS. AND THAT'S A REFERENCE
TO THE H. HE MADE EARLIER WHEN
YOU SAID YOU'LL BE FIFTY WE BOTH
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. S. SO JUST
I APPRECIATE EACH STEP EACH OF
YOU IF CONFIRMED WOULD BRING
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL-
OBVIOUSLY. AND- ALL OF YOU HAVE
WISDOM AND- ALL OF YOUR STORIES.
BUT I DO HAVE- QUESTIONS ON LIKE
I SAID THE CSU. YOU TALK ABOUT
MONEY YOU TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. YOU ALL
MENTIONED- I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU
MENTIONED THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
THEM AND- ENROLLMENT. AND PEOPLE
ARE ROLLING IN THE CSU SYSTEM.
SO HOW ABOUT THAT BE MY FIRST
QUESTION WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
REASON IS FOR THAT TO THE ITS
MARKETING. DO YOU THINK THAT
IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED
DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND DAD
PEOPLE WENT OFF AND- GOT JOBS IN
OUR CONTENT WITH WHERE THEY'RE
AT NOT GONNA PUT WORDS IN YOUR
MOUTH BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW. WHAT
YOU THINK THAT IS AND I'LL START
ON THIS AND MR VARGAS- THIS IS
WHERE. YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS THAT I. WHEN WE
GET TO THE PRE READING FOR THE
FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS THAT WAS
PROBABLY THE FIRST THING THAT I
WAS THINKING TO MYSELF ARE WE
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS HERE.
IN TERMS OF WHY THE WHY RIGHT- I
THINK DEFINITELY A PANDEMIC IT'S
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BUT IF I
WERE TO USE JUST THE PAST. FOUR
MONTHS AND EXAMPLE OF TRYING TO
CONVINCE MY THREE RELATIVES TO
PICK A CSU AND THEN GOING TO THE
WEBSITE AND I'M A TRUSTEE. RIGHT
OR IF APPOINTED I GET TO BE
ADDRESSED THE- AND- HOW DO I
TELL THIS. YOU KNOW WHEN WE SAY
MARKETING PEOPLE THINK OF THAT
AS A ABOUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING
THAT THAT'S A BAD WORD. SO LET
ME JUST USE TELLING THE STORY
PART I DON'T THINK WE HAVE DONE
AN ADEQUATE JOB. OF MAKING THIS
SYSTEM SEXY IS IT IS SEXY IS AN
ATTRACTIVE SYSTEM IF I'M LOOKING
AT. OUR ALLY NO RETURN OF
INVESTMENT IF I'M LOOKING AT
THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA
COST. RIGHT AND NOT JUST A
QUESTION OF THE HOUSING IT'S
LIKE YOU KNOW. WE HAVE TO BE A
TO BE PROACTIVELY TELL THAT
STORY. OURSELVES AND I'M NOT
SURE EVEN WE ARE NOT JUST
TRUSTEES BUT THE STAFF IN THE-
WE ALMOST NEED SOME SORT OF
TRAINING AND SOME RESEARCH THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN. TO DO THAT I
THINK THAT'S A PART OF THAT. I
THINK A PART OF IT TOO IS. JUST
THE REPUTATION. RIGHT I MEAN I
REMEMBER FOR ME- WHEN I TOLD
PEOPLE I WAS EVER CITY STATE
THIS IDEA THAT WE JUST THAT I
JUST SETTLED. RIGHT THAT I
COULDN'T GO SOMEWHERE HIGHER. UP
THE GOODNESS OF NO SAN FRANCISCO
STATE AT THE TIME AS IT ONE OF
HAS A WONDERFUL JOURNALISM
PROGRAM. I'M PROUD TO HAVE GONE
TO THE FIRST UNIVERSITY THAT.
SPECIALLY IN THIS ERA WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO
REALLY TELL AMERICAN HISTORY ALL
OF IT. I AM I WANT TO OPEN A
UNIVERSITY THAT WAS A GROUND
BREAKER WHEN IT COMES AT THE
COLLEGE OF ETHNIC STUDIES
PROGRAM. RIGHT- HAVE WE EVEN
TOLD THAT'S THE- AND THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE. OR LATINO OR
API TO TAKE ASIAN AMERICAN
STORIES OR CHICANO STUDIES OR
AFRIKANER STUDIES BAPTISMS
COMPLEXITIES. RIGHT AND- EVEN
THAT STORY OF HOUSE WE HAVE
TWENTY THREE CAMPUSES AND BE ALL
OFFER SOMETHING REALLY DISTINCT
AND DIFFERENT- AND I THINK
SOMETIMES THE FACT THAT WE THINK
OF THE SYSTEM IS ONE SYSTEM.
INSTEAD OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE
TWENTY THREE SCHOOLS AND WHAT
MAKES THEM DIFFERENT. I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD I
COULD SEE AS WE LEANING AND MORE
ON. THE MARKETING BUT ALSO GET
RESEARCH ARE WE ASKING THE- DO
WE KNOW THE WEISS. AS MUCH AS WE
HONOR NO THE WISE BEFORE WE HAVE
AN ACTUAL YOU KNOW STRATEGY AND
CAMPING. THANK YOU SIR. MISTER
MCCURRY. YOU IN TERMS OF THE IN
ENROLLMENT IS- IT'S A TOUGH ONE
AND WE WENT ON 7% TWO YEARS AGO-
WHICH IS INCREDIBLE MOST OF IT
WAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-
WHICH WAS. THE WE WILL TRY TO
FIGURE THAT HOLDING OUT ON YOU
KNOW YOU KNOW AS A COUPLE SOME
ANSWERS. CLEARLY IF YOU LOOK AT
OUR ADMISSIONS HALF OF OUR
STUDENTS COME IN. AS FRESHMEN
FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER HALF
FOR TRANSFERS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
HAVE TAKEN A HUGE HIT. ALONG THE
WAY AND THAT'S PART OF OUR OUR
ISSUED IT WOULD GO TO STRENGTHEN
THAT RELATIONSHIP- I THINK
CULTURALLY WE HAVE BEEN VERY
REACTIVE WE HAVE NOT WE-
STUDENTS HAVE COME TO US. WE
HAVEN'T GONE OUT AND WE FOR THE
STUDENTS AS FAR AS WE COULD- YOU
KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKING AND
LOOKING AT CULTURES IT WAS
REALLY EASY FOR ME. WHOEVER'S
GONNA GIVE ME THE MOST MONEY IS
WORLD'S GOING TO GO. AND WE END
UP BEING COLGATE BUT THEY WERE
VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT IT. WE
DON'T GO OUT AND ACTUALLY
PROACTIVELY OTHER THAN ATHLETES.
GO OUT AND TELL A STUDENT OKAY
IF YOU COME HERE WE'RE GONNA
COVER YOUR 500-070-0402 DOLLARS
IN TUITION. WE SHOULD BE USING
THAT AND WHEN 70% OF OUR
STUDENTS GET FINANCIAL AID. WE
SHOULD BE USING THAT AS A
MARKETING TOOL AND REALLY GOING
OUT AND RECRUITING HARD- IN THE
HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND- WE'RE SEEING IN
THE CAMPUSES ARE MAKING A SHIFT
TO MEN AND THEY NOW REALIZE. YOU
KNOW WITHOUT IT WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE DROPPING DROPS IN
ENROLLMENT WE REALLY GOING TO
BE. NOT MEETING WITH THE STATE'S
MISSION. NOT FULFILLING THE
NEEDS OF THE LABOR FORCE AND WE
NEED TO GET TO A MUCH BETTER JOB
AND I THINK THE CAMPUSES OF GOT
THAT MESSAGE. AND THEY'RE TRYING
TO COPE WITH BRAND NEW
RECRUITING STRATEGIES SO THAT WE
CAN BRING MORE MORE STUDENTS
INTO THE SYSTEM WOULD CUT. WE
SHOULD BE EXPANDING AT LEAST.
ONE OR 2% PER YEAR NOT DROPPING.
IN YOU SIR. DISCOVER GIPSON. HAD
I'M WELL I WOULD. I DO I DO- IN
IT. TO THE- THAT. WAR MAY.
BECAUSE IT IT DOES SEEM THAT
IT'S SMALL. TRY STUDENTS THAT
ARE DROPPING OFF MOSTLY.
TRANSFERS FROM COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND I THINK ON THE-
PLUS SIDE IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE
WE'RE BEGINNING TO MAKE
CONCERTED EFFORTS TO RE ENROLL
THOSE STUDENTS. WERE ALREADY
BEGINNING TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
WHICH AGAIN I THINK GOES BACK
TO- WHAT JOSE SUGGESTED WHICH IS
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE
ABOUT. WHY STUDENTS ARE NOT
COMING BACK. BUT OR WHY STUDENTS
HAVE LEFT TO BEGIN WITH BUT
SOMEHOW. AND I THINK IT'S A
COMBINATION YOU KNOW MY GUESS IS
IT'S A COMBINATION OF CODED.
HOUSING SHORTAGES WHICH MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO. FIND A TO FEEL AT
HOME AND A HOME PEOPLE COULD
STAY AT ON CAMPUSES I THINK WE
REALLY. NEED TO- TO LOOK AT
THAT. AND BUT ITS MESSAGING TO
BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE FIGHTING
AGAINST A MESSAGE COMING FROM
THE CORPORATE WORLD WHICH IS
IT'S NOT IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE
TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND I KNOW
THAT PRESIDENT BACK FOR EXAMPLE-
THE- AT NORTHRIDGE AT C. SON WAS
TELLING ME RECENTLY SHE WAS
INVITED TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AT A CORPORATE EVENT. AND OUT
THE CORPORATE EVENT THAT CEOS
WERE TELLING HER I THINK IT WAS
SOME- FILM COME CAMERA COMPANIES
AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO WAS
THERE BUT SHE SAID. THEY WERE
PUSHING BACK ON HER AS TO WHY A
COLLEGE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT
AND WHAT I SAID TO HER IS I BET
THEY ARE NOT SAYING THAT TO
THEIR OWN CHILDREN. YOU KNOW
EVERYONE WHO SAYS COLLEGE IS AN
IMPORTANT ARE TELLING IT TO
OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS WHO THEY
THINK. SHOULDN'T SPEND THE MONEY
ON COLLEGE WE ALL THINK OUR OWN
CHILDREN SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE SO
AGAIN I THINK WE HAVE TO
COUNTER. THAT MESSAGE WITH OUR
OWN MESSAGE OF THAT. YOU KNOW
THE FACTS OF THAT FINANCIAL PAY
OFF TO GOING TO COLLEGE NOT TO
MENTION THE PAYOFFS FOR SOCIETY
AND AS- A CITIZEN IN OUR-
COUNTRY AND STATE. THANK YOU I
F. IMMA GO THERE MY MOM WAS A
SINGLE MOM I GREW UP IN OUR VAN
I WAS THE LEAD ACTOR GINGA RATE
WENT TO. THE HOTTEST THAT'S
RIGHT THERE TO SPEAK SPANISH
BECAUSE MONEY IS OBVIOUS MERCED
THIS IS ABOUT ONE AM TONIGHT AT.
ALLIANCE AND ON HELICOPTER MY
NEIGHBORS AND I WAS A LITTLE
GIRL THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR. AND
DEAD MY MOM WAS A SINGLE THERE
WAS NO MONEY TO GO TO COLLEGE SO
I DON'T GO TO COLLEGE I DON'T
HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE I BARELY
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND
I'M SITTING IN A ROOM. OR IN A
IN A BUILDING THAT IS I'M ONE OF
FORTY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SO ALTHOUGH I AGREE COLLEGE
EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. I
DO NOT THINK IT IS FOR EVERYONE
AND- ALL OF MY KIDS WENT TO
COLLEGE I'M GLAD THAT THEY DID.
BUT I'M THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE
A BALANCE BUT I APPRECIATE- WHAT
YOU SAID BUT I JUST YOU KNOW I
WANTED TO JUST. LAY THAT OUT
THERE SORRY YEAH NO AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW AND
COMING OUT OF THE TO THE-
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY SO MANY
OF THE LEADERS OF STUDIO SAY THE
SAME THING. YOU KNOW JEFFREY
KATZENBERG AND GOT A LOT OF
FAMOUS YOU KNOW A LOT OF
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DIDN'T GO TO
COLLEGE. BUT YOU WOULD LIKE
EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A
VALUE IN IT AND I ALSO FROM MY
CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS
TODAY. I HONESTLY THINK IT IS SO
MUCH HARDER TO SUCCEED TODAY TO
BUY A HOME TODAY TO GET EQUAL
FOOTING TODAY THAN WHEN I WENT
TO COLLEGE. I AGREE SO I WOULD I
WOULD JUST SUGGEST SAID IN A
SENSE I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT TODAY THAN WHEN WE
WERE. YOU KNOW AND THEN THEN
WHEN WE STARTED BUT- I MEAN.
IT'S AMAZING THAT. YOU KNOW I
MEAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
ON ON EVERY FRONT OKAY THANK YOU
MA'AM I AND- M'S GONNA THROW
THIS OUT THERE- ANYONE CAN
ANSWER- I DON'T IT'S NOT A
SPECIFIC QUESTION ANYBODY TO
GENERAL QUESTION I DON'T NEED
ALL THREE B. ANSWER BECAUSE I
THINK IT'LL BE THE SAME ANSWER.
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET
THAT YOU HAVE FOR LABOR LIKE
WHAT OUT OF YOUR ENTIRE BUDGET
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT IS LABOR.
I THINK. OKAY JACK SORRY MR
GRACE. BECAUSE 5% HE TAKES HOURS
AND BETTER OF 75% A JOURNAL FOR.
WELL OKAY SO SAY YOU MEET WITH
LATE ON JULY WHAT. WHAT WOULD
YOUR STARTED ME. BUT THE GET THE
KERR. EXPIRE IN JUNE THIRTIETH.
AND FIVE. OF YOUR BUDGET NOW IS
LATE. MMHM OKAY. AND ARIKE THIS
GONNA TROOPS AND COUNTIES TO
MILLIONS UP AND DOWN THE STATE
IT'S ABOUT. 145% YES NO I'M NOT
SHOCKED BY IT I JUST I AM I AM
THAT. I JUST THINK THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM TO BE AFFORDABLE WE WANT
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM TO OFFER
SCHOLARSHIPS WE WANT PEOPLE TO
BE ABLE TO COME INTO IT. WILL
OFFER YOU THE FIVE THOUSAND
WHATEVER NUMBER YOU SAID FOR
YOUR EDUCATION BUT IF THERE'S NO
RESOURCES TO DO THAT BECAUSE
SEVENTY FIVE AND POSSIBLY AFTER
TOO HIGH 80% OF YOUR BUDGET OR
MORE. IS GOING TO BE LABOR IT'S
VERY DIFFICULT TO OFFER THOSE
THINGS OR EVEN DO A COMMIT
COMPETITIVE- OUT REACH PROGRAM
ON THEM TICTOC COMPRESSION
PURCHASE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS
LIKE THAT WHICH I THINK THAT'S
WHAT YOU WILL PROBABLY- WITH
YOUR- THEN. PUT WORDS IN YOUR
MOUTH OR A POSITION IN YOU BUT I
THINK THAT'S WITH YOUR
BACKGROUND AND- YOU'LL DO THAT-
ANOTHER FINANCIAL THING THAT I
HAVE MAYBE IT GOES TO MYSTERY
WARY AGAIN- THIS THE CSU SYSTEM-
ACTUALLY IT SAID COSTA- WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE COST- I NOTICED IN
YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE A-
ONE. BILLION DOLLARS ONE BILLION
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF
PAGA LAWSUITS. THE PRIVATE
ATTORNEY JURAI SO MISS GILBERT
LARA YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD
WHAT ON. CAN YOU TO ME IF IT WAS
THE- PIECE LIKE DID YOU DO
SOMETHING WRONG NOT YOU BUT THE
SYSTEM ITSELF DID THEY NOT PAY.
OUR JUST MILLING REST PERIODS
REST RECOVERY PERIODS OR WAS
THERE AN ERROR LIKE A SIMPLE
ERROR ON A PAYCHECK STEAD. BUT
YOU STILL CAN'T AVOID THE
PENALTY PHASE SO WHAT I WANNA
KNOW IS OF WAS WHEN THE CLAIM
WAS FILED WAS THERE SOMETHING
WRONG DID YOU DENY PEOPLE WE
JUST DIDN'T PAY THEM DIDN'T PAY
THE MINIMUM WAGE. WHATEVER THEY
GET ON. LABOR CODE SECTION TWO
TWO SIX REQUIRES YOU TO DO. OR
WAS ALL OF THAT OKAY BUT BECAUSE
YOU HAD- APPEAL BOX ON A
PAYCHECK STUB VERSES. A. B.
EIGHT AM. I'M TRYING TO THINK.
THERE'S A LIABILITY PHASE LIKE
WE DID SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU.
HAVE TO PAY REIMBURSEMENT OF
WAGES PLUS PENALTIES FOR THOSE
WAGES. THEN THERE'S WHERE YOU
DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG BUT THE
PENALTY STILL STANDS A FIFTY
DOLLARS PER EMPLOYEE PER
PAYCHECK PER PAY PERIOD. GOING
BACK FOUR YEARS WHICH IS
SUBSTANTIAL I WOULD THINK WITH
ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S
WHY. WE ENDED UP WITH THEM
BILLION DOLLAR. PAYMENT TO SOME
TRIAL LAWYER OUT THERE. AND SO
WHO WANTS TO ADD TACKLE PAGA
WITH ME WELL ABOVE OUR
COLLECTIVE BLOOD PRESSURE GOES
UP SIGNIFICANTLY EVERY CLOSE
SESSION WE HAVE- TO DISCUSS
LITIGATION. IN THE AMOUNTS WE
PAY OUT AGAINST THE GRAVITY OF
THE CLAIM AND SOMETIMES AS YOU
SAID IT'S MINOR. OF TREMENDOUS
AND WE ARE AS ADVOCATING FOR
CHANGE IN THE IN THE STATE LAW-
I CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF
IT- AND THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT
BUT- WE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED- WE ARE WE'RE PAYING OUT
A- TON OF MONEY OUR AND OUR
INSURERS. ARE PAYING FOR THE
MOST PART WE HAVE TO DO A BIG
DEDUCTIBLE. BUT THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE PAYING FOR IT AND
AS YOU SEE THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES LEAVING. SENATE IT'S
JUST YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T SYSTEM
THIS. AND IT'S IN IT'S A MATTER
OF. IT DOESN'T SENSE. AND WE SIT
THERE AND LISTEN TO THE CASES
CLOSE. IN A IS. AND I REALLY
THAT YOU CAN'T JUST. THINGS SO
IN THE REAL. I'M THE BUSINESS
OWNER I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
STARTING A BUSINESS THIRTY YEARS
AGO AND THE GREATEST
OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT I HAVE IN
MY LIFE IS TO GIVE SOMEBODY A
JOB BECAUSE THE JOB CREATES
FINANCIAL SECURITY INDEPENDENCE-
IT ALSO CREATES- SELF WORTH. AND
GIVE SOMEBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. AND WE
EMPLOYEE. 60% SECOND CHANCE
HERS- MOST OF YOU WON'T LIKE
THIS BUT THEY WORK IN THE OIL
INDUSTRY IN THE MAKE ABOUT A
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR
BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GO. TO
TEACH ANYBODY A SKILL IN A
TRADE. AND TO BE A WELDER TO BE
APPEAL SEABOARD OPERATOR. AS
LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO SHOW
UP YOU CAN TEACH THEM TO WORK
THERE. AND DEBT PERSONALLY
DISTRICT SHORTLY- BRIEFLY I GOT
HIT WITH A POD LAWSUIT. MY
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE OFFENSE AS A-
AS AN EMPLOYER IN THE STATE. IS
WE PAID EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
NOBODY GOT. GYPPED OUT OF. NOBLE
HAD WE STAFF AND EVERYBODY GOT
MEAL AND REST PERIODS. BUT OUR
BIGGEST BIGGEST. AWFUL THING
THAT WE DID IS WE PAID WEEKLY
AND OUR PAYCHECK STUBS SAID WEEK
ENDING SEVEN ONE WEEK ENDING
SEVEN EIGHT. AND THE LAW
REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE INCLUSIVE
DATES SEVEN ONE TWO SEVEN EIGHT.
UNDER THE LABOR CODE WHICH I
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BUT I DIDN'T.
AND WE ALSO HAD OFFICES WITH
SEVEN OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. AND- WE I DIDN'T WANT
PASS ROBLES TO HAVE A PROBLEM
CASHING A CHECK FROM
BAKERSFIELD. SO I JUST THAT
WELLS FARGO THEN WELLS FARGO
STAGE COACH LOGO IT SAID WELLS
FARGO UNDER IT SO THEY COULD
CASH IT. IN THE CITY AND- WELLS
FARGO BANK BUT THE LAW REQUIRES
YOU TO HAVE AN ADDRESS. SO THE
REASON MY **** I TELL YOU THAT
STREET I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE
UNDER THE LIABILITY PHASE THE
JUDGE RULED IN OUR FAVOR ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT. THAT WE HAD NO
EXPOSURE NO EMPLOYEES WERE
HARMED. BUT THE WAY THE LAW IS
WRITTEN INTO THE PENALTY PHASE
THE PENALTY STANDS. FIFTY
DOLLARS PER PAY PERIOD PER
EMPLOYEE GOING BACK FOR YEARS.
SO I WAS KEEN THAT'S WHY I ASKED
YOU THAT QUESTION WAS IT
SOMETHING YOU DID WHICH I DON'T
THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS AND I
KNOW IT'S CLOSED DOOR SESSION
AND YOU CAN'T DISCUSS IT. BUT I
JUST I WANT TO. I WANTED TO KNOW
IF IT WAS. YOU KNOW DID YOU NOT
PAY WHAT THE EMPLOYEES WAS WE
WERE REQUIRED TO PAY THE
EMPLOYEES. AND AGAIN I JUST
WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE
OF BILLION DOLLARS. ONE BILLION
DOLLARS. NO MATTER HOW YOU SPEND
IT. IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE
DOING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND
IT'S SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE
TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO COME
TO THE U. S. THE USE THE U. S.
THE- CSU SYSTEM. AND SO ON YOU
MADE A COMMENT ABOUT ADVOCATING
FOR A LOT CHANGE I APPRECIATE
THAT. I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
WITH THAT AND- I GET A EMAIL
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT LISTS THE
SEVENTY TO EIGHTY PAGI CASES
FILED IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
IT'S SEVEN. ATTORNEYS IN THE
STATE THE PREDOMINANTLY DO ALL
THAT. AND TO SAY ALL THAT I KNOW
THIS AND I AND I I'M LIKE WHERE
WE GO AND WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION
QUESTION IS YEAH I KNOW SHE-
SAID. THE QUESTION I ASKED
PREVIOUSLY WITHOUT DOING THAT
WITHOUT DOING EXPLANATION BUT I
WANTED TO KNOW WHY I ASKED THAT
QUESTION. AND IT HAS COST THE
CSU SYSTEM A BILLION DOLLARS.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
GUYS ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS
OTHER THAN. TO ADVOCATE FOR A
LOT CHANGE AND- YOU SEE YOUR
INSURANCE CAN BASED IT SO. I'D
TO KNOW WHAT A- CAN. IS I DIDN'T
YOU COULD GET INSURANCE LIKE
THAT. YOU KNOW WE FIREWALL- IN
WI FI HIM HARD AND THEN IS YOU
KNOW. A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE
ANY. TO THEM AND THEY'RE VERY.
ISSUES AND TO DESTROY IT PRETTY
MUCH STRESS IS CRAZY- WHEN YOU
HEAR THESE CASES. AND THAT YOU
KNOW THE TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL
WEEK I CAN GIVE YOU WITH WHAT
WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR- IN TERMS
OF CHANGES IN THE LAW BUT- IT'S
JUST. IT'S CRAZY MONEY TO BE
SPENDING. THEN IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE THE SITE ADDRESSING. ANY
REAL ISSUE IN SOCIETY. I AGREE
WITH YOU SIR THANK YOU THAT'S.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR-
SENATOR TO A BOTH. I DON'T HAVE
TIME TO RT AT. JOHNMYERS. A GOOD
AFTERNOON A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU
ALL HE TODAY- I APOLOGIZE FOR
NOT HAVING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH. EACH YOU TO DEVELOP A
- MORE PERSONAL- CONVERSATION IN
INSTALLATION SHIP WITH YOU- AS
YOU ARE EMBARKING ON YOUR ON
YOUR DURING YOUR CONTINUE YOUR
JOURNEY IN BREAKING IN NEW
JOURNEY WITH REGARDS TO THE-
BEING PART. OF HISTORY SO. A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FOR YOU ALL
- OF ALL. LET ME JUST SIT BACK
COMMON THE FACT THAT. MY PARENTS
ARE IMMIGRANTS BUT I ALSO HAD
MUCH OF MY YOUTH WAS ALSO SPEND
WITH MY GRANDPARENTS GENE BASED
ON MY GRANDPARENTS WHICH IS WHY
I HAVE SUCH AN OLD SOUL AND I.
ACTUALLY THAT YOU KNOW I JUST I
I'M- MORE COMFORTABLE WITH OLDER
WISER PIEPER PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW
IF THEY LOOK UP TO THEM OUT FOR
WISDOM AND LIFE EXPERIENCES ON
NOT AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO
GRANDPARENTS I AM I'M RIGHT
THERE WITH YOU- IN THE IMPACT.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOT
OF GRANDPARENTS I THINK IN
PARENTS THAT THE PARENTS ARE IN
SURVIVAL MODE. AND AGRO PARENTS
USUALLY MOST OF THE TIME HAVE
THE TIME TO SPEND IN COUNSELING
IN AN INNER TRAIN AND MEETING
DEVOTIONAL MEANS THAT SOMETIMES
ARE NOT BEING MET- YOU KNOW BYE
BYE. RIGHT THE PRIMARY ON ON
THOSE HELP- HAVE SAID THAT I AM
. I TO MAKE A COUPLE OF THE
TRIGGER MY- I THINK. AND I HAD
CREE. THREE DESIGN QUESTION FOR
YOU ALL BUT- IN REGARDS TO. THE
DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. IN
REGARDS TO FINDING VALUE IN THE
EDUCATION- AND A DEGREE FROM CAL
STATE AT ONE OF THE- AND
LISTENING TO THE CORPORATE.
CULTURE NOT ADVOCATING. FOR-
FOR. HIGHER EDUCATION- SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN
LISTENING TO AND HEARING AND
UNDERSTANDING THROUGH OUR
EDUCATION- COMMITTEES ARE BUDGET
EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS IT ONE.
AB YOU KNOW A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT THE COST OF ATTENDING- THE
SCHOOLS- OUR SCHOOLS IN GENERAL
AND I BELIEVE I WAS LOOKING FOR
IT IN MY NOTES BUT I BELIEVE THE
OVERALL. AN INCREASE IN TUITION-
I COULD NOT FIND I'M NOT SURE MY
NOTES I ROTATED HERE. BUT I
BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 2100% AND
I'M LOOKING AT MY BREAK IS OVER
2100% OVER THE PAST. THIRTY
YEARS. ON THAT END I'M NOT SURE
IF THE FILTER AND IT I READ IT
AND I'M LIKE THROUGH MY NOTES-
AND I THOUGHT. THAT'S A LOT
THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT IN IN PROPORTION TO
THAT THEY'RE IN I'M NOT SURE HOW
THE COST OF LIVING IS
INCORPORATED IN THAT. BUT THE
OTHER CONCERN IS THAT I WATCHED
A DOCUMENTARY TO SHARE THIS IN
ONE OF MY OTHER COMMITTEES I
WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY. IN WHICH-
THE INTERVIEWED GRADUATES OF
LEARNING AND THEIR CONCERNS WITH
WHAT THE- FOOD. VERSUS WHAT THEY
MAY. N. AS I'VE INTERVIEWED PAST
BOARD OF TRUSTEES I SAID WE NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB IN PROVIDING
INFORMATION THAT HAS A
CORRELATION OF THE MAJORS
PROVIDED. THE SALARY RANGES
WHICH THEY'RE EXPECTED TO MAKE.
AND THE DATE THAT THEY WILL BE
IN WHEN THEY GRADUATE RIGHT TO
EIGHT. BECAUSE MANY OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS CHOSE THAT
PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND I'M NOT
SAYING CSU IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE BUT JUST IN GENERAL THEY
PICK A SCHOOL. THEY GO INTO DEBT
BY CHOICE. THEY PICK A MAJOR.
AND THEN REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T
MAKE THE MONEY. TO PAY WHAT THEY
OWE OR HE MAKES IT VERY
DIFFICULT AND THEN WE RECEIVE
PROPOSITIONS HERE RESOLUTIONS OR
EVEN
. BILLS THAT SAY.
KEMENTARI THAT I WATCHED MANY IS
ADDITIONAL REALLY THINK ABOUT
THAT AND THIS IS WHY I'M SUCH AN
ADVOCATE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY.
AND WHY IT ADVOCATED AND YOU
KNOW MAKE SURE THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND- HOW OLD IS IMPACTS
REGGIE CATION. SO PLANTING THE
SEED HERE THAT PERHAPS IF NOT
ALREADY IN PLACE BUT YOU DO YOU
PROVIDE A SYSTEM OR A FRAMEWORK
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE MAJORS-
RANGE OF SALARY POTENTIAL AND
THE DATE THAT YOU WILL BE IN.
THIRTY DAYS YOU CAN BE A BETTER
INFORMED STUDENT CHOOSING ONE
THE SCHOOL THAT YOU ATTENDED.
YOU KNOW YOU HAD THAT YOU KNOW A
KEY IN THERE BUT NUMBER TWO IS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OKAY WILL I
BE ABLE TO REPAY THIS- AND NOT
ASKING YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
TO COME IN AND SAY WHICH IS THE
TAXPAYER RIGHT AWAY MANY OF WHOM
DO NOT IT'S GO TO SCHOOL TO PAY
FOR. FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CHOICE OF
SCHOOL NATURE- IN THAT IT SO
JUST FUNDING THE SEED ON THAT
ESPECIALLY AS WE DISCUSS- THE
POTENTIAL INCREASE WHICH TAKES
ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION- WITH
REGARDS TO. CAN I INTERRUPT JUST
SAYS- DO YOU WANT AS A QUESTION
IN THERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO
RESPOND YOU LIKE YES I HAVE SO
THEY CAN KEEP TRACK OF SORRY THE
QUESTION. REAL QUICKLY SURE ON
TUITION IN THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS
WE'VE HAD ONE TUITION AND
INCREASE. TO OUR FIFTY DOLLARS
IN OPEN ELEVEN YEARS. WHICH IS
PART OF OUR PROBLEM IN TERMS OF-
LOOKING AT FINANCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY ONE HALF OF YOUR
GENERAL FUND BUDGET ISN'T MOVING
AT ALL. AND WE'RE RELYING ON THE
OTHER HALF FROM FROM THE
LEGISLATURE. TO OPEN UP I SAW
THE NUMBERS THE OTHER DAY I
MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
GRADUATE WITH NO DEBT YEAH. IN
RIGHT AND THEN 75% YEAH AND THEN
WHAT ISM ISM UP FOR THIS SESSION
. I RAN ACROSS A CHART THAT
ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR MAJOR. IN
THE PROJECT SELL WITH THEY WOULD
MAKE. OKAY SO WE AND WOULD YOU
WANT TO TIE THAT INTO INTO
STUDENT AND INTO- FINANCIAL. AID
OR STUDENT DEBT SO WE WILL TRY
TO PROVIDE THAT NUMBER BY THING
NAY THING WE CAN EMAIL THAT OVER
TO TODAY. THE CHART. THE ONLY
ONE I ABOUT THAT IS ACTUALLY
THINK THAT IS A PART OF THE
STORY WE HAVE DETAILS. YOU KNOW
LIKE I'M SO PROUD THAT I DIDN'T
HAVE THAT EXAGGERATED FROM
COLLEGE AND I SENT ON. EVEN
THOUGH IT IS IT IS DOUBLE I
REMEMBER WHEN I WENT IT WAS
EIGHT THAT THIS SEMESTER I SENT-
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT AT. SAN
FRANCISCO STATE AND IT WAS. FOUR
THOUSAND I THINK AT THE TIME TO
FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED. BUT
STILL WHEN WE BROKE THE NUMBERS
DOWN THAT'S STILL RELATIVELY
AFFORDABLE. I MEAN AGAIN I TALK
ABOUT ARE WHY THE RETURN OF
INVESTMENT HERE- BUT THAT'S A
STORY THAT I BET YOU- MOST
PEOPLE. IN THE STATE DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT AND I THINK. HOW DO WE PUT
THAT IN A SIZEABLE BITE THE
PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. THAT I
HAVE TO SAY. FINANCIAL LITERACY
ABSOLUTELY. SO MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS- COME FROM IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES AND WE DON'T REALLY
LEARN FINANCIAL LITERACY IN.
SUCH AS IMMIGRATION GENERAL OF
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN- THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT. IS SOMETHING WE
REALIZE WHEN THINGS GO BAD. IT'S
NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PRICE KIND
OF LIKE NUTRITION RIGHT YOU
DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FOOD AND- YOU KNOW. IT'S
JUST FOOD AND NUTRITION RIGHT
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
DON'T. GET ENOUGH OF THAT
ACTUALLY WONDER GIVEN TO SOCIAL
MOBILITY INDEX PART OF OUR OUR
EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE ACTUALLY
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ON ASSIST
AND IT'S OF OUR POINT. RIGHT
YEAH INTO TO ADD ONE MORE NUMBER
60% OF OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW
PAY NO TUITION AT ALL. I THINK
IT'S LIKE 75% THE GRADUATE
WITHOUT DEBT BUT 60% YOU PAY NO
TUITION AND I THINK IN ALL OF
THE CONVERSATION WHATEVER WE
TALK ABOUT TUITION INCREASES IT
STILL ASSUMING THOSE. SAME
NUMBERS THAT LARGE AMOUNTS OF
STUDENTS THE MAJORITY BY FAR ARE
NOT GOING TO GRADUATE WITH DEBT
BUT I THINK. I THINK WE ALL
AGREE WITH YOU A 100% THAT.
STUDENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE
VALUE WE SHOULDN'T ASK IT'S NOT
A LEAP OF FAITH GOING JUST CALL
IT SHOULD NOT BE. TRESPASSED
IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR YOU WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT
AND SHOW THE VALUE OF AN
EDUCATION AND SHOW THE VALUE OF
EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT MAJORS.
AND I THINK IT'S- IS RIGHT SO
REALLY QUICK. AND I WANTED TO
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CLARIFY AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER
I USE. IT WHAT YOU SAID WAS WHAT
YOU INTENDED TO SAY SO I JUST
WANTED TO CLARIFY. DID YOU SAY
THAT THE STUDENTS THAT COULD
AFFORD SCHOOL SHOULD HELP THOSE
THAT DO NOT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO
GO TO SCHOOL I DIDN'T MEAN THEY
SHOULD HELP THEM BUT I MEANT
THAT. STUNS WE HAVE STUDENTS AT
THE CSU WHO COULD AFFORD TO PAY
TUITION JUST AS THERE ARE
STUDENTS YOU KNOW WHAT THE UC
WHO. PAY TUITION LIKE WE SHOULD
NOT TAKE TUITION INCREASE. OFF
THE TABLE ENTIRELY WE SHOULD IF
YOU KNOW WHERE OUR NUMBERS DON'T
PAN OUT WHERE OUR EXPERTS ARE
TELLING US THAT. THAT THAT OUR
SYSTEM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE
WITHOUT A TUITION INCREASE. WE
SHOULD NOT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE
SOME STUDENTS WHO ATTEND OUR
COLLEGES WHO CAN PAY TUITION AND
SO FOR THE STUDENTS WHO CAN. ONE
BACK WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WE'RE TALKING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
INCREASING WE DON'T THE WAY IT
WAS PRESENTED TO US WAS A POOR A
PORTION OF THE INCREASE WOULD
THEN GO TO PAY FINANCIAL AID. TO
THE LARGE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS
ALSO WHO CAN'T SO IT IS SO THE
KIDS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
THE INCREASE IN TUITION. YOU'RE
SAYING THAT THEY THEY WHAT THEY
PAY INTO THE SYSTEM SHOULD HELP
OFFSET FOR THE ONES THAT. CAN'T
AFFORD IN OTHER WORDS TUITION
WOULD BE TUITION FOR EVERYBODY
BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE
WHOLE IDEA IS THAT THERE WOULD
BE SUBSTANCE SUFFICIENT
FINANCIAL AID. FOR THOSE
STUDENTS WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO
ATTEND BUT- IT BUT MEET THE
STANDARDS FOR FINANCIAL AID AND
THAT WOULD BE AT SUBSIDIZED BY
THE STREET AS THEY CAN'T AFFORD
TO PAY MORE I THINK THAT'S HOW
IT IS NOW TO IT IS SUBSIDIZED. I
MEAN IT'S EXACTLY AS IT WORKS
NOW BUT WE SHOULDN'T ASSUME MORE
AT THE UPPER LIMIT OF WHAT IT
TUITION CAN ALWAYS. BE BECAUSE I
THINK WE'RE TOLD THAT. WE DON'T
HAVE A FINANCIAL MODEL THAT.
HANDS OUT WITHOUT AT SOME POINT.
INCREASING TUITION. I MEAN THE
UC'S I THINK FIGURED IT OUT AND
THEY INCREASED TUITION AND
COHORTS SO STUDENTS KNOW WHEN
THEY ENTER SCHOOL WHAT THAT.
TUITION IS AND I THINK THAT YOU
KNOW. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT OUR
OWN MODEL THAT MAKES SENSE BUT-
AGAIN I JUST THINK I AM AND BUT
YOU KNOW I WAS JUST APPOINTED TO
THIS. BOARD BUT IN LISTENING TO
THE REPORTS YOU KNOW I BELIEVE
THE ANALYSIS THAT TAKES YOU KNOW
WE- I DON'T THINK WE COULD JUST
PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND WHEN
WE HEAR THAT. THAT WAY THAT THE
BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER NOW- YOU
KNOW DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL
SENSE SO I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT
CHANGING- I THINK THAT I'M
THINKING ABOUT- DEBT. AN
INCREASE IN TUITION AT SOME
POINT MIGHT BE INEVITABLE. AND I
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I HAD A CLEAR. IN
CASE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANTED
TO SAY JUST WHEN IS HE
OPPORTUNITY CLARIFY KHANGEE AND
- SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SO IN
THE STATE RIGHT NOW WE'RE
DEALING WITH A LOT OF
LEGISLATION AND TRYING TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND- MAJORS-
SORRY. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH WORK FORCE AND IT'S FUNNY
WE'RE GRADUATING MANY MANY
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STATE. AND
YET WE ARE NOT. AB WE DO NOT
HAVE ENOUGH WORKFORCE TO MEET SO
MANY OF THE NEEDS WITHIN THE
STATE AND SPECIALLY IN MY IN THE
INLAND EMPIRE SUCH AS EDUCATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE
MEETING THOSE THOSE NEEDS OUT WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE. IN IN THOSE CLASSES
SO THERE'S SO MANY AREAS WITHIN
OUR STATE THAT WERE NOT BUT YET
WE'RE GRADUATING MANY MANY
INDIVIDUALS. SO I'M NOT SURE
WHETHER OR NOT THE THIS YEAR'S
USE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE STATE
AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AS TO. WHAT
FEELS THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON AND
MAKE AVAILABLE THAT MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE WORK FORCE THAT WE
HAVE IN THE STATE SO- ANY
THOUGHTS ON THAT END UP IN THAT
OLYMPIC THE FACT THAT. YOU KNOW
IT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU FOLKS
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT IF YOU
WANT TO ADDRESS- JUST IN
EDUCATION FOR INSTANCE- IT'S- IN
MY NOTES SAID BETWEEN TWO
THOUSAND AND THREE AND FOUR THE
CSU SYSTEM ISSUED OVER NINETEEN
THOUSAND TEACHING CREDENTIALS.
YES YET LESS THAN TWENTY YEARS
LATER. OUR ONLY ISSUING ABOUT
SEVEN THOUSAND. SO DO YOU FOLKS
ARE YOU FOLKS DOING ANYTHING ARE
YOU AWARE OF THIS OF THESE
DEMANDS OF WORKFORCE IN OUR
STATE AND AS MEMBERS WHAT DO YOU
WHAT IS YOUR COMMITMENT IN YOUR
PLAN. YOUR INVESTIGATIVE MIND.
HOW AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE
WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IN OUR STATE
WHAT CAL STATE CAN DO TO HELP
PROMOTE FEELS THAT ARE IN NEED
IN OUR STATE. AND HOW DO WE
START WORKING TO MEET THAT THAT
NEED AT THE STATE. TO WHOM I NOT
I'M JUST MAKE IT ON I WAS I WAS
I WAS FOR MY BROW BECAUSE- I
DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE
HAVE THAT BREAK IN. BROKEN DOWN
IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE BEST SO
THAT WE CAN AGAIN SELL THE VALUE
OF SPECIFIC SCHOOLS LIKE AGAIN A
LOT OF THIS IS MY FAMILY RIGHT
SO IF I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE
SOMEBODY TO GO TO SF STATE OR TO
GO TO CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE. HOW
WOULD I TELL THEM TO SAY IF YOU
GO TO THAT SCHOOL THIS IS THE
QUESTION AND THIS IS HOW THEY
GONNA PREPARE YOU TO GET THAT
DIPLOMA. I DON'T THINK IT'S A
SPECIFIC AS THAT I THINK THERE
ARE SOME REPORTS STATE WHY DON'T
SYSTEM WIDE THAT I'VE SEEN IN
THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON
THE BOARD. BUT I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE DONE IT IN IN A KIND OF A
DISAGGREGATED WAY THAT YOU'RE
DESCRIBING IF I IF I'M WRONG. I
THINK. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT- I
THINK WE PUT WE FOR MORE ON WHAT
THE LABOR FORCE NEEDS. DRIVING
THE SHIP THOUGH THE IT DOESN'T
MOVE REAL FAST SOMETIMES- AND TO
GET THE FACULTY TO CHANGE IN A
COLLABORATIVE WAY AND- MOVE
RESOURCES INTO A NEW ACADEMIC
AREA- MY EXPERIENCE WAS A TAKES
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND A LOT
OF- POLITICAL SAVVY TO GET IT
GET IT DONE. BUT I ON TEACHERS I
LOOKED AT THE LAST TEN YEARS AND
WAS OF RELATIVELY STABLE NUMBER.
WE HAD A COUPLE BOOKS UP AND
DOWN- DO AREA THAT I THINK WE
GOT WE WERE HURTING AND IS
NURSES. WERE DOWN ABOUT 15% AND
DEGREE FROM NURSES THAT WITH
THAT ONE REALLY CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION. AND SO ASK A COUPLE
QUESTIONS AND ONE IS THAT WE
HAVE A STATE LAW THAT. YOU HAVE
TO GO INTO A CLINIC FOR YOUR
PRACTITIONER SIDE OF BEING A
NURSE AND YOU CAN'T DO IT
VIRTUALLY. AND THAT HURT US
DURING THE PANDEMICS OR NUMBERS
ONE ONE WAY DOWN. OKAY AND SO WE
NEED TO DO I THINK WE NEED TO
LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO
THESE DEGREES. THE OTHER THING
IS TEACHERS NEED TO JUST BE
PAYING MORE. BEEN THERE NOT.
THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE VALUE IN
SO. WHEN YOU TALK TO STUDENTS
ABOUT A DEGREE THAT LOOKING AT
AS USED. SAID IDA CHART WHAT DO
YOU TO MAKE AT THE END OF THE
DAY. IN TEACHERS WAY DOWN AND
THEN THEY NEED THE NEEDS TO BE
SOME COLLECTIVE EFFORT. TO MOVE
THOSE SALARIES OF MEN KILLED
MAYBE CALIFORNIA CAN LEAD THE
WAY IN DOING THAT. THE OTHER
CATEGORY I WOULD ADD TO TEACHERS
AND NURSES ARE. TELL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS. WHICH WE HAVE A
HUGE SHORTAGE IN IN THE STATE. I
DO THINK THE CSU'S ARE FOCUSED
ON. WANTING TO ATTRACT MORE
STUDENTS TO. ALL TO ALL THREE OF
THOSE AREAS I MEAN I'VE HEARD.
THINGS JUST TALKED ABOUT IN
TERMS OF. HOW DO WE MAKE THE-
YOU KNOW HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE
FINANCIALLY STUDENTS TO COME
HERE HOW DO WE CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR REALLY
EXCITING INTERNSHIPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN STUDENTS ARE
IN THOSE MAJORS AGAIN I THINK
IT'S A MATTER OF YOU KNOW I
THINK IT'S WORKING HAND IN HAND
WITH THE STATE WE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND. THOUGH THE WORK
SHORT THE WORK DEFICIENCIES IN
THE STATE WE SHOULD WORK
TOGETHER TO. BEEF UP THOSE
PROGRAMS. BUT INTERESTINGLY I
KNOW UCLA THE NURSING PROGRAMS
THE HARDEST PROGRAM TO GET INTO
IN THE WHOLE COLLEGE ONLY 5% OF
APPLICANTS OR EVEN ADMITTED. SO
LIKE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AT
YOU KNOW AND IT AT THE CSU. HOW
TO REALLY HOW TO ATTRACT
STUDENTS HOW TO GET THEM THROUGH
THE PROGRAM HOW TO GRADUATE THEM
AND HAVE THEM TO HAVE THE
EXPERTISE THAT WE NEED. IN IN
THOSE AREAS. SO SPEAKING ON THAT
POINT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I
HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU FOLKS ARE
THE RIGHT- PERSONAL TO ASK OR-
ANY TAX. FIGURE OUT WHO TO ASK.
BUT IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT- WHEN HE COMES TO SCHOOLS
THAT PROVIDE NURSING- NURSING
DEGREES. AB MANY OF THE SCHOOLS
HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION. TO
BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN ACCEPT-
IN THE PROGRAMS- AND I'M NOT
SURE IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE
AND I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE TO.
ANSWER THAT. PARTICULAR ASPECT
BUT- I THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AS
TO. HOW DO WE FACILITATE THAT IS
STILL THE CASE AND IF THAT IS
THE CASE HOW DO WE FACILITATE.
THE STATE COMING IN AND
APPROVING- THE EXPANSION OF
THOSE NURSING PROGRAMS WITHIN
THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS SO THAT
THEY CAN ADMIT MORE STUDENTS.
AND I'LL I LAST REMARK- THAT I
HAVE TO. MENTION IS THAT. AND I
HOPE THAT THIS IS TAKEN IN THE
BEST WAY POSSIBLE FOR SOLD MY
SISTER'S A NURSE USE THAT NEIL.
NURSE PRACTITIONER. AND WHEN I
GAVE BIRTH TO MY BABIES AND I
WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS
REALLY THE ONLY TIMES I'VE EVER
BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. THE MOST
NURTURING LOVING ATTENTIVE
DOTING NURSES WHEN I WAS IN LOTS
OF PAIN THIS IS THE SECTIONS
WERE MY FILIPINO NURSES. JUST AS
AN FYI I DON'T KNOW WHY. BUT
THEY WERE YOU CHEST BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL NURSES AND I VALUE
THEM SO I WON IT JUST BY KIERSEY
THINK YOUR YOUR AUNT'S FOR
TWELVE OF THEM. WELL YOU SEE-
JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT
SERVICE AND THEN ONE LAST
QUESTION IS A VERY SPECIFICALLY
TO YOU. IF YOU HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY AND I KNOW THE
IMMIGRATION BURKE S. SYSTEM IS
INCREDIBLY BROKEN. THE FEDERAL
STATE NOT A NOT A NOT A STATE
ISSUE BUT ONE LAST QUESTION ON
THAT. IF THERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FIX OUR
IMMIGRATION PROGRAM- IN THIS IN
IN THE- COUNTRY. WOULD YOU.
BECOME A CITIZEN- SO THAT'S
ACTUALLY WHY THERE'S ELEVEN
MILLION UNDOCUMENTED. PEOPLE
RIGHT THERE'S NO PROCESS FOR US
TO FOLLOW AND THIS BY THE WAY I
HAVE TO SAY IS. IS YOU KNOW I
PUBLICLY OUTED MYSELF TWELVE
YEARS AGO AGAINST THE ADVICE OF
TWENTY EIGHT IMMIGRATION
LAWYERS- BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT
IN THE TWELVE YEARS THAT HAVE
BEEN PUBLICLY OUT AS AN
UNDOCUMENTED PERSON THAT'S
PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION
I GET ASKED IS WHY DON'T YOU
JUST FIX THIS THING. AND I HAVE
TO LIKE TELL THEM WHAT WHAT DO
YOU WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T
JUST YOU KNOW AND BECAUSE OF THE
SPECIFIC. HOW SPECIFIC MY CASES-
THE REALITY IS I HAD TO BREAK
LAWS SO I CAN HAVE JOBS. RIGHT
LIKE I A I FALL I CHECKED THE B.
U. S. CITIZEN BOX THAT'S WHY IT
DIDN'T SHIP WITH IMPORTANT TO
ME. WHEN I WAS NINETEEN APPLYING
FOR A JOB THAT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
GET AN EMPLOYMENT FORM RIGHT ASK
YOU ARE YOU A US CITIZEN OR
LEGAL RESIDENT. I CHECKED THE U.
S. SENATE BOX THAN A CHECK THAT
FOUR TIMES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT-
I AM I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE
TIME THAT FALSIFYING OR CLEANING
YOU ASSIST US CITIZENSHIP IS THE
HIGHEST OFFENSE YOU COULD TAKE
UNDER IMMIGRATION LAW- I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO
THAT. RIGHT- AND SO. IN MANY
WAYS I THINK THE FACT THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A PROCESS RIGHT NOT
TO FOLLOW AND I DON'T KNOW. HOW
LONG THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN
CONGRESS'S GONNA TAKE TO DO
THIS. THE QUESTION FOR ME IS
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
STATE BY STATE I FEEL LIKE THIS
IS GOING TO HAPPEN STATE BY
STATE. THANKFULLY WE'RE IN
CALIFORNIA. COOPER NORTH
CAROLINA. IF YOU'RE A DOCUMENT
YOU CAN GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
. RIGHT EVEN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA YOU CAN GO TO THE TOP
THREE SCHOOLS HELLO. YOU KNOW DR
MARTIN THE KING WOULD MAKE OF
THAT- AND SO. I HAVE TO SAY BY
THE WAY YOU KNOW BECAUSE- AS AN
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT WHEN I WAS
A SAN FRANCISCO STATE THERE WAS
KNOLL. LANGUAGE AROUND THIS- AND
I'M- HAPPY I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
NOW. GO TO THE CSU WEBSITE
THERE'S ACTUALLY LIKE NOT ONLY
LANGUAGE THERE'S LIKE PROGRAMS
THERE'S- LEGALLY. THE SERVICES.
THIS IS HOW YOU APPLY THIS IS
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT- IT'S BEEN
REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT KIND OF-
SERVICES. AS I UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE TEN THOUSAND THAT WE KNOW
OF WARREN DOCUMENTED STUDENTS- I
WAS. SAYING I THINK IN ONE OF
THE MEETINGS. WITH SENATOR
SMALLWOOD. CUEVAS THAT. TOO
OFTEN PEOPLE THINK OF
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE AS A AS A
LATINO ISSUE. AND I'VE MET SO
MANY UNDOCUMENTED ASIAN
UNDOCUMENTED BLACK IMMIGRANTS
STUDENTS WITHIN THE CSU SYSTEM-
AND I WONDER IF THEY'RE- THEY'RE
COUNTED IN THAT WHEN WE SAY WE
HAVE TEN THOUSAND. RIGHT SO WHAT
CAN WE DO GIVEN THAT NOTHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IN CONGRESS WHAT
CAN WE DO TO LIKE SET UP OUR OUR
STUDENTS. RIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN
ENTER THE WORK FORCE IN THE DATE
COULD BE CONTRIBUTING PARTS OF
SOCIETY. SO THE QUESTION- TO
THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO
LEGALIZE MYSELF YET BUT- IF I
HAD A BIT IF YOU DON'T YOU DON'T
TALK OVER EACH SHOW STARTS HARD
FOR HOPES ARE. IF I HAD A CHANCE
HAD IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THE SYSTEM WAS FIXED. IN A
WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO
ENTER THE PROCESS AND BECOME A
LEGAL US CITIZEN. WOULD YOU TAKE
THAT OPPORTUNITY- AS I
UNDERSTAND IT OPERATING AMERICAN
I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY OWN
COUNTRY TO RECOGNIZE IT. YES
ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTE PERFECT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU- SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR IN I GUESS THE BENEFITS OF
GOING LAST IS THAT MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
ANSWERED AND- JUST LIKE OUR
CONVERSATION YESTERDAY TO SOME
VERY RICH. DISCUSSION AND- A
PRODUCT OF- THE CSU. SYSTEM
RECOGNIZING HOW IT CREATES REAL
ACCESS TO A LADDER FOR STUDENTS
WHO OFTEN HAVE TO PUT THEMSELVES
THROUGH SCHOOL- WHO OFTEN. DON'T
KNOW THAT HIGHER ED IS AN
OPTION. AND WHO DESPERATELY
NEED- THE CERTIFICATION- AND
DEGREES- TO STEP INTO- THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEIR
FAMILIES HAVE HAVE BEEN DENIED
AND I WANT TO SAY I'M I'M- SO
EXCITED TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT WAYS TO. ADDRESS AND
ROMAN. A TO BE MORE INCLUSIONARY
FOR UNDOCUMENTED AND OTHER
MARGINALIZED STUDENTS AND- HOW
TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE INSTITUTIONS WHICH NO
EMPLOYEE IN OVER A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND FOLKS ACROSS THE
STATE- CONTINUE TO BE AN
ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES WHETHER IT'S
FACULTY- WHETHER IT'S THE YOU
KNOW THE CLASSIFIED STAFF
WHETHER. IT'S STUDENT THE
SCRATCH STUDENTS AND OTHER
CAMPUS WORKERS I'M I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT IS A TREMENDOUS
VALUE AND- INSTANTLY IT
LEGISLATOR AND- BEING ON BUDGET
SUB ONE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS DID EARN A LIVING WAGE-
AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
CONTINUE. TO ALLOW THE CSU TO
THRIVE AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO SO I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE. MAKE THOSE COMMENTS MY
QUESTIONS- AND I APPRECIATED-
MISS LORE YOU SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT THE SORT OF VACANCY RATE
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT SO I'M
NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT BUT
JUST THIS ECONOMY OF RESOURCES
AND HOW YOU ALL ARE THINKING
ABOUT. THAT AND REALLY TRYING TO
CREATE THAT SPECIFICATION AND TO
ALIGN WITH INDUSTRY THAT ARE
LOOKING. FOR WORKERS IN THOSE
PARTICULAR SECTORS I JUST- THAT
BEING A REAL AND- POINT FROM
ARTISTS. OF TO RAISE AYE AYE- MY
QUESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH IT AND
I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED IN AND
I WANTED TO RAISE THIS BECAUSE
IT WASN'T TOUCHED ON WAS SORT OF
ALLUDED TO- AND THAT IS. THE
WAYS IN WHICH WE ENSURE THAT OUR
CAMPUSES ARE SAFE FOR STUDENTS
AND FOR WORKERS AND PARTICULARLY
STUDENTS- WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY
EXPERIENCED THINGS LIKE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT- AND WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING
DISCRIMINATION FREE. CAMPUSES
COURT FOR EVERYONE IN THERE WAS
A RECENT REPORT THAT I KNOW CAME
OUT IN THE LAST TRUSTEE MEETING-
WHERE THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
SAID THAT THERE ISN'T A REAL
MECHANISM FOR TRACKING ACROSS
THE SYSTEM. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
AND MISCONDUCT CASES SYSTEM WIDE
AND TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW JUST
THE DIFFERENT- WAYS IN WHICH-
SOME OF THOSE TRACKING
MECHANISMS IN SOME WAYS YOU KNOW
HELP TO- CREATE AN AD TO A
CULTURE OF DISTRUST- FROM
STUDENTS AND FROM EMPLOYEES
BECAUSE THERE IS A VIGOROUS
ENFORCEMENT. AND TRANSPARENCY IN
THE PROCESS AND I- I DO KNOW
THAT THIS- EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS
ONE IN WHICH MANY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO- IT
IS A COMMUTER CAMPUS WHERE THERE
IS- WORKING PARENTS- WHO WHO ARE
WHO ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF
THAT SYSTEM AND ALSO YOU KNOW
COMING FROM COMMUNITIES WHERE
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TRAUMA-
RELATED TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES
AND SO. YOU KNOW THIS IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE WAYS
IN WHICH WE ARE DOCUMENTING
WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND WE'RE
EDUCATING ON THIS ISSUE ACROSS
THE CAMPUS BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE
DATA. THERE'S NO YOU CAN'T YOU
CAN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN'T
MEASURE- AND SO I WONDERED WHAT
SHOULD TRUSTEES IN YOUR OPINION
BE DOING ABOUT THIS- WHAT ARE
THE WAYS A CS YOU CAN CHANGE
THIS THIS REALITY AND REALLY-
YOU KNOW NOT JUST SAY WE'RE
AGAINST THESE THINGS BUT HAVE
EVIDENCE DRIVEN PRACTICES AND
POLICY CHANGES THAT REALLY
ADDRESS THE ISSUE SO I WANT TO.
GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S BEEN
DISCUSSED AROUND THIS- IN IN
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AS WAYS TO
RELEASE A REST RIGHT THIS TREND
. I WILL I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT IT
MAY I WILL START WITH MR VARGAS
I WILL COME. COME DOWN. I'M SURE
JACK AND- LESLIE HAVE A LOT TO
SAY ABOUT THIS BUT THE THING FOR
ME THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE
COMES IN THE CORNER REPORT WAS
THAT THE EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
RESPONDENTS. BELIEVE THERE IS A
HUNGER. PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO
ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THIS AND
WHAT I JUST WITH THE NAME AND
I'M GLAD THAT YOU KNOW THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS AND- THE KIND OF
SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED SPECIALLY.
WITH THE STUDENT BODY THAT WE
HOW THAN. MENTAL THANKFULLY
MENTAL HEALTH IS SOME MUCH MORE
MAINSTREAM THING TO BE
DISCUSSING WHAT I WAS IN COLLEGE
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE- SO I
THINK WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
HUNGER FOR THIS BUT WHAT WE
DON'T HOW IS AN ACTUAL ISSUE
SAID SYSTEM STEPS THE WHITE
SYSTEM- SYSTEM WIDE WAY OF
TRACKING IT. AND ABSOLUTELY FOR
ME I MEAN I KNOW THAT THIS HAS
COME UP IN CONVERSATIONS WE HAD
BEFORE WE EVEN GOT THIS REPORT
IS FIGURING OUT HOW WE GO ABOUT
DOING THAT. I THINK THE I THINK
WHAT'S BEEN A OF THE- COUPLE
YEARS IS BY THE AROUND FOR A
LONG TIME IS. WE DID MAKE IT A
TOP TOP PRIORITY- AND THAT'S
REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND THE
SYSTEM WAS. VERY DECENTRALIZED
THE WAR WORN CONTROLS FROM THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN THERE- WE LACKED THE
TRAINING- TO PROVIDE TO THE
PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUSES. THE
CAMPUS ISN'T UP WITH
INCONSISTENT POLICIES AS A
RESULT OF THAT SOME RESPONDED TO
THE COMPLAINTS THE WAY THEY
SHOULD. OTHERS DIDN'T AND WE NOW
NEED TO TAKE YOU KNOW TAKE THE
BULL BY THE HORNS AND SAY. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE SYSTEM WIDE CONTROLS
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEEF UP THE
CHANCES OFFICE- AND INVOLVEMENT
IN THIS. AND WE HAVE TO PROVIDE
CONSISTENT TRAINING CONSISTENT
PROCEDURES. FOR ALL TWENTY THREE
CAMPUSES BECAUSE- EVERYONE. OF
OUR STUDENTS DESERVES A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT. I'M TOTALLY. AGREE
IT'S IT IS A- NATIONAL
NATIONWIDE PROBLEM PROBABLY A
WORLDWIDE PROBLEM BUT- CERTAINLY
A CSU PROBLEM. YOU KNOW UP JOSE
AND I CAME IN AT THAT. SORT OF.
AFTER A LOT OF THE PUBLICITY BUT
WE'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF
HEARING. A VERY INTERESTING
SYSTEM WIDE REPORT THAT. COMES
IN- CONNOR. CAME TO US IN REPORT
ON AT THE LAST. MEETING AND-
THEY HAD. EXCELLENT
RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF.
BEEFING UP OUR SYSTEM IN GENERAL
ARE CENTRAL SYSTEM THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE SYSTEM AND-
I THOUGHT MOST EXCITING THEY
TOLD US LIKE. THAT NOTHING
EXISTS LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY
THEY- THEY SAID TO US THEY
REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO CREATE A
REGIONAL CENTER. AND THAT WOULD
COORDINATE OUR TWENTY THREE
UNIVERSITIES AND- AND THEN THEY
ENCOURAGED US WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH STAFF ON CAMPUSES AND-
EVERY TIME I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A
TOUR THAT MANY UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES YET BUT I THINK I'VE
HEARD FIVE OR SIX AND EVERY TIME
I'VE ASKED TO MEET WITH THE-
TITLE NINE OFFICE IN TO MEET
WITH STUDENTS AND- I WAS SO
INTERESTED TO HEAR. YOU KNOW
SORTED THAT TREPIDATION THAT
STUDENTS HAVE GOING INTO TITLE
NINE OFFICES IT IS IT'S LIKE TO
GO INTO AN OFFICE LIKE THAT IS
TO GOING TO COURT THEY THINK
THEY THINK THERE HAS TO BE A
LAWSUIT THEY THEY THINK. SO WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH ADVOCATES ON-
ON CAMPUS AND IS JOSE WAS SAYING
HOW DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES SO THAT WE JUST
HAD- SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND THEN WE
EDUCATE. STUDENTS FACULTY STAFF-
ON CAMPUSES TO BECAUSE HONESTLY
NOTHING HAS PROBABLY HURT THE
REPUTATION OF THE CSU MORE THAN
READING ABOUT. THESE HARASSMENT
INCIDENTS ON THE FIRST PAGES OF
YOU KNOW OF NEWSPAPER SO- YOU
KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AS A
SYSTEM IT'S IMPORTANT TO US
FINE. AND IT'S CERTAINLY
IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE FEEL
SAFE ON CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND- AT I KNOW THIS REPORT
JUST CAME OUT AND I'M NOT SURE
STRUCTURE LEAD HOW THE BOARD IS.
A TRUSTEES ARE THINKING AND IF
THERE'S A STRIKE TEAM OR WORKER
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS BUT
I'M- CURIOUS TO HEAR BACK JUST
WHAT ARE THE WAYS BECAUSE- IF
THERE ISN'T SOME INTENTIONAL
FOCUS AND FOLKS WHO ARE JUST
REALLY WORKING ON THAT ISSUE. I
COME OUT OF THE UC SYSTEM IN
WORKING- IN THAT SPACE. AND IN
THE CHALLENGES SORT OF THE HOW
DO YOU COMMUNICATE POLICIES DOWN
THROUGH A STATEWIDE SYSTEM IS.
THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT.
BUREAUCRACIES AND LAYERS AND I
THINK YOU KNOW THAT WILL TAKE
SOME INTENTIONAL FOCUS AND
EFFORT NOT JUST WHAT IS THE FIX
BUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT.
AND REALLY EDUCATE EVERYONE SO I
I'M I'M APPRECIATE APPRECIATE
THE RESPONSE AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO- THOSE ACTION STEPS. MY NEXT
QUESTION AND WE AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS YOU KNOW
WE TALKED ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND
COVIDIEN HOW THERE ARE
PROMISING- RESULTS THAT ARE
COMING UP IN TERMS OF FOLKS
RETURNING TO CAMPUS. REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE AND SEEN THE INCREASE
ALWAYS IN IN THE SEAT CSU
GRADUATE GRATION RATES- THERE IS
THAT STILL SORT OF STUBBORN
TROUBLING STATISTICS AROUND. THE
WAYS IN WHICH- WE STILL HAVE THE
SIX YEAR GRADUATION RATES- FOR
BLACK STUDENTS AND IT'S YOU KNOW
AT 50% AND- AND IN SOME WAYS YOU
KNOW THE TREND IS GOING. GOING
DOWNWARD- YOU WE ALSO SUGGESTED
OVERALL ENROLLMENT TO OF BLACK
STUDENTS AND MY THEORY IS IF WE-
REALLY DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT
ATTACK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS
VERY SMALL- POPULATION OF
STUDENTS AND IN AN ARREST THE
PROBLEM EVERYONE ON TOP IS GOING
TO BE ELEVATED GOING TO CREATE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE
SYSTEM- AND- AND I KNOW THAT-
THERE ARE SO HAVE BEEN. YOU KNOW
REPORTS OF JUST THE CHALLENGES
RIGHT THERE'S YOU KNOW- THAT THE
LACK OF A BLACK FACULTY AND MANY
CASES BASED ON YOU KNOW ACCOUNT
MATTERS REPORT TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO SUCH LOW. BLACK
STUDENT PARTICIPATION ANOTHER
JUST THERE'S THE CULTURE RIGHT
THERE'S A CULTURE. OF ANTI
BLACKNESS I THINK CHICO STATE
WAS ONE WHERE THIS WAS WAS REYES
AND SO I JUST THINK MY OVERALL
QUESTION HERE- YOU KNOW AS WE
THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE
PERCENTAGES ONE PERCENT- A BLACK
STUDENTS AT CAL POLY SAN LUIS
OBISPO. SEVENTEEN PERCENT- A
KELSEY- DOMINGUEZ HILLS- JUST
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR EFFORTS
AND WHAT DO YOU AS TRUSTEES C.
AS- A TOOL THAT CAN PRODUCE THE
MOST BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES IN THE
SPACE BECAUSE THIS IS A STUBBORN
STATISTIC IT'S BEEN HERE. FOR
QUITE A WHILE AND HOW HOW DO YOU
EACH INDIVIDUALLY SEE WHAT YOU
WILL CONTRIBUTE. TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE THE NEEDLE- ON THAT
CONDITION AND IMPROVE REALLY THE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ALL BECAUSE WHEN BLACK STUDENTS
ON CAMPUS OTHER STUDENTS GET TO
LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE AS
WELL SO I JUST WANNA. HAVE EACH
ONE OF YOU AND I'LL START WITH
YOU MISS LORI AND WORK THROUGH
THE GROUP ON THAT ANSWER. THANK
YOU- I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST I BRING IS
AN INTEREST IN- IN. IT'S AN
INTERESTING CHALLENGE IT'S A
CRITICAL PROBLEM AND I WILL
BRING A- A DESIRE TO KEEP THE
FOCUS ON IT UNTIL THAT YOU KNOW
UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE THAT
INEQUITY- I'M VERY INTERESTED IN
I KNOW I TASK FORCE WAS PUT
TOGETHER LAST YEAR. I THINK
PRESIDENT PARHAM AND- PRESIDENT
SON OF ALL OUR- CHAIRED AT AND
THEY GAVE US SORT OF A HEADLINES
AT THE LAST MEETING BUT I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED SOON
I THINK THAT THIS. THIRTEEN
POINT PLAN AND- AND I DON'T KNOW
THE DETAILS OF IT YET BUT I
THINK WHAT I JUST THE TOP LINES
WERE THAT THEY HAVE. SYSTEMIC
CHANGES FOR THE CANCERS OFFICE
AND THEN THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE CAMPUSES I THINK THEY
STARTED WITH- AGAIN INTENSE
INTERVIEWS OF- THAT- BLACK
STUDENTS BLACK FACULTY
BLACKSTAFF ON CAMPUSES TO. TO
SENSE WHAT IS- WHAT IS GETTING
IN THE WAY OF MORE STUDENTS
WANTING TO ATTEND COLLEGE STAY
IN COLLEGE- I KNOW THAT THAT
PART OF THEIR PLAN IS OUT REALLY
OUTRAGE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOL. TO TO COLLEGE AND
THEN MAKING THE PROGRAMS AS
RELEVANT AS POSSIBLE TO WIN WHEN
STUDENTS ARE THERE AND THEN LIKE
EVERYONE EVERYONE WANTS TO GET
TO SEE AND LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE THEM AND FIELD.
SIMILAR TO THEM AND SO WE HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT COLLEGES FEEL-
WELCOMING AND FRIENDLY AND
FAMILIAR TO ALL OUR STUDENTS
ONCE THEY GET THERE SO I THINK I
HAVE TO HEAR MORE OF THE REPORT
TO HAVE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS
BUT- I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT
TRACK BY. ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
OKAY I THINK I THINK AS YOU
POINT OUT WE MADE GOOD PROGRESS
ON THE OVERALL GRADUATION
INITIATIVE THE GRADUATION RATES
ARE GOING UP. THE RISING TIDE
LIFTS ALL BOATS BUT WE STILL
HAVE THIS STUBBORN 10212% EQUITY
. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KNOCK IT
DOWN I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS-
I THINK WE HAVE SHIFTED AS
TRUSTEES AND THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE SHIFTED. RESOURCES NOW
INTO TRYING TO ADDRESS
PARTICULARLY THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN ISSUE. AND THERE ARE
LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO WE CAN
AND WE CAN HAVE THE COUNCIL'S
INTERVENE DURING THE SEMESTER
WHEN THEY SEE GREAT STARTING TO
DROP. AT THE STUDENTS HAVING
PROBLEMS BRING CAREER COUNSELING
IN TO DEAL WITH THAT. INTERVIEW
PEOPLE WHO OF WHAT WE WERE
LEAVING THE CAMPUS TO FIND OUT
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING THE CAMPUS
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WHAT CAN WE
DO TO HELP YOU. COME BACK- I
JUST GOING TO SIT HAVE TO BE A
LOT OF PERSONAL TOUCH I THINK IN
THE SENSE IT IN. IN THE SYSTEM
IS REALIGNING ITS RESOURCES TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TACKLE
THIS PROBLEM PROBLEM BECAUSE WE
CAN HAVE. SUCCESSFULLY
GRADUATION INITIATIVE AND KEEP
THIS EQUITY UP. I TOTALLY AGREE
BY THE WAY WITH THE INTERVIEWING
STUDENTS WHO DECIDE TO LEAVE
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I THINK I
REMEMBER UNDERLINING ONE OF THE
REPORTS. THE THING FOR ME TODAY
THIS IS A READ THE REALITY WHEN
I WAS ATTENDING SAN FRANCISCO
STATE INTO THE AND STARTING IN
TWO THOUSAND. IS WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE AS TO STATE
THAT BECAME THE FIRST MINORITY
MAJORITY IN THIS IN THE COUNTRY.
TO REALLY RETHINK WHAT IT MEANS.
TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF
REALITY ON CAMPUS SO WHEN I
THINK ABOUT HOW. NON BLACK
STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING
AFRICAN AMERICAN CLASSMATES.
RIGHT SEEN THE FACULTY WAS
INTERESTING LOOKING AT THE
HIRING OF THE FACULTY A BLACK
FACULTY AND HOW THAT'S IMPROVED
RIGHT. BUT THAT HASN'T COME WITH
THE BLACK STUDENTS AND I'VE
BEEN. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THE
WHY OF THAT IT IN SOME OF THE
REPORTS WAS TALKING ABOUT WILL
CURRICULUM LIKE HOW DO WE- WHAT
WHAT KIND OF CURRICULUM PROGRAMS
THAT WE OFFER IN. I ACTUALLY
THINK THIS IDEA OF. THE FACT
THAT THE STATE AND ALSO THE
COUNTRY'S BEING. REMADE IN THAT
IN. THE FACT THAT THIS BECOMING
A MINORITY MAJORITY COUNTRY
MOVING HEARING THIS FOR TWENTY
YEARS. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT
EQUITY. AND I DON'T BE FOR
EXAMPLE I'M AND THIS IS BECAUSE
I'M FINISHING A BOOK RIGHT NOW.
I BET YOU MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO
IDEA. DID YOU KNOW THE NINETEEN
SIXTY FIVE IMMIGRATION ACT IN
THIS COUNTRY IS THE REASON WHY
THERE ARE FORTY FIVE MILLION
IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY
DOCUMENTED UNDOCUMENTED.
ACCORDING TO PEW THOSE FORTY
FIVE MILLION IMMIGRANTS AND
THEIR KIDS AND THE GRANDKIDS ARE
GOING TO MAKE UP 88% OF THE
POPULATION GROWTH IN THE NEXT
FIFTY YEARS. RIGHT MOSTLY LATINO
MOSTLY ASIAN BLACK ONE OUT OF
TEN BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
THE BLACK IMMIGRANTS. RIGHT AND
YET LOOKING AT THOSE LOOKING AT
THOSE- REALITY. I'M CURIOUS
ABOUT THEN HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
MEANS WHEN YOU GO TO A CAMPUS.
RIGHT AND HOW YOU TEACH ABOUT
THE FACT THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR
THE NINETEEN SIXTY FOUR CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT. IF IT WASN'T FOR
BLACK PEOPLE ACTUALLY ADVOCATING
FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS. ALL THESE
IMMIGRANTS COULD NOT HAVE COME
THE SIXTY FIVE ACT WOULD NOT
HAVE PASSED. FOUR EIGHT IS A
DEBT YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING
I LEARNED AS A BLACK STUDIES
MAJORS HAVE SCHOOL STATE THE
DEBT THAT IMMIGRANTS. THAT
LATINO AND ASIAN IMMIGRANTS AND
BLACK IMMIGRANTS ALL THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
IS IMMEASURABLE. BUT I BET YOU
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T TEACH
IT. RIGHT AND SO THOSE ARE THE
KIND OF THINKING AND MONTROSE OF
CURRICULUM IN TERMS OF WHAT IT
MEANS THAT THE COUNTRY'S
DEMOGRAPHICALLY CHANGING. AND
HOW WE ASSIST STATEMENT AS A
SYSTEM THE LARGEST ONE IN THE
STATE IN THE COUNTRY. I THINK WE
CAN ACTUALLY LEAD THAT KIND OF
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THAT ANSWER AND I PONDER
THAT VERY THING IS WE'RE
SHIFTING INTO THIS NEW MAJORITY
AND- YOU KNOW I THINK PART OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT. BLACK AND
BROWN AND IMMIGRANT FOLKS HAVE
HAD SO MANY BARRIERS-
GENERATIONALLY HISTORICALLY- AND
NOW THAT BE VERY FRAGILE
VULNERABLE. SORT OF. WHAT WAS
THE MINORITY COMMUNITY IS NOW
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STATE. WITH
THE SAME SORT OF ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY THE SAME. BARRIERS
AND SO THE STABILITY OF OUR
STATE. REALLY RESTS IN THIS NEW
MAJORITY THAT HAS HAD THE CITY'S
HISTORIC OVERLAPPING BARRIERS
AND SO IF WE AREN'T INTENTIONAL.
ABOUT ADDRESSING THOSE
OVERLAPPING BARRIERS OUR STATE
IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
STABILITY THAT WE THAT WE NEED
AND- SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
BECAUSE- THE STATES ARE
CONNECTED HISTORICALLY BUT- MORE
IMPORTANTLY NOW MORE THAN EVER.
AS WE HAVE THIS YOU KNOW
BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY- OF A
CALIFORNIA MAJORITY THAT LOOKS
YOU KNOW LIKE LIKE THIS ROOM SO
HI- I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS I
LOOK FORWARD TO. TO YOUR
CONFIRMATIONS TODAY AND THEN
ALSO HEARING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
REPORTS AROUND THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND- AROUND THE BLACK
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PIECES- IN
BEING A PARTNER WITH YOU HERE AT
THE TWENTY EIGHTH DISTRICT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MISS SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS THAT- PRO TEM STEPPED OUT
FOR JUST A BRIEF MOMENT SHE WILL
BE BACK- AND WE'D ALL SERVICE
LIKE SHE SAID EARLIER- DIFFERENT
DUTIES AND DIFFERENT COMMITTEES
AND DIFFERENT MEDIAN SO I
APOLOGIZE AND- ON HER BEHALF AND
SHE SHOULD BE BACK SHORTLY BUT
IN THE MEANTIME. WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
CONFEREES NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO
ASK ANYBODY IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED TO COME FORWARD. M. TO
THE MICROPHONE AND- EITHER IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. SEE NO
ONE COMING FORWARD IN ROOM
TWENTY TWO HUNDRED AND MISTER
MODERATOR WE WILL COME TO YOU
WHEN THE PHONE LINES AS A
REMINDER IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A
COMMENT ON EITHER AT ANY OF THE
NOMINEES BEFORE S. THE TELEPHONE
NUMBER IS EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN.
THIS IS A TOLL FREE NUMBER IT'S
. 877-226-8163 AT 877-226-8163
AND THE- ACCESS CODE IS ONE SIX
ONE. EIGHT ZERO FIVE ONE THAT'S
ONE SIX ONE EIGHT ZERO FIVE ONE-
EARLIER IT WAS MISTER MODERATOR
I'M ASSUMING IT'S STILL MISTER
MODERATOR. ARE YOU AVAILABLE. I
AM- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE- PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY
DO SO BY PRESSING ONE BUTTON
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND WE HAVE
NO COMMENT. THANK YOU MR
MODERATOR I- SORRY TO BE THAT
AND- I DID I SHOULD HAVE
ADDRESSED A QUESTION THAT I ASK
THIS THE PROTEIN MY COULD I ASK
BEFORE SHE LEFT BECAUSE I JUST
GOT SOME RECENT INFORMATION SO I
AM GOING TO TAKE THAT PRIVILEGE
TO DO THAT. AND IT IS KIND OF A
CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION THAT I
DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE I'M NOT
USED TO CONTROVERSY MR VARGAS- I
THINK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AND
JUST A MOST REASONABLE APPOINTEE
IN THIS CONVERSATION. BUT AFTER
READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION-
AND- IT OCCURS TO ME THAT
THERE'S A CONTROVERSIAL AND
POLARIZING COMMENTS ESPECIALLY-
YOUR VIDEO TITLED WHITE PEOPLE.
SPEAKING FROM A WHITE PERSON'S
PERSPECTIVE AND SPEAKING FOR U.
S. C. R. A C. ISSUE. INDIVIDUALS
THAT- ARE ON CAMPUS THAT ARE
WHITE AND THEIR STUDENTS THAT
DESERVE A EDUCATION JUST LIKE
ANY OTHER PERCENT NOT TO MENTION
IN TWENTY TWENTY THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
OVERWHELMINGLY. OPPOSED A
PROPOSITION SIXTEEN WHICH AND
CREATES A COLOR BLIND CALIFORNIA
I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THE DAY
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EIGHT THE-
SHOT THAT PROPOSITION DOWN WHAT
DO YOU MEAN BRIEFLY BY WHITE
PEOPLE- IT'S ACTUALLY WAS A
DOCUMENTARY WAS AN HOUR LONG
DOCUMENTARY FOR MTV. AIRED IN
JULY TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN- I WAS
ACTUALLY ALSO GLAD THAT IT WAS
NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY- AND THE
DOCUMENTARY WAS BASICALLY AN
IDEA THAT. I THINK FOR ME
STARTED WHEN I GOT TO THIS
COUNTRY IN NINETEEN NINETY THREE
AND STARTED ASKING WAIT A SECOND
SO. PEOPLE ARE BLACK OR WHITE
WHAT AM I. RIGHT THIS IS CALL OF
OUR DID QUITE OF WHY IS WHITE
THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED WHITE
PEOPLE WHICH IS A VERY
PROVOCATIVE TITLE BUT IF YOU SEE
THE FILM AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S
FOR FREE ON YOUTUBE YOU CAN
WATCH IT IF YOU WANT- I'M
ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD OF THE
FACT THE WHAT THE FILM DOES. IS
ASKED WHITE STUDENTS WHAT THEY
THINK WHITENESS IT'S- AN BECAUSE
FOR ME WHAT WHAT WHAT'S BEEN SO
INTERESTING DURING THE WORK THAT
I DO. IS GOING AROUND THE
COUNTRY I ALWAYS GET ASKED WHERE
I'M FROM BUT WHERE YOU FROM FROM
RIGHT. AND WHICH IS SUCH A
FASCINATING QUESTION. SO WHAT IT
BASICALLY THIS PULLED THE GLOBE
INSPIRED BY TWENTY MORRIS AND I
PULLED THE GLOVE INSIDE OUT AND
THEY SAID WELL WHAT ARE YOU.
RIGHT AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE IN
WHAT STUDENTS SAY I'M AN
AMERICAN I SAID I KNOW BUT LIKE
WHAT WHAT KIND RIGHT. AND WHAT
IS THE WHITE WILL BE IN A WHITE
IS NOT A COUNTRY ARE YOU ITALIAN
ARE YOU IRISH A YOU TERMINATE
YOU THE THIS- DO YOU KNOW FOR
EXAMPLE THE HISTORY THAT
ITALIANS AND GERMANS THE ANTI
GERMAN SENTIMENT ANTI ITALIAN
SENTIMENT. SO THAT'S THE IF YOU
WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY. THAT'S
THE KIND OF- THE KIND OF. THAT
THEY GO- IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
ABOUT TRYING TO WAIT MAKE WHITE
PEOPLE ON. I DON'T SEE IT AND
WHEN YOU SEE IT I THINK IT
PROVES ITSELF. IT'S ACTUALLY FOR
ME A LINE OF QUESTIONING ALAINA
THINKING THAT I THINK IS
HEALTHY. ESPECIALLY THAT
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO BECOME THE
MINORITY MANY PLACES. IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IN TEXAS
MORE THAN 50% OF ALL PUBLIC
SCHOOL KIDS K. TO TWELVE OR
LATINO OR LATINA. RIGHT I MEAN
WE ARE BECOMING THIS MINORITY
MAJORITY COUNTRY. AND WE ALWAYS
ASK WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PEOPLE
PERSON OF COLOR- I DON'T THINK
WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION OF
WHITE PEOPLE AND THAT WAS.
LITERALLY THE PROCESS OF
THINKING THAT I WANT TO RESUME
THAT DOCUMENTARY. THANK YOU SIR
THAT QUESTION I APOLOGIZE FOR
GOING OUT OF ORDER. AND AT
METACRITIC I KNOW SHE PROBABLY
LESS TO THIS- I WILL BRING IT
BACK TO THE DIET SAYS THERE'S NO
COMMENTS ON THE MODERATOR- HAVE
TO SEPARATE OUT EACH. GO AHEAD
MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR. GREAT I
THINK ABOUT THAT. MAY I ASK IN
ADDITION A QUESTIONER WE ARE WE
DONE DISCUSSING WELL YOU HAVE TO
WAIT LET ME GET LEGAL COUNSEL
FOLKS I'M NOT THE CHAIR AND VICE
CHAIR. YES YES YOU'RE RIGHT OKAY
YES ALL RIGHT I. AND SO HE'S NO
THAT WAS ABOUT YOUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE HEARING
. YES WILL PARTY TAKEN PUBLIC
TEST YES GO AHEAD YES WHICH IS
WHY I WAS ASKING I WANT CAN I
STILL ASK A QUESTION OR NOT YES
AND SO. ON THAT. ON THAT NOTE-
NOT THAT YOU ARE. WELL YOU WILL
BE WHO YOU ARE AS A CSU TRUSTEE
BOARD AND THEIR PRESENTS ALL
CALIFORNIANS- I'M KIND OF
CURIOUS TO SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING
TO WORK TOWARDS BUILDING THE
TRUST OF REPRESENTING. ALL ALL
OUT RACES AND IN IN. BACKGROUNDS
IN IN THE CSU IN ADVOCATING FOR
THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT
STRIKE I LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF
EVERY STUDENT. OF BEING AT
UNIQUE BUT YET STILL THE SAME-
AS FAR AS WANTING ESPECIALLY
THEY'RE COMING INTO THE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THEY WANT TO
CONTINUE THEIR FOR THE FOR THE
ASIA HOW ARE YOU GOING TO. EARN
THE TRUST OF THE STUDENTS AND
THE FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT AGREE
WITH YOUR ACTIVISM- GREAT
QUESTION- AND- FOR SO I ACTUALLY
DON'T REFER TO MYSELF AS AN
ACTIVIST IN ANYWAY PEOPLE SAY
THAT AND I'M LIKE OKAY I'M
TRYING TO. GET SOME BEGIN
ACTIVISM ADVOCATE BY ASKING
QUESTIONS THAT ARE PROVOCATIVE-
AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN- I'M
I'M SITTING HERE BECAUSE I'VE
BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF
MENTORSHIP. BY MENTORS BY
EVERYBODY WHITE BLACK LATINO
ASIAN JEWISH CHRISTIAN MUSLIM
RIGHT- SO I THINK I HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY IF I AM CONFIRMED
AS A TRUSTEE THAT. I'M NOT HERE
TO BE A TRUSTEE FOR UNDOCUMENTED
GAY FILIPINO PEOPLE. WHICH IS
WHAT I AM I'M HERE TO BE A
TRUSTEE FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIANS
RIGHT- ABSOLUTELY AND I WOULD
SAY TO YOU THAT PROBABLY THE- IN
ADDITION TO DISPROVE. I HAD THIS
SURREAL THING WHERE THE HOME MY
HOME TOWN AMOUNT AND YOU DECIDED
TO NAME AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AFTER ME. A FEW YEARS AGO WHICH
IS KIND OF BUT AS A CRAZY GIVEN
THAT I'M NOT LEGAL BUT THE
SCHOOL IS LEGAL. AND WHEN I LOOK
AT THOSE KIDS RATE OF ALL
ETHNICITIES AND BACKGROUNDS
THEY'RE GOING TO JOSE ANTONIO
VARGAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I
WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I STAND
FOR ALL OF THEM. RIGHT BUT I
ALSO WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THE
PERSON THAT IS WHEN THE PURSE-
APPROACH THIS I THOUGHT IT WAS A
JOKE AND THEN I SAID WHAT IF I
DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE PROUD OF. I DO
SOMETHING IN THE KIDS BROUGHT.
SO IN SOME WAYS AS AS AS THE
NAMESAKE SCHOOL AND AS A TRUSTEE
MIGHT MY HOPE IS THAT. MY
SERVICE HERE IS SOMETHING THAT
ALL CALIFORNIANS WOULD BE PROUD
OF THEY WOULD SAY THAT THAT
PERSON IS REPRESENTING ME. IN
THAT CAPACITY. BRODERSON MAD
ONE. COMMENT TO THIS QUESTION
BECAUSE JOSE AND I STARTED ON
THE SAME. AT THE WE WERE
APPOINTED THE SAME DAY. AND EVEN
THOUGH I'M- YOU KNOW. NOT ANY OF
THE THINGS THAT JOSE JUST SAID
HE- IS AS A- WHITE JEWISH WOMAN.
THE DAY I SHOWED UP JOSE CAME UP
TO ME AND SAID. I READ YOUR BOOK
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO YOU
AND- YOU KNOW MAYBE WAS THE
FIRST PERSON ON THE BOARD TO
MAKE ME FEEL. INCLUDED AND I
JUST IMAGINE THAT THAT IS HOW HE
APPROACHES HUMAN BEINGS IN
GENERAL AND THAT'S HOW HE WOULD
FEEL ABOUT. ALL STUDENTS YOU
KNOW ON OUR ON OUR CAMPUSES.
THANK YOU THANK YOU LESLIE.
THINK OF MISS I THANK YOU MISTER
SENATOR- TO A BUG SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SO. I SINCE
WE'RE HAVING CLOSING STATEMENT I
DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE. DIES I STEPPED OUT AND I
DON'T AFTER WE'RE BACK IT'S A
QUESTION- BUT I DO WANT TO SAY
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH MR VARGAS AND SOME OF HIS
COLLEAGUES- NEED TO MINGUS AND
OTHERS WHO. HAVE BEEN ON THE
FRONT LINES AND- THE ONE THING I
APPRECIATE ABOUT CALIFORNIA- AND
IN WHY WE ARE SUCH A BEACON OF
HOPE IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE
CONTRIBUTION- OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT ACTUALLY MAKE US THE
DYNAMIC COAL AND- YOU KNOW CSU
SYSTEM- WE NEED AN ADVOCATE AND
A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS THERE IF.
IF WE AREN'T PUTTING THE
PERSPECTIVES ON THE TABLE. AS WE
PUT ON THE TABLE FOR- FOR BLACK
STUDENTS FOR WHITE STUDENTS FOR
LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS AND REALLY
SEE WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE
NEED TO. RECONCILE SO THAT THOSE
STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST AND
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY THEN WE'RE
DOING A DISSERVICE. TO THOSE
STUDENTS INTO OUR SYSTEM INTO
THE FUTURE SO I JUST WANT TO SAY
YOU KNOW I APPRECIATED THE
DISCUSSION- BECAUSE AT THE END
OF THE DAY THIS IS WHO WE ARE.
AND WE WANT TO REPRESENT THAT IN
A BOLD AND DYNAMIC WAY AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING THE
SYSTEM THAT WILL THRIVE- INTO
THE FUTURE SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE
TOOK THE BOAT I'M READY I WILL
MOVE THEM. MOTION THAT WE- GO
FORWARD WITH A NOMINATING- I SEE
MICE GREAT SENATOR. FROM SANTA
CRUZ I WILL HAND IT OVER. TO MY
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU MISS US
BUT PREVIOUS SENATOR LETTER TO
YOU I'M WHERE SENATOR SMALLWOOD
. WAS SENATOR TIME FOR US TO.
AND TO GIVEN PROCESS. BOB WE
NEED TO DO THE C. EACH
INDIVIDUALLY SO I AM GOING TO GO
RIGHT TO LEFT AND AT AND- I
WOULD MOVES THE CONFIRMATION OF.
A MISCO BURGLARY THANK YOU
SENATOR LAYERED AND THEN
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THERE ARE. FIVE WHICH SHOW BOOK
FIVE THE TROUBLED EYES SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS. MODE CRITICIZED GROWTH
HI GROVE I ATKINS ON CALL. THEN
I WOULD MOVE THIRD CONFIRMATION
OF FOOT. JACK MCGRORY TO THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SAM IS SO
MOVED I APOLOGIZE YES ASSEMBLY
OF MADAM SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. LAYERED HI THERE I
WOULD SHOW BOTH I WOULD TROUBLED
A MODE CRITICIZED MODE
CRITICIZED GROWTH AYE GROOVE AYE
ATKINS ON CALL. AND THEN MADAM
CHAIR I WOULD MOVE THE
CONFIRMATION OF JOSE ANTONIO
VARGAS TO THE- CSU BOARD OF
TRUSTEES IN A SECOND. AND THE
ASSEMBLY OKAY WE DON'T HAVE
SECONDS WE DON'T HAVE SECONDS IN
THE WE APPRECIATE YOUR DATA
MOTION THAT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN
FOR HIS CONFIRMATION WE
APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM THE
SMALL EQUIPMENT WE DON'T NEED A
SECOND JUST A MOTION THANK YOU
SENATOR LAYERED FOR THE MOTION.
MISS AND SEVEN SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL LAYERED HI I OCHO
BOOK. WHICH NOT VOTING WOULD A
SIZEABLE CUEVAS GROWTH NOT FOR
OF NOT VOTING AT TEN ON. SO WE
WILL BE THE ROLE OPEN SO SENATOR
ATKINS WHEN SHE RETURNS WILL BE
ABLE TO VOTE AND TO MOVE YORK
CONFIRMATIONS- TO THE FULL
SENATE FLOOR AND IN ALL THE
CENTRES THERE'S DAHLE FORTY OF
US WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
VOTE FOR THE CONFIRMATION
HEARING AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE THANK YOU FOR
WHO YOU ARE YOUR STORIES YOUR
TESTIMONY AND I JUST
COMMISSIONER MY HEART WITH YOU
YOU YOU CAUGHT ME VERY MUCH BY
SURPRISE- OF. WITH EVERYTHING
THAT I HAD READ ABOUT YOU I
REALLY ANTICIPATED SOMEBODY
DIFFERENT AND YOU ARE REALLY AN
INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING AND I
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU-
BOTH FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. AN
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY. IF
YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO TESTIFY
TODAY PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS IN
WRITING TO THE RULES COMMITTEE
OR VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR
INSTRUCTIONS. YOUR TESTIMONY AND
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE
IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
CONFIRM AND AT COOPERATION WE
WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN. AND NOT
CLOSED DOWN COMMITTEE AND GIVE
MISS AS SENATE PRO TEM ATKINS AN
OPPORTUNITY CAN BACKING CAST HER
VOTE. AND AT RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN
RECESS. RECESS IS A GAL.
RECESSES.
SESSION AND I WILL M. ARE BACK
IN ACTION MEDIAN I WILL PASS THE
GAVEL OVER TO THE SENATE PRO TEM
. I ACTUALLY MET HIM BY SURE GO
AHEAD- SINCE YOU KNOW WHERE WE
ARE AND I'M CATCH UP GO AHEAD
AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO
AND WE'RE SO WILL HAVE THE
SECRETARY OPEN THE WRONG CALL
THE ROLL ON THE COUNTRIES THAT
JUST LEFT THE FACILITY SO- I
BELIEVE WE TOOK AT A MISS
GILBERT LAURIE FIRST YES BENHAM
SECRETARY PLEASE OPEN THE ROLE
ATKINS HI AT CONSIDE FIVE TO
ZERO. THANK YOU AND I BELIEVE
SECOND WE TOOK UP- MISTER- JOHN
MCCURRY MADAM SECRETARY ATKINS
HI ACT INSIDE FIVE TO ZERO THANK
YOU AND THE THIRD COMFREY WAS-
JOSE ON AT MISTER JOSE ANTONIO
VARGAS MADAM SECRETARY ATKINS HI
I CONCISE THREE TO ZERO. THANK
YOU. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR AND
OUR HEARING FOR TODAY- I READ
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES. AND I'M
ON THE RIGHT PAGE AND I
APOLOGIZE. WE ARE ADJOURNED AND
I READ THAT PREVIOUS STATEMENT
EARLIER AND THE RULES COMMITTEE
FOR TODAY'S ADJOURNED.